CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND GIVEN IN 189I BY HENRY WILLIAMS SAGE olin 3 1924 028 835 805 Cornell University Library 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/cu31924028835805 THE FITZWILLIAM ARMS. (see page 808.) THE HISTORY OF FITZf ILLIAM, l^EW HAMPSHIEE, FROM 1752 TO 1887. Br Rev. JOHN F. NORTON, A.M. GENEALOGICAL RECORD OP MANY FITZWILLIAM FAMILIES BT JOEL WHITTEMORE. ' Gather up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost." NEW YORK: BURK FEINTING HOUSE, 18 Jacob Strbet, 1888. COPTBISBT, 1888, By JOEL WHITTEMOKE. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION xiii CHAPTEE I. GENEBAL OBSERVATIONS RESPECTING THE TOWN. Location of the Town — Boundaries — Changes in these — Size — Face of the Country — Its Rocks and Ledges — The Underlying Rock — Geological Structure — Elevation — Soil — Wood and Timber — Climate— Frosts — Healthiness— Productions of the Soil— Wild Small Fruits— The Rhododendron — Forests — Common Fruits — Birds and Wild Animals — Ponds — Streams — Drainage of the Town — Its Water-shed... 17-36 CHAPTER II. THE INDIANS OF SOTTTHEEN NEW HAMPSHIRE. List of Authorities — Orthography of Indian Names — The Five Great Tribes of New England — The Pantuckets — The Pennacook Division — Tribes Subordinate to these — Mohawks — Grand Chief of the Pen- nacooks, Passaconaway — Wonolanset — Numbers of New Hamp- shire Indians — Character and Habits — Provocations to Cruelty — Food — Implements — Domestic Life — Claims to the Land — Sales of Land — Removal from Southern New Hampshire — Indian Remains — Confirmatory Statements — Court-Martial at Groton, Mass., 1706 — Letter of Gov. Saltenstall, of Conn. — Capt. John Lovewell. . .27-40 CHAPTER III. THE MONADNOCK REGION IN 1740 — ^THE OLD MILITARY ROAD. The " Grand Monadnock" — Covered anciently by a Forest — "The Bs,ld Peaks " — Early Explorers Deceived — The Country around appar- ently a great Plain — Views of Monadnock from Fitsswilliam. THE OLD MILITART EGAD. Forts on the Connecticut River — The Road from these to Lake Cham- plain — The Connecting Link with this from Eastern Massachusetts — Tl CONTENTS. The Two Branches of the Latter — The Course of the More Important Branch — How Used Anciently 41-46 CHAPTER IV. GRANTS OF THE LANDS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Deficiency of Records^Early -Explorers — Gold Fever — Ascent of the White Mountains — Eoyal Claims — Grant of Plymouth (Eng.) Com- pany — ^Ferdinando Gorges — Capt. John Mason — Their Grant — Di- vision of it — Mason's Death and Estate — Robert Tuf ton Mason — The Mason Family — Sale of Grant to the Masonian Proprietors — Their Reservations — Monadnock Townships — First Grant of Monadnock No. 4 — Forfeiture of the Same — Second Grant to Sampson Stoddard and Others — Division of This — Ranges, Lots, etc. — Plan of Town- ship — Drawing and Choice of Lots 47-69 CHAPTEK V. ACTS OF THE PROPRIETORS, 1765-1815. Call for the First Meeting — Officers Chosen — Other Meetings — "The Fifty Settlements " — Funds Raised — Provision for Roads — ^Provision for Locating Meeting-House and Cemetery — Committees for this — Difficulties Encountered — Meeting-House Raised — Mr. Benjamin Brigham's Candidacy and Settlement — Sale of Pew Ground — Move- ment for Incorporation — Support of the Pastor — Roads and Bridges — Later and Last Acts of the Proprietors — Settlement with the Treasurer 70-89 CHAPTER VI. EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 1768-1800. Provision for Religious Privileges — The Proprietors not settlers — Mr. Nehemiah Parker's Ministry — Meeting-House Built — Its Appearance — Interior Arrangements— Mr. Benjamin Brigham's Candidacy His call — His Acceptance — Council for His Ordination — Church Organ- ized — The Covenant — Sketch of the Signers — Early Members "Half -Way Covenant "—The Church in Councils— Expenses of it met — Sabbath Congregations— Their habits— Church Music— Offi- cers of the Church— Harmony in it— The First Pastor's Sickness, Death and Character — His Sermons 90-105 CONTENTS. VU CHAPTER VII. SETTLERS FBOM 1T62-1800. General Observations. Detached Families mostly— From Wheace — Their Expectations— Greneral Character — Age — Intelligence — Families — Property — Dwellings — Domestic Habits — Style of Living — Dress — Means of Communica- tion — Social Qualities — Visiting — Amusements — Regard for Re- ligious Ordinances — Church-Going — Use of Intoxicating Drinks — Farming — Manufactures. Personal. Sources of Information — Many Family Names now Extinct in the Town — Benjamin Bigelow — James Reed — Jason Stone — The Mellen Fam- ily and others, 304 names in all 106- 145 CHAPTEE VIII. EABLY TOWN HISTORY. 1773-1800. Movement .for Incorporation— Opposition to this — Committee to ask it of the Governor and Council — Charter Granted — The Charter — The Name Fitzwilliam — First Town Meeting — Injury of the Book of Records — The first Town Officers — Record of the Annual Meeting, 1774-t Petition for Pew Ground in the Meeting-House — Records of Pew Associations — ^ Warning out of Town — Reasons for this — List of persons warned out, 1775-1789 — Appropriations and Arrangements for Schools — Call for Beef for Continental Army — Instructing Rep- resentatives — Paupers — Conventions — Petition to raise funds to support "The Great Road" — Licenses — Tabular List of the Owners of the Lands in Town, 1798, and Valuation of the Houses. .146-187 CHAPTEE IX. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY FBOM 1800 ONWARD, Rev. Stephen Williams's Pastorate — Unusual Conditions of the Call given to him— His Character and Dismission — Rev. John Sabin called — Councils for his Ordination — Location of a new Meeting-House — This Built and Consumed — Another Meeting-House erected-^Cost of it — Religious Differences among the People— The Division — Re- VUl CONTENTS. organization of the 1st Congregational or Unitarian Society^Its Ministers and History— The Unitarian Ladies' Benevolent Society— The Orthodox Society formed— Its Church Edifice built— Settle- ment of Rev. Horace Herrick as Colleague Pastor — Death of Rev. John Sabin— The Ministry of Revs. Abraham Jenkins, John Woods, William L. Gaylord, John F. Norton, and John Colby— Families of these Pastors— Deacons— Church Membership— Parsonages — The Sabin Home — Church Centennial — Female Benevolent Society — The Baptist Church and Society— Its Acting Pastors and Pastors— Meet- ing-House Erected and Repaired — Membership — Benevolent Society — Methodist Episcopal Society — ^Its Houses of Worship — Its Minis- ters—Sabbath-School—Benevolent Work 188-315 CHAPTER X. FITZWILLIAM IN THE EEVOLUTIONAET WAE. Opening of the Struggle — Congress at Philadelphia — Committee of In- spection — Their Complaint against Breed Bachelor — Condition of the Town, 1775 — Excitement — The Lexington Fight — Military Com- pany Organized — Minute Men — Training Band- — Citizens Inspected — Census, 1773 and 1775 — Col. James Reed — His Regiment at Bun- ker Hill — New Hampshire Troops in that Battle — Needham Maynard's Statement — The Declaration of Loyalty — Appropriations to pay Soldiers' Wages and Furnish Provisions — Fitzwilliam Soldiers in the Continental Service — Difficulty in locating them — Where and under AVhom they served — Arnold's Expedition — Lists of Pension- ers— Abigal Clay's Petition— The War of 1813-1814 316-350 CHAPTER XI. TOWN OFFICERS, 1773-1886. FmANCIAL MATTERS. Constables — Town Treasurers — Moderators — Town Clerks — Representa- tives — Selectmen — ^Auditors — Collectors — Candidates' Names and Totes for the Chief Executive of New Hampshire, 1784-1886 — Ap- propriations—Depreciation of the Currency— Authorized Scale of this — Allowance for labor on Roads — Highest taxpayers in 1793, 1808, 1813, 1833, 1833— Taxes usually paid with promptness— Ex- traordinary Expenses, 1861-1869— High Credit of the Town— Fund- ing of the Town Debt— Rate of Taxation, 1869-1880— List of the Legal Voters, February 31st, 1820— Names on Check-Lists, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1884,andNumberof Votes cast.. 251-373 CONTENTS. IX CHAPTER XII. FITZWILLIAM IN THE EEBELLION. Antagonism between Freedom and Slavery — The Missouri Compromise — Attempt to set it aside — Action of the Town concerning it — Election of Abraham Lincoln — -Attack upon Port Sumter — Blood shed in Baltimore — Excitement in Fitzwilliam — Action of the Town, May, 1861 — ^Call for Soldiers — First enlistments — Aid for Soldiers' Families — Bounties offered— The Selectmen authorized to Hire men to fill Quotas— New ofEers of Bounties — Reports con- cerning amounts paid out — The resident Clergymen appointed a Committee to keep a record of Fitzwilliam in Suppressing the Rebellion — They declining the Service, a new Committee appointed — Incorporation of their Report in this History — Fitzwilliam men in the several N. Hampshire Regiments — Tabular record of them — The Men in the United States Regular Service — Those enlisted in other States — Summary of numbers — General record of these Sol- diers — Summary of Bounties paid — Deaths in the Service — Incidents — Experience of William Dunton and others — Miss Hannah A. Adams's (Mrs. Morris Collins) Work at the West— The Soldiers' Monument — Its Dedication 274-313 CHAPTEE XIII. EDUCATIONAL. School Lands— Their Location— Lease of the same— Rent— Early Ap- propriations for a School — Committees to provide Schools, and man- age the same — Districts organized— Their number and location— Redistiicting the Town— The first School Houses— Early School Teachers— Early School Discipline— Branches taught in the early Schools— Supervision of the same— The earliest Superintending School Committees— Rev. Mr. Sabin's criticism upon the prevailing system — List of Superintending Committees, 1843-1887 — The Printed School Reports— Tabular Statements respecting Attend- ance, 1843-1887— High School— Literary Fund- Common School Association— Its Meetings and Work— The Fitzwilliam Lyceum- Farmers' and Mechanics' Club— Musical Talent and Culture— Tem- perance Societies— Libraries— Volumes in the,Town Library— Library of District No. 1 318-349 X CONTENTS. CHAPTER XIY. MISCELLANEOUS. Military Companies— The earliest— The Infantry Company— Its Captains —Cavalry Company— Artillery Company— Its Captains— Town Hall —The Edifice Itself— Changes in it— The Town in possession- Rooms for Town Officers and Library— The Bell and Clock— Im- provements about and upon the Common — Fire Department — De- structive Fires— Savings Bank— Post Offices and Postmasters — Pop- ulation—Census at Different times— Cemetery and Burials— Tabular list of Deaths and Interments— Deaths of Professional Men — Deaths of persons of Eighty years and upward — from Accidents — ^by sui- cide—List of persons of over Eighty Years, living, January 1st, 1887 — Pauperism — Connection with the "World — Cheshire Railroad — Merchants and Traders — Their Names and Places of Business— Inns and Hotels— Free Masons— Odd Fellows' Lodge— Wild Animals- Destruction by and encounters with them — Hunting of them. . 350^11 CHAPTER XY. FITZWILLIAM INDUSTEIES. Agricultural Matters — Productions of the Soil — Mechanical Trades — Domestic Manufactures — Tanneries — Sawmills — The Scott Mill — Grist Mills — Taxation of Mill Property — Wooden Ware — Manufac- ture and Peddlers of the Same — Other Manufactures — The Granite Industry — The value of the Stone — The Beginning of this business — The Individuals and Firms now engaged in it — Amount shipped 413-422 CHAPTER XV'I. PEOFESSIONAL. Classes of these — Sketches of the Civilians, Lawyers, Physicians, Clergy- men and Distinguished Educators who were born, or have resided, in the Town, 57 in number — List of College Graduates from Fitz- william 423-447 Genealogical Register 448-803 Appendix — The name of the Town 805-810 Index of Families that are arranged under other names in the Genealogical Register 811-814 Historical Index •. 815-839 ILLUSTRATIONS. POETEAITS Jonathan Sabin Adams, John Jnrvis Allen, .... Reuben Angier, .... Stephen Batchellor, .... Hyman and Levinah Johnson Bent, Charles Bigelow, .... Amos Je we tt Blake, Esq., Joseph Blodgett, .... ReT. John Stillman Brown, . Josiah Everett Carter, Rev. John Colby, .... Silas Cummings, M.D Jonas Damon, .... Joseph Wright Fassctt, Jesse Forristall, .... Rev. William Luther Graylord, . Aaron Rysing Gleason, M.D., Rev. Horace Herrick, Rev. Abraham Jenkins, Jr., . Sanauel Kendall, .... John Kimball, Rev. John Foote Norton, Amos Andrew Parker, Esq., . John McClary Parker, William Fisher Perry, . David Perry, .... Charles Perry, . . . ,, Calvin Brigham Perry, Charles William Perry, Phinehas Reed, faces page 453 . 456 461 . 464 468 . 473 477 . 480 800 . 506 304 . 536 803 . 560 573 . 304 583 . 304 304 . 630 633 . 204 653 . 399 663 . 663 665 . 403 664 . 691 XU ILLUSTRATIONS. Hon. Edward Cambridge Keod, faces page 440 Rev. John Sabin, .209 Mrs. Mary Sabin, . . . . ' . 208 Daniel Spaulding, . 721 "Whittemores. Five Generations, . 779 Charles Whittemore, .... . 777 Joel Whittemore, 400 Rev. John Woods, . 795 706 VIEWS. Park and Soldiers' Monument, ... . 304 The Town Hall, 356 I. Vihage from the Pinnacle, ) „„^ II. Village from the Jaffi'e)' road, j • • • • I. Congregational Church and Sabin Parsonage, II. Village from the West, Whittemore Homestead, 772 MAPS AND PLANS. Plan of the Town as originally allotted, ... 66 Map of the Town in 1807 ; original by Samuel Hemenway, 132 Map of the Town in 1887 ; drawn expressly for this work, 186 Three Villages, 360 Leaf from the burned Record Book — reduced facsimile, . 154 Fitzwilliam Family Portraits, ...... 807 Wentworth-Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England, . . 809 The Pitzwilliam Coat-of-Arms, . . . Frontispiece. INTEODUOTIOK "TpVEiiY community has its history, of more or less impor- -^-^ tance, and no people that is wise will leave this to be for- gotten or rendered of little value by the uncertainties of tradition. From time to time, during a period of more than thirty years, the attention of the inhabitants of Fitzwilliam has been called to this subject, for at the close of one of his Historical Lectures which the late Dr. Silas Ciimmings gave to the people of this place before 1860, he said : " My impression is that we should resolve ourselves into a Committee of the Whole on the matter of a Town History, each report the his- tory of his own family, and choose a Committee to embody the facts, and read them at meetings called expressly for this pur- pose. This matter of a Town History is important ; ten years ago we had many more materials than we have now, and in ten years more all will be lost." This project not being deemed feasible, the subject was discussed at various times, both publicly and privately, by persons interested in the work, till in March, 1871, it was brought formally before the Town, when a Committee, con- sisting of Dr. Silas Cummings and Messrs. Charles Bigelow and Samuel Kendall, was appointed to collect materials for a History. These were all busy men in their several spheres of life, and it could hardly have been expected that they would be able to pursue the matter systematically and reach definite results. Under such a vote, however encouraging it might be as a beginning, it soon appeared that no substantial progress could be made without a more definite plan and securing more re- sponsibility for the *-ork. Accordingly, at the Town Meeting March, 1882, the Selectmen were instructed to appoint a XIV INTEODXJCTIOlf. Committee of three to prepare a manuscript History of the Town, similar in details to the Histories of Eindge, Peter- borough, and Marlborough, and Five Hundred Dollars were appropriated to pay this Committee for their services. Un- avoidable difficulties prevented the choice and qualification of such a Committee, and nothing was done till March, 1884, when the subject was again brought before the Town. At this meeting the Town voted to appoint a Committee of three to carry into effect the former vote, and chose Joel Whitte- more, of New York, as a member of said Committee, and instructed the Selectmen to complete the number, which was done by the appointment of John M. Parker and Calvin B. Perry. The Committee thus constituted opened negotiations with Rev. John F. Norton, of Natick, Mass., whom they had known while a Pastor in Fitzwilliam from 1868 to 1873, as familiar, to some extent, with historical work, and engaged him to write the History. Later Mr. Whittemore, one of the Committee, assumed the responsibility of collecting and arranging the Genealogical part of the work. The result of these arrangements is now offered to the in- habitants of Fitzwilliam and such others as from birth, resi- dence, acquaintance, or for any other reason may be inter- ested in the character, condition, or progress of this Town since it began to be settled in 1752. As to the sources of information open to the historian in this case, what follows should be noted. Eev. John Sabin, Pastor in Fitzwilliam for more than forty years, gave to the people of this place four Historical Lec- tures, the first in 1836 and the remaining three in 1842, and these were devoted exclusively to the interests, condition, and progress of this Town, civilly, socially, intellectually, morally, and religiously, during the eighty years that had elapsed since its settlement. These Lectures (in manuscript) have been freely consulted in the progress of this work. Dr. Silas Cummings left three Historical Lectures of the same general character, two of which he appears to have given to the Fitzwilliam people in 1859 and one in 1873. Some portions of these were made up from extracts from the INTRODirCTION. XV ancient records of the Proprietors, of the Town, and of the Church, but in general they were filled with interesting facts concerning the early settlers of the town, their privations, their hardships; character, and progress. -Besides these Dr. Oummings collected and noted upon slips of paper or in blank books, in the hurry of his professional life, many anecdotes concerning the first settlers, and detached accounts of many of their families, all of which he doubtless hoped to arrange at his leisure, so that they would aid in the preparation of a Town History. These have been of much use, though the connecting links which kept them together in Dr. Cummings's mind, and would have rendered them of greater service to him, have been entirely lost. Mr. Charles Bigelow collected a multitude of facts relating to the location of the early settlers, mainly in the southern and western portions of the Town, adding Genealogical records, more or less complete, of the families located. The Town owes not a little of the value of this History to the industry, zeal, and public spirit of these men, but they had not even commenced the preparation of anything for the press. All the facts collected by them it has been necessary to restate, rearrange, and complete from other sources, to pre- serve the continuity and harmony of the History. Whenever extracts have been made from the Lectures of Rev. Mr. Sabin and Dr. Cummings, due credit has been given. The early Pastors of the Church, Eev. Benjamin Brigham and Eev. John Sabin, in addition to a careful entry upon the Church Records of admissions and dismissions, baptisms administered and marriages solemnized, appear to have made a record of deaths not only in cases where they officiated at funerals, but also of all others coming to their knowledge. "Belknap's History of New Hampshire, the great store-house of facts respecting the early history of this State, and San- born's, Whiton's, and Barstow's Histories of New Hampshire have rendered not a little aid in this work. To make the Chapter " Fitzwilliam in the Revolutionary War" as complete as possible, much information has been obtained from the ancient Military Rolls and other papers in the office of the xvi INTRODtrCTIOIir. Secretary of State at Concord. Special aid has been received from Yolumes 14 and 15 of the New Hampshire Eecords, re- cently printed by the State and sent to the several towns and cities. The old and later Eecords of the Proprietors, of the Town, and of the Churches have yielded a great amount of informa- tion, and the same is true of the Reports of the Selectmen, of the Town Treasurers, the School Committees, and Library Supervisors. The Records of the Military Companies, of the Common School Association, of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Club, of the Temperance Associations, of the Savings Bank, and other organizations have been freely consulted, while the valuable Report of the Committee for preparing Rolls of the Fitzwilliam Soldiers in the Rebellion has been mainly trans- ferred to these pages. Much has also been obtained from the Massachusetts State Library, the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Boston Public Library, and the Natick (Mass.) Town Li- brary, while a number of the people of Fitzwilliam have given time and thought to the collection of important facts that have been preserved only in the memories of the aged. Something has also been gathered from the published His- tories of the neighboring towns. Ampng those whose aid has been of special service in the preparation of this volume are : The Hon. Secretary of State, Mr. Thompson, at Concord, and Hon. Isaac W. Hammond, who for a number of years has been the Editor of the IS^ew Hampshire Records, volumes that reflect much honor upon the State. We have also been materially assisted by the Gentlemen in charge of the Libraries named above, as well as by Rev. J. H. Temple, Historian of Northfield and Framingham, Mass.; Amos A. Parker, Esq., Capt. Jonathan S. Adams, Milton Chaplin, Esq., Messrs. J. E. and C. C. Carter, Mrs. Selina P. Damon, and Mrs. John Kimball. Others who have assisted materially will find due credit given them for their aid in connection with the several items they have furnished. FITZWILLIAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE. CHAPTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION, PRODUCTIONS, ETC. Location — Boundaries— Size — Face of the Country— Ledges — Underlying Rocks — Geological Structure — Elevation — Soil — Climate — Agricultural Productions — Fruits — Rhododendrons— Forests — Birds and Wild Ani- mals — Lakes and Ponds — Streams. OF the five towns in Cheshire County, N. H., that border on Massachusetts, Fitzwilliam is the most eastern but one, and is bounded on the north by Jaffrey and Troy, on the east by Rindge and Jaffrey, on the south by Roy- alston and Winchendon, in Worcester County, Mass., and on the west by Richmond and Troy, chiefly by the former. On the line that separates Massachusetts and New Hampshire Fitzwilliam borders upon Royalston and Winchendon in the proportion of about three to the former and one to the latter. The northern boundary of Fitzwilliam is not a continuous, di- rect line, and never has been, the north-east comer of the rhomboid which would naturally have constituted' this town. having, from the first, been a part of Jaffrey. As originally- laid out, about one fifteenth part of what otherwise would have been Fitzwilliam belonged to her neighbor. The remaining part of the northern boundary, or about three fourths of the whole, was originally a straight line, separating Fitzwilliam from Marlborough ; but when, in 1815, the new town of Troy was incorporated, taking portions of its territory from Marlborough, Fitzwilliam, Swanzey, and Richmond, but largely from the two first mentioned, this line became like a 3 18 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. series of steps gradually ascending from the north-west corner toward the north-east. As originally surveyed and granted, the territory may be considered as designed to constitute a town of six miles square, or thirty-six square miles, with some allowance for ponds and waste lands. The measurements as given in the grant would make the actual size of the town about forty square miles. The early surveys often made generous allowances for ponds and bad lands. In the original survey of Rowley Canada (Eindge), the surveyor made an allowance of ten thousand acres, which was reduced to five thousand acres by the Exec- utive Council ; but even this would make the allowance nearly eight square miles. The shape and boundaries of the township as originally laid out, as well as at present constituted, will he best understood by referring to the maps of the town else- where in this volume. Though lying near mountains of considerable height and commanding a view of grand mountain scenery, Fitzwilliam is not mountainous. But it is very hilly ; indeed, almost its entire surface may be said to be made up of ranges of hills or single elevations, with comparatively narrow intervals between ^them. The sides of these hills have furnished for four gen- erations good pasturage, while upon the tops of these ranges some good farms may be found with a fair proportion of land suitable for mowing and tillage. The town is noted for the superabundance of its stones, rocks, bowlders, and ledges. Eespecting this feature of the town, Eev. John Sabin gives this testimony in tlie historical lectures delivered by him in 1836 and 1842, the three lectures of 1842 having been rewritten and enlarged from the single lecture of 1836 : Besides what appears to be so near a solid rock below, the rock and stone abound at the surface ; there is a heavy top-dressing of them. Pew travellers for the first time passing the town but will notice and speak of this as the roughest place they have ever seen, and will almost wonder where our stone walls came from, because it must be all are now on the ground that ever could be made there. These are rather fright- ful to the stranger, but peaceable things let alone. And the fact is, as EOCKS, LEBGES, ETC. 19 we become acquainted with them they lose much of the frightful. It is seldom you hear a piece of land spoken against here because it is rocky. And really the land does not produce fewer or smaller trees or less grass for the rocks. Much use is made of them, and not every man will allow you to go on his farm and take them away, especially the best of them. And young men who go out from this to look them a situa- tion are very apt to name the want of stone as an objection. There are many towns in New England that are popularly regarded as having a great superabundance of rocks and stones, and as chiefly remarkable for these, and Fitzwilliam is doubt- less one of them ; but the present generation has learned to re- gard its bowlders and ledges as anything but a nuisance, as will be seen when the industries of the town shall be consid- ered. There is a mine of wealth in these. Over a large part of Fitzwilliam there is found, at no great depth in digging wells, an almost solid rock. This is generally of a somewhat finer grain, though of a similar character to the rocks and bowlders on the surface of the ground. Nearly all these rocks are granitic. Many of them are unfit for monu- mental or ornamental work, while nearly all over the town nnmerous ledges and bowlders are found which afford the best material for such purposes. Generally the underlying rock is reached at a greater depth in the valleys than on the tops and sides of the hills, but it seems to extend under nearly the whole territory and to present on its upper surface something like the variations of hill and valley now visible. The water obtained from wells sunk into this rock is generally hard rather than soft, but is sweet and healthful for drink and all domestic uses. These statements will show the reason why the attempt to obtain water by what are called "driven wells" (that have been found so serviceable in many parts of the country) has been unsuccessful in Fitzwilliam. Upon the sides of the hills springs of the purest water are found in considerable number, and this is conveyed to many of the dwellings, to the great comfort and convenience of the people. The geological structure of this entire region has been so often described and is so well understood that it need not be 20 HISTOET OF riTZWILLIAM. enlarged upon in this connection. Eev. Mr. Sabin says of Fitzwilliam that it appears to be a spur of Monadnock, lower, but much of it of like material. It looks as though at some time, either at that of the Flood or by some volcanic eruption, there has been hereabout an awful convul- sion and struggle of nature. Of this the mountain itself stands as the more prominent witness. This town is elevated above most of the adjoining territory, as will be seen from the statistics that follow. The figures give, in feet, the altitude above the level of the sea at mean tide- water : Fitzwilliam, at hotels (barometric) 1150. Jaffrey Centre " 1057. Eichmond " 1080. Winchester " 400. Winchendon, Mass., measurement by levelling. .. 992. East Jaffrey " " " ..1032. Troy " " " ..1002. Marlborough " " " . . 789. Keene " " " . . 479. Altitude at points on the Cheshire Eailroad, State Line Station 898. Collins Pond, water, 1062 ; track 1067. Fitzwilliam Station 1063. " Summit 1151. Eockwood Pond (water) 1112. The highest elevation in Fitzwilliam is "West Hill, some- times called Little Monadnock, about sixteen hundred feet. Then follows the Pinnacle, fourteen hundred feet. Gap Mountain is about sixteen hundred feet in height, but both summits are in Troy. SOIL. This cannot be said to be naturally rich, like the soil in large portions of the valley of the Connecticut Eiver, and yet it is strong, as the heavy forests which covered this territory one hundred and fifty years ago gave ample testimony. When SOIL AND CLIMATE. 21 the stones and rocks have been so far removed that the soil is fairly open to cultivation, very good crops of grass, corn, and potatoes are raised. Still, owing to the great labor and ex- pense involved in clearing the land, agriculture is not carried on as extensively or profitably as in some of the other towns in the southern part of Cheshire County ; while it is very plain that in considerable portions of the town the land is more valuable for the growth of wood and timber than for any other purpose. Trees here increase in size rapidly, and what may be called the waste lands of the town will dQubtless soon have a value attached to them that the present generation can hardly appreciate. CLIMATE. A town as elevated as Fitzwilliam and in as high a latitude (this being about 42° 50' north) must have a climate of con- siderable severity in the winter season. Throughout the en- tire region about Mount Monadnock the snow usually falls to a great depth, and is often driven into deep drifts by the heavy winds that prevail. Fitzwilliam is like the adjoining towns in this respect, as the large bills for breaking out the roads after severe snow-storms attest. But though the winters are far from mild, and often tax the patience and strength of the aged and feeble, there is much that is commonly called " steady cold weather," and this is not in any way detrimental to health. The mercury often sinks low, but not as low as it frequently does in the vicinity of Boston. Yery cold days some- times occur, but this is true all over New England, and more notably still in the North-west States and Territories. The compiler of these pages well remembers the cold day of the winter of 18Y1-72. It was March 13th ; the sky was over- cast, the wind from the north-west blew a hurricane, and at the warmest hour of the day the glass indicated from 12° to 16° below zero. In Keene the high school dispensed with its afternoon session, so dangerous was exposure to the blast. But in nature, as in much else, disadvantages are not without their compensations. Late frosts in the spring may occasion- ally hinder planting and injure the springing crops in Fitz- 22 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. William, but early frosts in the autumn, which are so desf rnc- tive often in what are deemed the best localities in New England, rarely check the growth of vegetation in this town. Sometimes a heavy frost that will occasion much damage in the lower towns, even as far south as the central portions of Connecticnt, will not injure the growing crops in Fitzwilliam. In summer the climate is thoroughly enjoyable, for though the heat at noon may be called oppressive, there is a cleanness and clearness in the air that make breathing a luxury, while the breezes of the morning and evening greatly refresh the physical system. That the climate of this town has been healthy from the first settlement of it the bills of mortality, which will be noticed hereafter, give the most conclusive testimony. PEODTICnONS. Formerly, as was true in the adjoining towns, flax was raised in considerable quantities, all of which was used in the manufacture of clothing. Corn, rye, oats, barley, and pota- toes are the crops chiefly raised at the present time, but these are not produced as extensively as they were fifty years ago, owing chiefly to the more pressing demand for labor in other and more remunerative industries. That the fertility of the soil has been largely exhausted (which is a complaint that comes up to us from some of the adjoining towns) would hardly be a truthful statement, for the decrease in the agricultural products of Fitzwilliam is easily accounted for by the increased demand for manual labor in other and more inviting occupations. A Fitzwilliam farmer once told the writer that every bushel of corn which he raised cost him one dollar and a half at ordinary wages, when he could purchase the same quantity for one half of the money ; but he plainly omitted some important elements in his calcula- tions, such as the improvement of his field for a crop of grass, the fodder for his cattle from the stalks of the corn, and the loads of turnips and pumpkins that the corn land yielded. Fitzwilliam, in common with the neighboring towns, has good PRODUCTIONS— THE RHODODENDRON. 23 pastures, in which cattle from Central Massachusetts fatten during the summer and autumn. The wild small fruits, such as the strawberry, the blueberry, the blackberry, and the raspberry are nowhere more abundant, and seldom elsewhere have as rich a flavor. THE EHODODENDBON. (7%e Rose-tree.) This remarkable flowering shrub (which sometimes attains to the height and size of a small tree) is cultivated very largely in the vicinity of Boston, notably by Mr. H. H. Hunnewell in his beautiful gardens in Wellesley, that are so conspicuous across Waban Lake from Wellesley College. By careful cultivation the rhododendron is there brought to wonderful perfection ; and its blossoms, which are very large, rival the famous azaleas of the same locality in the variety and exquisite delicacy of their color. About two miles north-west from the centre of Fitzwilliam, on the old Patch Place, is a locality where the rhododendron is found in its natural state. Once this tract must have em- braced some acres, and even now, after not a little of the land has been partially cleared up, the shrub is very abundant. As it grows in the edge of the thick forest, its clusters of leaves and beautiful blossoms may be seen among the branches of the trees twenty or even thirty feet from the ground, suggesting a vine rather than a shrub. The blossoms, which are very large, are, in color, of a pearly white, while the long leaves of the shrub are noted for their wonderful gloss. This locality is visited annually by many tourists and summer residents that pass two or three months of the year in Fitzwilliam and the towns adjoining. So far as is known, the wild rhododendron is found at no other place in New Hampshire, and in but two or three localities in New England. The mountain laurel attains great perfection in Fitzwilliam, especially in the southern part of the town. "When this shrub is in full bloom, the scene is a gorgeous one in the vicinity of the South Pond. 24 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. FORESTS. These were very heavy when tlie town was opened for set- tlement, and the work of clearing the land for tillage was ex- tremely exhausting. A hill in the township over which a fire had spread twenty or thirty years before the first settlers came, was seized upon by them for their earliest farming oper- ations, because the trees on it were young and comparatively small. The white pine was a noble tree in all this region one hundred and fifty years ago, and all of sufficient size were ex- pressly reserved " for His Majesty's navy," in the charter stipulations of this town. Oaks, beeches, birches, ashes, and especially maples, both the rock and the white, abound. Less maple sugar is made than formerly, as the ancient maple orchards have been largely removed for timber and fire-wood. Of the common fruit trees, the apple is almost the only one that secures general confidence for a long term of years. The pear does tolerably well in some localities ; the peach is disap- pointing. The earlier (and these are often the choicest) kinds of grapes can doubtless be cultivated with success in Fitzwil- liam. The season is too short for the Isabella and other late varieties, but the Hartford prolific, and, better still, a number of Eogers seedlings will doubtless ripen here nearly as well as in the other lower towns of New Hampshire. BIRDS AND WILD ANIMALS. Throughout the entire Monadnock region the same varieties of these are found, and, with the exception of some of the lat- ter, the kinds have not changed during the last one hundred and fifty years. Originally the deer, the bear, the wolf, and the catamount were found here in considerable numbers. The three last mentioned were a source of constant terror and of considerable loss to the early settlers, as will be seen in the sequel. These ferocious beasts found a safe retreat, for a long time, among the rocks and clifts of Monadnock ; but as the population increased and the forests were removed about the base and upon the sides of the mountain, their retreats were no longer secure, and they gradually disappeared. Probably none now exist in this region. LAKES AND PONDS. 25 LAKES AND STBEAM8. . Fitzwilliain has, according to Farmer's New Hampshire Gazetteer, four natural ponds : South Pond, whicli, as its name indicates, lies in the south- ern part of the town, is a large and handsome sheet of water nearly a mile in length and about one third of a mile in its greatest breadth. Forests nearly encircle it, and it furnishes at the outlet good water-power for the mills at Howev^ille. The view of the pond and its surroundings, taken from the bridge at its outlet, showing the picturesque sheet of water embowered among the hills, with the grand old Monadnock towering over all in the distance, is one of surpassing beauty. Farther east, and near the south-east corner of the town, lies another large and attractive sheet of water called Sip Pond, a name given it early in the history of the town, from Scipio Jawhaw. Sip was a negro who lived near the pond, and was possibly a runaway or freed slave. His wife is said to have been an Indian, and from her this sheet of water was' sometimes called Squaw Pond. This pond was famous early for its un- common supply of large and fat pickerel. Rockwood Pond, called at first Foster Pond, lies in the north-west part of the town, and its outlet furnishes the valu- able water-power in the village of Troy. Various kinds of fish abound in it, particularly the horned pout, which when skinned and fried furnishes a wholesome and welcome dish for the table. Colling Pond is the fourth of the natural ponds, and is smaller than either of those already mentioned. To these may be added as a natural pond the one in Troy village, which was within the original limits of Fitzwilliam. There are several artificial ponds or mill reservoirs of con- siderable size, among whicli may be mentioned Bowker Pond, Meadow Pond, and the Scott Eeservoir. It will be observed that Fitzwilliam has not as many lakes or large ponds as some of the adjoining towns, notably Eindge and Jailrey, for Eindge has thirteen and Jaffrey more than half as many. 26 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. As the streams of Fitzwilliam generally rise in the town aftd run out of it, it cannot' be expected that any of them will be large. As a matter of fact, all are small. The larger ones are Scott or Priest Brook, in the eastern part of the town, and Camp or Chaplin Brook, in the south-west part. The larger ponds mentioned discharge a body of water of considerable size, but in each ease the course of these streams in Fitzwilliam is short, and they soon reach the adjoining towns. Nearly or quite all the brooks were originally well stocked with fish, but these have largely disappeared, as the streams have been improved for manufacturing purposes. The drainage of the town is all into the Connecticut Eiver. The three streams that flow into Massachusetts continue south- ward and make three branches of Miller's River, entering the Connecticut at Montague. These streams receive the water of all the south and east parts of the town, comprising about three fourths of the entire area of the original township. The streams from the north and north-west parts of the town unite with the south branch of the Ashuelot, and enter the Connecti- cut in Hinsdale. A semicircle drawn from West Hill through the Pinnacle to Gap Mountain defines the water-shed of the town with sufficient accuracy. CHAPTER II. THE INDIANS OF SOUTHEEN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Indian Names — The Five Great Tribes of New England — Numbers — Char- acter and Habits — Sales of Land — Removal — Remains — Confirmatory Statements, ri "iHE authorities chiefly consulted in preparing this chapter -•- are : 1. Penhallow (Samuel), The History of the Wars with the Eastern Indians. Boston : Printed by T. Fleet for S. Ger- rish, at the lower end of Cornhill, and D. Henchman, over against the Brick Meeting-House in Cornhill, 1726. The in- valuable diary of this author was destroyed by the great fire at Portsmouth, N". H., December, 1806. Mr. Penhallow was born in England, but came to America in 1686. The " Soci- ety for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians" offered him twenty pounds sterling a year, for three years, if he would acquire a knowledge of the Indian language, and sixty pounds annually during life if he would become a preacher to the Indians. The latter offer he declined, as he became a suc- cessful Portsmouth merchant and official of New Hampshire, dying December, 1726. His history is very rare in its orig- inal form, but has been wisely reprinted by private enterprise, and also in its collections by the New Hampshire Historical Society. 2. Belknap's History of New Hampshire, two volumes, 1784 and 1791. The great storehouse of knowledge upon the early history of this State. The edition of Farmer, Secretary of the New Hampshire Historical Society, has very valuable notes. 3. New Hampshire Historical Collections, edited by Rev. Dr. N. Bouton. 4. New Hampshire Provincial Papers. 28 HISTORY OP PITZWILLIAM. 5. Histories of New Hampsliire, by Barstow, Sanborn, and Wbiton. 6. History of Northfield, Mass., by Eev. J. H. Temple and Mr. George Sheldon, 1875. A work of great merit, and al- most the only recent town history that throws light upon the Indians of Southern New Hampshire. 7. Groton (Mass.) During the Indian Wars, by Samuel A. Green, M.D., Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 8. Massachusetts Records. 9. Old Indian Chronicles, published after the war with King Philip. 10. Plymouth (Mass.) Records. 11. Drake's American Biography. OETHOGEAPHT OF INDIAN NAMES. This seems to be mostly mechanical, and no uniformity has been observed by diiferent writers. Professor Sanborn says that there are more than forty different modes of spelling the name of the lake Winnepesaukee, which means " the beauti- ful water in the high place." Hardly any two persons would use the same letters in spelling a word pronounced by an Indian. Hawaii, the name of the largest of the Sandwich Islands, was spelled Owyhee fifty years ago. On an ancient survey (1774) of the Nipmuch or Nepent Indian country, Monadnock is spelled Menadnock. See " Old Indian Chronicles." To furnish a brief sketch of the Indians that roamed over ratlier than inhabited the region aboiit Mount Monadnock from one hundred and fifty to two hundred years ago is all that will be here attempted. Rev. J. H. Temple, of Framingham, Mass. , who has studied tlie Indian history most carefully, says, in a private letter to the writer, that "in all the published works relative to the history of the Indians of New England, you will find a gener- ality and indefiniteness that is perplexing. The contemporary writers say so much that you know they could have said much INDIAN TBIBES. 29 more, and this ranch more is just what you want to find out." This is the experience of all who undertake to investigate this matter. When the first white settlers arrived in New England it was inhabited by five great tribes or divisions of Indians. 1. The Pequots, who dwelt in Connecticut. 2. The]!^arragansetts, that had their abode inEhode Island. 3. The Pawnannankitts, of Nantucket and the adjacent islands. 4. The Massachusetts, that inhabited the State named for them ; and 5. The Pautucketts, of New Hampshire and Maine. "We are chiefly concerned in this history with the division last mentioned. This was divided into various tribes, the most im- portant of which was the Pennacooks, who had their home on the Merrimac, in the vicinity of Concord. The Pennacook Lake perpetuates their name. Many of the smaller tribes of this region were subordinate to the Pennacooks, and among them, according to Farmer, were the four tribes in the valley of the Connecticut River, located north of Springfield, Mass., and these were the tribes tliat appear to have been more or less concerned in the destructive attacks upon the settlements in the western part of Cheshire County. Among the other subordinate tribes inhabiting Eastern New Hampshire and South-western Maine were the Amoskeaks, who, as tradition informs us, had their permanent quarters where the village of Amoskeag now stands, just north of Manchester above the Amoskeag Falls. These falls were the favorite resort of the Indians of all the region, because the salmon-fishery there was regarded as the best in the territory of New Hampshire. NOTE ON THE MOHAWKS. This powerful tribe dwelt on the Mohawk River and upper Hudson in New York, but was a terror to the Indians in the Connecticut Valley, and even as far east as the Merrimac. The name of these Indians, Mohogs, which signifies men-eaters, from moho, to eat, became at length Mohawks. (Eliot's Key.) The following petition tells its own story. Hogkins was one of the sachems of the Pennacooks. 30 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. Honor Governor my friend. May 15, 1685. You my friend I desire your worship and your power, because I hope you can do som great matters tliis one. I am poor and naked and I have no men at my place because I afraid allwayes Mohogs he will kill me every day and night. If your worship when please pray help me you no let Mohogs kill me at my place in Malamake river called Panukkog and Nattukkog, I will submit your worship and your power. And now I want powder and such alminishon, shott and guns, because I have forth at my hom and plant there. This is all Indian hand, but pray do not consider your humble servant John Hogkins. Witnessed by fourteen Indians, all but one of whom signed by marks. The great chief of the Pennacooks was Passaconaway. Belknap gives this account of him : He excelled the other sachems in sagacity, duplicity, and moderation ; but his principal qualiflcation was his skill in some of the secret opera- tions of nature, which gave him the reputation of a sorcerer and extended his fame and influence among all the neighboring tribes. They believed that it was in his power to make water burn and trees dance, and to metamorphose himself into flame ; that in winter he could raise a green leaf from the ashes of a dry one, and a living serpent from the skin of one that was dead. Passaconaway was mort friendly to the settlers than his subordinate sachems generally ; and it is added that at a great dance and feast, being an old man, he made his farewell speech to his children and people ; in which, as a dying man, he warned them to take heed how they quarrelled with their Eng- lish neighbors ; for though they might do them some damage, yet it would prove the means of their own destruction. He told them that he had been a bitter enemy of the English, and by the arts of sorcery had tried his utmost to hinder their settlements and increase, but could by no means succeed. His son and sucsessor, Wonolanset, seems to have inherited his father's caution and sagacity, for later, when a general Ind- ian war broke out, he led his people into a region quite re- mote from the scene of action that they might not be involved in the conflict. At a later period still Wonolanset is said to have heard Eliot preach to the Indians, and to have professed conversion to Christianity. NUMBERS, CHARACTER AND HABITS. 31 In F. G. Drake's " Biography of Distinguished Americans," It is asserted that Passaconaway invited Eliot to take up his abode near the Pennacooks, that he and his people " might be taught the Christian religion," as he had avowed his belief in God. Such was the great chief that for a long time held swaji^ about Monadnock.* NUMBERS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE INDIANS. It is impossible to arrive at any definite conclusions upon this matter. They doubtless seemed to the whites vastly more numerous than they actually were. In their attacks upon the settlements they never appeared upon the open field in a body, but would shoot down their victims from behind trees and rocks ; and as the firing came from many quarters at the same moment, a few dozen warriors would be magnified into thou- sands in popular estimation. The four tribes in the Connecti- cut Valley alluded to above did not probably exceed twelve hundred all told, with two hundred braves, while the early settlers were establishing themselves in Keene, Walpole, Winchester, and Hinsdale. And it is nearly certain that the entire Indian population of Central and Southern New Hamp- shire in the year 1700 did not exceed four thousand, of whom possibly six hundred were warriors. CHARACTER AND HABITS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE INDIANS. With regard to the Indian character in general, this must be said : while the apostles to the Indians, Eliot and the May- hews, found those with whom they dealt often tractable and, to a considerable extent, kind, generous, and faithful, the gen- eral verdict of the settlers was that they were naturally deceit- f4il, treacherous, and cruel to the last degree. Penhallow, in his introduction to " The History of the Indian Wars," speaks of the Indians " as implacable in their revenge as they are terrible in the execution of it ; and will convey it down to the third and fourth generation. No courtesy will ever oblige * The Concord Railroad Company perpetuates tbe memory of these ancient Indian chiefs by glTlngttheir names to some of their engines. 32 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. them to gratitude ; for their greatest benefactors hsLve fre- quently fallen victims to their fury." And almost every one of the one hundred and forty broad pages of this old history is simply a harrowing record of Indian atrocities. Of their treachery, the same author assures us that at the conclusion of a treaty with them in 1703, when volleys were to be fired on both sides to ratify it, and the English were asked (as they supposed by way of compliment) to fire first, which they readily did, it was soon learned that the guns of the Indians were charged with bullets as well as powder. When, in 1759, the colonists suddenly attacked the Arosa- guntaeook or St. Francis Indians in Canada and defeated them, among other things found in the settlement were six or seven hundred English scalps suspended on poles, the trophies of their barbarous warfare. And for forty years after 1703, wherever settlements were made in New Hampshire the Indians, incited by the French, were ready to fall upon them at the most unexpected moment, as when the people were at church or attending a wedding. Penhallow's sicken- ing record gives the names and particulars of the capture, torture, and murder in cold blood of hundreds during this period, as well as of the fearful sufferings that the prisoners of both sexes experienced while wading through the deep snows to Canada and during their captivity, before redemption or death put an end to their miseries. War could be no sooner proclaimed between France and England than the Indians seemed to become acquainted with the fact, as it were, in- stinctively, when the signal would be at once given to renew the work of pillage, burning, and butchery. But were the Indians never provoked by double-dealing, perfidy, and cruelty on the part of the whites ? lu 1703 we find the Colonial Government offering a bounty of forty pounds sterling for every Indian scalp that might be brought in ; and Penhallow tells us that a Captain Tyng was the first to avail himself of the privilege by securing two hundred pounds for five scalps, which he easily obtained by a quiet at- tack upon his victims in the depth of winter. From the " New Hampshire Provincial Papers" we learn that September 6th, CHAEACTER AND HABITS. 33 1676, there was a sham fight with two hundred refugee Indians at Dover, when the Indians were suddenly seized. Some of them were soon set at liberty, but many of them were sent to Boston, where five or six were hung for crimes which they had previously committed, while others were sold as slaves. The spirit of kindness and conciliation is not apparent in such transactions. From the " Massachusetts Eecords" of 1676-77 we learn that a day was set apart for public thanksgiving because, among other things of moment, " there now scarce remains a name or family of them (the Indians) but are either slayne, captivated, or fled." Doubtless the wrong involved in the fearful con- flicts and losses of those days is not to be wholly charged to the Indians. THEIE HABITS. When not engaged in war they cultivated to some extent the soil, especially the rich lands upon the banks of the streams ' and rivers, though it must be said that the squaws seem to - have done this work generally.. Sometimes ten or fifteen acres of maize could be found in one piece upon the banks of the Connecticut. To ke6p the surplus for winter use or for a time of famine they built granaries or underground storehouses from five to fifteen feet in diameter, and these they some- times lined with clay. White visitors occasionally applied the term " wigwams" to these granaries, but usually this was the name of their dwellings. These were huts, the best of which contained few if any of the conveniences and comforts of civ- , ilized life. After the coming of the white men they raised also large quantities of beans and scjuashes, but always depended largely for food upon hunting and fishing. JSTuts also of vari- ous kinds were collected by them and stored for food. Ket- tles for boiling they made from soapstone. Except in ex- treme cases they seem to have had a good supply of food. In their domestic life they were like the wild Indians of the' North-west at the present time: The squaws were the slaves of the braves, and all the degradation^ and hardships of savage - life' were their portion. In war the bow and arrow, the club, ■ 3 34 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. the spear pointed with a sharp stone, and a hatchet or toma- hawk made from the same material furnished their offensive and defensive weapons, but eariy they manifested a purpose to acquire fire-arms if possible. Before 1688 Baron Castine, a French nobleman, had gone among the Indians east of the Penobscot and made a home Avith them, filling his house with Indian women. This infamous man furnished muskets to the Indians, and from that time forth they became doubly formid- able in warfare. One or two other renegade whites weie proved guilty of the same crime against law and humanity, and severely punished. As early as 1626 the settlers at Dover found that the Indians had muskets, and upon investigation it appeared that one Thomas Morton, the ringleader of a com- pany of outlaws whose headquarters were at Braintree, Mass., had sold guns and ammunition to the neighboring Indians. He was at once seized and sent a prisoner to England. In 1631 the G-eneral Court ordered " Richard Hopkins to be severely whipped and branded with a hot iron upon one of his cheeks for selling guns, powder, and shot to the Indians." THE INDIAN CLAIMS TO THfi LAND OF THE NEW WOELD. If a long and undisputed occupancy can give a valid title to land, they certainly owned this territory. A foreign king, three thousand miles away, who had never set foot upon these ! lands had no just claim to them ; but he gave them away or ipermitted the Council of Plymouth in England to dispose of them just as if they had been inherited or obtained by fair purchase. It is to the credit of the settlers generally that they were not satisfied with the principles and acts of their kings and coun- cils in this respect. The Old Indian Chronicle asserts that " any one will find, by an examination of all the public records of New England, that in no instance was the land taken from the Indians without tlieir consent and without what was then considered a fair compensation." " However small the com- pensation, it was as a general thing all the land was worth." And Professor Sanborn, in his " History of New Hamp- shire," says, " The New England colonists did generally pur- INDIAN OLAIMS. 35 chase tlieir lands from the Indians. They paid but small sums, and in articles of but little value to themselves, yet the Indians prized them highly ; and they alone had a right to judge of the worth of their territory and of the price of the goods given in exchange for it. They sold willingly, and received their pay with joy." But the same author adds that " the settlers of New Hampshire were perhaps less careful than others to ex- tinguish the Indian claim, because chartered companies and royal proprietors assumed the ownership of the soil." In the same line of testimony, the Hon. Charles Bell said before the New Hampshire Historical Society, a few years ago, " There is abundant evidence still surviving to show that every rood of land occupied by the white men for a century after they sat down at Piscataqack was fairly purchased from the Indian proprietors, and honestly paid for." And in support of these and similar assertions, we have in the appendix of Belknap, Yol. I., the copy of a deed given in 1629 to John Wheelwright and others of Massachusetts Bay, "to theni, their heirs and assigns forever," of nearly all the south-eastern part of New Hampshire, " twenty Eng- lish miles into the woods," with various conditions and provisos ; and " for a competent valuatioTi in goods already received, in coats, shirts, and kettles ;" the chief Sagamore and his successors forever to receive, if lawfully demanded, " one coat of trucking cloth a year" for each township laid oat within said tract of land^ while the said Wheelwright is to have from the grantors " two bushels of Indian corn each year," etc. "In witness whereof," etc. Signed by Passaconaway, Runaawitt, Wahangnonawitt, and Eowls, each with his mark and seal, in the presence of two Indians and two whites. We are obviously unable to determine the real value of the " shirts, coats, and kettles" " already received," but this con- tract has the features of honest business rather than of robbery. And yet it is very plain that Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason (to whose great ambition and most per- sistent efforts for securing wealth and renown out of the lands in Southern New Hampshire, attention will be directed in 36 HISTQEY OF FITZWILLIAM. Chapter lY.) did not make the least effort to satisfy the claims of the Indians to the large territory which they professed to own. And the probability is that the Indian title to the lands about Monadnock was never extinguished in any way by those who purchased and settled this territory between 1740 and 1 775 ; for before this period the great chiefs of the Penna- cooks had died, and the tribes subordinate to them had been largely broken up and dispersed. THE REMOVAL OF THE INDIANS FEOM THIS TEEEITOET. Their numbers and power as tribes seem to have waned rapidly after the close of the sixteenth century. Contact with the whites had not generally improved their physical or moral condition. Fewer children were born to them, and they lost, in a great measure, their ambition. Many of their braves had perished in the wars, and those that survived were discour- aged. Gradually the young men and then whole families and tribes withdrew from all contact with civilization. Some went to the East and North-east, and cast in their lot with their old enemies, the Tarrateens ; but the larger part appear to have gone North and joined the Indians on the St. Francis in Canada. But wherever they went they soon lost all tribal distinctions, and practically disappeared from the face of the earth. A few came annually, for a number of years, to hunt about the old mountain and fish in our lakes and streams, but soon returned to Canada or Eastern Maine. How late the Indians were found roaming over Fitzwilliam it is impossible to say. In 1754, or nearly three years after Monadnock Eo. 4' was sold to Koland Cotton and others, it was considered hazardoiis to commence building a meeting- house in Monadnock No. 1 or Eindge, because Indian attacks were feared (see "History of Eindge," p. 63) ; while later than that murders were committed by the Indians in Walpole, Keene, and Hinsdale. INDIAN EEMAINS. There is no evidence that what is now Fitzwilliam was ever a favorite resort for the Indians, like Hinsdale and Keene, but INDIAN EElaAlNS. 37 we are assured tliat for a considerable time after its settlement and incorporation as a town the remains of Indian wigwams were found in the southern part of it, not far from the line that separates New Hampshire from Massachusetts. Rev. John Sabin is our authority for the following state- ment, which is taken from one of his lectures ; When Mr. Wait dug his cellar, in the south part of the town, a few years ago, he found it thickly lafd over, at not more than a suitable dis- tance from each other, with what he supposed once graves, bodies de- posited there. He^ was satisfied from the lightness of the earth, the color, the smell, and I should think he found something like hair, that human bodies had, at some remote period, been laid there and laid in an orderly manner. It may be as hard to, account for them, perhaps, as for the mounds at the west. It may more seem than in any other way of which we know, that the Aborigines, at some period, had their burying- place there, and that makes it more probable that they inhabited not very far distant. Upon the banks of Camp Brook, near the house where John Camp lived eighty or ninety years ago, the remains of at- least two Indian wigwams were found and some Indian utensils. And the same was true of the Lot 1 of the tenth range, in School District No. 11, where Joshua Twitchell built a log- house and lived for a number of years. A manuscript history of School District No. 11, written many years since, and carefully preserved by Mr. D. Francis White, of that district, informs us that the Indians who visited that part of the town before its settlement were few in number, and that these took up their abode near the large brook which runs through the district, drawn hither plainly by the good fishing which the brook afforded. " My grand- father," says the writer, " told me that the remains of two of their huts or wigwams were to be seen long after his remem- brance, one on the side of the hill near where Benjamin Hay- wood's house now stands, the other on the east side of the brook, on land owned by Benjamin Fisk. The cellar that was dug into the hillside many years ago by the Indians is now plain to be seen." . In confirmation of the opinion expressed in this chapter that 38 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. the region about Mount Monadnock was a favorite resort of roving Indians and Indian families during a part of each sea- son, the testimony is abundant. Of this two items only have been selected, and the details of both are set forth in the vol- ume, " Groton (Mass.) in the Indian Wars," by Samuel A. Green, M.D. This book is a very valuable contribution to our Indian history. Groton was one of the frontier towns of Massachusetts for a considerable period near the close of the seventeenth century, and every precaution against the sudden and repeated incursions of the Indians was not only required by law, but was found by the inhabitants to be an imperious necessity. February 16th, 1706, a court-martial was held in that town, by the order of Governor Dudley, for the trial of Lieutenant Seth "Wyman, who was charged with the crime of bringing a false report of " the discovery of the Indian Enemy near Monadnock on the 6th instant, and for their re- turn home in a mutinous, disorderly manner without endeavors after a sufdcient discovery." The proceedings of this com't- martial would occupy too much space for insertion here, but the facts in the case seem to have been as follows : Lieutenant "Wyman commanded a small company of men, who were sent out to watch the Indians about the base of Monadnock, that, in case of danger, they might give the alarm to the exposed inhabitants of the frontier towns of Massachusetts ; and hav- ing, as he supposed, if his scouts were truthful, discovered the presence of a large body of advancing savages, he. ordered a retreat toward their homes, which retreat, through fright, was conducted in a disorderly manner. The testimony of the accused officer was as follows : On the 6th instant on our incamping on Son about an hour hifh wee sent out Two Scouts, of four men each ; one to march on the left wing ; the other on the Eight ; to march about a mile and a half right out upon discovery from the Noyse of our Hatchetts. He farther saith that after they had bin upon the scout about an hour, that he Saw both Scouts returning together, running toward our Camp as men affrightened, and called to me at a distance to put out our fires for they had discover'd a Body of the Enemy. Then Corp' Tarbol coming up to me told me that he had discover'd the Enemy ; the first of their HUNTING FOR INDIAN SCAI-PS. 39 Camps that he diacover'd, He said the Koyse of their Hatchetts, were as bigg as our Company, and so reached halfe a mile. The other part of our Scout told me they had diacoyer'd the Track of Do^gs -which they Judg'd to he Twenty or Thirty, Corporal Tarbol, who commanded one company of the scouts, testified that they " saw a smoak," and upon approaching it " heard a great discourse of men which I toot to be Indians and French," and upon retreating he said he met the other scout, who reported having seen " a Track of twenty or Thirty Doggs, which they Judg'd to be the Enemyes Doggs," etc. Xhe scouts seem to have been divided in opinion about the presence of the dogs, some supposing the tracks were made by a female wolf with her whelps ; but when they had compared notes the fright became general, and nothing Wyman could do could keep the men together. This officer seems to have been brave enough, but he was in a region where Indian surprises were to be expected, and his men failed him.* The second item alluded to is as follows ; " G-overnor Sal- tonstall, of Connecticut, writes from New London, under date of July 23d, 1Y24, that the friendly Indians of tliat neighbor- hood seem inclined to hunt for scalps around Mpnadnock, and the farther side of Dunstable and Groton.^' (Massachusetts Archives.) "This was owing," says Dr. Green, "to an offer made about this time (already alluded to in this chapter) by the governments of Massachusetts and l^ew Hatnf shire, of a bounty of forty pounds for every Indian's scalp that should be taken and shown to the proper authorities. This expedient stimulated volunteers to scour the wilderness for the purpose of hunting Indians ; and Captain John Lovewell, of Dunstable, organized a company, which soon became famous." This Captain Lovewell seems to have led at least two expedi- tions against the Indians before he started out upon the one which proved so disastrous to himself and nearly all his com- mand on the borders of Lovewell's Pond, near Fryeburg, Me. * According to the best information relative to this matter, the scene of this fright was in the south-east part of Fitzwilliam, or in the neighboring town of Eindge. 40 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. After one of these forays hej.entered. Dover, E". H.j:m triumph, bearing stretched on hoops ten Indian scalps. .These h& took to Boston, and obtained the large bounties offered by the Massachusetts government. The region about Monadnock was plainly regarded as very favorable for such expeditions because no large company of Ind- ian warriors would there be encountered.' A roaming sav- age with his squaw could be shot down without great personal peril. CHAPITER III. THE MONADNOCK REGION IN 1740 THE OLD MILITARY EOAD. Appearance of the Country — Old Road. J I iHE toMTis tliat cluster around the base of this mountain, : -^ of which Fitzwilliam is one, have in some respects a pe- culiar history. The size and isolation of the mountain and its distance from_ any other lofty elevations with which to com- pare it make this entire region unlike any other in New Eng- land, while, as we shall see in the next chapter of this history, the early negotiations for the sale, purchase, and settlement of these towns had many singular features. As a matter of course, that which gives character to this en- tire region of country is the grand old mountain itself. The height of this is not so remarkable, as its loftiest peak is only three thousand one hundred arid eighty-six feet above the level of the sea, and many of the peaks in JSTorthern New Hampshire hava a greater altitude. But it stands out alone, the one great mountain of Southern New Hampshire and of the north-eastern and northern central parts of Massachusetts, while the beauty and grandeur of its outlines never fail to rivet the attention and move the sensibilities of the beholder. From an early period it was styled " the Grand Monadnock," and this distinctive name is plainly of Indian origin. When this part of New Hampshire was opened for settle- ment the entire mountain, with the exception of one com- paratively unimportant peak, is said to have been covered with trees similar to those that now cover the lower portions of it, though, of course, much smaller, and stunted to a much greater degree . as the top was approached. This forest seems to have been largely prostrated by a heavy gale near the be- ginning of the present century, and at a later period wholly 42 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. consumed by fire. Then the rains and melting snows carried forward the process of denudation rapidly, while the winds aided in the work, till from the upper portions of the moun- tain nearly all the soil that had been accumulating for cen- turies disappeared, leaving the great mass of coarse rock bare as we see it to-day. These statements come to us by tradition mostly, but there is no reason to question their substantia] truth. The "Bald Peaks" on the mountain (as the naked spot before alluded to is said to have been called) doubtless presented to the early explorers the only place from which an uninter- rupted view could have been obtained, and seen from this, the entire region, with the exception of some small natural mead- ows and the ponds, was one immense forest. From that ele- vation the sharp and long hills, which are so prominent a fea- ture in all these towns, disappeared and the beholder looked out upon what seemed to be a level country, a plain extend- ing as far as the eye could reach. The explorers and settlers of some of the towns of Northern Massachusetts, thirty or forty miles south of us, were similarly deceived as they sur- veyed the region from the summit of Wachusett, and fondly supposed they were locating their farms and building their log houses upon a great plain, with a soil as deep, rich, and easily worked as is that which attracted the pioneers in the valley of the Connecticut Eiver. Such was the appearance of these rugged towns about Monadnock in 1740. The country seemed to be one great and fertile plain, interspersed with the many shining lakes that are now so prominent a feature of the landscape, with the little threads of brooks and larger streams running in various direc- tions. Then as now in all the surrounding country the grand feature of the whole was the massive and majestic mountain. This, though legally belonging to our neighbors, Dublin and Jafi'rey, is in a large sense cominon property ; and these neighbors are not jealous of their rights in this valuable in- heritance. We are always welcome to feast our eyes upon the inspiring scenery which makes the whole region glad, and to drink in the pure air which is so delicious and healthful a draft MONADNOCK— OLD MILITARY ROAD. 43 to multitudes of tte weary workers that come up, year by year, from our crowded cities. No views of the mountain are bet- ter than many from the homes of Fitzwilliara, while a good carriage-road of five miles' length from the centre of our town brings us to the base of the mountain. The following extracts from the historical lecture of Eev. John Sabin, in 1842, may be of interest to such as are disposed to complain of the roughness, the stones and rocks of this region : Some almost wonder that this town was ever built on, and that a com- munity should settle here. But in early days it was a land of high credit, and I am told by the old minister of JafErey, Mr. Ainsworth, that the Monadnock region since his remembrance has been as much extolled as now is any part of the West. Within two days I am told by a son of an early settler in this part of Jaffrey that the fear at first was there would not be stone for fencing. We can have no question but in its natural state this town had its beauties, nor did its rocks appear as they have since. THE OLD MILITAET EOAD. During the almost constant wars with the French and Ind- ians from 1735 to 1760, it was a matter of the first impor- tance to keep open some way of direct communication between Eastern Massachusetts and the frontier toward Canada. In tlie early part of this period Massachusetts claimed as a part of her territory all that now constitutes the States of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and for some time manned and supported the forts on the Connecticut River at Great Meadow (Westmoreland), at Upper Ashlielot (Keene), at No. 4 (Charlestown),* and Fort Dummer at Brattleborough, Vt. But in order to transport the munitions of war with the * In 1733 the government of Massachusetts granted to Josiah Willard and others a township named Arlington, which embraced the main portion of the territory now constituting the towns of Hinsdale and Winchester. At a little later date four town- ships were granted extending northward along the east bank of the Connecticut River, which were named Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, and which were nearly Identical with the present towns of Chesterfield, Westmoreland, Walpole, and Charlestown. The settlement of the boundary-line between Massachusetts and New Hampstire in 1740 brought ali these towns within the limits of New Hampshire, of course invalidating all the Mas- sachusetts grants ; but the designation of Chailestown as No. 4 being found convenient to distinguish It from Charlestown, Mass., It was retained for a long time, and is some- times heard even at the present day. 44 HISTOET ,0F. FITZWILLIAM. troops through the wilderness to the frontier forts, roads for wheel vehicles became a necessity, and accordingly were con- structed. The records of the times inform us that: daring those wars such a road was made between No. 4 (Charlestown) and Crown Point on Lake Champlain, and, without doubt, it was built by the province of Massachusetts. To hold posses- sion of the place last mentioned was a matter of the first im- portance, as Crown.Point, in a good measure, commanded Lake Champlain, and the route through it was the one generally taken by the French and Indians in their incursions uppn the British possessions and settlements^ The military road just named was, therefore, anjmportant link in the route between Eastern Massachusetts and Canada, especially since the passage through the wilderness from Portland, Me.-, to the St. Law- rence was attended by the greatest hardships and perils. The Indians had trails through Northern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire over which they passed with their captives and booty, but these were of no value for the trans- portation of provisions, guns," ' and amrriuhition for the forts and offensive operations beyond. It will be seen at a glance that another road of the same kind (of which the one just mentioned should be an extension or western division) was equally necessary in order to reach the Connecticut Eiver. That such a road was built about 1735 or perhaps a little later there can be no question, but its exact, location through tlie northern part of "Worcester County, Mass., and some of the New Hampshire towns is a matter of uncertainty, for the reason that, in succeeding years, wher- ever it did not meet the wants of the people as a public high- way it soon went out of use, and wherever it did it was main- tained like the town roads in general, and as time went on its particular history was lost. But while its exact location in many places cannot be given, its general direction can be stated without any doubt; It started in the vicinity of Fitchburg, Mass., and passed through a part of Ashburnham into Win- chendon, in the same State. In the latter town a branch is believed to have left the main line, and proceeding in a west- erly direction passed through the south-western corner of THE OLD HILITAKT KOAD. 45 Fitzwilliam into Richinond, and was continued to the Con- necticut Eiver to furnish supplies to Fort Dummer, now Brat- tleborough, Yt. The other or more important branch (and with this we are specially concerned), taking a north-westerly direction from the point of junction in Wiiichendon, passed through the entire length of Fitzwilliam, and proceeded on- ward to Oharlestown No. 4. - - In ISTl. the writer traced this road easily, for a considerable distance, through the section of the town north- west of the central village. The road was located a short distance west of the dwelling-house of Gilbert 0. Beinis, recently burned, and proceeding northerly passed east of the Rockwood Pond, but west of the present travelled road.. The track was grown up with trees, some of them of very large size, but the sluices made across the water-courses were standing as they were buili one hundred and forty or one hundred and fifty years ago, and other marks remained sho-wing the position of the road. The first house erected by General James Eeed was not far from the site of Mr. Bemis's dwelling, and the cellar. of the old house is a notable object in that part, of the town. This house was kept as an inn for many years, first by General Reed and later by his son, Colonel Sylvanus Reed. Near by, but on the other side of the old road, is seen the cellar of the house built by Daniel Mellen, Sr. A little farther south, on the Fay Hill, as more recently called, Benjamin Bigelow, the first set- tler in town, located. "Whether this military road can be very definitely traced through the towns north-west of Fitzwilliam is not known ; nor can it be very certainly located through the south part of Fitzwilliam. Even among the persons best informed in the case there is a difference of opinion. One supposition is that the road entered the town near the south-east corner thereof, and passing west of Sip Pond, ran near No. 4 school-house, thence east of the Collins Pond, and then, passing near the spot where the first meeting-house was afterward erected, proceeded to the Fay Hill, and so on as before described. If this is cor- rect, it seems very probable that the road leading from No. 4 school-house southerly to Amos McGee's is a part of the orig- 46 HISTORY OP FITZWIELIAM. inal road, and the only part now in use within the limits of Fitzwilliam. Another opinion is that the road entered Fitz- william farther west, coming in from Koyalston, and proceed- ing as nearly as practicable in a direct course, struck the pre- viously described route perhaps near the locality of the old meeting-house. But it is not necessary to go back far in the last century to find the beginning of both these roads. In 1795 a road was laid out over the first described route as far as from the south- east corner of the town to the McGee place, then occupied by Richard Gleason, Sr. And in 1796 a road was laid out substantially covering the second or west route. TJiough the definite location of a great part of this road thus appears to be entirely lost, the real existence of such a road is beyond a doubt, and it is equally certain that by it the early settlers came to their new homes in the town of Fitzwilliam. It is also highly probable that the continuation of this road through Vermont was used in the Revolutionary "War for the passage of troops and the transportation of supplies from New Hamp- shire, for the military operations in the country about Lake Charoplain. CIIAPTEE IV. GEAITTS OF THE LANDS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIEft. Befioiency of Records— Early Explorers — Royal Claims— Plymouth Company — Ferdlnando Gorjres — Captain Jolin Mason — His Heirs — Masonian Proprietors — Monadnock Townships — First Grant of Monadnock No. 4 — Division of Second Grant — Ranges, Lots, etc. ^ I "^HE early settlers of Fitzwilliam, as is true of pioneers gener- -*- ally, did not deem it necessary to keep carefully prepared records of their movements and business transactions. This common fault of the age can hardly surprise us when M'e re- member that the necessity was laid upon them to work, to give all their time, thoughts, and strength to the founding of homes for themselves and their families in the wilderness. As the result of this, much of the early history of this town and of each of the adjoining towns has been lost and can never be re- covered, so meagre and unsatisfactory are the ancient recolrds. Still not a few of the motives and movements of the men who took part in opening this section of l^ew Hampshire for Settle- ment are traced without difficulty. The first white men who explored this region were not in quest of fame, good farms, or valuable sites for manufacturing establishments ; for since the precious metals had usually been fonnd in mountainous regions like Mexico and Peru, the opinion was early entertained that they must be found abotlt the base and upon the sides of Monadnock. Accordingly, the first individuals and companies that ob- tained grants of these lands from the British crown sent oiit bands of men charged to explore the region carefully for gold and silver. The gold fever then raged, as it has in later times, and the men infected with it, both in Europe and in this country, had great expectations, which, perhaps fortu- nately for them atid for us, were doomed to disappointment. 48 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. That these explorers met with no success we all know, but their failure has not deterred some of the present generation from repeating, upon a limited scale, the same fruitless ex- periment. Probably no mines of either of the precious metals will ever be discovered in Monadnock. And so far as can be known certainly by the existing generation, the same is true of the "White Mountains. Professor Sanborn, of Dartmouth College, in his " History of New Hampshire, " makes the following statement, doubt- less on good authority, as it has been given substantially by other writers : In June, 1642, Darby Field, with two Indian guides, first ascended^ the White Mountains. In August of the same year another party, led by Thomas Gorges and Richard Vines from Maine, set out, on foot, to ex- plore the " delectable mountains." They penetrated the desert wilder- ness, and climbed the rugged sides of the " White Hills" from the east. They gave a very extravagant and incoherent description of what they saw. Their imagination ran riot in marvellous inventions. They de- scribed them (the mountains) as " extending a hundred leagues, on which snow lieth all the year." On one of these mountains they found ft plain of a day's journey (it must have been a Sabbath-day's journey) Whereon nothing grew but moss ; and " at the farther end of this plain, a rude heap of mossy stones, piled up on one another, a mile high, on wJiich one might ascend from stone to stone, like a pair of winding stairs, to the top, where was another level of about an acre, with a pond of clear water. The country beyond was said to be "daunting terrible." They named these mountains "the Crystal Hills." Their provisions failed them before the beautiful lake was reached ; and though they were within One day's journey of it, they were obliged to return home. So the men of that age died without the sight. Plainly those who sent out such exploring expeditions were obliged to take their pay in romance ; the more improbable the story the better. Of the eight Monadnock towns, Rindge has a peculiar his- tory, which is lucidly set forth by her historian, Ezra S. Stearns, Esq. In 1690 Sir William Phipps, who had been a sailor, led an expedition against the French into Canada. -This was .a mis^ 49 erable failure, and the troops that survived the fearful hard- ships of the campaign could get no pay for their service. Some of these were from Dorchester, Mass. ; others were from Row- ley, Ipswich, and other towns in the eastern part of that State. Forty years later these soldiers or their heirs obtained from the General Court of Massachusetts, in the way of remuneration, grants of wild lands, some of which are now in New Hamp- shire, but were then claimed by Massachusetts ; and this claim was generally allowed. The men from Dorchester thus ob- tained what was deemed a titlei to the town of Asliburnham, which was then called Dorchester Canada. Winchendon be- came in the same way Ipswich Canada, and Eindge, Rowley Canada. The boundary-line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, -which was for a long time in dispute, was finally settled by George the Second in 1740 ; and this left our neigh- bor Rindge to share the fortunes of the other towns in South- ern New Hampshire.* The whole difficulty respecting the Massachusetts claims to this region arose from the mistake (veiy early made) of supposing that the Merrimac River, in the greater part of its course, runs east instead of south. It does not appear that the heirs of the soldiers to whom * The entire history of the establishmeot of this line is interesting, especially as the old question is, in a certain sense, reopened at the present time, after the lapse of one hundred and forty-six years. The king determined that the northern boundary of the province of Massachusetts be a similar curve-line, pursuing the course of the Merrimac River at three miles' dis- tance on the north side thereof, beginning at the Atlantic Ocean and ending at a point due north of Patucket Falls, and a straight line drawn from thence due west till it meets with His Majesty's other governments. This decision was a surprise to both parties, for It gave to New Hampshire a strip of territory nearly sixty miles long and fourteen broad above all that this province had ever claimed, while it deprived Massachusetts of twenty-eight new towns between the Merrimac and Connecticut rivers, and parts of six old towns on the north side of the Merrimac toward its mouth, as well as a vast tract of land west of the Connecticut Kiver, for " His Majesty's other governments" in that direction were generally sup- posed to be bounded on the east by a line twenty miles east of the Hudson River. When orders were given to run out and mark these lines, the Assembly of Massachu- setts virtually refused to appoint surveyors, and New Hampshire was authorized to proceed with the work. The surveyors were to allow 10" for the westerly variation of the needle, and the chief mistakes claimed to have been made in running the lines seem to have had reference to this matter of the needle's variation. If these claims of New Hampshire shall be allowed, it will give to this State a triangular strip of territory coming to a point in Dracut, Mass., but of considerable width on the banks of the Con- necticut River. The New Hampshire Commission for the settlement of this matter consists of John J. Bell, of Exeter ; Charles H. Roberts, of Concord, and N. H. Clarke, of Plaistow. 4 50 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAHr. Rowley Canada was granted ever obtained any benefit from what -was supposed to be a valuable property, for Rindge be- ing declared to be in New Hampshire in 1740, its fortunes ever after differed not materially from those of the Monad- nock towns generally. It appears from the ancient records that a large part of the territory embraced in Southern New Hampshire was repeatedly given away and sold and resold by those who had no just title to a foot of land in this region. The following statement, which is condensed as far as it can be if the continuity of the narrative shall be preserved, is be- lieved to be truthful, for it is made on the authority of the Colonial Records and of the best early historians of 'Nevf Hampshire, particularly Belknap, who published his history in 1785 and 1791. Claiming it by right of discovery, James the Firet, in 1606, set apart for colonization all the territory in North America between the forty-first and forty-fifth degrees of north lati- tude, and (for anything that appears to the contrary) from ocean to ocean. This was named North Virginia. The grant in question was made to a company of " Knights, Gentlemen, and Merchants," residing chiefly in the southwest part of England, and was named, from the chief city of that section of England, " The Plymouth Company." One fifth part of the precious metals and one fifteenth part of the copper that might be found in the country thus obtained the king re- served for his treasury. Fourteen years later, or about the year that became memo- rable by the arrival of the Pilgrims on the coast of Massa- chusetts, this " Council of Plymouth," as it was afterward called, obtained a new charter that enlarged its possessions ; for it granted to that company all the lands between the for- tieth and forty-eighth degrees of north latitude, " from sea to sea," which expression, if it meant anything, meant from the Atlantic to the Pacific, or a territory about five hundred and fifty miles wide and two thousand *five hundred miles. long. This grant was called " New England in America." Two of the most active and ambitious members of this GOEGES AND MASON". 51 " Council of Plymouth" that obtained the grant of this im- mense territory were Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason. The former, Gorges, who had been the com- mander of the fort and Governor of Plymouth, England, was a bold, restless, impulsive man, who, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, appears to have been associated with Sir Walter Raleigh in attempts to found colonies in Virginia. He is said to have been a scholar and statesman lilje his associate, Raleigh, and it was his claim that his enterprises were undertaken largely to advance religion and the cause of humanity in gen» eral. Historians quote him as saying that the planting of colonies in America was undertaken for the advancement of religion, the enlargement of the bounds of our nation, and the employ- ment of many thousands of all sorts of people. Many of his schemes having miscarried, he deemed himself fortunate when he fell in with Captain John Mason, who was a man of the same spirit. Formerly he had been a merchant in London, but at a later period he had been Governor of Newfoundland, where he had succeeded in restoring to their tribes some captive Indians. Being a man of ability, Mason was appointed Secretary of the Plymouth Company, and soon obtained from his associates a grant of all the land from the river Naumkeag (Salem) round Cape Ann to the river Merrimac and up each of these rivers to the farthest head thereof ; then to cross over from the head of the one to the head of the other, with all the islands lying within three miles of the coast. This district was called " Mariana," doubtless from its hav- ing the ocean for its eastern boundary. So little was known of the length of the x^"aumkeag (which was supposed to be a great river rising far to the west), and also respecting the gen- eral course of the Merrimac River, that this was deemed to be a very valuable grant, whereas it actually embraced but a com- paratively small territory — viz., the triangular section of Massa- chusetts included in lines drawn from Lowell to Newburyport and Salem, with the sea-shore as its eastern boundary. Not a foot of this grant lay in New Hampshire. Probably becoming convinced that a mistake had been made, Gorges and Mason 52 HISTOET OP riTZWILLIAM. soon obtained another grant " of all the lands between the rivers Merrimac and Sagadahock (the Kennebec), extending back to the great lakes and river of Canada." This they held jointly and called it Laconia, because of the great number of lakes that it contained. Both of these men seem to have had visions of great vs^ealth and of nobility also through their American possessions, and both were sorely disappointed. In 1629 Mason obtained from the Plymouth Council a new patent, but covering no new territory, for the whole of it had been granted seven years before to him and Gorges jointly. This embraced the land from the middle of Piscataqua River and up tlie same to the farthest head thereof, and from thence north-westward until sixty miles from the mouth of the harbor were finished ; also through Merrimac River to the farthest head thereof, and so forward up into the land westward until sixty miles were finished ; and from thence to cross overland to the end of sixty miles accounted from Piscataqua River ; together with all the islands within five leagues from the shore. This territory Mason and Gorges named 'New Hampshire, the former having been for [^a time Governor of Portsmouth, in Hampshire County, England. Not long after the two partners divided their American pos- sessions. Gorges taking the eastern division, which became the province of Maine, and Mason holding as his share what is now New Hampshire. From 1625 to 1648 Charles the First was King of England, and it was a time of great lawlessness in the New England colonies generally. The Plymouth Council was obliged to surrender its charter to the crown, while Gorges and Mason established no civil governmejits in the territories wliich they claimed to own. In 1635 Captain Mason died suddenly, leaving what had been regarded as his princely estate greatly reduced by large outlays for supplies and wages paid to his colonists. His widow, who was his executrix, sent over from England one Captain Francis Norton to care for and manage the property here ; but he and those whom he employed managed to divide nearly all the goods and cattle among them- selves. THE MASON ESTATE. 53 One hundred of great cattle, valued at twenty-five pounds each, very large beasts of a yellow color, and said to have been brought by Cap- tain Mason from Denmark, are reported to liave been driven to Boston and sold as a part of the booty. Captain Mason left a will,jnade a few days before his death, by which he left to his grandson, Robert Tufton, " his manor of Mason Hall," near Portsmouth, and to his grandson, John Tufton, the remainder of his estate in New Hampshire, on condition that each should take the surname of Mason. John Tufton Mason died when young, and his share became the property of his younger brother, Robert Tufton Mason. This young man became of age in 1650. Litigation concerning the title to the New Hampshire property succeeding, Massachu- setts now had a survey made of what she deemed her territory, and fixed her northern boundary as far north as the head-watei's of the Merrimac River. The Mason estate seemed now com- pletely swallowed up, and during the Protectorate of Crom- well no help could be hoped for from the British Government, as the Masons were royalists. But after the restoration of Charles the Second, in 1660, Robert Tufton Mason appealed to the king for redress. The decision was that New Hamp- shire belonged to the heir of Captain John Mason. These grants did not remove the granted territory from under the British Government. When the settlements in- creased so as to require them, the usual colonial officers were generally appointed by the King and Council ; but at this time there being no recognized royal governor in the territory north of Massachusetts, the government of that province claimed the right to control the entire region, and this claim was ac- quiesced in for nearly forty years, or until 1G80. Robert Tufton Mason died in 1688, while he was doing everything possible to enforce his claim to New Hampshire. Soon after his sons and heirs sold to Samuel Allen, of London, their entire claim to the province for seven hundred and fifty pounds. Allen was made Governor of New Hampshire, but his claims were disregarded. A serious informality was found in the deed to Allen, and his heirs practically relinquished 54 HISTOEY OF FITZWXLLIAM. their claim to the property, which reverted, as a matter of course, to the heirs of Mason.* In 1744 John Tufton Mason (who was a great-great-grand- son of Captain John Mason, and the third of that name) offered to release his interest in the territory to the province of Xew Hampshire for one thousand pounds New England currency. So much of the genealogy of the Mason family as is needed is here given : 1. Captain John Mason. Died 1635. 2. Anne Mason Tufton, his daughter. 8. John and Eobert Tufton Mason. John died when a child ; Robert (succeeding to the estate) died in 1688, leaving two sons, John and Robert. John had no children, but 4. Robert, who died in 1718, left two sons, John and Thomas. This 5. John Tufton Mason represented the Mason claim and sold it, as will be seen below. Benning "Wentworth was now Governor of New Hampshire, a man of energy and no mean capacity for business, but he was busy with his schemes for including what is now Vermont within the limits of New Hampshire, and granting charters for and giving names to towns west of the Connecticut River. The noted expedition for the capture of Louisburg, which Mason joined, was also engrossing public attention to the ex- clusion of almost everything else. Two years passed, when the New Hampshire Assembly took measures to complete the bargain with Mason ; but on the same day when this was to have been done, Mason sold all his in- terest in New Hampshire to a company of twelve men, whose names follow : Theodore Atkinson, Mark Hunking Wentworth, Richard Wibird, John "Wentworth, Jr., John Moffat, Samiiel Moore, Jotham Odiorne, Jr., George Jaffrey, Jr., Joshua Pierce, and Nathaniel Meserve, all of Portsmouth ; Thomas Wallingford, * In the conveyance to Allen the lands are described as being "In New Hampshire, Main, Masonia, Laconia, Mason-hall and Mariana, in America, in the parish ot Green- wich." THE MASONIAN PROPRIETORS. ,^5 of Somersworth, and Thomas Packer, of Greenland. The first of the tweh'e seems to liave had three shares, tlie second two shares, and the others one share each. At a later date there were added to these nine new pro- prietors—viz., John Eindge, Joseph Bianchard, Daniel Pierce, John Tufton Mason, John Thomlinson, Mathew Livermore, William Packer, Samuel SoUey, and Clement March, making the whole number twenty-one. These gentlemen it has been customary to denominate, for the sake of convenience, " the Masonian Proprietors."* The character of Mason, in making this sale of his claims, appears to have been above suspicion, for he had seasonably notified the Assembly of the consequences that would follow in case of delay. The price actually paid to Mason by the new proprietors was fifteen hundred pounds. The settlers generally seem to have been indignant at first, while the gov- ernment of the province blustered ; but the proprietors re- mained unmoved. To conciliate all parties, they granted char- ters for new townships upon very liberal terms, deihanding no pay from actual settlers upon their lands. In every township granted by them, one right was set apart for a settled minister of the gospel, one for a parsonage, one for a school, and fifteen must be reserved for themselves, and, in some cases at least, two for their attorneys. In general also they stipulated that the purchasers or grantees of the new townships should, within a limited time, build meeting-houses, clear and make suitable roads, erect mills, and settle ministers. Of course they did not anticipate anything like rival religious churches and societies while imposing these conditions upon those who purchased their lands. The liberality of the Masonian proprietors soon won popular favor, and the settlements increased notwithstanding the great draft of men and money occasioned by almost constant war * These men were among the most respected and influential in the province, and nine of the twenty-one held the otBce of councillor under the royal government— viz. : Jotham Odiorne, appointed in 1724 ; Theodore Atkinson, Secretary, 1784 and 1763 ; Richard Wibird, appointed 1739 ; John Bindge, appointed 1740 ; Joseph Bianchard, ap- pointed 1740 ; Samuel S illey, appointed 1753 ; M. H. Wentworth, appoiated 1759 ; Daniel Pierce, appointed 1766 ; George Jaffrey, appointed 1766. 56 HISTOEY 0¥ PITZWILLIAM. with the French and Indians. Perplexing and expensive law- suits over conflicting claims were not uncommon, but the Revolution soon came, which effectually di posed of all such disputes. Before this, and shortly after the Masonian proprietors had completed their purchase, they caused townships to be sur- veyed and held in readiness to meet any satisfactory appli- cation for a grant. The region about the Monadnock was included in these surveys, and the townships were called Monad- nock townships and distinguished by numbers, some of them also by local names, which they bore until they were severally chartered and named by the provincial government. Tliese names were as follows : Monadnock No. 1, or South Monadnock, included the greater part of the Massachusetts grant called Rowley Canada, and is now the town of Rindge ; Monadnock No. 2, or Middle Monadnock, is now Jaffrey ; Monadnock No. 3, or North MonadnooT?, was incorporated as Dublin, and included the present town of Dublin and more than half the town of Elarrisville ; Monadnock No. 4, or Stoddardtown, was named Fitzwilliam at its incorporation, and included the present tow^n of Fitzwilliam and fully half the town of Troy ; Monadnock No. 5 was called New Marl- borough and incorporated as Marlborough, and included the present town of Marlborough, a part of Roxbury, and some less than half of Troy ; Monadnock No. 6 was named Fackersfield at its incorporation, and changed to Nelson in 1814. It in- cluded the present town of Nelson and a part of Harrisville. Monadnock No. 7 was called Limerick till its incorporation, when it was named Stoddard ; Monadnock No. 8 was called Camden till December 13th, 1776, when it was incorporated and named Washington. This was certainly one of the first places named for " the Father of his Country," perhaps the very first. Minor changes have been made in some of these towns that are not referred to in the foregoing description. The names Camden, Limerick, and New Marlborough were so generally accepted as to be used in deeds and other formal and legal documents. It should be here observed that the north-western boundary BOUNDARY DISPUTE SETTLED. 57 of the Masonian grant was for some time in dispute. The last grant to Mason, which gave the boimdaries of the territory ceded to him more definitely than those of an earlier date, de- scribed the southern boundary as commencing at the sea, three miles north of the mouth of the Merrimac, and running west sixty miles. But on an appeal to the King and Council it was decided, as we have already seen, that the eastern part of this line should follow the general course of the Merrimac, three miles north of it, to a point due north of Patucket Falls, and that from thence the course should be due west. The. north-west line, connecting the west end of the south line with the north end of the east line, the colonial authorities claimed was a straight line, while the Masonian Proprietors contended that it must be a curved line, as such a line only would give them the sixty miles from the sea. The establishment of the proprietors' claim it was supposed would bring all the Monad- nock towns within the limits of their purchase, and so, assum- ing that the sixty miles from the sea reached to the south- west corner of Monadnoek No. 4, they had issued grants accordingly. Thus the matter stood at the opening of the American Revolution. In 1787 the State of New Hampshire settled this question by measuring sixty miles west from the shore, on the Massa- chusetts line, and making the north-west line of the Mason grant straight, with no reference to the curves and indentations of the shore. This survey left a part of Monadnoek No. 1, most of No. 2, and all of the other Monadnoek towns outside of the Mason grant. The proprietors, however, came for- ward at once and purchased of the State of New Hampshire all the disputed territory they had claimed, paying for the same forty thousand dollars in public securities and eight hun- dred dollars in cash. Thus the conveyances of the Masonian Proprietors were rendered valid. The John Kindge whose name appears above at the head of the list of gentlemen added to the Masonian Proprietors after their purchase was plainly a man of established character and great ability ; for besides giving its name to our neigh- bor on the east, he was employed in 1731 by the province of 58 HISTORY OF PITZWILLIAM. New Hampshire as its agent, and sent to London to petition the king to decide between the conflicting claims of Massa- chusetts and New Hampshire. Great interests were pending, and Eindge and Thomlinson, who succeeded him in the agency, did not a little to secure a decision in favor of our province. The twenty-one Masonian Proprietors, through their agent, Joseph Blanchard, on January loth, 1752, granted to Roland Cotton and forty-one others the entire territory known as Monadnock No. 4, now Fitzwilliam. The names of six of Roland Cotton's associates in this purchase were as follows : Josiah Cotton, Matthew Thornton, Sampson Stoddard, Thomas Read, William Lawrence, and John Stevens. The exact conditions of this grant cannot here be given in full, but it is known that they required of each of the grantees the clearing of a certain number of acres upon one or more of the lots drawn by him within a specified time, the building of a house upon the same, with a family actually residing in it, the opening of roads, the establishment of a school, and tlie building of a meeting-house. This grant of 1762 became void because its conditions were not fulfilled. The reasons of this failure we can easily con- jecture. All kinds of business had been disturbed by the war between England and France, which ended in 1748. A new struggle between the same nations was in the air, and this, which proved to be " the Seven Years' War," or " the French and Indian War," as it was variously called, promised to be the most costly and destructive for the American provinces. It was no time for the settlement and improvement of a new township like Monadnock No. 4. But though they failed to comply with the conditions of their contract, Roland Cotton and his associates seem not to have lost all their interest in the township, for at a later date an amicable settlement was made. As will be seen, a new grant was made in 1765, and many of the grantees in 1 752 became grantees under the new contract, for in this their hardships are alluded to, and are treated with due consideration. Sampson Stoddard, Matthew Thornton, and John Slevens were grantees in both cases, and the second list of grantees doubtless included all of the first who had done GRANT OF MONADNOCK NO. 4. 59 anj'thing in the way of improvement, and wished to be in- cluded in the new company. We have now reached a point in this history when the records of all the parties concerned are comparatively full and explicit. "What immediately follows is an exact copy of the oldest record in the possession of the town. It readily explains it- self, for it gives us the reasons for a new grant of the town- ship, which was made in 1765, with all the conditions attached to it in plain language. The penmanship in which this record appears in the ancient book is a model of plainness and beauty. The orthography of business men one hundred and twenty years ago has been carefully preserved, and it will be seen to vary but little from what the best usage now requires. The free use of capital letters will be noted. A few words evidently omitted by mistake in the original are inserted in brackets. At a meeting of the Prop" of the Lands Purchased of Province of I John Tufton Mason Esqr in New Hamp" held at Portsm"" New Hamp' C in said Province on Wednesday the first Day of May Anno Domini 1765, by adjournment. WHEREAS the said Prop" on the e"- day of December 1751 author- ized and Impowered Joseph Blanchard, late of Dunstable in said Prov- ince, Esqr. to Grant their Right, Title and Interest in and to the Lands within their Claim, to such persons as would Engage to Settle and Im- prove the same, under such Limitations and Conditions as Were Just and Reasonable. Pursuant to Which Power, he, on the IS"" Day of Jan- uary, Anno Domini 1753, granted to Roland Cotton, Josiah Cotton, Mat- thew Thornton, Sampson Stoddard, Thomas Read, William Lawrence, John Stevens & thirty five others, all the Right, Title, Interest, claim. Property and Demand of said Proprietors of, in and unto that Tract of Land Called Monadaock No. 4, bounded as follows, " Beginning at the West Line of Masons' Patent so called where that crosses the Dividing Line Between the Province of Massachusetts Bay and the Province of New Hamp" and runs from thence South Eighty degrees East by said Line, Six Miles to the South West Corner of the South Monadnock Township, from thence North by the Needle by said Township Five Miles to the North West corner of South Monadnock aforesaid, from thence North Eighty Degrees West by Middle Monadnock Township, one mile and a Quarter to the South West Corner thereof, thence North by the Needle two miles and forty rods and from thence North Eighty Degrees [West] 60 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. till [it; comes to the Patent West Line as Lately Marked and fromtlience Southerly by that Line to the first Bounds mentioned." To have and to hold, to them their heirs and assigns, on the Terms and Conditions in Said Graat expressed with a Right of the Entry Reserved on the failure or Default of Performing and fully complying with the Same as may more fully appear by Reference to Said Grant. And WHEREAS the Said Grantees have Incured the forfeiture of Said Grant by not fulfilling the Said Conditions within the Term Lim- ited, and tho' by Sufferance and forbearance a Longer time has been al- lowed, which yet has not availed. Whereupon the Grantors have Re- entered and Resumed the Possession of Said Tract of Land, and the Said Grantees acknowledging their Neglect and Default herein, and the Right of Resumption, have peaceably surrendered the same, and have petitioned the Said Proprietors to make a new grant thereof to the Pe- titioners (principally the former Grantees) all which having been Duly Considered, and also that many of them have Done Something in order to Improvement and that it would be more Equitable they should have the advantage thereof than strangers, Theeefoee VOTED, That all the Right, Title, Interest, Property, Claim & Demand of the Said Proprietors be and hereby is Granted to Col Sampson Stoddard Esqr. Edmund Grouard, Jacob Treadwell Jr. Jonathan Lovewell and Nineteen others whose Names are mentioned in the Schedule or List hereunto annexed Making twenty three in the Whole, in and to said Tract of Land above Described on the Terms Conditions and Limitations hereafter Expressed, To HAVE AND To HOLD to them and to their Several and Respective heirs and assigns in Severalty as the same has been Divided into Seperate lots and as the said Lots are Numbered and Set to the Respective Names in Said Schedule on the following Terms Conditions & Limitations^ — First that twenty of the Shares as the same are Sever'd allotted and Divided Numbered and fixed to the Several Names in Said Schedule be and hereby is Reserved to the use of the Grantors their heirs and assigns free and Exempted of and from all charges of settlement and all Other charges untill Improved by them their heirs or assigns — and also that two hundred acres Lay'd out for the Grantors at the North Easterly part of Said Tract of land as appears by Said Schedule and a plan thereof be in like manner Reserved to them their heirs & assigns. Secondly that those of the Aforesaid Shares be and hereby are ap- propriated one for the first Settled minister one for the use of the Ministry and one for tho use of a School on Said Tract of Land when settled. Thirdly that the Remaining Shares be and hereby are Granted and appropriated to the Several Persons and Sever'd to them GEANT OF MONADHIOCK NO. 4. 61 Respectively as is mentioned andNumber'din Said Schedule ; And Each lot of Land in Said Tract shall be Subject to have Necessary high Ways Lay'd out thro' them as there shall be Occasion hereafter free from the charge of purchasing the Land that is the Owners of Said Lots shall not be paid for that part thereof which shall be so Necessarily Lay'd out in high Ways untill an Incorporation and then to come under the Rules of Law in that Regard. Fourthly that the Grantees aforesaid, (subject to the Duty of Settle- ment) Build fifty houses on Said Tract of Land Such Shares to have one house on One of the Lots belonging to it Respectively as the Grantees shall determine by regular Votes according to their Interests within three Years from the Date hereof Each House to be Built so as to have one Room Sixteen feet Square or Equal thereto and also to have Twelve acres Land cleared and fitted for Tillage Pasture and Mowing within the term of three Years and to add an acre more annually till the Inhabitants there shall be Incorporated, (on each Share), the said houses to be Well fitted and made Comfortable habitations and the Said Laud to be cleared in a good Husbandman like manner and every Particular Grantee aforesaid shall pay his Due Proportion of all Taxes and Charges necessary to the Making Said Settlement in the articles aforesaid and in what follows on Pain of forfeiting his Right in Said Land or so much thereof as shall answer his proportion of such Taxes and Charges to be disposed of by a Committee chosen by a major part of the Grantees (appointed for that purpose). Fifthly the said Grantees shall build a Convenient Meeting House for Public Worship within five years from the Date hereof and shall Maintain Constant preaching there from after the Term of six Years from the Date hereof. Sixthly all white pine Trees Growing on any part of said Land tho' severd into Lots, are hereby Reserved, that are fit for his Majesty's Use for that purpose to him his heirs and successors. Seventhly if the Grantees shall fail and make default of Completing the Settlement according to the Terms and Limitations aforesaid it shall be lawful to and for the said Proprietors and their suc- cessors to Re-enter into and upon the Said Tract of Land to Resume the same and to become Re-seized thereof as in their former Estate and as if this grant had not been made. Copy of Record Attest ; Geo. Jaffirey Prop. Cler. Received and Recorded this 33'' Day of May 1765. Exam. Sampson Stoddard Jr, Pros. Clerk. 62 HISTOKT OF FITZWILLIAM. Names of the Geantees in MoNAsiincE No. 4. Col. Sampson Stoddard Edmund Grouard Jacob Treadwell Jun Jonathan Lovewell Col. Stoddard Benjamin Bellows Col.' Stoddard Matthew Thornton Nath'. Brooks Thomas Spanlding Matthew Thornton '. M. Thornton Grantor Meserve and others John Honey Col. Stoddard .] JSTath'. Treadwell [ Abel Lawrence Esqr Col. Stoddard Paul March James Keed Col. Stoddard ^[ .... .... Grantor John Wentworth Grantor John Rindge Edmund Grouard . " Matthew Thornton .]''...... Grantor Solly & March Grantor Col. Wallingford '.'. Grantor M. H. J. Went worth Thomas Spaulding The Heirs or Assigns of Geo. Libbey. Nathaniel Brooks Col. Stoddard .".'"..'.'!.'."" Matthew Thornton James Reed / James Eeed Charles Treadwell Col. Stoddard...! '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'. Grantor Geo: Jaffrey .."."..'.'. Grantor Josh'' Pierce Abel Lawrence 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 l(t 11 12 13 1 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1 12 2 4 5 3 4 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 1 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 6 7 20 11 11 11 9 6 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 8 9 11 15 2 13 11 14 13 12 16 17 6 16 17 1 16 17 10 11 10 9 12 6 12 2 10 11 4 5 9 12 7 9 7 2 5 5 2 4 4 6 6 7 9 6 9 9 11 9 2 5 6 9| 7 1010 1110 1310 1510 . 8 6 7 8 11 11 4 DIVISION OF TOWNSHIP. 63 Names or the Gbanteeb in Monadnock Xo. 4. Col. Stoddard John Stevens Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Grantor Nath' Pierce Col. Stoddard Grantor Tho^ Packer Grantor Jon. Blanchard Grantor W" Packer Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard John Stevens W-^ Earl Tread well Col. Stoddard James Keed Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Daniel Millen Matthew Thornton Grantor Col. Atkinson , James Reed Grantor M. Livermore Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Grantor Noah Emory of Kittery* Sampson Stoddard Jun Jonathan Lovewell Col. Stoddard Jon" Willson Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard , John Woods Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard i b o '4, 41 21 11 7 42 1 10 2 43 3 10 8 44 4 10 7 45 5 10 6 46 8 3 8 47 12 IC 5 48 8 11 9 49 10 5 15 50 15 2 15 61 20 10 4 52 22 12 4 53 22 11 5 54 21 10 13 55 22 10 3 56 23 10 8 5Y 1 9 18 58 3 9 3 59 17 9 13 60 19 9 10 61 20 9 4 62 21 9 9 63 22 9 23 64 1 8 1 65 15 4 14 66 5 8 12 67 14 12 16 68 8 8 9 69 10 8 6 70 18 5 17 71 18 8 10 72 8 2 9 73 20 8 23 74 21 8 11 75 3 7 5 76 6 7 7 77 7 7 19 78 8 7 23 79 18 7 23 80 20 7 22 64 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. Names of the GnANTEEa in Monadnock No, 4. Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Grantor Thomlinson & Mason . . . Col. Stoddard James Reed Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Grantor Jotham Odiorne Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard ' James Reed Jonathan Blanchard James Reed Col. Stoddard Sampson Stoddard Jun Col. Stoddard Matthew Thornton Col. Stoddard Jonathan Lovewell Col. Stoddard Capt. Ben j" Edwards Capt. Beuj° Edwards Heirs or Assigns of Jere: Libbey. Abel Lawrence, Esqr. M. Thornton Jon" Willson Grantor Richard Wibird, Esqr. . . Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard Benjamin Bellows , Col. Stoddard James Reed , Grantor John MofEatt Cpl. Stoddard Col. Stoddard , Grantor Pierce and Moor. . . . Col. Stoddard ', Daniel Millen Col. Stoddard 81 82 83 84 85 86 87|18 88;i9 8919 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 101 106 lOY 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 21 1 2 4 6 7 8 19 20 21 2 1 2 3 5 7 11 14 19 1 2 4 6 9 9 16 2 23 12 15 4 7 6 6 10 6 6 6 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 11 3 3 3 3 8 10 3 2 11 2 8 1 14 13 12 18 10 13 14 11 19 22 3 3 11 12 13 14 18 23 7 2 8 20 6 21 23 22 19 20 14 15 5 7 10 22 16 3 23 2 8 5 3 4 3 11 1 2 2 3 10 6 3 5 1 1 1 1 4 5 2 7 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 2 5 2 2 12 1 1 1 DIVISION OF TOWNSHIP. 65 KAiEsa 01* THE Obanteis in Monasnock No. 4. For the Ministry , For the first settled Minister For a School , Two hundred acres Lay'd out for the Grantors at the North Easterly part of the town, as per plan Exhibited herewith. Col. Stoddard Col. Stoddard the Same the Same the Same the Same i Q i i i 121 12 5 16 122 11 7 7 123 11 5 3 22 8 14 14 6 14 15 6 15 16 6 16 17 1 17 lY 3 9 May 1, 1765. This Schedule Exhibited By Sampson Stoddard... Jon" Blanchard. Copy Exam* per Geo: JaflErey Prop' Cler. Received and Recorded this 22'' day of May 1765. Exam'' per Sampson Stoddard Jun. Prop" Clerk.* A copy of the original plan of the town, but much reduced in size, is here given. In the original plan the names of the owners are inserted in the lots, but in this plan they are designated by figures, referring to the accompanying index. The number of lots owned by each person is also given, it being understood that two lots constituted a share. This gave about four fifths of the land to^ the settlers. The same was » How the name of Noah Emory of Klttery, draft 70, appears amons the grantors ■ in the foregoing table of drawings is not known, as his name is not found in the list of Masoniau Proprietors. It will be noticed that Messrs. SoUey and March, Thomlinson and Mason, and Pierce and Moore, grantors, were coupled together in the drawing, which may indicate, that changes had taken. place among, the. proprietors. between 1746 and 1765, and this certainly is not improbable. The grantors had twenty shares. 5 66 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. true in the division of Marlborough, but in that of Dublin aiid Eindge, settled earlier, three lots constituted a share. Three lots to a share retained three hundred acres to each Masonian proprietor instead of two hundred acres, as in Fitzwilliam and Marlborough. The heavy zigzas line aceoss the north part of the town SHOWS the lots that were set off as a part of the town of Tboy. LOTS OF GRANTEES AND GRANTORS. 67 bered' Grantees, the Town dumber on the Proprietors. ?L„ ? Plan. Owned. 1 . . . Sampson Stoddard 110 2 . . . James Reed 18 3 . . . Matthew Thornton 16 4 . . .Abel Lawrence 6 5 . . . Jona. Lovewell 6 6 . . . Benjamin Bellows 4 7 . . .Nathaniel Brooks 4 8 . . . Capt. Benj. Edwards 4 9. . .Edmund Grouard 4 10. . .Daniel Mellen. 4 11 . . . John Stevens 4 13. . .Thomas Spaulding 4 13.. S. Stoddard, Jr 4 14 . . . Jona. Willson 4 15 . . .Jona. Blanchard 2 16 . . . John Honey 2 17 . . . Heirs of George Libbey . . 3 18... " " Jere. Libbey.... 2 19. . .Paul March 2 30 . . . Chas. Treadwell 3 31 . . .Jacob Treadwell, Jr 3 3'3 . . . Nath' 1 Treadwell 3 23 . . . Wm. E. Treadwell ; 2 24... John Woods 2 Num- bered on the Plan. 25... 36... 37... 28... 29... 30... 31... 33... 33... 34... 35... 36... 37... 38... 39... 40... 41... 42... 43... 44... Grantors, the Masonian Number Proprietors. ^'^Lo^ John Wentworth 3 John Rindge 3 George JafErey 3 Na;thaniel Pierce 2 M. Livermore 3 Joshua Pierce 3 Richard Wibird 3 William Parker 2 M. H. J. Wentworth 3 Col. Wallingford 3 Noah Emery 3 Thomas Packer 3 Col. Atkinson 3 Jotham Odiorne 2 John Moffatt 2 Joseph Blanchard 2 Thomlinson & Mason '2 Solly & March 3' Pierce & Moore 3 Meserve & others 2 M. . .For the Ministry. 2 FM. .For first Minister. 3' 8... For Schools 3. Total number of Lots . The lots were theoretically one hundred and sixty rods in length from east to west and one hundre^d-rods in width fronii north to south, and each was supposed, tordopitaip one. hundred acres. But in reality there was considerable ■variation in their, ^ize, and they exceeded one hundred acres, on art average.. From some cause which it is now impossible to explain, the twelfth tier of lots was much narrower than the average, hav- ing been but seventy-five rods wide on the Richmond line and not far from fifty rods wide on the border of Rindge. From certain subsequent references to "the narrow tier," it would seem that this defect was hot known when the .allotment was made. It was also ascertained, after the settlement of the town was 68 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. commenced, that the town of Jaffrey extended farther west than was supposed at the time of the allotment, and that not only the six half lots in the third range but also a portion of the adjoining lots in the fourth range were included in the limits of that town. Four of these half lots, or two hundred acres, were assigned originally to the grantors, the Masonian Proprietors, and the other two were drawn by Colonel Samp- son Stoddard when the division was inade. In regard to the manner in which the drawing was conducted we ha,ve no information, but from the irregularity in coupling the two parts that constituted the same share, as well as in the allotment generally, it seems probable that the arrangement was made by lot. It will be noticed that in the boundaries of the township, as given in the grant, the length of the north line and the length and course of the west line are not stated. If the west line of the Mason grant was a curved line, as the owners claimed it should have been, Monadnock 'So. 4 should have been somewhat wider on the nortliern than on the south- ern boundary, but such does not appear to have been the case. Below is given, in rods, the length of the boundary -lines (1) as stated in the grant, calling the lines on the north and west the same as on the south and east ; (2) from a sur- vey made by S. Hemingway in 1807, and (3) from peram- bulations of the lines in 1847. 1 2 3 West line on Kichmond and Swanzey. North line on Marlbor- ough. Bast line on Jaffrey. North line on Jaffrey. East line on Eindge. South line on Mass. 2280 2312 1520 1390 680 665 4C0 586 603 1600 1654 1732 1920 2005 The territory ceded by the Masonian Proprietors was designed to constitute a township six miles square ; but as the early sur- veys were far from being exact, it was in reality somewhat larger. According to the plan of the township there were two hundred and fifty-eight lots to dispose of. As will be seen. Colonel Sampson Stoddard was by far the largest share- holder. JOHN TUFTON MASON. 69 According to the terms of the grant by the Masonian Pro- prietors, each of them, twenty-one in number, had one share or two lots, though some of these men appear with partners at the drawing and selection. Thus " Grantor Meserve and others" are found upon the list as owners ; also " Grantor Thomlinson and Mason." This Mason was, without doubt, the John Tufton Mason who sold the entire Mason claim to the twelve men of Portsmouth and vicinity, January 30th, 1'746 ; and it is an interesting fact that the name of Captain John Mason now reappears in the history of one of the Mo- nadnock towns, in the person of his great-great-grandson, one hundred and thirty years after the death of his distinguished ancestor. ' CHAPTER Y. ACTS OF THE PEOPEIETOES, 1T65-1S15, Meetings— Officers — " The Fifty Settlements" — Provision for a Meeting- Hoase — Preacliing — Meeting-Honse Raised— Mr. Benjamia Brigliam — His Ordination — Pews —Pastor's Salary — ^Eoads and Bridges — Move- ment for Incorporation — Minister's Support Assumed by Town. WITHIN twenty days after the Mason Proprietars had transferred their rights in Monadnoek No. 4 to the new owners, the latter took measures to perfect their organiza- tion in a legal manner as a new company, and to open the way for the settlement of the township. For this purpose the fol- lowing notice was issued, signed by sixteen of the grantees, who now took the name of proprietors : "Wheebas the Proprietors of the Lands granted by John Tuf ton Mason Esqr. commonly called Mason's Patent, have lately granted to us (with some few others) a Tract of Land about six Miles Square as may appear by the Grant, with conditions of settlement and in order to the Carrying on the same with Effect it is Necessary some meathod should be pursued by General Consent by the Grantees for which end it is proposed that they shall meet at the Dwelling house of Thomas Harwood in Dunstable on Monday the 30th Day of May Instant at Twelve O'clocls: at noon then and there when met to Chuse a Clerk for the Grantees and to act on any other matter or thing that shall then be projected being necessary for Carrying forward and Compleating the Settlement aforesaid. William Earl Treadwell, Benj" Edwards, Paul March, Jacob Tread- well Jun, Charles Treadwell, Sampson Stoddard, Matthew Thornton, Jacob Treadwell Jun. for Edmund Grouard, Nath' Treadwell, Jonathan Blanchard, Thomas Spaulding, Sampson Stoddard Jun. Nath' Brooks, Abel Lawrence, Daniel Millen, James Reed. A True Copy of the Original. Exam'" per Sampson Stoddard Jun. "What follows will explain itself : At a meeting of the Prop" the Grantees of that Tract of Land called Mouadnock No 4 in the Province of New Hampshire Granted by the MEETINGS OF PEOPBIETOES. 71 Purchasers of Mason's right so called held at the house of Thomas fiar- wood in Dunstable on Monday the 20th day of May 1765 — 1st. Col. Sampson Stoddard unanimously chosen Moderator. 2. Chose Sampson .Stoddard Jun. Clerk for the Grantees. 3. then the following meathod for Calling meetings for the future was agreed upon and Voted that upon application of the Owners of Ten Original Shares made in writing to the Clerk (for the Time Being) In- serting therein the Several matters and things Desired to be acted upon he shall and is hereby authorized and Impowered to Call such a Meet- ing or meetings Posting proper Notifications at some place in Dunstable in New Hamp" and at some public place in Chelmsford at least fourteen Days Before hand and all meetings so posted and held accordingly shall be good and Valid. Then this meeting was dismiss''. May 20. 1765. Attest Sampson Stoddard Mod', A true Copy of the Original Exam'' per Sampson Stoddard Jun. Prop' Clerk. The next meeting of the proprietors was called by Sampson Stoddard, junior, clerk, for Monday, August 19th, 1765, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Captain Oliver Bar- ron, innholder in Chelmsford, then and there when met to act on the following articles as they shall judge properT— 1st. To see who of the Grantees shall make the fifty Settlements en- joined by grant and to act thereon as shall Be agreed on. 3d. To raise Money by a tax for any use for carrying forward and compleating the settlement of said Township. 3dly. To see if the Grantees will give any Encouragement Towards Building Mills in said Township and to Do and act as they shall deem proper. ,4th. To Chuse a Committee to Receive Examine and Allow all ac- counts of any Person or Persons who have done Service for the Prop" or paid money for Cutting or Clearing Rodes and to do and act in that re- gard as they shall think proper. 5th. To Chuse a Treasurer and Collector. 6th. To Chuse a Committee to Lay out Rodes &g. Dated at Chelmsford the 27th day of July 1765. A true Copy of the Original Notification made Out by me in Conse- quence of an application for that Purpose on file, and posted the time Required. Exam^ per Sampson Stoddard Jun Prop' Clerk, 72 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. The record of the important meeting thus called is as fol- lows : At a meeting of the Grantees of the Tract of Land Lying in the Prov- ince of New Hamp™ called Monadnock No. four holden at the house of Capt. Oliver Barron Innholder in Chelmsford on Monday the 19th day of August 1765 Chose Col. Stoddard Mod'. Whereas the Grantees are Injoyned by grant of said Township to build fifty houses and make them comfortable habitations on said Tract of Land such shares to build as the Grantees shall determine and also to have twelve acres of Land Clpared and fitted for Tillage, Pasturing and Mowing and to add an acre more annually (till an Incorporation) on each subject to the Duty of Settlement, Therefore Voted that the said settlements be done and performed by the following Grantees and in the proportion hereinafter declared. Namely Col. Stoddard eighteen, Edmund Grouard two, Jacob Tread- well junior one, Jonathan Lovewell one, Benjamin Bellows twojtMatthew Thornton three, Nath' Brooks one, Thomas Spaulding one, John Honey one, Nath' Treadwell one, Abel Lawrence three, Paul March one, James Reed four, heirs of George Libbey one, Charles Treadwell one, John Stevens one, Daniel Millen one, Jonathan Blanchard one, Jonathan Will- son two, John Woods one, Sampson Stoddard Jun. one, Benjamin Ed- wards one and the heirs of Jere"" Libbey one, by building and Clearing in such way and manner as to fulfill the Grant. 3dly. Voted that the sum of five Dollars on each share, two lots to a share, be assessed and Immediately Collected by the Treasurer of this Propriety to answer and Pay the Necessary Charges and Expenses al- ready arisen and arising in Bringing forward the settlement of said Township. 3dly. And whereas the speedy settlement of said Township Depends much upon having a Good saw Mill Built there as soon as may be, Voted that in consideration of Col. Stoddard's conveying to Mr. Daniel Millen two lots of Land then having a Mill plase on em for encourage- ment of his undertaking the arduous Task of Building and Keeping a saw Mill in repair to be fit to go, within fourteen months that said Stod- dard be Intitled to Draw out of the Treasury Twenty pounds Lawful money and that sum to be in full for the said two lots of Land. 4thly. Voted that Col. Stoddard and Mr. Sampson Stoddard Jr. be a Committee to Receive, Examine and allow all accounts of any person or Persons who have done service for the Propy and that upon their order to the Treasurer he is Directed to pay the Same accordingly. 5thly. Voted that Jonathan Blanchard be Treasurer to this, Propriety and Collector of the several Rates and Taxes that is or shall be raised uutill the Prop'y order the contrary. THE FATHERS OF THE TOWN. 73 6. Voted that Mess'" Daniel MiUen, James Eeed and Benjamin Bigelow be a Committee, or tlie Major Part of them to Mark, Lay out and clere all necessary Rodes in said Township rendering their accounts to accept- ance untill the Prop' order the contrary. Then the Meeting was Dismiss'*. Attest Sampson Stoddard A true copy Exam"" Mod : , per Sampson Stoddard Jun. P. C. Z It will be noticed -that in the last vote of the proprietors at their meeting, August 19th, 1765, the name of Benjamin Bigelow appears for the first time upon the records of Monad- nock No. i, associated with the names of Daniel Millen and James Reed. From this time forward these three men are to be regarded as " the fathers of the town," for no others prob- ably were equally efficient in labor and sacrifice for promoting ,its prosperity. . Daniel Millen (or Mellen, as the name was soon spelled) and James Heed were owners of lots under the original allotment, but Benjamin Bigelow doubtless purchased his property of some one of the grantees. It is believed that he removed to Monadnock No. 4 as early as 1761 or 1762, as he was the father of the first white child born in the township. This child, Beulah Bigelow, was born May 10th, 1762. The prob- ability is that Benjamin Bigelow negotiated for land here with some one of the first company of grantees, and that when the township passed into the hands of the second company and was divided into lots, with separate owners, his rightful claims for improvements were duly regarded. Nearly two years elapsed after the meeting of the propri- etors, August 19th, 1765, before they were called together again for business. Important matters now required atten- tion, as we learn from the notification of the clerk, which called the proprietors to "assemble and meet at the house of Captain Oliver Barron, innkeeper in Chelmsford, on "Wednes- day, the first day of July next, 1767," and as we learn from the records of the meeting (but not from the notification of the clerk) "at 10 o'clock before noon," to act upon a 74 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. long list of articles, the most important of which were the fol- lowing : To see if the Proprietors ■will elect a new Clerk, Treasurer & Collector. To choose a Committee to fix a proper and convenient place for set- ting a meeting house on and to lay out land for a Burying Yard. To choose a Committee or Committees for Eodes and Bridges that may then be thought proper. To choose a Committee to sell the Delinquent Prop' Lands for Taxes due already or that may be raised. To see what encouragement the Proprietors will give to any Person who will undertake to build a good Corn Mill in said town. The meeting called by the notification above, a part of which is copied, was held at the house of Oliver Barron, inn- holder in Chelmsford, July 1st, 1767. As usual, Colonel Stoddard was chosen moderator, when it was Voted that Jonathan Blanchard be Proprietor's Clerk. Voted that Messrs Daniel Millen, James Reed and Benjamin Bigelow be a Committee to fix a proper place for setting a Meeting house for Public Worship and to lay out Land for a Burying Yard. Voted, that Messrs Daniel Millen, James Reed and Benjamin Bigelow be a Committee to sell the Delinquent Proprietor's Lands for non-Pay- ment of Taxes. The other articles pass'' over. The committee above named to fix upon a site for a meeting-house and to lay out a cemetery seem to have failed, for some reason, to do the business assigned them, and so these matters came up for action at the next meeting of the propri- etors, which was holden more than a year later. This meeting was legally called and held ' ' at the house of Captain Thomas Cowdin, innholder in Fitchburg, in the county of Worcester, and in the province of Massachusetts Bay," October 11th, 1768. Colonel Stoddard was chosen moderator, James Eeed, Esq. , was chosen treasurer, and Mr. Daniel Millen, collector. Voted that Messrs Daniel Millen, John Farrer, James Reed, Benjamin Bigelow and Silas Wetherbee or the Majority of them, be a Committee to fix a proper place for setting a Meeting house and to lay out Land for a Burying yard. SITE FOE THE MEETING-HOUSE. 75 Voted that Messrs Aaroa Gearfifeld, John Millen, Benjamin Davids(f), Isaac Applin and James Reed be a Committee, or the Maj' part of them, to mark, lay out and Clear and Bridge any Rodes wanted in said town. Voted that five Dollars be Raised on each share of the Grantees, two Lots to a share, and be immediately paid to the Collector. Voted the sum of fourteen pounds L" M° (lawful money) out of the said sum be appropriated to Pay for Preaching, and that the four Sab- baths already preached by Mr. Parker be paid out of the said fourteen pounds, and that Mr. Benj" Bigelow be a Committee man to provide a suitable Gentleman to Preach so long as the said, sum holds out. Voted the sum of £30.0 L' M" be paid to Col. Stoddard In Considera- tion of his Conveying to Mr. Tifiany two Lots of Land to Build a grist Mill on, and that sum to be in full foi* the same. Voted, that the Wages that shall be allowed to Each man for doing Labor on the high Ways do not exceed three shillings per day. Voted that the Rev. John Millen be earnestly desired at the cost and Charge of this Proprietary, to repair to Portsmouth as soon as his pleas- ure suits and make application to the General Court of New Hampshire for a confirmation of the meetings of the Proprietors of this town, and for a full power to be given to the Proprietors to sell Delinquents' Land for the non Payment of Taxes. Other matters of no general importance received attention at this meeting. From the fact that the committee appointed more than a year before to select a site for a meeting-house and lay out a burying-yard was reappointed and enlarged at the meeting October 11th, 1T68, we are to infer that there were obstacles in the way of accomplishing these objects which it took time and careful management to remove. No central village had as yet sprung up to influence decisively the matter of location. The settlers, still few in number, were spread over a large territory, and for a considerable period it was doubtful where tiiey qould best be accommodated in their public gatherings. Earely can a church be located even now without much thought, long debates, and a compromise between conflicting interests ; and we cannot tax the committee first appointed with inefficiency if, after the lapse of fifteen months, they found themselves unable to report substantial progress. From the record of the meeting of the proprietors, October 11th, 1768, just given, it also appears that the delinquent tax- 76 HISTORY OP riTZWILLIAM. payers in Moaadnock No. 4 resisted the sale of their lands to make good the claims of the collector. This they doubtless did beeanse they had discovered an illegality of some kind in the action of the proprietors regarding this matter, and so an agent was appointed and despatched to the General Court to ask for a confirmation of the proceedings of the proprietors, and such action as should leave no ground for dispute in the future. This agent, the Rev. John Mellen, was a younger brother of the Daniel Mellen who was so prominent in the settlement of Fitzwilliam, and was at this time pastor of the church in Sterling, Mass. The records give us no information in regard to the result of his mission, but we may conclude that it was successful, as we hear of no further trouble in regard to selling delinquent lands. It appears, moreover, from the record of the same meeting of the proprietors, that public worship was maintained in Monadnock No. 4 certainly as early as 1768, for Mr. Nehemiah Parker, a graduate of Harvard College in 1763, served the people here in the min- istry during the autumn of 1'768, and a part at least of the winter following. Mr. Parker was ordained as pastor at Hub- bardston, Mass., June 13th, 1770. The next meeting of the proprietors was regularly called by Jonathan Blanchard, clerk, and was holden at the house of James Reed, Esq., in Monadnock No. 4, November 14th, 1769. This was their first business meeting held within the township, and it is plain from the proceedings that, from this tiine forth, all parties expected the actual settlers to come to the front and take largely the responsibility of conducting public affairs. James Reed, Esq. , was the moderator of the meeting, and was chosen proprietors' clerk. John Mellen was chosen treasurer, Daniel Mellen, collector, and James Reed, John Fassett, and Isaac Applin, assessors. The committee appointed to examine and allow accounts against the proprietors consisted of James Reed, Edward Kindal (Kendall), and Isaac Applin, while Aaron Garfield, Daniel Mellen, and John Mellen were directed to look up " the bounds at the north-east corner of the township and make report at the next meeting." CENSUS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1767. 77 James Reed, John Mellen, and John Fassett were chosen a " committee to layout all necessary roads in said Monadnock." Voted that two Dollars be raised on each lot of the Grantees and to be immediately paid to the Collector, to pay the char<;ea already arisen and towards Building a meeting House in said township and to pay for preaching Next Sumer. Voted and chose James Reed, John Millen and Edward Kindal a Committee to provide stuf and Build a Meeting House in said Township so far as to inclose the outside and Lay the Lour floor. Voted to Capt. Silas Wetherby £13.6.8 L. M. for his encorrigment for, building a saw mill in said Township. After attending to other matters of less interest the meeting " was dismissed.'' At the same meeting, as appears by an additional record, Joseph Swift, Thomas Tolman, John Grouldsberry, Edward Kendall, and Caleb Winch were chosen" Highway Sorvairs," 'and swoi'n, taking the Rules in law for their direction." They took the oath December 4th, 1769. It will be noticed that new names frequently appear, from this time forth, in the records of the proprietors' meetings, which proves that the population was gradually increasing, though as late as 1770 it was far from being large. In 1767 the Legislature of the province made provision for taking a census of the inhabitants and an inventory of the property liable to taxation in each town in New Hampshire, and lixed the time for the same in December of that year. Neither the value of the ratable estates nor the number of polls in Monad- nock No. 4 seems to have been preserved, if it was ever ob- tained ; but ninety-three is given as the sum total of the popu - lation, while Rindge had at that time two hundred and ninety- eight inhabitants and Richmond three hundred and thirty-eight. It is not deemed necessary to give hereafter the legal notifi- cation for the several meetings of the proprietors, as the measures adopted will indicate the nature of all the important business considered: The proprietors met at the house of James Reed, Esq., on Wednesday, April 18th, 1770, at one o'clock p.m., when Major John Farrer wa,s chosen m,oderator. 78 IIISTOKY OF FiTZWILLIAM. As the report of the committee concerning the site for the meeting-house and the location of a cemetery was to come bB- fore the meeting, it was adjourned for one hour and a half, doubtless to give aii opportunity for all to view the place or places selected. After the adjournment the committee re- ported as follows : We the subscribers being a Committee chosen by the Proprietors of Monadnock No. 4 in the Province of New Hampshire to fix a proper place for setting a meeting house and to lay out a burying yard, have unanimously agreed that the meeting house be sett on the Easterly part of Lott No 13 in the 7 Rang of Lotts as they are marked and numbered on the Plan of said Township, and Like Wise that there be five acres of Land laid out for Public use where Mr. Jason Stone's child is buried. Monadnock No. 4, 18th of April 1770. John Parrar, James Reed, Benjamin Bigelow, Silas Witherby Com- mittee. It will be noticed that the chairman of this committee, Mr. Daniel Mellen, did not sign this report ; and the reason of this is doubtless to be found in the fact that he did not reside in this township, though he had erected a dwelling-house here,, and aided liberally every public enterprise. After considering the report given above the proprietors Voted that the meeting house be sett on the Lott number 13 agreeable to the report of the Committee, and James Reed Esqr gave five acres of Land to the Propriety to set the Meeting house on and for other public uses. Also . Voted and chose James Reed, Edward Kendall and John Millen a Committee to provide for the Rasing of the Meeting house. Voted that fifty dollars be laid out to pay foT preaching to the inhab- itants this present year out of the money already assessed. Voted that Daniel Mellen and Major John Farrer be a Committee to provide a preacher and to see him provided for. Voted that Daniel Mellen, Aaron Garfield and John Mellen be a Com- mittee to Preambulate and Renew the Bounds of the Town. Voted a tax of twelve shillings on each Lott in said Township Liable to Taxis and the same to be Assessed accordingly. Voted that there be a Lowed four shillings to each man for each day's w'ork Don on the Roads in said Township, from the 1. Day of May to the last day of September next, and two shillings pr. day for each pair of Oxen, and that no man work without the knowlidge_of the Sorvair LOCATIOK Or THE MEETING-HOUSE. 79 and take his Reca'e for each day's work, cutting windfalls acrost the Road only excepted, which is to be done without Notis from a Sorvair. This meeting of tlie proprietors certainly indicates progress in the nlbst iniportant matters appertaining to the welfare of the town. By reference to the plan of the township and the table showing the drawing arid assignment of the lots, it will be seen that Lot 13, Kange 7 belonged to Charles Treadwell ; but it seems quite certairi that before the date of this meeting Mr. Eeed had bought both of Mr. Treadwell's lots. A few months later (in November, 1770) Mr. Eeed deeded the west end of Lot 13, Range 7 — probably half the lot — to Benjamin Bigelow, and in August, 1771, he deeded to Rev. Benjamin Brigham a part of the east end of the lot, on which Mr. Brigham erected a dwelling-house within a few years. This house was located a short distance east of the burying- ground, the present house of Henry Handy occupying about the same site. Mr. Reed did not make a formal transfer of the five acres which he gave the town till some years later, his deed of gift being dated May 23d, 1780. It is understood that the north-east corner of the meeting-house that was at length erected on this lot was about where the old hearse- house stood for so many years. It will be remembered that by the conditions of their grant, which was made May 1st, 1765, the grantees were required to build a meeting-house within five years, and after six years maintain constant preaching. That they made laudable efforts to carry out their part of the contract to the letter is certain. There was not a little delay about completing the house of worship, which, under the circumstances, was doubtless un- avoidable ; but before the six years had expired they had set- tled a minister, as we shall presently see. Then, as often since, it was found easier to obtain a pastor than to build a church edifice and make it comfortable and convenient in the wilderness. The location of the meeting-house having been thus defi- nitely fixed upon April 18th^ 1770, it is evident that the build- ing committee appointed about five months before proceeded at once with their work. It is understood that the frame was 80 HISTORY OF FITZWILiaAM. raised in May, and consequently considerable preparation must have been made before the exact location was determined. From the general tenor of the records, it would seem that while the house was brought into a condition to be used within a reasonable time, after that the work proceeded very slowly, for which perhaps the smallness of the appropriations may partly account. The next meeting of the proprietors was held at the house of James Keed, innholder, on September 26th, 1770, -with John Farrar moderator, and after an adjournment of an hour and a half (probably to see what progress had been made upon the meeting-house) proceeded to business. A re- port of the committee upon the boundary-lines of the town- ship was presented, and this was the result : they had ' ' meas- ured from the south-east corner of Middle Monadnock (Jaff- rey) and run west the whole length of that line, and they find that it runs in upon Monadnock No. 4 the length of one range of lots or thereabout" — in other words, that with the dimensions claimed for it, our neighbor on the north-east overlapped the territory supposed to belong to Monadnock No. 4 about one hundred and sixty rods, taking fj-om the latter township not only the half lots in the third range, but a por- tion of the adjacent lots in the fourth range. As Jaffrey was the older town, it could rightfully claim its full size, and the matter does not seem to have been called up again. To resume the record of the meeting, September 26th, 1770 : Voted that one dollar be raised on each lot of the Grantees in order to be laid out in boarding and shingling the meeting house, and one dollar more to be worked out on the roads, at three shillings per day for each man after the first day of October next. On the 4th article that the Proprietors defer (prefer) to hear Mr. Ben- jamin Brigham four Sabbaths more on probation, past in the aflB.i'mative. At the next meeting of the proprietors, which was held at the house of James Iteed, Esq., on Wednesday, November 7th, 1770, it was Voted to give Mr. Benjamin Brigham a call to settle in the work of the Ministry in said Monadnock No 4. Voted to give the said Brigham, for a settlement, in case he accept of ME. BRIGHAM's call. 81 our Invitation and is actually settled in the work of the Ministry and ordained a Pastor of a church and people in said Monadnock No 4, be- sides the two lots of land granted for the first settled minister. Eighty pounds Lawful Money, to be raised by a tax on each lot of land liable to^ Taxis in said Monadnock No. 4, the one half of the said Eijghty pounds to be paid in one year from this day and the other half in two years from this day. Voted to pay to said Brigham iu case he settle as aforesaid, a yearly Salary by a Tax on each lot as is above mentioned, as follows, viz. from the time he shall give his answer of acceptance, after the rate of fifty- three pounds six shillings and eight pence per annum, to be paid in one year from the time of the said answer of acceptance and so on yearly for three years, then to ad forty shillings per year untill it comes to sixty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence, to be paid yearly so long as Mr. Brigham shall continue [to fulfill the work of] a Gospel Minister and in relation of a Pastor to a church and people in said No. 4. The words in brackets, " to fulfill the work of," it was voted to erase at a subsequent meeting, and this the clerk did as he was directed to do. Voted that the sum of eight shillings and six pence Lawful Money, on each lot be assessed and collected to pay for one half of the settlement and first year's salary in case the said Mr. Brigham shall accept as above- said. Voted that the sum of two shillings and six pence on each lot be as- sessed and collected to pay for preaching for the time past and for what time Mr. Brigham hath already ingaged. Voted and chose Mr. Daniel Mellen, Joseph Hemingway, James Reed, Jonathan Lock and Edward Kendall a Committee to Wate upon Mr. Benjamin Brigham with the votes of the Propriety in regard of the unameous (unanimous) vote in giving him a call to settle in the work of the ministry in said Monadnock No. 4. The next meeting was held January 29th, 1771, and Mr. Brigham's letter of acceptance having been read, the propri- etors voted their universal acceptance of the answer and their thanks to Mr. Brig- ham and likewise voted fifteen rods of the south end of the common land by the meeting house for Mr. Brigham's use. Mr. Brigham's letter of acceptance, the confession of faitli adopted at the organization of the church, and the account of the ordination are all found in the proprietors' records ; but in . 6 83 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. this work they will more properly be inserted in the chapter on early ecclesiastical history. On Wednesday, February 20th, 1771, the proprietors com- pleted their arrangements for the ordination of Mr. Brigham by voting that " the day for the ordination shall be Wednes- day, the 27th day of March next." Also they " agreed with Mr. Brigham and Voted that the Proprietors and Mr. Brigham send to the following churches to assist in the Council at the ordination, viz. , Marlborough, "Westborough, Shrewsbury, Lancaster, Southborough, New Ipswich, Swanzey, Koyalston, Keene, and Winchendon." Jonathan Lock, Benjamin Bigelow, and James Eeed were chosen as a committee to assist in sending out the letters mis- sive, while Mr. John Mellen agreed to " provide for the Council and other Gentlemen that shall attend the Ordination, for twenty-five dollars." A committee was raised, composed of Benjamin Bigelow, Joseph Hemingway, Jonathan Lock, Edward Kendall, and James Eeed, " to attend the Ordination in behalf of the Proprietors. ' ' It is to be remembered that up to this time no church or religious society had been organized in Monadnock No. 4. Monadnock No 4 March 37. 1771. This day Mr. Benjamin Brigham was ordained to the work of the min- istry in this place, at the request of the Church and Proprietors, by the assistance of the churches in Marlborough, Westborough, Royalston, Winchendon, Keene and Swanzey. The proprietors held what seems to have been their annual meeting, June 19th, 1771, and in addition to appointing the usual officers, accepting roads, etc.. Voted that one dollar on each lot liable to Taxes in Monadnock No. 4 be assessed and collected immediately to help pay outstanding debts and towards getting stuf and working on the Meeting house. March 4th, 1772, the Proprietors Voted the sum of one pound four shillings and tenpence to be assessed on each lot in said Monadnock No. 4 to be collected immediately, £0. 9. 10. to pay Mr. Brigham the S"* half of his settlement and two years' salary, and one dollar to be worked out on the Roads and one SALE OF PEWS IN THE MEETING-HOUSE. 83 Dollar be paid towards finishing the Meeting house and three shillings to pay outstanding debts. Also Voted to not Except (accept) of the Grist Mill built by Doctor Gideon TifEany in Monadnock No. 4. Also V to put in execution a Bond given by Gideon TiSany, to Build and Keep in good Repair a water Grist Mill in Monadnock No. 4," on one of certain lots named, " or come to some proper settlement with the said TifEany in regard of said mill, as it is not Excepted (accepted) by the Proprietors." October 7th, 1772, the Proprietors Voted and chose Mr. Joseph Hemingway, Edward Kendall and Samuel Kendall a Committee to lay out the Pew ground in the meeting house in Monadnock No 4. Voted to sell the Pew ground in the meeting house at public vendue amongst the Proprietors of Monadnock No 4, and likewise put it to vote to see if those that bought the Pews should take it for their seats, and Past in the Negative. Likewise Voted that the two hind seats in the Body of seats should be made into pews. Voted to paint the meeting house in Monadnock No. 4. Voted that the Pulpit and Body of seats and Ministers Pue and Dea- cons' seat be built as quick as may be, and raised a committee " to see the work done," consisting of Joseph Hemingway, Samuel Kendall, and Elijah Clays. ' ' Voted that the money raised by the sale of the Pews be laid out towards finishing tne meetinghouse," the committee on the sale to " collect the money that the same shall fetch" and apply it accordingly. At an adjourned meeting thirteen days later — viz., October 20th, 1772, the committee to sell the pew ground was directed to " give a list of the Pews sold by them, the number of the Pew, to whom sold, the price given' for each pew, to the Clerk," and his entry of the same in the proprietors' book " shall be a sufficient title to the purchasers and their heirs." The pew on the east side of the pulpit marked No. 2 was set apart for the use of the minister. Voted that the sides and ends of the Meeting House on the inside shall be sealed up to the bottom of the windows and the windows cased at the Proprietors' cost. 84 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. The committee to see this work of sealing and casing done consisted of Joseph Hemingway, Samuel Kendall, and Elijah Clays. They were to attend also to the painting of the meet- ing-house. The committee appointed to sell the pews made their report to the clerk as directed. The result of the sale was as follows : No. * 1 James Keed and his heirs at 10. Dolls. 10 James Keed " 6. 18 James Reed " 4.75 15 Henry Willard " 6. 5 Edward Kendall " 10.35 13 John Mayhew " 6.35 4 Elijah Clays " 7. 6 Samuel Kendall " 8. 14 Nathan Platts " 6.50 16 Nathan Mixer " 6. 11 Thomas Wetherby " 5.25 13 JohnMellen " 4.50 8 Levi Brigham " 6. 7 Joseph Hemingway " 5.50 17 John Lock " 4.00 9 James Reed Jun " 5. 3 Daniel Mellen " 6.75 The number of pews was eighteen, and they brought at the auction sale one hundred and seven dollars and seventy-five cents. This list furnishes, without d6ubt, the names of the most active business men in the township at the close of the year 1772. Of the meeting-house itself some account will be given hereafter. That it was far from being completed at the date just given is plain, for at the meeting of the proprietors, March 31st, 1773, a tax was laid ' ' to finish the Meeting House." At this meeting also the first legal action was taken regard- ing the incorporation of Monadnock No. 4 as a town of New Hampshire, for James Keed, John Mellen, and Joseph Hem- ingway were appointed a committee. to Repair to the Govner and Council of this Province to have this Town- ship incorporated into a Town and to have Town privledgs, as soon as may be. DELAY IN COMPLETING THE MEETING-HOUSE. 85 The circumstanoes attending the incorporation of the town will be considered in the chapter on early town history. It is not easy now to define in exact terms the relations existing between the proprietors and the town after the incorporation. Both organizations had rights and privileges which it is easy to see might sometimes have seemed to clash, but as the parties itfiterested were so nearly identical, the general action of each appears to have been in harmony with that of the other. The proprietors continued to lay taxes to " finish the meeting- house" and pay the salary of the minister, but about all the other business appears to have been done by the town organi- zation. In February, 1776, the proprietors appointed a committee consisting of Major Brigham, Deacon Lock, and Major Farrar to enquire of the undertakers that was to finish the meeting house, and why it is not done, and cause them to do it forthwith. Again May 11th, 1777, a new committee consisting of Major Asa Brigham, Stephen Harris, and Samuel Patrick was raised to see that the work on the meeting house was finished, and to commence an action against the undertakers in case the work is neglected. And in June 28th, 1780, Voted and Chose Mr. Nathaniel Muzzy, Abner Stone, and John Whit- ney a Committee to see that the undertakers finish the meeting house or to sue them for the fuUflllment of the same. As this is the last vote that is passed of this character, it is evident that the " undertakers" proceeded to complete the job in a satisfactory manner. A year earlier the " undertakers" considered that they had fulfilled their contract. In the war- rant for a meeting to be held June 9th, 1779, the following article appears : Sly. To see if the Proprietors will except (accept) of the Meeting House and Discharge the undertakers and act thereon as they shall think proper. As the article was passed over, it is plain that the propri- etors did not consider that the job was properly completed, 86 HISTOBY OF FITZWILLIAM. but it required the action of a year later to bring the " under- takers" or contractors to do their duty. It does not state who the contractors were anywhere in the records, but as the meeting-house had been ten years in process of erection, it is plain that they belonged to the town. This meeting, June 9th, 1779, was the first proprietors' meeting that was held in the meeting-house. At the proprietors' meeting, December 8th, 1779, the arti- cles of charter respecting their obligation to maintain constant preaching, and also their original contract with 'Rev. Mr. Brighara, were considered, and a vote was taken to fulfil the latter. No definite action concerning the matter first men- tioned appears to have been taken, as they probably thought it wise to await the developments of time ; but the following votes were passed : Voted Mr. Anger and others to the number of fifteen, the vacant room inside galleries of the meeting house Back of the hind seats, to Build pews they building them upon their own cost and taking them for their seats and maintaining the windows. Voted that Mr. Samuel Osborn and others to the No. of live (have) the vacant Room over the stairs in the meeting house, to build pews, they building them upon their own cost and taking them for their seats. All this shows a curious contrast with the methods prevail- ing a century later. The action just given respecting the grant of pew ground to Mr. Anger and others to the number of fifteen was in consequence of a petition for the same signed by John Whitney, Matthew Osborn, Joseph Stone, Benjamin Byam, Joseph Foristall, Samuel Stone, Daniel Gould, Solo- mon Badcock, David Emery Boynton, Ebenezer Boutwell, Ebenezer Potter, Benjamin Harris, Asa Brigham, Joseph Scott, and Benjamin Anger. Most of these were representa- tives of families intimately associated with the history of Fitz- william. June 29th, 1780, Rev. Mr. Brigham proposed to the pro- prietors " to sink one fifth part of his salary for the present year' ' if they would pay all arrears, a proposition which was at once accepted. EEV. MR. BEIGHAM'S SALARY. 87 At tlie same meeting the proprietors Voted and chose Deacon John Lock, Samuel Patrick and Ensing Samuel Kendall a Committee to state the Rev* Mr. Brighams Sallery by the articles of Life Voted the Above Committee have full power to state the articles of Life above mentioned. And this committee reported as follows : To Lieut EpSraim Boyington (Boynton) Cleark & Treasurer for the proprietors of FitEwilliam We the subscribers a committee appointed by the proprietors to state the Rev'd Mr. Brighams Salary for the preas- ant year have stated it at one hundred and thirty double and have di- rected y* assessors to make their assessment accordingly You are de- sired to make a record of this Samuel Patrick) John Locke 1- Committee, Samuel Kendall j Fitzwilliam 5th of December 1780. A few words are omitted by mistake, Mr, Brigham's salary at this time was about sixty-five pounds, and the com- mittee doubled it. This was on account of the depreciation of the currency ; the next year the proprietors to " pay him only the nominal sum of his stated salary, and pay it in hard money." Septemher Htk, 1781, the proprietors heard the report of a committee previously appointed to confer with Kev. Mr. Brigham respecting the depreciation in the value of his salary, as it had been collected and paid in continental bills, and it was voted to pay him only the nominal salary, but to pay it in hard money. April 2d, 1782, the proprietors considered a difficulty with Mr. Jonas Knight relative to his not serving as collector, as he had engaged to do ; but the whole matter was settled by his promise to pay Rev. Mr. Brigham " twelve bushels of Rie in six weeks." * * Doubtless there were office-seekers in those days, but Jonas Knight did not relish the collectorship ; and it bordered on the ludicrous to compel such a modest man to pay for his temerity in declining office by measuring out six busheb of his rye as a gift to bis minister. 88 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. August 23<7, 1786, the proprietors ordered some changes to be made " in the two hind seats in the side galleries" of the meeting-honse for the convenience of those occapying the adjacent seats and pews, but that it should be done " at the cost of the owners of said pews, and that fifteen persons to each pew be added to sit in said pews and to take them for their seats so long as they hold the right in them." In September, 1791, the proprietors " Yoted to put in the two tipper end windowes and the glass over the Pulpit in the meeting house and to paint and putty them in well," and to give the work to the lowest bidder. So far as the proprietors' records show, the care of the roads iand bridges in the township passed from the proprietors to the town itself soon after the act of incorporation ; but the support of the minister, repairs and changes in the meeting-house, and the care of the ministerial and school lands belonged to the proprietors up to 1798. During the year before— viz., November 17th, 1797, the proprietors appointed " Deac. John Fassitt, Deac. John Locke and Capt. John Bowker a Committee to propose to Kev. Benjamin Brighara to dissolve the contract with regard to paying him his salary in case the Town will contract with him for that purpose." After an hour's adjournment (evidently for consultation) they Voted that the Proprietors will relinquish all their right to the Meet- ing House in said Town, if the Town will pay what salary is now due to Rev. Benjamin Brighain from the Proprietors and contract to pay him in future, and then appointed a committee to present this offer to the town. Also Voted to discharge the Rev. Benjamin Brigham from the contract he made with the Proprietors on his discharging said Proprietors from the contract they made with him to pay him his salary and the Town will contract with him to pay his salary in future. The committee to present this matter to the town accom- LAST ACTS OF PEOPKIETOES. 89 plished the object for which it was raised ; and January 29th, 1798, the proprietors Voted to accept the release from Mr Benjamia Brigham as reported by the Committee. LATEE AND LAST ACTS OF THE PEOPKIETOES. October Vlih, 1792, the proprietors chose as their clerk and treasurer Mr. Nahum Parker, who a few years before had removed from Shrewsbury, Mass., to Fitzwilliam. Being a man of good business education and habits, all the records, and accounts of the proprietors from this date are very full and easy of comprehension. Mr. Parker served the proprietors as their clerk and treasurer for twenty- three years, or until the winding np of the affairs of the proprietorship, which took place in 1815. From 1798 the town had paid the salary of the pastor and attended to all the repairs made upon the meeting-house ; but the care of the ministerial and school lots and the collection of the interest upon the leases of the same still devolved upon the proprietors through their treasurer. These rents were duly collected by Mr. Parker, and after being scrupulously accounted for upon his records, were paid over to the selectmen of the town, to be applied to the pay- ]3(ient of the salary of the minister and the support of the schools respectively. Before the closing up of the business of the proprietors they directed that the rents above mentioned should be paid di- rectly to the selectmen of the town rather than to a treasurer of their appointment. December 18^A, 1815, Joseph Brigham and Charles Bowker, being a committee of the proprietors appointed for that pur- pose, examined the accounts and vouchers of the treasurer, and finding all correct, made a full and final settlement with him. At that time the sum of four dollars and sixty-eight cents remained in the hands of Mr. Parker, which was doubt- less disposed of in accordance with some unrecorded provision of the proprietors. In 1797 federal money was first used, in keeping his ac- counts, by Treasurer Parker. CHAPTER VI. EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, 1768-1800.