' \ ! . ^ K7' ■ Ft?**'.'".' 'iv, .^ 1 '( i , jra ft.s^...K.„sy , ^STwSswifW f',' '.J ''' 1 ', ,• '«,. i' * 'i ^'i^ ^s^^smmmm^^^^m. CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND GIVEN IN 1 89 1 BY HENRY WILLIAMS SAGE Cornell University Library F 44W6 L78 olin 3 1924 028 836 893 The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://archive.org/details/cu31924028836893 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WILTON, HrLLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WITH A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER ABIEL ABBOT LIVERMOKE AND SEW ALL PUTNAM. " And it shall be said, this and that man was born in her." — Psalm Ixxxvii : 5. " The township of New England possesses two advantages which strongly excite the interest of inankind: namely, independence and authority." — De Tocqueville. LOWELL, MASS.: HARDEN & KOWELL, PRINTERS. 1888. PREFACE "We offer to the good people of Wilton, and to those of Wilton origin elsewhere, the following summary of its history. It has been a work of love and patriotic interest, not of pecuniary profit. To collect the widely scattered materials and weave them into a con- sistent order and completeness, lias been a long and perplexing labor, little understood or appreciated except by those engaged in a similar task. The unexpected delay in the publication of the book beyond the time previously announced, has been due to causes oat of our control. We gratefully acknowledge the aid afforded us by I. S. Lincoln, A. E. Tracy, G. C. Trow, E. E. Buckle, A. Abbot, G. L. Das- combe, C. H. Burns, E. H. Spalding, I. S. Whiting, and by others of Wilton ; also by E. D. Boylston of Amherst, R. M. Wallace of Milford, I. W. Hammond of Concord, G. N. Gage of Washington, D. E. Adams of Southborough, Massachusetts, W. F. Abbot of Worcester, Massachusetts, A. M. Pendleton of Milford, S. B. Stewart of Lynn, Massachusetts, A. N. Burton of Boston, Mrs. A. S. Allan of Marion, Maine, W. Barrett of Minneapolis, Min- nesota, F. E. Abbot of Cambridge, Massachusetts, E. D. Putnam of Montpelier, Vermont, IT. Smith of Battle Creek, Michigan, E. Brown of Lowell, A. Abbot of the Isle of Wight, England, and by many others, in supplying information and making suggestions for the work. We are greatly indebted to H. Wood, Jr., of Lowell, for his efficient aid rendered us in the publication of the book by his careful proof reading, preparation of copy, and his clear and systematic method of arranging the genealogical tables. IV. PREFACE. We would also acknowledge the generous encouragement given the undertaking by the town of Wilton at successive public meetings and by pecuniary appropriations. The committee of publication, M. Clark, E. G. Woodman and F. M. Pevey, have rendered important assistance, without which the book would have lacked some of its most interesting features. The printers, Messrs. Marden & Rowell, proprietors of the Lowell Courier, are entitled to our grateful recognition for the skill and care with which thej' have fulfilled their part in the publication. The Boston Heliotype Company also deserve our thanks for the valuable services they have rendered by their beautiful art. During the year 1889 a century and a half will have passed since the territory now known by the name of Wilton was first settled by our forefathers. Let us hope that this important anni- versary in our history will not be suffered to go by without such a celebration as befits its interest to everj' class of our citizens. A. A. LIVERMORE, SEWALL PUTNAM. September 1, 1888. CONTENTS. Chai^tek I. PAOK. The Topography of the Town, its Geology, Streams, HilN. Terri- torial Limits, Scenery and Climate . 1 Chapter II. Flora and Fauna 1^ Chapter III. Indians . . . . 1' Chapter IV. Proprietary History. Saleni-C'anada, Xnmbcr 'I'wo. Incorporation of Wilton. Slip added to Temple ... 21 Chapter V. The Early Settlers 41 Chapter VI. Town Institutions 45 Chapter VII. Manners and Customs .... .55 Chapter VIII. Colonial Doings. The Charter. A Provincial Tax-Warrant. Ex- tracts from Town Peeords 67 Chapter IX. The Revolutionary War ... . . 80 CONTENTS. vii. * Chapter X. TAGK. Roads and Bridges iqq Chapteb XI. Mail Routes and Carriers. Staging. Post Offices and Postmasters 11-t Chapter XII. Societies, Lodges, Grange and Arnij^ Post 118 Chapter XIII. Churches and Ecclesiastical Affairs . . • ... 128 Chapter XIV. Schools, Sunday Schools, College Graduates, Professional Men, Authors and Inventors • . . 143 Chapter XV. Libraries, Reading Room and Reading Club 156 \ Chapter XVI. Mills, Manufactures arui Industries 161 Chapter XVII. Pauperism and Insanity 174 Chapter XVIII. Crime and Punishment 181 Chapter XIX. Fires, Floods and Casualties 184 Chapter XX. Temperance, Hygiene, Epidemics, Longevity and Mortality . . 189 Chapter XXI. Burial Places and Cemeteries 103 Chapter XXII. Militia and Fire Department 197 VIM. CONTEKTS.. Chapter XXIII. The Last War with England and the Eebellion .... 203 Chapter XXIV. Social Amusements, Festivals and Celebrations .... 213 Chapter XXV. Town Houses . . . . 219 Chapter XXVI. Stores, Trade and the Jlilk Business 227 Chapter XXVII. ('ensul^ and Statistics 231 Chapter XXVIII. Old Relics, Reminiscences and Diaries 234 Chapter XXIX. Biographical Sketches .... 252 Chapter XXX. Genealogies of Families 296 Appendix 558 Additional Genealogies 56,i Corrections and Additions 567 Index 57^ ILLUSTRATIONS Plot of the Town Facing page 8 Sewall Putnam, Putnam genealogy (213) . . . . •• " 2i George I. Doe's Residence ■' ^^ 32 Livermore House .... ■• "48 Harvey A. Whiting, Whiting gen. (63) " "56 N. D. Foster's Kesidence '■ u g^ David Wilson, David Wilson gen. (1) •• "72 Wilton Mill. See page 171 u "80 Lubim B. Eockvvood. See page 291 " "88 Daniel Cragin's Residence " i. gg Eliphalet Putnam, Putnam gen. (130) " i. x04 Sarah W. Livermore, Livermore gen. (14) .... ■• " 1x2 Old Meeting-House, 1775-1859 ... '■• .. j28 Daniel E. Adams, Adams gen. (1) >■ .. j3g Warren Burton. See page 289 '> .1 ^44 George L. Dascombe. See page 292 " i- ^52 Elbridge G. Woodman, Woodman gen. (1) " .. jgg I. Sumner Lincoln, Lincoln gen. (2) " ii X7g George Brown. See page 290 .... " '■ ]84 Ephraim Brown. See page 290 •■ .. 20O David Whiting's Residence . " . 2O8 Charles H. Burns. See page 273 .... .... " "216 Town Hall and Library n >, 2-'4 David Whiting. See page 275 " 4^ 232 William A. Burton, Burton gen. (Ill) ^ u 240 H. Newton Gray. See page 283 •• i. 248 Thomas Beede. See page 253 .' .> 256 Solomon K. Livermore. See page 280 ...;.. " " 264 Joseph Newell. See page 277 ^^ n 27-^ Daniel Cragiu. See page 281 ■■ i; 290 Ephraim Peabody. See page 288 -. ., .jv^^. Joseph Hale Abbot. See page 293 " .. 296 Jacob Putnam's Residence u .. oni Ezra Abbot, Abbot gen. (215) 1. i, 3-^., Harvey A. Whiting's Residence ^ u o.^q Jonathan Burton, Burton gen. (06) .' .. 02s Andrew X. Burton, Burton gen. (64) . . .... " i. •aqc ILLUSTRATIONS. XI. Moses Clark, Moses Clark gen. (1) Facing page 344 David Cram, David Cram gen. (1) "' " 352 William Emerson, Emerson gen. (1) " '' 360 Moses Clark's Residence " " 368 Timothy Gray, Gray gen. (38) " "384 Charles Hesselton, Hesselton gen. (34) " " 400 Abiel Abbot Livermore, Livermore gen. (18) .... " " 416 Asa Jones, JoelJones gen. (2) " " 424 Jonathan Livermore, Livermore gen. (16) " " 432 Moses Lovejojr, Moses Lovejoy gen. (12) " " 440 Theron Russell, Russell gen. (41) " "448 Hermon Pettengill, Pettengill gen. (29) " " 456 Franklin M. Pevey, Pevey gen. (20) ...*.... " " 464 Aaron K. Putnam, Putnam gen. (114) " " 472 Caleb Putnam, Putnam gen. (182) " "480 Jacob Putnam, Putnam gen. (254) " "488 John F. Russell, Russell gen. (36) " "496 Samuel Sheldon, Sheldon gen. (22) " "504 Asa Stiles, Stiles gen. (30) ■ " "512 George O. Whiting, Whiting gen. (70) " " 520 Abiel Abbot, Abbot gen. (221) " "528 Herraon Abbot, Abbot gen. (400) " "536 Zebadiah Abbot, Abbot gen. (426) " "544 George I. Doe. See page 556 " "552 THE HISTORY OF WILTON. CHAPTER I. THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE TOWX, ITS GEOLOGY, STREAMS, HILLS, TERRITORIAL LIMITS, SCENERY AND CLIMATE. Thk town of "SViltou is situated in the southwest part of the county of Hillsborough, state of New Hampshire, in latitude 42° oO' north, and in longitude 5° 8' east from Washington, D. C. The town was surveyed into ten ranges of twenty lots each, making two hundred lots. Had the survey been perfectly accurate, that is, the ranges one hundred and sixty rods wide, and the lots eighty rods long, the town would contain sixteen thousand acres, equal to twenty-five square miles. But streams and irregularities of surface give opportunity for some variations, though small, from an abso- lute standard. When the Masonian proprietors made their grants, one hundred and thirty-five lots were drawn to the grantees, fifty-four lots to the grantors, and eleven lots to public uses, viz. : two for mills, three for the first minister, three for a ministerial fund, and three for schools ; in all, two hundred lots of eighty acres each. But August 26, 17fi8, a range of lots, half a mile wide, was set off to the ad- joining town of Temple, on the west, leaving Wilton an oblong parallelogram, seventeen hundred rods long from north to south, and fifteen hundred rods wide from east to west. Wilton lies eighteen miles from Nashua, forty from Concord, thirty from Keene, and fifty-eight from Boston, Massachusetts. It is bounded on the north by Lyndeborough, on the east by Lynde- borough and Milford, on the south by Mason and Greenville, and on the west by Temple. 2 HISTORY OF WILTON. Its geological formation is chiefly granite, gneiss, schist, sienite, and quartz, making a very uneven surface and hard but strong soil, well adapted to grass and grain and the more hardy fruits ; rising into lofty hills, which crop out with extensive ledges, and sinking into deep valleys, the beds of whose streams are filled with boulders, large and small. ^ ' There are but few plains, or patches of sandy ground. The original forest growth was very thick and heavy, and indicated generally a deep, rich soil. The most valuable mineral products are clay, suitable for making brick, and beds or large boulders of granite, capable of being worked for building materials. Only a small portion of the town is covered by water, and there are no waste lands. There arc no lakes or ponds, .except artificial ones to create water power. THK S0lHK(iA'N AND ITS THIIUTARIKS. The principal stream of the town deserves some notice. Souhegau is an Indian name, from siinhel'e, signifying a plain, and means, there- fore, " River of the Plains." Another derivation is from the Indian woi'd sotflipf/pnoi^, meaning crooked. Its southern branch starts from the reservoir in Ashbnrnhiiin, Massacliusetts, and passes through Ward and AV'atatic Ponds in Ashby, till it meets its northern branch, flowing from Pratt Pond and other sources in the west part of New Ipswich, when it takes the dignity of a river, passes through Green- ville, recei\ ing \arious small tributaries from Temple and Wilton, till it reaches the Intervale, so called, where it is joined by Gambol Brook, a considerable stream that rises in Temple and unites two branches at West Wilton, Blood's Brciok and south branch. At East \Vilton the Souhegan receives a new accession from the north, called Stony Brook, and then flowing tluough INIilford and Amherst enters the Merrimack River in the town of Merrimack. Its whole length is about thirty miles, and Mr. Ephraim Brown computes its descent in Wilton alone at two luindred and sixty-two feet from where it ejiters the town from Greenville and leaves it at Milford. Its water power, therefore, is \'ery great, and is put to use at various points, lint is capal)le of much greater application to manufacturing pur- poses; Its liability to ^•iolent freshets, however, especially when the i«e breaks up in the spring, makes it difficult to control it with dams and mills. These have often been swept away by floods. It is a tradition that. in early times alewi\-es, shad and salmon pene- trated as high up the river as Greenville. TOPOGRAPHY. 3 The Souhegan enters the town from the south from Greenville about eighty to one hundred rods east of the southwest corner of Wilton, and flows in a general northeasterly direction till it enters Milford, but it has a very winding channel with high hills on each side. Indian foot-paths were found along its banks bj' the early settlers or explorers. It has been conjectured that three considerable lakes occupied the Souhegan valley : the lower one from the bridge at French Village to the Haselton place ; the second from there to the Eaton ridge ; the third nnd largest above the Eaton ridge towards Greenville. HIM> AND FALLS. The bold sand-hill bluffs at \arious points, especially along the Souhegan and Gambol valleys, indicate the places where the great eddies of the main current left their deposits when immense streams filled these channels to their brim, after the glacial period in the history of the earth gave way to a warmer temperature. Owing to the granite formation there are no actually perpendicular falls or cascades in town, as in limestone formations, but in several instances there are rapids of considerable height and interest, as Barnes's Falls, on a branch of Stony Brook. Pot holes and basins, worn in the ledges, are found at such rapids. ^Vhile there are no mountains proper in AVilton, there are many high hills, commanding wide prospects, and separated by deep valleys. Such are Abbot Hill, in the southeast part of the town, a long, broad elevation, sloping up gradually from the bed of the Souhegan ; Kimball's Hill and Mansur's Hill, on the southwest, the highest elevations in town ; Russell's or Lone-Tree Hill ; Beede's Hill, near the centre ; Flint's Hill, in the northwest ; Bales's Hill, in the northeast part of the town. All are high eminences, commanding a complete view of the basin whicli centres in the town, formed by the Temple, New Ipswich and Lyndeborough Mountains, called tiie Pack, or Petit Monadnock. The climate of Wilton is the climate of New England on its northern hills and mountains — a long, severe winter, usually with high winds and deep drifting snows, a short and checkered spring, a hot and luxuriant summer, and a brilliant autumn with the foliage 4 HISTORY OF WILTON. turned to brown, crimson and gold. Its climate is one of extremes of heat and cold, but vivid and picturesque, with the drifting snows of winter, the green herbage and foliage of summer, and the gor- geous hues of autumn, and is stimulating to body and mind. In the early history of the town autumn and spring were more nearly merged into winter and summer. The snows fell into deep forests, where tliey lay comparatively uninfluenced by sun or wind until a late spring when the sun was high. Then overflowing freshets rushed down the hills and mountains, and filled the valleys, sweeping everything before them, and summer suddenly burst upon the land. Then, too, the transition from summer to winter was not less rapid, and not seldom the fruits of field and orchard were surprised by sudden frosts and snows. But since the heavj' forests have been largely cut down, or have been succeeded only by slight second growths of young trees, and the surface has been more exposed to the direct sun and wind, the seasons ha,ve become more changeable and fluctuating, and rapid extremes of cold and heat succeed one another. The cutting down of the dense forests has dried up the smaller brooks and meadows, causing severe droughts, and opening the way for the more rapid descent of tlae rains and melted snows into the water courses, and sudden and more injurious floods, as in the disastrous freshet of October, l.sfii). But if we take all the features of the climate into consideration, we shall come to the conclusion that it is fitted to de^•elop a hardy, vigorous and loug-lived race of people, with great activity and endurance of body nud mind. Of late j'ears, too, a marked social change has come, and many people from tlie cities and the sea- lioard aunuiiUy resort to the hills and moimtains of New Pmgland for health and invigoration in the suunuer months. From one to two hu)idred boarders find accommodatious in ^^'iltou at some period during tlie warm season, and enjoy its healthful air, its charming- drives and walks and its lieautiful scenery, while not a few Jjuild here tasteful country cottages for their homes nearly half the year. This lileuding of the advantages of country aud city life is working, we may belie^■e, beneficial changes in various directions. Fresh liealth and vigor are poured into the city, and the taste and re- finement of the great centres of wealth, business, and society are given ))ack in generous measures to adorn the life of the country. Each gives and each takes, and reciprocity is the commanding law of human society. CLIMATE. 5 The following extract is from the Centennial pamphlet of 1839, page 26 : True, here in Xew England, :iml psiift-ially here in Wilton, nature has hivished her fairest scenes, and breathed from the Most High the breath of life into our souls. Yes, blessed be these hills and valleys for the choice, sweet influences tliey have shed upon the young conununities springing up here. Blessed be these granite. mountains, that stand like vast citadels pt safety around the blue ring of the horizon, aijd, gilded by the glories of the setting sun, carry up the thoughts to sublimity and God. Blessed be the fair skies which bend over us here with all their sparkling hosts of light and glory. Blessed be the pure bree/.es which sing from the north- western hills, and bear health and exhilaration on their wings. But thrice blessed be our homes ; our homes, where lo\'e and happiness wove a eharin and a spell for our hearts, never, never to be unloosed. There " hea^'en lay about us in our infancy." The blue sky was more dear to us because it arched proudly over the cherished roof of home. The sun and wind and snow and rain \\ ere loved because the>' lu'ought their treasures and laid them at the feet of our sanctuary. The forests and vales and roaring brooks have l)een sweet in association from this great central attraction. TOPOGRAPHY OF WILTON : BY ABIEL ABBOT. The town of Wilton, in latitude 42° 50' and longitude 71° 46' W. of Greenwich, is bounded north by I^yndeborough, east by Lynde- borough and Milford, south by Mason and Greenville, and west by Temple. By the original grant the town was "five miles square." It was divided by survey into ten ranges, half a mile wide, running across the town from south to north, and numbered from one at the east to ten at the west ; and each range divided into twenty lots, a half mile long from east to west, and one-fourth of a mile wide, containing eighty acres, and numbered from one at the south to twenty at the north. Such was the plan and intention. But the town was of in-egular surface and covered with a dense forest, and in the actual survey errors were made, so that the lots differ in size, some being twice the size of others. When the town of Temple was incorporated, Wilton was called upon to part with its tenth range, which was annexed to Temple. The original sur- veyors, however, had given good measure, and by later surveys of the town lines, Wilton is found to contain an area equal to nearly or quite "five miles square," or about 16,000 acres. Wilton has neither mountains, nor plains, swamps, or natural ponds worth notice ; but consists mostly of large swells of land, separated by pleasant valleys along the streams. Its superfluous waters are 6 HISTORY OF WILTON. gathered almost wholly into the Souhegan Rivei-, which, couiiug from Ashburnham, Massachusetts, through New Ipswich and Greenville, enters Wilton near its southwest corner, and has a northeasterly winding course of about six and three-fourths miles through the town to the Milford line. It falls within the town about two hundred and thirty feet, and the lowest land in town is at its outlet, one-half mile east from East Wilton. Several mill streams, besides smaller ones, flow into the Souhegan. The Gambrel or Gambol Brook comes from Temple, receives at West Wilton a stream from Temple called Blood Brook, or in old writings Bear Brook, and thence has a southeasterly course of nearly three miles into the Souhegan about two and one-half miles above East Wilton. Rocky River or Stony Brook, from Lyndeborough, flows southeasterly about three miles, and joins the Souhegan at East Wilton. The stream sometimes called Mill Brook issues from Burton Pond in Lyndeborough, unites with the Whiting Brook from Temple, and flows southeasterly three miles or more in Wilton, through Davisville, over the often- visited Barnes's Falls, of forty-five or fifty feet descent, and into Rocky River below the Dale Bridge. Each of these streams furnishes power to several mills and mechanical establishments, and yet but a small part of their power is used ; the most of it goes to waste. More than twenty bridges cross these streams ; two of iron, se\eral of stone, arched, the others of wood. The streams, ordinarily so gentle and useful and delightful, sometimes swell to mighty torrents, doing much damage besides 'carrying off bridges, some of which have been repeatedly destroyed, and rebuilt at great expense to the town. The early inhabitants settled mostly on the hills, where many of the best farms are situated ; and consequently the early roads were made to climb over the hills from house to house, with here and there long and steep ascents and descents. And these roads appear to have satisfied the wants of the people pretty well for many years. But at length, about 1820, the growth of business and corresponding- increase of travel and transportation in and through the town begau to call urgently for new roads, more level or more dii-ect, and especially along the above streams. Accordingly, during the next twenty or thirty years the town constructed new roads, one after another, some at heavy expense, to the extent of twenty miles or more. These hill and valley roads now furnish ready access to all parts of the town, and delightful drives to those who enjoy passing Topography. /' through ever-changing scenery, or seek the more extensive and in-., spiring views to be obtained on mounting tlie hilltops. To the west and southwest the view is bounded by the fine horizon made by the Pack Monadnock range of mountains with Mbunts "Watatic and Wachuset farther south, in Massachusetts. Northwest and north are seen Lovell Mountain in Washington, the Lyndeborough Mountains, and over beyond them the tips of Crotched Mountain in Francestown. To the northeast appear the Joe English and Uncanoonucs, and far to the east the Blue Hills in the eastern part of New Hampshire. Southeast and south the eye ranges over the ' counties of Middlesex and Worcester, in Massachusetts. The following are results of leveling in 1849 and 1850, )iy John H. Abbot: Height in feet. The siirfaoe of Souhegau Kiver, wlieu low. ;it the jiiuctiou of Kocky lilver, being ... Pond at the Iron Bridge, Krcuch Milage si Under tlie Great Bridge . . . U)'.).7' At Deacon Grays Bridge spot . . 132.2 Forty rods below the Burnhani house (siiicu burnt) ...... 1.56.3 ■; Arch Bridge . . .... 292.6 • t'pper Poud, iu Greenville . . 41)8.(3 Pratt Poud .... ... ... .■f.W.ft .Road at corner near J. D. \Vilsou"s ' ,. . 273. .5 lioad near Thurstou"s house . . . ... 134 . Guide Stone at Gray's corner . . . .12!) South plank of the Great Bridge .12.") augle of 7 .' . . mo.i .... 331.3 .... 452.8 . . . ooii.o . . '. 510.8 . 487 . 483.2 Kiver Hill (63 rods long, and i-ises 135 feet, averaging an degrees from horizontal), its top is Eoad opposite H. Frye's house Road opposite P. Gage's house Summit of road north of Z. Abbot's house . . . Road opposite J. F. Russell's house . .... Harris Abbot's north door-stone Summit of road at Captain Clark's house . . Top of Abbot Hill, east of Z. Abbot's house .'>l)() The top of Thomas Russell's chimney, top of Bridges" Hill and top of S. Kimball's chimney are level with the top of Aljbot Hill. Deacon Barrett's Hill is one or two feet lower,. These levels are approximate, and may vaiy fi'om three to li\e leet. Altitudes above sea level in Boston harbor. (From Hitchcock's Geology of New Hampshire, Part I.) : lUoifflit in feet. Top of rails iu Boston and Lowell depot, Boston 11 •' •■ Lowell ■ !)0 8 HISTORY OF WILTON. Height in feef. Top of rails in Nashua 135 •• near Danforth's (ornpr *256 " East Wilton Depot • 32^ ■■ in Manchester, centre of depot . . . • 181 ' Concord, centre of depot • ■ • 282 Concord State House 272 Main street, East Wilton *330 Church ill Wilton ... *61J^ Town of Temple *''20 Hay scales in Xew Ipswich . . ..... 944 Railroad at Greenville ..... . . . • 803 Railroad in east part of Mason . *''00 Brookline tillage . • *^00 Hollis Village . . . . ■ • *300 Amherst Court House . . • • • *^2/ Mont Vernon *770 Near hotel, in (Greenfield . . ... 835 Peterborough . . . . ■ "^ Keene • • ■'"''' EastJaftVey . . . . 1032 Monadnock Mountjiin . . . ... 3186 Peterborough Mountain . . .... . . . 2289 Peterborough Notch, or Gap . .... . . 1457 Temple Mountain ... *17.i5 Spofford Gap 1465 Kidder Mountain *1492 Barrett Mountain, New Ipswich 1847 Barrett Hill, Greenville 1271 Uncanoouuc Mountain, east peak . • 1333 Kearsarge Mountain, Warner . . 2943 Mount Washington ... . . . 6293 Lake Connecticut . . . . 1619 White Mountain Notch .... 1914 Franconia Notch .... *2014 Winnepisiogee I^ake .... 500 GEOLOGY OK WILTON : BY SEWALL PUTN.4.M. From the Report of the State Geologist of New Hampshire, Professor C. H. Hitchcock, we copy what we find relating to the geology of Wilton. In the section, " Hooksett Range of Quartz," on Page 541, Volume II., after tracing the several locations into Lyndeborough, the report says : — Irregularities in the direction are to be expected in Lyndeborough, since the trend of the rock at Patch's, if continued, would carry the ledge * Cannot be relied upon as exact. The othevs are accurate. ^ 2f TZ cL^ 1j o T o ZL g- Ji'ort'k k 10 9 S 7 H ccTLC-e-s 3 -2. / (^ 40 N 5 <^' £< '">o ^. *< i: Ol ^ ID N Vo 4j S- f^ pj - SouCk CL s a 7-T- ^ a 4 (Vriffrnal jlaiz of th^^oowTL of Tfrlton^- high lilll. There is gneiss higher u)), and at intervals to .f. B. tiray's. On thi^ hill west of (iray's the rock is micaceous and gneissic, dipping S(l° X. 70° W.. and that is also the position of the ([uartz. 'I'his is about two miles from the soutlieast end of Figure 9(1. There is a great width of gneiss at tJ ray's, though its place seems to be taken by mica schist on Figure 90. Professor Hitchcock, in the chapter, " Glacial Drift," Page 182., Volume III., says : — The striiiB in Xew Hampshire vary considerable in their direction. In the fourteen towns in Hillsborough County of which he makes mention, the courses vary from S. 9° E. near Leach's in New Boston to S. 41° E. in Lyndeborough. * 111 New Boston. Thickness in feet. UPPER TILL. lOWERTLLL. . 14 1.-. . 12 10 GEOLOGY. 11 The places named in Wilton are : Northeast comer, rock, gneiss, true course S. 21° E. ; West Wilton, rock, gneiss, true course, S. 31° E. Page 2'JO, Volume 111., in the table of " Sections of the Glacial Drift in New Hampshire," we find the following relating to Wilton : >.'orthA\x'st part at County Farm One-eighth mile northeast of East Wilton . . . One-eighth mile west of East AVilton 15 In AVilton, Temple, Greenville and New Ipswich lenticular hills are abundant. Fine examjjles occur in the edge of Mill'ord, two-thirds of ii mile east of \Vilton depot ; upon Perham Hill in the northeast corner of Wilton, and several in tlie northwest, and others in the soTithwest piirt of Wilton. Several quarries of granite have been operated in Wilton, but only one to much extent. On the south side of the Souhegan River, commencing on lot number eleven in the third range, the ledge crops out almost con- tinually as far as the village. In the bottom of Colony Brothers' wheel-pit some of it was blasted out. On lot number eleven, third range, Messrs. J. & C. Haselton have operated much more extensively for a few years than any other of the quarries have ever been operated. The rock is coarser than the rock from the Milford quarries, but shows little or uone of the rusty color after being worked. In the Report of the Mineralogy of New Hampshire, Part IV., Page 136, in the catalogue of mineral localities in New Hampshire, is found : — Wilton. Meuuaccauite. CHAPTER II. FLORA AND FAUNA. The vegetable and animal productions of Wilton do not differ essentially from those of other towns in this county and vicinity. The original forest consisted largely of white, red, and pitch pines, hemlocks, oaks, maples, and other hard woods. Though the first and even the second growth of wood and timber have been princi- pally cut down, more acres are probably now in woodland than were fifty years ago, but the trees are, many of them, saplings. The shrubs and plants are those common to a northern climate and a mountainous country. The fields, woods, pastures and road- sides are gay with a great variety of flowering plants, from the wind- flower and arbutus of the early spring to the laurel, daisies, lilies, primroses and buttercups of summer, and the golden-rod, cardinal, and life-everlasting of autumn. Many exotics have also become domesticated, and have spread from the gardens to the fields. Numerous wild berries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, whortleberries, and others, abound in the fields and pastures, and are serviceable to men and animals. The foliage of the woods and orchards, if not so full and heavy as in regions of deeper and richer soils, is varied and picturesque. The herbage, too, of the tem- perate zone, with its many delicate grasses and mosses, and fine green turf, gives exquisite pleasure to the eye compared with the effect of the coarser vegetation of warmer climates. The following list of plants is by no means complete or ex- haustive. We had hoped to give our readers a full botanical catalogue, but have been disappointed by unforeseen events. FLORA AND FAUNA. 13 The following trees are the principal ones to be found in our town : White Oak, Eed Oak, Yellow Oak, Black Birch, White Birch, Ba,!, in the roll of Captain Xehemiah Love- well's company is found the name of .James Mann, one of the earliest settlers in the southwest part of Wilton, also Philip Put- nam, Ephraim Butterfield and Alexander Jlilliken. They were out about six months iu the service. The above enlistments are all we find recorded in the old docu- ments as belonging to Wilton. CHAPTER IV. PROPRIETARY HISTORY SALEM-CANADA NUJIBER TAVO IN- CORPORATION OF WILTON SLIP ADDED TO TEMPLE. The proprietary history of the towns of New Hampshire may be said to date back to the grants made to Sir Ferdiuando Gorges and Captain John Mason by King James I. They were members of a council of forty establislied in 1620 at Plymouth, in the county of Dover, England, for the planting, ruling, and governing of New England in America. Gorges was a naval officer in the reign of Elizabeth, and a friend of Sir Walter Ealeigli. Mason was a London merchant, also an oflicer in the British navy, and former Governor of Newfoundland. The Council granted, JMareh 9, 16:21, to JIason all that territory included between Saleui and the mouth of the Merrimack, round Cape Aon, up the rivers Naumkeag, Saleui, and iMerrimack to their head waters, then across from the head of one to the head of the other, and all the islands within three miles of the coast, the district to be called Slerriinack. On August 10, 1622, another grant was made to Mason and Gorges jointly of all the land between the rivers Merrimack and Sagadehock (Kennebec), extending back to the great lakes and river of Canada (St. Lawrence) , to be called Laconia. These vast and loosely defined territories became afterwards the subjects of dispute and litigation. Mason obtained a new patent from the Plymouth (England) Council of the land between the Merrimack and the Piscataqua Rivers under the title of New Hamp- shire. Great troubles arose from the o^'erlapping of one grant of land on another already given. But in spite of these conflicts of title, the lands were gradually taken up and settled, and towns es- tablished. These New Hampshire gi-ants came, as was held, into 22 HISTORY OF WILTON. conflict with the interest of Massachusetts, and Mason was pro- nounced in the journal of Governor Winthrop as " the chief mover in all attempts against us." The New Hampshire settlements covered by the patents of Mason and Gorges, being in a divided and unsettled condition and under conflicting authorities, were finally united with Massachusetts, which assumed jurisdiction over the whole.* The Mason grants being thus vacated, the heirs lost the estate which had been willed to them by the original proprietor. Captain John Mason. But in 16fiO the government of Charles II. declared that Robert Mason, grandson and heir of Captain John jMason, had a good and legal title to the province of New Hampshire. But difficulties arose which prevented the reinstatement of his rights. In 1675 a renewed declaration of his legal title was put forth by royal authority, but Mason finally died in 1688, without realizing the fulfilment of his hopes and labors, and left his barren claims to his two sons, John and Eobert. These charter titles, however, were purchased afterwards by a company who gave grants to settlers, and were termed the " Masonian Proprietors." This brief sketch will explain the origin of this title. The proprietors were chiefly wealthy residents of Portsmouth and the vicinity, and they began business in 1748, first by quit-claiming to settlers grants of land previously made during the disputes between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and then by making new grants in their own name. SALKM-CANADA. The first movement towards the settlement of Wilton was made iu 1735. On the 19th of June of that year a petition was presented to the General Court of Massachusetts by Samuel King and others for relief in consideration "of theii' sufferings " in the expedition to Canada under Sir William Phips in the year 1690. Agreeably to the old Roman method of rewarding military services by colonizing the veterans, a committee was chosen, consisting of Samuel Wells, Esq., Samuel Chandler and John Hobson, to lay out a township of the contents of six miles square, west of Narragansette,! called * .Sue Appendix to this Cliapter. — " Wilton as ii Part of Uroton Gore." t So called as the town was granted to persons who had rendered services in the Narra- gansett war. The town of Bedford was called Narragansett No. ."i, or Souliegan East. SALEM-CANADA. 23 Number Three, or Amherst, and also called Souhegau West, and return a plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for con- firmation. This tract, including Lyndeborough and the north part of Wilton, received then the name of Salem-Canada.* The term " Canada " was obviously given on account of the remembrance of the expe- dition to Canada. The prefix of " Salem " was, perhaps, due to the fact that, in the early history of the country, Esse.x County, Massa- chusetts, of which Salem was the shire town or capital, was represented as extending bacli westward from the seaboard to the Connecticut River, covering, of course, as may be seen by the map, the territory now occupied by the towns _ of Lyndeborough and Wiltou. It has also been suggested that the signers of the petition to the General Court for relief were probably residents of Salem and \ieinity. The town of Salem-Canada, six miles square, was to be divided into sixty-three equal shares, one of which was to be for the first settled minister, one for the ministry, and one for the school. The conditions of settlement were that on each share, within three years, a good family should be settled ; a house built eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at least ; that six acres of land should be cultivated ; that the inliabitants should settle a learned orthodox minister, and build and finish a con^•eu^ent meetiug-house for the public worship of God. Sewall Putnam, E)sq., says : " There is no doubt that the southeast part of Lyndeborough was the southeast part of Salem-Canada. The old people of Wilton many years ago used to say that the south line of Salem-Canada was between what is now Mr. Mark Holt's and Mr. Doe's house. A continuation of the line between the south- east part of Lyndeborough aud Milford to the west would run near Mr. Harvey A. Whiting's house on the Hopkins Place, and as it continued west would run between Mr. Mark Holt's and Mr. Doe's house. That shows that about one-third of the present town of Wilton was in Salem-Canada." Some feeling has been expressed of late as if Wilton had en- croached on Lyndeborough, and taken away a part of its territory. But Lyndeborough as a grant to Benjamin Lynde and thirty others did not date till December 5, 1753, four years after Badger's set- tlement and that of others in Salem-Canada. Lyndeborough was * See Appendix to this Chapter. 24 HISTORY OF WILTON. not incorporated until April 23, 1764, almost two years after Wilton was incorporated. This disposes entirely of the claim that any part of Wilton was ever a part of Lyndeborough. That about one-thii'd of >Vilton was once a part of Salem-Canada no one will deny, but Salem-Canada was not identical with Lyndeborough any more than it was with Wilton. Wilton took away none of Lyndeborough's territory, and could not, in the nature of things, for Lyndeborough was not in existence when Xumber Two, the predecessor of Wilton, was granted as a town. We cannot with any advantage rake over the embers in the old ashes of past grievances to kindle new regrets and jealousies. Let bygones be bygones. Our forefathers, no doubt, did the best they could under the circumstances, as we do now, and what is written is written, and what is done is done, and cannot be reversed or undone. Salem-Canada was not Lyndeborough any more than it was Wilton. Salem-Canada preceded both towns, and both towns took a portion of its territory, and Wilton had a right to do so as much as Lynde- borough, and, as the first in the field, more right to do so. If any party had a right to complain it was Salem-Canada, because its territory had been absorl)ed in Wilton and Lyndeborough. \Vs confess that our good neighbor, Lyndeborough, since she >)ecame Lyndeborough, and not Salem-Canada, has suffered muti- lation by a portion of her territory, in 17'.»fi, being annexed to (ireenfield, another portion, in 18.")3, to Mont Vernon, and still another portion, iu 1873, to Milford. For these clippings no com- pensation was gi\'en to Lyndeborough. But the territory taken from Salem-Canada to form, not Wilton, but " Number Two," was made up to it by an equal amount of lands added on the north. About the time of the first settlement there was a coutroversv between the authorities of Xew Hampshire and Massachusetts relating to the juiisdiction of the territory of southern New Hamp- shire. A definite account of this dispute is given in Doctor N. Bouton's History of Concord. For ten years the inhabitants in tliis part of the state were under the government of Massachusetts. " SUHBEK TWO." The grant of Salem-Canada iu 1735 by the Massachusetts General Court and the settlements formed iu it, were followed iu 1749 by the grant of a new township, from the proprietoi-s holding under the C^^^'-ViJ-a^l^ JU- 25 charter of John Tufton Mason, to a company of purchasers, forty-six in number.* Many of them never resided on the property, but afterwards sold their lands to settlers coming in. These shares were drawn by lot. The deed conveying the land was dated October 1 , 1'4:9, at Dunstable, and the lots were drawn on October 10, 1749. The name first given to the new township, which included on the north a part of Salem-Canada, was " Number Two." The following conditions were prescribed by the proprietors to the grantees : 1. Two lots of piglity acrps each should br spI a])art to I'noouran'P the building of mills. 2. One shave of two huudred and forty aprcs should be given to the tiist minister. 3. One share should be set apart for the Christian nunisti-y. 4. One share should be given to sehools. .). The shareholders sliould make all roads. 0. The original proprietors should be exempt from all taxes. 7. The siiareholders sliould spttlp and build houses on forty lots. 8. Each settler sliould ])ay siil^.SS to aid iu building up the town. 9. Those not fulfilling the ponditions, except in ease of an Indian war, were to forfeit their sliares. 10. AVliito pine trees were to bp resprvp' miles in a northeasterly direction to its mouth; and this deflection in the current caused the disijute. The difference between the actual and the supposed direction A\as a matter of little practical impoi-tancc so long as the neighboring territory remained unsettled, or so long as tlie two Provinces were essentially under one government: but as the population increased it liecame an exciting and vexatious question. Towns were chartered by Massachusetts in territory claimed by Xew ITanipshire, and this action led to bitter feeling and pro- voking legislation, ^fassachusetts contended for the land " nominated in the bond." which would carry the line fifty miles northward into the very heart of Xcw Hampsliire ; and on the other hand that Province strenuously opposed this view of the case, and claimed that the line should run, cast and west, three miles north of the moutb of the river. At one time a royal commission was appointed to consider the subject, but their labors produced no satisfactory result. At last the matter was carried to England for a decision, which was rendered by the King on March 5. 1739-40. This judgnjcut was final and in favor of Xcw Hampsliire. Tt gave that Provhice not only all tli<' 'territory in dispute, but a strip of laud fourteen miles in width, ]ying along lier southern bordei-, mostly west of the "Merrimack, which bad never been claimed. Tills stiii) was the tract of land between the line running east and west, tlii'ee miles north of the southernmost trend of the river, and a similar line three miles north of its mouth. By the decision twenty-eight townships were taken from Massa- chusetts and transferred to Xew Hampshire. The settlement of this disputed question A\as undoubtedly -i public benefit, although at the time it caused a great deal of hard feeling. In establisliing the new boundary Pawtucket Falls, situated now in the city of liOwell, and near the most southern portion of I lie river's course, was taken as the starting-place, and the line tfiat now separates the two states was run west, three miles north of this point. It was surveyed offlcially in the spring of 1741, with reference to the settlement of this disi^ute. It will be readily seen by the foregoing th.it the line contended for by New Hampshire would run thi'ee miles or more north of the north line of Wilton. S.VLKM-CAXADA. "June 19th, 1735, Samuel Wells Esq. .Samuel Chandler and John Hobson were appointed a committee by the General Court of SALEM-CANADA. 31 Massachusetts to lay out a township of the contents of six square miles, west of Xarragansett Town, called " Number Three," and re- turn a plat thereof to this Court, within twelve months, for con- firmation." The following is a description of the tract of land called Salem- Canada, as laid out in May, 1736, by order of the authorities of Massachusetts Bay, and returned June 2, 1736 : Begiuniug at a spruce tree and runs north by the Needle 2191 rods on province land to a hemlock marked ; tlien runs East 1558 perch on Province land to a township adjoining to and lying north of Salem-Karragansett Xo. 3 ; then turns and runs south on said township 640 rods to a township granted to ,7ono Simpson and others: then turns and runs East on said township 402 pole to !i stake and stones; then runs south 1467 perch on said iS'^ari-agansett town; then runs west 480 perch on Duxbury School Farm to stake and heap of stones; then turns south 13 perch on said Farm to a poplar; then runs west 1460 perch to the spruce first named. If we suppose the distance from Duxbury School Farm to the spruce at the southwest corner of Salem-Canada (1460 rods) to be correct, that spruce must have been in what is now Wilton ; the north line of Wilton being 1.518 rods, would leave the spruce 58 rods east of the present west line of Wilton. Hemlock. »3« Kast 1658 perch on Province Laud. April 8 , 1885. I 1 West line. East line. I 1920 six miles. 160 half mile. 61 rods. 640 1467 1.3 2141 2120 North line of Wilton. Xoir Wilton. 1618 rods. 1 ,-o Spruce. j3 Now u %, Xew Boston. o 402 perch. 14H0 perch Fiovince Land. Now Wilton. Township Granted to Simpson. 480 perch. Duxbury School Farm. 32 HISTORY or WILTON. In the town clerk's office at Lyndeborough is a copy of the Salem- Canada grant, and also a plan of the same, from which this is a copy. The distances, etc., of the several lines on this plan are put down the same as they are on the plan at Lyndeborough. It will be seen that there is a discrepancy on the west line of fifty rods between the figures and the sum as written out, but it is the same in the description. The dotted lines on this plan do not represent any lines on the plan at Lyndeborough, but represent the north line of Wilton, and the east line as far as Lyndeborough runs south. GKAXT OF THE JIA^UNIAX PKOPKIETORS. Extract from the deed making the grant of the township of Wilton by the Masonian Proprietors : PjiovixcE OF ) Pursuant to tlie Power ami Autliorit 3- granted and Xew Hamfshike. I vi^stcd in me by the Proprietors ot Lauds purchased of .lohu Tuftou ^lason Ks(x. iu the Province of Xew Hampshire by their vote Passed at their meetiug held at Portsmouth iu said Province the 16th day of .June 1740 T do hy tliese presents on the terms and eouditious hereafter expressed give ami grant iinfo Thomas Head, Est^. Robert Flet- cher Jun, Josej)]! Blauehard Jun. Oliver Coleburu, Oliver Farwell, Jno. I'sher. Tliomas Spaiilding. John Lovewell .Tun, Peter Powers, Iluuiphrey Hobl)s. ,Tohn ( 'onilis. .los. Blodget, Samuel Fowle. .Tosiah Swan, Fzra Car- penter. .Toua. (tnnniings. ThoHias Parlver, .Jun, .John VaruvMU, William Foster, the Pcv. !Mr. Tliomas Parker, Josiali Buttertield. Anthony Emoiy. Benjamin Parker .lun, Xehemiah Aljliot. Sanmel C;re(de, Benju. Farwell, Oliver Whiting. .Tos. liieliardsou, Benju. Farley. Juo. Kendall, Abi-aham Kendall. David Adams. .Joseph Freneh. Eleazer Blauchard, Zaeheus Lovewell. Saumel Farley. AVilliam Cmumiugs. .Tona. Powers, Samuel f 'ummings. Arehalaus Dale. Jacob I'utuam. Xathaniel Putnam, John Dale, Stephen Herryman. John Shead and Ephraim Putnam, all the right title and property of the Grantors aforesaid of iu aud to all that part of a township or tract of land in the I'rovinee of Xew Hampshire aforesaid containing fl\-e nnles square Lying on the branches of Souhegan river between Peterboronh and 3Iunson bounded as follows. Beginning at the Southwest corner of the premises at a white pine tree, which is the Xorth- west corner of the 'J'owiiship Xo. 1 and runs from thence north five miles to a white ash mai-ked. from tlienee east five miles to a stake and stones, from thence south five miles to a Chestnut tree marked, frotn thence west five miles to the white pine tree tli-st mentioned which said Township is laid out. drawn for aud tlie lotts ascertained to each grantee respectively also two lotts for encouragement for luiildiug Mills and three shares for public uses viz. one for the first settled ^fiuister. one for the >Iinistry and one for the school. M b Q H n O MASONIAN GKANT. 33 In witness whereof I the Subscriber Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of October 1749. Joseph Blanchakd. schedule of lots drawn br the grantees. GRANTEES. Robert Fletcher, Jr. ... . Joseph Blanchard, Jr.'. . Oliver Colburn ■. . . Minister Oliver Farwell John Usher Thomas Spalding John Lovewell, Jr. . ... ... Peter Powers Humphrey Hobbs John Combs • • • Joseph Blodgett Samuel Fowle ■ Josiah Swan Ezra Carpenter Jonathan Cummings ■"- . • Thomas Parker, Jr John Vamum ...;... Peter Powers & A. Dale Ministry Thomas Read, Esq William Foster ; Mr. Thomas Parker Josiah Butterfield Anthony Emory Benjamin Parker, Jr — Peter Powers • ■ ■ School lots ]s ,o . " *; K IS w !a 1 9 4 9 3 11 2 S 4 8 3 20 3 10 6 1 10 16 fi 12 7 17 10 20. 7 n 5 2 7 ■ ,1 S 6 5 6 6 ■1 9 18 1 13 1 14 10 8 6 2 10 1 12 13 7 16 10 20 14 4 4 6 3 10 Ifi 4 3 8 2 9 17 5 5 5 6 3 19 13 3 13 2 12 20 13 6 10 10 11 22 12 6 17 3 15 2,3 3 2 4 2 11 24 3 3 12 2 V 2n 3 4 1 3 2 27 7 S 7 7. 7 28 17 2 8 8 9, .30 11 1 19 4 19 .S2 7 10 20 8 10 34 18 7 19 7 18 35 17 7 14 2 17 36 15 2 2 8 3 40 11 8 10 8 13, 41 13 . 8 14 8 20 42 12 9 10 9 10 43 13 9 3 1 16 4,5 9 8 9 9 8 46 16 9 9 6 19 47 6 4 7 4 7 48 17 ■5 16 5 49 14 6 15 6 -., 50 19 8 18 6 51 16 7 13 5 52 5 9 6 8 14 53 19 5 55 16 4 18 4 15 56 17 1 . , 57 4 7 5 7 6 60 11 6 1 9 1 61 18 2 19 2 19 62 20 10 10 7 o ■IE ^ ♦William Carson ♦Jacob Wellman ♦Adam Johnston ♦Daniel Gould ♦Jonas Kidder ♦David Stephenson Those with this mark (*) were probably Lyndeborough men.— [S. Putnam. t.IUegible. 36 HISTORY OF WILTON. KELATIVE TO A BUIUfiK OVEK ^^OUHKGAX KIVEK. Wilton, VeWy \« 11—1773. 2'u the Honourable the Gouncil and House of Bepresentatives fur the State of New Hampshire in G-eneral Court to he Convend at Exeter on the Second Wednesday in February Instant. The Petition of the Subse-ribers hunibl>- slieweth— That the Bridge (in the one Mile Slip) over the Elver formerly known by the Xiime of Souhegan River, is in Great want of being Repair'' or Rebuilt, that the Bridge is of Publii' Benefit being in the Direet «ay from Exeter to Charlestown M'o. 4 that Three Bridges, have been Ereeted in that Place, and Repaired from time to time at the expense of the [nhabitauts of ^Vilton and a few other Persons — tliat the Inhabitants of one "Mile Slip are few In Xumber and they think it a Hardship to be put to the Charge of it Aloue^- Therfore your Petitioners pray that ^"our Honours would take it into your wise Consideration and Direet in What Way the same shall be re- built — and your Petitioners as in T>atx Bound Shall ever Prav — Amos Puller Ebenezer Chandler Joseph Snow Fifleld Holt Jr Samuel Hutchinson ♦Benj" Lewis ♦Ben" Lewis Junr *Will"' parson *Sanmel parson *Nathan Hutchinson [Juhr Samuel Shelden Joseph Abbot William Brown Amos Holt David Chandler ■"Simon Blanchard *Bichard Boynton *Thonnis Pearson *>fathan Hutchinson tSanmel Mitchell Stephen Buss Jacob Abbot Fitleld Holt Jhiry Petteugill I'riah.Wilkins *Jotha)n Blanchard * William Pearson Juner *Kbenezer parson *Beuj'i Hutchinson tWiliiam A lid ACT (JF IN('()l!l'(JUATIOX. Province of New Hai)ipshire — George the third by the grace of God of Great Brittan France and^ Ireland King Defender of the faith &c : To all and to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting : Whereas our Loj'al subjects Inhabitants of a tract of Land within our Province of New-Hampshire Known by the name of Xo. 2, Lying on the branches of Souhegan River between Peterborough and 3Ionson and contains fi\e miles square, have humbly Petitioned and Requested us that they may be erected and incor- porated into a township and Infranchized with tVie same powers and privileges which other towns within our said Province by law have and enjoy : and it appearing unto us to be condusive to the general good of our said Province as well as of the said Inhabitants in particular by maintaining good Order and encouraging the ciiltnre of the Land that the same should be done. • Those with tliis mark (*) undoubtedly lived in wliat is now Milford. mark (f) are Peterborough names.— [S. rutnam. Those with this ACT OF INCORPORATION. 37 Know ye therefore that we of our special Grace Certain Knowledge and for the encouragement and promoting the good purposes aforesaid by and with the advies of our and well beloved Beuning Wentworth Esq : our Gov- ernor and Coniniander in eheif and of our Council for said Province of Xew Hampshire have crei'teil and ordained and liy these prpsents for us our , heirs and suocessoi-s do will and ordain that the Inhabitants of the tract of Land aforesaid and others wlio shall inhabit and improve thereon here- after, the same being butted and bounded as follows vi/: Beginning at the southwest corner of the premises at a white pine tree whicli is the north west cornel' of A'o. (1)* and runs from tlience north five miles to a white ash tree marlted: from thence east five miles to a strake and stones: from thence south five miles to a ('hcstuut tree nun-lied: from thence west five miles to the white iiine tree first mentioned : Be and liereby are declared and ordained to ))e a Town Corporate and are hereby Erected and Incorporated into a body Politic!; and Corporate to lia^e continuance until his Majesty's Pleasure shall ■l)e further known by the name of Wilton, . with all the powers, authorities, privileges, immunities and ft-anchizes whicli any other town in saiil Province by law hold and enjoy to the said inhabitants or who sliall hereafter iuliabit tliere and their successors for said term always reserving to us our lieirs and successors ait White Pine trees that are or shall be found growing and beiug on said tract of Land fit for tlie use of our Koyal Xa^y. Reserving also to us our heirs and suc- cessors tlie Po\\er and Rigiit of di\idiug said town wlien it shall appear necessary and convenient for tlie Inhabitants thereof: Provided Nevertlieless and it is hereby dei'lared that this cliarter and grant is not intended and shall not in any manner be construed to extend or effect the private property of the soil within the limits aforesaid, and as tlie several towns within our said Province arc by tlie liiws thereof enabled and authorized to ass<'nil)le and liy tlie Majoritj' of the Voters present to chuse such oflicers and transact such attairs as in tlie said laws are declared, The a)inuiil .Meeting in said Tow n shall be held, for the choice of sucli officers and tlie purposes aforesaid, on tlie second Monday of ^larch annually In Testimony whereof we liave caused tlie Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed, ^Vitiiess, Benning Wentworth Esq. our Governor and Commander in Cliief of our said Province the Second day of January ill the Fifth year of our Reign and in tlie year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred sixty five By his Excellenc5's command with advice of Council T. iVtkinsou Si'c,y. B. Wentworth A RECORD OF WILTOX PROCEEDINCS, 1768 — 1773. ' Wilton June y^ 9"^ day 1708 this Day it being Townmeeting at wilton & we the Subscribers attended where was the Committee from Peterborough Slip to see wheather tlie Town of wilton would Vote to Re Ceive the East * Now Greenville and M.ison. 38 HISTORY OF WILTON. part of Peterborough Slip or Give them hal a mild of wilton & when we Came to article mr Butterfield who wais moderator would not Call for a Vote on it But Said we will a Jorn the meeting til y« 7 of July which he did the Committee a fore S'' Deziered a Coppy of their proceedings but Could not obtain it William mansur test Stephen Putuam his Alexander o Milliken mark Portsmouth June 11*'' 1768 Whereas we the Subscribers being Agents appointed to carry on the Affair For Peterborough Slip & wilton Relative to their Petition Have agreed to Leave the whole Affair to His Execelleney and Council to do as in their Wisdom and Prudence Shall think Best Praying further opportu- nity to Lodge Such Papers as to Give your Execelleney and Honours Further Light as witness our Hands Provided Such Papers are filled before the Day appointed for the Governors & Councils Determination, agent for Peterborough Slip Ephraim Heald agents for Wilton Joseph Butterfield James Dascombe PETITION FKOM VFILTOX : addressed to the Governor and Council, 1768 We the inHabitauts of wilton Humbly petition your ExCellency & Honours That the East part of Peterborough Slip May Be anexed to wilton & Incorporated in to one Town with us & in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray &C Wilton the 10 day 1768* William mausur Ebenezer Perry James mansur Jonas Perry his Abijah Perry Alexander O Milliken mark Stephen f arnani KEMONSTRANCE FROM THE INHABITANTS OF WILTON : addressed to the Governor and Council, 1768. May it please your Excellency and Hon™ We the Inhabitants of Wilton in said Province are notified by mr Sec'^ Atkinson, that the Inhabitants of Peterborough Slip have lately petition'd your Excellency and Hon" for a Charter of incorporation granting Town privileges &= with Addition of one mile in wedth & the length of town to be taken off from the Town of Wilton and Added to Peterbo"' Slip : in Consideration whereof a Slip to be Added on the Opposite part of the Town &c. That we may shew cause if any we have why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. * The month is missing. REMONSTRANCE FROM WILTON. 39 Therefore we take liberty to say, that the situation aud Circumstances of the said Peterborough Slip was known by the late Gov' & C'ouncel at the Time said Wlltou was incorporated; Notwithstanding saw fit to incorpo- rate Wilton for a Certain Liinniited Term according to its present form, and at the end of said Term grante Committee 11: April 1768 Ephraim Heald ) CHAPTER V. THE EAKLY SETTLERS. The first settlers upon the territory now called "Wilton, but origin- ally Salem-Canada, were from Danvers, Massachusetts, and Notting- ham, New Hampshire, now called Hudson. The dangers, labors and sufferings which the}' underwent were not unlilce those to which all the pioneers of New lilngland were subjected. Hard work, meagre fare, solitary lives, exposure to an untried climate, apprehensions from the savages, sickness and wounds without surgical or medical care, deprivation of social, intellectual and religious privileges— these and kindred ills were their lot. For three years after the settlement began the wife of Jacob Putnam was the only woman who resided permanently in the town. During one winter such was the depth of snow in the woods, and such the distance from neighbors, that for the space of six months she saw no one but the members of her own family. In 17;^!) Jacob and Ephraim Putnam, John Dale, and John Badger commenced a settlement on the southerly side of the teirritory thus laid out of Salem-Canada. Ephraim Putnam located on what is now Lot No. 14, in the fifth range, at the intersection of the roads near the north cemetery, and a daughter of his was the first child born in Wilton. Jacob Putnam located on the southeast part of Lot No. 15, in the fifth range (the original boundary of the lots was a large pine tree on the north bank of the stream a short distance below the old saw- mill) . He built the house where Michael McCarthy now lives. It was two stories in front and one back, the front rafters being short, and the back ones long. Many of the old houses were built in that style of architecture. The house remained, in that shape until it was remodeled, with some additions, by Mr. Joseph Wilson, a few years before he sold it and removed to western New York. 42 HISTORY OF WILTON. John Dale's first camp was near where the roads cross, east of the old house that he afterwards built, now owned by Mr. S. H. Dunbar, and that is said to ))e the first two-story frame house built in what was afterwards ^^'ilton. It is lined between the outside and inside finish witli bricks, for protection against the Indians. The farm remained in possession of .John Dale, John Dale, Jr., and John Dale, ;3d, who died April ;!, 1843, and was sold at auction by the administrator in November following to Abel Fisk, Jr. The history of another of the early settlers, John Badger, is a romantic one. We glean from Mr. fxrant's History of Lyndeborougli and Dr. Epliraim Peabody's Wilton Centennial the following inter- esting particulars : John Badger was a native of England, and emigrated witli two of liis brothers, Joseph and Eliphalet, to America about 1728-!). His father was wealthy and had business for him to transact in Scot- land. There he met Mary McFarland, with whom he fell in love, but his father, with the prejudice then prevailing against the Scots, forbade the connection. So the brotliers were despatclied to Amer- ica, and settled first in Nottingham, New Hampshire. But the pre- caution of tlie father was defeated. Mary followed her lover to America, and they were married in Maine. But after some removals tliey came to live in Salem-Canada, and located their dwelling about a third of a mile east of John Dale's house. The swell of land on which they lived has ever since borne the name of the Badger Hill. Badger moved into his cabin in April, 1739, but the hardships of the pioneer life were too much for him. The otlier settlers near him went in the winter to a block-house situated on the hill northeasterl}- from the present glass works in Lyndeborough. But the Badgers with their three children, David, Robert and Mary — a younger one, Betsey, having died of injuries received in the burning of a house in Nottingham — remained in their cabin during the winter. Badger died of consumption in February, 1740. Dr. E. Peabody thus tells the pathetic story in bis Wilton Centen- nial address : Mr. Badger died in the iiifflit. The iieiuvst neighlior was three miles distant and the ground was covered with snow. His wife fomposed him on the bed as for rest, left her ehildi-en (of whom she had three, the oldest Imt eight years of age) with their lireakfast. and with strict injunctions not to awake their father, as he was asleep, and, putting on her snow-shoes, proceeded to seek assistance. That, indeed, was a dreary morning, as she went forth through the solitary woods of winter. Death is in her home, EARLY SETTLERS. 43 and her children wait her returd. Uphold her trembling heart, thou Father of the fatherless and the widow's God ! Neighbors returned with her. A tree was hollowed out for a coffin, and so in the solitude was he committed to the earth. Death at all times comes chilling the hearts of men with awe and fear. Even in populous cities, in the midst of the throng and busy voices of life, an awful sense of solitude rests on those who witness the departure of the dying ; and days and years shall pass, and they who beheld the scene shall enter that chambei- with silent steps and hushed voices and a shadow over their souls. What, then, must have been her loneliness, — a solitary widow in the wilderness I She must watch by the bedside of her children alone; her tears shall be shed alone ; she shall no more kneel by her husband's side to pray; his voice shall no more waken her at morning, and when the night approaches she shall unconsciously look forth to the forest, watching foi' his i-etnrn, who shall never return again. A single example like this shows the hardships of the first settlers of a new region better than any general description, however ex- tended or graphic. But the terrible hardships and trials through which Mrs. Badger passed were too much for her nervous system, and she became insane. In this condition of irresponsibleness, after a few years, she committed suicide. David and Robert Badger settled in Lyndeborough a little north of the Badger Pond. The descendants of the English John Badger and the Scottish Mary McFarland are widely scattered over New England and the Western States. There is a conflict of authorities in regard to the place to which Mrs. Badger went after the death of her husband. Mr. Grant, in his History of Lyndeborough, states that she removed with her children to Nottingham. But Mrs. Mary Pettengill of Wilton, granddaughter of Mary Badger, says she went to Mollis. We can- not decide which is correct. There is also some variation in the account of the Badger children. Mr. Grant, a grandson of David Cram and Mary Badger, in his sketch of Lyndeborough in the County History says : " The names of the children of Badger were David, Robert, Mary and Betsey, the last named of whom was the youngest and died young in consequence of injuries received in the burning of a house in Nottingham." The mother and children after the death of the father moved back to Nottingham. 44 HISTORY OF WILTON. Mr. Grant also says he " has attempted to gather up a few frag- ments of history connected with ' tlie first settler ' of his native town from a source whiet will soon be removed from earth," viz. : Sarah Badger, a granddaughter of the said John Badger, who now resides on the spot where David, tlie son of said John, lived and died. He believes the substance of it truthful and correct. ■ But Mr. Sewall Putnam learned from Mrs. Hermon Pettengill, a daughter of Gideon Cram, and granddaughter of David and Marj' (Badger) Cram, *ho had consulted records in Lyndeborough, that Mr. Badger died in February, 1740, and Mrs. Badger soon went to Hollis. And that on August 27, ,1740, a daughter was born to Mrs. , Badger, who was named Mary, who was the grandmother of Mrs. Pettengill, and after whom she was ufvmed. Mary Badger married David Cram, and their son David was the father of our respected townsman, David Cram. It is desirable to be perfectly accurate in all matters of history, whether it be that of a nation or a town, but where authorities, like those above, are in conflict, the only course is to state both sides, and leave the reader to decide which has the preponderance. CHAPTER VI. TOWN INSTITUTIONS. It has been said that American Liberty was. bom in the cabin of the Mayflower in 1620, when the Pilgrims made a covenant with one another, and signed it, as the instrnment of their civil and religious polity. But its earliest effective institutions were the town church, supported by the taxes of all the people, and the town meeting, to which all freemen were admitted, and which regulated all municipal affairs. Thus more than a century before a thought was entertained of a free and independent nation, separated from the parent country, the citizens of the Colonies were virtually put to school in the knowledge and practice of public and oflScial duties in state and church, and were trained to administer the affairsf of the nation in peace and war. De Tocqueville, in his " Democracy in America," the best work by a foreigner ever written upon our institutions, says : "In New P^ngland political life bad its origin in the townships, and it may be said that each of them originally formed an independent nation. ' ' In the American township power has been distributed with ad- mirable skill for the purpose of interesting the greatest possible number of persons in the common weal. " They possess two advantages, which strongly excite the interest of mankind, namely : independence and authority. " It is incontestably true that the tastes and habits of republican government in the United States were first created in the townships and the provincial assemblies." A good illustration of this public spirit and interest in the common weal, which was strengthened and cherished by the township System, is found in the records of the town, dated July 15 and September 8, 1774, in which the inhabitants enter into a covenant of non- importation and non-consumption of British goods. This instrument 46 HISTORY OF WILTON. is given in full subsequently in the chapter on the " Eevolutionary War.'' It seemed a trifling thing for this little community of farmer people, perched on the granite hills of a sparsely inhabited state, thus to fling defiance in the face of a great nation and its king, but it had its serious meaning and weight. The act showed a determination to repel unjust laws by sacrifices of comfort and peace, and to vindicate the cause of freedom at whatever cost. It also showed sympathy and made common cause with the sister colonies, who, suffering from the Stamp Act and taxation without representation, and other invasions of the rights of British freemen, needed the support of brethren. That same spirit, acquiring force as it proceeded, sent " the embattled farmers " to Bunker Hill and Bennington, and finally, after a war of eight years with one of the gi-eatest powers of the old world, won the independence of the new. TOWN MEETINGS. These were usually held annually, the second Tuesday of March. A public notice was posted by the selectmen, informing the people when, where, and for the transaction of what business the meeting was called, and summoning the legal voters to assemble and dis- charge their legal duties as freemen. The assembly in early times was held in the church, but at the present day the meetings are held in a Town House, or hall, built for the purpose. A presiding officer called a Moderator was chosen, and prayer was offered by the minister of the church. A Town Clerk was elected to record the proceedings. A Board of Selectmen, usually consisting of three men, was chosen to administer the affairs of the town, relating to schools, roads, the poor, taxes, etc. A representative was chosen to the General Court, or State Legislature, also a town treasurer, town collector, superintending school committee, tithing men, con- stables, etc. Keports were read by the officers of the preceding year in relation to roads, schools, taxes, bridges, and all matters pertaining to the welfare of the town. Thus the town clock was wound up to run another year. It was really a democratic republic in miniature. All power sprang from the people, and was referred directly back to the people, as the legitimate source of all human authority. In these political schools the people were nurtured and strengthened for the days to come, the " times, that tried men's souls." And the permanence and success of the republican system of government depend to a considerable degree upon the extension TOWN MEETINGS. 47 and efflciency of the public town meeting. This is the nest egg of the. political system of America. One who long filled important offices in town, and who has been a careful observer, remai-ks : " I am unable to perceivfe where we have, in our political organizations, any that are purely demo- cratic, except in the towns and wards. All our other organizations, city, country, state, etc., are representative, and I think only in New England is the pure town organization still retained." TOWN DEBTS AND TOWN TAXES. The expenses of the town for the church, schools, roads, bridges, public improvements, the poor, etc., were met by taxes levied on all property, real and personal, collected by an officer appointed for the purpose, and "paid over to the treasurer, to be disbursed by orders signed by the selectmen. Unfortunately in many states since the formation of the government the township system has fallen into disuse, and so there has been in some respects a perceptible decline in municipal liberty and spirit, which augurs ill for the future of the country. Eeports of public affairs are now printed, not read before the assembly of the people and submitted to their judgment. There is no discussion in the presence of the legal voters of the interests of the public. And the caucuses " cut and dry " the measures to be adopted and select the men to be chosen to office, while the town meetings only ratify what has been determined on elsewhere. The restoration of the town meeting to its primitive place and power, and its extension to all the states of the Union, would be a most beneficial agency in the progress of America. All hail the town meeting ! TOWN OFFICERS. The following are the principal town officers from the date of the charter of the town in 1765 to 1775, when, the records having been burned, the list is not available : 1765 — Moderator : James Brown. Town Clerk : John Burton, Jr. Selectmen : Ephraim Butterfield, John Dale, John Bur- ton, Jr. Treasurer : Abiel Abbot. 1766 — Moderator: Ephraim Butterfield. Town Clerk: John Burton, Jr. Selectmen : Ephraim Butterfield, Nathan Ballard, *PhUip Putnam, Abner Stiles, Abiel Abbot. Treasurer: Jonathan Cram. * Philip Putnam refused to serve as selectman, and Amos HOlt was choijeu in his place. 48 HISTOEY OF WILTON. 1767 — Moderator : James Brown. Town Clerk : John Burton, Jr. Selectmen : Abiel Abbot, Abner Stiles, Philip Putnam, Jpseph Butterfield. Treasurer : Jonathan Cram. 1768— Moderator : Ephraim Butterfield. Town Clerk : John Bur- ton, Jr. Selectmen : James Dascomb, Joseph Butterfield, Abiel Abbot, Philip Putnam , James Maxwell. Treasurer : Jonathan Cram. , 1769 — Moderator: James Brown. Town Clerk : John Burton, Jr. ' Selectmen: John Burton, Jr., James Dascomb, Jacob Abbot. Treasurer : Jonathan Cram. 1770 — Moderator: Richard Taylor. Town Clerk : .John Burton, Jr. Selectmen : Jonathan Burton, Joseph Butterfield, Joseph Holt. 1771 — Moderator: Eichard Taylor. Town Clerk: John Burton, Jr. Selectmen : Eichard Taylor, Abiel Abbot, John Burton, Jr. 1772 — Moderator: Eichard Taylor. ToWn Clerk : John Burton, Jr. Selectmen : Jacob Abbot, Abner Stiles, Jonathan Martin. 1773 — Moderator: Jonathan Burton. Town Clerk : John Burton, Jr. Selectmen : William Abbot, .Jonathan Burton, Joseph Butterfield. 1774 — Moderator: Joseph Holt. Town Clerk: John Burton, Jr. Selectmen : Joseph Holt, William Abbot, Jacob Adams. 177.5 — Moderator: Joseph Holt. Town Clerk: Jacob Abbot. Selectmen : A'biel Abbot, Philip Putnam, Nathan Ballard. PETiriUX FOli TOWX KKPKK.--i:XTATI( )X. To the Honorable Council (C House of liepreseiUativcs in General Court Assembled— The Petition of the Freeholder.? & other Inhabitants of the Towns of Lyudeborough & Wilton, Humbly Sheweth That Wilton, Lyudborough, the one Mile Slip & Duxbury School Farm, by the Convention of this State, in the 1773, were annexed to make one representation, — That sensible of the Important-o of the General Cause, in which we are engaged, we have hitherto, patienly Submited to the Disadvantages of an In- adequate Bepresentiltion, rather than Interupt tlie Honorable Court by Petitioning for a Redress— But hoping you may have a leisure Moment, that you may improve in attending to our situation — \Vc beg leave to lay before your Honors the following facts — That in Wilton, there are Ib-i Rateable I'olls, In Lyudsborough 180, and in the one Mile Slip and Duxbury School Farm 19, all which make 353 — That from the North west 3 CO 3 p] Z Q CO r K^ O -J z; a\ > z r < o TOWN REPRESENTATION. 49 part oC Ijynilsborough, to the South side of the ouo Mile Slip, (foUowhij; the most I'ublick Koad), is about 19 Miles, and that to every 1000£, Paid li.v this State the aforesii Places Vay 17£., 3 .. 11 . 3,— And that when the Kepresentative is Chosen in one of the Towns, it is Impossible for the other Towu to ^'ote with propriety In the Choice, Being ignorant of the abilities of the Inhabitants of s'* Town — add to this, their Ignorance of the Proceedings of the Geneal Court, and consequently of their Political duty. Therefore your Petitioners Humbly Supplicate your Honors to grant to Lyndsborough and Wilton, the Priviledge of a Sepcrate Kepreseutatiou — And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever pray. Dated at AVilton Octobi' 5"' 1780 Jacob Abbot Eben'' Roekwood AV'illiam Abbot Jr David Badger ] Levi Spalding >• A,r-ii- x> \ for Lyndsborough William Barron J •' " Committee for Wilton Committee SlCLWmiEX OF THE TOWN OF WILTOX SINCE ITS INCORPOKATION IN 17G2. Years of Service : James Brown, 1702, 03 . . . 2 John Dale, 1702, 04, 05 . . . 3 John Cram, 1762 . . . . . ... 1 Ebenezer Perry, 1703 . ... . . 1 Jacob Putnam, 1703 . . . ... 1 Ephraim Butterfield, 17U4-(J(i 3 .John Burton, Jr., 17(i4, 05, 07, 09, 71 ... . . 5 Xathan Ballard, 1760. 75 . . . 2 Amos Holt, 1706 . ... ... 1 Ablel Abbot, 176i;-0S, 71, 7.5, 82, 83, 92-9.") . . . 11 Philip Putnam, 1707, 08, 75 . . .... 3 Joseph Butterfield, 1767, 68, 70, 73 . .... 4 James Dascomb, 1708, 69, 81 ... . .... 3 Abner Stiles, 1766, 67, 72 : 3 James Maxwell, 1708 . 1 In the years 1700, 07, 68 there were five selectmen elected. Jacob Abbot, 1709, 72 . 2 Jonathan Burton, 177U, 73, 77, 79, 82, S3, 80-90, 93-9,") . . 14 Joseph Holt, 1770, 74, 77 . . 3 Richard Taylor, 1771, 76 . . . 2 Jonathan Martin, 1772, 80 2 William Abbot, Jr., 1773, 74, 78, 80, 84-90 11 Jacob Adams, 1774, 7(i . 2 Simon Keyes, 1770 . .... . . 1 John Dale, Jr., 1777, S4, 85 3 Samuel Greele, 1778 ... ... 1 95 2lj, 2y, 32, 30 29, 38, 34, 42-tS, 51-54 50 HISTORY OF WILTON. SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF WILTON. — CONTINt'ED. Joshua Blanohard, 1778 . Moses Putuam, 1779, 91-93 . Archalaus Batchelder, 1779 Eichai-d Whitney, 1780 Jeremiah Abbot, 1781 Abraham Burton, 1781-83, 94, Joseph Abbot, Jr., 1784, So . Samuel Lovejoy, 178G . Daniel Lovejoy, 1787 Samuel Greele, Jr., 1788, 80, 90 . Jonathan Livermore, 1791 Barachias Abbot, 1791, 92 Abiel AVilson, 1796-1812, 15 . Joseph Holt, Jr., 1796—1808, 15 Eliphalet Putnam, 1796-1805 . William Pettengill, 1806-1808 . Isaac Spalding, 1809 Kiehard T. Buss, 1809 .... Lewis Smith, 1810, 11, 13, 14, 27 Ephraim Peabody, 1810-15 Ezra Abbot, 1812, 16, 17 . Jonathan Burton, Jr., 1813, 14, 16-24, 2, John Mack, 1816-22 John Stevens, 1818-23 Oliver Whiting, 1823-26, 28 Asa Stiles, 1823 . Jonathan Parkhurst, 1824, 26, Amos Holt, Jr., 1825 Timothy Abbot, 1827 Abram Whittemore, 1828, 40, 41 Joel Abbot, 1829-31 . ... Oliver Perham, 1829-31 Daniel Batchelder, 1830-36 Timothy Gray, 1832 . Oliver Barrett, 1833-38, 43-46, 56 . Joseph B. Howard, 1835-37 Moses Lovejoy, Jr., 1837-39, 40, 43-46 . Asa Stiles, Jr., 1838, 39 Sewall Putnam, 1840, 42-45. 47, 49, 50, 55 Jabez Goldsmith, 1841 Hermon Pettengill, 1841. 42 . David Cram, 1847-50 :Ma,rk N. Spalding, 1848 . Samuel Sheldon, 1849, 50 Isaac Abbot, 1851 Years of Service: 1 4 1 1 1 18 14 10 3 1 1 5 6 3 15 7 6 5 1 14 1 1 3 3 3 7 1 11 3 s ■) 9 1 ■2 4 1 SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN. 51 SKLUCT.MEN OF TIIK TOWN OF WILTON.— CONTINUED. Harris Abbot, 1851 William Lane, 1852 . Joseph Wilson, 1852-54 Samuel X. Center, 1853, 71, 72 Theron Eussell, 1854, 55 Hervey Putnam, 1855 Moses Clarlt, 1856 Pierce Gage, 1856 . Lewis Howard, 1857-59 William Emerson, 1857, 58, 73 Nathan Flint, 1857 Hermon Abbot, 1858-02, 71 George Buss, 1859, 60 . Calvin B. Dascomb, 1860 Harvey A. Whiting, 1861-65 Jacob Putnam, 1861, 63, 64 John D. Wilson, 1862, 76 . Samuel French, 1863, 64 . Samuel Barrett, 1865, 66 Charles Hesselton, 1865-68, 70, 73 Artemas Putnam, 1866, 67 David A. Gregg, 1867, 68 Isaac K. Davis, 1868, 69 David Gregg, 1869 . George F. Holt, 1869 . Joshua Rideout, 1870 Daniel Cragin, 1870-72, 74, 75 Levi A. Pierce, 1872 George S. Fowler, 1873-75 . William D. Steams, 1874-79 George H. Keyes, 1876, 78-81 George B. Preble, 1877, 82 John B. Hickey, 1877-79 John A. McGregor, 1880, 81 Calvin H. Lewis, 1880-82 . Charles E. Barrett, 1882, 83 Lewis W. Perham, 1883, 84, 8 William H. Barnes, 1883, 84 George A. Rideout, 1884-86 George I. Doe, 1885-87 . Stephen H. Dunbar, 1886 . George M. Hartshorn, 1887 STATE SENATORS FROM WILTON: Timothy Abbot, 1846, Daniel Batchelder, 1849, '50, Joseph Newell, 1865, '66, Charles H. Burns, 1873, '78. Years of Service : 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 6 •2 6 2 2 1 1 1 5 1 3 6 5 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 ] 1 52 HISTOKY OF WILTON. REPUESENTATIVES IN THE PROVINCIAL CI IXCKKS^. Jacob Abbot and Jonathan Martin were representatives in the Provincial Congress in 1774. EEPKESENTATIVES IN THE GENEKAN COrKT. In 1776 Wilton, Lyndeborough, Mile Slip and Duxbury School Farm were classed together for representation. The petition for separate representation is dated October 5, 1780. During the six years they were classed together they were represented by Jacob Abbot in 1775 ; in 1776 and 1777 by Francis Epps ; December 27, 1777, Abiel Abbot was elected, December 16, 1778, Captain Nathaniel Batchelder was elected ; December 1.'), 1 7 7! I, Abiel Abbot was elected; June 13, 1781, William Abbot, Jr., was elected. From that time until 1801 William Abbot, .Jr., Abiel Abbot, and Philip Putnam were the representatives, but of what particular years we have no records to show. Philip Putnam was elected in 1801, '02, '03, '04, '0.3; Abiel Wilson 180(1-1814, inclusive; Ephraim Peabody, 1815, 'IG. Mr. Peabody died on July 5, 1816, and Abiel Wilson was elected to serve at the November session, and was re-elected in 1817, 1818 and 1819 ; John Stevens, 1820-1823 ; Samuel Abbot, 1824, '25, '27 and '28 ; Jonathan Burton, 1826 and 1829 ; ,Joel Abbot, 1830, '31, '.■!2 and '38 ; Daniel Batchelder, 1835, '36 and '37 ; Abram Whittemore, 1833, ':!4, '.j!), '40 and '41 ; Oliver Barrett, 1842, '43 and '50; Timotliy Abl)ot, 1844; David Cram, 1845, '46 and '47; Abiel Abbot, 184i) ; Jonathan Parl^hurst, 1850 and '51 ; William Lane, 1852 ; 1853, voted not to send ; Elbridge F. Perkins, 1854 ; Warren Keyes, 1855 ; Benjamin Balier, 1866 and '57 ; George L. Dascombe, 1858 and '59 ; Timothy Parkhurst, 1860 and '62 ; William Barrett, 1861 ; Samuel Barrett, 1863 and '64 ; Harvey A. Whiting, 1865 and '66 ; Jacob Putnam and George O. Whiting, 1867 and '68 ; Joel Hesselton and Francis Green, 1869 and '70; Emery P. Thayer and Levi A. Pierce, 1871 and '72 ; Oliver Clark and James L. Hardy, 1873 ; Oliver Clark and David A. Gregg, 1874 ; David A. Gregg and Daniel Cragin, 1875 ; Daniel Cragin and George S. Neville, 1876; David (iregg and David Whiting, 1877. In 1878 the Constitution was amended, and the election of State and County officers was made biennial. At the election in Novem- ber, 1878, after balloting three times, voted to indefinitely postpone GENERAL COURT REPRESENTATIVES. 53 the article. George H. Blood and David E. Proctor were elected iu 1880 ; James L. Hanly, 1882 ; William D. Stearns, 1884 ; Josiali Freeman, 1886. VOTES FOK GOVERNOU, COMMENCING 1852. 1852 — Noah Martin, ll'J ; Thomas E. Sawyer, 70 ; JohnAtwood, 73. 1853— Noah Martin, 131 ; James Bell, 67 ; John H. White, 68. 1854 — Nathaniel B. Baker, 126 ; James Bell, 66 ; Jared Perkins, 78 ; Scattering, 1. 185.5 — Ralph Metcalf, 156; Nathaniel B. Baker, 121; Scatter- ing, 14. 1.S56— Ralph Metcalf, 152 ; John S. Wells, 157 ; Scattering 1. 1,S57— William Haile, 174 ; John S. AVells, 153 ; Scattering 1. 1858— William Haile, 170; Asa P. Gate, 158. 1859 — Ichabod Goodwin, 175 ; Asa P. Gate, 166. 18(;0 — Ichabod Goodwin, 182 ; Asa P Gate, 172. 1861 — Nathaniel S. Berry, 167; George Stark, 165. • 1862 — Nathaniel S. Berry, 165 ; George Stark, 157. 1863 — Joseph A. Gilmore, 144 ; Ira A. Eastman, 161 ; Walter Harrimau, 20. 1M64 — Joseph A. Gilmore, 175 ; Edward W. Harrington, 177. 1865 — Frederick Smyth, 168 ; Edward W. Harrington, 173. 1S66 — Frederick Smyth, 174 ; John G. Sinclair, 189. 1867 — Walter Harriman, 171 ; John G. Sinclau', 202. 1868— Walter Harriman, 196 ; John G. Sinclair, 253. 1869— Onslow Stearns, 202 ; John Bedell, 235. 1870 — Onslow Stearns, 199 ; John Bedell, 200 ; Scattering, 2. 1«71 — James Pike, 19(); James A. Weston, 249, elected by the Legislature . 1872 — Ezekiel A. Straw, 204; James A. Weston, 247; Scat- tering, 2. 1.S73 — Ezekiel A. Straw, 196 ; James A. Weston, 239 ; Scat- tering, 5. 1874 — James A. Weston, 222 ; Luther McGutchins, 200 ; Scatter- ing, 4. 1875 — Person G. Gheney, 192 ; Hiram R. Roberts, 256 ; Scatter- ing, 3. 1876^-Person C. Gheney, 201 ; Daniel Marcy, 245. " 1877 — Benjamin F. Prescott, 197 ; Daniel Marcy, 229. 1878 — Benjamin F. Prescott, 184; Frank A. McKean, 247. 54 HISTORY OF WILTON. 1880— Charles H. Bell, 204 ; Frank Jones, 240. 1882— Samuel W. Hale, 147 ; Martin V. B. Edgerly, 214. 1884— Moody Currier, 171 ; John M. Hill, 253 ; L. D. Mason, 4. 1886 — Charles H. Sawyer, 143 ; Thomas Cogswell, 245 ; Joseph "Went worth, 1. After the Constitution was amended, a law was passed that con- stituted a Board of Supervisors for making and supervising the check list. They are chosen at the November election. SUPERVISORS OJF ELECTIONS. 1.878 — David Gregg, Joshua F. Frye, George W. Boyuton. 1880 — Joshua F. Frye, Michael P. Stanton, George W. Boynton. 1882 — James Sheldon, John B. Hickey, Jacob Putnam. 1884 — -John B. Hickey, Artemas O. Barker, Sumner Blauchard. CHAPTER VII. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. A whole world of habits and usages, once in active exercise in New England rural life has passed away almost entirely, never to return. Increased population, centering in larger villages and cities, labor-saving machinery, increase of manufactures, the di- vision of labor, change of occupations, rail-road, telegraphic and telephonic intercourse, the influx of foreigners with different habits, and the emigration of the native-born Yankee to the west and south, ha\e disintegrated and swept away the manners and customs of fifty or a hundred years ago. The pioneer days and habits are gone. Society has grown less neighborly, but more philanthropic. Asso- ciation has taken the place of individualism. Man has lost some- thing which mankind has gained. The huskings, quiltings, wood- haulings, chopping-bees, sleigh-rides, hunting-matches, afternoon tea-parties, raisings, house-warmings, — all have passed into history. Instead, we have picnics, Sunday school and otherwise, sea-side, mountain, and rail-road excursions, camping out for pleasure where once it was extreme necessity, country weeks, granges, lodges, summer boarding, the European or Pacific coast trip, church sup- pers and sociables, fairs and expositions to the end of the chapter. Men and women live less in private and more in public. Every- thing is interviewed, reported and published. The fierce light that once beat upon thrones and palaces now beats upon the cottage and the cabin. All the world is knowing what every body is saying, doing, and planning. But before the memory of the olden times wholly perishes, it is well to record the picture of what has already gathered somewhat of the hoar of antiquity. The age of Puritanism is no morev The nineteenth century, even, is almost closed. New leaves are turning and new pages opening in life's great book. The institution of 56 HISTOEY OF WILTON. slavery is not the only one that has perished in America. Other institutions and long-time customs, the growth of centuries, have yielded to modern innovation and are numbered with the past. Ilium fait. In this chapter the recollections of Mrs. Allan and Dr. Abbot portray to the life the Puritan age of New England. But many things have escaped their recall. The custom of boarding round was still in vogue when I* kept the district school two winters, in my dear old native town of Wilton. By this means the term of instruction was lengthened, and the fam- ilies of the district, by their hospitality, gained a better acquaint- ance with the teacher. In the evening the scholars could be aided by the master in their lessons. The best the house afforded was set before the school master, and it was well if he did not contract dyspepsia by the pies and cakes and rich viands that were urged upon his not reluctant appetite. But the custom of boarding round is now no more, unless in some of the remote districts. In the early days when population was sparse, and the neighbors few and far between, it was a necessity to reinforce the individual strength by gathering numbers together on occasion and doing the work of weeks and months in a single day. When, therefore, the big heap of corn on the barn floor was to be husked, what so natural as to turn the drudgery into a festival, call in the neighbors, make a feast, have a good time, and do in one bright evening, with young and old, and in brisk activity, and scarcely feeling the fatigue, what would have otherwise dragged its slow length along for days and days in solitary and uncheered task-work? iSo, too, with getting up the year's wood-pile^ many teams and many hands made quick work of the formidable job, and then a bountiful supper, a hearty expression of gratitude by the host, and a merry dispersion home- wards, relieved the monotony of hum-drum existence and eased the hard tasks of manual labor. Especially was this the case with the more important events of raising a house, barn, or church. The summons went forth far and wide. Even neighboring towns sent their volunteers. The coun- try side was astir with expectation. On the eventful day people flocked in, in wagons, and on horse-back, men, women and children from every converging road and forest path to the scene of interest. Old friends met and renewed tlieir acquaintance, young lads and * A. A. I.. HELIOTYPE PRINTING CO. BOSTON. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. '57 lassies modestly looked at one another for the first time, and made the measurement silentlj' of character and worth. The business in hand went rapidly forward. The master workman and his men soon raised the timbers to their places and "brought forth the head- stone thereof with shoutings."* The mighty roofs of the olden time, the huge beams,, the king post^the heavy sills and spars, re- quired altogether different management from the umbrella-like frames of modern fashion. The first-growth timber was solid and gigantic, and the buildings we're made to stand for generations. It demanded the co-operation of a large number of men to raise u house, barn, or church. And in doors, as well as out, the same custom of union in work, and of converting toil into festivity was adopted by the Puritan daughters. The sewing-bee and the quilting-party were fashiona- ble. Every household at some time assembled the neighbors, and devoted the afternoon to these useful works, and called in their hus- bands and brothers to a social tea and a merry evening. ^Nlany of the ancient houses have heirlooms of the past in the quilts, counter- panes, and homespun carpets wrought in these industrious merry-- makings. So simple, yet so graphic, a picture of the New England manners and customs of the earlier times is given by one of the honored sons of Wilton, Dr. Abiel Abbot, that we quote it entire. It is con- tained in the appendix to the Wilton Centennial Address : "I will say a word about Sunday of olden times. On Saturday evening the work of the week was finished. My father, after wash- ing and putting on a skillet of water, would get his razor and soap, sit down by the fire and take off his beard ; after wliich he would take his Bible, or sometimes some other book. My mother after washing the potatoes, etc., and preparing for Sunday food, used to make hasty-pudding for supper, which was eaten in milk, or, if that was wanting, with butter and molasses. The little children were put to bed ; early in the evening my father read a chapter in the Bible and offered a prayer, soon after which, the younger part of the family and the hired help went to bed ; indeed the family went to rest every night soon after supper, especially in the summer. Saturday night, and Sunday, and Sunday night a perfect stillness — no play going on, no laughing. Those of us who were old enough Zechariali IV. 7. 58 HISTORY OF WILTON. took the Testament, or learned the Catechism or a hymn ; and read in the Testament or Primer to father or mother, in the morning. For breakfast, when we had sufficient milk, we had bread and milk ; when this failed, bean and corn porridge was the substitute. Some- time after the Revolutionary war, for Sunday morning tea and toast were often used. As we liv^i at a distance from meeting (nearly three miles) , those who walked set out pretty soon after nine o'clock, and those who rode on horseback were obliged to start soon after them ; the roads and pole bridges were very bad, and tlie horses always carried double, and often a child in the mother's lap, and sometimes another on the pommel of the saddle before the father. All went to meeting, except some one to keep the house and take care of the children who could not go to church or take care of themselves at home. The one that staid at home was instructed when to put the pudding, pork and vegetables into the pot for sup- per after meeting. Those who went to meeting used to put into their pockets for dinner some short-cake or doughnuts and cheese. We used to get home from meeting at four o'clock, often much ^ater. Immediately the women set the table, and the men took care of the horses, and in the winter, of the cattle, sheep, pigs, etc. In the short days it would often be sundown before, or very soon after, we got home. The sled with oxen was often used for meeting when the snow was deep, or by those who did not keep a horse. After supper the children and younger part of the family were called together and read in the Testament and Primer, and if there was time, said their Catechism (the Assembly's) and some short hymns and prayers. Soon after this, in the summer, before my father read in the Bible and offered prayer, the cows were brought from the pasture and milked. No work was performed except what was absolutely necessary ; the dishes for breakfast and supper were left unwashed till Monday. Every person in the town able to go to meeting went ; if any were absent, it was noticed, and it was sup- posed that sickness was the reason. If anyone was absent three or four Sundays, the tything-man would make him a visit ; this, how- ever, was a rare case. The Sabbath was not unpleasant to me ; early habit, I suppose, rendered the restraint by no mean sirksome. I do not recall feeling gloomy, or disposed to play, or wishing Sun- day was gone or would not come. I do not think of anything more to say about Sunday, except that the meeting-house was well tilled. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 59 " Now what more' shall I say? A word about schools. These were poor enough. We used to read, spell, write and cipher after a sort. Our teachers were not taught. The Primer, Dilworth's spel- ling book, and the Bible or Testament were the boolts. No arith- metic ; the ciphering was from the master's manuscript. My fa- ther became sensible that the schools were useless, and in the win- ter of 1782 hired Mr. John Abbot, who was then a sophomore iu college, to teach a month or five weeks in his vacation, and invited the district to send their children gratis. This gave a new com- plexion to the school in the south district ; and for a number of years after, qualified teachers were employed about eight weeks in the winter, usually scholars from college. Soon after the improve- ment in the south district, some of the other districts followed iu the same course. To this impulse, I think, we may impute the ad- vance of Wilton before the neighboring towns in education, good morals and sound theology. 1 venerate my father and mother, more for their anxiety and sacrifices to give their children the best education, literary and religious, in their power, than for anything else. And it gives me, as I have no doubt it did them, and must you and all the rest of their descendants, the highest satisfaction that their desires were so well gratified, and their labors successful. Their children, grand-children, and so on to the twentieth genera- tion will have reason to bless the memory of parents of such true worth. " Now for something else. For breakfast in olden times were bread and milk, as soon as the cows were milked, for all the family. When milk failed, bean porridge with corn. About nine o'clock there was a "baiting' or luncheon of bread and cheese, or fried pork and potatoes. For dinner a good Indian pudding, often in it blueberries and suet ; pork and beef through the winter and spring ; potatoes, turnip and cabbage, etc. At four or five o'clock p. m., in the summer some bread and cheese or the like. For supper bread and milk. When milk failed, milk porridge, hasty pudding and molasses, bread and molasses, bread and beer, etc. When there was company to entertain, chocolate for breakfast ; no coffee. " Pewter basins or porringers and sometimes wooden bowls were used when spoons were required ; trenchers or wooden plates were used at dinner ; when a friend dined, pewter plates were used by father and mother and the friend. You probably remember the pewter platters and plates usually standing on the shelves. None 60 HISTORY OF WILTON. but pewter spoons. The cup for beer was pewter. After which came the brown mug. If a neighbor came in for any purpose, he was asked to drink beer or cider. When women visited their neigh- bors, they went early in the afternoon, carried their work, and re- turned home before sundown to take care of milking the cows, and so forth. Their entertainment was commonly shortcake baked by the fire, and tea, except in the early part of the Revolutionary war. For the visit they often put on a clean chequered apron and hand- kerchief and short loose gown. " In the winter several of the neighbors would meet for a social evening, and would have a supper. There were no select parties ; all were neighbors in the Scripture sense. The maid and boy in the family, the same as the children in all respects. I do not recollect ever hearing a profane word in my father's family from any of his hired men, nor at school at Wilton or Andover academy. I do not think that profane language was used by any in the town till after the Revolutionary war. Industry and economy were the order of the times. I do not remember seeing my father or mother angiy ; they were sometimes displeased, no doubt. My father in the win- ter used to go to Salem or Marblehead to market with shocks, hogshead staves, rye, pork, butter, etc., and prociu-e salt, molasses, tea, rum, etc., for the year, as there were no traders in the new town. Rum was not used except in haying and harvest, and on particular occasions of hard service and exposure, such as washing sheep, burning large pieces of woodland, etc. Intoxication was very rare ; I do not remember more than one man being intoxicat- ed. Rum was commonly used at raising buildings ; half a gill was a good dram. After raising a building, if finished before night, the amusements were wrestling, goal, quoits, etc. Goal was the favor- ite play with boys the day after Thanksgiving, and election days, which were all the holidays I remember. Good humor and cheer- fulness always prevailed in our family, and it was generally so, I believe." Speaking of the mothers, the same writer as above says : " They came to houses not finished, not painted, not ceiled, as we see them now ; they had no parlor, no carpets, no curtains, no sofa ; for some of these every-day conveniences they had no word in their vocabulary. But they were happy, — happiness is the property of mind. They took good care of the household. They wrought flax and wool ; the card, the spinning-wheel and the loom were the fur- MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 61 niture of the house. All were clothed with domestic ijroducts ; ai'ticles were also made for the market. They were healthy and strong ; they and then- daughters were not enfeebled by luxuries and delicacies, nor with working muslins and embroidery ; tea and cake were rarely used ; coffee was unknown. Their dress was plain, and adapted to the season and their business ; oiie dress answered for the day and the week. Their living and dress pro- duced no consumption as now. " Our fathers and mothers were benevolent, hospitable and kind ; the stranger was received, as in the most ancient time, with a hearty welcome. In their own neighborhood and town, they were all brothers and sisters. There was an admirable equality, a home- feeling and a heart-feeling among all. Their \isits were not form- al, ceremonious and heartless, but frank, cheerful and cordial. Their sympathy for the sick, unfortunate and distressed was ex- pressed by their ready assistance and kindly affectioned help. When prosperous all partook in the common joy ; when sickness or calamity befell any, all were affected, the sorrow was mutual, and aid and relief, as far as possible, were afforded. They were indeed one family — all members of one sympathizing body. " The following reminiscences are by the late Mrs. Achsah (Saw- yer) Allan of Marion, Maine: "1 received a postal from Wilton saying, if sufficient encouragement is given it is proposed to publish a history of Wilton. It would be very pleasing to me to read the history. Had I the pen of a ready writer in my advanced age, I should enjoy giving to the history early recollections of my life in that town. The little I can give in my capacity is meagre compared with able writers, and what I write may be written by others, that will give clearer views in a more concise manner, yet I will try to state some of my early recollections from a child to twenty years of age, when I left for one of the eastern counties of Maine. " My father, Nathaniel Sawyer, a Kevolutionary soldier of three years, married, came to Wilton in 1781, commenced on the farm now owned by Henry Gray. He toiled eighteen years on his farm. Hon. Jacob Abbot traded in the town, when my father moved there. He kept a full supply of goods for a country town. He was a man of unblemished character, ever ready for every good work. When he left the town it was considered a great loss to the people. The name he generally went by was ' Esquire Jacob,' which I heard from my parents. He closed his business about 1797. My father £ s. d. 2 1 5 2 111 3 9 1 2 6 3 6 62 HISTORY OF WILTON. began business in his stead, as a store was very much needed. He built the store which, I presume, stands close to the dwelling house of Mr. Gray, and about 1796 or 1797 he filled it. The old books which I have in my possession show that his trade was good. I see many names of persons from all the surrounding or adjoining towns who traded at his store, or rather exchanged produce for goods, such as butter, cheese, pork, beans, rye, oats, flax-seed, ashes, etc. Here is a small sample of a bill I took off, of charges, etc., dated February, 1803 : Debtor to Nathaniel Sawyer. Feb. 3. ] lb sugar Is; 1 mug of toddy Is. 6. 1 qt new ruui 10. 4 pt brandy; 1 mug tMp 13. credit to 24 bushels of ashos at 9d. 11. 2 qts of new rum 2s. 9d. ; 1 qt. molasses Is. 20. 2 yds eulifO 6s. ; 1 fur hat 23. 1 qt gin 2s. 6d. ; 1 lb. Shells Is. Credit by 27 bushels of oats at Is. 6d. per bushel, 2 bushels .of beans. " Federal money had not taken the place of pounds, shillings and pence, but came into use soon after. " It was common to go to the store with small articles of produce to exchange for goo«ls. It was often a little stimulant would be called for, with the mistaken idea that it would lighten the cares, and labor would be more easily borne. Very few accounts were en- tered without many charges of the vile beverage. The mug held a quart ; the half-mug, a pint. In winter flip was commonly called for, which was made from beer. An iron called the ' hottle ' was kept hanging in the fire-place to have it quickly heated to warm the beer. West India rum with loaf sugar, a toasted cracker, and nut- meg grated over it, made a drink worth the price. ' Toddy' was a mixture of rum, sugar and water, with other fixings if required. ' Blackstrap ' was simply rum and molasses. Spirituous liquors were anciently much used in good families. No collection of peo- ple, no parties, no benefits to a neighbor such as huskings, etc., were held but something stronger must be served than the precious ale which was drawn from the well. Who would have thought of holding a glass of pure cold water to the lips of a poor sick child or friend sick with a fever? No cooking stoves were used before 1815, in the families, but fire-places were large enough to admit a large log at the back with another not so large on the andiron in front, with a good supply of wood on the top. These made a fire that MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 63 was a joy to all the family, and often a pine knot would be an addi- tion to make a little more light for the children to study their lessons by, for the morrow's school. Our brooms were made from the yel- low birch, stripped ; at times we had to use small hemlock twigs. " The schools were well attended, considering the distance to walk. There was some very cold weathej, which made cold hands and feet, to say little of ears and noses. Such an article as a ther- mometer was not known to us children. No doubt we had zero weather with quite a number of degrees below. Children were not provided with the warm clothing that they are blest with now-a- days, yet they were punctual at school. " Teachers many tunes boarded in different families, to lengthen the school. The summer schools passed off with little variation ; sewing was taught with reading and spelling. The lesson was learned from Perry's spelling book ; this was the guiding star from 1807 to 1812. ' ' The larger scholars in the winter schools required help from the teachers more than the small ones ; they had to be a grade by them- selves. The school-house that was built near the old meeting-house is nearly ninety years old. I attended school in it seventy-eight years ago. The district was large then. "In 1816 a school-house was built on the extreme west part of Mr. Gihnan Mansur's field, on the north side of the road ; since then a new house has been built about a half a mile toward the French village. Such a thing as bringing a pail of water into a school-room would have been thought out of order. How many times the scholars had to run to the well which belonged to the house, later owned by Dr. Parkhurst ; how sweet the water would taste from the 'moss-covered bucket' that hung to the sweep, ready to drop into the well. We could rest it on the curb and slake our thirst. A dish or tumbler was not provided in those days. "The old meeting-house on the common! how many have wor- shipped in it. I can see them now in imagination almost eighty years ago. " I can hear the voices of Mr. Joshua Blanchard, Dea. John Bur- ton, Mr. Jeremiah Abbot ; what alto sounds Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Abbot produced. Deacon Burton had a strong tenor voice, and the pastor, Eev. Thomas Beede, was one that could perform his part well. 64 HISTORY OF WILTON. "The old meeting-bouse where our fathers worshipped, how sad that it was destroyed by ruthless hands ! How many times I have sat, when quite a child, looking at the golden dove, wondering she did not fly and find some other resting place than on the sounding- board. "Many times I sat with cold hands and feet, wishing the long sermons would end. The foot-stove would be passed from one to another, to keep the feet comfortable ; yet the pews were very well filled, very few staid from church in those days. A warmer meet- ing-house was not conceived of then. The town was mostly settled by farmers. P>ery family manufactured their own cloth ; they could raise the wool, and the female part of the family could card, spin and weave it. It was very hard work for the shoulders to draw the wool through the cards, and not unfrequently there would be parties among the young people to help each other in breaking wool, which was considered half carded, when they had finished their aft- ernoon work. " Then I'ucle Nathan Martin would find his way to the house. Though blind he could fiddle, ^"ery few in those days but could trip ' the light fantastic toe ' if accompanied by Uncle Nathan's violin. " Every day's wear was of home manufacture. Such articles of comfort as undershirts, drawers, and even lined pants I never heard mentioned before 1812. The first carding machine near Wilton was in New Ipswich, not earlier than 1808. Wool was carried there to be carded. Flax was raised by the majority of farmers. Summer clothing was mostly made from flax and cotton. " Anciently I never heard of any dissension of religious opinions until 1808. The first minister of lihe town asked his dismission. Why, I never heard, but I always heard him spoken of as a truly good man. He never wasted words ; whatever he said he meant. He was once conversing with a friend about the cost of a liberal ed- ucation. Said he, ' Had I known that my son, whom I have edu- cated, would have chosen a legal profession, I never should have expended so much for him. ' His friend made answer to him, ' It is possible for lawyers to be Christians. ' ' I believe it, ' said he, ' but it is very rare.' " His death was very sudden. Soon after he had retired one night something unusual appeared in his breathing. His wife spoke c O K hi MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. fi.T to him, he made no answer ; she went for a light, and when she re- turned life had departed. He was the first person buried in the South cemetery. Rev. Abel Fisk was the ne.\;t minister. I think he was very much beloved by the people and they felt his loss. Rev. Thomas Beedc was the next ordained minister. Some of the people were so pleased that they expressed themselves as having their loss more than made up to them. Mv. Beede was a gentleman who could win the youth by his teachings in school, and out of school, his kindness in various ways, his judicious advice in little difliculties, his readi- ness to render assistance to the needy, which if it could not always be in deeds was always in words of encouragement which had tlie effect to do good. Hon' many have been blest in their education by his efforts, not only for minor schools, but many for their col- legiate course. The few advantages with which I was blessed I owe to Mr. and Mrs. Beede. He was my first teacher and my last, in school. " Mrs. Beede was a lady with whom one could not get acquaint- ed without loving her as a friend. In everything good she was ever active ; in disappointments or crosses she ever gave advice charita- bly. In 1811 Mr. Beede invited all the children who would like to learn to sing to meet at the school-house near the meeting-house, and he would instruct them. At the day appointed there was a great turnout. The school was quite a success, there were some most excellent xoices. It did not take long to learn the rules for vocal music in those days ; the rising and falling of the notes were soon accomplished. The first tune practised was ' Little Marlbor- ough,' the second was ' Plymouth.' When we could call the notes to those tunes, we imagined ourselves quite singers, with the praise of our instructor. Very few of that school are left to remember it now. In the ministry of Mr. Fisk they had what is termed congre- gational singing. They sang from David's Psalms. The. Deacon would read a line, commence the tune, all the people would follow him, then another line, and they would finish the psalm in that way. At last the younger singers wished to impro\e, and a Mr. Herriclv was hired to teach. He had three sessions a day, the tunes were lively and they had a great interest in them. After a while they had a desire for instrumental music with the singing. This was most bitterly opposed by a number of men ad\aneed in years. They would lea^'e the church every time singing commenced. Their 66 HISTORY OF WILTON. prejudLue was so strong against it tliey would not stop to hear it. One said he did not wish to hear the devil's fiddle (bass-viol) played on at any place. He could not bear to hear it in church. Another did not like the devil's baboon (bassoon). At last one of these men joined the Baptist church in Mason ; it was some years before the Baptist church was organized in Wilton. "There was one veteran who was very much prejudiced against a certain minister who exchanged with Mr. Beede. The old gentle- man did not mind him when he seated himself in the body seats. He started for the door, as scjou as he found who was to preach. As he passed to the door, a inan said to him, ' Stay and hear the rest.' He replied, ' The de'il a bit of it, I have heard enough of it already.' " CHAPTER VIII. COLONIAL DOINGS THE CHAKTEK A PROVINCIAL TAX-WARRANT EX- TRACTS FROM TOWN RECORDS. The charter of the Town of Wilton was renewed Jan. 2, 1760, and was a copy of the charter dated June 2;'), 1762 (heretofore given under the head of " Proprietary History ") , as far as to and in- eluding the words, "and transact such affairs as in the said laws are declared." The remainder of the charter is as follows : The iuinuiil meeting in said town, sliall be lielil for the olioicf of said officers and tlie purposes aforcsiiid ou the second Monday in March an- nually. In tpstinjony wliereoC xvc lia\i' caused tlie seal ol' our said Province to be hereunto affixed, AMtness Beuning Weutworth Ksq. our Govenor and Commander in ( ^hief of (jur said Pro^'ince the second day of January in the fiftli year of our lieign, and in the year of our Lord ( 'hrist one thou- sand seven liundred sixt\-ti\c. , By his Kxcellencys Command with ad\iee of ('eigh of his Majesty George the thii'd, over Great Britian, France & Ireland King &c Anno(|ue Dom. ITfi.i. Geo: .Tatt'rey. Treas' KXTHACTS FKOM THE TOWN ItKI'ORUS. 1765, Sept. 17. Voted, to raise three pounds twelve shillings Sterling money for procuring the nav; Charter. TOWN RECORDS. 69 170"). Sejit. 17. Voted, to raise three pounds ten shillings Sterling money Cor furnishing the meeting house. Oct. 7"' Voted, to raise thirteen Pounds three sliillings and eight pence Sterling to pay the eonnnittce tor supporting Preaching before the town was incorporated. 1760, April 4. Voted, to raise £28 9s. silver old tenor for Jonathan Cram for building Kichard Stratton's house. 1707. :M;irch f)"' Alowed Timothy Dale four Pounds ten Shillings Silver old tenor for Plank for covering the Bridge near .Jacoli Putnam's saw Mill. Sept. 7. Voted, to r.-iise six pounds lawful money for to support a school this ijresent year. Voted, the selectmen a connnitti'C to provide s:iid school. Voted, to raise £6 lawful money for finishing the meet- ing house in said town. Voted, to i-aise £fl lawful money to defray town charges. 170tv. April 27"' 'I'lie r)th article negative concerning raising money to rebuild the Bjidge near ('apt. Xathan Hutchinson's Mill. June 9'!' Voted, to raise £9 lawful money to rebuild the bridge near Captain Xathan Hutchinson's mill, and that each ])erson sliould liave tlje liberty to work out his rate to the sum aforesaid. Voted, to raise £(i lawful jnon<'y to )»■ laid out foi' a school this present year. Xov. 4"' Voted, to raise six Pounds lawful money to be laid out for a school this present year. Chose Jacob Abbot Alexander Milliken and Philip Put- nam a connnittee to pro\ide a school the jjresent year. 1709, April 5. Voted, to raise 5£ 12s. 4d. lawful money to defray town charges. Voted, to raise £4 lawful money to support Eichard Stratton and wife. Voted, to sell the school Right of land in said town. Chose Ahiel Abbot, Jonathan Cram and Alexauder Milliken a connnittee to sell said school right. Voted, to uphold said conmiittee in .selling said school right to the highest bidder and in giving a good ileed of the same. Oct. 19. Accepted the security taken by tlu' connnittee for sell- ing the scliool Right, and the security to be lodged in the hands of Abiel Abbot and to remain there tixl further orders, Alowed to the committee for selling the school Riglit of said town seventeen sliilliugs and six pence lawful money. Agreed on the several jilaces for which a school to be 70 HISTORY OF WILTON. EXTKACTS FROJr THE TOWN EISCOKDS. — 0( IXTINIEI). 17CH. Oct. 19. kept this yeav Viz: Over the river at the house of Xathan Ballard and over Gainbrel Brooke and at David Kenuey'g and at John Dales and near ye mid- dle of ye Town. Voted, to raise six Pounds Ten shilliiigs and eight pence for the sujjport of a scliool this present year. Chose John Stevens, Alexander Millikin, John Dale and Kicluird 'i'aylor a committee to see said school money schooled out proportionably. 1770. April n. VrAecl, to raise eight pounds lawful money to defray town cliai'ges. April 25. Vut.ed, to raise £20 to rebuild tlie bridge over tlie river, known by tlie name of Parker's bridge. Sept. 28. Voted, to I'aise thirteen pounds lawful money to rebuild Parkers bridge so called. The following bridges allowed to be maintained by the town I Parkers In-idgc the bridge l)y Captain iSTathan Hutchinson's null, the bridge o^'er tlie river by Timo- thy Dale's, the bridge to J.yndeborough, the bridge ))y Jacol) Pntnams saw mill. The bridge by David Kenneys and the bridge over Gandirel brook. VotPd, to rais(> three jiounds seventeen shillings and ten pence for building the bridge by Capt. Hutchinson's Mill. Oct. !■' Vnted. to raise £6 10s. Sd. to be laid out for the use of a school the present year. Chose the selectmen a com- mittee to provide the school. 1771. Sept. '2'i. Voted, to raise six Pounds ten shillings S pence to pro- vide a school the present year Chose Jonathan Bur- ton Jonathan Martin Thomas Russell and William Pierce a committee to jirovide said school. 1772. April 14. Voted, to raise £80 lawful nionej' to rebuild and repair the town bridges in said town. Voted, tliat each person taxed to said bridges should have two shillings per day and each yoke of oxen one shilling per day. Voted, that each person should begin their days work at seven oclock in the forenoon. Voted, to raise one hundred pounds lawful money to be laid out in making and repairing the highway the present year. Voted, to allow each person taxed in town two shillings and eight pence, and each yoke of oxen one shilling and four pence per, day, and each cart and each plough eight pence per day. TOWN RECORDS. 71 177'2. Sept. is' Voted, to build n meeting house in the town of Wiltou. Voted, to build said house sixty feet long, fort}- live feet wide and 27 feet y^ posts. Voted, to set said liouse on the connnon about five rods nortlievly from :wh('i-r' the meeting house how stands. Oct. ."). Vuteil. to raise £6 10s, Sd. lawful money to provide a seliool the pi'oscut year. Voted, to raise one hiindi'od and fifty pounds lawful money to provid(> materiiils to build a meeting hou,se in said town and cliose John Burton, .Tun. Jonathan Martin Joseph Butterfield .Tohn Stevens Abie] Abbot Samuel Pettengill and ,^bner Stiles a committee to provide ^Materials and build said house. ]'nted. that said connnittcc shall vendue the timber, boards shingles and stones and other materials to build said meeting house, to the intent that every person rated in said town may have an ecjual chance to provide said stuft' and that said committee .shall give notice of said \endue at least se\en days before said time of venduing. 1773. April 2(1. Voted, to raise fifty pounds lawful money for highways the present year. Voted, to allow the same pr. day for men, oxen, plow and cart as the year before. Voted, to build a pound in said town to be thirty feet square, within the walls, the wall six feet higli 4 feet tiiiek at the bottom, 1-foot at the top and a liewed sticli of tindier 8 in. square on top. Voted, to raise six pounds lawful money to build said Pound. Voted, to build .-i poi-cii on the front side of tlie ineeting house. Voted, to provide one barrel of West India rum five barrels New lingland rum, one barrel of good lirown sugai-, half a box of good lemons, two loaves of loaf sugai-, for framing and raising said meeting-liouse. Voted, the present conunittee for building said meeting liouse shoidd provide entertainment for those persotis that lielp raise tlie saiTie. Oct. 21. Voted, to raise £6]0s. Sd. to provide a school this pres- ent year. Chose Philip I'utnam, Jereiniali Holt, Jeremiah Abbot, Amos Ooburn, and Abijah Perry a committee to pi-o- vide a school this present year. 1774, Jany. 18. Voted, to dismiss the committee chosen to build the new meeting-house and chose .Jonatlian Burton Wil- 72 HISTORY or WILTON. ICXTRACTS FROJt THE TOWN RECORDS. — CONTIXLEI). Keoonsidered ]iam Abbot and Jacob Abbot to finish the outside o£ stand as before. the meeting house. Jonathan Burton, William Ab- bot, and Jacob Abbot a committee to borrow the school money Axhicli the town Iiath at interest and appropriate it to the finishing ot the meeting house. 1 774, .Tally. ]8. Voted, to build the pews according to tlie plan exhibited. Voted, the pews should be built by the town. Voted, that the pe\vs should be sold to the highest bid- iler, he. or they taking their clxiice throughout the whole. Voted, that none but the inhabitants oi! the town that are freehohb'rs shall be allowed to bid on. or purchase cither of said pew>. Chose Jonathan Martin. .Tona- than Burton, and Abuer Stiles, committee for the sale of said Pews. Feb. 19. Voted, to reserve the pew at the foot of the jiulpit stairs for a ministerial ])ew. .Voted, that the committee aj^pointedto sell the j)ews execute a proper deed to the purchaser or jiurchasers of all right and title of the town of. in, and unto, said l)ews. Voted, to have the pews in said meeting house complet- ed in 15 mouths. Voted, that tlie purchasers of said pews pay one half of the purchase in one year and the other lialf in eigh- teen months. April 4. Voted, to raise £100 lawful money for making and re- pairing highways the present year. Voted, to i-eil the meeting house from the bottom floor to the bottom of the windows and the same in the galleries. Xov. 7. Voted, to raise eight pounds lawful money to pay for a si'hool the present year. Wee. -li. Voted, to sell the pews in th<' gallery of the new meet- ing liouse. • 'hose Jonathan Burton Philip Putnam and \Villiam Abbot said committee. Voted, to sell the old meeting house when the new house is finished. 177."i. Jan. 17. Chose the selectmen a I'Ommittee to sell the old meet- ing house. C'hose Jacob Abbot to keep the keys of the meeting house and take care of the christianing bason. iVlarch 13. Voted, to appropriate the money acquii'ed by the sale of 'C^ /W^^^^^ HEDOTYPE PRINTING CO.,B03TON MA TOWN RECORDS. 73 1775, Mar. 13. the pews in the new meeting iioiise towards tinishiug the same. April 4. Vnted, to raise fifty pounds lawful money to make and mend the roads the present year, men and oxen 2s. 8d. Plow and cart Is. 8d. Oct. 3. Voted, to raise £6 10s. 6|d. for the support of schools tlie present year. Cliose Jonathan Cram, Joliu Dale, (Jeorge Coburn, Jacob Adams and Jonathan Burton a i-ominittee to see the money schooled out proportion- ably and to agree upon places wliere said schools should he Ivei'it. Xov. 21. Voted, to choose a committee to repair and rebuild the town bridges as they find occasion therefor for the term of one year. Chose Abiel Abbot, Daniel Holt, Jonathan Burton Jon- athan ifartin and Ricliard 'Wliiting said committee. 1770. April 8. Voted, to raise £30 lawful money to make and repair highways in said town the jiresent year the price of ratable polls to be 2s. 8d. oxen Is. 4d. Plow and cart Is. 8d. per day. Sei)t. 23. Voted, to raise £6 10s. C|d. to support a siliool the pres- ent year. 1777. Jan. 13. Chose Josei^h Holt aud Jonathan Burton selectmen to serve until the next annual meeting in place of Rich- ard \Vhitney deceased, and Jacob Adams wlio was engaged in the country's service. June 13. Voted, to choose a I'Onnnittee to regulate and affix the prices of sundry articles in the town of Wilton agree- able to an act of the general Court. Chose Jacol) Abbot, Abiel Abbot, Josliua Blanchard, A^'illiam Abbot aud John Burton said committee. Chose 'William Abbot a trustee to take (charge) of the school mone}' in the room of >rr Jacob Adams who has moved out of to«n. Oct. 1. Voted, to raise £13 3s. 10|d. for schooling the present year. Chose Ebenezer Chandler Jacob Putnam Jr. Xathan Ballard, Jonathan Parkhurst and Stephen Butterfield a committee to see the money schooled out propoj-tionably to their di.sti-icts and to appoint the places for the schools and provide Masters and Mistresses. Xov. 5. Allowed various individuals for supplies and conveyance rendevouzed soldiers, £14 10s. 9d. Allowed Sanuiel Sheldon for liousing and dealing out town stores £1. Xo^-. 20. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Wilton Lvndeborouah and the districts of Duxburv 74 HISTORY OF WILTON. KXTKACTS FHOJI THE TOWN RECORDS. — I OXTINUEU. 1777, Xi)V. 21!. *school rnnu aiul ^Filc Slip fit the Mfetiun' liou.se in AViltnn, ('hose Abie) Aliliot to represent said towns and districts in tlie i>('ne)'Ml asseiid)ly to be holden at 1-jXeter in the State of X. Ilainpsliire on tlie third \\'ednesdav of December next. Vo/cd, to instrnet ansday in February instant. Chose .lacob Abliot iCsij. Messrs. .ronatli.an Jfartin .losejih Holt Philip Putnam and .Toshua BlauchaiTl for said committee. Vnlt'd. to adjourn to the iO"' ol this instant Febry, at four o clock in the afternoon. Feb. TO. ')'he town met ai'cording to adjournment The eommit- tee as above presented the Petition which was dis- tinctly and repeatedly read and the tow n unanimou.a- iy voted the acceptance. Voted, that the .sidectmen sign Ihe ]ietition and prefer it to Court. Voted, to histruct !Maj Abiel Abbot their Pepresentative in conjunction with other re]ireseutati\-es at the next sessicni of the General Court to appoint and call a full and h-(H' representation of all people in this state to meet in eonvention at such time and place as shall be appointed by the (ieneral Court, for the sole purpose of framing and laying a permanent plan or system for the future government of this state. And he is accordingly instructed. JIareh 9. ]l,ted, to sell a part of the Ministerial Piglit in said town. * Duxbnry school fiirm is now tlie northwest part of Jtilforil. .Mile Slip lay south of tiuxbury school I'ariu. TOWN RECORDS. 75 1 778, March 9. Voted, to sell the ninth lot in the first range und the seven- teenth lot in the second range of lots in snirt town. Joseph Holt, Joniithan jMiirtin, and Jonathan Burton- were chosen a coraniittee to sell the lots. Put to vote, to see if the town will empower the coniniittee to ex- change the two lots for land to acconmiodate a par- sonage if they can, hut if that cannot be cttecled then to sell by vendue, and it jiassed in the attirnuitive. April 7. Voted, to raise £80 to make and repair liighways the present year. Voti'd, that the price of liand labor at highways be Os. per day for oxen, 8s. per day. for a cart and Plow, Is. 4d. i)er day. Voted, to appropriate the money acquired by the sale of the old meeting house towards finishing the new. May '27. (iiose JEr. Closes Putnam, to convene at Concord in the state of X. IT. on the tenth day of June next for the sole purpose of forming and laying a permanent plan or system of government for the future happiness and well being of the good peoj)!!' of said state. Oct. 1"' ]'oted. to raise £50 to hire schooling the pi-esent year. Voted, that the money to tlie town by the sale of the Ministry hots now in the hands of the conunittee of ' sale should he put on interest. Voted, to raise £100 to build and repair bridges. Oct. 2S"i Chose Jlessrs Amos Coburn, Jonathan Cram, Jonathan Parkhurst, Abraham Burton Amos Holt and Simon Kej'cs, to provide schooling tlie present year. Dec. l" ,\. dispute arising concerning the accounts brought in : Voted, to choose a conunittee to examine accounts to be brought to the town and lay tliem before the town in proper order. Chose, ]\Iaj Samuel Greele, L's Jonathan Burton and Nathan Ballanl for said committee. Dec. 1"). Voted, to raise £54 1.5s Hd in addition to £100 before raised to make and repair bridges. Voted, that the committee for the sale of the ministry Lots take counsel of some attorney respecting the lot in dispute with Mr Dale. 1779, April 13. Voted, to rai.=e £400 to make and repair highways the present year, also voted 30s pr day for a man los per day for a yoke of oxen and 's fid per day for cart and Plo-n-. Voted, to act on the circular letter from Maj Samuel Ashley and Col. Benjamin Bellows. Voted, to instruct onrKepresentative respecting this cir- cular letter as above (viz) not to oppose the state of Vermont being a separate State, but to use his iuflu- 76 HISTORY OF WILTON. EXTlJACrS FKOM THE TOWX RECORDS. —CONTIXIEI). 1779. April i;i. euce. that claim may be^laid by this state to its being annexed to this State in case it is not made a sepa- rate State upon tlie ijriuciple ot said letter. Sept. G. Vote.cl, to choose a comniitte<' of five to take the Plan of governmenf under consideration and nialvc such re- marlcs as shall thinlv necessary and make report to tlie town at tlie adjournment ot tliis meeting. Jacob Abl)ot Esq. Jfessrs .Tou.-ithan iEartin, AVilliam Abbot Jr. ('a))t. Philip Putnam and Dr. Ehene/ei' Pockwood were chosen. Sept. 8"' Voted, to clioose one person to repi-esent rliem in Con- vention at f'oucord on \\'eduesday the ii'^ of Sept. 1771) in comjiliaiu'c witli tlie 'i-eiiucst ot the town of Portsmouth. < 'liose JFr. j\[oscs Putnam for tliat ])nri)ose. Voted, not to accei)t the ])lau of government as it now stands, liy a majority of 8(). The committee appointed to take ijito consideration the plau of government for the State ot Xew Hanip.shire formed l)y a couveution at Concord June n"< 1770. re- poi-t as follows: That it is their opinion tliat those iidative to the choice of Councillors ; the Presid<'nt of the Coinu'il and the Secretary and the ^Filitia officers, as also tlie Article ascertaining the number constituting a Quorum in each branch of the legislature ai-e eXcejitionable. Our reasons are as follows; P' That the councillors in each Comity should be chosen by the Representatives of their respective Countys or County Conventions. 2'' That the President of the Council and Secretary ought to be elected by both brandies of the Pegisla- ture. ii'^ That each company of the militia ought to choose their own <'aptains, Subalterns and under officers. 4"> and that no law be enacted nor any grant made without the consent of the major part of the repre- sentatives and Councillors of the states. Voted, unanimously to accept the I'cport. C)ct. I.'?"! Put to vote to see if the town will vote that so much of one mile slip (so called) as joins said town should be annexed to said town as a body politic. And it passed in the negative. Voted, to coinplj' with the advise of the convention hold- en at (.'oucord in Sept., to establish some regulations in our trade. Chose Abiel Abbot. Jonathan Martin Philip Putnam TOWN RECORDS. 77 1770, Oct. 13'h AVilliam Abbot .Tr. .Josliuii Blaiichai-il Abner Htilcs and Siunuel Gi'cele a coinniiUoo for that iJUi'iJosc. Voted, to vaiso £300 foi' the. use of stOiools the present year. Chose Arehelaus Putiiaiii. .Stei)heii Buttertield, \Villiani Abbot Jr. Kicharcl AVhiting, George Coburn, and Jereniiali Holt a eominittee to see said money schooled out. Voted, to allow the seleetmeu souiethiug for their ser- vices. Dee. 10. At a meeting held in eoujiinction with the town of I>>ndeborough, Mile Slip and Duxbury School farm at the ^Meeting house in Wilton on the 10"> of Dec. 177!). Chose Abiel Abbot to serve as Kepresentati\e for the above said towns and districts in the Assem- bly to be held at Exeter on the third AVednesday of Det'cmber and to empower said representative for the term of one year from their first meeting to transact Ijusiness and pursue such measures as they may judge necessary for the public good, and in particular to vote for members of tlie Continental Congress. 1780, April 11. Voted, to raise £4500 to make and repair highways the present >'ear. Voted, £6 j)er day for hand labor, £3 per day for a yoke of oxen and 30s. per day for cart or Plo«-. June 12. Voted, to allow for hand labor at highways the present Aear *£12 per da\- for ox la))Oi- £6 ijer day, for a cart or i)low £3 per day instead of the sums voted at the meeting on the eleventh day of ApvU last past. July 19. Voted, that the selectmen call on the delinquent sur- veyors to rebuild the bridge over the north branch of Gambrel brook on the road that leads to George Co- burn's. Oct. 5. Voted, to petition the General Court for the privilege of representation separate from Lyndeborough. Voted, to choose a committee of three men to wait and consult the committee from Lyndeborough to know their minds concerning this matter. Lt Nathan Bal- lard Mr. James Dascomli and Dea. John Burton, were chosen said committee. Voted, to join the town of Lyndeborough in petitioning the General Court for separate representation. TOWN CI^KKKS OF WILTON FROM 177"! TO 1887. No of Years: Jacob Abbot, 1775, 81-83 Joseph Holt, 1776-80, inclusive ' Showing the worthlessness of the currency at this time. S. P. 78 HISTORY OF AVILTON. TOAVX rj.KHKS OF WILTCIX. — ('« IXTIXUKI). No. of Years : William Abbot, 1784-93, inclusive . . . . . . 9| Mr. Abbot died Xov. 30, 1793, iiiid Abiel Abbot A\as appointed to fill out tlie year. Abiel Abbot, 1794-96, iuclusive . ... 3i Abiel Wilson, 1797-181.5, inclusive . . 19 Jonathan Burton, 181fi-22, inclusi\e, 1824-2.5 9J John Stevens, 1823 . . ■ i >[r. Stevens removed to Mason A'illage in the fall, and Jonathan Burton was apijointed to flU out the year. Timothy Parkhurst, 1826^0, inclu.sive, 184.3-^60 . . .33 Oliver Barrett, 1841, 42 ... 3 Samuel Barrett, 1861 . . 1 Calvin B. Dascoml), 1862 ... .1 David A. aregg, 1863-65. hiclusive 3 WilUani \V. Giddings. ISdC .1 Thomas 31. Dillon, 1867-69, inclusive .... 2§ Mr. Dillon left AVilton in the fall, and W'ilUam 1). Steai-ns was appointed tu fill out the year. WilUani 1). Stearns, 1870-86, inclusive . 17i John M. JNEahoney, 1887 DKLEr^ATKS TO C<)N>TITl TION.Vl. CON VEXTII )\S. 1850— Oliver Barrett. 1877 — "William A. Jones and Geoige S. Xeville. The preceding copy of the tovv^u '■ doings" during the colonial period suggests several instructive lessons. Public spirit was a marked characteristic of the founders of A\'iltou. Hard as were their toils and sufferings in establishing their little commonwealth, they did not forget the welfare of the community, while striving for their private and personal interests. 1. They expended sums yearlj', large for that period, for pub- lic improvements in roads and bridges. The bridges were built over streams subject to annual floods, and were often either entirely carried away or materially injured. The roads were built over steep hills or along water courses, where they were badly gullied, and required often to be repaired. 2. The fathers of the town were fully alive to the ^'alue and necessity of education for their rising community. Schools to them were as much a necessity as daily bread. If the inhabitants of AVilton have been noted for their intelligence, and for the large number of liberally educated persons, it is due to the wise care and foresight with which they fostered the free public schools. PATRIOTISM or WILTON. 79 3. Nor did thej' care only for their town and local interests. They had an eye also to the well-being of the state and nation. Patriotism was a passion in the breasts of these pioneers of the wilderness. They early chafed under the petty despotism of the mother country. They perhaps first hinted at complete independ- ence, and before the Mecklenburg resolutions of North Carolina, or the great Declaration, boldly proclaimed the idea of national eman- cipation, and the free United .States. 4. But. the best of all, and crown and conservation of all other interests, was their devotion to religion, and its great instruments, the church and the ministry. The original charter bore this testi- mony, and made permanent provision for religious institutions. Successive meeting houses were built, and pastors ordained for this special work. The whole community was laid imder contribution. It was made a part of the solid business of the town to see that re- ligion received no detriment or decrease of zeal and interest in the new commimity. Unity of purpose prevailed. Calvinist and Ar- minian alike gave of their substance to the Lord and His public service. The day of speculation and indifferentism had not arrived. What was done, was done with a will. Whatever may have since been the ways and works of the town, it is satisfactory to know that the roots of public spirit, education, patriotism, and Christian faith struck deep into the primitive soil, and bore abundant fruit in the institutions, lives and characters of succeeding generations. Long may this be the character of our be- loved town as it respects these important interests in all coming time ! CHAPTEK IX. THE REVOLUTIONAliy WAB. The United States, remote as they are from the old world, have been harassed by repeated wars ever since their settlement. In the early colonial period the Indian guerilla warfare was a constant danger to the pioneers. Later the complications of European pol- itics entered into the problem, and the French and their savage allies devastated the frontiers. The Revolution of 1775-1783 fol- lowed, to which this chapter is specially devoted. The war of 1812 with Great Britain, which was a species of second Revolutionary war, was next in succession. Then came the Florida war with the Indians, and other border contests. From 1845 to 1S4S the Mexi- can war was waged to extend the area of slavery, and, hence, did not awaken enthusiasm in New England. And, last and greatest of all, the civil war of 1861-1865 aroused the military ardor of the whole country, north and south, and ended with the glorious result of the overthrow of slavery, and the more perfect union of all the states and territories in one American nation. It is not strange, therefore, that military affairs should engross a large share of attention in our history. Our civil and religious liberties have been purchased and maintained by the price of blood and sacrifices, "labors, dangers and sufferings." In the absence of any standing army of importance, the institution of "the citi- zen soldiery" has taken precedence. Military honors have often opened the way to the chief oflices of the republic, and seven gen- erals have been chosen Presidents of the United States. The relations of the colonies in 1774-75 with Great Britain awakened the anxiety and interest of no part of the country more intensely than of New Hampshire. Nor was Wilton backward in patriotic zeal, whether it related to material aid of men and means, r O 2 r r :=zi '"^^l b fpi !i^l 3Jl' Ha m) 'KM LJlii Lig3 iLM} liiii tm [WKB -iMMI H^MiSf j IBM ^ KJ iin .K) 'l-J B:J TO>VN KECORDS. 81 or to that moral support and devotion to the c;iuse which are e(iually necessary to carry any great enterprise to success and vic- tory. The following extracts from the records of the town of Wilton show in detail the action of the town in Revolutionary matters. In a warrant dated July 0, 1774, the second article is as follows : Til SOP if the town will choose one or more jiersoiis to send to Kxi'lcr in said Province to repi-eseiit this town in the choice of Deh'g'utes to a Gen- eral Conji'ress to be held at Pliiladelphia tlie first day of Sejiteniber ucxt ; afireeable to the desire of tlie late re.prpspiitati\es of this Province, whicli will be exliibited at the meeting. Article 3. To see if the town will raise by subscription, or otherwise, two pounds two shilling's L. M. [lawful nujuey], being their proportion of the exi)i'nse of seuding Delegates to the in'Oposed General Congress. Article 4. To see if the town will choose a committee to send to Xew fpswicli to consult with the eonunittees from adjaceut Towns on a plan of non-importation and iiou-cou.sumptiou of goods and articles from ohl England. The sum mentioned in the third article of the warrant was raised by subscription, and at a town meeting held Jvrlj' !•'), 1774, it was Voted, to send one man to Exeter to represi^ut this town in the choice of d(degates for a general Con- gress, proposed to be held in Philadelphia the first day of September next. Chose Jacob Abbot. Dele- gate. ]'oled, to send a committee to Xew Tjiswich to consult witli eonunittees from adjacent towns, tte. Chose .Tonatliau Martin, .Joseph Holt and Abiel Abbot, said committee. 1774. Sept. 8. Voted, to raise £17, lawful money, to provide the town's stock of ammunition. Whereas, there has been a covenant of non-importation and uon-eonsumplion .agreed upon by committees from sundry of the neighboring towns to be signed by the inliabitants of each town : Therefore, to see if the town will accept of said covenant, and choose ,1 connnittee to encourage the signing thereof, and also to transact the affairs of said coveuant according to the tenor thereof, or act or do any other matter or thingrelative theretotliat the town shall think proper. Voted, to accept of the covenant. Chose Joseph Holt, Abner Stiles, Jonathan Martin, Abiel Abbot, to be a committee to see said coveuant signed. 82 HISTORY OF WILTON. Tlir. COVKXANT. We, the Rubsoi'ibers. hiluibitauts of the tdwn of Wilton, having taken into our serious consideration the jiieearic^us state of tlie liberties of North America, and more esijeeially the present distressed condition of our sister colony of the Massachusetts Bay, embarrassed as it is by several Acts of the British Pai-liament, tending' to the entire sul)version of their natu- ral and charter rights, among which is the act for blocking up the harbor of Boston; and being fully sensible of our indispeiisa))le duty to lay hold on every means in oui' power to preseive and lecover the injured (.'(institu- tion of our country, and conscious, at the same time, of no alternative be- tween the horrors of sUnery or the carnage and desolation of civil «ar. but a suspension of all commercial intercourse viith the Island of Great Britain; do, in the presence of God, solemnly and in good faith, covenant and engage with each eji)'<'sentatives for the Ccdo- ny of Xew Hampshire at Exeter in (iciieral Coint to lie Assend)led on the tirst Wi'dnesday of ]\ran-li next, the Petition of the Tow n of Wilton Ilinn- l)ly Sheweth, That, wherea^; the Continental Congress thought i)roper in their Wisdom to (Irant an additional Sum as wages to sonu' of the otfieers in the Continental army, whieh we understand has not had the Good Ktteet whieh we suppose was inteudeil, but has given General Dissatis- faetion among the Privat<' Scddii'rs, and. among other l!eas(jns. has been made use of for the Diseouragement of Soldiers" Listing in the Continent- al army, aiul we doubt not the IJeadiness of the Honourable ('ontinental Congress to recede from their Former \'ote. nr to Pre\('ut its taking Place another year, if they wci-e oni'e made Sensible of the Bad Consequents by Said .Vdditional Pay: \\e. therefore, your Humble Petitioners Beg leave (o Eecommend it as worthy Your Consideration, whether it may not be Convenient for the (ieneral Court of tills Colony to liecpu^st and joyn a Conmiittee of the (ieneral ( 'ourt of tiie Xeighboring Colony, or Colonies, in Petitioning the Continental (^.uigress on that Subject, or to Propose Some ^NFethod whereby the Pi-ejudices against said Offieers may be re- mo\-ed. Sensible of our Unacquaintedness with Folil icks, we presume not to Prescribe to Yoiiv Honours, but. tci a\oid Prolixity, which we imagine would be very Disagreable to you, we Submit it to ^'our wise Considera- tion, and as in Duty lionnd will ever Pray. ,V true copy, .lacob Abbot, Town Clerk. The above was \-oted, and it was also voted that the selectmen sign tlie aforesaid petition in behalf of the town. TOWN RECORDS. 85 1775. April 4. AJlowod Jacob Abbot for his services and expenses in representing this town in tlie Provincinl Congress £] Os. J(l. ^^|ltell, to I'jiise :is minute men 25 privates, two coni- niissidiied dliicprs. two scrgenls. I«cnty nine in all. • VotPd. (i dollar.sa montli to each olticer and soldier, aft- er tliev ai-e called l(i an expedition, till llicy have proper time to return after they arc dismissed. Vuted, to choose two delegates I'or a County Congress, (hose Jcjuathan .Martin and Philip I'utnam. said ihd- egates. Voted, the following instructions to be given said dele- gates: 1^'- That they encourage the raising of nnnute men in said county. ■-•'' That they promote the petitioniug his Kxc(dlency, John AVentworth, Es(p. our pri'sent Governoi-. not to ajipoint any Ju.stices in this Couutv without the desire, or ap))robatioii. of the major ijart of the peo- ple in the town where said persoji resides. Als resent this town for six months in said Congress. Chose .Jacob Abbot to represent this town in said Con- gress for six months. Chose Jonathan Martin to attend said ('ongress the first session. On the 19th of April, 1775, came the first dread shock of arms at Lexington and Concord. It is not known, nor is it probable, that any Wilton men were engaged in those conflicts. But the whole country was roused, as later, in the war of the Rebellion, by the attack, on Fort Sumter. From that first blood patriotic ardor blazed with intenser heat, and military preparations were carried on with new zeal and devotion. The patriots were not daunted by any apprehensions of the formidable war into which they had plunged, but devoted themselves on the altar of their country with- out misgiving or doubt. The issue proved, after an eight years' terrible experience, that their faith and self-sacrifice were not in vain. We continue the war record of the town. 1775, May 2:2. Mi-. .Tonathan ^lartin and I A. Klchard Taylor were chosen delegates to a county Congress. Aug. 17. Chose ]\Ir. Jonathan Martin to represent tlie town in a Provincial Congress to be holden at Exeter on the 22'' of this montli. Chose Jacob Abbot, Capt. Abiel Abbot, .Tonathan Bur- ton, lie\'. Jonathan Livermore and lA. Pliilip Put- nam a committee to gi-ve ^Ir. Martin his instruction. Oct, 3. Allowed £7 12s. Ujd. to several individuals for pork for tlie soldiers. TOWN RECORDS. 87 1775, Oct. 23. Allowed Is. 5|d. for tobacco for soldiers. Allowed £1 16s. 24d. for pork for soldiers. Allowed £25 for tr.ansportiug 40 Hhds. of salt from Marblehead. Allowed .Joseph Holt £1 4s. for proouring transporta- tion of 2 Hhds. of Molasses from Maihlehead to An- dovei', and storage at Audover. Allowed £1 17s. Ad. for transporting 2 Hhds. Molasses from Amlovcr. Voted, to raise £51 of la\\ful money to pay the first cost of town stock. KXIMKHATIOX OF IXIIABITANTS. In obedience to the Provhicial Congress in Xew Hampshire, we, the subscribers, have numbered the soiils oC the inhabitants of the town of Wilton, which is as follows : Males under 16 years of age 162 Males from 16 to 50 years not in the army . . 102 All males above 50 years of age .... 17 Persons gone in the army .... 26 All females 314 Negroes and slaves tor life 2 62;i And further we have complied witli tlie Congress' requisition concern- ing of the Are arms fit for use, and those wanting, and we find seventy two tit tor use, and forty seven guns wanting, — and forty pounds of pow- der in said town. Abiel Abbot ] Selectmen Philip Putnam J of Wilton. Wilton, Oct. 24, 1775. Sworn to date. AfCOINT OF PROVISIONS. To the Honnorable the Provincial Congress Setting at Exeter; Gentle- men, we your Humble J'etitioners Beg leave to Present to your Honnors an Account of Provissions Procuerd and Sent to Cambrige for the Sup- port of tlie Continentel Armey. Which Account we Pray may be allowed in Mone}-, or by an order on the Province Treasurer. The Apcount is £9 lis. 2d. Lawful Money, and, in allowing the a liove Accont. vou will Oblige vour Humble Petitioners. Wilton Octo' yB 24'" 1775. P. S. For further Perticulers Inquire of our Deligate. Abiel Abbot ] Selectmen Philip Putnam j of Wilton. 88 HISTORY OF WILTON. KXTKACTS FROJI TIIU TOWN' RECOIiDS. — COXTIXI'KI). 177o. Xiiv. 21. Viiifil, to- allow .Toniithan ^larlin for his sei-vicos to Aiu- lici-st oii th(> County uftMii-p four times. Mini his ex- ])i'iisps ISs. 5(1. Allowed liiohai-d Taylor for hi.* sei'vices on County af- fairs at Anilu'rsl with Mr. ^Maitin Ss. ."i5d. J)i'c. l.'i. .7.-u'(j1) Abbot was chosen to i-epresent the town of "Wil- ton, l.ynrtel)Oiouii,li. Mile Slip and Duxbnry Sehool F.-irni in the Pi-oviucia,l Congri'ss to be liolden at Kx- etei- on the :21«t day of Dee. instant. ^'|(pd and allowed ^Ir. .loseph Holt. Jonathan Martin. Abiel Abbot, Xatliau Ballai'd. .lohn Burton. Jr.. and .\lHK'r Stilps, .'!s. eaeli for their sei-\1ee in raisin"' re- cruits to take Winter Hill lim^s. At the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 177.5, New Hampshire troops constitiiteil a substantial part of the forces engaged on the patriot side. There were two full regiments, Col. Stark's and Col. Heed's, from this state, and. also, one whole company in Col. Pres- eott's regiment. Small as was the mtmber of inhabitants in the town at that time, only about 600, Wilton contributed at least thirty-three men in four different companies of Col. Reed's regiment to the troops that fought on that eventful day. This is the roll of honor : (}. M. Isaac Frye. Xathaniel (ireele. 1st Lt. James Brown, Arohelaus Kenny. ~ 2d !A. Sannud J'etteugill, .Tohn Oreele. Sorgt. "William A. Hawkins. Isaac Brown, Ser^t. Francis Putnam, Israel Howe, Cori). .Tohn Burton. Henry Lovejoy. Corp. Ebenezer Kingsbury, .lonathau f;i-ay. Asa T-ewis. .feremiah Holt. Math.-uiiel Hazoltine. .Tonas Perry. .Jonathan frre(de, Xnrss Sawyer. Daniel Kenny. Henry St<'veus. Daniel Brown, .Vsa Cram. Theodore Stevens. Hart Balch. Stephen Blanchai'd, Jr.. Stephen Blauehavd, Xathan Abbot. Timothy Darling, William Bales. "Kbem'zur Carlton, Simeon Holt. A later account raises the numher of Wilton men who fought at JUinker Hill to thirty-eight. HELIOTVPE PRINTING CO. BOSTON RESOLVE OF CONGRESS. 89 Of these men Jonathan Gray and Asa Cram were mortally Tvounded. Isaac Frye was quartermaster in Col. .Tames Reed's regiment. James Brown* was lieutenant, and William A. Hawkins and Fran- cis Putnam were sergeants in Capt. William AValker's company; and John Buxton was corporal in Capt. Benjamin iNEann's company ; all belonging to Reed's regiment. In case of losses, during battle, of arms, equipments or clotjiing, compensation was made by the State, either to the men, or, in case of their death, to their families. JIIJ.ITAHY OUDKK. Cuiiii), October 18'i> 177."i. Williiim Hawkins, who distiuguislicd hiiiisclli in the Uattle at Bunker Hill oh the l"* of .Tune last, to supply the place of au Eusign iu ('apt. Hinrt's comliaiiy iu lieu of Aldrich, promoted. .Tallies EeeU, Col. Israel Gilniau, Lt. Col. 01iT>KI{ OF Till-; (U-.NEliAI, ASSKMHI.V OF Til K VKOVINCE OF NEW IIAJII'- SlIIRK. Ill order to carry the underwritten Eesojxc of tlie Honorable Continent- al Conjiress into Kxeeutiou, you are reiiuested to desire all ]\Iales alioxi' Twenty one years of aj^e (Lmiatieks. Idiots, and Negroes excepted) to sign to'the Declaration on tliis Paper; and when so done to make return there- of, together with the Xaiiic. or Xaiiies. of all who refuse, or shall refuse, to sign the same, to the General Assembly or Couiiuittee of S.-ifcty of tliis Ccdony. April 12, 177(1. 3[. \Veare, Chairman. JiE.sOI.VK OF COMiKESs. Tn Congress. j\larch 14, 177r). Besoloed. that it be recommended to the several ^Vsscmblys and Coun- cils or Committees of Safety of tlu' T'uited Colonies iminediatelij to cause all persons to be disarmed within their respective Colonies, who are noto- riously/ (lisaft'eded to the cause of America, or who refuse to associate to defend by Anns the United Colonies against tlie Hostile atlempts of the British Fleets and Armies. Extract from tlu- ^Minutes. Charles Thompson, Sec.' . *I have retained Lt. James Brown's name as belonging to W'ilton lor tli^se reasons : Just before tlie devolution the name of .James Brown is often found on the Wilton rec- ords, as he is repeatedly elected moderator and selectman, and in April, 1773, a road was laid out to his premises. In a note succeeding the pay-roll of Capt. Walker's company Mr. Hammond says, "Capt. Walker and Lieuts. Brown and Uobey were of Dunstable. " But it will be seen that, on the same pay-roll, Lieut. Brown is credited with sixty miles* travel, as are the other men from Wilton. — fS. I*utnam. 90 HISTORY OF WILTON. ACTION OF THE TOWN OF MILTON ON THE ABOVF, KESOI-VE OF CON- OliESS. In coiisfinieuoe ot tlie aliovt' Kesolutioii of the Iloiioralile Coiitiueutal y 128 persons. liETIKN OF TJIF SEI.ECIMFN OF THE TOWN. In oljedience to the witliin Kesolve of the Coimnittee of .Safety for the Colony of Xew Hampshire, we, the subscriliers, have desired all Males abo^e twenty one years of age, that are inhabitants of the to^\n of Wilton, to sign to the abo^•e Declaration, and but two have refused or neglected to sign, viz., Capt. Ephraim Butterfield and Archelans Putiiam, whose names we hereby return to the General Court or Committee of Safety for the aforesaid Colony in obedience to \\ ritten Directions. Richard Taylor ] Selectmen .Tacob Adams ( ot AVilton. Wilton, .Tune ye 3»ew Hamp- shire appointed a Committee of Safety, consisting of the following- persons : Hon. Matthew Thornton, Josiah Bartlett, Esq., Capt. William Whipple, Nathaniel Folsom, Esq., and P^benezer Thomp- son, Esq. To them others were afterwards added. The following extracts are taken from the records of the above- named committee, as given in the Collections of the New Hamp- shire Historical Society, Vol. 7 : l"7i;. Oct. 22'> Settled with Mr. Abiel Abbot tor :Mustering and Pay- ing two Compauies. Capt. Read's and Capt. Put- nam's, in Col. Baldwin's Regiment for Xew York. The Bal., £S Os. ,sd., due to tlie State, and for which lie produced a Reef, from the Rec' (ien'l. Xath'l fiil- mau, Esq. 1777, Jany. 28'" Cave Maj. Abiel Abbot orders to iluster the following Companies. Viz. : Capt. AVilliain Scott's of Peterbor- ough, & Capt. William Si-ott's of Camden, and Capt. Saml. Blodgetfs. Ordered the Receiver Gen'l to Let John AVentworth. Jr.. have out of the Treasury £4000 in Tieasurer's Xotes. REOOEDS OF COMMITTEE OF SAFETY. 91 1777; Jany. 28'ii and Seventy-five Pounds iu other Bills, which he is to deliver to the following Muster Masters: To Maj. Jonaf' Child, one thousand Pounds in Notes & Twen- ty-five Pounds in Bills; To Thomas Sparhawk, Fif- teen hundred Pounds in Notes and Twenty Pounds in Bills; To Abiel Abbot. Thirty Pounds in Bills and Fifteen Hundred Pounds in Xotes, to Enable them to pay Bounties and .Mileage to Soldiers, according to Instructions. 1777. Feb» 26"> Qn\e orders to Maj. Abiel Abbot of Wilton to Muster what men l.,ieut. Whitteniore shall Enlist for Capt. Carr"s Company. Isaac Frye appointed .i Captain in Col" Scaramel's Regt., instead of Capt. Scott, who declines. March 4"' Gave (apt. Isaac Frye orders to raise a Comijanj- in Col" Scammel's Kegt. Ordered the Kec'' Gen"l to let Capt. Isaac Frye have out of the Treasury £300 to pay Continental Boun- ties to men he Enlists, for which he is to account. April ]8'i> Wrote to Capt. Abiel Abbot to nnister the company of Cajit. Cloyse of Fitzwilliani. April 28"' Ordered Maj. Abbot, of Wilton, to Muster any men be- longing to Hollis who are, or shall. Enlist in Capt. John House's or Capt. Michael McClary's Compa- nies, and to transmit their names to the Muster Mas- ters of those Companies. July IT)!-'' Directed Capt. Isaac Frye, or, in his absence, Lieut. Joseph Huntoou, to repair to N'o. 4, and there collect and send forward to their Regts. all Soldiers who have left the Army.* Aug. 26"! W'rote to Maj. Abbot of Wilton, one of the Muster Mas- ters for the Continental Ti-oops, directing him, where any delinquent Towns procured their men, to com- pleat their Quotas of the Continental Troops, to pay them the Continental Bounty in addition to what he payed others, and to take enlistments and ti'ansrait them to the Respective Officers. 1778, April 1" Ordered the R. (r. to pay James Underwood, Jerry Page and Abiel Abbot, Esqs., a Committee appointed to receive votes for Councillors for two years last past, their accovmt for said Business, amounting to £9 12s. Od. 1781, Feb'.v 9"' Ordered the Treas'' to pay Capt. Isaac Frye Thirty Pounds in Bills of new Emission, and endorse the same on his first note for Depreciation, £30. * Lieut. Huntoon w as allowed pay for the service.— [S. Putnam. 92 HISTORY OF WILTON. ■RECOBDS OF COMMITTEE OF SATETY. — OONTIXUKl). \'S->. A]iril]2"' Ordered the Treiisi to pnr ('apt. Isaac Frye Seveiity- , -iix Pounds Ten Shillings and euIartin . . lil li Abiel Abbot . . i 1(1 :■! .leremiah Aldiot . 1 :! 2 The following passage is taken from Hammond's Revolntiouary War Rolls of New Hampshire, page 240 : On the 30"' of Xovend)er. 1775, Oen. John Sullivan [of Xew Hampshire], who was in connnand of the troo])s on "Winter Hill, near Bo.ston. wrote a letter to the New Hampshire Connnittee of Safety, h'oni which is extract- ed the following: "I haA<' by connnand of (icuer.il Wasliingtmi to inform yon that the ( 'onnectii'Ut torces (Deaf to the entreaties ol their own as well as all other otlieei-s. ansolutely re- lused to tarry till the first day of .lanuary. lint will quit llie lines on the C"i of Decendicr. They have deceived us A their officers )iy pretending there would be no difficulty with them till tlu'V have got so near the close of their term; and now. to their eternal infamy, demaml .i lionnty to in- duce them to tarry only tlie three \\eel;-j. This is -;ueh an insult to every American that we are determined to release theui at- the expiration of their tei'ui at all hazards, ct fiinl ourselves obliged immediately to supply their jilaces with Troops from Xew Hampshire & Massachusetts Bay." The nmnlier asked for fi'om Xew llamjisliire was thirty-one companies, of sixty-four men each, inclnding otficei-s, and they were to serve until January l-'i, 1771). it re((uired. The (onmuttec of Safety met liec. "i. and gave orders for enlisting the men ; and the l)nslncss was prosecuted with the usual impulsive and patriotic vigor of the Xi'w ll;impshire men of that time. The thirty-one comjiaules weri' raised and forwarded in due time, and were highly ('(nnplimeuted liy (ieneral Washington. In a let- ter to the Connnittee of Safety, ieut. Nathan Ballard, Serg. Joua. Burton. ( 'or]). Jacob .Vdams. ^\'illiam Abbot, William Abbot, Juii.. George Blauchai-d, Beuj. Blauchard, Abraham Butteriield. In Burton's Diary we also find the roll of Capt. William Barron's company in Col. Isaac \\'yman's regiment, raised for the Canada campaign in 177 STAI'F. C^olonel, David Gibuan, Pembroke ; Lt. Col., Thonuis Bartlett, Notting- ham; Major, Peter Coffin. Exeter; Sm-geou, Joseph Barnes, Litchfield; Adjutant, Thurber; Quarteruuister, Samuel Brooks, Jr., Exeter. In Capt. William Walker's company, of this regiment, were the following from Wilton : Ebenezer Perry, Lieut., Jacob Adams and Jonathan Hartshorn. Jacob Adams was, that year, one of the selectmen of Wilton. The following note by Mr. Hammond is taken from the Revolu- tionary War Rolls, page 480 : The preceding rolls show that the State of New Hamijshire performed her share of the work of 1776 in full, as she had the year before, respond- ing ably and patriotically to every call made upon her for men. In sev- eral instances her troops remained in the service beyond their terms of enlistment, notwithstanding they were of necessity scantily fed and clothed, and poorly provided with protection against the inclemency of the weather. Tn no instance, when the exigency of the occasion seemed to require their services beyond their terms of enlistment, were they ap- pealed to iu vain. The state had three regiments in the regular or conti- nental army under General AVashingtou, viz. : Stark's, Poor's and Reed's ; a regiment in the Canada service under Col. Timothy Bedel ; CoU Pierse Long's regiment, which was stationed for the defence of Piscataqua har- bor until it marched to reenforce the garrison at Ticonderoga in Februa- ry, 1777; and in addition it furnished five regiments of militia as reeu- forcements, viz., Wyman's and Wingate's in July and August, Tash's and Baldwin's in September, and Gilman's in December. New Hampshire troops participated in the battles at Trenton and Princeton, and honored themselves and the state by their bravery and good conduct. .Vt Trenton the regiment under Stark led one of the at- tacking columns which was commanded by General Sullivan. Colonel James Reed, of Fitzwilllam, commander of the Third New Hampshire regiment in the continental service, became blind as a result of severe sickness, contracted while in the line of duty at Fort George, about the first of September, 1776, and was consequently obliged to retire from active service. He had been a brave and efficient officer, and the loss of his sight was a severe one to liim and the cause. The continental con- gress elected him to be a brigadier-general, August 9, 1776, and on the same day elected John Sullivan to be a major-general. 