* Reliftioaa Privileges— Meeting-House — Its Appearance and Arrangement — Mr. Nehemiah Parker's Ministry— Mr. Benjamin Brigliam's Candidacy and Settlement— Council— Church Organized— Its Members— Hal f- Way Covenant— Habits of Congregation— Parsonage— Mr. Brigham's Sick- ness and Death. THE records of the past are very instructive ; and this is as true of the history of our churches as it possibly can be of the history of our towns, State and nation. In tracing the events that led to the settlement of this town, we have seen that the proprietors of it, whether they were willing or unwilling, were under the necessity of furnishing religious privileges as one of the conditions under which they received their grant. It was not a matter discretionary with the individual owners of this territory whether or not they should have a house for public worship and a gospel minister, as one after another they contracted for their lots, cleared their land, built their log-houses, and established their homes in this wilderness, for the men of whom they purchased were obliged, by the fundamental conditions of their charter, to make pro- vision for all this from the beginning. Two of the two hun- dred and fifty-eight lots, or one share of the one hundred and twenty-niae shares, must be reserved, as we have seen, for a gift to the first settled minister, and of another share he was to have the use, while withiu five years they must erect a house for public worship and, after one year more, maintain con- stant preaching. The proprietors upon whom were imposed these conditions, we are to remember, never became settlers on this territory * In the preparation of this chapter it has been necessary to allude to a few of the facts already set forth in bringing together the most interesting and important of the acts of the proprietors. MEETING-HOUSE RAISED. 91 with one exception, but resided in various towns in Eastern Massachusetts, and South-eastern New Hampshire ; and when we reflect upon all the circumstances of the case, upon the fact that their interests were mainly elsewhere, and the almost in- surmountable difficulties encountered here by the actual set- tlers, we are surprised that they ever erected a meeting-house at all, rather than that so many years elapsed before it was finished. This house, as already noticed, stood upon the hill near the school-house in District ISo. 8, the north-east corner of the building being very near or upon the spot where " the old hearse-house'' stood. November 14th, 1Y69, the proprietors chose James Reed, John Mellen and Edward Kendall a Committee to pro- vide stuf and build a meeting house in said township so far as to inclose the outside and Lay the Lour iioor. This was before the site for the house was fixed upon through the recommendation of another committee, which was done April 18th, 1Y70. At this last-mentioned meeting the same men were appointed " a committee to provide for the raising of the meeting-house." It appears that the house was raised in the month of May, 1770. The tradition is that every man in town was present and aided in the work. The timbers were of oak just taken from the forest, and very heavy ; and when the men had raised the first tier of thp frame breast high, they found them- selves unable to raise it any higher. At the same time they dared not let it down, for some of them would doubtless have been crushed by it, and either killed or maimed for life. In tliis emergency two men arrived from Rindge, by whose timely aid the danger was averted, and the frame went up. Dr. Cummings has preserved the following, though he by no means would have vouched for its truth — viz. , that Eev. Mr. Brig- ham afterward said that he never knew swearing do any good but once, and that was while raising this first part of the meet- ing-house. This reported saying of Mr. Brigham is of very doubtful authenticity, for 1. It was not like him to say anything of the kind ; and 92 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 2. He does not appear to have come to Monadnock ISTo. 4 -till after the meeting-house was raised, since more than four taonths after the raising the proprietors voted that they would prefer to hear him four Sahbaths more as a candidate for set- tlement. There may have been profanity at the raising, for it was a common vice in that day, and probably strong drink was indulged in, according to the universal custom of the times. The meeting-house, though a number of years passed by be- fore it was completed, was a substantial though plain building, and for that day and region somewhat spacious and con- venient. It fronted the south, though it had doors upon the east and west sides also. The pulpit was upon the north end or side toward the cemetery opposite the south door, and over it was the sounding-board, a huge structure then universal in all meeting-houses of any pretension, and ignorantly supposed to aid the acoustic properties of the house. Just below the pulpit, in front of it, was the deacons' seat, a place of honor, where the two godly " fathers of the church" sat on ordinary as well as extraordinary occasions. The house was furnished in the central or what we should call the body part with long slips or seats, which seem to have been free, while square pews were arranged next to the walls both below and in the galleries. These pews were private property, and some of them appear to have been built at different times by their respective owners, and, for anything we know to the contrary, according to their individual tastes and with various kinds of lumber. It does not appear that the house was ever painted within except about the pulpit and the window-casings, and some time elapsed before a coat of paint was put upon the outside. The luxury of window-blinds upon a church or the best private houses was then unknown in this region. For a number of years the interior of the edi- fice must have presented a singular appearance, with its vacant places for pews, long seats, and various styles of workmanship. On the front or south side of the meeting-house was an open common, which was used especially for military drill. West of the house, and at a suitable distance, was a long row of sheds PREACHING IN MONADNOCK NO. 4. 93 for the protection of the horses and sometimes of the oxen that drew through the snow loads of worshippers. The entire establishment would not be deemed as orna- mental and reflecting credit upon the taste of the builders and owners at the present day, but it was measurably convenient, and for a part of the year at least comfortable, as this word was then understood. Of course there was no heating appa- ratus in it, but the pastor's house was near, with its great fires for warming during the intermission, and at a little later date foot-stoves were a part of the common household furniture. This, with some occasional repairs and improvements, was the religious home of the entire population of Fitzwilliam for more than forty years, though we have no exact data respect- ing the year when it was first occupied for public worship, and no account of its dedication, if it was ever dedicated. For some years before occupying the meeting-house the people held their Sabbath services in private houses or at the inn of Mr. Keed, as circumstances or necessity required. Keligious meetings during the week were then very uncommon. As early as 1768 preaching was maintained in Monadnock No. 4 certainly for a part of each year. During the autumn of that year and a considerable part of the winter following the preacher was Mr. Nehemiah Parker, who had graduated at Harvard College in 1763. Soon after leaving this place he became pastor of the Congregational Church in Hubbardston, Mass. , having been ordained under a great oak upon the com- mon in that town before a church edifice had been erected. Whether there was constant preaching in Monadnock No. 4 after Mr. Parker left and before the arrival of Mr. Benjamin Brigham, about the middle of the year 1770, is uncertain. Mr. Brigham was a native of Marlborough, Mass. , and had graduated at Harvard College in 1764. No church or eccle- siastical society had then been formed here, but the propri- etors, as already noticed, after a candidacy of a number^ of months, made out a formal caill to Mr. Brigham to settle with; the people here in the gospel ministry. The call was unani- mous. An affirmative answer was returned to this in the January following. In the call ample provision seems to have. 94 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. been made for Mr. Brigham's pecuniary support, as we have seen in the preceding chapter ; for according to the funda- mental conditions imposed by the Masonian proprietors, two lots of land of one hundred acres each had been reserved, which were to be given outright to the first settled minister ; also two lots more had been reserved for the " use of the min- istry," of which he would have the proper benefit.* Moreover, a settlement was offered him of eighty pounds, lawful money. This was no part of his salary, but gifts like this were the rule rather than the exception a century ago, when our churches and religious societies invited the men of their choice to become their pastors. The settlement was of the nature of an inducement to accept the call. In this case the eighty pounds were estimated at a later period to have been worth two hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty- seven cents. An annual salary was offered amounting to fifty- three pounds, six shillings, and eight pence sterling, which after three years was to be increased by two pounds annually till it should amount to sixty-six pounds, thirteen shillings, and four pence sterling, or something more than tliree hun- dred and fifty dollars. With a farm of more than two hun- dred acres, the settlement and the annual payment, this was certainly a generous support, especially as the purchasing power of money at that time was much greater than it is at the present day. The land was to be cleared indeed before it could be made to aid in the support of a family, but progress could be made in this work gradually. The proposals were certainly sufficient to place a pastor above want with common industry and economy. All of the lands and improvements in the township, with the exception, for a time, of the twenty shares (forty lots) re- served by the Masonian Proprietors for their own benefit were taxable to raise the amount for the settlement and the annual salary, while all that purchased land understood the conditions of the bargain in this respect, so there could have been no oc- casion for hard feelings or disputes. * The disposition made of the lots "for the use of the ministry" and the " school lots" Is explained In Chapter XIII. CHURCH COVENAH^T. 95 In January, 1771, Mr. Brigham accepted the call that had been extended to him, and preparations were soon made for that notable event, the ordination of the first pastor. The inn of James Eeed was upon the old military road north-west of the village, and in sight of the house formerly occupied by Gilbert C. Bemis, and recently destroyed by fire. As the meeting-house was not in a condition to be used, the ordination of Mr. Brigham took place at the inn. Mr. John Mellen provided for the council and other clergymen that might be in attendance for twenty-five dollars, this sum being paid by the proprietors. It seemed needful that a church should be regularly or- ganized before the ordination of a pastor, and this was done by the council before Mr. Brigham was set apart as the pastor of Monadnock No. 4. He had previously drawn up a covenant, to be accepted and signed by himself and others, for this purpose ; and as this ancient document reveals not a little of the inner and outer life of the Christian people that settled this town, it is here given entire : COVENANT. " A. D. 1771, ) Monadnock No. 4, in y Province of New Hampshire. Marcli 27. \ W"- whose names are hereunto subscribed being inhabit- ants of No. 4 aforesaid, knowing that we are very prone to offend and ■provoke God y' Most high, in Heart and life, thro' y' prevailing of sin that Dwelleth within Us ; and y" manifold temptations from without . Us ; and for which we have great reason to be unfeignedly humbled be- fore him from Day to Day, Do in y* name of our Lord Jesus Christ, with dependence upon his gracious assistance aud influence of the holy ghost, solemnly enter into Covenant with God, according to God as foUoweth : — " (1.) That having Chosen and taken y' Lord Jehovah to be our God, we will fear him and cleave to him in Love, and serve him in Truth with all our hearts ; giving up ourselves to be his people ; in all things at his Disposal and Sovereign Direction, That we may have, and hold Com- munion with him as Members of Christ's Mystical Body according to his revealed will, to our Lives End. " (3.) We further Promise to keep Close to y° Truth of Christ, Endeav- oring with lively affections towards it in our Hearts to Defend it against all opposers thereof, as God shall at any time call us thereunto— which that we may, Do, we Resolve to Use y" holy Scriptures as our Platform, whereby we may discern y" Mind of Christ, and not y" new found in- ventions of men. " (3.) We also Bind ourselves to Bring up our Children and Servants 96 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. in y= knowledge and fear of God, by holy instruction from y' sacred Scriptures, — (a Summary of which we have in y* Catechisms of y* Ven- erable assembly at Westminster,) that true Religion may Be maintained in our Families while we live, and among such as live when we are Dead and gone. " (4.) We also Engage to have a Careful inspection over our own hearts, so as to Endeavor by Virtue of y' Death of Christ, y' mortification of all our sinful worldly frames and Disorderly affections, whereby we may be with Drawn from y' Living God. " (5.) Moreover we Oblige our Selves to y' faithful improvement of our abilities and opportunities to worship God, according to all y" par- ticular institutions of Christ for his Church, under Gospel administra- tion ; as, to give Reverent attention to y" word of God, to pray unto him, to sing his praises, and to hold Communion with Bach other in y' use of Both y" seals, viz : Baptism and y" Lord's Supper. " (6.) We likewise promise that we will peaceably submit to y" lioly Discipline app6inted by Christ in his Chh. for ofEenders, obeying them that rule over us in the Lord. " (7.) We Bind also ourselves to walk in Love toward one another, En- deavoring our mutual Edification ; Visiting, Exhorting, Comforting as occasion serveth ; Warning any Brother or Sister that offends ; not Di- vulging any Private offences unnecessarily ; But heedfully following the several precepts of Christ laid down for Chh. Dealing, Matt. XVIIl : 15, 16, 17, willingly forgiving all that manifest to y« Judgment of Charity that they truly Repent of all their miscarriages. " Now yo God of Peace, that Brought again from y« Dead, y Lord Jesus Christ, y" great Shepherd of y« Sheep, through y« Blood of y« ever- lasting Covenant, make us all perfect in every good work to Do his will, working in us that which is well pleasing in his sight, thro' Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever, Amen. " BENJAMIN BRIGHAM, Pastor elect. " BENJAMIN BIGELOW, " JOHN FASSETT, "NATHANIEL WILDER, " CALEB WINCH, " JAMES REED. " N.B. As to Discipline, this Chh. is founded upon y« Cambridge Platform, as it is commonly Received and Practised upon in y* New England Churches." This covenant, it will be observed, was signed by the pastor elect and five other men. Of the proceedings at the organi- zation of the church no other particulars have been preserved. Of the five lay members who, with their pastor, constituted the church thus organized March 27th, 1771, this brief notice may here be given : Benjamin Bigelow was the iirst white settler of the town, and came from Lunenburg, Mass. He was not the ancestor of those recently and now bearing his name in Fitzwilliam, but belonged to the same family. Thirty-seven days after the ME. BEIGHAm'S acceptance OF HIS CALL. 97 organization of the cliurch he was drowned in the Ashuelot River at "Winchester. The next signer was John Fassett, from Boylston, Mass.., who lived quite a distance west of the village, on the spot where the house long occupied by the late Dana Davis now stands. Mr. Fassett was chosen the first deacon of the church, April 18th, 1Y71, and died January 12th, 1834. The next signature is that of Nathaniel Wilder, from Lan- caster, Mass. Caleb Winch came from Framingham, Mass., and lived in the northern part of Monadnock 'No. i. That section of the township is now a part of Troy. The last signer was James Reed, from Lunenburg (now Fitchburg), Mass., who was a noted man in his day, and kept the inn where the council assembled for the ordination. The churches invited to compose, with their pastors, the council were those in Marlborough, Westborough, Shrews- bury. Lancaster, Southborough, Eoyalston, and Winchendon, Mass., and New Ipswich, Keene, and Swanzey, N. H. ; but of these only Marlborough, Westborough, Royalston, Winch- endon, Keene, and Swanzey appear to have been represented^ Of the organization of the council we ha ye no record. Mr. Brigham's answer to the call he had received (which was deemed of sufficient importance to find a place in the proprietors' records) is here given in full, as an essential part of the proceedings and also as giving us some view of Mr. Brigham. Monadnock No. 4, January 29, 1771. To the Proprietors and Congregating Society of Monadnock No. 4, in the Province of New Hampshire. Grace, Mercy, and Peace be multiplied from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Brethren and Friends. The great God who is Sovereign of universal nature and orders all things according to the Counsels of his own will, for his own honor and glory and the best interests of all who love and fear and obey him, has, in his all wise providence, brought me among you to preach the Gospel of his Son Christ Jesus, and also inclined you to make choice of me, who am very unworthy of the honor, to settle among you in the work of the Gospel Ministry. You have laid before me your proposals, bearing date Nov. the 7th 1770 and January the 29th 1771, which offers I view as generous considering the infancy of the town and circumstances 7 98 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. of this people ; and cannot forbear returning you my sincere and hearty thanks for the great respect you have shown me thereby. I have taken your invitation into serious and prayerful consideration, and when I reflect how great and arduous the work of a Gospel Minister is, how much grace and wisdom is necessary and how very unequal I am to such an undertaking, it makes me to tremble and to say with the blessed Apostle, " Who is sufficient for these things !" Nevertheless when I consider the sufScieney of God's grace he affords to all them that sincerely ask it of him and the promise of Christ that he will be with his Ministers always to the end of this world, and the uncommon unanimity of the people in the choice of me for your Pastor, it supports me and I take courage. I do therefore, viewing it my duty, and having taken the advice of my fathers and brethren in the Ministry, with dependence, upon grace and strength derived from Christ, the Head of all influences, accept of your invitation and offers, with this reserve that I have two Sabbaths annually allowed me during the time of my ministry, that I may have opportunity to visit my parents and friends. I further entreat that you would remember me daily in your prayers to God, though an unworthy, yet that I may be a faithful Servant and watchman upon this part of Jerusalem's walls, instrumental of advanc- ing the Redeemer's Kingdom in the world and of promoting religion, piety, and true Godliness among you, that finally I, who sow and you who reap, may rejoice together in the kingdom of glory forever and ever. Benjamin Brigham. As it is uncertain whether the clerk of the proprietors, in recording this document, followed the original paper with re- gard to spelling, punctuation, and the use of capital letters, it is deemed advisable, without changing a word, to give the whole a modern form. That Mr. Brigham was from Massachusetts and was prob- ably but little acquainted with the pastors in Cheshire County will doubtless account for the fact that our neighboring com- monwealth furnished so large a proportion of the ordaining council. Mr. Brigham was then twenty-nine years of age, and being a man of industry, energy, and acknowledged capacity and worth, he entered zealously upon his work as the religious teacher and guide of this people. Two months after the or- ganization of the church Stephen Harris and Mary, his wife, joined it by letter from Framingham, Mass. These were the grandparents of the late Deacon Joseph Harris and Mr. Ebenezer Potter. The September following the wives of all the men who signed the covenant with the pastor also joined THE HALF-WAY COVENANT. 99 the churcli by letter, with Henry Willard and Phebe, his wife. In 1772 five others became members, so that at the time of the incorporation of the tchvn of Fitzwilliam there were not far from twenty members in full communion. Three weeks after the church was organized Mr. John Fassett was chosen deacon, and long and faithfully he served the church in this office. For many years he was almost always chosen one of its delegates, when the church was called in council to install or dismiss pastors or to settle difiiculties. Very early in its history the church determined the time for observing the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, as it has stood through these many years — viz. , on the second Sabbath of every other month, beginning with January. Why this time was selected, in deviation from the common custom of the churches, it is difficult to imagine, as it virtually prevents the minister from exchanging pulpits with the neighboring pastors nearly one fourth of the time. * July 9th, 1771, the church passed the following vote : Persons shall have the privilege of taking the Covenant upon them and having their children baptized, though they cannot see their way clear, to attend upon the Sacrament of the Supper. The " half-way covenant," as it was called, to which allii-- sion is made in this vote, had a measure of favor with most of the Congregational churches at that time ; but it was the source of almost innumerable trials and evils, and the action of the church given above was reconsidered and unanimously set aside October 3d, 1800. During the twenty-nine years succeeding the organization of the church, it appears that eighty-six in- dividuals became members of it in this partial manner under the vote of the church allowing them to do so, and many, probably most of these who had young children had them baptized, having taken the covenant chiefly for this purpose. Like those admitted to full communion, such as came in under the "half-way covenant" were propounded at least fourteen days before their admission ; and from time to time quite a number of these became regular members of the church. At tlie time when this inconvenient and troublesome practice was 100 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. discontinued, the church by vote invited all who stood in this relation to it to become members in full ; but it does not appear that this invitation was accepted to any great extent. July 8th, 1773, or a little after the town was incorporated, Mr. John Locke was chosen the second deacon. He was a man of discretion and well-earned influence. The calls upon this church to sit in council for the ordina- tion, installation, or dismission of pastors, but more especially for the settlement of difficulties in churches of New Hamp- shire and Massachusetts, have been, from the first, very nu- merous, a fact which proves that it and its pastors have enjoyed in an eminent degree the public confidence. For many years it was customary for the church to send, on such occasions, its, pastor and two delegates. September 7th, 1775, the church voted to take up a collec- tion at each communion for one year, in order to provide the elements for the communion-table. This plan, which is so easily carried into execution and saves much trouble, was soon exchanged for occasional collections ; and this last-mentioned custom prevailed till within a comparatively recent period. In 1779 the church voted to purchase one table-cloth, two pewter platters, and four pewter cups for the communion- table, and that in making the contribution for the elements for the table during the succeeding six months, each meniber should write his or her name upon the paper containing the money. This requirement was made doubtless because the amount called for and expected from each member had not been contributed, and it was desirable to know who were de- linquent. A similar vote was passed at a later date for the same purpose, the members being called upon to contribute one shilling each, and the contribution to be in each case " subscribed''— i.e., enclosed in paper with the name of the contributor. Probably some in those days were unwilling to pay their proportion of the expense involved in the support of civil and religious institutions, though we are to bear in mind that the people in general had but very little money. During the entire ministry of Eev. Mr. Brigham hardly any other single matter occupied the attention of the church in its ATTENDANCE UPON EELIGIOITS WORSHIP. 101 biisiness meetings so often as the supply of wine for the com- munion-table. The lack of system in providing this will ac- count in part for the numerous votes upon this subject ; but another, and this the chief reason, may be found in the habits of the times. It was customary then to more than taste of the consecrated element, for many communicants all over the country were in the habit of taking a considerable draft. The carrying back of the cups to be refilled and the refilling of the tankards during the solemnity are within the memory of not a few now living ; and the existing generation may certainly congratulate itself upon the extent and happy influ- ence of the temperance reform in this particular. It should be added also that the cost of wine in this coun- try a century ago was very great, as all of it was imported, and the policy of our government has favored heavy duties upon it from an early day. In those days the entire population of the town was inter- ested in the support of the services at the single meeting-house, and all seem to have regarded the industrious, discreet, and faithful pastor in the light of a personal friend and temporal as well as spiritual guide. All then who were able attended public worship, and the long row of sheds west and south-west of the meeting-house upon the hill was filled from Sabbath to Sabbath with the horses or oxen of the worshippers. As al- ready noticed, large loads of men, women, and children came in the winter upon ox-sleds from the most distant neighbor- hoods of the town, and as the morning and afternoon services were very long and the days short, many of these could not have reached their homes till nearly dark. In the summer the younger portion of the audience came with bare feet, and not a few of their fathers and mothers, who walked from two to five miles, brought their shoes and stock- ings in their hands till they approached the meeting-house, when they would stop at some stream or spring and wash their feet and make ready for God's worship. Upon returning home after the services this process was reversed, and so the carefully preserved shoes and hose would be good for sucli service a number of years. Upon a discontinued road south- 102 HISTORY or FITZWILLIAM. west of the spot where the old church stood there is a spring or little stream where these changes often took place, and the remains of the old overturned pine-tree upon which the peo- ple sat for this purpose and for rest were plainly to be seen in 1871. Though there was no way of warming the church, and not more than two houses near, and the services very long (usually two hours or more each), the congregations were large and patient. The meeting-house was in that day the chief place of resort to obtain information upon all subjects. The news of the respective neighborhoods, of the town generally, and of the country was freely canvassed by the people at those Sab- bath gatherings, while many went to church doubtless to visit, and some possibly to do business. There were very few books in the families, and newspapere were almost wholly unknown, so that the size of the congre- gations in those days was hardly a true index of the real inter- est in religious matters. Besides the property of all paid for the preaching, for the pastor's salary was raised by general taxation. These things should be borne in mind when the past and the present are compared touching the attendance of the peo- ple upon public worship. In those days the tithing-men preserved order in the sanc- tuary, and, if necessary, waked up the sleepers. The boys certainly stood in awe of these otHcers.* No musical instruments were used to aid in the service of song, and tlie chorister was appointed by the town and not by the singers ; and tradition is in fault if the music did not sometimes lack sweetness and harmony. That the Psalms and hymns were heartily rendered and with strong voices, we can well understand. At the close of each service the entire congregation rose and stood reverently with their eyes upon their pastor till he had passed down the central aisle, and this custom, it is under- stood, continued for many years during the ministry of Rev. * It would seem that the town continued to elect tithlns-men annually till about 1842 thouj^h for a considerable period before the offtoe had ceased to be of any pi'ao- tlcal importance. In IMS the town voted not to ohoose tithlng-men. REV. MR. BRIGHAM's HOME. lOS John Sabin, or until the old clmrch on the hill was abandoned for the new one on tlie common. The salary of Rev. Mr. Brigham was paid by the propri- etors according to contract for the term of twenty-seven years, or until 1798, when, by mutual agreement, it was assumed by the town. Samuel Griffin and Oliver Damon were chosen deacons in April of that year. The number of members ad- mitted to the church during the ministry of Mr. Brigham was two hundred and eighty-five — males, one hundred and thirty*- one, and females, one hundred and fifty-four. Many of these died or removed from the town during the same period. Of the two hundred and eighty-five members, seventy-six are recorded as coming from other churches with letters of dis- mission and commendation. From everything that can be gathered from the church rec- ords, which seem to have been faithfully kept by Mr. Brig- ham as clerk of the church, there were no dissensions to mar its beauty and hinder its usefulness during the long service of its first and honored pastor. The house which he owned and occupied was the well- known landmark, the old dwelling just east of the church and cemetery at the foot of the hill, with the majestic elm in front of it, both of which have been recently removed. This house was built by Mr. Brigham, and was the parsonage dur- ing most of his ministry. The elm, it is said, was brought by his hired man from the flat toward the railroad station, and set out under the pastor's direction. In the early part of the year 1799 Mr. Brigham was feeble, and the compiler of this history learned from an aged man now deceased who attended upon his rninistry while a lad, that he preached a number of Sabbaths in the parsonage, after he was unable to go up the hill to the church. On June I3th, 1799, Mr. Brigham died, aged fifty-eight, in the twenty-ninth year of his ministry. His funeral, it appears, was attended the day following his death, Eev. Mr. Lee, of Royalston, preaching the funeral sermon. This sermon, with the one preached by the same clergyman at the funeral of the first Mrs. Brigham, was printed. 104 IlISTOEY OP. FITZWILLIAM. Rev. John Sabin, in one of his historical lectures, gives this testimony respecting the character and work of the first pastor : From what I can learn of this man in this town and out of it in this vicinity, I should think lie was beloved and as near without an enemy as about ever falls to the lot of man. And there is this mark of his not designing war upon a great scale, that when a Committee (was) ap- pointed to inspect every man's preparation for war as duly equipped with arms, ammunition, and all accoutrements (this was during the Revolu- tionary War), Mr. Brigham was reported as not furnished. Mr. Sabin adds : It may scarcely be supposed that ever another Minister will get through life to so extensive regret of Community as did the first Minister. And the writer learned some years since from one of the aged men then living, that when the news of Mr. Brigham's death reached his father's house there was a depth of grief that he, a little lad, was wholly unable to comprehend. The following is from the church records : He was a good Divine, an able and faithful Pastor, the friend of peace, truth and righteousness. While he lived he was greatly esteemed and beloved by his people and all his acquaintances, and at his death he was greatly lamented. His remains repose by the side of those of his first wife, Lucy Brigham (who died six years before him), in the central part of the old portion of the cemetery. The sermons preached at the funerals of this worthy couple were printed in 1800. Quite a number of the manuscript sermons of the first pastor have been preserved, two of which were presented to the writer by Mrs. Selina P. Damon. The size of the page is about that of a duodecimo book, and the writing is very fine and compact, requiring for reading a magnifying power of considerable strength. The preacher must liave held the manuscript directly before his eyes at the time of delivery. In 1809 the town appropriated " to procure G-ravestones for the Rev. Benjamin Brigham's grave," the sum of twenty dollars. The maiden name of the first Mrs. Brigham was Lucy BAPTISMS BY ME. BRIGHAM. 105 Morse. His second wife was Puah, tlie widow of John Mel- len, Esq. During his ministry of about twenty-eight years Mr. Brig- ham baptized six hundred and fifty children, the first having been Eebecca, daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy Wilder. This baptism took place April 28th, 1771. CHAPTEE VII. SE'ITLEES FBOM 1762-1800. From what Places — Cliaracter — Age— Property — Dwellings — Dress — Means of Communication — Social Qualities — Amusements — Religious Habits — Farming — Manufactures — Personal History — Benjamin Bigelow — James Beed and Other.s. "VrOT a few towns in our "Western States and Territories -'-^ are settled by colonies from some particular locality in the older portions of the countiy ; but the early settlers of Fitzwilliam came from many places, and without anything like a concerted plan of settlement. The older towns in Middle- sex and Worcester counties, Mass., seem to have furnished at least four fifths of the first settlers, particularly Fram- ingham, Marlborough, Southborough, Sterling, Hoiliston, Lunenburg, Templeton, Leominster, Medfield, and Shrews- bury. Doubtless some acquaintance with or relationship to the proprietors and previous settlers induced the majority to remove to this place and take up these " wild lands," as they called them. Thus Daniel Mellen, of Hoiliston, led many relatives and friends from that town, from Framingham, Southborough, and Sherborn, to remove to Monadnock No. 4, and James Reed did the same for settlers from Lunenburg and other places in that vicinity ; but after 1800 more seem to have come as strangers, and led by a common desire to bet- ter their condition or to provide for increasing families. In its earliest years the settlement appears to have had a very slow growth, for it is related that the widow of Benjamin Bigelow, the first settler, was accustomed to say in her old age that for a long time she was the handsomest and smartest woman in Fitzwilliam, because she was the only one. As to the general character of the first settlers, it may be said that they were industrious, energetic, frugal, kind, con- siderate, and ready for hard labor and to make great sacrifices CHARACTEE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS. 107 for the comfort and welfare of their families and of society at large. That there were some worthlesss persons and some shiftless families among them there can be no question, for such will always find their way, as if by instinct, to a new set- tlement ; but in the great majority of cases the men and women that undertook to found homes and establish social, civil, and religious institutions on these hills and along these streams were persons of real, genuine worth, fit to be pioneers in a great and important enterprise. They came expecting hard work and toilsome lives, many privations, but, after all, much comfort in laying good foundations and witnessing sub- stantial progress. That in general they were law-abiding and ready to frown upon vice, whoever might be guilty of it, we have the fullest evidence, for they brought with them not a few of the strong- est and best elements of the Puritan character. The home training and all the best moral and religious influences under which they had passed their childhood and youth it was their aim to transplant and cherish in this place of their adoption, as their entire history conclusively proves. As to the age of the first settlers when they came to Monad- nock jSTo. 4, it may be said that the majority of them were young rather than old. A few came with gray heads and somewhat worn with life's struggles, with families already established and children grown to maturity, prepared, physi- cally and intellectually, to take an active part in maintaining all the interests of their new home (witness the family of General James Eeed) ; but these were the exceptions rather than the rule. The record of the deaths of the pioneers in this settlement (which has been very carefully preserved, and by more than one party) shows us that generally the first set- tlers were from twenty-five to forty years of age, and of course in the strength of manhood and womanhood, while the fact that some were older tempered the energy of the settle- ment with a large share of wisdom and discretion. As to the education and general intelligence of the early settlers, it may be said that they were fully equal to their neighbors whom they left behind in the older settlements. 108 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. The culture of the laborious, hard-working families of New England at that day was not usually great, measured by mod- ern standards, for the training of the schools was not the best, while valuable books were few, and the almost omnipresent newspaper of the present day was hardly known. Some haye supposed that the early settlers of this region could have read only with great difficulty, and that by no means all were able to write, because in some important records of business that have come down to us men in responsible positions occasion- ally signed by a cross rather than wrote their names ; but this is plainly an erroneous and exaggerated view of their deficien- cies. As children few of them had had our advantages for culture, and paper, pens, and ink were in some hoaseholds luxuries ; but most could converse and compose well according to the standards of that day, while some would be considered refined and cultured in almost any modern society. In the matters of spelling and the application of grammatical rules their writing. often appears to have been much in fault, but in both respects they generally followed the prevailing custom? of the day, and did not exhibit as much ignorance as many sup- pose. At all events, they seem to have made laudable efforts to give their children the advantages of a good education, which was no easy matter with so small a population spread over thirty-six square miles of territory. Most of the early settlers appear to have come to Monadnock No. -i with families. Nearly all had wives to assist them, and often the children constituted a large part of the increasing population ; for in those days the rich and the poor alike re- garded a goodly company of little ones as a blessing rather than an incumbrance. And from all that can be gathered from their early history, it would seem that the wives and the mothers who presided over the early homes of Fitzwilliam were as industrious, frugal, energetic, and ambitious as their husbands. That they generally worked in a very quiet man- ner and made their influence felt indirectly rather than other- wise is not to their discredit. As to the property of the early settlers, it may be said that most of them appear to have been in moderate circumstances, PROPERTY AND DWELLINGS OF FIRST SETTLERS. 109 if we judge of them by modern views and feelings. Un- doubtedly a few of them were quite poor, and not more than two or three of them could have been regarded even then as wealthy. General James Eeed had quite extensive landed possessions, and the Mellen family had means beyond most of their neighbors ; but nearly the entire company of immigrants had all they could do to live in a very unpretending manner and make limited improvements upon their farms annually. They knew next to nothing about bank shares or deposits in institutions for savings, and had no sound government securi- ties laid up for the time of misfortune and old age. But though they were far from being rich, they were perhaps as well off, for the times, as Western emigrants of forty years ago would average, and the Registry of Deeds proves that land speculation was as common then as it is to-day. But one of the original proprietors settled in Monadnock No. 4, so that but little was done by these men of means to make the town wealthy. Mosc of the settlers doubtless purchased their lands in part certainly on credit, and years passed away before the last payment was made, and they could call themselves inde- pendent. More means, in the beginning of their work here, would have been to many of them a great convenience, especially as the heavy demands and sacrifices of the Revolutionary War were so soon to be encountered ; but their early struggles with comparative want were not without many and large compen- sations. Of their dwelUngs it may be remarked that, in nearly all cases, the first were built in the rudest manner. Almost of necessity these houses were cold, uncomfortable, and what we should deem but poorly fitted for the enjoyment of health, especially in winter, in this rigorous climate. A large fire- place, with the chimney sometimes upon the outside of the structure and occasionally with no chimney at all, occupied one end of the building, while generally there was a great lack, of most conveniences and comforts. During a large part of the year different occupations, and these of great variety, were of necessity carried on in the single living-room, which 110 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. was at once kitchen, dining-room, sleeping- room, parlor, nursery, and shop. Men in those days were sometimes ingen- ious in building their houses. Mr. John Fassett came to town in the spring of 1769 and located some two miles or more west of the present central village, building on the spot where the late Mr. Dana Davis lived for many years and where Mr. Thatcher Matthews now resides — Lot 13, Kange 9. His house he erected, chiefly with his own hands, in this manner : he set posts made from split logs in the ground, with but a small space between them,, and then covered the sides as well as the roof with hemlock bark, which after being removed from the logs had been spread upon the ground and thoroughly dried, with large stones upon it to prevent it from rolling. These pieces of bark were fastened to the posts by means of green withes which passed around the posts and through holes in the bark made by a large gimlet which Mr. Fassett brought with him from his old home in Massachusetts. Kafters were erected for the roofs and ribs lashed across them, and upon these double courses of bark were laid, and the whole carefully secured by withes, like the bark upon the outside. The door was made of bark, and had in like manner withes for its hinges. In this house this honored father in the church and town lived for six years and until he had six children ; and these years, he was accustomed afterward to say, were the six happiest years of his life. Such exposure to cold and storms seems not to have been detrimental to health and longevity in this case, for Deacon Fassett when he died, January 12th, 183i, had reached the age of ninety-four years. Very few of his neighbors had dwellings showing such a variety and so much ingenuity of workmanship. Of the dwellings of the early settlers generally it may be said that most of them were built of logs. The chimney was of stone, and the fireplace was so large that logs and wood from four to six feet long could be conveniently used. Blocks of wood or sections of trees furnished the chairs and tables in many a habitation. Ladders were used to reach the chambers and cellars whenever luxuries of such a nature were DRESS AND FOOD OP THE FIRST SETTLERS. Ill indulged in by the poorer families. No great variety was found upon their tables, for Indian bread, johnny-cakes, bean porridge, and turnips rather than potatoes were the staple arti- cles of food. Pies ajid cakes were rarely tasted. The work dresses of both sexes were made of tow and linen cloth (home manufacture) for the warm season, while coarse woolens, obtained in the same way, were worn in the winter. A skirt and short loose gown were the ordinary dress of fe- males, and to appear in at church and on all special occasions these were made of chintz, if possible, and, in a few cases, of silk. The " long shorts," in quite general use, seem to have reached half way from the knee to the ankle. The shoes of both sexes were made of stout leather, and in the winter, when cow-hide boots could not be obtained by them, the men wore leggins. When the snow was deep snow-shoes were used, and we are assured that it was not uncommon to see a woman standing behind a man, both upon the same snow-shoes, and keeping step perfectly. As there were no wagons for quite a number of years, side-saddles and pillions were in common use. I While noticing the inconveniences under which the first set- tlers did their work, Dr. Cummings remarks ; How should they be provided with writing materials, when they had not even the common implements for eating ! I was informed a few days since by one of the mothers in Israel that she worked in the family of one of the proudest men in town in 1785, and lived on bean porridge, and eat it out of a brown earthen mug, which served as a dish for the whole family, it being the only one used in the kitchen. She also in- formed me that she was treated to the best lodging the Palace afforded, a cot bed on the floor with one sheet, there being but a single pair in the house. Her employment was spinning cattle's hair, procured from the tanner, to be made into bed-covers. Statements like these show us that the early settlers in Fitz- william had many hardships to encounter. According to mod- em ideas of conveniences and helps they did everything at a disadvantage, while of luxuries they knew nothing. But though their dress was coarse and plain, and their .food, with the manner of serving it, far from tempting for such as were deli- cate, a good degree of health and general thrift was maintained, 112 HISTORY OF PITZWILLIAM. and the settlement prospered. Always and everywhere the first settlers in new countries have many hardships to encounter. Regarding the social qualities of the early settlers, tradi- tion informs us that the intercourse between the different families was of that free-and-easy character that made calls and visits very enjoyable. All met upon the same level, for the distinctions of wealth were practically unknown, while each family had an abiding interest in the prosperity of every other. They had few books and no newspapers to furnish matter for conversation, but they seem to have been good talkers nevertheless. In fact, all their outward circumstances combined to make them prisie, in an eminent degree, their social relations, while their sayings that have come down to us prove that not a few of them had that shrewdness and wit which never fail to enliven the gatherings of friends, neigh- bors, and kindred. Of their amusements it may be said that while they bad no clubs, in the modern acceptation of this term, to draw away the men from their famihes, or parties for card-playing and other games that are now so fashionable, they did not lack the means of recreation when they had spare time upon their hands. Wrestling at that day was very common and popu- lar, vastly more so than it is at present, and the champion wrestler was known far and near. The game of quoits was often played in connection with family or neighborhood gatherings. In the autumn huskings were common, when all the men, women, and children of some section of the town would strip all the corn of a neighbor in an evening, and then do the same for others. When framed houses began to take the place of log hats the raising of a building was a great occasion, and was considered by most persons as a time for relaxation and sport, to be enjoyed, rather than of hard labor to be avoided. Where the men were clearing their lands of the heavy growth of wood log rollings were not uncommon, at which a great amount of work would be done in a single day, to be followed by the best supper and a plentiful supply of strong drink at the close. EARLY MODES OF TRAVEL. 113 Among the ladies quiltings afforded a pleasant recreation, especially when prolonged till the evening, when the good wives and mothers would be joined by their husbands, and the inevitable treat was accompanied by a round of story-telling. . The children had their little games of," hunt the slipper," " button, button," just as they now have a century later. Early in the history of Fitzwilliam, as was true at that period of nearly every other town in the country, military trainings were a great attraction, and brought together a large part of the people of all ages to enjoy a holiday. Even now men, women, and children do not easily tire while watching the manoeuvres of a company of trained soldiers. In their modes of travel the early settlers accommodated ' themselves to their circumstances. At first their roads were only narrow paths through the forests, barely sufficient for the passage of ox-wagons, carts, and sleds, which appear to have been in common use from the first. After a few years vehicles drawn by horses began to be in use. Stephen Harris brought his wife and household goods from Massachusetts to this town on an ox-sled. Agabus Bishop, from Wrentham, Mass., settled in the north-west part of the town about 1777 or 1778, and the historian of Troy says of him : Here he commenced, as did nearly all the first settlers, by clearing a . spot and building a log-house. And when he moved his family, instead' of coming with an ox team, as had nearly all who preceded him, he came with a horse and wagon, and for some years this was the only horse in^ that part of the town. In one of his lectures Dr. Cummings relates a pleasant in- cident concerning Mrs. Eeed, the widow of James Reed, Jr.. Mrs. Eeed was a native of Lunenburg, Mass. Says the doctor : I very well remember hearing Mrs. Reed tell of a horseback ride she and several other girls took with their beaux from that place to this- when she was quite- young, and her name was Molly Dodge. I well. remember, too, that her countenance grew animated and her face shone ■wrhen she told over what they saw by the way, and what good times they had. This agreeable expedition of Molly Dodge must have taken 8 114 HISTORY OF FITZWIILIAM. plaee before or during 1768, as on December 11th of that year she was married to Mr. Reed. In their regard for religious institutions the pioneers in the settlement of Fitzwilliam did not fall behind the best elements of the IS^ew England people generally. Each family had a right to and a part in the services of the meeting-house, and nothing but severe storms or sickness prevented the entire congregation from a regular attendance. Not a few of the people lived from three to five miles from the place of gath- ering, but the weather must have been very bad which would keep thein at home on the Sabbath. When we consider that for years not a few of them walked so far to church with such insufficient protection for their feet, with no umbrellas, and often with but a poor supply of warm clothing, and then sat in the unwarmed meeting-house through two long services, we cannot fail to admire their courage and perseverance, even when we cannot affirm that they were all actuated by religions principle and devotion. That the prevailing public sentiment called for this sacrifice of comfort and exposure of health in the severest seasons of the year even was doubtless true, while the almost universal desire to learn what was going on in the settlement and in the world generally had not a little to do with their church-going habits ; still it will be hardly fair treatment to deny to them in their religious observances a large share of the old Puritan principle. Of their habits touching the use of intoxicating drinks, this ~much may be said in their favor. In a time when ardent spirits were deemed necessary to give strength under hard and protracted labor and protection under great exposure and were, moreover, in general use, the wonder is that so few of the early settlers became drunkards. In the record of deaths in this town for fifty years after its incorporation no one is said to have died of drunkenness, if the examination made be correct. Many cases may have occurred in which drinking habits complicated and rendered fatal fevers and pulmonary diseases, which were then very common ; but evidently death could not often be traced among the early settlers in Fitzwil- USE OF INTOXICATING DRINKS, 115 liam directly to strong drink. For anything that appears to the contrary, intoxicating liquors were kept and used in every family and on all occasions ; but in all the written and tradi- tional accounts that have come down to us we find compara- tively few allusions to anything like beastly intoxication. Some years ago the writer was told by one of the oldest men in town (now deceased) that at the funeral of the first pastor, Kev. Benjamin Brigham, which he well remembered, the custom of providing intoxicating drink was observed, as it was on only extraordinary occasions. Usually only the officiat- ing clergyman, the bearers, and the mourners were expected and invited to drink, but at this funeral a strong sling made of rum, sugar, and water was prepared in a tub in a large quantity, from which all. present were invited publicly to help themselves — a scene which happily the present generation will never witness. With regard to the cultivation of the land and the crops raised by the early settlers, it is sufficient to say that the im- plements of husbandry used in those days were of the rudest kind. The ploughs were made almost wholly of wood, the hoes were heavy, as were also the forks and the shovels. Any one who has examined a scythe, a hand-rake, or an axe of a hundred years ago must perceive that they were clumsy in the extreme, and could not have failed to make heavy drafts upon the patience as well as strength of those who used them. We may well be thankful for the mower, the horse-rake, the reaper, etc. The productions of the soil, which were relied upon chiefly for food, and to carry, in small quantities, at a later date, into older and larger places for market, were not numerous. Kye and Indian corn may be said to have been the staples, while beans, turnips, and barley were considered important and profitable crops, as was also flax for the home manufacture of linen. This was before the days of cheap cottons, which now enter so largely into the dress of both sexes. A century ago a calico dress, the entire material for which can now be bought for a dollar, was a luxury which but few could afford. A native of Templeton who settled in Fitzwilliam at the time of 116 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. her marriage ufed to say that her first calico dress was a pres- ent from her father, and cost sixty-two and a half cents a yard. The date of this must have been about 1788. At this time very little cloth of any kind was used except what was of home manufacture. For outside garments tow cloth for summer and woolen for winter wear constituted the dress of all, while for underclothing a coarse linen cloth was worn the year round. So almost every house had its great wheel for spin- ning wool, its little wheel for flax, and its loom for weaving the cloth. And not only was the cloth of home manufacture, but to a very great extent the garments were made at home also. There was an early tradition here that before Monadnock No. 4 was settled at all bea vers had«cleared the trees from quite a meadow in the eastern part of the town upon Scott Brook, where a fine crop of grass was annually produced ; and it was added that a gentleman residing in Lunenburg, Mass., who knew of this meadow sent up his farm help from that place, who cut the grass and carried the hay to Massachusetts — a story that plainly should be received with considerable allowance. The opening alluded to was doubtless what was generally called a natural meadow, and tliere are supposed to have been a number of others in the township, though less in size. A much higher value was placed upon the meadow than upon the more elevated farming lands, as the meadow required no clear- ing up. At a very early date " the Great Meadow" on Scott Brook was divided among many owners. In the following notice of the first settlers of Fitzwilliam no pains have been spared to make the dates and all other particu- lars as accurate as possible. The early records of the propri- etors, of the town, and of the church have been appealed to, in every instance, for all the aid they could afford, while family records have brought to light many facts not obtainable from any other quarter. The memoranda of the late Dr. Cum- mings, though of themselves of a very fragmentary nature, have furnished a multitude of facts which, supplemented and completed from other sources, have been of great value. The fullest use has been made of his papers, as well as of those of Mr. Charles Bigelow. DATE OF SETTLEMENT OF MONADNOCK NO. 4. 117 As will always happen in such collections of incidents, some points are left obscure, and fuller explanations from the lips of those who preserved them would have added greatly to the interest and value of these narratives. The first settlers com- mitted but very little to writing. Dr. A. M. Caverly, in preparing his " History of Troy," which was printed in 1859, was very laborious and remarkably successful in obtaining and collating the history of the first settlers in that town, and deserves high commendation for his faithful work. After the lapse of nearly thirty years it would be impossible to-day to make such a collection of facts as he was able to present, for nearly all the aged, upon whom he depended for information, have passed away. As a considerable portion of Troy (something more than four thousand acres) was until 1815 a part of Fitzwilliam, Dr. Caverly's chapters upon the early settlers embrace many of the most important facts respecting the families that origi- nally occupied the northern section of our town. In many, perhaps in a majority of cases no descendants of the first settlers are now inhabitants of Fitzwilliam ; in other cases the descendants now living in the town are through the female line of the families, and the family name is extinct, as is true of the Townsend, Brigham, and Davidson names. In setting forth what can now be learned of the history of the early settlers it has been impossible in all cases to observe the exact order of time in their coming, for very often the pre- cise years of their arrival cannot be determined. Not infre- quently a young man would come from Massachusetts and begin the clearing of a piece of land, but return, after a few months, to his home. Sometimes, in such cases, many months would elapse before he would return and become an actual settler, an^ occasionally he would not return at all. The New Hampshire Gazetteer, published in 1823, states that the first settlement was made early in 1760 by James Reed, John Fassett^ Benjamin Bigelow, and others, which is plainly a mistake, as it is certain that no one of them came as early as the date named. 118 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. Benjamin Bigelow and Elizabeth, his wife, were from Lunenburg, Mass., and thej must have come to Monadnock No. 4 as early as 1762. Mr. Bigelow was, without doubt, the first settler. Probably he entered the territory by the old military road from Winchendon, as he came bringing his wife and goods in a cart doubtless drawn by oxen. This cart, turned up against trees, was the shelter of his family till a log- house could be built, and under it the first white child, native of Fitzwilliam, was born, May 10th, 1762. Opinions vary with regard to the exact locality of this event. One tradition is that the child Beulah was born near the dividing line be- tween Massachusetts and New Hampshire, while another sup- poses that the worthy couple had already arrived at the spot west of the Pinnacle where their house was afterward erected. That the birth of this child occurred as here stated is unques- tionable. Beulah Bigelow was the only child of her parents who lived to maturity, and she became the wife of Ezekiel Gates, of Stow, Mass., and had a family of eight children. A letter from Artemas Gates, son of Ezekiel and Beulah, informs us that one of the eight had nine children, another eight, an- other seven, two five each, one six, and another four, while the other died young ; and he adds that as to his " mother's being born under a cart is more than I can vouch for ; but my father used to plague her about it, but she denied it." Mrs. Gates was hardly a competent witness in this case, and the uniform tradition will not be set at naught by her testimony. Mrs. Beulah Gates died at the age of seventy-two. Benjamin Bigelow was one of the six members of the church at its organization, March 27th, 1771. Three or four years before he had been the agent of the proprietors to hire the first minister, Mr. Parker, and he was one of the committee that obtained, as a candidate for settlement, the first pastor, Eev. Benjamin Brigham. He aided also in fixing upon a site for the meeting-house and cemetery, while he was active in clearing the first roads in the township. May 3d, 1771, Mr. Bigelow was drowned at "Winchester, in the Ashuelot River, while attempting to cross it on the ice, as he was returning to his home on foot with provisions for his family. His body GENERAL JAMES REED. 119 was not recovered till many days after, when it was found in the Connecticut Kiver at or a little below Northfield, Mass. His death was a severe loss to the church and entire commu- nity, as he was universally respected, confided in, and loved. After the birth of BeuJah Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow had two other children— viz. , Ruth, who died June 24th, ITYO, and Sampson, who died five days later. After the death of her husband Mrs. Bigelow removed to Stow, Mass. , which is sup- posed to have been the place of her birth, and died there. James Eeed was doubtless the second to settle in Monad- nock N o. 4, and the only one of the original proprietors that actually resided in this township. In the latter part of his life he was usually styled General Reed, having been commissioned as a brigadier-general during the Revolutionary War. He was a native of Woburn, but removed to Fitzwilliam from Lunenburg, Mass. In a deed executed March 4th, 1765, he is called " James Reed of Lunenburg," doubtless for the good reason that since the final grant to the proprietors of Monad - nock No. 4 was not made till after the date given above, he could not legally have been described as belonging in this place. He built the second house (the first framed house) in the township, and it stood on the old military road about half a mile from the home of Benjamin Bigelow, and but a little distance from that lately occupied by Mr. Gilbert C. Bemis. It had two large square rooms, beside a kitchen and bedroom on the lower floor. It was two stories high, and had several lodging-rooms upon the second floor. This house was kept by General Reed and others for several years as an inn. Many of the proprietors' meetings were held in it, and it seems to have been the place where most of the religious services of the settlers were maintained during the years tliat elapsed before the meeting-house was in a condition to be oc- cupied. The ordination of the flrst minister, Rev. Benjamin Brigham, took place March 27th, 1771, under that roof, unless the best traditionary evidence is in fault, though it should be noted that a single report comes to us that the public services on that occasion were held in the shop of Asa Johnson, which 120 HISTORY OF PITZWILLIAM. was near General Keed's, while the dinner for the council was laid at the inn. The military liistory of General Keed will more properly have a place among the records of Fitzwilliam in the Revolu- tionary War. He was a man of ordinary height, well built, and very active, care-taking, and energetic. James Eeed was moderator of the proprietors' meeting, November 14th, 1769, which was the first meeting held in Mooadnock No. 4, and proprietors' clerk from that time till 1776. His name appears as a member of all the most impor- tant committees that shaped the action of the people in estab- lishing their civil and religious institutions. While in the army in 1776, during the prevalence among his troops of small- pox, dysentery, and malignant fever, General Keed suffered severely. He was then at Crown Point, and Dr. Cummings suggests that through malpractice — of course not intentional— his eyes were so seriously affected that his sight was practically and permanently destroyed. While sick he had orders from General Washington to join him at headquarters, but it was impossible for him to comply with the wishes of the com- mander-in-chief, and he was soon obliged to retire from active duty on half j)ay. The close of the war found him in Keene, and it is thought that he was there for medical attendance. " The Annals of Keene" say : This Gen. Eeed, whose ordinary place of residence was Fitzwilliam, is remembered here as an aged blind man, and as almost daily seen after the close of the War walking up and down Main Street, aiding and guided by Mr. "Washburn, who was paralyzed on one side- ; he received a pension. The description is pathetic, the blind man led by but sup- porting a cripple. After a few years' residence in Keene, General Reed re- turned to his home in Fitzwilliam, where everything was so familiar that he could walk in safety without a guide ; but later he went to Fitchburg, where he died. He was an officer in the army toward the close of the French and Indian War, and was GENERAL EEED'S FAMILY. 121 about iifty years old when he entered the service of his coun- try in the war of the Revolution. His first wife, a Miss Abigail Hinds, is represented as a smart and capable woman, able to do anything, and keeping her husband's financial matters in a good condition. His second wife was a daughter of Major John ¥arrar, of Fitzwilliam. His sons, Sylvanus, James Jr., and Hinds were in the Con- tinental Array, and the two eldest received pensions. In his old age General Reed is reported as saying that his children were spoiled by his being so long absent in the army while they were young. (See the chapter upon the Revolu- tionary War, and also the genealogical records which comprise the latter part of this volume. These records may be consulted in all similar cases.) After Chapter X. of this work and the foregoing sketch of the life of General Reed had been written, the committee in charge of this history received from Amos J. Blake, Esq., of Fitzwilliam, a biographical sketch of General Reed, from which they have directed such extracts to be made both here and in Chapter X. as give additional facts respecting him, and are deemed by them appropriate for this volume. Mr. Blake's sketch is understood to be the substance of a paper which he prepared for the JS'ew Hampshire Historical Society and read before that body. James Reed " first settled in Brookfleld, Mass., and afterward in that part of Lunenburg now Fitohburg. His dwelling stood upon the site of the present City Hall." His military life commenced in 1755, when he served in the campaign against the French and Indians, commanding a company of provincial troops under Col. Brown. In the same capacity he served with Gen. Abercrombie, in 1758, at Ticonderoga, and with Gen. Amherst, in 1759. He was employed in various public services until the peace of 1763. In the French and Indian War he received the Commission of Lieutenant- Colonel. The lapse of time has hidden from view the detailed account of his services in those campaigns, but his early selection by his country- men for the command of a regiment at the beginning of the Revolution indicates that his military career was creditable to himself and valuable to his country. Upon the tidings of the battle of Lexington, he raised a Company of Volunteers, and marched at their head to Medford. His ardor in the 123 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. cause did not permit him to remain idle. He continued to enlist volun- teers, and soon had four companies enrolled under his standard, the greater portion of whom were from Cheshire County. He was appointed Colonel of a Regiment by the New Hampshire Provincial Assembly on the first of June, 1775. He remained with the army in the vicinity of Boston after its com- mand was assumed by General Washington, being posted upon Winter Hill, and upon the reorganization of the forces on the first of January, 1776, his regiment was ranked second in the Continental Army. The evacuation of the British troops on the 17th of March concluded the siege of Boston, and Colonel Reed accompanied the army in its movements to New York in the following April. On the 24th of April he was put into the 3d Brigade, under General Sullivan, and was soon after ordered up the Hudson to relieve the force under Arnold. The following receipt, given on his departure from New York, serves to illustrate the confidence reposed in Colonel Reed : New York, April 39, 1776. Then received from Gen. Washington three boxes, said to contain three hundred thousand dollars, to be delivered to Gen. Schuyler at Albany. (Signed) James Reed. The money above alluded to was doubtless for the payment of Schuy- ler's army. General Sullivan's command passed over the ground which was familiar to Colonel Reed by his campaigns in the previous wars, as far as the mouth of the river Sorel. Here they met the retreating army, and Gen. Sullivan assumed the command. The retreat reached Ticonderoga on the 1st of July, 1776. A worse foe than the enemy at this time attacked the American army, for disease, the unfailing attendant of hardship and exposure, now broke out and prevailed to an alarming extent. Small-pox, dysentery, and malignant fever rapidly thinned the ranks of the patriot army. Col. Reed was attacked with fever at Crown Point, and, perhaps for want of proper medical treatment, suffered the loss of his sight, which of course retired him from the service. On the 9th of August, 1776, and during this illness he was appointed by Congress a Brigadier-General, on the recommendation of Gen. Washington. He died at Fitchburg, Feb. 13th, 1807, aged eighty-three years, and was buried with military honors. In the old burying-ground" at Fitch- burg stands his monument, quite elaborate for the times, which bears the following inscription : In the various military scenes in which his country was concerned from 1755 to the superior conflict distinguished in our history as the Revolution, he sustained commissions. In that JA80K STONE AND FAMILY. 123 Revolution, at the important post of Lake George, he totally lost his sight. Prom that period to his death he received from his country the reward allowed to pensioners of the rank of Brigadier-General. Jason Stone came from Framingham, Mass. , soon after the arrival of General Reed, and was doubtless the third settler. He was the son of Samuel Stone, and was born December 28th, 1737. His wife was Deborah Goodnow.* The exact time of the arrival of this family is uncertain, but they had a child born here as early as October 18th, 1765, and this was the first birth entered upon the records. This family had a son Thaddpus that died from being scalded, and was buried April 30th, 1769. This was the first burial in what has been ever since the cemetery of Fitzwilliam ; and the grave was in the south west corner of the lot as afterward laid out and ac- cepted by the proprietors for a burying-ground. Probably the location of the cemetery had been substantially settled in the minds of those most interested before this first grave was opened. The burial of this child is the first that appears upon the long record that covers the space of one hundred and seventeen years. Mr. and Mrs. Stone were peculiar people, and many anec- dotes respecting them have come down to us by tradition, most of which are not worth repeating. Dogs were numerous in those days, considering the small number of the families, and the sight of a dog vexed the soul of Mr. Stone. After the meeting-house was so far completed that it could be used for public worship, the dogs had a pro- pensity to attend. Mr. Stone carried with him on all occa- sions a stout whip or heavy cane, which he used effectually to put a stop to this nuisance, so that the sleepers in the meeting- house had no chance for rest while a dog remained in the sanc- tuary. Mrs. Stone always rode on a pillion behind her hus- band ; and if she was not always good-natured, he was not uniformly very accommodating. Incompatability of temper in the household is not wholly a modern evil. * Mr. and Mrs. Stone "owned the covenant" In the PramlnBham Church, August J7th, 1766 and three of their children are recorded as having been baptized in Framing- ham, probably after their removal to Fitzwilliam— viz., Deborah, Thaddeus, and Re- becca. 124 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. THE MELLEN FAMILY. The father of this family, which was closely identified with the early history of Fitzwilliam, was Daniel Mellen, who removed from Framingham tb Hol- liston, Mass., in 1750. Of the original proprietors of Monad- nock No. 4, no one did more to promote its settlement and general prosperity. He was here very often, and took an active part in all the affairs of the township, though he never resided in the place permanently. He built and set in operation the first saw-mill, which was located east of the house where Mr. Nahum Hayden has since lived. This mill was built in the spring of 1767, and Mr. Mellen was aided in building it by a vote of the proprietors that they would pay Colonel Sampson Stoddard from their treasury " twenty pounds, on condition that he should deed to Daniel Mellen two lots of land to en- courage him to build a saw-mill." Mr. Mellen built also a house on the hill where Sylvester Drury now lives, on the old Troy road. This house he designed for the home of his son, John Mellen. Daniel Mellen was associated with James Eeed and Benjamin Bigelow on the earliest committee chosen by the proprietors to lay out roads, and of this committee lie was the chairman. This appointment was the first made by the proprietors of which we have any record. At the next meet- ing of this body the same three men were chosen as a com- mittee to locate a meeting-house and lay out a lot of land for a burying-ground, and of this committee Mr. Mellen was also chairman. He held the same position on the enlarged com- mittee of later date that actually fiixed upon the site for the church edifice and cemetery. He was also, the first collector of taxes in the township. Indeed, during the early history of Fitzwilliam Daniel Mellen was called to fill almost every oflice that required the best judgment and the greatest amount of honesty and energy ; and he may well be styled " one of the fathers of the town." John Mellen, better known in the latter part of his life as Esquire Mellen, was a son of the above-mentioned Daniel Mellen, and removed to Monadnock No. 4 as early as 1767, THE MELLEKT FAMILY. 125 and probably a little earlier.. As already noticed, his father had built a house for him in which he lived for a number of years. This place being consumed by lire, he afterward lived in a house which he owned, and that stood a little south of the parsonage recently occupied by Ee v. John Colby. This house was where there is an old cellar and a clump of aged applb- trees before we descend the hill toward the Hay den place. In the early years of the town he owned the land on which the south part of the village now stands, while Colonel Sylvanus Eeed owned the north part. Esquire Mellen was a man of great influence in laying the foundations of society, and, like his father, was called upon to fill many important and responsi- ble offices. It was with him that Rev. Benjamin Brigham boarded while preaching as a candidate for settlement. Outside of Fitzwilliam Mr. Mellen was called to transact a large amoiint of public business, and was plainly regarded as one of the most energetic and reliable men of Cheshire County. In 1780 he was appointed collector of beef for the Continenta,! Army, and had the entire county for his field of operations. At another time he was associated with Colonel David Web- ster, by the appointment of the Committee of Safety, to visit every town in the district and to look after all the deficiencies in furnishing the full quota of beef cattle required by the State government. This was at a time when it was very difli.- cult to obtain anything like adequate supplies of food for the Continental Army. John Mellen was the representative from the district com- posed of Fitzwilliam and Swanzey in 1T77 and 1779. He died of a nervous fever July 25th, 1784, aged forty years. In the history of Framingham, Mass. , we are informed that John Mellen, Esq., married Sarah Fisher, of Med way ; but the name of his widow, who became the wife of Rev. Benja- min Brigham, was Fuah, not Sarah. It is possible that this lady, who survived Esquire Mellen, was a second wife ; but this is not at all probable, as we have no record of such a mar- riage, or of the death of a first wife. In the autumn of 1770 a httle daughter of Mr. Mellen about three years old wandered away from home and was lost 126 HISTORY OF PITZWILLIAM. in the woods, which then covered nearly the entire territory for miles in every direction. Missing her and not finding her in the immediate neighborhood, the family became alarmed and messengers were sent into every part of the settlement for help. JS^ight came on while men, women, and children were searching the forest. Pine torches were lighted, and the search was still continued, but it was not till toward morning that the child was found. She was discovered by David Perry sitting under the body of an upturned tree, with the little dog that had followed her by her side. The sound of the horn as the signal of success soon relieved the almost distracted par- ents, and being repeated through the forest, recalled the peo- ple from the pursuit, and in a short time they were all gath- ered at the house of Mr. Mellen. Mr. Brigham, who was then preaching here as a candidate and who boarded at Mr. Mellen's, led the devotions of the assembled people in a fer- vent prayer of thanksgiving to God, which was followed by songs of praise, and then all partook of the best refreshment .that the house afforded. This lost child carried the effects of this fright all through her life. She died February 13th, 1861, aged ninety-five years. Dakiel Mellen, Je., was another son of the Daniel Mellen already mentioned. Born in Holliston, Mass., he came to Monadnock I^o. 4 at the age of nineteen years. The early records of the proprietors show that he too, like his father and brother John, was a man of worth, and ready to do his part in every public service and enterprise. He was comparatively a quiet man, but with a fair capacity for business. Beginning life in Fitzwilliam as a farmer, he continued such till the end of his days, dying, at the advanced age of ninety-eight years, January 7th, 1847. His home was on an old road to Troy, the house standing upon the site of the late residence (recently burned) of Mr. Gilbert C. Bemis. Eev. John Mellen, a brother of Daniel Mellen, Sr., and about seven years his junior, never resided in Monadnock No. 4, but in 1768 was JOHN FASSETT— THE TOLMAN FAMILY. 127 Earnestly Desired at y» Cost & Charge of this prop'y to Repair to Portsm" as soon as liis pleasure suits & make application to the General Court of New Hamp' for a Confirmation of the meetings of the Prop" of this Town & for a full power to be Given to the s* Prop" to sell Delinquents Lands for non Paymeut of Taxes. John Fassett came to Monadnock N"o. 4 possibly in the fall of 1768, but more probably in the spring of 1Y69. At a pro- prietors' meeting held November lith, 1T69, he was chosen one of the Board of Assessors, and also one of a committee to lay out roads in the township. The family came from Massa- chusetts, but from what town is not certainly known. A family account is that he came from Lexington, while another account states that he came from Boylston. His wife Isabel was admitted to the church in 17Y1 on a letter from Temple- ton. Mr. Fassett was one of the six individuals that consti- tuted the church of Monadnock No. 4 at its organization and the settlement of its first pastor, and April 18th, 1771, was elected its first deacon. From the beginning he took a deep interest in all that concerned the welfare and prosperity of this people, and for a long course of years was relied upon as a faithful and trustworthy representative of this church in ecclesiastical councils. And he was equally confided in by the proprietors and town in all their arrangements, filling every oflice to which he was called to the satisfaction of all con- cerned. Deacon Fassett built his house (covered on its sides and roof with bark) upon his original Lot 13, Range 9. In this he lived six years, the happiest, he was accustomed to say, of his life ; and there six of his children were born. Later he exchanged farms with Deacon Oliver Damon, and removed to what is still known as the Fassett Farm, Lot 15, Eange 8. TOLMAN FAMILY. Thomas Tolman was from Dorchester, Mass., and liis an- cestors are reported to have been among the first settlers of Boston and vicinity. Mr. Tolman was a man of considerable importance in the early times of Fitzwilliam, especially in that part of the town where the village of Troy now stands. The 128 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. forest there was very heavy, and he felled with his own hands the first tree to make an opening for the log hut into which his family was introduced as early as the year 1768. His was the iirst house built and occupied in what is now the pleasant and flourishing village of Troy. Being an active, energetic, and vigorous man he made great improvements. Dr. Gideon Tiffany had contracted with the proprietors to erect in the town a good grist-mill, but failed of having it accepted, and Mr. Thomas Tolman completed a mill in 1769 that answered the purpose. This was known far and wide as the Harrington Mill. Near it he erected, a little later, a good saw-mill, which was close by the spot where the bridge in the village of Troy now stands. With plenty of lumber at his command, Mr. Tolman soon exchanged his log hut for a good substantial framed house, which afterward was opened as an inn. Not many years ago this house (with its location slightly changed) was owned and occupied by Mr. Joseph Haskell, it being the oldest dwelling in that part of Monadnock No. 4. Benjamin Tolman was, like his brother Thomas, a man of energy, but possibly not equally methodical and persistent in his work. He had, it appears, resided for a season in Attle- borough, Mass., before migrating in 1770 to Monadnock No. 4. Here he built a log-house in which he resided for ten years with Hepzibeth, his wife, who was the daughter of Jacob Newell, also one of the early settlers. Mr. Tolman found it necessary to have a road to reach his log hut and farm which the proprietors were slow to furnish, and so he made it to suit his convenience, without asking leave of the owners of the intervening territory. He had fourteen children, born be- tween 1782 and 1807, all but two of whom seem to have lived to reach maturity. Of these seven were living in 1859, when the history of Troy was printed. FAEEAE FAMILY. Ma JOE John Faeeae was a native of Framingham, Mass., in which place he was highly respected and honored before his removal to Monadnock No. 4. His name first appears upon THE FAREAR FAMILY. 129 the records of the proprietors under date of October 11th, 1768, when he was chosen a member of a new committee raised to locate a meeting-house and to lay out a burying- gronnd. That he removed his family to this place as early as 1768 is somewhat doubtful, for his youngest child, Hitty, is re- corded as having been baptized in Framingham, October 14th, 1771. In 1769 Major Farrar appears to have held the office of deputy sherifE in Middlesex County, Mass. , and he held other important 'offices in Framingham as late as 1774. It is nearly or quite certain that for some years after 1768 he re- tained his residence in Framingham while he was active in promoting all the civil and religious interests of Monadnock No. 4, going back and forth between tlie two places as cir- cumstances seemed to require.* He was twice married, his first wife having been a daughter of Rev. John Swift, of Framingham, who left two children, two others having died in infancy, while Deborah Winch, his second wife, had nine children. His house here was in the northern part of the town, and Lot No. 23, Range 7 (now Troy), constituted his farm. In 1770 he was the moderator of the proprietors' meeting, and as acting chairman of a com- mittee chosen for that purpose, reported upon the matter of a suitable site for the meeting-house and the place for the cemetery. He was also upon a committee in 1770 to obtain a minister, and was plainly a very active d,nd influential man in all the movements and projects of the early settlers. For some time before his death, which was the result of a violent fever and occurred January 7th, 1777, he was the clerk of the proprietors. His death was a great loss to the settlement. His son, "William Fabeae, was sixteen years old in 1768, and if the family of Major Farrar came to Fitzwilliam at that time, he doubtless came with his mother and the other chil- dren. His home was near that of his father, and he was gen- * Probably the easiest way to harmonize the several matters reppecting Major Farrar's residence Is to suppose that he was here a considerable part of the years 1T68- 70, as he held three offices in Monadnock No. 4 during the year last mentioned, but was in Framingham, Mass., much of the time 1771-TS. In 17T6 he held seven ofBces here, but none during the five previous yeais. 9 ' 130 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. erally known as Colonel Bill Farrar, to distinguish him from Colonel Daniel W. Farrar. John Faeeae, Je., son of Major John Farrar, was the eldest of the nine children of Deborah Winch. He is remembered as a very genial man and an agreeable, jovial companion. His patriotism led him into the Continental Army during the Revo- lutionary War, in which his peculiar characteristics rendered him a great favorite among his fellow-soldiers. Some amus- ing anecdotes are related of him, setting forth his ingenious methods for obtaining fresh provisions for himself and his comrades when supplies for the troops were scanty. After the close of the war Mr. Farrar lived for some years in Fitz- william, but died in South Hadley, Mass., March 20th, 1809. Silas Wetheebee was from Westborough, Mass. , and must have come to Monadnock No. 4 as early as 1766 or 1767. At a meeting of the proprietors October 7th, 1767, they voted " to Captain Silas Wetherbee £13 6s. Sd. for his encourage- ment in building a saw-mill in said township." This mill was what has since been known as the Scott Mill, on Scott Brook, and derived its name from Benjamin and Barakiah Scott, father and son, the father having bought out the improve- ments ma,de by Silas Wetherbee. The Scott family owned the premises for a considerable period, and carried on the busi- ness either alone or in connection with Esquire Kendall. Mr. Wetherbee was a member of the committee of five that selected the site for the meeting-house and cemetery. THE KENDALL FAMILY. Edwaed Kendall, a native of Leominster, Mass., came to Monadnock No. i in 1768 or 1769, and made an opening on what has since been known as the Davidson place, building his house on the Rindge road, east of the present village, near the dwelling of the late Mr. Luke Bowker. Judged by the offices of trust which he held here, Mr. Kendall must have been a very capable and worthy man. His death occurred at Leominster, where his only daughter lived, the wife of a Mr. THE KENDALL FAMILY— CALEB WINCH. 131 Lincoln. His only son, Edward, settled in Westminster, MaeS., and was a cabinet-maker. Deacon Edward Kendall, now of Worcester, Mass., is a son of the second Edward men- tioned above. Samuel Kendall, a brother of the first Edward above men- tioned, came from Leominster in 1769 and settled where Cap- tain "William F. Perry afterward lived. Lot 14, Kange 2. Hq was usually known as Esquire Kendall, for he was for many years a justice of the peace. By trade he was a carpenter, and was considered so capable in this line that he was employed as the njaster workman in framing and erecting the meeting- house. He was quite a farmer also, while for many years he was called to do a large part of the most important public business. He and William Locke, who were near neighbors all their lives, after they came to Monadnock No. 4, were married on the same day. Caleb Winch came from Framingham, Mass., as early as 1768, and was one of the six original members of the church in this place. He built for himself a log-house in that part of Monadnock No. 4 which since 1815 has belonged to Troy, owning Lots 20 and 21, Range 6. At once he became a man of note in the township, for he was energetic, enterprising, and deeply interested in every measure that concerned the common welfare. His name appears upon the records both of the pro- prietors and town in connection with important offices, while he was among the first to respond to the call of his country when the Kevolutionary War broke out. Mr. Winch was in the battle of Lexington, and followed the British troops in their retreat to Boston. The circumstances of his family were such that he could not long remain in the army, but there was not in the region a truer and more devoted patriot. His wife's name was Mehetable, and they had ten children, born between 1770 and 1788. Mr. Winch died in 1826. The following accotmt of his e-fperience as a civil officer is worth preserving. Being the collector of taxes, he had occa- 132 HISTORY or riTZWILLIAM. sion to seize and drive off the only cow of an honest but very poor man with a large family, who was not able to satisfy the demands of the law. The ronte of Mr. Winch with the cow took him past the door of Kev. Mr. Brigham, his minister. The castor learning the circumstances at once turned the cow backward, and insisted upon her being driven home immedi- ately, under the promise that he himself would see that the 1,ax bill should be settled. This act seems to have been char- acteristic of Mr. Brigham. THE HEMENWAT FAMILY. Of those bearing this name in the early days of Fitzwilliam, Joseph Hemenway was by far the most prominent in the history of the township. He came from Framingham, Mass., about 1769, and his home was on what is now called the Hol- man place, now or lately owned by Mrs. Stephen Perham. Tradition asserts that his wife was a sister of Daniel Mellen, Sr., but according to the history of Framingham she was Mary Adams. A younger brother of Joseph, Joshua Hemenway, married Zerviah, the youngest daughter of Daniel Mellen, Sr., and hence probably the mistake. Joseph Hemenway was the moderator of a number of proprietors' meetings, and filled ac- ceptably various other offices in the early years of the town. Of the others bearing this name who settled in Monadnock No. i but little is known. The birth of only a single Hemen- way child is recorded. In 1807 one S. (probably Sylvanus) Hemenway made a map of Fitzwilliam frona actual survey. At this time the Iiegisla- ture required the towns throughout the State to furnish town maps made from actual survey, and from these town maps Philip Carregain n>ade a map of the State, which is known as Carregain's map, and which was for a long time the founda- tion of all the maps of the State wherever published. A copy of Mr. Hemen way's map has been very carefully made, and in a somewhat reduced form is here given. While this map evi- dently does not give all the local roads leading from house to house, it is quite certain that it gives all the turnpike roads, THE BRIGHAM FAMILY. 133 all the county roads, and all the town roads that lead directly to the adjoining towns. This man was a near relative of Joseph Hemenway, before noted, but it is impossible to state the exact relationship. BEIGHAM FAMILY. Rev. Benjamin Beigham is the prominent figure in the chapter on early ecclesiastical history, and to this the reader is referred. His life and work were closely identified with all the secular, educational, and religious interests of the town, and he was honored and beloved by all the people. Elisha Beigham, son of the first pastor, kept what was called the Crosby Store for about two years, the funds for the same, it was understood, having been furnished by General James Humphrey, of Athol, his brother-in-law. After this Mr. Brigham removed to Boston and was a clerk for a Mr. Williams, whose sister he married, at the south end of Wash- ington Street. Later he removed to Cincinnati, O. Lieutenant Levi Beigham and Tabitha, his wife, were from Westborough, Mass. They came as early as 1771 or 1772, since the eldest of their children, Lydia, was baptized here in August of the latter year. Lieutenant Brigham was collector of taxes and constable during the first year after the incorporation of the town, and one of the selectmen in the year following. In 1775, when the militia of Fitzwilliam were organized, Levi Brigham was chosen lieutenant ; indeed, from time to time he seems to have held nearly every office in the gift of the people. Mr. Brigham owned Lots 6 and 7, Kange 6. Silas Angiee and Elizabeth Drury, his wife, were from Framingham, Mass., but resided for a few years after their marriage in Temple, N. H. They came to Fitzwilliam iri 1779. Mr. Angier owned Lot 8, Eange 7, and Lot 6, Eange 9. He built his house by setting posts in the ground and cov- ering the same with slabs brought through the woods by 134 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. marked trees with great difficulty from Allen's mill in Eoyal- ston. Mr. Angier cut the large maples and birches upon his land, burned the brush, and put in his corn and potatoes with a hoe without ploughing. Duncan Cameeon, a native of Scotland, was a soldier under General Burgoyne, and in the battles of Bennington, Vt., and Stillwater, N. Y., before the British army surrendered to the American General Gates. [Jnlike most of those who were taken prisoners with him, Mr. Cameron was pleased with our country, and upon being exchanged he came to Fitzwilliam and settled down as a successful farmer, locating himself in the northern part of the town. Near the close of the century he removed to Vermont. Abel Bakee, Lot 12, Range 12, came quite early from "Walpole, Mass. , and settled in the western part of Fitzwil- liam, of which he was regarded as the first settler. He boarded at a Mr. Jillson's in Richmond while he was building his log hut. His wife was Harriet Smith, of Medtield, Mass. Mr. Baker had remarkably large eyebrows, which were cov- ered with very long hair, the whole giving him an appearance that sometimes frightened strangers and children. Having no children of her own to caress, Mrs. Baker is reported as hav- ing conceived a great fondness for cats, and the great number of these animals in and upon the bed (said to have been in one instance twenty-eight) served to vex the soul of her hus- band. Notwithstanding this domestic trial, Mr. Baker lived to accumulate considerable property. Thomas Claek, Lot 18, Range 12, came from "Wrentham, Mass., in 1Y79 and located in the north-west part of Fitzwil- liam, where he built, like most of the first settlers, a log-house to be the home of himself and family. This location was within the limits of the present town of Troy, and we are in- fonned, in the history of that town, that his hut had no chim- ney, but was warmed from a stone fireplace in the centre of it, the smoke escaping through a hole in the roof left uncov- THOMAS CLARK— STEPHEN HARRIS. 135 ered for this purpose. Mr. Clark, wlio was ingenious as well as industrious, followed the example of Stephen Harris, who lived three miles or more from him, and in addition to carry- ing on his farm made various articles of wood for household use, as plates, trays, spoons, mortars, etc., either eatirely by liand or assisted by the rudely constructed lathe of those days. At that time pewter plates and cups were used to some extent on the table, but crockery was too expensive and perishable, so that in families of moderate means wooden dishes were gen- erally regarded with favor. At a little later period brown earth- enware was substituted for wooden platters and other dishes. Stephen Haeeis, Lot 11, Range 8, started on the morning of March 3d, 17T1, for Monadnock No. 4 with his wife and children on a sled drawn by oxen. They came from Fra- mingham, Mass. He had a hard drive and they had a hard ride of four days before reaching their destination, but finally arrived at the house of Joseph Hemenway, who was probably his old neighbor. Mr. Harris had been here during the autumn of 1Y70, at which time he had purchased land and built a log-house which stood directly behind and within a few feet of the late dwell- ing of Abel Angier. After clearing out the snow from his house and warming it up, the family took possession of it on March 9th, 1771. They brought with them neither bedstead, chair, nor table, and for a time their beds were spread upon the split logs that made the floor of their dwelling. Their first table was made of a large slab brought from a saw-mill, with legs inserted in auger-holes. Blocks of wood furnished them seats as they met for their meals, which consisted of hasty-pudding, a little venison, and bean porridge. On the 27th day of the same month Mrs. Harris attended the ordination of Kev. Benjamin Brigham, drawn through the snow upon a hand sled by her husband and a hired helper. These were the grandparents of the late Deacon Joseph Harris and Mr. Ebenezer Potter. Their neighbors in their new home were Mr. Benjamin Bige- low on Fay Hill, John Fassett, and John Chamberlain. 136 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. Stephen Harris was an industrious and enterprising man, and held many offices. He was a farmer, and besides had a shop in which, during stormy weather, he manufacturered chairs with seats made of ekn bark procured from Gap Mountain. He was also a turner, like Thomas Clark already mentioned, and with his lathe made similar articles for table use. Captain Jonathan Locke, better known as Esquire Locke, was a native of Holliston, Mass., but came to Monadnock No. 4 from Framingham.* He located upon wild lands, Lot 20, Eange 11, and lived in a log-house. This was in 1770. Later he built a framed house which is still standing, being the premises so long known as the Keed House, and which is now occupied by Mrs. Mihie. This house has stood about one hun- dred and fourteen years, and is doubtless the oldest house in FitzwilJiam. In 1772, at the request of his father, Esquire Locke removed to Ashby, Mass., to take the charge of his father's farm, and there lie resided till his death. He was one of the committee, in 1770, to notify Mr. Brigham of his call to the pastorate in this township, as he was also to attend the ordination in behalf of the proprietors. A very warm friend- ship sprang up between Mr. Locke and his pastor, and it is said that the latter walked the house in distress during the whole night previous to the departure of Mr. Locke for Ash- by. In that town he held various important offices, and was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress at Salem, and of a convention called to frame a constitution for that State. Near the junction of the old and newer Royalston roads were the houses of the brothers Abijah, Stephen, and Elipha- let Eichardson. Stephen owned Lot 4, Eange 11, while Lot 3 in the same range belonged to Eliphalet. This family came from Eoyalston. Stephen married Ehoda Daniels. He was a healthy, robust man, but while returning home from the vil- * At a little later date two of his brothers came to FitzwIUiam. Dearon John Locke settkd on Lot 16, Eange i, where Samuel Kendall now resides. William Locke lived on Lot 11, Kaa^e ^ STEPHEN RICHARDSON — FORRISTALL. 137 lage during a cold night, December 31st, 1Y90, he missed the road in the darkness and wandered into the field, about fifty rods soutli of the cemetery, to an oak-tree. He was found the next morning dead by John Osborn, one of the scholars of District "No. 8, while on his way to school. Among Dr. Cum- mings's papers these items are found : " Captain Richardson was a stout man ; served as an ox-frame to have his oxen shod." " Captain Richardson came to town and made a be- ginning on his farm before the Revolution. He went to Miss Daniels, of Keene (whom he afterward married), and offered to deed to her his property if she would marry him ; but she chose to remain single until the result of the war should decide the fate of the country. ' ' Captain Stephen Richardson was in the Continental Army about three years. Joseph Foeeistall came from Holliston, Mass., when he was twenty years of age. For a few months he had been in the Continental Array, and was stationed at Ticonderoga. His wife was Hannah Mellen. The one hundred and twenty acres of land (Lot 19, Range 8). upon which this young couple set- tled were purchased by the father of the bride, who came with Mr. Forristall and aided him in making a clearing and partially building a framed house. This was in the autumn, and early in the following spring the family took possession of their dwelling, though the floor of the house was not laid till the succeeding fall. The history of Troy states that the family came to town in 1779, but the town records make it very cer- tain that they did not come till 1781. Jesse Foeeistall, an older brother of Joseph, came about the same time, and settled in the extreme south part of the town. JosiAH Haskall lived on Lot 8, Range 11. For ten years or more he carried the mail from Worcester to Boston, and was distinguished for his politeness. He commenced with one poor horse, but before he left the route he had a covered stage, with four horses. 138 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. He made a weekly trip, but his route was somewhat circuit- ous, as it passed through Winchendon. Mr. Haskall was a basket-maker, aud once made on a bet a bushel basket that, when filled with water, lost but two quarts during a night. SoiPio Jawhaw, from whom Sip Pond was named, was a negro, who lived with his squaw wife north-east of the north end of the pond. He was an expert fisherman, and quite a character in the early years of the settlement. His wife, it is said, pretended to be a witch, to the great annoyance of the neighbors. Samuel Bent and Mary, his wife, were from Sudbury, Mass., and came to Fitzwilliam in 1Y80. Mr. Bent owned a part of Lots Y and 8, Eange 1. He, with two of his neigh- bors, killed a moose south of Sip Pond. It is related that Mr. Bent, with his neighbors Mr. Clark, Mr. Goodnow, and Sip, were out upon the pond for fish during the famous dark day, May 19th, 1780. For a considerable time, as the darkness came on, the fish took the hook very quickly, but as the dark- ness increased, till nothing scarcely could be discerned, they ceased to take the bait, and the company were glad to leave their sport for their homes. Samuel Divol owned a part of Lot 6, Range 2, and either he or William Divol built the first saw-mill in that part of the town. At a more recent date Milton Chaplin had a mill on or near the same location which was afterward owned by Elisha Chaplin, and was consumed by fire a few years since. The Divois left town about 1791. consisting of the widow of John Godding and four sons and four daughters, came from Attleborough, Mass., in 1779, and settled upon Lot 21, Range 11. The eldest son, John, was then a capable and energetic young man, and he made the THE BOWKER FAMILY. 139 purchase of the land and arranged all the matters of the re- moval. This farm has since been owned by Albert Pratt. The Godding family was much respected, and formed good connections in this and some of the neighboring towns. Philip Amadon came from Oxford, Mass., with Eunice Shumway, his wife, in 1783, and settled upon Lot 10, KangS 4. Soon after his arrival he built the second grist-mill, but failing to get it in operation as easily as he had hoped, he re- turned to Oxford in 1784, and worked in the hay field to ob- tain funds to complete it. On his return he came through Northfield, Mass., where he bought four bushels of corn, and brought the meal from the corn home on the back of his horse, which he led. The family supplies had been reduced so low before his arrival that the mouthfuls of food were coilnted. THE BOWKER FAMILY. Lots 19 and 20, Range 7. Baetlett and John Bowkee, brothers, came from Scituate, Mass., in 1780, and purchased two hundred acres of land where is now the village of Bow- kerville. Boarding at first with Mr. Mellen, they cleared ten acres, set up a house, and roughly covered it. In the spring following Bartlett and John introduced their wives into this dwelling, which had no chimney till snow fell. These brothers lived together for ten years, with their property in common, and then made an amicable division in fifteen minutes. Bart- lett had fourteen children and John fifteen. They built as soon as convenient a blacksmith-shop, buying their iron in bars and slitting it up for nails, which they used in large quantities in shoeing horses and oxen. The first ox-frame in town was set up by them, and twenty yokes of oxen were driven to their shop at one time from Surry for shoeing. The farmers would notify them in season, so that the shoes and nails might be ready. Their father's family in Scituate lived in a small house about four miles from the beach, and there were ten boys and three girls in it, making fifteen in all ; and the whole family ate bean porridge out of one large wooden bowl. 140 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. At a little later date another brother, Charles, came to town, and settled on Lot 17, Eange 6. Jonas Robinson, or Robeson, as he spelled his name after he came to New Hampshire, was born in Lexington, Mass., and came to Fitzwilliam in 1791 or 1792, opening a store in the house of Reuben Ward, who lived in Marlborough. About a year later he erected a building near the Harrington Mills, finishing the front part for a store and the rear part for a dwelling-house. In 1805 he opened a store in the centre of Fitzwilliam, and in 1813 he sold out his interest in the first- named store to Daniel W. Farrar. From ISOii to the time of his death, August 24th, 1819, he lived and carried on his busi- ness in Fitzwilliam village. Before his removal to this vil- lage he superintended the building of the new road or turn- pike from Fitzwilliam to Keene, as no one else who was responsible could be found to do it, building log huts for the men whom he employed. Later he was very active in the erection of the first meeting-house in Fitzwilliam village, and was much affected when it was burned. When the flames were bursting out from the doors and windows he took from the pulpit the Bible, and before the fire had gone out was arranging with Judge Parker and Rev. Mr. Sabin for rebuild- ing at once. Mr. Robinson was captain of an independent military company, then major, but declined the office of colonel. In 1819 he represented this town in the Legislature. It is impossible to state very definitely when the most of the early settlers came to town. In some few instances the descendants of the various individuals are able to give the date of settlement, but in the larger number of cases the date where the name first appears in the records gives us the most reliable information that is attainable. The following lists, 1765-85, have been prepared with much care, and are believed to be as complete as it is practicable to make at the present time. The first hst gives the dates when the persons named settled in Fitzwilliam (Monadnock No. 4), the authority generally being the descendants of the several persons. LISTS OF EARLY SETTLEES, 141 The second list gives the dates when the names first appear in the proprietary, church, or town records ; and while some of the persons may not have settled here much if any earlier than the date under which they are here placed, it is certain that others were in town some years before the date at which they first appear in the records. In both lists the names of the towns from whence the per- sons came are given so far as has been ascertained. The titles attached to some of the names are those by which the persons are best known, though in nearly every case they belong properly to a much later period in the life of the individual. It is believed that very nearly all the persons named were heads of families, or became such soon after their settlement in Fitzwilliam. List No. 1. 1767 John Mellen, Esq Holliston, Mass. 1768 Reuben Pratt Westboro, " 1771 Stephen Harris Framingham, Mass. 1777 Samuel Stone " " 1778 Silas Angier " " 1780 Bartlett Bowker Scituate, Mass. John Bowker " " 1781 Jesse Forestall Holliston, " 1782 John Fay Marlborough, Mass. Allen Grant Cumberland, K. I. Asa Waite Sutton, Mass. 1784 Philip Amadon Oxford, " List No. 2. 1765 Benjamin Bigelow Lunenburg, Mass. General James Reed " " Jason Stone Framingham, " 1767 Captain Silas Wetherbee Shrewsbury, " 1768 Isaac Aplin Benjamin Davidson or Davison. . . Major John Farrar Framingham, Mass. Aaron Garfield Daniel Mellen, Jr Holliston, Mass. 1769 Deacon John Fassett. Templeton (?), Mass. John Goldsbury 142 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM, 1769 Edward Kendall Leominster, Mass. Thomas Tolman Dorchester, " Joseph Twist Caleb Winch Framingham, Mass. 1770 Rev. Benjamin Brigham. ... Marlborough, Joseph Hemenway Framingham, Jonathan Locke Ashby, Benjamin Tolman Attleboro, Thomas Wetherbee Westboro, William Withington Ashby, 1771 John Angier Framingham, Captain Elijah Clays " Stephen Cool (Cole) Pomfret, Conn. David Denison Moses Drnry Framingham, Mass. Samuel Graves Samuel Kendall, Esq Leominster, Mass. - Amos Knight Lancaster, " Henry Poor Nathaniel Wilder Lancaster, Mass. Henry Willard Pepperell, " 1772 Levi Brigham Westboro, " Moses Cutting Framingham, Mass. Joseph Grow Pomfret, Conn. Deacon John Locke John May hew Nathan Mixer Framingham, Mass. Nathan Platts Thomas Trowbridge Framingham, Mass. Jonathan Whitney Dunstable, " 1773 Eev. David Goodale Robert Ware Jacob Wilson 1774 Amos Boynton Job Boynton Alpheus Brigham Joseph Brown Lancaster, Mass. Peter Burbee Attleboro, " James Butler Ebenezer Camp Francis Fullara Leominster, Mass. John Harrington Framingham, " Joshua Harrington " " Joshua Harrington, Jr " " John Hemenway SETTLERS, 1774-1779, 143 1774 Samuel Kilpatrick Fitchburg, Mass. Joseph Kneeland Jonas Knight William Locke J ohn Maynard Framingliam, Mass. Ezekiel Mixer " " David Ferry, Jr Sherborn, " Joseph Potter James Tiffany Chelmsford (?), Mass. 1775 Abner Ball Major Asa Brigham Shrewsbury, Mass. Dr. Gershom Brigham Leonard Brigham Shrewsbury, Mass. John Chamberlain Joseph Dun Aaron Morse ' Benjamin Potter Ebenezer Potter Marlboro, Mass. Jonas Eice Brookfield, ' ' Ichabod Smith Daniel Squires 1776 John Camp • Silas Farnsworth Daniel Farrar Lincoln, Mass. Phinehas Hutchlns J^unenburg, Mass. ] Joseph l^urse Framingliam, " Abraham Eice " " 1777 Solomon Badcock Amos Bucknam Calvin Clark Marlboro, Mass. Daniel Joslin Edward Platts Lunenburg (?), Mass. Benjamin Scott Sturbridge, " 1778 Daniel Adams Joseph Farwell Groton, Mass. Jonathan Gibson Josiah Goodale Daniel Gould Jesse Hayden Isaac Jackson , Job Pratt Southboro, Mass. Joshua Willard Grafton, " 1779 Benjamin Angier Framingham," Benjamin Bennett Ebenezer Boutwell 144 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 1779 Ephraim Boynton Sterling, Mass. Benjamin Byam Joseph Fassett Theophilus Hardy Josiah Hartwell Lunenburg, Mass. Abner Haskell Lancaster, " Joseph Muzzey Samuel Osborn Hopkinton, Mass. Matthew Osborn " " Joseph Scott Joseph Stone Southboro, Mass. Nathan Townsend Westboro, " Joseph Whitmore . .Lancaster, " John "Whitney Dunstable, " Nathaniel Wilson Westminster, " 1780 Samuel Bent Sudbury, " Stephen Brigham Thomas Clark Wrentham, Mass. Matthias Felton Joseph Forristall Holliston, Mass. Samuel Harris Isaac Jackson .♦ Asa Johnson Holliston, Mass. Joseph Knight , Nathaniel Muzzey ' . Joseph Smith Abner Stone Framingham, Mass. Samuel Wilson 1781 Silas Colburn Pelham, Mass. Abel Estabrook Joseph Morse Joseph Nichols Framingham, Mass. Joseph Nichols, Jr " " David Saunders Billerica, " Barakiah Scott Sturbridge, " Hezekiah Stone Framingham, " Abijah Warner John Whitney, Jr Samuel Winch Framingham, Mass. 1782 Daniel Bigelow " <' William Bruce Sudbury, ' ' Jesse Cheney Joseph Foster Eleazer Mason Needham Maynard Framingham, Mass. e( SETTLERS, 1782-1785. 145 1782 Edward Payson Jacob Sargent . ' James Stone Southboro, Ezekiel White 1783 Agabus Bishop Wrenthara, Daniel Foster John Godding Attleboro, William Hartwell John Stimson Luther Stone Framingham, Mass. Michael Sweetser Heading, 1784 Elijah Allen John Allen William Crane Stoughton, Jotham Haven .Framingham, Isaac Knight Samnel Rockwood HoUiston, Benoni Shnrtleff John Sweetland Attleboro, Jonathan Whitcomb Azariah Wilson Westboro (?), Mass. Jonas Woods Southboro, " 1785 Samuel Barnard Asa Bennett Shrewsbury, Mass. Deacon Oliver Damon Sudbury, " Isaac Goodenough " " William N^urse , Simeon Perry Captain Stephen Eichardson Eoyalston, Mass. Joel Wright Templeton, a 10 CHAPTEK VIII. EARLY TOWN HISTOKY, 1773-1800. Movement for Incorporation — Opposition to it — Petition for It — Charter Granted — Tlje Name Fitzwilliam — First Town Meeting — Injury of Records — Early Town Officers — Pew Associations — Warning out of Town — Provision for Soldiers — Depreciation of Currency— The Great Road — List of Land-Owners. A FTER 1769 the meetings of the proprietors were held -^-^ within the township, and evidently were not attended by many of the non-resident proprietors. Daniel Mellen con- tinued to be chosen to various oflSces for a few years, but with this exception aU of the officers of the proprietorship were chosen from residents, and they originated all the important measures that were adopted. How early the matter of incorporating Monadnock No. i as a town was agitated it is impossible to tell, but from the petition which follows it would appear that in 1768 the settlers were becoming somewhat restive under the proprietors' move- ments, and were, at least, considering the advantages and dis- advantages of an act of incorporation. There was opposition to any movement of this nature, and possibly it extended to many if not most of the non-resident proprietors. Certainly Sampson Stoddard, by far the largest of these, was not ready to sanction any proceedings that favored a plan of incorpora- tion, as will appear from the following : To His Excellency John Wentworth Esqr. Captain General, Gov- ernor and Commander in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of New Hamp., the Hon"" His Majesty's Council for Said Province— The Memorial of Sampson Stoddard of Chelmsford in the Couuty of Middlesex in the Province of Massachusetts Bay Shews That there is a Tract of Land in the Province of New Hampshire of the contents of about Six Miles Square Granted by the Purchasors of PETITION FOK INCORPORATION. 147 the Bight ot John Tufton Mason Esqr. to Your Memorialist and others called the Township of Monadnock No 4 — that the Greater part thereof is finally Vested in him, that he has at great Expense Settled a Very Considerable Number of Inhabitants thereon. Wherefore your Memorialist humbly prays that the Lands afores"' may not be Incorporated into a Town and the Inhabitants there Infranchised with all Town priveledges without their first Giving Notice to him of their Design of applying to y' Excelly and honors and your Memorialist Shall (as in duty bound) Ever pray — Sampson Stoddard. Portsm» July 11. 1768. So far as can be learned from the early records, the move- ment for incorporation took form at the annual meeting of the proprietors, March 31st, 1*773. Doubtless the majority,, if not all of those present and voting at that meeting were settlers as well as proprietors. This meeting was held at the house of James Reed, innholder, with John Mellen moderator. James Reed, Esq., John Mellen, and Joseph Hemenway were appointed a committee to repair to the Govner and Council of this Province to have this town- ship incorporated into a town and to have town privileges as soon as may be. No full record has been preserved of the proceedings of this committee, but from the fact that the petition presented to the governor was signed by James Reed alone, the proba- bility is that he was not accompanied by the other members of the committee, though he acted under their authority. The following is the petition : To His Excellency .John Wentworth Esquire Captain General and Commander in Chief in and over His Majestys Province of New Hamp- shire and Vice Admiral of the Same in Council. The Petition of James Reed, of Monadnock No. 4 in the County of Cheshire in the Province aforesaid Esqr and Clerk of the Proprietors of said Monadnock No. 4 unto your Excellency and Honors humbly Shews. That your Petitioner with Joseph Hemmenway and John Millens at a legal meeting of s'' Proprietors held in s"" Monadnock No. 4, on the 31st of March last were chosen a committee to Petition this Honourable 148 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. Court to incorporate the said Monadnock No. 4 into a Township with the usual Privileges and Franchises of other corporate Towns in said Province, for the following Reasons, viz. That the Inhabitants of said Monadnock No. 4 have settled a Minister and built a Meeting House and have a large Number residing there, be- sides others daily coming to settle there. That they humbly conceive their Number Intitles them to the Indulgence of this Hon'''^ Court as in the present mode of Provincial Taxation they are subject to the Controul of the Selectmen of Neighboring Towns, and they would humbly wish to have the Previledge of chusing Selectmen and other Town Officers of their own, which would quiet the Minds of the Inhabitants and promote the Interests and good Government of s"" Monadnock No 4. That being destitute of Town Priviledges the Petitioners cannot legally warm out any vagrants that may come there, and many other In- conveniences. Wherefore, Your Petitioners, in behalf of the Proprietors humbly pray that this Hon''''' Court would grant their Petition and as in duty he and they shall ever pray. James Reed. Committeeman and Proprietors' Clark. The three points made prominent in this petition will be seen to have been : 1. The matter of taxation, from which it is plain that in some way the officers of the adjoining incorporated towns had some oversight of the unincorporated towns as to their taxation, evidently a case of " taxation without representation." 2. It was needful to quiet the minds of the people, as it was 3. To be able to warn off vagrants. It is to be remembered that this movement was made before tlie breaking out of the American Revolution, but while the flame of patriotism which was soon to burst forth was smouldering, and needed but some comparatively slight cause to render it uncontrollable. This it found when the cargoes of tea were thrown Overboard in the harbor of Boston, an oc- currence which rendered this same year, 1773, memorable. During the great excitement which succeeded that event the inhabitants of Monadnock No. 4 received their charter from their king, which must have been among the last of such charters granted by the same authority to any of the towns in Southern New Hampshire. THE CHARTER OF FITZ WILLI AM. 149 This charter is here given entire : Province of New Hampshire. Seal of ) the Province. ] George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King-Defender of the Faith. To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Whereas our Loyal Subjects and Inhabitants of a Tract «f Land within our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid, commonly called and known by the name of Manadnock No (4) containing by estimation about six miles square, have Humbly Petitioned & requested us that they may be erected and incorporated into a Township and enfranchised with the same Powers and Priveledges which other Towns within our said Province, by Law have and enjoy, and it appearing unto us to be conducive to the General Good of Our Said Province as well as of the said Inhabitants in par- ticular by maintaining good order & encouraging the Culture of the Land that the same should be done : Know Ye that we, of our special grace certain knowledge and for the Enouragement and -Promotion of the good Purposes and Ends aforesaid ; by and with the advice of our trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Eaqr, our Governor and Commander in Cliief of our said Province and of our Council of the same, Have erected and ordained and by these Presents for us, our Heirs and Succes- sors do will and ordain, that the Inhabitants of the said Tract of Land and others who shall improve and Inhabit therein hereafter, the Same being butted and bounded as follows (Viz.) Beginning at the West line of Mason's Patent so called, where that crosses the dividing Line be- tween the Province of Massachusetts Bay and the Province of New Hampshire, and runs from thence south Eighty degrees East by said Line, six miles to the South West corner of the South Manadnock, from thence North by the Needle, by said Township, five miles to the North West Corner of y° South Manadnock aforesaid, from thence North Eighty Degrees west by Midle Manadnock Township, one mile & a q larter to the South West corner thereof, thence North by the needle two miles and forty rods, and from thence North Eighty [degrees West] till it comes to the Patent West Line as lately marked, and from thence Southerly by that Line to the first Bounds mentioned, Be and they are hereby declared to be a Town corporate by the name of FUz%villiaiii, to have Continuence for ever, with all the Powers and Privileges, author- ities, immunities and Franchises which any other Towns in our said Province by Law hold and enjoy, to the said Inhabitants or those who shall hereafter Inhabit these and to their Sucessors forever, allways reserving to us our Heirs & Successors all White Pine Trees, that are or shall be found, being and growing within & upon the Said Tract of Land fit for the Use of our Royal Navy, reserving also to us, our Heirs and 150 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. Successors the Power of dividing said Town when it shall be necessary & Convenient for the Inhabitants thereof, Provided nevertheless & tis hereby declared that this Charter and Grant is not intended and shall not in any manner be construed to affect the Private Property of the Soil within the Limits aforesaid, And as the Several Towns within our said Province are by the Laws thereof enabled & authorized to assemble & by the majority of the Voters Present to chuse all officers and transact such affairs as in the said Laws are declared — And We do by these Presents nominate & appoint James Reed Esqr. to call the first meeting of said Inhabitants to be held within the Said Town any Time within Thirty Days from the Date hereof, giving Legal Notice of the Time & design of Holding such Meeting, after which the annual Meet- ing for said Town shall be held for the choice of such Officers and the Purposes aforesaid on tlie tliird Tlinrsday in Mareb annually. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of Our Said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Our aforesaid Governour and Com- mander in Chief the Nineteenth Day of May, in the Thirteenth Year of our reign, Annoq Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy- Three. J. Wbntwoeth. By his Excellency's Comand. With advice of Council. Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. Province of New Hampshire May 19, 1773. Entered & recorded in the 4th Book of Charters Page 147 and 148. Attest Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. Why the uame Fitzwilliam (the son of William) was given to the town we know only through tradition. Eev. John Sabin, in his lecture, makes this statement : It was named after the Earl of Fitzwilliam I believe, an Irish Gentle- man, then considered a very worthy man. Time has been after the burning of our Meeting House that I wished to remind him of the town named for him and give him an opportunity for his substantial remem- brance of this his child. It is supposed that he lives in name and title in a descendant ; at least he did a few years since. That the Earl of Fitzwilliam was a man of influence and established reputation appears from the fact that Edmund Burke addressed to him one of his important communications relative to British interests, which may be found in Yolume VI. of his works, Little & Brown's edition. This town was doubtless named for this English and Irish EAKLY EECOEDS INJURED. 151 earl, and the strong probability is that he was an acquaintance and friend of Governor John Wentworth, or a connection by marriage. This governor was the second of that name, and had recently been appointed to office by royal authority. For many years the Wentworth family had furnished governors for the province of l^cw Hampshire, and the predecessor of this John Wentworth, Benning Wentworth, had been in the habit of gi^^ng the names of his intimate friends and favorites to not a few of the towns for which he obtained charters, and to some counties also. The probability is that his nephew, tiie last royal governor, followed his example in naming Fitz- william. James Reed called the first meeting of the town under its charter, but no record of that important meeting appears to be in existence. Early in the year 1785 the dwelling-house of Samuel Patrick, then town clerk of Fitzwilliam, was burned. The Town Book of Records was rescued from the fire in a badly damaged condition, but all the loose papers appertaining to the business of the town were entirely destroyed. The res- cued book, originally eleven inches long and seven inches wide, was burned upon the edges all around, but most upon the front and ends, and more at the beginning of the book than upon the other side. As a part of the front parchment cover was preserved, it would seem that none of the leaves were en- tirely consumed, though several leaves are now missing. By counting the folds of the sheets, it is found that four leaves are missing, probably three at the commencement of the book and one at ten or fifteen pages later. All the records of 1773 are gone, the book now commencing with the warrant for the annual meeting in 1774. In consulting this damaged but still invaluable book, which furnishes the only direct and positive information respecting the business of the town for eleven years — and those the yeai-s of the American Revolution— often a word or two at the begin- ning and end of a line will be missing, but in general the por- tions remaining uninjured aid us in determining substantially both how much and what has been lost. In the records at the top and bottom of the pages the condition is different, as three 152 HISTORY OF FITZWII.LIAM. or four lines may be gone from the top of a page and one or two lines from the bottom, which taking together the bottom of one page and the top of the next might make a loss of five or six entire lines and parts of several others. In some such cases,' however, a careful comparison of the warrant for the meeting with the action as recorded may show whether the missing record is of much or little consequence. At the annual town meeting in March, 1785, Caleb "Winch, Samuel Patrick, and Sylvanus Reed were chosen " a commit- tee to copy off the records belonging to the town that was in Samuel Patrick's house," but the work thus projected was never accomplished. Though we have no formal record of the business done in 1773, the call for the town meeting, which was held March 17th, 1774r, shows us who five of the officers of the town were when it was first organized, for this call, which is dated March 2d, 1774, was signed by John Mellen and Joseph Grow, se- lectmen, and was served by Ed ward Kendall, constable, whose return was made on the day of the meeting, March 17th, 1774, while we find that Edward Kendall, as one of the selectmen, had been previously engaged in laying out a road in the town- ship. The first town clerk was plainly James Eeed, as all the earliest town records are in his handwriting. "We have, then, as town officers for 1773 : Town clerk, James Reed. Selectmen, John Mellen, Joseph Grow, and Edward Kendall. Constable, Edward Kendall. The record of the above-mentioned meeting, March 17th, 1774, is here given in full : Town being met and Voted and Choose James R[eed Moderator]. Voted and Choose said Reed [Town Clerk]. [Voted and C]hoose said Reed first Select[man]. Voted and Choose Mr. John Mellen 3 Se]e[ctman]. Voted and Choose Lieut. Brigham 3 Selectman. And also Voted the above said Reed, Mellen and Brigham assessors for the present year. Voted and Choose Levi Brigham Constable and Collector. Voted and Choose John Mellen Treasurer. TOWN MEETIITG, 1774. 153 Voted and Choose Joseph Grow and Caleb Winch Tidingmen for the pjresent year. Voted and Choose Samuel Killpatrick, John Anger, Francis FuUum, David Parey and Stephen Harris High way sveurs. Voted and Choose Nathaniel Wilder and John Fassett fence vewers. Voted and Choose John Whitney, James Reed Jr DeerRefs. (Reeves). Voted and Choose Samuel Eillpatrick Lather Sealer. Voted and Choose Jonas Knights, David Parey Hog Refs or Field Drivers. Voted and Choose Nathaniel Wilder Svauer of Lumber. Voted and Choose Joseph Hemenway Clark of the Markett, Sealer of Wats and raasuers. [Voted] the sum of seven pounds [for the] use of a scool for the pres- ent year. Voted that a pound be bult 25 feet square [and that the sides] be laid up 7 feet High with a wooden gate with iron Hinges, all to be Com- pleted by the first of June next to the exceptance of the Town, and John Mellen is bondsman to see the work Don. Voted the sum of £4. 10. 0. 0. to Defray nacasary Charges and building the above mentioned pound, and to provide scales, Wats, Masuers, etc. Voted £50. 0. 0. 0. L M to make and repair Roads the present year to be worked out at said after the rate of four pence a nower for each one, the work to be Don in June & September. Voted that the oners of the 3 corner pews in the Body parte of the Meeting House have Liberty to cut [windows] at the east and west end of the Meeting House for the benifet of those Pews, they doing it and keeping tbem in Repair at there one cost. Voted That Town Meetings in this Town for the present be warned by a notification being posted by wrighting on a poste at the Meeting House to be provided for that purpos. Voted and Excepted of a Road laid out by Edward Kendall and Joseph Grow, 3 of the Selectmen of said Town for the year 1773. Said Road Runs upon the north line of Lott — in the 8 rang Leading south by the House of Joseph to Lott no 3 in 8 Rang and so on as it is marked and Trod. A true Entrey of all the Vots and Tran8[actions] passed at said meeting. pr James Reed Moderator and Town Clark. The words or passages enclosed in brackets are supplied to fill vacancies in the burnt record. Blanks are left where the proper words cannot be given. The following entry appears upon the same page with the record given above : 154 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. " of July 1YY4 then Mr. Stephen Harris took the Charge of our Meeting House to see that the windows was shet and the doors opened." Upon this record it may be remarked that this appropriation for educational purposes, apparently small, being only seven pounds, was in reality quite liberal, for money at that time had a great purchasing power. Moreover, if the teacher of the single school received as wages four shillings or four shillings and sixpence per week (sixty-six and two thirds, orseventy-fiv^e cents), which was considered in those days a good price, and boarded around, as was the custom, the seven pounds must have supported a school of considerable length. It appears also from this record that the town entered at once upon the busi- ness of making and repairing roads, a work previously done at the expense of the proprietors, from which it would seem evident that most of the responsibilities of the proprietorship were immediately assumed by the town. But to this there was one exception, for the proprietors were still bound to pay the salary of the minister, and between the two parties there was a sort of partnership in the meeting-house, for we find both ordering changes and making repairs in that building, and moreover receiving and acting upon petitions from indi- viduals for the privilege of cutting windows, lengthening the seats, or building new pews. As the two parties were made up to a great extent of the same persons, there appears to have been no particular clashing of interests, and they worked to- gether harmoniously for the space of twenty five years, or until 1798, when the proprietors voluntarily relinquished all claims to the meeting-house, upon the town's becoming re- sponsible for the salary of the minister. A fac-simile of the first leaf of the burnt record book that has been preserved is here given. The original size of the leaf, eleven by seven inches, here reduced in size to five and a half by three and a half inches, is shown by the shaded part upon which the burnt leaf is laid. The margin shows the correct proportionate part of the leaf that is gone. Upon the first page, as shown in the illustration, is the war- PETITION FOE PHW GROUND. 155 rant for the meeting held March 17th, 1774, while upon the second page is a part of the record of the meeting. Another town meeting seems to have been held on August 1st, 1774, at which a petition was presented and acted upon, involving other changes in the meeting-house. This is given entire : We your humble Petitioners Do ask and Petition for all the Pew ground in the east Qallary exclusive of three seats which we the Sub- scribers or Proprietors Do Covenant and agree to and with each other to build and Complete [on said] pew ground into one pew and complete the same decently, and your answer or Compliance will oblige your Verey Humble Petitioners. Dated at Fitzwilliam July 4, 1774. Signed Joseph Kneeland, John Herrington, Joseph Potter, Lutlier Trowbridge, Joshua Herrington Jr. Thomas Tolman, Benjamin Davidson, Ezekiel Mixer, David Perry, John Whftney, Daniel Mellen, John Mellen. The action of the town upon ihis petition was as follows : The votable Inhabitants of Fitzwilliam at a meeting of said Town on the first day of August did take the above Petition under Consideration and did vote that the Request of said Petition be granted to the Sub- scribers on condition of there fulfilling there Perposalls in making a Hansom Pew in said front Gallery by Rasing the front of the Pew no hier than the Tops of the seat before said pew but the Length of the Banestevs and the Rale that the Banesters are set in, and keeping it in Repair by them or there Suxecors, and the windos behind and that they take in as maney Partners as [can be seated] comfortably in said pew and keep it so (long as) they abide in this Town. Other similar petitions and grants are found recorded upon the proprietors' records. This matter of obtaining pew ground in the meeting-house that had remained unoccupied, building pews thereon, and oc- cupying the same by companies of individuals, was one of mucli interest in the early history of this town. These associations were regularly and, it would seem, legally organized ; they called their meetings (which appear to have been frequently held) in a formal^manner, and kept a partic- ular record of all their proceedings. Two of these record books came into the hands of and were preserved by the late Captain "William F. Perry. The oldest contains the records 156 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. of one of these pew organizations, beginning with December 8th, 1779. The petitioners and grantees in all these cases were invari- ably men, but they seem to have had no objection to the soci- ety of women in their pews. Voted Betsy Dodge set on said Lanes' Right. Voted Lucretia Newton into said Pew. Voted that Anna Harris, Drissilla Poor, Drissilla Platts to sit in said Pew During Pleasure. The second of these pew record books contains sixty or eighty pages of the proceedings of another pew association. The date is August 1st, 1791 : The Names of the Persons that own Rites in said Pew — Lieut. .Tosiah Hartwell, Chistophir Osgood, Stephen Harris, Thomas Bruce, John Whitney, John Amadon, Nathaniel Glezon, Nathaniel Grover, Joseph Pratt, Moses Pratt, Josiah Drury, Joel Millen, "^Vard Fassett, Abel Angier. A Meeting Warned and hild at time and place, and 1st Chose a moderator to Governed said meeting. 2d. Voted and Choose Stephen Harris Jun. Clark for said Pew. 3d. Voted that Betsy Park shall sit in s* Pew on Whallem Fassitt's rite in s'' Pew. Voted that Rocksene Amadon shall Set in a^ Pew on John Osgood's rite. At a later meeting, among many other acts the following appears : Voted that if any Person or Porsons shall put into s"* Pew any of the Town's pepal more than tow Sunday bewins meeting shall forfet his rite in said Pew. This plainly has reference to the owners seating visitors or other persons in the pew " bewins" or between the meetings of the association. Voted that if any Porsen or Porsens shall By a rite in said Pew shall make Reeesquest (request) to the Clark of said Pew. In 1808. " ^^oted susy Pennemon on Demons' rite." The last record in this curious book was made in 1809. The rules of this pew association were very strict, for they TOWN MEETING, 1775. 157 voted that " if any person or persons shall behave himself out of order on the Sunday shall quite his rite," while no one was permitted to sell his right to any person " that the proprietors shall not think proper." It is hardly to be supposed that such an order of things pre- vailed in the first meeting-houses of the neighboring towns. 177». The difSculties and disputes between the colonies and Great Britain had now assumed large and alarming pro- portions, and henceforward for the space of eight years in the history of this town its acts, will be found to have been influ- enced greatly by the wants of the country at large, and the calls for funds, provisions, and troops. These matters will have their appropriate place in the chapter on the Revolution- ary War. March 16th, 1775, the annual town meeting was held which had been called by James Reed and John Mellen, selectmen. Joseph Piemen way was moderator, and John Locke was chosen town clerk. It was voted " that all the freeholders shall vote in this meeting." John Mellen, Levi Brigham, and John Locke were chosen selectmen and made assessors. John Mel- len was chosen treasurer and constable, but Daniel Mellen was accepted in his place for the latter office. After the choice of the other town officers, it was voted to raise seven pounds for the support of a school, five pounds to provide a town stock and to defray town charges, and fifty pounds for the making and repairing of roads to be worked out at fourpence per hour. Voted to accept the pound built by Nathaniel Wilder, Mr. John Millen, ingaging in his behalf that the gate should be hung in a fort- night. Voted to allow Steven Harris ten shillings for service done in cleans- ing the meeting house. Voted to allow Levi Brigham for service done as Constable in warning out Moses Whitney and family in 1774 the sum of two shillings. Under the same date, March 16th, 1776, is the following entry : then Ichabod Smith undertook for one year to take care of y' meeting bouse, to see the doors opened and shut at proper seasons thearefor, the 158 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. windows properly shut and y" house properly swept for y' sum of six shillings, by order of the Selectmen. The other matters acted upon at the annual meeting in 1775 were of secondary importance. Of the " warning out" alluded, to in the record above, this may here be said : Rindge was settled and incorporated earlier than Fitzwil- liam, and we learn from the history of that town that " for many years nearly all who removed hither without regard to their social or financial standing were warned out." As the adjoining towns of JafErey and Fitzwilliam pursued substantially the same course, it was undoubtedly the common custom of the times. It will be remembered that one of the reasons assigned for seeking incorporation was to obtain power to warn out vagrants. And so all were warned out. This seems to have been done as a legal formality, rather than be- cause families of character and means were not welcome as set- tlers. "Very early the towns had, by statute law, the authority to free themselves from the presence of dangerous persons and of individuals and families that might become a tax upon them as paupers. Some of this class of persons resembled the tramps of the present day in that they believed that the community owed them a lining, and that if this could not be easily gained by manual labor it must come in the way of charity. But there were others who differed from the tramps of our day, in that they were not single men, but had families that they took with tliem wherever they went. Sometimes these families were large, and it did not require a very long residence in any place to obtain a legal settlement, and so be able to claim sup- port from the town in case of sickness or extreme poverty. To provide against this liability, the selectmen had author- ity to order the constable to warn such persons and families out of town, and to remove them by force if they did not obey the command. Occasionally the orders were enforced, but generally they seem to have been wholly disregarded, and it was expected that they would be. Some of these persons afterward became tlie most respectable and responsible citizens in the town, like Deacon Griffin, who was town treasurer for WARNING OUT OF TOWN. 159 thirty years in succession. In some cases the warrant was very brief, while in others it was made out with considerable formality. A copy of one of the latter class is given in full : In His Majesty's Name, we require You to repair to the residence of Abner Ball now residing in Fitzwilliam and Mary Ball and Elizabeth Ball and Jerome Ball, the oflspring of the said Abner Ball and Mary his wife with all their eflects, to warn and bid depart out of the Town of Fitzwilliam to the place from whence they came within the space of — days, no more to return upon their peril. Heareof fail not and make due return of this warrant to one or more of the Selectmen with the day of the date of said warning as you would avoid the penalty of the law made and provided in that case. Given under our hands and seal this 22d day of March 1775 and in ye fifteenth year of his majesties' Reign, George ye third. Ye 7th of April 1775 John Mellen ) „ , ^ ,, ' T ■_ X , f Select Men. John Locke \ Warning given and ye warrant returned to the selectmen by Daniel Mellen Constable. A true entry. John Locke Town Clerk. It might be inferred that Mr. Ball did not Hkethe command which was given to him " in his Majesty's name," as he was in the Revolutionary army fighting against " his Majesty" be- fore the year was out. The following list is compiled from the records and is given as approximately fixing the date when the persons named came into the town. The list given is not complete, as it is known that many persons were warned out whose names do not ap- pear in the records. The recording of the warrants seems to have been in some measure optional. LIST OF PERSONS KECOBDED AS WARNED OUT OP TOWN. 1775 Abner and Mary Ball and their children Mary and Jerome and Elizabeth. 1776 Samuel and Hannah White and their child Diadamia. Reuben and Sarah Parmenter and ch. Joel. 1778 Jedediah and Deborah Smith— Eleazer and Mary Pratt— Mary Buckman— Nathaniel and Hannah Rugg and ch. Reuben and Rue. 1780 Daniel and Martha Biglow and ch. Amos— Rachel and Thankful Boutwell — Susanna and Mary or Molly and Lucy and Peter Adams. 1783 Robert Homer and his wife and ch. John and William and Moosha (?) and James and Benjamin and David. 1783 Mary Rice, so-called, and " Salla Haggity." 1785 Samuel and Lydia Taylor— Sarah Taylor— Dolly Whitney— Mar- 160 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. garet Walls— John Walls — Joshua and Sarah Twitchell and ch. Polly and Joshua — Ichabod Hayward or Howard. 1787 Zaccheus and Susanna Hall and ch. Zaccheus — Ebenezer and Meribah Bobbins and ch. Ebenezer and Noah and William — Hack- aliah and Nelly Bridges and ch. William — Eli and Thankful Smith — Benjamin Elwell — -Benjamin Buffer — Thomas and Buth Conant and ch. Polly — Phineas Reed — Ebenezer Colburn — Ebene- zer May — Samuel Griffin — James and Elizabeth Stone and ch. James and Jonathan and Jerusha and Betty — Solomon and Mary Miller and ch. Daniel and Persia and Submit and Lydia— Jonas and Mary Gary and ch. Polly — Asa and Tamasin Goodale and ch. Elnathan — Micah and Elizabeth Perry and ch. Rfioda — Samuel and Rhoda Rockwood and ch. Martin — Edward and Eunice Payson and ch. David — Ruth Jackson. 1789 Jonathan and Elizabeth Broadstreet — Allen and Hannah Stone — Levi and Azubah Stockwell— Hiram and Phebe Prescott — Aaron Gary — Samuel and Lydia Patch and ch. Oliver and Samuel and Abraham and Lydia and Susanna— James and Betsey Morse and ch. Elizabeth and Ede and Joseph and Silas and Asa and Mitte — Caleb and Abigail Deeth and ch. Polly — Jonathan Pierce and wife and ch. Huldah and Polly and Esther and Rhoda and Anna. The following will explain itself : At a meeting of ye Inhabitants of the Town of Fitzwilllam held on ye 10th day of May 1775. Voted and chose ye Rev* Mr. Benjamin Brig- ham to Represent ye Town in ye Provintial Congress to be held at Exeter on ye — day of may instant, with power to act in behalf of him- self and his Constituents in all things for the public good in Conjunction with the Representatives of the several Towns in this province, for the space of six months or untill another be chosen in his place. John Mellen, Moderator. Eiitry John Locke, Town Clerk. Thus the honored pastor was chosen the first representative from this town to what soon became the General Court of ISTew Hampshire. It will be remembered that a few days before this appoint- ment the struggle with Great Britain had assumed the form of open hostihty and actual war, in the fierce attack upon the royal troops at Lexington and Concord, Mass. • "Weighty re- sponsibilities, therefore, rested upon the Provincial Congress about to meet at Exeter. From all that can be leai-ned, the choice of Mr. Brigham was eminently wise, as he was, without doubt, a man of excellent judgment and a firm and devoted patriot. The Provincial Congress (doubtless the one that met in OPPOSITION TO UNION WITH SWANZEY. 161 Exeter in May, 1775), having passed a resolve that Swanzey and Fitz William should unite in sending a representative to- that body, the town held a meeting, probably near the close of 1775, to consider the matter, when it was Voted that it is the opinion of ye Town that by being cupled with Swanzey they have not a free and full representation, agreeable to the advice of the Continental Congress. Voted not to meet with Swanzey to Elect a Representative to Repre- sent them in Congress. Voted to send a Committee to Swanzey at their meeting to signify the Reason of their not meeting with them for the above purpose. Voted that Majo Brigham, Majo Farrar, Lieut. Hutchings consist of the above Committee. John Farrar, Moderator. A true Entry John Locke, Town Clerk. Swanzey had a larger population at that time than Fitz- william, and the people of this town perceived that their can-, didate would probably fail of an election. At a later date the plan of the Provincial Congress seems to have been adopted, and these two towns constituted a single representative district. 1776. A part of the record of the annual town meeting held March 21st, 1776, it is impossible to make out, but wiiat follows is legible : After the appointment of the necessary town oflBcers, the town Voted to Deacon John Locke for service done as a committee to wait upon the Superior Court at Keen in October last in order to lay before the Court some greavences and for service done as one of the Committee of Correspondence and Saifty for the last year, the sura of £0. 19. 0. 0. for expenses only. Also allowed Joseph Hemenway " for service done as a committeeman to attend a County Congress for expenses and horse the sum of £0. 19. 0. 0." To Ichabod Smith was A'oted six shillings " for taking care and sweeping the meeting [house] one year." " Also allowed Lieut. Levi Brigham for supporting John Camp and family, by order of the selectmen, the sum of ten 11 163 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. shillings." This John Camp appears to ha to settled in the township before its incorporation, and for this reason could not be legally compelled to leave it. A road laid out by the selectmen having been accepted, and a recess of half an hour having been taken, the town Voted that no cattle be suffered to run at large in the Town belong- ing to Non-Residence, and that the field Drivers upon complaint coming to them shall drive all such Non-Resident cattle out of the bounds of the Town taking witness that they went no farther and apply to the Town for reasonable cost. Voted that the Selectmen make inquirery Concerning the maintainance of those paupers who came into Town before it was incorporated. At this meeting no money was raised for the school, as, for some reason not named, the amount raised in 1775, for this purpose, had not been expended. Three pounds were raised to meet town charges. 1777. On March 20th, 1777, the annual town meeting appears to have been held, at which the usvial town business was transacted, but the dates are so often lacking in the records that it seems next to impossible to harmonize the different en- tries. Ten pounds were raised "for the use of a school," forty shillings to meet town charges, and thirty pounds for re- pairing highways "to be worked out at f ourpence per hour. " " Voted to pay for travel three miles per hour." Ichabod Smith was again paid six shillings " for keeping the Meeting House." " Voted and chose Maj. Asa Brigham to meet the Town of Walpole and consult affairs." This last action doubtless had reference to Revolutionary matters. 1778. Annual meeting. The town " voted to give up a note that the Rev. Mr. Brigham gave to the Town," the value of which is not stated. This was probably done on account of the depreciation of the currency in which his salary had been paid. With tlie same intent, doubtless, the town voted at this meeting " and raised thirty pounds to addition of Rev. Mr. Brigham's salary for this present year." Also it was voted that " the school money should be spent in either squadron as they shall think proper," from which DEPKKCIATIOK OF CUEREISrCY. 163 it would appear that tKe town had now been divided into some- thing like school districts, which were called squadrons. Having given the names of the oflScers of the town, the amount of the several appropriations, etc., for the earliest years after the incorporation, it is deemed best to tabulate the same for the years that followed in a separate chapter, unless, as sometimes happened, there seems to be some special reason for giving them liere. 1779. Annual meeting. The town " Voted three hun- dred pounds in addition to Rev. Mr. Brigham's Salary for this present year." Amos Knight, constable, is allowed four pounds ' ' for earning of a family to Winchendon in the year 1778." Ten shillings was the allowance made " for the cair of the meeting-house' ' this year. How much the paper currency had depreciated at this time has not been accurately ascertained — indeed, the depreciation was greater or less in different localities ; but not long after the date of this meeting one dollar in silver was allowed in paying taxes to be equal to seven ty-five dollars in paper money. The depreciation of tbe currency caused so much trouble tliat in 1781 the Legislature made an authorized scale of de- preciation, by which contracts made at different times might be legally adjusted. This scale is given in Chapter XI. The schools not being in a satisfactory condition, the town met the second Wednesday in June, 1779, to consider the mat- ter, when it was Voted to choose a Commity of Five men to provide Schools in Bictch Squadron and also to provide houses for to Ceept the Schools in and also to see the money Laid out in the proper season — and this Commity is as Below, Mr. Caleb Winch, Mr. Levi Brigham, Mr. Joseph Nurse Mr. John Locke Mr. Samuel Kendall. It is supposed there were five squadrons at this time, and that one member of the committee was chosen from each squadron. A Convention sitting at Concord on June 5th, 1779, pro- posed among other things a plan of government for the State of New Hampshire, and the town assembled July 13th, 1779, to express approbation or disapprobation of the same ; but its 164 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. action (which was recorded on the botftotn lines of one page, and the upper lines of the next page of the record book) it is impossible to ascertain. At this meeting the subject of a new valuation of the town was considered, and a committee of five was raised to report upon this subject at the next March nfieeting. December Vth, 1779. The town met " to joyne with the town of Swanzey to act upon the following articles," one of which appears to have had reference to the choice by the united towns of a representative in the General Court, when the town " Voted, and chose John Mellen, Esq., for their Repre- sentative to sarve in the General Court at Exeter." 1780. June 28th. The town " Voted and excepted (ac- cepted) the Cariage made by the Committee chosen for that purpose," and also raised " £2500 for the pay of the sholders in the Continental Army. " And July 26th, 1780, the town raised £5000 for the same purpose, and " £6000 to purchase 5467 weight of beef " for the army. Also the town ordered the horse-sheds near the church " to be move oft the grown they now stand on." Also it was voted that "the Inhabitants mit build horse stables on the Common, if they should think fit," only that " the Selectmen should mark out the grown on the Common where the stables should be made." ' Other requisitions were made by the Council and House of Kepresentatives of New Hampshire for beef to support the Continental army, and the printed copy of one of these has been found among the ancient papers in the town clerk's oSice of Eitzwilliam. This is a call "for raising 1,400,000 weight of Beef," and it was done by requiring the several towns, parishes, and districts in the State to furnish their proportion. The act for this purpose was adopted by the House of Repre- sentatives, January 26th, 1781, and enacted by the Council on the day following. One third of the quantity was to be ready " by the last day of March next, in Order to be salted, one fourth part by the fifteenth day of July next, one other fourth part by th-e first day of Sept. next, and the Residue of COLLECTION' OF BEEF FOR THE ARMY. 165 said Beef, being one sixth part tbereof," by the first day of December following. All the arrangements necessary for carrying this requisition into effect were made, and the propor- tion for each town to raise definitely stated. Fitzwilliara was to provide six thousand eight hundred and thirty-four pounds, JafErey nine thousand one hundred and fifty-eight, Rindge thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty, Richmond twelve thousand five hundred and eighty-eight, Keene fourteen thou- sand one hundred and thirty-six. The beef was all to be " good, well salted and packed in Barrels, each barrel to con- tain 240 weight, net," but good pork would " be received of any Town and allowed after the Rate and Proportion of eleven pounds of pork for fifteen pounds of Beef." The penalty for failure to meet this requisition was a fine equal to " double the value of the beef required of them, for the use of the State," " and the same shall be added to their next State and Continental Tax, without any other proof or Evidence than the want of a Certificate that the same has been delivered." The large amounts raised by the town for the pay of the soldiers, and to purchase beef as given above, it is to be remem- bered, were to be collected from the taxpayers in the depre- ciated currency of the times, when it took seventy-five dollars or more in paper money to make one dollar in silver. And the same fact is to be borne in mind when we find the town allowing twenty shillings per hour for work upon the high- ways. As was stated in the sketch of John Mellen, Esq., given in the chapter concerning the early settlers of Fitzwilliam, he was appointed an assistant collector to carry into effect the requisi- tion of the Council and House of Representatives respecting •the above-mentioned supply of beef for the army, and Cheshire County was assigned to him for this purpose. It was a re- sponsible and delicate ofiice for any one to hold because of the poverty of the people generally, and the urgency of the call for immediate supplies ; and notwithstanding all the efforts of the collector, and in the very face of the threatened fine, some of the towns were slow to respond to the call or furnished only a part of their quota. This failure led the Committee of 166 HIPTORT OF FITZWILLIAM. Safety to associate John Mellen and Colonel David Webster as special officers to visit the delinquent towns and to do every- thing possible that the needed supply might be forthcoming. 1781. The town "Voted to pay the Remainder of the Beef and the hier of the Sholders which is two thousand four hundred and thirty-fonr pounds." This was done at a meet- ing January 15th ; and February llth, 1781, the town, among other acts for raising the quota of soldiers for the Continental army, voted " Twelve thousand dollars for to pay our Con- tenentles at their passing muster." March 15th, 1781, at the annual meeting after the choice of the usual town officers, fifteen hundred pounds were appro- priated for the schools, and three thousand pounds for the highways, " to be worked out at eighteen shillings per oner." Also that the assessors should " make a new Yaluation this present year." The town allowed "Stephen Harris four bushels of Ingun corn or the value of in money for taking car of the meeting house in 1780." Fitzwilliam March 15, 1781. The Town of Fitzwilliam Dr. to fifteen Dayes of making Rates at 2 shillings and eight pence per day Lawful Money old way equal to rie at Four shillings per bushel, £2. 0. 0. Daniel Mellen. Fitzwilliam March 9, 1781. The Town of Fitzwilliam Dr. to me for two days' service to attend a Convention at Temple on the seventh Day of March £45. Daniel Mellen. The use of horse and expenses of travel were doubtless in- cluded in this charge, which at seventy-five for one, would be in silver, six shillings (one dollar) per day, or at ninety for one, five shillings per day. July 25th, 1781, the town" voted to raise our Cotto (Quota) of beef, for the army which is 6834 pounds," already al- luded to. Voted to give Sixth Dollars in hard money per hundred for said Beef. Voted to raise 4 hundred and Ten hard Dollars for pay for said Beef. Voted that our Continental Shoulders shall have Dollars in the OTHER SUPPLIES FOR THE ARMY. 167 •Rume of one thousand paper Dollars. (This blank cannot be filled.) Voted that the Sessexsors (ass'essors) shall tax the non-residents. Voted to give five shillings per bushel for rye. Voted to raise £136 to pay the Ooatinental Shoulders their first year's pay. The selectmen were appointed a committee to petition the General Court to " grant us liberty to have a recorder of deeds in said town." September 26th, 1781, an article being in the warrant to pay certain soldiers, the town Voted to pass over the article till the Selectmen shall see how they can agree with mr. muzzey and Mr. harris and Samuel winch in hard money. At a meeting October 5th, 1781, the town " Voted to pay Forty nine Gallons of West India Kum." This was for the army, November 5th, 1781, the town " voted to pay the three months' men their hier," and to raise " Forty nine Dol- lars to pay for the Kliom." Voted twenty pounds for the Chools in the Town in lue of the fifteen hundred pounds old Emission which was granted last March for that purp[ose]. Voted and chose Joseph. Nichols, Deacon John Locke, Samuel Patrick a Committee to give our Representative instructions, and that this Com- mittee should make Report of their proseinds (proceedings) at the jurn- meut of the meeting. At an adjourned meeting in November the town met and received the report of the committee named above, and " then the Instructions was given of Mr. Abner Stone." Mr. Stone was the Representative elect. In the warrant for this meeting, article fifth was, To know the minds of the Town if they dont think necessary to give their Bepresentative Instruction and to Enquire [if] Reasons can be given that we have such Burthens laid when their is such a Scarciety of Cash among us by [reason] of the Old Emission being called in and the Silver not [being ready] for circulation, and that new Emission Bills is as nothing — and act thereon, etc. 168 HISTORY OF FITZAVILLIAM. The exact words of this article cannot be determined, nor is there any other record of the election of Abner Stone as Eepresentative. That he was chosen and instructed is plain, but the copy of the instructions given was probably consumed with the town clerk's office about three or four years later. A copy of the instructions given Major Elisha "Whitcomb about two years later has been preserved and is inserted in the proper place. 1782. March 21st, the usual town officers were chosen, and at an adjourned meeting in May of the same year a com- mittee consisting of Lieutenant Levi Brigham, Stephen Har- ris, and Lieutenant Caleb Winch was raised " to provide the Beef, if needed, for the Continental Army." A vote was also taken which seems to refer to a return to specie payments in paying the State tax. A large committee was raised to divide the school money and " provid Choolmasters in eicth Squadron." Also the town voted to send Joseph Nichols to attend a convention at Concord. 1783. At the annual meeting no special business of im- portance was transacted, but considerable attention was paid to the matter of roads, and one hundred and forty pounds were raised "to pay the last three years' men their second years' pay." July 29th, 1783. A committee was appointed to prepare instructions to be given to Major Elisha Whitcomb, Repre- sentative elect for the district comprising the towns of Fitzwill- iam and Swanzey and report at an adjourned meeting. Also '■ voted not to pay the obligation which the selectmen have given to Joseph Fassett." From the warrant for the meeting it appears that tiiis has reference to a note given to Mr. Fassett for one year's service in the Continental army, but we have no means of judging correctly respecting the merits of the question upon which the town acted. August 14th, 1Y83. The committee to prepare instructions made their report. A copy of the instructions is here given. Instructions to their Representative in the General Court, 1783 : INSTRUCTING REPRESENTATIVE. 169 ' At a Legal Me■ for Stephen Brigham ) Fitzwilliam. Fitz William, May 27, 1789. The Legislature granted this petition, and at a town meet- ing, held on September 7th following. Captain Stephen Brig- ham was chosen to collect the tax for the first year. Captain Brigham did not accept the office and Simon Crosby was ap- pointed to take his place. It is understood that Mr. Crosby collected the tax for the three years it was levied. 1790. The town allowed " 2 pounds and 8 shillings for the purpose of getting Kev. Mr. Brigham a Cashing" for the pulpit. 1791. August 8th. The town "chose ISTahum Parker to represent them at Concord at a Convention appointed there by an act of the General Court." " Sold old Mr. Camp to Lieut. Byam and to give two shil- lings and ten pence per week for Keeping him with the Benfit of one Cow." "Sold Thankful Camp to Joseph Stone to have 3s. lOd. per week with the use of one bed." 13 178 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. In this manner the paupers were provided for from year to year ; and in the votes of the town upon this matter very par- ticular provisions were made for keeping them properly clothed and to " pay for any Extrodenery Doctring and jS" aris- ing." 1793. August 2Yth. The town cast all the votes given, thirty-seven in number, against a proposed amendment of the Constitution of the State. 1793. In this year the first record was made of licenses " to keep a Puhlic tavern" and " to sell Speritus Liquors." The innkeepers hcensed in February and March of this year were Sylvanus Eeed, Abner Stone, and Abijah Warner, while Simon Crosby, Thomas Gouldsmith, and Joseph Fox were authorized to deal in "Speritus Liquors." And Jonas Rob- inson of the north village received a similar license '"' to sell Speritas Liquors, subject to such regulations and restrictions as the law of the State of New Hampshire imposes upon re- talers." J list previous to 1793 the Legislature had passed laws, mak- ing material changes in the manner of doing town business and keeping town records, and in the duties and requirements of town officers generally. There are no regular town valuation and tax -lists in existence of an earlier date than 1793, but from this time onward the series is complete. At this time the se- lectmen began to keep a more formal record of their business transactions, and the records of the town clerk take a wider range. It is not practicable to furnish from the town records anything like an accurate list of the successfve owners, or even occupants of the various lots and pieces of land in town. Com- mencing -with 1793 the yearly valuation and tax-lists state the amount for which real estate is assessed to each individual owner, but do not give the location of the land except in the case of non-resident owners. Among the old records of the town, two books are found that give a more complete account of the location of the various owners of real estate in the town than can be obtained from any other source. One of these books gives " A List of all the Houses (above the value of LOCATION OF DWELLING-HOUSES, 1798. 179 One Hundred Dollars) with the Out-Honses appurtenant thereto, and the Lots on which the same are erected, not ex- ceeding Two Acres" in the town " on the 1st day Oct. 1798." The particulars given are : the owner of the house ; the occu- pant thereof ; the nunaber of houses and out-houses ; quantity of land in the lot ; the situation of the house ; its dimensions ; number of stories ; number and size of the windows ; material of which the buildings were constructed, and the valuation by the assistant assessor of the property as described. The situar tion of the houses is not described by lot and range, but by stating in what part of the town, or how far from the meet- ing-house, or in other similar ways. The house of Nahum Parker was " On the great road to Boston, east part of the town." Phinehas Reed lived "in the center of business on the main road." Thomas Stratton's house was situated " in the south part of the town, west of the pond." The houses of Samuel Griffin and Jonas Knight were in the " North part of the Town on a Handsome Hill nigh the School House." John Pratt's house was in the " S. East Part of the town : not on any road nor ever will be." William Farrar lived in the " N'orth part of y" Town, 3 Miles from the Center ; head of Hemlocli Koe." Samuel Eockwood was located " N f rom the center ; west side of Fosters Pond." This is now called Eockwood Pond. The other book gives " A List of all the Dwelling Houses not above the value of 100$, and of all the Lands in the Town of Fitzwilliam and their owners on the first Day of Oct. 1798." The particulars given are names of owners ; number of acres owned ; description of lands ; adjunct proprietors ; location of land by lot an 1 range ; number and dimension of buildings ; valuation of houses not over one hundred dollars, and valua- tion of the land. The assistant assessor was Simon Crosby, and both books appear to have been made out by him, though his signature is attached only to the one first described. The following tables have been carefully compiled from these two books with a few items added from other reliable sources. "While not entirely free from errors, the books may 180 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. be accepted as substantially accurate. The first table gives a list of all residents owning land or buildings and non-residents owning land and buildings. Non-residents are marked f . The houses that are described as two stories high have their valuation marked % ; all the other houses are one story high. All the houses are constructed of wood. The second table gives a list of non-residents owning land only. Nearly all the land in this table is described as unimproved. A cipher (0) in- serted in an otherwise blank space means none. The mark ? inserted in a blank space signifies that the correct figures can- not be given. If inserted after figures, it implies doubt or uncertainty. TABLE I. Names op ownebs and occupamts. tArunah Allen ) iSchard Gleason occ. \ Philip Amadon Benj. Angler Silas Angler jr Abel Baker Samuel Bent Daniel Bigelow Joseph Bigelow "Widow Wm Bishop. . . . tOliver Blood , Bartlet Bowker Charles Bowker John Bowker Asa Brewer James Brewer Rev Benj. Brigham . . . . Levi Brigham William Bruce. Abel Byam Duncan Cameron Jonathan Capron Thomas Clark Total No. of acres owned. 100 121 15 110 180 90 18 100 40 150 180 100? 165 100 130 140 133 100 63 40 38 37 Lot on which house is located. Valuation ot house. L 8 in R 4 $150. L 10inR4 60. 7 in 11 70. 11 & 13 in 6 70. & 13 in 5 ? 12 in 13 300. 7 in 1 ? 4 in 6 10. 5 in 11 135. 18 in 13 80. 1 in 5 (?) 80. 19 in 7 200. 17 in 6 400. X 19 in 7 300. 33 in 10 60. 33 & 33 in 8 ? 40. 13 in 7 400. X 13 in 6 100. 6 in 6 85. 30 in 10 & 11 ? 40. 5 in 9 70. 33 in 9 30. 31 in 8 50. 18 in 12 ? Other land owned. 4 in 4 18 in 11 1 in 6 (?) 18 in 7 & 16 in 11 30 in 7 & 16 in 11 11 & 12 in 7 3 in 5 & 5 in 6 OWKERS AND OCCUPANTS OF HOUSES, 1798. 181 TABLE I. (Oontinued.) Names of ownsbb asd ocoupahis. John Cobleigh. . Ezekiel Collins . William Crane. Simon Crosby . . Ebenezer Cutler . . Jonathan Cutler . . Moses Cutting .... Oliver Damon .... Samuel Davis Benjamin Davison Pearley Deeth .... Moses Drury Abraham Eddy Benjamin Eddy. . . Abel Estabrook Daniel Farrar . . . . Nathan Platts occ. William Farrar John Fassett .... Jedediah Fay John Fay William Fay Matthias Pelton . Jesse Forristall . . Joseph Forristall Luna Foster Eiohard Foster . . Francis Pullam. . David & John Gary. . . Jonas Gary Richard Gleason John Godding Timothy Godding Asa Goodale Isaac Goodenow Thomas Goldsmith. . . . Jesse Hayden occ Allen Grant Samuel Griffin Nath'l & Nath'l Grover F---- Total No. of acres owned. 160 170 109 163 100 48 100 130 100 184 100 55 36 303 97 300 100 300 50 130 50 173 150 147 83 50 383 130 137 136 65 85 100 70 33 50 100 153 100 Lot on which house is located. Valuation of house. 13 in 13 11 in 6 9 in 3 15 in 6 4 in 6 & 7 ? 4 in 6 33 in 9 13 in 9 19 in 5 15 in 5 8 in 10 18 in 6 3 in 13 3 in 13 17 in 8 13 in 3 31 in 8 & 9 2 33 in 6 & 33 in? ? 15 in 8 7 in 10 14 in 8 9 in 10 15 in 6 4 in 8 lin 7 19 in 8 13 & 14 in 13? 8 in 3 13 in 3 31 in 6 & 7 7 in 10 10 in 5 18 in 13 31 in 10 1 in 11 6 in 10 15 in 6 13 in 6 7 in 13 30 in 6 Sin 7 80. 70. 40. 600. I 150. 105. 10. 15. 135. 300. 80. 300. 175. 65. 40. 60. 40. 110. 150. 110. 300. 60. 80. 80. 40. 700. t ? 50. 80. 130. 0. 300. 150. t 60. 75. 70. 70. 70. 30. 500. t 250. 1. 300. 80. Other land owned. 14 in 11 13 in 5 & 6 ? 3 & 14 in 5 & 15 in 4 14 in 9 14 in 4 & 13 in 3 3 in 13 I3in4&16in7 13 in 1 18 in 6 5 in 4 14 in 7 14 in 3 18 in 10 13 & 17 in 3 & 3 & 14 in 7 3 in 10 & 9 in 8 8 & 11 in 5 15 in4&'7 31 in 5 182 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. TABLE I. (Cmtintied.) NAMBS or 0WNDE8 AND OCCnPANTS. Joshua Harrington Stephen Harris Asael Hartwell Abner & Jos Haskell. . . Joseph Haskell Levi Haskell , Joel Hayden Sylvanus Hemenway. . . Daniel Howe Nahum Howe t James Hubbard tPeter Hunt Isaac Jackson John Jackson. Bezaleel Kendall Samuel Kendall. John Knight Jonas Knight tStephen Knowlton . . . . Luke Lincoln John Locke William Locke Eleazer Mason Elihu Mellen Joel Mellen John Mellen's heirs . . . . Daniel Mellen Joel Miles P. Grleason Miller Daniel Morse James Morse tNehemiah Munroe. . . ) Benj'n Sampson occ, . ( Ebcnezer Nurse Matthew Osborn Ephraim Parker Nahum Parker Samuel Patch Samuel Patrick Micah Perry Simeon Perry Total No. of acres owned. 55 150 150 100 20 162 75 130 120 66 70 71 90 50 50 483 50 ISO 190 21 50 100 100 95 200 44 100 85 53 1 '' 100 634 100 90 150 74 100 200 60 100 Lot on which bouse Is located. 23 in 8 11 in 8 12 in 8 23 in 5 15 in 5 23 in 6 10 in 6 18 in 8 17 & 18 in 11 11 in 12 4 in 5 3 in 2 19 & 20 in 10? 23 in 10 3 in 3 14 in 2 16 30 17 in 14 16 11 17 4 in 4 16 16 14 17 7 9 15 in 5 in 5 1 &2? in 6 in 4 in 3 in 13 & 14 in 5 in 9 in 10 in 5 in 7 in 11 in 3 in 6 in 9 1 in 10 20 in 9 & 10 ? 9 in 6 15 in 12 13 in 1 14 in 10 17 in 5 3 & 4 in 13 ? 6 in 10 Valuation of house. 175. 180. 120. 200. 70. 150. 80. •80. 30. 150. 40. 71. 10. 10. 10. 400. 30. 300. 70. 250. 40. ? 125. 0. 150.1 70. ! 200. I 15. 0. 120. 65. 350. 80. 80. 110. 200. 120. 200. 40. 40. Other land owned. 33 in 9 8 in 9 10 in 9 14 & 15 in 4 9 in 3 & ? 9 in 6 18 in 7 4iB 1 14&15inl&15 19 in 3 & 13 & 14 in 3 & 16 in 4 & 13 in 11 31 in 5 13 in 4 16 in 7 2 & 3 in 10 & 1 & 2 in 9 & 1 & Sin 8 10 in 5 14 in 1 15 in 10 (?) OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS OF HOUSES, 1798. 183 TABLE I. {Continued.) Names or owu-sRa and OCCUPAMTS. Ebenezer Phillips 100 Elijah Phillips 40 Edward Platts 100 Ebenezpr Potter 100 Job Pratt . . . .... 55 John Pratt* 1 ? 156 Levi & Silas Pratt 160 Moses Pratt 300 Reuben Pratt 264 • Hiram Preseott 130 Peter Preseott 100 David Pushee 37 James Reed 366 Hinds Reed occ Phinehas Reed 99 70 Abijah Richardson 150 Rhoda Richardson 150 Timothy Richardson . . . 170 Jonas Robeson 3 Walter Capron occ Samuel Rockwood 180 tEphraim Root ) Obil Fassett occ : ) 309 Jacob Sargeant 100 David Saunders 87 Ebenezer Saunders 50 Selectmen of F itz willi am 35 Barakiah Scott 166 Benjamin Scott 25 Benoni ShurtlefE 135 Calvin Smith 140 Daniel Smith 120 20 Otis Starkey occ William Starkey 200 Abner Stone 100 Total No. o( acres owned. Lot on which house is located. 15 in 5 in 18 in 6 in 6 in ? 12 in 1 & 3 in 2 ? 6 & 7 in 2 ? 10 in 1 5 in 10 8 in 11 10 in 2 16 in 9 12 & 13 in 7 ? 16 in 8 15 in 5 11 in 9 6 in 8 8 &4ia 11 ? 2 & 3 in 11 ? 28 in 8 17 in 9 Win 7 1 23 19 4 16 15 15 10 18 20 in &21 21 in &30 9 Valuation of house. in 13 in 5 in 11 in 10 in 3 in 3 in 6 in 12 in 11 11&30 in 12 11 & 19 in 13 in 1 30. 110. 130. 15. 60. 130. 200. 75. 60. 80. 40. 50. 45. 60. 80. 200. 800. t 60. 200. 70. 50. 300. 135. 130. 130. X 175. 120. 40. 0. 80. 40. 700. 1 140. 5. 150. 150. 160. 800. J Other land owned. 6 in 3 10 in 2 & 16 & 17 in 3 6 in 3 11 & 13 in 1 & 10, 11 & 13 in 2 & 17 in 3 6 in 11 12 in 6 15 in 4 & 6 6 in 9 17 & 18 in 10 33 in 11 & 13 15 in 8 14 in 6 & 15 in 7 9 in 12 14 in It * Lot and range not given. Mr. Crosby's description Is " S. east part of the town not on any road, nor ever will be." 184 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. TABLE I. (Oontinued.y NAMBB or OWNBBB A»D OCCUPAMTS. Hezekiah Stone James SI one Jason & Samuel Stone. . Joseph Stone Samuel Stone Abijah Stowell Thomas Stratton t Swan* ) Nathan Wheeler occ . j John Sweetland John Sweetland Michael Sweetser James Taylor Thomas Tolman Samuel Tower Jacob Townsend Nathan Townsend Nathan Townsend Jr. . . Reuben Underwood. . . . Asa Waite Robert Ware Abijah Warner Nathaniel Warner Silas Warner Silas Wheeler Francis Whitcomb Oliver Whitcomb Stephen White tisaac Whitmore Joel Whitney John & Jona. Whitney, John Whittemore Artemas Wilson Nathaniel Wilson , Caleb Winch Joseph Winch Mathew Withington . . . Jonas Woods Aaron WrigW Ebenezer Wright Joel Wright , Total No. of acres owned. 180 68 100 100 152 80 125 1 ? 78 50 65 70 63 303 75 140 30 60 100 65 190 50 100 80 76 66 50 100 100 200 16 160 154 320 77 100 97 190 140 80 Lot on which house is located. 9 in Sin 18 in 7 in 13 in 30 in 5 in ? 32 in 11 &13 23 in 10 4 in 10 4 in 1 28 in 9 13 in 8 10 in 10 10 in 8 11 in 10 5 in 9 3 in 14 in 5 in 4 in 3 in 16 in 12 3 & 3 in 8 ? 10 & 11 in 12? 13 in 12 3 in 1 & 3 ? 6 in 12 30 in 8 & in 9 ? lain 6 7 in 8 3 & 4 in 9 ? 33 in 6 19 31 in 6 17 in 4 13 in 7 18 in 9 16 in 6 15 in 11 Valuation of house 75. 15. 50. 80. 200. 60. 200. 300. 60. 10. 135. 5. 300. t 180. 45. 175. 0. ? 60. 40. 300. I 0. 10. 40. 30. ? 60. 60. 40. 350. t 15. 130. 200. 40. 180. 80. S 130. 225. 180. 60. Other land owned. 9 in 5 in 7 & 9 in 8 13 in 5 4 in 8 one IS jr. 22 in 10 ► 9 in 9 & 13 in 6 &10 10 in 7 6 in 1 & 5 in 2 6 in 8 & 4 in 9 32 in 7 & 33 in 5 re it is rndtioned that tbe HouSe'give 234 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. orders that the Treasurer receive said Recepts and Credit the town of Siirry for the same, which the Treasurer is ready to do upon receiving the order. Portsmouth, Feb ye 33. 1786. Lemuel Holmes. Surry, Capt. Giddings returned 3600 lbs of Beef. There was a discrepancy between the beef accounts of the State Treasurer and the Collector in regard to the amount fur- nished by Surry, on account of which disagreement Surry had received no credit for beef furnished in 1781, and the object of this motion was to enable the accounts to be properly set- tled. Mr. Mellen was a man of large business capacity, but in 1780 the whole of the county of Cheshire was assigned to him as the Collector of nearly or quite two hundred thousand pounds of beef from thirty-two towns, as the county was then constituted. In discharging the duties of such an office, it is not surprising that he occasionally made a mistake. A little later Colonel Daniel Webster was associated with Mr. Mellen to visit every town in the county that was deficient in this matter of beef supply. In the next call for beef for the army, which was made in 1781, Cheshire County was required to furnish the amount of two hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred and forty-eight pounds. New Hampshire was called upon to furnish at this time one million, four hundred thousand pounds. Much effort has been made, by consulting the town records, the rolls of the men from New Hampshire who were in the Kevolutionary War, and the recorded and traditionary history of families and individuals, to give a complete list of the soldiers from Fitzwilliam who were in the Continental ser- vice, and, as far as possible, of the companies and regiments to which they belonged. The attempt has been a difficult one, and probably not wholly successful, for the following reasons : 1. During all the earlier years of the war the regiments were designated, not by numbers as now, but by the names of their colonels ; and the companies were known in like man- ner by the names of their captains, so that, with a change of the higher officers for any reason, it became extremely difficult FITZWILLIAM MEN IN EEVOLUTIONART WAR. 235 to learn the position or follow tlie' fortunes of any individual soldier. 2. The men were frequently transferred from one company or regiment to another, and companies were often detached from their regiments for some special service, and, thus scat- tered, were never reunited. " '6. The rolls were often kept on detached sheets of paper rather than in books, and these papers were easily mislaid or lost. In some cases names are spelled so differently as to make the identification difficult. MEN FEOM FITZWILLIAM WHO SERVED IN THE EEVOLUTIONAEY WAR. Explanations. The names that appear upon the Revolutionary rolls, pub- lished by the State, are printed in Koman type ; those ob- tained from other sources are in italics. The other sources are stated in the proper places. In a few cases where the other sources make the identification more satisfactory names are given in italics, though found upon the Revolutionary rolls. These rolls, in most- cases, do not give the soldier's place of residence, but where they do, the names are printed in LAEGE CAPITALS. The names of those who are well known as belonging to Fitzwilliam are given in small capi- tals. The names of such as have been recognized as belong- ing to this town by identity of name and other concurring evidence are given in This Type. References. A. In the battle of Bunker Hill. Of these Zadock Dodge was in Captain Marcy's company, Hinds Reed was in Cap- tain Hinds's company, the others were in Captain Whit- comb's company, all in the regiment of Colonel James Reed. Twenty-three in number. B. In Captain Joseph Parker's company ; joined the northern arniy at Ticonderoga. Mustered in July 18th, 1TT6. Five in number. t 236 HIST0KT OF FITZWLLLIAH. C. In Captain AbiJaJi Sniith's company, for iN'-ew York. Mustered, September 21st, 1776. Four in number. D. In Massachusetts regiments as stated, in 1775 and 1776. Five in numb^. E. In expedition against Canada under Colonel Benedict Arnold. All but Joseph Potter were in Captain Ward's company. Seven in number. F. In 1777 Fttzwilliam returned eight men for three years, or the war. James lieed, Jr., was returned as from Jaffrey, but belonged in Fitzwilliam. Nine men in all. Boynton, Squire, and the two Dodges were in Captain Clayes' company, and the Burbees in Captain Blodgett's company, all in Colonel Hale's regiment. Boynton and the Dodges continued in the company and regiment when Colonel Keid was in command. The Burbees were transferred to the southern army. G. In Captain Josiali Brown's company for Ticonderoga, 'N. Y. Marched, May eth, 1777. Three men. John Chamberlain was second lientenant in Captain Scott's com- pany. Four men in all ; service forty-two days. H. To reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga on the alarm of June, 1777. In Captain John Mellen's company, which marched from Fitzwilliam and towns adjacent, twenty-four men. Silas Angier went in Captain Drur/s company. Twenty-five men in all. Little or no actual service Ml to their lot. I. In Colonel Nichols's regiment at the battles of Benning- ton and Stillwater. Of the eight men in the list, Foster was in Captain Parker's company, Starkey and Wilson in Captain Wright's company, and the others in Captain Sal- mon Stone's company. Captain Stone belonged to ■Rindg.e, and hie company marched^ July 2l8t, 1777. Their time of service was two mouths and five days. Ebenezer Potter was a corporal in Captain Stone's company, and it was at this time that his famous capture of the Hessians was made. In the battle of Bennington the American forces numbered about seventeen hundred and fifty, and of these ISew Hamip- [ shire furnished not far from one thousand, Vermont about t EXPIiAITATIOlT OF TABLES. 337 five hundred, aud Western Massaekusetts two hundred and fifty ; and it was just before' this battle that General Stark made the harangue to his troops whidti has become historical. Now, my men, yonder are the Hessiass. They were bought, for seven pounds tenpence a man. Are you worth more ? Prove it. To-night the American flag floats over yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow. J. In Colonel Moore's regiment to join the army at Saratoga Caiptain Lewis's company marehed from Marlborough in September, 1777. Samuel Kendall held the office of en- sign. Time of service t Wenty-se ven days ; • three men. Silas Angier went in Captain Drury's company. Time of ser- vice twenty-eight days ; total, four men. K. In Colonel Enoch Hale's regiment, August, 1778, for ser- vice in Ehode Island. John Mellen was quartermaster on Colonel Hale's staff. Nine men went in Captain James Lewis's company, John Angier serving as lieutenant. Time of service twenty-three days. Daniel Gould went in another company and served twenty-four days ; total, eleven men. L. Oth«r soMiers in Ehode Island service in 1778 and 1779. Sylvanus Reed was adjutant on Colonel Peabody's stafiE. Four men ; service as stated in the list. M. Enlisted for the war, July 15th, 1779. Two men. N. Enlisted, July, 1780, as by memorandum in the town records. Winch, Harris, and Rice enlisted for six months and served five months and a half. Winch received fifteen pounds bounty, and Harris and Rice each twelve pounds. The others enlisted for three months and served three months and a half. Brigham received nine pounds bounty, and the others eight pounds. Ten men in all. 0. Enlisted in 1781 and 1782. Rice and Hadley enlisted in 1781 for three months. Rice received six pounds bounty , and Hadley probably the same. Patrick enlisted in 1782, and it does not appear what bounty he had. All the others enlisted in 1781 forthree years, or the war, and each received twenty pounds bounty. In a letter to the selectmen of Fitzwilliam in 1832, Rice states the bounty he received at 238 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLI AM. this time at twenty doHars. All these bounties were paid in specie. Nine men in all. P. Other items from the published Kevolutionary rolls. Ser- vice as entered to each man. Five men. Q. Died in the service. From Rev. Mr. Brigham's list of deaths in the chareh records : Nine men. At least two others died in the service, Joseph Fassett and Captain Elijah Clays. Summary of men as stated, one hundred and forty-four. As several enlisted and served more than once, the number of different persons in the list is eighty-eight. Names. Service. Lieut. John Angiek B H K. was Serg't in Capt. Parker's Co and Lieut, in Capt. Lewis' Co Silas Angier GH J EDWARD ARNOLD AE Solomon Badcock H ABNBR BALL D I In Capt Oliver Capron's Co. Col. Doolittle's (Mass) Reg. at Winter Hill Mass Oct 1775 JOHN BARKER A E F The last service was in Col. Alden's (Mass) Reg. Serg't AMOS BOYNTON A E P Serg't in both Capt Whit- comb's and Capt Clays' Cos. Job Boynton H Alpheus Brigham C Asa Brigham H J Leonard Brigham B Lyman Brigham N Stephen Brigham A PETER BURBEE P Q. Died June 1778 at Phila- delphia age 49 ? yrs PETER BURBEE JR F Q d Aug 1778 at Philadel- phia age 17 ? yrs Lieut JOHN CHAMBERLAIN D G In Capt W° Warner's Co Col J Whitney's (Mass) Reg. Dec 1776 / 1st. Lieut in Capt Whit- / comb's Co at Bunker Hill, y prom. Capt. Nov 17. 1776 \ when Col Nathan Hale Capt ELIJAH CLAYES ) commanded the Reg. ■^ \ Was in command of the I Reg. after Col. Hale was / taken prisoner. Wounded 1 in battle from which he d. \ Nov 15. 1779 FITZWILLIAM MEN IN KEVOLXJTIONAEY SEEVICE. 239 ITahkb. Service. Jesse Cheney , . . JOHN DODGE A Serg't ZADOCK DODGE A P Serg't in Capt Clays' Co H Moses Drury Abel Estabrook ACGH Paul Fai"naworth JOHN FARRAR N Son of Maj John Farrar G H J L Served 3 m 7 ds in Serg't Joseph Farrar William Farrar JOSEPH FAS8ETT R. I. in 1778 as Serg't J A E M Deserted at Battle of Enoch Foster Bunker Hill— Is said to have died in the service — Is sup- posed to have been a nephew of Dea. John Fassett " N JAMES FOSTER I . Joseph Foster Sufus Fvecfffia/ii D In Lt. Perkin's Co Col. Grid- ley's (Mass) Reg. at "Winter Hill Sept 1775 N B DANIEL GOULD KL Served 34 days in 1778 DANIEL GOULD JR ScbTifiuBl Graces . . . ^ and 6 m 7 ds in 1779-80 Q Dec 30. 1776 found dead in the woods between Charles- town N H and Ticonderoga N. Y. John Harrington Jo8H0A Harrington HK AHK BENJAMIN HARRIS Joseph Harris Stephen Harris Joseph Hemenway PtTTWP.AS WTTTnTITWR . L N Served 6 m 36 ds in R. I. P in Col Reid's Regt 3d Co HP In service in Rhode Island in 1778. In Capt Ephraim Stone's Co. under Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb in 1780 H H Ensigr Raiwttit.t, KmismAi.Ti H J A Amos Knight C K John Lock Daniel Mellen H H Capt JOHN MELLEN HK EzEKiEL Mixer BH Serg't Naihcm Mixer H I Q promoted sergeant July 31. 1777 d Aug 16 1777 killed in battle of Bennington MO HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. Nahss. JOSEPH MUZZEY. William Kurse Joseph Nurse ....... Samuel Osborn .... BUFUS PATRICK. Samvd Patrick Uttvid Perry henut pidge Serg't Natlmn PhttU Ebenbzbh Pottek . Capt. JOSEPH POTTER. Col Hinds Reed JAMES REED James Reed jr SYLVANUS REED... ABRAHAM RICE. Ensign Jonas Bice. STEPHEN RICHARDSON. Joseph 8cott DANIEL SQUIRE Peter Starkey Samuel Stone Benjamin Tolman EBENEZER TOLMAN , William Tolman , Samuel Treadwell MdmuTid Trowbridge Service. M HK H K O mustered July 15, 1783 HN B Q d Sept 20. 1776 at Mt In- dependence In Capt Daniel Barnes' Co, Col Ward's Reg. D Page? (Maas) Reg. Sept 1775 Q d July 1776 at Crown Point H I Corporal in Capt Stone's Co : serg't in Capt. Mellen's Co A E later a Caiptain. com'd 3d Lieut. Nov 7. 1776. promoted quartermastei Aug 33. 1778 A A F A L Serg't in Capt Whitcomb's Co at battle of Bunker Hill. Adjutant in Col. Peabody's Reg. Jan. 6. 1778. N O Enlisted for 6 mo's in 1780 and 3 mo's in 1781— was 16 yrs old at first enlistment Q d July 35. 1776 at Port George O P Enlisted Apr 1. 1777 for 3 years in Capt William Ellis' Co: Col. Scammell's Reg. — Enlisted July 5 1780 in Capt Josepb Kidder's Co. Col. Nichols' Reg. for West Point N. Y. Served 3 m 18 days N F I P was in Capt Peter Page's Co, Col Nichols' Reg. for West Point N. Y. Service at this time July 6. 1780 to Oct 4. 1780 AIK AE A A Q d Dec 36. 1776 in New Jer- sey KEVOLUTIONART ACCOUNTS AND VOUCHEES. 241 Names. Service. Corp.l LUTHER TROWBRIDGE.... Moses Ware , AE Q d. Oct 1. 1776 at Ticonderoga N At first enlistement was STEPHEN WHITE JOHN WHITNEY 16 years old. A F H. Was for a time in John Whitney 3d Col. Bigelow's (Mass) Reg. Samuel Wilson , Joseph Winch .... A I P In Capt Ephraim Stone's Co. under Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb in 1780 Enlisted Mar, 31. 1781 SAMUEL WINCH I KN Corp. WILLIAM WITHINGTON. . . D H K In Capt William War- ner's Co. Col. J. Whitney's (Mass) Reg Dec 1776 It is stated that Ebenezer Boutelle, Hezekiah Scott, Hum- phrey Silk and Caleb Winch served in the Revolutionary Army from Fitzwilliam, but they have not yet been identified in the Revolutionary Rolls, and the traditions concerning them are not sufficiently definite to Justify placing their names in. the foregoing list. Few of the particular accounts and vouchers appertaining to the expenses of Fitzwilliam in the Revolutionary War can now be found, and probably most of them were destroyed by fire in 1785, but the originals of the following have been recovered among a mass of miscellaneous papers at the State House. State of New Hampshire to the Selectmen of Fitzwilliam Dr. 1779, July 18. To cash paid Daniel Gould a soldier inlisted in Col. Mooney's Regiment for the defence of Rhode Island, six months. Bounty £30. Travel 90 miles to Providence £9. pr Rec' £39-0-0. Received an order on the Treasurer for Thirty Nine pounds, pr John Mellen one of the Selectmen. State of New Hampshire to the Selectmen of Fitzwilliam Dr. 1779, July. To cash paid Joseph Fassett & Joseph Muzzey, two sol- diers inlisted in the Continental Army for one year. State Bounty £60 each. £130. Received an order on the Treasurer for One Hundred and twenty pounds. per John Mellen, one of the Selectmen. 16 242 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. Aa account of Town Bounties paid by the Town of Fitzwilliam to the following soldiers inlisted in the Continental Army for three years. Viz 1777 Feb. Amos Boynton Capt. Clayes Co. £24. 0. 0. " Zadock Dodge Do. 30. " John Dodge H 34. " Peter Barbe [Burbee] 14. 8. 0. 1778 Do. 9. 13. 0. 24. 1777 Peter Barbe, Jun. 14. 8. 0. 1778 Do. 9. 12. 0. 24. Daniel Squire Capt. Claye' sCo. 0. 0. 0. Fitzwilliam, Jan. 1780. The above soldiers inlisted for the Town of Fitzwilliam, and were paid the several sums set against their names. Attest John Mellen Selectman. Sworn to at Exeter March 9, 1780 before James Belton. To Mr. Thompson, Secretary for the Honorable Assembly of New Hampshire, Greeting. Agreeable to the order of Court April 7. 17sl Requiring of us to make a return of our Soldiers in the Continental Army by the 10th of June next, which soldiers' names are as follows viz. John Barker and Joseph Fassett engaged during the War some years ago. The names of those ingaged last March for the term of three years next ensuing the date are as follows viz. Stephen Richardson, John Farrar, Stephen White, Daniel Gould jr. and James Foster which have been mustered before the Superintendent at Keene soon after their engagements, as will be made to appear to you by his returns. Joseph Nichols, Levi Brigham, Josiah Hartwell, Selectmen For Fitz William. Fitzwilliam, May the 38. 1781. Fitzwilliam. 1 John Barker never joined. 3 Joseph Fassett Deserted 1780. 3 Stephen Richardson Must. Feb. 23. 1781. 4 John Farrar " April 3 " 5 Stephen White " Feb. 37. " 6 Daniel Gould Jr. " " 33 " 7 James Foster " " " " 8 Rufus Patrick July 15. 1783 Must, by B. Ellis. Certified Nov. 7. 1785. Prom Town Accounts. Fitzwilliam. Amos Boynton £31—16—10 Zadock Dodge 18 — 13 John Dodge 14 17 7 Peter Burbee 10 — 16 — 3 Peter Burbee Jr. 10 — 16 — 3 £76—18—9 DEPRECIATION OE THE CUERENCT. 243 July 16. 1782. Gave a certificate to James Reed per order from the. Selectmen. Fitzwilliam Account. Pay Roll to Cambridge in 1775 £32—19 Do to Royalton " 1780 5—11—6 £38—10—6. As the Continental currency depreciated in value, the towns to some extent attempted to compensate the soldiers for the re- duction. After a period of service the depreciation in Amos Boynton's pay amounted to two hundred and fifty pounds, four shillings and threepence ; in that of Zadok Dodge as private and sergeant, two hundred and eight pounds ; in John Dodge's, one hundred and seventy-nine pounds. In Colonel Hale's regiment, at a later period, Benjamin Har- ris, Samuel Winch, and Abraham Rice are reported. These three men appear to have enlisted in this regiment June 28th, 1780, and to have been discharged December dth of the same year. They were allowed nine days' travel " to come home." Time of service about five and one half months each. Pay, seven hundred and forty-one pounds nine shillings each. Al- lowed for blankets, three hundred and thirty-five pounds each. Travel out ninety-five miles, allowed for it fifty-seven pounds. Advanced by the State fifty-seven pounds each. Due when discharged about eleven hundred pounds each. (This was when the currency was greatly depreciated.) March 10th, 1780, the State of New Hampshire made pro- vision to pay non-commissioned officers who served three years five hundred dollars each " toward depreciation, " and privates four hundred dollars each for the same term of service. Account of Fitzwilliam for Bounties. Jan. 5. Baldwin's Regiment 7 men in 1776 £32. 6s Feb. 7. Continental soldiers 8 " " 1777 141.13 " 19. Stark's Brigade 3 " " " 10.5 July 10. Continental Soldiers 2 " "1779 34. " 23. Nichols' Reg 7 " "1780 57. " 31. New Levies 3 " " " 39. " 15. Continental service 5 " "1781 506. " 17 " " 1 " " 1782 60. For 36 men. Total £860—3— 244 HISTOKY OF EITZWILLIAM. It is probable that this account includes only those who en- listed for three years or the war. From a comparison of the dates, and other particulars, it would seem that some of these soldiers, cannot be identified with any whose names are given in the preceding list. The following identifications, however, are doubtless correct. The eight under date February 7th, 1777, are those marked F in the list, excepting James Reed, Jr. The two of July 10th, 1779, are marked M. The six in 1781 and 1782 are included in those marked O in the list. These bounties are all evidently stated on a specie basis. " Quarter Master Isaac Frye's Return. Col. Reed's Reg. account of rations issued eadi 3 or 4 days from July 1. to Aug. 4. 1776. 549—546—559—558—559—532—545—547—547—537," showing a remarkable uniformity in numbers. At the same time in the colonel's mess ten were always present, in the other messes fifteen once, sixteen on all the other days. In the report of deserters, July 11th, 177(5, there are given their names, size, age, complexion, the Government to which they belonged, and the names of the captains of the companies from which they deserted. Steplien Harris was in service in Rhode Island. In March, 1779, the town voted " to pay Stephen Harris for Continental Service," and at the same meeting " allowed 22 pounds paid to Stephen Harris last summer for his services in Rhode Island." Pitzwilliam April y« 30th 1781. Mr. Treasurer Winch. Please to pay Nathaniel Muzzey Seventeen Hundred and seventy pounds five shillings and Six pence which we find due to him on accompt of his son's years' service (allowing him Ninety for one). Joseph Nichols ■, Selectmen of Josiah Hartwell \ Pitzwilliam. Upon the back of this order there are four receipts, for par- tial payment, the last of which is as follows : Pitzwilliam August the 10 ye 1783. Receivd of the within order, the sum of four pounds sixteen shillings of Silver Money. I say, re- ceived By me. Nathaniel Muzssey. Arnold's expedition into Canada. 245 Many of tlie old receipts observed this form, repeating the receipt with the emphatic " I say." The order above shows how alarmingly great the deprecia- tion of the currency was in 1Y81. In the year 1YT5 General Arnold was dispatched from the vicinity of Boston up the Kennebec River, and across what is now the State of Maine, with the hope of taking Quebec by surprise. Among his soldiers was Ebenezer Potter, of Fitz- william. The expedition was a miserable failure. Arnold's troops suffered terribly from hiinger and fatigue, and many of them died from starvation and exposure. Mr. Potter endured fifteen days' hard marching with no food but a part of a part- ridge and a quarter of a red squirrel. An Englishman among Arnold's soldiers deserted, and revealed the plans of the divi- sion to which Mr. Potter belonged, and the result was that he and his companions were captured, and remained prisoners, under the hardest experience, till the spring following. Other men from Fitzwilliam were in the same expedition, viz., Luther Trowbridge, age twenty, Cordwainer ; Ebenezer Tol- man, age twenty-seven, Carpenter ; Edward Arnold, age twenty-four ; Amos Boynton, age thirty-three ; John Barker, age nineteen, and Joseph Fassett, age nineteen. Of the ex- perience of these we have no record. A number of men who served in the Revolutionary "War from other towns and States became, soon after its close, resi- dents of Fitzwilliam, and identified at once with all its inter- ests, among whom were Judge ISTahum Parker, from Shrews- bury, Joseph Forristall, of BLolliston, Samuel Patch, of Stow, Captain Needham Maynard, of Framingham, each of Massa- chusetts, Matthias Felton, and others. The names of such persons appear in a number of cases upon the list of Fitzwill- iam pensioners. Eev. John Sabin in his historical lecture delivered in 1836, said, though the War eniied 54 years ago yet this town has now in it 18 pen- sioners. In 184:2, he said, in a revised lecture, 246 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. this band is much diminished now though four or Sve are left and show how little strength can combat with time. In a list of pensioners in 1840, found in the public library of Natick, Mass. , these ten names appear under the head Fitzwilliam N. H. For Revolutionary or Military Service. Names of Pensioners. Age. Heads of Families. Leonard Colburn 44 , .Leonard Colburn. Matthias Felton 84 Matthias Felton. Joel Whitney 80 Benjamin B. Morse. Joel Miles 84 Noah Miles. Ebenezer Potter 91 Ebenezer Potter, Jr. John Shirley 85 Henry Shirley. Nathan Smith 76 Nathan Smith. Artemas Wilson 83 Benjamin Wilson. Stephen White 78 Silas White. Sarah Whitney 92 David Whitney. The lirst on this list, Leonard Colburn, served in the War of 1812-14. The other nine plainly received pensions for service, either personally or by a husband, in the Revolution- ary War. Six of the ten above-named appear to have served upon the quotas of other towns, as their names do not appear upon the lists of Fitzwilliam soldiers. Seven of the ten were, in 1840, doubtless in the families of their children or other relatives. The following additional names are from other sources, principally from a list of pensioners found with the papers of Dr. Cummings : Oliver Damon Nahum Parker Benoni Foster Nathaniel Phillips Luna Foster Samuel Stone Benoni Foster probably served in the War of 1812, and the others in the Revolutionary War. None of these were resi- dents of Fitzwilliam when they performed the service for which they received the pension. MRS. ABIGAL CLAYS' PETITION. 247 Elijah Clays (or Oloyes), as appears in this record of service, entered the army at a very early date, and was commissioned as a captain November Yth, 1776. He is reported in the Eevolutionary Rolls as dead " of wounds" some time in No- vember, 1119. After the close of the war his widow pre- sented the following petition : The Hon" Counsel and House of Representatives of the State of New- Hampshire in Geeneral Court Assembled. The Humble petition of Abigail Clays, widow of the late Captain Elijah Clays deceased of the 2'' Regiment of the New Hampshire Line. Urged by her distressed situation ; begs your attention : as she is left with a family of small children without any other means of Subsistence but her own Industry, for there support. Impelled by these Circum- stances and the Horrid Idea of want, being fully impressed that the Honorable Body before (whom) this her petition will be laid, supported by there natural feelings as well as Justice and Humanity towards those in distress ; will exert every nerve for so desirable an end ; as to soften as far as in their power the distress incident to the widows and Father- less : and Consequently extend their generosity towards her by a grant of half pay agreeable to an Act of Congress of May 1778 in such cases made and provided and renewed and extended the 34th of August 1780 which will enable her to bring up her Children in some degree of decency and live above contempt, resting assured of your strict atten- tion to this her Petition. Your Petitioner As in duty bound shall forever pray. Abigal Clays. It is plain that the State endeavored to make reasonable compensation for the depreciation of the currency in which the soldiers were paid. Samuel Kendall, who presented the following petition in behalf of Mr. Eeed, was representative to the Legislature or " General Assembly" at the time. To the General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire now sitting at Portsmouth. Humbly Shews. Sylvanus Reed of Fitzwilliam in the s* State. That he served as adjutant of a Battalion of Troops raised in this State for the defence of the New England states &c and Com- manded by Lieut Col° Stephen Peabody Esqr as appears by the Com- mission herewith presented. That your Petitioner is informed some 248 HI8T0EY OF FITZWILLIAM. allowance has been mad those Officers on acc't of the Depreciating of the money they were paid in. Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that your Honors will order such Depreciation to be paid to your Petitioner as is Customary in Such Cases. And as in duty bound shall ever pray &c Dated Feb'y 3'' 1786 Samuel Kendall in behalf of the Petitioner. This petition was granted February 21st, 1786. Mrs. Clays received a captain's half-pay for seven years, re- ceiving at one time the pay for five years, and afterward for the other two years. The half-pay was seventy-two pounds a year, or two hundred and forty dollars, at six shillings to the dollar. General Keed was paid eleven hundred and sixty-two pounds, ten shillings in 1Y86, but it cannot be stated whether it was all on account of half -pay, or whether a part of the payment was an allowance for depreciation. THE WAK OF 1812-14. Early in the present century the great mass of our country- men were far from being satisfied with the course of Great Britain relative to many international matters, but io New England, generally, the condition of affairs was not regarded as sufiBciently serious to justify the declaration of war on the part of our Government. For this reason what is called " the War of 1812" was, throughout all this region, extremely un- popular, and while the leading jnen were disposed to avoid most studiously everything approaching treasonable acts, the determination was general to bring the struggle to an end as soon as it could be done in a constitutional manner. September 14th, 1812, the town chose Elder Arunah Allen, Thomas Stratton, and Phinehas Eeed, Esq., as delegates to a county convention, the object of which was to consult and de- vise measures proper to be pursued under the existing circum- stances. All the votes of the town when these delegates were appointed were most carefully worded, and give no indication of a rebellious spirit. SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF 1812-1814. 249 At a town meeting held July 20tli, 1812, the principal article in the warrant was To see what additional wages the town will give to the soldiers who are detached from said town provided they are called into actual ser- vice, and to act thereon as they shall think proper ; and it was Voted to makeup to each drafted Soldier ten dollars per month if called into actual sfervice, including what each man shall receive from the gov- ernment. At that time volunteers were numerous, and it does not ap- pear that any formal call for troops had been issued. More than two years later, viz., October 3d, 1814, the town Voted and granted that (to) each soldier detached from the militia of this town, or that may be detached before the next annual meeting shall be made up the sum of fifteen dollars, including what they may receive from the State. This meeting followed a call for troops for the defence of Portsmouth, but the records do not mention the number re- quired from Fitzwilliam or how they were raised. Receipts on file give us the names of the Fitzwilliam men who were in the service of the Government as follows : Daniel Forristall, Jotham Wood, J. Taylor, Levi Streeter, John Stone, Second, Eichard Kimball, Jr., "William Farrar, Samuel Graves, David Graves, John Twitchell, S. Eedfield, Alvah Godding, Calvin Chase, John Bennett, Elisha Drurey, Jonas Pushee. Sixteen men. And it is believed this is the full number that went from this town. Kimball and Pushee re- ceived six dollars each, advanced pay, the others each four dollars. Six of the receipts are dated September 15th, 1814, while the date of ten others is September 30th, 1814. The soldiers from this part of the State were under the command of Captain Marsh, of Chesterfield, and Daniel Forristall of this town was a lieutenant in the company. A copy of Mr. Forristall's receipt is given. Fitzwilliam Sept. 30. 1814. Reed of the Town of Fitzwilliam four dollars as advanced pay for my service as a detached Officer by the Governor of the State of New Hampshire. Daniel Forristall. 250 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. Mr. Eedfield receipted not only for his advanced pay, but also for his accoutrements, as follows : Fitzwilliam Sept the 15. 1814. This day received one gun and Banent cartrage Box, Scabbord and Belt of the Town of Fitzwilliam which I promis to return to said town in three months if I return if not as soon as I do return if not deprived of them before I can return received by me S. Kedfield, CHAPTER XL TOWN OFFICERS— APPROPRIATIONS— VOTERS. Town Officers, 1773-1886— Votes for state Executive, 1781-1888— Town Ap- propriations — Financial Summary — Funding tlie Town Debt— Cheek Lists — For List of Superintending School Committees see Chapter XIII., Educational. TN the last century, as well as in the early part of the pres- -^ ent, the constable was an officer of considerable importance, filling, perhaps, a more prominent position than the deputy sheriff of the present day, except that his powers did not ex- tend beyond the limits of the town. Two or three constables were generally chosen at each annual meeting, but as the records do not show who qualified and who did not, no list of them is here given. The collector was usually one of the per- sons chosen, and doubtless he always qualified. TEEASTJKEES. 1773. Unknown. 1841-43. Daniel Spaulding. 1774-76. John Mellen. 1843^7 .John Kimball. 1777. Asa Brigham. 1848-49 . John Wood. 1778-80. Samuel Patrick. 1850-51 .Milton Chaplin. 1781. Caleb "Winch. 1853. Nelson Howe. 1782-88. Samuel Patrick. 1853. Daniel Spaulding. 1784. Sylvanus Reed. 1854. Jonathan S. Adams. 1785. Abner Stone. 1855. Thomas W. Whittemore 1786-89. Sylvanus Reed. 18-56. Charles C. Carter. 1790. Nathan Townsend. 1857. Aaron N. Townsend. 1791-94. John Passett. 1858-59. Josiah E. Carter. 1795-1834. Samuel Griffin. 1860. Curtis R. Crowell. 1835. John J. Allen. 1861-63 .Charles C. Carter. 1836. Dexter Whittemore. 1863-65 .Amos A. Parker. 1837-35. Robinson Perkins. 1866-86. John M. Parker. 1836-38. Daniel Spaulding. 1887. D. W. Fiimin. 1839^0. Dexter Whittemore. 252 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. TOWN OFPIOBES. MODERATORS. TOWN CLERKS. EBPRESBNTATIVES. 1773 James Reed. 1774 James Eeed. u 1775 Joseph Hemenway. John Locke. Rev. Beni. Brigham. 1776 Maj. John Farrar. Maj. John Farrar. t 1777 Maj. Asa Brigham. John Mellen. t 1778 Capt. John Mellen. Samuel Patrick. Capt. John Mellen. 1779 (( u John Mellen, Esq. 1780 (t u 1781 u li Abner Stone. 1783 u u Joseph Nichols. 1783 (( u Elisha Whitcomb. 1784 Lieut. Caleb Winch. u Samuel Kendall. 1785 Abner Stone. Sylvanus Reed. a 1786 Sam. Kendall, Esq. it a 1787 " Isaac Moors Farwell. Lieut. Caleb Winch. 1788 Dea. John Locke. u (t. 1789 Col. Sylvanus Reed. * u Abner Stone. 1790 (t Sylvanus Reed. (( 1791 Abner Stone. 11 li 1793 Samuel Kendall. u u 1793 " ({ Xahum Parker, 1794 it p. C. Grosvener. (( 1795 Nahum Parker. Thomas Goldsmith. u 1796 a li (( 1797 t( 11 ({ 1798 ti 11 u 1799 " Dr. Luke Lincoln. u 1800 11 Thomas Goldsmith. (( 1801 u 11 >' 1802 a 11 u 1803 ti 11 ({ 1804 Dea. Oliver Damon. 11 Phinehas Reed. 1805 Nahum Parker. a (( 1806 " " Kahum Parker. 1807 (( u Erasmus Butterfield. 1808 Jonas Robeson. 11 Thomas Stratton. 1809 Dea. Oliver Damon. Moses Van Doom. u 1810 u li u 1811 (( ti t< 1812 u u Samuel Griffin. 1813 It t( u 1814 Lt. Charles Bowker. (( u 1815 L. Chapman, Esq. 11 (C 1816 1817 1 1 Hon. Nahum Parker. 11 John Whittemore. L. Chapman, Esq. 1818 (t u Samuel Griffin. 1819 n u Jonas Robeson. 1830 a 11 Dr. T. Richardson. 1821 li Luke B. Richardson. Levi Chamberlain. SELECTMEN, 1773-1821. 253 TOWN OFFICERS. SELBCTMBN. 1773 John Mellen, Edward Kendall, Joseph Grow. 1774 James Reed, John Mellen, Levi Brigham. 1775 John Mellen, Levi Brigham, John Locke. 1776 John Mellen, Asa Brigham, Levi Brigham. 1777 John Mellen, John Locke, Samuel Patrick. 1778 John Mellen, Levi Brigham, John Fassett. 1779 John Mellen, Caleb Winch, Joseph Brown. 1780 * Caleb Winch, Bphraim Boynton, Nathan Townsend. 1781 Joseph Nichols, Levi Brigham, Josiah Hartwell. 1783 Josiah Hartwell, Samuel Kendall, Sjlvanus Reed. 1783 Caleb Winch, Calvin Clark, Ephraim Boynton. 1784 Caleb Winch, Calvin Clark, Josiah Hartwell. 1785 John Fassett, Abner Stone, Abner Haskell. 1786 John Fassett, Abner Stone, Caleb Winch. 1787 Ephraim Boynton, James Brewer, Isaac Moors Farwell. 1788 Sylvanua Reed, Caleb Winch, Benjamin Wilson. 1789 Abner Stone, John Fassett, Stephen Brigham. 1790 Abner Stone, Nahura Parker, Abijah Richardson. 1791 Abner Stone, Nahum Parker, Matthias Felton. 1792 Abner Stone, Nahum Parker, Matthias Felton. 1793 Nahum Parker, Matthias Felton, Daniel Farrar. 1794 Caleb Winch, James Brewer, Jonas Gary. 1795 Caleb Winch, James Brewer, Jonas Gary. 1796 Caleb Winch, James Brewer, Jonas Gary. 1797 James Brewer, William Farrar, Thomas Goldsmith. 1798 James Brewer, Thomas Goldsmith, William Farrar. 1799 Caleb Winch, Oliver Damon, Abijah Richardson. 1800 Oliver Damon, James Brewer, Matthias Felton. 1801 Oliver Damon, James Brewer, Matthias Felton. 1803 Oliver Damon, Thomas Stratton, Nahum Howe. 1803 Oliver Damon, Nahum Howe, Arunah Allen. 1804 Oliver Damon, Arunah Allen, John White. 1805 Arunah Allen, John White, Joseph Brigham. 1806 Nahum Howe, Joseph Brigham, Charles Bowker. 1807 Nahum Howe, Joseph Brigham, Benjamin Eddy. 1808 Charles Bowker, Thomas Stratton, John Whittemore. 1809 Charles Bowker, Thomas Stratton, John Whittemore. 1810 Charles Bowker, Thomas Stratton, John Whittemore. 1811 Charles Bowker, Thomas Stratton, Joseph Brigham. 1812 Charles Bowker, Thomas Stratton, Joseph Brigham. 1813 Charles Bowker, Joseph Brigham, John Whittemore. 1814 Charles Bowker, Joseph Brigham, John Whittemore. 1815 Joseph Brigham, Matthias Feljon, John J. Allen. 1816 Joseph Brigham, John Whittemore, John J. Allen. 1817 Joseph Brigham, John Whittemore, John J. Allen. 1818 Joseph Brigham, John J. Allen, David Stone. 1819 Joseph Brigham, John 3. Allen, David Stone. 1820 John J. Allen, Robinson Perkins, Joel Hayden. 1831 John J. Allen, Robinson Perkins, Joel Hayden. 254 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. TOWN OFFICERS— (Continued). MODEEATOBS. TOWN CLERKS. KEPRESENTATIVES. 1823 Hod. Nahum Parker. Luke B. Richardson. Levi Chamberlain. 1833 (( (( a 1834 11 (( i( 1835 Levi Chamberlain. it (( 1836 11 li <( 1837 (1 Curtis Coolidge. 11 1838 li (( ti 1839 (( (4 David Stone. 1830 u tl (t 1831 Nahum Parker. it Joseph Briffham. 1833 Levi Chamberlain. u ii 1838 John Poster. ii John J. Allen. 1834 a 11 '( 1835 Ephraim Parker. n Daniel Spauldino^. 1836 Daniel T. Hayden. li tt ° 1837 (( it Curtis Coolidge. 1838 Amos A. Parker. it tl 1839 u Jos. A. Penniman. Amos A. Parker. 1840 n it (1 1841 ( t It u 1842 it Daniel Spaulding. ii 1843 1* it ii 1844 Calvin J. Parker. John P. Sabin. i( 1845 u * li Rev. John Sabin. 1846 u *Joel Hayden, Jr. Amos A. Parker. 1847 A. A. Parker. John J. Allen, Jr. - Jonathan S. Adams. Rufus B. Phillips. 1848 ' u (1 Amos A. Parker. 1849 Jonathan S. Adams. It John J. Allen, Jr. 1850 n u (( 1851 (( u Jonathan S. Adams. 1852 Amos A. Parker. ti (C 1858 Jonathan S. Adams. n Rufus B. Phillips. 1854 u * u Asa S. Kendall. 1855 Amos A. Parker. Aaron N. Townsend. John Kimball. 1856 J. S. Adams. 11 it 1857 (I P. S. Batcheller. John J. Allen, Jr. 1858 (f ii (C 1859 Silas Cummings. *John J. Allen, Jr. p. S. Batcheller. 1860 u i( li 1861 J. S. Adams. ii Josiah E. Carter. 1863 u + li (( 1863 ({ Joel Whittemore. Daniel Whitcomb. 1864 (( (t It 1865 1866 Silas Oummings. John M. Parker. li n George W. Catting. 1867 a Ira Bailey. William L. Gaylovd. 1868 ( i (( John N. Richardson. 1869 t* * (( K 1839 1833 1824 ISS.l 1836 1837 1H28 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 18?8 J 839 1840 1841 1843 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1853 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1863 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1868 1822-1869. 255 TOWN OFFICERS— (Co>i«m««i.) John J. Allen, Eobiuson Perkins, Joel Hayden. ' John J. Allen, Robinson Perkins, Joel Hayden. David Stone, William P. Perry, Samuel Pelch. David Stone, William P. Perry, Samuel Felch. David Stone, John J. Allen, Joseph Brigham. David Stone, John J. Allen, Joseph Brigham. David Stone, John J. Allen, Joseph Brigham. John J. Allen, Joseph Brigham, Daniel Spaulding. Joseph Brigham, Daniel Spaulding, Samuel Pelch. Daniel Spaulding, Samuel Pelch, Hyman Bent. Daniel Spaulding, John J. Allen, Hyman Bent. Daniel Spaulding, Thaddeus Cummings, Rufus B. Phillips. Daniel Spaulding, Thaddeus Cummings, Rufus B. Phillips. Thaddeus Cummings, John J. Allen, John Cobleigh. Thaddeus Cummings, John J. Allen, John Cobleigh. John Cobleigh, Daniel T. Hayden, Jonathan S. Adams. Daniel T. Hayden, Jonathan S Adams, Levi Harris. Jonathan S. Adams, Levi Harris, Reuben Pratt. Jonathan S. Adams, Levi Harris, Reuben Pratt. Dexter Whittemore, George W. Bryant, Henry Shirley. t Dexter Whittemore, Henry Shirley, Charles Bigelow. Jonathan S. Adams, Levi Harris, Joseph A. Penniman. Joseph A. Penniman, Henry Shirley, Nelson Howe. Amos A. Parker, Henry Shirley, George W. Bryant. Amos A. Parker, Henry Shirley, Milton Chaplin. Dexter Whittemore, Milton Chaplin, Levi Harris. Dexter Whittemore, Milton Chaplin, Amos A. Parker. Amos A. Parker, Elijah Bowker, Reuben B. Pratt. Amos A. Parker, Levi Harris, Henry Shirley. David Stovcell, Reuben Angier, Elijah Bowker. David Stowell, Reuben Angier, Elijah Bowker. David Stowell, Reuben Angier, Elijah Bowker. Reuben Angier, Amos A. Parker, Samuel Kendall. Reuben Angier, Samuel Kendall, John Whittemore, Jr. Amos A. Parker, David Perry, Artemas Stone, Jr. Jonathan S. Adams, Joel Howe, Daniel Whitcomb. Daniel Whitcomb, Reuben Angier, William Bent. Daniel Whitcomb, Reuben Angier, William Bent. Daniel Whitcomb, William Bent, Abner Gage. Daniel Whitcomb, George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley. Daniel Whitcomb, George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley. George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley, Milton Chaplin. George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley, Milton Chaplin. George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley, Joel Whittemore. George L. Stearns, William H. Shirley, Joel Whittemore. Daniel Whitcomb, John Forristall, Norman U. Cahill. John Forristall, Norman U. Cahill, Daniel H. Reed. Norman U. Cahill, Daniel H. Reed, William H. Shirley. 256 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. TOWN OFFICERS— (Continued). * In these cases the Clerk chosen by the town did not hold the office the entire year, and appointments to fill the vacancies were made as follows;' in 1789, Dea. John Fassett ; in 1845, Joel Hayden, Jr.; in 1846, Nelson Morse ; in 1854, Aaron N. Townsend ; ia 1839, Stephen Batcheller ; in 1862, Joel Whlttemore ; in 1869 and 1881, Stephen Batch- eller. i From 1776 to 1783 Fitzwilliam and Swanzey appear to have been united tor the choice of representative. In 1776 and 1777, Fitzwilliam refused to join in the election, and consequently lost its representation. For the succeeding six years, the repre- sentatives chosen In 1780 and 1783 were residents of Swanzey. This gave, for the entire eight years, four representatives to each town. AUDITOES. 1851-3. John J. Allen, Jonathan S. Adams. 1853. Amos A. Parker, J. S. Adams. 1854. David Stowell, John J. Allen. 1855. J. S. Adams, J. J. Allen. 1856. J. S. Adams, J. J. Allen. 1857. Amos A. Parker, John J. Allen, Jr. 1858-9. John J. Allen, A. A. Parker. 1860. Samuel Kendall, P. S. Batcheller. 1861-2. John J. Allen, Joel Whittemore. 1863^. Joel Whittemore, Asa S. Kendall. 1865. Anson Streeter. 18(56. Anson Streeter, Amos J. Blake. 1867-8. Samuel Kendall. 1869. Stephen Batcheller, Samuel Kendall. 1870. .John Whittemore, Samuel Kendall. 1871-3. Samuel Kendall, Amos J. Blake. 1873. Jonathan S. Adams, Samuel Kendall. 1874. J. S. Adams, Amos J. Blake. SELECTMEN , 1870-1887— C0LLECT0E8. 257 1870 ie71 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1883 1888 1884 1885 1886 1887 TOWN OFFICERS— (Co?i for funding the Amos J. Blake, ) Town Debt. Pitzwilliam, Feb. 39, 1868. The subscriber having examined the above report of the Committee for funding the Town Debt finds it accurately oast and properly vouched. Samuel Kendall, Fitzwilliam, Feb. 39, 1868. Auditor. Though the bonds were not so readily taken at the very first, yet afterward the committee could easily have disposed of a much larger amount. The following table shows the rate of taxation on a hundred dollars, and the amount of the town's indebtedness as reported by the selectmen at the annual meetings from 1869 to 1880 inclusive. In .1873 the assets included five thousand dollars of State bonds, which reduced the indebtedness by that amount. LEGAL VOTEBS IN 1820. 271 Tear. Kate. Debt. Year. Bate. Debf. 1869.... $1.96 $19,139.40 1875.... $1.38 $1,947.88 1870.... 2.20 18,943.79 1876.... 1.30 1,130.17 1871.... 2.46 15,644.55 1877.... 1.28 2,022.74 1872.... 2.60 13,761.86 1878.... 1.30 856.51 1873.... 2.00 5,322.38 1879.... 1.42 80.43 1874.... 1.85 3,097.55 1880.... .95 .»rpiu. 576.76 In 1880 tlie assets exceeded the liabilities by five hundred and seventy-six dollars and seventy-six cents. It is proposed to insert here a copy of the list of legal voters in the town, as prepared by the selectmen, Joseph Brigham, John J. Allen, and David Stone, February 21st, 1820, for the annual meeting in March. Arunah Allen. John J. Allen. Jubal Allen. Philip Amadon. Solomon Alexander. Abel Angler. Abel Angler, Jr. B. Hyman Bent. Wm. H. Bent. ElishaBent. Art. Beard. Charles Bowker. Joseph Blodget. Abel Baker. Bartlett Bowker. Melvin Brown. John Bosworth. Levi Brigham. Joseph Brigham. Timothy Blodget. Joseph Bigelow. John Burbank. John Burbank, Jr. C. Abisha Collins. Jonathan Cass. Silas Chase. Thaddeus Cummings. Ezekiel Collins. Luther Chapman. Calvin Coolidge. John Cobleigh. Amos Cobleigh. Curtis Coolidge. Moses Chaplin. Josiah Carter. Levi Chamberlain. D. Benjamin Davidson. Benjamin Davidson. Samuel Davis. Amos Davis. Moses Drury, Jr. Abel Dunton. Sylvanus Dana. Elisha Drury. Luther Damon. Jude Damon. Nathan Drury. Oliver Damon. Oliver Damon, Jr. George Damon. E. Benjamin Eddy. Samuel Ellis. Pelatiah M. Everett. P. William Flagg. Jesse Forristall. Jesse Forristall, Jr. Daniel Forristall. Philemon Fairbanks, Amos Freeman. Samuel Felch. Elisha Fassett. Levi Fassett. John Fassett. Joseph Fassett. Obil Fassitt. Luna Poster. Rufus Foster. Darius Fisher. Herman Fisher. John Fay. Francis Fullum.! Josiah Fullum. Matthias Felton. Artemas Pelton. Joseph Fassett, 3d. G. Edward Goodwin, Samuel Grifiin. Richard Gleason, Jr. James Godfrey. James Gibson. David Grant, 273 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. Allen Grant. Micah Graves, Jr. David Graves. Jonas Gary. H. Joel Hayden. Ezra Hayden. Asahel Hartwell. Joel Hunt. Nahum Howe. Edward Holman. Sylvanus Holman. Moses Hayden. Samuel Hayden. Phineas Howe. Amos Hale. Royal Howard. I and J. Josiah Ingalls. Eliplialet Johnson. K. John Knight. Luke Kendall. William Knight. Samuel Kilburn. Jonas Knight. L. William Locke. Edward Loud. William Locke, Jr. Joseph Locke. Asa H. Locke. Elijah Lyon. Jabez Morse. John Moody. Daniel Mellen. Cyrus Mulliken. John Mellen. Thomas Moore. Josiah Mpore. Noah Miles. John Miles. John McCurdy. Joel Miles. 0. Matthew Osborn. John Osborn. Jonah Osborn. Benjamin Osborn. Matthew Osborn, Jr. Robinson Perkins. Jared Perkins. Shubel Plympton. Samuel Patch. Eliliu Penniman, Jr. Elihu Penniman. John Petts. Nahum Parker. Nahum Parker, Jr. Wm. F. Perry. Amos Pratt. Joseph Pratt. Reuben Pratt. Edward Platts. Jedediah Putney. Levi Pratt. Ebenezer Potter. Ebenezer Potter, Jr. Peter Prescott. Peter Prescott, Jr. Ebenezer Prescott. Elijah Phillips. Nathaniel Phillips. Phineas Parks, Jr. R. David Rice. David Rice, Jr. Luke B. Richardson. Thomas Richardson. Phineas Reed. Daniel Reed. Samuel Randall. Samuel Rockwood. Thos. Richardson, Jr. John Sabin. Hezekiah Stone. Artemas Stone. Samuel Stone. Nathaniel S. Stone. Daniel Simonds. Ebenezer Saunders, Amasa Scott. Calvin Smith. John Stone. James Stone. John Sargent. Abner Stone. David Stone. John Shirley. Jonathan Stone. Elijah T. Smith. James Stone, Jr. Joseph Stone. Joseph Stone, 2d. John Stone, 3d. Moses Stone. Nathan Smith. Royal Smith. Caleb Sweetser. Daniel Streeter. Jjevi Tower. Samuel Tower. Nathan Townsend. Otis Taft. Aaron Townsend. James Taylor, Jr. V. John W. Van Doom. W. Ebenezer Wright. Phineas Wright. Aaron Wright. John Whitcomb. Oliver Whitcomb. ' Oliver Whitcomb, Jr. Joshua Worcester. Joel Wright. Stephen White. Thomas Wilson. Gardner Wright. Jonas Woods. Silas Woods. John Whittemore. Dexter Whittemore. Silas Warner. William Whittemore. Asa Wait. Asa Wait, Jr. Joel Whitney. Artemas Wilson. Artemas Wilson, Jr. Benjamin Wilson. David Whitney. Josiah Wilson. Noah White. Daniel White. Total number, 219. Checked on the list as voting, 105. CHECK LISTS, 1830-1884. 273 The check-list for the March meeting, 1830, contains two hundred and forty -seven names, and of these two hundred and seven voted for Governor. Only forty did not vote. At the Presidential election, Novemlser 2d, 1840, the check- list contained three hundred and seventy-two names ; of these three hundred and thirty-four voted. Thirty-eight did not vote. In 1850 the check-list .prepared September 19th contained three hundred and twenty-six names. The check-list for the annual town meeting in March, 1860, contained three hundred and fifty-eight names, and of these three hundred and twelve voted the State ticket. Forty-six did not vote. For the annual meeting, March, 1870, the list contained the names of three hundred and four voters. In 1880 the list contained the names of three hundred and eight voters, and in November two hundred and eighty voted. At the Presidential election in 1884 the check-list contained three hundred and twelve names, and of these two hundred and sixty-five voted as follows for electors : Greenback or Butler Ticket 2 Prohibition or St. John " 27 Democratic or Cleveland " 80 Eepublican or Blaine " 156. 18 CHAPTER XII. FITZWILLIAM IN IHE EEBELLION. Antagonism Between Freedom and Slavery — Election of Abraham Lincoln — Excitement at tlie Breaking Out of the War — Action of the Town for Enlisting Soldiers — These in Their Several Regiments— Summary of Expenses and Losses — Soldiers' Monument— Incidents of the War. THE history of the world proves conclusively that there is a deadly antagonism between freedom and slavery. In the early years of our republic, the two systems began the con- test, and it grew hotter and hotter till the great Rebellion was inaugurated. But long before the outbreak of hostilities be- tween the North and the South the design of the slave power to extend, if possible, but most certainly to perpetuate itself, was painfully manifest. When Missouri was admitted as one of the States of the Union, in 1821, and slavery was allowed there, the friends of liberty throughout the land were alarmed, and the pressure brought by them to bear upon Congress was so great that the measure called the Missouri Compromise was reluctantly passed. The South had demanded the right to extend slavery over all the Territories of the United States, the right to hold their slaves in all the States of the Union temporarily, that speaking or writing against slavery in any State of the Union should be a penal offence, that the North should catch the fugitive slaves and send them back to bondage, and that the administration of the General Government should be placed in the hands of those only whom the South could trust, as the pledged enemies of republican equality and the friends of slavery. To meet this demand, so far as the extension of slavery was concerned, the Missouri Compromise was framed, and it was recognized certainly at the North as a solemn compact never to be broken. But the great mass of the Southern people always regarded its terms with disfavor, and seemed ready to set it aside if possible, when the first hopeful opportunity should offer. Such an occasion appeared to present itself when EESOLUTIONS RESPECTING SLAVERY EXTENSION. 275 the people of the Territory of ]!^ebraska adopted a Constitution, and asked to be admitted to the Union, for, if slavery could be legalized there, its friends were confident that nothing could prevent its spreading over all the newer Territories that might soon be organized farther West. The liberty-loving people of the country had not forgotten the scenes that had been witnessed in Kansas, when the most in- human means were resorted to for the purpose of giving slavery a permanent foothold there ; and the indignation of the North was thoroughly aroused by this new effort to override the Compromise and make slavery possible in Nebraska. This statement will sufficiently explain the action of the voters of Fitzwilliam which is given below. At the annual meeting of the town, March 14th, 1854, Asa S. Kendall offered the following resolutions : 1. Resolved, That we, the legal voters of Fitzwilliam iu Town Meeting assembled, most earnestly and solemnly Protest against the passage by Congress of any Bill calculated to impair, annul or render inoperative, or declaring that any legislation has superseded, annulled or rendered inoperative, the provisions known as the Missouri Compromise embraced in the eighth section of the Act admitting Missouri into the Union, which is as follows : " That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United State under the name of Louisiana which lies north of the thirty-sixth degree and thirty minutes of North Latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this Act, Slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than as the punishment of crimes, shall be and hereby is for- ever prohibited." 3. Resolved, That we fully coincide in the views expressed in a Re- solve passed by the House of Representatives of our State in 1850, as follows : " That the people of this State are bound by no compact, ex- press or implied, to suffer the introduction of Slavery into territory now free ; and that they are unalterably opposed to the erection of any Tei- ritory without its prohibition, by positive law." 3. Resolved, That our State Legislature be requested to instruct our Senators and Representatives in Congress, upon no consideration or con- dition whatever, not even the preservation of the Union, to give their assent to any Bill, permitting, allowing, or even tolerating Slavery in that territory which was declared to be forever consecrated to Freedom by the Missouri Compromise Act of 1820. 4. Resolved, That these Resolutions be entered upon the Town Records 276 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. and that a copy of the same be sent to our State Legislature and to each member of our delegation in the Congress of the United States. These resolutions, after an address by Ephraim Parker, a native of Fitzwilliam, and recently from Missouri, were adopted by a vote of one hundred and twenty to seven. That this bold and determined opposition to the repeal, in any manner or degree, of the Compromise in question, caused the defeat of the measures proposed for that purpose there can be no question. Nebraska was made a free State, and the friends of human freedom breathed more freely. But the old antagonism, favored by the condition of the great political parties of the country, continued, and com- promises could do nothing effectual to allay it. The fire was only smouldering — it was by no means extinguished. The election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency, in 1860, and his inauguration, March 4th, 1861, hastened on the struggle. The outbreak of the Rebellion, which to most appeared so sudden and unexpected, was, after all, only the natural order of events, when we consider the strength and violence of human passion. The time comes when the underground fires that have been burning for generations must burst forth. But the explosion in this case was none the less fearful for this reason. , The bombardment of Fort Sumter, a fortress of the United States in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, carried consternation to the hearts of all our loyal countrymen. The attack upon this fort, which was made April 12th, 1861, was the signal of war ; and when, thirty-six hours later, the heroic Colonel (afterward General) Anderson surrendered his little garrison to the rebel hosts that confronted him, the great struggle had commenced in earnest. Pouring into Virginia, an army of rebels at once threatened Washington, and soon troops from Massachusetts, dispatched in haste for the rescue of our national Capital, were assailed and shot down in the streets of Baltimore. All was commotion in the insurgent States, and soon the rebel cause seemed to have gained the most fearful proportions. These eyents, that followed one THE PATRIOTISM OF THE TOWN, 1861. 277 another in quick succession, aroused the patriotism of the Iforth, and in every town there was a determination to sup- port, at all hazards, our Government against the mighty com- bination that was threatening its destruction. Fitzwilliam was not lacking in this hour of trial, for the men, women, and children in every part of the town hastened to raise and honor the glorious flag of our Union, and to determine upon the course of action that duty and safety demanded. At a town meeting legally called and held May 9th, 1861, J. J. Allen, Jr. , offered the following preamble and resolutions : Whereas several States of the Unioa have wickedly joined in a rebel- lion against the rightful authorities thereof, with the avowed intention, by armed resistance to the laws, to subvert the government and estnb- lish for themselves a Confederacy based upon the central idea of human slavery, and Whereas the Governor of New Hampshire has, in obedience to a req- uisition from the President, called out a portion of the Militia of this State to aid in suppressing the insurrection and in the support of the gov- ernment, and Whereas it becomes all legal persona and constituencies to properly show their devotion to the glorious institutions of our country, whicb have made it prosper as country never prospered before, Therefore Resolved, That this town views, with approbation and pride, the pa- triotism and spirit of those citizens who have volunteered to enlist from this town ; and that any expenditures which may have been made by individuals for the comfortable outfit of such volunteers be reimbursed to said contributors from the treasury of the Town. Resolved, That any such soldier from this town who has already en- listed and has a family dependent upon him for support, shall receive, either personally or by his said family, from the treasury of the town, a sum which, together with what may be paid him by the government, shall be equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per day, exclusive of rations, for the time he may honorably discharge his duties in the service. Resolved, That the Selectmen be, and they are hereby authorized and instructed to purchase twenty-two Revolvers for the use of the soldiers now, or hereafter to be enlisted from this town, the intent being that upon the expiration of the term of enlistment of said soldiers, such weapons shall pass to their successors, if any such there be, if not, they shall revert to the town. These resolutions appear to have been adopted. It was then voted that the town make the pay of each and 278 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. every soldier who has enlisted and has not a family dependent upon him, equal to the sum of twenty dollars per month, ex- clusive of rations. It was voted also " That the town furnish suitable India- rubber blankets for the soldiers who have enlisted," but this action was so amended that the cost of the blankets was to be deducted from the amount to bo paid to the soldiers. The selectmen were then directed to carry out these provi- sions, and for this purpose empowered to hire a sum of money not exceeding one thousand dollars. Before the date of the town meeting at which the resolutions given above were adopted, viz.. May 9th, 1861, the President of the United States had issued a call for seventy-five thousand soldiers to enlist for the space of three months, it being the opinion of those in authority and of the loyal people generally, that this time would be amply safScient for putting an end to the "Rebellion. The first enlistments in Fitzwilliam were made imder this call and were eighteen in number. The names of these men will be given under the head " First Regiment of New Hampshire Yolunteers," but it may be stated in this place that WiUard A. Newton has the honor to be the first man who enlisted as a volunteer from Fitzwilliam. Of the eighteen men who enlisted under the first call for volunteers as mentioned above, seventeen were mustered into the service. According to the vote of the town each of these men was furnished with a revolver, the whole costing three hundred and forty -seven dollars and fifty cents. All of these men, with the exception of Mr. Wheeler (who served in a Vermont regiment), received from the town as bounties sums varying from twenty-five dollars and seventy- five cents to twenty-seven dollars each, the whole amounting to four hundred and forty-six dollars. At a meeting of the town, November 9th, 1861, on motion of A. A. Parker, Esq. , it was Resolved, That the sum of three hundred Dollars be, and the same ic, hereby appropriated to the aid of the wife and the children under six- EITCOURAGEMENT OF THE EARLY VOLUSTEEBS. 279 teen years of age, of any inhabitant of the town of Fitzwilliam, who as a member of the volunteer or enrolled militia of this State, may have been mustered or enlisted into the service of the United States, and for each parent or child, who, at the time of his enlistment, was dependent on him for support ; provided that such persons a»e indigent and stand in need of such relief. And the Selectmen are authorized to horrow on the credit of the town a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars and apply so much thereof as may be needed for the purposes aforesaid. At an adjourned town meeting a week later, a statement of expenditures having been made by the selectmen, A. A. Parker, Esq., offered the following resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars and thirty-eight cents be raised to defray the expense already incurred in the purchase of Revolvers and Blankets for the soldiers of Fitzwilliam en- listed into the service of the United States, and the Selectmen be author- ized to hire said sum on the credit of the town. Subscriptions made in aid of the volunteers who enlisted* in the service of the United States at the breaking out of the war, the town voted at the annual meeting in March, 1862, to refund. In the selectmen's report to tlietown at the annual meeting, March 11th, 1862, the only account of expenses occasioned by the war is as follows. Paid soldiers' families. Mrs. Nathan Morse $33.50 Elihu Morse 46.59 Mrs. Asa B. Fiske 31.00 Frederic Lawrence 38.00 Sarah Cass 14.00 Paul Martin $13.00 Lucius Whitcomb 38.00 Total $204.09 May 17th, 1862, the town appropriated four hundred dollars in aid of the families of volunteers, under provisions precisely similar to those adopted for the same purpose at the town meeting, November 9th, 1861, and which are recorded above. August 22d, 1862, the town adopted the following : Resolved, That a Bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars be paid to each volunteer from this town who shall hereafter be enlisted and mus- tered into the service of the United States in any regiment of volunteers heretofore raised in this State during the present rebellion ; that a Bounty of one hundred dollars be paid to every such volunteer so enlisted and mustered in any regiment of volunteers now being raised in this 280 HISTOBT OF FITZWILLIAM. State, and that a Bounty of fifty dollars be paid to each volunteer from this town under the recent call for 300,000 troops to serve nine months unless sooner discharged. Provided however that said bounties shall not be paid unless such volunteers shall have.enlisted or made known their readiness to enlist before any draft for the description of force they propose to join shall be actually made and they shall be accepted and mustered in as a part of the quota of the town. It was then voted to adopt the following preamble and reso- lutions : Whereas an act was passed at the last session of the General Court entitled " An Act in addition to and Amendment of the Act Authorizing cities and towns to aid the families of Volunteers and for other pur- poses," passed June Session, 1861, which act restricts the provisions of the previous act in some particulars and extends them in others, therefore Resolved, That the resolution adopted at the town meeting held May 17, 1863, appropriating four hundred dollars in aid of the families of Volunteers be, and the same is hereby rescinded. Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purposes authorized by said act of the last session of the General Court, to be applied by the Selectmen as the same shall in their judgment be needed. The selectmen were then authorized to borrow the money needed to pay the bounties specified in the above-mentioned resolution, to pay the bounties and to procure volunteers. At an adjourned meeting held August 29th, 1862, the se- lectmen having made a statement of their action in procuring volunteers, it was Resolved, That the volunteers for the new three years' Regiments be paid twenty-flve dollars each, and the volunteers for nine months be paid Fifty dollars each in addition to the amount already voted. Resolved, That the Selectmen be, and they are hereby authorized and instructed to pay the wife and the children under twelve years of age of all volunteers in the regiments formed, under the recent requisitions for 300,000 men for three years and 300,000 men for nine months, four dollars per month, each, in addition to the bounties heretofore voted ; the whole amount so paid not to exceed twelve dollars per month for any one family ; and this payment to continue so long as the volunteer re- mains in the service. Voted, That the Bounties, exclusive of the aid to their families, be APPEOPEIATIONS POE SOLDIEES' FAMILIES. 281 paid to the Volunteers on being mustered into the service of the United States. At the annual meeting, March 10th, 1863, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars was appropriated, or so much of it as should be needed to aid soldiers' families. At the same meeting, March 10th, 1863, the selectmen's re- port showed disbursements, on account of the war, as follows : Charles H. Woods, enlisting volunteers .... $25 Bounties to three years' men 1800 " " nine months' " 2100 Paid to soldiers' families 1043.50 Total, $4968.50 As the soldiers' names to whom these bounties were paid, and the amount which each soldier received will appear in the tables annexed, where the names of all; the men who enlisted will be presented in their regiments and companies, no more particulars respecting these soldiers are here required. The families aided during the year closing March 10th, 1863, were as follows : Stillraan S. Stone $40.00 George A. Smiley 60.00 Jefferson Richardson 48.00 Loammi B. Underwood. ... 9.50 Charles R. Monroe 33.00 Amos T. Town 48.00 James M. Ingalls 33.00 Elisha Harkness 48.00 Leauder Richardson 14.00 Total $1,043.50 Elihu Morse $134.04 Lucius Whitcomb 106.46 Nathan Morse 110.50 AsaB. Fiske 94.00 Paul Martin 28.00 JohnL. Church 45.00 Asaph Whitcomb 48.00 John B. Fiske 40.00 Frederick Lawrence 34.00 Daniel P. Osborn 43.00 Joseph H. Earasdell 40.00 September 13th, 1863, the town voted to pay to the men now drafted of this town who have been or shall be mustered into the United States service, or to the substitutes of the said drafted men, who have been or shall be mustered into the United States service, three hundred dollars, each, ten days after being mustered into said service. December 21st, 1863, the town adopted the following : Resolved, That the Committee duly appointed for the purpose of fill- ing the quota required of the town of Fitzwilliam, are authorized to pay 283 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. each citizen who will enlist and be mustered into the service of the United States the sum of three hundred dollars, in addition to the bounties offered by the Grovernment of the United States and the State of New Hampshire. Resolved, That if the Committee fail of procuring citizens to fill (he quota as required of said town, then they are authorized to hire men to fill up said quota, at a reasonable price, provided the sum of money re- quired for each man does not exceed three hundred dollars in addition to the bounties of the United States and the State of New Hampshire. Resolved, That the Committee of the town are authorized to cash the bounties offered by the Grovernments of the United States and the State of New Hampshire, in the payment of their contract with all the volun- teers that are mustered into the United States service to fill the quota of Fitzwilliam, provided such bounties are legally transferred and assigned to the town of Fitzwilliam. The committee appointed by the town to carry into effect the resolutions adopted at the meeting of December 21st, 1863, consisted of George L. Stearns and Phillip S. Batcheller, and they were authorized to appoint another member of their com- mittee. Amos J. Blake, Esq., was appointed upon this committee. Provision was also made for borrowing a sum of money, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), to carry into effect the resolutions above-mentioned. At the annual town meeting, March 8th, 1864, it was voted That all veteran soldiers of Fitzwilliam who have re-enlisted for three years or during the war, and can be allowed on the quota of this town on any call of the President, be paid, as Bounty, the sum of Three Hun- dred dollars each, provided they have not received any extra pay or bounty from this or any other town or State. At the same meeting, March 8th, 1864, the report of the selectmen showed disbursements on account of the war, as follows : Bounties paid to three years' men $9,724 " " drafted " 1,200 Paid balance due three months' men 265 to aid soldiers' families 1.313 $12,502 a APPEOPEIATIONS FOR SOLDIERS' BOUNTIES. 283 The soldiers' families aided during the year closing March 8th, 1864, and the amounts received by each were as follows : George A. Smilie $149.00 Elihu Morse 140.00 Nathan Morse 137.75 Daniel P. Osborne 120.00 Asaph Whitcomb 98.67 JohnB.Fiske 88.00 Amos T. Town 73.00 Samuel S. Stone 90.25 James M. Ingalls 48.00 Charles R. Monroe 48. 00 Elisha Harkness 48.00 Jefferson Richardson $43.00 J. Lovell Church 47.33 Abraham H. Richards 48.00 Asa B. Fiske 34.00 Julius O. Stone 16.00 Paul Martin 16.00 Robert Nixon 12.00 Elisha Rugg 8.00 Lucius Whitcomb 6.00 Total $1,313.00 At the same date among the assets of the town the follow- ing important items may be found : Due from United States Government for bounties advanced $4004 " from State for State aid 1136 Total, $6140 June 18th, 1864, the town adopted the following : Resolved, That the Selectmen are authorized to pay to each soldier of Pitzwilliam who has been drafted since May 1, 1864, to fill the quota of the town, or who has furnished a substitute, the sum of three Imndred dollars as a bounty, to be paid in ten days after he has been accepted and mustered into the service of the United States. July 23d, 1864, the town adopted the following : Resolved, That the Selectmen of the Town of Fitzwilliam be author- ized and instructed in behalf of the town, to pay the sum of one hun- dred dollars as a bounty, for each one year's man, two hundred dollars for each two years' man, and three hundred dollars for each three years' man, who shall be mustered into the service of the United States, as a volunteer to fill the quota of this town, under the present call of the President for five hundred thousand men. The same bounties Avere offered for substitutes of enrolled men, while at the same time the town voted to pay to any drafted person of said town who may be held to service under Ibe present order for a draft, who shall serve in person, the sum of two hun- dred dollars, or to his substitute the highest sum the law authorizes. 284 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. September 5tli, 1864, the town adopted the following : Resolved, That the Selectmen are authorized to pay four hundred dollars as bounty to any person who has been an inhabitant of Fitzwill- iam for three months, and has enlisted on the quota of said town under the last call of the President and actually mustered into the service of the United States. Resolved, That the town does hereby appropriate as bounty to each soldier, except to those enlisted from insurgent States, who shall be mus- tered into the service of the United States, to fill the quota of Fitzwill- iam, under the last call of the President, whether such soldier shall have voluntarily enlisted, or volunteered as a substitute for a drafted or enrolled man, the sum of one hundred dollars for each one year's man, two hundred dollars for each two years' man, and three hundred dollars for each three years' man, and in the same proportion for any term of service, the above specified bounties of one hundred, two hundred, and three hundred dollars are hereby declared to be in lieu of the bounties voted by the town, July 33, 1864. January 16th, 1865. The town voted to pay the sum of two hundred dollars to each volunteer, the same being a citizen of this town that has or may enlist and be mustered into the service of the United States for the term of one year prior to the 2d Tuesday of March, 1865. At the annual meeting, March 14th, 1865, the action above mentioned of January 16th, 1865, was restricted to such as helped to fill the quota of Fitzwilliam. At this meeting, March 14th, 1865, the town repeated its offers of bounties to men serving one, two, and three years, of one hundred, two hundred, and three hundred dollars, as it had done July 23d, 1864, but tke offer was under a new call of the President for three hundred thousand men. A bounty of two hundred dollars was pledged to each drafted man when mustered into service, and also a bounty of one hundred dollars for each year's service was offered to any per- son who should be nmstered in under the same call, as a part of the quota of Fitzwilliam. April 10th, 1865, the town voted to pay the sum of two hundred dollars additional bounty to the sum al- ready voted, to the seven men who last enlisted in the service of the United States to till the quota of Fitzwilliam under the last call of the President, provided that no one of the seven men shall receive in all, as bounty, a sum exceeding five hundred dollars. REPORTS OF THE SELECTMEN, 1865 AND 1866. 285 At the annual meeting, March 14th, 1865, it appeared from the report of the selectmen that disbursements on account of the war had been made during the year covered by the re- port, as follows : Paid bounties .$2400 " balance due three months' men 155.25 . " for furnishing substitutes 8100 To aid soldiers' families 1562.05 Total, $12,217.30 Soldiers' families were aided during the year closing March 14th, 1865, as follows : Robert Nixon $144.00 George A. Smilies 144.00 Daniel P. Osborn 144.00 Nathan Morse 120.00 Elisha Rugg 96.00 J. Orlando Stone 100.00 Abraham H. Richards 144.00 Darius H. Whitcomb 96.00 Lewis K. Ward 96.00 Paul Martin 68.00 Daniel H. Reed 70.00 John A. Platts $34.00 LeviN. Lillie 36.00 Joseph E. Harkness 34.00 H. H. Boyce 24.00 Elisha Harkness 40. 00 JohnB. Fiske 40.00 Samuel S. Stone 96.00 John H. Streeter 34.00 Elisha Morse 3.05 Total $1,562.05 In the same report, among the assets of the town, these items appear : Due from United States Government $3118 " " State for State aid 1244.05 $4362.05 It would appear from the appropriations of the town during these long years of painful suspense and immense sacrifices at home, in the army, and in the hospitals, that a liberal, policy toward the soldiers and their families was pursued from the be- ginning. At the annual meeting, March 13th, 1866, the report of the selectmen shows the following disbursements on account •of the war, which happily had been brought to a close the previous year. Bounties paid $3500 286 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. The soldiers' families aided during the year closing March 13th, 1866, were as follows : George A. Smilie $64.00 Nathan Morse 40.00 Robert Nixon 72.00 StiUmanS. Stone 37.73 Julius O.Stone... 65.30 Darius H. Whitcomb 54.00 Henry H. Boyce : 18.00 Joseph E. Harkness '. . . 34.00 Lewis K. Ward 47.20- Abraham H. Richards 57.00 Elisha Rugg $47.78 Nathan C. Carter 47.57 Orvis Fisher 47.14 Daniel P. Osborn 33.00 Svlvester Boutwell 31.48 Ora Holman 47.14 Robert McDonald 15.00 John A. Platts "13.00 Total $750.19 The United States Government owed the town at the date given above three thousand one hundred and eighteen dollars, and the State four hundred and forty-six dollars and nineteen cents. In 1865 the town had appointed the three resident clergy- men of the place a committee to keep a record of Fitzwilham in suppressing the Eebellion, but they had declined the ser- vice. Accordingly, March 8th, 1870, the town voted : That a Committee of three be chosen to collect facts in regard to the enlistment, service and death of Soldiirs in the late War, of or from this Town, and make report of the same, which report shall be recorded in the Records of the town. The committee chosen for this purpose consisted of Captain Jonatlian S. Adams, George A. Whittemore, and John M. Parker. The chairman. Captain Adams, it is understood, did a large part of the work involved in collecting and arranging the materials of this important report, and appears to have been thorough and painstaking from the beginning to the end of his labor. Messrs. Whittemore and Parker were in the service of the country, the former as assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain for a period, while the latter served nearly three years in the iield and was first lieutenant of his company when mustered out of the service. In a voluminous report of this nature, there is always a liability to mistakes, but this is deemed to be as reliable as the circumstances would admit of. All the most important facts set forth in this report are here given, and the order observed in arranging them has been gen- SOLDIERS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND REGIMENTS. 287 erally followed, while a few corrections have been made and some additional facts incorporated. FIRST REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. SOLDIBKS FOK THKEB MONTHS WHO EECEIVED BOUNTIES. Daniel S. Brooks . . . . Calvin A. Blodgett. . . Charles S. Blodgett.. John H . Burrell . . . . , Daniel E. Burbank. . . Thaddeas Cummings, George Coolidge William Dunton Jonas Forristall , Bounty. $25. Y5 25.75 25. Y5 25.75 27.00 27.00 25.75 27.00 25.75 John G. Felch Silas L. Heywood Danvers Miles George W. Miles Michael McManus Willard A. Newton.. . Thomas J. Richardson. Albert G. Stone Luther D. Wheeler '. . . Bounty. $27.00 25.75 25.75 27.00 27.00 25.76 26.50 25.75 JTone. These eighteen men were the first to enlist from Fitzwilliam for the defence of the country, and, as before stated, the town furnished each of them with a revolver at the cost of $19.38 each. Messrs. Newton, Stone, and Wheeler were mustered into the service May 3d, 1861, and mustered out of it soon after the expiration of three months, viz., August 9th, 1861. Fourteen of the above were afterward mustered into the Second Eegiment and two into the Sixteenth. One, Mr. Wheeler, was mustered into a Vermont regiment, while the remaining one, Mr. Felch, does not appear to have been mus- tered in at all. SECOND REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. SOLDIBBS FOR THREE TEABS OB THE WAE, WITHOUT BOUNTIES. Daniel S. Brooks., Calvin A. Blodgett... Charles S. Blodgett. . John H. Burrell Co. May 31, 1861. Mustered in. Captured at Bull Run, July 31, 1861 ; died, Oct. 19, 1861, a prisoner at Richmond, Va. Mustered out, June 31, 1864. Discharged for disability, Sept. 13, 1863. Mustered out, June 31, 1864. 288 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. SECOND REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS— (ComimMstQ. Co. Mustered in. Alfred K. Bowen . . . Daniel E. Burbank. . Thaddeus Cummings George Coolidge. . . . William Dunton Jonas Forristall Henry M. Gilson. . . . Silas L. Hey wood . . . Danvers Miles George W. Miles. . . . Michael McManus ... Albert G. Stone Charles A. Stone John M. Stearns JosiahO. Taft A. A. A. A. A. K. A. A. A. A. A. A. C. A. May 31, 1861 June 8, 1861, May 31, 1861. Sept. 17, 1861 June 1, 1861. May 31, 1861. Promoted corporal, Dec. 1, 1863 ; mustered out, June 31, 1864. Discharged, May 33, 1862. Discharged for disability, Sept. 13, 1863. Discharged for disability, Aug. 19, 1861. Promoted corporal; wounded, Aug. 39, 1863 ; discharged because of wounds, Nov. 6, 1863. Died, Oct. 35, 1863, of disease, at Bladensburg, Md. Date of discharge not learned. Promoted sei-geant, Nov. 1, 1861 ; 3d Lieut., Sept. 1, 1862 ; 1st Lieut., July 3, 1863 ; mustered out, Jan. 21, 1864. Wounded, May 5, 1862 ; dis- charged, July 30, 1862, on account of wounds. Killed at Fair Oaks, Va., June 25, 1863. Wounded, July 3, 1863 ; pro- moted corporal, Dec. 1, 1863; mustered out, June 31, 1864. Wounded, Aug. 39, 1863 ; died, Nov. 3, 1863, from wounds. Mustered out, Sept. 14, 1864. Discharged for disability, Dec, 1863. Died, June 30, 1863, of disease, on the retreat near Rich- mond, Va. In the Second Regiment were the following who received bounty, $150 each : Co. Mustered in. John B. Fiske A. Sept. 18, 1863. Slightly wounded and missing, July 2, 1863, but returned ; discharged, Dec. 30, 1863. James Walsh A. (( Wounded slightly, Aug. 18, 1864 ; mustered out, June 14, 1865. SOLDIEES IN THE THIRD REGIMENT. 289 James 0. Amadon was reported as enlisted from Fitzwilliam in the Second Regiment, but his name is not found in the Adjutant-General's Reports. He went in 1861 and served through the war without receiving any injury, but was not legally mustered into service or mustered out. THIRD REGIMENT N. H.' VOLUNTEERS: FOE THREE TBABS OB THE WAS, WITHOUT BOUNTT. Co. I. Mustered in. George W. ,Pelcli Aug. 34, 1861. Discharged for disability, Dec. 16, 1861. Marshall P. Hawkins. I. (( Promoted corporal ; 1st Sergt., .April 11, 1863 ; 3d Lieut., Aug. 38, 1863 ; resigned, ' Nov. 38, 1863. Joseph E. Harkness... I. a Wounded slightly, July 13, 1863 ; re-enlisted, Feb. 33, 1864. John M. Parker. . .' ; . : 1. 11 Promoted 1st Sergt., Oct. 15, 1863 ; 3d Lieut., June 14, , 1868 ; 1st Lieut., Jan. 6, ' 1864 ; mustered out, Oct. 31, 1864. Soldiers in Third Regiment with bounties ; Joseph E. Harkness ; re-enlisted. Bounty, Christopher Healy. Bounty, $700. Robert Nixon. Boun- ty, $703. Co. Mustered in. Feb. 38, 1864. Jan. 1, 1864. Jan. 5, 1864. Wounded severely, May 13, 1864 ; mustered out, July 30, 1865 ; whole term of service, 46 mos. 36 days. Mustered out, July 30, 1865. Slightly wounded, May IB, 1864 ; accidentally wounded, June 16, 1864 ; died, July, 1865, at sea, on homeward 19 290 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAH. FIFTH N. H. REGIMENT. Enrolled soldiers of Fitzwilliam who were drafted. Tlie following were exempted for disability : Phillip S. Batcheller, Amos O. Blanchard, Daniel F. Bowker, James B. Bowker, Zephaniah A. Boyce, John H. Brooks, John F. Cummings, Lyman Davis, George 0. Dunton, Charles E. Emerson, Loammi B. George J, Fullam, Levi A. Fuller, Isaac A. Handy, Peter Hoose, Charles F. Ingalls, Daniel Matheson, Frederic E. Pierce, Joshua E. Pierce, Lorenzo Pierce, Osborn H. Platts, Underwood. Edwin Sykes was exempted as an alien ; Kobert Brooks, Jr., did not report to the provost-marshal. The following rendered personal service and received $3U0 bounty each : Co. Date of Muster. Henry H. Boyce F. Oct. 3, 1863. Promoted corporal, Oct. 23, 1864 ; captured, Mar. 25, 1865 ; paroled. Mar. 30, 1865 ; mustered out, June 24, 1865. Alpheus Handy E. 11 Missing at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864, but retm-ned ; discharged by order, June 16, 1865 ; lost an arm. Philander Martin C. u Wounded, June 5, 1864 ; dis- charged by order, June 3, 1865. Abraham H. Bichards, E. t( Captured, Aug. 16, 1864, at Flussell's Mills, Va. ; paroled, Sept. 1, 1864 ; discharged, Jime 8, 1865. SUBSTITUTES FOR DRAFTED AND ENROLLED MEN. 291 The following drafted men furnished substitutes, for which each received bounty, $300 : Co. Date of Muster. Martin S. Deetli. . . . Supposed substitute, Oct. 2, 1863. Killed, June 23, 1864, near Peters- Pat. Morris. B. burg, Va. Dexter Richardson.. Supposed substitute, Deserted near Pe- tersburg, Va., Oct. John Mud- F. Aug. 11, 1864 38, 1864 ; recov- gett. ered from deser- tion ; wounded, Mar. 6, 1865 ; abr sent sick, since Mar. 6, 1865 ; no discharge. Theophilus W. May. J. Trimble. U. Aug. 19, 1864 Deserted, Sept. 15, 1864, near Peters- burg, Va. Enrolled soldiers, not drafted, who furnished substitutes to fill the quota of Eitzwilliam, for which each received a bounty of $300 : Timothy Blodgett... Lyman W. Bowker . Charles Byam Moses Chaplin Jonas Damon Marshall P. Damon. IraW. Ellis Gilbert A. Petts.... George W. Parker. . Nelson B. Pratt Substitutes. Co. F'k. McKee F. J. P. Haden B. John Cole.. J. Baggott. H. J. Smith g: J. Barrigan. Wm. Waters c. John Brown Aug. Adams B. Levi Morris F. Date of Mus- ter, 1864. Sept. 3. Aug. 31. Aug. 25. Aug. 11. Aug. 31. Aug. 30. Aug. 23. Sept. 3. Mustered out, June 28, 1865. Mustered out, June 28, 1865. Deserted en route to regiment. Deserted en route to regiment. Mustered out, June 38, 1865. Deserted en route to regiment. Deserted, Oct. 11, 1864, near Peters- burg, Va. Deserted en route to regiment. Mustered out, June 13, 1865. Deserted, Dec. 30, 1864, while on fur- lough from hos- pital. 292 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM, Substitutes. Co. Bate o( Mus- ter 1864. John N. Eichardson B. Fazack- Mustered out, June William H. Shirley. erly Th. Brown. A. K. Aug. 23. Aug. 33. 15, 1865. Transferred to Co. H. ; deserted to enemy, Dec. 1, 1864. Edmund Spaulding. A. Grorham. C Aug. 34. Missing, April 7, 1865,but returned; mustered out, June 28. 1865. Joseph H. Streeter.. James Buss. Aug. 9. Deserted en route to A. J. Streeter Lawr. Tully G. li regiment. Captured, April 7, re-captured, April 9, 1865 ; mustered Phinehas Whitcomb G. Blinville B. Sept. 2. out, June 28, 1865. Deserted, Oct. 11, 1864, near Peters- Josiah "Wilder, Jr.... Chas. Myers F. Sept. 1. burg, Va. Absent sick, June 38, 1865 ; no dis- charge. The following rendered personal service : p Co. Date of Muster, 1864. Paul Martin Voluntoer'd bounty, 1800. D. Jan. 1. Wounded, June 3, 1864; discharged, Nov. 19, 1864, at De Camp Hospi- tal, New York. The following men in this regiment received no bounty : Almond Q-. Lowell... Co. E. Date of Muster. Oct. 19, 1861. Mustered out, Oct. 29, 1864. SOLDIEKS IN THE SIXTH REGIMENT. 293 In the Adjutant-General's Eeports the following are credited to Fitzwilliam, but nothing further is known of them : Nelson C. Haskell . . . . William Haley Co. Date of Muster. Oct. 23, 1861. Aug. 31, 1864. Discharged, Dec. 27, 1862, for disability. Discharged; July 10, 1865. Transferred from Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters, January 30th, 1865 : Nathan Morse Wyman S. White Co. Mustered out, June 28, 1865. Discharged, Mar. 6, 1865. SIXTH REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. MEN FOB THEBB TEAKS OR THB TVAK, WHO BBCBITBD NO BOTJNTT. Co. Date of Muster. Henry J. Amadon. . . . F. Nov. 28, 1861. Wounded, May 13, 1864 ; mus- tered out, Nov. 37, 1864. John L. Church a 11 Died, Sept. 80, 1863, at Nich- olasvil e, Ky. Asa B. Piske a a Discharged, Nov. 6, 1862, at Alexandria, Va., on account of wounds. Daniel M. Fiske 11 (1 Killed, Sept. 16, 1862, at An- tietam, Md. Theodore Haskell u Dec. 8, 1861. Wounded, May 12, 1864; dis- charged, Dec. 3, 1864. Fred. C. Lawrence it- Nov. 28, 1861. Died, Jan. 20, 1868, at Troy, N. H. Paul Martin ft. Dec. 9, 1861. Discharged, Oct. 18, 1862, at Alexandria, Va. Elihu L. Morse F. Nov. 28, 1861. Died, Sept. 9, 1868, of disease, at Nicholasville, Ky. John A. Platts K. (1 Re-enlisted (Jan., 1864?). See after. Elijah T. Platts (( it Re-enlisted, Jan. 4, 1864. See after. , 294 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. SIXTH BEGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS— (Cowfo'jiwt?). Daniel H. Reed . Levi W. Rico . John H. Streeter. Sylvanus C. Waters ... Lucius WMtcomb .... George H. Wilson. . . . Charles W.Wilson. . . . Co. H. Date of Master. Dec. 3, 1861. Nov. 28, 1861. Jan. 14, 1863. Nov. 38, 1861. Dec. 10, 1861. Transferred to Co. E, 4th Reg. U.S. Regular Artillery; mus- tered out, Nov. 37, 1864. Discharged, Aug. 33, 1863, at Newport News, Va., for dis- ability. Promoted corporal; wounded. May 6, 1864 ; mustered out, Jan. 13, 1865. Killed, Sept. 17, 1863, at An- tietam, Md. Transferred to Co. F, Dec. 1, 1861 ; killed, Aug. 39, 1863, at Bull Run. Transferred to Co. F, Dec. 1, 1861 ; discharged at New- berne, N. C. ; re-enlisted, Dec. 35, 1863. See after. Deserted Jan. 26,1863, at Fifth Street Hospital, Philadel- phia, Pa. In the Adjutant-General's Reports the following are credited to Fitzwilliam, but nothing further is known of them : James L. Demary, Jr. Morris Howard Co. Date of Muster. H. Nov. 28, 1861. June 2, 1864. Transferred to Co. F, Dec. 1, 1861 ; discharged for disa- bility at Baltimore, Md. Supposed to have deserted en route to regiment. FOB THREE TEARS OB THE WAR, WHO RECEIVED BOUNTIES. ChaAes Brown., Abram Corey. . . Co. Date of Muster. F. Dec. 31, 1863. Dec. 30, 1863. Bounty, $580 700 Deserted en route to regi- ment. Absent sick, since April 38, 1864; no discharge furnished. SOLDIERS IN THE SIXTH AND NINTH BEGIMENTS. 295 John Conner Louis Hanson John Johnson Charles B. Perkins Elisha Bugg Co. G. G. F. F. Date of Muster. Bounty. Dec. 31, 1863. $580 Dec. 30, 1863. 580 Dec. 31, 1868. 580 Dec. 30, 1863. 700 it 700 Deserted, Feb. 3, 1864, at Camp Nelson, Ky. Deserted en route to regi- ment. Promoted corporal, July 1, 1865; mustered out, July 17, 1865. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Jan. 30, 1865 ; discharged, June 7, 1865. Wounded, June 17, 1864 ; mustered out, July 17, 1865. Re-enlisted men : Co. K. Date of Muster. Bounty. Elijah T. Platts .... Jan. 4, 1864. $300 Promoted serg't ; quar- termaster-serg't, July 1, 1864; mustered out. July 17, 1865. JohnA. Platts K. 300 Promoted sergeant, July 1, 1864; 1st lieut., June 1, 1865; mustered out, July 17, 1865. George H. "Wilson... F. Dec. 25, 1863. 300 Killed in battle. May 4, 1864. NINTH N. H. REGIMENT. FOB THREE TEAKS OK THE WAK ; RECErVBD NO BOUNTY. George A. Smilie. Co. Date o[ Muster. Aug. 19, 1862. Reported deserted, Sept. 17, 1863, at Antietam, Md., but was recovered; discharged, June 10, 1865. 296 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. Drafted maq ; received bounty, $300. Lewis K. Ward. Co. Date of Muster. June 6, 1864. Transferred to Co. B, 6th N.H. Keg. ,Junel, 1865; mustered out, July 17, 1865. Enrolled soldiers, not drafted, who furnished substitutes to fill the quota of Fitzwilliam, for which each received a bounty of $300. L. R. Angler . . . . E. Cummings... Dustin A. Gee... N. Heath... John Garvin Jas.Woolsey L. Richardson... JohnW. Shirley H. B, Streeter... Caleb Sweetser.. Anson Streeter.. J..Furgurson G. Mendon.. E. Rochette. Geo. Tenry. J. Thomas, colored. Co. Aug. 35, 1864. Aug. 34, 1864. Date of Muster. Aug. 35, 1864. Aug. 34, 1864. June 14, 1864. Aug. 35, 1864. Transferred to Co. A, Sixth N. H. Reg., June 1, 1865 ; mus- tered out, July 17, 1865. Deserted en route to regiment. Missing, Sept. 30, 1864, at Poplar Grove Church, Va., but was recovered ; trans- ferred to Co. A, Sixth N. H., June 1, 1865; mustered out, July 17, 1865, Same as Woolsey. Transferred to Co. K, Sixth N. H., June 1, 1865; promoted cor- poral, June 10, 1865; mustered out, July 17, 1865. Deserted en route to regiment. Deserted en route to regiment. Transferred to Nine- teenth U. S. Colored Regiment. SOLDIERS IN THE EOFETEEBTTH REGIMENT. 297 FOURTEENTH REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. MEN FOR THBEE TEAES OR THE WAR, WITH BOUNTIES AS STATED. L. K. Wheeler was in Co. A, all the others in Co. C. Bate of Master. Benjamin W. Byam.. Amos W. Brooks .... George W. Felch. . . . Thomas D. Hayden. Thomas E. Holman. Daniel Harris Levi N. Lillie Daniel P. Osborn . . . Joseph H. Ramsdell, Samuel S. Stone. . . . Julius O. Stone Wright Whitcomb. . Darius H. Whitcomb. Joseph Wiiipf)le' -. . . Robert Walton Sept. 33, 1862. Lyman K. Wheeler. . . Bounty. Sept. 33, 1863. It Dec. 15, 1863. Sept. 33, 1863. Sept. 33, 1863, Dec. 15, 1863. Sept. 32, 1863 Dec. 33, 1864, Sept. 33, 1863, $135 135 135 135 700 125 135 125 703 135 135 300 135 125 Discharged for disability at Washington, Feb. 38, 1863. Died at Annapolis Junction, Md., Jan. 14, 1865. Promoted corporal, Jan. 37, 1864; 1st serg't, June 13, 1864; killed at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. Mustered out, July 8, 1865. Promoted corporal, Oct. 1, 1864: discharged, July 8, 1865; died, July 39, 1865. Wounded, Oct. 19, 1864 ; mus'tered out, July 8, 1865. Died of disease at David's Island, N. T., Sept. 15, 1864. Discharged, May 33, 1865. Discharged for disability at Washington, Oct. 8, 1863. Wounded severely, Oct. 19, 1864; discharged at Man- chester, N. H., on account of wounds, July 4, 1865. Mustered out, July 8, 1865. Promoted corporal, Jan. 8, 1864; wounded severely, Oct. 19, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Jan. 38, 1865; mustered out, Sept. 31, 1865. Wounded, Sept. 19, 1864 ; discharged for disability, May 37, 1865. Mustered out, July 8, 1865. Died of disease, at Savannah, Ga., July 3, 1865. Wounded slightly, Sept. 19, 1864; mustered out, July 8, 1865. Lorenzo A. Patnain received $300 for furnishing a substi- tute, viz. : Edward F. Fuller, mustered in, Sept. 13, 1864; mustered out, July 8, 1865. 298 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. SIXTEENTH REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. MEN FOK NINE MONTHS, WITH BOUNTIES OF $100 EACH. All served in Co. F, and were mustered into service, Oct. 23, 1862. John S. Adams Left sick at Cairo, 111., Aug. 9, 1863. en route for home ; died at Mound City Hospital, Aug. 16, 1863; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1868. Charles S. Blodgett* Wagoner; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. Elliot F. Ellis Died of disease at New Orleans, La., June 9, 1863. Levi A. Forristall Died of disease at New Orleans, La., June 17, 1863. Charles T.Heywood Died at Port Hudson, La., July 31, 1863. Frederic H. Haskell. . . . Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. Ransom Handy Died at Port Hudson, La., Aug. 1, 1863. Elisha Harkness Died at Brashear City, La., May 31, 1863. James M. Ingalls Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. Charles R. Monroe Mustered out, Aug, 20, 1863. Charles Newton Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863." ' Willard A. Newton Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. Edward P. Phillips. . . . Promoted sergeant; mustered Out, Aug. 20, 1863. Charles H. Parker Promoted corporal; died at Butte La Rose, La., May 16, 1863. Thomas J. Richardson.. Promoted sergeant; discharged at New Orleans, La., June 6, 1863; died at sea, coming home. Leander Richardson .... Discharged at New York before the regiment embarked for the South. D. Henry Reed Promoted corporal; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. Joseph E. Stone Died of disease at Brashear City, La., June 5, 1863. Amos T. Towns Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. Loammi B. Underwood. Sick at Boston ; did not join the regiment; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. Charles H. Woods Captain of Co. F; discharged, Aug. 20, 1863. FIRST N. H. HEAVY ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS. FOR THREE TEARS OR THE WAR ; BOUNTY, $400. Orrin Brewer, Co. H, mustered in, Sept. 3, 1864; mustered out, June 15, 1865. FIRST REGIMENT N. H. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS. FOR THREE TEARS ; BOUNTY, Henry J. Richardson, Troop L, mustered in, Jan. 4, 1864; mustered out, July 15, 1865. * Substitute tor Sylvender B. Forristall. SITMMABY OF SOLDIERS TN THE SEEVICE. 299 For one year ; bounty, $500 : Nathan C. Carter. . . . " Orvis Fisher Ora Holman William H. Holman.. Robert McDonald .... George Putney All mastered in, Mar. 3 (33 ?), 1865, and served in Troop F. Adjutant-General's Report says of Fisher: "Supposed to have deserted en route to regiment," but he died of disease at Fortress Monroe. All ■ the others mustered out, July 15, 1865. SECOND REGIMENT U. S. SHARPSHOOTERS VOLUNTEERS. I'OR THBEE TEARS OB THE WAR, WITHOUT BOUNTY. All mustered in, l^ov. 26, 1861, and served in Co. F. Henry H. Boyce Discharged for disability, May 18, 1863. See under Fifth N. H. Regiment. Warren I. Boyce Discharged for disability. May 19, 1863. Daniel Chase Discharged for disability, Mar. 15, 1863. Charles H. Forristall Discharged, Nov. 36, 1864. Nathan Morse Re-enlisted, Dec. 31, 1863; transferred to Co. I, Fifth N. H., Jan. 30, 1865. See under Fifth Regiment. Wyman S. White Promoted corporal, Nov. 3, 1863; re-enlisted, Dec. 31, 1863; promoted sergeant, Oct. 14, 1864; 1st sergeant, Jan. 35, 1865; transferred to Fifth N. H., Jan. 30, 1865. See under Fifth Regiment. Charles B. Wilson Re-enlisted, Dec. 31, 1863; promoted 3d lieut., Nineteenth U. S. Colored Regiment, Aug. 11, 1864. Wm. Albert Withington. Died of disease, at Washington, D. C, Jan. 4, 1863. At re-enlistment Wilson received bounty $400, White re- ceived $400, and Morse received $300. The quota of soldiers required of Fitzwilliam from and after Aug. 28, 1862, was 66 men for three years or the war, and 22 men for nine months, making total number required, 88. The town furnished 68 men for three years or the war, and 21 for nine months, making the total number furnished 89, being a surplus of one. The foregoing list gives a larger number of three-years' men, since it includes all those assigned to Fitzwilliam in the re- ports of the Adjutant-General and a few Fitzwilliam men that he assigns to other towns. 300 HISTORY or FITZ WILLIAM. FITZWILLIAM MEN IN" THE UNITED STATES REGULAR SERVICE. George A. Whittemore.. Commissioned assistant quartermaster, May 18, 1864, with rank of captaiu; mustered out, Dec. 8, 1865. Charles B. Wilson Commissioned 3d lieutenant of Nineteenth Regi- ment of Colored Soldiers, Aug. 11, 1864. Daniel H. Reed Wagoner, Co. F, Sixth Regiment N. H. ; trans- ferred to Horse Artillery, Co. E, Fourth Regi- ment U. S. Regular Artillery; mustered out, Oct. 11, 1864. John Thomas Colored substitute for Anson Streeter; trans- ferred to a colored regiment in the U. S. ser- vice. FITZWILLIAM MEN WHO ENLISTED IN OTHER STATES. Ethan Blodgett, Twenty-flrst Mass., Co. A. Walter A. Brooks, Mass. Daniel W. Chase, Thirty-flf th Mass. Edward B. Ellis, Mass. George H. Ellis, Mass. Warren I. Ellis, Fifteenth Mass. Andrew Fisher, Fifteenth Mass. Luther W. Gowen, Mass. Charles W. Hayden, Thirty-fifth Mass. John McManus, Mass. Henry C. Perkins, Twenty-flrst Mass. George A. Platts, N. T. Wm. W. Stone, First Mass. Luther D. Wheeler, Vt. Benjamin Whitcomb, Fifteenth Mass. Francis L. Whitney, Thirty-sixth Mass., Co. D. Nelson 6. Woods, Mass. SUMMARY. Excluding the three-months' men, the number named in the foregoing tables is 172, apportioned as follows : Second New Hampshire Regiment, Infantry 23 Third " " " 7 Fifth " " " 31 Sixth " " " 39 Ninth " " " 10 Fourteenth " " " 17 Sixteenth " " " 31 First " " Cavalry 8 First " " Artillery 1 ' Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters 8 In Massachusetts regiments 15 In Vermont " 1 In New York " 1 Assistant Quartermaster U. S. Service 1 173 Deduct those who are counted twice from serving in two regiments 11 Making the whole number of different persons to be . . 161 KECOED OF riTZWILLIAM SOLDIERS. 801 GENEEAL EECOED OF THE EITZ-WlLLIAM S0LDIEE8 : Second Regiment : In Co. A 19 men won a good record ; 1 deserted from Co. K ; 2 only received bounties from the town. Third Regiment : The record of the 7 men from Fitzwilliam was not tarnished. To 3 of these the town paid bounties. Fifth Regiment : Four drafted men served ; 2 drafted sent substitutes, and 17 enrolled men furnished substitutes. Of the 19 substitutes.! deserted, and 7 served more or less.* Sixth Regiment : Ten received bounties ; 3 deserted, but 5 served to good purpose. Ninth Regiment : Had 9 substitutes, of whom 3 deserted ; 4 had a fair record, and 1, a colored man, was transferred to a U. S. colored regiment. ' Fourteenth Regiment : Most of the 17 credited to Fitzwill- iam belonged here. None deserted ; 12 lived to reach their homes, and 5 died, including T. F. Holraan, who was dis- charged a few days before his death. Sixteenth Regiment : The 21 enlisting from Fitzwilliam be- longed here ; 2 of these failed of embarking with the regi- ment for Louisiana ; 10 barely lived to reach their homes, while 9 died. FULL SUMMAET OF BOITNTIES : First Begiment, bounties and extra expenses $765.35 Second " " " " " 800.00 Third " " " " " 1,702.00 Fifth " " " " " 8,800.00 Sixth " " " " " 5,320.00 Ninth " " " " " 3,700.00 Fourteenth" " " " " 3,377.00 Sixteenth " " " " " 3,100.00 N. H. Artillery, " " " " 400.00 First N.H. Cavalry," " " " 4,100.00 Total. $39,464.25 This amount does not include other expenses occasioned by the war, as follows : Extra services by the selectmen, and * After the olose of tb e war, John P. Hayden, substitute for Lyman W. Bnwker, came to Fitzwilliam for the sole purpose of seeing the man for whom he had seived in the conflict. 803 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. travelling expenses while making enlistments, etc., as appears by the selectmen's report to the town at the close of the war, $469.12. This will make the total expense of the town $29,933.37 Of this sum, bounties reimbursed by State $1,500.00 Bounties reimbursed by U. S 886.00 2,386.00 Total expenditure by the town $2T,547.37 The $1500 noted above as refunded by the State is under- stood to have been for bounties advanced by the town. About ten years later, under a scheme of equalization, Ifew ELampshire paid the town of Fitzwilliam $7900 in State bonds, which were iised in paying off an equal amount of town bonds. In general, the amount paid out to aid soldiers' families was refunded by the State year by year, though this could hardly have been the case at first, since the town appears to have pledged the aid in question before the State moved in the matter. During the Rebellion, large supplies were sent by the Ladies' Association, by families, and by individuals, for the comfort and general welfare of the soldiers, regarding which no record was made. These supplies consisted of clothing, food, medi- cines, delicacies for the sick, etc., while in many cases large expenses were incurred because of the sickness and mortality among the soldiers. ' " It should be added, also, that the sums paid by individuals for substitutes in the army often, if not always, largely exceeded the bounties received from the town. The following are the names of those who died in service while suppressing the Rebellion : George W. Felch, Co. C, Four- teentk Regiment. Orvis Fisher, Troop F, First Cav- alry. Thomas F. Holman, Co. C, Four- teenth Regiment. Elisha Harkness, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment. Charles T. Heywood, Co. F, Six- teenth Regiment. John S. Adams, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment. Daniel S. Brooks, Co. A, Second Regiment. - Amos W. Brooks, Co. C, Fourteenth Regiment. Walter A. Brooks, Massachusetts Volunteers. John L. Church, Co. F, Sixth Regi- ment. THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT. 303 Bansom Handy, Co. F, Sixteentli Regiment. Levi N. Lillie, Co. C, Fourteenth Regiment. Fred. C. Lawrence, Co. F, Sixth Regiment. Elihu L. Morse, Co. F, Sixth Regi- ment. George W. Miles, Co. A, Second Regiment. John McManus, Massachusetts Vol- unteers. Patrick Morris, Co. B, Fifth Regi- ment. Robert Nixon, Co. I, Third Regi- ment. Charles H. Parker, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment. George H. Ellis, Massachusetts Volunteers. Elliot F. Ellis, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment. Jonas Forristall, Co. A, Second Regiment. Levi A. Forristall, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment. Daniel M. Fiske, Co. F, Sixth Regiment. Thomas J. Richardson, Co. F, Six- teenth Regiment. Levi W. Rice, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment. Albert G. Stone, Co. A, Second Regiment. Joseph E. Stone, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment. "William W. Stone, Massachusetts Volunteers. Josiah O. Taft, Co. A, Second Regiment. Sylvanus C. Waters, Co. F, Sixth Regiment. Lucius "Whitcomb, Co. H, Sixth Regiment. George H. Wilson, Co. H, Sixth Regiment. Robert Walton, Co. C, Fourteenth Regiment. Francis L. Whitney, Massachusetts Volunteers. Albert W. Withington, Co. F, u. s. s. Total, 36. THE S0LDIEE8 MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. This was organized February 2d, 1866, and its name indi- cates its object. The first officers were : President, Eev. W. L. Gaylord ; "Vice-President, Eev. G. W. Cutting ; Secre- tary, Stephen Batcheller ; Treasurer, Joel Whittemore ; Di- rectors, George W. Simonds, Samuel Kendall, Amos J. Blake, John M. Parker, and Norman U. Cahill. A co-operating committee, consisting of one gentleman and one lady for each school district, was appointed, and the association entered at once upon the work of raising funds for the erection of a suit- able soldiers' monument. For this purpose, and to awaken, if possible, a deeper and more general interest in the matter, a lecture was given in the Town Hall, November 25th, 1869, by Colonel Carroll D. Wright, of Boston, formerly of the Fourteenth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers. The subject was " The Shenandoah Campaign." Colonel Wright dechned any compensation for his services. In April, 1870, the funds in the treasury of the association 304 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM, amounted to five hundred and forty-six dollars and ninety-one cents, and the town having appropriated one thousand dollars in aid of the object, a contract for making and erecting a monument was made with a returned soldier. By a vote of the town, the monument stands in the village park. It is composed of four pieces of granite, viz., the base, which is plain, the plinth with a mould upon the top containing the in- scription in raised letters, " Soldiers who Died for their Coun- try in the Kebellion of 1861," the die, upon which are cut in raised letters, within sunken panels, the names of thirty-three soldiers to whose memory the monument was erected, and the shaft, upon one side of which are two swords crossed in raised work, and on the opposite side the inscription in raised letters, " 1871. What we do for them may be forgotten. What they did for us, never." As a committee to act in conjunction with the committee of the town, to arrange for the dedication of the monument, Messrs. George W. Davis and Norman U. Cahill were ap- pointed on the part of the association. It was dedicated, with appropriate services, July 4:th, 1871. At 10 A.M a procession was formed upon the Common under the direction of John M. Parker, Chief Marshal, as follows : 1. The Swanzey brass band. 2. A company of twenty-five returned soldiers. 3. Thirty-seven young ladies, dressed in white, representing the States of the Union, 4. Citizens generally. The exercises took place in the park, under the direction of Dr. A. E. Gleason, President of the day. Amos J. Blake, Esq., was Toast Master. After music the Chairman of the Town Monument Committee, O. L. Brock, in an appropriate address, presented the monument to the town. It was ac- cepted on the part of the town by ISTorman U. Cahill, Chair- man of the Selectmen, who made an address. Selections from the Scriptures were then read by Eev. E. H. Watrous. Prayer was offered by Eev. John P. Norton. The Declaration of Independence was read by Lewis M. IsTorton, , United States Senator, Hon. J. W. Patterson, who had been LJ ID Z o cc o to Q < IT < Q. LiJ X INCIDENTS BESPECTING EITZWILLIAM SOLDIEBS. 305 engaged to speak on the occasion, having been delayed on his way to Fitzwilliam, addresses were made by Eev. J. F. Nor- ton, J. J. Allen, Esq. , Eev. E. H. Watrous, Charles Bigelow, Ezra S. Stearns, Amos A. Parker, John JST. Kichardson, J. S. Adams, Esqs., Dr. Silas Cummings, and others. A pleasing feature of the dedication was the presence of the youth and children, in large numbers, from each of the schools in the town. At noon a bountiful collation was served, and this was followed in the afternoon by the toasts and addresses. This record of " Fitzwilliam in suppressing the great Eebel- lion' ' is necessarily incomplete after the lapse of twenty-two- years since the close of the war, but the incidents that follow will give a more vivid impression of the stern nature of the conflict and of the self-denial and suffering involved in sustain- ing it, than can be gained from the preceding statements and tables. What immediately follows has been furnished in substance by 0. L. Brock, Esq. In the Fourteenth Regiment of New Hampshire Yoliinteers were fifteen men from Fitzmlliam. Embarking March 20th, 1864, for New Orleans, they encountered a terrible storm of fifty-six hours' duration, which disabled their steamer, the Daniel Webster, and left them at the mercy of the winds and waves. They were finally rescued, however, and after being for a short time in the Department of the Gulf, they were transferred to Sheridan's army in the Shenandoah Valley. By a mistake the division in which the Fourteenth Regiment had been placed was unexpectedly exposed to a most fearful fire, of shot and shell, when one hundred and sixty men were killed in thirty minutes, George W. Felch, of Fitzwilliam, being of the number. Stillman S. Stone captured a prisoner and took him with him when retreating. Darius II. Whitcomb did the same, but was obliged to shoot his prisoner, while he, the prisoner, was trying to escape. Later, when the Confederate Army had captured eighteen pieces of artillery and thousands of prisoners, and thought their victory sure, came Sheridan' s famous movements, when the guns were recaptured and as many more taken, with many prisoners. In that fight Stillman 20 306 ■ HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. S. Stone received a ball in his arm and right side and was taken prisoner, but later was recaptured. His shattered arm was saved without amputation. Wright Whitcomb was wounded in the hand, a piece of a shell carried away his can- teen, and he had three ballet-holes through his clothes. The celebrated poem, " Sheridan's Kide," commemorates this remarkable exploit. Among the first to enter the army from Fitzwilliam. in 1861 was William Dunton. He was in the first Bull Eun battle, and in all the encounters on the Virginia Peninsula, from Will- iamsburg to Harrison's Landing. Later, in the second Bull Run light, he was struck by a ball on the right cheek, which, passing through his mouth so as to break up the bone and teeth of the entire upper jaw, came out just below the eye on the left cheek. Mr. Dunton fell, and was left by his comrades as dead, when, shortly after, they were obliged to retreat. Be-' ing now a prisoner, he was stripped of nearly all his clothes and of almost everything he had by the enemy> and left to die. Finding his mouth and throat fast filling up from the swelling of the mangled flesh, he succeeded in getting his knife from his pocket and deliberately cut away the torn flesh, and so cleared his mouth as far as possible. Hours now passed, and so did nights and days, and no relief was at hand. He could not cry out or even speak aloud, and could not have swallowed a morsel of food or a drop of water if he had had either. For six days and nights he endured what must have been agony, but on the morning of the seventh day he was discov- ered by a party of our own men who were burying the dead. He was still alive, but so weak that the men at first despaired of his living till he could be removed to a hospital. Faint and exhausted he was at length placed in the hands of the surgeons at Washington, five of whom decided that no human skill' could save him. Still, desiring to give him a chance for re- covery, they dressed his wounds, inserted a small tube in his- throat, and finally succeeded in having him swallow a few drops of brandy, which revived him. Mr. Dunton was fed in this vray for more than a month, and still lives, after more than INCIDENTS IN THE ARMY. 307 twenty years, to tell the story of his sufferiBgs, and to remind all who meet him of the enormous cost involved in saving our country. Second New Hampshire Regiment. As the Sixth Massa- chusetts Regiment was the first from that State to engage in deadly encounter with the Rebellion, so the Second New Hampshire Regiment was the first from this State to meet the foe in the terrible strife, and it was engaged in nearly all the battles in Virginia, from the first at Bull Run to the fall of Richmond. Fitzwilliam was largely represented in this regi- ment, and nearly one half of those who went from this town and belonged to it, were either killed, wounded, or died in prison. Daniel S. Brooks died in Libby Prison, at Richmond, Va., while others died of wounds or disease. The record of all the men from Fitzwilliam in this regiment is very honor- able. The Third New Hampshire Regiment had its first experi- ence in the war when ordered to attack a strong battery near Seoessionville, in South Carolina, from which the attacking forces had been three times repulsed, and lost one hundred and four men in the confiict. Later it was one of the regiments that made the famous sunrise attack upon Morris Island, when eleven siege gans and two hundred prisoners were captured. In the siege of Fort Wagner that immediately followed. Lieutenant John M. Par- ker, of Fitzwilliam, commanded Company I, and the Third New Hampshire Regiment was given the post of danger and honor. A most desperate resistance was anticipated, but when the regiment advanced the next morning to charge upon the fort, it was found deserted, and the victory gained was bloodless. In Florida many of the recruits that had been sent to this regiment deserted to the enemy, and one of these, taken while attempting to desert the second time, was tried and shot. Lieu- tenant Parker as acting adjutant reading to him his death-war- rant. There were no more desertions. The regiment at a later period did effective service in Vir- ginia, and lost in the terrible encounter at Drury's Bluff many of its brave men. 308 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. The Sixth Kegiment was organized at Keene and first met the enemy at Camden, S. C. Later it took part in nearly all the battles in Virginia (in one encounter capturing seven oflicers and one hundred and six men), and suffered severely through the unfortunate explosion at Petersburg. In one of the at- tacks upon the works in that city, one hundred and fifty men started but only fifty entered the works. This regiment left Keene with one thousand and forty-six men, and four hundred and eight more were added as recruits, but it returned with only four hundred and eighty-three men, and of these but ninety-eight belonged to the regiment orig- inally. It participated in twenty-two battles. At Antietam this with a Maryland regiment carried a bridge by storm thsit had resisted many attacks, and General Griffin was the first man to cross it. While in Virginia a negro servant was stooping over to stir his coffee, when a spent cannon-ball came rolling along and struck the negro on the back of the head, but after tumbling about for a time he jumped up, scratched his head, and fin- ished his preparation of his coffee. The Sixteenth New Hampshire Eegiment had one captain and nineteen men from Fitzwilliam, and was sent. to New Or- leans, and after having been encamped at various places was ordered into the lowlands, that were full of malaria, where nearly all were sick and many died. Eleven only reached home, and of these two died at a later period. The history of these men is a sad one, but they were loyal, and did their duty under the most, trying circumstances. See the EoU Eecord. Three men are now living in Fitzwilliam who served in the Fifteenth Eegiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, viz., An- drew Fisher, Benjamin Whitcomb, and Charles F. Pope. Mr. Pope is not a native of Fitzwilliam, biit settled in town soon after the close of the war. Mr. Fisher is a native of the town. Mr. Whitcomb is not a native of the town, bat resided here before the war. Mr. Whitcomb was wounded in the hip at Fair Oaks. Mr. Fisher was promoted to sergeant and from sergeant to captain. He was highly recommended by his su- INCIDENTS — W. I. ELLIS — ETHAN BLODOETT. 309 perior officers to Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, for pro- motion, and in the battle at Ball's Bluff was one of the last to retreat, and this he did, taking off his coat, jumping into the river and swimming to the opposite shore. His hat was rid- dled with bullets. At Antietam he was wounded in the shoulder, and at Grettysburg he was captured, and was in Libby Prison for months. Mr. Fisher participated in forty-seven battles and skirmishes. Warren I. Ellis, son of George W. Ellis, was one of four brothers who enlisted, two of whom died in the service, and the other two have since died of disease contracted while fight- ing for their country. Warren I. Ellis served in the Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment, and when the (Jjiion forces were com- pelled to retreat after the battle of Ball's Bluff he, with hun- dreds of others, plunged into the Potomac and swam to an island in the stream. Mr. Ellis lost all his clothing and money, and slept under a haystack during the night that followed the battle. He was severely wounded in the shoul- der at the battle of Antietam, and, after recovery, was trans- ferred to the signal service, in which he remained till his dis- cliarge. Ethan Blodgett enlisted July 19th, 1861, from Philiipston, Mass., and served in Company A., Captain George P. Hawkes, of the Twenty -first Massachusetts Regiment, Colonel A. Maggi. This regiment was in the second Burnside expedition, and par- ticipated in the engagements at Annapolis Junction and Roanoke Island. In the assault upon the rebel intrenchments at Roanoke Island, the Twenty-first Massachusetts and the Fifty-first New York were the first within the works, the first Union flag planted being the State flag of the Twenty-first Massachusetts. The Massachusetts official reports say that " the gallant Ethan Blodgett bore the flag, and planted it first on the rebel breastworks. ' ' The National Trihune, a newspaper published at Washing- ton, D. C, has for some time given considerable prominence to reminiscences of the war. In a recent number. Colonel Hawkins, of the Ninth New York Regiment (Hawkins's Zouaves), claimed for his regiment so prominent a position in 310 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. this engagement as to call out several communications in re- ply. One correspondent says : The Ninth New York Zouaves did not charge the fort until the works had been carried by the Twenty-first Massachusetts and pait of the Fifty-first New York. The State flag of the Twenty-first Massachusetts was the first to be planted on the works. Another correspondent adds : Captain Ethan Blodgett was the man who carried it. In the spring of 1862 Mr. Blodgett was taken sick, and was sent North to the hospital at Boston, lie did not recover his health, and as there seemed to be no prospect that he would be able to return to the army, he was discharged, September 29th, 1862. Benjamin F. Potter came to Fitzwilliam a short time before the commencement of the war. He served fourteen months in the Thirty-sixth Kegiment of Massachusetts Yolunteers, and has lived in town since his discharge. But if Fitzwilliam furnished a large company of men, not a few of whom proved themselves to be heroes in the great Ci vil .War, the patriotic devotion and suffering of those trying years were -not confined to them; for, among the mothers, sisters, and daughters who remained at home and prayed and labored for the success of right, there were as patient and self-denying souls as ever lived, while among the sick, wounded, and dying in the field, this town had a heroine. The facts that- follow regarding Miss Hannah A. Adams, of this town, daughter of Captain J. S. Adams, were first given to the public some years since, in a volume entitled " Woman's Work in the Civil War," a book that has had far less circula- tion than it deserves. The whole of that interesting narrative, which is too long for insertion here, will well repay perusal. Miss Adams, who became a school teacher at an early age, went West in 1856, hoping by the change of climate to check a predisposition to a pulmonary diflSculty that had threatened her health and, possibly, her life. The breaking out of the Rebellion found her a teacher in .one of the public schools of St. Louis, Mo., in which capacity she was eminently successful, but, in common with all the MISS HANNAH A. ADAMS' SERVICE. 311 teachers from New England in that city, she lost her situation soon after hostilities com,menced, most of the members of the Board of Education and others controlling the school funds being strong secessionists. ^ _", This cruel treatment only made Miss Adams more intensely loyal, and when the Ladies' Union Aid Society of St. Louis was formed in August, 1861, she not only assisted in the or- ganization, but was chosen its first secretary, an office which demanded untiring industry and patience as well as great exec- utive ability. This office shfr filled for more than three years. In the autumn of 1863, her only brother, a soldier from Fitzwilliam, died in the service.* Hastening to the hospital at Mound City, 111.,, where she knew he had been iinder surgi- cal treatment, and full of hope, that he might recover under her tender care, she found that he was already dead and buried, From this time forth her interest in the wounded and sick of the Union forces became, if possible, more intense, and noth- ing was too hard for her to undertake that promised the suffer- ers any measure of relief. The stores of the Ladies' Union Aid Society and of the Western Sanitary Commission, to which she had access, .were then large, and their rooms were open every day. Hundreds of the most patriotic and efficient women of St. Louis and vicinity were ready to aid in all possible ways, but, as a matter of course; their ready and self-denying secretary had the heavi- est part of the burden to bear. Hospital garments had to be receiv^ed or manufactured, and then arranged and given out in the hospitals, and to the sick and wounded in the regimental camps, not only in and around the city, but in other parts of the State and region. Advice must be given, applications for aid answered, accounts kept, reports made, sanitary stores col- lected, and a thousand other matters of great importance at- tended to, all of which found Miss Adams ready for service and competent to meet the incessant demands that were made upon her patience and judgment. * John S. Adams, of Fitzwilliam, Co. F, 16th Res. N. H. Volunteers, enlisted for nine months, served 9 months, 33 days. Left sicit at Cairo, Hi., Aug. 9, 1863, on his way home, and died at Mound City Hospitai, Au^. 16, 186.3. 312 HISTOEY OF FITZWII.LIAM. What she did for soldiers' families and for the widows and orphans, made by the war, in providing shelter, food, cloth- ing, and employment, cannot here be recorded, but thousands of these are now living to bless her memory. During the en- tire war St. Louis was crowded with troops, and in 1862 there were twenty thousand sick and wounded soldiers in the hos- pitals of that city and vicinity. In ministering to these in all the various ways that only a woman's heart could devise, Miss Adams found a field for the most self-denying effort. In 1863 she went to Nashville, Tenn., to open a special diet kitchen upon which requisitions could be made for the delicate articles of food that the very feeble and dangerously sick and wounded soldiers required ; and while in that city she secured the opening of the hospitals there to female nurses who had hot previously been employed in them. The difficulties to be surmounted in this effort were many and great, for the preju- dices against such an innovation were strong, but all yielded at length to her good common-sense, womanly instincts, and persuasive manner. Resuming her work in St. Louis early in 1864, she was con- stantly at her post till the end of the year, when she resigned her position, retaining the warmest affection of those with whom she had so long labored, and in the month of June, 1865, she became the wife of Morris Collins, Esq., of St. Louis. CHAPTEE XIII. EDUCATIONAL. School Lands Leased — First Schools— Early Teachers— Discipline — Branches Taught— Supervision — Committees — Reports— Common-School Associa- tion—Lyceum — Farmers' and Mechanics' Club — Musical — Temperance Societies — Libraries. THE fathers planted the school-house by the side of the church, knowing full well that ignorance and vice are associated together the world over. This fact was so well understood that the Masonian propri- etors, in the disposal of their property, always stipulated in their grants that provision should be made in the division of the lands for the education of the children of the settlers. As we have seen, in the grant to Sampson Stoddard and others in 1765, of Monadnock No. 4, it was made a condition that one share, viz., two lots of one hundred acres each, should be set apart and reserved forever for school purposes. The lots drawn for this purpose were No. 3 in Range 1 and No. 11 in Range 5. The former was located in the southeast part of the town upon the boundary of Rindge, the third lot from the line of Massachusetts. The latter was southeast of the central village, the Templeton road passing through it about half a mile below the house of Nahum Hayden. The school lands, like the ministerial, could not be sold, but could be leased for a long term of years. At a proprietors' meeting held May 2l8t, 1777, Captain John Mellen, Lieutenant Levi Brigham, and Joseph Grow were chosen a committee "to Dispose of the Ministerial and school lands and make returns at y' next Proprietors' meeting. " It does not appear that this committee did anything ; and at the next meeting, May 20th, 1778, Samuel Patrick, John Mellen, and Levi Brigham were chosen a committee " to dis- pose of the Ministerial and School Lands as they shall Think 314 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. Proper." This committee acted promj)tly, and within a montli had leased the two ministerial lots and the school lot No. II. in Eange 5. The lease first recorded in the Proprietors' Eecord Book reads as follows : This Indenture Witnesseth That we Samuel Patrick John Mellen and Levi Brigham All of Fitzwilliam in the County of Cheshire and Stiite of New Hampshire Being Chosen a Committee for the Purpose of Dispos- ing of the Mimsteriel and School Land in Said Town at A Legal Meeting of the Proprietors of Said Township held the Twentieth Day of May one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight : we the Said Commit- tee Do therefore In the Name and Behalf of Said Proprietors Dispose of the following Land agreeable to A Vote Passed at s'' meeting : Thn,t is we Do hereby Releas Remise and Quit claim unto. Samuel Osborn of Baiil Fitzwilliam Yeoman : one half of the Lot No Eleven in the fifth Range in Said Town it Being the Southerly Part of, the School Lot so Call'd : He the Said Samuel Osborn his Heirs and Assigns To Have Hold and Improve Said Land with the Appurimances and FrevUedges thereunto Belonging: During the Term of Nine Hundred and Ninety nine Years He or they Paying Annually To Said Proprietors Treasurer and liis. Snc- cessors the Interest of Forty two Pounds Ten Shillings L. M. at the Rate of Six per cent : Said Interest to be Improved for the Benefit of the School in Said Town And in Case the Said Samuel Osborn his Heirs or assigns Should Neglect or Refuse to pay Said Interest within Forty Djiy-s after it becomes Due : Then Said Treasurer or his Successors shall have Power to re-Enter upon the Premises and sell at Publick Vandue as much of Said Land as will pay Said Interest and Charges : he or they giving publick Notice thereof fourteen Days Preceeding Such Sale : and tlie overplus if any such there Be Shall be return'd to the owner within Twelve Days after the Sale ; and if it Shall So hapen that the Said S. Osborn his Heirs or assigns Shall at any time or times hereafter Pay the Principle Sum herein Specified Then he or they Shall be acquited fiom paying Said Interest to the End of Said Term : In Witness whereof we have hereunto Set our Hands and Seals This fourth Day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hun- dred, and Seventy Eight : it being the Second year of Independauce Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presance of Sam'l Patrick O Benjamin Willis. John Mellen Nathaii Rugg Levi Brigham O Tlie north half of this Lot, Ifo. 11 in liange 5, was leased to Ichabod Smith, cooper, for the same rent. The ministerial Lot No. 12 in Range 5 was also leased to lehabod Smith for the interest on sixty-five pounds ; and the other ministerial Lot No. 16 in Eange 1 was leased to Samuel Kendall, gentle- man, for the interest on eighty-three pounds and eight shil- lings. Tlie terms and conditions were the same in all the leases. The lease to Esquire Kendall was dated June 20th, 1778 ; the pther three were dated June 4th. As .the country returned to EENT OF MINISTERIAL AND SCHOOL LOTS. 815 specie p9,yment8 there was evidently some question as to wliat rent th,ese^ lessees should pay in specie, and at a proprietors' meeting held June 18th, 1773, it was Voted to choose a Committee to consolodate by the Scale the princi- pal sums of what the Ministerial and School Land was Leased out for and assertain the anua] interest on the same and make Return to the Treasurer and the Clark who is to enter the same on the proprietors Book, the committee chosen for j" above purpose is messrs Josiiili Hartwell Joseph Hemingway & Stephen Brigham The report of "this committee is entered in the proprietors' records as follows : ' ' The Report of the Committee chosen to Consolodate by the Scale the sumsihat j' ministerial and school Land was Leas'd out for and assertaue the anual interest, i« as folows : June 30. 1783. To Deacon John Locke Treasurer. We find by the scale of consolodation that the anual interest of the following Lots of Ministerial and School Lands which is Leas'd out is as folows, viz. To Mr. Samuel Osborn Half School Lot No 11 in 5 principal £42-10, inter- est is 12. 9. To Mr. Ichaibod' Smith Half School JjotNo 11 in 5.. principal £43-10 interest is 12. 9. To Mr. Ichabod Smith Ministerial Lot No 12 in 5 principal £65. in- terest is 19. 6. To Ensign Samuel Kendall, Ministerial Lot 16 in 1 principal £83-8. interest is £1-5-1-2. the above is s^ccording to the scale Entred. Joseph Heminway v Josiah Hartwell >■ Committee Stephen Brigham ) The interest was sealed down to one for four. " The Scale of Consolidation,' ' as it is here called, may be found in Chap- ter XI. The interest or rent at this reduced rate was paid by these lessees and their successors to the proprietors' treasurer till 1815, when the proprietors closed up their aflEairs, transfer- ring all their outstanding business over to. the jurisdiction of the town. It is apparent that about all the business done in the name of the proprietors for many years was the collection of the rent of these lands, and paying it over to the town. In 1815,, the town having assumed the jurisdiction, by a commit- tee appointed for the purpose, leased the lands to the parties 316 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. holding, the titles under the old leases. The leases now given were for the term of nine hundred and ninetj-nine years at the nominal rent of three cents a year on each lot, the lessees advancing and paying the rent in full, except this nominal sum of three cents a year, and in some of the leases at least, this sum was payable only when called for. The persons taking the several leases at this time and the amountsjpaid were as follows : L. 16, K. 1, Thomas How, of Rindge paid $115.00 L. 12, R. 5, Josiah Osborn, of F " 66.78 L. 11, R. 5, Richard Gleason, Jr., of F " 86.00 It is not practicable to give a complete account of what was done with the other school lot. Lot 3 in Range 1. In 1798 all that part of the lot that is ' ' west of the county road, ' ' containing forty acres by estimation, was leased to Isaac Whitte- more for nine hundred years at three cents a year rent. The amount paid on taking the lease is not stated, though as no further reference is made to the land it is evident that it was practically sold and paid for at this time. In 1816 a committee was appointed to lease that part of the lot situated east of the county road, which is further described as the land formerly leased to [Nathaniel Warner, but there is no record of any action taken by the committee. In March, 1823, the selectmen were authorized to dispose of the land which is now described as the land formerly leased to Nathan Pratt and Nathaniel Warner. Under this vote the land was leased, February 26th, 1824, to Daniel Streeter at three cents a year, a condition of the lease being that he should manage the land well. Nothing appears in the records to show when the land was leased to Pratt and Warner, or why they did not continue to hold possession of it. Whether a school was maintained in Monadnock No. 4 be- fore the incorporation of the town of Fitzwilliam in 1773, we have no means of determining, the proprietors' records being silent respecting the matter ; but as the population at that date was two hundred and fourteen, it is nearly certain that some- thing was done for the education of the children. And, as the EAELY PEOVISION FOR SCHOOLS. 317 records of the town meeting or meetings held in 1773 are miss- ing, it cannot be stated whether the to'Wn raised any money for schooling in that year or not, but at the meeting held March 17th, 1774, an appropriation of seven pounds was made " for the use of a scool for the present year," and a similar amount was raised in 1775 for the same purpose. In both cases, the sum appropriated was for the use of a school, which shows us that to this date but a single school was maintained. In 1776 no new appropriation was made for this purpose, for the reason that " the money raised last year for a school had not been expended." In 1777 ten pounds were raised " for the use of a school," and in 1778 fifteen pounds, while the town voted respecting this latter appropriation that " the school money should be spent in Eith Squarn (each squadron) as they shall think proper." From the tenor of this vote it is plain that there was to be more than one school now, and each squadron was to have the privilege of spending its money in such manner as should be for its own best accommodation. In 1779, the currency in which taxes were paid having greatly depreciated, one hundred and eighty pounds were raised for schools, and the town chose Caleb Winch, John Locke, Samuel Kendall, Levi Brigham, and Joseph Nurse a committee " to provide schools in eistch Squarn, and also to provide houses for to ceept (keep) the schools in and also to see the money laid out in its proper season." As this com- mittee was composed of five men, located in different parts of the town, the inference is that there were five squadrons or districts in 1779. As early as anything can be definitely as- certained about it, it is evident that while the School Com- mittee was chosen by the town at the annual town meeting, one member of the committee was chosen from each district, and that each member of the committee had the direction and management of the school in his own district. The School Committee was chosen in this manner till 1823, when the town " Yoted that each School District have liberty to choose their own School Agent and lay out their own School Money." The currency having still further depreciated, four hundred 318 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. pounds were raised for tlie support of the schools in 1780, and in 1781 this sum was increased to fifteen hundred pounds. In this last-named year, at a meeting held later in the year, the town voted to raise twenty pounds in silver in lieu of the fif- teen hundred pounds in paper currency voted at the earlier meeting. The divisions of the town for school purposes were not called districts till early in the present century. In 1802 the word districts first appears upon the records, and these were first designa;ted by numbers in 1803. From the best information obtainable it appears that there were five squadrons in 1779-80, seven in 1781-88, eight in 1789-91, and nine in 1792-96. In 1803 the number had increased to thirteen, and this con- tinued to be the number of the districts till Troy was incor- porated in 1815. The new town took from Fitzwilliam two whole districts, viz., Nos. 10 and 13, and two half districts, viz., halves of Nos. 6 and 9. About the same time a new district was formed in Fitzwilliam from the adjoining parts of Nos. 11 and 12, and this was numbered 10. Tlie nine squadrons of 1792-96 answered to the districts ex- isting at the time that Troy was formed about as follows : Squadrons. Districts. Southwest No. 11 Centre " 4& 8 North Centre " 5 South " 3 & 7 Squadrons. Districts. East Nos. 1 & 2 Northeast " 6 North " 9 & 10 Northwest "13 West "12 Since 1815 the town has been formally redistricted, and various alterations have been made at other times, yet the boundaries have remained substantially as they were seventy years ago, and there has been no change at all in the number- ing of the districts. For a time No. 4 was classed with No. 8, but for more than fifty years this district has had its sepa- rate school. In 1885 the Legislature abolished the district system, but tlie new plan devised to take its place is understood to meet with much opposition, and it is deemed altogether too early to de- cide upon its relative value. ERECTION OF THE FIRST SCHOOL-HOUSES. 319 THE FIE8T SCHOOL- HOUSES. For a number of years after the settlement of the town the schools were kept in private houses, and in localities as nearly central as circnmstances would admit. It was with the schools as it was with the religious services on the Sabbath, a room was obtained in some dwelling-house where the largest num- ber could be accommodated. In 1779, as we have seen, the town took measures for the erection of the first school-houses, but as the warrant for a town meeting to be held January 15th, 1781, contained the following article, viz., to see if the town will" grant money to build School houses and say how many, and wliere they shall be sott and how mucb money they will give for building them or act thereon as the town think proper it would seem that the committee appointed for this purpose nearly two years bef6re had failed to act, probably for the good reason that no appropriation had been made for this purpose.. The houses were, however, bnilt at a later period, but when, where, or how many, the old records do not inform us. It is learned from other sources that the first one was built for the East Squadron, which comprised all the east part of the town. This was located on Lot 10 in Range 1, and was built in 1779. In 1795 this squadron was divided, the north part retaining the original nanae and the old school-house. This was removed to the spot now occupied by No. 2 school-house, and in its two locations was used for about sixty years. The soath part was named the Southeast Squadron, and for its ac-' commodation a new school- house was built between the dwell- ing-houses of Calvin Clark (on Lot 6 in Range 1) and Abijah Warner (on Lot 5 in Range 1). This was a framed house, rough boarded, and with a large stone chimney. The fire- place was so large that logs were rolled into it, and on cold mornings the boys were accustomed to take their books and sit upon the forestick to keep comfortable while they pursued their studies. Six long seats were placed upon each side of the aisle. This school-house was burned not far from the year 1808, and nothing was saved, as most of the people were absent from their homes. After this loss this school was maintained 320 HISTORY OP FITZ WILLI AM. for a Dumber of years in dwelling-houses, and it was not till the year 1814 that another school-house was erected. This, which stood about fifteen rods north of the old house, was much better than its predecessor, but would not compare fa- vorably with the neat and convenient house that the important school in District No. 1 now occupies. The first school- house in District No. 5, or the North Centre Squadron, as it was called at the commencement of the pres- ent century, was built of logs and was located on the Common near where the soldiers' monument now stands. EAELT SCHOOL-TEAOHEES. We have but little information concerning the school-teach- ers of Fitzwilliam before the year 1800. Referring to the districts by their numbers, as afterward designated, it is stated that Dr. Grosvenor taught in 1786 in No. 8 and later in No. 3. Mrs. Simeon Perry also taught in No. 3 at an early date. The first school-house in No. 11 was built in 1Y88. The first female teacher who taught in this school-house was Alice Graves, and the first male teacher was Israel Whitney. Jonas Gary taught in this district before the school-house was built. In the earlier years of the present century Arunah Allen and Ezekiel Rand taught in several districts in town. Mr. Allen was afterward a Baptist minister. Mr. Rand was a native of Riudge, and married a daughter of Abner Stone, of Fitzwilliam. Hannah Brigham, afterward Mrs. William F. Perry, and her sister Anna, afterward Mrs. Timothy Kendall, were both pop- ular teachers. Anna taught in No. 8 in 1801 and 1803, in No. 13 in 1802 and 1803 and in No. 2 in 1803. Mary Chap- lin, afterward Mrs. Artemas Beard, taught in No. 5 in the summer of 1803. Phinehas Reed was school agent in that year. Sally Kendall, of Templeton, taught in No. 5 in the summers of 1804 and 1805. Other popular teachers, mostly of a little later date, were Amos Jones, Benjamin Eddy, John Fletcher, John J. Allen, Phinehas Howe, Lucy Whitney, Lucy Stone, Betsey Wright, Betsey Bowker, Olive Hancock, and Sarah Knight. Some further information about many of these teachers may be found in the Genealogical' Records in this book. SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AUTB IKSTEUCTION. 321 EAELT SCHOOL DISCIPLINE. This was often somewhat sterner than generally prevails at the present day, though not a few of the school-teachers one hundred years ago governed largely by kindness and love ranher than by the rod. Benjamin Eddy had some roguish boys among his pupils, for one day John Miles appeared in " Old Hivers's'' * ragged clothes, and Eli Freseott was dressed in garments that had been worn by some one while picking geese. Master Eddy orderedi them out of the house, but, as the school was completely de- moralized by the ludicrous appearance of the culprits, they seem to have remained, and " John walked with the teacher to- dinner, with his fox-skin muff for a hat." One girl received, a severe punishment for shaking her clenched list in the face- of another teacher, and he seems to have been one of the best, schoolmasters of the time. She must have been exceptionally passionate and impudent. As a general thing good order was- maintained in the early schools. BRANCHES TAUGHT IN THE EAELT SCHOOLS. The instruction was plainly confined to what we denominate the rudiments of a school education. Considerable attention was paid to reading, spelling, and penmanship. Spelling- matches are not a modern invention, for " Lucy Bigelow and Tamar Grant spelt for the scissors, and both missing, lost them." The word upon which the trial terminated is given, but cannot be deciphered. Not much was attempted in the way of geography, and still less in grammar. Arithmetic was a popular study one hundred years ago, especially with the older boys, but in this branch mnch less proficiency was gen- erally made than is common now under our improved systems of teaching. Ho geography or maps adapted to common school instruction were to be found eighty years ago in this country or in Europe. No instruction was given in algebra, geometry, philosophy, physiology, drawing, or music, even to * This was in District No. 11. George Hivers, HItds, or Hibrus, a colored man, died December 2l8t, 1807, aged 78 years. 21 322 HisTOET or fitzwilliam. the most advanced classes in the schools. Nevertheless, those schools were practically sufficient to enable the pupils to trans- act all the common business of life correctly and to maintain honorable and useful positions in society. STJPEEVISION OF THE EAELY SCHOOLS. For many years after the incorporation of the town, there was no official board legally charged with the duty of exam- ining school-teachers in regard to their qualilications, or of taking cognizance of the condition and progress of the schools. Year by year the town raised and appropriated such sums of money for the support of schools as was considered necessary, and chose a school committee to expend the money in a proper manner. This committee evidently consisted of one person from each squadron or district, and each committeeman seems to have taken the entire charge of the schools in his own dis- trict. Very early public sentiment required that the clergy- men of the several towns should, as far as possible, visit each school at its closing examination, remark upon the behavior and progress of the scholars and offer prayer. The town of Fitzwilliam seems to have taken measures for some general supervision of the schools before any State laws were passed making such supervision obligatory. In 1795 the town voted that Eev. Benjamin Brigham, Lieutenant Caleb Winch, and Nahum Parker, Esq., be a com- mittee to inspect the schools in town the year ensuing. In 1Y97 Rev. Mr. Brigham and the selectmen were ap- pointed for the same purpose. In 1808 the town chose Rev. John Sabin, Thomas Stratton, and Charles Bowker a committee to inspect schools, while in 1809 and 1810 Mr. Sabin and the selectmen discharged this duty. In 1811 a committee of eleven was raised for this pur- pose, and it was requested that " Rev. John Sabin should at- tend as often as convenient." In 1812 and 1813 the town " chose a committee of twelve to inspect the schools," but no reference is made in the vote to Eev. Mr. Sabin. In 1814 Rev. Mr. Sabin and the several district committees SCHOOL COMMITTEES— 1815-1841. 323 inspected the schools, and in 1815 there were associated with the pastor the selectmen, Elder Arunah Allen, and Luther Chapman, Esq. In 1816 the town " chose Rev. John Sabin to visit the schools in this town with each Committee man," and the same vote was passed in 1817. From 1818 to 1820 inclusive no action of the town upon this subject is recorded ; in 1821 and 1822, the committee to inspect schools consisted of Kev. John Sabin, Levi Chamberlain, and Jared Perkins, but in 1823 Alvah Godding took the place of Mr. Sabin. At this date the town voted that each district shall choose its own committee, and this vote was repeated in 1824. This officer doubtless answered to the Prudential Com- mittee of recent days, and even since 1823 he has been chosen by the districts respectively and not by the town, as was the former custom. In 1825 the town chose Eev. John Sabin, J. S. Adams, and John J. Allen to inspect the schools, but authorized Mr. Sabin to name six other persons in addition to serve with these, and he nominated Rufus Foster, Newell Bent, Silas Cummings, John Perkins, Dexter Whittemore, and Lysander Tower. In 1826 a committee of ten was chosen to visit schools and recommend books, viz., Luther Chapman, Levi Chamberlain, John J. Allen, Dexter Whittemore, Lysander Tower, Dan vers Whittemore, Luke B. Richardson, John Perkins, J. S. Adams, and Curtis Coolidge. In 1827 Rev. John Sabin, Levi Chamberlain, John J. Allen, J. S. Adams, Newell Bent, and Silas Cummings con- stituted the committee. From 1828 to 1832 inclusive there is no record of the ap- pointment of any Superintending School Committee by the town, but such a committee may have been appointed by the selectmen. That such a committee served during those years seems nearly certain from the fact that in 1833 the town voted to dispense with the services of the Superintending School Com- mittee so far as relates to the inspection or examination of Schools. From this date to 1841 the records are very meagre on this 324 HISTORY OF PITZWILLIAM. point, though in some of the later years it is shown that a re- port was made and accepted. In an historical lectare delivered in the town in 183(5, Mr. Sabin took an advanced position relative to school matters ; and among the errors which he labored to correct were these : 1. The schools were too short because the appropriations were too small. 2. The standard of education having been raised, the prog- ress of the schools had not kept pace with it. 3. Some of the children had been crowded forward too early and rapidly in their studies, and had been injured thereby. " Parents and even teachers are in haste everywhere to have their cliildren become men. How sad a mistake !" This Mr. Sabin quotes approvingly from The Moral Reformer. 4. Some of the popular amusements of the time and town were interfering greatly with the substantial education of the children and youth, and the statement of this evil was followed with the suggestion that if they had met just as often to study Colburn's arithmetic or Euclid, they would have received greater and more lasting benefit, with less expense and less ex- posure of life and health. A man of Mr. Sabin 's age and ex- perience, and with views like these, must have done much for the intellectual as well as moral education of the young. JSlot long after this period the town increased its appropria- tions for school purposes and provided for a more efficient supervision of its schools. In 1840 Rev. John Sabin, Amos A. Parker, Daniel Spaulding, Dexter Whittemore, and Cal- vin J. Parker were chosen by the town as a School Commit- tee, and they did the work assigoed them so well that a year later the town passed a vote of thanks for their service, and seems to have continued them in office another year by general consent. A list of the committees for the succeeding years is here given. The date prefixed is the year of appointment. The report of each committee will, of course, be dated the follow- ing year. The committees of 1842 and 1843 were appointed by the selectmen, and that of 1844 was chosen by the town. Since 1844 the committees have been perhaps more usually SUPERINTENDING- SCHOOL COMMITTEES. 325 chosen by the town, though very frequently the appointment has been referred to the selectmen. SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEES. 1842. Jonathan S. Adams, Daniel Spaulding, Silas Cummings. 1843. Daniel Spaulding, Silas Cummings, Calvin J. ParJier. 1844. Calvin J. Parker, Dexter "Whittemore, John J. Allen, Jr. This was the first committee that qualified by taking the official oath. 1845. Calvin J. Parker, Dexter "Whittemore, Samuel Kendall. 1846. Silas Cummings, Daniel Spaulding, Jonathans. Adams. 1847. John S. Brown, Charles M. Willard. 1848. Charles M. Willard, John S. Brown, William D. Locke. 1849. John S. Brown, Charles M. Willard, Abraham Jen- kins, Jr. 1850. Abraham Jenkins, Jr., John S. Brown, 1851. Silas Cummings, John J. Allen, Jr., Thomas W. Whittemore. 1852. Silas Cummings, John J. Allen, Jr., Daniel Spaulding. 1853. John J. Allen, Jr., Augustus W. Goodnow, Milton Chaplin, Silas Cummings. 1854. John Woods, Samuel Kendall. 1855. John Woods. 1866. John Woods. 1857. Silas Cummings. 1858. John J. Allen, Jr. 1859. Joel Whittemore. 1860. Samuel Kendall, William L. Gayiord, C. R. Crowell. 1861. James K Chase, William L. Gayiord, Curtis E. Cro- well. 1862. William L. Gayiord, 1863. John J. Allen, Jr. 1864. Amos J. Blake. 1865. William L. Gayiord, George W, Cutting, Eugene de Normandie. 1866. William L. Gayiord, George W. Gutting, Ira Bailey. 326 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 1867. William L. Gaylord, George W. Cutting, Ira Bailey. Mr. Graylord removed from town before the close of the year, and the report was made by Messrs. Cutting and Bailey. 1868 to 1872 inclusive, Dr. A. K. Gleason. 1873. A. E. Gleason, Amos J. Blake, H. W. Day. 1874. Amos J. Blake. 1875. Amos J. Blake, John Colby. 1876. Amos J. Blake, John Colby, A. K. Gleason. 1877. John Colby, A. E. Gleason. 1878. John Colby, A. E. Gleason, Amos J. Blake. 1879. Silas Curamings, Samuel Kendall, Calvin B. Perry. 1880. A. E. Gleason, Amos J. Blake, Samuel Kendall. 1881. Amos J. Blake, Samuel Kendall, A. E. Gleason. 1882. Samuel Kendall, A. E. Gleason, Amos J. Blake. 1883. A. E. Gleason, Amos J. Blake, Elliot K. Wheelock. 1884. Amos J. Blake, Elliot K. Wheelock, John M. Parker. 1885. Elliot K. Wheelock, John M. Pai-ker, Harriet W. Stearns. 1886. A. E. Gleason, Jonas Damon, Harriet W. Stearns. 1887. Jonas Damon, Harriet W. Stearns, Samuel Kendall. In 1880 the town adopted the plan of electing a single mem- ber of the School Committee each year, to hold office for three years, a system which has many advantages, as it keeps upon the committee constantly two members who have become well acquainted with the qualifications of the teachers and the con- dition of the schools. The town commenced the printing of the School Eeports in 1844. The report made in 1845 covers thirty-one pages, and is very elaborate, as it sets forth the examination of the teach- ers and of the schools, the condition of the latter in detail, with the matter of the classification of the pupils, and considers at length the subjects of reading, writing, qualifications of teachers, vocal music, physical education, and visits of parents and others. Since 1850 the reports of the selectmen and other town officers have generally been printed with the School Eeports. No reports were printed in 1854, 1855, and 1856. SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1843-1876. 327 In the following tables, Table I. gives the number of schol- ars attending school, and the aggregate length of the schools ; Table II. gives a more extended report for four representative j'ears : TABLE I. Summer Sohools. winter Schools. 'Si la 1° o II DO O CQ s 3 ■SI 1843-4. . . . 320 431 218 1844-5. . . . 361 161 200 452 239 213 488 222 1845-6. . . . 332 139 193 469 253 216 220 1846-7. . . . 345 148 397 428 219 209 231 1847-8. . . . 385 157 228 410 220 190 244 1848-9. . . . 870 163 207 447 238 209 212 1849-50. . . 332 140 192 443 229 214 219 1850-1.... 335 143 192 400 206 194 217 1851-2. . . . 261 113 148 386 203 183 419 204 1852-3.... 284 115 169 396 210 186 422 232 1855-6. . . . 283 432 '205 1856-7. . . . 268 109 159 366 200 166 441 220 1857-8. . . . 275 356 394 200 1858-9. . . . 256 343 373 211 1859-60. . . 267 354 405 198 1860-1. . . . 256 314 325 193 1861-2. . . . 246 333 366 208 1862-3.... 253 327 371 202 1863 4. . . . 250 377 406 203 1864^5. . . . 255 353 398 206 1865-6.... 377 235 1866-7. . . . 380 220 1867-8. . . . 290 357 383 225 1868-9. . . . 256 325 336 205 1869-70. . . 247 304 317 227 1870-1.... 246 290 327 225 1871-2. . . . 216 266 297 196 1872-3. . . . 222 261 282 201 1873 4 . . . 208 298 331 204 1874-6. . . . 235 281 319 242 1875-6. . . . 225 269 241 328 HISTOKY or I'lTZWILLIAM. TABLE I.—iOontinued.) Summer Schools. Winter Schools. 621 3 2 (0 O ca 4 H = 2 1 4 3 ^3 oa ill 1876-7. . . . 228 277 244 1877-8. . . 218 259 266 1878-9. . . 219 235 275 1879-80. . 215 ^ 251 277 265 1880-1. . . 199 228 299 1881-2... 209 221 260 1882-3. . . 200 89 111 236 129 107 251 1883-4. . . 214 98 116 269 142 127 262 1884-6. . . 236 117 119 273 143 130 269 264 1885-6. . . 234 114 120 262 135 127 250 1886-7. . . 238 117 121 247 129 118 240 TABLE IL Number of different schol- ars atteuding school in the year Of which were boys. . . . " " girls. . . . "Whole number attending in summer Average attendance in sum- mer Whole number attending in winter Average attendance in win ter Amount required by law to be raised for support of schools Amount actually raised . 1844-5. 1852-3. 1864-6. 488 260 228 422 222 200 398 212 186 361 284 255 312 235 230 452 396 353 366 341 297 $504.00 800.00 $577.20 1,000.00 $1,000 1884-5. 269 141 128 236 216 273 250 $2,000 SCHOOL STATISTICS CONTIlSrUED. 329 TABLE ll.—(Oontinmd.) 1884-5. Amount of Literary Fund Amouat for each scholar. . Terms taught by male teach- ers Terms taught by female teachers Average wages per month including board, male teachers Average wages per month, including board, female teachers Number of visits by citizens before final examinations at summer schools. . , At winter schools , 1844-8. 1883-3. 1864-8. $50.19 1.76 $66.72 2.52 $99.96 2.76 h 4 1 20 20 23 $25.20 $28.60 $50.00 11.10 14.00 19.68 275 177 402 476 - $130.05 8.17 21 $37.67 29.14 257 262 It will be seen that while the nnmber of scholars belonging in the town and attending school has considerably diminished, the amount of money expended upon the schools has greatly increased. The result of the larger appropriations has been to command the services of more efficient and better educated teachers, and to add considerably to the length of the schools. It will be particularly noticed that much the larger advance has been made in the wages paid to female teachers. In a few cases a high school has been maintained in the autumn, with varying success, and nearly every year some of the youth of the town have attended academies and high schools in other places. During these years a large amount of private instruction has been given by those well qualified to teach ; but ever since the settlement of the town, the chief reliance has been placed upon the common schools in the in- tellectual training of the children and youth. The printed annual School Eeports for the last forty years contain a great amount of valuable information respecting the 330 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. school education of children, and youth in general, and the condition of each district school in particular. The sugges- tions found in them relative to the increased efficiency of the schools are mostly of much practical importance, and show that, as the years have been coming and going, the intellectual training of the young of Fitzwilliam has not been overlooked. LITEBART FUND. The Literary Fund, to which allusion has been made, is de- rived from an annual tax of one half of one per ceut on the amount of the actual capital stock of banking corporations in this State, also from a tax of one per cent on deposits in sav- ings-banks by non-resident depositors, or depositors whose resi- dence is unknown, and also from the proceeds of the sale of the State lands in the northern portion of the State. The Governor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer for the time being, constitute a Board of Commissioners to man- age said Literary Fund. The law provides that the State Treasurer shall assign and distribute, annually in June, the Literary Fund among the several towns and places, according to the number of scholars of such towns and places, not less than five years of age, who shall, by the last Report of the School Committee of the sev- eral towns and places returned to the Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction, appear to have attended the district common schools in such towns and places for a term not less than two weeks within that year. The money so received by any town or place shall be ap- plied to tlie maintenance of common schools or to other pur- poses of education, in addition to the sums required to be raised by law, and in such manner as the town shall direct ; but no district in which no school shall be kept during the year shall receive any part of said money. See Chapter XCIV., Gen- eral Laws of ISTew Hampshire. All money arising from the taxation of dogs remaining in the treasury of any town or city of this State on the first day of April, which has not been ordered to be paid for damages done by dogs to domestic animals, shall be applied to the sup- FITZWILLIAM COMMON-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. 331 port of schools. Section IS, Chapter CXV., General Laws of New Hampshire. THE FITZWILLIAM COMMON-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. From a printed cirenlar issued by A. S. Kendall, President, and Stephen Batcheller, Secretary, and addressed to the in- habitants of this town we learn that for some years the county of Cheshire among the counties, and the town of Fitzwilliain among its towns, were regarded "as the banner county and town in New Hampshire in matters pertaining to common schools." It should be known, however, that this high posi- tion had not been gained solely, perhaps not chiefly, by large appropriations for educational purposes, or by the employment of the most competent teachers, or, again, because the schools of this town had been favored with a wiser and more energetic superintendence than most of its neighbors enjoyed. These had all done much to raise the standard of education here, but, after all, the secret of the success was plainly to be found in the prevailing sentiment of the people generally, their in- terest in their schools and determination to make them as eiH- cient as possible. As early as October 25th, 1842, measures were adopted for the organization of what was known, for many years, as " The Fitzwilliam Common School Association," and on November 8th of that year the organization of this society was perfected. Rev. J. H. Say ward. Dr. S. Cummings, and Daniel Spauld- ing, Esq., reporting the form of a constitution for that pur- pose. The object aimed at is stated to have been " to increase the interest in and to improve and perfect our common schools." The original constitution as slightly amended from time to time was signed by one hundred and eighty-eight persons of both sexes, with the name of He v. John Sabin at the head of the list, and these names embrace those of the most active and energetic of the people of Fitzwilliam at that period. The plan proposed and successfully as well as generally carried out during the years that followed, was to hold, each year, a series of evening meetings in the several school districts, at which 3B2 HISTORY OF ITTZWILLIAM. papers should be read, lectures giv^en, and discussions engaged in relative to all the matters appertaining to the coimnon schools. The meeting was usually held while the school in the district was in session. The oflSeers of the organization were a president, a vice- president, a secretary and treasurer, three councillors, and in each district two coadjutors — one of each sex. At the first election, the persons whose names follow were chosen : Daniel Spaulding, President ; Joseph A. Penniman, Vice-President ; John P. Sabin, Secretary and Treasurer ; Rev. Messrs. John Sabin, James H. Sayward, and Joseph Storer, Councillors. District. Coadjutors. 1. John Damon, Mrs. Lurena Gregory. 2. Joshua T. Collins, Mrs. David Fullam. 3. Nelson Howe, Miss Zerviah Waite. 4. George ]Sr. Olmsted, Mrs. George W. Simpnds. ' 5. Silas Cummings, Miss M. E. Spaulding. Calvin J. Parker, Miss Sarah B. Richardson. 6. James Corey, Mrs. Jonathan Whittemore. 7. Levi Harris, Mrs. William D. Locke. 8. Lewis Taft, Miss Olive R. Felch. 9. Henry H. Wheeler, Miss Tryphena Collins. 10. Thomas Sweetser, Miss Maria Blodgett. 11. Benjamin Heywood, Mrs. Daniel White. 12. Rafus Foster, Miss Emeline Worcester. The duties of these officers will be easily understood with the exception of the last-named, the coadjutors. These persons were appointed to arrange in each district for a full attendance at the meetings as they should occur, to see that the school- houses should be properly warmed and lighted for the same, and to do everything possible to make each meeting successful, while, later, it was made a part of their duty to inquire into the condition of poor families within the bounds of their re- spective districts, and to report the facts to the Association, that assistance might be rendered, if deemed necessary and expedient. The list of coadjutors often, perhaps always, in- PROCEEDINGS OF THE 0. S. ASSOCIATIOK. 333 eluded the names of the Prudential Committees of the se\reral districts. This Fitzwilliam Common School Association soon became an important member of the Cheshire County Common School Association, which was in active service for many years. The Fitzwilliam Association was the lirst town association formed in the State, and it is believed that no other town association in the State or country had so long an active and continuous ex- istence. The lectures and discussions took a wide range at the meetings, but all were made to bear either directly or indi- rectly upon common-school education, with a view to correct the prevailing evils in the system and to raise the standard as high as possible. Sach men as Kevs. Messrs. Sabin, Brown, and Herrick, Amos A. Parker, Esq., J. S. Adams, John J. Allen, Jr., Dexter Whittemore, Samuel Kendall, Dr. Silas Cummings, Daniel Spaulding, and others equally interested took an active part in all these proceedings. At the opening of the Association year, September 28th, 1846, the following appointment of lecturers was ma.de, and the lectures thus provided for seem to have been given regu- larly and promptly : District No. 1. Kev. D. Stowell, Parental Duties. " " 2. Daniel Spaulding, Esq., Power of Attention. " " 3. Henry Cummings, Reading and Spelling. " " 4. Samuel Kendall, Studies in School. " " 5. John J. Allen, Jr., Music in Schools. " " 7. Charles Cummings, Compositions. " " 8. Amos A. Parker, Esq., Punctuality and Con- stant Attendance. " " 9. Rev. Horace Herrick, Moral Culture. " "10. Dr. Silas Cummings, Physical Culture. " " 11. Rev. John S. Brown, Intellectual Culture. " "12. Jonathan S. Adams, School Discipline. The directors or councillors in making the appointments for each year, as a matter of course introduced new lecturers and subjects for discussion, and October 25th, 1847, provision was made to have papers upon common-school education pre- No. 1. 