9<5 HISTOEY OF WILTON. EXTliAI'l'S FKdll WAll lt(ll,L,><. — f'UNIlXL'EI). The following note by Mr. Hammond, and the accompanying characteristic letter of General Sullivan, are taken from the Revolu- tionary War Rolls, p. 522 : Colouel ]);ivi(l Giliiiau's regiment wms enlisted in Deeeniber, 177(;. ;nul renuiiiied lu the servic'e lieyond the time for wliicli the men were engaged, iit the earnest request nt General Sullivan. Tt pai'ticipateil in the battles of Trenton and Prineelou, and did exi-ellent serviee in both. At the bat- tle on the 26"' of Deeemljcr, which icsulted in the (■Mi)ture of the Hessians at Trenton, Xew .Teis<'y. this i-egiment -was a i)Ortion of the right division, whieh was under the eommand of ]\rajoi-(;eneral .John Sullivan. The conduct of the Xcw Hampshire and otlicr Xew England troops ou tliat occasion, and at Princeton on January ,'!. 1777, is set forth in the follow- ing extract of a letter from Goieral Sullivan to ITon. Meshech Weare. dated Chatham, February 13, 1777 : "I have been so full of business that 1 could not tiud time to write ; but still I have a more weighty reason, which is, That I cannot give an account of a victory oi' defeat where I was an actor without saying some- rhing for or agaiust myself; and [ liave a great aversion to writing against myself, and to write in favor would be evidence (jf a very suspicious kind. Indeed, 1 always had an avei-sicju to fighting upon pajier; tor I have never yet found a man wcdl versed in that khul of tigliting, that would practise any otiier. 1^'rliaps you may want to know how your men (the Yankees) tight: I tell you exceeding well wlien they have proper otticers. I have been mucli pleased to see a day approaching to try the difference between ^'ankee cowardice and southern valor. The day has or rather the days have aia-iveil, and all the (ieneial Officei-s allowed and do allow (liat the "^'ankees' cowardice assumes tlie shape of ti'ue valor in the lield; and the Southern val(u- appears to be a comt)osition of boasting and conceit. (ienerarAVashington uuide no scruple to say publicly, the remains of the Kasteiai Regiments were tlie strength of bis army, though then their num- bers were, comparatively speaking, but small ; he calls them in front when the Enemy are there; be sends them to the rear when th(- Enemy threat- ens that way ; all the general officers allow them to be the best of Troops. The Southern officers and soldiers allow it in times of danger, but not at all other times. Believe me. Sii-. tlie Yankees took 'I'renton before the other Troops knew anytliing of the matter more than that Iben- was an engage- ment, and what will still surprise you more, the line tliat attacked the Town consisted of eigiit hundred \'aids and there was IGOO Hessians to oppose them. At Princeton, when the 17"' liegimenl had throwu 3500 southern militia into the utmost confusion, a Kegimeut of Yankees restored the day. 'J'his General Mifflin confessed tome: thoiigh the Phil- adelphia papers tell us a ditterent story. It seems 1o have been (|uite for- got, that while the 17"' Kegiment was engaging those Troops that 600 Yankees had the Town to take against the 40"' and 55"' Eegiments, whieh REORGANIZATION OF REGIMENTS. 97 they did without loss owing to the manner of attack; but enough of this; I don't wish to reflect ; but beg leave to assure you that Newspapers and even Letters don't always speak the truth. You may venture to assure your friends that no men fight better or write worse than the Yankees, of which this Letter will be good evidence. "Dear Sir, I am, with much esteem, your most obed' servant, " Jn" Sullivan. " Hon. Meshech Weare, Esq." In 1777 the three continental regiments from New Hampshire were reorganized, as Mr. Hammond explains in the following note taken from Revolutionary War Rolls, page 551 : Eai'ly in the year 1777 the Legislature and Committee of Safety of this state took effectual means to recruit and reorganize the three continental regiments. Orders for the enlistment of men were sent to officers in ser- vice in the regiments, and to the colonels of the several militia regiments in the state. Stark resigned the command of the First regiment ; Poor of the Second and Reed of the Third were promoted to be brigadier-gener- als ; and many changes were made in the line officers in consequence of resignations, deaths, sickness, &c., although most of those who were in health remained in the field, and a large portion of the men reenlisted for three years, or during the war. As reorganized in April, Stark's old reg- iment retained its rank as the First New Hampshire Regiment, Reed's be- . came the Second, and Poor's the Third, commanded respectively by Joseph Cilley of Nottingham, Nathan Hale of Rindge, and Alexander Scammell of Durham. In order to fill up the three continental regiments it was necessa- ry to raise, from the militia regiments of the state, three battalions of 2064 privates. The eighth regiment of militia, " Moses Nichols, Esq., Colonel," comprised those of military age in the towns of Amherst, " Nottingham west," Hollis, Litchfield, Dunstable, Mer- rimac, Wilton, Raby and Mason. In March, 1777, there were in these towns 1252 men from sixteen to fifty years of age; 128 of them belonging to Wilton. The whole regiment was required to furnish 155 men. These were enlisted from Wilton : Wm. Adrin Hawkins, Ebenezer Carlton, Joseph Lewis, Jacob Blanchard, Christopher Martin, Uriah Ballard, Amos Holt, "William Pettengill, Joseph Gray, William Burton, Nehemiah Holt, John Moss, Nathaniel Needham. In the roster of the officers of Colonel Scammell' s regiment, under date of April, 1777, we find these names : Isaac Frye, of Wilton, Captain, date of commission, Nov. 7, 1776. William Hawkins, of Wilton, Lieut., date of commission, Nov. 7, 1776. 98 HISTORY OF WILTON. Names of men from Wilton found in muster roll of Capt. Isaac Frye's company, Col. Scammell's regiment : Ebeiiezer Carlton. Joseph Gray, .Tacdb Blauchard, Joseph Lewis, Uriah Ballard, Xeliemiah Holt, Amos Holt, Juii., Winiaiii Pettengill, Christopher Martin, William Burton, John Moss, lehabod Perry, David Haseltine, Humphrey Cram. The fore mentioned names engage for three years or dvu-ing th(^ war. Abiel Abbot, Cluster & Pay Master. Dee. 17"', 1777. The state bounty was £20, and the compensation for travel, 2d. per mile. We now give a partial list of Revolutionary soldiers from Wil- ton, followed by specifications of the services they rendered, either personally or by substitute : Abbot AVilliam, Ballard Uriah, Burton Jon", Bayle VVllUam, Blauchard Joshua, Blauchard Benj", Bixby Jacob, Bixby Lewis, Butterfield Joseph, Bridges Johu, Blanehard Geo., Buttei-field Stei^heu, Burton William, Cram Eben'', Cram Johu, Cram Humphiey, Cram Zebulou, Carlton Eben, Dale Timothv, Dale .Jn», Fleteher Charles. Fletcher Oliver, Grcele Jon», Ilolden James, Hutchinson Samuel, Holt Amos, Holt Sol". Holt Nehemiah, Holt Jeremiah, Holt Enoch, Holt Oliver, Hazeltine Nathan, llazeltine David, How Israel, Hutchinson Geo., .Tohnsou Ebeu, Keyes Silas, ^Morgan Jonatliau, Putnam Philip, Putnam Jacob, Putnam Beuj», Perry Abijah, Perry Eben, Perry Jonas, Perry Eben, .Jun., Parker Josiah, Jiussell Isaac, *I>ayes or Koyce Simon, Smith Uriah, Stiles Abuer, Town Thomas, "W'illiius Uriah, Wilkins Arclielaus, Wilkins Archelaus, Jun., Whitney Oliver. The foregoing list is thus indorsed : The names in this list may be found in tlie aimexed Sheet; being a Mem" of certain services performed iu Xew Hampshiref and made by Jon» Burton of Wilton, X. H., Hillsboro, Co. *I have no doubt that name should be Keycs Simon ; a man of that name was living, ten years or more before the Rixolution, on the farm now owned by Mr. George I'arkhurst. In 177fi he was one of the selectmen, and diedln ISO:.'.— | S. I'utnani. tXhis seems to be a mistake; the annexed list shows the services were all jjerformed in other states, except two short terms, one of six weeks and one of one month, performed at Portsmouth. — [S, Putnam. TERMS OF SERVICE. 99 The following is a copy of > the annexed sheet referred to : William Abbot, Juji. Two months at Winter Hill iu the year 1775, one month at Saratoga in 1777, three weeks at Rhode Island in 1780. Person- al service. Solomon Holt, one year in the Canada voyage hy Nehemiah Holt, five months in the three years' service, for which he paid £4 3s. 4d. *Simon Rapes {Keyesf), nine months hy Amos Holt, Jun., in the three years' vbige, for which he paid £7 10s. By Petei- Putnam, one month in the year 1780, at West Point, for which he paid £2 8s. the old way.f Ensign Abner Stiles, three months' personal service at New York in the year 1776. By Uriah Ballard, Jun., six months in the three years' service, for which he paid £5. Jacob Putnam, five months by Jonatliau Greele in the JTie voige, iu the year 1776, for which he paid £6. By Ebenezer Carlton, one-eighth of a turn during the war, for which he paid £3 15s. Jonathan Burton, two months at Winter Hill- in the year 1775, five months at the JTie iu 1776, three months at Rhode Island in the year 1780, Personal. By Ebenezer Carlton, one-fourth of a turn during the war, for which he paid £7 IDs. Jeremiah Holt, one month personal at Saratoga in the year 1777. By his son Jeremiah, eight months at Winter Hill iu the year 1775, eleven months in the Canada voyage in 1776. By his son Enoch, six weeks at Portsmouth in the year. 1779. Capt. Philip Putnam, three months at New York in the year 1776, one month at Saratoga in the year 1777, Personal. By Ebenezer Carlton, one- fourth of a turn during the war, for which he paid £7 10s. By Ebenezer Coston, one year at Bostftn and Roxbury in 1776, for which he paid £2 8s. William ^Bayle, Jun., two months at Bennington in the year 1777, Per- sonal. Uriah Smith, five m'bnths in the Tie voyage, in 1776, by Caleb Putnam, for which he paid £6. By Silas Keyes, two months at Bennington in the year 1777, for which he paid 20 dollars. Joshua Blanchard, twelve months by Humphrey Crain in the three 3-ears' service, for which he paid £12. Three weeks' personal service in Rhode Island in the year 1780. Benjamin Blanchard, two months" personal service at Winter Hill in the year 1775. By David Hazeltine, six months in the three years' service, for which he paid £5. Charles Fletcher, eight months at Winter Hill in 1775 ; ten months iu 1776 at New York, Personal; said service done in other States. *Should be Simon Keyes. f'The old way," 1 am unable to explain.— [S. Putnam. JTiconderoga. §That name la spelt in various ways in the early records of Wilton, but for many years it has been spelt Bales.— [S. Putnam. 100 HISTORY OE WILTON. XAJMES OF nEVOLVTIOXAKY SOLDIERS. — COXTIMEI). Oliver Fletcher, two moutlis at Dovc-hestor in 177.i. Personal sei-vice. said service done in the other States, Jacob Bixby, three mouths' personal service at Boston, forty days at .Stilhvater; paid IS-i dollars for one month and 2s. 3d. at Tie In the year 177(j ; paid 26 dollars and 4s. towards the hire of the fli-st three years' men : said service done in the other State*. Lewis Bixby, six months at Khode Island, 4 months'atCohoos, personal. Paid 26 dollars and 4s. towards the hire of the first three years' men, said service done in the other States. Oliver Holt, twelve months in the Canada voyage, Personal. Jonathan Morgan, eight months at AVinter Hill in the j'ear 177.5, twelve months in 1776 in the Canada voyage. Personal service done for Pelham. Benjamin Putnam, three years' personal service done k>x the otlier States. Lt. Joseph, Butterfield, eighteen mouths in the three years" service by David Hazeltine, for which he paid £15. John Bridges, paid to Ebeuezer Johnson for one yeai''s service in 177(i. £4 10s., and also paid £6 4s. in 1777, and also paid 26 dollars for half a tm'u to Saratoga in 1777. Said service done in tlie other States. Nathan Hazeltine, four months by his son David in the three y(?ars" ser- vice, for which he paid after his son returned sixteen dollars. Nathan Hazeltine, Jun., four months by David Hazeltine in the three years' service, tor \\ hich he paid 16 dollars. David Hazeltine, four mouths in the three years" servici'. Persoual. George Blanchard, two months at Winter Hill in 177.J. personal. By Israel How, one month in the Canada voyag<' in 1770, for which he paid. Thomas Towne. two months at Bennington in the year 1777, personal. Abijah Perry, Ave mouths at the Tie in 3 776. Persoual. Uriah Wilkins, two months iu the year 1776 iu the Canada voyage. Personal. By his brother ^Vii'helaus, four months iu the Canada voyage in 1776, and 21 days at Winter Hill iu 1775. Dr. Ebenezer Perry, by his son Jonas, twel\-e mouths at Winter Hill; by his son Ebenezer, eight months in the Canada voyage in 1776. George Hutchinson, by Oliver Whitney, six weeks iu the year 1779, for which he paid 26s. the old way. Ebenezer Cram, two months at AYinter Hill iu 1775. and two months'at Bennington in the year 1777, Personal. Stephen Butterfield, twelve mouths, by Na,thaniel Hazeltine, in the Can- ada voyage in 1776, for which he paid £2 2s. Th(> heirs of Josiah Parker, fl\i_> months at the Tie in the year 1776. Persoual. :M:r. Parker died Oct. 22, 1776. at Casfleton. \X. [He left the army on the 16th. — Murton"s Diary.] The heirs of Isaac Russell, twelve mouths in the Canada voyage iu 1776. [Mr. Eussell died Sept. 15, 1776.] Timothy Dale, twelve mouths by AVilliam Burton in the three years" service, for whicli he paid £10. TOWN RECORDS. 101 Juhn Dale, twelve months 1)t James Haldin* in the Canada voyage in 1776. Samuel Hutchinson, nine months by Amos Holt, Jnn., in the three years" serviee, for which he paid £7 10s. Juhn Cram, six months hy his son ilnmphrey, in the three years' sei'- vioe ; by his son Zebuloii, one month at Portsmouth, two montlis at Ben- nington and three months at 'West Point. Archelaits Willcins, six months by his sou Archelaus at Canada in 177(1, and twenty-one days at Winter Hill in 177r).t We continue the record of the doings of the town : 1750, Dee. .">. Chose Jlr. William .Ujbot, Jr., to represent tlie town of Wilton and one mile slip and Duxbury school farm in the General Assembly of this state for tlie term of one year. Also Voted, to empower said rejjresentatives to vote in tlie choice of delegates for the Continental Congress, and also to join in calling a convention to settle ii plan of government for this state. 1751, May 17. Agreeable to a resolve of the (feueral .Vsserabl.v of this state. Voted, to elect one person to represent the inhabitants of this town in a convention, to be holden at Concord on the first Tuesday of June next, for the purpose of laying a plan, or system, of government for the fu- ture happiness and well being of the people of this state. Chose >Ir. Jonathan ^Martin to represent the town in the aforesaid convention. Sept. i;!. Voted, to repair the bi-idge over the river below Mr." Ephraim Peabody's. Chose Abiel Abbot, Jeremiah Abbot and Ebenezer Chandler to repair said bridge, and that the committee proceed to rebuild, or repair, said bridge, and exhibit their ai'counts. ( )ct, 30. Chose .Tosepli ,Vbbot to ser\e as grand juror. Whereas the town tax for 1780 was made in old continental * currency, and there is a part thereof remains unpaid, and the currency is called in ; Therefore Voted, that the constables for that year be directed to receive the outstanding taxes in ISTew Hampshire new emission, at the rate of one of new' emission for forty of the old continental currency, or * The name undoubtedly should be Holden.— [S. Putnuui. t The following indorsement was on the back of the foregoing list from which this was copied : " The within Mem. was made by Jonathan Burton who was an oificer in the Kew Hampshire Militia from Wilton, N. H. See original in the Papers of HuUlali Burton, ad- ministratrix. July i, 183(5, N. H."— [S. Putnam. 102 HISTORY OF WILTON. RECORD OF THE DOINGS OP THE TOWN.— CONTINUED. 1781. Oct. 30. in silver money at the rate of one for one hundred and sixty of said continental curreucj'. Also, that the constables for the year 1781 be directed to receive the half tax in new emission, or in hard money at the rate of one silver dollar for four of the new emission. Chose Mr. William Abbot, Jr., to represent the town in the General Assembly, to be holden at Exeter on the third Wednesday in December next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, and empower him, for the term of one year from their first meeting, to transact such business and pursue such measiues as they judge necessary for them. 1782, Jan. 8. Voted, not to accept of the form of government as it is now jsroposed ; 69 against, and none for it. Chose Rev. Abiel Fisk, Capt. Isaac Frye, Maj. Abiel Abbot, Jacob Abbot, Maj. Greele, Mr. Moses Putnam, j\Ir. William Abbot, Capt. Putnam, Alexander Milli- ken, Capt. Hawkin, Ens. Stiles, and Lt. Burton for a committee to make such alterations in the form of gov- ernment as they shall think proper, and lay the same before the town." OB.TECTIONS TO ARTIC1.ES OF CONFEDERATION, CONTAINED IN THE TOWN , RECOUU.S. To the Honorable the Council and House of Eepresentatives for the State of New Hampshire in General Court to be convened at Exeter on the second "Wednesday in Feb'y Instant. The Petition of the Subscribers Humbly Sheweth, that, upon hearing the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union jjroposed by the United States in Congress assembled, distinctly and repeatedly read, and mature- ly considering the same. We find ourselves constrained, ijaintul as it may be, to Petition your Honors to examine with a candid and Jealous Eye the following Articles of Confederation, and, if your Honors think best, to Remonstrate and Petition to the Congress of the United States respecting the same. The Articles which strike our Minds with concern are as fol- lows : In the Fifth Article one clause is, that in determining Questions in the United States in Congress assembled, Each state shall have one vote. This has no regard to numbers or Property; and we fear will have a Tendency to break our Union. The Eighth Article directs that the Con- tinental, or public. Chest shall be supply'd by the several States in pro- )5ortion to the value of granted and survej-ed Lands, improvements and buildings thereon. * TUe records of the town from this date until 1851 were destroyed in the lire of Janu- ary ao, 1851.— [S. I'utnam. PETITION TO GENERAL COURT. 103 This has uo i-efereiu-e to the Xo. of polls, live stock, stock iu trade or at Interest. The Ninth Article, the first Clause, grants to the United States in Con- gress assembled, the sole and exclusive Eight and po\\ cr of Determining on Peace and War, except in the Cases mentioned in the sixth Article ; Is it not a power Greater than the King of (ireat Brittian in Council or with the House of Lords ever had? or greater than the seven United States of Holland gave their .Statholdersy :\Eay we not suppose that the Mem- bers of that August Body, conscious of the Rectitude of their own Inten- tions, have no Room left to Suspect the Integrity of any future Members thereof y But altho' we admit and believe that Virtue fills the Breast of every Member of that Honorable Body at this Day: A\'c liave no good Degree of certainty, that That will be always the Case. If Canada should acceed to this Coirfederation, There will be fourteen States; then it will take Eiglit to make a ^Majority. In this Case it re- quires the Assent of nine, which is but one more than a bare Majority : those Nine, admitting there is a possibility of their being vicious Men, may, in some future time, by one exertion involve us in War that may cost us much Blood and Treasure. Another Clause in the Ninth .Vrticle mentions their Transmitting to e^•ery State a Copy of the sums of Jloney they borrow or Emit. We would v\ish they had added (and the ExiJeuditure or applying the same). A\'e. your petitioners, could wish an alteration in the above mentioned Articles, but, sensible of our uuacquaintedness with PoMticks, we presume not to prescribe, but pray your Honor's" ^lature Consideration thereon. Signed in behalf of the Town. .losephHolt, ^Selectmen .Ion" Burton, [ of John Dale, Jun' ) Wilton. Wilton, Feb'-.v 10* 1778. .\t a Legal Town Meeting, held at the Meeting House in Wilton on Tuesda}-, the 10^' Day of February, A. I). 177S, by Adjournment, after hearing the above petition repeatedly and distinctly read, and maturely considering the same. Voted that the Selectmen of Wilton in behalf of the Town Sign and transmit to the General Court. Attest. Joseph Holt, Town Clerk. JOURNAL OF THE IlorsE OF REl'KKSENTATIVES, N. H. 1770, Doc. 11. Voted, That Dr. Mo.«es Nichols, of Amherst, be Colonel of the Sixth Regiment of Militia of this state ; That ('apt. Noah Lovewell be Lieut. Colonel, and Capt. Samuel Chase be First Major, and Capt. Abiel Abbot be Second Major of said regiment. 1777, Jan. 14. Vuled, That Eliphalet Giddings of Exeter, William White of Chester, Otis Baker of Dover, Abiel Abbot, Esq., of Wilton, Thomas Sparhawk, Esq., of Walpole, 104 HISTORY OF WILTON. 1777, Jan. 14. and Samuel Emerson, Esq., of Plymouth, be muster- masters and paymasters of the Continental Battalions now raising in this State, and that the President Xotify them accordiuglj-. Jan. 1.5. Voted, Tliat tlie following Ofticer.s be appointed to their Several offices, hereafter mentioned," in Col. Seammell's Kegiment, viz. . Lieut. William Scott, late of Camden, to be a Captain; William Hawkins,* of AVilton, First Lieutenant ; Samuel Breding, of Tem- ple, Second Lieutenant; Jason Kusgell, of Mason, Ensign. 1778, Jan. H. KoU of Capt. Nathan Ballard allowed and, paid £165. Roll of Capt. Philip Pvitnam allowed and paid £172 od. Major Abiel Abbot's account as muster-master, £3080, settled. 1780, Oct. 19. Vote for the treasurer to discount with Timothy Dale, constable of Wilton, 3763 Dollars out of the tax of said town; it being for so much advanced by said Dale to .Jonathan Martin by order of the Connnittee of Safet>'. 1781, March 30. Voted, That ISToah Lovewell, Esq., of Dunstable, be ai> pointed First Colonel of the regiment of this state lately commanded by Brig.-Gen. Nichols ; that Sam- uel Chase, Esq., of Litchfield, be Lieut. Colonel; Abiel Abbot, Esq., of Wilton, First Major, and Capt. James Ford, of Nottingham West, Second Major of said regiment. PETITION TO THE GENERAL COURT — COriED FRO.At STATE PAPERS. To the Honorable Council and Assembly to be Convened at Concord — The Petition of us the Subscribers Humlily Sheweth That the Town of Wilton hath for some time past been depn\ed of a Justice of the peace (which we esteem a great privilege) And at a legal Meeting of the In- habitants of said Town, Voted to reccommend William Abbot, Jun'' to your Honors to be appointed to the Office of a Justice of the peace, a Com- pliance of this our request will greatly Oblige your Humble Petitioners — And as in dutjr bound Shall ever pray — Abiel Abbot ^ Selectmen of Jon" Burton V Wilton in behalf Abraham Burton J of said Town. Wilton December lO'h 1783. At a legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Wilton qualified to vote in Town Meeting on Thursday 16"' of No^-'■ 1786: It was put to ^'ote to see if the Town would chuse to have paper ifoney emitted on the * The name is ns found in the Jourmil ; it should be William A, Hawkins.— [S. Putnam. il^-^^^ ^J^ HeLIOTYPE PRINTING CO., BOSTON PETITIONS. 105 plan the Gen' Court hath proposed— passed in the negative Unanimously ; Voters present 47— Put to vote to see if the Town would chuse to make any alterations in the proposed plan, passed in negative ITnaniniously. Voters present 47— A true Coppy from the minutes. Attest William Abliot J>' T : faerk. PETITION TO THE PHESIDENT AND COLNCIl.— COPIED FROM STATE PAPERS. To His Exeellmcij the Prtsidcnt & the Honorable Council of the State of New Hampshire — We the Selectmen of Wilton for the Present year — beg lea\-e to reocom- mend the following Persons for field Officers of the *22'i Regiment of Militia in s"! State (viz) Capt. Philip Putnam of Wilton — for Colonel Capt. Ezra Towne of Xew Ipswich — for L* Col" Lt. Samuel Gragg of Peterborough — for Maj'' Jlr. Abijah Wheeler of Temple— for 2"'' Jlap' Which ^ye think gi\-e as great Satisfaction as any four Men wo can thiuk of that will take s'l Commissions all things considered.! William Abbot Jr "1 Selectmen Joseph Abbot > of John Dale Jr ) Wilton. RELATIVE TO MIEITIA APFAIBIS. Wilton June 19* 1786. May it please your Excellency — your letter ye 17* Instant was received by Col° Putnam, on which we are met & in answer — after Congratulating your Excellency on your arival to the presidency of the State — hopeiug beleving tt Joyfully relying on your wisdom & Goodness to stear us & Guide us in our Deflqualtys — We say, that we have taken all the Care in our power, to have the Regiment settled — & all the Difiqualty that we know of was the resolve respecting y"" Number, time and our attention ; for the good of y Melitia hath, so far succeed, that ^^•e are now, able to return a respectable Number for officers and Desier y= Comis"* may C'om by Col° putnam — & Intreet the Blanks (if Consistant) may Com for the remainder — as we hope to make a settlement very soon : unless some per- sons return from Court should advance, a New Doctriug — we are unable to Determine the N» of each Company today— and beg blank for it— the returns we will make as soon as posable of those. Not Now returned — we Intreet your Excellency to beleave us when we say that, under the Difi- qualty we have been brought into by s'o frightful spectres cross'd our way, " Perhaps conceal'd in vonder wood, " They hid themselves from face of da\ . CZJ ^:6^ e^,.^* f^ELIOTVPE PRINTIMG CO., BOSrOfV, MA ROAD POETRY. 113 " We cannot once the 'squire dispute, " Nor ^sculapius, learn'd and wise, " Nor Judge, nor Vulcan, will refut4, " For we tneli- friendship highly prize. " Some evil which we cannot scan, " In caves, or mountains lurk unseen ; " Though there we saw the smoothest plain, " And pleasing forests dress'd In green. ' When airy phantoms cease to be ; ' And dark deceit no more shall reign, ' When falsehood from the earth shall flee, ' This road shall stretch along the plain. ' But ere this peaceful happy time, ' Th* important subject we suspend ; ' The people must o'er mountains climb, ' And road, and village have an end." But the road was Anally built. CHAPTER XI. MAIL ROUTES AND CARRIERS STAGING POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS. The first mail route through Wilton was established about 1788, and ran from Keene to Portsmouth over the old county road through the north part of the town. The first post-rider was Ozias Silsbee. He was succeeded by Messrs. Wright, Philips and Thayer. The latter died very suddenly in Amherst, August "4, 1807, of injuries received in a playful scuffle with Mr. Gushing, the editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. Mr. Daniel Gibbs succeeded Mr. Thayer and carried the mail on horseback for about eight years. The mail-pouch was about two feet long, and from eight to ten inches wide, but was amply suffi- cient to carry the postal matter that passed over the road at that time. The post-rider had also a pair of saddle-bags, each end of which would hold nearly, or quite, half a bushel, in which he car- ried newspapers and express packages. He passed down through Wilton on Sundays, and back on Thursdays. ^During the War of 1812 he was accustomed to call out the news, good or bad, to those who were within hearing, as, for instance, "G-lorious news ! Com- modore Perry has captured the whole British fieet on Lake Erie ;" or, if the news were bad, with a melancholy expression he doled out, " Bad news ! The British have captured and burned Washington." About 1816, Mr. Gibbs commenced driving a wagon; he did a good deal of express business and had some passengers. He was prompt and faithful in the discharge of his duties. Mr. Gibbs died in Peterborough, September 25, 1824, at the age of seventy-three, from being thrown from his wagon on the rocks beneath the great bridge over the Contoocook, his horses backing off the bridge. Mr. Gibbs lived but a short time after the accident. STAGING. 115 Before the establishment of the post ofHce in 1816, a number of copies of the New Hampshire Patriot, published at Concord by Isaac Hill, and one or two copies of the New Hampshire Sentinel, published at Keene by John Prentiss, were brought to subscribers in Wilton by Mr. Gibbs. But the majority of the people took the Farmers' Cabinet, published at Amherst by Richard Boylston. Each subscriber, in his turn, went to Amherst for the papers on Satur- day, and distributed them on Sunday. Mr. Boylston kept the tally, and marked, each week, the paper of him whose turn came next. Letters, too, were forwarded to the one whose turn was next in succession, and thus reached the post office at Amherst. Verily, those were primitive times. About the time of Mr. Gibbs's death the route was changed from the north road tq the road through the middle of the town. Mr. Gibbs's son took the route and soon commenced running a two- horse carriage, which continued until the seventh of July, 1828, when the four-horse coach line from Keene to Nashua was started. STAGING. The ' ' team " from Nashua to Milford was owned by Mr. Fred- eric Lovejoy ; the team from Milford to West Wilton, by Mr. Joseph Holt ; that from West Wilton to Peterborough was owned by Mr. Samuel Smith, Mr. Silas Winn and Mr. John Holt, and the team from Peterborough to Keene, by Messrs. Senter and Cunning- ham. In a few years Mr. John Holt and Mr. Lovejoy owned the line from Peterborough to Nashua, and Mr. Holt was the driver. About 1833, an accommodation line was started, and then there was a coach each way through town daily. On the opening of the Boston and Lowell Railroad to Lowell, the stage line was extended to Lowell, and so continued until the railroad was built to Nashua. The line was shortened as the railroad was^extended to Danforth's corner, Milford and Wilton. The railroad was opened to Wilton in December, 1851. The drivers who had served the longest terms up to that time were Mr. John Holt, Mr. John Leach, Mr. Benjamin P. Cheney, who has since been extensively engaged in the express business and is now a wealthy man in Boston, and Capt. Porter. The line had been for a number of years in charge of Col. Fox of Nashua. After the opening of the railroad to Wilton, the proprietors ran their stages from Wilton to Peterborough until October, 1870, when they, sold out to the railroad company ; the line was then continued 116 HISTORY OF WILTON. under the direction of Mr. John Dane of Hancock, as agent, until the opening of the railroad to Greenfield, about the first of January, 1874, took -the last stages from Wilton. The Forest road in Wilton was built in 1831. In the spring of 1832, Mr. Joy of Nashua started a coach on the Forest road and the line was continued to Charlestown, New Hampshire. Prior to 1837, there were connected with the lower section of the line, that between Wilton and Hancock, beside Mr. Joy, either as pro- prietors or drivers, Mr. Iram Woods, two young men by the name of Wyman, Mr. Pennock, Mr. Nathan Dane, Mr. George W. Tar- bell and probably others ; Mr. Dane and Mr. Tarbell being the proprietors. In December, 1837, Hon. Hiram T. MorrQl, now of Nashua (1885), bought Mr. Tarbell's interest, and soon after Mr. Dane sold his to Mr. Phelps, and in 1840 or 1841, Mr. Phelps sold to Mr. Hall. Mr. Hall retained his interest but a short time, when Mr. K. E. Howison and Mr. Howland Prouty, both now of Milford, became partners of Mr. Morrill. After a few years Mr. Prouty sold to Morrill and Howison, who retained their interest in the line until they sold it in October, 1870, to the railroad company, who ran the line until the railroad was opened to Greenfield. Among the drivers on this line, other than the proprietors, were Charles Leavitt, El- bridge Harris, Ezra Pettengill and Mr. Sanborn. During the time the stages ran through Wilton they were well patronized, and at times had to run extras. While Morrill and Phelps owned the line an accident happened, about three-fourths of a mile from the depot, at a corner in the road near the foot of a moderate descent. Water had flowed over the road and had frozen ; one of the horses slipped upon the ice, and horses and coach were precipitated from the bank upon the river ice, three feet below. The driver and the passengers escaped with slight injuries, one horse and the coach were considerably damaged, and the town had to pay something over one hundred dollars for damages. The road from Gray's corner to Greenville was completed in 1848. Soon after a mail-route was established from Manchester to New Ipswich, passing through Wilton. A part of the time four-horse teams, and some of the time two-horse teams, have been used on the route. A few years since, that part of the route between Mil- ford Village and East Wilton was discontinued. The names of some of the drivers through Wilton were Porter, Thomas, Sanborn, Batch- MAILS. 117 elder. At the present time, 1884, the mail is carried with one horse and carriage. Soon after the railroad was opened to Greenfield, the route from West Wilton to East Wilton was established, and Mr. Abiel Frye had the contract for carrying the mail daily over the route until his decease, June 21, 1886. rOST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS. The Wilton post office was established October 1, 1816. The fol- lowing list is- given by the Department at Washington, consisting of the titles of the post offices in different parts of the town, the names of the postmasters, and the dates of their appointment : OFFICE. POSTMASTERS. DATE OF APPOINTMENT. John Mack, October 1, 1816. Elijah Stockwell, February 21, 1824. Hervey Barnes, April 4, 1826. Stephen Abbott, February 27, 1828. Wll.TON Ezra Buss, January 4, 1837. Timothy Parkhurst, January 3, 1838. Isaac Blanchard, June 7, 1845. Varnum S. Holt, February 9, 1856. To Wilton Centre, April 16, 1856. Wilton Centre Varnum S. Holt, April 16, 1856. LATE Wilton To West Wilton, April 23, 1856. AVest Wilton Varnum S. Holt, April 23, 1856. late Philander Elug, April 21, 1858. Wilton Centre Henry 6. Sargent, December 10, 1877. Ballard Pettengill, February 24, 1831. William M. Edwards, January 4, 1833. East Wilton John Merrill, January 19, 1835. William M. Edwards, October 30, 1835. KSTAHLISHF.D Ephraim Haekett, February 14, 1839. James M. Dane, February 17, 1842. Feb'y 24, 1831 Albert Farnsworth, July 22, 1853. Leonard Pettengill, February 28, 1854. To Wilton, April 16, 1856. Wilton LATE East Wilton Leonard Pettengill, Nathan Flint, William J. Bradbury, April 16, 1856. July 20, 1861. December 14, 1869. Alfred E. Jaques, • August 4, 1875. CHAPTER XII. SOCIETIES, LODGES, GEANGE, AND GRAND ARMY POST. A great change has taken place in the community during the last fifty years in regard to social life. In the earlier times, when the population was sparse, and families lived remote from one another, and the means of communication from neighborhood to neighbor- hood were more difficult, the opportunities of social intercourse were more rare than in this day of railroads and steam navigation. In country towns, too, the improved roads and carriages and in- creased facilities for neighborly intercourse have multiplied the ties of human acquaintance and brotherhood. Hence a multitude of clubs, societies, lodges and granges has sprung up, and has in- augurated what may be called " the social age '' or " the age of as- sociation." This has come to be what may be called a species of secular church. It is the forerunner of the more perfect spiritual union of mankind, established, not merely on grounds of temporal but of eternal interest and of diviner brptherhood. THE LITERARY AND MORAL SOCIETY. One of the earliest movements of this kind was the establish- ment, in 1815 or 1816, of the Wilton " Literary and Moral Socie- ty" by the pastor of the town, Eev. Thomas Bee4e. He was aided in this undertaking by a number of intelligent and public-spirited young men and women, who desired a higher education and a culture beyond what the schools and academies could give. A de- scription of this institution can best be given in the language of one of its members, Rev. Warren Burton : The members of this early sooiety consisted ol young gentlemen and ladies, aud there were a few boys, like myself, who had a literary taste LITERARY SOCIETIES. 119 such as to admit them to a companionship with their superiors. We met at first once a week or fortnight at Mr. Beede's house, and then in a par- lor in the Buss House (or hotel), as it used to be called. We should have been lost in the spaciousness ol a hall. There our re\ered pastor presided over us under the title of tnstruct- 01-, if I rightly reniembei-. We discussed literarj- and moral questions' orally or liy x\ riting. Indeed, subjects nere given out at each meeting to be written upon against the next, and the essays were read before the so- ciety and then put into the hands of the Instructor to be corrected. These were to me, and I doubt not to the rest, delightful meetings. Im- pulses were given there, which in the chain of causes must, T think, have been of x'aluablc consequence. Among those whose names can now be recalled as belonging to this early society are Samnel Abbot, Samuel Barrett, Phoebe Abbot, Sarah W. I^ivermore, the Misses Rockwood, Warren Burton, Abner Flint and others, besides the family of the pastor, Rev. Thomas Beede. THE LYCEUM. The next association was the Wilton Lyceum. This was a more general and popular organization, designed not for a special few but for the benefit of the public. at large. Its organization was simple, and its meetings were held in what was called the " Brick Hall," over Messrs. Haskell and Whitney's store. A chairman, a secretary and a treasurer, with a board of directors, constituted the management. The employment of home talent was encouraged, and seldom, if ever, was any paid lecturer called to the stand. A certain person, then a student in Harvard College, recollects giving a lecture on "The Diffusion of Useful Knowledge," and another lecture on " Jhe Prussian System of Popular Education," before this august body. Debates on the qaestions of the day sometimes took the place of a formal address. THE LECTUHE BUREAU. The next step in the social and educational development of the town was the still more popular assembly, gathered ,to hear some distinguished lecturer from abroad, a Chapin, a King, a Giles, a Parker, a Mann, a Taylor, or a Gough, either sent out by some Lecture Bureau, or coming on his own responsibility. But, in general, the expense of these lecturers from abroad was too heavy for small country towns. Still later the system lias been worked up to the establishment of courses of lectures, interspersed 120 HISTOET OF WILTON. with musical, humorous and dramatic entertainments. Circulars are issued at the beginning of the winter campaign and courses are arranged for the season. Ticl^ets are issued for the season at a fixed price. In some towns the method is adopted of replenishing the church treasury by resorting to such courses of lectures. Thus the concert and the theatre are subsidized in the support of religious institutions. By all these methods the sociability and intelligence of society have been advanced. A new leaf has been turned over in civiliza- tion, and, if great and crying evils exist in society, we cannot tell how much more general and malignant they would be if no social methods were put in train for the improvement and cordial under- standing of society, regardless of church, caste or party. MASONIC. The first Masonic service in Wilton of which we have any ac- count was the funeral of Deacon John Burton, who died Novem- ber 18, 1816, aged 78 years. Rev. Thomas Beede (a brother Mason) preached a sermon at the meeting-house, and conducted the other customary services ; then a procession was formed, which, to the music of three or four clar- ionets, two bassoons, a fife and a muffled drum, proceeded to the north cemetery, where the Masonic ceremonies were performed. He was one of the first deacons of the church in Wilton, and sat in the deacons' seat, and, for many years, took the lead of the singing. He had a clear, strong tenor voice, and was noted for song-singing, " Burns's Farewell" being his favorite. Probably no resident of Wilton ever rode so little in proportion to what he walked as did Deacon Burton. His interest in Masonry was well exemplified by his habit of walking to Amherst to attend Lodge meetings, it being not less than ten miles from his home. The following notice was published in the Farmers' Cabinet : MUSICAL AND MASONIC. Notice is hereby given that there will be a public exhibition of Sacred Music at Wilton on Monday, the 28th day of December next. The pieces selected for the occasion are : " Stand Up, my Soul," '• Blowthe Trump- et," "The Dying Christian," "Sheffield," " The Heavens are Telling," and " Strike the Cymbal." A dinner will be provided, and a discourse is ex- pected from Rev. Mr. Fay of Harvard, Mass. The brethren of Bethel Lodge, No:'24, and of Benevolent Lodge, No. 7, will celebrate the birth of St. John the Evangelist at the same time and place. FEEE MASONS. 121 The following officers are appointed to preside over them on that day, viz. : Thomas Beede, Master; Aaron Whitney, S. Warden; N. D. Gould, J. Warden; Ira Wilkins, Treasurer; Henry Isaacs, Secretary; Seth King andJosiah Converse, Marshals ; J. Pritchard, S. Deacon; John Secomb, J. Deacon; Nathaniel Emerson, Thomas Bennett, Asa Pritchard and Jonas C. Champney, Stewards; Joseph Boutelle and James Kennedy, Ty- lers ; Rev. Mr. Fay, Orator, and Rev. Mr. Hill, Substitute. The procession will be formed at the Hall of Messrs. Haskell and Whitney, precisely at eleven o'clock, A. M., and will move to the meet- ing-house where the services will be performed. Dinner is to be on the table at half-past two, P. M. Brethren of neighboring Lodges are invited to join in the celebration ; and all Masons are requested to give a punctual attendance with their ap- propriate Jewels and clothing. Tickets for the dinner may be had at the store of Messrs. Haskell and Whitney on the day of the celebration at one dollar each. Wilton, Xov. 26th, 1818. On the day of the celebration the meeting-house was full. Dea. N. D. Gould, then of New Ipswich, the most celebrated singer of his time in these parts, led the singing. Of the Masons present, many of them wore the Royal Arch insignia. The early Masons of Wilton were Dea. Burton, Rev. Thomas Beede, Col. Jonathan Burton, Capt. John Burton, Joel Abbot, Esq., Dr. John Putnam, John Dale and probably others. In 1825, several machinists came to Wilton, who were engaged in setting up the machinery for the old factory, of whom George Kin- son, Ira Bliss, John A. Burnham and Joseph Putnam were Masons. About 1826, Asa Jones, Ephraim Brown, Moses and Charles Spalding, Joseph B. Howard, Eliphalet and Abiel A. Putnam and Luther Dascomb were made Masons in Benevolent Lodge, No. 7, at Milford. At the annual session of the Grand Lodge of the state of New Hampshire in June, 1827, a charter was granted to organize a lodge in Wilton, by the name and style of Clinton Lodge, No. .52. The hall over the brick store, now the house of Mrs. Henry Newell, was fitted up to accommodate the Lodge, and November 30th, 1827, the Lodge was consecrated and the officers were installed. The officers wei'e : Thomas Beede, W. Master: George Kinson, Sen. Warden; Abiel A. Putnam, Jun. Warden ; .John Dale, Treasurer ; Jonathan Burton, Secre- tary; Eliphalet Putnam, Sen. Deacon; Charles Spalding, Jun. Deacon; Jacob Lovejoy and Joseph B. Howard, Stewards; Moses Spalding, Mar- shal, and Ephraim Brown, Tyler. 122 HISTORY OF WILTON. The first work in the Lodge was at the regular communication, January 2d, 1828, when Samuel King, William Emerson and Sew- all Putnam were initiated in the Entered Apprentices' Degree, They each subsequently took the Fellow-Crafts' and Masters' De- grees. The Lodge flourished for a year or two, when the Morgan ex- citement gave Masonry a check. The Lodge continued to meet for about five years, but there was little or no work done after the first two years. Those who were Masters of the Lodge during that time were, Rev. Thomas Beede, George Kinson, Elijah Stockwell, Ephraim Brown and Eiliphalet Putnam. There were no meetings of the Lodge for about twenty years, when the Lodge was reorganized under the original charter, was re- consecrated, and the officers were installed by the Grand Lodge, M, W. Alfred Greele, Grand Master. The Lodge has had its times of prosperity, as also of adversity ; twice the hall that it occupied has been burned, with its furniture, and its records prior to February ■2d, l)-!67, have been destroyed. Of those who have held the office of Master of the Lodge since its reorganization, are Madison Templeton, Caleb W. Hodgdon, Lewis Howard, Charles H. Burns, Thomas H. Dillon, Edmund P. Hutchinson, William A. Davis, George S. Neville, David A. Gregg, Daniel Cragin, David W. Russell, John Gage, William H. Barnes, Rufus F. Stowe, Frank H Hutchinson, William H. Put; nam and Frank P. Martin. On examination of the records of the Lodge, now extant, ample evidence is found that the Lodge has not been derelict in its duty to the widow, the orphan and the needy. ADVANCE GRANGE. Early in the year 1874 the necessary papers for the preliminary steps in the organization of subordinate granges were placed in the hands of one ,of our farmers, who, on receiving them, called upon another prominent farmer and found him ready to engage in the work. They started together to circulate a petition for a charter, and found most of those whose attention they called to the subject, ready to sign at once. A few hesitated on account of the existence of a fai'mers' club, which was then in a flourishing condition. These subsequently waived their objections, and the leading members of the club became charter members of the grange. On the after- noon of February 20, 1874, Worthy Brother Deputy C. C. Shaw in- ADVANCE GRANGE. 123 stituted Advance Grange with thirty members, the maximum num- ber then allowed as charter members. Their names are as follows : Henry Gi-ay, George Buss, Mrs. George Buss, T.cvi A. Pierce, Mrs. Levi A. Pierce, C'liurles C. Spalding, Henry X. Gray, :^[rs. Henry N. Gray, Joseph W. Stiles, Waldo Foster, Mrs. Waldo Fostei-, Charles White, James Hutchinson, John D. Wilson, David W. Russell, Gardner Blanch- ard, Mrs. (iardner Blanchard, A. D. Abbot, Mrs. A. D. Abbot, (xeorge H. Keyes, ]\[rs. George H. Keyes, George Barrett, Mrs. George Barrett, George L. Dascombe, Mrs. George L. Dascombe, W. K. ^IcGregor, Mrs. W. K. McGregor, Charles Wilson, Jacob Putnam and Thomas IjHW. The officers elected for the first year were as follows : Master, Henry Gray; Overseer. Waldo Foster; Lecturer, G. L. Das- combe ; Steward, Geo. H. Keyes; Assistant Steward, Henry X. (iray; chaplain, Charles Wilson ; Treasurer, Gardner Blanchard; Secretary, A. Dvvight Abbot; Gate Keeper, J. W. Stiles; Ceres, Mrs. Henry X. (iray; Pomona, Mrs. Levi A. Pierce; Flora, Mrs. (iardner Bliinchard; Lady Assistant Steward, !>[rs. George H. Keyes. Many others were desirous of joining, but could not be received at that time, being excluded by the rules. These persons took an early opportunity to present applications in the prescribed form, and were accepted. At the annual meeting for choice of officers for. the year 1875, the old board was reelected entire. Since that time the Masters have been : Henry Gray, 187(3; (Jeorge H. Keyes, 1877-78; George L. Dascombe, 1879-80; A. Dwight Abbot, 1881-82; Eufufs F. Stowe, 1883; A. H. (iage, 1884; George S. Fowler, 188.i; Willis H. Abbot, 1886. Since the organization ol the Grange, there havp been one treasurer and two secretaries — A. Dwight Abbot and, since 1881, Mrs. A. Dwight Ab- bot. Whole number ol members from the beginning, 141 ; present num- ber, 97 ; lost. by death, 10, and by removal from town, 19. Meetings have usually been. held once in two weeks. GRAND ARMY POST. Abiel A. Livermore Post, No. 71, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized at Depot Hall, Wilton, New Hampshire, on Thursday evening, September 6, 1883, with seventeen charter members. The following officers were chosen : Commander, A. A. Clark; S. V. Commander ('. A. Emerson; J. Y. (Jommander, ('. H. Ham; Adjutant, Heni-y O. Sargent; Quartermaster, C. C. Spalding; Surgeon, J. R. Dascombe; Chaplain, Rev. A. E. Tracy; Officer of the Day, I. X. Hutchinson ; Officer of the Guard, D. Mahoney ; Sergeant Major, Lucius A. AVay ; Quarternnisters Sergeant, T. H. Hurley. 124 HISTORY OF WILTON. The records show that at this time, 1887, the Post has consisted of thirty-seven comrades. One, T. H. Hurley, has deceased. Soon after the close of the war a large part of the survivors left Wilton, and have since resided in other places ; others have died. We copy from the record of the memorial service held in 1884 -. Post met at 12.30 at Post room to attend decoration sei-^'ices. The pro- cession immediately formed iu the following order : The Post under the command of the officer of the day, I. N. Hutchinson ; the commander in command of the procession ; the junior vice commander at the head of the band; the scholars of District No. 4 with their teachers, and the rep- resentatives of other schools in town. The procession moved down Main to Forest street, halting at the hotel, where the orator of the day was received ; thence to the depot, thence up Park street to the Unitarian churcli, where the memorial services of the G. A. R. were performed, which consisted of reading the orders for me- morial services from National and Department Headquarters, reading of the Scriptures by Rev. A. B. Trac.v, oration by Rev. S. C. Fletcher, colonel of 6th Maine Volunteers, afterward colonel ot 1st Maine Veterans. The oration was listened to ivith much attention, \\as well delivered and well received; in fact, was full of solid shot. Patriotic songs by the choir under the leadership of Comrade C. W. Edwards, remarks by Rev. I. S. Lincoln, prayer by Rev. H. D. Dix. Services at the church being ended, the procession was reformed in the same order as before, and, accompanied by citizens in carriages, marched to the cemetei'y on the hill, where prayer was offered by Rev. A. E. Tracy, and the memorial service was performed by decorating with a wreath and shield each grave of those of our comrades that have gone be- fore. Thence to the south yard, \^■here Rev. G. C. Trow made the prayer, and the graves were visited lij- the whole Post, and floral offerings were placed ujjon the mounds. Thence to the north, or Y;i\e End, cemeterj-, where like services were performed. The Post took carriages and met at Depot Hall, thence marched, escorted by the hand, to the Post room, where a resolution was passed thanking the speaker for his able and elo- quent address, the scholars for turning out so bountifully, and the citizens for their timely contributions and other favors, and last, though not least, the band, which exceeded our most sanguine expectations in assisting us in making the occasion a glorious success; in fact, a red-letter day in the history of the good old town of Wilton. REGULAR MEETING. May 11, 1885. By the invitation of the Rev. a. D. Black of the Unita- rian church, the Post voted to attend divine service there on Memorial Sunday, May 24. Post met as per order of the last meeting at 10.30 o'clock. The Post marched to the Unitarian church, where the Sunday memorial services were held, the sermon by Rev. G. D. Black. The church was packed — a pleasant though sad reminder of the days that are passed. GRAND ARMY POST. 125 MEMORIAL DAY. May 30, 1885. The order of the services was the same as the year pre- vious; singing by a double male quartet, oration by Hon. C. H. Burns, who gave one of his best addresses, and the closing prayer by Rev. D. E. Adams. After the close of the services the procession was reformed, and proceeded to the several cemeteries, where the decoration services were appropriately performed. May 11, 1885. Comrade Kev. A. E. Tracy, having severed his relation- ship with the Second Congregational church and being about to remove from town, presented a request for a discharge, which was granted him. SAD EVENT. March 1, 1886. As Mr. Timothy H. Hurley was driving a load of wood down the hill near Mr. Pierce Gage's, the yoke by which his horses held the load broke, and he fell forward, the sled running upon him. When he was discovered, his neck was broken and his body so mangled that it was evident that his death must have been instantaneous. Mr. Hurley was a charter member of A. A. Liver- more Post, No. 71, G. A. R., and, at its organization, was elected Quartermaster's Sergeant, and held the office until his death. KECOEBS. At the regular meeting of A. A. Livermore Post, G. A. E., May 8, 1886, the death of Comrade Hurley was announced by the Adjutant, and eulo- gistic remarks were made by comrades, and the following resolutions were adopted by the Post : Whereas, in view of the loss we have sustained by the decease of our comrade and associate, Timothy H. Hurley, and the still heavier loss sus- tained by those who were nearest and dearest to him, therefore be it Resolved, that it is but a just tribute to the memory of the departed to say that, in regretting his removal from our midst, we mourn for one who was in every way worthy of our respect and regard. Resolved, that in the death of our comrade, this Post laments the loss of one of its most active members, whose utmost endeavors were exerted for its welfare and prosperity. Resolved, that we tender to the widow and the children in their great affliction our kindest sympathy, and would express the hope that their grief majf in a measure be assuaged by the knowledge that his life had not been lived in vain, but that both as a soldier and a citizen, he was honest, upright, and faithful to every trust. Resolved, that these resolutions be placed on the records of the Post, and a copy be transmitted to the family of our deceased comrade, and to the Wilton Journal and the Veterans' Advocate for publication. Voted, to pay funei-al expenses of Comrade Hurley, if not Jn excess of thirty dollars. 126 HISTORY OF WILTON. HECOKDiS.— COXTINITED. Voted, to order tlie Adjutant to pay those bills and send them receipted to Mrs. Hurley, the widow of Comrade Hurlej^, and to draw on the Quar- termaster for the funds. Voted, that the Quartermaster's Sergeant's badge, being projjerty of the Post, 1)e given to his widow and his boys as a keepsake. KI'X'ORIlS OF MI'3101-iIAI. SUNDAT. May 30, 1880. Post assembled at the middle of the town, where they were reenforoed by twentj^ comrades of Post No. 15, and attended ser- vices in Rev. Mr. Trow's church, which was completely filled by comrades and their friends. Eev. Mr. Trow conducted the services in a highlj' im- pressive and satisfactory manner. A collation, consisting simply of cof- fee and crackers, was furnished at Citizens' Hall by the Post. At 2 o'clock the Post, with visiting comrades and friends, filled the Unitarian church at the Centre and listened to a stirring and patriotic address from Professor H. H. Lincoln. KKOOKDS OF WECOKATIOK DAY. May 31, isso. Post met at the Post room and formed a procession, and at 1.15 P. JI. marched down Maple street to the residence of Jlr. S. X. Center, where Rev. D. E. Adams, the orator of the day, was taken in, countermarched up Maple street, taking in on the way Rev. I. S. Lincoln, then marched to the Town Hall, which was tilled hy an appreciating audience. The order of the ser\4ces at the hall was the same as in previous years. The procession was reformed, and proceeded to the several cemeteries and garlanded the graves with wreaths and flowers. In the south yard a sad picture was presented to the Post ; the widow, with her children around her, bowed iu grief at the grave of Comrade Hurley. KECUKDS OF Jr KMOKIAL SUNDAY. May 29, 1887. By invitation of the pastor, memorial services wei-e had at the LTnitarian church at East Wilton. RECORDS OF DECORATION DAY. May 30, 1887. The day was observed by the Post, scholars and citi- zens with unabated interest, by a procession and customary services at the Town Hall, Di-. A. F. Holt, surgeon general on the staff of Gov. Ames of Massachusetts, being the orator. The exercises ^^■ere arranged iu the following order : Reading of orders. Scripture reading, prayer, song, " Let the Dead and the Beautiful Rest," reading of poem by Miss Grace Blanchard, oration by Gen. A. F. Holt, song, " Flowers We Bring to Deck Each Grave,'' benediction. The services were of high order and were duly appi'eciated. The pro- cession was reformed and proceed to the several cemeteries, and pro- fusely garlanded the graves of the soldiers. MEMORIAL POEM. 127 POEM WRITTEN FOR A. A. LIVERMOKE POST, NO. 71, RY KEV. FRANIv is. I'HALKN. Hail to the soldier heroes dead, Who silent sleep in narrow bed, Beneath the sod, or in the sea, Where'er their sacred ashes be, Whether they lie 'neath costly stone, Or in some nameless grave uhktiowii. We count them all, brave men and true, Our noble boys wlio wore the blue. Hail to tlie men who won the Jield, Who bared their breasts, a living shield. To meet the rebel battle shock, And stood as firm as granite rock Until the bloody strife was o'er, And treason crushed torise no more. Unfurl the Stars and Stripes and bring The sweetest flowers that bloom in spring ; The fairest roses, white and red; Spread wreaths and garlands o'er the dead. Let music swell their hard-won praise. And eloquence" her strong voice raise; Let every patriot's heart oeat high And tears of ioy fill every eye. Xu gi'ander deeds were ever done, On land or sea, beneath the sun, Than in that awful civil fight, When rebels rose in treacherous might To stab Columbia to the heart, And our loved Union tear apart. The loyal North forgives the Gray, But never, while the light of day Is different from the black of night, Will Union men call treason right. No, never will the Northern mind Become so foolish or so blind. The South was ivronff, the North was rifjht. They struck our Flag, they lost the fight. This is the verdict historjf gives, And it shall stand while justice lives; While Union soldiers live to tell Of rebel prisons, worse than hell ; While widows, orphans, crippled men Can raise a voice or use a pen ; Wliile hearts are true and speech is strong; Wliile men are men and wrong is wrong. CHAPTER Xni. CHURCHES AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIES. The history of religiou in any community or nation is one of the best keys to understand the character and aim of that commu- nity or nation. But this is especially true of our New England towns, for the fundamental motive of their settlement was religion. Our forefathers came to America, not for trade or mines of silver and gold, but for freedom to worship God after the dictates of their hearts and consciences, unawed by king or priest. Nor does it make any difference that they held very narrow views of the real nature of religious liberty, and were more anxious for their own liberty than for securing it to all men on an impartial basis. Their liberty was thus limited to what may be called Puritan, Congrega- tional freedom, not Quaker, Baptist, Episcopalian, or universal freedom. Still, so far as it went, it was true liberty, and it has proved the germ of our ever enlarging toleration and liberty in all directions, civil, religious and social, until it has burst all ecclesiasti- cal bounds and has separated church and state, emancipated the slaves and made America the glorious synonyme of liberty to all the world. In taking up, therefore, a brief sketch of the history of religion in our good town of Wilton for the past one hundred and fifty years, since it had a name to live, the idea of religious liberty has been the genius of the place. This idea has opened the door to freer forms of faith and to more toleration of sentiment. The principle is the old doctrine of Martin Luther, of " the right of private judg- ment ;" it is what Roger Williams called " soul-liberty," that every one should have the privilege and be encouraged to worship God according to his own conscientious views, with none to molest or to make him afraid. This principle inaugurated "the voluntary r O r d H 5 o O G ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS. 129 system," which has proved a better way of supporting religious in- stitutions than the old method of compulsive taxation. Both civil and religious liberty have worked well in our country. ' The religious interests of the Puritans were their supreme in- terests. For these they: lived, labored, prayed and suffered. If other lauds and climes can boast of richer soils, milder skies; more precious mines, it is the glory of New England that the motto of her homes and her churches, her states and her schools and colleges has been " Christo et ecdesice," "To Christ and the church." CHURCHES AND CHURCH BUILDINGS. We have already seen the origin of the religious history of the town in the provision made by the original grantors to establish a town church, as was customary in those days. This town church j to. the support of which all contributed by annual taxes,, and on whose services almost all the inhabitants regularly attended, was for many years the only , church in town, and went under the name of the Congregational Church, that being the form of the church government. The foresight of the original proprietors, who made grants and encouraged the first settlers, is shown also in making provision for education by setting apart a share of two hundred and forty acres for schools, and a like generous provision for the first rhinister of one share, and for the church of one share. The latter was called glebe land, so that a goodly amount of the land was consecrated to education and religion ; a noble testimony to the appreciation of these twin agencies of civilization and human welfare. Should we have the public spirit to do as much now in a like situation ? The conditions of ministerial settlement were a bonus of sixty IDOunds sterling, to be paid down ; a share of two hundred and forty acres of land in perpetual ownership : forty pounds sterling annual salary, to be successively raised to forty-five and fifty pounds^ as the settlers should increase, and thirty cords of wood, cut and brought yearly to the minister's house. The same grantors had also made it a condition in the original in- strument of settlement, that a church building should be erected by November, 1752. This condition was fulfilled, and a log church was built on the common at the Centre, not far from the spot where the Unitarian church now stands. Little is known of its history, though venerable as the house of worship of our forefathers. It continued to be used for about twenty-one years and was then 130 HISTORY OF WILTON. taken down. For some years transient preachers performed the re- ligious services, two of whom were invited to settle, but declined. The first minister was Rev. Jonathan Livermore, a son of Deacon Jonathan Livermore of Northborough, Massachusetts. He was born December 18, 1729, graduated from Harvard College in 1760, was ordained December 14, 1763, resigned in February, 1777, and died July 20, 1809. A sketch of his life and character is given elsewhere. Not much clew has been found to the ordination ser- vices, except a list of the churches invited to aid in them.* The second meeting-house was a large two-story building, situ- ated a little to the north of the old one on the common. It was built, like the first house, at the expense of the whole town. It had a porch at the east end and one at the west end. It had a high pulpit, after the manner of the times, over which was sus- pended a huge sounding-board. Two rows of large windows ex- tended round the building. The pews were square, with seats that were turned up in prayer time, and were let down with a distinct emphasis of sound at the close. In front of the pews before the pulpit were open seats for the aged and deaf, and directly under the high pulpit, the deacons' seat and the communion table. Galleries were built on three sides of the church, supported by pillars planted in the church floor. They were divided into pews, and the gallery opposite the pulpit was provided with seats for the singers. In the early days the attic, to which there was an- ascent by a trap door, was the powder arsenal of the town ; the earthly and the heavenly ammunition being thus stored under one roof. Originally there was no bell, but one was placed in the east tower, or porch, in the year 1832. At the raising of the church on September 7, 1773, a terrible acci- dent occurred. When the frame was nearly up, one of the central beams broke and fell, because the post that supported it was rotten or worm-eaten at the core. A large body of timber, boards and tools, such as axes, iron bars, hammers, adzes, etc., and upwards of fifty persons standing on the beams in the middle of the frame, all fell to the ground, nearly thirty feet below. Three men were instantly killed, two died soon after of their wounds, others were crippled for life, and of the fifty- three that fell not one escaped without either broken bones, terrible bruises, or cuts from the axes and other tools. As many of them were picked men from tlie town * See Appendix on " Ecclesiastical Proceedings." FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 131 and its vicinity, and were heads of families, it can be imagined what was the consternation and grief in the sparse population on that day, and how great was the loss, not only to Wilton, bnt to the neighboring towns. Upon reflection on the event in later times, it has been not unnaturally conjectured that possibly a previous vote of the town, providing for a large amount of spirituous liquors, may have had something to do with it, and that it was not alto- gether an accident, but the result of too much good cheer and con- sequent self-confidence on the part of the master workman and his associates. The following verses, composed " on the unhappy accident which happened at the raising of Wilton meeting-house," exhibit a curious mingling of old-time theology and quaint lamentation. In giving this poem we follow a copy, found by a resident of Topsham, Ver- mont, among the papers of his father, who received it, when a boy in Massachusetts, from his teacher, a one-legged man, name un- known, who is supposed to have been the author. Attention give, and you shall hear A melancholy theme. It's such an Instance as there is But very seldom seen. In seventeen hundred and seventy-three, September, seventh day, At Wilton did Almighty God His anger there display. Of men, a great collection met, A meetmg-house to- raise. Wherein to speak God's holy word, And for to sing His praise. God did their labour prosper in Erecting of this frame, Until it was almost compleat. And joyful they became. They thought the worst was past and gone. And they were bold and brave ; Poor souls, they did but little think They were so near the grave. All on a sudden, a beam broke And let down flfty-three; Full twenty-seven feet they fell, A mournful sight to see. Much timber with these men did fall, And edged tools likewise. All in a heap together lay, With bitter shrieks and cries. 'Twould pierce the hardest heart to hear The sighs and bitter groans Of those that in the ruins lay, With wounds and broken bones. Some lay with broken shoulder-bones. And some with broken arms. Others with broken legs and thighs, And divers other harms. Many lay bleediiig on the ground, All bathed in crimson gore. Crying, "Dear Jesus, mighty to save. Thy mercy we implore." Heart-piercing sight for to behold. It caused many a sob To see these poor distressed men Lie wallowing in theii- blood. One instantaneously was killed ; His soul has taken flight To mansions of eternal day, Or everlasting night. Two more, in a few minutes space, Did bid this world adieu. Who are rejected of their God, Or with His chosen few. Two more in a short time did pass Thro' death's dark shady vale ; Which now are in the realms of joy, Or the infernal hell. But we must hope their precious souls Are with their Jesus dear, Reaping the fruits, the blessed fruits. Of faithful servants here. And if this be their happy case. Glory to God be given. blessed day ! O happy fall ! That sent their souls to heaven ; Where there's no danger of a fall, Nor nothing to molest ; No grief, no sorrow to disturb Their everlasting rest. While their dear friends are bowed down With sorrow for their sake, Grieving and mourning till their hearts Are ready for to break. 132 HISTORY OF WILTON. Fathers for their deceased sons Go mourning all the day ; But blessed be the name of God That gives and takes away. Poor tender-hearted mothers are ' With soiTOw bowed down ; The children, which their bodies bare. Are now made meat for wormy. Children of fathers are bereft ; They mourn like little lambs, When they have been engaged in play And lost sight of their dams. Widows wear garments of sackcloth ; Their grief is very great. They mourning go like turtle doves, When they have lost their mates. Brothers and sisters followed ha^e Their corpses to the grave, And bid to them a long fai-ewell, And took of them their leave. We've seen our fellows (ialled away Into eternity; Which is a certain evidence Of our mortality. And now whoever rea^d these lines And meditate thereon, Their hearts would break, if they were not As hai'd as any stone. llemember well that niournful scene, That melancholy day, In which tli' Almighty sent gi-im Death, And snatch'd tneir souls away Into the unseen, eternal world To spend eternity, Of unexpected blessedness. Or boundless misery. According as their works have been. In the vineyard of their Loi'd, So they'd receive of God, their .Judge, Their right and just reward. APPLICATION. Come let us some improvement^make, And to ourselves apply, This awful Providence of God, That came to us so nigh. By this we see, and certain be, Our lives uncertain are, Therefore let all, both great and small, For sudden death prepare. For at God's call we all must bow, When death does give tiieblow, We must appear at His command, Whether prepared or no. When grim death, with his ghastly eyes Shall in our faces stare. And summons us for to appear At God's tribunal bar, We must submit, we can't withstand The messenger of death. We must with cold and trembling lips Resign our vital breath And launch into the unseen world To meet omnipotence, To have our doom pronounc'd, and to Keceive our recompence. And if our deeds have evil been, We shall receive this doom, " Depart from me, I know you not, For you did me disown." Down ! down ! into a deep abyss Of woe and misery, Our souls are pUuig'd, therein to dwell Throughout eternity. An angry God, a pouring forth The vials of His wrath. His indignation upon us, Which is the second death. Ther'fore as we must all be judg'd According as we've done,. 'lis highly needful for us all The Christian race to run ; Put on breast-))lates of righteousness, And take the shield of faith. The Spirit's sword for to defend Us in His narrow path. Let us be making peace with God, While we have life and breath, That so we may prepared be To ujeet a sudden death. And be thereby translated from This world of misery Into a world of joy and bliss, To dwell with God on high. To drink of the pure streams. That flow at God's right hand. And to enjoy His heavenly love, Forever without end. That this be our happy case. When we this life shall end, God grant of His infinite grace, Through Jesus Christ, Amen. The people, however, recovered their courage and completed the church, which was dedicated January ;">, 1775. The pastor, Rev. Jonathan Livennore, preached a sermon from 1 Chronicles 20 :14, which has since been published. This church was struck by lightning on Friday, July 20, 1S2<). The services at his ordination were : Introducforv iivayor by the J'<'v. Mr. Bullard of Pepperell. Seruiou by the Kpv. Mi-. Emerson* ot Boston, from 1 Cor. 2 : 2. Ordahiing prayer by tlif Hoy. J[r. Clark of Lexington. Charge b}- the Ifcv. >rr. Goodridge of T^yndeborough. Right hand of fellowship by the Rev. Mr. Barnard of Amherst. Conckidiug prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hill of Mason. The organization of the church was at first by a covenant, f agreeably to the method of New Flngland Congregationalism, not by a specific creed. The first church in Plymouth, where the Pil- grims landed, was organized in that way, and still retains its cove- nant. During Mr. Beede's ministry a creed was adopted, but sub- sequently it was dropped, and the church reverted to the original method of a covenant. This caused dissatisfaction among some of the members, and a second Congregational church was formed July 18, 182;!, holding Trinitarian views, and consisting at first of seventeen members. Rev. Stephen A. Barnard was ordained over the First Church January l.'l, 18.30, and resigned his oflflce April 25, 1833. Rev. Abner D. Jones succeeded Mr. Barnard, and was ordained January 1, 1834. He was succeeded by Rev. Nathaniel Whitman, who was installed October 5, 1836, and continued pastor of the church till 1848. * Kev. Mr. Emerson was the father of J^alph Waldo Emerson. t See Appendix. 134 HISTORY OF WILTON. The following ministers succeeded Mr. Whitman in rapid rotation : Rev. William A. Whitwell, 1843-50; Rev. Seth Saltmarsh, M. D., 1851-53 ; Rev. John N. Bellows, 1854-55 ; Rev. Stillman Clark, 1857-63 ; Rev. Levi W. Ham, 1863-64 ; Rev. William B. Buxton, 1865-67; Rev. Richard Coleman, 1868-70; Rev. Increase Sumner Lincoln, 1870-79 ; Rev. Charles Henry Rickards, 1880-81 ; Rev. Henry Dana Dix, 1882-85. Rev. Frank L. Phalen, the present pastor, was settled in 1886. During this period several other ministers have for a short time supplied the pulpit. The venerable ancient meeting-house, which was built during the ministry of Mr. Livermore, and at whose raising the fatal catastrophe before related occurred, was burned December 8, 1859, in the night, soon after a children's concert given by Miss Mary Thurston. So great was the regret of the town at its loss, that a committee was chosen to investigate the matter. Their report throws much light on the history of the town, and reveals the feel- ings of the inhabitants about the destruction of the church ; but no certain conclusion was reached as to the cause of the fire, whether it was intentional or accidental, but that probably it was the work of an incendiary. The present Unitarian Congregational church was erected in its place, and was dedicated January 10, 1861. The dedication sermon of the old church, by Rev. Jonathan Livermore, January 5, 1775, and the dedication sermon of the new church, January 10, 1861, by his grandson. Rev. Abiel Abbot Liv- ermore, were published in a pamphlet together. THE UNIVEKSALIST SOCIETY. The second religious society of Wilton was established by the Universalists in 1813. It had only occasional preaching, and no settled pastor, and no meeting-house. It was customary for the members to meet in the Brick Hall, and, in later years, they had their services in the First Congregational Church. Rev. Messrs. Ballou, Skinner, Streeter and others officiated on these occasions, gathered large audiences, and proclaimed the doctrine of universal salvation, of the future holiness and happiness of the whole human race. The society has long ceased to exist, but its sentiments are widely diffused. HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH, BY REV. GEORGE C. TROW. The Baptist church in Wilton was constituted April 7, 1817, with eleven members : Peirce Gage, Joseph Holt, William Mansur, BAPTIST CHURCH. 135 Ebenezer Chandler, William Howard, Jabez Goldsmith, Joseph Smith, Abigail Smith, Lucy Smith, Mary G-oldsmith and Chloe Bales. The last survivor of these was Deacon Joseph Smith, who died March- 16, 1883, aged ninety-four years and Ave months. He was made deacon very soon after the church was constituted, and. held the office till his death. He was a man of deep piety and fully consecrated to Christ. Associated with him in the deacon's office, during most of his active life, was Deacon Timothy Gray. The same day the church was constituted, six were added to its membership by letter, and seven by baptism ; by letter, William Goldsmith, Hannah Goldsmith, Anna Upton, Betsy Holt, Esther Holt and Sally Mansur ; by baptism, William Bales, W'illiam L. Bales, Timothy Gray, John Peabody, Susannah Smith, Nancy Gray and Sally Peabody. For some years previous to this, a few residents of Wilton had embraced Baptist principles and had united with the Baptist church in Mason. The pastor of that church, Rev. William Elliott, fre- quently visited Wilton and preached to the people assembled in pri- vate houses, the school-houses in town being closed against him. The truth, however, could not be bound ; quite a number received it gladly, and, embracing the same, became consistent Baptists. During the winter of 1816-17, under the labors of Rev. George Evans, the Spirit was poured out. Some were converted, and the desire to ha^e a church in Wilton, which had been for some time burning in the hearts of the faithful few, was so much strengthened that they resolved to organize a church, and did so, as above stated. The church thus constituted had no pastor for fourteen months, but was supplied a part of the time by Brother Benjamin T. Lane. Eleven were added to the church during this time. In June, 1818, Rev. Ezra Wilmoth was settled as pastor, the church then number- ing thirty-five. He baptized forty-nine. He was succeeded in February, 1823, by Rev. Beuel Lathrop, who served one year. After this for a while the church was supplied by the neighboring pastors. From February, 1823, to October, 1827, twenty-five were baptized. In 1827 the church and society built its present meeting-house at Wilton Centre. November 7th it was dedicated, and the same day Brother Simon Fletcher was ordained. He served the church three years and baptized three persons, and was succeeded in 1830 by Brother Caleb Brown. He was ordained and served the church two years, and during the time eleven were baptized. In 1833 136 HISTORY OF WILTON. Brother Harrison Strong was ordained. He served two years and baptized nine persons. He was succeeded in June, 1835, by Rev. John Cannon, who served one year and baptized seven persons. After this Rev. Ezra Wilmoth again served the church for a season and baptized seven. In Aiigust, 18.38, Rev. N. W. Smith became pastor ; he served eighteen months and baptized two persons. About this time fourteen members were dismissed to form a church in Lyndeborough. Thus the church in Wilton is mother as well as daughter. In June, 1840, Rev. J. T. Appleton was settled as pas- tor. He baptized twenty-nine. He was succeeded by Rev. Henry Tonkin in April, 1843, who served seven years and baptized eight persons. * In 1850 Rev. Horace Eaton became pastor, who served four years and baptized eighteen. From 1854 to 1860 the churcli had no pastor, but during this time three were baptized. In Au- gust, 1860, Rev. Nelson B. .Jones became pastor. He baptized eleven, and closed his labors in 1864. In December, 1866, Brother S. C. Fletcher was ordained as pastor, served the church seven years, and baptized forty-nine persons. In 1867 the church and society built a parsonage at Gray's corner. In 1874 Brother William Libbey was called to be pastor, and was ordained in October of that year. He baptized four, and closed his labors in March, 1877. The church at once extended a call to Rev. J. H. Lerned, who commenced his labors .in May. He held the pastorate sixteen months, but his health permitted him to occupy the pulpit only a few months. Two were baptized. February 17, 1881, Brother George C. Trow was ordained and installed pastor of the church. Five were baptized up to this time, October, 1883. The church has existed sixty-six years and has had sixteen pas- tors. It has witnessed many precious revivals, and has had baptized into its fellowship two hundred and forty-four. Four of these are, or have been, preachers of the gospel. HISTORY OF THE SECOND CONGREGATION A I. OIIIIROH, BY REV. A. E. TRACY. The Second C^ongregational Church of Wilton was organized July 18, 1823. It consisted of seventeen members, fiye males and twelve females. It resulted from the conviction that the views and teachings of the pastqr of the church of which these persons were members were not in accordance with the Bible ; the chief differ- ence of opinion being in respect to the doctrine of the person of 116^ tTLiCiTVPE [ SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 137 Christ. The new church retained the confession of faith and cove- nant of the old church, thus showing that they were not dissenters, but held firmly to the oldrtime creeds. Previous to the formation of the church an ecclesiastical society had been organized May 16, 1823. It consisted of those persons who afterward joined in the organization of the church and some others. Public worship was held for a time in what was known as the " Brick Hall." It was over a store at the centre of Wilton. The church was without an installed pastor until December, 1830, when Mr. William Eich- ardson of Andover Seminary was ordained and installed pastor of the Second Congregational Church of Wilton. During the more than fifty-seven years since its organization public worship has been maintained ; sometimes by the aid of a minister, often a sermon was read and other acts of worship conducted by the beloved physician, Ebenezer Rockwood, M. D. The first meeting-house of the Second Congregational society was erected in 1829 at Wilton Centre. It was dedicated January 1, 1830. The pastorate of Rev. William Richardson continued till October 27, 1840. Rev. Humphrey Moore was then invited to become the pastor. He declined the call, but served as acting pas- tor for nearly two years. Rev. Charles Whiting, second pastor of the church, was ordained and installed January 4, 1843 ; he was dismissed February 13, 1850. Soon after his removal an attempt was made to unite the two societies. This proved unsuccessful and the church again opened its house of worship. In the summer of 1851 an invitation was given this society to re- move its place of worship to East Wilton, where there was no meet- ing-house. September 19,, 1851, it was decided to accept this proposal. A house of worship was erected at once, which was dedicated June 10, 1852. From Rev. Charles Wlaiting's dismissal, February 13, 1850, until February 21, 1856, when Rev. Ebenezer S- Jordan was called, the church was without a settled minister. Rev. H. H. Winchester was with the church two years of this time, but declined to be settled. Mr. Jordan resigned November 1; 1859. Rev. Daniel E. Adams of Bangor Seminary was ordained aud installed pastor December 5y 1860. His was the longest pas- torate the church has had, terminating May 3, 1876. Rev. J. Newton Brown commenced labor as acting pastor December 1 , 1876, and served the .church till August 15, 1878. The present pastor. Rev. A. E. Tracy, began his services September 1, 1879, as acting pastor, and was installed May 3, 1880. The deacons of the church 138 HISTORT OF WILTON. have been Burleigh French, chosen January 19, 1824; Abel Fisk, chosen September 2, 1831 ; Oliver Barrett, elected September 2, 1830 ; Hermon Abbot and William Sheldon, elected June 6, 1852 ; Charles Wilson and Asa B. Clark, chosen December 10, 187ii. Very soon after the formation of the chnrcli a Sabbath School was organized. About twenty members comprised its whole num- ber ; now it includes more than 200. It very soon collected, and has ever since maintained, an interesting and useful library. The whole number connected with the church since its organization up to Januar}' 1, 1.88.5, was 486. The membership at that date was 147. An addition of twenty pews was made to the meeting-house in 1857, and, later, an addition was made to receive the fine pipe organ, the gift of individuals to the society. In 1858 a vestry was built for social meetings ; this was sold and made into a pleasant home, now occupied by IS. D. Foster, Esq. The present two-story chapel was built in 1867. The Ladies' Sewing Circle, the Mistletoe Band and the Young- People's Christian Endeavor Society are among the benevolent or- ganizations of this church. BIOGKAPHICAL KOTJCES. Rev. William Richardson, first pastor of the Second Congregation- al church, was born in G-ilmanton, New Hampshire, March 4, 1801, graduated at Andover Seminary in 1830, was ordained pastor De- cember 15, 1830. He was pastor of this church from 1830 to 1840, acting pastor at Lyudeborough from 1840 to 1841, and pastor at Deering, New Hampshire, from 1842 to 1846. His eyes failed him and he lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, from 1846 until his death there September 6, 186!). His wife, Olive Tilton of Gilman- ton, is still living. She is a lady of superior qualities. Rev. Charles Whiting, the second pastor of the church, was born in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, July 23, 1813. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1839, and at Andover Seminary in 1842. He was ordained January 11, 1842, was pastor of this church from 1843 to 1850, and acting pastor from 1850 to 1851. He was settled in Fayetteville, Illinois, from 1851 till his death. May 8, 1855. His wife, Sarah Wyman of Greenfield, New Hampshire, survived him, but is now dead. Rev. Ebenezer S. Jordan, third pastor of the church, was a na- tive of Maine, as was his wife. He was a graduate of Bowdoin College and of Bangor Seminary, and for a time a resident licen- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 139 tiate at Andover. He was ordained at Wilton, December 17, 1857, and dismissed December 5, 1860. He is now settled at Brownfield, Maine, where he has been pastor since 1874. Rev. Daniel E. Adams was born in Camden, Maine, in 1832. He graduated at Bangor Seminary in 1860, was installed pastor in Wil- ton December 5, 1860, and was dismissed May 3, 1876. He went directly to Ashburnham, Massachusetts, as acting pastor, and from there to Southboro', Massachusetts. His wife, Ellen F. Kings- bury, of Keene, New Hampshire, died in May, 1882. He was mar- ried in February, 1884, to Miss Marion E. Center of Wilton. Rev. Alfred E. Tracy was born in West Brookfleld, Massachu- setts, July 2, 1845, graduated at Amherst College in 1869, and at Andover Seminary in 1872. He was ordained and installed at Har- vard, Massachusetts, September 4, 1872, was dismissed in Septem- ber, 1874, and was pastor at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, from 1874 to 1878. He supplied the church at Wilton in June, 1879, com- menced as acting pastor September 1, 1879, and was installed May 13, 1880. His wife is Kate S. Harwood, born in Bennington, Ver- mont ; her home at the time of their marriage was North Spring- field, Missouri. HISTORY OF THE LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH, BY REV. I. SUMNER LINCOLN. This church was organized in the East village of this town, two miles from the Centre, in 1869. Its church edifice was erected and dedicated the same year. It contains the usual modern improve- ments, including a vestry in the basement, a lecture-room, a Sun- day-school room, a ladies' parlor and a kitchen with all its needful accompaniments ; also a furnace, a fine organ and a bell. Its site is very fine, being in every respect one of the best in town. The whole cost about ten thousand dollars. In the organized platform of this church, the words " church" and " society" are used in the same sense. The following articles are contained in the platform of fellowship : Article I. We, whose names are signed beneath, unite ourselves in a Christian Church and Fellowship for our own religious improvement, and as a means of usefulness to others. Article II. We thus declare and claim to be members of the great union of all Christian disciples of which Jesus Christ is the living Head, by the will of God. Article III. Recelviug Jesus as our divinely-given Teacher and Guide, and earnestly seeking to have in us a measure of the Spirit that was in 140 HISTORY OF WILTON. Him, we pledge ourselves to follow the truth, as it shall be made known to our minds, both in belief and in life. Article IV. VVe will co-operate by contributing of our time, interest and means in sustaining the institution of religion, and in all Christian work that shall lie undertaken by this Union. Aktici.k y. Any person may beeouxe a member of this Union by signing this form of association, no, objection being made by those al- ready members. The preceding is an extract from tbe records of the society. Names of settled ministers : Aubrey M. Pendleton, from March, 1869, to 1875 ; Charles H. Tindell, from April, 1877, to November. 1878; James .J. Twiss from November, l.S7it, to April, 1884. Frank L. Phalen was ordained in 1886^ and is the present pastor. Several. others have preached here as supplies for a limited time during the past sixteen years. The salaries hitherto paid to ministers by the society a\'erage about one thousand dollars per annum. 'Plie audience room of the church has sittings for three hundred. The society is now free from debt, and has a good amount of pe- cuniary ability, though its membership is not large. HIST(>RV OF THE CATHOLIC (IIUKCII, HY UEV. EDJIUNU E. KUCIvLE. The first Catholic service ever held iu Wilton was in l^i()7 by Rev. Father O'Dounell, then residing in Nashua. The entire Cath- olic population at that time was seventeen families. At this period there was already a small Catholic Church in Mllford, where services were held regularly once a month by Rev. Father O'Donuell. In 187i) Rev. P. Hololian was placed In charge of the Catholic popu- lation of Mllford, Wilton and Creeuville, then Mason village. Fa- ther Holohau resided in ^lilford. From that time Catholic services were held iu Wilton twice a month. In four years the Catholic population of Wilton trebled itself. In 1877 Rev. E. E. Buckle was appointed to tli,e above mission. Father Holohaji , going to Keene. In the autumn of l-S'Sl a Catholic Church was built in Wilton by Rev. E. E. Buckle, who took up his residence there. The Catholic population at this day is about five himdred souls.* The first church bell in Wilton was procured by suljscription and donated to the town on certain conditions. The town erected a '-.This number includes siimc of the iuliabitants of Piue Valley in Mllford, a nianufact- ul'ing" lijiiiilet. — [.S. Putnam. TOLERATION ACT. 141 tower at the east end of the old meeting-house in which it was laung in the autumn of 18H2. After the meeting-house was burned in 1869, what could be saved of the metal was, by vote of the town, with other metal to make the weight equal to the old bell, recast and hung on the new Town House, now Citizens' Hall, and still hangs there. When the Second Congregational society built their church at East Wilton, they put a bell on it, wliich after a few years was cracked, and was replaced by a new one, which is still sound and in use. When the Unitarian Church at East Wilton was built,, a bell was procured by subscription; Dr. Fleeman and the Messrs. Whitings were among the largest subscribers. The bell on the Town House was the gift of Dr. F. M. Pevey. Thus there have been erected, first and last, eight houses of pub- lic worship in town. Probably at least fifty ministers have officiat- ed in these churches as pastors during the one hundred and fifty 3'ears of the existence of the town. A generous endowment was extended at the outset by the wise and far-seeing proprietors to encourage Christian institutions here. Much has been expended since from year to year. The treasury of the Lord has not lacked either the ricli man's offerings or the widow's mite. Once the means for supporting religious institutions were raised by taxation, and when there was but one church, as was the fact for many years, all contributed to the common established Congregational Church,' the favorite New England method of church government. The minis- ter was settled and paid by the town, but when the people began to wince at the burden, they were for a time still taxed, but were al- lowed to choose to what church service. Baptist, Congregational oi' Universalist, etc., their money should be appropriated. Still later, the support of each religious society was left to the voluntary con- tributions of its members, as is explained in the following passage, copied from L. A. Morrison's History of Windham, New Hamp- shire : The year 1819 was an eventful one in the religious history of the state. A new order of things «as established in regard to the support of re- ligious institutious. In the progress of events and advancement of public opinion, and as an expression of public opinion, the " Toleration Act " was passed by the Legislature of that year, and approved by the govern- or July 1, 1819. The public mind had long been in a troubled condition undei- the compulsory support of the ministry. The two Important loio- visions of this laA\' are here given : '■'■Provided, that no person shall be compelled to join or support, or be 142 HISTORY OF WILTON. classed with, or associated to, any oongi'egation, church or religious so- ciety, without his consent first had and obtained. "Providecl, also, if any person shall choose to separate himself from such society or association to which he maj' belong, and shall leave a written notice thereof with the clerk of such society or association, he shall thereupon be no longer liable for any future expenses which may be incurred by said society or association." This act put an end to taxing an unwilling people by the town for the support of the church. It stopped those endless bickerings between churches and towns, and the amount contributed for public worship was not diminished. We have given, so far as we could obtain them, the facts relating to the several religious organizations of Wilton. But the real his- tory of the churches, the spiritual life of the church of Christ in this town, cannot be given here. It must be read in the lives and char- acters of many men and women, the living and the dead. We must call to mind the benefits which this administration of the Christian religion under its various beliefs and forms has afforded in moulding the characters and lives of the young men and women of the town as they have gone out into the world. Who shall com- pute how manj' temptations it has armed them to meet and over- come? How many motives it has given them to lead a righteous, holy and useful life ! What ideals of noble conduct and benevolent action it has set before them ! What sorrows it has comforted, and what hopes of another and immortal life it has inspired. When we think of all these things we are ready to say, God bless all the churches of our town, and of our common country. May they all work together in the unity of the Spirit- and the bond of peace! May they help to hasten forward the coming of the kingdom of God on earth, and make the great republic of America the joy and glory of the whole earth.* * See Appendix J I. CHAPTER XIV. SCHOOLS, SUNDAY SCHOOLS, COLLEGE GRADUATES, PROFES- SIONAL MEN, AUTHORS AND INVENTORS. Oae of the earliest interests, to which the emigrants to this then forest wilderness paid an earnest attention, was that of the educa- tion of their children. Next to religion, for the free exercise of which the Pilgrims and Puritan fathers had left their homes in the old world, stood the institution of the free school. Martin Luther, the Reformer, is said to have been the originator of the plan of the untaxed public school, supported by the public treasury, open to all, without money and without price. Parish schools and public schools had existed before those of New England, but not to our knowledge could their privileges be enjoyed without the payment of a certain small tuition. The original grantors of Wilton gave one share out of forty-six, or two hundred and forty acres, to help support free schools. The land was sold June 1, 1769, and the in- terest of the money, which amounted to £5 9s. o^d., lawful money, was devoted to the support of the schools. In 1784 and thereafter the school fund amounted to £67 16s., equal to $226.00. The in- terest on this, and on the Literary Fund given by the state, is de- voted to the support of free schools. In 1839, $600 were applied to the schools. There were at that time nine school districts and ten school houses. Now there are ten school districts, eleven school houses and a room finished in the Town House for the High School. The average length of the summer schools is ten weeks, and of the winter schools ten weeks. In former years the winter schools were usually taught by male, and the summer schools by female, teachers, but at present most of the schools, summer and winter, are taught by women. The branches usually taught are reading, writing, spelling, history, arithmetic, grammar, algebra, geometry, natural philosophy and physiology. Sometimes the lan- guages are added, and, it may be, other studies. The Bible is usually 144 HISTORY OF WILTON. read at the opening of the school, either by the teacher or the pupils, one or both. It is optional -with the teacher to ofEer a prayer or not. But no sectarian views of religion are taught, only those principles which are common to all denominations of Christians. TEACH EKS. Miss Dale, eldest daughter of John Dale, the first settler, taught the first school in town, and for some years was the only female teacher. She was succeeded in the course of time by others, both men and women, whose names are too numerous to mention, who have kept unbroken the long and honorable line of educators, and who have tended to preserve the high standard of intelligence and the love of sound learning for which the town has always been noted. The names of Putnam, Abbot, Spalding, Liverniore, Das- comb, Burton, Barrett, Beede, Smith, Kimball, Eussell, and of many others will occur to our readers as among the school teachers of Wilton either of an earlier or a later day. But of one we can- not forbear to give a longer sketch from the testimony of one of his pupils, contained in the Centennial Address, pages 89 and 90. This teacher was Rev. Thomas Beede, and this scholar was Rev. Warren Burton : With what profound dre iul -v\as it that I took my way for the first time to the winter school ; for the awful school-master whom I was to meet was no other than the still more awful minister — that great, tall man, dressed in black, who x)reai-hed and prayed in such solemn tones on the Sabbath. How my heart failed me and how my little frame trembled as I entered the school-house door. But how diflferent was my experience from what I anticipated. That awful man received me with so sweet a smile, and spoke in siioh tender toues, and in all things treated me and all the rest so gently, that my feelings were^at once changed to those of con- fidence and love. Never shall I forget the delightful impressions which this new intercourse made on my tender mind. He, too, fitted me for college, and through all, my earlier life niy mind received good influences from him. His benignant countenance and gladdening smile will be among the last images that will fade from my remembrance. He did not go on exactly in the old ways in his capacity as a scliool- master. He introduced new sulijects of attention and excited an uncom- mon interest among liis pupils. To him also as an examiner of the schools they owed mucli. Mr. Burton is the author of " Tlie District School as It Was," one of the most faithful and graphic pictures of that institution which has ever been written, and which may truly be called a classic of New England life. WARPEN BURTON. MELIOTYPE CO , OOSTO SCHOOLS. 145 The first school house iu District No. 1 stood at the northeast corner of the common. It was probably built within a few years after the incorporation of the town. It was a very rude and incon- venient structure, having no proper writing desks, but, instead, two large movable tables with long forms for seats. There were no seats with backs except low benches around the walls of the room. This building was burnt about the year 1797. The " school- ma'ams" of those times, as they were always called, wore white muslin caps, either to distinguisli them from other young ladies, or to make them have a more dignified appearance. About the year 1795 a young lady came as a teacher from New Ipswich, who had an umbrella, which was quite a curiosity, as there was no other in use in the town. She afterwards married Mr. Aaron Appleton of Keene, and lived to a good old age, an honored Christian woman. The compensation of teachers in those days is indicated by the following receipt, found among the old papers : Wiltou, March 31, 1792. I recoivod of Mr. .Tohu Dale five Dollars in full Piiy for teachius; a school oue month. Witness my haud, .Tames Puuchard. Mr. George L. Dascombe, prominent as a school teacher in Wil- ton, gives the following sketch respecting education in town : " "Wilton was first settled in 1739, and was incorporated as a town in 17G2. Recognizing the prevailing sentiment of New England respecting the importance of free schools, the grantors of the land constituting the principal part of the township, iu order to encour- age settlements, set apart one share, which consisted of two hun- dred and forty acres, for the use of schools. This land was sold before the town had become so fully populated as to render it very valuable, and the proceeds invested as a small fund, the annual in- come of which was appropriated for the purposes for which it was designed. The first record which we find respecting schools, excepting the locating of the school lots of land, was in 1767, when the town voted to raise six pounds, lawful money, for a school this year, and chose the selectmen a committee to provide said school. For the next ten years about the same amount was annually raised, and the schools were kept in dwelling houses, in different parts of the town, as would best accommodate the inhabitants. 146 HISTORY OF WILTON. In the midst of the trials aud embarrassments of the Revolution the interests of education were not neglected ; provision was made every year for the maintenance of schools. From the close of the war till the end of the eighteenth century, a larger sum was appro- priated for schools than for town expenditures, and down to the present time the amount raised for the free education of the chil- dren of the town has always been largely in excess of that required by law. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. In 1787 a committee consisting of nine persons divided the town, which comprised twenty- five square miles of territory, into " five dis- tricts for the purpose of building or repairing school houses at the expense of each district." In 1807 the selectmen, by vote of the town, reconstructed th^ districts and constituted eight, which were thenceforward designated by numbers. Subsequently two addi- tional districts were formed from portions of these, so that the town- ship now contains ten districts, having eleven school houses, con- taining thirteen school rooms. SCHOOL HOUSES. The school edifices of the early times seem to have been designed to withstand the vandalism of the boys, rather than to afford com- forts and conveniences for the pupils. They were warmed — so far as they were made warm at all in winter — by huge open fire-places in which green wood was usually burned, and there was no need of any special arrangements for ventilation. The seats and desks were made of plank from an inch and a half to two inches in thick- ness, the dimensions of which, however, were soon materially diminished under the operations of the busy jack-knives of idle scholars. The first school house of improved construction was built in 1843, in the district of which Rev. "Warren Burton, who will be noticed hereafter in this narrative, was a native. The seats in this house consisted of chairs graduated in height and size to correspond with the varying ages of the pupils, and firmly fixed to the floor. Ample space was afforded, means of ventilation were furnished and the house was the first to be warmed by a furnace in the basement. School houses on a similar plan were soon after built at the centre of the town and at East Wilton, the principal village, and those in other districts have been replaced by new ones, or have been remod- TEACHERS. 147 eled, till, at the present time, there are only two which are not adapted to the purpose for which they were designed, and even these are a decided improvement Mpon those of fifty years ago. COURSES or STUDY AND METHODS OF INSTKUCTION. One hundred years ago the branches of study were limited to reading, spelling, writing and arithmetic. The methods of instruc- tion even in these were extremely imperfect. The pupils had no text books in arithmetic. The school-master usually — not always ^possessed one. He communicated a rule orally to his pupils, who wrote it out in their manuscripts, which generally consisted of a few sheets of coarse paper stitched within a brown paper cover. Then an example under that rule was given, which the scholars solved, and then they copied the operation into their manuscripts below the rule. When a sufficient number of examples had been disposed of, another rule was given, and so on till the mathematical education of the student was completed. The branches of study now pursued, even in our rural schools, include reading, spelling and defining, penmanship, arithmetic, grammar, including analysis, geography, including physical geog- raphy as a distinct branch, history of the United States, physiol- ogy, algebra, geometry, book-keeping, natural philosophy and sometimes chemistry and botany. TEACHERS. Until within the last thirty years school-masters were almost in- variably employed in the winter, and school-mistresses in the sum- mer. If a woman was placed in charge of a winter school she was always one possessing masculine traits. A change has gradually taken place, and at the present time our schools, with very few ex- ceptions, are taught by females. Many of the teachers, both men and women, who have assisted in forming the intellectual and moral character of successive gener- ations of youth in Wilton have been eminently fitted for their voca- tion. In 1782 an intelligent and public-spirited citizen of the town, convinced that the schools were nearly worthless, hired a student from college to teach during his vacation and invited his neighbors to send their children to the school free of charge. "This," records the Rev. Abiel Abbot, D. D., a sou of the citizen re- ferred to, "gave a new complexion to the school in the south district ; aud for a number of years after, qualified teachers, usually students from col- lege, were employed eight weeks iu the winter. Soon after the improve- 148 HISTORY OF WILTON. lueut in the south district, some of the other districts followed iu the same course. To this impulse, I think, Ave may impute tlie advance of AVilton before the neighboring towns in education and good morals." Among those who at various times taught in the district schools of the town and afterwards became widely known as public men, were Prof. John Abbot of Bowdoin College ; Benjamin Abbot, LL. D., for many years principal of Phillips Academy at Exeter, New Hampshire; Josiah Burge ; Rev. Samuel Barrett, D. D., of Boston ; Rev. Samuel R. Hall, first principal of the Teachers' vSem- inary at Andover, Massachusetts ; and Rev. Warren Burton, author of "The District School as It Was," and in his later years eminent for his labors in the cause of "Home Education." Of these, Mr. Barrett and Mr. Burton received the rudiments of their education in the schools of Wilton. Iu 1803 Rev. Thomas Beede was installed as minister of tlie town and remained in that capacity till 1829. He was a ripe schol- ar, a man of genial manners, and deeply interested in the improve- ment of the young. In addition to his pastoral labors he some- times taught one of the district schools, and also gave instruction to advanced students at his home. His influence in promoting the educational interests of the town was incalculable. A remarkably large number of the young men of Wilton acquired a liberal educa- tion during his ministry. TEXT B00K.S. The text books of a century ago, as recorded by one who attend- ed school at that time, were the Bible or Testament, the primer and Dilworth's spelling book. As the wants of the schools have re- quii'ed, new books have been introduced. When improvements have been demanded those improvements have been adopted. But the town has never been given to frequent changes. When a thoroughly good book was in use, it has not been discarded merely because something new has been offered. Adams's Arithmetic, under its successive forms of The Scholars' Arithmetic, Adams's New Arithmetic, Adams's New Arithmetic (Revised Edition) and Adams's Improved Arithmetic, was used for nearly seventy years, and Warren Colburu's Mental Arithmetic for about fifty years. It was in 1875 that these works were superseded. SUPERVISH)N OF SCHOOLS. For more than twenty years before the state made any proAision for the supervision of schools, the town of Wilton annually chose PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 149 some of its best qualified citizens "a committee to inspect the schools." It is worthy of note that our educational interests have always been kept free from any connection with party politics or religious sects. The citizens have left the appointment of superin- tending school committees, since that office was established by the law of the state, to the selectmen ; and those officials, to their hon- or be it recorded, liave never seemed to be influenced by partisan feelings in making their selections. SELECT SCHOOLS. At various times for seventy-five years past skilful teachers have opened private schools, for one term in a year, which have partaken more or less of the character of high schools. These have been largely instrumental in raising the standard of education in the town. There has been for some time a select school at the princi- pal A'illage continuing through the year, which affords advantages equal to those which are found at respectable academies. This school gives promise of being a permanent institution. So far Mr. Dascombe. It may be added that Eev. Samuel R. Hall from Andover Seminary conducted a High school at the Cen- tre for several seasons, which was largely attended. Miss Sarah AV Livermore, also, witli Miss Abigail Kimball as assistant, kept a private boarding and day school at her own house for a number of years for pupils of both sexes from abroad and in town. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN IN RELATION TO SCHOOL MATTERS. The following petition was addressed to the General Court in June, 1788 : The petition of ns the Subscribers Hunibl>- Sheweth ; That .a law of this Stare, entitled an act for the settlement and support of Grammar schools obliges eve)-y town of the State, consisting of a hundred families, to maintain yearly a grammar school ; and for every mouth's neglect im- poses a fine of ten Pounds. That the town of Wilton, several years last past, has made peculiar provision for the instruction of its youth. It has employed, from the seat of the jSIuses, sev(nal well accomplished young gentlemen, and some aged experienecd gentlemen of litei'ary accomplish- ments, lor the space of twenty years last past. And it has expended for a niunber of years upon schooling eighty-seven pounds, and sometimes it has assessed more, at least -i sum sufficient to support here two grammar schools annually. Apprehending the end of law, in general, to be the interest and hap- piness of its subjects, and the end of the school law, In particular, to be the good education of youth, we presumed a compliance with the spirit of this law would atone lor a small deviation from the letter, especialh- 150 HISTORY OF WILTON. as this deviation lias facilitated the progress of our youth and gratified the wishes of their parents and guardians. The town of Wilton, with this view of the matter, and from a view of its local situation — mountainous land, long winters, deep snows, inhab- itants scattered, town divided by a rapid stream, rendering a passage to its centre at some seasons of the year inconvenient and impracticable — from a view of public expenses, the scarcity' of specie, the inability of the people to provide necessary schooling in the extreme isarts, when obliged to support n grammar school in the oenti-e, our annual expenses for the support of a number of bridges over rapid streams, building a convenient and decent house for public worship, the charge of which is not entirely settled, the importance of the labor of our youth and of their being instructed in agriculture and the manual arts. Voted, to raise money suflicient to support two grammar schools, to divide the town into as manj' districts as was convenient, and to appoint Committees in each district to see that the money was faithfully improved in the instruction of their youth. This method of education we have found by many years' experience very beneficial. The state of Learning in Wilton sufliciently evinces the expediency of it. Notwithstauding, one month preceding the general session of the peace in the County of Hillsborough in September last past, being desti- tute of a grammar school, the grand jury found a bill against the select- men, and they were accordingly cited to appear. Though the sessions were convinced we had adopted a more advantageous method of educa- tion, than we should have practised had we adhered to the letter of the law, yet the penalty of that law being absolute, they could not acquit us or lessen the fine. We therefore iiray your Honors for leave to bring in a bill acquitting us from the mulct imposed on us by the general sessions. Apprehending from experience that the method of education we have adopted might be beneficial to nianj' towns, we beg leave to suggest, with- out presuming to dictate, and with humble deference to your Honors' authority and distinguished abilities, the possibility of advantage |o the public by a revisal of the aforesaid law, and as in duty bound will ever P™y- AVilliam Abbot, Jr., \ Selectmen Jonathan Burton, ) of Wilton. TESTIMONY OF MK. BUIJOE, A TEACHEK. Wilton, June 4, 1788. I am happy in being able to certify that the youth of Wilton are in general very good readers, writers and cypherers. They are farther ad- vanced in Learning than those of most towns in the county, within the compass of my knowledge, who have maintained grammar schools, and inferior to none with which I am acquaiuted. I believe 1 might safely affirm that there is no town in the State, of the same ability, that can pro- duce so many youth so -well qualified for common business, so well ac- complished in all the branches of learning which are essentially useful in every department of Life, as can the town of Wilton. Josiah Burge, THE FINE REMITTED. 151 TESTIJIONY OF BKV. ABEL FISK. Having made it my auuual practice to call the youth together in diflfer- cnt Parts of the Town to ad^•ise and instruct them, I have taken Occasion to examine them in respect to the Improvement they have made in Read- ing, and ha^•e been highly pleased witli the accuracy and Propriety exhib- ited in that Branch of Literature. I have likewise been present at school w hen the Children have been ex- amined respecting tlie Name? and Uses of those Stops and Characters that are made use of in the Euglisli Language, and they have answered the Questions proposed to Admiration. I have seen their Writing &c. And it appears to me from the Observations I have made that the People of Wilton have paid a particular Attention to the School Education of their Children. Abel Pisk.. Wilton, June 4'i' 1788. ACTION OF THK GENERAL C'OTKT. June 9"' 1788. A joint Committee, consisting of Mr. Shepherd and Mr. Webster of the Senate, and Mr. Rogers, Mr. Emerson and Mr. Murphy of the House, was raised to consider the petition of the Selectmen of Wilton and report thereon. June 12"'. The Committee reported : That although the town of Wil- ton have not strictly adhered to the letter of the law, yet it appears to your committee, that they have been at great expense for the education of their youths, and that it is the opinion of the committee that the fine be remitted, and that they have leave to bring in a bill accordingly; Signed, Amos Shepherd for the committee. Which report being read and considered, Voted, that it be received and accepted. We pass now to a much later period and make extracts from the Report of the Board of Education of the town, for the year ending March 1, 1887: The Legislature of 1885 passed a school law-; which effected a radical change in the management of our educational institutions. The district sj'stem Was superseded bj' the establishment of the town system, subject to the direction and control of a Board of Education. At the first annual meeting of the district, called in pm-suance of the recently enacted school law, and held March 2, 1886, Mr. Philander Ring was elected a member of the Board for the tei-m of three years, Mrs. Sarah E. Dunbar, for the term of two years, and Mr. George E. Bales, for the term of one year. Subsequently, the Board organized by the se- lection of Mr. Bales as Chairman, Mr. Ring as Treasurer, and Mrs. Dun- bar as Secretary. The duty of supervision was apportioned among the members of the Board. A\\are of the fact that many looked with distrust upon the new departure, and believing that a conservative course would best tend to promote the general welfare of the schools, we avoided, so far as practical)le, any serious deviation from existing methods. An 152 HISTORY OF WILTON. early inspection of the schools revealed a condition of affairs in the main satisfactorj', except that, embarrassed by the lack of sufficient funds, sev- eral Schools suffered somewhat in comparison with those more fortunate in this respect. Herein appears one of the generally acknowledged ad- vantages of the new sj'stem, to wit : less inequality in the money availa- ble for school purposes. Although the law may in some cases work hard- ship, particularly in localities furnishing a limited number of scholars, we believe that, selfishness aside, if the law is administered in a spirit of justice to all, it will commend itself to all reasonable men. The recentlj' enacted school law will be of substantial benefit to our town in one par- ticular at least : it has made possible the establishment of a high school on an enduring basis. We think much has already been accomplished in tlie right direction. The school has been placed in the hands of an ac- complished instructor, Mr. L. .T. Tuck, a graduate of Williams College, who enjoys the entire good-will and respect of those under his charge, and the confidence of the people of the town. STATISTICAL TABLE FOK THE YEAR EXDING MARCH, 1SS7. SCHOOLS, wuerl; located. NUMBER OF PUPILS. i!oy.s. GIRLS. AVERAGE ATTEXD- ANCE. TERMS. WEEKS. East High . . . Grammar .... Intermediate . . Primary .... Center Davisville . . . West French Village . . Southeast . . . Abbot Hill . . . Northeast . . . 51 3.5 4.-) 77 30 19 19 19 13 5 .5 28 18 24 37 19 8 9 9 7 I 23 17 21 40 11 11 10 10 fi 2 4 35 22 31 52 19 15 17 13 10 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 32 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 10 10 318 163 1.55 223 29 292 The average attendance was reduced by the sickness of the scholai-s. By the discontinuance of the second and third terms in the Abbot Hill and the Xortheast schools, some remuneration was allowed for transport- ing the scholars to the schools that they attended the second and third terms. SUNDAY S<.MIOO],^. The first Sunday school was established in May, 1816, was connected with the Congregational church of wliich the Rev. Thomas Beede was pastor, and was held in the Centre school house. Two ladies, Jliss Phebe Abbot, afterwards the wife of Ezra Abbot, Esq., of Jackson, Maine, and the mother of Prof. Ezra Abbot of Harvard University, and Miss Sarah White Liverniore were leaders in this enterprise. This school was one gf the fii'st, if not the first, in the country to be devoted especially and ^ volunu' of sermons, with a memoir by Lewis G. Pray. Thomas Beede, sermons and oi-ations. Warren Burton, District School as It Was; The Scenery Shower; Cul- ture of the Observing Faculties in the Family and the School; Helps to Education in the Houses of our Country ; Cheering Views of Man and Providence ; White Slavery, a New Emancipation Cause. A. A. Livermore, Priestley's Corruptions of Christianity, abridged; Lectures to Young Men ; Marriage OflTering ; Christian Hymns, compiled ; Commentary on the New Testament, fi volumes ; volume of discourses ; "W'ar with Mexico Reviewed; reviews and occasional sermons; Anti- Tobacco; History of Wilton. Sarah W. Livermore, fugitive poems. Ephraim Peabodj-, fugitive poems; a volume of sermons, with a memoir by S. A. Eliot; Christian Days and Thoughts; Lessons on the Old Testament: occasional sermons and articles in reviews. Sewall Putnam, History of Wilton. LTriah Smith, tracts and pamphlets ; Diagram of Parliamentary Rules; A Word for the Sabbath; The United States in Prophecy; Sj'nopsis of the Present Truth; The Sanctuary and its Cleansing; Man's Nature and Destiny; Thoughts on the Books of Daniel and the Revelation. Rebecca Smith, a volume of poems, with the life and experience of her daughter, Annie R. Smitli. INVENTORS. John Abbot invented an hydiaulic motor. Samuel Abbot, machinei\\' for the manufacture of potato starch. Daniel Cragin, a bending machine for tlie manufacture of dry meas- ures, &c. ; a machine for sealing measures ; a machine for pressing in the bottoms of measures and boxes, and other machines for labor saving in the manufacture of measures and boxes. INVENTORS. 155 Henry A. Holt, a universal wood worker, combining in one machine a double saw-table, an irregular moulder, a buzz planer, a boring machine and a lathe ; a box machine for manufacturing locked corner boxes, in which the stock is cut to a proper length, and both ends are Cut to lock together at one operation. Henry Hopkins, machinery tor manufacturing boxes. Messrs. Flint and Grajr, a patent on a wagon seat. Uriah Smith, an automatic folding school seat, patented, and manu- factured by The Union School Furniture Company. Lucinda Spalding, a method of weaving seamless bags. CHAPTER XV. LIBRARIES, READING ROOM, AND READING CLUR. The opportunities for reading in the early clays were rare. The age of magazines had not arrived. Even professional librajries of law, medicine and theology were meagre. Juvenile literature was almost unknown. The Bible and a few school books were the chief reliance for moral and intellectual stimulus. But the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures contained an education in themselves, and, as Prof. Huxley has declared, formed the basis of our English civiliza- tion. Watts's Psalms and Hymns and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Prog- ress were in most homes, and they were no small factors in mould- ing the character of the New England people. But variety is the spice of life, and soon tastes were developed which demanded a wider intellectual range and a more generous culture. C<)I-U:\rBIAX LIBRARY. The Columbian Library was incorporated June 9, 1803 ; Ebene- zer Eockwood, Jonathan Burton and Philip Putnam being the corporate members. The records and catalogue of the library have not been found. Among the books, which are recalled, were Hunt- er's Sacred Biography, Miss Edgeworth's Tales, and John Adams's Defence of the Constitution of the United States, in three volumes. About the year 1820 the company was dissolved and the books were sold or divided among the stockholders. RICAPIM: RUOJt. The Free Sunday Reading Room was established about 1830, by the exertions of a few public-spirited persons, in the hall of Has- kell & Whitney's brick store near the cliurch. It was designed especially for the benefit of those wlio lived at a distance and could not return home during the short intermission on Sunday between the forenoon and afternoon services. Books and tracts, chiefly LIBRARIES. 157 upon moral and religious subjects, were provided, and were open to the use of all without payment. Afterwards the books were re- moved to the church, and what remained were merged in the Sun- day School Library, which jilso furnished reading for young and old. All were destroyed when the old meeting-house was burned. MINISTEEIAI. LIBRAKY. The Ministerial Library, connected with the First Congregational Church, and designed especially for the use of the pastor, was established and incorporated Dec. 22, 1824 ; the corporate members being Rev. Thomas Beede, Eliphalet Putnam, Ezra Abbot, Samuel Abbot and Timothy Parkhurst. The active mover in this matter was Rev. Abiel Abbot, D. D., of Peterborough, who was also one of the earliest founders of free public libraries in this country. The library is placed in charge of five trustees, who fill their own board. The annual income of an endowment fund is devoted to the purcliase of books. The number of volumes is over 1000. The library is kept in the parsonage in the centre of the town, and is open to the use of all the ministers of the town of whatever denomination, and also to citizens of the town by payment of a small subscription. PARISH LIBRARY. A Parish Library, also connected with the First Congregational Church, and accessible to all the members of the parish, was opened for circulation in October, 1838. It contained about four hundred volumes. It was kept in the old meeting-house, and when the house was burned tlie books were all destroyed. SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES. The Sunday School Libraries, belonging to the several churches, contain a large number of volumes, which are for the use of the teachers and scholars of the Sunday schools of the religious socie- ties. FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. This enterprise was due originally to the labors of Rev. Aubrey M. Pendleton, pastor of the Unitarian Church in East Wilton from 1869 to 1875. Mr. Pendleton had previously been actively con- cerned in the Free Public Library of Peterborough. In March, 1871, he beo'an to collect funds, and continued to do so during that and the following year, 1872. Tlie subscription paper read as follows : In order to establish aud maintain a Public Library in W'iltou, wo, tlio undersigned agree to give the sums severally set against our names ; said 158 HISTOKY OF WILTON. Library to be located in the village of East Wiltou, and to be held for the use and benefit of all the inhabitants of the town on such terms and condi- tions as shall be hereafter determined by the subscribers. The whole amount raised was $2059, and almost all of it was giv- en by residents of Wilton. Mr. Pendleton collected $1500 ; Hon. Charles H. Burns and Mr. Pendleton together, |151 ; Mr. Burns alone, $145; Mr. P. H. Putnam, $174; while $20 or $30 came in without solicitation. A Library Association was then formed and nine trustees were chosen, three of whom were elected annually, as three went out of office each year. A room was hired, and all the funds were ex- pended in books and furniture. The library was then opened to the subscribers of the fund, of whom there were two hundred. In March, 1872, the town of Wilton voted to raise and appropri- ate $500 annually for the library, and it was opened to all the in- habitants of Wilton, and to non-i-esident subscribers. The vote of the town was as follows : Voted, That the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for the sup- port and improvement of the Wilton library ; the sum to be expended under the direction of the selectmen and the trustees of the "Wilton Li- brary Association ; and the said library to be open to the free use of all the citizens of. said town in consideration of said appropriation. Rev. Mr. Pendleton and Hon. C. H. Burns were the principal managers, and a fine selection of books was made. While it was adapted to popular wants, standard authors only were admitted, and trash was resolutely kept out. It was pronounced by compe- tent judges to be the best village library they had seen. The town appropriated $500 a year for two years. Two thousand volumes were collected, and a catalogue was prepared and printed. The annual circulation of books reached about 7000 volumes to 750 per- sons. But December 2, 1874, a fire broke out in a building adjoining the library and destroyed almost all the improvements that had been made in the village for fifteen years. The library was one of the victims. The book cases, part of the furniture, nearly the whole edition of the printed catalogues and 750 volumes of books were destroyed, to the value of $1271. The insurance made good two-thirds of this loss, so that the actual money loss was about $400. This was a most disheartening set-back to the library, and a great discouragement to its chief founders and helpers, among whom Mr. Pendleton was the devoted leader. ladies' reading room. 159 The town failing to continue its appropriation of $500 annually, the library was endowed with $2000, of which a friend of ]Mr. Pen- dleton contributed $1200. The sum of $500 was set apart from the insurance, and $300 was procured elsewhere. A dollar a year was then charged for the use of the library, and the enterprise was put upon its feet again. By March, 1876, the library had an in- come of $350 a year. The charge to users of the library was re- duced to seventy-five cents, a year. Other donations were made and the endowment rose to $3000, and later to $4200. The annual tariff for users of the books was reduced in 1876 to fifty cents. In 1877 the town appropriated $300 a year, on the guarantee of $200 for its support by the founder of the library, and subsequently $250 on the guarantee of $250 from the same source. As soon as the town made appropriations, the library was made free to all the citi- zens, and so continued till the time it was destroyed. New books were added, and at the close of 1880 they numbered 3100 volumes. But January 20, 1881, came another devastating' fire. The li- brary was entirely destroyed, not a book or other article escaped, except what chanced to be outside of the building. As the books had been called in for the annual examination, but a small number remained in the hands of the readers. The property destroyed was worth more than $4000, and as the insurance had lapsed, it was all irretrievably lost. Various propositions have been offered and at- tempts made since the fire to revive the library, but thus far noth- ing has been accomplished. The remaining effects and the unex- pended funds have been placed in the hands of five trustees. It is understood that measures will be taken ere long to reestablish a free public library. THE ladies' READIKG CLUB. The literary society known as the Ladies' Reading Club was organized February 10, 1886, for the purpose of mutual improve- ment and amusement. The meetings are held fortnightly on Wednesday evenings from October to July. The officers con- sist of a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, and an executive committee of three, all of whom hold their respec- tive offices for six consecutive meetings. The librarian is elect- ed for one year. The yearly membership fee is twenty-five cents for active members and fifty cents for honorary members. A li- brary of one hundred and fourteen volumes has been purchased with the money received from the membership fees, and from the 160 HISTORY OF WILTON. proceeds of a public eateitainment given April 28, 1887. There is also a balance in tlie treasury. The whole number of members for the year ending June 30, 1887, was forty-six. The following list gives approximately the number of volumes in each of the libraries remaining in Wilton : The library of the Fir.-t Coiigregiitiouiil Church, 400 vohuiies ; of the Secoiul Cougiegatiouiil Church, 700; of the Baptist Church, 400; of the Liberal Christian Chuix-li, 400: cif tlie Ladies' Eeadiug rlub, 114; in school district Xu. .5, 500; Ministerial library, 1000. There are also valuable libraries iu town belonging to professional men and other citizens. CHAPTER XVI. MILLS, MANUFACTURES AND INDUSTRIES. When Benjamin Franklin travelled through New England, more than a hundred years ago, he forecast its destiny, for he predicted that its numerous and rapid streams, with their immense water- power, would make it a great manufacturing community. The dis- tinctive qualities of the inhabitants, their intelligence, skill and in- ventiveness, lead to the same conclusion. The mechanical power and the character Of the people both combine to make'lnechanics and manufactures leading interests. Water and wind will usually be cheaper propellants than steam and electricity. The course of events since Franklin's time has justified his sagacity. For the oc- cupations of countries are largely determined by climate, geological formation, and the race of men. The sea-coast and islands make a community of sailors, merchants and fishermen. The plains and prairies destine men to husbandry ; the hills and mountains, to graz- ing and mining ; the brooks and rivers, to manufactures, and so on to the end of the chapter. The early settlers of Wilton had to contend with many difficul- ties. They had no mills, no boards, no clapboards, no shingles. The first burial was in a rude coffin, hollowed out of a tree, with a slab hewn from the same tree for a lid. The houses were built of logs, and earth supplied the place of mortar. The axe was the chief tool. For glass, mica was used ; for floors, the ground; for window-frames, lead ; for chimneys, clay ; for plates, wooden platters ; for roofs, split rails and earth ; for guide-boards, blazed trees, and for road-beds, "corduroy," or logs and poles. At first there was no mill to grind the corn nearer than Dunstable, and aft- erwards Milford. The pioneer must travel miles and miles along a solitary path through the wild woods with his bag of grain on his back, or on a sled, to reach a grist mill, and must return the same weary way to supply breadstuff s for his wife and children. 162 HISTORY OF WILTON. The grantors of the town set apart two lots of eighty acres each to encourage the building of mills. The first mill in Wilton was the grist mill at Barnes's Falls, built by Samuel Greele, the grand- father of Deacon Samuel Greele of Boston. It was on lot number 14, in the fourth range, being one of the lots drawn for mills. The first saw-mill was that of Jacob Putnam, situated a short distance west of the southeast corner of lot number 15, and was very near the line between the lots numbered 1-t and 15 in the fifth range. A saw and grist mill was built by Captain Nathan Hutchinson at the East village on the same spot where one stands now. On lot number 20 in the fourth range, on the brook that flows by the pres- ent glass-house at South Lyndeborough, a few rods above where it unites with Stony River, a grist mill was erected by Dea. John Bur- ton. These mills were all erected before the Revolution. At the West village on Gambol Brook, near where the knob factory of Samuel Smith now stands, was formerly a mill for grinding grain and fulling cloth which, was owned by Uriah Smith. It was burned in 1781 or 1782, but the remains of the dam may yet be seen. Rev. Jonathan Livermore bailt a saw mill on Gambol Brook about the time of the Revolution. His son Nathan carried on the milling business for many years. The site is still occupied by his descend- ants for a saw mill, with machinery for making shingles and staves. At the time of the centennial celebration in 1839, the following record was made of the industries of the town : There are now eight saw mills in operation; five grist mills; three tanneries; two fulling mills; cue bobbin factory; one cotton factory, burnt in 1839, and not yet rebuilt ; one starch factory, owned and carried on by people from Wilton [Messrs. Ezra and Samuel Abbot] but itself in the border of Mason ; four blacksmiths, ten shoemakers, including jour- neymen ; two cabinet makers ; one hatter ; three stores ; two taverns. One of the most serious changes in the industries of the country has been the virtual abolition of the system of apprenticeship. When our forefathers came over the sea, they brought the Euro- pean method of initiation into the industrial trades by a long period, usually seven years, of careful training and practice. When an ap- prentice, or negro boy, ran away it was customary to advertise him and offer one cent reward. It is questionable whether mechanical work is as thoroughly done under the present system as under the old one, where years of careful training and practice under experi- enced master workmen habituated the apprentice to accuracy and skill in every detail of his trade. MANUFACTURE OF POTATO STARCH. 163 OKIGIN OF THE MANDFACTDRE OF POTATO STAKCH, BY ABIP:L ABBOT. Before the War of 1812 potatoes were easily raised in this region, with larger crops per acre than at present. But there was little sale for them, and the low price did not admit of transporting them far to a market. These facts suggested to the mind of Samuel Ab- bot, Esq. , the desirableness of obtaining the more valuable part of the potato in a form less bulky, and suited to a greater variety of important uses. Discussion of the matter with his brother. Deacon Ezra Abbot, led them to consider by what means this might be ac- complished. Experiments to obtain sugar resulted only in grape sugar, or glucose ; and this idea was abandoned. Starch in small quantity for domestic use had been previously obtained from pota- toes by means of a hand grater and subsequent washings. But to obtain it in large quantity with machinery and a greater power was not known ever to have been attempted. To do this successfully would not only create a better market for potatoes, but it promised remuneration for expense by furnishing a valuable article for ex- tensive consumption. Mutual interchange of ideas on the subject finally led to action. Early in the fall of 1811, as appears, a buUding about twenty feet square was erected, at his own expense, by Ezra Abbot, near his house, the lower story for a horse to turn a shaft connected in the second story with machinery for washing and grating the pota- toes ; the same story to have apparatus for cleansing the starch with water made to flow in from a small brook,, also a set of wide, shallow drawers with fire underneath for drying it, the whole cost- ing about $200. Months passed before the machinery was all in place. Meanwhile its object excited much wonderment in the neighborhood. From an evasive answer to some inquisitive per- son, that it was "to make Free-masons by water," it was styled "Free-masons' Hall." After it was started "no admittance" on the door continued the mystery some time longer. The first starch seems to have been made in the spring of 1812 ; and for five or six years Ezra Abbot continued to manufacture starch in mild weather of fall and spring, from potatoes only of his own raising, kept in winter in his house cellar and taken to the mill as wanted. He had machinery to work only about a dozen bushels at a time, and did not work every day ; he made one year abouL 6000 pounds of starch, at the i*ate of eight pounds of starch to each bushel of potatoes. For a market, he made repeated visits to Bos- 164 HISTORY OF WILTON. ton, Salem, Newburyport, Andover and other towns, selling some and leaving some to be sold on ^account ; he sold at eight cents a pound, but traders often put it as high as twenty cents. It was used in fam- ilies for puddings and otherwise, and was recommended by drug- gists as a delicate food for invalids. About 1817 .John Smith, Esq., of Peterborough, after many failures, succeeded in making of it good size for use in cotton manufacture ; and about the same time Mr. Paul Moody at Waltham experimented with it for the same purpose, long in vain, but with hints from Mr. Smith, and having a lot of it on hand, persevered till he succeeded and wanted more. Ezra Abbot's first mill was an experiment, to try machinery and a market. Being now well assured of both, Ezra and Samuel Abbot decided to build on a larger scale. In 1818 the site of an old disused sawmill in the near border of Mason was purchased, and much labor expended in preparing the spot by blasting out rocks to make room for iDotatoes, building a stone dam, quarrying other stone for the mill, &c. Up to this time Samuel Abbot had been in practice of the law at Dunstable and afterwards at Ipswich, Massachusetts. But in November, 1818, he removed to Wilton, and henceforth the brothers gave their united energies to the business under the firm name of E. & S. Abbot. For many months they were much together, especially in evenings and far into the night, consulting and devising the requisite machin- ery, much of which differed from that in the first mill and involved the application of new principles. As their plans became settled, the construction of the machinery was put in the hands of different mechanics under bonds not to divulge. As the spring of 1811) opened, the farmers of adjacent towns were engaged to plant more or less land with potatoes, and in the fall to bring them the crops at a fixed price per bushel. Meanwhile the building was erected, 60 by 30 feet, the lower story of stone, with an L for storing starch. To get in all the machinery and properly adjust it, they found to be a work of time. It was March, 1820, when they com- menced operation on their three thousand bushels of potatoes, and before all were worked up the water became warm and required the use of ice. At first they received potatoes by measuring loads for cubic inches and reducing to bushels, in a year or two by weighing loads and empty carts in a frame, but in a few years they changed the frame for Faii-banks's platform scales. There being no law for the weight of a bushel of potatoes, they adopted as an average of weighings by themselves and neighbors, the rule of sixty-four pounds MANUFACTURE OF POTATO STARCH. 165 to the bushel. As crops were light or abundant, their stocks of pota- toes varied in quantity ; being for seven years less than six thou- sand bushels a year ; for eleven years, between six and , ten Jihousand ; for seven years, from ten to fifteen thousand ; in other years more ; their largest stock, in 1830, was over, twenty-six thou- sand bushels. Farmers within six or eight miles or more found it a cash market for their potatoes. The crops of different seasons differed in quality ; and some kinds were richer in starch than others. " Long Eeds," for instance, yielded well per acre, but, not so well in starch. Experience and observation gradually taught the partners im- proved processes, especially in securing the finer, lighter starch, which, being of nearly the same specific gravity as the light part of the refuse or " grains," had been difficult to separate. But their best skill did not sufliee to obtain all the starch of the potato. Of the ten, twelve or more pounds in a bushel, according to quality, more or less escaped with the "grains," to be fed to cattle and hogs, and more or less flowed off with the potato juice into the brook to double and treble the hay crops in the meadows below. The amount of starch obtained per bushel in different, years ranged from seven and one-third to nine and two-thirds pounds ; being in five years less than eight pounds, in seven years more than nine pounds, and averaging about eight and one-half pounds per busl;iel of (!4 pounds. The quantity of starch manufactured also varied greatly, from lOJ tons in 1820 to 119J tons in 1830-31 ; being in the first six years 161 tons, in the next six years 357 tons, and in the seven years 1840 to 1846, 255 tons. The data for several years are not found. There was immediate demand for their starch at Peterborough and at Waltham. In a year or two cotton mills were erected in Lowell, Nashua and other places, which called for starch, and there was no difficulty in disposing of all they could make. The wholesale price ranged at different times from three and one- half to five and one half-cents a pound. In the afternoon of Friday, December 26, 1828, tl^e starch mill was burned ; and Ezra Abbot by inhaling hot smoke brought on a long and severe illness of lung fever. The mill was partially insured. Some potatoes were spoiled ; but the larger portion remained good, and the mill was rebuilt in time to work them all up before too warm weather. A second time the mill was burned in the night after December 17th, 1839. When the fire was first seen at 2 A. M. by a neighbor half a mile away, the main building was already burnt 166 HISTORY OF WILTON. down ; there was no insurance, and the loss was estimated at Of 9000 bushels of potatoes, 2000 had been worked up, 4000 were in an outer cellar, and of 3000 bushels there in the mill, some were ruined, others good. The mill was at once rebuilt and all the goo4 potatoes were worked up. From the beginning Messrs. E. & S. Abbot were cautious of ad- mitting strangers to view their works. They intended to procure patents of parts of their machinery, wrote to Washington, and pre- pared specifications, models, &c. But as this mode of maintaining their rights might require lawsuits with expense of money, time and trouble, they concluded to protect themselves, as they best could, without patents. They had knowledge of clandestine attempts to examine their machinery. A starch mill was started in New Ips- wich, but in a year or two proved a failure. One young man pro- posed to join them in putting up a mill about fifteen miles away ; and they, finding it a good location, acceded to the arrangement and had considerable machinery prepared by their mechanics, when he, having thus acquired some knowledge of the business, dropped off and went north, where starch mills afterwards appeared. But oth- er parties honorably compensated them for information and assist- ance. In 1831 Messrs. O. & E. Prescott engaged them to super- intend the construction of their mill at Jaffrey ; which Samuel Ab- bot subsequently rented and operated in his own name, while Ezra Abbot operated the Mason mill, still in the name of E. & S. Ab- bot, their customers being supplied from either mill as most con- venient. This continued till the burning of the Jaffrey mill and the lamented death of Samuel Abbot, January 2d, 1839. Of the pota- toes, about 2300 bushels, damaged, and 3245 bushels, sound, were sold. The remainder, 3800 bushels, were transported to the Mason mill ; of which Ezra Abbot, by purchase from the heirs of his broth- er, became sole proprietor. Five or six parties from the state of Maine at different times applied, and, for a consideration, received information and assistance. In one case, Ezra Abbot left his mill in charge of workmen, went to Maine and spent several weeks there initiating the party into the business.* In later years the potato disease interfered much with the busi- ness, discouraged planting, rendered the stock of potatoes received *In a speech recently delivered before the Senate of the United States by Hon. W. P. Frye, senator from Maine, It is stated that 1,700,000 bushels of potatoes are annually used in that state for the manufacture of starch. The same manufacture is also extensively car- ried on in the states of the northwest and in Canada. COTTON AND \yOQLLEN FACTORIES. 167 at the mill less in quantity, and of less value for starch, the best being wanted for domestic use. lu the bad year, 1845, in a stock of about 5500 bushels, Dea. Abbot estimated his loss by the disease as equal to more than 1 600 bushels ; it reduced the yield for that year to only six and one-fifth pounds per bushel. In the season of 1846 Ezra Abbot, from failure of health, was able to visit the mill only once or twice, and devolved the charge of it on his son, Abiel Abbot. On his decease, April 3d, 1847, his sons, Abiel and Harris Abbot, became joint owners under the name of A. & H. Abbot. They continued the manufacture of starch four or five years with stocks of potatoes diminishing from the united effects of the disease and of the coming of railroads ; both causes combined to raise greatly the price of potatoes for general con- sumption. The last stock received was between one and two thou- sand bushels. The mill was sold and converted into a saw and stave mill. COTTON AND WOOLLEN FACTORIES. The first cotton and woollen factory was incorporated June 16, 1814 ; William Bales and Amos Holt, Jr., corporators. The Wilton Manufacturing Company was incorporated June 23, 1829 ; Amos Dickey, Abiel Lovejoy, Silas Bullard, Royal Wallace and Abraham Whittemore, corporators. This mill was burned in 1839. With the same charter and the same title a company was formed in 1848, with a capital of 50,000 dollars. Joseph Newell, Elipha- let Putnam, Ziba Gray, Daniel Abbot, Esq., William D. Beasom, Clark C. Boutwell, Koyal Southwick, Elbridge Reed and Tappan Wentworth were the principal stockholders. The mill was built in 1849, the wheel and shafting were put in in 1850, and the manu- facture of carpet yarn was begun April 6, 1851. The mill was of wood, 98x40 feet, and contained two stories with a basement. A wheel-house was built of one story, 32x30 feet, with a basement for washing wool ; one-half of the room above was used for a re- pair shop. The wheel was a breast wheel, 24 feet in diameter, with buckets 12 feet long. A drying-house, a wool-house and a double cottage were afso built, and these, with the old boarding-house, were all the buildings at first owned by the company. The first lot of machinery consisted of six spinning frames, three twisters, drawing frames, pickers and other small machinery to match ; also one set of cards and one jack for making filling. From 168 , HISTORY OF WILTON. this small beginning new machinery was added from time to time until, the mill contained fourteen spinning frames, seven twisters and a corresponding increase of new and modern machinery, includ- ing English combers. The machinery was increased for making filling from one to four sets. While this increase of machinery was going on the building hjid to be correspondingly enlarged. In 1858 forty feet were added to the length of the mill, making it one hun- dred and thirty-eight feet long. In 1865 another addition was made in L form, fifty by seventy-two feet, and one of Swain's tur- bine wheels of 130 horse-power took the place of th^ old breast wheel and was run until the mill, was burnt, March 6, 1872. In May, 1851, forty-nine hands were employed and the pay roll of that month amounted to $788.34. In January, 1872, 116 employes were paid $2371.41. The mill was in operation twenty years and eleven months. The first superintendent was Mr. Ripley. He was soon succeeded by Mr. Elbridge G. Woodman, who acted so long as the mill was in operation. The following account by Mr. AVoodman, one of the most active promoters of the prosperity of East Wilton, will be read with deep interest, as sketching a half century's growth in a New England village : When I first came to Wilton in 1839 I went to view the ruins of the old cotton mill, and the sight of those nuns aud of the beautiful location gave me a feeling of sadness, and I asked myself if it was not possible to have those ruins restored and the hopes aud anticipations .of a disappoint- ed people made bright again. At that time there wei'e twenty-four houses in the village aud four iu Pine Valley ; today there are one hun- dred and fifty-six houses iu this village, aud about thirty in the Valley. I speak of Pine Valley, although just over the line in Milford, because all there is there today is the result of what was doue in Wilton by the Wil- ton Company. I came to Wilton in 1844 to reside n couple of years, and during that time held long and frequent consultations with Mr. Joseph Newell, try- ing to devise some way to get up a company to build a mill where the old one stood, but this was no easy matter. In the first place, the stock or shares of the old company must be bought up ; this was a difficult opera- tion, as this stock was scattered far and wide, and some of its owners, thinking something was to be done, wanted fabulous prices for their stock, and had these first eiforts been undertaken by a less cool and per- severing man than Mr. Xewell, nothing would have been done, and this village would not be what it is today. Finally it was arranged that Mr. Newell, with the assistance of Mr. EUphalet Putnam aud Mr. Abiel Lovejoy of MilfOrd, should go to work to buy up the old stock, and get others interested, while my part of the ELBRIDGE G. WOODMAN. HELIOTYPE PRINTING CO., BOSTON, MASS. WILTON MANUFACXUKING COMPANY. 169 business was to go back to Chelmsford, and, if I could, get Gay & Silver interested, as they could furnish the machinery. The next thing to do was to get Royal Southwick, then agent of tjie Baldwin Company at Chelmsford, to take hold and help, as he had money and influence; this was finally accomplished after more than a year's talk and some prettv sliarp diplomacy . r>aniel Abbot. Esq.. of Nashua was next appealed to. and he procured an act of incorporation without personal liability, or, ratlier. had the orig- inal act renewed. But now came tlie tug of war when stockholders were wanted. They said it w as too far away from the railroad, and besides they had no interest in Wilton, but if tliey knew the railroad would go to Wilton they would take stock. And the railroad people said if they wei-e sure the mill would be btiilt I he railroad should go to Wilton, and today AA'ilton is reaping the advantages of these early eftbrts. Finally, after long and discouraging eftbrts. a company was organized, the stock (8.")l),000) was taken and a mill liuilt. going into operation April 3d. 1851. At this tune the mill was 100 feel long, 44 feet wide, and two stories high with basement. After speaking of the machinei y and its oiadnal improvements, ]Mr. AYoodmau continues : In 1833 it paid .a town tax of riSOO. with a pay roll of about >iMO month- ly, and when destroyed in 1S7M it paid a tax of about i*UO0, with a pay roll of about SloOO monthly. And here let it be remembered all of this increase had been made from the earnings, and no assessments liad ever been made on tlie stockholders. And here it is but just to say that this fine showing was not due wholly to skilful management, for during tlie war e\erybody made money. Xevertheless the influence of the old Wil- ton Company was haxdng its effect, and the result was that Jlr. Joseph Xewell built the Xcwcll mill, and tliat Mr. II. A. Daniels was able to get up the Pine Valley Company and to erect a large and substantial mill, which today has a large pay rull, and sends out a great amount of goods. Although the mill is in Milford. it is. with the exception of its taxes, pre- ciselj- the same to the people of Wilton as if it were standing just a little nearer to the village over tlie line, for here come all the people belonging there to do all their trading, and here in the village are their church, post oftice. &c. This fine property is now, and has long been, under the skil- ful and prudent management of Mr. Xash Simons, and long may it exist to bless those employed tliere and to contribute as it has done to the prosperity of Wilton. IMUSTDIES A( CnKDIN'ti To CENSUS OF 1850. Capt. Aaron Barnes, s.iw-mill, carding machines and cloth dress- ing ; capital, $1200. Product, boards, 100,000 feet valued at SlOOO; shingles. .")(), 000, $12o ; laths, 40,000, SSO ; carding and cloth dressing to the amount of $300. 170 HISTORY OF WILTON. Benjamia Hopkins, saw-mill. Boards, .50,000 feet, $450 ; shin- gles, 10,000, $25 ; laths, 24,000, $48 ; shuttle-woods, 6000, $120. Nahum Child, saw-mill and grist-mill. Boards, 125,000 feet, $1125 ; shingles, 100,000, $250 ; toll for grinding, $300. John A. Putnam, saw-mill and grist-mill. Boards, |450 ; shin- gles, 100,000, $255 ; table-legs, 4000, $240 ; toll for grinding, $50. Willard French, saw-mill. Boards, 200,000 feet, $2000 ; shin- gles, 100,000, $250. Jonathan Livermore, boards, 75,000 feet; shingles, 30,000; both valued at $775. E. Putnam & Company, bobbins, knobs and machinery, $2650. William Sheldon, bobbins, spools and 125 cords of timber, $1100. Abijah Hildreth, saw-mill and grist-mill. Boards, 120,000 feet, $1200 ; shingles, $80 ; grinding, $75. Joseph W. Killam, furniture. Stock, $1850 ; product, $5500. John Burton, table-frames. Stock, $210 ; product, $800. Jones, Lane & Company, boots and shoes ; capital, $7000, stock, $8000. Number employed, 20 ; males, 12 ; females, 8 ; product, $17,700. T.ATER MANUFACTORIES. The Davis Manufacturing Company was incorporated July 9th, 1863. Joseph Davis, Royal Southwick, Charles B. Jones, Jasper Kelley and William S. Bennett were the corporate members. They manufactured carpet warp and filling. The mill was in successful operation until October 4th, 1869, when a flood swept across the road and entirely destroyed the mill. About three years after this flood, Dr. J. G. Graves and others built a canal, about forty rods long, on the east side of the river, from the dam to an eligible site, and erected a building but never filled it with machinery. The building has' for several years been used by H. W. Hopkins and F. B. French for the manufacture of writing desks and fancy boxes. The Newell Manufacturing Company was incorporated July 7th, 1866. Joseph Newell, George A. Newell and Charles H. Burns were the corporate members. They soon erected a mill, and a track was laid from the railroad to their store-house. They manu- factured carpet warp and filling. For some cause the business was not successful. About 1880 the machinery was sold and the plant went into the possession of Daniel Warner & Sons, who put in MANUFACTORIES. 