2. 3. 4, 5. 7. 8, 9, 10, 11. 12, 334 HISTORY OF FITZWILLTAM. sented at each district meeting by two ladies. The first ap- pointment of these was as follows : Mrs. S. Kendall, Miss Ellen M. Allen. 2. Miss M. B. Alexander, Miss Nancy S. Carter. 3. Miss Lucy Newton, Miss Miranda S. Parker. Miss Jane E. Reed, Miss Nancy A. Harris. Mrs. C. C. Carter, Miss Esther E. Buckmiiister. Miss M. B. Wilder, Miss Ehza J. Newton. Miss J. A. Spaulding, Miss Ellen Hill. Miss 0. R. Felch, Mrs. C. M. "Willard. Miss Eliza Whittemore, Mrs. J. S. Brown. Mrs. Joel Whittemore, Miss S. A. Thompson. Mrs. F. Kendall, Mrs. D. Stowell. The records from this time forward show that the scholars of the several districts were active in preparing for the district meetings, in the way of furnishing agreeable music for the same and school papers to be read by teacher or scholars. The essays by the ladies introduced a new and attractive feature, and the meetings were sustained through the season with great interest. And this plan of operations, an outline of which has here been given, was adopted substantially and carried out from year to year. New names appear from time to time upon the lists of writers and speakers. In nearly or quite every district, a school paper, with a significant name, as. The Youtli's Friend, The Evening Star, was carefully prepared by the scholars and read by the teacher or by one or more of the pupils, and much was done in this way to maintain the interest of the meetings. The paper presented in District No. 5, January 6th, 1853, was read by three of the pupils, viz., Hannah A. Adams, Abbie H. Kimball, and Cynthia Whitte- more. It was entitled The School Gleaner, and consisted of thirty-one articles from the higher and twelve from the primary department, but the whole was read in forty-eight minutes. Commencing with the autumn of 1853 the work of the Fitz- william Common School Association was continued, but under the name of "The Association for Educational Purposes in Fitzwilliam." A new constitution was adopted, but its fea- ASSOCIATION POE EDUCATIOKAL PURPOSES. 335 tures were not unlike those of its predecessor, thotigli in its range it naay have been possibly a little wider. More and more the pupils in the several schools contributed to the in- terest and value of the district meetings by their papers and music, while the older members of the Association, both male and female, furnished their lectures and essays upon a great variety of practical matters appertaining to culture and train- ing in the home and the school. The officers for the year 1858-59 were John Forristall, President ; Charles Eeed, Yice-president ; Joel Whittemore, Secretary ; Charles H. Woods, Editor ; Dr. S. Cummings, Philip D. Angier and Chancy Davis, Jr., Directors. The meetings (often weekly), seem to have been maintained with a good degree of interest through the entire period of the Civil War, fifty, seventy, seventy-five, one hundred and six, and two hundred and ten being present on dififerent occasions. In this connection it will be remembered that only a few of the school- houses in town have proper accommodations for over fifty scholars. November 6th, 1865, a printed schedule for the season was distributed, signed by Joel Whittemore, President, and Amos J. Blake, Secretary, giving the time and place of the meetings, the names of the speakers, etc. During all the earlier years of this Association's active work, the lectures were given by the appointees in person, and all the appointments were made in town, but after the change of its name and constitution in 1853, substitute lecturers were accepted, and occasionally a lecturer was obtained from out of town. The last meeting of the Association of which record was made, was held February 8th, 1867, at the close of which it was voted to discontinue the meetings of the Association for the winter. No reason is given why they were not re- sumed. So many and such large gatherings in all parts of the town, sustained through the period of twenty-five years by the best educated and most prominent people of the place, must have done for the cause of common school education what could not have been efliected by any other means whatever. 336 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. THE FITZWILLIAM LYCEUM. Forty or fifty years ago this Lyceum had a promiDsnt place in the affairs of this town, which it never obtained in most of the New England communities. In his historical lecture, given in 1836, Rev. John Sabin speaks of its operations and influence approvingly : lb was formed, he says, a number of years ago, and has proceeded ac- cording to its design, not, however, exciting all the interest that was hoped. A. little more than a year ago (it was) reformed and organized as at present. Its object, improvement, mental and mora! ; and it may have done more good than for which it has credit in disciplining mind and turning attention to subjects of importance in particular. There are people enough with us and of a suitable age to make the Lyceum prosperous and useful. It is to be regretted that not more of our youth come in, this season, take an active part and with interest, by written pieces, if they do not like to talk. Every school-teacher should be found here, and all that have any idea of cultivating their own minds, and the minds of others. This Association held weekly meetings in the village school- house daring the colder season of the year. The audiences attending were usually large, often filhng the honse to its fullest capacity, and it was noticeable that the interest in the meetings continued unabated year after year. Aside from the great amount of valuable information gained through this in- stitution, it obviously quicliened the intellects of all concerned, and did much to train the debaters to think upon their feet. The Lyceum continued in active existence for some years after the formation of the Common School Association, when from the increasing popularity of the latter society, the meetings of the former were discontinued. Some years before the formation of the Lyceum, an associa- tion called " The Minervan Society" was organized here, with the object of promoting a literary taste and general culture among its members, but the amount of success achieved by it cannot be stated, nor is it known when. or for what reason it was suspended. THE FARMEES' AND MECHANICS' CLUB. This organization was formed late in the year 1869, and has had a more or less active existence to the present time. By yj O I ir o <1 0.1 Ll1,| X; O! LlJ =1 - ! >! farmers' and mechanics' club. 337 its original constitution the subjects for investigation at its meetings were required to be such as had a bearing on agri- culture, horticulture, or mechanics, but this rule was afterward changed so as to allow the consideration of any subject of general interest. Under the wider range of subjects, the con- dition of the schools was discussed ; intellectual, physical, and moral culture, and cognate topics were urged upon the atten- tion of the people ; electricity, the telegraph, and kindred sub- jects of a scientific nature were considered, while protection and free trade, village improvements and other matters of a practical nature were not neglected. Occasionally the services of a lecturer from out of town have been obtained, but gener- ally the club has relied upon its own members to render its- gatherings interesting and instructive. Besides these associations, to which particular reference has been made, others of a somewhat similar character have from- time to time been formed, sometimes to fill a vacancy, some- times to furnish entertainment of a greater variety or of a more social character, and sometimes, perhaps, by way of oppo- sition. Some of these may have continued for two or three seasons, but generally the interest in them was brief. It will be noticed that, with the exception of a few brief in- terruptions, the town has had some kind of a literary society for over sixty years. It may well be doubted whether there is another town in New England of the size of Fitzwilliam that has supported a society of tliis character for so many years, with so little interruption, and with such continued in- terest during the entire period, MUSICAL TALENT AND CULTUEE. An account of the educational resources and progress of Fitzwilliam can hardly be faithful and satisfactory without a brief reference to these matters. It is not claiming too much for this place to say that few of the country towns of New England have been more distin- guished during the last fifty years for the cultivation of music, both vocal and instrumental. No one will pretend that the 338 'jIIStORY OF FITZWILLIAM. singing in the old meeting-house on the hill near the cemetery was anything to boast of, when the chorister was not always selected because of his superior musical taste and acquirements. If tradition is not greatly in fault, some of the scenes enacted there, professedly to praise Jehovah in sacred song, partook more of the ludicrous than of the devotional. Choirs would not join in sustaining the music of the sanctuary under an in- competent or even an unpopular leader a hundred years ago any more readily than they will to-day, as some of the ancient choristers learned to their sorrow,* while but little can be said in favor of the general style and execution ~of church music in those days except that it was hearty. It was no worse here than elsewhere. But within the last fifty years a great change for the better has taken place, and this has been especially marked in Fitz- william. The people of this town might be divided and sub- divided ecclesiastically and politically, but when they came to the matter of music all their differences vanished, and they were ready to act as a unit. In all the later years musical concerts have been a favorite recreation and entertainment. Especially was this the case some fifteen years ago, when a series of annual musical conventions in this place greatly in- terested all the lovers of music, and, it may be added, the peo- ple generally. In some of these conventions much valuable assistance was rendered by musicians from abroad, but in gen- eral the chief reliance for success was placed upon home talent. During the sessions of the conventions many popular concerts were given before large and interested audiences, and not a lit-, tie was accomplished in the way of forming and correcting the musical taste of the community. A good organ or pianoforte was on all these occasions a positive necessity, and it seemed to all most concerned vastly better to own such an instrument than to continue to borrow. This conviction led to the choice of a committee consisting of Messrs. P. S. Batcheller, John Whittemore, and A. R. Gleason, * For a long time choristers were chosen by the town, and party spirit was not unknown in the early days. Some appointments were made In this line which the choir would not accept, when the leader sometimes attempted " the service of song " with no following. FTTZWILLIAM MUSICAL ASSOCIATION. 339 to consider the whole subject and act upon it as circumstances might seem to dictate. Their report, presented June 8th, 1870, from which extracts will here be given, will furnish all the informatiou needed re- specting the success of this enterprise. To the Fitzwilliam Musical Association. Your Committee, chosen to select and purchase a Piano Forte for the Town Hall in Fitzwilliam, have, according to their best judgment, at- tended to the duty assigned them, and would respectfully ask leave at this time to submit the following Report : You will pardon the Committee if they advert to some circumstances connected with the purchase of the Piano not legitimately belonging to a report of this kind. It may not be generally known that, a few years since, the ladies of our village feeling the need of a Piano for the Town Hall held a series of entertainments consisting of Charades, Tableaux, etc. By this and other means they collected some $45. This money was placed at interest, and amounts now to $55, and may properly be considered the first money raised for the Piano, the nucleus around which, after these years of patient waiting, have been gathered funds sufficient to nearly complete what they so nobly commenced. Since this first effort, nothing in aid of the enterprise was done until Jan. 1870, when at the suggestion of our citizens interested in Music an " Old Folks' Concert" was given, the avails of which were given to the purchase of a Piano. The Concert was, in every respect, a decided suc- cess. The music was well rendered and the audience the largest ever convened on any similar occasion in town. Following the Concert, two Dramatic entertainments were given at our own Hall and one at East Jaffrey. The expense attending the getting up of these last entertainments was so heavy that the net proceeds were not so remunerative as could have been desired, still by them an addi- tion of over $50 was made to the Piano fund. That the instrument might be owned by some responsible body, it was deemed best to organize a permanent Musical Association, under the laws of New Hampshire provided for such cases. In the selection of a suitable instrument the Committee were early im- pressed with the superiority of " the School Piano" manufactured by Messrs. Steinway & Son, of New York City, and were unanimous in favor of accepting the ofier which came from those celebrated manu- facturers. The Committee agreed to pay for the Instrument delivered at the Fitz- william depot $365.00 including Stool and Cover. This amount was re- duced $10.00 on account of a slight defect in the finish of the instrument. At the close of their report, which is here condensed, the committee say, we " cannot allow this opportam'tj to pass without congratulating the Association upon being the owners of this beautiful piano, and also the town for the privilege they will have from time to time of hearing it." " The Fitzwilliam Musical Association," to which allusion 340 HISTORY or riTZWlLLIAM. is made in the report whicli is given in part above, was duly organized April Ttli, 1870, agreeable to the provisions of the General Statutes of New Hampshire in such cases made and provided. Its object is stated to be " to legally establish the ownership of the Piano Forte to be placed in the Town Hall of Fitzwilliam." In Article 3 provision is made for the usual officers of such an association, while Article 4 declares that ' ' all persons who assisted as singers or players at the ' Old Folks' Concert,' given at the Town Hall in Fitzwilliam in Jan. 1870, and also the actors and orchestra who assisted in the Dramatic Entertainments may become members of this Association by signing these Articles." Provision is also made for calling meetings of the Associa- tion. It is understood that the Musical Association keeps the in- strument insured. In real value the piano proves to be all that was anticipated respecting it when it was purchased over fifteen years ago. As this hall is the place for holding more or fewer literary or social entertainments annually, and as music must, most deservedly, enter largely into the proceedings on such occasions, the inhabitants of FitzwiUiam are certainly to be congratulated upon the possession of so pleasant and con- venient a place for their gatherings, and the means within their reach of cultivating and enjoying together one of the most elevating and ennobling of the arts of civilized life. May fifty years to come witness an equally great improvement in musical taste and attainments ! TEMPEEANCE SOCIETIES. In his historical lecture, delivered in 1836, Eev. Mr. Sabin refers to the temperance society " as a very safe thing," that " does harm to none." It was called forth by the exigencies of the times, and "if it had not begun in one way, it surely would in another. " The earliest active and prominent advo- cate of temperance principles was Dr. Preston Pond, who was a practising physician in town for several years about 1825-28. The doctor was ardent, and said a good deal, and from this circum- stance became very obnoxious to not a few of our people and I should EARLIEST TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. 341 tljink from this cause lost no small part of his practice. At the first what there was to it, was some half a dozen pledged to each other in a still -way to total abstinence from ardent spirits, and they were not to help others to it, more than drink themselves. But the agitation of the subject did not cease, even though Dr. Pond was compelled to leave town. The first formal or- ganization was effected in the winter of 1829-30. Tiie society was styled " The Fitzwilliam Friendly Association for the Promotion of Temperance," and the first board of officers were : Captain Dexter Whittemore, President ; Aaron Town- send, Vice-President ; Deacon Calvin Coolidge, Deacon E. B. Phillips, Dr. Warren Partridge, Benjamin Davison, Ben- jamin Wilson, Directors, and Silas Cummings, M.D., Secre- tary. A paper dated January 1st, 1830, setting forth the necessity, the objects, and the aim of the Association, and signed by the officers and the members (thirty-eight in number) was printed for general ■ circulation. Five years later the society numbered three hundred and thirty-four members, though none joined it under twelve years of age, and none under twenty-one years, except with the consent of parents or guardians. In 1842 a new organization, originating in what was known as the Washington movement, and named for " the Father of his country," took the place of the earlier society, and appears to have embraced within a few years a very large part of the population. The pledge adopted was as follows : We the Subscribers pledge ourselves each to the others that we will not use any intoxiaating drinks as a beverage, that we will not furnish them for others, that we will, in all suitable ways, discountenance their use and use our endeavors to redeem the intemperate. The constitution of this society, based upon this pledge, was drawn up by Amos A. Parker, Esq., and it was signed in the space of three and one half years by six hundred and sixty- three of the inhabitants of Fitzwilliam, viz., by three hundred and fifty-three males and three hundred and ten females. In process of time against three of these names the word " broken" was written. At the meeting for organization, March 2d, 1842, officers 342 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. were elected as follows : Amos A. Parker, Esq., President ; Dexter Whittemore, David Pierson, and John Eeed, Vice- Presidents ; John P. Sabin, Secretary, and Benjamin J. Hawkes, Treasurer. The first meetings were held in the village hall or in some one of the churches, but soon the gatherings often took place in the school-houses in all parts of the town. The meetings were well attended, and nearly all the more prominent men and women of the town gave the society their cordial support. At these meetings all the phases of the tem- perance reformation were brought before the people by many earnest speakers, while measures for the suppression of the illegal traffic in intoxicating drinks received a large share of attention. From time to time Sunday-evening meetings were held at which the moral and religious aspects of the cause were particularly considered. At the meeting, January Tth, 1846, a resolution in these words called forth an earnest discussion : Resolved, That the sickness which frequently occurs in the case of Temperance men on going out of town, requiring the aid of strong drink, is peculiar in its character, and in the judgment of charity may be omitted. This singularly worded, but very suggestive resolve was earnestly discussed by at least eleven speakers, and laid over for further consideration. At the next meeting it was adopted. This society appears to have been in active operation about twelve years, when, as was true in most of our !New England towns, it gave place to other organizations of more or less effi- ciency. That the Washington Temperance Society in Eitzwilliam accomplished a great amount of good between the years 1842 and 1854 there can he no question. For several years (date about 1850-55) there was an active and efficient Lodge of Sons of Temperance, and at a more re- cent date (^about 1867) a Lodge of Good Templars. MBEAEIES. Early in the history of Fitzwilliam the subject of providing a library seems to have been agitated, but nothing effectual EAELIEST LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 348 -was done till 1797, when, for himself and others, Nahum Par- ker, Esq., presented the following petition to the General Court of New Hampshire : Petition for Incorporation of Library. To the General Court of the State of New Hampshire now conveu'd at Portsmouth humbly Sheweth Nahum Parker, that he with a number of others Inhabitants of Pitzwilliam purchased a Collection of Books for a Social Library, but find it necessary to be incorporated in order to realize the advantages Contemplated. Therefore pray that they may be incorporated with such privileges as are usually Granted in such Cases, and as in duty bound will pray Nahum Parker, for the purchasers Nov. 37'^. 1797. This petition appears to have been granted November 29th, 1797. It is understood that this Association had a good degree of prosperity for twenty or thirty years, though, as it was dis- banded and the books sold at auction over forty years ago, but very few particulars concerning it can now be given. During the later years of its existence Dexter Whittemore was libra- rian, and the library was kept at his store. The books were well selected and of a high character, but generally were more solid and valuabje than popular and attractive. Works of fic- tion were conspicuous by their absence. From the best attain- able information the library contained over two hundred and fifty volumes, though many of them were old and well worn. But the people were not long satisfied without a library, and measures were taken early in 1851 to form a new association for this purpose. The subscription paper which was circulated to obtain funds for this object is dated March Slst, 1851, and the money subscribed was to be paid by the 22d day of May following, and to be used "for the establishment of a town library." The first subscriptions upon the list were made by Nelson Howe and Dr. Silas Oummings for twenty-five dollars each, and these were followed by many others ranging from ten dollars to two dollars and fifty cents each, the wliole amount raised before the meeting for organization having been two hundred and fifty-five dollars from forty-nine sub- gcribers. 344 HISTOBT OF FITZWILLIAM. " The Fitzwilliam Library Association" was regularly or. ganized May 3l8t, 1851. The by-laws adopted provide that " the members of the As- sociation shall consist of the representatives of shares in the property thereof, each share being valued at two and a half dollars actually paid in." The officers were to be a Board of Supervisors, consisting of seven, a librarian, secretary, and treasurer. The supervisors were to recommend the books that should be purchased, but the Association must pass upon the list before the purchase could be made. The supervisors first chosen were Dr. Silas Cummings, Rev. Abraham Jenkins, Rev. J. S. Brown, J. J. Allen, Jr., Esq., William D. Locke, Eev. David Stowell, and Thomas W. Whittemore. Daniel Spaulding, Esq., was chosen Librarian and Secretary, and Dr. S. Cummings, Treasurer. In October, 1852, the librarian reported the number of books in the library to be four hundred and eighty-eight, and that there had been drawn out and returned during the year four- teen hundred and fifty-seven volumes. A year later there were four hundred and ninety volumes belonging to the li- brary. For a number of years the size of the library remained about the same, though the number of the books drawn out rather diminished. In 1859 the librarian was authorized to furnish books to non-shareholders at the rate of fifty cents a year, which sum was changed in 1863 to twenty-five cents, the in- tention being to furnish the privileges of the library to the in- habitants of the town generally at a merely nominal cost. In 1863 Joel Whittemore was chosen Librarian, Secretary, and Treasurer. In 1869 Mr. Whittemore resigned these ofiSees and Dr. Silas Cummings was chosen to fill them. During this year the subject of disposing of the library was considered, bat no definite action was taken. At a little later date, by permission of the selectmen, the library was removed to a room uader the Town Hall At a meeting held January 21st, 1871, Daniel Spaulding, Librarian, reported that there were four hundred and seventy- five books in the library. At the same meeting Norman U. LIBRARY OFFERED TO THE TOWK. 345 Caliill introduced the following resolution, which after a full discussion was unanimously adopted : Resolved, that we the shareholders of the Fitzwilliam Library Associ- ation do hereby donate and turn over to the Town of Fitzwilliam all our books and cases contained in our Library at this date ; Provided that each family in town may have a right in said Library by paying to the Librarian appointed by the town a sum not less than one dollar, and thereby constitute themselves and their families life members thereof, reserving, however, to ourselves and to our families a life membership with the right to take out books from said Library without pay- ment of any additional sum therefor, subject to rules hereafter pre- scribed. And that the Society known as the Fitzwilliam Library Association is hereby dissolved. This proposal was accepted by the town at the annual meet- ing, held March 14th, 1871, when the following action was taken : Resolved, that the Town of Fitzwilliam does hereby receive, accept and approve of the generous donation of the Fitzwilliam Library Associ- ation of the books and cases contained in their late Library on the terms expressed in their resolutions adopted Jan. 31, 1871, and that the name of said Library shall be " the Fitzwilliam Town Library," and there shall be chosen annually, at the annual town meeting, a Librarian who shall have the cliarge of said Library and act as Treasurer and also act as Supervisor of said Town Library, and two Supervisors who shall have the general supervision of said Library and of the Library room and shall annually make a report to the town of the condition and standing of said Library. And that the Librarian and Supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to make such rules and regulations for the government and management of said Library, from time to time as they may deem ex- pedient, which said rules and regulations shall be recorded by the Clerk on the records of the Town, and that the centre room on the north side of the lower floor of the town house shall be assigned for the use of said Library and for such other literary and scientific meetings and exercises as the Board of Supervisors shall direct. This arrangement developed a wider interest in the library ; several entertainments were given, the proceeds of which were used in purchasing new books, and the number of readers, which had materially fallen off, began at once to in- crease. 346 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. At the annual town meeting, Marcli 13th, 1883, the town passed the following vote in relation to the library : Voted that the supervisors take measures to make the town Library a free Library to all the citizens of the town under proper restrictions for the safe keeping of books. In accordance with this vote, the supervisors called a meet- ing of the life members of the library, which was held at the library room, March 31st, 1883, when Dr. A. E. Gleason was appointed chairman of the meeting and Amos J. Blake, Esq., clerk. The records of the last meeting of the Fitzwilliam Library Association, held January 21st, 1871, were read, as was also the portion of the Cxeneral Laws of Eew Hampshire applicable to the matters before the meeting. So also were the vote of the town accepting the bequest of the Library As- sociation and the rules of the Fitzwilliam Town Library adopted by the supervisors, April 24th, 1873. Amos J. Blake, Esq., then moved the following resolution, which, after a f iill dis- cussion, was unanimously adopted : Be it resolved, that agreeably to a vote passed at the Annual Town Meeting March 13, 1883 and the provisions of Chapter 50 of the General Laws of New Hampshire the Fitzwilliam Town Library shall hereafter be open to the free use of every inhabitant of the town, under proper rules and regulations to be made by the Librarian and Supervisors for the care, preservation and return of the books. The action thus described making this a free public library has greatly increased the demand for books, and a wide and promising field of usefulness is now open before it, as one of the important institutions of Fitzwilliam. It should be generally known that this library contains a much larger proportion of very valuable books than can be found in most town libraries. Many standard works in his- tory, biography, and science have a prominent place upon its shelves. What proportion of the volumes drawn out and read may be classed as biographical, historical, scientific, or works of fic- tion, the reports of the supervisors do not give, but in most of our towns and cities, the latter exceed in number all the former. We are, however, informed that in Fitzwilliam there INCREASE OF THE LIBKABY. 347 is evidently a growing interest among the younger readers in works of the more valuable character. The growth of the library and the increase in the number of readers is well shown by the following table, which is made up mainly from the reports of the supervisors. The table gives the number of volumes in tlie library, and the number of volumes issued during the twelve months ending March 1st of the year stated : Year. 1871 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 Volumes In Library. Volumes issued, about 475 500 .... 840 1,550 943 1,059 1,575 1,600 1,123 2,500 1,177 1,237 2,600 3,000 Tear. 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 Volumes in Library. 1,346 1,431 1,532 1,574 1,690 1,741 1,864 1,882 Volumes Issued. 3,000 3,000 3,400 3,700 6,660 8,000 8,000 The first printed catalogue of the books was given to the public in the Town Reports of March, 1875. A complete cata- logue was also printed in 1882, and lists of the additions made from time to time have been printed as convenience re- quired. In 1877 the library of the Unitarian Society, containing over four hundred volumes, was loaned to the town library, with which it still remains. The books of this library go into practical use as a part of the town libraiy, but they are not in- cluded in the number of volumes as given in the preceding table. At some future period (may the time be far distant, how- ever) the town library is to receive a large and choice addition to its shelves. The late John J. Allen, Jr., a native of Fitz- william, but resident in Keene for many years as Register of Deeds of Cheshire County, bequeathed his valuable private library to the town of Fitzwilliam, to be delivered to the town 348 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. after the decease of his wife. This library is an exceptionally well-selected one, and contains a larger proportion of books in extra bindings than is usual in private libraries in the conn- try. This addition will make our library one of the largest and best town libraries in th.e State. When this is received, and probably before, the library should have a better and more convenient room than it now occupies. Who will give the town a suitable library building ? THE LIBEAEY OF SCHOOL DISTEICT NO. 1. The facts respecting this library have been kindly furnished by Mr. Elisha Chaplin. On March 20th, 1858, there was a meeting of the people of this district to see if the district, as such, would accept of the gift of one hundred dollars left by Mr. Newell Bent for the purpose of establishing a district library. It was voted to ac- cept this money, and a committee of three persons was raised to select and purchase books, viz., George Damon, John N. Eichardson, and Winslow Phillips. At the same time the sum of twenty-five dollars was raised to meet expenses and to purchase a suitable bookcase. At an adjourned meeting, held August 31st, 1858, Samuel S. Willard, Levi Gr. Smith, and Stillman Taylor were chosen as a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws. The report which they made was accepted and adopted, and officers were chosen as follows : President, William Bent ; Vice-President, Moses Chaplin ; Librarian, Elisha Chaplin ; Secretary, John N. Eichardson ; Treasurer, Charles Damon ; Directors, William H. Shirley, Winslow Phillips, and George Damon. In 1861 Levi G. Smith was chosen Vice-President, and in 1876 his place was taken by Jonas Damon. In 1882 Winslow Phillips was chosen Librarian. In 1876 Arthur L. Phillips was chosen Secretary, and he was succeeded in 1880 by William H. Shirley. John IS". Eichardson was the second Treasurer chosen in 1861, and he was succeeded in 1876 by Arthur L. Phillips, while in 1880 this office was filled by' William II. Shirley. LIBRARY Oi' DISTRICT KO. 1. 349 In 1864 Levi G. Smith became one of the Directors, and in 1876 Elisha M. Bent became one likewise. In 1868 the Sabbath-school of District No. 1 offered its library to the Bent Library Association, and it was accepted. For twenty-five years this library has been maintained with a good degree of interest, and has been of great value to the people in the south-east part of the town. At the present time the number of volumes belonging to it is two hundred and seventy-three. CIIAPTEE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS. Military Oompanies — Town Hall^Fire Department — Fitzwilllam Savings- Banli — Post-OfBces — Population — Pauperism— Mortuary Record — Con- nection witU the World — Merciianta and Traders — Inns and Hotels — Free-Masons — Odd Fellows — Wild Animals. ALL over Now England, as was true in many other parts of our country, the defence of the colonies against the incursions of hostile Indians rendered from the first the estab- lishment of some military organization of the utmost impor- tance, while later the French and Indian wars increased the urgency of this demand. Hence, a very large proportion of the people on the frontiers were always armed and equipped with the instruments of war, and in this fact we find the chief reason why the American colonies were in a better condition to meet the armies of the mother country at the opening of the Revolution than they would have been if the early set- tlements had been made in a time of peace. As is true in nearly all the towns of New England, the in- terest in the military affairs of Fitzwilliam centres largely in the measures adopted to secure the independence of our coun- try from Great Britain, and to rescue the same from the hands of its enemies in the great Rebellion. In both these instances the loyalty to right of the people of this town awakened and kept alive the martial spirit till the great ends of freedom and justice were gained. The war with Great Britain in 1812 had few to favor it among the inhabitants of this town, and it is not known that it furnished any soldiers for the regular army in that conflict. What the town did in the Revolutionary War and also to suppress the Rebellion has been set forth in the two chapters devoted to those subjects. Previous to the Revolutionary War, as the difficulties between the colonies and the mother EAELIEST MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS. 351 country became more defined, a resort to arms seemed more certain, and measures of preparation for the coming struggle were taken by the various State and provincial legislative bodies, or by popular conventions called to consider the situa- tion of affairs. The men of Fitzwilliam voted February 23d, 1775, " to abide by the proceedings of the Continental Congress," and at a meeting held March 16th, 1775, a formal military organiza- tion was effected. At this meeting the town Voted and Chose Mr John Mellen, Capt. of y' Militia of y" Town of Fitzwilliam Voted and chose Mr Levi Brigham, Lieut. Voted and chose Mr Samuel Kendall, Ensign. Voted and chose Mr Daniel Mellen, Clark. Voted and chose Messrs Caleb Winch, Reuben Pratt, Nathan Mixer, Benj. Davidson, Sarjants. ' Voted and chose Messrs Leonard Brigham, Jonas Knight, David Perry, Ezekiel Mixer, Corporals. This organization continued during the Revolutionary War, the company embracing all the men in town liable to do mili- tary duty, probably all the able-bodied men between the ages of sixteen and sixty. As the population of the town increased, after the close of the Revolutionary War, another company was organized, and the town had two militia companies till the incorporation of Troy in 1815. The north company was the Third Company, and the south company was the Eighth Company of the Twelfth New Hampshire Regiment. Among the eai'ly cap- tains of the north company may be named John Bowker, Daniel Farrar, David Gary, John Gary, and Aaron Wright, and of the south company Jesse Hayden, Ebenezer Cutler, John Fay, Moses Chaplin, Luke Kendall, Timothy Kendall, William Locke, and Josiah Osborne. The dividing line be- tween the two companies was what is now called " the old road ' ' from Richmond through Fitzwilliam village to Rindge. After the incorporation of Troy in 1815, there was only one company (of militia) in Fitzwilliam, the south company en- larging its borders and taking in that part of the north com- pany that remained in the town. 352 HI8T0EY OF FITZWILLIAM. From time to time the laws of the State were modified with regard to the age when men became exempt from military duty, the number of days' service required of the enrolled men annually, the imposition of fines for the lack of arms and equip- ment, or for non-attendance at meetings for military drill, etc., but for a long course of years provision was always made for a large and effective body of citizen soldiery, to be held in readiness to repel foreign invasion or put down civil insurrec- tion. As the records of the Fitzwilliam companies for these early years have not been preserved, it is impossible to give any his- tory of the companies even so far as to give a correct list of the captains. In 1825 a complete reorganization of the mili- tary system of New Hampshire was effected, and in 1826 the Adjutant-General of the State issued new orders respecting military service within the State, from which it appears that every free, able-bodied, white, male citizen, resident within the limits of any standing Company in the State who is of the age of 18 years and under the age of 45 years, (except such as are absolutely exempted from doing military duty, or hold a military commission in some other corps, or belong to some Independent Company raised at large) must, severally and respectively, be enrolled therein by the Captain or commanding Officer of such Company. From 1827 the records of the Fitzwilliam Infantry Com- pany (which was the Second Company in the Twelfth Eegi- ment, Fifth Brigade, and Third Division of the New Hamp- shire Militia) are full, and contain much valuable information. This company included all the men of Fitzwilliam liable to military duty, except the members of the Artillery Company and the Fire-Engine Men, who were, while members of the Engine Company, exempt. Persons between forty and forty-five years of age, by com- plying with certain conditions, became "Conditional Exempts, ' ' and physicians came under the same rule ; but the names of all of both these classes were, by law, borne upon the Koll of the Infantry Company. As a matter of course, the Infantry Company in any town with the population of Fitzwilliam at that period would be CAVALRY — THE ARTILLERY COMPANY. 353 large. Naturally it varied considerably duriag dififerent years, running from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty, of whom ten to twenty were " Conditional Exempts." At a later date the age limit of such exempts was lowered to thirty-five years. In 1827 the captain of the Infantry Company was Ephraim Parker, while Nahum Howe was lieutenant, and Levi Harris, ensign. It is believed that the following is a complete list of the captains of this company from and after 1827 : Ephraim Parker, 1827-8. Nahum Howe, 1829-30. Levi Harris, 1831. Nathan Whipple, 1832-3. Thomas Sweetser, 1834-5. Morrill Gilman, 1836-9. John Forristall, 1840. Lewis Moore, 1841-3. Charles C. Carter, 1844-5. Samuel Kendall, 1846. Thos. W. Whittemore, 1847., Daniel Forristall, Jr., 1848-9. William Brooks, 1850-5. CAVALEY. In addition to the infantry companies, the Twelfth New Hampshire Regiment had for perhaps twenty years or more two companies of cavalry. The First Company was made up- from Eindge, Jaffrey, and Fitzwilliam, and the Second Com- pany from Dublin, Nelson, and Marlborough. It is not cer- tainly known when these companies were formed, but it was probably several years before the close of the last century. The First Company, in which Fitzwilliam was included, was disbanded about 1820. So far as known no records of this company have been preserved, and the traditions concerning it are very meagre ; but among its commanding officers who re- sided in Fitzwilliam were Thomas Goldsmith, Joseph Winch, Charles Bowker, and Phinehas Heed. THE AETILLBET COMPANY. That this section of the State was particularly interested in military affairs is shown by the fact that nearly every town in the Twelfth Eegiment had a uniformed or independent Com- pany, in addition to the militia company or companies which paraded in citizens' dress. The older inhabitants of Fitzwill- 23 354 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. iam will remember the JafErey Eifle Company, the Dublin ■Grenadiers, Rindge Light Infantry, Nelson Eiflemen, and Marlborough Light Infantry. The friendly ris^alry between these companies as to which should make the best appearance in drill and uniform continued through successive years, and resulted . in making the regiment one of the very best in the State. In 1807 both Fitzwilliam and Dublin made very active efforts to obtain a charter for an artillery company. In this compe- tition Fitzwilliam was the successful town, owing mainly to the skilful management of the case by Major Jonas Robeson, who took a great interest in the measure, though he was not the representative to the Legislature from Fitzwilliam that year. Dublin, not obtaining the artillery charter, organized at this time the Company of Grenadiers to which reference has been made. The formal organization of the Artillery Company in FitzwilHam was effected October 1st, 1807, and the record of the proceedings is as follows : At a meeting of a number of the Inhabitants, assembled at Captain Thomas Goldsmiths', Thursday Erening the 1" day of Oct. 1807 for the purpose of chosing officers and (making) other arrangements to obtain an Artillery Company in this town — transacted the following business, viz. 1. Chose Major Wiliam Farrar, Moderator. 3. Chose Joseph Carter, Clerk. 3. Chose Major Jonas Robeson for Captain. 4. Chose Lieut. Wm. F. Perry, 1st Lieutenant. 5. Chose Dr. Benjamin Bemis 3d '' 6. Chose a Committee of three to draft an obligation for individuals to assist in the Equipping of said Company. Chose Jonas Roberson, Esqr. Dr. Benjamin Bemis and Phineas Reed Esqr — for said Committee. 7. Voted to choose a Committee of five to obtain signors for the Equip- ping of said Company, according to the report of the above-mentioned Committee ; and chose Major William Farrar, Samuel Patch, Amos Pratt, Thomas Stratton, and Captain Thomas Goldsmith for said Com. William Farrer Moderator. A true copy. Attest Joseph Carter, Clerk. Oct. 1. 1807. It is said that Dr. Bemis received a regimental appointment, in consequence of which Joseph Brigham was commissioned second lieutenant in the Artillery. William F. Perry was CAPTAINS OF THE AETILLERY COMPANY. 355 lieutenant in tlie Cavalry Company, from which he was trans- ferred to the Artillery Company. Such was the commence- ment of this company, which was so long noted for its excellent discipline and general good appearance. In 1837 the company obtained a new charter and was entirely reorganized. From 1807 to 1838 the full company consisted of three commissioned officers, four musicians, and thirty-two privates. In 1839 the number of privates was increased to sixty -four, of whom thirty- two bore swords and were the proper artillery men, and thirty-two bore muskets. At the same time the company re- ceived a new cannon, a six-pounder, taking the place of the four-pounder they had previously held. CAPTAINS OF THE AETILLEET COMPANY. Jonas Robeson, 1807. "William F. Perry. Joseph Brigham. Daniel W. Farrar. Artemas Felton. Calvin Coolidge. Nathaniel S. Stone, 1820-1. Curtis Coolidge, 1822-3. Dexter Whittemore, 1824-6. Jonathan S. Adams, 1827-9. Asa Brewer, 1830-2. Martin Streeter, 1833. Elijah Bowker, 1834. Levi Haskell, 1835. Eeuben B. Pratt, 1836-8. Jonathan S. Adams, 1839. Erastus Brown, 1840. ISTelson Howe, 1841. William Lebourveau, 1842. Matthias B. Felton, 1843. Almond Phillips, 1844. David Perry, 1845-6. Daniel C. Bissell, 1847. Jared D. Perkins, 1848. Andrew Parker, 1849-50.- Moses Chaplin, Jr., 1851-3. The last entry in the record book of the company is as fol- lows : Pitzwilliam Artillery Enrolled according to law on the third Tuesday of May 1853 Moses Chaplin jr Capt Attest William Pratt Clevk About 1850 the laws of the State were so changed that only a formal enrollment of the persons liable to do military duty was required, and a few years later even this ceased to be obligatory. 358 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. TOWN HALL. The history of this edifice is so peculiar that it deserves a notice in this record. Nearly all of the present generation know, and future gen- erations ought to know, that this building was erected not for town purposes, but as a house for divine worship. As has been already stated in this history, it was built in 1817, and stands upon the spot occupied by its predecessor that was erected in 1816, and after being dedicated and used for public religious services nine Sabbaths, was fired by lightning, Janu- ary lYth, 1817, and burned to the ground with all its contents. A glance at the Town Hall will show that this building was erected before the present style of church architecture had be- come popular, but it is none the worse for that. For nearly seventy years strangers have admired its pleasant and conven- ient location and its harmonious proportions, which are in striking contrast with many church edifices of the present day. The house that was burned cost about seven thousand dol- lars, the town in its corporate capacity appropriating for its erection the sum of four hundred dollars. After the settle- ment of the bills for building, etc., there remained a debt upon the house amounting to about two thousand dollars. One year and twenty days after the dedication of its predecessor, the house now standing was dedicated and used at once for the usual religious services. Its cost was six thousand and sixty- four dollars, but about one thousand of this was generously contributed by natives of Fitzwilliam and other friends resid- ing elsewhere. At the sale of the pews the large sum of seven thousand six hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-four cents was realized, which was suflScient to meet all the bills incurred by the erection of the new house, and to liquidate the debt contracted in the building of its predecessor. Early in 1817, and soon after the destruction of the first house, the town had voted to build another and had appropriated fifteen hundred dollars for this purpose, but how this appropriation was used, if used at all, the records do not show, possibly in part to pay for the land upon which the churches had been THE MEETIJSra-HOUSE OF 1817. 357 erected, although Phinehas Eeed, Esq., of whom most of the land had been purchased, appears to have taken his pay largely in the pews of the second house. In 1815 Mr. Keed had deeded his lot of land to the town for the purpose of erecting a church upon it, and the price which the town was to pay for it was five hundred dollars. About the same time Solomon Alexander conveyed to the town for one hundred dollars some additional land adjoining the lot purchased of Mr. Reed, and Eev. John Sabin gave to the town a part of the land which was afterward used for horse-sheds or stables. Samuel GrifEn, David Stone, and Joseph Brigham, being a committee ap- pointed for this purpose, seem to have prepared the ground, erected the sheds, and sold the same to individuals, so that the town acquired no rights in the sheds themselves. The committee appointed to build the meeting-house now standing, to sell the pews, and to give titles to them consisted of Jonas Robinson, Charles Bowker, Thaddeus Cummings, Luther Chapman, and John Whitteniore, and these gentlemen were aided by a " Consulting Committee" consisting of Phinehas Eeed, JMahum Parker, Abel Baker, Thomas Richard- son, Samuel Griffin, Joseph Brigham, and John J. Allen. Pew No. 1 was set apart for the minister, and three pews were reserved in the galleries. For fifteen years after its erection this was the only church edifice in the town, and the town as such paid the salary of its minister. Rev. John Sabin, up to March 5th, 1832. For five years or more before this date (as has been already stated in the chapter upon later ecclesiastical history), an increasing divergence in the religious views of the people had been man- ifesting itself, and this led to the erection of a new meeting- house by the Orthodox Society in 1832. Public worship was now maintained in two places, in addition to which occasional services were held by the Baptist Society. The pulpit and pews remained in what is now the town house as when they were first built till 1860. Many of those who had withdrawn and formed a new society still owned pews in the building, and the condition of things relating to it was unsatisfactory and embarrassing to all the parties concerned. B58 niSTORT OF fitzwilliam. In 1854 the subject of altering the meeting-house and using a part or parts of it for other than religious purposes was dis- cussed in town meeting, and a committee to consider and re- port upon the matter was raised, consisting of Amos A. Par- ker, Jonathan S. Adams, Charles C. Carter, Asa Brewer, and Samuel Kendall. I^o plan proposed proving acceptable to the town, in 1857 the town offered to sell the church edifice to the Orthodox Society, this society having recently lost its house of worship by fire. The committee appointed to negotiate, with that Society for this purpose consisted of Amos A. Parker, David Perry, and A. Stone, Jr. Captain J. S. Adams, in behalf of the Orthodox Society, offered to pay five hundred dollars for the upper part of the church, and to meet one half of the expenses of outside repairs, after the repairs then going on should have been completed. This plan was discussed in town meeting and laid upon the table. Later, the town gave to the Orthodox Society the use of the building and pulpit for one year. In 1858 the town voted to sell such portions of the lower part of the building as were not needed for town purposes, and to fit up the upper part for a town hall, and appointed as a committee to make a plan for this purpose, estimate expenses, learn how a title to the pews could be obtained, and what amount such a portion of the building as was offered for sale would bring. This committee consisted of Amos A. Parker, Esq., Elijah ' Bowker, and Josiah E. Carter. No definite re- sults having been reached, the town, in 1858, considered a motion to sell the whole lot, with the building upon it, at auc- tion, but legal difficulties having been suggested, because of the rights of the pew-owners, the matter was indefinitely post- poned, the vote standing fifty-four to eighty-six. In 1858 the town expended for repairs upon the building three hundred and fifty-four dollars and forty-two cents, and a year later paid A. A. Parker, as " a Committee on the Meeting House," the sum of eleven dollars and ninety-two cents. In the same year, viz., 1858, the Legislature of JSTew Hamp- shire passed an act authorizing towns with meeting-houses in Vvhich they had certain rights, and pew-holders had others, to DIVISION OF THE PROCEEDS OF SALE. 359 sell such houses at auction, the proceeds to be divided among the proprietors, owners, and pew-holders, according to their respective interests in the same, which interests were to be determined by the County Commissioners. The passage of this a(;t removed the legal restraint to the sale of the house, and the town voted one hundred and one to twenty-seven, to sell it at auction, and appointed an agent to bid it off at the sale. This was done, fhe town taking it at the bid of one thousand dollars. Previous to this the selectmen of Jaffrey had been selected by the town and the Orthodox Society to appraise the pews in the house. Those in the lower part were appraised by them at from three to fifteen dollars each, six of them only at the highest price. The thirty-eight pews in the gal- lery were deemed worth two dollars each, and the whole amount of the appraisal was six hundred and forty-eight dollars. April 12th, 1859, the County Commissioners John A. Pres- cott, Lawson Kobertson, and Willard Adams met in Fitzwill- iam and made the division of the one thousand dollars which the town paid for the house, as follows : viz. , the town to re- ceive six hundred and fifty-one dollars and the pew-owners the remainder, or three hundred and forty-nine dollars. The pews upon the lower floor thus brought to their owners from one dollar to nine dollars each, and those in the galleries from seventy-five cents to one dollar and twenty-five cents each. The town had already voted that when a clear title to the pews should be secured it would sell a portion of the house to School District N"o. 5 or any other School District, and this offer was repeated by a vote of the town. May 7th, 1S59, the division of the voters present showing forty-four in favor of this plan and seventeen against it. The selectmen were made a committee to effect the sale. As this plan also miscarried, the town voted in 1860 to ap- propriate the upper part of the house for a town hall, and ap- pointed as a committee to carry this vote into effect Dr. Silas Cnmmings, Joshua T. Collins, and Asa S. Kendall. Five hundred dollars were appropriated for this object, which sum must have been largely increased after the change^ contem- 360 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. plated were entered upon, since the report of the selectmen made March 12th, 1861, shows that there had been paid for the Town Hall repairs and changes during the year closing at that time fourteen hundred and twenty-fivte dollars and thirty- one cents. Later, commencing with 1868, various improvements were made in the lower story, which now furnishes an office for the town clerk, a room for the selectmen, spacious quarters for the town library, and a convenient hall for the smaller gath- erings of the people, all very complete and satisfactory. The bell upon the Town House has been recently recast and replaced at a cost to the town of three hundred and one dol- lars and live cents. This new bell weighs fifteen hundred and twenty-four pounds. It should be observed in this place that both the original bell and the town clock were purchased and put in position by private subscriptions, the town by vote granting to the individuals specially interested liberty to make these improvements.* Reference may here be appropriately made to the improve- ments that have taken place upon and around the Common within the last fifty or sixty years. Within the memory of persons hardly threescore years old no house was standing be- tween the dwelling of Miss Dyer and the Richmond Road, but the lots upon which are the houses of Messrs. Blake, Fisher, and Gleason constituted the dooryard of the small house just back of the home of Amos J. Blake, Esq. The east fence of this yard at that date was about where the stone curbing was recently put down in front of the three houses just named, while farther south the front fence of the garden of Dexter Whittemore, Esq., was about in the middle of the street as it is now used for travel. The ground toward the south-east part of the Common, as it now is, was low, and there a small pond was made by every considerable rain or heavy shower. In front of an old wood-colored house, north of the Common, * It is understood that for the olook the town !s largely indebted to the public spirit and energy of Miss Bllea Fallam, since the project of procuring it. andtheself-deuyiug labor involved In obtaining subscriptions for it, were chiefly her work. riTZWILLTAM I'lEE DEPARTMENT. 361 where the brick house now stands, were three or four tall Lora- bardj poplars, which were the only trees designed for orna- ment in that part of the village, while two similar trees stood on the side of the road below the other end of the Common, and near the residence of the late Dr. Cummings. But more than forty years ago a Society for Village Im- provement had been organized, for in November, 1841, the town "Voted that 'the Tree Society' make such im- provements on the Common as the Selectmen may con- sent to. " Under this vote trees were set out on the Common and the land was somewhat improved to give them a better chance for life and growth. And in March, 1860, the town " Voted that leave be granted to ' the Fit?william Association to improve the Public G-rounds,' to enclose a portion of the Common with a suitable fence and otherwise improve it under the direction of the Selectmen." Accordingly, in the same year, the fence was built and the land still further improved. riEE DEPARTMENT. Ever since its settlement Fitzwilliam has suffered more by fires than riiost towns of its size and population. A full list of the buildings and property consumed in this place within one hundred and twenty years it is impossible to give, but that which is presented in this connection, and is made up from tradition and the memory of some of the older natives and in- habitants of the town, is a long one, and embraces the loss of many valuable buildings. This sad experience has had a good effect in two particulars, for it has made the owners of property liable to destruction .by fire more and more careful about the amounts and safety of their insurance, and it has kept before the minds of the people the necessity of maintaining an efficient fire depart- ment. The Fitzwilliam Engine Company was incorporated in 1825, and since that date the town has had a better fire 362 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. department and better engines than three fourths of the New England towns of the same size, wealth, and popula- tion. Eire wardens were first chosen by the town in 1825, and have been annually elected ever since. In general they have had such an organization as they have deemed necessary, and have made such regulations to guard against and extinguish fires as the law has allowed and the public safety required. For a considerable period they do not appear to have made formal reports to the town, but this has been done, as required by law, since 1876. Fitzwilliam has had three fire-engines, and each of these, when purchased, \vas considered a very eificient machine for the times. But everything of this kind will grow old and wear out, and so when the wardens reported in 1876 that the engine company was composed of men " who could be relied on for promptness, and (with proper tools and equipments) efficient," they were compelled to add that the " engine and .hose were entirely inadequate for the extinguishment of any considerable fire. ' ' The force of this statement being appre- ciated, a committee was appointed for the purchase of a new fire-engine, consisting of John E. Fisher, C. L. Taf t, Chauncy Davis, Melvin Wilson, and George A. Whittemore, and they reported, a year later, that they had bought a new engine, hose-carriage, hose and other equipments costing the town (exclusive of a donation of freight bills by the Cheshire Rail- road) five hundred and sixty dollars and fifty cents. The freight donation amounted to forty-nine dollars and twenty- five cents. The department was now in a good condition for service. In 1879 three hundred feet of new hose were purchased. As no record of the fires in Fitzwilliam has ever been kept, the list that follows is imperfect : CHUECHES. TownMeetiug-House. Jan. 17, 1817; erected, 1816; cost, $7000. Orthodox " Jan. IS, 1856 ; erected in 1832. RAVAGES OF FIRE IN EITZWILLIAM. 363 DWELLINGS WITH OUT-HOTJSES, BAKNS, ETC. Samuel Patrick On east road to Troy ; rebuilt, 1785. John Mellen, Esq .... Date unknown. Joel Mellen A special list of all the houses in town in 1Y98 above one hundred dollars in value gives the situation of this house as " N. west from the center under the great hill," and states that "this house was burnt the last of Dec'r, 1798." In a list of all the lands in town made at the same time the location is given as on Lot 16 in Range 9. Jesse Forristall Dec. 19, 1808. Where H. JST. Fair- banks now lives. Caleb Winch May, 1809 ; grandson burned in it ; age 1 years. Josiah Ingalls 1829. Where Wm. Lebourveau now lives. Wm. S. Whittemore. About 1833. Where Bartlett Hayden lives. Jacob Felton About 1839. Where Eev. A. Dunn resides. Dr. Silas Cummings. . About 1843. Where Mrs. Cummings resides. ISToah Sabin 1863. In the village. Mrs. Martha Fisher . . ]Sf. W. corner of town. Joel Whittemore Feb. 4, 1872. In the village, opposite the school-house. Wm. O. Carkin March 3, 1876. Anson G. Beebe... ) . ^n -lo-re T . , ,r r -A.ug. 10, 1876. Josiah Moore ) Philip Boyce May 19, 1878. Amos McQ-ee 1879 ; rebuilt on same spot. Geo. N. Olmstead . . . 1879,. in S. E. part of town. Frederick Kedwood . . March 28, 1881, with barn, etc.; ins., $7600. Gilbert C. Bemis .... Dec. 27, 1884. Z. A. Boyce Oct. 27, 1885. 364 HISTORY OP riTZWILLIAM. MANDFACTOEIES AND SHOPS. Howe & Sweetser Two at Howeville. Jacob Simonds At Lower Howeville. Elijah Bowker At Bowkerville. Geo. W. Simonds. . . . Scott Mill. Elisha Chaplin June 18, 1883, where the first saw-mill in District No. 1 jvas built by Sam- uel Divol. John Kimball Blacksmith shop. Asa S. Kendall Tannery, on old Troy Koad. Moses A. Allen Store-house, formerly the dwelling- house of Nahum Howe^ Sr. ; was built by him. babns, etc., consumed. On Fay Place. W. D. Locke J. S. Adams Aug. 20, 1878. D. T. Moore Nathan Whipple School-house, in District No. 1, 1808 ? " " " " 11, 1845 ? FlTZWir.LIAM SAVINGS-BANK. This history would be incomplete without a brief notice of this important institution. It was not organized to bring riches or influence to its pro- jectors and officers, for all engaged in conducting its affairs, with the single exception of the treasurer, serve the public in this capacity without compensation ; but its design, as set forth upon the last page of each depositor's book, is to enable the industrious of all classes to invest such part of their in- come as they can conveniently spare in a safe and profitable manner. It is intended to encourage the industrious and prudent, and to induce those who have not been such to lessen their unnecessary expenses, and lay up soinething for a period of life when they will be less able to pro- vide for themselves. Every clerk, apprentice, domestic and child should have an account with some banlt of this kind. riTZWILLIAM SAVINGS-BANK. 365 Two facts led to the establishment of the Fitzwilliam Sav- ings-Bank. 1. The inconvenience that the people of this town must al- ways encounter in making deposits in and drawing their funds from other savings-banks, because they are located at such a distance from Fitzwilliam. 2. Because of the nature of some of our industrial pursuits, notably the granite business, there is, and for many years to come will be, a large number of persons in this town who should enjoy the benefits of such an institution. These considerations led a number of the business men of this place to apply for a charter of a savings-bank to be located in Fitzwilliam, which was granted in the usual form July 13th, 18Y1, with Stephen Batcheller, Amos A. Parker, Phillip S. Batcheller, Josiah E. Carter, John Whittemore, George W. Simonds, Charles C. Carter, Silas Cummings, ITorman IT. Cahill, Anson G. Beebe, Amos J. Blake, and George A. Whittemore as corporators. A constitution and by-laws were adopted, and the first board of officers chosen as follows : President, Stephen Batcheller. Vice-Presidents, Josiah E. Carter, Daniel R. Spaulding. Secretary and Treasurer, Milton Chaplin. Trustees : Silas Cummings, Amos J. Blake, Edward P. Kimball, John Whittemore, John M. Parker, Samuel Kendall, Abner Gage, Norman U. Cahill, Reuben Angier, George W. Simonds, Aaron R. Gleason, William Wright, Ambrus W. Spaulding. Financial Committee : Daniel R. Spaulding, Amos J. Blake, John M. Parker. The institution has been satisfactorily successful, fully meet- ing the expectations of its friends and projectors. ■* The amount due to depositors January 1st, 188Y, was one hundred and fifty thousand, nine hundred and eighty -nine dol- lars and thirty-six cents, with a surplus and guarantee fund of eight thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars and ninety- six cents, making a total amount, as standing in the books, of one hundred and fifty-nine thousand, five hundred and thirty- 366 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. three dollars and thirty-two cents, but with an actual market value of one hundred and sixty-three thousand, three hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifteen cents. The officers for 1887 are : President, Amos J. Blake. Yice-President, Josiah E. Carter. Secretary and Treasurer, Stephen Batcheller. Trustees : John M. Parker, Kimball D. "Webster, Aaron R. Gleason, Samuel Kendall, Elbridge Cummings, Wright Whitcomb, Charles Byam, Edwin N. Bowen, Chauncy Davis, Melvin Wilson, Edmund Bemis, Herbert E. Wetherbee, Reuben L. Angier. Board of Investment : John M. Parker, Charles Byam, Reuben L. Angier, Amos J. Blake, Stephen Batcheller. POST-OFFICES. So far as the Records of the Post-Office Department show, the Fitzwilliam Post-Office was established in 1805, and Jonas Robeson was appointed postmaster. The following is a list of the persons who have held the office of postmaster to the present time, with the date of their commissions : Jonas Robeson August 23, 1805. Curtis Coolidge December 25, 1819. Gideon C. Noble March 28, 1837. Jared D. Perkins May 23, 1812. Phillip S. Batcheller October 16, 184:9. Silas Cummings March 27, 1855. Phillip S. Batcheller May 1, 1861. George A. Whittemore November 2, 1866. Phillip S. Batcheller December 10, 1866. Elliot K. Wheelock July 14, 1885. Thomas B. Burns October 22, 1885. John J. Allen, Jr., was appointed in 1849, but as he did not qualify, he never received his commission. LOCATION OF THE POST-OFFICE. 367 This oflSce was made a money- order office in 188i, and as such it is a great convenience to many. In 1866 a post-oflSce was established at Fitzwilliam Depot. Postmasters as follows : Elbridge Cummings March 27, 1866. Calvin B. Perry August 24, 1885. « This office is kept in the store of Mr. Perry. As Mr. Robeson had a store in the village when he became postmaster, the office was doubtless kept in it, at first in the house known afterward as the Everett House, and later in the two-story wing of his dwelling, when the store was removed to that place. Mr. CooKdge kept the office in the same place. When Dr. G. C. ISToble became postmaster he removed the office to the building now owned and occupied by Messrs. P. S. & S. Batcheller, and it remained in the same place for about forty-eight years, with the exception of about five years, when Dr. Cummings, as postmaster, kept it in the Eobeson store and a few weeks while George A. Whittemore was post- master, when it was kept in the store of D. Whittemore. At present the office is located in the store so long occupied by John Whittemore, Jr. When the Fitzwilliam Post-Office was established in 1805, and for some years after, there do not appear to have been post-offices in some of the neighboring towns, particularly in Kichmond and Rindge, and the mail for the people of those towns came chiefly through the Fitzwilliam office. The Rindge office was established in 1815, Richmond in 1812.* That this town had good postal facilities so early is accounted for by the fact that the " Great Road " from Boston and vicinity toKeene and the Northwest passed through this town, thus inviting the establishment, very early, of a regular line of stages. * From the History of Jaffrey : Owing to the fire which burned the Department Building at Washington, Dec. 15, 1836, In which the earliest books of the offtoe were destroyed, the exact time of the establishment of the Post-Offtce in Jaffrey cannot be ascertained. The first quarterly accounts began April 1, 1801. The Fitzwilliam ofBce may have been established before 1805. 368 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. In the New Hampshire Sentinel, bearing date April 23d, 1808, the following advertisement appeared : " List of Letters remaining in tlie Post Office Fitzwilham K H. April 1. 1808 :— Fitzwilliam. Capt. John Bowker. Miss Eizpah Whipple. Eiehmond. Capt. Benjamin Crooker. Eindge. Doctor Stephen Jewett, 3. " Talman Jennings 3, John F. Munro, Daniel Lake, John Bancroft, Asa Hand, Daniel Page, Doctor Josiah "Whitney. Jonas Robinson P. M." A similar advertisement, dated July 6th, 1810, is signed " Jonas Eobeson P M " At a little earlier date some of the post-ofRces served a much wider extent of country. The office in Worcester, Mass., sub- stantially served nearly the whole of Worcester County. In the Massachusetts Sjpy, 1801, the Postmaster of Worcester ad- vertised letters for nearly all the towns in the coianty, and for some of the towns in the adjoining counties. The location of the Fitzwilliam post-oflices is such that the people generally are well served by them, with the exception of some of the inhabitants of School District No. 1, who are better accommodated through the office of Winchendon, Mass. POPULATION. A brief statement relative to the population of New Hamp- shire, while it was one of the American provinces of Great Britain, will not be inappropriate in this connection. The settlement of this province commenced early, but its growth was slow when compared with the States and Terri- tories of our Union that have been organized within the last sixty years. No general census of the United States was taken before 1790, so that for nearly one hundred and fifty years the fig- ures representing the population of New Hampshire were mostly a matter of computation. The calculations of differ- POPULATION AT VABIOITS PERIODS. 369 ent persons equally well qualified to judge were not the same, but in general it may be supposed that there were in the prov- ince in 1640 a little less than one thousand inhabitants. In 1690 there may have been five thousand, and forty years later ten thousand. The first counties were organized in 1Y71, when the prov- ince contained less than seventy thousand inhabitants. In 1Y75 the number had increased to eighty-two thousand two hundred. During the Eevolutionary War New Hampshire furnished twelve thousand four hundred and ninety-seven men, and a rapid increase of population could not have been expected in that period. Nevertheless, in 1790, according to the United States Census, New Hampshire had not far from one hundred and forty-two thousand inhabitants. Fitzwilliam was one of the last towns settled in Southern New Hampshire, and> in 1762 the single family of Benjamin Bigelow contained the entire white population. It is proposed to present here, at a single view, the popula- tion of this and the adjoining towns at the various periods when a reliable enumeration has been made. Date. 1 •1 1 ^ t 1 1 1 1 1767 93 214 250 870 1,088 1,240 1,301 1,167 1,229 1,366 1,482 1,292 1,140 1,187 » Incor- porat- ed in 1815. 676 676 683 759 761 767 796 93 275 322 618 786 1,185 1,142 766 822 S31 887 915 1,017 1,286 298 604 542 759 1,143 1,196 1,226 1,298 1,269 1,161 1,274 1,230 1,107 934 '303 351 1J235 1,340 1,336 1,339 1,354 1,411 1,497 1,453 1,256 1,267 338 1773 745 1775 864 1786 1,250 1790 1,386 1800 1,390 1810 1,290 1820 1 391 1830 1^301 1840 1 165 1850 1,128 1860 1,014 1870 . ; 868 1880 669 24 370 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. In June, 1877, Everard "Whitteraore, a native of Fitzwill- iam, took a complete census of the town, and this was printed for circulation by his father, George A. Whittemore. This gives the name of each inhabitant of the town, with the date and place of birth, and is arranged alphabetically. The total population was found to be thirteen hundred and fourteen, which exceeds the United States enumeration of 1870 by one hundred and seventy-four, and that of 1880 by one hundred and twenty-seven. This difference is probably to be accounted for by supposing a more careful and nearly perfect enumera- tion of the inhabitants on the part of Mr. Whittemore, rather than by concluding that there had been such a change in the population of the town as these figures would indicate. The statement of ages given is as follows : Under 10 years ... 268 From 50 to 60 years . . .. 112 From 10 to 20 years . ... 241 " 60 to 70 " .. .. 78 " 20 to 30 ' " . ... 208 " 70 to 80 " .. .. 60 " 30 to 40 " . ... 186 " 80 to 90 " .. .. 19 " 40 to 50 " . ... 140 " 90 to 100 " .. .. 2 The enterprise of all the parties concerned in taking and printing this census of 1877 was highly creditable. The census of 1773, taken about the time of the incorpora- tion of the town and preparatory to it, showed of unmarried men eighteen, married men forty-four, persons under sixteen years of age, fifty-five, females married forty-four, females unmarried fifty-three, total two Hundred and fourteen. The population in 1775, as given in the table, was not re- turned by the town ofiicers, but was estimated and filled in by the ofiicials, probably at Exeter, acting under the authority of the Convention which met in that place. The population was probably a little less than the round number given — two hun- dred and fifty. The census of 1773 was taken by John Mellen and Edward Kendall, selectmen. That of 1786 was taken April 20th by John Fassett, Abner Stone, and Caleb Winch. The entire population at that time was white. When Troy was incorporated in 1815 Fitzwilliam lost about forty-five hundred acres of land, or about one sixth part of its CEMETERY AND BURIALS. 371 territory, and not far from two hundred and ten of its inhab- itants, perhaps two hundred and twenty. The loss of the neighboring town of Richmond at the same time and for the same reason was small, perhaps one ninth or one tenth as large as that of Fitzwilliam. A glance at the table of population given on page 369 will show that, considering all the circumstances of the case, and especially the diminution in the number of its inhabitants by the incorporation of Troy, Fitzwilliam has well maintained its population, while the loss experienced by some of its neighbors, notably Rindge and Richmond, has been very considerable. CEMETEEY AND DEATHS. In the early years of Fitzwilliam the remains of eight or ten persons were buried in a lot belonging to a Mr. Warner, in School District No. 1, and tradition asserts that there were two other burials in private ground in that part of the town. Twelve or fifteen persons were buried on Lot 20 in Range 11, now within the limits of Troy. This place was originally enclosed by a stone wall, except at the place of entrance, but the wall is now very much broken down, and the lot is over- grown with trees. A number were buried also in what is now tiie old cemetery of Troy, before the incorporation of that town, but how many it is impossible to say, though it is not supposed that such cases were numerous. Occasionally, in the case of persons dying from small-pox, there are supposed to have been burials in unknown places, as the safety of the community might demand. And in later years there have been a few burials in "Winchendon from the southeast part of the town. With these exceptions, the old cemetery on the hill (with the additions made to it in later years) has been the single burying-place of the dead of Fitzwilliam from the beginning. The history of the laying out of this burying-ground has been already given in Chapter V., but it may be remarked in this place that a committee of five, appointed by the propri- etors in 1768, after a careful examination, reported in 1770, in 372 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. fay^or of placing the meeting-liouse and locating the cemetery on the easterly part of Lot No. 13, in Range 7, and that " five acres of land be laid out for public use where Jason Stone - child is buried." Thaddeus, son of Jason Stone, died, April 30th, 1769, from being scalded, and was the first recorded death in Monadnock No. 4 ; and the burial of this child in that place was doubtless in anticipation of the act of the proprietors in locating as they did the cemetery. That there was a great lack of regularity and convenience of access in the arrangements of the ancient lot is not a matter for surprise, when we recall the circumstances under which the earlier interments were made. In 1846 it was deemed necessary to provide additional land for the cemetery, as the ground originally laid out was nearly all occupied. The land required was purchased of Mr. John Kimball, and it gave an opportunity for extensive and much- needed improvements. This cemetery was doubtless located where it is chiefly be- cause of its central position, and this will always be a most weighty reason for enlarging those grounds rather than seek- ing a new locality, if more space shall be needed. On every account it is very desirable that the interests and associations connected with the burial of the dead in a town like Fitzwill- iam shall be gathered around a single place. In many towns in New England nearly every school district had originally its cemetery, with the result that many of these present to-day a most unsightly appearance. Not a few towns could be named with ten or twelve burial-grounds, besides several family yards, and in nearly all such cases the stranger who looks for neat- ness, care, and refined taste in a burying-ground, too often will discover evidence of culpable neglect, if not of positive and unchecked dilapidation. No pains have been spared to make the table that follows accurate, but that it is perfectly so cannot be supposed. All the early pastors, especially Revs. Messrs. Brigham and Sabin (whose ministry covered nearly seventy years), appear to have made full and faithful records of the deaths that occurred dur- EXPLANATIONS OF THE TABLE OF DEATHS. 373 ing their respective pastorates, while in later times a number of individuals have preserved lists of the mortality of the place, all of which have been used to a greater or less extent in preparing and correcting this table. It is confidently believed that few towns, if any, in New England have the means of making up so full and so nearly a correct list of deaths, covering a period of one hundred and eighteen years, as is here presented. The first column in the table gives the total number of deaths in each decade. The last period, however, includes but eight years. The second column gives the years. The third column gives the whole number of deaths in town during the year. The columns four to fifteen classify deaths according to ages, so far as ages are known. The columns sixteen and seventeen give the number of deaths with no ages recorded, the column sixteen giving the number designated as, or supposed to have been, children, and the column seventeen giving the number known or supposed to have been adults. The column eighteen includes all those who, dying else- where, are known to have been buried in Fitzwilliam. The number of these, especially in later years, has been large, but such cases are not included in the sum total. 374 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. ^' a ^3 4. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1« IT 18 1 Age not ^£ stated. -Ss u t3 ■'» a> O N "s 1 k iTotalnumbei 1 in the year Under 5 year |5 to 10. |lO to 20. lao to 30. |30 to 40. Uo to BO. IsO to 60. l60 to 70. Iro to 80. |80 to 90. Igo to 100. lover 100. Children. JAdults. Died elsew terred In 1 ] ] ] ] 769 1 1 770 2 771 L772 2 2 L773 2 2 3 1774 1 L775 2 1 2 1776 4 1 1 ^ ^ 1 11 1777 12 4 11 31 1778 6 2 1 ^ 1779 3 1780 10 4 1 1 1781 9 6 1 1782 7 6 1 2 1 1783 8 3 11 3 4 1784 9 3 3 1 1785 10 6 1 1786 11 4 1 1 78 1787 3 3 1788 9 5 1 1 2 1 1789 10 8 1 3 13 1790 24 7 1 1 3 5 1791 18 8 1 1 1 1 11 3 4 1 3 2'| 1 14 2] 1 1 1| 1 3 4 2 1793 9 6 1 1793 16 6 1 1794 11 4 3 1795 29 8 3 1 1796 9 5 1 1797 13 6 1 1 1 154 1798 15 7 2 1 4 3 1 5 1 1799 13 4 1 1800 17 4 3 3 2 1801 14 9 3 3 1803 15 5 1 2 2 11 13 7 1 1 7 4 11 12 1803 13 3 11 1804 16 3 1 1 1805 30 8 3 3 3 1806 11 5 3 1 3 3 11 1 111 1 1 12 1 1 1807 13 3 3 11 15 21808 30 9 1 a 3 1809 14 4 3 13 1810 10 4 1 1 2 1 1 1811 13 5 2 2 3 1 1813 28 10 9 3 1 4 2 1 1813 8 4 1 3 1 1 TABLE OF DEATHS. 375 d 1 2 |£ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 'iisa i CS 1" Age noti 1 .§ 14 -a stated. ■sa s ••■& QQ 1. 1^ i 6. a •§1 0^ 1^ is in S3 'a c 5 8 5 2 s -S 2 S 8 3 m 1^ P t_ B in ^ S g g g s ' § S ] ■a 1814 14 6 s 1 1 1 1 M 1815 20 11 2 2 1 1 1 ] 1 8 1816 8 2 1 1 1 2 1 1817 17 9 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 148 1818 18 9 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1819 19 7 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1820 24 5 1 2 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 1 1821 21 8 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 1833 23 13 3 2 2 1 1 1 1838 17 5 1 1 2 1 4 3 1824 22 6 2 1 1 3 1 .1 2 5 1825 17 4 2 3 3 1 2 1 3 1826 24 8 1 4 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 1837 19 8 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 203 1828 17 5 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 1839 15 5 8 1 1 3 1 1 1 1830 13 6 2 1 1 3 1 1831 19 5 1 3 1 1 6 3 1832 31 9 2 8 3 1 3 1 1833 22 8 1 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 1834 27 8 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 6 1 1885 19 4 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 3 1836 33 8 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 1837 39 12 5 5 3 2 1 3 1 5 1 1 233 1838 35 10 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 8 1 1839 19 4 1 2 4 2 1 1 2 3 1840 17 1 4 3 2 3 4 1 1841 31 4 1 8 2 7 1 3 1 3 4 1 2 3 1842 25 11 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 1843 24 9 1 3 1 4 1 4 1 5 1844 29 9 3 2 5 4 1 2 3 1 1 1845 21 4 1 2 2 3 3 3 1 3 4 1846 15 5 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 1847 40 15 1 1 4 3 8 3 2 3 1 8 1 1 6 245 1848 34 3 5 5 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 3 1849 32 13 3 5 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 1850 30 11 1 1 4 2 8 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1851 20 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 1852 14 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 8 1853 35 11 2 4 4 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 1854 30 10 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 8 1855 20 3 3 8 1 5 4 1 3 1856 25 7 2 3 3 8 3 3 1 1 4 1857 35 12 3 8 3 1 3 3 4 3 1 4 259] 1858 18 8 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 376 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 05 2 ■a o r 4 to M a *s s CO lO 5 d 2 6 o o 7 o S 8 9 § o i 10 S s s 11 s s IS 5 13 g o i 14 I o 15 s i o 16 17 Age not stated. 18 S GO % a £ O "3 < as IB 1859 35 5 1 1 1 2 3 1 6 4 5 1860 31 4 1 1 3 3 3 2 5 1 1 5 1861 38 2 1 4 4 2 4 3 3 5 1 5 1863 26 8 8 3 2 3 4 8 9 1863 41 9 9 3 1 3 4 5 3 2 3 1 1 13 1864 38 12 3 6 6 3 3 8 1 1 1 1 9 1865 33 4 1 3 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 1 11 1866 36 9 2 2 3 4 4 3 5 1867 18 4 1 2 4 1 4 2 3 371 1868 15 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1869 18 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 4 3 1870 33 3 1 3 1 1 2 5 3 3 3 2 4 1871 30 4 1 1 3 3 3 1 3 12 1873 17 3 3 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 12 1873 18 8 3 1 1 3 4 7 1874 14 5 1 1 3 3 1 3 7 1875 33 7 1 1 6 3 1 8 1 15 1876 34 5 3 3 1 1 2 4 3 3 1 7 1877 33 3 3 1 1 2 1 4 7 5 193 1878 13 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 7 1879 16 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 8 1880 17 3 1 1 3 8 3 1 7 1881 23 5 1 3 3 2 8 1 3 2 1 13 1883 39 5 1 3 1 8 6 9 13 1883 17 4 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 2 4 1884 19 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 1885 30 4 3 3 4 4 4 7 157 1886 16 3 1 2 3 3 3 1 6 The table includes a period of 118 years, and the total num- ber of deaths recorded is 2114. Under 5 years .... 649 6 to 10 Ill 10 to 20 138 20 to3C 160 30 to 40 116 40 to 50 110 50 to 60 125 60 to 70 139 70 to 80 182 80 to 90 160 90 to 100 44 over 100 4 Children — age not stated 104 Adults — age not stated 72 Died elsewhere, but interred in Fitzwilliam 300 BEATHS OF AGED PERSONS. 377 Died in Fitzwilliam and included in the foregoing table, but were interred elsewhere, about 160. Of this number, over 30 were Roman Catholics, who were taken away to be interred in consecrated ground. PEOFESSIOJSTAL MEN WHO HAVE DIED EST FITZWILLIAM : Clergymen : Benjamin Brigham, June 5th, 1799, se. 57 ; Darius Fisher, September 2d, 1834, ae. 63 ; Ezekiel L. Bas- eom, April 2d, 1841, se. 64 ; James H. Sayward, January 13th, 1844, se. 35 ; John Sabin, October 14th, 1845, k. 75 ; John Woods, JVlay 4th, 1861, se. 76 ; Abraham Jenkins, Jr., August 4th, 1861, se. 50 ; Luther Townsend, a native of Fitz- william, d. at Troy, February 9th, 1862, se. 48 ; was buried here. Physicians : Peter Clark Grosvener, December 14th, 1794 ; Amasa Scott, May 16th, 1821, se. 38 ; Jared Perkins, October 7th, 1824, se. 31 ; Ebenezer Wright, March 16th, 1829, se. 67 ; Thomas Eichardson, . August 8th, 1852, se. 86 ; James Batcheller, April 14th, 1866, £e. 74 ; Silas Cummings, June 30th, 1882, se. 78. Lavjyer : Luther Chapman, August 15th, 1856, as. 77. LIST OF DEATHS IN FITZWILLIAM OF PERSONS AGED 80 YEARS AND UPWARD : 1778 Dec. 30. Mrs. (Mary [?]) Buckman 81 1794 Mar. 30. Mrs. Kendall, widow of 89 1802 July 24. Mrs. Euhama Pratt, mother of Job(?) 93 Sept. 19. Joseph Hemingway 83 1805 Mar. 10. John Camp " 95 Dec. 17. Mrs. Elizabeth Davison, mother of Benjamin, Sr. (?) 85 1807 April 15. Abraham Eice 82 1808 Sept. 27. Mrs. Sampson, mother of Capt. Benjamin 96 1809 April 12. Zechariah Davis 95 1812 Feb. 8. Joseph Nurse 89 Mar. ' 25. Sylvanus Hemingway 85 378 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. EobertWare 81 Mrs. Lydia Paine 84 . Abigail Deeth, widow of Caleb. . 85 Capt. Samuel Patch 87 Henry Kice 84 Relief Patrick, widow of Samuel (?) 84 Michael Sweetser 81 Stephen Harris 94 Mary Sweetser, widow of Michael 80 Mr. Moody 85 Susanna (Wilder) Eice, widow of Abraham 90 Richard Gleason 82 Susanna Wallace, widow of 80 Sarah Fisher, mother of Mrs. Francis Fullam 94 Benjamin Batchelder 86 Anna (Miles) Knowlton, widow of Ezekiel 85 Abner Stone 90 Molly Hemingway, widow of Syl- vanus 85 1828 Sept. 29. Elizabeth Stiles, mother of Mrs. Timothy Blodgett 88 1829 Jan. 26. Mary (Angier) Plarris, widow of Stephen 97 William Locke 80 Mrs. Susanna Chase si Rebecca (Barrett) Locke, widow of William 87 James Gibson 82 Anna (Stacy) Stone, wife of Samuel 82 Dea. John Fassett 94 Philip Amidon 85 Jonas Woods 82 Anna (Smith) Carter, widow of Joseph 84 1814 Mar. 8. 1815 Feb. 11. 1816 April 20. 1817 Feb. 15. 1818 July 18. 1819 April 27. July 22. • Kov. 4. 1820 Jan. 16. April 15. Jaly 6. Aug. 18. Nov. 20. 1821 Mar. 14. Sept.- 7. 1826 April 8. Dee. 3. 1827 May 5. 1831 Mar. 30. Jan. 16. Dec. 15. 1833 1834 April 21. Jan. 1. Jan. 12. Feb. 2. Aug. 14. Nov. 30. DEATHS OF AGED PERSONS. 379 1834 Dec. 16. Euth Penniman, wife of Elihu. . . 84 Dec. 17. Ebenezer Saunders 81 1835 Nov. 1. Elibu Penniman 84 Dec. 31. Allen Grant 89 1836 Feb. 20. Mary (Dodge) Keed, widow of James, Jr 90 Sept. 6. Moses Drury 93 Oct. 1. Anna Batchelder, widow of Ben- 100 yrs., jamin 6 m. 1837 Feb. 5. Lydia [(Burbank) Lyon] Potter, wife of Ebenezer 81 Aug. 25. Eunice (Shumway) Amidon, wid- ow of Philip 90 1838 Mar. 10. Elizabeth Stone, wife of James .. . 83 June 5. Solomon Spaulding 96 Oct. 8. Mary (Hunt) Bent, widow of Samuel 84 Nov. 24. Euth (Wilder) Waite, widow of Asa ." 88 1839 June 14. Capt. John Fay 83 July 21. Charles Bowker 81 1840 Feb. 13. Abigail (Baker) Fay, widow of Jonas and (1) of Ephraim Parker 82 April 1. Lovina (Brigham) Fay, widow of Capt. John 80 May 11. Elizabeth Pettes 99 Sept. 18. Mary Grant, widow of Allen 80 Dec. 31. Betsey Deeth, widow of Parley. .. 87 1841 Jan. 5. James Stone 87 May 12. Matthew Osborn 87 June 12. Stephen White 80 July 10. Lois Capron, widow of Jonathan. 81 Dec. 2. Phebe (Wetherbee) Platts, widow 101 yrs., of Abel 4m., 24d. Dec. 12. Samuel Stone, died at Swanzey. . 91 1842 July 28. Hannah Griffin, dau. of Dea. Samuel ; died at Troy 86 Dec. 28. Matthias Felton 87 380 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 1843 Sept. 6. Elizabeth (Parks) Fassett, widow of WiUard 85 Dec. 25. Joel Miles, d. at Eoyalston 87 1844 Feb. 11. Eunice (Hawes) Foster, widow of Alexander 80 Mar. 4. Martha (Gibson) Forristall, widow of Jesse 91 Aug. 18. Oliver Whitcomb 81 Sept. 6. Mary Phillips, widow of Na- thaniel 85 1845 Feb. 13. Lois (Pierce) White, widow of Daniel 84 April 2Y. Ebenezer Potter 96 May 27. Joseph Stone 93 1846 Feb. 10. Betsey (Nichols), widow of Phil- lips Sweetser ; (1) of Dr. Ebe- nezer Wright 82 July 11. Mary (Wilson) Prescott, wife of Peter 84 1847 Jan. 2. Lieut. Daniel Mellen 97 Feb. 19. Robinson Perkins 80 April 30. Artemas Wilson 90 Aug. 4. Sarah (?) Whitney, widow of John (Jr. (?)) ■ 99 1848 Mar. 9. Hephzibah Johnson, widow of Ehphalet 89 Nov. 23. John Shirley 94 Dec. 14. John Damon, died at Kindge .... 81 1849 April 10. Sarah Grover, widow of Antipas. 80 Aug. 5. Sarah (Fisher) Fullam, widow of \ Francis 91 1850 Feb. 8. Mary (Harris) Stone, widow of Joseph 92 May 15. Elizabeth (Stiles) Blodgett, of Timothy 82 July 29. Mary (Taylor) Howe, widow of Nahum 83 1851 Jan. 14. Rebecca Johnson, widow of James 87 Jan. T. Feb. 2. April 30. April 30. July 14. Aug. 8. June 22. BEATHS OF AGED PEESONS. 381 1851 Mar. 22. Cata (Drury) Wilson, widow of Arteraas 88 April 2. Lydia (Ricliardson) Eeed, widow of Phineas 80 Nov. 29. Mrs. Hannah Spaulding, mother of James 81 1852 Jan. T. Calvin Smith 81 Lydia Knights, widow of Wilham, died at Mariboro 84 Phinehas Eeed 86 Sally (Carter) Marshall, widow of William, (1) of Isaac Kimball. . 85 Peter Prescott 94 Dr. Thomas Eichardson 86 1853 June 22. Eunice (Brigham) Cobleigh, wid- ow of John 87 Oct. 29. Martha (Stickney) Saunders, wid- of Ebenezer 90 Molly White, widow of Stephen.. 87 1854 Feb. 2. Lydia (Parks) Townsend, widow of iSTathan, Jr 87 Orra Eipley, widow of 85 Otis Whipple 86 1855 June 11. Polly Pel ch 80 Capt. Nathan Smith 91 Zalmon Howe 80 Timothy Blodgett 89 John Whittemore 80 1856 Feb. 14. Ehzabeth (Woodbury) Burbank, widow of John 90 Catherine McLeer, widow of . . . . 83 Mary White, wife of Noah 88 1857 April 26. Hannah (Woods) Fassett, widow of Joseph 83 Anna (Harris) Byam, widow of Abel 90 Mary Gee, widow of 89 Joseph Pratt 87 Dec. 20. Feb. 2. Feb. 6. Aug. 22. June 11. June 14. Sept. 13. Nov. 29. Dec. 26. Feb. 14. June 15. July 28. Apri] 126. May 18. May 18. July 5. 382 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 1858 Jan. 30. Hannah (Frost) Worcester, widow of William 98 Aug. 22. Roxana (Amidon) Angier, wife of Abel. 83 1859 Jan. 13. Silas Morse 82 Oct. 3. Polly Kilbourne, widow of 82 Oct. 13. (Pratt) Taft, widow of David. . . 81 Nov. 21. Moses Chaplin 82 1860 July 23. Elizabeth Hayden, widow of Ezra 82 1861 Feb. 13. Lucretia Mellen 95 Feb. 21. Jedediah Putney, died at Marl- boro 85 Feb. 27. Abel Angier 86 May 10. Elizabeth (Goss) Carter, widow of Joseph 83 Aug. 27. Isabel (Manning) Stone, wife of Dea. Artemas 82 Asa Waits 85 Lydia Whipple, widow of Otis . . 88 1862 Mar. 9. Elijah T. Smith, died at Winchen- don 83 Charles F. Cameron 84 Dea. Artemas Stone 85 William Perry 82 1863 June 27. Pamelia Whipple, widow of Na- 101 yrs., hum 1 m., 4 d. ISToah White' 86 Samuel Carroll 83 1864 May 1. Polly (Locke) Whittemore, widow of William S 88 Mary (Bent) Pratt, widow of Amos ; died at Eindge 84 1865 Jan. 9. Anna Grant, daughter of Allen . . 84 Mary (Damon) Sabin, widow of Eev. John 86 Jesse Forristall 84 Lucy (Patch) Whitcomb, widow 101 yrs., of OHver 11 m., 1 d. Oct. 12. Dec. 16. Mar. 9. April 8. Apri 110. Oct. 27. June i 27. Aug. , 21. Dec. 22. May 1. June 16. Jan. 9. Mar. 19. June 7. Oct. 27. BEATHS OF AGED PERSONS. B83 1865 Nov. 18. Lovicy (Mellen) Whitcomb, widow of John 83 1866 Feb. 19. Elizabeth Reed, widow of Benja- min ; died at Jaffrey 83 Feb. 26. Josiah Wilder '. 80 April 1. Betsey Hale, widow of Jacob ... . 81 July 22. William H. Bent, died at Ash- burnham 81 Oct. 25. Polly Wilder, widow of Josiah . . 80 1867 April 10. Mrs. Pheve Howe 87 Oct. 12. David Grant 82 JSTov. 11. Martha (Bent) Chaplin, widow of Moses 85 1868 Mar. 13. Jonathan Gage 86 MsLj 6. Susanna (Phillips) Morse, widow of Silas 82 Sept. 22. Annis (Whitney) Carroll, widow of Samuel 85 Nov. 3. Azubah Locke, daughter of Joseph 91 1869 May 20. Polly [ (Blanding) Kendall J Wright, widow of Capt. Aaron. 89 Aug. 1. Sally (King) Chapman, widow of Luther 87 Oct. 7. Ruth (Carroll) Whitney, wife of David 84 Nov. 8. Levi Tower 87 Nov. 9. Simeon Merrifield, died at New Salem, Mass 86 1870 Feb. 7. John Cobleigh 80 Mar. 8. Sally (Dadmun) Kendall, widow of Luke 90 May 16. Cynthia (Randall) Ellis, widow of Samuel 91 Sept. 18. Mary (Chaplin) Beard, widow of Artemas 88 1871 Jan. 27. Abel Marshall 81 Mar. 18. William Fisher Perry 95 April 1. Philemon Fairbanks 89 384 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 1871 April 28. Lovina Leathe, widow of Elisha Drury by previous m. ; died at Royalston 80 Aug. 9. Nancy (Sweetser) Mann, widow of Eev. Cyrus 80 Emory Taft 93 Benoni Peck 89 Anstis (Stratton) Tower, widow of Levi 87 Jude Damon, died at Keene 87 Euth (Pratt) Bent, widow of Samuel, Jr.; died in Vermont. 90 Hyman Bent 84 Polly (Davis) Wilson, widow of Artemas, Jr 82 Sarah S. Poland, wife of Samuel. 87 Polly (Stone) Osborn, widow of Matthew 85 David Forbush 86 Nancy (Colburn) Davison, widow of Benjamin ; died at Winchen- don 81 Samuel Poland, died at Keene. . . 84 Dorcas (Amidon) Bice, widow of 104 yrs. , David ; died in Jaffrey 4 m., 5 d. Sally (Locke) Drury, wife of Moses 83 Ebenezer Potter 81 Mary (McClary) Parker, wife of Amos A 81 Capt. Silas Chase, died at AVin- chendon 81 Benjamin Byam 83 Sylvanus Holman 81 David Thompson 89 Sukey (Penniman) Damon, widow of Jude 88 Sept. 18. Huldah (Collins) Osborn, widow of Capt. Josiah 91 1872 April 12. Aug. 26. Nov. 14. Nov. 14. Dec. 9. Dec. 21. 1873 April 5. April 26. May 4. May 21. 1874 Mar. 23. April 2. April 15. Oct. 21. 1875 May 1. 1876 April 3. April 21. Aug. 18. 1877 Mar. 14. May 29. Sept. 11. 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 DEATHS OF AGED PERSONS. 385 Sept. 18. Sibel (Fiske) Damon, widow of Luther ; died at Dana, Mass . . . 81 Oct. 2. Lucy Whitcomb, daughter of Oli ver 87 IS'ov. 7. Samuel Sawyer Willard 84 Nov. 18. Catherine (Bigelow) Prescott, widow of Peter, Jr 88 K"ov. 29. Sarah (Hayden) Bailey, widow of Edward ; (1) of Jared Perkins. 82 Dec. 5. Betsey (Grant) Handy, wife of Paul 81 Jan. 21. Eliza (Fay) Stone, widow of Moses 90 June 5. Hephzibah (Stone) Forbush, widow of David ; died at Winchendon 87 Aug. 28. Lucy (Fassett) Byam, wife of Beniamin 86 Oct. 8. •J Ezra Alexander, died at Keene , . 85 Feb. 17. Dea. Joseph Harris, died at Bald- winville 83 Mar. 22. Asaph "Whitcomb 85 May 20. John Jarvis Allen 90 Sept. 16. Hannah (Woodward) Putney, widow of Jedediah ; (1) of Martin Rock wood ; died at Troy 85 Oct. 25. Anna (Bowker) Collins, widow of Ezekiel 90 Dec. 6. David Whitney 93 Mar. 13. Caroline Smith, daughter of Dan- iel 80 May 20. Euth (Collins) Kuhn, wife of William ; (1) of Nathan Drury. 87 Jan. 4. Tamar (Grant) Hayden, wife of Samuel 86 Jan. 17. Samuel Hayden 88 Jan. 29. Hannah Lovering, widow of Henry 89 25 386 HiSTOET or fitzwilliajt. 1882 Feb. 19. Clarissa (Holden) Fay, widow of Stephen 86 Mar. 16. Lucy (Gates) Thompson, widow of David.... 89 Mar. 17. Sylvia (Green) Taft, wife of Lewis 80 April 21. AbelDunton 89 May. Alexander Matheson 85 July 17. Daniel Spaulding 93 Nov. 17. Lucy Carpenter 86 1883 Nov. 13. Levinah J. (Allen) Bent, widow of William H 86 1884 Jan. 19. Francis Stone 81 April 16. Moses Drury 95 April 28. Josiah Moore 88 Oct. 6. Oren Grant, died in Koyalston ... 89 1885 Feb. 1. Harriet B. (Tylor) Dyar, widow of Joseph 81 April 5. Paul Handy 84 April 30. Nancy (Bobbins) Bent, w. of Elisha 84 June 12. Leonard Pierce 83 1886 Mar. 1. Phineas Parks 90 The foregoing list contains 233 names. Of this number, 25 persons died elsewhere, but were brought here for interment, and are inserted in the list as properly belonging here. Of the 208 who died in town, 87 were between 80 and 85 years of age ; 73 were between 85 and 90 ; 32 were between 90 and 95 ; 12 were between 95 and 100, and 4 were over 100 years of age. LIST OF PERSONS OVEE 80 TBAES OF AGE EESIDING IN FITZ- WILLIAM JAN. 1, 1887. Jonathan Sabin 'Adams . Sept. 22, 1802. Plainfield, Conn. Joseph Blodgett ,. . Oct. 28, 1796. Northiield, Mass. Simon Bosworth Mar. 22, 1803. Winchendon. Luke Bowker Oct. 28, 1800. Fitzwilliam. LIST OF AGED PEKSOITS, JAN. 1, 1887.^ 387 Betsey (Knight) Brewer, wid. of Asa May 4, 1804. Sudbury, Mass. Milton Cliaplin April 7, 1805. Fitzwilliam. Selina (Parker) Damon, wid. of John July 5, 1799. " Tamar (Thompson) Da- vis, wid. of Chancy. . Nov. 4, 1804. Holden, Mass. George W. Drury Jan. 11, 1800. Framingham, Mass. Samuel S. Dudley June 26, 1806. Sudbury, Mass. Kuth (Phillips) Dunton, wid. of Abel Aug. 21, 1799. Athol, Mass. Benjamin M. Figke July 18, 1803. Fitzwilliam. Louisa (Storrpw) Forris- tall, wid. of Jesse .... April 7, 1804. Boston, Mass. Eunice (Parks) Holman, wid. of Seth Oct. 19, 1801. Eoyalston, Lucy (Fullam) Holman, wid. of Sylvanus June 27, 1797. Fitzwilliam. Jane ; S. (Richardson) Kimball, wid. of John Nov. 21, 1802. Eoyalston. William Kuhn 1800. Montague, Mass. Harriet (Stone) Miles, wid._ of John June 6, 1801. Sullivan, N. H. Mary R. (Felch) Milne, wid. of John Aug. 29, 1805. Boston, Mass. Charlotte (Pratt) Petts, wid. of Abel Jan. 13, 1805. Fitzwilliam. Polly (Woods) Potter, wid. of Ebenezer .... Aug. 30, 1803. " Fanny W. Saunders, dau. of Ebenezer Sept. 15, 1805. " Isaac W. Stone Dec. 2, 1806. " Daniel Smith Oct. 30, 1804. " Lewis Taft Mar. 4, 1803. Cxbridge, Mass. Tabitha (Wright) Wliee- ler, wid. of Henry H. Oct. 3, 1805. Fitzwilliam. Rebecca Whitcomb, dau. of Oliver Sept. 24, 1801. B88 HISTOEY OF PITZWILLIAM. DEATHS FEOM ACCIDENT. AGE. 1769, April 30. 1 Thaddeus Stone, s. of Jason scalded. 1771, May 3. Benjamin Bigelow, drowned at Winchester. 1778, June 12. Henry Poor fall from horse. 1779, Mar. 16. Susan Bennett, w. of Benjamin, fall from horse in Eoyalston. June 3. 50 John Bruce from fall at saw-mill. 1782, July 26. 28 Thomas Platts, crushed between cart and tree. 1790, June 19. Joseph Johnson, instantly, by falling tree. Dec. 31. Capt. Stephen Kichardson frozen. 1793, Mar. 25. 3 Sylvester Bowker, s. of Charles, drowned. 1795, Mar. 22. 20 Abel Ware, s. of Robert, fall in saw-mill. Sept. 24. 13 Eufus Pratt, s. of Job, timber fell on him at a raising. 1800, April 8. 1 Mary Perry, d. of Simeon scalded. 1802, Mar. 18. 3 Harding Morse, s. of Daniel, by fall of wood-pile. 1804, Sept. 9. 5 Joseph Beed, s. of Phineas. . ..drowned. 1805, Sept. 21. 15 Joel Dunton blown up in a well. 1809, May 10. 7 Caleb Winch, s. of Joseph, burned in his grandfather's (?) house. 1811, Mar. 13. 50 William Bruce, from boards falling on him. 1812, Sept. 4. 28 Abner Stone, Jr., fell from frame at a raising. 1814, Jan. 21. 5 Child of Josiah Wilson, from wound in head. 1818, Oct. 16. 60 Thomas Stratton, instantly, by falling tree. 1821, Aug. 13. 2 William Perkins, s. of Dr. Jared, scalded. 1824, Oct. 12. 68 Jesse Forristall fall from wagon. 1825, Oct. i Chandler May, s. of Theophilus, overturning of a chaise. DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS. 389 AGE. 1832, June 6. 18 Calvin Chase, accidental discharge of his gun. 1833, April 1. 22 Benjamin Bowker, hurt in mill, sawing hoe-handles. Sept. 30. 3 Henry Stone, s. of Francis, drowned in tan-vat. 1834, July 13. 15 Elizabeth Goodspeed, thrown from wagon. 1837, July 9. 16 James Follett. .drowned at Bowkerville. 1838, Aug. 18. 30 Daniel T. Hayden, accidental discharge of his rifle. 1839, Oct. 30. 24 Hyman C. Pratt, accidental discharge of his gun. Nov. 28. 2 Child of Timothy S. Eeed scalded. 1840, Sept. 10. 50 Stillman Collins. ..drowned in Sip pond. Nov. 12. 19 Sarah E. May, burned by clothes taking fire. 1842, Jan. 13. 4 Levi A. Taft, s. of Lewis, burned by clothes taking fire. Sept. 1. 20 Daphne Allen, d. of Jubal E., burned by clothes taking fire. 1845, June 14. 18 Daniel C. S. Parker, s. of Amos A., drowned at Troy. Dec. 15. 50 Michael Higgins, on PR. by a falling bank. 1847, May 18. 50 Peter Shossiuy on ER. by a stone. 1848, Feb. 22. Dennis Daly run over by the cars. 1853, Dec. 30. 30 Nathaniel Allen, on RR. at Collins' bridge. 1854, Mar. 28. 52 Patrick McManus drowned at Troy. 1861, Feb. 1. 40 Mrs. Damon, w. of Alonzo, of Hubbards- ton, Mass., on RR. at Teinpleton crossing. Feb. 1. 3 George Damon, s. of Alonzo, of Hub- bardston, Mass. on RR. at Templeton crossing. 1864, Mar. 8. 1 Stillman A. Dunton, s. of George O., scalded. 1865, Oct. 26. 57 1867, Aug. 4 1868, July 12. 18 187U, Aug. 24. 51 Aug. 25. 22 1872, Nov. 6. 52 Dec. 10. 23 Dec. 23. 390 HISTOBY OF FIT2WILLIAM. AQE. 57 Paul Martin, from injury by falling tree. Johnny Marvin drowned. George A. "Worcester, drowned at Kichmond. Dr. Horace B. Day, of Utica, N. Y., by tbe cars at depot. Charles Scott. . .fell under cars at depot. Abijah Ellis murdered at Boston. Balph Trumbull on EK., brakeman. Prentiss, on KR. at Collins' bridge. Ellis, s. of Timothy, in mill in Rindge. 1877, Sept. 3. 8 Carrie Lizzie Beebe, adopted dau. of An- son G drowned. Nov. 7. 84 Samuel S. Willard . . by cars at State line. 1879, Feb. 8. 22 Nathan Elwin Stone, s. of Nathan, by cars, at Worcester. Oct. 22. 24 Charles W. Perry, s. of Charles, from kick of a horse. 1880, Feb. 12. 17 Artemas S. Campbell, s. of Dugald, killed in the mill. 1881, Feb. 5. J. L. Davis, ER. engineer (?) killed on the railroad. The list includes a few who were killed elsewhere, but who may be considered as belonging to Fitzwilliam, and the most of whom were brought here for burial. DEATHS BT SUICIDE. 1793, July 10. Azariah Wilson By hanging. 1800, July 37. Hannah Richardson. . .Age, 19. Drowning. 1810, Dec. 1. Ephraim Parker " 54. Hanging. 1817, Aug. 33. Jacob Townsend " 50. " 1834, Oct. 11. Samuel Davis "66. " 1838, July 38. David Rice " 60. " 1839, Feb. 15. David Graves " 35. Cutting. 1839, Mar, 6. Luther Holman " 35. Poison, at Keene. 1830, Aug. 3. Lydia Moody " 47. Hanging. DEATHS BY SUICIDE. 391 1850, May 24. Parkmaa Kendall. ;. .Age, 31. Hanging. 1861, Jan. 30. Elisiia Drury " 39. Cutting. 1863, Aug. 16. Timothy N. Carroll.. "43. " 1864, Sept. 13. Daniel G. Carter " 49. Hanging. 1866, May 1. Mrs. William Flagg. . " 40. " 1873, June 7. Daniel Harris " 35. Poison, at Winchendon. 1877, April 7. Reuben B. Pratt " 68. Hanging. 1877, Nov. 19. Reuben Pratt '' 47. Poison, at Winchendon. Joseph Lee Hayward, son of Benjamin Ilajward, was born in Fitzwilliam, Angast 12th, 1837. At the age of twenty- three he went West, and for two years found employment in New Baltimore, Mich., and Moline, 111. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a soldier in the One Hundred and Twenty- seventh Kegiment Illinois Volunteers, but his health giving way he was detailed to serve as a druggist in a dispensary at Nashville, Tenn., and continued in this service till the close of the war. In 1866 he was in Faribault, Minn., and later in Minneapolis, but in 1867 became a resident of Northfield, Minn., and engaged in business as a book-keeper. In this capacity he was employed in 1872 by the First National Bank of Northfield. In September of that year, the cashier being absent, Mr. Hayward was in charge as acting cashier, the teller, Mr. Bunker, and assistant book-keeper being also on duty. On the 7th of that month eight mounted bank robbers, understood to be the so-called Jesse James band, entered the place, and while three of the number attacked the bank the other five made the utmost possible commotion upon the out- side, to intimidate the people that might come to the rescue. But the citizens rallied so quickly and in such numbers that the attempted robbery was frustrated, and two of the robbers were killed, but as the last one was leaving the bank he turned and fired a fatal shot at Mr. Hayward. Elijah Phillips, son of Elijah Phillips, was born in Fitzwill- iam, and in 1830, when he was a young man, went West and settled in Illinois. He made his journey partly on foot and partly by the Erie Canal, and by steamboat on Lake Erie, and joining his old friends, James G. Forristall and Sylvester Brig- ham, they built a log cabin for themselves in what is now the town of Dover. Nearly two years later Mr. Phillips, with 392 HISTOKT OF FITZWILLIAM. seven others, left Fort Hennepin to look after theii' cattle, and rain coming on tliey remained overnight in the hut of one John L. Ament, who was not on friendly terms with the neighboring Indians. In some way Mr. Phillips had become somewhat involved in the quarrel. The men barricaded the hut and each slept with his loaded gun by his side. The Ind- ians who were watching the cabin during the night were prevented by the rain from burning it, but early in the morn- ing as Mr. Phillips started for his own cabin, which was not far distant, a number of guns were fired at him and he fell dead, two bullets having entered his body. PATJPEEISM. The custom which prevailed in this region, a century ago, of warning nearly every new family out of town as soon as possible after its arrival, doubtless prevented pauperism in this place to some extent, still, Fitzwilliam, like all other towns, had its poor to care for at an early date. In 1T76 the town paid Levi Brigham ten shillings for supporting John Camp and family, which appears to have been the first appropriation for this purpose. Previously the poor had been aided by private charity. In 1119 an appropriation of fifty pounds was made " for the use of the poor." At that date the currency in which the taxes were paid had greatly depreciated. In 1785 the sick- ness of the wife of Abraham Eice, Jr., called for appropriations amounting to about fifteen pounds ten shillings. In 1787 the town voted " to put out Mr. Butler's family to such persons as should take the care of them at the lowest," and at the vendue that followed they were taken at from six to eight pounds each for one year. In 1792 entries like the following appear in the Records : " Lieut. Daniel Mellen bought old Mr. Camp, for one year, he is to have two pounds and seven shillings per weeke and the said Mellen is to keep his cloath- ing as good as when he receives him." This method of caring for the poor was common in the country towns of New England for many years, and had its advantages as well as disadvantages. PAUPERISM — HIGHWAYS. 393 It should be borne in mind that in the early days the pauper went into the family as one of its members, and was expected to do such work as he or she was able, the compensation re- ceived from the town depending largely upon the pauper's ability to labor. It is believed that such persons were seldom overworked or misused in Mtzwilliam. In 1794 the town made choice of Benjamin Davidson, John Fassett, and John Locke as Overseers of the Poor, but in gen- eral the duties of such officers have here devolved upon the eelectinen. The expense of supporting the poor of a town like this must always be considerable, but an examination of the reports of the selectmen will show that, for the last twenty years, the tax upon the people of Fitzwilliam for the support of paupers has not been increasing, but rather diminishing. CONIfECTIOlir WITH THE WOELD. The laying out, making and repairing of roads presented a problem to the proprietors and first settlers of Fitzwilliam that demanded good judgment, not a little patience, and large ap- propriations. It is probable that all the earliest settlers en- tered the township by the old military road, and settled on it or as near it as was convenient. As the settlement in- creased roads were laid out by the proprietors from neighbor- hood to neighborhood, but in very many cases as the log hut gave place to the framed house, the location of the highways was changed as convenience or preference seemed to require. Eeferring to matters of this nature, Rev. John Sabin, in his historical lecture of February, 1842, said : " It has rarely been with a people that they calculate just as they would were it to begin again ;" and to illustrate this truth he added that in early times " roads were laid to accommodate individuals and so might not be permanent. Vast proportions of former roads have been discontinued and much of the labor done on them lost to later time." The evil complained of by this sensible man is probably, to some extent, inseparable from the conditions of a new settle- ment, but certainly it was great in Fitzwilliam, for the roads 394 lUSTORT OF FITZWILLIAM. constructed in this township, and discontinued during the first fifty years after it was purchased by Sampson Stoddard and others, seem to have extended over nearly every part of it, and in all directions, with very little regard to the future wants of the incoming population. From the very nature of the coun- try and soil roads have always been an expensive necessity in Fitzwilliam. As the population increased in the adjoining towns, county roads were constructed, and at a little later period as the exi- gencies of public travel seemed to require better accommoda- tions than the towns were willing to furnish, various turnpike companies were incorporated that built roads leading into or through Fitzwilliam. One by one all of these were given up many years ago, and the care of the roads thus made was as- sumed by the town. The first settler, Benjamin Bigelow, found in 1T62 compar- atively easy access to his new home by the old military road, that for three or four years at least afforded the only connec- tion with the outside world. At proprietors' meetings held April 19th, 1765, and Octo- ber 11th, 1768, committees were chosen to lay out roads, and the committees undoubtedly attended to the duties of their appointment, though there are no records thereof. But at a meeting held June 19th, 1771, eleven roads, aggregating about thirty-five miles in length, were accepted, and descriptions of the same entered in the records of the meeting. As nearly all of these roads are described " as now trod," " as now marked and travelled," or "as already laid out," it is plain that they were then in use, and the acceptance was only a formality whereby they became legally public highways. The first and longest of the roads is thus described : Beginen at the Province Line by Royalston Lag where it is now Trod Leeding to Swanzey up by where mr David Deneson now Livs and so on where it is now Traviled to the north east Cornor of Lott Ko. 16 in 8 Rang tlien north on the Line betvpeen Lott No. 17 in 8 Rang and Lott No. 17 in 7 Rang to the Line of Lott No 18 in 8 Rang then to Continue where it is now Traviled to the Line of monadnock No. 5. Eoyalston Leg, the north part of Winchendon as now con- stituted, but then belonging to Eoyalston. THE GEEAT ROAD— STAGES. 395 David Deneson (Dennison ?) lived on Lot 9 in Range 1, where Henry T. Hall now lives. From Fitzwilliam village to the State line this road substantially followed the route of the present east road to Winchendon. In the other direction it took a northwesterly course and struck the line between Monad- nock No. 4 and Monadi^ock No. 5, about a mile west of the saw and grist-mills of Thomas Tolman, now Troy village. A few years later a branch road was made, leaving the original road about three-quarters of a mile northwest of where Bow- kerville is now located, and proceeding nearly due north to the Tolman mills. This branch, and the remainder of the orig- inal road southerly, soon became the main thoroughfare from Keene and beyond to Boston, and for thirty years it is repeat- edly referred to in the records as '' The Great Eoad." Soon after 1 787 this road was straightened in many places, and made wider throughout its entire length, but since th.en no material change has been made in its location, except that which took it away from the Mellen place, last occupied by Gilbert C. Bemis, Some additional reference is made to this road in Chapter VIII. Tradition asserts that the first line of stages in this town was established by Simon Crosby, to run to and from Worcester, Mass., and connecting there with a line to and from Boston, but as he wa^ taxed for three horses only his biisiness could not have been large. About 1809 Simon Piper (said to have been engaged in the same business) was taxed for three or four horses only. So far as can be known the stage • horses taxed in 1826 numbered three; in 1827, eight; in 1828, twelve, and from that date till 1839 the average was from fourteen to eighteen. Early in this century there was a line of stages from Boston through Fitzwilliam, to Keene and beyond, and some time later there were lines running to or through the town from Worcester, Lowell, and Brattleborough, Yt. , and some- times a second and competing line to and from Boston. The meeting of so many different stage-lines here made this town in those times a place of considerable importance, and few towns of its size had direct communication with the out- side world in so many directions. In his lecture of 1842, Eev. Mr. Sabin said : " A little esti- 396 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. mate has been made this winter past, how much is carried on the road between this and Boston, and been reckoned at two hundred and fifty tons, both ways — say fifty tons carried from this and brought here two hundred tons. "What carried from us consists in small part of the produce of the soil, but nearly all of palm-leaf hats, tubs, some chairs, etc. These do not in- clude common lumber from the saw-mills nor the almost un- told loads that go by the general name of wooden-ware." As Mr. Sabin was a very careful and conservative man, this estimate was probably under rather than above the actual amount of transportation over this thoroughfare. CHESHIEE EAILEOAD. This road was opened through this town in May, 1848, and, in consequence, there has been an enormous increase in the pas- senger and freight trafiic of the place. The number of pas- sengers leaving Fitzwilliam annually by this road is more than six thousand, while each year nearly five thousand enter it on tickets sold in other places. The road brings into the town about two thousand tons of freight annually, and carries away each year more than ten thousand tons. The elevation of the road at the highest point in Fitzwilliam (which is understood to be the highest over which it passes) is eleven hundred and fifty-one feet. Its length ^n the town is about nine miles, but the distance in a straight line between the points of its entering and leaving our territory is about seven and a half miles. George "W. Parker was the Fitzwilliam station agent at the opening of the road, but for very many years this ofiice has been filled by Mr. Elbridge Cummings. The location of this important railroad through nearly the centre of the town, and in close proximity to the most exten- sive quarries of granite, makes it of inestimable value to the people of Fitzwilliam. MEECHANTS AND TEADEES. An ancient tradition, which is considered reliable, states that opposite the inn of General James Eeed, on the old military MERCHANTS AKD TRADERS- 397 road, stood a small building about fifteen feet square in which the first goods were oflEered for sale in Monadnock No. 4. These consisted of rum, molasses, salt, and a few other common gro- ceries, with the addition of a few needles, pins, and other neces- sary articles that could not be supplied by home manufacture. Who opened and stocked the first store in what is now Fitz- william village, it seems impossible to determine with any de- gree of certainty. The earliest town tax-list that has been preserved is for the year 1Y93. In this list Simon Crosby is taxed on fifty pounds stock in trade, Joseph Fox on two hun- dred pounds, Jonas Robeson on one hundred and seventy-five pounds, and Phineas Eeed on one hundred and thirty pounds. The tax of Mr. Reed was on his tannery, but all the other persons named are understood to have been traders. Robeson was in business at the north village, now Troy, while Crosby and Fox were at the south village, now Fitzwilliam village. The larger tax paid by Mr. Fox seems to show that he kept the larger stock of goods, and may justify the inference that his was the older store, though tradition asserts that the first store here was kept by Mr. Crosby. Dr. Cummings states, apparently on the authority of Mrs. Dorcas (Amadon) Rice, that Mr. Crosby commenced business on the Townsend place, and removed to where the Everett House stood, and another account locates him at a later date on the northeast corner of the Common where the post-office is at the present time. Mr. Crosby continued in business till 1798, and removed to Vermont a year or two later. The Townsend House was situated near the place where Edward A. Nutting now lives, and the brick house at the north end of the Common occupies the site of the Everett House. Joseph Fox was succeeded by Jonathan Fox — perhaps a younger brother — and Thomas Goldsmith under the firm name of Goldsmith & Fox. They were taxed four years, 1794-97, when Mr. Fox removed to Jaflfrey and Mr. Goldsmith took the entire business, which he continued till about 1806. Mr. Goldsmith's store was located on the site now occupied by the Cheshire Hotel, and it is supposed that Goldsmith & Fox and Joseph Fox were located at the same place. 398 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. Jonas Warren was taxed on a potash manufactory in 1793 and on stock in trade two hundred pounds in 1794, and on three hundred and thirty-four dollars in 1795. Daniel Gould, Jr., was taxed on three hundred dollars stock in trade in 1796. Ezra Saunders was in trade from 1798 to 1803 at the Town- send place before referred to, and perhaps "Warren and Gould were located at the same place, following Crosby and preceding Saunders. Elisha Brigham, the youngest son of Rev. Benjamin Brig- ham, succeeded Mr. Crosby at his last place of business, and continued in trade about two years, bis capital being furnished by his brother-in-law. General Humphrey, of Athol. Jonas Kobinson or Robeson commenced business in Marl- borough about 1791, occupying for over a year a part of the house of Reuben Ward in the south part of the town. He then bought a small piece of land of Joshua Harrington near said Harrington's grist-mill, in the north part of Fitzwilliam, on which he built a store. This was about half a mile west- erly from his former location and is the site now occupied by the store of Charles W. Whitney. About 1805 Robeson and his brother-in-law, Reuben Ward, Jr., opened a store in the Carter House at the south village. This is the same place previously referred to as the Everett House. A year or two later he built the three-story building now known as the Fitz- william Hotel, into which he moved when completed. The store business was taxed to Wardaud Robeson «fe Ward in 1805 and 1806, but after Robeson's removal he assumed the entire business, and Ward soon returned to Marlborough, his native place, where he died in 1808. A little later Mr. Robeson built a two-story extension on the west side of his house to which he removed his store, and where he continued in trade till 1816, when he retired from business. When Mr. Robeson moved to the south village, the business in the north or border village (which became Troy village in 1815), was left in charge of Daniel W. Farrar, first as clerk, then as partner, and in 1813 he bought out Mr. Robeson's share in the business. At or about this time Curtis Coolidge became a partner with Mr. Farrar, the partnership continuing about three years, when Mr. /^m. ?^' if^^-i^ MERCHANTS AND TEADEES. 399 Farrar took the entire business, which he conducted till about 1837, when he was succeeded by his son, David W. Far- rar, and John Whittemore, Jr., from Fitzwilliam, under the firm name of Whittemore & Farrar. About 1842 Mr. Whitte- more returned to Fitzwilliam, Mr. Farrar (David W.) contin- uing the business alone. When Farrar & Coolidge dissolved partnership in Troy, Mr. Coolidge came to Fitzwilliam, and, forming a partnership with Luke B. Kichardson, succeeded to the business at the Robeson store. As near as can be ascertained from the tax- lists and other sources, the succession of occupants at this store seems to have been as follows : Coolidge & Richardson, in 1817-20 ; L. B. Richardson, 1821 ; Richardson & Robeson (Jonas Robeson, Jr.), 1822 ; Coolidge & Robeson, 1823-24 ; Coolidge alone, 1825-34 ; Coolidge & Potter (John Potter), 1835-36 ; Hayden & Potter (Daniel T. Hayden), 1837 ; D.T. Hayden & Co. (Joel Hay- den, Jr.), 1838 ; Jesse Stone, draper and tailor, 1842-44 ; Joel Hayden, Jr., general store, 1845-46 ; Charles Sabin, apothe- cary and drug-store, 1847-48 ; Protective Union Division, No. 817, general store, 1852-57 ; A. A. Parker & Co. (Asa S. Kendall), 1857-65 ; A. A. Parker alone, 1865 ; John M. Parker & Co. (P. S. & S. Batcheller), 1865-87 ; D. W. Firmin & Co. (P. S. & S. Batcheller), 1887. About 1859 Messrs. Parker & Co. erected a new store build- ing, to which they removed, and in which the business still re- mains. The premises vacated were finished off as an addition to the hotel. Drs. Benjamin Bemis and Amasa Scott built the store op- posite the town meeting-house, now Town Hall, on land of Dr. Bemis, probably in 1809. The store was taxed with the land to Dr. Bemis and the stock to Dr. Scott, till Dr. Bemis left town in 1812 or 1813, after which both store and stock were taxed to Dr. Scott. He was taxed on stock six years, 1811-16, but the business may have been commenced some- what earlier, as Bemis & Scott were licensed to sell spirituous liquors in 1809, and B. Bemis & Co. in 1808. Quite early in the century John Whittemore, Sr., com- 400 HISTORY OF FITZWILIilAM. menced trade in a small way ia his dwelling-house, situated on the road to Royalston about a third of a mile from the village, being the premises now owned by J. 0. Baldwin. The exact date when he commenced business is not known, but he was licensed to sell spirituous liquors as early as 1804, though he was not taxed on stock in trade till 1808. In 1820 he took his son Dexter as partner, with the firm name of J. Whittemore & Son. In 1821 Dexter bought the Scott & Bemis store and the business was removed to the village, where it was conducted under different styles as follows : John Whit- temore & Son, 1821-25 ; D. "Whittemore alone, 1826-27 ; D. & D. Whittemore (Danvers), 1828 ; Dexter Whittemore alone again, 1829-50 ; D. Whittemore & Son or Sons (Thomas W. and Charles), 1851-56 ; Joel Whittemore, 1858-68. Since the last-named date the store has been unoccupied. It may be added that Daniel W. Farrar, of Troy, to whom reference has been made in this chapter, and Dexter Whitte- more, of Fitzwilliam, were the first traders in this vicinity to abandon the sale of ardent spirits. James Stone, Jr., was in trade long enough to obtain the title of " marchant Stone," but not long enough to be taxed at any time on stock in trade. He lived in the " market house," the estate now owned by Wright Whitcomb. The early traders were accustomed to exchange goods very largely for farmers' produce, and it is related of Mr. Stone that on ac- count of lack of capital he was not able in all cases to settle for produce when he received it, in which case he would promise to deli^-er the goods on his return from Boston. He usually went to the city with a single horse, and his customers were so anxious for their pay that they were generally at his store when the goods arrived, though these were not always in sufficient quantities to meet all the demands. Mr, Stone was licensed to sell spirituous liquors from 1812-18. His sales of these goods must have been of considerable amount, as in 1816 and 1817 (the only years for which returns are at hand) he paid the same United States revenue taxes as were paid by the other dealers in town. In 1822 or 1823 Luke B. Richardson, having withdrawn from (^^pi^ t'';^M^:^^^^'L^d^ MERCHANTS AND TRADERS. 401 the Robeson store, erected a new building and commenced busi- ness on the Crosby site. From this time the successive occu- pants at this place have been as follows : Luke B. Richardson, 1823-26 ; Spaulding & Perkins (Daniel Spaulding, John Per- kins), 1827-32 ; D. Spaulding alone, 1833 ; Spaulding & Noble (Gideon C. Noble), 1834-35 ; D. Spaulding alone again, 1836-40 ; Wales & Morse (Jacob Wales, Royal T. Morse), 1841-42 ; Whittemore & Damon (John Whittemore, Jr., Luke R. Damon), 1843-45 ; John Whittemore, Jr., alone and with his son-in-law, William Pratt, and son George A. Whittemore, 1846-73 ; Whittemore & Co. (George A.), 1874-78, Harry J. Pratt & Co. , 1879-81. When Dr. G. C. Noble dissolved partnership with Daniel Spaulding, he opened a drug-store in a part of the shop of his father-in-law, Robinson Perkins. He continued in business from 1836-42, when he was succeeded by Jared D. Perkins, 1843-49, and he in turn was followed by Phillip S. Batcheller, who is in business on this site at the present time. With the exception of a few years his brother Stephen has been with him, the lirm name being P. S. & S. Batcheller. The build- ing they occupy has passed through more changes by way of alterations and enlargements than any other place in the village. About 1833 Milton Chaplin opened a store in District No. 1 in a building standing between the houses of Hyman Bent and Moses Chaplin, where he traded about seven years. In 1839, having purchased the house in the village where he now lives, he built a store near it, where he did business till 1847, when he purchased the place now owned and occupied by Amos J. Blake, Esq. Here he did business till 1851, the last three years with Anson Streeter as partner, under the name of Chaplin & Streeter. Mr. Chaplin then went into business in Boston, and later removed to Adrian, Mich. The building last referred to was erected by Levi Haskell, and the lower story having been fitted for a store had been previously occupied by Joseph A. Wilson, 1838-42, and J. A. Wilson & Co. (John G. Wilson), 1843-47. About 1845 Luke R. Damon, having dissolved partnership with John Whittemore, Jr. , commenced business in the three- 36 402 HISTORY OF PITZWILLIAM. story building at the head of the Common. The business- was continued by L. R. Damon, 1846-47 ; Howe & Damon (Nel- son Howe), 1848-49 ; Damon & Farrar (James Farrar), 1850-52; Samuel Smith & Co. (Anson B. Smith), 1853. Damon & Farrar removed to x\drian, Mich., and Smith & Co. to Winchendon. A store was opened in Howeville in 1853 by N". & J. Howe, who continued in trade till they closed their manufac- turing business in 1867. In 1868 Daniel R. Spaulding, who had been in trade several years in Richmond, formed a partnership with Calvin- R. Perry (Spaulding & Perry). They bought the storehouse at the depot village built by N. & J. Howe & Co., and com- menced business therein. In 1874 the partnership was dis- solved, Mr. Perry taking the b^^siness, which he still continues. At the State line a store has been kept by John N. Richard- son, 1855-78 ; Martin L. Bartlett, 1874-78, and Joel L. Gil- son, 1879 to the present time. Frank B. Frye has had a store at the depot village from 1876 to the present time. Abner Gage had a store for several years at the village, and Melvin "Wilson was in trade for some time at the depot. INNS AND HOTELS. The disproportion between the number of these and the population of the township for a number of years after its set- tlement and incorporation appears quite remarkable, for before the close of the last century there must have been as many as six inns open at the same time in Fitzwilliam, and how many more it is impossible to determine, as no licenses for keeping them were recorded before 1793. The first public-house that was opened in Monadnock No. 4 was kept by General James Reed, in the first framed house erected in the place. This house stood on the old military road not far from the late residence of Mr. Gilbert C. Bemis. At this inn the proprietors of the township held their meet- ings for a number of years, and there, or in the shop of Mr. Johnson nearly across the road, the first pastor. Rev. Benja- CALVIN BRIGHAM PERRY PHOTO-GRAVUHB CO. , N Y INNS AND HOTELS. 403 min Brigliam was ordained. Later, this inn was kept by Colonel Sylvanus Keed, son of General Eeed, till about 1795. John Mellen kept an inn for a number of years in the house built for him by his father, Daniel Mellen, which stood upon the spot where Mr. Sylvester Drury now lives. This house of Mr. Mellen was kept as an inn late in the last century by Benoni ShurtlifE. Thomas Goldsmith and Jonathan Fox were hcensed to keep a tavern in 1793, and this partnership continued for three or four years, when Goldsmith alone kept the inn till 1808. Timothy Johnson succeeded Mr. Goldsmith in the tavern, and his successor in the same business was Dr. Thomas Richard- son. Matthias Felton was licensed as an innkeeper in 1795. His tavern, which he kept about fifteen years, was on the spot where George W. Simonds resided, but Mr. Felton' s house was burned forty or forty-five years ago. Colonel Levi Brigham kept a tavern on what is called Brig- ham Hill, in District 'No. 3. In the east part of the town, at the place where Henry T. Hall now lives, Abner Stone kept a tavern for many years, while about a mile and a quarter south, on the same road, was the tavern of Abijah Warner. Both of these men were in this business before 1793. On the same road, still farther south, and a short distance beyond the State line, was another tavern, kept by one Kidder. These three men were popularly known as Honest Stone, Cheating Warner, and Lying Kidder. All of the storekeepers in the town for a long course of years were licensed to sell spirituous liquors as well as the inn- keepers. In addition to these quite a number of persons were licensed for one or two years, near the close of the last and early in the present century, who do not appear to have been either traders or innkeepers. At a later date, perhaps thirty-five or forty years ago, there were four hotels in Fitzwilliam, viz., the Spaulding Tavern, in the southeast part of the town, Bowker's, in the north part (which was kept as a public-house for a short time only), and two in the village. The inn of Messrs. Goldsmith, Johnson, & Richardson stood where the Cheshire Hotel now stands, 404 HISTOET OF PITZWILLIAM. and since the house was rebailt it has been kept as a public- house by Pratt & Perry for a short time, then by David Perry alone for about twenty years, and later and at present by O. K. Wheelock. The Fitzwilliam Hotel has been kept by John Foster, John Eeed, Abner Gage, J. L. Perry, and others whose names cannot be given. The list of innkeepers is very incomplete. FEEE MASONS. Charity Lodge JS^o. 18 F. and A. M. was chartered July 23d, 1806, and at the institution of the lodge the following officers were installed : Joshua Harrington, Worshipful Master. Joseph Winch, Senior Warden. David (Daniel, probably) Farrar, Junior Warden. Benjamin Bemis, Jr., Treasurer. Joseph Carter, Secretary. Benoni ShurtlefE, Senior Deacon. Edward Perkins, Junior Deacon. Alexander Foster, Steward. Josiah Goldsmith, Tyler. Benjamin Bemis, Eep. to Grand Lodge. Joseph Carter, Proxy. SUCCEEDING MASTERS OF THE LODGE. Benjamin Bemis, Jr., 1807 ; Joshua Harrington, 1808. Joseph Carter, 1809 ; Robinson Perkins, 1810-11. Joshna Harrington, 1812-13 ; Joseph Carter, 1814. Abel Wilder, 1815 ; Edward Bayley, 1826-27. Silas Jillson, 1829-39 inclusive ; Edward Bayley, 1840-42. John J. Allen, 1843-45 ; Edward Bayley, 1846-47. The lodge was located in Swanzey in 1817-18, and in Troy, 1819-26, when it returned to Fitzwilliam, where it remained until 1847, when it removed to JafErey. It is now located at East Jaffrey. The first Masons made in Charity Lodge were William Barnard and Amasa Scott, of Fitzwilliam, and Robinson Per- kins, then of Jaffrey. In the succeeding years members were ODD fellows' lodge— wild ANIMALS. 405 admitted from Marlborough, Eichraond, Keene, Sullivan, Swanzey, and New Ipswich, IST. II., and Winehendon, Royal- ston, Greenfield, and Townsend, Mass. Largest number of members, about sixty. The members of the order now residing in town generally belong to the lodge in Troy. ODD fellows' lodge. On the petition of Nelson Howe and four others, this was instituted July 19th, 1849, by Grand Master Lyford, and Nel- son Howe was appointed District Deputy Grand Master. The number of the lodge was 29, and it had in 1849 thirteen mem- bers and funds amounting to one hundred and ninety-two dol- lars. In 1851 there were twenty-three members, and a year later, when Artemas Stone was appointed District Deputy, there were twenty-two members, and funds amounting to forty-eight dollars. In 18.54 the Grand Master reported No. 29 as virtually extinct, because of the loss of business and busi- ness men from Fitzwilliam, and recommended that the char- ter be withdrawn, and the property, after a debt of fifty dol- lars should have been paid, returned. This course seems to have been pursued. WILD ANIMALS. These were numerous one hundred and twenty-five years ago in portions of Southern New Hampshire, and especially in the towns around the base of Mount Monadnock. As beasts of this nature retire before the approach of civilized man their numbers were the greatest, and they remained the longest where the white population, for any reason, was the least, and the latest in commencing their settlements. These conditions met in Fitzwilliam, for. the township had a slow growth and, moreover, was settled later than most of its neigh- bors. Long after the wolves and the bears had been driven from the territory north, south, east and west, they found a comparatively safe retreat on the almost inaccessible sides and in the deep ravines of Monadnock, and here they maintained themselves with great boldness and vigor. 406 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLI AM. As wolves rarely attack men, except when nearly starved, they were chiefly dreaded because of the depredations made by them upon the calves and sheep of the settlers. The bear was a more dangerous animal to encounter, while the thought of the catamount caused trembling in many a log hut of this region toward the close of the last century. Casual encounters with these beasts and the hunting of them (sometimes by large companies of armed men) served to break up the monotony of the life of the early settlers of this town, as the statements that follow will show conclusively. The accounts here given have been condensed chiefly from the papers of Dr. Silas Cummings, and especially from a lec- ture prepared by him from materials that he had been collect- ing for many years, and which he appears to have delivered before his fellow-townsmen in 1873 : In the early times wild cats were among the destructive ani- mals, though they do not appear to have been very numerous. So far as known none were killed in this town till 1811, when Deacon Angier found the remains of several sheep that a wild cat had killed, and started in pursuit. Captain Chace followed him with his dogs, and Deacon Angier shot the animal in the west part of the town. Its weight was twenty-three pounds. James Stone lost a sheep and found three wild cats feasting upon its carcase. Mr. Stone mounted his horse and rode near enough to shoot one of the animals, and afterward had the satisfaction of taking both the others in a trap. Another was followed by several hunters who failed to shoot it before it reached its den, not far east of the house of Benja- min Byam. In the early times two little boys, seven and nine years of age, were sent by their father from the extreme southern part of the town with a yoke of oxen, to borrow a cart. They had several miles to travel after the cart was obtained, and night came upon them before they could reach their home. They were near where the Fitzwilliam railroad station now is when a pack of wolves came upon their track, and by their barking and yelping frightened the poor boys terribly. One of them, more than twenty years after, told Dr. Cammings that his ENCOUNTERS WITH "WILD AKIMALS. 407 hair stood erect and his flesh crawled as he expected the wolves ■would spring upon them every moment, while the affrighted oxen seemed to flj over stumps, rocks, mudholes, and pole- bridges as if possessed. All escaped unharmed. A Mrs. Kelley seems to have had an evening school two miles or so west of the village, and Levi Tower and Oliver Damon, when little boys, were her pupils. Late one night as they were returning home they were followed and terribly frightened by a pack of wolves. But their outcries, as they approached the home of one of them, brought them help. The tracks of the hungry animals were found around the barn of Mr. Tower the following morning. Mrs. "Withington, living east of the village, went out to pick blueberries with her babe in her arms, when she foand that a bear was her only companion in the field, a sight that sent her home with such rapidity that she had no time or courage to look behind her. A Mrs. Bryant, living near the line of Richmond, when re- turning home from a neighbor's one afternoon found that she was followed by a bear very closely. She was carrying a part of a cheese, and from this she instantly broke a piece and threw it back toward the bear, while she quickened her pace that she might gain as much as possible in her flight while the bear was eating it. This process she repeated, till just as she drop- ped the last piece of the cheese her cry reached her home and brought her a speedy rescue. Oliver Fnllam was at work for Esquire Kendall on the hill east of the village where Mr. Charles Perry now lives, when he discovered a bear tearing in pieces one of Mr. Kendall's hogs. The bear at once left its repast and pursued Mr. Ful- 1am, who ran for his life. As the race brought both the fright- ened man and the furious beast near the dwelling-house, Mrs. Kfendall interfered by shaking her checked apron at the bear that retreated hastily and ignominously. A little after that bear or another destroyed three of Mr. Kendall's calves, and he had no success in the way of revenge. Mr. Boutelle, whose home was south of the depot, on Lot 7 in Range 8, to save his corn set a gun in his field with which 408 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. the intruder wounded himself so severely that he could not retreat, and Mr. Boutelle had the good fortune to secure a ]iuge bear and save his crop from further depredations. On Lot 7 in Range 11 in the southwest part of the town lived for a time a Mr. Pierce, who came unexpectedly upon a bear with two cubs. Upon his raising a cry the cubs suc- ceeded in ascending a hemlock tree, while a shot from the gun of Mr. James Morse induced the old bear to retreat as fast as possible. The cubs were captured, Mr. Pierce taking one and giving the other to Mr. Benjamin Byam. The account, of which the following is an outline. Dr. Cum- mings received from his friend and neighbor, Mr. Daniel Spaulding : Deacon Lovejoy, of Rindge, found a bear held fast by one of its hind feet in a powerful steel trap which he had set and fastened by a draft chain to a log. He had his loaded gun with him, but as powder was dear and he did not wish to waste it, he went home and exchanged his gun for an axe. A little boy six or seven years old accompanied him as he went back to his trap. The bear dodged the first blow, and not only caught the axe from the hands of its assailant, but seized the arm of Mr. Lovejoy and drew him down under him. The boy attempting to aid his father was at once drawn down also. Under these desperate circumstances Mr. Lovejoy ran his hand and arm into the bear's mouth, and held them there till the bear was choked to death. His arm was injured for life, but he and his boy were saved. Near the close of the last century the bears seem to have left the town mostly or to have been destroyed, but they were succeeded by wolves in greater numbers and, if possible, more destructive than ever before, and wolf hunts were for some years a necessity, if not a pastime. The elder Mr. Forristall, Mr. Silas Angier, and Deacon GrifBn lost sheep and lambs in considerable numbers, while in a single night sixteen of the flock of Mr. Spaulding, of JafErey, were destroyed. The whole community was now aroused, every gun was put in order, and every able-bodied man and boy enlisted to fight the common enemy. HUNTINa OF WOLVES. 409 Knowing that Monadnock was the stronghold of the wolyes, a company of men from this and the adjoining towns chose Phineas Eeed, Esq., as their leader, and surrounding the mountain a few rods apart they simultaneously worked their way to the top, only to find that the game secured consisted of an old bear with her two cubs, and four foxes. All except one of the cubs were shot, but the one saved repaid the kind- ness of the young man who was carrying it home by biting off one of his thumbs. After descending the mountain Captain Reed's men heard the barking of a wolf in the woods not far off, and so they sur- rounded the woods and stood at their posts all night, deter- mined that their foe should not escape. In the morning the wolf was driven out into a piece of cleared land. At least fifty bullets were now fired at him, but he broke the ring and made his way east into a meadow belonging to Eev. Mr. Ainsworth, where he was shot by a young man named Nathaniel Stanley. Ilis weapon was one of the old "Queen's Arms," and he fired two balls and a slug before he finished his work. As usual on such occasions, the bounty of twenty dollars which was to be received was spent at the nearest tavern. Soon after this three wolves were killed in Swanzey and two in Marlborough. Meanwhile there were three successful wolf- hunts in what is now Troy. In the former of these Andrew Sherman was the hero, and the bounty was expended at the Warren store for liquor and crackers, but the company assem- bled was so large that the supply furnished to each man was only a single glass of rum and two crackers. Two years later, yiz., in 1797, after the wolves had destroyed in one night ten sheep from the flock of Elijah Alexander, and a little later twenty owned by Levi Eandall, two hundred or more men as- sembled, and succeeded in killing one wolf and fatally wound- ing another. On this occasion Jonas Eobinson, whose store at that time was in the part of Fitzwilliam now belonging to Troj, met the returning hunters with a wagon-load of crackers, rum, and sugar. But a " three-legged wolf " was still left to prey upon the sheep. A still larger party of huntsmen was organized, and 410 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. Jonathan Capron succeeded in wounding and partially dis- abling the animal. The wolf had still life enough to seize and shatter the stock of the musket which was raised to despatch it, and yielded only to a leaden ball in the head. The Com- mon in Troy was the place of rendezvous, and again Jonas Robinson furnished the refreshments. A single wolf was still left that alternated between Monad- nock and "Watatic, and committed great depredations among the flocks wherever it went. In the winter of 1819-20 a num- ber of hunters with their hounds started in pursuit, but day after day the crafty beast rendered all their efforts fruitless. They followed the wolf through Jaffrey, Fitzwilliam, "Winchen- don, and Rindge, and even into the towns of Templeton and Gardner. Meanwhile storms came on, the snow became deep, and two of the original hunters becoming discouraged retired, though their places were at once supplied by more courageous and persevering men. At no time did the wolf neglect his nightly repast, but while the hunters were resting he took his meal in the nearest barnyard. Phineas Whitney entertained the wearied men one night, but while they were sleeping the wolf killed several of Mr. "Whitney's sheep, drinking the blood as it flowed from the opened veins and taking a little of the most delicate meat, apparently not because it was hungry, but for tlie purpose of a pleasant entertainment. Then it lay down under some bushes and rested till it was time to start in the morning. For nine or ten days this warfare was kept up, and the wolf, though often seen and flred at, seemed as fresh as at the beginning. Colonel Jewett's bloodhounds were now put upon the track, and followed in close pursuit, but night came on and the wolf was safe. On the morning of the next day (the Sabbath), the people in Fitzwilliam village, having learned that the wolf was approaching Monadnock, turned out and formed lines of men along the roads to Rindge and Jaffrey. The hounds drove the wolf into the Scott meadow, where it was shot first by Shubael Plympton and then by Lewis Rob- bins, two or three bullets passing through its body and leav- ing it dead. The prey was at once brought to Fitzwilliam Common amid DESTRUCTION" OF THE LAST CATAMOTHSTT. 411 the cheers of the people. There was no religious service in the meeting-house on the morning of that Sabbath. This is said to have been the last wolf -hunt in the region about Monadnock. The catamount, which one hundred years ago was occasionally found in Southern New Hampshire, was a very formidable and dangerous beast to encounter. It is not known that any of this class of animals were ever killed within the limits of this town, but in the history of Troy we have an account of the slaughter of one of enormous proportions. Knowing that some monster had killed a deer in the vicin- ity of their home. Deacon Fife and his son borrowed the pow- erful steel trap already spoken of as belonging to Mr. Lovejoy, of Kindge, and were successful in capturing the animal. A ball from the musket of young Fife soon brought the defiant beast to terms, for it appeared upon examination to have pierced its heart. From the nose to the end of the tail the catamount measured thirteen feet and four inches. For its stufEed skin the proprietors of the Boston Museum are said to have paid forty-five dollars. CHAPTER XV. FITZWILLIAM mDtJSTEIES. Agricultural Matters — Lumber — Meclianical Trades— Domestic Manufac- tures— Tanneries— Saw-Mills— Tiie Scott Mill— Grist-Mills— Taxation of Mill Property— Wooden Ware— Other Manufactures— The Granite Industry — The Granite Itself— The Beginning and Progress ofithe Busi- ness — The Firms and Individuals Engaged in it. FOR nearly three-quarters of a century after the settlement of this town the facilities of communication with the world at large were small, and the same may be said of the manufacturing business of the country when we compare it with what it is at the present day. As a result of this state of things the early settlers of Fitzwilliam were obliged to depend for food and clothing chiefly upon what could be raised or manufactured at home. That the land was ever well adapted to the raising of large and largely remunerative crops, as is true in the valleys of our large rivers, we can hardly suppose, still it yielded a fair sup- port to the families of the early settlers, and, under a good sys- tem of husbandry, is still productive. Corn, rye, beans, potatoes, and turnips for food, and flax and wool for clothing, were the chief productions, and nearly all that was raised was for home consumption. Some of the butter, cheese, pork, and beef soon began to find its way to other markets in exchange for family supplies that could not be readily obtained in any other man- ner, but from the beginning the home demand for these arti- cles has been nearly equal to the production. As a whole the agricultural interests of Fitzwilliam have made but little if any advance during the last half century, but this has not been due so much to the lack of enterprise or the actual wearing out of the land, as to the more inviting openings for remunerative employment in other pursuits. Still, the annual products of the soil of Fitzwilliam at the pres- riTZWILLIAM MANUFACTUEEES. 413 ent day are by no means inconsiderable. Probably, however, the time will never come when a farmer will become wealthy by raising wheat and corn in Fitzwilliam, such are the ease, rapic^ty, and cheapness of transportation from the vast agri- cultural regions of the West. From the earliest settlement of the town the various mechan- ical trades have been well represented, sufficiently so certainly to meet the wants of the people. The names of the early car- penters, shoemakers, tailors, and other mechanics cannot be reasonably looked for in this volume, yet reference may well be made to two families of blacksmiths. The Bowker Brothers — Bartlett, John, and Charles — were all blacksmiths, and had an established reputation in all the re- gion. The Davis family has followed in the same line, Chancy, senior and junior, and Ezekiel, with his sons Van Ness and Isaac, all blacksmiths, though Fitzwilliam could never claim them all as resident mechanics. Richard Foster, who lived in the east part of the town near the residence of Mr. A. "W". Gowen, made spinning-wheels. Jason Babcock, who lived on Lot 3 in Range 12, made linen wheels. Thomas Clark and Stephen Harris, as already men- tioned, manufactured various articles of wood for table use, such as bowls, cups, plates, etc., and this was the beginning of an important industry. For about fifty years nearlj all the cloth for clothing and other household uses was of home manufacture. The garments for summer were mostly made of tow or tow and linen cloth, and the woollen for winter wear was of domestic manufacture. Nearly every dwelling had its spinning-wheels, great and small, its implements to prepare wool and flax, and its loom for weaving. About 1790 a clothing mill was built in the north village and in it the cloth-dressing business was carried on by various persons, particularly by Salmon Whittemore. For ten or twelve years, commencing in 1816, Thomas Wilson was in the same business in the south part of the town. For many years a carding machine was in operation at the Har- rington Mill, and for a shorter period another was run by Joel Hunt in the south portion of the town. 414 HISTORY OP PITZWILLIAM. For more than twenty-five years, commencing near the close of the last century, Phineas Reed conducted a large tannery, and was succeeded in this business by his sons, Daniel and Charles. Heavy shoes were manufactured for several years by Charles Keed, but this business was long since given up to the large manufacturers in other towns. Joel Hayden had a tannery for many years and was succeeded by A. M. & J. Wood, who in turn were followed by Asa S. Kendall. After the destruction of this tannery by fire Mr. Kendall removed to Swanzey. About 1830 the manufacture of palm-leaf hats was intro- duced, and this for many years furnished a very profitable oc- cupation for women and children. This business has continued till the present time, but at greatly reduced prices. In the spring of 1836 Seth Whitiiig, a brushmaker, came to Fitzwilliam from Eindge. His chief business here was the preparation of palm-leaf for the hat-braiders and the manufac- ture of brooms from the waste material of the palm-leaf. Later he removed to Boston and resumed the manufacture of brushes. At present his son, John L. Whiting, is one of the largest manufacturers of this article in the country. As there are no large and constant streams of water in Fitzwilliam, no large and extensive manufacturing busi- ness has ever been prosecuted here, still such water-power as the town affords has been improved from the earliest settle- ment. The proprietors of 'the township gave, as we have seen, sub- stantial aid toward building the first mills. In August, 1765, they voted to pay Colonel Sampson Stoddard twenty pounds on condition that he should deed to Daniel Mellen two lots of land to encourage Mr. Melien to build a saw-mill. This was the first mill in town and was built probably in 1767. It was located at the foot of the little meadow, about one fourth of a mile easterly from the house of Nahum Hayden, and upon the two lots of land deeded for this purpose to Mr. Melien. At the present time no one would think of locating a mill at that place, so many better localities could be found, though it is possible that the supply of water in that stream has greatly MANUFACTTJREBS CONTINUED. 415 diminished in one hundred and twenty years. The proprietors voted, October 7th, 1Y67, to Captain Silas Witherby thirteen pounds six shilling and eightpence for his encouragement in building a saw-mill. This was located on Lot 16 in Eange 3, and was the second mill in the township. Mr. Wetherbee sold his interest in the lot and mill to Benjamin Scott, and from him and his son Barakiah the mill and the brook upon which it stands received the name which they retain to this day. Samuel Kendall, Esq., was interested in this mill at an early date, but whether as early or earlier than the Scotts cannot be stated. The following list of the occupants of this mill has been made up from the tax-lists and other sources, and is believed to be substantially correct : Barakiah Scott, 1793 to 1810 inclusive. Samuel Kendall, Esq., 1793 to 1809. Timothy & Luke Kendall, 1806 to 1815. Luke Kendall and Abel Marshall, 1816 to 1823. Luke Kendall alone, 1824 to 1836. Howe & Eand, 1837 to 1839. David Taft, 1840 to 1842. Jonathan S. Adams and Raymond Stratton, 1844. J. S. Adams alone, 1845 to 1847. Elijah Bowker (1848 to 1850 ?). George W. Wilson and Seth E. Fisher, 1851. George W. "Wilson and William H. Kinsman, 1852 to 1854. Hosea Platts, 1855 to 1859. William H. Kinsman alone, 1860 to 1871. George W. Simonds, 1872 to 1877. Elijah Wilder, 1879 to 1880. Edward A. Kendall, 1881 to 1883. George A. Stone, 1884 — The mill on Lot 9 in Eange 4 was built near the close of the last century, and has been owned and occupied by four successive generations of Stones : Hezekiah, Artemas, Artemas, Jr., and Samuel S. 416 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. At a meeting of the proprietors held October 11th, 1768, at the inn of Captain Thomas Cowdin, in Fitchburg, it was Voted the sum of £30 L» M° (Lawfal Money) be paid to Colo. Stod- dard in Consideration of his Conveying to Mr Tiffany two Lots of Land to Build a Grist mill on & that sum to be In full for the same. Mr. Tiffany did not make a satisfactory mill, and March 4th, 1772, the proprietors passed the following \rotes : Voted to not except of the Grist mill Bult in Monadnock No 4 by Doc- tor Gideon Tiffany. Voted and choose James Reed Esqr Mr Edward Kindal and Mr Elijah Clays a Committee in Behalf of this Propriety to put in Execution a Bond Given by Gideon Tiffany to Buld and Keep in Good Repair a water Grist mill in Monadnocli No 4 on Either Lott No 23 or ISo 23 in the 8 Rang of Lotts or come to some proper settelment with the said Tiffany in Regard of Said mill as it is not Excepted by the Proprietors, and said Committee to Lay their Proseedings with Said Tiffany before this Propriety at their next meeting. The mill was completed and put in running order by Thomas Tolman, the History of Troy says, in 1769, which is certainly two, and, possibly, three years too early. Benjamin Bigelow, the first settler in town, went to Hinsdale in May, 1771, to hdve some grain ground, and was drowned in the Ashuelot River in Winchester on his return. It is evident that the mill was not in working order at this time, as no one would go twenty miles for what he could get done within three miles. It is probable that Mr. Tolman had bought the property, and that this change of ownership was the cause of the action taken against Dr. Tiffany. A few years later Mr. Tolman built a saw-mill on the same stream and very near the grist-mill. About 1780 the property was bought by Joshua Harrington. The saw-mill was not long used, but the grist-mill was kept in operation by Mr. Harrington and his sons for over fifty years. The location is now occupied by the Troy Blanket Factory. The second grist-mill was built by Philip Amadou about 1784, and was located at or near the spot now occupied by the saw-mill of Anson G. Beebe. The power at this place is now GRIST-MILLS— SAW-MILLS. 417 entirely given to wood-working machinery, no grain having been ground for a long time. In 1825 Bartlet Bowker built a grist-mill which he and his sons Luke and Elijah kept in operation for many years. The Bowkers resided in Fitzwilliam, but the grist-mill was located just over the line in Troy, though within the original limits of this town. In later years Benjamin M. Fiske had a grist-mill at the south part of the town, and some few others have operated such mills for brief periods of time. The only grain- mill now in town is located at the old Stone mill. The records of Fitzwilliam contain no general town tax-lists of an earlier date than 1Y93. In that year Joshua Harrington, Samuel Kendall, Esq. , and Barakiah Scott were taxed on mill property. As there were certainly more mills in the town at that time the others were doubtless included in real estate. From the date given above to 1800 all the mills were treated as real estate, but commencing with 1801 some of them were taxed separately,' while after 1810 the separation of mills from other property seems to have been general. Before 1833 the tax on mills appears to have been laid on an estimated rental depending probably somewhat upon the amount of business, hut after 1833 mills, like other property, were taxed according to their valuation. The number of persons in town who have been taxed on mill property from 1801 to 1886 is about one hundred and seventy-five, the length of time running from one to thirty- six years. In many of the shorter periods the occupants of the mills rather than the owners paid the tax. Aside from common saw-mill work the quantity of wood worked up by machinery was very small till about 1825, when the manufacture of wooden ware increased rapidly, till it be- came at length one of the chief industries of the town. The following list gives the names of all who appear to have been taxed on mills for ten years or more since 1801, includ- ing also such as were taxed on similar property in 1793. In 37 418 HISTOBT OF FITZWILLIAM. the list the first and last years of taxation are given, and, in brackets, the number of years each person named has been taxed : Philip Amadon [16] 1801-1831. Anson G. Beebe [19] 1868-1886, Levi B. Bent [13] 1841-1854. Joseph Blodgett [12] 1840-1866. Luke & Elijah Bowker [14] 1834-1853 succeeded by Elijah Bowker [19] 1854-1877. Milton Chaplin [13] 1827-1839 succeeded by Elisha Chaplin [25] 1840-1881. Joshua T. Collins [30] 1834-1867 succeeded by A G Beebe above. Horace Coolidge [34] 1846-86. Jonas Damon [21] 1866-1886. Bela W. Felch [21] 1887-1859. Joshua Harrington 1793 & 1801-1815. Albert Hayden [11] 1876-1886. Seth N. Holman [19] 1868-1886. Kelson Howe & Joel Howe & Co. (M. P. Damon) [84] 1834-1867. Nahum Howe [11] 1842-1854. Nahum Howe jr. [31] 1848-1873 succeeded by his son Henry P. Howe [13] 1874-1886. Samuel Kendall Esqr. 1793 & 1802-1809. Luke Kendall [27] 1806-1836 son of Samuel. William H. Kinsman [15] 1852-1871. Dea. Nehemiah Monroe [14] 1814-1829 non-resident, J. C. Richmond [19] 1868-1886. Barakiah and Elijah S. Scott 1793 & 1801-1810. George W. Simonds [25] 1840-1877. Jacob Simonds [ 16] 1831-47. Edmund Spaulding [10] 1860-1869. Hezekiah Stone [16] 1801-1820. Artemas Stone [36] 1803-1838 son of Hezekiah. Artemas Stone Jr. [11] 1883-1859, son of Artemas. Samuel S. Stone [18] 1869-1886, son of Artemas jr. Moses Stone [21] 1808-1848, son of Hezekiah. Thomas J. Streeter [28] 1825-1860. Emery Taft [16] 1824-1843. Charles L. Taft [12] 1867-1878. Lyman K. Wheeler [27] 1860-1886. Since 1832 the following persons have been taxed on mills on $1000.00 or over for 10 years or more : Anson G. Beebo, Jonas Damon, Seth N. Holman, N. & J. Howe & Co., Samuel S. Stone — • On $1000.00 or over for 5 years or over and less than 10 years. William Brooks, Elisha Chaplin, Warner Clifford, Coolidge & Whittemore, Jacob Simonds, Thomas J. Streeter, Emery Taft. — On $500.00 or over for 10 years or more, and not included in preced- ing lists, Elijah Bowker, J. T. Collins, Horace Coolidge, Bela W. Felch, Nahum Howe Jr., Henry P. Howe, George W. Simonds, Charles L. Taft, Lyman K. Wheeler. WOODEN WARE— THE GBANITE INDUSTRY. 419 As wooden ware constituted a class of goods not known during the early part of this century in the regular mercantile trade, it became necessary to seek for it a market, and within a few years after its manufacture was entered upon in earnest the wooden-ware peddlers of Milton Chaplin and Norris Col- burn were distributing their wares not only in Southern New Hampshire, but also in the other States of New Eugland, and inl^few York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Some time after the Cheshire Eailroad was opened, two gentlemen be- longing in the northern part of New York, who were on their way to Boston, stopped over at Fitzwilliam that they might see the place whose name had become so familiar to them by the passage to and fro in their neighborhood of the wooden- ware carts. Supposing that they should find here a large town or city of ten or fifteen thousand inhabitants, they were aston- ished beyond measure to discover that the central part of the famous Fitzwilliam was only a small hamlet of some seventy- five houses. It may be added that at the present time substantially all the wooden ware manufactured in the country is disposed of through the regular channels of trade. About fifty years ago Jacob Felton manufactured chairs in this town, but it was found difficult to compete in this indus- try with such places as Ashburnham and Gardner, Mass., with their vastly better water-power. In recent years George W, Simonds manufactured picture-frames in considerable quantities in this place, but like many others who made similar experiments in endeavoring to establish lines of profitable manufactures here, he found, that the superior advantages of other places resulting from better water-power or more favor- able locations made it next to impossible for him to compete successfully in the markets of the country. THE FITZWILLIAM GEANITE INDUSTRY. As was stated in the opening chapter of this history, Fitz- william is noted both for its extensive ledges of granite under- lying the soil and its bowlders of the same material upon the surface. In this respect no other town in this part of New 420 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. England is more highly favored. The stone has a uniformity of color, an evenness and firmness of texture, and a freedom from seams of a lighter or darker shade — characteristics that render it very valuable for building or monumental purposes, and this value is greatly enhanced by its being free in general from the oxide of iron which destroys the beauty of so much granite after a few years' exposure. This last-mentioned defect in not a little of the granite of New England has made, as is well known, many costly stone buildings and monuments, that were beautiful at first, so disagreeable and unsightly that noth- ing would tempt their owners to repeat their experiment, so that the one thing most sought after in granite construction is a stone that will not become stained after any amount of ex- posure to air and moisture. And the Fitzwilham . dealers in granite have this advantage also that tftie ledges most highly valued and extensively wrought are so favorably located, that the heaviest blocks of stone are loaded for removal by railroad at comparatively little expense. Fitzwilliam furnishes granite of two colors, the light and the dark, the former greatly exceeding the latter in quantity and vastly more popular for general use. The two kinds may be seen in contrast in the immense and massive walls, arches, and towers of the Union Railroad Depot at Worcester, Mass. A large part of the material used in this structure was furnished by Daniel H. Reed, of Fitzwilliam, the stone of both colors coming from different parts of his quarries. All the fine granite of this town is capable of receiving a beautiful polish, resembling in this particular more nearly the red granite of Scotland than does most of the granite obtained in other parts of New England. Thirty or forty years ago no granite quarries had been opened in this town, but large quantities of stone at that time were obtained from the huge bowlders scattered over the township. For a long time flat stones of large dimensions have been taken from the surface of the hill, south of the depot, now owned by Daniel H. Eeed. In places on this hill the stone lies in sheets and requires no splitting for its removal except to free the sides and ends. The steps of the Town Hall were GROWTH or THE GRANITE INDtTSTRY. 421 obtained in this manner from that locality, and so were the lifirge and beautiful stones that are found at the entrance of many of the Fitzwilliam dwellings. Sixty or seventy years ago persons came from towns in Massachusetts twenty or thirty miles distant, to obtain from this hill the large, flat stones whicb could not be found in their immediate neighborhoods. The transportation of granite from Fitzwilliam began to in- crease rapidly as soon as the building of the Cheshire Eailroad was completed. This industry of Fitzwilliam may be said to be at the pres- ent time largely in the hands of the second generation of workers. David Forbush,Jude Damon, and Calvin Dutton sent con- siderable quantites of granite out of town before the present means for transportation had been furnished. Melvin Wilson was also early in the field as a dealer in granite, but the first individual to engage largely and systematically in this work was Charles Eeed. Mr. Reed was a man of enterprise, and could not be satisfied without opening a larger and wider market for this important production of his native town. Others soon after engaged in the same business, and from that day to this the granite interest has increased in amount and value of production, till in Fitzwilliam it overshadows any other special industry. The stone and manufactured work from these quarries are now sent into all parts of Southern New England, into New York, and all the .States lying West as far as the Valley of the Mississippi, and it is found in some of the largest and best business blocks in nearly all our Northern cities, in statues, in soldiers' monuments, and in the best ceme- tery work generally, in very many of our towns, cities, and villages, its characteristics already noticed commending it to the taste of the critical. Of the men and firms now engaged in this business, Mr. Melvin Wilson (the firm at the present time is Melvin Wilson & Son) has furnished and manufactured granite the longest, having engaged in the granite business about 184:5. This firm gives more attention to manufactured work than to furnishing rough stock, and their productions may be found in the town 422 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. houses of Winchendon, Mass., and Springfield, Vt., also on the Whitcomb tomb at the latter place, on the town tomb of Fitzvvilliam, and on the Cheshire County Court House. Daniel H. Eeed is the son of Charles Reed, to whom reference has already been made, and is his successor in the granite business. His quarries have been worked longer than any others in town and are also the most extensive. The statue on the Horticultural Hall in Boston was cut from a block furnished by Mr. Reed. Fisher & N"ewton is comparatively a new firm in the granite business, though Mr. Fisher has been engaged in it for a long time. They furnish granite for all kinds of building purposes, for monuments and cemetery work generally, and make polish- ing a specialty. This firm is working a new quarry a little east of the central village and is having a good and satisfactory business. The Ethan Blodgett Quarry, situated nearly one mile south- west of the railroad station, is now worked by "William E. Blodgett. For a number of years the amount of stone taken from this quarry was very large, and found its way over a wide extent of country. The granite in the beautiful library build- ing at Natiek, Mass., was furnished by Mr. Ethan Blodgett, and a considerable quantity was furnished for the State Capitol at Albany, F. Y. The George D. Webb Granite Company has recently pur- chased the quarry formerly worked by the Angier family, and is now doing a large and widespread business. The Cheshire Railroad runs directly through this quarry, giving the very best facilities for handling and shipping the stone. This com- pany furnishes both rough and manufactured work of every practicable size and shape, and in any desired quantity. In addition to their Eastern trade, which is extensive, this com- pany has filled large orders from Western cities, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, and St. Louis. From the accounts kept at the Fitzwilliam Railroad Station it appears that the amount of granite shipped in 1885 was 5750 tons, and in 1886, 7080 tons. Probably about nine tenths of these amounts consisted of granite in the rough state. CHAPTER XYI. PEOFESSIONAL. Classiflcation— Civilians— Lawyers— Physicians— Clergymen — Distinguished Educators — List of College Graduates. UNDER this head four classes of individuals are in- cluded : 1. Those who were known as civilians or were engaged in professional life hei"e but were born elsewhere. 2. Those who, though not born in f itzwilliana, resided for some time here, and have been known in professional life else- where. 3. Those who were born and practised their professions in Fitzwilliam. * 4. Those who were born in Fitzwilliam, but were chiefly known in their professions elsewhere. Class I. CIVILIANS. Hon. Nah0m Paekee was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., March 4th, 1760, and removed from that place to Fitzwilliam in February, 1786. At the age of fifteen years he, with five of his brothers, was a soldier in the Continental Army, and was pres- ent and took part in the battles that resulted in the capture of Burgoyne's forces near Saratoga, N". Y., in 1777.* The ability and fidelity of Mr. Parker were at once recognized by the people of Fitzwilliam, and he was soon called to fill offices of trust. October 17th, 1792, the proprietors of this town- * a daughter of Judge Parker, Mrs. Selina Damon, has In her possession, and will show to those interested in such things, a relic which her father brought off from the field of battle after the defeat of Burgoyne's army. It is a bottle of dark glass, with a very short neck holding about a quart. This was doubtless lost in the fight by some British soldier, or, possibly, by one of the Hessian troops, which served at that time as mercenaries, in considerable numbers, in the British armies. 424 HISTOEY OP riTZWILLIAM. ship elected him as their clerk and treasurer, and he held these offices till the closing up of the business of the proprietors in 1815. Though not educated as a lawyer, he was well ac- quainted with the forms and merits of civil proceedings, and brought to all his public duties a well-trained mind, a habit of exactness in all the calls issued by him for legal meetings, and in the record of the same, and the utmost fidelity in accounting for the funds in his possession. To all these qualifications for a public servant he added an almost faultless penmanship, so that from the date of his election as clerk of the proprietors, their record books become easy of comprehension. In 1790 Mr. Parker's name first appears upon the records of Fitzwilliam as one of the selectmen, and he held this oflice for four successive years. Beginning with 1792 he was Often moderator of the town meetings. In 1794 he was chosen to represent this town in the State Legislature, and was re-elected annually till 1804, or for the period of ten years. In 1806 he was again chosen l-epresentative. In all the civil, social, and religious affairs of this town Mr. Parker was prominent for a long course of years, his ability, honesty, and fidelity being universally acknowledged. Of his kindness to the poor and afliicted many instances are related by aged persons, and his influence was invariably in favor of the culture and good morals of the people. His commissions as Justice of tlie Peace (the last one dated in 1836) were twelve in number. He was also a member of the Governor's Council and of the State Senate. In 1807 he became Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Cheshire County, in which Sullivan County was then in- cluded. In 1813, when the Western Circuit Court, including the counties of Cheshire, Grafton, and Coos, was established, Mr. Parker was an associate judge, as he. was three years later when the County Court of Common Pleas was restored. In 1806 he was elected a senator from New Hampshire in the United States Congress for the full term of six years, but finding his duties as judge and senator too onerous, and, more- over, sometimes conflicting in point of time, he resigned his oflace as senator after a service of three years and continued to PEOPESSIONAL — LAWYERS. 425 hold the office of judge. He died November 12th, 1839, aged eighty years. His disease was paralysis of the brain. He was a pensioner. During his service in the Continental Army Mr. Parker kept a diary, making daily entries in a little book which has been carefully preserved by Mrs. Damon. . In after years, when he applied for a pension, this book was deemed amply sufficient to establish his claim, when aU the other evidence ofiEered proved insufficient. LAWTEES. For twenty-five yeai's or more after the incorporation of the town the law business of the people of Fitzwilliam was not sufficient to support a local practitioner. Samuel Kendall was early a Justice of the Peace and competent to draw up legal documents, while a little later Judge JSTahum Parker was so well acquainted with the forms and provisions of law that, in all ordinary cases, he was a safe legal adviser. The more difficult and complicated law business of the town was placed in the hands of the lawyers at Keene. Eeasmus Bctteefield had a law office here in the early years of this century, but little is known of him by the present gen- eration. He was taxed here from 1804 to 1808 inclusive, and is said to have maintained the dignity of his profession on all occasions, and to have been hardly popular with the laboring classes^ that always furnish the bone and sinew of society in a town like Fitzwilliam. He, however, secured an election as the representative of this town in the Legislature of 1807. He commenced the erection of the house where the late Daniel Spaulding resided, now the home of his daughter. Miss Viola L. Spaulding. LuTHEE Chapman* is said to have come to this town as a lawyer from Swanzey. He was taxed in this place from 1809 to 1835 inclusive, which period covered his active professional .life in Fitzwilliam. In 1816 and 181Y he represented this town in the Legislature. * This name is otten spelled Chatman in tbe early records of the town, but the spell. Ing Chapman is undoubtedly correct, and originally designated the occupation of the person— chapman, one who buys and sells goods. 426 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. The facts that follow concerning Mr, Chapman have been kindly furnished by a niece of Mrs. Chapman, the wife of Mr. Charles C. Carter. He was born in Keene in 17Y8, and was the son of Samuel Chapman, a farmer of that place. His preparation for college was made at Chesterfield Academy, then one of the best schools in 'New England. Mr. Chapman graduated at Dart- mouth College in 1803, and after studying law with the Hon. J. C. Chamberlain, of Charlestown, he commenced practice in Swanzey in 1806. February 9th, 1808, he married Sally, daughter of Colonel Samuel King, of Chesterfield. As he was regarded as one of the " best read " lawyers in the State his practice for many years was very large. He resided in Troy from 1836 till 1855, when he returned to Fitzwilham, where he died, August 15th, 1856, aged seventy-seven. Mrs. Chapman died, August 1st, 1869, aged eighty-seven. Henet Thoendiee came to this town as a lawyer from Jaffrey. He finished the Spaulding house, but remained only a short time in Fitzwilliam, for he soon went to Ohio, which was then considered the " Far West." Returning to Fitzwilliam he gave glowing accounts of the fair country which he had visited, and soon removed to the State of his adoption. He was taxed here from 1813 to 1815 inclusive. Levi Chambeelain was a lawyer in Fitzwilliam contemporary with Mr. Chapman, though a little later in his arrival. He is said to have come here from Keene, though he was a native of Worcester, Mass. That he was a man of ability, influence, and distinction appears from the fact that he represented this town in the State Legislature from 1821 to 1828 inclu- sive. He was a member of the State Senate in 1829 and 1830, and in 1849 and 1850 was the Whig candidate for Gov- ernor of the State. In 1832 he removed to Keene, where he resided till his death. He was taxed here thirteen years, 1820 to 1832. Chaelbs C. Webstee was a lawyer in Fitzwilliam for some years, but removed to Chesterfield about 1840, and at a later period to Keene, where he died, August, 1884. Mr. Webster was taxed in Fitzwilliam from 1834 to 1839 inclusive. LAWYERS CONTINUED. 427 Amos Jewett Blake, tiow and for a number of years past the only lawyer in Fitzwilliam, was born in Rindge, N. H., October 20th, 1836. His grandfather, Deacon Eleazer Blake, was in the Continental service during the entire period of the Revolutionary "War, and participated in many of the most important battles, holding the rank of sergeant. Eemoving from "Wrentham, Mass., his native place, to Eindge; be lived and died there greatly respected and beloved. Ebenezer and Hepsibeth (Jewett) Blake were the parents of the subject of this sketch, who is the eighth child and seventh son in the family. Ebenezer Blake held many public offices in Rindge, and died in 1883. Amos Jewett Blake, Esq., prepared for college in various classical institutions in this State and Yer- mont, but chiefly in Appleton Academy in New Ipswich. In 1859, abandoning the plan of a college course, he commenced the study of law with F. F. Lane, Esq., of Keene. Two years later he entered the law office of Don. H. Woodward, Esq., also of Keene, where he remained till he was admitted to the bar in 1862. In July, 1863, he commenced practice in Fitz- wiUiam. In 1862 he was appointed Assistant Assessor of In- ternal Revenue, and held this office till 1871. In 1872 and in 1873 he represented this town in the State Legislature, and was a member of the Judiciary Committee during both ses- sions. For four years after 1876, deemed the most trying years ever experienced by the New Hampshire savings-banks, he held the office of Bank Commissioner. The United States census of Fitzwilliam for 1880 was taken by Mr. Blake. He served for ten years upon the Board of Superintending School Committee, was many times the moderator of town meetings, for years was one of the supervisors of the Fitzwilliam Free Library, and 1883-85 was a member of the Board of Selectmen, and is President of the Fitzwilliam Savings- Bank. October 1st, 1867, he was admitted to practice in the United States District Court, and was a member of the Committee of Three appointed by the town to fund the war debt. 428 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM, PHYSICIANS. From Rev. John Sabin's historical lecture, delivered in 1836, we learn that this town had had up to that date eighteen phy- sicians who had practised their profession among this people, and -that there were two other physicians in town at that time that declined to do business " though some use (is) made of them." Four had died and been buried in this place, one after a successful practice here of more than forty years. This was doubtless Dr. Ebenezer Wright. One of the two who declined to do business in 1836 was Dr. iN^oble, as Mr. Sabin speaks of him as keeping " an apothecary shop." The other alluded to was Dr. Thomas Eichardson. The names even of all the early pliysicians here possibly cannot now be recovered, much less can full particulars be given respecting their profes- sional life. Rev. Mr. Sabin's testimony in their behalf is certainly worth preserving : The physicians of the town have always been ready to attend to the cases that required them, and most promptly ; at least I think I know this for the last thirty-three or thirty-four years. Such skill and faith- fulness may be supposed to be with them that there has never been a life saved by going out of town for medical assistance. To me it is next to certain that those who have recovered from sickness by help from abroad would have recovered through the skill at home. Anyhow the town has always been favored with a sufficient number, and of compe- tent attainment, in the healing art. The following table probably names the eighteen physicians referred to by Mr. Sabin. The dates may not all be precisely accurate, but certainly approximate accuracy : 1T75-80. Gersham Brigham. Children baptized 17Y6 and 1778. 1783-90. Isaac Moors Farwell. Mar. December, 1785. 1785-1829. Ebenezer Wright. 1790-94. Peter Clark Grosvenor. Mar. May, 1793. 1796-99. Luke Lincoln. Taxed 1797-99. 1799-1802. Zephaniah Jennings. Taxed 1800-02. 1806-12. Benjamin Bemis. Taxed 1807-12. 1808-14. Samuel Lane. Taxed 1809-14. EARLY FITZWILLIAM PHYSICIAKS. 429 1810-21.. Amasa Scott. Taxed 1804r-21. 1814-15. Abel Wilder. Taxed 1815. 1817-18. Thomas Wells. Taxed 1818. 1819-24. Jared Perkins. 1824-27. Preston Pond. Taxed 1825-27. 1827-28. Larkin Baker Cole. Taxed 1827-28. 1827-82, Silas Oammings. 1828-32. Warren Partridge. 1834. Abraham H. Jaquith. Taxed 1834. 1835-37. Thomas H. Marshall. Dr. Geesham Beigham was doubtless the first physician of Fitzwilliam. He came from Marlborough, Mass. , about 1775. It has been generally supposed, but erroneously, that he was a brother of the first pastor, Kev. Benjamin Brigham. The pastor had a brother of this name born June 27th, 1750, but he was not a physician and lived in Northborough, Mass. The name Gersham was common in the Brigham family, and long before this town was settled there was a physician bearing it in Marlborough, Mass. The Dr. Gersham Brigham of Fitzwilliam appears to have been a cousin of the first pastor, and to have been the only physician in this place for a number of years. Of his profes- sional reputation we know nothing. Occasionally he held some minor town office. Dr. Isaac Mooes Faewell married in this place in Decem- ber, 1785, and probably commenced medical practice here about that time. He held the office of selectman in 1787, and served for two years or more as town clerk. In 1790 the town was called together " tochuse a Town Clark in the place of Dr. Far well, which is going to leave town." Little is known regarding his practice in this place. Dr. Ebenezee Weight was, so far as is known, the third physician of Fitzwilliam. He was born in Tenipleton, Mass., ifovember 3d, 1761, and studied medicine in Rutland, Vt. At the age of twenty -four years he settled in Fitzwilliam, and soon gained the confidence of the community. In 1811 he removed to the north village, now Troy, but returned to the centre of FitzwiUiam three years later. He took an active 430 HISTORY OF riTZW'ILLIAM. part in tlie measures that resulted in the incorporation of Troy, and as early as 1Y93 he was a member of the Greneral School Committee. Dr. Wright died here, March 16th, 1829, leav- ing two children. He was married here, November 22d, 1790, to Mrs. Elizabeth Bates. Dr. Peter Claek Geosvenoe was a physician in this town for two or three years, and in 1794: was chosen town clerk, but died before his term of service expired, viz., December 14th, 1794. Dr. Luke Lincoln was a physician here for a short time and served as town clerk for one year, having been elected in 1799. He is said to have died of severe burns, bat how re- ceived is unknown. Another memorandum (perhaps more reliable) states that it was Dr. Lincoln's daughter, Sarah, that died of burns, but in either case this must have occurred after the family removed from Fitzwilliam. Dr. Benjamin Bemis, Jr., came from Brookfield, Mass., about 1806, and was in Fitzwilliam six or seven years. How much he did in his profession is unknown, but soon after his arrival he formed a partnership with Dr. Amasa Scott for mercantile purposes, and the firm— Bemis & Scott— built the store afterward occupied by Dexter Whittemore, Esq. This firm was dissolved December 27th, 1810. Dr. Samuel Lane came from Swanzey about 1808 and re- turned to that town about 1814, where he had a long and suc- cessful practice. He married a daughter of Hon. Nahum Parker. In the History of Troy an account is given of a savage encounter between Dr. Lane and a robber named Ryan, in the woods between Troy and Fitzwilliam in 1811. The doctor was attempting to arrest the robber, who had snapped a pistol at him, which fortunately missed fire. Doctor Lane was on horseback, and attempting to dismount his foot was caught in the stirrup and he was dragged two or three rods before it was released, when he saw Ryan rushing toward him with a dirk in one hand and a pistol in the other. In the struggle that followed Dr. Lane was stabbed in the shoulder, but finally threw the robber, and though he was soon turned under the desperate man he succeeded in holding him down by his hair FITZWILLIAM PHYSICIANS. 431 till his cries brought help and Eyan was secured. Dr. Lane's wounds were not very severe, but his escape from death was remarkable. The robber was doubtless crazy from strong drink, and was acquitted because his reason was deemed shattered. Dr. Jaeed Peekins was born in Jaflfrey, February 12th, 1793, and came to Fitzwilliam with his father's family in 1810. He died October tth, 1824. Dr. Perkins studied medicine with Dr. Luke Howe, of Jaffrey, and Dr. Stephen Batcheller, of Eoyalston, Mass., and was a classmate of Dr. James Batchel- ler. He received his degree of M.D. at Dartmouth College in August, 1819, and commenced the practice of medicine in Fitzwilliam the same month. Was married in 1819 to Sarah Hayden, of Fitzwilliam. On returning from visiting a pa- tient dui'ing a very dark night, his horse sunk into a deep hole by the side of the road, and as it was raining and cold Dr. Perkins contracted a fever from which he never recovered. His age was thirty-one years. His general ability and fine scholarship had promised great success in his profession. Dr. Thomas Kichaedson was born in Leominster, Mass., February 1st, 1766. Studied medicine with Dr. Carter, of Lancaster, and Dr. Shattuck, of Templeton, and practised several years in Eoyalston, Mass. He came to Fitzwilliam in 1812, but did not do a large business here, as his object in leaving Eoyalston was to avoid practice on account of his health, which suffered from irregular hours. Dr. Eichardson died in Fitzwilliam, August 8th, 1852, aged eighty-six and one half years. Dr. Peeston Pond came to this place from Keene about 1824. He was very active in efforts to promote the temper- ance reformation, and laid the foundations for a strong tem- perance society which was formed in 1830. His practice is said to have suffered from his boldness in the temperance cause, and after three or four years he removed to Mississippi, where he died a few years ago. Dr. Waeeen Paeteidge came from Templeton, Mass., in 1828. His wife was Amoret Potter. About 1832 Dr. Part- ridge removed to Princeton, Mass. , where he died many years since. 432 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. Dr. Thomas Hastings Marshall, a native of Jaffrej, com- menced medical practice in Fitzwilliam in 1835. He had been educated in tlie common schools of Jafifrey, and ia Appleton Academy at New Ipswich, and commenced the study of medi- cine with Dr. Luke Howe, of his native town. Later he at- tended medical lectures at Bowdoin College and at Harvard University, and graduated from the medical department of Dartmouth College in 1835. In 1837 he removed to Mason Village, now Greenville, N. H., and was a successful practitioner there till the time of his death, December 16th, 1872, at the age of sixty-six years. Dr. Marshall was a member of both branches of the State Leg- islature. He was born December 2d, 1806, and his wife was Abigail S. Hawkes, of Templeton, Mass. Dr. Gideon C. ]S"oBLBwas born June 6th, 1803, and received the degree of M.D. in 1829. In 1830 he was in practice in Yarmouth, Mass. In 1831 he married Nancy S. Perkins, of Fitzwilliam, and removed to Chester, Warren County, N. Y. Coming to Fitzwilliam in 1832 he formed a partnership with Mr. Daniel Spaulding in conducting a store, and a little later, retiring from the mercantile business, he opened a druggist's store where now is the business establishment of Messrs. P. S. & S. Batcheller. For five years, from 1837, he was post- master, and at the time of his appointment removed the post- office to his drug-store, where it has been kept ever since, with the exception of about five years. In 1842 Dr. Noble re- moved to Fitchburg, Mass., where he was both druggist and physician. In 1844 he went to Harvard, Mass., and in 1868 to Hudson, Mass., and again in 1871 to Waltham in the same State. The confinement of his business and professional life affected his health so seriously that after 1844 he devoted himself chiefly to agriculture, and died September 6th, 1879. Dr. Luke Millee, a native of Peterborough, and student in the office of Dr. Albert Smith of that town, was in practice for a time in Ashby, Mass., then in Troy, and later in Win- chendon, Mass., from which place he came to Fitzwilliam in 1854, when he entered into a partnership with Dr. Silas Cum- FITZWILLIAM PHYSICIANS. 433 mings. In 185Y he removed to Chatfield, Minn. His wife was Abbey Ann Lovell. Dr. James Batohellee was a native of Royalston, and estab- lished himself as a physician in the neighboring town of Marl- borough in 1818. His practice in that place covered a period of thirty-seven years, and during those years he gained an en- viable reputation both in his profession and as a citizen of strong impulses in favor of human liberty, the temperance cause, and general good order and uprightness. As a physician he ranked high in all the region, and was for some time the President of the New Hampshire Medical Society. Dr. Batcheller was also a representative and senator in the General Court, a councillor, and a delegate to the Convention to Re- vise the State Constitution in 1850-51. In 1855 he removed to Fitzwilliam, where his abilities were well known, and though he did not seek practice in this town his business was large for a number of years, or till failing health led to his retire- ment. He died here, April 14th, 1866, aged eighty-three. Dr. Edward Aiken came to Fitzwilliam and commenced practice February 1st, 1861. He is the son of Silas Aiken, D.D., and Mary (Osgood) Aiken, and was born in Amherst, N. H., April 10th, 1830. His father becoming pastor of Park Street Church, Boston, he was in the Adams grammar and public Latin schools, and graduated from each with a Franklin medal. In 1851 he graduated from Dartmouth Col- lege, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1855, having been previously appointed a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He sailed for the East soon after and landed at Beirut. His wife, Susan Dougherty Cole, of Eutland, Yt., died, in 1856, at Homs. Later, he married, July, 1857, Miss Sarah Cheney, formerly of Phillipston, Mass., but at that time at the head of the Mis- sion Female Seminary at Abeih, Syria. Eev. Mr. Aiken's health failing he returned to America in 1858 and commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Stephen Tracy, of Andover, Mass. He attended medical lectures at Harvard and Tale colleges, and graduated at the latter in 1861. Dr. Aiken was in Fitzwilliam during the Civil War, and returned to his native 28 434 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. place, Amherst, in 1865. While here, at the request of the Syrian Mission, he edited the first complete Arabic atlas ever issued for the use of the large popiilation speaking that language. In 1864 he was appointed Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the New England Female Medical College, a position which he held for eight years, till this college was absorbed by the Boston University, Dr. A AEON R. Gleason was born at Warren, Vt., June 1st, 1835, and is the son of Windsor and Sophia (Clark) Gleason, both born in Langdon, N. H. Dr. Gleason commenced teach- ing at the age of nineteen years, but in 1857 he engaged in the study of medicine with Dr. K. D. Webster, of Gilsom, and then was a student in the oflSce of Dr. George B. Twitchell, of Keene, for two years. Later he attended medical lectures in Burlington, Vt., in Washington, D. C, and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, graduating in 1864. September 9th, 1861, he enlisted in the Second Regi- ment New Hampshire Volunteers, and served with it two years as hospital attendant, was then transferred to Campbell General Hospital in "Washington, D. C, as medical cadet. Receiving soon a commission as assistant surgeon he was on duty in that hospital till the close, of the war. Dr. Gleason was also commissioned as assistant surgeon of the Fourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, but did not accept that office. Was in the service four years. He came to Fitzwilliam January 13th, 1866, and after a suc- cessful practice' of over twenty years removed to Keene in the fall of 1886. He married, January 19th, 1869, Miss Etta E. Webster, only child of the Dr. Webster with whom he com- menced his medical studies. Soon after he came to Fitzwill- iam he was elected a member of the School Committee, and was either superintendent or an active member of the Superintending Board more than fifteen years. In 1881 he represented this town in the State Legislature, and since the changes which resulted in the establishment of the Fitzwilliam Free Town Library, he was one of its supervisors. Dur- ing the winter of 1885-86 Dr. Gleason attended a post-gradu- ate course of lectures in New York. . CLASS II. — LAWYERS. 435 Several otlier physicians have practised in town for longer or shorter periods of time, among whom may be named E. C. Pomeroy, E. Proctor Pierce, E. E. Jocelyn, and Edwin G. Annable. The clergymen belonging in this class are noticed in the ecclesiastical history of the town. Class II. William Penniman, who resided in Fitzwilliam during a part of his early life, was a native of Peterborough, N. H. Soon after attaining his majority he removed to Ontario County, N". Y., where he was a farmer. For many years he was a distinguished school-teacher, and held the offices of School Commissioner and Inspector and Superintendent of Schools where he resided. He was also Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for Orleans County, N, Y., and represented that county in the Convention to Revise the State Constitution. In his official, social, and business life he was highly respected. Geoege Edwin Bbyant was a lawyer in Fitzwilliam for a lit- tle time, but removed to Wisconsin, where he became a judge. He was a native of Templeton, Mass. , and had hardly entered upon the duties of his profession here before he left for the West. William L. Foster was born in Westminster, Vt., June 1st, 1823. His grandfather was Rev. Edmund Foster, a promi- nent clergyman residing in Littleton, Mass., and a State sena- tor. His grandmother was Pliebe Lawrence, of the John Lawrence family, of Charlestown, Mass. John Foster, the ninth of thirteen children of this family,, lived in Westminster, Vt., before removing to Fitzwilliam in 1826 or 1826. His wife was Sophia Willard. In 1834 John Foster removed to Keene, where he died in 1854. While residing there he was Sheriff of Cheshire County for several years. The boyhood of Judge Foster was therefore passed in Fitzwilliam, and from its com- mon schools he went to academies in Hancock, Keene, and Walpole. After a year at Cambridge Law School he entered the office of Levi Chamberlain in Keene, and was admitted to the bar in 1844. In 1847 he was appointed one of Governor 436 HISTORY OF PITZWILLIAM, Dinsmore's aides witli the rank of colonel. From 1850 to 1854 he was Official Reporter of the Decisions of the State Courts. Removing from Keene to Concord, March, 1853, he was appointed United States Commissioner, but after nine years' service he resigned to enter the State Legislature, in which he served for two years. In 1869 he was appointed one of the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court, which office he held for five years, when he became Chief Justice of the Circuit Court. This last-mentioned court having been abolished in 1876 Judge Foster was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court, which office he resigned in 1881 and resumed the practice of law, in which he is now engaged. In 1883 he was reappointed United States Commissioner. January 13th, 1853, Judge Foster was married to Miss Har- riett M. Perkins, of Hopkinton, N. H. His four children living are Elizabeth B., born May 23d, 1857, Mary B., born November 27th, 1859, married in 1881 to Lieutenant William A. Marshall, U. S. N., William H., born August 27th, 1862, a teacher in St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and Roger E., born September 13th, 1868. William R. Brown resided in Fitzwilliam a number of years, and is a son of Rev. J. S. Brown, who was the minister of the Unitarian congregation of this place from 1844 to 1854. The subject of this sketch was born in Buffalo, E". Y., July 16th, 1840, graduated at Union College, Schenectady, IST. Y., in 1862, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1864. Removing to Kansas he was elected Judge of the Ninth Judicial District of th|it State in 1867, and re-elected in 1872. Later he was chosen a member of the Forty-fourth Congress from Kansas, receiving nearly five thousand majority votes over his competitor. Chaeles H. Woods, son of Rev. John Woods, was born in Newport, JST. H., October 8th, 1836, and was educated at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., and Williams Col- lege. He studied law in Lowell, Mass., and Newport, N. H., and resided in Fitzwilliam from 1854 to 1865. Was in the army as Captain of Company F, Sixteenth Regiment New CLASS II. CONTINUED— CLASS III. 437 Hampshire Yolunteers, from September, 1862, to September, 1863, and held a Government clerkship at "Washington, D. C, in 1864 and 1865. In 1866 Mr. Woods removed to Minne- apolis, Minn. , and has been in successful practice as a lawyer there till the present time, being a member of the law firm Woods & Hahn, the junior partner being the Attorney-Gen- eral of Minnesota. Mr. Woods was married, September 22d, 1862, to Miss Carrie C. Rice, of Brookfield, Vt. Lewis M. Noeton, who passed not a little of his youth in Fitzwilliam, was born at Athol, Mass., December 26th, 1855. He is the son and only child of Eev. John F. and Ann Maria (Mann) Norton, and received his early education at home, in the public schools of Athol and Fitzwilliam, and in the High School of Keene. From the latter he entered the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology at Boston, and in 1876 and 1877 was an Assistant-Instructor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry in that institution. In 1878 and 1879 he pursued the study of chemistry in the universities of Berlin and Gottingen, Germany, and was honored by the latter with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, obtained through examina- tions. Later he pursued his favorite studies in Paris, and after his return to America became, January 1st, 1880, the chemist of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., Manchester, IS^. H. Two years and a half later he returned to the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, where he holds the position of Professor of Organic and Industrial Chemistry. June 6th, 1883, he was married to Mary Alice Peloubet, a graduate of Smith College, and daughter of Eev. F. H^. Peloubet, D.D., of Natick, Mass. They have a daughter Margaret, born June 18th, 1884, and a son, John F., born June 23d, 1885. Professor ^Norton resides at Auburndale, Mass. Class III. Amos Andrew Paekee is a native of Fitzwilliam, and son of Judge Nahum Parker. Until fifteen years of age he at- tended the schools of his native town and worked upon his father's farm. Then, fitting for college, he graduated at the 438 HISTOBY OF FITZWILLIAM. University of Yermont in 1813, standing No. 2 in his class. A year later we find him a tutor in the family of a planter in Fredericksburg, Va., where he remained for three years. Mr. Parker then commenced the study of law with James Wilson, Sr., Esq., of Keene, and completing his course in the office of Levi Chamberlain, Esq., then of Fitzwilliam, he was admitted to the bar in 1821. Soon after he commenced the practice of his profession in Epping, ]^. H. , from which place, after about two years, he removed to Concord as editor of the New Hampshire StatesTnan. Later he was a lawyer in Exeter and Kingston, N. H., and returned from the latter place to his native town about 1837. While residing in Concord he went to Boston as one of the aides of Governor Morrill, to in- vite Lafayette to visit New Hampshire. This was in 1825, and a year later he took the same journey to escort that distin- guished French soldier and statesman to this State. The equipage consisted of a barouche, an elegant stage- coach, each drawn by four horses, and a two-horse carriage for baggage. While residing in Exeter Mr. Parker made a long excursion Westward, and published on his return a valuable book (which was one of the first of its kind) entitled " A Trip to the West and Texas." Herein his native town after 183Y he held nearly every ofiice in the gift of the people, and took a very active part in the measures adopted to suppress the Rebellion and to purchase and fit up the Town Hall, and the rooms for town purposes. He was also a member of the committee of three that funded the town debt. After his retirement from active professional life he pub- lished a work entitled "Recollections of Lafayette," and one or more volumes of poems. Since his third marriage he has resided in Glastenbury, and in Parkville, Hartford, Conn. Dr. Amasa Scott was a native of Fitzwilliam, and practised medicine in this place for a number of years, but seems to have been more generally known as a trader, first as a partner of Dr. Benjamin Bemis, under the firm Berais & Scott, and later as Amasa Scott & Co. DE. SILAS CUMMINGS. 439 Dr. Scott died of consumption, May 16th, 1821, aged thirty-eight years. Dr. Silas Cummings, of whose interest in and labor for this history a particular account is given in the preface of this volume, was born in Fitzwilliam, October Yth, 1803, and died in this place, June 30th, 1882, at the age of seventy-nine years. He was the son of Thaddeus and Anna (Collins) Oummings, and from the brief and incidental allusions to his early life, found in various notes and statements relative to other families and individuals which he put upon paper in the hurry of his profession, we infer that during his youth he cultivated the soil and performed all the other kinds of hard work incident to a farmer's business. In his early manhood he appears to have been remarkably strong and athletic, for he alludes to the fact of doing nearly two days' work in one during the haying and harvest seasons. In his childhood and youth Dr. Cum- mings thirsted for knowledge, and improved every opportu- nity that offered to fit himself for his chosen profession. In 1827 he graduated from the medical department of Dart- mouth College, and appears to have entered at once upon the practicfe in his native town, which he never relinquished till his death, and which covered the long period of fifty-five years. Dr. Cummings is said to have visited, in his profes- sional duties in Fitzwilliam, not only the third and fourth generations of his patrons, but in some instances the fifth also, while at times his business in some of the adjoining towns was quite large. His health was remarkable, and for a long course of years he would read while riding, or listen to the rea,ding of some one who accompanied him, that he might keep abreast of the times and be familiar especially with all new discoveries in the healing art. The schools of his native town had a warm and earnest friend and advocate in Dr. Cummings, and for many years he either superintended them or was an active member of the superintending board. All the valuable public enterprises of Fitzwilliam had in him a hearty supporter, and whether he was participating in the work of the Fitzwilliam Common School Association, in movements to promote temperance and 440 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. good morals, or in the debates of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Club, he was always found at the front, ready to do his part and much more if need be. For more than six years, from March 27th, 1855, he held the oflBce of postmaster, and in 1874 represented Fitzwilliam in the State Legislature. The funeral of Dr. Cummings took place in the Town Hall, July 2d, 1882, in the presence of one of the largest assemblies ever convened in Fitzwilliam. Class IV. Ltjthek Waite was a native of Fitzwilliam, and a brother of Asa Waite, who built the house lately owned by Deacon Dex- ter Collins. Mr. "Waite graduated at the University of Ver- mont in 1811, studied law and removed to Sandy Hill, N". Y., where he was a lawyer of considerable note, and rose to the position of a judge. Mr. Waite is not living, but is repre- sented as a man of good education and of fine abilities. Rev. Mr. Sabin described him in 1842 as one that " has been or is a Judge of a Court in the State of New York, and from the same State has been a member of the House of Eepresenta- tives in Congress of the United States." Hon. Edwaed C. Reed, a native of Fitzwilliam, was born March 8th, 1793. He was a son of Phineas Reed, and uncle of our townsman, Daniel H. Reed. A graduate of Dart- mouth College in 1812, he studied law in Troy, N. Y., and later served for a few months in the army under Governor Marcy, during the War of 1812-14, and his regiment was en- camped for a time on the ground just back of the Astor House, New York, when that crowded and busy part of the city was nothing but a pasture. Mr. Reed settled as a lawyer in the flourishing village of Homer, N. Y., where he resided for more than half a cen- tury, closely identified with all its interests. A flourishing academy (the Cortland Academy) was founded in that place in 1819, and Mr. Reed was one of its twenty-four trustees, and their secretary till 1870. In 1820 he married Miss Amanda Weller, a native of Pittsfield, Mass., and bought the place in Homer which was the homestead of the family for fifty years. HON. EDWARD 0. EEED. 441 His five children were born in that home. In 1830 Mr. Reed was admitted to the Court of Chancery, and during the same year was elected to the Twenty-second Congress, serving under General Jackson's administration. He also filled the office of district attorney for a number of years. As a lawyer he avoided litigation as far as possible, and in this way saved his clients often from heavy expenses. A stanch Democrat always, he was, during the Rebellion, a War Democrat, but cast his last Presidential vote for General Garfield. Courtly in his manners, patient and faithful in his profession, active from 1833 in the Christian Church, and the beloved teacher of a large class of young men in the Sabbath- school, few men in the region had more influence. The last ten years of his life were spent with his children in Ithaca, N. Y., where he died, May 1st, 1883. His remains were in- terred in Homer. For many years Mr. Reed made tri-daily observations of the weather for the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. It should be added that the title of " Judge," by which Mr. Reed was often if not generally known, came from the fact that he was one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of Cortland County, 'R. Y., from 1836 to 1840. The Court of Chancery, to which he was admitted as a practitioner, was a court of general equity jurisdiction which ceased to exist in 1846, when the cases of which it had taken cognizance were transferred to the Supreme Court. Solicitors in the Court of Chancery were required to pass a special ex- amination. Mr. Reed was solicitor and attorney as well as counsellor in both the Chancery and Supreme Courts. Few acquired a better reputation for fidelity and efficiency, while in the court-room, as everywhere else, he was a model of courteous deportment. C. Fbederio Webster, a lawyer in Keene, is a native of Fitz- ■william, but removed from this place not far from 1840. During the Civil War he was for a time in the army and held the office of Quartermaster Fourteenth Regiment, New Hamp- shire Volunteers. 443 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. CLEEGYMEN. Sketches of the pastors and ministers of the churches in this town, who were born elsewhere, will be found in the chapter entitled Ecclesiastical History. Calvin Waite, a Congregationalist, and son of Asa and Zer- viah (Smith) Waite, was born January 4th, 1785. Graduated at Dartmouth College in 1811, and studied theology with Dr. Asa Burton, of Thetford, Vt. He preached for a time in Connecticut and Maine, and was ordained pastor in Auburn, K Y. Later he preached in Sheldon, N. Y., in 1829, and two years later in Middlebury, N. Y. He died in Western New York. In 1816 Yale College conferred upon him the degree of A.M. He married, but nothing has been learned respecting his family. John Woods was a Congregationalist and was bom in Fitz- william, September 29th, 1785. After graduating at Williams College in 1812 he studied theology with Dr. Seth Payson, of Eindge. His first pastorate was in Warner, N. H., where he was ordained, June 22d, 1814. After nine years' service at Warner he became pastor in Newport, N. H., where he re- mained thirty years, the last two years without pastoral charge.* In 1854 he returned to his native town, Fitzwilliani, where he was acting pastor of the orthodox church for six years. He died here, March 4th, 18G1, at the age of seventy- five years. He was thrice married. His widow, who survived him, was Mrs. Joanna Stevens, of Nashua, N. H., who now resides with his son, Charles H. Woods, Esq., of Minneapolis, Minn. LuTHEE TowNSEND, a Congregationalist, was the son of Aaron and Sylvene (Davidson) Townsend, and was born in Fitzwilliam, August 12th, 1813. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1839, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1842. Mr. Townsend was ordained as pastor at Troy, N. H., March 5th, 1845, where he remained for fifteen years. After this he resided a little more than a year in Fitzwilliam in fee- " A sermon preached at the organization of a Moral Society by Mr. Woods, at Warner, N. H., was published in 1815. Also a sermon preached by him at the funeral of Phineas Chapln in 1851. NATIVES OF FITZWILLIAM — OLERGYMEK. 443 ble health, and died here of consumption, February 9th, 1862, aged forty-nine years. S. Mellen Stone, a native of Fitzwilliain, graduated at Dartmouth in 1839, and was a pastor in Chester, Yt., in 1846. James Weight Stone, A.M., was the son of James and Sally (Woods) Stone, and was born. December 29th, 1815. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1845 and at Andover Theologi- cal Seminary in 1852. He was not ordained, but was a teacher at I^^ashua and Milford, N. H., and at Pepperell, Mass. Asa Peescott is a native of this town and son of Ebenezer Prescott. Fitting for college in New Ipswich Acadeuiy he entered Tale College in 1839, but his health failing he en- gaged, in 1841, in the service of the American Tract Society of New York as a colporteur, and was the first person com- missioned by that society with that title. Mr. Prescott taught a number of schools between 1836 and 1853. His wife was Tryphena F. Collins, of Fitzwilliam. With some aid from their native town, Mr. and Mrs. Prescott opened the first Protestant schools in Davenport, la. Licensed to preach as a Congregationalist, his first pastorate was in Annawan, Henry County, 111. In 1858 he united with the Baptist denomination, and since that date has had charge of five Baptist churches. He has labored also among the Freedmen of Virginia and North Carolina. At the present time Mr. Prescott has no pastoral charge. Rev. AsAEL Woods was a native of Fitzwilliam, a son of Jonas Woods, and a brother of Kev. John Woods, a sketch of whom has already been given. Where he was educated or when he entered the ministry is unknown. Mr. Woods belonged to the Baptist denomination and preached for a time in Sutton, N. H., and probably else- where before he settled in Putney, Vt. He died at Putney, November 17th, 1824, aged forty-five years. Mrs. Woods was Miss Jerusha Stone, of Fitzwilliam. ^ Rev. Phineas Howe, a Baptist clergyman, a son of Nalium Howe, Sr., was born in Fitzwilliam, May 16th, 1792, and mar- ried Mary Hayden, of Fitzwilliam, November 6th, 1816. He studied with Elder Graves, of Royalston, and in June, 1824, 444 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. was called to the pastorate of the church of Marlborough and Newfaue, Vt., where he remained seven years. After preach- ing two years in Heath and one year in Conway, Mass., he was recalled to the church in Marlborough and Newfane, where he remained for seven years, and then was pastor at Hinsdale, E". H., two years. At Troy, K H., in 1846, his health failed and he ceased to preach regularly. Returning to the place of his birth for one year and then living for a time on a farm in Winchester, N. H. , he passed the closing years of his life with his friends in Yermont, dying, January 16th, 1869, at the age of seventy-seven years. Chaeles Edwaed Milliken, a son of Cyrus and Mary (Smith) Milliken, of Fitzwilliam, was born February 5th, 1830. He fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy in 1851-53, Graduated at Dartmouth in 1857 and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1860. "Was ordained pastor at Littleton, IS". H., September 23d, 1860, and remained in that place eighteen years. Mr. Milliken removed to Maynard, Mass., as acting pastor in 1879. He married (1) Sarah F. Duncklee, of Francestown, N. H., and (2) Mary Frances Kedington, of Littleton, N. H. He is now preaching in Penacook, N". H. Ltsandee T. Buebank was boi'n November 24th, 1828, and is the son of John and Hannah (Lyon) Burbank, who lived at the Burbank place in Fitzwilliam. He prepared for college at the Kimball Union Academy in 1852-63. Graduated at Will- iams College in 1857 and at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, in 1860. Having been licensed to preach by the Fourth Presbytery, New York, he was ordained as an evan- gelist at Fitzwilliam, June 15th, 1860. Sailed as a missionary of the American Board, for Bitlis, Asia Minor, July 3d, 1860, where he remained in that capacity for ten years. 'Eeturning to the United States in 1870 he was pastor of a Congregational church in Herndon, Fairfax County, Ya., for seven years. I^TEPHEN Haeeis was bom at Fitzwilliam, January 7th, 1834, and prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy in 1852- 54. He graduated at Amherst College in 1858, and after spend- ing one year in the Theological Institute of Connecticut and two years at the Andover Theological Seminary he graduated NATIVES OF FITZWILLIAM — CLERGYMEN". 445 from the latter in 1861. Mr. Harris was ordained pastor at "Windham, Yt., October 24:th, 1861, and dismissed March 4th, 1869. He then preached for nearly two years at "West SuflBeld, Conn., and for about the same time in Indian Orchard, Mass. Called to Phillipston, Mass., he was installed there, November 20tli, 1873, but about seven months later was killed while crossing the railroad track in Athol, Mass. Rev. "William Edwik Locke, formerly of Fitzwilliam, is a son of "William Dana Locke, who died recently in New Ips- wich, N. H. He graduated at Amherst College in 1864, and from Union Theological Seminary, New York, in 1867. March 19th, 1868, he was married to Zoe A. M. Noyes, of West- moreland, N. H., and having been appointed a missionary of the American Board, sailed from New York for Turkey, April 25th, 1868. He reached his station, Philippopolis, in Turkey in Europe, June 11th of the same year, but removed a little later to Samokov, which has since been his home. In 1879 he visited the United States with his family. Eev. Isaac N ewton Locke, brother of William E. , was born in Fitzwilliam. He began a course of study with the ministry in view, but was forced to abandon it because of a disease of the eyes. For three years he was a teacher in an educational in- stitution at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., and October 21st, 1872, he married the preceptress of that institution, Miss Mary A. Wilson, of Salisbury, N. H. Mr. Locke was licensed to preach in October, 1877, and two years later ordained. As a devoted home missionary, he preached in Peru, Gould, West- ern Park, Howard and other places in Kansas. He died, Feb- ruary 2d, 1882, of small-pox, that was raging in the vicinity of his home, but from which he supposed himself protected by vaccination. Among the physicians who were born in Fitzwilliam a prominent place should be assigned to Dk. Alvah Godding. The Godding family, consisting of a widow and eight chil- dren, four sons and four daughters, came to this place from Attleborough, Mass., not far from 1780. Among these children was Timothy, who in 1790 married Kuth Eobbins, of Warwick, Mass., and was a farmer in the part of Fitzwilliam 446 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. which is now Troy. The third child of this family was Alvah, who was bom JSTovember 5th, 1796. He settled in Winchendon, Mass., as a physician, and there secured, and re- tained till his death, an enviable reputation, not only in his professional life, but in all the relations he sustained to the community. Through his skill, kindness, and devotion to his patients he earned the title of " the beloved physician." Dr. Godding gave his life to save that of an Irishwoman, whose case had been pronounced hopeless, and to whom he was called at midnight in the dead of winter, when the cold was excessive. Going on foot, and repeating his visit a few liours later, he came home in suph an exhausted state that death soon ensued. His age was seventy-eight, and he died January 11th, 18Y4. Ebenezer Claek Geosvenoe, a native of Fitzwilliam, was a son of Dr. Peter Clark Grosvenor. He was the only physician among the early college graduates of Fitzwilliam. With great industry and the aid of his pastor he prepared for college and graduated at the University of Yermont in 1813, and later from the medical school in Boston. Rev. Mr. Sabin loaning him money for his expenses, he established himself in his pro- fession in Darien, Ga., of which city he was at one time the Mayor. After visiting Europe for study he continued his prac- tice siiecessfully in Darien, but wliile still young was drowned in the Altamaha River while engaged in professional duty. Dr. Leslie Almon Phillips, son of Alraon and Keziah (Al- len) Phillips, was born in Fitzwilliam, August 19th, 1847. He was educated in the public schools and such private schools as his native town afforded till he was seventeen years of age, when, while working during the day and studying in the night, he commenced reciting to his pastor. Later he was a student in a boys' English and classical school and a teacher in the same. In 1874 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Moore, of Quincy, 111., and in 1877 graduated from the Bos- ton University School of Medicine. Dr. Phillips began prac- tice in Boston as assistant of Dr. J. H. "Woodbury, then passed nearly a year jn WatertoM'n, Mass., but at the expiration of this period returned to Boston at Dr. Woodbury's request, to whose practice he succeeded in 1879. LIST OF COLLEGE GEADUATES, 447 Dr. Phillips's address is 165 Boylston Street, Boston. Mrs. Saeah D. (Locke) Stow, a native of Fitzwilliam, is a daughter of Mr. William Dana Locke, formerly of this place. In her yonth her home for a number of years was in the fam- ily of Kev. John P. Humphrey, then pastor in Winchester, N. H., but lately holding the same office in Winchendon, Mass. Mrs. Stow is a graduate of Mount Holyoke Female Sem- inary at South Hadley, Mass., and for a number of years be- fore her marriage was a teacher in that institution. Eev. John M. Stow, her husband, was a pastor in Sullivan, N". H., but about 1870 removed to his native town, Hubbardston, Mass., and was pastor there at the time of his death, which occurred in 1811. Mr. Stow had been for some years engaged in pre- paring a history of his native town, and this, left by him in an unfinished state, Mrs. Stow completed and carried through the press. She now resides in Hubbardston, but for a number of years has been engaged in oflicial duties for a large part of the time at Mount Holyoke Seminary. LIST OF COLLEGE GEADtJATES FROM FITZWILLIAM. Notices of most of these will be found in the sketches al- ready given. Calvin Waite, graduated at Dartmouth, 1811. Luther Waite, graduated at University of Yermont, 1811. John Woods, graduated at Williams College, 1812. Amos A. Parker, graduated at University of Yermont, 1813. Ebenezer Clark Grosvenor, graduated at University of Yer- mont, 1813. Edward C. Keed, graduated at Dartmouth, 1812. Luther Townsend, graduated at Dartmouth, 1839. Samuel Mellen Stone, graduated at Dartmouth, 1839. James Wright Stone, graduated at Dartmouth, 1845. Charles E. Milliken, graduated at Dartmouth, 1857. ' Lysander T. Burbank, graduated at Williams College, 1857. Stephen Harris, graduated at Amherst College, 1858. ; William R. Brown, graduated at Union College, 1862. William Edwin Locke, graduated at Amherst College, 1864. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE OF THE FAMILIES OF FITZWILLIAM. EXPLANATIONS. Isr the arrangement of the following genealogies the plan used in the Histories of Rindge, Marlboro, and Ashburnham has been generally followed, and is so plain that no particular explanation is needed. The following variations may, however, be noted : The account of a family stock previous to settlement in Fit^william is given by generations, each generation being numbered with a heavy-faced figure in the margin, this num- bering running into the consecutive numbering of individuals as the more detailed records are introduced. Whenever the information is at hand, a brief sketch of the line back to the emigrant ancestor has been given. In these cases the usual method of notation by raised figures (John', John% John", etc.), has been introduced sufficiently to distinguish the successive generations. The Lists of Town Officers in the first part of this work are so full and complete, and the Records of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War and the War of the Rebellion are so broad in their scope, and so particular in their details, that it is not considered necessary to refer to these services in the family records. In referring to towns in the immediate vicinity the name of 453 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. the State has been purposely omitted, unless required to distin- guish from a town elsewhere of same name. When the name of a town has once been given in full, further reference to it in the same connection may be made by using only the initial letter. The earliest town tax-list that has been preserved is that for 1793. When this date is referred to thus, 1793*, the infor- mation given is based on this tax-list. The Proprietors' Tax- list for 1788, and partial lists of the penny or road taxes for 1789, 1790, and 1791 are also preserved, but none of these dis- tinguish between resident and non-resident owners. In the town valuation and tax-lists all persons paying poll-taxes of course are residents. ABBREVIATIONS. a., aged. ab., about. b., born. bapt., baptized. bro., brother. eh., child, children. chh., church. d., died, death. dau., daughter. dis., dismissed. F., Fitzwilliam. hus., husband. L., lot. m., married, marriage. prob., probable, probably. q.v., which see ; see the register of that family. E., range. rec, records, recorded, rec'd, received, rem., removed, res., resides, resided. s., son. s. p., without offspring, unm., unmarried, w., wife, wid., widow, y., years, young. .Jvn/nV' aJroCU'-myS- FHOTO-GRAVTJRH CO.. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. ADAMS. 1 Mk. John Adams, son of Edward, of Medway, Mass., d. 1781 (?) ; m. Abigail Cleveland, who d. Dec. 15, 1783. They had oh. i. Lois, II. Mary; iii. John, b. Feb. 13, 1744, 2; iv. Lydia ; v. Cornelius; VI. Ebenezer ; vii. Abigail ; Tin. Samuel ; ix. Euth. 2 Capt. John, b. Feb. 13, 1744, d. Dec. 30, 1818 ; m. Mary Parker, who d. Oct. 11, 1798 ; res. Canterbury, Ct. They had ch. i. John ; II. Joshua, b. Dec. 4, 1775, 3 ; m. Mary ; iv. Parker ; v. Abigail ; vi. Anna ; vii. Moses ; viii. Luceba ; ix. Aurelia ; x. Charles. 3 Joshua, b. Dec. 4, 1775, d. Aug. 3, 1813 ; m. July 13, 1801, Abi- gail, b. Apr. 37, 1780, dau. of Jonathan and Mary Sabin, of Porafret, Ct. After the d. of Mr. Adams she m. (3) July, 1814, John Parkhurst, by whom she had one ch., John P. Parhhurst, b. Nov. 4, 1815. Ch. of Mr. and Mrs. A. b. at Plainfleld, Ct. : i. Jonathan Sabin, b. Sept. 33, 1803, 4; II. Mary M., b. Apr. 4, 1804 ; iii. Catherine P., b. July 9, 1806, m. Curtis Coolidge, q.v. 9 10 11 Jonathan Sabin Adams, b. Sept. 33, 1802 ; came to F. when 13 v. old and lived with his uncle, Kev. Mr. Sabin ; m. Feb. 6, 1833, Abigail, b. Aug. 11, 1807, dau. of Levi and Anstris (Stratton) Tower, of P. I. Mary Abby, b. Kov. 33, 1833 ; m. Norman U. Cahill, q.v. II. Lysander Tower, b. Apr. 16, 1836 ; d. May 25, 1836. III. Hannah Aurilla, b. June 2, 1837 ; m. Morris Collins, a merchant of St. Louis, Mo. ; rem. to Jacksonville, III., where Mr. C. died. See Chap. XII. IV. Catherine Ambra, b. June 35, 1840 ; m. John M. Parker, q.v. V. John Sabin, b. Apr. 29, 184:2 ; d. Aug. 26, 1863, in the War of the Eebellion ; unm. Ti. Rebecca Anstis, b. Sept. 30, 1844 ; d. Apr. 37, 1850. VII. Martha Amelia, b. Mar. 17, 1847 ; d. Jan. 7, 1856. 454 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 HISTOKT OF FITZWILLIAM. Daniel Adams first appears in P. Bee. in 1778. He was taxed on L 22 E 10 in 1788 and 1790 and left town before 1793*. By w. Sarah he had eh. b. in P. I. 8tephe7i, b. Oct. 29, 1779. II. Daniel, b. Mar. 22, 1781. III. William, b. Mar. 10, 1783. IV. Thomas, b. Mar. 9, 1785. T. Sarah, b. Jan. 28, 1787. VI. Lydia, b. Jan. 13, 1789. VII. Samuel, b. Apr. 30, 1791. George Adams settled on L 7 R 2, for which he was taxed in Prop. Lists of 1788 and 1790, and he was taxed in Town Lists, 1793 to 1797 ; by w. Mary he had ch. b. in P. I. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1789. II. Sarah, b. Mar. 17, 1791. III. Mary, b. Sept. 1, 1792. IV. Becca, b. Mar. 22, 1794. V. George, bapt. July 17, 1796. VI. Daniel, bapt. Peb. 11, 1798. Mart Adams, probably w. of George ; was adm. to the chh., Sept. 4, 1791. Solomon- Alexander, b. Aug. 8, 1783 ; came to P. from Winchester, N. H., in 1810, and bought the house now occupied by William Kuhn, in which he res. till his d. N"ov. 29, 1849. He was a blacksmith and occu- pied the shop now of J. E. Bemis. His w. Gratia, b. Apr. 19, 1788 ; d. Apr. 19, 1837. I. Nelson, b. Apr. 26, 1807 ; res. ITarmersville, N. Y. n. Bradley, b. Apr. 4, 1809 ; d. Mar. 13, 1812. III. Martha Dexter, b. May 22, 1811 ; d. Dec. 31, 1882; m. Edward E.'AUen, q.'d. IV. Joel, b. Feb. 35, 1814 ; res. Black Creek, N. Y. V. Mary Bond, b. May 12, 1816 ; res. Pranklin, Pa. VI. AUgail Rockwood, b. Dec. 3, 1818 ; m. David N. Putney, q.v. viL Asa, b. Dec. 3, 1818 (twin) ; d. Oct. 4, 1819. VIII. Maria, b. Oct. 18, 1821 ; res. N unica, Mich. IX. Susan, b. Aug. 6, 1823 ; res. Somerville, Mass. X. Sophia, res. Boston, Mass. QEKEALOGICAL REGISTER. 455 ALLEN. Walter' Allen, b. in England in 1610 ; m. and came to this country in 1635, settling in Newbury, Mass. ; in 1653 rem. to Water- town, and later to Charlestowu, where he d. July 8, 1681. His w. d. and he m. (3dj No7. 9, 1678, Abigail Parsons. His s., 2 DAMKL^ b. 1635 ; lived in Lancaster, Watertown, and Sudbury, Mass. ; d. in Sudbury. His s. , 3 Davis', b. 1659 ; d. 1711 ; served in one of the expeditions against Canada. ; res. in Watertown. His s. , 4 Obadiah*, b. 1695 in Watertown. His s., 5 ELNATHAN^ b. 1738 ; d. 1805 ; m. May 31, 1753, Thankful Hast- ings, of Waltham, Mass. ; res. in Shrewsbury, Mass. ; ch. i. Elnathan ; II. Israel ; m. Silas ; iv. Arunah", who rem. to F. ; v. Luther ; vi. Wilks ; Tii. Liberty, who m. Apr. 5, 1801, Polly, dau. of Philip and Eunice (Shumway) Amadon, of F. 9 10 11 13 Bev. Arunah" Allen, b. Aug. 18, 1767, in Shrews- bury, Mass ; d. Dec. 15, 1853, in Stockbridge, Vt. ; m. Dec. 16, 1788, Mary, b. Mar. 31. 1775, dau. of Peter and Mary (Eice) Kichardson. She was the sixth genei-- ation from Samuel Richardson, the emigrant, the line of descent being Samuel', Samuel", Thomas', Thomas', Peter", Marj°- Mr. and Mrs. Allen united with the Baptist chh. soon after m., it is believed, in Leicester, as there was no Baptist chh. in Shrewsbury. They lived on the farm with his father in S. till Feb., 1799, when they rem. to F., settling on L 7 E 4. He taught school several winters, was selectman 3 y., and filled other town offices. In 1807 or 1808 he began to preach ; was ordained 1810 or 1811 as Elder of the Baptist chh. Except during some intervals of sickness, he continued to preach in F. till 1833, when he rem. to Stockbridge, Vt. He preached in S. and the neighboring towns as his health would allow until he was 80 y. of a. His w. d. ab. 1830, after which he res. with his s. Arunah. I. John Jarvis\ b. Oct. 34, 1789. + II. Bhoda, b. Apr. 14, 1791 ; m. Jan. 10, 1813, Louis Long, of Rutland, Vt., where they res. III. Jubal Eldridge, b. Mar. 30, 1793. + IV. Levinah Johnson, b. July 15, 1797 ; m. Hyman Bent, q.v. V. Polly Richardson, b. Sept. 14, 1799 ; res. in Rutland, Vt., where she d. VI. Arunah, b. July 3, 1805 ; res. Pittsfield, Vt. 456 (7) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (9) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 HISTORY or FITZWILLIAM. John Jakvis' Allen, b. Oct. 24, 1789 ; d. May 20, 1880 ; m. Aug. 20, 1809, Cynthia, d. Dec. 24, 1865, a. 77 y., dan. of Philip and Eunice (Shumway) Amadon. I. Edward Ervin", b. Dec. 17, 1809 ; d. Jan. 27, 1841 ; m. Oct. 21, 1834, Martha, b'. May 22, 1811, dau. of Solomon and Gratia Alexander. II. Caroline, b. Dec. 17, 1811 ; m. Milton Chaplin, q.v. III. Infant, d. Nov. 30, 1813. IV. Keziali A., b. Jan. 21, 1815 ; m. Almond Phil- lips, q.v. V. John Jarvis, b. Mar. 12, 1818 ; d. June 22, 1884 ; m. Sarah E. Horton, who d. Oct. 22, 1859, a. 36 y., and he m. (3d) Susan E., dau. of Nathan Wood, of Keene. 1. Agnes', b. Dec. 13, 1857 ; d. Oct. 30. 1858. VI. Cynthia, b. Aug. 1, 1820 ; d. Sept. 22, 1822. VII. Cynthia, b. Mar. 3, 1823 ; m. Lorenzo C. Everett, q.v. VIII. Henry W., b. 1828 ; d. June 15, 1828. IX. Ellen Maria, b. Aug. 21, 1830 ; m. John W. Shirley, q.v. X. Charles H., b. 1832 : d. July 37, 1833. JuBAL B.' Allen, b. Mar. 30, 1793 ; d. in Troy, Feb. 7, 1873 ; m. Not. 30, 1816, Keziah, b. 1793 (?) ; d. Oct. 19, 1833, dau. of Philip and Eunice (Shumway) Amadon ; m. (3d) Mar. 39, 1838, Paulina, b. Feb. 30, 1815 ; d. July 15, 1885, dau. of Zimri and Parna (Howe) Ingalls, of Eichmond. Ch. all b. in F. I. Mary\ d. Oct. 9, 1832, a. 5 y. II. Ann, d. Sept. 25, 1818. III. Julia, d. Sept. 14, 1822, a. 3 y. IV. Daphne, d. Sept. 1, 1842, a. 20 y. V. Mary Ann Julia, b. Aug. 18, 1823 ; d. Feb. 16, 1866. VI. Juhal Eldridge, b. Oct. 1, 1837. VII. Henry Clay, b. Nov. 12, 1829. VIII. Harriet A., b. Dec. 15, 1839 ; m. Marshall Smith, of Worcester, Mass. ; now res. in Cleveland, 0. IX. Emily Josephine, b. Aug. 37, 1841 ; m. (1st) Aaron Kelton, of Winchester, who d. 1878 ; and she m. (3d) Martin Baker, of Winchester, where they still res. X. Paulina Maria, b. May 36, 1843 ; m. Martin J. ^»^^^^^c^ 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 43 44 45 46 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 457 Buss, of Marlboro, N. H. He served 3 y. in the War of the Rebellion ; was sergeant in Co. — , 3d N. H. Vols. ; res. Walpole, N.H. XI. Edward Ervin, b. July 8, 1845 ; d. Sept. 3, 1847. XII. Caroline L. , b. July 15, 1847 ; m. Murray Fitch, of Marlboro, N. H., and they res. there. XIII. Edward E., b. Aug. 27, 1849 ; m. Ellen Howe, of Marlboro, Mass. , and there res. XIV. Ellen, J., b. Sept. 19, 1854; m. Orange Smith, of Pitchburg, Mass. He served 3 y. in the War of the Rebellion in a Mass. Reg. ; res. Gardner, Mass. Elijah Alleu and w. Ruth had ch. : I. Sally, d. Oct. 18, 1784. Elijah Allen- and w. Elizabeth. The family left town before 1793*. Ch. rec. in P. I. Relie.f, b. Apr. 11, 1784. II. James PMllips, b. Dec. 27, 1785. III. Luther, b. Apr. 3, 1789. John Allen, d. July 15, 1790. Elizabeth, w. of John, d. Apr. 5, 1790. The Elizabeth Allen admitted to chh. Oct. 39, 1786, was more prob. the w. of John, as there is no rec. of the bapt. of the ch. of Elijah and Elizabeth. Joseph Allen m. Anna Steel, July 7, 1773. Philip Amadok came to P. from Oxford, Mass., in 1784. He d. Peb. 3, 1834, a. 85 y. His w. was Eunice Shumway, who d. Aug. 25, 1837, a. 90 y. He settled on L 10 R 4, and built the second grain-mill in town in 1784-85. Dorcas, b. Dec. 10, 1769 ; m. David Rice, q.v. Polly, m. Apr. 5, 1801, Liberty Allen, of Shrewsbury, Mass. Eunice, m. Jan. 15, 1804, Benjamin Sampson, Jr., then of P. They rem. to Roxbury, Vt. Roxana, b. Peb. 3, 1774 ; m. (1st) Levi Haskell, q.v., (2d) Abel Angier, q.v. Lovina, b. 1776 ; m. Abel Angier, q.v. John, m. Roxy Leach, of Chesterfield, N. H., and rem. to Canada. Of their ch. 2 I. 3 II. 4 III. 5 IV. 6 V. 7 VI. 458 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 11 12 13 14 (13) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1. Ahial, d. in P., Aug. 10, 1874, a. 73 y. 2. Hortensia, m. Enoch W. Gardner and lived in Hingham, Mass. 3. Eoxana, m. Thomas Newman and rem. to New York State. VII. Infant, d. Mar. 22, 1785. Tin. Josiah,_ b. Aug. 9, 1787. + IX. Cynthia, b. 1789(?) ; m. John J. Allen, q.v. X. Keziah, b. 1793(?) ; m. Jubal E. Allen, q.v. JosiAH Amadost, b. Aug. 9, 1787 : d. July 6, 1847 ; m April 1, 1810, Lydia, b. May 8, 1788 ; d. Jan. 15, 1827, dau. of David and Esther (Bruce) White. He m. (2d) May 29, 1838, Mary White, b. Oct. 12, 1794, a sister of his first w. Ch. all by firsb w., and all b. in F. north village — Troy after 1815 : rem. to F. village ab. 1827. I. Mary, b. Oct. 29, 1810 ; m. Oct. 14, 1832, Gideon Bemis, of Westminster, Vt., s. of David and Lydia (Stiles). Ch. b. at W. 1. Lydia Bemis, b. Aug. 4, 1833. 2. Euth " b. Mar. 5, 1836. 3. Josiah " ) u -nt n id^i 4. Phebe " [b. Nov. 11,1841. 5. Mary " b. Nov. 3, 1843. II. John, b. Nov. 12, 1812 ; d. at Hatteras Inlet, Jan. 15, 1862 ; m. Betsey Putney, of Chester- field, b. July 3, 1814 ; res. in F., Richmond, Marlboro, and Troy. 1. Sarah E., b. July 1, 1841 ; m. J. Foster Capron. 2. James 0., b. Sept. 10, 1842 ; m. Susie Bryant. 3. Henry J., b. Mar. 18, 1845. 4. Franli E., b. July 30, 1847 ; m. Sarah A, Wright. 5. Charles H. , b. Nov. 3, 1849. 6. Ella Meade, b. Oct. 2, 1855 ; m. Jan. 1, 1874, Julius Elwin Bemis, q.v. 7. George F. , b. May 11, 1857. HI. Leander, b. Aug. 9, 1814 ; d. Dec. 12, 1878 ; m. May 14, 1847, Sarah H. Randall, b. Mar. 18, 1822, dau. of Eleazer and Clarissa (Wheeler), of Chesterfield. Ch. b. at Bellows Falls, Vt. 1. 01a*-a, b. Feb. 18, 1850. 2. Frederick, b. Feb. 25, 1852. 33 33 34 35 36 37 2-6 (5) 9 10 11 GENEALOaiOAL EBGISTER. 459 3. Alice, b. Sept. 25, 1856. 4. Henry, b. July 31, 1858. IV. Josiah, b. Feb. 20, 1816 ; d. July 18, 1849 ; unm. V. Sarah A., h. Sept. 7, 1821 ; m. J. D. Per- kins, q.v. Yi. Esther, b. Oct. 9, 1823 ; m. Aug. 8, 1844, El- bridge Aldrich, b. May 18, 1817 ; d. Dec. 4, 1879, at Worcester, Mass. He was s. of Luke and Mary (Martin), of Richmond. VII. Hannah b. Aug. 26, 1825 ; m. David Damon, q.v. ^ P 12 13 (ioj ^ ^14 ^15 "16 17 18 ANGIER. Joseph Angiee, d. Nov. 30, 1718 ; m. Elizabeth , who d. Jan. 24, 1732 ; both in Framingham, Mass. They had previously res, at Dorchester, Mass. Ch. b. i.-iv. at D., v. at Fram. ; i. Elizabeth : ii. Mar- garet ; III. Joseph ; iv. (5) Benjamin, b. June 22, 1704 ; V. Mary. , /'" \^ Benjamin, b. June 22, 1704 ; m.^ Sarah . CK b. in Marlboro, Mass., and Fram. .J^,(L.)£ZJ^,J,.e;f^ ■'i^tAtJ^alt . I. Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1729, a^ ;^«-.->-t-xl-o^^«,.>^^ II. Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1731 ; m. Stephen Harris, q.v. III. Benjamin, b. 1735, TtuuM^-'^.y^'^^^. •^»-«-.^, ts Sith-^^^^stJa.^ IV. Silas, b. 1737. -h ^. (e^.3-'>. '"^^t^. ■n^':>'Ut^^.^. ■Va^/-, V. Timothy, b. Feb. 28, 1740 fm. 1766, Mercy, b. Nov. 3, 1746, dau. of Joshua and Mary Haven, of Hopkinton, Mass., by whom he had several ch. The family settled in Ashburnham, Mass., ab. 1780. Mrs. A. d. there, Oct. 3. 1805, and he m. (2d) Apr. 16, 1807, Molly (Ames) Clark, wid. of Daniel. VI. John, bapt. June 29, 1746. +> VII. Sarah, b. July 24, 1747. (VJii-f'^ii^^^T^ Silas Angibb, b. 1737 ; d. Oct. 6,|l8087mp:iizabeth, b. Aug. 5, 1741 ; d. Aug. 15, 18111 dau. of Caleb and Mehetabel (Maynard) Drury, of I'ram. The family prob. came to F. ab. 1778, as the births of only the 3 youngest ch. are rec. in F. The older ch. prob. b., i.-v. in Fram., vi.-viii. in Temple, N. H. I. Benjamin, b. May 27, 1762. -|- II. Sibyl, b. May 14, 1764 ; m. JamesJQjinton, q.v. III. Silas, b, Apr. 19, 1766. -f \^^^) IV. Betsey, baptf\ Oct, 1, 1769 ; mf^^^Waldo ; res. Alsteadjand Langdon. V. Joel, bapt. ISTov. 4, 1770 ; m. Olive Turner ; res. *V. JOB oworth. 460 19 20 (12) 25 26 27 28 (14) (16) 37 38 39 40 41 (20) , ^JISTOBT OF FITZWILLIAM. / 7>^ yiT'San^m. ^S^.^22, 1796/Charles Saunders, q.v. Tii. Abel, h. Aug. 17, 1775f^ ~ymy-Ruth, d. July 24, 1780, a. 3 y. -^-^^ ^-P' ''""'■ r^ReuUn, b. Mar. 21, 1779 ; d. Jan. 11, 1797. 'xT Nedom (Needham), b. Apr. 8, 1781 ; in. a Poster ; res. Langdon. XI. John, b. Dec. 20, 1784 ; res. "Wethersfield, Vt. John Angier, bapt. June 29, 1746. His w. was Mary . The family was in F. as early as 1771, and left town before 1793*, prob. before 1788. Ch. i.-ii. b. and rec. in Framingham, iii.-iv. b. in F. I. Mary, b. July 15, 1766. II. John, b. Jan. 10, 1769. III. Matthew, bapt. May 14, 1775. IV. Olive, bapt. May 14, 1775. Benjamin- Anqiee, b. May 27, 1762 ; m. Tirzab , who d.-May 4, 1795, and he m. (2d) Dec. 27, 1795, Eunice Johnson ; rem. to Walpole, N. H., ab. 1805, and from thence to the State of New York. Ch. i.-vii. at F., VIII. at W. Elijah, b. June 29, 1787. Calvin, b. July 13, 1789. Abel, b. Aug. 25, 1791 ; d. Dec. 26, 1792. Luther, b. Aug. 8, 1794. Tirzah, b. Kov. 4, 1796. ^ ^, / "Vi. Eunice, b. Nov. 3, 1799.-^,5'^'-"^ D^""^ VII. Elis (Alice ?), b. Aug. 23, 1803. VIII. Aaron, b. Sept. 17, 1807. Silas Anriek, b. Apr. 19, 1766 ; m. Apr. 23, 1789, Priscilla (Platts) Harris, wid. of Benjamin Harris. The family rem. to Walpole, N. H., ab. 1800, and from thence to State of New York. Ch. b. in F. I. Elisha, b. Dec. 6,1789. II. Relief, bapt. June, 1, 1794. III. Liicy, bapt. June 1, 1794. IV. Sally, bapt. Nov. 2, 1794 ; d. Sept. 18, 1796. V. Sally, bapt. Sept. 15, 1799. Abel Angier, b. Aug. 17, 1775 ; d. Feb. 27, 1861 ; m. Dec. 29, 1795, Lovina, b. 1776 ; d. July 11, 1844, dau. of Philip and Eunice (Shumway) Amadon ; m. (2d) Apr. 16, 1845, Eoxana, b. Feb. 3, 1774 ; d. Aug. 22, 1858, wid. of Levi Haskell, q.v., and a sister of his first w. REUBEN ANGIER. 43 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 (49) 53 (51) 54 55 56 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 461 I. AM, b. Feb. 11, 1797 ; d. Apr. 37, 1837 ; m. Jan. 15, 1833, Laura Holmes, and res. in Keene. Their s. 1. Thomas Stratton, m. Oct. 7, 1839, Fan- ny, b. Apr. 15, 1831, dan. of Benjamin B. and Grata (Whitney) Morse, of F. II. Lovina, b. Aug. 19, 1798 ; m. Elisha Fassett, q.v. III. Sibyl, b. Oct. 6, 1800 ; m. Josiah Stone, q.v. IT. Elvira, b. Oct. 36, 1803 ; m. Apr. 34, 1826, Thomas E. Sears, of K. ; res. in Boston (?). V. Eliza, b. May 16, 1804 ; m. Moses A. Bowen, b. Nov. 16, 1800, s. of Zephaniah and Martha (Allen), of Richmond ; rem. to Illinois. VI. Eunice, b. Feb. 34, 1806 ; d. Apr. 38, 1838 ; m. Luther Lakin. VII. Reuben, b. June 38, 1807. + VIII. Anna, b. July 30, 1809 ; m. (1st) Lewis Mon- roe, q.v. ; (3d) Melvin "Wilson, q.v. IX. Philip Doddridge, b. Mar. 35, 1811. + X. Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1817. Reuben Angiee, b. June 38, 1807 ; d. Apr. 34, 1881 ; m. Lydia, b. Feb. 10, 1810 ; d. Apr. 31, 1840, dau. of Zephaniah and Martha (Allen) Bowen, of Rich- mond ; m. (3d) Eliza A. M., b. Jan., 1814 ; d. Jan. 14, 1870, a sister of his first w. I. Reuben Leander, b. Feb. 33, 1843 : m. May 30, 1863, Maria M. Bolles, of Swanzey, b. Mar. 11, 1841. II. Lydia, b. May 30, 1847 ; d. Mar. 3, 1863 ; unm. Philip D. Angieb, b. Mar. 35, 1811 ; m. Sept. 38, 1834, Nancy D., b. Dec. 19, 1814 ; d. Dec. 37, 1841, dau. of John and Nancy (Knights) Sargent, q.v.; m. (3d) Jan. 1, 1844, Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1830 ; d. July 8, 1856, dau. of Samuel and Tamar (Grant) Hayden, q.v.; m. (3d) July 2, 1858, Arrabella S., b. Dec. 4, 1833, dau. of Merril and Sally (Townsley) Reed, of Newfane, Vt. ; rem. to Swanzey, N. H., in 1865. I. Rosannah Lovina, b. Mar. 4, 1837 ; m. Nov. 39, 1856, Samuel Francis Bowker, q.v. II. Abbie Frances, b. Dec. 8, 1840 ; m. Daniel H. Reed, q.v. III. Mary Eliza, b. July 31, 1848 ; d. Dec. 8, 1871 ; m. Nov. 12, '1866, George A. White, s. of Benson. 462 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 58 69 9 10 11 IV. Fannie Belle, b. Oct. 9, 1860 ; m. stock ; res. Swanzey. V. Walter Eugene, b. May 18, 1863. VI. Pliili'p Cozzens, b. Oct. 17, 1867. Bever- Jasok Badcock was an early settler oa L 3 E 13. He was a Tory in principle, but does not appear to have taken any active part against his country. He was a linen-wheel-maker by trade. He d. July 2, 1781, a. 67 y. Sept. 13, 1778, Josiah Goodell m. Persis Badcock, perhaps dau. of Jason. Solomon Badcock res. on L 3 K 12, and was prob. s. of Jason. By w. Euth he had ch. rec. in F. I. Molly, bapt. Sept. 21, 1777 ; d. Sept. 5, 1778. II. Ruth, bapt. Apr. 30, 1780 ; d. Dec. 5, 1783. The family left town about 1790. Samuel Barnard and w. Susanna lived in what is now P. village. When the " great road " was straight- ened and widened in 1787 he was located between Mat- thias Felton and Simon Crosby. Left town ab. 1789. Ch. rec. in F. I. Joel, b. Jan. 22, 1785. II. Susanna, b. Sept. 8, 1787. William Barnard and w. Bathsheba came from Lancaster, Mass., in 1802 or 1803, and settled in the north part of the town. He was first taxed in 1803. They were adm. to chh. July 13, 1806, and were dism. Sept. 3, 1815, to form chh. in Troy. Hist. Troy says in 1816 rem. to Cavendish, Vt. Oh. bapt. rec. in F. I. James Goodwin, bapt. Aug. 9, 1806. il Miza Ann, bapt. Aug. 9, 1806. III. William, bapt. Aug. 9, 1806. IV. Milton, bapt. Dec. 14, 1806. V. John, bapt. June 25, 1809. VI. Abigail, bapt. Jan. 7, 1813. viL Henry, bapt. Aug. 15, 1819. John Barnes was in town as early as 1787 ; settled about 1790 on L 8 E 8, and is not taxed in town after 1794. Oh. rec. in F. I. Henry, bapt. May 6, 1787. II. Lovisa, bapt. May 10, 1789. GENEALOGICAL KEGlSTER. 463 III. Lydia, bapt. Nov. 6, 1791. IV. John, bapfc. June 1, 1794. V. Sally, bapt. Dec. 20, 1795. William Bakkes, b. May 22, 1831, in Norfolk, N. Y. ; d. June, 1885, in Atiiol ; m. in F. Sept. 25, 1862, Harriet M., b. June 22, 1842, dau. of Almond and Sarah D. (Williams) Brewer, then of P. He served 3 y. in the War of the Rebellion ; res., Athol ; ch. b. i. and III. in F., ii. and iv. in Royalston. I. Etta Maria, b. July 13, 1863. 11. Oora Louise, b. July 18, 1868. III. Sarah Edella, b. Oct. 27, 1870. IV. Walter Ellis, b. Aug. 28, 1884. Harrison Baerus, s. of Samuel and Silence (Hol- man), b. June 9, 1818, in Eichmond ; d. Aug. 17, 1861, in Athol ; m. Apr. 6, 1845, Sarah Maria, b. Dec. 15, 1826, dau. of John and Harriet (Stone) Miles, q.v. Oh. b. James A., in Swanzey, others in F. I. John, Harrison, b. Apr. 26, 1846. II. James Alanson, b. July 31, 1848. III. Henry Alfonzo, b. Nov. 18, 1850. IV. William Elisha, b. Aug. 28, 1853. V. A son, b. Aug.(?), 1856 ; d. June 11, 1857. VI. Hattie Elizabeth, b. June 28, 1859. ipt^, .amj VII. Freddie I., d. July 25, 1867, a. 5 y. 6 m. Dr. James Batchbller, s. of Dr. Stephen Batcheller, was b. in Eoyalston, June 5, 1791 ; located in Marlboro in 1818, where he had a long and successful medical practice ; came to F. in 1855, and d. Apr. 14, 1866 ; m. Dec. 31, 1821, Persis, b. Sept. 16, 1799 ; d. Aug. 14, 1851, dau. of Phillips and Persis (Joslin) Sweetser of M. I. James, b. Aug. 7, 1822 ; d. Dec. 24, 1831. II. Charles, b. June 15, 1825, came to F. with his father in 1855, and d. Mar. 12, 1860, unm. III. Phillip S., b. Sept. 2, 1828; came to F. in 1846, entering the employ of J. D. Perkins. In 1849 he formed a partnership with his bro. Stephen and bought out the drug and jewelry business of Mr. Perkins, v/hich they still continue (1887), in the same location. M. Feb. 11, 1852, Frances Ade, b. Sept. 30, 183*6 ; d. Dec. 28, 1871, dau. of Milton and Caroline (Allen) Ohaplin, q.v. 464 HISTORY or FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 1. Ida Louise, b. Apr. 1, 1859 ; m. Mar. 2a, 1883, Isaac F. Paul, b. Nov. 26, 1856, s. of Ebenezer and Susan (Dres- ser) Paul, of Dedham, Mass. ; res. Bos- ton, Mass. 1. Phillip Batcheller Paul, b. Dec. 18, 1883. IV. Stephen, b. Sept. 14, 1830 ; came to P. in 1848. In 1849, in connection with his bro. Phillip, succeeded to the business of J. D. Perkins. Has since res. in P. except ab. 4 y., when he was in the dry-goods business in Adrian, Mich. M. Sept. 13, 1859, Abba, b. Apr. 10, 1841, dau. of Joseph G. and Abigail (Woods) Briggs, of Claremont, N. H. 1. Fannie, b. June 25, 1867. 2. James, b. Mar. 17, 1872 ; d. Aug. 17, 1872, 3. James, b. June 29, 1873 ; d. Aug. 26, 1873. Peleg Battles, said to have been from Kennebec, Me., settled in the southeast part of the town. His name does not appear in any Tax- List of residents, but he is taxed as non-resident "on L 1 R 3 in 1798. By w. Lydia he had ch. rec. in P. I. Peleg, b. June 24, 1788. Aetemas Beard, from Gardner, Mass., settled in F. in 1809 ; d. June 4, 1853, a. 79 y.; m. (1st) Lydia . who d. in Gardner ; m. (2d) May 2, 1809, Polly, b. Nov., 1782 ; d. Sept. 19, 1870, dau. of Micah and Betsey (Philbrick) Chaplin ; eh. b., i. in Gardner, others in P. I. Lydia, b. Dec. 30, 1801 ; Colburn, b. Mar. 15, Mar. 10, 1870, s. of (Jewett) Colburn, of F., Eichmond. 1. John W. Colburn 2. AnnE; 3. Fanny 4. Charles 0. 5. Henry 6. Artemas B. ir. Mary Fatima, b. Feb. 1846, John P. Symondi m. Dec. 1, 1825, John 1799 ; d. at Eichmond Ebenezer and Hannah Eindge ; res. Eindge, , b. Mar. 11, 1827. b. July 6, 1829. b. Mar. 16, 1831. b. Feb. 26, 1833. b. June 10, 1835. b. July 26, 1838. 7, 1810 ; m. Oct. 10, , of Eindge (his 2d w.). '^^^^^^^^^^ JC^/ka\ 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 465 He was b. Jan. 30, 1799 ; d. Dec. 37, 1863, s. of Thomas and Lydia (Pratt). He had 10 ch. by 1st m., and by 3d m. : 1. Sydney S. Symonds, b. Aug. 15, 1848 ; d. Sept. 5, 1849. 3. Sydney C. Symonds, b. July 6, 1850 ; d. May 16, 1851. III. Rusina, b. Apr. 18, 1813 ; m. Nov. 30, 1837, Elisha H. Tolman, b. June 17, 1811, s. of Henry and Polly (Harris), of Troy ; res. T. 1. Ellen K. Tolman, b. Sept. 14, 1838. 3. Sidney E. " b. Fov. 14, 1844. 3. Sarah Ann " b. Mar. 4, 1847. 4. Mary A. " b. Feb. 10, 1849. 5. Minnie P. " b. Nov. 35, 1853. 6. Charles H. " b. July 10, 1855. IV. Elizabeth Burna'p, b. Dec. 30, 1814 ; d. Apr. 29, 1877 ; m. Apr. 7, 1835, William Bemis, b. Jan. 3, 1808 ; d. Mar. 33, 1881, s. of William and Hannah (Derby) ; res. in Ash- burnham, Mass., but in rec. of m. he is called of Gardner. 1. Sarah E. Bemis, b. Oct. 30, 1837 : m. Aug. 10, 1856, George 0. Eostei^ b. Jan. 31, 1835, s. of Jerome W. and Mary (Oolson) ; had 3 ch. ; res. Asli- burnham. 2. Francis W. Bemis, b. Apr. 3, 1844 ; m. Mar. 36, 1875, Emily, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Colcord) Stoddard, of Tem- pleton. 3 ch. V. Bethiah Emeline, b. Sept. 37, 1817 ; m. Curtis Drury, q.v. VI. Sarah Nichols, b. Mar. 33, 1830 ; m. George Whitcomb, q.v. VII. Susan Caroline, b. Nov. 32, 1832 ; m. Warren Pratt, q.v. VIII. Laura Emerson, b. Feb, 19, 1826 ; m. Dec. 28, 1853, John Clifford Alexander, b. Mar. 17, 1833, s. of Easman and Lucy (Garfield), of Troy ; res. T. Gilbert C. Bkmis, b. Jan. 33, 1831, s. of Elijah and Lucy (Butler), of Troy ; m. Oct. 19, 1854, Ellen Sarah, b. Feb. 18, 1836, dau. of Timothy and Mary (Pratt) Metcalf, of Eindge. Elijah is No. 104, Bemis Kegister, Hist. Marl. I. Charles Gilbert, b. Sept. 23, 1864, in Jaffrey. 30 466 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 4 5 7 8 9 11 13 13 1 2 WiLLEY A. Bemis, b. June 7, 1858, ia Rindge ; m. Dec. 35, 1878, Alice Florence, b. Jan. 29, 1859, dau. of Elijah and Susan (Howe) Wilder, q.v. I. Lorin Clifton, b. Sept. 37, 1880. II. Norman Jay, b. Nov. 30, 1883. Julius Elwin Bemis, a native of Royalston, m. Jan. 1, 1874, Ella M., b. Oct. 3, 1855, dau. of John and Betsey (Putney) Amadon, q.v. He is a blacksmith, occupying the old Alexander stand. I. Son, b. Dec. 30, 1875 ; d. y. II. Henry Whitcoml, b. Eeb. 3, 1885. III. Chester Luke, b. Aug. 14, 1886. GrBOEGE L. Bemis, b. Jan. 14, 1850, s. of Jonathan and Lois (Collins), of Marlboro ; m. Jan. 10, 1871, Nettie H., b. Oct. 19, 1854 ; d. Mar. 9, 1884, dau. of Amasa S. and Sally D. (Stone) Wilson, of P. ; m. (3d) Oct. 39, 1885, Sadie, b. May 35, 1860, dau. of Thomas J. and Sarah E. (Adams) Spinney, of Portsmouth, K. H. He is No. 71 of Bemis Eegister in Hist. Marl. Ch. b. I. in M., ii. in P. I. Edwin E., b. Oct. 23, 1873. II. Nellie M., b. July 4, 1879. Andrew Benjamin' had ch. bapt. I. Amos Pierce, bapt. Oct. 15, 1780. II. Betsey, bapt. Sept. 9, 1781. From Hist, of Winchendon it is learned that his w. was Mary Pierce ; that they had 9 ch. b., i. and ii. in Ashby, Mass., iii. in F., t.-is. in Winch. The two bapt. in F. were ii. and iii. Asa Bennett and w. Sibyl were from Shrewsbury, Mass. He was adm. to chh. Sept. 18, 1785, on letter from 3d chh. in Shrewsbury. He was taxed in the penny list of 1788 on L 7 E 11, and prob. left town soon after, as he is not taxed in the List of 1789. Ch. bapt. in F. I. HepzihaJi, bapt. Oct. 3, 1785. II. Josiali, bapt. Aug. 26, 1787. Benjamin Bennett and w. Elizabeth settled on L 3 R 12. She was adm. to chh. July 26, 1782. He was prob. a bro. of Asa, above, and it is understood that both families rem. to Winchendon ab. the same time. They had ch. bapt. rec. in F. aENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 467 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 I. Benjamin, bapt. Sept. 1, 1783. II. Elizabeth, bapt. May 30, 1784. III. Molly, bapt. Sept. 18, 1790. IV. Benjamin, bapt. Aug. 7, 1797. V. John, b. Feb. 38, 1795 ; bapt. Aug. 7, 1797. VI. Josiah, bapt. June 36, 1800. Joseph Bennett, of Eichmond, m. June 33, 1803, Betsey, b. Oct. 38, 1778, dau. of Asa and Zerviah (Smith) Waite ; res. but a short time in F., and rem. to Waterford, Vt., where she d. Jan. 19, 1854. Oh. b. inF. I. Zerviah, b. Dec. 33, 1803. BENT. John Bent, from Penton, England, came over in the ship Confidence in 1638, then a. 35 y., with w. Martha and 5 eh. In 1639 settled in Sudbury, Mass., where he d. Sept. S7, 1773 ; his w. d. May 15, 1679. He was one of the original proprietors of Marlboro when it was granted in 1656. He had 7 ch., 5 sons and 3 daughters. Samuel Bent, who settled in F., came from Sudbury, and was doubtless descended from him, though the line of descent cannot now be stated. The Drurys, and some of the Hemenways and Mellens who settled in F. were descended from John Bent, the emigrant, through his granddaughter, Hannah Bent, who m. John Adams, of Framingham, Mass. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 Samuel Bent d. Apr. 32, 1833, a. 78 y. Mary Hunt, his w., d. Oct. 8, 1838, a. 84 y. Came from Sudbury, Mass., in 1780, and settled on L 7 E 1. I. Samuel, b. 1778 (?) ; d. Mar. 30, 1854 ; m. Oct. 9, 1804, Euth, b. Sept. 9, 1783 ; d. Dec. 9, 1873, dau. of Eeuben and Euth (Williams) Pratt, q.v.; rem. from F. ab. 1810 to Stock- bridge, Vt., where he d. ; his wid. d. at F., having outlived all her descendants. Oh. rec. in F. 1. Adeline, b. Aug. 33, 1805. 3. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 13, 1808. II. Mary, b. Apr. 34, 1780 ; m. Amos Pratt, q.v. III. Martha, b. Sept. 36, 1783 ; m. Moses Chaplin, q.v. IV. William Hunt, b. July 14, 1785+. V. Hyman, b. Sept. 17, 1788+. VI. Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1791 ; m. Jonathan Locke, q.v. VII. Elisha, b. Dec. 10, 1793+. VIII. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1796 ; m. Henry Shirley, q.v. IX. Newell, b. Dec. 14, 1801 ; d. May 14, 1857, unm. 468 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. (7) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 31 22 (8) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 William Hunt Bent, b. July 14, 1785 ; d. July 22, 1866 ; m. Dec. 3, 1815, Margaret Brooks, d. July 10, 1825, a. 35 y.; m. (3d) Betsey, b. May 5, 1798 ; d. May 13, 1860, dau. of Isaac and Betsey W. Taylor, of Win- chendon. I. Levi Brooks, b. Sept. 12, 1817 ; d. Aug. 21, 1884 ; m. Sarah Lawrence. 1. Abbie A., m. May 3, 1868, John D. Finegan, s. of Burney and Mary (Tur- ney) ; res. Lynn, Mass. II. Eliza, b. July 14, 1824 ; d. Sept. 13, 1834. III. William, b. Jan. 18, 1828 ; m. Lucy , d. Dec. 6, 1856, a. 34 y.; m. (3d) Jan. 18, 1859, Caroline H., b. May 32, 1840, dau. of Leonard and Caroline (Goodspeed) Pierce, q.v. 1. Irving Pierce, b. Nov. 26, 1862 ; d. Dec. 11, 1876. 3. George Souther, b. Jan. 9, 1871. 3. Florence Lyle. b. Nov. 1, 1880. IV. Betsey, b. Aug. 37, 1831 ; d. May 14, 1871 ; m. Woodbury, of Townsend, Mass. y. Harriet, b. Feb. 13, 1838 ; d. Apr. 7, 1855. VI. Laura Aily, b. Nov. 1, 1841 ; m. Dee. 31, 1868, Charles W. Hildreth, s. of Levi and Adaline Hildreth, of Townsend ; res. T. Hyiian Bent, b. Sept. 17, 1788 ; d. Dec. 31, 1872 ; m. Aug. 27, 1817, Levinah J., b. July 15, 1797 ; d. Nov. 13, 1883, dau. of Eev. Arunah and Polly (Rich- ardson) Allen, q.v. I. Samuel, b. Dec. 23, 1817 ; d. Aug. 10, 1883 ; m. Sept. 28, 1847, Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 15, 1824, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Bailey) Emery, of Jaflrey ; res. (South) Gardner, Mass. 1. Lizzie, m. Franklin Eaton, of G. 2. Leslie. 3. Addie Mabel. II. Eliza, b. Oct. 35, 1819 ; m. Nov. 3, 1840, John Sawin .; res. (So. ) G. 1. Mary Levina Sawin, d. 2. Hamilton Heysvood Sawin., m. Jauette Brown. 3. Ida May Sawin, d. III. Lurene, b. Oct. 3, 1841 ; m. Matthias B. Felton, q.v. IV. Arunah Allen, b. Jan. 29, 1823 ; m. Nov. 1, HYMAN BENT. LEVINAH J. (ALLEN) BENT. GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 469 1848, Sarah Brick ; res. Boston, 1. Alice, d. 2. Allen Herbert. V. Susan, b. Dec. 30, 1825 ; m. Winslow Phillips, q.v. VI. Maria, b. Oct. 13, 1828 ; m. Oct. 12, 1853, Marcus Wright ; res. (So.) Gr. 1. Lois Maria Wright. 2. Lewis Ashley Wright. VII. Elmina, b. June 16, 1830 ; m. Nov. 15, 1859, Joseph Green, of Hubbardston, Mass.; res. (West) G. 1. Willie Hyman Green. 2. Arunah Allen Green. 3. Lester Newell Green. VIII. Sarah, b. Jan. 5, 1832. IX. Charles Orra, b. June 4, 1835 ; m. Sept. 18, 1864, in Santa Cruz, Cal., Emeline Barnhill, a native of Nova Scotia ; res. (So.) Gr. 1. Alice. 2. George. X. Frances Flora, b. Oct. 27, 1838 ; m. Nov. 27, 1862, Charles 0. Whitney, b. May 4, 1838, s. of Luke and Lovina (White) Whitney, of Troy ; res. Marlboro. Ch. b. 1 in G., 2 and 3 in M. 1. Frank Eussell Whitney, b. Aug. 29, 1866. 2. Charles Winfred Whitney, b. Aug. 4, 1877. 3. Eobert Lynmore Whitney, b. Sept. 10, 1880. XI. Roderic Leslie, b. Mar. 22, 1843 ; m. July 10, 1866, Mary Louisa, dau. of Silas Adams, of G.; res. (So.) G. 1. Eoland Adams. Eltsha Bes-t, b. Dec. 10, 1793 ; d. Nov. 13, 1865 ; m. June 23, 1831, Nancy, b. Nov. 11, 1800 ; d. Apr. .30, 1885, dau. of William and Eunice (Ware) Bobbins, of Winchendon. (See Eobert Ware.) I. Newell, b. Aug. 30, 1832 : d. Dec. 22, 1837. II. Mary An7ia, b. Jan. 8, 1834. III. Funice R, b. May 10, 1835 ; d. Dec. 24, 1837. IV. Jane F., b. Jan. 13, 1837 ; m. Martin S. Deeth, q.v. V. Flmina, b. Aug. 6, 1838 ; d. Oct. 24, 1841. VI. Lois, b. Sept. 30, 1839 : d. Oct. 10, 1841. VII. Nancy M., b. June 2, 1842 ; m. Caleb G. Cox. 470 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. 60 VIII. Elisha Melzo, b. Aug. 6, 1845 ; m. Jan. 11 1878, Julia R., b. Apr. 36, 1856, dau. of Mosc and Abby (Marshall) Chaplin, g.v. 61 1. Agues, b. Sept. 27, 1878. 6a 2. Josie P., b. June 30, 1881. 63 3. Waldo H., b. Mar. 35, 1883. BIGELOW. 1 John' Bigelow, the emigrant ancestor, was s. of Randall Baguley of Wrentham, Suffolk Co., England. He came to this country and settled in Watertown, Mass., where he took tlie oath of fidelity in 1636. He d. in W., July 14, 1703 ; m. Oct. 30, 1642, Mary Warren, and (2d) Oct. 2, 1794, Sarah Bemis ; ch. all by 1st m. i. John ; ii. Jonathan ; III. Daniel, b. Dec. 1, 1650, 2 ; iv. Mary ; t. Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1753, 3 ; VI. Joshua ; vii. James ; viii. Elizabeth ; ix. Sary ; x. Martha ; XI. Abigail ; xii. Hannah ; xiii. liifant son. 2 Daniel", b. Dec. 1, 1650 ; settled in Framingham, Mass., where he d. ab. 1715 ; m. Abial, dau. of Thomas and Susannah Pratt, by whom he had ch. i. Abigail ; ii. Daniel, b. ZSTov. 34, 1691, 4 ; iii. Abial ; rv. Susannah ; t. Ephraim ; vi. Lydia. 4 Daniel', b. Nov. 34, 1691 ; d. ab. 1752 ; m. June 27, 1733, Rebecka-h, b. July 25, 1697, dau. of Nathaniel and Anne Fames ; she d. July 7, 1738, and he m. (2d) July 7, 1746, Prudence Stone ; ch. all by 1st m. I. Rebeckah ; ii. Daniel, d. y. ; in. Joseph ; rv. Daniel, b. July 16, 1733, 5 ; v. Rebeckah ; vl Ann. 9 10 11 13 Daniel* Bigelow, b. July 16, 1733 ; m. Mar. 30, 1754, Martha, b. Dec. 15, 1738, dau. of Daniel and Eliza (Rice) Pratt. The family came from Fram. to F. in 1783 or before, and rem. from F. ab. 1800. Daniel and Martha Bigelow admitted to chh. in F. Mar. 31, 1783. Daniel taxed in F. to and including 1799. Thomas was the only one of his ch. who settled in F., though it is supposed that Amos lived in town for a few years. Ch. all b. in Fram. I. A77ios% b. Sept. 15, 1755 ; m. Feb., 1784, Anne Brown. II. Daniel, b. June 14, 1758 ; m. Mar., 1783, Eliza- beth, b. June 24, 1763, dau. of Peter and Lydia (Pratt) Gallot or Gallop, of Fram., and rem. to Keene, N. H., ab. 1800. III. Relechah, b. Oct. 14, 1760 ; m. Jan. 20, 1791, Nathaniel Kingsbury, of K IV. Mitty, b. Dec. 6, 1763. V. Marllia, b. Aug. 37. 1765. VI. Thomas\ b. Apr. 30, 1768+. VII. Anna, b. June 36, 1771. A' ,t^ y v^ GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 471 (11) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 21 33 (17) 23 34 35 26 27 28 Thomas' Bigelow, b. Apr. 20, 1768 ; m. Hannah Lewis, of Fram. ; rem. ab. 1803 from P. to Keene, and a few years later to Vt., where he res. in Pittsford, Hubbardton, and Castleton, where both d. ab. 1826. Ch. i.-v. b. in F. I. Hannah, b. 1794 ; d. a. ab. 60. n. Daniel, b. Oct. 6, 1795 ; d. in Mich., a. 84. III. Polly, b. Aug. 3, 1797 ; m. Joel Saunders, q.v. IV. Rufus, b. Mar. 21, 1799 ; d. a. 82. V. Levi, b. Mar. 9, 1801+. VI. Thomas, d. in Mich., a. ab. 50. VII. Roxana, d. in Benson, Vt., a. ab. 50. VIII. Sarah was living in Wisconsin in 1884. IX. Lucy, d. in Castleton, Vt., a. 51. X. Samuel, d. in infancy. Levi' Bigelow, b. Mar. 9, 1801 ; d. Feb. 5, 1885 ; m. May 20, 1834, Polly, b. Mar. 3, 1803 ; d. Mar. 31, 1874, dau. of David and Polly (SpofEord) Cutter, of JafErey ; m. (2d) Sept. 10, 1876, Cordelia Wilson, of Otisville, la. She d. Apr. 3, 1880. The family res. in F. from 1824 to 1858, when they rem. to Iowa ; res. Oakland Valley, la. I. Levi Spofford, b. May 31, 1825 ; m. Apr. 25, 1849, Ann Elizabeth Purington ; res. Wor- II. Horace, b. Oct. 8, 1827 ; d. Sept. 22, 1828. III. Horace, b. July 15, 1830 ; d. June 18, 1848. IV. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1831 ; m. Eli Adams Smith, q.v. V. Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1836 ; d. Oct. 14, 1875 ; m. Mar. 19, 1855, S. Willard Hart well, q.v. VI. Elliot S., b. Apr. 32, 1878. (3) Samuel^ Bigblow, s. of John", b. Oct. 38, 1653 ; d. 1733 (?) ; m. 1673, Mary Flagg, of Watertown, Mass. ; ch. b. in W. r. Joho, b. May 9, 1675, 29 ; II. Mary ; iii. Samuel ; iv. Sarah ; v. Thomas ; vi. Marcy ; YU. Abigail ; vui. Deliverance. 29 John', b. May 9, 1675 ; d. Sept. 8, 1769 ; m. June 13, 1696, Jerusha Garfield, and settled in Marlboro, Mass. ; she d. Jan. 16, 1758 ; ch. b. in M. i. Jerusha ; ii. Thankful ; m. Joseph, b. Jan. 1, 1703, 30 ; IV. John ; v. Comfort ; vi. Freedom ; vii. Anna, and viii. Gershom, twins ; ix. Jotham ; x. Benjamin ; xi. Sarah. 30 Joseph*, b. Jan. 1, 1703 ; m. 1735, Martha Brigham, and lived in Shrewsbury, Mass.; bis s., 31 Chakl18°, lived in S. ; hiss., 472 . 33 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 (33) 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 HISTOBY or I'lTZWILLIAM. Joseph' Bigblow, b. in S., Apr. 15, 1766 ; d. May 17, 1845 ; m. Lucy, b. Mar. 23, 1769 ; d. Oct. 30, 1845, dau. of Timothy and Katberine Wiiitney, of S. Tbey rem. to Boylston, Mass., and from thence to F. Settled on L 5 E 11. Ch. b. i. in B., ii.-ix. in F. I. Joseph, b. Sept. 22, 1787+. II. Catharine, b. Aug. 26, 1789 ; m. Peter Prescott, q.v. m. Asahel, b. Oct. 15, 1791. IV. Levi, b. Sept. 13, 1794 ; m. Jan., 1821, Esther French and settled in Randolph, Vt., where he d. July 8, 1874. V. Lucy, b. Aug. 20, 1797 ; d. Aug. 28, 1822, unm. VI. Lyman, b. Dec. 8, 1799 ; d. July 18, 1840, at Charleston, S. C. VII. Charles, b. Feb. 7, 1802+. viii. Zebina, b. July 27, 1804 ; d. Nov. 10, 1810. IX. Mary Whitney, b. Mar. 10, 1808 ; d. May 21, 1831, unm. Joseph' Bigblow, b. Sept. 22, 1787 ; d. Aug. 15, 1834 ; m. Eunice, dau. of Barnabas Doty, of Mont- pelier, Vt. She m. (3d), 1841, Robert Thompson, of Royalston — his second wife. She d. Aug. 27, 1848. Oh. b. I. and vi. in M., ii. in Charleston, N. H., iii. and IV. in F., v. in R. I. William Fordice, b. Dec. 14, 1817; m. Mar. 25, 1844, Susan Maria, b. July 8, 1823 ; d. Aug. 17, 1873, dau. of Herve'y and Fidelia Taft, of R. ; m. (2d) Dulcena, dau. of Cyrus Davis, of R., and wid. of William Eeed. Ch. all b. in E., where he still res. 1.- Delia Maria, b. Jan. 1, 1848 ; m. John Lowe, of Worcester, Mass., where they reside. 2. Joseph Hervey, b. May 17, 1849 ; m. ; res. Springfield, Mass. 3. Lyman Edward, b. June 18, 1851 ; m. ; res. Orange, Mass. 4. Ellen Hazen, b. Sept. 27, 1854 ; d. Jan. 10, 1885. II. Sardine Sparrow, b. Nov. 9, 1819 ; d. June 9, 1848 ; m. Oct. 30, 1845, Sarah M., b. Oct. 1, 1827 ; d. Nov. 6, 1875, dau. of Samuel and Nancy (Locke) Hill, s.p. III. Lucretia Doty, b. Jan. 3, 1832 ; d. IJov. 3, 1876 ; '^/iao^ /%f/zA 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 (39) 61 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 473 m. Dec. 24, 1845, John Worcester, b. Dee. 15, 1818 ; d. Dec. 13, 1879, s. of John and Sally (Kimball), of JafErey ; res. Medina, Mich. Ch. b. 1 in Jaffrey, 3 and 3 in M. 1. Helen Maria Worcester, b. Sept. 17, 1847 ; d. May 6, 1849. 2. Charles Fremont Worcester, b. Mar. 27, 1862 ; res. Sheldon, la. 3. George Edward Worcester, b. N"ov. 15, 1866 ; res. Sheldon, la. IV. Charles Prescott, b. Dec. 13, 1824 ; d. Oct. 14, 1883 ; m. Aug. 6, 1856, at Clinton, Mich., Cornelia S., b. Mar. 12, 1829, dau. of William and Sarah (Holbrook) Hubbard, of Cum- mingtoD, Mass., and wid. of Mitchell. Ch. b. 1 in Palmyra, Mich., 2 in Menasha, Wis.; res. Pontiac, Mich. 1. Helen Louisa, b. May 1, 1857 ; m. Jan. 9, 1883, Ludovic E." Cole, of P. 1. Ivy C. Cole, b. Nov. 7, 1884. 2. Charles Edmond, b. Nov. 24, 1870 ; res. P. V. Lucy Ann, b. June 29, 1828; unm.; res. Shel- don, la. VI. Albert Stillman, b. Sept. 10, 1831 ; m. May 14, 1855, Lydia Maria, b. May 3, 1834 ; d. Sept. 24, 1872, dau. of John and Lovisa (Converse) Buss, of Marlboro, N. H.; m. (2d) Apr. 10, 1873, Alice L., b. Dec. 26, 1854, dau. of Thaddeus and Eliza H. (Buss) Metcalf, of M.; res. M. 1. Arthur Fremont, b. Mar. 21, 1856 ; m. May 28, 1877, Anna M., dau. of George W. Ellis, of Swanzey. 2. Edith Maria, b. Mar" 7, 1860 ; d. Aug. 23, 1861. 3. Arlie Wilson, b. Aug. 15, 1863. 4. Lester Lyman, b. June 6, 1869 ; d. Feb. 10, 1871. Charles' Bigelow, b. Feb. 7, 1802; d. Feb. 2, 1880 ; m. Sept. 15, 1831, Elizabeth ; d. July 35, 1841, a. 37, dau. of Nichols, of Koyalston ; m. (3d) July 3, 1843, Lucy, b. Jan. 11, 1811, dau. of John and Han- nah (Stone) Whittemore. I. Isaac Lyman, b. Oct. 27, 1833 ; ra. Aug. 7, 1879, Delia J., b. Sept. 19, 1853, dau. of 474 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 63 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 Thomas and Elizabeth Anderson, of St. Mary's, Ont. ; res. Bay City, Mich. 1. Charles Lyman, b. June 1, 1881. 2. Ella May, b. July 14, 1882. II. Marij Elizabeth, b. Aug. 30, 1836 ; m. Jan. 30, 1856, Abner S. Barden, b. Oct. 19, 1831, s. of Abner and Nancy (Scott) ; res. Eichmond. 1. Hattie E. Barden, b. Dec. 6, 1856 ; m. July 6, 1875, Silas 0. Martin, b. Nov. 2, 1849, s. of Danvers and Olive (Whipple). 1. Percy A. Martin, b. Feb. 12, 1876. 2. Stella E. Martin, b. Apr. 13, 1878. 2. Charles A. Barden, b. Sept. 17, 1859. 3. Mary I. Barden, b. July 21, 1862. III. Harriet Neioell, b. July 4, 1838 ; d. Jan. 29, 1840. IV. Liicy Charlotte, b. Aug. 3, 1843. V. Hannah, b. Mar. 28, 1845 ; m. Apr. 1, 1867, William H. Blanchard, b. May 3, 1840, s. of Eosel and Paulina (Ingalls), of Parishville, N. Y. 1. Alice May Blanchard, b. July 12, 1879 ; d. Nov. '29, 1884. VI. diaries Darivers, b. Oct. 12, 1846 ; m. June 12, 1870, Prances M., b. Dec. 11, 1847, dau. of George W. and Sophia M. (Chapin) Waters, of Jaffrey. 1. Frederick Sylvanus, b. Apr. 29, 1874. 2. Annie Maria, b. June 2, 1877. VII. John Herbert, b. Feb. 14, 1852 ; m. June 19, 1877, Mary Abby, b. Nov. 27, 1850, dau. of David N. and Abigail E. (Alexander) Putney. 1. Charles Irwin, b. Aug. 20, 1879 ; res. Troy. Agabus Bishop and w. Eebecca are said to have come from Wrentham, Mass. Instead of coming with an ox- team, as was the usual manner, he came with a horse and wagon, and for some years this was the only horse in that part of the town. He settled ab. 1778 on L 18 E 12. He d. Dec. 26, 1795. His wid. was taxed to 1802. They had 10 ch., all b. before the family came toF. I. Rebecca, m. William Clark (s. of Thomas?). 4 III 5 IV 6 V 7 VI 8 VII 9 VIII 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 GENEALOGICAL BEGISTETt. 475 After liviug in town a few years they went West. II. Dolly, m. Nathaniel Euckland, Jr. L 19 E 12 was taxed to Eufus Buckland in 1788, and to Nathaniel Buckland in 1790. Eufus prob. never lived in town. Natli. and Nath., Jr., rem. ab. 1797. Hannah, m. Eobert Bowditch ; lived in Vt.(r) Abigail, m. Ezekiel Miles ; res. Wallingford, Vt. Betsey, m. Aaron Parks ; res. Springfield, Vt. Lucy, m. Aaron SpofEord ; res. Peru (Vt. or N. Y. ?). Polly, m. James C. Allen ; res. Vv^allingford, Vt. Jesse, m. Godding, a sister of Timothy and John. Jesse d. Oct. 3, 1790. His w. d. Sept. 6, 1790. IX. Agabus, m. Eebecca Sweetland, prob. dau. of John Sweetland, who settled on L 22 E 11. John S. was taxed to 1799, and John S., Jr., 1797 to 1801. The Sweetlands rem. to Vt. 1. Jesse, b. Jnly 4,- 1800 ; d. ab. 1860 ; m. Lucinda, b. 1799 ; d. 1837, dau. of -Jesse and Eose (Swift) Ballou, of Eich- mond ; res. E. 1. Smith, b. Nov. 12, 1814. 2. Betsey, b. Aug. 10, 1818. 3. Lois, b. Apr. 22, 1823 ; m. Har- rison Taft, of E. X. William, d. Feb. 6, 1831, a. 57 y. He m. Betsey Jessup, of Warwick, Mass. She d. Aug. 21, 1830, a. 57 y. 1. Hosea, b. July 3, 1803. 2. George, b. Feb. 27, 1806 ; d. Julv 10, 1828. Simeon Bishop was taxed 1795-96. Bethuel Bishop m. another sister of T. and J. Godding and rem. to Shrewsbury, Vt. JjAviifA Bishop m. Cadish Boyce, of Eichmond. Daniel Chandleb Bissell, s. of Ohauncey and Philena (Cune) Bissell, was b. Oct. 9, 1814, in Marlboro, Vt., and came to P. ab. 1834 ; m. Feb. 10, 1841, Lydia, b. in Keene, N. H., May 27, 1823, dau. of George and Betsey (Kneeland) Lebourveau, and sister of William, q.v. Ch. b. George W. in Marlboro, N. H., others in F. I. Frances J., b. Dec. 19, 1841 ; m. June 10, 1862, 476 HISTORY or riTZWILLIAM. 10 11 12 13 14 15 George' Coolidge, b. Feb. 6, 1833 ; d. Jan. 8, 1880, s. of Asher' (who was s. of Abraham") and Olive (Starkey) Coolidge, of Troy. See Coolidge (6) ; res. Akron, 0. 1. Minnie A. Coolidge, b. in Fitchburg, Mass. 2. Oscar H. Coolidge, b. Southbridge, Mass. 3. Nellie E. Coolidge, b. Akron, 0. 4. Lizzie A. Coolidge, b. Akron, 0.; d. Oct. 11, 1872. II. George W., b. June 34, 1853 ; m. Luella V. Lynn, and res. in Akron, 0. 1. Eva L. III. Addie M., b. May 6, 1854 ; m. Charles S. Saf- ford. See Smith, No. 37. IV. Alice M., b. May 7, 1856 ; d. Apr. 26, 1857. V. Willie, b. Mar. 24, 1858. George Bissell, a bro. of Daniel C, d. Dec. 28, 1852, a. 36 y.; m. Nov. 5, 1845, Mary S., b. Aug. 20, 1834, dau. of Henry and Betsey (Bent) Shirley, q.v. (She m. [2d] Levi Phillips, q.v.) 1. Luella F., b. 1853 (?) ; d. Sept. 30(?), 1875, at Manchester, Vt., unm. Emerson E. Bissell, another bro. of D. C, m. Sept. 17, 1850, Sarah S., dau. of Simeon and Lois (Stone) Merritield, q.v. James W. Bissell, another bro. of D. C, m. June 4, 1851, Elizabeth M., b. 1839, dau. of Caleb and Louisa (Bowen) Boyce, q.v. BLAKE. I William' Blake, the emigrant ancestor of the Blakes of New Eng- land, was the s. of Giles and Dorothy (Twedy) Blake, and was b. in 1594 in Little Baddow, county of Essex, England, where several genera- tions of the family had resided. He, with his family, came to this country in 1630, and settled in Dorchester, Mass., where he d. Aug. 25, 1663. His wid., Agnes, d. July 23, 1678. His s., 2 Edwakd'^, b. ab. 1625 ; m. Patience Pope, of D., and settled in Jfilton, Mass. His s., 3 Jonathan', b. July 5, 1672 ; m. Mar. 16, 1699, Elizabeth Candage, of Cambridge, and res. in IJoston. His s., 4 Ebenezek*, b. 1709 ; d. Mar. 14, 1794 ; m. Dec. 11, 1739, Patron- nella Peck, of Rehoboth ; she d. Sept. 11, 1757, a. 50 y., and he m. (2d) Elizabeth Partridge ; res. Wrentham. His s.., 5 Ebbnezkk', b. Sept. 38, 1730 ; d. Sept. 11, 1819 ; m. Oct. 11, I Me^€^ GENEALOGTOAL EEGISTEE. 477 1756, Tamar Thompson, -who d. Nov. 13, 1775, and he m. (3d) Feb. 8, 1777, Anna Hodges. She d. June 9, 1783, and he m. (3d) Jan. 28, 1784, Rachel Balcom, d. Aug. 24, 1833 ; res. W. His s., 6 Eleazer", b. Apr. 1, 1757 ; rem. to Rindge in 1792, and d. Sept. 37, 1858 ; m. Nov. 29, 1785, Jerusha, dau. of Gamaliel and Jerusha (Mann) Gerould, of W. She d. May 20, 1849, a. 89 y. His s.. 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Ebenezer' Blake, b. Nov. 16, 1800 ; m. July 13, 1824, Hepsibetb, b. Dec. 3, 1803 ; d. Nov. 10, 1874, dau. of Amos and Lydia (Jewett) Jewett, of Eindge ; res. E. I. Bela Sheddf, b. June 35, 1835 ; m. Dee. 35, 1857, Sarah Howard, of New York City ; res. Cincinnati, 0. II. Henry, b. Sept. 17, 1836, unm.; res. Keene. III. Pliny Fiske, b. Oct. 14, 1837 ; d. Aug. 1, 1853, nnm. IV. Milton, b. May 33,, 1839 ; m. Sept. 14, 1857, Augusta N. Paul, of Hartland, Vt. ; res. K. V. Charles Locke, b. Jan. 17, 1831 ; d. Oct. 3, 1864, unm. VI. Arvilla, b. Dec. 33, 1833 ; d. Mar. 30, 1870 ; m. Nov. 1, 1853, Eliphaz H. Allen. VII. John Marshall, b. May 14, 1835 ; d. Oct. 18, 1857, in Iowa, unm. VIII. Amos Jewett, b. Oct. 20, 1836 ; m. Dec. 36, 1865, Lizzie A., b. June 33, 1840 ; d. Juno 32, 1867, dau. of Dennis and Lucy (Ball) Howe, of E.; m. (2d) Jan. 2, 1883, Flora E., b. Sept. 1, 1845, dan. of Nathan and Mary L. (Miles) Stone, q.v.; res. in F. since 1863. 1. Howard", b. Feb. 33, 1867 ; d. Sept. 8, 1867. 3. Leroy Stanley, b. Nov. 5, 1883. On his mother's side he is also the ninth gen- eration from the emigrant ancestor of the Stone family. IX. Hiram, b. Feb. 9, 1838 ; res. in K. X. Maria Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1839 ; m. Jan. 22, 1873, Eliphaz H. Allen— his 2d m. See No. 13 above. Ees. Bradford, Vt. Ebenezee Blanding was a native of Eehoboth, Mass. Came to Koyalston. From thence rem. to Eichmond, and from thence to Eichfleld, N. Y., where he d. a. ab. 90 y. He had 17 ch. His s., Otis, lived in E. and F. ; rem. to Michigan, where he d. He m. Dec. 1, 1808, Abigail, dau. of Jeremiah Barrus, of E.; m. (2d) Jan. 30, 1835, Sarah, b. Aug. 478 HISTORY OJb' FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 11 13 13 14 (9) 15 16 17 18 30, 1797, dau. of Daniel and Lydia (Sweet) Cass, of E. She d. and he m. (3d) Mary Ann, b. Sept. 38, 1803 ; d. Aug. 6, 1833, at Adrian, Mich., dau. of Alexander and Eunice (Hawes) Foster, of P.; m. (4th) Wheeler, of , Mich. Ch. b. i.. ii., iv., T., in E.; iii. in Hamilton, N. Y.; Ti. in F., vii. in Adrian : 5 ch. by 1st m., 1 each by 3d and 3d m. I. Harvey, b. May 1, 1809 ; d. Mar. 38, 1859 ; m. Dec. 3, 1835, Mary, dau. of Zalmon and Phebe (Holt) Howe. He was a pail manu- facturer in Troy. 1. Mary Jane, b. Apr. 3, 1837 ; m: Apr. 20, 1853, James Eobb. 2. Oscar Joel, b. Feb. 26, 1842. 3. Janette Adeline, b. Noy. 11, 1846. II. Jason, b. Aug. 21, 1811 ; d. June 13, 1840. III. Prudence, b. Jan. 24, 1813 ; m. Dennis Bowen, s. of Zephaniah and Martha (Allen), of E. Oscar F., b. Nov. 4, 1819+. Mansel M., b. Apr. 17, 1823 ; m. Dec. 34, 1845, Persis M., dau. of Zimri and Parna (Howe) Ingalls, of E. William Ebenezer, b. Sept. 9, 1836 ; d. Jan. 3, 1861, at F.; m. Aug. 10, 1855, Hannah E., b. Aug. 5, 1830 ; d. June 9, 1860, dau. of Daniel and Lucy (Sweetser) White, of F. Caroline Sabra, m. David B. Day. He served in the War of the Eebellion, and d. Aug., 1864, at Andersonville. 1. Walter Edmund Day, b. Aug. 8, 1854, in F. 3. Edwin Harvey Day, b. Nov. 13, 1858, in Templetou, Mass. IV V VI. VII Oscar F., b. Nov. 4, 1819 ; m. June 5, 1844, Lydia, b. Mar. 24, 1831 ; d. Aug. 31, 1845, dau. of Thomas and Lydia (Cook) Goddard, of Eichmond ; m. (3d) May 18, 1846, Hannah, b. Dec. 4, 1830, dau. of Henry and Polly (Smith) Whipple, of Warwick ; res. E. and F. Ch. b. in E. I. Oscar G., b. July 24, 1845 ; m. Laura M. Peeler, and res. at Athol, Mass. II. Aurora Jane, b. Feb. 38, 1848 ; m. Charles H. Leathe, and res. at Otter Eiver, Mass. III. Laura Ann, b. Sept. 27, 1849 ; m. George N. Dyer, and res. at Gardner, Mass. IV. Henry W., b. Jan. 10, 1853 ; m. Nellie Eugg, and res. at G. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 479 19 20 T. Hattie P., b. Jan. 28, 1854 ; m. C. C. Dyer, and res. at Otter R. VI. Lyman H., b. Jan. 34, 1858. BLODGBTT. 1 Thomas' Blodgett (originally spelled Blogget), a. 30 y., and Susanna, his w. a. 37 y., came to this country from London, England, in the ship Increase, in the year 1635. They brought with them 2 ch., Daniel and Samuel, and had 2 ch., Susan and Thomas, b. in this country. They settled in Cambridge, Mass., where he had a grant of land, and where he d. 1643. His s., 2 Samuel'', settled in Woburn, Mass., where he was a prominent and influential citizen. His s., 3 Thomas', b. Feb. 26, 1661 ; d. Sept. 39, 1740 ; m. Nov. 11, 1685, Rebecca Tidd, of Woburn. His s., 4 Samuel^, bapt. in Lexington, Mass., June 17, 1702 ; d. Jan. 33, 1773 ; m. June 36, 1736, Mary Russell. His s., 5 Timothy", b. Aug. 7, 1740 ; d. Jan. 13, 1831 ; m. Millicent Perry, and had 13 ch., one of whom was Timothy", b. Sept. 34, 1766. 6 10 11 12 Timotht" Blodgett, b. Sept. 24, 1766 ; d. Kov. 29, 1855 ; m. Apr. 20, 1786, Elizabeth Stiles*, b. Sept. 4, 1765 ; d. May 15, 1850, dau. of Edmond and Elizabeth (Preston) Stiles, of Wendell, Mass. Came from ;N"orth- lield, Mass., in the spring of 1797, and settled first on L 4 E 8, which had been previously owned by Thomas Stratton. Ch. b. i.-iii. in Wendell (?) ; it. in Jforth- field, Mass.; T.-ix. in E. I. Parna', b. May 4, 1790 ; m. Feb. 15, 1814, Samuel Parker, of Montpelier, Vt. She d. Sept. 22, 1873, at Bolton, Vt. n. Ashley, b. Mar. 24, 1792 ; res. JSTorwich, Vt. III. Betsey, b. June 21, 1794; m. Jan. 24, 1817, Warren Kendall, of Dover, Vt. She d. Feb. 22, 1827, at Buffalo, JST. Y. IV. Joseph, b. Oct. 28, 1796+. V. Malta, b. July 14, 1799 ; t. Jan. 14, 1828, unm. VI. Roxana, b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; m. Mar. 19, 1822, * In the year 1638 a company of emigrants under the spiritual lead of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers came frum Yorkshire, Eoglana, and settled in Kowley, Mass. One of this company was 1. EoEBRT Stiles, who m. Oct. 4, 1660, Elizabeth Frye, of Andover, Mass. He d. July 30, 1690. Their s., 2. John, b. June 80, 1661, m. Deliverance Towne, of Topsfield, Mass. Their s., 3. JoHK, bapt. Dec. 16, 1688, at Topsfleld, m. Eleanor Pearl, of Boxford, Mass. Their s., 4. Benjamin, b. Nov. 4, 1716 ; d. July 85, 1762; m. Jan. 11, 1737, Elizabeth Foster, of Andover, Mass. Their s., 5. EoMOND, b. Nov. 28, 1740 ; d. at Wendell, Mass , July 23. 1815 ; m. Oct. 11, 1763, Eliza- beth Preston, who d. at F., Sept. 29, 1838, a. 88 y. They had 8 ch., both b. in Shrewsbury, Mass., Pbineas and Elizabeth*. Elizabeth' m. Timothy Blodgett, as stated above. 480 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 13 14 15 (10) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 VII. Till. IX. William Chase, Jr., of Royalston, where she d. Feb. 24, 1837. Timothy, b. Apr. 17, 1804 ; d. Oct. 15, 1856, at Bolton, P. Q., Canada. Nancy, b. Oct. 30, 1806 ; d. Sept. 15, 1857 ; m. Jan. 16, 1827, Ethan Cutter, of JafErey, s. of John and Rebecca (Demary). Lovisa, b. Oct. 7, 1809 ; m. Barrett Whitte- more, q.v. Joseph' Blodgett, b. Oct. 28, 1796 ; m. June 23, 1822, Hannah, b. June 23, 1800 ; d. Sept. 29, 1876, dan. of Charles and Hannah (Stewart) Chase, of Jaffrey. Mr. B. was in his 91st y. when the portrait of him which is here given was taken, and the oldest person res. in ¥. Ch. all b. in P. I. Maria\ b. Mar. 29, 1823 ; m. May 13, 1845, Michael Cloney, b. Oct. 15, 1815 ; d. Dec. 11, 1874. He was a native of Ireland ; came to F. ab. 1841, and rem. to Vermont ab. 1847. Mrs. C. res. in Manchester, Vt. 1. Andrew Bailey' Cloney, b. May 18, 1846, at F. ; m. (1st) Celia Barnard, of Man- chester, Vt. She d. and he m. (2d) Ada Stevens, of Dorset, Vt. ; res. Wiii- chendon. Oh. by 1st m. 1. Mary Emma" Cloney, b. Nov. 1, 1868, at Manchester. 2. Mary Lovisa' Cloney, b. Dec. 2, 1849, at Rutland, Vt. ; m. Alfred H. Bowman, of Manchester, where they res. 1. Alfred Guy" Bowman, b. July 20, 1870. 2. Winfred A. Boivman, b. May 18, 1872. 3. Earl Cloney Bowman, b. Aug. 26, 1875. 4. Dwight A. Botvman, b. June 8, 1880 ; d. Sept. 2, 1881. 3. Emma Maria Cloney, b. Apr., 1853 : d. Apr., 1856. 4. Joseph Herbert Cloney, b. Dec. 9, 1859 ; d. Feb., 1860. 11. Eliza, b. Sept. 7, 1824 ; d. Apr. 11, 1826. III. Eliza Ann, b. July 1, 1826 ; m. Franklin Ken- dall, q.v.; m. (2d) Jan. 3, 1860, Elisha Hark- ness, who d. in the army, May 31, 1863 ; m. (3d) Apr. 28, 1873, Lewis D. Pease. JOSEPH BLODGETT. PHOTO-ORAVURB C30. , n T GENEALOGICAL REGISTEB. 481 IT. Josepli, b. July 13, 1828 ; m. Emily Potter. 1. Joseph Ellerj", d. July 35. 1876, a. 33 y. 3. Effie Stiles, b. Dee. 4, 1854 ; m. Dec. 8, 1875, Walter Israel Peck, b. Aug. 8, 1853, at Waterville, Vt.; d. Jan. 24, 1880, at Marlboro, N. H., s. of Ahial and Maria (Jeudevine). V. Pliebe, b. Sept. 3, 1830 ; m. Horace Ooolidge, q.v. VI. Ethan, b. Oct. 17, 1833+. VII. Timothy, b. May 31, 1835 ; m. Mar. 13, 1861, Jane H., b. Mar. 13, 1836, dau. of Dea. Calvin and Patty (Hyde) Coolidge, q.v. VIII. Hannah Jane, b. Aug. 37, 1838 ; d. Jan. 13, 1885 ; m. Mar. 9, 1865, Jerome H. Towsley, s. of William and Electa, of Eupert, Vt. ; res. Winchendon. Oh. b. in E. 1. Abbie Maria" Towsley, b. Mar. 18, 1869. 3. William Joseph Tmosley, b. Oct. 16, 1870. 3. Jennie Etta Towsley, b. Apr. 9, 1874. IX. Charles Simeon, b. Dec. 9, 1843 ; m. Feb. 17, 1876, Sarah Flint, of Bowen's Prairie, la. She was b. Nov. 9, 1848, in Winchester, N. H., and was dau. of Ezekiel and Sarah (Willard) Flint ; res. Kimball, Dak. Oh. b. in Water- loo, la. 1. Hattie L., b. June 6, 1877. 2. Arthur B., b. Aug. 27, 1882. Ethai^s Blodgett, b. Oct. 17, 1832 ; m. Mar. 23, 1854, Mary Mayhew, b. Apr. 6, 1833, dau. of William Howland and Martha (Whittemore) Manchester, of New Bedford, Mass. Ch. b. i. and v.-viii. at F.; ii. at Hopkinton, la. ; iii. and iv. at Templeton, Mass. I. William Ethan\ b. Mar. 37, 1855 ; m. Aug. 31, 1878, Nellie Eldora, b. Sept. 11, 1856, in Quincy, Mass., dau. of Henry and Mary E. Hay den. 1. William Henry'", b. Mar. 35, 1880. 3. Hattie Howland. b. Aug. 6, 1881. II. Mary Martha, b. Dec. 35, 1856. III. Zenas Arthur, b. Dec. 39, 1858. IV. Susan Hannah, b. Sept. 1, 1860. V. Minnie Lincoln, b. Mar. 34, 1866 ; d. Dec. 13, 1870. VI. Qrace Gertrude, b. Mar. 4, 1868. VII. Thomas Mayhew, b. Dec. 35, 1869. VIII. Joseph Bertice, b. June 38, 1873. 31 482 51 53 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. Joseph" Blodgett, a bro. of Timothy", came to F. ab. 1799, and d. here, Sept. 16, 1832 (a. 45 y.), though it is not certain that he lived in town all the intervening years. His w. was Thankful Hawkes, of Deerfield, Mass. Five ch. (i.-v.) of "late Joseph Blodgett and his now widow. Thankful," were hapt. July 16, 1823. Three more are added from rec. of deaths. This prob. makes the full number of ch., but the correct order cannot be given. I. Thankful Trypliosa. II. Edmund Stiles, b. at Deerfield, Mass.; d. Apr. 1, 1886 ; m. May 15, 1834, Kebecca, b. May 27, 1811, dau. of William S. and Polly (Locke) Whittemore, q.v.; res. Bo wen's Prairie, la. Ch. b. in F. 1. William Barrett, b. July 19, 1835 ; d. Apr. 19, 1861, unm. 2. Joseph Timothy, b. Apr. 5, 1837 ; d. May 1, 1851. 3. Frederick Herbert, b. Aug. 23, 1840 ; d. Mar. 26, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn., in the army. III. Susanna Fidelia. IV. Lucy Angeline. V. Selah Hawkes. VI. Child, d. Feb. 13, 1804. VII. Adaline, d. Oct. 39, 1817, a. 14 mos. viii. Levi, a twin, d. Oct. 18, 1822, a. 4 y. Prescott Blodgett, perhaps a nephew of Joseph 49, lived in town ab. 4 y. ; was taxed 1832-35 ; his w. Belinda, d. Sept. 3, 1834, a. 23 y. ; his dau., I. Susan R., d. Sept. 15, 1834, a. 8 weeks. Levi Blodgett, taxed in F. 1804-1806. , Simeon Blodgett, of Deerfield, Mass., d. in F. Sept. 3, 1843, a. 56 y. Jedidiah Fat m. Jerusha Blodgett, June 16, 1800. Isaac Lyox m. Sally Blodgett, Feb. 5, 1823. William Blood was taxed 3 y., 1807-1809. By w. Betsey he had ch. rec. in F. I. Mary, b. Apr. 36, 1808. II. Loring, b. Oct. 13, 1809. Joseph NELSoif Boswoeth, s. of Joseph and Abigail, 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 4 5 6 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 483 was b. in Royalston, May 11, 1830 ; m. Nov. 2, 1843, Lydia F., b. in E., June 16, 1817, dau. of David and Joanna (Prescott) Moore, q.v.j res. in P. Oli. b. i. in Rindge, others in Eoyalston. I. SaraJi Jane, b. Nov. 3, 1844 ; m. Henry M. Grilson. II. Abiie Joanna, b. Aug. 6, 1846 ; m. D. Francis White, g.v. III. Ann Lydia, b. Dec. 15, 1848 ; m. Milton W. Flagg, q.v. IV. Myra Jerusha, b. Dec. 16, 1850. v. Maria Ella, b. Aug. 10, 1852 ; m. Daniel Edgar Gilson. Yi. Charles Prescott, b. J'an. 9, 1856 ; m. June 5, 1878, Emma E., b. Oct. 27, 1857, dau. of Thomas and Susan (Whittemore) Perry, of F. ; res. Eoyalston. 1. George. 2. Winifred. Ebenezer BouTWEiiL and family were in F. before 1779, as in that year he was one of the petitioners for leave to build pews in the meeting-house. He lived on L 7 E 10, and sold to Jedidiah Fay. He rem. to Leverett, Mass., ab. 1798. By w. Polly he had ch. rec. in P. I. Mifah, bapt. Sept. 28, 1793. II. John, bapt. Sept. 28, 1793. III. Lucinda, b'. Dec. 16, 1787 ; d. Apr. 24, 1797. IV. Calvin, b. Aug. 19, 1789. V. Levi, b. Sept. 12, 1792. VI. Nancy, b. Jan. 11, 1796. VII. Charles, b. Jan. 31, 1797. Thankful Boutwell, wid. of Franklin, d. Nov. 12, 1780. BOWKEE. John and Anna (Wright) Bowkee, of Scituate, Mass., had 13 ch., of whom 6 came to N. H., 5 lived in P., and 1 in Walpole. Bartlet and John came to P. in 1780, and having commenced a settlement, brought up their wives the next year. They bought L 19 and 20 E 7. In the Proprietors' Tax-list of 1788 and in the penny-lists of 1789-91, L 19 is set to John and L 20 to Bartlet, but in their division of the land Bartlet had L 484 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (3) 28 19. Charles came a few y. later, but was in town prob. as early as 1785. I. Rebecca, d. nnm. II. Bartlet, b. Feb. 2, 1749+. III. Lucy, m. Simeon Damon. \, ,, IV. Anna, m. Samuel Damon. ) brothers. T. Joh7l-\-. VI. Hannah, m. Dea. Samuel Griffin, q.v. VII. Charles -\-. VIII. Ruth, m. Peleg Curtis. IX. Delight, d. at F. July 27, 1793, a. 33 y, unm. X. Stephen-\-. XI. Elijah. XII. Relief, m. Peres Jacobs. XIII. Deziah, m. Joseph Cushing, bro. of Lucy. (See Stephen, No. 11.) Bartlet BowKER, b. Feb. 2, 1749 ; d. Jan. 16, 1829 ; m. Christiana Holmes. She d. Dec. 11, 1793, and he m. (2d) Sept. 7, 1794, Mrs. Susanna "Wellington. She d. Apr. 5, 1797, and he m. (3d) Feb. 1, 1798, Jemima, b. Feb. 28, 1771 ; d. Apr. 4, 1847, dau. of Ezekiel and Anna (Miles) Knowlton, of Templeton, and wid. of Thomas Wright, of F., q.v. Ch. 6 by 1st m., 1 by 2d m., 7 by 3d m. Christiana, perhaps b. in Scituate, but all the others in F. Christiana, b. Feb. 20 ; d. Feb. 21, 1781. Rebecca, b. May 30, 1782 ; m. David Stowell, q.v. Bartlet, b. Dec. 6, 1784. Stephen, b. Dec. 8, 1788 ; m. Apr. 7, 1814, Sally, b. Jan. 31, 1790, dau. of John and Sarah Whitney, q.v. Ch. rec. in F. 1. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 16, 1815. V. Anna, b. Jan. 22, 1792 ; m. Ezekiel Collins, q.v. Samuel, b. Jan. 22 ; d. Jan. 23, 1792 (twin). Daniel, b. Jan. 12, 1795. Wright, b. Nov. 18, 1798 ; d. Dec. 27, 1821, unm. Luke, b. Oct. 28, 1800+. Elijah, b. Jan. 8, 1803 + . XI. Lucy, b. Nov. 3, 1804 ; d. Oct. 13, 1837, unm. Cynthia, b. Feb. 12, 1807 ; m. Oct. 5, 1831, Dexter B. EoUins, of Charlestown, Mass. She m. (2d) Jesse Stone, q.v. 1. Dexter Whittemore Rollins. 15 I. 16 II 17 III. 18 IV. 19 20 V 21 VI. 22 VII. 23 VIII. 24 IX 25 X 26 XI 27 XII 29 30 (6) 31 33 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 (8) 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 (11) GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 485 XIII. Roxana, b. Jaly 28, 1809 ; m. Leander H. Stowell, q.v. XIV. Hannah, b. Mar. 25, 1815 ; m. James Corey, q.v. Capt. John Bowkek, m. Faith Holmes, sister of Christiana, 'w. of his bro. Bartlet. Faith d. July 30, 1788, and he m. (2d) Annis Marshall, Dec. 10, 1789 ; rem. to Potsdam, N. Y., ab. 1810. Ch. 6 by 1st m., 10 by 2d m. Lydia b. in Scituate, all the others in P. I. Lydia, b. Oct. 11, 1779. II. John, b. Aug. 1, 1781. III. Thomas, b. Mar. 17, 1783. IV. Leafee (Eelief), b. Feb. 14, d. Feb. 16, 1785. V. Leafee, b. Feb. 13, 1786 ; d. Aug. 23, 1788. VI. Hannah, b. Apr. 16, 1788 ; d. Sept. 2, 1788. VII. Warren, b. Oct. 7, 1790 ; d. Apr. 7, 1791. VIII. Warren, b. June 16, 1792. IX. Leafee, b, Oct. 27, 1793 ; m. Jan. 29, 1815, William H. Wright, of Phillipston, Mass. X. Hannah, b. Aug. 26, 1795. XI. Salome, b. Nov. 9, 1798. XII. Infant, d. Oct. 7, 1800. XIII. Lucinda, b. Jan. 8, 1803. XIV. Rebecca, b. Aug. 27, 1805. XV. Benjamin Marshall, b. Jan. 12, 1808. XVI. Mary, bapt. Apr. 26, 1810. Charles Bowkbr, d. July 21, 1839, a. 81 v.; m. Apr. 19, 1787, Beulah Stone, b. Feb. 22, 1767 ; d". Jan. 24, 1836, dau. of Abner and Lucy (Mellen), q.v. I. Charles, b. July 34, 1787 ; res. Boston. II. Sylvester, b. Nov. 3, 1789 ; d. Mar. 25, 1793. III. Betsey, b. Aug. 29, 1793 ; m. Lyman Wright, q.v. IV. Sylvender, b. May 17, 1798 ; m. Louisa Storrow, of Boston. He d. 1828, and she m. (2d) Jesse Porristall, q.v. V. Leonard, b. May 13, 1801. VI. Melancia, b. Sept. 7,' 1803 ; m. July 27, 1831, Dr. George Newell, of Petersham, Mass. He d. and she m. (2d) Rev. John Storrs. VII. Laura, b. Dee. 9, 1805 ; m. Dec. 19, 1826, Ebenezer Eoby, of Cambridge, Mass. VIII. Ghestina, b. Sept. 27, 1808 ; m. Feb. 16, 1831, Asahel G. Allen, of Albany, Vt. Stephen Bowker m. Lucy Gushing and settled in .3)^' s/ \6 , b^- \<^ 486 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 55 56 57 58 59 (24) 60 61 63 63 64 65 66 Walpole, N. H., where he d. (before 1806), and she m. (^di) ■ '' Carpenter. Stephen may have had more than 3 ch. The 2d one here given lived in F. from child- hood. I. Gushing, m. Feb. 13, 1817, Sarah, dau. of Moses and Sarah Van Doom, q.v.j res. Par- ish ville, N. Y. n. Samuel Griffin, d. Sept. 30, 1839, a. 37 v.; m. Nov. 16, 1826, Orpha, b. Nov. 9, 1804 ; d. Sept. 17, 1854, dau. of John and Lucy (Brig- ham) Fay, q.v. 1. Charles, d. Mar. 24, 1832, a. 2 y. 2. Samuel Francis, b. 1833(?) ; m. Nov. 29, 1856, Eosanna L., b. Mar. 4, 'l§37 ; d. July 24, 1861, dau. of Philip D. and Nancy D. (Sargent) Angier, cf.v.; m. (2d) May (29 v), 1862, Amanda M. (Chase) Martin, b. June 12, 1838, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Hale) Chase, q.v., and wid. of Warren Martin. Had 2 ch. by 1st m. and 7 by 2d m., but no record has been obtained ; res. Ci-ystal TjiIKP To 3. Daughter, d. Jan. 23, 1838, a. 2 y. Luke Bowker, b. Apr. 28, 1800 ; d. Mar. 23, 1887 ; m. Apr., 1828, Rhoda Harwobd, of Oxford, Mass. She d. June 17, 1844, a. 37 y., and he m. (2d) Sarah Howe, who d. Apr. 3, 1877, a. 68 y. ; m. (3d) May 28, 1878, Rebecca (Ballard), wid. of Reuben P. Simonds. I. Infant, b. Jan. 5, d. Jan. 8, 1829. II. Charles, b. Nov. 16, 1831 ; m. Sept. 23, 1857. Sarah E., b. Aug. 2, 1837, dau. of Sylvanus and Lucy (Fullam) Holman,*?.?;.; res. Wil- mington, Del. Ch. b. in Fitchburg, Mass. 1. Alice B., b. Sept. 9, 1862 ; m. Mar. 5, 1883, John H. Dearborn, s. of John C. and Harriet E., of Lawrence, Mass.; res. Philadelphia, Pa. 1. Arthur Leslie, b. Dec. 22, 1883, in Boston, Mass. 2. Louise R., b. June 26, 1867. III. Milton, b. Aug. 3, 1834 ; d. in Fitchbtirg, Mass.; m. Maria M. Lamb, of Phillipston, IV. Hmeline 8', b. 1837 ; d. July 6, 1843. T. Emma, b. Oct. 29, 1845 ; m. Mar. 2, 1874, Hiland Hall Heselton, s. of Isaiah and Relief GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 487 67 68 (35) 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 78 79 80 81 (Walker), of Weston, Vt.; res. Gardner, Mass. 1. Harry Heselton. VI. Sarah, b. Aug. 3, 1849 ; m. Samuel S. Stone, q.v. Elijah Bowker, b. Jan. 8, 1803 ; d. Feb. 12, 1878 ; m. JSTov. 18, 1830, Dorothy, b. June 9, 1807 ; d. Oct! 19, 1884, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Wright) Crombie, of Rindge. I. Lucy, b. Dec. 24, 1831 ; m. George Damon, q.v. II. Lyman W., b. Oct. 23, 1833 ; m. May 7, 1857, Clara Ann, b. Dec. 1, 1834 ; d. June 9, 1881, dau. of Lockhart "W. and Mary Ann (Whitte- more) Brockway, of Hinsdale. 1. Mabel Dora, b. July 11, 1860 ; d. Sept. 23, 1883 ; m. Gove. 2. Susan Janette, b. May, 1865. 3. Oscar Curtice, b. Nov. 8, 1867 ; d. Dec. 24 1871 4. Dollie Bernice, b. May 24, im^.^U^ III. James B., b. Jan. 6, 1839. l^ii^ -^-^ IV. Daniel French, b. Aug. 31, 1841 ; m. Nov. 27, 1861, Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 27, 1844, dau. of George C. and Maria F. (Thompson) Everett ; res. Keene. Ch. b. in F. 1. Leo Elijah, b. Apr. 9, 1863. 2. Arthur Everett, b. Nov. 15, 1864. . 3. Edith Agnes, b. July 23, 1867. 4. George Daniel, b. Mar. 31, 1872. V. Annie M., b. Aug. 2, 1851 ; m. Aug. 14, 1873, Henry A. Davis, b. June 1, 1850, s. of John M. and Maria L. (Wild), then of Marlboro. I Paul Boyce' came from Smithfleld, R. I., in 1773, and settled in the southeast part of Richmond ; d. in 1817, a. 81 y. He m. Hannali Staples, who d. 1803, and he m. (3d) Nov. 1, 1803, Phillis, dau. of Uriah .Tillson, of Cumberland, R. I., and wid. of Nicholas Cook, of R. She d. Mar. 31, 1815 ; ch. all by 1st m., and all but Silas b. in S. i. Cadish, b. 1758, 2 ; II. John ; m. Nathan ; iv. Nicene ; v. Jacob, b. 1767 ; VI. Stephen ; vii. Silas, b. Nov., 1779. 2 Camsh, b. 1758 ; d. 1835 ; m. Nov. 39, 1783, Lavina Bishop ; ch. b. in R. I. William, b. Oct. 7, 1788 ; m. Sally, b. Aug. 33, 1786, dau. of Jacob and Lydia Sargent, of F., q.v.; rem. to Fayston, Vt. ; ii. Paul ; in. Lavina ; iv. Elizabeth ; v. Irene ; vi. Charlotte ; vii. David ; VIII. Robert ; ix. Caleb, b. June 17, 1803, 3 ; x. Silas ; xi. Phila. 3 Caleb Botcb, b. June 17, 1802 ; d. July 13, 1863 ; m. 1827, Louisa, b. Aug. 3, 1807, dau. of Eeuben and 488 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 11 12 13 14 IV. 15 V. 16 VI. 17 VII. 18 VIII. 19 IX. 20 X. 21 22 23 24 25 36 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 I. II. III. Hannah (Allen) Bowen, of Eichmond. Ch. b. i.-vi. in R., VII. -XI. in F. William B., b. 1827. Elizabeth 31., b. 1829 ; m. James W. Bissell, q.v. Bethuel Bishop, b. Jan. 1, 1831 ; m. Oct. 18, 1860, Mary B., b. Oct. 19, 1837, dau. of Abel and Euth (Phillips) Dunton, q.v.; res. Winchendon. Oh. b. 1-3 in P., 4-7 in W. 1. Stephen E. D., b. Oct. 1, 1861. 2. Charles E., b. June 5, 1863. 3. Winnie M., b. Mar. 20, 1866. 4. Ferrinetta E., b. Mar. 11, 1871. 5. Nellie C, b. Apr. 26, 1874 ; d. y. 6. Nellie C, b. Dec. 20, 1876. 7. Lizzie A., b. July 8, 1879. Martha I., b. 1832 ; d. Aug. 8, 1879. Sarah E., b. 1833 ; m. Silas A. Morse, q.v. Elvira M., b. 1835. Mary F., b. Feb. 5, 1838 ; d. 1878. Henry H., b. June 19, 1840 ; d. Nov. 19, 1869. Warren I., b. Apr. 7, 1842. Victoria, b. Sept. 13, 1^46 ; d. Jan. 17, 1850. XI. Alfaretta, b. May 31, 1848. Zephaniah Anson Boyce, s. of Eobert 2 yiii., b. Apr. 5, 1883 ; m. Sept. 16, 1857, Sarah S., b. Nov. 5, 1838, dau. of Nathan and Julia (Martin) Whipple. Ch. b. I. in Richmond, others in F. I. Edivin N., b. Feb. 20, 1859 ; d. June 28, 1881. II. Everett A.,\). Oct. 2, 1860 ; d. July 31, 1863. III. Everett A., b. Oct. 10, 1865. IV. Frederick R., b. Dec. 15, 1872. V. Harry W., b. Oct. 22, 1879 : d. Apr. 3, 1881. VI. Herbert W., b. Oct. 22, 1879 (twin). Amos Boynton and w. Sarah had ch. rec. in F. I. Stuart, bapt. Sept. 11, 1774. II. Moses, bapt. Sept. 11, 1774. III. Stoddard, bapt. Apr. 9, 1775. IV. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 31, 1777 ; d. Jan. 11, 1778. V. Sally, bapt. July 13, 1779. Job Boynton' and w. Mary were in town as early as 1774. He was highway surveyor in 1776. Ch. rec. in F. I. Jedediah, bapt. Feb. 13, 1775. 9 10 11 13 2 3 4 5 (3) GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 489 II. Job, bapt. Apr. 14, 1776. HI. Elijali, bapt. Feb. 38, 1779. , _ David Emery Boyntoit was one of the petitioners for leave to build pews, Dec, 1779. Ephraim BoTNTOif, froHi Sterling, Mass., was in town probably'before 1778. Chosen proprietors' clerk and treasurer in 1780 ; taxed in 1788 on L 5 E 8 ; left town before 1793*. BREWEE. James Brewer was from East Sudbury, Mass., now Wayland, and settled in Marlboro ab. 1768 or 1769. He was in the Bevolutionary "War, serving as Lieutenant in Capt. Mann's Co. After the war he came to P. and settled on L 33 R 8. Was selectman in M. in 1783, and in F. i a 1787. His wife was Mary Hoar. I. Asa, b. July 34, 1767+. II. Penis, b. July 33, 1771 ; m. Silas Wheeler, q.v. III. James, b* June 10, 1779. IV. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1783. 10 Asa Brewer, b. July 34, 1767 ; d. Mar. 11, 1834 ; m. Aug. 35, 1794, Deborah, b. Apr. 17, 1773, dau. of Samuel and Deborah (Sylvester) Sargent, of Marlboro. Was taxed as resident in F. 1799 to 1815, when the in- corporation of Troy made him a resident of that town. A few years later he rem. to Barton, Vt., where he d. Ch. all rec. in F. I. Polly, b. Sept. 17, 1796 ; m. (1st) Jonathan Clark, q.v.; (3d) Isaac Stowell, q.v. II. Asa, b. May 9, 1798+- III. Deborah, b. Apr. 10, 1800 ; m. Mar. 14, 1833, Calvin Bemis, b. Jan. 37, 1798, s. of Jonathan and Delila (Ehodes), of Marlboro. After m. they res. 8 y. in Swanzey, 1 y. in Marlboro, 20 v. in Rindffe ; rem. to Troy in 1851, where he d. Aug. 9, 1873. She d. July 17, 1883, in P- 1. Eliza Bemis, b. Oct. 10, 1833 ; m. May 8, 1845, Calvin Hastings, b. Nov. 35, 1817, s. of Calvin and Polly (Baker), of Marlboro ; res. Keene. 3. Maria Bemis, b. Jan. 34, 1836 ; m. Charles Perry, q.v. 490 11 13 13 14,15 16 (7) 17 18 19 20 31 23 23 24 25 36 37 28 29 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 3. Mary Jane Bemis, b. Jan. 24, 1836 ; m. g Leonard Wright, q.v. IV. Silas, b. Apr. 10, 1802 ; m. Lovina Woodward, of Swanzey, and mo red West. T. Betsey, b. Mar. 10, 1807 ; m. " Benjamin Garry, of Jaffrey," according to Hist. Troy. Per- haps Benjamin Gary, s. of Jonas, of P. Ti.-vii. Twins, infants, d. Nov. 14, 1808. VIII. Persis, b. Feb. 23, 1810 ; m. Samuel Gross, of Salem (Mass. [?]). Asa Brewer, b. May 9, 1798 ; d. Sept. 4, 1863 ; m. June 8, 1820, Eachel, b. Feb. 22, 1798, dau. of Joel and Betsey (Gibbs) Knight, of Sudbury, Mass. She d. Nov. 28, 1828, and he m. (3d) Betsey Knight, b. May 4, 1804, a sister of his first w. Returned to F. in 1853. Ch. b. I., II. in Troy, iii.-vii. in F., viii.-xi. in Rindge — 4 by 1st m. , 7 by 3d m. I. Joel K., b. Jan. 37, 1822 ; d. June, 1879 Charlestown, Mass. James, b. Jan. 25, 1825 ; m. Cynthia res. II. who res. d. in Maine, Nov. 39, 1855, a. 31 y. Topeka, Kan. They had 1 child d. in F. Aug. 11, 1855, a. 1 y. 3 mos. III. Harriet, b. Mar. 27, 1827 ; d. June 11, 1827. IV. George S., b. Nov. 18, 1838 ; m. Sept. 34, 1851, Rusina, b. Nov. 4, 1837 _; d. Nov. 30, 1871, dau. of Reuben and Beatrice (Beard) Tarbell, of Rindge ; res. Boston, Mass. V. Oardner, b. Oct. 11, 1839; m. Marinda C., dau. of George W. Bryant. She d. Apr. 11, 1856, in Boston, a. 33 y. 9 mos. : res. Charles- town, Mass. 1. Minnie Ella, d. Oct. 36, 1863, a. 8 y. VI. Rachel, b. Apr. 10, 1833 ,: d. Oct. 2, 1853, unm. VII. Harriet R., b. June 3, 1835 ; m. William H. Wheeler, q.v. VIII. Elizabeth A., b. June 21, 1837 ; m. Dec. 3, 1864, Edwin S. Chase, s. of William and Roxana (Blodgett), of Royalston (see Blodgett, No. 13) ; res. Boston, Mass. IX. Henry H., b. Mar. 19, 1841 ; res. Philadelphia, Pa. X. Calvin B., b. Sept. 17, 1844 ; res. Topeka, Kan. XI. Emerancy H., b. Dee. 39, 1846 ; m. Thaddeus Cnmmings, q.v. Almond Brewer, s. of Jonas and Sally (Bemis) GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 491 30 31 82 33 34 35 36 Brewer, of Eoyalsfcon, was b. Dec. 9, 1816 ; m. Oct. 9, 1837, Sarah D., b. Aug. 21, 1814; d. Juue 16, 1870, dau. of William and Bernice (Bellows) Williams, of Southboro, Mass.; m. (3d) Dec. 19, 1871, Hannah A., b. Sept. 11, 1830, dau. of Ira and Lydia (Allen) Day, of Eoyalston, and wid. of Walker ; res. in F. ab. 13 y. ; res. Eoyalston. I. Sarah Adeline, b. Sept. 17, 1838, in Oakham, Mass.; m. George N. Stone, of P., q.v.; m. (2d) Nov. 24, 1864, Milton J. Scollay, and res. in Templeton. IT. Algernon Almond, b. Mar. 20, 1840, in Peter- sham, Mass.: m. Mar. 28, 1871, Carrie S. Cole, of Wendell, Mass. She d. July 3, 1872, and he m. (2d) Jan., 1874, Myra Bosworth, of Eoyalston ; res. Eoyalston. III. Harriet Maria, b. June 22, 1842, in Hardwick, Mass.: m. William Barnes, q.v. IV. Orrin Jonas, b. June 8, 1847, in Worcester, Mass. ; m. June 6, 1872, Julia A. Amadon, of Eichmond ; res. Winchester, N. H. V. Rinaldo Warner, b. July 8, 1859, in F. ; m. Feb. 7, 1882, Hattie B. Allen, of Athol ; res. Eoyalston. Lewis Brewer, a bro. of Almond, m. Laura Harris, q.v. Horatio Brewer, another bro. of Almond, lived in F. several y. No record of family. BEIOHAM. { Thomas' Brioham, the ancestor of the Brighams of New England, embarked at London for America, Apr., 1635, being tlien 33 years of age. He settled in Watertown, Mass., on land afterward set to Cam- bridge. He was admitted freeman in 1639, and was selectman several years ; d. Dec. 18, 1653. He m. ab. 1637, Mercy Hurd, b. in England. After Mr. Brigham's death she m. (3d) Mar. 1, 1655. Edmund Rice, then of Sudbury, Mass., and afterward of Marlboro. After the death of Mr. Rice she m. (3d), 1664, William Hunt, of Concord and M., Mass., who d. 1667, and she d. 1693. She had no issue by her second and third mar- riages. Her ch. by Mr. Brigham were, i. Mary ; ii. Thomas, b. 1641, 2 ; III. John ; IV. Hannah ; v. Samuel. 2 TH0j«AS^ s. of Thomas', b. 1641 ; d. Nov. 35, 1717 ; m. Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1646, eldest dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice ; m. (3d) Mrs. Susanna Rice, of W. ; res. in M., Mass., and was prominent in public affairs ; ch. all by 1st m. i. Thomas ; ii. Nathan ; in. David ; XV. Jonathan ; v. David, b. Apr. 13, 1678, 3 ; vi. Gershom, b. Feb. 33. 1680-1- ; vii. EInathan ; viii. Mary. 492 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 3 David', s. of Thomas^, b. Apr. 12, 1678 ; d. June 36, 1850-; m. Deborah , who d, Oct. 11, 1708, and he m. (3d) Mary Newton; settled in Westborough, Mass.; ch. i. John ; ii. David : in. Silas ; iv. Jemima ; v. Deborah ; vi. Levi, b. Aug. 31, 1716, 4 ; vii. Jonas ; VIII. Asa, b. Dec. 3, 1731 + . 4 Col. Levi*, s. of David=, b. Aug. 31, 1716 ; d. Feb. 1, 1787 ; m. Susanna Grout, who d. Mar. 17, 1816 ; res. in Northboro, Mass.; ch. I. Levi, b. Aug. 36, 1741, 5 ; 11. Joseph ; in. Elijah ; iv. Elijah ; v. Susanna ; vi. Winslow ; vii. Josiah ; viii. Mindwell ; ix. Anna. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (7) Mar. 16, 1776. ; m. Capt. "William Mary Ayer (she was Levi" Bkigham, s. of Col. Levi^ b. Aug. 36, 1746 ; m. July 9, 1771, Tabitha Hardy ; came to P. soon after rn., and a few y. later settled on L 6 E 6 ; he d. Apr. 26, 1821 ; she d. Apr. 26, 1818, a. 73 y. I. Lydia', b. Aug. 24, 1772 ; m. Elijah Phillips, q.V. II. Joseph, b. June 2, 1774+. III. Anna, b. Mar. 14, 1776 ; d. IV. Haomnh, b. Mar. 12, 1777 ; P. Perrv, q.v. V. Levi, b. Dee. 19, 1778 ; m. sister to the w. of Hon. Isaac Hill, ex-Grov. of N. H.). He was assistant architect in the building of the present State-House at Con- cord, N. H.; also connected with the build- ing of Quincy Market, at Boston, Mass. 1. Levi, b. May 2, 1822 ; ent. Dartmouth College in 1841 ; grad. in 1843 ; went as a teacher to Port Tobacco, Md., where he d. of congestive fever, Oct. 1, 1843, after an illness of ten days. 2. Ann S., m. Col. John H. George, of Concord, N. H. Tabitha, b. Sept. 30, 1780 ; m. Capt. Aaron Wright, q.v. Anna, b. Apr. 26, 1783 ; m. Capt. Timothy Kendal], q.v. Rufus, b. Nov. 22, 1783 ; d. May 27, 1803. Mindtvell, b. Apr. 11, 1785 ; m. Elijah Scott, q.v. Susannah, b. Apr. 3, 1790 ; m. Ebenezer Pot- tei', Jr., q.v. VI. VII. VIII. IX. Joseph'' Brigham, s. of Levi', b. June 2, 1774 ; d. July 19, 1846 ; m. Apr. 28, 1803, Polly, b. Jan. 7, 1779 ; d. Sept. 29, 1861, dau. of Prancis and Sarah (Pisher [Perry]) Fullam, q.v. The family rem. to Illinois ; Silvester ab. 1829, and the remainder of the family a few y. later. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 493 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 35 26 I. Belinda', b. Feb. 28, 1804 ; d. July 11, 1812. II. Mufus, b. May 2, 1805 ; d. June 28, 1812. III. Silvester', b. June 17, 1807 ; d. Jan. 17, 1872. IV. Mary, b. Mar. 23, 1809 ; d. July 8, 1812. V. Lucy, h. June 16, 1811 ; m. Dayid Chase, May 25, 1834 ; res. Dover, 111. VI. Polly, b. Nov. 2, 1813 ; res. Princeton, 111. VII. Nancy, b. June 6, 1816 ; d. Oct., 1851. VIII. Miza, b. Aug. 31, 1818 ; d. Sept. 23, 1863. IX. Joseph H., b. Jan. 31, 1823 ; res. Dover, 111. (2 VI.) Dr. Geeshom' Brigham, s. of Thomas^, b. Feb. 3, 1680 ; m. Mehetabel ; res. Marlboro, Mass.; ch. i. Martha; ii. Joseph; III. Abigail ; iv. Qershom. b. Nov. 4, 1713, 27 ; v. Benjamin, b. Feb. 9, 1713 + . 27 Gbkshom% s. of Gershom', b. Nov. 4, 1712 ; m. Mary ; res. Westboro, Mass. ; ch. i. Hephzibah ; ii. Gershom, b. Oct. 15, 1747 ; III. Seth ; IV. Silas ; v. Timothy ; ti. Joseph ; tii. Mary. 28 29 30 31 Dr. Gershom', s. of Gershom*, b. Oct. 15, 1747 ; m. Esther Belknap. He practised in P. for several y. ab. 1776, and as far as known was the first physician who res. in town ; rem. to Westboro, Mass. The " Brigham Genealogical Eegister" gives his ch. i. Sally ; ii. Patty ; iii. Jesse ; iv., v. Joseph and Benjamin (twins) ; VI. Nathaniel ; vii. Josiah ; but gives no dates of birth. If Jesse was placed before Patty in that rec, and Joseph Warren of the F. rec. d. in infancy, the two rec. would agree. I. II. III. Ch. rec. in F. Joseph Warren^, bapt. May 5, 1776. Sarah, bapt. June 16, 1776. Jesse, bapt. May 31, 1778. (2 VI., T.) Benjamin* Bbigham, s. of Gershom", b. Feb. 19, 1715 ; m. Hannah , and res. in Marlboro, Mass.; ch. i. Benjamin, b. Mar. 11, 1743, 32 ; II. Caleb ; iii. Benjah ; iv. Hannah ; v. Gershom ; vi. Warren ; vii. Lydia ; viii. Levina. 32 33 Rev. Bekjamin' Brigham, s. of Benjamin*, b. Mar. 11, 1742 ; d. June 15, 1799 ; m. June 6, 1771, Lucy, b. Apr. 25, 1740 ; d. Apr. 23, 1793, dau. of Jonas and Lucy (Eager) Morse, of Shrewsbury, Mass.; m. (3d) Feb. 11, 1795, Puah, wid. of John Mellen, Esq., q.v. She d. Feb. 4, 1831, a. 76 y. Rev. Benjamin Brigham was the first pastor of the chh. in F., and for an account of his life and work see Chap. VI. I. Lucinda', bapt. Mar. 22, 1772; m. May 5, 494 HISTORY OF PITZWILLIAM. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 43 44 45 (3 VIII.) 1793, Dr. Peter Clark Grosvener, who d. Dec. 14, 1794. She m. (3d) Dec. 10, 1795, Daniel Morse, a native of Sturbi"idge, Mass., who d. Oct. 1, 1813, a. 41 y. 1. Ebenezer Clark' Grosvener, b. Sept. 31, 1793. For some account of him and his father see Chap. XVI. 3. Eliza' Morse, b. Sept. 13, 1796 ; m. Oct. 28, 1819, Ziba Baldwin, of Greenfield (Mass. [?]). 3. Harding Morse, b. Oct. 1, 1798 ; d. Mar. 18, 1803. .4. Loring Morse, b. Apr. 33, 1800. Left F. in 1833, and after living 3 y. in Hancock, N. H., settled permanently in Acworth, N. H. ; m. and had a large family of ch. 5. Lemuel Morse, b. Sept. 4, 1801 ; tcs. Hillsboro Bridge, N. H. 6. Curtis Morse, b. Oct., 1803 ; d. 1855 at Geneseo, 111. II. Lucy, bapt. June 13, 1793 ; m. ISTov. 37, 1793, Capt., afterward Gen., James Humphrey ; res. Athol, Mass. III. Benjamin Franklin^, bapt. Sept. 3, 1775 ; d. Oct. 13, 1801 ; m. Nov. 8, 1796, Sally, dau. of Abner and (Ward) Haskell, q.v. She was, Mar. 13, 1804, dismissed to chh. in , Ponn. 1. Fanny', b. Dec. 33, 1796. 3. Benjamin Franklin, b. Jan. 34, 1799. 3. Adolphus, b. Sept. 5, 1801. IV. Mislia, bapt. Aug. 1, 1779. Was in trade ab. 3 y. in the Crosby store on capital furnished by his brother-in-law. Gen. Humphrey. Went to Boston and was clerk for a Mr. Williams, whose sister he m. ; afterward rem. to Cincinnati, 0. Maj. Asa"* Beigham, s. of David", b. Dec. 3, 1731 ; d. Nov. 6, 1777 ; m. Mary Newton, who d. Dec. 17, 1795, a. 70 y. Mr. and Mrs. B. were rec'd by the chh. in F., Sept. 10, 1775, on letter from the 1st chh. in Shrewsbury, Mass.; prob. came to town late in 1774 or early in 1775, though he owned land here as early as 1766. Three of his s., Alpheus, Leonard, and Stephen, were out in the Eevolutionary War. Oh. prob. all b. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 495 46 I. Alpheus\ settled in Jaffrey as early as 1775 ; m. Lydia . 47 1. Asaph', b. June 2, 1765. 48 2. Wright, b. June 23, 1768. 49 3. Sylvanus, b. Feb. 10, 1771. 50 4. Abel, b. July 31, 1773. 51 5. Joseph, b. May 2, 1777 ; m. May 30, 1796, Polly, b. Aug. 18, 1779, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Bigelow) Button, of J. 52 6. Lydia, b. Apr. 12, 1782 ; d. May 21, 1859 ; m. June 7, 1807, Jedediah Poster, of J. 53 II. Molly, b. 1748{?) ; m. Benjamin Davison, q.v. 54 III. Leonard, rem. to Milton, Vt. 55 IV. Levina, m. Antipas Harrington, and lived in Troy. 56 V. Capt. Stephen', b. May 13, 1754 ; d. Oct. 11, 1849 ; m. Feb. 1, 1781, Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1754, dau. of Joshua and Betty (Bent) Har- rington, q.v. The familv rem. from F. in 1790. Mr. and Mrs. B. were dis. to the chh. in Whitesborough (Whitestown), N. Y., Jan. 8, 1792. Ch. 1-5 b. and rec. in F. 57 1. Dea. Snllivan', b. Dec. 29, 1781 ; m. Amanda Spaulding. 58 2. Capt. Stephen, b. Apr. 11, 1783 ; d. July 24, 1850. ■59 3. Arethusa, b. Mar. 19, 1785 ; d. Aug. 28, 1794. 60 4. Polly, b. Aug. 18, 1786 ; m. Barney Spaulding and res. in Rutland, N. Y. 61 5. Sally, b. Apr. 24, 1788 ; d. 1818 ; m. Ebenezer Cheever. 62 6. Dea. John, b. Mar. 24, 1790 ; m. Susan Moore and res. in Ogden, N. Y. 63 7. Lucinda, b. May 8, 1792 ; d. Aug. 26, 1794. 64 8. Electa, b. Mar. 3, 1794 ; m. Leon Moore and res. in Utica, N. Y. 65 Ti. Elizaheth, b. 1756 (?) ; m. Joshua Harrington, Jr., q.v. He was bro. of Sarah, w. of Stephen No. 56. 66 VII. Tlianhful, b. June 13, 1760 ; m. Dr. Isaac Moors Far well, q.v. 67 VIII. Lyman. 68 IX. Josiah Nexvtoif, b. ab. 1765 ; m. Feb. 14, 1793, Sarah, b. May 16, 1774 ; d. May 3, 1803, dau. 69 70 71 73 73 74 75 76 77 79 SO 3 4 5 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. of David and Sarah (Fisher) Perry, q.v.; did not res. in P. after m. ; rem. to flartwick, N. Y. 1. Elijah'. 2. Josiah, ) , • 3. Sally, [ t^'^'i^- 4. Mary. 5. Dea. David. 6. Dea. Perry. 7. Phebe. 8. Eebecca. 9. Lucinda. 10. Electa. John Bkigham and w. Abigail had ch. I. Nobly, bapt. Mar. 13, 1791. Prob. of same family, but connection not traced. Orvillb L. Beock, b. Oct. 5, 1838, at Buckfield, Me., s. of Eobert M. and Catherine (Durgin) ; m. Apr. 29, 1863, Abbie L., b. May 18, 1843, dau. of Samuel and Nancy (Locke) Hill, q.v. I. Edward R. , b. June 1, 1864. II. Mbert H., b. Deo. 29, 1865. Oren Brooks, b. Oct. 27, 1800, in Plymouth, Vt., s. of Ebenezer and Tamar (Ross), came from Sterling, Mass., to F. in 1848, and res. in town till his d.. Mar. 19, 1876 ; m. Mar. 12, 1838, Julia Ann Wright, b. Dec. 17, 1809, in Boston, Mass. ; d. Jan. 2, 1859 ; m. (2d) May 13, 1865, Mrs. Elmina (Sawyer) Wheeler, d. Mar. 15, 1869, a. 53 y. 4 mos., dau. of Joel and Susan (Davis) Sawyer ; m. (3d) Apr. 24, 1870, Abigail, b. July 3, 1814 ; d. Sept. 16, 1883, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail Davison, and wid. of Daniel C. Prescott. He had 13 ch., of whom only 6 lived to maturity. The following lived in F. I. Sarepta, b. Jan. 4, 1839 ; m. Alvah S. Clark, q.v. II. George W. III. Harriet L., m. Nov. 13, 1855, James Lawton. IV. John H., b. Sept. 28, 1836 ; d. May 6, 1876 ; m. July 10, 1863, Martha K., b. Sept. 14, 1838 ; d. Mar. 5, 1887, dau. of Benjamin M. and Anna A. (Forristall) Fiske. Ch. b. 4th in Rindge, others in F. 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 3 4 5 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 497 1. Infant son, b. Apr. 19, 1863 ; d. Apr. 21, 1863. 2. Anna Lee, b. July 11, 1865. 3. Oren Benjamin, b. Jan. 2, 1868. 4. John Eisk, b. Sept. 6, 1870. 5. "Wallace Clayton, b. Mar. 1, 1873 ; d. Oct. 7, 1873. V. Miza P., m. June 6, 1860, Franklin Whit- comb, of Troy. VI. Mary Augusta, d, Dec. 13, 1853, a. 12 y. Tii. Amos W., d. in the army, Jan. (18 ?), 1865, a. 21 y. Tin. Tamar, d. May 1, 1857, a. 10 y. IX. Daughter, d. Apr. 1, 1856, a. 7 y. Egbert Brooks and family, from Canada, settled in F. ab. 1840, and rem. West ab. 1867. By w. Sarah had ch. I. William, b. ab. 1827. II. Christie A., " 1830. III. John, " 1832 ; m. Feb. 11, 1855, Sarah A., dau. of Benjamin Haywood, of P. IV. Mary A., b. ab. 1836. V. Eoiert, " 1840. VI. Daniel S., " 1843. VII. James H., " 1846. VIII. Albert N., " 1848. IX. Sarah, " 1853. Joseph Brown" and w. Annis were adm. to chh. Oct. 9, 1774, on letter from 1st chh. in Lancaster, Mass., and were dis. May 27, 1781, to chh. in Walpole, N". H. They had ch. rec. in F. I. John Prentice, bapt. Feb. 12, 1775. II. Infant, d. Jan. 10, 1777. ?v:St[*wins,bapt.Dec.l4,1777. Melvist Brown- was taxed 6 y. 1816-21. He built a part of the house so long occupied by Mrs. Dyer. By w. Bathsheba he had ch. rec. in F. I. Winslow, b. Apr. 22, 1816. II. Miza, b. Sept. 7, 1817 ; d. Feb. 27, 1819. Erastus Brown was s. of Asaph and Martha (Wilder), and grandson of Samuel and Lovina (Bruce). He was b. in Winohendon, May 2, 1808, and d. in Troy, 32 498 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 10 n 13 13 14 >,) 10 11 12 13 2 3 <3) Sept. 17, 1845, from injuries received in his mill. Taxed in P. 1830 to 1840, and rem. to Troy in 1841 ; m. Sept. 29, 1832, Alfreda, b. Sept. 4, 1808 ; d. Feb. 6, 1873, dau. of Bzekiel Thompson, of Swanzey. I. Maria, b. Nov. 4, 1833 ; m. Sept. 6, 1853, Chancy N. Garfield, of Troy, b. 1828, s. of Abel and Martha (Fuller). 11. Martha J., b. Sept. 1, 1836 ; d. Nov. 4, 1837. m. Henry J., b. Feb. 25, 1840. IV. Helen J. (twin), b. Feb. 25, 1840. v. MartJia A.,h. Sept. 11, 1844. 2 I. 3 II. 4 III. 5 IV. 6 V. John Beugb, with w. Mary (Joslin) and 8 cli., came from Sadbary, Mass., ab. 1775 and settled on L 21 E 8. He d. June 3, 1779, a. 50 y., " killed by logs at saw- mill ; lived ab. 30 hours." The town rec. give but little information ab. his family or descendants. The ch. may not be in proper order. Luci/, m. Daniel Farrar, q.v. Polly, m. John Moore, of Warwick, Mass. Lydia, m. William Nurse, q.v. Esther, m. David White, q.v. William, m. Dec. 11, 1781, Abigail Gould. He d. Mar. 13, 1811, a. 50 y., from boards falling on him. 1. John, m. May 15, 1808, Johanna Childs. 2. Infant, d. Oct. 30, 1782. 3. Infant, d. Nov. 6, 1783. John, d. y. Thomas, m. a dau. of Ichabod Shaw. Cyrus, m. Betsey Moore and settled in Ver- mont. FROM CHURCH RECORDS. Mart Bruce and Joseph Nurse {q.v.) m. Feb. 24, 1785. TI. VII. VIII. JoHiiT BuEBANK, a native of Sutton, Mass., after living ab. 15 y. in Eoyalston came to F. in Apr., 1803. He -was b. Jan. 3, 1764 ; d. Mar. 25, 1835 ; m. June 11, 1788, in Athol, Mass., Elizabeth Woodbury, b. June 17, 1765 ; d. Feb. 14, 1856. I. Nancy, b. June 9, 1789 ; d. July 10, 1789. II. John, b. July 39, 1793+ . John Burbank, b. July 29, 1793 ; d. Feb. 18, 1866 ; 4 o 6 t 9 10 11 la 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 :(4) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 GENEALOaiCAL REGISTER. 499 ni. Apr. 6, 1813, at Eoyalston, his cousin Hannah, b. T^^l- ^'^^'^^^\^- O''*- ^^' 18«9, dau. of David and Lydia (Burbank) Lyon. I. Daniel, b. Feb. 19, 1814+. II. David Lyon, b. Deo. 2, 1815 ; d. Oct. 13, 1817. III. Nancy, b. July 31, 1817 ; d. July 13, 1818. IV. Elizabeth Woodbury, b. Apr. 12,'l819 ; d. Auo- 9,1843. !> ^ y > »■ V. Lydia, b. Dec. 3, 1821 ; m. Daniel Porristall, q.v. VI. Isaac, b. Sept. 17, 1823 ; d. Oct. 31, 1843. VII. John, b. July 18, 1825 ; m. June 8, 1870, at Winchendon, Mary Jane Prichard, b. July 28, 1835, at New Ipswich, N. H. 1. John Sumner, b. Aug. 20, 1871. 2. Emma Adelia, b. Feb. 16, 1875. 3. Avis Eugenia, b. Sept. 24, 1877. VIII. Sally Lyon, b. Apr. 21, 1827 ; d. May 29, 1849. IX. Eev. Lysander Tower, b. Nov. 24, 1828 ; m. May 16, 1860, at New York, Sarah Susanna Van VIeck ; res. Georgetown, Neb. X. David, b. July 4, d. July 7, 1830. XI. Elijah, b. July 4, d. July 9, 1830. XII. Hannah Newell, b. Jan. 11, 1832 ; m. William L. Collins, q.v. XIII. Mary Mehetabel, b. Feb. 19, 1834 ; d. Sept. 7, 1880 ; m. Charles Francis Wilson. Dakiel Bdkbane, b. Feb. 19, 1814 ; m. Dec. 1, 1840, Anna W.. b. Mar. 13, 1812 ; d. Nov. 30, 1880, dau. of Abishai and Sarah (E'arrar) Collins, q.v.; m. (2d) Nov. 28, 1883, Dene B. (Buel) Jackson, dau. of Shalor and Tirzah C. (Lee) Buel, of Lyndon, Vt. I. Daniel Edwards, b. Sept. 8, 1841 ; is m. and res. in Worcester, Mass. II. Son, b. Mar. 8, 1843 ; d. Mar. 13, 1843. III. Isaac Harvey, b. Sept. 8, 1845 ; m. Nov. 26, 1868, Harriet Ella, b. Mar. 1, 1848, dau. of Joseph S. Towns, of Eoyalston ; res. F. 1. Anna Correna, b. July 25, 1871. 2. Harriet Alice, b. Dec. 27, 1876. 3. Edith Frances, b. Sept. 8, 1884. 4. Ethel Florence, b. Sept. 8, 1884 (twins).. Thomas B. Burns, b. July 31, 1838, s. of John H.. and Frances H. (Greeley) Burns, of Gilmanton, N. H.; m. Nov. 8, 1861, Fannie J., b. May 29, 1840, dau. of Joseph and Mary M. (Moore) Morrill, of G. Ch. b. at Gilmanton. 500 HISTOEY OP riTZWILLIAM. 3 4 2 3 4 5 (3 I. Walter Scott, b. Dec. 10, 1862 ; d. Mar. 5, 1876, at New Hampton, N. H. II. Edwin Vincent, b. July 3, 1864. III. Josie Helene, b. May 28, 1870. Peter Burbee and family were in F. before 1774. His w. Margaret was adm. to ebb. in P.'Dec. 4, 1774, on letter from the 2d regular ebb. in Attleborougb, Mass. They bad cb. rec. in F. I. Thomas, bapt. May 12. 1774. II. CUld, d. Oct. 25, 1777. Peter, d. June, 1778, and Peter, Jr., d. Aug. 1778, both at Philadelphia, in the army. James Walls, m. Margaret Burbee, Apr. 29, 1784. She was prob. wid. of Peter. Ichadod Howard, m. Mary Burbee, Dec. 8, 1785. The name does not appear after 1785. In some places the name is spelled Burpee. Jambs Butler and w. Bijah (Abijab in rec. of bapt.) were in town before 1774. He bought of Samuel Ken- dall, Esq., 13 acres from east end of L 18 E 4, and was prob. first settler on the lot. Cb. rec. in F. I. Levi, b. Jan. 21, 1775. II. Pliete, b. Apr. 24, 1776. III. Pldnelias, b. Dec. 3, 1777. IT. Deborah, b. Oct. 12, 1780. V. Jocelyn, b. 1782. Erasmus Butterfield practised law in F. for some y., for an account of which see Chap. XVI. He m. July 17, 1803, Esther, b. Sept. 20, 1786, dau. of Phillips and Persis (Joslin) Sweetser, of Marlboro. He d. in Westmoreland, N. H., Dec. 31, 1828. Ch. b. ii.-iii. at F., T. at Keene, others at Marlboro. I. Maria, b. Oct. 2, 1803. II. Charles Sweetser, b. Jan. 6, 1806 ; d. Mar. 5, 1808. III. Harriet, b. June 28, 1808 ; d. Apr. 12, 1865 ; m. Samuel D. Allen, of Eiobmond, b. 1807 ; d. 1870, s. of Moses and Mary (Dow). IV. Sarah Sweetser, b. Aug. 20, 1810 ; m. William Whittemore, q.v. . V. John, b. Sept. 6, 1813. Yi. George W., b. Oct. 8, 1814; d. Apr. 29, 1867; m. Pamelia King, June 4, 1848, 8 9 10 (i) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 (15) GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEK. 501 Til. Charles, b. Mar. 37, 1816 ; d. Mar., 1867. Tin. Fannie, b. Feb. 11, 1820. IX. Eveline, b. Mar. 30, 1825. Abel Byam, d. Mar. 31. 1802, a. 39 y.; m. July 17, 1788, Anna, b. Oct. 22, 1766 ; d. May 13, 1857, dau. of Stephen and Mary (Angler) Harris, q.v. He lived on L5 R 9, previously owned by Benjamin Byam, which may indicate that they were relatives. Benjamin was in town as early as 1779, and rem. ab. 1792. Ch. of Abel and Anna all b. in P. I. Arethusa, b. May 1, 1789 ; d. Jan. 12, 1854 ; m. June 3, 1818, Otis Taft. He d. Mar. 22, 1858, a. 67 y., s.p. II. Eunice, b. June 17, 1791 ; d. Jan. 6, 1851, unm. III. Benjamin, b. May 14, 1793 +. IV. John, d. May 19, 1795, a. 2 mos. V. iSfancg Ann, b. Mar. 23, 1796 ; m. Levi Harris, q.v. Yi. John, b. May 14, 1798+. VII. Betsey, b. Dec 29, 1799 ; m. Levi Harris, q.v. VIII. Abel, h. June 17, 1802 ; res. liandolph, Vt. Benjamin Byam, b. May 4, 1793 ; d, Aug. 18, 1876 ; m. Mar. 16, 1819, Lucy, b. Aug. 1, 1793 ; d. Aug. 28, 1879, dan. of Willard and Betsey (Parks) Fassett. I. Clarissa, h. Oct. 27, 1819 ; m. Aug. 14, 1844, Nehemiah Cole Merritt, who d., and sbe m. (2d) Otis Beniis, of Royalston ; res. R. II. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1822 ; m. July 2, 1845, Aaron Jones, of R. , where they res. 1. Leander. 2. Clara. III. Abel, h. Mar. 7, 1824 ; m. Irene Brown, of Erie, 111., and res. there. IV. Benjamin Willard, b. Feb. 21, 1826+. V. Leonard, b. Auff. 30, 1828. VI. Elisha, b. July 26, 1831 ; d. Sept. 12, 1832. VII. Nathan Town'send, b. Sept. 23, 1833+. VIII. Charles FranMin, b. Nov. 19, 1836 ; m. and res. in Fitchburg, Mass. Benjamin Willard Byam, b. Feb. 21, 1826 ; m. Mar. 17, 1853, Martha A. , b. Aug. 28, 1832 ; d. Aug. 18, 1887, dau. of Joel and Mary (Bigelow) Saunders, q.v.; had 8 ch. wlio d. in infancy, and 3 now living ; res. Swanzey. 502 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 20 31 22 (16) 23 24 25 (18) 26 27 28 29 30 (7) 31 32 33 34 35 36 I. Oscar Leroy, b. June 14, 1858. in P. II. Madella, h. Sept. 14, 1861, in Keene. III. Willie Adelbert, b. May 12, 1870, in F. Leon-ard Btam, b. Aug. 30, 1828 ; m. Mar. 28, 1854, Mary E., b. Nov. 13, 1838 ; d. Apr. 2, 1857, dau. of David and Marinda B. (Osborn) Taft, q.v.; m. (2d) Sabra, b. Nov. 28, 1838 ; d. Nov. 30, 1864, dau. of David and Joanna (Prescott) Moore, q.v.; m. (3d) Nov. 1, 1865, Eosette M., b. Dec. 14, 1840, dau. of Benjamin and Miranda B. Frye, of Royalston. Ch. 1 by 1st m. and 2 by 2d m. I. Mary Elizdbetli, b. Sept. 3, 1856 ; d. Oct. 28, 1864. 11. LiHie Etta, b. Apr. 20, 1860 ; d. Nov. 5, 1864. III. Sylvia Sabra. Nathak Townsend Btam, b. Sept. 23, 1833 ; m. Aug. 20 (?), 1859, Elizabeth N. V., b. June 28, 1837, dau. of Joseph Church, of Winchendon. I. Arthur Townsend, b. July 20, 1860 ; m. Apr. 12, 1882, Susie C, b. Nov. 17, 1861, dan. of Benjamin F. and Cornelia (Chase) Potter, q.v.; res. in F. 1. Guy Blodgett, b. Mar. 25, 1883, in W. 2. Arthur Waido, b. Dec. 29, 1884, in W. II. Frances Amelia, b. Jan. 13, 1864 ; d. Mar. 31, 1866. III. Minnie Bertha, b. June 17, 1870. John Btam, b. May 14, 1798 ; d. May 20, 1865 ; ra. Polly Newton, of Southboro, Mass. She was b. Oct.(?), 1796, and d. Aug. 17, 1868. She was sister of Willard Newton, q.v. I. John Newton, b. Feb. 3, 1825 ; d. Nov. 8, 1855, at Boston, Mass. II. Cliarles, b. Aug. 26, 1827 ; m. 1848, Charlotte Maryanna, b. Jan. 8, 1829, dau. of Ebenezer and Miranda (Darling) Scott, of Chester, Vt. 1. Lizzie Ella, b. Feb. 16, 1850 ; d. Sept. 3, 1850. 2. Ida Bmogene, b. Jan. 27, 1854; m. Loring P. Olmstead, q.v. 3. Alice Lilian, b. Jan. 31, 1858. 4. Carrie Scott, b. Feb. 16, 1862 ; m. July 1, 1886, John A. Cross, of EnOeld, N. H., s. of John and Lucretia (Lovejoy). 37 38 39 40 41 42 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTBR. 503 III. Milton, b. Jan. 36, 1832 ; d. Nov. 5, 1852, at Boston. Bestjamin Byam was in town before 1779, but left before 1793*. In the Proprietors' tax-list of 1788 and in the Penny tax-list of 1791, L 5 R 9 is set to him. By w. Mary he had ch. rec. in F. I. Esther, bapt. Jan. 31, 1779. II. Solomon, b. Mar. 18, 1781. III. Lucy, b. Mar. 25, 1783. Zebediah Byam was in town before 1793*, and rem. from town ab. 1803. NoRMAij' Underwood Oahill, b. Jan. 20, 1830, in Machias, Me., s. of John R. and Margaretta (Allen) ; ra. May 25, 1858, Mary Abbie, b. Nov. 22, 1833 ; d. Mar. 6, 1875, dau. of Jonathan S. and Abigail (Tower) Adams, q.v.; m. (2d) Oct. 17, 1876, Georgiana (Barden) Hall, b. Sept. 31, 1831, at Boston, Mass., dau. of Heman and Lavinia M. (Chesley) Barden, and wid. of, George K. Hall. Mr. 0. came to P. in June, 1853. I. Charles Adams, b. Dec. 6, 1861 ; m. Dec. 35, 1886, Dollie Hughes, a native of Wales, G. B. ; res. Chamberlain, Dak. II. Fannie Aurilla, b. Jan. 35, 1863 ; d. at Minne- apolis, Minn., Dec. 16, 1884 ; m. Dec. 35, 1882, Dr. Edgar I. Hall, s. of George K. and Georgiana (Barden) Hall. III. Mary Agnes, b. Jan. 1, 1865. John Gamp or Kemp settled on the east part of L 4 R 10, and west of the brook which is called by his name. He was in town quite early, perhaps before 1770, and was doubtless the first settler on the lot named. The location of his house is still well marked, and a few years since some rose-bushes also remained to indicate the spot. In his old age he gave his property to the town for the support of himself and wife. He d. Mar. 10, 1805, a. 95 y. ; his w. d. July 20, 1790. They had one dau. and prob. other ch. though nothing is known certainly about it. I. Tliankful. Ebenezer Camp, of P., bought L 2 R 4 of Joseph Stone, of Southboro, Mass., by deed dated May 31, 1774, for £30. .'504 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Abigail Kemp and Samuel Osborn, q.v., were m. Nov. 22, 1781. Joshua Oapron was first taxed in 1826 ; rem. from town ab. 1849. By w. Philena had ch. rec. in F. I. Lurinda R., b. July 19, 1824; m. Martin P. Stone, q.v. II. Child, d. Oct. 1827, a. 2 y. III. PMlena, d. Jan. 3, 1833, a. 5 y. IT. Horatio M., d. Jan. 2, 1833, a. 2 y. 6 mos. V. Mary Jane, d. Dec. 30, 1836, a. 3 y. VI. Per sis B., b. Nov. 24, 1836. VII. Emily Q., b. July 24, 1839. VIII. Lydia Aim, b. Feb. 17, 1842. IX. Benjamin Franklin, b. Aug. 11, 1846. GARTEK. I Rev. Thomas' Carter, of Woburn, Mass., was the emigrant ances- tor of the Carters of P. By w. Mary his oldest ch. was 2 Rev. Samuel'^, b.- Aug. 9, 1640 ; d. minister of the chh. in Groton, Mass., in 1693. He m., 1673, Eunice, dau. of John and Eunice (Monsall) Brooks, of Woburn. They had nine ch., of whom the sixth was 3 Thomas', b. Apr. 3, 1683 ; d. Mar. 31, 1737, in Lancaster, Mass. He m., 1707, Ruth, dau. of Edward and Ruth (Andrews) Phelps. They had ten ch., of whom the third was 4 Col. Johns b. Apr. 33, 1713 ; d. May 8, 1766 ; lived and d. in Lancaster ; m. Mar. 10, 1737, Abigail Joslin, of L. They had nine ch., of whom the fourth was Joseph', b. Nov. 17, 1745. Joseph' Carter, b. Nov. 17, 1745 ; came to F. in May, 1803, and bought the premises at the north end of the Common, where the brick house now stands ; d. June 17, 1804. He m. Feb. 22, 1769, Beulah, b. Oct. 14, 1747 ; d. Oct. 22, 1769, dau. of Ephraim and Abigail (Wilder) Carter, of Lancaster. She was de- scended from the third ch. of Eev. SamueP ; m. (2d) Not. 22, 1774, Anna, b. Jan. 19, 1751 ; d. Not. 30, 1834, dau. of Josiah and Hepzibah (Stearns) Smith, of Weston, Mass. Ch. all b. at Lancaster. Joer, b. Dec. 16, 1775 ; d. Mar. 12, 1776. JosepJi, b. Apr. 19, 1777+. William, b. May 11, 1779 ; settled in Mason, N. H., where he d. June 28, 1851. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 8, 1780 ; m. Abel White, of Lancaster, where she d. May 7, 1857. Anna, b. Aug. 1, 1782 ; m. John Whiting, of L., and settled in Bath, N. Y., where she d. May, 14, 1852. 6 I. 7 II. 8 III. 9 IV. 10 V. 11 12 13 U 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 (7) 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 (23) GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 505 Ti. Lucy, b. June 11, 1784 ; d. Sept. 26, 1803, at Lancaster. Tii. Sophia, b. Not. 19, 1785 ; m. Dr. Amasa Scott, q.v. VIII. Josiah, b. June 38, 1787 + . IX. Abigail; b. Oct. 15, 1790 ; m. Pelatiah M. Everett, q.v. X. JoeV, b. Sept. 22, 1792 ; d. Apr. 2, 1864, at Nashua, N. H. ; m., 1820, Anna Maria, dau. of William Lovering, of Boston. She d. Feb., 1876. Oh. b. 1-3 in B., 4-6 in N. 1. John Sabin'. 2. William Lovering. 3. Anna Maria Lovering ; d. at P., Sept. 9, 1827, a. 2 y. 4. Edward. 5. Edward Eussell. 6. Anna Maria. Joseph' Carter, b. Apr. 19, 1777 ; d. Sept. 14, 1832 ; m. Nov. 28, 1802, Elizabeth Goss, of Lancaster, Mass., b. Oct. 8, 1778 ; d. May 10, 1861. Oh. b. at F. I. Ehenezer\ b. May 20, 1803+. II. Anna, b. Apr. 16, 1805 ; d. May 26, 1807. III. Joseph, b. Sept. 16, 1806 ; d. July 18, 1831. IV. Infant, b. Feb. 15, d. Feb. 16, 1808. V, 'William, b. May 31, 1809 ; d. in Harrisville, N. H., Jan. 31, 1885 ; m. Oct. 16, 1837, Nancy Gay, of Nashua, N. H., s.'p. VI. Martha Lincoln, b. July 20, 1811 ; m. Norris Colburn, q.v. VII. BaniM Goss', b. Sept. 6, 1814; d. Sept. 13, 1864 ; m. Aug. 26, 1844, Elizabeth Wright, d. Feb., 1854; m. (2d) Hannah Lovina, wid. of Jonathan Clark and dau. of Luna and Hannah (White) Starkey, of . Troy. Ch. all b. in F. 1. Mary Frances', b. Apr. 30, 1845. 3. Margaret Florence, b. Oct. 26, 1846 ; m. Frederic H. Haskell, q.v. 3. Daniel G., b. June 9, 1855. 4. Nettie L., b. July 24, 1858 ; d. Oct. 9, 1863. 5. Hattie M., b. June 8, 1860. 6. Minnie L., b. Aug. 33, 1862. Ebenezer' Carter, b. May 20, 1803 ; d. Mar. 29, 1871 ; m. Jan. 31, 1833, Clarissa Jewett, b. Dec. 9, 506 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 43 44 45 46 47 48 4n (13) 50 51 o-i 53 (50) 1813 ; d. Aug. 31, 1881, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannali (Jewett) Colburn, of Eindge. Ch. all b. at P. I. Elizabeth Goss\ b. Nov. 11, 1833 ; d. Oct. 1, 1847. II. Eben Colburn, b. Dec. 3, 1835 ; d. Sept. 35, 1837. III. Margaret Florence, b. Feb. 33, 1838 ; d. Dec. 16, 1843. IT. Henrietta Clara\ b. Oct. 9, 1840 ; d. Apr. 6, 1875, at Winchendon ; m. May 33, 1859, Ebenezer W. Whitney, who d. July 34, 1865, a. 39 y. She m. (3d) Dec. 31, 1868, Bethuel Ellis, of W. He d. Apr. 9, 1881. Ch. by 1st m. b. at E. 1. Florence Ella' Wdtney, b. Apr., 1864 ; d. Aug. 13, 1864. By 3d m. , b. at W. 3. Eben Bethuel Ellis, b. June 9, 1871. V. Martha Florence, b. Mar. 13, 1843 ; m. John M. Piske, q.v. VI. Herbert Eben\ b. Sept. 9, 1845 ; m. Apr. 33, 1873, Nancie A. Wheeler, of Ashby, Mass.; res. West Swanzey. 1. Herbert Augustus', b. July 10, 1874. VII. Norris Colburn', b. Aug. 36, 1848 ; m. Feb. 33, 1871, Mary T. Greenleaf ; res. W. S. 1. Florence iWaude', b. Mar. 8, 1872. 3. Lillian Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1883. VIII. Anna Adelaide, b. Mar. 14, 1851 ; d. Jan. 38, 1854. IX. Sarah Tylor\ b. Feb. 16, 1854 ; m. Nov. 10, 1874, Charles A. Whitcomb, b. Jan. 31, 1851, s. of Henry and Fanny P. (Buttrick), of W. 1. Eubert Henry' Wliitcomb, b. Aug. 3, 1879 ; res. W. JosiAH" Carter, b. June 38, 1787 ; d. Sept. 17, 1857 ; m. Sept. 3, 1809, Betsey Everett, b. Sept. 36, 1787 ; d. Sept. 4, 1863, dau. of Alexander and Betsey (Everett) Foster, q.v. Ch. b. at F. I. Josiah Everett?, b. Apr. 6, 1811+. II. Charles Clinton, b. Sept. 33, 1814+. III. Nancy Smith, b. Oct. 34, 1818 ; m. Aaron N. Townsend, q.v. IV. Sophia Scott, b. Dec. 3, 1830 ; res. in F. ; unm. JosiAH E'. Carter, b. Apr. 6, 1811 ; m. Nov. 11, 1841, Isabinda Ingalls, b. Aug. 19, 1818 ; d. Nov. 14, oeK^y:/-- PHOTO- GaAVUKB CO . N If GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 507 1863, dan. of Zimri and Parna (Howe), of Kichmond ; iri. (ad) June 7, 1865, Sarah Ann Fay, b. Feb. 33, 1834, dan. of Stephen and Clarissa (Holden), of New Brain- tree, Mass. For more than hfty j. Mr. C. and his brother have been in the carriage business in F. under the arm of E. & C. Carter. Ch. by 1st m. b. at F. I. Albert Everett", b. Sept. 39, 1847 ; m. Nov. 1, 1870, Bmogeue Taggart, of Winchendon. 1. Leon Taggart', b. Apr. 35, 1881. Charles C\ Caeter, b. Sept. 33, 1814 : m. Nov. 36, 1846, Sarah Chapman Tylor, b. Oct. 33, 1831, dan. of Jason A. and Thirza (King) Tylor, of Chesterfield, N. H. Ch. b. at F. I. Harry Clinton', b. Jan. 33, 1853 ; d. Apr. 31, 1856. II. Anna Maria, b. Aug. 10, 1857. III. Harriett Tylor, b. May 17, 1859. IV. Percy Augustine, b. Dec. 13, 1860. V. Wallace Charles, b. Aug. 8, 1863. AM', IOjl-^^ I'^^l JoH]sr Chambbklain bought a part of L 13 E 8 of Jonathan Lock, by deed dated June 3, 1773. It is stated that he lived for a time on L 11 R 1. By w. Abigail he had ch. rec. in F. I. Mary, bapt. Feb. 33, 1773. II. Naihy, bapt. Feb. 5, 1775 ; d. Nov. 8, 1775. III. Nabby, bapt. Feb. 3, 1777. Levi Camp Chaitdlee, b. Jan. 5, 1838, was s. of Samuel and Sarah (Stebbins), of Springfield, Mass. He ra. Nov. 3, 1853, Mary Maria, b. June 11, 1834, dau. of Foster and Salome (Needham) Pepper, of Wales, Mass. Came to F. before 1874. Ch. b. in Monson, Mass. I. Levi Samuel, b. Dec. 38, 1853 ; d. Jan. 38, 1858. II. Albert Francis, b. May 10, 1861. III. Foster Pepper, b. Nov. 31, 1866. CHAPLIN. Hugh Chaplin and w. Elizabeth were among the earliest settlers in Rowley, Mass., being there previous to 1643. He was admitted freeman in 1643 ; in 1643 his name occurs as owner of a house lot, and he d. there in 1660. His descendant, I Ebbnezek, rem. from Rowley, and after a brief res. in Atkinson, N. H., settled in Rindge ab. 1769. By first w. Rebecca he had ch. i. Micah, b. 1744, 2 ; n- Samuel ; iii. Lucy, and probably iv. another. 508 HISTOEr OF FITZWILLIAM. By second w. Mary he had v. Rebecca ; vr. Hezekiah ; vir. Jeremiah ; VIII. Polly; IX. Hannah; x. John. The oh. vii.-x. were b. in Rindge. 2 MicAH, b. 1744 in Rowley ; settled in Rindge after the close of the Revolutionary War, in which he saw some years' service. He m. Betsey Philbrick, by wliom he had ch. i. Hannah ; ii. Lucretia ; iii. Betsey ; IV. Ruth ; V. Moses, b. Oct., 1777, 3 ; vi. Mary, b. 1782 ; m. Artemas Beard, q.v. Mr. C. rem. to F. ab. 1804, and d. Dec. 29, 1820. His w. d. Oct. 10, 1830, a. 75 y. Moses Chaplin-, b. Oct., 1777 ; d. Fov. 31, 1859 ; m. Sept. 25, 1800, Martha, b. Sept. 26, 1782 ; d. Xov. 11, 1867, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Hunt) Bent, q.v. He res. in Rindge till his m., when he settled in P. I. Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1801 ; m. Martin Streeter, q.v. II. Lurena, b. Jan. 22, 1803+. III. Mi.lt07i, b. Apr. 7, 1805+. IV. Julia, b. Oct. 1, 1807 ; m. Lyman Death, q.v. T. Anson, d. Oct. 4, 1812, a. 2 y. 6 mos. VI. Roxana, b. Oct. 18, 1812 ; m. Nov. 27, 1833, Ephraim W. Weston, of Winchendon, s. of Stephen and Susan (Whitney). He d. Oct. 29, 1854, and she m. (2d) Oct. 16, 1861, Edwin Parks, s. of Luke Parks, of W. ; res. Keene. 1. Irving E. Weston, b. May 11, 1835 ; d. May 10, 1880 ; m. Sept. 1, 1859, Har- riet, b. Jan. 18, 1834, dau. of Rufus and Prudence (Woods) Mason, of Sulli- van, JSr. H. ; res. W. Oh. b. in W. 1. Osgood Irving Weston, b. Nov. 7, 1861 ; d. Oct. 18, 1862. 2. Helen Mason Weston, b. July 11, 1864. 3. Edith Hattie Weston, b. May 12, 1866. 4. Elliot Irving Weston, b. Dec. 18, 1868. 5. Karl Ephraim Weston, b. Oct. 7, 1874. V Infants (twins), d. Apr. 23, 1815. VII, VIII. IX. Elisha, b. Oct. 27, 1816+. X. William, d. July 18, 1822, a. 2 y. 6 mos. XI. Martha, b. Dec. 19, 1823 ; d. Apr. 14, 1840. XII. Moses, b. Sept. 22, 1828 ; d. Nov. 13, 1870 ; m. Nov. 26, 1850, Abbie, b. Jan. 15, 1831, dau. of Abel and Roxalana (Rice) Marshall, q.v. Cb. b. 1 in Cavendish, Vt., 2, 3 in P. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 23 23 24 (5) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 1. Emma Frances, b. Feb. 5, 1854 ; m. ■R.tA, /'i'^-o^ Almancer J. Streeter, 5'.i;. V-.;t^*i«-.^t*w-/2. _Ju]ia Eoxaua, b. Apr. 26, 1856 ; m. Elisha M. Bent, q.v. 3. Win field Marshall, b. June 8, 1868. .^7J< LuEENA Chaplin, b. Jan. 22, 1803 ; m. Dee. 30, 1824, Elisha Gregory, Jr., b. Aug. 31, 1798 ; d. Sept. 9, 1838, 8. of Elisha and Mary (Sawyer), of "VYinchen- don ; m. (3d) May 27, 1847, Jonas Brooks, b. Sept. 13, 1813 ; d. July, 1859. Ch. all b. in W. I. John Milton Oregory, b. June 16, 1826 ; m. Nov. 22, 1848, Betsey A., b. Oct. 11, 1829, dan. of Henry and Betsey (Bent) Shirley, of P. Ch. b. 1 in F., 3-7 in Sunderland, Vt.; res. S. 1. Addis Leslie Gregory, b. Apr. 35, 1855 ; m. May 38, 1877, Zilpha Diana, b. Jan. 3, 1858, dau. of John and Diana (Bacon) Bull, of S. Oh. b. in S. 1. Edna Ella Oregory, b. Mar. 38, 1878. 2. Alice Betsey Gregory, b. Dec. 23, 1879. 3. Lulu May Oregory, b. Dec. 28, 1884. 2.. Clarence Edgar Gregory, b. Oct. 25, 1857 ; d. Mar. 23, 1881 ; m. Mar. 8, 1880, Edna Ann Bull, of S., s.p. 3. Ella Caroline Gregory, b. Oct. 29, 1859. 4. Emma Lurena " b. Jan. 12, 1863 ; m. Sept. 29, 1884, John George Ben- netb, of Cairo, N. Y. ; res. Ashburn- ham, Mass. 5. William Henry Gregory, b. May 11, 1865. 6. Florence Edna Gregory, b. May 13, 1867. 7. MaryEffie " b. Jan. 11, 1871. II. Martha Catherine Gregory, b. Dec. 9, 1827 ; d. Sept. 30, 1831. III. Mary Elizabeth Gregory, b. Sept. 24, 1830 ; d. June 26, 1832. IV. Eliza Caroline Gregory, b. Apr. 6, 1833 ; m. Loammi B. Underwood, s. of Nathan and Judith (Pierce), of Kindge. Mr. U. served in the War of the Eebellion on the quota of P.; res. W. V. Adelaide Lurena Gregory, b. Aug. 16, 1848 ; 510 HISTORY 01" FITZWILLIAM. (6) 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 53 (18) 54 00 56 57 m. Alpheus C. White, q.v.; m. (2d) Julius Hale, of W. ; res. Ashburnham. Milton Chaplin, b. Apr. 7, 1805 ; m. Nov. 30, 1830, Caroliue, b. Dec. 17, 1811, dau. of John J. and Cynthia (Amadon) Allen. I. Frances Ade, b. Sept. 30, 1831 ; m. Phillip S. Batcheller, q.v. II. Elliot Milton, b. June 8, 1834 ; m. Nov. 8, 1860, Jennie E., b. Feb. 24, 1840, dau. of Daniel and Eliza F. Larzelere, of Dowagiae, Mich.; res. Sand Spring, la. Ch. b. 1 at Adrian, Mich.; 2, 3 at Bowen's Prairie, la.; 4-11 at Sand Spring. 1. Louis A., b. Feb. 26, 1862. 2. Addle, b. Dec. 13, 1864. 3. Claud S., b. Jan. 20, 1866. 4. Harry B., b. Oct. 20, 1867. 5. Leora C, b. Feb. 4, 1869. 6. Irving G., b. Dec. 1, 1870. 7. Lillian C, b. Oct. 16, 1872. 8. Florence A., b. Nov. 11, 1874 ; d. Sept. 7, 1877. 9. Jessie M., b. Aug. 11, 1878. 10. Boy L., b. Mar. 5, 1880. 11. Amy B., b. Jan. 28, 1882. III. Martha Alicia, b. Oct. , 1, 1842 ; m. Charles Newton, q.v. EiisHA Chaplin, b. Oct. 27, 1816 ; m. Jan. 31, 1844, Sarah R., b. Nov. 22, 1824 ; d. Dec. 19, 1875, dau. of Abel and Eoxalana (Eice) MarsRall, of JafErey ; m. (2d) Jan. 8, 1879, Abbie, b. Jan. 15, 1831, sister of his first w. and wid. of his bro. Moses. I. Martha AbMe, b. Jan. 4, 1854 ; m. May 29, 1878, Willis Albert Stiles, b. Oct. 14, 1859 ; d. Aug. 21, 1884, s. of Ambrose A. and Sarah L. (AVells), of Wethersfleld, Vt. II. Marshall Elisha, b. Sept. 28, 1858 ; m. June 11, 1879, Mary M., b. Jan. 8, 1861, in Quebec, Canada, dau. of John and Annie Bartlet, of AYinchendon. 1. Ethel, b. May 9, 1880. 2. Marcus, b. Mar. 24, 1883. Charles Chase, of Royalston, m. Hannah Stewart, of Winchendon (prob. dau. of Jeremiah and Hannah 3 4 5 6 7 (7) 9 10 11 13 13 14- 15 16 17 18 19 20 GENEALOGICAL EEGI8TEE. 511 Stewart, and b. Nov. 4, 1774). Lived in W. and JafErey. List of eh. prob. not complete. I. Capt. Silas, b. Nov. 37, 1794 ; d. Apr. 3. 1876 ; m. Nancy , b. Oct. 8, 1795 ; d. May 34, 1873 ; both d. in W. and were buried in "P II. Lucy, b. May 13, 1798. III. Hannah, b. June 23, 1800 ; m. Joseph Blodgett, q.v. IV. Charles, b. Jan. 11, 1806. V. Mary, b. Mar. 36, 1809. VI. Daniel, b. July 16,1814+. Daniel Chase, b. July 16, 1814, in Winchendon, Mass.; m. July 16, 1837, Mary, b. Nov, 30, 1816, dau. of Jacob and Betsey (Brown) Hale, of W, The family came to P. ab. 1866, and rem. to Iowa ab. 1867. Mr. C. and his oldest s. were out in the War of the Eebel- lion. The s. lost an arm at the battle of Cold Harbor. Ch. b. I. -VII. in AV., viii.-xi. in P. I. Amanda M., b. June 13, 1838 ; m. (1st) Warren Martin, g'.v.; m. (3d) Samuel Francis Bo wker, q.v.; res. in Crystal Lake, la. II. Laura, b. Aug. 16, 1840 ; d. Aug. 20, 1853. III. Daniel Webster, b. Apr. 33, 1843 ; is m. and res. in C. L. IV. William W., b. June 18, 1845; d. Oct. 33, 1847. V. Harriet Elizaleth, b. June 18, 1849 ; m. Apr. 5, 1866, Josiah J. Hardie, b. Aug. 13, 1835, in Enosburg, Vt., s. of Lyman D. and Polly ; res. F. 1. Wallace Josiah Hardie, b. Apr. 6, 1869. 3. Flora Emma " b. Dec. 17, 1871. VI. Andrew J., b. Nov. 34, 1851 ; m. and res. in c r VII. Flora A., b. Sept. 8, 1853 ; d. July 11, 1873. VIII. Willie P., b. Mar. 16, 1856 ; is ni. and res. in Garfield, la. IX. Morrill D., b. Mar. 8, 1857 ; is m. and res. in C. L. X. Emma A., b. Aug. 28, 1859 ; m. and res. in Minnesota, where she d. Feb. 27, 1879. XI. Warren E., b. June 10, 1863 ; d. Feb. 4, 1864. Jesse Cheney, m. June 17, 1781, Anna, b. Nov. 30, 1757, dau. of Joseph and Judith (Mixer) Nichols, q.v. Jesse and w. were adm. to chh. in F., Sept. 15, 1782. 512 HISTORY OF FITZWILLTAM. 3 I. 3 II. 4 • III. 5 IV. 6 V. 7 VI. (4) 10 11 13 13 14 They lived in town but a short time, and rem. to East Sudbury, Mass. Ch. rec. in F. I. Joseph, bapt. Sept. 15, 1783. Thomas Clark came from "Wrentham, Mass., in 1779, and settled on L 18 E 13, which he bought of Thomas Tolman, and where he d. in 1818. Ch. prob. all b. in P. William. Went West. Martha, m. Wing and lived in State of New York. Thomas-\-. Betsey, killed by lightning, Aug., 1795, a. 17 y. Polly. Sally, m. Sargent and lived in Vermont. VII. Jonathan, b. June 3, 1788 ; d. Aug. 30, 1850 ; m., 1813, Mary, dau. of Asa and Deborah (Sargent) Brewer, q.v. They had 6 ch., of whom the oldest, and the only one who lived in P., was 1. Asa B., b. Sept. 4, 1814 ; m., 1837, Martha, dau. of Zalmon and Phehe (Holt) Howe, q.v.; res. in ¥., Troy, and Swanzey, N. H., and Oregon City, Ore. Thomas Clark, s. of Thomas, m. 1801, Eoena Phil- lips, of Kichmond. Lived for many years on the home farm, and later on L 33 E 7. Both these lots are now in Troy. Mr. C. d. Oct. 14, 1856. Mrs. C. d. June, 1857. I. Howard, b. Jan. 14, 1803 ; d. Apr., 1874 ; m. Dec. 33, 1837, Dolly, b. June 13, 1805, dau. of Jonathan and Delila (Ehodes) Bemis, of Marlboro ; res. Bethlehem, N. H., Swanzey, ]Sr. H., Troy, IST. H. Ch. 1. Jonathan B. ; 2. Betsey L. ; 3. Howard T. ; 4. Harvey A., res. in F. ; 5. Harriet A. : 6. Mary. 4. Harvey A., b. Aug. 7, 1838, in Swanzey ; m. Feb. 4, 1863, Sophronia A., b. Nov. 13, 1837. dau. of Wiiliam and Caroline (Alexander) Perham, q.v. 1. William Perham, b. Aug. 24, 1866. 2. Emily D., b. Aug. 13, 1871 ; d. Aug. 36, 1871. , II. Fuller, b. Oct. 36, 1804 ; m. Feb., 1830, Adaline Porter ; res. Marlboro. 15 16 17 18 19 20 (5) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 513 III. Louisa, b. May 7, 1807 ; d. Dec. 2, 1832. IV. Luke C, b. Aug. 22, 1809 +. V. Lovina, b. Nov. 8, 1812 ; d. Aug. 2, 1816. VI. Lyman T., b. Apr. 29, 1817 : was burned to d. Dec. 4, 1834. VII. William, b. May 5, 1822 ; d. May 2, 1823. VIII. Alvah S., b. Aug. 29, 1824 ; m. 'Mar. 19, 1850, Sarepta A., b. Jan. 4, 1829, dau. of Dea. Oren and Julia Ann ("Wright) Brooks, q.v.; res. Troy. Luke 0. Clark, b. Aug. 20, 1809 ; m. Feb. 21, 1839, Abigail S., b. July 20, 1814, dau. of David and Betsey (Damon) Lowe, q.v.; res. Troy. I. Lyman T., b. Oct. 22, 1839. II. George W., b. Jan. 16, 1841. III. Francis L., b. Apr. 16, 1843 ; m. Jan. 22, 1871, Susan, b. Jan. 22, 1844, dau. of Herman and Bathsheba (Cobleigh) Fisher, q.v.; res. F. Ch. b. in F. 1. Martin Luke, b. Mar. 6, 1873. 2. Grace Alice, b. Oct. 24, 1877. IV. Charles David, b. Dec. 29, 1845 ; m. Oct. 6, 1869, Fanny Eozel], b. at Wendell, Mass., May 26, 1844, dau. of Amos and Fanny (Tenney) Baker, then of F.; res. F. Ch. b. in F. 1. Edward Charles, b. Julv 20, 1872. 2. Winford Samuel, b. Nov. 25, 1876. 3. Lolie Rozell, b. Oct. 9, 1879. 