171 machinery for making cotton yarn and twine. They ran the mill about two years. The Wilton Company has a capital of $30,000. Hon. Charles H. Burns is president, Hon. John A. Spalding, treasurer, and Charles A. Burns, clerk. On January 1st, 1883, they commenced the manufacture of cotton warps, yarns and druggists' and mer- chants' twines. They run 2240 spindles spinning and 882 twist- ing. They use both water-power and steam, and the mill is heated by steam and lighted by gasoline. Tlie Messrs. Whiting have a saw-mill that they run several months in the year, in which, besides the board-saw, they have box- board and stave saws, and saws for sawing wood, planing machines, and machinery for making keg and barrel-heads, and for preparing the box stock ready to be nailed together. They grind in their grist-mill about one hundred and twenty-five car-loads of corn annually, most of which, with about one hundred car-loads of feed, is sold to the milk-raisers. In addition, they have a large run of custom grinding. Their power is furnished by a steam engine of eighty horse-power and a water wheel of seventy horse-power. They also sell about five hundred tons of coal and three hundred and fifty cords of wood annually. Their trade in milk, cheese and butter will be detailed under a separate head. Levi Putnam has a saw-mill, a planing machine and turning lathes, and manufactures trunks and trunk stock. Power, water. Daniel Cragin has a saw-mill and machinery for manufacturing knife trays, dry measures, and sugar boxes. He employs about six hands. Power, steam and water. Nathan Barker has a grist-mill. Hermon Hopkins, a saw-mill, clapboard and shingle machinery and turning lathe. Henry H. Livermore, a "saw-mill, shingle and stave machinery. James H. Holt & Son manufacture knobs and milk can stopples, and have a cider mill. Henry O. Sargent, a saw -mill and turning machinery. Samuel W. Smith manufactures knobs. Wheelwrights and Carriage Makers. Flint & Gray ; A. J. Parker. Jobbing Blacksmiths and Carriage-smiths. Bales & Putnam ; C. B. Smith; H. N. Gray & Son. Carpenters. Abel Heseltine, William Emerson, H. L. Emerson, James L. Hardy, William D. Stearns, Jeremiah Driscoll, L. A. Ty- ler, Elson D. Frye, J. H. Hutchinson, Nathan A. Cragin. 172 HISTORY OF WILTON. Brick and Stone Masons. Joel Hesselton, Charles Hesselton. Brick Masov. John Gage. Stone Masons (iiicl Stone Cutters. Elijah Putnam, J. R. Das- comb, John H. Sheldon, Isaac X. Hutchinson. TANNERIES. There have been four tanneries in Wilton. The first was on the place now owned by Mr. George S. Buss. It was started by Mr. Uriah Smith, but the date that he commenced it has not been as- certained. He sold to Asa Chandler, deed dated July 2.'!, l-77«. After Chandler came George Abbot, Benjamin Barrett, William Parker, Asa Jones, Harden & Mills, Asa Pollard and Benjamin T. Foster. Mr. Foster commenced business in the yard in February, ]S36, and carried it on successfully for thirty-two years. The site for the next yard, known as the Stockwell yard, was purchased of John Farrington by W^illiam Blaney, deed dated No- vember 13, 17111). The subsequent owners were Greenleaf Stevens, John Nutting and Elijah Stockwell. Mr. Sylvester Simonds was the last that did business on it. Capt. Isaac Spalding came to Wilton from New Ipswich in 1800. He probably built his tannery soon after coming to Wilton. It was kept in operation inore than forty years, the only occupants being Capt. -Spalding and his son, Mr. Moses Spalding. In 1863 Messrs. Andrew J. and Artemas Pntnam built a tannery at the East village in which they did business for several years, but owing to financial embarrassments it is now unoccupied. THE MUSSKS. (.'OLONY, MANUFACTURERS. In tlie manufacture of woollen goods in New Hampshire, probably no other name is so prominent as is that of Colony. Josiah Colony, the first of the name to engage in woollen manufacturing, was born in Keene, April S, 171)1, and died June i), 1867. He was born on the farm where his father was born and died, and where his grandfather lived a considerable portion of his life and died. He commenced manufacturing in Keene iu company with Francis Faulkner, under the name of Faulkner & Colony, and the firm name continues today, although the interests are represented by the third generation on one side and the second on the other, — Geo. D. Colony and Horatio Colony representing their father's intei-est on THE COLONY BROTHERS. 173 the Colony side. All his sons* have been interested in the manu- facture of all-wool flannels and dress goods. On June -IH, 1850, a manufacturing property situated in llarris- ville and purchased by Josiah Colony, was incorporated under the name of Cheshire Mills, and soon after Timothy, Henry, Alfred T. and John E. became stockholders. Henry was at, the time of his death, and had been for many years, the treasurer of Cheshire Mills. Cheshire Mills at the present time is owned by Timothy Colony's estate, John E. Colony's estate, and by Horatio Colony, who purchased Henry's interest. The number of hands employed iu a flannel mill is small as com- pared with some other branches of woollen manufacture. Faulkner & Colony run six sets of machinery, employ some sixty-two or sixty-three hands, consume from five to six hundred thousand pounds of unwashed wool (wool in the grease, or before scouring), and produce from 750,000 to 800,000 yards of flannel. Cheshire Mills, in Harrisville, run nine sets of machinery, employ ninety-four or ninety-five hands, consume from eight to liine hun- dred thousand pounds of wool (before scouring), and produce from 1,100,000 to 1,200,000 yards of flannel and dress goods. The foregoing account was kindly furnished by Hon. Horatio Colony of Keene. The mill at Wilton is owned and operated by Frank H. Colony, Fred. Colony and James Colony, sons of Henry Colony. The firm name is "Colony Bros." The mill has seven sets of machinery, is four stories high and is built of stone and brick. The main mill is 117x54 feet ; dye house, of one story, 60x40 feet ; boiler house, en- gine room and picker building, three stories, 36x40 feet. The firm began to build in 1882 and commenced business February 1, 1883. They make flannels and dress goods, produce yearly 1,000,000 yards and employ seventy-five hands. ♦Timothy, born July 19, 1818, died October 31, 1882; George D., born May 6, 1821; Henry, born March 23, 1823, died July 18, 1884; Alfred T-, born May 7, 182S, died December 15, 1876; John E., born April 17, 1831, died October 5, 1883; Horatio, born November 14, 1835. CHAPTER XVII. PAUPERISM AND INSANITY. In the earlier stages of New England civilization the condition of the abnormal members of the commuuity, such as paupers, the in- sane, slaves and criminals, was a hard one. Puritanism made men and women stern, resolute, firm, severe, but not particularly gentle, compassionate, sympathetic, or humanitarian. God Himself was looked upon as King and Judge, rather than as the universal Fa- ther. If men suffered, the feeling was that they ought to suffer. It was the Hebrew code rather than the Christian ; an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. The Indians were regarded and treated as the children of the devil, and worthy of extermination. They were often sold into slavery. Slaves were made even of white men. Little compassion was felt for those who fell out of line, and did not keep step with the march of society. The poor were sold at auction for their maintenance to the lowest bidder. The insane were regarded with superstitious awe, and were often shut up in cold and filthy outhouses, sometimes chained, without fire, suitable clothing, proper food or medical attendance. In one town in New Hampshire a man was confined in a cage for thirty years, from which he had never been out but once ! The treatment of criminals was harsh and vindictive, and the condition of jails and lock-ups was a reproach to civilization and to Christianit}'. Orphan children, apprentices and the friendless often experienced little mercy or commiseration from those who had them in charge, or from the community. Domestic and school discipline, even to the more favored, was grounded on the proverb of " sparing the rod, and spoiling the child." Such was the general character of the times, to which there were, of course, many notable exceptions, worthy of all commendation. But all these features are so changed now that they appear al- most incredible to later times. There have been no reforms more PAUPERISM. 175 remarkable than the amelioration of the condition and life of the weak and suffering classes. The leaven of Christianity has been leavening the whole lump and reaching out to the very outskirts of society. The spirit of Him who came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them, and to seek and save the lost, is becoming the corporate spirit of states and cities. When we consider the progress of the last one hundred and fifty years in the direction of humane and benevolent activity, we cannot but hope for still great- er and more beneficent changes in the near future. Lecky, in his "European Morals," remarks that the merciful treatment of animals is one of the surest tests of an advanced Christian civilization. The mission in this country of Henry Bergh to prevent cruelty to animals has accomplished a great revolution of sentiment, and his recent decease has called forth noble testi- monies to his disinterested labors for those creatures of God which have no articulate speech to plead their own cause. The Centennial Pamphlet tells us of the early paupers : The first pauper in town was by the name of Stratton, who received aid from the town before the Revolution. From this time till 1830 there were but seven families — and these but in part — who were supported by the town. Some other individuals, but very few in number, have occa- sionally received aid. In 1830 a farm tor the poor was purchased, and was earned on by the town for some years. The products of this farm were nearly sufficient in most years to pay the wages of the overseer and family, and for the support of the poor. PK0CEEDIN6S IN RELATION TO THE T0V\rN FARM. At the annual town meeting in March, 1830, the town Voted, to purchase a farm on which to support the poor. Joel Abbot, Oliver Perham and Daniel Batohelder, selectmen, and Jonathan Parkhurst and Jonathan Livermore were appointed a committee to purchase a farm, stock, tools and furniture for the same, and to employ a man and his wife to manage the same. The paupers were supported on this farm thirty-eight years. At the annual town meeting in March, 1868, the town Voted, that the selectmen appoint a connnittee of three to dispose of and sell the town farm. Voted, that this committee sell the personal property on the town farm on the first day of April next. Voted, that this committee be authorized and empowered to dispose of sell and convey said farm and to give a deed of the same. 176 HISTO,RY OF WILTON. The farm comprised lot No. 8 in the eighth range and about three- fourths of lot No. 8 in the ninth range of original lots. It had been formerly owned by Nathan A. Whiting. After the town sold the farm, the paupers were provided for by contract, as before. PROCEEDINGS IN REGARD TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EABM. The increase of manufacturing at Manchester, Nashua and other villages in the county, and the law passed in 1841, making void all settlements gained in the towns prior to 1796, added much to the number of the paupers to be supported by the county. The county judges, Hon. Jacob Whittemore of Antrim and Hon. Jesse Carr of GofEstown, at that time had the superintendence of all matters relating to the county paupers. For the purpose of lessening the expenses to the county of maintaining the paupers, in the latter part of the year 1849 they purchased of Noyes Poor, Esq., of Goffstown, a farm for which was paid $10,000. In Febru- ary, 1850, the judges notified the several towns that the establish- ment was ready to receive paupers. The first report of the justices was dated September 3, 1850, the institution having been occupied about six months. During that time there had been 176 paupers at the farm, 88 having been the largest number at any one time, and 77 being the average number. From the same report we obtain the following : Paid for repairing and flttliig up the buildings, * 483 73 Paid for stock, farming tools and furniture, . . 1,678 91 Cost of farm, . 10,000 00 Total outlay, . .312,162 64 At the session of the Legislature of 1851, the representatives of Hillsborough County met in convention for the purpose of examin- ing the financial affairs of the county, and the following resolve was passed : Resolved, that Jonathan D. Clement, of Weare, be and is hereby ap- pointed in behalf of this convention to make examination into, and thor- oughly investigate, the financial aftaivs of the county for the, last five years, and to make and report to the next rounty convention a, general statement of the atfairs of paoh of said years, and a full and particular statement of said aftiiirs in detail, tor eacli of the two last years, and that said Clement have power to send for persons and papers in making said investigation; which resolution, having been considered by the conven- tion, was, on motion, adopted by a uminimous vote. Mr. Clement submitted his report to the convention of repre- sentatives of Hillsborough County at the session held in June, 7.f c/iz.^^ t (/.^^^•^>^^-2/?/> ^o^ t-'^^z^e^- LIOTYPE PRINTING CO., BOSTON THE COUNTY POOR FARM. 177 1852. From that report we obtain the following statement of the expense of the county for paupers for the years named in the report : Paid in fiscal year cncliiig April, 1847, $ 9,710 66 " " " ' 1848, 10,030 01 " " 1849, 12,660 31 '* 1850, 14,073 47 1851, $5,048 80 Paid for support of county farm same year, 5,122 93 10,171 73 The law passed by the Legislature in 1855, remodelling the ju- diciary, abolished the offices of county justice and road commis- sioners, and created the office of county commissioners, with the duties and powers previously belonging to county justices and road commissioners. The report of the commissioners, dated December, 1857, gives the expenses for paupers, during the previous year, as follows : At the county farm, $4,546 33 Paid to towns for support of county paupers, . 5,544 73 To pay special contracts. New Hampshire Asylum, &c., 614 32 $10,705 38 Whole number of paupers at the farm, 281 ; jiverage number, 1044 ; number of weeks' board of paupers, 5,434. The Legislature in 1860 or 1861 passed a law making void all settlements gained prior to 1840, which threw the support of most of the paupers upon the county and caused the sale of the town farms, on which paupers had been previously supported. Late in the year 1866 the buildings at the farm in Goffstown, with the exception of the barn, stable and corn-barn, were destroyed by flre. The representatives of the towns of Hillsborough County, in con- vention at Manchester, in January, 1867, instructed the county commissioners to sell the County Poor Farm at Goffstown, and such parts of the personal property connected with the farm as they deemed advisable, and authorized them to purchase the Whiting farm in Wilton, at an expense not exceeding the sum of $12,500, and to erect such buildings thereon as might be necessary for the accommodation of the county, at an expense not exceeding $10,000. The county took possession of the farm April 1st, 1867, and a suitable building was erected of wooden material, eighty-two by forty feet, three stories high, with a cellar under the whole having a cemented bottom. The fai-m, proper, contains 436 acres, and is bounded on the west by Temple, while the north line is one-half of 178 HISTORY or WILTON. a mile from the south line of Lyndeborough. It also includes a lot of 100 acres, situated northeasterly from the buildings, which is bounded on the north by the Lyndeborough line. Since the farm was purchased by the county, the expenditure for building, includ- ing the cost of boiler-house and boilers, has exceeded $20,000. In 1884 a wind-mill, with the necessary apparatus for raising water to the buildings, was put in at a cost of $521. The method was suc- cessful. A number of years since, the establishment was made a County House of Correction, which adds to the number of those that are able to work. While Captain Bumpus was the superintendent, twelve acres of the pasture west of the buildings towards the inter- val were cleared of rocks ; and since the present superintendent, Mr. Charles A. Stiles, has had charge, twenty acres north of the buildings and ten acres east of the road have been cleared of rocks, which with two acres begun, but not finished, will make forty- four acres changed from rough pasture to smooth fields. The old walls have also been cleared off, making but onB field on the west side of the road. On the southerly part of the farm is a large or- chard of Baldwin apple trees, from which, in 1883, were taken twelve hundred barrels of marketable apples. We extract from the report for 1873 the following statistics : Number tit the almshouse January 1, 1872, 108 ; admitted during the year, 146 ; deaths "during the year, 11 ; weekly average of inmates during the year, 118 ; number at the almshouse January 1, 1873, 120. 01 the one hundred and forty-six admitted during the year, twenty-nine were sen- tenced to the house of correction. Cost of support of paupers at the farm, . . $9,287 80 Paid lor support of paupers away from the farm, .5,791 52 Total cost of supporting paupers from Jan. 1, 1872. to Jan. 1, 1873, .Wo,079 32 From the report for the year ending April 30th, 1884, we take the following statistics : jSTumber at the almshouse iMay 1, 1883, 244; admitted to May 1, 1884, 253; discharged to May 1, 1884, 243; supported and partially supported, 497 ; births, 11 ; deaths, 27 ; weekly average of inmates during the year, 266; number at the almshouse May 1, 1884, 2i54. Cost of support of paupers at the almshouse, . . $23,430 45 Paid for support of paupers in towns and cities, . 13,673 12 Total cost of supporting paupers from May 1, 1883, to May 1, 1884, 137,103 57 , THE COUNTY POOR FARM. 179 Rev. I. S. Lincoln, former pastor of the Unitarian Churcli, says : Since the establishment of the County Farm in this town in 1868, there have been officially connected with it tVo very able and successful super- intendents, with their cooperating wives ; namely, Captain G. G. Bum- pus and C. A. Stiles, Esq. There have been also three chaplains, two of whom were worthy Baptist preachers. One, the Eev. S. C. Fletcher, was my predecessor, and the other, the Eev. George Trow, is my success- or and the present incumbent. Myself, a Unitarian preacher, held the office of chaplain for ten years, more than half the time. The following is my closing report for the year ending April 30, 1883 i CHAPLAIN'S REPORT. To the Honorable Oommissionurs of Hillsborough County. Gentlemen : — I have the honor to report that my official duties at the County Home have been the past year performed with increasing inter- est; both the officers and inmates of the institution have manifested a most kindly interest in my appropriate work as their chaplain, and also because I feel quite sure that my official influence has a direct bearing on the best interests of humanity. The Christian religion, which it is my duty and highest pleasure to preach and practise, is the Divine charter that guarantees to all beings their rights and true interests. And this fact furnishes the most searching test of genuine religion, hence an emi- nent clergyman once said " that person's religion is worthless whose dog and cat are not better for it." Solomon, in his wisdom, has truly said " A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast." If this is characteristic of a righteous man to kindly treat animals, how much more readily will he so treat all classes of human beings? For our Savior says on this point, "How much better is a man than a sheep.'' Now this religion, this Christian principle and spirit, are needed everywhere, but very specially in almshouses and ref ormatorj^ institutions ; needed as a governing spirit in the hearts of all concerned in the management of those establishments ; for these are the strong ones, clothed with power over their weak depend- ents. Without tills guiding spirit, or without the restraint of civil law or circumstances, their weak dependents are liable to suffer from an invasion of their rights and a disregard of their true interests. These institutions are built, or should be, in the interests both of the inmates and the com- munity. In these institutions the poor, the diseased, the insane, ignorant, homeless children and ciiminals find a temporary home, where provision is made to meet their need*. Here certain classes of criminals are sent for a limited time ; such establishments should be made, as far as possi- ble, homes of reform, that, under certain influence, they may, through re- pentance and reformation, lay aside all their bad habits and form all those good ones that shall flt them to be good citizens, so that when their sen- tence expires they may not return to the dens of iniquity from which they came, only relieved of certain physical burdens brought with them, or cured of disease at the public expense. Ko, these institutions should be made reformatory under the application of Christian influence to far 180 HISTORY OF WILTON. greater extent than what they are. This is essential to the highest well- being of all classes of the eonimunity. These institutions should Ix' so pervaded and eontrolled l)y Christian influenees, felt and yielded to. that the angels of earth and the angels of Heaven shall here have abundant oceasiou to rejoice over tlie repentance of sinners, hi conclusion, let me say that I have not been led into the preceding trains of thought by way of criticising this institution, but because I have recently learned that some other institiiilons of a similar character are open to very severe crit- icism on account of the manner in which they are managed. From the bad examples of others similarly situated with ourselves, it is well for us to take warning and tluis shun evil. The old maxim still holds good : " An ounce of preveiition is worth a pound of cure." Res])ectfully submitted, I. SuMNKi; IjINCOln, Chaplain. IIEPOKT OF C. A. STIl.E.S, SJFEKINTKNUENT, AUdUSX, 1S87. Insane, 87 ; paupers, 319 ; criminals, M ; children, 63 ; those in school, 35; the teacher, Alice Green. The exi^enses of the establishment are $20,000 annually. Chaplain, Ee\-. D. Donovan. The pi'oductions of the farm in 1887 were 140 tons of hay, 35 acres of hoed crops, of ensilage corn, 12 acres, ijotatoes, 124, 3 acres sweet corn, 2 acres cabbages, 3 acres garden truck, &c. ; 70 horned cattle, S horses, 100 hogs, 100 hens. Comparatively few instances of insanity or idiotism have occurred ill town during its long history of a centurj' and a half. Contrary to tlie usual opinion among scientific men, that the fanner population are peculiarly subject to mental aberration, the experience of onr little commonwealth i:)roves that no class is less liable to this ca- lamity than the hardy sons of the soil. Mrs. Alvah Russell, Israel Holt, Abner Flint, Simon Sheldon, Mrs. Joseph B. Howard, Alvin Avery, Mrs. Taylor and Joseph Melendy, Jr., are the principal names that occur in this connection. In some instances the de- rangement was only temporary, and soon yielded to proper hospital treatment. There have been some other cases of mental disorder, but these are the prominent ones. The Asylum for the Insane at Concord, erected under the inspi- ration and zeal of Miss Dorothea L. Dix, lately deceased, is open to the unfortunate. The pauper insane of the county are placed at the county farm in Wilton. CHAPTER XVIII. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. In the time of our fathers whipping was a common punishment for minor offences, such as petty larceny, and assault and battery. Public sentiment, however, in process of time has revolted against its brutality, and it is now inflicted in but few communities. The cat-o'-niue-tails has been thought, in this country and in England, to be the proper infliction for that contemptible class of criminals called wife-beaters, and in some states of the Union the whipping- post has been reestablished. In general, however, cruelty begets cruelty, and barbarous punishments do inore to liarden than to re- form the transgressor. Probably to prohibit liquor-making and liquor-selling would do more to diminish crime than the enforce- ment of the severest laws. At the county court held in Amherst in October, 1771, Jonas Stepleton was sentenced to be whipped twenty stripes on the naked back for theft, and to pay a fine of £44, or ten-fold the value of the goods stolen and the costs of court, or, in default of payment, to be sold as a slave for seven years. An oak on the Wilton common was in the early times the whipping-post. A culprit, condemned to undergo this punishment for stealing clothes hung out to dry, made his shrieks heard across the valley a mile away. An old lady re- lates that at a later period a whipping-post, eight or ten feet high, stood at the southeast corner of the common. Here justice was ad- ministered on violators of the law and disturbers of the peace of the community. The same post was also used as a bulletin board for public notices. The worst crimes have been very rare in the history of our town. Instances of graxes being robbed occurred at one time many years ago, but the offenders could not be identified, though certain individuals were suspected of being guilty. A detective agent was 182 HISTORY OF WILTON. employed, but no arrests were made, and the criminals were never brought to justice. In 1865 a supposed horse thief, passing through town, was arrested and indicted under the name of W. J. Hunter, alias George Brown, but the evidence was not suflScient to convict him, and he was discharged. Some years ago an altercation took place on the public street in East Wilton on Sunday, in which Thomas Broderick of Milford struck a man by the name of Doyle on the head with the edge of a board. Doyle fell and died in a few minutes. Broderick was convicted of manslaughter, and sen- tenced to the State Prison for a term of years. After about one year's imprisonment he was pardoned by the Governor on a petition signed by a large number of the citizens of Milford. About the year 1868 two young men, named Newgeut and Howard, commit- ted several burglaries in East Wilton and were arrested in Peter- borough. They were tried, convicted and sentenced to the State Prison for three years. Less than a month elapsed between their crime and their sentence. About the year 1870 a man by the name of Barry was convicted of committing a burglary in East Wil- ton, and sentenced to the State Prison for two or three years. But the greatest shock ever given to the public morals and the honorable repute of the town was by the repeated crimes and the execution of Elwin W. Major. Major was a native of Goffstown and about thirty years old. He had removed with his parents at five years of age to Randolph, Vermont, thence went to Manchester, New Hampshire, when nineteen years old, and worked there for some time, and then removed to Iowa. He returned east, worked for a time in Goffstown, then went to Wilton to work in a mill and cabinet shop. Afterwards he worked on a farm, and married the daughter of the proprietor, and lived in Wilton Centre. On the 20th of December, 1874, his wife, Mrs. Ida Major, was taken sud- denly and violently ill, and on the evening of the same day she died. She was buried, but her sudden and strange death, coupled with other circumstances, awakened strong suspicions of foul play, and led the town authorities to investigate the case. The result was clear ; strychnine had been purchased and administered and was the undoubted cause of death. Further investigation led to the strong belief that Major had been guilty of several other murders. He was arrested and imprisoned, and after two trials he was convicted of murder by the court, and sentenced to be hung. He was trans- ferred from the county jail to the State Prison at Concord, and on January 5, 1875, was executed, protesting his innocence to the last. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. 183 Some attempts at burglary in East Wilton have occurred, which have been prevented by the timely interference or resistance of the citizens. George Peacock in 1878 or 1879 was convicted of burg- lary and sentenced to the State Prison for three years, but after one year's imprisonment he was pardoned out by the Governor on petition. The old meeting-house was destroyed by fire, and investigation resulted in the belief that it was the work of an incendiary. But there was not sufficient evidence to produce conviction at law, and no arrests were made. So far as is known none of the above criminals were natives of Wilton. If this chapter of the history is short, therefore, it speaks well for the morality and intelligence of the town, and of the sur- rounding community. CHAPTER XIX. FIRES, FLOODS AND CASUALTIES. Wilton has not escaped the destroyers which attack onr modern civilization. Her losses by fire, especially, have been comparative- ly very great. Besides the destruction of single houses, barns, or mills, in the three notable instances, in 1874, 1881 and 1885, ex- tensive conflagrations have swept over the business centre of the East village, laying waste the principal stores and public buildings. But the sufferers have uniformly rallied with fresh courage and en- ergy to repair their losses, and have rendered the place more beau- tiful than before. New stores and dwellings have filled the vacant lots, and a substantial and elegant Town House now occupies the site of the once spacious Whiting House, destroyed by fire. But it has become a serious question how the ravages by fire can be stayed. We have exhausted all the appliances and inventions of modern times to arrest the fearful devastation, such as steam Are engines, paid fire departments, fire extinguishers, hydrants, fire signals, but millions upon millions of property and scores of lives are destroyed every year in our land. This waste of society is alone sufficient to account for much of our poverty and misery. It partially explains why the average gain per capita is so slow, not- withstanding the immense enterprise and industry of the American people. A more efficient cure for this evil must probably be sought, not so much in improved methods of putting out fires, as in im- proved methods of constructing buildings which shall prevent them, or, at least, shall greatly retard the progress of flames. He will be a true benefactor to society who shall devise and introduce a mode of building reasonably secure against fire and not too costly to be generally adopted. hELIOTVPI PRINTINO CO. B08T0M. FIRES, TLOODS AND CASUALTIES. 185 The following buildings have been burned : Hezekiah Hamblet's house on the west side of the road southeast of Abiel Flint's house ; James Dascomb's barn, 1774, on the south side of the road north- east of Mrs. Frsincis Whiting's buildings ; Uriah Smith's grist mill and clothing mill, 1781 or 1782, near the site of Samuel Smith's knob shop ; a school house near where Mrs. Henry Newell's house now stands ; Deacon John Flint's house, April, 1810, northeast of Mrs. Charles White's barn; Colonel Dascomb's shop, March 21, 1829 ; John Parker's house, IMay, 1833 ; the factory of the Wilton Company, February, 1839 ; J. Newell's first store in East Wilton ; Deacon Ezra Abbot's house, 1840 ; Deacon William Sheldon's shop and dry house at West Wilton, 1844 ; second fire, July 21, 1864 ; Theron Russell's house, John F. Eussell's house, Joseph Holt's house, the Batchelder house on the hill east of .Joseph W. Stiles's, David Whiting's Barrett house, Henry Putnam's house and Mrs. Charles Howard's house and barn ; Abiel Fisk's cider mill, farming tools and grain. May, 1853 ; Jonathan Snow's house, 1853. The old meeting-house at the Centre, the second built in town, was burned December 8, 1859. A juvenile concert had taken place the same evening. The fire was generally believed to be set by an incendiary, and it broke out about midnight. "OuJ? holy and beau- tiful house, where our fathers praised Thee, was burned up with fire, and all our pleasant things were laid Waste." The following buildings were burned at different times : Mrs. Chandler's house, opposite Gardner Blanchard's ; Stock's house, in which two children were burned ; Nahum Child's building, where the butter factory now stands ; the factory of the Wilton Company, March, 1872 ; Peter H. Putnam's store-house; W. P. Duncklee's shop, on the site where C. A. & H. L. Emerson's shop stands ; Spalding's cooper-shop ; John Herlihey's house ; Freeman's mill, built and for- merly owned by Philip Putnam ; Mrs. O'Neil's house and barn, 1873. On December 2, 1874, a destructive conflagration swept over the principal street of East Wilton. Beginning at a store and dwell- ing, it laid in ashes Masonic Hall, the Public Library, Whiting's Hotel, stores, houses and other buildings. The cause of the fire was supposed to be the spontaneous combustion of oil and painters' rags. The loss amounted to about $105,800, the insurance to $55,000. J. Newell's and S. N. Center's buildings were burned 186 HISTORY OF WILTON. March 15, 1876 ; Johu H. Frye's stable, opposite the depot, and Jeremiah Driscoll's house and bam in 1879. On .January 20, 1881, East Wilton had a second great Are, de- stroying many of the newly erected buildings, Masonic Hall, the Bank, the Public Library, and houses and stores along the most thickly settled part of Main Street on the same site as that of the great fire of 1874. The losses were estimated at $.50,000, and the insurance at about $30,000. In 1882 the Goss Mills, formerly the French ]Mills, were burned ; on June 27, 1883, Harvey A. "Whiting's barn and in the same year his house. But these misfortunes were not to be the last, a.s will be seen by the following extract from the Wilton .Journal of December 8, 188.5 : Wednesday evening, December 2, 1885, will long be remembered as a most unfortunate one for this euterpiislug New Hampshire village. Though accustomed to a certain extent to reverses of this nature, the con- flagration of last week will long leave its dreadful imjiress upon the busi- ness interests of the town of Wilton. For the fourth time a portion of the business street has been laid in ashes. Shortly after ten o'clock. Are was discovered in S. A. Spalding's moat market, in the office located in the rear of the market. Fmmediately the alarm was given and the whole town was aroused. The firemen responded quickly, but there was some delay in getting a stream of water on the Are, and eve this was accom- plished the Are ha^d gained such headway that it was evident that it could not be subdued. The buildings being constructed of wood, the fire was quickly connnunicated to the blocks on either side, and soon all adjoining buildings were a mass of flames. To stay the progress of the fiendish elements was an impossibility, of such combustible materials were the buildings composed. The firemen worked heroically ; barring the delay at the outset, no criticism could be offered. The fire gradually, but surely, worked westward, and soon King's Ye day of March last, assemble their companies at the meeting-house in said Wilton, for the purpose of raising said men, and did, by the as- sistance of said town, raise the number called for agreeable to your orders ; and whereas said town apprehends themselves greatly injured by the large proportion laid upon them, have passed a vote, directing the sub- scribers hereof to inform you that they are always willing to furnish out their just proportions of men, and bear an equal burden of public charges with their fellow Citizens, but, as they find their proportion to be so much larger, than what it was in the last requisition,* or what have been called for in other towns, they wish you to make inquiry into the matter, if our Captains have made unlawful returns, by returning those that are six- teen years old and upwards to the age of forty years, as they expect the law of this State requires, they wish to have the matter explained, or if other Captains have made unlawful returns, we wish to have the matter explained also ; — Therefore, Sir, if you see cause to make inquiry into the matter and find the disproportion has arisen from ununiform returns in your Regiment, we hope you will take such measures as that our griev- ances may be redressed and the minds of the people in this part of your Regiment once more set at ease ; And further if you see cause to gratify our request we wish you to inform us the first opportunity. This, Sir, is from your most obedient Wilton, April 4'n 1798. and humble servants. Col" Abijah Wheeler. Abiel Wilson, ) Selectmen Joseph Holt, r of Eliph' Putnam, J AVilton. ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. The following extract from the " Law passed June 24th, 1786," will show the contrast between the arms and equipments required then and those of the present time : All captains and subalterns must be furnished with a half-pike or es- pontoon or fusee and bayonet, and also with a sword or hanger ; and they must provide themselves with these arms within one month after receiv- ing their commissions, under penalty of being cashiered by stotence of a * It appears that tliere had been a previous requisition for men, when not so large a proportion of men was called for; but I have found no record of the names of the men raised under either of the requisitions.— [S. Putnam. MILITIA. 199 court martial. Each company is to be mustered four times a year. Each non-commissioned officer and soldier shall be provided with, and have con- stantly in readiness, a good musket and a bayonet fitted thereto, with a good scabbard and belt, a worm, a priming wire and brush, a cartridge box that will hold at least twenty-four rounds, six flints, and a pound of powder, forty leaden balls fitted to his gun, a knapsack, a blanket and a canteen that will hold a quart. OFFICERS OF THE WILTON COMPANIES, 22d REGIMENT. The following list of officers of the militia in "Wilton is copied from records in the adjutant general's office in Concord, but the record of the earlier officers is wanting. We give only the captains and colonels, as the list of the lieutenants, ensigns, cornets, &c., would occupy too much room. CAPTAINS OF 3RU company, 22d REGIMENT. Putnam Wilson, June 21, 1817; John Bales, March 27, 1822; Isaac Blanchard, Jan. 22, 1824; John Burton, 2d, Jan. 25, 182,t; Oliver Barrett, Feb. 2, 1827; Luther Dascomb. Aug. 20, 1829; Sewall Putnam, Sept. 5, 1832; Jonathan Livemiore, Jun., April 15, 1834; .John Wilson, April 18, 183G ; George Buss, March 22, 1837 ; Fisk Russell, April 8, 1841 ; William Emerson, April 1, 1842; Isaac Abbot, March 9, 1843; Benjamin F. Steele, Feb. 1, 1844; William Lane, Feb. 16, 1846; Seth S. Goldsmith, Sept. 14, 1849. captains or 7th cojipany, 22d regiment. Jonathan Parkhurst, March 30, 1820; Samuel King, Jan. 25, 1825; Her- mon Petteugill, June 20, 1827 ; Isaiah Mansur, April 26, 1830; Jonathan Livermore, Jun., May 27, 1832. captains of mili.ek guards, 22d regiment. Samuel King, April 14, 1840; Joseph B. Howard, April 21, 1842; Jo- seph Wilson, March 9, 1843; Jonathan Livermore, .Jun., April 4,1845; John Stevens, Feb. 16, 1846; Horace Parkhurst, March 17, 1847; Henry Gray, Juii., July 18, 1849. captains of CAVALRY", 22u REGIMENT, BELONGING TO WILTON. Caleb Putnam, April 19, 1819; Elijah Stockwell, March 26, 1822; Her- nion Batchelder, Aprils, 1826; Levi'I'yler, March 3, 1830; Moses Lovejoy, Jan. 20, 1835; Henry Abbot, Feb. 6, 1838; David Cram, Aug. 10, 1839; Samuel French, April 14, 1840. COLONELS OF 22D regiment BELONGING TO WILTON. Jonathan Parkhurst, June 30, 1826 ; Samuel King, July 1, 1829 ; Jjuther Dascomb, June 25, 1833 ; Horace Parkhurst, Aug. 31, 1839. CAPTAINS OF WILTON LIGHT INFANTRY. Abrahams. Moody, May 14, 1864; Aaron A. Clark, Sept. 21,1866; James L. Hardy, May 12, 1868. 200 HISTORY OP WILTON. TRAININGS AND MUSTERS. The customs of annual trainings and musters were a part of the militia system of our fathers. The trainings occurred on the com- mon at the Centre of the town, usually in the spring of the year or early summer. The several companies were marshalled on the vil- lage green, and displa3'ed their tactics to the admiration of the peo- ple and especially of the boys. It was a holiday, and the elders gathered to witness the show, and told the deeds of other days when they perchance were led by General Gates or General Wayne to victory. The muster was a more important affair. It usually took place, in the fall after harvest, and interested all the country-side weeks before the event. It consisted of the review of a regiment or of a brigade by the Governor or Major General. It was held on some convenient plain which permitted military movements or evolutions, and drew a great crowd of both sexes. Many popular shows were attracted to the place. It was supposed that, by these glittering dis- plays of " the pomp and circumstance " of military glory, the patriot- ic ardor of the people would be kept alive, while at the same time something would be done to drill the soldier in the art of war. The early associations of the New England boy were vividly connected with these holidays, which broke the monotony of farmer life, and recalled what he had heard from father or grandfather of the days of the Eevolution. This impression was carried to its climax by the "sham fight," in which some battle was imitated, and it re- quired but little imagination to see in some General Colby or Gen- eral James Wilson the tall form of Washington leading his troops to victory at Trenton. But the ancient trainings and musters have long been numbered with the things of the past, and now .exist but as a tradition. KIRE DEPARTMENT. The first step toward the formation of a fire department in WiU ton was the purchase of a Are engine, prior to 1870, with money subscribed by residents of East Wilton, of whom the most promi- nent was the firm of A. J. & A. Putnam. This engine was after- ward presented to the town and the gift was formally accepted De- cember 23, 1874. The first efficient action by the town in regard to a fire department was taken at the annual meeting in 1873, when it was voted that the sum of five hundred dollars be raised and ex- pended by the selectmen for hose, &c., for the fire engine. At a MELIOTVPE PHINTINO CO. BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. 201 town meeting held December 23, 1874, immediately after the fire which destroyed the Whiting House, stores and other buildings, the following votes were passed : Voted, to organize a Fire Department, and authorize the selectmen to appoint three or Ave fire engineers, and to organize one or more fire com- panies. Voted, to authorize the selectmen to provide a suitable place to keep the fire engine and for the assembling of the firemen. Voted, that the town accept the fire engine now in the village of East Wilton. Voted, to authorize the selectmen to provide suitable places to take water in case of fire. Voted, to authorize the purchase of another fire engine. Voted, to authorize the purchase of hook and ladder apparatus. The selectmen appointed David Whiting, Peter H. Putnam, George S. Neville and George B. Preble fire engineers, and they were qualified January 1, 1875. At the annual town meeting held March 9, 1875, it was Voted, that the sum of $3,000 be raised for the fire department, which is to be used in carrying out the votes of the preceding meeting. Voted, to raise $425 to purchase the engine house at the French village of Peter H. Putnam, and the same to be used for the accommodation of the fire company and for no other purpose. In 1881, at the annual town meeting, the sum of $2000 was ap- propriated to provide a better supply of water in case of fire, and the expenditure of the money was left to tlie selectmen and the fire engineers. The appropriation was expended in the purchase of a fire pump, four hydrants and water pipe, and in placing them in a situation to be used. The pump is located in the wheelpit of the grist mill belonging to D. Whiting & Sons, who provide the power to operate it. One hydrant is near the railroad at the end of the Messrs. Whiting's flour and feed store ; one, near the hotel stable, and two are on the east side of Maple street ; one of them opposite the Town House and the other at the corner of Harvey A. Whiting's lawn. At the annual meeting of 1884, the town authorized the fire engineers to purchase one thousand feet of hose. In March, 1887, the town appropriated four hundred dollars for the expenses of the fire department for the coming year. From the organization of the fire department until 1882, the firemen had each been paid three dollars for a year's service ; in 1882 the town voted to pay each fireman five dollars, and in 1888 the town voted to pay three dol- lars, for a year's service. 202 HISTORY OF WILTON. By the report of the engineers in 1886 it appears that the Are ap- paratus belonging to the town was ample and in good condition. The department had enlisted from eight to ninety men who were paid for their services. But some difficulties have occurred in re- gard to the amount of remuneration, and also a question has arisen as to the legality of certain measures adopted by the authorities. Without detailing all the facts of the case, or presuming to decide upon questions respecting which we have few data, we can only earnestly hope that after the sad experience of so many disastrous flres, the Wilton fire department will soon be equal in efficiency to the other institutions of the town. The following men have served in the responsible and difficult of- fice of fire engineers : David Gregg, 1875 ; David Whiting, 1875-84 ; Peter H. Putnam, 1875 ; George S. J^eville, 187.5-76; George W. Boyutou, 1875-81; George B. Preble, 1876; Joel Hesseltou, 1876-81; Andrew .J. Putnam, 1876; George W. ^Vallaoe, 1878-85; David E. Proctor, 1878-82; .James L. Hardy, 1882- 85; Charles Hesselton, 1882-85; Daniel Cragiii. 1883-85; Arteraas ©.Bar- ker, 1885; Samuel K. Foster, 1886; Abram A. Ramsey, 1886; George Wallace. 1886; Ilarvoy A. Whiting, 1886; .John Gage, 1887-88. CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST WAE WITH ENGLAND AND THE REBELLION. The soldiers from "Wilton in the war of 1812 were Lieut. Abiel Wilson, Jun., Privates Timothy Mclntire, Oliver Wilkins and Aaron Wilkins. They served on the northern frontier ; Mclntire was slain in battle in 1814 ; Aaron Wilkins was out about two years, and the others served during the war. At the first call for troops to defend Portsmouth, in August, 1814, Aaron Wilkins, John Currier, Aaron Holden and Samuel Holt went from the South com- pany of militia, and Abner Flint, James Wilson, Emery Foster, and Abner Shattuck from the North company. They were out about ten weeks. At the second call, Seth P. Tyler, Benjamin N. Fiske, Joel Severenee and Timothy B. Abbot went from the South company, and Ensign Putnam Wilson, Eliab Tapley, Ambrose L. Farniim and Asa Fletcher from the North company. They were out about seven weeks. Foster died at Londonderry when on his way home. Those in the first call were in Captain Timothy Put- nam's company of Colonel Fisk's regiment. Those in the last call were in Captain William Gregg's company of Colonel John Steele's regiment. The town gave to those in the first call a bounty of ten dollars each, and to those in the last a bounty of six dollars each. THE WAR WITH MEXICO, 1845-1848. It is not known that any soldiers from Wilton enlisted in this war. The popular impression in the eastern states that this war was waged in the interest of slavery prevented any general enthusi- asm for it. THE CIVIL WAR OF 1861-1865. In this great conflict Wilton did its honorable part by contribut- ing both men and money. The votes of the town were earnest and patriotic in maintaining the Union, while the mothers, wives, daugh- ters and sisters at home bravely and faithfully did their part to 204 HISTORY OF WILTON. assist those in the field by sending them clothing, food, medicines and home comforts of every description, and by keeping up the home farms and households. The town was generous in jsaying bounties, and the nation has since been munificent in giving pensions to those wounded, diseased or crippled by the war, and to their families. The sublime specta- cle of a great nation rising at the emergency to maintain the Union and to destroy slavery is one of the greatest events in the history of the world, and cannot fail to have its moral and political effect upon all future generations of the American Republic. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN RELATING TO THE CIVir. WAR. 1862, Aug. 12. Voted, that the selectmen be instructed and .authorized to borrow a sum of money, not exceeding five thou- sand dollars, for the purpose of paying bounties to all those who enlist Into the service of the United States, under the present call for three years' troops, to fill the quota required of this town. And that the selectmen be instructed to paj' to each volunteer who enlists into said service to fill the quota of this town under the call for three hundred thousand volunteers, and who is received as a part of the quota of Wilton, the sum of one hundred dollars, provided, however, that bounties shall not be paid to more than the num- ber required to fill said quota. 1862, Sept. 20. Voted, that the selectmen are hereby authorized to bor- row a sum of money, not exceeding three thousand dollars, to be appropriated Ijy them in the following manner : each volunteer who enlists into the United States service for the term of nine months, and is ac- cepted as a part of the quota of Wilton, under the last call, shall recei\e from the town eleven dollars and twenty-flve cents per month under the act for the aid of families of volunteers and other purposes, and the selectmen are hereby authorized to pay the same in advance. Vijled, that the selectmen are hereby also authorized to pay each soldier's family the amount specified in the state laws for the aid of the families of volunteers, whether they are in indigent circumstances or not. Voted, that the selectmen are hereby authorized to raise the number sufficient to fill up the remaining portion of this town's quota in any way they may deem proper, and to pay such sum, or sums, in addi- tion to the bounty already voted as they shall deem advisable. TOWN RECORDS. 205 1862, Oct. 11. Voted, that the treasurer of the town of Wilton be au- thorized to hire a sum npt exceeding twentjr-flve hundred dollars for the aid of wives, children or par- ents of any inhabitants of said town who, as mem- bers of the volunteer or enrolled militia of this state, liave been mustered into, or enlisted into, the service of the United States, or may hereafter be enlisted in the service, to be appropriated agreeably to the pro- visions of Chapter 2480 of the laws of the state of New Hampshire, approved July 4th, 1861, and to bind the town for the repayment of the same. 1863, March U . Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to pay all of the volunteer soldiers in the army for three years, who have, or shall receive, an honorable discharge, one hundred dollars and interest from the time of enlist- ment. Provided, if any of said volunteers have been paid any bounty by any town, said bounty is to be J deducted from said one hundred dollars. Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to pay Mrs. Charles G. Blanchard the sum of eight dollars which is due her from the state aid that is due her for two months. Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to borrow a sum of money not exceeding three thousand dollars, if necessary, for extending state aid to families and paying soldiers' bounties. 1863, Aug. 10. Voted, to reaffirm the vote of the last annual meeting in relation to paying one hundred dollars and interest to three years' volunteers who have received no bounty, with the amendment of "from Wilton." Voted, that the town pay every drafted man (or his sub- stitute) who may be drafted under the present call, three hundred dollars, in accordance with an act of the Legislature passed June session, 1863. 1863, Dec. 1. Voted, that the selectmen of the town of Wilton are hereby authorized to advance in behalf of said town to each volunteer who has enlisted, or shall enlist, to fill the quota of said Wilton under the last call of the President, the amount due said volunteer from the state of New Hampshire and the United States (being $402, more or less), until such time as the same shall be refunded to said town by the state of New Hamp- shire and the United States. Voted, that the selectmen are hereby also authorized to pay to each volunteer who has enlisted, or may en- list, to fill said quota under said last call of the Pres- ident, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars in 206 HISTOET or WILTON. TOWN RECORDS.— CONTINUED. TS63, Dec. 1. addition to said sum of four hundred and two dollars advanced by said town. Votfd, that the treasurer of said town of Wilton, with the advice and consent of the selectmen aforesaid, is hereby authorized to borrow a sum of money, not ex- ceeding ten thousand dollars, to be appropriated by the proper officers of the town in the payment of the aforesaid bounties, and the note of said treasurer, or of the selectmen, shall be binding upon the town for said amount, and the action of the selectmen in rela- tion to filling said quota already taken is hereby rati- fied. 1864, March 8. Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to pay .Tohn P. Kidder, who enlisted into the heavy artillery at Ports- mouth, one hundred dollars. Vutp-d, that the selectmen pay Orange S. Cook one hun- dred dollars, provided he has received no bounty from anj' town or state. Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to pay Harvey T. H. Frye one hundred dollars, provided he has re- ceived no bounty from any other town or state. Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to pay John E. Tarbell, or his father, one hundred dollars, provided he has received no bounty from any other town or state, and further provided, he is counted as one of the Wilton quota. Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to borrow a sum, not exceeding three thousand dollars, for sol- diers' bounties and state aid to faniilies. Chose Har- vey A. Whiting to act as agent for the town to receive state aid and United States bounties, as they become due from time to time. • 1864,, June 15. Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to furnish vol- unteers or substitutes for the United States service as may be necessary to fill the quota of the town under any future call or draft; said volunteers or substitutes to be furnished at such time as the select- men may in their judgment deem it most expedient for the town. Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to borrow a sum of money, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, if necessary, to be appropriated in procuring volun- teers or substitutes for drafted men to fill the quota of this town. 1864, Nov. 8. Voted, to pay to each citizen who has put a substitute into the army of the United States and who has been TOWN RECORDS. 207 1864, Nov. 8. 1865, March 12. 1865, March U. counted towards the quota of the tovvu under the various calls for troops, whether put in by a drafted man or voluntarily by such citizen, the several sums by each paid for procuring such substitute. Voted, to continue to pay bounties to those who volun- teer or furnish substitutes for the army of the United States. Voted, to pay John E. Tarbell one hundred dollars with interest from August 13, 1864. The seventh article of the warrant being : "To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to pay bounties and state aid to families in anticipation of future calls." Voted, that article seven of the warrant be left discre- tionary with the selectmen, and that they be author- ized to borrow such sum of money as they may deem necessary to pay bounties and state aid to families in anticipation of future calls. Voted, to appoint Harvey A. Whiting as agent of the town to fill future quota and receive state aid and bounties. Voted, to pay a bounty of $300 to each reenlisted man in the Fourth and Eighth Kegiments who counted to fill the quota of Wilton, provided said man has been honorably discharged. Voted, to pay state aid to families of those who enlisted from Wilton into the Lyndeborough La Fayette ^Vrtillery and served their time at Fort Constitution. Whereas, the town of Wilton at the November election, 1864, voted to pay to each citizen who had put into the army of the United States a substitute who had counted towards the quota of said town, whether such substitute was furnished by a drafted man, or voluntarily on the part of such citizen ; and whereas, the said amount has not been jDaid in accordance with said vote on account of the inability of the town to borrow the money, it is therefore Voted, that the selectmen be and they are hereby in- structed and authorized to give to each man who is entitled to receive anything from the town on ac- count of furnishing a substitute, a note from said town for' the full amount each citizen has paid for furnishing such substitute; said note to be dated April 1st, 1865, and to be payable one year from date with interest. The following list gives the names of those residents of Wilton who served in the war of the Kebellion, as well as the names of 208 HISTORY OF WILTON. those, not residents of Wilton, who, as volunteers or substitutes, were credited to the Wilton quota ; but the list does not include the names of those natives or residents of Wilton who may have en- listed in regiments belonging to other states. WILTON MEN IN FIRST REGIMENT, NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS, COMPANY E. James Bridges, May 2, 1861.* Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861. William H. Bridges, May 2, 1861. SECOND reghmp;nt, compant g. Charles H. Bragg, June 5, 1861. Corporal by promotion; mustered out June 25, 1864. George W. Currier, June 5, 1861. Discharged for disability Jan. 24, 1862; died of consumption March 2, 1862. Timothy N. Hutchinson, June 5, 1861. Severely wounded at Gettysburg; mustered out juue 21, 1864. James W. Hntchinson, June 5, 1861. Mustered out June 21, 1864. Charles B. rinkham, June 5, 1861. Mustered out Juue 21, 1864. William Pettengill, June 5, 1861. Discharged for disability Jan. 19, 1863. William Dillon, Aug. 21, 1862. Deserted at Concord May 2, 1863; appre- hended and returned to duty ; wounded and missing July 2, 1863 ; discharged Sept. 6, 1864. I. Newton Hutchinson, Aug. 21 , 1862. Corporal by promotion July 1, 1864 ; sergeant Sept. 1, 1864; first sergeant March 18, 1865; mustered out June 9, 1865. The following members of the Second Regiment were not residents of Wilton, but were volunteers or substitutes credited to the Wilton quota : Frederick Grave, Nov. 19, 1863. Killed in aotioii May 16, 1864. Jens Jenson, Nov. 19, 1863. Died of disease at Ft. Monroe Dec. 14, 1864. Joseph Bacca, Nov. 19, 1863. Deserted Dec. 2, 1863. Peter Smith, Nov. 19, 1863. Deserted March 11, 1864. James W. Brown, Nov. 20, 1863. Deserted April 24, 1864. Richard Harvey, Nov. 20, 1863. Deserted from hospital Feb. 9, 1865. John Harris, Nov. 20, 1863. Dishonorably discharged by sentence of court martial. John Jones, Nov. 20, 1863. Deserted Jan. 5, 1864. John Moore, Nov. 20, 1863. Thomas Stewart, Nov. 20, 1863. Mustered out Dec. 19, 1865. Gustnvus A. Weiland, Nov. 20, 1863. Transferred to U. S. Navv April 29, 1864. Joseph Smith,"Nov. 21, 1863. Deserted to the enemv at Chapln's farm, Va., Oct. 21, 1864. George D. Graham, Nov. 21, 1863. Mustered out Dec. 19, 1865. * The date immediately following each name is the time of mustering in. WILTON MEN IN THE REBELLION. 209 Charles Guest, Nov. 21, 1863. Deserted at Chapin's BlufT, Va., Oct. 23, 1864. George Thompson, Nov. 21, 1863. Deserted at Point Lookout Nov. 30, 1864. THIRD REGIMENT. John E. HerricJc, Aug. 23, 1861. Wounded slightly July 18, 1863 ; mus- tered out Aug. 23, 18C4. Gottfried Dorr, Dec. 10, 1864. Absent, sick, July 20, 1865; no discharge furnished. Eohert Day, Nov. 21, 1863. Wounded slightly May 13, 1864; mustered out July 20, 1865. FOURTH REGIMENT, COMPANY D. Waller E. Billings, Seist. 18, 1861. Reenlisted Feb. 17, 1864; corporal by promotion July 15, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. Daniel S. Millet, Sept. 18, 1861. Reenlisted Feb. 24, 1864; first sergeant by promotion; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. Robert McKissock, Sept. 18, 1861. Reenlisted Feb. 17, 1864; wounded July 30, 1864; died of wounds at Fort Monroe Oct. 14, 1864. Samuel A. Putnam, Sept. 18, 1861. Discharged for disability Sept. 18, 1862. Daniel Sullivan, Sept. 18, 1861. Reenlisted Feb. 14, 1864; sergeant by pro- motion July 1, 1865 ; mustered out -Vug. 23, 1865. Charles H. Buzzell, Aug. 21, 1861. Discharged for disability Nov. 30, 1863. George Bailey, Aug. 21, 1861. Died of disease Sept. 8, 1863. Thomas Carter, Avls.. 21, 1861. Sergeant by promotion; mustered out June 15, 1865. Charles B. Dascomb, Aug. 21, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1865. Albert S. Flint, Aug. 21, 1861. Died of disease Aug. 8, 1863. Edward A. Fessenden, Aug. 21, 1861. Slightly wounded Oct. 22,, 1862; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 1, 1865. Fui Herrick, Aug. 21, 1861. Died of disease June 13, 1863. Albert B. Hall, Aug. 21, 1861. Corporal by promotion; wounded Aug. 16, 1864 ; died of disease at Fort Monroe March 17, 1865. Abiel E. Putnam, Aug. 21, 1861. Died on hospital boat on the James river Aug. 18, 1864. Edward A. Wetherbee, Aug. 21, 1861. Discharged for disability March 24, 1863. Charles M. Bowman, Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out Sept. 25, 1865. Jerome Putnam, Aug. 22, 1862. Not officially accounted for. Dermott Mary, Dec. 31, 1864. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. FIFTH REGIMENT, COMPANY I. James Gould, Oct. 16, 1861. Corporal; deserted 1862. William H. Bridges, Oct. 16, 1861. Died of disease July 6, 1862. Charles G. Blanehard, Oct. IG, 1861. Discharged for disability Jan. 3, 1863. Appleton Hutchinson, Oct. 16, 1861. Discharged for disability May 11, 1862. Joseph Wetherbee, Oct. 16, 1861. Discharged for disability May 11, 1862. Lucius A. IFajf, Oct. 16, 1861. Wounded; discharged for disability Oct. 9, 1862. 210 niSTOKY OF WILTON.. The following members of tlie Fifth Eegiment were, as volunteers or substitutes, credited to the 'Wilton quota, but were not residents of Wilton : James Connors, Aug. 10, 1SG4. Deserted to the enemy Dec. 1, 1804. John Williams, Aug. 12, 1864. Wounded April 7, lS(i.5; discharged at Concord June 28, 1865. Joseph W. B. Burgess, Aug. 13, 1864. Died of disease Dec. 0, 1864. John Branegan, Aug. 13, 1864. Corporal by promotion ; deserted May 1, 1865. William Clark, Aug. 19, 1864. Deserted en route to regiment. Jacob Miller, Aug. 19, 1864. Deserted to the enemy Oct. 6, 1864. John Bourcke, Aug. 19, 1864. Mustered out June 28, 1865. William Goodvnn, Aug. 29, 1864. Deserted en route to regiment. David W. Welch, Sept. 3, 1864. Sergeant by promotion Oct. 23, 1864 ; re- duced to the ranks ; mustered out Aug. 17, 1865. Gardner Chapman, Sept. 5, 1864. Mustered out June 12, 1865. EIGHTH REGIMENT, COMPANY B. George W. Bridges, Dec. 30, 1861. Corporal ; sergeant by promotion March 20, 1863; wounded at Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863; discharged to accept appointment in United States Colored Troops Sept. 25, 1863. John Burton, Dec. 30, 1861. Eeenlisted Jan. 4, 1864; captured at Sabine Cross Roads, La., April 8, 1864; released; transferred to Co. B, Veteran Battalion, Eighth N. H. V., Jan. 1, 1865. Charles A. Emerson, Dec. 30, 1861. Wounded and captured at Port Hud- son June 14, 1863 ; recaptured July 9, 1863 ; corporal by ijromotion Aug. 1, 1863 ; sergeant Dec. 16, 1863 ; mustered out Jan. 18, 1865. Sanford N. Bradford, Dec. 30, 1861. Discharged for disability at Xcw Orleans May 2, 1863. John S. Hutchinson, Dec. 30, 1861. Eeenlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; transferred to Co. B, Veteran Battalion, Eighth N. H. V., Jan. 1, 186.); mus- tered out Oct. 28, 1865. John Biney, Deo. 30, 1861. Discharged to accept appointment in United States Colored Troops at New Orleans, La., March 2, 1864. Otis H. Melendy, Dec. 30, 1861. Eeenlisted Jan. 4, 1864; captured at Sa- bine Cross Eoads, La., April 8, 1864; released; transferred to Co. B, Veteran Battalion, Eighth N. H. V., Jan. 1, 1865. Ahiel A. Livermore, Dec. 30, 1861. Corporal by promotion March 20, 1863 ; wounded and captured at Port Hudson June 14, 1863 ; died of diph- theria in the hands of the enemy July 3, 1863. Aaron A. Smith, Dee. 30, 1861. Died at Thibodeaux, La., Dec. 21, 1862. James Bridges, Sept. 26, 1862. Wounded May 27, 1863 ; corporal by pro- motion Aug. 1, 1863 ; sergeant, Dec. -16, 1863 ; transferred to Vet- eran BattaUon, Co. B, Eighth N. H. V., .Jan. 1, 1865; discharged at Natchez June 7, 1865. George W. Herrick, Aug. 12, 1864. Transferred to Co. B, Veteran Bat- talion, Eighth N. H. v., Jan. 1, 1865; discharged for disability at Natchez Sept. 8, 1865. WILTON MEN IN THE REBELLION. 211 George S. Buss, Feb. 17, 1865. Mustered out May 6, 1865. Henry L. Emerson, Feb. 17, 1865. Mustered out May 6, 1865. The following members of the Eighth Regiment were not residents of Wilton but were credited to the Wilton quota : Charles Schutz, Sept. 2, 1863. Deserted at Franklin, La., Dec. 16, 1863. John H. Wright, Sept. 2, 1863. Deserted at New Orleans Feb. 6, 1864. James Sullivan, Oct. 6, 1863. Deserted at New Orleans Feb. 28, 1864. William Tilley, Oct. 9, 1863. Transferred to Co. B, Veteran Battalion, Eighth N. H. v., Jan. 1, 1865; dishonorably discharged by special order No. 5, War Department, June 5, 1865. NINTH REGIMENT, COMPANY E. Henry O. Sargent, May 15, 1862. First sergeant; second lieutenant by promotion March 10, 1863; resigned Dec. 22, 1863. Bodney Perham, May 16, 1862. Woiindod May 12, 1864 ; mustered out May 15, 1865. ELEVENTH REGIMENT, COMPANY C. Albert Gage, Aug. 21, 1862. Killed in action at Bethesda Church June 3, 1864. SIXTEENTH REGIMENT, COMPANY C. Aaron A. Clark, Nov. 4, 1862. Captain; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. Lewis P. Ray, Oct. 18, 1862. First sergeant; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. Willis H. Abbott, Oct. 18, 1862. Corporal ; sergeant by promotion ; mus- tered out Aug. 20, 1863. Amos W. Abbott, Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. Charles Blanchard, Oct. 18, 1862. Corporal; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863 ; died Sept. 20, 1863. William M. Blanchard, Oct. 28, 1862. Died Sept. 2, 1863. John Blanchard, Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. George Blanchard, Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. Bamsey C. Boutwell, Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. Francis V. Bradford, Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. James B. Dascomb, Oct. 18, 1862. Corporal by promotion ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. Dexter J. Farley, Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. Elbridge C. Frye, Oct. 27. 1862. Died July 16, 1863. Sylvanus Hutchinson, Oct. 18, 1862. Discharged June 25, 1863. Amos Herrick, Oct. 18, 1862. Died Juue 17, 1863. Orvan B. Keyes, Oct. 18, 1862. Died Aug. 10, 1863. Corydon L. Keyes, Oct. 18, 1862. Died June 27, 1863. James Landers, Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. ;S'. Abbot Putnam, Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. Stillman C. White, Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. George B. Wright, Oct. 18, 1862. Died Aug. 2, 1863. 212 HISTORY OF WILTON. FIRST HEAVY ARTILLEKY, N. H. VOLUNTEERS. John p. Kidder, July IS, 1863. Mustered out Sept. 1, 186.5. The following residents of Wilton served in the La Fayette Artillery, on garrison duty at Portsmouth. They were mustered into service August 1, IS 64, for ninety days, and were discharged after fifty-three days" servicer : Band: Carl Krebbs, Mark H. Bailey, Willis 11. Abbot, Nathan Barker, George W. Duneklee, Irvin S. Farnsworth, Isaac B.Hutchinson, Abner W. Marble, John E. Sheldon, Stillman C. White. Prioates: William A. Bailey, Charles H. Bailey, Charles L. Hutchin- son, Ebenezer Miller, William H. Tenney. CHAPTER XXIV. SOCIAL AMUSEMENTS, FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS. With all the gravity and sternness of the New England Puritan there was always mingled no little of dry wit, and a social, festive spirit. He had his joke, and too often also his pipe and his mug. The huskings, the raisings, the wood-haulings and bees, the quiltings, the weddings, the balls, the sleigh-rides, the wrestling and hunting matches, the trainings and musters testify to the hilarious side of the pioneer character. Many of these are now known only in tradition. New customs have sprung up in place of the old ones. " New wine has been put into new bottles." The old-fash- ioned sleigh-ride, when a large part of the inhabitants took a fine winter day to make an excursion to a neighboring town, to take dinner, perhaps to have a dance and to return home in the evening by moonlight, is among the things that were. If they go to merry- makings now it is by railroad. Balls and weddings are per- manent institutions. Of old there were no festivals like our modern Sunday school excursions, and the picnic was not known to the fa- thers. Bees, quiltings, huskings and raisings, and other neighbor- hood gatherings are, for the most part, done with. "Wood-haulings for the parson or for a decayed brother are superseded by donation and surprise parties. The " Willing Workers" and the " Cheerful Workers," the benevolent "sewing circles" and the "sociables" of the churches have stepped in to occupy the place once filled by more boisterous entertainments. Children have more festivities than of old and go earlier into so- ciety. Lodges, granges, societies, excursions are multiplying on every hand. The passion for resorting to cities, and for giving up the farm for the shop, the exchange, the bank and the professions, is due chiefly to two things ; namely, the desire to make money 214 HISTORY OF WILTON. faster than the country farming or mechanic life will allow, and the eagerness to have more social life. These are the sirens that be- witch our day. Besides, as communities have grown larger, they have split up into cliques and coteries, and the old hearty neighbor- liness has been exchanged for fashion and gilt-edged snobbery. Wealth, not manhood or high character, is the open sesame to gen- teel society, so reputed. The farmer's frock, the mechanic's apron or the house-wife's home-spun dress has no more any beauty that man or woman should desire it. Service is still a long way be- hind show, as a key to open the chief places at feasts and the high seats in the synagogues. But if society has grown more exclusive, it has, strange paradox, grown more philanthropic. The humanities and amenities flourish apace. A world of good is done to the less fortunate of our race. If men and women have hardened into greater selfishness and ex- clusiveness on one side of their nature, they have softened into wider sympathy and helpfulness on the other side. Never probably did wealth feel its responsibility more to society, or distribute its means with a more generous hand, than now, be it to schools, col- leges, libraries, churches, missions, philanthropies, hospitals, asy- lums, or to the humbler and more private charities of society. A SLEIGH-RIDE PABTT. As good a specimen of the ancient sleigh-ride as could be se- lected is that which escorted Rev. Thomas Beede and his bride on their wedding trip from Harvard to Wilton. He was married to Miss Nancy Kimball of Harvard, Massachusetts, January 20, 1805. The Farmers' Cabinet of Amherst gives the following account : On the following day, when Mr. Beede was returning with his ladj- to Wilton, he was politely accampanied by ten sleighs from Harvard. On their arrival at Ilollis they were met by eight sleighs from Wilton. Hav- ing refreshed, both parties joined in escorting Mr. Beede and lady to Adams's in Amherst, where tliey were met by a large collection of gentle- men and ladies from Wilton in readiness to receive them. An elegant dinner was prepared by Mr. Adams, and the whole company dined to- gether. Soon after dinner the company from Harvard returned, and the ladies and gentlemen from Wilton accompanied Mr. Beede and lady to his house, where all needed refreshment was prepared, and having tarried about an hour, the whole company returned to their respective homes. It should be particularly noticed that the company from Wilton generous- ly defrayed the whole expenses of the entertainment, both, on the road and at Mr. Beede's ow u house. The fine weather and the excellent sleigh- ing added brilliancy and joy to the festive scene. FESTIVALS. 215 FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. The following account of a Fourth of July celebration during President Monroe's administration, in 1817, is taken from the Farmers' Cabinet : The anniversary of American Independence was celebrated in Wilton on the 4th inst. 'Ho previous arrangements having been made, a company of gentlemen in that town and from the adjoining ones assembled for the purpose of doing honor to the day which gave birth to a nation's freedom and independence to these United States. After having read the Declara- tion of Independence, Major A. Wilson was chosen toastmaster, who, after having made a short, but pertinent, address, produced the following toasts, in which all parties appeared to participate : TOASTS. 7. The Day We Celebrate : May it be handed down from father to son to the latest posterity. 2. James Monroe : "Columbia's guide, with upright skill refined. To check the rage, and cure the public mind ; The north he visits in the common cause. That he may guard tlieir rights with equal laws." 3. James Monroe : O j'e immortal powers, that guard the just, watch over him in retirement ; soften his repose ; in fond remembrance cherish his virtues, and show mankind that goodness is your care. 4. New Hampshire : Like her own native mountains, though storms and tempests have thundered on her brow, faction lies prostrate at her feet ; she stands unmoved aiid glories in her height. .5. William Plumer : Discord and her advocates maj' attempt to sub- vert, he has the power to save and the constancy to preserve. 6. Our Union : Maj- it be perpetuated till the moon shall cease to give her light, and the bright sun himself be extinguished ; yea, till the globe shall be annihilated, and, like the meteor's transitory gleam, be lost in chaotic darkness. 7. The Soldier of '76 : Eemember this anniversary was purchased as it were with the price of his blood ; then let us cherish his age, supply his wants, and follow his example in loving his country. 8. The Star -Spangled Banner : Before the stars and stripes shall ever cease to wave, laud must turn to sea, and sea into a grave. 9. The Patriots of South America: May they be reenforced by the God of armies, that the republic in the north may greet her sister in the south. VOLUNTEER TOASTS. By A. Wilson, Esq. : The President of the United States ; the profound statesman ; we delight to honor great and good men ; may his tour through the Union have a happy influence on the people. 216 HISTOEY OF WILTON. By Lieut. John Stevens : The Government of the United States ; Arm as Atlas when storms and tempests thunder on its brow, and oceans break their billows at its feet. By Capt. Benjamin Hutchinson of Milford : The Militia ; may they in time of peace prepare for war. By Deacon Jacob Putnam : Msiy the partition between Federalists and Eepublicans be thrown down and all unite like brethren. By Mr. Oliver Whiting : The revered clergy ; may they cease to preach politics, and know nothing among their people save Jesus Christ and Him crucified. By Capt. P. Whitney : The people of Wilton ; may that noble spirit of peace, unanimity and independence which shines so conspicuous in their character be as xjermanent and lasting as it is pure and honorable. By Mr. Israel Herrick : The fair daughters of Columbia; being the weaker vessels, may they be " united to a man," whereby they may be protected. A well served field piece and a band of music resounded the sentiments of freemen to the distant hills, which were bj^ them echoed back to the convivial multitude, who at an early hour retired to their several homes in harmonjr and friendship. SILVEE AND GOLDEN WEDDINGS. Repeated festivals of this kind have occurred of late years, aud have introduced a new and a very happy feature of domestic and social life. The silver wedding of the Hon. Charles H. Burns and wife was celebrated January 19, 1881. A large number of invita- tions were sent out, and a great host of friends and neighbors re- sponded to the call. Many eminent persons were present from abroad, including the governor of the state, Nathaniel Head and wife. Many costly and beautiful gifts were bestowed on the hon- ored couple, and music, dancing and speeches made a lively and enjoyable evening. The only pall upon the festive occasion was the breaking out of a disastrous lire a few hours later the same night, which laid a large part of the business section of the village in ashes, destroyed Masonic Hall, the Public Library, stores, shops, offices aud dwellings to the amount of fifty thousand dollars, more or less, of total loss. The cause of the fire has never been discov- ered. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. At the March meeting of the town in 1839, it was voted to cele- brate with appropriate ceremonies the one hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Wilton, and a committee was chosen to make ar- rangements for that occasion. Active measures were taken during the spring and summer to collect materials of history, to appoint an '"-r'byAEBjXdvf^ Lyph^G/y-xj^ ^yy~{ 6 ( LCy-t-i^ CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 217 orator for the day, to invite guests from abroad and those natives of the town who had removed elsewhere to join in the festival, and, in short, to make all the needed preparations. The day appointed was September 25. The several sub-committees, appointed under the authority of the general committee to erect a pavilion, provide a dinner, prepare toasts, appoint speakers, and procure music, at- tended faithfully to their duty. The officers of the day were, President, Ezra Abbot ; Vice Presi- dents, Abram Whittemore, Jonathan Livermore, Jonathan Burton, Timothy Parkhurst, Timothy Abbot, Daniel Batchelder and Oliver Whiting; Chief Marshal, Jonathan Parkhurst ; Assistant Marshals, Samuel King, David "Wilson, Ilermon Pettengill, Calvin Gray, Oliver Barrett and Moses Spalding ; Toastm asters, Eliphalet Put- nam and Zebadiah Abbot. The day was bright and auspicious. A large multitude of the townsmen, and visitors from abroad, near and far, gathered to- gether. The Miller Guards, under command of Colonel Samuel King, did escort duty, conducting the procession from the Brick Hall to the old meeting-house at the Centre. The programnle of exercises was as follows : . Voluutarj-, by the band ; iuvocation, by Piev. Abiel Abbot, D. D., of Peterborough ; anthem, -'Great is the Lord," &c., sung by the choir ; selec- tions from the Scriptures, by Kev. Warreu Burton; "Tlie Xativity,"' suug by the choir; prayer, by Eev. Abiel A. Livermore of Keene; " Marseilles Iljrran,'' sung ))y tlie choir; address, bj' Eev. Kpliraini Pea body of Xcw Bedford; an original hynm, sung by the choir and the assembly; prayer, by Rev. Samuel Barrett of Boston ; grand " Hallelujah Chorus," sung by the choir ; benediction, by Kev. Nathaniel Whitman of Wilton. The music was under the charge of >Ir. Charles Abbot. Original hymns were con- tributed by Ee^-. Lubim B. Rockwood and Miss Sarah W. Livermore. At the close of the exercises in the church, ladies and gentlemen formed a procession to the pavilion on the common, where Rev. William RicJiardson of Wilton invoked the Divine blessing, and about five hundred persons partook of a dinner provided by Mr. Jo- seph Newell. The company rose from the table at the prospect of rain, and, after the return of thanks by Rev. A. D. Jones of Brighton, the procession marched baclt to the church. Here the afternoon was spent in toasts, speeches and songs, all of which, to- gether with the eloquent address of Dr. Peabody, incidents of the history of the town, and other items of interest, are recorded in the Centennial pamphlet, published at the time. 218 HISTOEY OF WILTON. It is to be hoped that in 1889 they one hundred and fiftieth anni- versary of the settlement of the town will be celebrated as spiritedly and patriotically as the former festival. CHAPTER XXV. TOWN HOUSES. As already seen, the original Town House was the old meeting- house of the Congregational church. Both civil and religious af- fairs were transacted under the same roof. The moderator of the town meeting and the town clerk occupied the deacons' seat directly under the lofty pulpit ; the voters filled the pews, and the specta- tors the galleries. But the burning of the meeting-house in 1859 led to the building next year of the Town Hall, situated on the com- mon at the Centre just south of the site of the old church. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN. At a legal meeting held in the Baptist church on Monday, December 26, 1859, chose Jonathan Livermore moderator. Voted, to hear the report of the committee chosen to investigate the cause of the fire occasioning the destruction of the town's meeting-house. Voted, to accept and adopt tlie report of said committee, and that the town clerk be instructed to enter said report on the recoi'ds of the town. Voted, that five hundred copies of said report be printed at the expense of the town. Voted, that the chairman of the investigating committee cause to be printed and distributed to the inhabitants of Wilton five hundred copies of said report. Voted, that the question of building a Town House be taken by ballot. Proceeded to ballot, and voted to build a Town House on the site of the old meeting-house. Voted, that a committee of three be appointed to carry into effect the last vote. Voted, that a committee of five be appointed by the moderator to nom- inate said committee. Benjamin Baker, Benjamin T. Foster, Joel Hessel- ton, Samuel Shelden and Henry Gray, Jun., were appointed a committee to nominate, who reported to the meeting William Emerson, Joel Hessel- ton and Henry Graj', Jun., for said building committee. Chose William Emerson, Joel Hesselton and Henry Gray, Jun., a committee to build a Town House. 220 HISTORY OF WILTON. Voted, the committee be authorized to expend a smn of money uot ex- ceediug twenty-five hundred dollars. At a legal meeting holdeu at the Baptist meeting-house in "Wiltou January 21, ISGO, .Jonathan Livermore was chosen moderator. Voted, that we now proceed to ballot on the second article by votes marked Yes or No. All those in favor of building no^^- upon the old site recently occupied by the town's meeting-house will carrj- votes marked yes, and all opposed to that will carry votes marked no. (J)n this question a ballot was taken with the following result: Teas, 169; Noes, 1-U. So the town voted to build a Town House upon the old site recently occupied by the town's meeting-house. At the annual town meeting holden at AN^ilton on Tuesday, March 1.3, 18G0, .Jonathan Tavermore, moderator, Voted, to recast tlie bell and add the amount of weight lost, and to place the bell on the new Town House. Voted, to lease to the Congregational society- a site on the town's com- mon for the purpose of building ■■• church, and that a committee be ap- pointed to locate said site. Chose Jjewis Howard, Joseph Burtt and Zebadiah Abbot a committee to locate a site for a church, and also a site for a Town House. Chose JjCwIs Howard a committee to execute, in behalf of the town, a lease to the Congregational society of the site desig- nated. At the annual meeting of the town held on Tuesday, the thirteenth day of March, 1866, on the question : 'J'o see if the town will vote to remove the Towu House to the East village this present season, it was voted that the vote on the removal of the Town House be written on the state ticket. Yes and No, and .at the close of the poll the moderator declared the vote as follows : in favor of removing, 161 votes ; against removing, 179 votes. At tlie annual town meeting on Tuesdaj', the tenth daj- of March, ISGS, Samuel Barrett, moderator, Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to sell the Town House with the laud owned by the town. In favor of selling, 249 votes; against, ISO votes. At tlio annual town nic(>ting lield at Depot Hall in Wilton March 9, 1869, .Samuel Barrett, moderator, on the question : To see if the town will vote to hereafter hold all town meetings at the hall near the centre of the towu, it was decided by a yes and no -vote ; the whole number of votes in favor of holding the meetings at the centre of the town was 106 ; in favor of continuing in Depot Hall was 186. The towu meetiags were afterwards held at Depot Hall until the new Town House was built. At the annual town meeting held ^Nlarcli 13, 1883, George O. Whiting was chosen moderator. The ninth article of the warrant had been: " To see it the town will vote to build a Towu House upon the ' Wliiting House lot,' so called, or take any action relative thereto." At the town meet- ing the following resolution, presented by Hon. Charles H. Burns, THE NEW TOWN HOUSE. 221 was voted on by ballot and was adopted by the following vote : w hole number voting no, 142 ; whole number votino- j/es, 166 : " That the agents or committee, which may be chosen under the eleventh article of this warrant, shall be and are authorized to contract with relia- ble and responsible parties for the building of a Town House upon the ' Whiting House lot,' so called, in said Wilton, for the convenient transac- tion of the public business of the town, and upon a plan substantially like the one submitted to the meeting, and with such details as said agents or committee may determine, provided and upon the express conditions,— First, thiit the Messrs. Whiting shall make and deliver to said town forthwith a good and sufficient deed of warranty of the whole of said Whiting House lot, free of all cost or expense to said town and without any condition, except that a Tovi-n House suitable for town purposes, and at a cost of not less than twelve thousand dollai-s, shall be erected and maintained upon said lot ; and Second, that the sums agreed to be paid shall not in the whole exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for said Town House complete. The selectmen, after notice in writing from the building agents, that they have made a binding contract with reliable and responsible parties for the building of such Town House complete, for a sum or sums not exceeding in the whole fifteen thousand dollars, shall be and are hereby authorized and directed to hire such sum or sums of money as shall be necessary, not exceeding, with the sum which may be raised un- der the tenth article of this warrant, said sum of fifteen thousand dollars ; and said selectmen are hereby authorized and empowered and directed to issue bonds for said amount, with coupons for interest payable semi- annually at the rate of four per cent., which said bonds shall be payable at the office of tlie treasurer of said town, at such times as shall distribute the amount to become due annually equally through fourteen years." Voted, that if the selectmen shall so determine, instead of issuing said bonds, they may hire the aforesaid sums of money ujjon the credit of the town, and uiDon the same terms as aforesaid, and give the note of the town with the same rate of interest of four jier cent. On article tenth it w as voted that the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby raised and appropriated towards the building of said Town House, to be expended by the agents referred to in the vote under the foregoing ninth article of the warrant,' upon the conditions and with the limitations of the use of the same expessed in said vote. On the eleventh article of the warrant it was voted that David Whit- ing, Frank 31. Pevey and James L. Hardy are hereby chosen building agents, with the authority expressed and the limitations in the vote under the ninth article of the warrant. At the town meeting held November 4, 1884, n report of the building committee being called for, Dr. F. M. Pevey of said committee made a statement of the progress made on the Town House, and of the amount of money received and expended for the same, to wit : " The architects were Merrill & Cutler of Lowell, Massachusetts. The contractors were James L. Hardy for wood and iron work, and Charles Hesselton for stone and brick work. The amount of J. L. Hardy's 222 HISTORY OF WILTON. contract was f 9,813; the amount of Charles Hesselton's contract was 18,279.93 ; total, |18,092.93. After the contracts were fulfilled the hall was fitted up with steam apparatus for heating at an expense to the town of about $700. Gas apparatus for lighting was furnished by the town, costing about $400. All the gas fixtures in the building were furnished and donated to the town by the several sons of H. A. Whiting. The sup- per room was finished with the proceeds of the dedication festival, amount- ing to |500. The stained glass windows were donated by several ladies of Wilton. The inside blinds were furnished by Hon. J. H. Spalding of Nashua, Mrs. D. Whiting of Wilton, Mrs. Geo. Newell of Boston and Mrs. Geo. O. Whiting of Lexington. The desli for the stage was donated by Hon. Charles H. Burns of Wilton ; the cloclj for inside of hall, by Dr. J. Fleeman; the stone steps at the end of the building, by citizens. The en- gine and selectmen's rooms were finished by the town, estimated expense $400. The table and chairs for selectmen's room were given by Mr. Geo. I. Doe ; the town clock, by Dr. F. M. Pevey. The amount of the several donations exceeds |2,500." On motion of C. H. Burns, voted to accept the following ofifer made the town by the Messrs. Whiting, and to appropriate five hundred dollars for the same : " The sons of Harvey A. Whiting ofier to pipe the whole building for gas, so far as it can be piped as it now stands, and to furnish with fixt- ures that part of the building that is finished, on condition that the town furnish and set up the gas machine and its appurtenances and maintain the whole lighting apparatus." Also voted that the building committee be authorized and empowered to carry out the above vote. On motion of Eev. A. E. Tracy, voted that the timely and valuable present of a town clock given by Dr. F. M. Pevey be accepted with thanks. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, that the committee of three be charged with the duty of investigating the subject of heating apparatus for the town hall and be empowered to buy and put in such apparatus as upon investigation they shall think best ; also, resolved, that said committee be charged with the subject of furnish- ing, and be empowei'cd to buy and put in suitable furniture. DEDICATION SERVICES. On January 1, 1885, the new Town House was dedicated with appropriate exercises, an eloquent address was delivered by Isaac Spalding Whiting, Esq., and the entertainment and festivities of the occasion were participated in by a large number of the people of Wilton and the neighboring towns. We quote the following ad- mirable advice from this address, which points the way to what we may yet do to make our town still more beautiful, patriotic and flourishing : If, now, our fathers' time was the time of pioneer work, and if theirs ADDRESS OF I. S. WHITING. 223 was the period of the struggle for existence, it would seem that it was om- duty to advauoc upon their state and create her some of the products of a later and more civilized time. With the completion of the rough work, and increase of property, we must have time and strength left free from bread-earning, for cultivation of self, and improvement and adorn- ment of the town. I know I trench here upon doubtful ground. I know, too, that vlhiit was true in the forty's and fifty's is not true today. At that time, with a constant and growing market in New England, which could be supplied with agricultural products only from New England, our prospects were bright for increase of ijopulation and of wealth, and the things they bring. But the Texan steer stalked suddenly out of the mist, and our tended and housed cattle could not stand up against him. The railroads stretched their arms into the West, and brought back grain from lands, the richness of which was fabulous to the rock-born New England farmer. The application of steam to machinery stole away from us the advantage we had in our thousands of streams, even before we had our- selves wantonly destroyed them by cutting off the forest that fed them. Moreover, the rapid development of the resources of the country called away to the cities a class of men whose gi'eat works there, are but cold comfort to the towns who have lost their help. I believe the New Eng- land farmer of thirty or forty years ago is dead without successor. I con- ceive him to have been a man of liberal mind, of acute interest in public affairs, who woi'ked half a day in the field, and the other half in law, re- ligion, politics or business ; who gave himself time for social works, and for the observation of the world's doings. But the need of lawyers, doc- tors andj merchants soon called for the whole time of all that had any ability for those things. Although, perhaps, the present farmers are bet- ter tillers of the soil than their fathers, yet the diverse abilities and inter- ests of the older men would have made themselves felt in the villages in one social or business attraction or another, while the leisure and sim- plicity of the times must have thrown a charm about the farms that mod- ern conditions have dissipated. Oiu- own times have imposed limitations upon us that we must abide by. If we say that the great amount of knowledge in all departments, combined with fierce competition, has com- pelled him who would succeed to devote his whole soul to his one busi- ness, we only utter a platitude ; but in those days it probably was not true, certainly not stale. 1 suspect that while those men of the old time farmed, they were but half farmers and half something else. We of today have learned the lesson of the times, and we content ourselves with the best results that nature and our conditions permit. From these causes : loss of men, opening of richer lands, progress in arts and science, the New England towns have been checked in their advance. We have not to show what we might have been expected to show in my father's early life. The things that wealth would bring, the things that a large population and diverse business would bring, are not ours. Moreover, in my own time, we have been called off" from our regulai' work to repair the frightful ravages of flood and fire. 224 HISTORY OF WILTON. But our resourt'OB and benefits are yet great and secure. The railroad has been our friend as well as our enemy. Though it has wrested from us our old business, it has yet developed a new kind, which would have been impossible without it. The giant lines that stretch into the West and South contribute to our support no less than our own short strip. Our soil, though barren, must yield a competence in the production of those perishable articles that will not bear days and weeks of transporta- tion from the richer lands. And in the moral realm, the possession of the New England towns, are things that will hold the body of her people to her, against all the attractions of the world. There still live here, as of old, pride in home and town, self-respect, disposition to improve, thrift and conservatism. We possess the indissoluble power that home and tradition exert. The pleasures of friendship, and the thousand small joys and benefits of an established community, iire ours beyond the possibility of loss. And if we would hold our own and advance, these affections and long- ings point out the way. If there exists a great natural attraction in the soil of the West, we must create artificial ones here. So far as the West appeals to the love of gain, we must appeal to the love of home and so- ciety. We must throw out into contrast the manners and conservatism of the East and the radicalism and roughness of the West. If the South al- lures us, we must be made to compare carefully its squalid and slovenly villages with our neatness and kemptness. The invisible chains that link to home must )«■ made so abundant and so strong that they cannot be broken. •Such a purpose would seize upon all the improvements of the age that were indicated by our conilitions. Think for n moment wliere the town would be todaj- if there liad not lieou enterprise enough here to build tlie railroad. There would be no village where we now stand, and little, if iiny, manufact uriug. \\'ith a diminishing farming pojiulation, and no other industry to take the place of farming, the current of progress would have left us stranded high and dry, feeble in numbers, and of no diversity in sentiment and judgment. The moral influence of tlie railroad will be rec- ognized by every man who but conii^ares his own town with those lying near, who from any reason, good or bad, did not seize upon the oppor- tunity at the time of its building to lift themselves into the atmosphere of the new life. If I were to name some of the things that have occurred to me that be- long to our time to do. the first would be the building of ;■, library. We want histories to teach us of former experiments in government, and of the rise and fall of parties ; we want novels to take us out of our work-a-day life, and to put us into the life of other classes ; we want to learn that human nature is the same in palace and cottage ; and we want poetry for our darker moments, and to instruct the imagination with fan- cies we could never dream of alone. But it is a waste of time to speak of our want of books. Our former possession has created a desire that our misfortunes have left unsatisfied. AVe are all of one mind. The ADDRESS OF I. S. WHITING. 225 appropriate word of today is patience till we complete the shell, aud till our pocketbooks are replenished. Another thing we might do is the shading of our roads. I speak not of the limits of the village, where the private enterprise of each individual has adorned his immediate premises with all the public spirit that could be desired; I refer to the roads that stretch out all through the town. To obtain a fair result we need only to instruct our road agents to cut out with care the small stuff that ■ grows beside the road, and to leave stand- ing at proper intervals such trees as will develop into throwers of shade in the summer aud into wind-breaks in winter. Somebody has set us an example of this care just above Mr. Daniel Cragin's. But to accomplish the best result we must build up such a public spirit that the abutters will leave not only such young trees, but half and full-grown trees, when they cut their forests. With generosity among the owners, and recogni- tion of it among the travellers, we might, in a dozen or twenty years, have a substantial attraction and comfort to ourselves and strangers, and a notice to travellers the moment they crossed the town line that they were within a progressive town. Of this kind of work is this building. It belongs to the time of im- provement ; of striving for ideal things. As a matter of dollars and cents we had better have endured the old hall. Though useful and comforta- ble, we had gotten along without it. Its function is as much that of a model and exemplar as a doer. Its beauty and simplicity are ever-present standards by which to judge of our efforts in all our doings. We are among the last of the towns in the neighborhood to build a town house. They have stimulated us to put our best foot forward ; Me believe they can not be ashamed of our achievement. As the ancient bell-towers of Italy were placed at easy intervals, so that the whole people might be warned to be up and doing for the common safety, so the towns of New England have erected town houses to be ever-present warnings to every man that, in her system, his duties are never done. We should not like to be behind in that work. We should not like to see broken at our doors the continuity of the New England custom. It is the laroduct of our best enterprise and of our most advanced public spirit. Born in a gift, that gift has provoked other gifts, and so on, till everybody has brought his contribution of material or service for the ornamentation of our common building. It has lifted us into heights of generosity that we never dared to believe we could climb. It has strengthened us with the strength that comes to a people inspired with a common thought, aud working for a common ideal end. In the middle ages the people were so filled with religious zeal that they left all else to carry stones and mortar for the erection of those great churches and cathedrals that we go so far to see. In the beautiful language of an old writer, "it was as if the earth, rousing itself and casting away its old robes, clothed itself with the white garment of churches." Our clearer ideas of religion stand in the way of such enthralling devotion, and the multitude of creeds divides our allegiance, but we all vie in devotion to 226 HISTORY OF WILTON. Olio common state, we recognize one common sovereignty, and we all lay our hands to the upbuilding of her visible representative. Who knows but that the church may once more unite the town in a com- mon sentiment. When Orthodox and Unitarians shall each have learned something from the other, and when two attenuated societies have ap- proached nearer the vanishing point, perhaps they will come together again to hear the great principles of Christianity which they both belie\e in. Perhaps, too, when they shall have become tired of heating and painting two barn-like churches, they will gather again into the town hall and marry once more the long-divorced church and state. It is in such things as this building and in moral improvements that our way lies open. To build in the best way, even to fastidiousness, what new things we build, to improve the old, to attract to this town all that would come to the country to live, to supplement the natural scenery with intelligent and agreeable men and women, are our task. And if we would keep our capital of youth and money at home, it must be, beyond all question, by such means as these. It has been said that it is our duty to send them out; that the most glorious product of any soil is its men. It may be the patriot's duty to plant the New England heart and brain through all parts of our common country, but we must be parental bef oj'c we are patriotic. If they will but be satisfied with a competence from oui- barren hills, we will give them the advantages of home and society. But if they must make money, our prayers shall follow them to their western isolation, and we will consent to be patriotic if they will but build up, bit by bit, a new New England village. CHAPTER XXVI. STORES, TRADE AND THE MILK BUSINESS. In the early history of the town the necessaries of life, and the luxuiies, what few were indulged in, were procured directly from the lower country towns; from "down below," as the familiar phrase was. The home custom was too small to support grocers alone or dry goods merchants alone. In the winter, particularly, the farmer filled his sleigh with butter, cheese, beef, pork, grain, beans, &c., and journeyed to Boston, Salem, Marblehead or New- buryport, as the case might be, and bartered away his farm products for groceries and goods for family use during the coming year. The roads leading from Vermont and New Hampshire to the sea- port towns were lined in the winter with long processions of these loaded teams on the way to market. At night they rendezvoused at the country taverns along the route, and a merry time they had of it around the roaring bar-room fire, what with a stiff mug of flip or toddy, and a story or jest to suit the hilarious company. They re- turned with ample stores for the family of tea, coffee, sugar, rum, molasses, spices, codfish, &c. But the time came when the increase of population required trad- ers nearer home, and that old curiosity shop, the country store, came upon the stage. Some of the earlier storekeepers, as they were called, were Jacob Abbot, in the middle of the town ; Nathaniel Sawyer, on what are now the premises of Henry Gray ; Richard T. Buss, Nehemiah Hayward, Nathan Livermore, Haskell & Whitney, Harvey Barnes, Stephen Abbot and Newell & Hopkins at the Cen- tre. The store of that period was a combination of grocery, dry goods, hardware, wholesale and retail saloon, post oflflce, book store and news room. The bar was well patronized. Treating was a general custom, and the counter was seldom dry. Ample hogsheads of Santa Cruz, Jamaica and New England rum testified to a brisk 228 HISTORY OF WILTON. trade. The farmers brought their home products to the store aad bartered them for the merchant's goods. Here they retailed the news of the day, and came for their weelfly papers. Notices of sales, auctions, estrays and advertisements were posted on the walls. It was the rendezvous of business men. Here caucuses were held, and politics were discussed. Lodges and societies held their meetings in the store hall above, and, in the winter, singing schools, dancing schools and balls gathered the young people to- gether. A quite universal institution was the old country store, and some feeble likeness of it may still linger here and there in the back settlements. But with the modem division of labor and trade, the introduction of railroads, telegraph offices, public libraries and reading rooms, town halls and post offices, its glory has passed away, and has been distributed in a dozen different directions. In 1871 this was the list of stores and business men as recorded in the New Hampshire Register of that year : Express Agents: L. Giddiugs, H. D. Epps, I. A. Parker. Dentists: F. M. Peavey, E. AVood. Merchants: Win. J. Bradbury, books and stationery; Geo. W. WaUaee, clothing; Alfred E. Jaques, Samuel N. (Jeuter, dry goods and groceries; D. B. I^eedham, dry goods ; Frank P. Kent, Dillon & Keyes, D. Gregg & Co., F. S. Hutchinson, groceries; Dillon & Keyes, D. Gregg & Co., flour, grain and hardware; Henry Trevitt, A. P. Pitch, drugs and medicines; Miss B. P. Hall, millinery. Manufacturers : Jones & Dascomb, A. A. Clark, Hutchinson & Macabe, N. Flint, boots and shoes; Wilton Co., Xewell Co., carpet j-arn; Putnam & Cochran, fifrniture; A. J. Putnam & Co., leather; D. Whiting & Sons, Levi Putnam, lumber ; D. Gregg, sash and bliucjs; ]Sr. D. Foster & Co., tin ware; Daniel Cragin, wooden ware and toys; H. AV. Hopkins, writing desks and fancy boxes. Hotels: Whiting House, D. Whiting & Sons; Railroad House, John F. Goss. Livery Stahles : Jos. Langdell, L. H. Blood. In 1887 the list of stores and of business men, with the excep- tion of manufacturers previously given in Chapter XVI, reads as follows : The Wilton Sailings Bank : Jdsiah Fleeman, president ; Moses Clark, treasurer. Merchants: L. W. Perkins, George W. Wallace, clothing and furnish- ing goods; Henry Trevitt, M. D., H. A. Powers, drugs and medicines; George A. Carter, dry goods, boots iind shoes; S. N". Center & Son, fancy and di-y goods, boots and shoes ;M. P. Stanton, flsh and groceries; David E. Proctor, flour, meal, groceries, boots and shoes, hardware and a general assortment of stonewivre; A. O. Barber, groceries; S. N". Center, TRADES. 229 2d, groceries, flour and farming tools ; S. 11. Dunbar, James Sliea, meat and vegetables; Miss S. A. Smith, millinery and fancy goods; S. K. Fos- ter, stoves and tinware ; Stickuej^, undertakers'Tlurnishings ; P. R. Ring & Sou, variety store. Livery Stable : Joseph Laugdell, who has about twelve horses. THE MILK BUSINESS. Wilton furnishes more milk than any town in the state. Mr. T. W. Wellington of Newton, Massachusetts, was the first to buy milk in Wilton for the Boston market. The amount first produced was very small, less than two hundred gallons per day, and for nearly a year was freighted in the baggage car. Mr. Wellington continued his business about a year and then disposed of it to Mr. David L. Pierce, who at that time was a retail milk dealer in Bos- ton, and through him the business increased so that it became necessary to have a car built and run expressly for milk. Mr. Pierce, after continuing in the business for three or four years, be- came financially embarrassed, and in 1857 sold his entire interest to the senior member of the present firm of David Whiting & Sons. The business of producing milk in Wilton and in towns along the line of the Wilton Railroad has steadily increased from that time to the present. A special milk train is now run daily from Hills- borough to Boston, with one car from Hillsborough, one from Wilton and one from Milford. One car from Concord, Massachusetts, is also added to the train at Lexington, and, at North Cambridge Junction, two from Barre and Hudson, Massachusetts, making a train of six cars expressly for milk. In the early days of milk production for the Boston market, one of the most serious objections to the business was in meeting the constant variation in trade, owing to the larger demand on some days than on others, so that a farmer who sold milk was obliged every few days to make butter or cheese of his surplus. In 1864 the introduction of the cheese factory did away with this serious objection, and at once placed the business on a more reliable basis. Since then no product of the farm is more sure of ready sale. The capacity of our first cheese vat was sixty gallons, and the cheese was manufactured in a back room of Mr. Whiting's house. The business of cheese inaking rapidly increased, and when it was de- cided to order a new vat of latest improvement, with a capacity of two hundred and fifty gallons, the climax for the care of surplus milk was supposed to have been reached. About the year 1875 the manufacture of butter was found to be more satisfactory than that 230 HISTORY OF WILTON. of cheese, and the factory and fixtures were changed accordingly to their present location. The present factory has a capacity of twenty-five hundred gallons, and the business is fast out-growing the accommodations. The product of milk was never larger than at present. The present firm pay to their producers annually for milk and cream, on all lines operated by them, over four hundred thousand dollars ; and it is but reasonable to believe that, with the inevitable increase in the population of Boston and vicinity, and with the rapidly increasing appreciation of milk as a wholesome and nutritious article of food, the product will be in still greater demand, and will continue to be the largest and most valuable of any along the line of the Souhegan valley. Messrs. Whiting are also manufacturers of lumber and dealers in cattlcrfeed and coal. The annual product of thfeir lumber mill is 600,000 staves and 500,000 feet of lumber, and of their grist mill is 1500 tons of corn meal. They also sell about 2000 tons of shorts, middlings, etc., and 700 tons of coal per annum. Their farm produces about 75 tons of hay and their hoggery contains about 500 hogs and pigs. CHAPTER XXVII. CENSUS AND STATISTICS. The growth of the town for many years was very slow. The re- sources of the place were limited to the soil for agriculture, the forests for wood and timber, • and the streams for water power. Farming and mechanics were the two principal careers open to im- migrants. The early settlers met with great trials and hardships, as we have seen. No very flattering prospects were open to the ambition of the young. As young men and women came upon the stage, many sought other and more encouraging opportunities of making their livelihood and fortune. According to the report in the Centennial pamphlet there were two families in 1739 ; 70 people in 1755 ; 240 in 1763 ; 623 in 1775 ; 1013 in 1786; 1105 in 1790; 1017 in 1800; 1017 in 1810; 1070 in 1820. From 1790 to 1839 the average varied very little from 1100, and the population never was greater than in 1790. There were about 45 inhabitants to the square mile. Two forces have acted upon the population, western emigration and factory immigration. One has served to drain, and the other to replenish, the population, but the former has taken away the natives, while the latter has brought in more foreigners, thus af- fecting the social and ecclesiastical condition of Wilton. In 1830 the number of inhabitants was 1041 ; in 1840, 1033 ; in 1850, 1161 ; in 1860, 1369 ; in 1870, 1974; in 1880, 1747, and in 1888, proba- bly 1800 or more. In 176B there were 56 polls, and in 1870, 392. In 1880 there were 132 farmers, 71 mechanics, 23 laborers, 28 merchants and manufacturers and 9 professional men. There were 107 persons 70 years old or more. In 1763 there were 48 oxen, 60 cows, 232 HISTORY OF WILTON. 18 horses, 22 young cattle, 126 acres in tillage, 163 J acres in mow- ing, 43 acres in pasture and 41 houses. Valuation, £346 15s. In 1850 the number of oxen was 224, cows 417, other cattle 478, horses 143, sheep 478, swine 414, value of live stock $41,283; acves of improved land 11,426, of unimproved land 2249, cash value of farms, $275,450, value of farming implements $6388 ; amount of wheat produced 636 bushels, rye 620, Indian corn 6239, oats 2117, peas and beans 164, potatoes 12,655, barley 603, wool 1566 pounds ; value of orchard products $730, market garden $124 ; amount of butter produced 53,587 jDounds, cheese 19,095, beeswax and honey 137, hops 5835; hay 2203 tons; value of animals slaughtered $9811. In 1860 the number of oxen was 165, cows 659, other cattle 228, horses 136, sheep 138, swine 231, value of live stock $46,923; acres of improved land 10,005, of unimproved land 3652, cash value of farms $406,500, value of farming implements $10,135 ; wheat raised 1775 bushels, rye 447, Indian corn 6815, oats 2036, peas and beans 172, potatoes 11,042, barley 484, buckwheat 33, wool 464 pounds ; value of orchard products $2969, market garden $25 ; amount of wine produced 420 gallons, butter 18,433 pounds, cheese 3650, beeswax and honey 224, hops 650; hay 2611 tons; value of animals slaughtered $6715. In 1870 the number of dwellings was 330, families 377 ; chil- dren at school 347, persons who cannot read 71, cannot write 86 ; white males 803, white females 830 ; foreign males 146, foreign females 156 ; those whose father was foreign born 454, mother for- eign born 449 ; persons 21 years of age, or under, 392. The census of Wilton for 1850 was taken by James Scott of Peterborough ; for 1860, by Charles Richardson of Amherst ; for 1870, by Major David E. Proctor, then of Lyndeborough, now of Wilton ; for 1880, by George L. Dascombe. The number of marriages recorded in Wilton from 1762 to 1887 is 622. But there are some gaps in the records as kept by the town, so that the number recorded is not complete. For many years the custom was to cry out the couple in the Congregational church. Just before the congregation was dismissed in the after- noon the town clerk announced, to the great edification of the peo- ple, that such or such a couple intended marriage. The law required publication two weeks before the event. Subsequently the publica- tion was made by posting the names of the parties intending mar- riage in some public place on a bulletin board. It appears that SSiW — ■fiyAJtHttcW- ^^]l.x^~-<-^ MARRIAGES. 233 after March, 1862, the town clerk recorded only the intention of marriage, not the marriage itself. We give a few specimens of early records of publication of intention to marry, all belonging to the year 1764 : Stephen Putnam of Wilton and Olive Varnum of Audover were lawful- ly published, and there was no objections against their proceeding in mar- riage. Philip Putnam of Wilton and Abigail Jaquith of Dunstable were lawfully published, and there was no objections against their proceeding in marriage. George Coburn of Wilton and Mary Adams of Dunstable were lawfully published, and there was no objections to their proceeding in marriage. John Brown of Wilton and Eunice Russell of Reading were lawfully published, and there was no objections against their proceeding ill marriage. Stephen Faniham of Wilton and Kezia Skidmore of Chelms- ford were published three public meeting days, and there was no ob- jections to their proceeding in marriage. Philip Putnam, Town Clerk. CHAPTER XXVIII. OLD RELICS, KEMINISCBNCES AND DIARIES. A copper coin, of the size of the old copper cent, was found many years ago by Mr. Abiel Flint in his field on the farm now- owned by Mr. Charles H. White. It bears on one side an endless chain of thirteen rings, on which were probably the abbreviated names of the thirteen original states, but only a few of the letters are legible. Within the chain of rings are other letters, too indis- tinct for the words to be discovered, and still another ring enclos- ing the words, "We are one," iu letters little worn. The other side has a representation of the rising sun, the date, 1787, the word, '■'■Fugio,'' and, at the bottom, the words, " Mind Your Busi- ness ;" in the centre ^e some emblems.* Mr. Flint has also three currency bills, each three inches long and two and one-half inches wide, which have come down from his grandfather, Ebeneier Flint. Two of them were issued under a resolution of the Continental Congress, passed at Philadelphia, February 17, 1776. On one side of each is a chain of thirteen rings, on which are the abbreviated names of the thirteen original states. Under the chain are the words : ' ' Philadelphia. Printed by Hall and Sellers, 177G." Over the chain is printed the denomina- tion of the bill ; in one, " Two Thirds of a Dollar ;" in the other, " One Sixth of a Dollar." On the opposite side of each bill is a square enclosing a circle with the words, " Mind Your Business."' The third bill was issued by the state of Massachusetts, and "en- titles the Bearer to Four Shillings and Sixpence, L. M. out of the Treasury of this State." On each side of the bill is a pillar, and at the top is the date, 1776, with a picture of the venerable codfish of the state. * A copper cent, similar to tlie one described, was coined iu 1787, bearing on one side a sun dial with the sun above it. REMINISCENCES. 235 BATTLE OF THE EEVOLUTION. The only battle of the Revolutionary war fought in Wilton oc- curred in this wise : A report sprung up that a deserter had come to town and was concealed in the house of friends. The zealous patriots were aroused. They assembled from far and near, and, surrounding the suspected domicile, demanded that the traitor to his country's cause should be produced forthwith. But the family resented this rude assault on their " castle," and, deserter or no deserter, they did not propose to give him up at such an unceremoni- ous call. The leader, advancing into the house, met with a fiery re- ception ; for the indignant grandam seized the kitchen shovel, in those days no mean weapon, and, filling it with red-hot coals from the fire-place, prepare to sprinkle them over the good deacon's head. But he interposed in season to prevent this baptism of fire with "My good woman! please don't do anything rash." Thus ended the first, last and only battle in "Wilton in that war. But whether there was really any deserter or not, is not known to this day. KECOLLECTIONS OF THE OLD FRENCH MILL, BY ME. EPHRAIM BROWN. ' ' These recollections are gathered from my own observation and from descriptions given by members of the French family. I was much about the mills in my boyhood, and the French place was a familiar playground. At that time, while fishing in the river di- rectly east of the old dwelling-house of the original French family, I observed timbers in the bed, of the river, apparently placed there by design, and traces of timbers on the banks, showing that a dam had been erected there, which was afterwards overflowed by the dam built lower down by Mr. Killum'^. Fifty years later Burleigh French told me that before his father, Deacon Burleigh French, came to Wilton in company with his father, James French, a dam and mill had^been built there by a Mr. Barker, or Baker. In some freshet these were swept away. Subsequently a dam was built higher up;the~gtream against the Hesselton place, the north end of which stands there to this day, and a canal was dug down the stream to the site of the old saw and grain mills, recently burned. These mills were owned by James French and his son. Deacon Bur- leigh French. " I heard from the lips of the daughter of James French, a sister of Burleigh French, the story of the raising of the second dam of 236 HISTORY OF WILTON. the old French mill, opposite the house of Mr. Joel Hesseltou on the Souhegan River. In those days such structures were built of heavy timbers, which were prepared aud placed in a horizontal po- sition ; then many men were required to raise them to their proper place. Saturday night came before all things were ready for the raising, and with it came also clouds and signs portending a storm of rain. If the water rose in this rapid and ragged river, not only would the erection of the dam be delayed, but there was great dan- ger that the frame, now laid in position in the bed of the stream, would be washed away and lost, Sunday morning the heavens were still more threatening. "Whatever may have been the scruples of Mr. -lames French regarding the keeping of the Lord's Day in general, and whatever may have been the opinion and practice of his workmen and of his neighbors, it was deemed expedient to lay these scruples aside, and to proceed at once to raise the frame, that it might not be lost. The neighborhood, yea, the whole town, had an interest in that dam. Mills in old colonial times, one hundred or two hundred years ago, were deemed to be of great public benefit, and to be worthy of especial legislation in their favor. It is not strange, then, that to raise that dam on that Sunday was decided to be a work of neces- sity and mercy, both to save the property of Mr. French, and to supply a needy public with a place to grind its corn and saw its lumber. I have little doubt the intent had . been to raise the dam on a week day, and to invite much help, perhaps the whole town, as was the custom on similar occasions. But to call in so many on the Sabbath day would not be in keeping with the second com- mandment. Upon consultation, it was decided to have only so many men as seemed needful to do the work ; and to forbear to draw off from the service of the sanctuary, any whose help seemed not to be absolutely necessary. "When the time for action came, the men were placed, each in his station and at his post of duty. At the word of command the ponderous beams moved heavily and slowly from the ground. Every man exerted his utmost strength. Slowly and heavily the massive timbers were carried up to the breast of the men. Here they ceased to move higher. Again and again did these noble men struggle and strain, but no effort could carry them higher. Neither could they let them back. To do so was to be crushed. Here, then, was a dilemma. They were in a^ trap. There could be no REMINISCENCES. 237 relief except in reinforcement. But the people were in the Centre of the town, worshipping in the house of God. To call upon these seemed to be the only alternative. No man could be spared as a messenger to summon others. No woman could go there in time. At a given signal every man with his utmost voice shouted, 'Help ! Help! Come!' Again they shouted, 'Help! Help! Come!' and again, 'Help ! ! Help ! ! Come ! ! Come ! !' "How these united voices rolled along the valleys, over the hill- tops and penetrated to the ears of that worshipping assembly ! That call of life or death was instantly understood. The congrega- tion rushed from the house, and in less time than I have taken to relate it, men were running down the hill-sides or urging their nim- ble steeds over the interval road, dashing to the rescue. Springing under the massive timbers, they soon raised the great beams to their places and the i;'ictory was, won. ' ' To the men holding up the timbers the passage from the church to their rescue seemed indeed long. The distance is nearly one mile and a half. Fifteen minutes would be a very quick run for the fleetest man or for a good horse. To sustain the failing strength of the sinking men under the heavy beams, the daughter of James French mixed strong drink, walked into the bed of the river, held the stimulating beverage to pale and parched lips, and thus enabled the men to hold out until help arrived. ' ' I will relate another incident connected with this spot. When the former dam was washed away, the rushing waters made an ex- cavation in the earth below its base some ten or twelve feet deep. This remained filled with water. A valuable implement fell from the hands of one of the workmen into this pit. Phineas Lovejoy, brother of David and Moses Lovejoy, plunged in to recover it. In this he failed. He lost his ability to swim ; he lost his presence of mind, and it was seen that he was drowning. It was at this in- stant that Deacon Burleigh French plunged in to rescue him. But the pit was so deep, its sides were so steep, its cobble-stone floor and walls were so slippery, and his friend so exhausted and heavy, that both men were in great danger of drowning, for Mr. French was unable to swim out and retain his hold on Lovejoy. Realizing the desperate nature of his situation, Mr. French, an expert swim- mer and an athletic man, while at the bottom of the pit threw Love- joy over his shoulder, struggled up its precipitous outlet, and crept upon dry land, both men, from exhaustion, unable to stand." 238 HISTORY OF WILTON. YOUTHFUL PATRIOTISM. It is related, as showing the spirit of the times, that a young man came to the muster master. Major Abiel Abbot, to be enrolled for the army in the Revolutionary war but was found not so tall'as the law required. He insisted on being measured again, and it being with the same result, in his passionate disappointment he burst into tears. He was, however, finally enrolled, on the ground that zeal and courage were of more value in a soldier than an inch more or less in height. MEMORANDA OF QUARTERMASTER ISAAC FRYE. The following extracts are made, as specimens of Revolutionary records, kept by Isaac Frye, afterwards Major, a native of Wilton ; and are taken from a dilapidated manuscript, preserved by his de- scendants as a precious heirloom of the times which tried men's souls : May, 1775. Kec'd thirty mess pots of the commissary at Cambridge for the use of Col. Sargent's Regiment. Eec'd eighteen pails for the use of Col. Sargent's Regiment. May 29, 1775. Kec'd 1600 rounds of cartridges for the use of Col. Sar- gent's Regiment, and 220 flints. June 14, 1775. Rec'd twenty-seven kettels for the use of Col. Reed's Regiment, and nineteen bails for kettels. June 14, 1775. Account of wood rec'd for the use of Col. Reed"s Reg- iment at Chai'lestown neck. Rec'd orders for thirteen cords and two feet of wood of Isaac Hall, D. P. commissary at Medford, to take said wood at Cheever's wharf in Charlestown. June 16. Rec'd one load of John Lambert, 6 feet. June 21, 1775. Kec'd one hundred and sixty-two canteens for Col. Reed's Regiment. June 28, 1775. Kec'd eleven tents of Mr. Emerson, commissary for New Hampshire, for the use of Col. Reed's Regiment. AMMUNITION ACCOUNT. June 13, 1775. Kec'd one hundred fifty wait of powder and three hun- dred wait of ball, six hundred and thirty flints for Col. Kecd's Regiment. June 14, 1775. Rec'd 2096 rounds of cartridges for the use of Col. Reed's Regiment, 582 flints. Charlestown, June 14. Delivered half a pint of powder to a man for 65 men in Capt. Mann's company. Delivered 20 balls to a man for 64 men in Capt. Ezra Town's Co. Total, 1280. THE WINTER HILL DIARY OF JONATHAN BURTON. The following passages are taken from a diary kept by Jonathan Burton of Wilton, then sergeant in Captain Taylor's company of burton's winter hill diary. 239 militia, while in oamp at Winter Hill, near Boston, in the winter of 1775-76 :* Head Quarters, December 10"' 1775. Four Companeys of the New Hampshire Militia are to march to Roxbury to reenlorce that Division. The Captains will receive General Ward's orders what Regiment they are attached to ; the rest of the New Hamp- shire Militia are to.joyn the Brigade on Winter Hill and Prospect Hill in Cambridge. Together with the Company of Militia from Massachusetts which are ordered to joyn Prescott, Greaton and Nixon's Regiments are to be appointed for the new Estabhshed Regiments as the Major and Brigade Generals shall think fit for the most equal Distribution. The Captains of the several Alilitia Companies from the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Governments are to make exact records of their Com- panies and return them signed without delay to the Adjutant General. Head Quarters, December 13* 1775. The Major Generals are to order the Militia Companies to be joyned to the Different Brigades and Regiments in their respective Divisions, in such a manner as to supply the Difticency of the Connecticut Troops and to prevent Confusion and Disorder in case we should be called to action and make report thereof as soon as it is done. As these companies have an Inclination to joyn Particular Regiments, the General has no Objection to it in every instance where it can be done consistent with the good of the service, and the allotment to the Diffferent Incampments. The Adjutant of every Regiment to which any of those companies are joyned are to acquaint them with all General and Brigade Orders that they may not unknowingly Disobey them. The Colonels of the several Regiments upon the New Establishment may respectively apply to the Commissary of Ordnance Stores for 75 Stand of Armes, Lately taken in the London Storeship. These arms the colonels will be Careful to Put into the hands of the Soldiers most approved for their care and Bravery and Such only as are Inlisted for the next Campaign. An exact list of their Names to be returned to their Respective Colonels. The Carbines in said Ship are not to be delivered without Special Order. Sergeant Ebenezer Fogg of Captain McFarlings and Colonel Nixons tryed by a General Court Martial for absenting himself fi-om the Camp without Leave of absence, &c., &c. Said Fogg upon examination and evidence heard adjudged Guilty of the Principle Part of the accusation, and sentenced to receive Ten lashes on his Naked back at the Head of Said Regiment and not Permitted to do the Duty of a Sergeant During this Campaign. The General approves the sentence and orders it to take place tomorrow at 9 o'clock at the Head of Said Regiment. * We^Iiave been obligedto give only extracts from this diary and from the other old- time documents on account of want of room. 240 HISTORY OF WILTON. Head Quarters, December 14"> 1775. Parole, Domingo; Countersign, Finance. It is expected that the Armourers on Winter Hill work for any Person in the Brigade without any of them Pretending to Confine their work to Particular Regiments. The Officers of the Several Regiments and Com- manders of Particular Companies are Desired Particularly to visit the Barraks in which their men are Lodged, and Give the best advice they can for making their Men as Comfortable as Possable, aud make report of those they find in too Uncomfortable a Situation to Endure the In- clemency of the Weather, that Some method may be taken to make Meu more comfortable. The General takes this opertunity of returning his most sincere and herty thanks to the Gentlemen Officers and Soldiers, who have with so much speed and alacrity come to joyn the Army and Prevent our Enemy taking the advantage of tfie Dastardly Conduct of those Troops who Basely Desarted the Lines ; and as the time of those Troops which are Inlisted will be soon Expired he flatters himself that the same Spirit which Brought them in so seasonably to our assistance will Induce both oflicers aud Soldiers to exert themselves in Influencing a Sufficient Number of Good men to Inlist for filling up the Standing Con- tinental Army which is to take Place at their Departure, Aud he sincerely hopes that their zeal in this respect will, if possible, Equal that which they have already Discovered so much to their own and their Country's Honour. The General Strictly Enjoyns those persons, who may Inlist out of the New Companies into the Continental Army, Not to Leave the Companies to which they now Belong Untill the fifteenth Day of January Next, on Penalty of being treated as Deserters. Head Quarters, Jan? 1st 1776. Parole, Congi-ess; Countersign, America. This Day Giving Commencement to the New Army which in Every Point is Continental, the General Flatters Himself that a Laudable Spirit of Immulation will now take place, and Prevade the whole of it ; without such a Spirit few Officers have ever arrived to any Degree of Reputation, Nor did anj' Army ever become formidable. His Excelency hopes that the Importance of the Create Cause we are engaged in will be Deeply Im- pressed upon every Man's mind, and wishes it to be Considered that au Army without order. Regularity and Disipline is no Better than a Com- misoned Mobb. Let us, therefore, when everything Dear and Valable to freemen is at Stake, when our Unnatural Parent is threatning us with Destruction from Every Quarter, Endeavour by all the Skill and Disipline in our Power to acquire that Knowledge and Conduct that is Necessary in War. Our Men are brave aud gooA men, who, with Pleasure it is ob- served, are adieted to fewer Vices than are commonly found in Armies. But it is Subordination and Disipline, the Life and Soule of au Army, which under Providence is to make us formidable to our Enemies, Hon- orable in ourselves, and Respected in the World. And herein is to be Shown the Goodness of the officers. In vain it is for a General to Issue orders, if orders arc not attended too. Equally vain it is for a few WILLIAM A. BURTON. HELIOTVPE PRINTING CO., BOSTON, MASS. burton's winter hill diary. 241 ofHcers to Exert themselves, if the Same Spirit does not animate the whole. It is therefore expected that each Brigadier will be attentive to the Dis- ipline of his Brigade, to the Exercise and Conduct served in it, Calling the Colonels and field officers of the Regiments to a Severe account for Neglect or Disobedience of orders. The same attention to be Paid by Field officers to the Respective Companies of their Regiments, by the Captains to their Subalterns, and so on, that the Plea of Ignorance, which is no cause for the Neglect of orders (but Rather an agravation), may not be offered. Camp on Winter Hill, Jan. 14, 1776. The General sincerely thanks those worthy Patriotic Soldiers Who at his Request have agreed to Tarry 15 Days Longer than the Time they first engaged. For this Demonstration of Zeal in their Country's Cause must Reflect the most lasting Honour upon them, and convince the world they are ready to Sacrifice their ease and comfort of themselves and families, to the Good of their Country. While others acting on Different Princi- ples, and actuated by different motives would entail Slavery upon them- selves and Posterity, rather than Submit to the least Inconvenience in their Private affairs. The General assures the Latter, that while he endeavors to Reward the former with Honour and Credit they so Justly Deserve, he will do all in his Power to fix on the Latter, Disgrace and Infamy, which their Conduct so Justly Merits. The Militia Captains are Desired to make out an exact list of all those Soldiers who are Determined to Quit the Service on the 16* Instant, and Present the same with Certifi- cate of their having returned the Arms and ammunition they have re- ceived from the army, early on Tuesday morning to John Sullivan, Brig- adier General. Camp on Winter Hill, Jan. 17, Rigermental order. John Roakes of Captain Spaulding's Company and Colonel Reed's Reg- iment, tried at a late Court Martial for getting Drunk when on Guard, Whereof Captain Oliver was President. The Prisoner confessing himself Guilty of a breach of the 22"* article of the Rules and Regulations of the Continental army. Therefore adjudged the said John Roakes to re- ceive Twenty lashes on his Naked Back, but on account of his appearing very humble and Penitant, recommended that some Part of the Punish- ment be mitigated. Therefore ordered that the said John Roakes receive Ten stripes only. The Colonel approves the Sentance of the Court and orders that the said John Roakes receive Ten Lashes on his Naked back at eleven o'clock this forenoon. The Adjutant of the Regiment to see it executed. Israel Gilman, Lieut. Col. Head Quarters, January 23, 1776. Parole, Fairfax ; Countersign, Mount Vernon. Timothy Downing, tried by a General Court Marshal, found guilty, sentenced to Receive 39 Lashes on his bare back, with a cat of Nine tails. 242 HISTORY OF WILTON. It appearing to the Court that as the Pi'isonev is worthless and Incorrigi- ble, they order him to be Drummed out of the Army. The Court of En- quirey to Set on Thursday Next, at General Green's on Prospect Hill, to examine into a complaint exhibited against Colonel Starkes of the flfth Kegiment of foot, by Samuel Hubbard Esq. Paymaster of the New Hampshire forces. All evidence and Persons Concerned to attend y" Court. The Court to consist of Brig. Gen. Green, President Col. Nixon, Col. Hitchcock, Col. Webb and Col. Varnum. Judge Advocate to attend, the court will set Precisely iit ten o'clock. The Quarter Master of each Regiment on Winter Hill, Brigade, to apply to Quarter Master General Frazier Immediately, for oil for the Pikes, and in the future to be Particularly Careful in Keeping the Pikes clean, and the alarm part of their. Respective Regiments in Proper order. Head Quarters, January 24, 1776. Parole, Ticonderoga; Countersign, Wolfe. The Barraks to be finished as speady as Possible that the Militia Regi- ments which are Expected may be accomadated. The Quarter Master General and his Assistance are to look out in time for other Quarters, if the Barraks are thought Insufficente to entertain the Troops. The Reg- iments are to Brigade, In the following manner : Brig. Gen. Thomas, 1st Brigade; Col. Leonard, Col. Joseph Reed, Col. Whitcomb, Col. Ward, Col. Bailey. Brig. Gen. Sullivan; Col. James Reed, Col. Nixon, Col. Stark, Col. Poor. Brig. Gen. Green; Col. Varnum, Col. Hitchcock, Col. Little, Col. Bond. Brig. Gen. Heath; Col. Prescott, Col. Sargent, Col. Phinney, Col. Greaton, Col. Baldwin. Brig. Gen. Spencer; Col. Parsons, Col. Huntington, Col. Webb, Col. Wiley. Brig. Generals Glover, Patterson, Arnold, Hutchinson, Whitcomb, Webb and Huntington's Regiments to joyn their Respective Brigades as soon as Provision is made for them (and any time before the first of February) that they may get fixed before the Militia comes in. The Brig- adier Quarter Master Generals are to see that each room hath its Comple- ment of men and the officers Placed Contiguous to them. The custom of manning the Lines in each Regiment repairing to its Alarm Post, at the beating of the Reveille, is to be Strictly and unreservedly to be Practised until Countermanded. The Brigadiers are to take special care that proper Alarm Posts are assigned to every Kegiment that no Confusion may hap- pen on an Alarm. Neither Provision or the Value of them, are to be Issued to oflicers, nor Soldiers, while upon Furloughs. Furloughs always considered as Injurious to the Service, and too often used for the Gratifica- tion of Individuals. The General therefore was not a little surprised that it had, Contrary to Custom and Common Justice, become a. Question, whether Absenters were not Entitled to the same allowance of Provisions as they that were Present and Doing Duty. burton's ticonderoga diary. 243 JONATHAN burton's TICONDEROGA DIARY. The following extracts are taken from a diary kept by Jonathan Burton during the Ticonderoga campaign of 1776. In this cam- paign he held the rank of lieutenant in Captain William Barron's company of Colonel A¥yman's regiment :* July 23''. Wilton men joined with Amherst, Dunstable and Merrimack men, at Wilton, and after settling the Company with under officers, began our march and Logi at Millikin's in Wilton first night. Aug. 1*' 1776. Three Companys more of our Reg' mareht early in the morning; and about two o'clock our Company mareht from No. 4 [Charlestown] and Crossed the Greate River and Log'' in Springfield at Scott's about nine mild from No. 4. Here was the first Night I Lay on the hard flore. Aug. 2''. We mareht from Scott's in Springfield and at Night we En- camped in the woods and lay on the Ground. Now we begin to experi- ence what it is to be Soldiers in the Wilderness. Aug. 3*. After taking our Breakfast in our little Camp, we left it and march'' to Durham, and here we got Liberty to Lodge in a little Smoky Chamber on the hard floor. Aug. 6'-'>. We got to Wood Creek to Major Skeen's and Crossed the Creek about twelve o'clock, here we Picht our Tents or otherways built Booths with Brush and Lay on the ground ; Very well contented with our New habitation, though it hapned to be a very heavy Shower, and in the morning the most of the men were as wet as so many drownded Rats. Aug. 7*. We built us a new Camp and covered it with Bark, hoping against the next rain to be a little more Comfortable, though the files and gnats are very troublesome. This day we have six men oh Command up the River after Boards. Skeensborough, Aug. 8"". This day in the afternoon we Rec'd orders for to go to Ticonderoga to joyn Gen. Reed's Brigade at that Place, to Draw one days Provision and to be ready to set off early the next morn- ing. Aug. 9*. About ten o'clock this morning we set off from Skeensbor- ough, for the tie, and about Sunset we arrived at that place, and marched about half a mild up to the Encampment. It being dark before we got in we were obliged to lay on the cold ground ; I being unwell, made it an uncomfortable Night's rest for me. Aug. 10*. We began to fix our ground to incamp and Provide the stuff', but orders came that Eighteen men from our Company was to be draught- ed to go as Mariners on board the Rogallies to cruise on the Lake down towards St. Johns. Put by our building this day. Sunday, Aug. 11"". This day proved to be rainy all day. Now we be- gin to see sick men Laying on the cold ground without anything to cover them but their blankets. ♦The names of the other Wilton men in Captain Barron's company can be found on page 93. 244 HISTOEY OF WILTON. Aug. 15*. I was on Command with a Party of men over the Lake after Turf to build the New fort, 20 on the works this day of our Company. Aug. 16*. The Capt. and Eleven on the works this day from our Com- pany, the News of the Day was that our Reg' is to go to Oswego. Aug. 19*. About Eleven o'ck in the forenoon I rec'd orders from the Adjutant of our Eeg' to take comi" of 20 men from our Keg' & Parade Be- fore the Genl's house to receive my orders; which from him was to take ten days' Provisions, and the Command of 6 Battoes and Proceed to Otter Creek after Hay, and about 4 an hour after Sunset I got the Pro- visions on board and set off from Ticonderoga and Proceeded down the Lake about three Milds and Log* in the Boat all Night in the open Air. Aug. 20"". After we had Cooked our Breakfast we set off for Crown Point, and after Landing there and Gritting a Pass from the Gen' we Divided our Provisions and went down the Lake from the Point about five Mild and then landed and Drest our Suppers and Lodged there that Night. Aug. ,21"'. We set oflf from our Lodging very early in the morning with a fair Gale of wind and about noon we Came to the Mouth of Otter Creek, then we had to go nine Mild up the Creek there to load with hay, but the hay not being ready I could not load my Boats and was obliged to lay there thafNight in my'Boats. Aug. 22*. After we had Baked our Bread and Dressed our Provisions we took in about 30 Boards at the Mill and Set off from the Creek and got into the Lake in about two hours and 4, Then the wind not favoring us we had hard work to Get into any harbor where we could Lay secure, but the wind Shifting we secured ourselves in a Little Creek that Night and Lodged in our Boats. Aug. 23''. We set off from our Lodging very Early and got up to Crown Point about ten o'clock in the forenoon and after taking some Re- freshment there. Sot off and Landed at Putnam's Point (so called) and took our Dinners ; from there we set off with a fair wind and landed at Ticonderoga about two hours by sun and after I had delivered the Boats the Party was Dismist and came to the Camp that Night, where I had the melancholly News of the Death of Caleb Putnam, who died the 22'' and was buried a few hours before I came into Camp. Aug. 26"". This day proved to be rainey all Day, I being unwell it made it very uncomfortable for me. Aug. 2(7*. Rainy all day. This day we built our chimney in our hut, and Lodged Comfortable after that on account of having a good fire. Aug. 28*. I was unwell all day with the fever Nager, not able to go out all Day. Aug. 29*. This day died James Holden of Capt. Man's Company, in Col. Reed's Reg'. The News today in Camp is of a Battle fought at New York — but it wants conformation and we regard it not. Aug. 30*. No News this Day, our weekly Return made today was 28 men in our Company unfit for Duty and returned Sick. Aug. 31^'. Col. Isaac Wyman, Head Col. of this Reg' put under arrest by Col" Stark. Two Reg'^ of the Bay men arrived here this day from Skeensborough. burton's ticonderoga diary. 245 Sunday, Sept. Is'. This day I was returned unfit for Duty and Drawed allowence witli tlie siclt men. Sept. g'h. Now I begin to Gain Strength so I walk out almost all day and begin to be hearty and well. The weekly Return of our Company was 29 unfit for Duty and on the Doctor's list. Sept. 10"'. Camp News today that all our fleet down the Lake was taken or destroyed to a man. Sept. ll'h. Camp News today that a party of our men went on shore from the fleet after provisions and were fired upon by the Enemy, three Killed and Six wounded. Oct. 4*. Rainy all day in the Camp ; this day there was two men buried from our Reg', which makes 16 that we have lost from sd. Reg' since we came to this place. Sunday, Oct. 6''>. The Rev. Mr. Porter of Col" Wingates Reg' Preached to our Reg' two Sermons. Oct. 7*. This morning Died, and at night was buried Benj Baley of our Company ; who made the 20"' we have lost from our Reg' since we came to this place. * Sunday, Oct. 13"'. In the morning we heard a very heavy firing Down the Lake and Directly had an account of our fleets being Destroyed and obliged to Retreat. In the afternoon the whole army was mustered to man the lines. Oct. 14"'. About two hours before day the whole of our Brigade was Mustered again and went Down to the lines and after going through the fireings at the Alarm Post, we returned to the Camp and was Dismised and every man in our Reg' was ordered on fatigue in throughing up a brestwork around the Camps and on Scouting Parties. Oct. lo*. I was on fatigue in the forenoon and in the afternoon I was out with a scouting Party, 37 Privates one Serg' and two Corp'», and Dis- -covered nothing. Oct. 16"'. There was an alarm in Camp last Night, caused by the Cen- tries firing on some Cattle, which allarmed our Reg' at midnight and caused them all to turn out — And iu the forenoon I went out a Scouting Party. Oct. 19"'. There was Great Preperation making in the Camps (Ex- pecting the British Troops would come in on the morrow) That we might be Ready for the Reception of those enemies whenever they Come to Dis- turb us. Oct. 2ls'. The whole of our Brigade fit for Duty was ordered on Fa- tigue, in Cutting and hailing Timber into the Lake in order to build a Boom across the Lake to Prevent the Ships Coming by the fort to Land. Oct. 22'!. I was on fatigue in getting Timber into the Lake. This evening we have the news in the Camp that the Indians Killed five of our men with their Tomeyhawks Just below the Mill. This morning Died Josiah Parker at Castleton on his way home. Oct. 26"'. This Day came into Camp about one hundred Green Mount- ain Boys, and Encamped on the other side of the Lake. Sunday, Oct. 27"'. We had the News in Camp of a Victory won by the 246 HISTORY OF WILTON. Continental Troops over the Britons at New York. In the afternoon there was an alarm in the Camp caused by some Boats being Discovered down the Lake. Nov. 20"'. Colo Wingate'3 Reg' marcht for home, and all the sick from our Reg'. In this number w(?nt seven of our Company. At Evening the whole Reg' Received Orders to march Early the next morning as quick as they Pleased. Nov. 21«. We Rose very Early in the morning and after Puting up our things and taking our Breakfast we took leave of Mount Independ- ence and our little Camp, where we had rested so many Nights and Days, and we marcht off with the remaining part of our Company, and marcht .ibout 18 miles and Encamped at a place called Laing's Camp, there we lay ourselves down to Rest. Nov. 22. I set off from Dublin Early in the morning and got to my own house about three o'clock in the afternoon. JOSEPH gray's narrative. In 1839, Mr. George L. Dascombe took down from Mr. Joseph Gray's recital the following narrative of his services in the Revolu- tionary war. Mr. Gray was then living in Wilton and was seventy- eight years old. He enlisted March 20, 1777, when only sixteen years of age, for the term of three years, under Captain Isaac Frye, in the Third New Hampshire Regiment, commanded by Colonel Scammell :* * See onfe, page 97. JOSEPH okay's narkative. • 247 On the first of May we marched to Charlestown, STo. 4, where the com- pauy of Capt. Frye rendezvoused. From that place we marched to Ticon" deroga, where he was stationed. Near this place we discovered Gen. Burgoyue with six tliousaud soldiers and a number of savages. They took possession of Mount Hope, which cut oft' our commimication with Lake George, whence came ovir supplies. Our commander, Gen. Schuyler, thinking it unsafe to enter iuto an engagement with the enemy, ordered a retreat. We marched down to the water-side and put our baggage on board boats bound to Skeeuesborough, 27 miles towards Albany. The enemy pursued, overtook the boats laden with our baggage, and made a prize of them, leaviug us almost destitute of provision and clothing. We retreated to Fort Miller, where we were supplied with provisions. We then continued our retreat to Stillwater, destroying the bridges in our progress to retard the pursuit of the enemy. About four miles from the latter place was Schaghticoke, a small Dutch village, whose inhabitants, being .alarmed at the appearance of savages who were lurking about, sent lor a' detachment of troops to guard them off'. The detachment was sent on, myself being one of the number. We arrived late in the afternoon and set out our guards. It fell to my lot to be on guard that night, and I was stationed about 40 rods south of the meeting-house, on a beautiful level plain. Our orders were, if we discovered. anything moving, to hail; and if we received no answer, to fire. We had been informed that the Indians, who were scouting round, were dressed in white frocks. Some time during the night, I discovered, by the dim starlight, something white advancing towards me. With a quick and steady voice 1 hailed, "Who comes there':'" No answer. Again, "Who comes there?" No answer. Quick, " Who comes there'?" at the same instant discharging my piece ; when I found, to my inexpressible joy, that it was a herd of cattle. On examination, the next morning, we found a meagre white-faced bull had received the ball from my musket in his shoulder. The inhabitants of the neighborhood had collected in the village at night for safetj-. In the morning two of them, wishing to bring some provisions from their farms, which lay about three-fourths of a mile dis- tant, mounted their horses and started for that purpose. They had not been long absent, when we heard the 'well-known report of Indian fusees, and were much alarmed for the safety of the men. We soon saw one of them riding at full speed towards the village, with his hat off and his arms extended, calling for help, and followed by the horse of the other, without a rider. After consultation we marched out and found the miss- ing man lying under the fence, scalped, and his throat cut from ear to ear. Mr. Ellis sent on for a reenforcement, and we guarded the villagers down the river about four miles to a place of safety. We then returned to Stillwater. Our army ci'ossed the Mohawk river near liOudon's ferry, and there encamped. Here we received our war-like stores and a reenforcement. Gen. Gates took the command, and we marched back about 14 miles to Bemis's heights, in order to face the enemy, and threw up some breastworks to defend ourselves. The season was far advanced, and the enemy's store of provisions so nearly exhausted 248 HISTORY OF WILTON. that they were obliged to advance or retreat. On the 19th of Septem- ber they made an attempt to cut off the left wing of our army. We gave them battle in the woods, about a mile from our breastwork: The battle continued until night, when each party retired with some loss. Among those who fell on the enemy's side was Gen. Fraser. On the 7th of Octo- ber, sending out the Hessians, they made another attempt to cut oif our left. The battle was of short continuance, and the enemy soon retreat- . ed, leaving their artiller}^, with their dead and wounded and some prison- ers, which all fell into our hands. Our enemy, being satisfied that they could not advance, commenced a retreat; their commander sending a line to Gen. Gates, requesting him to treat their sick and wounded as prisoners of war. On the following day we pursued them, and they, on arriving at Saratoga, found their troops surrounded by our army, and im- mediately surrendered, which event took place on the 17th of October, 1777. On the next day Gen. Gates made a forced march to Albany, a distance of thirty-six miles, where he remained a few days, and then moved down to Peekskill, where a portion of the army, being unfit for duty, were sent into the barracks, drawing suitable provisions, and large supplies of New England rum. Not satisfied with their situation, forty of these soldiers, under the exhilarating effects of the intoxicating liquor, mutinied, shoul- dered their baggage, paraded, chose a corporal for a commander and started for their homes. Immediately information was communicated to the officers, who ordered Capt. Beal of Portsmouth to persuade them to re- linquish their design and to return to their encampment. Capt. Beal girded on his sword in haste, met them and requested them to halt, intimating that he wished to speak with the corporal who commanded them. Taking him aside, he drew his sword and ran him through; the corporal at the same instant discharged his piece, which took effect. Both expired be- fore morning. From Peekskill we moved on to Whitemarsh, where we joined the main army, and thence we marched to Valley Forge, where we went into winter quarters. Gen. Washington was apprised of the intention of the British to evacuate Philadelphia, and the American army was put in readi- ness to pursue. The British troops were overtaken at Monmouth, New Jer- sey, where a severe engagement took place. Gen. Washington intended to renew the attack the next morning, but during the night Gen. Clinton com- menced his retreat for Sandy Hook. The American army then proceeded to White Plains. My captain and myself were left behind at Valley Forge on account of sickness; but we soon recovered and joined the army at White Plains. Soon after the New Hampshire troops, and some others, were ordered to Hartford, Connecticut, to receive the prisoners taken at the surrender of Burgoyne. We guarded them nearly to the b.oundary of New York, after which we went into winter quarters. The settlement of Wyoming, on the Susquehanna Elver, having been destroyed, and the inhabitants cruelly massacred by the Indians and Tories, in the summer of 1778, Gen. Washington deemed it expedient, in the ensuing spring, to send a detachment of the army to punish the KELIOTYPfc PR NTING CO., B08TON MASS. JOSEPH gray's narrative. 