4. Floyd Elmore, b. Nov. 26, 1886. V. AiMe E., b. Aug. 8, 1851. VI. Warren N., b. May 7, 1858. Calvik Clakk was from Marlboro, Mass. As his oldest ch. was bapt. in F., but the birth is not recorded, it is supposed that he came in 1778 or 1779. His farm comprised part of Lots 6 and 7 in R 1, his house being where Hyman Bent afterward lived. The family left town between 1790 and 1793*. By w. Martha he had ch. rec. in F. I. Betsey, bapt. Oct. 3, 1779 ; d. Feb. 25, 1785. II. Martha, b. May 6, 1781. III. Dorothy, b. Feb. 13, 1784. IV. Leivis, b. Feb. 19, 1788. V. Nancy, bapt. Sept. 19, 1790. 33 514 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM:. CLAYE8.- I John' Clates or Cloisb settled in Watertown, Mass., before 1637 ; afterward res. in Charlestown, Mass., and Falmouth, Me.; killed by Indians in 1676 ; had 7 ch., of whom the second was 2 Petbr=, b. May 27, 1639 ; d. July 18, 1708 ; res. in Wells, Me., Salem, and Framingham, Mass. His will names 6 ch., of whom the fifth was 3 James^, who by w. Mary had in Pram. 6 ch., of whom the fourth was 4 James', b. June 10, 1710 ; d. Jan., 1798 : m. July 24, 1735, Lydia Eames, who d., and he m. (2d) May 28, 1740, Abigail, b. Nov. 23, 1717 ; d. Apr., 1798, dau. of John and Abigail Gleason. By 1st m. 1 ch ; by 2d m. 6 ch., of whom the th|ird was Elijah', b. Sept. 5, 1744. In F. rec. the name is quite uniformly spelled Clays. 9 10 11 12 Elijah' Clays, b. Sept. 5, 1744 ; came to F., 1770, and settled on L 22 B 9. His name appears in the Pro- prietors' Records from June, 1771, to Apr., 1774, dur- ing which time he was chosen to eleven official positions. He was a captain in the Eevolutionary War, and d. at White Plains, in 1776, in consequence of wounds. He m. Abigail, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Pratt) Pep- per, of Fram. See Ezelciel Mixer. Ch. b. i.-it. in Fram., v.-vii. in F. I. SaraV, b. Jan. 8, 1763 ; m. Fortunatus Nichols, q.v. II. Elijah, b. Dec. 23, 1764 ; d. May 22, 1815 ; m. Feb. 26, 1790, Levinah, b. Apr. 1, 1767, dau. of Ebenezer and Bathsheba Hemenway, of Fram. III. Benjamin, b. Mar. 20, 1767 ; m. Larrabee, and settled in Charlestown, N. H. IV. Aligail, b. Aug. 20, 1769. v. Joseph, b. Sept. 20, 1771 ; m. Sept. 24, 1797, Eunice, dau. of Gideon Howe, and settled in Shrewsbury, Mass. VI. Nathan, b. Oct. 17, 1773. VII. Betsey, b. Nov. 15, 1775 ; m. Phipps, of Dudley, Mass. OOBLEIGH. JoHK CoBLEiGH, b. Dcc. 18, 1762 ; d. Dec. 4, 1836 ; was s. of John and Mary (Wilder), of Templeton. He m. Deo. 11, 1787, Eunice, b. Mar. 20, 1766 ; d. June 21, 1853, dau. of John and Soviah (Rice) Brighara, of Phillipston, Mass. Came to F. soon after m. and set- tled on L 13 R 12. I. John, b. Mar. 21, 1789+. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 515 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 ]6 i^) 17 18 19 ao 21 23 33 24 II. Atnos, b. Apr. 18, 1790 ; d. Feb. 19-, 1834 ; m. Nancy and had ch., all b. in P. 1. Nancy, b. Feb. 5, 1814. 3. Joanna, b. Aug. 30, 1815. 3. Anson, b. Sept. 5, 1817. 4. Mary, b. Sept. 8, 1818. 5. Esther Cutler, b. May 4, 1830. 6. Merlin Colburn, b. Oct. 5, 1831. 7. Charlotte Colburn, b. Nov. 33, 1833 ; d. Feb. 33, 1835. m. David, b. July 36, 1791 ; d. in Marengo, Mich., May 36, 1858 ; m. Hannah, b. Mar. 30, 1785, dau. of Nathan and Eachel (Stoddard) Bowen, of Richmond ; rem. from F. soon after m. Only 3 of their ch. found in F. ree. 1. Cyrena, b. Nov. 3, 1811 ; d. in F., Nov. 14, 1839, unm. 3. David, d. Dec. 33, 1835, a. 9 y. IV. Eunice Brigham, b. Nov. 15, 1793; d. Sept. 13, 1836 ; m. Jan. 13, 1819, Joseph Baker, of Templeton, Mass. : rem. to Bakersfield, Vt. V. Cliloe, b. Feb. 6, 1801 ; d. Apr. 37, 1831, in B. VI. Bathsheba, b. Apr. 14, 1803 ; m. Herman Fisher, q.v. John Cobleigh, b. Mar. 31, 1789 ; m. May 13, 1818, Mehetabel, b. Nov. 18, 1783, dau. of John and Sarah Whitney. Mr. 0. d. Feb. 6, 1870, and Mrs. C. d. Nov. 36, 1861, both in F. Ch. b. i. in F., ii. in Princeton, Mass., III. in Templeton, Mass., iv. in Chesterfield, N. H. I. John Rice, b. Feb. 6, 1819 ; d. July 16, 1863 ; m. Apr. 14, 1846, Nancy J., b. Aug. 3, 1823,. dau. of Abner and Lucy (Jennison) Allen, of Princeton, Mass. Ch. b. 1 in F., 2 in Ash- burnham, Mass., 3 in Westminster, Mass.,. 4-7 in JaBErey. 1. John E.", b. Mar. 15, 1847 ; res. Preston,. Ct. 2. Mary J., b. May 20, 1849 ;. res.. Worr OP^fPT* JH3.SS 3. Charles' J., b. Nov. 2, 1851 ; res. Leo- minster, Mass. 4. Walter G., b. July 15, 1854. 5. Henry F., b. July 23, 1856. 6. Alice M., b. Dec. 13, 1858 ; res. W. 7. Harriet M., b. Jan. 16, 1861 ; res. W. 516 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 II. Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 26, 1820 ; m. John Forris- tall, q.v. III. Lyman, b. Feb. 6, 1825. IV. Luke, b. Nov. 19, 1828 ; m. Jan. 3, 1860, Mary S., b. June 6, 1837 ; d. Mar. 21, 1862, dau» of Hiram and Louisa (Wright) Clarke, of Princeton, Mass.; m. (2d) Jan. 10, 1865, Lottie M., b. June 21, 1837, dau. of William and Catherine C. (Maynard) Monroe, of P.; res. Gardner, Mass., and ch. all b. there. 1. Mary Louisa, b. Mar. 11, 1862. 2. Kathrina Augusta, b. Sept. 18, 1868. 3. Myron Monroe, b. Apr. 8, 1873 ; d. May 26, 1880. 4. Maude Gertrude, b. May 20, 1876. Ebenezer CoLBUKir and family rem. from Natick, Mass., and settled in Kindge in 1779. He d. Sept. 17, 1824, a. 86 y.; m. Mercy Everett, who d. Mar. 25, 1828, a. 87 y. Ch. i. Nancy ; ii. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 2, 1765 ; III. Jonathan ; iv. Isaac ; v. Mary. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 2, 1765 ; d. Mav 1, 1822 ; m. Oct. 17, 1790, Hannah, b. May 6, 1773 ; d. May 20, 1856, dau. of Ezekiel and Hannah (Platts) Jewett. After d. of Mr. 0. his wid. m. (2d) Mar. 9, 1826, George BufEum, of Eichmond. The family came to F. in 1794, and returned to Rindge a few y. later. Four ch., iv.-vii., were b. in P. In the following list of ch. no particulars beyond date of birth arie given, except of such as have had some further connection with F. I. Nahum, b. Mar. 20, 1791. II. Nancy, b. Nov. 7, 1792 ; m. Benjamin Davison, q.v. III. David, b. Mar. 2, 1794 ; came to F. ab. 1832, and d. here, June 26, 1834 ; m. (1st) Lydia Sears, (2d) Mary E. Foster, who d. July 7, 1878, in Jaffrey, a. 77 y., and was interred in F. He had several ch., of whom the only rec. in F. is 1. David Leonard, d. Dec. 26, 1833, a. 1 y. 10 mos. IV. Lnfant, b. Mar. 2, 1795 ; d. Mar. 17, 1795. V. Leonard, b. Feb. 29, 1796 ; m. Polly Corey ; m. (2d) Mrs. Currency Wilder, wid. of Elijah. Came to F. in 1836, and after res. in town 8 or 10 y. returned to Rindge. where he d. July 7, 1859. Had ch. d. in F.: Infant, d. Oct. 6, 1837 ; Clarissa, d. Dec. 24, 1839 ; Daughter, 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 37 28 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 517 d. Aug. 17, 1843, a. 3 y. The Hist, of E.. gives 6 ch. by 2(3 m., but the number may not be comjjlete, and the order may not be correct. Some of the ch. were b. in P., but none are on rec. here. 1. Samuel M. G., m. Martha A., dau. of Lyman and Julia (Chaplin) Deeth, q.v. 2. Clarissa. 3. Hannah. 4. Maria M., m. Charles D. Kimball, of Rindge, s. of Samuel M. and Melinda (Pierce). 5. George. 6. Estella. VI. Infant, h. Mar., 1797 ; d. Mar. 30, 1797. vir. Infant, b. Mar., 1798 ; d. Mar. 26, 1798. VIII. John, b. Mar. 15, 1799 ; m. Lydia, dau. of Artemas Beard, q.v. IX. Ahram, b. Oct. 3, 1800. X. Mercy, b. Feb. 9, 1803. XI. Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1804. XII. Imac, b. Oct. 37, 1805. XIII. Fanny, b. Mar.' 26, 1807 ; d. Mar. 10, 1831 ; m. Sept. 2, 1830, at, and called of P., Josiah Lyman Wetherbee, called of Ashburnham, b. Sept. 5, 1806, s. of Josiah and Clarissa (Saw- tell), of Rindge. XIV. Norris, b. Apr. 17, 1809 ; d. Apr. 5, 1847, killed by the Indians between St. Louis, Mo., and Santa Fe, N. M. He m. Dec. 25, 1832, Martha L., b. July 30, 1811 ; d. Mar. 8, 1841, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Goss) Carter. Ch. b. 1, 2, at F., 3 at St. Louis. 1. George Norris, b. Apr. 19, 1834 ; d. 1886 ; res. St. Louis, Mo. 2. Martha Ann, b. Apr. 30, 1838 ; d. Mar. 29, 1867 ; m. Dec, 1861, George A. Whitney, of Rindge, b. 1837, s. of John and Sophia (Faulkner), s.p. 3. Nancy C, b. Sept. 5, 1840 ; d. Sept. 7, 184i. XV. Clarissa, b. Dec. 9, 1812 ; m. Ebenezer Carter, q.v. Silas Colbcrkt and w. Esther were adm. to the chh. May 13, 1781, on letter from the chh. in Pelham, Mass., and probably left town in 1793* or 1794. It is supposed he settled on L 6 R 10, as he was taxed on that L in 518 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 29 30 31 (5) the Penny List of 1788. In some places the name is Goburn. Oh. rec. in P. I. RJwda, bapt. Oct. 21, 1781. II. Jonas, bapt. Aug. 22, 1784. .III.. Jes&e, bapt. Sept. 10, 1786. Stephen Cole, from Pomfrefc, Ct., bought, May 17, 1771, L 2 E 8 of James Eeed, for £24, and L 2 E 7 of Diminicus Davison, for £40, and sold L 2 E 7 to David Perry, June 1, 1772, for £56. He was chosen highway surveyor, June 19, 1771. Proh. remained in town but a short time, as the name appears no more in the records. The name is spelled Cool in the Prop, rec, but is Cole in the deeds. Diminicus Davison is called "of No. 4," but nothing further is known of him. COLLINS. EzEKiEL Collins, s. of William and Mary, was b May 1, 1749, in Southboro, Mass., and d. in F., Feb. 8, 1808 ; m. (1st) Abigail Woods, sister of Jonas Woods q.v. She d. May 24, 1776, and he m. (2d) Anna After the d. of Mr. 0. his wid. m. (2d) Jan. 27, 1813 Nathan Bartlet, of Eoyalston. She d. in E., July 30 1817. The Collins family came from Southboro, in March, 1795, and settled on L 11 E 6 near the pond which is still called by their family name. Ch. by 1st m., Abigail, and perhaps others not named ; all the others by 2d m. Abigail, m. William W. Pay, q.v. Silas, b. 1778(?) ; d. Mar. 2, 1803, a. 24 y., unm. Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1780 ; m. Asael Hart- well, q.v. EzeUel, b. Apr. 13, 1782+. Anna, b. 1784(?) ; m. Thadeus Cummings, q.v. Huldah, b. 1786(?) ; m. Josiah Osborn, q.v. Abishai, b. 1788(?)+. Stillman, b. 1790(?)+. Buth, h. July 5, 1793, d. May 20, 1881 ; m. (1st) Nathan Drury, q.v.; m. (2d) William Kuhn. Martha, b. Aug. 21, 1795 ; m. George Damon, q.v. Folly, b. Mar. 18, 1798 ; d. Jan. 22, 1800. BzEKiEL Collins, b. Apr. 13, 1782 ; d> Apr. 22, 1844 ; m. Apr. 17, 1805, Anna, b. Sept. 3, 1782 ; d. July 9, 1836, dau. of Samuel and Ann (Stacy) Stone. 2 I. 3 II. 4 III. 5 IV. 6 V. 7 VI. 8 VII. 9 VIII. 10 IX. 11 X. 12 XI. 13 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 519 This is, the first m. rec. as solemnized by Eev. Mr. Sabin M. (3d) Aug. 3, 1838, Anna, b. .Tan. 23, 1793 ; d. Oct. 35, 1880, dau. of Bartlet and Christiana (Holmes) Bowker. I. CJiloe Galista, b. Sept. 3, 1805 ; m. July 29, 1835, Franklin Streeter, of Templeton.' He d., and she m. (3d) Apr. 30, 1848, Asaph Nelson Brown, b. May 18, 1813, s. of Asaph and Martha (Wilder), of Eindge ; res. Wineh- endon. Ch. by 1st m. and b. in T. 14 1. Calista Ann Streeter, m. Foy. 17, 1859, Orlando Mason, s. of Rufus and Pru- dence (Woods), of Sullivan, N. H.; res. W. 15 1. Mabel Alurdock Mason, b. Oct. 7, ■1861 (twin). 16 3. Marcus Marvin Mason, b. Oct. 7, 1861 ; m. Nov. 13, 1885, Edith Eayward, dau. of Joseph G. and Christine (Beach) Isham, of New York City ; res. Cheyenne, Wyo. 17 II. Joshua Trowbridge, b. Mar. 37, 1807 ; d. Nov. 29, 1868 ; m. Elizabeth A., b. Feb. 5, 1810 ; d. July 13, 1870, dau. of Eliphas and Anna (Goss) Ballard, of Lancaster, Mass. 18 1. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 31, 1843 ; m. Sept. 6, 1866, Anson G. Beebe, b. Sept. 5, 1841, at Highgate, Vt., s. of Mar- shall and Rebecca (Ehieord), s.p. 19 3. Franklin Streeter, b. Nov. 34, 1845 : d. Jan. 7, 1846. 20 3. Frank Eliphas, b. Aug. 33, 1852; d. Jan. 1, 1853. 21 III. Sylvanus, b. May 15, 1809 ; d. Apr. 10, 1857, at Athol, Mass.; m. Nov. 30, 1836, Martha, dau. of Luke and Betsey (Cole) Piper, of Royalston. Ch. b. at E. 22 1. Martha Ann, b. July 8, 1837, 23 2. Harriet Mehetabel, b. Sept. 8, 1839 ; m. Apr., 1860, John R. Robson, of New Harmony, Ind. He d., and she m. m) Sept., 1878, Lorenzo T. Phillips. ot N. H. 34 IV. Anna Louisa, b. Aug. 31, 1813 ; d. July 9, 1830, unm. 35 V. Clarissa, b. Aug. 10, 1814 ; d. Sept. 8, 1836. 36 VI. Ezekiel Baxter, b. Sept. 23, 1816 ; d. May 5, I 1886 ; m. 520 37 28 29 30 31 33 34-5 36 37 38 (38) 39 40 41 42 (8) 43 HISTORY OF JFITZWILLIAM. 1. Emma Frances,, m. Mar. 31, 1875, Ed- ward Lvman Stone, q.v. Tii. Dexter, b. Sept."29, 1818+. VIII. Edward, b. Sept. 4, 1820 ; d. Jan. 4, 1821. IX. Harriet, b. Dec. 28, 1821 ; d. Oct. 27, 1838, unm. X. Julia, b. Oct. 2, 1823 ; d. Dec. 14, 1838. XI. Lyman Beecher, b. July 19, 1838 : m. Sept. 12, 1855, Augusta A., b. Eeb. 2, 1837 ; d. Nov. 36, 1863, dau. of Otis and Esther (Osgood) Whitcomb, of Swanzey ; m. (3d) June 29, 1873, Marion E., b. Nov. 30, 1835, at Littleton, Mass., dau. of Richard and Susan (Chandler) Hall ; res. Wardsboro, Vt. Oh. b. 1-4 in F., 5 in Greenville, N. H., 6 in Wardsboro. 1. George Lyman, b. Jan. 4, 1856 ; d. May 7, 1877. 2, 3. (Twins), b. Aug., 1859 ; d. Sept. 11 and 18, 1859. 4. Arthur Beecher, b. Apr. 27, 1862. 5. Hattie Susan, b. July 23, 1876. 6. George Augustus, b. Jan. 29, 1879. Dexter Collins, b. Sept. 39, 1818 ; m. Mar. 33, 1841, Mehetabel, b. Nov., 1816 ; d. Feb. 16, 1848, dau. of Asa and Elizabeth (Rogers) Waite ; m. (3d) Apr. 8, 1851, Martha, b. July 28, 1823 ; d. July 1, 1881, dau. of Oliver and Azubah (Carruth) Powers, of Phillipston, Mass.; res. Winchendon. Ch. b. in F. I. Julia MeUtable, b. Oct. 3. 1853 ; m. Feb. 21, 1884, Angelo M. Royse, b. ■ May 10, 1853, s. of Charles W. and Sybil (Wilson), of Sharon, N. H.; res. W. II. Dwight Oliver, b. June 39, 1857 ; m. Jan. 8, 1885, Susie A., b. Jan. 14, 1863, dau. of Levi and Sarah Amanda (Thompson) Haskell, of F. ; res. Lancaster, Mass. III. Nellie Etta, b. June 4, 1858 ; m. Sept. 31, 1887, Edmond Cooley Anderson, b. June 33, 1859, in Chicopec, Mass., s. of Cooley E. and Ma- rinda E. (Cleveland) ; res. Needham, Mass. IV. Anna Louisa Powers, b. Jan. 26, 1863. Abishai Collins, d. Oct. 13, 1843, a. 54 y. ; m. Aug. 35, 1811, Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1793 ; d. Sept. 35, 1843, dau. of Daniel and Lucy (Bruce) Farrar, of Troy. I. Levi, b. Mar. 13, 1813 (twin) ; d. y.(?) GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 521 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 (9) 58 59 60 61 62 63 II. Anna Woods, b. Mar. 13, 1812 ; m. Daniel Bur- bank, q.v. III. Ezekiel, b. Mar. 9, 1814 ; d. Feb. 18, 1815. IV. Daniel F., d. May 21, 1841, a. 25 y., unm. T. Tryphena, b. Oct. 18, 1818 ; m. Kev. Asa Fres- co tt, q.v. VI. Levi C, b. 1822 ; d. Nov. 22, 1851. aw . U.o ^ n dy VII. Maria, b. 1825. VIII. Abisliai, d. Oct. 31, 1843, a. 16 y. IX. Harvey B., d. 8ept. 20, 1843, a." 12 y. X. William Lysander, b. Dec. 19, 1833 ; m. Mar. 23, 1853, Hannah K, b. Jan. 11, 1832, daii. of John and Hannah (Lyon) Burbank, q.v.; res. Keene, N. H. 1. Addie Maria, b. Sept. 21, 1856, in F.; d. May 3, 1884, in Herkimer, N. Y. 2. Arthur Leslie, b. Apr. 13, 1859, in F. 3. Hattie Josephine, b. Aug. 15, 1860, in Herkimer, N. Y. 4. Willie L. B., b. Jan. 31, 1869, in Vernon, isr. Y. ( f> 5. Herbert Daniel, b. Apr. 3, 1871, in V^ )^ Stillmak Collins, d. Sept. 10, 1840, a. 50 y. ; m. July 26, 1813, Betsey, b. July 3, 1794 ; d. Apr. 10, 1824, dau. of Asa and Tamasin Goodell, of F. I. Betsey, b. Jan. 29, 1814. II. Polly a, b. Nov. 6, 1815. III. P/iebe A., b. Jan. 1, 1818. IV. Jared, b. Jan. 29, 1820. V. Silas, b. Feb. 26, 1822. VI. Boxana, b. Mar. 4, 1824 ; d. Nov. 10, 1869. COOLIDGE. I John' Coolidgb and w. Mary came from Cambridgeshire, Eng., in 1630, and settled in Watertown, Mass., wliere he was admitted freeman, May 25, 1636. His s., 2 John'', b. in Eng. ; m. Nov. 14, 1655, Hannah Livermore ; m. (3d) Sept. 16, 1679, Mary Maddock, and res. in Watertown. His s., 3 John', b. Feb. 19, 1662 ; m. Mary . Rem. between 1680 and 1685 from W. to Sherborn, Mass., where he was Selectman 10 y. and Town Clerk 5 y. His a., 4 Maj. Isaac*, b. Apr. 31, 1685 ; m. Apr. 26, 1710,- Hannah Morse and res. in 8., where he was Representative 5 y. and Selectman 3 y. Two of his ch., John 5 and Joseph | 7, have been represented in F. His oldest s., 5 John', b. June 31, 1714 ; res. in Sherborn and Natick, Mass. His w. Anne d. Jan. 18, 1783. His s., 522 mSTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 8 9 10 11 (10) 13 13 14 15 16 Samuel* Coolidge, b. in Sherborn, Aug. 13, 1753 ; rem. to Marlboro, N. H. His wid. Hannah d. in F. May 28, 1831, a. 79 y. Ch. b. i., ii. in Sherborn, iii.-v. in M. I. Rebecca', b. Mar. 1, 1779 ; .d. Oct. 24, 1856 ; m. (1st) Eeuben Ward, Jr., q.v.; (3d) Capt. John Sbone, of Marl., s. of Dea. Eliphalet and Lydia (Goddard). II. Lawson, b. Mar. 4, 1782 ; d. May 36, 1806. III. Persis, A. unm. IV. Curtis-\-. V. Henry, res. in Keene, and d. there. Curtis' Coolidge, b. 178- ; d. 187-, in La Grange, Tenn.; m., 1835, Catharine P., b. July 9, 1806, dan. of Joshua and Abigail (Sabin) Adams, of Plainfield, Ot., q.v. Maj. Coolidge was in trade in F. for several y., as related elsewhere ; rem. to St. Louis, Mo., in 1840. Oh. b. in F. I. Edward RusselV, b. Apr. 15, 1827 ; d. II. Mien Augusta, b. Oct. 8, 1839 ; d. June 24, 1833. III. Ellen Augusta, b. May 12, 1832 ; d. May 6, 1839. IV. Henry Curtis, b. Dec. 29, 1834 ; d. Jan. 8, 1838. V. John Adams, b. Apr. 19, 1837 ; m., 186- Ella Bell, of Memphis, Tenn. She d. Feb., 1887 ; res. Minneapolis, Minn. I 7 Josbph' Coolidoe. another s. of Maj. Isaac, was b^ Apr. 33, 1736 ; m. Jan. 36, 1746, Elizabeth Frost ; res. in Sherborn. They had twelve cb., of whom the ninth, Abraham, and tenth, Hezekiah, settled in Marlboro, N. H. Their fourth ch., 18 Daniel", b. Mar. 13, 1753 ; d. Sept. 10, 1840 ; m. May 11, 1780, Beulah Smith, from Needham, Mass.; res. in S., where he was Select- man 5 y. They had eleven ch., of whom the third was Calvin', b. Mar. 19, 1785. 19 20 Calvin' Coolidge, b. Mar. 19, 1785 ; d. Apr. 6, 1859 ; m. Patty, b. Feb. 4, 1790 ; d. Sept. 7, 1856, dau. of Daniel Hyde, of Newton, Mass. Kem. from Sher- born and settled in F. in 1811. I. Daniel', b. Nov. 17, 1810 ; d. Feb. 16, 1873 ; m. Jan. 7, 1835, Sally, b. May 33, 1806, dau- of Jesse and Hannah (Disper) Sawin, of Princeton, Mass. Ch. b. 1, 2 in S., 3-5 in Natick. 3d and 4th ch. d. y. 31 2i 23 24 25 26 37 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 523 1. Francis, b. July 37, 1835. 3. Sarah Jane, b. Apr. 31, 1837. 5. Miriam Broad, b. Oct. 5, 1844. II. CurHs, b. Nov. 31, 1814 ; d. Oct. 15, 1868 ; m. Jan. 5, 1843, Lydia, dau. of John and Lydia (Lybin) Eichardson, of Dedham, Mass.: res. in D., and ch. all b. there. 1. Mary L., b. Dee. 15, 1843 : d. Feb. 13, 1868. 2. Harriet J., b. May 4, 1845 ; d. Apr. 18, 1876. 3. Clara M., b. Sept. 3, 1847 ; m. Dec. 35, 1867, William M. Hamilton, of Ded- ham ; d. Mar. 12, 1883, s. of Leonard and Sarah (Morris) ; 5 ch., all b. in D.; 1st, 2d, and 5th ch. d. y. 3. Leonard Curtis Hamilton, b. Sept. 16, 1874. 4. Herbert Clifton Hamilton, b. Aug. 17, 1876. 4. Lucy J., b. Dee. 23, 1849 ; d. June 1, 1864. III. Cyrus, b. Apr. 12, 1817 ; d. Mar. 2, 1869, unm. IV. George, b. Aug. 6, 1831 ; d. Mar. 18, 1876, unm. V. Horace, b. Mar. 15, 1833 ; m. Mar. 13, 1863, Phebe, b. Sept. 3, 1830, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Chase) Blodgett, q.v. 1. Horace Eugene, b. May 3, 1873. Ti. Jane Hyslop, b. Nov. 29, 1824 ; d. Mar. 23, 1828. Tii. Austin, b. July 5, 1829 ; d. June 8, 1830. viii< Jennie H., b. Mar. 13, 1836 ; m. Timothy Blodgett, q.v. Anthony Corey, from Wallingford, Vt., settled in Richmond ab. 1797, and m. Lovisa, dau. of Capt. Amos and Lovisa (Simmons) Boorn, of R. He d. May 34, 1835, a. 59 y.; she d. Nov. 9, 1853, a. 77 y. They had a large family of ch., of whom may be noticed here : I. Abraham, b. May 10, 1798 ; m. June 1, 1834, Hannah W., b. Nov. 36, 1806, dau. of Edward and Euth Perkins, of Jaffrey ; res. Marlboro. 1. Louisa A., b. Mar. 8, 1836, in F. 2. Phebe B., b. Jan. 31, 1838, in J. 3. Mary Jane, b. June 31, 1830, in Troy. 4. Edward C, b. Dec. 8, 1831, in F. 5. Cynthia, b. Dec. 20, 1834, in J. 524 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 3 4 5 6 (5) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 II, in, IV. V. 6. Amos L., b. Aug. 1, 1837, iii F. 7. Alfred G., b. Apr. 13, 1840, in P. 8. Francis A., b. Feb. 9, 1843, in T. 9. Clara A., b. July 3, 1845, in T. 10. Henrv C, b. May 32, 1848, in M. Huldah. b. Sept. 20, 1799 ; d. in 'F., June 20, 1870, unm. Anthony, lived in F. several years, commencing ab. 1832. James, b. Nov. 12, 1805+. Mcene, b. Mar. 5, 1811 ; m. Edward Tolman, (2d) Kendall Fisher, q.v. James Cokey, b. Nov. 12, 1805 ; m. Apr. 3, 1835, Hannah, b. Mar. 25, 1815, dau. of Bartlet and Jemima (Knowlton [Wright]) Bowker, q.v.; came to F. ab. 1833, and rem. to Fitchburg, Mass., ab. 1870 ; res. Fitch- burg. I. Lucy Ann, b. May 5, 1836 ; m. David F. Hol- man, q.v. 11. Antoinette, b. Au?. 1. 1837 ; d. Nov. 27, 1885 ; m. Nov. 30, 1854, Jeremiah Greenwood ; res. Fitchburg. III. A non, b. Jan. 8, 1839 ; d. Feb. 9, 1839. IV. Hellen Louisa, h. Mar. 2, 1840 ; m.. 1876, Albert Carlos Harris, b. Jan. 18, 1845, at Haverhill, Mass., s. of Onias and Prudentia (Wheeler) ; res. Fitchbiirg. 1. Hattie Louisa Harris, b. Mar. 8, 1877. 2. George Franklyn " b. Jan. 14, 1879. 3. Arthur Edward " b. June 17, 1881. V. Mary Frances, b. June 5, 1842 ; m. Jan. 31, 1861, Henry Peck. b. Aug. 2. 1829, in Eoyal- ston, Mass., s. of Benoni and Eunice (Eogers) ; res. W. 1. Henrv Eddie Pcch, b. Mar. 5, 1862. 2. Freddie Benoni Pech, b. Oct, 6, 1876. VI. James Warren, b. Nov. 11, 1848. VII. Charles Austin, b. Sept. 7, 1851. William Crane and w. Keziah came from Stoughton, Mass., before 1785, and settled on L 9 E 2. She d. Oct. 8, 1802, and he m. (2d), May 34, 1803, Eunice Brown, who is called of P. in rec. of m.; ab. 1817 the family rem. to Greensboro, Vt. I. Mary, b. Oct. 15, 1784 ; d. Feb. 25, 1800. iL John, b. June 7, 1786 ; m. Susan, b. Nov. 2, GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 525 5 6 2 3 4 5 1788, dau. of William and Betsey (Brown) Poland, q.v. III. Eunice, b. Feb. 30, 3788 ; m. William Poland, Jr., q.v. IV. Nathan, b. Dec. 20, 1789. V. Sarah, b. Nov. 17, 1793 ; m. Aug. 23, 1813, Ephraim D. White, of Ludlow, Vt. Patty Crane and Daniel White, both of P., m. Apr. 23, 1795. SiMOir Ckosby was in town before 1786. He was chosen highway surveyor in March, 1786. His w. was Sally Howe, of Brooktield, Mass. The family rem. to Vermont ab. 1799. Mr. 0. was a prominent business man in P. for several y., but it is understood that he met with financial reverses, and it was mainly on account of these reverses that he left town. (Jh. rec. in P. I. Sally, b. Dec. 23, 1789. II. Otis, b. Oct. 17, 1792. III. Aaron, b. July 8, 179.1. lY. Dolly Whit)iey, bapt. Aug. 19, 1798. CUMMIN GS. I Isaac" Cummings, who is reported to have come from Scotland, was in Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1641, and d. there in May, 1677. His s., 2 Isaac", b. 1633 ; m. Mary Andrews, of Rowley Village (Boxford, Mass.), and lived in Topsfield, Mass., where he d. Jan., 1731-32. Their s., 3 Thomas', b. June 27, 1670 ; d. 1749 in Boxford ; m. Mehitabel Porter, b. 1683 ; d. 1738. Their s., 4 Samuel', b. Apr. 3, 1706 ; m. Sarah Hastings(?) ; settled in Lunen- burg, Mass. Their s., 5 Thaddeus', b. June 16, 1746 ; prob. d. in Lunenburg, Mar. 10, 1815 ; m. Catherine Goodridge, b. Aug. 29, 1749 ; d. in Royalston, Aug. 5, 1833. They had ch. i. Thomas, d. y.; ii. Catherine, unm.; in. Abigail, m. Israel Willard, of Bradford, Vt.; iv. Thadeus", b. Feb. 19, 1788 ; V. Wright, d. 1881 ; m. Mary Lawrence, and was a physician in Lancaster, Mass.; vi. Lydia, m. Calvin Russell, of Bingham, Me.; VII. Joshua, d. Aug., 1861, in Westminster, Mass. He ra. (1st) Sally Nichols, (3d) Hepzibah Hale ; res, in Royalston. Dr. Charles and Rev. Henry Cummings were bis ch. Dr. Charles was colonel of a Vermont regiment in the War of the Rebellion. 6 Thadeus" Cummings, b. Feb. 19, 1783 ; d. Sept. 15, 1855 ; prob. came to P. as early as 1802 ; m. Anna, b. 1784 ; d. Nov. 16, 1843, dau." of Ezekiel and Anna Collins. 526 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. I. Silas', b. Oct. 7, 1803+. II. Betsey\ b. Apr. 13, 1806 ; d. May 10, 1850 ; m. June 26, 1833, James Haines, of Chichester, N. H. ; d. Dec. 5, 1838, a. 33 y. Ch. b. 1 at Lancaster, Mass., 3, 3 at F. 1. George" Haines, b. Feb. 3, 1833 ; m. Aug. 39, 1854, Hannah Lucretia, b. June 13, 1835, dau. of Morrill and Laura (Whittemore) Grilman, of F., s.p.; res. Monticello, la. 3. Elizabeth Haines, b. Oct. (?), 1834 ; d. Jan. 39, 1839. 3. Mary Haines, m. 10 11 (7) 13 13 14 15 16 ir 18 19 30 31 23 23 34 35 26 Silas' Cumminhs, b. Oct. 7, 1803 ; d. June 30, 1883 ; m. May 3, 1837, Harriet Underwood, b. July 34, 1809 : d. July 30, 1863 : m. (3d) Mar. 21, 1864, Eliza (Poland) Simonds, b. Oct. 9, 1833, dau. of Samuel and Thankful (Smith) Poland. See Chap. XVI. I. Danverse\ b. Jan. 37, 1830 ; d. Apr. 27, 1833. II. Eunice Underwood, b. July 24, 1831 ; d. Mar. 9, 1834. III. Anna Rosilla, d. May 27, 1836, a. 2 y. 5 mos. IV. Charles Justin, d. May 5, 1838, a. 2 y. 5 mos. V. Jolm Frederick, h. Dec. 10, 1837 ; m. Mar. 21, 1863, Clara Belle J., b. Sept. 19, 1846, dau. of Azro and Eliza (Poland) Simonds. 1. Oscar Elmer, b. May 9, 1864. VI. Harriet Elizabeth, b. July 16, 1840 ; m. James E. Squire (his 2d w.). He d. Oct., 1887. VII. Thaddeus\ b. Sept. 27, 1842 ; m. Jan. 14, 1866, Emerancy H., b. Dec. 39, 1847, dau. of Capt. Asa and Betsey (Knight) Brewer ; res. Fitch- burg, Mass. Ch. b. 1 at P., 3-5 at Fitch- burg. 1. Edith Lillian", b. Nov. 18, 1866. 2. Grace Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1868. 3. Harry Underwood, b. Feb. 3. 1871. 4. Amy Louise, b. July 19, 1879. 5. Charles Frederic, b. Apr. 30, 1881. VIII. James Haines, b. July 37, 1847 ; d. Apr. 4, 1848. Amos Cummings, perhaps s. of Isaac% b. Dec. 15, 1765, in Topsfield, Mass.; in 1782 rem. to Marlboro, where he d. Aug. 8, 1843 ; m., 1785, Mercy Knowlton, of Beverly, Mass., b. May 16, 1761 ; d. June 31, 1819. Ch. I. Betsey, b. Oct. 4, 1785 ; m. Oct. 26, 1813, -t/o^:^^ --"^i 27 38 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 OENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 527 Luther Hemenway. She d. in Jaffrey, Aug. 28, 1850. 11. Amos, b. Nov. 1, 1792. Amos, b. Nov. 1, 1792 ; d. Aug. 28, 1862 ; m. Jan. 21, 1817, Nancy, b. Aug. 15, 1793 ; d. July 2, 1866, dau. of Thaddeus and Asenath (Rice) Hastings, of Marlboro. I. Eliza, b. Dec. 15, 1817 ; d. Aug. 5, 1876 ; m. May 15, 1839, Charles Sturtevant, of Keene. II. Nancy, b. Apr. 4, 1821 ; m. July 13, 1847, Frederick M. Ballou, and res. in Providence, R. I. III. FAlridge, b. Aug. 6, 1827 ; m. Jan. 1, 1861, Lydia Bassett, b. Mar. 6, 1828, dau. of Allen and Hannah (Newcomb) Chvpp, of Marlboro. Mr. C. came to F. in 1860(?). 1. Grace May, b. Apr. 16, 1863. IV. E. Jennie, b. Aug. 28, 1831 : m. Dec. 26, 1860, J. R. Beal, of Keene, where they res. T. Maria, b. Feb. 3, 1834. Benjamin Franklin Ctjmmings, b. May 4, 1828 ; s. of Asahel and Polly (Ames) of Hancock, N. H., and grands, of Capt. John, of Hollis, N. H. Mr. C. res. in F, a few years at the time of his 1st m. and came here again in 1881. He is probably of the same stock as the foregoing, but the connection cannot be stated. He m. May 17, 1848, Mary B., b. May 7, 1828, dau. of Dan- iel and Nancy (Stone) Simonds, q.v. She d. Oct. 4, 1870, in Rutland, Vt., and he m. (2d) Feb. 13. 1871, Delia F., b. Mar. 29, 1847, in Rutland, Vt., dau. of Harry and Mary (Dunklee) Woods. She d. Dec. iS, 1886, and he m. (3d) Mar. 27, 1887, Hattie E. (Davis) Ray- mond, b. Aug. 8, 1854, dau. of Isaac Davis, q.v. Oh. b. in Hancock. I. Freddie Alonzo, b. 1852 ; d. 1852. II. Edwin Asahel, b. 1854, is m. and res. in Chester- field, N. H. Ebenezek Cutlee settled on L 4 R 7, and was taxed 1795 to 1810. His w. Phebe d. May 37, 1810, a. 45 y. They had ch. rec. in F. as b. i., ii. in Royalston, iii. in Athol, Mass., others in F. I. Hannah, b. Sept. 36, 1787 ; m. Josiah Fullam, q.v. II. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 23, 1789. III. Polly, b. Apr. 9, 1792. 528 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 10 IT. Samuel, b. Julv 20, 1794 : d. Mar. 13, 1795. ' V. Danford, b. May 31, 1796. VI. Infant, d. Aug. 10, 1798. VII. Nancy, b. June 14, 1800. Jonathan Cutler settled on L 4 K 6 before 1793* and rem. from town ab. 1798. Jonas Cutlee m. Becca Capron, Nov. 13, 1794. CUTTING. I Richard' Cutting, a. 11 y., came from England with his bro. William in 1634. Richard settled in Watertown, Mass., where he d. Mar. 21, 1695-6. His s., 2 James^ b. Jan. 26, 1647-8 ; m. June 16, 1679, Hannah CoUer. Their fourth s. was 3 Jonathan', b. Jan. 12, 1687-8 ; d. May 29, 1754 ; m. Jan. 5, 1709-10, Sarah Plagg. Theirs., 4 Moses', b. Feb. 14, 1711-2 ; m. May 25, 1736, Mercy Stratton, and settled in Framingham. They had eight ch., of whom Daniel, Joseph, and Moses settled in Marlboro, N. H., ab. 1770-75. Daniel returned to Fram. in 1795, but his s. Daniel remained in Marl., and became a prom- inent man in the new town of Troy. 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 Moses' Cutting, s. of Moses and bro. of Daniel and Josepb, rem. from Marl, to F. ab. 1788, and settled on L 33 R 9, now in Troy, and where he d. Dec. 3, 1834. He m., 1770, Mary Whitcomb, who d. June 17, 1808. Ch. all.ree. in F. I. Liicy% b. July 4, 1773 ; m. Bailey ; lived in Westmoreland. II. Dorothy, b. Aug. 36, 1774 ; m., 1798, Jonathan Lawrence, s. of Jonathan and Lucy (Moore) ; res. Troy. III. Moses, b. Sept. 11, 1777 ; d. Kov. 31, 1807. IV. Deliverance, b. Sept. 38, 1780 ; m. Piper ; d. in Maine. V. Lydia, b. Feb. 33, 1784; m. Nov. 17, 1808. Samuel Parrar, b. Apr. 15, 1785, s. of Daniel and Lucy (Bruce) Farrar, of Marl. Settled in Vermont. VI. Mary, b. July 31, 1787 ; m. Jan. 1, 1810, Artemas Bolster. Rem. to State of New York ab. 1813. They had 1. Infant child, d. Mar. 33, 1811. VII. Aaron, b. Apr. 9, 1790 : m. Fanny Harvey. VIII. Anna, b. Dec. 33, 1793 ; m. Rufus Randall ; rem. to N. Y. IX. Asa, b. Jan. 38, 1796 ; res. Troy. 3 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 (2) 10 11 GENEALOGICAL EE6ISTER. 529 Patrick Daley is a native of County Cork, Ireland, and s. of Patrick Daley and Mary (KeHy). He m. at Manchester, N". H., Mary, dan. of Miles and Nelly Warren, also of County Cork. Ch. b. i. in M., ii. iu Swanzey, iii.-vi. in P. I. Mary E., b. Dec. 9, 1870. 11. Patrick J., b. Sept. 25, 1873. III. John E., b. Oct. 1, 1875. TV. Josie, b. Apr. 10, 1879. V. Julia M., b. May 20, 1880. VI. Michael A.,h. Apr. 23, 1882. DAMOK Dea. Olivbr Damox came to P. from Sudbury, Mass., ab. 1784, and settled on L 13 R 9, on which lot Dea. John Passett had previously lived for several yeais. His w., Lois Maynard, was prob. a near connection of the Pramingham Maynard family, of which several members settled in P. ab. this time. He d. Nov. 7, 1837, a. 79 y. She d. Dec. 25, 1828, a. 69 y. He was chosen dea. in 1798, and held the office till 1827. Ch. b. I. in East Sudbury, ii.-iv. in P. I. Oliver, b. May 2, 1783+. II. Jude, b. Oct. 24, 1785+. III. Luther, h. June 12, 1791+. IV. George, b. Sept. 20, 1796+. Oliver Damon, b. May 2, 1783 ; m. Nov. 8, 1803, Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1782, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Harris) Potter, q.v. Mr. D. d. Aug. 21, 18T2 ; Mrs. D. d. Mar. 3, 1867, both in Wauwatosa, Wis. Ch. all b. in P. I. Lois, b. May 5, 1805 ; d. May 26, 1837, iinm. II. Luther, b. Mar. 8, 1807 ; d. Peb. 8, 1860. III. Lowell, b. Jan. 6, 1809+. IV. Lavinia, b. Apr. 20, 1812 ; m. Oct. 2, 1832, Jonathan M. Warren, of Grafton, Mass., where she d. Aug. 8, 1872. He was bro. of Joseph A. Warren, who m. her cousin, Sarah H. Potter. V. Eunice, b. Sept. 10. 1814 ; m. Jan. 13, 1836, Charles A. Cutting, of Templeton, Mass., where she d. Jan. 26, 1837. VI. Nancy, b. Aug. 9, 1816 ; d. Peb. 26, 1845, unm. 34 530 12 13 (8) 14 15 16 17 18 19 ao (3) HISTOBY OF FITZWILLIAM. .31 23 23 24 35 36 27 VII. Lyman, b. Aug. 18, 1818 ; d. Apr. 30, 1873 ; m. Dolly Day. VIII. Sarah, b. July 30, 1821 ; d. Aug. 22, 1837. Lowell Damos, b. Jan. 6, 1809 ; d. Mar. 13, 1878 ; m. Oct. 6, 1831, Amy Howe, of Spencer, Mass., b. Feb. 3, 1808 ; res. Wauwatosa, Wis. Oh. b. i.-v. in F., vi. in Worcester, Mass. I. Cyrus Wesley, b. Apr. 29, 1834 ; m. June 16, 1859, Aurinda Marietta Hatchins, b. Feb. 16, 1835, at Walcott, Vt. Ch. b. in Wauwatosa, ■where they res. 1. Willis Lemuel, b. Oct. 29, 1863 ; d. July 4, 1883, struck by lightning while out riding ; m. Apr. 17, 1883, Joanna Camelia , b. Jan. 22, 1858, at Portage City, Wis. II. AraMla Amanda, b. Apr. 39, 1836. III. Sarah Josephine, b. Sept. 15, 1839. IV. Ellen Frances, b. Nov. 11, 1841 ; d. Apr. 31, 1842. V. Charles, b. Apr. 18, 1843 ; d. Aug. 5, 1844^ VI. Herbert Gummings, b. July 8, 1846 ; m. July 4, 1874, Hattie Wood, b. July 23, 1858, at Milwaukee, Wis.; res. W. JuDE Damon, b. Oct. 34, 1785 ; d. Nov. 14, 1873, at Keene, N. H.; m. May 23, 1810, Sukey, b. Mar. 4, 1789 ; d. Sept. 11, 1877, at P., dau. of Elihu and Euth Penniman, q.v. Ch. all b. in F. I. William, b. Oct. 13, 1810. II. Sarah, b. July 24, 1813 ; d. Apr. 3, 1837 ; m. Sept. 18, 1834, Asahel Sherman, of East Sud- bury, Mass.; had 3 ch., both d. in infancy. III. Mary, b. Aug. 1, 1814 ; d. July 24, 1836 ; m. Sept. 7, 1830, Dr. Luther W. Sherman, of North Dennis, Mass. L Mary Frances Sherman, m. W. W. Glover. 2. Sherman, d. in infancy. IV. Susan, b. Mar. 6, 1816 ; d. Apr. 5. 1838, unm. V. .David, b. Apr. 5, 1818 ; m. Apr. 13, 1847, Hannah, b. Aug. 36, 1825 ; d. Aug. 2, 1875, dau. of Josiah and Lydia (White) Amadou, of F.; m. (2d) Sept. 21, 1881, Abbie M.. b. June 28, 1840, dau. of Abram and Ruhamah (Comee) Jaquith, of Fitchburg, Mass.; res. 28 29 30 31 33 (4) 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 (36) 43 44 45 46 47 (37) GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 531 Fitch. Ch. b. i. in F., ii. in Worcester, Mass., III. in Fitch. 1. Frederick David, b. Dec. 16, 1851 ; d. Feb. 24, 1857. 2. Frank Arthur, b. Apr. 1, 1857 ; d. Sept. 26, 1859. 3. Willie, b. June 2, 1859. VI. Jude, b. Feb. 18, 1822 ; d. 1887. VII. Ann Gates, b. Mar. 4, 1824 ; res. in F.; unm. LuTHEE Damon, b. June 12, 1791 ; d. Apr. 21, 1841 ; m. Sept. 4, 1814, Sybil, b. Aug. 18, 1796 ; d. Sept. 18, 1877, at Dana, Mass., dau: of Asa and Kezia (Badger) Fiske. Ch. all b. in F. I. Betsey R., b. INov. 3, 1815 ; m. Sylvanus Per- ham, q.v. II. Rosilla, b. May 4, 1818 ; m. Dec. 4, 1837, David Wheeler. III. Maria, b. Aug. 9, 1820 ; m. Mason Wheeler ; m. (2d) June 3, 1860, Elisha W. Fairbanks. IV. Luke Richardson, b. Feb. 19, 1822+. V. Edward, b. Aug. 22, 1825+. VI. Silas Cumviings, b. Apr. 5, 1827 ; d. Aug. 18, 1850, unm. VII. Sibel Ann, b. July 10, 1830. VIII. Marshall Perham., b. Oct. 31, 1832+. IX. Mary Frances, d. Mar. 13, 1837, a. 3 y. X. Laura, m. Amos T. Town. Luke E. Damon, b. Feb. 19, 1822 ; m. Nov. 21, 1842, Esther J., b. Dec. 13, 1821, at Winchendon, dau. of Jacob and Sylvia A. Wales. In March, 1853, rem. to Adrian, Mich., where they have since res. I. John H., b. July 24, 1843 ; d. Dec. 21, 1859. II. Edwina E., b. Jan. 28, 1848 ; m. William F. Ayers, of Adrian, Mich.; b. Aug. 28, 1844, s. of Stephen and Lucy ; res. A. 1. George D. Ayers, b. Dec. 7, 1870. III. William L., b. July 10, 1850; d. Oct. 28, 1885, at Detroit, Mich.; m. Apr. 6, 1872, Ida, b. June 19, 1851, dau. of Jeremiah and Lucy Williams, of Huntington, Ind. IV. Charles W., b. Jan. 3, 1857 ; d. Jan. 1, 1867. Edwaed Damon, b. Aug. 22, 1825 ; d. Apr. 1, 1802, at Adrian, Mich.; m. Jan. 1, 1846, Sophronia A., b. May 21, 1827, dau. of Lewis and Sylvia (Green) Taft. [She m'. (2d) Sept. 9, 1885, Warren McOlenathan, of 532 HISTOEY OP FITZWILLIAM. 48 49 50 51 (40) 52 (5) 53 54 55 56 57 (55) 59 60 61 62 Eindge, b. Aug. 9, 1825, s. of Rufas and Liicv (Pond).] Ch. b. in F. I. Frank Edward, b. Dec. 9, 1849 : m. Jan. 6, 1870, Hannah J., b. May 11, 1849, dau. of A¥il]iam and Jane (McCrellis) Wheeler, of Millbiiry, Mass.; res. M. 1. Edith Anna, b. Apr. 28, 1872. 2. William Edward, b. July 17, 1874. 3. Florence May, b. Apr. 25, 1877. Marshall Peeham Damon, b. Oct. 31, 1832 ; m. Phebe Ellen, b. Jan. 18, 1836 ; d. Sept. 28, 1861, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Howe) Sweetser, q.v.; m. (2d) May 17, 1862, Mary L., b. July 28, 1844 ; d. at Sara- toga Springs, N. Y., June 22, 1871, dan. of Rufus and Harriet (Metcalf) Simonds ; res. Pawlet, Vt. No rec. of ch. One ch. I. Edith L., d. in F., Apr. 13, 1861, a. 2 y. George Damok, b. Sept. 20, 1796 ; d. Sept. 13, 1840; m. Jan. 22,1816, Martha, d. Oct. 27, 1867, a. 72, dau. of Ezekiei and Anna Collins, q.v. Liyed and d. on the old family homestead. I. Eliza, b. Jan. 23, 1817 ; m. Jan. 1, 1838, Moses Maynard Rice, of Brighton, Mass. ; res. and d. in Cambridge, Mass. II. Thomas, b. Dec. 6, 1819 ; res. in California. III. George, b. Sept. 6, 1821+. IV. Charles, b. May 12, 1823 ; d. Feb. 26, 1843, unm. v. Martha, d. Apr. 20, 1826, a. 11 mos. George Damon, b. Sept. 6, 1821 ; m. Sept. 6, 1852, Lucy, b. Dec. 24, 1831, dau. of Elijah and Dorothy (Crombie) Bowker, q.v.; rem. to Keene in 1880. Ch. b. I. in P., II. -III. in Troy. I. Marcia Cleaves, b. Jan. 22, 1854 ; m. Albert D. Marshall, q.v. II. Marcus Victor, b. June 19, 1859 ; m. Sept. 19, 1879, Ella L., b. Sept. 19, 1860, dau. of Frank D. and Helen Knapp, of Keene ; res. Troy. Ch. b. in K. 1. George Franklin, b. May 6, 1880. • 2. Maud Irene, b. Jan. 10, 1883. III. Minnie Madrith, b. Feb. 14. 1867. - 'T- Q ' 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 583 Zachariah Davis and w. Lydia were admitted to the chh. Oct. 14, 178r, on letter from chh. in Concord, Mass. He d. Apr. 13, 1809, a. 95 y.; she d. Dec. 18, 1800, a. 79 y. Perhaps Blisha, Samuel, Anna, and Euth, hereafter noticed, were their cH. Elisha Davis and Samuel were taxed in 1788 on L 19 R 5. Elisha does not appear any further in the rec, and in 1789, and after, the entire lot was taxtd to Samuel. Samuei, Davis and w. Elizabeth res. on L 19 E 5 till he d., Oct. 11, 1834, a. 66 y. Mrs. D. m. (3d) Novr. 25, 1830, Col. Jacob Wright, of Washington, N. H. Ch. i.-vi. rec. in F.; prob. all b. in E. I. Lovina, b. Mar. 33, 1786 ; in. Isaac Stowell, g.v. II. Jbucj/, b. June 31, 1789 ; m. Luther Nurse, q.v. III. Betsey, h. Oct. 14, 1793 ; m. Isaac Stowell, q.v. IV. Amos, b. Sept. 8, 1793 ; d. Mar. 8, 1853 ; m. Dec. 31, 1826, Lucy, b. July 33, 1808 ; d. Jan. 9, 1838, dau. of Jabez and Lucy (Pay) Morse, q.v.j m. (2d) Angeline, d. July 10, 1859, a. 48 v., dau. of Asa and Sarah (Walker) Emerson. 1. Emily, b. 1831 ; m. Oct. 33, 1826, Emory Cass, s. of Daniel and Hannah (Bojce), of Richmond : his 3d w.; she had 6 ch.; res. R. and Keene. 3. Sarah E., b. 1833 ; m. (1st) Benjamin P. Wilson, s. of Josiah and Dorcas (Carroll), q.v.j m. (2d) Noah Hardy, of Nelson. 3. Henry, b. 1844 ; res. Athol, Mass. 4. A¥illiam E'rederick, b. 1845 ; d. Aug. 5, 1863. V. Joel, b. May 8, 1797. VI. Polly, b. Sept. 8, 1800. VII. Roxana, b. Nov. 28, 1804 ; m. Edwin Emerson. Ruth Davis m. John Earrar, Jr., May 8, 1776. Anna Davis d. Nov. 11, 1808, a. 45 y. Chancy Davis came from Royalston and settled in P. ab. 1831. He was b. May 1, 1796 ; d. Dec. 31, 1868; m. Eunice Knight, of Phillipston, Mass.; b. June 12, 1796 ; d. Oct. 6, 1857 ; m. (3d) Oct. 5(?), 1859, 534 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 18 19 30 31 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 (18) 31 33 33 34 35 36 37 38 Mrs. Tamar Thompson. Ch. b. i.-ii. in P., iii.-iv. in K., v.-xii. in F. I. Chancy, b. Nov. 18, 1813+. II. Esther, b. Sept. 26, 1815 ; m. Mar. 7, 1843, Isaac Giddings, of Temple, N. H.; res. Wil- ton, K. H. III. Nancy Emnieline, b. Aug. 4, 1817 ; m. Apr. 19, 1838, Charles Bowker, of Ro;yalston. IV. Eunice, b. Sept. 14, 1819 ; m. Otis Hayden, q.v. V. Ezekiel, b. Apr. 1, 1822 ; res. Fitchburg, Mass. VI. Dorothy, b. Apr. 27, 1824 ; m. Nov. 18, 1847, Amos B. Sawyer ; m. (2d) Juno 14, 1865, Otis Hayden, q.v. 1. Albert Henry Satvyer, m. Dec. 25, 1873, Clara Emma, dau. of Joseph and Ade- line (Chase) Hale, g.v. VII. Joel Hapgood, b. July 15, 1827 ; res. Baldwins- ville, Mass. VIII. Stephen, b. Sept. 32, 1830 ; res. Fitchburg. IX. Lydia, b. May 30, 1832 ; m. Dec. 5, 1849, Frank A. Osborn ; res. Fitchburg. X. Lyman, b. Feb. 1, 1834 ; res. Winchendon. XI. Israel, b. Aug. 21, 1835 ; d. Sept. 12,- 1835. XII. Thomas, b. Apr. 36, 1837 ; d. Aug. 16, 1839. Chancy Davis, b. Nov. 18, 1813 ; m. Nov. 30, 1838, Eunice Ann, b. June 27, 1819 ; d. June 28, 1858, dan. of John and Eunice (Jones) Eaton ; m. (2d) Apr. 11, 1867, Betsey W., b. May 10, 1815 ; d. Apr. 26, 1883, dau. of Josiah and Huldah (Collins) Osborn and wid. of Charles Seed. I. Mary Annette, b. Dec. 27, 1842. II. Charles Warren, d. July 26, 1844. a. 3 mos. III. John Salin, d. Doc. 15, 1845, a. 3 mos. IV. Francis Herlert, b. Oct. 5, 1848 ; m. July 11, 1878, S. Ada Weston, of Mason, N. H. 1. Annie Mabel, b. June 19, 1879. V. Walter Edward, d. Sept. 1, 1858, a. 4 mos. Isaac Davis, b. Jan. 3, 1822, in Royalton, Vt., s. of Ezekiel, who was bro. of Chancy, No. 17, of this register ; m. Aug. 3, 1845, Jane E. B., b. Oct. 3, 1827, dau. of John and Harriet (Stone) Miles, q.v. They have had 7 ch., of whom 5 d. y. I. Hattie Eldora, b. Aug. 8, 1854, in Westboro, Mass.; m. (1st) Jan. 7, 1873, Christopher F. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 535 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Raymond, s. of Merrick D. and Eunice W. (Wymati), of Wiuchendon ; m. (2d) Benjamin F. Cumminss, q.v. Ch. b. in W. 1. Frederic D. Raymond, b. Sept. 29, 1873. 3. Carroll Raymond, b. Oct. 11, 1875. II. Ida Florence NigUinyale, b. Aug. 1, 1860 ; m. Sept. n, 1880, Homer Augustus Davis, b. Oct. 31. 1858, s. of Henry D. and Eleanor J. 1. Harold Henry Davis, b. Apr. 18, 1881. 3. Homer Isaac " b. June 21, 1883. Van Ness Davis, a bro. of Isaac, No. 37, m. Dec. 3, 1845, jyiary, b. May 19, 1824, dau. of Artemas and Polly (Davis) Wilson, q.v. Dana Davis, b. Dec. 17, 1804, in Templetou, Mass.; d. Feb. 8, 1881, in F.; ni. May 15, 1834, Mary, b. July 11, 1805 ; d. ATqv. 14, 1865, dau. of Josiah and Huldah (Collins) Osborn. q.v.; m. (2d) April 5, 1866, Lavina, b. June 13, 1818, dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Wether- bee) Sawte!!, of Bindge. No. ch. by either ni. Mr. D. settled in F. a few y. after his 1st rn. Both of the wives of Mr. D. were of Wethorbee de- scent. The emigrant ancestor, John Wetherbee, res. in Marlboro and Stow, Mass. In the earlier rec. the name is spelled Witherby. The emigrant, John, m. Mary Howe, Sept. 18, 1672. John m Catherine. 1 Hezekiah m. Haldah Martyn. Thomas m. Elizabeth. 1 Benjamin m. Kezia Mnnroe. 1 Thomas m. Mary Gates. 1 Betsey m. Matthew Osboni. 1 Mary m. Jonathan Sawtell. 1 Mary shorn m. Dana Davis. Lavina Savvtei: m. Dana Davis. Bestjamist Davison came to F. as early as 1767 or 1768. At a Proprietors' meeting, hejd Oct. 11, 1768, at the inn of Capt. Thomas Cowdin, in Fitchburg, he was chosen on a committee to lay out roads in the town. He d. Apr. 25. 1820, a. 76 y."; m. June 5, 1778, Mary, d. Nov. 23, 1822, a. 74 y., dau. of MaJ. Asa and Mary (Newton) Brigham, q.v. Soon after m. he settled on L 15 R 5 — the Davison place, so called, where C. A. Smytherman now lives. In the early rec. the name is often spelled Davidson. Ch. all b. in F. 536 HISTORY OF EITZWILLIAM. 3 4 5 6 1 (7) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 I. Mindwell, b. Mar. 1, 1778 ; m. Richard Gleason, Jr., q.v. II. Molly, b. June 6, 1780 ; m. Nathan Winch, q.v. III. Sylvene, b. Dec. 23, 1781 ; m. Aaron Town- send, q.v. ly. Asenath, b. Apr. 4, 1785 ; m. Nathan Winch, q.v. T. Arethusa, b. Feb. 26, 1787 ; d. Apr. 12, 1811, nnm. VI. Benjamin, b. Mar. 5, 1789+. Benjamin Davison, b. Mar. o, 1789 ; d. Sept. 20, 1860 ; m. June 17, 1813, Abigail, b. July 30, 1787 ; d. Feb. 8, 1820, dau. of William and Esther (Jaqnith) Marshall, of Jaffrev ; m. (2d) Dec. 28, 1820, Nancy, b. Nov. 7, 1792 ; d. Mar. 20, 1874, dau. of Ebenezer, Jr., and Hannah (Jewett) Colburn, of liindge. Ch. all b. in F., 2 by 1st m. and 5 by 2d m. I. Abigail, b. July 2, 1814 ; d. Sept. 16, 1882, in F.; m. Sept. 12, 1841, Daniel C. Prescott. b. July 11, 1815 ; d. July 18, 1866, s. of Col. Oliver and Mary (Clay), of Jaflrey ; m. (2d) Apr. 24, 1870, Dea. Oren Brooks, q.v. Ch. all by 1st m. and b. in J. 1. Oren D., b. Apr. 29, 1843 ; d. Dec. 31, 1875 ; m. Ella, dau. of William E. Boynton, of Sharon ; res. J. 2. George 0., b. Feb. 24, 1845 ; m. Electa, dau. of William and Lona Lenox, of Elfoy, N. Y. ; res. Minneapolis, Minn. 3. Mary,' b. Sept. 21, 1847 ; m. Mar. 2. 1871, John W. Poole, Jr., s. of John W. and Sybil (Cutter), of Jaffrey. 4. Susan L., b. July 25, 1850 ; m. May 2, 1875, Charles B. Robbins, b. Aug. 20, 1846, dau. of Jacob and Jane AV. (Baldwin), of Jaffrev. 5. Martha, b. Sept. 13, 1852. 6. Marshall D., b, Apr. 9, 1854; d. Jan.. 1866. 7. Freddie H., b. Feb. 25, 1859 ; d. Jan. 29, 1860. II. Benjamin Brigham, b. Sept. 22, 1818 ; d. Nov. 16, 1,S61 ; m. Dec. 7, 1843, Almira, b. June 3, 1823, dau. of Zebadiah and Phebe K. (Tyler) Pierce, of Jaffrey. Ch. b. 1 in J.. 2-3 in Rindge. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 637 1? 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1. Mira M., b. Sept. 1, 1844 : d. July 27, 1876, unm. 2. Luther D., b. Apr. 17, 1851 ; d. Sept. 17, 1852. 3. Arthur B., b. Mar. 9, 1855 ; m. Dec. 19, 1881, Jennie M., b. Nov., 1855, dau. of Simeon and Lovina (Ballou) Hol- brook, of West Svvanzey. in. Daughter, b. May 29, 1822 ; d. June 15, 1822. ly. Nancy M., b. May 21, 1823 ; d. Sept. 18, 1826. V. Arethusa, b. Jan. 19, 1826 ; d. JSTor. 25, 1827. ■VI. Nancy A., b. June 8, 1828 ; d. June 25, 1829. VII. Lyman, b. Sept. 13, 1830 ; d. Oct. 16, 1830. DiiiiNicus Davisok conveyed L 2 E 7 to Stephen Cole, of Pomfret, Ot., by deed dated May 17, 1771, for the consideration of £40. He was called "of No. 4," which shows that he res. in the town, though his name does not appear in any of tii« town rec. It is suggested that he may have been father of Benjamin, No. 1. I Caleb Death (or Deeth), m. Apr. 17, 1697, Martha Fajrbank, and had ch. (on Sherborii rec), i. Oliver, b. Mar. 36, 1698, 2 ; i^^^ O" Framingham rec.) ii. Caleb, b. Jan. 7, 1700 ; iii. John, b. May 30, 1703 ; IV. Martha, b. Apr., 1704. 2 Oliver, b. Mar. 36, 1698 ; res. Fram. ; m. Abigail , and had ch. Caleb, b. Se|)t. 10, 1736, 3- Barry's Hist, of Framingham gives only the form Death, but in the early F. rec. both forms were used in- discriminately. Temple's Hist, of Framingham, just published, says, " Later generations write Dearth," but the branch that settled in F. now invariably write D«eth. The family is of Huguenot descent, and the name was originally written DeEth. Caleb Deeth, b. Sept. 10, 1726 ; d. Apr. 21, 1796 ; m. Abigail , d. Apr. 20, 1816, a. 85 y. Caleb and w. were recommended, Oct. 2, 1771, by chh. in Fram. to chh. in Sherborn, and were admitted to chh. in P., Sept. 27, 1789, on letter from chh. in S. Parley, Caleb, and Polly were the only ch. who lived in F. I. Oliver, b.' Jan. 27, 1754 ; d. unm. II. Parley (or Perlev), b. Sept. 16, 1755 ; d. Jan. 16, 1827 ; m. Susanna , who d. Sept. 18, 1791 ; m. (2d) June 5, 1793, Betsey Swinerton, d. Dec. 30, 1840, a. 87 y. No ch. by either m. Ci.ime to F. before 1788, and settled on L 8 R 10. He was insane the latter part of his life, and was confined in a cage for several years. 538 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 6 7 8 9 (8) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (14) 18 19 30 21 III. Abigail, b. Mar. 33, 1757 ; m. Obadiah Morse, of Sherborn. IV. Eienezer Messenger, b. Dec. 3, 1763 ; d. Nov. 8, 1780. V. Caleb, b. May 6, 1767 + . VI. Polly, b. Aug. 8, 1772 ; m. Calvin Smith, q.v. Caleb Deeth, b. May 6, 1767 ; m. Sept. 13, 1794, Patty, b. June 11, 1770 ; d. Jan. 22, 1842, in Eindge ; interred in P., dau. of James and Deborah (Williams) Murdock, of Winchendon. There is no ree. that Mr. D. d. or was interred in F. The family came to F. ab. 1804, prob. from Grafton, Vt., as Mrs. D. was ad- mitted to the chh. in F., July 13, 1806, on letter from G., and rem. from town, ab. 1815, prob. to Royalston. Oh. VI. -VIII. rec. in F. I. Martj, b. June 26, 1796 ; d. in Royalston Feb. 13, 1831 ; interred in F. II. Sylvanus Oeorge, b. Dec. 17, 1797 ; res. New Brunswick, N. J. III. Martha, b. Nov. 11, 1799; d. in E., Nov. 37, 1837 ; interred in F. IV. Cliloe, b. Apr. 30, 1802 ; res. Boston. V. Lyynan, b. Mar. 8, 1804+. VI. Deborali Murdoch, b. Jan. 27, 1807 ; d. June 17, 1831. VII. Dorcas Graves, b. Mar. 9, 1809 : res. Oakland, Gal. VIII. Hannah Darling, b. Sept. 36, 1810 ; d. Jan. 1, 1886 ; res. Jamaica Plain, Mass. Lyman Deeth, b. Mar. 8, 1804, in Grafton, Vt. ; d. Feb., 1842. in Stoekbridge, Vt.; m. Aug. 8, 1826, JiUia, b. Oct. 1, 1807 ; d. in F. Oct. 36, 1844, dau. of Moses and Martha (Bent) Chaplin, q.v. Oh. b. i. and v.-vi. in F., il.-iv. in Eoyalston. I. Moses Sumner, b. May 34, 1837 ; d. May 11, 1882 ; m. Oct. 24, 1848, Lois A., d. 1870, dau. of James and. Eebecoa Trwiss) Ingalls, of Eindge ; m. (3d) July 16,' 1876, Mrs. Bl- mira B. (Taggart) Farrar, of Marlboro ; res. E. II. Julia Ann, b. Nov. 2, 1828 ; m. George W. Parker, q.v. III. Martha A., b. May 25, 1830 ; d. June, 1866 ; m. Samuel M. G. Colburn, s. of Leonard, q.v. IV. Lyman C, b. Jan. 6, 1833 ; m. Feb. 13, 1856, GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 539 sa 23 24 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 30, 1837, dau. of Dexter B. and Mary A. (Newell) Knowlton, of JafErey. She d. July 24, 1865, and he m. (2d) Hannah Jane Knowlton, b. July 1, 1839, a sister of his 1st w. ; res. Eindge. V. Jane R., b. Oct. 24, 1833 ; d. Aug. 28, 1885 ; m. William Newell, s. of Jacob and Eeziah L. (Powers), of Jaffrey ; served in the War of the Rebellion ; pro. to captain ; res. Wood- ford, Vt. VI. Martin Streeter, b. Jan. 30, 1836 ; m. Apr. 7, 1857, Jane E., b. Jan. 13, 1837 ; d. Nov. 30, 1868, dau. of Elisha and Nancy (Bobbins) Bent, q.v.; m. (2d) Feb. 2, 1870, Nancy A., b. Dec. 1, 1844, in Moretown, Vt., dau. of Orrin A. and Tryphena (Holt) Stiles ; res. Winchendon. 1. Juliette, b. July 21, 1875, in F. David Dbnison and family were in town before 1771. He was chosen highway surveyor, June 19, 1771, and he and w. Desire were admitted to the chh. Aug. 11, 1771. They appear to have left the town late in 1771 or early in 1772. At a meeting held Mar. 4, 1772, the Pro- prietors " Voted and chose Mr. Henry Willard highway surveyor in the room of one moved out of Monadnock, No. 4." They lived on L 9 El, afterward owned by Abner Stone. It is not known to what place they rem. Ch. bapt. Aug. 18, 1871. I. David. II. Samuel. III. Edward. IV. Desire. V. Anne. VI. Eunice. DEURY. I Hugh' Drdky, ance8tor of the Drur.ys, of P., and prob. the emi- graut, was in Sudbury, Mass., as early as 1641 ; rem. ab. 1652 to Boston, where he d. 1689 ; m. (1st) Lydia, b. 1627 ; d. Apr. 5, 1675, dau. of Edmund and Tamazine Rice, of S.; (3d) Oct., 1676, Mary, wid. of Rev. Edward Fletcher. Ch. i. John, b. May 2, 1646, 2 I "• Hugh, b. July 19, 1677 ; d. y. 2 JoHN^ b. May 3, 1646 ; d. 1678 ; res. Boston ; m. Mary . Ch. I. Thomas, b. Aug. 10, 1668, 3 ; ii. Mary ; in. John. 3 Thomas', b. Aug. 10, 1668 ; d. 1723. Settled in Framingham, and took a leading part in the formation of the town and chh.; m. Dec. 15, 1687, Rachel, dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice. Ch. 540 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. I. Caleb, b. Oct. 5, 1688, 4 ; H- Thomas ; iii. John ; iv. Rachel ; V. Lydia ; vi. Mary ; vii. Elizabeth ; viii. Micah ; ix. Uriah. 4 Caleb*, b. Oct. 5, 1688 ; A. 1733 ; m. Oct. 10, 1706, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth Eames. Ch. i. Josiah, b. Sept. 17, 1707, 5 ; II- Daniel ; in. John ; iv. Caleb ; v. Asenath ; vi. Seuill ; Yir. Zedekiah ; viii. Bbenezer ; ix. Joseph ; x. Elizabeth. 5 JosiAH°, b. Sept. 17, 1707 ; killed by an ox-team in Wayland ; m. Oct. 9, 1733, Hannah, dau. of William Barron, of Sherborn. Ch. I. Sarah ; ii. Elijah ; in. Josiah ; iv. Moses, b. Aug. 4, 1743, 6 ; v. Hannali ; vi. Nathan ; Yii. Asa ; viii. Elisha ; ix. Elisha. 6 16 17 18 19 20 II. Moses" Druey, b. Aug. 4, 1742 ; d. Sept. 6, 1836 ; m. Cata, bapt. Apr. 13, 1746 ; d- Mar. 11, 1816, dau. of Joseph and Prudence (Pratt) Adams. It is not defi- nitely known when the family came to P. The bapt. of tlie first three ch. are rec. jn Pramingham, and the name of Mr. D. first appears in F. rec. in 1771. I. Cata\ b. May 29, 1762 ; m. Artemas Wilson, q V. Sally, b. Mar. 7, 1764 ; m. Mar. 7, 1787, Isaiah Stoddard. Josiah, b. Apr. 5, 1766 ; m. Margaret Myers ; res. Kockingham, Vt. Lovina, bapt. Apr. 5, 1772 ; d. Jan. 19, 1793, unm. Hannah Barnes, bapt. Feb. 19, 1775 ; m. Feb. 4, 1799, John Newton, and rem. to Dummers- ton, Vt. Ch. rec. in F. as b. in D. 1. Betsey Nexvton. b. Aug. 9, 1799. Joseph, b. Nov. 10, 1777 ; m. Jan. 30, 1799, Martha Cameron, prob. dau. of Duncan. Betsey, b. Apr. 22, 1780. Annis, b. Aug. 11, 1782 ; m. Alexander Gleason, q.v. Elisha, b. July 2, 1785 ; d. Feb. 25, 1841, in Winchendon, and was interred in F. ; m. Apr. 20, 1819, Levina, b. Aug. 23, 1789, dau. of David and Molly (Livingston) Saunders, and wid. of Jesse Livingston. Moses, b. July 7, 1788+. Nathan', b. Sept. 3, 1791 ; m. June 5, 1811, Ruth, b. July 4, 1793, dau. of Ezekiel and Anna Collins, q.v. Ch. rec. in F. 1. Anna Maria, bapt. Sept. 27, 1818 ; m. Calvin Newton. 2. Betsey, bapt. Sept. 27, 1818 ; m. William Williams, and res. in Southboro, Mass., where slis d. Feb. 7, 1870, s.p. 9 III. 10 IV. 11 V. 12 13 VI. 14 VII. 15 VIII. IX. X. XI. GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEE. 541 21 3. Nathan Lovell, d. Feb. 14, 1818, a. 30 mos. 23 4. William, b. Sept. 3, 1820 ; d. July 14, 1822. (17) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 3G (26) 37 38 39 40 Moses' Drukt, b. July 7, 1788 : d. Apr. 16, 1884 ; m. July 3, 1810, Lucy, b. June 30, 1789 : d. Apr. 2, 1827, dau. of Ebenezer and Priscilla (Poor) Nurse, q.v. He m. (2d) June 5, 1828, Sally, b. Mar. 8, 1792 ; d. Oct. 21, 1874, dau. of Joseph and Lucy (Piper) Locke, q.v. I. Infant, b. June 15 ; d. July 3, 1811. II. Infant, b. Apr. 16 ; d. Apr. 18, 1812. III. Sarah, b. Mar. 2, 1813 ; m. Dec. 19, 1844, David Poland, q.v. IV. Curtis, b. June 12, 181'*-f-. V. Louisa, b. Mar. 31, 1816 ; d. Dec. 19, 1843, unm. Ti. Sylvester, b. Apr. 28, 1818+. Tii. Lyman, b. Apr. 24, 1821 ; m. Martha Mason ; res. Worcester, Mass. Yiii. Lucy', b. Feb. 13, 1824 ; m. Aug. 30, 1843, Joseph E. Drury, b. Aug. 30, 1816, s. of Josiah. See No. 9 of this rec. Res. Worcester, Mass. Oh. b. 1 in Rockingham, Vt., 2-4 in Walpole, N. II. 1. William A'., b. Dec. 6, 1848. 2. Charles Solon, b. May 25, 1855 ; d. Feb. 11, 1856. 3. Ella Maria, b. Jan. 17, 1858. 4. Fred. Lyman, b. Sept. 30, 1865. IX. Moses Sabin, b. Sept. 21, 1826 ; d. Mar. 26, 1827. X. Edward Payson, b. Feb. 13, 1837. Curtis Deury, b. June 12, 1814 ; d. Sept. 19, 1865 ; m. May 5, 1841, Emeline B., b. Sept. 27, 1817, dau. of Artemas and Mary (Chaplin) Beard, q.v. I. Marion Elizaleth, b. July 5, 1842 ; m. Phinehas Whitcomb, q.v. II. Emma Rusina, b. July 9, 1844 ; m. June 1, 1868, John P. Marden, s. of James and Caro- line (FoUett) ; res. Worcester, Mass. III. Austin Curtis, b. Dec. 27, 1846 ; m. (2d) Oct. 4, 1884, Amanda, dau. of James Chandler, of New Ipswich, N. H., where they res. IT. Edson Augustus, b. Mar. 3, 1850 ; m. June 1, 1874, Elizabeth L. Barton ; res. Worcester. 542 41 43 43 (38) 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. y. Joseph Elmer, b. Nov. 19, 1855 ; d. Dec. 3, 1870. VI. AlMe Maria, b. Aug. 6, 1859 ; m. May 15, 1877, Elliot Servetus Oudworth, b. May 15, 1855, s. of Timothy and Eath S. (Sawtell), of Rindge. VII. Martha EstelJa, b. July 7, 1863. Sylvester* Deuet, b. Apr. 38, 1818 ; m. Apr. 13, 1849, Theodosia R. Edson, b. Nov. 31, 1818 ; d. June 16, 1853 ; m. (3d) Jan. 13, 1854, Roancy, b. Feb. 6, 1830, dau. of Levi and Polly (Blodgett) Whittemore, of Troy. I. George Warren, b. June 30, 1851 ; m. June 17, 1880, Duella P., b. Nov. 8, 1855, dau. of Amos M. and Sabrina (Walker) Lamb, of Royalston, Mass ; res. Worcester, Mass. i. Carl Augustus, b. Jan. 14, 1883. II. Theodosia Annis, b. Aj^r. 14, 1853 ; d. Sept. 18, 1870. III. Loiiisa Alice, b. Sept. 21, 1855. IV. Lucy Maria, b. Feb. 19, 1857 ; d. May 1, 1858. V. Charles Sylvester, b. May 31, 1858 ; m. Oct. 30, 1884, Luluona J. Smith, b. June 12, 1866. 1. Bernice Celinda, b. Dee. 15, 1885. VI. Sarah, b. Nov. 14, 1859 ; d. Dec. 3, 1859. VII. Arthur William, b. May 7, 1861 ; m. July, 1883, Eda Josephine, b. June 15, 1867, dau. of Elijah and Susan (Howe) Wilder, q.v. 1. Chester Arthur, b. Oct. 15, 1883. George Wood Drury, b. June 11. 1800, in Fram- ingham, Mass., s. of Thomas and Lois (Murdock). This and the previous family are prob. from the same stock, and the connection not very remote. M. Oct. 31, 1837, Mahala, b. Oct. 14, 1807 ; d. July 1, 1863, dau. of Samuel and Sally Prentiss, of G-rafton, Mass.; m. (3d) Aug. 31, 1864, Ruth, b. May 36, 1817, dau. of James and Lavinia Prouty, of Lyman, N. H. I. Samuel Stillman, b. June 13, 1830. II. Frederick, b. Dec. 9, 1833 ; d. Oct. 13, 1833. III. Emma L., b. Sept. 6, 1837 ; d. Sept. 30, 1841. IV. John Henry, b. Nov. 13, 1844 : d. Jan. 18, 1883 : m. Nov. 13, 1873, Mary Williams, b. June 37, 1849, dau. of Thomas and Susan (Whittemore) Perry, q.v. 1. George Wood, b. Oct. 9, 1874. 60 61 62 63 64 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (6) GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 543 2. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 17, 1876. 3. Emma, b. June 22, 1878. 4. William, b. Apr. 12, 1880. V. George Alfred, b. Mar. 13, 1847 ; res. Grafton, Mass. VI. Charles Albert, b. Feb. 1, 1850 ; d. Apr. 18, 1851. Joseph Dunn m. June 19, 1775, Jane Platts (perhaps sister of Nathan Platts), and settled on L 21 R 5. The family left town ab. 1789. Ch. rec. in P. I. Edward, b. Oct. 14, 1775. II. John, b. Mar. 13, 1777. III. Nailian, b. Apr. 20, 1779. IV. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1781. V. Anna, b. June 28, 1783. VI. Joseph, b. June 2, 1785. VII. Thomas, b. Mar. 4, 1787. John Ddnn came from Natick, Mass., ab. 1804, and settled on L 6 11 10. The family left town, 1810 or 1811. By w. Sally he had ch. i.-iii. b. in K, iv.-vi. b. in F. I. Arnold. IT. Amy. III. Patty. IV. Sally, b. Jan. 1, 1805. V. Malinda, b. May 31, 1807. VI. Asa Drury, b. Dec. 1, 1809. James Dunton m. Aug. 24, 1784, Sibyl, b. May 14, 1764 ; d. Jan. 22, 1797, dau. of Silas and Elizabeth (Drury) Angier, g.v. The d. of Mr. D. is not found in P. rec. Ch. all b. and rec. in P. I. Betsey, b. Feb. 15, 1785 ; m. Silas Woods, q.v. II. Luke, b. Oct. 26, 1787 ; d. Aug. 13, 1788. III. Nancy, b. June 16, 1789 ; d. Jan. 24, 1808, unm. IV. Joel, b. June 29, 1790 ; d. Sept. 21, 1805. V. Ahel, b. Aug. 19, 1792+. VI. Lovina, b. Nov. 29, 1794. VII. James, b. Nov. 19, 1796 ; d. Jan. 20, 1797. Abel Dunton, b. Aug. 19, 1792 ; d. Apr. 20, 1882 ; m. Nov. 3, 1816, Ruth, b. Aug. 20, 1798, dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Bailey) Phillips, q.v. Ch. all b. in P. 544 HISTOET OP FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 31 33 23 34 35 36 37 38 29 I. Joel, b. June 4, 1817 ; d. 1838. n. Jonas, b. Oct. 5, 1818 ; d. Feb. 6, 1819. III. Ahd, b. Mar. 30, 1820 ; m. Apr. 9, 1843, Semantha Ann Fowler. Had 4 ch. IV. Lucy, b. Jan. 10, 1823 ; m. May 28, 1843, Levi G-. Collester, b. Nov. 4, 1830, s. of Charles and Lucy (White), of Marlboro. He d., and she m. (3d) Aug. 3, 1853, Calvin Hewitt. He d., and she m. (3d) Feb. 38, 1855, Arad Derby. 1. Ellen 0. Collester, b. Mar. 31, 1843. 3. Calvin Edgar Derby, b. Sept. 16, 1865. T. William, b. May 19, 1834. For an account of his experience in the Was of the Rebellion, see p. 306. VI. Asaliel, b. Oct. 34, 1836 ; m. Sept., 1851, Mary Jane, b. Sept. 10, 1833, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Howe) Sweetser, q.v. May be other ch. 1. Herbert Leslie, b. June 9, 1853. VII. George Olmstead, b. June 18, 1833 ; m. Sept. 14, 1854, Emily Ann, b. May 23, 1836, dau. of Artemas and Ann L. (Simonds) Stone, q.v. Ch. all b. in F. 1. Arthur Eugene, b. Apr. 3, 1858 ; d. Dee. 31, 1863. 3. George Albert, b. June 16, 1861 ; m. June 35, 1887, Lillian E., dau. of Luther N. and Harriet 0. AYilloughby, of JaSrey. 3. Stillmau Augustus, b. Aug. 34, 1863 ; d. Mar. 8, 1864. 4. Emogene, b. Aug. 5, 1864 ; m. June 30, 1886, Orrin L. Dunn, of Peterboro, s. of Stillman and Anna L. (Davis). 5. Frederick AVilliam, b. Aug. 4, 1866. 6. Walter Orlando, b. Jan. 34, 1867. 7. Cora Belle, b. Apr. 4, 1873. 8. Delbert, b. June 18, 1874. 9. Charles Abel, b. Mar. 14, 1876. VIII. Sylvender, b. Julv 4, 1834 ; d. Mar. 7, 1859. IX. Mary, b. Oct. 19, 1837 ; m. B. B. Boyce, q.v. Joseph Duegak was taxed in 1818 and 1819. Martha he had ch. rec. in P. I. Susan, b. Nov. 31, 1813. II. Martha, b. Nov. 3, 1818. By w. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 P) 10 11 12 13 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 545 John Eaton, s. of Nathaniel, was h. in Lancaster, ass., Oct. 21, 1784, and d. in F., Sept. 32, 1835 ; m. June 20, 1808, Eunice, b. June 5, 1784 ; d. June 21, 1862, dau. of Enos and Mary (Whitmore) Jones, of Ashburnham, Mass. Came to F. in 1823, and settled on L 5 E 11. Mrs. B. was of Locke descent, thus : Dea. William' Locke, the emigrant ancestor. James^ Locke. Sarah' Locke, m. William Jones. Enos* Jones. Eunice^ Jones, m. John Eaton, as stated. Ch. b. I. in Ashburnham, ii.-ti. in Koyalston, vii.- VIII. in P. I. Alhin Jones, b. June 19, 1809+. II. Harriet Matilda, b. Oct. 6, 1811 ; m. Otis Whittemore, q.v. III. John Harvey, b. June 6, 1814, unm. ; res. Mon- ticello, la. IV. Nathaniel Laland, b. May 24, 1816 ; unm. ; res. Ashburnham. V. Eunice Ann, b. June 27, 1819 ; m. Chancy Davis, Jr., q.v. VI. Charles Lincoln, b. Mar. 21, 1822 ; unm. ; res. Idaho. VII. Lucy Auqusta, b. Aug. 12, 1824 ; d. Feb. 13, 1829. VIII. Francis Warren, b. Feb. 9, 1827 ; d. Dec. 20, 1837. Dr. Albin J. Eaton, b. June 19, 1809 ; m. Mar. 27, 1838, Delight, b. July 16, 1813, dau. of David and Euby (Hatch) Stone, of F. ; res. Worcester, Mass. Ch. b. I. in Dublin, N. H., ii.-iii. in Pelham, Mass., iv. in Oakham, Mass. I. A son, b. and d. June 2, 1839. II. Frances Ann, b. Nov. 3, 1840 ; d. Aug. 10, 1842. III. Henrietta Attossa, b. Apr. 23, 1843 ; d. Sept. 15, 1844. IV. Maria Stone, b. Mar. 2, 1846. She is Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in AYellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. Abraham and Benjamin Eddy, bros., from Newton, Mass., settled in F. ab. 1790. Abraham rem. to Koyals- ton ab. 1800, followed by Benjamin ab. 1822. Both lived on L 2 K 12. 35 546 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. 10 ]1 (3) I. A child of Abraham d. Apr., 1795. Benjamiit Eddy m. , who d. Oct., 1830. Their ch. i.-iv. are rec. in P., the eldest b. in Newton, the others in F. Benjamin seems to have been a family name, as the s. is rec. as the fourth of the name. I. Benjamin (the fourth), b. July 1, 1787. ir. Zeltda, b. May 7, 1791 ; m. Apr. 9, 1831, Luke Hey wood, of AVinchendon. m. JoJm, b. Feb. 11, 1793 ; d. May 13, 1817. IV. Alexander Shephard, b. June 29, 1797 ; d. 16, 1820. v. Mary Ann. July Samuel Ellis came to F. from Stockbridge, Vt., ab. 1813-14. He d. Oct. 18, 1836, a. 51 y. His w. Cynthia, b. June 35, 1778 ; d. May 16, 1870, dan. of Samuel and Mary Eandall, q.v. Ch. b. i.-iv. in Keene, V. in S., VI. in F. I. Samuel G., b. Dec. 4, 1806 ; d. May 33, 1879, in Alstead, If. H. ; interred in F. George Washington, b. Mar. 4, 1808-}-. Beulah P., d. Apr. 33, 1830, a. 10 y. Timothy, b. July 2, 1811 ; d. Apr. 13, 1885. His. w. Cleora H. d. Apr. 23, 1883, a. 72 y. 3 mos. Both d. in Nashua, N. H., and were interred in F. Cynthia, b. June 30, 1813 ; m. Artemas W. Gowen, q v. Rufus Randall, d. July 17, 1878, in Franklin, Mass., a. 63 y. ; interred in F. Alijah, d. Nov. 6, 1873, in Boston, Mass., a. 55 y. ; murdered ; interred in F. , Elijah Wilds, m. Aug. 34, 1841, Lucv A. Mans- field. She d. Feb. 20, 1847, a. 36^., and he m. {2d) Arvilla D. Flint. A s. by 3d m. 1. Frank Ellas, b. Nov. 13, 1853, in Alstead ; m. Mar. 38, 1874, Nellie Isabel, b. Jan. 9, 1854, dau. of Samuel W. and Mary M. (Johnson) Carroll. Mary, b. Oct.(?), 1830 ; d. Aug. 18, 1831. Beulah Pond, b. 1823 (>) ; d. Feb. 23, 1837. George W. Ellis, b. Mar. 4, 1808 ; d. Apr. 27, 1885 ; m. Aug. 24, 1837, Bethia Ellen, b. Mar. 6, 1818 ; d. Sept. 13, 1870, dau. of Levi and Martha (Blake) Pratt; m. (2d) Dec. 10, 1873, Mrs. Harriet Alzina 3 II. 4 III. 5 IV. 6 V. 7 VI. 8 VII. 9 VIII. IX. X. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 32 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 3 4 5 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 547 French, b. July 18, 1819, dau. of Jesse and Naomi (Winch) Kaymond, of Mount Holly, Vt. Ch. all b. in P. I. George Henri/, b. Aug. 24, 1838 ; d. Dec. 31, 1864, in the army ; m. Oct. 21 (?), 1861, Katie L. Kenney, of Eoyalston, Mass. II. Edivard Bailey, b. JS'ov. 11, 1839 ; d. July 1, 1867. III. Ivory Warren, b. Dec. 20, 1840 ; d. July 21, 1880 ; m. Dec. 6, 1866, Etneline Viola, b. July 8, 1849, dau. of Timothy and Eebekah (Towns) Metcalf, of Eindge. Oh. all b. in P. 1. Son, b. Apr. 27, 1870 ; d. in infancy. 2. Effie Isabel, b. Nov. 5, 1871. 3. Bessie Maude, b. Mar. 17, 1875. 4. Lula Adelle, b. Apr. 26, 1880 ; d. Sept. 30, 1880. IV. Ira Webster, b. Feb. 19, 1843 ; m. Apr. 29, 1869, Eose Ursula, b. Sept. 9, 1842. dau. of Eeuben and Melinda A. (Lane) Morse, of Marlboro ; res. Ashland, Mass. Oh. b. in F. 1. Leslie Edward, b. Sept. 24, 1872. 2. Edith Melinda, b. July 7, 1874. V. Elliot Franhlin, b. Nov. 28, 1844 ; d. June 9, 1863, at New Orleans, in the army. VI. Harriet Martha, b. Oct. 6, 1846 ; d. Sept. 5, 1853. VII. William Orry, b. Apr. 2, 1848 ; d. Sept. 19, 1849. VIII. Charles Pratt, b. Nov. 13, 1849. IX. Addie Maria, b. Mar. 8, 1851 ; d. Aug. 15, 1853. X. Abbie Eliza, b. Mar. 8, 1851 (twin) ; d. Aug. 19, 1853. XI. Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 26, 1853 ; m.. Charles F. Smytherman, g.v. XII. Maria Ann, b. Nov. 26, 1857. XIII. Freddie Ellsworth, b. Nov. 23, 1861 ; d. July 26, 1862. Abel Estabrook and w. Ruth were in town as early as 1781, as all the following ch. are rec. in P. They settled on L 12 E 2, Avhich had been previously owned by William Withington and Henry Willard ; left town ab. 1804. I. Nathan, b. Dec. 7, 1781. II. Sarah, b. Peb. 6, 1783. III. Nabhy, b. Peb. 1, 1785. IV. Arethusa, b. Apr. 8, 1787. 548 HISTOKT OF PITZWILLIAM. 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 V. Infancy, b. Apr. 35, 1789. yi. Enos, b. Mar. 3, 1791. Tii. Lucy, b. Feb. 9, 1793. Tin. Polly, b. May 10, 1795. IX. Ruth, b. June 10, 1797. X. Caroline, b. Oct. 14, 1799. XI. Lovina, b. Mar. 4, 1803. I PeIjAtiah Everett, m. (1st) Mary Cutting, of Princeton, Mass.; m. (2d) Dorcas Fessenden, of Westminster, Mass. ; res. in W. Ch. 7 by each m., i. David ; ii. Joel ; iii. Mary ; rv. Melatiah ; v. John ; VI. Pelatiah M., 2 ; "^h- A.sa ; viii. Hiram, d. y. ; ix. Sarah ; x. Hiram ; XI. Leonard F. ; xa. Tryphena ; xiii. and xiv. Susan and George (twins). 3 (3) 10 11 Pblatiah Mann Everett came from Westminster to F. ab. 1809 ; d. May 30, 1850, a. 65 y.; m. Feb. 34, 1813, Abigail, b. Oct. 15, 1790 ; d. Feb. 3, 1859, dan. of Josepb and Anna (Smith) Carter, q.v. I. George Cutting, b. Apr. 17, 1813 + . II. AUgail Ann, b. Mar. 35, 1815 ; d. Feb. 10, 1817. III. Lorenzo Carter, b. Mar. 33, 1818+. IT. AUgail Ann, b. Mar. 17, 1831 ; d. Feb. 11, 1878 ; m. Aug. 39, 1839, Isaac Aldrich, b. Mar. 11, 1817 ; d. July 30, 1883, eighth ch. of Isaac and Abigail (Aldrich), of Richmond ; res. F., Troy, and Keene. Ch. b. 1 in F., 3 inT. 1. George Everett Aldrich, b. June 11, 1840 ; res. Boston. 3. Abbie Maria Aldrich, b. Apr. 34, 1843 ; d. Jan. 36, 1844. V. William Henry, b. Sept. 3, 1834+. Geoege C. Eterett, b. Apr. 17, 1813 ; d. Sept. 28, 1860 ; m. May 15, 1838, Frances Maria, b. May 35, 1831, in Swanzey, dau. of Bzekiel and Paulina (Applin) Thompson, [Mrs. E. m. (3d) Jan. 16, 1873, Col. Nel- son Converse, of Marlboro, b. Oct. 10, 1810, s. of John and Polly (Wright).] I. Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 27, 1844 ; m. Daniel F. Bowker, q.v. II. AhMe Sophia, b. June 4, 1848 ; m. Mar. 3, 1869, Thomas S. Whitney, b. in Peru, Vt., Apr. 31, 1844, s. of Zachariah and Hepsibeth (Smith), now of Rindge (R. Hist. Whitney Register, No. 71) ; res. in R. 12 13 14 15 16 (5) 17 18 19 30 (9) 21 22 2 3 4.5 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 549 1. Fannie H. Whitney, b. June 17, 1870. III. George Frank, b. Mav 20, 1850 ; d. Nov. 22, 1850. IV. Edith Maria, b. Aug. 2, 1851 ; d. Jan. 19, 1852. V. Frank Leslie, b. Apr. 30, 1855 ; d. July 17, 1857. VI. Edward Lincoln, b. May 9, 1860 ; d. June 10, 1862. Lorenzo C. Everett, b. Mar. 23, 1818 ; d. jSTov. 16, 1870 ; m. Apr. 16, 1841, Cynthia, b. Mar. 3, 1823, dau. of John J. and Cynthia (Amadon') Allen, q.v. [Mrs. B. m. (2d) Oct. 24, 1882, Joseph Bowman, of Troy, JSr. Y.] Ch. b. I. -II. in F., in. in T. I. Edgar Herbert Lorenzo, b. Aug. 26, 1846 ; d. Aug. 29, 1847. II. Edgar Lorenzo, b. Aug. 11, 1848 ; m. Sept. 27. 1870, Adelaide, b. Nov. 17, 1850, daii. of Caleb and Sarah (Wood) Williamson, of T. Mr. Everett is a dealer in Fine Art Goods in T. 1. Frank oSTorton, b. Jan. 3, 1879. III. Harry Allen Gilbert, b. Apr. 29, 1860. William H. Everett, b. Sept. 3, 1824 ; m. May 11 1847, Caroline Augusta, b. Aug. 7, 1825, dau. of Jacob and Sylvia A. Wales, then of F. ; m. (2d) Caroline Itutl], d. Dec. 30, 1885, dau. of John and Jane (Harris) Sher- wood, of Wilmington, Del. I. William Henry, b. Dec. 4, 1849 ; m. Margaret Gillen, of Wilmington. II. Caroline Alfaratta, b. Apr. 14, 1855 ; m. George Ricords, of Wilmington. Philemon Fairbanks, b. of Philemon and Mary (Smith), of Athol, Mass., was b. Mar. 26, 1782 ; came in 1798 to F., where he d. Apr. 1, 1871 ; m. Mar. 5, 1807, Poll;7, b. May 20, 1787 ; d. Aug. 7, 1845, dau. of Capt. Stephen and Rhoda (Daniels) Richardson. I. Rhoda, b. May 3, 1808 ; d. Dec. 26, 1876, at Winchester, N. H.; m. May 8, 1849, Elijah Graves, of Royalston. He d. June, 1864. II. Barah, b. June 23, 1810 ; d. Aug. 6, 1851, unm. j"' I Twins, b. and d. Jan. 5, 1817. 550 HISTOET OP I'lTZWILLIAM. 7 (6) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 T. Philemon Richardson, b. Aug. 31, 1818+. VI. Infant son, b. and d. June 29, 1821. Philemon K. Fairbanks, b. Aug. 31, 1818 ; d. Jan. 27, 1870 ; m. June 29, 1845, Lucy, b. Nov. 8, 1825 ; d. Jan. 3, 1856, dau. of Abijah and Lucy (Whit- ney) Eichardson, of Eoyalston, q.v.; m. (2d) Apr. 27, 1856, Lucy Bowen, b. July 18, 1823, dau. of Nichols and Penelope (Bowen) Hart, of Eicbmond. I. Mary Georgiana, b. June 5, 1846 ; d. Aug. 8, 1867, unm. II. Ella Miranda, b. Nov. 14, 1847 ; m. Charles P. Mitchell, q.v. III. Edwin Smith, b. Nov. 4, 1850 ; m. Nov. 8, 1871, Delia Maria, b. Aug. 13, 1850, dau. of Eufus B. and Mary Ann (Eames) Potter, of Pitchburg, Mass.; res. Fitch. 1. Minnie Maud, b. Aug. 27, 1876. 2. Mary M., b. Mar., 1880 ; d. May, 1880. 3. Martha M., b. Mar., 1880 (twin) ; d. May, 1880. 4. Nellie Jewett, b. July, 1881. IV. Henry PMlemo?i, b. Apr. 28, 1853 ; m. Mary Delia Whitney, b. Mar. 12, 1853. V. Penelove Nichols, b. Aug. 1, 1857 ; d. Oct. 5, 1863. Horatio Nelson Fairbanks, b. Mar. 11, 1832, in Holden, Mass.; m. (1st) Lucy Ann Woodward, (2d) Millie Pierce. Oh. b. i. in Princeton, Mass., ii.-iii. in H. I. Alfred Nelson, b. Apr. 7, 1852. II. George Homer, b. Apr. 28, 1853 ; m. Mar. 5, 1879, Myra Ardell, b. Jan. 21, 1860, dau. of George W. and Eliza A. (Swan) Wilson, q.v. 1. George Elwin, b. June 3, 1880. III. William Herbert, b. Nov. 23, 1855. Silas Parnsworth was in town before 1776, and left before 1788. He was chosen Highway Surveyor by the town in March, 1776, and Assessor by the proprie- tors in 1779. His w. Lydia d. July 27, 1780, and he m. (2d) Jan. 4, 1781, Keziah Poor. Oh. rec. in F. I. Molly, bapt. May 12, 1776 ; d. Dec. 15, 1785. II. Silas, bapt. Apr. 19, 1778. III. Infant, d. June 29, 1780. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 551 FAREAR. 1 Jacob* Farrae and his bro. John were two of the original pro- prietors of Lancaster, Mass., and were there as early as 1653. -The tradition, prob. correct, is that they came from Lancashire, England. Jacob d. in Woburn, Mass., Aug. 14, 1677. His eldest s., 2 Jacob^, b. in England, prob. ab. 1643 ; m., 1668, Hannah, dau. of George Hayward. He was killed by the ludiaDS, Aug. 33, 1675. His second s., 3 Gborgk', b. Aug. 16, 1670 ; in. Sept. 9, 1693, Mary Howe, and settled in that part of Concord, Mass., now Lincoln. He d. May 15, 1760. His wid, d. Apr. 13, 1761. His second s., 4 Daniel', b. Nov. 30, 1696 ; m. Hannah Fletcher, and settled in Sudbury, Mass., where he d. ab. 1755. Descendants of two of his ch., I. Josiah, b. Sept., 1733 ; ii. Daniel, b. 1734, 22, liave lived in F. 5 Josiah", b. Sept., 1733 ; eldest s. of Daniel* ; m., 1745, Hannah, dau. of John Taylor, of Nortliboro, Mass.; res.in Sudbuiy. He d. Nov. 34, 1808. His wid. d. Feb. 10, 1810, both in Marlboro, N. H. His s., 6 Phinehas", b. Aug. 30, 1747 ; m. Lovina Warren, of Marlboro, Mass.; settled in Marlboro, N. H., in 1768, where he d. Apr. 1, 1841. She d. Feb. 17, 1845, a. 93 y. Ch. i. Phinehas ; ii. John ; in. Bet- sey ; IV. Calvin. His dau. Caroline E. m. Levi Brown, of Waterford, Me., and was the mother of Charles Farrar Brown, better known by his nom de plume, Artemas Ward. v. Luther (twin to Calvin) ; vi. Josiah ; VII. Bildad (took the name William) ; viii. Daniel W., b. Feb. 33, 1786-7 ; IX. David ; s. and xi. Nancy and James (twins). 10 Col. Daniel Waeren' Farrar, b. Feb. 32, 1786, came from Marlboro to F. in 1800 as clerk in the store of Jonas Robeson (see 'pp. 398 and 400) ; m. May 24, 1812, Eliza, b. Dec. 11, 1791, dau. of Dr. Ebenezer and Betsey ( [Nichols] Bates) Wright, q.v. She d. Apr. 15, 1814, and he m. (2d) Aug. 17, 1815, Betsey, b. Sept. 21, 1794, dau. of Dea. Samuel and Hannah (Bowker) Griffin, q.v. Col. Farrar was very active in the move- ment which led to the formation of the town of Troy, and was one of the most enterprising and influential men in the new town. He d. Mar. 7, 1860. His w. d. Nov. 6, 1858. All his ch. were by his 2d m., which is omitted in the History of Marlboro. I. David Warren', b. Jan. 30, 1817 ; m. June 29, 1841, Hannah, b. Mar. 17, 1819, dau. of Stephen and Polly (Wright) Wheeler ; rem. to Britt, la., in 1880, to look after his ex- tended VVestern land interests; d. in B., Oct. 7, 1882 ; Mrs. F. res. in Troy ; ch. b. in T. 1. Henry W., b. Apr. 21, 1842 ; d. Aug. 13, 1885 ; res. New York City, Britt. 3. Hannah M., b. Sept. 27, 1843 ; d. Oct. 10, 1843. 553 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ai II. III. IT. V. TI. 3. Charles D., b. Oct. 3, 1847 ; res. Troy. 4. Helen M., b. Aug. 13, 1854 ; d. Aug. 18, 1884; res. Fitchburg, Mass., Brad- ford, Vt. Eliza Wright, b. Sept. 36, 1818 ; d. Dec. 8, 1844 ; m. Aug. 11, 1844, Eev. Alfred Stevens, of Westminster, Vt. Helen Maria, b. June 15, 1820 ; d. May 22, 1851 ; m. June 7, 1848, Rev. Abraham Jen- Kin*? It* fi t} Edward, bV Nov. 14, 1822 ; m. Aug. 23, 1858, Caroline, dau. of Charles H. Brainard, of Keene, where he res. He graduated at Har- vard Law School in 1847 ; admitted to Cheshire County Bar, Dec, 1847 ; is Clerk of the Supreme Court for Ch. Co. ; has held the office of Clerk of the Courts from Dec, 1857 ; has been Mayor of K. 1. Caroline Frances, b. Aug. 3, 1860. 2. Sarah Brainard, b. Aug. 13, 1869. Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1824 ; d. Mar. 27, 1838. Daniel, b. May 39, 1836 ; a physician : served in the "War of the Eebellion as assistant sur- geon in the 3d N. H. Reg. for ab. a y., when he resigned on account of ill health ; settled in Leominster, Mass., where he d. June 3, 1875, having won a good reputation in his profession, and an honorable place in the re- gards of his townsmen ; m. Nov. 24, 1863, Caroline A., b. Jan. 6, 1836, dau. of Cyrus and Betsey (Jackson.) Fairbanks, of Troy, ch. b. in L. 1. Edward Bird, b. Oct. 24, 1866. 2. Gertrude Eliza, b. Oct. 7, 1870. 22 Daniel' Farkab, s. of Daniel*, was b. 1734 ; m., 1748, Mary , and res. in Lincoln, Mass. His s. George settled in Marlboro, N. H., in 1783. Another s., Daniel, b. Mar. 35, 1755, settled in F. 23 Daniel' Faebab, b. Mar. 25, 1755 ; d. Nov. 13, 1837 ; m. Lucy, dau. of John and Mary (Joslin) Bruce, perhaps then of Sudbury, Mass., but who soon settled in F. She d. Aug. 20, 1838. It seems quite certain that Mr. F. came to F. soon after m., as all his ch. are rec. here. He lived on L 31 R 9, which is set to him in all the early tax-lists that locate the owners of the land, and appears to have paid poll and property taxes in F. till 1814. The accounts of him in the Histories 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 (27) 35 36 37 38 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 553 of Troy and Marlboro do not agree, and neither account seems to harmonize with F. rec. I. ElizaUtW, b. Jan. 23, 1776 ; m. (Ist) Nathan Platts, (3d) Samuel Rockwood, q.v. II. Daniel, b. Mar. 24, 1778 ; d. Apr. 29, 1781. III. Lucy, b. Oct. 31, 1780 ; m. Caleb Winch, q.v. IT. Daniel, b. Nov. 10, 1782+. V. Samuel, b. Apr. 15, 1785 ; m. Nov. 17, 1808, Lydia, b. Feb. 23, 1785, dau. of Moses and Mary (Whitcomb) Cutting, q.v.; settled in Vermont. VI. John B., b. Dee. 17, 1787 ; d. Oct. 14, 1854 ; m. Aug. 15, 1810, Anna, b. Feb. 25, 1786, dau. of Timothy and Martha (Long) Harvey, of Marlboro. Eight ch. Ees. Hinsdale and M. Mrs. F. d. Jan. 14, 1870, at Carthage, N.Y. VII. Mary, b. Apr. 14, 1790 ; m. William Winch, q.v. VIII. Sally, b. Feb. 16, 1792 ; m. Abishai Collins, q.v. IX. William, b. Feb. 18, 1794 ; d. Jan. 7, 1870 ; m. Mar. 20, 1816, Betsey, b. Sept. 26, 1793 ; d. Dee. 2, 1881, dau. of Josiah and Lucy ■ (Snow) Whittemore, of Phillipston, Mass. Eem. to Monroe Co., N. Y., aad from thence, in 1837, to Hadley, Lapeer Co., Mich., where both d. They had 14 ch., of whom 12 lived to maturity, and 11 m. X. Nancy, b. Jan. 5, 1797 ; m. A. Eawson ; rem. to Vermont. XI. Tryphena, b. Oct. 21, 1799 ; m. Robert Fitz, of New Ipswich, where she d. 1842. Daniel' Farrar, b. Nov. 10, 1782 ; m. Dec. 30, 1806, Lucena, b. Apr. 11, 1780, dau. of Daniel and Hannah (Goodrich) Mellen, q.v. Lived on the home place. I. Hannah Goodrich, b. Oct. 11, 1807 ; d. Sept. 14, 1824. II. Lucena, b. May 15, 1810 ; d. Dec. 12, 1855. III. Betsey, b. Apr. 22, 1813. IT. Daniel M.',- h. Nov. 7, 1815 ; d. Mar. 28, 1870 ; m. Feb. 15, 1838, Sophronia Keith, b. Dec. 10, 1810 ; d. Apr. 3, 1873. Lived on the Daniel Mellen place in F., and later the entire family rem. to Troy, where Mr. and Mrs. F. both d. Ch. b. in F. 554 39 40 41 43 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 1. Daniel Warren', b. ISTov. 7, 1839 ; d. July 14, 1881 ; m. Nov. 7, 1860, Nancy A., b. Apr. 9, 1843: dau. of Liither F. and Harriet Piper ; ch. b. in ¥. 1. Lulu Estella", b. Dec. 4, 1866. 3. Edith May, b. July 34, 1871. 3. Adelbert Warren, b. May 39, 1876. 3. John Lyman, b. Oct. 6, 1841 ; d. Apr. 1, 1875 ; m. Ellen Josephine ; b. May 10, 1845 ; ch. b. in T. 1. Walter Daniel, b. Apr. 30, 1867. 3. Stephen Mellen, b. Feb. 6, 1869. 3. James Henry, b. Jan. 30, 1871. 4. Prank Warren, b. May 4, 1873. 3. Charles Adelbert, b. Apr. 34, 1844 ; m. Apr. (3 ?) 1865, Charlotte E. Bemis ; res. Troy ; ch. b. in T. 1. Mary Abbie, b. Mar. 11, 1866. 3. Leonard Adelbert, b. Sept. 38, 1869. 3. Fred Jones, b. July 38, 1871. 4. Nellie Ida, b. Oct. 38, 1875. 5. Charlotte Bemis, b. June 10, 1877. 4. Abbie Lucena, b. Dec. 10, 1848 ; m. Kimball ; res. Sanford, Me. ; ch. b. in T. 1. Bessie Farrar Kimball, b. Aug. 3, 1873. ' T. Leotiard, b. Sept. 30, 1817 ; d. June 1, 1876. VI. James, b. June 39, 1830 ; m. Clara Brown, of Warwick, Mass.; res. Adrian, Mich. Tii. Hannah, b. Apr. 35, 1835 ; d. Jan. 30, 1836. Maj. John Farrar (ancestry not traced) was a prom- inent citizen of Framingham, and an early proprietor of F., to which place he rem. prob. in 1775, and where he d. Jan. 7, 1777. The History of Fram. states that he was in town office there every year till 1774, but his name appears on the F. proprietary records in 1768, '69, and '70, and it is evident that during these three y. he was at F. often enough to attend to the duties of the various offices to which he had been chosen. He m. Oct. 13, 1740, Martha, dau. of Rev. John and Sarah (Tileston) Swift, of Pram. She d. 1749, and he m. (3d) Oct. 4, 1750, Deborah, b. Jan. 27, 1738-9 ; d. Nov. 3, 1793, dau. of Thomas and Deborah (Gleason) Winch, of Fram. I. Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1742 ; m. Gen. James Reed, q.v. GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEE. 555 61 63 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 11. Martha, b. Dec. 15, 1744 ; d. Apr. 3, 1745. m. John, b. and d. May 5, 1747. IV. Martha, b. June 7, 1749. V. John, b. Aug. 11, 1751 ; d. Mar. 20, 1809, at South Hadley, Mass.; m. May 8, 1786, Ruth Davis. The family rem. from F. ab. 1794. Ch. b. and rec. in ¥,. 1. John, b. Mar. 35, 1787. 2. Deborah, b. Apr. 16, 1788. 3. Molly, b. Nov. 7, 1789. vi. Deborah, b. "Nov. 36, 1753 ; m. Sept. 12, 1776, Caleb Leland ; res. Leominster, Mass. VII. Nelly, b. Nov. 4, 1755 ; m. Oapt. John Brown, of Fitchburg. VIII. Joseph, b. Apr. 3, 1758 ; m. (1st) Hannah Kim- ball, of Fitch.; (3d) Martha Natting, of Pep- perell ; (3d) Elizabeth Fletcher, of Dunstable ; res. P. IX. William, b. June 20, 1760 ; d. May 4, 1837 ; m. July 6, 1780, Irena Boynton ; she d. May 15, 1835, a. 75 y.; res. Troy. X. Daniel, b. Feb. 19, 1763 ; d. Sept. 5, 1833, in Troy, unm. XI. Anne',\>. Oct. 27, 1765 ; m. Benoni Shurtleff, q.v. XII. Samuel, b. Jan. 33, 1769 ; m. Mary Nutting, of Pepperell. XIII. Hetty, bapt. Oct. 14, 1771 ; m. Joseph Haskell, q.v. FAPiWELL. I Henet' FarweIjI. was one of the first settlers of Concord, Mass., where he was admitted freeman, Mar., 1638-39. By w. Olive he had ch. I. Jolin ; II. Mary ; m. Joseph, b. Feb. 20, 1643, 2 ; -iv. Olive ; v. Elizabeth, prob. all b. at C. He and his w. both d. in Chelmsford, Mass., he Aug. 1, 1670, and she Mar. 1, 1691-3. 2 Ensign JosEPH^ b. Feb. 30, 1643 ; d. Dec. 31, 1733, in Dunstable, Mass.; m. Dec. 35, 1666, Hannah, b. Aug. 34, 1649, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Stearns) Learned, of Woburn, Mass. Ch. b. in Chelmgford, i. Hannah ; ir. Joseph, b. July 34, 1670, 3 ; iii. Elizabeth ; iv. Henry ; V. Isaac ; vi. Sarah ; vir. John ; viir. William ; ix. Oliver. 3 Joseph', b. July 24, 1670 ; d. Aug. 21, 1740, at Groton, Mass.; m. Jan. 33, 1695-96, Hannah Colbiirn. Ch. rec. in C. i. Joseph ; ii. Thomas, rec. in G. ; iii. Hannah ; iv. Elizabeth ; v. Edward ; vi. Mary ; vn. John ; viu. Samuel, b. Jan. 14, 1714, 4 ; ix. Daniel ; x. Sarah. 4 Gen. Samuel*, b. Jan. 14, 1714 ; d. 1756-57 ; m. June 33, 1735, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1719 ; d. 1760 (?), dau. of Abraham and Elizabeth (Gilson) Moors, of G. Ch. ree. in G. i. Samuel ; ii. Elizabeth ; iii. 556 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. Eunice ; it. Abraham ; v. John ; vi. Sarah ; vii. Lydia ; vrii. Susaa- na, b. Sept. 15, 1752 ; m. Daniel Mellen, Jr., q.v.; ix. Joseph, b. Mar. 37, 1754, 5 ; x. Isaac Moors, b. Apr. 13, 1757, | Q- 7 8 9 10 11 Joseph' Farwbll, b. Mar. 37, 1754, in Groton ; d. Mar., 1813, in Bridgewater, N. Y.; m. Aug. 27, 1777, Eunice Goodridge, of Fitchburg, Mass., who d. Mar., 1811, in Manlius, N. Y. ; came to F. soon after m., and prob. settled on L 11 E 3 ; rem. from town ab. 1789. Mr. F. served in the Eevolutionary War, a part of the time in the bodyguard of Gen. Washington. Ch. b. in F. I. Joseph^, bapt. Jan. 10, 1779. II. Eunice, bapt. Oct. 16, 1780. III. Susanna, bapt. Mar. 30, 1783. IT. TrypJiosa, bapt. Jan. 8, 1786. Dr. Isaac Moors' Faewell, b. Apr. 12, 1757, in Townsend, Mass.; d. Aug. 11, 1840, in Paris, N. Y.; m. Dec. 6, 1785, Thankful, b. June 13, 1760 ; d. July 28, 1849, dan. of Maj. Asa and Mary (Newton) Brigham, then of F. Dr. Farwell was educated at Dartmouth College ; studied medicine with Dr. Preston, of New Ipswich ; rem. to what is now the city of Utica, N. Y., when it contained but three houses, and those built of logs ; thence rem. to Paris, where he practised his pro- fession till near the time of his d. (See p. 429). Had ch. one b. in F., and others after leaving town, of whom the names cannot be given. I. Lyman^, bapt. Oct. 5, 1798. FASSETT. I Patrick' Fassbtt and his w. Sarah came from Rock Fassett Castle, Ireland, and settled iu Lexington, Mass. There is a tradition that the ancestors of the family were refugees who fled from Scotland to escape religious persecution, and that the name Fassett was assumed to conceal their identity, the original family name being Macpherson. The proper English pronunciation of the name Fassett gives the broad sound to the a, and in England as well as in this country, some branches of the family spell the name Fawoett or Fossett, as being less liable to mispro- nunciation. The final consonant is often written single. The oldest ch. of Patrick and Sarah was, 2 JosEPH^ b. Oct. 2, 1673 ; d. June 16, 1754 ; res. in L. By w. Mary had a s., 3 Joseph', b. Dec. 6, 1701 ; d. Aug. 14, 1755 ; m. Amitay Willa'rd, whose father was from Wales, O. B. Ch. all b. in L. i. Joseph ; ii. Amitay ; in. Mary ; iv. John, b. Dec. 7, 1739, 4 ; v. Jonathan ; vi. Sarah. The Joseph Fassett who served iu the Revolutionary War as from F. was prob. a grandson of Joseph'. 13 14 (9) 15 16 17 8 II. 9 III. 10 IV. 11 V. 13 VI. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 557 Dea. John* Fassett was b. Dee. 7, 1739. After the d. of his father he was bound out to a farmer in Brain- tree, Mass. He m. Isabel Bogle, of Natick, Mass., which may indicate that he lived in N. after attaining his majority. Her father and mother were natives of Scotland, G. B. The w. of John Shirley (q.v.). Submit Bogle, was a niece of Mrs. F. After the formation of the chh. in F. Mrs. F. was admitted on letter from the chh. in Templeton, Mass., which makes it quite certain that they lived in T. before settling in F. They came to F. ab. 1768, their third child, Joseph, being the first white male ch. b. in F. Dea. F. d. Jan. 13, 1834. Mrs. F. d. Mar. 31, 1807, a. 67 y., 8 mos. I. Willard', h. Dec. 19, 1765 ; d. Nov. 13, 1795 ; m. Apr. 17, 1793, Betsey Parks, d. Sent. 6, 1843, a. 85 y. 1. Lucj°, b. Aug. 1, 1793 ; m. Benjamin Byam, q.v. 3. Elisha, b. Oct. 30, 1794 ; m. Dec. 35, 1817, Lovina, b. Aug. 19, 1798, dau. of Abel and Lovina (Amadon) Angier. John, h. May 31, 1767 ; d. Apr., 1816. Joseph, b. Aug. 5, 1769+. Obil, b. Aug. 35, 1771+. Thomas, b. Aug. 31, 1773 ; d. Feb. 17, 1786. Isabel, b. July 25, 1775 ; d. Mar. 9, 1795. In returning from a singing-school at ShurtlefE's tavern (where Sylvester Drury now lives) she became bewildered, and was not able to find her way home. To shelter herself as much, as possible she lay down behind a large rock, where she was found the next morning. She d. within two y., never recovering from the effects of the exposure. VII. Benjamin, b. Sept. 30, 1778 ; d. Feb. 30, 1786. VIII. Lucy, b. Aug. 6, 1781 ; d. Feb. 31, 1786. Joseph" Fassett, b. Aug. 5, 1769 ; d. Apr. 3, 1848 ; m. Oct. 13, 1796, Hannah Ward, b. May 3, 1774 ; d. Apr. 36, 1857, dau. of Jonas and Hannah (Ward) Woods. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. I. Levi', b. Apr. 10, 1797 ; d. June 1, 1863, unm. II. Rebecca, b. Dec. 6, 1798 ; d. Apr. 33, 1854, unm. III. John, b. Aug. 9, 1800 ; d. Nov. 36, 1853 ; m. Nov. 39, 1837, Polly, b. Aug. 30, 1803, dau. of Silas and Betsey (Dunton) Woods, q.v. He was known as John W. Fawcett. 558 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 18 19 20 31 32 23 34 25 36 (10) 37 28 39 30 31 33 33 34 35 36,37 38 39 IV. Jitde, b. June 17, 1803 ; d. Mar. 5, 1876, unm. V. Joseph, b. Feb. 30, 1804 ; d. Jane 30, 1844. VI. Nancy, b. Nov. 27, 1805 ; d. Sept. 27, 1808. VII. Lydia Woods, b. Feb. 35, 1808 ; m. Isaac W. Stone, q.v. vm. Edmund, b. Apr. 31, 1810 ; d. Dec. 38, 1855, in F., but had res. in Ashburnham. The sexton's rec. of d. in F. calls him Edmund Fawcett. His dau., 1. Cynthia, d. Oct., 1856, a. 15 y., in Ash- burnham ; interred in F. IX. Emellne (twin), b. Apr. 31, 1810 ; m. Jonas Haven, of Ashburnham, q.v. X. Hannah Ward, b. July 3, 1812 ; m. Lewis K. Ward, q.v. XI. Roxana, b. Mar. 30, 1815 ; m. Joshua Merriam, of Ashburnham, Mass., where she d. Oct. 3, 1859. Obil" Fassett, b. Aug. 25, 1771 ; d. Nov. 14, 1842 ; m. Sept. 38, 1794, Lois, b. Apr. 5, 1768 ; d. Aug. 11, 1847, dau. of Levi and Buth (Darling) Bixby, of Win- chendon. Ch. all b. and rec. inF., but Joseph was the only one who m. and settled in town. Joseph', b. May 1, 1795 +. Benjamin (twin), b. May 1, 1795 : d. June 3, 1795. John, b. Dec. 18, 1796 ; m. Margaret Burpee and settled in Lorraine, N. Y. Francis Benjamin, b. July 33, 1798 ; d. Oct. 5, 1800. V. Isabel, b. Apr. 28, 1800 ; m. Loammi Rice, of Westboro, Mass., and res. there. Stephen Franklin, b. Sept. 1, 1803 ; d. May 8, 1856 ; m. Elizabeth Thayer ; had several ch., one of whom, 1. Frank', wrote a History of Colorado. Clarissa, b. Aug., 1804 ; d. July 34, 1819. Obil William, b. Jan. 17, 1808 ; d. Sept. 13, 1855 ; m. Nancy Webb, s.p. \ Two sons, b. May 6, 1809 ; d. Aug. 5, 1809. Eunice Bixby, b. Feb. 31, 1811 ; m. Abraham Pierce, q.v. xii. Dr. TJiomas^ Willard, b. Aug. 30, 1813 ; was a noted physician of more than 50 y. practice ; m. May 17, 1838, Eachel Blodgett, and had ch. I. II. III. IV. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEB. 559 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 1. John'. He is an extensive farmer in the West. 2. Sarah E., m. Luther W. Fassett, No. 52 of this rec. He d., and she m. (2d) Walter Scott ; res. in Michigan. Joseph" Fassett, b. May 1, 1795 ; d. Sept. 17, 1858 ; m. Mar. 3, 1820, Tabitha, b. Sept. 13, 1791 ; d. Sept. 6, 1871, dau. of Joel and Tabitha Wright, q.v.j was in woodenware and lumber business in F. ; rem. Jan., 1836, to Jaffrey ; built the first half-way house on the Monadnock. I. Tabitha B:, b. Aug. 26, 1820 ; m. Edward B. H. Stewart ; res. Boston. II. Joseph Wright, b. June 7, 1822+. III. Lois Bixby\ b. Nov. 1, 1823 ; d. Oct. 7, 1846 ; m. Abel Thompson, b. Dec. 13, 1815, s. of Henry and Betsey (Jaquith) ; res. Jaffrey. 1. Elbridge J." Thompson, b. Aug. 10, 1842 ; d. Sept. 27, 1842. 2. Alfred J. Thompson, b. Jan., 1844 ; d. y. 3. Henry A. Thompson (twin), b. Jan., 1844 ; lost an arm in the Battle of the Wilderness ; res. Athol, Mass. 4. Loring J. Thompson, b. Aug., 1846 ; res. A. IV. John Benjamin, b. Oct. 12, 1825 ; was a ma- chinist, and res. in Winchester, N. H., and in Springfield, Mass., where he d. Oct. 24, 1886 ; m. Nov. 23, 1851, Lydia Ann Phelps, of W., s.p. V. Joel E., b. Aug. 8, 1827 ; went to Boston when quite y., and lived there till the War of the Kebellion, when he enlisted in Co. E., 2d Eeg. N. H. v., where he saw much service. After the war he returned to the old home- stead in Jaffrey, where he d. May 11, 1864, unm. VI. Edward Gardner, b. Sept. 16, 1829 ; d. May 20, 1850. VII. Liither W., b. Nov. 12, 1831 ; m. Sept. 24, 1856, Sarah E. Fassett, No. 41 of this rec. He served in 2d Reg., and was killed at Evansport (?), Va., Apr. 2, 1862. One ch. 1. Carrie. She is a popular school-teacher in Michigan. VIII. Danvers C.\ b. May 2, 1834 ; m. Hannah Ham- 560 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 55 56 57 58 59 (43) 60 61 62 63 64 65 IX. mond ; served in the last war in Ist N. H. Keg., Heavy Artillery. 1. Gardner W." ; res. Troy. 2. Ellsworth L., m. Ju^- 4, 1882, Jessie M., adopted dau. of Henry A. SpofEord, q.v. Clarissa C, b. June 9, 1836 ; d. Dec. 26, 1856 ; m. Sumner Wilbur. 1. Son, d. in infancv. 2. Myron P. Wilbur, b. Sept. 29, 1856. Joseph Wright' Passett, b. June 7, 1822 ; m. Nov. 16, 1847, Sarah A. Putney, who d. Dec. 13, 1873, from injuries received by being thrown from a carriage. He m. (2d) Nov. 5, 1874, Mrs. Emily L. (White) Dunn, of Sullivan. After his first m. Mr. P. lived for a few y. in Troy, N. H., and Boston, Mass.; but in 1854 he returned to JafErey and bought the old homestead farm, on which he has since res.; and has been chosen and appointed to offices of honor, responsibility and trust too numerous to particularize here. Ch. b. i. and in. in T., II. in Boston. I. Charles W.\ b. Dec. 3, 1848 ; m. Oct. 5, 1876, Adelia P., b. Jan. 14, 1847, dau. of Thomas and Marietta (Cutter) Upton, of Jafifrey. 1. PredWright^. II. AlUe Ann", b. Jan. 14, 1851 ; d. Nov. 22, 1879 ; m. Oct. 10, 1878, Alvin H. Simonds, of Pitchburg, Mass. 1. Susan Ethel" Simonds, b. Oct. 22, 1879. III. Frank P., b. Mar. 2, 1853 ; d. Dec. 19, 1863. IV. Henry J. (adopted), b. Dec. 19, 1863, in P. PAY. I John' Fat came to this country in 1656 by the ship Speedwell, arriving at Boston, June 37. He was called 8 y. of a., and as there were several other passengers of 30 y. and under, all apparently unac- companied by parents or relatives, it is natural to suppose that they had relatives already in the country. He m. Mary , and was an early settler in Marlboro, Mass., where the b. of his ch. are rec. He d. Dec. 5, 1690. Ch. I. John ; ii. David ; in. Samuel ; iv. Mary ; v. David, b. Apr. 33, 1679, 2 ; vi. Gershom ; vii. Buth ; viii. Deliverance. 2 David", b. Apr. 33, 1679 ; m. May 1, 1699, Sarah Larkin. Ch. i. John ; II. Joanna ; in. Sarah ; iv. David ; v. Lois ; vi. John, b. Dec. 16, 1710, 3 ; VII. Moses ; viii. Robert ; ix. Edward ; x. Aaron ; xi! Joanna ; xii. David. 3 JoHN=, b. Dec. 16, 1710 ; m. Thankful . His s., 4 Levis d. Oct. 10, 1805 ; m. (1st) Lucretia Howe, (33) Elizabeth Hudson. His s. John settled in F. ^^^^j^ ^ o^^,^,t^^. 7 9 10 11 13 J3 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 31 33 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 561 John' Pat came to F. from Marlboro, Mass., in 1783, and settled on L 14 E 8. He d. June 14, 1839, a. 83 y. He m. Lovina Brigham, who d. Apr. 1, 1840, a. 80 J. Oh. b. i.-ii. in Marlboro, Mass., iii.-xiii. in F. I. Windsor, b. July 15, 1780 ; was a successful merchant in Boston, where he d. II. Lucy, b. Oct. 13, 1781 ; m. Jabez Morse, q.v. III. Lydia, b. Sept. 17, 1783 ; m. Samuel Locke,, q.v. IV. John, b. Oct. 18, 1785. V. Joel, b. Jan. 6, 1788. TI. Lovina, b. Apr. 33, 1790 ; m. John "VV. Van. Doom, q.v. VII. Levi, b. June 9, 1793. VIII. Polly, b. May 30, 1794 ; m. Benjamin Prescott,. q.v. IX. Sally, b. June 18, 1796. X. Roxana, b; Apr. 34, 1798 ; m. Mar. 30, 1830, Abijah Seward, of Sullivan, N". H. XI. Benjamin, b. May 13, 1800 ; d. Apr. 1, 1866 ; m. Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 1811, dau. of Jonas and Abigail (Worcester) Ross, of Jaffrey. She d. Dec. 7, 1839, and he m. (3d) Nov. 1, 1845, Harriet P., dau. of Joel and Rebecca (Tower) Hayden, and wid. of John Perkins, q.v. She d. Jan. 8, 1853, and he m. (3d). Caroline, dau. of Nathan and Sarah (Whit- comb) Hale, of Rindge, and wid. of George P. Holman, of P., q.v.; ch. by 1st m. 1. Eliza Jane. XII. Betsey, b. Oct. 13, 1803; d. Mar. 39, 1838,, unm. XIII. Orpha, b. Nov. 9, 1804 ; m. Samuel 0. Bowker^ q.v. Jedediah Pat, from Southboro, Mass., came to P. before 1793*, and rem. from town ab. 1816 ; settled on L 7 R 10, succeeding Ehenezer Boutwell. Sarah his w. d. Jan. 36, 1799, and he m. Jan 16, 1800, Jerusha Blodgett. Had several ch. b. in town, but none are rec. ; one death. I. Infant, d. Jan. 11, 1799. William W. Pat was taxed in P. 7 y., 1800-1806. He m. Abigail, dau. of Ezekiel and Anna (Woods) 36 562 HISTORY OF PITZWILLIAM. 23 24 35 26 27 28 Collins, q.v. The b. of cli. ii.-v. are rec. in F., and also the bapt of i. and vi. I. William, bapt. ab. Aug. 16, 1801. II. EM (Elliot), b. July 29, 1798 ; d. Apr. 26, 1799. III. EM, b.-Sept. 26, 1800 ; d. Sept. 3, 1801. IV. Ezekiel, b. Sept. 23, 1802. Y. Mary, b. May 18, 1806. VI. Anna, bapt. Sept. 13, 1812. FELOH. I Hbnkt' Felch, the emigrant ancestor, res. in Gloucester, Mass., in 1641, afterward, perhaps, in Watertown, and then in Boston, where he d. 1670 (?) ; will proved, Sept. 37, 1670. His w. Margaret d. June 23, 1655, in Boston (?) ; m. (2d) Elizabeth , who survived him some years. He had three daughters and one s., Henry, all b. in England or "Wales ; prob. the latter. 2 HEKRY^ b. ab. 1610 ; d. Nov. 11, 1699 ; m. Hannah , who d. Dec. 15, 1717, a. " 100 years nearly ;" res. Reading, Mass. Ch. i. Hannah ; ii. Mary ; in. Elizabeth ; iv. Samuel ; v. John, b. Feb. 26, 1660, 3 ; VI. Samuel ; vii. Joseph ; viii. Elizabeth ; ix. Daniel ; x. Hannah ; xi. Ruth. 3 JoiiH=, b. Feb. 26, 1660 ; d. Apr. 9, 1746 ; m. May 25, 1685, Eliza- beth Going or Gowing. Ch. b. in Reading, i. Elizabeth ; ii. John ; III. Samuel, b. Feb. 11, 1690, 4 ; iv. Hannah ; v. Mary ; vi. Daniel ; VII. Nathaniel ; viii. Ebenezer ; ix. Abigail. 4 SAMUBL^ b. Feb. 11, 1690 ; d. Nov., 1725 ; m. May 6, 1714, Katherine, dau. of Francis and Ruth Smith, of Reading. Ch. Id. i.-ii. in Reading, iii. in Cambridge, Mass. i. Catherine ; ii. Jemima ; in. Samuel, b. ab. 1721, 5. 5 Samuel", d. in Royalston, 1803, a. 82 y.; m. Nov. 24, 1743, Eunice Walton, who d., and he m. (3d), 1795, Elizabeth Walton, sister of first w. Ch. I. Samuel, b. Feb. 23, 1748, 6 ; il. Mary ; iii. Ruth ; iv. Caleb ; v. Nathan ; vi, Daughter, name unknown ; vii. Catherine. 6 Samuel", b. Feb. 22, 1748 ; d. Aug. 80, 1839, in Royalston ; ni. May 7, 1773, Mary Richardson, who d. July 12, 1812, a. 69 y. ; m. (2d) Mrs. Mary Farns worth. Ch. i. Polly, b. Aug. 29, 1774 ; d. June 11, 1855, in P.; il Sauiuel, b. May 15, 1778, 7 ; m. John ; iv. Edmund ; v. William ; vi. Thomas. Sajiuel Felch, b. May 15, 1778 ; d. Mar. 9, 1850 ; m. Olive Whiton, of Hingham, Mass., b. Dec. 3, 1777 ; d. Jan. 13, 1849. Ch. b. i.-ii. at Boston, iii.-v. at Royalston, vi.-vii. at F. I. Mary Richardson, b. Aug. 29, 1805 ; m. Dec. ■ 8, 1850, John Milne, a native of Aberdeen- shire, Scotland, who d. Oct. 30, 1866, a. 57 y. II. Moses Barlow, b. Aug. 15, 1807. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 563 10 11 12 13 u 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 23 (10) 24 25 a6 27 * * 28 29 30 m. Thomas Lincoln, b. Feb. 6, 1811+. IV. Bela WMton, b. Apr. 8, 1812 ; d. Sept. 28, 1881, in Lunenburg, Mass. ; m. Sept. 21, 1851, Jane, b. July 11, ]830 ; d. May 9, 1858, dau. of Sylvanus and Lucy (Fullam) Holman ; m. (2d) Oct. 5, 1859, Ellen Maria, b. July 12, 1838, dau. of Dr. Putnam and Eosemer (Puffer) Burton, of Ludlow, Vt.; rem. to Toms Eiver, N. J., and from thence to Lunenburg. Ch. all b. in F. 1. Emma Jane, b. May 11, 1852. 2. Eliza Ann, b. Sept. 10, 1854 ; d. Oct. 1, 1863. 3. Alice Burton, b. Aug. 31, 1864 ; d. Nov. 37, 1873. 4. Frederick Whiton, b. Mar. 5, 1867. V. Samuel Chadwick, b. July 25, 1814 ; d. Sept. 4, 1873 ; m. Nov. 26, 1847, Mary Isabel, b. Jan. 37, 1828, dau. of Francis and Mary Adeline Stone, of F. 1. Preston, b. Mar. 17, 1850. 3. Charles Milton, b. Apr. 27, 1851. 3. Arthur, b. Nov. 4, 1855. VI. Olive Roxana, b. Aug. 14, 1817 ; d. Sept. 19, 1864, unm.' VII. Lydia Ann Lincoln, b. Sept. 26, 1830 ; d. Aug. 19, 1853 ; m. Oct. 20, 1847, William Milne, a native of Scotland, and cousin of John Milne, who m. her sister Mary. 1. Bela Whiton Milne, b. Oct. 17, 1849 ; d. Dec. 4, 1862. 3. Lydia Elizabeth Milne, b. Aug. 19, 1853 ; d. July 3P, 1853. Thomas Lincoln Felch, b. Feb. 6, 1811 ; d. Jan. 1, 1883, in Concord, Mass. ; m. Mar. 18, 1840, Nancy Brooks, of Ashburuham, Mass. I. George Wallace, b. Jan. 9, 1841 ; d. Sept. 19, 1864, killed at battle of Winchester, Va. II. John Gould, b. June 11, 1843 ; m. Lucretia. III. Mary Chadwich, b. Apr. 3, 1844. IV. Helen Frances, b. June 19, 1846 ; m. Charles L. Perham, q.v. V. Ahby Ann, b. June 3, 1848 ; m. Dec. 35, 1872, Lorenzo Poole, s. of Solomon S. and Eliza A. (Johnson), of New Salem, Mass. VI. Austin, b. Dec. 19, 1850. VII. Hattie Maria, b. Nov., 1853 ; d. Sept. 20, 1854. 564 HISTORY OF I'lTZWlLLIAM. 31 33 33 Till. Charles, b. Feb. 26, 1856 ; d. Aug. 6, 1856. IX. Pranlc, b. June 39, 1857. X. Freddie, b. Aug., 1860 ; d. Sept. 16, 1860. PELTON. 1 Nathaniel' Pelton was in Salem, Mass., in 1633, and was called 17 y. old. He m., had a family of ch., and d. there in 1705, a. 91 y. His s., 2 John", m., 1670, Mary Tompkins. His s., 3 Samuel', m., 1709, Sarah Goodale. They had 9 ch.. of whom the third was, 4 Jacob', b. 1713. Ht; rem. to Marlboro, Mass., ab. 1788, and soon after m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Barrett. She d. 1743, a. 37 y., and he m. (2d) July 27, 1749, Hezadiah, dau. of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Rice) Howe. She d. Feb. 25, 1819, a. 93 y. He d. Nov. 30, 1789. Ch. I. John, b. Nov. 9, 1741. He was an early settler in Marlboro, N. H. ii. Sarah ; iii. Stephen ; iv. Silas ; "v. Matthias, b. Mar. 28, 1756, 5. He rem. to F. ab. 1780 ; vi. Lucy ; vir. Joel. 10 11 13 13 Matthias' Felton, b. Mar. 28, 1756 ; d. Dee. 38, 1843 ; m. Oct. 18, 1781, Sarah, b. Mar. 38, 1757 ; d. Oct. 16, 1783, dau. of Joseph and Martha (Wilder) Maynard, of Framingham ; m. (3d) Relief, b. Jan. (?), 1755 ; d. Oct. 3, 1836, dau. of Thomas Kendall, of Lancaster, Mass. (Mr. K. d. in F., Dec. 17, 1803) ; m. (3d) Nov. 33, 1827, Mrs. Eunice Brigham. Oh. all b. in F. I. Eannalf, b. July 13, 1783 ; d. Sept. 37, 1783. II. Sally, b. June 17, 1783 ; d. June 1, 1785. III. Relief, b. Dec. 9, 1785 ; d. Oct. 2, 1786. IV. JacoV, b. July 16, 1787 ; m. Mar. 20, 1814, Elizabeth Morse, of Exeter, N. H. ; rem. ab. 1840 to Quincy, 111., where he d. May 28, 1864, and she d. Aug. 38, 1848, a. 60 y. 1. Mary Elizabeth', b. Jan. 1, 18i5 ; m. John Potter, q.v. 2. Jacob Hewes, b. May 3, 1818 ; d. Oct. 17, 1836. V. Artemas\ b. Apr. 3, 1789 ; d. in Boston, Xov. 17, 1860 ; m. Feb. 13, 1813, Elizajjeth, d. Nov.- 23, 1817, a, 29 y., daa. of Moses and Sally Van Doom, q.v.; m. (2d) Sally Clark, of Boston, b. July 27, 1794 ; d. Aug. 31, 1866 ; rem. to Boston ab. 1819 ; res. in F. for some y. ab. 1840, and then returned to B. 3 ch. by 1st m. b. in F.; 3 by 3d m. b. in B. 1. Elizabeth Monroe', b. Apr. 30, 1813 : d. Oct. 11, 1883 ; m. George C. Lord, of B. 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 21 33 33 34 25 (33) 26 27 38 29 30 31 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 565 3. Lydia Belief, b. May 21, 1816 ; m. Levi Haskell, q.v. 3. Sarah Hewes, b. July 33, 1833 ; d. Feb., 1845 ; m. Sept. 30, 1841, Joseph B. Whall, of B. 4. Louisa Clark, b. Apr. 30, 1833. VI. Matthias, b. Mar. 12, 1793 ; res. ISTew Orleans. VII. Lyman% b. Feb. 8, 1794 ; m., 1814, Sally Scott, of Winchester, N. H., b. 1791 ; d. July 33, 1830 ; m. (2d) A. M. Bertram, of Saratoga Springs, K Y. Oh. b. 1 in F., 3 in W., 3-4 in S. S. 1. Lyman Scott', b. Jan., 1815 ; d. Nov., 1883, in West Boylston, Mass.; m. Olarissa, dau. of Reuben Phillips, of Eichmond ; m. (3d) Sarah, dau. of Dexter Bruce, of Winchendon. Oh. all by 3d m. 1. Albert W.', d. a. 5 y. 3. EllaM. 3. Arthur M., b. Sept., 1864 ; d. Oct., 1865. 2. Matthias Britt, b. Oct. 18, 1819+. 3. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct., 1834 ; d. Mav 28, 1841, in F. 4. Sarah R, b. Feb., 1839 ; m. (1st) Henry Case ; (2d) Thompson, of Swan- zey, N. H. ; (3d) Stillman Holden, of Gardner, Mass. Matthias Britt' PELTOif, b. Oct. 18, 1819 ; m. Aug. 15, 1841, Lurene, b. Oct. 3, 1821, dau. of Hyman and Levinah J. (Allen) Bent, q.v.; res. Camden, N. J. Oh. b. I. in F., ii.-iv. in Winchendon, v. in North- field, Mass. I. Clarence' M., b. July 9, 1843 ; d. Dec. 26, 1842. II. George Godfrey, b. May 31, 1845 ; m. June 6, 1871, Esther M., b. Mar. 28, 1844, dau. of David T. Long, of Northfield ; res. Camden. 1. Willie Allen', b. Apr. 37, 1872 ; d. Mar. 28, 1882. III. Alden Putnam, b. Sept. 5, 1849 ; d. Oct. 26, 1849, IV. Charles Hudson', b. Aug. 24, 1855 ; m. Sept. 4, 1879, Mary E., b. Dec. 33, 1853, dau. of Alvin Sanderson, of Camden ; res. C. 1. Edith Lurene', b. Mar. 38, 1883. 566 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 33 33 34 3. Alvin Sanderson, b. Feb. 3, 1885. 3. Charles Hudson, b. Aug. 16, 1886. V. Ernest Edwin, b. June 38, 1860 ; d. Oct. 30, 1881, in Gardner, Mass., unm. I Jambs' Fife, from Fifeshire, Scotland, was an early settler in Bolton, Mass., where he m. Patience Butler. They had 13 ch., of whom 2 Dea. Silas^, b. Oct. 4, 1743, was one of the earliest settlers in Marlboro, N. H., settling in that part of the town set ofl to form Troy, where he d. May 33, 1836. He m. Abigail Houghton, of Bolton, who d. Mar. 25, 1823, a. 73 y. They had 10 ch., of whom the ninth was 3 Timothy', b. Apr. 34, 1793 ; d. Jan. 34, 1831 ; m. May 34, 1831, Maiy, b. June 3, 1796 ; d. Feb. 10, 1856, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Dunn) .Tones, of Framingham. They had 5 ch., all b. in Troy, of whom the oldest was Daniel J., b. Aug. 11, 1823. 3 3 4 5 6 3 3 4 Daniel Jones* Fife, b. Aug. 11, 1833 ; m. Sept. 33, 1851, Lony Alzina,,b. July 8, 1833; d. Dec. 1, 1863, dau. of Enoch and Lucy (Hodgkins) Garfield, of Troy; m. (3d) March 34, 1864, Lizzie H., b. Jan. 37, 1840, dau. of Jabez, Jr., and Mary Jane (Perkins) Morse. Ch. b. in T., but the family has res. several y. inF. I. Arthur Prederic¥, b. Feb. 37, 1866. II. Grace Frances, b. Apr. 34, 1873 ; d. Oct. 16, 1884. Horace A. Firmin, b. Jan. 32, 1830, in Boston, Mass.; m. Dec. 13, 1854, Eliza S. Mclntire, b. Sept. 333, 183, in Fitchburg, Mass. I. David Holly, b. Oct. 31, 1855, in Lincoln, Mass. II. Cornelius Augustine, b. Sept. 10, 1857 ; Acton, Mass. III. Daniel Wright, b. Jan. 3, 1860 ; Rindge. IV. Julius Horace, b. Dec. 39, 1863 ; R. V. Zella Jane, b. July 8, 1870, in F. Jesse Fisher, from Attleboro, Mass., was taxed 6 y., 1793*-98. It is stated that he lived on L 8 R 11, which he sold to Peter Prescott, and that he afterward lived on L 16 R 13, which he bought of Silas Wheeler. By w. Jerusha he had ch. rec. in F. I. Joseph, b. Mar. 10, 1793. II. Harmon, b. Nov. 1, 1794. III. Ira, b. Apr. 13, 1797. Israel Fisher was taxed 14 y., 1803-16. He owned half the LOR 10, which he bought of William W. Fay ; 7 8 <.) 10 11 13 13 U 15 16 17 18 19 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 567 m. Aug. 5, 1804, Sally, b. June 6, 1783 ; d. Oct. 6, 1806, dan. of Peter and Mary (Wilson) Prescott, g.v.; m. (2d) ,Tuly 16, 1807, Keziah Blood, of Eoyalston. Ch. rec. in F. I. Ctjnthia, b. Sept. 15, 1804 ; m. Dec. 14, 1824, Levi Brown, of Sterling, Mass. IT. Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1805. III. William, b. May 18, 1808. IV. Melinda, b. Mar. 21, 1810. V. Abigail, b. May 8, 1812 ; d. Aug. 4, 1815. EMer Darius Fisher came from Mansfield, Mass., to P, ab. 1801, and, with the exception of a few y. ab. 1825, res. in town till his d. A large proportion of the members of the first P. Baptist Chh. lived in that part of the town that was set off to form Troy, and the Baptist Chh. of T. is the direct continuation of the original chh. Mr. Fisher was licensed to preach by this chh. in 1818. The History of Troy says that he " was licensed by the Church, ordained as her pastor, and held that relation for, sixteen years, or until his death, which took place in 1834." His w. was Susanna Wilkinson. She d. Jan. 11, 1835, a. 62 y. Elder Pisher d. Sept. 2, 1834, a. 63 y. , Both were buried in what is now the old cemetery in T. village. I. mncy, b. Jan. 15, 1796 ; d. Oct. 19, 1796. II. Herman, b. Jan. 7, 1798 ; d. July 19, 1876 ; m. Mar. 31, 1820, Susanna, b. Sept. 10, 1796 ; d. (Sept.?) 1822, dan. of Henry and Sally Jackson, q.v.; m, (2d) Bathsheba, b. Apr. 14, 1803 ; d. Sept. 8, 1854, dau. of John and Eunice (Brigham) Cobleigh, q.v. 1. Maria, b. Jan. 25, 1827 ; d. May 22, 1885 ; res. T. 2. Seth Rice, b. Feb. 6, 1828 ; d. K"ov. 18, 1874 ; m. Mar. 17, 1852, Almira B. Swan ; res. F-. 3. Andrew, b. Nov. 21, 1829 ; res. P. 4. Mary Bathsheba, b. Mar. 24, 1842 ; res. Grafton, Mass. 5. Snsan, b. Jan. 22, 1844 ; m. Francis L. Clark, q.v. III. Kendall, d. Dec. 9, 1867, a. 68 y.; m. Apr. 7, 1825, Esther, dau. of Jacob and Joanna (Aldrich) Martin, of Richmond. She d., and he m. (2d) Nicene, b. Mar. 5, 1811 ; d. 1887 (?), dau. of Anthony and Lovisa (Boorn) Corey, q.v., and wid. of Edward Tolman. 568 HISTORY OV FITZWILLIAM. Mr. P. settled in Eichmond, and was for many y. one of the leading men of the town. 1. Nancy Sophronia, m. Francis Boyce. 3. Gilbert. 3. Susan Lorain, m. Samuel Pickering, Jr., of "Winchester ; he d., and she m. (2d) Procter Roberts. 4. George. 5. Alyina, m. Smith. 6. Charles. IV. Ira, d. Sept. 34, 1841, a. 38 y.; m. Mar. i:, 1835, Sally, b. Mar. 16, 1804, dan. of Eeuben and Hannah (Allen) Bowen, of Eichmond. She d. May 7, 1838, and he m. (3d) Martha Bowen, b. July 15, 1813, sister of his first w. ; res. in P. on L 16 R 13. 1. Nathaniel Bliss, m. Oct. 20, 1846, Betsey M., dau. of Clark B. Holbrook, of Swanzey ; res. in Richmond, where he d. 1884 ; had 13 ch., of whom the first, 1. Ellen M., was b. in F., Oct. IT, 1847. :i,aM^ C, h- ^-S. It-W."? Almira. ^ ' « ' ^ Reuben Darius. Francis Sidney, m. Nov. 1, 1861, Rosa v., dau. of Eli and Caroline (Wilson) Smith, of F. Nathaniel Bliss, b. Nov. 22, 1814 ; d, Sept. 16, 1817. 2. 3. 4. Capt. Asa Fisk was b. 1766, and d. Aug. 13, 1818. His w. was Keziah Badger. The family came to F. ab. 1793, and left town ab. 1812. Ch. b. i.-ii. in Stur- bridge, Mass., iii.-xi. in F. I. Dexter, b. Aug. 8, 1790 ; res. in Wallingford, Vt., where he d. 1881. He served in the War of 1812. II. Augusta, b. Aug. 2, 1793 ; m. Aug. 6, 1811, Silas Brooks, of Sterling, Mass.; rem. to Cleveland, 0. III. Mary, b. March 30, 1794 ; res. in Keeseville, where she d. 1884. IV. Sihel, b. Aug. 18, 1796 ; m. Luther Damon, q.v. V. Batlishela, b. May 1, 1798 ; rem. to Michigan. VI. Lucy, b. Feb. 1, 1800 ; res. Ithaca, N. Y. VII. Asa, b. Aug. 30, 1801 ; res. Willsboro, N. Y. VIII. Benjamin Marshall, b. July 18, 1803-|-. 10 11 13 (9) 13 14 15 16 3 4. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ]2 13 14 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 569 IX. Matilda, b. May, 1805 ; res. Brattleboro, Vt. X. Dorothy, b. 1807. XI. John, b. 1811. Ben JAMm M. Piske, b. July 18, 1803 ; m. Jan. 21, 1836, Anna Albee, b. Nov. 4, 1813 ; d. 1887, dau. of Daniel and Jemima (Gibson) Forristall. I. John M., h. May 10, 1836 ; m. Oct. 6, 1863. Martha Florence, b. Mar. 12, 1843,* dau. of Ebenezer and Clarissa J. (Oolburn) Garter ; res. "Wiaehendon. 1. Etta Gertrude, b. Mar. 30, 1870 ; d. May 9, 1875. 3. Blanche Ethel, b. May 23, 1877. II. Martha K., b. Sept. 14, 1838; m. John H. Brooiis, q.v. William Flaqg, s. of Asa and (Chenev) Flagg, was b. Mar. 31, 1789 ; d. Oct. 16, 1835 ; m. Oct.'Sl, 1813, Sophia, b. May 14, 1793 ; d. Apr. 17, 1867, dau. of Jesse and Martha (Gibson) Forristall, q.v. Mr. F. was from Koyalston, and settled in F. soon after m. Uh. all b. in P. I. Sarah Lovell Wait, b. Aug. 3, 1813; d. Nov. 20, 1879 ; m. June 1, 1834, Nelson Morse, b. Feb. 18, 1810 ; d. Jan. 3, 1883, s. of Eussell and Elizabeth (Wait) Morse, of Royalston. Came from R. to F. in 1840, and removed to Keene in 1854. 1. Julius Nelson Morse, b. Aug. 5, 1840. II. Josiah Wait, b. July 13, 1815 ; d. Dec. 13, 1876 ; res. Springfield, Mass. III. Nancy Birt, b. Dec. 4, 1816 ; d. Feb. 37, 1853 ; res. Sandstone, Mich. IV. John Saiin, b. July 8, 1818 ; d. June 16, 1887 ; res. Springfield. V. Mary Damon, b. Feb. 29, 1830 ; d. Nov. 31, 1824. VI. Charles Wright, b. Dec. 35, 1821 ; res. S. VII. Lucy Blandon, b. Nov. 26, 1823 ; res. S. VIII. William Frederick, b. Jan. 1, 1836 ; res. S. IX. Asa Cheney, b. Dec. 13, 1837 ; d. Sept. 14, 1853. X. George Austin, b. Aug. 39, 1839 ; res. S. XI. Harvey Preston, b. Jan. 13, 1833 ; d. July 7, 1833. XII. Harriet Melinda, b. July 33, 1833 ; d. May 3, 1866 ; res. Hadley, Mass. 570 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 15 16 17 18 19 20 31 22 23 24 25 26 XIII. Mien Sophia, b. 1885 ; res. S. Mar. 6, 1837 ; d. Apr. 14, William Flagg, b. Sepb. 5, 1813, in Gardner, Mass.; m. Sept. 1, 1844, Charlotte Jane Nason, of Swanzey, N. H. She d. May 1, 1866, a. 42 y. Not known to be any connection of the preceding family. I. Milion William, b. Peb. 16, 1847, in Rich- mond ; m. May 13, 1869, Ann L., b. Dec. 15, 1848 ; d. July 2, 1886, dau. of Joseph N. and Lydia F. (Moore) Bos worth, q.v. Ch. all b. in P. 1. Clara Ann, b. Oct. 10, 1870. 2. Lester Eugene, b. Sept. 1, 1872. 3. Xellie Maria, b. Oct. 23, 1875. 4. Wallace M., b. Mar. 17, 1879. 5. Son, b. Sept. 8, 1881. 6. Charlotte May, b. July 23, 1883 ; d. Aug. 7, 1883. 7. Tlorence Mabel, b. June 23, 1886 ; d. Sept. 2, 1886. II. Mary Jane, b. Apr. 12, 1858, in F. ; res. Winchendon. IIL Milo Blanchard, b. Juno 3, 1859, in F. ; res. Worcester, Mass. FOREISTALL. Jesse, { , and Joseph, 89, ronRisTALL, sons of John and Thankful (Jones) Forristall, of Hnlliston, Mass., came to F. in the spring of 1781. Jesse settled on L 1 R 7, and a few years later he bought one half of L 4 R 8. Joseph settled on L 19 R 8, which was one of the lots set ofl to Troy when that town was formed. 2 3 4 5 6 Jesse Foeristall, b. June 35, 1756 ; d. Oct. 12, 1834; m. Martha Gibson, of Hopkinton, Mass.; b. Mar. 29, 1753 ; d. Mar. 3, 1844. Ch. b. I. in Hollis- ton, iL-viii. in F. I. Daniel, b. Noy. 19, 1779+. II. Jesse, b. July 17, 1781+. III. John, b. 1783 ; d. July 23, 1794. IV. SopJiia, b. Dec. 14, 1784 ; d. Mar. 3, 1791. V. Polly, b. Apr. 11, 1786 ; m. Daniel Harrington, q.v. VI. Thankful, b. June 21, 1788 ; m. Micah Graves, Jr., q.v. VII. Sophia, b. May 14, 1793 ; m. William Flagg, q.v. VIII. Martha, b. Aug. 2, 1795 ; m. Feb. 14, 1814, (3) 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 31 33 33 34 25 36 (3) GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 571 Josiah Wheeler, of Royalston. She d. in E. Nov. 34, 1783. Daniel Foektstall, b. Nov. 19, 1779 ; d. Feb. 1, 1850 ; m. Feb. 31, 1809, Jemima, b. Apr. 19, 1783 ; d. Jan. 38, 1848, dau. of James and Anna (Albee) Gibson, q.v. Lived on the home place, L 1 E 7. I. Thomas, b. Jan. 30, 1810 ; m. Dec. 5, 1839, Mary Lorinda, b. Jan. 7, 1811 ; d. Nov. 19, 1879, dau. of Silas and Susannah (Phillips) Morse, q.v. 1. Charles Ilendrick, b. May 16, 1841 ; m. Sept. 8, 1880. Josie B. Boehmer ; res. Fitchburg, Mass. Ch. b. in F. 1. Carl, b. Sept. 3, 1881. 3. Eichard Fred., b. Apr. 25, 1883. 3. Sarah Jane, b. June 9, 1843 ; m. Charles F. Pope, q.v. 3. Levi A., b. 1845. 4. Susan J., b. Nov., 1849 ; d. Aug. 31, 1864. II. Levi, b. Nov. 33, 1811 ; d. Feb. 11, 1814. III. Anna Albee, b. Nov. 4, 1813 ; m. Benjamin M. Fiske, q.v. IV. John, b. Nov. 16, 1815 : d. Jan. 5, 1881 ; m. Apr. 38, 1843, Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 36, 1830, dau. of John and Mehetabel (Whitney) Gob- leigh, q.v. Lived on the home place, and afterward in the village. 1. John Cobleigh, b. Jan. 30, 1844 ; d. Sept. 18, 1847. 3. Lillie Annette, b. Oct. 15, 1848. V. Martha, b. Oct. 30, 1817 ; d. Jan. 13, 1833. VI. Luther, b. June 5, 1830 ; d. Jan. 17, 1834. VII. Daniel, b. Apr. 1, 1833 ; d. Mar. 30, 1883, in York, Neb.; m. Apr. 17, 1849, Lydia, b. Dec. 3, 1831, dau. of John and Hannah (Lyon) Burbank, q.v. Ch. b. in F. 1. Daniel Edgar, b. Jan. 38, 1853. He is a physician in York, Neb. VIII. Mary, b. May 6, 1837; m. Nov. 16, 1847, William A. Brooks, of Winchendon, where they res. Jesse Foeristall, b. Julv 17, 1781 ; d. June 7, 1865 ; m. Nov. 39, 1804, Ehoda, b. Nov. 30, 1785 ; d. Sept. 14, 1835, dau. of Micah and Elizabeth Perry, q.v.; m. (3d) Dec. 37, 1836, Louisa Storrow, b. Apr. 7, 1804, 572 HISTOKY OP FITZWILLIAM. 27 28 29-35 36 37 38 39 40-41 42 43 44 45-54 55 56 57 58-61 62 63 64 dau. of John and Elizabeth (Banks) Whitton, of Boston, and wid. of Syl vender Bo wker, q.v. Soon after 1st m. settled on L 3 E 5, buying of the selectmen of Westboro, Mass., the half of the lot that had been owned by Solomon Miller. I. Lucinda, b. Mar. 24, 1805 ; m. Willard N'ew- ton, q.v. II. James Gibson, b. Mar. 27, 1806 ; d. Jnly 30, 1881 ; res. Dover, 111. Ch. 1. Mary.; 2. Thomas ; 3. Nancy ; 4. James ; 5. Elmira ; 6. Sarah ; 7. William. III. Infant, not named ; d. 1807. IT. Jesse, b. Mar. 7, 1808 ; d. Apr. 7, 1808. T. Rlioda, b. Mar. 13, 1809 ; d. Feb. 12, 1814. VI. Eliza, b. Jan. 26, 1811 ; m. Jan. 10, 1833, Eden Sawyer, of Templeton, Mass.; he d., and she m. (2d) Mar. 24, 1842, Sewall Brooks, of Princeton, Mass.; he d., and she m. (3d) Aug. 10, 1845, Amasa Ballou, then of T., b. Jan. 1, 1819, s. of Silas and Anna (Saun- ders), of Eichmond. (See Saunders Eec.) ; res. Swanzey, where she d. ab. 1855 ; had eh. 1. Nancy Jane Brooks ; 2. Eden Sawyer Bal- lou. VII. Elmira, b. Aug. 30, 1812 ; d. Sept. 13, 1839 ; m. Nov. 17, 1836, John D. Litch, of Ash- burnham. 1. Charles Litch. VIII. Jesse, b. Mar. 15, 1815 ; m. Charlotte Wheeler, of Eoyalston, "who d., and he m. (2d) • ; res. Colebrook. Ch. 1. James G. ; 2. Eus- sell J.; 3. Edwin J.; 4. Charlotte B. ; 5. Franklin ; 6. Joseph ; 7. Orlando : 8. Ben- jamin ; 9. Charles M. ; 10. Llewellyn. IX. Rhoda, b. Dec. 1, 1816 ; d. July 1, 1845 ; m. Apr. 2, 1844, Theodore S. Eider, of Peter- sham, Mass. 1. Mary Elizabeth Rider. X. Abigail, b. Feb. 11, 1818 ; m. Mar. 31, 1840, Willard Ballou, b. Oct. 25, 1815 (bro. of Amasa, who m. her sister Eliza) ; res. Swan- zey. Ch. b. in Eichmond. 1. Irving W. ; 2. Joseph W.; 3. Francis E.; 4. Lunette M. SI. Moses, b. Aug. 1, 1820. XII. Jonas, b. Mar. 16, 1822 ; d. Feb. 3, 1839. XIII. Joseph, b. June 5, 1823 ; m. (1st) Nancy Jewett ; (2d) Sarah . No ree. of ch. ; res. Boston, Mass. JESSE FORRISTALL 65 66-67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 78 79 SO 81 83 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 573 XIV. Levi, b. Jan. 33, 1836 ; d. ; m. Hannah Dole ; res. Greienfield, Mass. Ch. 1. Abbie Laura ; 3. Acelia. XV. Benjamin W., b. Jan. 16, 1830 ; d. ; m. Maliala . Ch. 1. George, and 3 others ; res. Maiden, 111. XVI. Sylvender B., b. Oct. 9, 1837 ; m., Not. 35, 1863, Abbie E., b. Nov. 37, 1843, dan. of "William E. and Hannah E. Flint, of Swan- zey ; res. Eoyalston, Mass. Gh. b. 1-2 in F., 3 in Troy, 4-7 in E. 1. William 0., b. Sept. 16, 1864. 3. Cora H., b. July 28, 1868 ; d. Mar. 38, 1887. 3. Ethel A., b. Aug. 15, 1871. 4. Infant, not named, b. Aug. 7, 1875 ; d. Sept. 19, 1875. 5. Grace L., b. July 16, 1877. 6. Eddie S., b. Jan. 30, 1880 ; d. June 17, 1880. 7. Frank S., b. July 34, 1883 : d. Mar. 13, 1883. XVII. Jonas, b. Mar. 3, 1840 ; d. Oct. 35, 1862, in the army ; unm. XVIII. Martha L., b. July 15, 1842 ; d. Sept. 30, 1860, unm. XIX. Llewellyn M., b. Feb. 20, 1845 ; m. Feb. 30, 1868, John H. Burrill, s. of Jacob and Eachel (Bennett) ; rem. to Hawley, Minn., where she d. Sept. 29, 1874. 1st ch. b. in F. 1. Gertrude L. Burrill, b. Aug. 3, 1869. 3. Mabel E. 3. Allan S. XX. George Wliitton, b. Dec. 10, 1847 ; m. Feb. 16, 1871, Elvira Augusta, b. May 12, 1850, dau. of Ira and Zilpha Prentice. 1. Louisa Zilpha, b. Aug. 28, 1876. 3. George J., b. Sept. 10, 1881. 3. Alga L., b. Oct. 6, 1886. XXI. Infant, not named, d. May, 1849. Joseph Fokristall, b. 1758 ; d. Apr. 13, 1848 ; m. 1778, Hannah, b. 1764 ; d. May 3, 1849, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Parker) Mellen, of HoUiston, Mass., q.v. Oh. b. I. in H., all the others in F. i.-ix. rec. in F. I. Betsey, b. Dec. 31, 1780 ; m. Samuel Hemen ■ way, q.v. 574 91 93 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 103 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. II. KeziaJi, b. Sept. 17, 1783 ; d. May 11, 1844 ; m. Feb. 3, 1809, Thomas Gould, of Swanzey. III. John, b. Feb. 23, 1786 ; m. Mary Parker ; res. Winchendon. IV. Hannah, b. Sept, 9, 1789 ; m. Samuel Stone, q.v. V. Polly, b. Mar. 6, 1793 ; m. Rufus Gould ; res. Cavendish, Vt. VI. Joseph Mellen, b. Oct. 18, 1794 ; m. Mar. 9, 1818, Fanny, b. Dec. 23, 1797, dau. of Benja- min F. and Sally (Haskell) Brigham, q.v.; had 8 ch.; res. Troy. VII. Jonas, b. Oct. 18, 1794 (twin) ; m. Lucy Bland- ing ; res. Sutton, Mass. VIII. Dexter, b. July 23, 1797. IX. Ezra, b. Sept. 30, 1799 ; m. Apr. 13, 1825, Betsey Starkey ; res. Boston. X. Belinda, b. 1802 ; d. Jan. 7, 1808. XI. Alexander, b. 1805 ; d. June 25, 1847 ; m. Mary Starkey ; res. T. XII. Thomas J., b. 1807 ; d. Feb. 4, 1850 ; m. Jane. Chamberlain ; res. T, XIII. Sylvender, b. 1809 ; m. (1st) Hannah Knight ; (2d) Harriet Gorham ; res. Chelsea, Mass. James Foskbt. His name is not found in the town rec, but his w. Sarah was adm. to chh. Apr. 29, 1787. They had ch. ii.- j~' [ b^P*- o«t- 1*' 1^8^- FOSTER. Joseph Foster, s. of Benjamin, was b. in Lunen- burg, Mass., Mar. 24, 1734 ; d. in Marlboro or Sullivan, N. H., Dec. 11, 1804: m. Jan. 17, 1760, Sarah, b. Mar. 25, 1735, dau. of William and Sarah (Locke) Jones, of L. She d. July 22, 1787, and he m. (3d) Rebecca Walker. As Mr. F. was in the Revolutionary War nearly seven y., and his s. James for a shorter period, and both counted as from F., it is presumed that the family came to town before 1776. In 1788-89 he was taxed on L 16 R 9 ; rem. to Marlboro ab. 1793. Ch. b. in L. I. Eebecca, b. Sept. 16, 1760 ; m. Isaac Whitmore, q.v. II. Enoch, b. Aug. 21, 1762 ; m. Rebecca, dau. of GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 575 John and Mary CWhitcomb) French, of Dublin. Settled in Eoxbury, N. H. Had 10 ch. III. James, b. Apr. 34, 1764 ; m. Hannah . He was killed by falling from a hoise ; res. "Winchester. Ch. rec. in P. 5 1. Job, b. Ang. 9, 1786. 6 3. Rebecca, b. Feb. 9, 1788. Richard Foster came to F. ab. 1789, and was prob. first settler on L 8 R 3. He was adm. to chh. in F. Nov. 11, 1792, on letter from Ashby, Mass. He d. May 8, 1813, a. 47 y., and the family left town ab. 1817. By w. Hannah he had ch. b. in F. I. Samuel Edward, b. Nov. 9, 1792. 9 II. RicJiard, b. Feb. 17, 1795. 10 III. Hannah, b. Feb. 3, 1797 ; d. June 16, 1799. 11 IV. Hannah, b. June 13, 1800. 13 V. Andreiv, b. Aug. 35, 1802. 13 VI. Nancy, b. Mar. 18, 1805. 14 VII. Fully, b. June 10, 1807. 15 VIII. Calvin Anson, b. Aug. 9, 1811. 16 Luna Foster came from Attleboro, Mass., in 1793. He lived for a few y. in the s. part of the town, and then settled on L 14 E 12 ; m. Mrs. Sallv Skinner, who d. May 9, 1835, a. 70 y.; m. (3d) Jan. 33, 1836, Lydia, dau. of Stephen and Polly White. He d. June, 1847, in Marlboro. There is no rec. of the b. of his ch., and the following list may not be complete. I. Bally, d. Dee. 30, 1798, a. 14 y. II. Luna, bapt. Sept. 15, 1799 ; m. Feb. 37, 1810, Hannah, b. Dec. 36, 1784, dau. of Nahum and Mary Parker, q.v.; res. Westmoreland. III. Rufus, bapt. Sept. 15, 17994-. IV. Nancy, bapt. Aug. 10, 1800. A ch. of Luna, prob. Nancy, d. Sept. 17, 1803. V. An adopted ch. of Luna d. Sept. 33, 1804. 17 18 19 30 31 (19) 23 33 24 Rufus Foster, bapt. Sept. 15, 1799 ; d. Mar. 17, 1867, a. 78 y. ; m. July 13, 1809, Sibyl Johnson. She d. in Troy. I. Sarah Shinner, bapt. Aug. 14, 1814 ; m. Dec. 9, 1832, Samuel A. Whitney, called of "Win- chendon. II. Nancy Brewer, bapt. Aug. 14, 1814. III. Sibyl Roxana, bapt. Oct. 24, 1819 ; d. June 1, 1825. 576 25 26 37 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 1 HISTORT OF FITZWILLIAM. IV. Setli Payson, bapt. May 27, 1821 ; d. Dec. 22, 1886, a. 65 y., 7 mos., 28 d.; m. Mary Ann Cobb, who d. June 12, 1885, a. 64 y., 5 mos., 8 d. Their s., 1. Edward P., m. Minnie C. Eobinson. V. Mary Adams, bapt. Aug. 23, 1823 ; rn. May 30, 1855, William N. Watson, called of Ashland, O. He d. in Troy, July 16, 1885, a. 63 y. VI. Rufus Johnson, bapt. Oct. 2, 1831 ; m. May 20, 1847, Sarah B., dau. of Nichols and Penelope (Bowen) Hart. VII. Sihyl Roxana, bapt. Oct. 3. 1831 ; m. May 17, 1858, Edwin Wright, of Templeton. Capt. Alexander Foster came to P. from Attle- boro, Mass., in Feb., 1806. He was s. of Alexander and Esther (Pratt) Foster, of A., and was b. May 35, 1763 ; d. Feb. 33, 1808. He m. Betsey, dau. of Joseph and Kezia (W.) Everett, of Foxboro, Mass., who d. Oct. 35, 1787, and he m. (3d) Eunice Haives, of Wrentham, "" , b. Mar. 16, 1764 ; d. Feb. 11, 1844. I. Betsey Everett, b. Sept. 26, 1787 ; m. Josiah Carter, q.v. II. Aligail Guild, b. May 2, 1791 ; m. Joel Potter, q.v. III. NatJian Hmoes, b. Mar. 23, 1793. IV. Chandler, b. Oct. 37, 1797. V. John, b. Apr. 15, 1800. VI. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 28, 1803 ; m. Otis Bland- ing, q.v. VII. Nancy, b. July 13, 1807 ; d. June 30, 1853, unm. Abiel Foster, d. Jan. 23, 1833, a. 69 y. (?). By w. Lydia had ch. rec. in F. I. Daniel Whitney, b. June 16, 1818 ; d. Mav 18, 1844. II. Julia, b. Sept. 5, 1830 ; m. Oct. 11, 1843, Jonas Brooks, of Dublin. III. Zeludah, b. Dec. 12, 1833 ; m. Oct. 11, 1858, Samuel Whitney. IV. Willard, b. Dec. 18, 1825. Joseph Pox was in trade in 1793*. and paid a larger tax on stock than any other trader in town. As his name appears no further in the rec, he doubtless left town during the y. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 577 Jonathan Fox, piob. bro. of Joseph, was in F. 1794-97. Joseph Fox was apparently succeeded in business by Jonathan Fox and Thomas Goldsmith in partnership. In 1797 or 1798 Goldsmith assumed the entire business, and Fox rem. to Jaifrey, where he became a permanent resident. Jonathan had in F. by w. Sibyl, I. Joseph, b. IS^ov. 3, 1796. FULL^M. I Francis' Fulham, b. 1669 at Fulham, a suburb of London, Eng- land. He was a younger s., and after the death of his father, at the age of fourteen was sent to New England with £100 to be educated at Harvard College. The person having charge of the money kept it, and) sold the boy into service to pay for his passage, in accordance with a^ custom of the times. He m. Feb. 22, 1689-90, Sarah, b. Feb. 18, 1671- 72 ; d. Mar. 10, 1733-24, dau. of Lieut. John Livermore, of Weston, Mass.; res. in Watertown and in Weston, where he d. Jan. 15, 1757. They had eh. i. Jacob, b. Nov. 19, 1693, 2 ; ii. Sarah ; in. Hannah ;. IV. Mary. The later generations in this country generally spell the name Fullam. 2 Jacob= Fullam, b. Nov. 19, 1093 ; d. May 8, 1725 ; m. Feb. 38, 1715-16, Tabitha Whitney, b. Aug. 23, 1696. He saw much service in the Indian wars. In 1735 he was Sergeant in Capt. John Lovewell's company, and was killed May 8, at Fryeburg, Me., in the encounter with the Indians known as Lovewell's fight. Rev. Henry White, in his " Early History of New England," gives an account of this fight, and says " Mr. Jacob Fullam, who was an ofiicer and an only son, distin- guished himself with much bravery. One of the first that was killed was by his right hand, and when ready to encounter a second shot, it is said that he and his adversary fell at the very instant by each other's shot." An old song, describing this fight, had the following : *' Young Fullam, too, I'll mentioD, Because he fought so well ; Trying lo eave another myn A sacrifice he fell." Ch. I. Francis, b. Mar. 30, 1716-17, 3; ii. Jacob; iii. Tabitha; it. Elisha. 3 Fkancis', b. Mar. 30, 1716-17 ; m. Deo. 4, 1740, Susannah Ham- mond, b. June 18, 1724. He d. Feb. 8, 1807, and she d. Dec. 1, 1807, ^ ^ ^.^,_o.-i both at Fitchburg, Mass. Ch. b. first two at Weston, the others at i , , L Fitch. I. Timothy; ii. Francis, b. Oct. 35, 1744, 4; iii. Phineas ; J-*^*"'^ ■■^' 25, IV. Lydia ; v. Lucy ; vi. Jacob ; vii. Oliver ; viii. Eunice. Feancis* Fullam, b. Oct. 35, 1744; d. Feb. 13, 1823 ; came to F. in 1774 or before ; m. Nov. 19, 1777, Sarah (Fisher), wid. of David Perry, q.v. She was b. Dec. 19, 1757 ; d. Aug. 5, 1849. They liv«d for several y. on L 3 K 7, previously owned by Mr. Perry, and then settled on L 13 K 3, now known as the Fullam home 37 C- H 578 HISTORY Oi' FITZWILLIAM. 5 I. 6 II. 7 III. 8 IV. 9 V. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 (?) 17 18 19 30 m. Joseph Brigbam Aug. 4, 1838, at 1803, SalJy Hale, stead. While living at the south part of the town Mrs. Fullam was at one time riding up to the village on horseback, when a bear and two cubs ran across the road near where No. 8 school-house now stands. Mrs. Fullam had the first chaise in F. [Mrs. Sarah Fisher, mother of Mrs. Fullam, d. in F. Mar. 14, 1821, a. 93 y.] Polly\ b. Jan. 9, 1779 q.v. Levi, b. Nov. 13, 1780 ; d. Chelsea, Vt. ; m. Oct. 11, b. Jan. 8, 1780, by whom he had 9 ch David, b. Sept. 24, 1782+. Infant, d. Jan. 3, 1785. JosiaF, b. May 24, 1786 ; d. Dec. 25, 1826 ; m. Feb. 8, 1810, Hannah, b. Sept. 26, 1787, dau. of Ebenezer and Phebe Cutler, q.v. Lived on the homestead till after the d. of Mr. F., when the family rem. to Vermont. 1. Betsey% b. Feb. 8, 1816. 2. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1820. Luther, b. Feb. 13, 1789 ; d. Jan. 11, 1884, at Milton, Vt.; m. May 24, 1814, Martha Car- penter, b. May 7, 1791, by whom he had 3 ch. Betsey, b. Mar. 5, 1791 ; m. Feb. 2, 1812, Charles Eggleston, of Plainfield (N. H.?). They had 9 ch. Calvin, b. July 7, 1793 ; m. Nov. 8, 1818, Nancy M. Wallm, b. July 28, 1794, by whom he had 6 ch. ElisM, b. Nov. 21, 1795 ; d. May 15, 1783, at Worcester, Mass. ; interred at F. ; m. Nov. 16, 1820, Martha Whitcher, of Warren, N. H. ; b. July 18, 1798 ; d. Mar. 8, 1870. They had 6 ch., and res. at Warren and Holder- ness, N. H. Lucy, b. June 27, 1797 ; m. Sylvanus Holman, q.v. TI. VII. VIII. IX. David= Fullam, b. Sept. 24, 1782 ; d. Mar. 11, 1862 ; m. (1st) Sophia Jonkins, who d. and he m. (2d) Nov. 7, 1832, Catherine L. Otis, b. Jan. 16, 1806. A few y. after the d. of his bro. Josiah, he bought the homestead, which is still owned in the family ; res. Boston and F. I. Caroline^, m. Lamb. II. James F., b. Sept. 27, 1811. III. Cliarles L., b. June, 1816 ; d. Jan. 25, 1857. IV. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 5, 1819. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 579 21 22 23 24 25 V, Ellen, b. Dec. 17, 1824. VI. George, b, Nov. 10, 1826 ; m. Dec. 7, 1864, Caroline Finney, b. Aug. 13, 1843, dau. of Henry and Mary C. Mills, of Plymouth, Mass. Ch. b. in P. 1. David', b. Oct. 17, 1865. 2. Emma Mills, b. Sept. 13, 1870. VII. Catherine Otis, b. Nov. 11, 1833 ; m. John Kimball, q.v. I John Gage settled oear Boston, Mass., in 1633. His descendant, 2 Thomas, was b. in Bradford, Mass., Mar. 10, 1700 ; m. PhebeFry, of Audover, Mass. His s., 3 Jamks, b. Aug. 31, 1736 ; d. Apr. 30, 1815 ; m. Sept. 39. 1761, Sarah, d. Oct. 37, 1833, a. 93 y., dau. of Samuel and Abigail (Bryant) Lamson, of Amherst, N. H. Tlie family rem. from A. and settled in JafErey ab. 1779. They had 10 ch., of whom the youngest was Jon- athan, b. Jan. 33, 1783. 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Jonathan Gage, b. Jan. 22, 1782 ; d. in R Mar. 13, 1868 ; m. Hannah, b. Aug. 25, 1785 ; d. in P. Sept. 15, 1855, dau. of William and Hannah (Frost) Worcester, of J. I. James, b. 1807 ; settled in Oharlestown, Mass. II. Jonathan, d. June 14, 1813, a. 4 y. III. William, d. Sept. 12, 1842, a. 30 y. ; m. Dec. 20, 1837, Abigail, b. Mar. 30, 1817, dau. of Joshua and Abigail (Parker) Worcester, of F. 1. William Parker, bapt. Oct. 18, 1840 ; d. Dec. 14, 1841, a. li y. IV. Nancy, m. Ephraim P. Worcester, q.v. V. Abner, b. Feb. 9, 1816 ; d. Sept. 30, 1881 ; m. Nov. 11, 1845, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1816, dau. of Oliver and Molly (Perkins) Bayley, of J., and settled in P. 1. Julia Elizabeth, b. Nov. 27, 1846 ; m. Calvin B. Perry, q.v. 2. Henry Francis, b. Nov. 20, 1848 ; d. Sept. 11, 1850. 3. Alice May, b. May 1, 1859. VI. Joseph, m. Hannah, b. Aug. 10, 1826, dau. of Joshua and Lydia (Whipple) Worcester, q.v.; res. Hartford, Ct. VII. Mary. vin. Jonathan Alonzo, lu. N. Y. IX. Sarah. X. Eliza H. • Gilmore ; res. Canton, 580 HISTOEY OF I'lTZ WILLIAM. 3 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Aaron Garfield, called of Shrewsbury, bought L 3 R 5 of Sampson Stoddard, Apr. 8, 1767, for i;i7. He was appointed Oct. 11, 1768, a member of the committee on roads and bridges, and doubtless moved into the town between the two dates named. He also owned L 8 R 2 and L 9 R 7. His name does not appear in the ree. after 1770. Daniel Garfield, d. Aug. 18, 1790. Dolly Garfield, wid., prob. of Daniel, was to the chh. Oct. 17, 1790, and same day had ch. I. Elisha, bapt. \m. Jonas Gary was in town before 1786, settling on L 7 R 10. The family rem. to Marlboro ab. 1808. His w. was Mary Putnam, sister to Gen. Israel Putnam. She was insane for some y. before they left town. The town books rec. the b. of ch. i.-iv., while the chh. book has the bapt. of i.-vi. I. Polly, b. July 7, 1786 ; m. Asa Morse, q.v. II. Benjamin, b. Mar. 25, 1791. III. Betsey, b. Feb. 10, 1794. IV. Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1797. V. Lois, bapt. Deo. 10, 1797. VI. William, bapt. July 25, 1802. Aaron Gary m. Nov. 12, 1795, Polly, dan. of Michael and Mary Sweetser, q.v. ; rem. from town ab. 1802. I. Aaron, b. Mar. 3, 1796 ; d. May 9. 1796. II. Polly, b. May 29, 1797. III. Eunice, b. Feb. 15, 1800 ; d. Nov. 27, 1801. David and John Gary, bros., came to F. from Leominster, Mass., ab. 1796, and settled on L 21 R 7, also owning a part of L 21 R 6. They returned to L. ab. 1801. John Gary m. Apr. 3, 1797, Betsey, b. Feb. 21, 1774, dau. of Caleb and Mehetabel (Maynard) Winch. They came back to F. ab. 1807, and returned again to Leominster ab. 1810. They had ch. b. and rec. in F. I. Jolm, b. Apr. 29, 1798. II. Betsey, b. Feb. 10, 1800.. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 581 Alden Gee, b. Dec. 13, 1795 ; came to F. ab. 1855 ; d. Mav 3, 1872. His w. was Mary Brown. [His mother, Mary Gee, d. in P. May 18, 1857, a. 89 v.] I. Dustin Aaron, b. Mar. 36, 1837, in Acworth, ]Sr. H.; m. Nov. 20, 1862, Hattie Elizabeth, b. May 19, 1840, dau. of Eli and Caroline (Wilson) Smith, q.v. 1. Herbert Dustin, b. Apr. 19, 1864. James Gibson came from Hopkinton, Mass., ab. 1806. Some two y. later ho settled on L 7 R 10, suc- ceeding Jonas Gary. He d. Apr. 21, 1833, a. 82 y. He m. (1st) Anne Albee, who d., and he m. (2d) Phebe who d. May 9, 1848, a. 77 y. Oh. b. in Hopkin- ton. I. Samuel, d. Apr. 35, 1837, a. 55 y. II. Jemima, b. Apr. 9, 1783 ; m. Daniel Forristall, q.v. * MofiRiLL GiLMAN, s. of John and Sally, was b. in Vershire, Vt., May 2, 1805 ; came to P. ab. 1826 ; m. Nov. 15, 1833, Laura, b. Nov. 8, 1814 ; d. Jan. 11, 1855, daa. of John and Hannah (Stone) Whittemore, q.v.; rem. to Vt., and res. in Waterbury and North- field ; m. (2d) May 15, 1855, Matilda Daniels, of W. She d. in W. June 27, 1863, and he m. (3d) Harriet W. Guyer, of Hard wick, Vt. She d. in N. Aug. 17, 1883. Ch. all by 1st m., and b. in F. I. Henry Danvers^ b. Sept. 13, 1833 ; m. Nov. 7, 1854, Mary Eliza, b. Nov. 5, 1833 ; d. June 29, 1864, dau. of Isaac W. and Lydia W. (Fassett) Stone, q.v.; m. (3) ; m. (3d)- Sept. 22, 1873, Sarah, b. Aug. 15, 1843, in Worcester, Mass., dau. of James and Mary (Dunn) Hickey ; res. Leicester, Mass. Ch. "b. 1-5 in F., 6 in L. 1. Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 30, 1855 ; m. William R. Stone, q.v. 2. Carrie Rosa, b. Dec. 35, 1857 ; d. July 12, 1864. 3. George, b. Dec. 31, 1860 ; d. June 29, 1864. 4. Addie Josephine, b. Jan. 16, 1863 ; m. Charles W. Stone, q.v. 5. Fannie Elizabeth, b. Aug. 27, 1878. 6. May Whittemore, b. Nov. 19, 1884. II. Hannah Lucretia, b. June 12, 1835 ; m. George Haines. See Cummings Register, No. 9. 582 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 23 24 25 36 3 4 HISTOKT OF FITZWILLIAM. III. Warren Chandler, b. July 17, 1837 ; m. Ju]y 4, 1867, Cordelia C, b. May 10, 1850 ; d. Feb. 14, 1879, dau. of John and Mary Byers, of Monticello, la.; res. Boston, Mass. 1. Edward, b. Apr. 25, 1868, in M. IV. John Dexter, b. Dec. 5, 1839 ; m. Feb. 22, 1865, Mary Emma Tucker, b. May 31, 1845 ; d. Apr. 35, 1885 ; m. (2d) Apr. 28, 1886, Annie C. Eogers, b. in Boston, May 7, 1856 ; res. Woburn, Mass. ; business is in B. 1. Arthur Morrill, b. Aug. 19, 1866, in Cambridge, Mass. 2. Herbert Dexter, b. Aug. 19, 1868, in B. 3. Freddy, b. July 7, 1873, in W.; d. Oct. 1, 1872. 4. John Z., b. Jan. 4, 1876, in W. V. Lucy Ann, b. July 19, 1843 ; m. Mar. 18, 1857, Lucius Colby, of Waterbury, Vt. 1. Ida Ann CoTby, b. July 1, 1861, in W. Yi. Nancy Elizaleth, b. iSTov. 4^1844 ; m. Mar. 13, 1867, George Downer, b. Feb. 11, 1845, s. of Thomas and Susan, of "Waterbury. Ch. b. in Stowe, Vt. Downer, TII. Till. IX. 1. Frank T. 3. Susie W. 3. John M. 4. Harry H. Edward Franklin, b. Aug. 1, 1847 ; res. Bos- ton, Mass. Zenas Morrill, b. Dec. 38, 1849 ; res. Boston. Laura Whittemore, b. Dec. 9, 1854 ; d. Oct. 13, 1867. b. b. b. b. Aug. Mar. 5, 1868. Jan. 16, 1870. Oct. 15, 1876. Jan. 28, 1884. 1, 1847 ; res. Hbnet Gilson, b. Aug. 16, 1817, in Groton ; m. Martha Ann Patch, b. Dee. 23, 1823, in Jaffrey, and came to F. ab. 1840. Ch. b. in F. I, Henry Marcus, b. Jan. 39, 1841 ; m. Mar. 1, 1864, Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 3, 1844, dau. of Joseph N. andLydiaF. (Moore) Bosworth.g'.v. 1. Willie Edwin, b. Aug. 14, 1866, in F. II. Martha Itterly, b. 1846 (?) ; m. Aug. 17, 1865, George B. Eoberts, of Chelsea, Vt. III. Daniel Edgar, b. Aug. 11, 1855 ; m. May 5, 1875, Ella Maria, b. Oct. 22, 1853, in Me- nasha. Wis., dau. of George Bos worth. 1. George H., d. Jan. 6, 1876, a. 3 mos. 3. Herbert Hayes, b. Nov. 9, 1876, in Koy- alston. J?^^^^^^ /^ C^. ^^, -^^^::^;^-^--s^-' NEGATIVE BY l^'OCK"' OoD PH0T0-G.1AVU-3 CO , in V GENEALOeTCAL EEGISTER. 583 Joel Leroy Gilson, s. of Hosea B. and Mary A. (Wheeler), was b. in Plymouth, Vt., Dec. 27, 1844 ; m. Dec. 31, 1864, Louisa, A., b. Jan. 9, 1847, dau. of Arteinas and Ann L. (Simonds) Stone, q.v. I. Leroy E., b. July 5, 1880. I Thomas Glfsason early took the oath of fidelity in Watertown, Mass.; is named 1657 on town rec. of Cambridge ; in March, 1663, was in occupation of a tract of land in Charlestown, and d. in Camb. ab. 1684. His descendants were numerous in Sudbury, Framingham, Marl- boro, and the other borough towns. 3 4 Richard Gleason and w. Rachel were adm. to the chh. in F. July 10, 1792, on letter from Northboro, and they prob. came to town but little earlier than this date. He d. Aug. 18, 1820, a. 83 y.; she d. Jan. 8, 1820, a. 77 y. She was dau. of Nathaniel and Rachel (Lovell) Eames, of Framingham. The following names are found in the various rec. in P. They were prob. all ch. of Richard and Rachel, and there may have been other ch. who remained in N. I. Nathaniel, b. 1766 (?), d. Dec. 23, 1797, a. 31 y. II. 'Anna, b. 1770 (?), d. Mar. 21, 1811, a. 40 y.; adm. to chh. Nov. 11, 1798. in. Richard, b. 1773 (?), d. June 6, 1843, a. 70 y. ; m. Dec. 31, 1805, Mindwell, b. Mar. 1, 1778 ; d. Oct. 18, 1849, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Brigham) Davison, q.v., 8.2). IV. Mary, adm. to chh. Nov. 11, 1798 ; m. Nov. 12, 1818, Peter Gleason, of Greenfield, N. Y. V. Alexander, b. 1778 (f), d. Apr. 25, 1818, a. 40 y.; m. Sept. 6, 1807, Annis, b. Aug. 11, 1782, dau. of Moses and Cata (Adams) Drury, q.v. J^ Dr. Aaros Rysing Gleasok, b. June 1, 1835, at g Warren, Vt., s. of Windsor and Sophia (Clark), both ^^^ natives of Langdon, N. H.; m. Jan. 19, 1869, Etta i( Eliza, b. Mar. 15, 1842, only ch. of Dr. Kimball D. and Eliza Ann (Hubbard) Webster, of Gilsum, N. H. Eor a sketch of Dr. G.'s professional life, see page 434. That he has enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citizens is shown by the positions of responsibility and trust that he has been called upon to fill. This family is doubtless from the same stock as the preceding. I. Maud Webster, b. June 2, 1873. Mrs. Godding, wid. of John, Sr., and eight ch., four s. and four dau., came from Attleboro, Mass., to F. ab. 584 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1779, and settled on L 21 R 11, the farm being pur- chased by John, the oldest of the s. I. John, m. Mary Bobbins, of Warwick, Mass. Ab. 1805 the family rem. to AVallingford, Vt., and later to the western part of New York. Ch. b. and rec. in F. 1. Hannah, b. May 5, 1783. 2. Mary, b. July 12, 1785. 3. John, b. June 3, 1788. 4. Asenath, b. July 13, 1791. 5. Asa, b. Dec. 1, 1793. 6. Levi, b. Sept. 27, 1797. II. Timothy, another s., m. 1790 Ruth Robbins, sister of his bro. John's wife. She d. in Troy Nov. 7, 1854. He d. in Winchendon Mar. 7, 1856 ; res. T. Ch. b. and ree. in F. 1. William, b. Nov. 1, 1790 ; res. Hector, N. Y. 2. Rebecca, b. Apr. 21, 1793 ; d. Oct. 10, 1799. 3. Alvah, b. Nov. 5, 1796 ; settled in Win- chendon ; was a physician of wide reputation. 4. Rufus, b. Aug. 8, 1799 ; res. Burke, Vt. 5. Ira, b. Mar. 5, 1802 ; d. Dec. 10, 1849 : m. Dec. 5, 1833, Eliza White. She d. Oct. 28, 1849. 6. Loney, b. Aug. 29, 1804 ; d. Feb. 24, 1833, unm. 7. Ph]linda, b. Feb. 18, 1807 ; d. y. (?) Thomas Goldsmith was in town before 1793*, and was taxed 1793-1813 ; m. Dec. 25, 1794, Sally Nichols, of F. He was in trade several y., and held various town offices, which are noticed at the proper places ; rem. to Malone, N. Y. Ch. rec. in F. I. John Nichols, b. Mar. 28, 1795. II. Theodocia, b. Feb. 15, 1798. III. Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1800. IV. George, b. June 19, 1802 ; d. Oct. 16, 1803. V. Sally, b. Nov. 21, 1804. Ti. Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1806. Tii. Harriot, b. Mar. 10, 1810. Asa Goodale and w. " Timmerson" settled on L 1 R 11 in 1789 or 1790. Mr. Bigelow says that he bought of his bro. Ebenezer, but the lot named is taxed to 3 4 5 6 7 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 585 Josiah Goodale in 1788, and the name of Ebenezer does not appear in the town rec. Sept. 13, 1778, Josiah Goodell m. Persis Badcock, and the same year his name first appears in the town rec. Asa rem. to JafErey ab. 1817. Asa and w. had 7 eh. die in infancy between Feb. 13, 1789, and Mar. 11, 1797, with no names given in the rec. N"amed oh. as follows : T. Asa Godding, d. Feb. 18, 1791. II. Betsey, b. July 3, 1794 ; m. Stilman Collins, q.v. III. Lucy, b. May 36, 1798 ; d. in JafErey unm. IV. James, h. Aug. 13, 1800. V. Royal, b. Sept. 3, 1803. VI. Sally, b. June 17, 1806 ; m. Mar. 10, 1835, Asa Nichols, of Jaffrey ; rem. to Concord, Vt. VII. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 6, 1813 ; d. in JafErey unm. Isaac Goodjtow, from Sudbury, Mass., was in F. as early as 1785. He was taxed on L 3 E 1 in 1788 and 1789, and on L 6 E 1 in 1790. He res. on L 6 E 1 till he rem. to Lincoln, Mass., ab. 1803. The name is also spelled Goodenow and Goodenough. His w. Jane d. Nov. 31, 1786, "in the 53d year of her age." Their dan., I. Hannah, d. June 33, 1785. Eunice Goodnow was adm. to the chh. Jaii. 13, 1791. Daniel Gould was in town as early as 1778. By w. Eachel he had n:S;?}^^P^--^"^-^M781. Daniel Gould, Jr., m. July 33, 1786, Sally Chad- wick. Artemas Warren Gowen, b. Sept. 30, 1813, in Franklin, Mass.; m. Cynthia, b. June 30, 1813, in Stockbridge, Vt., dau. of Samuel and Cynthia (Ean- dall) Ellis, q.v.; res. on L 8 E 3. No rec. of family rec'd, but they had ch. I. Luther W., b. ab. 1843. Served in a Mass. Eeg. in the War of the Eebellion. II. Cynthia J., b. ab. 1845 ; m. Dec. 38 (?), 1864, Charles I. Flint, of Winchendon. III. Mary S., b. ab. 1849. 586 IIISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 11 13 l.-J 14 15 16 17 18 20 IV. Charles H., b. Nov. 25, 1855 ; ra. Nov. 1, 1884, Cora M., dau. of Moses and Mary A. (Ken- dall) Cud worth, of Kindge. Allen Grakt and w. Mary came from Cumberland, E. I., in 1782, and settled on L 7 R 12, which was given him by his father on condition that he would settle upon it. lie d. Dec. 31, 1835, a. 89 v.; shed. Sept. 17, 1840, a. 80 y. I. Allen, b. ab. 1776. II. Alpheus, b. Feb. 25, 1778 ; d. ab. 1806 : m. Jan. 17, 1803, Phillis, b. June 28, 1783, dau. of Anthony and Elizabeth (Handy) Sweet, of Eichmond. (She m. (3d) Jacob Whitcomb, q.v., and d. Nov. 23, 1866.) 1. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 34, 1802. 2. Mary, b. Nov. 12, 1804 ; m. Ephraira Taft, s. of Brown and Urania (Al- drich). 1. Ephraim Taft, b. 1830 ; d. Aug. 28, 1853. III. Anna, b. Sept. 8, 1780 ; d. Jan. 9, 1865, unm. IV. John, b. Sept. 5, 1783 ; m. Martha ; res. J aflrey. V. David, b. Sept. 37, 1785 ; d. Oct. 13, 1867. VI. Gilberi, b. Oct. 30, 1788. VII. Thomas Waterman, b. ab. 1792 ; d. a. 3 y. VIII. Tamar, b. Aug. 31, 1795 ; m. Samuel Hayden, q.v. IX. Betsey, b. Oct. 30, 1797 ; m. Paul Handy, q. v. X. Isaac, b. May, 1799. Orhen Aldrich Grant, s. of Aaron, was b. ia Cumberland, E. I., Mar. 3, 1795 ; d. in Eoyalston Oct. 3, 1884 ; came to F. ab. 1833, and soon settled on L 1 R 12 ; rem. to E. several y. before his d. ; m. (1st) Ballou ; (3d) Apr. 21, 1836, Cynthia 0., b. 1813, dau. of Moses Nichols, of E. Ch. b. i.-iii. in Cumberland by 1st m., iv.-viii. in F. by 3d m. I. Laura. II. Barton, b. Aug. 4, 1817+. III. Philip. IV. Abel Franklin, b. ab. 1837 ; m. Olive E. , b. Dec. 1, 1843 ; d. Dec. 3, 1875 ; res. E. No rec. of family but a s. 1. EI win A.,'b. May, 1873; d. Dec. 34, 1875. 21 22 23 24 (17) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 587 V. Lucy MehitaMe, b. ab. 1839 ; d. VI. Aaron, d. in infancy. VII. Orren Edward, b. "July 6, 1842 ; m. Oct. 2, 1865, Mary B., b. 1845 ; d. Dec. 11, 1875, dau. of Moses and Olive Nichols, of E. ; ni. (2d) . VIII. Charles Henry, b. ab. 1851 ; m. June 22, 1878, Julia Amanda, dau. of Nathan and Susan A. (Bemis) Smith, of E. Baeton Grant, b. Aug. 4, 1817 ; m. Sarah Emeline, b. Dec. 28, 1829 ; d. Apr. 20, 1861, dau. of Henry and Sibyl (Briggs) Ballou, of Eichmond ; m. (2d) Sept. 26, 1865, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1835, dau. of Levi and Sophia (Stanford) Streeter, of Troy. I. Sarah K, h. ab. 1850 ; ni. Albert W. Wilson, q.v. II. Relief, h. ab. 1852. III. Barton, b. Nov., 1854; d. Sept. 29. 1875 ; m. June 26 (?), 1873, Nettie B., b. Dec. 21, 1854, dau. of David C. and Hannah M. (Wyman) Stone. (She m. (2d) Nov. 6, 1877, Daniel Lyman Streeter, s. of Levi and Sophia (Stan- ford) of T. ) 1. Addie, b. June 12, 1874. 2. Walter, b. Apr. 21, 1876. IV. A daughter, h. Aug., 1856 ; d. Nov. 30, 1857. V. Gapitala, b. 1859 ; d. July 8, 1867. VI. Elizabeth, b. 1866 ; d. Aug. 18, 1867. VII. Cora, b. Mar. 28, 1868. Samuel Graves was chosen highway surveyor June 19, 1771 ; was out in the Eevolutionary War ; d. in the woods between Charlestown, N. H., and Ticonderoga, N. Y., Dec, 1776. MiOAH Graves and family came to P. in 1799. He d. Jan. 30, 1825, a. 79 y.; his w. d. Jan. 6, 1825, a. 71 y.; his s., I. Micah, b. Sept. 20, 1777 ; d. Mar. 24, 1832 ; m. Apr. 9, 1807, Thankful, b. June 21, 1788 ; d. Sept. 9, 1867, dau. of Jesse and Martha (Gibson) Porristall, q.v.; rem. from town in 1824 ; went to Canada ; settled in what is now Prince Edward Co., Province of Ontario. Ch. b. 1-9 in P., 10-11 in Canada. 1. Olive, b. Jan. 12, 1808 ; d. Jan. 25, 1882. 588 HISTORT OF IITZ WILLIAM. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 21 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2. Sophia, b. Oct. 1, 1809. 3. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 31, 1813. 4. Lulfe, b. May 9, 1814 ; d. July, 1883. 5. Jeremiah, b. Apr. 9, 1816 ; d. Feb., 1855. 6. Levi, b. May 30, 1818 ; d. May 1, 1858. 7. Reuben, b. July 4, 1830. 8. George, b. May 17, 1833 ; d. Mar. 12, 1843. 9. Aaron, b. Mar. 9, 1824. 10. Levina, b. June 7, 1837 ; d. Oct. 13, 1856. 11. Michael, b. Mar., 1830 ; d. June 28, 1866. Some of the following were doubtless s. of Micah the senior. James Geaves was taxed in 1806. Daniel Graves was taxed in 1811, 1813, and 1813. Samuel Graves was taxed in 1813, 1814, 1816, and 1817. Aaron Graves was taxed in 1834. David Graves was taxed in 1815, and thenceforward till he d., Feb. 15, 1829, a. 35 y. He m. Jan. 10, 1832, Eoxana Carroll. No rec. of b. of ch., but the following d. are noted : I. Infant, d. Feb., 1833, a. 4 weeks. II. Eoxana, d. Apr. 18, 1836, a. 4 mos. Nahum Green was b. Jan. 27, 1822, in Kennebunk- port. Me.; m. (1st) Mary , who d., and he m. (2d) Margaret , b. May" 23, 1835, in Ireland. The family came to F. ab. 1860. The following rec. is as correct as can be given. Ch. b. i.-iii. in Natick, Mass. ; iv. in Needham, Mass. ; v.-ix. in F. I. Edward C, b. ab. 1850. II. Frank Osgood, b. May 29, 1854 ; m. Dec. 36, 1880, Ellen G., b. Feb. 38, 1861, dau. of Adna L. and Mary E. (Henry) Monroe, q.v. III. Cora May, b. Dec. 31, 1857. IV. Willie Vernon, b. Aug. 5, 1859. V. Flora Alice, b. Dec. 11, 1861. VI. George Herbert, b. Sept. 14, 1863. VII. Nahum, b. May 5, 1865. VIII. Sarah Elizabeth, b. July 36, 1868. IX. Kate Merriam, b. Oct. 21, 1871. 2, 3 4, 5 6 10 11 13 13 U 15 16 17 j"' i Infants, twins, d. Mar. 7, 1793. GENEALO&ICAL EEGISTEE. ' 589 Dea. Samuel Griffin came to F. prob. before 1788*, and settled on L 30 E 6, where he d. May 20, 1828, a. 68 y. He was, perhaps, from Scituate, Mass. His w. Hannah was dan. of John and Anna (Wright) Bowker, of S., and their m. is not rec. in F. She d. in Troy July 28, 1842, a. 86^ y. (See Bowker Register.) j" i Infants, twins, d. May 9 and 12, lt91. III. IV". j ■ V. Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1793 ; d. Aug. 27, 1861 ; m. Nov. 10, 1818, Dr. Charles Whitman Whitney, of Troy, b. Nov. 15, 1791 ; d. Oct. 31, 1861, s. of Dr. Isaiah and i)oreas (Whitman) Whit- ney, of Rindge. Ch. b. in T. 1. Samuel Griffin Whitney, b. Sept. 30, 1819 ; m. Abigail N. Whittemore, q.v. 3. Charles Whitney, b. July 27, 1824 ; d. Jan. 10, 1837. 3. Henry N. Whitney, b. Oct. 8, 1835 ; d. Feb. 17, 1827. 4. Charles Whitman Whitney, b. Nov. 26, 1837 ; m. Sept. 3, 1850, Sarah Frances, b. Oct. 33, 1829, dau. of William and Mary (Balch) Taylor, of Francestown, N. H. Mr. W. is a merchant in T. at the old Farrar and Robeson stand. Ch. b., 1-2 in F., 3 in T. 1. Ella Frances Whitney, b. Sept. 26, 1854. 2. Cora Mabel Whitney, b. May 39, 1858. 3. Charles W. Whitney, b. Mar. 14, 1861. 6. Marv Jane Whitney, h. Aug. 13, 1830 ; m-'Dec. 18, 1856, Dr. Samuel A. Rich- ardson, of Marlboro, s. of Dea. Abijah and Mary (Hayes), of Dublin. 6. Sarah Ann Whitney, b. Aug. 1, 1838 ; d. Aug. 7, 1838. VI. Betsey, b. Sept. 31, 1794 ; m. Col. Daniel W. Farrar, q.v. VII. Hannah, b. Sept. 14, 1795 ; d. in T. Apr. 3, 1864, unm; Nathaniel Grover and family came to F. ab. 1789, and settled on L 3 R 7, which he bought of Simeon Perry. In the descriptive list of 1798 this lot is set to 590 HISTORY OJF PITZWILLIAM. 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 him and his s. Nathaaiel, Jr. town ab. 1803. He seems to have left Nathaniel Geovbe, Jr., b. ab. 1779 ; prob. came to F. with his father. His name first appears in the town tax lists in 1800; left town ab. 1806 ; by w. Susanna had ch. rec. in F. I. Luke, b. Oct. 25, 1797. II. Lticy, b. July 9, 1799. III. Laura, b. May 19, 1801 d. Sept. 28, 1805. Some of the following were doubtless ch. of Nathaniel the senior : HuLDAH Geovbr, b. ab. 1770, and Oliver Hill, of Royalston, m. Dec. 30, 1793. Eunice Geover and Lot Richardson, of E., m. June 3, 1803. Antipas Grovee, b. in Lexington, Mass., ab. 1767 ; d. in F. Dec. 17, 1830 ; m. Sarah Pierce, of Groton, Mass., who d. in F. Apr. 10, 1849, a. 80 y. He is taxed in F. first in 1835, and onward till his d. The follow- ing list of his ch. may not be complete and the order may not be correct. Benjamin appears to have been the only one of the ch. who res. in F. after becoming of age. I. Nalium, m. Mar. 30, 1833, Almira, b. 1806, dau. of Luke and Asenath (Cole) Harris, of Richmond. Ch. b. in R. 1. Lorenzo H. 3. Delilah. II. Samuel, d. in New Orleans, La. III. Levi, d. Niagara Falls, N. Y. IV. James, d. Cottage Grove, "Wis. V. Elijah, d.'Highgate, Vt. VI. John, served in the U. S. regular army, and was killed by the Indians in Florida. Tii. Lucy, m. Aaron Grant, of Royalston. Till. Benjamin, b. May 7, 1816. IX. Hannah, m. Andrew Corbett, of Ware, Mass. Joseph Grow and w. Tirzah were adm. to chh. in F. Dec. 17, 1773, on letter from chh. in Pomfret, Ct., and were dism. to chh. in Hartford (Ct.?) June 13, 1779. Ch. bapt. rec. in T. I. 8am.uel, bapt. May 9, 1773. II. Joseph, bapt. Dec. 4, 1774. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 591 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 III. James Reed, bapt. Oct. 13, 1776. IV. Lucretia, bapt. Sept. 37, 1778. Joseph Hale, b. July 4, 1809, in Winchendon ; m. Nov. 30, 1838, Adaline Chase, of Eoyalston, b. June 39, 1819 ; d. JSfov. 10, 1865 ; m. (3d) Feb. 7, 1867, Mary Jane, b. Nov. 30, 1815 ; d. Oct. 9, 1875, dau. of Edward and Ruth Perkins, of Jaffrey, and wid. of Jabez Morse, Jr., q.v. Settled in F. ab. 1864. Ch. all b. in AV. I. Sarah M., b. Sept. 13, 1840 ; d. Dec. 35, 1844. II. Ozro Joseph, b. Aug. 30, 1843. in. Lizzie Susan, b. Aug. 38, 1844. IV. Addie, b. July 33, 1849 ; d. Aug. 38, 1849. V. Clara E., b. Oct. 8, 1855 ; d. Apr. 13, 1883 ; m. Dec. 35, 1873, Albert Henry Sawyer, b. Feb. 37, 1849, s. of Amos B. and Dorothy (Davis). (See Davis, No. 34.) 1. Gertrude Elmira Sawxjer, b. Sept. 7, 1875. Zaccheus Hall came from Braintree, Mass., ab. 1786 ; settled on L 8 E 3, where he res. a few y., and left town ab. 1793*- By w. Susannah he had rec in F. : I. Jonas, b. June 31, 1786. Henry Taskeb Hall, b. in Eindge Jan. 38, 1833, s. of Daniel 0. and Mary T. Hall ; m. Dec. 31, 1861, at Greenville, N. H., Lucy Maria, b. in New Boston, Ct., May 9, 1835, dan. of Amasa and Lucy Howard ; came to F. ab. 1866, and settled on the Abner Stone place, L 9 R 1. Ch. b. i. in Winchendon, ii.-iv. in F. I. Walter Henry, b. Jan. 9, 1864. II. Carrie Myrtilla, b. July 16, 1867. III. Carlton Howard, b. June 6, 1869. IV, Watson Amasa, b. Feb. 34, 1876. I Paul Handy, from Smithfleld, R. I., b. Apr. 1, 1737, was an early settler in Richmond ; by w. Anne he had seven ch., of whom the fifth was 2 Gborgb, b. May 10, 1775 ; d. Dec. 26, 1863 ; m. Sept. 38, 1797, Ruth, dau. of Zaccheus EStes ; she d. June 38, 1861, a. 84 y. They had fourteen ch., of whom the second was Paul, b. Aug. 31, 1800. Paul Hakdt, b. Aug. 31, 1800 ; d. Apr. 5, 1885 ; m. Sept. 18, 1829, Betsey, b. Oct. 20, 1797 ; d. Dec. 5, 1878, dau. of Allen and Mary Grant, q.v.; settled in F. ab. 1834. 592 HISTOEY OF riTZWILLIAM. 4 I. 5 11. 6 III. 7 17. 8 9 10 11 T. 12 Callephina (Calphurnia?), b. ab. 1830; m. Amos S. Pratt, q.v. II. Alpheus, b. ab. 1833 ; m. Mar. 18, 1868, Mrs. Laura L. Demary, b. Deo. 37, 1833, dau. of Timothy and Mary (Pratt) Metcalf, of Rindge. Glarinda, b. ab. 1834 ; d. Dec. 15, 1863, unm. Henry, b. Aug. 8, 1836 ; m. June 39, 1865, Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1843, dau. of Bowman and Hannah (Whituomb) Howe, q.v. 1. Alberto Leroy, b. Mar. 30, 1867. 3. milie Mabel, b. Nov. 36, 1876. 3. Arthur Edison, b. Apr. 10, 1879. Isaac A., b. ab. 1834; m. Oct. 23, 1865, Har- riet M., dau. of Otis and Eunice (Davis) Hay- den, q.v. VI. Ransom, b. ab. 1831. Theophilus Hardx was adm. to chh. Mar. 35, 1781. By w. Lucy he had chh. rec. in F. II. I Robbkt' Harkington, prob. the emigrant ancestor, was one of the eaily proprietors of Watertown, Mass., where he d. May 17, 1807. He m. Oct. 1, 1649, Susannah George, b. 1633 ; d. July 6, 1694. They had 13 ch., of whom was 2 Thomas-, b. Apr. 33, 1665 ; m. Apr. 1, 1686, Rebecca, dau. of John Bemis and wid. of John White ; res. in W. They had 6 ch., of whom the eldest was 3 Ebenezer', b. June 37, 1687; d. 1758; settled in Waltham, Mass., from whence he rem. to Framingham ab. 1709 ; m. Feb. 3, 1708, Hepzibah, dau. of Peter Clayes, of Fram. Ch. : i. Sarah ; ii. Kebecca ; III. Thomas ; iv. Ebenezer ; v. Joshua, b. Oct. 11, 1718, 4 ; vi. Susannah ; vii. Hepzibah ; viir. Elias ; ix. Phinehas. Joshua* Harrington, b. Oct. 11, 1718 ; d. Nov. 34, 1784 ; m. Jan. 11, 1743, Sarah, b. Jan. 15, 1734- 35, daiT. of John and Bathsheba (Pugg) Nurse, q.v. She d. without issue, and he m. (2d) Oct. 3, 1751, Betty (Reed), wid. of John Bent, of Eram. The family came to E. ab. 1774. Mrs. H. was recommended bv the chh. in Eram. June 36, 1774, and adm. to chh. in P. Oct. 9, 1774. She d. Mar. 18, 1784. About 1780 Mr. H. bought the Tiffany mill privilege and mills of Tliomas Tolm'an, and the property was owned and operated by himself, his son Joshua and his grandsons Joshua and Elijah till 1840, when it was bought by Charles Coolidge. Ob. all b. in Eram. 6 7 8 (7) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 593 I. John, b. Sept. 2, 1752. II. Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1754 ; m. Stephen Brigham, q.v. III. Joshua^ b. Sept. 13, 1755+. IV. Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1759. Joshua' Haerin-qton, b. Sept. 13, 1755 ; d. Sept. 20, 1834. The Proprietors' Tax List of 1788 locates him on L 23 R 8, and it is prob. that his father lived on the same lot ; m. Nov. 21, 1780, Elizabeth, dau. of Asa and Mary (Newton) Brigham, q.v. She d. Feb. 15, 1823, a. 66 y. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. I. Anna, b. Jane 29, 1781 ; d. 1857 ; m. William Marshall ; res. in Troy. II. Daniel, b. Dec. 15, 1782 ; m. Jan. 24, 1809, Mary, b. Apr. 11, 1786, dau. of Jesse and Martha Forristall, of P.; rem. to Vermont, where he d., and the wid. returned to F., where she d. June 23, 1819. III. Betsey, b. Apr. 18, 1784 ; m. Jan. 10, 1805, Asa Stowell, s. of Abijah ; rem. West. IV. Joshua", b. Sept. 29, 1785 ; m. June 2, 1808, Nelly Gates, of Dublin ; m. (2d) . In 1820 rem. from Troy to Alstead, and in 1850 from thence to Pittsford, N. Y. Oh. 1-3 rec. in F. 1. Sally', b. May 6, 1809 ; d. unm. 2. Lyman, b. May 5, 1811 ; m. Mary Wilbur. 3. Eleanor, b. May 23, 1813 ; m. Josiah Bridge, of Lowell, Mass. 4. Joshua, b. Aug. 26, 1815 ; m. R. M. Wright, of Winchester. He d. in Cali- fornia Sept. 4, 1849. 17 5. Leonard B., b. Mar. 7, 1818 ; m. Eunice Grant, of Lyme, N. H. 18 6. Charles, b. May 9, 1820 ; m. Rachel Evans. 19 7. Lucy Ann, b. July 22, 1832 ; m. Nathaniel Adams, of Marlow. 20 8. George F., b. June 10, 1834 ; m. the wid. of his bro. Joshua. 21 9. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 37, 1826 ; m. Stephen Adams. 23 V. Elijah", b. Apr. 23, 1787 ; m. Feb. 1, 1810, Pru- dence Newell, of Marlboro ; she d. June 3, 1827, and he m. (2d) Mrs. Tabitha Tolman. Ch. 1-2 rec. in F. 38 594 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 33 34 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 (9) 11 1. Nelson' P., b. Jan. 4, 1811. ^ 2. John, b. Mar. 5, 1812 ; m. Emily Capron, of JafErey. 3. Alonzo Brigham, b. Apr. 9, 1815 ; m. Betsey Lawrence. 4. Daniel, b. Jan. 10, 1817. 5. Patty, b. Mar. 31, 1819. 6. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 16, 1823. 7. Jacob Newell, b. Jan. 4, 1827 ; m. Betsey T. Fife. 8. Arbee Bead, d. Aug. 20, 183-3, a. 3 y. 9. Frances E., d. June 22, 1837, a. 5 y. Ti. Sally, b. June 17, 1789 ; d. Feb. 1, 1800. vu. Polly, bapt. June 12, 1791 ; d. May 7, 1833, unm. viiT. Lyman, bapt. Mar. 2, 1794 ; d. Feb. 1, 1800. Stephen Harris and family came to F. from Fra- mingham, Mass., in March, 1771, on an ox sled ; settled on L 11 R 8 ; m. May 27, 1752, Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1731 ; d. Jan. 26, 1829, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Angier, of Fram. Mr. H. was one of the instituting members of the chh. in F., and his w. was the first female mem- ber adm. He d. Nov. 4, 1819, a. 94 y. Oh. b. i.-viii. in Pram., ix. in I*'. I. Sarah, b. Mar. 21, 1753 ; m. Ebenezer Potter, q.v. II. Joseph, b. xMay 19, 1755 ; d. Feb. 9, 1777. III. Mary, b. Apr. 25, 1757 ; m. Joseph Stone, q.v. IV. Mitty, b. July 29, 1759 ; d. Dec. 14, 1789, unm. ^r. Benjamin, b. Feb. 14, 1762 ; d. Feb. 9, 1788 ; ni. Oct. 31, 1785, Priscilla Platts. VI. Anna, b. Mar. 28, 1764 ; d. in infancy. VII. Anna, b. Oct. 22, 1766 ; m. Abel Byam, q.v. Tin.- Stephen, b. Feb. 25, 1769+. IX. Purchase, bapt. Dec. 15, 1771 ; d. Jan. 21, 1777. Stephen Harris, b. Feb. 25, 1769 ; d. July 2, 1836. in Volney, N. Y. ; m. June 11, 1795, Hannah, b. Feb. 29, 1776 ; d. Feb. 16, 1816, in Saratoga, N. Y., dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Nichols) Tower, q.v. Ch. b. in P. I. Joseph, b. Aug. 21, 1796 ; d. Feb. 17, 1880, in Templeton, Mass. ; interred in F. ; m. Hannah Fisher, who d., and he m. (2d) Mar. 5, 1857, Sarah, b. July 14, 1803 ; d. May 3, 1872, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 (13) 23 23 24 25 26 27 GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 595 dau. of Calvin and Polly (Deeth) Smith, q.v. Lived in Saugus, Mass., and was deacon in the Congregational Chh. there for many y., but returned to F. before his 2d m. Had several ch. by 1st m., of whom no account has been received, but 1. Benjamin F., b. ab. 1839 ; m. Mar. 31, 1863, Abbie J., b. Sept. 5, 1841, dau. of Nathan and Julia (Martin) Whipple, q.v.; res. Troy. II. Levi, b. Sept. 15, 1797 + . III. Rebecca, b. Apr. 27, 1799 ; d. Apr. 8, 1800. IV. Benjamin, b. Dec. 14, 1800 ; d.- (1833?). v. Rebecca, b. Feb. 11, 1803 ; d. Apr. 14, 1803. VI. Samuel, b. Feb. 11, 1804 ; d. in State of N. Y. Tii. Melinda, b. Nov. 29, 1805 ; d. y. VIII. BetUah McJiols, b. Mar. 1, 1808 ; rem. to Michigan. IX. Stephen, b. Jan. 21, 1810 ; d. in N". Y. X. Daniel, b. Feb. 9, 1812 : d. in N. Y. Levi Harris, b. Sept. 15, 1797 ; d. Jan. 27, 1864, in Troy ; m. Apr. 7, 1819, Nancy Ann, b. Mar. 23, 1796, dau. of Abel and Anna (Harris) Byam, q.v. She d. Sept. 22, 1845, and he m. (2d) Sept. 11, 1845y Betsey Byam, b. Dec. 29, 1799, sister of his first w. Shed. Oct. 10, 1858, and he m. (3d) Lucy, b. June- 3, 1800, dau. of Joseph and Parna (Temple) Butler, and wid. of Elijah Bemis, of T. Ch. b. i.-iii. in Royalston, iv.- VIII. in F. ; seven by first m. and one by second. I. Levi, b. Mar. 6, 1820 ; m. Nov. 26, 1846, Nancy A. Flagg, of Lunenburg, Mass.; res. Galva, 111. II. Laicra, b. Apr. 19, 1821 ; m. Oct. 25, 1854, Lewis Brewer, of B,., and res. there. III. Abel, b. Apr. 13, 1833 ; d. July 4, 1850, unm. IV. JSfancy Ann, b. Feb. 10, 1828 ; m. Feb. 27, 1854, James M. Ketchum, of Ashburnham, Mass. She m. (2d) Nahnm Howe, q.v.; res. A. V. Stephen, b. Jan. 37, 1830 ; d. June 27, 1854 ; m. Sept. 4, 1861, Clarissa Barton, of Granby, Mass. She d. Sept. 19, 1869, and he m. (2d) Oct. 3, 1870, Jennie A. Stearns, of Wind- ham, Vt. He was a Congregational minister. See page 444. VI. Eunice, b. Oct. 29, 1831 ; m. Oliver W. Smith, q.v. 596 28 29 30 31 3 4 (2) 9 10 11 13 13 14 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. VII. Hannah, b. June 12, 1838 ; m. Oliver W. Smith, q.v. VIII. Daniel, b. Apr. 9, 1847 ; d. June 6, 1872, unm. Samuel Harris and w. Susannah had ch. I. John, bapfc. Mar. 7, 1780. JosiAH IIartwell, b. Aug. 7, 1748 ; d. Nov. 19, 1822. His w. was Rebecca Walker, of Reading, Mass. She d. May 13, 1816. The family came to P. from Lunenburg, Mass., in 1779 or before, and returned to L. before 1793*, though Mr. H. continued to own property in P., on which he was taxed till 1802. Ch. b. I. -II. in L., iii.-T. in P. I. Asael, b. Jan. 25, 1772+. II. Josiah, b. Apr. 25, 1774 ; d. Peb. 3, 1786. III. Joseph, b. July 10, 1780 ; d. Jan. 30, 1872. Had several ch., all b. in L., but he d. in Leominster. Of his ch., 1. Rebecca, m. PJbridge Wood, of Rindge. 2. Mary, m. Alpheus Rugg, of R. IV. Rebecca, b. July 13, 1783 ; m. Ezekiel Johnson, and res. in Sangerfield, N. Y., wheie she d. Aug., 1816. V. Luther, b. Apr. 3, 1788. Asael Hartwell, b. Jan. 25, 1772 ; d. Mar. 5, 1840 ; m. Nov. 23, 1796, Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1780 ; d. Oct. 12, 1857, dau. of Ezekiel and Anna' Collins. Ch. all b. in P. I. Josiah, b. Feb. 20, 1798 ; m. Peb. 20, 1841), Ruth Newbery. II. Luther, b. Sept. 2, 1800 : d. Nov. 13, 1871 ; m. June 29, 1830, Lucretia, d. May 21, 1883, dau. of David and Eunice (Allen) Taft, q.v.; rem. to Vernon, N. Y., where both d.; s.p. III. Polly, b. Aug. 13, 1803 ; d. Sept. 22, 1821, unm. IV. Lovell, b. Sept. 8, 1806 ; res. Stockbridge, V. Elizabeth P., b. Aug. 26, 1808 ; d. in P., June 15, 1887 ; m. July 1. 1846, Charles E. Schoff, of Boston, Mass., b. Sept. 3, 1804 ; d. Jan. 26, 1858. Oh. b. in Chelsea, Mass. 1. Charles Hartwell Schoff, b. Mar. 20, 1849 ; m. Oct. 25, 1881, Grace A. Bell, 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEE. 597 of San Francisco, Cal.; res. in S. F., and ch. b. there. 1. .Walter Hart well Schoff, b. June 1, 1882. 2. Charles Edward Schoff, b. Aug. 6, 1884. VI. Seraph, b. May 7, 1811 ; d. Apr. 25, 1850 ; m. Dec. 31, 1848, B. B. Hungerford. VII. Ezekiel Collins, b. Nov. 12, 1815 ; d. Mar. 16, 1821 ; d. from the effects of the kick of a horse received in Dec, 1820. VIII. Joseph, b. July 28, 1818 ; d. Aug. 17, 1843. IX. Rebecca, b. Feb. 19, 1821 ; m. Dec. 23, 1841, Clement Hooper. Steadmak William Haetwell, b. Aug. 29, 1817 ; d. Aug. 1, 1865, s. of Simon and Koxa (Sargent) Hart- well, of Hubbardston, Mass.; m. Jan. 1, 1844, Mary F., b. Feb. 28, 1836 ; d. Sept. 20, 1886, dau. of Benjamin and Polly (Fay) Prescott. I. Harriet Newell, b. July 16, 1845 : d. Jan. 16, 1866, unm. II. Florence Marietta, b. July 14, 1847 ; m. Reuben B. White, g.v. III. Fay Prescott, b. Apr. 12, 1853 ; d. Feb. 15, 1859. IV. Mary Anna, b. Sept. 22, 1857 ; m. Jan. 22, 1874, James Nelson Brewer, b. Aug. 6, 1852, s. of Hiram and Henrietta (Clark) Brewer, of Fredericton, N. B. ; res. Boston, Mass. Ch. b. 1-3 in F., 4 in Qaincy, Mass. 1. Jennie Belle Brewer, b. Aug. 12, 1874 ; d. July 6, 1882. 2. Clifton Hartwell Brewer, b. June 21, 1876. 3. Hiram Tyler Brewer, b. Jan. 6, 1880. 4. Blanche Inez Brewer, b. Aug. 20, 1881 ; d. Oct. 21, 1881. S. WiLLAED Haetwell, a younger bro. of Steadman AYilliam, m. Mar. 17, 1853, Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1836, dau. of Levi and Mary (Cutter) Bigelow, q.v.; rem. to Iowa, where she d. Oct. 14, 1875. EuTH Haetwell and Joseph Kneeland m. Jan. 15, 1776. She was, perhaps, sister of Josiah, No. 1, of this rec. 598 HISTOET Oli" FITZWILLIAM. 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 U 15 IG 17 Abnbr Haskell, a native of Harvard, Mas?., came to P. in 1778, and settled on L 23 K 5 ; m. Feb. 31, 1759, Martha, b. Apr. 18, 1739 ; d. Feb. 8, 1817, dau. of Phinehas and Mary Ward, of Marlboro, Mass., q.v. The Haskell family doubtless came to F. from Lan- caster, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. H. were adm. to the chh. in F. on letter from the chh. in L. June 20, 1779. Mr. H. d. Apr. 4, 1809, a. 73 y. I. Martha, m. Joseph Farw-ell, of Lancaster, Mass. II. Joseph, d. Jan. 7, 1835, a. 63 y. ; m. May 10, 1787. Mehitabel, bapt. Oct. 14, 1771 ; d. Oct. 29, 1824, dau. of MaJ. John and Deborah (Winch) Farrar, q.v.j rem. to Marlboro, N. II., ab. 1803. Oh. 1-6 b. and rec. in F., 7-10 b. in M. • 1. Patty, b. Aug. 26, 1788 ; d. Jan. 5, 1840 ; m. William Lawrence, of Troy. 2. Nancy, b. Aug. 21, 1791 ; d. June 30, 1834 ; m. Josiah AVheeler, of T. 3. Joseph, b. Mar. 24, 1794 ; d. Apr. 18, 1865 ; m. Apr. 2, 1818, Ruth, b. Oct. 38, 1796", dau. of David and Esther (Bruce) White, g.v. 4. William, b. June 28, 1796 ; d. Jan. 26, 1841 ; m. Oct. 20, 1818, Sarah White, sister of Ruth, who m. his bro. Joseph. 5. Eleanor Brown, b. Nov. 13, 1798 ; d. 1877 ; m. Jan. 14, 1817, Peter Tarbell, of Grafton, Vt. 6. Abner, b. Mar. 11, 1801 ; d. Sept. 1, 1847 ; m. May 3, 1833, Laura Law- rence. 7. Alpheus, b. July 30, 1804 ; d. Oct. 21, 1805. 8. John, b. Mar. 19, 1807. 9. Harriet, b. Nov. 15, 1809 ; m. Alanson Barber. 10. Henry, b. July 30, 1813 ; m. Feb. 14, 1838, Martha, dau. of George and Naomi (Starkey) Farrar. III. Levi, b. July 20, 1769 ■ d. Nov. 22, 1830 ; m. Apr. 27, 1797, Eoxana, b. Feb. 3, 1774 ; d. Aug. 22, 1858, dau: of Philip and Eunice (Shumway) Amadon. She m. (2d) Abel Angier, q.v. 1. Patty, d. Apr. 32, 1806, a. 7 y. 2. Eunice, d. Apr. 20, 1806, a. 5 y. 3. Levi, d. Apr. 23, 1806, a. 3 y. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 599 18 19 20 21 (18) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28. 29 30 4. Levi, b. Mar. 13, 1806+. 5. Martha Jane, b. , July 12, 1808 ; m. Josiah Moore, q.v. 6. Ann Maria, b. July 29, 1810 ; m. Eeu- ben B. Pratt, q.v. IV. Sally, m. Benjamin P. Brigham, q.v. Levi Haskell, b. Mar. 13, 1806 ; d. Aug. 4, 1865 ; m. Oct. 11, 1838, Lydia Eeliof, b. May 21, 1816 ; d. June 21, 1847, dau. of Artemas and Elizabeth (Van Doom) Pelton ; m. (2d) Apr. 27, 1848, Sarah Amanda, b. Oct. 20, 1827, dau. of David and Lucy (Gates) Thompson, of Richmond. I. Frederic Homer, b. Feb. 27, 1842 ; m. Aug. 24, 1864, Maj^garet Florence, b. Oct. 26, 1846, dau. of Daniel G. and Mary B. (Wright) Carter, q.v. Charles Gates, b. Sept. 29, 1854 ; d. Oct. 25, 1857. Hattie Amelia, b. Feb. 6, 1858. Siosie Amanda, b. Jan. 14, 1862 ; m. Dwight 0. Collins, q.v. V. Charles Levi, b. Mar. 20, 1866. II III IV JosiAH Haskell was taxed in 1788 on L 8 E 11. He lived in town till ab. 1804, but does not appear to have paid any taxes on real estate after ab. 1788. No rec. of his family but an I. Infant, d. Feb. 20, 1803. Joseph Haskell and w. Hannah, of whom nothing further is known, had an I. Infant, d. Mar. 25, 1784. I Eichabd' Haven came from Englanri and settled in Lynn, Mass., in 1645 ; by w. Susannah he had 13 ch., of whom the 11th was 2 Nathaniel^ b. June 30, 1664 ; d. July 20, 1746 ; settled in Framiugham ; by w. Elizabeth had 10 ch., of whom the 8th was Nathaniel', b. Sept. 8, 1704, 9 ; the 2d ch. of Nathaniel" was 3 MosES=, b. Mar. 1, 1693 ; d. ab. 1743 ; m. (1st) Apr. 14; 1730, Sarah Bridges ; (2d) July 22, 1743, Susannah Claflin ; had 9 ch., all by 1st m., of whom the 7th was 4 Gideon', b. Mar. 10, 1734 ; d. Dec, 1829 ; m. (1st) Dec. 39, 1757, Comfort Pike ; (3d) Sept. 25, 1792, Wid. Deborah Twitchell, of Sher- born ; had 9 ch., all by Ist m., of whom the oldest was Jotham°, b. Oct. 1, 1758. 600 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. JothA-m" Haven, b. Oct. 1, 1758 ; ni. Apr. 14, 1779, Martha, b. Aug. 3, 1763, dan. of Jeremiah and Heph- zibah (Stone) Belknap, of 'Fram.; came to P. in 1783, and settled on L 19 E 4. Mr. and Mrs. H. were adm. to chh. in F. Feb. 1, 1784, on letter from chh. in Fram. The family returned to Fram. in 1790 or 1791. They had 11 ch., of whom the 3d, 4th, and 5th were b. in F. Their youngest ch., Franklin Haven, was President of the Merchants' Bank, Boston, for many y. Oh. rec. inF. III. Jeremialf, bapt. Jan. 9, 1785. IV. Jotharrf, bapt. July 15, 1787. His s., Erastus 0. Haven, was a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Ohh. The more widely known Bishop Gilbert Haven, of the same chh., was s. of Gilbert", who was the 6th ch. of Jotham°. V. Moses, bapt. Feb. 30, 1790 ; d. Feb. 21, 1790. 9 Nathaniel' Haven, b. Sept. 8, 1704 ; m. June 10, 1734, Hephzibah Rugg, and settled in Hopkinton, Mass.; m. (3d) Dec. 7, 1741, Abigail Rice ; he d. July 30, 1746 ; he had 7 ch. by 1st. m., of whom the 3d was I O Jonathan*, b. Apr. 39, 1738 ; m. Aug. 34, 1749, Elizabeth Haven ; rem. to Asliburnham, Mass., where he d. July 30, 1791. They had 7 oh., all b. iuH. i, Jerusha ; ii. Lois; in. Hezekiah ; iv. Eliza- beth, b. Sept. 15, 1757 ; m. 1778 James Stone, q.v.; rem. from South- boro, Mass., to F. ab. 1781 ; v. Hephzibah ; vi. Jonathan", b. July 31, 1765, I 1 ; VII. John, b. Aug. 31, 1867, | 2- I I JoNATHAN^ b. July 31, 1765 ; res. in Asliburnham ; ra. fist) Zerviah Rice ; (3d) Nov. 13, 1833, Salome, b. Jan. 5, 1786 ; d. Feb." 19, 1843, dau. of William and Martha (Locke) Withington, of F., q.n. 12 JoHN», b. A-ug. 81, 1767 ; d. Dec. 35, 33, 1804, Anna, b. ; d. June 3, 1831, 1830 ; res. in A. ; m. Sept. dau. of Jonas and Hannah (Ward) Woods, of F., q.-o.; he m. (3d) Betsey Blodgett. No issue by 3d m.; 4 ch. by 1st m., of whom the oldest was 13 .ToNAs", b. Sept., 1807 ; m. .Tune 24, 1853, Emeline, b. Apr. 31, 1810, dau. of Joseph and Hannah W. (Woods) Eassett, q.T. 2 3 4 5 HAYDEN. Jesse Haydest came to P. prob. in 1778 or before ; m. Joanna, b. May 18, 1755, dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Witherby) Stacy, of Framingham, and sister of Anna Stacy, who m. Samuel Stone, q.v. The family left town ab. 1806. Oh. all rec. and prob. all b. in F. I. Priscilla, b. Dec. 19, 1778 ; d. Mar. 30. 1798. II. Anna, b.Aug. 3, 1780 ; d. Nov. 3, 1784. HI. Betsey, b. June 10, 1782. IV. Luke, b. Dec. 16, 1784. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 601 6 V. Nancy, b. Mar. 33, 1787. 7 Ti. Josiaii, b. July 15, 1789. 8 VII. Nathaniel, b; Sept. 4, 1791. 9 Tin. Joel, b. July 33, 1793. 10 IX. George, b. Sept. 6, 1796 ; d. Mar. 15, 1798. 11 X. Henry, b. Mar. 10, 1799. 13 Joel Hayden", a bro. of Jesse (see preceding section), came to F. ab. 1789, and settled on L 10 E 6 ; b. 1756, in Sudbury, Mass.; d. Feb. 4, 1814 ; m. Feb. 34, 1777, prob. in Oakham, Mass., Lucy Flint, who d. Mar. 1, 1783, and he m. (3d) Jan. 13, 1790, Sally Johnson, b. 1765, in "Worcester, Mass.; d. July 6, 1833. Ch. b. i.