249 aggressors. Accordingly, at the opening of the campaign of '79, three brigades collected at Easton, Pennsylvania, whence, under Gen. Sullivan, they marched into the Indian country. The New Hampshire troops, who composed a part of this detachment, marched from their winter quarters in Reading, Connecticut, to Fishkill, crossed the Hudson Elver at New- burgh and proceeded to Easton, where we remained a short time to pre- pare for the expedition. When our preparations were completed, we commenced our march for Wyoming. After remaining a few days at this place, we moved up the river to Tioga, taking with us three small pieces of artillery. We were here joined by a fourth brigade under the command of Gen. Clinton. Our commander, being well aware of the character of the enemy he had to encounter, arranged his troops in the most judicious manner to avoid being taken by surprise. In this manner we marched the whole distance. There was, every morning, a gun fired, as a signal for striking tents, another for loading, and another for moving forward. Having left a garrison with the sick at Tioga, we resumed our march, and at the distance of about eighteen miles from that place we met the enemy, who had made a stand and were waiting to receive us. The front guards and riflemen exchanged a few shots with the enemy, and in a short time our artillery was brought to bear upon them. The heat of the engage- ment was between the troops of the New Hampshire line and a large number of the enemy on an eminence at the right. We soon heard a whoop from the Indians, which, our guides informed us, was a signal for retreating. We pursued them a short distance, but not overtaking them and night approaching, we encamped. We here found an abundance of green corn in a state for roasting. Gen. Sullivan, wishing to proceed as far as possible, requested the com- manding officer of each regiment to ascertain whether his men would willingly proceed upon half allowance, pledging his honor that we should be remunerated on our return. This we readily consented to do, so long as we should find corn. The pledge of Gen. Sullivan, however, was never redeemed. We then marched to Seneca Lake, where we encamped for the night, We resumed our march the next moi-ning, crossing the outlet of the lake, and before night arrived at an Indian settlenjient, which the inhabitants had just deserted. On entering one of their cabins, we discovered a little boy, about two years old, whom the Indians had taken captive in one of their excursions upon the whites, and whom, in their haste, they had left behind. In a short time a cow, the only one we saw in that part of the country, came into the camp, and was secured. Gen. Sullivan ordered a soldier to be released from duty to take care of the child, and directed that the milk of the cow should be appropriated for its sustenance. We then proceeded towards Genesee. Before arriving at that place Gen. Sullivan directed a Lieut. Boyd to take a guide and one or two men, and proceed to an Indian village called Dauhionee, to reconnoitre, and to return by daylight. Instead of implicitly following his dire6tions, he took with him twenty men, and proceeded to the village. Finding it deserted, he went on to another village, a few miles distant, where he found several 250 HISTORY OF WILTON. Indians, aud, as was reported, killed one of them. On his return to the army, he was fired upon bj' a party of Indians in ambush. Six of his company escaped and succeeded in joining the main body. As we approached the jjlace where Lieut. Boyd was attacked we discovered one of his men, who was mortallj' wounded; lie was carried forward with us, hut, after a few hours of excruciating suffering, he expired. We had pro- ceeded but a short distance when we came upon the bodies of thirteen of the party, lying near together, who had been shot down bj- the Indians on. the first attack. Lieut. Boyd was still missing. On arriving at Genesee, we found his bodj- shockingly Lnangled and exhibiting marks of the most savage tortures. Ininiediatelj- after encamping for the night, a woman who had been carried away by, the savages came into camp, bringing with her au infant born during her captivity. She was taken under our pro- tection and returned to the abode of civilization. Her child survived only a day or two after she joined us. This little band of troops ^^•as now placed in a peculiarly trying situa- tion. They were few in number (only four small brigades), at the distance of 250 miles from an)- other civilized beings, and were surrounded bj- a treacherous and implacable enemy, with a ^^canty allowance of provisions, and their emaciated pack-horses were galled hy the wooden saddles even to the bone. It would seem that hearts which were not fired with the love of liberty and the love of country must have jielded to disconrage- ment.s, and sunk in despair. But that merciful Providence. « hich seems to have exercised a peculiar guardian care over the American'army and the American people during the Revolution, protected them, aud returned them in safety to their companions in arms. The next morning after arriving at ( Jenesee, the troops were ordered out at day-break to destroy the corn which we found growing there, which ha^dng done, we commenced our return, moving forward as rapidly as possible. AVlien within two days" march of Tioga, we were met by a detachment of troops with provisions, of which we were much in need. We then marched to Wyoming, thence to Eastou, aud from that place, on the same route we had taken in the spring, to Danbury, Connecticut, where the troops went into winter quarters. Captain Frye with u detach- ment of troops, myself among the number, was stationed at Fairfield, where we were in some degree compensated for our toils aud sufferings during the summer, by comfortable accommodations and sumptuous fare. I remained here until Jlarch, 1780, when I obtained my discharge. In February, 1781, 1 enlisted the second time, for three years, and in the ensiung May joined the regiment in the vicinity of West Point. From this place we removed a few miles and went into tents. We then made a forced march down the river to King's Bridge, in view of the enenn-, where we received the French troops and returned to the vicinity of Tarrytown. The whole army then marched by night to King's Bridge, and rlie next day returned again to Tarrytown. The, main body of the army then marched towards Yorktowu, leaving a portion of the trO(ips under the connnand of (;en. Heath. Soon after, the Indians appeared on the Mohawk, and the two Xcw Hampshire regiments were despatched in that JOSEPH okay's narrative. 251 direction— the First Regiment to Saratoga and the Second ascended the Mohawk. While at Saratoga we received the intelligence of the sur- render of Lord Cornwallis, on which occasion we had a day of rejoicing. We remained there several mouths, when we marched to Newhurgh and went into winter quarters. Nothing further of special importance oc- curred, so far as myself was concerned, and about the 20th of December, 1783, the war being ended, I was discharged. LETTER CONCERNING MR. GRAY'S NARRATIVE. Mr. B. A. Peavey, a resident of Schaghticoke,'New York, after reading Mr. Gray's narrative in the Farmers' Cabinet, v^rote him, about 1840, the following letter : I have related the story to a number of the aged people in hopes of fluding some one who might be acquainted with some of the events. The first man I conversed vdth was Major Vanvecton, aged between seventy and eighty, who heard the story with apparent interest. When I men- tioned the man who was shot by the Indians, said he, " Mr. Gray is right ; his name was Siperly. I can show j'ou the very spot where he fell.. The man who came riding back was Old Poiser." A few days after this Mr. Vanvecton went and pointed out the spot to me where Siperly fell. It was on the bank of the Tompanock Creek, where a point of the hill presses the road close to the creek. The Indians had secreted themselves and shot Siperly from his horse as he was returning to his farm from the vil- lage. Immediately after the death of Siperly, Major Knickerbocker of the settlement sent his negro to the North River, about three miles dis- tant, where some of the neighbors were engaged in placing their property aboard of boats to secure it from the enemy, that he might infotm them of the death of Siperly. Major Vanvecton's father and Solomon Acherth started for the settlement. They had proceeded about half way when they were fired upon by Indians ; Vanvecton received two balls in his thigh, which passed through his tobacco box in his breeches pocket, and he fell, unable to help himself. Acherth shot one Indian with his own gun and killed him, then took Vanvecton's gun and wounded another. He then ran and was closely pursued to the river ; he leaped down the bank, plunged into the river and succeeded in crossing in safety. Major Vanvecton brought out the tobacco box, which he had preserved. It was a round sheet-iron box, four and a quarter inches in diameter. The balls had cut their bigness through the cover as they struck. On the other side they left a quarter of an inch between, making two holes. In regard to the bull jou shot while on sentry, Black Tom, who was then about 12 years old and lived in the settlement, says he recollects the bull. being shot, but does not know who owned it. Vanvecton, the father, who was shot, lived about 80 rods south of the place where you were stationed, and near the south side of the plain, which contains about 1250 acres. This plain was the seat of the gchaghti- coke tribe of Indians, who had 1000 warriors on the ground one hundred and twenty-flve years ago. Three or four, who still linger 'about the neighborhood, are all that remain of the tribe. CHAPTER XXIX. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. REV. JONATHAN LIVEEMOEE. BY EBENEZER HILL. Mr. Livermore was boru at Northborough, Massachusetts, De- cember 7th, 1729, O. S., and entered a student at Harvard Col- lege in the year 1756, N. S., and graduated in 1760. Previous to his entering college the importance of the Christian religion had deeply engaged his attention. Serious impressions having been made on his mind, it was his prevailing desire to become a preacher of the gospel of Christ. His main object for acquiring a liberal education was to qualify himself for that sacred work. After he left his classical studies he soon became a preacher, and was or- dained to the work of the gospel ministry in Wilton December 14, 1768. In his public performance he was distinguished as a plain, prac- tical preacher who was determined to deliver what he himself believed to be the truth, though in the event it might subject him to evil consequences. In his sermons he labored more for correct- ness of sentiment and useful observations than for the embellish- ment of composition. In his private walks he was strictly honest in his dealings, affable, pleasant and instructive in his conversation, and always much concerned that tljie people of his charge should be found in the way of their duty. He continued in his ministry at Wilton but little more than thirteen years ; during which time his labors were crowned with singular success, one hundred and fifty- two persons being added to his church. Towards the close of this term, in consequence of the war with Great Britain, the situation of Mr. Livermore, as well as that of clergymen in general, was ren- dered extremely unpleasant. One cu'cumstance grew out of another BIOGKAPHIOAL SKETCHES. 253 until at length he found it expedient to take a dismission. Ac- cordingly in the month of February, 1777, he resigned his office as pastor and teacher of the church in Wilton. An ecclesiastical council was convened, who approved of the separation, while they supported his ministerial character by r,ecom- mending him to other churches. After this, remaining sound in the faith, he preached occasionally in various places, as oppor- tunity presented, and, when not called to an active part himself, he constantly attended public worship on the Sabbath to hear the dis- courses of others. His treatment toward his successors in office was uniformly kind and friendly. As a husband, he conducted with exemplary affection. As a father, his tenderness and care for his children were expressed by providing for their support, for their education and by endeavoring to train them up in the virtue and admonition of the Lord. As a friend, he was one in whom con- fidence was never misplaced. On the evening of his death, as his custom was, he read a portion of Scripture, commended himself and his family to God by prayer and then retired to rest. In about two hours after, without any apparent struggle, except a little diffi- culty in breathing, he slept the sleep of death. REV. AB^.L riSKE. FROM THE FISKE GENEALOGY. The second minister of Wilton, Rev. Abel- Fiske, was born of respectable parents at Pepperell, Massachusetts, May 28, 1752. In 1774: and 1777 he received the honors of Harvard College. He studied theology with Rev. Mr. Emerson of Concord, Massachu- setts in 1775 and 1776, and during part of the time was master of the Grammar School in that town, where he was beloved by his pupils and respected by the inhabitants. November 18, 1778, he was ordained in Wilton. His faithful discharge of the pastoral functions, and his steady adherence to the principles of order and good government greatly endeared him to his flock, and obtained him the high regard and confidence of his numerous friends. His death, caused by a paralytic affection of the throat, happened April 21, 1802. His intimate friend. Rev. John Bullard of Pep- perell, preached an affecting sermon at his funeral, from Acts, 20: 37, 38. REV. THOMAS BEEDE. BY SAMUEL BARRETT STEWART. My grandfather, Thomas Beede, third minister of the First Church, was born in Poplin, New Hampshire, November 28, 1771. 254 HISTORY OF WILTON. Little is known of his antecedents except that they were French and English, and that his father was a respectable farmer. In his school days he wrote his name with an accent, Beede. There were two older sons, who married and settled in Sandwich, and three daughters, who married and lived in Gilmanton, whither the family had moved, and where Thomas was accustomed, during his minis- try in Wilton, to pay an annual visit to his mother, who lived to the venerable age of ninety-two years. From boyhood Thomas inclined to books, and in his efforts to get an education appears to have had what sympathy and encourage- ment the limited means of the family permitted. He used to relate that it was his habit to sit up in bed and study by candle-light long before the time for farm work to begin. In this way he fitted him- self for district school-keeping. He acquired, also, an elegant style of penmanship that not only brought him a little profit bat graced his letters and manuscripts through life. By such means and by other economies which only ambitious and persevering country boys know how to make, he finally made his way to Harvard College. He entered in his twenty-third year, and was graduated with the class of 1798. Among his most distinguished classmates were Channing, Tuckerman, Judge Story, Stephen Longfellow and others. His college life in company with such men must have been most delightful, if we may judge from the reminiscences ]preserved of it in various memoirs. Among his own letters is a pleasant account of the half-century reunion in 1848 at the house of Judge Fay. Forty-eight members graduated, but only eighteen were then living, and but fifteen were present at the meeting. The dignity of mind and nobility of feeling for which he was always distinguished must have made an early impression upon his classmates, as upon the death of Jeremiah Bowers, a junior, he was selected to deliver a funeral oration. Its beautiful and impressive spirit certainly fore- cast his future profession. Another of his traits was a way of looking at things practically, as appeared in an incident of his comi- mencement forensic, where he frankly declares against "tiring the patience of a polite and respectable audience with Latin theses, and, as we are now doing, by the length of our forensic disputation," a practice now, happily, abandoned. His mind had for a long time been settled upon the ministry, and, the summer after graduation, having been approbated to the "gospel ministry" by the Boston ministers, he preached wherever there were opportunities, all the whUe pursuing his studies and BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 255 « teaching school to meet his expenses. He taught in Cambridge, Roxbury, Lexington, Harvard, Milford and other towns. " My earnings," he says, "from 1790 to 1800, including seven years spent in acquiring my education, were $936." •Wilton was one of the towns where he had preached, and it would appear that a good Thanksgiving sermon (November 25, 1802), and those of the following Sunday, decided the people to settle him ; for after the usual church meeting, a meeting of "Freeholders and other Inhabitants" (December 16, 1802,) resulted in his receiving an invitation to be their minister. The vote was unanimous (112). A settlement of $600 was offered, and a salary of $425, to be paid annually. Some letters of explanation passed, and his acceptance was read January 22, 1803. ' The ordination took place on the second of March following. Rev. William Emer- son of Boston, father of Ralph Waldo, preached the sermon ; and the other services were rendered by Mr. Bullard of Pepperell, Mr. Clarke of Lexington, Mr. Cxoodridge of Lyndeborough, Mr. Bar- nard of Amherst, Mr. Hill of Mason and Mr. Humphrey' Moore of Milford. His ministry began very auspiciously, and it was longer than that of any other minister settled in the town. He was also the last minister settled and paid by the town. The first year's preaching awakened new interest in the church ; there were eleven baptisms and fourteen admissions, which, he says in his first anniversary ser- mon, was a much larger number than had been recorded in any previous year. During the winter of 1805 an event occurred that created, per- haps, a greater buzzing of tongues than the ordination or the old meeting-house raising : the minister was to be married. He was to marry Nancy Wilder, daughter of Benjamin Kimball, of Harvard. The Kimballs were cultivated people, with whom he had become acquainted while teaching. The occasion of the marriage was of double interest to the Kimballs as a sister of Nancy was to be mar- ried at the same time and place. The Wilton people, also, made great preparations to celebrate their pastor's wedding. When the day came the people all turned out upon a grand sleigh-ride to Am- herst to meet the bridal party on its way from Harvard. There were over one hundred sleighs, and merry indeed must have been the jingle of marriage bells. Dinner was served at the Amherst Hotel, and the bride and bridegroom were escorted to their new 256 HISTOKY OF WILTON. home on what came afterward to be known as Beede Hill. Here Mr. Beede had bought a farm and built a house. It was a good deal of an undertaking for him, but he had received some assurance oi assistance from his father ; an accident, however, having suddenly terminated his father's life, and no provision having been made for him, he had always to struggle with an incumbrance upon the prop- erty. The house stood upon a hill that rises next to the meeting-house hill, and commanded a beautiful view in all directions. He planted trees of all kinds, fruit trees and shade trees, and some of them are still standing ; and there is an apple, cultivated by him as a favor- ite, known now as the "Beede apple," and grafted into orchards all about the town. Six children were born to them during the first twelve years, Nancy Wilder, George Kimball, Abigail, Hannah Rockwood, Thomas and Elizabeth, of whom now (1887) only Nancy and Thomas are living. It was the custom of the. times for young men aspiring to pro- fessional life to go to the minister for tuition and especially for col-' lege preparation. Among those who were inmates of Mr. Beede's family, or who came to him for instruction, were Samuel Barrett, Ephraim Peabody, Warren Burton, Daniel Rockwood, Augustus Greele, Timothy Parkhurst, Abner Flint, Joseph Hale Abbot, Isaac Spaulding and several others. He fitted some of them entirely for college. He was very popular as an instructor ; his methods were clear and interesting and his spirit stimulating. An address signed by Abiel Wilson and others, expressive of their appreciation of his efforts in their behalf, shows the deep interest that he took in the education of the young people of the town. Among other things he suggested a " society for intellectual improvement." The meetings were held, at first, at his house, but the attendance grew so large that they were obliged to go into a hall. This was the beginning of a lyceum whose discussions he presided over, and before which he afterward gave frequent lectures. He exhibited a globe, and made it the subject of a lecture ; it was the first globe ever seen in Wilton. The Sunday Noon Reading Room for those who stayed to the afternoon service, opened mainly through the efforts of Samuel Abbot, Esq., and, also. Rev. Dr. Abiel Abbot's gift toward a ministerial library, may, perhaps, be reckoned as the fruit of his interest in general education. He gave several lectures on music in the winter season, and in March, 1810, there is a note of his having preached before the singing school. He was himself y^. ^^^^^ LIOTVPE PRINTING CO., H03TON MA68 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 257 very fond of music. The first Sunday School in the state was opened under his ministry in 1816, and the first sermon probably ever expressly prepared for little children by any minister in the town was given by him. His subject was "Timothy," and under the characters of Eunice and Lois he alludes to his faithful co-workers, Sarah W. Livermore and Phebe Abbot. In the fall of 1815 he volunteered a missionary tour through Eay- mond, Epping and the adjoining towns. It was a month crowded with worli, preaching all days of the week in school-houses and elsewhere, attending funerals, visiting the sick and the aged, and in efforts to encourage, the people to more interest in religious life and work. So, at least, runs bis diary. From 1818, for seven successive sessions, he was chaplain of the State Legislature. He was a prominent Mason, also ; a member of the Royal Arch Chap- ter of New Hampshire, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, and Worshipful Master of the Clinton Lodge at its consecration in 1827. On all public occasions his services appear to have been very highly esteemed ; his speech was dignified and impressive, he possessed a commanding figure, and his style of discourse was marked for its grace and clearness. To his various accomplishments must be added some considerable knowledge of medicine, and the fact that he made himself useful to his poor and feeble parishioners by worldly advice as well as by spiritual consolations. He came very near to the people in all their common affairs, as he was a man with a practical understanding of all the economies of life. His ministry was in every respect paternal. As a preacher he is remembered as having been gifted and impressive. The little trunkful of sermons we hold as a memorial of his work, show that he was given to brevity, at least. Usually he is homiletic ; he illustrates the Scripture, and is rather ethical than doctrinal. If his discourses lack anything it is imagination ; but that may be said of most of the sermonizing of that day. And there is a rather conspicuous absence of local allusions that would be so interesting to us today. A good many notes of sermons, however, show that he extemporized more or less, when probably his discourse was more direct to times and circumstances. In mat- ters of controversy a kind and temperate nature made him consider- ate of the opinions and feelings of others. Liberal in doctrine, he seldom indulged in violent antagonism to the old theology. His position was well understood, and his teaching was regarded as heretical by the older churches ; still he lived on good terms with 258 HISTOKY OF WILTON. most of his neighbor ministers of the surrounding towns. In his valedictory discourse, in a brief rehearsal of the doctrinal character of his preaching, he says : "As for the Trinity, which of late years has almost turned the world upside down, I trust I have not been very troublesome to you, because on the most diligent examination I could not find it in the Bible. I have therefore thought it safest and most profitable to preach as Christ and His Apostles did." He adds that " on doctrinal points, especially such as are very disputa- ble, I have not thought fit to be constantly dwelling," and that " my aim has been to employ practical subjects." His Wilton ministry closed before the anti-slavery agitation had really set in, but one of his young parishioners, who has seen the beginning and the end of the great conflict, and to whose yet unim- paired mind we owe so many reminiscences of the past, remembers " at least one sermon upon the evil influences of slavery, and that almost every Sabbath in his supplications to the throne of grace he asked that ' God would have in His holy care and keeping those that go down to the seas in ships and do business on the mighty deep,' and that ' slavery and oppression might cease from off the earth.' " His sympathies were large and humane ; and his pupil, Warren Burton, said of him that he was of " benignant countenance and gladdening smile," and that " he did not go on in exactly the old ways." Another pleasing testimony to the public esteem in which he was held is from the pen of Governor Isaac Hill : "Thomas Beede, as a clergyman and guide, as the pattern of Christian peace and usefulness, respected by all, beloved by all, who was never known to utter a reproach, or to deserve or receive a reproach, — the name of Thomas Beede, not only in his own town of Wilton, but in all adjacent towns, is embalmed in the memory of the oldest inhabitants. Our residence was at first ten miles from Wilton, and the last thirty years forty miles ; yet we have had fre- quent opportunities to read, learn, mark and inwardly digest his many excellent precepts, and to admire both his social and religious char- acter. The usefulness of Mr. Beede was not confined to the desk ; it was directed to the worldly, not less than the spiritual, welfare of the generation which has grown up since the commencement of the cen- tury. No clergyman of New Hampshire was better known in his native state than Thomas Beede ; there are few men who have written and delivered sermons of greater practical utility, or better adapted to the improvement and edification of both youth and age ; few who have better or more frequently gladdened the hearts of the BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 259 disconsolate, assuaged the grief of tlie mourner and the distressed, and administered the comforts of a holy hope to the sick and the dying." But, although Mr. Beede's settlement was in some sense for life, after serving more than a quarter of a century, it seemed to him best to resign his charge into other hands. He did so accordingly March 14, 1829. It was a great pain to part from so many loving friends, and from a home that had been the scene of so much domestic joy — joy chastened, however, by many trials. It had always been a perplexing struggle between a small salary and the needs of a large family. The necessary farm work had been a care and interruption to study, and the charge of resident pupils, an increase to the domestic burden. Still the home was exemplary, and the atmosphere of it bright and as yet unclouded by sorrow. It was the longest and the happiest the family ever enjoyed. From Wilton Mr. Beede went, the sam6 year, to Eastport, Maine, his family following in the spring of 1830. Nancy remained behind, having been married to Stephen Abbot (Buss) . His ministry there, however, lasted only a year and a half, the family meantime being generally smitten with a malarial fever, from which they were fur- ther afflicted by the death of George, the older son, at the age of 21 years. From Eastport another move was made to Farmington, Maine, where Mr. Beede remained in charge of a Liberal Society for several years, at the same time doing missionary work in towns round about, far and near, as the Farmington Society was not strong enough to give him full support. Here Hannah and Thomas were married. In 1837 there was still another move to Duxbury, Massachusetts, where he was settled among kind friends for nearly four years. Abigail died here, and, also, her grandmother Kimball. Ten years had elapsed since their removal from Wilton, and the family group was now widely scattered, and the hearts of the father and mother were heavy with repeated sorrows and changes. From Duxbury they went to Syracuse, New York, where their daughter Nancy Abbot lived, and, after two years of teaching and preaching, returned to Farmington to live the remainder of their days with their son Thomas. Elizabeth, their youngest daughter, who had always been an invalid, died on the journey, and was buried in Farmington. Two years later, February 11, 1844, Mrs. Beede herself passed to her rest. Mr. Beede continued to preach occasionally and to ren- der such services as his age and health permitted. A few months 260 HISTORY or WILTON. previous to his death, a journey was made to liis old home iu Wil- ton ; and his heart was there gladdened by an affectionate. reception from the many families to whom, for so many years, he had been a dearly beloved friend and pastor, and by whose descendants his name, embalmed in pleasant memories, is now held in deepest reverence. On Thanksgiving, while visiting his daughter Ha>nnah, he was taken suddenly sick, and, after a brief illness, died Novem- ber 30, 1848. Hannah married A. H. Stewart, of Farmington, and the writer is their only child. "Protracted physical sufferings, extending over the greater part of her married life, enforced upon her a compara- tive isolation from society, but she was sdught out and widely beloved.' She possessed a cultivated mind, most reflned tastes, a bright, uncomplaining spirit, and great moral earnestness. Every- thing beautiful in art and nature, in life and in character, appealed to her love and admiration. Her tuneful voice banished the soli- tude of invalidism, her care-taking and industrious mind the weari- ness of the months and years. She was patient, heroic, grateful, self -forgetting. Life was precious to her, and she made it both beautiful and useful, for it was a light shining through the house under whose mild and genial rays friends and neighbors were warmed with affection toward her, and toward the life made ' per- fect through suffering.'" She died July 9, 1881. Nancy W., widow of Stephen Abbot, has for many years lived in Antioch, Cali- fornia. All her children and grandchildren also live in California. Thomas married Lucia M. INIerrill, of Gloucester, Maine. They and their children and grandchildren now live upon the Pacific coast. Mr. Beede's printed sermons, so far as known, are as follows : The Duty of a Minister and People, illustrated in two discourses, March 13, 1803; Masoulc Discourse at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1806; Ora- tion at Wilton, New Hampshire, July 4, 1809 ; Election Sermon, 1815 ; Discourse at Dublin, at the conseoration of the Altamont Lodge, Septem- ber 18, 1816 ; Discourse before the Pentucket Lodge, Lowell, Massachu- setts ; An Allegory of the Olive Tree, Wilton, March 30, 1817 ; Discourse before the General Court, November 19, 1820; Four Sermons, — Patience, The Forms and Power of Godliness, Reasons for tlio Christian Hope (2), 1821. REV. STEPHEN ALFRED BARNARD. FROM THE CHRISTIAN REGISTER. Mr. Barnard was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 26, 1803. He was the son of Stephen and Jane (Guliker) Bar- nard. At an early age he went to Mexico, Maine, and while there BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 261 he saved Judge Hopkinson, then a boy, from death by drowning. He graduated at the Cambridge Divinity School in 1829. January 13, 1830, he was ordained as the fourth minister of the Congrega- tional Church in Wilton. He resigned his ofBce April 25, 1833, and removed to Chesterfield, New Hampshire, where he was pastor of the church for five years, and where he met with the misfortune of having his house burned. He ministered for several years to differ- ent churches in Athol, Massachusetts, Easton and Southborough. In 1847 he went to Lancaster, New Hampshire, where he had a ministry of six years. He then preached for twelve years at Wills- borough, New York, and for two years at Ashford, Connecticut. His voice failing, he went to reside at Lansing, Michigan, with his son William Alfred, a graduate of the Chandler Scientific School at Darthmouth College, and the State Engineer of Michigan. August 29, 1831, he married, in Wilton, Persis Burton, sister of Rev. War- ren Burton, who with her five children survives him. He died at Lansing, June 24, 1882, of old age and paralysis. The latter part of his life he became an Orthodox Congregational preacher. He was an earnest and devout. Christian man, and was respected for his good and upright life. SAMUEL ABBOT. BY CHARLES H. ATHERTON. Samuel Abbot was born at Wilton, on the 30th of March, 1786, being the eleventh of the twelve children of Abiel Abbot, a respecta- ble farmer, and one of the early settlers of that town. Their praiseworthy and painstaking parent gave a liberal education to three of his sous ; namely, Abiel, now the Rev. Abiel Abbot, D, D., of Peterborough ; the Rev. Jacob Abbot, late of Windham, deceased, and Samuel, the subject of this memoir. Samuel pursued his pre- paratory studies in part under his brother Abiel, but was fitted for college chiefly at the public school at Andover, Massachusetts, then much celebrated for the accuracy of its instruction and the scholars it offered for admission to the university. He was graduated in 1808, and soon after entered the office of C. H. Atherton, Esq., of Amherst, as a student at law. He was admitted to the bar in 1812, commenced the practice of his profession at Wilton, and soon removed to Dunstable, now Nashua. In 1817 he opened his office at Ipswich, in the county of .Essex, Massachusetts. Here his professional efforts were favorably noticed by the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court as indicating a well disci- plined and argumentative mind ; and he would undoubtedly have met 262 , HISTORY OF WILTON. with success at the bar if his tastes had corresponded with the duties of liis profession. It much better accorded with Mr. Abbot's feelings to pay the debt of a poor man than to pocket the fee of a suit against liim. His profession was no favorite with him, and he sur- rendered the prospects it offered to the natural bent of his mind-in following a course of general reading, and particularly in attending to chemistry and the mechanic arts, which had long been favorite pursuits with him, with a view of applying them to the useful pur- poses of life. Prior to his going to Ipswich, Mr. Atherton availed himself of the classical knowledge of his student in preparing for college his son, C. G. Atherton, late a Senator in Congress, for which purpose, on solicitation, he resided for a time in Mr. Ather-, ton's family. Mr. Abbot was a student from his youth to the time of his death, and his literary and scientific acquirements were extensive and vari- ous. To his accurate acquaintance with classical literature, he added a respectable fund of information in most of the discoveries of modern science, so that it was difficult to touch on any subject, however abstruse, with which he had not made himself acquainted, and on which he could not throw light and give information. The peculiar characteristics of his mind were accuracy, caution and clearness. With a quickness almost like intuition, he detected the weakness or fallacy of an argument, and no man saw more clearly its legitimate application, or the point at whitjh its force ceased. So, in experimental philosophy, such was his caution that he was seldom,- if ever, misled by his facts to form an erroneous theory. In 1828 when the "pneumatic pai'adox," as it was called, was attracting the attention of scholars, and no satisfactory explanation of it had been found, he first suggested its true theory. This was afterwards experimentally proved by his nephew, Joseph H. Abbot, in an article published in the American Journal of Science and Arts. In 1837-8 he detected the fallacy of the instrument called the " G-eometer," to which the attention of Congress was then called as a discovery in magnetism by which the latitude, as well as the north pole, was supposed to be indicated. Theology was a favorite pursuit with him, and without being a religious disputant, he was well versed in the history of the church and of its various sects. Very few among the clergy were better skilled in Biblical criticism, or better acquainted with the religious controversies of the day. Tolerant and kind to all Christian sects, he embraced the Unitarian, as distinguished from the Trinitarian, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 263 faith It was, however, as a beloved townsman, as a parishioner and church member, and as a friend of the young, that Mr. Abbot's philanthropy and usefulness particularly displayed itself. His object seemed, to be to do good to the community with which he was immediately connected. Was anything projected for the good of the town? Mr. Abbot was an active and efficient promoter of it. Were there any difficulties in the church ? He was the counsellor and peace-maker. Was any young man of promise struggling with poverty, to acquire an education ? Mr. Abbot's advice and purse were freely tendered to him. In establishing and sustaining a town lyceum, in creating libraries for the town, for the parish, for the Sunday school, and for the Sabbath reading room, he was a leading agent and a liberal contributor. He beneficially represented his town in the Legislature of the state four years ; and as a member of their superintending school committee, as a superintendent of the Sunday school and a lecturer before the lyceum, and by the lively interest he took in the morals and education of the young, he has conferred benefits on the rising generation, the extent and magni- tude of which cannot be calculated. If he did not create,' he has at least done much to sustain and perpetuate in his native town that standard of good morals and that taste for reading and education, by which Wilton has been so honorably distinguished in the excel- lent men and accomplished scholars which have proceeded from her loins, and who now sparlde as gems of high price, — an honor to the town and a blessing to the country. There is in most men a lamentable mixture of good and bad quali- ties, of opposite biases ; a conflict to preserve the ascendancy of that which is good ; but occasionally, and blessed be God that it is so, we find an individual in whom the seeds of evil seem not so much to have been conquered as never to have existed in his bosom. Such a man was Samuel Abbot. Any mean, dishonorable, unjust or vicious act or wish seems to have been as remote from him as if such acts or wishes had no existence anywhere, or were physically impossible. Is this enviable singularity of character to be attrib- uted to early parental management and education, to a constitu- tional superiority of the moral and intellectual powers over the passions, or to the happy and harmonious co-operation of both these causes ? That, under the parental roof, order and the law of kind- ness prevailed is well attested. There was good sense and a fondness for reading. There were religious observances and a con- stant attendance on public worship. There were no excesses of 264 HISTORY OF WILTON. severities, the eldest of the children having no recollection of seeing their parent in a passion. That Samuel was blessed with high intel- lectual powers does not admit of a question ; and that he had a deli- cate, and, when developed, a strong, moral sense is also true. His life was guided by the dictates of an enlightened conscience. He felt and exhibited strong and decided marks of disapprobation, but, like his father, was never known to be in a passion. It may now very naturally be asked why a man of such uncom- mon acquirements and virtues attracted no greater general notice ; why such a flower was left to shed its fragrance in so limited a sphere. The answer is obvious and satisfactory. He was a man of uncommon meekness and modesty. No ambition for professional or political preferment beset him. Retiring in his feelings, averse to all show and forth-putting, he abandoned a profession regarded as the common highway to distinction, and took, from choice, that course of life which best agreed with his peaceful disposition and his peaceful-pursuits. The acquirement of knowledge and the con- sciousness that he was useful, satisfied all his worldly aspirations. It is remarkable that the two brothers, Jacob and Samuel, alike distinguished for caution and circumspection, equally free from all rashness and precipitancy, — that these careful and reflecting men should, both of them, in the providence of God, have been cut off in the midst of life, health and usefulness, by what are called acci- dents, which men of much general prudence would have avoided. The death of Jacob Abbot occurred by attempting to cross a pond in an overloaded and leaky canoe ; the death of Samuel by entering a building on fire ! So true it is — " Thevc's .a Divinity that slmpes our ends, Rough-licw tliem liow we will." Major Abiel Abbot, the father of Samuel, was a staunch Whig, an officer of the militia during the Revolutionary war, often the repre- sentative from Wilton to the General Court, and was much intrusted with the business of the town ; he was the guardian of orphans, the friend of the widow and the helper of the poor. He formed an excellent farm out of the wilderness, encountering, with persever- ance and fortitude, all the fatigues and inconveniences of a new set- tlement. Of twelve children, ten lived to adult age. All of them were well educated, and three of them were graduated at Harvard College. The man who, with such means and under such circum- stances, brought up such a family, aud so educated them, is surely ^.■^0-_ i ^■n.0 'dyAHRhtchxe BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. , 265 entitled to honorable remembrance. He was the son of Captain John Abbot, of Andover, who was descended, in the fifth generation, from George Abbot, who emigrated from Yorkshire, England, and set- tled in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1643. Samuel, the subject of this memoir, was never married. Tlie descendants of his American progenitors were numerous, and their branches now extend to almost every state in the Union.* REV. AMOS ABBOTT. BV AMOS ABBOTT. Amos Abbott, son of Jeremiah Abbott, was born June 2, 1812, in Wilton, and was the sixth in a family of ten children. When about sixteen years of age he entered Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, to fit for college, but ill health obliged him at the end of a year to return home. Subsequently he resolved to become a teacher, and entered the Teachers' Seminary in Andover for the purpose of qualifying himself for that office. After due prepara- tion offers of various situations were made to him, but he concluded to accept one from the American Board of Commissioners for For- eign Missions as superintendent of schools of the Muratta Mission in India. He married, May 12, 1834, Anstice Wilson, the eldest daughter of Captain David Wilson of Wilton, and on the twenty-third of the same month they sailed from Boston in the bark Corvo for Bombay. After a voyage of four months they reached their destination, and pursued their journey by land to Ahmednuggur, a mission station 170 miles in the interior. Upon their arrival they found a Muratta school for boys, and also an English school. After nine months' study of the people and their language Mr, and Mrs. Abbott drew up a system for the management of the schools and the pay of the teach- ers, and started several schools in Ahmednuggur and the vicinity. In the autumn of 1835 they organized a normal boarding school, called the Boys' Seminary, in which Mrs. Abbott had charge of the ■ boys' clothing and the religious teaching of the mothers who brought them their food. She also superintended the girls' school. Mr. Abbott taught personally in the boys' school. Once a month all the mission schools, fifteen in number, were visited. The system was continued fourteen years with some variations. While thus * Mr. Atherton's sketch of the life and character of Samuel Abbot was printed in the' Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society, Vol. VI., pages 206-211. Mr. Abbot lost his life, January 2, 1839, in the fire which destroyed the starch factory at Jaffrey, New Hampshire. For his connection with the manufacture of starch, see ante, page 1G3. 266 HISTORY OF WILTON. engaged in teaching and in superintending tbie schools, time was talien for studying the language and for preparing school books and religious tracts in the native language, some of which are still extant ; the arithmetic has been in use in the mission schools for more than forty years. In 1846 Mr. Abbott was licensed as a preacher, but ill health compelled him and his wife, with their live children, to return to America in 1847, and to seek release from the American Board. Contrary to expectation, Mr. Abbott's health improved, and he engaged during several years in canvassing for the Bible Society, in teaching, and in domestic missions in Ports- mouth, Manchester and elsewhere in his native state. With reestablished health, and a yearning to return to their for- mer missionary field, came urgent invitations to them from the mis- sionaries and native Christians, and, with the approbation of the Prudential Committee, they went to Andover, where Mr. Abbott attended the Theological Seminary one year, and was then ordained in Portsmouth as a foreign missionary. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott then returned to India, taking with them their four youngest children, and leaving three older ones in America. Their eldest daughter, E. Augusta, had married Rev. S. C. Dean, aud had joined the Muratta Mission several months before. The parents on returning to India chose for the centre of their field of labor Rahoosee, a vil- lage about twenty-four miles north of Ahmednuggur. They were placed in charge of a church, and were mostly engaged in teaching and preaching there aud in the surrounding district. Four more churches were soon organized, and thus they were in charge of five churches, some of which had native preachers and pastors over them. In 1867 Rev. S. C. Dean, who was in charge of the Satara field, found it necessary to come to America, and Mr. Abbott and, family left Rahoosee and took charge of the Satara field audits out-stations. Here there were two churches and several schools with native assist- ants. In 1869 the ill health of both Mr. and Mrs. Abbott again compelled them to return to America and to seek release from the American Board. After their second return Mr. Abbott, to increase his medical knowledge, went through a course of study in the medical college in Philadelphia, received a diploma and practised medicine a few years in Nashua, but in 1874 they removed to Nebraska. Subse- quently they took up their abode with a married daughter in the Isle of Wight, England, where they now reside. ^Ir. and Mrs. Dean live in Plymouth, Nebraska ; Miss Anstice Abbott is in BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 267 charge of the Bennet Seminary for young ladies in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The third daughter, Chloe, labored some years in the Zenana Mission in India, was compelled to leave by failing health, and is now living in the Isle of Wight, as is also Mr. Abbott's fourth daughter, Emily, who married Major George A. Jacob of the Indian service. The oldest son, Amos W. , is professor in the medical college of Minneapolis. The next son, Albert A., lives in Steele City, Nebraska, and is engaged in stock raising. The youngest son, Justin E., is a missionary of the American Board in Bombay. The three sons were all graduates of Dartmouth College. PROF. JAMES DASCOMB. BY GEORGE L. DASCOMBE. James Dascomb, son of James Dascomb, Jun., and grandson of James Dascomb, who settled in Wilton in 1767, was born in Wilton, New Hampshire, February 21, 1808. Until he was seventeen years old he worked on his father's farm, attending the district school as he had opportunity. He then attended a few terms at an academy at Concord, Vermont, after which he commenced the study of medi- cine with Dr. J. Scobey, a physician residing in that place. He studied one season under the instruction of the medical professors of Dartmouth College, and received the degree of M. D. from that institution in 1832. He commenced the practice of medicine in Boscawen, New Hampshire, but did not long remain there. He was, in 1833, appointed professor of chemistry, botany and physi- ology in Oberlin College, which was then being founded in the midst of a wilderness in northern Ohio, and this position he occupied for forty-four years. In April, 1834, he was united in marriage with Marianne Tenney Parker of Dunbarton, New Hampshire, who was an efficient helper in the work of education, being the principal of the ladies' depart- ment in Oberlin College for nearly a score of years, and an active member of the Ladies' Board of Managers until her last sickness. The newly wedded pair started immediately for the scene of their future labors. A part of the journey was performed in a boat on the Erie Canal, and the last few miles through mud of almost fabu- lous depth in a springless lumber wagon. They arrived at Oberlin three days after ^he opening' of the school in connection with which the remainder of tlieir lives was spent. The terms in the institution were so arranged as to have a long vacation in the win- ter. Some of these vacations, in the early part of his connection with the college. Dr. Dascomb spent in supplementing his limited 268 HISTORY OF WILTON. preparatory education, but later they were passed in lecturing in neighboring colleges. The last outside labor which he performed was as professor of chemistry and toxicology in the medical depart- ment of the University of Wooster at Cleveland, Ohio. In 1878, at the age of seventy years, on account of failing health, he retired as professor emeritus from active service, and two years later his useful life was ended, just one year after the death of his estimable wife. PROF. ADDISON HOWARD FOSTER. FROM THE CLASS BOOK OF '63, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. Addison H. Foster, son of Benjamin Tenney and Abigail (Efow- ard) Foster, was born at Wilton, New Hampshire, November 13, 1838. His father was a farmer and tanner. He was fitted for college at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, entered Dartmouth College in 1859 and continued through the course. After gradu- ating he studied medicine with Drs. William D. Buck and L. B. How of Manchester, New Hampshire, attended medical lectures at the Dartmouth Medical School in the fall of 1864, and graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, in March, 1866. He practised medicine in Lawrence, Massachusetts, until he removed to Chicago in March, 1868, where he has since remained in practice. He held the chair of surgical anatomy in the Women's Medical College, Chicago, from 1870 to 1873, and that of surgery from 1873 to 1875. He has been consulting physi- cian to the Women's Hospital from 1875 to the present time, 1884, and medical examiner for the New England Life Insurance Com- pany of Boston since 1866, and principal examiner for the same in Chicago since 1870. He married Miss Susan M. Houghton of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, September 18, 1866. PROF. AMOS WILSON ABBOTT. FROM THE CLASS BOOK OF '63, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. Amos Wilson Abbott, sou of Amos and Anstice (Wilson) Abbott, was born January 6, 1844, in India, where his father was a missionary. He was fitted for college at Phillips Andover Acad- emy, entered Dartmouth College in 1859, and Jeft before gradua- tion in the fall of 1861. He enlisted in Company C, Sixteenth Regiment, N. H. V., in August, 1862, and served until August, 1863. From 1864 to 1868 he was employed in the pay department of the United States Army. He graduated from the College of BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 269. Physicians and Surgeons, New York, in, 1869; and was resident physician in a hospital there till 1870. From 1870 to 1877 he prac- tised medicine in Delhi, New York ; then he removed to Minneapo- lis, Minnesota, wliere he enjoys a very successful practice and is professor of anatomy in the Medical College. He married, August 19, 1880, Helen G. Wright of Delhi, New York. They have one child, Harold Wilson, born August 6th, 1882. KEY. ABIEL ABBOT, D. D. Dr. Abbot was born in Wilton, December 14, 1765, was the eldest son of Abiel Abbot and Dorcas (Abbot) Abbot, and was of the sixth generation from George Abbot, one of the first settlers of Andover, Massachusetts. After due preparation he entered Har- vard College in 1783, and graduated in 1787. After teaching in Andover Academy about two years, and pursuing a course of theo- logical study, he served as tutor in Harvard Clollege for one year. In October, 1795, he was ordained as minister of the first church in Coventry, Connecticut. Owing to difference of opinion between him and the church, he left Coventry in June, 1811, and the Sep- tember following was chosen principal of Dummer Academy, Bjfield, Massachusetts. He continued in this office until 1819, when he resigned, and removed to a farm in North Andover, on the pres- ent site of a portion of the manufacturing city of Lawrence. He next removed to Chelmsford, where he and his youngest daughter taught a private school. After his removal from Chelmsford, and a temporary sojourn in Wilton, he was invited to the pastorate of the Congregational Unitarian Church of Peterborough, New Hamp- shire, where he was installed in June, 1827. He continued to preach until March, 1839, when a colleague. Rev. Curtis Cutler, was settled to assist him in his labors. In 1848 he resigned his charge, and removed to West Cambridge, now Arlington, Massa- chusetts, to reside with his grandson. Rev. Samuel Abbot Smith, the pastor of the Unitarian Church. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Hai-vard College in 1838. He died sud- denly December 31, 1859. Among his occasional publications were a sermon preached at North Coventry, Connecticut, July 4, 1799 ; Right Hand of Fellowship addressed to Cornelius Adams at his ordination, 1805 ; a statement of the proceedings in the First Church of Coventry, Connecticut, terminating in the removal of the pastor, with an address to his late people, 1811 ; address before the 270 HISTOKY OF WILTON. Essex Agricultural Society at its first exhibition in Danvers, Massa- chusetts, 1811. He married, in 1796, Elizabeth Abbot, daughter of Captain John Abbot of Andover. They had three daughters : Elizabeth, who married Eev. John A. Douglas of Waterford, Maine, Abigail, and Sarah Dorcas, who married Samuel G. Smith, of Peterborough. Dr. Abbot was one of the best of men. His sermons were earnest and practical, and Judge Smith of Exeter pronounced him one of the best preachers he ever heard. He addressed the reason and judgment more than the imagination or feelings. His grandson. Rev. S. A. Smith, said that " during the last winter of his life (he was then ninety-three years old) he made it a point to read every day two chapters of the New Testament, critically, in the original Greek, and often asked me what I thought of this interpretation or that of some difficult passage. In the evenings of that winter I read to him several treatises of Cicero, among others, De Oratore aud De Seneclute. I continued this till the last Friday before his death, and I remember on that evening he let the usual hour of retiring go by in his interest in what was read. Thus did he keep up his interest in the studies and pursuits of his active life, and thus his mind and heart continued growing to the very end." , REV. JACOB ABBOT. He was born in Wilton, January 7, 1768, and was the second son of Major Abiel Abbot. He had the common school education of that period, was fitted for college at Andover Academy, and by a Mr.'Birge, a teacher in Wilton. He graduated at Harvard College in 1792, and taught school in Billerica, at the same time studying theology with the assistance of Rev. Dr. Henry Cumings, one of the noted divines of that day. He , continued his studies at Cam- bridge until he was admitted to the ministry, and preached for a time in Gilead, Connecticut. But eventually he received a call to Hampton Falls, and was qrdained there August 15, 1798. In 1809 he was invited to take charge of Dummer Academy, Byfleld, Massachusetts, but, by the advice of his brethren in the ministry, he declined the appointment. He continued as the minister of the Hampton Falls society until April 1, 1826, when he resigned his office and removed to Windham. Mr. Abbot was greatly respected and beloved, not only by his own church, but by the societies and the people of the vicinity. He was a trustee of Phillips Exeter BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 271 Academy for many years, and of the Adams Female Academy in Derry, New Hampshire. He received, as pupils and boarders in his family, many young men who had been suspended from college, and his instruction and influence in these cases were of a most beneficial character. Many testimonials of recognition and gratitude from them and their friends proved tiieir appreciation of his services. After his removal to Windham he continued his useful and active life by preaching in neighboring parishes, and to a society formed in Windham. He also superintended the schools of the town. The circumstances of his death were deeply afflictive. On Sun- day, November 2, 1834, as he was crossing a pond on his return from meeting, the boat was upset, and he and a neighbor who was with him were drowned. The event carried deep sorrow into every community in which he had been known. Dr. Sprague, the chron- icler of the American pulpit, says of him that " his sermons were written with great logical correctness, luminous simplicity and class- ical purity.'' '' In his family he was a model of conjugal and parental dignity and tenderness." He married, in 1802, Catharine Thayer, a daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Thayer of Hampton, and they had a family of ten children, of whom nine were married, and Ave still survive. DEACON JOSEPH SMITH. — WKITTEN FOR THE VS^ILTON JOURNAL BY I. S. LINCOLN. Died in Wilton the 16th instant [March 16, 1883,] Deacon Joseph Smith, aged ninety-five years and five months. He was buried from the Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, the services being con- ducted by the pastor. Rev. George C. Trow, assisted by Rev. I. S. Lincoln and Rev. Henry D. Dix. Very many were present to pay their hearty respect to the moral worth of this oldest fellow-citizen. He was one of the original members of, the Baptist Church of this town some seventy years ago, and for many years a worthy deacon of the church. He had strong religious convictions, strong faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as his precious Saviour, to whose cause he consecrated his talents and the material wealth which he labored earnestly and honestly to acquire. Few men have thus earned and given so much for the support of gospel preaching. In his last days his most earnest word of exhortation to his fellow-disciples was, " Brethren, love one another." For a few years past he was blind, but his organ of spiritual vision was clear and bright. With 272 HISTORY OF WILTON. the eye of Christian faith and hope he looked on heaven with all its attractions as his sweet, eternal home. The light and hope of this faith impressed itself on his countenance as his silent remains lay in his coffin, reflecting the serenity and beauty of heaven. The good fruits of his long cherished Christian faith commend his useful life to the imitation of all. REV. URIAH SMITH. He was born in Wilton, May 2, 1832. In early life one of his limbs became diseased, and it was amputated by Dr. Twitchell of Keene. By request he has furnished the following biographical sketch, dated November 27, 1884 : " I remained in my native place. West Wilton, with the exception of two terms of schooling I took at the academy at Hancock in the autumn of 1845 and the autumn of 1846. From 1848 to 1851 I was at Phillips Academy at Exeter, where I completed my studies fitting me to enter the sophomore class at Harvard, which I intended to do, after working one year to improve my finances. My father's sickness and death, in 1852, somewhat interfered with my plans, and after that I was solicited to take a position in the Review and Herald office. I concluded to do so, and connected myself with the office, then located at Rochester, New York, in the spring of 1853. In 1855 the office was moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, and I was elected editor of the paper, and, with the exception of a few brief intervals, have occupied the position to the present time. Beside my editorial work, I have prepared several books for the press, and now have upon the market, in the line of bound books, beside some tracts and pamphlets, the following : 'Diagram of Par- liamentary Rules ; ' 'A Word for the Sabbath ; ' ' The United States in Prophecy ;' ' Synopsis of the Present Truth ;' ' The Sanctuary and its Cleansing ;' ' Man's Nature and Destiny,' and ' T^houghts on the Books of Daniel and the Revelation.' This last is a volume of 848 pages, sold by subscription in styles of binding ranging in price from $3.50 to $5.00. The aggregate number of copies now printed is 35,000, and the sale is rapidly increasing. In 1873 I invented, for the use of our college in this city, an automatic folding school seat. It met with such favor that a company was organized in this place for its manufacture, ' The Union School Furniture Com- pany,' to which I sold my patent on very good terms to myself, and the company are making an immense success of it. My life is at present an exceedingly busy one. In addition to my office work, I -^^^^^ o/fo BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 273 am secretary of our General Conference, secretary of our Educa- tional Society, a niemljer of our Publishing Board ; 1 occupy the chair of Biblical Exegesis and Ecclesiastical History in Battle Creek College, beside supplying the Tabernacle pulpit, when no other help is present. Since the loth of August I have attended camp meetings at Syracuse, New York ; Worcester, Massachusetts ; Bur- lington, Vermont; Portland, Elaine; Columbus, Ohio; Jackson, Michigan; Omaha, Nebraska ; and at Independence, ]\Iis8ouri. In October I attended the dedication of South Lancaster Academy, South Lancaster, Massachusetts. But my health is excellent and I enjoy my labor." HON. CHAULES H. BUllNS. BY R. 31. WALLACE. Charles H. Burns, son of Charles A. and Elizabeth (Hutchin- son) Burns, was born in Milford, January 19, 1835. Mr. Burns spent his early years upon his father's farm, and there developed that strength and good constitution with which he is so admirably equipped for the battle of life. He early evinced a desire for an education, and after getting what assistance he could from the common schools of iMilford, which were always of a high order, he entered the Appleton Academy of New Ipswich, at that time under the management of Professor (iuiniby, from which institution he graduated in 1854. For some time he had entertained the purpose of entering the legal profession, for which he had already exhibited an aptitude. He read law in the office of Colonel 0. W. Lull, in Milford, and subsequently attended the llar\ard Law School, where he graduated in the class of 1858. In May of the same year he was admitted to the Suffolk bar in ]\Iassachusetts, and in October following he was admitted to the New Hampshire bar. In January, 1859, Mr. Burns commenced the practice of the law at Wilton, where he has since resided, although of late years his extended practice through Hills- borough County and the state has necessitated the removal of his office to Nashua. He commenced his professional labors, as every young man must who has no one to rely upon but himself, with the smaller and more ordinary kinds of legal work ; but by slow degrees he has risen, until today he is one of the most successful lawyers in New Hampshire, and his practice includes the highest order of cases. 'Sir. Burns, although a good lawyer in all branches of his profession, especially excels as an advocate. He is, what most of our lawyers and even public speakers are not, a natural orator. 274 HISTORY OF WILTON. The whole bent and inclination of his mind has, from his earliest years, always been in this direction. He has given himself a thorough training and practice, at the bar, on the stump and on all those varied occasions when a public speaker is called upon to address the people. This natural talent, thus trained, has made him a clear-cut, incisive and polished orator, who never fails to hold and impress his audience. It can be said of him, what can be said of very few men, that he excels in advocacy and general oratory. His arguments before juries best illustrate his power as a speaker, while his public addresses exhibit his peculiar charm as an orator. As an advocate he ranks among the first in the New Hampshire bar. As an orator he compares favorably with our best public speakers. He has held various important offices in the line of his profession. In 1876 he was appointed by Governor Cheney county solicitor for Hillsborough County, and was subsequently reelected to that office by the people ; the constitution in the meantime hav- ing been changed so as to make the office elective instead of appointive. He held this office in all seven years, and discharged satisfactorily the difficult and delicate duties of a prosecuting officer in a large county. In February, 1881, he was appointed United States district attorney of New Hampshire, and in February, 1885, was reappointed to that office, bringing to the performance of its duties the same zeal and fidelity which he does to all his pro- fessional labors. Mr. Burns has been a life-long Republican. His father, Charles A. Burns, was an active and prominent anti-slavery worker in that little band of anti-slavery agitators which existed in Milford. Young Burns, when a boy, was brought in contact with such men as Parker Pillsbury, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison and Frederic Douglass, and imbibed the sentiments with which they were animated, so that by force of these influences he was naturally a Republican, welcoming this party as the means to carry out the principles of emancipation and freedom. When quite young his interest in the Republican cause, together with his aptitude for public speaking, led him to take the stump for his party. For years he has performed in this way the most efficient service for the Republican party, and today is one of its ablest and most eloquent stump-speakers. Mr. Burns was elected county treasurer of Hills- borough County in 1864 and 1865. He was also a member of the New Hampshire State Senate in 1873 and again in 1879, and in both years was chairman of the Judiciary Committee and took a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 275 pi'ominent part in directing and shaping the legislation of those years. In 1879 he was appointed by Governor Head on his staff as judge advocate general, with the rank of brigadier general. He was a delegate at large to the National Republican Convention at Cincinnati in 1876, and represented the New Hampshire delegation on the Committee on Eesolutions. He was one of the three New Hampshire delegates who strenuously opposed Mr. Blaine's nomina- tion for presidency, at first voting for Mr. Bristow, and finally for Mr. Hayes. He was selected to preside at the Eepublican State Convention held at Concord September 10, 1878, and upon assum- ing the chair made one of his characteristic speeches. The speech was delivered just after the Greenback party had won a victory in Maine, and when the public mind was full of false theories, and the high ground taken by the speaker in favor of honest money and national faith created a deep impression throughout the state. It was everywhere commended as a strong and forcible presentation of the issues of the hour. Mr. Burns is a man of scholarly tastes and habits ; he has a fine law librai-y, one of the best in the state, and a choice and valuable collection of miscellaneous books. He is an honorary member of the New Hampshire Historical Society and also of the New Eng- land Historical and Genealogical Society. In 1874 Dartmouth College conferred on Mr. Burns the honorary degree of A. M. He is a life-long and prominent Mason, having taken thirty-two degrees in that order. He has also been master of the lodge with which he is connected. DAVID WHITING. BY CHAELES H. BURNS. David Whiting is the son of Oliver and Fanny (Stiles) Whiting, and was born at the old Whiting homestead, now the county farm, in Wilton, August 26, 1810. Oliver Whiting was a native of Temple, and a successful farmer. He was a strong, sensible, reso- lute man, and acquired a competence. He had four children, of whom David was the only son. He located upon a large farm in Wilton, and carried it on until declining years prevented his giving active attention to it, when David took control, and ultimately suc- ceeded to its ownership. David Whiting is, therefore, a native of Wilton, and, with the exception of a few years, has always lived there. His life has been one of great usefulness. He received the ordinary instructions of the district school in his neighborhood, but 276 HISTORY OF WILTON. the school was seldom, if ever, kept for more than two months in the year, and then in the winter. In summer he did not attend, but worked on his father's farm. He began to work almost as soon as he commenced to walk, and he has never been idle since. ^Vt the age of eight he did the chores and toolt care of the cattle. Although his school days and the hours spent in reading and studying books were few, he has, through his Iceen observing powers, acquired a large store of practical information, and has become a business man of unusual intelligence. With a body aglow with health, knit together with muscles as strong as steel, and which has never been hurt by intemperance or abuse, and with a mind as clear and bright as sunlight, it is not strange that we find him, at the age of seventy- flve, full of vigor and enterprise, pushing along with all the enthusi- asm of youth. It is useful to record the life of such a man. It affords an instance of what perseverance, enterprise, courage and fidelity will do. Mr. Whiting possesses all these traits, hence his success. Before he was twenty years old he kept a store in Temple, for awhile, belonging to his father ; subsequently he went to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and there erected a building in which he carried on trade for some three years, and in the meantime built and sold three dwelling-houses. He then sold out at Fitchburg, and returned to Wilton and his father's farm. He bought the farm and carried it on for many years. Mr. Whiting married, October .5, 1830, Emma, daughter of Isaac Spalding of Wilton. He was more than fortunate in his marriage. In all of his years since and in e\ery undertaking he has been aided by the intelligent assistance of his wife, who is a lady of rare beauty of character, and whose domestic life has been the chief charm of Mr. Whiting's beautiful home. About two years after his purchase of the old homestead, the barn, with one hundred and fifty tons of hay, was burned. This was a severe loss. He had from fifty to seventy-five head of cattle, and winter was approaching. There was no time to be lost. In this emergency Mr. Whiting's grit and courage were manifest. Storms test ships ; so difliculties and trials test men. lie secured a company of men, went into the woods and cut the trees and turned them into lumber, and in about one month completed a barn one hundred and twenty feet by forty, which still stauds, a monument to his courage and perse\erance in the most trying circumstances. Mr. Whiting in time made his farm one of the most valuable in BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. ^ 277 the state. It was one of the largest, and possibly the largest dairj' farm in the state, but it did not satisfy him. He wanted more business.* The visitor to the thrifty town of Wilton can see on every hand the evidences of the enterprise of David Whiting & Sons. It is fair to say that to the indomitable enterprise of David Whiting the town owes more than to any other person. His force and industry have, for a full half-century, been a source of encouragement to all with whom he has associated. In 1866 Mr. Whiting erected a large hotel in Wilton. For years he was its landlord. He was a model one. Under his management the Whiting House became a famous summer resort. In 1874, in a disastrous conflagration which visited the town, it was burned, and was never rebuilt. The site was subsequently presented to the town by Mr. Wliiting, and is now occupied by the new Town House. He has twice represented the town in the state Legislature. ^Ir. and Mrs. Whiting, October 5, 1880, celebrated their golden wedding. He was seventy : she was sixty-seven years old. It was a memorable occasion. Children, grandchildren and friends from far and near gathered to the charming home of the worthy couple in Wilton, and all were received with that genuine hospital- ity for which Mr. and Mrs. Whiting are so well known. More than three hundred were present and entertained. The day and evening were spent in pleasant reminiscences, in merry-making, song and dance, ilany were the tokens of love and respect that were left with them ; and these, with the earnest words spoken, indicated the esteem in which they are held by their kinsmen, townsmen and friends. David Whiting is a strong, earnest man. The world needs such men. IK IN. .JOSEPH NEWELL. Joseph Newell was born in Eeading, Massachusetts, in the year 1794. His father died soon after, so that, he had no recollection of him. His mother married, for her second husband, -John Cofran of Charlestown, Massachusetts, where the family, consisting of two sons and two daughters, were brought up. After leaving school, Joseph was placed in a store, and afterwards went into the West * We omit here the account of the milk business, for vvhicli see Chapter XXVI. of this History. 278 HISTORY OP WILTON. India goods business in Charlestown Square under the firm-name of Newell & Thompson, where tlie firm carried on an extensive business with the country towns of Vermont and New Hampshire, exchanging goods for the country products, which in those days were brought down by the slow process of teaming. In 182.3 he felt obliged to make a change, on account of ill health, to a climate free from east winds and salt air, and his step-father, John Cofran, who had been obliged to take a place in Wilton for debt, advised his son to go to this place as an experiment, and see how it might agree with him. He had married Lavina Hopkins, daughter of Colonel Samuel Hopkins of Wilmington, Massachusetts, the year previous, and with his young wife he started for New Hampshire, never once thinking that his stay would be more than temporary ; but his health became so much improved by the pure air that he concluded to remain for a time, and commenced business in the middle of Wilton. At that time all the business of the town centered there, and tlie country store was the grand rendezvous for all the town's people to exchange, not only their products, but their sentiments and opinions on all important questions of the day. The hall over the store was the caucus room ; adjoining was a large Free Masons' hall ; the post-office was connected with the store ; therefore one may readily see the many attractions of the central store of one of those old New England towns, where not only the affairs of the town, but those of the state and nation as well, were discussed, oftentimes in a most exciting manner. At this period New Hampshire seemed to have taken a life lease of the Democratic party. Democracy was the law, if not the gospel, of both town and state for many long years, while the struggling minority were ever working to free themselves from the bondage of the dominant party, occasionally encouraged but only to be defeated. Joseph Newell was always one of the staunch, hopeful opposition, — a Webster Whig from the start. In this he was decided and fear- less, but annually on town meeting day was obliged to succumb to the will of the majority. It will be seen that he occupied a barr6u field for political promotion. He clung to the Whig party, while it lasted, with the tenacity of life, but when the dissolving elements set in he took to what he considered the next best landing, the Eepublican party, although with many regrets. In 1865 and 18GG he was elected to the state Senate, which was' the only political office he ever held ; and perhaps here I cannot better illustrate BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 279 a point in his character than by an extract taken from the Nashua Telegraph : The late Hon. Joseph Newell of Wilton was a positive man. He had a inind of his own, as the saying is, and trusted in his own judgment. It is related of him that when in the Senate, counsel desired to argue a pend- ing measure; '-You may argue it all day," said Mr. Newell, " ray mind is made up." And it turned out that it was made up against the counsel. He was a constant attendant and supporter of the Unitarian So- ciety of the town, and in former days his house was always open to the gatherings of the clergy, which were frequent in those times ; and if he did not fully endorse the creed or belief of that denomina- tion at that time, it must be confessed that the gulf was not wid- ened^as time went on with the development of more liberal ideas. "When the railroad from Nashua was extended to "Wilton, it com- pletely changed the old town, and all the business forsook the old haunts of trade for the terminus of the railroad on the bank of the river in the eastern part of the town. The subject of our sketch was not long in determining the only course left for him to take. He at once erected a store and house and afterwards other build- ings, and removed his business to this more thriving situation, where he continued to take an interest in the many enterprises of the town until 1857, when his wife died, and he then commenced to close up his business. "While the old town was fast going to decay on account of its new rival, till it might have almost reminded one of Goldsmith's Deserted Village, yet he could never entertain the thought of parting with his old home, surrounded as it is with charming scenery of woods and streams and with a bold outlook on the grand old Temple hills, which he so much enjoyed to look upon in after life. Besides, in this house, built in 1800, his four chil- dren were born and the best and happiest days of his life were spent. With these feelings he was prompted to offer the old store and the adjoining buildings to his younger son, C. H. Newell, who immediately altered it into a spacious summer residence. The old homestead he gave to his eldest son, George A. Newell, who made extensive repairs and alterations, and still occupies it during the summer months. These, and other improvements, made the place an attractive home during the last days of the old gentleman's life, and one which he never failed to enjoy. Joseph Newell in any position in life would have been called a character. He was, as has been said, a positive man. His nature was not of a frivolous kind ; of deception he had none, but he had 280 HISTORY OF WILTON. a firm determinatiou and decided opinions, strongly tinctured with a true sense of justice. He might be regarded among men lilse a bowlder on the landscape, firm and immovable. An extract from an obituary, printed in tlie Nasliua Telegraph at the time of his death, may not be inappropriate in closing this brief slietch : DEATH OP H0\. .TOSEPH NEWELF,, FEBRfARY 17, 1881. Hon. Joseph Xewell died at his hoiise in Wilton at half-past three this [Thursday] moruing at the advanced age of more than 90 years. The deceased was a native of Charlestown [Reading], Massachusetts. He came to Wilton at an early age and was a progressive citizen and a promi- nent merchant for more than fifty years. His popularity was such that he could have held almost anj' office in the gift of his town or district, but he steadily refused, until, after the close of the war, he was preyailed upon to accept the nomination of state senator for the old seventh dis- trict, which included Xasliua. He was triumphantly elected, and his course was such as to give him a second nomination and election. 3Ir. Xcwell was the founder and one of the heaviest owners in the Xewell Woollen Mill, and at different times was concerned in other enterjirises which he Ijelieved to be for the advantage of his town. A few years ago lie met with a railroad ac<-ident at Lowell, while attending an agricultural fair, liy which he lost an arm. He did nmch to beautify and adorn his town and to encourage those who have struggled to build better homes for themselves. Mr. Newell was an old-school gentleuinn ; ii man " whose word was as good as his bond;" a man who made friends and kept them to the very end of his life. Honest, industrious, elieerful, ready to bear his part in all the burdens of his townsmen, seeking to be useful and to encourage and foster a reciprocal feeling in those whose paths in lite were parallel, he was a good citizen, whose intlneiice will be felt in j-ears to come, for his example was worthy of emulation. He leaves a son and a daughter. solo:mi)X kiddeu liverjioue. — fro5i the history oe hillsborough COUNTY. He was the flftli child of Rev. .lonatlian Livermore of Wiltou, and was born iNlarch 2, 1771). He was taught at home in his earlj' years, but tlie common school was established before his entire youth had passed. In the summer he helped in the fields, and in winter in the woods ; his love for his native hills and valleys grew with his growth, and continued to the end of his life. When advanced enough in his studies, he entered ^Ir. Pemberton's scliool for boys in Billeriea, liis mother's native place, where he remained till fitted for Harvard College, which he entered in 1799. and grad- uated in 1802 in a class large and distinguisjied for its ability. DANIEL CRAGIN. HELIOTYPE PRINTING CO., BOSTON, MASS. 280 HISTORY OF WILTON. a firm determination and decided opinions, strongly tinctured with a true sense of justice. He miglit be regarded among men like a bowlder on the landscape, firm and immovable. An extract from an oliituary, printed in the Nashua Telegraph at the time of his death, may not be inappropriate in closing this brief slvetch : DEATH OF I-KIN. JOSEI'H NEWELL, FEBRUARY 17, 1881. ITon. .Toseph Newell died iit his house in Wilton at half-past three this [Thursday] moruing at the advanced age of more than 90 years. The deoeiised was a native of Charlestowu [Reading], Massachusetts. He came to \\'iltoii at an early age and was a jirogressive citizen and a promi- nent merchant for more than fifty years. His populai-ity was such that he could have held almost any office in the gift of his town or district, but he steadily refused, until, after the close of the war^ he was prevailed u])on to accept the nomination of state senator for the old seventh dis- trict, which included Nashua. lie was triumphantly elected, and his course was sucli as to give him a second nomination and election. Jlr. Xewell was the founder and one of the heaviest owners in the Newell Woollen Mill, and at different times was concerned in other enterprises wliicli he believed to bo for the advantage of his town. A few j'ears ago he mot with a railroad accident at Lowell, while attending an agricultural fair, by which he lost an arm. He did much to beautify and adorn liis town and to encourage those who have struggled to build better homes for themselves. Mr. Newell was an old-school gentleman ; a man " whose word was as good as his bond ;"" a man who made friends and kept them Id tlie very end of his life. Honest, industrious, cheerful, ready to bear Ills part in all the burdens of his townsmen, seeking to be useful and to encourage and foster a reeiproeal feeling in those wliose p.aths in life were parallel, he was a good eitizen, whose influenee will be felt in ye;irs to eome, for his example was worthy of emulatifin. He leaves a son and a daughter. SOLOMON KITJDEIi LIVERAtORE. FROM THE HISTORY OF HILLSP.OROUOH COUNTY. lie was the flfth child of Rev. Jonathan Livermore of Wilton, and was liorn March 2, 1771(. He was tanght at home in his earlj' years, but the common school was established before his entire youth had passed. In the summer he helped in the fields, and in winter in the woods ; his love for his native hills and valleys grew with his growth, and continued to the end of his life. When advanced enough in his studies, he entered ^Ir. Pemberton's scliool for boys in Billeriea, liis mother's native place, where ho remained till fitted for Harvard College, which he entered in 171)9, and grad- uated in 18U2 in a class large and distinguislied for its ability. DANIEL CRAGIN. lIOTVPE printing CO., BOSTON, MASS BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. 281 He studied law with Oliver Crosby, Esq., of Dover, and was admit- ted to the bar about 1806, and after a few years came to Milford as the earliest established lawyer of the town. ]Mr. Liverraore was eminently a lover of justice, beloved by those for whom he labored ; he looked first to the public good, and was utterly averse to towns or citizens pursuing narrow or selfish ends. Political partisanship the most pronounced prevailed during Mr. Livermore's early life, but he could be no partisan. Unmoved ))y the invectives of the partisans of France, he saw much more that was good and hopeful, and less that was mischievous, in the Federal party, which crystallized into the Wliig party ; he worked with that party until it was bereft of life, when he found himself a Free Soil sympathizer, and from that evolved a Republican. Mr. Livermore was a member of the First Congregational Churcli for nearly tweaty-five years ; then a member of the First Unitarian Society. He married Miss Abigail Atkins .Jarvis of Cambridge, ^lassachusetts. Six children lived to mature age. jV son and a daughter settled in Baltimore, ^Maryland ; another son in Galena, Illinois, and the youngest son finally in Cambridge on the maternal grandfather's homestead. Two grandsons liave been in tlie navy for years ; one grandson, Colonel Thomas L. Livermore, rose from the ranks to a eolonelcj' in the war of secession, was at the head of the largest manufactory in the country for some years, and is now a lawj'er in Boston. Through his long life Mr. Livermore felt a Iveen interest in tlie colleges and schools of the country, in the young and their progress towards riglit living and good citizenship. He was a judicious friend, a wise counsellor and a good citizen. He died in July, 18.")9, in the eighty-first year of his life. His descendants surviv- ing at the date of this History are a daughter, twelve grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren, living in six different states. DANIEL CRAGIN. Daniel Cragin, fourth child of Augustus and Almira (Boynton) Cragin, was born in Merrimac, December 31, 183(). His parents had ten children. When Daniel was but six months old, his father, who was a farmer and mechanic, removed from Merrimac to Tem- ple. Young Cragin was early taught to labor, liis boyhood being spent on his father's farm until lie was seventeen years old, when lie engaged with John Newell of Lyndeborough to learn cabinet- work. After three years spent with him, he went to ^\'iltou, where 282 HISTORY OF WILTON. for a year he was engaged in a furniture shop. Then returning to Lyndeborough, he, in company with a partner, purchased the shop and business of Mr. Newell, his first employer. Continuing liere with varying success sometliiug more than a year, Mr. Cragin dis- posed of his interest in the business and came to what was known at that time as the " Putnam Corporation," in the north part of the town of Wilton. This was in 1858. Mr. Cragin had just attained his majority, and while, as before stated, he had had some business experience, yet fortune had not favored him with financial success, and he began business in Wilton, as a manufacturer of knife trays and toys, on a cash capital of ten dollars. He rented one room in the Putnam Bobbin Factory in which to carry on his manufacturing. Continuing here two years and meeting with fair success, he pur- chased a small building on the site of his present factory, and removed his manufacturing there. Soon after this he built an addi- tion to his shop, and from that time to the present, as the exigencies of his increasing business have demanded, he has made additions to the space and the facilities with which he started. In addition to the water-power, which at the beginning was suHicient to operate his machinery, he has since found it necessary to add steam-power, and now both are in use. About the autumn of 1876 Mr. Cragin began the manufacture of dry measures, which has since grown to be the leading feature of his business. At the time when he undertook this line of manu- facturing, the machinery in use for the purpose was very crude indeed ; in fact, the measures were bent and made almost entirely by hand. And just here comes a practical illustration of the genius or faculty which, more than all others, has made New England the centre of capital and the cradle of progress in America : the faculty of invention, that predominant and distinguishing characteristic of the Yankee character, which, seeing a need, proceeds at once to devise a way of supplying it. With a singleness of purpose and a determination to succeed, Mr. Cragin began at once to devise simple and labor-saving machines to do what had hitherto been done only by hand. One contrivance after another was made, experimented with, improved and perfected, until now, by the aid of various ingen- ious, curiously contrived, yet simple machines, the lumber is carried through the manifold processes necessary to convert it into meas- ures of various sizes and capacities, in an amazingly rapid and skilful manner ; until the vessels are completed, the whole work is BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 283 pr^ictically done by machinery. And what is more, every piece of machinery in Mr. C'ragin's factory, except a few of the simpler con- trivances, is the product of his own inventive genius. The improved facilities which he has thus created for himself have enabled him to produce flrst-class work at prices which have prac- tically driven from the field all competitors, so that in the area which he attempts to cover, he has almost a monopoly in this spe- cialty. In addition to manufacturing he has dealt more or less in lumber, real estate, etc., and has made other investments. He has been selectman of the town of Wilton five years, and chair- man of the board for three years. He represented his town in the Legislature two years, 1875-6, and in 1884 was nominated as a candidate for senator on the Democratic ticket, but with no chance of election, as the district is strongly Republican. Mr. Cragin is a staunch, though tolerant. Democrat, broad and liberal in both political and religious views. He is one of the directors of the Wilton Savings Bank. He married, ]March -29, 1859, Jane L., daughter of John and Lucetta (Draper) Dolliver of Lyndeborough. HENRY NEWTON GRAi". FROM THE HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. Henry N. Gray was boi'n January 4, 1826, at what is known as " Gray's Corners " in Wilton. He isMescended from Joseph Gray, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and participated in the battle of Ticonderoga. Joseph Gray was by occupation a farmer, and was a man of great energy and force of character. He retained his interest in military affairs, and after the Revolutionary War he became adjutant of militia, a position which he held for many years. He was a man of robust constitution, full of energy, an early riser, and noted for liis push and vigor. He lived to be more than eighty years of age. His wife was Chloe Abbot. Calvin Gray was his son, and was brought up on his father's farm. When about eighteen years of age, he learned blacksmith- ing with James Means of Wilton, and followed that occupation as long as he lived. He was a genial, pleasant man, and fond of the jollities of life. He inherited his father's love for military affairs, and rose to the rank of adjutant of militia, the same rank his father had formerly held. He married Clarissa King. They had three ■ children who survived him : H. Newton; Harriet N., who married Henry K. French of Peterborough, and died, leaving one child ; and Charles D., who married Kate Spaulding of Mason, and died. 284 HISTORY OF WILTON. leaving no issue. Calvin Gray was born in 1800, and died in 1806. H. N. Gray was brought up on the farm and in the blacksmith shop of his father, with whom he remained until he attained his majority. He then hired the shop of his father, and conducted business for himself. Upon his father's decease, he purchased of the other heirs their interest in the estate, and has successfully prosecuted the business, to which he added carriage building, to the present time. He was the originator of what is known as the Wilton "\\'agon, and has made a specialty of its manufacture for several years. He has the reputation of doing thoroughly first- class work, and has the grandest of tributes paid him by his neighbors — that of being in all respects an upright, reliable, truth- ful man. He is a Republican in politics and a Unitarian in religion. He is an industrious, pushing man and has made for him- self and his family a beautiful home. He married, January 3, 1853, Mary Ann Heath of Barre, Massachusetts, an estimable lady. They have three children. [See Gray Genealogy.] Mr. Gray's venerable mother, avIio is still living [now deceased, 1888], is in many respects a remarkable woman, possessing a strong mind in a strong body. She has been a woman of remarkable activity and industry, of clear judgment and sound common sense, full of life and energy. She has, perhaps, done more labor and successfully carried through greater responsibilities than any other woman of the community. She has been a model New England housekeeper; neat, frugal, industrious and self-reliant. Such mothers have given to the world the successful men of the world. She has all her life prided herself on promptitude, never failing to perform to the letter whatever she promised ; and this trait, inher- ited by her son, has been the key-note of his success in business, and of his standing as a reliable man among his fellow-townsmen. It is a pleasure to be able to preserve on the pages of history some record of the virtues of such wi^'es and mothers. All honor to their memorj', and may their descendants revere their names, and emu- late the example of their unselfish, noble lives ! HON. ISAAC SPALDIXd. BY ISAAC SPALDING WHITING. Isaac Spalding was born in New Ipswich, February 1, 1796. llis father removed to Wilton with his family in 1800. Having had what education he could get at the district school, Mr. Spalding started out iu 180i) to earn his living, lie took service with Jlr. Robert Reed, a store-keeper of Amherst, who took him into partner- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 285 ship in 1816. Having spent ten years in tliis relation, lie moved to Nashua and opened a store for himself on Main .Street. The goods dealt in were the general miscellany of a country store of the time . Here he laid the foundation of his fortune. The village was thri\ing, and Mr. Spalding's shrewdness easily secured for him a large share of its prosperity. Though still successful, he gave up business in 1838, and thenceforward devoted himself to public enterprises and the care of his estate. This voluntary relinquishment of a profitable business, when he was only forty-two years old, is a sufficient answer to the charge of avarice, to which his subsequent wealth exposed him. Having been selectman, representative and moder- ator, he was now promoter of the Concord Railroad and one or other of its officers for thirty years ; member of the Constitutional Convention in 1850 ; member of the Governor's Council, 1866, '67 and '68 ; trustee and president of the State .\sylum for the Insane in 1863 and 1861), respectively ; president of the Nashua Bank, &c. He died May 14, 1.S76, being reputed to be the richest man in the state. He possessed all the business qualities in good proportion, but the dominant ones of his nature were two, caution and thrift. First, his caution : his maxim in investing was, better take six per cent, interest on a safe principal than ten per cent, on a risky one. Thus his income was uninterrupted, his capital had few periods of enforced idleness. No alluring prospectus could captivate his judgment. If he invested in new, unproved undertakings, such as the Concord Eailroad, his motive was something more than imme- diate money-making ; he hoped to benefit the community in which he lived. But he said to promoters of distant enterprises : "I have no interest in them except as investments, and before investing, I prefer to see them completed and established, so that I can judge of their value." The bank of which he was an otBcer is said never to have had a dollar's worth of poor loans. Second, his thrift : ambi- tious to be wealthy, he clung to his purpose, and looked well to the dollars to see that they were saved and put to work. Yet lie felt no miser's glee in handling money. Hi's care of his estate was a piece of his character and resulted not from instinct but from prin- ciple. He protested against dissipation and luxury in all their forms, not alone in what money was accountable for. He frittered away just as little time and strength as he did money. "When he spent, he spent freely, and got something for his outlay worth having. Thus his house was the richest in the city for its time, 286 HISTORY OF WILTON. solid and finished to the last degree. He travelled much, and bought the most comfortable accommodations attainable, and his gifts were not niggardly. He married Lucy Kendall of Amherst, May 1, 1828. She was born December 13, 1796, and is now living [May, 1888]. They had two children, both of whom died in child- hood. REV. SAMUEL BARRETT, D. D. Eev. Samuel Barrett, the eldest son of Major Benjamin Fiske and Betsey (Gerrish) Barrett, was born August 11, 1795, in Eoyalston, Massachusetts. His father removed to Wilton April 22, 1803, in whose district schools young Barrett received his rudi- mentary education. He- loved his books, and at an early age began to dream of obtaining a liberal education, and of becoming a minis- ter of the gospel. He became a member of the family of Rev. Thomas Beede, and by his instruction was prepared for college. He graduated at Harvard College in 1818, and at the Cambridge Divinity School in 1822. After preaching in various New England parishes and in Philadelphia and Baltimore, he was invited to the pastorate of the Twelfth Congregational Society of Boston, and was ordained February 9, 1825. He ministered to this church and society till 1858, when he resigned his office on account of infirmity and age, much to the regret of his people, and received the gra- tuity of six thousand dollars as token of their gratitude and esteem. Dr. Barrett, beslAes his special labors in his own society, was a large public benefactor, as editor of various religious periodicals and as a writer of tracts ; he was chaplain of the Massachusetts State Senate, missionary of the American Unitarian Association, and author of many discourses and occasional addresses. He aided the members of his own family in obtaining a liberal education, and extended a helping hand to others. After his resignation he removed to the Highlands, Roxbury, where he lived till his' death, .June 24, 1866. His memoir and sermons were published by his devoted parishioner, Lewis G. Pray. His immediate neighbor and friend in the West Church-, Boston, Rev. Cyrus A. Bartol, D. D., has recorded his estimate of the life and character of Dr. Barrett, to which we are sure all his friends will cordially assent as not over- drawn, but as -sound and true. We quote his beautiful words : As a. preacher, Dr. Barrett was regarded as having but few, if any, superiors in the efl'ectiveness of his pulpit ministrations. There was nothing about him cold, indifferent or tame; rather, an extraordinary BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 287 fervoi-. I never met hiin but to see this divine ardor in iiis face, iicar it in his voice, and marli it i^ his manner. Yet there was no attribute in him his friends would perhaps sooner single out than his wisdom, though it was wisdom without suspicion of management or cunning. He was as simple as he was wise. Bright and cheering views his own mind moved him to talie. To him in his goodness, all was good. The world was a good world ; the race was a good race ; all fortune was good fortune, and Providence was infinitely good. In the darkest time he never despaired. I suppose there never was profounder faith in the future of manliind, and the immortal destiny and bliss of the children of men. Never was pity more tender or reflective or circumspect. 1 should leave out one of the principal traits if J omitted this uniform, unsurpassed forbearance to rub unnecessarily the sore spot. Not that he was reticent or close. He was transparent and altogether decided in his opinion. But he differed entirely from those who are diligent to thrust in the probe where they have not been called as surgeons, and in chafing into morbid activity old and half-healed wounds. The young are good judges, and he singularly drew them as a teacher in early life. He was a good man. Perhaps no clergyman has been more beloved by his parishioners and professional associates. Many a heart was in the coffin holding the precious remains that had been his body, the shrine of a nature as noble and affectionate as is ever dressed in human form, still keeping, in decay, his innocent and generous look. Dr. BaiTett married, September 11, 1832, Mary Susan Green- wood, daughter of Dr. Greenwood of Boston, and sister of the emi- nent Unitarian minister, Rev. Dr. F. W. P. Greenwood, minister of King's Chapel, a lady of the most beautiful and winning Christian character. She died March 15, 1874. Dr. and Mrs. Barrett had eight children, four sons and four daughters, and numerous grand- children and great-grandchildren. REV. DAVID GAGE. Rev. David Gage, born December 26, 1809, in Wilton, is the son of Richard and Betsey (Hutchinson) Gage. He writes : " When I was quite a young man, I helped make the brick for the Baptist meeting-house. In 1829 I left Wilton to work for Luther Law- rence of Groton, Massachusetts. After working for Mr. Lawrence one year I returned to Wilton. In 1831 I became a member of the Baptist Church. Subsequently I entered the institution at New Hampton. In 1833 the Baptist Church in Wilton gave me a license to preach. In 1834 I commenced to preach in East Wash- ington, and was ordained as pastor of the Baptist Church there Sep- tember 23, 1835. In 1845 I was dismissed from the pastoral dare of the church in East Washington, and became pastor of the Baptist 288 HISTOKY OF WILTON. Cliuich in New Boston the same year. In 1855 I was appointed by tlie New Ilampsliire Baptist Convention as their domestic mis- sionary. I labored in this capacity in Acwortli, Marlow and Unity until 1H(J2, when I was appointed missionary and financial agent. In 187W 1 resigned my agency, having labored for the Convention twenty-three years. In 1862 I removed to ^lanchester, where I have resided until the present time. Since 187s I have preached nearly all the time as a stated supply in different churches. I have been able to preach nearly every Sabbath for fifty years. I am here in East Canaan as a stated supply, and preach every Sabbath. I wish to die with the harness on." REV. EriIEAIM PEABODY, D. 1). He was the son of Ephraim and Rhoda (Alibot) Peabody, and was born ]March ii, 1807. He was fitted for college at rhillips Exeter Academy, and graduated at Bowdoin College in 1.S27, and at Cambridge Divinity School in 1830. After preaching for some time in Meadville, Pennsylvania ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; and !^Jo)»ile, Alabama, he was settled over the Unitarian Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in June, 1838. He became minister of King's Chapel in Boston in January, 1846. He married Mary Jane Derby of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1833. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Bowdoin College in 1848. He died November 28, 18o(). " .V man of sound judgment and self-sacrificing benevo- lence, combining with great practical wisdom the utmost simplicity and purity of character." The following beautiful picture of Dr. Peabody, drawn by the loving hand of Rev. John II. Morison, D. D., for several years his associate in the New Bedford society, is as true as it is beautiful. It is talicn from a sermon preached May 20, 1888, at the fiftieth anniversary of the last services in the old church : Tt w!is my prlvilcii'e fifty years ago to be ordahicil hero tho associute pastor of this society with one of whom I can hardly tliiiik without Ihi' flfc^pest sense o( grateful cniotioii and aft'eetious. He was one of the truost, "wisest. saintUcst of men, a man of widely exteudcd loaruiiig, a man of far-reaching, self-forgetting sympathies and att'eetions, loving and beloved as few men have ever been, ii man in wliosc large and liberal nature no room could bi- found for so nuieh as a. momentary suggestion that was not generous and manly, a luiiu very modest iu his estimate of himself, if he thought of himself at all, dilHdent apparently iu his intei- <-ourse with others, but iu an emei-geucy no man was more indepeudoul or self-reliant, and no niau braver in troubled times nor truer to the '^ HELIOTYPE PRINTING CO., BOSTON BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 289 deepest convictions of nature than he. Once I remember, when we were returning from a succession of parish calls, he said to me, and I heartily assented to what he said : " Among all these homes which we have entered there is hardly one. which it is not a pleasure and a privilege to visit." So it was, here, fifty years ago. And the cordial good feeling which united your ministers extended to all the members of their house- holds. A dear child* of his, beautiful in person and lovely even beyond what is usual at that most attractive age, dying before she had completed her thirtieth year, bore to her grave a name which, from its associations, could not but bind all still more closely together. With these great qualities added to extraordinary beauty and personal attractions, our friend was trusted, beloved and honored as few men ever are. In any community he could not fail to have a commanding influence, especially with the most intelligent, highest and upright members of society. As a preacher, he was grave, impressive, instructive, with a voice sometimes hard, often monotonous, sometimes deep, rich, melodious, filling out as with organ tones passages of sustained moral dignity and power, sometimes like the sunlight at even-song, illuminating with richest hues pictures of rare poetic beauty, or, most eflective of all, flowing as a tearful melody through passages of tender, melting pathos, such as I have never found in any other preachers. For five years we worked here together, the labors of the parish pretty equally divided between us, he the principal, I the assistant. It was a most happy, affectionate union, no shadow of misunderstanding falling on the relationship whicli bound us to each other and to our own people. And it is a great happiness now to see the same friendship drawing our children's children affectionately together. EEV. WAKREN BURTON. He was the son of Jonathan and Persis (Warren) Burton, and was born, November 23, 1800, in Wilton. He was fitted for college by his pastor, Rev. Thomas Beede, and graduated at Har- vard in 1821. He went through the course of the Cambridge Divinity School, but was obliged to suspend his studies for a time on account of ill health. He travelled one summer as the agent of the American Unitarian Association, being the first who acted in that capacity. Health restored, and the course of study finished, he received the customary license to preach. In March, 1828, he was ordained as the first pastor of a new Unitarian Society at East Cambridge, Massachusetts. Resigning the charge of the society at the end of the first year, he supplied the pulpit at Washington for a time, and afterwards preached at Keene, Nashua, Hingham, Wal- tham and other places. In August, 1844, he entered upon, his * The first wife of Charles W. Eliot, rresident of Harvard University. 290 HISTOET OF WILTON. duties as minister-at-large in Boston, and remained in that position until the autumn of 1848. He afterwards became minister-at-large and chaplain of the county prison in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he remained two years. He then devoted himself to writing and lecturing. He was the author of the " District School as It Was," " Home Elducation," and several other publications, and was an eminent promoter of education. He was a most earnest and enthusiastic man, of guileless childlikeness, and warm and affectionate sympathies. Born in the cold north, he had all the ardent temperament proverbially attributed to the children of a tropical clime. He married, June 26, 1828, Sarah, daughter of Deacon John and Sarah (Parker) Flint, a woman of rare beauty of person and character, who died October 11, 1836, and in 1845 he married Mary Merritt, of Salem, Massachusetts, who still survives him. He died in Salem, June 6, 1866. His son and daughter by his first wife deceased before him. EPHUAIM BllOWN. He is the son of Ephraim and Sarah (King) Brown, and was born October 1, 1819. He gave up his intention of a collegiate course upon his father's death, and took his father's place in the family and on the farm, and taught school in the winter. In 1845 he disposed of the farm, and entered Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and soon after was elected assistant teacher in the Moody Grammar School in Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1850 he engaged in trade, and in 1854 he invented and patented the safety alarm money drawer, which now in some form is in universal use. From 1858 to 1865 he gave popular lectures to lyceums, schools and societies on geology and paleontology. He has spent one season in Europe. In 1848 he was one of the founders of the Howard Life Insurance Company of Boston, and in 1865 was electect its president and treasurer. He was one of the originators of the First National Bank of Lowell in 1864. He is a trustee in the Central Savings Bank of Lowell, and has acted as guardian and trustee in other cases. He is now engaged in the manufacture of cabinet lathes. GEOBGE BROVFN, M. D. FROM THE BROWN GENEALOGY. He is the son of Ephraim and Sarah (King) Brown, and was born October 11, 1823. He fitted for college at Andovef, Massa- BIOGKAPHICAL SKETCHES. 291 chusetts, entered Burlington College, Vermont, studied medicine with Dr. Norman Smith of Groton, Massachusetts, and matricu- lated in JeiJerson College, Philadelphia, and in the University of New York. In 1850 he settled in Barre, Massachusetts, in the successful practice of his profession as a physician. In 1851 he became the proprietor of a small institution for the education of feeble-minded children, in Barre, which he and his wife have con- ducted with such ability, skUl and success, that it has become an asylum widely known, and second to no other similar one in the wbrld. Dr. Brown spent four months in Europe, in 1873, in visit- ing the principal public, and the most noted private, institutions of this class. He found the reputation of the Barre Asyluni had preceded him, and ensured him access and welcome. He has been for several years a councillor of the Massachusetts Medical Society ; he is a member of the New England Psychological Society ; also of the National Association of Superintendents of Asylums for the Insane ; and is president of the Association of American Superin- tendents of Institutions for Feeble-minded Youth. In 1884, besides visiting almost every state in the Union, Dr. Brown spent fourteen weeks in travelling on the Pacific and northwest coast. The buildings and grounds of his asylum manifest great taste, ingenuity and skill in their plan and management, and in their adaptability to sujDply the wants, cultivate the sensibilities, and secure the com- forts of the inmates. The institution is a great blessing to the unfortunate, and most' of those who leave it have become better fitted to bear the burdens and carry on the battle of life. Dr. Brown married, November 1, 1850, Catharine Wood of Groton, Massachusetts. Mrs. Brown is widely known as a writer for medical and popular magazines, and has furnished copious letters for publication from her note-book of travels in Mexico. EEV. LUBIM BTXRTON KOCKWOOD. He was the son of Lubim and Lydia (Burton) Eockwood, and the grandson of Ebenezer Eockwood, M. D., and was born August 8, 1816. He studied at New Ipswich Academy, graduated at Dai-tmouth College in 1839, taught school one year and studied two years at Andover Theological Seminary, ending his studies there in 1843. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1844, and became financial agent of Union Theological Seminary in New York city for seven years. He married. May 1, 1845, 292 HISTORY OF WILTON. Abby Ann, daughter of Deacon Ezra Abbot. He was installed in July, 1850, over the Congregational Church in Eocky Hill, Con- necticut, as colleague with Dr. Chapin. In 1859 he resigned his pastorate, and became agent for one year of the American Tract Society for Connecticut. In April, 1860, he was appointed secretary of the New England branch of the American Tract Society, and removed to Eoxbury, Massachusetts. He had his tract office and depository in Boston, and was engaged in travelling much and in making public addresses throughout New England. He was distinguished for his efficiency and popular gifts. He continued in this service till his death. May 7, 1872. His widow continues to reside in Roxbury. Mr. Rockwood was an earnest and devoted minister, of great wisdom and usefulness, and exerted a wide-spread influence in the religious bodies to which he consecrated his life. GEORGE L. DASCOMBE. BY GEOEGE W. BRIDGES. George L. Dascombe was born in Wilton, April 6, 1818. His early life was spent on the farm, with the privilege of attending the district school during the two terms, summer and winter, of each year. He was fortunate in obtaining instruction for a few terms at the Teachers' Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts. At the age of seventeen he began teaching what was called the winter term in the district schools of Wilton and the adjoining towns ; this occu- pation he followed during the winter for more than thirty years. The writer of this article was one of his pupils for several of those terms, and remembers him as a kind and lenient teacher, taking a lively interest in the best welfare of his scholars, being thorough in his methods, and winning for himself the respect and highest regard of his pupils and also of their parents. He was superintending school committee in this town for nearly twenty years ; sometimes having sole charge, at other times being associated with other gen- tlemen, in that important office. Mr. Dascombe has always resided in his native town, and when not engaged in the schools, his occu- pation has been farming. He joined the Patrons of Husbandry, held various offices in that body, and was chaplain of the New Hampshire State Grange for six years. He was twice elected to represent the town in the State Legislature, serving in that body in 1858 and 1859. May 25, 1849, he married Julia A., daughter of Captain Hermon Pettengill of Wilton. They had only one child, a son, Everard BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 293 Willie, who graduated from Hobart College in 1880 ; after gradua- tion he went to San Antonio, Texas, where- he died the following year. JOSEPH HALE ABBOT. BY FRANCIS EIXINGWOOD ABBOT. Joseph Hale Abbot was the eldest son of Deacon Ezra and Rebekah (Hale) Abbot, of Wilton. He was born, September 25, 1802, on Abbot Hill, on the homestead farm originally settled in 1764 by his grandfather, Major Abiel Abbot, one of the most honored men of the town, who, as shown by the original com- missions still extant, had been " Captain of the .Ninth Company in the Sixth Regiment of the Militia" of " His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire " under King George III., — successively " Second Major " and " First Major of the Fifth Regiment " of the State Militia in the Revolutionary war, — and for forty consecutive ^ears either town officer in some responsible capacity or town repre- sentative in the State Legislature. That Deacon Ezra Abbot was no less honored and influential in town affairs than his father, is apparent iu the fact that he was chosen to be president of the day at the memorable Wilton centennial celebration in 1839. His wife, Rebekah Hale, of Coventry, Connecticut, lineally descended from the Rev. John Hale, first minister of the town of Beverly, Massachusetts, who died in 1700, was daughter of Lieutenant Joseph Hale and niece of Captain Nathan Hale, both patriot soldiers in the Continental Army, and the latter famous as the " Martyr-Spy of the Revolution," whose pathetic fate and dying words, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country !." were reverently remembered in that serious New Eng- land household. In a home dignified and hallowed by such memories as these, Joseph Hale Abbot passed his early years. He began his prepara- tion for college in his native town under the Rev. Thomas Beede, and finished it, in 1818, under his venerated uncle, the Rev. Abiel Abbot, D. D., then principal of Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts. He was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1822, standing very near the head of his class. After spending a year in Cambridge as resident graduate at Harvard College, he took charge of a select school at Beverly, which he conducted with signal success. From 182.5 to 1827 he was tutor and librarian at Bowdoin College, where he taught Latin, geometry, French and Spanish. From 1827 to 1833 he was professor of mathematics 294 HISTOEY OF WILTON. and natural philosophy at Phillips Exeter Academy, then under the charge of his illustrious kinsman, Benjamin Abbot, LL. D., where he gave experimental lectures in chemistry and natural phi- losophy, and where he greatly raised and improved the character of the English department. On May 13, 1830, at Beverly, Mas- sachusetts, he married Fanny Ellingwood Larcom, daughter of Henry and Fanny (Ellingwood) Larcom, and grand-niece of the Hon. Nathan Dane, LL. D., member of the Continental Congress in 1785-88, framer of the famous " Ordinance of 1787," founder of the Dane Professorship of Law in Harvard University, etc. From 1833 to 1859, with some intermissions from impaired health, Mr. Abbot conducted a private school for young ladies in Boston, and gained the highest reputation as an able, conscientious and successful educator. From 1859 to 1860 he was occupied chiefly in preparing scientific definitions for Worcester's Quarto Dictionary. From 1861 to 1867 he was principal of the Beverly High School, and left so deep an impression of his character upon the minds of his pupils, that, on his retirement, they formed the "Abbot Associa- tion," which flourished in great usefulness for many years, in order to perpetuate with grateful affection the memory and influence of his wise instructions. From 1867 to 1872 he resided chiefly in Boston, taking a few private pupils and pursuing Iiis favorite studies. He died at the house of his daughter, in Cambridge, April 7, 1873. In 1838 Mr. Abbot was elected a resident fellow of the Amer- ican Academy of Arts and Sciences, in which he took the deepest interest to the day of his death, and in which he served with dis- tinction as recording secretary from 1850 to 1852, winning golden opinions by the unusual accuracy and fulness of his minutes of scientific discussions and contributions. In October, 1840, he pub- lished in Sillimau's Journal the first complete scientific explanation of the "Pneumatic Paradox," describing new and original experi- ments of great interest and value. In June, 1848, he published in Littell's Living Age an important article on "Principles Recog- nized by Scientific Men Applied to the Ether Controversy," and in the Atlantic Monthly, June, 1868, another on "The Discovery of Etherization." He also contributed to the North American Review, October, 1856, a review of " Consolations of Solitude," a book of poems by Dr. John W. Randall, grandson of Samuel Adams, wliich deserves to be far more widely known than it is. For the last fifteen years of his life Mr. Abbot was laboriously preparing an BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 295 original work on English grammar, incorporating methods and results of a life-time of sagacious study ; but he did not live to comi)lete it. Fifty years of patient, painstaking, conscientious labor as a teacher and scholar — there is little to dazzle ihe imagination in such a career as that. But the love, respect and veneration of his pupils, many of whom attained great distinction in after-life, and above all the consciousness of duty done, were to him the sweetest of all rewards. In outward manner grave, dignified and courtly, yet always considerate and kindly, he speedily won and lastingly retained the hearts of his scholars. Absolute truthfulness, a chival- rous love of justice, an integrity of the intellect no less than of the life, yet with this an almost womanly tenderness of soul, were the bed-rock of his character. No juster tj-ibute was ever paid than these words of his widow, who for ten years survived him : " Intel- lectual superiority and moral purity — those were the qualities I first required in my maiden ideal of a life-companion ; and, looking for these in your father, I was never disappointed." CHAPTER XXX. GENEALOGIES OF FAMILIES. In this chapter we have endeavored to give the abridged genealo- gies of Wilton families, native or resident. It has been a work of much labor and perplexity, and not unlikely, with our utmost care and caution, it will be found to have many errors and omissions. Many families do not keep accurate records of the births, mar- riages, places of residence, and deaths of their own kindred. In submitting this part of the History, therefore, to the public, the authors crave the indulgence of readers and critics. We can only say that we have done what we could, not what we would. We have sought also to systematize the work, and to reduce the broken and fragmentary details, which have been collected, into such order and form that they may be easily intelligible. By this uniformity we trust that greater facility may be gained in deciphering what to strangers may be but dry and uninteresting bundles of facts, but what to relatives and friends glow with life and reality, and touch the holiest chords of memory and affection. Also we hope that families may be awakened to the value and importance of more full and accurate records of their domestic life, so that the chroniclers of 1987 may not experience the same embarrassment and trouble we have had in tracing the genealogy of families of the last century and a half of our history. The limitation of space has made it necessary to arrange the gene- alogies as concisely as is consistent with ease of comprehension. The numbers in the margin of the genealogies serve to facilitate reference and to enable the reader to trace ancestry or descent. Each person has a number ; and those who became heads of fami- lies are numbered twice. The name of each head of a family is printed in small capital letters ; the enclosed number following his ~ ^ HELIOTYPE PRINTING CO. BOSTON, MASS GENEALOGIES : ADAMS. 297 name refers back to his position as child. The names of his chil- dren follow, printed in small letters, each with a marginal number ; the enclosed number after the name of a child points out his future position as head of a family. To illustrate by example: if we wish to trace the ancestry of Charles A. Baldwin, whose marginal number in the Baldwin genealogy is 112, we shall find his father's name by looking for the name printed in small capital letters next above his. We find it thus :" 109, John Bradley (58)." If we turn to 58, and look for the name in small capital letters next above, we learn that John Bradley's father was " 55, Loammi ;" and so we pass through " 13, Timothy," " 4, John," " 3, John," " 2, Thomas," until we come to " 1, John Baldwin," the original emi- grant. It will be observed that the surname, when it is the name common to the family, is omitted to avoid needless repetition ; when any are recorded having a different surname from that of the family in which they are classed, that name is always given, but is enclosed within marks of parenthesis to show that it is not a middle name. The following abbreviations will be frequently used : b. for born ; oh. for child or children ; a. ch. for no children ; d. for died ; dau. for daughter ; gen. for genealogy ; grad. for graduate or grad- uated ; m. for married; unm. for unmarried; res. for resides, resided or residence. ADAMS FAMILY.* 1. Daniel Emerson Adams, b., Camden, Me., June 22, 1832. He was the son of Rev. Darwin Adams, who was the son of Daniel Adams, M. D., for many years a physician in Mont Vernon, whose practice extended into Wilton, and who «as well known as the author of Adams's Arithme- tic find other school books. Mr. Adams's mother, Catharine H. Smith, was dau. of Rev. Eli Smith, minister for thirty-six j'ears of the Congrega- tional Cliurch of HoUis, and was a descendant of Rev. Daniel Emerson, the first minister of Hollis, and well known in Revolutionary history. Mr. Adams graduated at Bangor Seminary in 18G0, and has been settled as a Congregational minister successively in Wilton, 18G0-1876, Ashburuham, Mass., and Southborough, Mass., where he now resides. He m., 185.5, Ellon Frances Kingsbury of Keene, who d. May, 1882. He m., Feb., 1884, Marion Elsie Center, dau. of S. N. Center of Wilton. Children : 2. Charles Darwin, b., Keene, 1857 ; grad. at Dartmouth College, 1877 ; now Professor of Greek in Drury College, Mo. 3. Mary Catharine, b., Wilton, 1868. 4. George Wilton, b., Wilton, 1873. * The genealogy of the Abbot family is necessarily postponed to the latter part of this chapter. 298 HISTORY OF WILTON. AVERILL FAMILY. 1. Moses Averill lived in Amhei'st until about the close of the Kevolutionaiy AVnr. lie was in f'apt. Nathan Ballard's company at the alarm of June 29, 1777, and served fourteen days. He was in C'apt. Johu Goss's comijany at the battle of Bennington, .and served two months and nine days. He enlisted .luly 12, 1779, to serve six months in the Xew Hampshire regiment for the defence of Rhode Island, and was discharged Jan. 8, 1780. He came about the close of the war to Wilton, and was last t.axed here in 1802. His wife, Jiary, d. April 30, 1794. Cliildren : 2. Mary, b. May 28, 1787. 3. Jonathan Bridges, b. April 17, 1789; m., Feb. 23, 1813, Olive Foster. 4. Sarah, b. May 11, 1792. BALDWIX FAMILY. 1. JoHK Baldwin, probably from Hertfordshire, England, came to Billerica, Mass., in 105,5; m., Jlay 15, 1655, Mary Eichardsoii of Woburn, Mass. 2. Thomas, son of preceding, b. March 20. 1672; m. Sarah French. 3. Joiix, son of preceding, b. Xov. 10. 1699; m., Jlay 4, 1725, Sarah Hill. 4. JOH>f, son of preceding, b. Xov. 1, 1731; ra., Fcl), 3, 1758, Eliza- beth Parkhurst of Chelmsford, ^[ass. Children who lived in Wilton : 5. 'John (8), b. March 3, 1759. 6. Timothy (13), b. April 13, 1762. 7. Asa (23), b. Xov. 15, 1770. 8. John (5), b. JIarch 3, 1759; m. Isabel Beard: came to Wilton and res. on the farm now ouned by Jeremiah Driscoll; after some years removed to Vermont. Cliildren : 9. John, b. June 13, 1782. 10. Sally, b. Feb. 1, 1787. 11. James, b. July 13, 1789. 12. Susanna, b. Aug. 16, 1791. 13. Timothy (6), b. April 13,1702; d. probably in 1823. He came to Wilton in 1788, and lived on the place now owned by S. H. Dunbar. He m., 17S7, Prudence Chapman, dau. of Davis and Hannah (Peacock) (bap- man of Tewksbury, Mass., who was b. Sept. 20, 1708, and d. Sept. 3, 1840. Children : 14. Prudence, b. June 19, 1788; d., Wilton, Aug. 12. 1850: res. iu Weston and Andover, Vt. ; ni. Xathan Ilesselton, 1805. who d. .Tan. 4, 1814. See Ilesselton gen. 1.5. Eebecca, b. Dec. IS, 17S9: d. young. 16. Timothy (2C), b. Oct. il, 1791. 17. Rebecca (35), b. April 11, 1793. 18. Hannah (.38), b. Feb. 23, 1795. 19. Joel (46). b. X'ov. 25. 1790, GENEALOGIES : BALDWIN. 299 20. Betsey, b. Dec. 30, 1798 ; d. young. 21. Reuben (53), b. Nov,., 1800. 22. Loamini (66), b. Dee. 27, 1803. 23. Asa (7), b. Nov. 1.5, 1770; d. March 27, 1842. Came to Wilton about 1795 and res. on the place now owned by his son, Luther. He m., Feb. 11, 1795, Ruth Kidder of Tewksbury, Mass., who d. Sept. 21, 1805; m., 2d, Oct. 25, 1807, Susanna Kidder, who d. Sept. 21, 1851. Children : 24. Asa, b. .July 19, 1798. He was thrown from a horse July 9, 1812, and d. from the injuries then received. 26. Luther (60), b. Sept. 5, 1802. 2G. Timothy (16), b. Oct. 11, 1791. He res. in Mont Vernon and d. there M.ny 25, 1809. He ra., June, 181G, Sally Marshall, who d. May 21, 1824; m., 2d, Nov. 11, 1824, Sylva Averill of Mont Vernon, who d. March 28, 1867. Children : 27. Lydia Jane (64), b. June 30, 1817. 28. Ruth Ann, b. Sept. 19, 1818; d. Dec. 2, 1853. 29. Hannah Marshall, b. April 14, 1820; d. April 7, 1861. 30. Samuel B., b. Jan. 1, 1822; d. Sept. 18, 1822. 31. John B., b. Aug. 8, 1823 ; d. Nov. 20, 1823. 32. Sarah Caroline, b. Sept. 27, 1830; d. March 3, 1832. 33. Mary Angeliue, b. Aug. 2, 1832; d. Aug. 21, 1834. 34. Sabrina Frances (69), b. March 15, 1836. ■ 35. Rebecca (17), b. April 11, 1793;. d. Oct. IS, 1820. Res.. Lynde- borough. She m., June 27, 1815, James li. Clark. Children : 36. David Dickey (Clark) (71), b. Sept. 18, 1818. 37. Elizabeth (Clark), b. Dec, 1819; d. Oct. 9, 1828., 38. Hannah (18), b. Feb. 23, 1795; d., Lyndeborough, March 13, 1860. She m., 1823, James L. Clark of L)'ndeborough, husband of preced- ing, who d. Oct. 11 , 1872. Children : 39. Rebecca Baldwin (Clark) (79), b. Feb. 26, 1824. 40. Hannah Jane (Clark), b. July 2, 1825; ra.. May 1, 1849, William S. Treadwell of Peterborough, where they reside. 41. William Henry (Clark) (86), b. April 28, 1827. 42. James Brooks (Clark), b. Oct. 15, 1828 ; d. Nov. 4, 1850. 43. Asa Baldwin (Clark) (88), b. Oct. 17, 1831. 44. Elizabeth (Clark), b. 1835; d. Sept. 13, 1837. 45. Frank Gray (Clark), b. Feb. 22, 18,38; grad. Amherst College, 1862, Andover Theological Seminary, 18G9 ; res.. West Medford, Mass. He m., Aug. 11, 1804, Charlotte McCoy of Peterborough. 46. Joel (19), b. Nov. 25, 1796; d. April 19, 1850. He removed to Billerica, Mass., in 1825. He m., 1822, Mary Fry of Andover, Mass., who d. April 12, 1882. Children : 47. John Fry (90), b. March 14, 1823. 48. Joel (93), b. Aug. 24, 1824. 49. Mary Ann (96), b. Dec. 4, 1826. 50. Charlotte Fry, b. June 18, 1830; d. July 14, 1832. 51. Charles Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1834; d. May 25, 1837. 52. William Henry (98), b. Jan. 14, 1838. 300 HISTORY OF WILTON. 53. Reuben (21), b. Nov., 1800; d. Xov. 2, 1831. He m., 1823, Abigail Bradford of Lyndeborough. Child : 54. Eebecca (103), b. Oct. 15, 1823. 55. LOAMMi (22), b. Dec. 27, 1803; res. on the homestead and d. March 0, 1860. He m., Dec. 23, 1830, Charlotte Bradford of Lyndebor- ough, who d. May 27,, 1882. Children : 56. Elvira, b. March 11, 18,32; d. Oct. 31, 1837. 57. Bradley, b. Feb. 7, 1834; d. Oct. 2.5, 1837. 58. John Bradley (109), b. Jan. 7, 1839. 59. Hannah Jane (113), b. Sept. 16, 1841. 60. Luther (25), b. Sept. 5, 1802. He has always res. on the home- stead, and is now, 1888, the oldest native living ia Wilton. Ho m., July 9, 1837, Phebe F. Eichardson of Sutton. Children : 61. Asa (116), b. June 4, 18,38. 62. Ruth Ann, b. Feb. 19, 1841 ; d. Aug. 12, 1874. 63. Mary (124), b. March 22, 1843. 64. Lydia Jane (27), b. June 30, 1817; d., Mont Vernon, Api-il 26, 1868. She m., Jan., 1841, William Harrison Smith of Mont Vernon. Children : 65. Emeline M. (Smith), b. Sept. 18, 1841 ; d. Aug. 4, 1S47. 66. Lenora Ann (Smith), b. Feb. 27, 1845. 67. Abbie Josephine (Smith), b. Jan. 27, 1847. 68. Marcella (Smith), b. March 13, 1856; m., Feb. 25, 1880, George W. Hatch, M. D., and res. in Wilton. ' 69. Sabrina Frances (34), b. March 15, 1836; m., Dec. 3, 1857, Joseph W. Averill of Mont Vernon, where they res. Child : 70. Chester Baldwin (Averill), b. Jan. 17, 1867. 71. David Dickey (Clark) (36), b. Sept. 18, 1818; res., Lynde- borough; m., April 22, 1842, Sophronia Dickinson, who d. May 13, 1872. Children : « 72. William Train (Clark), b. May 7, 1843; m., Sept. 3, 1867, L. Jen- nie Richards and lives in Boston, Mass. 73. Mary Jane (Clark), b. March 22, 1845 ; d. Nov. 24, 1864. 74. Gorhara Brooks (Clark), b. April 18, 1847 ; served in the civil war in Fifth Eogt., Mass. Vol., and d. July 24, 1865, from disease contracted in the service. 75. Edna Augusta (Clark), b. April 7, 1849; d. Oct. 26, 1870. She m., Jan. 4, 1869, Wallace Clark of Peterborough. 76. Laura Ann (Clark), b. March 7, 1852; m., June 14, 1877, George J. Carson of Mont Vernon, where they reside. 77. James Linz.cy (Clark), b. May 25, 1856; m., Dec. 30, 1885, Lizzie C. Wallace. Res., Nashua. 78. Sarah Melissa (Clark), b. Nov. 17, 18,59. 79. Rebecca Baldwin (Clark) (.39), b. Feb. 2(1, 1824; m., Jan. 5, 1847, Oliver Pcrham, who d. Feb. 24, 1879. Res., Lyndeborough. Chil- dren: 80. George Oliver (Perhara), b. May 12. 1848; d. Aug. 19, 1849. 81. Brooks Clark (Perham), b. Oct. 24, 1851 ; d. Feb. 9, 1853. GENEALOGIES : BALDWIN. 301 82. Charles Linzey (Perham), b. Jan. 3, 1854; m., Feb, 16, 1878, Emma J. Tarbell of Mont Vernon. Res., Lyndeborough. 83. Georgiana Brooks (Perham), b. July 23, 1856; d. Sept. 30, 1871. 84. Willis Clark (Perham), b. July 18, 1859 ; m., April 9, 1883, Annie S. Richardson of Lyndeborough, where they reside. 85. William Henry (Clark) (41), b. April 28, 1827; m., April 2, 1858, Theresa A. Heath. Res., West Medford, Mass. Children : 86. Walter Gould (Clark), b. Dec. 15, 1860; ni., April 16, 1885, Hat- tie B. Brown of Medford, Mass., where they reside. 87. Evelyn Theresa (Clark), b. Nov. 15, 1863. 88. Asa Baldwin (Clark) (43), b. Oct. 17, 1831; m., Jan. 1, 1861, Marv Elizabeth McCoy of Peterborough. Res., Wellesley, Mass. Child : 89. Alice Brooks (Clark), b. Sept. 25, 1867. 90. John Fry (47), b. March 14, 1823; m., Dec. 25, 1846, Fannie A. Parker of Carlisle, Mass., who d. Nov. 3, 1858. He m., 2d, Nov. 28, 1861, Eveline Richardson of BilleriCa, Mass. Res., Andover, Mass. Children : 91. Susan M., b. Jan. 25, 1848; m., Oct. 15, 1869, John A. Knowles, Jun., of Lowell, Mass., who d. May 29, 1884. Res., Lowell. 92. John P., b. Oct. 16, 1850; d. Nov. 16, 1851. 93. Joel (48), b. Aug. 24, 1824 ; ui., Dec. 28, 1848, Elizabeth Trull of Tewksbury, Mass. Res., Billerica, Mass. Children : 94. Annie M., b. Dec. 27, 1850; m., Jan. 10, 1872, Joseph Jaquith of Billerica, Mass., wheie they reside. 95. Joel W., b. Feb. 1, 1852 ; m., June 24, 1883, Elizabeth McKinnon. Res., Tewksbury, Mass. 96. Mary Ann (49), b. Dec. 4, 1826; m., April 16, 1846, William Manning of Billerica, Mass. Res., Chelmsford, Mass. Child: 97. Charlotte (Manning), b. Feb. 19, 1847; m., Oct. 9, 1872, Erastus A. BartlBtt. Res., Chelmsford, Mass. 98. William Henry (52), b. Jan. 14, 1838; m., April 5, 1859, Mary M.Moore. Res., Lowell, Mass. Children: 99. Lottie M., b. Nov. 29, 1860. 100. Charles H., b. March 10, 1867. 101. Fred G., b. May 31, 1873. 102. Amy M., b. Nov. 23, 1877. 103. Rebecca (54), b. Oct. 15, 1823; m., Feb. 1, 1843, Horace, son of Jonathan Parkhurst. Children : 104. George Winfield (Parkhurst), b. Dec. 14, 1844; d. Sept. 23, 1847. 105. Granville J. (Parkhurst), b. April 14, 1847; m., Nov. 28, 1867, Sarah Spofford. 106. Clara M. (Parkhurst), b. Oct. 6, 1849; m., June 6, 1871, Albert French. 107. George Edward (Parkhurst), b. May 10, 1855; m., June 11, 1879, Jennie Parker. 108. Ella R. (Parkhurst), b. Dec. 17, 1861; m., Dec. 29, 1885, Harry A. Hartshorn. 302 HISTORY OF WILTON. 109. John Bradley (58), b. Jau. 7, 1839; iii., May, 1864, Jane O. Curtis of Lyiicleborough, who d. SeptI, 1865. He m., 2d, Jan., 1872, Louise E. Perham, wlio d. Oct. 16, 1886. Cliildien : 110. Lewis H., b. Jan. 25, 1873. 111. Florence L., b. Sept. 4, 1876. 112. Charles A., b. July 6, 1878. 113. Hannah Jane (59), b. Sept. 16, 1841 ; m., Jan. 7, 1868, Fred. A. Kichardson of Lyndeborough, where they reside. Children : 114. George Allen (Kichardson), b. Dec. 30, 1868; d. April 2, 1875. 115. Fred Pcrley (Richardson), b. Dec. 31, 1882. 110. Asa (61), b. June 4, 1838. He res. on the homestead In Wilton. He ra., Dec. 5, 1870, Lucy A. Eiehardson of Hudson. Cliildren: 117. William, b. June 30, 1871 ; d. July 1, 1872. 118. Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1872; d. March 7, 1881. 119. Ida R., b. Nov. 7, 1874. 120. Edward S., b. Aug. 5, 1879. 121. Benjamin D., b. Aug. 2, 1882. 122. Eugene, b. July 25, 1885 ; d. Jan. 29, 1886. 123. Nellie G., b. Dec. 4, 1886. 124. Maky (63), b. March 22, 1843; m., Nov. 21, 1867, William R. Barron of Amherst, who d. Sept. 8, 1875. She m., 2d, Jan. 7, 1880, Joseph Langdell. Children : 125. Infant dau. ; d. Oct. 10, 1869. 126. Luther M. (Langdell), b. June 12, 1881. BALES FAMILV. 1. William Bales was an involuntary emigrant to this country from Wales, having been impressed and put on board a man of war that was to sa;il to America. It is said that he was a very small man, but very active. On arriving at .Salem he deserted, and, l)eing closely jjursued, rushed into a Iiouse wliere a woman was seated on a bench, spinning .upon a linen wheel, and implored her to secrete him. She raised one side of the large hoop around the bottom of her dress, which it was then the fashion to wear, and told him to crawl under it. Immediately the pursuers came and asked if a man had entered there; she, still busy with her wheel, replied, "A little fellow rushed through liere." They said they would take the liberty to search the house, and did so, but went away without finding the deserter. No doubt William Bales had good cause to think highlj' of what would now be thought a most ludicrous fashion. It is said he helped John Dale to build his first camp in this town ; from which we infer that he probably arrived at Salem about the time Mr. Dale was starting for Salem-Canada. Mr. Bales settled on lot No. 18 in the first range. We have no record of his birth, marriage or death. We have found no record or tradition that he liad more than one child, AVilliam. 2. William, son of preceding, b. Aug. 22, 1752, settled on the home- stead with his father. He bought of Josiah Blanchard twenty acres of the west part of the east half of lot No. 15 in the first range, deed dated May 3, 1780; of Margaret Stoddard and others lot No. 14 in tVie first GENEALOGIES : BALES. 303 range, deed dated May 13, 1788, and of Samuel Hutchinson Hiree acres in tlie nortli part of lot No. i:! in the iirst niiise, deed iliited June 14, 1706. On Llio land bought of Mr. Hutchinson, he built, in 1700, tlie house now owned by the heirs of Edwin E. Bales. He and his son. William L., were among tlie Iirst members of the Baptist society. He m., June 4, 1778, Khoda, dau. of John and Abigail (Livermore) Koyes. Children : 3. Khoda, b. May l(i, 1770; m., .Jan. 20, 1808, John Ballard; d. Jan. 15, 1830. 4. Betsey, b. Sept. 2."), 17S0; in., March 1, 1809., Stephen Brannani. 6. Sally, b. March 1, 17.^2; ni., Oct. 23, 1806, John I'eabody. 6. William L. (14), )>. March 13, 1784. 7. Polly, b. Sept. 15, 1787; m., Jan. 30, 1821, Lewis E. Caswell. H. John (15), b. l''eb. 26, 1700. 9. llannali, b. Jan. 1, 1702: m., Feb. 11, 1814, William T. Kichardson. 10. Chloe, b. July 11, 1704; m., July 16, 1814, Isaac Abbot. 11. Ezra, b. Jan. 2'), 1797; d. young. 12. Ezra (25), b: Ayn-U 16, 1709. 13. Abiel, b. Doc. 30, 1801. Left Wilton soon after he was of age. 14. William L. (0), b. March 13, 1784, was a deacon of the Baptist Church and quarter-master of the 22iid Regiment of inilitia. He built the old Brick Hotel, and part of that block, on the opijosite side of the street, now owned by Dr. Fleemau. In Nov., 1841, he sold the east and north part of his farm to Benjamin HoiJkins, and, in 1842, he sold the rest of his farm to his brother, Ezra, and removed to Ohio, where he d. over 90 yrs. of age. We have found no record of his family. 15. John (8), b. Feb. 2G, 1700; d. Jan. 25, 1858. He served his time with Ephraini Peabody to learn the blacksmith's trade, and built a shop, containing a trip-hanuner, wliere Joseph Langdell's stable now stands. The shop remained until the Foi'cst road was built, when it was moved to the site now occupied by the shop built l)y Charles A. Bales in 1866. lie held several militaiy ollices in the 3ril company of the 22nd Kegiment of milithi, and was captain of the company in 1823-24. He m., June 20, 1813, Milly Shattuck, who d. July 23, 1877, aged 81 yrs.-- Children : 1«. John Albert, b. Marcli 8, 1814; d. Sept. 30, 1832. 17. Milly C, b. Nov. 1, 1817; m., April 18, 1838, A. Marshall Whitte- more. Kes., Greeufleld; u. ch. 18. S. Brooks (33), b. July 25, 1819. 19. Nancy K., b. June 24, 1821 ; d. Jan. 8, 1824. 20. Nancy K., b. May 4, 1824. 21. Joan Marian, b. April 25, 1828. 22. Charles J., b. May 1, 1832; d. Sept. 30, 1832. 23. Charles A. (35), 1). Feb. 24, 183.K 24. Martha A., b. May 21, 1838 ; d. Feb. 20, 1842. 26. Ezra (12), b. April 16, 1709; d. May 10, 1882. For about 19 years he owned and occupied the farm which his grandfather had cleared up. He was a famous drunnner, was appointed major-drummer, and was afterwards known as Major Bales. In 1842 he moved to the farm at the village; he was it good townsman. A few years before his death he 304 HISTORY OF WILTON. became blind. He m., June, 1823, Hannah Wilson, who d. Feb. 14, 1875". Children : 26. Chloe A., b. May 16, 1824; m. Samuel N. Center. 27. Elsie, b. April 2, 1826; m. Sewall Adams. 28. Edwin Ezra (39), b. March 10, 1828. 29. Abigail W., b. Nov. 19, 1831 ; m., Jan. 6, 1852, William H. Barnes. 30. Hannah E., b. Sept. 13, 1835; d. Nov. 6, 1850. 31. Martha A., b. Oct. 22, 1838; m. Sumner B. Emerson. 32. Helen I., b. Oct. 22, 1842; m. Charles H. Russell. ' 33. S. Brooks (18), b. July 25, 1819; d. Oct. 1, 1860. He m. Olive, dau. of Luther Blanchard, of Milford, who resides at North Chelmsford, Mass., with their daughter : 34. Georgiana K., b. Sept. 20, 1848; m., Nov. 10, 1870, Charles H. Holt. 35. Charles A. (23), b. Feb. 24, 1835. He carried on the carriage- smith and blacksmith business in company with his brother, S. Brooks, until the death of the latter. He continued the business until April 1, 1871, when his health failed him, and he rented his shop and tools to W. P. Putnam for Ave years. At the end of that period they entered into partnership and have since done business under the firm-name of Bales & Putnam. Charles A. m., 1st, June 17, 1859, Frances M. Plardy of Green- field, who d. at Saratoga Oct. 11, 1873. He m., 2d, Sept. 15, 1874, Sarah A. Brown of Temple, who d. Aug. 1, 1883. He m., 3d, Sept., 1884, Mary Campbell of New Boston. Children : 36. George E., b. Sept. 14, 1862 ; a graduate of Phillips Exeter Acad- emy, and now, 1885, studying law in Boston. 37. Bessie F., b. Sept. 16, 1S77. 38. Harold Campbell, b. April 16, 1887. 39. Edwin Ezra (28), b. March 10, 1828 ; d. March 30, 1884. He set- tled on the farm with his father, and they built a barn with a cellar under the whole building, and improved the farm by under-draining and by tearing up the dogwood bushes that had infested the pasture for many years. He was a good townsman, industrious and much respected. He m., Nov. 23, 1854, Frances A. Putnam of Lyndeborough. Children : 40. Perley Warren, b. Jan. 20, 1859 ; d. March 21, 1860. 41. Willie Edwin, b. Feb. 22, 1861. 42. Walter Muuroc, b. April 6, 1863. 43. Chester Putnam, b. May 10, 1869. 44. Dora Belle, b. Aug. 17, 1871. BALLARD FAMILIES. 1. Nathan Ballard, b., Andover, Mass.; d. Jan. 14, 183."), aged 90 yrs. 2 mos. He came to Wilton as early as 1765, and settled on the farm now owned by Pierce and A. II. Gage. He served several years as selectman. He was first licut. of Capt. Benjamin Taylor's company which marched from Amherst, Dec. 8, 1775, to Winter Hill. He was captain of a company that marched from Amherst and Wilton for Ticon- deroga on the alarm of June 20, 1777, as far as No. 4, Charlestown. There - - % ? - > = ; :b i"! o ;3 3 O S =- O 1 ? td " i n r= H 7 S > GENEALOGIES : BALLABD. 305 flii'V rccclvod unlcrs lo itUui-ii, iiiul mmrlicd h:wk ;is fur as miblin. But lit Ihihlin Ihcy wcvo oi-dercd by ('xi)rpss to rosuinc their iiiiurli for Ticdii- dcroj;-!! with all speed. They icailu'd Otter Creek, Vt., when news canir of the ovaeuation of the fort. The time of service was IS days. Dr. Houtoii, in Ids hislury of ('uncord, says that Nathan Ballard was in the liattlc ot Bennington, as lieut. in (.'ajit. (loss's eonipany, and that he coiii- niandcd the eonipany on the day of tiie battle. He moved from Wilton to Concord about 17S-2. He m. Ilaniiah Holt. Children, all born in Wilton : 2. Hannah. 3. Sarah, b. April 13, 17(1(1; m., .hme 1, 1707, Capt. W. Pettengill. 4. Jlary, li. ^May s, 17I1S; in. ('apt. Amos Holt. 5. Betty, b. Aiii;-. 19, 1771 ; m. Itichard Taylor Bus.s. See Buss gen. tt. Phebe. li. April ;!0. 1778. 7. Xathan. b. Fell. 21, 177."). Ites., Concord. He worked on the farm in the summer and taught school in the winter for ten years. He m.. May •-".I, l.sdil. Hannah Muss, dau. ot .Stephen and Phebe (Keycs) Buss. See Buss gen. They had 11 ch. S. John (11), b. Feb. 2-2. 177s. ». Kzr.-i, b. Feb. 0, 1780; d. Sept. 16, 1781. 10. Timothy, b. Jan. 1, 1782; d. Jan. 1 I, 1782. 11. .JuiiN (H), b. Feb. 22, 1778; d. Sept. 28, 18."),"). Farmer, and res. on the farm now owned by Curtis Bellows. 11<' m., Jan. 20, 18118, Rhoda Bales, who d. Jan. l."i, 18,'in. See Bales geii. (3). We have found uo record of this family except on llie grave-stones. ( bildren : 12. Mai-y, 1). 1810; d. April It, ISfi"). 13. Jihoda, b. isi:!; d. Nov. 2, 1.SI14. U. .\bigiiil,b. 181.t; d. July 3, 181(1. 15. Abigail, b. 1817; d. Feb. 20, 1818. 1(J. Hannah .1.. b. 1822; d. Aug. 3, 18.-)2. 1. luiAlT Bali.akd, sup[)osed to he a brother of Capt. Nathan Bal- lard, settled on the farm now owned by Williain Abbot. We have found no record of his taniily, but he had one son, I'liab, and probably other children. In recorded deeds I'riah B. and Uriah B., Jun., are mentioned as joint owners of the farm. One of them, siqiposeil to be the younger, enlisled. Marcli, 1777, for three years, and, at the end of that period, enlisted for another term of three years. Uriah, Jun., in. Lois . ( 'bildren : 2. David Lovejoy, b. .March, 178,'). 3. William, b. Oct. 2. 1787. 4. Lois, b. Jlay 13, 1711(1. BAKKKl! FAMILIKS. 1. David Barkku, b. 1732, probably res. on, the Icnth range, which w;is afterward .innexed to Templi^ He m. Sarah Barker of Welhuen, Jlass., and had twenty-two children, .\ccordiiig to Wilton record one of his sons was b. 17(1-1. 306 HISTORY OF WILTON. 2. Theodore, son of preceding, b. March 31, 1762; m., 1788, liebecca Heald; m., 2d, 1806, Elizabeth Corliss of Salem, Mass. The youngest dau. by first wife m. Stephen Putnam of Wilton, who settled in Steuben Co., N. Y. Children bv 2d wife : 3. Louise, b. Oct. 11, 1807; d. June 3, 1853; m., Dec. 6, 1832, Orin Blood. A few years before she d. they removed to Wilton. 4. Theodore (C), b. Jan. 24, 1809. 5. Olive, b. Feb .4, 1811 ; m., March 1, 1831, Oliver W. Boyuton. See Boynton gen. 6. Theodore (4), b. Jan. 24, 1809 ; m., April 10, 1832, Rachel Cragin. Res., Temple. Of his children the following are residents of Wilton : 7. Nathan, b. June 16, 1833; m., Jan. 23, 1868, Lucy Maria Burton. See Burton gen; n. ch. He owns the building erected, 1829, by Col. Luther Dascomb and used lor many years as a bobbin factory. 8. Theodore (10), b.. Temple, May 4, 18,35. 9. Artemas O., b. May 13, 1844; m., Jan. 23, 1883, Carrie E. Sheldon. In Sept. 1881, he opened a grocery store at East Wilton and still carries it on ; he has been twice elected Supervisor of Chock list. 10. Theodore (8), b.. Temple, May 4, 1835. He worked for Benja- min Baker in 1858, '59 and '60. On Nov. 18, 1868, he began to work for D. Whiting & Sons, and continues in their employ. He m.. May 2, 1861, Electa C. Senter, who was b. June 16, 1841. Children : 11. Frank A. (14), b.. Temple, Nov. 7, 1861. 12. Allen L., b., Wilton, March 23, 1867. 13. Herbert T., b. July 19, 1869. 14. Frank A. (11), b.. Temple, Nov. 7, 1861; m., March 5, 1885, Alice F. Holt of Milford, who was born Feb. 20, 1863. Child: 15. Edith Alice, b. Oct. 16, 1886. 1. Daniel Barker was in Capt. William Walker's company to reen- f orce the army in New Vork from Dec. 5, 177<3, to March 15, following. He m. Bathsheba . Children : 2. Bathsheba, b. Sept. 6, 1769. 8. Dorcas, b. May 30, 1771. 4. Phebe, b. May3, 1773. 5. Louis, b. April 19, 1775. 6. Sarah, b. April 15, 1777. 7. Khoda, b. April 12, 1779. 1. Leonard Barker owned and lived on the farm, previously owned by John Buxton, and now belonging to John D. Wilson. In 1813 he sold his farm to Captain David Wilson iuid moved into the house opposite Gardner Blanchard's, where he res. about three years. He m.. May 31, 1804, Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel Sawyer. Children : 2. Hannah, b., Wilton, May 23, 1807 ; ni. ; d., Troy, N. Y. 3. Leonard, b., Wilton, Jan. 26, 1809; d. June 9, 1809. 4. Anna Sawyer, b., Wilton, Oct. 22, 1810. GENEALOGIES : BARKER. 307 5. Leonard, b., Wilton, April 23', 1S12; settled in Batavia, 111. 6. Anna Sawyer, b., Wilton, Aug. 24, 1814; m.; d., Cohoes, N. Y 7. Nathaniel Sawyer, b., Wilton; unui. ; res., Salem, N. Y. 8. Phineas, b., Salem, N. Y., 1816; m. ; one ch. 9. Betsey Kussell, b., Salem, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1818; m. ; died Cohoes, N. Y. 10. Abbot, b., Salem, N. Y'., Jan. 20, 1820; m. ; settled in Illinois. 11. Achsah, b., Salem, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1824; m. ; res., Salem, IST. Y. 12. Sarah Holt, b., Salem, N. Y., April, 1827; m. ; res., Warsaw, Va. BARNES FAMILY'. 1. Aaron Barnes, b., Marlborough, Mass., April 14, 1775. He was a cloth-dresser and settled in Temple in the latter part of the last century. He m. Lydia Nutting, who was b., Pepperell, Mass., June 22, 1773. Chil- dren : 2. Aaron (9), b., Pepperell, Mass., Feb. l.i, 1798. 3. Lydia, b.. Temple, Oct. 23, 1799. 4. Harvey, b.. Temple, Jan. 23, 1801. He came to Wilton in 1825, and traded for two or throe years in the east part of the house now owned by Gardner Blanchard. For two years of the time he was postmaster. 5. William, b.. Temple, Aug. 24, 1803. 6. Martha, b.. Temple, Sept. 10, 1807. 7. Achsah, b., Temple, Aug. 3, 1809. 8. John, b.. Temple, May 27, 1812. 9. Aaron (2), b., Pepperell, Mass., Feb. 1.5, 1798; d. Aug. 12, 1870. He occupied the mill in Temple formerly owned by his father until 1835, then res. in Pepperell for four years. In 1839 he came to Wilton and car- ried on the saw mill and carding and clothing mill, fonnei'ly owned by Oliver Whiting, which he finally bought. His /mill was the last used in Wilton for dressing cloth of domestic manufacture. On Nov. 30, 1822, he was commissioned cornet, and afterward second lieut. and first lieut. and on April 16, 1827, captain of the cavalry in the 22d regt. of militia. He m. Hepsey, dau. of Maj. Francis Blood of Temple, who was b. Sept. 19, 1797 ; d. March 2, 1870. See Blood gen. Children : 10. Lydia L., b.. Temple, Aug. 12, 1820; m., Nov. 16,1843, David Lovejoy. See Lovejoy gen. 11. Aaron F., b.. Temple, April 28, 1823; d., Nashua, Feb. 21, 1885. He was a painter and paper hanger. He m., 1st, Nancy Campbell, by whom he had one son, George F., who d. May 30, 1871, aged 14 years. He m., 2d, Ellen Marvell of Milford, by whom he had two daughters. 12. Helen M., b.. Temple, Feb. 20, 1S27 ; m., Dec. 14, 1843, Joshua M. Holt. See Holt gen. 13. Villiam Harvey (16), b.. Temple, May 4, 1831. 14. Infant son, b. June 30, 1834. 15. Charles E., b., Pepperell, Mass., March 24, 1830; d.. Hot Springs, Ark., July 14, 1870. A jeweller and watch-maker. He suffered much from illness and lameness. 308 HISTORY OF WILTON. 16. VViLLiAjr Harvey (13), b., Temple, 3Iuy 4,1831. His business for many years was cloth dressing, wool carding and sawing lumber. He has been selectman for two years, and sexton lor several years past. For some years he has received summer boarders. He m., Jan. (i, 1IS52, Abi- gail W., dau. of Ezra and Hannah (Wilson) Bales. See Bales gen.. (2!(). ( hildren : 17. Fred Willis, b. Oct. 14, 18.57. 18. Las Casas, b. July 2(1, 1863. BAPdiETT FAMILIES. 1. Ebenezer BAKitETT, eldcst son of Oliver and Anna (Fiske) Bar- rett, was b., Chelmsford, Mass., March 10, 17()2; d. Feb. 10, ISill. He m. Jane Keed, who was b., We.stford, Mass., July 13, 1770. She m., 2d. March 17, 1831, Ephraim Woodward of T^yndehorough and d., April 13. 1S49, aged 78 yrs, '.) mos. Children: 2. Nancy, b., AVestford, Mass., Dec. 28. 17i)0; m.. Dec. 27, INIO, Edward Herrick. See Herriek gen. 3. Oliver, b., Westford, Nov. 21, 1702; d. Sept. 21, 17'Jo. 4. Zimri (8), b., Westford, Nov. 3, 17!i."i. 5. Oliver (14), b., Westford, Feb. 5, 1798. (5. Eliza, b., Grotou, Mass.. Aug. 12, 1802; m., July 17, 1823. Uzziel Sheldon of Wilton, and d. June 14, ]8(>i». See Sheldon gen. 7. Eoxana, b., Wilton, Oct. 12, ISO.i; d. Jan. .i, 1806. 8. ZiMiu (4), b., Westford, Mass., Nov. 3, 17i).-) ; d. May 3, 1860. At the time of his miirriage ho owned a iiart of the farm, known as tlie Batehelder farm, where he lived ten years, \\hcii he sold this and bought the place owned by James 11. Means. lie lived there but a few years, sold the place and bought the portion, yet unsold, of the Samuel Hutchin- son farm at East "Wilton, on which the liusiuess part of the village is now situated. He was an honest, intelligent and upright man, a good citizen, a kind neighbor, an indulgent husband and father, ii moral, liberal-minded man, a successful faruier and highly respected. He ui., Sept. 30, 1830, Persis, eldest dau. of Daniel and Persis (Mayiuird) Batehelder. See Batehelder gen (21). Children: 9. Samuel (20), b. Aug. 7, 1831. 10. Persis Jane, ,b. Aug. 11, 1832 ; unm. ; d., Wilton, Feb. 27, 1886. 11. Almira, b. Oct. 2.5, 1833; d. Oct. 4, 1855. 12. William (25), b. July 2, 1836. 13. Nancy Elizabeth (29), b. Sept. 29, 1838. 14. Oi-lviiK (5), b., Westford, Mass., Feb. .5, 1798; d. Nov. 23, 1876. He was an industrious and successful farmer, r(»s. vmtil his death on the homestead bought by his father in ].'S03. He was a man of good natural ability, strengthened and inxprovcd by geuei-al reading and self-culture. He held military offices up to the rank f)f major, w.-is town (ik'rk for two years, selectman for eleven years, representative to the Legislature for sevei-al years, and, in 18.50, was a delegate to the convention for revising the constitution of the state, lie took an earnest and active interest in GENEALOGIES : BARRETT. 309 fhurc'h, etUicational and town alfUivs, was for several years a deacon ot the Seeoud Congregational Church and a liberal supporter thereol. lie ui., Feb. 2!S. \t. Lucy Jane, b. Oct. S. 1S22 ; d. Fel). 21. 1S2;!. IG. Joseph Chandler (32). b. Dec. 12, is2;i. 'l7.- Taicv Jane, b. Oct. 27. lS2."i; m., April 28, ISW, Ferdinand S. Hutchinson. See Hutchinson gen. 18. Ohver Eeed, b. Jan. 27, 1S2.S : d. April 11, lS-l(i. 19. Charles Edwin (38), b. March 11). is:i:!. 20. Samuel (!)), b. Aug. :{(). IS.Sl. He res. in Wilton until March, 1SC9, and was town clerk for one year, selectman and town treasurer for several years, and representative to the Legislature for two years. For several years he was ticket agent and clerk at the I'ailroad station in Wil- ton. In INlnrch. ISOli. he wont to Portsmouth and wa< emjiloyed for a lew years as freight agent ; since then he has been the general freight agent of the Concord Kailroad and its branches, lies. Concord. He m., Xov. 2S, 1S-)S, Mary E. Kay, dau. of David M. and Hannah B. (Holt) Ray, who was b., AVilton, Dec. 17, 1S;!7. Children: 21. (ieorge William, b., AVilton, Dec. 21, 1861 ; d. Aug. 2, 1802. 22. George William, b., Wilton. Oct. r,, 18fW ; d. Sept. 15, 18(14. 23. Frank, b., Wilton, July .1, ]Sfi8; d. Aug. 28, 18(i8. 24. Blanche, b., Portsmouth, Sept. 22. 18(5i). 25. William (12), b. .July 2, 1836. He prepared for college at Apple- ton Academy, Mont Vernon, and under the instruction of Hon. Geoi-ge Slevcns. at Lowell, Mass. He grad. at Harvard College. 18.59; studied law in the oflice of Hon. Aaron P. Hughes, at Nashua ; spent one j'ear at the law school of Harvard Univ., and was admitted. May, 1861, to tlie Siift'olk T'ounty bar in Boston, JIass. He was elected in Jfarch, 1801, representative from Wilton to the State Legislature, and, at the end of the session in July, lS(il, began the practice of his profession at Xashua. While i-esiding in Nashua he served one term as city solicitor, and one term as member of the superintending school committee^ declining a reelection. In 1S71 he was appointed by Governor Weston a member of his staff with the rank of colonel. In the same year he was appointed by the Governor county solicitor for the county of Hillsborough. lie served the full term of five years, and, while holding the otlice, ('onducted the prosecution of Elwin W. M.njor for poisoning his wife.* In .June, 1876, he removed from Nashua to Saint Paul, !Minn., where he now resides. In Se[)t., 1882, he was appointed by the Mayor of Saint Paul a member of the Board of Public ^Vorks to fill a vacancy. In March, 188,'!, and in 188IJ. he was reappointed member of the board for terms of three years, and in 188.') and 1886 he was elected isresidcnt of the board. He m., Sept. 2J, *See, ante, page Is,'. 310 HISTORY OF WILTON. 1861, Sarah Ellen Paige, dau. of Christopher and Maria (Leslie) Paige, of Nashua. Children : 2(5. William Paige, b., Nashua, July 4, 1862. 27. Nellie King, b., Nashua, April 11, 1869 ; d. Aug. 22, 1870. 28. Alice Gertrude, b.. Saint P.aul, Minn., Nov. 7, 1878. 29. Nancy Elizabeth (13), b. Sept. 29, ISfiS; m., Sept. .5, 1861, William K. Baldwin, son of Samuel Baldwin, of Bennington, who began business in Wiltou as a merchant a few years before his marriage, con- tinued the business until his last illness, and d. Feb. 12, 1877, aged 41 yrs.,J-S mos., 11 daj'S. Children: 30. Samuel Woodbury (Baldwin), b., Wilton, Feb. 19, 1863. 31. George Palmer (Baldwin), b., Wilton, July 27, 1870. 32. Joseph Chandler (1G), b. Dec. 12, 1823. He was fitted for college at Phillips Andover Academy and grad. at Dartmouth College, 1850, taking high rank in his class. Since graduation he has been chiefly engaged in teaching. Present res., Worcester, Mass. He ni., Nov. 1."), 18.53, Sarah Ann Hillard, of Framiugham, Mass. Children : .33. Charles Hillard, b., Melrose, Mass., Oct. 2."), 1854. 34. Lucy Chandler, b., Hampton, Nov. 7, 18.58. 36. Helen Louise, b. Feb. 1, 1861 ; d., Hampton, March 23, 1863. 36. Sarah Eliza, b., Ilamptou, Dec. 9, 1862. 37. Annie King, b., Worcester, Mass., Dec. 23, 1871; d., Worcester, June 12, 1S72. 38. Charles Edwin (IJ)), b. March 10, 1833. He is a farmer, owned and carried on a milk route in Boston for a few years, and has since resided on the homestead bought by his grandfather, Ebenezer, in 1803 ; has been selectman for two years. He m., June 3, 1S5S, Ann Elizabeth Burns, of Millord. Children : 3». Lucien Burns, b., Wilton, July 13, 1859; d. Nov. 1, 1859. 40. Jennie Louise, b., Wilton, July 2, 1864. 41. Edwin Chandler, b., Milford, March 26, 1866; d. Aug. 19, 1860. 42. Edwin Hurd, b., Boston, Mass., Aug. 16, 1870. 1. Ben.tamin Fiske Barrett, son of Oliver and Anna (Fiske) Bar- rett, was b., Billerica, Mass., Jan. 16, 1770; d., Springfield, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1S14. j(ajor Barrett res. in Wilton from 1803 to 1811 and was an enter- prising and public-spirited citizen. He m., .Jan. 1, 179.5, Betsej' Gerrish. Four of his sons recei^'ed a collegiate education, and three, Samuel, Ger- rish and Fiske, became ministers. Children : 2. Samuel (13), 1)., Roj^alston, Mass., Aug. 11, 1795. 3. Gerrish (22), b., Royalston, July 4, 1797. 4. Betsey, b., Royalston, Jan. 11, 1800; d. Feb. 1, 1800. 5. Benjamin (2G), b., Royalston, Oct. 21, 1801. 6. Oliver (30), b , Wilton, Oct. 26, 1803. 7. Betsey, b., Wilton, Aug. 24, 1805; d. .luly 9, 1806. 8. Almira (37), b., Wilton, Aug. 27, 1808. 9. Fif'ke, b., Wilton, Jan. 21, 1810; d. July 13, 1810. genealogies: baerett. 311 10. William (42), b., Springfield, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1812. 11. Fiske (44), b., Springfield, IST. Y., March 1, 181G. 12. George (49), b., Springfield, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1818. 13. Samuel (2), b., Royalston, Mass., Aug. 11, 1795; d., Koxbury, Mass., June 21, 1866. For account of his life see page 286 of this History. He m., Sept. 11, 1832, Mary Susan Greenwood, who d. March 15, 1874, aged 68 yrs. Children : 14. Mary Greenwood, b., Boston, June 15, 1833. 1.5. Frances Langdon, b. Dec. 27, 1831. 16. George Samuel, b. Sept. 5, 1836. 17. Charles Henry, b. Sept. 9, 18.38. 18. Ellen Maria, b. Jan. 10, 1841. 1». Grace Cleveland, h. Dec. 15, 1844. 20. Francis Greenwood, b. July 7,. 1848. 21. Arthur VVilllara, b. Nov. 24, 1851. 22. Gerrish (3), b., Boyalston, Mass., July 4, 1797. He grad. at Union College, N. Y., 1824, and at Princeton Theological School, N. J. 1827. He devoted his life to the cause of prison discipline; wa^ chaplain of the state prison at Sing Sing, X. Y. ; agent of the Prison Discipline Society, and chaplain of the state prison at Wethersfield, Conn. He m., Oct. 14, 1847, Mrs. Catharine (Cooley) Purdy. Children, of whom the two sons are clergymen : 23. William Cooley, b. July 12, 1848. 24. Cliarles Scudder, b. June 29, 1850. 25. Sarah Luciuda, b. May 13, 18.53 ; d. May 16, 18.59. 26. Benjamin (5), b., Royalston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1801. He is sup- posed to have died of cholera on a steamer bound for New Orleans. He m.. May 27, 1830, Lois Walradt. He m., 2d, Oct. 17, 1844, Eliza Eapelye Provoost. Children: 27. George, b. April 12, 1834; d. April 11, 1835. 28. Benjamin Bousfield, b. Sept. 2, 1846; d. May 23, 1847. 29. Eliza Maria, 1). April 4, 1850. 30. Oliver (6), b., Wilton. Oct. 26, 1803 ; m., Feb. 19, 1841 , Elizabeth Westcott, who d. Feb. 26, 1856. Children : 31. Mary Palmer, b. Feb. 13, 1842. 32. Benjamin Gerrish, b. Oct. 14, 1844. 33. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug.- 19, 1847. 34. George James Westcott, b. Aug. 19, 1849. 35. Eleanor Westcott, b. Jan. 2, 1852. 36. Anna Sophia, b. Nov. 17, 1853. 37. Almika (8), b., Wilton, Aug. 27, 1808; d. March 11, 1886. She ui., Oct. 10, 18.32, Dr. George W. Cleveland, who d. Dec. 4, 1884, aged 76 yrs. Children : 38. Orlando Samuel (Cleveland), b. Nov. 21, 1833; d. Oct. 22, 1835. 39. Alice Cornelia (Cleveland), b. Sept. 18, 1836. 40. George Barrett (Cleveland), b. Aug. 6, 1838.. 41. William Fiske (Cleveland), b. Aug. 30, 1841 312 HISTORY OF WILTON. 42. William (10), b., Spiingfleld, \. Y., Xov. is, isii'. lie gcad. Union (Jollege, ix;i7; studied law and iitlained high rank in his profes- sion. He m., (Jot. 1.'). 184."), Cornelia C. 'Ely. who d. March 2S. lS4t),.aged 2,s yrs; ni., 2il. Oct. 14, 1851, Sarah Eliza Tompkins. Child: 4-3. AVilliani Tompkins, b. Aug. .^0, lS.-i:i. 44. FisKE (11), b.. Spriugfleld, X. Y.. Marcli 1, ISKi; d. Xov. ir,. 18711. lie grad. at Union College, 1S42; at Ilarvai'd Divinity School, 1S4!I, and was settled over the Unitarian Society in Lexington, Mass., 'IS4'.I, and later over other societies, fie was a devoted and useful man. He m., June S, ]8."i,), Anna E. llenehniau of Boston, .Mass., who d.. South Braiu- tree, Mass., X'ov. ili, ls(i4, aged .'W yrs. Children: 45. Mary Eliza, b. March 7, IS.VI. 46. Susan Fiske, 1). -Vug. 19, 18."i7. 47. Anna Theresa, b. Jan. 1, 18.59. 48. Elizabeth Faulker, b. Oct. ;!0, 1803. 49. Gkougk (12), 1). Sept. 10, ISIS: m., Jan. 15, 18.51. Elizabeth O. Gilchrist. Child : 50. Samuel Gilchrist, b. .March id, 185;^.* 1. Gf.oi!i;e Bakkett, b., .Mason. Xov. 80, 1821. lie came to Wilton in 1851 and bought what was formerly known as the Faruum farm. He is a good townsman and a successful fai'iner. He m., Sept. 15, 1851, Zoa Blood, who was born in Mason, JIarch (i, 1825. ( 'hildi'cn : 2. Celia Imogen, b. April 14, 185;!; d. Oct. 27, 1857. 3. Oldis A., b. .May 12, 1855; ni. Albert AV. Steele, July 8. 1875. See Steele gen. 4. AVilber Evan, b. Dec. l.'i, 1858. 5. Elsie Cora, b. .Vpril 4, 1801 ; m.. .Vpril 17, 1884, Andrew E. Swallow. 6. Everett O., b. Jan. 7, 18G.S. 7. Mystie .May, b. Oct. 19, 18G(J; d. June 2!J, 1800. BATCIIEUDEB FA.MILV. 1. JosEni BatCIIELDEI!. who (1.. Wilton. .May 10, 1810. aged 00 yrs., emigrated from England and res. several ^-ears in .Vndovcr. .Mass.; a weaver by trade. Children, of whom we have any account : 2. Joseph settled in Greenfield. AVe find his name, with others, on an order to the Committee of Safely of .V. H., dated, Lyndeborough, Dec. 8, 1777, "to pay to Ca)it. Peter Clark what wages is due to us upon the Alarm last July at Ticonderoga." 3. .\rchelaus (5). 4. Daniel (8), b. 1740 or 17.50. * The gnindchiklren and great-grandchildren of Miijor lienjamin Fiske Bm-j-ett are numerous and influential, but our limits do not permit us to gi\e a more extended account of the family. For a complete history of the family we would I'efiT to an excellent mono- graph, the JJarrett genealogy, by William Barrett, I'.sri., of St. Paul, Minn, h v»-^ K^yl-S-o^^ HELIOTVPE PRINTING CO. GENEALOGIES : BATCHELDER. 313 o. Akchklais (3), l■e^;. sovoriil yeava in Wilton, lie w;is :i serg-Hjint ill Capt. (;oss"s compiiny and was wounded at Bennington, Aug. IG, 1777. Selectman of Wilton, 1779. Removed lo Millord prior to 1797). lie lu. Betty . Cliiklren : tt. John Putnam, b. Aug. G, 1784. 7. Betty, b. \ov. 2(1. 1791. 8. Paxiel (4). b. 1749 or 17.")0; d. March 17, l.Sii-i, aged K2 yrs. l'\)r- merly of Andover, :\lass. His eldest child ■v\ as b. in iMile Slip, where he owned 70 acres of cast part of lot Xo. 7, first range in Wilton, .fune 11, 1778. he bought lots numbered 8 and 9 in the ninth range, on which he lived several years. Aug. ISO, 1791, he bought lots numbered 19 in the seventh and eighth ranges, also a lot 40x.W rods in X. \\ . corner of lot X^o. 18 in seventh range. His buildings were ou the last named lot; he made other additions to his farm. He was in the army at Saratoga in 1777. He m., 177."i, Iteliccca, dan. of Joseph and Pel)i>rah (Blanehard) Abbot of Andover, afterward of Wilton. She wa- b. June 19. 170-1: d. Ai)ril 19, 179.-). He m., 2d. a Miss Kidder of Xew Ipswich. Children : 5). l?el)ecca, b. Dec. 20, 177.->: d. 180.-); in., Jan. 21. 179!l, William Abbot, Juu., of AVilton. 10. Betty, b. Aug. 4, 1777: m., .Tan. 27, 1799. Jonathan Abbot of Andover, Mass., and Bethel, Me. 11. Judith Kay, 1). June 21, 1779: m., March 24, 18(1.!, Joel Abbot of Wilton. 12. Daniel (20). b. May l.'i, 1781. 13. John, b. May (j, 178fi; d. young. 14. Molly, b. .March 11 , 1784 : in., 180G, John ( 'utter of Jaflfrey. 15. Joseph, b. March 20, 178(i: d. Aug. 80, 1788. 16. John, b. March 17, 1788: d. ilarch 5, 179,-|. 17. Hermon (27), b. Aug. 8. 1790. 18. Hannah, I). .May 2. 179;!; m., 1818, Xathaniel Richardson of Phil- adelphia, Pa. 1». Lydia Abbot, b. .March 18, 179,-i; m., 1819, xVbner Shattuck. 20. Danik]. (12), b. May 1."). 17sl. He was a farmer and a life-long resident of Wilton ; selectman for eight years; representative to (ieneial Court in 18;:i.5, '3(i and 'H7 : state senator from the seventh district in 1849, '50. He ^\as sometimes called to act as ref(M'ee in cases where parties were unable to agree. He m., 1805. Persis ^Hiynard of Tem])le. Chil- dren : 21. Per.sis, b. May 81,1808; m.. .Sept. 80, 1880. Zimri Barrett. See Barrett gen. (8). 22. Rebecca, b. April 7. 1810; m., .May G, 1884, Franklin Brooks. 23. Caleb Maynard (32). b. Jan. 2G, 1812. 24. Elizabeth M., b. Aug. 15, 1818; m., March 2(;. 1887, Fisk Russell. 25. Emil}', b. Sept. 11, 1815; d. Fel). 5, 1849. 26. Adeline, b. .\ug. 2G, 1817; d. Oct. 8, 1885. 27. Hkkmon (17), b. Aug. 8, 1790. Res. on homestead with his father until about 1829, when he became tinanciallv embarrassed and 314 HISTORY OF WILTON. removed to Cicero, N. Y. He m. Polly, dau. of Major Francis Blood of Temple. See Blood gen. Children, of whom we find any record : 28. Mary, b. March 3, 1815. 29. Fiducia, b. May 2, 1818. 30. Sarah, b. May 7, 1820. 31. Rebecca Jane, b. Feb. 10, 1823. 32. Caleb Maynard (23), b. Jan. 20. 1812. A farmei- and res. on the homestead; is industrious and has no taste tor doing anjr other busi- ness than his own. He m.. Feb. 13, 1859, Emily A. Buss, dau. of Stephen and Sally (Abbot) Buss, who was b. Aug. 30, 1829. See BuSs gen. Children : 33. George M. (37), b. Nov. 20, 1^59. 34. Charles D., b. Nov. 25, 1862. 35. William E., b. Jan. 24, 1860 ; d. May 10, 1885. 36. Albert D., b. May 5, 1809; d. May 9, 1885. 37. Gkorge M. (33), b. Nov. 20, 1859; ni., Dec, 1885, A. Isabel Kimball. Child: 38. Erland Graves, b. M.ay 10, 1887. BEARD FAMILY. 1. Luke Beaku, b. 1810; d. March 7, 1854. For many years he was in business in Boston, and for some years a member of the Arm of BOyd & Beard. In 1853 lie built the elegant set of buildings on the bluff near the junction of the streams in the village, which arc still owned and occupied by his heirs. He m. Hannah W., dau. of Mark D. Peikins, of . Mont Vernon. .Slie m., 2d, Peter H. Putnam, and d. Feb. 8, 1884, aged 65 yrs. Children: 2. Albert (0), b. Jan. 31, 1841. 3. Hor.ace, b. July 5, 1843, has been an invalid from infancy, and for several years has been unable to walk. He rides out daily in good weather; enjoys reading and is well-informed about the occurrences of his time. Few would bear his infirmities with so much patience. i. Emily (8), b., Cambridgeport, Mass., July 20, 1846. 5. Luke (10), b. Nov. 10, 1S54. G. Albekt (2), b. Jan. 31, 1841. For a few years he was in business in Nashua, but for several years has res. in Wilton. He m., Jan. 3, 1865, Jennie Ij. Williams. Cliild : 7. Stella Pratt, I)., Milford, Dec. 27, 1867. 8. Emily (4), b., Cambridgepon, Mass., July 20, 1840; m., May 12, 1874, Nathan Barnes Boutwell, who was b. July 31, 1836. Mr. Boutwell was adjt. of the 13th Regt., N. II. V., and was severely wounded while in service. By his first wife, N. Lizzie (Boutwell), who was b., Troy, N. II., June 10, 1834, and d. Nov. 3, 1805, he had one son, Leslie Barnes, who was b. July 28, 1800. Child of Nathan Barnes and Emily (Beard) Bout- well: 9. Horace Keith (Boutwell), b., Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 4, 1870. GENEALOGIES : BEEDE. 315 10. Luke (5), b. Nov. 10, 1854. He has for nine years been engaged in manufacturing Beard's patent spring to prevent carriage shafts from rattling; office, 63 Court St., Boston. Hfrra., Sept., 1876, Abbie Frances Curtis, who was b., Lyndeborough, Julie 10, 1S5C. Children: 11. Florence Lena, b. Feb. 8, 1879. 12. Elmer, b. March 17, 1882; d. April 15, 1882. 13. Gertrude M., b. June 24, 1887. BEEDE FAMILY. 1. Thoma.s Beede, b.. Poplin, Nov. 28, 1771 ; d. Nov. 30, 1848. For account of his life sec p. 253 of this History. He m., Jan. 20, 1805, Nancy Wilder, dau. of Jonathan Kimball, of Harvard, Mass., who d. Feb. 11, 1844. Children : 2. Nancy Wilder (8), b. May U, 1806. 3. George Kimball, b. July 2, 1809; d., Eastport, Me., aged 21 years. He was a young man of rnuch promise and his death was a severe shock to his parents and the rest of the family. 4. Abigail, b. Oct. 3, 1810; d., Duxbury, Mass., unm. 5. Hannah Rockwood (15), b. July 23, 1812. «. Thomas (17), b. Jan. 31, 1816. ' 7. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 21, 1817; d. about 1842. 8. Nancy Wilder, b. May G, 1806; m., March 20, 1828, Stephen Abbot, who was b. Sept. 25, 1804, and d. Aug. 4, 1873. See Buss gen. Near the time of his marriage Mr. Abbot began to trade in the brick store at the middle of the town, and was postmaster from 1828 to 1837. He afterward removed to Syracuse, N. Y. When the emigration to California began he removed to that state and res. there the rest of his life. Mrs. Abbot is now living at Antioch, Cal. ; a woman of much intelligence and universalis^ respected. Children : ». Louise Ann (Abbot) (21), b. Dec. 15, 1829. 10. Sarah (Abbot) (27), b. Jan. 24, 1832. 11. George Kimball (Abbot), b. July 7, 1835; d. June, 1836. 12. Mary Frances (Abbot) (34), b. Nov. 19, 1837. 13. Abby Lucia (Abbot) (41), b. July 8, 1840. 14. Emily (Abbot) (45), b. March 16, 1849. 15. Hannah Eockwood (5), b. July 23, 1812; d. July 9, 1881. See p. 260 of this History. She ra.. May 12, 1836, Alexander Hamilton Stew- art of Farmiugton, Me. Child : 16. Samuel Barrett (Stewart) (47), b., Farraingtou, June 9, 1839. 17. Thomas (G), b. Jan. 31, 1816. He writes, April 29, 1887, from Seattle, W. T. : "In earlj- life I ^^'as engaged in staging from Farmington, Me., to Portland, and from Dixfield to Livermore. In 1857 I went to Illi- nois and there engaged in mercantile business. Three years since I came to Washington Territory and have retired from active business. Next autumn, if living, I shall go to California, where I expect to spend the rest of my days." He m., Oct. 19, 1842, Lucia S., dau. of Moses Merrill of New Gloucester, Me., who was b. July 29, 1819. Children : 18. George K. (54), b. July 6, 1844. 316 HISTORY OF WILTON. 19. Albert T. (58), b. Sept. 20. 1S4.-|. 20. ireiiry Fuller (()4), 1). Xov. 10, lsr)0. 21. LorisE Ann (Abho-j) (9), 1). Dee. 15. ISl>I1: ni., Dec. 21, 1848, Azro Fowler of Koyfilton, Vt. Kes. ,\It. Vernon, \. Y. Childreu: 22. Oeorge .Vbbot (Fowler), b. July 1, 18.")1. 23. Siiniuel Stewart (Fowler), b. Oct. 2S. l,so(l. 24. Edward Beede (Fowler), b. Se|it. 27. ISO,".. 25. Francis .lay (Fowler), b. Oet. 2S. ISOS. 2(i. Anna Louise (Fowler), b. Aug. s, 187-1. 27. Sarah (Abbot) (10). b. .Tan. 2-1. is;f2: d. .May 2:1, lS8:i: m., Oet. 21). ls.")l. .Samuel Sellers of Philadpl))hia. Penn. They le^ided in Brent- wood, Cal. Children : 2S. Mary Cadwallader (Sellers), b. Sept. 0, ls.-,2. 29. George (Sellers), b. .March 1. 1854. 30. Stephen .\bbot (Sellers), b. .July :il. ]S55. 31. Samuel (Sellers), b. Sept. 21. 1858. 32. Charles Sumner (Sellers), b. .hni<' :i. 1802. 33. Edward (iarrett (Sellers), b. .July 24. 18(i4. 34. .Mary Fisaxcics (.Vbbot) (12). b. Xov. i',1. ls;i7: m., Xuv. 10, 185!l, Isaiah .\. "Wilcox of Little Falls. X. Y. Kes. Santa Clara, Cal. Children : 35. Frank .\sa (Wilcox), b., Fruitvale. Cal.. Xov. 10. ]8(;i). 3(1. Alonzo .\bbot (Wilcox), li. Sept. (i. 1802: d. Aug. 24, lS(j5. 37. Harry \\'arren (Wilcox), b. Sept. 4, 1800. 38. Walter Irving (Wilcox), b. .June 18, ]S70. 39. Emily Augusta (AVileox), b. Fel). 14. ]S7n. 40. Irving -\lonzo (Wilcox), b. March 18, isso. 41. Abby Li:cia (.Vbbot) (13), b. .luly 8. 1840; ni.. .Iuly'2;j. 1802. G. Clowe- Carniau of St. .John. Xew Brunswick. Hes. Autioch, Cal. Children: 42. Edwin .\bbot (Carman), b. .March 1. 1804. 43. Elizabeth (Carman), b. .May 15. 1808. 44. Stephen Abbot (Carman), b. Dec. 4, 187.'i. 45. Ejiily (.Vbbot) (14). b. March 10. 184il: d. March 2!), 1871 ; ni., Xov.. isos. .lay Tuttle of Nottingham. Child: 4«. .Vrthur Cornwall (Tuttle), b. Feb. 17. IS70. 47. Saiiuei. Bahhett (Stewai.'T) (16). b., Farmington,' Me., ,lune li, 1880. lie preached a short time at .N'ashua. then removed to Lynn, Mass., where he has been pastor of the rnitarlan Society for more than twenty years; is a directcu' of the American Unitarian .Vssociation. He ni., Dec. 17, Iso:!. -Vunic Ottolina Bixby. who was b., Surinam, South America, Oct. 81,18441. Children: 48. Edward Bixby (Stewait). Ii.. Xashua. l'"eb. 17, 1805. 49. Arthur Beede (Stewart), b., Lynn. Mass.. Xov. 2!). I8OO: d. .March '.), 1872. 50. Samuel Barrett (Stewart), b., Lynn, .Ian. 27, 1808. 51. George Hamilton (Stewart), b. March 18. 1S78: d. Aug. 2:i. 1878. 52. .Marion Francis (Stewart), b., Lynn, Aug. s. 1S74. GENEALOGIES : BLANCHARD. 317 53. Ottolina Bixby (Stewart), b., l>)'nn, June tl. 1W2. 54. Gkokgk K. (18). b. July (i, IS-U,!: ni.. Due. ii. 1S71, Theresa Xew- toii, dau. of Judge :M. Xcwtou of Kansas. Kes. Seattle. W. T. Children : 55. George, b., Ellsworth, Kansas, June 17, 1874. 5«. Mary Josephine, b., Kankakee, 111., Oet. 1, 1875. 57. George N., b., Kankakee, 111., March 24, 1870. 58. Aluekt T. (19), b. Sept. 26, 184,-); ni., Jan. 13, 187fi, Belle MeNulty, dau. of Judge .Fames J. MeXulty. formerly of Louisiana. Kes. Seattle, W. T. Children : 59. Thomas Jay. (50. Ethel. 01. James Jerrold. tt2. Geoffrey Cecil. C3. Helen Beatrice. «4. Henuy Flllek (20), b. Nov. Ki. 18.50; m.. April 14, 1872, M.ir- garet Ellen McNulty, sister of his brother Albert's wife. Res. Antioch, <^'al. Children : G5. Harry MeNulty, b. April 13, 1873. 66. Charles Francis Tyler, b. Oct. 15, 1874. 67. Mary Lucia, b. April 17, 1877. 68. Ralph Merrill, b. .Jan. 14, 1870. 69. Olive, b. Nov. 1, 1881. 70. La Roy Wemple, b. Jan. 21, 1883. 71. Arthur Chamberlain, b. Sept. 13, 1885. BLAXCHAED FAMILIES. 1. Thomas Blaxchard came from Hami)shire, England, in 1630. Res. siinie years In Braintree, Mass. In Fell., 1651, he bought for £200 a house and farm of 200 acres on the ^Mystic side of Cliarlestown, Mass., where he d. May 21, 1{).54. Had four sous. 2. Sa.ml'el, son of preceding, b., England, Aug. 6, 1620 ; d., Andovei-, Mass., April 22, 1707. He lived first in Charlestown, where all his chil- dren were born, and removed with his family to Andover, June 10, 1686, where he owned much land, and was constable and collector of taxes. He m., Jan. 3, 1654-55, Mary, dau. of Seth Swectser of Chai'lestown, who d. Feb. 20, 1668-60, and by whom he had six children. He ni., 2d, June 24, 1673, Hanmih, dau. of Thomas Doggett of itarshfield, Mass., who d., Andover, July 10, 1725, by whom he had four children. .3. Jonathan (5), son of Samuel by 1st wife, b. May 25, 1664. 4. Thomas (7), son of Samuel by 2d wife, b. April 2S, 1674. 5. .If)NATllAX (3), b., Charlestown, Jlay 25, 1064; m., May 26, 1685^ Anna, dau. of John I>ovejoy of .indover. 6. Stephen (10), son of preceding, b., 1702. 7. Thomas (4), b., Charlestown, April 28, 1674; d. March 17, 1750. He m., March 22, 1608-0, Rose Holmes of Marshfleld, Mass.. who d. Aug. 27. 1714, and bj^ whom he had nine children, two of whom, given below, had descendants residing in Wilton. He m., 2d, Sept. 21, 1715, Mrs. 318 HISTORY OF WILTON. Hannah Gowen of Lynn, Mass., who d. June 25, 172-1, and by whom he had three children. He m., 3d, Feb. 21, 1726, Mrs. Judith Hill of Maiden, Mass., who d. Dec. 1, 1707. 8. Joseph (13), b. Feb. 19, 1700. 9. Josiah (15), b. Aug. l(i, 1704. 10. Stephen (6), b., 1702; d., Andover, Jan. 8, 1709. He m., Aug. 10, 1724, Deborah Phelps and had ten children, of whom the two given below resided in Wilton. 11. Nathan, b., Andover, March 30, 1730. He ni., July 2, 1752, Bath- sheba, dau. of Joseph and Deborah (Blanchard) Abbot, who was b. Sept. l(i, 1735, and d. Dec, 1784. On Dec. 4, 1763, they were both dismissed from the church at Andover to form a church in Wilton. No account of their children, if any, is found in the Wilton records.* 12. David (18), b. April 10, 1740. 13. Joseph (8), b. Feb. 19, 1700; m., April 4, 1722, Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Abbot of Andover. They had eight children b. in Andover, one of whom res. in Wilton, namely : 14. Jeremiah (27), b. June, 1733. 15. Josiah (9), b. Aug. 16, 1704; d. April 10, 1783. He owned land in several places in Wilton. In a MS. book arc found the following items in his handwriting: "My Barn at Wilton was set up in May, 1705, and Joshua entered my service Oct. 30, the same year, on my place there.'' " Oct. 29, 1765, Joshua and Ben. went off to Wilton with 20 sheep to win- ter there." By a deed dated Aug. 16, 1769, he conveys " for the love I bear to my son Joshua" lot No. 4 in the 2d range. In like manner he con- veys to his son Benjamin, Jul}' 15, 177C, l^i acres of S. E. part of lot No. 3 in 2d range. He in., Dec. 23, 1730, Sarah Blanchard, who d. Sept. 11, 1778. They had seven children, of whom the two youngest, named below, res. in Wilton : 16. Joshua (39), b. Nov. 13, 1746. 17. Benjamin (49), b. July 3, 1750. 18. David (12), b. April 10, 1740; m. Margaret . Children: 19. Nathan, b. Sept. 12, 1763 ; d. Aug. 7, 1770. 20. Peter Dolever, b. June 16, 1765. 21. Annas, b. May 2, 1767; m., Sept. 28, 1784, Benjamin T. Hideout. 22. Deborah, b. May 30, 1769. 23. Nathan, b. June 30, 1772. 24. Nehemiah, b. Oct. 18, 1774. 25. Chloe, b. Oct. 17, 1776. 26. Ralph, b. July 6, 1780; d. Nov. 21, 1782. 27. Jeremiah (14), b., Andover, Mass. June, 1733 ; d., Weston, Vt., Jan. 27, 1826. He served in the French and Indian war; was at the siege *Thc two following births iivv found in the Wilton records; " 5Ioses, son of Stephen lilanchard and Lucy Ills wife, was born Oct. :,'l, 177()." " Hannah, dau. of Abiel Blanchard and Hannah his wife, was born Oct. -'8, 171)5." It is not known how the Stephen and Abiel, liero mentioned, were related to the other Blauch!\rd8 of Wilton, but it is possible that they were sons of Natlian (11). genealogies: blanchakd. 319 of Fort William Henry, taken prisoner and escaped ; also served during the Kevolutiouary war. He was last taxed in Wilton in 1808, and removed to Weston, Vt. He m.. May 17, 1759, Borothy Smith of Andover; m., 2d, between 1769 and 1774, Susanna Martin. The births of his five youngest children are recorded in Wilton. Children : 28. Jeremiah, b. Sept. 17, 1761 ; served in Revolution. 29. Peter, b. Aug. 12, 1767 ; removed to Weston, Vt. 30. Eber, b. Jan. 14, 1769. 31. Sarah, b. Nov. 2, 1774. 32. Dolly, or Dorothy, born Nov. 2, 1770. 33. Judith, b. Oct. 15, 1778 ; m. Benjamin Steele. See Steele gen. 34. Henry, b. March 30, 1781. 35. John, b. Nov. 26, 17S2. 36. Hannah, b. March 27, 1785. 37. William, b. Feb. 10, 1788. Removed to Canton, N. Y. 38. Aaron, b. July 20, 1791. 39. Joshua (1G), b. Nov. 13, 1740; d. Oct.. 10, 1818. A man of very decided opinions and much respected ; selectman for one year and often on important committees. A part of his farm is now owned by George H. Keyes. He m., June 30, 1770, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Abigail (Livermore) Keyes, who d. July 14, 1817, aged 72 yrs. Children: 40. Joshua (58), b. July 8, 1771. 41. Amos, b. Jan. 14, 1773. Res. Andover, Mass. Was many years cashier of the Andover Bank, systematic and exact in all his business transactions. He was father of Rev. Amos Blanchard, D. D., for many years pastor of First Cong. Ch., and of Kirk St. Ch., Lowell, Mass. 42. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 6, 1774; d. Nov. 20, 1857 ; unm. ; res. in Wilton until death of her parents, afterwards in Andover. 43. Eunice, b. Aug. 8, 1776; d. Sept. 24, 1779[?]. 44. Eunice, b. June 6, 1778; d. Jan. 4, 1850. She m., Jan. 30, 1800, Jeremiah Abbot, Juu. See Abbot gen. 45. Ezra, b. March 23, 1780; d. June 4, 1805. 46. Abel, b. Oct. 10, 1782; unm.; d., Pembroke, March 15, 1818. A physician; studied medicine in Concord; practised his profession in Pitts- field from 1805 to 1808, and in Pembroke for the rest of his life. In his will, after making bequests to his father and others, he gave the residue of his estate, about $2500, toward the establishment of an " Academy in Pembroke, for the purpose of improving the rising generation in science, morality and religion." On June 25, 1818, the Legislature passed an act incorporating the Blanchard Academy. Through his friend. Rev. Dr. Abraham Burnham of Pembroke, more money was raised for the erection of a building, which was dedicated May 25, 1819. It has been known, later, as Pembroke Academy. 47. Rhoda, b. Nov. 7, 1784; unm.; after death of her parents, she removed to Andover, and d. there, June 30, 1857. 48. Lydia, b. Nov. 5, 1786; d. Aug. 28, 1801. 49. Benjamin (17), b., July 3, 1750; d. Nov. 24, 1828. His farm is now owned by John Lane. "He m. Sarah GrifHn of Tewksbury, Mass., 320 HISTORY OF WILTOIf. who d. May :^1, ISOl ; m., 2d, Feb. 22, ],S|«. Martha Blanchard of Billericii. < 'hildrcn : 50. Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 177.">; il. Sept. 19, 1777. 51. Abigail, 1). .luiiu 11, 1777 ; in., Feb. 11, 1800, Timothy II. VVhituey. 52. Sarah, b. April ."i, 1770 : luim. ; d. July 13, 1837. 53. Benjaiuiii, b. April .">, 1781 ; d. July 12, 1855. Res. on homestead until 1848, whou he removed to the middle of the town. He m., Ot't. 2(j, 1813, Hannah Frye, who d. (Ji-t. 31, 1863. 54. Beulah, b. June 13, 1783; m., Nov. 10. 180.5. Joshua Moor. 55. Isaac (63), b. May 25, 17S5. 56. Abner (71), b. May 31. 1787. 57. Hannah, b. June 12. 1780 ; d. May 10, 1700. 58. Joshua (40), b , July 8, 1771 ; d. July 23, 1810. His father gave him a deed of the S. W. part of his farm. He held military offices to the rank of captain, was deacon of the church and led in the singing for sev- eral years: was universally respected. He was ill for some time before his deatti ; one day he rode out, and on his return lay down to rest ; he was soon after found dead iu his room. He m., March 12, 1801, Maiy, dau. of Samuel Hutchinson, who m.. 2d, Moses Gage of Pelham and d. Sept. 19, 1838, aged 61 yrs. Children : 50. Abel, b. Oct. 10, 1802. Kes. several years in Andover, Mass., then went to New Vork City, where he was engaged in the Bible House until his death. 60. Lydia, b. July 9„ 1805 ; d. Nov. 28, 1821 . 61. Ezra, b. Aug. 2o, 1808; m., April 16, 1833, Delana S. Reed. He owned for some years the west part of lots numbered 12 and 13, formerly the Hutchinson farm. 62. Joshua, b. June 20. 1810. He went to Andover, Mass., and still res. there; has lieen lor several years deacon of the Cong. Ch. 63. Isaac (55), b. May 25, 1785; d. Oct. 20. 1857. A wood-turner and furniture maker; lived at the middle of the town until 1828, when he went to Fitchburg, ilass.. where he res. ,i few years, then returned to Wilton. He held military olHces to rank of captain, was postmaster over ten years and sexton for many yeai's. He ni.. Dec. 5, 1800, Betsey Foster of Tewksbury, Mass.. who d. \ov. 2, 1871, aged 01 yrs., 2 nio-i., 28 days. Children: 64. Isaac ('76; , b. Jan. 0, 1811. 65. Eliza, b. Dee. 24, 1812. 66. Hannah, b. .Ian. IS. 1S15 : m. layman Jlorse of Uoston. Jlass. She d. Jidy 20, 1885. 67. Amcjs Foster, b. 3Iuy 2, 1817. Soon altci- he became of age he went out we-^l. 68. Sarah Griffin, b. April 23. 1810; d. M.-ireb 2t. 1820. 60. Clarissa, b. \ov. 22, 1S21 : m. .John F. Kimball of Lowell. Mas«. 70. Gardner, h. Aug. 30. 1820; m. Lucy Spalding; u. ch. He owns the place formerly belonging to l!ev. Abel Fisk. For several years he worked at house painting and paper hanging. He has been suee-es^tuih- MefeJKr^a^J jj^' ('vita * -I^ .If ^ 'i .- • */■ ' H GENEALOGIES : BLANCHAKD. 321 engaged in raising fruit and poultry. In some years he feeds out seven or eight hundred bushels of grain. 71. Abner (5C), b. May 31, 17S7 ; d., Bennington, March 24, 1855. He lived on the homestead with his brother, Benjamin, until about 1S31, when he removed to Temple. After residing there several years ho removed to Bennington. He m., Oct. 15, 1812, Hannah Tarbel of Mason, who d. May 25, 1833, aged 10 yrs. ; he m., 2d, Jan. 22, 1834, Nancy Dale, who d. Sept. 16, 1862, aged 73 yrs. Children : 72. Syreua, b. Xov. 10, 1815 ; m. Dea. Adams B. Wiiin. 73. Eveline, b. April 5, 1817; m., Nov. 17, 1835, Joseph Holt, 3d. 74. Edwin Tarbel, b. March 18, 1819. 75. Abner Jarvis, b. June 19, 1821. 76. Isaac (64), b. Jan. 6, 1811 ; d. March 14, 1885. Ho was employed as brakeuian on the Boston and Maine E. E.; returned to Wilton, where he worked at house-painting, glazing and paper-hanging ; served as sex- . ton tv^renty-seven years. He m., Jan. 10, 1838, Ehoda Osgood of Andover, Mass. Children : 77. Eliza, b., Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 1, 1838 ; m. Oliver W. Blood. 78. Albert Osgood, b. Aug. 3, 1840; d. Sept. 20, 1865. 79. Henry N. (81), b. Aug. 26, 1842. 80. Frank C. (84). 81. Henry X. (79), b. Aug. 2(), 1842 ; m., Dec. 17, 1868, Nancy Helen Burton. C liildren : 82. Isaac Henry, b. April 15, 1872. 83. Benjamin II., b. Dec. 29, 1876. 84. Frank C, m., March 6, 1879, Abbio J. Melcndy. Child: 85. Ernest F., b. May 22, 1881. 1. Simon Blanchakjj, b., Billerica, Mass., Dec. 23, 1749; d. about 1828. His grandfather, John, who settled in,Billerica, was son of Samuel (2) of the preceding gen. Simon removed to Milford about 1776. A part of his farm is now occupied by the Hillsborough Mills. He m., Jan. 20, 1774, Catheiinc, dau. of Increase Wyman of Woburn, Mass., who d. 1838. He had eleven children, three of whom, named below, were for a longer or shorter time residents of Wilton. 2. Luther (5), b. Milford. 3. Catherine, b. Milford; m., Sept. 7, 1819, Luther Holt. 4. Rebecca, b. Milford ; m. Orville Holt. 5. Ldther (2), b. Milford; m. Mary Ivinson of Mont Vernon. He had a large family of children, most of them born in Wilton, but we have obtained the record of none except ^f those named below, who have lived in Wilton since their marriage : 6. Mary, b. June 15, 1817; m. Elbridge G. Woodman. 7. Olive, b. Jan. 24, 1821; ra., Nov. 26, 1846, Samuel Brooks Bales. See Bales gen. 8. George (11), b. Oct. 18, 1823. 322 HISTORY OF WILTON. 9. Charles (18), b. Oct. 1, 1825. 10. John (22), 1). July (;, 1828. 11. George (8), b. Oct. 18, 1823. lie has lived la AVilton almost without inteiTuption. Enlisted in 16th Regt., N. H. V. See page 211. He ni., March 15, 1852, Mary AT Wright ol Nashua. Children : 12. Addic Frances, b. June 30, 1851; d. Aug. 17, 1855. 13. Frank Byron, b. Jan. 26, 185G; d. June 10, 1879. 14. Ida Lilian, b. May 18, 1858; m., Oct. 20, 1879, William Ernest Crosby of Boston, Mass. 15. Rosa Genevra, b. June 30, 1860; d. April 29, 1862. 16. George Woodman, b. Oct. 18, 1865. 17. Mary Grace, b. Aug. 24, 1868. 18. Charles (9), b. Oct. 1, 1825. Enlisted in 16th Regt., N. H. V. Returned ill and d. Sept. 20, 1863. See page 211. He m., Oct. 4, 1852, Mary Frost, who was b., Hubbardston, Mass., July'l, 1830. Children : 19. Adin, b. Aug. 17, 1853 ; d. Aug. 9, 1856. 20. Brigham, b. Nov. 4, 1855. 21. Walter, b. Jan. 12, 1858. •22. John (10), b. July 6,1828. A machinist; was employed by the Wilton Co. during the greater part of Mr. Woodman's superintendence. Enlisted in 16th Regt., N. H. V. See page 211. He m. Harriet Glines. Children : 23. Emma, b., Milford, Feb. 20, 1854. 24. Addie, b., :Milford, April 10, 1856. 25. Lizzie, b., Wilton, Sept. 24, 1858. 26. Fred D., b., Wilton, March 3, 1860. 27. Nellie F., b., Wilton, June 1, 1862. 28. Nettie F., b., Wilton, Sept. 17, 1864. 29. Cora A., b., Wilton, March 15, 1868. 30. Etta L., b., Wilton, March 17, 1871. 31. Arthur W., b., Wilton, Oct. 5, 1876. 1. George Blanchard. A colored man, and a veterinary surgeon. He lived many years in Wilton, a part of the time on the farm now owned by Samuel Goldsmith. He served in Cajit. Benjamin Ta3'lor's company at Winter Hill, during the winter of 1775-76. At the beginning of this century he bought the farm in Milford, afterward owned by Dr. Peter Shedd, and lived there the i-est of his life. He m. Hannah , who d. Dec. 20, 1779; m., 2d, Elizabeth . Children : 2. Hannah, b.. Mile Slip, June 28, 1778. 3. James, b. Oct. 20, 1781 ; d. Nov. 25, 1781. 4. Molly, b. Oct. 11, 1782. 5. Betty, b. March 26, 1784. 6. George Washington, b. Aug. 25, 1785 ; d. April 10, 1812. 7. John, b. Dec. 25, 1786. 8. Anna, b. Jan. 21, 1788. GENEALOGIES : BLOOD. 323 9. Ilepsibah, b. March 1, 1790. 10. Timothy, b. Oct. 1, 1791 ; res. on homestead and succeeded his father as veteriiiaiy surgeou. 11. Kuth, b. April 9. 1793. 12. Sally, b. April 25, 1795. BLOOD FAMILY. 1. James Blood, who came to Concord, Muss., about 1638, and d. Dec. 17, 1683, is supposed to be the ancestor of the families in New Eng- land that have borne his name. The family had large wealth. Ellen, wife of .lames Blood, d.. Concord, Aug. 1, 1674. They arc supposed to have had five children. 2. ROBEKT, son of preceding, d.. Concord, Oct. 27, 1701. Ho m., April 8, 1653, Elizabeth, dau. of Maj. Simon Willard, who d. Aug. 20, i692. Twelve children. > 3. JosiAH, son of preceding, b. April 6, 1664; m., March 4, 1688, ^lary Barrett; m., 2d, Feb. 3, 1690-91, Mary Thomas (Torrey?) Eleven children. 4. Stephen, son of preceding, b. Feb. 22, 1703-4; m., Mary . Xine children. 5. Francis, third child of preceding, b.. Concord, Mass., March 18, 1734-5. Gen. Francis Blood settled in Peterborough Slip in 1763, and, according to Mr. Daniel Heald, "held as many offices of honor and trust duriug the Revolution as any man in the state." He practised some fine strategy, at the time Temple was incorporated, in getting the tenth range of "Wilton lots included in Temple. The inhabitants of Peterborough Slip had petitioned the governor and council to have one or two of the west ranges of Wilton brought into Temple, and had appointed Gen. Blood their agent to manage the matter. The inhabitants of Wilton, in town meeting assembled, on April 27, 1768, appointed Joseph Butterfield and James Dascomb their agents to oppose the petition of Peterborough Slip before the governor and council. Tradition says that Gen. Blood and Mr. Butterfleld met and had some talk of going to Exeter together. But Gen. Blood wished to anticipate Mr. Butterfield, so he borrowed from Col. Towne of is'ew Ipswich, his horse, hat, wig and complete costume and started for Exeter. As he passed Mr. Butterfleld, who was standing in his door waiting, the splendid horse and imposing costume so attracted Butterfield"s attention that he did not recognize the man. When the Wil- ton agents reached Exeter they found Gen. Blood there before them, and the business so arranged that they could not prevent the tenth range of lots from being incorporated into Temple. Gen. Blood m. Elizabeth Spaulding of Pepperell, Mass. Xine children. 6. Francis, sou of preceding, b. Dec. 11, 1767. Major Francis Blood m. Rebecca Parlin of Carlisle, Mass. Of their eleven children, the six named below have either lived in Wilton, or had children who live there. 7. Howard (13). 8. Betsey, m. Nathan A. Whiting. See Whiting gen. 324 HISTORY OF WILTON. 9. Polly, m. Herinon Batcheldor. Sec Batchelder gen. (27). 10. Ilepsoy, b. Sept. 19, 1797; d. JIareh 2, 1870; m. Aiu-oii Barnes. See Barnes gen. (5)). 11. Clarissa, ui. James K. Means. See Means' gen. 12. Orin (10), b. 180,5. 13. Howard (7), ni. Ehoda Pierce. Children: 14. George Howard (19), b. Oct. 17, 1826. 15. Levi Hiram (32), b.l Temple, Aug. 7, 1829. 16. Okin (12), b. 1805; d. May o, 1868. He removed to Wilton a few years before the death of his first wife. After his second marriage he lived on the place now owned by Michael McCarthy. He m., Dec. 6, 1832, Louise Barker, who d. June 5, 1853, aged 46 yrs. He m., 2d, Jhiy 8, 1856, Jane, dau. of Capt. Caleb Putnam. 17. liebecca. ui. Symonds. 18. Rodney Orin, b. July 19, 1834; d. July 4, 1S74. 19. Geokge Howard (14), b. Oct. 17, 1826. He removed from Lynde- borough to Wilton in March, 1865. Has worked in Dunbar's meat-mar- ket. In the Depot store and at farming; in Nov., 1880, was elected repre- sentative to the Legislature. He m.. May 18, 18.53, Helen Marion, dau. of Dexter and Clarissa O. (Spott'ord) Burton, who was b. Feb. 24, 1831. See Burton gen. Children : 20. George Frauds, b. March 22, 1860. Grad., 1879, at Phillips Exe- ter Academy. Since March 1, 1880, he has been employed as clerk b}- Messrs. Gregg & Son of Nashua. 21. Clara Helen, b. April 29, 1802. Grad., 1S83, at Franceslown Academy. Before and since her graduation she has been a successful teacher. 22. Levi Hikam (15), b., Temple, Aug. 7, 1S20. He came to AHlton about 1860; has been engaged in livery stable and in teaming. He m., .Jan. 17, 1853, Adaline Langdell, who wash., Amherst, July 15, 1828. Children : 23. Florence Adaline, b. Dec. 17, 1857; m., Feb. 13, 1877, EH E. Bas- sett. Ees. Peterborough. 24. Willie Hiram, b. Sept. 28, 1863 ; d. May 7, 1864. 25. Bertha Lemar, b. June 1, 1865. She has been a successful teacher for several terms. 26. Mabel Gertrude, b. Oct. 15, 1867. BOYNTON FAMILY. 1. Oliver Whiting Boyntux, b. Temple; d., AVilton, Jan. 27, 1877, aged 69 yrs. 9 inos. He was sou of Elias and Hannah (Whiting) Boynton, and grandson of Capt. Elias Boynton, who fought at Bunker Hill and Saratoga. Oliver sold his homestead in Temple, a few years before his death, and bought the place at Wilton Centre formeily owned by Asa Jones and res. there until his death. He ni., March 1, 1831, Olive, dau. of Theodore and Elizabeth (Corliss) Barker of Temple, who was b, Feb. 4, 1811, and d. Sept. 13, 1879. See Barker geu. (5). Children : GENEALOGIES : BBIDGES. 325 2. George W. (9), h. April 7, 1832. 3. Charles E., b. Nov. 10, 1835 ; res. Portsmouth. 4. ■\Vllliaiii \\'allace (12), b. Xov. 4, 1840. 5. John G., b. Dec. 4, 1843 ; d. March 2G, 1855. 6. Mary H., b. Xov. 22, 1848 ; m., June 24, 18G9, B. La Forest Chand- ler. Ees. Nashua. 7. Martha E., b. Sept. 9, 1850; m., March 23, 1879, Henry H. Liver- more. See Llvermore gen. 8. Abble A., b. April 2, 1854. 9. George W. ;2), b. April 7, 1832. He lived for a few years ou the farm now owned by Jeremiah Driscoll. He sold this and bought the place of Charles B. Burtt, in the village, where his family hnxo since resided. He carried on the bottling business for four years at Providence, K. 1., and, since 1885, at Natick, Mass. Has been supervisor and fire- ward in Wilton. He m.. May 17, 1857, Eliza Jane Burton of Lynde- borough, who was b. Dec. G, 1834. See Burton gen. (77). Children: 10. Clara, b. July 5, 1860 ; m. 11. George Fred., b. Nov. 25, 18G4; d. Jan. 15, 1865. 12. William Wallace (4), b. Nov. 4, 1840. Ees. Northampton, Mass. ; engaged in bottling business. He m., Dec. 25, 1880, May E., dau. of AVilliam and Eveline P. Emerson. Child : 13. Guy Emerson, b., Northampton, Mass., Sept. 21, 1884. BRIDGES FAMH.Y. 1. John BiliDGEs came to Wilton about 1777 and bought of Joseph Buttei'field the farm now owned by George I. Doe. He m. Mary . Children : 2. Abiel (9), b. about 1764. 3. Mary, m., July 27, 178G, Moses Averill. 4. Mehitabel, d. Feb. 20, 1846, aged 70 yrs. ; unm. .5. Enoch (16). The four children, so far named, were probably born before their father came to Wilton, as we find no record of their birth. 6. James (19), b. Nov. 27, 1778. 7. Jolm, b. Aug. 21, 1780; d. Dec. 28, 1780. 8. Sarah, b. May 15, 1784 ; d. Sept. ,30, 1784. 9. Ariel (2), d. Nov. 7, 1801, aged 37 yrs. He bought and lived on the farm afterward owned by Rev. Thomas Beede. He m. Susanna, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Putnam) Cram, who was b. Jan. 27, 1769. See Cram gen. Children: 10. Sarah, b. July 18, 1792 ; m., Nov. 11, 1813, Levi Bridge. They res. several years in Wilton, then removed to Maine. 11. Abiel, b. Dec. 31, 1793. 12. Jonathan, b. Sept. 1, 1795. He m. and res. in Wilton several years; in 1841 removed to Vermont. 13. Susanna, b. Nov. 10, 1797; m., March 13, 1829, David Cram. 14. Twins were b. April 27, 1800, and were buried the following day. 326 HISTORY OF WILTON. 15. Philip, 1). Julj' 19, 1801 ; d. young. 16. Exooir (5). He was one of the emigrants fi-ora Wilton who settled in Temple. Wilton and Weld, Me. He m. Betsey . Children : 17. Betsey, b. .July 23, 1800. 18. Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1802. 19. .Tames (6), b. Xov. 27, 1778; d. Jrareh G, 1S40. A farmer and an inveter.ate worker, ha\ing no raerc}', so far as hours were concerned, for himself or for his team. Res. on homestead. He m. Mrs. Mary (Aniesj Foster, who d. Dec. 15, 1824, aged 50 yrs. ; m., 2d, Sally Pierce of JaflCrcy. who d. March 14, 18,S6, aged 48 yrs. Children : 20. Anna, b. July 1, 1807; m., May 1, 1828, Samuel Holt. See Ilolt gen. 21. James Loring, b. March 10, 1810; m. and res. in Groton, Mass.; n. ch. 22. Samuel Woodbury (23) . 23. Samuel Woodbury. After his marriage he spent a year in Georgia; then res. on the homestead until after the death of his first wife. He m. Sabra Herrick, who d. Oct. 22, 1857, aged 52 yrs. Children : 24. George W. (29), b. Jan. 22, 1838. 25. James, b., Dooley Co., Ga., Feb. 27, 18.39; d., Wilton, Jan. 29. 18G9. He was mustered, May 2. 1801, into Co. E, First Eegt., X. H. V. ; mustered out, Aug. <}, 1801 ; mustered as a recruit, Sept. 2C, 1802, into Co. B, Eighth Eegt., X. H. V. ; wounded. May 27, 1803 ; corp. by promotion, Aug. 1, 1803; serg., Dec. 10, 1863; honorably discharged, June 7, 1805. 26. William H., b. Xov. 19, 1841. He was mustered. JNIay 2, 1801, into Co. E, First Eegt., X. H. V. ; mustered out, Aug. 9, 1801 : mustered. Get. 15, 1801, into Co. 1, Fifth Eegt., X. II. V. ; d. at Harrison's Landing, Va., July 20, 1802. 27. Twins were b. .Tuly 12, 1842. and d. in infancy. 28. Theodore Edson, b. Jan. 19, 1845 ; d. July 13, 1804. 29. George AV. (24), b. Jan. 22. 1838. He was mustered, Dec. 30, 1801, into Co. B, Eighth Eegt., X. H. V. ; appointed corp. ; serg. by pro- motion, jNIarch 20, 1803; wounded at Port Hudson, La., June 14, 180,'! ; connnissioned, Sept., 1803, second lieut. in Xinety-Second Eegt., I'. S. C. I.; first lieut. by promotion; mustered out .Jan. 1, 1800. After the war he bought of his father the homestead, on whicli he res. a few years ; for several years past he has lived in Brookline. He m., Oct. 0, 1801, Sarah D. Buss, who d. June 27, 1873, aged 35 yrs. He m., 2d, Oct. 17, 1875, Abbie L. Lincoln, dau. of Rev. I. S. Lincoln. Child: 30. Theodore Lincoln, b., Wilton, Jlay 2, 1808. BROOKS FAMILY. 1, Isaac Brooks owned the house that stood east of the blacksmith's shop occupied by John Farrington, John JIack and others. lie had a store and was licensed for seven years to sell spirituous li(iuors. He was last taxed in 1801 ; sold his house to Sampson Kej'cs, a lilacksmith, and GEXEALOGIES : BROWN. 327 removed to Amherst, Avhere he was register of deeds for many years. He m. Abigail . Children : 2. Isaac, b. Sept. 26, 1791 ; d. July G, 1796. 3. Luther, b. July 6, 1705. BROWN FAMILIES. 1. Thomas Brown and Bridget, his wife, came from England and settled in Concord, Mass., 163S. A freeman. He d., Cambridge, Mass., Xov. 3, 1688. 2. Thomas, fifth child of preceding, b.. Concord, Mass., IGSl ; d. April 4, 1718 ; m., Nov. 12, 1677, Ruth Jones. 3. Ephkaim, fourth child of preceding, b. April 21, 1089; d. Feb. 6, 1749-50; m., Aug. 2S, 1719, Hannah Wilson. 4. Thomas, first chil'd of preceding, b. Dec. 26, 1720; d. 1784; m.. May 26, 174S, Mary Flint. 5. Jonas, second child of preceding, b. Dec. 15, 1752; d.. Temple, July 31, 1834. He was a minute man in Concord in Capt. Buttrick's co-, was wounded at the north bridge in Concord, April 19, 1775, and, bleed- ing, chased the enemy nine miles ; was in the battle at Bunker Hill ; was commissioned as eusign, served in the Ticonderoga campaign, and joined the army under Gen. Gates. In Dec, 1776, he entered his name to serve during the war as lieut. He m., Aug. 10, 1784, Hannah, dau. of Major Ephraim Heald, first settler of Temple. 6. Ephuaim, third son of preceding, b., Temple, July 13, 1790; d., Wilton, Dec. 11, 1840. In 1806 he was apprenticed to William Howard of Temple, a carpenter. About 1809 he was employed by Kimball Putnam of Wilton as journeyman, and later by Isaac Blanchard as cabinet maker. At the time of his marriage, 1810, he settled about a mile west of Wilton Centre, and, in 1820, bought the Silas Buss farm where Albert Carleton now lives. He was successful both as a farmer and a carpenter, being an excellent workman, of good judgment, quick in execution, ingenious in devices and ready in adapting means to ends. His advice was often sought and cheerfully given. Between 1830 and 1838 he invented a threshing machine veiy like those in present use, and constructed a horse-power to run his machine. He was a member of the Unitarian Church in Wilton, was a diligent reader of solid books, was quick in comprehension, modest, broad in his views and liberal toward all men ; was much beloved and respected. He m., Dec. 4, 1816, Sarah, dau. of Benning and Abigail (Morgan) King, who was b., Wilton, Nov. 4, 1797. She m., 2d, March 31 , 1847, Nathaniel Thurston, who d. April 3, 1874. She now lives with her grandson, Theodore W. Harris, at Far Rockaway, N. Y. Children : 7. Sarah Maria, b. Nov. 7, 1817 ; d. Dec. 2, 1818. 8. Ephraim (15), b. Oct. 1, 1819. 9. Abigail King, b. Dec. 9, 1821 ; d. Dec. 29, 1824. 10. Geoi-ge (21), b. Oct. 11, 1823. 11. Sumner, b. Sept. 5, 1825 ; d. Aug. 30, 1827. 12. Abigail Maria, b. Aug. 28, 1828; d. July 17, 1852; m., Sept. 22, 328 HISTORY OF WILTON. 1817, Xormaii Smith, M. D., of Grotou, who was b., Mont Vernon, Oct. 13, 181 1 . He was for six years surgeon of the Sixth Eegt., iNEass. V., went with the regt. through Baltimore in 1S61 and had the care of tliose wounded by the mob. 13. Diantha Balder (23), b. Feb. 1, 1831 . 14. Anstress (29), b. March r,, 1834. 15. Ephraiji (8), b. Oct. 1, 1819. For account of his life see page 290. He m., Jan. 1, 184G, ]\tary F. Pollard of Lowell, Mass., who d. Aug. 17, 1849; m., 2d., Aug. 27, 18.")1, Sarah H. Barrett of Barre, Mass., who d. Aug. 21. 1852; m., 3d, Sept. 12, 18.54. Emma Cornelia Daniels of Tewks- bury, Mass. Children : 16. Martha Ann, b. Oct. 13, 1846; d. Sept. 3, 1849. 17. George Ephraim, b. Oct. ii. lS5.-i: ni., Feb. IS. 1880, MaryL.de Koehn. 18. Frederick Rogers, b. -July 2(i, 18G2 ; d. Oct. 4, 1878. 19. Mary Etta, b. .July 31, 186.5 ; d. .Tan. 27, 1S84. 20. Emma Alice, b. Xov. 4, 1868. 21. George (10), b. Oct. 11, 1S2.{. For account of his life see page 290. He m., Nov. 1, 1850, Catharine \Vood of Groton, >rass. Child : 22. George Arteraas, b. April IS, 1S.)8. A physician ; assists his father in his institution for the education of the feeble minded. 23. Diantha Baker (13), b. Feb. 1, 1831 ; m., Xov. 25, 1852, Philip S. Harris, who was b.. Heath, Mass., Feb. 24, 1824 : d., Flatbush, N. Y., March 11, 1884. He was a portrait painter of note and his portraits of many dis- tinguished men are marked by fidelitj' and excellence. He first lived iu Bath, Me. ; then in Brooklj'u, N. \., where he was a deacon of the South Cong. Ch., and in 1882 removed to Flatbush. Mrs. Harris now res. at Far Rockaway, X. Y., with her son, Theodore. Children : 24. Herbert Allston (Harris) (33), b., Bath, Me., Oct. 8, 1853. 25. Ida Frances (Harris), b.. Bath, .Me., Feb. 10, 1S55: d., Brooklyn, X". v., Sept. 28, 1876. 2G. George Philip (Harris), b., Bath, Me., Oct. 2.-). 1857 : d., Bath, Me., .March 3, 18.5S. 27. Henry Lucius (Harris), b., Bath, >Ie.. Dec. 11. 1S5S : m. ; has four children. Architect, Xew York City. 28. Theodore Winfleld (Harris), b., Bath, Jle., .Fune 23, 1862. Orad. at Union Theol. Seminary. A clergyman and res. at Far Rockaway, X. Y. " 29. Anstress (14), b., Wilton, March .">. 1831; d.. Mount Vernon Forge, Rockingham Co., Va., Feb. 20, 1S70. She m., Barre, Mass., Dec. 14, 1858, David Francis Ilaynes, who was b.. West Brookfield, Mass.. June 26, 1835. In Xov. 1851, .Mr. Ilaynes entered as clerk the store of Ephraim Brown at Lowell, where he learned the crockery business. In 1856, he became book-keeper of H. ,\bbot and Son, of Baltimore, Md., manufacturers of iron plates. Theirs were the only mills in this country where the plates for the famous Monitor could be produced. To satisfy the demands of the U. S. government for ship and Monitor armor they were forced to erect a new mill and .Mr. Ilaynes was put iu charge. JONATHAN BURTON. HEI.IOTVPE PBl«Ti^„ CO., eoSTOB, UASS. GENEALOGIES : BROWN. 329 In 1SC8, he was appointed manager of the Mount Vernon Iron Works in Kpckingham Co., Va. In IS?], he returned to Baltimore, Md., became partner with John V. Amuiidon, dealer in glass and crockery wares, and, in 1870, assumed control of the business. Tn ISSl, he developed the Cheapside Pottery, a noted manufactory of artistic porcelain wares. Cliildren : 30. Fannie (Haynes), b. Jan. 27, 18G0. 31. Katie (Haynes), b. Aug. 14, 1864. 32. Frank Reuben (Hayiios), b. Sept. 23, 18G9. 33. Hekbkrt Ali.ston (Harris) (24), b., Bath, Me., Oct. 8, \S:>:',. Has been easliier and book-keeper for Messrs. Whiting & Sons at Wilton, and is now employed by them in Boston. Mass. He m., Aug 13, 1878. Maria R. Ellsworth. Children: 34. Ada Ellsworth (Harris), b., Wilton, June i. 1879. 35. Bertha Ellsworth (Harris), b., AVilton. Oct. 23, 1880; d. Feb. 12. 1881. 1. Jajies Brown. At the first town meeting after the incorporation of Wilton, held July 22, 1702, he was chosen moderator aud first select- man. He was re-chosen selectman in 1763, and was several times moder- ator of town meetings. He was first lieut. in Capt. Walker's co. of Col. Reed's regt., which marched to Cambridge immediately after the battle of Lexington. Hon. Charles J. Fox, in his History t>t Dunstable, claims laeut. Brown as an inhabitant of tli.at to\^'n ; but in the pay roll of CaiJt. Walker's Co., as made up to Aug. 1, 1775, (see Hammond's Rev. War Rolls, Vol. I, page ii.")) Capt. Walker, Lieut. Rob}' and others from Dun- stable were credited with forty miles' travel, while Lieut. Brown and others from Wilton were credited with sixty miles' travel. See page 89 of this Plistory. By a deed, dated Jan. 31, 1777, he sold his farm, which was pai't of lots numbered 7 and s in the first range, to Joseph Abbot, Jun., and removed to ^Moultonborough. The sam6 farm is now owned liy John Herlihy. He m. Sarali . Children : 2. Sarah, b. April 21, 1709. 3. Olive, b. April 2, 1771. 4. James, b. March 21, 1773. 1. WiLi.lAJi Brown, supposed to be the first practising physician in Wilton, lived where Luther Baldwin now res. He ra. Rachel . Children : 2. William, b. Aug. 12, 1776. 3. Lydia. b. March 10, 1780. 1. Isaac Brown. Isaac and Daniel Brown lived in Wilton for some time. They were both enrolled, April 23. 177.'), in Capt. Walker's co. of rol. Reed's regt., and the pay roll of Aug. 1, 1775, shows that they served 330 HISTORY OP WILTON. until that time. Isaac m. Hannah . who d. Aug. 15, 1788. Chil- dren : 2. Isaac, b. April 30, 1779. 3. Patty, b. Aug. 12, 1788; d. Sept. 19, 1788. BUGBEE FAMILY. 1. Freeman E. Bugbee, b., Eichford, Vt., May 13, 184G. A photog- rapher; came to Wilton In Oct., 1873, and soon acquired a profitable business which he has continued to this time. He ni. Annie Hutchinson, who was b., Greenfield, Jan. 27, 1840. Children : 2. Xellie M., b. Aug. 28, 1878. 3. Eva M., b. Nov. 19, 1880. BURXHAM FAMILY. 1. Thomas Burnham, b., England, 1623; d. June, 1694. Lieut. Burnham ni., 1645, Mary Tuttle ; 11 ch. 2. John, son of preceding, b. 1648; d. 1704; m., 1668, Elizabeth Wells ; 9 ch. 3. Thomas, son of preceding, b. Sept. 20, 1673; d. 1748. He m. Susanna ; 6 ch. 4. Jeremiah, sou of preceding, b. 1702; d. 17S3. He m., 1730, Jane Pride ; 6. ch. 5. Jeremiah, b. April 2, 1732. We find the first mention of the Burnham family in Wilton in a deed, dated Nov. 15, 1779, from Jonathan Blanchard to Jeremiah Burnham, conveying 65 acres of east ijart of lot No. 5 in the sixth range. Date of Jeremiah's death not known; last taxed in Wilton, 1805. He m., Aug. 30, 1754, Mary , who d. Jan. 7, 1828, aged 92 yrs. They had 8 eh., of whom the two following were residents of Wilton: 6. Ruth, b. 1756; m., April 21, 1785, Timothy Gray; d. March 23, 1841. 7. Jeremiah (8), b. 1763. 8. Jeremiah (7), b., 1763; d. Nov., 1S44. By a deed, dated Dec. 9, 1794, his father conveyed to him the 65 acres, bought in 1779 of Jonathan Blanchard. By a deed, dated Jan. 22, 1794, Amos Eaton conveyed to him the southeasterly part of lot No. 6 in sixth range. He was a farmer and res. on above-named lots ; his buildings being on the easterly part of the lots. He was an early member of the Baptist Society. He m., July 18, 1786, Phebe Blanchard, who d. Aug. 20, 1838. Children : 9. Phebe, b. Sept. 18, 1787 ; m. Gutterson ; m. 2d, Daniel Fuller. 10. Polly, b. April 25, 1789 ; m., June 24, 1813, Samuel Puffer. 11. Betsey, b. April 16, 1791 ; m., 1810, Daniel Fuller. 12. Hannah, b. May 15, 1793; m., June 21, 1841, William Foster of Ashby, Mass. ; m., 2d, Isaac Preston of New Ipswich. 13. Lois, b. Aug. 11, 1795 ; m. Samuel Lovojoy of Milford. 14. Lucy, b. Aug. 15, 1797; m. Dodge of New Boston. 15. Sally, b. Sept. 24, 1799; m. Shattuck of Brookline. 16. Stephen (18), b. Dec. 31, 1802. genealogies: burns. 331 • 17. Rebekah, b. April 24, 1805; m. William Currier. Tliey had several children of whom we find no record. 18. Stephen (1«), b. Dec. 31, 1802; d. April 10, 1S77. A farmer, and lived in Wilton for several years after his marriage, then removed to Xcw Boston and, for a few years, kept the tavern on the Weare road, about a mile from the village. He afterward res. on a farm in the west part of New Boston. He m.. May 20, 182G, Mary Kockwood, who was b., Groton, Mass., Dee. 5, 1805, and came to Wilton with her parents about 1808. She d., Milford, Dec. 22, 1885. Children : 19. Stephen Fernando, b. March 25, 1827; m. Lorinda Loring of New Boston ; has a livery stable in Manchester, and is a veterinary surgeon. 20. George Fletcher, b. Oct. 17, 1828; d. May 9, 1849. 21. Mary Jane, b. Dec. 18, 1830; m. Frederick Dodge of New Boston. Res. Nashua. 22. Charles Crosby, b. March .i, 1832 ; d. March 30, 1832. 23. ]\raria Deborah, b. June 29, 1833 ; m. John Loring of New Boston, who d. April 11, 1853, within three days' sail of San Francisco, Cal. ; m., 2d, Nelson N. Philbrick. Res. New Boston. 24. Charles Crosby, b. Feb. 12, 1836; d. March 25, 1839. 25. Sarah Harriet, b. .June 12, 1839; m. George H. Stevens of Frances- town ; d. March 30, 1872. 26. Jeremiah Almos, b. July 16, 1842; m. Helen Buswell of North Lyndeborough. Res. Milford; employed in Ileald's furniture factory. 27. Milo Rockwood, b. Feb. 2, 1847 ; m. Sarah F. Shedd of Mont Ver- non. Res. Milford. Employed in Ileald's furniture factory. BURNS FAMILY. 1. John Burns, b. 1700; d., Milford, 1782. lie was of Scotch origin and came to America from the north of Ireland in 1736; settled in Mil- ford, 1746. 2. THOirAS, seventh child and third sou of preceding, m. Elizabeth Ilartness of Lunenburg, Mass., jind d., Milford, aged about 80 yrs. 3. Samuel, sixth child and third son of preceding, b., Milford, Sept., 1779; m., Feb. 12, 1801, Abigail Jones. Was selectman of Milford from the age of twenty-one for ten years. He d., Milford, Sept. 20, 1817, and his funeral was the largest ever held in the town. 4. Chakles a., foui'th child and second son of preceding, b., Milford, Jan. 19, 1809. He ra., Dec. 31, 1833, Elizabeth, dan. of Abel and Betsey (Bartlett) Hutchinson* of Milford. She d. Sept. 4, 1885, aged 69 yrs. * Tlie Hutchinson fiimily truces its ancestry to Barnard Hutcliinson of Cowlan, York- shire, England, who was living in 1282. The following are the New England ancestors of Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Burns : 1, llichard Hutchinson, tenth in descent from Jlarnard of Cowlan, was b. in England; m., Dec. 7, 10a7, Alice Bosworth; emigrated about 1035 and settled in Salem, Mass., near Hathorn's Hill. 2, Joseph. 3, Benjamin. 4, Benjamin. 5, Nathan, b., Bedford, Mass., 1717; removed, about 1734, to Amherst, now Milford, and d. Jan. 12, 1795; was a large land owner in Milford and Wilton and built the lirst mill on the site where D. Whiting and Sons' grist mill now stands. He m. Kachel Stearns. G, Nathan, who owned the place, since belonging to the late Holland Prouty. 7, Abel, who was b., Milford, Aug. 8, 17'.K, and m. Betsey, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth Bartlett. 332 HISTORY OF WILTON. ill-, and Mrs. BuruiS were persons of the highest character and were well known for their intelligence aud worth. i). Chakles H., sou of preceding, b., Milford, Jan. lit, 183.1. For account of his life see page 273. He m., Milford, Jan. 19, 1850, Sarah N. ilills. Children : 6. Arthur Plenry, b. 18,50 ; d. Aug. 23, 1870. 7. Bessie, b. July 0, 1859; m., June 15, 1881, AVilliam A. Gregg. See Gregg gen. 8. ilary Bell, d. April 14. 18G3, aged 1 yr. 5 mos. 9. Charles Alonzo, b. Jan. 3, 1803 ; m., Oct. 14, 1885, Lulie C, dan. of Dr. AVilliam A. Joues. Jle i.s clerk of the Wilton Man. Co. 10. IJlanche May, b. May 5, 1868. 11. Ben. Emery, b. July 21, 1872. BURTON FAMILY. 1. Boniface Burton, made freeman, Lynn, Mass., 1035 ; d. June 13, 1009, at the great age of 1 13 yrs. A farmer ; ancestor of nearly all the Bur- tons in this country. In I^ewis's History of Lynn is an illustration repre- senting the aged patriarch as standing in the door of his primitive and rudel}' constructed house. He lived to a greater age than any other resi- dent of Lj'nn, and must have been well advanced in life when he came to New England. 2. John, son of preceding; freeman, Salem, Mass., 1638; d. Oct. 14, 1084. His farm joined that of Gov. Eudicott. According to the records of the court, he was one of the persecuted Quakers of his time. In 1058 he attempted to escape with others to Rhode Island that he might enjoy his opinions undisturbed. While on his way, he was arrested at Dedham, brought back and, in consequence of his very bold speech to the digni- taries of the court at Salem, was put in the stocks. He was frequently fined for not attending public worship, but led a quiet life during his later years. He had four children: John, Samuel, Isaac and Hannah. John and Samuel died childless. Hannah and her husband, Willi.am Osboru. wei'e ancestors of Osborns now living in ^alem and elsewhere. 3. Isaac, sou of preceding, d. 1700. He settled in Topsfield, Mass., afterward removed to Salem, and had four sons : Isaac, .lohn, Jacob and Henrj'. 4. John, son of pi-eceding, d. 1750, leaving two sons: John and Samuel. 5. John, d. Feb. 11, 1791, .aged 80 yrs. With his three sons he removed from Middleton, Mass., to Xo. 2, now Wilton, and settled on lot Xo. 16 in the fifth range. The cellar hole of his house is in the north- east part of the plain, very near the centre of the lot. The place is now owned by James Sheldon. His wife, Abigail, d. Aug. 28, 1796, aged 83 yrs. They had, beside the three sons, named below, two daughters ; one m. Thomas Towne, and the other m. Buxton. Sous : 6. John (9), d. Nov. 18, 1810, aged 78 yrs. 7. Jonathan (19), b. Sept.- 18, 1741. 8. Abraham (29). genealogies: bukton. 333 9. John (6), d. Nov. IS, 181H, aged 78 yrs. Before he caine toAVilton he served in the French aud Indian war. He settled on the east half of lot No. 17, fifth range, which now belongs to Herbert Wilkerson. He also owned lot Xo. 20, fourth range, and on it built a grist-mill ; this lot is now owned by his grandson, James Burton. He was a deacon of the First Cong. Ch. for about fifty years : sat in the deacon's seat and for many years led in the singing, having a clear, strong tenor voice that did not fail him until his last illness. He was probably the first Free Mason in Wilton ; see page 120. He was town clerk for ten years ; selectman for five years. His wife, Rebecca, d. Aug. 17, 1831, aged 02 years. Children : 10. Rebecca, b. March 18, 1762; m., Nov. 28,1787, Joseph Putnam, Jun., of Society Land ; removed to Amherst and d. there. 11. William, d. at Valley Forge in the spring of 1778. 12. David, m. and removed to Andover, Vt. 13. John (45), b. March 25, 1767. 14. Sarah, b. June 8, 1772; m. Stephen Putnam of W^ilton. On the death of her husband, in Sept., 1821, she removed to Mason where she died. 15. Mary Archer, b. March 9, 1774; m., March 3, 1803, John Marshall. Res. Lyndeboroiigh. 16. Lucy, b. Feb. 18. 177S ; m. Thomas Lakin of Lyndeborough. 17. Betsey, m. Samuel Cudworth of Greenfield. 18. Naomi, m. Benjamin Fuller, aud settled in Andover, Vt. 19. Jonathan (7), b. Sept. IS, 1741. In 1759 [?], before he came to Wilton, he served at Louisburg in Capt. Andrew Gidding's eo. He also served as orderly sergeant in Capt. Benj. Taylor's eo., at Winter Hill in the winter of 177.5-6 ; was lieut. in Capt. Wm. Barron's co., in the Ticon- deroga campaign, 1776, and served three weeks in Rhode Island in 1780. He kept a journal during his service on Winter Hill, in which was a roll of Capt. Taylor's co. Of the thirty-one companies that went from N. H. to Winter Hill, this was the only roll Mr. Hammond had been able to find when he published the first volume of Rev. War Rolls in 1885. Jonathan Burton also kept a journal of the Ticonderoga campaign, in which was a roll of Capt. Barron's co. See pages 93, 98, 101 ; also pages 238, 246, of this history. On the organiniition of militia in New Hampshire he received a connuission as captain, dated June 19, 1786 ; on Aug. 5, 1793, he was appointed brigade-major by Gov. Bartlett, and on Dec. 21, 1795, a justice of the peace, holding the office 15 years ; was a selectman of AVil- ton for 15 years. He lived on the farm now owned by his grandson, Samuel Burton. He m., Feb. 29, 1764, Iluldah Nichols, of Middletou, Mass. Children : 20. Aaron, b. April 20, 1765; m., June 19, 1796, Polly Dudley, of Andover, Vt., aud settled there. 21. Samuel, b. April 8, 1767; m. Hannah, dau. of Col. Philip and Hannah Putnam, of Wilton, and settled in Andover, Vt. 22. Abigail,- b. Nov. 12, 1772; m., Feb. 5, 1795, Jonathan Putnam and removed to Andover, Vt. 23. Jonathan (56), b. Sept. 5, 1774. 334 HISTORY OF WILTON. 24. Iluldah, b. July 4, 177S; in., :\ray 27, 1S19, Samuel ^Eerriam of Mason. / 25. Olive, b. Feb. 25, 1780; m., Feb. 7, 1804, Uriah Smith, merchant, of Francestowii. See Smith gen. 26. Amos Nichols, b. Jan. 2, 1785 ; ni., Oct. 7, 1810, Roxaua Utley and settled in Weston, Vt. ; m., 2d, Sally Johnson. 27. Moses, b. March, 1787; d. Oct., 1789. 28. Anna, b. Sept. 5, 1789; m., June 14, 1810, James S. Fisher. Res. Francestown. 29. Abraham (8) , settled with his father on lot No. 16, fifth range ; his brothers being on the lot next north of it. He afterwards built ou the southwest part of the lot and kept a public house until 1817. In 1787, he bought lot No. 20, fifth range, and owned it until the homestead was sold in 1830. He was at Winter Hill in Capt. Taylor's co., and at Ticonderoga, 1776, in Capt. Barron's co., and was selectman for five j'ears; was a good neighbor, a good townsman and an honest man. He was somewhat of a hunter and a fisherman, and often related his experience in those matters. When he was clearing his north lot, the wild turkeys fed on his rye before it \\ as harvested. He made a bough-house and a bed and fed them for some time; then invited his brother John to help shoot them. At the time appointed they arranged themselves in the bough-house, and, as it grew light, they heard the gobblers come to the bed. Abraham gave the signal, fired and killed three turkeys, but his brother's gun missed fire. Abraham used to say that it was the only time he ever heard Deacon .John use a wicked word He m., 1st, Mary Kenney, by whom he had eight children ; ni., 2d, Betty Dale, by whom he had seven children. Children : 30. Mary, b. Jan. 18, 1773; m., Jan. 14, 1796, Jacob Putnam of Andover, Vt. 31. Hannah, b. Sept. S, 1774; d. Oct. 14, 1777. 32. Lucy, b. June 10, 1776; d. Oct. 11, 1777. 33. Hannah, b. March 23, 1778; m., Oct. 6, 1796, Nathaniel Putnam Peabody. Res. Andover, Vt. 34. Abraham, b. Jan. 28, 1780; res. in Venuout. 35. Chloe, b. March 2, 1782 : m. Cyrus Bailey; res. in Vermont. 36. Nahuin, b. Oct. 15, 1783 ; m. Charlotte Pcttengill ; res. in Vermont. 37. Ezra, b. Feb. 10, 17S.J ; m. a Miss Puffer, by whom he had two sons; res. in Vermont a few years and left for parts unknown. 38. Betsey, b. Nov. IS, 1787; m. Jonathan Parkhurst. 39. Lucy, b. Dec. 1.^, 1788; m. Ashby Morgan. 40. Fanny, b. Feb. 2, 1790; nj. Timothy Gray. 41. Ruth, b. March 21, 1792 ; unm. ; went to Georgia as a teacher and d. there. 42. Lydia, b. May 7, 1793 ; ni. Lubim Rockwood. See Eockwood gen. She m., 2d., Elijah Chandler. 43. John (66), b. Oct. 2."), ]7ll(;. 44. Peggy, b. Nov. 22, 1798; m., Oct. 28, 1824, Jeremiah Fisk. lies. Maine. They had scvei'al children, one of whom was a noted ornamental painter. GENEALOGIES : BURTON. 335 45. John (13), b. Muifh 25, 1767. He removed to Andover, Vt., and whik' there was captain of militia ; returned to AVilton iu 1808. He m., Jan. 27, 1791, Eunice Heald of Temple; m., 2d., April 20, 1836, Susannah Carter of "Wilton. Children : 40. John, b., Wilton, April 15, 1791. In the war of 1812, he enlisted in Vermont and died in the army, May 12, 1814. 47. Eunice, b., Andover, Vt., Sept. 15, 1793; m. Noah Going of New Ipswich. 48. Lucinda, b., Andover, Vt., May 6, 1796; m. Joseph Chamberlain; res. Lyndeborough and Greenville. 49. Leonard, b., Andover, Vt., Aug. 18, 1798; m. a Miss Heseltine; res. Andover, Vt. 50. Roxana, b., Andover, Vt., Oct. 10, 1800; m. Silas Chamberlain; res. Andover, Yt., and Nashua. 51. Dexter (72), b., Andover, Vt., Oct. 16, 1802. 52. Eliza, b., Andover, Vt., March 25, 1805; d. April 8, 1814 [?]. 53. James (79), b., Wilton, April 18, 1809.. 54. Eliza, b. Oct. 9, 1813. When she was two years old, a severe ill- ness destroyed her hearing and she became a deaf mute ; was educated at Hartford, Conn., and m. a deaf mute named Kelley. She d., Wilton, Dec. 23, 187S. 55. John (92), b. Dec. 10, 1816. 56. Jonathan (23), b. Sept. 5, 1774; d. March 26, 1862. He was a prominent and trustworthy man ; for many years trustee of the school and ministerial funds; justice of the peace 45 years; administrator of many estates; representative to the Legislature; selectman 14 years; town clerk 7 years and held military oflBces to rank of lieut. col. He was secretary of the lodge of Masons to which he belonged for many years. He m., Jan. 30, 1800, Persis Warren of Wilton, who d. Feb. 4, 1801, aged 27 yrs. He m., 2d, March 19, 1805, Lucy Hazen of Shirley, Mass., who d. April 11, 1874, aged 91 yrs., 1 mo. Children : 57. Warren (98), b. Nov. 23, 1800. 58. Lucy, b. Jan. 24, 1806; d. Oct. 25, 1828; unm. 59. • Persis, b. Jan. 16, 1808 ; d. Jan. 31, 1809. 60. Persis, b. Dec. 16, 1809; m., Aug. 29, 1831, Eev. Stephen Alfred Barnard, who was b. Nov. 2(;, 1803, and d. June 24, 1882. See page 260. They had three sons and two daughters. 61. Hazen J. (101), b. June 2, 1812. 62. Samuel (107), b. Aug. 22, 1814. 63. Elizabeth J., b. Sept. 22, 1816; m., Sept. 1, 1850, Rev. Charles Robinson of Groton. They have one son, William B. (Robinson). 64. Andrew Nichols, b. Feb. 21, 1819; unm. He received his early education at the district school, and at the age of 18 went to Boston, entered the di-y goods store of Wetherell, Fowle & Co., on Kilby St., and remained with them and their successors, Fowle & Talbot, three years. In l>i40 he formed a co-partnership with S. A. Barnard under the style of A. N. Burton & Co., leased the brick store at Wilton Centre, formerly' occupied by Joseph Newell, and carried on the business of a country 336 HISTORY OF WILTON. store there for throe years, when he sold out, returned to Boston, went into the wholesale dry goods business with his brother under the ttrm name of Plazen J. Burton & Co., on Kilby St., and remained with him five years until the Arm was dissolved. He afterwards formed a connection with S. H. Norris & Co., in the same business, and remained with them until April, 1851. He then made an arrangement with Jordan, Marsh & Co., who had just commenced the dry goods jobbing and importing busi- ness on Milk St., and remained with thena tweuty-thj-ee years. He then retired from business. He was for uumy years an active member of the Handel & Haydn Society, also a member of the Mercantile Library Asso- ciation and other literary associations in Boston. In the sunmier of 1878 he went to Europe and remained about six months. Since his return he has been living on his farm, a part of which was owned by his Burton ancestor, who first settled in Wilton. 65. Maria L., b. Feb. 22, 182.5; d. May 4, 1849; uum. 66. John (43), b. Oct. 25, 1796. He lived eight or nine years on the homestead with his father, then removed to Maine ; after cultivated tastes made him ac. Phebc, b. Dee. 12, 17S1; ni., April 17, 1S16, Joseph Gutterson. 7. Sally, b. Aug. 7, 17S.5 ; d. Oct. 26, 1855. 8. John, b. Sept. 2, 17S8. 9. EiCHARD Tavlok (2), b. Sept. 7, 1772. He lived several years in the house, since taken down, on the corner opposite the Isaac Blanchard place. He built the house now owned by George A. Newell, wlio has enlarged and remodelled it. About 1814 he removed to Peterborough and died there at an advanced age. He ni. Betty, dau. oi Capt. Nathan Bal- lard, who was b. Aug. 19, 1771. Sec Ballard gen. (5). Children: 10» Betsey, b. June 20, 1795; ui., Sept. 18, 1817, Charles Crane of Mil- ton, Mass.* 11. Achsah, b. Sept. 5, 1797. 12. Eichard Taylor (25), b. July 27, 1799. 13. Abel Fisk, b. July 0, 1802. 14. Nathan Ballard, b. July 24, 1804; is a farmer and resides in Peter- borough. 15. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 2, 1807. 16. Euuice, b. Oct. 2, 1809 ; in. Gutterson. 17. Stephen (4), b. Jan. 19, 1777 ; d. Sept. 29, 1848. He was a farmer and lived on the farm bought of Joseph and Ebenezer Stiles. He m., Dec. 8, 1803, Sarah, dau. of Jeremiah and Cliloe (Abbot) Abbot, who was b. Doc. 8, 1781, and d. Oct. 26, 1851. Children : 18. Stephen Al)l)ot, b. Sept. 2.5, 1804; d. Aug. 4, 1873. He changed his name by dropping the surname. Buss. He m., March 20, 1828, Nancy Wilder Beede. See Beede gen. (8). 19. Calvin, b. April 26, 1806; d. Dec. 26, 1856. 20. Sally, b. June 14, 1808; m.. May 5, 1831, Kilburn Harwood. He removed to Ashburnham, Jlass., and later to Fitchburg, Mass., where he died. They had several children. 21. Betsey (26), b. Aug. 3, 1810. 22. George (35), b. Sept. 27, 1812. 23. Ezra (40), b. June 27, 1814. 24. Emily, b. Aug. 30, 1829; m., Feb., 1859, Caleb M. Batchelder. Sec Batchelder gen. (32). 25. Richard Taylor (12), b., Wilton, July 27, 1799; d., Bridgeport, Conn., from paralysis, Dee. 13, 1885. The following extract is taken from the Peterborough Transcript of Dec. 24, 1885 : "Mr. Richard T. Buss, a^ native of Wilton and for several years a resident of this town, died at Bridgeport, (Jonn., at the ripe age of 86 yrs., 4 mos. When the cotton mill was started at West Peterborough, then called Union Village, Mr. Buss built most of the machinery. It is but a few weeks since Mr. Buss * At this time, 1885, Mrs. Crane is the oldest liviug native of Wilton of whom I have any knowledge.— [S. Putnam. GENEALOGIES : BUSS. 341 visited his brother, N. B. Buss, of this place and it was generally remarked that it was rare to see so well preserved and vigorous a man at his great age." From the Bridgeport News of Dec. 14, 188.5, we obtain the following facts. In his younger days >lr. Buss held a situation in Coifs works at Hartford, lie caine from there to Bridgeport to take a position iu Wheeler and Wilson's sewing machine establishment, soou after the company began business, where he had a contract as inspector, which he held until he retired from business, about 187."). He served in the common council and as alderman, and was for some time a deacon in the Church of the Redeemer. He became a Freemason when 21 years old, and, at the time of his death, was a member of St. John's Lodge, Hamilton Commandery, Jerusalem Chapter. Until within two years of his death he always marched over the whole route v> ith his masonic breth- ren when they attended a funeral or upon other occasions. "Six feet tall and well built, with a figure straight as an arrow, with snowy hair and beard, and a countenance bright, benevolent and dignified, Mr. Buss would have been a figure notable anywhere for one of his age. lie had a high reputation for personal integrity and for other qualities of mind and heart which made him universally esteemed." lie left a widow and two sons. 26. Betsky (21), b. Aug. 3, 1810; m., Wilton, March 20, 1834, Ben- jamin Franklin Marden. Mr. Marden was employed by Asa .Tones, and, in company with John Mills, had been engaged in the tanning business and in the manufacture of boots and shoes. In 1837 he removed to Syr.a- cuse, X. Y.. where he lived for a short time; then to Mont Yernou, and, later still, to Nashua. In 1846 he returned to Mont ^'ernon, where he and his wife still live, though in feeble health. Children: 27. .Sarah Luthera (Marden), b., Wilton, May 5, 183.5; m. George C Averill of Mont A'crnon, where she still lives. 28. Benjamin Franklin (Marden), b., Wilton, May 12, 1836: d., Syra- cuse, X. Y., April 5, 1838. 29. Susan (Marden), b., Wilton, June 23, 1837; d. 1859. 30. George Augustus (Marden), b., Mont Vernon, Aug. i), 1839; m., Nashua, Dec. 10, 1867, Mary P. Fiske. Graduated at Dartmouth College, 1861; enlisted in Co. G, 2d Regt. U. S. Sharp-Shooters, Dec. 1861; pro- moted to 1st Lieut, and R. (J. M., July, 1862 ; mustered out at expiration of service of regiment, Sept. 24, 1864. Editor and one of the proprietors of Lowell Daily" Courier since Sept. 1, 1867. Member Mass. House of Representatives, 1873; Clerk same body, 1874-1882, inclusive; Speaker, 1883 and 1884; member Mass. .Senate 188.5. Two sons. 31. Frank (JIarden), b., Nashua, March 31, 1841; m., Concord, May 16, 1882, Mary Frances Biddle, who died Oct. 14, 188.5. 32. ^laria Theresa (Marden), b., Nashua, March 6, 1844; m., Mont Vernon, ^lay 28, 1869, E. Gerry Martin. Res. East Boston, Mass. Have had two sons and two daughters; one son and one daughter still living. 33. Hannah Catherine (Marden), b., Mont Yernon, Dec. 16, 1846; m., Lowell, Mass., Nov. 27, 1873, Samuel Sewall, Jun. She d. Aug. 30, 1880, leaving one son and one daughter. 34. Wendell Phillips (Marden), b., Mont V^ernon, May 6, 1850; m.. Concord, Oct. 28, 1878, Melvina Drew Nutter; one son and one daughter. 342 HISTORY OF WILTON. 35. Gkoege (22), b. Sept. 2", 1S12. He lives on the homestead, to \\hich he has made large additions, and which he has improved by uuder- di-aining and by clearing the plough-fields of rocks. The buildings now on the farm have all been built since it came into his possession. On Jan. ■2, M<'y2. he was chosen a deacon of the Congregatioua) societj'; has held military offices to the rank of captain, and has been selectman for two yeais. lie m., Aug. 27, 183."), Abigail, youngest dau. of Dea. Eliphalet and Dorcas (Abbot) Putnam, who was b. May 10, 1817, and d. June If), 1871 ; m., 2d, Mrs. Hannah L. Upton, who d. May 17, 1882, aged .58 yrs. (.'liildreu : 36. Sarah Dorcas, b. May 28. 18.38 : d. June 27, 1873 1 m.. Oct. 0. 18(11, George ^\'. Bridges. See Bridges gen. (29). 37. Abby Frances, b. Oct. 22, 1842; d. Jan. 11, 1860. 38. George Sullivan, b. Xov. 8, 1844. He worked for several years in Boston as a carpenter. In the autumn of 1886 he bought Waldo Foster's farm. 3',>. EUery Chanuing, b. March 26, 1851 : res. on the homestead. 40. Ezra (23), b. .Tune 27, 1814 ; d. Xov. 8, 1880. He was for several years connected with the brick store at \Mltou Centre. In 18.5.5 he removed to Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he lived seven years, tlien removed to Springfield, Ohio. He m., April 7, 18.36, ^fary, dau. of ('apt. David \nison, who d., Sodns Bay, X. Y., July 13, 1844; m.. 2d, Oct. 27, 18-17, Sarah M. Buell of Xewport. Cliildren : 41. Edwin Dumont (43), b., ilethuen. Mass., July 10, 1830. 42. Mary AYilson, b.. Wilton, .Vpril 16, 18.54. lies. Springfield, Ohio. 43. Edwix Dr-MiiXT (41), b., Methuen, ilass., July 10, 1850. Is employed in a bank. He ra., Nov. 23, 187.5, Minnie E. Seys [?] of Spring- field, Ohio. Children : 44. Harriet Foote. b. Xov. 30, 1S76. 4.5. Mal)el Buell. b. .lulv 22. isso. 1. Silas Buss, a brother of Stephen, head of the preceding f.amily, was also from Lunenburg, Mass. He bought of .lames Blanchard of Dunstable, lot Xo. ten, tliird range, for £33, deed dated June 25, 1770. We liave obtained no record of Ids family, but he probably had two sons and two daughters. 3. Silas (6), b. Temple. 3. Sib5'l, m., Sept. 15. 1S17, Abiel S.-iwyer and lived in Sharon and Peterborough. 4. Aaron (17). o. Abigail, in., Dec. 28, 1814, Parker Tyler. They lived for a few years in jNEilfoi-d. 6. Sll.AS (2). b. Temple. Pes. on the homestead until it was sold to Kphriam Biown. He m., March 13, 1800. Fanny, dau. of Xathaniel and Prudence (Ab))ot) Sawyer, who was li. July 5, 171)!l, and d. in Temple. Cliildren, all born in Wilton : 7, Amos, b. X'ov. 18, 1800; d. IWGO. fi-om injuries received in being GENEALOGIES : BUTTERFIELD. 343 tlivowu from a carriage. Before he. was of age he worked a short time for ('apt. Isaae Blancliard at fui'iiiture inaljing; was employed for a few years in a store in Salem, .Mass., and had his name changed to Amos Saw- yer Thornton ; went to England, where he was prosperous In trade and became wealthy. He in. K. Blaekuey and had one son. H. Ilernion, b. Aug. 8, l.'^Oi; m. Eliza ifaynard of Temple, where he lived, lie was a selectman for four years, and a repiesentative for three years. 5t. Kalph, li. .July 2", 1.^04: d. Oct., LSTD. For a few years he was engaged in making brick in Bethlehem, \. Y., thence I'eiuoved to Cohoes, X. v., where he continued the same business. For about thirty years before his death, he did a large business as a grocer. He m. Caroline Boucher, by whom he had seven children. She d. .Tan. 31, 1S84. 10. John, b. Aug. 18, 1806; m. Phebe Pratt of Temple. Six ch. 11. F;uiny, b. Sept. I'.l, 1808; d. Sept. 10, 1813. 1-i. Xathaniel Sawyer, b. Oct. 20, 1810; d. Oct. 7, 1813. 13. l^odney, b. Aug. !l, 1800; m. Almena Huntley. Kes. Acworth. 14. Xathaniel Sawyer, b. Oct. 2."), 1814; ni. and settled near Buftalo, X. Y. la. Francis, b. Dec, 1817; m. and settled in East Acworth. 10. Silas, b. Sept. 19, 1819 ; ra. and settled in HolUston, Mass. 17. Aarox (4), ni. Hannah . Children: 18. Hannah, b. Oct. 30, 1804. 1». Orville. b. Jan. 20, 1S07. Brri'EEFlELD FAMILIES. 1. Ephraim BvTTEiiKiELK, served for several weeks in the cam- paign o£ ]7.")8 against the French aiid Indians, and, with three otliers, is recorded in the Pi-ovincial Papers as belonging to the Province of X'ew Hampshire. T'hey were residents of Wilton when the town was incorpo- rated in 1 702, and were undoubtedly of Township Xo. 2 in 17o8. Ephraini lived where the road, north of !Mrs. Doe's, turns to the west. InKli.") and 1700, he wa^ one of the selectmen, and was several times elected moderator. In consequence of refusing to sign, in 177(1, the Pcsohition "to oppose with arms the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies against the I'nited American Colonies,'" he was pronounced a Tory, and tradition says that he was ordered to keep within the limits of his farm on penalty of being shot. See pages 8!), 90. We have seen no record of his familv. 1. .TosEi'il KlTTKRi'iKLD probably came to Wilton soon after the town was incorporated. The Kegistry of Deeds shows that he often ))ought and sold land: in some deeds he is designated as a blaclismith. He was selectman four years and often served on important committees. He is supposed to have built and occupied the .shop where John Farring- ton, Benjamin Wallingford, John Hack and .Tames R. Means afterward 344 HISTOUY OF WILTON. worked. He left Wilton before 1795. He and his wife, Mary, had six children : 2. Daniel, b. Sept. 18, 1759. 3. Joseph, b. Aug. 20, 1762; d. Dec. 10, 1707. 4. Amy Town, b. April 14, 1765 ; d. Oct. 9, 1779. 5. Mary, b.Sept 26, 1707. 6. Ephraim, b. June 14, 1770. 7. Aaron, b. May 6, 177.3. 1. Stephen Buxterfield settled ou lot Na. 17, third range, before Wilton was incorporated ; his place is now owned by Stephen H. Dunbar. It is not known when he left Wilton, but Timothy Baldwin lived on his lot in 1788. He had by his first wife, Hannah, five children, and by his second wife, Sarah, five children : 2. Samuel, b. Feb. 29, 1760. 3. Stephen, b. May 6, 1762. ' 4. Ephraim, b. July 29, 1764; m., Sept. 24, 1789, Dinah Keyes. 5. Hannah, b. April 23, 1760. 6. Lydia, b. Nov. 15, 1768. 7. Stephen, b. Oct. 10, 1772. 8. Sarah, b. July 4, 1774. 9. Eliza, b. May 4, 1770. 10. Nuss Sawyer, b. March 24, 1778. 11. Eebecca, b. Jan. 26, 1780. 1. Abraham Bitterfiei-u, of Wilton, served in Capt. Benj. Taylor's CO. on ^\'inter Hill in the winter of 1775-6. He was last taxed in Wilton in 1799; was one of the many who emigrated to Maine in the beginning of this century, and was one of the original pi-oprietors of Wilton, Me. childi'en by his wife, Ruth: 2. Ruth, b. Nov. 3, 1773. 3. Elizabeth Davis, b. Oct. 30, 1775. 4. Mary, b. June 1, 1780. 5. Sarah, b. Nov. 27, 1782. 6. Clarissa, b. Sept. 22, 1784. 7. Anna Heald, b. Aug. 18, 1780. 8. Abraham, b. Oct. 10, 1788. ft. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 12, 1791. (ARKIN FAJIILV 1. Jesse D. Carkin, b. Lyndeborough ; m., Oct. 17, 1833, Sarah dau. of James and Ruth (Stiles) Hutchinson. Since 1850 he has lived on the farm in the west part of \\'ilton, formerly owned and occupied by his wife's father. Children : 2. Emeline ('., b. May 21, 1835; m., Sept. 21, 18.54, Charles A. Saw- tell; n. ch. 3. Albert J. (6), b. May 24, 1836. C<^d^ CM. c -IOTYP£ PHINTIfJO Cu., BOSTON MABS. GENEALOGIES : CENTER. 345 4. Emily C. (16), b. Dec. 19, 1S3S. 5. Albert J. (3), b. May 24, 1S36; ra., Oct. 11, 1860, Mary C. Avery. Children : 6. Willis Alison, b. April 6, 1S62 ; d. .Tuno 25, ISSl. 7. Charles Sawtell, b. April 28, 1863. 8. Albert Franklin, b. April 27, 1864. 9. Alfred Avery, b. May 2, 1866. 10. f;lintoii Jesse, b. jMay 3, 1868. 11. Susan Augusta, b. Feb. 2, 187.5. 12. Leonard Lewis, b. .Tune 3, 1876. 13. Bertie May, b. April 15, 1878; d. Feb. 14, 1879. 14. Mary Ethel, b. Nov. 5, 1879. 15. Florence Albion, b. Aug. 3, 1883. 16. Emily C. (4), b. Dec. 19, 1838; ra., Oct. 15, 18.56, Isaac II. Clark. Children : 17. George Henj-y (Clark), b. Feb., 18.58; d. Feb. 29, 1860. 18. Sarah E. (Ciark), b. March 4, 1860; d. April 25, 1860. 19. Alfred J. (Clark), b. July 28, 1861 ; d. Aug. 7, 1863. 20. Isabella M. (Clark), b. Sept. 16, 1863; m., Juno 3, 1883, George II. Holt. Ees. Arlington, Alass. 21. Xellie E. (Clark), b. Sept. 5, 1866. CENTER FA:MILY. 1. Jonas Center, d. Sept. 27, 1856, aged 84 yrs. He came from Greenfield to Wilton in 1830, bought the farm formerly owned by Ebenezer Hutchinson and lived on it until his death. His widow d. Oct. 27, 1S67, aged 93 yrs., at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. E. P. Hutch- inson, in Milford. Two of their sons, named below, came to ^Vilton with them : 2. Samuel Newell (4), b., Greenfield, Sept. 27, 1814. 3. Timothy C. (12), b., Greenfield, Aug. 11, 1818. 4. .Samuel Newell (2), b., Greenfield, Sept. 27, 1814. He remained with his father until he was of age, when he went to Boston and was there employed in a store until 1840. He then removed to Sumpter Co., ^Vla., where he kept a store until 1843, when he returned to Wilton and occupied the store adjoining the hotel until it was burned, March 15, 1876. In the same year he rebuilt the hotel and the store, and has since occupied the latter in company with his son, E. B. Center. He served as select- man in 18-53, '71 and '72, and was collector of taxes in 1870 and '71. He m., April, 7, 1846, Chloe A., eldest dan. of Major Ezra Bales. See Bales gen. (26). Children: ,5. Marion Elsie, b. Jan. 10, 1847; m., Feb. 28, 1884, Rev. Daniel E. Adams. See Adams gen. 6. George N., b. .July 6, 1848 ; d. July 8, 1863. 7. Rose M., b. Jan. 13, 18.50. 8. Anna B., b. Feb. 4, 1852 ; d. July 29, 1863. 9. Everett B., b. Aijril IS, 18.55. In business with his father. 346 HISTORY OF WILTON. 10. (.'harles ('., b. Oct. 2i. ISotS: d. Jane IS, 18(iH. 11. Stai-r 15., I). April 7, 18(1."). Emplos'ed in his father's stoi-e. 12. TlMOTHV C. (3), ))., (Jreenfteld, Ang. 11, 181S ; d. April 7,1807. He was enii)loyed in the hotel l>y Xewell Dean, and afterward, for some j'oars, carried on tlic hotel himself. He ni. Maria, dau. of f^apt. .Jacob Hutchinson of iniford: m.. ■Id. Dec. IV), 18.55, Cordelia Hardy of Oreen- lield. Child : 13. Samuel Xewell, b., Wilton, Xov. Ij, 18.")(i. In 1877 he went to Washington, D. ('., and was employed by W. H. Abbot and .Tames F. Rus- sell, grocei-s. In 188,"> he returned to Wilton, liought the stock of C AV. Edwards and is now in the g-rocery business. His store was burned, Dec. :!. 188,-,. CHAXDLEl! FAMILY. 1. Wii.i.iAJi CiiAXDi.EH emigrated from England about 1037 and with his wife, Annis, settled in Audover, Afass. lie had several cbildreu and was the ancestor of many Chandlej's, some of whom settled in Con- cord and ^Vilton. Hi« daughter, Hannah, m.,. 1047, George .Vbbot of Andovcr, " the venerable ancestor of a numerous progeny." 2. AViLi.iAM, son of preceding, had several children. 3. .liisKPH, son of jireceding, m. Sarah .Stewart Abbot. 4. TiiojrAs, sou of preceding, m. Elizabeth Walcut. Children; 5. Elizabeth, b., .Vmlover. Dee. 17, 1739; d. .Tan. l.i, 1740. G. Elizabeih, b. March 23, 1742. 7. Bi-idget, b. April 2. 1744; d., aged about 20 yrs. 8.. Eunice, b. 1740; d. May 20, 1749. «. Ebenezer (15), b. May 14. 17411. 10. Elijah, b. Aug. 0, 17.53; killed, .June 17, 1777). at the liattle of Bunker Hill. 11. Peter, b. March 2.5. J7.5.5 ; m. Jleicy Ingalls. 12. .liiseph, b. Dec. 22. J7-->0: d. in the lievolutionary army. 13. Asa, b. .'Vpril 2.5, 17.51): m., Xov. 20. 1781. Eleanor Uichardson. He bought of l'i-iah Smith aliout 20 acres of the east part of lot Xo. 12. s(n'enth range, and the tannery, deed dated .Tuly 23. 1778; sold the same premises to George .Vlibot. deed dated \\m\ 4. 1781. 14. Thomas, b. 17(>1 ; d.. aged 10 yrs. 15. Ehexezek (9), b. yUiy 14, 1749: d. Sept. 2.5,1823. His f.ither died when he was young aiul the care of the family devolved much upon him. About 17G9 he came to Wilton and settled on lot \o. 11, sixth range; his place is now owned bv (apt. ^NFoses T.ovejoy. He m., Xov. 29. 1708. :^rary IJurnap of Iteadiug, Mass., by whom he had five children; she d. Oct. 22. 1778. lie m., 2d, Sarah Averill, widow of .(ames Hutchin- son who was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, by whom he had nine children, lie ni.. 3d. TJeniembraiu^e Fletcher, widow of Moses Fierce. Children : IC. Mary. Ii. Oct. 17, 1709; m., Xov. 27. 1788. Isaac Jcwett (d Xelson. Their last years were spent in Wilton. GENEALOGIES : CHANDLER. 347 17. Betsey, b. Feb. 7, 1771; m. John Prince of Brooklyn, Conn., who lived in Wilton for a few years on the farm now owned by George Pai-li- hiirst, and d. .Tune :!, ISll, aged nfi yrs: ni., 2d, March. 181-1, .Toseph >Ielendy of T^ynddiorough. 18. Eunice, h. Feb. 12, 1773 ; ni., \ov. :i, 1800, Timothy T^ Buxton. 1!). Ruth, b. March IT), 177') : ni. Dea. Samuel Douglass of Wilton: 11. ch. 20. Hannah, b. .Tuly 27. 1778: m.. Nov. 1."), 1798, Xathiiniel Blodg-ctt of Stoddard. 21. Ebenezer, b. March 12, 1780; d. .May 8. 1781. 22. Ebene/er (30), b'. ^[ay 14, 1781. 23. Thomas, b. .Tan. 8, 1788 : ni., Xov. 1(1, 18(ir). Dolly Ilolt. lie lived a tew years on the homestead with his father, then removed to Maine, when his brother, Ebenezer, came to Wilton and occupied the homestead until the death of their father. 24. Sarah, b. Feb. 28, 178.5: ni., Xov. 28, 1820, .Tacob (lark; m., 2d, Feb. 10, 18.!.-), Ezra Clark. 25. Amy, b. Xov. 18, 1787; m. Thapin Bolster. 26. Joseph, b. Jan. 28, 178S); m., 1st. Asenath Pratt; m., 2d. Dorcas Pratt. 27. Edna, b. June 6, 1790; d. June 21, 1790. 28. Edna, b. Sept. 0, 1791 : m. Xehemiah Bennett. 20. Joel, 1). June 19, 1794; d. .Vug. 22. ISfiO. Soon after his marriage, he lived a short time in Weston, Vt., where his first child was born, and where he was chosen deacon of the Baptist church at the age of 24. [u IS.SO he removed from Wilton to IJopkinton, where he sei'ved as deacon 20 years. In 18.5;i lie removed to East Weare, where he served as deacon until his death. He was a good man and greatly beloved; sound in faith and undeviatiug in his Christian course. He m., Feb. 19, 1818. Lucy B., d.nu. of Timothy and Ruth (Burnham) (iiay. .SO. Ebkxezer (22), b. May 14, 1781. A farmer, but often worlvcd at framing buildings. He made patterns for cast iron ploughs tliat were used in Wilton in 1821. He was one of the first members of the Baptist society. He m. Damans, dau. of Joel Howe of Peterborough. Children : 31. Ebenezer, b.. Peterborough, Xov. .->, 180:^ ; d. :\[arch 2.3, 1885. He was a preacher of the " Christian Band.'" He ni., Sept. 22, 1829, Lucinda, dau. of Willi.am Hardy of Wilton, Me., by wliom he had three sons and three dau. 32. Lid^e (37), b. Feb. 17, 1806. 33. James Howe, b. 1807; d. Feb.. 18C0. A farmer and cooper; was a good musician on the kent-horn and clarinet. Soon after marriage he removed to Cicero, X. Y. He m., Xov. 7, ISHO, Betsey, dau. of Xathan A. and Betsey (Blood) Whiting, by whom he had two sons and one dau. His wife d. Aug., 1848, aged .S.3 yrs. 34. John Prince (50) . 35. Rodney Xiles. A carriage maker. He m. Mary Hodge of Cicero, X'. Y., where he now res. 3C. Eliza D., m. Robert D. Paul, a farmer, of Chesterville, Jle. 348 HISTORY OF WILTON. 37. Luke (32), b. Feb. 17, 1806 ; d., Wilton, Jan. 4, 1881. He went to Maine in 1831 and cleared up many aeies of land in Temple and Carthage. He wa.s a good musician on the fife, clarinet and keut-horn. In March, 1871, he returned to Wilton. He m., Dec. 81, 1827, Uebecca F. Meleudy. Children : 38. Luke Francis, b., Wilton, May 8, 1828. 39. Augustus Melendy, b., AVilton, Feb. 16, 1830. 40. Abigail Ann, b.. Temple, Jle., April 14, 1832. 41. Joseph Perham (57), b. April 14, 1834. 42. George Riley, b. April 2.-), 1836; d. June 10, 18."i4. 43. Malviua, b. Nov. 17, lS;i8; m. 44. Elvira, b. Nov. 17, 1838 ; m. 45. Rebecca Jane, b. Oct. l.i, 1840. 46. Sumner Beede (65), b. Jan. 13, 1S43. 47. B. Laforest, b. July ib. 184"). A luruiture manufacturer; res. Nashua. He ni., June 24, 1869, jMary H., dau. of Oliver W. and Olive (Barker) Boynton. See Boyntou gen. (6). 48. Harriet A., b. Sept. 24, 1847. 49. Mary A., b. April 21, 1853. 50. John Prince (34), owned and occupied a farm of .lOO acres on the Coos road leading from Castiue, i^Ie., to Coos Co., X. II. ; 100 acres of the farm was interval land of good quality. A successful farmer ; he was a jus- tice of the i^eace for several years. In Aug., 183."), he received what is sup- posed to be the first patent granted for a mowing machine ; in his machine the power is applied on the same principle as in those of the present time. He obtained a patent for a gang lolough and sold the right in 1S70. He also received a patent for a carriage hub of malleable iron. He m. Anna, dau. of Enoch Bridges of Wilton, Me., formerly of Wilton, N. II. She d., Mechanics Fall, Poland, Me., Oct. 10, 1881. Children : 51. John Melvin, b.. Temple, Me., June .5, 1831. 52. Elizabeth Bridges, b. March 9, 1833; m., Dec. 5, 18.")ll, Jedediah xldams. He served 16 months in the army and was discharged for dis- abilities for which' he has a pension. 6 ch. 53. Enoch Moody, b., Phillips, Me., April .">, 1836. 54. Ellen Maria, b.. Weld, Jle., June 18, 1840. 55. Carrie Ann, b. March 15, 1843; d. Oct. 16, 1861. 56. Olive Einma, b. May 2!), 1846 ; ni., Feb. 24. 1809, Rev. F. E. Enrich of the Tabernacle Ch., Chicago, 111. They have several children. 57. Joseph Perham (41), b. April 14, 1834. Foi- many years he worked for Messrs. Jones & Co. and the Dascomb Brothers at shoemak- ing. He owns a residence in the French Village, Wilton. He m. Mary Frances, dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Melendy) Perham of Lyndeborough. Children ; 58. ^fary Emma, b. Deo. 20, 18,58. 59. George Pei-hani, b. Aug. 31, 1801. 60. Etta Frances, b. July 2."i, 1806. 61. Willis ilay, b. June 16, 1869. 62. Nora Bell, b. Dec. 27, 1873. GENEALOGIES : CLAEK. 349 63. Gertrude Elviiii, b. ilanh 9, 1S76. 64. Frank L., b. Dec. 28, 1881 ; d. Uarvh 5, 1882. 65. Sumner Bekde (46), b. Jan. 13, 1843. Has been employed for several years by D. Whiting and Sons in their grist-mill. He in., May 9, 1865, Kosetta R., dau. of Josejih and Susan (Manter) Melendy. Children : 66. Nettie E., b. March 26, 1867. 67. Owen S., b. June 13, 1871. CLARK FAMILIES. 1. Matthew Ci-auk, b., Londonderry, 1762 ; d., Lyndeborough, Oct. 23, 1827. He was son of John and Margaret (Clark) Clark, and grandson of Dea. James Clark, one of the sixteen proprietors who settled London- derry in 1718. Dea. James m., May 22, 1722, Mrs. Elizabeth (Fulton) VVilson, mentioned in the History of Londonderry. Matthew removed to Wilton, 1798, and lived on the easterly part of lot No. 15, eighth range, which he sold to Oliver \Vhiting. He m. in 1783, Nancy Dickey, who was b. April 22, 1761, was dau. of John and Janet (McClintock) Dickey of Derryfleld, who wei-e married Feb. 26, 1760, and was granddaughter of David and Isabel (McLaughlin) Dickey of Londonderry, who were mar- ried Feb. 27, 1724. Nancy, wife of Matthew, d. Dec. 17, 1844. Children : ■2. John, b. Feb. 23, 1784; d. Feb. 17, 1855. Res. in Fraucestown for some years. He m., Dec. 12, 1812, Margaret Ferson of Fraucestown, who d. Nov. 23, 1866. 3. Janet Dickey, b. >Iay 15, 1785; d. young. 4. Margaret, b. Jan. 2(1, 1787; d., Woburn, Mass., Xov. 27, 1843. She m.. May 7, 1807, Elijah Leathe of Woburn, who d. Oct. 13, 1863. 5. Betsey, b. Oct. 24, 1788 ; m. David French of Mont Vernon and settled in Barre, Vt., where she d. April 13, 1872, and her husband d. March 14, 1875. 6. James Linzey, b. May 15, 1790 ; d. Oct. 11, 1872. He settled in 1815 on the Eben Hill farm in Lyndeborough. He m., June 27, 1815, Rebecca Baldwin, who d. Oct. 18, 1820. See Baldwin gen. (35). He m., 2d., 1823, Hannah Baldwin, who d. March 13, 1860. See Baldwin gen. (38). 7. Mary, b. Jan. 30, 1792; d., Westfleld, Ohio, July 25, 1874. Res. Westfield, O. She m. Abrara Bean Chamberlain of West Rumney, who d. April 23, 1852. 8. Sophia, b. Sept. 23, 1793 ; m., Nov. 13, 1823, John Sprague of Nel- son. They res., Keene, O., where she d. June 9, 1857, and her husband d. Jan. 6, 1877. 9. Nancy, b. March 30, 1795; d. March 10, 1873. She m., Nov. 7, 1816, Henry Clark of Chester, who d. April 11, 1867. They res. for many years in New Boston. 10. Iris, b. May 10, 1797; d., Baltimore, Md., Dec. 29, 1833. A teacher of music. 11. David Dickey, b. Sept., 1798; d. j'oung. 12. lufant son, d. July, 1800. 13. Eleanor Joice, b. July, 1802; m., Feb., 1827, Matthew Parker of Mont Vernon ; d. Nov. 20, 1828. 350 HISTOEY OF WILTON. 1. ROBKRT Clark c;iine to this country from Londonderry, Ireland, about ITi.'i; in. Letitia Cochran, who d. 1783; he d. 1775. 2. NiNiAN, son of preceding, d. 1808. He in. Mary Kaiusey and res. in Xew Boston. 3. Daviu Eam.-jey, son of preceding, b., New Boston, June 23, 1785. A saddle and harness maker, lie was first taxed in Wilton in 1807 and lived in the house occupied for many years by Dr. Parljhurst and since demolished. He was persuaded to endorse the note of a. neighbor who became bankrupt, lost his saviiigs, was forced to soil his estate and, in 1819, returned to Xew Boston, where he lived until his death. He m., April 2(i, 1808, Anna Spalding, dau. of Eev. Abel Fisk of Wilton ; m., 2d, June 22, 181(;, Kebecca Wilkins, dau. of Dea. Samuel Wilkins of Amlicrst. Children : 4. A son, b. and d. May 2, 1809. 5. Mary Ann, b. May 10, 1810; d. Dec. 27, 1885; m., June 1, 1831, John Perkins, son of Timothy Xicliols of Amherst, wlio is now (188(j) living in Boston in good healtli at the age of 87 yrs. 'J'liey had tliree sons, of whom one is living: Arthur Howard (Nicliols), ^I. D., who lives in Boston, Mass. 6. Eebecca Town, b., Wilton, Nov. G, 1817; ni., April 19, 1814, Alonzo Appleton Reed of Nottingliam, who d. Oct., 1851, in Xew Orleans, where he had settled as a printer upon his return from tlie Mexican \\i\r. She m., 2d, William F. Flint and lives in AVincliester. She had by her first husband n daughter, b. Xov. 10, 1849. 7. Xinlan Itanisey, b.. Xew Boston, July 29, 1820; m., Xov. 29, ISKj Cordelia, dau. of Peter Benner of Waldoborough, Me. lies. Somervillc, Mass. Their dau., Emma Frances, was b. Oct. 16, 1847; m., Xov. 29, 1871, Arctas D. AVallace. 8. Sophia Wilkins, b., Xew Boston, Dec. 25, 1821 ; ni., June 11, 1845, Charles Keed of West Bridgewater, Mass., who was li. Dec. 27, 1815, and d. Dec. 15, 1873. He was engaged in the iron business for many years in Boston and Xew York, but finally returned to AVest Bridgewater, where his widow still lives. They hail six sons and one dau. 9. Frances, b., Xew Boston, Feb. 9, 1823; m., Feb. 9, 1858. James Howard of Bridgewater, where they now live. They have had three sons. 1. Moses Ci-akk, son of Sanmel and Abigail Clark, was b., Aeworth, Oct. 17, 1819. He came to AVilton Oct. 5, 18l(;, and was engaged with A. and \y. Jones in manufacturing boots and slioes ; was afterwards witli George ^V. Daniels in the Depot store; has bought and sold real estate. He was chosen a selectman in 185(i, and has been for several years oue of the police; was appointed deputy slierifl' in 1800, and chosen treasurer of the Wilton Savings Bank in 1870, which ollices he still holds. He m.. May 4, 1846, Julia L. Gaj-, who was b., AVashington, X. H., 1820. Cliil- dren : 2. Josephine L., b,, Wilton, Feb., 1847; m. Willard D. Cliase, M. D., of Peterborough. GENEALOGIES : COBURN. 351 3. Fniuk Gay, b., Willou, l.s,")!; m. Fsiimy Brooks of Pctcrlioiough. He was educated at Meiiden and at Dartmouth ('ollef;e; a lawyer at Peterborough, where, hi 1884, lie was choseu representative to (he Legislature. 4. Ada M., b., 18G2. Cirad. of Cushiug Academy, Ashburiiham, Mass. 1. Aauon Augl-,stls C'i.auk, b., ToiJsfleld,'Mass., Oct. 10, IS.W. He caiue to AMltoii, 1850, and, for several years, w orked for Messrs. Jonbs at shoe makiug. At the call for nine months" men, l^ii-'. he was appointed Captain of Co. C, II! Ifegt., X. II. V., which reeiiforced Gen. Banks in Louisiana. After the war he bought the farm formerly owned by Henry Abbot, on which he now lives. He ni., March 1, iS'to, Abby \V., dau. of •Joseph and Abigail (Melendy) Terham, who was b., Lyndeborough, May 25, 1835. Children : •2. Edwin A., b. June 30, 1857 ; d. Aug. i, 18G4. 3. Fred \V., b. Oct. 2, 1858. 4. Xellie Louise, b. July -28, 1801. 5. Harry Herbert, b. March 28, 186G. 6. Hattie Bell. b. June 18, 18(i7. 7. Abbie Frances, b. Aug. 24, 1870. S. Lizzie Mabel, b. Feb. 22. 1874. 1. AVakneu Clakiv, son of Daniel Clark, b., Francestown, March 10, 1812. lies, in Francestown until Maj', 18.57, when he removed to Wilton. For many years be was engaged in getting out bobbin st(jck. Has been a selectman of Francestown, a deputy sherift' and a justice of the ijeace. He m.. >ov. 13, 1834, Catharine Kidder, who was b. ilarch 10, 1813, and d. Jan. 20, 1848; ni., 2d, Xov. 9, 1848, .Mrs. Sarah Ham. Children by first wife : 2. George Sumner, who lives at Springfield, ]Mass. 3. John Henry, who lives at Green Island, Neb. CLIFFORD FAMILY. 1. ROBJiBT E. Ci.ii-i-OKD was born in Edgeuiout, Me. ; bought, in 1878, of George \V. Bridges the Bridges homestead, and soon aftcl' the purchase came to A\'ilton to reside with his wife and three children. INIrs. Cliflord d. Sept. 21, 187S, agedfil. George I. Doe, who was born in Parsonsfield, Me., married a daughter of Mr. Clillbrd, and, in 1881, came to Wilton to live. He has much improved the Cliftbrd residence, making it one of the pleasantest in town. He has served three years as selectman. COBUEN FAMILIES. 1. Geokge Coburn came to Wilton before 1768 and lived on the plact^ now owned by ^V. W. Reed until his death in 1811. He was one of the fifteen men in Capt. Nathan Ballard's co. that started, on the alarm of June 29, 1777, to reeuforce the army at Ticonderoga; he was, also, one of 352 HISTORY OF WILTON. the twenty in C:ipt. Philip Putnam's lo., who marched from Wilton, Sept. 29, 1777, to join the army at Saratoga. Children by his wife Mary : 2. Mary, b. Sept. 2, 1765. 3. Lydia, b. March 6, 1767; m., Nov. 27, 1788, Samuel Howard of Temple. 4. Parthenia, b. Feb. 19, 1770. 5. Judith, b. Sept. 9, 1772. 6. Levina,.b. Aug. 18, 1774; m.. May 16, 1799, Phineas Carlton of Temple. 7. Thankful, b. Oct. 0, 1776. 8. George, b. Sept. 19, 1778. 9. Jacob, b. Sept. 9, 1780. 10. Sally, b. Aug. 22, 1782. 11. James, b. Xov. 10, 1785. 1. Amos Cobukn came from Dracut, Mass., and settled on lot No. 17, lirst range, the place now owned by John Pollard. He also owned the east half of lot No. 18, second range. Tradition i-epresents him as a man of strong mind and sound judgment with some eccentricities. He was last taxed in 1809 ; his name is on the list of 1810, but the invoice and taxes ai'e set down to his son Jonathan. We have found no record of his family, but he had three children : 2. Polly, m., Nov. 30, 1786, Joel Holt. See- Holt gen. 3. James, m., Nov. 17, 1796, Polly Flinn of Milford. He was a cap- tain of militia. He d. 1808 or 9, leaving a widow who m., 2d, Capt. Isaac Spalding of Wilton, and m., 3d, Nathan Merrill of Milford. 4. Jonathan (5). 5. Jonathan (4), d. April 8, 1835, aged 61 yrs. He lived on the home- stead, was a fanner and practised dentistry and surgery. It is not known that he performed more than one amputation, and there was nothing remarkable about that, except the speed with which it was done. A young man, apprentice to the joiners" trade, was sorely troubled with an in-growing toenail. He tried in vain to cure it, so he took his paring chisel and went to Dr. Coburn, who, with one blow of the mallet, relieved him of the offending part of his toe. Jonathan in. Mary Ann Fish of Lyndeborough. Children : 6. Jonathan, b. Aug 24, 1827. 7. :Mary Ann, b. June 30, 1829. 8. Achsah. b. Aug. 22, 1831. COOLEY FAMILY. 1. Thomas Cooley, b., Merrimack, March 17, 1860. A house painter. He came to Wilton in 1877. He m., Oct. 21, 1883, Katie, dau. of John Lane. Children : 2. John L., b. Sept. 22, 1884. 3. Grace M., b. Dec. 14, 1885. 4. Alice, b. Dec. 20, 188C. o£cL/)^ii/ Wc Aj1/TAy HELIOTYPE POINTING CO., BOSTO GENEALOGIES i CKAM. 353 CJtAGIN FAMILY. 1. John CiiA(aN, or Cragon, as the name was then spelled, was a Scot by birth. The tradition is tha*, at the age of sixteen, he was forced to join the Scottish army supporting Charles II. again.st Cromwell, and that he was taken prisoner at the battle of Dunbar; that, in 16o2, he, with over 270 others, was sent to America in the ship "John and Sarah "' to be sold into servitude as a penalty for his political offences. Tradition says further that on the voyage he was smitten with small-pox, that his life was despaired of and he was about to be thrown overboard, but was spared at the intercession of a young English woman, Sarah Dawes, whom he afterward married in Woburn, Mass.. where they lived and died. They had eight children. 2. John, sixth child of preceding, b. Sept. 19, Hj77 ; d. Jan. 26, 1703 ; m. Deborah Skelton, by whom he had three children. 3. John, eldest child of preceding, b. March 24, 1701; ui. Judith Barker of Concord, Mass., and settled in that part of Concord which is now Acton, whence he removed to Temple. 9 cli. 4. Fkaxi'is, seventh child of preceding, was b. in Acton, came with his parents to Temj^le, where he grew to manhood and m. Elizabeth Law, by whom he had two sous; m., 2d, Sibyl Piper, by whom he had ten children. 3. Fi'.AXCis, eldest child of preceding, b. Oct. 24, 1773 ; m. Sarah Cunnnings, by whom he had several children, lies, in Temple and was known as Capt. Frank Cragin. 6. AudisTVs, b. July 19, ]S(I2; d. June 21, 1880. A farmer and mechanic. For a few years after his marriage he res. at Merrimack; in 1837 he bought a farm in the north part of Temple on which he lived thirty years, then bought a farm in Wilton, formerly owned l)y Josiah Parker, where he res. until his death. He was favorably known by many persons in Wilton before he came to the town. He m.. Doc. 14, 1830, Almira Boynton, who was born Dec. .5, 1807, and d. Oct. 30, 1883. Of their ten children the four named below are residents of Wilton : 7. Julia A., b. May 2.5, 1835; ra., March 2!), 1857, Henry O. Draper. See Draper gen. She m., 2d, Jan. 1, 1880, Judson A. Hartshorn. 8. Daniel, b., Merrimack, Jan. 1, 1837; m., March 22, 1859, Jane L., dau. of Capt. John and Lucetta (Draper) Dolliver of Lyndeborough ; n. cli. For account of his life see page 281 . 9. Sarah, b. Oct. 27, 1842; m. Stone; m., 2d, May 5, 1874, William A. Burton. See Burton gen. (111). She d. Sept. 12, 1887. 10. Nathan A., b. March 14, 1848; m., April 19, 1870, Caroline M. Stanley. They have two children; Lizzie M.. b. Feb. 21, 1872, and Charles II., b. July 21, 1874. <]!AM FAMILIES. ]. John L'kam settled on lot No. 14, fifth range, the place where Ephraim Putnam lived for a short time beto^-e he \\ ent to Lyndeborough. The house, built by John Cram, was at the intersection of the roads 354 HISTORY OF WILTON. near the North cemetery; it wtif occupied by Stephen Putnam until ]813, when Darius Townsend turned it into a hatter's shop, for whicli purpose it was used about ten jears. John Cram's descendants were last taxed in Wilton in 1805, and it is not known tlrat any of his descendants now live in Wilton. Children of John and Sarah, his wife : 2. Sarah, b. May 18, 1741 ; m., Jan. 2, 17.'S7, Joshua Jaquith. 3. John (13), b. Sept. 28, 174;^. i. Asa (25), b. April 4, 174(;. 5. Joseph (28), b. April 21, 1748. 6. Lydia, b. May 28, 17.50. 7. Phebc. b. Aug. 10. 17.-)2: d. Aug. 29, 1732. 8. Ebenezer (31), b. Sept. 1!), 1753. 9. Humphroj', b. Jan. 10, 17.5.'). On Dec. 17, 1777, he enlisted for three years iu Capt. Isaac Frye's co.. Col. Scannnell's regt. He sold the east half of lot Xo. 9, ninth range, except about five acres on the north side, to Daniel JJatcheldei', deed dated Sept. 22, 17!)2; the same is now owned bj' C. il. Batehelder. 10. Phebe, b. April 11, 17.-)7. 11. Zebulon (36), b. June 30, 1760. 12. Hannah, b. June 5, 1764; ni., June 19, 1782, David Heseltine. 13. John (3), b. Sept. 28, 1743. He m., 1st, Susanna ; m., 2d, Dec. 9, 1779, Sarah [or Mary] Jaquith. Children : 14. Susanna, b. and d. Nov. 15, 1767. 15. John, b. Oct. 16, 1768. 16. Abiel, b. Aug. 28, 1770. 17. Susanna, b. Feb. 2, 1772. 18. Daniel, b. March 6, 1774. 19. Andrew, b. Oct. 24, 1773. 20. Sarah, b. Jan. 26. 1778 ; d. Nov. 3, 1778. 21. Archelaus, b. June 26, 1779. 22. Sarah, b. May 10, 1781. 23. Mary, b. Dec. 30, 1783. 24. Phebe, b. Aug. 8, 1786. 25. Asa (4), b. April 4, 1740. He was enrolled, April 23, 1775, in Capt. William Walker's co.. Col. James Reed's regt., was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill and d. July 16, 1775. He m., July 25, 1771, Sibyl McLane. Children : 26. Asa, b. April '22, 1772; d. Aug. 6, 1776. 27. Nathan, b. Nov. 18, 1774. 28. Joseph (5), b. April 21, 1748. He served on Winter Hill in Capt. Benj. Taylor's co. He m., Dec. 13, 1773, Abigail Farmer. Children : 29. Abigail, b. Feb. 23, 1773. 30. Joseph, b. Feb. 24, 1777. 31. Ebenezek (8), b. Sept. 19, 1758. Served iu Capt. Benj. Taylor's CO. at Winter Hill. Children by his wife, Rachel : 32. Rachel, b. May 6, 1774. 33. Asa (46), b. June 10, 1776. 34. Levi, b. Aug. 7, 1778. GENEALOGIES : CBAM. 355 85. Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1780. 36. Zebulon (11), b. June .30, 1760. His name is in Burton's list of Rev. soldiers. See pages 98, 101. Res. on the homestead and was last taxed in 1805 ; removed to Andover, Vt. Children by his wife, Esther : 37. Esther, b. Oct. 17, 1784. 38. BTancy, b. Sept. 21, 1780. 39. Betsey, b. July 15, 1788 ; d. May 21, 1795. 40. Chloe, b. March 28, 1790. 41. Charlotte, b. May 21, 1792. 42. Olive, b. May 2, 1794. 43. Lucinda, b. Nov. 1, 1796. 44. Infant, b. March 21, 1800; d. March 29, 1800. 45. Betsey, b. May 17, 1801. 46. Asa (33), b. June 10, 1776. Children by his wife, Abigail : 47. Levi, b. Sept. 5, 1804. 48. Abigail, b. May 6, 1806. 1. Jonathan Cram settled on the farm now owned by J. F. and H. W. Frye. In the inventory for 1763, thereare set against his name, one poll, two oxen, one cow, one horse, six acres of tillage, four acres of mowing, one acre of pasture and a house. He was town treasurer for several years and often served on important committees. He m. Sarah, dau. of Jacob and Susanna (Stiles) Putnam. Children : 2.. Sarah, b. Feb. 21, 1760. 3. Jonathan (9), b. Nov., 1764. 4. Philip, b. Feb. 24, 1766; d. Jan. 7, 1832. An industrious farmer and a good townsman ; res. on the homestead ; unm. 5. Susanna, b. Jan. 27, 1769; ui. Abiel Bridges. See Bridges gen. (2). 6. Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1769 ; m., June 12, 1794, Joseph Gage. 7. Mehitable, b. July 14, 1772; d. Oct. 7, 1842; unm. Res. on the homestead and kept house for her brother, Philip. 8. Zervlah, b. Sept. 20, 1775; d. Feb. 10, 1859; m., Feb. 21, 1799, David Carlton, who d. Aug. 15, 1851, aged 79 yrs. They left Wilton soon after their marriage, but returned a few years before his death. Several children, of whom we have obtained no record. 9. Jonathan (3), b. Nov., 1704; d., Andover, Vt., Nov., 1857, aged 93 yrs; m., May 22, 1787, Mary Greele. About eight years after his marriage, he removed with his wife and the four children, named below, to Andover, Vt., where he became a prominent man. 10. Polly, b. Deo. 15, 1788. 11. Jotham, b. Aug. 6, 1790. 12". Caleb, b. April 19, 1793. 13. Daniel, b. Dec. 27, 1794. 1. David Cram, b. Waitsfleld, Vt. ; d. Oct. 12, 1880, aged 80 yrs., 5 mos. He was a grandson of David and Mary (Badger) Cram, and 356 HISTORY OF WILTON. a son of David Cram, Jun. Several years before he was of age, he came to Wilton and lived with Philip Cram; m., March 13, 1829, Susanna Bridges, a niece of Philip Cram, and dau. of Abiel and Susanna (Cram) Bridges. See Bridges gen. (13). David subsequently l)ecame the owner of Philip's farm and lived on it until he sold it to J. F. and H. W. Frye, when he moved into the village. He was representative to tiip T^egis- lature for three years, and selectman for four year.s. His wife, Susanna, d. of small-pox, leaving no children. He m., 2d, March 21, IS.V), Betsey 31. Burt, who was b., AVindsor, Vt., Jan. 29, 1824. Children : 2. Fred. Burt, b. Dec. 10, 1858 ; drowned June 2, 1886. 3. Enuna C, b. Sept. 18, 1860. CURTIS FAMIL\'. 1. IsnAEL CcKTis. b., Loudon, Eng., and came to America about 1725. 2. Eli, b., Heading, Mass., Jan. 18, 1751; on May S, 1796, removed with his family to Lyudeborough, where he d., 1835. 3. Eli, b., Heading, Mass., Jan. 10, 1784; d., Lyudeborougli, Aug. B, 1876. He m. Sarah Loriug, dau. of William Loring, son of Joiin Lor- ing, \\ho came from England under Gen. Wolfe in 1759 and was at the capture of Quebec. 4. Israel W., b., Lyudeborough, Dec 25, 1823. A farmer and came to Wilton, Oct. 20, 1866. He has been an invalid for many years, and for the last seven years has been confined to his bed. He m., Nov. 28, 1850, Sarah Haggett. Children : 5. Eli J. (10), b., Lyudeborough, Dec. 29, 1851. 6. Clintina S., b., Lyudeborough, Dec. 28, 1854; ni., April 27, 1872, A. Augustus Whitney, il. D., of Adrian, Mich. 7. Ilattie L., b., Lyudeborough, Dec. 16, 1859; d. March 28, 1866. 8. Nettie C, b., Lyudeborough, March 11, 1862. 9. Walter J., b., Wilton, March 3, 1867. 10. Eli J. (5), b. Dec. 29, 1851. He learned the harness-maker's trade of Lewis Tingley, and has carried on tlie business for himself since 1877. He m., Dec. 29, 1875, Elsie O. Daniels, who was b. Feb. 19, 1855, and d. JIarch 20, 1882. See Daniels gen. (9). lie m., 2d, Jan. 4, ISS6, Ella F. Richardson. Children : 11. Clintina E., b. April 9, 1877. 12. Elsie B., b. Dec. 15, 1879. 13. Edward R., b. March 6, 1887. DALE FAMILIES. 1. John Dale, b., Danvers, or Salem, Mass., Sept. 7, 1718; d. Xov. 10, 1789. He began a settlement near the intersection -of the roads east of the house that he built, which is now owned by S. II. Dunbar. He cleared up a large farm that remained in the possession of his descend- ants, until it was sold by the administrator of the estate of his grandson, John Dale, in 1843 ; siuce w Inch time the name of Dale lias been extinct GENEALOGIES : DALE. 357 ill Wilton. The fiinn has heen divided, and is now owned liy many differ- ent persons, a part of the village of Kast \\'ilton being on the southeast part of it. From the date of the birth of Mv. Dale's first child, it appears probable that his wife did not come to AVilton earlier than ]74-.i or 17-l.'i. He m. :Mary Elliuwood, who was b. ifarch 19, 1725, and d. Dec. 28, 17S!). Children : •2. Anna, b. March 31, 174."); ni., Dec. 3, 178», William Upton. 3. Betty, b. Oct. 2, 174(1; m. Joseph Holt, .Tnn. See Holt gen. 4. John (1«), b. .July 26, 1748. o. Abigail, b. :May 19, 1750. G. Ebenezer, b. May 8, 17.")2; d. May 1"), 17")2. 7. Mary, b. Sept. 26, 1754; in., Sept. 22, 1778, Simeon Holt. 8. Samuel, b. P^eb. 12, 1756; d. Aug. 18, 175(i. 9. Ehoda, b. June 5, 1757. 10. Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1759 ; m., June 8, 1784, Oliver Fletcher. 11. .Jacob, b. Sept. 6, 1761 ; d. in infanc}-. 12. Rachael, b. July 24, 1762; d. July 1, 1827; m., Aug. 11, 1785, Jacob Dascomb. See Daseomb gen. (13). 13. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 1764; d. July 18, 17(;.">. 14. Jonathan, b. Sept. 18, 1765; d. same day. 15. Aaron, b. Feb. 10, 17C8; d., 1769. 16. John (4), b. .July 20, 1748; d. July 11, 1809, Res. on the home- stead. He served in Capt. Benjamin Taylor's co. at Winter Hill and was in Capt. Philip Putnam's co. at White Plains, Oct. 28, 1770. He m., Nov. 25. 1778, Rhoda Holt, who d. July 25, 1799, aged 42 yrs; m., 2d, I^ydia T,amon. Children : 17. .John, b. .Tan. 0, 1779; d. .Tan. 7, 1779. 18. Rhoda, b. Feb. 15, 1780; m.. Dee. 22, 1803, Ebenezer Hutchinson, Jun. 1». Abigail, b. \ov. 7, 1781 ; ni., April 12, 1804, Abel Fisk, ,Jun. 20. :Mary, b. Sept. ICT, 1783; m., Aug. 8, 1811, Frederick Hutchinson. 21. John (30), b. Aug. 3, 1785. 22. Ebenezer (36), b. March 14, 1788. 23. Anna, b. Nov. 29, 1789; d., Francestown, Sept. 10, 1802; m., Jan. 22, 1834, Abner Blanchard. See Blanchard gen. (71). 24. Sally, b. Dec. 3, 1791 ; d. .June 0, 1796. 25. Betsey, b. July 10, 1793; m., Dec. 7, 1815, Jesse Raymond of Mont Vernon. She d. at Milford leaving one son, .John D. (Raymond). 26. Sumner, b. June 20, 1795 ; d. June 25, 1790. 27. Sar.ah, b. Aug. 4, 1797; m., Dec. 25, 1817, John Burton. See Bur- ton gen. (66). 28. J>amon, b. Dec. 2, 1803 ; unni. He spent some years in Tennessee and Alabama. 29. Lydia, b. Aug. 12, 1805; in. Rov. .Toseph Warren, T). D. They went as missionaries to Asia, returned and settled in Salem, 111., where Mrs. Warren d. Aug. 20, 1808. 30. John (21). b. Aug. 3, 1785; d. April 12, IS43. He and Ebenezer, after the death of their father, carried on the home farm together until 358 HISTORY OF WILTON. 1834, when Ebenezer sold out to John and removed to Sandwich. Jo^ln m. Nancy Beede, who was b. in Sandwich and d. Oct. 7, 1S25, aged 29 yrs. ; m., 2d, May S, 1827, Mercia Ann Cochran of New Boston, where she res. alter the death of her husband. Children ; 31. Nancy Beede, b. Aug., 1825 ; d. June 24, 1844. 32. Eliza A., b. Jan. 20, 1828; m. George Greenwood. For eight years they were employed by Mr. Colony to keep the boarding-house at the factory in Harrisville. For several year.s past they have kept a boarding-house in Manchester. 33. Mercia Ann, b. Oct. 10, 1832 ; res. in New Boston; unm. 34. John Franklin, b. Aug. 1, 1835; d. Sept. 24, 1851. 35. Ebenezer (22), b. March 14, 1788 ; d. Sept., 18G3. He m. Mehit- able Beede of Sandwich. Children : 36. John Beede, b. June, 1835. Removed to Illinois. 37. Sarah; m. 38. Eben Holt ; d. in the army. 39. Hattie; m. 1. Timothy Dale, supposed to be a brother of preceding John (1), was the first settler on the farm now owned by Jeremiah Driscoll. His invoice in 1763 was one poll, two oxen, two cows, three acres of tillage, four acres of mowing and a house. He was last taxed in Wilton in 1801. In 1802, and for many years after, the farm was owned by Joel Baldwin of Billerica, Mass. He had foifr children by first wife, Hannah, and tjiree by second wife, Eebekah : 2. Timothy, b. March 24, 1762. He m. and res. at different places — at one time at Sandwich, where his skull was fractured by a limb falling from a tree ; he was trepanned and a twentj^-flve cent piece was inserted to replace the fragment which had been removed. In consequence of the injury, his left side was paralj'zed so as nearly to incapacitate him for labor. He returned to Wilton in 1808 or 1809 and received assistance from the town for the rest of his life. He had two sons and three daughters of whom we find no record. 3. Hannah, b. Oct. 22, 1763. 4. Joshua, b. Jan. 22, 1765. .5. Samuel, b. March 23, 1767. 6. Simon, b. Oct 22, 1772. 7. Sarah, b. May 4, 1774. 8. Eebekah, b. April 21, 1779. DANIELS FAMILY. 1. George W. Daniels, b., Brookline, May 2, 18.13 ; d. Nov. 3, 1865. He came to Wilton in 1844, and for a while ran the French Mills; con- ducted for a time the depot store with Mr. Bailey of Brookline; also the co-operative store near G. It. Mansur's. He m. Eliza S. Ilildreth, who was b., Ilenniker, Feb. 27, 1819, and d. Dec. 23, 1880. Children: GENEALOGIES : DASCOMB. . 359 2. Melissa, 1)., Heuniker, Oct. 11, 1837; m., May 1, 18C6, John S. McKay. See McKay gen. 3. Emily J., b. Oct. 16, 18.39; d. Feb. 22, 18.57. 4. itai-tha M., b. Feb. 22, 1842. 5. Adelaide E., b. April 27, 1844 ; d. July 16, 1845". 6. Adeliza A., b., Aug. 9, 1846; d. Dec. 27, 1846. 7. George L., b. Oct. 2.'>, 1849. 8. Julia S.. b. June G, 18.52 ; m. Fred. D. Burt. She d. Jan. 3, 1881. 9. Elsie O., b. Feb. 19, 18.55; m., Dec. 29, 187.5, Eli J. Curtis. See Curtis gen. (10). She d. March 20, 1882. DASCOMB FAMIL^^-. 1. Dascomb. According to Prof . James Dascomb, who received the information from his father, one of this name emigrated from Eng- land about 1725 and settled in Wateitowii, Mass. He is s.aid to have had two sons, Thomas and James, and one daughter. 2. James, b. 1732; d. June 6, 1807. About 1766 or 1767 he, with his family, removed from Lunenburg, Mass., and settled on the south side of the road on the land now owned by Mrs. Francis Whiting, about half way from her house to the little brook. On April 19, 1775, he felled the first tree in conniiencing a clearing on lot No. 20, seventh range; this being the first clearing on the lot. During the year he removed his family to this place which was subsequently their home. The above facts were furnished by Prof. James Dascomb, grandson of this James. The farm remained in the possession of the family until it was sold by Joseph Dascomb, a few years since. One or two incidents will illustrate the character of the farm. During the early existence of the Hillsborough Agricultural Society, a committee was chosen to examine the farms and crops that were entered for premiums. Itev. iir. Moore of Milford, chair- man of the committee, said in his report : " We next visited the farm of Mr. James Dascomb of Wilton, where we found a soil as sti'ong as rocks could make it, and corn such as we found on no' other farm.'' The writer of this well recollects a remark made some years ago by Mr. David Whit- ing, at that time residing on the farm now owned l)y the Countj\ He said : " As a general thing, I think my crops were good, but do the best I could, Joseph Dascomb would beat me all out raising corn.'' James m. Elizabeth Farrington, who d. Oct. 10, 1832, aged 93 yrs. Children : 3. Jacob (13), b. Aug. 15, 1760. 4. Sarah, b. July 14, 1762 ; m., Dec. 4, 1783, Peter Farnham. 5. George, b. Oct. 16, 1764; m., 1791, Sally Lufkin. They lived iu Hillsborough, where he was a prominent man. Nine children : 6. .Tames (24), b. Sept. 6, 1766. 7. Vassal, b. Nov. 24, 1768. 8. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 24, 1772; m., Nov. 25, 1794, Daniel Eussell. 9. Calvin, b. March 10, 1774; d. Oct. 26, 1776. 10. Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1777 ; m., Nov. 20, 1822, Asa Stiles. 11. Hannah, d. Dec. 10, 1806. 360 , HISTORY OF WILTON. 12. Brooks, b. July 29, 1781 ; m.. Jan. 1, 1807, Sarali Brown. A black- smith and res. in ^Mnine. 13. Jacob (3), b. Aug. 15, 1760; cl. July 4, 1827. He served in the Eev. Army, in the Mass. line. After his marriage he lived in Lynde- borough until 1809, when he removed to Wilton. He was for several years town clerk and selectman of Lj'ndeborough. He m., Aug. 11, 178."). Rachel Dale, who was b. July 24, 1702, and d. July 1,1827. See Dale gen. (12;. Children. 14. Eachel, b. Kov. l.i, 1785; ni., 1807, Timothy Putnam of Lynde- borough. 15. Sarah, b. Aug. 12, 1787 ; -m., Oct., 1809, Archelaus Fuller. 16. Jacob, b. May .->, 1789; d. Dec, 1789. 17. Calvin (36), b. Oct. 29, 1790. 18. Betsey, b. Aug. 14, 1792 ; m., 1816, John Thurston. Res. in Fitch- burg, Xorthfield, Mass., and in Wilton. They had several children, all of whom, but one, d. young. 1«J. Luther, b. March 13, 1795; d. Feb. 28, 1797. 20. Mary, b. June 3, 1797; m., Dec. 8. 183.5, Samuel W. Duttou of Xorthfield, Mass. They had a sou and a daughter. 21. Jacob, b. Aug. 13, 1799; d. Nov. 30, 1875. Res. Andover, Mass. JTc m., March 10, 1824, Fanny Johnson of Andover, ;Mass.. who d. Feb. 14, 1839 ; m., 2d, May 14, 1840, Parthenia P. U. Wilder. 22. Luther (45), b. Dec. 20, 1801. 23. James, b. 1805 ; d. Aug. 26, 1805. 24. James (6), b. Sept. 6, 176G; d. Aug. 22, 184."). He lived a short time in Andover, Vt., but returned to ^Vilton and res. on homestead. A man of sound common sense and much respected. Ho m.. May 20, 1794, Mary Lovcjoy, who d. Nov. 16, 1851, aged SO yrs. Children : 25. Samuel, b. May 29, 1795; d. Aug. 9, 1798. 26. James, b. Oct. 24, 1796 : d, Aug. 7, 1798. 27. Vassal, b. :S[arch 18, 179.S; d. Oct. 4, 1803. 28. Samitel, b. June 22, 1799: d. Oct. 7, 1803. 29. Jlary, b. June 17, 1801 ; m., June 3. 1823, Rev. Samuel 1!. Hale. 30. Elizabeth Farrington, 1). Feb. 13, 1803; d. Sept. 20, 1803. 31. Harriet, b. Xov. 1, 1804; d. Sept. 29, L803. 32. Elizabeth Farrington, b. Aug. 29, 1806; m.. May 18,1833, Rev. Solon Martin, lies, in ^'ermont. 33. James, b. Feb. 25, 1808 ; d. April, 1880. For account of his life see page 267. Pie m., April 14, 1834, Marianne Tenney Parker; u. ch., but adopted two daughters. 34. Jo.seph (52), b. Feb. 3. 1810. 35. George Lovejoy (61), b. April 6, 1818. 36. Calvix (17). b. Oct. 29, 1790; d. Oct. 13, 1859. lie Uved in Jlil- ford on the place now owned by S. B. Cotton, and was engaged in mak- ing brick for many years in Wilton, Milford, ilason and Fitchburg. He m., July 2;i, 1820, Itachcl Putmnn, who d. Oct. 10, 183(1, aged 00 yrs., S mos. (liildren: 37. Philip Farrinot. 1821 : d. March 18, 1841. :5^ 3 CO.. BOSTON GENEALOGIES : DASCOMB. 361 38. Benjauiiii Abbot, b. Aug. 25, 1823 ; d. Dec. 16, 1851. 39. Calvin Brooks, b. Aug. 18, 1825 ; d. Nov. .'i, 1884. He was for many years in the firm of Messrs. Jones & Co., niannfacturers of boots and shoes, lie ni., April G, 1854, Mary Auu Jaquith, who d. .Tiily 17, 18.56; in., 2d, Jan. 20, 18.58, Ahnira L. Jones; n. oil. 40. Elizabeth Kachel, b. June 9, 1827 ; d. l<"eb. 19, 1847. 41. Eliphalet Putnam, b. Dec. 26, 1828. He was engaged for several years, in company with his brother, Calvin Brooks, in the nianufactui'e of boots and shoes. He m., Aug. 12, 1858, Abbie A. Livorniore; n. ch. 42. :^rary E, P., b. Sept. 15, 1833; d. :March 2, 1870. Was a teadier for several j'ears. 43. John Thurston, b. July 25, 1837 ; d. March 19, 1845. 44. John Farriugton, b. Jan. 30, 1845 ; d. Dec. 7, 1845. 45. LUTHEK (22), b. Dec. 20, 1801 ; d. June 1, 1885. For ten years lie made bobbins; after that was engaged in stone worlc and jobbing; held ofHces in the militia to the rank of colonel. He m., Sept. 29, 1S2'J, Harriet Eussell. Children: 46. James Eussell (63), b. June 8, 1830. 47. Francis Augustus, b. June 25, 1832 ; d. Xov. 4, 1832. 48. Sarah Elizabeth, b. July 4, 1834; m. Stearns; m., 2d, John Ilamsdell. Kes. in Iowa. 49. Harriet Ellen, b. May 26, 1836; d. Oct. 10, 1849. 50. Emma Louisa, b. Sept. 14, 1840; d. Aug. 11, 1874? m. David Lovejoy. 51. Hannah Putnam, b. Oct 28, 1844; d. June 11, 18.50. 52. JOSKPH (34), b. Feb. 5, 1810. He resided on the homestead; his own business has had much greater attraction for him than public office; is a consistent member of the Second Cong. Ch. He m., June 4, 1834, Emily A. Eussell. Children : 53. Edward Augustus, b. March S, 1835 ; d. Aug. 7, 1860. 54. Mary Louisa, b. April 21, 1837 ; d. Oct. 13, 1857. 55. Emily Elizabeth, b. Feb. 20, 1839; d. Nov. 12, 1880. 5G. Hannah >raria, b. April 29, 1841 ; d. July 19, 1841. 57. Charles Brooks, b. Nov. 10, 1842; d. ]May lit, 1874. He was mustered into the service, Aug. 21, 1S62, was assigned as a recruit to the Fourth Regt., N. H. V., and was mustered out, Aug. 24, 1865. A few years before his death he fell on the ice and injured his hip so as to dis- able him for labor. 58. Samuel James, b. Dec. 10, 1844; d. Uny 7, 1882. A carjienter and res. in Manchester. He m. Dec. 31, 1873 ; n. ch. 59. Abby Frances, b. Jlay 25, 1847; d. Sept. 14, 1870. eO. Franklin, t). ilay 28, 18.50; d. Dec. 26, 1851. 61, Georok Lovejoy (35), b. April 6, 1818. For account of Mr. Dascomlie's life see page 292. He m., ;May 5, 1849, Julia A Pettengill. Child : 62. Everard ^Villie, b. May 19, 1856. Grad. Hobart College, 1880, as valedictorian ; in. and removed to San Antonio, Texas, where he died. 362 HISTORY OF WILTON. 63. James Eussell (46), b. June 8,1830. He is engaged in stone work; m., Dec. 13, 18.58, Abbie S. Fuller. Child: 64. Ella Florence, b. June 2(1. 1861 ; m., Dec. 1."), 1878, Julius C. Sur- prise. Res. Milford. DAVISOX FAMILY. 1. Gideon A. Davison, b., Waterford, Vt., Sept, 2, 1827. He came to East Wilton from Milford in Oct., 18.58, and resided there till 1864 when he removed to Wilton Centre, where he has the care of Jlr. George A. Xeweirs premises. He m., Hopkinton, Mass., Jan. 0, 18.52. Betsey J. Cabui-, who was b., Benton, Sept. IG, 1830. Children : 2. Charles M., b. May 13, 1853. 3. Edward LeEoy, b., Milford, April 4, 1858 ; d. Jan. 15, 18G0. 4. Lillian Effle, b. Nov. 28, 1865. 5. Arthur W., b. Aug. 2i), 1868. DEAFER FAMILY. 1. Henhy O. Draper, b., Lyndeborough, April 11, 1S3C: d. Aug. 10, 1874. He came to Wilton in April, 1857, and was superintendant of the town farm for se\eral years, lie m., March li», 1857, .lulia Cragin, who was b., Merrimack, May 2.'). 1835. She m.. 2d. Jan. 1, ISSO. Judson A. Hartshorn. Children : 2. Willis H., b. 3Iay 29, 1865. 3. Henry E., b. Sept. 11, 1867. 4. Arthur D., b. May 2il, 1874; d. Sept. 15, 1875. DUXBAR FAMILY. 1. Stephen Hamilton Dlxbar, son of Stephen Dunbar, and grand- son of Rev. Elijah Dunbar of Peterborough, was born Feb. 20, 1S36. Mr. Dunbar came to Wilton soon after he became of age, and has l)eeu exten- sively engaged in meat marketing. He has become the owner of much valuable real estate, and in addition to his meat market he keeps a large herd of cows, the milk of w liich is sold to customers in the \illage. In 1886 he served as one of the board of selectmen. He m.. ^lay 21, 1874. Mary E., dau. of Xathan Richardson of Lyndeborough, who was b. Oct. 27, 1850. Mrs. Dunbar is one of the school board. Children : 2. Effle Elizabeth, b. Ajjril 12, 1875. 3. Charles Hamilton, 1). Nov. 8, 1877. DUTTON FAMILY. 1. Horace A. Dutton, b. Aug. 4, 1835, in Greenfield. He came from Francestown to Wilton April, 1884, and owns and occupies the farm at West Wilton, formerly owned by Dea. William Sheldon. He m.. June 3, 1860, Eliza Ann, dau. of John and Anna (Kidder) Burton. See Burton gen. (93). Child: 2. Annie E., b., Antrim, Sept. 16. 1871. GENEALOGIES : EMERSON. 363 EATON FAJIII.'i'. 1. Amos Eaton came to Wilton probably in 1792, and owned and res. on lot No. 0, sixth rauge. Wo have not found the name ot his first wile. He m., 2d, Sally Peabody. Children : 2. Polly, b. March 12, 1793; ra., Dec. 2"), 1817, Willard Searles; d. Aug. -2, 1818. 3. Amos (8), 1). Aug. 2, 179G. 4. Abel (10) , first child by second wife, l^^ilarf h 11, ISni . 6. Sally, b. Nov. 11, 1803 ; d. April 24, 1818. fi. Dorcas, b. March 20, 1807. 7. Fanny, b. Dec. 9, 1808; d. Aug. 17, 1834. 8. Amos (3), b. Aug. 2, 1796;' d. April 24, 1867. He res. on the southeast part of lot No. 7, sixth range. He m., May 22, 1821, Charlotte Dale, who d. Sept. 13, 1876, aged 81 yrs. They had three sons and sev- eral daughters, bui we have found the record of only one child : 9. Samuel (15), b. Oct. 26, 1833. 10. Abel (4), b. March 11, 1801 ; d. Nov. 2, 1877. He resided on the homestead until he was about sixty years old, when he sold it and removed to Greenville. He afterwards bought the place at Wilton Center, now owned by Mrs. Davis, where he res. until his death. He ra., June 1, 18.34, Eveline Fletcher, who d. Feb. 20, 1876, aged 66 yrs. Children : 11. Sarah Eliza, b. ;March 22, 1836; d. Aug. 31, 1863. 12. Harriet Eveline, b. June 14, 1842; d. Aug. 16. 1861. 13. George W., m., April 4, 1863, Marietta H. Burton, by whom he had three children, all deceased. See Burton gen. (85). He was a wheel- wright, and in company with others carried on the business a few years in Peterborough. He returned to Wilton, where he d. Aug. 16, 1876. 14. Henry Clay. 15. Samuel (9), b. Oct. 26, 1833 ; m., June .5, 1855, Lydia A. Williams, who d. April 16, 1864; m., 2d, Sept. 28, 1867, Mary A. Colby. He has been employed by D. Whiting & Sons for several years as a teamster. Children : 16. Frederic 'Willis, b. Feb. 25, 1856; d. May 5, 1861. IV. Minnie Estella, b. Aug. 2, 1857; d. May 7, 1861. 18. Herbert Maurice, b. April 7, 1859 ; d. May 2.-), 1861. 19. Lizzie May, b. May 1, 1860; d. May S, 1863. 20. Wilfred Samuel, b. April 30, 1861. 21. Anna Lillian, b. March 30, 1863 ; m., March 20, 1887, George Small of Amherst. 22. Almon Augustus, b. Sept. 14, 1869; d. Sept. 27, 18G9. 23. Edward Edson, b. Sept. 14, 1871. 24. Elmer Everett, b. Oct. 28, 1875; d. Feb. 13, 1870. EMERSON FA^ULY. 1. Willia.m Emerson, b. Dec. 13, 1805. He learned the carpenter's trade of his father-in-law, at which business he worked many years. In 1837 he removed to Jaffrey, where he res. about three years ; otherwise 364 HISTORY or wilton. his res. has been in Wilton. He was early a member of the Second Cong. Ch., of which he has been a liberal supporter. He has held the offices of justice of the peace, collector of taxes, town treasurer and selectman, and has served on important committees. Hem., April 22. 18;J2, Eveline, b. May 81, 1811, dau. of Aaron Kimball and Polly (Shattuck) Putnam. Children : 2. Sumner B. (10), b. Feb. 25, 1834. 3. Charles A. (19), b. Feb. 6, 1837. 4. Mary, b. Jan. 26, 1841 ; d. May 8, 1845. 5. Martha, b. May 8, 1843 ; d. Sept. 7, 1855. 6. Henry L. (24), b. Feb. 6, 1845. 7. Willis K. (26), b. April 10, 1849. 8. Mary E., b. Aug. 13, 1851 ; m., Dec. 25, 1880, William W. Boyn- ton. See Boynton gen. (13). They reside in Northampton, Mass. 9. Lenora C, b. July 12, 18.55; m., Oct. 14, 1880, Levi W. Perkins. He res. in Custer Co., Dakota, where he has a farm and cattle ranch. 10. Sumner B. (2), b. Feb. 25, 1834. He became a manufacturer in Milford of furniture, of which extension tables were a leading article. Several years since, in compau}- with his oldest son, he oijened a ware- house in Milford for the sale of furniture. Subsequently they tilled a store in Brattleborough, Vt., which was superintended by the young man. In Oct., 1887, he sold his place in Milford and removed to Brattleboi'ough. He m. Martha Ann Bales, who was b. Oct. 2, 1838. See Bales gen. (31). Children : 11. Harry Leon, b., Brattleborough, Vt., June 18, 1859. 12. Berthia Louise, b. April 18, 1861 ; a teacheii- iu Somerville, Mass. 13. Helen May, b. Sept. 16, 1864; a teacher in Milford. 14. Charles Sumner, b. April 2, 1866 ; in the store at Milford. 15. Kenneth Bales, b. Jan. 18, 1808 ; a student in Phillips Academy, Exeter. IC. Maud Lenora, b. May 20, 1870. 17. Edith Elsie, b. July 27, 1872. 18. Grace Martha, b. Aug. 16, 1874. 19. Chaki.es a. (^), b. Feb. 6, 1837. He pursued the trade of a car- penter. In the civil war he enlisted as a soldier, and was mustered into the Eighth Eegt., X. II. Y., Dec. 20, 1861. The regiment went south in Gen. Butler's expedition, and remained there during the whole term of three years' enlistment. At the attack on Port Hudson, Juue 14, 1863, the 8th Regt. led the assault, and a pai't of the regiment entered the lines of the enemy, but, not being supported, were taken prisoners, and so remained until the fortress suri-endered, July 9. jMr. Emerson was slightly wounded in the assault and was taken prisoner. In April, 1887, he sold his place in Wilton and removed to Southern California. He ra., Sept. 27, 1860, Ellen Putnam, who d. April 7, 1S75, aged 34 yrs. 5 mos. ; m., 2d, Aug. 10, lS7fi, Ophelia Duncklec, who was b. Sept. 15, 1851; Children : 20. Mabelle Putnam, b. Jan. 23, 1868; grad. at the Nashua High School, Juue 24, 1887. GENEALOGIES :. FISKE. 365 21. Abiel Livermore, d. in infancy. 22. Annie I.oise, b. July 14, 1880. 23. Elizabeth, b. Fob. 15, 1885. 24. Henry L. (6), b. Feb. 6, 1845. He is a carpenter and res. in Wil- ton. At the last call for troops by President Lincoln he enlisted, and while at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, awaiting transportation, he was taken ill with measles, and when he had recovered, the surrender of Gen. Lee calling for no further use foi' ti-oops, he was discharged before he had seen any actual service against the enemy. He m. Abbie Holt.. Child : 25. Willie Henry, b. March 24, 1871. 26. WihLis K. (7), b. April 10, 1849; m., Sept. 13, 1874, Martha J. Ware of Milford. He is an overseer in Hon. David Heald's furniture fac- tory in Milford. Children : 27. Arthur W., b. Aug. 13, 1878. 28. Leon W., b. July 7, 1881. FARRINGTON FAMILIES. 1. John Farrington came from Andover, Mass., to Wilton in 1785 or 1786. He was a blacksmith and carried on business where Albert Townsend now lives. He died Oct. 8, 1802, aged 48 yrs., and his family, not many years after his death, left Wilton. Children by Phebe, his wife : 2. Polly, b. Dec. 6, 1777. 3. John, b. Oct. 12, 1770. 4. Phebe Farnhani, b. March 22, 1781. 5. Betsey Putnam, b. Jan. 20, 1783. 6. Sally, b. Jan. 8. 1785. The above children were born in Andover. 7. Jacob, b. Xov. 8, 1786. 8. Patty, b. July 14, 1788. 9. Sophia, b. Sept. 9, 1790. 10. Philander, b. July 19, 1792. 11. Benjamin, b. Sept. 20, 1793. 12. Deb'by, b. Aug. 10, 1795. 13. James, b. Sept. 1, 1797. 1. Phineas Farrington was for many years a resident of Wilton, where he was last taxed in 1805. Children : 2. Olive. 3. Betsey. The daughters were tailoresses. FISKE FAMILY. 1. Abel Fiske, b., Pepperell, Mass., May 28, 1752; d. April 21, 1802. For account of Eev. Abel Fiske's life see page 253. He m., 1st, Anna Spalding, who d. July 8, 1706, aged 41 yrs. ; in., 2d, Sarah, youngest dau. of Col. Philip and Mrs. Hannah Putnam, who d. Nov. 26, 1838, aged 65 yrs. Children : 366 HISTORY OF WILTON; 2. Abel (7), b. July 24, 1784. 3. Aima Spalding, b. Aiirll 17, 1786; m., April 26, 1808, David R. Clark. See Robert Clark gen. (3). 4. Achsah, b. Jan. 28, 1788; m., Dec. 20, 1810, Jacob Farrar. 5. Allethenla, b. June 30, 1792; d. Sept._4, 1838; m. Joseph Parker, Jun. 6. Theophilus (17), b. Dec. 4, 1801. 7. Abel (2), b. July 24, 1784; d. Sept. 25, 1877. About 1805 he removed to Weld, Me., where he lived until 1816, when, he r'eturned to Wilton and there spent the rest of his life. He taught school for many winters ; his other business was house painting and paper hanging. He was one of the first deacons of the Second Cong. Society, and in the absence of a minister, often read a sermon, and with others conducted the usual exercises. He m., April 12, 1804, Abigail Dale, who d. Jan. 26, 1852. See John Dale gen. (19). Children: 8. Abel, b. Oct. 10, 1804; d., Acworth, Sept., 1873. For several years he was superintendent of the cloth room of one of the manufactur- ing corporations in Lowell. In Nov., 1843, he bought the farm on which his maternal ancestor, John Dale, had first settled. After occupying the farm about 20 years, he sold it and bought a farm in Acworth. He m. Sarah Brown. 9. Sarah Putnam, b., Weld, Me., May 12, 1806. 10. Ann Spalding, b., Weld, Me., March, 18, 1808. 11. John Dale, b.. Weld, Me., Dec. 17, 1809; m. and lived for some time in Pepperell, Mass. ; for many years past he has lived in Brookfleld and has represented the town in the Legislature. 12. Achsah Farrar, b.. Weld, Me., May 29, 1812. 13. Abba Dale, b.. Weld, Me., Jan. 3, 1813 ; m., Oct. 11, 1836, Nathan R. Marden. 14. Harriet Newell, b., Wilton, May 4, 1817. 15. Allethenla Holt, b., Wilton, May 20, 1819. 16. Maria Antoinette, b., Wilton, Sept. 2, 1821. 17. Theophilus (6), b., Wilton, Dec. 4, 1801; d., New York, 1867. When 20 years old, he became a Universalist, and then began to teach and preach the new doctrines. From the time of his leaving Wilton in 1822, he can never be said to have had any permanent home. He had charges of churches and edited papers in Charleston, S. C, in New York City, in Baltimore, Md., in Utica, N. Y., in Portsmouth, Va., and perhaps other places. In 1851 he went on an extended lecturing tour through Great Britain and Ireland. Just before his sudden death, he had com- pleted and arranged several volumes in manuscript on theological and philosophical subjects, which were to have been published in England. He could toil terribly, having a will that death alone could conquer. In the funeral discourse that Rev. E. IT. Chapin, D. D., preached over his lamented friend, he said ; " If all the persons to whom he rendered practi- cal assistance, as well as spiritual help, \\ere gathered together there is not a building in New York that would hold them.'" Theophilus m., 1851, Susan, dau. of Judge Justin Dwindle of Cazenovia, N. Y. They GENEALOGIES : FLETCHER. 367 had two children.- Louise Fiske (Bryson), who has a dau., Lorraine Fislse (Bryson), b. 1875; and John Dwinelle Fiske, M. D., now res. in Baltimore, Md. He m., 1881, Rebecca Linthecum of Baltimore, and ha.« two children : Marion Louise, b. 1883, and Herman Linthecum, b. 1884. FLEEMAN FAMILY. 1. David Fleem AN, b. in Germany, emigrated to America when a young man, and settled In Leominster, Mass. He enlisted from that town in the army of the Revolution and never returned. 2. David Fleeman, son of preceding, settled in Harvard, Mass., and had a family. 3. JosiAH Fleeman, son of jireceding, b.. Harvard, Mass., July 13, 1813. Dr. Fleeman studied medicine with Dr. Eber Carpenter of Alstead, and grad., 1836, from the Medical School of Middlebury College, Vt. He began the practice of medicine in Marlow, July, 1836. He came to Wilton, May 23, 1851, and has been in successful practice here and in the neighbor- ing towns. He was for several years a director of Souhegan Bank in Milford. He has been a trustee of the Wilton Savings Bank from its organization, and for some years was its president. He is a friend of good order, and of economical management in personal and public affairs. A few years since he visited Europe where he spent several months. After his return he gave several lectures descriptive of his observations duriiig his journey. He was elected, Nov., 1886, representative to the State Legislature. He m. Candace, b., Marlborough, Aug. 3, 1821, dau. of Wilder and Lucinda Knight. Children : 3. Ella Francis, b., Marlborough, Xov. 23, 1851 ; d., Wilton, March 24, 1856. 6. Hattie E., b., Wilton, March 19, 1854; m.. May 4, 1875, Frank B. Livesy, book-keeper, who res. Cambridge, Mass. FLETCHER FAMILIES. 1. Chaki-es Fletcheii settled on the west part of lot No. 13, ninth range. He served eight months at Winter Hill in the winter of 1775-6, and ten months at New York. He d. April 23, 1818, aged 69 yrs. His wife, Sarah, d. Feb. 20, 1840, aged 87 yrs. Children : 2. Sarah, b. Dec. 4, 1781. 3. Charles, b. Aug. 30, 1783. 4. Edward, b. Dec. 19, 1784. 5. Susanna, b. Sept. 11, 1786. 6. Sibyl, b. June 26, 1788. 7. SteiJhen, b. July 24, 1791 ; m., 1823, Betsey Farrar. 8. Noah, b. April 15, 1793 ; m., 1823, Betsey D. Holt. 9. Martha, b. 1795. 10. Benjamin, b. May 19, 1798 ; d. Nov. 18. 1884. 1, Olivek Fletchek, owned and res. on the east part of lot No. 13, ninth range. He was a soldier in the army of the Revolution. He m.. 368 HISTORY OF WILTON. June 8, 1784, Sarah, dau. of John and Mary (Ellenwood) t)ale. vSee Dale gen. (10). She d. Jan. H, 178G, aged 27 yrs. lie m., 2d, Molly . Children : •2. Oliver (8), b. April 22, 1785. 3. Polly, b. June 18, 17(11 ; m., Oct. 27, 1812, Jauob Lovejoy. i. John, b. May 23, 1793 ; d. Sept. 4, 1794. 5. Sarah, b. Oct. 30, 1794; ni. Dea. David Putnam of Lyndeborough. 6. Hannah, b. ^Nlarch 21, 1797 ; ni., March 11, 1819, Micah Hartshorn. 7. Charles, b. July G, 1800. He has been connected many years with a publishing house in Boston. 8. Oj.iver, (2), b. April 22, 178.5; m., Oct. 2G, 1818, Chloe Gray. See Timothy Gray gen. (27). He d. March 31, 1816; his wife d. March 29, 1819, aged 29 yrs. Child : 9. Chloe, b. Nov. l.i, 1814. FLINT t'AMILY. 1. Thomas Fmnt, d. Apiil 15, 1G63. According to tradition he came from Wales. He is first mentioned in town records of Salem, Mass., in 1650. He bought 200 acres ; his farm has always been in possession of descendants. By his wife, Ann, he had four sons and two daughters. Descendants of the two sons, named below, have lived in Wilton : 2. Thomas (4), eldest son, b. about 1645. 3. George (5), second son, b. Jan. 6, 1652. i. Thomas (2), d. May 2, 1721, aged about 76 yrs. A farmer and carpenter ; served in King Philip's war and was wounded in the attack upon the Narragansetts, in 1675. He m., May 24, 1066, I[annah Moulton, who d. March 30, 1673; m., 2d, Sept. 15, 1674, IMary, dau. of William Douutou. 7 ch. 5. Ebenezer (H), third sou, b. April 6, 1683. 6. George (3), b. Jan. 6, 1652; d. June 23, 1720. Removed to Reading, Mass., before 1682, and settled on land inherited from his father. He ni. Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Putnam. She was b. Aug. 11, 1662; d. March 6, 1697. He m., 2d, March 2, 1699, Mrs. Susanna Gardner, who d. :March, 1720. 10 ch. 7. Ebenezer (10), second son, b. Dec. 16, 1689. 8. Ebenezer (5), b. April 6, 1683; d. 1767. Res. North Reading, on land given him by his father, Jan. 28, 1718. He m. Gertrude Pope, (i ch. 9. Nathan (12), third son, b. May 8, 1716. 10. Ebenezer (7), b. Dec. 16, 1689; d. Sept. 18, 177S. A farmer; lived in North Reading on a farm given him by his father from the north part of his farm. Ebenezers farm remains, undiminished, in possession of his descendants. He m.. May 18, 1714, Tabitha Burnap, who d. July 30, 1734. (i ch. 11. Ebenezertli), eldest son, b. Sept. 1. 1716. 12. Nathan (9), b. Jlay 8, 1716. A farmer; removed to Amherst about 1774. He ni. I^ydia Hutchinson. 6 ch. 13. Nathan (16), eldest son, b., North Reading, May 4, 1748. GENEALOGIES : FLINT. 369 14. Ebenezer (11), b. Sept. 1, 1716. A farmer; res. North Reading; served in the French and Indian war and was shot by an Indian in Town- ship No. 4, now Charlestown. He m., May 25, 1738, Abigail, dau. of Henry and Sarah Sawyer. 5 oh. 15. Ebenezer (29), second son, b.. North Reading, June 17, 1742. 16. Nathan (13), b.. North Reading, May 4, 1748. A farmer; res. Amherst ; m., 1778, Phebe Smith. Children, of whom three have lived in Wilton : 17. Nathan, b. Jan. 19, 1780. 18. Simeon (42), b. May 16, 1782. 19. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 20, 1784. 20. Isaac, b. May 28, 1785 ; d. young. 21. Calvin, b. April 2, 1787 ; m. Rachel Wilkins. 22. Bathsheba, b. June 28, 1788; m. — : Richardson. 23. Polly. 24. Susanna, b. May 19, 1794. 25. Phebe, b. July 6, 1796. 2(>. Isaac, b. Sept. 3, 1798. 27. Betsey, b. June 25, 1800; m., March 28, 1837, Pyam Ilerrick. 28. Lucy, b. Sept. 29, 1802; m., Sept. 17, 1819, Asa Jones, 29. Ebenezer (15), b., North Reading, June 17, 1742; d., Wilton, April 29, 1829. He was one of the minute men of 1775. The courier, announcing the march of the British toward Concord, reached his place soon after he had begun to plough in the morning. He unyoked his oxen, left the yoke with the plougli, got his gun and ammunition and hastened to Concord. He and his comrades came up with the enemy soon after they had commenced their retreat from Concord and pursued them until they passed into Boston. He bought and lived on the farm which had been cleared up by Alexander Milliken. He had an iron constitution; was of middle height, compactly built, quick and muscular ; a man of much decision and very industrious. He used to say'that, when he was a y(mng man, if he could not get more, he would work for Is. 6d. a day, or for Is. or even for 9d. He m., June 7, 1764, Asenath Holt, who was b. March 31, 1744, and d. Dec. 8, 1786; m., 2d, Nov. 27, 1789, Mrs. Mary (Damon) Taylor, who was b. Oct. 11, 1753, and d. March 20, 1844. Children : 30. Ebenezer, b. May 13, 1765. A farmer; res. Hillsborough. He m., March 14, 1793, Dorcas Lufkin. 11 ch. 31. Daniel, b. March 27, 1767. A farmer; res. Hillsborough. Hem., June 28, 1795, Lydia Shattuck. 5 ch. 32. Asenath, b. March 4, 1769; m., June 21, 1792, Edward Pratt. Res. Temple. 33. Nabby, b. June .30, 1771 ; m., Jan. 29, 1795, Abner Holt. Res. Albany, Me. 1 ch. 34. Ephraim, b. Sept. 4, 1773. A farmer; res. Albany, Me. He m. Eleanor Holt ; 8 ch. 35. John, b. April 4, 1776 ; d. Sept. 4, 1778. 36. Amos, b. April 16, 1778. A farmer; res., Francestown. Hem., Feb. 3, 1803, Abigail Morse; 5 ch. 370 HISTORY OF WILTON. 37. John (49), b. Feb. 23, 1780. 38. Phebe, b. May 4, 1782 ; d. Aug 30, 1797. 39. Samuel, b. May 2, 1791 ; d. June 4, 1828; unm. Grad. at Middle- burg College. 40. Lucinda, b. May 2, 1791 ; d. May 20, 1846 ; unm. 41. Abner, b. Oet. 20, 1796. Grad. Dartmouth College, 1821. In 1822 he was engaged as a teacher in Albany, N. Y., where he was successful, especially in teaching mathematics, in which he excelled. After he had been absent from Wilton about two years, his friends heard nothing from him until he returned in 1832, with his mind so broken down that he was unable to solve a problem, unless of the simiDlest kind. He was for a time at the asylum at Concord, and died at the county farm at Goffstown. 42. Simeon (18), b. May 16, 1782. A carpenter; res. Mont Vernon. He m. Sarah Kendall. Children; 43. Simeon Kendall (55), b. Feb. 1, 1805. 44. Nathan (57), b. Oct. 8, 1806. 45. Grisey, b. Aug. 17, 1808; unm. 46. Jacob, b. Dec. 8, 1810. 47. Eliza, b. Feb. 18, 1813 ; d. Dec, 1814. 48. Daniel K., b. May 15, 1815. 49. John (87), b. Feb. 23, 1780; d. May 30, 1847. He came to Wilton with his father in 1802 and lived there the rest of his life. A farmei-, in- dustrious and honorable in all his dealings. He held offices in the militia to the rank of captain ; was chosen, June 29, 1826, deacon of the Cong. Ch. and served until his death. He m., Feb. 13, 1803, Sarah, dau. of Levi and Sarah (Parker) Flint. She was b. Nov. 25, 1783 ; d. Oct. 6, 1863. Children : 50. Sarah, b. April 5, 1804; d. Oct. 11, 1836; m., June 26, 1828, Rev. Warren Burton. See Burton gen. (98). 51. John, b. June 30, 1805 ; d. Dec. 25, 1831 ; unm. 52. Abiel (66), b. Jan. 22, 1809. 53. Eleanor, b. April 23, 1812 ; d. April 2, 1836. 54. Abigail II., b. June 3, 1816 ; d. Dec. 7, 1834. 55. Simeon Kendall (43), b. Feb. 1, 1805 ; d. Nov. 23, 1879. He was a stone-cutter for many years at Quincy, Mass ; in 1867 removed to Tyngs- borough, Mass., and returned to Wilton in 1875. He m., April, 1836, Martha H. Green; m., 2d, March 23, 1852, Lucy W. Freeman. Child: 56. John Q., b. May 4, 1835. A carriage-maker, came to Wilton, Aug., 1869. He m., April 3, 1868, Ruth Bearce ; n. ch. 57. Nathan (44), b. Oct. 6, 1806; d. Dec. 10, 1882. A shoe-m-ker; has lived in different places, but more in Wilton than elsewhere ; post- master at Wilton eight years. He m., Sept. 22, 1832, Dprothy S. Glidden, who was b., Gilmanton, Nov. 22, 1808, and d. Oct. 12, 1862; m., 2d., Mrs. Julia Sumner. Children : 58. Ellen, b. April 17, 1835; m., June 1, 1856, John H. Frye. See Fryegen. (61). 59. Emeline, b. March 27, 1836; m. Jackson, by whom she had two children. He was a volunteer and died in a Rebel prison. She m., 2d, George Battis. genealogies: fostee. 371 GO. Charles Henry, b. Aprils, 1837 ; m. a Miss Snow. A merchant; res. Bridgeport, Conn. 61. Albert Smith, b. Jan. 20, 1839 ; d. April 15, 1840. 62. Albert Smith, b. Oct. 27, 1840; enlisted in Co. D, Foui-th Kegt., N. H. v., and d. of disease Aug. 8, 1863. 63. Sarah Lavinda, b. Dec. 23, 1842; m., Oct. 20, 1871, Francis Hay- den ; d. Nov. 26, 1884. 64. Nathan Elmore, b. Dec. 21, 1846 ; res. California. 65. Clara Eliza, b. March 27, 1848; m. ; res. California. 66. Abiel (62), b. Jan. 22, 1809. A farmer, and lived on the home- stead which he sold soon after the death of his mother. He m., Sept. 26, 1836, Hannah C. Shattuck. who was b., Pembroke, April 2, 1810, and d. April 16, 1879. Children: 67. John E., b. April 23, 1838 ; unm ; works in a factory. 68. Charles S., b. Nov. 9, 1841 ; d. Feb. 4, 1860. 69. Albion B., b. Aug. 2, 1844; d. Jan. 28, 1888. A carpenter. He m., June 11, 1876, Mary Susan Gray ; n. oh. 70. Arthur W., b. June 16, 1849 ; d. May 10, 1855. FOSTER FAMILY. 1. Benjamin Tenney Fostek, b., Temple, July 8, 1813; d. 1868. He was son of Joshua, a Revolutionary soldier, and Lucy (Tenney) Fos- ter; grandson of Joshua Foster, architect of the first meeting-house erected in Temple, and one of those injured at the raising of the Wilton meeting-house in 1773; descendant of Reginald Foster, who settled in Ipswich, Mass., 1638. When he was ten years old, his father died leav- ing six children, the eldest sixteen years old, iso make their way in the world. In 1831, at the age of seventeen years, he went to Hancock to serve three years at seventy-five dollars a year, clothing himself, to learn the tanners' trade. In Feb., 1836, he came to Wilton, bought the tan- yard of Harden and Mills and carried on the business with success until his death. He was interested in public education and was one of the foremost in securing ample grounds for the school-house of his district ; was an active member and a liberal supporter of the Second Cong. Ch. He m., Jan. 4, 1838, Abigail, b.. Temple, June 11, 1815, dau. of William and Mary (Hawkins) Howard. Children : 2. Addison Howard (10), b. Nov. 13, 1838. 3. Lucius, b. Aug. 8, 1842 ; drowned June 17, 1844. 4. Walter, b. April 13, 1844; d. Sept 12, 1845. 5. Waldo (14), b. May 1, 1846. 6. Abby Hawkins, b. March 11. 1848 ; m., 1880, Albert A. Abbott. 7. Myron P., b. Sept. 9, 1850 ; d. May 20, 1873. 8. Hartley N., b. April 8, 1853 ; d. April 18, 1873. 9. Milo R., b. Nov. 10, 1857; d.,Feb. 28, 1879. 10. Addison Howard (2), b. Nov. 13, 1838. For account of his life see page 268. He m., Sept. 18, 1871, Susan M. Houghton of New Ipswich. Children : 11. Fred Houghton, b. June 26, 1867. 372 HISTOKY OF WILTON. 12. Wiiislow Howard, b. Jan. 10, 1871. 13. Charles Stedman, b. Aug. 24, 1874. 14. Waldo (4), b. May 1, 1846. A farmer; lived on the homestead until 1886, when he went out west. lie m., Sept. 11, 1872, Fanny J. Holmes, who was b. Londonderry, March 23, 1844. Children : 15. Leon H., b. Sept. 7, 1873. 16. Dana P., b. Dec. 1, 1875. 17. Frank W., b. March 26, 1879. FOWLEK FAMILY. 1. Georgp: S. Fowler, b., Sutton, May 20, 1820. Mr. Fowler came from Henniker in Aug., 1853, and has res. in Wilton ever since. For sev- eral years he ran the mills built by Burleigh French, and since that time has been engaged in farming. He was elected a selectman in 1873, '74, and '75. He has been for several years deacon of the Baptist Church. He m., March 29, 1849, Maria llildreth, who was b., Henniker, June 12, 1821, and d. July 30, 1879. He m., 2d, July 14, 1880, Katie A. Moore. Child: 2. Harriet E., b. March 8, 1850; m., Sept. 20, 1871, William 9. Jones of Wilton ; n. oh. FRENCH FAMILY. 1. James French purchased the mill on the Souhegan river, that then stood near the house now owned by J. & C. Hesselton. He was first taxed in Wilton in 1798. He had res. in Rockingham, Vt., Ashby, Mass., HoUis, Brookline, and Jafirey, from which last town he came to Wilton. He was in the army of the Revolution, and probably at that time his family were living in Rockingham. Two of his grandsons, now eighty years of age, say that their grandmother used to tell of cutting their wheat and putting it in the barn, while her husband was in the army. James French d. Sept. 20, 1817, aged 79. Sarah his wife, d. June 5, 1835, aged 94. They had two sons and five or six daughters. We have not obtained the record of their birth ; we give the names of three : 2. James, it is said, was somewhat advanced in age before he married. He settled in Hancock, and was a farmer and basket-maker. 3. Burleigh (5), b. Nov. 20, 1778. 4. Olive, b. 1783 ; d. June 5, 1835. 5. Burleigh (3), b. Nov. 20, 1778; d. July 12, 1832. He came to Wilton with his father, and lived here the rest of his life. He was a miller and farmer. Owing to the frequency of his dam being carried off by freshets, he built, about 1812, a low dam, near where the upper part of the pond flowed, that turned enough of the water around the north side of the island to carry the mill ; and also built the canal from the old saw- mill site down across the flat to the new mill which he built, and which has been lately burned. That arrangement continued until after Mr. French's death, when the property passed to other owners who once more rebuilt the dam on the old site, but it has often been carried off. When the last one was thus destroyed, the old plan was resumed of GENEALOGIES : FRENCH. 373 taking the water round the north side of the island. Mr. French was one of the first five male members Of the Second Cong. Society, and was one of the first deacons of the church. He m., Nov. 1, 1804, Tamar Sheldon, who d. Dec. 14, 1862, aged 80 yrs. Children : 6. Burleigh (16), b. Nov. 12, 1805. 7. Tamar, b. .June IG, 1807; m. Seaver Douglas. They lived a short time in Conn., but, many years ago, removed to Michigan. 8. Samuel (26), b. June 2, 1809. 9. Franklin, b. June 21, 1811 ; ra., Nov. 17, 1836, Lydia I. J. Draper. A few years after his marriage he settled in Michigan. He is a miller. 10. Willard (35),b. Jan. 30, 1813. 11. Sally, b. April 13, 1815; deceased. 12. Evelina, b. Aug. 12, 1817 ; d. July 5, 1822. 13. Cynthia, b. Aug. 8, 1819; deceased. U. Evelina, b. July 18, 182G; d. Sept. 28, 1830. 16. Ann Jane, b. June 3, 1830; d. May 30, 1831. 16. Burleigh (6), b. Nov. 12, 1805. After he became of age, he worked at Amherst in the whip factory of Melendy & David. He lived several years at Jaff'rey and Pepperell. About forty years ago he returned to Wilton, where he has since resided. He m., Nov. 12, 1829, Nancy Hey- wood, who was b. July 5, 1809; m., 2d, May 29, 1838, Eliza Pettengill, who was b. Sept. 29, 1818. Children : 17. Ansel (39), b. Oct. 17, 1830. 18. Edwin (43), b. Nov. 10, 1831. 19. Francis B. (45), b. June 21, 1833. 20. Nancy M., b. Oct. 10, 1835 ; d. April 7, 1838. ' 21. William N. (49), b. April 29, 1839. 22. Eliza J., b. Oct. 27, 1841 ; d. Feb. 6, 1858. 23. Charles E., b. Oct. 12, 1844. He enlisted in the Sixteenth Regt., N. H. v., in 1862. He d. .July 10, 1864, of malarial fever, contracted while in the array. 24. Samuel A., b. Feb. 9, 1848. 25. Alberts. (52). 26. Samuel (8), b. June 2, 1809 ; d. Nov. 26, 1878. After his father's death he occupied for a few years the homestead and mills left by his father. About 1844 he purchased of the heirs of Ephraim Brown the farm, which he carried on successfully until failing health obliged him to quit labor. He served as selectman, overseer of the poor, and several years on the bridge conunittee. He m., Nov. 28, 1833, Elvira, dau. pf Joseph and Chloe (Abbot) Gray, who d. April 3, 1881, aged 72 yrs., 3 mos. See Gray gen. (36). Children: 27. Elvira Jane, b. Dec. 2, 1834; m., Sept. 29, 1861, Samuel N. Harts- horn of Lyndeborough, a mechanic and miller. 28. Samuel Newman, b. Nov. 28, 1837 ; m., Oct. 24, 1867, Clara Bonney. He res. in Bridgeville, Mich., and is a farmer. 29. Chloe Ann, b. June 16, 1841 ; m., Dec. 14, 1865, J. Newton Carver, a mechanic, who res. in Cairo, 111. 374 HISTORY OF WILTON. gO. Matilda G., b. Oct. 16, 1843 ; d. Nov. 4, 1844. 31. Brooks, b. Nov. 1, 1845; m., Sept. 21, 1874, Roberta Kent. He res. in Fort Wajnie, Ind., and is a mechanic. 32. Sarah Matilda, b. Oct. 5, 1847; m., Sept. 5, 1871, George W. Smith, an upholsterer, who res. Cambridge, Mass. 33. Mary Ella, b. Aug. 29, 1849; m., June .SO, 1878, Harry Hendricks, a carpenter, who res. in South Bend, Ind. 34. Edgar Abbot, b. July 4, 1851 ; a mechanic and lives in Port Wayne, Ind. ; m., Sept. 7, 1879, Helen C. Ray. 35. WiLLAKD (10), b. Jan. 30, 1813; m., 1st, Nov. 2, 1836, Clarissa Lovejoy, who d. Dec. 27, 1853, aged 35 yrs ; m., 2d, Almira Holt. He res. in Wilton, Michigan, and Milford, where he d. Nov. 14, 1882. Children : 36. George Erwin, b. April 21, 1838 ; d. June 21, 1882. 37. Edwin Dwight, b. Aug. 11, 1839. 38. Laura Lydia, b. March 10, 1846 ; d. Aug. 25, 1846. 39. Ansel (17), b. Oct. 17, 1830; m. Anna E. Carson, who was b. Jan. 26, 1826 and d. June 24, 1857 ; m., 2d, Sept. 4, 1853, Abbie L. Holmes, who was b. Sept. 4, 1833 ; m., 3d, Mary E. Russell, who was b. Dec. 26, 1844. Children : 40. Willie A., b. May 2, 1854 ; d. Feb. 23, 1869. 41. Fred James, b. June 18, 1857; d. Sept. 16, 1857. 