- II. and IV. in Oakham, in. in Putney, Vt., v.-xi. in P. 13 I. Patty, b. May 38, 1777 ; d. July 11, 1778. 14 II. Joseph Craig, b. Jan. 16, 1779 ; d. in JafErey Apr. 19, 1849. 15 III. Joel, b. Nov. 34, 1780+. 16 IV. Charlotte, b. June 13, 1783 ; m. Phillips. 17 V. Moses, h. Sept. 5, 1791 ; rem. to Troy ab. 1835, where he d., Oct. 4, 1851 ; m. Dec. 36, 1833, Eliza, dau. of Nathan Wheeler and wid. of Elnathan Gorham. 18 VI. Samuel, b. June 19, 1793 ; d. Jan. 17, 1883 ; m. Tamar Aug. 31, 1795 ; d. Jan. 4, 1883, dau. of Allen and Mary^ Grant. 19 ! 1. Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1830 ; m. Philip D. Angier, q.v. 20 3. Nahum, b. Apr. 4, 1833+. 31 3. Moses, b. June 33, 1830 ; m. twice ; one ch. by each m. ; res. Jefferson, Wis. 33 VII. Sally, b. June 13, 1795 ; d. Nov. 39, 1877 ; m. Dr. Jared Perkins, q.v.; m. (3d) Nov. 30, 1837, Capt. Edward Bailey, of Jaflrev, his second wife. He was b. Sept. 33, 1793 ; d. Jan. 6, 1771, and was s. of Oliver and Polly 33 (Perkins) Bailey, of J. 1. Frederick W. Bailey, b. Aug. 15, 1838 ; d. at Keene, Apr. 37, 1870 ; m. Mary, b. May 31, 1840 ; d. Dec. 8, 1867, dau. of Moses S. and Oozby (Coolidge) Perkins. 24 1. Mary F. Bailey, b. Dec. 8, 1867. 25 3. Edward H. Bailey, m. July 23, 1865, Abbie A., b. Feb. 37, 1841, dau. of Nathaniel and Mary B. (Averill) Cutter,; res. J. 602 26 27 28 29 30 31 (15) 33 33 34 35 3G 37 38 39 40 41 (30) HISTOBT OF FITZWILLIAM. 1. Henry Hayden Bailey, b. July 15, 1870. 2. Annie Laura Bailey, b. Oct. 1, 1871. VIII. Polly, b. Aug. 27, 1797; m. :Rev. Phineas Howe, q.v. IX. John, b. June 10, 1800 ; d. Sept. 16, 1803. X. George, b. Nov. 18, 1802 ; res. Boston, Mass. XI. Nahum, b. Mar. 18, 1809 ; went on a whaling voyage and never returned. Joel Hayden, b. Nov. 24, 1780 ; d. Dec. 2, 1856 ; m. Nov., 1803, Rebecca, b. Oct. 11, 1780 ; d. Aug. 18, 1855, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Nichols) Tower, q.v. Lived on the place now owned by Sylvester Drury, and carried on the tanning business, in which he was suc- ceeded by A. M. & J. Wood and Asa S. Kendall. Ch. b. I. in Winchendon, ii.-vi. in Templeton, vii. in F. I. Harriet Flint, b. June 25, 1804 ; m. (1st) John Perkins, q.v.; m. (3d) Benjamin Fay, q.v. II. Rebecca Nichols, b. Apr. 21, 1806 ; m. Charles Richardson, q.v. III. Daniel Tower, b. Mar. 1, 1808 ; d. Aug. 18, 1838, from accidental discharge of his rifle ; m. Nov. 5, 1833, Sarah, b. May 31, 1811, dau. of Phineas and Lydia (Richardson) Reed. 1. Rebecca Richardson, b. Nov. 7, 1836 ; d. Feb. 14, 1837. IV. John Milton, b. Oct. 18, 1812. v. Elizaheth, b. Dec. 16, 1814 ; d. Nov. 30, 1879 ; m. Apr. 2, 1836, Lucius Hamilton Briggs, b. Nov. 4, 1811, s. of Eliphalet Briggs, of Keene ; res. K. and Boston.' 1. Frederick Milton Briggs, b. Mar. 18, 1837. 2. Ellen Elizabeth Briggs, b. Jan. 16, 1839 ; d. Feb. 34, 1840. VI. Joel, b. Aug. 39, 1816 ; d. Nov. 28, 1817. VII. Joel, b. Julv 31, 1818 ; d. at Boston, Jan. 33, 1849 ; m. "Ang. 10, 1841, Harriet, b. May 8, 1817 ; d. at B. Sept. 31, 1847, dau. of Benja- min and Abigail (Perry) Wilson. Nahuji Hayden, b. Apr. 4, 1833 ; m. Oct. 33, 1850, Lorenza Patch, of Springfield, Vt., b. Apr. 7, 1831 ; d. Nov. 9, 1879. Ch. b. Daniel P. at S., others atF. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 603 I. Albert Nalium, b. Aug. 17, 1851 ; m. Oct. 9, 1875, Hattie Matilda, b. Feb. 4, 1857, dau. of George and Clarissa Chamberlain, of Barre, 1. George Eiehard, b. Feb. 7, 1877. 3. Harry Herbert, b. Nov. 28, 1884. 3. Robert Elmer, b. July 31, 1886. II. Daniel Francis, b. Sept. 9, 1853 ; m. Sept. 1, 1873, Clara C, b. Mar. 3, 1857, dau. of Allen and Amanda Davis, of Troy. 1. Frederic Daniel, b. Aug. 15, 1874. 2. Josephine Clara, b. Sept. 29, 1877 : d. ]S"ov. 24, 1878. 3. Alice Josephine, b. July 19, 1880. tsA 4. Inez Belie, b. May 21, 1882. j^^ . III. Harriet Louisa, b. Sept. 23, 1855. IV. Arthur Eugene, b. May 23, 1857 : m. Dec. 3i, 1882, Josie B. dau. of James P. Matthews. 1. Carrie Etta, b. Apr. 18, 1884. 2. Clara Louisa, b. Mar. 8, 1886. V. Belle Augusta, b. Apr. 2, 1859 ; d. Apr. 14, 1865. vr. Charles Hubhard, b. Sept. 13, 1861 ; d. Nov. 10, 1882, unm. VII. Mary Ally, b. May, 1864 ; d. June 30, 1871. Ezra Hatden- came to F. ab. 1807 ; he d. May 26, 1843, a. 68 y.; his w. Elizabeth d. July 23, 1860, a. 82 y. Ch. all b. in F. ; i.-vii. are on rec. I. Silas, b. Oct. 15, 1807; m. Betsey . No rec. of b., but they had ch. d. 1. Mary Ann, d. May 11, 1854, a. 24 y. 2. Child, d. Aug. 17, 1832, a. 10 mos. 3. William Byron, d. Oct. 21, 1836, a. 3 y. 6 mos. 4. Daughter, d. Mar. 16, 1850, a. 3 y. II. Caroline, b. May 1, 1810. III. Israel, b. Dec. ' 15, 1811; m. Nov. 21, 1834, Mercy P. Perkins, of Dunstable, Mass. IV. Otis, b. Dec. 4, 1813+. V. Ruth, b. Apr. 21, 1816 ; d. July 28, 1818. VI. Hiram Prescott, b. Aug. 1, 1818 ; m. Sept. 4, 1843, Mary, dau. of Eli and Ehoda (Record) Prescott, q.v. No rec. of b., but they had ch. d. 1. Myra, d. Feb. 7, 1850, a. 4 y. 2. Abby M., d. Jan. 31, 1850, a. 2 y. 604 HISTORY OP riTZWILLIAM. 71 72 (66) 73 74 75 76 VII. Miza, h. Apr. 15, 1820 ; d. Juue 15, 1833. Till. Daughter, d. Aug. 5, 1832, a. 10 y. Otis Hayden, b. Dec. 4, 1813 ; m. Apr. 19, 1838, Eunice, b. Sept. 14, 1819 ; d. May 29, 1861, dau. of Chancy and Eunice (Knight) Davis, q.v.; m. (2d) Dorothy, b. Apr. 27, 1824, sister of his 1st w. and wid. of Amos B. Sawyer. I. Harriet Melissa, b. ab. 1840 ; m. Isaac A. Handy, q.v. II. Thomas Davis, b. Mar. 16, 1844 ; ni. Anna Julia , b. Apr. 6, 1849 ; d. Feb. 1, 1881 ; m. (2d) Sept. 18, 1883, H. Amanda Tovvne. III. Charles W., b. ab. 1846. IV. Dennis Albert, b. Aug. 18, 1849; m. July 4, 1874, Effie E., b. Oct. 21, 1854, dau. of Daniel Doyen. I Kalph' Hemenway was of Eoxbury, Mass., as early as 1633 ; took the freeman's oath, Sept. 3, 1634 ; d. 1678 : m. July 5, 1634, Eliza- beth Hewes, who d. Feb. 3, 1686, a. 83 y. they had 7 ch., of whom the 5 th was 2 JosHUA^ bapt. Apr. 9, 1643 ; d. Oct. 9, 1716 ; res. ia R.; he was to. 3 times, and had 8 ch. Elias, Ebenezer, and Samuel Hemenway, three of his descendants through his youngest ch., settled in Marlboro, N. H. (Joshua^ his s. Ebenezer^, his s. Samuel'', his sons Elias^, Eben- ezer^, and SamueP). His oldest ch. was 3 Joshua', k Sept. 16, 1668 ; rem. to Pramingham ; m. (1st) Margaret , by whom he had 3 ch., and (3d) Rebecca , by whom he had 8 ch. His oldest ch. by 3d m. was 4 Joshua*, b. Apr. 3, 1697 ; d. Jan. 30, 1754 ; m. (1st) Abigail Morse ; (3d) Jemima Rutter, and had 8 ch., all by 1st m. His 1st ch., Joseph, b. Nov. 1, 1719, 5, and the 4th, Sylvanus, b. Aug. 3, 1736 1 0, lived in F. ' Joseph^ Hemenway, b. Nov. 1, 1719 ; d. Sept. 19, '1802 ; m. July 4, 1743, Mary, b. Mar. 5. 1719 ; d. Mar. 1, 1804, dau. of Dea. John and Elizabeth (Goddard) Adams, of Framingham. The family came to F. before 1769 and settled on L 18 R 7. The name of Mr. H. appears first in F. rec. Nov. 7, 1770, when he was chosen moderator of a meeting of the Proprietors. For several y., and apparently until he felt the weight of increasing age, he was quite prominent in all the busi- ness of the town. Ch. all b. in Pram.; only the two younger ones rem. to F. I. John, b. Sept. 16, 1743. II. Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1745. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 GENEALOGICAL KEGI8TER. 605 HI. Abigail, b. Apr. 26, 1749 ; m. Jonathan Whit- ney, q.v. IV. Betsey, b. May 24, 1753 ; d. Jan. 6, 1825. Sylvanus Hemenway, b. Aug. 3, 1726 ; m. 1750, Hephzibah, b. Feb. 22, 1730, dau. of Thomas and .Jane (Wight) Frost, of Fram. She d. and he m. (2d) Molly who d. May 5, 1827, a, 84 y.; he d. Mar. 25, 1812, both in F. The family rem. from Fram. to Eoyalston, and from thence to F. The date of his coming to F. is not known, but it was before 1793*. He lived on L 18 E 7. The lot was set to him in 1798. Oh. i-v. rec. in Fram, and it is not known that any of them ever lived in F. ; vi.-vii. are from F. rec. I. Eunice, b. Jan. 9, 1751. II. Thomas, b. Feb. 18, 1753. III. Joshua, b. Apr. 28, 1755. IV. Sarah, b. Apr. 23, 1757. V. Luther, b. Nov. 11, 1760. VI. Sylvanus, Jr., was taxed in 1793 and 1794, and then rem. VII. Hephziiah, d. Apr. 5, 1812, a. 45 y. Samuel Hemenway was first taxed in 1802 and rem. ab. 1810 ; may have been s. of Svlvanus by 2d m. : m. Jan. 10, 1803, Betsey, b. 1780, "dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Mellen) Forristall, q.v. Oh. rec. in F. I. Joseph, b. May 9, 1803. Samuel Hill, b. at Lancaster, Mass., Mar. 25, 1801 ; d. Apr. 28, 1879 ; s. of Samuel and Mary (Stone) ; m. Nov. 9, 1824, Nancy, b. June 22, 1806, dau. of William and Polly (Walker) Locke. She d. Dec. 3, 1866, and he m. (2d) Mar. 3, 1868, Louisa, b. Nov. 21, 1806, dau. of Eobert and Lydia (Jones) Thompson, of Eoyalston, and wid. of Benjamin Wilson, of F., q.v. Mr. H. rem. from Jaffrey to F. soon after his first m. and spent the remainder of his life here, except a few years when he res. in E. I. Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1826 ; d. May 19, 1858, unm. II. Sarah Marshall, b. Oct. 1, 1827 ; d. Nov. 6, 1875, at Lynn, Mass.; m. Oct. 30, 1845, Sar- dine S. Bigelow, b. Nov. 9, 1819. He d. June 9, 1848, and she m. (2d) June 13, 1850, James Otis Mann, b. Jan. (?), 1820, at Natick, Mass. He d. Mar., 1865, and she m. (3d) James Berry, of Lynn, Mass. Oh. all by 2d 606 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 m. , and b. 1, 4, and 5 at Natick, 3 and 3 at Bolton, Mass. 1. James Bigelow Mann, b. Mar. 28, 1852 ; d. Nov. 5, 1862. 2. Mary Kingsbury Mann, b. Oct. 7, 1853 ; / d. Dec. 4, 1878, at Keene, unm. 3. Ellie Maria Mann, b. Sept. 15, 1855 ; d. Sept. 25, 1856. 4. Charles Edward Mann, b. Feb. 8, 1857 ; m. Mar. 4, 1886, Mary Milnor Law- rence, of Gloucester, Mass., where they res. 1. Dorothea Lawrence i¥aMW, b. Jan. 26, 1887. 5. Frank Howard Mann, b. July 29, 1860 ; d. Aug. 9, 1864. III. Ellen, b. Mar. 9, 1831 ; m. Jan. 30, 1851, Marvin Taft Tottingham, b. in Winchendon, Mar. 31, 1825, s. of Abraham S. and Sarah M. (Taft). Mr. T. lived in F. a few y., ab. 1848, and then went to Keene, where he res. till his d., July 9, 1887. 1. Frank B. Tottingliam, b. Dec. 21, 1851 ; d. Feb. 13, 1854. 2. George F. Tottingliam, b. May 16, 1854 : d. Mar. 23, 1863. 3. Nellie L. Tottingliam., b. May 15, 1859 ; m. May 25, 1886, Edward A. Lyman, b. Mar. 24, 1859, in Winchester, S". H.; res. Keene. 4. Charles Tottingliam, b. Aug. 22, 1861. 5. Fred. M. " b. June 10, 1864. IV. Charles Henry, b. Nov. 6, 1835 ; d. Nov. 17, 1836. V. Charles Edwin, b. Oct. 10, 1838 ; d. Aug. 22, 1853. Ti. Allie Louisa, b. May 28, 1842 ; m. Orville L. Brock, q.v. I Joseph Hodge settled, before 1774, in JafErey, where he d. Aug. 36, 1831, a. 90 y. ; by w. Elizabeth Alexander, of Leominster, Mass., he had twelve ch., of whom the third was Agnes, who m. Elijah T. Smith, q.ii. The eleventh was 2 John, b. Feb. 13, 1799 ; by w. Polly Page, of Rindge, he had six ch. all b. in JafErey, of whom the fourth was Edwin L., b. Jan. 3, 1837. Edwin Lemuel Hodge, b. Jan. 3, 1837 ; m. H. Augusta, b. Sept. 16, 1834, at Bennington, dau. of GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEK. 607 4 5 6 .7 9 10 11 la 13 Ljman and Jane (Gray) Knowlton, and wid. of his older bro., George W. Oh. i.-iii. and viii.-x. in ¥., IV. in Templeton, v.-vii. in Asliburnham. I. George E., b. May 6, 1859. II. Charles L., b. Sept. 18, 1860. III. Franz W., b. Apr. 13, 1863. IV. Winfred C, b. June 12, 1864 ; m. Aug. 15,. 1886, Carrie M. Spaulding, of Jaflrey. T. Herbert M., b. Nov. 23, 1865 ; d. "May 11, 1866. VI. Adelbert M., b. Apr. 21, 1867 (twin). VII. Herbert M., b. Apr. 21, 1867 ; d. Dec. 11. 1867. VIII. Bertis C, b. June 21, 1872. IX. Norval W., b. Apr. 6, 1875. X. Perley G., b. Apr. 21, 1880. HOLMAN. 1 Solomon Holman came from Wales, Great Britain, and settled in this country. One of bis descendants, 2 Lieut. Edward Holman, came from Sutton, Mass., with 9 ch. and settled in Royalston. Two lines of his descendants have been repre- sented in P. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Edward Holman, prob. s. of Lt. Edward, settled in Chesterfield, N. H., from whence he came to P. ab. 1806 ; res. here till he d., Feb. 28, 1837, a. 70 y.; he m. Martha Hemenway, prob. dau. of Sylvanus ; she d. Sept. 7, 1843, a. 74 y. The b. of none of their ch. are found in F. rec, though several of the younger ones must have been b. here. The following list of ch. is as accurate as it is practicable to give : I. Sally, m. Willard, of Sterling, Mass.; one of their ch., 1. Charles L. Willard, d. in P. Dec. 10, 1822, a. 9 y. II. HephzibaJi, d. y. III. Hannah, m. Feb. 15, 1816, Levi Starkey, of Troy, s. of Enoch and Betsey ; rem. to Keene. IV. Edward, is first taxed in 1815+. V. Sylvanus, b. July 9, 1795 ; is first taxed in 1817+. VI. Abigail, m. Apr. 23, 1820, Lucius Barnard, of Springfield, Vt. VII. Samuel, is first taxed in 1821 ; settled in Win- chendon. VIII. Fanny, m. Dec. 15, 1824, John Flint, of Tem- pleton. 608 13 14 15 16 17 18 (8) 19 30 31 23 33 24 35 26 87 28 (&) 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. IX. Luther, d. in K. Mar. 6, 1839, a. 25 y.; in- terred in F. X. Mehetaiel. XI. David, is first taxed in 1830. XII. Eliza, b. Oct. 33, 1810 ; d. Apr. 1, 1850 ; m. Sept. 1, 1830, Leonard Osborne, of Marlboro, N. H., b. July 6, 1809, s. of Jacob and Si.byl (Farwell). (Farwell Ancestral Memorial, p. 107.) Ees. Troy, N. H., and Cambridge, Mass. XIII. Lyclia, d. .Tune 23, 1814, a. 2 y. XIV. John, iived in Fitchbnrg, Mass. Edward Holmast, Jr., b. ab. 1793 ; m. Dec. 7, 1815, Lovina, b. June 3, 1792, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Harris) Stone ; rem. to Keene. Oh. all rec. in F. I. Edward Gardner, b. July 11, 1816. II. Jose-ph Willard, b. Dec. 16, 1817. III. Lucinda, b. Mar. 6, 1820. IV. Mary Harris, b. Feb. 6, 1823. V. Martha Hemenway, bapt. Sept. 39, 1837. VI. Eliza, d. Sept. 8, 1827, a. 3 y. VII. David, bapt. Sept. 29, 1827. VIII. Lovina, bapt. Aug. 16, 1829. IX. Ira Blanchard, bapt. July 17, 1831. X. Sylvamis Hemenway, bapt. June 31, 1835. Sylvanus Holmait, b. July 9, 1795 ; d. Mar. 14, 1877 ; m. Dec. 39, 1819, Lucy, b. June 37, 1798, dau. of Francis and Sarah (YFisher] Perry) Fullam. Oh. b. I. -II. andviii.-xi. in F., iii.-vii. in Keene, xii.-xiv. in Ohesterfield, N. H. I. George Francis, b. Aug. 28, 1820 ; d. Oct. 31, 1847 ; m. Apr. 28, 1842, Caroline, b. Dec. 27, 1820, dau. of Nathan and Sarah (Whit- comb) Hale, of Kindge ; she m. (2d) Benja- min Fay, and (3d) William Lebourveau, q.v. 1. Infant, d. Sept. 9, 1843. 2. Mary Jane, b. July 22, 1844 ; m. Charles B. Wilson, q.v. 3. Child, d. May 25, 1848, a. 2 v. II. Ora, b. Jan. 5, 1822 ; d. May 2, 1827. III. John, b. Sept. 2, 1824 ; d. Sept. 15, 1870, in Edgecomb, Me. IV. Thomas F., b. Aug. 12, 1826 ; d. Nov. 15, 1826. V. Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1828 ; d. Sept. 8, 1828! VI. James, b. July 11, 1830+. 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 (37) GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 609 Til. Jane, b. Jaly 11, 1830 (twin) ; m. Bela W. Felch, q.v: VIII. Ora, b. Sept. 2, 1833 ; m. Harriet L ; res. Boston. IX. David Fullam, b. Sept. 38, 1834 ; m. Sept. 33, 1857, Lucy Ann, b. May 5, 1836, dau. of James and Hannah (Bowlcer) Corey, q.v.; res. Fitchburg, Mass. X. Ellen Maria, b. Nov. 2, 1836 ; d. May 24, 1863 ; m. May 1, 1860, Lucins Whitoomb, s. of Otis and Esther (Osgood), of Swanzey. 1. Flora Augusta Whitcomb, b. Sept. o, 1860. 3. George Francis Whitcomb, b. Feb. 3, 1863. XI. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1838 ; m. Charles Bowker, q.v. XII. Eliza, b. June 13, 1840 ; d. July 10, 1843. XIII. Thomas Franklin, b. Nov. 33, 1843 ; d. July 39, 1865. XIV. William Eenry, b. Nov. 14, 1845 ; m. Jan. ], 1868, Addie M., b. July 11, 1848, dau. of George N. and Sarah (Phillips) Olmstead, q.v.; res. Marshfleld, Mass. Ch. b. in F. 1. Elmer Thomas, b. Sept. 5, 1868. 2. Edward Francis, b. Mar. 25, 1873. 3. , b. June 11, 1877. James Holman, b. July 11, 1830 ; m. Jan. 31, 1855, Mary Jane, b. Aug. 24, 1837, dau. of William and Mary G. (Putney) Lebourveau. 51 I. George F., b. July 2, 1856 ; m. Nor. 39, 1877, Ella A., b. Nov. 30, 1859, at Plymouth, Vt., dau. of Hosea B. and Mary A. Gilson ; res. Gardner, Mass, 53 I 1. Edith E., b. Oct. 22, 1878. 53 I 3. Edna E. (twin), b. Oct. 33, 1878. 54 j 3. George B., b. Dec, 1881. 55 j II. William E., b. Jan. 13, 1858; m. Mar. 30, 1877, Lizzie Anna, b. Dec. 14, 1858, dau. of David T. and Philinda (Martin) Moore. 56 1. Walter E., b. July 15, 1877. 67 III. Edna M., b. Aug. 28, 1860 ; m. Jan. 13, 1880, Herbert A. Marshall, q.v. 58 IV. Fred. E., b. Nov. 13, 1863 ; m. Jan. 11, 1884, Mary Downey, of Boston, and res. there. 59 V. Frank D., b. Nov. 34, 1864. 60 VI. Edgar B., b. Apr. 13, 1867. 39 610 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 61 VII. Bertie L., b. Jan. 15, 1871 ; d. Jan. 31, 1871. 63 VIII. Carrie M., b. May 4, 1874. 63 IX. Herbert W., b. Feb. 22, 1876. 64 X. Hai-rie E., b. Oct. 13, 1880. 65 John Holman, a bro. of Edward No. 3, in. Sally Gale and res. in Royalston. Theirs., 66 Sbth Holman, m. Apr. 10. 1831, Eunice, b. Oct. 19, 1801, dau. of Dana and Eunice (Thompson) Parks, of R. They had 5 ch., of whom the 3d was Seth N., b. Jan. 5, 1828. 67 68 69 Seth Newell Holmai^^, b. in E. Jan. 5, 1828 ; m. Rilla, b. May 22, 1843, in Westminster, Vt., dan. of J. C. and Nancy (Gill) Richardson. Mr. H. bought the HowevilJe mills and rem. from R. to F. ab. 1868. I. Seth CarUton, b. Dec. 22, 1867. II. Orace Emeline Parks, b. Apr. 9, 1872. HOWE. 1 John' How is first mentioned on Sudbury, Mass. rec. in 1639, when he received grant of a house lot ; was a petitioner in 1656 for grant of Marlboro, Mass., whither he rem. in 1657. He d. May 28, 1680, a. 78 y., and was doubtless the emigrant ancestor of tlie family ; his w. Mary d. 1698. They had 11 ch., of whom the 2d was 2 Samuel^, b. Oct. 20, 1642 ; d. Apr. 13, 1713 ; lived in S.; m. June 0, 1663, Martha, dau. of John and Martha Bent, of M. ; she d. Aug. 39, 1680, and he m. (2d) Sept. 18, 1685, wid. Sarah (Leavitt) Clapp ; 7 ch. by 1st m. ; 6 ch. by 2d m. ; his 3d ch. was 3 Samuel", b. May 19, 1668 ; settled in Framingham, where he m. Nov. 28, 1715, Ruth, dau. of John and Mary (Peabody) Death. They had 5 ch., of whom the 4th was 4 Joseph*, b. Mar. 6, 1724 ; rem. from Pram, to Btow, Mass., ab. 1775 ; m. Nov. 1, 1750, Sarah Stone, and had ch. b. in Pram. i. Pru- dence, bapt. July 12, 1753 ; ii. Joseph, b. Apr. 8, 1754 ; captain in the Rev. War •, m. June 15, 1780, Huldali Stacy, sister of Anna, who m. Samuel Stone, q.v.; rem. to Boxboro, Mass., in 1787 ; iii. Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1756 ; iv. Sampson, b. Jan. 13, 1758 ; v. Miriam, b. Feb. 37, 1760 ; VI. Nahum, b. Mar. 14, 1762, 5 ; vii. Daniel, b. June 1, 1764, I I; VIII. Mary, b. Oct. 21, 1766; ix. Nathan, b. Aug. 10, 1770; X. Samuel, b. Oct. 19, 1773. Two of his ch., Nahum and Daniel, set- tled in P., and it is stated that Joseph lived here for a short time, though his name does not appear anywhere in the town rec. This branch of the family now uniformly write the name Howe. Nahum' Howe, b. Mar. 14, 1762 ; d. July 25, 1816 ; m. at Boxboro, Mass., 1784 or 5, Mary Taylor, b. Oct. 13, 1767 ; d. July 29, 1850. Settled on L 11 R 12. Mr. H. came in 1789 and commenced a clearing, and brouglit np his family the next spring. Ch. b. i.-lii. in B., IV. -V. in F. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (8) 18 19 30 21 23 23 24 (9) GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEB. 611 I. Polly\ b. Dec. 17, 1785 ; m. John Saunders, q.v. II. Ruth, b. 1787 (?) ; d. in Bennington, Vt., unm. III. Nahum, b. July 1, 1789+. ' IV. Phineas, b. May 16, 1792+. V. Sarah, b. Sept. 19, 1794 ; m. Elijah Lyon, q.v. Daniel' Howe, b. June 1, 1764 ; m. Elizabeth Patch (sister of Lucy Patch, who m. Oliver Whitcomb, q.v.). It is supposed that he came to P. at ab. the same time as his brother Nahum, though no land is set to him in the tax-lists of 1790 and 1791. A few years later he was located on West Hill, L 17 and 18 R 11. The family rem. to Springfield, Vt., ab. 1800. Mr. H. was taxed in P. in 1799, but not afterward. Oh. bapt. of all rec. in P., but the youngest was prob. b. in S. I. EU-zaMh", bapt. Jan. 2, 1791. II. Eli, bapt. Oct. 21, 1792 ; d. July 12, 1793. III. Hannah, bapt. Oct. 19, 1794. IV. Eli, bapt. Nov. 13, 1796. V. Daniel, bapt. Mar. 31, 1799. VI. James, bapt. Peb. 1, 1801. JSTahum' Howe, b. July 1, 1789 ; d. Sept. 9, 1859 ; m. Dec. 13, 1813, Susanna, b. Sept. 5, 1796 ; d. Apr. 10, 1862, dau. of Jacob and Sally (Mellen) Townsend. Oh. all b. in P. I. Bowman', b. Aug. 30, 1814+. II. Nahum, b. Nov. 4, 1817+. III. Flint, b. Aug. 23, 1819 ; m. Oct., 1843, Sarah A. Pulton, of Colerain, Mass. He d. Nov. 9, 1865, at Hardin, la. IV. Sarah Townsend, b. Apr. 4, 1831 ; m. Sept. 1, 1840, Nehemiah Upham, of Grafton, where she d. Aug. 39, 1843. V. Betsey, b. May 17, 1834 ; m. Joel Perham, q.v. VI. Moses Taylor, b. Aug. 10, 1827 ; m. Sept. 16, 1852, Elvira, dau. of Amos and Mary Jane (Gibson) Wellington, of Ashby, Mass. Res. la. VII. Susan, b. Nov. 20, 1831 ; m. Elijah Wilder, q.v. Rev. Phineas^ Howe, b. May 16, 1792 ; d. Jan. 17, 1869 ; m. Nov. 6, 1816, Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1797 ; d. at Marlboro, Vt., June 13, 1839, dau. of Joel and Lucy (Flint) Hayden, of P.; m. (3d) Peb. 26, 1840, Louisa Perry, of Worcester, Mass. She d. Sept. 3, 612 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 26 37 (18) 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 (19) 36 37 1848, at "Winchester, N. H., and he m. (3d) Virtue B. Stearns, of Wilmington, Vt. (See p. 443.) Ch. all b. at F. and by 1st m. I. Harriet Hayden', b. Aug. 24, 1817 ; m. June 30, 1844, Moses Merriheld, Jr., s. of Moses and Susanna (Yeomands), of Marlboro, Vt. Mr. M. was in business in Boston for nearly 40 y., and d. in Dorchester, Feb. 15, 1876. II. Mary Ann, b. July 3, 1819 ; m. Apr. 2, 1840, Benjamin E. Morse, s. of Ebenezer and Sally (Goodnow), of Newfane, Vt. ; res. N. III. John, b. June 16, 1822 ; d. Jan. 8, 1877, at Somerville, Mass.; m., 1846, Sarah F., dau. of Jacob and Ada (Kathern) Morse, of N. Bowman' Howe, b. Aug. 30, 1814 ; d. Jan. 20, 1877 ; m. Jan. 1, 1838, Hannah, b. June 25, 1815, dau. of Jacob and Phillis ( [Sweet] Grant) Whiteomb, q.v. She d. Dec. 18, 1854, and he m. (2d) Oct. 2, 1855, Cyntbia Whiteomb, b. Sept. 21, 1835, a sister of his 1st w. Mr. and Mrs. H. and both ch. were interred in F., though only the ch. Isaac W. d. in F. Ch. b. i.-ni. in F., IV. -VIII. in Richmond. I. Charles", b. Sept. 14, 1838 ; m. Mar. 1, 1866, Sarah J., dau. of Jason and Sally Knights, of Fhillipston. II. Isaac Whitcoml, b. Mav 8, 1840 ; d. July 3, 1842. • HI. Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1843 ; m. June 29, 1865, Henry Handy, q.v. IV. Orrin Bowman, b. Aug. 2, 1847 ; m. Mar. 17, 1873, Emma, b. July 16, 1853, dau. of Amos A. and Catherine (Carter) Flint, of Richmond. V. Cora M., b. Apr. 20, 1859 ; d. Dec. 6, 1861. VI. Emily S., b. Nov. 6, 1861. VII. Elhridge, b. Jan. 5, 1864. VIII. Ephraim W., b. Sept. 13, 1867. Nahcjm' Howe, b. Nov. 4, 1817 ; d. Aug. 16, 1873 ; m. Nov. 18, 1840, Phebe Perley. She d. Oct. 16, 1861, a. 44 y., and he m. (3d) Apr. 6, 1865, Nancy A. ( [Har- ris] Ketchuin^, b. Feb. 10, 1838, dau. of Levi and Nancy Ann (Byam) Harris, q.v. She res. in Ashburn- ham, Mass. I. Laura Ann, b. Nov. 33, 1841 : d. Apr. 29, 1860. II. Jane M., b. Oct. 1, 1843 ; m. Mar. 33, 1864, 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 (48) GENEALOGICAL KEGI8TEE. 613 Joseph E. Harkness, s. of Elisha and Ann (Burgess). in. Ella Phebe, b. May 8, 1846. lY. Henry Perley", b. Oct. 27, 1848 ; m. Sept. 14, 1871, Marianna, b. June 16, 1853, dau. of Ed- mund and Mary M. (Kimball) Bemis, of Troy. 1. Alta Mav', b. Mar. 14, 1873 ; d. Sept. 1, 1873. 2. Edmund Bemis, b. July 7, 1878. 3. Perley Clifton, b. Jan. 1, 1882. V. Helen M., b. Apr. 28, 1851. VI. Flora M., b. Oct. 3, 1854. VII. Walter Naimm, b. Feb. 13, 1866. 56 Zalmon Howe, from Holden, Mass., connection not traced, 'settled in Marlboro in 1803, in that part of the town now within the limits of Troy ; came to F. ab. 1837, and d. here, Sept. 13, 1855, a. 80 y. He m. Phebe Holt, of Holden, who d. Apr. 10, 1867. a. 87 y. 9 mos. Oh. prob. all b. in Marlboro (Troy after 1815). I. Asenath, b ; m. John Simonds, of Brattle- boro. II. Nelson, b. May 7, 1807+ . III. Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1810 ; m. Thomas Sweetser, q.v. IV. Mary, b. ; m. Harvey Blanding, q.v. V. Martha, b. ; m. Asa B. Clark, q.v. VI. Harriet N., b. ; m. June 5, 1839, Gideon Willis, of Swanzey. * VII. Joel, b. ; m. Mar. 6, 1844, Nancy, b. in Eoyalston, Jan. 23, 1829, dau. of George and Sophronia (Nichols) Kichardson, then of F.; rem. to Keene, where Mr. H. d. Ch. b. in F. 1. Edgar M., b. ab. 1849. 2. Lilian F., b. ab. 1853. Nelson Howe, b. May 7, 1807 ; m. Dec. 24, 1831. Eliza, b. Mar. 14, 1815 ; d. June 3, 1850, dau. of Caleb and Mary (Whittemore) Sweetser, q.v.; m. (2d) Dec. 5, 1850, Angeline, dau. of David Piatt, of Troy. For many y. Mr. H. alone, or in connection with his bro. Joel and others, did a large business in manufacturing tubs, pails, etc., at the mills in Howeville, which was named for him. This was the largest manufacturing business in town for over 20 y. ; rem. to Boston, and from thence to , Me. Ch. all b. in F. I. Hannah Sophronia, b. Oct. 12, 1832 ; d. Nov. 12, 1857 ; m. Nov. 10, 1853, Bradford Sher- 614 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 57 58 59 60 61 63 63 64 man, b. Oct. 13, 1833, s. of Jonathan and Mehetabel (Knowles). Ch. b. in Chelsea, Mass. 1. Eoger Sherman, b. Aug. 16, 1854. 3. " b. Nov. 16, 1857; d. Xov. 20, 1857. II. Oscar Fitzland, b. Nov. 20, 1834 ; m. Oct. 26, 1864, Mary Emilia, b. Aug. 1, 1834, dau. of Daniel and Mary M. (Morris) Holder, of Lynn, Mass.; res. Boston. in. Martha Ann, b. Nov. 1, 1837 ; d. May 1, 1848. IV. Maria Augusta, b. Feb. 9, 1840 ; d. Aug. 9, 1843. V. Augusta Maria, b. Jan. 13, 1844. Ti. Charles Nelson, b. May 20, 1846 ; d. Sept. 10, 1847. Tii. Infant, b. Sept. 28, 1848 ; d. Sept. 29, 1848. Lieut. Phinehas Hutchhsts was from Lunenburg, Mass. His w. Abigail was the eldest dan. of Gen. James and Abigail (Hinds) Eeed, q.v. Gen. Reed deeded to him L 14 E 7, Nov. 15, 1774, and built a house for him on the lot. This lot was previously owned by Benjamin Bigelow, and Dr. Cummings states that this house built by Gen. Eeed was located "on or near the spot where Mr. Bigelow's house had stood." Dr. C. also states that the house "was afterward in- habited by several different families, among whom were his s. Sylvanus, Capfc. Patch, Esq. Root, Mr. Spinney, and others." Lt. H. prob. came to P. in 1775, and rem. to Walpole, N. H., in 1783 or '83. His name occurs very frequently in both town and proprietary rec. during the few y. that he res. in F. Mrs. H. was admitted to chh. in P. Mar. 10, 1776, on letter from the chh. in L., and was dis. to chh. in W. Sept. 14, 1783. Ch. reo. in F. I. John Sullivan, bapt. Aug. 10, 1776. II. Prude, bapt. Jan. 30, 1779. INGALLS. I Edmund' Ingalls, from England, settled in Lynn, Muss., in 1639 ; by w. Ann he had 6 ch. b. in England and 3 b. in Lynn. Their 3d s., 2 Henhy', b. 1637 ; d. 1719 ; early settled in Andover, Mass., where he m. twice ; by 1st w., Mary Osgood, he had 13 ch., of whom was 3 Hbni{t=, b. Dec. 8, 1656 ; d. Feb. 8, 1695 : by w. Sarah Abbott he had several ch., of whom was 4 JosiAH*, prob. b. in Andover, but b. not rec. in A. rec. His s.. GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEE. 615 "" 5 JosiAH^ settled in Rindge ab. 1760 ; by w. Eunice he had 6 s., of whom the 3d was 6 JosiAH», b. Oct. 31, 1747 ; m. Aug. 31, 1771, Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1750, dau. of Nehemiah and 8arah (Larrabee) Bowers, of R. The family rem. to Jaflrey in 1787. Of their 11 ch. the 5th, Josiah 7, the 6th, James 8, and the 8th, Deborah | 5, were connected with F. Josiah' Ingalls, b. Apr. 5, 1780 ; m. Dec. 29, 1808, Lois, b. Nov. 17, 1784, dau. of Jonathan and Lois (Porter) Capron, of Marlboro. (See Plimpton B.ec.) Settled ab. 1814 in F., where he d. Mar. 19, 1855. She d. Mar. 20, 1855. They were buried in one grave and under one funeral service. They had no ch. Mrs. Lois (Porter) Capron d. in P. July 10, 1841, a. 81 y. 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 (11) 17 18 19 James' Ingalls, b. Feb. 7, 1782 ; d. Apr. 7, 1830 ; m. Eebecca, b. June 8, 1790 ; d. Apr. 9, 1868, dau. of Daniel and Alice (Shedd) Twiss, of Jaflfrey ; res. Eindge. I. Abigail, m. John Kendrick, of Dover, Mass. II. Caroline, m. George Ohesman ; res. Boston, Mass. III. James M.\ b. May 8, 1819+ IV. Amos, d. 1864. V. Lucy, m. James M. Small ; res. Jaffrey. VI. Lois A., m. M. Sumner Deeth, q.v. Deboeah' Inqalls, b. Aug. 17, 1785 ; m. May 9, 1816, Kev. Charles Mavory, a Methodist minister ; m. (2d) Robinson Perkins, q.v. Ch. by 1st m. I. Sarah Maria* Mavory, b. Feb. 7, 1818 ; m. John Smith, q.v. Jamks M'. Istgalls, b. May 8, 1819 ; m. Nov. 20, 1844, Elizabeth, b. Apr. 27, 1823, dau. of Eeuben and Ruth Howe (Stone) Pratt, of P. Ab. 1866 rem. to Marlboro, Mass., where they still res. Ch. b. i. in Brookline, Mass., ii. in P. I. Sarah ElizabetW, b. Aug. 1, 1848 ; m. Nov. 20, 1869, John Sawyer Fay, b. Jan. 15, 1840, in Berlin, Mass., s. of Samuel Chandler and Nancy (Warren) ; res. Marlboro, Mass. 1. Frederick Harold" Fay, b. July 5, 1872. II. Frederic James, b. Apr. 28, 1852 ; d. Dec. 14, 1865. 616 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 20 Edmond Ingalls, from Ciimberland, R. I., was an early settler in Richmond ; by w. Esther he had 6 ch., of whom the youngest was 2 I ZiMRi, b. Mar. 31, 1784 ; d. May 3, 1S53 ; m. Parna Howe, of Brookfield, Mass.; she d. Oct. 38, 1853, a. 68 y. Ch. all b. in R. I. Harriet, b. Mar. 30, 1808 ; 11. Seraphina, b. Dec. 13, 1810 ; in. Ran- som, b. Oct. 9, 1811, 22 ; IV. Paulina, b. Feb. 30, 1815 ; m. Jubal E. Allen, q.v.; v. Isabinda, b. Aug. 19, 1818 ; m. Josiah E. Carter, q.ii,; VI. Persis, b. July 35, 1830 ; m. Mansel M. Blanding, q.i}.; tii. Otis, b. Dec. 31, 1823 ; viii. Jarvis, b. Mar. 31, 1834 ; ix. Amos H., b. Julv 31. 1837. 32 24 25 27 Ransom Ingalls, b. Ocb. 9, 1811 ; d. Dec. 2, 1882 ; m. Sept. 20, 1837, Sylphina, b. Aug. 18, 1817 ; d. 1844, dau. of Timothy and Nellie (Kelton) Pickerinfir, of Richmond ; m. (2d) Eliza, b. Mar. 22, 1818 ; d. Aug., 1857, dan. of Cvrus and Betsey (Jackson) Fairbanks, of Troy. Came to P. ab. 1836, and rem. to T. ab. 1841. No rec. of eh. has been obtained, but I. Charles F.. b. June 15, 1838 ; m. Jane 8, 1859, Mary B., b. Mar. 21, 1838, dau. of Abijah and Betsey (Sweetser) SpofEord, of P. ; res. Hills- boro Bridge, N. H. Ch. b. 1st in T., 2d in Marlboro. 1. George Elmer, b. Mar. 5, 1862 ; m. Oct. 6, 1883, Flora E., b. Aug. 23, 1861, in Sullivan, N. H., dau. of John S. and Jane E. (Jennings) Currier ; res. Hills- boro Bridge, N. H. 1. Charles Oney, b. Mar. 5, 1885. 2. William Henry Spofford, b. Feb. 15, 1875. II. AhUe Eliza, b. July 12, 1855 ; m. in F. June 15, 1881, Eugene E. AVood, s. of Emery J. and Martha M. ; res. Leominster, Mass. Thomas Benton Ingell, b. Apr. 25, 1841, s. of Cheney and Almira (Phelps), of Chester, Mass.; m. May 25, 1870, Jane E., b. Jan. 11, 1847, dau. of Sidney and Elvira (Poland) Carletou, of Winchester, N. H. I. Eva Jane, b. Mar. 21, 1871, in W. II. Ada Emily, b. Aug. 15, 1876, in F. Isaac Jackson, with w. Ruth and 7(?) ch., came from Attleboro, Mass., in 1778, or before, and settled on L 23 R 10. He d. July 16, 1796. His wid. Ruth was taxed in town till 1802. The list of his ch. given below is from the Hist, of Troy, but some of the items are not quite correct. Two of his ch., the 8th and 9th in GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 617 2 I. 3 ir. 4 III. 5 IV. 6 V. 7 VI. 8 VII. 9 VIII. 10 IX. 11 X. (2) 13 13 14 15 16 the list, were b. and rec. in P. viii. Bebe, b. Dec. -16, 1778 ; d. 1854 ; m. (1st) Joel Melleri, q.v.; (3d) Eassell Ballou, s. of James and Tamasin (Cook) Ballou, of Eich- mond ; his 3d w. ; he was b. July 11, 1763, in Cumber- land, E. I. ; d. ISTov. 10, 1847, in Swanzey. ix. Polly, b. Jan. 16, 1781 ; m. Mar. 16, 1803, Laban Starkey, s. of Peter. Also rec. in F. infant of Isaac Jackson, d. June 39, 1789 ; dau. d. Oct. 16, 1793. A careful ex- amination of the tax-lists, the rec. of m., b., and d. to 1830 fails to show any Fisher with w. Lucy living in F. Henry, m. Abby, dau. of William Bruce, and moved to Vt. -\-. Isaac, m. Mary, dau. of Henry Tolman, and moved to the West ; left town ab. 1799. John, m. Lueretia Millin, of Westminster, and settled in Swanzey. Amos, moved to Vermont. Samuel. Anna. Sarah. Phebe, m. Joel Millin, of S. Polly, m. Laban Starkey. Lucy, m. - — - Fisher and settled in F. IIenrt Jackson was taxed in F. from 1793* to 1815. Lived in the north part of the town, which became a part of Troy. In the rec. of the m. of liis dau. Susanna she is called of T. By w. Sally he had ch. rec. in P. I. Henry, b. Oct. 35, 1793. II. Silas Whitcomb, b. Aug. 23, 1795. III. Susanna, b. Sept. 10, 1797 ; m. Herman Fisher, q.v. IV. Samuel, b. June 13, 1799. V. Sally, b. Dec. 34, 1800. Eev. Abraham Jenkins, b. Mar. 14, 1811, in Barre, Mass.; d. in F. Aug. 4, 1861, s. of Abraham and Mary (Lord) ; m. June 7, 1845, Helen Maria, b. Jan. 15, 1830 ; d. May. 33, 1851, dau. of Daniel W. and Betsey (Griffin) Farrar, of Troy, N. H.; m. (3d) Jan. 1, 1853, Eliza, b. Jan. 35, 1830, dau. of Dfexter and Betsey (Wright) Whittemore, q.v. (See p. 303.) After Mr. J. was dismissed from the pastorate of the chh. in P. he preached in various places, as his health would allow, till the spring of 1857, when he rem. to Wendell, Mass. He preached in W. till the fall of 1859, when he re- turned to P., where he res. till his d. 618 HISTORY OF EITZWILLIAM. 4 6 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 13 I. Edward Hitchcock, b. Oct. 13, 1853 ; d. July 8, 1855. II. Thomas Dexter, b. July 7, 1855 ; m. May 33, 1879, Carrie Gertrude, b. Oct. 13, 1853, in Worthington, Mass., dau. of Sydney D. and Mari (Freeland) Brewster ; res. Fitchburg, 1. Helen Whittemore, b. Feb. 18, 1883. III. William Lord, b. Apr. 16, 1858 ; d. Apr. 6, 1883 IV. Helen Maria, b. Oct. 33, 1859 ; d. Dec. 33, 1860. Henry Jewett came to F. ab. 1794, and after living here four or five y., rem. to parts unknown. By w. Patty he had ch. rec. in F. I. Sally Hoioe, bapt. July 23, 1798. Asa Johnson came to F. before 1780 from Holliston, Mass., and settled on L 17 R 8 on the old military road north of Gen. Reed. He m. Hannah, b. Mar. 5, 1751, dau. of Daniel and Hannah (Adams) Mellen, q.v. Mr. and Mrs. J. were adm. to ohh. in F. Nov. 17, 1783, and Dec. 33, 1799 were dis. to- chh. in Hartland, Yt, from whence they rem. to Attica, N. Y. The family prob. left town in 1793 or 1793*. Ch. rec. in F. I. Ithamer, b. Jan. 19, 1780. II. Hannah, b. Sept. 1, 1781. III. Ahiqail, b. Apr. 14, 1783. IV. Daniel, b. June 15, 1784 ; d. May 1, 1787. V. Asa, b. Apr. 14, 1786. VI. Daniel, b. May 39, 1788. VII. Joseph, bapt. July 11, 1790. VIII. Luther, bapt. July 15, 1793. Joseph Johnson, d. June 19, 1790, killed instantly by fall of a tree. He was bro. of Asa. Ebbecca Johnson, wid. of James and mother of Mrs. Rufus Foster, d. Jan. 14, 1851, a. 87 y. James Johnson was a cousin of Joseph. Eunice Johnson and Benjamin Angier m. Dec. 37, 1795. Daniel Joslin and w. Mary were in town in 1778 or earlier, and prob. settled on L 1 E 1. They were adm. to chh. in F. Oct. 18, 1778, and dis. to chh. in Win- chendon, Apr. 8, 1787. A part or all of the lot of land 2 3 4 5 6 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 619 described was taxed to Peter Joslin, of W., from 1788 to 1814 ; the whole lot in the earlier y. In some of the early y. it is noted " or son," and it seems prob. that Daniel was s. of Peter. The name is generally Joyslin in the earlier rec' Ch. rec. in F. I. Daniel, bapt. Oct. 28, 1778 ; d. July 26, 1780. II. Folly, bapt. Mar. 26, 1780. III. Zevi, bapt. June 30, 1782 ; d. Dec. 27, 1783. IT. Peter, bapt. Aug. 15, 1784. V. Lucy, bapt. Sept. 17, 1786. Edward Kellet was taxed on L 5 R 7 in Propri- etors' tax-list of 1788, and in the Eoad or penny tax- list of 1789. Also in Town tax-lists 1793-6. Eem. to Windsor, Vt., prob. ab. 1797 ; m. July 28, 1791, Betsey, b. Dec. 22, 1770, dau. of Samuel and Jerusha (Harris) Patrick, or Kilpatrick. The name is spelled Eelley in the rec. of m., but in the Town tax rec. and in the Hist, of JafErey it is Oalley. Ch. rec. in F. I. Samuel, b. Nov. 14, 1791. (6) KENDALL. Timothy Kendall (prob. s. of Samuel), with w. Esther, rem. from Woburn, Mass., and settled in Leo- minster, Mass., in 1740. Ch. b. in L. I. Timothy, b. 1741. II. Edivard, b. 1743 ; m. Prudence Hartwell and settled in P., prob. early in 1769. His name does not appear in the rec. of a Proprietors' meetftig held in Oct., 1768, but at a meeting held in Nov., 1769, he was chosen to three ' official positions. He settled on L 15 E 5, which he bought of -Tames Eeed for £30 by deed dated May 22, 1766 ; ret. to L. ab. 1774, and d. there in 1776. Ch. rec. in F. 1. Joanna, bapt. Jan. 10, 1773. 2. Tabitha.bapt. Nov. 14, 1773. III. Samuel, b. 1748-4-. IV. Asa, b. 1753 ; m. Persis Fuller. They are said to have lived in F., but it must have been at an early date, and for a short time only, as his name does not appear in any of the rec. ; rem. to Westminster, Mass., where he d. 1821. V. Luke, b. 1756 ; d. 1758. Samuel Kendall, Esq., b. 1748 ; d. July 30, 1816 ; m. Betsey Wetherbee, who d. Jan. 23, 1823, a 69 y. ; 620 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 10 n 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (U) 21 32 33 24 25 26 27 28 29 pvob. came to F. in 1773, as his name first appears in the rec. of a Proprietors' meeting held Oct. 7, 1772. At this meeting he was chosen a member of three differ- ent committees on the meeting-house. He was prob. the third Justice of the Peace commissioned in town, James Keed being the first and John Mellen the second. He settled on L 14 R 2, where Charles Perry now lives. Ch. all b. in F. I. Betsey, b. Jan. 31, 1774 ; m. Dec. 28, 1794, Benjamin Elwell, and settled in Langdon, K". H., where both d. the same day and were buried in the same grave. They hadcli. 1. Samuel Elwell. 3. Betsey " m. Sartwell. 3. ISTancy " m. Glover. 4. Robert " res. in L. and was a prom- inent man in the town and county. II. Luke, b. Dec. 7, 1776+. III. Samuel, b. July 13. 1780 ; d. Feb. 13, 1785. IV. TimQthy, b. Aug. 25, 1783+. V. Salome, b. Sept. 4, 1786. b. 1795 ; d. in infancy. VII. Nancy, ) 35 36 37 38 39 2 3 4 GENEALQGTCAL REGISTER. 625 Till. Nancy, b. Aug. 4, 1799 ; d. 1858, at Keeseville, ]Sr. Y.; m. Jan. 31, 1831, Jesse Potter, of Parishville, N. Y., b. Sept. 14, 1797, s. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Harris), of F. IX. Lydi(i, b. Apr. 20, 1802 ; m. Jan. 27, 1824, Allen Woodward, of Marlboro, b. Nov. 9, 1796 ; d. Feb. 2, 1862, s. of Daniel and Dinah (Converse). X. Eveline, b. Apr. 20, 1805 ; m. Mar. 13, 1825, John H. Hastings, of Keene. She d. Jan. 17, 1867, at Delmar, Pa. XI. Rachel C, b. Oct. 13, 1806 ; d. Aug. 26, 1882, in Fitehburg, Mass.; interred inF. ; unm. XII. Miza R., b. Sept. 25, 1813 ; res. Norton (Mass.?). William Leboubvbau, s. of George W. and Betsey (Kueeland), was b. July 4, 1813. He m. Mary G. Putney, of Keene, N. H., and in 1836 came toF. : rem. to Jaffrey 1844 ; returned to F. in 1863 and has since res. here. Mrs. L. d. Oct. 29, 1856, and he m. (2d) Mar. 1857, Mary J . She d. Feb. 10, 1866, a. 37 y. 6 mos., and he m. (3d) Nov. 29. 1866, Caroline, b. Dec. 27, 1830, dau. of Nathan and' Sarah (Whitcomb) Hale, of Rindge, aud wid. of George F. Holman and Benjamin Fay, both q.v. The Lebourveau family is of French Huguenot ancestry. Ch. b. i.-iii. in F. iv.-v. in Jafirey. I. Mary J., b. Aug. 24, 1837 ; m. James Holman, q.v. II. Sarah M., b. Jan. 15, 1839 ; d. Aug. 33, 1864 ; m. Henry Kidder. III. Martha A., b. Dec. 31; 1841 ; m. June, 1863, Liberty M., b. Nov. 9, 1836, s. of Dexter and Mary (Mower) Jewell, of Rindge ; res. R. IV. William, b. Aug. 8, 1847 ;' m. Apr. 21, 1869, Addie F., b. Jan. 16, 1846, dau. of Francis and Mary A. (Farrington) Stone, q.v.; res. Boston, Mass. Ch. b. 1 in F., 3-3 in B. 1. Anna. 3. Edith. 3. May. V. Emma L., b. Apr. 13, 1849 ; m. Mar. 7, 1871, John G. Dunley, s. of Henry P. and Lovina ; res. Fitehburg, Mass. Dr. Luke Lihtcoln, b. Aug. 11, 1771 ; practised medi- cine in town nearly three y. ; was taxed in 1798 and 9 ; 40 626 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. res. on the lot now owned by the heirs of Dexter AVhitte- more, the dwelling-house occupied by him forming the rear part of the present house ; m. Mary, b. Aug. 1, 1776, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Thorndike, of JafErey. There is a tradition that his ,dau. was burned to death, but all the evidence is against the occurrence of any such accident in F. Ch. rec. in P. I. Mary Thorndike, b. in JafErey, June 10, 1795. LOCKE. I Dea. William' Locke, b. Dec. 13, 1638, in London, England ; came to this country in 1634, in the family of his uncle, who settled in that part of Chailestown, Mass., afterward set off as Woburn. He m. Dec. 37, 1655, Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1640, dau. of William and Margery Clark. Mr. L. d. June 16, 1720 ; Mrs. L. d. July 18, 1715. They had 9 ch., of whom 2 Jambs', b. Nov. 14, 1677 ; d. Dec. 11, 1745 ; m. Dec. 5, 1700, Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1673, dau. of Richard Cutter. Their s., 3 James', b. June 17, 1703'; d. Sept. 1, 1782; m. Jan. 11, 1737, Elizabeth, b. May 1, 1708 ; d. Nov. 35, 1785, dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Newhall) Burnap ; res. Hopkinton and Asliby, Mass. Ch. all b. in H. i. Elizabeth ; ii. James ; in. Sarah ; iv. John, b. Dec. 16, 1733, 4; V. Rebecca; vi. Jonathan, b. Dec. 7, 1137+; vii. David ; viii. Ebenezer ; ix. Martha, b. ; m. William Withmgton, q.ii.; X. William, b. Apr. 13, 1748+. Four of the ch. were early settlers in F. , but only one res. here through life. Dea. John" Locke, b. Dec. 16, 1733 ; m. 1765, Beulah Newton, of Southboro, Mass., b. Aug. 17, 1715. In 1772 Mr. L. came to ¥., where he lived till ab. 1805 ; res. on L 16 E 4. He was chosen deacon of the chh. in F. July 3, 1773, in which position he officiated ab. 25 y., and also held many town and proprietary offices ; rem. to Sullivan, N. H., ab. 1810, where Mr. L. d. Feb. 16, 1823. Mrs. L. d. Aug. 13, 1813. Ch. b. I. in Southboro, ii.-iv. Ashby, T.-x. F. I. BezaleeV, b. Dec. 8, 1766 ; d. July 24, 1824 ; m. Oct. 13, 1796, Catherine, dau. of Thomas Learned, of West Cambridge, Mass. II. Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1768 ; d. Jan. 13, 1799 ; m. July 13, 1794, Samuel Ward Bowker, b. Dee. 16, 1760 ; d. May 29, 1835, at Ashby, s. of Silas, of Petersham, Mass. III. Ward, b. Apr. 11, 1770. IV. Charlotte, b. Dec. 17, 1771. After the d. of her sister she m., 1803, Samuel Ward Bowker. (See above.) John Bowker, of F. and Keene, GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEE. 627 9 10 11 12 13 14 (3 YI.) 15 16 17 18 who m. Selecta H. Stuart, is s. of Samuel Ward Bowker. V. John, b. Nov. 30, 1773 ; went to the West ab. 1800. Ti. Amos, b. Feb. 11, 1776 ; d. May 16, 1850 ; m. Feb. 24, 1799, Polly, dau. of David and Molly (Livingston) Saunders, of F. Tii. Moses, b. Nov. 23, 1777 ; d. Mar. 2, 1843, at Parma, N. Y. ; m. Abigail H. Skinner, of Eensselaerville, N. Y. VIII. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 1, 1779 ; d. in Northern New- York ; supposed to have been murdered ; a. ab. 22. IX. Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1782 ; d. Nov. 17, 1843 ; m. Dec. 29, 1808, Daniel Howard, Jr., of Ashby. X. Samuel, b. Sept. 20, 1785 ; m. Apr. 15, 1810, Lydia, b. Sept. 17, 1783 ; d. Aug. 25, 1830, dau. of Capt. John and Lucy (Brigham) Fay, of F.; m. (2d) Mrs. Judith (Taylor) Fifieid, dan. of Jonathan Taylor, of Danbury, N. H. ; res. Sullivan. Jonathan* Locke, b. Dec. 7, 1737 ; d. in Ashby, Mass. ; m. Oct. 2, 1761, Mary, b. Apr. 14, 1730 ; d. Jan. 15, 1804, dau. of Joseph Haven, of Framingham, and wid. of John Nichols, of Upton, Mass.; m. (2d) Feb., 1807, Betsey, dau. of Dr. John Frink, and wid. of Dr. John Field, of Rutland, Mass. Mr. L., known as " 'Sqi^fle Locke" all the latter part of his life, rem. in 1769" from Hopkinton to Fram., and from thence, in June, 1770, to F. The next y. he built the house known as the Reed house, having been owned by three generations of that name — Phineas, Charles, and Daniel H.; now occupied by Moses B. Felch and his sister, Mrs. Milne. The family rem. to Ashby in 1772. Joseph was the only ch. b. or rec. in F. I. Samuel", b. July 11, 1762 ; d. unm., Nov. 1, 1784, in North Carolina. II. John, b. Feb. 19, 1764; m. May 25, 1799, Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel and Molly (Jack- son) Goodwin, of Plymouth, Mass.; res. Ashby ; was Rep. in Congress. III. Sally, b. Apr. 9, 1766 ; d. Oct. 26, 1836 ; m. Dec, 1813, John Manning, of A. IV. Mehitahel, b. June 3, 1768 ; d. Feb. 10, 1848 ; m. Oct., 1793, Di\ John Crosby, then of New 628 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 19 20 31 (3x.) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (25) Ipswich. He d. Oct. 25, 1821, at Montpelier, Vt.,a. 54 y. y. Betsey, h. Mar. 5, 1770 ; d. May, 1843, at New Ipswich ; m. (1st) Thomas Heald ; (2d) Elijah Newhall. VI. Joseph, b. Apr. 8, 1772 ; m. Nov. 15, 1803, Lydia Goodwin, b. Aug. 1, 1779 ; d. Nor. 9, 1846, sister of Hannah above ; res. Billerica and Lowell, Mass.; State Senator and Coun- sellor, Police Judge of L., and Chief Justice of the Court of Sessions. VII. Ann (Nancy), b. Feb. 21, 1774 ; m. June 29, 1802, Imla Goodhue, of Westford, Mass. William* Locke, b. Apr. 12, 1748 ; m. Feb. 2, 1773, Eebecoa Barrett, b. Dec. 26, 1744 ; d. Dec. 15, 1831, sister of Jonathan Barrett, of Ashby. Mr. L. bought a farm in F., L 11 R 2, Oct. 22, 1770, to which he rem. soon after his m., and where he d.. Mar. 30, 1829. I. Relecca", b. Mar. 12, 1774 ; m. Jan. 18, 1798, David Colburn, and rem. to Flainfield, N. Y. II. Molly, b. Feb. 2, 1776 ; m. William S. Whitte- more, q.v. III. William, b. Feb. 7, 1778+. IV. Lucy, b. Nov. 15, 1779 ; m. Feb. 2, 1802, Jonas Thompson, Jr., a native of Royalston, but who res. in F. from 1799 to 1804 ; rem. to Or- well, N. Y., where he d., Oct. 16, 1815, and she m. (2d) John Weed, of 0. V. Patty, b. June 24, 1782 ; ili June 16, 1811, Lebbeus Payne, of Greenwich, Mass. He d. July 28, 1844, at Montague, Mass. VI. Jonailian S., b. Nov. 15, 1784; m. Sept. 9, 1807, at F., Nancy, b. Aug. 25, 1785, at Springfield, Vt., dau. of James and Betsey (Nichols) Bates. (See Wright B.ec.) Res. Dublin, N. H. VII. Sally, b. Aug. 30, 1787 ; m. Sept. 18, 1806, Asa Thompson, b. May 12, 1777, in Royalston ; res. Eaton and Orwell, N. Y. He was bro. of Jonas, who m. her sister Lucy. William^ Locke, b. Feb. 7, 1778 ; d. May 20, 1857 ; m. Feb. 7, 1804, Polly, bapt. May 26, 1782 ; d. Sept. 14, 1851, a. 71 y., dau. of Samuel and Joanna (Rice) Walker, of Rindge ; lived on the home place with his father till ab. 1815. With the exception of sjx or eight 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 (32) 41 42 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 629 y. his life was spent in P. ; all his ch. hut the youngest one were b. in F. T. Mary Louisa^, b. Nov. 8, 1804 ; d. Apr. 30, 1840, unm. II. Nancy, b. June 22, 1806 ; m. Samuel Hill, q.v. III. William Dana, b. Oct. 5, 1807+. IV. Lucy Walker, b. Dec. 14, 1809 ; d. Mar. 4, 1841, unm. V. Catherine, b. Aug. 1, 1811 ; m. June 5, 1850, Parley Barton, a native of Auburn. Mass., but then of Port Jackson, N. Y. ; he d., and she m. (2d) Joseph McCloy, of Maquoketa, la., where she d. Nov. 8, 1883. No ch. by either m. VI. Hdwiti, b. June 18, 1813 ; m. Sept., 1836, Martha Laurens, b. Nov. 9, 1812, in Cornish, N. H., dau. of Eev. Joseph and Hannah Rowell. He was a missionary teacher at the Sandwich Islands, where he d. 1. William H.', b. Aug. 5, 1837; d. (drowned) Nov. 5, 1841. 2. Lucy M., b. Dec, 1838. 3. Martha L., b. Mar. 23, 1840 ; m. George M. Hubbard : res. New York City. 4. Mary S., b. July 23, 1841. VII. Jatnes W., b. Oct. 30, 1815 ; d. Mar. 2, 1845, at Batesville, Ark.; m. Nov. 5, 1840, Louisa P. Bigelow, b. May 14, 1816, at Natick, Mass. 1. James P.', b. Sept. 1, 1841, at N. William Dana" Locke, b. Oct. 5, 1807 : m. Dec. 11, 1833, Miranda, b. Nov. 28, 1810, dau. of Dea. Isaac Adams, of New Ipswich ; rem. to N. I. in 1855, where Mrs. L. d. Jan. 19, 1879, and Mr. L. d. 1886. Ch. b. I. in Ashburnham, ii.-iii. in N. I., iv.-viii. in P. I. Sarah BeboraW, b. May 23, 1836 ; grad. at Mount Holyoke Seminary, 1859 ; afterward taught there ; m. Apr. 7, 1868, Eev. John M. Stow, who grad. at Bangor Theo. Sem. 1854; ordain- ed at Walpole, N. H., Jan. 31, 1855; preached at Walpole, 1854 to 1863 ; Sullivan, N. H., 1863 to 1870; Hubbard ston, Mass., 1870, till his d., May 9, 1877. (See page 447.) II. Rev. William Edwin, b. Aug. 14, 1837 ; m. Mar. 19, 1868, Zoe A. M. Noyes, of West- moreland, N. H. They are missionaries of the A. B. C. P. M. in' Turkey, stationed at Samokov. 630 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 53 54 55 56 67 58 1. Addie Emogene', b. Mar. 4, 1869. 2. Marinda Adams, b. Jan. 1, 1871. 3. Mabel Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2], 1874. III. Warre7i Payson, b. Nov. 14, 1838 ; enlisted Nov., 1861, in Co. B., 32d Keg. Mass. Vols.; wounded at battle of Gettysburg, July, 1863 ; killed near Eichmond, Va., June 3, 1864. IV. Rev. Isaac Newton, b. May 25, 1841 ; d. Feb. 2, 1882, in Severy, Kan.; ordained, Oct. 29, 1879 ; preached at Peru, St. Charles, and Severy, Kan.: m. Oct. 21, 1872, Mary A. Wilson, of Salisbury, N. H. V. Elizahetli Adams, b. Oct. 8, 1843 ; m. Sept. 15, 1868, Perley Elijah Collins, b. Feb. 26, 1844, s. of Hiram and Maria (Stone), of Marlboro ; res. Great Bend and Burlington, Kan., Albuquerque, N. M. 1. Laura Whittemore" Collins, b. Aug. 20. 1869. VI. Mary Caroline, b. Aug. 10, 1846 ; m. June 11, 1883, Eev. Amos F. Shattuck, formerly of Hollis, N. H. ; res. New Ipswich. VII. Emma Augusta, b. Sept. 20, 1848, unm. ; res. Gardner, Mass. VIII. Laura Whittemore, b. Aug. 15, 1854 ; d. Mar. 30, 1855. Joseph Locke was from Acton, Mass.: is first taxed in F. in 1807. The Book of the Lockes says he moved to F. ab. 1803, and gives his family rec, but his con- nection with the rest of the line is not shown. He lived several y. in Eindge before becoming a permanent resi- dent of F. He was b. Aug. 9, 1754 ; d. Nov. 11, 1829, in F. : m. May, 1776. Lucy Piper, b. in Acton, Mass., June 27, 1754 ; d. Feb. 20^ 1826. I. Azulah, b. Sept. 5, 1777 ; d. Nov. 3, 1868, in F., unm. II. Lucy, b. Jan. 4, 1780 ; d. June 26, 1781. HI. Joseph, b. May 2, 1782 ; settled in Maine, where he was twice m. and was of considerable dis- tinction. IV. Lucy, b. Aug. 16, 1784 ; d. Jan. 12, 1826, num. V. Jonathan, b. Apr. 4, 1787 ; d. Oct. 4, 1841 ; m. May 24, 1812, Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1791 ; d. Aug. 11, 1830, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Hunt) Bent ; res. in Boston and elsewhere, but returned to F. ab. 1835. They had one s.. 59 60 61 62 3 4 2 3 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 63] 1. William, a. in Eindse (1835 ?) a. ab. 20 y. VI. Amy, h. Aug. 20, 1789 f m. Mar. 19, 1809, Joseph Stockwell, of Eoyalston. VII. Sally, h. Mar'. 8, 1792 ; m. Moses Drury, q.v. VIII. Asa Haytuard, h. Jan. 29, 1796 ; res. in Boston and E., and d. in Maine. Henry Lovering, called of F., m. July 10, 1811, Annah Carroll, of Eoyalston. They lived in P. but a short time, and rem. to E. She d. in i'. Jan. 29, 1882, a. 89 y. Theirs., Henry S., b. Mar. 26, 1825, in E.; d. Apr. 32, 1884, in Marlboro ; m. Nov. 27, 1850, Mary S., b. Dec. 2, 1830, dau. of Curtis and Lydia Smith, of Westminster, Vt. Ch. b. T.-Ii. in Eichmond, in. in Eoyalston, iv. in F. I. William H., b. May 8, 1854. II. Warren S., b. Sept. 28, 1856 ; d. Oct. 10, 1880, in Grand Eapids, Mich. III. lilUe K, b. Sept. 10, 1858. IV. Walter D., b. Jan. 10, 1860. David Lowe was b. in Lunenburg, Mass., July 17, 1785, and d. in Amherst, N. H., Jan. 9, 1867. His w., Betsey Damon, b. in Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 11, 1789 ; d. Nov. 24, 1881, in A. Came to P. in 1821 and settled on L 9 E 8. the place now owned by Ethan Blodgett, where they res. till 1888, when they sold the place to William Locke, and, excepting David P., rem. to A., and he followed two y. later. Ch. b. i.-v. in Pitch- burg, Mass., vi.-vii. in P. I. George, b. Peb. 7, 1812 ; res. New Boston, 111. II. Abigail Siveetser, b. July 20, 1814 ; m. Luke C. Clark, q.v. III. David Perkins, b. Mar. 31, 1816 ; is m. and has ch. ; res. Troj'. IV. Cyrus, b. Oct. 18, 1818 ; res. Keithsburg, 111. V. Sumner, b. Apr. 21, 1821 ; d. June 15, 1821. VI. Newton, b. Aug. 21, 1823.; res. A. VII. Mary Elizateth, b. Peb. 13, 1826 ; res. A. Elijah Lyon, b. Sept., 1793, s. of David and Lydia (Burbank) Lyon, of Eoyalston, came to P. ab. 1814 ; m. Mar. 13, 1818, Sarah, b. Sept. 19, 1794 ; d. Mar. 20, 1872, dau. of Nahum and Mary Howe, q.v. Mr. L. was deacon of the Baptist Chh. for many y. ; he d. Aug. 23, 1862. Ch. rec. in P. 632 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. I. Mary Taylor, b. Feb. 17, 1819 ; m. Daniel Whitcomb, q.v. II. Sarah Howe, b. Oct. 13, 1820. III. Franklin, b. Dec. 7, 1833. IV. Thomas Johnson, b. E'eb. 13, 1845. V. Alcey Melinda, b. Apr. 32, 1827 ; tn. July 10, 1867, William Harvey Kinsman — his 2d. w. Mr. K. was b- Nov. 33, 1816, in Fitchburg, Mass., and came to F. ab. 1850. Isaac Lyon" (bro. of Elijah?), ra. Feb. 20, 1823, Sally Blodgett, and had eh. rec. in F. I. Mehetahd Prescott, bapt. July 13, 1823. I William Marshall, from Tewksbiiry, Mass., settled in JafErey ab. 1780, and m. Esther, b. Sept. 22, 1762 ; d. June 29, 1803, dau. of Ebenezer and Esther (French) Jaquith, of J. He m. (2d) Sally, b. Jan. 31, 1767, dau. of John and Susannah (Hastings) Cutter, of New Ipswich, and wid. of Isaac Kimball, of Temple, N. H. She d. in F. Apr. 30, 1852, at the house of her s., John Kimball, q.v. Mr. M. d. Apr. ii, 1828, a. 71 y. Five ch. by 1st m. and two by 3d. i. "William, b. Sept. 28, 1783 ; m. Anna, b. June 29, 1781, dau. of Joshua and Elizabeth (Brigham) Harrington, q.v.; ii. Esther ; in. Abigail, b. July 30, 1787 ; m. Benjamin Davison, q.ti.; iv. Abel, b. Aug. 17, 1789, 2 ; v. Betsey ; VI. Thomas H., b. Dec. 2, 1806. (See p. 483.) vii. Susan. 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 (4) 10 Abel Marshall, b. Aug. 17, 1789 ; d. Jan. 27, 1871 ; m. Feb. 5, 1818, Eoxalana, d. Nov. 5, 1841, a. 46 y., dau. of David and Dorcas (Amadon) Rice, of F. ; m. (3d) Laura A., b. Apr. 23, 1807, dau. of Amos and Mary (Bent) Pratt, of F., and wid. of Gilman Eveleth. I. Sarah R. , b. Nov. 22, 1824 ; m. Elisha Chap- lin, q.v. II. Addison AM, b. Mar. 2, 1837+. III. AlUe, b. Jan. 15, 1831 ; m. Moses Chaplin ; (3d) Elisha Chaplin, both q.v. IV. Bdsey, m. Sept. 10, 1853, Alouzo Haskell, b. Feb. 16, 1834, s. of William and Sarah (White), of Troy. V. Lydia Ann E., b." 1841. VI. George H., d. July 11, 1864, a. 19 y.; killed by lightning. viL Mary, b. 1848. Addison A. Marshall, b. Mar. 2, 1827 ; m. Oct. 23, 1850, Lydia, b. May 6, 1833, dau. of William and Sarah (White) Haskell, of Trov. Ch. b. i.-ii. in Jaf- frey, iii. in F. I. Albert David, b. Dec. 2, 1854; m. Nov. 15, GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 633 11 12 13 14 15 3 4 5 6 II. III. 1877, Marcia C, b. Jan. 22, 1854, dau. of George and Lucy (Bowker) Damon, q.v. 1. Nellie Corein, b. May 16, 1879. 3. Albert Don, b. Apr. 4, 1881. 3. Guy Addison, b. July 21, 1885. Herlert Addison, b. Mav 12," 1856 ; m. Jan. 13, 1880, Edna M., b. Aug. 28, 1860. dau. of James and Mary J. (Lebourveau) Holman. Leon Forest, b. Oct. 18, 1872. Elibzeb Mason is taxed in 1789 on one half L 17 R 12, and a few y. later he became the owner of the whole lot ; rem. from town ab. 1807. Oh. all rec. in P., but the name of his w. is not given. Levi, b. Oct. 19, 1782. Phehe, b. Aug. 24, 1784. Lurana, b. Sept. 10, 1786. Hale, b. June 20, 1790. Martin, b. July 15, 1792. BecJeah (Rebecca), b. Aug. 5, 1794. Mary, b. Dec. 21, 1796. 2 I. 3 11 4 III 5 IV 6 V 7 VI 8 VII. Theophilus Mat came to F. ab. 1820, and res. here till he d.. Mar. 14, 1865, a. 69 y. His w. was Huldah . Oh. all b. and rec. in P. I. Sarah Elizaletli, b. Nov. 6, 1821 ; d. Nov. 12, 1840, unm. She was taking care of the sick at the house of a neighbor, Benjamin Byam, ■when her clothes accidentally took fire, burn- ing her so severely that she died in 32 hours. II. Caleb, b. Apr. 24, 1823 ; res. Cedar Palls, la. III. Chandler, b. Mar. 31, 1825 ; d. Oct., 1825 ; killed by the overturning of a chaise. IV. Lsabel Chandler, b. Oct. 28, 1826 ; d. Sept. 1, 1859, unm. V. Theophilus Wright, b. July 26, 1829 ; m. Ellen R. Chase, of Royalston ; rem. to Cedar Palls, la., ab. 1866. MAYNARD. I John' Matnakd was of Cambridge, Mass., in 1&84, and later of Sudbury, where he d. Dec. 10, 1672 ; m. (his 2d m.) June 14, 1646. Mary Axdell, by whom he had 5 ch. Their 1st ch., 2 Zachaky^ b. June 7, 1647; d. 1724; res. S.; m. 1678, Hannah Goodrich. Tliey had 9 ch., of whom the 4th was 3 Jonathan', b. Apr. 8, 1685 ; d. July, 1763 ; m. Dec. 10, 1714, Mehetabel Neadom (Needham) and settled in Framingham. Tliey had 6 ch., of whom the 5th was 634 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 4 Joseph', b. Nov. 30, 1735 ; d. Aug. 3, 1769 ; res. Fram.; m. May 39, 1746, Abigail Geimings (Jennings), dau. of Stephen and Susannah (Bio-elow) Jennings, of Pram. Ch. i. Mehetabel, b. May. 38, 1747 ; m. Caleb Winch, q.v.; ii. Susannah, b. Oct. 38, 1748 ; m. Amos Knight, q.i}.; III. Joseph ; iv. Abigail, b. Dec. 3, 1751 ; m. Jonas Knight, q.v.; V. John ; vi. Needham, b. Aug. 15, 1755, 5 ; vii. Sarah, b. Mar. 28, 1757 ; m. Matthias Felton, q.v. (Her mother's name is not given cor- rectly in the Felton register.) viii. Hannah ; ix. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 31, 1761 ; m. Samuel Winch, q.v.; x. Anne ; xi. Martha. 2 3 4 Needham" Matn-ard. b. Aug. 15, 1755 ; d. Oct. 20, 1844, in Waterloo, N. Y.; m. May 6, 1781, Mehetabel, bapt. July 3, 1757, dau. of Joseph and Susannah (Pike) Eames, of Pram. ; came to P. soon after ili. and settled on L 20 E 4 ; rem. to Wliitestown, N. Y., ab. 1789 ; became a prominent man there ; was appointed assist- ant justice of County Court in 1794, and judge in 1803 ; was out in the Eev. War. (See p. 229.) Mr. and Mrs. M. were adm. to the chh. in F. Sept. 17, 1786, and dis. to the chh. in W. Feb. 28, 1796. The History of Pramingham says that " they had not less than 9 ch." Oh. rec. in P. I. Mittee, bapt. Sept., 17, 1786 ; d. Sept. 19, 1786. II. mttee, I <> Q ^_ ^g j^gg_ III. Sally, ) ' IV. JVancy, " Mar. 31, 1787. Amos McGeb, b. Mar. 22, 1829, in Waterbury, Vt.; m. Lydia, b. Oct., 1829, in W. ; d. Jan. 20, 188L, in P.; m. (2d) Jan. 5, 1887, Nellie B. Wilcox. Oh. b. i.-iii. in Eoyalston, Vt., iv. in P. I. Frederich Lyman, b. Apr. 25, 1858. II. George Oornelius, b. Aug. 2, 1859. III. Hatiie, b. Oct. 14, 1862 ; m. Perry W. Whit- comb, q.v. IV. Mabel Ann, b. Feb. 29, 1872. MELLEN". I Simon Mellen settled in Framingham, Mass., in 1687, and d. there Dec. 19, 1694. His w. Mary d. June 1, 1709, a. 70 y. They had 6 ch., of whom the 3d was 2 Thomas, b. Aug. 1668 ; by w. Mary he had 7 ch., of whom the 1st was 3 Henry, b. Aug. 13, 1691 ; d. May 13, 1767 ; m. Mar. 34, 1713, Abigail, b. Oct. 11, 1693 ; d. July 30, 1781, dau. of Thomas and Lydia (Parmenter) Pratt ; rem. to Hopkinton ab. 1734. They had 11 ch., of whom the 1st was Thomas, whose dau. Lucy m. Abuer Stone, q.ii.; the 3d was Daniel, b. Mar. 6, 1715. 4 Daniel, b. Mar. 6, 1715 ; d. Jan. 17, 1784 ; m. Feb. 3, 1736, aENEAlOGICAL EEGISTEE. 635 Hannah, b. July 30, 1712 ; d. May 37, 1794, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Goddai-d) Adams, of Pram.; res. in Fram. till ab. 1750, and then rem. to Holliston, Mass. As far as known, Daniel Mellen and James Reed, afterward Gen. Reed, were the only original proprietors who took an active personal part in the settlement of the new town of Monadnock, No. 4. Mr. R. became one of the earliest residents, and Mr. M., though never a permanent resident, must have spent considerable time in the town for several years. After the proprietors' meetings were held in the town, he appears to have been the only non-resident appointed to office. Oh. I. Robert, b. Nov. 5, 1736, 5 ; ii. Joseph, h. Mar. 17, 1738. His dau. Hannah m. Joseph Forristall, q.ii. iir. Zerviah ; it. John. bapt. 1744-1- ; v. Elizabeth ; vi. Daniel, bapt. Apr. 6, 1749+ ; Tii. Hannah, b. Mar. 5, 1751 ; m. Asa Johnson, q.v.; viii. James. 9 10 (4 IV.) Egbert Mellen, b. Nov. 5, 1736 ; d. June 17, 1803 ; m. Sarah Holbrook, who d. Nov. 10, 1799, a. 65 y. ; res. Holliston. I. Joel, b. 1764 ; m. Polly , who d. June 2, 1803, a. 36 y., and he m. (2d) Nov. 28, 1805,' . Bebe, b. Dec. 16, 1778, dau. of Isaac and Ruth Jackson, q.v.; came to F. before 1793* ; was taxed on land in 1788 ; seems to have lived first on L 16 R 10, and afterward on L 16 R 9 ; rem. to Swanzey ab. 1805. Ch. rec. in F. 1. Nabby, b. Mav 29, 1793. 2. Robert, b. July 10, 1795. II. John, b. 1766. III. Sarah, b. 1768. John Mellen, Esq., bapt. 1744 ; d. July 25, 1784, a. 40 y. ; m. Puah ; prob. settled in town as early as 1768. At a proprietors' meeting held Oct. 11, 1768, he was appointed a member of the committee on roads and bridges, which would seem to show that he res. in the town at the time. As he immediately took a prom- inent part in the business of the town, and was chosen to the most responsible offices, it is evident that he was looked upon as representing in some degree the interests of his father in the new settlement. His services are elsewhere referred to at length. His wid. m. (3d) Rev. Benjamin Brigham, q.v., and d. in F. Feb. 4, 1821, a. 76 (73?) y. The old History of Framingham pub. by Rev. William Barry, in 1847, and the recent work by Rev. J. H. Temple, pub. in 1887, both state that he m. Sarah Fisher, of Med way. It is possible that he was m. twice, but it seems more likely that the rec. of the m. is not correct, or is not read correctly. The b. of none of his ch. are rec. in the town rec, but the bapt. 636 HISTORY OF FITZW'ILLIAM. 11 la 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 21 (4 VI.) 23 33 24 25 26 27 of the ch. III. -IX. are in the chh. rec. ; none of the m. of the ch., except that of Ruth, are rec. in P. I. Lucretia, d. Feb. 13, 1861, a. 95 y., unm. II. Ruth, b. Aug. 31, 1770 ; m. David Stone, g.v. III. Elihu, b. Mar. 9, 1772 ; bapt. Apr. 4, 1773 ; rem. from town ab. 1806. IV. Joseph (twin), b. Mar. 9, 1773 ; bapt. Apr. 4, 1773 ; d. Feb. 35, 1783, in consequence of exposure to cold in going to mill in Rindge (the Tarbell mill). V. Puah, bapt. Apr. 17, 1774 ; m. Samuel Stevens, of Vt., and d. 1845. VI. Capt. John, bapt. Feb. 4, 1776 ; m. (1st) Ursula Cutter ; (3d) Olive Chamberlain ; ap- pears to have left town early and res. else- where till after the d. of his 3d w. ; returned to F. ab. 1813, and d. Kov. 5, 1837, a. 61 y.; he had ch. 1. William. 3. John Fisher. VII. Lois, bapt. Dec. 14, 1777 ; m. Isaac Bullard, of Med way, Mass. VIII. Zerviah, bapt. Oct. 3, 1779 ; d. July 33, 1780. IX. Julia, bapt. Mar. 3, 1783 ; m. Eben Pierce, of N. Y. Daniel Mellen, b. Apr. 6, 1749 ; d. Jan. 3, 1847 ; m. Susannah, b. Sept. 15, 1752 ; d. Jane 5, 1775, dau. of G-en. Samuel and Elizabeth (Moors) Farwell, q.v. She was the first adult white person who d. in town. He m. (3d) Hannah Goodrich, who d. Mar. 6, 1831, a. 77 y. ; came to F. in 1769, and soon settled on L 17 R 7, Vifhere he res. till his d. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. ; 3 by 1st m., 4 by 3d m. I. Sarah, b. JSTov. 21, 1771 ; m. Jacob Townsend, q.v. II. Susannah, b. June 7, 1773 ; d. Jan. 18, 1793, unm. III. Hannah, b. May 37, 1775 ; d. July 33, 1861 ; m. Nov. 10, 1799, Levi Fisk, b. Feb. 16, 1775 : d. Aug. 17, 1857, s. of Thomas and Sarah (Shipley), of Jaffrey. They had 8 ch.; res. J. IV. Betsey, b. Sept. 7, 1778 ; m. Samuel Patch, q.v. V. Sena (Lucena), b. Apr. 11, 1780 ; m. Daniel Farrar (Farrar, No. 27), q.v. VI. Lovisa, b. May 4, 1782 ; d. Nov. 18, 1865 ; m. 28 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 637 June 10, 1810, John Whitcomb, who d. Feb. 2, 1831, a. 47 y., s.p. Tii. Lydia, b. Feb. 8, 1784 : d. Jan. 9, 1791. Simeon MEKKimELD, from Newfane, Vt., settled in F. ab. 1811. He was b. Aug. 21, 1783, and d. Nov. 9, 1869, in New Salem, Mass., where he was living with his dau. ; m. (1st) Maria Conner, who d., and he m'. (2d) Lois, b. Sept. 26, 1787 ; d. Sept. 29, 1859, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Haven) Stone, g.v. Ch. i. by 1st m., ii.-xiii. by 2d m.; all by 2d m. b. in F.; bapt. of ii.-viii. rec. in F. I. James Allen, d. in JafErey, Nov. 17, 1886. II. Maria F., bapt. May 24, 1812; m. (1st) Mar. 29, 1845, Benjamin F. Merrill : (2d) Lewis Wyman. III. Willard, bapt. Sept. 5, 1813. IV. Elizaieth, bapt. Apr. 9, 1815 ; m. William Parkhurst ; res. New Salem, Mass. V. Suhnit, bapt. Apr. 20, 1817 ; d. ab. 1870 ; m. ^Ist) Solomon Tupper ; (2d) B. Quimby ; (3d) Renben Gibson. VI. Mary Ann, bapt. Oct. 11, 1818 ; m. Nov. 8, 1838, Calvin Lawrence, b. Apr. 10, 1805, s. of William and Patty (Haskell), of Troy. VII. AUgail Stone, b. May 3, 1821 ; bapt. July 16, 1833 ; d. Feb. 12, 1885 ; m. May 3, 1840, Amos Wallingford, b. Mar. 23, 1815, in Eoehester (N. H. ?). No rec. of ch., but they had the following, and perhaps others : 1. A. Francis Wallingford, b. ab. 1855. 2. Isabella Wallingford, b. ab. 1858. VIII. Lois Haven, b. Aug. 17, 1822 : bapt. July 16, 1823 ; d. Aug. 21, 1887 ; m. Erastus Tupper ; , his 2d w. ; res. Troy. • IX. Simeon, b. Mar. 29, 1825 ; m. Apr. 1, 1850, Susannah, b. Mar. 30, 1832, dau. of Elijah and Lucy (Butler) Bemis, of Troy. She d. Oct. 1, 1853, and hem. (2d) Apr. (4?), 1855, Nancy M., d. May 17, 1882, a. 48 y. 3 mos., dau. of Erastus and Mehi table Tupper ; res. T. Ch. b. 1 in F. and by 1st m.; 2-10 in T. and by 2d m. 1. Francis, b. Sept., 1851. 2. Susannah, d. Oct. 20, 1876. 3. Walter S., b. 185,9 ; d. Mar. 26, 188L 4. Ella, d. Dec. 13, 1877. 5. Etta J., b. Jan. 18, 1862. 638 HISTORY or FITZWILLIAM. 18 19 20 31 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 6. Ida, d. Oct. 27, 1877. 7. Eosa M. b. June 5, 1874. 8. Lula A. 9. Lena S. 10. Anna, d Levi, b. Dec. Jan. 1, 1879. 28, 1826 ; m. Oct. 10, 1848, Sarah S., b. Oct. 4, 1825, dau. of Easmon and Lucy (Garfield) Alexander. She d. Mar. 4, 1863, and he m. (2d) Feb. 3, 1864, Caro- line L., b. May 26, 1840, dau. of Joseph and Prudence (Bowen) Alexander ; res. Troy. Ch. b. 1 in F., 2-6 in T. 1. Charlie C, b. June 19, 1852 ; d. Aug. 29, 1877. 2. Flora E., b. Apr. 6, 1858. 3. Elmer TJ., b. July 21, 1867. 4. Elwin D., b. Oct. 6, 1868. 5. Katie E., b. Apr. 18, 1873. 6. Effie L., b. Sept. 38, 1874. XI. Anstriss, b. Oct. 8, 1832 ; d. Mar. 2, 1886, unm. xn. Sarah S., b. Apr. 3, 1833 ; m. Sept. 17, 1850, Emerson E. Bissell ; res. Keene. XIII. SopJironia, b. Apr. 3, 1833 (twin) ; d. in in- fancy. MILES. 1 John Miles was in Concord, Mass., as early as 1637. He was admitted freeman Dec. 14, 1638, and was one of the largest of the orig- inal proprietors of land in the town ; m. (3d) Apr. 10, 1679, Susanna Rediat, wjd. of John Rediat, Jr., of Marlboro, Mass., by whom he had 3 ch. Their oldest ch. was 2 John, b. May 30, 1680 ; m. Apr. 16, 1703, Mary Prescott, of C. They had 6 ch., of whom the oldest was 3 John, b. Dec. 34, 1704. He m. ab. 1736, Elizabeth Brooks, of C, by whom he had 8 ch. Their 3d ch. was , 4 Noah, b. Apr. 39, 1730 ; d. Oct. 31, 1811 ; m. Hnlda Hosmer, of C, and rem. to Westminster, Mass., in 1753. They had 6 ch., of whom the 3d was Joel, b. Nov. 39, 1756. Joel Miles, b. Nov. 29, 1756 ; rem. to P. and settled on L 7 R 11 ab. 1789. He d. Dee. 25, 1843. His w. was Mary Estabrook, who d. Sept. 30, 1839, a. 79 y. Ch. b. i.-iii. in W., iv.-ix. in F. I. Polly, b. Apr. 18, 1781 ; m. Jan. 30, 1805, Charles Chaphe (Chaffee ?). II. Abner, b. Apr. 28, 1784 ; m. Jerusha, b. Oct. 8, 1787, dau. of Joseph Morse, q.v. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2 3 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 639 III. 8alhj, b. Sept. 15, 1785. IV. Per sis, b. July 28, 1790. T. Joel, b. Aug. 9, 1792. VI. John, b. June 28, 1795 ; d. Sept. 2, 1860 ; m. Dec. 16, 1819, Harriet, b. June 6, 1801, dau. of Artemas and Isabel (Manning) Stone. 1. Infant, d. May 25, 1820. 2. Infant, d. Mar. 4, 1821. 3. Mary Louisa, b. Aug. 12, 1822 ; m. Nathan Stone, q.v. 4. Sarah Maria, b. Dec. 15, 1826 ; m. Har- rison Barrus, q.v.; m. (2d) Apr. 3, 1872, Ivers Emerson, b. Jan. 7, 1820 ; d. Apr. 6, 1885, s. of Asa. 5. Elizabeth Ballard, b. Oct. 3, 1827 ; m. Isaac Davis, q.v. VII. Noah, b. July 28, 1797 ; d. Apr. 6, 1857 ; m. Sophia Nichols, of Royalston ; rem. to E. ab. 1840. 1. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Dec. 9, 1826 ; d. May 1, 1832. 2. Henry Edward, b. July 26, 1828 ; res. R. 3. Cynthia Louisa, b. Jan. 9, 1831 ; m. Reuben Pratt, q.v. 4. Seraph E., b. Apr. 20, 1833 ; m. Warren Pratt, q.v. 5. George, bapt. Aug. 28, 1836 ; killed .June 25, 1862, in the battle of Fair Oaks, Va. 6. Daughter, bapt. May 19, 1839 ; d. Oct. 11, 1853, a. 15 y. 7. Dangers, bapt. Feb. 14, 1842. 8. Harriet, bapt. Sept. 8, 1845 ; d. Jan. 5, 1875 ; ni. Oliver. VIII. Huldah, b. May 11, 1800. IX. Louisa, b. Nov. 10, 1803. Phikehas Glbason Miller came from Hubbards- town, Mass., ab. 1795, and settled on L 9 R 3 ; rem. from town in 1807 or 1808 ; is not taxed after 1807. His w., Martha D., d. Apr. 1, 1799, and he m. (2d) Nov. 28, 1799, Sarah, b. Apr. 1, 1773, dau. of William and Martha (Locke) Withington, q.v. The bapt. of all the ch. but Nancy are rec. in the chh. rec, and the b. of the ch. iii.-vi. and viii.-x. are in the town rec. I. Sopliia, \ bapt. Nov. 22, 1798 ; also Patty and II. Hezekiah, \ Isabel. 640 HISTOBT OF FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 11 12 13 14 III. Patty, b. Aug. 3, 1793. IV. Nancy, b. Feb. 8, 1796 ; d. July 18, 1798. V. Isabel, b. Sept. 28, 1798. VI. Aaron, b. June 12, 1800. VII. William, bapt. Sept. 19, 1803; d. Sept. 27, 1802. VIII. William Withington, b. Oct. 3, 1803. IX. Jared, b. ISTov. 3, 1805. X. Jesse, b. Apr. 19, 1808. XI. Elvira, bapt. May 13, 1810. Jacob Miller was taxed on L 4 E 5, and SoLOMON^ Miller on one half of L 3 K 5, m the Road tax-lists of 1789 and 1790. Both were taxed in the Town lists from 1793* to 1797. Cyrus Milliken, b. 1796 ; d. Dec. 31, 1840, at Keene : m. Jan. 30, 1821, Laura Lucena, b. June 5, 1805 ; d. Mar. 5, 1823, dau. of Jacob and Sally (Mellen) Townsend ; m. (2d) Oct. 19, 1824, Mary, b. Dec. 21, 1805 ; d. Apr. 16, 1845, da.u. of Luther and Sally (Eveleth) Smith, of K.; lived on the Baker farm, L 13 E 12 ; rem. to K. ab. 1836. Oh. all b. in F. I. Alel Baker, b. Apr. 15, 1821 ; m. Joanna Phil- lips ; res. Brookline, Mass. Laura Townsend, b. Feb. 5, 1823 ; m. (1st) John E. Lord ; (2d) Sylvaniis Eice ; (3d) James T. Plaister ; res. Dubuque, la. Frances Am.elia, b. Mar. 31, 1825 ; m. Orville 0. Walker ; res. AlgOna, la. Luther Smith, b. July 29, 1836 ; m. (1st) Fanny Brodhead ; (3d) Ann E. Hester ; res. Franklinton, JST. 0. Harriet AUgail, b. Aug. 26, 1828 ; d. Mar. 3, 1867, unm. Charles Edward, b. Feb. 5, 1830 ; m. (1st) Sarah W. Dunklee ; (2d) Mary F. Eedington. Mr. M. is a Congregational clergyman. (See p. 444.) Res. Peaacook, N. H. Lytnan Beecher, b. Apr. 30, 1834 ; m. Nancy P. Twombly ; res. Saco, Me. 11. III. IV. VI. VII. Charles Francis Mitchell, b. June 28, 1848, s. of Isaac E. and Lucy W. (Firmin) Mitchell ; m. Apr. 38, 1870, Ella M., b. Nov. 14, 1847, dau. of Philemon E. and Lucy (Eichardson) Fairbanks, q.v. Ch. b. in F. I. Lucy Willard, b. June 34, 1874. II. Walter Howard, b. Mar. 7, 1878. GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 641 MIXER. 1 Isaac' Mixer, wiih his w. Sarah and s. Isaac, came from England in 1634 and settled in Watertown, Mass., where he d. His will dated Sept. 19, 1655. His b. 2 IsAAC% m. (1st) Sept. 19, 1755, Mary Coolidge, by whom he had 3 ch., and (3d) Jan. 10, 1660-1, Rebeclcah Garfield, by whom he had 13 ch. His 11th ch., 3 Danikl% b. Feb. 31, 16"5-6, had in Pfamingham by w. Jude or Judith 4 ch., of wliom the 3d was 4 John', b. Nov. 4, 1711 ; ra. Dec. 35, 1739, Mary Lyscom, of South- boro, and had ch. in Fram. r. Lydia, b. Nov. 7, 1741 ; ii. Ruth, b. Nov. 37, 1743 ; d. y.; m. Ruth» b. Apr. 3, 1744 ; iv. John, b. Nov. 10, 1745 ; T. Mary, b. May 27, 1747 ; vi. Nathan, b. Aug. 1, 1749, 5 ; vii. Ezekiel, b. June 9, 1753, 6- Nathan" Mixer, b. Aug. 1, 1749; settled in F.; bought a pew in Oct., 1772 ; in 1775 was reported desti- tute of firearms ; served in Rev. War, and was killed at battle of Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777. The Hist, of Troy states that it was Ezekiel Mixer who was killed, which is a mistake. The name is spelled in F. rec. Mixer, Mixter, and Mexer. Ezekiel" Mixer, b. June 9, 1753 ; m. Anne, bapt. Mar. 17, 1754, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Pratt) Pepper, of Fram. Anne was sister of Abigail, who m. Capt. Elijah Clays. Ezekiel and w. were adm. to chh. Mar. 9, 1779. His name appears first in P. rec. in July, 1774, when he was one of the petitioners for " pevv ground." The family left F. before 1788; rem. to Chesterfield, K. H., .and from thence to St. Mary's Miss., where he d. 1806. F. rec. give only Jacob and Nathan. Hist, of Rindge names Charles, and gives his family in full. And there may have been other ch. Ch. b. in F. I. II. III. Charles, b. Mar. 8, 1785 ; d. in Rindge, July 17, 1841 ; m. Sept. 28, 1814, Mehitable, b. Feb. 19, 1795 ; d. Jdly 22, 1853, dau. of Barak and Abigail Smith, of Needham, Mass. Lewis Monroe, d. July 36, 1841, a. 36 y. ; m. Ann, b. July 20, 1809 ; d. July 17, 1875, dau. of Abel and Lovina (Amadou) Angier, q.v. She m. (2d) Melvin Wilson, q.v. Ch. b. i.-ii. in Keene, iii. in F. I. Julia Ann M., b. 1833 ; d. Apr. 9, 1859 ; m. Hollis B. Day. 41 642 HISTORY OF jyiTZWILLIAM. 5 6 7 8 9 10 II. Adna Lewis Lysander, b. Oct. 3, 1835 ; m. Dec. 31, 1859, Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, 1839 ; d. Aug. 10, 1881, dau. of Willard and Mary' Henry, of Chesterfield, N. H. Ch. all b. in F. 1. Ellen Gertrude, b. Feb. 28, 1861 ; m. Frank 0. Green. 2. Willie Henry, b. Aug. 11, 1867. 3. Cora Belle, b. Dec. 30, 1869 ; d. Nov. 17, 1886. 4. Charles Adna, b. Oct. 37, 1873. 5. Maude M., b. June 10, 1877. 6. Son, b. Jan. 3, 1881. in. Charles R., d. Feb. 17, 1865, a. 36 y.; m. Ana L., b. Oct. 6, 184 1 ; d. May 19, 1864. Mass., and was 13. 1837, a. 78 1843. Ch. Thomas Mookb was from Marlboro, first taxed in P. in 1795. He d. Dec. y.; m. Polly Gibson, who d. May 3 (?), HI. -IV. b. and rec. in F. I. David, d. Oct. 3, 1866, a. 77 y.; m. Apr. 1, 1816, Joanna, d. Oct. 31, 1857, a. 63 y., dau. of Peter and Mary (Wilson) Preseott, q.v.; m. (3d) Apr. 4, 1859, Polly, b. Aug. 30, 1803, dau. of Silas and Betsey (Dunton) Woods, and wid. of John W. Fawcett, q.v. No rec. of ch., and the list here given may not be com- plete. 3 1. Lydia Fay, b. June 16, 1817 ; m. Joseph N. Bosworth, q.v. 4 3. David Thomas, b. Sept. 1, 1835 ; m. Philinda, b. Mar. 27, 1834, dau. of Paul and Lillis (Aldrich) Martin. 5 I 3. Sabra, d. Nov. 30, 1864, a. 36 y.; m. \ Leonard Byam, q.v. 6 I II. Rebecca, m. Jan. 15, 1831, David Heaton, of Keene. 3Aa»A' Jueu^ ."Vi^cu^ oia/, (Zii»M^ lidU*., 7 ! III. Josiali, b. Dec. 13, 1795 ; d. i^r. 38, 18S4 ; m. (/ Apr. 14, 1830, Martha J., b. July 13, 1808, dau. . of Levi and Eoxana (Amadon) Haskell. Ch. 1. Martha Adelia (adopted), b. Dec. 12, 1847 ; m. Wright W^hitcomb, q.v. IV. FoUy, b. July 18, 1799 ; m. Dec. 9, 1828, John Leathe, of Royalstoii, Mass. MORSE. I Samuel^ Mobse was b. in England in 1585, and came to this country in 1635. He lived in Dedham, Mass., and afterward in Medfleld, Mass., where he d. in 1654 ; m. Elizabeth . Their s.. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 643 2 Joseph", was b. in 1615 in England, and came over with his parents ; m. Hannah Phillips, and lived in M. Their s., 3 Capt. Joseph', b. Sept. 26, 1649 ; rem. to Sherborn, Mass., where he d. Feb. 19, 1818 ; m. Oct. 17, 1671, Mehetabel, dau. of Nicholas Wood. She d. Nov. 13, 1681, and he m. (3d; Apr. 11, 1683, Hannah Badcock, of Milton, Mass. She d. Nov. 9, 1711, and he m. f3d) May 17, 1713, Mrs. Hannah, wid. of Capt. Joseph Dyer, of Weymouth, Mass. He was a member of the Mass. Legislature and a leading man in all the affairs of the town. His s., 4 JambsS b. July 1, 1686 ; d. June 5, 1735 ; lived in S.; m. Ruth Sawin. Their s., 5 .Tames', b. Dec. 31, 1730 ; d. in S. in 1813 ; m. Grace, b. Oct. 18, 1715 ; d. Jan. 39, 1796, dau. of Ephraim and Ruth (Morse) Bullen, of S. He was a soldier in the French and Revolutionary Wars. His s., James, b. Feb. 16, 1746, settled in P. 9 10 11 13 (9) 13 li 15 16 17 18 James' Morse, b. Feb. 16, 1746 : came to F. ab. 1787, and soon settled on L 7 E 9, where he res. till he d., Apr. 7, 1805 ; m., 1769, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 3, 1750, dau. of Nathan and Bde (Partridge) Ballard, of Med- field, Mass. Ch. all rec. in F., i.-iv. as b. in HoUiston, Mass., v.-vi. in F. I. Uade (Edith?), b. June 3, 1774; m. Caleb Felch. (See Feleh Eegister, No. 5, iv.) II. Joseph, b. July 35, 1779. HI. Silas\ b. Aug. 13, 1783+. IV. Mittee, b. May 8, 1785. V. Asa, b. JixneS, 1788. VI. Nathan, b. Nov. 3, 1791. Silas' Mouse, b. Aug. 13, 1783 ; m. Dec. 30, 1807, Susannah, dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Bailey) Phillips^ g.v.; res. in F. till ab. 1811 ; then rem. to Sullivan, N. H., and at a later date returned to F., where he d. Jan. 13, 1859, and she d. May 5, 1868, a. 83 y. Ch. b. i.-ii in F., III. -IX. in S. I. James, b. Feb. 6, 1809. II. Mary Lorinda, b. Jan. 7, 1811 ; m. Thomas Forristall, q.v. III. Natlianiel, b. Feb. 25, 1813. IV. Ira L., b. Aug. 19, 1815 ; m. Aug. 10, 1853, in Gilsum, N. H., Sylvia Ann Cummings, b. Aug. 19, 1838, at Athol, Mass., dau. of Will- iam Frarv and Joanna (Davis) Cummings. Ch. b. 1 at Gilsum, 3 at F. 1. Ira Alfred, b. June 3, 1853 ; d. Aug. 11, 1865. 3. William Ansil, b. Jan. 30, 1863 ; d. July 30, 1865. 644 HISTOET OJb" FITZWILLIAM. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 V. Susanna, b. Jan. 21, 1818 ; m. David A. Eoundy, q.v. VI. Archibald, b. May 13, 1820. VII. Silas Abbot, b. Aug. 3, 1823 ; m. Sept. 12, 1855, Sarah E., b. 1833 ; d. July 20, 1877, dau. of Caleb and Louisa (Bowen) Boyce, g.v.j rem. to Eoyalston, No rec. of cb., but they had d. in F. 1. Etta Angeline, d. Dec. 15, 1863, a. 5 y. 11 mos. VIII. Nathan, b. Apr. 15, 1825. IX. Alexander, b. K"ov. 8, 1828. The members of this family have been noted for their general adherence to the Democratic Party in politics. Joseph Moese, prob. bro. of James, No. 6, was in P. perhaps as earlv as 1781 ; settled on L 9 R 8 ; left town ab. 1814 ; rem. to Brookfield, Vt. Ch. all rec. in F.; the name of his w. is not given. I. Joseph, b. Mar. 3, 1781 ; is taxed in F. 1805-08. II. John, b. Nov. 11, 1784. III. Elihu, b. Jan. 19, 1786. IV. Jerusha, b. Oct. 8, 1787 ; m. Abner Miles, q.v. V. Elijah, b. Oct. 2, 1789. VI. Lovina, b. Aug. 28, 1791.; VII. Elisha, b. Nov. 1, 1793. VIII. Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1795. IX. George Washington, 'b. July 31, 1798; d. Jan. 27, 1815. X. Betsey, b. Apr. 26, 1801. XI. Polly, b. Apr. 14, 1804. XII. Samuel, b. Oct. 24, 1807. Aaron Moese and w. Damaris were adm. to the chh. Feb. 19, 1775, and left town before 1793*. Ch. rec. in P. I. Artemas, bapt. June 23, 1776. II. Nathaniel, III. Eusebia, IV. Jonas, V. Abigail, VI. Aaron, VII. Nathaniel, d. July 26, 1780. Oct. 3, 1779. Sept. 30, 1781. Aug. 13, 1786. Nov. 23, 1788. JosiAH Moese, m. Sabary (Sabra ?) , of Eich- mond. He was taxed in P. 1807-14. Ch. rec. in P, as follows : 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 645 T. Philinda, b. Feb. 21, 1795. II. Lucy M., b. Apr. 27, 1797. III. Virgil, b. Aug. 10, 1800. IV. Josiah, \\ Dee. 30, 1803. V. Milton M., b. Apr. 2, 1806. VI. Eaehel, b. June 28, 1806 (1808?). Daniel Mokse, a native of Sturbridge, came to P. ab. 1797, and res. in town till be d., Oct. 1, 1812, a. 40 y. He m. Dec. 10, 1795, Lucinda, b. Mar. 22, 1772, dau. of Rev. Benjamin and Lucy (Morse) Brigham and wid. of Dr. Peter Clark Grosvener. I. Eliza, b. Sept. 13, 1796 ; m. Oct. 28, 1819, Ziba Baldwin, of Greenfield (Mass.?). II. Harding, b. Oct. 1, 1798 ; d. Mar. 18, 1802. III. Coring, b. Apr. 22, 1800 ; res. Acworth, JST. H. IV. Lemuel, b: Sept. 4, 1801. v.. Curtis, b. Oct., 1803. Jabez Morse, d. Jan. 26, 1845, a. 66. y. ; m. Aug. 11, 1799, Lucy, b. Oct. 13, 1781, dau. of John and Lucy (Brigham) Pay, g.v. 60 I. Benjamin Brigham, b. Sept. 27, 1799 ; m. Sept. 21, 1817, Grata, b. Mar. 25, 1801, dau. of Joel and Lvdia Whitney, q.v.; m. (2d) Nov. 25, 1847, Mary, b. Sept. 8, 1800, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Davis, q.v. 61 1. Eliza, b. Jan. 23, 1818. 62 2. Fanny, b. Apr. 15, 1821 ; m. Thomas Stratton Angier, q.v. 63 3. Emily, b. Oct. 28, 1823 ; d. Sept. 16, 1824. 64 4. Benjamin Willard, b. Oct. 2, 1828. 65 5. Levi, b. Mar. 28, 1832. 66 II. Olive C, b. Mar. 2, 1802 ; m. Mar. 16, 1826, John Field, of JafErey ; 'm. (2d) June 9, 1829, Washington Davis, of P. 67 III. Lucy, b. Sept. 22, 1804 ; d. Oct. 8, 1804. 68 IV. Edward F., b. Jan. 22, 1806. 69 V. Lucy, b. July 22, 1808 ; m. Amos Davis, q.v. 70 VI. John F., b. June 14, 1810 ; d. Oct. 9, 1830. 71 VII. Jahez, b. May 20, 1813 ; m. Mar. 14, 1838, Mary Jane, b. Nov. 20, 1815, dau. of Edward and Euth Perkins, of Jallrey. 72 1. John Frederick, b. Apr. 19, 1842. 73 VIII. Lovina, b. May 24, 1817. 74 IX. Thomas W., b. May 7, 1819 ; d. July 4, 1854, unm. 646 75 76 77 78 79 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 HISTOET OP FITZWILLIAM. X. Windsor Fay, h. Sept. 4, 1831 ; m. Mar. 38, 1853, Martha B., b. Jan. 30, 1833 ; d. May 29, 1874, dan. of John Abbot and Nancy (Wheelock) Cutter, of JafErey. 1. Ella M., b. June 35, 1853. 3. John A., b. Dec. 5, 1861. 3. Clara E., b. Sept. 30, 1863 : d. May 34, 1867. 4. Windsor E., b. Apr. 4, 1865. WiLLARD Newtok, of Southboro, Mass., m. Nov. 33, 1836, Lucinda, b. Mar. 24, 1805, dau. of Jesse and Khoda (Perry) Forristall, and settled in P. Lucinda d. Mar. 6, 1834, and he m. (3d) May 13, 1835, So- phronia, b. Aug. 13, 1801 ; d. Mar. 39, 1853, dau. of William S. and Polly (Locke) Whittemore, q.v. He was b. May 38, 1798 : d. Oct. 13, 1860. John Byam, q.v., m. his sister. Ch. all b. in P. I. Henri/, bapt. Peb. 17, 1838 ; d. Oct. 38 (?), 1856, in Berlin, Mass. II. Harriet, bapt. Mar. 18, 1830 ; d. Oct. 38, 1883 ; m. Oct. 11, 1860, James Harkness, b. Dec. 33, 1818, in Eichmond, s. of John and Han- nah (Bowon). Mr. H. came to P. ab. 1846, and, excepting a tew y., has res. in town since ; lives on the Calvin Smith place, L 10 R 13, s.p. III. Charles, bapt. Apr. 1, 1834 ; m. Dec. 14, 1867, Alicia M., b. Oct. 1, 1843, dau. of Milton and Caroline (Allen) Chaplin, q.v. 1. Infant, b. Jan. 16, 1873 ; d. Jan. 38, 1873. 3. Pred Allen, b. Jan. 13, 1873 (adopted). IV. Austin G., b. Aug. 11, 1836 ; d. May 35, 1837. V. Barrett W., h. Sept. 39, 1838 ; m. Sept. 13, 1859, Mandana L., b. Dec. 5, 1844, dau. of Elisha and Sarah Ann (Burgess) Harkness, of Richmond ; res. Arborville, Neb. Ch. b. 1-3 in P., 3-4 in Iowa, 5-6 in Nebraska. 1. Alice E., b. Mar. 35, 1861 ; d. Sept. 9, 1863. 3. Charles Eugene, b. Sept. 7, 1863. 3. Pred E., b. Jan. 18, 1868. 4. Edmund B., b. Nov. 4, 1871. 5. Willard A., b. Aug. 10, 1873. 6. Ernest H., b. Nov., 1879: VI. miily S., b. Jan. 15, 1841. VII. Willard A., b. Peb. 8, 1843 ; m. June 11, 1868, GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 647 17 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 Nellie Olive, b. Oct. 34, 1843, dan. of Clem- ent and Charlotte (Stover) Maxwell, of Ogun- quit. Me. 1. George Austin, b. Aug. 6, 1876 (adopted), Joseph Nichols, of Needljam, Mass., m. Oct. 28, 1755, Judith, b. July 6, 1735, dau, of Isaac and Anne Mixer, of Framiugham ; adm. to chh. in F. June 34, 1781, on letter from Fram. ; rem., prob. before 1789, to Westboro, Mass., where he d. Sept. 15, 1796, and w. Judith d. Aug. 21, 1796. He was taxed in F. 1788, on L 6 R 13. I. Joseph, b. Dec. 19, 1755 ; m. Aug. 36, 1779, Thankful, b. Apr. 19, 1760, dau. of Nathan and Thankful (Gibbs) Winch, of Fram. Joseph and w. were adm. to chh. in F., Sept. 22, 1783; rem. to Grafton, Mass. Ch. rec. in F. 1. Nancy, bapt. Sept. 33, 1783. 3. Gilbert, b. Sept. 13, 1781 ; bapt. Sept. 33, 1782. II. Anne, b. Nov. 30, 1757 ; m. Jesse Cheney, q.v. III. Forfunatus, b. Jan. 30, 1760 ; m. Sept., 1783, Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1763, dau. of Elijah and Abigail (Pepper) Clays, q.v.; res. Westboro, Solomon Nichols was taxed 5 y., 1802-06. Euth he had ch. rec. in F. I. Mary, b. July 9, 1801. II. Infant, d. Oct. 33, 1804. III. Luhe, b. Dec. 9, 1805. By w. I Francis Nurse lived in that part of Salem, Mass., which is now Danvers, where he d. Nov. 32, 1695, a. 77 y. He m. Rebecca, dau. of William Town. Though an honored member of the old chh. in S., she was involved in the witchcraft delusion. At her trial the evidence against her was so weak that the jury twice failed to convict, but on a third return to court she was brought in guilty. She was hanged July 19, 1692. It was afterward shown that from deafness she had failed toi comprehend the questions put to her. Their oldest ch., 2 John, lived in S.; m. (1st) Nov. 1, 1673, Elizabeth Smith; (3d) Aug. 17, 1677, Elizabeth Verry. His oldest ch., 3 John, b. Oct. 13, 1673 ; m. Feb. 31, 1700, Elizabeth, b. June 1, 1678, dau. of John Gale ; settled in Framingham before m. Their oldest ch., 4 John, b. Aug. 37, 1701 ; m. Bathsheba, dau. of John Rugg ; res. in Fram. ; late in life rem. to Waterford, Me. They had 9 ch., of whom the oldest was Joseph, b. Jan. 36, 1734. Their 3d ch., Sarah, b. Jan. 15, 1735, m. Joshua Harrington, q.v. 648 'HISTORY or FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22' 23 Joseph NrRSE, b. Jan. 26, 1724 ; m. Feb. 27, 1745, Sarah Walkup. It is not known -very definitely when the family came to P., but it was as early as 1776, and perhaps earlier. Mr. and Mrs. N. were recommended by the Fram. chh. Apr. 21, 1776, and received by the ehh. in F. July 14, 1776. They d. in F., Mr. ]S[.,Feb. 8, 1812, and Mrs, N., Aug. 27, 1784 ; res. in that part of F. now in Troy ; L 20 E 9. Ch. i.-vi. rec. in Hopkinton, Mass., vii.-ix. bapt. in Fram., x. added from History of Troy. Sarah, Molly, and Bathsheba appear to hare m. and settled in Mass. before the re- mainder of the family came to F. I. Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1747. II. MolU/, b. Sept. 15, 1749. III. Jonathan, b. Feb. 9, 1751 ; m. Thankful Hist, of Troy says in one place "moved to Oliio," in another, "settled in Putney." He left town ab. 1790 ; lived on L 16 K 5. Ch. b. and rec. in F. 1. Nabby, b. July 15, 1782. 2. David, b. Nov. 16, 1784. 3. Jonathan, b. Mar. 10, 1787. 4. Stephen, b. Aug. 4, 1789. IV. Bathsliela, b. Nov. 9, 1752. V. Joseph, b. June 13, 1755 ; m. Feb. 24, 1785, Mary Bruce, and settled in Dummerston, Vt. Ti. Hannah, b. Mar. 15, 1757 ; m. Dec. 19, 1782, Colman Sanderson. Hist. Troy calls his name Sanders, and states that they moved to Leverett, Mass. Tii. Reuben, bapt. June 7, 1761 ; m. Jerusha Bruce, who d. Mar. 3, 1791. He was recommended to the chh. in Leverett, Mass., Aug. 26, 1796, but prob. left town before 1793*. Ch. rec. in F. The 4th ch. was doubtless by a 2d m. after he left F. 1. Sally, b. Oct. 6, 1786 ; d. Mar. 13, 1789. 2. William Bruce, b. Aug. 3, 1788 ; d. Mav 14,1791. ' « ' ' 3. Sally, bapt. Aug. 1, 1790 ; d. Apr. 6, 1791. 4. Jerusha Bruce, bapt. Oct. 5, 1794. Tin. Ebenezer, bapt. June 19, 1763+. IX. Katy, bapt. Dee. 28, 1766 ; m. Apr. 17, 1783, in F., Eeuben Graves. X. Prudence, m. Moseman and moved to Ohio. (31) 24 35 36 27 28 39 30 31 33 33 34 35 36 37 GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 649 BiiENEZKK NunsB, b. June 9, 1763 ; bapt. June 19, 1763 ; d. Dec. 10, 1834 ; m. Priscilla Poor, of Eoyals- ton, b. Jan. 39, 1766 ; d. Apr. 26, 1844 ; lived on the home place. Gh. i.-viir. rec. in F., ix.-xi. added from Hist. Troy. The Hist. Troy states that " Bben- ezer TSfurse had eight children," and proceeds to give the names, dates of birth, etc., of eleven. I. Josiali, b. Oct. 18, 1785 ; ni. Feb. 6, 1811, Rhoda, dau. of Samuel and Bhoda (Johnson) Eockwood, q.v. II. Luther, b. July 16, 1787 ; m. ISTov. 13, 1811, Lucy, b. June 31, 1789, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Davis, q.v. Ch. rec. in F. 1. Eliza, b. Aug. 13, 1813. 3. Josiah, b. Oct. 1, 1813. III. Lucy, b, June 30, 1789 ; m. Moses Drury, q.v. IV. William, b. July 6, 1791 ; d. Dec. 14, 1791. V. SaraJ), b. ISTov. 25, 1793 ; m. May 9, 1831, Solo- mon Goddard and res. in Troy. VI. Selecty, b. Mar. 35, 1795 (Electa in Hist. Troy) ; m. Feb. 3, 1819, John Morse. VII. Joseph, b. Sept. 10, 1797 ; m. Mar. 11, 1835, Nancy Starkey. VIII. Asa, b. May 9' 1801 ; m., 1835, Olive Cum- mings. IX. Jerusha, b. Sept. 10, 1804 ; d. 1834. X. William, b. June 3, 1807 ; m., 1827, Charlotte Kimball. XI. Maria (twin), b. June 3, 1807 ; d. Feb. 10, 1833, unm. William Nurse was in F. as early as 1777, and left town in 1798 or early in 1799. (See list of Rev. soldiers, p. 340.) His name is in the town tax-lists 1793* to 1798, inclusive. In one place the Hist, of Troy names him among the ch. of Joseph, which evidently is not correct. He m. Apr. 37, 1780, Lydia, dau. of John and Mary (Joslin) Bruce, q.v. Ch. bapt. in F. Sarah, bapt, Aug. 31, 1785. Ruhamah, bapt. Aug. 31, 1785. William, " Polly, " Sept. 16, 1787. Infant, d. Mar. 11, 1793. Infant, d. Aug. 7, 1797. VII. Lydia, bapt. Nov. 4, 1798. Lucy, " " Joel, 38 I. 39 II. 40 III. 41 IV. 43 V. 43 VI. 44 VII. 45 VIII. 46 IX. 650 HISTOBT OF FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 GrEOEGB Newbuey Olmsted, b. in East Hartford, Ct., Aug. 37, 1805 ; d. Aug. 24, 1883 ; m. Sarah M., b. Aug. 27, 1807; d. June 29, 1882, dau. of Andrew and Nancy (May) Phillips, q.v.; settled in P. ab. 1832. I. George Andreiv, b. Aug. 12, 1828 : m. July 4, 1854, Ann G., b. Sept. 9, 1835, daa. of Thomas and Orinda (Whitcomb) Eugg, of Rindge ; res. Winchendon. No rec. of ch. but a dau. 1. Alice F., d. Sept. (5?), 1862, a. 7 y. 5 mos. II. Mary Fererlean, b. Nov. 21, 1829 ; m. Edwin Streeter, q.v. III. Osmond Brunson, b. Sept. 28, 1831. IT. Ashhel Forbes, b. Aug. 7, 1833 ; d. Apr. 10, 1838. V. William Henry, b. Oct. 28, 1835 ; d. Mar. 18, 1838. VI. Sarah Elizaletli, b. Sept. 4, 1837. VII. Eveline Delia, b. Aug. 12, 1839 ; m. Aug. 29, 1866, James P. Williams. VIII. Ashbel Forbes, b. Mar. 11, 1842 ; d. Jan. 29, 1843. IX. Lucia Maria, b. Sept. 5, 1843. X. Rosilla Cummings, b. Jan. 24, 1845 ; d. in Boston, Mass., May 8, 1884 ; m. Apr. 7, 1864, Edward A. Platts, of Pitchburg. XI. Loring Pearl, b. Nov. 22, 1846 ; m. May 27, 1875, Ida Emogene, b. Jan. 27, 1854, dau. of Charles and Charlotte M. (Scott) Byam ; res. Enfield, N. H. 1. Charles Byam, b. July 8, 1876. 2. Blanche May, b. Jan." 21, 1,882. XII. Emeline Melissa, b. July 11, 1848. XIII. Adaline Melicent (twin), b. July 11, 1848 ; m. William H. Holman, q.v. Matthew Osborn, from Hopkinton, Mass., came to P. as early as 1779 ; m. Jan. 2, 1781, Betsey, b. Jan. 5, 1756, dau. of Benjamin and Kezia (Munroe) Wetherbee, of Rindge ; settled on L 10 R 5. Mr. 0. d. May 12, 1841, a. 87 y. 6 mos. Mrs. 0. d. Sept. 30. 1818. Ch. all b. and rec. in P. I. John, b. Mar. 27, 1782 ; d. July 27, 1837. II. Josia/i, b. Mar. 30, 1784 ; d. Dec. 17, 1843 ; m. Huldah, d. Sept. 18, 1877, a. 91 v. 4 mos.. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 6dl 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 3 3 dan. of Ezekiel and Anna Collins ; lived on the home place. 1. Mary, b. July 11, 1805 ; m. Dana Davis. q.v. 2. Marinda, b. Not. 11, 1807 : m. David Taft, Jr., q.v. 3. Betsey, b. May 10, 1815 ; m. Charles Eeed, q.v.; (3d) Chancy Davis, Jr., q.v. III. Matiheio, b. June 30, 1787 ; d. Nov. 36, 1833 ; m. Apr. 6, 1809, Polly, b. June 9, 1788 ; d. May 4, 1873, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Har- ris) Stone. IV. Betsey, b. Nov. 21, 1790 ; d. Nov. 3, 1835, unm. V. Benjamin, b. Aug. 36, 1794 ; d. Mar. 18, 1836 ; m. Dec. 39, 1818, Naomi, d. Aug. 11, 1850, a. 61 y., dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Bailey) Phillips, q.v. Samuel Osborn was doubtless a bro. of Matthew, and came to P. at ab. the same time ; m. Nov. 23, 1781, Abigail Kemp. He d. July 18, 1798, and the family left town soon after. I. Polly, b. Sept. 18, 1782. II. Samuel, b. May 7, 1784: III. Jam.es, b. Sept. 36, 1786. IV. ZutJier, b. Dec. 33, 1788. V. Sally, b. Sept. 7, 1792. VI. Gilbert, d. Aug. 29, 1798. Isaac C. Park was taxed in P. 1842-51, inclusive. By w. Mary A. he had ch. rec. in P. I. Lelemain, d. Aug. 31, 1843, a. 3 y. II. Marcelia Lelemain, b. Dec. 31, 1843. A dau. of Mrs. Park by previous m. III. Elizaheth Wright, m. Daniel G. Carter, q.v. PARKER. 1 Thomas' Pahker, a. 30 y., came over from England in the " Susan and Ellen" in 1635 : settled first in Lynn, JIass., and rem. to Reading, where he was one of the founders of the chh. and a dea. ; d. Aug. 11, 1683 ; by w. Amy, who d. Jan. 15, 1690, he had 11 ch., of whom the 2d was 2 HANAOTAH^ b. 1638 ; d. Mar. 10, 1734 ; res. in R.; m. Sept. 30, 1663, Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Brown, who d. Feb. 27, 1698, and he m. (2d) Dec. 12, 1700, Mary, dau. of Wm. Barsham and wid. of Dea. John Bright. He had 8 ch., all by 1st m., of whom the 1st was 652 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 3 JoH^l^ b. Aug. 3, 1664 ; res. in R. and rem. to Lexington, Mass., where he d. Jan. 32, 1741 ; m. 1689, Deliverance . who d. Mar. 10, 1718. They had 6 cb., of whom the 3d was 4 Andkbw', b. Feb. 14, 1693 ; d. Apr. 8, 1776 ; res. in L.; m. Aug. 3, 1730, Sarah Whitney. They had 13 (?) ch., of whom was 5 AmosS b. July 37, 1733 ; d. Dec. 23, 1791 ; res. in L. and rem. to Shrewsbury, Mass.; m. 1745, Anna Stone, d. Nov. 18, '1799, a. 73 y. They had ch. b. in L. i. Anna ; ii. Amos ; iii. Isaac, b. in S. ; iv. HoUis ; T. Elisha ; vi. Ephraim, b. Oct. 4,, 1757, 6 ; vii. Nahum, b. Mar. 4. 1760-|- ; viii. Frederick ; ix. Betsey. All of the s. were out in the Revolutionary War except Frederick, the youngest. (5 VH) 9 10 11 la 13 U 15 16 17 18 Ephraim^ Parker, b. Oct. 4, 1757 ; d. Dec. 1, 1810. After res. a few y. in Royalston, came to P. in 1786, and settled on L 15 R 12 ; m. Abigail Baker, cousin of Abel Baker, who was one of the earliest settlers in the west part of the town. (Mrs. P. m. [2d] Mar. 24, 1814, Jonas Fav, of Mason, N. H. She d. Feb. 13, 1840, a. 82 y.) I. AhigaiT, b. Mar. 5, 1796 ; m. Joshua Worcester, q.v. Nahum" Parker, b. Mar. 4, 1760 ; d. Nov. 12, 1839 ; m. Aug. 11, 1783, Mary Deeth, of Gerry (Phil- lipston), Mass. She d. June 4, 1837, a. 77 y. After living a short time in G. and Shrewsbury, they came to P. early in 1786, and settled on L 13 R 1, which had been previously owned by Joshua Willard. Judge Parker was one of the most prominent and influential men in town. (See p. 421.) I. Hannali', b. Dee. 26, 1784 ; d. in Westmore- land ; m. Luna Fosteuf Jr., q.v. Austin, b. Jan, 24, 1787 ; d. in Westmoreland. Maria, b. July 6, 1789 ; m. June 1, 1814, Dr. Samuel Lane, a native of Swanzey, 'S. H. ; rem. to S., where both d. Amos Andreiu, b. Oct. 8, 1791+. EpTiraim^, b. Aug. 18, 1793 ; d. in Orange, Mass.; m. Dec. 7, 1816, Lucy. b. Juno 3, 1795, dan. of Oapt. David and Rath (Mellen) Stone, q.v. Ch. b. and rec. in P. 1. Julia Selina', b. May 18, 1817. 2. Alfred, b. Mar. 39, 1819. 3. Infant, d. Dec. 9, 1820. 4. Edward Nelson, b. Apr. 7, 1822. 5. Eliza Ann, b. Mar. 22, 1825 ; d. Apr. 8, 1826. Yi. Nahum, b. Mar. 16, 1797. II. III. IV. T. GENEAJ^OGICAL EEGISTER. 653 19 20 31 (11) 33 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30 31 (33) VII. Selina, b. Jnly 5, 1799 : m. John Damon, q.v. Yiii. Elmon, b. Jan. 20, 1803 ; d. in California. IX. Sidney, b. July 3, 1804 ; d. Apr. 26, 1815. Amos Anbkew' Pakkek, Esq., b. Oct. 8, 1791 ; m. Oct. 13, 1833, Miranda W., b. Apr. 16, 1796 ; d. Mar. 13, 1828, dait. of Daniel 0. and Anna Sanders, of Med- field, Mass.; m. {3d) Mary, d. Apr. 3, 1876, a. 81 y., dau. of Gen. Michael McClary, of Epsom, N. H. ; m. (3d) Apr. 9, 1879, Julia E. Smith, of Glastonbury, Ct., b. May 37, 1793 ; d. Mar. 6, 1886, She was one of the Smith sisters of G. who JJwere of considerable notoriety 20 y. ago for refusing to pay taxes because they did not have the privilege of voting. Esq. Parker is the oldest person now living who was b. in F. (See p. 437.) Res. Hartford, Ct. Ch. b. i. in Concord, JSr. H., II. in Med field, Mass., iii.-v. in New Market, N. H., Ti. in Kingston, K H., vii. in F. I. Oeorge W., b. Aug. 14, 1824+. II. Danid Olarlc Sanders, b. Sept. 2, 1836 ; d. June 15, 1845 ; drowned in Troy. III. Andrew, b. Mar. 3, 1828 ; m. Feb. 12, 1851, Laura A., b. May 2, 1829, dau. of Isaac and Frances (Stevens) Morse, of Winchendon ; res. Brooklyn, N. Y. " IV. Miranda S., b. ab. 1830 ; m. June (4?), 1855, Anson B. Smith, s. of Samuel. Mr. S. is a merchant in Winchendon, where they res. V. Charles H., b. ab. 1833 ; d. May 16, 1863, in the army ; m. Nov. (23?), 1859, Jane S., b. June 17, 1836 ; d. Jan. 6, 1863, dau. of James and Polly (Handy) iBallou, of Eich- mond. 1. Ada. VI. John McClary', b. Sept. 17, 1836 ; m. Oct. 17, 1865, Catherine A., b. June 25, 1840 ; d. Mar. 19, 1869, dau. of Capt. Jonathan S. and Abigail (Tower) Adams, q.v.; m. (2d) Sept. 31, 1870, Abbie H., b. Jan. 10, 1838, dau. of John and Jane S. (Eichardson) Kimball, q.v. 1. Helen Adams', b. Aug. 6, 1866. 2. Francis Richardson, b. July 19, 1873, VII. Mary Elizabeth, b. ab. 1839 ; d. July 17, 1870. George W.' Parker, b. Aug. 14, 1824 ; m. Oct. 36, 1848, Julia A., b. Nov. 2, 1828, dau. of Lyman and Julia (Chaplin) Deeth, q.v.; res. Halifax, Mass. Ch. 654 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 I. Ellen Miranda, b. July 17, 1849 ; m. June 20, 1871, Herbert 0. Keith, b. Oct. 18, 1848, s. of Freedon and Minerva (Holmes), of East Bridgewater, Mass., s.p.; res. B. B. II. Daniel Deeth, b. June 29, 1851 ; m. Mar. 20, 1877, Abby S., dan. of Martin and Jane (Standish) Holmes, of Halifax ; res. Gardner, Mass. Ch. b. in G. 1. Laura Abby", b. Oct. 17, 1878. 2. Daniel Holmes, b. Jan. 5, 1882. 3. Miriam Holmes, b. Jan. 18, 1885. 4. Daughter, b. Sept. 8, 1887. III. George Amos\ b. Apr. 28, 1853 ; m. Dec. 6, 1876, Jennie W., b. Oct. 12, 1851, dau. of Andrew and Harriet N. (Waterman) Rich- mond, of Halifax ; res. H. Ch. b. 1-2 in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 3 in H. 1. Arthur Vassar", b. Sept. 6, 1877. 2. Andrew Eichmond, b. June 13, 1881. 3. Kobert Lyman, b. July 16, 1886. IV. Caroline Sandera^ b. May 30, 1855 ; m. Oct. 26, 1880, Benjamin R Thrasher, of Halifax ; res. Gardner. Ch. b. in G. 1. Mertice Parker" Thrasher, b. Nov. 29, 188L 2. Francis Parker Thrasher, b. Aug. 10, 1884. V. Julia Frances, b. Apr. 28, 1861. 46 Abraham' Paekee, the emigrant ancestor of another line, came from England as early as 1644, prob. before that date, and lived in Woburn and Chelmsford, Mass.; by w. Rose Whitlock he had 10 ch., of whom the 6th was 47 Mo8BS% b. ab. 1657 ; d. Oct. 13, 1733 ; by w. Abigail Hildreth he had 7 ch., of whom the 3d was 48 Aarow', b. Apr. 9, 1689 ; d. Dec. 19, 1775 ; m. twice, and had 10 ch.; by 1st w., Abigail Adams, his 3d ch. was 49 SAMUEL^ b. Jan. 1, 1717 ; d. Aug. 17, 1795 ; m. 3 times, and had 10 oh.; his 3d ch. by 3d w., Mary (Proctor) Robbins, was 50 ABBL^ b. Mar. 35, 1753 ; rem. to Jafirey in 1780 and d. there May 3, 1831 ; by w. Edith Jewctt he had 9 ch., of whom the 5th was 5f AsA°, b. Mar. 13, 1786; d. Oct. 15, 1833; m. July 36, 1808, Fanny, b. Mar. 6, 1788 ; d. Jan. 4, 1866, dau. of Dr. Stephen and Nancy (Colburn) Jewett, of Rindge. Ch. i. Cal-in Jewett', b. Jan. 18, 1809, 52; II- Clementine, m. Dr. Daniel B. Cutter, the Historian of Jaffrey ; III. Adaline, m. Milton Kilburn, g.v.; iv. George S.; v. Columbus C. 53 Calvin J.' Parker, b. Jan. 18, 1809 ; d. Apr. 4, 1859, in Boston ; m. Abigail, dau. of Joel Kendall, of 53 54 55 56 1 2 9 10 GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEE. 655 Dublin ; came to F. ab. 1840, and rem. ab. 1846. Ch. b. I. in Jaflrey, ii. in Eindge, iii.-iv. in F. I. Joel KetidaW, b. Nov. 19, 1835 ; m. Clara C. Willard. II. Adaline Sophia, b. Mar. 18, 1839 ; m. Charles F. Gibson, of E., b. Jan. 10, 1839, s. of John A. and Mary Ann (Knowlton), of E. III. Mary Louisa, b. Apr. 17, 1841 : d. Sept. 23, 1866, in Worcester ; m. May, 1866, Joel Bullard. lY. Flora Etta, b. Oct. 33, 1843 ; d. July 25, 1866 ; m. 1865, Worcester. EiBUBEN Parmenter and w. Sarah had ch. rec. in F. I. Amos, bapt. July 7, 1776. II. Sarah, bapt. June 21, 1778. Capt. Samuel Patch and w. Lydia were adm. to the chh. in F. July 10, 1788, on letter from the chh. in Stow, Mass. After -living a few y. in the Spinney house at the north village they settled on L 15 E 10. He d. Feb. 15, 1817, a. 87 y. She d. Dec. 22, 1820, a. 74 y. Capt. Patch commanded a company from Acton in the Eev. War, and was at the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. The youngest ch., Jacob, is the only one reo. in P. It is believed that Oliver was the oldest ch., but the correct order of the others cannot be given. Samuel was the only one who res. in F. I. Oliver. II. Abraham. III, John. IV. Samuel, m. Jan. 30, 1805, Betsey, b. Sept. 7, 1778, dau. of Daniel and Hannah Mellen, q.v. No b. of ch. rec, and the following list is doubtless incomplete : 1. Maria, b. June 5, 1806 ; d. Feb. 10, 1838 ; m. Apr. 20, 1837, Dea. Peter Farwell, of Leoniinster, Mass. ; his 2d w. He was b. June 24, 1800, s. of Simeon and Hepzibah (Farwell), of Fitchburg, Mass. 2. Eliza, d. Aug. 26, 1831, a. 23 y., unm. 3. Samuel, d. June 24, 1812, a. 5 mos. 4. Charles, m. Sept. 17, 1811, Eliza Howe. V. Lydia, m. Feb. 36, 1805, Joseph Church, of Templeton, Mass. 656 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 11 12 vr. VII. Susanna, m. Sept. 17, 1811, John Anderson, of T. Jacoi, b. Feb. 25, 1789 ; m. Mar. 13, 1817, Eliza, b. Apr. 28, 1797, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Sweet) Harkness, of Richmond ; lived in R., Templeton, Swanzey, and in Eitchburg, where both d.; they had 9 ch. PATEIOK— KILPATRICK. I Thomas Kilpatrick came from Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland, to Boston in 1718 ; rem. to Maine, finally settling in Biddeford, where he d. in 1763, a. 84 y. He had several ch., one of whom, g 2 A.NDEBW, returned from Maine and settled in Dedham, Mass.; prob. d. there. He had 5 ch. or more, of whom the oldest was Samuel, b. 1733, 3- 6 7 8 9 10 Samuel Kilpatrick, or Patrick, as he called his name in later life, res. in Stoiighton, Mass., afterward in Eitchburg, and rem. ab. 1773 to E., settling on L 17 R 5 ; rem. in Dec, 1809, to JafErey, where he d. Aug. 6, 1817, a. 84 y. ; m. (1st) Jerusha Harris, who d. Nov. 13, 1780 ; (2d) Mrs. Relief Oakes, of Winchendon, who d. Apr. 27, 1819, a. 83 y., prob. in E., as the death is rec. in E. and not in J. The dwelling-house of Mr. P. was consumed by fire in 1784, at which time he was town clerk. The book of Town Meeting Records was rescued in a badly damaged condition, but about all the other town papers were destroyed. The name is Kilpatrick in both town and chh. rec. till ab. 1777, after which time it is Patrick. Ch. last 3 b. in E. and bapt. rec. in chh. rec. I. Safnuel, b. Apr. 29, 1764 ; d. in JafErey, Jan. 10, 1833 ; m. Dec. 27, 1792, Sarah Davison, of Peterboro, who d. Jan. 25, 1824, a. 58 v., and he ra. (2d) Ann, b. 1776 ; d. Oct. 24, 1853, dau. of Erancis and Anna Wright, of J. Bapt. of first 3 ch. rec. in F. 1. Joel Oakes, b. Nov. 8, 1793 ; m. Sally, dau. of Roger and Elizabeth (Rich) Brigham ; res. in J. 2. Samuel, b. Dec. 3, 1795. 3. William Wright, b. Dec. 2, 1797. 4. Sally, b. May 5, 1800 ; m. Jonathan Jewett Baeou, of J. 5. Relief, b. Dec. 6, 1803 ; m. Perkins Bigelow, of J. 6. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 24, 1809. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 657 II. Rnfus, b. May 4, 1766 ; d. Sept. 12, 1797 ; m. Aug. 24, 1788, Eunice Badger ; settled on L 7 R 4 ; rem. to J. III. Betsey, b. Dec. 22, 1770 ; m. Edward Kelley, q.v. IV. Daniel, b. Nov. 6, 1772 ; m. Susannah McLean ; res. Hinesburg, Vt. V. Sally (twin), b. Nov. 6, 1772 ; d. July 30, 1865 ; m. Oct. 9, 1793, Whitcomb French, b, Oct. 26, 1767, s. of John and Mary (Whit- comb), of Dublin ; res. Dublin and Marl- boro ; had 9 ch., of whom the oldest, Whit- comb French, Jr., kept a hotel in F. VI. Hannah, b. Feb. 12, 1774 ; d. Dec. 17, 1831 ; m. Ppb. 3, 1802, John McLean, of Lyme, N. H., and res. there. VII. Dolly, b. Aug. 23, 1776 ; d. Jan. 30, 1856 ; m. (1st) David Goodell, of L.; (2d) Asahel Gilbert, vm. Abigail, b. Oct. 23, 1780 ; d. Dec. 18, 1780. Edwakd Payson settled on L 4 E 8. He was an early settler, but it is not known definitely when he came to P. The family left town ab. 1797. He is not taxed after 1797. By w. Eunice he had eh. all b. in F. I. David, b. Aug. 30, 1782. II. Luke, b. Mar. 9, 1784 ; d. Apr. 25, 1784. III. Luke, b. Apr. 27, 1785 ; d. Aug. 16, 1786. IV. Elizabeth, b. May 13, 1787. V. Edward, b. Aug. 19, 1789 ; d. Mar. 19, 1790. VI. Edivard, b. Nov. 28, 1791. VII. Harriet, b. Sept. 26, 1794. VIII. Mary Ctmningham, b. May 20, 1797. Elihu Penniman came toF. from Peterboro, N. H., ab. 1802. ■ The History of P. gives no account of his ancestry, and no information concerning it has been obtained from any other sources. He d. Nov. 1, 1835. a. 84 y. His w. "Euth, d. Dec. 16, 1834, a. 84 y. Of his ch. Adam settled in P., Elihu came to F. ab. 1815 ; the daughters came in 1802. I. Adam, h. 1779 ; m. Feb. 26, 1801, Phebe, dau. of Kelso and Phebe Gray, of P. Mr. P. d. Apr. 21, 1860, a. 81 y. Mrs. P. d. Jan. 21, 1863, a. 84 y. They had 3 ch., all of whom d. in infancy. II. Euth, m. John Potter, q.v. III. Sally, d. in Brattleboro, Vt., May 4, 1863. 42 658 HISTORY OF FITZWILIIAM. 9 10 (8) 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 31 23 33 34 IV. Betsey, d. in B., June 3, 1853. Sally and Betsey were interred in F. T. Susan, m. Jnde Damon, q.v. VI. Elihu, m. Mar. 10, 1808, Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 1779 ; d. Dec. 39, 1834, dau. of Dea. Chris- topher and Bethiali (Hunt) Thayer, of P.; may have had other ch. between the two named here ; if so, they d. y. 1. Joseph Adams, b. in P., Dec. 28, 1808+. 2. Infant, b. in F. : d. Nov. 4, 1818. VII. William, b. Aug. 5, 1793 ; d. in New York State, Dec, 1873. (See Chap. XVI.) Joseph Adams Penniman, b. Dec. 28, 1808 ; d. 1871 ; m. Apr. 17, 1838, Catherine, b. Aug. 25, 1815, dau. of Paul and Abigail (Dudley) Loker, of Wayland, Mass. In the spring of 1846 all the family rem. to Brattleboro, Vt., and a few y. later from thence to Bowen's Prairie, la. Ch. b. i.-iii. in F., iv. in B., v.-vi. in B. P. I. Sarah Thayer, b. Mar. 7, 1839 ; m. Mar. 14, 1866, Chauncy C. Perley, b. Oct, 16, 1841 ; d. Mar. 16, 1879. s. of Moses and Louisa (Childs), of B. P. Mrs. P. res. in Monti- cello, la. Ch. all b. in B. P. 1. James Adams Perley, b. Jan. 23, 1867. 2. Catherine Louisa Perley, b. Nov. 7, 1868. 3. Chauncy Burton Perley, b. July 31, 1871. 4. William Perley, b. July 13, ' 1874 ; d. Dec. 30, 1876. 5. Sarah Perley, h. July 31, 1877 : d. July 17, 1878. ■ II. Charles Gilman, b. Oct. 16, 1840 ; m. Dec. 4, 1865, Ada M. Howard, of Scranton, (la. ?), b. Apr. 37, 1842 ; res. S. ' III. Catherine, b. Aug. 30, 1845 ; d. July 34, 1846. IV. Frederick Adams, b. May 25, 1854 ; m. Nov 25, 1875, Ophelia, b. Apr. 1, 1855, dau. of T. M. and Frances L. Hicks, of B. P.; res. Golden, Dak. Ch. b. 1-2 in B. P., 3 in G. 1. Charles H., b. Feb. 11, 1877. 3. Rae, b. Aug. 13, 1879. 3. Berneice, b. July 15, 1885. V. Clara Elizabeth, b. Ma'r. 7, 1859 ; m. Mar. 7, 1883, M. M. Hitchcock, of Mitchell, Dak., b. Mar. 7, 1856 ; res. U. 1. Louise Hitchcock, b. Apr. 13, 1883. GEWEALOGICAL EEGISTEK. 25 VI. Carrie Louise (twin), b. Mar. 7, 1859 ; d. Mar. 1861. I William Pbhham, b. Oct. 13, 1777 : m. Persia Sargent, b. Aug. 2, 1781, and lived iu, Winchester, N. H., where he d. July 11, 1825, and she d. July 11, 1829. Four of their eh., as hereafter noticed, settled in F., and two others, Orange and Reuben, res. here for shorter periods of time. Orange Perham d. in F., Oct. 28, 1857, a. 48 y. 10 11 12 13 14 William Perham, s. of William and Persis, b. Dec. 19, 1804, in Spencer, Mass.; d. Apr. 24, 1878, in P.; ni. Nov. 14, 1835, in Winchester, Caroline, b. Apr. 22, 1800, in St. Johnsbury, Vt. ; d. Oct. 4, 1879, in P., dan. of Reuben and Hannah (Pratt) Alexander ; settled in P. on L 17 R 4, where Jabez Morse had previously lived. Ch. b. in W. I. Sofhronia Alexander, b. N"ov. 13, 1838 ; m. Harvey A. Clark, q.v. Stephen Perham, another s. of William and Persis, d. Feb. 5, 1858, a. 52 y. ; m. Lucretia Knapp, b. Sept. 36, 1809, in Dover, Vt.; settled on L 18 R 8. the Holnian or Hemenway place. Ch. b. in P. I. Cliarles Henry, b. Aug. 23, 1842 ; d. Sept. 16, 1877 ; m. Jan. 21, 1864, Helen P., b. June 19, 1846 ; d. May 30, 1868, dau. of Thomas L. and Nancy (Brooks) Pelch,-^'.^. 1. Alice Maud, b. Aug. 28, 1865. II. Frank Leroy, b. Sept. 11, 1846 ; m. Dec. 31, 1867, Ellen Louisa, b. Dec. 29, 1848 ; d. Aug. 29, 1881, dau. of Asa and Louisa (Stone) Wood, of Troy ; m. (2d) June 18, 1885, Emma Jane, b. June 28, 1854, dau. of David S. and Marinda M. (Creed) Derby, of Marlboro. 1. Myrtie Emma, b. Aug. 24, 1881. III. Rocena Palmer, b. Peb. 5, 1851 ; m. Oct. (30?), 1866, Edward Alonzo Nutting, b. Mar. 30, 1844, s. of Charles and Nancy S. (Towns) Nutting, of Jaffrey. 1. Etta Maud Nutting, b. Aug. 4, 1874. 2. Alta Nay " b. Mar. 11, 1877; d. Aug. 7, 1880. 3. Myrtie L. Nutting, b. (1879 ?) 5: Daughter f(*^'"«)'b- Sept. 10, 1882 ;d. Sept. 23, 1882. 660 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 15 16 17 18 19 ai 33 33 24 25 36 Stlvanus Perha>i, another s. of William and Persis. d. Feb. 1, 1874, a. 66 y.; m. Betsey E., b. Nov. 3, 1815 ; d. Oct. 1, 1857, dan. of Luther and Sibel (Fiske) Damon, q.v.; m. (3d) Dec. 31 (?), 1860, Mary, dan. of Zalmon and Phebe (Holt) Howe, and wid. of Harvey Blanding, both q.v. Mr. P. was first taxed in F. in 1830, and rem. to Troy in 1857. No rec. of the family, and the following list "of eh. may not be complete : I. Bosnia, b. ab. 1834 ; m. Oct. 31, 1854, Charles B. Wright, of T. II. Ellen R., b. ab. 1836. III. Mary F., b. ab. 1838. IV. Willard S., b. ab. 1840. V. Clara M., b. ab. 1843. VI. Betsey Grace, b. Apr. 16, 1845 ; m. (1st) D. Henry Eeed ; m. (2d) Wyman S. White, both q.v. VII. Walter, b. June 16, 1855 ; d. Jan. 5, 1860. Joel Perham, another s. of William and Persis, b. June 3, 1817 ; m. Aug. 32, 1843, Betsey, b. May 17, 1834, dau. of Xahum and Susanna (Townsend) Howe, q.v. Ch. b. in F. I. George, b. Jan. 26, 1846 ; d. Feb. 18, 1846. II. Sarah Howe, b. Mar. 31, 1847 ; m. Albert F. Wilson, q.v. III.. Ahin Joel, b. Mar. 24, 1858 ; m. Jan. 1, 1883, Nellie M., b. July 31, 1861, dau. of Warren and Elizabeth (Burnett) Swan, of Winchester. PERKINS. I -John' Perkins, with w. Judith and 5 ch., from England, arrived at Boston, Feb. 5, 1631 ; settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1633 ; had 1 ch. b. in this country. The family tradition is that they came from Newent, in Gloucestershire. Their 2d ch., 2 Thomas", settled in Topsfield, Mass., and m. Phebe Gould. They had 6 ch., of whom the 3d was 3 Elisha', b. ab. 1656 ; m. (1st) Catherine Towne ; (3d) wid. Eliza- beth (Knight) Towne. He had 9 ch., of whom the youngest was /]. Joseph*, b. May 10, 1703 ; m. Nov. 20, 172T, Mercy Dorman ; m. (3d) Jlercy Robinson ; rem. from T. to Methuen, Mass., in 1753. He had 8 ch., of whom the 7th was 5 Capt. Joseph'', b. July 16, 1744 ; rem. from M. in 1778 to Jaflrey, where he d. Jan. 38, 1831 ; m. Oct. 81, 1765, Ruth Clark, of Salem, Mass., who d. Oct. 33, 1815, a. 74 y. Ch. i. Robinson, b. Dec. 32, 1766, 6 ; II- Moses, b. Dec. 13, 1768 ; m. twice, and had 11 ch. ; ui. Molly, b. Feb. 17, 1771 ; m. Oliver Bayley, and had 8 ch.; iv. Edward, GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 661 b. Aug. 31, 1774; m. Ruth Gordon, and had 10 ch. ; v. John; vi. Joseph ; yii. Elizabeth ; Tin. Ruth, b. Nov. 16, 1782 ; m. Capt. John Stone, q.v. 10 11 12 13 14 15 1,6 17 (9) Robinson' Perkins, b. Deo. 33, 1766 ; d. Feb. 30, 1847 ; m. Mar., 1793, Peddy, b. Nov. 15, 1771, dan. of Stephen and Lucy (Fisher) Shepardson. of Guilford, Vt. She d. Dec. 3, 1838, .and he m. (2d) 1843, Deb- orah, b- Au^. 27, 1785, dau. of Josiah and Sarah (Bowers) Ingalls, q.v., and wid, of Eev. Charles Mavory. She d. Feb. 16, 1872, in Rindge, at the home of her dau. Mr. P. rem. from Jaffrey to F. in 1810. He was a clockmaker and silversmith. I. Jared\ b. Feb. 12, 1793+. II. Lucinda, b. June 14, 1796 ; m. Daniel Spauld- ing, q.v. III. John, b. Sept. 16, 1801 ; d. Sept. 6, 1833 ; m. Dec. 31, 1830, Harriet F., b. June 35, 1804. dau. of Joel and Rebecca (Tower) Hayden^ q.v. She m. (2d) Benjamin Fay, q.v., andd. Feb. 8, 1853. Mr. P! was in trade with his brother-in-law, Daniel, from 1836 or 1827 till his d. 1. Helen Rebecca', b. Jan. 16, 1833, IV. Nancf, b. Oct. 26, 1807 ; d. Oct. 19, 1875, in Waltham, Mass.; m. July 21, 1831, Dr. Gideon 0. Noble, b. June 6, 1803, in Norfolk^ GL; d. Sept. 6, 1879, in W.,-s. of Matthew^ Noble, of Willington, Ct., and Hadassah Tucker, of Chesterfield, Mass. Ch. b. 1-3 in F., 4 in Fitchburg, 5 in Harvard, Mass. 1. Isabella Gray Noble, b. Nov. 1, 1834 ; d. Sept. 16, 1836. 3. John P. NoUe, b. July 27, 1837 ; m. June 12, 1864, Eleanor Foster, of Shirley, iilass. ; res. Waltham. 3. George H. Noble, b. Jan. 24, 1841 ; m. Jan. 10, 1866, Mary A. Rice, of Wor- cester, Mass. ; res. Providence, R. I. 1. Edith M. Noble, b. Feb. 1, 1876. 4. Emma C. Noble, b. Mar. 2, 1843 ; d. May 15, 1863. 5. Charles F. Noble, b. Oct. 19, 1850 ; d. July 17, 1851. Dr. Jaked' Perkins, b. Feb. 12, 1793 ; d. Oct. 7, 1824; m. Mar. 1, 1819, Sarah, b. June 13, 1795 ;,d. Nov. 29, 1877, dau. of Joel and Lncy (Flint) Hayden, 662 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. q.v. She m. (3d) Edward Bailey, of Jaffrey, s. of Oliver and Molly (Perkins). 18 I. William, d. Aug. 13, 1831, a. 3 y. 6 mos. 19 II. Jared Daniel, m. Sarah Ann, b. Sept. 7, 1831, dau. of Josiah and Lydia (White) Amadon, q.v. J res. Bellows Falls, Vt. Oh. b. in P. 20 1. Sarah Adaliza, b. Mar. 25, 1844; m. Dec. 13, 1876, Lavant M. Read, s. of Charles D. and Olive (Willard) ; res. B. F. PERRY. Among the early emigrants from England to Massachusetts there were at least three by the name of Perry, apparently representing as many ditferent families. One of the number, I John' Pekrt, came over with the Eev. John Elliot, in 1631, and settled in the town of Roxbury, where he became a member of the Chh. of the Apostle to the Indians. His s., 2 John'', b. in 1639 ; d. prior to 1715 ; res. in Sherborn, Mass.; m. May 33, 1665, Bethiah, b. 1648 ; d. 1717, dau. of Daniel and Lydia (Fisher) Morse, of S. Their s., 3 Joseph", b. Aug. 35, 1664 ; m. Apr. 36, 1698, Martha Lovet, and res. in S. Their s., 4 David', b. Apr. 33, 1706; d. Sept. 37, 1793; m. Mary , d. Jan. 39, 1791, a. 79 y. ; res. Sherborn. They had 10 eh., of whom 3 sons, David^ b. Apr. 33, 1753, 5, and Simeon", b. Jan. 10, 1757, 6, set- tled in F. A dau., Desire, m. John Cloise or Clays, a cousin of Capt. Elijah Clays, who settled in P. H David" Perry, b. Apr. 33, 1753 ; d. Sept. 30, 1776, in the Revolutionary "War, at Fort Independence, N. Y.. of dysentery. It is the family account that he was drafi;ed into the service, but as no public rec. have been found of any draft, it was probably a local arrangement, agreed upon as being the most satisfactory way of de- ciding who should go. He was of large and powerful frame, tradition stating that he was the strongest man in his regiment. He was m. Aug. 19, 1773, at Framing- ham, Mass., by Rev. Elijah Brown, to Sarah Fisher, of Fram. (After the d. of Mr. Perry the wid. m. Francis Fiillam, q.v.) Mr. P. came to F. soon after his m. and settled on L 3 R 7, which he bought of Stephen Cole. As the deed is dated June 1, 1772, it is prob. that he had been in F. before m., though in the rec. of the m. in Fram. he is called of Sherborn. I. Sarah", b. May 16, 1774 ; m. Josiah Newton Brigham, q.v. WILLIAM FISHER PERRY PHOTO- aRAVURH CO., N DAVID PERRY. PHOTO-ORAVURB 00., N. Y. (13) 17 18 19 30 21 23 33 24 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 663 II. Capt. William Fisher^ b. Feb. 9, 1776 ; d. iMar. 18, 1871 ; m. July 1, 1803, Hanriab, b. Mar. 13, 1777 ; d. Oct. 37, 1845, dan. of Levi and Tabitha (Hardy) Brighatn, of F. Capt. P. was prominent in obtaining tbe Charter of the Fitzwilliarn Artillery Company in 1807, and at the organization of the Company he was commissioned first lieutenant. At a later date he was captain of the Company. About 1816 he settled on L 14 R 3, formerly owned by Esq. Kendall, where he passed the re- mainder of his life. The portrait of him shown here was copied from a picture taken when he was 93 y. old. 1. Infant', d. Sept. 19, 1803. 3. David, b. Oct. 14, 1804; d. Oct. 1, 1813. A son, b. Nov. 37, d. Dec. 4, 1806. 4. Sally, b. Oct. 30, 1807 ; d. Oct. 33, 1813. Tabitha, b. Dec. 6, 1809 ; d. Oct. 13, 1813. William, b. Jan. 9, 1813+. David, b. May 4, 1814+. Sarah, b. July 16, 1816. Charles, b. Nov. 33, 1818+. William' Pekrt, b. Jan. 9, 1813 ; d. May 35, 1863, at Boston, Mass.; interred at F. ; m. May 30, 1841, at Gardiner, Me., Harriet, b. July 16, 1816, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Jewett) Springer, of Gr. Ch. b. I. at F., the others at Boston. I. Edgar William^ b. Mar. 30, 1843 ; d. Apr. 37, 1843. II. Hannah Elizabeth, b. June 30, 1843 ; m. George A. Smith. 1. Helen Campbell* Smith. 3. Ann Rockwell III. Maria Marshall, b. Apr. 5, 1845 ; d. Apr. 11, 1845. IV. William Henry, b. Oct. 11, 1847 ; served in the War of the Rebellion in 43d Reg. Mass. Vols.; d. in Boston, Nov. 17, 1864, of disease contracted in the army ; interred in F. V. Sarah Ellen, b. Nov. 11, 1853 ; m. Oct. 10, 1885, Warren S. Locke. VI. Frederic Gardiner', b. Jan. 13, 1858 ; gradu- ated with honor at Harvard in the class of 10 3. 11 4. 13 5. 13 6. 14 7. 15 8. 16 9. 664 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 25 (14) 26 27 28 29 30 (16) 31 32 33 34 (4-6) 1879 ; was* elected on the Class Committee ; m. Dee. 10, 1884, Annie E. Mosely ; res. Weston, Mass. 1. Fred G.=, b. Dec. 7, 1885. David' Perry, b. May 4, 1814 ; m. May 4, 1847, Sophia, b. July 11, 1821 ; d. May 16, 1872, dau. of Nathaniel and Eliza S. Kenniston, of Gardiner, Me. Prom 1845 to 1865 he occupied the Cheshire Hotel, which he made a popular and successful house ; was captain of the Artillery Co. 1845-46. In 1866 rem. to Weston, Mass., where he still res. Ch. all b. in P. I. DaugJiter^ b. Feb. 28, 1848 ; d. Feb. 29, 1848. II. Frcmk D., h. Apr. 24, 1849. III. Hattie S., b. Jan. 23, 1852. IV. George S., b. Nov. 14, 1855 ; m. Oct. 9, 1883, Charlotte Johnson. He is in business in Boston — a dealer in school supplies. V. Henry W., b. July 15, 1857. Charles' Perry, b. Nov. 22, 1818 ; m. Mar. 31, 1847, Maria, b. Jan. 24, 1826, dau. of Calvin and Deb- orah (Brewer) Bemis. (See Brewer, No. 10.) Mr. P. has always lived on the home place, and is a highly prosperous and successful farmer. He has not found it necessary to leave the hills of New Hampshire in order to get a living. I. Calvin Brighanf, b. Jan. 27. 1848 ; m. Nov. 10, 1870, Julia E., b. Nov. 27, 1847, dau. of Abner and Elizabeth (Bailey) Gage, q.v. Mr. P. is a merchant, and postmaster at Fitz- william Depot ; commenced business in 1868 in partnership with Daniel R. Spaulding ; has continued alone since 1875. 1. William Fisher", b. Dec. 5, 1872. 2. Walter Gage, b. June 13. 1874. II. Charles William, b. Mar. 3, 1855 ; d. Oct. 22, 1879, from the kick of a horse. He was a young man of much promise. SiMEON= Perry, b. -Jan. 10, 1757 ; d. Dec. 22, 1831 ; m. Hannah Barnes, of Belchertown, Mass., b. July 17, 1763; d. Mar. 20, 1824; m. (2d) Comfort , who d.. July 3, 1831, a. 64 y.; came to P. before 1785, and settled on L 3 E 7. Ab. 1790 he sold this lot to Nathaniel Grover, and a little later bought L 6 R 10 i of Silas Cobum. The family left town ab. 1804, but CHARLES WILLIAM PERRY. PHOTO-GRAVURE CO., « T CHARLES PERRY. PHOTO -aRAVTJRH CO.. c X GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 665 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 late in life Mr. P. and 3d w. returned, and both d. in P. Mr. P. and w. Hannah were adm. to the chh. in F. Sfipt. 14, 1788, and at his d. he left the balance of his property, after paying his debts, to the chh. of which he had been for so long time a member. The amount re- ceived was $406.38. Ch. all b. and rec. in F., but none of them settled in town. I. David", b. Feb. 16, 1785 ; d. Apr. 34, 1785. II. Stisea, b. Dec. 17, 1786 ; m. Jeremiah Jenks, of Belchertown, Mass., where she d. Feb. 38, 1863. III. Samuel, b. May 1, 1789 ; d. July 35, 1870 ; m. Abigail Chase, of Sutton, Mass. IT. David, h. Aug. 10, 1791 ; d. Apr. 34, 1793. V. Simeon, b. Apr. 4, 1793 ; d. Feb. 38, 1835. VI. Rebpcca, b. Jan. 4, 1796 ; m. Morgan Bent, of Palmer, Mass.; rem. to Jackson, 0., where she d. Tii. Mary, b. Nov. 18, 1798 ; d. Apr. 18, 1800. VIII. Daniel, b, Mar. 10, 1801 ; d. Oct. 14, 1861. 43 Thomas Perky lived in Koyalston, and the Royalston CcDtennial refers to his s. Micah, Thaddevis, and Asa as also living in that town. Another s., Oliver, lived a few y. in F. and rem. to Concord, Vt. 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 53 Mtcah Perry, s. of Thomas, was in P. before 1790, settling on L 4 R 13, He res. in town till ab. 1818, when he returned to Royalston. He m. Betsey . Six ch. II. -IV. and VL-viii. are rec. in F. I. Bhoda, b. Nov. 30, 1785 ; m. Jesse Forristall, Jr. q.v. II. Lucinda, b. July 32, 1787 ; d. July 3, 1799. III. Micah, b. Mar. 11, 1789 ; drowned' in Swanzey. IV. Elislia, b. Nov. 25, 1790 : m. June 35, 1813, Diana, dau. of Jacob and Rhoda (Bump) Boyce, of I'ichmond ; res. in R. till ab. 1840, when 1e rem. to State of New York. 1. Louisa, n. Henry Handy, b. 1814, s. of George and Ruth (Estes), of R. ; res. N. Y. 3. Jacob B. m. Hannah, b. Apr. 38, 1830 ; d. 187£ dau. of Enoch and Rebecca (Williats) Sprague, of R. 3. Diana. 4. LvsHnder,rn. Prudence A. Sprague, b. Nov. 1, 831 ; d. 1866, sister of Han- nah, abo^. V. Jonas, b. 1793 (i) prob. d. y. 666 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 54 VI. Betsey, b. Feb. 13, 1794; m. June Q, 1815, Samuel Morse, of Hnbbardston, Mass. 55 Tii. Abigail, h. Oct. 19, 1796 ; m. Benjamin Wilson, q.v. 66 Tin. Polly, h. Nov. 25, 1799 ; m. Joseph Stone, q.v. 57 William Perry, a native of Dorchestei', Mass., and family, settled in F. ab. 1843. His w. was Tamar (Whicini;), a native of Hingham, Mass. He d. Dec. 27, 1863, a. 82 y.; she d. Nov. 8, 1847, a. 59 y. Their dau., Mary Stone Perry, m. Samiwl Williams, of D., Nov. 4, 1844. Their s. Thomas, b. Sept. 27, 1833, settled i.i F. 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 69 70 Thomas Perry, b. Sept. 27, 1823, in Burlington, Vt.; m. Sept. 27, 1848, Susan, b. Sept. 27, 1834, dau. of Levi and Mary (Blodgett) Whittemore, of Troy. Ch. b. III. and it! in Wethersfield, Vt., all the others in F. I. Mary W., b. June 27, 1849 ; m. John Henry Drury, q.v. II. Susan A., b. Feb. 7, 1852 ; m. Nov. 3, 1875, Emory Schu\ler Ilaradon, s. of Rev. John S. and Caroline H. (Merrill) Haradon, of Jaf- frey ; res. Gardner, Mass. 1. Mary Alice Haradon. 2. John Haradon. 3. Edith III. Tlwmas F., b. Mar. 5, 1854 ; m. Nov. 25, 1879, Emma I., dau. of Eli S. Richards, of Win- chendon ; res. U'aterville, Mass. IV. John F. (twin), b. Mar. 5, 1854. V. William H., b. Feb. 15, 1856. VI. Emma E., b. Oct. 27, 1857 ; m. Charles P. Bosworth, q.v. \ VII. Sara T., b. Jan.;l, 1860. VIII. Nellie J., b. Sep. 12, 1863. IX. Charles E., b. S pt. 8, 1865. John Petts m. Rrjief Pollard, Nov. 22, 1794, in Ashburnham, Mass. %e family came to this town ab. 1805, and res. here till/he d. of" Mr. P., July 12, 1820, a. 51 y. After the d. d Mr. P. one s. remained in town! and the rest of the ftuiily returned to A., where Mrs. P. d. Feb. 17, 1843. /Phe older ch. were doubtless b.' in A. and the young^ in F., but no b. are rec. in P. The d. of two ch. are/ec. in F. I. John, b. Maf 19, 1795. lie was a physician, and had at/extended practice for many y. in 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 .4) 13 14 15 16 17 GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 667 Nichols, ]Sr. Y.; m. Phebe, dau. of Rev. Pei'ley and Lemiah (Barnes) Howe, of Surry, K H., and had 5 ch. II. Relief, b. May 8, 1796 ; m. James Billings, and res. in A. III. Abel, b. Dec. 32, 1798+. IV. Mary, m. Joshua Turner, and res. in Cambridge- port, Mass. T. Lucy, m. James Gibson, and res. in Leominster, Mass. VI. Nancy Maria, m. John A. Conn, and res. in A. and Pitehburg. VII. Harriet, m. Horace Blake. After res. a few y. in A. rem. to Buchanan, Mich. VIII. Horace. IX. Joseph. X. Child, d. Nov. 28, 1811, a. 3 or 4 d. XI. Child, d. Apr. 18, '1815. Abel Petts, b. Dec. 22, 1798 ; d. Apr. 1, 1861 ; settled on the home place, L 4 R 2 ; m. June 19, 1826, Char- lotte, b. Jan. 13, 1805 ; d. May 1, 1887, dau. of Levi and Martha Pratt, q.v. I. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 24, 1827 ; m. May 31, 1846, Luke Chamberlain, of Ashburnham, Mass.; res. .Cleveland, 0. II. Harriet B., b. Nov. 23, 1828 ; d. Oct. 2, 1845, unm. III, Abel E., b. Sept. 25, 1830 ; d. Dec. 29, 1837. IV. Charles A., b. Sept. 26, 1833 : res. Townsend, Mass. V. Gilbert Addison, b. Jan. 16, 1836 ; lives on the home place. VI. Martha Maria, b. Feb. 12, 1843 ; d. Sept. 16, 1847. PHILLIPS. Samuel Phillips lived in Athol, Mass., where he d. in 1810. He had 13 ch., 12 s. and 1 dan. Two of his s. settled in P., and perhaps another one lived here for a short time. Elijah Phillips, s. of Samnel, b. Jan. 23, 1764 ; d. May 4, 1841 ; came to P. ab. 1790 ; settled on L 5 R 7, previously owned by Edward Kelley or Calley ; m. Sept. 8, 1795, Lydia, b. Aug. 24, 1772 ; d. Nov. 33, 668 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 10 11 13 (6) 13 14 15 (10) 16 17 18 19 20 1833, dau. of Levi and Tabitha (Hardj') Brigham, q.v. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. I. Belinda, b. May 20, 1796 ; d. Aug. 13, 1798. II. Lucy, b. Jan. 14, 1798 ; d. Oct. 4, 180-5. III. Elijah, b. Apr. 6, 1800 ; d. Sept. 26, 1805. IV. Rufus Brigliam, b. June 7, 1802+. V. Maria, b. July 20, 1804; d. Oct. 30, 1821, unm. VI. Gardner, b. Nov. 27, 1806 ; d. Dec. 23, 1869 ; m. Fannie Whitman, of Walpole, N. H., who d., s.p.; m. (2d) Pamelia Carpenter, of West- minster, Vt., by whom he had ch. 1. Julia ; 2. Hattio ; 3. Fannie ; 4. Eliza ; 5. Lydia ; 6. John ; 7. Herbert. VII. Elijah, b. Apr. 11, 1809 ; d. June 18, 1832, in Bureau County, 111.; killed by Indians. (See p. 391.) VIII. Almond, b. Oct. 9, 1811+. IX. Levi, b. Jan. 30, 1814+. X. Winsloiv, b. Jan. 19, 1817+. Dea. EuFus B. Phillips, b. June 7, 1803 ; d. Feb. 5, 1882 ; m. Apr. 6, 1826, Mary, b. Mar. 8, 1799 ; d. May 29, 1870, dau. of Dea. JacolD and Mercy (Totman) Woodward, of Marlboro. Lived on the home place, L 5 E 7, till ab. 1865. I. Susan Maria, b. Oct. 24, 1832 ; m. Charles L. Taft, q.v. II. Edward Payson, b. June 22, 1837. III. Mary, b. Mar. 28. 1840 ; m. Dec. 18, 1861, Chester Marsh, of Windsor, Vt., s. of Joshua and Mary (Hawley) ; his 2d w. Almond Phillips, b. Oct. 9, 1811 ; d. Sept. 3, 1879 ; ra. Oct. 6, 1839, Kezia Amadon, b. Jan. 21, 1815 ; d. Sept. 10, 1877, dau. of John J. and Cynthia (Amadon) Allen. Mr. and Mrs. P. d. in Marlboro, Mass., to which place they rem. ab. 1869. I. Ella Frances, b. Dec. 28, 1840 ; m. John F. Potter, q.v. II. Henry Say ward, b. Mar. 20, 1844 ; d. Feb. 17, 1847. III. Dr. Leslie Almond, b. Aug. 19, 1847 ; m. Ella A. Fisher, b. Jan. 21, 1848, in Milford, N. H. : res. Boston. 1. Lillian Allen, b. May 19, 1883. IV. Anna Maria, b. May 31, 'l850 ; m. Sept. 1, 21 (11) 23 24 35 26 37 28 (12) 29 30 31 32 33 34- GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 1870, George Reuben Lelaud, b. June 23, 1844. s. of Reuben and Mary H. (Stockwell), of Worcester, Mass. ; res. W. 1. May Allen Leland, b. Apr. 27, 1880, in Framingham, Mass. 2. Leslie Phillips Leland, b. July 23, 1885, in W. Levi Phillips, b. Jan. 30, 1814 ; d. Mar. 18, 1865 ; m. Oct. 26, 1835, Submit, b. 1813 ; d. Dec, 1860, dau. of Emory and Sally (Cobb) Taft ; m. (2d) Mary S., b. Aug. 20, 1824; d. in Manchester, Vt., Sept. 19, 1876, dau. of Henry and Betsey (Bent) Shirley, and wid. of George Bissell, q.v. Ch. b. i.-in. in F., iv.-vi. in Winhall, Vt. I. Helen, b. 1837 (F) ; d. 1843 (?). II. George Eenry, b. Dec. 14, 1839 ; res. East Arlington, Vt. III. Elmer Elijah, br Aug. 8, 1841 ; res. New York City. Is Principal of the Park Collegiate School for boys. IV. Lewis Winsloio, b. Dee. 5, 1845 ; d. Oct. 22, 1876. V. Herbert, b. 1865 (?) ; d. in infancy. VI. Harriet (twin), b. 1865 (?) ; d. 1873 (?). WiNSLOW Phillips, b. Jan. 19, 1817 ; m. Apr. 21, 1847, Susan, b. Dec. 30, 1835, dau. of Hyman and Levinah J. (Allen) Bent. I. Herbert Wendell, b. Mar. 18, 1851 ; d. Sept. 39, 1853. ir. Arthur Lynmore, b. Sept. 7, 1854 ; m. Oct. 7, 1878, Hattie Marie, b. July 9, 1858, dau. of Henry and Eunice (Williams) Keith, of Win- chendon ; res. W. 1. Goldie Augusta, b. Dec. 14, 1879. III. Wilbur Henry, b. Feb. 8, 1856 ; m. Aug. 6, 1884, Carrie Alfarata, dau. of Edwin and Caroline (Perley) Rice, of Gardner, Mass.; res. South Gardner. IV. Chester Herbert, b. May 27, 1868. Nathaniel Phillips, an older s. of Samuel, came to F. ab. 1801 ; d. Sept. 33, 1838, a. 79 y. ; m. Mary Bailey, who d. Sept. 6, 1844, a. 85 y. Ch. all b. before the family came to P , prob. in Athol. 670 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 I. Andrew, m. Nancy May, of Milton, Mass. Oh. rec. in ¥. 1. Sally May, b. Aug. 27, 1807, io M.; m. George N. Olmsted, g.v. 3. William Henry, b. Apr. 28, 1809, in F. II. Susannah, b. ab. 1786 ; m. Silas Morse, q.v. III. Naomi, b. ab. 1789 ; m. Benjamin Osborn, q.v. IV. JedidiaJi. V. Daniel. VI. Martha, m. !N"ov. 7, 1813, John Davis, of Gil- sum, N. H. VII. Ruth, b. Aug. 20, 1798 ; m. Abel Dunton, q.v. Isabel Manning, who m. Artemas Stone, q.v., was an older oh. of Mary (Bailey) by Manning. Ebenezer Phillips may have been another s. of Samuel, but it cannot be stated so with certainty ; came to F. ab. 1797, and settled on L 15 R 9, previously owned by Curwin Wallace ; rem. from town ab. 1803. No rec. of b., but his dau. I. Hannah, d. Aug. 15, 1801, a. 15 y. I Ephraim Pikkce and w. Esther (Shedd) res. in Groton, Mass. Theirs., 2 Jonathan, m. Sarah (Dodge) and res. in Lunenburg, Mass. Their s., Josiah, b. Oct. 38, 17B1, rem. from L. to Riiidge. JosiAH Pierce, b. Oct. 28, 1761 ; rem. to R. in 1784, where he d. Oct. 10, 1834. He m. Nov. 14, 1782, Susannah Howard, b. in Acton, Mass., Feb. 18, 1764 ; d. in R. May 30, 1827, by whom he had 15 eh., two of whom, the 12th, Leonard, and the 15th, Abraham, are connected with F. XII. Leonard, b. Apr. 12, 1802 ; d. June 12, 1885 ; m. Dec. 31, 1829, CaroliDe, b. Apr. 9, 1809 ; d. Jan. 7, 1878, dau. of Josiah R. and Esther (Smith) Goodspeed, of Boston. Mr. P. be- came a permanent resident of P. in 1831. Ch. all b. in F. 5 1. Josiah Rivers, b. May 3, 1831 ; d. Sept. 23, 1866. 6 3. Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 3, 1833 ; d. Sept. 25, 1870 ; m. William Stone, s. of Sar- dine and Mehitabel (Buswell), of R., and res. in B. GENBALOQICAL REGISTER. 671 XV. 3. Elizabeth Goodspeed, b. Jan. 11, 1835 ; d. Jan. 16, 1875 ; m. Parks, and res. in Winchendon. 4. Caroline Howard, b. May 32, 1840 ; m. William Bent, q.v. Abraham, b, Apr. 19, 1807 ; m. Feb. 16, 1831, Eunice Bixby, b. Feb. 21, 1811, dau. of Obil and Lois (Bixby) I'assett ; res. in F. 3 or 3 y. after m., and then rem. to W. PLATTS. It is not practicable at this time to trace the pedigree of the Platts fiimilj' back to the emigrant ancestor, but the name is found upon the records of Rowley, Mass., as early as 1654. Of a little later date was 1 Lieut. Abbl Platts, who was an officer in the expedition to Canada in 1690. He m. in R. May 8, 1673, Lydia Holly. Their s., 2 Moses, b. 1673 ; m. Hannah , and had ch. i. Abel, of Rindge, b. Feb. 6, 1704 ; ir. Moses, b. 1707 ; iii. Nathan, of Lunenburg, fatiier of Nathan, of P., b. 1715, 42 ; iv. Jonathan, b. 1719. 3 Capt. Abel, b. Feb. 6, 1704 ; d. July 33, 1777 ; m. Apr. 31, 1735, Mary Varnum. He rem. from R. to L., in 1738, and from that place to Rindge, of which place he became a permanent resident ab. 1753, though lie commenced a clearing several y. earlier. He had 5 ch. b., 3 in Row- ley and 3 in L. His 8d ch. was 4 Abel, b. Mar. 38, 1738 ; d. Mar. 6, 1819 ; m. Apr. 36, 1759, Pliebe, b. July 7, 1740 ; d. in P. Dec. 3, 1841, dau. of Hezpkiah and Huldah (Martyn) Wetherbee, of L. They had 11 ch., all b. in Rindge, of whom the 4th was 5 Asa, b. May 38, 1766 ; d. Mar. 18, 1848 ; m. Jan. 39, 1799, Re- becca, b. June 15, 1773 ; d. Mar. 30, 1848, dau. of John and Rebecca (Demary) Buswell. They had 8 ch. all b. in Rindge, of whom the 3d was Hosea, b. Feb. 17, 1804. 10 11 12 Hosea Platts, b. Feb. 17, 1804 ; d. Jan. 33, 1875 ; m. Apr. 14, 1831, ISTaney, b. Aug. 11, 1807, dau. of Elijah T. and Agnes (Hodge) Smith, q.v. Oh. b. i.-iv. in Eindge, v.-xi. in F. I. Hosea Oshorn, b. Mar. 8, 1832+. II. Naricy Ann, b. Mar. 11, 1833 ; d. Feb. 11, 1865 ; m. June 3, 1851, George Jewett Stick- ney, of Marlboro, s.p. III. Elijah Smith, b. Oct. 18, 1834 ; d. Mar. 37, 1837. IV. Mary Rehecca, b. July 13, 1836 ; m. George A. Whittemore, q.v. V. John Austin, b. Sept. 16, 1838+. VI. Sarah Maria, b. Sept. 38, 1840 ; m. Feb. 24, 1860, Sylvester Underwood, b. Jan. 11, 1834, 672 HISTORY OF FITZWIL'LTAM. 13 U 15 16 17 18 19 20 31 23 33 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 (7) 33 34 s. of Levi and Zemiah (Bnswell), of Goshen, N. H. Ch. b. 1 and 3-5 in Newporb, N. H., 3 in Or., 6 in Danville, Vt., 7 in St. Johns- bury, Vt.; res. 8 b. J. 1. Carrie F. Underwood, b. Feb. 33, 1861 ; d. Oct. 14, 1863. 3. Henrietta M. Underwood, b. May 27, 1863. 3. Harriette A. Underwood, b. May 5, 1866. 4. Charles F. " b. Feb. 30, 1868 ; d. June 21, 1875. 5. Lizzie May Underwood, b. May 25, 1870. 6. Frank E. " b. July 30, 1872. 7. Herbert L. " b. Dec. 5, 1875. Tii. Elijah Tliayer, b. Aug. 30, 1842 ; m. June 25, 1868, Ellen Anna, b. Sept. 6, 1843, dau. of Lyman and Lucioda (Wellington) Bennett, of Rindge ; res. Jaffrev. Ch. b. 1 in F., 3-4 in K. 1. Hattie Mabel, b. June 9, 1870. 3. Mary Mertilla, b. July 21, 1872. 3. Bertha Lucinda, b. July 13, 1875. 4. Roy Bennett, b. June 39, 1877. VIII. Henrietta Ellen, b. Oct. 13, 1844; m. Apr., 1875, Edward A. Spaulding, of Rochester, N. Y., where she d. June 6, 1883, s.p. IX. Charles Frederic, b. Apr. 32, 1847 ; m. ISTov. 27, 1867, Julia M., b. Mar. 23, 1849, dan. of George W. and Nancy P. (Brooks) Stearns, of Rindge ; res. R. Oh. b. in R. 1. Julia E., b. Oct. 15, 1868. 2. Harry S., b. Sept. 18, 1876. 3. George W., b. Aug. 17, 1880. X. Harriet Agnes, b. July 13, 1849 ; d. Nov. 5, 1867, unm. XI. Francis Warren, b. Oct. 16, 1851 ; m. Oct. 1, 1874, Martha A., b. Jan. 3, 1851, dan. of Samuel A. and Arabella L. (Camp) Emerson, of Northfield, Vt. Ch. b. in Marlboro ; res. Orange, Mass. 1. Cora E., b. Mar. 18, 1878. HosEA OsBOiw Platts, b. Mar. 8, 1832 ; m. Jan. 1, 1856, Emily B., b. May 5, 1838, dau. of Simpson and Elmira (Johnson) Hodge, of Jafirey ; res. AVincbendon. Ch. b. in F. I. Altvin 0., b. Mar. 6, 1857. II. George L., b. Jan. 13, 1860. 35 36 37 (11) 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 673 III. Nellie E., b. Jan. 26, 1862. IV. Winnie I., b. May 4, 1865. V. Annie G., b. Apr. 5, 1869. John A. Platts, b. Sept. 16, 1838 ; m. Feb. 14, 1864, Susan C, b. Nov. 26, 1841, dau. of Christopher and Anna G. (Robinson) Orowell, of Westminster, Vt. Ch. b. i.-ii. in W., III. -IV. in P. I. Frank Growell, b. May 1, 1866. II. Anna Robinson, b. Sept. 23, 1867. III. Mary Etta, b. July 21, 1874. IV. Edith Sarah, b. Apr. 12, 1876. Xathait Platts, s. of Nathan, of Lunenburg, and grandson of Moses 2, was in the Revolutionary Army from P., and d. Julv, 1776, at Crown Point, N. Y., of small-pox. His wid.. Relief, d. Nov. 13, 1776, at P., also of small-pox. Ch. rec. in F. I. Daniel, hapt. Apr. 25, 1773. II. Humphrey, bapt. Oct. 30, 1774. III. Thomas, bapt. Aug. 3, 1777. Nathan Platts, prob. an older s. of the preceding Nathan, m. July 16, 1793, Elizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1776, dau. of Daniel and Lucy (Bruce) Farrar, q.v. He lived, in that part of P. now in Troy, and the Hist, of T. says he '' soon failed in business and left the town." He d. in a few v., and the wid., returning to P., m. (2d) Samuel Rockwood, q.v. Mr. and Mrs. P. had ch. rec. in P. I. Lese (Lizzie ?), b. Aug. 17, 1793. II. Silas, b. June 10, 1797. Edward Platts, a brother of Nathan, No. 42, was an early settler on L 18 R 5. He d. Sept. 18, 1823, a. 74 y. His wid., Lucy, d. June 12, 1831, a. 72 y. " Old Mrs. PLATTs"-d. Jan. 11, 1805. Thomas Platts d. July 26, 1782, a. 28 y. Pkiscilla Platts m. (1st) Benjamin Harris ; (2d) Silas Angier, Jr., both q.v. Zattu Metcalf, s. of Lieut. Greorge, of Rindge, m. Sarah Platts, Oct. 15, 1788. 43 674 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. 10 11 13 (7) 13 14 15 16 17 18 Shubael Plimptost, s. of Benjamin, of Marlboro, oame to F. ab. 1816, and rem. ab. 1835. His w. was Alice, dan. of Jonathan and Lois (Porter) Capron, of M. (See Ingalls, No. 7.) They had ch. rec. in F. I. Infant, d. May 35, 1830, a. 7 w. II. JonatJian Franklin, b. July 1, 1831. William Poland, b. Apr. 6, 1757, in Hamilton, Mass.; rem. to Winchendon in 1788; d. 1843; m. Betsey Brown, of Ipswich, Mass., b. June 6, 1763 ; d. 1849. I. Betsey, b. Jan. 18, 1783 ; d. July 16, 1803. II. William, b. Dec. 13, 1784 ; d. June 19, 1859 : m. Eunice, b. Feb. 30, 1788, dau. of William and Keziali Orane, q.v. III. Nancy, b. Dec. 13, 1784 (twin) ; d. Sept. 13, 1859 ; m. Barzillai Martin. IV. David, b. Sept. 13, 1786 ; d. Mar. 15, 1846 ; m. Lucy Marble, of Orange, Mass. V. Susan, b. Nov. 3, 1788 ; m. John Crane, q.v. VI. Samuel, b. Nov. 39, 1790+. VII. Sally, b. Nov. 39, 1790 (twin) ; d. 1868 ; m. Smyrna Graton, of W., his 3d w. VIII. Lucy, b. Oct. 39, 1793 ; d. 1846 ; m. Smyrna Graton, of W. IX. Polly, b. May 9, 1795 ; m. David Smith, q.v. X. Olive, b. Feb. 35, 1797 ; m. Phinehas Ball. XI. Simeon B., b. June 1, 1803 ; m. Betsey Wheeler. Samuel Polakd, b. Nov. 39, 1790 ; came to F. ab. 1833 ; settled on L 16 R 6 ; m. Thankful, b. Dec. 10, 1792 ; d. Aug. 9, 1845, dau. of Daniel and Freelove ^Poor) Smith ; m. (3d) Jan. 21, 1846, Mrs. Sarah (Knights), wid. of Rev. Samuel Simonds, d. Apr. 26, 1874, a. 87 y. Mr. P. d. in Keene, Apr. 3, 1874 ; in- terred in F. No rec. of ch. in ¥., though some of the younger ones were b. here. He had 9 ch., all by 1st m. ; the order of them as given here may not be entirely correct. I. Stephen, b. ab. 1817 ; res. in Winchendon. II. Elvira A., m. Mar. 9, 1837, Sidney Carlton, of Winchester, N. H. III. Mary, m. Apr. 4. 1839, Leander Leland, of W. IV. Eliza, b. Oct. 9, 1823 ; m. (1st) Azro D. Simonds ; (2d) Silas Cummings, both q.v. V. George E., m. and res. in K. VI. David E., m. Dec. 19, 1844, Sarah, dau. of 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 3 4 5 6 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 675 Moses and Lucy (Nurse) Prury, q.v.; m. (2d) Apr. 1, 1863, Hattie A., dau. of George W. and Susan (Adams) Blake. VII. Sylvanus, b. Oct. 10, 1831 ; m. Aug. 19, 1858, Martha Jane White, b. Dec. 9, 1842, in Whit- ingham, Vt. 1. Bertha Lilian, b. July 13, 1865, in Eoy- alton, Vt. 2. Mabel Jennie, b. June 29, 1867, in Orange, Mass. 3. Lettie Clara, b. Apr. 10, 1875, in Deer- field, Mass. 4. Blanche Edith, b. Oct. 11, 1876, in P. VIII. Aligail J., m. Apr. 23, 1857, Nelson H. Brock, of Athol, Mass. IX. Samuel W. Dr. Peestost Pond was adm. to chh. May, 1825 ; practised medicine in town for a few y. (See p. 431.) Oh. ree. in F. ; he had other eh. I. Georfje Dunbar, bapt. May 21, 1826. Charles Prank Pope, s. of Lemuel and Hannah C. (Prouty) Pope, b. Feb. 5, 1841, in Cookshire, P. Q.; came to P. ab. 1864 ; m. Apr. 5, 1866, Sarah Jane, b. Jan. 9, 1843, dau. of Thomas and Mary L. (Morse) Porristall, q.v. I. Flora Belle, b. June 25, 1868. POTTER. Ebknezek Potter, d. Apr. 27, 1845, a. 95 v.; m. Feb. 19, 1778, Sarah, b. Mar. 21, 1753 ; d. Feb. 4," 1818, dau. of Stephen and Mary (Angier) Harris ; m. (2d) July 15, 1819, Mrs. Lydia (Burbank) Lyon, wid. of David Lyon, of Royalston, and sister of John Burbank, Sr. She d. Feb. 5, 1837, a. 81 y. Mr. P. was in P. before 1775, and came from Marlboro, Mass., though Hudson's History of M. gives no information of him. He settled on L 13 K 4 ab. 1789, and a few y. later rem. to L 6 R 7. Ch. b. in P. I. John, b. Nov. 15, 1778+. II. Sarah, b. Apr, 6, 1780 ; m. Samuel Kilburn, q.v. III. Polly, b. Dec. 22, 1782 ; m. Oliver Damon, Jr., q.v. IV. Joseph, b. Nov. 28, 1783 ; d. May 6, 1784. V. Lucy, b. Jan. 23, 1786 ; d. July 21, 1836 ; m. Apr. 15, 1819, Matthew Angier, of Enno, N. C. 676 HISTORT OF FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 (2) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 VI. TII. Till. IX. Josiah, b. Mar. 7, 1788 ; res. Essex, Vt. Joel, b. May 29, 1790 ; m. Feb. 22, 1816, Abigail Guild, b. May 2, 1791 ; d. July 4, 1834, dau. of Alexander and Eunice (Hawes) Foster, of F. ; res.- Parish ville, N. Y. Ebenezer, b. Mav 18, 1793+. Jesse, b. Sept. "14, 1797 ; m. Jan. 31, 1821, Nancy, b. Aug. 4, 1799 ; d. 1858, dau. of William and Lydia (Cleverly) Knight, of F. ; res. P. and Keeseville, IST. Y. John Potter, b. Nov. 15, 1778 ; d. Nov. 29, 1814 ; m. 1805 (?), Euth, dau. of Elihii and Euth Penniman, q.v., and had ch. b. in F. I. Amoret, b. Oct. 2, 1807 ; m. Dec. 4, 1831, Dr. Warren Partridge, b. in Walpole, Mass., Jan. 16, 1797 ; d. in Princeton, Mass., Dec. 24, 1852, s. of Otis and Hannah (Smith). Dr. P. res. in F. 1828 (?) to 1832 (?), ab. 5 y. Mrs. P. res. in New York City. Ch. b. 1-2 in Holden, Mass., 3-6 in P. 1. Julia Maria Partridge, b. May 8, 1833 ; d. July 5, 1840. 2. George Dana Partridge, b. Jan. 3, 1835 ; d. June 27, 1840. 3. Mary Ellen Partridge, b. Jan. 27, 1840 ; m. Aug. 12, . 1860, Henry T. Farrar, s. of Peter and (Chaffin), of P.; res. Worcester, Mass. 4. Amoretta Amelia Partridge, b. Mar. 8, 1842. 5. John Warren Partridge, b. Sept. 24, 1843 ; m. Feb. 14, 1871, Marv E., dau. of Elbridge Partridge, of "W. She d. July 19, 1879, and he m. (2d) Sept. 18, 1883, Eleanor Barnard, of Scranton, Pa. He is a clergyman, and res. in Asbury Park, N. J. Ch. b. 1-2 in New Haven, Ct., 3 in S., 4 in Caiion City, Col. 1. Edith Davenport Partridge, b. Nov. 6, 1871. 2. John Wilfred Partridge, b. May 31, 1873 ; d. May 6, 1875. 3. Leonard Partridge, b. Sept. 13, 1876 ; d. June 16, 1879. 4. Mary Partridge, b. Aug. 6, 1884. 6. James Birney Partridge, b. Dec. 31, 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 (9) 33 34 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 677 1846 ; m. Feb. 22, 1869, Millie Van Giesen, of Paterson, N. J. She d. Aug. 14, 1878, and he m. (2d) May 25. 1880, Sarah 0. Cullinane, of New- York ; res. N. Y. Ch. b. 1 in New- Haven, Ct., 3 in Hoboken, N. J., 3-4 in N. Y. 1. Grertrade Partridge, b. Aug. 10, 1871 ; d. Aug. 16, 1871. 3. Gertrude Partridge, b. Oct. 1, 1873. 3. Madeleine Partridge, b. Apr. 16, 1881. 4. Amoret Partridge, b. Feb. 17, 1885. II. Infant, d. Aug. 23, ] 811, a. 10 d. HI. John, b. Aug. 17, 1813 ; d. Aug. 31, 1884 ; m. Aug. 17, 1836, Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1815, dau. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Morse) Felton ; rem. from F. to Quincy, 111., in 1840. 1. John Frederick, b. Oct. 13, 1838 ; m. Mar. 6, 1867, Ella Frances, b. Dec. 38, 1840, dau. of Almond and Kezia A. (Allen) Phillips, q.v. 3. Julia Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1844; d. July 5, 1844. 3; George Warren, b. Nov. 13, 1845 ; d. July 7, 1846. 4. (jeorge Almond, b. Jan. 4, 1848 ; A. July 12, 1848. 5. Mary Alicia, b. Oct. 13, 1851. Ebenezer Potter, b. May 18, 1793 ; d. May 1, 1875 ; m. Aug. 13, 1813, Susanna, b. Apr. 3, 1790 ; d. Feb. 10, 1870, dau. of Levi and Tabitha (Hardy) Brig- ham ; m. (3d) Nov. 10 (?), 1870, Polly, b. Aug. 30, 1803, dau. of Silas and Betsey (Duntonj Woods, q.v., and wid. of John W. Fawcett, David Moore, and Lamb. I. Sarah Harris, b. Dec. 30, 1813 ; d. 1843 ; m. Feb. 8, 1837, Joseph A. Warren, of Grafton, Mass. He was bro. of Jonathan M. Warren, who m. her cousin, Lavinia Damon. II. Levi Brigham, b. 1815 ; d. 1883 ; m. Hitty, b. July 36, 1820, dau. of John and Mehitable (Haven) Wenzell, of Framingham, Mass.; res. Wauwatosa, Wis. 678 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 35 36 37 38 1. 39 2. 40 3. 41 4. 43 5. 43 6. 44 7. 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 (36) III. Lydia Relief, b. Mar., 1818 ; d. May 17, 1818. IV. Eufus Baxter, b. May 31, 1819+. V. Tabitha Hardy, b. Dec. 13, 1831 ; m. Jan. 19, 1848, Edwin B. Carpenter, b. June 13, 1819, in Guilford, Vt., s. of Cyrus and Betsey ; res. Mendota, 111. Ch. b. 1 in G., 2-4 in Brattle- boro, Vt., 5-7 in Lamoille, 111. Charles E. Carpenter, b. May 16, 1849 ; d. Mar. 23, 1850. Edwin P. Carpenter, b. Jan. 38, 1851. Is a manufacturer of reed organs at B. Hattie G. Carpenter, b. Aug. 18, 1852. Lena M. Carpenter, b. July 14, 1855 ; d. Aug. 19, 1855. Minnie M. Carpenter, b. July 4, 1859 ; d. May 33, 1860. Arthur B. Carpenter, b. Jan. 30, 1861. Alice E. Carpenter (twin), b. Jan. 20, 1861 ; d. Aug. 20, 1864. VI. Hervey Kilburn, b. July 18, 1834 ; d. 1866 ; m. Mrs. Mary Ann (Thayer) Aldrich, s.p.; res. Grafton, Mass. VII. Lucy Ann, b. No?. 3, 1826 ; m. Oct. 4, 1843, Lewis Moore, b. 1814, in Framingham, Mass. ; d. May 6, 1864, killed in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., s. of Eliab and Sarah (Pot- ter) Moore. (Eliab Moore was s. of Lawson Moore, who lived in F. in 1801, 3 and 3. His w. Sarah, was dau. of Joseph Potter, who was in the Rev. War from F. ; was Lieat. in Capt. Clay's Co.) Ees. Worcester, Mass. Ch. b. 1-3 in F., 3-4 in Grafton. 1. Sarah Elizabeth Moore, b. Jan. 20, 1845 ; m. Charles A. Gleason ; res. Boston, Mass. 2. Etta Augusta Moore, b. 1849 ; m. L. H. Wells ; res. W. 3. Charles Ervin Moore, b. 1853 ; res. Montana. 4. John Potter Moore, b. and d. 1855. VIII. John Quincy Adams, b. 1830 ; d. July 1, 1850 ; m. Nancy Bradish, s.p. RuFUS Baxter Pottee, b. May 21, 1819 ; m. Apr. , 1841, Mary Ann, b. Mar. 16, 1819, in Upton, Mass., dau. of Moses and Nancy Eames. She d. Aug. 31, 1876, in Fitchburg ; interred in P.; res. Fitch. Oh. b., Susie N., in Wardsboro, Vt., others in Grafton, Mass. 5-3 53 64 55 56 57 58 59 GO 01 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 11, 1837, a. 2 y. 3 mos. Warren Pratt, b. Nov. 17, 1830 ; m. Susan C, b. Nov. 33, 1833 ; d. Aug. 16, 1853, dau. of Artemas and Mary (Chaplin) Beard. He m. (2d) Aug. 17, 1854, Seraph E., b. Apr. 20, 1833 ; d. Aug. 10, 1887, dau. of Noah and Sophia (Nichols) Miles, q.v.; res. since 1854 in New Ipswich. Oh. all b. at E. and by 1st m. I. Francis Warren, b. June 10, 1846 ; d. May 13, 1847. 11. Susan Maria, b. Oct. 30, 1848 ; d. Aug. 13, 1875 ; m. Fred. Eideout, who res. in Fitch- burg, Mass. One ch., a s. III. Abbie Frances, b. Dec. 3, 1850; d. May 13, 1886 ; m. Thomas G. Hudson, who res. in Fitch. Two ch., a s. and a dau. IV. William Henry, b. June 27, 1853. William Pratt, b. Apr. 31, 1838 ; d. Oct. 10, 1860 ; m. Jan. 1, 1853, Abby T., b. Aug. 30, 1830 ; d. Dec. 14, 1870, dau. of John and Rebecca (Stowell) Whitte- more, q.v. Ch. b. at E. I. Caroline Frances, b. Nov. 1, 1853 ; m. Jan. 31, 1880, Joseph Wayland Davenport, b.July 4, 1852, at West Boylston, Mass., s. of Joseph H. and Mary E. (Bartlett) Davenport ; res. Winchendon. II. Harry Joseph, b. Dec. 10, 1857 ; m. Apr. 29, 1879, Agnes Anne, b. May 31, 1855, in Eng- land, dau. of Frederick and Marianna (Hill) Redwood ; res. Lawrence, Mass. 1. Frederick William, b. Oct. 31, 1881, in E. 3. Abbie Frances, b. Aug. 3, 1883, in L. (19) 55 (24) 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 683 Eeuben Pratt, b. Nov. 1, 1830 ; d. Nov. 19, 1877 ; m. Nov. 1, 1861, Cynthia L., b. Jan. 9, 1831 ; d. Dec. 2, 1865, dau. of Noah and Sophia (Nichols) Miles, q.v.; m. (2d) Mar. 24, 1870, Cynthia, dau. of John Burnham and Tryphena (Ball) Mooney, of Derby, Vt. Ch. b. in Winchendon. I. Jolm Eeuben, b. Apr. 17, 1877. William Dexter Pratt, b. May 27, 1805 ; d. Feb. 19, 1873 ; m. Mar. 25, 1834, at Eindge, Mary A., b. Feb. 24, 1819, dau. of Jacob and Martha (Clark) Priest, of Gardner, Mass.; m. (2d) Sept. (1?), 1860, Louisa Marshall, of Troy. She d. Mar. 26, 1883, a. 68 y. 8 mos. Ch. b. in F. I. Mary Jane, b. May 1, 1839 ; d. Aug. 19, 1881, at Sioux City, la.; m. Apr. 9, 1862, Lyman Edward Richardson, b. July 19, 1835, s. of Luther and Lucy (Dunn ?), of Stoddard, N. H. II. Eliza Ann, b. Apr. 16, 1841 ; m. Sept. 3, 1865, John Swift, b. Apr. 28, 1838. at Stow, Mass., s. of William Pitt and Abigail (Shaw) ; res. S. C. 1. Grace Ludena Eliza Swift, b. Nov. 30, 1884. III. Charles Dexter, b. Nov. 13, 1845 ; d. Apr. 6, 1850. Job Pratt came to F. in 1777 or 8 and settled on L 6 E 1. He d. Oct. 13, 1806, a. 60 y.; by w. Marcy (Mercy?) he had ch. i.-vi. bapt. Oct. 3, 1781 ; v.-ix. b. and rec. in F. The order of i.-iv. may not be correct. The wid. and younger ch. left town soon after the death of Mr. P. I. John, rem. ab. 1817 ; by w. Levonich (Levina ?) he had eh. b. and rec. in F. 1. John, b. Apr. 9, 1792. 2. Luther, b. Sept. 9, 1793. 3. Lucinda, b. Oct. 6, 1795. 4. Charles, b. Nov. 14. 1797- 5. Calvin, b. May 20, 1799. 6. Loring, b. Feb. 27, 1801 ; d. Oct. 7, 1807. 7. Levina, d. Feb. 19, 1809, a. 5 y. 8. Achsah, d. Apr. 2, 1808, a. 1 y. II. Josiah, left town ab. 1798. III. Levi, d. Apr. 4, 1824, a. 49 y. In 1798 160 684 HISTOBY or FITZWILLIAM. 73 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 83 acres in L 1 and 3 R 3 were taxed to Levi and his bro. Silas as their home farm. Levi's wid., Martha, m. (2d) David Taffc, Sr., q.v. The following list of ch. may not be complete. 1. Mary, b. June 14, 1801. 3. Charlotte, b. Jan. 13, 1805 ; m. Abel 3. Levi, b. July 33, 181 1 ; d. Aug. 1, 1864. 4. William, d. Oct. 15, 1818, a. 5 y. lY. Silas, left town ab. 1803 ; he was taxed 5 y., 1799-1803. V. Joel, b. Aug. 5, 1778. Ti. Nathan, b. Aug. 34, 1780. VII. Riifiis, b. Sept. 27. 1783 ; d. Sept. 34, 1795. VIII. Marcy, b. Feb. 34, 1785. IX. Abigail, b. July 27, 1787 ; d. Oct. 8, 1859 ; m. Levi Clark, b. Feb. 15, 1793 ; d. Jan. 19, 1863, s. of David and Sarah (Davis). They had 8 ch. ; res. Ashburnham, Mass. Widow RuHAMAH Pratt, perhaps mother of Job, d. July 24, 1802, a. 93 y., the oldest person in town. Ira Prentice, s. of Daniel and Letitia (Rider) Pren- tice, b. Mar. 19, 1818, in Grafton, Mass.; m. Zilpha, b. Feb. 24, 1831, in Lyman, K. H., dau. of James and Lavina (Wheeler) Prouty ; came to F. ab. 1864, and in 1865 settled on L 5 E 7, buying the farm of Dea. Rufas B. Phillips. Ch. b. in Northbridge, Mass. I. George Henry, b. Nov. 10, 1847. II. Elvira Augusta, b. May 12, 1850 ; m. George W. Forristall, q.v. PRESCOTT. The name Prescott is found iu English annals previous to a.d. 1300, but no direct line of ancestry reaching so far back has yet been found. The Prescotts of P. trace their line back to 1 James" Pbescott, of the parish of Standish, in Lancashire. He and other honorable gentlemen of Lancashire were " required by an order of queen Elizabeth dated August 1564 to keep in readiness horse- men and armor." He m. a dau. of Koger Standish. Their 3d s., 2 Eogbr", m. Aug. 30, 1508, his second w., Ellen Shaw. As he had two or three ch. by his first m., aod was himself the second s. of his father, it is very probable that his father, James, was b. before 1530. The 4th ch. of Roger was 3 Ralph", bapt. 1571 ; m. Ellen . His will was dated Nov. 7, 1608, and was proved Jan. 4, 1609, which closely defines the time of his death. The 5th ch. of Ralph was GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 685 4 John\ the emigrant, b. 1604 ; d. 1683 ; m. Jan. 31, 1639, Mary Platts, of Wygan, in Lancashire. In 1638 he emigrated to Barbadoes, in the West Indies. In 1640 he came to Boston, Mass., and settled in Watertown. In 1643, with others, he visited Sholan, sachem of the Nashaway Indians, at Choclcsett, now Sterling, and purchased a town- ship of land. In 1646 he settled in the purchased township, which re- ceived the name of Lancaster. During all his active life he was one of the most prominent and influential men in the place. He had 9 ch., of whom the 3d was 5 John', bapt. Apr. 1, 1635 ; m. Nov. 11, 1668, Sarah . They had 4 ch., all b. in L., of whom the youngest was 6 Ebbnbzer', b. July 6, 1682 ; m. Ruth Hobart and settled in Ster- ling, Mass., where they had 4 ch., of whom the 3d was 7 Jonathan', b. 1733 : d. 1801 ; m. 1746, Vashti Houghton, b. 1737 ; d. Feb. 10, 1805. They had 7 ch., all prob. b. in S., of whom 3 came to F. : Hiram", b. 1753, 8, and Peter", b. Apr. 37, 1757, 9. 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 Hiram" Pkescott, b. 1753; d. Mar. 24, 3816 : m. Phebe Bowker, of Northboro, Mass., who d. Aug. 30, 1824, a. 70 y.; came from Sterling, Mass., to P. before 1793*, and settled on L 5 R 10. The land was taxed to bim as early as 1790, s.p. Peter= Prescott, b. Apr. 27, 1757 ; d. Jnly 14, 1853 ; m. Mary, b. May 30, 1761 ; d. July 10, 1846, dau. of Benjamin and Mehitable Wilson, q.v.; settled first in Sterling, and rem. to P. ab. 1796 ; li\ed on L 8 E 11. Mr. and Mrs. P. were adm. to chh. in P. July 33, 1797, on letter from the chh. in S. Ch. b. i.-v. prob. in S... vi.-vii. rec. in P. I. SaUy\ b. June, 1783 ; m. Israel Pisher, q.v. II. Elenezer, b. Mar. 37, 1786+. III. Peter, b. Peb., 1787 ; m. Mar. 39, 1813, Cathe- rine, b. Aug. 36, 1789 ; d. Nov. 18, 1877, dau. of Joseph and Lucy (Whitney) Bigelow, q.v. IV. Benjamin^ b. Aug. 4, 1793 ; d. Eov. 30, 1841 ; m. Sept. 4, 1816, Polly, b. May 30, 1794 ; d. Aug. 30, 1882, dau. of John and Lucy (Brig- ham) Pay, q.v. In rec. of m. ho is called of Brattleboro, Vt., but they returned to P. ab. 1833, and settled on the home place. No rec. of ch. but 1. George Washington', d. Mar. 13, 1834, a. 15 y. 3. Mary French, b. Peb. 38, 1826 ; m. Steadman W. Hartwell, q.v. 3. Henry Clay, lived in Boston, Mass.; d. Jan. (?), 1888. 686 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 17 18 19 20 21 23 23 24 25 (11) 26 27 28 29 30 31 (27) 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 V. Joanna, b. Nov., 1794 ; m. David Moore, q.v. VI. Eli, b. May 27, 1797 ; ra. Mar. 1, 1820, Rhoda Record, b. Jan., 1797, in Middlebury, Vt. 1. Annie. 2. Marj, m. Hiram P. Hayden, q.v. 3. Peter. 4. Hiram, d. June 27, 1844, a. 10 y. VII. Asa, h. Sept. 25, 1799 ; d. Aug. 7, 1801. VIII. Ififant, d. Dec. 17, 1803. IX. Naomi, d. Mar. 18, 1807, a. 6 w. Ebenezbr" Prescott, b. Mar. 27, 1786 ; d. Apr. 6, 1860, in Cordova, HI.; m.. 1812, Betsey, b. Feb. 8, 1781 ; d. at F. Sept. 1, 1854, dau. of Stephen and Hannali Goss, of Sterling. Oh. b. in F. I. Ira', d. May 14, 1815, a. 6 mos. II. Asa, b. Feb. 7, 1817+. III. Licentia, b. Oct. 14, 1820. IV. Oshea, b. Oct. 9, 1822. V. Fidelia, b. Aug. 3, 1824 ; d. Sept. 1, 1848. VI. Trueman A., b. Sept. 23, 1827 ; d. July 2, 1832. Rev. As.ii.' Pkescott, b. Feb. 7, 1817 ; m. Apr. 1, 1845, Tryphena F., b. Oct. 18, 1818, dau. of Abishai and Sarah (Farrar) Collins. Mrs. P. d. Apr. 5, 1869, at Galena, 10. Mr. P. is a Baptist clergyman. (See p. 443.) Ch. b. I. -II. in Davenport, la., iii. in Albany, IV. in Annawan, v. in Cordova, all in 111. I. John Satin, b. June 29, 1846 ; d. Aug. 1, 1846. II. Sarah F., b. Jane 19, 1850 ; m. John Stewart, Sept. 22, 1869 ; res. Anamosa, la. 1. Newton P. Stewart. III. Daniel E.', b. May 31, 1852 ; m. Ella Manning, Oct. 15, 1879 ; res. Detroit, Mich. 1. Leia'. 2. Bessie. IV. Trtji^hena E., b. Oct. 29, 1854 ; d. Jan. 17, 1870. V. Charles A.,\>. June 17, I860 ; m. Hattie Lyons, Oct. 15, 1883 ; res. Galveston, Tex. David Poshee and w. Susanna settled on L 10 R 2 before 1788, and left town ab. 1800. Ch. b. in F. I. Susanna, b. Jan. 24, 1789. II. Abraham, b. Aug. 13, 1791. 4 5 2 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 31 33 33 34 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 687 III. Lucy, b. May 3, 1794. IV. Jonas, b. Oct. 4, 1798. Jedediah Putney, of Ashfleld, Mass.; b. 1777; settled in F. ab. 1808 ; rem. to Troy ab. 1837 ; d. in Marlboro (?) Feb. 31, 1861 ; m. June 3, 1801, Abigail, b. Aug. 36, 1776 ; d. Sept. 8, 1833, dau. of Jonas and Abigail (Maynard) Knights, g.v.j m. (3d) Jan. 24, 1833, Mrs. Hannah, b. July 3, 1795 ; d. Sept. 16, 1880, wid. of Martin Rockwood, and dau. of Jacob and Mercy (Totman) AVoodward, of M. Oh. iv.-ix. rec. in F. I. Jotias K., m. Phebe Flagg. : II. Joseph M., m. Apr. 23, 1829, Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1809, dau. of Nathan and Polly (Davison) Winch, q.v. No rec. of ch. but a dau. 1. Susan M., d. in T. Feb. 34, 1851, a. 4 y. III. Leonard, m. Woodworth. IV. Manasseli, b. Jan. 30, 1808. V. Nathan, b. Apr. 38, 1810 ; res. in F. ; unm. VI. Moses, b. May 13, 1813 ; m. Feb. 17, 1841, Mary, b. May 25, 1808, dau. of Moses and Patty (Banks) Pratt, of M.; res. M. 1. Mary L., b. Aug. 23, 1843 ; m. Henry A. Atherton. She d., and he m. (3d) her sister, Elizabeth. (See below.) 3. Martha L., b. Aug. 33, 1843 (twin) ; d. Sept. 2, 1843. 3. Elizabeth M., b. Sept. 18, 1845 ; m. H. A. Atherton. (See above.) 4. Sarah A., b. Aug. 30, 1847 ; d. Jan. 9, 1865. 5. Susan M., b. Aug. 13, 1849. VII. Nahum, b. June 3, 1815 ; d. in the army in the War of the Eebellion ; m. Julia Chase ; res. Eichmond. « 1. William C, m. Dec. 34, 1867, Surussa H., dau. of Joseph N. Brown, of R.: Three ch. rec. in F. Res. R. 2. George A¥. 3. Henry, b. Nov. 6, 1850. 4. Susan, b. May 19, 1853. 5. Edward, b. July 21, 1855 ; m. Jan. 11, 1880, Hattie C. Carpenter ; res. R. 6. Harvey, b. Mar. 7, 1858. 7. Nahum, b. Feb. 10, 1863. VIII. Sewell, b. Feb. 1, 1817. IX. Susan, d. June 14, 1830, a. 1 y. 6 mos. X. Charles. HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 25 36 37 38 29 30 31 33 33 34 35 David Nelson Putney, b. Dec. 13, 1816, in Town- send, Vt., s. of Ezra and Sarah (Gates) ; came to F. ab. 1837 ; m. May 18, 1843, Abigail R., b. Dec. 3, 1818; d. Apr. 8," 1887, dan. of Solomon and Gratia Alexander. The w. of John Amadon, and the Istw. of William Lebourveau, both q.v., were sisters of David N. Putney. I. George, h. Aug. 33, 1845 ; m. Apr. 14, 1875, Marianna E., dau. of John B. and Sarah (Thorner) Eollins, of Salem, Mass.; res. S. Ch. b. at South Boston, Muss. 1. George Waldo, b. June 3, 1878. II. Charles, b. June 22, 1847 ; d. in F. July 3, 1876 ; m. Feb. 9, 1869, Mary Augusta, b. 1848 (?), dau. of Jacob J. and Rachel P- Bur- lill. Ch. b. 1 in Swanzey, 3 in F., 3 in 1^66116. 1. Herbert Burrill, b. Mar. 28, 1S71. 2. Harold David, b. Mar. 9, 1874. 3. Charles, b. Sept. 4, 1876. Mary Abbie, b. Nov. 27, 1850 ; m. John H. Bigelow, g.v. Warren, b. Nov. 27, 1854 ; m. Apr. 29, 1885, Jennie E. Gray, of Holyoke, Mass.; res. Wor- cester, Mass. V. Walter Jay, b. Dec. 5, 1857. VI. Grace Maria, b. June 6, 1860. III. IV. Samuel Randall, d. Mar. 8, 1834, a. 76 y. His w., Mary, d. Dec. 8, 1833, a. 69 y. Came to town ab. 1814, and res. here till their death. No account can be given of their ch. except that their dau. I. Cynthia, b. June 35, 1778 : m. Samuel Ellis, REED. The author of the History of the Reed Family, Jacob Whittemore Reed, says that " the Reeds" are descended from a clan or nation, and not from an individual, and finds, as he thinks, traces of the clan before the Christian era. In the early history of this countrj' there are found several emigrants bearing the name. Gen. James Reed, of whose life a sketch is given in Chapter VII., and who is referred to in many other places, was descended from William Reade, of Woburn, Mass., who was the earliest emigrant of the name Reade or Reed. In the following register no particular attempt will be made to give a uniformity in spelling the name, but, as far as practicable, the form will be used that is found in the records. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 689 I William' Readb, b. in 1587, is supposed to have been the s. of Thomas and Mary, of Brockett Hall, Englimd. He arrived at Boston in Oct., 1635, with w. Mabel Kendall and 3 ch., and later settled in Wobura. His 3d ch., 2 Ralph-, b. 1630 ; m. Mary, dan. of Anthony Pierce, of Watertown; res. in Woburu. They had 8 ch., of whom the 2d was 3 Joseph', m. Phebe ■ the 2d was ; res. in W. They had 6 ch., of whom 4 Joseph', b. Jan. 23, 1698 ; d. Mar. 7, 1730 ; m, Nov. 26, 1733, Sarah Kice, of Sudbury ; m. (2d) his cousin, Sarah Reed ; 3 ch. by 1st m. and 3 by 2d m.; res. S. and W. His oldest ch. was Gen. James Reed. 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 Gen. James" Reed, b. 1724 ; d. Feb. 13, 1807, in Fitcliburg ; m.- Abigail Hinds, of New Salem, Mass. She d. Aug. 27, 1791, in Keene, and he m. (2d) Molly, h. Jan. 8, 1742, dan. of Maj. John and Martha (Swift) Farrar, q,v. I. James" Reed, b. Aug. 25, 1746 ; d. May 23, 18271 m. Dec. 11, 1768, in F., Mary Dodge, of Lunenburg, Mass. She d. Feb. 20, 1836, a. 90 y., s.p. II. Abigail, b. Jan. 20, 1748 ; m. (1st) Phinehas Hutchius, g.v.; m. (2d) Grout. III. Priscilla, b. Aug. 10, 1749 ; d. in Leominster 1830 ; m. Feb. 13, 1765, Thomas'' Carter, b. May 4, 1741 ; d. in Leom. May 23, 1773, s. of Thomas* and Betty (Sawyer), of Lun. (Thomas* was s. of Thomas^ who was s. of Rev. SamueP. See Carter rec.) She m. (2d), Oct. 11, 1773, James Richardson. Ch. by 1st m.; 1st aiid prob. ith b. in F., 2d and 3d b. in Leom. 1. Lucinda Garter, b. Feb. 14, 1768. 2 Betty Garter, b. June 15, 1770 ; d. May 2, 1771. 3. Fredericli Carter, b. Feb. 13, 1772 ; m. Nov. 26, 1789, Phebe Snow, of Lun. 4. Garter, infant, d. Sept. 29, 1773, in F. IV. Frederick, b. Aug. 16, 1752. V. Sylvanus, b. Jan. 7, 1755 -|-. VI. Barzillai, b. Jan. 23, 1756 ; d. June 12, 1776. VII. Hinds, b. Nov. 29, 1757 ; m. Dec. 9, 1779, Beulah Muzzy, who d. Dec. 20, 1807 ; rem. from F. ab. 1806. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. 1. Barzillai, b. May 35, 1780. 2. Salome, b. Dec. 30, 1781 ; ra. Feb. 4, 1806, John Darling, of K. 44 690 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 19 20 31 32 33 24 35 36 37 28 3. James, b. July 30, 1784. 4. Caroline, b. Mar. 16, 1787. 5. Beulah, b. Oct. 17, 1789. 6. Abigail, b. June 4, 1792. 7. Hinds, b. Nov. 16, 1794. 8. Kusina, b. Apr. 11, 1797. 9. Eliza, b. May 14, 1799. 10. Charles Pinckney, bapt. Sept. 19, 1803 ; d. Mar. 31, 1805. Tin. Joseph, b. Feb. 17, 1763 ; m. Lucy Osgood, of K.; rem. from P. ab. 1800. No births of ch. rec. in P., but they had 4 ch. d. in town, at dates as follows— no names given : Mar. 33, 1795 ; Jan. 10, Jan. 14, and Feb. 10, all 1800. IX. 8alome, b. May 23, 1766 ; m. Lockhart WiUard, of K. (14) Col. Stlvanus Ebed°, b. Jan. 7, 1755 ; m. Mar. 4, 1781, 3arol ne Taylor, of Southboro, Mass.; rem. from F. ab. 1795 Ch. b. in F. 39 I. CaroUne\ h. Oct. 13, 1783 ; d. Mar. 38, 1786. 30 II. Sylvanus, b. Dec. 33, 1787 ; d. 1832. 31 Ill Inf %nt, d. Jan. 14, 1790. 32 IV Syl )ester\ b. Sept. 19, 1791 ; m. 1817, Mary Bach elder. 33 1. Caroline. 34 2. Mary Ann, m. Robert Wade. 35 3. Rev. Sylvanus', d. 1870 ; m. Caroline Gallup. Mrs. Reed is Principal of a Young Ladies' School of high grade in New York City. 36 1. Mary G". 37 2. Sylvanus A. 38 3. Latham G. 39 4. Anna De Witt. 40 4. Lafayette, d. 1870. 4 I EsDRAs' Reade lived in Boston, Salem, Wenham, and Chelms- ford, Mass., and returned to B. in 1661, and d. tliere in 1680. As be was a prominent member of Rev. Jolm Fislie's chb. in S., ab. 1637, he must have been b. in England, but the date of his coming to this countrj' is unknown. His s., 42 Obediah", m. .Tune 19, 1664, Anne Swift and res. in Boston. He d. ab. 1718 ; she d. Sept. 13, 1080. They had 7 ch., of whom the 1st 43 Thomas', b. July, 1665 ; m. twice ; name of 1st w. unknown ; 3d w. Hannah ; 5 ch. by 1st m. and 2 by 2d m.; res. Chelmsford. His 1st ch., GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 691 44 ThomasS b. 1687 ; d. Dec. 34, 1773 ; m. Mar. 14, 1709, Sarah Fletcher. They had 6 eh., descendants from two of whom have lived in F.— viz., Timothy, b. Mar. 21, 1714, 45 ; Joseph, b. June 4, 1716, 53 45 TIMOTHT^ b. Mar. 31, 1714 ; m. Nov. 10, 1733, Mary Cummings ; res. Dunstable, Mass. Their s., 46 Timothy", b. Aug. 30, 1736 ; res. Dummerston, Vt. His s., 47 Isaac' had several ch., of whom John, 48, settled in F. 48 John" Eeed came to F. ab. 1833. He d. Jan. 23, 1875, a. 74 y.: m. Eliza Baker, who d. Mar. 13, 1847, a. 42 y. 49 I. Sarah Jane Leonard?, d. Feb. 16, 1875, a. 44 y., unm. 50 II. Charles Rawson, b. Dec. 20, 1836 ; d. Aug. 12, 1837. 51 III. Daniel Henry, b. ISTov. 1, 1838 ; d. Jan. 7, 1867 ; m. Nov. 17, 1863, Betsey Gnice, dan. of Sylvanns and Betsey E. (Damon) Perliam, q.v. 52 IV. George Elliot, b. Feb. 28, 1841 ; d. Aug. 19, 1842. 53 Joseph'' Reed (s. of 44 Thomas*), b. June 4, 1716 ; m. May 30, 1737, Ruth Underwood ; res. W'estford, Mass. Their 1st ch., 54 Joshua", b. Dec. 1, 1737 ; m. Mary Spaulding ; res. W. Ch. i. Elnathan, b. Oct. 13, 1758 ; 11. Benjamin, b. Dec. 5. 1760 ; in. Joshua, b. Mar. 6, 1763 ; iv. Pliinehas, b. Oct. 18, 1765, 55 ; v. Amos, b. Aug. 1, 1768; vi. Isaiah, b. Oct. 14, 1770; d. y.; vii. Zaccheus, b. Mar. 8, 1773 ; Tin. Joseph, b. Mar. 13, 1778 ; ix. Isaiali, b. Mar. 17, 1778. 55 56 57 58 Phin-ehas' Reed, b. Oct. 18, 1765 ; d. Mar. 30, 1852 ; came to F. from Westford in 1787 ; m. Mar. 19, 1789, Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1767 ; d. Nov. 11, 1808, dau. of John Day, of Winchendon ; m. (2d) Dec. 13, 1809, Mrs. Ljdia (Richardson) Parker, of New Ipswich, N. H. She d. Apr. 2, 1851, a. 80 y. In the house list of 1798 his house is appraised higher than any other one in town, and for many y. his taxes were usually the largest in town. I. Eliza', b. Oct. 21, 1790 ; m. Aug. 9, 1827, Capt. James Godfrey. He came to P. ab. 1815 ; rem. toNorthfield, Mass., ab. 1829 ; returned to F. ab. 1837, and d. here, Jan. 12, 1846, a. 65 y. Ch. b. in N. 1. Joseph Godfrey, b. Mar. 16, 1832. 2. James " b. Dec. 24, 1833. 693 59 60 61 63 63 64 65 66 6? 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 83 (66) HISTOET OF PITZWILLIAM. II. Edward Camlridge, b. Mar. 8, 1793 ; d. May 1, 1883 ; m. Feb. 16, 1830, Amanda Mmerva Weller, of Pittsfield, Mass. (See pp. 440 and 447.) 1. Mariana, b. Jan. 16, 1831 ; m. June 10, 1847, Charles E. Washburn. 3. Edward P., b. May 14, 1823 ; m. Feb. 33, 1859, Clara M. Winegar. 3. Sarah E., b. July 30, 1834 ; m. Jan. 20, 1853, Henry B. Lord. He is cashier ot the First National Bank, Ithaca, N. Y. 4. Elliot, b. Dec. 18, 1837 ; m. Dec. 3, 1852, Eebecca Grenell. 5. Ellen C, b. Sept. 11, 1838. III. Polly, b. Jan. 24, 1795 ; d. Jan. 6, 1797. IT. Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1797+- V. Joseph, b. Nov. 39, 1798 drowned. Ti. Mary, b. July 8, 1800 ; m. Sprague. 1. John Sprague. 2. Mary E. Sprague. 3. George Elliot Sprague. VII. John Milton, b. Sept. 18, 1803 ; d. Sept. 34, 1848, killed in the Mexican War : m. Henri- etta Taylor, s.p. VIII. Joseph, b. Sept. 23, 1804 ; d. Sept. 30, 1826, at Charlestown, jMass., unm. IX. Elliot, b. Apr. 31, 1806 ; d. June 15, 1838, at Missionary Station, Ga. ; m. (1st) Elvira Lee ; (2d) Biddy Lee, sisters. 1. Georgie Ellietta. 3. Sarah Elizabeth. X. Sarah, b. May 21, 1811 ; m. (1st) Daniel T. Hay den ; (3d) Dexter Whitteraore, both q.v. XI. Charles, b. Mar. 17, 1813+. XII. George, b. Sept. 3, 1814 ; m. Marie Antoinette Pray, of Salem, Mass. 1. George. 3. Edward. 3. Charles. d. Sept. 9, 1804, Nov. 30, 1824, Eli Daniel" Reed, b. Jan. 3, 1797 ; m. Nov. 2, 1820, Laura, b. June 3, 1800, dau. of Dr. Thomas and Jane (Brown) Eiohardson, q.v.j rem. to Adrian, Mich., and Mr. R. d. Apr. 34, 1882. Mrs. R. d. Lansing, Mich GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 693 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 02 (78) 93 94 95 96 Jan. 33, 1886, both in L. Ch. b. i.-iv. in Townsend, Mass., T.-Yi. in P. I. Edward', b. Oct. 6, 1832 ; d. Jan. 13, 1838. II. Elizaleth, b. May 7, 1824 ; d. June 17, 1836. in. Charles, b. Sept. 14, 1837 ; d. Oct. 20, 1827. IV. Jane Elizabeth, b. Jan. 13, 1829 ; m. Anson Streeter, q.v. V. Ann Eliza\ b. Feb. 26, 1834 ; m. June 1, 1851. David Fisk Woodcock, b. June 4, 1829, s. of Tisdale and Patty (Baker) ; res. L. Oh. b. in Geneva, N. Y. 1. Edward Francis" Woodcoch, b. May 18, 1858 ; m. Dec. 25, 1879, Ida B. liiger- soll ; res. Niles, Mich. Mr. AVoodcock is cashier of , the Citizens' ISTational Bank of N". Oh. b. 1 and 3 in L., 2 in K". 1. Bessie M. Woodcock, b. July 11, 1881. 3. David E. Woodcoch, b. Jan. 1, 1886. 3. Anna Louise Woodcoch, b. July 13, 1887. VI. Edward, b. Sept. 33, 1838 ; d. Oct. 15, 1853. Oharles' Reed. b. Mar. 17, 1813 : d. Mar. 27, 1866, in Boston, where he had been in business for some y. ; m. Apr. 8, 1835, Betsey W., b. May 10, 1815 ; d. Apr. 36, 1883, dau. of Josiah and Huldah (Oollins) Osborn. She m. (3d) Ohancy Davis, Jr., q.v. I. Charles^ Elliot, b. Feb. 6, 1837 ; d. May 4, 1843. II. Daniel Hay den, b. Feb. 8, 1839 ; m. Nov. 35, 1858, Abbie F., b. Dec. 8, 1840 ; d. Mar. 24, 1865, dau. of Philip D. and Nancy (Sargent) Angier ; m. (2d) Oct. 11, 1865, Mary Adeline, b. Apr. 18, 1843, dau. of Sumner W. and Susan (Hastings) Keith, of F. 1. Abbie Frances"", b. Apr. 34, 1869. III. Sarah Elizabeth, h. June 36, 1841 ; d. May 22, 1842. 97 Supply Read, of Chelmsford, Mass., m., June 7, 1781, Susannah Byam, and rem. to Acworth, N. H., where he lived to be 93 y. of a. He was prob.^ descendant of Esdras Reade (No. 41), as a large number of that stock res. in C, but the connection cannot be traced. Of his ch. was 694 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 98 TiLLisoN, b. Aug. 11, 1787 ; m. Delia Byam, b. Dec. 4, 1784 res. Acworth. Their s., Timothy S., b. BeiJt. 23, 1811, settled in F. 99 100 101 102 ]03 104 105 106 107 108 Timothy S. Eeed, b. Sept. 22, 1811 ; d. Nov. 7, 1873 ; m. Lucy , who d. May 12, 1837, a. 36 y.; m. (2d) Sarah M., b. Apr. 25, 1816, dan. of Daniel and Nancy (Stone) Simonds, q.v. Mr. R. came to F. ab. 1835." I. Charles Justin, b. May 30, 1838 ; d. Nov. 28, 1839. II. Simmer Justin, b. Aug. 14, 1841 ; m. Aug. 11, 1863, Caroline J., b. June 2, 1845, dau. of John E. and Cleora (Allen) Whitney, then of Jaflrey. 1. Elwin Alonzo, b. Apr. 27. 1865. 2. Nellie Cleora, b. Dec. 30, 1868. 3. Perley Whitney, b. July 17, 1871. III. Frederick Azro, b. May 26, 1849 ; d. Dec. 29, 1872, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., unm. Bexjamin" Reed, whose genealogy is not traced, but who in the rec. of m. is called of Ashby, Mass., m. Dec. 10, 1807, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 2, 1782, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Haven) Stone, q.v. Moved into town ab. 1827, and lived here till Mr. R. d., Nov. 6, 1834, a. 51 y. Mrs. R. d. Feb. 19, 1866, in Jaffrey, and was in- terred in F. The Hist, of J. gives her name as Mary, which is not correct. No b. of ch. rec. but a dau. I. Betsey, d. May 17, 1829, a. 21 y. Mrs. Sarah T. Reed, wid. of Merrill, and mother of Mrs. Philip D. Angier, d. in Swanzey, Jan. 20, 1872, a. 79 y. 6 mos., and was interred in F. RICE. . I Edmond' Rice was from Barlchamstead, Hertfordshire, England. He was living in Sudbury, Mass., early in 1639, and came over in 1638 or earlier. He was a petitioner for the town of Marlboro, Mass., and rem. thither in 1660. By 1st w. Thamazine, he had 10 ch., and by 3d w. Mercy (Hurd), wid. of Tliomas Brigham, lie had 3 ch. His 1st ch., 2 Hbnry^ b. 1616 ; d. Feb. 10, 1711 ; m. Feb. 1, 1644, Elizabeth Moore ; rem. from Sudbury to Framingham and settled on land that had been granted to his father. They had 10 ch., of whom the 4th was 3 Jonathak', b. July 3, 1654 ; d. Apr. 12, 1735 ; m. (1st) Mar. 34, 1675 ; (3d) Nov. 1, 1677, Rebecca Watson ; (3d) Feb. 12, 1691, Eliza- beth Wheeler ; res. S. and Fram. He had 14 ch., of whom was GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 695 4 Abraham', b. 1697 : d. June 3, 1777, killed by lightning ; m. Feb. 1, 1721, Patience, b. Feb. 7, 1703 ; d. Jan. 2, 1796, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Death) Eamea ; res. Fram. Tli6y had 8 oh., of whom the 2d. Abraham, b. May 9, 1725, 5, settled in F. 10 11 (11) 13 13 14 15 Abraham' Eioe, b. May ^9, 1725 ; m. Den. 18. 