42. Lottie A., b. Dec. 6, 1865 ; d. May 15, 1885. 43. EDVnN (18), b. Nov. 10, 1831; m. Ann French. He was a man- iifaeturer of furniture. He d. June 8, 1868. His wife also is not living. Child : 44. Lizzie E., b. Oct. 11, 1862 ; deceased. 45. Francis B. (19), b. June 21, 1833; m., Juno, 1863, Frances C. Howard, who was b., Milford, April 18, 1837. He is iu company with Heniy W. Hopkins in the manufacture of writing desks and fancy boxes. Children : 46. Abbie M., b. March, 1865. 47. Edwin A., b. April, 1869. 48. Annie H., b. March, 1874; d. Nov., 1879. 49. William N. (21), b. April 29, 1839. He enlisted from Alexandria in the Twelfth N. H. Vol. and was severelj- wounded at the battle of Gettysburg.. He d. Dec. 26, 1874. He m., March 27, 1862, Henrietta Car- kin, who d. Feb. 3, 1877, aged 35. Children : 50. Cora E., b. Feb. 21, 1863 ; deceased. 51. Herbert E., b. Oct. 21, 1866; deceased. 62. Albert S. (25), m., June 6, 1871, Clara Maria Parkhurst. He has worked for several years in D. Cragin's factory of dry measures and fancy boxes. Children : 53. Maud L., b. Jan. 12, 1872. 54. Bertha, b. May IS, 1875. 55. Marion, b. Aug. 3, 1876. 66. Edith, b. July 4, 1879. 67. Stella, b. April 23, 1882. GENEALOGIES : FETE. FRYE FAMILY. 375 1. John Frye, d., Aiidovev, Mass., 1G93, aged 92 yrs., 7 mos. He emigrated from Basing, Hants, England ; sailed from Southampton, for New England, May, 1638 ; settled early at Newbury ; removed to Andover, 1645. 2. Robert, son of preceding, d., Andover, Oct. 22, 1680. He had by his wife, Ann, six children, of whom the two named below have descend- ants living in Wilton : 3. Samuel (5), b. about 16.50. 4. Elizabeth, m., Oct. 4, 1660, Robert Stiles. See Stiles gen. 5. Samuel (3), b., Andover, about 1650: m., Nov. 20, 1071, Mary, dau. of John Aslett, or Aslebee. 10 ch. 6. John, son of preceding, b. Sept. 6, 1672; m., Nov. 1, 1694, Tab- itha, dau. of Thomas Faruum. 13 ch., two of whom we name : 7. Abiel (9), b. 1703. 8. Joseph, b. April, 1711. He was at the siege of Louisburg. Hon. William P. Frye of Maine writes : "Gen. Joseph Frye was my great- grandfather. I have the terms of the surrender of Louisburg in his hand- writing."' He was a colonel at Fort William Henry when it was taken by Montcalm in 1757. He was appointed a major-general by the Provincial Congress, June 21, 1775. lie removed to Fryeburgh, Me., which was named for him. 9. Abiel (7), b. 1703; m., Feb. 10, 1731-2, lAbigail Emery. Children: 10. Abigail, b., Andover, Mass., Feb. 19, 1733. 11. Abiel. b., Andover, Nov. 8, 1734. The following is taken from a memorandum book left by Major Isaac Frye: "Brother Abiel came to my house in Wilton and went away on the 15th day for Fryeburgh to see Brother Simon Frye and Uncle Joseph and their families. Poor, unfor- tunate man ! he has gone through a world of trouble and sickness, but God has hitherto preserved him and still keeps him and prospers him in a lawful way." 12. Simon, b. Sept. 29, 1737; d. Oct., 1822. He was a member of the House of Representatives, Senate or Council for nearly twenty years; was justice of court of common pleas in York Co., and chief justice of the same court in Oxford Co., Me. 13. Abigail, b. Nov. 6, 1740. 14. Sarah. 15. Isaac (16), b. Feb. 0, 1743. 16. Isaac (15), b. Feb. 6, 1743. He came from Andover to Wilton in 1770 or 1771 and bought a farm previously occupied by Benjamin Thomp- son and now owned by Harvey F. Frye. Within fifteen days after the Battle of Lexington, he and thirty-two others from Wilton were enrolled in Col. Reed's regt. ; they fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. See page 88. For further account of his military services see page 106. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Timothy Holt. Children: 17. Isaac (27), b., Andover, Mass., Sept. 16, 1769. 18. Abiel, b. July 4, 1771; unm. He held offices in the militia to the 376 HISTORY OF WILTON. rank of captain. He left Wilton about 1820, and died a few years later. 19. Timothy, b. Sept. 21, 1773; d. March 17, 1776. 20. John, b. Aug. 23, 1775; settled in Pennsylvania. 21. Timothy Holt (33), b. Oct. 27, 1777. 22. Joshua (39), b, Dec. 21, 1779. 23. Betsey, b. Dec. 21, 1781 ; unm. 24. Hannah, b. May 30, 1785 ; d. Oct. 31, 1863 : m., Oct. 26, 1813, Ben- jamin Blanchard. See Blanchard gen. (53). 26. Alfred, b. Feb. 18, 1787 ; married twice and had children, of whom we have no record. 26. Sally, b. Sept. 20, 1791 ; unm. 27. Isaac (17), b. Andover, Mass., Sept. 16, 1769 ; in the War of 1812, he enlisted and d., Plattsburg, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1812. He m., June 17, 1794, Hannah Phelps, and a few years later removed to Manchester, Vt. Children : 28. Isaac, b., Wilton; d., Milford, June 25, 1883, aged 83 yrs. A farmer and house-painter. He m. a Miss Gage and had one daughter. 29. Luther, b., Manchester, Vt. ; m. a Miss Peabody of Andover, Vt. Res. Vermont. 30. Hannah, m., June 1, 1825, Hermon Pettengill. 31. John (43), b. April 19, 1806. 32. Joseph, d. many years ago. 33. TiMOTHV Holt (21), b. Oct. 27, 1777 ; removed to Weld, Me., and d. there Jan. 27, 1830; m., Jan. 8, 1809. Rachel Holt. Children: 34. Timothy Holt, b. Oct. 19, 1809; m. Lucy Stearns; res. Weld, Me. 35. Jacob, b. Aug. 19, 1811; m. Pauline Pettigrove; res. Patten, Me. 36. Abiah, b. July 25, 1813; m. James Cunningham; res. Crystal Plantation, N. Y. 37. Rachel, b. April 25, 1816; d. Oct. 10, 1839; unm. 38. Jerome, b. Oct. 19, 1819; m. Nancy Jameson ; res. Patten, Me. 39. Joshua (22), b. Dec. 21, 1779; d. June 20, 1864. Ho m. and res. in Brookline, Vt. In 1816, or 1817, after the death of his wife, he returned to Wilton and lived on the homestead. He m., 2d, Lucy Jones of Wilton. Children : 40. Abiel (46), b., Brookline, Vt., June 18, 1810. 41. Betsey, m., Oct., 1840, Joseph Holt; n. ch. 42. Harvey F. (53). 43. John (31), b. April 19, 1806; d. Dec. 5, 1882. A farmer and was superintendent of the county farm at Goffstown for over five years. He m., March 31, 1831, Cynthia Phelps. Children : 44. John Henry (61), b. March 8, 1836. 45. Elvira, b. Feb. 29, 1840; d. Dec. 27, 1844. 46. Abiel (40), b., Brookline, Vt., June 18, 1810; d. June 21, 1886. Before his marriage he was engaged in teaming starch for the Messrs. Abbot and goods for the stores. After the railroad was opened to Greenfield he had the contract for carrying the mail between East and West Wilton. He m., Feb. 6, 1834, a Miss Tapper, who was b., Barnard, Vt., Nov. 22, 1815. Children : GENEALOGIES : FRYE. 377 47. Havvey T. H. (64), b., Barnard, Vt., Nov. 1, 1834. 48. Russell J., b., Barnard, Vt., Aug. 28, 1836 ; d. March 9, 1838. 49. Russell J. (71), b., Barnard, Vt., June 3, 1838. 50. Charles, b., Barnard, Vt., June 28, 1840 ; d. Feb. 4, 18.i7. 61. Elbridge Carlton, b., Barnard, Vt., Sept. 29, 1843; enlisted in Sixteenth Regt., N. H. V., and d., St. James Hospital, La., July 16, 1863. 52. Edwin Francis, b., Wilton, Nov. 23, 1854; m., July 15, 1877, Ida M. Stiles ; res. Greenville. 53. Haevey F. (42). For many years before the railroad was opened to East Wilton he was engaged in teaming goods for the stores ; since then, a farmer. He m. Lovisa A. Tupper, who d. Aug. 30, 1848, aged 25 yrs. ; m., 2d, Sept. 24, 1850, Jane E. Drury. Children : 54. Joshua F., b. Aug. 12, 1851. He and his brother, Harvey W., bought a farm of David Cram and have been engaged in farming and lumbering. For two years supervisor of check-list. 55. Elson D. (75), b. June 29, 1853. 56. Lois Lovisa, b. Feb. 5, 1856. 57. Harvey W., b. Sept. 4, 1858. 58. Charles E., b. June 9, 1861. 59. George E., b. April 5, 1864. 60. Martha J., b. Jan. 17, 1868. 61. John Henry (44), b. March 8, 1836; res. East Wilton; engaged in job teaming; m., June 1, 1856, Ellen M. Flint. See Flint gen. (58). Children : 62. Annie, b. Nov. 4, 1858 ; m., July 12, 1882, Henry S. Spinning; res. Savannah, Ga. They have one son, Charles Prye (Spinning), b. May 16, 1884. 63. Henry, b. May 29, 1870 ; d. June 2, 1870. 64. Hakvey T. H. (47), b. Nov. 1, 1834. He served during the war in a western regt., but was credited to Wilton. He m., Oct. 25, 1870, Abbie Folsom of New Sharon, Me. Children : 65. Nellie L., b. Nov. 19, 1872. 66. Caroline, b. Feb. 7, 1875. 67. Mary G., b. Jan. 15, 1877. 68. Charles P., b. June 11, 1879. 69. Mabel E., b. April 12, 1881 ; d, Sept. 22, 1881. 70. Erland H., b. Aug. 10, 1883. 71. Russell J. (49), b., Barnard, Vt., June 3, 1838. An auctioneer and has had for some time a store at West Wilton. He. m., Sept. 3, 1871, Mrs. Emma F. Gordon of New Sharon, Me. Children : 72. Cosette Kurilla, b., New Sharon, Me., Sept. 21, 1873. 73. Orville, b., Wilton, Sept. 4, 1875. 74. Byron S., b. Feb. 10, 1878. 75. Elson D. (55), b. June 29, 1853; a carpenter; m., Oct. 26, 1881, Etta L. Parker of Milford, who was b. April 24, 1863. Children ; 76. George Harvey, b. Dec. 31, 1882. 77. Mabel E., b. Dec. 31, 1886. 378 HISTORY OF WILTON. FULLER FAMILY. 1. Amos Fuller was in Wilton at the time of its iucoi'poration. He settled on lot No. 18, seventh ninge, which is now principally owned by Joseph W. Stilos. We have found no recoi-d of his family, but he is sup- posed to be the father of Amos Fuller of Temple, of Enoch and probably of Aaron Fuller of Wilton. Children : 2. Amos. 3. Enoch (5). 4. Aaron (14). 5. Enoch (3). Children by his wife, Sarah: 6. Amos, b. April 27, 1780. 7. Sally, b. Nov. 5, 1781 ; m. Peter Putnam of Andover, Vt. 8. Benjamin, b. Sept. 1, 17S:3 ; m., Oct. 11, 1804, Naomi, dau. of Dea. John Burton, and res. in Andover, Vt. 9. Daniel, b. Sept. 20, 178.5 ; d., Wilton, Oct. 3, 1858. He removed to Andover, Vt., where he lived about thirty years, then returned to Wilton. He m., 1810, Betsey Burnham, who d. Oct. 4, 1847, aged 50 yrs.. 10. James, b. June 2C, 1787. 11. Frederic, b. March 15, 1790. 12. Mary Putnam, b. July 5, 1794. 13. Enoch, b. Aug. 5, 1796. 14. Aaron (4). Children by his wife, Betsey - 15. Amos, b. July 6, 1803. 16. Aaron, b. July 26, 1805. GAGE FAMILIES. The Gage family found its way into England from Normandy in A. D. 1066. One de Gaga, de Gauga or de Gage accompanied William the Con- queror into England and aided in the conquest of the country and was afterwards rewarded with large grants of land. The family was promi- nent, and there wore barons in parliament bearing the name of Gage during the reign of Henry II. 1. .John Gage came from Suffolk, England, and landed at Salem, Mass., June 12, 10.30. He at once proceeded to Boston, where he remained a short time, and was a member of the first church there. In 1633 he was one of the original proprietors of Ipswich, Mass. In 1664 he removed to Kowley, where he died, 1G73. He had two, and according to one authority, three wives. 3. Daniel, second child of preceding, m., May 3, 1C75, Sarah Kim- ball. He res. in Bradford, Mass. 3. Daniel, son of preceding, m., March 9, 1698, Martha Burbauk, and res. in Bradford. 4. Daniel, sixth child of preceding, b. April 12, 1708, removed from Bradford to Pelham. 5. Pierce, son of preceding, d. July 14, 1821, aged 80 yrs. His name was on the muster roll, dated Sept. 26, 1770, of Capt. David Runners co., GENEALOGIES : GAGE. 379 Col. Tash's regt., raised to serve In New York. His grandson, Sidnej- R. Gage, Esq., of Nashua, writes : " When a boy at home I used to shoot game with an old musket that I was told my grandfather had picked up beside a dead Briton on some battlefield of the Revolution.'" Pierce removed from Pelham to Wilton in 17S9. His wife, Susanna, d. May 3, 1831, aged 90. Children : 6. Joseph, taxed in Wilton in 1795 and 1796. 7. Moses, taxed in Wilton in 1802. 8. Richard (11), b. 1784. 9. Judith, m. Jesse Hall. 10. Eunice, m., Feb., 1810, Ezekiel Lovejoy. 11. RiCHAKD (8), b. 17S4. A farmer, and res. on the farm that his father bought when he came to Wilton. He was an early member of the Baptist Society. He ra., March 16, 1809, Betsey, dau. of Samuel Hutch- inson. Children : 12. David (21), b. Dec. 26, 1809. 13. Samuel (30), b. Sept. 6, 1811. 14. Pierce (35), b. Sept. 4, 1813. 15. Isaac N. (43), b. June 12, 1815. 16. Mary (47), b. June 1, 1817. 17. Elvira (54), b. July 11, 1819. 18. Charles (60), b. July 16, 1821. 19. George W. (63), b. Sept. 7, 1823. 20. Sidney R. (66), b. Oct. 14, 1826. 21. David (12), b. Dec. 26, 1809 ; m., July 30, 1835, Sarah J. Russell. He is a Baptist minister. A sketch of his life by himself is given on page 287. Children : 22. Freeman D., b. June 28, 1836; m. Jennie Watson of South Boston. He has been engaged in the grocery business, and res. in Nashua. 23. Thaddeus G., b. Dec. 18, 1837. 24. Isaac N., b. Sept. 28, 1839; a marble worker. 25. Sidney B., b. Jan. 1, 1843; a machinist; m. Flora E. Tliomas of Rockland, Me. 26. Julian P., b. Oct. 7, 1846; a grocer; m. Alice A. Hill of Bidde- ford, Me. 27. George E., b. Oct. 9, 1849; a bank teller, and now a bank com- missioner; m. Mattie A. Connor of Manchester. 28. Loren S., b. Oct. 7, 1851. 29. Herbert E., b. May IS, 1856; a grocer, res. in Nashua; m. Alma J. Westcott of Nashua. 30. Samuel (13), b. Sept. 6, 1811; d. April 21, 1851. He m., 1836. Eliza A. Jones of Washington, where they resided. His wife d. Dec. 25, 1869. Children : 31. Albert N., b. May 7, 1837; m., July, 1868, Elva Davis of Warner, and has had several children. 32. Charles C, b. Feb. 16, 1839; d., Boston, Feb. 24, 1881; unm. He had been clerk at the Twin Mt. House ; also clerk in the Surgeon General's oflSce, Washington, D. C. 380 HISTOEV OF WILTON. 33. Hiram J., b. Aug. 30, 1844; m., June 1, 1867, Mina S. Kidder; a merchant and a prominent citizen in Washington, N. H., holding many offices, including that of representative to the Legislature. 34. Roger ,S., b. Feb. 19, 1851; ra., Aug. 24, 1870, Jennie A. ISTeaskem of Clayville, N. Y. ; res. several years in Clayville and Ilion, N. Y., and now in Warner. 35. Pierce (14), b. Sept. 4. 181^; m., June 15. 1837, Mary,.dau. of David and Eachel Lovejoy ; m., 2d, Nov. 27, 1845, Mrs. Nancy D. (Winn), dau. of Edward and Nancy B. Herrick; has always i-es. in Wilton on the homestead of his grandfather and father ; has been a selectman. Children : 36. Albert P., b. May 9, 1838. He enlisted in the war of the Rebel- lion, and was killed, June 3, 1864, in the battle at Bethesda Church, Va. 37. James A., b. June 7, 1841 ; d. Oct. 20, 1841. 38. Mary L., b. July 17, 1844; d. Sept. 14, 1844. 39. Orrieta F., b. Jan. 1, 1847; m., June 28, 1870, Lewis A. Holt. Res. in Texas. 40. Josephine II., b. March 14, 1850. 41. Arthur Herbert (69), b. June 5, 1852. 42. Elijah J., b. May 31, 1859. 43. Isaac N. (15), b. June 12, 1815 ; d. May 1, 1885. He res. in Wash- ington, a farmer; represented the town in the State Legislature in 1864, and 1865. He m., Dec. 26, 1837, Lucy H. Fisk of Washington, who d. Feb. 19, 1868. Children : 44. Elizabeth F., b. March 19, 1839 ; d. Nov. 18, 1870. She ra., Dec. 1, 1863, Brooks K. Webber, Esq., now of Hillsborough. 45. Lucy A., b. Feb. 14, 1844; m., April 20, 1867, Galon Allen, M. D., now of Red Wing, Minn. 46. George N. (72), b. Nov. 27, 1851. 47. Mary (16), b. June 1, 1817; m., April 18, 1843, Mason II. Carr of Washington, where they have since res. Children : 48. Mary Frances (Carr), b. Aug. 15, 1844. 49. Lawrence M. (Carr), b. Sept. 8, 1847. 50. Dwight E. (Carr), b. May 21, 1850. 51. Bettie M. (Carr) b. June 8, 1853; d. in childhood. 52. Asa L. (Carr), b. April 11, 1858; d. in childhood. 53. Helen A. (Carr), b. Dec. 18, 1861; d. in childhood. 54. Elvira (17), b. July 11,1819; m., June 7, 1843, Nathaniel G. Jones of Washington, where they res. Children : 55. Ellen E. (Jones), b. Nov. 14, 1844. 56. George S. (Jones), b. Feb. 28, 1847. 57. Kate A. (Jones), b. April 21, 1851 ; d. when 16 or 17. 58. Alice E. (Jones), b. May G, 1861. 59. Fred E. (Jones), b. Dec. 13, 1863. 60. Charles (18), b. July 16, 1821; d. June 24, 1856; m., Aug. 13, 1843, Sarah A. Lynd of Melrose, Mass. They res. a short time in Wash- ington, and then went to Melrose. Children : 61. Charles E., b. Oct. 26, 1844; unra.; res. in Melrose. GENEALOGIES : GOLDSMITH. 381 62. Sarah Frances, b., Melrose, Oct. 23, 1850; m., June 5, 1875, Jabez S. Dyer; res. in Melrose. 63. Georgic W. (19), b. Sept. 7, 1823; has res. in Wiltou and Wash- ington principally, but now In Medford, Mass. ; in., Sept. 16, 1845, Nancy E. Crane of Washington. Children : 64. Josephine M., b., Wilton, Oct. 28, 1850; m., Feb. 1, 1872, Stillman S. Eaton, who d. Sept. 20, 1878. She m.,.2d, Charles E. Walker, and res, in Medford, Mass. 65. Nellie J., b., Washington, June 30, 1859 ; m., April 12, 1881, Oscar H. Wiley ; res. in Washington. 66. Sidney R. (20) b. Oct 14, 1826; removed to Wisconsin from Wil- ton in 1855, returned to N. H., and res. in Washington from 1859 till 1870, when he removed to Nashua, where he now lives. Has held the ofBce of selectman in Washington, and been a member of the common council and board of aldermen in Nashua. He m., Nov. 28, 1850, Augusta Bixby of Lyndeborough. Children: 67. Kitty A., b., Wilton, June 24, 1858; grad. at the Boston Univer- sity, 1878; has been a successful teacher in Nashua, Davenport, la., and Westborough, Mass.; in 1881, she entered Cornell University, received the degree of A. M. in 1885; is elected to the Greek Professorship of Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Penn., near Philadelphia. 68. Annie B., b., Washington, July 21, 1861 ; d. Aug. 18, 1864. 69. Arthur Herbert (41), b. June 5, 1852; a farmer and carpenter; res. on the homestead; m., March 25, 1875, Annie C. Benedict. Children : 70. Archie Benedict, b. Jan. 3, 1876. 71. Richard Pierce, b. Feb. 3, 1881. 72. George N. (46), b. Nov. 27, 1851. A physician; has always lived in Washington. He m., Nov. 29, 1883, Ella F. Brockway of Hills- borough. Child : 73. Charles F., b. Sept. 10, 1884. 1. David Gage, b., Merrimac, Sept, 8, 1795; d. Oct. 3, 1841. He m., Aug. 12, 1823, Betsey, b., Jan. 26, 1800, dau. of Daniel Putnam, Esq., of Lyndeborough. They went as missionaries to Livingston, Ala. They had five children born there, one of whom has res. more than twenty years in Wilton. Mrs. Gage d., Lyndeborough, Dec. 4, 1879, aged 80 yrs. 2. John, son of preceding, b. June 15, 1836. A brick mason ; has the office of fire engineer, and has been captain of the Lafayette Artillery co. He m., Feb. 24, 1859, Susan Ford, who was b. July 17, 1840. Child : 3. Walter F., b. Jan. 5, 1866 ; employed at the Electric Light Works in Lynn, Mass. GOLDSMITH FAMILY. 1. William Goldsmith came to Wilton from Ipswich, Mass., in Feb., 1774, and settled on lot No. 6, seventh range. He was a farmer, and one of the first members of the Baptist Society. He d. Dec. 27, 1833, aged 382 HISTORY OF WILTON. 78 yrs. His wife, Hannah, came to Wilton, Aug. 25, 177i, about the time, as is supposed, of their marriage. Children : 2. Hannah, b. Dec. 7, 1775 ; m., Nov. 26, 1801, Isaac Burnham. 3. Seth Story (11), b. April 17,' 1778. 4. Betty, b. Aug. 27, 1780. 5. Lucy, b. Nov. 17, 1782. 6. William (13), b. June 8, 1785. 7. Giflford, b. Sept. 22, 1787 ; d. March 29, 1706. 8. Jabez (18), b. April 5, 1790. 9. Martha, b. Jan. 26, 1793. 10. Ebenezer, b. April 15, 1796 ; d. May 9, 1796. 11. Seth Story (3), b. April 17, 1778; d. Feb. 15, 1861; m., Feb. 22, 1805, Hannah Burnham, and removed to lot No. 4, sixth range, where he lived the remainder of his life. Child : 12. Samuel (28), b. Dec. 29, 1806. 13. William (6), b. June 8, 1785; m. and settled on the homestead with his father. About 1832 he sold his farm to his brother Jabez, and removed to Maine. He was an intense stammerer ; this impediment, with his wit, oftentimes making his remarks laughable. Children : 14. William, b. Feb. 7, 1812. 15. Benjamin, b. Aug. 20, 1815. 16. Seth Story, b. Feb. 28, 1818. After he became of age, he returned from Maine, and worked a few years in Wilton. He was commissioned, March 23, 1849, as lieut., and, Sept. 14, 1849, as captain of the Third Co. 22d Eegt. of Militia ; and the same date Jacob Putnam was commissioned lieut., and Samuel A. Preston, ensign ; they being the last officers of that company. 17. Ezra Willmarth, b. June 7, 1821. 18. Jabez (8), b. April 5, 1790; d. March 28, 1848. He lived for some years on lot No. 6, eighth range, and after he purchased his brother's farm, he res. on the Goldsmith homestead. He did something as a cattle broker. At the time of his death he was a large land-owner. He served one year as selectman. He m. Lucinda Pollard. She m., 2d, Danforth, and d. Nov. 13, 1878, aged 87 yrs. Children : 19. Daniel Pollard, b. Aug. 17, 1815 ; d. Oct. 31, 1844. He res. on the farm his father first occupied. He joined the Miller Guards at its organiz- ation ; his was ihe first death iu the company, and they attended his funeral. He m., Nov. 1, 1836, Rebecca, dau. of Col. Samuel and Rebecca P. King. She m., Dec. 28, 1846, Benjamin Goldsmith, of Jamaica Plains, Mass. 20. Jelford Elbridge, b. June 14, 1817. He studied medicine, and began practice in Hopkinton, Mass. He d. previously to the death of his father. He m. in New Ipswich. 21. Sibyl, m. Charles Howard. Her father conveyed to her a part of his real estate, in which was the original Goldsmith homestead, and she res. there until the buildings were burned. She afterwards sold the place and bought the Gray farm, now owned by Albert B. Melendy. Since dis- posing of that property she has not lived in Wilton. GETSIEALOGIES : GRAY. 383 22. Charlotte, m. Samuel A. Preston. Her father willed her that part of the real estate, not left to her sister Sibyl. She res. in Wilton until the death of Mr. Preston. Mrs. Preston is not now living. 23. Samuel (12), b. Dec. 29, ISOG; d. Feb. 2S, 1888. He always res. on the homestead where his father first settled. He m., Nov., 1838, Lavina Cummings, who d. Oct. 15, 1839. He ra., 2d, Lydia, dau. of Capt. Caleb and Jane (Longlcy) Putnam. Children : 24. Ezra, b. May 18, 1839 ; d. Aug. 5, 1844. 25. Lydia Hannah, b. Feb. 24, 1845 ; m., Dec. 16, 1868, Cyrus O. Whit- ney. See Whitney gen. 26. Caleb Story, b. June 29, 1847. 27. Sarah Jane, b. July 15, 1849; ni. George Parkhurst. See Park- hurst gen. 28. Asa Horace, b. April 14, 1851. 29. Franklin Pierce, b. Dec. 5, 1852 ; d. July 24, 1853. GEAY FAMILY. 1. Timothy Gray of Andover, Mass., was b. July 19, 1719; d. Nov. 17, 1793. He purchased of William Vance lot No. 6, fifth range, and thirty acres of the west part of lot No. 5, fourth range. In the deed, dated April 26, 17G4, he is called cordwainer, and the consideration was £67 10s., sterling money. He and his descendants owned it about one hundred years. He held the oflice of deacon, and tradition reports that he was much respected. He m. Eleanor , who d. Sept. 22, 1775, aged 56 yrs. ; he m., 2d, Abigail , who d. May 20, 1801, aged 77 yrs. Children : 2. Timothy (11), b. Feb. 19, 1749. 3. James Best, b. Jan. 26, 1751 ; d. at Halifax, between July 16 and Aug. 20, 1777, whether a prisoner or not is not known. 4. Eleanor, b. March 16, 1753. 5. Jonathan, b. March 18, 1755; d. Sei^t. 15, 1775. He was enrolled in Capt. William Walker's co., in Col. James Reed's regt., April 23, 1775, and at the battle of Bunker Hill received wounds of which he diedl 6. Mary, b. Feb. 19, 1757; m., Nov. 23, 1786, Samuel Hartshorn. See Hartshorn gen. 7. Sarah, b. March 2, 1759; m.. Jan. 8, 1782, Christopher Martin. See Martin gen. 8. Joseph (25), b. March 19, 1761. 9. Dorothy, b. Oct. 26, 1763; m., Aug. 3, 1786, Daniel Holt, who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution from Wilton, but who removed to Maine after his marriage. We have been unable to ascertain to which of the families of Holts, resident in Wilton, he belonged. 10. Henry, b. Oct. 8, 1766 ; d. March 31, 1776. 11. Timothy (2), b. Feb. 19, 1749 ; d. July 18, 1807. He was a farmer and res. on the homestead. He was in Capt. Taylor's co., at Winter Hill, and was also in Capt. Nathan Ballard's co., at the time of the alarm of 1776 to reenforce the northern army. He m. Hannah , who d. July, 384 HISTORY OF WILTON. 1784, aged 31 yrs. He m., 2d, April 21, 1785, Kuth Burnham, who d. Starch 23, 1841, aged 85 yrs. See Burnham gen. Children : 12. Hannah, b. July 4, 1770; d. Aug. 18, 1770. 13. Timothy, b. Sept. 30, 1771; d. Dec. 1, 1776. 14. Hannah, b. June 17, 1773 ; m., April 19, 1795, Abiel Blauchard. 15. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 12, 1775 ; m., Feb. 12, 1801, Caleb Holt. 16. Timothy, b. Jan. 21, 1778; d. Sept. 26, 1781. 17. Eleanor, b. Oct. 5, 1779; m., Nov. 15, 1804, Uzziel Sheldon. 18. James Best, b. May 26, 1781 ; d. Oct. 4, 1795. 19. Timothy (38), b. May 14, 1787. 20. Henry (49), b. Oct. 1, 1789. 21. Abel, b. Oct. 13, 1791 ; m., July, 1813, Betsey Pettengill. 22. Abiel, b. July 25, 1793. 23. Lucy Burnham, b. Sept:, 1795; m. Dea. Joel Chandler. See Chandler gen. (29). 24. Ruth, b. May 24, 1800 ; d., Lowell, March 7, 1858. 25. Joseph (8), b. March 19, 1761 ; d. Aug. 26, 1846. He was the last of the soldiers of the Revolution, resident in Wilton. His services are sketched in pp. 246-251. His military career did not cease with the Rev- olutionary War, but he held various oiRces in the IST. H. militia, and was familiarly known as "Adjutant Gray." He owned and res. on the farm now owned by Albert B. Melendy. He was frank and outspoken, a good neighbor, and ready to do his part, so far as his means would allow, in supporting public institutions. He m., April 11, 1786, Chloe, dau. of Jer- emiah Abbot of Wilton, who d. July 17, 1849, aged 82 yrs. Children : 26. Joseph (54), b. Aug. 14, 1787. 27. Chloe, b. Nov. 2, 1789; m., Oct. 26, 1813, Oliver Fletcher. See Oliver Fletcher gen. (8) . 28. Sally, b. July 11, 1791; m. Seth P. Tyler. 29. Anna Abbot, b. April 7, 1793 ; m., June 1, 1817, Asa Perham, who had served an apprenticeship with Messrs. Ephraim and John Peabody, to learn the blacksmith's trade, and carried on business a few years in the shop they had occupied, but afterwards removed to Lyndeborough. 30. Lydia, b. March 5, 1795 ; m., Feb. 5, 1822, Russell Upton. 31. James Best (64), b. April 21, 1797. 32. Betsey, b. June 21, 1799 ; d. Oct. 6, 1869 ; m., Sept. 25, 1827, Abbot Smith of Milford. 33. Calvin (73), b. Oct. 28, 1801. 34. Plenry Newton, b., Sept. 1, 1804; d. Sept. 8, 1826. He was a har- ness-maker, and began business in Nashua. 35. Matilda, b. July 20, 1806 ; d. Dec. 23, 1835. She ui., Jan. 26, 1832, Amos Gutterson, and res. in Milford. 36. Elvira, b. Dec. 20, 1808; d. April 3, ISSI ; m., Nov. 28, 1833, Sam- uel French. See French gen. (26). 37. EmeUne, b. Oct. 11, 1811; m., Dec. 12, 1849, Dr. Israel Herrick. See Herrick gen. 38. Timothy (19), b. May 14, 1787; d. Aug. 4, 1867. He res. on the homestead, and was an early member of the Baptist society, and for HELIOTVrfc TR NTING CO-, aoSTON GENEALOGIES : GKAY. 385 many years ii deacon of the church. He served as one ol the selectmen. He sold a ijart of his farm and removed to Lowell, where he resided a few years, but returned to Wilton. He m., Aug, 21, 1808, Fanny, dau. of Lieut. Abraham and Betsey Burton, who d. Nov. 3, 1810, aged 20 yrs. See Burton gen. (40). He m., 2d, Nancy Smith of Medford, who d. April 16, 1866, aged 79 yrs. Children : 39. Fanny Burton, h. Aug. 20, 1810; m., Dec. 4, 1832, Caleb Crosby of Lowell, Mass. 40. Timothy, b. June 7, 1813 ; d. Jan. 24, 1883. 41. Alanson, b. Jan 22, 1815 ; d. many years ago. 42. Daniel Smith (77), b. Oct. 16, 1816. 43. James B., b. July 29, 1818 ; res. in Maine ; not living. 44. Nancy, b. March 4, 1820; m., Nov. 26, 1860, Joseph W. Stiles. See Stiles gen. 45. Maria, b. March 29, 1822; d. in Lowell. 46. Hannah, b. Oct. 12, 1824; m. Joseph M. Melendy. 47. Robert, b. March 23, 1827 ; d. Feb. 17, 1865, in Salisbury, N. C, as a prisoner of war. 48. Lorenzo (92), b. March 31, 1829. 49. Henry (20), b. Oct. 1, 1789; d. Oct. 30, 1862; a cabinet maker and farmer. He bought the place formerly owned by Nathaniel Sawyer, and for nearly thirty years paid the widow the income of her thirds. He m. Susan Merrill of Milford, who d. April 17, 1868, aged 76 yrs. Chil- dren : 50. Susan Elizabeth, b. Aug. 15, 1813 ; d. Aug. 14, 1849 ; m., April 28, 1835, Putnam Woodward of Lyndeborough. 51. Lucy Cummings, b. May 14, 1816; m., Oct. 2, 1838, Moses Love- joy, Jun. See Lovejoy gen. 52. Henry (99), b. Aug. 4, 1818. 53. Mary Ninette, b. 1828; d. July 11, 1880; m., Oct. 29, 1850, Col. Putnam Woodward, who d. Aug. 8, 1874, aged 67. 54. Joseph (26), b. Aug. 14, 1787; d. Oct. 13, 1865. He resided sev- eral years in Temple on the farm afterwards owned by Joseph Kendall. About 1830 he sold his farm and removed to Wilton, where he was engaged in selling meat. He was adjutant of the 22d Eegt. of Militia. He m., April, 1815, Mary Spalding, who d. Dec. 25, 1852, aged 64 yrs. Children : 55. Child b. Jlay 7, 1816 ; d. May 7, 1810. 56. Charles, b. Sept. 7, 1817; d. Jan. 7, 1851. 57. Mary S., b. Feb. 17, 1820; d. Aug. 1, 1822. 58. Caroline, b. Feb. 21, 1822; m., Feb. 29, 1848, Samuel A. Grammar of Woburn, Mass. 50. J. Monroe, b. Nov. 16, 1824; d. Sept. 3, 1858; m., Jan. 11,. 1854, Anna E. Gould. 60. George, b. Feb. 12, 1827; d. Dec. 7, 1831. 61. Infant b. Dec. 14, 1828 ; d. Feb. 12, 1829. 62. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 28, 1830 ; d. April 27, 1881 ; m., Aug. 27, 1860, Eben K. Long. 386 HISTORY OF WILTON. 63. George Sullivan, b. Feb. 9, 1834; d. June 17, 1863. He enlisted iu the first Mass. Cavalry, and was mortally wounded at the battle of Alda, and d. at Washington, D. C. 64. James Be.st (31), b. April 21, 1797 ; d. Dec. G, 1867. He lived on the homestead until he sold his farm, a few years befoi-e his death, and removed to Milford. He m., Dec. 12, 1822, Sarah, dau. of Moses Burns of Milford. She was b. Jan. 9, 1803, and d. Nov. 8, 1843. He m., 2d. March 14, 1844, Adeline Gutterson, who was b., Milford, Julj^ 7, 1813. Children : 65. Maria, b. Oct. 18, 1823 ; d. Jau 3, 1858 ; m. Scales. 66. Mary Ann, b. Dec. IS, 1825; d. Feb. 29, 1832. 67. James Best, b. Feb. 8, 1829 ; d. March 3, 1832. 68. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 17, 1833. 69. James Hammond, b. April 6, 1835. 70. Harris, b. July 1, 1841 ; d. Feb. 20, 1863. 71. Anna E., b. June 29, 1845. 72. Sarah F., b. Oct. 18, 1847. 73. Calvin (33), b. Oct. 28, 1801 ; d. Dec. 15, 1856. He served as an apprentice with John Mack, blacksmith. Soon after he was of age he bought the shop formerly owned by the Messrs. Peabody, which was burned in 1831. He then built the brick shop now owned by his son, Henry Newton. Henry Bragg was his partner for several years. He was adjutant of the 22d Regt. of Militia, when commanded by Col. Sam- uel King. He m., April 11, 1826, Clarissa King, who d. Aug. 8, 1885, aged 81. Children: 74. Henry Newton (103), b. Jan. 4, 1827. 75. Harriet N., b. Aug. 21, 1829; d. Oct. 13, 1852; m., July 9, 1850, Henry K. French, for many years proprietor of the hotel in Peterborough village. 76. Charles Dumont, b. March 13, 1834; d. Feb. 23, 1864. He was engaged for some time in driving a stage; m., Nov. 27, 1860, Caroline Spalding. 77. Daniel Smith (42), b. Oct. 16, 1816. While blasting a rock, at the age of fifteen, he was severely wounded in his thigh by a premature discharge. In early life he went to Lowell where he has for many years been in the grocery business. He m., Nov. 12, 1840, Mary Ann Wells, who was b. Oct. 18, 1819, and d. Oct. 27, 1843. He m., 2d, Sept. 26, 1844, Clorinda Phelps, who was b. May 5, 1821. Children : 78. Daniel AVashington, b. July 18, 1841. 79. Albert, b. June 1, 1845 ; d. July 20, 1845. 80. Albert Montrassor, b. May 23, 1846. 81. Frank, b. March 22, 1848. 82. Mariana, b. Feb. 25, 1850; d. Oct. 18, 1850. 83. Joseph, b. Aug. 6, 1851. 84. Henry, b. Nov. 12, 1853. 85. Alanson, b. Dec. 21, 1855. 86. Nellie, b. March 31, 1858. GENEALOGIES : GRAY. 387 87. Willie, Id. Jan. 31, 1860. 88. Anna Stevens, b. April 29, 1863. 89. Arthur Smith, b. April 29, 1863 ; d. May 14, 1864. 90. Arthur Lincoln, b. May 24, 1866. 91. Minnie Clorinda, b. Aug. 22, 1868. 92. Lorenzo (48), b. March 31, 1829. A fanner and lumberman; owns and res. on the southeast part of the original Livermore farm ; also owns a part of the Lovejoy farm, and a part of the farm on which James Dascomb begai;i clearing, April 19, 1775. He has been successful in his business. He m., Jan 2, 1854, Sarah G. Payson of Salem, Mass., who was b.. Wells, Me., May 10, 1834, and d. Dec. 3, 1858. He m., 2d, Jan. 5, 1860, Dorothy Marshall of Milford, who was b. Oct. 19, 1830. Children : 93. Alice Sarah (107), b., Newport, E. I., Jan. 10, 1855. 94. Eddie L. (112), b., Wilton, Aug. 5, 1858. 95. Francella D. (114), b. Sept. 17, 1862. 96. Stephen Allen, b. May 21, 1864. 97. Walter Herbert, b. Sept. 15, 1865 ; d. Sept. 19, 1865. 98. Lucy Viola, b. Nov. 13, 1866. 99. Henky (52), b. Aug. 4, 1818. A farmer, and engaged at different times in lumbering, in which as well as farming he has been successful. He m., Nov. 27, 1845, Mary Hutchinson. Children : 100. Mary Susan, b. Dec. 16, 1846; m., June 11, 1876, Albion B. Flint, who d. Jan. 28, 1888, aged 43. 101. Henry Warren, b. Aug. 4, 1848; a manufacturer of furniture in Weare; m., Oct. 6, 1883, Ella J. Lloyd of Weare. 102. James E., b. April 15, 1851 ; a farmer, res. on the homestead; m., June 27, 1878, Eva E. Dodge, of Nashua. 103. Henry Newton (74), b. Jan. 4, 1827. See a sketch of his life, page 283. He m., Jan. 3, 1854, Mary A. Heath of Barre, Mass. Children : 104. Ella Heath (117), b. Oct. 1, 1854. 105. Charles Newton, b. Aug. 19, 1856. He is in company with his father in the blacksmithing and carriage business. He m., Sept. 22. 1881, Mina O., dan. of Dr. William A. Jones. 106. William Henry (125), b. June 6, 1858. 107. Alice Sarah (93), b. Jan. 10, 1855; m., Dec. 25, 1877, John A. Sheldon. See Sheldon gen. Res. in Wilton. Children : 108. Gracie A. (Sheldon), b. Aug. 20, 1878. 109. Willie A. (Sheldon), b. Jan. 20, 1882. 110. Fanny Belle (Sheldon), b. Sept. 17, 1885. 111. Charles Eddie, (Sheldon) b. Sept. 17, 1887. 112. Eddie L. (94), b. Aug. 5, 1858 ; m., Feb. 14, 1882, Ida J. Nutting of Mason, and res. in Greenville. Child : 113. Ida L., b. Sept. 4, 1886. 114. Francella D. (95), b. Sept. 17, 1862; m., Oct. 7, 1884, George H. Buttrick, lumberman, and res. in Wilton. Children : 115. Charles H. (Buttrick), b. Oct. 19, 1883. 116. Mabel Florence (Buttrick), b. May 23, 1885. 117. Ella Heath (104), b. Oct. 1, 1854; m., June 1, 1875, William 388 HISTORY OF WILTON. Hampleton Putnam, who was b. Aug. 10, 1852, lived in Wilton, and d. Sept. 13, 1887. Children : 118. Clytie Gray (Putnam), b. Dec. 16, 1876. 119. Henry Hampleton (Putnam), b. Aug. 17, 1878. 120. Hattie Lavina (Putnam), b. May 10, 1880. 121. George Nowtoii (Putnam), b. Aug. 2, 1882; d. Sept. 14. 1882. 122. Mary I.sabelle (Putnam), b. Sept. 18, 1883. 123. Eva Huath (Putnam), b. Aug. 31, 1884. 124. Alice King (Putnam), b. Xov. 26, 1886. 125. William Henky (106), b. .Tune 6, 1858; he is a wheelwright, in company with J. Q. Flint. He m., Aug. .5, 1884, Minnie A., dau. of Por- ter and Martha J. FoUausbee. (liild : 126. Franlf, b. July 21, 1886. GREELE, OR GREELEY, FAINULY. 1. Jonathan Greele, b. Feb. 22, 1732; d. in 1815 or 1816. He m. Ruth Griffin, who d. March 27, 1778, aged 43; m., 2d, July 23, 1778, Mrs. Phebe Parker. Children : 2. Jonathan, b. April 24, 1756. 3. Mary, b. Oct. 14, 17.")7 ; m. Asa Butler. 4. Joim, b. April 26, 1759. 5. Rachel, b. Jan. 17, 1761. 6. Elizabeth, b. June 3, 1763. 7. Hannah, b. .Tune 15, 1765. 8. Abigail, b. Sept. 6, 1767. 9. Ruth, b. Aug. 28, 176!). 10. David (15), b. April 17, 1771. 11. Martha, b. late in 1772, or early in 1773 ; unm; d. Aug. 7, 1852. 12. Joel, b. April 28, 177!K 13. Daniel, b. April 24, 1782. 14. Samuel (20), b. Sept, 5, 1783. 15. David (10), b. April 17, 1771; m., April 3, 1798, Mrs. Rebecca (Hardy) Butler. Children : 16. Jonathan Butler, b. Doc. 23, 1798 ; m. Lucy Ann Coburn. 17. Mary, b. Nov. 15, ISOO; m. Hervey W. Bingham. 18. Rebecca, b. May 5, 1803 ; m. John Gage. 19. IIa,rriet, b. Jan. 6, 1806; m. Thomas Gowing. 20. Samuel (14), b. Sept. 5, 1783; d. Aug. 16, 1861. He was fitted for college at New Ipswicii Academy; grad. Harvard College, 1802; studied divinity with Rev. Jonatlian French of Andover; jjreached for several years, but was never ordained as minister of any society. He engaged in the business of making printing types, and retired from busi- ness several years before his death. He wiis elected representative to the Legislature for several years; was alderman of Boston in 1834, "35 and '36. He was dt^acon in tlic Federal St. Church, Boston, under Rev. Dr. Clianning and Rev. Dr. Gaunett. He m.. May 3, 1812, Lydia Maria Sew- all, dau. of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall of Marblehead. She d., Boston, Aug. 11, 1822, aged 32 yrs. He m., 2d, Oct. 19, 1823, Louisa May, dau, of GENEALOGIES : GREEN. 389 Col. Joseph May of Boston. She d. Nov. 14, 1828, aged 36 yrs. He m., 3d, Oct. 18, 1831, >taria xVntohiette Paine, dau. of Hon. Eobert Treat Paine of Boston. She d. March 2G, 1842, aged 58 yrs. He m., 4th, Oct. 8, 1844, Sarah Follansbce Emerson of Nevvburyport. Children by second wife : 21. Samuel Sewall (23), b. Oct. 11^ 1824. 22. Louisa May, b. Jan. 1, 1827. 23. Samuel Sewall (21), h. Oct. 11, 1S24. He grad. at Harvard College, 1844 ; removed to Chicago in 18.53, and opened a surveying office in that citj-, of which the firm-name is now " Greeley, (name changed) Carlson & Co;'" his son, Frederic, being a partner. He m., Chicago, June 20, 18."):"), Annie Morris Larned of Providence, R. I. He m. 2d, Eliza May Wells of Brookline, Mass. Children: 24. Frederick (30), b. March 13, 185C. 25. Louis May, b. May 24, 1858; grad. at Harvard College, 1880; a lawyer in Chicago. 26. Lucy, b. Sept. 22, 1801 ; d. Sept. 28, 1801. 27. Morris Larned, b. Dec. 17, 1863; a student in Mass. Institute of Technolog}^ 28. Ethel May ; child by second wife. 2!). Euth Lyman. Of five children bj' the second wife, three d. in infancy. 30. Freuekick (24), b. March 13, 1856; a surveyor; m. Sept. 21, 1881, Florence M. Arnold. Children : 31. Samuel Arnold, b. Aug. 1882. 32. Annie Larned, b. Dec. 1883. GREEN FAMILIES. 1. Francis GUEEN, b. Weathersfleld, "Vt., Sept. 7, 1809. He came to Wilton in 1830, and worked in finishing the first meeting-house of the Second Cong. Society. He did not live in Wilton from 18.33 to 1839, when he bought a part of the place now owned by George Barrett, where he res. a few years, and then bought the farm now owned by Curtis Bellows ; from there he moved to the East village, and works at his trade. His largest jobs were C. II. Burns's buildings, the Whiting House, and the Newell Mill. In 18G9 and 1870 lie was elected a representative to the Legislature. He in., Dec. 18, 1832, Nancy, dau. of Benjamin and Judith (Blanchard) Steele. Children : 2. Miiry Alnette, b. Nov. 19, 1834; m., June 1, 1855, Stephen C. Davis of Lowell- Mass. 3. George Warren, b. Dec. 2S, 18:i8; d. Feb. 25, ISSl ; m. Abby D. Stevens. For many years he was a successful grocer in Nashua. 1. B. F. Green was b., Otisfield, Me., May 30, 1822. He grad. from the Medical School in Cleveland, O., in 1846; practised medicine in Lynn, Mass., and came to Wilton iii June, 1885, and began to practise. He is the Physician of the Countj' Farm. He in., Washington, Me., June 3, 1847, Hannah E. Merrill. They have had three sons and three daughters. 390 HISTORY OF WILTON. GREGG FAMILY. 1. David Gregg, a native of New Boston; d. Jan 31, 1880, aged 03 yrs., 7 mos., 13 days. He began business in Wilton, Sept., 1860. He bought out Pattee & Abbott, who occupied the store that was started by Abram Mitchell of Nashua soon after the railroad was opened to Wilton. He also bought out George W. Daniels at the depot store, and moved the goods from the old store to the depot store, where the business was carried on under the firra-naine of D. Gregg & Co. His son, David A. Gregg, was his partner. He sold his interest in the store to his son-in- law, George F. Neville, who, after trading a few years in company with David E. Proctor, sold his interest to Mr. Proctor. Mr. Gregg had an interest for several years in a large lurabei'ing establishment in Michigan. In 1869 he built a fine house in the west part of the East village. He built a large establishment on Crown street near the Concord depot in Nashua foi- the manufacture of doors, sashes, blinds, &c., which has been carried on under the firm-name of Gregg & Son. In 1869 he was elected and served-as selectman ; in 1877 he was chosen representative to the Legislature, and in 1879 he was elected supervisor. He left a widow, a sou and a daughter. 2. David Ai^mus, son of preceding, was elected town clerk in 1863, '64 and "05 ; selectman in 1867, '68 ; and representative to the State Legis- lature in 1874, "75. In connection with his son, William A. Gregg, he continues to cany on the manufacturing business under the original firm- name. H, William A., son of preceding, m., June 15, 1881, Bessie, dan. of Hon. C. H. Burns. Children: 4. David, b. Jan. 23, 1882. 5. Donald Burns, b. Nov. 4, 1884. 6. Helen, b. Aug. 22, 1886. HALL FAMILY. 1. Timothy Hall bought of Archelaus Putnam lot No. 17, ninth range, deed dated March 26, 1774. He was last taxed in Wilton in 1799. Children by his wife, Sarah : 2. Timothjr, b. Sept. 28, 1776. 3. Sarah, b. April 26, 1778. 4. John, b. Feb. 19, 1780. 5. Mehitable, b. June 20, 1782. 6. Molly, b. Sept. 6, ]78r.. 7. James, b. Jan. 7, 1787. IIAKDY FAMILY. 1, James L. Hakdy was b. in HoUis, has res. in Nashua, Manchester, Amherst, and in Lawrence, Mass. He enlisted from Amherst, was mus- tered into the service, Dec. 20, 1861, as sergeant in Co. E., Eighth Regt., N. H. v., and was promoted to 2d. lieut., April 14, 1862; resigned Dec- 21, 1862. He came to Wilton in 1863 ; was appointed captain of the Light QKNEALOGIES : HARTSHORN. 391 Infantry. He served as representative from Wilton in 1873 and 1883. He has built three houses since his res. in town, one of which he has sold. He was one of the contractors for building the Town House. HARTSHORN FAMILY. 1. Thomas IIaiitshorn, b. in Reading, England, about 1G20; came with others and settled in Reading, Mass. He m., 1047, Susanna of Reading, by whom he had seven sons and one daughter. He m., 2d, Hannah , by whom he had one daughter. His j'oungest son by his first wife was : 2. Timothy, b. Feb. 23, 1661 ; m. Martha of Reading. 3. Thomas, son of preceding, b. June 10, 1691 ; m. Susanna of Reading. 4. Thomas, son of preceding, b. March 24, 1719; d. Feb. 7, 1809; m. Abiah , who \vas b. 1724, and d., Wilton, April 23, 1810. Children : 5. Thomas, b. Nov. 3, 1742. He m., Tamar Kimball; m., 2d, Abigail Cleveland of Salem, Mass. He served in the French war, and in the Rev- olution; was a captain in the Eighth Mass. Regt., Col. Michael Jackson, and was in commission until the peace. He was a man of sterling quali- ties, a well informed man, faithful in his public trusts and punctual in his promises. As a deacon of the first church in Salem, he was an ornament to his office, having talents to adorn it. 6. Abiah, b. March 25, 174.t; m., Aug. 10, 1764, Ezokiel Marsh, a descendant of John Marsh, who came in 1633 from England and settled in Salem ; father of Capt. Thomas Hartshorn Marsh, b., Danvers, July 9, 1776, and d., Hartland, Me., Oct. 20, 1870; grandfather of Lucius B. Marsh, b., Danvers, April 18, 1818, Col. of the 47th Regt. Infantry, Mass. Vol. and commanding the defences of New Orleans, during the siege of Port Hudson. 7. Jonathan (9), date of birth not known. 8. Samuel (19), b. June 13, 1760. 9. Jonathan (7), res. of Wilton many years, last taxed here in 1802 ; supposed to have res. later in New Ipswich. He served in C'apt. William Walker's co., that was called out by order of Gen. Folsom to reenforce the army in New York, from Doc. 7, 1776, until March, 1777, the pay roll showing service for three months and ten days. He was also in Capt. John Goss's co., of Gen. Stark"s brigade, in the Bennington campaign in 1777, term of service two months and eight days, and in Capt. James Mann's co.. Col. Nichols's regt., in the expedition to Rhode Island, Aug., 1778, term of service twenty-five days. Childr'cn b}- his wife, Hannah : 10. Hannah, b. March 2, 1776; m., Aug. 25, 1799, Benjamin Parker, Jun. 11. Jonathan, b. March 15, 1778. 12. Susanna, b. March 24, 1780. 13. Sarah, b. Feb. 4, 1782. 14. Loammi, b. Dec. 19, 1784. 15. Mary, b. March 10, 1787. 392 HISTORY OF WILTON. IG. Sally, b. Nov. 23, 1790. 17. Lublm, b. Jan. 5, 179.3. 18. Polly Lovejoy, b. Jan. 27, 1795. 19. Samuel (8), b. June 13, 1700. An industiious fanner; lived many years on the farm now owned by his grandson, George M. Harts- horn. He afterwards owned and lived on the farm now owned bj' John B. Baldwin, until age incapacitated him for labor, when he went to res. with his son-in-law, Hon. William Parker, in Franccstown, where he d. Feb. 11, 1847. He m., Nov. 30, 17SG, Jlaiy, dau. of Timothy and Eleanor Gray, who d. April 20, 1841, aged 84 yrs., 2 mos. Children : 20. Samuel (26), b. Feb. 18, 1788. 21. Thomas, b. Dec. 2.5, 1789. 22. Jacob, b. June 20, 1791 ; d. Nov. 20, 1798. 23. Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1793; d. Dec. 5, 1838. 24. Anna, b. Feb. 0, 1796; m., April 11, 1820, William Parker. See Parker gen. 25. Abiah, b. Nov. 10, 1798 ; m. ; d., Franccstown, Dec. 26, 1856. 26. Samukl (20), b. Feb. 18, 17HS; d. Dec. 3, 1832. He res. on the farm on which his son, George Hartshorn, now lives. He was a good townsman and a successful farmer. He m., !Marcli 6, 1817, Polly Tarbell, who was b., Mason, Feb. 9, 1793, and d. Sept. 27, 1S7G. Children : 27. Samuel Augustus, b. Nov. 13, 1817 ; m. Louisa Felt of Mason. 28. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 10, 1819 ; m. Otis Childs of Mason. 29. George (31), b. Dec. 11, 1820. 30. James Henry, b. May 26, 1829; m. Mary Sawtell of Mason. 31. kGEORGE (29), b. Dec. 11, 1820. He owns the homestead and by purchase of other land, has become one of the large landowners of Wilton, and has been successful as. a farmer. He m. Maria Mansur, who d. July 18, 1850, aged 20 yrs.; m., 2d, April 30, 1864, Ellen M. Holt. Children ; 32. George M. (34), b. July 18, 1850. 33. Nellie, b. Jan. 24, 1866. 34. George M. (32), b. July 18, 1850; owns and res. on the farm of his grandfather, Isaiah Mansur. He m.. May 5, 1880, Mary Effie Herrick, who d. July 12, 1887. See Herrick gen. (105). Child : 35. Bessie M.. b. Feb. 1, 1885. HASELTINE, OR HESELTINE FAMILY, SEE HESSELTON FAMILY. HATCH FAMILY. 1. George W. Hatch, b., Lyndeborough, Sept. 8, 1855. At eight years of age he went to Milford, and grad. there at the High School, June 26, 1874. He entered the Chandler Scientific Department, Dartmouth College, and attended that school two years and a half. He began the GENEALOGIES : HAWKINS. 393 study of medicine with T. B. Dearborn, M. D., of Milford, and grad. at Dartmouth Medical School Nov. 11, 1879. He began the practice of med- icine in Wilton, Dec. 21, 1879. He has been for six years the physician of the county farm. He m., Feb. 25, 1880, Marcella Smith of Milford. Children : 2. Fred Marshall, b. Nov. 2;"), 1880. 3. Lydia Elizabeth, b. Sept. 3, 1882. HAWKIXS FAMILY. 1. William Adrian Hawkins, b. Jan. 18, 1742; d., Heading, Vt., in 1817. His father, b., Dublin, Ireland, m. an English woman, and emi- grated to Bordeaux, France, where their two children, a son and a dau., were born. He was reputed wealthy, but lost most of his propertj- l)y pirates in the wars of that period. After his death his widow brought her children to America, but returned to her old hoine to recover her property, expecting to come back and settle here. The children had been left in good hands, but the mother never returned. Whether she d. on the voyage, or elsewhere, was never known. The dau. was adopted, and eventually m. one Drury. The boy, William Adrian, was appren- ticed to a tailor, and was said to be a superior workman at that trade. He came to \\'ilton a short time before the Revolution, and res. here till 1789, when he removed to Reading, Vt. The pay-rolls, dated Aug. 1, 177.5, of Col. James Reed's jcgt. of N. H. troops, show the names of thir- ty-two Wilton men, twenty-six of whom were enrolled April 23, 177.5, and the other six within ten days thereafter. On the roll of Capt. William Walker's co. stands the name of ^Villiam A. Hawkins, as first sergeant. He was promoted to ensign for his conduct at the Battle of Bunker Hill. See page 7'J. On Nov. 7, 1770 he was commissioned lieut. and in 1778 or 1779, captain. The regt. in which he served during the summer of 1781 was stationed at Saratoga, where he was attacked with ague, from which he suffered for three months. The currency with which he was paid was so nearly valueless that forty bushels of rye was the most valuable part of his pay for seven years' service. His wife, an energetic woman, main- tained the famil)' with what assistance her oldest children were able to give. He m. Abigail, dau. of John and Abigail (lavermore) Keyes, who was b., Northborough, Mass., Dec, 1743, and d., Reading, Vt., 1813. Children : 2. Abigail; m. Davis; removed to Canada, visited Wilton once with her two boys, returned to Canada and was not afterwards heard from. 3. Martha (10). 4. Mary (17). 5. William Lewis (23), b., Northborough, Mass., Juue 14, 1773. tt. Alice, baptized Feb. 21, 1779; d., aged 9 yrs. 7. George Washington (31), b. May 31, 1781. 8. Horatio Gates (43), b. Dec. 1, 1782. 9. John Sullivan (50), b., Wilton, Jan. 30, 1785. 394 HISTORY OF WILTON. 10. Martha (3), m., Oct. 28, 1788, Archelaus Putnam, 3d son of Archelaus Putnam, the first settler on what is now the county farm. Soon after their marriage they left Wilton and eventually res. at Glenn's Falls, N. Y. Children : 11. Archelaus (Putnam), b. June 10, 1792. 12. Martha (Putnam), b. Aug., 1799. 13. Lubin (Putnam), b. Aug., 1803. 14. George AV. (Putnam), b. 1806. 15. Abigail (Putnam), b. 1808. 16. Charles (Putnam), b. 1810. 17. Mary (4), m., Nov. 30, 1793, William Howard of Greenfield. They res. in Temple and had five sons and four or five daughters. Chil- dren : 18. William 11. (Howard), res on the homestead in Temple until age incapacitated him for labor, when he sold his farm to his brother Lewis, and removed to Wilton where he d., 1874, aged 80 yrs. 19. Horace (Howard), d. July 2, 1866, aged 01 j^rs. lie was a promi- nent business man in Lowell and for several years president of the Wame- sit Bank. 20. Lewis (Howard), b. 1804. 21. Sullivan (Howard), carpenter; for several years a res. of Green- ville, whore he erected a large number of buildings ; from there he went west. 22. Abigail (Howard), m. Benjamin T. Foster. See Foster gen. 23. William Lewis (5), b., Xorthborough, Mass., June 14, 1773; d., Eeading, Vt., Nov. 26, 18.59. He m., Reading, Vt., Anna Townsend. Children : 24. Lewis, b., Pvcading, Jan. 23, 1798; d., Sherburne, Vt., April 29. 1875. 25. William Adrian, b., lieading. May 24, 1800; d., Eeading, July 7, 1869. 26. Alfred, b., Reading, Aug. 29, 1803; d., St. Albans, Vt., Jan. G, 1885. 27. Isabella, b., Reading, Feb. 23, 1800; d., Reading, Sept. 14, 1885. 28. Ferdinand, b., Reading, Feb. 14, 1808 ; res. Reading, Vt. 29. Horatio Gates, b., Reading, March 3, 1810; d. in infancj'. 30. Josiah D., b., Reading, March 15, 1812 ; d., Brandon, Vt., June 18, 1882. 31. Georgk Washington (7), b. May 31, 1781; d. Feb. 7, 1851. A carpentei' ; res. in Temple until 1820, when he removed to Springfield, Vt. He served as selectman, 1811, '12., '13, and also held the offices of ensign, licut. and captain in the militia. He m. Hannah Mansur, b.. Temple, Oct. 13, 1778. Childreu : 32. Washington, b. May 12, 1803 ; d. in infanc\-. 33. Charles, b. Oct. 23, 1805 ; res. in Chester, Vt. 34. George Washington, b. Feb. 24, 1807 ; d. Feb. 4, 1842, 35. Amanda, b. Oct. 14, 1808; d. Feb. 21, 1872. 36. Laura Ann, b. Aug. 5, 1810; res. in Springfield, Vt. GENEALOGIKS : HERLIHT. S95 37. Abby, b. Jan 29, 1812; res. in Boston, Mass. 38. Hanson, b. Oct. 21, 1814; res. in California. 39. Hannah, b. Aug. 10, 1816; res. in Springfield, Vt. 40. Horace Emery, b. July 2. 1818 ; d. April 12, 1872. 41. Harriet, b. May 6, 1820; d. in infancy. 42. Henry, b. June 23, 1822 ; d. April 19, 1841. 43. Horatio Gatks (8), b. Dec. 1, 1782. A carpenter and farmer; res. in Manchester and Springfield, Vt. In early manhood ho united with the Cong. Ch. of which he was a deacon. Ho was an earnest worker in the cause of temperance and human freedom. His surviving dan. writes of him : " My father lived in one sense an uneventful life ; a man upright in every walk of life, with a strong purpose to be that ■ noblest work of God, an honest man.' " He m., 1804, Polly Bates, who d. April 23, 1849 ; ra., 2d, Mrs. Louise Burgess, a sister of his first wife. Children : 44. Mary, b. May 16, 1805; m.. May, 1823, George G. Barnard. 45. Horatio B., b. Aug. 4, 1807 ; m. Abbie Gale. 46. Christina, b. May 4, 1809; m., Sept., 1839, Edward Swift. 47. Martha, b. Dec. 3, 1816 ; m.. May, 1831, Oscar Brown. 48. Persis Hall, b. June 13, 1818; m., Jan. 10, 1849, Return M. Under- hill ; res. Dorset, Vt. 49. David Lewis, b. March 20, 1827. A lawyer; was district judge in Missouri for twelve years, aud is now Assistant Secretary of the Interior in Washington, D. C. 50. John Sullivan (9), b., Wilton, Jan. 30, 1785; d., Macomb, 111., 1870. He res. in Reading, Vt., Laporte, Ind., and Macomb. lie was a Free Mason, became a member of the Pres. Ch. when 70, and was an elder in it until his death; noted for his biblical knowledge. He m.. Cavendish, Vt., June 5, 1818, Mary Morrison, who was b., Peterborough, Dec. 11, 1798, aud d., Laporte, 1843. Children : 51. Sarah, b., Reading, Vt., March 15, 1819 ; m., Sept. 6, 1838, Charles F. Ingalls ; res. in northern Illinois. , 52. Alice Bates, b., Reading, Vt., Feb. 17, 1821; m. Andrew Goodell; ra., 2d, Leonard H. Woodworth. The four next children, three sons and a dau., d. in infancy. 53. John H., b., Reading, Vt., June 19, 1825; d., Laporte, Ind., Nov. 12, 1843. 54. Mary A., b., Reading, Vt., Oct. 9, 1828 ; m., July 1, 1844, Orlando F. Piper. 55. Elizabeth, d. in Cavendish ; m. and had three children. 56. Daniel Webster, b.. Cavendish. Vt., Nov. 26, 1835 ; res. in Chicago. 57. Martha A., b. March 11, 1840 ; m., Sept. 1, 1859, John R. McMillan. The above named family except Daniel W. were all born in Beading, Vt., and the five now living are res. of Illinois. HERLIHY FAMILY. 1. John Herliiiy, b. in Ireland, lie bought the farm on whicli he lives, Aug. 20, 1858 ; bought the adjoining farm of Michael Rlney, May. 1880, and bought the Baker place, near the cemetery in East Wilton, iu 396 HISTORY OF WILTON. 1884. He m., Feb. 20, 1859, Kate Harinar, b., Ireland, Feb. 14, 1839. Children : 2. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 29, 1859; d. Sept. 14, 1870. 3. Hannah Josephine, b. Jan. 1, 1861. 4. Maurice, b. Dec. 5, 1862. 5. David Walter, b. Aug. 18, 1864. 6. John Francis, b. June .30, 1866. 7. Joseph Michael, b. April 2, 1868. 8. Katie Jane, b. Feb. 4, 1870. 9. Patiick Henr}', b. May 27, 1872. 10. William Arthur, b. Jan. 5, 1874. 11. Charlie Edward, b. Nov. 16, 1875. 12. Alice Francos, )). Aug. 3, 1877. 1.3. Elizabeth May, b. March 12, 1880. HERRICK FAMILY. From the Gen. Register of the family of Herrick, published by Hon. .Jedediah Herrick in 1846, vi'e learn that " the traditions of this very ancient family claim their descent from Ericke, a Danish chief, who invaded Britain, during tlic reign of Alfred the Great, and having been vanquished by tliat king, was compelled with his followers to repeople the wasted districts of East Anglia ; the government of which he held as a flof of the English crown. He is recognized in history as ' Ericke, King of the Danes, who lield the countrie of East Anglia." " The line is traced down through "Eric the Forester," to " Henerie Ilirick, Hericke or Her- rick, of the eleventh generation from King Ericke." Previous to this time the name is spelled in at least seventeen different ways, but after that time the oithography is Herrick. 1. IIenuy Hkrtmck, the Anglo-American ancestor of a numerous race in this country, was b. 1C04; d. 1671. He came fronr Leicester, England, to Naumkeag, the» first named Salem, June 24, 1629. He ra. Editha, dan. of Hugh Lasldn of Salem, and settled at "Cape Ann S.yde," " o^'or against Massies."" Of their eight children two have descendants res. in Wilton. Children : 2. Thomas, m. Hannah Ordway. 3. Zacharie, baptized Dec. 25, 1030. 4. Ephraim, baptized Feb. 11, 1638. 5. Henry (10), baptized Jan. 10, 1040. (5. Joseph (IG), baptized Aug. 0, 1045. 7. Elizabeth, baptized .Tuly 4, 1047. 8. .rohn, baptized May 25, 1050. 0. Benjamin, d. about 1675. 10. Henry (.5), liaptized Jan. 10, 1040. He inherited the paternal farm in Beverly ; m. Lydia . Cliildren : 11. Lydia, baptized Sept. 20, ISOC ; m. Porter . 12. Joseph (18), baptized Sept. 20, 1606. 13. Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 0, 1008; m. Isaac Woodbury. 14. Samuel, baptized 1070. GENEALOCHES : HEEEICK. 397 15. Jonathan, baptized 1672. 16. Joseph («), baptized Aug. 6, 1645. He res. at CiierryHil], Salem. He ui. Sarah Leach. Child : 17. Joseph (23), b. April 2, 1667. 18. JosKPH (12), baptized Sept. 26, 1666. He res. in Beverly; was captain of a troop of mounted rangers in the French war. He m. Mary . Children : 19. Henry (29), b. Sept. 9, 1688. 20. Lydia, b. JLay 2!>, 1691 ; m. Benjamin Woodbm-y. 21. Joanna, b. 1695; ni. Ebenezer Kaymond. 22. Joshua, b. Feb. 22, 169.8-99. 23. Joseph (17), b. April 2, 1667 ; d. Sept. 11, 1749. He res. in Bev- erly, Marblehead and Topslield. He m., prior to 1696, Elizabeth . Children : 24. Israel, b. Sept. 30, 1696. 25. Beujamin (34), b. April 14, 1700. 26. Xeheniiah, baptized 1702. 27. Mary, baptized 1706. 28. Joseph, baptized 1709. 29. Henky (19), b. Sept. 9, 1688; d. 1755. He res. in Beverly and was captain in the French and Indian war. He m., Dec. 1, 1709, Joanna Woodbury. (;;hildren : 30. Mary 1). Nov. 11, 1711 ; m. Larcum. 31. Joseph, b. July 18, 1714. 32. Henry (38), b. Oct. 5, 1716. 33. Eunice, b. May 1, 1719 ; m. Samuel Gates. 34. Benja5[ix (25), b. April 14, 1700; d. 1773; res. in Beverly and Methuen. Ho ni., 1720, Lydia Hayward. Children: 35. Israel, b. Dec. 3, 1721. 36. Edward (40), b. Jan. 6, 1724. 37. Lydia, b. March 18, 1726. There were ten other children in the family. 38. Henry (32), b. Oct. 5, 1716; d. Dec. 9, 1780; res. in Beverly; a colonel in the Revolution, and representative to the Mass. Legislature. He m. Anna Batchelder. Children : 39. Joseph (47), b. Feb. 15, 1738. There were seven other children in the family. 40. Edward (36), b. Jan. 6, 1724; d. Sept. 22, 1756; res. in Methuen. He m., Oct. 9, 1744, Sarah Kimball. Children: 41. Lydia, baptized June 2, 1751. 42. Sarah, baptized Juno 2, 1751. 43. Mary, baptized June 2, 1751. 44. Anna, baptized June 2, 1751. 45. Benjamin, b. Dec. 6, 1752. 46. Edward (58), b. Oct. 9, 1754. 47. Joseph (39), b. Feb. 15, 1738; d. Sept. 23, 1810. He was of Beverly, and removed to Greenfield, where he was for many years a 398 HISTORY OF WILTON. magistrate, representative, &c. He m., March 31, 1761, Anna Jackson. Children : 48. Anna, b. Oct. 22, 1761. 49. Pyam (68), b. Dec. 23, 1763. 50. Bethiah, b. June 17, 1766. 51. George, b. June 16, 1770. 52. Wilkes. 53. Axamia. 54. Mary. 55. Joanna. 56. Kuth. All b. in Greenfield ; no dates. 57. Hannah, b. March 3, 1768. 58. Edward (46), b. Oct. 9, 1754; d. Feb. 25,1811;, He was from Andover, and came to Wilton about 1770.. He purchased a part of the estate of Caleb Putnam, deceased; also land of John Cram, as is shown by deeds dated 1799 and 1782. He also bought the mills at Barnes's Falls, and occupied them until his death. He was three years, or more, in the Army of the Eevolution. After the adoption of the constitution of New Hampshire, he was chosen first lieut. in Capt. Jona. Burton's co. of militia. He ni., Nov. 18, 1779, Mary, dau. of Joseph Holt. See Holt gen. (67). Children : 59. Benjamin, b. Dec. 13, 1780; res. in Andover, Mass.; m. Elsie Nugent. 60. Mary, b. April 13, 1782 ; m. Dr. John Putnam. See Putnam gen. 61. George (71), b. Feb. 12, 1784. 62. Edward (78), b. Oct. 29, 1785. 63. Sarah, b. Dec. 27, 1788; m. Eev. Josiah Peete of Norridgewock, Me. They had three children. 64. Anna, b. Dec. 6, 1790; m. Elijah Stockwell; res. in Wilton. 65. Israel (89), b. July 9, 1794. 66. Diadamia, b. Jan. 1, 1797; d. Feb. G, 1797. 67. Larkin, b. Dec. 16, 1790. A tanner and carpenter. He m., May 17, 1827, Sarah Sheldon. They had two daughters, of whom we have found no record. 68. Pyam (49), b. Dec. 23, 1763; d. Dec. 23, 1846. After his third marriage he removed from Greenfield to Wilton, and res here the remain- der of his life. He m. Mehitabel Fuller. He m., 2d, Parker. He m., 3d, Feb., 1827, Mrs. Sarah Stiles. He m., 4th, March 28, 1837, Betsey Flint. See Flint gen. (27). Children by 2d wife : 69. Sabra, b. 1805; d. Oct. 22. 1857; m. Samuel W. Bridges. See Bridges gen. (23) . 70. Henry, b. 1807; d. Oct. 13, 1863; unm. 7 1 . George (61) , b. Feb. 12, 1784. After his marriage he resided a few years in Vermont. He m. Mary, dau. of Joel Holt. See Holt gen. (102). 72. Amos (95), b. July, 1809. 73. Larkin, b. 1812; d. Sept. G, 1831. 74. Mary, b. 1816; d. April 13, 1832. 75. Daniel, m. and with his brother, Israel, for several years owned the Stockwell farm. They sold their farm in 1855 and removed to west- ern New York. In a few years Israel returned to Wilton, but Daniel GENEALOGIES : HEERICK. 399 remained and d. there. He had several children, of whom we have no record. 76. Israel, b. Nov., 1821; d. April 17, 1877; m. Elliot; had several children. 77. George, m. and went west. 78. Edward (62), b. Oct. 29, 1785 ; d. Dec. 9, 1873. A miller, farmer and carpenter. He res. in Wilton, Lyndeborough, Lowell and Nashua. He m., Dec. 27, 1810, Nancy Barrett, who d. Nov. 27, 1821. See Barrett gen. (2). He m., 2d, Nov. 22, 1825, Mary Andrews. Children : 79. Edward Barrett, b. April 11, 1812; d. Nov., 1878; m. A mason, and for maiij- years a master mechanic iu building the factories and boarding houses in Lawrence, Mass. 80. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 17, 1814; m , Jan. 22, 1835, Joel Hesselton. See Hesselton gen. (23). 81. Eliza Ann, b. June 2, 1816 ; m. Oscar G. Ingalls. 82. Charles Prescott, b. April 27, 1818; m; a mason. 83. Nancy Dodge, b. July 1, 1820 ; m., Oct., 1841, Silas B. Winn, who d. July 27, 1844. By him she had one daughter. She m., 2d, Nov. 27, 1845, Pierce Gage. See Gage gen. 84. Alonzo, b. Dec. 9, 1827; d. July 19. 1854. 85. John A., b. Nov. 30, 1839. 86. Harriet J., b. Dec. 26, 1831. 87. Andrew J., b. June 5, 1884; d. 1861. 88. Clymenia Frances, b^ April 5, 1838. 89. Israel (65), b. July 9, 1794. He grad. from the Medical School, Dartmouth Coll. ; res. in Wilton, Hillsborough and Lyndeborough. He changed from the Allopathic to the Homeopathic method of medical treat- ment. He was a representative in the General Court and town clerk. He was ii strong opponent of slavery. He m. Eliza H. Burns, who was b. Nov. 24, 1802, and d. April 20, 1868. He m., 2d, Emeline, dau. of Joseph and Chloe (Abbot) Gray. Children: 90. Eliza Diadamia. 91. Lafayette. 92. William J. 93. Edward Horatio. 94. Benjamin Goodwin. 95. Amos (72), b. July, 1809; d., New Orleans, June 17, 1863. He enlisted in the Sixteenth Kegt., N. H. V. He m. Betsey B. Larkin of Lyndeborough, who d. Aug. 13, 1878, aged 68 yrs., 7 mos. Children: 96. Larkin (103), b. Aug. 4, 1835. 97. Charles, b. Dec. 3, 1837; d. Dec. 21, 1870; res. in Penn. He m. Cordelia Mills. 98. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 15, 1838; unm. ; res. in Lynn. 99. Harriet F., b. Sept. 20, 1840; res. in Greenville; m., Sept. 3, 1862, H. M. Livingston. They have one son. 100. Pirl, b. Sept. 14, 1842; d. of disease June 13, 1863. He enlisted, Aug. 21, 1862, as a recruit, and was enrolled in Co. D, Fourth Regt., N. H. V. 400 HISTOEY OF WILTON. 101. Betsey Anna, b. June 2i, I860; res. in Fitchburg, Mass.. ni.. Jan. 12, 1864, George A. Sawyer. They have one daughter. 102. George W., b, Aug 18, 1847. He enlisted Aug. 12, 1864, and was enrolled in Co. B., Eighth Regt., N. H. V. He m,, .July 12, 1870, Xaonn F. Smith. They have one daughter. 103. Laekin (9«), b. Aug. 4, 1835; d. July 12, 1883. A section hand on the railroad for several years. He bought a part of the King farm on whieh he lived the rest of his life. He was an industrious and good citizen. He m., Jan. 14, 1858, Sarah J. Tenney. Children: 104. Elmer E., b. Oct. 31, 1838 ; d. July, 1861. 105. Mary Effle, b. Jan. 23, 1861 ; d. July 12, 1887; m., May, 0, 1880, George M. Hartshorn. See Hartshorn gen. (34). 106. Annie E., b. June 4, 1862. 107. Charles M., b. Sept. 16, 1866. 108. Bessie M., b. March 27, 1874. 109. Hattie M., b. Jan. 23, 1876. HESSELTON, HASELTINE 01; HESELTINE FAMILIES. In the early records of Wilton are found the names of Nathaniel and Nathan Haseltine.* AVhether they were brothers or not, we have no evi- dence. From records of deeds and transcripts of roads, we learn that Nathaniel Haseltine owned and lived on the farm now owned by James Burton. He was chosen in 1774 surveyor of highways. He sold his laud 1ji 1776. We have found no i-ecord of his family. His name and that of Nathan Haseltine are signed to the resolve, dated June 3, 1776, " to defend by arms the united Colonies against the hostile attempts of the British Fleets and Armies." Among the papers left by the late Major Jonathan Burton the following items are found of services rendered in the army of the Revolution : " Nathan Haseltine four months by his son David in the three years' service, for which he paid after his son returned sixteen dollars." "David Haseltine four months in the three years" ser- vice, personal." " Stephen Butterlield twelve months by Nathaniel Haseltine in the Canada voyage in 1776, for which he paid £2 2s." " Lt. Joseph Butterlield eighteen months in three years' service by David Heseltine, for which he paid £15." From the above we learn that Nathan Heseltine was the father of David, and probably of Nathan, Jun. David Heseltine m., Juue 19, 17S2, Hannah, youngest dau. of John Cram, and settled in Vermont. We have no record of his children. The late Sumner Hesselton was his grandson. Sumner Hesselton came to Wilton in 1839 ; d. Jan. 5, 1885, aged 70 yrs., 10 mos. He bought the farm east of Wilton Centre, formerly owned by Samuel Sheldon, and removed to it in 1830. On account of failing health he sold his farm, Nov., 1870, and removed to the East village in 1873. He m., Oct. 5, 1848, Betsey A. Sheldon ; n. ch. * We find the name spelled In different ways, but in Wilton it is usually written, Hes- selton.— [S. Putniim. HELIOTYPE PRINTING CO., 90STON. GENEALOGIES : HESSELTON. 401 1. Nathan Hesselton, JuN., m. Phebe . Children: 2. Phebe, b. April 30, 177(). 3. John, b. Jan. 34, 1779; m., April 17, 1808, Sally, dau. of John Baldwin. 4. Nathan (9), b., aucording to the testimony of the late David Put- nam of l^yndeborough, on the spot where the glass factory at South Lyndeborough now stands. 5. Samuel. The church records of Wiltou show that the above named four children were baptized Oct. 20, 1783. B. Louis, baptized Nov. 6, 1785. 7. Betty, baptized Sept. 28. 1788. 8. Sarah, baptised Sept. 26, 1790. 9. Nathan (4), d. Jan. 4, 1814. He removed to Weston, Vt., where his three oldest children were born; the two youngest were born in Andover, Vt. He m., 1805, Prudence, dau. of Timothy Baldwin of Wil- ton. After the death of her husband she returned to \Vilton with all her • children, except Daniel, and d. Aug. 12, 1856. See Baldwin gen. (14). Children : 10. Abel, b. Feb. 23, 1806; unm. A good mechanic; res. in Wilton. ■ 11. Daniel (15), b. Nov. 11, 1807. 12. Joel (24), b. Oct. 9, 1809. 13. Nathaniel (29), b. Aug. 13, 1811. 14. Hannah, b. April 7, 1813 ; d. Nov. 16, 1885. She m., Oct. 16, 1842, Calvin Carlton, who was b., Barre, Vt., Nov. 4, 1811. 15. Daniel (11), b. Nov. 11, 1807; d. June 24, 1877; res. in Vt.; m. Harriet Chandler. Their three sons all served in the army. Children : 16. Hattie E., b. Dec. 13, 1833. 17. Daniel H., b. May 9, 1836. 18. Bela C, b. Oct. 6, 1840; d. Jan. 12, 1862. He enlisted in a west- ern regiment, and d. in the army. 19. Helen M., b. Oct. 11, 1842; deceased. 20. Marcia (32), b. Sept. 6, 1843. 21. Lucius A., b. May 15, 1846. 22. Lucia A., b. May 15, 1846. 23. Lucy A., b. April 4, 1849. 24. Joel (12), b. Oct. 9, 1809. When about seven years old, he went to live with Lieut. John Stiles, where he remained until he began to learn the mason's trade with Samuel Sheldon. With the exception of a few years he has lived in Wilton. He was twice chosen representative to the Legislature. He m., Jan. 22, 1835, Mary J. Herrick. See Herrick gen. (80). Children: 25. Charles (34), b. May 27, 1836. 36. Nancy Jane (38), b. Dec. 13, 1841. 27. Mary Josephine, b. Oct. 23, 1845; d. Jan. 29, 1850. 28. Luella Caroline (43), b. Aug. 25, 1849. 29. Nathaniel (13), b. Aug. 13, 1811; d. Sept. 11, 1881. A carpen- ter. He m., April 28, 1840, Mary D., dau. of Frederic and Mary D. Hutchinson, who d. Jan. 28, 1880, aged 66 yrs., 3 mos. Children ,- 402 HISTORY or WILTON. 30. Mary A., b. ISil ; d. Sept. 24, 1864. 31. Timothy C, b. 1847; d. April 9, 1S70. 32. Makcia (20), b. Sept. 0, 1S43; in., Sept. 19, 1861, Orrin P. Rus- sell, who was b., Lj'iideborough, 1837. A hou^e painter and has res. in Wilton about 20 years. Child : 33. Imogene V. (Russell), b. Oct. 9, 186U; d. June 13, 1870. 34. Charles (25), b. May 27, 1836. He is a stone and brick mason. His father and he own an excellent granite quarry, which they have worked for several years. He has served several years as selectman. He m., April 9, 1863, Emily A. Russell. Children : 35. Edward VV^ilsou, b. April 16, 1865. 36. Horace Wilson, b. Xov. 7, 1868 ; d. July 15, 1875. 37. Mabel Josephine, b. Jan. 21, 1871 ; d. May 11, 1S71. 38. Nancy Jane (20), b. Dec. 13, 1841; m., Aug. 27, 1868, .Joseph Woodbury Howard, of the furniture manufacturing company in Nashua. Children : 39. Charles Woodbury (Howard), b. Oct. 28, 1869. 40. Frank Barrett (Howard), b. Sept. 20, 1871. 41. Mary Hesselton (Howard), b. Aug. 14, 1876. 42. Luella C. (28), b. Aug. 2.i, 1849; m., June 12, 1870, Freeman Bailey ; a farmer and furniture maker. Child : 43. Ethel Josephine (Bailey), b. Dec. 29, 1874. HICKEV FAJVIIL^'. 1. John B. Hickey, b., Ireland, Nov. 21, 1840; came to Wilton in 1863. In 1865 he bought the farm on which he has since res., and, in 1879, bought the east quarter of lot No. IS, fifth range. He has served three years as selectman, and is at present, 1886, one of the supervisors of the check list. He m., Feb. 16, 1867, Mary Herlihy, b., Ireland, Sept. 9, 1841. Children : 2. Hannah, b. April 24, 1871. 3. David, b. Oct. 19, 1873. 4. Nellie, b. Feb. 14, 1876. 5. WilUam, b. Dec. 17, 1877. HOLT FAMILIES. 1. Nicholas Holt, b. 1602. He sailed in ship James, of London, from Southampton, England, April 6, 1635, and reached Boston on the third day of June. In the list of passengers he is enrolled as " Nicholas Holt of Roinsey, tanner." He first settled in Newbury, and, in 1644, removed with his family to Audover. His first wife, Elizabeth, d., Andover, Nov. 9, 1656. He m., 2d, Hannah, widow of Daniel Rolf and dau. of Humphrey Brad- street; she d., Andover, June 30, 1665. He m., 3d, May 21, 1666, Mrs. Martha I'reston. He had liy his first wife four sons and four daughters; by his second wife, one son and one daughter. The Holts of \Vilton are descended from the foui' sons of the first wife, named below : 2. Samuel (6), b., Newbury, Oct. 6, 1641. 3. Henry (9), b., Andover, 1644. GENEALOGIES : HOLT. 403 4. Nicholas (13), b. 1647. ~'\o. James (16), b. 1651. 6. Sajiukl (2), b., Xevvbui-y, Oct. 6, 1641; d., Andover, Xov. 7, 1703. Children by his wife, Sarah : 7. Samuel (18), b. Aug. 8, 1670. 8. .John (20), b. about 1672. 9. Henry (3), b., Audover, 1644 ; d. Jan. 17, 1719. He m. Sarah Bal- lard ; 14 ch. ; we give the names of three : 10. Oliver (23), b. Jan. 14, 1671. 11. James (25), b. Sept. 3, 1675. 12. Humphrey (27), b. Sept. 22, 1693. 13. Nicholas (4), b. 1647; d. Oct. 8, 1715. He m., Jan. 8, 1679, Marj"^, dau. of Robert Russell. Children : 14. Nicholas (29), b. Dec. 21, 1683. 15. Thomas (32), b. Aug. 16, 1686. ~^16. James (5), b. 1651; d., of small-pox, Dec. 13, 1690. He m., Oct. 12, 1675, Hannali Allen. Child : .; 17. Timothy (34), b. Jan. 25, 1683. 18. Samuel (7), b. Aug. 3, 1670; d. July 20, 1747. He m., March 28, 1693, Hannah Farnum, who d. Jan. 30, 1758, aged 91 yrs. Child: 19. John (37), b. 1707. 20. John (8), b. about 1672 ; m., July 17, 1712, Muhitable Wilson. 21. .lohn (41), b. ilay, 1713. 22. Elizabeth, b. June, 1718; m., Sept. 18, 1744, Timothy Holt (52). 23. Olivek (10), b. Jan. 14, 1671; m., Jan. 16, 1697-98, Hannah Rus- sell ; 9 ch. ; the son, named below, had descendants living in Wilton : 24. Oliver (44), b. Dec. 26, 1698. 25. James (11), b. Sept. 3, 1675; m., about 1700, Susanna Preston; 4 ch. beside the son named below: 26. James (46), b. 1707. 27. HuMi'HREY (12), b. Sept. 32, 1693; m., about 171G, Abigail , by whom he had eight children, of whom we name one : 28. Fifleld (48), b., Andover, July 28, 1717. 29. Nicholas (14), b. Dec. 21, 1683. He m. Mary Manning, by whom he had four children; she d. March 3, 1716. He m., 2d, April 12, 1717, Dorcas, dau. of Timothy and Hannah (Graves) Abbot; she was b. May 6, 1698 ; by her he had six children, of whom we name two : 30. Timothy (52), b. Jan. 17, 1719. 31. Dorcas, b., Andover, Sept. 4, 1727 ; d. at Wilton. She m., as his second wife, Thomas Holt (56). 32. Thomas (15), b. Aug. 16, 1686; m., Dec. 11, 1708, Alice Peabody, by whom he had eight children, of whom we name one : 33. Thomas (56), b. March, 1712. ~J 34. Timothy (17), b. Jan. 25, 1683; d. March 4, 1758. lie m., April 19, 1705, Rhoda Chandler, who was b. Sept. 26, 1684, and d. Aug. 14, 1765. They had ten children, of whom we name two : 35. Timothy (58), b. April 16, 1714. 404 HISTORY OF WILTON. -36. Joseph (60), b. Feb. 14, 1718. 37. John (19), b. 1707; m., Oct. 8, 1731, Mary Lewis; six children, three of whom lived in Wilton : 38. Jeremiah (74), b. March 31, 1734. 30. Mary, b. April 12, 1737; ni., Nov. 4, 1736, Samuel Pettengill. See Petteugill gvii. 40. \\mos (88), b. M:iy 1). 1740. 41. John ("21), b. May, 1713; he was killed by being thrown from a wagon while removing to AVMltou. He m. Kachel Fletcher of Chelmsford, 31as,s., and had by her ten children, two of whom have lived in Wilton : 42. .roel (101), b.. Andover, Mass. 43. Daniel (110), b., Andover, Mass., 1746. 44. OLiviiK (24), b. Dec. 26, 16'J8; d., of small pox, Dec. 11, 1760. A blacksmitli. He m., July 5, 1722, Susanna Wright, who d. Dec. 1, 1760, of small pox; eight children, of whom one lived in Wilton: 45. Oliver (115), b., Andover, Jan. 24, 1740. 46. JAMiis (26), b. 1707; m., Oct. 22, 1733, Mary Chandler; five chil- dren, of whom the youngest lived in Wiltou : 47. Zcla (118), b. Dec. 2!), 1738. 48. FiFiEM) (28), b., Andover, July 28, 1717; m., Aug. 31, 1741, Abi- gail Taylor and removed to AVilton. Children : 4}). Anna, b., Andover, Sept. 26. 1742. 50. Fitteld (121), b. Oct. 2'J, 1744. 51. Abigail, b. April 11, 1748. 52. TiJiOTHY (30), 1). Jan. 17, 171!) ; removed, about 1769, to Wilton, where he d. Nov., 1801. He ui., Sept. IS, 1744, Elizabeth Holt (22) ; four children, of whom three lived in Wilton : 53. Elizabeth, b. Xov. 25, 1748; m. Isaac Frye and removed to Wilton. Sec Fryc gen. (16). 54. llaunali, b. Jan. 18, 17.54; m. Richard Whitney. 55. Sarah, b. May 31, 1757; m. William Pierce. 56. Thomas (33), b. March, 1712 ; d., Xov. 21, 1776. He was reputed to be the largest land-holder in .Andover, having owned land for a mile or more in every direction from his house. His wife, Dorcas, is said to have had the first gig brought into the village, and to have excited no little wonder as she drove to meeting at a rate not quite oithodox. Perhaps our late respected townsman, " Peddler Holt," inherited his fondness for horses from his grandmother. Thomas in., Aug. 15, 1734, Hannah Kim- ball of Boxford, who d. June 12, 1748. He m., 2d, Jan. 26, 1749, Dorcas (31), dan. of Nicholas and Dorcas (Abbot) Holt. After the death of her husband she removed to Wilton. Thomas and Dorcas had six children, of whom the son, named below, lived in Wilton : 57. William (129), b. Sept. 7, 1763. 58. TlMOTny (35), b. April 16, 1714; m., Feb. 13, 1739, Harriet Dane; flive children, of whom the youngest lived in Wilton : 69. Ezra (138), b. March 20, 1762. / 60. JOSKPH (36), b. Feb. 14, 1718; d., Wiltou, Aug., 1789. Grad. GENEALOGIES : HOLT. 405 Harvard College, 1739, and for some j'ears had charge of the Grammar school at Andover. He served in the expedition to Canada, 1758, and kept a journal, which has heeu published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Eegister. He removed to Wilton, 1765, and was busied in teaching, surveying and milling. He owned the mill on the south side of Mill Brook at Barnes's Falls, afterwards known as the Herrick mill. He was town clerk five years, selectman three years, beside being elected, with Jonathan Burton, to fill vacancies in the board of selectmen, caused by the death of Eichard Taylor and the enlistment of Jacob Adams, Jan., 1777. He ni., .fan. 17, 1745, Dolly Johnson, Who d. Dec. 13, 1753; m., 2d, April 10, 1755, Widow Mary Eussell. Children ; ^- 61. Joseph (146), b., Andover, Sept. 28, 1745. 62. Dolly, b. Aug., 1747 ; d. young. 63. RhodM. b. July 17, 1749; d. young. 64. Dolly, b. Oot. 4, 17.")1 ; m., Xov. 2(1, 1707, Benjiinuu Fanium. 65. Simeon (155), b. JLay 22, 17.")2. 66. Ehoda, b. Dec. 30, 1753 ; d. Jan. 8, 1755. 67. Mary, b. Nov. 24, 1755 ; m., Nov. 18, 1779, Edward, son of Edward and Sarah (Kimball) Herrick. See Herrick gen. (58). 68. Ehoda, b. Oct. 16, 1757; d. July 25, 1799; m., Nov. 25, 1778, John Dale. See Dale gen. (16). 69. Valentine (164), b. about 1758. "0. Esther, b. March 26, 1760; drowned. 71. Twins, b. and d. Aug. 16, 1762. 72. Joshua, b. Nov. 5, 1765. 73. Esther, m. Ebeuezer Pearson: they lived in Wilton for some years, then in Lyndeborough. 74. Jeremiah (38), b. March 31, 1734; d. 1816. He came to Wilton about 1761, and lived where Curtis Bellows now resides. He m., April 21, 1756, Hannah, dau. of Barachias and Hannah (Holt) Abbot. She was b. May 29, 1737 ; d. Nov., 1812. Children : 75. Jeremiah, b. June 8, 1750; d. Oct. 3, 1770. 76. Barachias (173), b. Feb. 19, 1758. 77. Amos, b. Feb. 16, 1760; d. Dec, 1782. 78. Enoch, b. March 20, 1702. 79 Elias, b. May 5, 1764. 80. John, b. Sept. 16, 1766. 81. Elijah, b. July 13, 1768. 82. Hannah, b. June 7, 177(i. 83. Phebe, b. April 14, 1772. 84. Ehoda, 1). Feb. 3, 1774. 85. Timothy Abbot, b. Oct. .J. 1775 : d. Aug. 22, 1777. 86. .lereniiah, b. Dec. 17, 177S. 87. Timothy Abbot, b. Aug. 24, 1781. 88. Amos (40), b. May 9. 1740; ros. on the farm now owned by Charles Moore; m., .Tune 29. 1761. Jemima Iiigalls. Ciilldren: 89. Lydia, b. .Ian. 17, 1762. 406 HISTORY OF WILTON. 90. Amos, b. Oct. 2, 17C4 ; d. Aug. 11, 17C7. 91. Hannah, b. .Tan. 11, 1767. 92. AnioB (180), b. Oct. 20, 1708. 93. Sarah, b. .Jan. 1.3, 1771. 94. Isaiah, b. Sept. 28, 1772. 95. Peter, b. .Tune 8. 1774; d. Sept. 9, 1774. 96. Peter, b. Aug. 24. 177.") ; d. April .30, 1777. 97. Abel, b. Sept. 11, 1777. 98. Levi. b. June 28, 1780. 99. Lewis, b. .Tuly 4, 1782. 100. Chloe, b. Sept. 4, 1784, [?] ; m. William L. Bales. 101. Joel (42), b. Audovcr, ]\[ass. ; d., Milford, June 28, 1847. He served three years from Wilton in the Eevolutionaiy army. He m., Nov., 1780, Polly Coburn. See Amos Coburu gen. (2). (Children: 102. Polly, b. April 17, 1787; m. George, son of Edward and Mary (Holt) Herrick. See Ilerrick gen. (71). 103. Betsey, b. Sept. G, 17811. 104. Patt}^ b. July IS, 1791 ; m. Oliver Perham, Jun. 105. .Toel, b. April 2.!, 1793. 106. Daniel, b. May 22, 170.5. 107. Sally, b. May 18, 1797. 108. Rachel, b. July 31, 1801. 109. Xehemiah, b. May 9, 1803 ; res., Milford. 110. Daniel (43), b., Andover, ^SEass., 1740; d. Xov. .5, 1778. He came to Wilton and settled on the place of which a part is now owned by his grandson, Mark Holt. He m. Mehitable, dau. of Jacob and Susanna (Styles) Putnam. Children: 111. Mehitable, b. .Sept. 11, 1768; m., Feb. 20, 1791. James Abbot of Billerica, Mass. 112. Daniel (188), b. Oct. 29, 1709. 113. Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1772 ; m. Abiel Holt of Milford. 114. Caleb, b. Oct. 10, 1777; d. over 90 j'ears of age. Before marriage he went to Weld, Me., and settled near Webb"s Pond, three miles from any house. Once a week he went to his neighbor's for his washing and for bread, potatoes and pork, which, with trout caught in an eel-pot set in the brook, made his living. Having matters somewhat arranged, he moved his wife there, aud for manj^ years cleared from 2;") to 40 acres of land and sowed it with wheat or rye. He ni., Feb. 12, 1801, Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy and Hannah Gray. See Gray gen. (15). He m., 2d, 1810, Phebe (.Vbbot) Fiske, who v\as b. Aug. 24, 1772, twin sister of Dorcas, wife of his brother, Daniel (188). 115. Oliver (45), b., Andover, Mass., Jan. 24, 1740. Me lived on lot Xo. 12, sixth range; the place afterwards owned by the IJcv. Thomas Beede. He m., Oct. 8, 1701, Eunice Kaymond of Beverly, Mass. Children : 116. Eunice, b. July 2.">, 1704. 117. Oliver, b. Feb. 13. 1700. 118. Zela (47), b. Dec. 29, 1738. He removed to Wilton, lived near GENEALOGIES : HOLT. 407 the middle of the town and, about 1790, went to Bethel, Me. He m., Nov. 16, 17C2, Piiseilla, dau. of Barachias and Hannah (Holt) Abbot; four children beside the two named below : 119. Priscilla, b. .Tune 2, 176S ; m. .Tohn Stearns of Bethel, Me. 120. Bridget. 121. Fii.'iEi.i> (50), b. Oct. 29, 1744. It is not known when he eaine to AVilton, but we find the record of a deed, dated Sept. 4,, 1772, from Fifield Holt to Fifleld, Jun., conveying one-half of lot No. 11, third range ; also a deed, dated April 1.5, 1776, in which Fifield and Filleld, Jun., con- vey to Amos Holt 01 acres of the east part of the same lot, the place where the quarry of .T. and C. Hesselton now is. Fifield m., Nov. 5, 1772, Anna Lakin of Pepperell, Mass. Children : 122. Nathan Taylor, b. Aug. 2, 1773; d. Nov. 12, 1774. 123. Nathan Taylor, b. Feb. 23, 1775. 124. Fifleld, b. Nov. 17, 1770; d. j'oung. 125. Edmund, b. March 7, 1778. 126. Betty, b. Nov. 19, 1780. 127. Polly, b. Aug. 3, 17S . 128. Fifield, b., probably at HoHis, March 27, 1784. He grad., Mid- dlebury College, 1810 ; studied at Andover Theological Seminary, ISIO to 1813 ; was settled over the Cong. Ch., Bloomfield, Me. 12J). AYir.i.iAM (57), b. Sept. 7, 171)8; d., Andover, Mass., Dec. 23, ISIO. He removed to >Vilton and lived ou lot No. 7, seventh range, the farm previously owned Ijy Kichard Whitney, and afterward returned to Andover. He m., .July 29, 1784, Elizabeth .Tones, who d., Weld, Me., 1829. Children : 130. Jacob, b. Dec. 13, 1784 ; m. 131. Stephen, b. April 11, 1780; m. a dau. of Moses Lovejoy; res. AVeld, Me. 132. William, b. March 6, 1788; a shipmaster; d. on the Rio Grande, Africa, Oct. 22, 1820. 133. Elizabeth, b. March 12, 1790; d. March, 1797. 134. Joseph (198),. b. Jan. 28, 1792. 135. Asa, b. May 5, 1794. He learned the carpenter's trade, but, soon after coming of age, went to Maine and became a sea captain. He ni. Allethenia Butterfield of Weld, Me. 13G. Nathan, m. ; res. Weld, Me. 137. Elizabeth, m., Feb. 16, 1818, Benjamin Houghton of Weld, Me. 138. Ezra (59), b. starch 20, 1702; d. May 11, 1822. He removed to AViltou and lived on lot No. 6, ninth range, where Nathaniel Greele had lived previously. He m. Dorcas, dau. of William Dane; she d. June 13, 18.53, aged 80 yrs. Children : 139. Ezra (204), b. Aug. 9, 179.5. 140. Dorcas, b. Sept. 24, 1797; d. Nov. 11, 1869; unm. 141. Hermon, b. 1779; d. June 21, 18.36. 142. Sarah Abbot, b. Sept. 1, 1800; d. Aug. 26, 1801. 143. Joseph, b. March 14, 1803 ; d. March 1.5, 1877. He res. on the homestead ; was much respected ; a good neighbor and townsman. He 408 HISTORY OF WILTON. in., Oct., 1840, Betsey Frye, who d. June 5, 1885; n. eh. See Frye gen. (41). ■ ' 144. Dane, b. 1810; owned the farm formeilj' owned by Ma j. Isaac Frye; m., Dec, 1839, Esther Blauchard; n. ch. / 14.5. :\[ary, b., 181C ; d. Feb. 11, 18.53. '• 146. Joseph (61), b., Andover, Mass., Sept. 28, 1745. He lived on lot No. 10, eighth range, now owned by his grandson, Warreii Holt. A selectman of Wilton for fourteen years, and an early member of the Baptist Society. He m. Betsey Dale; see John Dale gen. (3). Children: 147. .Joseph b, Aug. 17, 1772; m., July IS. 1793, Tryphena Perry. Their dau., Betsey D., m., 1823, jSToah Fletcher. See Chaa. Fletcher gen. (8). 148. John Dale, b. March 9, 1774; m., June 20, 1798, Sally Hall. . 149. Simeon (206). b. Feb. 23, 1770. 150. Betty, b. Nov. 28, 1777 ; d. Dec. 15, 1777. 131. Dorothy Johnson, b. Dec. 18, 1778; m., Feb. 18, 1802, Nathan Fisk of Pepperell, Mass. 152. Betty, b. March 3, 1781 ; m., Nov. 13, 1800, Daniel Peabody of Andover, Vt. 15.3. Anna, b. April 11, 1783 ; d. March 25, 1784. 154. Anna Dale, b. March 4, 1785 ; m., Dec. 31. 1805, John Wilson. 155. SniKOK (65), b. May 22, 1752. He lived on lot No. 20, ninth range, now the northwest corner of the town ; removed to Weld, Me., about 1822. He m., Sept. 22, 1778, Mary Dale. See John Dale gen. (7). Children : 156. Mary, b. Dec. 28, 1778 ; unm. 157. Sarah, b. Sept. 21, 1780: m., Jan. 8, 1809, Joseph Russell, and removed to Weld, Me. 158. Rachel, b. Feb. 7, 1783; m., March 1, 1809, Timothy Holt Frye and removed to Weld, Me. See Frye gen. (33). 159. Abiah, b. March 30, 1785; m.. May 23, 1819, Andrew Parkhurst, and removed to Weld, Me. 160. .John Johnson (217), b. July 21, 1787. 161. Jacob, b. Feb. 3, 1790; d. Jan. 24, 1796. 162. Dolly, b. May 17, 1793 ; d. Jan. 31, 1796. 163. Dolly, b. Aug. 26, 1796. 164. ValextiKE (69), b. about 17.58; m. Nancy Goodi-ich. Children: 165. Nancy, b. March 13, 1788. 166. Ammi Ruhamah, b. .June 8, 1789. ■ 167. Lydia Porter, b. Aug. 17, 1791 ; d. July 28, 1792. 168. Lydia Porter, b. May 13, 1793. 169. Hannah, b. JFay 15, 1795. 170. Samuel Goodrich, b. April 14. 1797. 171. Israel, b. Aug. 1, 1799. 172. Robert Goodrich, b. Jan. 15, 1802. 173. Barachias (76), b. Feb. 19, 17.58; m.. Get. 14, 1783, Elizabeth Shattuck. Children : 174. Elizabeth, b. July 29, 1784. GENEALOGIES :. HOLT. 409 175. Hannah, b. Aug. 12,1786; m. John Shattuek, and removed to f^liarlestown, N. H. 170. Amos, b. Dec. 10, 1788. 177. Barachias (219), h. Pec. 21. 17110. 178. Dolly, b. May .5, 1793. 179. Phebe. 180. Amos (92), b. Oct. 20, 1768; dropped dead in his barn, Dec. 13, 1826. He lived on the homestead with his lather ; was cnptain of militia and selectman. He m. Mary Ballard. See Xathan Ballard geu. (4). Children : 181. Polly, b. July 13, 1791; m., Nov. 22, 1.810, William Savory. >Ir. Savory traded for a few years in the Fiske store. 182. Isaiah, b. March 14, 1794; d. young. 183. Luther (226), b. March 22, 1797. 184. Calvin, b. May 16,1801; ra., June 26, 182.'), Mai-y Dale. They had one son who went to sea and was never heard from afterward. 185. Orville (228), b. May 16, 1801. 186. Hannah Ballard, b. June 22, 1800 ; m., March 4, 1829, David M. Pay of Henniker. They had one son, Lewis P. Kay, who was first sei'- geant in Co. C, Sixteenth Begt., N. II. V. ; soon after the wai' he went west and has been employed ou a railroad as an engineer. They had one daughter, Mary, who ni. Samuel Barrett. See Ebenezer Barrett gen, (20.) 187. Isaiah, b. June 5, 1812. 188. Daniel (112), b. Oct. 29, 1769; resided on the homestead and was a successful farmer: m.. Feb. 3, 1795, Dorcas, dau. of Jeremiah and Chloe (Abbot) Abbot, who was b. Aug. 24, 1772. Children: 189. Daniel (230), b. Feb. 13, 1796. 190. Dorcas, b. June 10, 1798; d. Oct. 3, 1801. 191. Samuel (237), b. May 30, 1800. 192. Harvey, (245), b. Feb., 1803. 193. Ralph (251), b. May 2, 1805. 194. Mark, b. May 17, 1807 ; d. Oct. 16, 1809. 195. Dorcas, b. May 23, 1809; m., Aug. 15, 1833, Capt. Jonathan I>iv- ermore. See Livermore gen. 196. Mark (253), b. May 22, 1812., 197. Lorenzo (256), b. July 15, 1814. 198. Joseph (134), b. Jan. 28, 1792. He was for a time a carpenter, then a proprietor of the first line of stages running through Wilton, but, for the greater part of his life, a peddler. He m., Jan. 31, 1813, Betsej', dau. of Uriah Smith. Children : 199. Varnum S. (262), an adopted son, b. Jan. 21, 1815. ' 200. Elizabeth M., b. Aug. 18, 1817; d. Sept. 26, 1837. 201. Oliva A., b. Feb. 11. 1820; d. March 7, 1820. 202. Joseph Smith, b. May 27, 1823; m., .July 31, 1855, Hannah Celes- tia, dau. of Moses Merriam of Mason.; res. Keene; n. ch. 203. Helen Jane, b. July 16, 1829 ; m., Aug. 31, 1853, Philander Ring. 204. EZKA (139), b. Aug. 9, 1795; res. Milford; m. Sarah, dau. of Abel and Sally Shattuek. Child : 410 HISTOEY OF WILTON. 205. Joshua M. (208). 206. Simeon (149), b. Feb. 23, ]77(i ; res. on the homestead and was a successful farmer : m. Esther Brooks. Children: 207. Joseph Brooks, b. Aug. S, 1800; d. Dec. 20, 18.51. He kept a public house at Soutli Merrimack for twenty-five years, and was twice elected representative to the Legislature. He m.. Xov. 25, ISi.i. Clara Mansur. 208. Ezra (270), b. Dec. 22, 1802. 209. Eoxana, b. Jan. 19, ISO.i; ni., Xov. 11, 1824, John Tufts of Bil- lerica, Mass. He was a mason and lived in Xewton, Mass. 210. John (278), b. Oct. ;!, 1800. 211. .Simeon Durant, b. Jan. 18. 1800; ui., June, 18.36, Lucy Spalding; removed to Ada, Michigan. 212. Mary, b. Oct. 7, 1811: m., Xov. 11, 18,32, Peter Cutter of Cam- brid'geport, ^Mass. 213. Aliljy, 1). May 13, 1813; m. Allen Smith. 214. Willard, b. Feb. 11, 1817; ni., Aug. 1(1, 1847, Joanna Hawkins of Troy; removed to California and d. there 18.53. 215. Warren (283), b. July 23, 1820. 216. Kebecca, b. July 18, 1824; m., Xov. 12, 1843, Edwin W. Richards of Chicago, 111. 217. John .Toiinsox (160), b. July 21. 17s7; m. Betsey, dan. of Dea. Joseph Batihelder of frreenfield; removed, 1822, to Steuben Co., X^. V.; several children, but we can only name the following : 218. John, b. July 9, ISIC. 219. Barachias (177), b. Dec. 21, 1790; ni. Elizabeth A. Shattuck. Children : 220. Barachias, 221. Amos. 222. Hann,ah, d. Oct. 22, 1817 ; m. John Shattuck; removed to Charles- town. 223. Dolly. 224. Zebadiah. 225. Phebe. 226. Luther (183), b. March 22, 1797; a stone-cutter and lived in Milford; ni., Sept. 7, 1819, Catherine Blanchard. See Simon Blanchard gen. (3). Several children; we can name but one: 227. Horace, b. 1829; m., July 8, 18,52, Helen M. Risher of Winches- ter, Jlass. 228. Orvii.i.e (185), b. :\Iny 16, 1801 ; m. Rebecca Blancliard, sister of wife of his brother Luther. Se\eral children ; we can name but one : 229. Mary Jane, 1). 1835 : in.. June 2, 1853, Thomas Xottage of Lowell, Mass. 230. Daniel (189), b. Feb. 13, 1790; removed to Antrim; m., March 13, 1822, Hannah Green. Children : 231. Sarah W,, b. March 19, 1824; m. L. M. Parker. 232. Samuel A., b. April 27, 1827 ; d. Aug. 29. 1834. 233. Dorcas Abbot, b. March 29, 1829. genealogies: holt. 411 234. Elizabeth L., b. March 11, 1830; in., Feb. 10, 1849, T. S. Preston. 235. Samuel, b. Jan. 27, 18,30. 236. Abbot D., b. July 21, 18.39; enlisted in a X. IT. regt. during the Kebellion. 237. Samuel (191), b. May 30, 1800; res. Xashua; m.. May 1, 1828, Anua Bridges. See Bridges gen. (20). Children: 238. Mary Ann, b. March n, 1829; ni.. Dec. 6, 18-10. Dexter A. Reed , whose business is wood-turning. 239. Emily J. (287), b. Oct. 10, 18.30. 240. Harriet L., b. Oct. 2, 1832; m. Sept. 2, 18.52. Her husband is a mariner; mate of a vessel. 241. Samuel A. ; ra. ; works in the lock-shop at Nashua. 242. Ellen M., m., April 30, 1804, George Hartshorn. See Ilartsliorn gen. (31). 243. Lorenzo; m.; an iron worker. 244. Abba F., b. Nov. 15, 1840 ; m., Oct. 13, 1870, David M. Eoby, who works in a railroad shop. 24.5. IlERVEY (192), b. Feb. 13, 1803; lived in Antrim and liad a saw- .mill ; m., Feb. 4, 1834, Miuda Gregg. Children : 246. Jlary G., b., Antrim, Nov. 9, 18.34. 247. Caroline, b., Antrim, Sept. 3, 1S30. 248. Charles F.. b., Antrim, July 27, 1841; enlisted in Co. G, Second Regt., N. H. v., was severely wounded in the face and discharged for dis- ability, Oct. 31, 1862. 249. Margaret, b., Antrim, May 14, 1843. 2.50. Sarah, b., Antrim, May 20, 1847. 2.51. Ralvh (193), b. May 2, 180.5; m., July 4, 1844, Hannah L. Hale. Child : 2.52. Lj'dia Morette, b. Dec. 21, 184."); ra., April .">, 1877, Timothy L. Hale. 2.53. Mark (196), b. Jlay 22, 1812; a farmer, and lives on the home- stead; m., Sept. 29, 1836, Elizabeth Rockwood. Children: 2.54. Henry A., (292), b. Sept. 4, 1839. 255. Abbie A., b. Nov. 3, 1840; m. Henry L. Emerson. 256. Lorenzo (197), b. July 1"), 1814. A cabinet-maker ; lived several yeais in Wilton, then removed to Peterborough and bought a farm near Noone"s factory. He m., Oct. 29, 1839, Lavinia L. Brown. Children : 257. Alma L., b. Nov. 3, 1842; m., Oct. 1, 1868, diaries W. Hnnter; res. Peterborough. 258. George W., b. Feb. 22, 184.5. Res. in Silver City, New Mexico; has held the offices of notary, judge of probate, county commissioner, school commissioner and post-master. He m., Dec. 23, 1877, Louisa Truesdell. 2.59. Alonzo A., b. .luly 9, 1849; m., Oct. 24, 1.871, Carrie P. Keen; res. Lynn, INiass. 260. Mary A., b. April 26, 1832; m. Joseph R. Allen, a carpenter living in Kingston, New Mexico. 412 HISTORY OF WILTON. 261. 'VVillis C, h. Jan. 0, ISno ; a deputy sheritf, Jiving in Georgetown, New Mexico. 262. Varnum S. (199), an adopted ison, b. Jan. 21, 1815 ; lived in Hen- niker, Wilton and in C'ambridgeport, Masis. ; ni., May 5, 1830, C'ai-oline S. Gibson of JTenniker. 263. Joseph, b., Henniker, March fl, 18.39. 264-. Charles Varnum, b., Henniker, Feb. 7, 1841 ; was a lieiit. in First Mass. Cavalry. 265. Homer C., b., Wilton, April 5, 1846. 266. Caroline E., b., Wilton, Oct. 27, 18.il. 267. Edward H., b., Wilton, July 9, 18.54. 268. JosiU'A J[. (205). A tailor; lived a few years in Wilton iind then removed to Milford. He vn., Dec. 14, 1848, Helen M. Barnes. Child : 269. Charles H. (295), b., Wilton, March 19, 1844. 270. Ezra (208), b. Dec. 22, 1802. A mason; lived in Wilton until 1870, when he removed to Burlington, CoflTey Co., Kansas. He m., Nov. 11, 1824, Lucy liawreiice, dau. of Jonas Lawrence; she d. .luly 31, 1830. He m., 2d, Nov. 1, 18.30, Abby Holt of Temple, who d. Oct. 26, 1S40; see Abiel Holt gen. (7). He in., 3d, Feb. 23, 1S47, Joanna, dau. of Henry and Susan Howard. Children: 2J1. Ezra Wilder, b. Dec. 12, 182C ; d. 1829. 272. Daniel Freeman, b. Sept. 17, 1832; d. Nov. 9, 1833. 273. George Franklin, b. July 10, 1835; m. ; spent a few years in Cali- fornia, returned to Wilton and remained until 1870, when he went to Burlington, Kansas. 274. Jiary Jane, b. July 20, 1838 ; d. Feb. 1, 1840. 275. Abbie Sophia, b. Sept. 7, 1841. 276. John Minot, b. Sept. 30, 1846. 277. Joanna Howard, b. Nov. 30, 1847. 278. John. (210), b. Oct. 3, 1806; d., 1839, When the stage line through Wilton was started, 1S2S, he became a proprietor and driver, and was connected with the line until his death. He n)., Feb., 1826, Dorcas W. Winn, who d. 1842. Children : 279. Amanda, b., Nashua; d. Jan., 1836. 280. Abby Fi-ancia, b., Nashua; d. Sept, 1."), 1834. 281. Edward Lewis, b., Nashua; d. Oct. 13, 183.o. 282. Edward Lewis, b., Nashua; d. Aug. 15, 1838. 283. Warren (215), b. July 23, 1820; lived on the homestead; in., Nov. 16, 1848, Mai-y W. Whitcorab of Henniker. Children : 284. Edwin W., b. Jan. 21, 1850. 285. Mary E., b. March 25, 1853 ; d. Sept. 26, 1875. 286. Willard F., b. Nov. 14, 1856 ; d. Aug. 30, 1861. 287. Emilv J. (239), b. Oct. 10, 1830; m,, Jan. 1, 1850, John A. McGregor; he has served two years as selectman since he came to Wilton. Children : 288. Frank (AfcGregor), b. Aug. 3, 1852; d. Dec. 30, 1875. 289. Ella A. (McGregor), b. Dec. 6, 1850; d. Aug. 16, 1857. GENEALjOGIES : HOLT. 413 290. Llnnie (McGregor), b. July 16, 1858; m., Oct. 19, 1880, Rufus S. Bruce. 291. Alice (McGregor), b. Oct. 28, 1865; ui., Nov. 20, 1883, John Spence. 292. Henry A. (254), b. Sept. 4, 1839. A wheelwright and maker of writing-desks and fancy-boxes; employs from live to seven hands. He m., July i, 1869, Emily F. Pierce. Children : 293. Harry P., b. June 7. 1870. 294. Myrtle P., b. July 12, 1873. 295. Chakles H. (269), b., Wilton, March 19, 1844; a machinist, and has, for several years, lived in North Chelmsford, Mass.; m., Nov. 10, 1870, Georgiana K. Bales. See Bales gen. (34). Children: 296. Leon Brooks, b. March 27, 1872 ; d. July 23, 1873. 297. Fannie Gertrude, b. April 6, 1875. 1. Abiel Holt, b., Lunenburg, Mass., April 8, 1744; d.. Temple, Jan. 11, 1811. He settled on lot No. 11, in the range that was taken from Wilton and annexed to Temple when that town was incorporated. He did military service at different times during the Revolution. He ra., 1775, Sarah, dau. of Job Abbot of Pembrolie. She was b. 1751, and d. Oct. 9, 1854, aged 103 yrs. 2. Abiel, son of preceding, b. Nov. 25, 1778; lived on the home- stead; ni., Jan. 31, 1799, Elizabeth, dau. of Deacon Samuel Howard. Children : 3. Abiel, b. Sept. 29, 1799; has lived in Pittsburg, Temple, Wilton and Merrimack; m.. May 12, 1825, Betsey, dau. of Nathan Colburn. 4. Phebe Howard, b. Aug. 27, 1801. 5. Daniel, b. Nov. C, 1803; m. Eliza Pratt, and lived in Pratt- ville, Ala. 6. Elizabeth, b. June 2, 1805; ra. Burleigh Blood and res. in Pitts- burg, Coos Co. 7. Abigail, b. July 16, 1807 : d. Oct. 28, 1846 ; m., Nov. 1, 1830, Ezra Holt of Wilton. See Nicholas Holt gen. (270). 8. Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1810 ; m. Peter U. Colburn and lived in Nashua. 9. Joseph (13), born Sept. 27, 1813. 10. Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1815; m. William L. Morgan. 11. James Howard (16), b. Aug. 16, 1818. 12. Leander (22), b. Oct. 4, 1820. 13. Joseph (9), b. Sept. 27, 1813. He lived in Wilton for several years, then bought the farm formerly owned by his father and still occupies it. He m., Nov. 17, 1835, Eveline Blanchard. See Thomas Blanchard gen. (73). Children: 14. Freeman ; has a farm in Temple. 15. Lewis A., m., June 28, 1870, Orietta F. Gage. See Gage gen. 16. James Howard (11), b. Aug. 16, 1818. Has a cider-mill, and mauufactures milk-can stopples and knobs. He m., March 23, 1843, Nancy Pierce, of Jaffrey, who d. Aug. 20, 1869; m., 2d, 1870, Lucy H. 414 HISTOKY OF WIL-fON. Hawkins, who was killed by lightiiiag, July 11, 1876; m., 3ci, Nov. 21, 187iS, Louise J. Goodspeed. Children : 17. Sniuuel P., b. Sept. 1, lS4o; enlisted from Dublin and d. in the army, Oct. 24, 1864. 18. James Abiel (27), b. May 22, 1847. 19. Nathaniel K., b. Nov. 24, 1855; m. Ella Liudsley and lives in Mil- ford. 20. Charles Daniel, b. Nov. 29, 1857. 21. Emma E., b. Sept. 21, 1864. 22. Lkander (12), b. Oct. 4, 1820 ; has been a manufacturer of knobs ; has lived, for a time, in Koxbury, ]\Iass., and for several years past in Saratoga, N. Y. ; m. Mary Griffin. Children : 23. Josephine Elizabeth. 24. Alvan Everett. 25. Francis Eugene. 2«. Franklin E. (30), b. April 21, 1852. 27. James Abiel (18), b. May 22, 1S47; makes milk can stopples and knobs; m., Nov. 20, 1870, M. Lizzie Dodge. Children: 28. Hattie F., b. May 31, 1872. 29. Fred A., b. July 13, 1877. 30. Franki.ix E. (2G), b. April 21, 1852. He is an agent of A. H. Dunlap of Nashua for selling garden seeds and also a manufacturer of suspenders. He m., May 10, 1874, Euima B. Munsey of Chichester. Children ; 31. Eldora Emma, b. July 9, 1875. 32. Franklin E., b. May 13, 1877; d. Oct. 29, 1877. HOPKINS FAMILY. 1. Benjamin Hopkins, b., Milford, Oct. 15, 1797. Early in the war of 1S12 he enlisted from Mont Vernon. A furlough, dated Dec. 15, 1813, and a certificate of discharge, dated Dec. 15, 1814, speak of his zeal and fidelity in his service as a soldier. He has been a res. of \Vilton most of the time since the close of the war of 1812. He lived some years where .Moses Clark's house now stands, working in saw mills and shingle mills. He bought, about 1830, the mill site now occupied by Messrs. Patterson & Son, and built a saw mill and a threshing mill. In 1864 he sold his mill to the New Hampshire Silex Co. In Nov., 1841, lic bought the east part of the farm formerly owned bj' Desi. William h. Bales, and occupied it until he sold it to D. \V'hiting & Sons. He m., April 17, 1819, Peggy Hutchinson. See Hutchinson gen. (34). Children: 2. Benjamin, b. Nov. 12, 1820 ; he has res. many years In Mew Boston. 3. Hermon, b. Aug. 12, 1S24. About 1857 he built on Mill brook, on lot No. 17, seventh range, n grist and saw mill, but discontinued the grist mill after running it several years. He m. Mary Ann Stiles ; u. ch. 4. Phebe M., m., Nov. 15, 1859, David C. Lane. o. William (6), b. Aug. 30, 1838. GENEALOGIES : HUTCHINSON. 415 6. William (5), b. Aug. 30, 183S. He has been employed for several years by D. Whiting & Sons. He m., June 14, ISOi, Eraily Ann Burton. See Burton gen. (84). Children; 7. Willis Benjamin, b. June 30, 1805. 8. Edward James, b. July 29, 1870. HOWAKD FAMILY. 1. Lewis Howard, b., Temple, Nov. 14, 1804, was the son of William and Mary (Hawkins) Howard. See Hawkins gen. (17). In April, 1821, he went to Andover, Mass., to learn the carpenter's trade of John Brown, and worked in Andover and Lowell until May, 1827, when he came to Wilton and linished the brick Baptist meeting-house. He worked at his trade in various places; in Bangor and Brewer, Me., and in Lowell, Mass., until Aug., 1850, when he came to Wiltou and bought the mill at the West village. In Oct., 1870, he removed to Temple, where he now res. While a res. of Wilton, he served three years as selectman, was administrator of several estates, and did considerable business as justice of the peace. He had one son and one daughter. HOWE FAMILY. 1. Israel Howe was enrolled, April 27, 1775, in Capt. William Walk- er's CO., which was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The pay-roll, dated Aug. 1, 1775, gives hiiu credit for three months and twelve days' service. He m. Eleanor , who d. Sept. 22, 1775. He in., 2d, April 29, 1877, Submit Keyes. 2. Eleanor, b. Sept. 1, 1772; d. Oct. 7, 1775. 3. Phebe, b. Aug. 26, 1774; d. Sept. 10, 1774. 4. Israel, b. April 15, 1778. 5. Mitte, b. Oct. 11, 1779. 6. Phebe, b. April 6, 1781. 7. Eleanor, b. Sept. 28, 1784. HUTCHIXSOX FAMILIES. 1. Richard Hutchinson, of Arnold, England, b. 1602. He emi- grated to America, 1634, with his wife, Alice, and four children, and set- tled in Salem near Hathorne's Hill. Two of his children had descend- ants living in Wilton. 2. Elizabeth, b., England, 1628; d. June 24, 1088. She ui. Nathaniel Putnam, who came to America with his father in 1634. They were the ancestors of the Putnams settled in this part of New Hampshire, also of Ebenezer Flint of Wilton. See P'lint gen. (C). 3. Joseph (4), b. 1633. 4. Joseph (3), b. Muskhatu, Bug., 1033. 3. Benjamin, son of preceding by first wife, m., 1st, Jane, dau. of Walter and Margaret Phillips, by whom he had 11 children. She d. 1711. 6. Benjamin, son of preceding, b., Salem, Jan. 27^ 1694; d., Bedford, 416 HISTORY OV WILTON. Mass., 1780. He probably removed to Bedford about 1734. He m., Feb. 7, 1715-10, Sarah, dau. of John and Mary (Nurse) Tarbell; 7 ch. 7. Nathan, sou of preceding, baptized at the First Chuioh, .Salem, Feb. 10, 1717 ; d. 1795. He removed to Bedford with his father, 1734, aud later to that part of Amherst now Milford, aud died there. He was a large land-owner in Milford, and recorded deeds show that he owned sev- eral lots in Wilton. He built a saw and grist-mill, the second mill in Wil- ton, where the Messrs. Whiting's grist-mill now stands. We ttnd the first mention of the mill in the town records for April 27, 1768; see page 69. Nathan gave to his son, Samuel, the west part of lots numbered 12 and 13, first range in Wilton, and to his son, Ebenezer, the east part of same lots, both deeds dated March 8, 1788. He m. Rachel Stearns. Children : 8. Nathan, lived in Milford on the farm now owned by the heirs of the late Holland Prouty. 9. Bartholomew, lived in Milford on the farm now owned by Mr. Searles. 10. Benjamin, lived in Milford on the south side of the road, opposite B. F. Hutchinson's. 11. Sarah, m., about 1770, Ephraim Peabody. See Peabody gen. 12. Samuel (14) b., Amherst, now Milford, 1749. 13. Ebenezer (24), b., Amherst, Sept. 10, 1756. 14. Samuel (12), b., Amherst, now Milford, 1749; d. Sept. 27, 1821. A farmer and miller; much respected as a townsman. He lived in the house, afterward burned, that was situated where H. A. Whiting's house now stands. He m. Mary Wilkins, who d. June 29, 1841, aged 80 years. Children : 15. Samuel (35), b. Nov. 19, 1775. IG. Mary, b. Sept. 17, 1777; d. Sept. 19, 1838; m., March 12, 1801, Joshua Blanchard; see Blanchard gen. (58). She ni., 2d, Moses Gage of Pelham. 17. Rachel, b. June 3, 1799; m., March 17, 1803, David Lovejoy; see Lovejoy gen. 18. Jotham (37), b. April 11, 1781. 19. ^Frederick (41), b. July 10, 1783. 20. Betsey, b. July 3, 1785 ; m., March 16, 1809, Richard Gage. See Gage gen. (11). 21. Abiel (49),b. Nov. ], 1787. 22. Fanny, b. May 5, 1790; m., July 12, 1812, Putnam Wilson; see Wilson gen. 23. Solomon, b. March 27, 1792; a musician and lived in Nashua; m. Catherine P. Flynn. 24. EuENEZliR (13), b., Amherst, Se])t. 10, 1756; a farmer and lived where Artemas Putnam now res.; m., Feb. 3, 1780, Phebe Sawtell, who was b., Shirley, Mass. Children: 25. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 18,1780; d. Jan. 23, 1845. A farmer. Hf m,, Dec. 22, 1803, Rhoda Dale, who d. June 27, 1852; they had several chil- dren. See Dale gen. (18). He removed, Jan., 1804, to Weld, Me. .^ ^ MELIOTYPE PRINTING CO. qOSTON, MASS GENEALOGIES : HUTCHINSON. 417 26. Phebe, b. June 21, 1782; m. Jotham Hutchinson (37). 27. John, b. July 10, 1784 ; d. Oct. 28, 1853. He was a lieut. of militia. He m. Esther Lakin of Francestown, who was drowned in the Souhegan river, Nov. 28, 1850. 28. Hezekiah, b. May U, 1786; m., Oct. 6, 1807, Eachel Gould. A carpenter and lived in Bedford and in Lowell, Mass., where he d. March 18, 1852. - 29. Sylvester (63), b. June 21, 1789. 30. Sylvanus (71), b. Aug. 12, 1791. 31. Asenath, b. Aug. 16, 1793 ; m. Daniel Hopkins. 32. James (76), b. June 12, 1797. 33. Stearns, b. June 13, 1800; d. Dec. 26, 1860; res. Francestowa; m., Nov. 11, 1824, Nancy H. Houston. 34. Peggy, b. Nov. 4, 1802; m., April 6, 1819, Benjamin Hopkins. See Hopkins gen. (1). 35. Samuel (15), b. Nov. 19, 1775; res. Milford; m. Martha, dau. of Silas and Sibyl (Reed) Howard; thirteen children, of whom one lived in Wilton : 36. Freeman (78), b. Oct. 24, 1805. 37. Jotham (18), b. April 11, 1781; m. Phebe Hutchinson (26). Children : 38. Maria, b. Feb. 14, 1811. 39. Harvey (88), b. Aug. 6, 1816. 40. Alathena, b.. May 4, 1819. 41. Feederick (19), b. July 10, 1783; m., Aug. S, 1811, Mary Dale. See Dale gen. (20). Children : 42. Charles, b. Jan. 20, 1812 ; removed to Pepperell and worked in the shoe factory; m., Nov. 30, 1842, Thyrza Shattuck; n. ch. 43. Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1813 ; m., April 28, 1840, Nathaniel Hesselton. See Hesselton gen. (29). 44. Lydia, b. Feb. 5, 1816 ; she was killed in the autumn of 1818 by a cart-body falling upon her. 45. Abel F., b. June 27, 1818; a merchant, living in Mechanicsburg, Ohio; m. Mary Mowry. 46. Lyman, b. Oct. 28, 1820; d. March 19, 1822. 47. Lydia, b. Feb. 27, 1823. 48. Lyman F., b. Sept. 13, 1827; m.. May 15, 1852, Joanna Sophronia, dau. of Robert and Eliza Ann Hutchinson of Milford. She d. April 16, 1881, aged 44 yrs. ; five children, all d. young. 49. Abiel (21), b. Nov. 1, 1787; he, with his brother Frederick (41), lived on the homestead and carried on the mills. He m., Nov. 13, 1813, Sophia Pettengill ; m., 2d, Sarah Miller. Children: 50. Sophia, b. Aug. 10, 1815. 51. Abiel, b. June 22, 1817. 52. Orin, b. Aug. 25, 1819. 53. Laorsa, b. Aug. 26, 1821. 54. Sarah Melissa, first child by second wife, b. Sept. 25, 1828. 55. Sardis Miller, b. May 11, 1830. 418 HISTORY OF WILTON. 56. Stephen Barnard, b. Oct. 4, 1831. 57. Andrew Jackson, b. J^ov. 30, 1833. 58. William D., b. April 9, 1835. 59. Oscar, b. Aug. 12, 1836. 60. Albert, b. March 11, 1838. 61. Araan, b. Aug. 25, 1S39. 62. George D., b. April 26, 1844. 63. Sylvester (29), b. June 21, 1789; d., Wilton, March 29, 1858. A life-long resident of Wilton ; worlced several years in the factory. He m., Dec. 15, 1815, Charlotte Blanchard, who d. Jan. 26, 1871, aged 74 yrs. Children : 64. Emily, b. Feb. 27, 1816 ; d. Aug. 29, 1859 ; m. Samuel Brown, who d. April 13, 1882, aged 74 yrs. ; he worked many years for Messrs. Jones &Co. 65. Isaiah, b. Jan. 26, 1819. He worked many years in the tannery at Milford ; a few years since he bought a farm in Amherst and in the spring of 1884, while ploughing, he dropped dead beliind the plough. He m. Celesta A. Brown. 66. Ferdinand Sylvester (91), b. March 16, 1821. 67. Edward, b. June 12, 1823 ; a musician. 68. Isaac B., b. Sept. 11, 1826; lives in Nashua; m., Kov. 8, 1849, Sarah O. Hinds. 69. Appleton, b. April 18, 1829 ; enlisted in the Fifth Regt., X. H. V., and served until discharged for disability ; m. Mary Currier. 70. Albert, b. June 23, 1833. 71. Sylvanus (30), b. Aug. 12, 1791 ; he was in trade several years at Pine Valley; m., Aug. 4, 1818, Hannah Hopkins. Children: 72. Betsey E., b. Oct. 26, 1826; d. 1843. 73. Emeline, b. April 7, 1829; m., Sept. 25, 1850, Henry H. Travers. 74. Sylvanus (94), b. Oct. 12, 1831. 75. Jane L., b. Oct. 12, 1831; m. Isaac P. Abbot, who was b., Jack- son, Me., March 1, 1826 ; res. Milford. 76. James (32), b. June 12, 1797; d. Jan. 2, 1876. A farmer and worked several years in a bobbin shop. He m., Jan. 26, 1836, Ijucinda Reed, who d. June 6, 1870, aged 69 yrs. Child : 77. James Harrison (96), b. Aug. 14, 1840. 78. Freeman (36), b. Oct. 24, 1805; m. Louisa Moore. Children: 79. Maria Louise, b. July 29, 1828; m., March IS, 1844, Joseph A. Brown ; res. Nashua. 80. Martha Jane, b. Feb. 11, 1830; d. Oct. 13, 1846. 81. Matthew Freeman, b. Feb. 11, 1830; d. July 6, 1847. 82. Francis Clifton, b. March 17, 1832. 83. Dorinda Beulah, b. March 7, 1834; m., Nov. 16, 1869, Calvin H. Lewis. 84. Charles Leroy, b. Feb. 18, 1837; sei-ved in the Lafayette Artillery while it was on garrison duty at Portsmouth ; now res. in Lyndeborough. 85. James W., b. Dec. 24, 1839; mustered, June 5, 1861, into Co. G, Second Regt., N. H. V., mustered out, June 21, 1864; d. Nov. 2, 1885. aENEALOGIES : HUTCHINSON. 419 86. Timothy Newell, b. July 21, 1842. He was mustered, June 5, 1861, in Co. G, Second Kegt., N. II. V. ; was wounded in the shoulder at the second battle of Bull Kun, and through the right lung at Gettysburg; mustered out June 21, 1864. He m., Jan. 13, 1869, Sarah Catherine Park- hurst. 87. Isaac Newton (102), b. May 15, 1844. 88. Haevey (39), b. Aug. 6, 1816 ; m., April 9, 1846, Hannah, dau. of Capt. Isaac Jewett. Children : 89. Marietta, b. Nov. 28, 1851. 90. Hannah Jane, b. Oct. 6, 1856. 91. Ferdinand Sylvester (66), b. March 16, 1821 ; at the burning of H. A. Whiting's barn, June 27, 1883, he dropped dead in the street. He worked several years for Asa Jones & Co., and, during the last years of his life, was in the grocery trade. He m., April 28, 1846, Lucy Jane Barrett, who d. Nov. 15, 1863, aged 38 yrs. See Eben. Barrett gen. (17). He m., 2d, Mis. Mary A. P. Duncklee, Children : 92. Oliver B., b. June 16, 1849 ; unm. 93. Elwin A., b. Dec. 25, 1858 ; clerk in Boston. 94. Sylvanus (74), b. Oct. 12, 1831; worked for Messrs. Jones & Co.; m., Sept. 29, 1853, Clarinda Langdell. Child: 95. Ina C, b. Oct. 23, 1868. 96. James Harmson (77), b. Aug. 14, 1840. A carpenter and farmer. He m., Juno 6, 1863, Emina T. Moore, who d. Oct. 15, 1865 ; m., 2d, Oct. 25, 1866, Enieline Wheeler of Milford, who d. Oct. 18, 1873; m., 3d, Dec. 31, 1873, Carrie M. Cowan. Children: 97. Eva S., b. March 8, 1865. 98. Bertha B., b. March 18, 1868. 99. Rose M., b. March 28, 1875. 100. Alice P., b. Aug. 26, 1877. 101. Everett F., b. May 15, 1881. 102. Isaac Newton (87), b. May 15, 1844. He was mustered, Aug. 21, 1862, as a recruit, into the Second Eegt., N. H. V., and was promoted to Serg. A stone-cutter and quarry-man. He m., Feb. 25, 1871, Emma L. Morse, who was b., Royalston, Mass., June 15, 1851. Children: 103. May Louise, b. March 7, 1874 ; d. May 27, 1874. 104. Annie Mabel, b. April 13, 1876 ; d. Feb. 15, 1S78. 105. Myron Jay, b. Oct. 15, 1880. 1. George Hutchinson, son of Ambrose and grandson of Joseph (4) of preceding gen., was b., Salem, Mass., Nov. 1, 1730. He m. Eliza- beth Bickford of Middleton, Mass., by whom he had seven children; m., 2d, Susan Bevins, by whom ho had Ave children. 2. James, son of preceding, was enrolled April 23, 1775, in Capt. Josiah Crosby's co., Col. Reed's regt. ; was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill and d. June 24, 1775. He m. Sarah Averill, who was appointed, Sept. 27, 1775, admx. of his estate. She m., May 25, 1779, Ebenezer Chandler of Wilton. See Chandler gen. (15). 420 HISTORY or WILTON. 3. James, son of preceding, b., Amherst, April 28, 1772. He at first owned and lived on the farm in the west part of Wilton that has tor many years been occupied by Jesse D. Carliin. After his second marriage, he owned and lived on the fiinu, lot No. 9, fourth range, now beloiigiag to his grandson, James M. Hutchinson. " He was a man of dignified appear- ance, nearly, or quite, six feet tall and proiaortionately large ; communi- cative and interesting in narratives pertaining to the history of his time."* He m., Jvdy 4, 1797, Ruth, dau. of Abner and Ruth Stiles; she d. Aug. 7, 1823, aged 50 yrs. He in., 2d, Sept. 23, 1824, Anna Spalding. Children : 4. James (8), b. Nov. 20, 1800. 5. Abner Stiles (18), b. Dec. 10, 1803. 6. Sarah, b. Sept. 23, 1806; ni., Oct. 17-, 1833, Jesse D. Carkin. See Carkin gen. (1). 7. John (24), b. May 10, 1815. 8. James (4), b. Nov. 20, 1800. A mechanic and farmer; lived in Wilton, Temple and Merrimack. He held the oftice of fife-major in the Twenty-second Regt., N. H. Militia, when Ezra Bales was drum-major. They both excelled, and continued to play until the militia was disbanded in 1851 ; the man who could not keep step to tlieir music could have had neither military ardor nor a musical ear. James ra.. May 1, 1823, Mary F. Melendy; ni., 2d, Nov. 9, 1826, Sarah Farrar. Children: 9. Mary, b. March 31, 1824; m., Nov. 27, 1845, Henry Gray. See Gray gen. (99). 10. James Melendy (33), b. Nov. 2, 1825. 11. Sarah, m., A. P. Dutton, a trader in Nashua. 12. Thomas Becde ; unni. ; deceased. 13. Daniel. 14. George W., b. Feb. 27, 1833. A farmer. 1.5. Abner E. 16. Francis Martin. 17. Charlotte, m. Bobbins of Peterborough. 18. Abner Stiles (5), b. Dec. 10, 1803. He learned the trade of clothier of Aaron Barnes in Temple, and soon after coming of age went to Harrisville and has since been busied in the woolen factories there. Many years ago he represented Harrisville in the Legislature. He m., 1833, Mary Harris, who was b.. Nelson, .luly 12, 1800. Children : 19. Mary Ann, b. July 29, 1834 ; d. Oct. 29, 1876. 20. Albert, b. May 26, 1836; ni. Mary B. Davis of Nelson; lives in New Orleans, La., and is engaged in selling sewing machines. 21. Henry N., b. Aug. 1, 1839; res. Boston; is an agent for selling sewing machines; m. Abbio C. Kimball of Harrisville, who d. Feb. 9, 1877. 22. Isabel, b. Aug. 5, 1850; is in the post oflice at Harrisville. 23. Juliet, b. Jan. 1(1, ls,-,2; d. iMarch 13, 1861. 24. John (7), b. May 10, 1815. A fanner and peddler. He m., Nov. 1838, Asenath F., dau. of Joseph and Aseuath (Pratt) Chandler. She d. ■'"The Hutchinson Family; compilud by I'evlcy Devby." To this volump we are chiefly indebted for tlxe preceding facts. GENEALOGIES : JAQUES. 421 June 30, 1851. lie ra., 2d, Feb. 17, 1852, Nauoy A. Rideout. Children: 25. John Stiles, b. March 2.3, 1844. He was mustered into Co. B, Eighth Eegt., N. II. V. ; reenlisted Jan. 4, 18G4, and served through the war. He fell from a building in Nashua, July 13, 1885, and was so injured as nearly to incapacitate him for labor. 26. Francis A., b. June 13, 1846 ; d. May 7, 185] . 27. Charles A., b. Feb. 14, 1848; d. Oct. 10, 1851. 28. George Alva, b. Sept. 16, 1S.")5; d. Nov. 15, 1855. 29. Anna Melviua, b. May 29, 1857. 30. Arabelle Mary, b. July 21, 1859 ; d. Oct. 2G, 1863. 31. Willie Monroe, b. July 3, 1860; d. ^ray 22, 1861. 32. Nellie \., b. April 22,' 1803. 33. James Melendy (10), b. Nov. 2, 1825. A farmer and owns the farm, lot No. !), fourth range, formerly belonging to Jonathan Spalding. He m., May 19, 1853, ^Mary E. Robinson, who was b. June 17, 1833. Chil- dren : 34. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 28, 18.54; d. May 30, 1854. 35. Sarah E., b. Aug. 28, 18.55 ; ni., Sept. 25, 1878. Alfred E. Johnson. They have one child, Alfred Eugene, b. April 28. 1885. 3«. Emma Marion, b. Sept. 10, 1857. 37. Persis Marietta, b. Oct. 20, 1859. 38. Flora Belle, b. Jan. 5, 1865; m., Aug. 10, 1885, William F. Boyn- ton. They live in Greenville and have one child, Emma Belle, b. June 25, 1886. 39. Carrie Robinson, b. Aug. 4, 1S70. INGALLS FAMILY. 1. Oscar Gilman Ingalls res. several years in Concord. He came to Wilton about 1862, where he lived until after the death of his wife. He was a wheelwright and carpenter. He m., June, 1841, Eliza Ann, dau. of Edward and Nancy (Barrett) Herrick. See Herriok gen. (81). Children : 2. Cyrus Mervin (4), b. June 14, 1842. 3. Walter Chapin (7), b. June IS, 1848. 4. Cyrls Mervin, (2), b. June 14, 1842. He has been employed for many years on the railroad. He m., Sept. 6, 1869, Katie C. Wetherbee, who d. Sept. s, 1884. Children : 5. Edward Oilman, b. March 23, 1871. 0. Charles, b. Aug. 18, 1872; d. Sept. 8, 1884. . 7. Walter Chapin (3), b. June 18, 1842. A skilled carriage painter. He ni., Boston, Oct., 1869. Agues M. Lanergan, who d. 1887. Children : 8. Oscar Myrtle, b. June 14, 1870. 9. Alice Belle, b. Feb. 26, 1879. JA(jrES FAMILY. 1. Alfred E. Jaques was b.. Sanboruton, March 31, 1823. He came to Wilton in 1867, and filled the store under the west part of the Whiting 422 HISTORY OF WILTON. House, where he traded until the building was burned. He was appointed post-master, Aug. 4, 1875, and has conducted the office to the present time with the entire satisfaction of the public. He m., July 25, 1853, Sarah E. Hazelton, who was b., Northfield, May 12, 1830. Child : 2. Mary Ann, b., Tuftonborough, Apri 14, 1855; m., Aug. 14, 1876, Prank E. Hutchinson of Milford. JONES FAMILIES. 1. Amos Jones, is first mentioned in Wilton in 1802. He owned the east part of lot 'No 16, ninth range, li\'ed here about fifteen years, and then removed to Gofi'stown. Lieut. Jones was of large and robust physique, industrious and busied himself with farming and mechanical pursuits. Children by his wife, Eebecca : 2. Polly, b. Jan. 13, 1804. 3. Hannah, b. July 25, 1805. 4. Eebecca, b. Oct. 28, 1806. 5. Newman, b. March 19, 1809. 6. Fanny, b. Aug. 13, 1811. V. Elizaijeth, b. Oct. 9, 1813. 1. Joel Jones came from Hillsborough, and was first taxed in Wilton in 1813. His farm was the west half of lots numbered 15 and IG, ninth range. 2. Asa, son of preceding, soon after coming to Wilton, went to Mont Vernon, where he learned the tanner's and shoe maker's trade. In 1819 he purchased of William Parker of Wilton his tannery, and soon com- menced shoe making, using himself the stock from his tannerj'. He con- tinued to carry on tanning and fehoe making until 1830 or 1831, when he sold out to Marden & Mills, and removed to Ashburnham. In 1832 he returned to Wilton and built the brick house at the Centre, now owned bj"^ Mrs. Henry H. Liverinore. He carried on his business at the Centre for several years, when he removed to the East village, where he remained the rest of his life. Several persons were at different times partners witli him : namely, his son, Warren Jones, William Lane, Samuel Putnam, Moses Clark and Calvin B. Dascomb. The business was carried on by Mr. Jones and his successors until atjout 1S81, when competition with manufacturers, wlio had introduced improved machinery, made it imprac- ticable to continue the business without a new outfit of machinery. The sales were wholly with the country trade, and no goods gave better satis- faction than those made at that establishment. Mr. Jones m., Sept. 11, 1819, Lucy Flint of Mont Vernon. See Flint gen. (28). Children : 3. Eudo B., b. Sept. 12, 1820; d. May 23, 1823. 4. Phebe S., b. Sept. 4, 1822 ; m.. May 14, 1S45, Samuel Putnam. See Putnam gen. 5. Martha Jane, b. April 1, 1825: m., June 4, 1845, John F. Parker. See Parker gen. GENEALOGIES : KENNEY. 423 6. Almira, b. Xov. 5, 1827; m., Jan. 20, 1858, Calvin B. Dascorab. See Daseomb gen. (39) . 7. AVarreii (9), b. Sept. 16, 1829. 8. Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1832 ; d. Aug. 10, 1832. 9. Warren (7), b. Sept. 16, 1829. He was many years engaged iu the mauufaoture of boots and shoes. He m. Ariana Gowiiig. Child : 10. AVilliara Clarence, b. Sept. 25, 1850. A blacksmith. He ra., Sept. 20, 1871, Harriet E. Fowler. See Fowler gen. KEXNEDY FAMILY. 1. Michael Kennedy, b., Ireland, Dec, 1836. He began. May, 1866, to work for Messrs. D. Whiting & Sons, and has been continuously in their employ for more than twenty years, which, considering the manj- troubles of late years between employers and employees, speaks well of Mr. Kennedy as an employee, and of the Messrs. Whiting as employers. He has l)6en for several years one of the police. Some years ago he built ii house in the south part of the village, and in 1882 he purchased the southeasterly part of the Samuel Hutchinson farm, lying on the south side of the Souhegan river. He m., Feb. 18, 1860, O'Donnell. Children : 2. Xella, b. Feb. 15, 1861. 3. Thomas, b. Nov. 19. 1865. 4. Eugene, b. Xov. 6, 1867. 5. Mary, b. Aug. 19, 1869. 6. Michael, b. Aug. 19, 1871. 7. .James, b. June 19, 1873. 8. Patsy, b. April 10, 1875. 9. Katie, b. Nov. 7, 1877. KENNEY FAMILY. 1. David Kenney was probably the first blacksmith in Wilton. We learn from the transcript of a road, dated 1765, that he had a shop on the west side of the road, and the north ■side of the brook, near where Cragin's factory now stands. In Quarter Master Frye's ammunition account is the following item : "June 17, delivered 5.50 rounds for Capt. Crosby's co. to David Kenney." He was in Capt. Goss"s co. at the battle of Benningtou. We have found no record of his familj', but he undoubtedly had four children : 2. Mary, m. Abraham Burton. See Burton gen. (29). 3. Archelaus, who was in Capt. Crosby's co. at Bunker Hill, and in Capt. Barron's co. at Ticonderoga. 4. Daniel (6). 5. David (14). 6. Daniel (4), owned and res. on the place owned by Nathan Cragin and F. P. Kent. He sold his farm to Walter Fisk, deed dated April 5, 1796. In the list of those who met with losses in the retreat from Bunker Hill is the name of Daniel Kenney, but the name of David, or of Daniel 424 HISTORY OF WILTON. Kenney, is not found on the rolls of either Stark's orKeed's regt., but the cii'cumstances before mentioned show that they were both at the bat- tle of Bunker Hill. Children by his wife, Sarah : 7. Sally, b. Feb. 15, 1781. 8. Daniel, b. July 20, 1784. ». Jerusha, b. Oct. 10, 1780. 10. Edvardus, b. Aug. 25, 1788. 11. Betsey, b. Sept. 15. 1790. 12. David, b. .Tune 27, 1792. 13. Iluldah, b. Jan. 4, 179."). 14. David (5), d. 1820; he res. on the homestead, lot No. 17, sixth range; the house being on the south side of the road north of Cragin's shop. He sold his farm to Eliphalet Putnam and removed to Springfield, Vt., in the winter of 1808. He m., Jan. 16, 1794, Sally Boyuton of Mil- ford. ( ;hildren : 15. David, b. Nov. 2, 1790. 1«. Hiram, b. Nov. 4, 1802. 17. Sally, b. Oct. 4, 1804. 18. Clemens, b. Oct. 24, 1808. KE^TSS FAMILY. 1. John Keyes, son of Deacon John Koyes of Shrewsburj-, Mass; b. in 1710; m., Nov. 25, 1741, Abigail, dan. of Dea. Jonathan liiverinore of Northborough, b. April 10, 1724. Children : 2. Simon (14), b. Oct., 1742. 3. Abigail, b. Dec. 26, 1743 ; ni. William A. Hawkins. See Hawkins gen. (1). 4. Phebe, b. March 17, 1745 ; m. Stephen Buss. See Buss gen (1). 5. Elizabeth, b. April 7, 1740; ni. Joshua Blanchard. Sec Blanchard gen. (39). 6. Submit, b. Sept. 2, 1747; m. Israel Howe. See Howe gen. (1). 7. Lydia, b. May 6, 1749, m. Uriah Smith. 8. Sarah, b. June 20, 1751. 9. John, b. Aug. 7, 1753. 10. Thomas, b. July 8, 1755. 11. Silas (28), b. Aug. 7, 1757. 12. Rhoda, b. March 30, 17.59; m. AVilliam Bales, Jun. See Bales gen. (2). . 13. Ephraim, b. March 14, 1701. 14. Simon (2), b. Oct., 1742; d. Oct. 29, 1802. He bought of Rev. Jonathan Livermore, June 8, 1704, lot No. 12, seventh range, being one of the lots drawn for the first settled minister. He also bought of Joseph Holt, April 10, 1792, the west part of lot No. 11, seventh range, the place owned by the late George Parkhurst. We have not found that he spived personally in the army of the Revolution, but he paid to Amos Holt, Jun., one of the three years" men from Wilton, £7 10s., and paid to Peter Put- nam for one months' service at West Point in 1780, £2 Ss. lie m., Sept. 5, 1760, Lucy — -, who d. April 2, 1801. Mrs. Keyes uud four of her tx- ^j^v-rLU. MflLIOTVPE PBI«TINQ CO, BOSTON. GENEALOGIES : KEYES. 425 children d. of the terrible fever that prevailed in Wilton iu 1801. See page 191 of thiis History. Children : 15. Simon, b. Aug. 15, 1707. le. Lucy, b. Aug. 2 acres in Wilton and 60 in Milfoixl. He keeps a large herd of cows, and sells milk to D. Whiting & Sons. He was awhile in trade at East Wilton in company with Thomas H. Dillon. He has served several years as select- man. He m., Nov. 24, 18.58, Abby A. Gutterson of Milford. Child : 57. Arthur Louis, b. Dec. 2, 1802. He was one year at Tufts College. KIDDER FAMILIES. 1. Ephraim Kidder, b. in Lyndeborough, Jan. 3,1791; d. Aug. 3, 18.58. He came to Wilton in 1840, and he and his wife res. in Wilton until their death. He m., 1810, Betsey Boffee; b. July 28, 1792; d. May 14, 1878. Children ; 2. John B. (7), b. Aug. 10, 1811. .3. Eliza, b. March 14, 1814; m. Burnham Eussell of Lyndeborough. 4. Thomas K., b. June 9, 1817. 5. Anna, b. Sept. 10, 1822; d. May 15, 1808; m. .John Burton. See Burton gen. (92). 6. Martha, b. Aug. 19, 1828; d. July 2, 1832. 7. John B. (2), b. Aug. 10, 1811. He bought the farm, lot No. 18, fifth range, on which Col. Philip Putnam was the original settler, and occupied it until after the death of his wife. He was capt.ain of the Jjafayette Artillery co., which held its organization for a longer period than any other military company in New Hampshire. He m., April 15, 1834, Mary Russell, who was b., Mont Vernon, Dec. 9, 1807. and d., Oct. 22, 1879. Children : 8. Mary Orinda, b. Oct. 15, 1835; ra. Artemas Putnam. See Putnam gen. 9. John Perkins, b. July 1, 1838; a house paiuter and res. in Leom- inster, Mass. He m. Abbie Poss. GENEALOGIKS : KIMBALL. 427 10. Diana, b. Nov. 7, 1841 ; res. in Leominster, Mass. ; m. Horace W. Rice, who d. July 28, 1883. Thej' liad two children. 1. Thomas B. Kidder, son of Job Kidder, b., Goifstown, Sept., 1798; d. Nov. 1,1870. He was a shoemaker, and came to Wilton in 1834, and worked lor Messrs. Jones & Co., as long as he was able to work. He m., July 4, 1819, Sarah Perkins, who d. July 27, 1879, aged 88 yrs. Children : 2. Sarah Jane (7), b. May 19, 1820. 3. William Clark, b. Nov. 19, 1821. He worked for several years at shoemaking, but for a long time he has been in trade with his brother-in- law under the Arm-name of Kidder & Whitney. He m., Nov., 184"), Caroline, dau. of Capt. Pliny Whitney of Milford; n. ch. 4. Alden Augustus, b. April 25, 1824. He res. many years in Meredith. He enlisted in the Twelfth Eegt., N. H. V., and was promoted to sergeant. A short time before his term of three years was out, he was wounded through his left lung and shoulder blade which so far disabled his left arm that he is prevented from doing many kinds of work. He has been employed for some years as an assistant at the Asylum for the Insane in Concord. He m. .Julia Clinton of Bangor, Me. Thej' had one child. 5. Edw.ard (14),b. Jan. 6, 1828. 6. Sophronia, b. Oct. 3, 1831; d. May 30, 186.5. She ra. Henry A. Fisk, and had one child that d., Aug., 1865, seven months old. 7. Sarah .Jane (2), b. May 19, 1820; m., April 2, 184.'), James Martin, who came to Wilton in 1847, and has since res. here. Children : 8. George P. (Martin), b. April 10, 1848 : d. Aug. 19, 1863. 9. Mary Jane (Martin), b. April 23, 1849; d. June 29, 1863. 10. Frank Pierce (Martin) (17), b. June 21, 1853. 11. William Todd (Martin), b. June 17, 1855; d. Dec. 3, 1869. 12. Sarah Estella (Martin), b. Sept. 5, 1857; d. June 21, 1803. 13. Carrie (Martin), b. May 3, 1860. 14. Edward (5), b. Jan. 6, 1828; a shoemaker. He m., Dec. 1, 1854, Ellen Libbey. He m., 2d, Nov. 15, 1805, Mary J. Dutton. Children : 15. Charles, b. March 1, 1859. 16. Nellie M., b. March 28, 1861. She m., Jan. 30, 1880, Henry Tracy, and res. in Fitohburg. 17. Frank Pierce (Martin) (10), b. June 21, 18.53. He has been for many years overseer in the spinning room of Hillsborough Mills in West Milford, Pine Valley. He m., Sept. 25, 1877, Myra Elizabeth Hop- kins, b. Dec. 29, 1853. Children : 18. Ernest Richard (Martin), b. Oct. 14, 187S. 19. Frank Perley (Martin), b. Sept. 20, 1880. KIMBALL FAMILY. 1. John Kimball, b. March 8, 1767; d. Dec. 13,1853. His parents belonged in Wenham, Mass., and had a family of twelve children, of 428 HISTORY OF WILTON. whom he wafs the third. He was a shoe-inaker by trade and lived iu Tem- ple until 1802, when he bought the farm of Abljah Perry in the southwest part of Wilton, and removed there. lie was a prosperous farmer and a good citizen. Pie ni., 1797, Abigail Billings, who d. Oct. 31, 1814; m., 2d, April 11, 1810, Anna, d;ui. of Rev. .Jonathan Liverraore, who d. June 5, 1824. See Livermore gen. He m., .Sd, March 20, 1829, Achsah Spald- ing, who d. April 27, 1873, aged 84 yrs. Children : 2. John (13), b.. Temple, .Tune 7, 1798. 3. Anna Hunt (19), b., Temple. Aug. 4, ISIIO. 4. Harriet, b., AVilton, Dec. 24, 1802 ; d. May 16, 1800. 5. Achsah (24), b.. Wilton, Oct. ;iO, 1804. 6. Daniel Eaymond, b., Wilton, Sept. 2.-). 1800; d. Oct. 21, 1859; unm. He kept a livery stablein Lowell. 7. Granville, b.. Wilton, May 9, 1808; d. Jan. 22, 1873; unm. He lived in Buflalo, X. Y., St. Louis, !Mo., and in Chicago. 111., and carried on an extensive transportation bu.siness. 8. Augustine (31). b., AVilton, July 9, 1810. 9. Samuel Livermore (33j, b., Wilton, .Tan. 10, 1817. 10. Abigail, 1)., AYilton, March 14, 1819 ; d. Dec. 29, 1880. 11. Jonathan Bowers (41), b., Wilton, Jlay 16, 1S21. 12. Mary, b., Wilton, Feb. 3, 1823 ; d. in 182."). 13. .John (2), b., Temple, June 7, 1798; d. Aug. 5, 1838, He settled in Lowell, and was for several years proprietor of the Livermore House,* at that time one of the fli'St hotels there. He was afterwards appointed deputy sheriff. He m., April 29, 1823, Hannah King of M'ilton. See King gen. (11). Children: 14. John Francis, b., Lowell, Mass., Sept. 23, 1824. He res. in IjOm- ell, and is president of the Appleton National Bank. He m., Aug. 27. 1847, Clara Blanchard of Wilton. See Blanchard gen. (69). 15. Harriet Maria (44), b., Lowell, JNfass.. Dec. 20, 182.K 16. Henry Lee, b., Lowell, Jlass., July 17, 1828 ; d. Nov. 2, 1832. 17. Mary Elizabeth (49), b., Lowell, Mass., July 24, 1834. 18. .Charles Eaymond (56), 1).. Lowell, Mass., June 11, 1837. 19. Anxa Hint (3), b.. Temple, Aug. 4, 1800; d. May 10, 1804. She m., May 29, 1823, Closes Spalding, and i-es. in Wilton. See Spalding gen. Children : 20. Edward Henry (Spalding), b., \Yilton, March 12, 1825. 21. Isaac Kimball (Spalding), b., Wilton, July 21, 1820; deceased. 22. William Bitter (Spalding), b., Wilton, April s, 1828. 23. John Augustine (Spalding), b., Wilton, 'S\;\y 29, 1837. 24. Achsah (5), b. Oct. 30, 1804; res. in Lowell, Mass., and of late years in Boston. She m., Oct. 12, 1830, John Mc.-Vlvin of Lowell, wlio was b., Antrim, Jan. 9, 1800, and d., Lowell, Feb. .">, 1800. Cliildren : 25. John Henry (McAlvin), b., Lowell, Aug. 2, 1831; res. in Lowell, and is a prosperous business man; city treasurer from 1809 to 1883. He in., Jan. 4, 18.-)4. Nellie LM. Ives of Pittsford, Xt. ; 3 ch. 20. William Francis (McAlvin), b., Lowell, March 27,1833; d. Julv 29, 1834. GENEALOGIES : KIMBALL. 429 27. Granville Kimball (MuAlviii), b., Lowell, July 27, 1835; res. in Boston, and is superintendent of the Aged Men's Home. 38. Frances Jane (MfAlvin), b., Lowell, April 12, 1838; m., Oct. 26, 1866, Stephen B. Smith of Lowell; 1 ch. Ees. Boston. 29. Annie Emily (McAlvin), b., Lowell, Feb. 12, 1840; res. Boston. 30. George Warren (JicAlvin), b., Lowell, Aug. i), 1843; d. Jan. 10, 1845. 31. 'Augustine (8), b., Wilton, July 9, 1810; d. Sept. 16, 1848; set- tled in Kashville, Tcnu. ; m. Mrs. Jones of Louisville, Ky. Child: 32. Granville; is about forty years of age; is a travelling freight agent for the Michigan Southern K. E. 33. Samuel Livekmoke (9), b., Wilton, Jan. 10, 1817; res. on the homestead in AVilton, and is a prosperous farmer. He ni., Sept. 5, 1849, Betsey E. Graves, who was b., Mt. Holly, Vt., Feb. 12, 1827, and d. Feb. 6, 187(3. Children : 34. A daughter b. and d. Dec. 30, 1851. 35. John Baymond (63), b., Wilton, May 16, 1853. 36. Anna Liverniore (66), b., Wilton, March 30, 1855. 37. ilary Ellen (69), b., Wilton, Nov. lo, 1857. 38. Abby Isabelle, b., Wilton, Nov. 26, 1860; m., Dec. 25, 1885, George M. Batchelder of Wilton. See Batchelder gen. (38). 39. Frank Bowers, b., Wilton, Jan. 14, 1863. 40. Fannie Marion, b., Wilton. March 23, 1868. 41. Jonathan Bowers (11), b., Wilton, May 16, 1821; res. in Chi- cago. He m., JIarch 27, 1850, Augusta M. York. Children: 42. Marion Augusta, b., Lowell, Mass., Dec. 7, 1851. 43. Belle, b., Chicago, 111., July 31, 1856 ; d. Aug. 28, 1838. 44. Hareiet Makia (15), b., Lowell, :\Iass., Dec. 20, 1825; res. in Lowell, Mass. She m., Oct. 3, 1844, Frederic Parker, who grad.. Har- vard College, 1833, and was a lawyer. He d. Jan. 29, 1857. She m., 2d, May 19, 1859, Sidney Spaldiug. Children : 45. Frederic Henry (Parker), b., Lowell, Aug. 9, 1845 ; d. June 5, 1849. 46. Charles Edward (Parker Spalding), b., Lowell, Sept. 24, 1848. 47. Frederic Augustus (Parker Spalding), b., Lowell, Dec. 30, 1853. 48. Harriet Sidney (Spaldiug), b., Lowell, Aug. 7, 1863. 49. Mary Elizabeth (17), b. July 24, 1834; res. in Wilton. She m., Sept. 20, 1855, Harvey A. Whiting. See Whiting gen. Children: 50. Isaac Spalding (Whiting), b., Wilton, Dec. 7, 1838. 51. George (Whiting), b., Wilton, Feb. 16, 1861. 52. .John Kimball (Whiting), b., Wilton, Jan. 22, 1863. 53. Fanny (Whiting), b., Wilton, June 26, 1868. 54. David (Whiting), b., Wilton, July 7, 1870. 55. Charles Frederic (Whiting), b., Wilton, July 27, 1875. 56. Charles PiAVMONu (18), b., Lowell, Mass., June 11, 1837 ; a drug- gist and apothecary ; res. in Lowell. He m., Nov. 24, 1859, Sai'ah Frances Paul. Children : 57. John Arthur, b., Lowell, Aug. 23, 1860. 58. 3Iary Frances, b., Lowell, Dec. 19, 1863. 430 HISTOKY OF WILTON. 59. Charles Eaymond, b., Lowell, iSTov. 19, 1867; d. Dec. o, 1870. GO. Henry Kaymond, b., Lowell, Sept. C, 1870. 61. Frederic Spalding, b., Lowell, Aug. 17, 1.S74; d. July 20, 187.5. 62. Ralph Grosvenor, b., Lowell, Aug. 29, 1876. 63. John Ray.monu (35), b., Wilton, May 16, 1853; res. in Nashua, a milkman. He m., Dec. 25, 1881, Delora Tarbell of Wiltou. t Children: 64. Anne Lora, b., Nashua, Nov. 21, 1882. 65. John Tarbell, b., Nashua, Dec. 20, 1883. 66. Anna LivERMORE (36), b., Wiltou, March 30, 1855; d. Aug. 13, 1882. She m., April 9, 1879, Nelo W. Tarbell of Lyndeborough. Children : 67. Samuel Kimball (Tarbell), b., Lyndeborough, Jan. 2, 1880. 68. Josephine Frances (Tarbell), b., Lyndebt>rough, July 15, 1881. 69. Maky Ellen (37), b., Wilton, Nov. 15, 1857; has lived in Amherst and Nashua. She m., Dec. 25, 1881, Frank Wheeler. Children: 70. Bessie May (AVheeler), b., Amherst, April 12, 1883. 71. Karl Winfield (Wheeler), b., Nashua, Jan. 28, 1886. KING FAMILY. 1. ItiCHARD King is described in a deed, given at Chelmsford, Jlass., April 21, 1753, as " a cabinet maker & joyner." He removed to Wilton in 1769, and bought of James Maxwell, lot No. 3, eighth range. He purchased, March 2, 1774, a pew in the then new mcctiug-house, situated against the south wjill, frout of the house, and the second west of the front entrance. The deed is still extant. His foot lathes remained in his shop many years after his death, and specimens of his handicraft, antique and substantial, are still in existence. His granddaughter, Mrs. Sarah K. Thurston of Far Bockaway, N. Y., still living in the ninety-second year of her age, \\ell remembers him and his excellent character. His daughters were distinguished for beauty of person, and amiability of disposition. They were also noted for industry and iiousehold virtues. He m. Lucy Butteriield, who d., Wilton, Sept. 13, 1783, aged .50 yrs. He m., 2d, Sarah Wooley of Westford, Mass., who d. 1808. Children : 2. Lucy, b. May 18, 1760; d., Andover, Vt., Nov. 18, 1842. She res. first in Mason, and removed, about 1794, to Andover, Vt., oxioerieneiug the many hardships of pioneer life. She ni., Dec. 30, 1784, Joseph Abliot, Jun., who was b., 1758, and d., 1835. They had six children, the births of two of them being recorded in Wilton. 3. Mary, b., 1702; d. Sept. 25, 1854. She m., Nov. 5, 1782, Joseph Chandler of Andover, Mass., who d. Nov. 3, 1815. She had ten children, the descendants of whom are scattered far and wide. One of the daughters was the wife of Deacon Oliver Barrett. See Barrett gen. (14). 4. Betsey, b. June 26, 1764. She res. in Keeue, and had nine children, three by her first husband and six by her second one. She m., June 30, 1785, Joseph Atrbot, 3d, and m., 2d, Thomas Baker. 5. Benning (7), b. July 11, 1767. 6. Sarah, b. about 1775 ; d. Sept. 3, 1794. 7. Benning (5), b. July 11, 1767; d. Oct. 14, 1845. He was a pros- perous farmer, and of sterling character. He m., Nov. 19, 1794, Abigail, GENEALOGIES : KING. 431 dau. of Ashby Morgan. She d. Nov. 12, 1855, aged 85. Her mother's family name was Greely. She was called by one of her descendants, "a paragon of excellence." She was an esteemed member of the Baptist Church, having been baptized by immersion at the age of 73. Children : 8. Samuel (15), b. Aug. 26, 1795. 9. Sarali, b. Feb. 4, 1797 ; res. in Wilton and Far Kockaway, X. Y. She m., Dec. 24, 1816, Ephraim Brown. See Brown gen. (6). She m., 2d, March 31, 1847, Nathaniel Thurston, who was b. June 23, 1797, and d., Wilton, April 4, 1874. 10. Abigail, b. May 1, 1799 ; d. Feb. 4, 1887. She m. Samuel Maynard of Brooklyn, N. V.,'who was b., Shrewsbury, Mass., May 29, 1787, and d., Flatbush, N. Y., March 6, 1872, aged 85 j'ears. 11. Hannah, b. June 28, 1801; d. Aug. 10, 1S70. She m., April 29, 1823, John Kimball, who was b. June 7, 1798, and d. Aug. 5, 1838. See Kimball gen. (13). 12. Clarissa, b. March 7, 1804 ; d. Aug. 8, 1885. She m., April 11, 1826, Calvin Gray. See Gray gen. (73). 13. Mary, b. Jan. 4, 1807 ; d. May 1, 1885. Res. in Wilton and Groton, Mass. She m., Dec. 25, 1828, Isaiah Mansur. See Mansur gen. 14. Sanford (23), b. June 23. 1811. 15. Samuel (8), b. Aug. 26, 1795; d. June 20, 1862. He was a farmer and res. in Wilton; a man of great physical vigor. He once mowed on a wager six acres of grass in one day between sunrise and sunset. He was widely known as an officer in the militia, and was commissioned, July 1, 1829, as Col. of the 22d Kegt. of N. H. militia. He was also captain of a volunteer company, called the "Miller Guards," which received a splen- did standard from Gen. James Miller. On two occasions, in 1840 and 1861, he offered his services to the country as a soldiei'. He was a man of generous impulses and enthusiasm. He m., Sept., 1816, Rebecca Park- hurst, who d. June 9, 1817, aged 24. He m., 2d, Jan 27, 1820, Lydia, dau. of Rev. Jonathan Livermore, who d. March 4, 1871, aged 78. Children : 16. Rebecca, b. June 1, 1817. She res. in Andover, Mass. She m.. May 15, 1836, Daniel P. Goldsmith, who d. Oct. 31, 1844. She m., 2d, Dec. 28, 1846, Benjamin Goldsmith of Jamaica Plain, Mass. 17. Elizabeth (26), b. 1822. 18. John, b. Jan. 1, 1826 ; res. in Charlestown, Mass. ; a railroad clerk and superintendent of freight deijot. 19. George, b. Dec. 29, 1829; res. in Charlestown, Mass. ; a railroad clerk. 20. JoseiJhine, b. Feb. 22, 1833; m. Henry B. Hunter; has res. in Lan- caster, Ohio, and in Dakota. 21. Henry L., b. Dec. 21, 1834; a farmer, and res. in Petersham, Mass. 22. Mary W. (29), b. Feb. 4, 1838. 23. Sanfoed (14), b. June 23, 1811; d. in Temple Sept. 6, 1859. He was for many years a successful teacher. He purchased a farm in Tem- ple and sjient the last years of his life in agricultural pursuits. He was nmch respected. He m., Dec. 31, 1840, Susan Burnham of Pelham, who was b. April 19, 1818, and d., Lowell, Sept. 5, 1872. Children : 432 HISTORY OP WILTON. 24. Charles Francis, b., Wilton, Jan. 30, 1S43. He was fitted for col- lege at Appleton Academy, ^^ew Ipswich, and at the Lowell High Scliool, and grad., Dartmouth College, 1867, the second in his class. He has been principal of a grannmir school in New Bedford, Mass., of the Collins School in Gloucester, and of the Lewis School iu Boston; the last position ho still holds. He opened, in 188.5, at Saratoga, N. Y., "The National Sunnner School of Methods," the first and only institution of its kind in this country, designed to teach the art of pedagogy. He has also organ- ized " The Teachers' National Reading Circle." He has made a specialty of geography, and is recognized by his writings and lectures as an author- ity on that subject. He has also preached for churches destitute of pas- tors. He m., Aug. 1, 1867, Elizabeth Boardman of Lowell, who was b. Sept. 28, 1842, in Preston, England. 25. Abbic Ann, b., Wilton, 1846; ni., Nov. 29, 1880, AVarren Buruham, and res. iu Chicago. 26. Elizabeth (17), b. 1822; has res. in Lancaster and Cincinnati, Ohio. She m., July 15, 1844, Henry C. Whitman, son of Rev. Nathaniel Whitman of Billerica, JMass. ; a distinguished lawyer and judge. (Children : 27. Henry Mcdill (Whitman), b. Juno 24, 184.5; a graduate of Har- vard University, 1868 ; d. Aug. 16, 1869. 28. Channing Wood (Whitman), b. Aug. 24, 1846; a graduate of Har- vard University, 1868. Ho has beeij for several years United States Con- sul at Huddersfield, England. He m. Mary Eels, March, 1871, who d., 1872. He m., 2d, Sept. 18, 1875, in Huddersfield, Mary England. He has one son, Henry, who was b. Feb. 18, 1872. 29. Maky W. (22), b. Feb. 4, 1838; res. in Greenville. She m., Jan. 29, 1859, James Taft, justice of the peace and postmaster. C'hildren : 30. Herbert J. (Taft), b. Sept. 1, 1860; a lawyer, and res. in Green- ville; m., Oct. 21, 1885, Ida F. Chamberlain. 31. Josephine M. (Taft), b. Sept. 20, 1862. 32. Florence (Taft), b. Sept. 29, 1866. 33. Winifred Livermore (Taft), b. April 28, 1879. 34. Beatrice King (Taft), b. April 28, 1879. KNIGHT FAMILIES. 1. WiLDEii Knkiiit came to Wilton when advanced in age. He and his wife resided here the remainder of their lives. His wife, Lucinda Knight, d. Nov. 25, 1867, aged 67 yrs. He d. Feb. 28, 1879, aged 86 yrs. 1. David Knicht res. ii few years in Wilton. lie d. Nov. 16, 1859, aged 60 yrs. Candace, widow of David ]\night, d. Dec. 7, 186,3, aged 60 years. LANCE V FA:MILY. 1. GeORGK Lancey was probably the first settler on lot No. 0, second range, now owned by ^Irs. Abiah H. Howard. Ho was killed, Sept. 7, C^C'-\/X. <=^ ^ HELIOTYfE PRINTING CO., 90STOM GENEALOGIES : LANE. 433 1773, at that deplorable accident of the fall of the meeting-house frame. Children by his wife, Elizabeth : 2. George, b. Nov. 11, 1766; d. April 5, 1849; a res. of Wilton during his life. He built the house that was owned many years by Isaac Blauch- ard and Isaac Blanchard, Jun.,-and also the one opposite Gardner Blanchard's that was burned down years ago. The houses he built, being long and of one story, were called " Lancey's saw-mills." He was a good hewer of timber, and could make a good frame. He was noted for talking to himself. He ra., Oct. 16, 1794, Betsey, dau. of John and Sarah Stevens, who d. June 25, 1848, aged 77 yrs. 3. AVilliam, b. May 29, 1768. 4. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1772. 3. Zaccheus, b. Dec. 12, 1773. LAXE FAMILIES. 1. William Lane, b., Meredith, Jan. 19, 1822; was from Laconia. He came to Wilton and worked for a while for Asa Jones and was for several years in company with him in the manufacture of boots and shoes. He was also several years at Milford in company with Mills & Lewis in the same business. He started in the leather trade in Boston, but was a heavy sufferer at the time of the great fire. Soon after he removed to Chicago, and eventually to Minneapolis and Boston. While in Wilton, he held offices in the militia, and was the last lieut.-col. of the 22d Begt. He also served one year as selectman, and one year as rejiresentative to the Legislature. He m., April 2, 1845, Emily, dau. of Capt. David Wilson. She was b., Wilton, Feb. 27, 1820, and d., Minneapolis, Minn., July 15, 1SS7. Children : 2. Helen Isabelle (4), b., Wilton, Feb. 11, 1846. 3. Emily Frances (9), b. Aug. 5, 1848. 4. Hklen Isabelle (2), b., Wilton, Feb. 11, 1846; m., July 28, 1868, Melville Emerson Webb, M. D., who was b. March 3, 1843, and res. in Boston. Children : 5. Roy Laue (Webb), b., Saccarappa, Me., Sept. 20, 1869; d. Sept. 30, 1869. 6. Melville Emerson (Webb), b., Boston, Feb. 21, 1876. 7. Helen Sampson (Webb), b., Boston, April 1, 1881. 8. Mortimer Bruce (Webb), b., Boston, Aug. 27, 1882. 9. Emily Frances (B), b., Wilton, Aug. 5, 1848 ; d. July 8, 1873 ; m., Jan. 31, 1871, John Dane Holt, who was b., Milford, Jan. 12, 1844, and d. July 28, 1872. Child : 10. Melvillena Laue (Holt), b., Boston, March 4, 1873. 1. John Lane was b., Ireland, June 23, 1821. He came to America in 1849, and worked for the Wilton Co. until their mill was burned in 1872. In 1877, he bought the farm in the southeast part of Wilton, on 434 HISTORY OF WILTON. which Benjamin Blanchard originally settled, where he has since res. He m., Oct. 19, 1854, Katherine Shea. Children : 2. John, b. July 19, 1855. 3. Daniel, b. Oct. S, 1856. 4. Katie, b. March 2,1859: m., Oct. 21, 1883, Thomas Cooley. See Cooley gen. (1). 5. Mary Ann, b. Feb- 15, 1860; d. Jan. 9, 1881. LANGDBLL FAMILY. 1. Joseph Langdell, son of Mark D. Langdell, was b., Mont Ver- non, Sept. 30, 1826. He came to "Wilton in lSi9, and opened a livery stable, in which business he has continued to the present time. His teams are always in good order. He was for two years landlord of the hotel. He m., July 4, 1853, Sarah J. Gowing, who d. Sept. 7, 1877, aged 42 yrs. He m., 2d, Jan. 7, 1880, Mrs. Mary B. Barron. Children : 2. Ida B., b; Dec. 1, 1855 ; m. George A. Carter. 3. Luther Mark, b. June 12, 1881. LAWRENCE FAMILY. 1. Amos Lawrence was at two different times a res. of Wilton. He was from HoUis, a cooper by trade, and lived several years on the place now owned by John B. Ilickey. He m., Nov. 10, 1795, Abigail, dau. of Simeon Keyes of Wilton. See Keyes gen.' (20). Children : 2. Sally, b., Hillsborough, April 6, 1797; m. William Blanchard. They were living a few years since in New York city. 3. Abigail, b., Wilton, April 16, 1799. 4. Koxalana, b., Enosburgh, Vt., Nov. 14, 1801. She ni. Josejih Burtt. SeeBurtt gen. (1). 5. Lecty, b., Burlington, Vt., Dec. 29, 1803. 6. Friend, b., Burlington, Vt., June 4, 1806. 7. Eufus Wheeler, b., Burlington, Vt., Sept. 6, 1808. 8. Amos, b., Lyndeborough, Feb. 27, 1812; a blacksmith. 9. Eber Keyes, b., Wilton, June 7, 1816 ; drowned in Cragin's pond, Greenfield. 10. Obediah Witherell, b., Wilton, April 23, 1819. LEWIS FAMILY. 1. John Lewis, b., Henniker, March 22, 1795. He lived for fifty years in Goshen, and came to Wilton in 1878, remarkable at that time for vigor and activity. He m.. May 6, 1817, .foanna Holt, who d. Dec. 6, 1885, aged 88. Child: 2. Calvin H., b. March 27, 1825. He came to Wilton March, 1854. He has served several years as police officer, three years as selectman and eight years as overseer of the poor. He m., Nov. 27, 1851, Hannah A. Trow, who d., April 1, 1869, aged 38 yrs., 7 mos. He m., 2d, Nov. GENEALOGIES : LIVERMORE. 435 16, 1869, Dorinda B. Hutchinson. See Hutchinson gen. (83). Children: 3. Ella Jane, b. June 3, 1854; d. Aug. 31, 1856. 4. Charlie, b. June 8, 1858 ; d. July 22, 1864. LINCOLN FAMILY. 1. Seth Lincoln was a native of Western, now called Warren, Mass., and was of English descent. He was a well-to-do farmer, a%d kept a large dairy. He m. Jemima Miller, a native of Holliston, Mass. She was of German descent. Child : 2. Increase Sumner, b., Warren, June 20, 1799, the youngest of eight children. He grad., Yale College, 1822, and studied theology. He was ordained as pastor of the Cong. Church, Gardner, Mass., June 16, 1824, where he remained eighteen years. His last settlement was over the Unitarian Church in Wilton, where he still res., in his ninetieth year; the oldest minister in his denomination ; a venerable patriarch whom all who know him revere and love. He was for ten years chaplain of the County Farm. See page 179. He m., 1822, Gratia Eliza Smith, who d., 1847; the dau. of Nathan Smith, M. D., professor in the Medical Depart- ment of Yale College. He m., 2d, Gardner, JUiss., 1847, Mrs. Abbie Har- wood, whose maiden name was Comer. His first wife was the mother of ten children, six of whom are living ; his second wife of two children, one of whom is living. All the seven children still living have married. One dau. is a widow aged 64 yrs. The eldest son, aged 60, grad. at Dartmouth College and at the Medical College in Baltimore and has been an eminent practising physician in Washington, D. C, for more than 30 years. The second son, aged 47, was an officer during the greater part of the Kebelliou, and returned as col. of the Sixth Eegt., Vt. V. He now has command of a military post, as an officer of the regular army. A dau., Abbie, m., Oct. 17, 1875, George W. Bridges. See Bridges gen. (29). LIVERMORE FAMILY. 1. John Livermoke, baptized Sept. 30, 1604, d. April 14, 1684, aged 78. He is supposed to be the ancestor of all the Livermores in the United States. The family lived in Little Thurloe, Suffolk, England. Their name was variously spelled, in the illiterate habit of the times, Leather- moi-e, Lithermore, Lyvermore, Lyvermer, and Levermore. John Liver- more embarked at Ipswich in April, 1634, on board the Francis, John Cutting, master, for America. He was a potter by trade. He was 28 years old. His first res. in the United States is not known, but in 1642 he was a freeman in Watertown, Mass. His wife's name was Grace and she d. in Chelmsford, Mass. The tradition is that she came over later than her husband, after he had established a home for his family. They had nine children, some of whom were born in England. 2. Samuel, sixth child of preceding John and Grace Livermore, b. 1640 ; freeman, May 31, 1671 ; d. Dec. 5, 1690. He was a maltster. He ni. Anna Bridge, June 4, 1688, who d. Aug. 28, 1727, aged 81. They had twelve children. 436 HISTORY OF WILTON. 3. Jonathan, the sixth child of preceding, b. April 19, 1678 ; d. Nov., 1705. of a hurt in the stomach. He was a tanner by trade and res. in Watertown. He ui., Nov. 23, 1699, Kebecca Barnes. They had four chil- dren, the first of whom was : 4. Jonathan, b. Aug. 16, 1700; d. April 21, ISOl, aged 100 years, eight months, and five days, having touched upon three centuries, the 17th, 18th and 19th. After he was 100 years old, he was able to ride out eight miles from home on horseback, and back again the same day. He lived in that part of Westborough, which was .afterwards set oft' as a separate township, and called Northborough, of which he was the first town clerk. He was deacon of the Cong. Ch., and nmch engaged in pub- lic business as a surveyor, and in laying out new townships. He was a patriarch much respected in his day and generation. He m., June 23, 1723, Abigail Ball. He m., 2d, Nov. 16, 177.'5, Jane Dunlap. He had by his first wife eleven children, of whom the fifth was : 5. Jonathan, b. Dec. 7, 1729; d. suddenly July 20, 1809. He grad. Harvard College, 1760, and was ordained as the first pastor of the Cong. Ch. in Wilton, Dec. 14, 1763, and resigned, Feb., 1777. For notices of his life see pages 130, 132, 2.52, 253. He m., Sept. 14, 1769, Elizabeth Kidder of Billerica, Mass., who d. Dec. 12, 1822, aged 79. Children : 6. Jonathan (16), b. July 10, 1770. 7. Elizabeth, b. June 11, 1772; d. April 15, 1842; unm. 8. Mary, b. July 26, 1774 ; d. June 19, 1797. 9. Nathan, b. Oct. 7, 177G; d. Feb. 23, 1852. 10. Solomon Kidder (19), b. March 2, 1779. 11. Anna (28), b. Aug. 20, 1781. 12. Samuel, b. April 14, 1784; d. Dec, 1786. 13. Samuel, b. Dec. 12, 1786 ; d. July, 1788. 14. Sarah White, b. July 20, 1789 ; d. July 3, 1874; unm. She was a teacher for many years, and wrote many pieces of fugitive poetry and prose. 15. Lydia (33), b. May 20, 1792. l(i. Jonathan (6), b. July 10, 1770; d. suddenly Dec. 24, 1845. He was a farmer, and res. on the homestead. He took great interest in the political history of the country, and was endowed with a remarkably retentive and reliable memory. He m.. May 19, 1808, Abigail Abbot, dau. of Maj. Abiel Abbot. She d. June 5, 1812. Children : 17. Jonathan (42), b. April 24, 1809. 18. Abiel Abbot, b. Oct. 30, 1811 ; fitted for college at Philips Exeter Academy ; grad. Harvard College, 1833, and at the Cambridge Divinity School, 1836. Pie was ordained over the Cong. Ch. in Keene, Nov. 2, 1836, and was pastor of the society until May, 1850. He was pastor of the Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, O., from 1850 till 1856; and of Hope Ch. in Yonkers, N. V., from 1856 till 1863, since Avhich time he has been pres- ident of the Meadville, Pennsylvania, Theological School. He was also editor of the Christian Inquirer, New York, from Jan. 1, 1857, till Sept., 1863. He m.. May 17, 1838, Elizabeth D. Abbot of Windham, who d. Sept. 13, 1879. He m., 2d, June 18, 1883, Mrs. Mary A. (Keating) Moore, who GENEALOGIES : LIVEKMOKE. 437 has two children, Eev. Walter C. Moore of Pepperell, Mass., and Mabel A. Moore. 19. Solomon Kiddek (10), b. March 2, 1779; d. suddenly Jiil.v 10, 18.59. He fitted for college at Mr. Pemberton's school In Billerica, grad., Harvard College, 1802, and res. in Milford. For a sketcli of his life, see pp. 280, 281. He m., July 6, 1810, Abigail A. Jarvis of Cambridge, Mass. Children : 20. Leonard Jarvis, b. April 15, 1811 ; d. Nov. 28, 1822. 21. Heury Lee, b. Aug. 3, 1812; d. Dec. 7, 1847. He was a merchant in Baltimore, and m. Mary M. Hobby, who d. within a year after her marriage. 22. Thomas Atkins (48), b. Feb. 7, 1814. 23. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 22, 1815; d. June, 1817. 24. Elizabeth Abigail, b. March 28, 1818. 25. Rebecca Parkman Jarvis (57), b. Dec. .SI, 1819. 2G. Leonard Jarvis (66), b. Dec. 8, 1822. 27. Mary, b. .Sept. 18, 1825; d. Nov. IG, 1850. She m., Sept., 1849, Frederic Fish of Fairhaven, Mass. 28. Anna (11), b. Aug. 20, 1781; d. .suddenly June 5, 1824. She m., April 11, 1816, John Kimball. See Kimball gen. (1). Children : 29. Samuel Livermore (Kimball), b. Jan. 10, 1817. 30. Abigail (Kimball), b. March 14, 1819 ; d. Dec. 29, 1886. 31. Jonathan Bowers (Kimball), b. May 16, 1821. 32. Mary (Kimball), b. Feb. 3, 1823; d. Aug. 17, 1825. 33. Lydia (15), b. May 20, 1792 ; m., Jan. 27, 1820, Samuel King. See King gen. (15) . Childreu : 34. Elizabeth (King), b. April 18, 1821. 35. Mary (King), b. Sept. 23, 1824; d. Dec. 13, 1824. 36. John (King), b. Jan. 7, 1826. 37. George (King), b. Oct. 6, 1829. 38. Mary (King), b. June 5, 1831 ; d. July 26, 1832. 39. Josephine (King), b. Feb. 21, 18.33. 40. Henry Lee (King), b. Dec. 20, 18.S4. 41. Mary Wilson (King), b. Feb. 4, 1838. 42. Jonathan (17), b. April 24, 1809; d. June IS, 1887. He built a house on the homestead, and was engaged in the farming and milling business. He m., Aug. 15, 1833, Sirs. Dorcas (Holt) Blodgett, who was b. May 23, 1809, and d. Feb. 13, 1887. See Holt gen. (195). Children : 43. Abigail Abbot, b. Jan. 7, 1835; m., Aug. 12, 1858, Eliphalet P. Dascomb. See Dascomb gen. (41). They res. in Wilton. 44. Abiel Abbot, b. Feb. 23, 18.38; he enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, in Co. B., Eighth Eegt., N. H. V.; d. July 3, 1863, at Port Hudson, La. The Wilton branch of the Grand Army Post is named after him. 45. Henry Harrison, b. Oct. 12, 1840; d. Sept. 5, 1843. 46. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 29, 1844; m., Jan. 8, 1871, Martin Andrew Rockwood, and res. in Bi-ookline. 47. Heury Harrison (71), b. Feb. 8, 184S. 438 HISTOKY OF WILTON. 48. Thomas Atkins (22), b. Feb. 7, 1814; d., Burlington, la., April 24, 1862. He was a dentist. He m., Sept., 1841, Harriet E. Smith of Galena, 111. He m., 2d, Mary C. Laugdon. CJhildren : 49. Thomas Leonard, b. Aug. 28, 1842; d. Sept. 23, 1843. 50. Thomas Leonard Jarvis, b. Feb. 7, 1844. A lawyer in Boston; a colonel in the Union army in the Civil war. He m. Miss Daniels of Mil- ford, and has several children : 51. James Kidder, b. Dec. 12, 1845; d. May 31, 1849, on a journey to California. 52. Charles W., b., Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 26, 1850. 53. Mary Elizabeth, b., Nevada City, Cal., Dec. 13, 1852; d. Jan. 8 1868. 54. William Henry Lee, res. St. Paul, Minu. 55. Harriet Elizabeth, m., Sept. 1884, John Walter Wells. 56. Nathaniel Lyon, res. in Motley, Minn. 57. Rebecca P. J. (25), b. Dec. 31, 1819; d., Milford, Oct. 9, 1886. She res. at Baltimore; m., Aug. 24, 1841, Joseph C. Manning, who d. June 17, 1884. Children: 58. Mary Elizabeth (Manning), b. Aug. 25, 1842 ; d. Feb. 19, 1S72. 59. Charles H. (Manning), b. June 9, 1844; is an engineer on retired list of the tJ. S. Navy; m., 1871, Fanny L. Bartlett, and has three sons. 60. Jarvis C. (Manning), b. Nov. 30, 1845; d. by falling from a window, Oct. 2. 1846. 61. Joseph C. (Manning), b. July 20, 1847. A clerk in a bank; ra., Jan., 1874, Laura K. Darley, and has Ave daughters. 62. Rebecca L. (Manning), b. July 8, 1849 ; d. March 15, 1885. 63. Henry Livermore (Manning), b. Jan. 11, 1852; d. Dec. 1, 18S0. G4. (.Cleveland Pratt (Manning), b. May 28, 1854. He is a confidential clerk and property agent; m., June 5, 1888, Miss Russell of Baltimore. 65. Leonard .Jarvis (Manning), b. May 11, 1856; grad.. Harvard Col- lege, 1870; a teacher in the High School, Medford, Mass. ; m., 1877, Mrs. Lina Cleveland. 66. Leonard Jarvis (26), b. Dec. 8, 1822; d., Cambridge, May 30, 1806. He grad.. Harvard College, 1842, and from the Cambridge Divinity School in 1846. He was a Unitarian minister, pastor of the churches in East Boston, Lexington, Clinton and Danvers ; editor of the first edition of the Hymn and Tune book of the American LTnitarian Association. He m. Mary Ann C. Perkins of Groton, Mass. Children : 67. Allina Mary, b.. East Boston, April 1, 1848; d., Charlestown, Mass., March 23, 1881. She m., Dec. 13, 1870, Rev. Pitt Dillingham, u Unitarian minister, and had one child, Leonard Pitt, b. Feb. 10, 1881, and d. Oct. 15, 1882. 68. Clara Perkins, b., Groton, Mass., May 27, 1851 ; m., April 7, 1880, Frederic Perrj- Pish, a lawyer; res. in Cambridge, and has several children : 69. Joseph Perkins, b., Clinton, Mass., Feb. 19, 1855; is a civil engi- neer and res. in Boston; m., Oct. 5, 1880, Agnes A. Roberts, and has several children. GENEALOGIES : LOVEJOY. 439 70. Henry Jarvis, b., Lexington, Mass., May 27, 1865; grad. at Har- vard College, 1887. 71. Henky Harrison (47), b. Feb. 8, 1848; res. on the homestead, and is engaged in fanning and milling. He m., March 23, 1879, Martha E. Boynton. See Boynton gen. (7). Children: 72. Abiel Abbot, b. Dec. 22, 1879. 73. Leon Jonathan, b. July 18, 1883 ; d. June 21, 1887. 74. Olive Boynton, b. Dec. 22, 1886. An interesting christening service took place Aug., 1880, at the house built by Rev. Jonathan Liverlnore about one hundred and twenty-flve years ago. Five ministers and a large number of parents and friends were present. Five infants, three small children, four misses and one lad were baptized, all but one of whom were descendants or relatives of the Liver- more family. LOVETT FAMILY. 1. John Loyett was in Wilton as early as 1795. His tax was but a trifle more than a poll tax until 1802, when he bought the place now owned by Albert Townsend, on which he res. till he sold the farm to John Mack in 1812, when he left the town. Children by his wife, Catharine : •2. Deborah, b. March 18, 1801. 3. James, b. Feb. 8, 1802. 4. Catharine, b. Sept. 18, 1804 ; d. young. 5. Catharine, b. March 7, 1806. 6. Anna Livermore, b. April 27, 1808. 1. Balch Lovett, supposed to be a brother of John Lovett, was taxed in Wilton in 1805, and the two succeeding years. He was a noted rhymester, ready at any time to exhibit his skill. After the death of Rev. Abel Fiske, the house in which he lived was occupied for a time as a tavern, the sign hanging on the white oak tree which still stands there. Lovett, with others, being on the street near by, is asked to make a rhyme. Without hesitation, pointing to the sign, he said : " Upon that tree a sign I see, all covered up with leaves ; That house was once a house of prayer, but now a den of thieves." LOVEJOY FAMILIES. 1. Moses Love joy came to Wilton and settled where John McGregor now lives. He was enrolled, Sept. 29, 1777, in Capt. Philip Putnam's co.. Col. Nichols's regt., that joined the northern continental army at Sara- toga. Children by his wife, Dorcas : 2. Moses (7), b. March 29, 1778. 3. Dorcas, b. May 30, 1780. 4. Henry, b. May 14, 1782. 5. Ezekiel, b. Nov. 14, 1784; m., Feb., 1810, Eunice Gage. 6. Hannah, b. June 22, 1787. 440 HISTORY OF WILTON. 7. Moses (2), b. March 29, 1778; d. Nov. 13, 1840. He res. on the homestead and was a prosperous farmer. He was an early member o£ the Baptist Church. About tweuty-five j'ears before his death his mind for a time appeared to be unbalanced. He m., Nov. G, 1807, Nanej' Tarbell of Mason, who d. Dec. 10, 18.51, aged 05 yrs. Children : 8. Moses (12), b. Dec. 27, 1807. 9. Nancy, b. Jan. 19, 1811; m.. Nov. 8, 1840, Ezekiel H. Lovejoy of Weston, Vt. 10. Mary Ann, h. Dec. 9, 1814; m. 11. Samuel Tarbell, b. Oct. 19, 1824; d.-Oct. 29, 1S5.S. 12. Moses (8), b. Dec. 27, 1807; he res. on the homestead until about 1872, when he sold it, and bought the farm tliat is on the westerly part of lot No. 11, sixth range. He held offices in the militia to rhe rank of cap- tain in the Cavalry co. of the 22d Kegt. He served eight j-ears as one of the selectmen. He m., Oct. 2, 18,38, Lucy C. Gray. See Gray gen. (51)' Children : 13. Lucy Augusta, b. Oct. 81, 1841 ; d. Jlarch 10, 1870. She m., April 12, 1800, George Parkhurst. See Parkhurst gen. 14. Abbie N., b. Jan. 27, 1845; d. Feb. 4, 1875. She ni., Aug. 1, 1805, Whitney. 15. Susan Ella. b. Jan. 20, 1850; d. June 2,3, 1870. 16. Ida N., b. Nov. 1.3, 1830; d. Dec. 20, 1874. She m., Nov. 18, 1809, E. ^\'. Major. 1. Daniel Lovejov, a brother of preceding Moses (1), settled near him. He was chosen deacon July 25, 1793. We have found no date when the brothers came to Wilton, but It was pi-obably about the com- mencement of the Kevolutionarj- War. Children by his wife, Abigail : 2. Hannah, b. March 18, 1778. 3. Daniel (6), b. April 25, 1779. 4. Phineas, b. Nov. 18, 1781. 5. Isaac Lovejoy, b. Dec. 27, 178,3; m., Feb. 11, ISOS, Dorcas Pea- bodj^; m., 2d, Hann.ah Peabody. 6. Daniel (3), b. April 25, 1779; he was a farmer and res. on the homestead. He held offices in the militia to the rank of captain. He m., Feb. 10, 1804, Phobe Lovejoy. Children : 7. Newton, b. Jan. 17, 1805. 8. Daniel, b. Jan. 24, 1808. 9. Phebe, b. Jan. 4, 1810. 1. William Lovejoy was of the fifth generation from John Love- joy, who emigrated from England and was one of tlie first settlers of Andover, Mass. Children : 2. William was taken prisoner and carried to Halifax, where he d. In prison. 3. Samuel (5). 4. Hi'nry(ie). GENEALOGIES : LOVEJOY. 441 5. Samuel (3), d. Oct. 0, 1801. He came to Wilton from Andover near the begimiing of the Eevolutionaiy war. He settled on lot No. 1, fourth range, where James Searle now lives. He also owned lot No. 1, fifth range. He served in Capt. Benjamin Taylor's co., at AVinter Hill, iu the winter of 177.VG. He was also in Capt. Philip Putnam's co., Col. Moses Nichols's regt., that marched Sept. 29, 1777, to join the northern army at Saratoga, the co. serving 27 days. He held offices iu the militia to the rank of major, and served one year as selectman. He m. I^ydia Abbot, who was b. Oct. 23, 175.S, and d. Sept. 20, 1826. Children : 6. S.amuel, b. July .SO, 177.T. He was a physician, and res. in Towns- end, Mass. He m. Betsey Lawrence, sister of Amos and Abbot T/awrence, the noted Boston merchants. They had five sons and one daughter. 7. William, b. July 7, 1777; he was for many years a merchant iu Milford, and a deacon of the church. He m. Esther Burns of Milford. 8. David (2C), b. July IG, 1779. ». Henry (37), b. Aug. 10, 1781. 10. Lydia, b. Sept. 11, 1783. 11. Hannah, b. Aug. 9, 178.5; m., June 7, 1807, John Stevens. See Stevens gen. 12. Abiel, b. Oct. 22, 1787 : a prominent mau and for many years a merchant iu Milford. He m. Wade. 13. John, b. Dec. 11, 1789; a morocco manufacturer; m. and res. in Lynn, Mass. 14. Sally, b. June 9, 1792 ; res. in Natchez, Miss. : m. Stiles Stockwell . 1.5. Frederick, b. April 3, 1795. He was for seveval j^ears engaged in the livery business in Amherst, and was one of the most expert horsemen of this vicinity. He became one of the first proprietors of the stage line between Nashua and Keene, and held an interest in it the rest of his life. He m. Tuttle, by whom he had several children. IG. IlENEY (4), is credited on the pay-rolls as serving in Capt. William Walker's co., from April 23, to Aug. 1, 177.o. He also served two months and niue days in Capt. John Goss's co.. Col. Nichols's regt.. Gen. Stark's Brigade, in the Bennington campaign. He also served twenty-eight days in Capt. Benjamin Mann's co., in the Rhode Island campaign, Aug., 1778. He was last taxed in Wilton in 1799. He m. Elizabeth Cummings. Children : 17. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 31, 1782. 18. Henry, b. Feb. 20, 1784; d. iu infancy. 19. Plenry, b. May 2, 1786. 20. Jacob, b., Oct. 28, 1788 ; he was a cloth-dresser, and res. in Lynde- borough, Wilton, and other places. He m., Oct. 27, 1812, Polly Fletcher. 21. William, d. of consumption, soon after he attained manhood. 22. Ezra, b. March 2, 1794; he was a cloth-dresser, and res. in Steuben Co., N. Y. He m. Ordway. 23. Amos, b. Nov. 27, 1796. 24. Polly, m. Moore. 25. Sally. 26. David (8), b. July 16, 1779; d. May 22, 1833. He was a farmer 442 HISTORY OF WILTON. and res. on the homestead. He was captain of the Seventh cc, 22d Ee^t. of militia. He m., March 17, 1803, Rachel Hutchinson, who d. Dec. 21, 1865, aged 86 yrs. See Richard Hutchin.son gen. (17). Children: 27 . Lydia, b. Dec. 30, 1803 ; m., June, 1825, Charles M. Tolman ; m., 2d, Henry Bragg, h}- whom she had one son, who served three years in the Second Regt., N. H. V. 28. Samuel, b. Feb. 20, 1806; a farmer, res. in Temple, and served some years as selectman. Pie m., March 13, 1834, Sally Pratt of Temple. He m., 2d, June 7, 1874, Philay Lovejoy. 29. Mary, b. June 21, 1808 ; m., June 15, 1837, Pierce Gage. See Gage gen. (35). 30. Abiel, b. Miiy 25, 1810; a farmer and res. in Temple. Hem. Cutter. 31. William (48), b. March 3, 1814. 32. Isaac, b. June 16, 1816; d. Sept. 17, 1859. He was u farmer and res. in Wilton. He m., April 18, 1837, Philay .lefts, by whom he had four children; of the two living ones we have neither names, nor dates. 33. Clarissa, b. Sept. 10, 1818 ; m., Nov. 2, 1836, Willard French. See French gen. (35). 34. David, b. March 1, 1820. He res. in Wilton, is a boot and shnr maker, and worked manj' years for Messrs. Jones it Co., and their succes- sors. Ho m., Nov. 16, 1843, Lvdia A. Barnes; n. ch. See Barnes gen. (10). 35. Rachel, b. April 9, 1822; m., Nov. 27, 1847, Levi A. Pierce. See Pierce gen. 36. Sarah, b. Aug. 4, 1825; d. Nov. 3, 1854. 37. Henry (9), b. Aug. 16, 1781 ; d. Sept. !), 1863. Before his marriage he began farming in the southern part of Greenfield, where he res. until 1816, when he sold his place, and bought u farm in Mil ford, where li(> lived the rest of his life. He m. Jan. 12, 1804, Persis, dau. of JlaJ. Abiel Abbot. She d. Nov. 13, 1859, aged 78 yrs. See Abbot gen. Children : 38. Henry (52), b. Nov. 8, 1804. 39. Samuel (5(5), b. Nov. 3, 1806. 40. Abiel, b. Dec. 14, 1808; d, Dec. 26, 1822. 41. Lydia, b. June 18, 1811 ; d. Aug. 4, 1811. 42. William, b. July 22, 1812: d. May 31, 1880. In eompiiny with his brother Samuel, he carried on the homestead until they divided their real estate, a few j'ears before their decease. He m., Sept. 9, 1852. Svrena Holt. 43. Jacob Abbot, b. July 23, 1815 ; d. Sept. 25, 1815. 44. Persis, b. May 13, 1817; res. in Milford; m., Oct. 15, 1857, Elipha- let Putnam. See Putnam gen. 45. Sarah, b. Oct. 30, 1819 ; d. April 27, 1852. 46. Abigail, b. Jan. 13, 1S23 ; d. June 8, 1852. 47. Phebe A., b. Feb. 4, 1826; res. in Milford. 48. William (31), b. March 3, 1814; a farmer, and res. in Frances- town. He m., 1842, Elizabeth Coolidge of Hillsborough. He m., 2d, 1869 , Mary Ann Smith of Nashua. Children : GENEALOGIES : MACK. 443 49. Ann Elizabeth,' b. 1844; d. 1856. 50. Sarah Lavinia, b. 1846 ; d. 1862. 51. Mary Caroline, b. 1848; d. 1881. She m., 1876, David X. Buttor- lield ol New Boston, by whom she had one child that d. in infancy. 52. Heney (38), b. Nov. 8, 1804; d. 1887. Soon after coming of age he went to Aroostook Co., Me., where he engaged in lumbering and other business. He was at one time in trade in Milford with C. C. Shaw, and also res. in Greenville a few years. About 18.il he went to New Toik City and engaged in electrotyping, in ^^■hich for many years, under the firm-name of Lovejoy, Son & Co., he carried on an extensive business. He m., Oct. 19, 1832, Elizabeth Francis, who d. Feb. S, 18,37. He m., 2d, Oct. 5, 1837, Melinda C. Wheeler. Children : 53. Sarah Elizabeth, b. June 21, 1835 ; d. Aug. 6, 1835. 54. Henry William, b. April 19, 1839; he is of the firm of Lovejoy, Son & Co. 55. Elizabeth Francis, b. Dec. 24, 1845. 5C. Samuel (39), b. Nov. 3, 1800; d. Sept. 26, 1881, from a fall in his barn. He was a farmer and res. on the homestead. He m., Sept. 29, 1859, Nancy Wright. Children : 57. Abby Elissie, b. March 17, 1862; m., 1881, Theron Fisher. Tliey have two children. 58. Samuel Abbot, b. Nov. 2, 1865 ; res. on the homestead in Milford. MACK FAMILY. 1. John Mack, b. Ireland; d. Londonderry, 1753, aged 55. Nothing is known of the Mack family prior to John Mack. He came to America in 17.'!2, and settled in Londondeny. Ho was a blacksmith, and a speci- men of his work is preserved in the collections of tlie New Hampshire Historical Society. Before coming to America he m. Isabella Brown, dau. of Sir .John Brown of Londonderrj', Ireland. She d. about 1770. Children : 2. William, settled in Vermont. 3. Jeanettp, settled in New Vork. 4. .John, settled in New 'i'ork. 5. Robert, a soldier in the French and Indian war, and also in the Revolutionary war as an armorer. 6. Martha. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Andrew (10), d. in 1820. 9. Daniel. 10. Andrew^ (8), d. in 1820; res. in Londonderry; m. Elizabeth Clark, who d. in 1830. Children : 11. .Jane, uum; d. in Londondeny. 12. Lptitia, taught school in District No. 2, in Wilton, one term. 13. Eli5;abeth, m. David Stiles of Temple. See Stiles gen. 14. John (19), b. Aug. 7, 1780. 15. Isabella, d. young. 444 HISTORY OF WILTON. 16. Robert, lived and d. In Londonderry as a prominent and honored citizen. 17. Andrew, a graduate of Dartmouth College, and for many years principal of Gilmanton Acaderajf. 18. Daniel, a blacksmith, and acquired by his trade a handsome prop- erty. He was an elder in the Pres. Ch. of Bedford, now East Manchester. The three last-named d. at the age of about 90. 19. John (14), b. Aug. 7, 1780 ; d., Amherst, .Tuly 16, 1854. lie began the blacksmith business in Temple in 1802. He removed to Wilton in 1806, and to Amherst ia 1824. A few, years after he came to Wilton he bought the farm now owned by Albert Townsend. He was widely known as a worthjr citizen, and skilful workman, and had a large custom in Wil- ton and the adjoining towns. While a res. in Wilton he served seven years as selectman, and he was appointed, Oct. 1, 1816, the first postmas- ter of the town ; at that time ^Vilton had one mail a week. He in., June 16, 1807, Phebe, dau. of Rev. Sewall Goodridge of J^yndeborough. She d. Sept. 16, 1815, aged 35. He m., 2d, Jan 22, 1818, Hannah, dau. of William Abbot of Wilton. She d. Aug. 27, 1871, aged 82. Children : 20. Andrew, b. May 12, 1808 ; a blacksmith and machinist. He res. several years iu Ac worth, but lives now in Orange, Mass. He married Elizabeth Sawj^er of Hillsborough. 21. Sewall Goodridge, b. Nov. 9, 1809; d. Sept. 5. 1813. 22. John, b. March 7, 1811 ; d. Oct. 27, 1840. He res. in Lowell, Mass., and m. Orpah, youngest dau. of Isaac Spalding of Wilton. 23. Sewall Goodridge, b. Nov. 3, 1813. In his early years he worked at blacksmithing. He removed to Lowell, and has been alderman and mayor of the city. At present he is senior pai'tner of the firm of S. G. Mack & Co., stove merchants. He m. Mrs Orpah (Spalding) Mack. 24. Benjamin, b. Sept. 15, 1815; d. .Ian. 17, 18.50. 25. William Abbot, b. Oct. 27, 1818 ; d. May 25, 1822. 26. Charles E., b. Oct. 9, 1820; res. in California; m. Louisa Curtis. 27. Phebe J., b. Aug. 31, 1822; d. April 17, 1880. She m. Leonard Kimball of Lowell. 28. Elizabeth, b. April 28, 1824; res. in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. She m. Ira Richardson. 29. William Abbot, b., Amherst, July 2, 1826. He was for several years selectman iu Amherst, and for two years representative to the I>eg- islature. He removed to Lowell in 1873, and is one of the firm of S. G. Mack & Co. He m., Dec. 10, 1862, Mary J. Batchelder of Mont Vernon. 30. Maria L., b. Oct. 29, 1828 ; res. in Lowell ; m., April 6, 18.52, Daniel F. Mitchell. 31. Hannah A., b. Dec. 5, 1832; d. Sept. 9, 1843. MANSUR FAMILY. 1. William Mansik, b., Dracut, Mass., .Ian. 1, 1737; d. 1808. He purchased lot No. 1 , tenth range. As ^Vilton was originally laid out, it was the southwest corner of the town, but, when Temple was incorporated, GENEALOGIES : MANSUB. 445 that range of lots was annexed to the new town, and the Mansur farm became the southeast corner of Teniple. One of the descendants remem- bers the early tradition of the wolves howling at the windows. He m., 1762, Isabella Harvey of Dracut, Mass. Blood, in his History of Temple, says : " Mrs. Mansur, wishing to visit her friends in Dracut, performed the whole journey of forty miles in one day, on horse-back, her baby in her arms. Besides, she was obliged to ford the Merrimac, the water ris- ing to the pommel of the saddle."' She d. Dec. 27, 1826, aged 87 yrs. At the time of her decease her descendants numbered more than eighty. Children : 2. William (12), b.' Jan. 29, 1763. 3. John, b. March 16, 1765; d., Andover, Yt., Dec. 24, 1851; res. in Andover, Vt. ; m. Polly Kimball of Wilton. i. Elizabeth, b. March 4, 1767; d. 1858; m. Joseph Carleton and res. in Andover, "Vt. 5. Joseph, b. March 28, 1769; res. in Stanstead, Can. East. 6. Ezra, b. April 19, 1771; d. June 15, 1834; res. on the homestead until near the close of his life, when he removed to New Ipswich. He m., 1803, Susan Tread well of Peterborough. 7. Stephen (24), b. Dec. 18, 1773. 8. Aaron, b. March 7, 1776 ; res. and d. in Lowell, aged 83 yrs. He m. Eebecca Warren of Chelmsford, Mass. 9. Jeremy, b. April 16, 1778 ; d. young. 10. Hannah, b. Oct. 13, 1779; d. Feb., 1850; res. in Springfield, Vt. She m. Charles Hawkins of Temple. 11. Harvey, b. July 11, 1784; d. young. 12. William (2), b. Jan. 29, 1763 ; d. Sept. 6, 1844. His farm in Wil- ton was lot No. 4, ninth range, for which he was first taxed in 1798. He was one of the first members of the Bajitist Church. He m., March 1, 1787, Sarah Bridge of Littleton, Mass., who d. Oct. 22, 1837, aged 72 yrs. Children : 13. William, b. Dec. 21, 1787; d. Sept., 1862. He was a cabinet- maker. He ni. Gertrude Horton of Cincinnati, O., by whom he had a son and a daughter. He m., 2d, Serena White of Delaware, 0., by whom he had two sons and three dau. 14. Lavinia, b. Jan. 20, 1790; d. Sept., 1872. She m. Eben Adams of Mason. They had three sons and two dau. 15. Jeremy, b. Dec. 31) 1791 ; d., Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14, 1874. He was a blacksmith and merchant. He m. Jane Carr of Ky. They had three sons and three dau. 16. Sarah, b. May 4, 1794; d. March, 1873. She m., June 27, 1816, Joseph Saunders, a farmer of Mason. They had two sons and three dau. 17. Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1796; d., Boston, Oct., 1873. He was a mer- chant in Boston; m. Martha Collins. They had four sons and three dau. 18. Perley, b. March 3, 1799; d., Hudson, O., 1867; a farmer and blacksmith. He m. Philena Barss of Hudson. They had two sous and one dau. 19. Clara J'arwell, b. Jan. 2, 1801 ; m., March 29, 1825, Joseph Brooks 446 HISTORY OF WILTON. Holt, who kept the hotel in South Merrimao for many years. They had three sons and three dau. 20. Isaiah (26), b. Oct. 31, 1802. 21. Abuer, b. Aug. 28, 1804; res. in Groton, Mass.; a boot-maker and farmer. He m., April 1, 1828, Lucy Sawtell of Mason. They have had two sons and one dau. 22. Franklin, b. April U, 1808; a machinist, and now a merchant in Laconia. He m., April 6, 1831, Elizabeth Walker Foster of Heading, Mass. They have had two sons and two dau. 23. Hiram, b. April 8, 1812; d.. Baton Kouge, La., Oct. 2, 1870, where he was a planter and trader. He m. Mary Spencer of 'Sew Orleans. They had two sons and three dau. The extraordinary average age of William Mansur, his wife and eleven children, being seventy-eight years, is rarely repeated in so large a family. He had also forty-eight grand-children. 24. Stei'hen (7), b. Dec. IS, 1773; d. May 11, 1865; res. in Ludlow, Vt. and Wilton. He occuijied the place where his grandson, Oilman 11. Mansur now res. He was the child his mother carried in her arms on horse-back in one day from Wilton to Dracut. He m. Felt of Tem- ple. Child : 25. J. T. Oilman (29). 20. Isaiah (20), b. Oct. 31, 1802; d., Groton, March 4, 1886. He owned and carried on the homestead until a few years since when he removed to Groton, Mass. He m., Dec. 25, 1828, Mary King. See King gen. (13). Children: 27. Maria, b. May 15, 1830; d. July 18, 1850. She m. George Harts- horn. See Hartshorn gen. (31). They had one sou. 28. Isaiah Mel vin, b. Feb. 8, 183G; res. in Groton, Mass.; -■• wholesale peddler. He m., Nov. 19, 1862, Sarah Louisa Parkhurst. 29. J. T. Oilman (25), m; child: 30. Oilman llusscl (31), b., Cambridgepoit, Mass., Dec. IS, 1820. 31. Oilman Kussel (30), b. Dec. 18, 1820; a farmer, and res. on the homestead of his grandfather, Stephen; ui., Oct., 1873, Sarah K. Macer. Children : 32. Harriet W., b. July 3, 1874 ; d. March 5, 1876. 33. Oilman Edwin, b. March 5, 1876. 34. Amy L., b. July 9, 187g ; d. Aug. 12, 1880. 35. Clarence Whiston, b. Jan. 11, 1888. MAEDEN FAMILY.— SEE BUSS FAMILY (26). MARTIN FAMILIES. 1. Jonathan Martin res. on the farm afterwards owned many years by Benjamin Steele, Juu. Before coming to Wilton he was a soldier in the French War. He was a large, athletic man and noted for his jokes GENEALOGIES : MARTIN. 447 and witty sayings. The ensign of the company to which he belonged •' was small in stature, but very large in his ways.'" On coming to a stream they must ford, the little eusigii ordered him to carry him across. Martin took him up in his arms with all the tenderness and care he would an infant, and started to obey the order, but when he came to where the water was of some depth, from failing strength, or some other cause, he exclaimed : " I declare, I must lay you down to take you up better." And the little eusign found himself flat in the water. The order was never repeated to Martin. He represented the town in the Provincial Congress, was several years one of the selectmen, and often served on important connnittees. He was last taxed in Wilton in 1801. He removed to Spring- field, Vt., where he d. at an advanced age. Children by his wife, Phebe : 2. Xathan, b. Sept. 13, 1770; d. Feb. 17, 1859. When about four years of age, he almost entirely lost his eyesight, so that he could barely distinguish light from darkness. His senses of hearing and touch were highly developed, so that his faculty of going from place to place was remarkable. When about thirty years of age he went to Springfield, Vt., where he lived a few years, and from there he went to Cherry Valley, N. Y. In 1822 he started for Springfield, Vt., walking the entire distance, except a short ride on a baggage wagon. He then walked from Spring- field to Wilton with his fiddle-box under his arm, touching on either side with his cane to keep the road. He was a man of tenacious memory and inherited much of the dry humor of his father. Nothing delighted him more than to play the fiddle for the young and old to dance. 3. Hannah, b. Aug. 25, 1772. 4. James, b. April 6, 1774. 5. Molly, b, Jan. 26, 1770. 1. CiiKisTOPHEK Martin was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, one of the thirty-eight men. there present from Wilton, as is inferred from the Kev. War Kolls, collated by Secretary Hammond. In March, 1777, he enlisted for three years and served in Capt. Isaac Frye's company. He m., Jan. 8, 1782, Sarah Gray. See Gray gen. (7). Children : 2. Henry, b. May 1, 1782. 3. Sarah, b. May 15, 1784. MASON FAMILY. 1. LAKKiisr Mason, b. June 22, 1789. He was one of the soldiers from Temple to defend Portsmouth in 1814. He came to Wilton with his family in 1822, and worked for Asa Jones at shoemaking. In 1824 he removed to West Wilton, where he res. until his death. He m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Daniel Heald of Temple, who was b. Dec. 11, 1791. Chil- dren : 2. Nathan, b.. Temple, Dec. 6, 1810. 3. Daniel, b., Temple, March 1, 1812. 4. Hannah, b.. Temple, Jan. 28, 1814; m. Edmund C. Stanley. 5. Horace, b., Temple, March 10, 1816. 448 HISTORY or wilton. 6. Hiu-vey, b., Temple, June 20, ISIS. 7. Maria, b.. Temple, Api-il 3, 1822 ; in. John D. Burton. 8. lAiey A., b., Wilton, Kov. 24, 1826. 9. George L., b., Wilton, Dec. 31, 1828. 10. Miiry C, b., Wilton, Sept. 27, 1834. .AIAY FAMILY. 1, GEOKOE D. MAY came from HarrisviUe to Wilton in 1872 and lived on the farm on which A.hby Morgan settled m 1. <0, -id wh eh had remained in the Morgan family for n>ore than eighty year.. He m., Aug. 23, 1864, Harriet Blanohard. Children : ' 2. George E., b. Oct. 7, 1865. 3. Harriet J. (8), b. Jan. 11, 18G7. 4. Xettle E., b. July 16, 1S68. 5. Mary F., b. Dec. 9, 1872. «. Lizzie B., b. Nov. 6, 1875. 7 Harry 11., b. Nov. 23, 1879; d. Dec. 8, 1879. 8*. Harriet J. (3), b. Jan. 11, 1867 ; ra., Jan. 6, 1883, Frank O. Nich- olson. Child: 9. Harry A. M. (Nicholson), b. April 4, 1883. MAYNARD FAMILY. 1, SxVJiUEL F. Maynakd came to Wilton about 1854, and worked for L. & II. Putnam. When on a journey west iu 1856, he was taken ill with typhoid fever and d. Aug. 10.' He m., Jan. 1, 1S55, Matilda R., dau. of Aaron K. Putnam. She m., 2d, Nov. 9, 1865, Charles Wilson of New- Ipswich.* Child: 2. Samuel F., b. Feb. 15, 1S56; d. June 23, 1886. He owned and res. on a part of the Sheldon farm. He m., July 2, 1883, Carrie Taylor of New Ipswich, who d. Aug. 25, 1886. They left one child. McCARTH\' FAMILY. 1. 3IICI1AEL McCarthy, b., Ireland. He bought of Mrs. Jane P. Blood the farm on which he res., the buildings being on the east part of the homestead where Jacob Putnam settled in 1739. He m., June 30, 18.M, jMary Claiicey. Children : 2. John, b. March 25, 1859. 3. Wilbcr, b. Feb. 4, 18G2. 4. Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1863. MCGREGOR FAMILY. 1. .loiix A. McGregor, bought, Jan., 1873, oC Luther A. TarWe the farm formerly owned I)y ('apt. Moses Lovejoy, and soon after removed *Mi\ and Mrs. Wilson c:iine to Wilton and res. on the farm formerly owned by A. K. rutniim. He rebuilt tlie liouse and for several years liad summer boarders. He is deacon of tile Second Cong. Ch. Mrs. Wilson d. Sept. 10, 1886, aged 61 yrs. (^ i-IOTYPE PRINTING CO.. UOSTON GENEALOGIES : MELENDY. 449 ■with his family from Nashua, and has since res. in Wilton. He has served two years as selectman. lie m., Jan. 1, 1850, Emily J., dau. of Samuel and Anna (Bridges) Holt. See Holt gen. (239). Children : 2. Frank, b. Aug. 3, lS52i d. Dec. 30, 1875. 3. Ella A., b. Dec. 0, 1856 ; d. Aug. 16, 1857. 4. Linnie (6), b. July 15, 1858. 5. Alice, b. Oct. 28, 1865; m., Nov. 20, 1883, John Spencer. 6. Linnie (4), b. July 15, 1858; m., Oct. 19, 1880, Rufus S. Bruce. Child : 7. John Eufus (Bruce), b. May 20, 1883. jNlcKAY FAMILY. 1. John S. McKay, b., Scotland, Oct. 20, 1833. He came to this coun- try, and was employed a short time in the depot store in Wilton. He went on the milk train in the employ of D. Whiting & Sons for many years without a vacation, except while recovering from an injury received on the train. He has since been employed for several years at the depot store by D. E. Proctor. He m., May 1, 1866, Melissa Daniels. See Daniels gen. (2). Children: 2. George Scott, b. Feb. 21, 1867. 3. John R., b. Feb. 7, 1869. 4. Addie J., b. Aug. 24, 1871. 5. Charles W., b. July 27, 1873. MEANS FAMILY'. 1. James R. Means, a grandson of Hon. Robert Means of Amherst, came to Wilton to learn the blacksmith's trade of John Mack. He carried on business first at Temple, and afterwards for twelve years or more in Wilton, purchasing in 1824, the shop of Mr. Mack. He then removed to Cicero, N. Y., where he I'es. till his death, 1884, at an advanced age. He m. Clarissa, dau. of Maj. Francis Blood of Temple, who d. some years after his removal to Cicero. He m., 2d, Mrs. James Chandler. Children : 2. Fidelia, b. Dec. 19, 1824. 3. Clarissa, b. June 18, 1826 ; d. Aug. 26, 1829. 4. Clarissa Amelia, b. Nov. 26, 1829. 5. Cornelia, b. Feb. 1, 1836. 6. Angelia, b. Aug. 15, 1837. MELENDY FAMILY. 1. Joseph Melenuy, b. March, 1772; d. Aug. 12, 1863. He came to Wilton from Lyndeborough, and res. on the farm owned by Mrs. George Parkhurst. By his first wife he had four children. He m., 2d, March, 1814, Mrs. Betsey Prince, dau. of Ebenezer Chandler ; she d. Nov. 3, 1822. See Chandler gen. (IV). Children : 2. Joseph (7), b. Oct. 10, 1799. 3. Abigail, m., April, 1828; Joseph Perhani of Lyndeborough. 450 HISTORY OF WILTON. 4. Mary F., b. Nov., 1803 ; m., May 2, 1823, James Hutchinson. See Geo. Hutchinson gen. (8). 0. Rebecca F., b. March 28, 1809 ; m., Dec. 31, 1827, Luke Chandler. See Chaudler gen. (37). 6. John P. B., b. Dec. 4, 1815 ; d. June 23, 1816. 7. Joseph (2), b. Oct. 10, 1799; d. Sept. 20, 1867. He res. for a few years after his marriage in Lyndeborough, but lived the rest of his life in Wilton. He m., Jan. 13, 1823, Susan P. Manter of Milford, who d. Jan. 16, 1847, aged 41 yrs., 7 nios. He m., 2d, Mrs. Abigail S. Buxton, who d. Feb. 27, 1879, aged 68 yrs., 11 mos. Children : 8. Joseph Mauter, b. Sept. 28, 1828 ; owns and res. on the farm on which Benjamin Eideout first settled. He m., March 1, 1862, Hannah H. Gray, who d. April 24, 1880. See Gray gen. C46). 9. Albert B. (15), b. Aug. 16, 1830. 10. Sarah F., b. June 17, 1833 ; d. Sept. 26, 1855. 11. Otis H., b. Nov. 11, 1837. He was enrolled in Co. B, Eighth Eegt., N. H. v.; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864; was taken prisoner at Sabine Cross Roads, La., and was one of those who returned with Col. D. W. King in the summer of 1865. Soon after his return he went to Maine, m. and settled. 12. Betsey A., b. April 24, 1840; m., Sept. 23, 1858, John Warren Keyes. See Keyes gen. (49). 13. Rosetta K., b. Nov. 11, 1842; m.. May 9, 1865, Sumner Beede Chandler. See Chandler gen. (65). 14. Abbie Jane, b. March 7, 1854 ; m., March 6, 1879, Frank C. Blanch- ard. See Blanchard gen. (84). 15. Albert B. (9), b. Aug. 16, 1830. He worked in the tannery for Benjamin T. Foster, until the business was discontinued. In May, 1869, he bought the farm formerly owned by Adjt. Joseph Gi'ay, and res. upon it. He m.. May 24, 1855, Rovvena J. Buxton. Children : 16. Augustus A., b. April 14, 1856; m., June 19, 1884, Ida M. Andrews. 17. Flora A., b. Dec. 12, 1857; d. July 5, 1877. 18. Ida S., b. Sept. 9, 1860. 19. Fred H., b. April 18, 1863. 20. Harry A., b. Jan. 24, 1868. MILLIKEN FAMILY. 1. Alexander Milliken, b., Ireland, and came, as tradition says, " entirely for his own good." The laws of the old country at that time made almost every crime a capital off'ence, and as he had been guilty of some transgression of the law, self-preservation made it necessary for him to emigrate. He settled on the farm now owned by Charles H. White, several years before Wilton was incorporated. His signature was by bis mark, where it is often found in the registry of deeds. In the campaign of 1758 in the French and Indian War he served for some GENEALOGIES : MORGAN. 451 months. He was often elected to minor offices in town. Children by his wife, Mary : 2. Samuel, b. Oct. 2, 1752. 3. William, b. Oct. 2, 1732. 4. Alexander, b. April 5, 1755. 5. John (7), b. Aug. 19, 1757. 6. Robert, b. July 20, 1760. He was one of the twenty-flve men from Wilton in the expedition to Ehode Island in 1778. 7. John (5), b. Aug. 19, 1757. He lived on the homestead with his father, and when it was sold, removed to Sharon, where he was living in 1832. Children by his wife, Sarah : 8. Polly, b. Sept. 3, 1788. 9. Alexander, b. March 27, 1790. 10. Joseph, b. Jan. 24, 1792. 11. Abigail, b. April 25, 1794; d. June 20, 1796. 12. John, b. June 20, 1796. 13. Abigail, b. Aug. 22, 1798 ; d. June 21, 1800. 14. Sally, b. June 14, 1801. MILLS FAMILY. 1. John Mills came to Wilton, and worked a few years for Asa Jones. In company with B. F. Harden he carried on the tanning business four or five years until they sold out to B. T. Foster. He afterwards entered into partnership successively with James Lewis, and with .James Lewis and William Lane at Milford in the manufacture of boots and shoes, employ- ing a large number of hands, p,nd producing the same class of goods that Messrs. Jones & Co., manufactured in Wilton, where they had all learned their trade. He m., Dec. 25, 1834, Sarah, dau. of Aaron K. and Polly (Shattuck) Putnam. See Putnam gen. (117). Child: 2. Sarah N., m., Jan. 19, 1856, Charles H. Burns. See Burns gen. (5). MOORE FAMILY. 1. RiCHAED Manson Mooee, SOU of Richard Moore, b., Monroe, Grafton Co., Aug. 10, 1850. Came to Wilton and began his "duties as station agent to the railroad, April 22, 1882, which he has satisfactorily discharged to the present time. He m., June 20, 1S81, Flora A. Flanders of Laconia. Cliild : 2. Mary Wilbor, b. Oct. 15, 1882. MORGAN FAMILIES. 1, AsHBY Morgan, son of Jonathan Morgan, b., New Salem, March 27, "1749; d. Oct. 21, 1828. He began, June, 1770, to clear his farm in what was then a wilderness, lot No. 9, eighth range, and removed his family in 1772. He was of robust frame and constitution. He m., April 14, 1770, Hannah, dau. of Maj. Samuel Greele of Nottingham West, now Hudson, who was b. Aug. 22, 1747 ; d. April 30, 1839. Children ; 452 HISTORY OF WILTON. 2. Abigail, b., Pelham, Nov. 2, 1770; m., STov. 19, 1794, Benning King. See King geu. (7). 3. Benjamin, b., Wilton, Nov. 27, 1772; removed to Landgrove, Vt. He m., Dec. -1, 1800, Polly Bradford. 4. .Jacob (11), b. Jan 26, 1775. 5. David, b. March 1, 1777; d. March 18, 1777. 6. Hannah, b. Apiil 5, 1778 ; m., 1806, Eleazer Brown, who owned and carried on one of the factories in New Ipswich. 7. Isaac, b. Jan. 31, 1781 ; d. Wilton Junction, Wis. He res. several years in Nashua. He m. Tabitha Pearsons of Nashua. 8. Abraham, b. May 5, 1783 ; res. in Vt. 9. Ashby (16), b. July 2, 1787. 10. Samuel, b. Sept. 2S, 1789 ; d. 1790. 11. Jacoj! (4), b. Jan. 26, 177.5; m., Feb. 26, 1801, Rachel Parkhurst, who d. Andover Vt. Children. 12. Kachel, b. Nov. 17, 1801. 13. Jacob, b. May 26, 1804. 14. Meliuda, b. .Jan. 10, 1806. 15. Samuel, b. Jan. 8, 1807. He removed to Andover, Vt. 16. Ashby (9), b. July 2, 1787 ; d. suddenly Jan. 26, 1850. He res. on the homestead and was a successful farmer, and a prominent member of the Second Cong. Ch. He drove a pair of fat oxen to Milford, and when he drew the bow from the yoke, it struck him in the side. He returned home in great suffering, and died in a few hours from the injury. He m., April 4, 1809, Lucy Burton, who d. Dee. 8, 1850, aged 62 yrs. See Burton gen. (39). Children: 17. David (24), h. Oct. 14, 1810. 18. Laura, b. Dec. 11, 1811 ; d. May 5, 1880. She m., April 9, 1833, Capt. Matthias Wilson of New Ipswich, who d. Feb. 25, 1880. 19. Lucy Ann, b. Jan. 4, 1814; m., Dec. 31, 1839, Stephen D. Greele of Hudson. 20. Ashby, b. .June 17, 1816; a mechanic and res. in Wilton, until Nov., 1850, when he removed to Prattville, Ala., where he d. March 1, 1860. He m., April 18, 1843, Augusta D. Pratt of Wilton. 21. Samuel Greele, b. Sept. 29, 1818 ; d. Sept. 18, 1822. 22. Hannah Maria, b. July 23, 1823; m., April 22, 1849, Charles W. Edwards of Temple; res. in Wilton until 1865, when they removed to Nashua. 23. Augustus Greele (28), b. Jan. 29, 1827. 24. David (17), b. Oct. 14, 1810; d., Minneapolis, Minn., April 8, 1871. He grad., Dartmouth College, 1835, studied law in Boston, and practised his profession in that city until 1855, when he ren\oved to Min- neapolis. He pursued the practice of law until 1858, when he was chosen a member of the constitutional convention. He was afterwards county treasurer, and also postmaster of the city during Lincoln's administration. He m., Aug. 19, 1841, Marianne L. Pierce of Boston, who d. Nov. 25, 1861. He m., 2d, Mrs. Taylor of Minneapolis. Children by the first wife : 25. Lucy Maria. GENEALOGIES : PAEKEE. 453 26. David Llewellyn. 27. Charles Lincoln. 28. Augustus Greele (23), b. Jan. 29, 1827. He left Wilton and removed to Minnesota, where he res. in Anoka. He m., May 1, 1851, Joanna M. Bales of Wilton; m., 2d, June 17, 1864, Mary A. Wedgewood of Mouticello, Minn., who d. Aug. 14, 1807; m., 3d, June .5, 1869, Cath- arine S. Elliot of Anoka. Child : 29. Charles Ashby, b. March 17, 1875. 1. Jonathan Morgan. We have been unable to ascertain what relation he sustained to Ashby Morgan (1). Children by his wife Lydia. 2. Lj-dia, b. Oct. 4, 1781 "; d. Oct. 13. 1781. 3. Jonathan, b. Jan. 6, 1783 ; d. Jan. 26, 1783. 4. Oliver Jones, b. May 23, 1784. 5. John Butler, b. Jan. 14, 1786. NEWEIJ. FAMILY. 1. Joseph Newelu was b., Reading, Mass., 1794; d., Wilton, Feb. 17, 1881. For an extended sketch of his life, see page 277. He m., 1822, Lavinia, dau. of Col. Samuel Hopkins of Wilmington, Mass. Children : ■ 2. George Augustus, b. Nov. 25, 1823. In earl}' life he was engaged in a store in Boston, and eventually became one of the firm of Talbot & Newell in the manufacture and sale of clothing in which business he spent man}' years. He res. in Wiltou in summer and in Boston in winter. His coimtrj^ res. is the homestead of his father, which he has enlarged and improved. 3. Mary Lavina, b., Feb. 16, 1826. She m. Ephraim Hacket, Jun., and lived but a few years after her marriage. 4. Charles Henry, b, Jlay 10, 1829 ; he m. Miss Gage of Arlington, Mass. He was engaged in the ice business several years before he died. The old brick store with the hall adjoining has been made into an attrac- tive summer res. where his family spend the summer months. 5. Harriet, b. July 16, 1832 ; m. Tufts. PARKER FAMILIES. 1. IIananiah Parkek came to Wilton in 1786; d. Jan. 1, 1793, aged 56. He lived on the farm now owned by Charles E. Barrett, and on which Mr. Parker's family res. for several years after his death. Chil- dren, so far as we have been able to ascertain them : 2. Abigail, m. Lewis Smith. See Smith gen. 3. Phebe, m., Jan. 27, 1801, Archelaus Putnam of Andover, Vt. See Putnam gen. (95). 4. Pierpont, res. with the famil}- for a time, and was last taxed in town in 1799. He removed to Me. and was the father of Harvey D. Parker of the Parker House. Boston. 454 HISTORY OF WILTON. 5. Joseph, d., Chester, Vt., Mai-ch 12, 1831. He kept a tavern in Hinsdale for several years. He in., Jlay 10, 1S08, Olive, dau. of Nathaniel Sawyer. She had six children, and d., Parksburg, Pa., Jan. 31, 1S71. G. William (7), b., Milton, 1790. 7. William. (6), b., Wilton, 1790; d., Wilton, Oct. 18, 1859. He learned the tanner's trade in Dublin, and about 1813, he bought the place ilow owned by George S. Buss, \\-here he carried on the tanning business for several years. In;lS22, he removed to Prancestown where he kept the hotel about thirty years until it was burned. When Hon. Jacob Whitte- more became ineligible- by age to hold the office of county judge, Mr. Parker was appointed to succeed him, and held the office until it was abolished in 1855. He was a man of well balanced mind and decided in his opinions. He returned to Wilton and res. there until his death. He m. Hannah Fitch Hayward of Dublin, who d. Aug. 7, 1819, aged 29. He m., 2d, April 11, 1820, Anna Hartshorn, who d. Oct. 13, 1887, aged 91 yrs. See Hartshorn gen. (24). Children: 8. Hayward Prescott, b., Dublin, July 9, 1811; ni. Catharine P. Caton. 9. Rebecca Hayward, b. Oct. 14, 1813 ; m.. May 15, 1831, Thomas P. Wilson. 10. William ^Varren, b. Jan. 17, 1815. He kept one of the hotels in Nashua for a few years; res. for a time in Wilton, but for about twenty years has been at the Astor House, New York city. He m. Nancy Andrews, by whom he had one son. She d. March 10, 1847. 11. Charles Hanson, b. Aug. S, 1816; d. July 31, 1853. He m., April 21, 1841, Ehoda II. Buxton. 12. James Swain, b. Feb. 17, 1818 ; d. May 7, 1810. 13. James Swain, b. July 24, 1819 ; d. Oct. 1, 1819. 14. James Swain, b. Dec. 25, 1820; d. Feb. 23, 1879. He m., Nov. 1, 1849, Susan A. Davis, who d. June 3, 1879. 15. Thomas Beede, b. Feb. 8, 1823 ; d., Wilton, Aug. 25, 1859. He m., Oct. IG, 1855, Emilj' E. Owen. He res. in California, and his remains were carried there. 16. Marion Nourse, b. June 4, 1825; m., Nov. 29, 1847, Levi B. Morse. They res. in Boston. 17. George Franklin, b. Oct. 19, 1827 ; d. Dec. 25, 1883. He m., Aug. 6, 1857, Elizabeth W. Nichols. 18^ Mary Prescott, b. Feb. 8. 1830; d. Jan. 28, 1883. She m., Sept. C, 1860,^ William H. Haskell. 19. Joanna Crombie, b. April 2, 1833; m., Sept. 2, 1S78, John D. Butler of Bennington. 20. Joseph Maynard, b. June 28, 1835. 21. Harvey D., b. Sept. 19, 1837 ; m., Dec. 25, 18G4, Emily D. Parker. 1. Hemry Parkkr was an early res. of Wilton and settled on the south part of lot No. 7, third range. He built the first bridge over the Souhegan river in Wilton on the site of the one now near Gilniau R. GENEALOGIES : PARKER. 455 Mansur's. The abutments and piers were of wood. Tradition saj's he m. Sarah Parwell. Children : 2. Henry was in the French war, and was killed at the massacre of Fort Edward. 3. Josiah (8), d. Oct. 22, 1776. 4. Benjamin (16). 5. Sarah. 6. Susanna. 7. Tabitha. The three last-named lived on the homestead. 8. Josiah (3), d. Oct. 22, 1776. He settled on lot No. 5, seventh range. He was mustered, July 16, 1776, as a corporal in Capt. William Barron's co.. Col. Isaac Wyman's regt., for the Ticonderoga campaign. He started for home and d. at Castleton, Vt. He left a widow and a fam- ily of children. Children by his wife, Phebe : 9. Josiah, b. Oct. 28, 176.5 ; m., June 3, 1788, Eunice Pierce. 10. Phebe, b. Feb. 27, 1767. 11. Henry, b. Dec. 28, 1768; d. Feb. 24, 1769. 12. Henry, b. Jan. 24, 1770. 13. Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1772. 14. Farewell, b. Nov. 6, 1774. 15. John Brown, b. April 2, 1777 ; d. April 16, 1777. 16. Ben.iamin (4), lived awhile on the homestead with his father, but owing to uncongenial feelings between his father and his wife, he built a house on the easterlj' part of the lot, and res. there. He m. Anna Hardy. Children : 17. Hannah, b. April 8, 1771 ; lu., Nov. 12, 1789, Elias Holt. 18. Benjaniin (22), b. April 24, 1774. 19. Eobecca, b. Jan. 6, 1776; d. Feb. 8, 1852. 20. Mary, b. JIarch 17, 1779. 21. John Hardy, b. Aug. 11, 178,5. 22. Benjamin (18), b. April 24, 1774. He owned and res. on lot No. 9, second rauge. He did much teaming for the stores from Boston with four oxen and two horses. He was prominent at the first six plowing matches at the Hillsborough Co. fairs. He m., Aug. 25, 1799, Hannah Hartshorn. See Hartshorn gen. (10). Children: 23. Loammi, b. Nov. 8, 1800. He m. and res. in Milford. In ap alter- cation with one of his neighbors he received a blow on his head from which he d. in a few hours. He had one son, who was drowned in the river at Milford village. 24. Hann.ah, m.. May, 1828, Daniel Dutton, who d. Nov. 28, 1879, aged 82. He owned and res. on the farm which formerly belonged to Capt. Joshua Blanchard. 25. Abiah H., m., April 3, 1832, Joseph Howard, who lived bat a few years after his marriage. They had two daughters. 1. Josiah Parkek, b., Woburn, Mass., Nov. 6, 1774; d. Nov. 30, 1852. The farm in Wilton now owned by Nathan A. Cragin aud F. P. Kent was bought in 1801 by Lieut. Abel Wyraan of Burlington, Mass., 456 HISTORY OF WILTON. who owned it six years. He grafted several apple trees with Baldwin scions, which were probably the first of the kind in town. In 1807, Lieut. Wyman sold the farm to Simon Carter of Woburn, who occupied it until his death, Dec, 1817. Mr. Carter conveyed the farm by will on certain conditions to his son-in-law, Josiah Parker, who occupied it from 1818 till 1852. He was bj^ trade a wheelwright, a good neighbor and townsman and a man of pronounced opinions. He m., Sept. 6, 1807, Abigail Carter, who was b., Woburn, Sept. 15, 1781, and d. Sept. 8, 183G. He m., 2d, Feb. 15, 1838, Mrs. Betsey S. Converse, who d., Woburn, Mass., Dec. 3, 1881, aged 81 yrs. Children : . 2. Abigail Manning, b. Jan. G, 1808 ; m., .June, 1832, .Tames Burton. See Burton gen. (79). 3. Susan Eichardson, b. May 26, 1809 ; m. Lyman Stone, who had charge for several years of the weavhig room in the Wilton Man. Co. His health was affected by his employment, and he has resoi-ted to farm- ing in different places — Temple and Nelson — and now res. in Milford. 4. Hannah Gardiner (13), b. Feb. 23, 1811. 5. Lydia Ann (16), b. Aug. 5, 1813. 6. John Flagg (20), b. Dec. 27, 1815. 7. Josiah (24), b. April 10, 1819. 8. Andrew Jackson (29), b. May 26, 1821. 9. Maria Louisa, b. Oct. 24, 1823; ra., March 5, 1848. Samuel R. Dolliver of Woburn, Mass., where they res. until 1868, when they removed to San Francisco, Gal., where Mr. Dolliver is a leather merchant. 10. Abram, b. June 21, 1826 ; d. Aug. 8, 1832. 11. Albert, b. April 12, 1839; res. in Merrimac, Essex Go., Mass.; a blacksmith; m. and has three children. 12. George, b. March 2, 1841 : d. March 24, 1841. 13. Hannah Gardiner (4), b. Feb. 23, 1811; m., Sept. 24, 1850, Jonathan Snow. See below, (16). Mr. Snow was a blacksmith and machinist ; and in pursuit of his trade has res. successive!}- in Wilton, Concord, Worcester, Mass., Piermont, IST. Y., Waterford, N. J., and Mil- ford, where he now res. At the last two places his business has been farming. Children : 14. Amelia (Snow), b. June 18, 1852; d. June 21, 1852. 15. Ennna Josephine (Snow), b. June 30, 18.53. 16. Lydia Ann (5), b. Aug. 5, 1813 ; d. March 4, 1849. She m., Nov. 14, 1844, Jonathan Snow. Children : 17. Ann Louisa (Snow), b. Sept. 6, 1845 : d. July 20, 1864. 18. Adeline Frances (Snow), b. May 4, 1847 ; d. July 14, 1864. 19. .Jonathan Parker (Snow), b. Nov. 19, 1848; he is a grad. of the Scientiflc Department of Dartmouth College, and a civil engineer ; res. at Woonsocket, li. I. He m. Mrs. Marietta H. Eaton. They have had one child, not now living. 20. John Flagg (6), b. Doe. 27, 1815. Before he was of age he went to Woburn and learned the wheelwright's trade, which has been his principal business. He has res. at ditferent times at Woburn, Mass., Peterborough, and Wilton, but is now on a farm in Groton, Mass. He -€^'■ Old Chest," not dated, but not later than 1789, are the names of Jonathan Parkhurst, Jonathan Parkhurst, Juu., Jesse Parkhurst and Isaac Park- hurst. .Tonathan Parkhurst res. on lot No. 1, ninth range, now the south- west corner of the town. 2. Jonathan Parkhurst, d. Feb. 24, 1818, aged 06 yrs. He came to Wilton with his father, or a few years after. He ^\as a soldier in the anny of the Re\olution, and suft'ered the hardships of Valley Forge. White Plains and other historic fields. He was a successful farmer and res. on the homestead with his father. He m. Rachel Coburn of Dracut, Mass., who d. July 30, 1825, aged 70 yrs. Children : 3. Jonathan (6), b. April 6, 1786. 4. Timothy (17), b. 1793. 5. Rachel, m., Feb. 26, 1801, Jacob Morgan. See Morgan gen. (11). Some years after their marriage they removed to Andover, Vt. 6. Jonathan (3), b. April i5, 178G; d. Jan. 28, 1857. He taught school before and after his marriage many terms, and often where others had failed to govern the scholars. He was of large and connnanding appearance, but of pleasant and affable address. It is related that in one of the schools he taught, where there had been trouble before in school government, the parents asked of the boys whether they were going to put the master out of doors that winter, and they replied: "No, not unless you move out one end of the school house, for there isn't room to put him through the door." He res. on the homestead, to which he made large additions, and kept many cattle and sheep. In 1817 and 1818 he 458 HISTOET OV WILTON. was collector of taxes, and between that time and 1S55, he served four- teen years as selectman, and witli more different persons than an}' other townsman. He was for many years moderator of the town meetings, and often served as agent for the town, and as committeeman. In 18.50 he represented the town in the Legislature. He held various offices in the militia; his commission as colonel was dated June .30, 1826. He m., April 18, 1811, Betsey, dau. of Abraham Burton; she d. April 20, 1860, aged 71 yrs. See Burton geu. (38). Children: 7. Fanny Burton (23), b. Dec. 21, 1811. 8. Caroline Louisa (26), b. March 16, 1818. 9. Jonathan (85), b. Feb. 7, 1815. 10. Albert (40), b. May 10, 1817. 11. Charles, b. April 15, 1820: res. in North Adams, Mass. He has been twice married, and has two sons and one dau. One of the sons is a lawyer. 12. Horace (45), b. Nov. 16, 1821. 13. George (51), b. Nov. 2, 1824. 14. Rachel Ann, b. Jan. 28, 1826. "She was a successful teacher; ra. Abraham Burton, and removed to Manchester. See Burton gen. (69). They had two children, both of whom d. in infancy. 15. Betsey Jane, b. May 16, 1827 ; d. April 20, 1S31. 16. Betsey Jane, b. Feb. 26, 1834; m. Benjamin K. Hoyt of Man- chester, who d. in 1881. She still lives in the house which Mr. Hoyt left to her. 17. Timothy (4), b. 1793; d. July 18, 1867. He grad., Dartmouth College, 1813, and studied medicine with Dr. Matthias Spalding of Amherst. He began practice in his native town, where he continued until failing liealth compelled him to retire. He was town clerk thirty-three years, and twice representative to the Legislature. He was also for manj' years a justice of the peace. He was emphatically " the good physician." He m., May 27, 1819, Betsey Abbot, who d. March 12, 1828, aged 36 j'rs. He m., 2d, Jan., 1829, Naomi, dau. of Moses Sawyer of Sharon; she d. Sept., 1860, aged 55 yrs. Children: 18. Harriet (57), b. April 7, 1820. 19. "William Abbot (62), b. June 27, 1823. 20. Augustus (66), b. March 2, 1828. 21. Betsey A., b. Oct. 25, 1832; d. June 14, 18.54. 22. Sarah Catharine, b. May 15, 1842; m., Timothy N. Hutchinson, and res. in Bridgeport, Conn. See Hutchinson gen. (86) . 23. Fanny Burton (7), b. Dec. 21, 1811 ; m., Sept. 30, 1811, Paul T. Winn of Hudson. They had six children, of whom only two are living. Cliildren : 24. P. Frances ("VVinn), m. Josiah Farmer, and lives in Pelh.am. 25. Cyrus Elmer (Winn), lives in Hudson. 26. Caroline Locisa (8), b. March 16, 1813; m., x\ug. 17, 1837, Nelson Russell of Mason, and removed to Bronson, Branch Co., Mich. They had ten children, of whom two d. in infancy. Cliildren : 27. Albert Nelson (Russell) enlisted in one of the earliest Michigan GENEALOGIES : PAEKHURST. 459 regts., was captured and suffered the fltrocities of Libbey prison, Rich- mond, Va, At the last call for troops, he enlisted, and served in the army of the Cumberland until the close of the war. 28. Flora (Russell), m. William Ilartz and res. at Burr Oak, Mich. 29. Sarah Louisa (Russell), m. Aaron Rhinebach and res. at Burr Oak. 30. Emily (Russell), m. Henry Tubbs, and res. at Burr Oak. 31. Caroline (Russell), m. Philip Rhinebach. 32. Thomas P. (Russell). 33. George Luther (Russell), res. on the homestead in Bronson, Branch Co., Mich. 34. Jonathan P. (Russell), killed by the accidental dischai-ge of a gun, while hunting. 35. Jonathan (9), b. Feb. 7, 1815; d. Dec. 25, 1867. He was a car- penter and builder, and res. several years in Boston, where he was suc- cessful in business. After his father's death, he returned to Wilton, bought the shares of the other heirs in the homestead, and res. on it until his death. He m., Aug. 3, 1841, Sarah Whiting, who now res. in Groton, Mass. 3G. Sarah Louisa, b. July 22, 1843 ; m., Nov. 19, 1862, Isaiah Melvin Mansur, and res. in Groton. See Mansur gen. (28). 37. Emma Caroline, b. Aug. 22, 1847; ra.. May 7, 1868, Charles C. Spalding. 38. Henrietta Maria, b. May 15, 1852; d. Feb. 27, 1881; m., June 17, 1873, Charles W. Page of Westminster, Mass. They had one son. Park- hurst Page, b., Hartford, Conn., July 28, 1874. 39. Edward Henry, b. June 17, 1856; res. in Groton. 40. Albert (10), b. May 10, 1817; he was in trade for a time with George P. Smith at West Wilton, but res. the remainder of his life in New York city. He m. Elsie Avery. Children: 41. Elsie, a teacher in New York city. 42. Martha Grace, m. Gen. McPherson of New York. 43. Henrietta, m. Dr. James Stuart, and res. in Northampton, Mass. 44. Elizabeth, unm. ; a teacher in New York city. 45. Horace (12), b. Nov. 16, 1821 ; d., Waltham, Mass., June 24, 1862. He res. ou lot No. 18, first range, for some years, and was the last Col. of the 22d Regt. of militia ; he removed to Waltham. He m., Feb. 1, 1843, Rebecca Baldwin, who was b. Oct. 15, 1823. Children : 4G. George Winfield, b. Dec, 13, 1844; d. Sept. 23, 1847. 47. Jonathan Granville (68), b. April 14, 1847.. 48. Clara Maria, b. Oct. 6, 1849; m., June 6, 1871, Albert S. French. See French gen. (52) . 49. George Edward (74), b. May 10, 1855. 50. Ella R., b. Waltham, Mass., Dec. 17, 1861 ; m., Dec. 29, 1885, Harry A. Hartshorn. 51. George (13), b. Nov. 2, 1824 ; d. Feb. 6, 1888. He studied for one or two terms at New Ipswich Academy, and was a teacher in the public schools. He res. on lot No. 12, seventh range, which he purchased of George W. Bridges. He ra., April 12, 18.59, Lucy Augusta Lovejoy, who 460 HISTOEY OF WILTON. d. Mixrch 16, 187G, aged 34 yrs. He m., 2d, March 28, 1877, Mrs. Sarah J. Currier. Children : 52. Samuel H., b. Oct. 2, 1863. 53. Francis A., b. July 11, 1865. 64. Angip Ella, b. Dec. 4, 1870; d. June 16, 1884. 55. George B., b. Oct. 26, 1878. 56. Elgia Lydia, b. Dec. 22, 1885. 57. Harriet (18), b. April 7, 1820; she was a successful teacher, ^nd lived alter marriage, for a few years in Manchester; m., Feb. 18, 1840, Isaac Abbot, who d. Jan. 11, 1857. See Abbot gen. Children : 58. Frances Naomi (Abbot) (76), b. Nov. 10, 1846. 59. Edwin Isaac (Abbot), b. April 14, 1849 ; d. Aug. 23, 1882. 60. William Herbert (Abbot), b. Fob. 3, 1853. 61. Arthur Augustus (Abbot), b. Dec. 6, 1855. 62. WiLi.iABi AiiHOT (19), b. June 27, 1823. He went many years ago to Maine. Up m. Anna 8. Parker. Children. 63. William, b. March 31, 1866. 64. Harriet, b. May 5, 1867. 65. Anuie Gertrude, b. Jan. 14, 187G. 66. Au(irsTUS (20), b. March 2, 1828. He was a carpenter and soon after coming of age, he renu)ved to the west. He m. Lavinia Wilson. Child : 67. Ernest. 68. Jonathan Granville (47), b. April 14, 1847. He res. in W^ilton until 1879, since which time he has lived in Chelmsford and Franklin, Mass. He is now employed in Nashua by Messrs. Howard & Co., in their furniture factory. He m., 1867, Sarah E. Spofford of Greenfield, Mass. Children : 69. Almon Horace, b. April 30, 1868. 70. Henrietta, b. Jan. 13, 1870. 71. Susie M., b. Dec. 24, 1871. The above tliree children were b. in Wilton. 72. Charles G., b. March 20, 1S75. 73. Dora P., b. March 3, 1877. 74. George Edward (49), b. May 10. 1855 ; m., 1879, .lenuie Parker. Child : 75. Freddie, b. Oct. 29, 1879. 76. Frances Naomi (Abbot) (58), b. Nov. 10, 1840. She m., June 2, 1868, Albert, son of Calvin and Hannah (Hesselton) Carleton ; he was b. July 20, 1843. They res. in Wilton on the estate formerlj- owned by Ephraim Brown. Child: 77. Alice May (Carleton), b. May 23, 1880. PATTERSON FAMILY. 1. AVilliam N. Patterson, b., ^Nlerrimac, Aug. 25, 1S2S, is the son of Zaechcus and Sarah (Farnham) Patterson. Mrs. Patterson is the dau. of James Farnham, who came from Andover in 1805, and res. until his death. GENEALOGIES : PEABODY. 461 Jan. 9, 1813, on the farm now owned by George Barrett. She lives at South Merrimao, and is now, 1886, at the age of 93, in the enjoyment of mental and physical ijowers such as few retain when so far advanced in life. W. N. Patterson came to "Wilton in 1878, or 1879. and carried on business at the French village. In 1882 he removed his business to the " Stone Mill," so called, where, first in company with a Mr. Lloyd, and since with his own son, he has a grist mill, in which they have a generous custom. They also hang and sell several tons of grindstones annually, and manufacture ploughs and cultivators, and have machinery for wood working, employing usually live men. He m., Sept. 5, 1855, Mary L. Smith, who was b., Amherst, Nov. 28, 1832. Children : 2. Mary C, b. Nov. 23, 1856; m.. May 5, 1877, Sumner Hartshorn of Milford. 3. Ellen F., b. Nov. 17, 1859 ; d. Oct. 13, 1864. 4. Walter 0., b. April 23, 1861; m., Nov. 24, 1886, Irene Cram of South Lyndeborough. 5. Bertha S., b. March 18, 1864. 6. Lizzie B., b. March 17, 1866. 7. Fanny M., b. April 17, 1869; d. Nov. 9, 1870. 8. Amy L., b.. March 16, 1871. 9. Putnam A., b. Dec. 2G, 1873. 10. Bessie E., b. Jan. is, 1876. PEABODY FAMILY. 1. Francis Peabouy, b., 1614, at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, came to New England in the ship Planter, Nicholas Travise, master, in 1635. In the certificate oflicially given he is called " a husbandman, of 21 years of age." He was one of the first settlers of Hampton, Rockingham Co. He held various town offices, showing the high respect in which he was held. He ^\as made a freeman in 1642. He removed, 1657, to Tops- field, Mass. ; he was a large landholder in that town and the vicinity, and was one of the most pi'ominent citizens. He m., about 1641, Mary (prob- ably Foster) by whom he had fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters, the third son being : 2. William, b. 1646; d. March, 1699; res. in Boxford; m., Aug. 14, 1684, Hannah Hale of Newbury, who d. Feb. 23, 1733. They had six sons and two daughters, the second son being : 3. Epheaim, b. April 23, 1689; lived in Boxford; m., July, 1713, Hannah Reddington. They had five sons and two dau., the eldest son being ; 4. Thomas, b. July 14, 1715; res. first in Boxford and removed to Lunenburg, Mass., between 1755 and 1760; m. Ruth Cole of Salem. They had eight sons and one dau. The third son : 5. Epheaiji, b. 1747; d. Nov. 1, 1803. He was a blacksmith, and lived where Oilman R. Mansur res. now. The shop was on the triangular piece of land, surrounded by the roads between Mr. Mansur's house and the river bridge. He m., about 1770, Sarah, dau. of Nathan Hutchinson, 462 HISTORY OF WILTON. a large landowner In Milford and Wilton. See Hutchinson gen. (11)- She d. March, 1816. Children : 6. Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1772; m., Feb. 27, 1800, Amos Eaton. See Eaton gen. (1). 7. Samuel, b. Feb. 20, 1774; m. Lucinda Pease. 8. Ephraim (15), b. June 17, 1776. 9. Betsey, b. Feb. 23, 1778; m., March 10, 1803, John Appleton of New Ipswich. They had two children: Hon. John Appleton, late chief justice of Maine, and a daughter, who m. Col. George Gibson of New Ipswich. 10. John (18). b. Feb. 23, 1780. 11. Lydia, b. 1782 : unrn ; d. Nov., 1811. 12. Dorcas, b. 1781; d. 1800; m., Feb. 11, 1808, Isaac Lovejoy. See Daniel Lovejoy gen. (5). 13. Hannah, b. 1786; d. 1812i m. Isaac Lovejoy. 14. Amos, b. 1788 ; d. young. 15. Ephraim (8), b. June 17, 1776; d. July 5, 1816. He res. on the homestead, was a blacksmith, and a prominent man in town. He served lor several years on the board of selectmen, w-as a. justice of the peace, and a representative to the Legislature in 1815, and 1816. He m., Nov. 14, 1805, Rhoda, dau. of Maj. Abiel Abbot. She d., Peterborough, March 10, 1833, aged 69. Children : ' 16. Ephraim (20), b. March 22, 1807. 17. Dorcas, b. April 25, 1800; uum. ; res. in Milford. 18. John (10), b. Feb. 25, 1780; d. in 1824. He was a blacksmith and carried on business with his brother. He m., Oct. 23, 1806, Sally, dau. of William Bales. She d., 1823. See Bales gen. (5). Children: 19. Sally, b. Aug. 12, 1807; d. Aug. 21, 1825. She was a tailoress and res. at Cambridgeport. 20. Betsey, b. Oct. 24, 1809; ui. William Mugridge, a carpenter and farmer of Kittery, Me. They had seven children. 21. John, b. Oct. 9, 1811 ; d. 1884. A mason by trade. He m., Dec. 1, 1840, Susan K. Goodnow of Watertown, Mass. They had four children : 22. William Bales, b. Feb. 22, 1814; d. Feb. 4, 1815. 23. Lydia, b. Jan. 26, 1817 ; m. William G. Parker, a carpenter. They res. in Kittery, Me. 24. Mary Ann, b. July 4, 1819; res. in Milford; unm. 25. Caroline, b. June 13, 1821; d. Oct. 24, 1845. 26. Epheaim (16), b. March 22, 1807; d. Nov. 28, 1856. For a sketch of his life see page 288. He m., 1833, Mary Jane Derby of Salem, dau. of Hon. John Derby. She res. in Boston. Children : 27. Samuel, b., Cincinnati, O., July 9, 1834; d., Watertown, Oct. 1, 1835. 28. Ellen Derby, b., Dayton, O., June 22, 1836 ; d. 1869. She m., 1858, Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University. They had lour chil- dren. 29. Anna Huidekoper, b. Oct. 6, 1838 ; m., June 30, 1874, Rev. Henry W. Bellows of New York. They had three children. GENEALOGIES : PEEHAM. 463 30. George Derby, b. Xov. 22, 1840; d. June 10, 1842. 31. Emily Morison, b. Nov. 21, 1842; d. April 21. 1845. 32. Robert Swain, b. Feb. 22, 1845. He grad., Harvard College, 1866 ; is an architect in Boston of tlie firm of Peabody & Stearns. He m., June 8, 1871, Annie Putnam. They have four children. 33. Francis Greenwood, b. Dec. 4, 1847. He grad.. Harvard College, 1869, and is a professor in the University. He m., June 11, 1872, Cora Weld and has four children. ^ PEEHAM FAMILY. 1. Oliver Peeham was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Soon after the close of the war, he settled in the southeast part of Lyndebor- ough. He liad seven sons and one dau. ; two of his sons were res. of Wilton : 2. Oliver (4), b. July 9, 1788. 3. Samuel (12), b. Sept. 22, 1792. 4. Oliver (2), b. July 9, 1788 ; he res. on lot No. 20, first range. He served three years as selectman. He m., Nov., 1810, Patty, dau. of Joel and Polly (Coburn) Holt. See Holt gen. (104). Children : 5. Polly, b. Aug. 17, 1811 ; m., June 5, 1831, John Wilson. See Wil- son gen. 6. Dolly, b. June 3, 1813; m., Feb. 22, 1836, Jacob Adams, and res. in Chelmsford, Mass. 7. Anna, b. July 4, 1816; m. John R. Green, and res. in Littleton, Mass. 8. Oliver, b. Nov. 17, 1819; d., Lowell, Feb. 24, 1879. He res. in Wilton, Lyndeborough and I^owell. He m., Jan. 5, 1847, Rebecca B. Clark of Lyndeborough. See Baldwin gen. (79). 9. Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 12, 1822; m.. May 10, 1870, Augustus C. Love- joy of Enfield. 10. Joel Holt (22), b. June 24, 1826. 11. Rachel H., b. Sept. 29, 1829 : d. July 4, 1862. She m., May, 1846, Edwin R. Burtt. See Burtt gen. (11). 12. Samuel (3), b. Sept. 22, 1792. He res. on lot No. 19, first range, and for many years worked at laying stone wall. He m., April 6, 1813, Nancy Nichols of Bedford, who d. Nov. 10, 1842, aged 55 yrs. He m., 2d, March 30, 1843, Mary Lewis. Children : 13. Eliza A., b. Sept. 1, 1813 ; d. April 8, 1845. She m. David Butter- field. 14. Samuel Proctor, b. Dec. 5, 1815 ; res. in Chelmsford, Mass. 15. Nancy, b. April 7, 1817 ; m. Joseph Harwood. 16. Almira, b. April 7, 1821 ; m., Nov. 21, 1844, Alvah A. Smith. 17. Perley P., b. Sept. 15, 1823; res. in Chelmsford, Mass. He has been representative for two terms to the Mass. Legislature. 18. Louise, b. Nov, 27, 1827; d. Nov. 9, 1842. 19. David, b. Nov. 6, 1830. 20. Lewis Woodbury (32), b. May 15, 1844. 464 HISTORY OF WILTON. 21. Louise E., b. May 28, 1848; m., Jan. 14, 1873, John B. Baldwin. See Baldwin gen. (109). 32. Joel Holt (10), b. June 24, 1826. He res. on the homestead of his father, a part of whioh is in Lyndeborough. He has also pastures in Stoddard suflioient to lieep sixty cattle. H-e m., Oct. 23, 1859, Alice G. Lynch of New Boston, who d. Aug. 5, 1883, aged 48. Children : 23. Ella J., b. Sept. 9, 1860; m. Oct. 11, 1883, and res. in Haverhill. . 24. Fred. W., b. Dec. 6, 1861. 25. J. Frank, b. Sept. 25, 1863. 26. Eosa A., b. April 30, 1865; m., Jan., 1885, Elmer F. Richardson of Francestown. 27. Fannie G., b. July 12, 1867. 28. S. Ida, b. Jan. 12, 1869. ,29. F. Mabell, b. Aug. 18, 1871. 30. Lizzie A., b. Sept. 9, 1874. 31. Nellie M., b. July 18, 1879. 32. Lewis Woodbury (20), b. May 15, 1844. He has a farm of over 200 acres in a good state of cultivation. In 1879, he built one of the best and most convenient barns in Wilton, with a cellar under the whole. He has served throe years as selectman. He m., Dec. 30, 1874, Ida H. Lam- son, who was b. Sept. 20, 1853. Children : 33. Mary L., b. Aug. 3, 1876. 34. George W., b. Feb. 19, 1S7S. PERKINS FAMILY. 1. ELBKiD(tE F. Perkins, youngest son of Joseph L'eikins, was b., Mont Vernon, Sept. 9, 1809. He was engaged in the tailoring business in Amherst for nearly 20 years. He came to Wilton in 1849, or 1850, w'lere he has since res. He has been a dealer in horses. He has for many years been a salesman in a clothing store. In 1854 he served as representative to the Legislature. He in., Sept. 10, 1830, Abbie Wilkins of Jlont Ver- non, who d. Oct. 4, 1853. He m., 2d, Jan. 31, 1854, jMary, dau. of Col. Levi Jones of Amherst. She was b. June 13, 1820. Children : 2. Levi Woodbury, b. March 26, 1855. He is settled in Custer Co., Da., and is engaged in cattle raising and farming. He m., Oct. 14, 1880, Lenora Emerson. See Emerson gen. (9) . 3. Hattie Sophia, b. Nov. 16, 1860. PERRY FAMILIES. Beside Abijah and Ebenezer Perry, whose families are given below, we find the name of Jonas Perry, ^^■ho was at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Capt. Crosby's co'. Ho remained in the service that summer and the next, and in March, 1778, reunlisted tmd served until he died. Wo have not been able to discover what rolationsliip, if any, existed between the three. 1. Abijah Pekky was one of the early settlers in the southwest of Wilton. His farm was sold by him, or his son Abijah, to John Kimball, F. M. PEVEY. NELIOTYPE PRINTtNn CO , ROSTON, MASS. GENEALOGIES : PETTENGILL. 465 deed dated April 30, 1801. Mr. Perry was in the Ticoaderoga Campaign of 1776. Children by his wife, Phebe : 2. Abijah, b. Oct. 25, 1766. 3. Phebe, b. March 6, 17(iS; m., July 21, 1796, Samuel Holt, Jun., of Temple. 4. James, b. July 11, 1769. 5. Tryphena, b. Sept. 20, 1771; m., July 18, 1793, Joseph Holt. See Holt gen. (147). 6. Nathan, b. Oct. 8, 1773. 7. Loammi, b. May 11, 1776; d. Sept. 23, 1784. 8. Ebenezer, b. April 5, 1778. 9. Jonas, b. July 9, 1780. 10. Amos, b. May 5, 1783. 1. Ebenezer Perky was the first town clert of Wilton, and served two years. At the annual meeting in 1763 he was chosen " to take the in vise of Poles and estates in order for assessment." He was ensign in Capt. Timothy Cleraenfs co., in the defence of Piscataqua harbor in 1776. He was lieutenant in service in New York in 1777, and was killed Aug. 16, 1777, at the Battle of Bennington, while in Cai^t. Salmon Stone's co. Children by his two wives, Hannah and Dorcas : 2. Ichabod, b. Sept. 20, 1761. lie was the child of Hannah Perry. He enlisted in 1777 for the war. 3. Hannah, child by the second wife, Dorcas, b. June 8, 1766. 4. John Whitman, b. Feb. 17, 1768. 5. Jacob, b. May 2, 1770. 6. Jonathan, b. July 5, 1772. 7. Dorcas, b. July 20, 177-1. 8. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 4, 1776. PETTENGILL FAMILY. 1. Samuel Pettengill came to Wilton from Andover, Mass., in 1770. He settled on lot No. 13, second range. He was enrolled in Capt. Benjamin Mann's co., Col. James Reed's regt., as second lieutenant, April 23, 1775, and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He also served in the campaign of Ticonderoga in 177(), Avherc he died. He m. Mary Holt. See Holt gen. (39). Children: 2. Samuel was one of the early settlers of Andover, Vt. He m., Jan. 4, 1781, Mary llolden. 3. Benjamin was in the Ticonderoga campaign, where he d. in 1776. 4. William (5), b., Andover, Mass., Aug. 14, 1759. o. William (4), b., Andover, :\[ass., .Uig. 14, 1759; d. Oct. 13, 1844. In his eighteenth year he enlisted for three years, was enrolled in Capt. Isaac Frye's co., Col. Scammcll's regt., and was in the hard campaign of the Indian country with Gen. Sullivan. He served three years as select- man, and also in many other oflices. He was about six feet tall and very liiuscular, distinguished for a good share of sound common sense, and 466 HISTORY or wilton. when his opinions were formed it would take strong evidence to alter them. He held offices in the militia to the rank of captain. At his decease there was but one Revolutionary soldier left in Wilton. He m., 1783, Ehoda Haggett, h., Andover, Mass., Sept. 30, 1765. He m., 2d, June 1, J797, Sarah, dau. of Capt. Nathan Ballard. She d. Jan. 4, 1856, aged 89 yrs. See Ballard gen. (3). Children : 6. Ehoda, b. April 7, 1784. 7. William (20), b. Nov. 12, 1785. 8. Charlotte, b. Nov. 6, 1787; m., 1810, Nahum Burton, and res. in Vermont. See Burton gen. (36). 9. Sophia, b. Oct. 6, 1789; m., Nov. 2, 1813, Abiel Hutchinson. See Hutchinson, gen. (49). 10. Betsey, b. Aug. 2, 1792 ; m., July, 1813, Abel Gray. See Gray gen. (21). 11. Lucinda, b. -July 6, 1794. 12. Phebe, b. April 26, 1796 ; m., Feb. 19, 1819, Joseph Howard. 13. Hcrmou (29), b. April 14, 1798. 14. Ballard, b. Sept. 16, 1799. He was a brick and stone mason. He kept the hotel at East ^\^ilton about two years. He afterwards res. in Milford, and Springfield, Mass., and from there emigrated west. He m., Jan. 25, 1831, Sally Wason, and had several childi'en, whose record we have not been able to obtain. 15. Sally, b. Oct. 30, 1801 ; unm. ; d. Nov. 16, 1875. 16. Rhoda, b. Sept. 5, 1803; m., Sept. 27, 1825, Levi Tyler. 17. Leonard (37), b. March 4, 1806. 18. Isaac, b. April 12, 1808. He began, as apprentice with I^evi Tyler, to learn the carpenter's trade, and d. March 5, 1826. 19. Ezra, b. May 4, 1810; d., 1813. 20. William (7), b. Nov. 12, 1785. He res. in Jafl'rey for several years, but lived the last of his life in Wilton. He m., Nov. 22, 1810, Rebecca Sawyer, b. Hancock, April 14, 1786. Children : 21. William, b. :May 11, 1812 ; d. Dec. 28, 1813. 22. William, b. March 27, 1814. 23. Abiel Sawyer, h. Deo. 21. 1815. For the last thirty-seven years he has res. in Charlestown, Mass., and has been engaged in cutting lumber in a furniture factory. Tie m., April 2, 1846, Eliza J. Feasebay and they have five children. 24. Eliza, h. Sept. 25, 1818 ; m. Burleigh French. See French gen. (16). 25. Lucinda, b. Oct. 26, 1820; d. July 18, 1825. 26. Mary. b. Sept. 9, 1822. 27. Samuel, b. July 18, 1824; d. May 21, 1884. 28. Rebecca J., b. Nov. 9, 1826; d. Dec. 19, 1845. x 29. Hehmon (13), b. April 14, 1798; d. Oct. 25, 1883. He was a farmer and res. on the homestead. He was two years selectman, and held the office of captain of militia. He m.. June 1, 1825, Hannah Frye, who d. Feb. 10, ISoO, aged 48. See Frye gen. (30). He m. 2d, Mary Cram of Lyndeborough. Children : GENEALOGIES : PEVEY. 467 30. Isaac (39), b. Oct. 29, 1827. 31. Ezra, b. Oct. 29, 1827. Prior to opening the railroad to Greenfleid he was engaged in driving baggage teams and stages. He m., STov. 21, 1870, Phebe Hill of Antrim, who d. Oct. 26, 1874. 32. Julia Ann, b. Aug. 13, 1829; m.. May 25, 1849, George L. Das- coinbe. See Dascombe gen. (61). 33. Hermon Abbot (42), b. Oct. 20, 1834. 34. Benjamin Franklin, b. July 15, 1836; d., Boston, April 18, 1865. 35. William, b. Nov. 2, 1S40; he was mustered into Co. G, Second Eegt., N. H. v., June 5, 1861, and was discharged for disability, Jan. 19, 1863. He d. March 1, 1886. 36. Lizzie, m., Dec. 16, 1875, John IS". Marble. 37. Leonard (17), b. March 4, 1806; d. Sept. 28, 1868. He was a stone and brick mason ; for a time he went on the milk cars, and was for several years postmaster at Bast Wilton. He m., Dec. 22, 1834, Hannah Steele. Child : 38. Henry Emmons, b. Sept. 27, 1837; m., Xov. 1, 1882, Caroline J. Farwell. 39. Isaac (30), b. Oct. 29, 1827; res. in Peterborough, and has long been engaged in the express business. He ni., Nov. 26, 1857, Julia A. Vose of Antrim. Children : 40. Charles F., b. Aug. 18, 1858; d. Feb. 7, 1859. 41. George H., b. Sept, 16, 1860; d. Sept 11, 1862. 42. Hekjion Abbot (33), b. Oct 20, 1834. He has been engaged in the express business. He has the appointment of postmaster at Peter- borough. He m., June 6, 1858, Sarah A. Sawyer of Greenfield. Children : 43. Hattie Luella, b. Feb. 21, 1860. 44. Clara Elsie, b. Jan. 11, 1863. PEVEY FAMILY. 1. Peter Pevey was b. April 14, 1762; d. July 6, 1836. He was in the army at the surrender of Burgoyne. Soon after the Revolutionary war he came to Wilton and ran the mills at the French place. He began a settlement in the south part of Greenfleid and built him a log house. In the spring of 1789 with oxen and cart he started with the furniture for his new home. Mrs. Pevey on horseback with a bundle lashed behind the saddle, and a child in her arms, arrived at the house first. Mr. Pevey had much liking for military affairs, and held various offices in the militia to the rank of major of the 26th Eegt. He m., April 8, 1787, Lucy Cum- mings, who was b. July 9, 1767, and d. Oct. 15, 18.54. She was the sister of J. A. Cummings, author of a spelling book and geography, that were extensively used fifty or seventy-five years ago. Children : 2. Peter, b. July 29, 1788. He was for many years deacon of the church in Greenfleid. He m., Wilton, June 22, 1819, Dorcas Holt ; m., 2d, April 9, 1857, Tamisin Holt. 3. Sally, b. July 11, 1790; m., June 2, 1855, William Wright. 468 HISTORY OF WILTON. 4. Lucy Cumniings. b. July 3, 1792: m., Jane 11, 1816, Farnham Holt. 5. Benjamin Abbot (14), b. Sept. 25, 1794. 6. Jacob, b. Dec, 1796; m., ^Tov. 2, 1824, Susan Campbell. He m., 2d, March 20, 1840, Sarah Marsh. 7. Abiel, b. 3Iarch 27, 1799 ; d. Nov. 29, 1799. 8. Dorcas, b. Oct. S, 1800; m., March 2, 1824. Edward Pratt. She m., 2d, April 27, 1847, William Sheldon. 9. Elizabeth, b. April 6, 1803; d. Nov. 5, 1803. 10. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 30, 1804; m., Juue 4, 1833, Nehemiah Lowe. 11. Abiel, b. Jan. 17, 1807 ; m.. Dec. 4, 1832, Louisa Stone. 12. John Merrill, b. Nov. 30, 1809; d. Dec. 2, 1809. 13. Merrill Cunimiiigs, b. Aug. 7, 1812; m., June 3, 1841, Elizabeth Stone. 14. BEN.IAMIN Abbot (5), b. Sept. 25, 1794; d. Nov. 16, 1864. He res. at Greontield, Bennington and Schaghticoke, N. Y. In the fall of 1853 one of his sons bought of John \. Putnam the mill that was built by Philip Putnam, and he carried it ou for about ten years. Benjamin m.. May 16, 1820, Clarissa Whitteniore. Children : 15. Amos Whittemoru, b. April 6, 1821 ; d. Sept. 27, 1821. 16. Clarissa Livouia, b. .Tan. 28, 1S23. 17. Lucy Cummings, b. March 18, 1825; m., 1851, George S. Russell. 18. Amos Abbot, b., .Jul v 6, 1827 ; a dentist ; m., Oct. 9, 1854, Ellen F. Judd. 19. Benjamiu ^Merrill, b. March 25, 1831 ; d. Sept. 17, 1832. 20. Franklin Merrill, b., Bennington, May 2, 1833. At the age of three years his parents removed to New York state, where he res. until he was eighteen years of age. He then went to Clinton, Mass., and stud- ied his profession, that of dentistry, which he has successfully followed until the present time. From 1854 to 1857 he practised in New Ipswich. He has lived in Wilton since his marriage. He has traded considerably in real estate. He was one of the committee for building the present town house, and the bell iu the tower is his gift. He m., Dec. 26, 1858, Nancy B., dau. of Uzziel and Eliza (Barrett) Sheldon. 21. Edward Payson, b. Feb. 27, 1836. He is a wholesale pork dealer. He m., 1859, Martha J. Buell. 22. Benjamin Jlcrrill, b. Juue C, 1838. He is a dentist; m., Nov. 19, 1870, Ella Fisk. 23. Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1841 ; m., Oct. 17, 1866, Simeon Thomp- son. She ni., 2d, July 4, 1S71, Richard H. French. 24. Charles Kimball, b. Jan. 25, 1844. Ho is a dentist. PHALEN FA3IILV. 1. P. C. I'HALEN lives in Western New York and is a farmer. He and his wife, Emily, have had six children, only two of whom are living: 2. Arthur. 3. Frank L., b., Williamstown, Oswego Co., N. Y., May 9, 1859. He GENEALOGIES : PIERCE. 469 was educated iu the publii' schools of Camden, X. Y., the grammar schools of New York City, at the Newburgh Institute at Newburgh on the Hudson, Alfred I'niversity, Alfred, X. Y., and at the Theological School, MeadvUle, Penn. He was ordained in the Unitarian ministry, Oct. 21, 1886, in Wilton, and resigned his pastorate, Sept., 1W88, to be set- tled over the Unitarian Society in Brattleborough, Vt. He m., March 22, 1880, Emily Stephens of Now York, and has one child : Paul Sears, b. Jan. 20, 1881. PHKLl'S FAMILY. 1. .losKl'll PlllCLl'S lived on lot X(i. 10, liist range, which was first occupied by a Mr. Blauchard, who d., leaving a widow and two small children. Mr. Phelps m. the widow, Mrs. Abigail Blanchard, and d. Dec. 30, 1778. After his death Mrs. Pheljis managed the farm until her son came of age. For a year or two she had a man and his wife to assist her in carrying on the farm. It is a tradition that one night hearing a dis- turbance at the barn, and suspecting the cause ol: it, the hired man hesi- tated to venture ont. But his wife, observing his fears, seized the gun and rushed out, calling " David, come on,'" and soon found the cause of the alarm. She tired the gun, and Bruin reccnved his death wound. Children of .Joseph and Abigail (Blanchard) Phelps: •2. Hannah, m., .Tune 19, 17!)4, Isaac Frye. See Frye gen. (27). 3. Sarah, b. May 0, 1777; ni., .Jan. 12, 17!)7, .lohn Tuttle. 4. Joseph (5), b. March 11, 17('!i. 6. JosF.ri-l (4), b. >larch 11, 177!); d. Oct. ;i. ISKi. The old farm was his home during his lite. Few men had his nmscular power. He m., Xov. 21, 1799, Anna, dau. of .John and Sarah (Pierce) Stevens, of Wilton; she d. March 17, 1848, aged 09 yi-s. Children : 6. John, b. Feb. 27, 1800; d., 1870. He m., and by his first wife had some children. He m., 2d, .Mrs. Esther B. Holt. 7. Xancy, b. .Tan. 1."), 1803; m., Dec. 31, 1823, Samuel Spalding. See Spalding gen. 8. Cynthia, b. .Vug. 20, isil.j; m., March 31, 1831, John Frye. See Frye gen. (43). 9. EMra, b. Feb. 19, 1808; d. .Ian. 20, 1834. 10. Joseph, b. .Tuly 20, 1810. He has twice been married, and has had several children, but we have no record of them. He has beeu for many years in a fish market in Waltham, Mass. 11. Lorenzo, b. Aug. 14, 1816. He has been for many years superin- tendent of the Poor Farm at Lowell. 12. Clorinda, b. May .">, 1821; m., Sept. 26, 1844, Daniel S. Gray of Lowell. See Gray gen. (77). PIEBCE FAMILIES. 1. William Pierce was an early res. of AVilton, and sold his home- stead to Samuel Sheldon a few years previous to the Revolution. The 470 HISTORY OF WILTON. names of William Pierce, Jun., and Asa Pierce are found in the archives of Wilton, and thej- are supposed to be sons of William Pierce, older than the two named below, but their names are not on the same record. Wil- liam Pierce, pi-obably the younger, served In Capt. Nathan Ballard's co. at the time of the alarm in June, 1777, also in Capt. Benjamin Mann's CO. in the expedition to Ehode Island in 177S. Asa Pierce was in Capt. John Goss's co., Col. Moses Nichols's j-egt., in Gen. Stark's campaign at Bennington, 1777, and also served in 1778. Children of William by his wife, Hannah : 2. Benjamin (4), b. May IS, 1762. 3. Timothy (11), b. Fek 4, 1763. 4. Benjamin (2), I). Maj' 18, 1762 ; m., Oct. 27, 1785, Dorcas Lovejoy. Children : 5. Dorcas, b. Jan. 22, 1786. 6. Polly, b. April 29, 1787. 7. James, b. Aug. 17, 1789. 8. Abiel, b. March 21, 1791. !>. Asa, b. March 17, 1794; m. Betsey, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Putnam) Dodge of Audover, Vt. 10. Nancj', m. Capt. Isaac Jewett of Nelson, as his second wife. After their marriage they came to Wilton, where he d. Jan. 26, 18.53. Mrs. Jewett m. for her second husband Dea. David Putnam of Lyndeborough. 11. Timothy (3), b. Feb. 4, 1765; m.. May 5, 1785, Phebe Carlton. Children : 12. Timothy, b. Aug. 15, 1785; d. Sept. 21, 1787. 13. Hannah, b. Oct. 27, 1787. 1. Levi A. Pierce, b. in Temple and lived there until the spring of 1854, when he removed to the French village, Wilton, where he res. until 1858, when he bought the farm which had been owned for several years by Benjamin Chamberlain. He lived on the farm till 1879, ^^'hen his health failed, and the farm was sold to Samuel F. Maynard. In 1871 and 1872 he was chosen representative to the Legislature, and, in 1872, served as selectman. He d. June 8, 1879. He m., Nov. 27, 1847, Rachel A., dau. of David and Rachel (Hutchinson) Lovejoy. See William Lovejov gen. (35). Children: 2. Emilv F., h. Jan. 14. 1849; m. Henrv A. Holt. See Holt gen. (292). 3. Charles A., b. March 11, 1851 ; d. Sept. 27, 1867. 4. Infant, b. .ran. 27, 185,^ ; d. Jan. 29, 1853. 5. Frank W., b. Aug. .?, 1857 ; d. Dec. 10, 1878. POLI>ARD FAMILY. 1. John Pollard bought of James K. Leonard lot No. .17, third range, being the original Coburn farm. He with his wife removed to the place about seventeen years ago. He has been a successful farmer; n. ch. GENEALOGIES : PROCTOR. 471 POWERS FAMILY. 1. Henry Powers and wife came to this countrj^ about 1720, and settled in the town of Harvard, Mass. They had four sons and several daughters. The youngest son : 2. Henry, b. April 3, 1753; d., Berlin, Mass , June 17, 1822. He in. Hannah Moore of Boylston, who d. aged 53. They had five sons and nine daughters, several of whom lived to an advanced age. The second son: 3. Robert, b. Aug. 3, 1780 ; d. March 14, 1859. He ra. Polly Powers ; they had twelve children. The .youngest son : 4. John, was b., Gardner, Mass., May 12, 181S. He m. Phianda Cole of Winchester, who d. Dec. 25, 18G3, aged 47 : Children : 5. Henry A. (8), b. April 11, 1848. G. Julius E., b. Sept. 26, 1852. 7. .Tulia Irene, b. Oct. 21, 1855 ; d. April 11, 1866. 8. Henry A. (5), b. April 11, 1848. He had eighteen years' experi- ence as a druggist and apothecary before coming to Wilton. He has passed satisfactorily thorough examinations by the State Boards of Phar- macy of Rhode Island and New Hampshire. He came to Wilton Dec. 22, 1881, and began business the next day. He ra., Sept., 1870, Helen W. Savage of Worcester, Mass. Children : 9. Harry Albert, b. Sept., 1871. 10. George Elmer, b. Feb. 24, 1874. 11. Grace Irene, b. Feb. 24, 1874. PROCTOR FAMILY. 1. .lOHN Proctor, in 1635, being then forty j'ears old, came from London, England, in the ship Susan and Annie. 2. John, son of preceding, was three years old when his father came over. He was known afterwards as " Witchcraft .Tohn," being among the lirst victims of the fatal delusion, and suffering the death penalty by hanging, Aug. 19, 1692, when he was 62 years old. He had two wives and fifteen children, and lived at what is now known as ProctoVs Crossing in Danvers, Mass. 3. Benjamin, son of preceding, was b. 1670 : d. 1720. 4. John, son of Benjamin (3), was b. 1705 ; d. 1773. 5. Benjamin, son of John (4), was b. 1731 ; d. 1799. 6. John, son of Benjamin (5), was b. 1763; d. 1836. He removed to Lyndeborough, and settled almost upon the summit of the mountain, about 1795. 7. Sylvester, son of .John (6), was b., Lyndeborough, 1805 ; d. 1867. 8. David E., son of Sylvester, was b. March 5, 1843, was educated in the district schools, and at Appleton Academy, Methuen. At the age of nineteen he enlisted, Aug. 14, 1862, as a private in Co. B, Thirteenth Regt., N. H. v., was promoted to corporal, March 13, 1863; to sergeant, Jan. 1, 1864; was appointed captain in the Thirtieth Regt., U. S. C. T.. Feb. 10, 1864; breveted major, March 13, 1865; discharged, Dec. 10, 1865. 472 HISTORY OF WILTON. He pame to Wilton from I^yndeboroiigh, Dec. 14, 1870, and engaged with D. Gregg & Co. as clerii, at the end of two year? was admitted as partner, and, Jan. 1, 1880, became solo proprietor upon the retirement of Mr. Nevillo. He m., Jan. 10, ISO", Sarah M. (Goodrich, dau. of Dea. John C. Goodrich, and great-granddaughter of Rev. Sewall Goodrich, the first settled minister of Lyndeborough. Childien : 9. Frank Edwin, b., Lyndeborough, Jan. 9, 1808. 10. Mary Emma, b., Wilton, Aug. 7, 1872. 11. Arthur Goodrich, b., Wilton, July 13. 1877; d. April 7, 1878. 12. George Sylvester, b., Wilton, ,Sei)t. 18, 1878. 13. Fred. Willis, b., Wilton, July 1 2, 188.^. PUTXAM FAMILY. 1. John I'l'tnam emigrated from Buckinghamshire, England, and settled in Salem, Mass., 1634. He was admitted freeman, 1647; d., 1662, aged about 80 yrs. Three sons * emigrated vrith him : 2. Thomas, the grandfather of Gen. Israel Putnam of Kevolutiouary fame. 3. Nathaniel (5), b., England, 1021. 4. John. 5. Natiianikl (3), b., England, 1021; d., Salem, July 23, 1700. He m. Elizabeth Hutchinson. See Hutchinson gen. (2). They had five sons and two daughters, of whom ^^■e name one son : 6. Benjamin (7), b. Aug. 11, 1662. 7. Ben,tamin (G), b. Aug. 11, 1662; m., Aug. 2.5. 1684, Elizabeth Put- nam, probably dau. of Thomas (2). They had seven sons and one daughter. Two of the sons, named below, have descendants living in Wilton : 8. Xathaniel (10), b. Aug. 2,5, 16S.5. 9. Stephcm (1.5). 10. Nathaniki. (8), b. Aug. 2,5, lOSo; d. Oct. 21, 1754; m., June 4, 1709, Hannah I'oberts. Children: 11. Jacob (17), b. March i), 1711. 12. Archeliuis came to Wilton and settled on lot No. 18, ninth range, * In SI mimuscript, dated 1733, Edward Putnam, son of Thomas (2), tlien 70 years of age, wrote the following concerning the family : " From the three brothers proceeded twelve males; from those twelve, forty males; from those forty, oighty-two males. In respect to their situation in life, I can say with the Psalmist ; * I have been younf* and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor their seed begging bread,' except of God, wlio provides for all; for God huth given to the generation of my fathers Agur's portion, neither poverty nor riches, but hath fed them with food convenient for them, and their children have been able to help others in their need," About IS^r,, Hon. Perley Putnam of 8alem, JIass., began to gather material for a gene- alogy of the Putnam family, and, with the expenditure of much time .and money, made a large collection. .Mr. Abiel A. Putn.am of Wilton called upon him, later than 1836, and learned that he intended to publish his material ; but when Mr. Putnam saw him a few years later, he had given up his intention on account of the magnitude of the task. He stated, however, that he had discovered no Putnam In this country that was not descended frpm John (1) and one of his three sons. 'Z'^^r^Oon '^'i . "v^. /^toiu<>. Elizabeth, b. July 11, 1774. 70. Israel, 1). March 31, 1776. 71. Abigail, b. March 6, 1778. 72. Rachel, b. Feb. 28, 1780. 73. Jacob Herriman, b. Dec. 28, 17S1. 74. JosKPH (22), b. Feb. 27, 1744; d., Marshfield, Vt., Nov. 7, 1826. He settled on lot No. 20, tenth range, now Temple, and built a mill there. He sold his place, 1782, to Asa Stiles of Middleton, Mass., and removed to Society Land, now Bennington, and built the first mill on the falls there; the mill was afterward owned by Benjamin Burtt. He lived a few years at Alstead and thence removed to Marshfield, Vt. He m. Miriam Hamblet. Children : 75. Joseph (147), b. Dec. 6, 1763. 76. Miriam, b. .Ian. 21, 1766. 77. Joel, b. Jan. 19, 1768 ; d. Jan. 21, 1768. 78. Gideon, b. Jan. 26, 1769; d. June 8, 1769. 79. Hannah, b. May 18, 1770. 80. Sarah, b. March 17, 1773. GENEALOGIES : PUTNAM. 477 81. Mehitable, b. April 4, 1775. 82. Gideon, b. May 26, 1777. 83. Mary, b. 1781 ; m. 84. Jacob, b. March 18, 1784. 85. Elizabeth, b. 1786. 86. Jacob (24), b. Xov. 15, 1747 ; d. June 2, 1821. He settled on the southwest part of lot No. 16, fourth range, the place now owned by his grandson, Jacob Putnam. He was a farmer, made spinning-wheels and ploughs, and was for many years deacon of the church. He m., 1770, Abigail Burnap, who d. Juno 10, 1812; m., 2d, Mrs. Lucy SpoflFord of Temple. Children : 87. Jacob (154), b. Nov. 4, 1771. 88. Abigail, b. April 29, 1773 ; d. Feb. 20, 1827 ; unm. 89. John (109), b. Nov. 24, 1774. 90. Caleb, b. Oct. 7, 1776; d. Nov. 17, 1777. 91. Caleb (182), b. March 24, 1779. 92. Ruth, b. Jan. 20, 1781 ; d. Aug. 7, 1801. 93. Edah, b. Feb. 21, 1783; m., Nov. 19, 1816, Stephen Cooper, and lived in Antrim and Francestown. 94. Aeciielaus (25), b. Oct. 6, 1749. He lived on the homestead with his father, who conveyed to him by a deed, dated June 17, 1776, a part of the premises, and the remainder by a will proved Feb. 28, 1781. On April 14, 1792, Archelaus conveyed the premises to George BaiTCtt of New Ipswich ; on the same date the premises were conveyed by Barrett to Abiel Wilson, who occupied them until his death. Archelaus removed with his family to Andover, Vt. He m. Mary Nichols. Children : 95. Archelaus, b. June 11, 1776. In the Wilton record of marriages is found the following: " 1801, Jan. 27, Archelaus Putnam of Andover, Vt., to Miss Phebe Parker of Wilton." See Hananiah Parker gen. (3). He invented an accelerating wheelhead, for which he obtained a patent. About 1823 he removed into New York state. 96. Anna, b. Oct. 26, 1777. 97. Mary, b. July 19, 1779. 98. Susanna, b. Jan. 14, 1781. 99. Huldah, b. May 10, 1782. 100. Ama, b. June2, 1784. 101. Peter, b. Dec. 26, 1785. 102. Abigail, b. July 8, 1787. 103. Samuel, b.^ May 1, 1789. 104. Stephen (40), b. 1772; d. Sept. 18, 1821. He worked at hewing timber, framing buildings and such other jobs as ca;me to hand ; he also built and carried on the grist-mill on' the north side of the brook at Barnes's Falls. Ile.m., Sept. 19, 1797, Sarah Burton. Sec Burton gen. (14). Children: 105. Stephen, b. Nov. 11, 1797; m., April 24, 1828, Hannah, dau. of Theodore and Rebecca (Heald) Barker of Temple. See David Barker gen. (2). They removed to Steuben Co., N. Y. 106. Sylvester, b. Feb. 8, 1799. 478 HISTORY or wilton. 107. Hiram, b. ^^ov. 13, 1800. 108. Rebecca, b. Aug. 31, 1802. 109. Cyrus, b. Sept. 13, 1801. 110. Sarah, b. July 20, 1808. 111. iloses, b. July 30, 1810. 112. Ira, b. Sept. 22, 1813. 113. Johu Franklin, b. March 2, 1817. 114. Aaron Kimball (43), b. Jan. 11, 1784; d. March 25, 1871. He' learned the trade ol house finishing of Mr. Jewett of Temple, and while he worked at hi,s trade had several apprentices. He lived on the farm now owned by Deacon Charles Wilson, and for many years before his death his business was farming. He adopted the system of soiling, and on about 30 acres kept a horse and from five to seven cows. He m. Polly Shattuck of Temple, who d. Oct. 10, 1841, aged 54 yrs. ; m., 2d, Nancy Wright of Mason, who d. Aug. 28, 1875, aged 68 yrs. Children : 115. Polly Russ, b. Sept. 17, 1809; d. Oct. 10, 1838. IIG. Evelina, b. March 31, 1811 ; m., April 22, 1832, William Emerson. See Emerson gen. (1). 117. Sally, b. Feb. lo, 1813 ; m., Dec. 25, 1834, John Mills. See Mills gen. (1). 118. Aaron K., b. Dec. 13, 1814; d. Aug. 1, 1816. 119. Aaron K., b. Jan. 23, 1817; d. March 16. 1818. 120. Levi (195), b. Dec. 4, 1818. 121. Hervey (198), b. Sept. 21, 1820. 122. Daniel Pratt, b. .luly 9, 1822. He lived for several years in Beth- lehem, but removed, many years since, to Cleveland, O. He m. a Miss Peavey ; n. eh. 123." Matilda Rockwood, b. Oct. 23, 1824: d. Sept. 16, 1886. She m., Jan. 1, 1855, Samuel F. Maynard, who d. Aug. 10, 1856. See Maynard gen. (1). She m., 2d, Nov. 9, 1865, Charles Wilson of New Ipswich. Not many years after their marriage they came to \\'ilton. Mr. Wilson is deacon of the Second Coug. rii. 124. Rufus (202), b. March 3, 1827. 125. Ann .Tane, b. July 26, 1829 ; m. Stephen C. Coburn and res. in Millord. 126. Mary Cordelia, child by second wife. 127. Eliphalet (46), b. Jan. 23, 1766 ; d. of lung fever, Feb. 25, 1826. He served nearly seven years with Samuel Rockwood of Groton, Mass., to learn the cloth-dresser's trade. The first clothing mill in Wilton was fitted up by Jacob Abbot, near where Samuel W. Smith's knob shop now stands. Mr. Putnam, after he came of age, worked there four or five years, until that mill and a grist-mill near it were burned. He took a lease of David Kenny, dated Aug. 3, 1792, and running nine hundred ninety-nine years, of the water privilege now owned by Daniel Cragin, on which he built a clothing mill that stood until 1817, when it was taken down, and a building two stories high was built, in which he put carding machines. In isos he bought the farm of Mr. Kenny, and in 1813 built the house novv^ owned by Mr. Cragin. He, Abiel Wilson and Joseph Holt GENEALOGIES : PUTNAM. 479 were elected selectmen in 1796 and served ten years consecutively; it being much the longest term that the same board has served in Wilton. He held ofBces in the militia to the rank of captain, and was deacon of the church for about fifteen years. He m., Feb. 3, 1795, Dorcas Abbot, dau. of Maj. Abiel Abbot. Children : 128. Rachel, b. Feb. 11, 1796; m., .July 23, 1820, Calvin Dascomb. See Dascomb gen. (36). 129. Eliphalet, b. Oct. 25, 1797; d. Oct. 7, 1799. 130. Eliphalet, b. Oct. 26, 1799 ; d. Oct. 16, 1802. He taught school for several winters, and for a few years worked at cloth-dressing and carding. In 1833 he began to manufacture bobbins. He was for many years a justice of the peace and was administrator of many estates. He m., July 27, 1823, Hannah Russell, who d. March 14, 1857; m., 2d, Persis Lovejoy of Milford. See William Lovejoy gen. (44) ; n. ch. 131. Abiel Abbot (206), b. July 29, 1801. 132. Sewall, b. Aug. 10, 1803 ; d. Oct. 21, 1803. 133. Sewall (213), b. April 27, 1805. 134. Samuel, b. May 5, 1807; d. Dec. 6, 1814. 135. Dorcas, b. April 8, 1809; d. May 15, 1810. 136. Dorcas, b. April 8, 1811; d. March 15, 1887; m., Sept. 2, 1834, Amos Putnam (246). 137. Mary Eastman, b. July 30, 1813 ; d. April 13, 1830. 138. Abigail, b. March 11, 1817; m., Aug! 27, 1835, George Buss. See Buss gen. (35) . ' ^ 139. Samuel (220), b. Sept. 14, 1819. 140. Philip (62), b. Jan. 13, 1781. He lived on the homestead with his father; received the appointment of coroner, and was generally known as " Esquire Philip." He m., Aug. 18, 1802, Ziba Sheldon; m., 2d, Mary Allen of Billerica, Mass. Children : 141. Rachel, b. Aug. 15, 1805; d. Feb. 14, 1830; m., March 31, 1828, Isaac Giddings. 142. Hannah, b. July 4, 1808 ; m., June 1, 1830, Isaac Giddings. They lived in Temple. He was a blacksmith and farmer; removed to West Wilton, 1873. 143. Sally, b. Oct. 10, 1809; d. 1846; m., 1843, Benjamin Beard of Billerica, Mass. 144. Philip, first child by second wife, b. Aug. 30, 1815 ; rt. Feb. 13, 1853 ; unm. He worked for several years in Maine as a sawyer. 145. John Allen (222), b. Nov. 4, 1823. 146. George H.. b. April 26, 1827 ; d. young. 147. Joseph (75), b. Dec. 6, 1763; d., Amherst, Feb. 5, 1861, aged 97 yrs., 2 mos. He was the oldest man, born in Wilton, of whom we have any record. At the time of his marriage he was living at Society Land. He went from there to Amherst and for many years ran the mill near the village. He m., Nov. 28, 1787, Rebecca Burton. See Burton gen. (10). Children : 148. Joseph (229), b. Jan. 4, 1790. 480 HISTORY OF WILTON. 149. John, b. May 7, 1793 ; a machinist and lived in Lowell, Mass. ; m., April 6, 1817, Sabrina Willey and had several children. 1.50. James, b. June 19, 1797; rei^., GofFstown; m. Elizabeth Marsh. 151. Jacob, b. Dec. 14, 1801. 152. Pamela, m. Hugh Brown. 153. Mary, m. Hiram D. .Stearns. 154. Jacob (87). b. Nov. 4, 1771. He lived for several years in And- over, Vt., thence A\ent to Manchester, Vt., and to Pawlet, Vt., where he resided for some years, then removed to Westfleld, X. Y. Pie m., Jan. 14, 1796, Mary Burton. Sec Burton gen. (30). Children: 155. Jacob, b. Oct. 4, 1796. 156. Polly, b. Dec. 29, 1797. 157. Soijhia, b. July 2y, 1799. 168. Abigail, b. Jan. 12, 1801. 159. Abram (233), b.. .Vndover, Vt., April 13, 1802. 160. Amos (246), b., Andover, Vt., April 14, 1804. 161. Euth, b. Nov. 24, 1816. 162. Lydia, b. Marcli G, 18U7. 163. .Sophrouia, h. July 13, 1808. 164. . Betsey, b. Dec. IS, 1800. 165. Kansom, b. July 29, 1811. 166. John, b. June 3, 1813 ; res. in Westfield, N. Y. 167. William, d. young. 168. George Washington, b. July 7, 1818 ; has for many years been postal clerk on the route from .Syracuse to Cleveland. 169. John (89), b. Nov. 24, 1774; d., Nashua, March 16, 18.35. He was a botanical physician and practised in Wilton and the neighboring towns. He resided at Wilton Centre, on the place now owned by Mrs. Davis, until 1S32, when he removed to Hudson and thence to Nashua. He m., July 7, 1803, Mary Herrick, who d.. Dexter, Me., in her one hun- dredth year, being the oldest native of Wilton of whom we have any knowledge. Sec Herrick gen. (60). Children: 170. Mary Farnum, b. Nov. 3, 1803; m., 1830, Henchman Sylvester. 171. Sarah H., b. .June .3, 180.T ; m., Aug., 1831, Samuel Farrar of Ban- gor, Me. ; n. ch. They adopted the two children left by her sister, Mary. 172. John, b. June 8, 1807. A carpenter. As he was loading a can- non at the reception of Gen. Samuel Houston at Nashua in 1848, a prema- ture discharge tore oil' his right hand, and it was amputated above the wrist. He m., Sept. 12, 1834, .Vbigail Holt of Temple. They had seven children. 173. Ephraim Abbot, li. April 3, 1809. A shoemaker. He m. a Miss Emerson ; four children. 174. Nancy, h. Aug. 17, 1811; m. Dr. Albert Thayer. 175. Abigail, b. May 4, 1813. 176. Adaline, b. May 18, 1815; m., 1834, Nathaniel Bryant. 177. Lyman, b. .Jan. 29, 1818; d. Fcli. 23, 1881. IIe"m. in 1867 and had one ciiild, but his wife and child d. ))efore his death. 178. George, b. May 23, 182(1 : d. .Func 8, 1821. HELIOTVPE PRINTI\G C0.,BOSTON MA! GENEALOGIES : PUTNAM. 481 179. George Quincy Hill, b. May 31, 1822; m. 1849. 180. Franklin Reed, b. Oct. 3, 1823 ; d. 1870. He m. and lived in Davenport, Iowa; eight children. 181. Charles Edwin, b. Sept. 14, 1826 ; went to California. 182. Caleb (91), b. March 24, 1779; d. Sept. 8, 1862. A farmer and lived on the homestead. He held military offices to the rank of captain in the Cavalty Co. of the 22d Eegt. of militia. For several years he took the lead of the singing in church. He m., Feb. 4, 1801, Lydia Spalding, who d. Nov. 17, 1811, aged 37 yrs. ; m., 2d, Jane Longley of Shirley, Mass., who d. Jan. 2, 1854, aged 65 yrs. ; m., 3d, Mrs. Sarah Shattuck Putnam of Lyndeborough. Children : 183. Caleb, d. young. 184. Lydia, b. Sept. 3, 1813 ; m., April 30, 1844, Samuel Goldsmith. See Goldsmith gen. (23). 185. Jane, b. Dec. 25, 1814; m.. May 8, 1856, Orin Blood. See Blood gen. (16). 186. Caleb, b. Sept. 15, 1816; d., Wilton, Jan. 23, 1845; unm. A machinist. 187. Koxana, b. July 16, 1818 ; m., .Tune 6, 1849, Augustus F. Peacock. 188. Samuel, b. May 18, 1820. After his marriage he lived in Leom- inster, Mass. He worked as a carpenter until Dec, 1850, when he formed a partnership with Lewis Phelps to carry on the tanning and currying business on the Burrage place in North Leominster. In June, 1876, he was chosen president of the First National Bank of Leominster. He m., Nov. 27, 1845, Jane Augusta Pierce, who d. Jan. 12, 1880; m., 2d, Melora P. Goodridge; n. ch. An adopted daughter m., June 10, 1879, George Pratt. 189. Jacob (254), b. Aug. 16, 1822. 190. Euth Ann, b. June 19, 1824; d. Oct. 28, 1838. 191. Asa Longley (257), b. July 9, 1826. 192. Andrew Jackson (263), b. July 25, 1828. 193. Artemas (269), b. Jan. 1, 1831. 194. Sarah M., b. Oct. 13, 1834; m., April 11, 1861, Calvin D. Blanch- ard, a fanner ; res. Harvard, Mass. 195. Levi (120), b. Dec. 4, 1818. For several years he lived in Mil- ford, and, in company with Joseph Lundy, ran the first cylinder planing machine used in Milford for dressing lumber. In 1850 he built a dam on Rocky River and erected a mill for dressing lumber and for the manufact- ure of furniture, and was the first to use a cylindrical planing machine in Wilton. He m., June 5, 1845, Harriet E. Stevens of Bedford, who d. Oct. 14, 1866 ; m., 2d, Alicia S. Kendall of Dunstable, Mass. Children : 196. Ella Elimbeth, b. Aug. 17, 1847; ni., 1873, Joshua H. Putnam of Danvers, Mass. ; d. March 24, 1874, leaving one daughter. 197. Levi Ernest, b. Aug. 2, 1861 ; d. March 12, 1879. 198. Hekvey (121), b. Sept. 21, 1820. He lived in Milford until 1850, when he removed to Wilton and carried on business with his brother, Levi, for several years ; a few years after the dissolution of the iDartner- ship he returned to Milford. In 1855 he was chosen a selectman of 482 mSTOEY OF wilton. Wilton. He m., May 11, 1843, Lavinia Hall, who was b., Milford, March 29, 1823. Children : 199. Louise Maria, b. April 1, 1844; ra., Jan. 19, 1871, William S. Phelan ; res. Oakland, Cal. 200. William Kimball, b. Aug. 7, 184G; m,, Oct. 31, 1878, Emma J. Jordan ; carries on harness-making and carriage-trimming at Milford, 201. Martin Waterman, b. Nov. 16, 1851 ; m., Oct. 28, 1875, Annie BrOwn ; res. in Brightwood, Ind. 202. RuFDS (124), b. March 8, 1827; m., May 6, 1861, Mary J. Rams- dell of New Ipswich, where he res. Children : 203. Daniel Elmer, b. Sept. 28, 18G4. 204. Mary Estelle, b. Dec. 9, 1867; d. Feb. 25, 1868. 205. Alice Luclla, b. Jan. 30, 1871. 206. AiiiEL Abbot (131), b. July 29, 1801; d. Dec. 30, 1881. When he was eighteen years old he had a severe illness, and for a few years his chest was so diseased that he was unable to labor. He studied for one term at Union Academy, Meriden, and taught school for several terms. For a few years he worked at carding and cloth-dressing, and afterward at wood-turning. He m., Feb. 12, 1835, Mary Ann Raddiu, who was b., Saugus, Mass., July IS, 1803, and d. Dec. 9, 1859. Children : 207. Abiel Edwin, b. March 13, 1836. He enlisted as a recruit, Aug. 21, 1862, and was assigned to Co. D., Fourth Regt., N. H. V. He d. on the hospital boat on the James River, Va., Aug. 17, 1864. 208. Henry Eliphalet (274), b. May 12, 1837. 209. Josephine (277), b. Nov. 24, 1838. 210. Samuel Abbot, b. July 12, 1840. He enlisted in the Sixteenth Regt., N. H. v., a regiment which lost more men by disease than any other from New Hampshire. As the regiment was on its way home, he was left on the hospital boat at Vicksburg, but arrived home a week later than the I'est. He is engaged in the manufacture of furniture. Hem., May 2, 1877, Sophia Jennie Gardner of Charlestown, Mass., where he res. 211. Arthur Herbert, b. Sept. 2, 1842. A furniture manufacturer; res. Nashua. He m., Dec. 20, 1876, Lucy Isabelle Putnam (295). 212. Abro Hale (284), b. April 18, 1846. 213. Sew ALL (133), b. April 27, 1805. He has been a farmer; was elected selectman ten times, and once refused to serve ; was county com- missioner three years, and a justice of the peace for twenty years. For about fifty years he practised surveying land and running lines, as occa- sion called. He m., Aug. 27, 1835, Hannah M. Glidden of Gilmantou, who was b. Aug. 6, 1813, and d. Feb. 21, 1867. Children: 214. Laura Ann (286), b. June 25, 1836. 215. Mary Augusta, b. Sept. 30, 1838; m., June 14, 1866, Charles H. Gilman of Gilmanton, who for some years, in company with a nephew, carried on a grocery and provision store in Greenbush, N. Y. While on his return from Southern California, he d., March, 1886, in the car before reaching Little Rock. 216. Ellen (289), b. Nov. 5, 1840. GENEALOGIES : PUTNAM. 483 217. Emily Dorothy, b. Dec. 12, 1842 ; d. July 18, 1858. 218. Warren Prescott, b. Feb. 8, 1845. On Aug. 8, 1863, he began to learn the blacksmith's trade of Charles A. Bales, and worked for him until April 1, 1871. He then hired the shop and tools for five years ; at the end of that period he and Mr. Bales became partners, under the firm- name of Bales & Putnam, and have so continued to this time. He m., Nov. 26, 1874, Helen Merritt of Bedford, Mass. 219. Eliza Jane, b. June 29, 1848. For sixteen years she was employed by the Watch Factory at Waltham. lu 1876 she assisted in running the company's machinery at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, and from April to November, 1885, she performed the same service at the International Inventors' Exhibition in London. She m., June 15, 1886, Nelson H. Tenney of South Acton, Mass. 220. Samuel (139), b. Sept. 14, 1819; d. Nov. 11, 1853. He was for several years in the firm of A. & W. Jones & Co., manufacturers of boots and shoes. He m., May 14, 1845, Phebe S. Jones. See Joel Jones gen. (4). Child: 221. Martha, a successful teacher. 222. John Allen (145), b. Nov. 4, 1823. For several years he carried on the mill built by his father, sold it about 1853 and removed to Lynde- borough. He m., July 13, 1849, Louise E. Cram of Lyndeborough. Children : 223. Elvira M., b. June 4, 1851 ; m. George Cheney. 224. Philip, b. Sept. 17, 1853; ra. L. Atwood. 225. Abba, b. Sept. 8, 1854; m. George Brown. 226. John F., b. June 3, 1865 : d. Aug. 14, 1865. 227. Hattie M., b. April 6, 1866 ; m. Henry U. Hanover. 228. Clintie A., b. March 20, 1868; d. Sept. 13, 1880. 229. Joseph (148), b. Jan. 4, 1790. A machinist and iron-forger. He worked at making the machinery for the first factory in Wilton, where he lived for several years. He m. Lucy Eumrill. Children : 230. Peter Hamilton (292), b. Sept. 11, 1819. 231. Caroline. 232. Harriet. 233. Abkam (159), b., Andover, Vt., April 13, 1802; d., Manchester, April 9, 1876. He came to Wilton about 1812 and worked at farming until 1828, when he began to make bobbins, and worked at that business for the rest of his life. He removed from Wilton and lived one year in Antrim, four years in Danbury, three in Lowell, two in Plaistow and fourteen years in Manchester. He was an industrious, trustworthy man, and a deacon in the Baptist Church. He m., Sept. 29, 1829', Mary Russell, who d. June 30, 1835. See Russell gen. (26). He m., 2d, Clarissa, dau! of Deacon Moses Greeley of Hudson. Children : 234. William H., b., Wilton, Sept. 12, 1830; a dry-goods salesman; res. in Boston; m., Sept. 13, 1858, Mattie A. Bruce of Clinton, Mass. 235. George R., b., Wilton, Dec. 4, 1831 ; d. Dec. 21, 1831. 236. Moses G., b., Wilton, Sept. 24, 1837; d., Antrim, Oct. 5, 1845. 237. Mary R., b., Wilton, Dec. 21, 1838 ; d., Nashua, April 11, 1858, 484 HISTORY OF WILTON. 238. George T. D., b., Wilton, Nov. 22, 1840; d., Pliiistow, April IS, 1881 ; m., Feb. G, 1876, Laura S. Carlton of Plaistow. 239. Lucy A., b., Wilton, Dec. 28, 1841 : d., Manchester, May 18, 1872. 240. Hannah C, b., Wilton, April, 1843 ; d. April, 1843. 241. Abraui B., b., Antrim, May 4, 1845; d. Oct. 20, 1871. A carpen- ter. He in.. May 9, 1871, Anna W. Lufkin of South Levant, Me. 242. Clara S. G., b., Danbury, June 5, 1847; d. March 27, 1870. 243. Joseph G., b., Danbury, May 25, 1849. A designer and carver; res., Fitchburg, Mass. He ra., May 20, 18S1, JIary Anna George of Man- chester. 244. Augustine T., b. Feb., 1851 ; d., Lowell, Aug. 15, 1851. 245. Stephen G., b., Nashua, Oct. 17, 1852. A wood engraver; res. in Jersey City, N. J. He m.. May 21, 1881, Fannie Vetter of New York City. 246. Amos (160), b., Andover, Vt., April 14, 1804. He resided in Wilton for a few years before and after his marriage, then removed to Westfield, N. V.; after u few years he returned to Wilton, where he lived until the death of his wife ; since then he has been in Nashua. He m., Sept. 2, 1834, Dorcas Putnam (136) , who d. March 15, 1887. Children : 247. Mary Augusta, b. Sept. 15, 1835 ; d. Oct. 5, 1835. 248. Emma Frances, b. Sept. 3, 1836 ; d. Oct. 20, 1841. 249. Samuel Abbot (297), b., Westflckl, N. Y., July 23, 1840. 250. 'William .Jacob (300), b., Wilton, April 17, 1842. 251. Emma Dorcas (303), b. Feb. 28, 1844. 252. George Tillon, b. Sept. 9, 1846. A photographer and lives in Middleborough, Mass. He m., Nov. 24, 1870, Abbie Sumner. 253. Mary Alma, b. Jan. 10, 1849 ; d. July 25, 1872. 254. Jacob (189), b. Aug. 16, 1822. He resides on the homestead of his father and grandfather, to which he has added a large pasture and the larger part of the farm of Jacob Putnam, the original settler. The house, built more than one hundred years ago by his grandfather, Jacob (86) , was a square building of two stories with the chimney in the middle. He has remodelled it and added to it so as to make it convenient for two fam- ilies. Ho has built a barn, 130x40 feet, with a cellar under the whole, keeps from 30 to 40 cows and sells the milk to D. Whiting & Sons. Like most of the farmers of Wilton, he has cleared his plough-fields of rocks so that they can be mowed with a machine. For the last ten years he has raised, on an average, from 1000 to 1200 baskets of corn a year ; in 1885 and 1886 he raised over 1700 baskets each year. He has served as selectman for three years, and has twice been elected a representative to the Legislature. On .July 4, 1882, the centennial of the building of his house, he received by invitation the Putnams of Wilton and its vicinity, with others, to the number of some hundreds. His guests were hospita- bly entertained with a dinner, music and the flow of soul to the entire sat- isfaction of all present. He m., Dec. 31, 1850, Flora Ann, dau. of Micah Hartshorn of Lyndeborougli ; she d. Oct. 24, 1875. He m., 2d, Jan. 15, 1877, Anna F. Uptou of Nashua. Children : 255. Flora Jane (310), b. Feb. 4, 1854. GENEALOGIES : PUTNAM. 485 256. Hannah Annabelle (314), b. May 24, 1857. 257. Asa Longley (191), b. Julj- 9, 1826; lives on a farm in Xorth Leominster; m.. May 5, 18G4, Isabelle Chute. Children : 258. Samuel, b. Feb. 12, 18G.5. 25». Sarah Maria, b. Sept. 20, 18G7; d. May 7, 1870. 260. Asa, b. March ,31, 180(i. 261. George, b. Dec. 11, 1870; d. Feb. 2, 1877. 262. Andrew Worcester, b. Dec. 28, 1872. 263. Andrew .Iackson (192), b. .July 25, 1828. He with his brother, Artemas, built, 1863, the tannery at East Wilton and carried it on for some years, but, owing to financial embarrassment, it is now unoccupied. He m.. May 1, 1861, Sarah Flagg Whitney of Adrian, Mich. Children : 264. Samuel H., b. Oct. 26, 1862 ; d. Nov. 10, 1863. 265. Willie, b. Feb. 13, 1864. Clerk in the Savings Bank at Leom- inster, Mass. 266. Hattie L., b. Dec. (i, 18G5. 267. Mabel L., b. April 23, 1868. 268. Augusta W., b. March 26, 1873. 269. Aetemas (193), b. .Jan. 1, 1831. A tanner and currier; he lived for several years at North Leominster, Mass., and removed, 1863, to Wilton, where he has twice been chosen selectman. He m.. May 2, 1854, Mary O. Kidder. See Kidder gen. (8). Children: 270. Willie, b. June 6, 1855 ; d., June 7, 1855. 271. Mary Ida, b. Feb. 4, 1858; m., Oct. 5, 1882, Charles A. Burtt. See Burtt gen. (10). 272. John C. (817),, b. March 31, 1860. 273. Fred Brooks (319), b. June 12, 1862. 274. Henry Eliphalet (208), b. May 12, 1837. In the time of the Kebellion he was on garrison duty at Fort Independence in Boston Harbor. He lives in Reading, Mass., and is engaged in the manufacture of furniture. He m., Nov. 2, 1863, JIary Eliza Cook. Children: 275. Grace Cook, b. July 7, 1867. 276. Ada Kendall, b. Oct. 10, 1871. 277. Josephine (209), b. Nov. 24, 1838; m., Aug. 9, 1861, Orange S. Cook. Mr. Cook enlisted in the Twenty-first Regt., Mass. V. ; served under Burnside in North ( 'arolina, and under Pope- in Virginia ; was severely wounded at Chantilly, and, after being in the hospital for several months, was honorably discharged. Children : 278. Horace Burnside (Cook), b. April 21, 1804. 279. Edwin Putnam (Cook), b. Dec. 12, 1865. 280. Mary Josephine (Cook), b. April 3, 1868. 281. Brooks Dascomb (Cook), b. Sept. 15, 1871. 282. Marion Eaddin (Cook), b. Jan. 3, 1877. 283. Olive Scott (Cook), b. Dec. 28, 1877. 284. Abro Hale (212), b. April 18, 1846; d., Gainsville, Flor., April 22, 1883. A furniture manufacturer. He m., Dec. 31, 1879, Ellen Jane Eussell of Brookline. Child : 285. Edwin Ernest, b. Nov. 22, 1880. 486 HISTORY OF WILTON. 286. Laura Ann (214), b. June 25, 1S36; m., June 8, 1862, Joseph TiiTell, a farmer; res. in Goffstown. Children: 287. Carrie Augusta (Tirrell), b. June 11, 1864. A grad. of McGaw Institute ; is engaged in teaching. 288. Albert Sewall (Tirrell), b. Jan. 20, 1870. 289. Ellen (216), b. Nov. 5, 1840; d. April 7, 1875; in., Sept. 27, 186G, Charles A. Emerson of Wilton, a carpenter. See Emerson gen. (19). Children : 290. Mabel Putnam (Emerson), b. Jan. 23, 1868. A grad. of Nashua High School, 1887. 291. Abiel Livermore (Emerson), d. in infancy. 292. Peter Hamilton (230), b. Sept. 11, 1819. A carpenter, machin- ist and furniture maker; lived for some time in California. He m.. May, 1840, Ruby Steele, who d. Feb. 4, 1848; m., Oct., 1848, Lavinia Lane, who d. July 26, 1854; m., 3d, July, 1862, Mrs. Hannah W. (Perkins) Beard, who d. Feb. 8, 1884. See Beard gen. (1). Children : 293. Ella M., b. Dec, 1847 ; d. Sept. 8, 1860. 294. Clara A., b. May, 1849; m. Henry H. Shattuck. 295. Lucy Isabelle, b. Sept., 1850; m. Arthur H. Putnam (211). 29G. William H. (322), b. Aug., 1852. 297. Samuel Abbot (249), b., Westfleld, N. Y., July 23, 1840. He ■was mustered, Sept. 18, 1861, into Co. D, Fourth Kegt., N. H. V. He went with the regiment to South Carolina and was honorably discharged for disability, Sept. 18, 1862. A photographer, and lives in Hyannis, Mass. He m., Sept. 25, 1861, Harriet Parker of Wilton. Children : 298. Eldou, b. Nov. 25, 1865; lives in Kansas. 299. Arthur Ernest, b. Nov. 4, 1867; d. Aug. 12, 1868. 300. William Jacob (250), b., Wilton, April 17, 1842. P>,esides on a farm in Nashua. He m.. May 24, 1S74, Eldora, dau. of Luther A. Tarbell. Children : 301. Dora Arlin, b. Oct. 30, 1877. 302. George William, b. Feb. 6, 1883. 303. Emma Dorcas (251), b. Feb. 28, 1844; m., April 30, 1S71, Charles !>. Otis of Hancock. He is a farmer and lives near the depot in Hancock. Children : 304. Mary Emma (Otis), b. March 22, 1873. 305. Helen Frances (Otis), b. March 30, 1875. 300. Louis Royal (Otis), b. March 15, 1877. 307. Ernest Mansel (Otis), b. June 9, 1879; d. April 24, 1881. 308. Charles Lelaiid (Otis), b. March 25, 1882. 309. Dean Putnam (Otis), b. Sept. 18, 1883. 310. Flora Jane (255), b. Feb. 4, 1854; m. Herbert Wilkerson. Mr. Wilkersou was b. In the parish of Basley, Hertfordshire, Eng., Dec. 26, 1849, landed in New York, Aug. 18, 1868, and bought, July, 1873, the farm originally owned by Deacon John Burton, on which he now resides. Children : 311. Eddie C. (Wilkersou), b. Aug. 20, 1873. 312. Flora A. (Wilkerson), b. Feb. 21, 1876. GENRALOGIES : EICIIARDSON. 487 313. Jacob Perley (Wilkerson), b. Dec. 9, 1877. 314. Hannah Annabelle (256), b. May 24, 1857; m., June 3, 1878, Henry A. Proctor, who was b., Stoddard, Sept. 22, 1854. He resides on the farm with his wife's father. Children : 315. Henry Putnam (Proctor), b. June 29, 1881. 316. Anna Jane (Proctor), b. Jul}' 10, 1885. 317. John C. (272), b. March 31, 18G0; m., March 31, 1880, Gertrude A. Nutting. Child : 318. Clyde Artemas, b. Sept. 4, 1883 ; d. July 23, 1884. 319. Pked. Brooks (273), b. June 12, 1862; m., Sept. 7, 1881, Lizzie F. Crocker of Hillsborough. Children : 320. Minnie Edith, b. June 2,"), 1882. 321. Fred. Ernest, b. sipt. 10, 1883. 322. William H. (298), b. Aug., 1852; m. Ella Heath Gray, who d. Sept. 13, 1887. See Gray gen. (104). Children : 323. Clytie G., b. Dec. 16, 1876. 324. Henry II., b. Aug. 17, 1878. 325. Hattie L., b. May 10, 1880. 326. George N., b. Aug. 2, 1882 ; d. Sept. 14, 1882. 327. Mary I., b. Sept. IS, 1883. 328. Alice, b. Nov. 26, 1886. RAMSEY FAMILY. 1. Abram a. Ramsey, b., Greenfield, Aug. 14, 1835, came to Wilton, April, 1867, and was for three years in trade with his brother-in-law, William K. Baldwin. At this time he is a broker and insurance agent. He has been for several years a justice of the peace, and also an efficient collector of taxes. He m., Nov. 28, 1860, Helen P. Baldwin, who was b., Bennington, Feb. 25, 1838. Child: 2. Anna A., b., Wilton, Aug. 23, 1870. RAYMOND FAMILY. 1. Charles Raymond, b., Bedford, Jan, 13, 1822. Soon after his birth his parents removed to Amherst. He came to Wilton March 31, 1852, and some years later he built a house in the northwest part of East Wilton, where for many years he has had summer boarders. He m.. May 7, 1850, Augeline E. Raymond, who was b., Carlisle, Mass., Nov. 11, 1820. RICHARDSON FAMILY. 1. Thomas Richakdson lived on lot No. 16, first range. He left Wilton between 1787 and 1790. Children by his wife, Phebe : 2. Eunice, b. Sept. 21, 1758; d. Nov. 2, 1758. 3. Phebe, b. Dec. 9, 1759. 4. Hannah, b. April 9, 1761. 5. Stephen, b. Feb. 17, 1763. 6. Thomas, b. Oct. 31, 1764. 7. John, b. Aug, 6, 1766. 488 HISTORY OF WILTON. 8. William, b. Aug. 10, 1768. 9. Molly, b. June 10, 1770. 10. Rachel, b. May 27, 1772. 11. Dorcas, b. Feb. 23, 1774. EIDEOUT FAMILIES. 1. Benjamin Rideout, b. 174,3; d. July 10, 1819. He bought of Benjamin Thompson lot No. 6, fourth range, which he cleared up, and which became his home for the rest of his life. The deed was dated May 16, 1763. His first wife, Dorothy, d. ,Iune 3, 17G7, aged 22 ; his second wife, Sarah, d. Dec. 13, 1831, aged 83. Children : 2. John, b. M.ay 27, 1707. 3. Sarah, b. April o, 1770; m., Nov. .5, 178S, Abraham Cole. 4. David, b. Oct. 27, 1771; res. in Vt. He m., -Tan. 30, 1798, Rhoda Holt. 5. Dorothy, b. Aug. 5, 1773; m., Jan. 24, 1793, Stephen Huse of Methuen, Mass. 6. Joshua, b. July 31, 1773; d. April 17, 1776. 7. Lucy, b. April 8, 1777 ; m., Nov. 1, 1796, Moses Averill. 8. Susanna, b. Aug. 5, 1779 ; m., June 21, 1803, John Currier. 9. Joshua (14), b. Aug. 10, 1781. 10. Polly, b. March 13, 1784 ; m., June 14, 1804, Aaron Wilkins. They res. in Wilton about twenty years after theii- marriage, and had one son and several daughters, but finally removed to Maine. 11. Joel Taylor, b. July 30, 1786. 12. Simeon, b. Aug. IS, 1788. 13. Jacob (19), b., July 27, 1789. 14. Joshua (9), b. Aug. 10, 1781 ; was a farmer and res. on the home- stead. He was one of the early members of the Baptist church. He m. Sally Kendall. Children: 15. Sally, b. Dec. 24, 1806. She m., April 30, 184.1, Sylvester Simonds, who was a tanner, and the last occupant of tlie Stockwell j'ard. He owned and lived for a few years on the farm now belonging to John B. Baldwin, but removed to Lunenburg, Mass. IG. Almira, b. July 7, 1808; d. Aug. 19, 18.34. She m. Timothy B. Kimb.all. 17. .Toshua (21), b. Sept. 1, 1813. 18. Charles, b. .Ian. 21, 1826 ; d. Dec. 29, 1872. He m. .and lived on the farm now owned by John B. Baldwin. 19. Jacob (13), b. July 27, 1789 ; res. in Milford ; m. Simonds. Child : 20. Jacob (26), b. April 23, 1815. 21. Joshua (17), b. Sept. 1, 1813 ; d. March 18, 1886. He owned the farm and built the house now occupied l)y the heirs of Jacob Rideout. Besides farming he carried on considerable business in lumbering. He served as selectman one year. He sold his farm, and removed to French village. He m., April 12, 1S42, Emily Frye, who d. June 17, 1876, aged 55 yrs. Children : acu^ / ^ ^-^^^^^^^z^ ■^f-^i^Z^ HELIOTVPE PKIHTING CO., BOSTON GENEALOGIES : RING. 489 22. Emily E., b. Aug. 7, 1843; m. Samuel E. Spooner, a tiu-worker, and res. iu Clinton, Mass. 23. Lucy Jane, b. June 21, 1845 ; in. Eugene P. Johnson, and res. in Nashua. 24. Alvah J., b. July 21, 18.51; ra., Jan. 30, 1884, Elizabeth -Willey. and res. in Walthara, Mass. 25. Franlt P., b. Sept. 27, 18.59 ; m., May 16, 1883, Ida L. Donahue ; is a clerk, and ros. in Nashua. 26. Jacob (20), b. April 23, 1815 ; d. Jan. 30, 1881. He res. in M.ason some years, and a part of the time served as a selectman. He res. in Wilton at two different times, in all about twentj'-five years. He ni., April 12, 1841, Lydia Peabody. Children : 27. Anson J., b. Aug. 12, 1842: res. in Brookline. He m., July 1, 1872, Mary A. Bussell. 28. George A., b. Aug. 27, 184.5; d. 1888. He was a farmer, res. on the homestead; unm. He served as selectman for three years. 2», Elwin A., b. July 27, 1847 ; d. Aug. 6, 187.5. 30. Amos W., b. Sept. 7, 1859. 1, William E. Kideout, b., HoUis, Dec. 21, 1829; d. Feb. 25, 1879. He was a descendant of a brother of Benjamin Rideout, who settled in Hollis. He came from Nashua to Wilton about 1865. He was a carpen- ter, and for several years was sexton and one of the police. He m., Jan. 1, 1856, Julia R. Jewett, who was b., Hollis, May 0, 1839. RING FAMILY. 1. PlliLANDEH Ring, b. Weld, Me. He came to Wilton about 1853, and res. at the West village, occupying the store, and engaged in making- men's clothing. Much of the time since he came to Wilton he has been employed in wholesale peddling. He is the proprietor of various curative medical preparations. Some years since he removed his business to East Wilton into one of the tenements in the block that was destroyed by fire, Dec, 1885. He purchased the buildings formerly occupied by Messrs. Jones & Co., and occupies them as his stand of business. In March, 1886, he was elected one of the school board for three years. He m. Eleanor Houghton of Weld, Me. He m., 2d, Helen J. Holt. See Holt gen. (203). Children : 2. Mary Helen, b. Aug. 12. 1850. 3. Harry Philander (9), b. Nov. 17, 1857. 4. Myrtie Caroline, b. March 28, 1802. .5. Ann Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1865. G. Ellis Lyle, b. Jan. G, 1867. 7. Florence Aurelia, b. July 11, 1S70. 8. Gertrude Celistia, b. March 22, 1873. 9. Harry Philander (3), b. Nov. 17, 1857. He is in company with 490 HISTORY OF WILTON. his father in business. He m., Nov. 10, 1882, Frances M. Bowler. Chil- dren: 10. Robert G., b. July 18, 1883. 11. Helen M., b. Aug. 19, 1883. KOCKWOOD FAMILY. 1. Richard Rocket, or Rockwood, d. 1660. He was from Wey- mouth or Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England, and became a settler in Dorchester, Mass., in 1636. He m. Agnes (Bicknell ?), who d., Braintree, 1643. He m., 2d, Ann . 2. Nicholas, son of preceding, b. as early as 1628 ; d. Jan. 26, 1680. He was one of the first settlers of Medfiold, Mass., in 1660. He m. Jane (Adams ?), who d. Dec. 15, 1654. He m., 2d, July 16, 1656, Margaret Holbrook, who d. April 23, 1670. He m., 3d, Silence , who d. Nov., 1677. Of eight children the seventh was : 3. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 23, 1665 ; d., Wrentham, Mass., Sept. 24, 1721. He was a deacon. He m., 1698, Joanna Ellis, b. 1677. Of ten children the tenth was : 4. Elisha, b. June 11, 171G; d., Groton, Ma.ss., Dec. 5, 1788. He settled as a clothier in Groton. He m., Aug., 1738, Elizabeth Adams, who was b. 1719, and d. 1799. She was a distant relative of Robert Treat Paine, the signer of the Declaration of Independence. Of thirteen chil- dren four d. in Sept., 1753. We name three : 5. Elisha, eldest son, b. Nov., 1740; d. 1831. He removed to Chester- field, was twice m. and had ten children. «. Joseph (8), b. June 13, 1744. 7. Ebenezer (10), b. Aug. 13, 1746. 8. Joseph (6), b. June 13, 1744; d. June 9, 1816. He was a farmer in Groton ; m. Sarah Richardson, and had eight children, of whom the eldest child was : 9. Joseph (20), b. Dec. 17, 1766. 10. Ebenezer (7), b., Groton, Aug. 13,1746; d. Feb. 10, 1830. He grad.. Harvard College, 1773 ; was a surgeon in the U. S. army. In 1779 he received and accepted an invitation, signed by nearly all the legal voters of the town, to settle in Wilton as a physician. He was given to hospitality, a man of wide influence, having the characteristics of the genuine Puritan stock from which he sprung. Eminent in his profession, he had an extensive practice, and in addition to that wa? largely engaged in farming. He built the house and owned the farm lately occupied by Isaac K. Davis, also lot No. 14, third range, aud that part of lot No. 14, second range, lying southwest of Rocky River. It was owing more to his influence than to that of any otlier resident of Wilton that the Second Cong. Ch. was organized. He m., June 10, 1779, Mary, dau. of Rev. Dan- iel Emerson of Hollis, who d. March 9, 1849. Children : 11. William Emerson (31), b. March 22, 1780. 12. Ebenezer (34), b. June 2, 1781. GENEALOGIES : KOCKWOOD. 491 13. Betsey, b. Dec. 9, 1782; m., Nov. 4, 1812, Timothy Abbot. See Abbot gen. 14. Polly, b. Aug. G, 1784; d., Hollis, May 10, 1874; urim. 16. Lubim (39), b. April 6, 1786. 16. Daniel, b. Oct. 15, 1787; d. Jan. 31, 1821. He grad. at Dartmouth College, 1811, studied law, settled in Boston, was an early partner of Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw. He d. in Cuba, where he had gone in hopes of recovering his health. 17. Hannah, b. Feb. 19, 1790; d. Nov. 7, 1808. 18. Sally, b. Jan. 18, 1792; d., Hollis, Aug. 12, 1884. She m., Oct. 1, 183,3, Rev. Leonard Jewett of Temple. They subsequently removed to Hollis. 19. Matilda, b. Nov. 30, 1793 ; d. April 21, 1823. 20. Joseph (9), b. Dec. 17, 1766; d. Jan. 24, 1830. He res. success- ively in Groton, Wilton, Ashby, Townsend and Brookline. In Wilton he lived, from about 1810 to 1821, on lot No. 3, third range. Ho m. Lucy Fletcher, who was b. Feb. 12, 1771, and d. Oct. 2, 1806. He m., 2d, April 14, 1808, Elizabeth Brooks, who res. after the death of her husband with her dau., Mrs. M. Holt, and d. Aug. 24, 1871. Children : 21. Sally, b. April 9, 1790; d. May 10, in infancy. 22. Luther, b. April 3, 1791 ; a farmer in Brookline. 23. Elisha, b. Dec. 3, 1793. 24. George, b. Dec. 13, 1797. 25. Sally, b. Aug. 24, 1800; m. Tyler Town of Milford. Both d. many years ago. They had six children. 26. Lucy, b. Aug. 22, 1802; d. 1826. She m. William Eichardson of Townsend, who d. 1825. They had one daughter. 27. Mary, b. Dec. 4, 1805; m.. May 20, 1826, Stephen Burnham. See Burnham gen. (18). 28. Elizabeth, b. May 25, 1815; m., Sept. 29, 1836, Mark Holt. See Holt gen. (253). 29. Abigail Susan, b. Dec. 8, 1817; d. I^ept. 2, 1839. 30. Emma, b. April 16, 1820; m. Jacob Cooper of Francestown. 31. William Emerson (11), b. March 22, 1780; d. April 16, 1873. He was a farmer and lived about twenty years on the farm now owned by Mrs. Blood, which he sold, and afterwards lived in Temple and Merri- mack. He m., Oct. 22, 1812, Abigail Conant of Hollis. Children: 32. William J., b. April 1, 1815 ; res. in Brookline. 33. Elizabeth E., b. Jan. 9, 1819; res. in Brookline. 34. Ebenezek (12), b. June2, 1781; d. May 8, 1815. He grad., Har- vard College, 1802 ; studied law and settled in Boston in partnership with Hon. Samuel Hoar, whose son, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, was named for him. He was highly respected in his profession, in which he rapidly acquired an extensive practice ; a man of quick perceptions, of noble and generous impulses, and while he lived his intimate associates were of the highest circle of talent and refinement. He m., Sept. 9, 1807, Elizabeth Breeze Hazard, dau. of Hon. E. Hazard of Philadeljihia. Children : 35. Abigail A., b. Sept. 19, 1808; res. in N. Y. city. 492 HISTORY OF WILTON. 36. EbenezeiH., b. Aug. 1, 1810; grad., Yale College, 1832; studied medicine, .md res. in Buffalo. He m. Juliet Bliss of West Springfield, by whom he has had four children. 37. William Erskine, b. -Tune H, 1812 ; d. in Cuba in 1839. 38. Charles Greene, b. July, 1814; a banker in Newark, N. J. 39. LUBIM (15), b. April 6, 178G; d. May l.i, 182G. He was a farmer and settled on the homestead. He m., May 20, 1813, Iij"dia, dau. of Abraham and Betty (Dale) Burton, who m., 2d, Feb. 9, 1837, Elijah Chandler. See Burton gen. (42). Children: 40. Hannah, b. July 8, 1814; d. April 13, 1832. 41. Lubim Burton (45), b. Aug. 8, ISlfi. 42. Lydia Henrietta, b. May 21, 1819; d. June 22, 1840. 43. Mary Emerson, b. May 14, 1821 : m., Dec. 5, 1839, Col. John P. Claik of New Ipswich. 44. Betsey Dale, b. April 19, 182,5; m., Aug. 28, 1S4.1, Charles S. Davis of Hancock. 45. Ldbim Burton (41), b. Aug. 8, 181C; d. May 7, 1872.' See a sketch of his life, page 291. He m., May 1, 1S4.5, Abby Ann, dau. of Dea. Ezra Abbot. Se(S Abbot gen. She res. in Koxbury, Mass. Children: 46. Arthur Burton, b. Nov. 20, 1846 ; d. Oct. 4, 1847. 47. Edward Nelson, b. Oct. 9, 1848 ; d. Feb, 14, 1S49. 48. Sarah Hale, b. Dec. 9, 1849; m., Sept. 7, 1871, Charles A. Plumer, and res. in Eoxbury. 49. Fanny Larcom, b. Aug. 23, 18,51 ; m., Dec. 2, 1874, James C. Miller, and res. in Philadelphia. 50. William Emerson, b. Nov. 5, 1854; a student in Boston, Andover, Meriden, and, for a short time, in Dartmouth College, but follows a busi- ness life. He m., Sept. 19, 1883, Persis A. Lovejoy, dau. of Henry Lovejoy of Brooklyn, N. Y., wheie they now reside. 51.. Annie Burton, b. Sept. 6, 1856; m., Oct. 18, 1879, Clarence Hazel- wood, who was killed in the Bradford railroad accident in 1888. 52. Elizabeth Davis, b. Sept. 28, 18.58; deceased. 53. Grace Burton, b. May 8, 1861 ; d. Nov. 20, 1861. 54. Henrietta, b. April 25, 1863. EUSSBl.L FAMILY. 1. Thomas Russei.l, b. Andover, Mass. He bought of Jonathan Greele lot No. 8, seventh range, and about two and a half acres of the northeast part of lot No. 7, same range. The deed is dated Sept. 29, 1769, and the consideration was £106 13s. 4d. The farm is now occupied by David W. Bussell, his great-grandson. He m. Bethia Holt. Children : 2. Bethia, b. April 20, 17G1 ; d. April 25, 1761. 3. Bethia, b. Jan. 7, 1763; m., April 18, 1782, Daniel Simonds ot Amherst. 4. Thomas (13), b. June 5, 1765. 5. Hainiah, b. Sept. 23, 1707; d. Nov., 1850. She m.. Aug. 23, 1787, James Houghton of Dublin. Th(>y removed to Weld, Me. 6. Daniel (19), b. Nov. 7, 17G9. GENEALOGIES : RUSSELL. 493 7. Phebe, b. Sept. 13, 1772; ra. ; d. Sept. 13, 1852. 8. Polly, b. June 4, 1775 ; d. June 1, 1864 ; m., Dec. 20, 1804, Thomas Eaton. 9. Abel, b. Aug. 5, 1778; d. June 10, 1859. He m. Nancy Clement of Petersham, Mass., and settled in Weld, Me. 10. Joseph, b. May 1, 1780; d. June 28, 1858. He m. Hannah Das- comb. He ni., 2d, Jan. 8, 1809, Sarah, dau. of Simeon and Mary (Dale) Holt, of Wilton, who d. March 13, 1857. See Holt gen. (157). 11. Ephraim, b. July IB, 1783: d. Dec. 3, 1875, aged 92 yrs. He m., April 6, 1807, Rebecca Ireland of Weld, Me., and res. in that place. 12. Asfenath, b. May 31, 1786; unm. All the above family, except one that d. in infancy, lived to a very advanced age. 13. Thomas (4), b. June 5, 1765; d. July 9, 1863, aged 98. He ra. Lydia, dau. of Jacob and Lydia (Stevens) Abbot, and removed to Weld, Mo. Children : 14. Thomas, b. Aug. 7, 1791 ; d. Aug. 26, 1791. 15. Thomas, b. Sept. 3, 1792. IG. Hannah Abbot, b. May 3, 1794. 17. Lydia, b. Feb. 27, 1797. The above children were b. in Wilton; several others were born in Weld, one of whom res. several years in Wilton, namely : 18. Fisk (31), b.. Weld, Mo., Nov. 12, 1810. 19. Daniel (6), b. Nov. 7, 1769 ; d. Jan. 3, 1841. He res. on the home- stead in Wilton. He m., Nov. 25, 1794, Elizabeth Dascomb, who d. Oct. 18,1852. See Dascomb gen. (8). Children: 20. Daniel, b. May 12, 1795. He taught for several years, and for a few years was in trade. He held the ofBce of Register of Deeds two years. He was several years town clerk of Milford, where he resided. He m. a Miss Ramsdell of Milford. 21. Betsey, b. March 4, 1797; m., Feb. 23, 1819, Asaph Sawyer. See Sawyer gen. (9). 22. James, b. Dec. 5, 1798; d., Boston, April 24, 1826. He learned the carpenter's trade, and spent about three years in Georgia, partly in teaching and partly at his trade. 23. Hannah, b. Aug. 11, 1800; m., July 27, 1823, Eliphalet Putnam. See Putnam gen. (130). 24. John Farrington (36), b. Dec. 16, 1802. 25. Theron, b. Sept. 4, 1804; d. Feb. 26, 1806. 26. Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1807 ; m., Sept. 29, 1829, Abram Putnam. See Putnam gen. (233). 27. Theron (41), b. June 20, 1809. 28. Harriet, b. May 20, 1811; m., Sept. 29, 1829, Luther Dascomb. See Dascomb gen. (45). 29. Emily Adeline, b. March 10, 1814; m., June 4, 1834, Joseph Das- comb. See Dascomb gen. (52). 30. Sarah D., b. Jan. 25, 1816 ; m., March 19, 1835, William Sheldon. See Sheldon gen. (48). 494 HISTOKY OF WILTON. 31. FiSK (18), b., Weld, Me., Nov. 12, 1810. He for several years occupied the mill at Barnes's Fall, but for a long time has been in busi- ness in Bo&ton. He m., March 26, 1837, Elizabeth M., dau. of Daniel Batcheldor. See Batchelder gen. (24). Children: 32. Eleanor Elizabeth, b. Jan. 22, 1838. 33. Emily Alraeda, b. Sept. 15, 1839. 34. Abba Clementina, b. March 4, 1841. 35. Arthur Willis, b. May 30, 1842. 36. John Fareington (24), b. Dec. 16, 1802. He was a farmer, aud res. on the farm formerly owned by his wife's father, Zebadiah Abbot, aud now owned by Hon. John A. Spalding. He was one of the first five male members of the Second Cong. Oh. He m., July 3, 1831, Mary Abbot. See Abbot gen. Children : 37. Lucia Abbot, b. June IS, 1832 ; m., March 23, 1868, Jeremiah Hurd, who d. Jan. 30, 1879, aged 79 yrs. 38. George Hale, b. Nov. 5, 1833 ; d. Jan. 3, 1883. Soon after he came of age, he went to Missouri, where he remained until about 1880, when he removed to Silver Cliff, Col., whore he d., leaving a widow and a son about fourteen years of age. 39. James F., b. Dec. 30, 1838. He was for several years a clerk in a store in New Ipswich, but has for a long time been keeping a successful grocery in Washington, D. C. He m. Mary Ann Raddin. 40. Charles H., b. March 10,1840; d. Jan. 2, 1871. He enlisted and was enrolled in Co. D, Fourth Regt., N. H. V., and was discharged at Lovell General Hospital, Portsmouth Grove, E. 1., on a surgeon's certifi- cate of disability. He m., Nov. 4, 1869, Helen I. Bales. See Bales gen. (32). 41. TiiERON (27), b. June 20, 1809. He res. on the homestead of his father. He was a farmer and managed his affairs prudently. He served two years as selectman. He m., Sept. 4, 1834, Elizabeth Wilson, dau. of Capt. David Wilson. See Wilson gen. Children : 42. David Wilson (45), b. Nov. 8, 1835. 43. Emily A., b. Dec. 20, 1840; m., April 9, 1865, Charles Hesselton. See Hesselton gen. (34) . 44. Mary Elizabeth (52), b. Dec. 26, 1844. 45. David Wilson (42), b. Nov. S, 1835. He res. on the homestead of his father, and is a successful farmer. He m.. May 31, 1860, Aurelia L. Ellenwood. Children : 46. Fannie Louise, b. Nov. 12, 1862. 47. Nellie Mitchell, b. May 8, 1867. 48. Lizzie Wilson, b. Dec. 17, 1868 ; d. Dec. 10, 1870. 49. George Lincoln, b. Sept. 1, 1870. 50. Arthur Howard, b. March 19, 1873. 51. Helen Isabelle, b. April 22, 1877. 52. Mary Elizabeth (44), b. Dec. 26, 1844; m., July 3, 1883, Ansel French, and lives at French village. See French gen. (39). Child : 53. Mabel (French), b. May 31, 1886. GENEALOGIES : SEARLE. 495 sargeJjt family. I. Henry O. Sargent came from Manchester to Wiltou in 1860. He enlisted in tlie army from Wilton, Aug. 19, 1862. and helped to fill the quota required of the town in the call for troops that year and received the bounty. By mistake he was credited to Manchester, and, after the war, was notified that a bounty awaited him there, which he declined to claim. In 1866 he bought the mill of Lewis Howard, and has since carried it on. He was for several years postmaster at West Wilton. He m., April 9, 1860, Sophia T. Heath. SAWYER FAMILY. 1. Nathaniel Savs^yer, b., Dracut, Mass., July 10, 1750; d., Wilton, Oct. 16, 1807. He came to Wilton and lived where Henry Gray now res., and traded in a building still standing. He is supposed to be the second storekeeper in town, Jacob Abbot being the first. He m., Oct. 13, 1778, Prudence, dau. of David and Prudence (Sheldon) Abbot, who was b., Andover, Mass., Oct. 3, 1757, and d., Salina, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1839. Children : 2. Fanny, b. July 5, 1779 : m., March 10, 1800, Silas Buss. See Silas Buss gen. (6). 3. Hannah, b., Wilton, Dec. 5, 1780; m.. May 11, 1803, Leonard Barker. See Leonard Barker gen. (1). 4. Sally, b. Nov. 35, 1782 ; d. June 10, 1863 ; m., June 7, 1808, Timothy A. Holt, and removed to Marion, Me. 5. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 25, 1784; d. June 20, 1875. He m., April 2, 1818, Jane C. Waterhouse of East Machias, Me. 6. Olive, b. Feb. 14, 1787: m.. May 12, 1808, Joseph Parker. See Ilananiah Parker gen. (5). 7. Asaph, b. May 11, 1789 ; d. Feb. 6, 1790. 8. Anna. b. Jan. 17, 1791 ; d. May 30, 1809. 9. Asaph, b. July 15, 1793; d., Cooper, Me., Aug. 1, 1875. He was engaged in brick-making for about twenty years in Castleton, Vt., and in Cohoes, N. Y., where his first wife died. He spent a few years in Cali- fornia. He ui., Feb. 23, 1819, Betsey Russell. See Russell gen. (21). He m., 2d, Alice C. Allan of Cooper, Me. His wife and three children survived him. 10. Amos, b. Oct. 26, 1795; d. Oct. 20, 1799. II. Achsah, b. Sept. 15, 1800; d., Marion, Me., May 28, 1886. She was a person of more than medium ability, and much respected wherever she was known. See pp. 61-66. She m., Oct. 12, 1825, John C. Allan of Whiting, Me. One son and two daughters survived her. Her husband d., Dennysville, Me., Dec. 27, 1867. SEARLE FAMILY. 1. James Searle, b. Oct. 23, 1830. He came to Wilton in 1844, and worked for many years at shoe-making for Messrs. Jones & Co. He lives 496 HISTOEY OF WILTON. on the farm on which 3Iaj. Samuel Lovejoy was the first settler. He m. Harriet E. . Ciiildren : 2. Mary F., b. March 23, 1846. 3. Xellie, b. Sept. 8, 1849. 4. Ada E., b. March 7, 1856; d. Dec. 5, 1878. 5. J. Fred, b. May 5, 1864. SHATTUCK FAMILY. 1. Abraham Shattuck came to Wilton from Pepperell, Mass., in 1796 or 1797. Children by his wife, Polly : 2. Abraham, b., Pepperell, Oct. 29, 1791. In 1818 he res. in Dublin, and held the office of ensign of militia. 3. Asher, b., Pepperell, Aug. 9, 1793. 4. Abner, b., Pepperell, Jan. 18, 1791!. He m. Lydia A., dau. of Dan- iel and Eebecca Batchelder. 5. Atnmi, b., Wilton, Dec. 3, 1797. 6. Polly, b., Wilton, Jan. 20, 1800. SHELDON FAMILY. 1. Samuel Sheldon d. Dec. 24, 1832, aged 92 yrs. He came from Reading, Mass., and, about 1770, he bought of William Pierce a part of lots numbered 11, in the fourth and fifth ranges. For several years he kept a tavern. He was one of the committee to take charge of, and dis- tribute, the stock of salt and molasses purchased by the town in 1775. He was very decided and tenacious in his opinions, one of which would hardly stand the test at the present day. It is said that the mention of no subject would provoke him so quickly as to assert that the earth was round ! In regard to fashion and all other matters that did not coincide with his own views he was very outspoken. A young man of Wilton had gone out as a preacher, and on returning to his native place expressed his willingness to occupy the pulpit. He was told that if Mr. Samuel Sheldon made no objection, probably nobody else would. When he laid the mat- ter before Mr. Sheldon, and asked him if he had any objection, his reply was : " I have ; you used to be a wild boy, and I haven't learned that you have reformed." He m. Sarah Wellmau, who d. Jan. 7, 1826, aged SO. They had eight children, but we have not been able to ascertain all the dates. Children : 2. Jacob, m. and res. in Andover, or Weston, Vt. 3. Samuel (10), b. 1707. 4. Sally, b. 1708; d. Sept. 24, 1833. She m., Sept. 18, 1794, Lieut. John Stiles. See Stiles gen. She m., 2d, Feb. 3, 1827, Pyam Herrick. See Herrick gen. (68). 5. William, m. and res. in Andover, Vt. 6. Mieah, res. in Vt. 7. Uzziel; he was a farmer and res. in Andover, Vt., where he d. at an advanced age. He ui., Nov. 15, 1804, Eleanor Gray. See Gray gen. (17). ^/^ ^ ^..^^^^^ riNC CO., BOSTON genealogies: sheldon. 497 8. Ziba, m., Aug. 15, 1802, Philip Putnam. See Putnam gen. (140), 9. Tamar, b. 1782; m., Nov. 1, 1804, Burleigh French. See French gen. (5). 10. Samuel (3), b. 1767; d. May 21, 1847. He was a farmer and res. on the homestead. He m., May 30, 1793, Phebe Keyes, who d. Nov. 21, 1821, aged .50. See Kcyi^s gen. (17). Children : 11. Saumel (22), b. March 16, 1794. 12. Phebe, b. April 15, 1796; unm.; d. Dec. 15, 1872. 13. Simon, b. Dec. 12, 1797; d. Nov. 7, 1870. 14. Uzziel (2«), b. Dec. 21, 1799. 15.- Ezra (31), b. Aug. 29, 1802. 16. Sarah, b. July 19, 1804; res. at Lebanon. She m. Larkin Herrlek. See Herrick gen. (67). 17. Lucy (40), b. Aug. o, 1806. 18. Mary, b. April 17, 1808; m. William Wetherbee, who has been engaged in manufacturing for several years, has held the offices of Register of Deeds and Register of Probate for a long time, and was appointed county conmiissioiier to fill out the term of Ephraim Weston, deceased. 19. William (49), b. May 9, 1810. 20. John, d. Nov. 14, 1821, aged 10. 21. Abiel W. (53), b. April 9, 1817. 22. Samiel (11), b. March 10, 1794; d. April 20, 1873. He had the trades of mason and shoemaker. In the spring of 1830 he bought the farm on which John and Abraham Burton had settled, seventy years before, and made it his home the rest of his life. He was an industrious man, a good neighbor and townsman. The greed of office was not devel- oped in him, although he was twice elected selectman. He m., Dec. 25, 1817, Betsey, dau. of Eliphalet Simonds of Milford; she was b. June 19, 1793, and d. July 6, lSo(;. He ra., 2d, Eleanor Sheldon of Audover, Vt. Children : 23. Betsey Ann, b. July 21, 1822; m. Sumner Hesselton. 24. John, b. July 12, 1825 ; d. young. 25. James (58), b. July 12, 1825. 26. UzziEL (14), b. Dec. 21, 1799. He was a mason and shoemaker, and woiked at those trades and at farming, until about 1854 ; after that time he worked for several years at the factory, sorting wool. He m., July 17, 1823, Eliza,, dau. of Ebenezer and Jane Barrett. See Ebenezer Barrett gen. (6). Children: 27. John R. (62), b. Nov. 2, 1823. 28. Charles B. (64), b. Nov. 18, 1825. 29. Nancy B., b. June 29, 1833; m., Dec. 26, 1858, Dr. Frank M. Pevey, a dentist, and res. in Wilton. See Pevey gen. (20) . 30. Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 19, 1834; d. unm. 31. Ezra (15), b. Aug. 29, 1802 ; d., Lowell, Aug. 9, 1849. After he came of age, he was for most of his life in company with Hon. William Livingston of Lowell, as canal and railroad contractors, in which business 498 HISTORY OF WILTON. they were successful. He m., June 1, 1831, Nancy M. Eaddin. Children : 32. Amelia F., b. Lowell, Mass., March 6, 1832; d. Aug. 31, 1860. She m., Nov. 29, 1850, J. V. Sheldon of Pittsford, Vt. 33. Josephine, b., Wilton, June 10, 183.3. 34. George, b., Wilton, Aug. 4, 1835. 35. Gertrude, b., Lowell, June 1, 1838. 36. Louisa, b., Wilton, Aug. 12, 1840; d. July 5, 1841. 37. Frederic, b., Lowell, April 7, 1842; d. July 6, 1842. 38. Marietta, b., Lowell, Jan. 31, 1845; d. April 30, 1846. 39. Ida, b., Lowell, Jan. 2, 1849; d. Aug. 25, 1882. 40. Lucy (17), b. Aug. .5, 1806. She m., March 15, 1827, Joseph B. Howard, who d., Claremont, March 13, 1871, aged 73. Children: 41. George Wheeler (Howard), deceased. 42. Caroline (Howard), deceased. 43. Charles William (Howard), deceased. 44. Augustus Warren (Howard), deceased. 45. Lucy (Howard), b. Dec. 4, 1835; m. Walter J. Batchelder, and res. in Hampton Falls. 46. Carrie Elizabeth (Howard), b. Aug. 18, 1838; unm. 47. Maria (Howard), b. Nov. 22, 1841; m. Daniel Couch, and res. in Woodward, la. 48. Adeline Batchelder (Howard), b. Sept. 16, 1844; m. John Miller, and res. in Thompsonville, Conn. 49. William (19), b. May 9, 1810. He res. in Nashua for a few years, and then removed to West Wilton, and was long engaged in getting out stock for bobbins. His shop was burned twice, and after that he turned to farming. He was for many years deacon of the Second Cong. Gh. He m.. May 19, 1835, Sarah D. Russell, who d. Aug. 6, 1843, aged 27. See Russell gen. (30). He m., 2d, April 27, 1847, Mrs. Dorcas Pratt, who d. March 19, 1881, aged 80. Children : 50. Mary, b. March 13, 1837; deceased. She ra., March, 1865, Charles Gutterson, and lived in Milford. 51. George Henry, deceased. 52. Arthur William, b. March 4, 1843 ; unm. He works in the bobbin factory in Nashua. 53. Abiel W. (21), b. April 9, 1817; res. in Lowell. He was, for about twenty years, an overseer in the Lawrence and Suffolk corporations. For about fifteen years he was in trade in the grocery and provision busi- ness. He m., Nov. 18, 1841, Louisa, dau. of Dea. David Folsom of Taraworth. She was b. April 13, 1817. Children : 54. Mary Louisa, b. May 15, 1843 ; res. in Lowell; ra., July 17, 1869, Edward S. Wheeler. They have one child. 55. Edward Everett, b. Feb. 2, 1846; d. Oct. 25, 1846. 66. William Wctherbee, b. Feb. 2, 1846; d. April 16, 1868. 57. Hattic Florence, b. Sept. 24, 1855; d. April 7, 1857. 58. James (25), b. July 12, 1825. He res. on the homestead and is principally engaged in raising milk for D. Whiting & Sons. He m., genealogies: smith. 499 Dec. 22, 1847, Nancy Morse, who was b., Chester, May 25, 1827. Children : 59. John Albert (66), b. Dec. 11, 1848. 60. Samuel James, b. Oct. 16, 1850. He is a farmer and res. with his father. He m., Dec. 27, 1881, Clarissa Ann, dau. of Eli C. Curtis of Lyndeborough. She d. May 19, 1884. 61. Hattie Fanny, b. Jan. 24, 1861. 62. John R. (27), b. Nov. 2, 1823. He is a stone and brick mason. He m., Aug. 5, 1849, Caroline Crockett, who was b. Nov. 24, 1824, at Dover, Piscataquis Co., Me. Child: 63. Carrie E., b. Nov. 12, 1858; m., Jan. 23, 1883, Artemas O. Barlrer. See David Barker gen. (9) . 64. Charles B. (28), b. Nov. 18, 1825. He res. in Everett, Mass. He is by trade a mason, but for several years he has owned a milk route. He m., Jan. 1, 1851, Malvina Chandler, who was b. in New Hampton. Child : 65. Frank C, b. April, 1852. Res. in Everett, and owns a milk route. He m. Anna Davis. 66. John Albert (59), b. Dec. 11, 1848. He res. at East Wilton, where his business is job teaming. He m., Dec. 27, 1877, Alice Sarah Gray, dau. of Lorenzo and Sarah G. (Payson) Gray. See Gray gen. (107). Children: 67. Gracia Alice, b. Aug. 20, 1878. 68. William Albert, b. Jan. 20, 1882. 69. Fannie Belle, b. Sept. 17, 1885. 70. Charles Eddie, b. Sept. 17, 1887. It will be seen that within forty-six years there have been six genera- tions of the Sheldon family resident in Wilton. SMITH FAMILY. 1. Uriah Smith, b. 1744^-45; d. March 4, 1829. He purchased of his brother-in-law, Simon Keyes, about twenty acres of the east part of lot No. 12, seventh range, on which he started the first tannery in Wilton. The vats wore on the south side of the brook. He sold the place, July 23, 1778, to Asa Chandler, who owned it a few years. Since that time it has been hold successively by George Abbot, Benjamin Barrett, William Parker, Asa Jones, Asa Pollard, Marden & Mills, and Benjamin T. Foster. At Mr. Foster's death the tannery was discontinued. Mr. Smith bought lot No. 11, eighth range, on which he res. the rest of his life. He built a grist mill near the site of Samuel W. Smith's knob shop. In 1787 a cloth- ing mill was fitted up at the same place, and was occupied until both mills were burned in the latter part of 1791, or the early part of 1792. Mr. Smith then built a grist mill at the foot of the falls, near where James W. Holt's shop now stands, and it was occupied until about 1818. For many yeai-s Mr. Smith tanned what was called wash-leather, and had it manufactured into gloves. He m. Lydla, dau. of John and Abigail (Liv- erniore) Keyes, who was b. May 6, 1749, and d. Aug. 2, 1801. See Keyes 500 HISTORY OF WILTON. gen. (7). He m., 2d, Feb. 7, 1804, Mrs. Susanna (Cram) Bridges, who d. Oct. 28, 1837, aged 68 yrs. Children : 2. Lewis (12), b. March 9, 1773. 3. Lydia, b. Nov. 28, 1774; ni., .Jan. 28, 1"!).5, Jeremiah Bridge of Shutesbury, Mass. 4. Uriah, b. Dec. 10, 1777. He was for many years a successful mer- chant at Francestown, and left an ample estate. His death was very sudden, but he left his affairs so well arranged that the executor of his will had nothing to collect, and nothing to pay out except the funeral charges. His bill for his services as executor was only ten dollars, and what he paid for advertising. But the judge of probate told hira that ten dollars looked too little for settling so large an estate, and allowed him forty. Mr. Smith m., Nov. 17, ]S()3, Olive Burton. See Burton gen. (25). They had one dau., who m. Cochran. 5. Eber. b. Nov. 18, 1778 ; d. young. e. Molly, b. July 10, 1780; d. unm. 7. Susanna, b. May 14, 1782; d. young. 8. Samuel (25), b. May 13, 1787. 9. Joseph (30), b. Oct. 17, 1788. 10. Betsey, b. Jan. 9, 1791 ; m., Jan. 31, 1813, Joseph Holt. See Holt gen. (198). " 11. Otis (39), b. Nov. 2, 1807. 12. Lewis (2), b. March 9, 1773; d. 1837. A farmer, and owned the farm now belonging to Mrs. C. C. May. He was for several years a selectman, and a justice of the peace. At the organization of the Baptist Ch. he was its clerk. He was a- man universally respected. About 1834 he sold his farm and removed to Worcester, Mass., where he d. He m. Abigail, dau. of Hananiah Parker. She d., .Tonesville, Mich., aged 68 yrs. See Parker gen. (2). Children: 13. Lewis, b. Sept. 10, 1797; d., Jersey City, N. J., Feb., 1862. He left Wilton soon after coming of age. He was m. In religious matters he entertained liberal opinions. 14. Abigail Sophronia, b. March 28, 1799; d., Jonesville, Mich., 1856; unm. 15. Hervey, b. April 6, 1801 ; d., Ovid Centre, Mich., aged 71 yrs. He left town soon after he came of age. He joined the Baptist Ch. soon after its organization, and was for many years deacon of the Baptist Ch. where he lived. 16. Benjamin Franklin, b. Feb. 23, 1804; early learned the black- smith's trade, settled in Worcester as a machinist, and while there was deacon of the Unitarian Ch. He now res. in Kalamazoo, Mich. 17. Roxana, b. May 2,1806; d., Ypsilanti, Mich., aged 74 yrs. She m. George. 18. Alonzo, b. May 23, 1808. Soon after manufacturing was started in Manchester, he removed there, and became an extensive lumber dealer. He was one year mayor of the city, and was a deacon of the Universalist Ch. He m. and liad children. GENEALOGIES : SMITH. 501 19. Sanford Buggies, b. Aug. 3, 1810; d., Detroit, Mich., aged 64 yrs 20. Elvira, b. June 5, 1812: d., Jonesville, Mich, aged 33 yrs. She m. Harris. 21. Stephen Warren, b. Sept. 5, 1814 ; d., Chicago, 111., aged 68 yrs. 22. Albert Gallatin, b. Nov. 26, 1816: res. in Manchester. 23. Olivia Ann, b. Jan. 21, 1819; res. in Kalamazoo, Mich. ; m. Gardner. 24. Leauder, b. May 5, 1821 ; res. at Manitou Springs, Col. It is seldom that in a family of twelve children all live to bo over thirty- three years of age, as did those named above. 25. Samuel (8), b. May 13, 1787; d. Dec. 1, is.i2. He early began woi'king on jobs of building highways, and soon became an enterprising contractor, and continued the business for many years. Previous to 1824 he built the mills which gave business enterprise to West Wilton. He erected the house and stables which were occupied as a hotel until the railroad took the travel from this stage route. Mr. Smith was a man of much sound common sense, lirni, and of equable disposition, and it is not believed that any of his many employees was ever treated in any other way than was just and right. He m., 1823, Rebecca Spalding of Bel- grade, Me., who d. Feb. 8, 1875, aged 80 yrs. She was a woman of more than ordinary talents. In her religious views she was strongly of the Second Advent faith. In 1871 she published a small volume of poems, with a sketch of the life and experience of her daughter, Anne R. Smith, in which were a few poems by her daughter and her youngest son. She says in the preface: "This volume lays no claim to literarj- merit, but professes to be only a description in rhyme of some of the ordinary experiences of life and the common feelings of the heart." Children : 26. John Spalding, b. Nov., 1826; res. at West Wilton. 27. Annie Rebecca, b. March 16, 1828; d. July 20, 185.5. At the age of sixteen she began touching and taught seven terms in district schools, meanwhile attending a term each at the Milford, Hancock and New Ipswich Academies, and six terms at the Ladies" Female Seminary, Charlestown, Mass. She was a contributor- to " The Ladies' Wreath and Advent Review,"' and other publications. See sketch of her life by her mother in the volume before mentioned. 28. Samuel Wood (48), b. June 13, 1830. 29. T'riah (51), b. May 2, 1832. 30. Joseph (9), b. Oct. 17, 1788; d. March 16, 1883. For a notice of his life see pp. 135 and 271. He was one of the early members of the Baptist Church, and was for manj^ years its deacon. His business was stone-work, hewing timber, framing buildings, and road-making. When past seventy-five few could do a better day's work than he. He became totally blind the last years of his life. He m., Oct. 11, 1812, Lucy Adams, b., Mason, July 9, 1792. Children : 31. J. Nelson, b. Dec. 24, 1813; d. Feb. 14, 1815. 32. Allen (57), b. June 17, 1815. 33. Lucy A., b. Nov. 7, 1816 ; d. 1832. 34. George P., b. Jan. 16, 1819 ; m. Susan M. Greele. 502 HISTORY OF WILTON. 35. Orlando A., b. Aug. 7, 1823 ; in., Sept. 22, 1856, Eliza M. Goodrich. 36. Eunice A., b. May 5, 1828 ; d. May 1, 18.S3. 37. Elizabeth L., b. May o, 1834; d. Feb. 19, 1863. She m. Horace W. Robinson. 38. Aaron A., b. June 2, 1843; d., Thibodeaux, La., Dec. 20, 1862. He enlisted in the Eighth Regt., N. H. V., and went with it to Louisiana, where he d. 39. Otis (H), b. Xov. 2, 1807; his business has been road-inaking and stone-work. He has res. many years in Antrim, and has long been obliged to use crutches. He m. Eoxana Breed, b. Nov. 29, 1807. Children : 40. Susan, b. Aug. 5, 1828 ; res. in Fitchburg, Mass. She m., Feb. 1, 1848, Cyrus Tenney, who d. Nov. 1, 1870. 41. Sarah, b. Aug. 29, 1830; m., and res. in Somerville, Mass. 42. George, b. June 20, 1832. 43. Elvira, b. March 16, 1835. 44. Mary, b. April 9, 1837 ; d. in infancy. 45. Elizabeth, b. July 19, 1839; d. in infancy. 46. Albert, d. young. 47. William, b. Sept. 5, 1849; res. in Cambridgeport, Mass. 48. Samuel Wood (28), b. June 13, 18.30. He res. at West Wilton, and has been engaged many years in manufacturing knobs. He m.. May 5, 1864, Frances C. Jones. Children : 49. Frederic G., b. Dec. 12, 1867. 50. S. Archie, 1). Nov. 27, 1870. 51. Uriah (29), b. May 2, 1832; for a sketch of his life by himself, see page 272. He is one of the most prominent leaders in the United States of the Seventh Day, Sabbath movement, and is both an eloquent preacher and an extensive author and publisher at Battle Creek, Mich. He m., June 7, 1851, Harriet Newell Stevens, of South Paris, Me., then an assistant in his office. Children : 52. Uriah Wilton, b. Sept. 3, 1861. 53. Leon Alberti, b. April 21, 1863. 54. Annie Arabelle, b. March 15, 1868. 55. Samuel Parker, b. Jan. 16, 1872. 56. Charles Stevens, b. Nov. 16, 1875. • 57. Allen (32), b. June 17,1815; d. Sept. 25, 1881. He res. on the homestead. He was honest, industrious, and a good townsman. He m., Oct. 4, 1848, Elizabeth Houghton of Weld, Me., who d. Oct. 23, 1858. He m., 2d, May 13, 1860, Abby A. Holt. See Holt gen. (213). Children : 58. Arabelle Elizabeth, b. Oct., 1849 ; d. Sept. 23, 1872. 59. Emily Hannah, b. March 9, 1852; d. April 20, 187G; m., Jan. 1, 1873, J. A. R. Wyman. They had one child, that d., May IG, 1876, in infancy. 60. Roselvo Allen, b. Jan. 30, 1854. He res. on lot No. 11, eighth range, which his great-grandfather puroluised in Feb., 1772, and which has passed down to him ; four generations have owned it in succession. He is unm., and Is a trustworthy and industrious citizen. 61. Alphonso Leroy, b. July 2, 1856 ; d. Dec. 6, 1858. GENEALOGIES : SPALDING. 503 SNOW FAMIIA'. 1. Joseph Snow was a res. of Wilton soon after it was incorporated. He was chosen to some of the minor oflBces in the town. On the pay roll of Capt. J. Ford's co., Col. Nichols's regt., Gen. Stark's brigade, raised July 20, 1777, discharged Sept. 19, 1777, his name is found. Some time after the war he removed with his family to Conway, Mass. The name of his wife was Joanna. Children : 2. Sarah, b. Sept. 21, 1768. 3. Joanna, b. Jan. 10, 1773. 4. Jacob, b. Jan. 9, 1775. 5. Patty, b. March 2,3, 1777. 6. David, b. March 29, 1779. 7. Joseph, b. May 1, 1781. SPALDING FAMILIES. 1. Isaac Spalding, b., Merrimack, Aug. 20, 1765 ; d. June 2, 1830. He was the son of Samuel Spalding, a prosperous and influential farmer, who removed from Chelmsford, Mass., to Merrimack. He was sent as an apprentice to Hollis to learn the tanner's trade of Mr. Farley, and after- wards entered into partnership with Jeremiah Prichard in New Ipswich. He removed to Wilton, March 18, 1800, where he res. the rest of his life. He was highly respected as a citizen and beloved by his friends. He d. suddenlj' of apoplexy. He m., April 9, 1795, Mary Bitter, who d. April 27, 1808. She was a woman of superior intellect, a great worker and skilful tailoress, and although she d. at an early age it was said of her that she virtually walled in the farm of her husband with her needle. He m., 2d, Nov. 2, 1809, Mrs. Mary (Flynn) Colburn of Milford. Children: 2. Isaac, b.. New Ipswich, Feb. 1, 1796. He early left home, and became a merchant in Amherst and Nashua, and a wealthy banker 'and railroad director. See sketch of his life, page 284. 3. Moses (11), b.. New Ipswich, March 10, 1797. 4. Charles (16), b.. New Ipswich, Nov. 4, 179.S. 5. Harvey, b., Wiltou, Oct. S, 1800; d. unm. 6. Mary, b. June 24, 1801 ; d., Milford, Aug. 20, 1848. She m., April 8, 1828, Prescott Kimball of North Chelmsford, Mass., and res. there. 7. A son, b. Dec. 28, 1803; d. young. 8. Lyman, b. Dec. 6, 180G; d. Oct. 5, 1854, unm. 9. Emma, b. July 12, 1813. She m., Oct. 5, 1830, David Whiting, of the firm of Whiting & Sons. She has five children, seventeen grandchil- dren and two great-grandchildren. 10. Orpah, b. July 5, 1816. She nj., Feb. 24, 1839, John Mack, who d. Oct. 27, 1840. She m., 2d, Sept. 5, 1844, Sewall G. Mack, a brother of John Mack, and res. in Lowell, Mass. See Mack gen. (23). 11. Moses (3), b. March 10, 1797. He went to Charlestown, Mass., to learn the tanner's trade, and settled on the homestead. He was a per- son of superior mind, and much respected as a townsman. He m.. May 504 HISTORY OF WILTON. 29, 1823, Auiiii Hunt Kimball, b.. Temple, Aug. 4, 1800; d. May 16, 1864. She was a school teacher before marriage, and a woman noted for her many kindnesses to the poor and unfortunate. See Kimball gen. (3). Children : 12. Edward lleury (23), b. March 12, ]s2r). 13. Isaac Kimball, b. Jul.y 21, 1826 ; deceased. 14. William Ritter (31), b. April S, 1S2S. 15. John Augustine (38), b. May 20, 1«J7. 16. Charles (4), b. Nov. 4, 1798. He was the tirst trader in East Wilton. He m., Dec. 25, 1827, Lydia Jones Burns of Milford, b. Jan. 13, 1806, and d. March 2;j, 1861. Children : 17. Harriet Burns, b. Feb. IS, 1829; m., Aug. 31, 18.54, Corj^don D. Keyes of Hancock, who d., 1863, in the ITnion army at Baton Rouge, La. She res. in Wilton. 18. Abby Prances, b. Aug. 2S, 1S34; m., Nov. 27, 18,50, Charles H. White of Moultonborough. They los. in Wilton and have four children. 19. Eliza Hei-rick, b. July .5, 1836; unm. 20. Charles Carroll, b. May 4, 1838. He was in Co. F, Forty-fifth Regt., Mass. V. He m.. May 7, 1868, Emma Caroline, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah W. Parkhurst, and res. in Wilton. .See Parkhurst gen. (37). They have two daughters, Elizabeth and Grace. 21. Lucy Kendall, b. March 12, 1840; m., March 21, 1800, Gardner Blanchard. The}' res. on the place of Rev. Abel Fiske. See Blanchard gen. (70). 22. Mary Hitter (42), li. Jan. 3, 1S42. 23. Edward Henry (12), b. March 12, 182;"). Ho has res. many years in Nashua as a banker, dui-ing which time he has been representa- tive to the Legislature, and president and treasurer of the Savings and First National Bank. He now res. on the old Spalding homestead in Wilton, which he has much improved. He is very much interested in the historical and arehajological questions relating to the early affairs of the country, and the genealogies of families, and has many curious and valuable books on these subjects, which he has contributed to the library of his school district. He m., April T), 1849, Lucy Ann Fletcher, who was b. Nov. 11, 182(1, and d. Feb. 13, 1859. He m., 2d, Aug. 20, 1860, Emma Holt of Lyndeborough, who d. Dec. 2, 1860, aged 22 yrs. He m., 3d., Dec. 6, 1861, Harriet S. Holmes of Londonderry, who d. May 22, 1866, aged 28 yrs. He m., 4th, .Tudith Walker of Nashua. Children: 24. George Edward, b. March 26. 18,50; d. Nov. 30, 1860. 25. Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 7, 18ol ; d. Dee. 8, 1860. 2«. Henry Mnses, li. May 15, 18.54. 27. Waldo Ritter, b. Dec. 12, 1850; d. Dec. 4. 1800. 28. Isaac, b. Feb. 3, 18,59; d. Dec. 22, 1860. 29. Elizabeth Combs, b. Dec. 12. 1802; m. Charles R. Buddy, who is cashier of the First National Bank, Denton, Texas. 30. Harriet Ritter, b. March 20, 1866. She is a graduate of the Normal School, a teacher, and res. in Wilton. CC^^^-T-T^^^ lyJiri,/^^:,,.^^^ HELIOTYPE PHINT^^G CO., BOSTOiV, GEKEALOGIES : SPALDING. 505 31. Wii.LiAJi EiTTEK (14), b. April 8, 1828; res. in Lawrence, Mass., where he has been a prominent merchant, treasurer of the I^awrence Savings Bank, director in the Pemberton Bank, and a director in the Concord Eailroad. He ni., Aug. 1, 18.50, Mary Abby Ham, who was b., Bochester, Aug. 4, 1831 . Children : 32. William Walter, b. Dec. 29, 18.58. 33. Anna Elizabeth, b. Oct. S, 18,56. 34. Abbie Kimball, b. Sept. 14, 1858. 35. Mary Rittcr, )). May 13, 1861. 36. Charles Edward, b. March 8. 1863. 37. Josephine. 38. John Aioistine (15), b. May 29, 1837. He res. in Nashua, is cashier of the First National Bank, and a director of the Concoi'd Railroad. His summer res. is in Wilton, where he has a farm. He m., Oct. 13, 18.59, Josephine Estelle, b., Kuinue}'', July 7, 1841, dau. of Joseph and Abigail Eastman; deceased. He m., 2d, Mis. Martha (Learned) Noyes, dau. of Dr. Learned of Fall River, Mass. Children by first wife : 39. William Edward, b. Dec. 13, 1860. 40. Harry Eastman, b. June 11, 1862 ; d. Sept. 6, 1862. 41. Annie Noyes; child by second wife. 42. Mary Ritter (22), b. Jan. 3, 1812; m., Feb. 1. 1866, Asa Blanch- ard of Lj'ndeborough and res. there. Children : 43. George Gardner (Blanchard), b. Feb. 17, 1807. 44. Lucy Spalding (Blanchard), b. Feb. 17, 1869. 45. Harry Goodwin (Blanchard), b. Dec. 22, 1870. 1. Abijah Spalding, a brother of Isaac (1) of preceding family, b., Merrimack, June 18, 1756 ; d., Wilton, April 12, 1828. He settled in Wilton. He m. Polly Wyman of Billerica, Mass., who d. Feb. 1, 1817, aged 57 yrs. Children : 2. Mary, b., Wilton, Feb. 11, 1789; d. Dec. 26, 1852. She m., April, 1815, Joseph Gray. See Gray gen. (54). 3. Samuel (5), b. Sept. 20, 1791. 4. Abijah (9), b. Jan. 11, 1804. 5. Samuel (3), b. Sept. 20, 1791 ; d. Oct. 7, 1859. He settled on his father's farm ; m., Dec. 31, 1824, Nancy Phelps. See Phelps gen. (8). Children : 6. Mary, b. Nov. 24, 1825; d. March 4, 1841. 7. John Henry (13), b. March 2, 1828. 8. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 26, 1S42. 9. Abijah (4), b. Jan. 11, 1804; res. in Wilton. He m., Dec. 1, 1831, Olivia Hutchinson of Milford, who was b. Feb. 20, 1809. Children : 10. Horatio Augustus, b. Sept. 20, 1832; m. Fanny Batchelder. 11. Theresa Augusta, b. Sept. 12, 1835; m., March, 1857, Charles E. Beard of New Ipswich. 12. Henry Erastus, b. Jan. 10, 1840. 506 HISTORY OF WILTON. 13. John Henry (7), b. March 2, T828. He res. in Amite City, La. He m., Oct. 11, 1855, Mary Louisa Hopkins of Mobile, Ala., who d. Aug. 10, 1859, aged 2.3 yrs. Children : 14. Samuel Hopkins, b., Wilton, Aug. 31, 1856. 15. Clara Lavinia, b. July 10, 1858 ; name changed to Mary L. Tufts. 1. Jonathan Spalding, a distant relative of preceding Isaac and Abijah, was the son of Rev. Sampson Spalding, who was the first minis- ter of Tewksbury, Mass., and who preached there for sixts" or sixty-one years. Jonathan was b., Tewksbury, Se_pt. 15, 1747 ; d., Wilton, Sept. .SO, 1832. He came to Wilton and settled on the interval where James Hutch- inson now lives. He was well to do in property for those times, owning a tomb in the cemetery. He m., Feb. 11, 1771, Mary Marshall, who was b. May 23, 1750 ; d. Dec. 20, 1839. Children : 2. Abiel, b., Tewksbury, Sept. 14, 1771 ; in., and settled in Vermont. 3. Abel, b., Tewksbury, Nov. 7, 1773; m., 1798, Rebecca Ober; lived in HoUis and Milford. 4. Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1775; d. Aug. 20, 1850; m., 1796, William Kittredge. 5. Anna, b. Nov. 30, 1777 ; d. Aug. 21, 1800 ; m., Sept. 24, 1824, James Hutchinson. See Geoi-ge Hutchinson gen. (3). 6. Jonathan, b., Tewksbury, Oct. 29, 177'.t; d., Wilton, Nov. 9, 1819; m. Alice Kidder; four children, all deceased. 7. Asaph, b., Tewksbury, Aug. 2, 1782; m., and lived in ITollis. 8. Hannah, b., Tewksbury, Sept. 14, 1784; d. July 7, 1842; m., Aug. 29, 1824, Joseph Colburn of Milford. 9. Loammi, b., Tewksbury, Aug. 22, 17S(i; m., and lived in Temple. 10. Achsah, b., Tewksbury, Sept. 2, 1788; d. April 27, 1873; m., March 26, 1829, John Kimball. See Kimball gen. 11. Sampson, b., Tewksbury, Aug. 14, 1790; m., and lived in Mason. 12. Mehitable, b., Tewksbury, Aug. 14, 1790 ; d. July 10, 1833 ; unm. 13. John, b., Hollis, Oct. 18, 1792; m., and lived in Mason. A dau., Caroline, m. Charles Dumont Graj'. See Gray gen. (70). 14. Lucinda, b. March 11, 1794; m., March 9, 1842, Oliver Shattuck of Bakersfield, Vt. She was his second wife, and d. at Greenville, more than 90 yrs. of age. She wove a seamless bag, while weaving a pillow case, by some casual adjustment of the loom, and obtained a prize for it at the town fair. SPRING FAMILY'. 1, John Clark Spking, b., Peterborough, July 16, 1804; d. Feb. 5, 1854. He resided from 1832 to 1842 in Utica, N. Y., then he removed to Milford, and, in Ajiril, 1843, to Wilton and settled on the farm now owned by John Herlihy. He m., April 7, 1829, Lorena Jaquith, who is still living, 1885, with her son in Jjebanon. 2. John Langdon (6), b. Jan. 14, 1830. GENEALOGIES : STANLEY. 507 3. Charles H., b. Aug. 22, 1831 ; m. Bessie 'Colton, and is a practising physician in Boston, Mass. 4. "Walter Addison, b. April 18, 1833 ; d. Aug., 1835. 5. Emma Lorena, b. Maj' 31, 184.5 ; in. Charles Battles, and res. in Decatur, 111. 6. John Langdon (2) , b. .Jan. 14, 1830. He practised law in Wilton in 1861, and for about eight years in Miltord. In March, 1870, he removed to Lebanon, where he has since been in practice. He received the honorary degree of A. M. from Dartmouth College in 1875. He m., March 1, 1856, Ellen M. Fountain. Children : * 7. Arthur L., b. Feb. 25, 18.58. A grad. of Dartmouth College, 1880, and is practising law with his father in Lebanon. 8. Clarence W., b. April 14, 18.59. He grad., Dartmouth College, 1S80, and is a practising physician in Fitchbnrg, Mass. 9. Carrie M., b. Oct. 28, I860'; m. Charles S. Clark, a teacher in Washington, D. C. 10. John Eoland, b. Dec. 16, 1S75. SQUIRES FAMILY. 1. Ai.BON Squikes, son of Moses Squires, b., Milford, Jan. 8, 1807; d. June 3, 1842. He worked on the Blackstone Canal when it was in process of construction, and when it was completed he ran a boat between Providence and Worcester until he met with an accident that was eventually the cause of his death, although, for several years, he was able to perform hard labor. About 1839 he bought the Rockwood farm, on which he resided until his death. He m., Nov. S, 1836, Abigail, dau. of Jonathan Farwell, who was b., Milford, April 18, 1807, and d. Oct. 31, 1845. Children: 2. Abba Ann, b. Nov. 14, 18.38 ; m., March 28, 1885, John Mitchell. 3. Emily Augusta, b. Aug. 18, 1841 ; m., March 1, 1865, David F. Henderson of Needham, Mass. He has been for twenty-eight years extensively engaged in market gardening, and is captain of the Roxbury Horse Guards. STANLEY FAMILY. 1. Edmund C. Stanley, b., Bradford, April 25, 1814, came to Wilton in 1835 and has since res. here. He is b}' trade a wood-turner. He m., April 24, 1843, Hannah Mason. See Mason gen. (4). Children : 2. Horace M., b. Feb. 28, 1844. 3. Willard P., b. March 14, 1846. 4. Mary E., b. July 29, 1848; m., July 4, 1869, Philip A. Dow of Boston. 5. Caroline, b. June 24, 1851 ; m., April 19, 1870, Nathan A. Cragiu. See Cragin gen. (10). 6. George E., b. Jan. 12. 1839; d., New York, Sept. 27, 1886. 508 HISTORY or WILTON. STANTOX FAMILY. 1. MiCHAKL p. Stanton \y:is b., Killeely, 'Co. (lalw.ay, Ireland, Sept. 22, 1850, being the second son of John L. Stanton, who had six sons and two daughters. He came to America, Aug., 1SG8, and first settled in Wilton, and worked for A. J. Tutuara & Co. He then worked in Salem, Mass., for two years. He returned to Wilton in 187S, when his parents and the rest of tlie family came to America, and worked for the Boston & Lowell Railroad. He opened a fish and grocery store, Feb., 1878, in Ramsey's building. But in 1881 his business had so increased that he needed more room, and he purchased of George S. Neville the building opposite the depot, where he has sincf made his stand. He m., Nov. 1.5, 1884, Mary E. Dillon, and they res. on Maple St. Child : 2. John Stanton, b. June 27, ISS.i. ♦ STEAKNS FAMILY. 1. Hiram D. Steaiins of Amherst m. Mary Putnam. See Putnam gen. (153). 2. William D., son of preceding, b., Amherst Aug. 2.5, 1834. He is a carpenter. He was mustered into Co. C, Fourth Regt., N. II. V., Sept. 18, 18G1 ; promoted to serg. major, Aug. 12, 1862 ; promoted to second Ueut,, Oct. 10, 186.3 ; wounded, May 20, 1864 ; honorably discharged, Sept. 14, 1864. Soon after the war he came to Wilton. A vacancy occurring in the office of town clerk in 1869, he was appointed to fill it for the remainder of the year, and has been chosen since with little opposition, up to 1886. He has served seven terms as selectman, and represented the town in the Legislature in 1885. He m., Nov. 2-1, 18,59, Frances D. Marvel, who d. March 10, 1863. He m., 2d, April 21, 1869, Julia E. Sweet, who d. March 28, 1876. He m., 3d, Sept. IS, 1878, Mary I. Sias. Children : 3. Walter E., b., Amherst, Oct. 26, 1800. 4. Lizzie E., b., Amherst, Dec. 25, 1801 ; d. March 26, 1863. 5. Alice K., b., Wilton, Aug. IS, 1870. 6. Mary P., b., Wilton, March 6, 1872. 7. Willie R., b. Aug. 16, 1880. STEEL AND STEELE FAMILIES. 1. John Steet. was one of the earliest settlers in the south part of the town. He was of Scotch descent, and occupied the farm since owned by Zebadiah Abbot. Before the Revolution he sold liis place to Maj. William Abbot, and left the town. Children by his wife, Jane : 2. Jane, b. Sept. 9, 1760. 3. John, b. Aug. 13, 1762. 4. Elizabeth, b. July 27, 1764. 5. David, b. May 5, 1766. 6. Sarah, b. March 31, probably in 1768 ; the leaf of the record is torn. GENEALOGIES : STEELE. 509 1. Benjamin Steele came to Wilton from Andover, Mass. He bought of Nathan Blanchard part of lots numbered 5 and 6, second range, deed dated April 16, 1772. He also bought of Jacob Abbot part of lots numbered 5 and 6, first range. The sum paid for both parcels of land was £128 6s. 8d., from which it would appear that the farm was considerably improved at the time of purchase. Mr. Steele was in the Winter Hill campaign of 1775. He drew pay for twenty days' service in the Saratoga campaign of 1777, and for twentj'-live days' service in the expedition to Rhode Island in 1778. We have not the date of his death, but he is remembered by some aged persons still living in Wilton. Children by his wife, Hannah : 2. Phebe, b. March 26, 1774. 3. Benjamin (7), b. Dec. 11, 1776. 4. Sarah, b. .Tune 2, 1779. 5. Lydia, b.' April 19, 1781. 6. William Lovejoy (13), b. June 28, 1784. 7. Benjamin (3), b. Dec. 11, 1776; d. Nov. 18, 1845. He res. on the farm formerly owned by Jonathan Martin. He m., Feb. 12, 1801, Judith Blanchard, who d. Sept..!, 1865, aged 86 yrs. See Blanchard gen. (83). Children : 8. Alvah (18), b. March 7, 1801. 9. Abiel, b. May 1, 1803. He was a carpenter, and spent a year or two in Georgia. He res. in several different towns. He ra. Hardy of Hollis, by whom he had several children, one of whom m. and had children, but of them we have no record. 10. Hannah, b. Dec. 14, 1804; m., Dec. 22, 1834, Leonard Pettengill. See Pettengill gen. (37). 11. Nancy, b. Nov. 1, 1806; m., Dec. 18, 1832, Francis Green. See Green gen. (1). 12. Ruby, b. Jan. 10, 1819; m.. May, 1846, Peter H. Putnam. See Putnam gen. (292). 13. William Lovejoy (6), b. June 28, 1784; d. March 4, 1860. He was a farmer and res. on the homestead. He m. Dolly Tarbell of Mason, who d. Aug. 30, 1861, aged 66 yrs. Children : 14. Benjamin Franklin (22), b. Sept. 1, 1820. 15. Eliza, b. Nov. 3, 1822; d. Feb., 1885. 16. Elmira, b. Sept. 5, 1825. 17. Elvira, b. Sept. 5, 1825. 18. Alvaii (8), b. March 7, 1801 ; d. Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 16, 1836. After studying at Phillips Andover Academy, he entered Yale College, but in his senior year left college to engage in teaching at St. Mary's, Ga. After several years spent at St. Mary's and elsewhere, he opened a school for manual labor near Milledgeville, where he d. Ho sometimes conducted religious service on Sunday, reading a printed sermon, but it is not known that he was licensed to preach. He m., Nov. 12, 1829, Eliza Hale, dau. of Zebadiah Abbot. See Abbot gen. After Mr. Steele d., his widow with 510 HISTORY OF WILTON. three small children returned to Wilton, where she res. until her death, March 10, 1853. Children : 19. Edwin Alberti, b. Sept. 8, 1830; d. Dec. 13, 1845. 20. Delona Abbot, b. July 11, 1832; settled iu Wis. He m. Harriet Worth, who d., leaving one son. He m., 2d, Barbara Trott, by whom he has had several children. 21. Alvah, 1). Dec. 25, 1834. He has res. successively in Wilton, Nashua and Francestown, where he is now settled on a farm. He m. Martha Ann Winn. 22. Benjamin Franklin (14), b. Sept. 1, 1820. He was a farmer and res. on the homestead of his father and grandfather. He m. Colburn of Hollis. They had an adopted son, Albert W. 23. Albert W., m. Oldis C. Barrett. See George Barrett gen. (3). Children : 24. Ivy May, b. May 25, 1876. 25. George Franklin, b. March 15, 1879. STEVENS FAMILIES. 1. Henry Stevens lived in Wilton for several years, but we find no record that lie had a family, nor do we know what was the relationship, if any, between Henry, Theodore, and John Stevens ; probably they were brothers. On the pay-roll of Capt. William Walker's co., dated Aug. 1, 1775, the n^mes of Henry and Theodore Stevens appear as having entered that company, April 23, 1775; the company was in the battle of Bunker Hill. Both of their names are also on the roll of Capt. William Barron's CO., in the campaign at Ticonderoga, 1776. 1. Theodore Stevens ; m. Anna . Children: 2. Mary, b. April 18, 1775 ; d. April 26, 1775. 3. John, b. Jan. 17, 1778. 1. John Stevens; d. April 11, 1811, aged 72 yrs. He settled on lot No. 4, eighth range. He m., 1769, Sarah Pierce of Chelmsford, said to be a relative of Gov. Pierce of N. H. She d. July 15, 1823, aged 77 yrs. Children : 2. Betsey, b. Sept. 17, 1771; d. June 25, 1848; m., Oct. 16, 1794, George Lancey. See Lancey gen. (2). 3. Sarah, b. .June 10, 1776; d.. Temple, Sept. S, 1850. She m., April 18, 1799, Phineas Blanchard of Milford. 4. Anna, b. Sept.' 17, 1778; m., Nov. 21, 1799, Joseph Phelps. See Phelps gen. (5). 5. Hannah, b. Feb. 10, 1781 ; d.. Mason Village, now Greenville, Dec. 10, 1841. C. John (7), b. July 21, 1783. 7. John («), h. July 21, 1783; d. March 25, 1848. He began school GENEALOGIES : STEVENS. 511 keeping when eighteen years old, and for twenty years his winters were chiefly devoted to that occupation. He wiis especially skilful in the man- agement and government of schools, and many anecdotes are told of his success where other teachers had failed. He held offices in the militia to tlK' rank of captain, and was for many years a justice of the peace. He served six years as one of the selectmen of Wilton, one year as town clerk and four years as representative to the Legislature. In Jan., 1824, he removed to Mason Village, and was clerk and treasurer of the Mason Cotton Mills Co. until they closed up their business. He was five years selectman in Mason, and was elected eleven times a representative to the Legislature. He was moderator of the annual town meeting from the year 1826 to 1847, inclusive. His only surviving child, Mrs. Sylvia S. Ferguson of Brooklyn, N. V., writes as follows of her father: '' In person he was tall and commanding, his countenance strpngly indicating talent and executive power. , In manners he combined a judge-like gravity with politeness and aff'ability of deportment. His strong intellect was early stimulated into active exercise by high aspirations. Self-culture and mental training, which a want of educational helps imposed, fitted him to act well his part in those public stations he was called to fill. The office of justice of the peace he held and in it transacted much business. His papers were characterized by good penmanship, minute accuracy and business-like execution. As a citizen and a man he always stood in his lot, meeting the wants of society with a liberal spirit and a generous hand.'" He m., June 7, 1807, Hannah, dau. of Maj. Samuel and Lydia (Abbot) Lovejoy, who d.. Mason Village, Oct. 4, 1861, aged 76 yrs. See William Lovejoy gen. (11). Children, all born in Wilton : 8. Lydia, b. Feb. 6, 1810; d., Monroe, la., Sept. 16, 1883. She m. Albert Taft. 9. Sarah, b. Aug. 24, 1811; d., Caledonia Centre, Wis., June 2, 1862'. Sh6 m. Aaron Felt. • 10. John, b. June 6, 1813: d., Caledonia Centre, Wis., Oct. 5, 1867. He m. Sarah Keyes. 11. Sylvia, b. Aug. 26, 1815. She m. James Ferguson, who d., Brook- lyn, K. Y., Feb. 10, 1869. 12. Henry, b. Jan. 26, 1818 ; d., Caledonia Centre, Wis., July 10, 187,5. He m. Eliza Sawtelle. 13. Samuel Lovejoy, b. March 14, 1823 : d., Oregon City, Nov. 1, 1876. He m. Jennie Straight. 1. David Stevens, b. June 6, 1819. He is a salesman in a dry goods store. He m., Jan. 16, 1849, Sarah F. French, who d. March 29, 1852. He m., 2d, Jan. 3, 1856, Hannah C. Baldwin. Children : 2. Edward F., b. Jan. 7, 1850; m., Dec. 2, 1875, Emma L. Wetlock. 3. Sarah F., b. March 19, 1852 ; m., Aug. 24, 1881, Kev. A. F. Norcross. 4. Julia A., b. Dec. 24, 1859; m., Aug. 24, 1881, Prof. Charles D. Adams. 5. Emma D., b. May 8, 1861. 512 HISTORY or WILTON. STILES FAMILY. 1. Robert Stiles emigrated from England, probably Yorkshire, and res. in Dorchester awhile, but, in 16(j0, is found in Kowley, Mass. He m. Elizabeth Frye, by whom he had four sons and four daughters. One of the sons- : • 2. EiiENEZEU, b. Feb. 20, 16G9, settled in Middleton, Mass., and had three sons. Ho divided a large farm between two of them, one of whom was : 3. EBENEZElt, who settled in Middleton, Mass., m., about 1732, Sarah Howe, and had six sons, of whom three, Joseph, Abner and Asa, come into the records of Wilton. 'J'he above facts are derived from Blood's History of Temple. 4. Joseph is mentioned in the records as early as 1773. He was spoken of in Burton's Diary in the Ticonderoga campaign, and the baptisms of his children are iccorded in the church book, 1779 and 1782. We find the record of a deed from Joseph Stiles conveying part of lot No. 13, eighth range, to .James Hutchiuson. He lived on the place now owned by Dea. George Buss. 5. Abner (7), d. March 4, 1791, aged 51 yrs. 6. Asa (11). 7. AuNEK ^5), d. March 4, 1791, aged .ol yrs. He settled on lot No. 15, sixth range. He served three years as selectman, and was often chosen to other offices. He m. Ruth — , who d. June 20, 1824, aged 88 yrs. Children : 8. Betty, b. Oct. 9, 17(33 ; m., May 22. 1702, Asa Stiles. 9. John, b. March 13, 17(i7; d. Feb. G, 1824. He settled on the home- stead, was a good townsman and an honest, kjnd and obliging neighbor. In attempting to stop a runaway colt that was attached to a sleigh, the end of the shaft struck his side, breaking several of his ribs, from which injury he d. a few days after. He m., Sept. 18, 1794, Sally Sheldon. 10. Kuth, b. Oct. 7, 1772: m., July 9, 1797, James Hutchinson. See George Hutchinson gen. (3). 11. Asa (6), of Middleton, Mass., bought of Joseph Putnam the west half of lot Xo. 20, tenth range, it being the original northwest corner of Wilton, before the slip was taken off to form the town of Temple: deed dated Oct. 14, 1782. George Jall'rey of Portsmouth conveyed to Asa Stiles of Temple, and Asa Stiles to Asa Stiles, Jun., lot No. 18, eighth range, the deeds being respectively dated, April 2, 1791, and Oct. 15, 1791. This is one of the very few fariiis now owned by the descendants of those who purchased of the original proprietors. He ni. Huldah Bixby, who was b. Oct. 28, 1740, and d. Jan. 13, 1823. f'hildren, born in Middleton : 12. Asa (18), b. Nov. 10, 17(1.-). 13. Ebenczcr (25), li. Aug. 28, 1709. 14. Huldah, b. Dec. 28, 1772 : m. Kidder. 15. Olive, b. Aug. 6, 1776; unm. 16. Fanny, b. JIarch 30, 1778; m. Oliver Whiting, Jun. 17. David, b. Dec. 22, 1779; d., aged 90 yrs. He res. at different ^^^M^ OrVPE PRINTING CO., ■JOS" GENEALOGIES : STILES. 513 times in Temple, Lyndeborough, Milford and Wilton. He was for many years a justice of tlie peai'c, and lield town offices in Temple and Lynde- borougli. He was mucli employed in surveying land and running lines, was tiie administi-ator of many estates, and for many winters taught school. At one of the school examinations he composed a poem to be read called " The Pedagogue's Complaint," the first stanza of which ran thus: " Does any one desire to know What honest calling here below Perplexes most with care? I'd tell him quick, the Pedagogue, Whether an honest man or rogue, Partakes the greatest share." He m. Elizabeth Mack of Londonderry, who d., Mont Vernon, aged 95 yrs. See Mack gen. (13). 18. Asa (12), b. Nov. 10, 1765. He was a farmer and blacksmith, and for several years kept a small store. He res. on lot Xo. 18, eighth range, and built the house now owned by his grandson, Joseph W. Stiles. In 1823 he held the office of selectman. He was a small man, close knit and very tiuick. Anecdotes are told of the pluck and spirit of the little man when he carried oft' the palm of triumph and victory. He m.. May 22, 1702, Euth Stiles. He m., 2d, Sept., 1802, Mrs. Abigail (Harwood) Carson. He m., 3d, Nov. 21, 1822, Mary Dascomb. See Dascomb gen. (10). Children: 19. Asa (30), b. April 27, 1794. 20. Betsey, b. April, 1798; m. David Blood; res. in Mason. 21. Polly, b. June 7, 1800 ; m. Koyal Blood. 22. Nancy, b. Nov. 25, 1803 ; m. Gilbert Taplcy. See Tapley gen. (8). 23. Abigail, b. April 7, 1805; in., Sept. 4, 1827, Ebenezer Davidson, who was a machinist and res. in Connecticut. 24. Sarah, b. Oct. 4, 1806; m. Reuben Daniels, who was a machinist and res. in Vermont. 25. Ebenezek (13), b. Aug. 28, 1769. He lived on the farm that is now the northeast corner of Temple. Mr. Blood in his History of Temple says he m. three .wives, and lived and d. in Temxjle, leaving two sons and one dau. We find that he was taxed as a res. of Wilton in 1800, and in the five years previous. The name of his wife was Sarah. Children, as given in the Wilton records : 26. Sarah, b. July 17, 1794. 27. Polly, b. May 8, 1796. 28. Ebenezer, b. May 9, 1798. 29. Alice, b. May 10, 1800. 30. Asa (19), b. April 27, 1794; d. Oct. 2, 1874. He res. on the home- stead, to which he made a large addition. He was a successful farmer, a good townsman and an obliging neighbor. He was selectman for two years. He m., Dec. 2, 1819, Polly Tapley, who d. Nov. 15, 1857. See Tapley gen. (2). lie m., 2d, Lucinda Blanchard of Lyndeborough. He m., 3d, Mrs. P'arwell. Children: 31. Joseph Warren, b. Dec. 9, 1821. He is a farmer and res. on the homestead. He m., Nov. 29, 1860, Nancy Gray. 514 HISTORY OF WILTON. 32. Henry (37), b. May 31, 1824. 33. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 12, 1826 ; in , JJarch 14, 1850, Harmon Hopkins, a miller. See Hopkins gen. (3). 34. DavidTapley (45), b. Dec. 8, 1827. 35. Rebecca Jane, b. June 19, 1831 ; d. Oct. 25, 1854. 36. Harriet Elizabeth (53), b. Nov. 13, 1834. 37. Henry (32), b. May 31, 1821; he Is a blacksmith and res. in Lyndeborough. He ni., Aug. 20, 1849, Kachel A., dau. of Isaac and Hannah P. Giddlngs. Children : 38. Luella A., b. Oct. 18, 1850. 39. Hattle M., b. July 9, 1852. 40. Flora E., b. April 28, 185G. 41. Esther E., b. July 13, 1858. 42. Etta F., b. March 10, 1866. 43. Ernest I., b. May 13, 1869. 44. AdaM.,b. July 2, 1874. 45. David Tapley (34), b. Dec. 8, 1827; m., Sept. 10, 1854, Laura H. Capron. Children : 46. Eddie L., b. Nov. 21, 1857; drowned June 18, 1860. 47. Ida M., b. Aug. 12, 1859; m., July 15, 1877, Edwin F. Frye. See Frye gen. (52) . 48. John Asa, b. May 8, 1861 ; m., Nov. 13, 1883, Mary Devine. 49. Frank A., b. Juue 6, 1863. 50. William A., b. May 2, 1865 ; m., June 10, 1884, Josephine Philips. 51. Charles A., b. June 13, 1868. 52. Hattie A., b. April 19, 1870. 53. Harriet Elizabeth (36), b. Nov. 13, 1834; m., Nov. 20, 1856, Moses M. Balch, a miller. They have res. in Weare, Temple and New Ipswich. Children : 54. Anna J. (Balch), b. Oct. 11, 1858. 55. Ella M. (Balch), b. July 3, 1862; m., June 24, 1883, Albert F. Walker. 56. Abbie L. (Balch), b. Feb. 1, 1870. SUMNER FAMILY. 1. Dallas Sumner, b., Nashua, March 9, 1847, has been a res. of Wilton nearly all the time since his marriage. He is a house painter and paper hanger. He m., Nov. 16, 1868, Anna F. Rogers, b., Weare, Aug. 20, 1849. Children : 2. Lula Frances, b. Jan. 31, 1870. 3. Hattie Fleeman, b. Nov. 14, 1871. 4. Grace May, b. July 18, 1875. 5. Elmore Flint, b. May 15, 1878 ; d. Feb. 21, 1879. 6. Myrta Louisa, b. June 17, 1881. TAPLEV FAMILY. 1. Elijah Tapley, d. Oct. 9, 1842, aged 77 yrs. He came to Wilton from Danvers, Mass., with his wife and three children, and bought of GENEALOGIES : TARBEL. 515 Samuel M. Emerson lot ■Nro. 17, ninth range, now a part of the County Farm ; the deed dated, Nov. 22, 1799, and the consideration, $1250. He was a farmer, a good neighbor, frank and honest in his dealings, and it was remarked of- him that no one was more free from deceit of any kind. For several of the last years of his life he was lame, and worked at making trunks. His wife, Eebecca, d. Aug. 1, 1846, aged 79 yrs. Children : 2. Polly, m. Dec. 2, 1819, Asa Stiles. See Stiles gen. (30). 3. Eliab (5), d. April 18, 1833, aged 39 yrs. 4. Gilbert (8), d. in Woburn, Mass. 5. Eliab (3), d. April 18, 1833, aged 39 yrs. He was for several years engaged in teaming, and for a time owned the Hutchinson mill. Soon after his death his family left Wilton. He m., Nov., 1821, Mary Farrar, who d., Worcester, Mass., Sept. 6, 1865, aged 70 yrs. Children : 6. George. 7. Charles. 8. Gilbert (4), d. in Woburn, Mass., at the home of his oldest daugh- ter. He lived on the farm with his father. After the death of his parents he sold his farm, and removed to Clinton, Mass., where he kept a board- ing house. About the time he sold his farm he had a severe paralytic shock. He res. a few years in Milford, and while there had the small- pox. He m. Nancy Stiles. See Stiles gen. (22). Children: 9. Abbie A., m. A. J. Parker. See Josiah Parker gen. (29). 10. Harriet R., m. J. F. Boynton of Milford. 11. Rodney, worked at the tin business in Wilton. While at work on a house he fell, and injured himself so much that he d. in a few days. He m. Adaline Farwell of Milford. They had two daughters, both deceased. 12. F. Jane, m. John Bruce of Worcester, Mass. 13. Fanny, m. S. Weston. 14. M. Louise, m. Nathan Hutchinson of Milford. 15. Sarah M., deceased. We have been unable to procure further dates. TARBELL, OR TARBLE, FAMILIES. 1. Charles Tarbell was a resident of Lyndeborough until March, 1867, and served one or more years as one of the selectmen of Lyndebor- ough. He res. in Wilton nine years and then returned to Lyndeborough. He m., Nov. 19, 1834, Emma F. Tyler. See Tyler gen. (27). Children : 2. Nelo W., b. Oct. 25, 1855. He lived in Lyndeborough for two years; m., April 9, 1879, Anna Livermore Kimball. See Kimball gen. (66). 3. Fred. H., b., Wilton, July 21, 1870. 1. Luther A. Tarble, b. Brookline. In Nov., 1852, he came with his family from Fitchburg, Mass., to West Wilton, where he has since resided. He is a farmer and has traded considerably in real estate. He m.. May 2, 1842, Louise Farnsworth. Children ; 516 HISTORY OF WILTON. 2. John E., b., Brookline, May 16, ISJrS ; d. Feb. 9, 1872. He enlisted in it Mass. regt. and served during the wai'. On June 28, 1860, he fell from the third story of a building in Cliarlestovvn, Mass., and liis lower limbs were entirely paralyzed by the injury then received. He m., Dec. 5, 1865, Charlotte E. Perry of Fitchburg, Mass., who d. Nov. 27, 1866. 3. Emma J., b., Groton, Mass., June 23, 18-15; d. Aug. 15, 1847. 4. Mary E., b. Feb. 1, 1851 ; d. Feb. 8, 1853. 5. Eldora, b. Dec. 26, 1852; m.. May 24, 1874, William J. Putnam, and res. in Nashua. See Putnam gen. (300) . «. George W., b. Feb. 10, 1856. 7. Delora, b. .Jan. 29, 1860. TOWNE FAMILY. 1. Thomas Towne was in Capt. Benjamin Taylor's co. in the Winter Hill campaign, and also in Capt. Goss's co. at Bennington. He m. Sarah, dau. of John and Abigail Burton. Children : 2. Eli, b. Aug. 10, 1774. 3. David Burton, b. Oct. 5, 1775. 4. Moses, b. June 2, 1778. 5. Abel, b. Sept. 9, 1779. 6. Samuel, b. June 19, 1782. , 7. Francis Paine, b. May 7, 1784. 8. Abigail Harvey, b. Dec. 18, 1785. TOWNSEND FAMILY. 1. Dauius Towxsenu, d. July 7, 1859, aged 75 yrs. He came from Bolton, Mass., to Wilton in 1818, and commenced hat-making on the spot where John Cram settled. He continued in that business until he bought of John Mack the farm now owned by his son, Albert Towusend. He m., 1823, Pamelia Peabody of Castleton, Vt., who d. March 5, 1885, aged 82 yrs. Children : 2. William, b. Nov., 1824; d. July 15, 1825. 3. Francis P., b. March, 1828 ; d. Sept. 4, 1829. 4. Albert, b. Aug. 23, 1840; uum. He lives on the homestead, to which he has made large additions. TYLEK FAMILY. 1. Pakkeii Tyler, b., Boxford, Mass.; d., Townsend, aged 84 yrs. He purchased, in 1803, the farm in Wilton now owned by William Abbot. Putnam Tyler says that his father, with his family, cattle, sheep and hogs, started one morning in Oct., 1803, from Leominster, Mass., for Wilton, but did not arrive until nearly midnight, and that he, then ten years old, walked and assisted iu driving the stock. Mr. Tyler left AVil- ton in 1820. He m. Hannah Flint, b. Danvcrs, Mass. He m., 2d, Lucy Giddings, b., Lunenburg, Mass., 17(J7. Children: 2. Flint, b. Nov. 2, 1782. GENEALOGIES : TYLER. 517 3. Aphia, b. Xov. 22, 1784; d. Sept. 29, 1806. She m., June 4, 1806, William Abbot. 4. Hannah, b. Oct. 20, 17S6. 5. Parker, b. Oct. 7, 1788. He left Wilton soon after his marriage. He m., Dec. 28, 1814, Abigail Buss. See Silas Buss gen. (5). 6. Seth Payson, b. April 29, 1791. He went from Wilton to Rindge, and from there to Leominster, Mass., where he d. He m. Sally Gray. See Gray gen. (28). 7. Putnam (14), b. Sept. 20, 1793. 8. Laura, b. Xov. 17, 1795. 9. Louisa, b. Xov. 17, 179."). 10. Miriam, b. Jan. 23, 1798; m., Sept. .SO, 1819, Jonathan Keyes. See Keyes gen. (42). 11. Levi (23), b. Oct. 22, 1800. 12. Aphia, first child bv second wife, b. Xov. G, 1800; m. Frederic Wilder. 13. Asa, b. July 31, 1809. 14. Putnam (7), b. Sept. 20, 1793. He learned the carpenter's trade of Aaron K. Putnam. Soon after he was twenty-one, he went to Georgia and worked there and in other southern states for several years. He res. in Wilton a few ye.qrs, then purchased land and n water privilege in Mil- ford, had built a dam and was about to erect a mill, when the unprece- dented ice freshet of 1835 entirely swept away the imijrovements he had made. About thirty years ago he removed to Marlow, where he still lives at the ripe age of ninety-five yrs. He m., Nov. 20, 1840, Lucy Seaver, b., Townsend, Dec. 6, 1818. Children : 13. Abraham Putnam, b. Sept. 13, 1841 ; d. Sept. 15, 1844. 16. Lucy L., 1). Oct. 7, 1842. 17. William T., b. Feb. 20, 1844. 15. Mary Frances, b. Dec. 12, 1845. 19. Almana, b. June 25, 1847. 20. Andrew Jackson, b. Jan. 8, 1852. 21. Benjamin Franklin, b. July 12, 18.54; res. in Marlow. 22. Hannah Flint, b. March 6, 1850. 23. Levi (11), b. Oct. 22, 1800; d. May 20, 1870. He res. in Wilton until about 1840, when he removed to South Lyndeborough and built the mill near the forest road. He was a carpenter and millwright. Ho held offices in the militia to the rank of captain in the cavalry of the 22d Regt. He m., Sept. 27, 1825, Rhoda Pettengill. See Pettengill gen. (16). Children : 24. Sarah B., b. Dec. 19, 1826; m., Oct. 25, 184!), Abel F. Boynton. 25. Levi Andrew (29), b. April 17, 1828. 26. Rhoda M., b. Nov. 29, 1829; m., Dec. 14, 1852, Jonathan P. Rich- ardson, who d. in the rebel prison, Danville, Va., Nov. 17, 1804. 27. Emma F., b. June 17, 18.34; m., Nov. 19, 18,54, Charles Tai-bell. See Tarbell gen. (1). 28. Erastus F., b. Sept. 26, 1844; d. Feb. 24, 1845. 518 HISTORY OF WILTON. 29. Levi Andrew (25), b. April 17, 1828. After his marriage he lived for several years in Lyndeborough, but he now res. in Wiltou. He is a carpenter. He m., Dec. 24, 18,53, Hannah D. Curtis, b., Lyndebor- ough, June 26, 18.35. She was an invalid for some years, and d. Aug. 20, 1884. He m., 2d, April, 1886, Mrs. Frances A. Bales. Children : 30. Isabelle V., b. Jan. 27, 18.%5 ; m. Jerome B. Shedd of Peterborough. 31. Anna V., b. May 28, 1859. 32. Olivia B., b. July 15, 1868. UPHAM FAMILY. 1. Ezra Upham came to Wilton from Maiden about 1790. He d. Jan. 12, 1831, aged 72 yrs. His farm was part of lot No. 12, ninth range, now owned by his great-grandson, Abner B. Holt. Wliat was the maiden name of his first wife, or the date of her death, we do not know. She had one child, a son, Ezra. He m., 2d, Feb. 1, 1798, Sally Abbot, who d. Nov. 5, 1852, aged 83 yrs. Child : 2. Ezra (3), b. Nov. 24, 1783. 3. EZEA (2), b. Nov. 24, 1783 ; d. Feb. 16, 1868 ; m. Bethiah Burnap, who d. March 3, 1874, aged 89 yrs. Children : 4. Sarah W., b. Feb. 23, 1809 ; m., Dec, 1826, Nathaniel B. Holt. 5. Bethiah, b. June 11, 1811 ; m., June 4, 1834, Abner Holt. 6. Ezra Abbot, b. Oct. 18, 1813; res. in Arlington, Mass. 7. Clement, b. .Jan. 10, 1816; res. in Chelmsford, Mass. 8. Adaline, b. Oct. 9, 1819 ; m., June 5, 1839, Hermon Wright. 9. Almira, b. June 11, 1822; m., March 21, 1845, Abner Holt. 10. Lorenzo, b. Nov. 30, 1825; d. July 11, 1847. WALLACE FAJIIIiY. 1. George W. Wallace, son of Robert Burns Wallace, was b., Milford, 1835. He was associated for several years with Joseisli Newell in the clothing business in Wilton, and since 1861 has carried it on bj- himself. He was one of the unfortunate ones who were twice burned out. The Masonic Hall had been in the second story of his building; but when he rebuilt after the second Are, he erected a building of but one story, which he ajipropriates entireljf to his own business. He has for many years been town treasurer. He m., 1853, Mary J. Bullard of Hancock. WATSON FAMILY. 1. Isaac Watson came to Wilton from Amherst, and to Amherst from Cambridge, Mass. We have ascert.ained but few facts in relation to his family. He lived on the place now owned by Cyrus O. Whitney, and had three children, Betsey, Polly and Rebecca. WHITE FAMILY. 1. Charles H. White came to Wilton from Moulton borough in 1857, and lived for some years on that part of the Livermore farm now owned GENEALOGIES : WHITING. 519 by Lorenzo Gray. In April, 18G4, he bought the Flint farm, where he has since resided. He m., Nov. 27, 1856, Abby Frances, dau. of Charles and I.ydia J. Spalding. See Isaac Spalding gen. (18). Children : 2. ' Emma S., b. May 20, 1858; m., Oct., 1885, Willard X. Griffin. 3. Carroll Spalding, b. July .SO, 1800. He has a milk route from Bed- ford to Manchester. 4. Jennie Frances, b. July 25, 1SG4. 5. Charles Woodbury, b. Oct. 12, 18G8. WHITING FAMILY. 1. Samuel Whiting was b., Boston, Lincolnshire, England, Nov. 20, 1.597 ; d., Lynn, Mass., Dec. 11, 1679. His family was of good social standing, his father and two brothers having held the office of mayor of Boston. He received the degree of A. B., 161G, and of A. M., 1620, from Emanuel College, Cambridge University. He soon after took holy orders. He was rector of Lynn Regis from 1023 to 1G2G, and was obliged to I'esign his post for non-conformity with the bishops. He was next settled as rector over the parish of Skirbeck, near Boston. Being still annoyed by the authorities of the church for his liberal religious opinions, he came to America, arriving in Boston May 26, 16.36. Here he was settled, Nov. 8, 1636, as pastor of the First Ch. at Lynn, Mass., where he remained till his death. He m., 2d (his first marriage is not given), at Boston, Eng., Aug. 6, 1629, Elizabeth St. John, sister of Oliver St. .John, Lord Chief Justice of England in the time of Oliver Cromwell. For an account of their lives and for certain genealogical tables, see the Memoir of Eev. Samuel Whiting, D. D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John, by William Whiting. They had six children, of whom one was : 2. Samuel, who was b., Skirbeck, England, March 25, 1633, and d. Feb. 28, 1712-13. He grad., Harv. Coll., 1653. Having first prepared him- self for the ministry, he was settled, in 1658, over the parish in Billerica, Mass., comprising twenty-five families. Billerica was then a frontier set- tlement, Mr. Whiting being only six years behind the earliest pioneers. For his honorable life, see the History of Billerica by Rev. Henry A. Hazen. He m., Nov. 12, 1656, Dorcas, dau. of Leonard Chester of AVeth- ersfield, Conn. They had eleven children, of whom one : 3. Oliver, b., Billerica, Nov. 8, 1665; d. Dec. 22, 1736. He was representative, town clerk, selectman and justice of the peace. See Hazen's History. He m., Jan. 22, 1689-90, Anna, dau. of Jonathan Dan- forth, a leading citizen, by whom he had nine children, one of whom : 4. Eleazae, b., Billerica, July 25, 1707; fell dead in the road from paralysis, 1780. He was forced to leave Billerica, by public opinion, for having married the widow of his brother, Benjamin, whose maiden name was Dorothy Crosby. He removed to Pelham, where he was chosen town clerk at the first town meeting, July 21, 1740, sixteen days after the incorporation of the town. He was town clerk two years and selectman two 5'ears. He is last mentioned in the records of Pelham under date of 1760. He came to Temple, but, seemingly, later than his son, Oliver, in 520 HISTORY OF WILTON. whose house he lived. He taught school and was thought to be very learned. Children : 5. Benjamin, b., Pelham, June 17, 1743 : d. Jan. 8, 17r)4. 6. Eleazar, b., Pelham, Aug. 1.5, 1745. 7. Sarah, b., Pelham, Nov. 18, 1747. 8. Oliver (10), called Lieut. Oliver, b., Pelham, April G, I'nO. 9. Nathan (17), twin brother of Oliver, b., Pelham, April 0, 1750. 10. Oliver (8), b., Pelham, April G, 1750; d. Sept. 28, 1820. He removed to Temple and settled on lot No. 5, sixth range, before 1780. He bought, Jan. 27, 1787, eight3'-one acres of lot No. IS, tenth range, in the Wilton addition to Temple. He was a farmer, millwright, and land speculator. He m., May ■), 1774, Martha Abbot of Andover. Children : 11. Patty, b., Andover, Mass., July 27, 1775; d. Aug. ii, 177s. 12. Oliver (23), b.. Temple, Jan. 5, 1778. 13. Nathan Abbot (30), b.. Temple, April 20, 1787. 14. Benjamin (35), b.. Temple, April 1.3, 1789. 15. George (40), b. Feb. IG, 1791 . IG. David (44), b. April 22, 1793. 17. Nathan (!)), twin brother of Olivei', b., Pelh.am, Api-il G, 1750. He participated in the battles of Bunker Hill and Bennington. He settled in Cornish, thence removed to Thetford, Yt. Children : 18. Elijah, b. 1789; d. July 14. 1850. 19. Dorothy, b., Cornish, March 14, 1795 ; d. Dec. 3, 1870. She m., April 19, 1825, Ebenezer Killam. She m., 2d, April 29, 1846, Josiah AV^heeler. 20. Nathan. 21. A daughter who became a Shaker. 22. A daughter who m. Whipple of ^Malone, N. Y. 23. Oliver (12), b., Temple, Jan. 5, 1778. He bought, March 28, 1799, of his father, for •'$1,.500, a part of lot No. 18, ninth range, in Wilton, which was the family homestead until sold to Hillsborough Co. for a poor farm. He was a farmer, a leading man and rich for his time. He was selectman for five years. He m., Jan. 2, 1800, Fanny Stiles. See Stiles gen. (16). Children: 24. Oliver, b., Wilton, Feb. 22, 1801-; d. .Tune 3, 1803. 25. Fanny, b., Wilton, M.arch 17, 1807; d. July IG, 1830. She m.. June 5, 1828, Ephraim Whiting Blood. 26. David (47), b. Aug. 2G, 1810. 27. Martha, b. Aug. 7, 1812 ; d. iNlay 1, 1813. 28. Hannah, b. .Fune 12, 1814 ; m., April 1, 1845, .Jonathan Bragg. 29. Sarah, b. April 3, 181G; m., Aug. 2, 18-11, Jonathan P.arkhurst. See Parkhurst gen. (35). .SO. Nathan Abbot (13), b. April 20, 1787 ; d. June 2, 18GS. He was a farmer and undertaker of large jobs. In April, 18.31, he removed to Cicero, N. Y., where he d. He m., April 2, 1811, Betsey Blood. See Blood gen. (8). Children: HELIorvPE PR1NTIPM3 CO, BOSTON. GENEALOGIES : WHITING. 521 31. Betsey, b. Jan. 24, 181,3 ; d., Cicero, Aug. S. 1S4G. She m.. Wilton, Xov. 7, 1830, James Chandler. See Chandler gen. (33). 32. N^athan, b. Xov. 7. 1814; a farmer and leading citizen. He m., Feb. 16, 1S54. Matilda Ball of Cicero, where he lived. 33. Elvira, b. April 0, 1820. Home in Cicero. She m., March 7. 1844. Theodoi'e Young. 34. Oliver (53), b., Cicero, May :,, 1832. 35. Benjamin (14), b.. Temple, April 13, 17.8'.i: d. Jan. 23, 18.50. lie lived in Temple on lot Xo. 18. tenth range, aud was a farmer and trader. He m., June 18, 1811, Bebecca Blood. Children : 36. Francis, b. March 5, 1812; d., Wilton, Dec. fi. 1879. He was a farmer and town officer, and lived in Temple most of his life. He m., June 24, 184S, Eliza B. Williams of Temple. 37. George, b. .Tan. 31, 1816: a farmer, res. in Xew Ipswich. He ni. Ruth D. Searle. .S8. Benjamin Orville, b. Feb. 24, 1821 ; d. Oct. 19, 184.5. He m. Mary Farrar. 39. Rebecca Jane, b. Oct. 6, 1828. She ni. Adam R. Searle. She m., 2d, Feb. 9, 1881, John Charles Fremont Wheeler. 40. Geokge (15), b. Feb. 16, 1791 ; d. Sept. 13. 1822. A store keeper in Boston. He m., 1813. Betsey Searle. Children : 41. Maria A., b. Sept. 15. 1816; d. X^^ov. 24. 1849. She m. Dwight Boyden. 42. Elizabeth S., b. Dec. 1, 1818. She m. Asahel Clapp. 43. George W., b. Jan. IS. 1821 ; d. at sea. 44. David (IG), b. April 22.1793: d. Feb. 7, 1827. He was a store keeper in Boston. He m., .Tune 1, 1815, Polly Farrar. Children : 45. Caroline, b. Jan. 28, 1818. A teacher in Xow York City. 46. Mary Jane, b. April 17, 1820; d. Oct. 23. 1860. A teacher in Xew York Citv. 47. David (26), b. Aug. 20, 1810. The founder of the milk-contracting business between Wilton and Boston. For a skotcli of his life see page 275. He m., Oct. 5, 1830, Emma Spalding. See Isaac Spalding gen. (9). Children : 48. Frances Emma, b.. Temple, Sppt. 13, 1831. She m., Oct. 13, 1852, William Hazen .Spencer, and res. in Lexington, Mass. 49. Harvey Augustus (63), b., Fitchburg, Mass., Oct. 27, 1833. 50. Maria Ann, b., Wilton, ^March 5, 1837. Home in Louisville, Ky. She m., Aug. 0, 1863, Fayette S. Van Alstine, who d. Oct. 29, 1879. 51. George Oliver (70), b., Wilton, March 20, 1841. 52. Elizabeth Mary, b., Wilton, :March 10, 1840. Home in Chicago. She m., Oct. 12, 1869, David C. Bradley, who d. Oct. 25, 1886. 53. Oliver (34), b., Cicero, X. Y., May 5, 1832; a farmer; res. in Cicero. He m., Sept. 4, 18.5.5, Cornelia Ball. Children, all born in Cicero : 54. Orville A., b. April 29, 1857; d. Aug. 8. 1864. 55. Alfred D., b. .Sept. 9, 18.59 : d. April 5. 1873. 56. George O. (74), b. Sept. 1, 1860. 522 HISTORY OF WILTON. 57. Meitie A., b. March 0, 1863. Home in Euclid, X. Y. She m., Sept. 7, 1882, Woodard Pool. 58. Emogene, b. Miiy 30, 1864; d. March 31, 1S72. 59. Kittie, b. Xov. U, 1866. 00. riarabel, b. Dec. 8, 1870; lu., Feb. 17, 1886, Lake Pierce. She res. in Brewertou, X. Y. 61. Julia, b. Oct. 0, 187.S ; d. April 7, lS7tl. Ga. Tilla L., b. Feb. 28, 1876 ; d. March 7, 1877. 63. Habvey Afgcstis (49), b., Fitchburg, Mass., Oct. 27, 1833. His home is in Wilton, where he is engaged in the milk, lumber, and grain business, as one of the firm of D. AVhiting & Sons, and is a leading citizen. IIo m., Sept. 20, 18.5.5, ;Marv E. Kimball. See Kimball gen. (49). Chil- dren : 64. Isaa.c Sp.alding, b., Wilton, Dec. 7, 18.58 ; grad., Harv. Coll., 1882, and studied law. 65. George (76), b., Wilton, Feb. 10, 1861. 66. John Kimball, b., Wilton, Jan. 22, 1863, and is engaged in the milk business. 67. Frances, b., Wilton, June 26, 1868. 68. David, b., Wilton, July 7, 1870. 69. Charles Frederic, b., Wilton, July 27, 1875. 70. George Oliver (51), b., Wilton, March 20, 1841. He res. in Lexington, Mass., and is one of the partners in the firm of D. Whiting & Sons. He m.. May 1, 186:5, Laura 'SI. Bowers. Children : 71. Emma Spalding, b., Wilton, July 4, 1867. 72. .Jessie Bowers, b., Wilton, .Tan. 4, 1870. 73. Grace, b., Lexington, Mass., July 13, 187.5. 74. George O. (.56), b. Sept. 1, 1860. A farmer and res. in Cicero, X. Y. He ra., Dec. 7, 1883, Xina Miller. Child : 75. Lurella D., b., Cicero, X. Y., Xov. 5, 1885. 76. Geokge (65), b. Feb. 16, 1861. Home in Wilton, and is engaged in the business of D. Whiting &■ Sons. He m., .Tan. 10, 1883, Mary Isabel Goddard. Child : 77. .James Goddard, b., Wilton, Feb. .5, 1884. WIIITXEY FAMILIES. 1. Richard Whitney res. on lot Xo. 7, seventh range; was second sergeant in Capt. William Barron's co. in the campaign at Ticonderoga, 1776; served at Saratoga, 1777, and in the expedition to Tt. I. in 1778. He was last taxed in Wilton in 17n.5. IIo m. Sarah , who d. Feb. 16, 1773. He m., 2d, Hannah Holt. See Holt gen. (54). Children: 2. Richard, b. .Tune 2,5, 1770. 3. Israel, b.. Inly 4, 1774. 4. Timothy Holt, b. Xov. 21, 1776. 5. EI)enezer, b. July 3, 1778. 6. Abraham, b. Jan. 8, 1780. 7. Isaac, b. .Tan. 21,' 1782. GENEALOGIES : WILSON. 523 8. Jacob, b. Jan. 15, 1784 ; d. July 9, 1785. 9. Hannah, b. Aug. 15, 1785. 10. Sarah Butterfleld, b. Xov. 1, 1787. 11. Solomon, b. Aug. 26, 1790. 1. Cyrus O. Whitney was b., Ilartford, Vt., Nov. 17, 18.37. He enlisted in the Sixth Regt., Vt. V., and reenlisted as a veteran. He was wounded at four different times. He came to Wilton to res. in 1869, and now lives on what is called the old Watson place. He m., Dec. 16, 1868, Lydia Hannah, dau. of Samuel md Lydia (Putnam) Goldsmith. See Goldsmith gen. (25). Children: 2. Henry G., b. April 20, 1.870. 3. James E., b. Sept. 18, 1S7.S. 4. Herbert S., b. Aug. 28, 1879. Wn^SON FAMn..IES. 1. Abiel Wilson, b., Andover, Mass., 1760; d. July 26, 1824. He served several years in the armj' of the Revolution. Soon after the close of the war he settled in the south part of Lyndeborough. Soon after his marriage he removed to Wilton to the farm origina,lly occupied by Jacob Putnam in 1739. He was chosen selectman in 177G, and was continued in the office for eighteen years. He also served as town clerk nineteen j'ears. He was several years representative to the Legislature. He held offices in the militia to the rank of colonel. He was appointed justice of the court of sessions for Hillsborough Co., and held the office until his death. He was for many years a Justice of the peace, and was much employed in writing deeds and wills, and in settling estates. He m., Julys, 1789, Abigail, dau. of Col. Philip and Hannah Putnam. She d. May 6, 1831, aged 64. See Putnam gen. (58). Children : 2. Abiel, b. April 7, 1790, received a lieutenant's commission, and served on the northern frontier in the war of 1812 till its close. He left Wilton in 1817, and died soon after. 3. Putnam (13), b. Oct. 9, 1791. 4. James, b. Nov. 24, 1793 ; d. Aug. 21, 1796. 5. James, b. Dec. 4, 1796. He was a physician and res. many years in Cuba, and d. there. He m., Feb., 1828, Elizabeth P. Wilson, and had one son. 6. Abigail, b. Jan. 8, 1799; d., Wilton, .Jan. 4, 1831. She m., April 6, 1819, Timothy B. Abbot, who lived but two oi- three years after his mar- riage. They res. in Andover, Mass., and had one son and one dau. Mrs. Abbot returned to Wilton after the death of her husband. 7. Hannah, b. June 10, 1801 ; ra., .Tune, 1823, Ezra Bales. See Bales gen. (25). 8. An infant dau. b. April 29, 1803 ; d. April .30, 1803. 9. An infant dau. b., April 29, 1803 ; d. May 16, 1803. 10. .Joseph (24), b. June 3, 1804. 524 HISTOKY OF WILTON. 11. John, b. Maj' 19, 1806; d. March 26, 1852. He lived a few years on the homestead with his brother, Joseph, and then bought the farm on which Timothy Dale was the first occupant. He lield offices in the militia to the rank of captain. He ra., June T), 18,31, Polly, dau. of Oliver and Patty (Holt) Perhara, who is still living. See Perham gen. (5). 12. Philip, b. Feb. 8, 1809 ; d. Jan. 31, 1810. 13. Putnam (3), b.'Oct. 9, 1791; d. March 23, 1876. At the second call for troops to defend Portsmouth in the war of 1812, he volunteered and served seven weeks as ensign in Capt. William Gregg's co.. Col. John Steele's regt. In 1817 he was promoted to captain, and resigned in 1822. He cai-ried on the mill near his father's for some years. He became intemperate, and in 1826 sold his property in Wilton, and removed to Newport, Me., where, much to his credit, he became a temperate, respected and useful citizen. He m., July 12, 1812, Fanny, dau. of Samuel Hutch- inson, who d. Feb. 29, 1874, aged 83 yrs. Sec Hutchinson gen. (22). Children : 14. Abiel, b. Sept. 27, 1812: he is a farmer. He m., April 11, 1838, Sarah D. Ward. They had one son and one dau. The son, a promising young man, was studying medicine, entered the army, and was appointed hospital steward iu Washington, D. C, and there deceased. 15. Harriet, b. Dec. 7, 1814; d. Dec, 1861. She m. Jacob Main, a farmer, who d. Oct., 1861. They removed to Chicago, and had three sons and two dau. The sons all entered the Union army, and one d. in the war. 16. Putnam, b., Oct. 26, 1816. He is a farmer and res. in Newport, Me., on the fai-m which his father bought and settled on in 1826. He m. Meribah Main, and has three sons and three daughters. 17. Philip, b. Sept. 10, 1818. "He favors the religion taught by Christ, love and good will to all men." He was for several years engaged in the lumbering business, and was emploj^ed one summer by the govern- ment in surveying the boundary line between the state of Maine and New Brunswick under the command of Robert E. T^eo, afterwards the general- in-chief of the Confederate forces. He was appointed to various positions on the Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad, as purchasing agent, sub-con- tractor and finally as station agent at East Newport, in which capacity he lias been employed thirty-three years, with the exception of two years when he was senator to the State Tjegislature. He m., Jan. 2, 1850, Julia A. Rowe of Newport, Me. 18. George, b. Sept. 26, 1820. He is a hardware dealer and has res. in Brighton, Mass., over twenty years. He ni. Ann T/. White of Newport. Me. They have one dau. 19. l.ydia, b. Aug. 8, 1823 ; d., Newport, Me., 1841. 20. Fanny, b. Jan. 3, 1826; m. Elbridge Perkins, who lived in New- port, Me., and d. about fifteen years after they were married. 21. Joseph, b., Newport, Me., 1829; d. 1S41. 22. Charles, b., Newport, 1831 ; num.; an engineer, and res. in Banffor. GENKALOGIES : WILSON. 525 23. Hollis, b., Newport, 1833; he is a farmei- and les. in Newport. He in. Emma Flagg ; they have a son and a daughter. 24. Joseph (10), b. June 3, 1804; d. 1885. He res. on the homestead until Feb., 1855, when he removed to Brandt, Erie Co., N. Y. While he lived in Wilton he was several times 'moderator of the town meetings, served three years as selectman, and was also a justice of the peace. He m. Maria Abbot. Children, all born in Wilton : 25. Maria, b. May 24, 1838. 26. Joseph Henry, b. June 3, 1830; deceased. 27. Abiel Augustus, b. Feb. 21, 1841. 28. Albert Bradley, b. March 21, 1842. 29. Charles Carroll, b. July 4, 1843. 30. John Addison, b. March 25, 1845. 31. Marion. 1. David Wilson, b. Feb. 6, 1779; d. Oct. 16, 1875, aged 06 yrs., 8 mos. and 10 days. He was one of eleven sons of Joshua Wilson of Andover, Mass. When young he came to Lyndeborough to live with his uncle, Abiel Wilson (1), of preceding family, and remained with him until he came of age. He then went to Salem, Mass., and while there held the office of captain of militia. In 1813 he returned to Wilton and bought the place now owned by his son, John D. Wilson, where ho res. the remainder of his life. He was town treasurer consecutively for ten years after the office was lirst established. He was a good farmer and an expert horseman. He was much accustomed to " breaking colts,"' and the last, one he broke was in the winter when he was eighty-five j'ears of age. When remonstrated with for attempting it, and warned that if the colt should be ugly he could not be spry enough to manage him, his reply was : " The colt will not be ugly." He was the Wilton Rarej'. He m., Salem, Mass., July 2, 1809, Elizabeth Barker, who d. June 4, 1851, aged 67 yrs. Children : 2. David, b. April 23, 1810; d. Nov. 30, 1830. In 1830 he went to work in a brick yard at Castleton, N. Y., and d. there. He was a young man of much promise. 3. Anstice, b. Feb. 3, 1812; m.. May 12, 1834, Amos Abbot, and went as a missionary to India. See sketch of Amos Abbot, page 265 ; also Abbot gen. (363). 4. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 6, 1813 ; m., Sept. 4, 1834, Theron Russell. See Russell gen. (41). 5. Mary, b. Nov. 27, 1815; d. July 13, 1844. She m., April 7, 1836, Ezra Buss. See Buss gen. (40) . 6. John Derby, b. Jan. 23, 1818. He res. on the homestead, and is a farmer and mason. He served two years as selectman, and for many years was leader of the choir in the Unitarian Church at Wilton Centre. He m., Jan. 1, 1849, Susan M. Taylor. They have an adopted daughter. 526 HISTORY OF WILTON. 7. Emily, b. Feb. 27, 1820; d. July 15, 1887; m., April 2, 1845, William Lane. See Lane gen. (1). 8. Persis, b. Sept. 3, 1822; d. June 16, 1847; unm. 9. Ezra, b. Feb. 17, 1826; he m., June 28, 1849, Clara Grant, and some years after his marriage left for parts unknown. WOODMAN FAMILY. 1. Elbridoe G. Woodman, b., Laconia, May 12, 1814. He came to Wilton iu 1844. Soon after the factory of the Wilton Manufacturing Co. was put in operation, he was appointed superintendent, iu which office he continued until the factory was burned in 1872. He has been one of the trustees of the Wiltou Savings Bank, and a prominent citizen of the place. Iu 1874 he built the house in which he has since resided. He m., Sept. 3, 1839, Mary A., dau. of Luther and Mary (Kinson) Blanchard, b. June 15, 1817. See Simon Bl!),nchard gen. (C). ABBOT FAMILY. 1. George Abbot emigrated, tradition says, from Yorkshire, Eng- land, about 1640. He was among the first settlers of Andover, Mass., in 1643-4, his name being the 19th in a list of 23 " names of all the house- holders in order as they came to town." He was a proprietor, and his house a garrison, so used long after his decease. His farm has descended in the line of his posterity to the eighth generation. His marriage to Mary, or Hannah, Chandler, a daughter of Wm. and Annis Chandler (see page 34(1), on Dec. 12, 1646, is recorded in Roxbury Church Kecords in the handwriting of John Eliot, the Indian apostle. He died Dec. 24, 1681, aged 66 yrs. His widow m., 2d, Rev. Fi'ancis Dane of Andover, survived him 14 yrs. and died June 11, 1711, aged 82 yrs. George and his wife had thirteen children, but we shall name only those of their children and of their descendants of the third and fourth generations who had posterity resident in Wiltou. 2. John (6), eldest son, b. March 13, 1648. 3. Benjamin (554), eighth child, b. Dec. 20, 1661. 4. Timothy (593), ninth child, b. Nov. 17, 1663. 5. Nathaniel (601), twelfth child, b. July 15, 1671. 6. John (2), b. March 13, 1648; d. March 19, 1721. He lived with his father in the garrison house ; was employed in town business ; often a selectman ; a deputy to the General Court ; chosen deacon of the South Parish Church at its organization iu 1711. He m., Nov. 17, 1673, Sarah Barker, b. 1647; d. Feb. 8, 1729. Of their nine children one died young; the average age of the rest was 80 yrs., 3 mos. 7. John (10), eldest son, b. Nov. 2, 1674. 8. Joseph (638), second child, b. Dec. 29, 1676. 9. Stephen (649), third child, b. March 16, 1678. 10. John (7), b. Nov. 2, 1674; d. Jan. 1, 1754. He settled with his father on the homestead; was selectman ; deacon 34 yrs. He m., Jan. 6, GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 527 1703, Elizabeth Harndin of Heading, now Wilmington, who d. Aug. 9, 1756. Of 6 children the two following have descendants in Wilton : 11. John (13), second son, b. Aug. 3, 1704. 12. Barachias (660), third son, b. May 14, 1707. 13. John (11), b. Aug. 3, 1704; d. Nov. 10, 1793. He lived with his father on the homestead ; capt., 17.54, in French and Indian war; select- man. He m., Sept. 28, 1732, Phebe Fislie of Boxford, b. Aug. 4, 1712; d. Dec, 1802. Of seven children three emigrated to Wilton, and became heads of families. John, the eldest son, inJierited tlie ancestral farm and had 3 distinguished sons : John, Harv. Coll., 1784, Prof, in Bowdoin Coll. : Benjamin, Harv. Coll., 1788, 50 yrs. principal of Phillips Exeter .\cademy ; and Abiel, Harv. Coll., 1792, D. D., minister at Haverhill and Beverly. 14. Abiel (17), third son, b. April 19, 1741. 15. Jeremiah (289), fourth son, b. May 25, 1743. 16. "William (457), fifth son, b. Jan. 14, 1748. 17. Abikl (14), sou of John (13), b. April 19, 1741 ; d. Aug. 19, 1809. He was 5 yrs. a cooper in Andover. In 1764 he settled in Wilton on lot 1, range 3 ; on an acre previously cleared he in that year built a two-story house and a barn. He married in Andover, Nov. 20, and moved into the new house before its doors were hung. He was town treasurer in 1765 ; town clerk, 11 yrs. ; selectman, 11 yrs. ; representative ; on the Committee of Safety and numerous other committees; employed in town business every year more or less for 40 yrs.; capt., 1769; 2d major, 1776; 1st major, 1781 ; assistant assessor, 1798 ; a justice of the peace, 15 years ; a deacon of the church, 16 j'rs. ; a guardian of orphans and helpful to the poor and needy. On the advance of Gen. Burgoyne in 1777, among thousands of volunteers for the defence of Ticonderoga, "two companies, under the command of Maj. Abiel Abbot of Wilton, marched June 30 for the threatened fortress." See Hist, of Amherst, N. H., page 385. He m., Andover, Mass., Nov. 20, 1764, Dorcas, dau. of Benj. and Elizabeth (Abbot) Abbot. She was b. Aug. 1, 1744; d. Feb. 23, 1829. Children : 18. Abiel (30), b. Dec. 14, 1765. 19. Jacob (41), b. Jan. 7, 1768. 20. Benjamin (150), b. March 17, 1770. 21. Ezra (215), b. Feb. 8, 1772. 22. Dorcas, b. Jan. 30, 1774; d. July 16, 1847; m. Eliphalet Putnam. See Putnam gen. (127). 23. A son, b. and d. April 20, 1776. 24. Samuel, b. June 11, 1777; d. Jan. 10, 1782. 25. Abigail, b. July 13, 1779 ; d. June 5, 1812 ; m. Jonathan Livermore. See Livermore gen. (16). 26. Persis, b. Dec. 25, 1781 ; d. Nov. 13, 1859; m. Henry liovejoy. See Lovejoy gen. (37). 27. Rhoda, b. March 17,1784; d. March 19, 1853; m. Ephraim Pea- body. See Peabody gen. (15). 528 HISTORY OF WILTON. 28. Siiniuel, b. March 30, 1780; d. Jan. 2, 1839. Haiv. Coll., 1808. For account of his life see page 201 , and for his connection with the manu- facture of starch see page 163. lie was an early mover for the Wilton centennial celebration, and his loss before It occurred was deeply lamented on that occasion. 29. Phebe, b. June 25, 1788; d. Nov. 25, 1825; m. Ezra Abbot (513). 30. Abiel Abbot (18), b. Dec. 14, 1765; d. Jan. 31, 1S59. Harv. Coll., 1787; D. D., 1838. For account of his life see page 269. He ni., 31ay 19, 1790, Elizabeth Abbot of Audover, dau. of his uncle, Capt. John, and Abigail (Abbot) Abbot. She was b. Aug. 2, 1766; d. April 0, 1853. Children : 31. Elizabeth, b. May 22, 1798; d. Oct. 12, 1823; m., Oct., 1822, Kev. John Abbot Douglass of Waterford, Me. ; a. ch. 32. Abigail, b. Oct. 17, 1799 ; d., Arlington, Mass., March 30, 1881. 33. Sarah Dorcas (34), b. June 22, 1801. 34. Sarah DoRCAsri (33), b. June 22, 1801; d. June 11, 1831; m., 1828, Samuel G. Smith, a cotton manufacturer of Peterborough, Warren, Md., and So. Berwick, Me., who d. Sept. 9, 1842, aged 43 yrs. Child: 35. Samuel Abbot (Smith) (36), b. April IS, 1829. 36. Samuel Abbot (Smith) (35), b. April 18, 1829; d. May 20, 1865. Harv. Coll., 1849; ordained, June 27, 1854, minister at Arlington, Mass.; ,died at Arlington of a malarious fever contracted at Norfolk, Va., in mis- sionary service to the arm}'. He m., .June 27, 1854, Maria Edes of Peter- borough. Children : 37. Abbot Edes (Smith), b. Sept. 20, 1855; Harv. Coll., 1877. 38. Maria Ellen (Smith), b. Feb. 13, 1857. 39. George A. (Smith), b. Oct. 15, 1861 ; n chemist. 40. Samuel H. (Smith), b. April 5, 1864; at the West. 41. Jacob Abbot (19), b. Jan. 7, 1768; d. Nov. 2, 1834. For account of his life see page 270. After his resignation at Hjimpton Falls in 1826 he bought a farm in Windham, where he spent the rest of his life. He ni., Feb. 11, 1802, Catharine, dau. of Eev. Bbenezer Thayer of Hampton. She d. Jan. 27, 1843, aged 63 yrs. Children : 42. Sarah White (53), b. Nov. 11, 1802. 43. Ebenezer T. (59), b. May 27, 1804. 44. Martha Thayer (67), b. March 29, 1806. 45. Catharine (86), h. March 18, 1808. 46. Elizabeth Dorcas, b. March 24, 1810; d. Sept. 13, 1879; m. Eev. A. A. Livermore. Sec Livermore gen. (18). 47. George Jacob (108), b. July 14, 1812. 48. Abigail (123), b. Sept. 29, 1814. 49. Phebe, b. and d. 1810. 50. Mary Ann Toppan (129), b. Dec. 2, 1817. 51. Lucy Eliot (132), b. May 22, 1820. 52. Charles Eliot (145), b. Nov. ,5, 1822. 53. Sarah White (42), b. Nov. 11, 1802; d., Washington, D. C, July IS, 1879. She m., Oct. 25, 1830, Robert Moore of Nashua, who was c^^Uh^ HEDOTYPE PRINTING CO. B03TON. GENEALOGIES : ABBOT, 529 b., Amherst, Nov. 16, 1798, Miid d., Nashua, Feb. 8, 1872. Children, all born in Nashua : 54. Catharine Eliot (Moore), b. Oct. -1, 1831; d., Peterborough, June 9, 1848. 33. Sarah Helen (Moore), b. Jan. 30, 1834; m., April 23, 1855, Joseph Wall, who was b., London, Eng., Nov., 1815, and d. Sept. 4, 1879. She res. in Boston, Mass. ; has had four children : Alba Elizabeth, who was b. April 7, 1857, and ni., Dec. 11, 1882, John C. Welwood, assistant minister of Christ Ch., Brooklyn, N. V. ; Anna Theodora, b., July 19, 1860; Aniory Abbot, b. Feb. 5, 1862, and d. Aug. 14, 1877; William Liver- more, b. July 17, 1866. 56. Lucy Ella (Moore), b. March 1, 1836; m., April 18, 1883, Martin Van Buren Wisker, who was b., New York City, Dec. 27, 1836; res;, Osceola, St. Clair Co., Mo. 57. George Heury (Moore), b. Feb. 18, 1839; m.. May, 1867, Elizabeth Heydon, who was b. 1843, and, d. July, 1874. Res. New York City. 58. Jacob Abbot (Moore), b. April 18, 1845; d., Washington, D. C, Oct. 15, 1868. 59. Ebenezek T. (43), b. May 27, 1804; d. March 2, 1853. Kes. on the home farm in Windham ; energetic business man, successful farmer and good citizen. He m., Feb. 1, 1838, Elizabeth Nesmith, who d. Dec, 1846 ; m., 2d, Aug. 29, 1849, Betsey Dow, who d. Dec. 27, 1854. Children, two by tirst wife, one by second wife : 60. Margaret Elizabeth (63), b. Sept. 9, 1840. 61. Katharine Thayer, b., Windham, Dec. 17, 1846; m , Nov. 13, 1867, Rev. Edward W. Hathaway of Princeton, 111., who d. May 9, 1869. She m., 2d, Dec. 22, 1880, Rev. George A. Thayer of South Boston, Mass., now pastor of the Unitarian Society in Cincinnati, Ohio. Two children : Abbot Augustine (Thayer), b. July 8, 1882, and Gordon Woods (Thayer), b. April 5, 1887. 62. Jacob, b. June 17, 1850 ; d. Sept. 20, 1857; 63. Margaret Elizabeth (60), b. Sept. 9, 1840; m., Dec. 13, 1860, Charles Putnam, son of Rev. Dr. Putnam of Roxbury, Mass. Res. Lex- ington, Mass. Children : 64. Lucy Abbot (Putnam), b. SeiJt. 30, 1860. 65. George (Putnam), b. April 18, 1869. 66. Anna (Putnam), b. July 30, 1872. 67. Martha Thayer (44), b. March 29. 1806; m., June 2, 1827, Neheniiah Porter Cram of Monmouth, Me., and Hampton Fal]s, N. H., who was b. Aug. 3, 1799, and d. Nov. 11, 1879. Children: 68. Catharine Abbot (Cram) (73), b., Monmouth, .June 25, 1828; 69. Sarah Thayer (Cram), b., Monmouth, Jan. 3, 1833; d., Hampton Falls, July 26, 1856. 70. Jacob Abbot (Cram), b., Hampton Falls, April, 1836; Harv. Coll., 1859; d., Chicago, HI., April 6, 1872. 71. Frank Porter (Cram) (79), b., Hampton Falls, June 5, 1843. 72. Elizabeth Abbot Livcrmore (Cram), b. Jan. 21, 18^7; d. Feb. 17, 1879. 530 HISTORY OF WILTON. 73. Catharine Abbot (Cram) (68), b. June 25, 1828; m., Oct. 14, 1857, Samuel H. Folsom, who grad. Dart. Coll., 1851; a lawyer; assist. register of probate. Ees. Winchester, Mass. Children : 74. Anna Abbot (Folsom), b. Oct. 29, 1861. 75. Sarah Thayer (Folsom), b. Nov. 9, 1864; d. Feb. 3, 1869. 76. Fritz Porter (Folsom), b. June 29, 1866; d. Aug. 11, 1867. 77. Martha Thayer (Folsom), b. March 31, 1870. 78. Catharine Elizabeth (Folsom), b. I^ov. 11, 1871. 79. Frank Porter (Cram) (71). b. June 5, 1843; m., Jan. 15, 1871, Helen B. Tilton. Children : 80. Edward Tilton (Cram), b. Nov. 8, 1871. 81. George Porter (Cram), b. Oct. 17, 1874; d. Dec. 25, 1874. 82. Henry Porter (Cram), b. Nov. 11, 1875 ; d. Feb. 20, 1878. 83. Charles Abbot (Cram), b. April 18, 1879. 84. Robert Livermore (Cram), b. Feb. 17, 1881. 85. Florence Belknap (Cram), b. June 22, 1883. 86. Catharine (45), b. March 18, 1808; m., July 18, 1833, Hon. John Wm. Pitt Abbot of Westford, Mass.; Haw. Coll., 1827; Pies, of Stony Brook R. R. ; state senator, 1866. He d. Aug. 16, 1872. Children : 87. John William (94), b. April 14, 1834. 88. Julian Thayer, b. Jan. 20, 1886; d. March 10, 1836. 89. Julian, b. May 25, 1837 ; killed by accident on Boston & Lowell K. R., Dec. 30, 1857. 90. Sophia Elizabeth, b. Dec. 6, 1841 ; d. Aug. 15, 1843. 91. Son, b. and d. Jan. 2, 1844. 92. George (101), b. Feb. 17, 1845. 93. Abiel Jacob (104), b. Jan. 8, 1850. 94. John William (87), b. April 14, 1834; manufacturer in West- ford; m., Oct. 21, 1857, Elizabeth R. Southvvick of Boston. Children: 95. Catharine (99), b. March 28, 1861. 96. Emma S., b. July 17, 1863; m., June 5, 1888, Julian A. Kebler. 97. Lucy K., b. March 26, 1870. 98. John C, b. Feb. 25, 1872. 99. Catharine (95), b. March 28, 1861; m., Sept. 15, 1881, Abbot L. Kebler of Cincinnati, who d. Feb. 15, 1888. Child : 100. Catharine (Kebler), b., Cincinnati, June 22, 1885. 101. George (92), b. Feb. 17, 1845; Harv. Coll., 1864; res. in San Francisco, Cal., and Cambridge, Mass.; m., Feb. 23, 187.T, Elizabeth T. Daveis of Portland, Me. Children, b. in San Francisco : 102. Ethel Daveis, b. Oct. 18, 1876. 103. Gertrude Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1881 . 104. Ariel Jacob (93), b. Jan. 8, 1850; manufacturer at Westford, Mass. ; m., April 22, 1880, Mary Alice Mosely of Newburyport. Children : 105. Edward Mosely, b. Jan. 31, 1882. 106. John Mosely, b. April 27, 1884. 107. Alice Carnzu, b. April 4, 1886. 108. George Jacob (47), b. July 14, 1812; d. Jan. 21, 1879. Harv. GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 531 Coll., 1835. Opened aud taught several years a school for boys in Wash- ington, D. C. ; private secretary of Daniel Webster when he was sec'y of state; connected with consular bureau at Washington; six years U. 8. Consul at ShefHeld, Eng. ; a professor several years in the Theological School at Meadville, Penn. ; U. S. Consul at Goderich, Canada, where he died. He m., Aug. 30, 1841, Anna T. G. Emery of Portland, Me., who was b. May 15, 1815, and d. Jan. 31, 1861. Children : 101). Mary J. C. (114), b., Washington, Dec. 80, 1842. 110. Anne Theresa (,120), b., Washington, Aug. 15, 1846. 111. Julia Webster, b., Washington, July 1, 1848; m., Portland, Me., June 23, 1884, Edgar H. Nichols of Saco, Me. Reside in Cambridge, Mass. 112. Elizabeth Gilman, b. Feb. 7, 1852; d. Nov., 1852. 113. Charlotte Emery, b. Oct. 20, 1853 ; d. Oct. 20, 1883. 114. Maey J. C. (109), b. Dec. 30, 1842; m., April 8, 1868, Everett S. Throop; brevet major. Sixth Eegt., Ohio V. ; lawyer in Cincinnati; he d. Oct. 30, 1881. She has a school for young ladies at Worcester, Mass. Children : 115. Anne Abbot (Throop), b. Oct. 17, 1869. 116. Lucy Abbot (Throop), b. June 10, 1871. 117. Mary Susan Everett (Throop), b. Dec. 12, 1872. 118. George William (Throop), b. Nov. 9, 1875. 119. Everett Abbot (Throop), b. Aug. 23, 1878. 120. Anne Theresa (110), b. Aug. 15, 1846; m., Portland, Me., Feb. 21, 1877, Robert Swain Morison, who grad., Harv. Coll., 1869 ; Divinity School, 1872 ; at one time pastor of the Unitarian Ch. in Meadville, Penn. Children : 121. Ruth (Morison), b., Meadville, Pa., Nov. 24, 1877. 122. George Abbot (Morison), b., Peterborough, N. H., Aug. 5, 1879. 123. Abigail (48), b. Sept. 29, 1814; iti., March 11, 1835, Rev. Horatio Wood, who grad., Harv. Coll., 1827; was minister at Walpole, N. H., Tyngsborough, Mass., and, from 1844 to 1869, minister at large in Lowell, . Mass., where they now reside. Children; 124. Horatio (Wood), b., Walpole, Oct. 23,1835; Harv. Coll., 1857; carried qu a private school for girls in Cincinnati, O., for some years; now lives in Lowell. 125. Son, b., Walpole, May 12, 1837; d. in infancy. 126. Abby Elizabeth (Wood), b., Tyngsborough, April 8, 1840; d. May 14, 1840. 127. Ella (Wood), b., Lowell, Sept. 3, 1848; m., Aug. 31, 1871, N. W. Appleton of Lowell; d. Oct. 21, 1875. 128. Grace Abbot (Wood), b. Oct. 6, 1852; teacher of music, Lowell. 129. Maky Ann Toppan (50), b. Dec. 2, 1817; d. Aug. 9, 1856. She m., as 2d wife, Feb. 22, 1844, James Walker, an eminent lawyer of Peter- borough, who was b. March 10, 1784, and d. Dec. 31, 1854. Children : 130. Edith Abbot (Walker), b. Dec. 31, 1840; d. Sept. 2, 1848. 131. Martha Cotton (Walker), b. May 8, 1849 ; res. Lowell, Mass. 132. Lucy Eliot (51), b. May 22, 1820; m., Lowell, Aug. 19, 1846, 532 HISTOKY OF WILTON. John Kebler, who was born at Sulz-on-the-Xeckar, Germany, Feb. 1. 1819; Harv. Coll., 1839; prominent lawyer in Cincinnati, O.; d. April 4, 1885. Children : 133. George Putnam (Kebler), b. Feb. 4, 1848. 134. John Eliot (KeblCr), b. I)ec. 15, 1849 ; d. May 13, 1851. 135. Frederic (Kebler), b. March 23, 1852; Harv. Coll., 1873; physi- cian in Cincinnati, O. 136. Charles Abbot (Kebler) (142). b. July 7, 1854. 137. Abbot Livermore (Kebler), b. Oct. 12, 1856 ; d. Feb. 15, 1888. A manufacturer. For marriage, see Catharine (99) . 138. Julian Abbot (Kebler), b. Nov. 4, 1858; civil engineer; m., June 5, 1888, Emma S. Abbot (96). 139. Eliot Abbot (Kebler), b. May 31, 1861. 140. Lucius (Kebler), b. and d. June 23, 1863. 141. John Thayer (Kebler), b. Aug. 19, 1865. 142. Charles Abbot (Keblee) (136), b. July 7, 1854; d. Nov. 23, 1887. A lawyer in Cincinnati. He m., Nov. 1, 1877, Florence K. Leonard, who d. March 24, 1887. Children : 143. John Leonard (Kebler), b. Sept. 29, 1879. 144. Leonard (Kebler), b. Sept. 26, 1883. 145. Charles Eliot (52), b. Nov. 5, 1822. He received an academic education; was employed, 1845-6, on the N. E. Boundary Survey; owned a store in Tyngsborough, Mass. ; sold out in 1848, and in June, 1S49, arrived in San Francisco. In dift'erent pursuits he acquired some wealth, which Are and flood swept away in 1853. He removed to Eldorado Co. ; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and practised. In 1869 he removed to Nevada; was judge of a local court, 1876-9; has since prac- tised law and operated mines. He ui.. May 15, 1867, Susan F. Osborn of San Francisco, who was b. Sept. 4, 1839, and d. at San Francisco in 1877. Children : 146. Charles Eliot, b., San Francisco, Feb. 7, 1868 ; drowned while bathing, July 11, 1886. 147. Homer Osborn, b., Elko Co., Nevada, July 2, 1871. 148. Lucy Catharine, b., Elko Co., Nevada, Aug. 9, 1873. 149. Son, b. and d. Oct. 5, 1875. 150. BENJA5IIN (20), b. March 17, 1770; d. Sept. 10, 1823. A farmer. Settled, 1792, in Greenfield, N. H. ; removed, 1798, to Wilton, and in Feb., 1803, to Temple, Me. He was an early settler there, only one framed house being then in the town. He cleared and made a good farm from the forest ; was prosperous ; reared and educated well a large family ; was a justice of the peace; a well-informed man, noted for love of truth and justice, uprightness in his dealings, skill and sound judgment in man- aging private and public affairs, and a benevolent regard for the welfare of all around him ; not ambitious tor office or distinction, yet efficient in promoting the good order and prosperity of the town. He was greatly respected, and in deference to his character was often and worthilj^ called the patriarch. He m., Jan. 17, 1793, Fhebc Abbot (622), dau. of Hon. Jacob Abbot of Wilton, N. II. She was b. June 25, 1774, and d. 1857. GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 533 Three of his children, were born in Greenfield, 3 in Wilton and 8 in Tem- ple. Children : 151. Phebe (165), b. March 25, 1794. 152. Hannah (170), b. July 0, 1.795. 153. Dorcas (178), b. Feb. 25, 1797. 154. Salva (19G), b. Nov. 12, 179S. 155. Benjamin (198), b. Aug. 10, 1800. 156. Lucy, b. May 6, 1802 ; m., 2d wife, 182-t, Rev. John A. Douglass of Waterford, Me.; nine children, five not living; one is Dr. John A. Douglass of Amesbury Mills, Mass. ; a daughter is Harriet E. Douglass, preceptress several years of a Home School for Girls at Waterford- 157. Son, b. and d. April 19, 1804. 158. Lj'dia (205), b. Feb. 19, 1805. 159. John S., b. Jan. 6, 1807. Bowd. Coll., 1827 ; lawyer in Norridge- wock. Me., Thomaston, Me., and Boston, Mass.; m., 1835, Elizabeth Allen. 160. Rhoda, b. Sept. 20, 1808 ; d. March 29, 1809. 161. Abiel, b. Dec. 28, 1809. . After farming several years a long ill- ness impaired his constitution, and ho read law with his brother John at Thomaston ; opened an office in Boston, where his brother, John, after- wards joined him; was an early troas. of the Northern Pacific R. R. Residence at Watortown, Mass., where he d. March 21, 1884, leaving a wife and children. 162. M. George, b. Feb. 22, 181.'!; lawyer at Thomaston, Me.; m., 18.37, Melina Alden; d. Aug., 1850. 163. Abigail (210), b. June 30, 1815. 164. Ezra, b. Sept. IS, 1817; Bowd. Coll.; a lawyer, Richmond, Me.; died. 165. PtiEBE (151), b. March 2,->, 1794; d. March 6, 1843; m., 1813, John Barker, M. D., of Wilton, Me. Children : 166. John Abbot (Barker), b. Sept. 16, 1814; d. May 22, 1817. 167. Benjamin Fordyce (Barker), b. May 2, 1818; Bowd. Coll., 1836; M. D. ; settled in Norwich, Conn. ;. moved to New York City ; an emi- nent physician ; m. Eliza Dwight. 168. Phebe Florella (Barker), b. March 7, 1820; m., in North Caro- lina, Chas. Clark. 169. Emily A. (Barker), b. May 10, 1824; m. A. Robertson, M. D., Manchester, N. H. 170. Hannah (152), b.'.July 6, 1795; m., 1820, Rev. Enos Merrill of Freeport( Me. Children : 171. Benjamin H. (Merrill), b. .Tuly 16, 1822. 172. Enos A. (Merrill), b. April 20, 1824; d, Feb., 1843. 173. Edward T. (Merrill), b. July 15, 182G. 174. Hannah M. (Merrill), b. April 3, 1828. 175. Israel AV. (Merrill), b. Dec. 16, 18.30. 176. George D. (Merrill), b. Aug. 8, 1833. 177. John S. (Merrill), b. June 29, 1836; d. Sept. 20, 1840. 534 HISTORY OF WILTON. 178. BORCAS (153), b. Feb. 25, 1797; m., Dec. 30, 1817, LaFayette Perkins, M. D., who was b. March 26, 1786, at Castle William (Fort Inde- pendence) in Boston Harbor, and was son of the commander. Col. Wm. Perkins ; obtained his medical education at Harvard Med. School and in Paris; settled, 1815, at Weld, Me., removing, 1836, to Farmington, Me., and d. Maj' 9, 1874. Children : 179. Charles James (Perkins), b. Oct. 19, 1818; d. Feb. 12, 1843. Bowd. Coll., 18.89; attended medical lectures at Brunswick, Me., and at Philadelphia; practised dentistry at Upperville, Va., and d. there. 180. John Warren (Perkins)" (185), b. March 17, 1820. 181. Emeline Weld (Perkins), b. Feb. 24, 1822; d. Nov. 22, 18.58. A pupil of the Spingler Institute, N. Y. ; teacher at Farmington, Me. 182. Benjamin Abbot (Perkins) (189), b. Oct. 20, 1823. 183. George Augustus (Perkins) (192), b. June 24, 1827. 184. Samuel Edward (Perkins), b. Nov. 7, 1830; druggist at Bangor, Me. ; m., Nov. 22, 1855, Alice T. Kendrick of that city; has res. for sev- eral years past at Farmington, Me. 185. John Warren (Perkins) (180), b. March 17, 1820; druggist, Farmington, Me., and Portland, Me.; m., June 17, 1845, Margaret M. Hunter, who d. Maj^ 12, 1860. Four ch. d. in infancj'; 1 son living. He ra., 2d, Oct. 29, 1861. Eliza Bellows. Children : 186. Edward Warren (Perkins), b. Aug. 27, 1850; has been in mining, mill and cattle business at the West. 187. Mary Bellows (Perkins), b. May 14, 1863. 188. Maud Emeline (Perkins). 189. BEN.IAMIN Abbot (Perkins) (182), b. Oct. 20, 1823; druggist, Bangor, Me., New York City, and at Portland, Me., with his brother, J. W. Perkins; m., May 9, 1849, Augusta Bellows, who d. May 31, 1850; m., 2d, Sept. 5, 1860, Sarah W. Beals of Portland. Children : 190. Charles James (Perkins), b. April 1,1850; in a drug store in Chicago. 191. Willis Fayette (Perkins), b. .Tan. 23, 1862. 192. George Adgusti s (Perkins) (183), b. June 24, 1827. Bowd. Coll., 1849; Bangor Theol. Sem., 1853; ordained missionary of A. B. C. F. M., May 25, 18.54; went to Turkey; returned 1859; taught Hebrew one yr. at Bangor; studied at New Haven; Prof, of Nat. Sciences in Robert College, Constantinople, 186.3-65 ; returned to America, owing to ill health ; for five yrs. principal of a Family School for Boys at Gorhani, Me. ; for 11 yrs. acting pastor of different churches. Since Jan. 1, 1884, settled at Harvard, Mass. He m., July 17, 1S54, Sarah E. Farrington. Children : 193. William Abbott (Perkins), b. Nov. 26, 18G1 ; Bowd. Coll., 1883; teacher of mathematics in High School, Bath, Me. 194. Herbert Fanington (Perkins), b. Oct. 18, 1864. Yale Coll. 195. Carroll Augustus, b. Nov. 17, 1870. 196. Salva (154), b. Nov. 12, 1798; d. 1867; m., 2d wife, 1827, Rev. Charles Freeman of Limerick, Me., who d. Oct., 1853. Child: GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 535 197. Samuel (Freeman), b. March 17, 1830; Bowd. Coll., 1854; drug- gist, Chelsea, Mass. 198. Benjamin (165), b. Aug. 10, 1800; d. hi 1861; a justice of the peace in Temple, Me. ; moved to Fanhingtoii, and later to East Doug- lass, Mass., where he died. He m., 1823, Mary C. Blanchard. Children : 199. Benjamin, b. March 9, 1825; d. Oct. 24, 182G. 200. Mary A., b. Aug. 11, 1827. 201. John, b. May 31, 1830. 202. William, b. Nov. 25, 1834. 203. George, b. July 24, 1837. 204. Phebe E., b. July 2, 1842. 205. Lydia (158), b. Feb. 19, 1805; d. Dec. 26, 1883; m., 1828, John Titcomb, Esq., of Farmington, Me. Children : 206. Elizabeth (Titcomb), b. Nov. 28, 1828. 207. Mary (Titcomb), b. Dec. 9, 1830. 208. John Abbot (Titcomb), b. Oct. 30, 1832. 209. Charles (Titcomb), b. Oct. 22, 1835. 210. Abigail (163), b. June 30, 1815; m., 1835, Hannibal Hamlin of Union, Me., and Boston, Mass. Children : 211. Abby F. (Hamlin), b. Oct. 22, 1837 ; m. Rev. Lyman Abbott, D. D. 212. Ellen M. (Hamlin), b. April 26, 1839; d. March 12, 1844. 213. Hannibal (Hamlin), b. Sept. 20, 1841. 214. Cyrus (Hamlin), b. Dec. 24, 1843. 215. Ezra (21), b. Feb. 8, 1772; d. April 3, 1847. A farmer on the homestead. In the spring of 1812, as appears, he began the manufacture of potato starch in a small mill erected by him the fall before. See article on starch manufacture, page 163. He was a captain of the South co. of militia; a selectman; employed in the settlement of estates, and as guardian of minors; a deacon of the church for twenty-five years; pre- siding officer at the centennial celebration in 1839; a man of strict integrity, respected for his love of justice, probity of character, benevo- lence, and liberality in support of schools, libraries, and other institu- tions, i-eligious and beneficent. He ra., Oct. 6, 1799, Eebekah Hale, b. Jan. 9, 1781, dan. of Lieut. Jos. Hale of Coventry, Conn., and niece of Capt. Nathan Hale. She d. May 5, 1860. Children : 216. Rebecca (229), b. July 16, 1800. 217. Son, b. and d. Sept. 13, 1801. 218. Joseph Hale (232), b. Sept. 25, 1802. 219. Dorcas, b. Jan. 24, 1804; m., Sept. 21, 1825, Ebenezer Bishop of Lisbon, Ct. A farmer, previously a teacher in Richmond, Va. He was b. in 1798, and d. Jan. 6, 1827. Mrs. Bishop returned to Wilton in May; taught school with much acceptance several seasons in District No. 5 in Wilton; also taught in Mason and Milford. In Nov., 1832, entered Miss Grant's school at Ipswich, Mass. ; returned to Wilton sick about Oct. 1, and d. Nov. 2, 1833. 220. Ezra (266), b. Nov. 27, 1805. 221. Abiel, b. May 11, 1808 ; studied for college .at Chelmsford and at Exeter; grad., Bowd. Coll., 1831; res. at Wilton, 1832; at Exeter and 536 HISTORY OF wilton. teacher at Beverly, Mass., 1833-4 ; 1834-7, at Cambridge ; 1837-S, teacher at JTorthborough, Mass.; 1838-41, mostly at Wilton, variously employed; Jan., 1842, to ,Tune, 1846, teacher in Virginia; 184G-.52, starch manu- facturer, etc., at Wilton; 18.54-.5, teacher at Rocky Hill, Conn. ; 18.56-70, mostly at Wilton, in various pursuits; Dec, 1876. to .Tune, 1882, in Min- nesota, mostly at Ovvatonna, variously employed; has since resided in Wilton; a Justice of the peace fifteen years; representative to the Legis- lature; employed as a surveyor of land, etc. 222. Emily, b. Aug. 16, 1810; attended school at Iveene,. Adams Female Academv at Derry, and at Ipswich, Mass. ; taught in Mason, 1832, and in Beverly, Mass., 1833 ; d. of consumption at Wilton, June. 10, 1833. 223. Harris (278), b. Sept. 19, 1812; d. March 20, 1884. 224. Harriet, b. June 19, 1814; d. July 16, 1886; educated at Wind- ham, and Adams Female Academy, Derry; m., Jan. 5, 1837, Hermon Abbot (400). 225. Nelson (283), b. Nov. 17, 1816. 226. Abby Anne, b. Dec. 13, 1818; attended N. Ipswich Academy; teacher in Wilton, Peterborough and Franklin, N. H. ; m.. May 1, 1845, Kev. Lubim Burton Rock wood. See Rockwpod gen. (45). 227. Sarah Jane, b. May 1.5, 1821 ; attended academies at N. Ipswich, Leicester, Mass., and Abbot Female Academy at Andover, Mass. ; resided much with friends at a distance; d. of consumption at Wilton, Jan. 18, 18.57. 228. John Hale, b. Sept. 2, 1825. He was educated at N. Ipswich, Leicester, Mass., and Andover, Mass. ; at home a few years, teaciiing in winter; 1847-8, employed on surveys for Yt. Central R. R. ; 1848-52, at home and teaching; 18.5.3-4, civil engineer on R. R. survej's in the oil region of Penn. In May, 1855, he joined his brother Ezra at Batavia, 111., and after a six weeks' tour of observation in Minnesota, they and two others laid out a " town site,'" each owning a fourth part, and named it Owatonna. This has since been his headquarters. He gave much time and efl'ort to promote, by legislation and otherwise, its growth, and to obtain for it post office, railroad and other facilities. , It was made a county seat, in time a city, and became the intersection of two railroads. One of these roads he was employed as engineer to survey, locate, and partly construct when the panic of 1857 suspended work upou it. He and others laid out a new town in the next county, naming it Wilton. He engaged more or less In farming and in raising hoi-ses; built a mill for making amber cane syrup, he and others raising the cane; was for many years city and county surveyor. At present he is engaged on a line from Duluth, via Red Wing and Owatonna, to Iowa; unm. 229. Rebecca (216), b. July 16, 1800; d. April 5, 1882. She taught school 5 or seasons in town ; spent several winters with friends at a distance; m., 2d wife. Rev. Isaac Knight, pastor of Cong, (h., Frank- lin, N. H., who was b. Dec. 29, 1797, and grad., Bowd. Coll., 1829. In Jan., 1849, they removed to Fish(^rville, N. H., whore he d. July 24, 1850. Mrs. Knight removed to Wilton, Nov., 1851. Children : 230. Isaac Abbot (Knight), b. March 20, 1812; d. Dec. 9. 1843. Ju.^-T^^Hi'-i^^rlA^ ^A>^^At>^ HELlOTVPe PRINTING CO., BOSTON MA3S GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 537 231. Emily Maria (Knight), b. Marcli 3, 1845 ; d. Oct. 5, 1864. ,232. Joseph Hale (218), b. Sept. 25, 1802; d. April 7, 1873; Bowd. Coll., 1822. See page 293 for sketch of hi.= life. lie iii.. May 13, 1830, Fauiiy Larcom of Beverly, Mass. She was b. June 14, 1807, and d. June 26, 1883. Children : 233. Henry Larcom (240), b. Aug. 13, 1831. 234. Edwin Hale (248), b. Jan. 26, 1834. 235.' Francis Ellingwood (251), b. Nov. 6, 1S36. 236. Emily Frances (259), b. April 1, 1839. 237. Edward Stanley, b. Oct. 22, 1841; entered Harv. Coll., 1860; left college Dec, 1861; enlisted, July, 1862, in 17th Regt. of Infantry, U. .S. A. ; was at Chancellorsville and at Gettysburg, where he was shot, July 2, on Little Bound Top, and d. July 8, 1863 ; first lieut. and brevet captain. 238. Son, b. Sept. 3 and d. Sept. 4, 1844. 239. WilUam Fitzhale (2G2), b. April 27. lS.-)3. 240. Henry Larcom (233), b. Aug. 13, 1831 ; grad., AVest Point, 18.i4 ; employed on governmental surveys for Pacific railroads till 1857; on survey of the delta of ilississippi Eiver till called by the war to service in the field ; slightly wounded at Bull Eun, July 21, 1861 ; in Peninsular cam- paign, spring of 1802 ; in Banks's Rod Eiver expedition, winter of 1862-3 ; col. of First Conn. Heavy- Artillery from Jan., 1863, till close of war; in command of the siege artillery under Grant the last year of the war; on Fort Fisher expedition, Jan., 1865; brevet maj. gon., U. S. V., and brevet brig, gen., U. S. A., M.aroh 13, 1865 ; 1865-68, at the Engineer Post at VVillet's Point in New York Harbor; and 1868-86, in command of the Post; now stationed in New York f'ity as resident member of the Army Board. <"ol. of Engineers, T^. S. A. ; member of Am. Acad, of Arts and .Sciences; of National Acad, of Sciences and other scientific societies, American and foreign; LL. D., Ilarv. Coll., 1886. lie m., April 2, 1856, Mary Susan Everett of Cambridge, who was b. April 15, 1832, and d. March 13, 1871. Children : 241. Frederic Vaughan (245), b. March 4, 1858. 242. Marion Stanley, b. Jan. 19, 1864. 243. Elinor Everett, b. Oct. 10, 1867. 244. Henry Ellingwood, b. Feb. 23, 1871; d. at Wilton, N. H., July 25, 1881. 245. Frederic Vaughan (241), b. March 4, 1S58 ; grad.. West Point, 1879; stationed at Willet's Point, N. Y. Harbor; at Charleston, S. C. ; 1st Lieut, of Engineers, U. S. A. lie m., Oct. 15, 1885, Sara Julie Dehon of Charleston, S. ( '. Children : 246. Marion Beatrice, b. Dec. 8, 1886. 247. Elinor Eus.sell, b. Dec. 8, 1886. 248. Edwin Hale (234), b. Jan. 26, 1834; Ilarv. Coll., 1855; teacher ill a private school in Boston, 1855-57: tutor in Ilarv. Coll., 1857-61; LL. B.. Harvard Law School, 1861 ; practised law in Boston till 1875 ; since then has had an office in Milwaukee, IV'is., and now also in New York City; engaged in railroad litigation; trustee of Wisconsin Central 538 HISTORY OF WILTON. R. R. In possession. He m., Xov. 17, 1859, Mary Carter of Newtonville, who was b. Nov. 26, 1836, and d. Feb. 11, 1860; m., 2d, Martha Trask Steele of Portland, Me., who was b. Nov. 7, 1839. He resides in Milwau- kee, Wis. Children ; 249. Philip Stanley, b. Sept. 1, 1867. 250. Edwin Hale, b. March 5, 1881. 251. Francis Ellingwood (235), b. Nov. 6, 1836; Harv. Coll., 1859; Meadville Theol. School, 1863; minister at Dover, N. H., 1864-67; at Toledo, Ohio, 1869-71 ; editor of The Index, 1870-80 ; teacher at New York City, 1880-81 ; siuce 1881 has had private pupils at Cambridge, Mass. ; has published valuable metaphysical articles in magaz.ines, and, in 1885, " Scientific Theism." Ph. D., Harvard, 1881. He m., Aug. 3, 1859, Katharine Fearing Loring of Concord, Mass., who was b. Oct. 18, 1839. Res. in Cambridge. Children : 252. Ethel, b. May 14, 1860 ; d. .July 30, 1860. 253. Everett Vergnies, b. Feb. 3, 1862 ; Harv. Coll., 1880. 254. Edward Stanley, b. Dec. 13,, 1863; Harv. Coll., 1887. 255. Daughter, b. April 29 and d. April 30, 1866. 256. Gertrude, b. April 9, 1867 ; d. Aug. 13, 1867. 257. Fanny Larcoin, b. June 13, 1872. 258. Margaret, b. Aug. 12, 1874; d. Nov. 3, 1874. 259. Emily Frances (236), b. April 1, 1839; m., Oct. 25, 1865, Abiel Abbot Vaughan, who was b. April 7, 1839. Resides in Cambridge, Mass. Children : 260. Ethel (Vaughan), b. May 28, 1867. 261. Stanley (Vaughan), b. June 21, 1870; d. Aug. 3, 1872. 262. William Fitzhale (239), b. April 27, 1853; Harv. Coll , 1874; teacher in Boston, 1874-76 ; in Indianapolis, Ind., 1877-80; in Worcester, Mass., since 1880. He m., Deo. 28, 1882, Caroline Ward Sewall of Mil- waukee, Wis., who was b. Nov. 28, 1860. Children : 263. Edmund Quincy, b. July 26, 18S4. 264. Hale Wellington, b. July 30, 1885. 265. Larcom, b. July 30, 1885 ; d. Aug. 8, 1885. 266. Ezra (220), b. Nov. 27, 1805; d. Aug. 16, 1876. A student at Phillips Exeter Academy, 1823-27; entered soph, at Bowd. Coll., and grad. in 1830. Teacher one year at Augusta, Me.; resident graduate at New Haven till April, 1832; then went to Fauquier Co.,' Va., and taught at Morven a school for the grandchildren and other relatives of Chief Justice Marshall for about thirteen years. He then bought a farm three miles distant in same county, and opened a boarding school. He m., at I>eeds, in same county, April 29, 1846, Sarah Hooker, who was b.. New York City, Aug. 7, 1824. In 1853, closing the school and selling the farm, he removed his family in May to New England. In Oct., 18.54, he removed to Batavia, 111., and became a teacher in the Batavia Institute. Finding the climate objectionable, he removed, Sept., 1855, to St. Anthony, Minn., where his family resided, while he was often at Owatonna in Steele Co., being interested as part owner in advancing the growth of the new town, now city, to which, late in 1857, he removed his GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 539 family. He engaged in several enterprises, — a water mill, a steam mill, — was a director of a railroad and several years its treasurer. On the death of his son-in-law, a jeweller, he bought the store in behalf of his own son, then learning the business. His widow resides with her daughter. Children : 267. Claudia Marshall (269), b. May 16, 1847. 268. Edmund Hale (274), b. June 16, 1849. 269. Claudia Marshall (267), b. May IG, 1847; m., Feb. U, 1866, Edwin B. McCIure, vifho d. Oct. 12, 1866; m., 2d, Jan. 14, 1874, Henry Birkett, jeweller at Owatonna, who was b., Ottawa, Can., July 4, 1848. Children : 270. Henry Ezra (Birkett), b. Jan. 11, 1875. 271. Ethel Sadie (Birkett), b. July 11, 1877. 272. Claudia Wren (Birketl), b. April 14, 1880; d. .Tan. 4, 1883. 273. Miles Wren (Birkett), b. July 28, 1885. 274. Edmund Hali! (26S), b. June 16, 1849; a jeweller at Owatonna; removed to Minneapolis, where he now is; m., Feb. 24, 1S76, Janet Grace Goudie, who was b. April 7, 18.')4. Children : 275J William Ezra, b. July 19, 1878. 276. Frank Edmund, b. Sept 28, 1880; d. Nov. 17, 1886, of diphtheria. 277. Bessie E., b. July 14, 1883 ; d. Dec. 10, 1880, of diphtheria. 278. Harrls (223), b. Sept. 19, 1812; d. March 20, 1884. Academical education at Pinkerton Academy, Derrj', 1 tei'm ; at Phillips Exeter Acad, from Jan., 1830, to May, 1831 ; settled with his father on the home- stead; was a good farmer, a good man and citizen, liberal to schools, a selectman. He m., Nov. 20, 1860, Caroline Ann Greelej- of Pelham, N. H., who was b. Oct. 20, 1836. Children : 279. Ella Caroline, b. April 22, 1862; grad. Cushing Acad., Ashburn- ham, Mass., 1882; teacher at Pelham 4 terms, and at Pembroke Acad. 1 year; now at Smith College. 280. Stanley Harris, b. Oct. 20, 1863; grad. Cushing Acad., 1882; farmer on the homestead. 281. Florence Hale, b. Oct. 20, 1867; grad. Cushing Acad., 1887; now at Smith College. 282. Charles Greeley, b. May 31, 1872; grad. Wilton High School, 1888. 283. Nelson (225), b. Nov. 17, 1810; attended New Ipswich Acad.; settled as fanner on part of the homestead; m., Oct. 17, 1848, Hannah Holt Pevey of Greenfield, N. H., who was b. Oct. 31, 1821. Children : 284. Edward Nelson (287), b. Oct. 5, 18.50. 285. Katharine Holt, b. April 7, 1854; resided about 5 yrs. with friends at AVillet's Point, N. Y. Harbor; now resides in Wilton. 286. Walter Harris, b. June 30, 1855. 287. Edvtard Nelson (284), b. Oct. 5, 1850. Attended New Ipswich Academy; from Nov., 1872, was a messengei' of the Canadian Express Co. from Montreal westerly, and later from Montreal to Portland, Me., till 1887; since then has been agent of the Dominion Express Co. at Montreal. 540 HISTORY OF WILTON. He m., Island Pond, Vt., June 21, 1882, Sarah Ann Noyes, who was b. March 7, 1853. Child : 288. Charles Noyes, b. Aug. 3, 1880. 289. Jerkmiah (15), son of .lohn (13), b. May 25, 1743; d. Nov. 2, 1825. Settled hi Wilton 1765 or 0; cleared a good farm from the forest, and by steady industry kept it in good condition ; much inclined to home ; faithful in his duty as an honest. Christian man. He m;, Sept. 16, 17(!6, Chloe, dau. of Zebadiah Abbot of Andover, Mass. She was b. Nov. 16, 1737, and d. Aug. 21, 1800. Children : 290. Chloe, b. .Tune 4, 1707; d. -July 19, 1849; m., April 11, 1786, Joseph Gray. See Gray gen. (25). 291. Lydia (299), b. Oct. 22, 17GS. 292. Anna (309), b. July 15, 1770. 293. Phebe (317), b. Aug. 24. 1772. 294. Dorcas, b. Aug. 24, 1772; d. July, 1847: m. Daniel Holt, Wilton. See Nicholas Holt gen. (188). 295. Jeremiah (329), b. Aug. 2S, 1774. 296. Zebadiah (416), b. Sept. 20, 1770. 297. Betsy (451), b. Aug. 21, 177S. 298. Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1781 ; d. Oct. 20, 1S.-)1 ; ra. Stephen Buss. See Stephen Buss gen. (17). 299. Lydia (291), b. Oct. 22, 1768; d. Sept. 1, 1832; m. (apt. Thomas Pevey of Greenfield. Children : 300. Thomas (Pevey), b. Oct. 31, 1791 ; d. Nov. 20, 1814. 301. Jeremiah (Pevey), b. Nov. 4, 1793 ; m. Louisa Fitch. 302. Zebadiah (Pevey), b. Aug. 25, 1795; m., 2d, Mary Patterson. 303. Ezra (Pevey), b. Nov. 9, 1797; d. Nov. 3, 1800. 304. Peter J. (PevejO, b. March 4, 1800; d. June 1, 1837. 305. George S. (Pevey), b. March 4, 1800 ; d. Nov. 3, 1800. 306. I;ydi!i (Pevey), b. Nov. 12, 1803; m. Joshua Stevens of Peter- borough. 307. Chloe A. (Pevey), b. Oct. 0, 1800; d. 308. Ezra (Pevey), b. Aug. 14, 1809; Peterborough; capt. of militia; m. Lucinda Little. 309. Anna (292), b. July 15, 1770; d. March, 1844: m., April 13, 1790, David Wood of Hancock. Childi-en : 310. Anna (Wood), b. May 24, 1795; d. Jan., 1829; m. Daniel Wood. 311. S.ally (Wood), b. Aug. 15, 1797. 312. Achsah (Wood), b. Jan. .5, 1801 ; m. David Hills. 313. David (Wood), b. Feb. 8, 1804; m. 314. Moses (Wood), h. April 29, 1806; m. 315. Jacob Abbot (Wood), b. May 14, 1810; M. D. ; m. 316. Betsy E. (Wood), b. March 8, 1812 ; d. Aug. 13, 1832. 317. PllEBE (293), b. Aug. 24,1772; d. Dec. 1850: m., Sept. 1. 1795, Walter Fiske of Wilton ; m., 2d. 1810, Caleb Holt of Weld, Me. See Holt gen. (114). Children: GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 541 318. Walter (Fiske), b. May 26, 1796. 310. Benjamin X. (Fiske), b. Jan. 22, 1798. 320. Jeremiah (Fiske) (323), b. Jan. 3, 1800. 321. Abiel (Holt), b. April 13, 1815. 322. Hiram (Holt), b.Sept. 28, 1816. 323. Jekemiaii (Fiske) (320), b. Jan. 3, 1800; lived in Weld, Jle., Augusta, Me., and Roxbury, Mass., where he d. ; ni., Oct. 28,'1824, Peggy Burton of Wilton. See Burton gen. (44). Children : 324. Henry Dwight (Fiske), b. Aug. 12, 1825 ; enlisted in fall of 1861 in Sixteenth Eogt., Maine V., and d. Jan. 21, 1865, starved to death in Salisbury Prison. He ni. Ellen Cooley of Lowell ; 4 oh., all dead but youngest, Geo. Henry. 325. Phebe Abbot (Fiske), b. Oct. 2, 1826; m. James E. Hamlin of Augusta, Me. Two children: Harriet, who m. Wm. Hartwell of Bath, and Pliny. 326. Emma Maria (Fiske), b. Aug. 21, 1828; m. Henry A. Blake of Augusta, Me. Three children : Henry L., Maria Scottie, and Ada, a teacher. ^ 327. Jeremiah Pliny' (Fiske). b. March 24, 1831 ; a painter in Boston ; m. Sarah Dow of Concord, X. H. Two children; 1 living, Alfreda. 328. Mary xVnn Billings (Fiske), b. Jan. 21, 1836; ni. John A. Turner of Medfleld, Mass. Two children, d. in infancy. 329. Jeeemiah (295), b. Aug. 28, 1774; d. June 30, 1857. Settled at flrst on the homestead with his father, but later on the farm occupied by the late Dea. Hernion Abbot. He ni., Jan. 30, 1800, Eunice Blanchard, who was b. June C, 1778, and d. Jan. 4, 1850. See Blanchard gen. (44). Children : 330. Eunice, b. Sept. 4, 1803; d. Oct. 24, 1867. 331. Son, b. Jan. 5, 1805; d. Jan. 6, 1805. 332. Lydia, b. May 12, 1800 ; d. March 5, 1860. 333. Jeremiah (340), b. July 19, 1808. ' 334. Chloe, b. May 29, 1810; d. April 17, 1833. 335. Amos (363), b. June 2, 1812. 336. Hermon (400), b. Feb. 20, 1814. ' . 337. Abigail, b. Julj' 21, 1816. Teacher at Wilton and Atidover, Mass., for many years ; res. now at Wilton. 338. Isaac (405), b. July 26, 1819. 339. Elizabeth, b. July 9, 1821 ; many years at Andover ; res. now at Wilton. 340. Jekemiah (333), b. July 19, 1808 ; merchant, Manchester, N. H. ; m. Eliza Campbell of Windham, who d. Feb. 12, 1876. Children : 341. Carrie Augusta', b. Sept. 20, 1835 ; teacher many years in Man- chester. 342. Edward Payson (348), b. Dec. 24, 1836. 343. Selwin Blanchard (350), b. May 31, 1838. 344. Abbic E., b. Sept. 25, 1840; teacher several years in Manchester. 345. Milton Atwood (353), b. Aug. 7, 1842. 346. Sarah Jane (357), b. June 13, 1844. 542 HISTORY OF WILTON. 347. Mary Anua (360), b. April 20, 1848. 348. Edward Payson (342), b. Dec. 21, 1836; iii., April 24, 1862, Angie Crowell. She d. Oct. 30, 1879. Child: 349. Hermon Edward, b. July 2, 1869. ' 350. Selwin Blanchard (343), b. May 31, 1838; d. Sept. 23, 1880; tn., Oct. 21, 1862, Caroline L. Edgerton. Children : 351. Hattie Grace, b. Oct. 20, 1863. 352. William Selwin, b. June 13, 1869. 353. Milton Atwood (345), b. Aug. 7, 1842; in hardware store, Manchester; m., Nov. 17, 1870, Emily Josephine Oliver, who was b. July 7, 1849. Children : 354. George Oliver, b. Feb. 28, 1872. 355. James Milton, b. Sept. 8, 1874. 356. Bessie Maud, b. March 16, 188.5. 357. Sakah Jane (346), b. June 13, 1844; m., Oct. 17, 1871, Frank W. Fitts, wholesale and retail merchant, Manchester. Children : 358. Marianna (Fitts), b. May 13, 1875. 359. William Larason (Fitts), b. March 6, 1882. 360. Mary Anna (347), b. April 20, 1848; m., Oct. 21, 1869, William Stickney Lamson, inventor of the Larason Cash Carrier; res. in Lowell. Children : 361. William Abbot (Lamson), b. Aug. 26, 1870. 362. Frank Fitts (Lamson), b. Nov. 29, 1872. 363. Amos (335), b. June 2, 1812. For account of his life see page 265. He m.. May 12, 1834, Austice Wilson of Wilton. See David Wilson gen. (3). Children: 364. Elizabeth Augusta (373), b., India, April 8, 1835. 365. Abigail Ann, b. July 29, 1836 ; d., India, Aug. 1, 1836. 366. Anstice, b., India, Aug. 16, 1839. 367. Chloe, b., India, Sept. 20, 1841. 368. Amos Wilson (385), b., India, Jan. 6, 1844. 369. Emily (388), b., India, June 8, 1845. 370. Albert Armstrong (396), b., Wilton, Oct. 6, 1847. 371. Bertha, b., Piseataquog, March 11, 1850; d. Jan. 25, 1875. 372. Justin Edwards, b., Portsmouth, Dec. 25, 1853. Grad., Dart. Coll., 1876; at LTnion Theol. Sem., 1879, and ordained missionary A. B. C. F. M., 1880; lives in India; a teacher and editor. 373. Elizabeth Augusta (364), b. April 8, 1835; ni., Aug. 9, 1856, Rev. Samuel Chase Dean, several years missionary in India, now a home missionary at South Bend, Neb. Children : 374. Horace Abbott (Dean) (382), b. Oct. 20, 1857. 375. Caroline (Dean), b. June 10, 1859. 376. Walter Chase (Dean), b. March 16, 1861. 377. Frank Wilson (Dean), b. Feb. 9, 1863. 378. George Kobinson (Dean), b. Aug. 11, 1804. 379. Edwin Blanchard (Dean), b. July 21, 1866. 380. Arthur Randall (Dean), b. Feb. 5, 1869. • 381. Norman Peck (Dean), b. .\pril 22, 1871. GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 543 382. Horace Abbott (Dkan) (374), b. Oct. 20, 1857; m., Feb. 16, 1881 , Elizabeth W. Wakeman. Children : 383. Hermon Wakeman (Dean), b. March 23, 1882. . 384. Edgar Lysle (Dean), b. Sept. 15, 1885. 385. Amos Wilson (368), b. Jan. 6, 1844; for sketch of his life see page 268 ; ni., Aug. 19, 1880, Helen G. Wright. Children : 386. Harold Wilson, b. Aug. 6, 1882; d. Nov. 6, 1885. 387. Griswold, b. Sept. 28, 1884; d. Nov. 7, 1885. 388. Emily (369), b. June 8, 1843; m., in India, George Adolphus Jacob, now colonel in the English army in India; his family res. in Eng- land for the education of his children. Children • 389. Frederick Drummond (Jacob), b. March 29, 1865; a law student. 390. Harold Feuton (Jacob), b. Dec. 22, 1866; in the army in India. 391. Ernest Abbott (Jacob), b. March 20, 1868. 392. Hugh Travers (Jacob), b. July 30, 1869. 393. Ethel May (Jacob), b. April 13, 1871. 394. Maud Augusta (Jacob), b. Dec. 24, 1872. 395. Kathleen Anstice (Jacob), b. Dec. 1, 1882. 396. Albert Armstrong (370), b. Oct. 6, 1847. He went to India with his parents, 1857, returning, 1865; Dart. Coll., 1871 ; taught school in Tennessee one yr. ; 1873-83, engaged in farming and stock-raising in Steele City, Neb. ; since 1883 engaged in business in gas fixtures, and now is one of the firm composing the American Plating Co., at Minneapolis; m., Wilton, Sept. 8, 1880, Abby Hawkins Foster. See Foster gen. (6). Children : 397. May Ethel, b. March 26, 1882. 398. Bertha Abigail, b. Oct. 2, 1884. 399. Anstice Tenny, b. May 9, 1886. 400. Hermon (336), b. Feb. 20, 1814; d. Nov. 17, 1878. Settled on the homestead. A man of strict integrity and excellent judgment and ability. Deacon, and for six years a selectman. He m., Jan. 5, 1837, Harriet Abbot (224). Children: 401. Willis Hermon, b. March 12, 1839; enlisted in Co. C. Sixteenth regt., N. H. V.; served under Gen. Banks in Louisiana; a farmer in Wilton; ra., Sutton, Aug. 11, 1886, Emma Florence Wyman, who was b. Nov. 1, 1853. 402. Emily Harriet, b. Sept. 22, 1844; teacher in several towns in N. H., and in Ashburnham and Pepperell, Mass. 403. Mary Nelson, b. Feb. 3, 1847; a music teacher in Lowell, Mass. 404. A daughter, b. and d. May, 1849. 405. Isaac (338), b. July 26, 1819; d. Jan. 11, 1857. A farmer in Wilton ; a selectman ; in a flour and grain store at Manchester for some years. He m., Feb. 18, 1846, Harriet Parkhurst, who was b. April 7, 1820. Children : 406. Fauny Naomi (410), b. Nov. 10, 1846. 407. Edwin Isaac, b. April 14, 1849 ; many years in the mining regions at the West, returned sick, and d. Aug. 23, 1882. 408. William Herbert (413), b. Feb. 3, 1853. 544 HISTORY OF WILTON. 409. Arthur Augustus, b. Dec. 6, 1855 ; clerk in a wholesale jewelry store, Boston. 410. Fanny Naomi (406), b. Nov. 10, 1846; m., June 2, 1868, Albert Carlton, a fanner in Wilton. Children : 411. Annie Abbot (Carlton), b. May 23, 18S0 ; d. July 30, 1880. 412. Alice May (Carlton), b. May 23, 1880. 413. William Hkkbeht (408), b. Feb. 8, 1853 ; a teller in the Ameri- can Loan and Trust Co., Boston; ni., Nov. 0, ISSl, Sarah Lydia Gallison of Lawrence, JIass. C^hildren : 414. Edwin Isaac, b. Oct. 13, 1883. 415. Elizabeth, b. July 20, 1885. 416. Zebadiah (296), b. Sept. 20, 1776; d. Aug. 24, 1830. A farmer on the homestead. He m., Nov. 8, 1801, Elizabeth Hale, dau. of Lieut; Joseph Hale, and niece of Capt. Nathan Hale, of Revolutionary fame. She was b. Sept. 29, 1779, and d; April 14, 1845. Children : 417. Eliza Hale, b. Sept. 7, 1802; d. March 10, 1853; m., Georgia,' Nov. 12, 1829, Alvah Steele. See Benjamin Steele gen. (18). 418. Zebadiah (426), b. Oct. 16, 1803. 419. Mary, b. Juno 21, 1805; d. May 15, 1857: m., July 4, 1831, John Farrington Kussell. See liussell gen. (36). 420. Rufus (436), b. April 17, 1807. 421. Charles (446), b. Oct. 31, 1S08. 422. Nancy (449), b. Feb. 24, 1810. 423. Caroline, b. Oct. 1, 1811; d., Chelmsford, Mass., Oct. 6, 1852; ra., Nov. 27, 1832, Henry Abbot (693). 424. Lucy, b. March 19, 1815 ; teacher, in Georgia; m., Nov. 19, 1837, Wm. Abbot (487). 425. Levi, b. May 26, 1818; Yale Coll., 1840; teacher at Alexandria, Va., Newark, N. J., and elsewhere; studied law with Abbot & Fox, Nashua, and at Harvard Law School ; admitted to the bar at Manchester, Oct., 1850; now for many years on a f arm in HoUis ; superintendent of schools, etc. Ho m., Jan. 1, 1857, Matilda Abbot (486) : n. ch. 426. Zebadiah (418), b. Oct. 16, 1803; d. July 17, 1888. A teacher and a farmer in Wilton on lot No. 3, third range; prominent in town affairs ; well informed, and possessed of an unusually keen mind ; a man fearless in advocating the cause of abolition in anti-slavery times ; univer- sally respected. Ho m., Sept. 24, 1827, Mary Ann Hyde of Lisbon, Oonri., who was b. Sept. 12, 1802, and d. Nov. 16, 1874. Children : 427. Albert Dwight (430), b. Jan. 16, 1831. 428. Susan Elizabeth, b. Oct. 28, 1834; ni., 2d wife, April 5, 1S77, George Norman Can, b. Aug. 15, 1826, at Dryden, N. Y. 429. Ellen Prances (432), b. Jan. 15, 1838. 430. Albert Dwiuht (427), b. Jan. 16, 1831; farmer in Wilton; m., Oct. 30, 1860, Jane Brigham of Dublin, N. II., who was b. Jan. 19, 1S38. Child: 431. Perley John, b. Dec. 11, 1805. 432. Ellen Frances (429), b. Jan. 15, 1838 : m., Jan. 1.5, 1861, Daniel Tenncy Shipley of Londonderry, who was b. Dec. 30, 1819, and d. May 10, Y^C4^^4i.aJu j^lAriftcr HELIOTVPb I'Fi tJIIUlj CO., BUSfl GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 545 1883 ; lived in Londonderry, Lawrence and Methuen. She now res. in . Nashua. Children : 433. Wilbur Abbot (Shipley), b. Aug. 16, 1862; res. Nashua; m., JIarch 10, 1S8C, Lora E. Bagley, who was b. June 17, 18G3. 434. Mary Hyde (Shipley), b. May 9, 1865 ; d. Jan. 23, 1867. 435. Katharine Maud (Shipley), b. June 8, 1871 ; d. Nov. 8, 1872. 436. Eui'-us (420), b. April 17, 1807; d. Jan. 12, 1873. At Phillips Exeter Acad., 1827-29 ; 3 yrs. at Dartmouth Coll., and 1 yr. at Yale, gradu- ating there 1833; 1833-39, in Kentucky, teacher 2 yrs. at GreensbUrg; studied and practised medicine, attending lectures at Lexington and at Louisville, where he graduated 1839 ; 1839-46, practised at Jeflferson City, Mo. ; in 1846-56, practised in Callaway Co., Mo., carrying on a farm mean- while; 1856, removed to Fulton in same co., where in 1863 he was appointed supt. of the State Insane Asylum there located ; this position he resigned in 1867 and removed to Pleasant Hill in Cass Co., where he spent the last years of his life. A city paper characterized him as " A member of the church 40 j-ears, a ruling elder 30 years;" "a learned, judicious and successful physician;" "decided in his opinions, firm in executing his designs, and punctual in the discharge of duty." He m., April 20, 1838, Mary B. Aiken of Greensburg, Ky., who d. Oct. 19, 1838; he in., 2d, Oct. 21, 1840, Mary Rebecca Hart of Jefferson City, who was b. in Va., Feb. 29, 1824, and d. Feb. 13, 1876. Children : 437. Charles Hale, b. May 17, 1843. Grad. Westminster Coll., Fulton, Mo., 1863 ; studied medicine at Bellevue Hospital College, New York City, graduating 1866 ; practised in several places, lastly at Pleasant Hill, Mo., whei'e he moved upon his father's death, to take charge of his practice. He subsequently became a civil engineer ; died. 438. Annie Curd (440), b. Sept. 18, 1846. 439. Caroline Hart (443), b. Aug. 16, 1849. 440. Annie Cujku (438), b. Sept. 18, 1846; m., Dec. 20, 1871, Allen M. Stearns, a grad. of Mich. Univ., and a lawyer; res., since 1873, at Kalamazoo, Mich. Children : 441. Clare Hart (Stearns), b. Jan. 14, 1873. 442. Eva Stanley (Stearns), b. June 14, 1874; d. 443. Caroline Haut (439), b. Aug. 16, 1849; m., Oct. 31, 1871, Elisha Stanley, who was engaged in banking business at Pleasant Hill, Mo., and d. March 20, 1875. She resides at Kalamanoo. Children : 444. Lester Abbot (Stanley), b. Aug. 9, 1872. 445. Abbot (Stanley), b. Nov. 28, 1873; d. Aug. 18, 1874. 446. Charles (421), b. Oct. 31, 1808; d. Dec. 22, 1878. At Exeter academy 3 yrs. and grad. Dart. Coll., 1833. Teacher at Nashua and else- where of private schools ; also teacher of vocal and instrumental music ; he taught numerous singing schools in different states ; settled in Newark, engaged in other business and d. there. He m., Feb. 10, 1848, Chastina C. Gove of Milford. Children : 447. Francis Guy Gove, b. Aug. 25, 1861. 448. Koy, b. .July 7, 1865; d. 546 HISTOKY OF WILTON. 449. Nancy (422), b. Feb. 24, 1810; d. Jan. 5, 1888. A teacher for ten terms. She rn., Aug. 18, 1831, Geo. M. Hayward of Milford, who was in business at Baltimore, Md. He d., Milford, April 7, 1810. She m., 2d, April 19, 1854, Henry Abbot of Lowell. Child : 450. Caroline Frances (Hayward), b. Feb. 6, 1836. 451. Betsy (297), b. Aug. 21, 1778; d.; m. Capt. Moses Wood. Cliildren : 452. Moses (Wood), b. June 13, 1812. 453. Elizabeth (Wood), b. May 15, 1814. 454. David (Wood), b. Aug. 31, 1816. 455. Catharine (Wood), b. Jan. 1, 1819. 45G. Betsy Emily (Wood), b. Jan. 1, 1821. 457. William (16), son of John (13), b. Jan. 14, 1748; d. jSTov. 30, 1793. He settled on lot No. 3, fifth range, where A. D. Abbot now lives, as early as 1770. By industry and prudence he made a good farm from the forest. He was a man of keen intellect, sagacious, well informed and of strict integrity ; of good influence in town and county ; a patron of learning, good order and religious institutions ; prominent in town affairs, serving as selectman, town clerk and representative; was a member of the state convention for adopting the U. S. Constitution, and aided much in its adoption ; and was a member of the convention for revising the N. H. Constitution. He m., Nov. 12, 1772, Phebe Ballard, who was b. Nov. 5, 1752, and d. Jan. 7, 1846. Children : 458. William (469), b. Nov. 15, 1773. 459. John (477), b. Oct. 6, 1775. 460. Timothy (480), b. Sept. 2, 1777. 461. Ezra, b. Aug. 10, 1779; d. Aug. 29, 1784. 462. Phebe, b. Aug. 11, 1781 ; d. Oct. 21, 1844. 463. Hermon, b. Aug. 13, 1783 ; d. July 24, 1825 ; two yrs. at Harv. Coll. ; physician, Belfast, Me. 464. Ezra (513), b. July 3, 1785. 465. Isaac, b. July 29, 1787 ; d. Nov. 7, 1788. 466. Hannah, b. July 17, 1789 ; m. John Mack of Amherst. See Mack gen. (19). 467. Betsy, b. Sept. 5, 1791 ; d. March 12, 1828 ; m. Dr. Timothy Park- hurst of Wilton. See Parkhurst gen. (17). 468. Isaac (528), b. Sept. 11, 1793. 469. William (458), b. Nov. 15, 1773 ; d. Aug. 26, 1849. Harv. Coll., 1797 ; a lawyer at Castine and Bangor, Me. ; member of convention for forming the Maine Constitution, and of the Legislature at organizing the government; first mayor of Bangor. He m., 1802, Rebelcah Atherton of Lancaster, Mass. Children : 470. William, b. March 23, 1803 ; d. Oct. 15, 1812. 471. Charles Jcftrey, b. Jan. 9, 1806; Bowd. Coll., 1825; lawyer at Castine; ra. S. A. Hook, who d. 1843, aged 30 yrs. ; m., 2d, at Glassboro, N. J., April 2, 1855, Mrs. Temperance J. Whitney of New Orleans. GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 547 472. Rebekah, b. Oct. 17, 1807 ; m. Dr. Thomas Barker o{ Prospect, Me. ; later of Bangor. 473. Ellen, b. March 30, 1810. 474. George H., b. Feb. 3, 1812 ; d., New Orleans, 1839. 475. William, b. Sept. 11, 1813 ; d., New Orleans, Sept. 3, 1837. 476. Francis, b. Nov. 7, 1816; res. Deer Isle; m. 477. John (459), b. Oct. 6, 1775 ; d. ; physician at Hampden and Ban- gor; m. Mary Hammond. Children: 478. Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1816. 479. John, b. Jan. 7, 1818. 480. Timothy (460), b. Sept. 2, 1777; d. Oct. 27, 1863. Settled on the homestead ; representative and senator in State Legislature ; a justice of the peace for very many years; :i man well informed by reading, reflection and observation, and universally respected. He tn., Nov. 4, 1812, Betsy, dau. of Dr. Ebeilezer Rockwood, who d. Oct. 6, 1846, aged 64 yrs. See Bockwood gen. (13). Children: 481. Maria, b. Aug. 8, 1813; d. Aug. 10, 1823. 482. William (487), b. May 16, 1815. 483. Betsy E. (498), b. Aug. 3, 1818. 484. Timothy, b. July 13, 1821 ; d. June 7, 1845. 485. Maria, b. Dec. 27, 1823 ; d. May 13, 1865. 486. Matilda, b. Dec. 12, 1828 ; m., Jan. 1, 1857, Levi Abbot (425). 487. William (482), b. May 16, 1815 ; farmer in Wilton ; m., Nov. 19, 1837, Lucy Abbot (424) . Children : 488. William Ellis, b. Dec. 10, 1841 ; d. Feb. 2, 1842. 489. Maria Louise, b. Dec. 4, 1843; m., Nov. 18, 1886, Wm. Berry, who was b. Feb. 12, 1850. 490. William Emery (491), b. April 28, 1847. 491. William Emery (490), b. April 28, 1847; a grocer; res. Wash- ington, D. C. ; m., Jan. 24, 1877, Hattie Eunice Gove of Washington, who was b. Sept. 11, 1854. Children : 492. Russell Gove, b. Dec. 10, 1878. 493. Louis Emery, b. Sept. 15, 1880; d. Aug. 16, 1881. 494. Arthur Hale, b. Dec. 8, 1881. 495. Ralph Thompson, b. Oct. 16, 1884. 496. Herbert Rockwood, b. Feb. 24, 1886 ; d. April 5, 1887. 497. Roland Emerson, b. Oct., 1887. 498. Betsy R. (483), b. Aug. 3, 1818; m., Oct. 29, 1844, Rev. Hiram Wason, who was b., New Boston, Dec. 18, 1814. He grad., Amherst Coll., 1838; studied theology at Andover and New Haven; settled as pastor of Presbyterian Ch. at Vevay, Ind., 1843-1857 ; and at West Creek Township, Lake Co., Ind., 1857-1864; since then has resided on his farm there. Children : 499. Timothy Abbot (Wason) (502), b. Sept. 23, 1845. 500. Nannie Rockwood (Wason) (505), b. June 9, 1851. 501. Maria Louise (Wason) (509), b. Dec. 18, 1853. 502. Timothy Abbot (Wason) (499), b. Sept. 23, 1845; m., Dec. 24, 548 HiSTOKY or wilton. 1873, Julia Bi-annon, who d. July 17, 1876; in., 2d., Emma S. Peach. Children : 503. Julia Bi-annon (Wason), b. July 16, 1876. 504. Henry Boyd (Wason), b. Aug. 1, 1887. 505. Nannie Kockwood (Wason) (500), b. June 9, 1851; m., Dec. 4, 1875, Edward P. Ames. Children : 506. Carlie Wasou (Ames), b. March 20, 1877. 507. Kayraond Hubbard (Ames), b. Feb. 14, 1879. 508. Edward Elbridge (Ames), b. June 25, 1881. 509. Maeia Louise (Wason) (501), b. Dec. 18, 1853; m.. May 7, 1881, Charles A. Burhaus. Children : 510. Mary Carr (Burhans), b. March 8, 1882. 511. Bessie Andrews (Burhaus), b. May 15, 1884. 512. Edith Louise (Burhaus), b. April 3, 1886. 513. Ezra (464), b. July 3, 1785 ; d. June 7, 1871. Settled in Jackson, Me. ; a farmer, and a justice of the peace. He ra., June 25, 1818, Phebe (29). dau. of Major Abicl Abbot of Wilton, who was b. June 25, 1788, and d. Nov. 25, 1825. Children : 514. Ezra Abbot, b. April 28, 1819; d. March 21, 1884. Bowd Coll., 1840 ; teacher at Foxcroft and East Machias, Me. ; in 1847 removed to Cambridge ; after some time spent in teaching, in pursuing private studies, and in rendering service in the libraries of Harv. Coll. and the Boston AtheniBum, was appointed, 1856, assist, librarian of Harv. Coll., and in 1872 Bussey Prof, of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation in the Divinity School ; a member of the American Oriental Society, 1852, and from 1853 its recording secretary; a member of Am. Acad, of Arts and Sciences, 1861 ; in 1871 chosen a member of the New Testament company for the revision of our English Bible. A. M., Bowd. Coll., 1843 ; A. M. (honorary), Harv. Coll., 1861; LL.D., Yale Coll., 1869; S. T. D., Harv. Coll., 1872; LL. D., Bowd. Coll., 1878; and vv'as tendered the degree of D. D. by the Univ. of Edinburgh at its tercentenary, but died before the date of celebration. He was noted for the extreme accuracy of his schol- arship, and for his great generosity in freely giving his assistance and time to all who sought his aid. He m., Dec. 7, 1843, Catharine Meder of Jackson, who d. July 25, 1847; m., 2d, Dec. 21, 1854, Emily Everett of Cambridge, dau. of Rev. Stevens Everett. 515. Phebe Dorcas Abigail (516), b. Oct. 28, 1822. 516. Phebe Doroas Abigail (515), b. Oct. 28, 1822; m., 1840, William Grout of Monroe, a farmer, who d. 1S45; m., 2d, 1855, Nathaniel Emmons Carpenter of Jackson, a farmer, who d. May 16, 1884. Children : 517. Abby Ann (Grout) (522), b. April 17, 1842; d. June, 1873. 518. Ruth W. (Carpenter), b. May 17, 1856; m., July, 1884, Frederick Wright of Jackson, a farmer. 519. Susanna (Carpenter) (526), b. Dec. 2, 1858. 520. Ezra Abbot (Carpenter), b. Nov. 20, 1861. 521. William (Carpenter), b. June 17, 1865; d. Sept. 17, 1865. 522. Abby Ann (Grout) (517), b. April 17, 1842; d. June, 1873; GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 549 111., Sept., 1865, Thomas Warren of Jackson, a stone cutter. Children: 623. Abbot (Warren), b. July 3, 1866. . 624. Catharine (Warren), b. Jan. 2, 1870. 625. Thomas (Warren), b. April 17, 1871. 526. Susanna (Carpenter) (519), b. Dec. 2, 1858; in., March 14, 1880, Frederic 11. Brown of Jackson, a tanner. Child : 527. Emily Abbot (Brown), b. Sept. i), 1882. 528. Isaac (468), b. Sept. 11, 1793; d. March 9, 1851. He settled in Jackson, Me. ; a land surveyor and farmer. He m., Julj' 16, 1814, Chloe Bales of Wilton. See Bales gen. (10). Children: 529. Mary Jane (540), b., Wilton, Oct. 25, 1815. 530. Phebe Susan, b. May 24, 1818. 531. David Sears, b. May 1, 1820. 632. Emily, b. April 23, 1822 ; d. Aug. 10, 1825. 533. Isaac Prentiss, b. April 11, 1824; d. Aug. 22, 1825. 534. Isaac Prentiss (546), b. March 1, 1826. 535. Emily (648), b. Oct. 24, 1828. 536. George Junius, b. Dec. 3, 1830; d. Nov. 3, 1883. 537. Chloe Amelia, b. June 1, 1833; m., Dec. 17, 1861, Unity, Me., Sumner W. Hall, who was b., Athens, Me., April 6, 1826, and d., Chicago, 111., June 5, 1883. 638. Timothy, b. Aug. 18, 1836; d. Aug. 3, 1855. 539. William, b. Feb. 5, 18,39; d. 1863. 540. Mary Jane (529), b., Wilton, Oct. 23, 1815; m., Jan. 1, 1835, Allen Davis of Standish, Me., who was b. Dec. 31, 1810, and d. Dec. 26, 1874; res. in Brooks, Me. Children: 541. Charles Allen (Davis), b. March 4, 1836. 542. Sarah (Davis), b. May 3, 1839. 543. Chloe Abbot (Davis), b. June 30, 1843. 544. Emily (Davis), b. March 17, 1847 ; d. March 25, 1874. 545. Mary Ellen (Davis), b. July 9, 1854. 546. Isaac Prentiss (634), b. March 1, 1826 ; res., Milford ; m. Jane L. Hutchinson, who was b. Oct. 12, 1831. See Hutchinson gen. (76) . Children : 547. George A., b. Aug. 9, 1859. Two other children have died. 548. Emily (635), b. Oct. 24, 1828; m., July 1, 1855, Loren Fletcher. Children : 549. Fremont Charles (Fletcher), b. June 1, 1856. 560. Mary Emily (Fletcher), b. Dec. 10, 1857. 551. Willis Bales (Fletcher), b. Jan. 22, 1860. 552. Allen Davis (Fletcher), b. Aug. 18, 1864; d. 553. Frederic (Fletcher), b. May 10, 1870- 554. Benjamin (3), eighth child of George Abbot (1), was b. Dec. 20, 1661 ; d. March 30, 1703 ; res. Andover, Mass. He m., April 22, 1685, Sarah Farnum. Their second child was : 555. Jonathan, b. Sept., 1687; d. March 21, 1770; m., 1713, Zerviah Holt. Among their children were : 550 HISTORY OF WILTON. 656. Jonathan (559), b. Dec. 14, 1714. 657. Job (570), b. Oct. 14, 1724. 568. Samuel (590), b. Oct. 1, 1727. 559. Jonathan (55G), b. Dec. 14, 1714; d. May 21, 1794. Ees. Andover. He m., 1739, Martha Lovejoy; m., 2d, Mary Abbot. His second child was : 560. William, b. .Ian. 21, 1746; d. Oct., 1807; succeeded John Steele on the farm in Wilton owned by the late Zebadiah Abbot. He m. Sarah Holt. Children : 561. Hannah, b., Andover, Mass., May 27, 1767; m. Capt. Daniel Heald of Temple, N. H. 562. Sarah, b., Andover, June .3, 1769 ; m. Ezra Upton ; n. ch. 563. Martha, b., Wilton, Dec. 11, 1772; m. Elisha Child of Temple. 564. Molly, b. April 5, 1775; d. Aug. 20, 1777. 565. WilUam (567), b. Jan. 7, 1779. 566. Molly, b. April 23, 1782; d. June, 1806; m. Sauwel Tufts of Maiden. 567. William (565), b. Jan. 7, 1779; d. May, 1843. Succeeded his father on the farm but sold out in a few years and moved to Maiden, Mass. He m., Jan. 24, 1799, Rebecca Batchelder, who was b. Dec. 20, 1775, and d. 1805. See Batchelder gen. (9). He m., 2d, June 4, 1806, Apphia Tyler, who was b. Nov. 22, 1784, and d. Sept. 29, 1806. See Tyler gen. (3). He m., 3d, 1807,- Abigail . Children : 568. William, b., Wilton, June 23, 1800. 569. Nathan, b., Wilton, .July 11, 1808, and nine more, names unknown. 570. Job (557), b. Oct. 14, 1724; d. Settled in Pembroke. Among his children were : 571. Sarah, b. July, 1751 ; m. Abiel Holt of Temple. See Abiel Holt gen. (1). She d., Wilton, Oct. 9, 1854, in the family of her grandson, aged 103 yrs. and 3 mos. 572. Job (573), b. 1755. 573. Job (572), b. 1755 ; d. July 12, 1805. Settled in Wilton. He m., 1780, Anna Ballard. Children : 574. Samuel, b. May 14, 1781 ; d. April, 1782. 575. Samuel, b. July 15, 1783 ; settled in Dexter, Me. ; m. Sarah Palmer. Eight children. 576. Anna, b. July 22, 1785 ; d. May 9, 1828. 577. James, b. March 14, 1787; d. May 6, 1807. 578. Sarah, b. April 7, 1789 ; d. Dec. 1, 1821; m. Capt.. Abel Abbot, son of her father's brother, Nathan. 579.' Mary Foster, b. April 18, 1791 ; d. Oct. 28, 1828 ; m. Dea. Paschal Abbot, son of her father's brother, Nathan. 580. William Ballard, b. July 9, 1793 ; d. 581. Job, b. Aug. 15, 1795 ; d. Oct. 15, 1819. 582. Timothy Ballard (587), b. Aug. 11, 1797. 583. Abigail, b. .Tan. 3, 1799 ; d. July 15, 1822. 584. Lydia, b. Aug. 18, 1800; d. May, 1826; m. Joshua Abbot, son of her father's brother, Nathan. GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 551 586. Fanny, b. Jan. 7, 1802; m., 1823, Benj. E. Downes, Andover. Seven children. 586. Son, b. and d. 1804. 587. TmOTHY Ballaru (582), b. Aug. 11, 1797; d. Nov. 22, 1820; m., April 6, 1819, Abigail Wilson. See Wilson gen. (6). Children : 588. Abigail Ann, b., Andover, Mass., Sept. 24, 1819. 589. Timothy Ballard, b., Wilton, X. H., June 3, 1821. 590. Samuel (558), b. Oct. 1, 1727; in. and settled in Pembroke. Among his children was : 591. Samuel, b. Sept. 10, 1749 ; settled in Society Land; ni. Ehoda Blanchard. One of his children : 592. Pamela, b. Dec. 7, 1796, is recorded in Wilton town records. 593. Timothy (4), ninth child of George Abbot (1), b. Nov. 17, 1663; d. Sept. 9, 1730. In 1676 he was taken by the Indians and was retained by them a number of months ; he was brought back by a squaw, having suiferedmuch from hunger. He m., Jan., 1690, Hannah Graves, who d. Nov. 16, 1726. Among his children was : 594. Timothy, b. July 1, 1693 ; d. July 10, 1766 ; m., Dec, 1717, Mary Foster. Among his children was : 595. Nathan, b. Jan. IS, 1729; d. ; m., 1759, J.ane Paul, who d. May 28, 1772 ; lived in Wilton awhile. Children : 596. Timothy, b. Oct. 15, 1762. 597. Asa, b. Jan. 24, 1765. 598. Nathan, b.. Feb. 13, 1767. 599. Mary, b. May 14, 1769. 600. Martha, b. April 12, 1771. 601. Nathaniel (5), twelfth child of George Abbot (1), was b. July 15, 1671 ; d. Dec. 12, 1749. Res. Andover, Mass. He m., Nov. 1, 1695, Dorcas Hibbert, who d. Feb. 7, 1743. Their fourth child was : 602. Joseph, b. Feb. 2, 1705; d., Wilton, Aug. 23, 1787. Removed to Wilton from Andover about 1776. " Deacon ; a man of great simplicity and sound piety. For many years he tuned the psalm and Dea. Isaac Abbot, his cousin, read it line by line." He m., Aug. 12, 1731, Deborah Blanchard, who d. July, 1773. Of fourteen children, eight died young ; the other six, named below, all came to Wilton : 603. Bathsheba, b. Sept. 16, 1735 ; d. Dec, 1784. She m., July 2, 1752 Nathan Blanchard. See Blanchard gen. (11). 604. Hannah, b. June 15, 1742 ; d. 1800 ; m. Lieut. Timothy Dale of Wilton. 605. Joseph (609), b. April 2, 1744. 606. Jacob (618), b. March 22, 1746. 607. Nathaniel (630), b. Sept. 26, 1751. 608. Rebecca, b. June 19, 1754 ; d. June, 1796 ; m., 1775, Daniel Batch- elder. See Batchelder gen. (8). 552 HISTORY OF WILTON. G09. Joseph (COS), b. April 2, 1744; d. 1792. A farmei- in Andover, JIass., and in Wilton and Nelson. He m. Mary Barker. Children : 610. Joseph, b. Nov. G, 170.3; d. ; res. Keene; ra., .Tune 10, 17Sr), Betsj- King. See King gen. (3). Oil. Joshua, b. Nov. .0, 176.5 ; res. Nelson; m., Jul}' 26, 178."), Huldah Abbot of Andover. 612. James, b. Feb. 2, 1768; a. .July, 1810. Res. Billeriea, Mass. He m., Feb. 20, 1791, Mehitable Holt. See Holt gen. (111). 613. Israel, b. Jan. 29, 1771; d. Feb. 26, 1831. Res. Charlestown. He in., May 1, 1789, Alice Baker of Nelson. 614. Molly, b. June IS, 1773 ; m. Levi Warren of Nelson. 615 liuey, b. July 18, 177.5 ; m. Pepperell Skinner of Nelson, N. H. 616. Isaac, b. Aug. 3, 1778; d. Oct. 17, 1781. 617. Jedediah, b. Aug. 20, 1780; of upper Canada and Sraithville, Chenango Co., N. Y. 618. Jacob (606), b. March 22, 1746; d. March 5, 1820. He moved to Wilton and made a farm; sold it about 1776 to his brother .loseph; traded at Wilton Centre; employed in town business; first representative to General Court; first justice of the peace; Justice of court of common pleas; state councillor ; moved to Andover; assisted Hon. Sam. Phillips in his business; trustee of Phillips Academy; moved, 1797, to Concord, N. H., aud traded; represented Concord 3 yrs. in General Court; moved, 1802, to Brunswick, Me. ; onboard of overseers of Bowdoin Coll.; State Senator; d. in Brunswick. He m., 1767, Lydia Stevens, who d. June, 1821, aged 75 yrs. Children: 619. Lydia, b. and d. June 1, 1769. 620. Lydia, b. May 1. 1771; m. Thomas Russell of Temple, Me. See Russell gen. (13). Twelve eh. 621. Hannah, b. July 31, 1772; d. May 10, 1786. 622. Phebe, b. June 25, 1774; m. Benj. Abbot (150) of Temple, Me- Fourteen ch. 623. Jacob (629), b. Oct. 21, 1776. 624. Dorcas Hibbert, b. Sept. 6, 1778; d. Dec. 29, 1778. 625. Salva, b. Sept. 7, 1778; d. Sept. 15, 1778. 626. John S., b. Nov. 25, 1779; d. June 9, 1809; Harv. Coll., 1801. 627. Lucy, b. April 19, 1781 ; m. Rev. Daniel Campbell of Orford ; n. ch. 628. Dorcas Hibbert, b. Feb. 21, 1784; d. Aug. 14, 1784. 629. Jacob (623), b. Oct. 21, 1776; d. A merchant in Concord, N. H., and Brunswick, Me., and a farmer at Weld and Farmington, Me. He m., April 8, 1798, Betsy Abbot. Among their children were Rev. Jacpb Abbott, author of the Rollo Books, etc.; Rev. .John S. C. Abbott, author of Life of Napoleon, etc.; Kev. Gorham D. xVbbott, a noted teacher; Charles Edward Abbott, a teacher; and Rev. Samuel P. Abbott. 630. Nathaniki. (607), b. Sept. 26, 1751; d. March, 1791 ; shoemaker and farmer at Wilton; m., 1773, Sarah Stevens. Children : 631. Nathaniel, b. June 5, 1774; d. .July 11, 1774. 632. Sarah, b. Oct. 12. 1775; m., Oct. 5, 1790, Abijah Keyes of Pelham, N. H. See Keyes gen. (18). HELIOTVPt PRIMING C0.,bOa" GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 553 G33. Phebe; in. Ephraim Abbot of Brunswick, Me. 034. Dorcas, d. July 0, 1811. 635. Hannah. «3C. Peter ; settled in Bedford. 637. Nathaniel, b. Nov., 1791 ; settled in Bedford. 038. Joseph (8), son of John (6), b. Dec. 29, 167G; d. Jan. 9, 1757; res. Andover, Mass. ; m., 1722, Hannah Allen. Among his children was : 639. Joseph, lived with his father; m. Anna Peabody, who d. May 20, 176G. Among his children were : 640. Lydia, b. Oct. 2.3, 17.5.3; d. Sept. 20, 1826; m. Maj. Samuel Love- joy. See William Lovejoy geu. (5). 641. Joseph (642), b. Feb. 16, 1758. 642. Joseph (641), b. Feb. 16, 17.-)S; d. 1835. He lived in Wilton for a time, but removed, about 1794, to Andover, Vt. He m., Dec. 30, 1784, Lucy King. See King gen. (2). Children: 643. Benuing King, b. Dec. 29, 1785; res. Weston, Vt. ; m. 1807; 5 ph. 644. Asa, b. March 30, 1788. 645. Luther, b. 1790; lived in Andover, Vt. ; 6 ch. 646. Lucy, b. 1793. 647. Sally, b. 1796. 648. Betsy, b. 1799. 649. Stephen (9), son of John (6), b. March 10, 1078; d. May 27, 1766; res. Andover, Mass.; in., 1708, Sarah Stevens, who d. Jan., 1751, aged 69. Among their children was: 650. Stephen, b. 1709 ; d. Nov., 1708 ; m., 1743, Mary Abbot. Among their children was : 651. George,, b. June 13,1756; d. Nov., 1829; lived in Wilton and Salem; m., 1779, Kebecca Blanchard. Children: 652. Samuel, b. Nov. 2, 1779. 653. Rebecca, b. .June 17, 1781 ; d. Feb. 10. 1801. 654. Sarah Stevens, b. June 12, 1783 ; m. Geu. David Putnam of Salem. 655. George, b. July 17, 1785. 656. Ephraim, b. Sept. 27, 1787; d., Zanesville, O., 1822; m. Sarah Cheever. 657. Elizabeth Kneeland, b. Dee. 29, 1789. 658. Stephen, b. April 2, 1792; d. 1800. 659. Marah, b. Aug. 11, 1794; m. Nathan Putnam. 660. Babachias (12), son of John (10), b. May 14, 1707; d. Oct. 2, 1784. Res. Andover, Mass. He m., 1733, Hannah Holt, who d. Aug. 2, 1775. Of twelve children the three named below settled in Wilton : 661. Hannah, b. May 29, 1737; d. Nov., 1S12; m., April 21, 1756, Jere- miah Holt. See Holt gen. (74). 662. Barachias (664), b. June 2, 1739. 554 HISTORY OF WILTON. 663. Timothy, b. June 3, 1747 ; killed, March 30, 1772, "hy a fall in Maj. Abiel Abbot's barn. 664. Barachias (662), b. June 2, 1739; d. Jan. 29, 1812. Removed to Wilton, 1786, and settled on a farm which had been previouslj' cleared and carried on for several years by hiring labor. He m. Sarah Holt, who was b. March 18, 1747. Children : 665. Barachias (672), b. Dec. 20, 1771. 666. Timothy (685), b. March 20, 1773. 667. Joel, b. April 29, 1775 ; d. May 7, 1775. 668. Joel (700), b. Oct. 6, 1776. 669. Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1779 ; d. Oct. 19, 1858. 670. James (716), b. May 30, 1780. 671. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1784; d. April 5, 1854. 672. Barachias (665), b. Dec. 20, 1771; settled at Landgrove, Vt. ; m., Jan. 18, 1798, Anna,Colbm-n at Temple. Children : 673. Anna, b. March 18, 1799; m. A. Lawrence of Peru, Vt. 674. Cynthia, b. Jan. 25, 1801; d. Oct., 1841; ra. C. W. Thomas of Peru. 675. Elias, b. May 2, 1802 ; m. Mary Holt. 676. Daniel, b. Aug. 17, 1803 ; d. July 12, 1828. 677. Eunice, b. Jan. 21, 1805; m. George Chase. 678. Nathan, b. Oct. 10, 1807; m. Phebe Brown. 679. Lydia, b. Oct. 10, 1809; m. E. G. Chase. 680. Sarah, b. May 4, 1811 ; d. Sept., 1835. 681. Hannah, b. July 12, 1813 ; d. Oct. 19, 1829. 682. Mehitabel, b. June 25, 1815 ; d. March, 1835. 683. Timothy, b. and d. 1817. 684. James, b. July 26, 1818. 685. Timothy (666), b. March 20, 1773; d. Jan. 1,1837; lived with his father; ra. Polly Bancroft, who d. Feb., 1852. Children : 686. Kendall Bancroft, b. Feb. 5, 1803 ; saddler and farmer at Mout tague, Mass.; m. Harriet Severance; 2 ch. 687. James Holt, b. March 31, 1804; d. Sept. 19, 1804. 688. James Holt, b. July 0, 1805; d., Montague, Dec, 1830. 689. Son, b. and d. March, 1807. 690. Henry (693), b. Aug. 7, 1808. 691. Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1810; d. Nov. 23, 1866. 692. Timothy, b. Dec. 7, 1814; d. May 10, 1816. 693. Henry (690), b. Aug. 7, 1808; res. in Wilton, Chelmsford, Amherst, Mass., and Lowell; m. Caroline Abbot (423), who was b. Oct. 1, 1811, and d. Oct. 6, 1852; m., 2d, April 19, 1854, Mrs. Nancy (Abbot) Ilayward, sister of his first wife. Children : 694. Ellen, b. Nov. 2, 1833 ; d. Nov. 15, 1833. 695. Albert Harrison, b. July 1, 1835 ; d. Nov. 5, 1836. C96. Albert Henry, b. June 28, 1837. 697. James Horace, b. March 26, 1841. 698. Emily Caroline, b. Feb. 18, 1843; d. March 7, 1S54. 699. William Garrison, b. June 27, 1846 ; d. Dec. 16. 1863. GENEALOGIES : ABBOT. 555 700. Joel (668), b. Oct. 6, 1776; d. March 26, 1863; carpenter and farmer; a justice of the peace; m., March 24, 1803, Judith Ray Batch- elder, who d. May 1, 1855. See Batchelder gen. (H). Children : 701. Fanny, b. July 25, 1804; d. May 25, 1849. 702. John (708), b. July .30, 1805. 703. Rebekah Jane, b. Aug. 5, 1807 ; d. Aug. 28, 1864. 704. James Madison, b. May 30, 1810 ; d. July 5, 1837. 705. Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1812; d. Aug. 15, 1813. 706. George Clinton, b. Oct. 30, 1817 ; d. Feb. 3, 1839. 707. Harvey L. (712), b. Dec. 23, 1823. 708. John (702), b. July 30, 1805; d. May 10, 1848; m. Sally Brown oTE So. Reading, Mass., who d. April 11, 1840. Children : 709. Eliza Brown. 710. John Byron, b. 1833 ; d. Wov. o, 1851. 711. Irving. 712. Harvey Lafayette (707), b. Dec. 23, 1823; m., July 4, 185G, Mrs. Amanda Louise (Wilson) Livingston, who was b. April 12, 1829. Children : 713. William Lafayette, b. April 23, 1857 ; d. April 19, 1885. 714. Jennie Louise, b. Oct. 12, 1859; m., Jan. 4, 1888, David Manning Potter, who was b. in Nova Scotia, June 14, 1866. 715. George Edmund, b. Oct. 12, 1861. 716. James (670), b. May 30, 1780; d. Oct., 185S; lived in'Andover, Mass. ; m. Mary Foster. Children : 717. Mary, b. Nov. 4, l8lO; d. Aug., 1857. 718. James Holt, b. Sept. 11, 1812. 719. Sarah, b. July 23, 1814. 720. Barachias H., b. July 24, 1816. 721. Dorcas, b. June 14, 1818. 722. Phebe Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1820. 723. Timothy, b. Aug. 13, 1823. 724. Hannah, b. Feb. 28, 1826. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES. We have not obtained the genealogies of several families, who either have been in the past, or are now, residents of Wilton. This applies especially to the early settlers. It also applies to families of the factory operatives, to some transient residents, and to some who have removed from town. It still further may apply to some established families of citizens, who, owing to our neglect or their own, have not been enrolled in our genealogical catalogue. We 556 HISTORY OF WILTON. early issued a priuted card, and after that a circular, calling upon all to communicate their family record or genealog}'. We had hoped they would do so without further entreaty. BAILEY FAMILY. This family lived iu the southwest part of the town, near the Gold- smith place, iu a one-story house, which has long since been taken down. One dau. is remembered by the name of Hitty. DILLON FAMILY. 1. Thomas II. Dillon came with his father's family to \Vilton, and was engaged several years iu trade at East Wilton. He had several brothers, William, John, and others, whose names we have not ascertained, and one sister. He m. Anna Woodbridge. He has res. in several places ; Washington, D. C, Waterbury, Conn., Meadvillo, Penn., but at present is in the grocery business in Xashua. He has one dau., Alice M. William Dillon and Michael A. Dillon were in the army in the late war. DOE FAMILY. 1, George I. Doe and wife reside in the north part of Wilton on a model place, of which an illustration is given in this volume. Mr. Doe was selectman from 1885 to 1887. HASKELL FAMILY. 1. Haskell & Whitney was a familiar firm for many j'ears before Joseph Newell came to town. Mr. Haskell m. and had several children. After the death of his first wife he m. a second wife, who d. soon after marriage. He removed from Wilton to Fitchburg. HAYWAED FAMILY. 1. Nehemiaii Hayward came to Wilton as a trader about 1820, and occupied the premises in Wilton Centre where is now the home of Mr. George A. Newell. He afterwards lived on the farm just this side of Pine valley. The children were: Nehemiah, Lucretia, Jonas, Rebecca and George, if our memory does not fail us. All the family long ago removed from town. George m. a Miss Abbot of Wilton. Lucretia m. a Mr. Blanchard and res. in Milford, O. Some of tlie children lived in Baltimore. We have not been able to trace them farther. QUADE FAMILY'. 1. Lorenzo Quade, b. March 13, 1830, son of Samuel Qunde of lloUis. He came to AVilton in Sept., 1872, as a freight agent of the Boston & Lowell Railroad. He m., Jan. 24, 1855, Ellen M. Patch of Ilollis. Child : 2. Charles L., b. Hollis, Dec. 11, 185G; d. Nov. 30, 1872. GENEALOGIES : WOODBKIDGE. 557 STICKNEY FAMILY. 1. Henry Stickney and wife live at the East village. She is engaged in the dress-making business. WHITNEY FAMILY. 1. Pliny Whitney v/a.s a trader in company with Mr. Haskell at Wilton Centre for several years. He afterwards removed to Milford, where he m. and had several children. He d. many years ago. WINN FAMILY. This family lived at West Wilton, but we have no record of its members. They long ago left town. WOODBKIDGE FAMILY. 1. Samuel Woodbriuge lived in the house in Wilton Centre formerly the home of Dr. Timothy Parkhurst. Mr. Woodbridge d. many years ago, but his widow resides with. her brother in Mass. Their dau. Anna m. Thomas H. Dillon and res. in Nashua. They have one dau., Alice M. APPENDIX 1 (See Page 108.) In the extract from the Revolutionary War Rolls, given below, Mr. Hammond gives some account of the measures taken by the state of New Hampshire to check the advance of General Burgoyne : In consequeuce of the evacuation of Ticonderoga by the Americans, and the southerly movement of the British force under Burgoyne threatening the subjugation of New England, the Committee of Safety of this state decided, on the 14th of July, 1777, to call the Legislature together for con- sultation, and accordingly sent notices to the members, requesting them to meet on the 17th of that month. In answer to the summons, the Council and House of Eepresentatives met on the day appointed and immediately resolved themselves into a committee of the whole to join the Committee of Safety for a conference. The state was at that time destitute of money and means, and had done all that the citizens generally supposed it could do in furnishing troops ; but the alternative was before them, of assisting to check the advance of Burgoyne's army by sending a force to Vermont, or of having the battle- field of the future transferred to their own territory. On the second day of this special session the committee of the whole recommended that the militia of the state be divided into two brigades, the first to comprise the regiments in the eastern portion of the state and to be under the command of Brigadier-General William Whipple ; the second to comprise those in the western portion of the state and to be under the command of Briga- dier-General John Stark. The committee also recommended that four companies of rangers be raised in the second brigade to scout on the frontiers, under the orders of General Stark. These recommendations were adopted by the Legislature the same day. Letters from Ira Allen, secretary of the Council of Safety of Vermont, earnestly entreating that troops be sent to their assistance, were then read in committee of the whole, of which Meshech Weare was chairman. The matter of furnishing men was fully discussed, and it was generally conceded that the exigency of the occasion required the raising and forwarding of a portion of the militia at once. The main question was as to obtaining money to pay and equip them. The treasury of the state was em^jty, and no way of replenishing it presented itself until the patriotic John Langdon arose, APPENDIX. . 559 and said: " I have oue thousand dollars* in hard money. I will pledge my i)late for three thousand more. I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which I will sell for the most it will bring. They are at the service of the state. If we succeed in defending our firesides and our homes, I may be remunerated. If we do not, then the property will be of no value to me. Our friend Stark, who so nobly maintained the honor of our state, at Bunker Hill, may safely be entrusted with the honor of the enterprise, and we will check the progress of Burgoyue.'' This patriotic offer was received with enthusiasm, and the Legislature at once voted that one- fourth of Stark's brigade and one-fourth of Thornton's, Badger's and Webster's regiments of General Whipple's brigade be drafted and marched immediately for the defence of this and the neighboring states. This force was to be under the command of General Stark, who accepted the commission with the understanding that he was to exercise his own judg- ment in the management of his troops, and be accountable to and take orders from the authorities of New Hampshire, and no other. A draft was unnecessary; men enlisted with alacrity, and were forwarded to Charlestown (No. 4) by detachments, that place having been designated for rendezvous. As soon as five hundred men had arrived in Charlestown the impetuous Stark moved on with them to Manchester, Vt., leaving orders for others to follow. They reached, the place August 7th, were reinforced by some of the " Green Mountain Boys," and received informa- tion of the intention of the enemy to capture the stores at Bennington. Gen. Stark pressed foi-ward and reached that town on the 9th, accom- panied by Col. Seth Warner. The battle occurred on .the 16th, and the result, as is well known, cheered and encouraged the Americans, dis- heartened the enemy, and led to the surrender of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga on the 17th of October following. APPENDIX II. ECCLESIASTICAL PROCEEDINGS. In the following extract, taken from the town records, those churches are specified which were to assist in the services held at the ordination of Rev. Jonathan Livermore. See page 130 : It was voted that Wednesday, the 14th of December [1763], shall be the day of the ordination of the Eev. Mr. Livermore. It was voted to send to the following churches to assist in the ordina- tion of Mr. Livermore: Mr. Livermore nominated the first church in Lan- caster, the first and second churches in Westborough and the church in Billerica. The town nominated the church of Amherst, the church of ♦Some historians say three thousand dollars. 560 HISTOET OF WILTON. Hollis, the church of Pepperell, the church of Townsend and the church of Ipswich in this Province. COVENANT. The following is the covenant of the First Congregational Church, used by Kev. Jonathan Livermore, 1763-1777, and referred to on page 133 : You now solemnly and publicly give up yourself to God in an everlast- ing covenant; avouching the Lord Jehovah to be your God, the Lord Jesus Christ to be your Saviour and the Holy Spirit to be your sanctifler. You promise to take the holy Word of God for the man of your coun- sel, declaring that you fix your hopes and expectations on the promises, and, through divine grace enabling you, you will live according to the instructions therein exhibited, obeying all the precepts and complying with all the ordinances therein enjoined. You enter particularly into covenant with this church, engaging to hold communion with it in all the ordinances of the Gospel, especially baptism and the Lord's supper, and promise to submit to its discipline, wherein it observes the laws of Christianity given by Christ and His Apostles, and, as far as God shall enable you, you will live in the con- stant practice of all Christian duties, secret, private, public and social; that you will love God, honor the King and do good to all men, especially to the household of faith. I promise in the name of the church that we will watch over you, not for your halting, but for your edification and comfort, praying that we and you may be built up together a spiritual house, and may ofiier spiritual sacrifices holy and acceptable to God, and that we may finally meet together in His heavenly kingdom. APPENDIX III. SONG AT THE CENTENNIAL, 1S39. The following song was composed by Miss Sarah W. Livermore, as descriptive of the manners and customs of tlie early time, and was sung Sept. 2.5, 1839, at the Centennial celebration of the settle- ment of the town, by Solomon K. Livermore, Esq., of Milford : This town was all a forest deep One hundred years ago, sir. The vales were low, the hills were steep, And rivers wandered through, sir. APPENDIX. 561 A few brave men, a pilgrim band, Sought this far-ott" location ; — They saw it was a goodly land, And here they fixed their station. Chokus : Yankee Doodle, here's the place, Yankee Doodle Dandy. We like the right old-fashioned ways. They are so good and handy. n. From time to time the settlers came, And many a spot was built on ; At length the town must have a name. And so they called it Wilton. Xow wake the harp, and tune the lyre. To sing of ancient days, sir ; This rural theme the song inspire To sound old Wilton's i)raise, sir. Choeus : Yankee Doodle, &c. Those good old days our fathers saw Has fashion strangely altered ; From customs good, which then were law, Have many widely faltered ; The aged now remember when All country folks must labor, And all who lived around were then To all a friend and neighbor. Chokus : Yankee Doodle, this was right, Yankee Doodle Dandy. It helped to make the labor light When neighbors were so handy. In homespun were the people dressed, Of woolen, tow or linen ; Their Sunday suits, which were the best, Were neatly made by women. 562 HISTOKY OF WILTON. And women then could wash and bake, And also were good spinners ; The maids could ply the hoe and rake, While matrons cooked the dinners. Chorus : Yankee Doodle, &c. No draught from China's sultry land At morning meals was seen, sir; The black cow » gave a beverage bland, Few drank tea, black or green, sir ; And coftee was not tasted then. To make their cares seem lighter. Although 'tis true that most good men Thought rum would make them brighter. Chorus : Yankee Doodle, here we meet, Yankee Doodle Dandy, With goodly cheer our friends to greet. But not with rum and brandy. Our fathers raised a house of prayer, When few there were to build it. And every Sabbath, foul or fair. The people nobly filled it ; To meeting went both young and old, 'Twas then but little trouble. For none would keep a horse, we're told, That could not carry double. Chorus : Yankee Doodle, &c. So all on horse-back then did ride. Unless they went by sledding,t And e'en the bridegroom and the bride Rode double to the wedding.J * The milk of the black cow was a quaint name for bean porridge. t Sleighs were not in use; people rode to meeting in winter on sleds. X It was the custom for the bride to ride behind the bridegroom to the minister's house where the ceremony was performed. APPENDIX. 563 And though the girls, we're told 'tis true, Could not then dance cotillons, We know that all the country through They used to ride on pillions. Chorus : Yankee Doodle, all could dance, Yankee Doodle Dandy, No master then was brought from France To make them skip more handy. VIII. Aud now the times we say improve, And learning is more plenty ; At railroad pace the people move, And when they're five and twenty They've gone the rounds of learned lore, Are fit for any station ; « Then quickly pass, are seen no more, And thus goes on the nation. Chorus : Yankee Doodle, &c. This season be a landmark strong. To guide us on our way, sir, Aud as we pass through life along, Let us not go astray, sir ; To good old days we'll bid adieu. And so we'll travel on, sir ; We'll wish for all, good hearts and true, Aud will wind up our song, sir. Chorus : Yankee Doodle, let us sing, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Old time is ever on the wing, Improve it while it's handy. APPENDIX IV. The freshet, which is recorded on page 187, cost Wilton at least $60,000. The consideration which the town received was not, as was there stated, in the form of a remission of taxes. But it was 564 HISTORY OF WILTON. effected in the following way : Hon. Chas. H. Burns, looking up an old statute law, saw a provision was made for such public losses, and he brought a suit, by which Wilton should be paid a bonus for her great losses. It was on the principle that in the case of great public calamities, the burden should be borne not by one member of the commonwealth, but should be shared by all. The case was appealed from the Court of Common Pleas to the Supreme Bench of the state. The suit was considered by many as a very absurd one, much ridicule was expended upon it, and Mr. Burns was even appealed to by the authorities of the town to withdraw it from further action, lest it should entail a bill of expense. Whereupon he promised to assume all risks, and was eventually sustained by the decision of the supreme judges, and ten thousand dollars was paid Wilton froni the county treasury. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES. BAKEE FAMILY. 1. Benjamin Baker came to Wilton and lived in the Rockwood house, which he purchased. He removed from here to Boston, where he d. While in Wilton he represented the town for a year or more in the State Legislature, and was a prominent member of the Unitarian Society at Wilton. His first wife d. and he m. a second wife. He had two or three children, but we have not ascertained their names. BLANCHARD FAMILY. The item " 66, Hannah," on page 320, should read as follows : 66. Hannah, b. Jan. 18, 1815; m., July 20, 1858, Lyman Morse of Boston, who was b. July 25, 1806, and d. Aug. 28, 1875. She res. in Wilton. The following account of the children and grandchildren of Isaac (76) is more correct than that given on page 321 : 77. Eliza Ann (84), b. Sept. 1, 1838. 78. Albert Osgood, b. Aug. 3, 1840; d. Sept. 20, 1865. 79. Henry Newton (87), b. Aug. 26, 1842. 80. Charles Frederic, b. Jan. 28, 1845; m., Oct. 7, 1868, Nellie A. Eaton. Apothecary, Lowell, Mass. 81. Frank Clark (90), b. Dec. 1, 1847. 82. Clara Frances, b. Dec. 28, 1850 ; d. Feb. 6, 1870. 83. William Herbert, b. Feb. 11, 1856. 84. Eliza Ann (77), b. Sept. 1, 1838 ; m., 1857, Oliver Whiting Blood ; m., 2d, Nov. 29, 1864, Charles F. Barrett. Children : 85. Fannie Louise (Blood), b. Dec. 16, 1860. 86. Walter Kimball (Barrett), b. Nov. 23, 1860. 87. Henry Nkwton (79), b. Aug. 26, 1842; m., Dec. 17, 1868, Nancy Helen Burton. See Burton gen. (87). Children : 88. Isaac Henry, b. April 15, 1872. 89. Benjamin Herbert, b. Dec. 28, 1876 ; d. Aug. 5, 1888. 90. Frank Clark (81), b. Dee. 1, 1847; m., March 6, 1879, Abbie Jane Melendy. See Melendy gen. (14). Child: 91. Ernest Frank, b. May 22, 1881. 566 HISTORY OF WILTON. FOSTER FAMILY. 1. Newell D. Fosteb lives iu East Wilton, in a fine house, with highly oi-uamented grounds. He has heen engaged iu the tin business. He has been ra. twice, and had three children by his first wife, and two by his second wife. 1. S. Kimball Foster, brother- of the above Newell D. Foster, does business at East Wilton as a tinman. He m. Mrs. Hattie E. (Hood) Needham. Children: 2. Warren E., b. July 1, 1867. Works with his father. 3. E. Scott, b. Jan., 1869; 4. Fred. K., b. Dec, 1871. 5. Hattie L., b. Feb. 25, 1875. MAY FAMILY. 1. Charles C. May lives on the Chamberlain place, in the house built by Samuel Smith. He has been engaged in farming. He is ra., and his wife by a previous marriage has two children, a son and a daughter. STOt:KWELL FAMILY. 1. Elijah Stockwell carried on a tannery for many years near the Vale End Cemetery. He m. Anna Herrick, who was b. Dec. 6, 1790; n. ch. See Herrick gen. (64). TREVITT FAMILY. 1. Henry Tuevitt came to Wilton Jan. 1, 1866; is a druggist on Main Street. He lii., Jan. 27, 1874, Nellie W. Benedict of Boston. Children : 2. Carita, b. Sept. 25, 1875. 3. Lotta Theresa, b. Jan. 3, 1879. 4. Harry, b. May. S, 1881. 5. Lillian, b. May 21, 1883. MRS. LUCINDA (SAWTELLE) FLETCHER. Mrs. Lucinda (Sawtelle) Fletcher, b., Wilton, Aug. 29, 1788. She m., wheu 21, Jonas Fletcher of Chester, Vt., and had eleven children, nine sons and two daughters. She celebrated her hundredth birthday, Aug. 29, 1888, at Springfield, Vt. " She is well preserved, has all her faculties, and her mind and memorjr are clear and strong. At her reception at the church she stood erect, and spoke to the audience and to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and did not appear to be more 'than 75 or 80 years of age.'" CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. PAGE. 3. Tenth line from top, read Hesselton for Haselton. 7. Eighth line from bottom, Theron Russell for Thomas Russell. 9. Fourteenth line from top, 15 and 16 for 16 and 17. 11. Eighth line from bottom, Hesselton for Haselton. 20. Fourth line from top. Fort Edward for Fort William Henry. 20. Fifth line, leave out the words und^r General Montcalm. 31. First line at top, thirty-six for six. 42. Seventh line from top, April 12 for April 3. 50. Nineteenth line from bottom, 42, 46, 47, 48, for 42-48. 51. Sixteenth line from bottom, '85 after 1874-79, and in the column of years of service, 7 for 6. 53. Third line from top, Fleeman for Freeman. 73. Sixteenth line from top, Whitney for Whiting. 73. Twenty-fifth line from top, Taylor for Whitney,. 77. Fifth line from top, Whitney for Whiting. 86. Sixth line from top, Widtney for Whiting. 88. Fourteenth line from bottom, Buxton for Burton. 93. Twenty-third line from top. Honey for Hovey. 102. First line at bottom, 1881 for 1851. 116. Seventeenth line from top, Holland for Howland. 135. Twelfth line from bottom, Willmarth for Wilmoth. 136. Fourth line from top, Willmarth for Wilmoth. 141. Eleventh line from top, dock for bell. 150. Twenty-first line from top, court for peace. 153. Twenty-first line from top, in the list of grad. of Dartmouth College, add Charles Francis King, 1867. 153. Seventeenth line from bottom, add Kitty A. Gage, grad. at the Boston University, 1878, and received the degree of A. M. at Cornell University, 1885. 5(38 HISTORY OF WILTON. I'AOE. 155. Sixth line from top, Henry W. Hopkins for Henry Hopkins. Add after the eleventh line, Archelaus Putnam, an accel- erating ivheelhead. See page 477. 1(J7. Twenty-first line from top, W22 for 1829, and Adam for Amos. 172. Fourth line from top, John li. Sheldon for John H. Sheldon. 185. Sixteenth line from top, Harvey Putnam for Henry Putnam. 187. Thirteenth and fourteenth lines from bottom, see correction in Appendix lY. 192. Second line from top, Mr. Stephen MansuriovMrs. Stephen Mansur. 197. Third and fourth lines from top, June 24, 1786, for Decem- ber 27, 1772. 208. After eighth line from top, add James Oould and Benjamin F. George, May 2, 1861. Mustered out August 9, 1861. 208. After twentieth line from bottom, add Michael A. Dillon, June 5, 1861. Severely wounded August 29, 1862. Discharged October 18, 1862. 209. From Charles H. Buzzell, twentieth line from top, to Edward A. Wetherbee, thirtieth line, read August 31, 1862, for August 31, 1861. 229. Third and fourth lines from top, P. Ring for P. R. Ring. 229. Fifth line, add Eli J. Curtis also keeps a livery stable. 236. Fourteenth line from bottom, /oMJt/i for second. 237. Twelfth line from bottom, Isaac for David. 238. Twelfth line from top, resident for native. 320. Eighth and ninth lines from bottom. He d. Aug. 28, 1875, for She d. July 20, 1885. 321. For corrections on this page see "Additional Genealogies" on page 565. 342. Eighth line from top, March 1 for May 10. 343. Fourteenth line from bottom, Mr. Doe's for Mrs. Doe's. 349. Fourteenth line from bottom, she m.. 1814 for she m. 362. Sixth line from bottom, Hosea for Horace. 380. Nineteenth line from top, Eliza for Elijah. 385. Fifth line from top, Milford for Medford. 391. Second line from top, two for one. • 392. Fifth and sixth lines from top, George Hartshorn for George M. Hartshorn. 398. Thirteenth line from top, 1779 for 1799. PAGK. COKRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. 569 402. Twelfth line from top, Horace Russell for Horace Wilson. 444. Sixth line from top, West Manchester for Esist Manchester. 44.5. Twenty-fourth line from bottom, George W. Hawl'ias for Charles Hawkins. 468. Fourteenth line from bottom, clock for bell. 474. Fourteenth line from top, formerly for now. 487. Fourteenth line from top, Se d. for who d. 487. Twentieth line, add Era Heath, b. Aug. 31, 1884. See Gray gen. {123). 5C.T. Twentieth line from tbp, child of second wife for child by second wife. FURTHER CORRECTIONS. PAGE. 271. Twentieth line from top, read "they had a family of eleven children, of whom ten were married." 289. Ninth line from top, read third for thirtieth ; the note at the bottom of the page is incorrect. 483. Eighth line from top. May 29 for June 29. 486. Sixth line, from bottom. Barley for Basley. 495. Fourteenth line from bottom, read N. Y. for Vt. 503. Thirteenth line from bottom, 1811 for 1801. 520. Seventh line from bottom, John Bragg for Jonathan. 331. Sixth line from top, Anne T. G. Emery for Anna. 5 (58 HISTORY OF WILTON. PA of;. 15o. Sixth line from top, Henry W. Hopkins for Hemy Hopkins. Add after the eleventh line, Archelaus Putnam, an accel- erating wheelliead. See page 477. 1G7. Twenty-first line from top, 1S22 for 1829, and Adam for Amos. 172. Fourth line from top, John R. Sheldori for John H, Sheldon. 18a. Sixteenth line from top, Harvey Putnam for Henry Putnam. 187. Thirteenth and fourteenth lines from bottom, see correction in Appendix IV. 192. Second line from top, Mr. Stephen itfcmswr for Mrs. Stephen Mansur. _197. Thi rd and fourth l ines from top, June 24, 1 756. for Decem- 380. Nineteenth line from top, Eliza for Elijah. 385. Fifth line from top, Milford for Medford. 391. Second line from top, tiuo for one. 392. Fifth and sixth lines from top, George Hartshorn for George M. Hartshorn. 398. Thirteenth line from top, 1779 for 1799. CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. 569 PAGE. 402. Twelfth line from top, Horace Russell for Horace Wilson. 444. Sixth line from top, West Manchester for East Manchester. 44.0. Twenty-fourth line from bottom, George W. Hawkins for Charles Hawkins. 468. Fourteenth line from bottom, clock for bell. 474. Fourteenth line from top, formerly for now. 487. Fourteenth line from top. He d. for who d. 487. Twentieth line, add Eva Heath, h. Aug. 31, 1884. See Gray gen. {123) . 505. Twentieth line from top, child of second wife for child by second wife. INDEX Abbot Family, S26-655. Abbot, Abiel, 5r-61, 147-148, 154, 167, 269- 270. Abbot, F. E., 293-295. Abbot, Jacob, 270-271. Abbot, John, 154. Abbot, Joseph H., 154, 293-295. Abbot, Samuel, 164, 103-107, 261-205. Abbott, Amos, 205-207. Abbott, Amos W., 268-209. ACCIDENTS, 114, 130-131, 188, 284, 280, 350, 358, 301, 386, 417, 430, 452, 4,56, 475, 480, 492, 507, 512, 654. Adams Family, 297. Adams, D. E., 139. Allan, Achsah S., 01-66, 496. Altitudes, 7, 8. Amusements, 213-214. ANECDOTES, 04, 00, 235-2.37, 247, 279, 302, 323, 3.34, 352, 353, 439, 447, 467, 409, 490, 500, 525. APPENDICES, 27-40, 568-664. AUTHOKS, 154. AVERILL Family, 298. BAD6EII, John, 41-44. Bailey Family, 650. Bakek Family, 566. Baldwin Family, 298-302. BALES Family, 302-304. Ballard Families, 304-306. BAPTIST Church, 134-130. Barker Families, 305-307. Barnard, Stephen A., 133, 260-261. Barnes's Falls, 3, 6. Barnes Family, 307-308. Barrett Families, .308-312. Barrett, Samuel, 154, 286-287. Bahtol, Cyrus A., 280-287. Batcheldbb Family, 312-314. Battle of the Kevolution, 235. Beard Family, 314-316. Bears, 14, 16. Beavers, 15. Beede Family, 315-317. Beede, Thomas, 133, 154, 253-200. Bells, 140-141. Biograpiiical Sketches, 252-205- Blanch akd Families, 317.323, 506. Blood Family, .323-324. Boynton Family, 324-326 . Bridges, 3, 0, lOQ-113. Bridges Family, 326-320. Brooks, 2, 3, 6. Brooks Family, .326-327. Brown Families, 327-.330. Brown Ephraim, 2.35-237, 290. ' Brown, George, 290-291. Bugbee Family, 330. BUMPns, C. &., 178. BUSKER Hill, 83, 88-80. Burglaries, 182, 183. Burial Places, 193-196. Burnha.1I Family, 330-331. Burns Family, .331-332. Burns, Chas. H., 273-277, 603-504. Burton Family, 3-32-3.39. Burton, Jonathan, 93, 98-101, n., 238-246. Burton, Warren, 144, 164, 289-290. Burtt Family, 339. Buss Families, 3.39-343. ButteRjFIELD Families, 343-334. Cahkin Family, 344-346. Casualties, 188. Catholic Church, 140. Celebrations, 216-218, 277, 484. Cemeteries, 19.3-196. Census, 231-2.33. Centenarians, 192, 436, 480, 660, 500. Centennial, 210-218. Centennial Song, 600-563. Center Family, 345-340. Chandler Family, 340-34U. Chaplain's Report, 179-180. Christening, 439. Churches, 128-142. ClTiZKNS' Hall, 219-220. Civil War, 203-212. Clark Families, 349-351. Clifford Family, 301- Climate, 3-5. 572 HISTOEY OF WILTON. COBUKX Families, 351-352. Coin, 234. Colonial Doings, 0~-"9. Colony Family, 172-173. Columbian Library, 160. Congregational Church, 129-1.34, 136-138. Continental Currency, 7", 234. COOLEY Family, 352. Cotton Factories, 107-169. County Farm, 170-180. Covenant, 81-83, 133, 560. Cragin Family, 353. Cragin, D., 154, 281-283. Ceaji Families, 353-356. CitiME, 181-183. Curtis Family, .156. CUSTO-MS, 55-66. Dale Families, 35G-33S. Daniels Family, 358-359. Dascomb Family, 369-302. Dascomb, James, 267-268. Dascohee, George L., 145-149, 267-268, 292- 293. Davison Family, .302. Deeds, 25, 32-34. Deer, 14. Dentists, 228. De Tocqueville, 46. Diaries, 93, 238-261. Dillon Family, 556. Division of Township, 1, 5. Doe Family, 556. Draper Family, 362. Dunbar Family, 362. DuttoN Family, 363. DuxBURY School Farm, 31, 73:74. Eagle, 15. Early Settlers, 41-44. East Cemetery, 195-196. Eaton Family, .303. Education, 143-153. Emerson Family, 363-365. Epidemics, 191. Faruinoton Families, 365. Fauna, 11-16. Festivals, 213-218. Fire Department, 200-202. Fires, 184-187. Fi.sicn Family, 306-367. Fiskc, Abel, 133, 151, 263. Fleeman Family, 367. Fletcher Families, 307-30S. Flint I'amily, 308-371. Flint & Gray, Messrs., 165. Flora, 12-14. Foster Families, 371-.372, 506. Foster, Addison H., 268. Fourth of July Celebration, 215-210. Fowler Family, .372. Feke Public Library, 157-159. Free Masons, 120-122. French Family, 372-374. French Mill, 235-2-37. Freshet, 187, 563-664. FiiY'E Family, 375-377. Frye, Isaac, 88, 89, 106, 2.38. Fuller Family, 378. > ' . ^\ 1 U^ «