1747, in Bolton, Mass., Susannah Wilder, of B. The History of the Rice Family says that " after having two children in Bolton, they returned to Pram., had three b. there, and then moved away." They had/o?^?' cMldren b. in Pram, before moving away, but the youngest one was not rec. there, which is doubtless the reason why his name does not appear in either the Pram. History or the Pamily History. There is no evidence that the two elder ch. ever lived in P., but the rest of the family came here ab. 1775, and settled on L 18 E 8. Mr. R. d. Apr. 15, 1807. Mrs. E. d. July 6, 1830, a. 90 y. I. Silas\ b. Aug. , 1749 ; m. Elizabeth who d. Sept. 4, 1797, a. 47 y. : he d. May 31, 1835, in Worcester, Mass. II. Nathan, b. Nov., 1731 ; m. Lucy Barber, of Berlin, Mass., by whom he had 6 ch ; res. in B. and Northboro, Mass. He d. in K. Jan. 30, 1836 ; was a Eevolutionary pensioner. III. Sarah, b. May 5, 1754 ; m. in P. Nov. 31, 1790, Joseph Sever. IV. Alraham, b. July, 1764. He was m., and his w. and ch. were supported by the town in 1783 and 1784, but he paid the bills after- ward ; his w. d. in 1784 ; he rem. from town before 1793*. V. Susannah, b. Aug. 3, 1766. Ti. David, b. Mar. 19, 1769+. David" Eice, b. Mar. 19, 1769 ; d. in P. July 21, 1838 ; m. May 30, 1790, Dorcas, b. Dec. 10, 1769 ; d. in Jaffrey, Apr. 15, 1874, a. 104 y. 4 mos. 5 d. ; interred in P.; dau. of Philip and Eunice (Shumway) Araadon q.v.; soon after m. settled on L 11 E 9. Oh. all b. in P. I. Susannah\ b. Jan. 30, 1791 ; m. Benjamin Richardson, q.v. Arethusa, b. Dec. 10, 1793 ; m. Peb. 3, 1814, Jared Hildreth, of Eoxbury, Vt. Roxalana, b. Jan. 36, 1795 ; m. Abel Marshall, IT. III. q.v. IV. David, b. Peb. 8, 1797; m., 1823, Pidelia HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. 16 17 18 19 20 3L Norton ; late in life rem. to Rindge, where he d. Oct. 4, 1864. v. Betney, b. May 5, 1799. VI. Laban, b. Mar. 33, 1801 ; m. Oct. 14, 1827, Esther, b. Nov. 3, 1801, dau. of John and Abigail (Demary) Gutter, of J., by whom he had 8 ch.; res. in J., where he d. Dec. 3, 1873. VII. Azulali. viTi. Madame. IX. Faxon, m. June 16, 1846, Eebecca, b. Oct. 9, 1816, dan. of Jacob and Eebecca (Sawyer) Bacon, of J.; res. E. X. Mary, d. Feb. 5, 1810. 22 Edwaed^ Rice, a younger s. of Edmond', d. Aug. 15, 1713, a. ab. 93 y.; m. (2d?) Anua , who d. June 4, 1713, a. 83 y.; res. Sudbury and Marlboro, Mass. Tbey had 10 or 11 ch., of whom 23 Benjamin^, b. Dec. 22, 1666 ; d. Feb. 23, 1748-9 ; m. Apr. 1, 1691, Mary Graves, by whom he had 10 ch.; res. S. and M. Their oldest ch., 24 Azariah", b. Aug. 13, 1693: d. 1779; res. Brookfield, Mass.; bv w. Hanuah he had 9 ch., of wliom the 4th was .Jouas, b. June 80, 1731. 35 26 27 28 29 30 JoxAS EiCE, b. June 30, 1731 ; m. Deborah Force (Vose?). They had 11 ch. in Brookfield, and came to F. ab. 1774 ; were adm. to chh. in F. May 13, 1775, on letter from the chh. in B. He was an ensign in the Rev. War., and d. at Fort George, N. Y., July 25, 1776, of smallpox, lie had previously been in the French and Indian War, in Caldwell's Company, Aug., 1757, for Fort William Henry. After the d. of Mr. R. the family returned to B. Ch. rec. in F. I. Elias, bapt. July 9, 1775. SoLOMOisr Rice lived in town a few y. ab. the com- mencement of the present century ; m. Eebecca, b. Apr. 18, 1782, dau. of David and Eebecca (Hoar) Wheeler, of Marlboro. Ch. rec. in F. I. Solomon, b. Oct. 20. 1800. II. David, b. Feb. 23, 1802. John- Eice, b. June 7, 1811, in Stow, Mass., s. of Buckminster and Abigail (Howe) Eice ; d. in F. Sept. 24, 1882 ; m. Caroline, b. May 1, 1810 ; d. Dec. 7, GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 697 31, 32 33 34 1880, dau. of Ezra and Elizabet.h Hayden, q.v.; m. (3d) Nov. 22, 1881, Mrs. Hannah M. Stone ; came to P. ab. 1834. No rec. of ch., but the following are inserted. I. Dexter W., b. ab. 1839. II. Miza A.,h. ab. 1841 ; m. Phinehas Whitcomb, q.v. III. Levi W., b. ab. 1844. IV. Sarah E., b. ab. 1846. RICIIAEDSON. Three bros. Ricliardson, Ezekiel. Samuel, and Thomas, and four other men were chosen, Nov. 5, 1640, by the chh. in Charlestown, Mass., to commence a new settlement. The settlement was commenced the next year, a chh. was formed Aug. 14, 1643, and in Sept., 1642, the new town was incorporated under the name of Woburn. Ezekiel came from Eng- land in 1630 and settled in C. The other bros. prob. came in 1636. C. rec. give lists of men, inhabitants of the town, dated Jan., 1634, and Jan., 1636. Ezekiel appears in both these lists ; the other bros. in neither, but both Samuel and Thomas were on a committee to lay out lots for hay in .July, 1636. Two of the bros., through their descendants, have been represented in F. I Samuel' RiojfhnDsoN, d. Mar. 23, 1658 ; m. Joanna , who d. ab. 1666 ; they had 8 ch., 3 b. in 0. and 6 in W. The 6th ch. was 2 Stephen^, b. Aug. 15, 1649 ; d. Mar. 33, 1718 ; m. Jan. 3, 1675, Abigail, d. Sept, 17, 1730, a. 60 y., dau. of Francis and Abigail (Read) Wjman, of W. They had 13 ch. His will, dated Aug. 15, 1713, men- tions 9 ch. as then living. Their 8tli ch. was 3 Timothy^ b. Jan. 34, 1688 ; m, Susannah Holden, Settled in Attleboro ab, 1614, and a little later rem, to Maiden, Had 1 ch, b, in each town. The eldest ch,, 4 Timothy', b, Oct, 18, 1715 : d, Dec, 15, 1801, in Royalston ; m. Mar, 33, 1738, Alice, b. Nov. 13, 1717, dau. of Timothy Wyman, of W.; rem. from Attleboro to Wrentham, and from thence to R. Ch. all rec. in A. I. Alice, b. Mar. 34, 1739 ; ii. Timothy, b. Mar. 7, 1741 ; d. July 6, 1833 ; m. Sarah , who d. June 37, 1834. Had 8 ch. or more, all b. in R., of whom Timothy, b. Dec. 3, 1768, settled in F. on L 3 R 11 ; res. there a few y. ab. 1800, and then relumed to R. Lot, b. July 37, 1781 ; m. June 3, 1803, Eunice Grover, of F. m. Susannah, b. Mar. 3, 1743 ; d. y.; iv. Hannah, b. Mar. 13, 1745 ; T. Abiel, b. Mar. 39, 1747 ; VI. Stephen, b. Mar. 3, 1749, 5 : vii. Abijah, b. Mar. 16, 1751+ ; viii. Susannah, b. Mar. 13, 1753 ; ix. Eliphalet, b. Mar. 30, 1756 + . Stephen" Eichaedson-, b. Mar. 3, 1749 ; m. Rhoda Daniels, of Keene ; came to F. and made a beginning on his farm, L 4 R 11, before the Revolutionary War, and served in the war from F. It is stated that during the war he offered to deed his property to Miss Daniels if she would marry him then, but she preferred to re- HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. 6 I. 7 II. 8 ■III. 9 IV. (4 VII) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 (4 IX) main single until the result of the war had decided the destiny of the country. He d. Deo. 31, 1790. The wid. rem. from town, but the date cannot be given. In the rec. of the m. of the daus. they are called " of P." Betsey, b. Nov. 39, 1785 ; m. Perley Parker and rem. to Wallingford, Vt. Polly, b. May 20, 1787 ; m. Philemon Fair- banks, q.v. Stephen, b. Dec. 25, 1788. Rhoda, b. Dec. 12, 1790 ; m. Nov. 20, 1810, John Eeed, of Alstead, JST. H. Abijah* Richardson-, b. Mar. 17, 1751 ; d. Dec. 10, 1830 ; m. Nov. 26, 1778, Hannah, b. 1753 ; d. Nov. 22, 1840, dau. of Benjamin Eddy, of Eoyalston ; came to P. ab. 1787 and settled on L 3 R 11, where his bro., Eliphalet, had previously lived. Abijah veas concerned in the demonstration known as Shays's Rebellion, and desiring to get beyond the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, he exchanged farms with his bro. A few y. later, ab. 1791, he returned to R. Ab. 17j^ he again came to F. and settled on L 6 R 9, wheri, pJie lived till ab. 1814, when he again returned to R. Ch. b. i.-iv. and vi.-vii. in R. ; v. and viii.-xii. m F. ; v., viii., and xn. rec. in F. I. Susannah\ b. Dec. 16, 1779 ; d. Dec. 13, 1856. ir. Hannah, b. July 29, 1781 ; d. July 27, 1800, unm. III. Samuel, b. Apr. 30, 1783 ; m. Lucy Harring- ton.; res. in F. a few y. ab. 1806, and re- turned to R. IV. Benjamin Eddy, b. Apr. 14, 1785 ; m. Dee. 31, 1809, Susannah, dau. of David and Dorcas (Amadou) Rice, q.v. V. Sally, b. Dec. 31, 1787. VI. Alice, b. Apr. 25, 1792 ; d. Aug. 27, 1808, unm. VII. Abijah, b. Feb. 2, 1794+. VIII. Columbus, b. Sept. 24, 1798. IX. Infant son, d. Sept. 26, 1801. ) X. Betsey, d. Nov. 26, 1801, a. 2 mos. [■ triplets. XI. Hannah, d. Jan. 16, 1802, a. 4 mos. ) XII. George, b. Dec. 22, 1802+. Eliphalet^ RiOHARnsoN, b. Mar. 20, 1756 ; d. 1818 ; m. Elizabeth ; res. in F. for a few y., living on L ;^2 23 (16) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 (21) 39 40 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 699 3 R 11, and returned to Royalston ab. 1787. Of their 7 ch. 2 were prob. b. in F. I. Infant, d. May 17, 1786. II. mijjlialet R.,'\). Jan. 19, 1787; d. Oct. 26, 1803. Abijah" Richarhsow, b. Feb. 2, 1794; d. Apr. 24, 1840 ; m. (let) Lncv Whitney, b. Apr. 8, 1792 ; d. Sept. 18, 1833 ; (2d)"Apr. 2, 1834, Melinda, b. Mar. 16, 1800 ; d. June, 1879, dau. of Tarrant and Lydia Cutler ; res. Royalston. Ch. all b. in R. I. Hannah, b. Oct. 29, 1822 ; d. Sept. 17, 1865. II. Ephraim PF.,»b. Feb. 28, 1824 ; d. May 6, 1852. HI. Lucy, b. Nov. 8. 1825 ; m. Philemon R. Fair- banks, q.v. IV. Thomas Jefferson, b. Aug. 2, 1827 ; served in the War of the Rebellion ; d. June, 1863, at sea on the passage home from New Orleans ; m. Lucy . 1. Lucy Emma, b. Nov. 9, 1857, in Truro, Mass. 2. Anson Burlingame, b. Sept. 28, 1859, in F. V. Andrew J., b. May 8, 1829 ; d. Feb. 6, 1883. VI. Alice, b. Dec. 18, 1830 ; d. Aug. 11, 1846. VII. George 0., h. Nov. 16, 1836 ; d. May 30, 1874, in Jalfrey ; interred in P. VIII. Leander, b. Nov. 21, 1838 ; m. May 14, 1861, Julia A., b. June 5, 1842, dau. of Rufus B. and Mary A. Potter, q.v.; res. in F. Ch. b. in F. 1. Edwin R., b. Nov. 15, 1866. 2. Edith Gertrude, b. Sept. 1, 1872. ;3. Grace Cutler, b. Dec. 22, 1875. 4. Harry Eugene, b. Sept. 5, 1880. IX. Levi A., b. Oct. 29, 1839 ; d. Nov. 21, 1849. GftoiiGE Richardson, b. Dec. 22, 1802 ; d. Jan. 7, 1872, in Ashby, Mass.; interred in F. ; m. Apr. 27, Sophronia, b. Nov. 5, 1806 ; d. Dec. 16, 1863, dau. of Moses and Mehitable Nichols, of Royalston. Ch. b. I. -II. in R., III. in F. I. Nancy, b. Jan. 23, 1829 ; m. Joel Howe, q.v. II. Gear g.e Dexter, b. Aug. 25, 1839 ; m. May (17?), 1863, Etta, b. Apr. 7, 1842, dau. of Rufus 700 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. and Harriet (Metcalf) Simonds, q.v.; res. A. 41 III. Albert Carlton, b. Aug. 21, 1842 ; m. Jlay (16?), 1886, Laura M., b. Aug. 8, 1842, dau. of Danvers and Olive (Whipple) Martin, of Richmond ; res. A. 42 Phomas- Richardson was the youngest of the three Richardson bros. who settled in Woburn. He d. in W. Aug. 28, 1651 ; m. Mary , who survived him. (She m. [3d] Michael Bacon, being his 2d w. His only s., Michael Bacon, Jr., m. Sarah Richardson, a dau. of his 2d w. by her 1st m. The distinguished Rev. Leonard Bacon, D.D., was a descendant from tliis marriage.) Thomas and Mary Richardson had 7 ch., of whom 2 were b. in Charlestown and 5 in W. Their youngest ch., 43 NATHANIEL^ b. Jan. 3, 1651 ; d. Dec. 4, 1714 ; m. Mary , who d. Dec. 33, 1719. They had 13 ch., of whom the 2d was 44 Capt. James'', b. Feb. 36, 1675 ; d. Mar. 13, 1722 ; m., 1698, Rebecca Eaton, who d. the following year, 1699, and he m, (3d), Dec. 23, 1699, Elizabeth Arnold, of Reading, Mass. He had 1 ch. by 1st m. and 9 by 3d m. His 2d ch. by 2d m. was 45 James', b. Mar. 14, 1704 ; d. 1748 (?) ; m. Sept. 24, 1728, Sarah, b. July 39, 1703, dau. of Capt. James and Mary' (Richardson) Fowle. (Mary" Richardson was dau. of Joseph^, who was s. of SamueP.) They had 8 ch., of whom 8 were b. in W. and 5 in Leominster, to which place they rem. ab. 1738. Their 4th oh., 46 LnKE^ b. Aug. 15, 1734 ; d. Mar. 37, 1813 ; m., 1758, Damaris, dau. of Jonathan and Damaris (Whitcomb) Carter, of Lancaster, Mass. She d. Sept. 18, 1813, a. 74 y. b mos. ; res. Leominster. They had 9 ch., of whom the 4th was Thomas, b. Feb. 1, 1766, 47. 47 48 49 Dr. Thomas" Richardson, b. Feb. 1, 1766 ; d. Aug. 8, 1853. He settled in Royalston, where he res. till 1812, when he rem. to F., where he spent the remainder of his life ; m., 1790, Jane, b. Feb. 20, 1765 ; d. Oct. 17, 1828, dau. of Rev. Joseph Brown, of Winchendon, minister there from 1769 to 1800. I. Thomas', b. July 24, 1790 : d. Apr. 4, 1828 ; m. (1st) Mar. 31, 1818, Sarah, b. Sept. 23, 1791, dau. of AVilliam and Lydia (Cieverlv) Knight, q.v. She d. Apr. 23, 1824, and he m. (2d) Jan. 26, 1826, Lucy, b. Mar. 6, 1802 ; d. May 12, 1875, dau. of IVloses and Hannah (Parker) Wright, of Templeton, Mass. Moses Wright was a younger bro. of the Wrights, Joel, Thomas, and Dr. Ebenezer, who settled in F. Ch. of Thomas Richardson all b. in P. 1. Sarah Brown', b. Apr. 17, 1819 ; d. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 701 Aug., 1853, at Keeseville, N. Y.; m. "William Cowlbeok, of K. 50 2. Thomas Augustus, b. Aug. 13, 1830 ; d. June, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo.; m. Nancy, dau. of Jesse Potter, of K., q.v. 51 3. Charles, b. 1832 ; m. Sarah Wright, of Winchester, N. H. ; res. Plattsburg, N. Y. 52 L Jane, b. Mar., 1834 ; m. B. B. Boynton, of K. ; rem. to Chicago, 111. 53 5. Moses Wright, b. Jan. 1, 1837 ; m. June 5, 1855, Eliza W., dau. of Dr. J. H. Lane, of Boston. She d. Feb. 3, 1873, and he m. (3d) the wid. of his cousin, Richardson. He is a merchant in B. 54 1. Arthur Kimball, b. Feb. 36, 1866. 55 II. Mary, b. Apr. 19, 1793 ; d. Nov., 1870, at Guil- ford, Vt.; m. Jan. 18, 1830, William Eider, b. June 17, 1783, s. of Moses and Mary (Twitchell) Eider, of Dublin, his 3d w. 56 III. Luke Brown\ b. Apr. 14, 1795 ; d. Nov. 36, 1830, in Cabot, Vt. ; m. Mary Ann, dau. of Judge Dunn, of C. Was in mercantile busi- ness in F. 1817-36, and rem. to C. ab. 1837. Ch. b. in F. 57 1. Luke'. 58 2. Mary Ann. 59 3. Dana, b. June 15, 1836. 60 IV. Eliza, b. Apr. 13, 1797 ; d. Jan. 12, 1839, unm. 61 T. Laura, b. June 3, 1800 ; m. Daniel Eeed, q.v. 62 VI. Jane Sophronia, b. Nov. 21, 1802 ; m. John Kimball, q.v. 63 VII. Charles, b. Apr. 21, 1805 ; d. July 13, 1835, at Macon, Ga.; m. Sept. 20, 1832,' Eebecca N., b. Apr. 21, 1806 ; d. Feb. 12, 1834, in Char- lotte, Ga., dau. of Joel and Eebecca (Tower) Hayden, q.v. 64 VIII. George Carter', b. Apr. 37, 1808 ; d. 1885 ; m. Feb. 3, 1833, Susan G., dau. of Abel Moore, of B. She d. Nov. 18, 1845, a. 34 y., and he m. (3d), Nov. 5, 1850, Ellen, dau. of Stephen Gregory, of G. Mr. E. was in mercantile life from his early youth, first in his native town of E., and after 1835 at B., in the dry-goods business, about 30 y. in the jobbing trade, and about the same length of time in com- mission business. 702 65 66 67 68 69 70 HISTOEY OE FITZWILLIAM. 1. George Elllot^ b. Mar. 17, 1833 ; d. Mar. 26, 1861. 2. Henry Angiistns, b. ISTov. 24, 1835 ; d. July 1, 1863, from disease induced by exposure while serving as surgeon in the U. S. Navv. 3. Charles Howard, b. Feb. 3, 1839 ; d. Dec. 19, 1867. 4. Edward, b. June 3, 1844. 5. Arthur Gregory, b. Dec. 4, 1855. IX. John, b. Jan. 29, 1810 ; d. Oct. 1, 1829, at ' Forsyth, Ga. Samuel Eidee came from Shrewsbury, was taxed in F. in 1794 5 and 6, and returned to S. His w. was Anna Gibson, a sister of the w. of Jesse Forristall, Sr., q.v. They had several ch., but none rec. in F. Elu-athan Eider was taxed in 1800 and 1801. Elton Eider was taxed 1804 to 1815. Ebenezee Bobbins left town before 1793*. By w. Meribah had rec. in F. I. Rosalinda, b. Mar. 4, 1789. Jonas Eobinson or Eqbeson, as he wrote his name after he settled in P., was a native of Lexington, Mass. As he was in trade in F. as early as 1793*, and had pre- viously been in business in Marlboro for a year or more, it is very probable that he came to M. as early as 1791. This is believed to be correct, though it does not quite agree with the family account, which is that he came to F. in 1794, having previously been in business in Jaffrey with David Paige, a s. of his guardian, as clerk and then as partner. In regard to this, it may be sufficient to say that the History of J. gives the y. that Mr. Paige or Page traded in J. as 1803-05. Some further account of Mr. E. is given on pages 140 and 398. Mr. E. m. Sept. 3, 1796, Betsey, b. July 10, 1777 ; d. Mar. 2, 1807, dau. of Eeuben and Sarah (Kendall) Ward, q.v. At the rec. of the interment of Mrs. E. the sexton notes that " the ground was frozen 37 inches deep." Mr. E. m. (2d), 1815, Susan Bellows, of VValpole, JST. H., who survived him. He d. Aug. 24, 1819, a. 49 y. I. Eliza Ann, b. Apr. 27, 1798 ; m. Dec. 7, 1820, GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 703 3 4 5 6 7 II. in. IV. VI. Dr. Thomas Wells, of Columbia, S. C, and she d. there. Jonas, b. May 10, 1800 ; rem. from F. ab. 1834 ; m. Miss Farrell, of Maine ; res. in Louisiana. Maria, b. Nov. 23, 1802 ; m, D. P. Ulark, of New York ; rem. to New Milford, Ct., where she d. John Ward, b. Jan. 30, 1805 ; was a physician ; d. in South Ca.rolina, a. 23 y. Mary Ann Louisa, b. Apr. 23, 1816 ; d. Mar. 28, 1823. Ahel Bellows, b. Apr. 10, 1817. He was a phy- sician in New York City ; m. Susan Taylor, of New Haven, Cc, he d. 1855 ; she d. 1857. ROCKWOOD. I Richakd' Eockwood was a planter in Dorchester, Mass., in 1636. He was m. two, and, perhaps, three times. His s. by 1st m., 2 Nicholas^, b. as early as 1628, res. in Braintree, Mcdiield, and Medway, Mass.;.m. (1st) Jane (Adams!), d. Dec. 15, 1654; (2d) Mar- garet Holbrook, who d. Apr. 23, 1670 ; (8d) Silence , who d. Nov. 9, 1677. He d. Jan. 26, 1680. His s., 3 JoHN=, b. Feb. 12, 1662 ; d. Dec. 16, 1746 ; res. in Medway. He is styled Rev. in the rec, but he seems never to have been ordained. He m. Bethia, dau. of Benjamin Twitchell, from D. She d. Jan. 1, 1807, and he m. (2d) Sarah . His s., 4 Joseph*, b. Nov. 15, 1692 ; d. Oct., 1774 ; res. Oxford, Mass.; m. Hannah . Their s., 5 JoHN^ b. Nov. 7, 1735 ; m. June 14, 1753, Hannah Frost ; res. O. They had 10 ch., of whom the 3d, Samuel, b. Dec. 1, 1759, settled in F., 6. 6 Samuei/ Eockwood, b. Dec. 1, 1759 ; d. Jan. 5, 1839 ; m. July 27, 1782, Ehoda, b. June 10, 1765 ; d. Dec. 5, 1812, daa. of Joseph and Marcy (Cousins) John- son, of Holliston. (Mrs. R. was sister of Asa Johnson, q.v.) Mr. R. m. (2d), Dec. 23, 1813, Elizabeth, b. Jati' 33, 1776 ; d. Jan. 10, 1836, dau. of Daniel and Lucy (Bruce) Farrar, and wid. of Nathan Platts, both q.v. Came to F. ab. the time of 1st m. and settled on L 17 R 9. Rock wood Pond is mainly in this lot, and was named from him. In the earlier rec. it is called Poster's Pond, from Joseph Foster, who settled on L 16 E 9, south of the pond. Ch. all but 1st, and perhaps all, b. in F. I. Martin', b. Mar. 11, 1784+. II. Rlioda, b. 1786 (?) ; m. Feb. 6, 1811, Josiah Nurse, q.v. 704 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (7) 31 22 23 24 (18) 25 26 27 28 29 30 III. Lois, b. Sept. 3, 1789 ; d. May 22. 1804. ly. John, b. July 15, 1791. V. Lyman, b. Jan. 15, 1794. VI. Ira, b. Apr. 2, 1796. vn. Clarissa, b. Mar. 31, 1798 ; d. Mar. 18, 1832 ; m. Dec. 29, 1819, Orlando Coolidge, b. Jan. 14, 1796, s. of Abraham and Sarah, of Troy. He ni. (2d) Eaton, and rem. to Keene. (Jh. b. in T. 1. Sarah Coolidge, d. Mar. 28, 1822, a. 10 mos. Tin. Lovina, b. Apr. 20, 1800 ; m. Dec. 7, 1834, Oscar Coolidge, b. Jaly 22, 1798, bro. of Or- lando above ; res. Chesterfield, N. H. IX. Hannah, b. May 15, 1803 ; d. Sept. 27, 1805. , ■X. Cliild, d. Oct. 2, 1805, a. 15 mos. XI. Samuel Johnson, b. Nov. 25, 1814-(-. xit. George Farrar, b. Jan. 26, 1817. XIII. Lois, d. Feb. 8, 1820, a. 1 y. Maetin' Rockwood, d. Dec. 19, 1819, a. 35 y.; m. June 8, 1809, Polly, b. June 14, 1786 ; d. June 10, 1815, dan. of Jonas and Abigail (Maynard) Knights ; m. (2d), Apr. 25, 1816, Hannah, b. July 2, 1795 ; d. 1880, dau. of Jacob and Mercy (Totman) Woodward, of Marlboro. I. Abigail Maynard'', b. Jan. 15, 1811. II. Rhoda, b. Sept. 33, 1813. \ III. Infant, d. June 8, 1815. IV. Marg Martin, b. May 15, 1819 ; m. Levi Whitteniore, q.v. Samuei, J.' EocKWOOD, b. Nov. 35, 1814 ; m. Malinda F., b. Aug. 11, 1814, dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Forristall) Stone, of Swanzey ; res. S. Oh. all b. in !S. I. Ella E.\ b. Sept. 31, 1845. II. Lovina A., b. Oct. 13, 1848 ; d. Aug. 14, 1879, unm. III. Charles H., b. Feb. 23, 1853 ; m. June 10, 1873, Alma L., b. Apr. 17, 1853, adopted dau. of Enoch and Mary A. (Lewis) Foster, of Marl- boro ; res. S. 1. Claude Eugene, b. in Troy, Mar. 2, 1877. IV. George LI., b. July 23, 1854. V. Hannah S., b. Feb. 19, 1857 ; d. Feb. 4, 1881. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEB. 705 3 4 9 10 n David Almoin d Eoundy, b. Sept. 13, 1820, s. of Elijah and Lydia (Hale) Eoundy, of Gilsnm, N. H.; m. Susan, b. Jan. 21, 1818, dan. of Silas and Susanna (Phillips) Morse, q.v.; res. in F. a few y. and returned to G. Ch. b. I. -II. in F., iii.-vii. in G-. I. Edward Elisha, b. Oct. 17, 1844 ; m. Nov. (3 ?), 1865, Harriet Maria, b. June 25, 1843, dau. of Levi and Sarah F. Mansfield, of G. Ch. b. in F. 1. N"ellie Maria, b. July 10, 1867. 2. Flora Minerva, b. July 21, 1868 ; d. Sept. 8, 1869. 3. George Edward, b. Mar. 24, 1872 ; d. Aug. 14, 1876. IT. Edwin Emerson (twin), b. Oct. 17, 1844 ; res. Charlestown, Mass. III. Franklin W., b. Apr. 18, 1846 ; res. Keene, N. H. IV. Clark Pierce, b. Sept. 23, 1848 ; res. C. V. David D., b. Oct. 1, 1851 ; res. Waltham, Mass. VI. Charles Henry, b. Feb. 17, 1856 ; res. Walpole, N. H. VII. Fred Morse, b. July 25, 1859 ; res. G. I Thomas Rugr m. (1st) Eunice Stickney, by whom he had 2 ch.; m. (3d) Mehituble Houghton, by whom he had 7 ch. He rem. from Sterling, Mass., to Winchendon in 1766, and ab. 1790 to Rindge, where he d. Dec. 39, 1811. His eldest ch. was 2 Thomas, b. May 38, 176.T ; d. Nov. 8, 1846 ; m. June 6, 1787, Elizabeth, b. Jan. 30, 1770; d. Apr. 9, 1851, dau. of Lieut. Page and Elizabeth (Bailey) Norcross ; res. R. They had 10 ch., of whom the 5th was 3 Thomas, b. Aug. 8, 1798 ; d. June 38, 1846 ; m. Apr. 33, 1833, Orinda Whitcomb. (She m. [2d] Asher Taylor, q.v.) Ch. all b. in R. I. Augustus, b. July 10, 1833, 4 ; ii. Harriet O., b. Sept. 35, 1836 ; m. Sept. 14, 1854, Luther Nelson Willoughby ; res. Jaffrey. (See Duntou, No. 20.) in. Elisha, b. Jan. 10, 1831 ; iv. Warren, b. Jan. 6, 1883 ; v. Ann G.. b. Sept. 9, 1835 ; m. Geoige A. Olmsted, q.v.; VI. Ellen M., b. Mar. 9, 1838 ; vii. Cynthia J., b. Nov. 9, 1842. Augustus Eugr, s. of Thomas, was b. July 10, 1823 ; m. Feb. 1, 1849, Caroline A., b. Oct. 10, 1833 ; d. Apr. 11, 1853, dau. of Jasper and Sarah (Fierce) Eand, of E. : m. (2d) 1857, Angeline. dau. of John and Martha Grant, of JafErey, g.v. She d. Dec. 10, 1863, and he m., (3d) Martha J., b. Aug. 28, 1838, in New Ipswich, dau. of Benjamin F. and Eliza (Fisk) Stevens. Ch. i. by 1st m., b. in E. ; ii.-iv. by 3d m., b. in F. I. Jasper A., b. June 25, 1850 ; d. Nov. 14, 1874. 45 706 HISTORY or FITZWILLIAM. II. Irving Grant, b. Sept. 39, 1868. III. Leone Washhurn, b. Jan. 7, 1873. IV. Francis Everett, b. Apr. 10, 1876. SABIN. I William' Sabin, the emigrant ancestor, first appears in Rehoboth, Mass., at the orgiinization of thnt town in 1643. He d. ab. 1687 ; m. (1st) ; (2d) Martha, b. Dec. 11, 1641, dau. of James and Anna Allen, of Medfield, Mass. Ch. 12 by 1st m. and 8 by 2d m.; place of birth of first two not known ; others all b. in E. The 14th ch. was 2 John', b. Aug. 27, 1666 ; d. Oct. 25, 1742 ; m. Dec. 23, 1689, Sarah, b. Feb. 3, 1669 ; d. Oct. 1, 1738, dau. of Samuel Peck ; res. at Rehoboth until 1691, when he rem. to Pomfret, Ct. Ch. b. 1 in R. and 4 in P. The 4th ch., 3 NoAH=, b. Jan. 37, 1697 ; d. Aug. 7, 1759 ; m. June 30, 1737, Mary Williams ; res. P. They had 9 ch., of whom the 3d was 4 Jonathan", b. July 28, 1743 ; d. May 23, 1815 ; m,, 1768, Mary May, b. Apr. 10, 1743; d. Mar. 14, 1829;' res. P., and ch. all b. there, i. John, b. Apr. 17, 1770, 5 ; ii. Noah, b. Sept. 14, 1771 ; d. y. ; III. Jedidiah, b. Aug. 37, 1773: d. y. ; iv. Jedidiah, b. Oct. 26, 1774 ; V. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 16, 1776 ; vl Noah, b. Dec. 30, 1778, 6 ; TH. Abigail, b. Apr. 27, 1780 ; m. Joshua Adams, q.v.; viii. Jude, b. Apr. 18, 1782 ; ix. Mary, b. Apr. 17, 1784. Eev. JoHK" Sabin, b. Apr. 17, 1770, in Pomfret, Ct; d. Oct. 14, 1845, in P.; m. 1806, Mary Damon, of Woodstock, Vt.; d. Mar. 19, 1865, in P., a. 86 y. A sketch of Rev. Mr. Sabin's life and work will be found in Chapter IX. Noah' Sabin, b. Dec. 30, 1778 ; m. 1806, Betsey, b. 1787, dau. of Solomon and Hannah (Sharp) Cleve- land, of Pomfret. Came to P. in 1830 and settled on the Griffin place, L 30 E 6, where he lived till 1835, when he rem. to the village and bought the house built by Jabez Stearns. Here, with the exception of a few y. when he was in Newton, Mass., he lived until 1863, when the house was consumed by Are. Mr. and Mrs. S. then rem. to Pitchburg, and lived with their s. John until their decease. Mr. S. d. Sept. 11, 1867 : Mrs. S. d. Nov. 1, 1865. Ch. all h. in P. I. John Palmer", b. Mar. 31, 1807 ; d. May 14, 1865 ; m. Oct. 36, 1843, Mary Leslie, b. Sept. 14, 1815 ; d. Dec. 30, 1858, dau. of Maj. Thomas and Sarah (Clark) Tolnian, of Marl- boro ; m. (3d) Azuba 0. Pepper. Ch. b. 1 in P., 3-8 in Pitch. 1. George Proderick', b. Feb. 33, 1844. 3. Charles Thomas, b. Sept., 1846. to UJ UJ <: LlI (3 < o CO < Q. < CO o cc o o [- < LU a: C5 2: O O 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 31 4 5 6 7 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 707 3. Mary May, b. Jan., 1848 ; d. Aug., 1879. 4. Martha Elizabeth, b. Apr., 1849. 5. John, b. June, 1850. 6. Faith Augusta, b. Jan., 1852. 7. Sarah, b. Sept., 1854 ; d. Jan., 1859. 8., Ida May. b. Apr., 1856. II. Faith Cleveland, b. June 27, 1811 ; d. Aug. 31, 1887 ; m. Rev. Elbridge Hosmer, who was b. in Walpole, N. H., 1807 ; d. in Cleveland, 0., Sept. 14, 1852. Mr. H. was educated for the ministry, but finding his vocation in teaching, he made that the work of his life. After his d. Mrs. H. still continued to teach, and did not give up the occupation till two or three y. before her d. She taught for 55 consecutive y. : d. in Rockford, 111. ITT. Jonathan, b. Feb. 28, 1819 ; d. Mar. 8, 1880. IV. Elizabeth Hyde. b. Feb. 25, 1821. V. Charles, b. Feb. 12, 1823 ; m. Nov. 24, 1846, Abby, b. May 17, 1824, dau. of John and Betsey (Crosby) Cutter, of Jafirey. He is a druggist at E. 1. Augusta May, b. Oct., 1850, in Spring- field, Vt; d. 1868. VI. Henry, b. Oct. 23, 1829 ; res. Clinton, la. Bejstjamist Sampson was taxed 1793* to 1807, inclu- sive. Lived at least a part of the time on L IE 9, owned by Dea. Nehemiah Munroe, of Eoxbury, Mass. Were prob. from Lexington, Mass., as his w. Anna was adm. to chh. in F. July 26, 1801, on letter from the chh. in L. Ch. iii.-iv. b. and rec. in F.; prob. had other older ch. I. George, d. Aug. 27, 1800, a. 21 y. II. Benjamin, b. ab. 1783 ; was taxed 1803 to 1809 ; m. Jan. 15, 1804, Eunice, dau. of Philip and Eunice (Sliumway) Amadon, q.v. No b. of ch. rec, but d. are found as follows : 1. Child, d. Sept. 39, 1804. 2. George, d. Feb. 28, 1809, a. 7 mos. III. Betsey, b. Mar. 30, 1796 ; d. July 22, 1798. IV. Dexter, b. Feb. 19, 1799 ; d. Apr. 24, 1800. Old Mrs. Sampson d. Sept. 27, 1808 ; was prob. mother of Benjamin, Sr. Sanfokd Sanderson was taxed 4 y., 1810-13. By w. Susannah, he had ch. rec. in F. 708 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 10 17 I. Lydia Jachson, b. June 19, 1812. Jacob Sargent and w. Lydia were early, perhaps first settlers on L 1 K 12. He was taxed to 1804. Heirs of J. S. were taxed in 1805, and wid. Lydia was taxed 1806-1810. Jacob doubtless d. ab. 1804,' and the family prob. left town in 1810. Ch. b. in F. 1. Lydia, b. Mar. 30, 1782 ; m. May 29, 1810, Jonathan Oass, of Eichmond. II. Deborah, b. Dec. 8. 1784. HI. Sally, b. Aug. 23, 1786 ; m. William Boyce, q~v. IV. Rcwliel, b. Apr. 17, 1788 ; m. May 29, 1810, John Haven, Jr., of Atiiol, Mass. V. Patty, b. Jan. 21, 1790. VI. Nahum, b. Oct. 13, 1793. VII. Jacob, b. Oct. 11, 1795. VIII. Ezra, b. Aug. 27, 1798. IX. Lucy, b. Feb. 1, 1800 ; m. Feb. 31, 1827, Ira King, of Ascott, Lower Canada. John Sargent, d. Dec. 25, 1836, a. 50 y.; m. Apr. 26, 1813. Nancy, b. May 12, 1788 ; d. Nov. 27, 1837, dau. of Jonas and Abigail (Maynard) Knigljt. In rec. of m. he is called John Sargent, Jr., of Lancaster, Mass. Settled in F. ab. 1818. Oh. ir.-vi. rec. in F. I. Nancy, b. Dec. 19, 1814 ; m. Philip D. Angier, q.v. II. John Harvey, bapt. Jan. 12, 1817. III. Mary Ann', bapt. Apr. 25, 1819 ; m. Oct. 21, 1841, David Morrison, of Westford, Mass. IV. Susan Knight, bapt. Nov. 1, 1824. V. Eliza Ann, bapt. Oct. 1, 1836 ; d. Aug. 10, 1841, unm. VI. Abigail Putney, bapt. Aug. 31, 1828 ; d. Dec 13, 1836. David Saunders, from Billerica, Mass., came to F. prob. in the fall of 1780 : settled on L 23 R 5 ; d. June 19, 1823, a. 77 y. He m. Molly Livingston, who d. June 25, 1822, a. 71 y. Mr. and Mrs. S. were adm. to chh. in F. Jan. 28, 1781, on letter from the chh. in B., and were dis. Sept. 3, 1815, to form chh. in Troy. Ch. vi.-xii. b. in F.; v.-xii. bapt. rec. in F.; i.-v. ])rob. b. in B. ^ I. Charles, m. Dec. 22, 1796, Sally, dau. of Silas and Elizabeth Angier, q.v. s.A«,V ^L dt;: GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 709 3 II 4 III 6 IV V 8 VI. 9 VII. 10 VIII. 11 IX. 13 X. 13 XI. 14 XII. 15 16 17 IB 19 30 21 23 •2d 24 35 Isaac. Ezra, m. Polly, dan. of Abijah and Mary Stow- ell, q.v. No rec. of b. of ch. but 1. Gilman, d. May 11, 1806, a. 3 y. 6 mos. Polly, m. Feb. 34, 1799, Amos Looke,'g.«. Harali, bapt. June 34, 1781 ; in. Jan. 36, 1801, Luther Knight, bapt. July 30, 1775, s. of Amos and Susanna (Maynard), q.v. Joseph Knight, s. of Amos and Susanna, was b. June 6, 1773. Joshua, b. June 30, 1782 ; d. Mar. 4, 1790. John, b. Aug. 11, 1784 ; m. Jan. 26, 1807, Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1785, dau. of Nahum and Mary (Taylor) Howe, q.v. Jesse, b. June 1, 1786. Levi,h. Aug. 23, 1789. Levina (twin), b. Aug. 23, 1789 ; m. Jan. 19, 1807, Jesse Livingston, of Unity, N. H., who d., and she m. (2d) Elisha Drury, q.v. Joshua, b. Nov. 1, 1793 ; d. Nov. 13, 1793. Joseph, b. Jan. 30, 1794. Eben^ezer Sauh^dbrs, a younger bro. of David, No. 1. was b. in Billerica, Jan. 11, 1754 ; d. in P. Dec. 7, 1834 ; ni. Feb. 10, 1786, Martha, b. Apr. 9, 1763 ; d. Oct. 39, 1853, dau. of Eleazer and Martha (Brown) Stickney, of B. Came to P. in Sept., 1789, and settled on L 19 R 11, where they lived till ab. 1813 ; afterward lived at various places in F.. and for a short time in Richmond, N. H., and Dummerston, Vt. I. Ehenezer, b. Dec. 10, 1786. II. Asa, b. July 4, 1788 : d. Feb., 1854, in Marine, HI. III. Anna, b. May 33, 1790 ; m. Feb. 8, 1810, Silas Ballou, b. Dec. 10, 1787, s. of Jesse and Rose (Swift), of E.; res. in E. till 1844, when they rem. to Swanzey, where she d. Feb. 4, 1853. They had 11 ch., of whom the 3d and 5th were 3. Willard Ballou, b. Oct. 35, 1815 ; m. Abigail Forristall, q.v. 5. Amasa Ballou, b. Jan. 1, 1819 ; m. Eliza Forristall, q.v. IV. HosPM, b. Mar. 9, 1793 ; d. Aug., 1795. V. Joshua Stickney, b. Mar. 9, 1794 ; d. 1799. VI. Roxana, b. 1796 ; d. 1799. VII. Elisha, b. 1798 ; d. Nov. 10, 1800. VIII. Joel, b. Mar. 14, 1801 ; d. Mar. 5, 1870 ; m. 710 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 9 10 11 (3) 12 Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1797 ; d. Doc. 24, 1879, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Lewis) Bigelow, q.v.; res. Keene. Oh. b. 1 in D., 2-4 in K. 1. Martha A., b. Aug. 28, 1832 : m. Ben- jamin Willard Bvam, q.v. 2. Mary- B., b. Aug." 24, 1834 ; d. Oct. 3, 1880. 3. Sarah B., b. Sept. 30, 1837. 4. Nellie F., b. Dec. 25, 1839. IX. Fanny, b. Sept. 15, 1803 ; res. in F., unm. X. Jeremy Stichney, b. July 18, 1805 ; d. Auar. 11, 1834. XI. Arunah Allen, b. Sept. 9, 1809 ; d. in Camden, N. J. Benjamin Scott, from Sturbridge, Mass., settled in F. ab. 1777, being then ab. 52 y. old. He was twice m., and had 4 eh. by 1st w. and 6 ch. by 2d w. Only one of the ch., Barakiah, settled in F. In the early tax rec. the L 14 and 15 R 3 are set to Benjamin, and L 16 R 3 to Barakiah. The house of Benjamin was located on L 15 R 3. The saw-mill on L 16 R 3, built by Capt. Silas Wetherbee, was operated by the Scotts for many y., and received from them the name which it carries to the present day. Benjamin is taxed until 1806, when he was ab. 81 y. old, but there is no rec. of his d. in town. The ch. were prob. all b. in S. Prudence. Barakiah + . Benjanmi, res. in Putnam, Ct., and rem. to New Jersey. Dr. Amasa. res. and d. in Norwich, Vt. Col. Joseph was one of the first settlers in Crafts- , bury, Vt. Dr. William, res, in C. Dr. Perley, m. Lydia Day, Nov. 21, 1793, in F. ; called both of F. ; settled in Cabot, Vt. Abilena, d. in Fitchburg. Sarah, m. Thomas Thompson, Oct. 3, 1782, in F. ; res. in Keene. ■ Eaton : res. K. I. IT. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. m. B.iRAKiAH Scott prob. came to F. with his father. He d. Dec. 8, 1810, a. 59 y.; m. Alice Shumway, of Sturbridge. After the d. of Mr. S. she and her dau. rem. to Oraftsbury, Vt., where she d., 1816. Ch. b. in F. I. Elijah, b. Apr. 21, 1781+. 13 14 (12) 15 16 17 18 19 •zo 21 aa 33 24 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (9) GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 711 II. Amasa, b. Feb. 3, 1783 ; d. May 16, 1821 ; m. Mar. 11, 1813, Sophia Carter, b. Nov. 19, 1785 ; d. Feb. 18, 1854, dau. of Joseph and Anna (Smith) Carter, of F., s.p. HI. Alice, b. Aug. 20, 1794 ; m. Onias Crossfield ; rem. to Canada. Elijah Scott, b. Apr. 21, 1781. In 1810 rem. to Craftsbury, Vt., where he d. Oct. 11, 1840 ; m. July 25, 1805, 'Mind well, dau. of Levi and Tabitha (Hardy) Brigham. She was b. Apr. 11, 1785 ; d. in C. May 17, 1863. Ch. b. i.-in. in F., iv.-x. in C. I. Levi, b. Oct. 23, 1805. II. SaMn, b. Sept. 16, 1807. III. Amasa, b. Sept. 19, 1809. IV. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 19, 1811. V. Susan, b. July 15, 1813 ; d. Apr. 29, 1817. VI. Caroline, b. Aug. 15, 1815. VII. William., b. Aug. 19, 1817. VIII. Catherine, b. Aug. 28, 1819. IX, Laura, b. Aug. 2, 1821. X. Benjamin, b. Aug. 2, 1824. FEN]>fBus' Shirley and w. Ann came to this country from England in 1755, and settled in Sudbury, Mass. Their s., JoH]sr% was b. Jan. 1, 1755, on the vessel during the voyage. He m. May 19, 1780, Submit, b. Feb. 15, 1761, dau. of Roand and Elizabeth Bogle, of Water- town. Eoand Bogle was bro. of Dea. John Fassett's w.. Submit Bogle. Mr. S. came to F. in 1799, and settled on the east half of L 7 E, 2, previously owned by George Adams. Mr. S. d. Nov. 23, 1848. Mrs. S. d. July 20, 1833. Ch. b. vii.-viii. in Sudbury, ix. in P., I. -VI. prob. in Watertown. I. Hannah', b. July 13, 1781 ; d. May 20, 1823. II. William, b. Mar. 22, 1783 ; d. Oct. 2, 1809. III. Betsey, b. Feb. 16, 1786 ; m. Mar. 5, 1806, Benjamin Thompson Holbrook, of Swanzey. She d. Dec. 8, 1869. IV. Mancy, b. May 29, 1788 ; d. Sept. 20, 1874. V. Mary, b. Nov. 30, 1790 ; d. Dec. 28, 1836. vt. Sophia, b. Oct. 31, 1793 ; d. Nov. 16, 1829. VII. Henry, b. Mar. 22, 1796+. VIII. Benjamin Franhlin, b. Aug. 18, 1798. IX. Wa:rren, b. Aug. 14, 1801 ; d. Apr. 26, 1849. Henry' Shirley, b. Mar. 22, 1796 ; d. Apr. 21, 712 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1869 ; m. Feb. 20, 1823, Betsey, b. Aug. 9, 1796 ; d. Jan. 23, 1851, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Hunt) Bent, q.v. I. Mary Sulmif, b. Aug. 20, 1824 ; m. (1st) George Bissell, and (2d) Levi Phillips, q.v. II. John Warren", b. Dec. 2, 1825 ; m. jSTov. 3, 1850, Ellen Maria, b. Aug. 21, 1830, dau. of John J. and Cynthia (Amadon) Allen ; rem., 1869, to Worcester, Mass., where they still res. 1. George Elmer', b. Jan. 7, 1855 ; d. June 11, 1870. 2. Edward Allen, b. Feb. 1, 1870 ; d. Dec. 8, 1876. III. William Henry", b. Oct. 1, 1827 ; m. Dec. 15, 1853, Caroline C, b. Mar. 6, 1837, dau. of George and Betsey Williams, of Keeseville, N. Y. ; res. on the place where his father and grandfather lived. 1. Florence Y.% b. Sept. 8, 1855 ; d. Aug. 6,1856. 2. Flora A., b. Jan. 31, 1858 ; d. Mar. 22, 1876, unm. 3. Harry A., b. Sept. 15, 1865. IV. Betsey Ann\ b. Oct. 11, 1829 ; m. John M. Gregory. (See Chaplin, No. 25.) V. Na7icy, b. Dec. 16, 1832 ; d. Dec. 16, 1837. Ti. Catherine, b. Jan. 26, 1835 ; d. Dec. 15, 1837. VII. Sarah Jane, b. Apr. 30, 1837 ; d. May 29, 1837. Benoni Shuktleff, who settled in F., was prob. s. of Benoni, the twin. (See Hist, of Eindge, p. 695.) M. Anne, b. Oct. 27, 1765, dau. of Maj. John and Deborah (Winch) Farrar, q.v.; came to F. as early as 1783 ; settled on L 16 K 6. A few y. later Dr. Eben- ezer Wright settled on this L., and Mr. S. lived on L 15 R 6, iu the house now occupied by Sylvester Drury. A comparison of the rec. shows that he did not live in F. from 1789 to 1795. For the 3 y. 1796, 7 and 8 he paid the largest tax in town. Rem. ab. 1805 to Marlboro, and a few y. later to Keene. Bapt. of all the ch. are rec. in F., and the b. of i.-iii. and vii.-viii. I. Nancy, b. Mar. 5, 1784 ; bapt. Oct. 10, 1784 ; d. Aug. 27, 1801. II. Lucinda, b. May 29, 1786 ; bapt. Aug. 6, 1786. III. Carolirie, b. Aug. 10, 1788 ; bapt. Oct. 12, 1788. IV. Sophia, bapt. June 14, 1801. V. Fanny, " " " 7 8 9 10 11 U 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 ir 18 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 718 VI. Mary, bapt. June 14, 1801. VII. Louisa, b. May 2, 1797 ; bapt. June 14, 1801. VIII. ifarmif, b. Jan. 4, 1801, ; " " IX. John Farrar, bapt. Sept. 11, 1803. X. Jonas, bapt. Dee. 1, 1805. XI. George, b. in M., Dec. 7, 1806 ; bapt. Apr. 23, 1807. Daniel Simonds, called of Dublin, IST. H., m. July 4, 1809, ISTancy, b. Oct. 10, 1791 ; d. Apr. 7, 1840, dau. of Hezekiah and Elizabeth Gooch. (Ballard) Stone, q.v., and settled in P. soon after m. ; he d. Aug. 13, 1859, a. 79 y. I. Rufus, b. Aug. 15, 1810 ; m. Nov. 8, 1833, Harriet, b. July 20, 1812, dau. of Timothy and Enth (Chaplin) Metcalf, of Rindge ; res. Ludlow, Vt. Ch. rec. in F. 1. Leander T., b. Oct. 4, 1834. 2. Erastus M., b. Sept. 1, 1836. "^ 3. Harriet E., b. Dec. 30, 1838. 4. Juliette, b. Apr. 7, 1842 ; m. May (17 ?), 1862, Dexter Eichardson, q.v. 5. Marv L. , b. July 28, 1844 ; m. May (17 ?), 1862, Marshall P. Damon, q.v. II. Moses, b. Dec. 8, 1812 : d. Mar. 25, 1835. III. Latcra Ann, b. Dec. 4, 1814 ; d. Mar. 7, 1837. IV. Sally M., b. Apr. 25, 1816 ; m. Timothy S. Eeed, q.v. V. Ruth H., d. June 18, 1844, a. 26 y. VI. Reuben P., d. June 3, 1872, a. 53 y., in Weston, Vt. ; interred in F. ; m. Eebecca, dau. of Elipbas Ballard, of Lancaster, Mass. (She m. [2d] Luke Bowker, q.v.) No rec. of ch. but 1. Anna, d. July 13, 1853, in W. ; interred in F. 2. Frank, d. Mar. 28, 1881, a. 22 y. 4 mos., in F. ; interred in W. VII. Daniel Azro, m. Mar. 12, 1844, Eliza, dau. of Samuel and Thankful Poland, g.v. 1. Clara Belle J., b. Sept. 19, 1846 ; m. (1st) John P. Cummings, g.v.: m. (2d) Jan. 26, 1874, Josiah K. Eand, b. Apr. 25, 1838, in Harvard, Mass., s. of Josiah T. and Clarissa B. (Monroe). VIII. Nancy Elizabeth, d. Apr. 15, 1825, a. 7 mos. IX. Nancy J., b. Feb. 9, 1826 ; m. Alfred Whitney, q.v. 714 19 30 21 22 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 23 24 25 36 37 38 29 30 31 33 33 34 35 36 X. Mary B., b. May Gurnmings, q.v. XI. Alonw.A., b. Oct., xir. Harriet A., b. Oct. 7, 1828 ; m. Benjamin F. 1830. , 1833. George Washington Simonds, s. of Eev. Samuel and Sarah (Knights) Simonds ; b. in Winchendon, Apr. 21, 1816 : d. Oct. 31, 1883 : m. Nov. 13, 1839, Clarissa, b. July 11, 1815 ; d. Oct. 35, .1853, dau. of Moses and Eliza (Fay) Stone, q.v.; m. (3d) Jan., 1854, Eveline B., b. Apr. 18, 1813 ; d. Jan. 3, 1875, dau. of Artemas and Isabella (Manning) Stone, q.v., and wid. of Roswell J. Phelps. Mr. S. settled in P. ab. 1839, living for several y. on L 9 R 5, acd later rem. to the village. I. Samuel Ephraivi, b. Nov. 30, 1840; m. 1862, Emma, dau. of Stillman and Emily (Thorpe'^ Knowlton, of Atbol, Mass. She d. 1870, and he m. (2d) 1874, Elizabeth Sands, of Milton, X. y. Mr. S. is in business in New York City. Ch. 3 by each m. 1. Eva Laura, b. Aug. 28, 1865, in N. Y. C. 3. Grace Adele, b. Oct., 1867. in N. Y. C. 3. Samuel Stillman, b. Feb., 1870, in Brooklyn, N. Y. 4. Mary Edith, b. in M. 5. George Lockwood, b. in Yonkers, N. Y. 6. Clarissa, b. in Philadelphia, Pa. II. Laura, b. Oct. 34, 1842 ; m. Nov. 29, 1863, Francis William Perkins, b. May 35, 1840 ; d. Mar. 6, 1871, in New Orleans, La., s. of Henry Griswold and Louisa (Button) Perkins, of Boston, Mass. (He was descended from John", who was the oldest ch. of John'. See Perkins Record.) She m. (3d) July 36, 1876, George William Estabrook, of B., b. Mar. 31, 1840, s. of Joseph and Mary Anne (Porter) ; res. B. 1. Henry Grover Perlcins, b. July 16, 1865, in F. 2. Edith Perkins, h. July 33, 1867, in N. 0. 3. Anna Laura Estahrooh, b. Sept. 4, 1877, in B. 4. Robert Francis EstalrooJc, b. June 18, 1880, in F. 5. Margaret Clarissa Estalrooh, b. May 9, 1882, in B. Junietta, b. Aug 33, 1846. III. GENEALOaiCAL REGISTER. 715 37 39 40 41 43 IV. Henrietta (twin), b. Aug. 23, 1846 ; d. Sept. 29, 1853. T. Marion Orilla, b. Sept. 3, 1848. Yi. George H., b. May 36, 1851 ; m. June, 1875, Alice Elizabeth, dau. of and Sarah W. (Wilson) Wilson, and granddau. of Thomas Wilson, q.v.; res. Newark, N. J. Oh. b. 1-2 in P., 3 in N". 1. Clarence Elgin, b. Apr. 24, 1876 ; d. 1880. 2. Ealph W^ilson, b. Dec. 4, 1877. 3. Marion Alice, b. 1884. Tii. Elgin Augiistus, b. May 19, 1853 ; m. 1880, Jennie B. George, of B. SMITH. I John' Smith came from England to this country previous to 1636 and. settled in Watertown, Miiss., where he d. July 12, 1639, a. 60 y. His w. Isabella, d. Oct. 12, 1689, a. 60 y. Their s., 2 THOMAs^ d. Mar. 10, 1693, a. 93 y. He m. Mary, dau. of William Knap p. Their s., 3 Joseph', b. June 10, 1643 ; d. June, 1711 ; m. Dec. 1, 1674, Han- nah, dau. of John and Kebecca Tidd. , Their s., 4 Daniel*, b. Sept. 26, 1681 ; d. Mar. 5, 1757 ; m. May 25, 1708, Mary Burridge, of Newton ; res. Lexington, Mass. Their s., 5 Jonathan^ b. Oct. 15, 1713 ; d. Mar. 23, 1801 ; res. in L., where he was one of the selectmen in 1771 ; was in the battles of L. and Bunker Hill ; m. Aug. 30, 1738, Abigail Stratton, of Waltham, Mass. They had 10 ch., of whom the youngest was Nathan, b. Mar. 25, 1764. 7 8 9 (7) 10 11 12 13 Capt. Nathan" Smith, b. Mar. 25, 1764 ; d. June 14, 1855 ; m. Apr. 24, 1794, Katherine Bacon, who d. Sept. 19, 1833, a. 64 y. They came from Lexington to F. ab. 1814. Oh. all b. in L. I. Martin'', b. May 8, 1793 + . II. Royal T., b. 1795-1-. III. Rufus, d. Oct. 1, 1855, a. 52 y., unm. Martin' Smith, b. May 8, 1793 ; d. Aug. 23, 1857 ; m. Grace Ohild, of Temple, Mass., b. Mar. 25, 1791 ; d. Dec. 6, 1866. Oh. b. i. in Oambridge, Mass., ii. and IV. in P., III. in Jaffrey, v.-vii. in Ooncord, Vt. I. George^, b. 1830 (?) ; d. in infancy. II. Mary B., b. Oct. 28, 1822; d. Mar., 1845, in Landgrove, Vt. III. Nathan, b. 1834 (?) ; d. in infancy. IV. Nathan, b. Feb. 33, 1826 ; d. Jan. 7, 1865, in 716 HISTORY OF ITITZWILLIAM. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ai (8) 33 33 24 25 36 37 28 29 30 31 33 (31) War of the Rebellion, in Salisbury prison ; m. Oct. 33, 1849, Eosetta, dau. of Asa and Olive (Bazzell) Whitcomb, of P. Ch. b. in Rmdge. 1. Willard W.^ b. Oct. 4, 1855. 3. Francis W., b. Dec. 33, 1857. 3. Nellie R., b. May 16, 1860. 4. Ada M., b. July 21, 1863 ; m. Feb. 11, 1879, Leslie £. Smith, q.v. V. Ahhy M., b. Feb. 4, 1839 ; m. Aug. 9, 1849, Nathaniel Chandler, of Hinsdale, where he d. May 12, 1882 ; res. H. 1. Fred. B. Chandler, b. Mar. 2, 1852. VI. Benjamin F., b. Sept. 13, 1831; m. Mary I. Baker, of Templeton, Mass. ; res. Gardner. VII. Catherine M., b. June 7, 1836 ; d. May 20, 1855. Royal T.' Smith, d. May 26, 1838, a. 43 v.; m. Mar. 36, 1830, Ruhatna. b. Nov. 8, 1798; d. Jaii. 13, 1838, dau. of Oliver and Lucy Whitcomb, of F. I. Eliza', d. Sept. 6, 1835, a. 14 y. II. Lucy, b. Apr. 30, 1833 ; m. July 4, 1843, Still- man SaSord, b. Oct. 9, 1817 ; res. Wiuchen- don. 1. Eliza Jane' Safford, b. Aug. 18, 1845 ; d. Sept. 5, 1845. 2. Ellen F. Safford, b. Sept. 13, 1847 ; m. Sept. 19, 1866, Charles P. Hill, of Winchester. Ch. Etta F., b. Feb. 21, 1868 ; Mabel", b. July 28, 1870 : d. Oct 2, 1870; Leon S.. b. Dec. 27, 1874. 3. Ada F. Safford, b. Aug. 26, 1849. 4. Charles S. Safford, b. Oct. 27, 1851 ; m. Oct. 18, 1875, Addie M., b. May 6, 1854, dau. of Daniel C. and Lydia (Lebourveau) Bissell, of F. ; res. Akron, 0. 5. Freddie N. Safford, b. Nov. 5, 1853 ; d. July 13, 1856. 6. Lizzie J. Safford, b. Jan. 28, 1855 ; m. Jan. 13, 1878, Gilbert F. Stearns, of W. III. Benjamin F. IV. Oliver W., b. Dec. 35, 1831+. V. Alvin G., d. Jan. 29, 1838, a. 5 mos. Oliver VV." Smith, b. Dec. 25, 1831 ; m. July 13, 33 34 35 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 717 1853, Eunice, b. Oct. 29, 1831 ; d. May 7, 1861, clan, of Levi and Nancy Ann (Byam) Han is ; m. {3d) Feb. 14, 1863, Hannah Harris, b. June 13, 1838, a sister of his former w. I. Abel H.\ b. Aug. 11, 1854 ; rn. May 27, 1878, Alice M., b. Feb. 3, 1859, dau. of Elisha and Sarah (Richardson) Bolles, of Eichmond. II. Leslie E., b. June 8, 1857; m. Feb. 11, 1879, Ada M., b. July 21, 1863 ; d. June 4, 3884, dau. of Nathan and Rosetta (Whitcomb) Smith, of Eindge, q.v. III. Sidney E., b. Apr. 7, 1861 ; m. Nov. 2, 1885, Etta E., b. Oct. 38, 1867, dau. of George B. and Eliza Jane (Bolles) Handy, of Rich. IV. Eunice H., b. Apr. 26, 1868. Ida L., b. Dec. 17, 1869. Herbert 0., b. June 5, 1871. Charles S., b. May 20, 1877. IS«, [ b- Dec. 18, 1879. Nellie, b. Apr. 10, 1883. 36 IV. 37 V. 38 VI. 39 VII. 40 VIII. 41 IX. 42 X. Eli Smith and family, from Medfield, Mass., came to F. ab. 1790 and settled on L 14 E 11. His w. d. in F. Apr. 11, 1791. He returned to M., but the date of his return is not kuovrn. He was dis. from the chh. in F. to the chh. in M. Not. 14, 1803, but it seems prob. that he returned to M. some y. earlier than this date. Daniel Smith, a younger bro. of Eli, perhaps came to F. as early as Eli did ; m. Mar. 8, 1793, Freelove Poor ; settled on L 14 R 11 prob. before his bro. re- turned to Medfield. Mr. S. d. July 4, 1807, a. 44 y. Mrs. S. d, Apr. 39, 1827, a. 56 y. ' I. Thanhful, b. Dec. 10, 1792 ; m. Samuel Poland, q.v. II. Lucinda, b. July 32, 1794 ; m. Jotham Stod- dard. III. Freelove, b. Jan. 6, 1797 ; m. Levi Stoddard, of Winchendon. IV. Keziah, b. Dec. 1, 1798 ; d. Mar. 3, 1801. V. Caroline, b. Oct. 30, 1800 ; d. Mar. 13, 1881, unm. VI. David, b. Aug. 24, 1803 ; m. Polly, b. May 9, 1795 ; d. Dec. 25, 1849, dau. of William and Betsey (Brown) Poland, q.v.; res. Unity, N. H. 718 51 53 (53) 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 63 63 64 65 66 67 68 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. VII. Daniel, b. Oct. 30, 1804 ; d. Mar. 18, 1887, unm. VIII. Eli, b. Oct. 7, 1807+. Eli Smith, b. Oct. 7, 1807 ; d. Mar. 16, 1888 ; m. Mar. 13, 1833, Caroline, b. July 37, 1816, dau. of Josiah and Dorcas (Carroll) Wilson, q.v. Ch. b. i. and III. -IV. in F., II. in Fletcher, Vt. I. Eli Adams, b. Jan. 6, 1837 ; m. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1831, dau. of Levi and Polly (Cutter) Bigelow, q.v.; res. Oakland Valley, la. Ch. b. there. 1. Minnie R. 3. Leslie E. ir. Hattie E., b. May 19, 1840 ; m. Dustin A. Gee, q.v. III. Rose v., b. Apr. 19, 1844; m. Nov. 1, 1861, Francis Sidney Fisher, s. of Ira, q.v.; res. New Ilaven, Ct. 1. Wmifred R. Fisher, b. Sept. 14, 1863, in Swanzey, N. H. IV. Jennie C, b. Apr.' 6, 1847 ; m. Dec. 37, 1866, Edwin N. Bowen, b. Nov. 14, 1843, s. of Nathan and Alpha (Whipple) Boweu, of Richmond. (See Whipple Register, No. 7.) Res. Fitz Willi am Dejiot, N. H. 1. Ehiora C. Bowen, b. May 9, 1870, in Troy^ Calvin" Smith was from MedSeld, Mass., and was doubtless a relative of Eli and Daniel, Nos. 43 and 44 of this Register. He came to F. before 1793, and at the time of his m. settled on L 10 R 13, vyhere he passed the remainder of his life ; m. Feb. 11, 1796, Polly, b. Aug. 8, 1783 : d. Dec. 37, 1848, dau. of Caleb and Abigail Deeth, q.v. Mr. S. d. Jan. 7, 1851, a. 83 .y. I. Patience, b. Nov. 35, 1796 ; d. Oct. 30, 1819, unm. II. Polly, h. Mar. 33, 1799. III. Moses, b. Apr. 13, 1801. IV. Sarah, b. July 14, 1803 ; m. Joseph Harris, q.v. V. Calvin, b. Dec. 11, 1805 ; d. Sept. 9, 1848 ; m. Mary Ann , who d. May 11, 1847, a. 34 y. VI. Marcus, b. Jan. 6, 1808 ; d. May 9, 1835. Eli.jah Thayek Smith, s. of John and Jerusha GEKEAXOGTCAL EEGISTEE. 719 Smith, was b. in Petersham, Mass., 1780 ; d. Mar. 9, ]862, at Winchendon, Mass. He m. 1806, Agnes, d. Nov. 13, 1815, a. 34 y., dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Alexander) Hodge, of Jaffrey ; m. (3d) May 23, 1816, Sarah, dau. of John Wilcott or Wolcott. of Ashburn- ham, Mass. She d. at Marlboro, June 25, 1870, a. 74 y. Mr. S. settled on L 17 R 1, in the northeast corner of the town adjoining Riadge and J., and lived theio many y. Ch. 4 by 1st m., 9 by 2d m. ; all b. in P. I. Nanvy, b. Aug. 11, 1807 ; m. Hosea Platts, q.v. II. Mary, b. Oct., 1808 ; m. Apr. 30, 1835, Nahum^ Witherbee, b. Apr. 12, 1811, s. of Caleb and Hepzibah (Brigham), of Marlboro, Mass.; res. M. III. Elmira, b. 1810 ; d. Oct. 29, 1813. IV. Elijah, b. Jan. 9, 1812 ; m. Rebecca Pierce ; res. J. V. John, b. July 35, 1814 ; m. Apr. 9, 1840, Sarah Maria, b. Feb. 7, 1818, dau. of Rev. Charles and Deborah (Ingalls) Mavory. Ch. 7 ; res. R. VI. Sarah, b. JSTov. 5, 1817 ; d. Sept., 1887 ; m. Austin Underwood, of Westboro, Mass. VII, Charles, b. Nov. 2, 1821 ; m. Oct. 30, 1845, Harriet, b. Aug. 29, 1827, dau. of Dea. Isaac and Levina (Davis) Stowell, of Troy. In 1845 he settled in Worcester, Mass., where he res. for twenty y. In the War of the Rebel- lion he was in Co. A., 35th Reg. Mass. Vols. At the close of the war he rem. to M., where he has since res. 1. Henry C.,b. Sept. 18, 1848 ; m. July 8, 1869, Clara A. Rollins. Ch. 1. Clar- ence H., b. Dec. 28, 1871 ; 2. Charles W., b. Nov. 17, 1876. 2. Ada Maria, b. June 18, 1850 ; d. Aug., 1855. 3. Etta S., b. Mar. 28, 1853 ; m. Mar. 36, 1871, Milton J. White, s. of Thomas and Lucretia (Bemis), of M. 4. Amy Gertrude, b. Oct. 26f 1855; m. Nov. 24, 1880, Prank H. Peaslee. 5. Herbert Wolcott, b. Apr, 36, d. Oct. 11, 1860. 6. Carrie A., b. Apr. 36, 1864. 7. Nellie M., b. May 38, 1866 ; m. Aug. 39, 1883, Alvin S. Olmsted. VIII. Lurana, b. Apr. 7, 1833 ; m. Isaiah W. 720 HISTORY 01' FITZWILLIAM. 84 85 86 8? 88 89 90 91 93 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 Thombs, of E. ; rem. to Illinois. He is a Methodist minister. IX. Lyclia Maria, b. Apr. 1, 1825 ; m. Joseph H. 'D. Blake, of ^\\ X. Mercy Eugenia, b. July 18, 1828 ; m. Charles A. Olapp, of M., b. Sept. 37, 1831, s. of Franklin and Roxana (Tennev). 1. George F. Clapii, b. Dec. 30, 1854 ; m. Jan. 28, 1880, Sarah Nellie, b. Jan. 21, 1860, dan. of Alvin B. and Sarah (Burnett) Chase, of Jtf. ; res. Orange, Mass. XI. George Warren, b. Oct. 30, 1830; d. May 19, 1849. XII. Roxana Charlotte, b. Aug. 5, 1832 ; m. Gardner Sturtevant, of Norridgewock, Me. XIII. David Wesley, b. July 21, 1834 ; m. Jennie Bishop, of Woodbury, Vt. John Smith and w. Sarah had ch. I. John, bapt. Nov. 1, 1789. II. Levi, bapt. Oct. 9, 1791. IcHABOD Smith and w. had ch. I. Lemuel, bapt. Mar. 8, 1778. II. Gideon, bapt. Aug. 6, 1780. III. Elizaleth Ferhins, bapt. Aug. 6, 1780. Joseph Smith m. July 4, 1779, Jerusha Dutton. I. Warren, bapt. Dec. 34, 1780. John Smith d. Aug. 1, 1808, a. 63 y. His \v. Jeru- sha d. Dec. 30, 1807, a. 61 y. John Smith, Jr., was taxed 5 y., 1800-04. Thaddeus Smith was taxed 5 y., 1793-97. Charles Alonzo Smytherman, b. Sept. 29, 1828, in Birmingham, England ; m, Helen Marr, b. Mar. 2, 1830, in S)msi)ury, Ct., dau. of Roswell J. and Eveline B. (Stone) Phelps. (See Stone Register.) I. Charles Frederick, b. in Boston, Mass., Oct. 19, 1853 ; m. Jan. 25, 1874, Jennie Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1853, dau. of George W. and Bethia E. (Pratt) Ellis, q.v. ^'^Mhis GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 731 SPAULDING. 1 Edward Spalding came to this country from Lincolnshire, Eng- land, prob. between 1630 and 1633. He settled early in Braintree, Mass., from whence he rem. to Chelmsford, Mass. Some of his ch. spelled the name Spaulding, and this became the common form for several genera- tions, but at the present time many of the branches are resuming the earlier form. He had 5 s., of whom the eldest was 2 Lieut. Edward", b. 1635; d. Jan., 1708; res. C; m. July 6, 1663, Priseilla Underwood. Their s., 3 Edward% b. Aug. 18, 1674 ; d-. 1763 ; m. Lydia . Their s., 4 Phineas*, b. Apr. 3, 1706 ; d. before 1748 ; rem. to Nottingham West, now Hudson, N. H. ; m. Mary — ^. Their s., 5 Phineas°, b. May 8, 1745 ; d. Jan. 14, 1805 ; m. 1772 (2), Eliza- beth Bailey, of C; b. July 17, 1751 ; d. Sept. 29, 1819 ; rem. from N. W. ab. 1772 and settled in Jaffrey on L 3 R 8. Ch. all b. in J. i. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 31, 1774 ; m. Moses Flint, of Lyme, N. H.; ii. Phine- as, b. Feb. 28, 1776 ; m. Sally Pisk, of J.; in. Mary, b. Jan. 32, 1778 ; m. Samuel Flint, of L., a bro. of Moses ; iv. Sarah, b. Jan. 20, 1780 ; m. Abraham Spofford, s. of Dea. Eleazer, of J.; t. Edward, b. Oct. 19, 1781 ; m. Nabby Newton, of Phillipston, Mass.; vi. Lydia, b. Sept. 20, 1783 ; m. Benj. Moors Stanley, of J.; vii. Oliver,' b. Aug. 10, 1785 ; drowned, July 39. 1807 ; a student of Dartmouth College ; vm. Dan- iel", b. Dec. 36, 1788, 6 ; ix. Rev. Levi, b. Aug. 32, 1791 ; was a mis- sionary of the A. B. C. P. M. in Ceylon, India ; m. Mary Christie, of Antrim, N. H.; x. Rhoda, b. May 22, 1793; d. Dec. 11, 1856, unm.; XI. David, b. May 17, 1795 ; res. in J., where he d. Feb. 11, 1869 ; m. Hannah, b. June 13, 1800 ; d. Jan. 8, 1865, dau. of Richard and Hannah Foster, q.i]. Daistiel" Spaulding, b. Dec. 26, 1788 ; d. July 17, 1882 ; m. May 11, 1819, Lucinda, b. June 14, 1796 ; d. May 5, 1875, dau, of Kobinson and Peddy (Shepardson) Perkins, q.v. Mr. S. remained in his native town for a y. or two after attaining his majority, and then lived for a short time in Newton, Mass., working on a farm in the summer and teaching school in the winter. Tills was during the War of 1812, and he was one of the number drafted as " minute men," bub liis service went no further than working upon the forts at Dorchester Heights. After this he worked for some y. in a store in Tempieton, Mass,, for a Mr. French. He then went into trade on his own account in Gardner, Mass., where he remained 7 or 8 y. While living in G. he served the town as School Committee Jind as Town Clerk, and the History of G. speaks of him as " an active and influential citizen." Ab. 1826 he came to P. and bought the Eichardson store, where he continued in business until 1840, when he was succeeded by Wales & Morse. The earlier part of this time his brothers-in- law, John Perkins and Gideon C. Noble, were in busi- ness with him, but in the later y. he was alone. 46 722 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 10 11 13 13 14 2 3 4 II. III. Mr. S. took much interest in all educational matters, served on the Superintending School Committee for many y., was prominent in the Common School Asso- ciation, and took an active part in the formation of the Eitzwilliam Library Association, furnishing a librai-y- room and serving as Librarian for ab. 8 y. without any compensation. Mr. S. held various town offices, ■which will be found rec. in full in Chapter XI. I. Mary Elizaleth, b. Oct. 11, 1833 ; d. Oct. 9, 1848, unm. ' Jared Perkins, b. July 39, 1835 ; d. Aug. 25, 1837. Daniel Rolinson, b. Aug. 8, 1838 ; d. Oct. 36, 1875 ; m. Oct. 3, 1860, Mary E., b. July 34, 1837, dau. of Noah Adams, of Winchester, N. H. After working in a store for several y. in Troy, N. II., and Lunenburg, Mass., Mr. S. commenced business on his own ac- count in Richmond in 18S3. He continued in trade in R. till ab. 1868, when he came to F., and in connection with Calvin B. Perry opened a store at the Depot village. In 1874, his health failing, the partnership was dis- solved, Mr. Perry continuing the business. Mrs. S. res. at F. Depot. They had no ch. but an adopted dau. 1. liattie Maria, b. in W., July 31, 1863 ; d. in F. Aug. 14, 1879. Julia Ann, b. Mar. 5, 1831 ; m. Nov. 29, 1853, Oscar H. Bradley, M D., b. in Vermont in 1836 ; res. in (East) Jaffrey, where he is a popular physician and an influential man. 1. D. Edward Bradley, b. 1863. 3. Mark F. Bradley,' b. 1868. Lucinda Viola, b. Jan. 20, 1834 ; res. at the homestead in F. village. IV. Robert Spinney was taxed 1801 to 1807. He lived apart, perhaps all of the time in the house that Gen.. Reed built for his son-in-law, Phinehas Hutchius, on L 14 R 7. By w. Jane he had ch. rec. in E. I. Mary, b. Mar. 1, 1802. II. Elliot, b. June 13, 1804. HI. Frances, b. July 19, 1806. Abijau Spoffoiid, b. July 4, 1810 ; d. Mav 14, 1877, s. of Amos and Mary (Taggart), of Sharon, N. H.; m. Apr. 14, 1831, Betsey, b. June 33, 1813 ; d. Oct. 7, 4 5 10 11 13 GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 723 1876, dan. of Caleb and Mary (Whittemore) Sweetser, of F. In rec. of ni. Mr. S. is called of Jiiffrey, but in 1833 or 4 he rem. to F., wliere lie spent the re- mainder of his life, except a short pei-iod when he res. in Illinois (?). Ch. b. in F. I. Henry A., b. July 22, 1835 ; m. Sept. 17, 1861, Martha H. Metcalf, of Royalston, b. Dec. 6, 1843 ; res. Keene. Ch. 1. Jessie M. (adopted), b. Sept. 7, 1864 ; m. July 4, 1882, Ellswoi th L. Fassett, s. of Dan vers C. and Hannah (Ham- mond), q.v. II. Mary Eliza, b. Mar. 21, 1838 ; m. Charles F. Ingalls, q.v. III. Juliette Betsey, b. Feb. 3, 1845 ; m. William Whipple, q.v. Peter Starkey was from Attleboro, Mass.; settled first in Marlboro, and a few y. later exchanged farms with John Wright, of F., both locations being now within the limits of Troy. In the Prop's Tax-List of 1788 L 31 E 10 was first set to John Wright, but his name was marked o£E and Peter Starkey inserted. This lot is not set to Mr. S. in any of the later lists that have been preserved, and he may not have lived on the lot. A few y. later he appears to have been located on L 31 K 12, where he res. till his d. in Feb., 1821. His oldest ch. was b, in A.; all the others in N. H.; the younger ones doubtless in F., though none are rec. I. Otis, b. Feb. 25, 1774 ; m. Desire Peters. Ch. rec. in F. 1. Otis, b. Nov. 27, 1797. 2. Lewis, b. July 28, 180L II. Peter, b. Sept. 25, 1777 ; m. Mary, b. Apr. 13, 1769, dau. of Jonathan and Amy (Brown) Sweet, of Bichmond. III. Nathan, b. Mar. 12, 1779 ; m. Esther Briggs. Oh. rec. in F. 1. Briggs, b. June 23, 1804. IV. Lal}a7i, b. Jan. 30, 1783 ; m. Mar. 16, 1803, Polly, b. Jan. 6, 1781, dau. of Isaac and Eutli Jackson, q.v. V. Benjamin, b. June 14, 1785 ; m. Sally Smith, Oh. rec. in F. 1. Benjamin Proctor, b. July 31, 1807. 2, George Washington, b. Apr. 30, 1809. VI. Jolm, b. Apr. 3, 1788; m. Aug. 20, 1812. 724 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 VII. Tin. IX. Sarah, b. Jan. 6, 1789, dan. of John and Lydia (Taf t) Cass, of 11. ; rem. to R. in 1823 ; had 10 ch. Calvin, b. Mar. 17, 1790 ; m, Mary, h. June 8, 1793, dan. of Asa and Eunice (Williams) Porter, of Marlboro ; rem. to Townshend, Vt. Loim, b. Apr. 25, 1792 ; d. a. 2 y. 6 mos. Lima, b. Sept. 11, 1794 ; m. Hannah, b. May 1, 1793, dau. of Stephen and Polly White, g.v.j res. Troy ; had 10 ch. William Starkey was from Attleboro, Mass., and was doubtless a relative of Peter of the preceding sec- tion. He cam.e to F. before 1793*, but his name does not appear in the early land tax-lists. He settled on L 21 R 11, where he d. ab. 1808 ; m. Naomi . Seven ch. rec. in F. ; William is added from History of Troy. Sarah, b. Sept. 5. 1794. Hannah, b. Oct. 17, 1795. Naovii, b. Sept. 29, 1796 ; d. m. George Farrar, b. Dec. George and grands, of Daniel Register ; res. T. William, d. in childhood. Olive, b. Oct. 25, 1801 ; m. Asher Coolidge, b. Aug. 8, 1791 ; d. Nov. 15, 1834, s. of Abra- ham and grands, of Joseph, No. 17, Coolidge Register ; res. T. VI. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 30, 1803. VII. Rhoda, b. Nov. 12, 1805. VIII. Lydia, b. July 26, 1807 ; m. L. Martin (s. of Jonathan and Lydia [Saben], of Richmond ?) ; res. Keene. I. II. III. IV. V. Sept. 2, 1842 ; 8, 1784, s. of No. 22, Farrar Jabez Stearns, a cabinet-maker, came to F. ab. 1824. A few y. later he erected buildings a few rods below the house now owned by Sylvester Drury, and on the same side of the road. He m."l829, Clarissa, b. Apr. 20, 1805, dau. of Samuel and Lucy (Emery) Buss, of Jati'rey. They had ch. b. in F., but noue are on rec. Ab. 1835 Noah Sabin bought the place, and Mr. Stearns rem. from town. He d. in Peterboro, Oct. 6, 1884, a. 57 y. Mrs. S. d. in J., in 1887. George Leonaeu Stearns, b. Nov. 1, 1824 ; d. Mar. 4, 1869 ; was a native of Warwick, Mass., s. of Simeon and Eunice (Leonard) ; m. July 5, 1856, Uar- GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 725 3 3 4- 5 6 7 8 riettc, b. Dec. 30, 1832, dan. of Willard and Phebe (Thurston) Walker, of Royalston. They lived in R. a short time after m., but took up their permanent res. in F. in 1858. 1. Nellie Etta, b. Aug. 5, 1860. II. Minnie Eunice Leonard, b. Sept. 30, 1867. John Stimsok or Stimpson was in town before 1783, and was last taxed in 1797. The name of his w. is not certainly known. In the rec. of b. she is called Betsey ; in the rec. of bapt. of Betsey she is called Elizabeth ; at the bapt. of all the younger ch. and at the d. of some of the ch. she is called Lucy. The tax rec. show only one John Stimson in town ; b. of 4 ch. and bapt. of 5 ch. are rec. I. Betsey, b. Jan. 12, 1783 ; bapt. Mar. 30, 1783. II. John, bapt. Dec. 12, 1784 ; d. Apr. 4, 1790. in. Nancy, b. July 29, 1787 ; bapt. Sept. 9, 1787. IV. Infant, d. July 4, 1790. V. Sukey, b. July 13, 1791 ; bapt. July 24, 1791. VI. Infant, d. Mar. 15, 1794. VII. Matilda, b. Mar. 20, 1796 ; bapt. Apr. 24, 1796. Moses Stockwell came to P. ab. 1821, and rem. ab. 1836 to Grafton, Mass. By w. Relief had 5 ch. rec. in F. i.-iv. b. in F., v. b. in Gr. I. Ellen, b. Mar. 11, 1826. II. Warren, b. Apr. 19. 1827. III. John, b. Oct. 8. 1833. IV. Seth, b. Feb. 23, 1836. V. Sumner, b. Nov. 2, 1837. STONE. I Rev. Timothy" Stone, a dissenting minister in the West of Bog- land, was the ancestor of the most, perhaps of all the families of this name that have settled in F. and vicinity. Two of his s., Simon' and Gregory", and perhaps a third, Samuel, came to this country. 2 Simon', a. 50 y., with w. Joan, a. 38 y., and ch. Frances, a. 16 y.; Ann, a. 11 y. ; Simon, a. 4 y. ; Mary, a. 3 y. ; .)ohn, a. 5 weeks, and his bro. 3 Gregory', a. 45 y., with his w. and several ch., embarked for this country in tlie ship Increase, at Ipswich, England, Apr. 15, 1635. Simon settled in Watertown, Mass., and Gregory in Cambridge, Mass. De- scendants from both the brothers settled in Framingham and the adjoin- ing towns, but so far as is known the line of Giegory furnished all the Stones who settled in F. Gregory m. wid. Lydia Cooper. He d. Nov. 30. 1672 ; she d. June 34, 1074. They had 6 ch., b. prob 5 in England and 1 in this country. Their eldest s., 726 HISTORY OF laXZWILLIAM. 4 ,ToHN^ b. ab. 1619 ; d. May 5, 1683 ; m. Anna, dau. of Elder Edward Uow, of W.; res. Sudbury and C. They had 10 ch., and de- scendants of 4 of them oame to P. i. Hannah, b. June 6, 1640, 5 ; "■ John ; riT. Daniel, b. Aug. 4, 1644, | 67 ; iv. David, b. Oct. 31, 1646. 6 ; V. Jbirv ; vi. Elizabeth ; vii. MaigaiL't ; viii. Tabitha ; ix. Sarah ; X. Nathunii'l, b. May 11, 1660, 96- 5 HANNAH^ b. June 6, 1640 ; m. July 1, 1658, John Bent, b. 1635, s. of John and Martha; res. Fram. Their eldest ch., Hannah* Bent, b. May 6, 1661 ; m. John Adams, b. May 1, 1655. Their eldest ch., Johni* .1*07!.?, b. Mar. 13, 1684 ; m. June 27, 1706, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Goddard, of Roxbury. Their 3d ch.. Hannah" Adamii, b. July 30, 1713 ; m. Daniel Mellen, q.v. Their 8th ch., Joseph" Adams, m. Prudence, dau. of David Pratt. Their 3d ch., CaXsi' Adams, m. Moses Drury, q.v. 6 David', b. Oct. 31, 1646 ; d. 1737 ; m. Susannah ; res. Fram. Ch. I. Susanna ; il. Mary ; ill. Samuel, b. May 23, 1685, 7 ; iv. Thomas, b. May 11, 1688, 50- 7 Samt:bl\ b. May 23, 1685 ; d. ab. 1750 ; m. Bathsheba . They had 9 ch., of whom 8 Samuel", b. ab. 1714 ; d. ab. 1787 ; m. June 14, 1737, Rebecca, b. Sept. 30, 1716, dau. of Isaac and Sarah (Stow) Clark ; res. Fram. Ch. I. Jason, b. Dec. 28, 1737, 9 ; n- Bathsheba ; iii. Susannah ; iv. Lucy; v. Sarah; vi. Mary; vii. Rebecca ; viii. Samuel, b. Nov. 13, 1750, 18; IX. Anne, m. Joshua Trowbridge, s. of John and Margaret (Farrar). (See Luther Stone, No. 171.) x. Winsor. Jason" Stone, h. Dec. 28, 1737 ; m. Deborah Good- now, of Natiuk, Mass.; came to F. in the spring of 17G5 ; first settled on L 21 R 6, now within the limits of Troy ; rem. a few y. later to L 18 E 4, where he res. the rest of his life. Dr. Cumminga says in his 2d His- torical Lecture : " He settled in what was recently Mr. Bryant's pasture, N. W. of where Mr. Wm. Perham now lives. If you should any of yon have the curiosity to go there, you will find the clump of decayed apple- trees and cellar that distinctly mark the spot where he lived." Mr. S. and w. covenanted in Franiingham, A.ug. 17, 1766, and their 3 older ch. were bapt. and rec. in Fram., doubtless because there was no chh. in F. ; all the other ch. were bapt. in F. ; none of the ch. set- tled in F. Mr. S. d. in F. Peb. 27, 1809. Mrs. S. d. in Jaffrey, Oct. 15, 1813. 10 I. DcboraW, b. Oct. 18, 1765. 11 II. Tliaddeiis, b. Feb., 1768 ; d. Apr. 30, 1769, the first white person that d. in the town. 13 III. Rebecca, b. Oct. 14, 1769; m. Feb. 19, 1801, Isaac Abbott, of Holden, Mass. 13 IV. Susamiah, b. June 29. 1771. 14 V. Elijah, b. Sept. 12, 1772. 15 16 ir 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (20) 29 30 31 32 GENEALOaiCAL EEGISTER. 727 VI. Sarah, b. Apr. 11, 1774. viT. Samuel, b. Oct. 4, 1775. VIII. John, b. May 24, 1777 ; d. May 3, 1853 ; settled in J. ab. 1798 : m. Ruth, b. Nov. 16, 1782 ; d. Sept. 7, 1863, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Euth (Clark) Perkins, of J., q.v., s.p. Samuel' Stone (s. of 8 Samue?), b. Nov. 13, 1750 ; d. Deo. 12, 1841 ; m. Anna, b. Dec. 27, 1751 ; d. Jan. 1, 1834, dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Witherby) Stacy, of Fram.; came to P. in 1777 and settled on L 13 E 5. I. Hannah', h. in Pram. Jan. 28, 1777 ; m. John Whittemore, q.v. II. Martin, b. Oct. 19, 1778+. III. Nathaniel Stacy, b. Aug. 23, 17804-- IV. Anna, b. Sept. 3, 1782 ; m. Ezekiel Collins, Jr., q.v. V. Ghloe, b. Sept. 23, 1784 ; d. June 28, 1803, unm. VI. SamueV, b. Aug. 31, 1786 ; m. May 3, 1814, Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1789, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Mellen) Forristall, q.v.; rem. to Swanzey ab. 1819 Oh. b. in P. 1. MalindaP.', b. Aug. 11, 1814 ; m. Sam- uel J. Rock wood, q.v. VII. Lucy, b. Jan. 9, 1789 ; d. June 15, 1859, unm. VIII. WincUor, b. Mar. 29, 1791 ; m. Huldah John- son and settled in Leominster, Mass. IS. John, b. Aug. 28, 1794 ; d. unm. Martin' Stone, b. Oct. 19, 1778 ; d. Oct. 1, 1851 ; m. Dec. 27, 1810, Betsey V., b. Jan. 18, 1789 ; d. Anr. 20, 1873, d.au. of Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Ballard) Stone, q.v. Lived in P. till the spring of 1817, when he settled in Swanzey. Ch. i.-iv. b. and rec. in P. I. Louisa', b. Nov. 15, 1811 ; d. June 13, 1812. II. Louisa, b. Mar. 19, 1813 ; m. Dec. 4, 1832, Abiel Pevey, b. June 17, 1807 ; d. Sept. 14, 1886, s. of Peter and Lucy, of Greenfield, N. H. They had 6 ch., all of whom are liv- ing, 1887. She res. in Lowell, Mass. III. Edmund, b. Apr. 5, 1815 ; m. Feb. 11, 1841, Lucy, b. Mar. 21, 1817, dau. of Davis and Asenath (Hills) Healey, of S. Had 5 ch., of whom 3 are living, 1887 ; res. S. IV. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 24, 1817 ; m. Juno 3, 1841, Merrill C. Pevey, b. Aug. 7, 1812 ; d. Aug. 728 HISTORY OP FITZWILLIAM. 33 34 35 36 61 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 8, 1873, s. of Peter and Lucy. Had 3 ch., only 1 living, 1887. Mrs. P. res. in L. V. John, b. Feb. 38, 1819 ; m. Oct. 36, 1841, Hannah S., b. Nov. 17, 1819 ; d. Mar. 17, 1875, dau. of Davis and Asenatli (Hills) Healey ; m. (3d) Jan. 33, 1876, Jane B. Newell, of Milford, N. H., b. Jan. 7, 1830, dau. of Jacob and Keziah L. (Powers) Newell, of Jaffrey ; res. in F. 1859-60 ; res. Peter- boro, N. H. Ch. b. 1-3 Medina, Mich., 3-5 Dublin, N. H. 1. Ellen Maria', b. Sept. 3, 1843 ; d. Apr. 9, 1864. 3. N. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1844 ; m. May 33, 1867, 0. Sylvester Dunklee, b. May 32, 1843 ; d. Apr. 11, 1871, s. of Syl- vester J. and Mary A., of Hancock, N. H.; res. P. 3. Amelia Delora, b. Apr. 13, 1848 ; m. June 8, 1873, John E. Styles, b. Mar. 13, 1843, in London, England, s. of John and Emma (Elliott), now of Manchester, N. H. Had 4 ch., of whom 3 are living ; res. P. 4. Lucy Asenath, b. Oct. 38, 1849 ; d. July 36, 1875. 5. Edmund Martin, b. Oct. 30, 1851 ; d. June 6, 1872. VI. Anna, b. Mar. 6, 1831 ; d. Feb. 10, 1869 ; m. Nov. 9, 1843, Joseph L. Parker, b. Mar. 20, 1820; d. July 24, 1885, s. of Lyman. He m. (3d) Nancy, dau. of Nathaniel S. and Nancy (Priest) Stone, q.v., and wid. of Ed- ward C. Perkins. Had 3 ch. by 1st m., all living ; res. S. VII. Amira, b. Mar. 6, 1821 (twin) ; m. June 34, 1841, Edwin P. Read, b. Mar. 5, 1819, s. of Josiah and Mary (Forbes), of S. Had 3 ch., 1 living ; res. Somerville, Mass. Tin. Sarah, b. Apr. 35, 1823 ; m. Oct. 14, 1845, Luther S. Lane, of Swanzey, b. July 20, 1817 ; d. Sept. 13, 1883, s. of Elijah and Fanny (Scott). Had 5 ch., 4 living. She res. in L. IX. Solon, b. Apr. 35, 1833 (twin) ; d. June 20, 1825. X. J^ancy, b. Aug. 6, 1835 ; d. July 17, 1843. XI. ffannaJi, b. Nov. 9, 1837 ; m. Apr. 30, 1847, GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 729 (21) 45 46 47 48 49 Paul P. Aldrich, Jr., b. Nov. 30, 1827, s. of Paul F. and Luvanie (Cook), of Swanzey. Had 4 cli., 2 living ; res. Somerville. Nathaniel S. Stone, b. Aug. 23, 1780 ; d. Aug. 26, 1866 ; m. Dec. 13, 1808, Nancy Priest, of Harvard, Mass.; d. Aug. 17, 1886. None of their cli. settled in F. I. Naliunf, b. July 18, 1811 ; res. Jackson, Mich, n. Charles, b. June 25, 1814 ; m. Sept. 11, 1837, Sarah Maria, b. Dec. 22, 1816, dau. of John and Sally (Kimball) Worcester, of Jaffrey ; res. Olivet, Mich. IIT. Gardner, b. Nov. 7, 1816 ; res. Westboro, Mass. IV. Nathaniel Stacy, b. July 12, 1819 ; d. Nov. 2, 1837. V. Nancy, b. Mar. 7, 1825 ; m. Edward C. Perkins, b. Mar. 11, 1818. s. of Edward and Kuth, of J. ; rem. to Michigan, where he d. She m. (2d) Joseph L. Parker, of Swanzey, b. Mar. 20, 1820 ; d. July 24, 1885, s. of Lyman. She res. in S. 50 Thomas' Stone (s. of 6 David'), b. May 11, 1688 ; m. (1st) Dec. 14, 1710, Mary Curtis, of Sudbury ; (2d) Juae 18, 1730, Elizabeth Andrews, of Cambridge. Ch. i. Mary; ii. Thomas, d. y.; iii. Abigail; IV. Beulah ; v. Sabilla ; vi. Thomas ; vii. Johu ; viii. Abner, b. Apr. 8, 1736. 51 Abnek= Stone, b. Apr. 8, 1736 ; d. Dec. 3, 1826 ; m. 1763, Lucy, bapt. 1746 ; d. Jan. 18, 1824, a. 77 y. 6 nios., dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Mellen, of Hop- kinton : came from Pram, to P. before 1780 ; settled on L 9 R 1. 52 I. Molly, b. Jan. 31, 1764 : d. y. 53 II. John, b. June 6, 1765 ; d. y. 54 III. Beulah, b. Feb. 22, 1767 ; m. Charles Bowker, 55 IV. Dmid, b. Feb. 8, 1769 + . 56 V. Lucy, b. Apr. 17, 1771 ; m. June 15, 1796, David Pelton, of Lyme, N. H. 57 VI. Sally, bapt. Aug. 1, 1773 ; d. Mar. 18, 1843, unm. 58 VII. Nabby, bapt. Sept. 17, 1775 ; m. May 6, 1794, Nahum Pierce, of L. 59 VIII. Betty, bapt. Nov. 2, 1777 ; m. Jan. 14, 1801, Thomas Durkee, of L. ; rem. to Alden, N. Y. 60 IX. josiah, b. Apr. 5, 1780 ; d. at sea. 7B0 61 63 63 64 65 66 (55) 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. X. Molly, b. Nov. 1, 1782 ; m. 1805, Ezekiel Rand, b. Nov. 26, 1780, s. of Ezekiel and Anna (Demarv), of Rindge : rem. to Greensboro, Vt., where he d. Aug. 28. 1849. His wid. d. in Hyde Park, Vt., at the res. of her dan., Feb. 13, 1868. XI. Ahner", b. Apr. 6, 1785 ; d. Sept. 4, 1812 ; fell from the frame at the raising of a barn on the " Judge Parker place," L 13 R 1, and d. in consequence of injuries received ; m. -Jan. 8, 1807, Sally Yulen,'of Packersfield (Nelson). She was prob. dau. of Jeremiah Yulen, who lived in the southeast part of the town for 3 or 4 y. ab. 1800-03. Ch. b. in F.; the order may not be correct. The wid. and ch. rem. from town after the d. of Mr. S. 1. Abner'. 2. Calista. 3. Lucy. XII. Anne, bapt. Sept. 6, 1789. Capt. David' Stone, b. Feb. 8, 1769 ; m. Dec. 27, 1792, Ruth, b. Aug. 21, 1770, dau. of John and Puah Mellen, of P. She d. Aug. 13, 1808, and he m. (2d) Mar. 5, 1809, Polly Huntington, of Shaftsbury, Vt. She d. Mar. 17, 1809, and he m. (3d) Mar. 5, 1811, Ruby Hatch, of Norwich, Vt. In 1793 he settled in Greensboro, Vt., where he res. till ab. 1814, when he returned to F. In 1853 Mr. and Mrs. S. went to live with their youngest s., Curtis, in Monticello, la., and where both d., Capt. David ab. 1860, and Mrs. Ruby June 23, 1855. I. Augusta, b. Oct. 10, 1793 ; m. 1811 (?), Avery Edwards, of G. He d. in 1813, and she m. (2d) Apr. 14, 1826, Dr. George H. Lee, by whom she had several ch.; all d. y. ; res. in Royalston, Prescott, and Orange, Mass. She d. 'in P. Oct. 5, 1854. Ch. by 1st m. 1. kvQYj Edivards, Jr., b. ab. 1813. II. Lucy, b. June 3, 1795 ; m. Ephraim Parker, q.v. III. Betsey, b. Apr. 4, 1799 ; d. Oct. 6, 1812. IV. Lois, b. May 25, 1802 ; m. Dec. 20, 1837, William B. Whitney, of Winchendon. 1. Elizabeth Whitney. 2. Louisa L. " V. Cliestina, b. June 6, 1805 ; m. Aug. 22, 1826, Capt. Oliver Adams, of W. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 731 75 1. Laura Maria. 76 2. Helen. 77 VI. AUgail Adeline, b. May 23, 1808. 78 VII. Samuel Mellen, b. Feb. 26, 1812 ; d. Feb. 27, 1853 ; m. Sept. 25, 1843, Joan Allen, of Lebanon, N. H. She d. in 1855 at L. Mr. S. was a Congregational clergyman. He flitted for college at New Ipswich, N. H., and Conway, Mass.; graduated at Dartmoutli College in 1838, and studied theology at Bangor (?), Me., and Andover, Mass. He preached in Newfield, Me., and Chester, Vt., and at the time of his d. he had a call to settle in some place the name of which cannot now be given. Oh. h. 1 in N., 2-3 in C. 79 1. Catherine Maria, b. July 2, 1843 ; d. July 4, 1861. 80 2. Mellen David, b. June 7, 1848 ; gradu- ated at New Haven, and had just com- pleted his theological course when 'ho d., June 8, 1876, at Syracuse, N. Y. 81 3. Harriet Dunlop, b. July ]3, 1850 ; m. Sept. 13, 1871, Andrew Wilkins, a lawvpr at S. : res., 1885, Favettcville, K Y. ' 82 VIII. Deliglit, b. July 16, 1813 ; m. Dr. Albin J. Eaton, (j.v. 83 IX. Harriet, b. May 13, 1815 ; m. Apr. 2, 1839, Joseph A. Wilson. Mr. W. was in trade in F. from 1838 to 1850, when he rem. to Lowell, Mass., and from thence, in 1860, to Peusau- koe, Wis. 84 1. Francis Eodney, b. Sept. 15, 1840 ; m. and has 5 ch. 2. Henry William, b. Nov. 7, 1842 ; m. Mrs. Mary Burk. Is a farmer in Augusta, Kan. 86 3. Catherine Augusta, b. Feb. 3, 1847 ; m. 1878, David Tripp, of West. P., and has 5 ch. 87 4. George M., b. Sept. 7, 1853 j m. Alice H. Houghton. 88 X. David Azro, b. May 8, 1816 ; d. Oct. 23, 1844 ; m. 1842, Lucinda Frink, of Rutland, N. Y. 89 1. Fiancelia. 90 XI. Maria, b. Mar. 16, 1818 ; d. Feb. 3, 1845, at Oakham, Mass., unm. 91 XII. Curtix, b. Oct. 26, 1819 ; m. Nov. 15, 1853, 732 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 93 93 94 95 XIII. Mary Ann Burton, of jSTorwich, Vt., and set- tled in M., where he d. Oct. 11, 1879. Mrs. S. d. in 1882. 1. Kuby Maria, b. Nov. 10, 1854 ; m. William L. Ketchum. 3. Clara Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1857 ; m. John R. Hale. 3. Henrietta Darwin, b. Jan. 5, 1864 ; ni. Charles M. Brown. Susan Lovina, b. Aug. 22, 1821 ; d. Aug. 3, 1822. 96 jSTathaniel^ Stone (s. of 4 John=), b. May 11, 1660 ; d. 1733 ; m. Apr. 25, 1684, Sarah Wayt, of Maiden, Mass. They had 8 ch., of whom the youngest was 97 Hbzbkiah*, b. Mar. 5, 1711 ; m. Euth How, of Sudbury ; res. m Framingham, and late in life rem. to Oxford, Mass. They had 8 ch., of wliiim the eldest was Dea. Eliphalet*, who m. Lydia Goddard, and settled in Marlboro, N. H. Dea. Eliphalet had 8 ch., of whom the 4th was Slmbael', who m. Polly Rogcr.s. Shubael d., and his wid. m. (3d) Hezekiah Stone, of F. Shubael had 13 ch., of whom the 3d was Rev. Cyrus', who m. Atossa Frost, and was a missionary in India. Rev. Cyrus had several ch., of whom was Atossa F.°, who m. Thomas W. Whittemore, q.v. The youngest ch. of Hezekiah* was Hezekiah', b. May 37, 1755, 98- 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 (99) Hezekiah" Stone, b. May 27, 1755 ; d. Jan. 15, 1834 ; m. Elizabeth Gooch Ballard, who d. Mar. 29, 1825, a. 65 y., and he m. (2d) Polly, b. Jan. 31, 1770, dau. of John and Esther (Ball) Rogers, and wid. of Shubael" Stone, q.v., tinder 97 Hezekiah*. She d. Mar. 18, 1850, in Leominster, Mass. Came from Fram- ingham to E. ab. 1781, and settled on L 9 R 4. I. Artemas", b. Apr. 10, 1778+. II. Sally, bapt. Oct. 21, 1781 ; m. Nathaniel Mason and lived in Sullivan, N. H. III. Jesse, b. Feb. 12, 1782. IV. Hoses, b. Dec. 28, 1783 ; d. Mar. 11, 1786. V. Ifoses, h. Dec. 2, 1785 + . VI. Betsey Valentine, b. Jan. 18, 1789 ; m. Martin Stone, q.v. VII. Nancy, b. Apr. 10, 1791 ; m. Daniel Sinionds, q.v. VIII. Ruth Howe, b. Jan. 30, 1793 ; m. Reuben Pratt, q.v. IX. Child, d. June 12, 1795. Dea. Arteiias" Stone, b. Apr. 10, 1778 ; d. Apr. ]0, 1862 ; m. Aug., 1797, Isabella Manning, b. Nov. 25. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 733 108 J 09 no 111 113 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 131 133 133 (111) 124 125 126 127 138 1780 ; d. Aug. 27, 1861 ; res. a few y. in Snllivan, N. H., but returned to F. ab. 1803. I. NathanieV, b. Apr. 8, 1798 ; d. Aug., 1801. II. Jeremy, b. Oct. 11, 1799 ; d. June 20, 1803. III. Harriet, b. June 6, 1801 ; m. John Miles, q.v. IV. Francis, b. Sept. 33, 1802+. V. Mary B., b.' Nov. 33, 1804; m. Jan. 4, 1835, Thomas Noyes, called of Needham, Mass. VI. Jesse, b. Sept." 8, 1806 ; m. Cynthia, b. Feb. 13, 1807, wid. of Nathan B. Kollins and dau. of Bartletand Jemima (Knowltou) Bowker, q.v.; res. Topeka, Kan. Cii. rec. in F. 1. William H.", b. June 21, 1841. 3. Cynthia E., b. July 16, 1843. 3. Lynds B., b. June 35, 1845. VII. Oren, b. July 13, 1808 ; d. Sept. 7, 1814. VIII. Artemas, b. May 8, 1810+. IX. Eveline B., b. Apr. 18, 1813 : d. Jan. 3, 1875 ; m. May 2, 1830, Boswell i. Phelps, of Sims- bury, Ot. He d. and she m. (3d) 1854, George W. Simonds. 1. Helen Marr Phelps, b. Mar. 3, 1831, in S. ; m. Charles A. Smytherman, q.v. X. Oren, b. June 30, 1814 ; m. Lucv Gould. XI. Lynds, b. Sept., 1816 ; d. June 20, 1833. XII. Gardner W., b. Mar. 13, 1819; d. in Chicago Dec, 1886 ; m. 3 times ; m. (1st) Mary Osborn, of Tenipleton. Fkancis' Stonb, b. Sept. 33, 1803; d. Jan. 19, 1884 ; m. Feb. 30, 1827, Mary Adaline, b. Aug. 5, 1808; d. July 38, 1885, dau. " of George and Khoda (Baker) Farrington, of Koxbury, Mass. First ch. b. in R. ; others in F. I. Mary Isabella, b. Jan. 37, 1828 ; m. Samuel C. Felch, q.v. II. Francis Henry, h. May 4, 1830 ; d. Sept. 30, 1833, drowned. III. Oeorge BaJcer, b. Jan. 14, 1833 ; d. Jan. 15, 1833. IV. George Henry, b. Sept. 14, 1834 ; distinguished himself in the War of the "Rebellion, particu- larly at the battle of Corinth, Miss.; was pro- moted to Major of Artillery ; res. St. Louis, Mo. V. Sophia Louisa, b. May 29, 1837 ; m. Dove ; res. Boston Highlands, Mass. 734 HISTORY OF STTZWILLIAM. 139 130 131 132 (118) 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 143 143 144 145 146 147 148 VI. William Wallace, b. Apr. 11, 1841 ; d. Mav 5, 1863, killed at the battle of Williamsburg." VII. CliarleH Augustus, b. Oct. 16, 1843. vin. Frances Adnline, b. Jan. 16, 1846 ; m. William Lebourveau, Jr., q.v. IX. Eugene Prank, b. Aug. 39, 1848 ; res. Fitch- burg, Mass. Aktemas' Stone, Jr., b. Mav 8, 1810 ; d. Feb. 39, 1860 ; m. Dec. 36, 1830, Ann L., b. Sept. 33, 1810, dan. of Eev. Samuel and Sarah (Knight) Simonds, of Wiuchendoii. Ch. all b. in F. I. Samuel Nelson\ b. July 10, 1833 ; d. Apr. 10, 1835. II. Ald.i-ji Jane, b. Sept. 10, 1834 ; m. Dugald Campbell. III. Emily' Ann, b. May 33, 1836; m. Geo. 0. Dunton, q.v. IV. Sarali Isabella, b. May 17, 1838. V. Julius Orlando, b. Apr. 3, 1840. VI. Samuel Stillman\ b. Nov. 37, 1843 : m. Aug. 31, 1861, Olive Maria, b. June 23, 1841 ; d. Aug. 3, 1881, dau. of Geo. W. and Lovina S. Jones ; m. (3d) Oct. 4, 1883, Sarah, b. Aug. 3, 1849, dau. of Luke and Sarah (Howe) Bowker, g.v. 1. Frederick Stillman, b. June 33, 1363 ; d. Feb. 33, 1865. 3. Lillian Lovina, b. June 34, 1871 : d. Mar. 36, 1872. 3. Artbur, b. Oct. 20, 1886. VII. George Artemas, b. Apr. 33, 1843 ; m. July 3, IS'OI, Fmma E., dau. of Jason and Elizabeth L. Whitney, of Ashburnham, Mass. No rec. of ch. but a s., 1. Charles W., b. ab. 1862 ; m. Dec. 11, 1885, Addie J., b. Jan. 16, 1863, dau. of Henry U. and Mary E, (Stone) Gil- man, q.v. VIII. Ei'dine Roxana, b. Aug. 3, 1845 ; d. Dec. 3, 1864, unm. IX. Louisa Adeline, b. Jan. 9, 1847; m. Joel L. Gilson, q.v. X. Sandford Augustus, b. July 10, 1848 ; d. Sept. 14; 1849. XI. Sandford Frederich, b. June 17, 1850. x:ii. Clarence Albert, b. Jan. 7, 1855 ; m. May 13, 1874, Eva M., b Aug. 31, 1854, dau. of GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEE. 735 149 150 (103) 151 153 153 154 155 15fi 157 158 159 160 161 1P2 163 164 165 166 Charles L. and Susan M. (Phillips) Taft, q.v.; res. W. Ch. b. in F. 1. Edward Stillman, b. Apr. 15, 1875. 2. Elwiii Brigham, b. Aug. 14, 1887. Moses Stone, b. Dec. 2, 1785 ; d. Jan. 25, 1354 ; m. Eliza, b. Oct., 1799 ; d. Jan. 21, 1879, dan. of Peter Fay, of Sonthboro, Mass. I. Clarissa, b. July 11, 1815 ; m. George W. Simonds, q.v. ir. Mo.^es F., b. May 21, 1817. III. Nathan, b. Feb. 8, 1819 ; m. 1842, Mary L., b. Aug. 12, 1832, dan. of John and Harriet (Stone) Stiles, q.v. 1. Albert G., b. Oct. 22, 1842 ; d. Nov. 3, 1862, from wound received in battle. 2. John N., b. May 24, 1844 ; d. Sept. 29, 1844. 3. Flora Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1, 1845 ; m. Amos J. Blake, Esq., q.v. 4. Mary Louise, b. Apr. 2, 1848. 5. Sarah Anna, b. Aug. 20, 1851. 6. Nathan Ellwyn, b. Jan. 4, 1854; d. Feb. 17, 1854, 7. Nathan Ellwyn, b. Dec. 25, 1856 ; d. Feb. 9, 1879. 8. Percy Temple, b. Jan. 25, 1865 ; d. Aag. 18, 1868. IV. Eliza, b. Jan. 29, 1821 ; d. June 23, 1822. V. Alonzo, b. Aug. 14, 1823. Yi. Eliza A., b. Jan. 5, 1827; d. Jan. 11, 1854, unm. vii. Peter M., b. Apr., 1829. VIII. Emily A., b. Nov. 5, 1832 ; d. Sept. 11, 1834. \ 67 Daniel' Stone (s. of 4 John=), b.'Aug. 4, 1644 ; d. 1719 ; m. 3 times ; m. (Istj Mary (Moore) Ward ; their 1st ch., I 68 Daniel-i, b. Nov. 32, 1668 ; d. Dec. 33, 1702 ; res. Praniingham ; m. Patience, dau. of Maj. Thomas Browu ; their s., 1 69 MICAH^ b. Mar., 1699 ; d. Oct. 13, 1738, of small-pox ; res. Wayland and Pram.; m. Abigail Stone, of Lexington ; their s., i 70 Josiah", b. Dec. 33, 1734 ; d. Apr. 13, 1785 ; by w. Anne Haven bad 7 ch., of whom the 4th was Luther, b. Apr. 11, 1753. 171 Luther Stone, b. Apr. 11, 1753 ; m. Mary, b. July 10, 1758, dau. of John and Margaret (Farrar) Trow- bridge. (John Trowbridge was bro. of Thomas, who settled in F., q.v.) Mr. S. came to F. ab. 1782; set- 736 HISTORY OF JFITZWILLIAJr. 173 173 174 tied on L 11 R 6, the Collinsplace ; lived here a few y., and returned to Fram. before 1793* ; rem. to Nortli- boro, and from thence to Fitchbarg, where both d. The b. of 1 eh. and bapt. of 3 ch. are rec. in F. I. II. III. Peggy, \ bapt. June 1, 1783. Nancy, \ ^ Patty, b. Sept. 29, 1783 ; bapt. Oct. 5, 1783. The connection between the various lines of the descendants of Gregory Stone, who settled in F., will be better understood by an inspection of the following chart : The Stones are in larger type ; those of other surnames in small type ; those who settled in F. are in capitals. The numbers attached to the names are the same as given to the same persons in the fore- going pages. The Stones of Marlboro are descended from Dea. Eliphalet, who was s. of Hezekiah, No. 97, q.v. Gregory 3. John 4. I Hannah 5. ni. John Bent. 1 Hnniinn Bent. m, John Adnms. John Adams. I 1 I Hannah. Joseph, m. Daniel Mellcn. | a eh. and 'i gr.- Cata Adams. eh. settled in F. m. Moses Drnry (See Mellen Rec- ord.) Daniel 167. Daniel 168. Micah 169. Josiah 170. Luther 171 David 6. I I Samuel 7. Thomas 60. Samuel 8. I I Nathaniel 96. 1 Hezekiah 97. Hezekiah 93. AbnueSI. Jason 9. Samuel 18. I 75 Jonathan Stone, m. Sept. 21, 1737, Judith Newton ; res. ia Southboro, Mass., where he d. ab. 1772. She d. in F. Nov. 22, 1802. It is not known whether he whs descended from Gregory or Simon Stone, though some circumstances seem to indicate that he may have been of the line of Simon. Ch. i. James, d. y. ; ii. Judith, b. Dec. 7, 1740 ; III. Abigail, b. June .'5, 1748 ; iv. Jonathan, b. May 3, 1746 ; v. Rachel, b. Apr. 7, 1749 ; vi. Josepli, b. Mar. 28, 1752, | 76 ; vn. James, b. Feb. 23, 1755, | QQ. 176 177 178 179 180 Joseph Stone, b. Mar. 28, 1752 ; came from S. to F. before 1777 ; m. May 8, 1777, Mary, b. Apr. ^'5, 1757 ; d. Feb. 8, 1850, dau. of Stephen and Mary (Angier) Harris, q.v. Settled on L 7 R 7. He d. May 27, 1845. I. Infant, d. Feb. 10, 1778. II. Abigail, b. June 27, 1779 ; m. William With- ington, Jr., q.v. III. Infant, d. Oct. 18, 1781. IV. Itifant, d. Apr. 28, 1783. 181 183 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 193 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 300 GENEALOGICAL EEGI8TER. 737 V. Eliza, b. Jan. 19, 1784 ; d. Feb. 3, 1788. Ti. Joseph, b. May 19, 1786 ; m. Oct. 15, 1817, Polly, b. Not. 35, 1799, dau. of Micah and Elizabeth Perry. No rec. of ch. but a s., 1. Elisha P. was adm. to Cong'l Chh. Mar., 1839. VII. Polly, b. June 9, 1788 ; m. Matthew Osborn, Jr., q.v. viii. MeUtable, b. Jan. 38, 1790 ; m. Nov. 37, 1816, Chancy Forbush, of Eoyalston. IX. Lovina, b. June 3, 1793 ; m. Edward Holman, Jr., q.v. X. Lucinda, b. Feb. 11, 1795; d. June 1, 1818, unm. XI. Eliza, b. Jan. 30, 1797. XII. Josiah, b. June 15, 1799 ; d. Jan. 14, 1875 : m. Mar. 3, 1830, Sibyl, b. Oct. 6, 1800 ; d.' June 38, 1875, dau. of Abel and Lovina (Amadou) Angier, q.v.; rem. to Keene ab. 1835. Mr. and Mrs. S. both d. in K., but were interred in F. James Stone (s. of Jonathan | 75), b. Feb. 33, 1755 ; d. Jan. 5, 1841 ; m. 1778, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1757 ; d. Mar. 10, 1838, dau. of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Haven) Haven, q.v. Came from Southboro, Mass., to P. ab. 1781 and settled on L 8 E 6. I. Jerusha, b. Sept. 7, 1780 ; m. Asael Woods, q.v. . II. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 3, 1783 ; m. Dec. 10, 1807, Benjamin Eeed, then of Ashby, Mass., q.v. III. James, b. June 35, 1784+. IV. Jonathan, b, Oct. 13, 1785. Had the following ch. and others : 1. Milton, m. and res. in Eoyalston. 3. Lyman, m. Marilla West ; res. E. One s. res. in F. 1. Edward Lyman, m. Mar. 31, 1875, Emma Frances, dau. of Baxter Collins. V. Lois, b. Sept. 36, 1787 ; m. Simeon Merrifleld, q.v. VI. Abigail, b. July 35, 1790 ; m. Jan. 11, 1810, Calvin Chase, of E. Perhaps had more ch. than here named. 1. Calvin Chase, d. June 6, 1833, a. 17 y., killed by accidental discharge of his gun. 47 738 HISTOET OP FITZWILLIAM. 201 303 303 204 205 306 207 308 309 (193) 310 311 313 313 214 315 316 317 218 2. Jerusha W. Chase, m. Sept. 27, 1838, Wheaton Wilson, of R. 3. Elmira Chase, d. unm. vii. Hepsibeth, b. Mar. 6, 1792 ; m. Feb. 3, 1814, David Forbush, Jr., of E. ; late in life rem. from E. to P. Mr. Forbush d. here May 21, 1873. Mrs. P. d. in Winchendon, June 5, 1879. Their ch. as follows are noticed in P. rec. 1. Hepsibeth Forbush, m. Sept. 16, 1847, Arad Gilbert, of Walpole, IST. H. 2. Dayid Goodell Forbush, d. Feb. 31, 1872, a. 44 y. 3. Rosilla B. Forbush, m. Mar. 37, 1851, Henry W, Wyman, his 3d w. She d. Oct. 6, 1853, a. 33 y. Wyman' s 1st w. was Abigail M., dau. of Lewis Taft, q.v. Yin. Infant, d. May 34, 1794. IX. John, b. Aug. 38, 1795+. X. Joseph, b, Oct. 25, 1798. James Stone, Jr., b. June 25, 1784 : d. Aug. 28, 1825 ; m. Apr. 3, 1806, Sally, bapt. Mar.' 28, 1784 ; d. July 14, 1851, a. 68 y., dau. of Jonas and Hannah Woods, q.v. I. Isaac Walter, b. Dec. 3, 1806 ; m. Oct. 13, 1831, Lydia Woods, b. Feb. 25, 1808 ; d. Mar. 18, 1876, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Woods) Fassett. 1. Mary Eliza, b. Nov. 5, 1833 ; ni. Henry D. Oilman, q.v. 2. Eoxana, b. May 14, 1837 ; d. Feb. ■^, 1854, unm. 3. George Newton, b. Jan. 4, 1839 ; d. Aug. 27, 1863 ; m. Feb. 13 (?), 1863, Sarah Adeline, b. Sept. 17, 1838, dau. of Almond and Sarah D. (Williams) Brewer, q.v. 4. Emeline, b. Jan. 20, 1841 ; d. Nov. 3, 1849. 5. Joseph Edmund, b. May 6, 1844 ; d. June 4, 1863, in the army. II. Sally Sophronia, b. Sept. 21, 1808 ; d. Jan. 5, 1877 ; m. May 9, 1833, Cutler Eice, of Troy. 1. Lucy Rice, b. Mar. 7, 1834 ; d. Nov. 13, 1877. III. David, b. Jan. 35, 1813 ; d. Oct. 12, 1812. 219 320 (208) 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEK, 739 IV. George Newton, b. Jan. 3, 1814 ; d. Jan. 3, 1839, unin. V. James Wright, b. Dec. 29, 1815 ; d. Dec. 13, 1854, unm. John Stone, 2d, b. Aug. 28, 1795 ; d. Nov. 17, 1868 ; m. July 22, 1817, Olive V\ryman, d. Aug. 29, 1871, a. 72 y. I. Martin Perry, b. Oct. 14, 1818 ; ra. Lurinda R., b. July 19, 1824 ; d. July 25, 1848, dau. of Joshua and Philena Oapron, q.v.; m. (2d) Nov. 29, 1854, Harriet, b. Aug. 28, 1826, in Charlestown, N. H., dau. of Hubbard and Mary Mark. L Charles N., b. Dec. 3, 1855, in Ashburn- ham, Mass. 2. Ella Harriet, b. Aug. 1, 1859, in Lan- caster, Mass. 3. Lizzie Eldora, b. July 6, 1861, in Town- SGTIQ Ax3)SS 4. Eddie' Martin, b. July 7, 1869, in Win- chendon, Mass.; d. Mar. 6, 1883, in W. II. Sally Button, b. June 19, 1821 ; m. Amasa S. Wilson, q.v. III. HezeUah, d. Oct. 22, 1826, a. 2 y. IV. Amos, d. June 13, 1840, a. 13 y. V. David Colburn, b. Mar. 7, 1827 ; m. Hannah M. Wvman. 1. William Eiley, b. Aug. 5, 1852; m. Dec, 1874, Eliza Jane, b. Nov. 30, 1855 ; d. Oct. 17, 1881, dau. of Henry and Mary E. (Stone) Gilman, q.v. VI. Nancy D., b. ab. 1830 ; m. June 10, 1848, John Poskett, of Orange, Mass. VII. Norris C, b. ab. 1833. VIII. Infant, d. Nov. 6, 1835. IX. Sophronia, b. ab. 1836. X. Jane A., b. ab. 1838. Adams Stoke, genealogy not traced, was in town prob. before 1787. He and w. Judith were adm. to the chh. in F. Nov. 11, 1787 ; settled on L 21 R 7 ; left town ab. 1795. Ch. b. in F. I. Lucy, bapt. Nov. 18, 1787. II. Isaac, bapt. Ang. 26, 1789. III. Polly, bapt. July 3, 1791. IV. Infant, d. Aug. 17, 1794. 740 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 2 3 4 10 11 12 Abijah Stowell and w. Mary came to F. prob. late in 1795 or early in 1796, as a poll tax is first set to him in the latter y., though he had paid a property tax here for several y. previous. In 1789 he was taxed on L 20 E 4, which had been taxed in 1788 to Nedom (Needham) Maynard. It is supposed that he came here from Natick, Mass., as in the town tax-list of 1793* he is described as of N. He had previously lived in Fram- ingham. The old Hist, of Fram. gives the dates of 6 ch. bapt. in Fram., and quotes from Dea. Buekminster's Journal: "Mr. Stowell moved away Apr. 10,1786." The late Hist, of Fram. adds : " though he remained in town for two years." Mr. S. d. in F. Sept. 6, 1800, but his age is not given. His " heirs" were taxed in 1801, 2 and 3 and his wid. in 1803 and 4. He had, per- haps, more than one ch. younger than Isaac. I. Samuel, bapt. June, 1784. II. Sally, bapt. June, 1784 ; m. Pierce. III. David, bapt. June, 1784 ; m. Apr. 14, 1803, Rebecca, b. May 30, 1782, dau. of Bartlet and (Jhristiana (Holmes) Bowker, q.v.; res. St. Johnsbury, Vt. 1. David was a Congregational minister ; settled in GrofEstown, N. H., and Townsend, Mass.; d. in F. Mar. 29, 1854, a. 49 7.; m. Emily , who d., and he m. (2d) Caroline A. Wing, who d. in Andover, Mass., N"ov. 23, 1871, a. 49 y. 1. David Porter, b. ab. 1849 ; is a physician. 2. Eebecca, b. Oct. 19, 1807 ; m. John Whittemore, Jr., q.v. 3. Leander, m. Dee. 26, 1831, Roxana, b. July 28, 1809, dau. of Bartlet and Jemima ( [Knowlton] Wright) Bowker, q.v., s.p. )She d., and he m. (2d) 4. Susannah. IV. PoUy, bapt. June, 1784 ; m. Ezra Saunders, q.v. V. Asa, bapt. Apr., 1785 ; m. Jan. 10, 1805, Bet- sey, b. Apr. 18, 1783, dau. of Joshua and Elizabeth (Brigham) Harrington, q.v.j rem. West. VI. Isaac, bapt. Oct., 1787 ; m. Mar. 9, 1815, Levina, b. Mar. 22, 1786 ; d. Apr. 27, 1852, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Davis, q.v.; m. 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 3 (2) 6 7 (6) GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 741 (2d) Betsey Davis, b. Oct. 14, 1792 ; d. Jan., 1856, a sister of his former w. ; m. (3d) Mary, b. Sept. 17, 1797, dau. of Asa and Deborah (Sargent) Brewer, and wid. of Jonathan Clark ; res. Troy. 1. George, res. in T. 2. HarveyT., d. July 25, 1845, a. 35 y. 3. Eliza, m. James Oomstoek. 4. Mary, m. Ivers Emerson. 5. Sarah, m. William Pierce. 6. Harriet, m. Charles Smith, q.v. VII. Rhoda, m. • Harlow, a sea captain. Two ch., perhaps more. 1. Mary. 2. Eeuben. is a Methodist minister. James Strketek was in Rindge as early as 1769. He had by w. Susanna, 3 ch. b. and rec. in R., and prob. had eh. b. previously to settling in R. His wid. out- lived a 2d husband, a Mr. Wallace, and d. in P. Nov. 20, 1820, a. 80 y. The ch. rec. in R. were : I. Daniel, b. Aug. 29, 1769 + . II. James, b. Jan. 29, 1773; m. Nov. 11, 1792, Sarah, dau. of William and Eunice (Laws) Carlton, of R. ; rem. to Jafirey ab. 1800. III. Phebe, b. Aug. 21, 1780 ; m. Aug. 30, 1799, Elipha Pierce, s. of Abraham and Phebe (Towne) Pierce, of R. ; res. R. Daniel Strbeter, b. Aug. 29, 1769 ; m. Feb. 22, 1791, Susanna, d. Oct. 5, 1837, a. 70 y., dau. of Lieut. George Metcalf, of Rindge. Came to P. ab. 1812 and settled in the southeast part of the town. Ch. b. in R. I. Amity, b. July 19, 1792. II. Martin, b. Mar. (?), 1801+. III. Thomas Jefferson, b. Mar. 7, 1803+. Martin Streeter, b. Mar. (?), 1801 ; d. May 7, 1861 ; m. Sept. 15, 1835, Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1801, dau. of Moses and Martha (Bent) Chaplin, q.v. No b. of ch. rec, and the following list may not be complete ; all b. in F. I. Edwin, b. ab. 1828 ; m. Jan. 1, 1852, Mary F., b. Nov. 1, 1829, dau. of George N. and Sarah M. (Phillips) Olmstead, q.v. II. Anson, b. ab. 1830 ; m. Nov. 28, 1850, Jane E., b. Jan. 12, 1829, in Townsend, Mass.; d. 742 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 10 11 13 (7) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Nov. 7, 1885, in Boston, Mass., dau. of Dan- iel and Laura (Richardson) Eeed, q.v., s.p.j res. B. III. Mmon, b, ab. 1832. IV. Alvin, b. ab. 1838. V. Sophia D., b. ab. 1846. Thomas J. Steeeter, b. Mar. 7, 1803 ; d. Feb. 16, 1861 ; m. Nov. 18, 1832, Olive, b. Dec. 24, 1810, dau. of Joseph and Ehoda (Follett.) Stone, of Winchendon. Ch. all b. in P. I. Hammon J., b. Oct. 3, 1834 ; res. F. II. Charles P., b. July 11, 1836 ; res. Millbury, Mass. HI. Amro W., b. Aug. 22, 1838 ; res. W. IV. Emerette L., b. Aug. 11, 1840 ; res. W. V. Thomas M., b. Apr. 1, 1842 : d. Jan. 10, 1843. VI. Almansor J., b. Deo. 29, 1843 ; m. Dec. 7, 1865, Emma F., dau. of John Lawrence, of Marlboro ; m. (2d) 1880, Emma F., b. Feb. 5, 1854, dau. of Moses and Abby (Marshall) Chaplin, q.v.j res. Gardner, Mass. VII. Sophia Adelia, b. Dec. 20, 1845 ; m. Dec. 21 (?), 1868, Henry F. Carr, s. of Stephen H. and Abbie (Fessenden) Carr, of "W., and res. there. VIII. Frederic, b. Oct. 5, 1847. IX. Franklin E.. b. Jan. 23, 1850. X. Ann Maria, b. July 24, 1851 ; d. Sept. 7, 1853. XI. Ella A., b. Jan. 9, 1854. XII. Walter, b. Nov. 17, 1858 ; m. July 24, 1884, Ed a Clarissa, b. Sept. 28, 1863, dau. of Josiah and Margaret Wilder, q.v.; res. G. Michael Sweetser, a native of Reading, Mass., came to F. in 1780 with his oldest s. and commenced a clearing on L 4 R 10. The next y. ho brought up his family and became a permanent res. His w. was Mary Poole. She was adm. to the chh. in F. July 8, 1787, on letter from the chh. in Maiden, Mass., which may indicate that she was of M. or that the family lived in M. before they came to F. He d. July 22, 1819, a. 80 y. She d. Jan. 16, 1820, a. 81 y. Ch. b. Caleb in F., the others prob. in M. or E. Caleb was the only one of the ch. who settled in F. Polly res. in town a few y. after m. I. Eunice, d. in R. in 1780, a. 16 y. II. Michael, went to sea and never returned. 4 III. 5 IV. 6 V. 7 VI. 8 VII. 9 VIII. (9) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. , 743 TJiomas, was murdered in E. Timothy, lost an arm in War of 1812 at battle of Plattsburg. Polly, m. Aaron Gary, q.v. William, rem. to Ohio. Charles, rem. to 0. Caleb, b. Sept. 14, 1782+. Caleb Swbetsbe, b. Sept. 14, 1782 ; d. Sept. 7, 1858 ; m. Sept. 29, 1805, Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1780, dau. of Josiali and Lucy (Snow) VVhittemore, q.v. She d. May 23, 1819, and he m. (2d) Dec. 6, 1819, Polly, b. Mar. 9, 1797 ; d. Oct. 7, 1869, dau. of Daniel and Lois (Pierce) White, q.v. I. Lticy, b. Jan. 22, 1806 ; m. Daniel White, q.v. II. Tliomas, b. Feb. 14, 1808 ; d. Dec. 23, 1850 ; m. Apr. 14, 1831, Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1810, dau. of Zalmon and Phebe (Holt) Howe, q.v. She d. June 19, 1847, and he m. (2d) Esther Day, of Peterboro, N. H. i. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 10, 1832 ; m. Asahel Dnnton, q.v. 2. George Zalmon, b. July 15, 1834 ; d Aug. 10, 1836. 3. Phebe Ellen, b. Jan. 18, 1836 ; m. Mar shall P. Damon, q.v. 4. George Washington, b. Jan. 10, 1838 ra. Minerva Holbroolc. 5. Sarah Abigail, b. May 6, 1839 ; m. Cal vin Whitcomb. 6. Thomas Jefferson, b. Dec. 29, 1840 ; went into the army in the War of the Eebellion and never returned. 7. Lvman Barrett, b. Oct. 28, 1843 ; d. Sept. 21, 1849. III. Hannah, b. Jan. 6, 1810, unm. IV. Betsey, b. June 23, 1812 ; m. Abijah SpofEord, q.v. V. Eliza, b. Mar. 14, 1815 ; m. Nelson Howe, q.v. VI. Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1819 ; d. Aug. 17, 1878 ; m. Mar. 13, 1851, Joseph P. Bemis, his 2d w. (See below.) VII. Polly, b. Sept. 11, 1820 ; m. Jan. 9, 1849, Stephen Starkey, b. July 20, 1823 ; d. Mar. 27, 1853, s. of Luna and Hannah (White), of Troy. She res. in T. 1. Charles Stephen Starkey, b. June 13, 1853. 744 HI8T0KT OF FITZWILLIAM. 25 26 27 28 39 30 31 32 (3) viii. Oalel, b. May 28, 1822 ; m. Dec. 37, 1883, Julia (Whipple) Bolles, of Eichmond. IX. Charles A.,h. Mar. 2, 1824 ; d. June 31, 1881. X. Abilene, h. Jan. 6, 1826 ; m. July 29, 1845, Joseph P. Bemis, b. Feb. 8, 1828, a native of Eoyalston. She d. Aug. 22, 1850, and he m, (2d) her sister Mary. XI. William Byron, b. July 8, 1830 ; d. Aug. 26, 1832. XII. Augusta B., b. May 30, 1833 ; m. Sept. 5, 1854, Charles JST. Chase, b. Aug. 23, 1832, s. of David and Betsey ; res. Winchendon. Ch. b. in T. 1. Alson Eugene Chase, b. Aug. 16, 1856 ; d. Apr. 18, 1884. 2. Arthur Hermon Chase, b. July 8, 1860. XIII. Eunice A., b. May 7, 1835; m. Dee., 1857, Hamilton Parker, b. Feb. 3, 1836, s. of Nathaniel and Eliza (Whitcomb) ; res. T. Emory Taft, s. of Ephraim and Hannah (Wheelock), was b. Apr. 8, 1779 ; d. Apr. 11, 1872 ; m. Dec. 5, 1801, Sally Cobb, b. June 19, 1777 ; d. Apr. 23, 1845 ; caine to F. ab. 1823 ; ran a sawmill in the south part of the town for 15 or 20 y. ; afterward lived in Kindge, but d. in F. Ch. all b. in IJxbridge, Mass. I. Lewis, b. Mar. 4, 1803+. II. Marinda, b. June 14, 1804 ; d. Mar. 11, 1868 ; m. July 26, 1832, Winthrop E. Muzzey, of Royalston, Mass.; res. Hinsdale, N. H. III. Ahnena, b. Mar. 10, 1806 : m. June 25, 1835, Elisha Todd, of Oakham, Mass.; res. Win- chendon, Mass. IV. Sophronia, b. Sept. 33, 1807 ; d. Apr. 18, 1808. V. Submit, b. Aug. 19, 1813 ; m. Levi Phillips, g.v. VI. Hannah, b. May 36, 1816 ; m. Nov. 10, 1835, Gilman Wyman, of W. ; res. Petersham, Mass. Lewis Taft, b. Mar. 4, 1803 ; m. Aug. 38, 1833, Sylvia, b. Aug. 39, 1801 ; d. Mar. 17, 1883, dau. of Benjamin Green, of IJxbridge, Mass. Ch. b. I. in Royalston, ii.-v. in P. I. Abigail Maria, b. Oct. 9, 1834; d. Aug. 9, 1847 ; m. Nov. 6, 1846, Henry W. Wyman, of Winchendon. II. Sophronia Amanda, b. May 21, 1837 ; m. Edward Damon, q.v.j m. ("3d) Sept. 9, 1885, 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 745 Warren P. McClenathan, of Kindge, b. Aug. 9, 1825, s. of Eufus and Lucy (Pond). III. Charles Lewis, b. June 6, 1831 ; d. June 30, 1878 ; m. May 18, 1853, Susan Maria, b. Oct. 24, 1832 ; d. Sept. 27, 1884, dau. of Eufus B, and Mary (Woodward) Phillips, q. v. 1. Eva Maria, b. Aug. 21, 1854 ; m. Clar- ence A. Stone, q.v. 2. Marietta, b. June 7, 1856 ; d. Sept. 17, 1862. 3. Herbert Othro, b. Jan. 30, 1858 ; m. Feb. 22, 1883, Ida L., dau. of Warren P. McClenathan. 4. Frank Eoland, b. 1861 ; d. Sept. 10, 1862, a. 15 mos. 5. Abbie Sophronia, b. Sept. 17, 1863. IV. Daughter, b. Sept. 6, 1836 ; d. Sept. 23, 1836. y. Levi Augustus, b. Apr. 20, 1838 ; d. Jan. 13, 1842. David Taft, of Eoyalston, m. Eunice, dau. of Lieut. Jonas Allen, of E. She d., and he m. (2d) Aug. 30, 1826, Martha, wid. of Levi Pratt, of F. She d. Oct. 13, 1859, a. 81 y. 6 mos. No report of ch. but, I. Lucretia, va. Luther Hart well, q.v. II. David, b. Feb. 23, 1805 ; d. Jan. 17, 1887 ; m. Apr. 17, 1833, Marinda B., b. Nov. 11, 1807 ; d. Mar. 16. 1851, dau. of Josiah and Huldah (Collins) Osborn ; m. (3d) Oct. 31, 1852, Elizabeth, b. Jan. 12, 1818 ; d. Nov. 34, 1870, dau. of Isaac and Enth (Smith) Bruce, of Petersham, Mass. Ch. all b. in F. 1. George Henry, b. Nov. 7, 1834 ; d. Nov. 29, 1834. 2. Josiah Osborn, b. May 24, 1836 ; d. June 30, 1862, in the armv. 3. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1838 ; m. Leonard Byam, q.v. 4. Eunice Ann, b. Jan. 6, 1841 ; d. June 20, 1842. ,5. Charles Elliot, b. Aug. 9, 1846. Served in the War of the Eebellion in Co. A., 21st, Co. K., 26th, and Co. A., 56th Mass. Eegiments ; res. Athol, Mass. 6. Ella, b. Aug. 11, 1849 ; d. Sept. 2, 1849. 7. Emma (twin), b. Aug. 11, 1849 ; d. Sept. 4, 1849. 746 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 4 5 10 11 (4) Dr. James Taylor, b. Oct., 1751 ; was the s. of Ebenezer Taylor, of Sterling, Mass. He m. Mar. 27, 1786, Louisa, b. Jan. 4, 1765, dau. of Ebenezer Belknap, of S. Mr. B. was a Captain in the Eevolutionary War. Dr. T. came to F. ab. 1796, and settled on L 4 E 1. He d. Mar. 10, 1824, in P. Mrs. T. d. Sept. 7, 1840, in "Winchendon. Dr. T. practised medicine in S., but not after he came to P. Oh. b. i.-v. in S., vi.-X. in P. I. Louisa, b. Sept. 17, 1787 ; d. June 12, 1825, in W. II. Deborah, b. Mar. 31, 1789 ; m. Mar. 3, 1817, Stephen Elliot, of S, ; res. in Stockholm, K". Y., where she d. Aug. 13, 1849. III. James, b. May 3, 1791+. IV. Jonathan, b. Apr. 23, 1793 ; m. Jan. 4, 1818, Betsey Bard, of Perrisburg, Vt., b. July 30, 1793. She d., and he m. (2d) Anne Osborn ; res. in S., where he d. 1874. V. Ebenezer, b. May 7, 1796 ; m. Oct. 5, 1820, Phebe Bard, of Perrisburg, b. Jan. 31, 1800 ; d. Peb. 12, 1842 ; res. in Hopkinton, N. H., where he d. Dec. 23, 1831. VI. Asher, b. Dec. 2, 1798 ; d. Dec. 4, 1871 ; m. Nov. 7, 1822, Susan, b. Peb. 23, 1801 : d. July 10, 1848, dau. of Paul and Hannah Stuart, of W.; m. (2d) Nov. 9, 1848, Orinda (Whitcomb) Eugg, wid. of Thomas Eugg, of Eindge. She d. Jan. 31, 1867, a. 63 y. Mr. T. had no ch. by either m. VII. Mark, b. July 7, 1801 ; m. June, 1825, Mary P. Blood ; res. in Perrisburg, where he d. Oct. 30, 1838. She d. Jan. 30, 1842. VIII. Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1803 ; m. Mar. 27, 1824, Leonard Willoby, b. Mar. 23, 1800 ; res. in Hollis, N. H., where he d. Mar. 8, 1859. She d. Mar. 14, 1877. IX. Dorcas, b. Oct. 14, 1806 ; m. Aug. 25, 1829, Luther Willoby, b. Jan. 24, 1804 ; d. Apr. 25. 1839 ; res. in W., where she d. Nov. 19, 1869. X. SHllman, b. Nov. 7, 1811+. James Taylor, b. Mav 3, 1791 ; d. Apr. 2, 1863 ; m. Jan. 22, 1832, Kezia, 'b. July 2, 1794 ; d. Apr. 28, 1828, dau. of Paul and Hannah Stuart, of Winchendon ; m. (2d) Oct. 26, 1829, Lucy, b. Peb. 20, 1797, in Ster- ling, Mass.; d. Mar. 14, 1860, dau. of Reuben and Lucy 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 21 33 (11) 23 24 35 26 27 GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEE. 747 Blood ; m. (3d) Jan. 31, 1861, Laura Jane Parkill, of Canton, N. Y. Ch. b. i. in F., ii.-v. in W. I. James Hiram, b. Dec. 13, 1822 ; m. Louisa Humphrey, of Stockholm, IST. Y. He d. in S. 1884. II. Louisa Belknap, b. July 23, 1824 : d. Dec. 16, 1825. in. Arvilla Louisa, b. Apr. 21, 1826 ; m. Nov. 38, 1848, Levi G. Smith, b. Oct. 30, 1831, s. of Levi and Sarah (Gordon), of Meredith, N. H. ; moved from W. to F. in 1855, and returned to W. in 1874 ; res. in W. Oh. b. 1-4 in W., 5-6 in P. 1. Mary Arvilla Smitli, b. Sept. 18, 1849. 3. Levi Prank " b. Mar. 11, 1851. 3. James Fred " b. Sept. 9, 1853. 4. Oeorge Stuart " b. Aug. 3, 1854 ; d. Mar. 19, 1863. 5. Ida Victoria Smith, b. Nov. 2, 1856. 6. Ada Kezia " b. Apr. 3, 1858. IV. Jnfant, b. and d. Apr. 38, 1828. V. Edson Parkill, b. Sept. 1, 1862 ; res. 0. Stillman Taylor, b. Nov. 7, 1811 ; d. May 13, 1887 ; m. Jan. 26, 1841, Susan Adeline, b. Apr. 35, 1814 ; d. Feb. 11, 1858, dau. of Samuel and "Fanny Tenney, of Winchendon. Oh. b. i.-ii. in W., in. in F. I. James Sam.uel, b. Oct. 4, 1842 ; m. Aug. 15, 1872, Lucy A. Olark, of Roxbury, N. H.; res. Worcester, Mass. II. Warren Howard, b. Feb. 17, 1845 ; m. Sept. 7, 1869, Ida M. Tyler, at Keene, N. H.; res. Stamford, Ot. ; has been with the Yale Lock Oo. ab: 20 y. III. Martha Adeline, b. May 2, 1853 ; m. Apr. 18, 1876, Prank W. Al'drich ; res. Peterboro, N. H. Moses Taylor and w. Patty had eh. I. Charles, bapt. Nov. 16, 1783. Jonas Thompson-, who had lived for some y. in Koy- alston, came to P. ab. 1798, and returned to R. ab. 1803. He had ch. as follows, all b. before the family came to P. The names cannot be given in correct order. 748 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 2 I. 3 II. 4 III. 5 IV. 6 V. 7 VI. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 i. ISTone of the daughters settled in F. Two of VII. VIII. IX. X. Betsey. \ Margaret. Eunice. Sally. Polly. , Robert, m. Lydia Jones and res. in E. their eh. res. in F. 1. Louisa, b. Not. 21, 1806 ; m. (1st) Ben- jamin Wilson ; (2d) Samuel Hill, both q.v.; she res. in F. village. 2. Fanny, b. Oct. 31, 1808 ; m. Han- cock, who d., and she now lives with her sister, Mrs. Hill. Jonas, m. Feb. 2, 1802, Lucy, b. Nov. 15, 1779, dau. of William and Eebecca (Barrett) Locke, q.v.; rem. from F. ab. 1804 ; rem. to Orwell, N. Y., where he d. Oct. 16, 1815. Oh. rec. in F. 1. Evander, b. Nov. 29, 1802. Asa, b. May 12, 1777 ; m. Sept. 18, 1806, Sally Locke, b. Aug. 30, 1787, dau. of William and Rebecca (Barrett) Locke. (See above.) In rec. of m. he is called of Hamilton, N. Y., but he afterwai-d lived in Eaton, N. Y., and 0. Rufus. David, b. ab. 1788 ; d. May 29, 1877 ; m. Lucy Gates, b. July 26, 1792 ; d. Mar. 16, 1882 : settled in Richmond, and rem. from thence to F. in 1866. Ch. all b. in R. 1. Sarah Amanda, b. Oct. 20, 1827 ; m. Levi Haskell, q.v. 2. Ardelia, d. May 9, 1851, a. 23 y. 3. Jonas Trowbridge, b. ab. 1833 ; m. Susan J., b. 1841 ; d. Dec. 4, 1859, dau. of Jairns and Susan (Harris) Perry, of R.; m. (2d) Dec. 30, 1869, Elizabeth L. M., dau. of Benjamin Ta- bor, of Farnham, Province of Quebec. 4. Lucy. 5. Abbie. Hugh Thompsoit, called of Marlboro, m. June 5, 1794, Mary, b. 1774, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Graves) Lawrence, of F.; res. in F. from ab. 1807 to ab. 1812. He was s. of James Thompson, who was a bro. of Jonas No. 1. Thomas Thompson, of Marlboro, m. Oct. 3, 1782, 22 33 24 25 (5) 10 11 13 13 14 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 749 Sarah Scott, of F. The Hist, of M. says that he was from Eoyalston, and that this was his 2d m. Elijah Thompson was taxed in 1804, and d. Nov. 28, 1804. Luther Thompson came to P. ab. 1796, and rem. from town a few y. later. His w. Melancia was adm. to the chh. in F. May 31, 1801, on letter from the chh. in Sturbridge, Mass. They had ch. rec. in F. I. Infant, d. Jan. 5, 1798. II. Laura, b. May 16, 1800. Samuel Tower came to P. ab. 1781, and settled on L 13 .R 8 ; d. Aug. 9, 1836, a. 73 y.; m. Eebecca Nichols, who d. Feb. 24, 1835, a. 78 y. B. of ch. iv.-vii. rec. in F. I. Hannah, b. Feb. 29, 1776 ; m. Stephen Harris, Jr., q.v. ir. Samuel, d. May 26, 1845, a. 66 y. III. Rehecca, b. Oct. 11, 1780 ; m. Joel Hayden, Jr., q.v. IT. Levi, b. Mar. 14, 1783+. V. Betsey, b. Feb. 7, 1784. VI. Daniel, b. July 37, 1787. Yii. 8arah, b. Nov. 15. 1789 ; d. Dec. 18, 1789. VIII. BetUa, d. Sept. 23, 1794. Levi Tower, b. Mar. 14, 1782 ; d. Nov. 8, 1869 : m. July 31, 1803, Anstris, d. Nov. 14, 1873, a. 87 y. 11 mos., dau. of Thomas and Thankful Stratton. I. Lysander, b. Aug. 20, 1804 ; d. Nov. 7, 1836, unm. II. Aiigail, b. Aug. 11, 1807 ; m. Jonathan S. Adams, q.v. III. Anstis, b. June 3, 1810 : d. Jan. 3, 1825. IV. Ambra, b. May 36, 18i3 ; m. Nov. 17, 1835, Rev. Alvah Spaulding, b. Sept. 9, 1807 ; d. May, 1868, s. of Dea. Abel and Lucy P. (Pierce), of Jaffrey. Rev. Mr. Spaulding was pastor of the Congregational Chh. in Cornish, N. H., for ab. 25 y., and Wethersfield, Vt., for a short time. V. Rebecca Nichols, bapt. Aug. 33, 1823 ; d. July 27, 1844, a. 24 y.; m. Aug. 5, 1840, Franklin Gr. Lufkin, called " of Winchendon" in rec. of m. 750 HISTOET OF FITZWILLIAM. Webster M. Towns, b. Aug. 30, 1839, s. of Joseph S. and Harriet (Wilber) Towns, of Royalston ; m. Sept. 1, 1862, Addie M., b. Apr. 3, 1841, dau. of Sumner and Mary (Monroe) Prichard, of New Ipswich, N. H.; lives in Howeville. I. Lillian A., b. Feb. 10, 1865, in Winchendon. Joseph S. Towns d. in Eoyalston, July 33, 1885, a. 76 y. 2 mos. 34 d. ; interred in F. (See preceding sec- tion.) I Jacob Townsend and w. Sarah had ch. in Framingham. i. Sarah ; II. Jacob ; iii. Mary ; iv. Nathan, b. Sept. 3, 1743 ; prob. the Nathan who settled in P.; T. Samuel. 3 4 G 7 8 9 10 11 (3) 13 13 14 15 16 17 Nathan Townsend came from Westbbro, Mass., to F. ab. 1778, and settled on L 10 R 8 ; was, perhaps, the first settler on the lot ; d. Nov. 8, 1809, a. 67 y. ; m. Sarah Putnam, who d. June 14, 1810, a. 65 y. I. Jacob, h. Jan. 5, 1768+. II. JVathan, d. Feb., 1834, a. 54 y.; m. Aug. 31, 1797, Lydia Parks, d. Feb. 2, 1854, a. 87 y.; lived on the home place ; had no ch. but an adopted dau. 1. Lydia W. Kendall, d. Oct. 15, 1826, a. 18 y., unm. III. Aaroti, d. y. IV. JoJm, taxed 1796 and 1797. T. Samuel, taxed 1798 and 1799. Ti. Aaron, b. Apr. 1, 1779+. VII. Sarah, b. Dec. 23, 1781 ; d. Apr. 27, 1799, unm. VIII. Luther, b. Apr. 30, 1785. Jacob Townsend, b. Jan. 5, 1768 ; d. Aug. 33, 1817 ; m. Oct. 3, 1793, Sally, b. Nov. 21, 1771 ; d. Mar. 33, 1815, dau. of Daniel and Susanna (Farwell) Mellen, q.v.; settled on LIO R 10. I. Daniel, b. Sept. 15, 1794. II. Susanna, b. Sept. 6, 1796 ; m. Nahum Howe, Jr., q.v. III. Nathan Putnam, b. July 32, 1798 ; d Aug. 5, 1801. IV. Sarah, b. Mar. 13, 1800 ; d. July 19, 1822, unm. (?) V. Betsey, h. Aug. 21, 1803 ; d. Dec. 6, 1823, unm. VI. Laura Lucena, b. June 5, 1805 ; m. Cyras Milliken, q.v. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 751 18 19 20 (9) 21 22 23 24 25 Yii. Almerine, b. Mar. 25, 1807 ; d. Jan. i, 1808. VIII. Jacob Farivell, b. Apr. 27, 1809. IX. Lydia, b. Nov. 9, 1812 : d. May 1, 1864, in Willett, N. Y. Aakon Townsend, b. Apr. 1, 1779 ; d. Mar. 26, 1854 ; m. Feb. 21, 1811, Sylvene, b. Dec. 23, 1781 ; d. Mar. 8, 1851, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Brigham) Davison, q.v. I. Luther, b. Aug. 12, 1813 ; d. inF. Feb. 9, 1862 ; m. Sept. 4, 1845, Laura Maria, b. Feb. 16, 1815 ; d. Aug. 8, 1872, in Keene, dau. of Matthew and Lucy (Brown) Nims, of Eox- bury, N. H. Mr. T. was a Congregational minister, and preached 15 y. in Troy, JST. H., and 1 y. in Loudon, N. H. A brief sketch of his life is given on p. 442. They had no ch. but an adopted dau. 1. Marianna, b. Jan. 12, 1854. II. Aaron Newton, b. July 5, 1817 ; m. Apr. 14, 1852, Nancy S., b. Oct. 24, 1818 ; d. Oct. 14, 1886, dau. of Josiah and Betsey E. (Foster) Carter, q.v.; res. New Ipswich, N. H. Adopted dau. 1. Laura Kosilla, b. June 17, 1853 ; m. Feb. 22, 1873, Samuel W. Sawyer ; res. Fitchburg, Mass. III. Alvan Putiiam, b. Dec. 18, 1819 ; d. July 19, 1822. Samuel Teeadwell and w. Sarah were adm. to the chh. in F. Nov. 10, 1771, and dis. to the chh. in Swan- zey, Nov., 1772. Ch. rec. in F. ii! S; } '^^p*^- ^^-- 10^ i^^i- I Thomas' Teowbridge, from Taunton, Somersetshire, England, came to America as early as 1636 ; settled in Dorchester, Mass. ; rem. to New Haven, Ct. His s., 2 Jambs', b. 1636 ; d. May 22, 1717 ; res. in D. and Newton, Mass.; m. (1st) Margaret Atherton ; (2d) Margaret Jackson. His s., 3 Thomas', b. Dec. 9, 1677,; d. 1724 ; settled in N.; rem, to New London, Ct. Had 4 ch. in N. ; the eldest was 4 John*, b. ab. 1702 ; d. May 19, 1762 ; settled in Pramingham as early as 1725 ; m. Mehitable, b. Feb. 13, 1707 ; d. Mar., 1777, dau. of Jonas and Mehitable (Gould) Eaton. Ch. i. Mehitable ; li. Mary ; iii. John ; IV. Lydia ; v. Thomas, b. Apr. 1, 1734, 5 ; vi. Ruth. 752 HISTOBT OF FITZWILLIAM. Thomas^ Trowbridge, b. Apr. 1, 1734 ; d. Jan. 12, 1804 ; m. Hannah Perry, d. Dec. 2, 1809, a. 74 y.; set- tled in F. ab. 1771 : adm. to chh. in F. Dec. 20, 1772, on letter from chh. in Fram. : rem. to Svvanzey ; dis. to chh. in S. Dec. 26, 1784. Ch. b. i.-vii. in Eram., viii.-ix. in P.; bapt. rec. in F. Luther, b. June 3, 1756. II. Hannah, b. Dec. 19, 1759 Jonathan Whitin, Jr. Edmund, b. Mar. 2, 1762. MeUtaile, b. Feb. 6, 1764 ; m. in P. July 1, , 1781, Abijah Wetherbee. c^ "5 • ■^:^'^ iuMwc^y^ Polly, b. June 6, 1766. " ^ Thomas, b. June 5, 1768. Joseph, b. May 5, 1770. Peggy, b. Apr. 6, 1774 ; bapt. June 12, 1774. Martha, b. May 10, 1778 ; bapt. May ] 7, 1778. 6 I 7 II 8 III 9 IV 10 V 11 VI 12 VII 13 VIII 14 IX m. Nov. 22, 1781, TWITCHELL. I Bbnjamiu TuTCHELii, of Dorchester, Mass., rem. to Medfield as early as 1663, and there spelled his name Twitchell. His s., 2 Benjamin settled in Sherborn as early as 1678. His s., 3 Ebbnbzbk, b, Dec. 10, 1691 ; d. June 14, 1778. His s., 4 Ebbnezbe, b. Dec. 30, 1718 ; d. Aug. 18, 1800 ; m. Mercy Sawin, who d. .Ian. 29, 1774. They had 11 ch., some of whom settled in Dublin, and two, the 5th, Joshua, 5, and the 11th, Sawin, | Q, settled in P. The doctors Twitchell, of Keene, were from the D. branch. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Joshua Twitchell, b. Mar. 4, 1753 ; m. Jan. 1, 1778, Sarah Oousens (Oozzens ?) ; came to P. before 1785. He and his family were warned out of town. Mar. 16, 1785, by Stephen Harris, Constable. Settled on L 1 E 10 ; appears to have rem. from F. before 1793* ; lived in Dublin, perha^js, both before and after he lived in P. ; rem. to Andover, Vt. I. Abijah, b. Apr. 10, 1778. II. Sally, b. Mar. 21, 1780. III. Joshua, b. Aug. 26, 1782. IV. Ebenezer, b. July 7, 1784. V. Joseph, b. Sept. 6, 1786. VI. Child, d. in P. Sept. 17, 1790. VII. Timothy, b. Mar. 23, 1789. VIII. Patty, b. Mar. 28, 1791. IX. Betsey, b. June 12, 1793. X. Asa. XI. Hannah, m. Jan. 20, 1825, James Crombie 17 18 19 30 21 22 23 3 3 4 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 753 Chadwick, b. Aug. 1, 1792, s. of Joshua and Mary (Crombie), of Eindge. XII. Moses. XIII. Aaron. Sawin Twitchell, s. of Bbenezer, No. 4, was bapt. Oct. 7, 1769. Is said to have res. in F. and rem. to Andover, Vt. ; m. Prudence Drury, of A. She d. ia F. June 13, 1798. John Twitchell came to P. ab. 1808, and rem. ab. 1813. He was prob. a relative of the preceding, but the connection cannot be stated ; m. Patty Eager. Oh. rec. in P. I. Olive, b. June 1, 1808. II. John Mason, b. Aug. 15, 1810. III. Charles, b. Aug. 30, 1812. WiLLARD Upham, s. of Willard and Ann (Eddy) Upham, b. Jan. 29, 1807, in Eoyalston ; d. June 33, 1861, in P. ; m. Apr. 31, 1840, Sophronia, b. Aug. 35 (1813 ?), dau. of Benjamin and Betsey (Titus) Sherman, of Lynn, Mass. Oh. b. i.-ii in E., iii.-iv. in P. I. Lucretia Ann, b. Mar. 27, 1841 ; d. June 13, 1865 ; m. Oct. 18, 1864, Silas L. Heywood, s. of Benjamin. II. Otis King, b. Sept. 16, 1844 ; m. Oct. 18, 1866, Ellen M., dau. of Eufus and Susan Howe, of Grafton, Yt.; res. Berlin, Mass. III. Alden Ghoate, b. Apr. 17, 1847 ; m. Peb. 22, 1868, Oyrena S., dau. of Oharles and Oyrena (Carroll) Johnson ; res. Le Eoy, N. Y. 1. Oharles A., d. Mar. 9, 1874, a. 4 mos. IV. Stephen Willard, b. Jan. 7, 1850 ; m. Sept. 16, 1873, Lucia Anna, b. Dec. 16, 1841, dau. of Alvin and Sarah (Wright) Savage, of Caven- dish, Vti, and wid. of Sawyer. Adopted ch. 1. Plora Jane, b. Peb. 35, 1871. 2. Burton Lewis, b. Peb. 17, 1874. Moses Van Doorn prob. came to P. in 1804. He and w. Sally were adm. to chh. in P. July 14, 1805, on letter from the chh. in Bristol, E. I. He was taxed in P. 1805 to 1817. She d. Sept. 15, 1811, a. 41 y. The family rem. to Brattleboro, Vt. I. David, was taxed 1809 to 1811. He m. Eelief 48 754 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 3 4 10 11 13 3 4 Kendal], a niece of the 2d w. of Matthias Felton. Ch. rec. in P. 1. George Washington, b. Apr. 30, 1809. II. ElizaMJi, d. IS'ov. 23, 1817, a. 29 y. : m. Arte- mas Felton, q.v. III. John W., was taxed 1815 to 1822 ; m. Jan. 16, 1815, Lovina, b. Apr. 23, 1790 ; d. Oct. 10, 1821, dau. of Capt. John and Lucy (Brigham) Fay. Ch. rec. in F. 1. Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1815. 2. Lovina Fay, b. Mar. 5, 1831 ; d. Feb. 21, 1827. IT. Sarah, m. Feb. 13, 1817, Gushing Bowker, of Parishville, N. Y. See Bowker, No. 55. V. Mary Christopher, b. Apr. 23, 1805 ; rec. in F. Anthokt Vast Doorn" adm. to the chh. Oct., 1809 ; dis. to chh. in Brattleboro. Hann^ah Van DooRisr adm. to the chh. June 3, 1810. Hanjstah Van Doorn adm. to the chh. Sept., 1812 ; dis. to chh. in Hartford, Ct. Asa "Wait, from Sutton, Mass. , settled on L 3 E 6. He came to F. in the fall of 1781, cleared a piece of land, sowed it with rye, and returned to S. for the winter. In the spring of 1782 he came back, bringing his family with him, and became a permanent resident in the town. He was b. Mar. 6, 1748 ; d. Sept. 29, 1820 ; m. Oct. 11, 1770, Zerviah Smith, b. Mar. 31, 1749 ; d. Feb. 23, 1788 ; m. (2d) June 30, 1789, Euth Wilder, of Lancaster, Mass. She was adm. to the chh. in F. May 13, 1792, on letter from the chh. in L. She d. Nov. 24, 1838, a. 88 y. Ch. b. i. in Braintree, Mass., ii.-iv. in S., v.-vii. in F. I. Artemas, b. June 18, 1771 ; d. in St. Albans, Vt., ab. 1850. II. Elizabeth, b. June 30, 1773 , d. Feb. 2, 1776. III. Asa, b. Apr. 28, 1776 ; d. Oct. 12, 1861 ; lived and d. on the home place ; m. July 12, 1803, Elizabeth Sogers, b. Mar. 27, 1789 ; d. Nov. 9, 1857. It is said that she was a descendant of John Eogers, the martyr, of the 10th gen- eration from him. 1. Zerviah, b. Dec. 26, 1803, unm.; res. Lowell, Mass. 2. Mary, b. May 5, 1806 ; d. Feb. 3, 1850, unm. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 765 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 3. Emery, b. Mar. 31, 1809; d. Feb. 3, 1814:. 4. Anna, b. June 13, 1811 ; d. Aug. 30, 1813. 5. Anna, b. Aug. 38, 1814; d. Jan. 30, 1830. 6. Mehetabel, b. Nov. 15, 1816 ; m. Dexter Collins, q.v. 7. Infant, d. June 34, 1819. 8. Elizabeth, b. June 18, 1830 ; d. June 19, 1830. 9. Emily, b. June 31, 1831 ; d. July 6, 1831. 10. Sally, b. June 33, 1833 ; d. Oct. 6, 1833. IV. Betsey, b. Oct. 38, 1778 ; m. Joseph Bennett, q,v, V. Lucinda, b. July 4, 1783 ; d. Mar. 39, 1848 ; m. Nov. 34, 1800, Jonas Allen, of Eichmond. VI. Calvin, b. Jan. 4, 1785. (See p. 443.) VII. Luther, b. Feb. 7, 1788 ; d. Apr. 30, 1859, in Sandy Hill, N. Y. (See p. 440.) Lieut. CoKWiN or CuRWiif Wallace was in town before 1788, and settled on L 15 E 9 ; rem„ ab. 1795. Prob. the Curwin Wallace b. in Lunenburg, Apr. 31, 1759, a. of Benoni and Eebecca (Brown), and who lived in Ashburnham, Mass. He held several minor offices in town, and had a dau. I. Betsey, d. Mar. 13, 1791. I William' Wakd (emigrant ancestor) was in Sudbury, Mass., as early as 1639, and rem. to Marlboro, Mass., ab. 1660. He d. Aug. 10, 1687, and his w. Elizabeth (prob, his 2d w.) d. Dec. 9, 1700, a. 87 y. He had 14 ch., of whom several were b. in England. The 8th ch., 2 Samtiel% b. Sept. 3, 1641, in S.; d. 1739, in Marl,; m. June 6, 1667, Sarah, b. Sept. 35, 1644 ; d. Aug. 11, 1707, dau. of John and Mary Howe, of Marl, He had a 3d w. who survived him. He had 7 ch., of whom 3 Joseph', b. 1670 (?) ; d. June 30, 1717 ; m. June 5. 1700, Abiah Wheelock, by whom he had 7 ch., of whom the 3d, 4 Phinehas*, b. Aug, 5, 1705 ; d, Oct, 19, 1756 ; m. Mary , who survived him and settled his estate. They had ch. i. Martha, b. Apr. 18, 1739 ; m, Abner Haskell {q.v.), of Harvard, Mass., and rem. to F. ; 11. Josiah ; iii. Phinehas ; iv. Reuben, b. Dec. 38, 1746 ; m. Sarah Kendall, and rem, from Marlboro, Mass., to Marlboro, N. H., in 1774 ; V. Mary ; vi. Joseph. 5 Reubens b. Dec. 38, 1746 ; d. Jan. 8, 1800 ; m, June 13, 1771, •756 mSTOET OF FITZWILLIAM, Sarah Kendall ; res. Marlboro, N. H. Oh. i. Sally ; il. Abigail ; lir. tteuben, b. Dec. 9, 1775, 6 ; iv. Betsey, b. July 10, 1777 ; m. Jonas Robeson, q.n.; Y. John ; vi. Daniel ; Tir. Lucy ; viii. Levi ; ix. Patty ; x. Nancy ; xi. Calvin. 10 11 13 13 14 Reuben' Ward, b. Dec. 9, 1775 ; m. June 3, 1804, Eebecca, b. Mar. 1, 1779, dau. of Samuel and Hannah Coolidge, of Marl., IST. H., q.v.; res. in P. 3 or 4 y., 1804-7 ; was in trade, at the south village, as clerk, and then as partner, with his brother-in-law, Jonas Robeson ; returned to M., where he d. June 2, 1808. Oh. b. i.-ii. in F. ill. in M. T. ElimUtW, b. June 23, 1805 ; d. Apr. 23, 1813. II. Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1807 ; m. Aaron Stone, of M. III. Reuben, b. Dec. 3, 1808 ; m. Maria L. Hunt, of M. Lewis Kimball Ward, s. of Jacob and Sally (Whit- more — see AVhitmore Register), was b. Mar. 24, 1823, in Ashburnham ; m. Sept. 3, 1845, Sarah Holmes Keyes, b. Oct. 19, 1824 ; d. June 15, 1854 ; m. (2d) Feb. 21, 1855, Hannah Ward, b. July 2, 1812, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Woods) Fassett, q.v. Oh. b. i.-il. in Ash by, Mass., iii.-iv. in Ashburnham ; all by 1st m. I. Harriet Laurilla, b. 1847 (?) ; m. Oct. 8, 1868, John Currier, of Winchendon. IL Albert Gilbert, b. 1850 (?) ; m. Nov. 35, 1873, Mrs. Emma Asenath (Swan) Hale, of Rich- mond. III. Adelaide Louisa, b. May 27, 1852 : d. June 6, 1864. IT. Ida Mmira, b. July 22, 1853 ; m. Alfred R. Round V. Robert Ware came to Monadnock No. 4 before 1773, and settled on L 14 R 1. He also owned L 14 R 2, the S. half of which he sold to James Richardson, of Leominster, Mass., Jan. 27, 1772, for £9 Is. Id., and the N. half to Samuel Kendall, of L., Feb., 1773, for £15. In both of the Deeds Mr. W. is called " of No. 4," showing that he was then a resident of the town. Mr. Kendall settled upon the land at ab. the time he bought it. Mr. W. d. Mar. 8, 1814, a. 80 y. There are no b. of ch. rec, hut the following items are found in other rec. I. Robert, Jr., d. July 12, 1809, a. 43 y. II. Infant, d. Mar. 18, 1773. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTBK. 757 8 9 10 11 12 III. Eunice, bapt. Apr. 30, 1774 ; m. June 8, 1794, William Eobbins, b. Apr. 36, 1770 ; d. Apr. 4, 1853, s. of "William and Hannah (Paine) Eobbins, of Kindge ; res. in F. ab. 6 3'., 1809- 14 ; rem. to Winchendon. They had 8 oh. or more, of whom 3 are named in F. rec. 1. Nancy Bobbins, b. Nov. 11, 1800 ; m. Elisha Bent, q.v. 3. Robbins (daughter), d. Nov. 6, 1813, a. 4 y. IV. Abel, d. Mar. 33, 1795, a. 30 y.; d. from in- juries received by a fall in a sawmill. Abijah Warnek was in town as early as 1780, and settled on L 5 R 1, where he kept a tavern for ab. 25 y. ; rem. from town in 1803. By w. Aeilce (Alice or Alcey ?) had ch. rec. in F. I. Abijah, b. Feb. 3, 1781 ; m. Nov. 20, 1803, Sally Smith. His name is found in a road tax-list assessed June 38, 1803, and in the rec. of his m. he is styled " late of F.," show- ing that he left town between the two dates named, ir. Samson, b. Oct. 18, 1783. Silas Warner came to P. ab. 1793, and rem. from town ab. 1830. In the special tax-list of 1793 he is located on L 3 E 3, which is described as " poor land enough." His w. Eleanor d. July 34, 1819. ,Ch. Yi.- VII. rec. in P. ; were prob. other ch. between Aaron and Nancy. I. Moses, d. in P. Apr. 15, 1856, a. 77 y. II. Silas, m. Feb. 5, 1805, Phebe, b. Nov. 17, 1781, dau. of Benjamin and Phebe (Willard) Pierce, of Eindffe ; rem. from town ab. 1806 ; rem. to MounT; Holly, Vt. III. Aaron, m. Jan. 31, 1807, Esther, b. Mar. 3, 1789, dau. of Benjamin and Judith (Metcalf) Pierce, of E. ; half-sister to Phebe, who m. his bro. Silas : rem. to Mt. H. IV. Infant, d. Nov. 18, 1794. V. Child, d. July 16^ 1795. VI. JSTancy, b. Jan. 1, 1795 ; d. in F. Feb. 15, 1857. VII. Luke, b. Oct. 37, 1797. Nathaniel Warner was taxed on one half of L 4 E 3 in the special list of 1798, and left town ab. 1805. 758 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. . 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 1 2 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 He had a lease of the B. half of the school lot, L 3 E 1. (See p. 316.) Jonas-Waeren was taxed in the town lists of 4 and 5. By w. Sarah he had eh. reo. in F. I. Jonas, b. Jan. 3, 1791. II. Wright, b. May 27, 1792. III. Noah, b. July 27, 1793. IV. Silas, b. Dec. 1, 1794. 1793,^ Charles Waereh^, from Brookfield, Mass., was taxed in F. 9 y., 1807 to 1815. Lived in the southwest part of the town. The following list of ch. is all the infor- mation that can be given of his family : I. Charles. II. Mary. III. Eunice. IV. Phineas. V. Nathaniel. VI. Harriet. VII. Eleanor. VIII. John. IX. Samuel Barnes, bapt. Dec. 3, 1815. F JoNATHAN^ Washbueu- by w. Hephzibah had rec. in I. Relief, b. July 29, 1789. Jonathan Wesson res. in town a few y., but very little is known of him. He lived in that part of the town now in Troy. By w. Molly he had ch. rec. in F. I. Jonathan, bapt. June 37, 1784. II. Polly, bapt. July 4, 1784. III. Josiah, bapt. Sept. 10, 1786. Thomas Wbtherbt and w. Relief, from Westboro, Mass., were first settlers on L 17 R 1. They came to F. prob. in 1770 or befoie, remained in town a few y., and returned to W., selling to Azariah Wilson, whose w. was Sally Wetherby, a sister of Thomas. Thomas and Relief were adm. to the chh. in F. June 9, 1776. Ch. rec. in F. I. Lewis, b. Dec. 3, 1770. II. Jonathan, b. Mar. 3, 1773. III. TJiomas, b. Feb. 13, 1774. IV. Sally, b. Sept. 10, 1775. 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 759 Capt. Silas Wetheehbb, from Shrewsbury, Mass., bought of James Reed, Dec. 30, 1766, L 7 R 1 and L 7 E 3 for £26 13s. id., and prob. settled in town soon afterward. Oct. 11, 1768, he was appointed on a com- mittee "to fix a proper place for setting a meeting- house on and to lay out land for a burying-yard." Nov. 14, 1769, the Proprietors voted him £13 6s. 8d. Lm (lawful money) for his encouragement in building a sawmill. This sawmill was located' at the place now known as the " Scott Mill." It is not known when he left town, but he was here as late as 1788, as in the rec. of a road laid out in that y., reference is made to " Capt. Silas Witherby's sawmill." Abijah Wetheebee, perhaps s. of Capt. Silas, m. July 1, 1781, Mehetabel, dau. of Thomas Trowbridge, q.v. Silas Wheeler came from Holden, Mass., prob. as early as 1788 ; m. Aug. 12, 1789, Persis, b. July 22, 177i, dau. of James and Mary (Hoar) Brewer, q.v., and settled on L 16 E 12 ; rem. from P. ab. 1801 (was taxed in 1801 and not in 1802), prob. to Marlboro, and from thence, in 1832, to Swanzey, where he d. The eh. were bapt. in P. as noted. I. mas, b. Apr. 17, 1790 ; d. June 5, 1793. II. Persis, b. Sept. 30, 1791 ; bapt. Oct. 14, 1798. m. James, b. July 26, 1794 ; " IV. Silas, b. Dec. 35, 1796 ; " V. Infant, A. Dec. 1, ]799. VI. V'ashti, b. Mar. 29, 1803 ; bapt. Oct. 19, 1806. VII. Asa, b. June 13, 1805 ; VIII. Aaron, b. Apr. 3, 1807 ; bapt. Nov. 13, 1814. IX. Simon, b. Mar. 16, 1810; " Henet Howaed Wheelee was the youngest s. of Asa and Sarah (Thompson) Wheeler, of Sudbury, Mass., where he was b. Oct. 18, 1805. Came to P. in 1836, and m. June 6, 1827, Tabitha, b. Oct. 3, 1805, dau. of Capt. Aaron and Tabitha (Brigham) Wright, q.v. They settled on the homestead, L 18 E 9, where he d. Oct. 5, 1885. I. Lyman Kendall, b. May 1, 1838. II. William Henry, b. Sept. 13, 1830 ; m. Sept. 16, 1856, Harriet E., b. June 3, 1835, dau. of Asa and Betsey (Knight) Brewer, q.v.; res. Springfield, Vt. 1. Grace Elizabeth, b. Sept. 11, 1857. 760 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 15 2. Alice Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1860. 16 3. Harry Lyman, b. June 20, 1863 ; d. Sept. 8, 1864. 17 4. Carrie Maria, b. Jan. 3, 1869 ; d. Nov. 7, 1885. 18 5. Frederick William, b. Dec. 9, 1878. 19 III. Mary WinsUp, b. Aug. 17, 1832. 20 IV. Edmund Augusius, b. July 30, 1835 ; m. Jan. 15, 1873, at Williams ville (Newfane), Vt.. Carrie Adella, b. July 11, 1852, dau. of Wel- come and Caroline Allen ; res. Springfield, Mass. 21 V. Maria Rand, b. Mar. 31, 1840. 22 VI. Charles Wright, b. Dec. 25, 1845. 23 VII. Clarence Howard, h. Aug. 24, 1847 ; d. Sept. 7, 1881. 24 Sarah S. Wheeler (a sister of Henry H.) and Epliraim S. Sprague, of Athol^ Mass., were m. in F. Oct. 20 , 1829. I Pebsbrved Whipplb, s. of Daniel, came from Cumberland, R. I., and settled in Richmond in 1794. He was doubtless a connection of Nathaniel, No. 33 of this register, but the relationship cannot be stated. He m Olive, dan. of James and Tamasin (Cook) Ballou. James Ballou came from C. to R. in 1773. Mr. W. d. May 35, 1813, a. 68 y.; Mrs. W. d. Apr. 14, 1845, a. 94 y. They had 10 ch., all b. in C. The oldest ch., and the only one of the family who res in F., was Otis, b. Dec. 28, 1767. 3 4 5 6 7 Otis Whipple, b. Dec. 28, 1767 ; m. Mar. 5, 1798, Lydia, b. Mar. 12, 1773, dau. of Amos and Lovisa (Simmons) Boorn, of Eiohmond. Ab. 1819 settled in F., where he d. Aug. 20, 1854 ; she d. Dec. 16, 1861. Lived on L 8 E 12. I. Otis, b. July 28, 1799+ II. Lijdia, h. Nov. 17, 1801 q.v. III. Nathan, b. Mar. 12, 1804+. IV. Olive, b. Oct. 27, 1806 ; d. Au m. Joshua Worcester, 13, 1810. V. Alpha, b. Dec. 2, 1808 ; m. Nov. 19, 1829, Nathan Bowen, b. May 7, 1807, s. of Nathan and Lavina ( [Bump] Sweet) ; res. in R. Two of their s. are in the chair business at F. Depot under the name of Bowen Bros. 1. Frederick A. Boiven, b. July 3, 1835. 2. Edwin N. " b. Nov. 14, 1843 ; m. Jennie C, dau. of Eli and Caroline (Wilson) Smith, q.v. GENEALOaiCAL REGISTER. 761 10 11 (3) 12 (3) 28 29 30 VI. Silas, b. Apr. 16, 1811 ; m. Diancy Naromore, of E. ; res. Brookfield, Mass. VII. Elvira, b. Apr. 1, 1815 ; m. June 30, 1857, Moses Ansel Allen, b. Aug. 3, 1821 ; d. Feb. 10, 1887, s. of Lilburn and Zilpah (Cass); of E., S.J). Otis Whipple, b. July 28, 1799 ; m. Oct. 3, 1819, Amy, b. Oct. 23, 1800, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Sweet) Harkness, of Eichmond. Lived in F. 4 or 5 y. after m., and then rem. to K. In 1838 returned to F., where he d. Oct. 3, 1865. I. 14 11. 15 III. 16 IV. 17 V. 18 VI. 19 VII. 20 VIII. 21 IX. 22 X. 23 XI. 24 XII. 25 XIII. 26 XIV. 27 XV. , b. Jan. 20, 1820 ; m. 1840, Mary, dau. of Capt. Grover and Sally (Stowell) Scollay, of Ashburnham, Mass,; res. in A. Served in the War of the Eebellion in 53d Mass. Eegt., and was killed at Port Hudson, June 14, 1862. No rec. of ch. but their dau. 1. Ella J. , m. (1st) Frost ; (2d) Perry W. Whitcomb, q.v. Olive, b. Apr. 7, 1821. Otis M., b. Sept. 30. 1822. Harriet Nancy, b. Mar. 31, 1825 ; m. Benjamin W. Whitcomb, q.v. Otis, b. Jan. 7, 1827. Lydia A., b. June 25, 1828. Nathan, b. Nov. 28, 1829. Pliilinda A., b. May 15, 1831. Moulton, b. July 29, 1832. James E., b. Apr. 3, 1834 ; taught school in F. 5 terms in 1858-59-60. Stephen, b. Dec. 30, 1835. Alfred P., b. July 28, 1837. Eunice M., b. July 20, 1839. William, b. Mar. 20, 1841. Joseph L., b. July 4, 1843. Nathah- Whipple, b. Mar. 12, 1804 ; d. 1886 ; m. May 18, 1828, Julia, b. May 27, 1804 : d. Oct. 31, 1881, dau. of Hendrick and Prudence (Handy) Martin, of Eichmond ; res. in F. till late in life, when they rem. to Winchester, N. H. L Louisa 8., b. Sept. 8, 1830 ; d. Feb. 4, 1848. II. Martha J., b. May 22, 1834 ; m. Sept. 18, 1855, James P. Putnam, of W., where they res. III. Emily A., b. July 5, 1836 ; m. Sept. 18, 1855, 762 HISTORY OF FITZ WILLIAM. Kussell W. Boyce, b. Jan. 8, 1831, s. of Eoberb and Hannah (Bowen) ; res. W. 31 IV. Sarah S., b. Nov. 5, 1838 ; m. Zephaniah A. Boyce, q.v., bro. of Russell W. ; see above. 32 V. Abbie J., h. Sept. 5, 1841 ; m. Mar. 31, 1863, Benjamin F. Harris, s. of Joseph and Hannah (Fisher), q.v.; res. Troy. 33 TSTathanibl Whipplb, s. of Israel and Mary (Wilmarth), came from Cumberland, R. I., and settled in Richmond in 1767; d. in R, Sept., 1792 ; m. Apr. 32, 1736, Bethiah Slack, by whom he had 9 ch., all b. in C, of whom the 2d was • 34 loHABOD, b. Apr. 3, 1738 ; m. (1st) Catherine Brown ; (2d) Lydia Parker. One of his s. by 2d m. was 35 Henry, b. 1791 ; settled in Warwick, Mass., and m. Folly Smith, of W. He d. Dec. 8, 1874 ; she d. Jan. 29, 1858. They had several ch., of whom was William, b. July 15, 1832. 36 37 Saaj^>^ 2 3 i I 5 6 7 8 9 10 (3) William Whipple, b. July 15, 1833. Settled in F. and m. July 4, 1866, Juliette B., b. Feb. 3, 1845, dau. of Abijah and Betsey (Sweetser) SpofEord, q.v.j res. in Howeville. I. Willie H. 8., b. July 30, 1878. WHITCOMB. Oliver Whitoomb, of Harvard, Mass., b. Feb. 1, 1763 ; m. Nov. 1, 1787, Lucy Patch, of Littleton, Mass., b. Nov. 36, 1763 ; rem. from L. to F. in Mar., 1788 ; ab. 3 y. later settled on L 11 E 13, where he d. Aug. 18, 1844 ; she d. Oct. 37, 1865, a. nearly 103 y. (Lucy Patch was sister to the w. of Daniel Howe, q.v^) I. Lucy, b. Nov. 13, 1789 ; d. Oct. 2, 1877, unm. II. Jacob, b. Apr. 38, 1792+. III. Jonathan, b. July 6, 1794 ; m. Betsey Perkins, ^^_jy.of Surry ; rem. to Marlboro, and from thence to Manlius, N. Y., where both d. He d. July 6, 1848. 1. Melinda. 3. Maria. 3. William. IV. Oliver, b. Aug. 4, 1796+. V. Ruhama, b. Nov. 8, 1798 ; m. Royal T. Smith, q.v. VI. Rebecca, b. Sept. 34, 1801 ; res. on the home place. Jacob Whitcomb, b. Apr. 38, 1793 ; d. Feb. 13, 1870 ; m. Oct. 7, 1813, Phillis, b. June 38, 1783 ; d. 11 la 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 (8) 27 28 29 30 31 32 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 763 Nov. 23, 1866, dau. of Anthoay and Elizabeth (Handy) Sweet, of Eichmond, and wid. of Alpheus Grant, q.v.j res. E. I. Jacob, b. Apr. 23, 1813 ; d. Kov. 29, 1855 ; m. Dec. 17, 1835, Semantha, dan. of William and Esther (Ballou) Chase, of E. After d. of Mr. W. the family rem. from E. to P. 1. Sarah E., b. June 10, 1837. 2. Jane E., b. Aug. 29, 1839. 3. John A., b. Jan. 9, 1843 ; d. Apr. 8, 1844. 4. Judith A., b. Mar. 25, 1845. 5. Olive P., b. Xov. 10, 1847. II. Hannah, b. June 26, 1815 ; m. Bowman Ho«'e, q.v. III. Daniel, b. Oct. 1, 1817 ; m. Jan. 16, 1840, Mary T., b. Peb. 17, 1819, dau. of Dea. Elijah and Sarah (Howe) Lyon, q.v. IV. Anthony S., b. Aug. 2, 1820 ; m. Oct. 23, 1870, Abbie E., b. Aug. 5, 1849, dau. of Nathaniel B. and Betsey M. (Holbrook) Pisher, q.v.; rem. 1877, from.E. to Swanzey. 1. Cora A., b. Peb. 27, 1871. 2. Minnie B., b. Sept. 15, 1872. 3. Arthur A., b. Sept. 5, 1874. 4. Grace E., b. Mar. 7, 1876. 5. Susie M., b. Nov. 1, 1878. V. Isaac, b. Apr. 16, 1823 ; d. y. VI. Cynthia, b. Sept. 21, 1825 ; m. Bowman Howe, q.v. Oliver Whitcomb, b. Aug. 4, 1796 ; d. Jan. 4, 1832 ; m. Esther, b. Dec. 22, 1796 ; d. Aug. 3, 1865, dau. of Wilderness and Dinah (Handy) Martin, of Eich- mond. After d. of Mr. W. the wid. m. (2d) Lilburn Allen, of E., s. of Jerahmeel and Mary (Thurber) Allen, his 2d w., by whom she had two ch., Asa W. and Jerah- meel, of whom Asa W. d. May 10, 1878, a. 42 y., and was interred in F. Ch. of Oliver and Esther all b. in P. I. George, b. Nov. 1, 1819 ; m. June 15, 1843, Sarah N., b. Mar. 23, 1820, dau. of Artemas and Polly (Chaplin) Beard, q.v. 1. George N. 3. Alfaretta L. II. Asa, b. Dec. 12, 1822. III. Phinehas, b. Jan. 8, 1826+. IV. Esther Philinda, b. Mar. 3, 1830 ; d. July 2, 764 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLIAM. 33 34 35 36 37 38 (31) 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 1865 ; m. Daniel P. Osborn, d. Nov. 29, 1871, s. of Benjamiii aad Naomi (Phillips). 1. Esther Osborn. 2. Janette " 3. George " 4. Phiiiehas 5. Benjamin 6. Anna d. Oct. 15, 1864, a. 3 y. Phinehas Whitcomb, b. Jan. 8, 1826 ; m. Jan. 2, 1857, Eliza A., d. June 24, 1872, a. 32 y., dau. of John and Caroline (Hayden) Eice, q.v.; m. (2d) June 15, 1873, Marion E., b. July 5, 1842, dau. of Curtis and Bethiali E. (Beard) Drury, q.v. He lives on the home- stead which has been owned by three generations of the family. I. Lizzie Ann, b. Nov. 3, 1858 ; m. Nov. 26, 1879, Albert H. Hayden, b. in Quincy, Mass., Feb. 15, 1859, s. of Henry and Mary E. ; res. in P. II. Charles Elmer, b. June 15, 1863. III. Fred Eugene, b. Oct. 30, 1867. IV. Edith Louise, b. Aug. 7, 1876. T. Marshall Phinehas, b. May 5, 1879. VI." Emma Esther, b. Feb. 5, 1881. Jonathan "Whitcomb was taxed in 1788* on L 3 R 8, and left town before 1793*. By w. Hannah he had ch. rec. in F. I. Luther, II. Hannah, III. Calvin, bapt. Jan. 18, 1789. Feancis Whitcomb was taxed in 1790* on L 3 R 8, and in 1798 on part of L 2 and 3 R 8, and was in the town tax-lists 1793* to 1800. Prob. was a relative of Jonathan of the preceding section. By w. Alice had ch. b. and rec. in P. I. Julia, b. Feb. 28, 1787. II. Melissent, b. Feb. 8, 1789. III. Sally, b. May 11, 1791. IV. Axcey (Achsah ?), b. June 30, 1793. The name is Asenath in rec. of bapt. V. Eunice, b. Aug. 6, 1795 ; d. Dec. 26, 1795. VI. Elihu, b. June 21, 1799. Tii. Eli (twin), b. June 21, 1799. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 765 57 58 59 60 61 63 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 2 3 4 5 Asaph "Whitcomb, b. Feb. 12, 1795, in Bradford, Vt. (?) ; d. Mar. 22, 1880, in- F.; m. Olive Buzzell, who d. Feb. 7, 1867, a. 70 y.; came to F. ab. 1850. The following rec. of their ch: is not complete : I. Benjamin Weymouth, b. Oct. 21, 1823, in Marsh- field, Vt. ; m. Harriet Nancv, b. Mar. 31, 1825 ; d. July 16, 1887, dau. of Otis and Amy (Harkness) Whipple, q.v. Ch. b. 1 in Eich- mond, 3 in Winchendon, 3-4 in F. 1. Perry ■Weymouth, b. May 5, 1858 ; m. Nov. 14, 1878, Hattie, b. Oct. 14, 1862, dau. of Amos and Lydia McGee, q.v.j m. (3d) June 3, 1887, Elk J., wid. of Frost and dau. of Eussell and Mary (Scollay) Whipple, q.v. William Philemon, b. Nov. 11, 1860. Bosetta, b. Jan. 23, 1865. Lillian, b. Feb. 19, 1867. Asa Philemon, b. June 13, 1833, in Hyde Park, Vt.; m. Susan Kezia, b. Oct. 6, 1838. 1. Arthur Wilmer, b. Nov. 10, 1859, in Winchendon. Darius, b. ab. 1837. Wright, b. Jan. 29, 1839, in H. P.; m. Oct. 16, 1866, Adelia M., b. Dec. 12, 1847, dau. of Elihu and Mary D. (Rice) Morse, and adopted dau. of Josiah Moore, q.v. Walter Josiah, b. Sept. 11, 1868. Charlie Wright, b. Oct. 14, 1873 ; d. June 13, 1875. Edna Adelia, b. Jan. 33, 1880. 2. 3. 4. II. III. IT. 1. 2. 3. WHITE. EzEKiEL White came from Douglass, Mass., quite early, but the precise date is not known. His name first appears, in the rec. in 1783. Settled on L 30 E 12 ; d. Apr. 22, 1790 ; m. Ruth Cree, of D., who d. Apr. 12, 1790. Ch. prob. all b. in D. The list here given may not be complete. I. Sarah, m. and d. in Keene. II. Stephen, b. ab. 1760+. III. David, b. ab. 1763+. IV. Ezekiel, m. in F. Sept. 28, 1791, Alice " Ams- bee," of Richmond, prob. dau. of Oliver and Alice (Cass) Ormsby, of E. ; lived on L 21 R 10 ; rem. ab. 1796 to Marlboro, and from 766 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 16 (3) 16' 17 19 thence to Vermont. Ch. b. 1-3 in P., 4-6 in M. 1. Ruth, b. Nov. 13, 1791. 2. Olive, b. Oct. 29, 1793. 3. Roxana, b. Nov. 14, 1795. 4. Oliver, b. Sept. 29, 1797. 5. Charlotte, b. Nov. 5, 1799. 6. Polly, b. Mar. 2, 1802. Child of Ezekiel and Alice, who must have been Ruth or Olive, d. Sept. 15, 1795. V. Daniel, m. in F. Apr. 23, 1795, Patty Crane ; left town ab. 1797 ; rem. to Vt. Ti. Rosea, left town ab. 1794 ; res. Mount Holly, Vt. Tii. Lydia, m. in P. June 14, 1791, Samuel Stick- ney ; rem. to Vt. VIII. Hannah, m. Tobey, and d. in Burlington, VL I. II. (24) Stephen White settled on L 13 R 12 ; d. June 12, 1841, a. 80 y.; m. Mollv , who d. Dec. 20, 1853, a. 88 y. Sally, b. Aug. 20, 1787. Polly, b. Apr. 18, 1789 ; m. Oct. 4, 1807, Phine- has Alexander, of Marlboro. (Perhaps 1st m. of Phinehas, b. Aug. 29, 1782, s. of Elijah and Elizabeth [Taf t] Alexander. Hist. Marl. Alexander, No. 10.) She d. Apr. 28, 1811, and, according to the P. Sexton's Rec. was in- terred in Richmond, which may indicate that her mother was a na.tive of R. Prudy, b. Sept. 27, 1791 ; m. Reuben Phillips, of R. Hannah, b. May 1, 1793 ; m. 1811, Luna Star- key, s. of Peter, q.iK EzeUel, b. Jan. 27, 1795. Stephen, b. Dec. 4, 1796 ; m. June 5, 1816, Mary P. Smith. Elisha, b. Mar. 8, 1799. Daniel, b. Apr. 27, 1801. Silas, b. Oct. 4, 1808+. Willard. Lydia, m. Luna Poster, q.v, Lovina, m. (1st) Luke Whitney; (2d) Henry Shirley, both gA'. Ill, IV. 20 V. 21 VI 22 VII 23 VIII 24 IX 25 X 26 XI 27 XII Silas White, b. Oct. 4, 1808 ; d. Aug. 12, 1885 ; m. 28 29 30 31 33 33 34 (4) 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 GEKEALOaiCAL EEGISTEE. 767 1835, Fostina, b. Dec. 7, 1818, dau. of Reuben and Hannah (Allen) Bowen, of Eichmond. Ch. all b. in F. I. Eliza Jane, b. 1836 ; d. in Winchendon, Aug. 29, 1867 ; m. Sept. 25, 1854, Ira M. B. Butler, b. Dec. 5, 1829, s. of Simon and Olive (Butler) Butler, of Troy. II. Lona Alzina, b. 1839 ; d. Jan. 12, 1871 ; m. Francis E. Boyce, b. May 26, 1831, s. of Jacob and Olive (Ballou), grand-s. of Silas and Comfort (Allen), great grand-s. of Fau],'g'.w. III. Wyman Silas, b. Aug. 11, 1841 ; m. Sept. 26, 1867, Betsey Grace, b. Apr. 16, 1845, dau. of Sylvanus and Betsey R. (Damon) Perham, q.v., and wid. of Daniel Henry Eeed, q.v.; res. Worcester, Mass. IV. Reuben Bowen, b. Aug. 4, 1844 ; m. Feb. 12, 1866, Florence M., b. July 14, 1847, dau. of Steadman W. and Mary F. (Frescott) Hart- well, q.v. 1. Hattie Hartwell, b. Aug. 18, 1866 ; d. Dec. 16, 1882. V. Ann Haseltine, b. Feb. 22, 1848 ; m. Dec, 1864, Daniel B. Burbank, q.v. VI. Henry Clay, b. Dec. 4, 1850 ; m. Jan. 20, 1877, Ella Marion Devereaux, b. July 26, 1850 ; m. (2d) Oct. 27, 1883, Harriet M., dau. of John Edwin and Anna G. Hosking. David White, d. Jan. 3, 1844, a. 81 y. ; m. Aug. 2, 1787, Esther, d. Sept. 27, 1839, a. 75 y.; dau. of John and Mary (Joslin) Bruce, q.v. Ch. all. b. and rec. inF. I. Lydia, b. May 8, 1788 ; m. Josiah Amadon, q.v. II. David, b. June 25, 1790 ; d. Mar. 25, 1791. III. David, b. Dec. 25, 1792 ; d. Nov. 12, 1825. IV. Polly, b. Oct. 12, 1794 ; m. Josiah Amadon, q.v. V. Ruth, b. Oct. 28, 1796 ; m. Joseph Haskell, q.v. VI. Sally, b. Sept. 28, 1798 ; m. William Haskell, q.v. VII. John, b. Aug. 4, 1801 ; d. Jan. 1, 1804. VIII. Hannah, b. Mar. 12, 1804. IX. Ezehiel, b. July 25, 1808. John White, a saddler and harness-maker, came to F. ab. 1798, and rem. from town ab. 1805. By w. Polly he had ch. rec. in F. I. Roxana, b. Apr. 22, 1800. 768 46 47 48 49 HISTOEY OF FITZWILLtAM. 50 51 53 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 (59) 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 Joel White lived in P. a few y. ab. 1800. By w. Abigail he had ch. rec. in F. I. Louisa, h. Aug. 36, 1799. II. Benjamin Franklin, b. July 31, 1801. Daniel White, b. Mar. 6, 1751, in Killingly, Ct.; d. Jan. 10, 1831, in F.; m, Huldah Albee, b. Feb. 37, 1753. She d. Oct. 17, 1790, and he m. (3d) Lois Pierce, who d. Feb. 13, 1845, a. 84 y. He settled in Upton, Mass., where his ch. were prob. all b., and rem. to P. in 1810. I. Noah, b. Jan. 2, 1778 ; d. Aug. 31, 1863 ; m. Mary , who d. July 38, 1856, a. 88 y. Adopted s. 1. Benson, b. Oct. 34, 1809+. II. Anna, b. Apr. 8, 1780 ; d. May 19, 1796. III. Molly, b. Apr. 9, 1784 ; d. May 31, 1796. IV. Susannah, h. Aug. 11, 1790 ; d. May 27, 1796. V. Huldah, b. Feb. 3. 1794 ; d. May 30, 1796. VI. Polly, b. Aug. 20, 1795 ; d. June 19, 1796. VII. Polly, b. Mar. 9, 1797 ; m. Caleb Sweetser, q.v. VIII. Huldah, b. Aug. 1, 1799 ; d. Jan. 5, 1858, unm. IX. Daniel, b. Nov. 12, 1802+ . Daniel White, b. Nov. 13, 1802 ; d. Mar. 3, 1883 ; m. June 7, 1836, Lucy, b. Jan. 33, 1806 ; d. June 15, 1883, dau. of Caleb and Mary (Whittemore) Sweetser, q.v. I. Mary Whittemore, b. Mar. 14, 1837 ; d. Apr. 11, 1856, unm. ii'. Lucy Melvina, b. Sept. 7, 1838 ; m. Sept. 19, 1850, Denzel Boyce, b. June 3, 1835, s. of Enoch and Olive (Bowen), of Richmond ; res. Winchendon. 1. Ernest Eugene Boyce, b. Aug. 6, 1868 ; d. Sept. 32, 1868. III. Hannah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 5, 1830 ; d. June 9, 1860 ; m. William Ebenezer Blanding, q.v. IV. ReconciU Mnmia, b. Dec. 4, 1832 ; unm. V. Daniel Francis, b. Feb. 29, 1840 ; m. Doc. 14, 1867, Abby Julia, b. Aug. 6, 1846, dau. of Joseph Nelson and Lydia (Moore) Bosworth, q.v. 1. Charles Francis, b. Aug. 16, 1868. 3. Walter Burton, b. Sept. 31, 1871. 3. Jessie Mabel, b. Feb. 13, 1874. 4, Nellie Nina, b. Apr. 27, 1876. GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEE. 769 (51) Benson- White, b. Oct. 24, 1809 ; d. May 18, 1871 ; m. Mar. 1, 1831, Mary Ann Boswortli, b. Sept. 12, 1811; d. Feb. 8, 1871. 70 I. Infant, d. Apr. 6, 1832. 71 II. Leander, b. ab. 1833. 72 III. John, b. ab. 1835. 73 IV. Alpheus C, b. ab. 1839 ; m. June 11, 1863, Adelaide Lnrena, b. Ang. 16, 1848, dan. of Elisha and Lnrena (Chaplin) Gregory. (See Chaplin, No, 39.) 74 1. Willie. 75 2. Cora. 76 3. Oscar. 77 v. William A., b. Jan. 29, 1840 ; d. Oct. 18, 1841. 78 VI. George A., b. ab. 1846 ; m. Nov. 12 (?), 1866, Mary E., b. July 31, 1848 ; d. Dec. 8, 1871, dan. of Philip D. and Mary (Hayden) Angier, 79 VII. q.v. Danverse Marshall, b. Jan. 16, 1849 ; d. Apr. 4, 1850. I ruANCis Whitmore, b. in England, 1635 ; was in Cambridge, Mass., as early as 1()4'9. He m. (3d) Margaret Harty, and their youngest s., 2 Joseph, b. 1675 ; m. Feb. 13, 1699, Mary, dau. of Thomas and Euth Kendall, of Woburn, and lived in Lexington and W. Their only s., 3 Joseph, b. Feb. 17, 1700 ; lived in W. and was m. twice ; by 1st w., Mary Pierce, he had one s., 4 Joseph, b. Sept. 30, 1719 ; m. Dec. 31, 1741, Mary Marion, of Boston ; rem. from W. to Leominster ab. 1748, and from thence to Ashburnham, Mass., ab. 1779, where he d. Apr. 18, 1805, and his wid. d. July 10, 1805. • They had ch. i. Mary ; ii. Hannah ; iii. Eebecca ; IV. Joseph, b. June 6, 1749, 5 ; v. Benjamin ; vi. Isaac, b. Mar. 3, 1755, 7 ; vii. Persia (twin with Isaac) ; viii. Lucy ; ix. Elizabeth ; X. Edward. The oldest ch., Mary, was mother of Mrs. John Eaton, q.v. Two of the ch., Joseph and Isaac, res. in F. Joseph Whitmore, b. June 6, 1749 ; m. Ruth Knight. They were adm. to chh. in P. Nov. 14, 1749, on letter from chh. in Lancaster, Mass. ; were in town but a few y., and afterward lived in Chester and Ira, Vt. One ch. rec. in F. I. Silvanus, bapt. Feb. 13, 1780. Isaac Whitmoke, b. Mar. 3, 1755 : d. May 2, 1847 ; m. Feb. 4, 1782, Rebecca, b. Sept. 16, 1760 ; d. Aug. 30, 1840, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Jones) Foster, q.v. They had 7 ch., all b. in Ashburnham. Their dau. Sally was mother of Lewis K. Ward, q.v. The family 49 770 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. lived in F. several y. between 1804 and 1811, and re- turned to A. The name is occasionally spelled Whitte- more in the rec. Thomas Whitmoeb res. in town a short time ; was taxed in 1810 and 1811. He may have been s. of Joseph. Jonathan Whitney, from Dunstable, came to F. in 1771 or before ; m. May 7, 1773, Abigail, b. Apr. 26, 1749, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Adams) Hemenway, q.v. This is the 1st m. rec. in P. In the earliest tax- lists L 19 E 9 is set to him. The family rem. to Hart- land, Vt. , ab. 1805. Ch. all b. and rec. in P. I. James, b. Nov. 3, 1772. II. Joseph, b. June 7, 1774. III. Francis, b. Sept. 17, 1776. IV. Benjamin, b. Apr. 6, 1781. V. Jonathan, b. Apr. 6, 1783. VI. Charles, b. June 17, 1786. VII. Calvin, b. May 25, 1788. John Whitney was a bro. of Jonathan, No. 1, and perhaps came to F. with his bro., though this cannot be stated with certainty. He was in town, however, before 1776, as he was out in the Eevolutionary War from P. His name does not appear in P. rec. till near the close of the war. In the earliest tax-lists L 20 E 8 is set to him. His w. was Mary Jones, a native of Framingham. Mr. W. d. in Troy in 1829. Mrs. W. d. in 1837. Ch. all b. and rec. in F. Nathan, b. June 18, 1781 ; d. 1811. Mary, b. Mar. 2, 1783 ; m. Feb. 16, 1812, Luke Harris, s. of Christopher. She d. Sept., 1816, and he m. (2d) 1817, her sister Betsey. . (See below.) Lticy, b. Jan. 22, 1785 ; d. Mar. 18, 1794. Sally, b. May 30, 1787 ; m. George Parrar, his 2d w. John, b. Dec. 10, 1789 ; m. Augusta Pisk, and moved to the West. Betsey, b. July 12, 1792 ; m. Luke Harris, 1817. (See above.) Sofirah (Sophia ?), b. Jan. 20, 1795 ; m. Dexter, and moved to the West. Luke, b. Dec. 25, 1798 ; d. 1841, of small-pox ; m. Lovina, dau. of Stephen and Molly White, q.v. No account of their family, but a s. 10 I. 11 II. 13 III. 13 IV. 14 V. 15 VI. 16 17 VII. VIII. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 771 1. Charles 0., b. May 4, 1838, m. Frances P. Bent, q.v. Joel "Whitney and w. Lydia were from Harvard, , and prob. came to F.'in 1786 or '87 ; ab. 1790 settled on L 6 R 12. He d. Feb. 1, 1842, a. 79 y. No rec. is found of her d. Ch. all rec. in F. I. Lydia, b. Oct. 21, 1787. II. Lemuel, b. July 7, 1789. III. Joel, b. Feb. 39, 1792. IV. Jesse, b. Nov. 8, 1794. V. Daniel, b. May 9, 1797. VI. Grata, b. Mar. 25, 1801 ; m. Benjamin B. Morse, q.v. viL Willard, b. Feb. 13, 1804 ; d. Apr. 7, 1825. Israel "Whitstet, a bro. of Joel, No. 19, came to F. from Littleton, Mass., ab. 1791 ; settled on L 4 E 12 ; rem. from town ab. 1807. By w. Susannah hid cli. rec. in F. and b. i. in L., ii.-iii. in F. L Israel, b. May 31, 1790. II. Susannah, b. Sept". 24, 1792. III. Betsey, b. July 26, 1794. JoHif Whitney, from Holliston, Mass., came to F. before the Eevolutionary War ; settled on L 3 R 5. In the town tax-lists he is called Jr. and afterward 2d, to distinguish him from No. 9 of this register. He d. Feb. 20, 1825, a. 75 y. ; m. Sarah , who d. Aug. 4, 1847, a. 99 y. I. Annis, b. Sept. 27, 1781 ; d. Sept. 32, 1868 .; m. Mar. 23, 1802, Samuel Carroll or CarrieL In all the earlier rec. the name" is " Carriel," later it is " Carroll." In the rec. of m. he is called " of Royalston ;" res. in E. till ab. 1820, when he came to F. and settled on L 1 E 5. He d. Dec. 22, 1863, a. 83 y. All the following were prob. their ch., and there may have been others. Perhaps 2 or 3 of the younger ch. were b. in F. The correct order of the ch. cannot be given. 1. Louisa Carriel, d. Sept. 14, 1805. 2. Roxana " m. Jan, 10, 1822, David Graves, q.v. 3. Sarah Carriel, m. Sept. 22, 1831, Leon- ard Walker, of Winchendon. 4. Lyman Carriel, m. Feb. 30, 1833, Cath- 772 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 erine, dau. of .Tosiah and Dorcas (Car- riel) Wilson, q.v. 5. Ruth Carriel, m. Dec. 2, 1834, John Q. A. Streeter. 6. Eliza Carriel, m. Sept. 29, 1835, Benja- min 0. Barber. 7. Samuel Whitney Carriel, b. Aug. 12, 1819 ; d. Sept. 13, 1880 ; m. Mary M. Johnson. No rec. of b. but 1. Carroll, d. Dec. 1, 1853, a. 2. Nellie Isabel Carroll, b. Jan. 9, 1854 ; m. Prank E. Ellis, q.v. 8. Timothy N. Carriel, d. Aug. 16, 1863, ■a. 42 y. ; m. , who d. May 27, 1857," a. 27 y.; m. (2d) Nov. 21, 1860, Margaret, dau. of Dugald Campbell, of Canada. II. Hitty, b. Nov. 18, 1783 ; m. John Cobleigh, q.v. in. David, b. Mar. 24, 1787 ; d. Dec. 6, 1880 ; m. Ruth Carrol], d. Oct. 7, 1869, a. 84 y. 5 mos. IV. Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1790 ; m. Stephen Bowker, q.v. V. Eli, b. Feb. 18, 1793 ; d. Oct. 15, 1800. Ti. Child, d. Oct. 18, 1795. VII. Child, d. Nov. 17, 1800. Alfred Whitney, b. Jan. 11, 1816 ; m. Oct. 7, 1849, Nancy J., b. Feb. 9, 1826 ; d. Jan. 4, 1864, dau. of Daniel and Nancy (Stone) Simonds, q.v.; m. (2d) Aug. 25, 1864, Emily L., b. Sept. 14, 1831, dau. of John and Electa (Kimball) Eggleston, of Rutland, Vt. The only ch. that can be given is I. Hiram E. E., b. Jan. 16, 1873. WHITTEMORE. I Thomas Whittbmoeb, of Charlestown, Mass., is generally looked upon as the emigrant ancestor of the entire Whittemore family in the United States. While this has not been positively proved, and perhaps cannot be, it is yet extremely probable. It is certain that no other emigrant ancestor bearing the name has been discovered, though quite extended investigations have been made by various persons in difierent branches of the family for the express purpose of looking up the family pedigree. Thomas, the emigrant, was from Hitchin, in the county of Hertford, England, ab. thirty miles north of London. From the parish rec. of the town it is understood that his grandfather was William Whittemore ; his father Thomas, and his mother Mary. William"" was b. ab. 1540, and m. in 1566. Thomas" and Mary were m. in 1591. She d. in Dec, ^- '^ [H hmll o o 'V < ^ffil 1 ^jKHnvl '1w > * r o h 1 1 o ' \f\ '^ * . •* s. < "*- I 1 A h Q rj ► o 4 5 6 2. Eda C, b. Sept. 28, 1863 ; m. Walter Streeter, q.v. 3. Edwin A., b. Aug. 12, 1864. Elijah Wilder was a native of Wilmington, Vt., and was s. of Elijah Wilder, of W., and Currency Tracy, a native of Deerfield, Mass. He was b. Nov. 2, 1820 ; ni. Aug. 26, 1851, Susan, b. Nov. 20, 1831, dau. of Nahum and Susanna (Townsend) Howe. Ch. b. i. in F., II. and iii. in Troy. I. Herbert Elijah, b. May 30, 1852 ; m. Oct. 34, 1876, Luoy Eelief, b. Oct. 9, 1858, in W., dau. of Franklin D. and Helen A. (Cros'by) Knapp. Ch. b. in T. 1. Lona Estella, b. Dec. 31, 1882. II. Alice Florence, b. Jan. 29, 1859 ; m. Willey A. Bern is, q.v. III. Eda Josephine, b. Jan. 15, 1867 ; m. Arthur W. Drury, q.v. Joshua Willard and w. Phebe were from Grafton, Mass.; adm. to chh. in F. Aug. 29, 1779, and dis. to chh. in Hubbardston, Mass., Aug. 19, 1810, though they apparently left town before 1788, as his name does not appear in the tax-lists of that or later y. Lived on L 13 E 1, afterward owned by Judge Parker. Ch. rec. in F. Phebe was b. in G., others in F. I. Phele, b. Jan. 27, 1777. II. George, b. June 1, 1778 ; d. Aug. 3, 1782. in. Fortmiatus, b. Feb. 24, 1780 ; d. Aug. 5, 1782. IV. Porter, b. July 16, 1781 ; d. Jaly 27, 1782. T. Joshua, b. Jan. 10, 1783. Samuel Sawyer Willard, b. in Sterling, June 8, 1793, and was the oldest of the 12 ch. of Peter and Esther (Brooks) Willard. He m. Nov., 1818, Patty, b. Feb. 11, 1799 ; d. Mar. 19, 1866, dau. of Daniel and Betsey (Willard) May, of Winchendon, and after living in that town for a few y. he became a per- manent resident of F. in Nov., 1823. He d. Nov. 7, 1877, killed by the cars at the State Line crossing. At the age of 16 y. he commenced teaching school, which he followed for over 40 y. Ch. b. i.-ii. in W. , iii.-vi. in F. I. Oren Atherton, b. Dec. 15, 1821 ; m. Oct. 12, 1848, Abbie Whitney, of Londonderry, Vt.; res. Cavendish, Vt. 9 10 11 12 13 31 23 33 34 25 36 37 14 15 III 16 IV 17 V 18 19 30 VI GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEE. 785 1. Charles Milton, b. Aug., 1851. II. Julia Ann, b. Sept. 16, 1823 ; m. Nov. 4, 1841, Jonathan C. Peak, d. June 7, 1848, a. 26 y.; m. (2d) Luke Beals, of W., b. Oct. 4, 1801, s. ot Jesse and Dorcas (Sibley), of Eoyalston. In 1866 rem. to P., where he d. May 24, 1881. Ch. 3 by 1st m. b. in F., and 1 by 2d m. b. in W. 1. Leander F. Peak, b. Nov. 14, 1842 ; d. May 27, 1861. 2. George Elson PeaTc, b. Mar. 6, 1846 ; m. Abbie E. Williams, of W., where they 1*6 S 3. Cyrus Walter Peak, b. May 15, 1848 ; m. Nellie H. Nason, of Windsor, Vt.; res. W. Ida Isabel Beals, b. Dec. 27, 1858. Maria, b. 1826 : d. Dec. 6, 1831. Selina Elizabeth, b. 1839 ; d. Sept. 18, 1837. Milton Augustus^ b. Nov. 14, 1833 ; m. 1861, Louisa Fox, of Marlow, N. H.; res. Minne- apolis, Minn. 1. Leslie, b. 1863. 3. Fred. Martin Alonzo, b. Dec. 13, 1835 ; m. 1861, Emma Tenney, of Marlow. She d., and he m. (3d) Mrs. Mary A. Eoberts, of Springfield, Mass. ; res. S. Ch. 2 by 1st m. and 1 by 2d m. 1. Jennie Mabel, b. Feb. 11, 1862 ; m. H. B. Marshall ; res. Hancock, N. H. 3. Alice May. b. Mar. 11 (1865 ?) d 3. Grace, b. Oct. 10, 1873. liev. Charles M. Willakd, pastor of the Baptist Chh., came to F. in 1846, and left town ab. 1850. Ch. rec. in F. I. Charles Erastus, b. July 13, 1845, in Ogdens- burg, N. Y. II. Henry Howard, b. Jan. 16, 1847, in F. Hbnet Willaed and w. Phebe were adm. to the chh. in F. Sept. 33, 1771, on letter 'from chh. in Pep- perell, Mass., and were dis. to chh. in Oharlestown, N. H., Sept. 5, 1773. Prob. came to town at least 3 or 3 y. before the first-named date. Is said to have lived on L 12 E 3, which he sold to William Withington, Dec. 8, 1770. 50 786 28 2 I. Jacol, 1 3 II. David, 4 III. Esther, )■ bapt. Nov. 6, 1777. 5 TV. Hepsiheth, 6 T. Mary, 7 VI. Daughter, d. Aug. 16, 1777, a. 16 mos. 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 31 33 23 HISTOKY OF FITZWILLIAM. Phebb Will a ED and Benjamin Pierce m. Apr. 1, 1773. WILSON. Jacob Wilson and w. Margaret were in town prob. before 1773. He was chosen Highway Surveyor in Mar., 1773. She was adm. to the chh. Oct. 13, 1777. It is supposed the family moved within a few y. to Win- chendon. Oh. rec. in P. Samuel Wilson and w. Lovina res. in town but a few y. He was chosen hog reeve in Mar., 1780. She was adm. to the chh. Dec. 8, 1782, and Feb. 1, 1784, was dis. to chh. in Spencer, Mass. Ch. rec. in F. I. II. iri ^^p*- ^^''- «''^^^^- AzAKiAH Wilson, prob. from Westboro, Mass., settled on L 17 E 1 after Thomas Witherbee. His w. was Sallv Witherbee, a sister of Thomas. Mr. W. d. July 10," 1793 ; Mrs. W. d. Nov. 4, 1793. Ch. all b. inF. I. Polly, b. Aug. 31, 1784. II. Silas, b. July 37, 1786 ; d. Apr. 3, 1832. in. Joseph, b. May 8, 1785. IV. Azariah, b. Mar. 3, 1790. V. Thomas, b. May 20, 1792 ; m. Alice . He was a cloth-dresser, and had a fulling-mill in the south part of the town. Ch. b. and rec. in F. 1. Nancy Bullard, b. Mar. 36, 1817. 3. Alice Clarinda, b. Dec. 20, 1819. 3. Sarah Wetherbee, b. Mar. 9, 1822 ; m. Wilson. No account of family, but a dau. 1. Alice Elizabeth Wilson, b. Dec. 37, 1853 ; m. George H. Simonds, q.v. 4. Sophia Elizabeth, b. Apr. 35, 1834. 5. Thomas Azariah, b. Oct. 20, 1826. VI. Sally Witherbee, b. Oct. 35, 1793. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 787 Benjamiit Wilson and w. Mehitable, from Wesfc- minster, Mass., were first settlers on L 4 R 9. It is not known when they came to F., bnt they were adm. to the chh. July 8, 1787, on letter from the chh. in W. He d. Oct. 31, 1790. As the d. of his wid. does not ap- pear in F. rec, it is supposed that she returned to W. Of their ch., the following settled in F. and -vicinity : I. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 15, 1755 ; d. Jan. 3, 1817 ; m. Abigail , who d, in winter of 1846-7, a. 84 y.; were first settlers on L 3 E 9 ; he bought the lot, Jan. 21, 1779, and prob. m. and came to town ab. that time. The lot was bought of Jonathan Blanchard, of Dunstable, Mass., for £245, and is described as "here- tofore of William Earl Tread well.' ' The cur- rency was much depreciated at this time, and the specie value of the land was less than £40. At a later date lived on L 4 R 9. He was doubtless the first one of the family who set- tled in F., s.p. II. Artemas, b. Feb. 14, 17o7-|-. III. Tabitha, b. 1759 ; d. Dec. 2, 1840 ; m. Apr. 20, 1787, Jonadab Baker, b. Aug. 31, 1759 ; d. Sept. 25, 1820, s. of Eichard and Mary (Sawyer), of W.; settled in Marlboro, IST. H., ab. 1787. Ch. all b. in M. 1. Persis Baker, b. June 19, 1790 : m. Nov. 11, 1813, Dr. Ephraim Kimball Frost, b. Dec. 17, 1790 ; d. Nov. 23, 1870, s. of Benjamin and Eachel (Kimball), of JafErey. He commenced practice in M., and afterward rem. to Swanzey. In 1834 he rem. to McDonough, N. Y.; in 1854 to Delaware Co., la., and in 1867 to Lincoln, Neb., where he d. Seven ch. 2. Pollv Baher, b. Feb. 3, 1792 ; d. Dec. 26," 1825 ; m. Jan. 4, 1814, Calvin Hastings, of M., b. Oct. 20, 1785, s. of Thaddeus and Aaenath (Rice). One of their ch. 1. Calvin Hastings, m. Eliza, dan.. of Calvin and Deborah (Brewer) Bemis. (See Brewer Register. No. 9.) 3. lio.c^'^aher, b. Feb. 4, 1794 ; m. Dec. 26, 1815, Carter Whitcomb, and res. in Swanzey. 788 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 32 4. Tabitha Baker, b. June 1, 1796 ; m. Dec. 6, 1831, Calvin Tenney, of M., b. Dec. 6, 1792, s. of William and Mehit- able (Jones). 33 IT. Mary, b. May 20, 1761 ; m. Peter Prescott, q.v. 34 V. Luke, d. Oct. 3, 1794. (26) 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Artbmas Wilson-, b. Feb. 14, 1757 ; d. Apr. 30, 1847 ; m. Aug. 26, 1784, Cata, b. May 39, 1762 ; d. Mar. 22, 1851, dau. of Moses and Cata (Adams) Drury, q.v. Lived ab. 60 y. on L 7 R 8. I. Nathan, b. Oct. 9, 1786 ; d. Jan. 29, 1792. II. Artemas, b. Oct. 17, 1787 ; d. Sept. 30, 1864 ; m. Polly Davis, of Eoyalston, b. Dec. 10, 1790 ; d. Apr. 5, 1873. 1. Amasa Scott, b. Nov. 5, 1815+. 2. Infant, d. Aug. 18, 1817. 3. George Washington, b. Apr. 24, 1819+. 4. Melvin, b. Feb. 27, 1822+. 5. Mary, b. May 19, 1824 ; m. Van Xess Davis, q.v. 6. Elvira M., b. Feb. 17, 1827 ; m. Mar. 15, 1848, Seth M. Young, called of Manlius, N. Y. 7. Levi Chamberlain, b. Feb. 21, 1831 ; d. July 13, 1833. III. Josiah, b. June 27, 1790 ; m. June 20, 1810, Dorcas Carroll, d. May 2, 1861, a. 73 y. 1. Child, d. Jan. 21, 1814. 2. Catherine, m. Feb. 30, 1838, Lyman Carroll, s. of Samuel and Annis (Whit- ney). (See Whitney Register, No. 36.) Res. Woodstock, Vt. 3. Benjamin F., m. Sarah Elizabeth, b. ab. 1830, dau. of Amos and Angeline (Emerson) Davis, q.v. 4. Caroline, b. July 37, 1816 ; m. Eli Smith, q.v. 5. Infant, d. Jan. 14, 1819. 6. Josiah Knowlton, m. Hannah Carroll ; rem. to W. No. b of ch. rec. in F. bnt a dau. 1. Ellen, d. Aug. 21, 1849, a. 2 y. IV. Benjamin, b. Mar. 31, 1793 ; d. May 34, 1865 ; m, May 31, 1814, Abigail, b. Oct. 19, 1796 ; d. Apr. 1, 1835, dau. of Micah and Betsey Perry, q v.; m. (2d) June 11, 1840, Louisa, b. Nov. 31, 1806, dau. of Robert and Lydia 53 54 55 56 (37) 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 (39) 66 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 789 (Jones) Thompson, of E. (She m. [3d] Samuel Hill, q.v.) 1. Maria, b. Oct. 7, 1815 ; m. Nov. 26, 1840, ReT. Adonijah Howe Cutter, b. Aug. 29, 1808 ; d. in Nelson, N. H., July 1, 1860, s. of David and Polly (SpofEord) Cutter, of Jaflrey, s.p. 2. Harriet, b. May 8, 1817 ; m. Joel Hay- den, Jr., q.v. 3. Abigail, b. May 1, 1820 ; m. Cvrus P. Smith, b. Oct. 25, 1827, s. of"' Asahel and Anna (Owen) Smith, of Hanover, N. H.; res. H. 4. Charles Benjamin, b. Feb. 24, 1842 ; m. June 14, 1866, Mary Jane, b. July 22, 1844, dau. of George P. and Caroline (Hale) Holman, q.v.; res. Chicago, 111. Amasa S. Wilson, b. Nov. 5, 1815 ; m. Apr. 16, 1838, Sally D., b. June 19, 1821, dau. of John and Olive (Wyman) Stone, q.v. I. George H., d. 1864, in the army. IT. Cliarles W., m. Oct. 20, 1868, LuellaE., b. July 5, 1852, dau. of George W. and Eliza A. (Swan) Wilson, q.v.; res. Keene. III. Jennie Rosa, b. July 31, 1846 ; m. Sept. 2, 1867, James Clark Baldwin, b. Sept. 29, 1846, at North Coventry, Ct., s. of Daniel D. and Jerusha (Botham) Baldwin. 1. Lilhe Augusta Baldwin, b. Feb. 21, 1873. 2. Hattie L. Baldwin, b. Nov. 16, 1874. 3. Walter D. " b. Aug. 13, 1876. IV. Albert William, d. Sept. 18, 1872, a. 21 y.; m. Aug. 28, 1868, Sarah E., b. Dec. 9, 1849, dau. of Barton and Sarah E. (Ballon) Grant, q.v. She m. (2d) Loring J. Pease. (See p. 803.) V. ff. Janeite, b. ab. 1855. VI. Laura Etta, b. May 16, 1860. George W. Wilsok, b. Apr. 24, 1819 ; m. Feb. 15, 1844, Eliza Ann Swan, b. Oct. 30, 1821, in Benton, Vt. (?) I. Luella E., b. July 5, 1852 ; m. Charles W. Wilson, q.v. 790 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 67 68 (40) 69 70 71 73 II. Myra Ardell, b. Jan. 21, 1860 ; m. George H. Fairbanks, q.v. III. Julia Emma, b. Apr. 9, 1863 ; m. June 1, 1887, Charles H. Conway, b. Aug. 31, 1857, s. of Charles W. and Sarah E. (Went worth), of Eichmond. Mblvin Wilsow, b. Feb. 37, 1833 ; m. June 19, 1845, Ann, b. July 32, 1809 ; d. July 17, 1875, dau. oi Abel and Lovina (Amadon) Angler, q.v., and wid. of Lewis Monroe ; m. (3d) Jan. 25 (?), 1876, Mrs. Mary Jane (Estabrook) Bradley, b. Nov. 10, 1831, in Eutland, Vt. I. Albert FranUin, b. Feb. 9, 1847 ; m. Feb. 9, 1868, Sarah H., b. Mar. 31, 1847, dau. of Joe and Betsey (Howe) Ferham, q.v. 1. Erwin Franklin, b. Jan. 3, 1881. II. Infant (twin), b. Feb. 9, 1847 ; d. Apr. 29, 1847. III. Julia Ann, b. June 4, 1861 ; m. Sept. 11, 1877, Edwin Marshall Eead, s. of Daniel B. and Isabella (Estabrook) Eead. WINCH. 1 Samuel Winch was in Sudbury, Mass., as early as 1670, and a few y. later settled in Framingham ; was an original member of the Fram. cbh. He a. 1718 ; was buried, Aug. 3 ; m. (1st) Feb. 11, 1073, Hannah, dau. of Matthew Gibbs, and had ch. i. John, d. y. ; ii. Samuel ; in. .John ; IT. David ; v. Hannah ; vi Silence ; vii. Thomas, 2- b. 1694 ; m. (3d) .Tan. 11, 1699, Sarah, wid. of Benjamin Barnard, of Watertown, and had ch. viii. Mary ; ix. Daniel. 2 Thomas, b. 1694 ; d. Sept. 23, 1761 ; m. Oct. 33, 1718, Deborah, b. Apr. 37, 1703, dau. of Isaac and Deborah (Leland) Gleason, of Fram. Ch. I. Daniel ; ii. Thomas, 3, b. June 35. 1723 ; in. Samuel ; iv. Deborah, b. Jan. 27, 1728-9 ; m. Maj. John Farrar, q.-o.; v. Hannah ; vr. Joseph ; vii. Nathan. 3 Thomas, b. June 35, 1723 ; m. Dec. 30, 1743, Elizabeth, b. July 30, 1731, dau. of Caleb and Elizabeth (Fames) Drury, of Fram., q.v. Ch. all b. in Fram. i. Caleb, 4, b. Sept. 36, 1844 ; ii. Catherine III. Sybilla ; iv. Hannah ; v. Jason, 5, bapt. Sept., 1751 ; vi. Joel vii. Samuel, d. y. ; vm. Eeuben ; ix. Samuel, Q, bapt. Feb. 3, 1760 X. Thomas ; xi. Ellick (Alexander ?). Three of the ch. came to F., but only one of them remained permanently. Caleb Winch, b. Sept. 26, 1744 ; d. 1826 ; m. Mehetabel, b. May 28, 1747 ; d. May 6, 1806, dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Jennings) Maynard, of Framing- ham, q.v.; came from Fram. to F. in 1768, and soon settled on L 32 E 6. Mr. and Mrs. W., called " of 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 31 33 33 34 35 GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEB. 791 Monadnoc," were adin. to the chh. in Pram. July 38, 1770, doubtless because at that time there was no chh. in F. In the following y. when a chh. was organized ill F., Mr. W. was one of the instituting members. In Sept. of this y. (1771) Mrs. W. was adm. to the new chh. on letter from the chh. in Fram. I. Joseph, b. June 5, 1770 ; m. Sukey ; rem. from F. ab. 1806 ; res. Keene. Ch. rec. in F. 1. Infant, d. Dec. 37, 1795. 3. Mary Fox, b. Oct. 9, 1797. 3. Joseph, b. July 31, 1799. 4. Calvin, b. Dec. 8, 1803 ; d. May 10, 1809, burned to death in the house of his grandfather. II. Abigail, b. Mar. 36, 1773 ; d. July 34, 1790, unm. III. Betsey, b. Feb. 31, 1774 ; m. John Gary, q.v. IV. Thomas, b. Feb. 13, 1776 ; d. Sept. 19, 1777. V. JoTin, b. Mar. 10, 1778 ; m. Gary, prob. sister of John, who m. Betsey Winch. (See above.) VI. Mehetahel, b. July 8, 1779 ; d. Jan. 8, 1793. VII. Nathan, b. Mar. 1, 1781 ; d. Aug. 38, 1851 ; m. May 8, 1806, Polly, b. June 6, 1780 ; d. Jan. 1, 1834, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Brigham) Davison ; m. (3d) Asenath Davi- son, b. Apr. 4, 1785 ; d. Feb. 11, 1858, sister of his first w. Lived in that part of F. which is now in Troy. The 3 ch. b. before T. was incorporated are rec. in F. 1. Nathan, b. Apr. 3, 1807 ; has been m. 3 times : res. in Marlboro. 3. Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1809 ; m. Joseph Putney, q.v. 3. Arethusa D., b. June 13, 1814 ; d. Jan. 13, 1815. 4. Calvin, m. Flood and rem. West. 5. Arethusa, m. Bucklin and res. in Swanzey. VIII. Caleb, b. Apr. 34, 1783 ; m. Dec. 31, 1805, Lucy, b. Oct. 31, 1780 ; d. 1848, dau. of Daniel and Lucy (Bruce) Farrar, q.v.v res. North field, Mass, Ch. rec. in F. 1. William, b. Oct. 11, 1806. 3. Eliza, b. Apr. 38, 1813. IX. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 19, 1785 ; d. Sept. 15, 1807, unm. X. William, b. Aug. 14, 1788 ; m. Jan. 19, 1808, 792 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. Mary Farrar, b. Apr. 14, 1790, sister of Lucy, who m. his bro. Caleb. See above. Jason Winch, bapt. Sept., 1751 ; m. Abigail (5) 26 (6) 27 28 39 30 Both Histories of Framingham say that be m. Elizabeth Maynard, which is not correct. She m. his bro. Samuel, q.v. Jason rem. from F. before 1793*. The History of Troy states that he came here in 1782 or 83, as near as can now be ascertained, and built a tannery in what is now Troy village. He carried on tanning and curry- ing here a few y., but being unfortunate in his business, he closed it up and left town. Ch. b. in P. I. NaUy, bapt. June 3, 1787 ; d. Dee. 27, 1787. Samuel Winch, bapt. Feb. 3, 1760 ; m. in P. June 29, 1780, Elizabeth, b. Apr. 24, 1761, dan. of Joseph and Abigail (Jennings) Maynard, of Fram., q.v. Left town before 1793* ; rem. to Sullivan, IST. H. Ch. rec. inF. I. Infant, d. Apr. 2, 1781. II. Patty, ) III. Betsey, [bapt. Jan. 4, 1789. IV. Sukey, ) William Withington came to P. from Ash by, Mass., in 1770 or 71. He was b. Jan. 16, 1744, s. of William and Sarah (Locke), of West Cambridge, Mass., and d. Sept., 1823, in or near Madison, N. Y.; m. June 28, 1769, Martha, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Burnap) Locke, q.v. Lived a few y. on L 12 R 2, and rem. to L 17 R 4, where he lived ab. 30 y. On L 12, R 2 he succeeded Henry Willard, and was succeeded by Abel Estabrook. He bought the lot of Mr. W. for £40, by deed dated Dec. 8, 1770. Mr. E.'s w. was Mr. W.'s sister. The family rem. to Orwell, N". Y., ab. 1813. Oh. b. the 1st one in A., all the others b. and rec. in P. I. Martha, b. Jan. 16, 1770 ; d. Aug., 1846 ; m. Elisha Ware, of Gilsum, N. H., s.p. II. Mather, b. Aug. 12, 1771 ; m. and lived in Camden, where he d. July 23, 1849. III. Sarah, b. Apr. 1, 1773 ; m. Phinehas Gleason Miller, q.v. IV. Elimleth, b. Apr. 28, 1775 ; d. Aug. 16, 1842 ; m. John Sawyer and res. in Stockbridge, Vt. V. William, b. Mar. 2, 1777 ; m. Feb. 23, 1800, Nabby, b. June 27, 1779, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Angier) Stone, q.v. Lived on the GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 793 7 8 9 10 11 la 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ■ZO home place and rem. to 0. with his father. Ch. all b. and reo. in F. 1. Joseph, b. Mar. 30, 1800. 2. Myra, b. Jan. 23, 1803. 3. Albert, b. July 30, 1803. 4. Gilman, b. Mar. 13, 1805. 5. Elmer, d. Mar. 11, 1807, a. 6 w. 6.' Elmer, b. Feb. 23, 1808. 7. Lucas, b. Feb. 34, 1810. 8. Tryphena, b. Apr. 37, 1813. 9. Ehoda, b. Aug. 11, 1814. 10. Abigail, b. Sept. 34, 1816. John, b. Mar. 7, 1779. Tii. Lucretia, b. Sept. 39, 1783 ; m. Charles Damon Nov. 5, 1803. He is called of F. in the rec. of m., but his name does not appear in any tax-list, and nothing further is known of him. Salome, b. Jan. 5, 1786 ; m. Jonathan Haven, q.v. VI. VIII, WiLLiiM Albert WiTHiNGTOij^, who served in the War of the Rebellion on the quota of P., belonged to the foregoing family. WOODS. I John' Woods, the emigrant ancestor, settled in Sudbury, Mass., and was one of the petitioners for the town of Marlboro, Mass. His s., 2 Dea. JoHN=, b. July 18, 1647 ; d. Apr. 5, 1716 ; res. in M. His s., 3 John', was b. Apr. 30, 1670 ; res. in M. His s., 4 Dea. David*, b. June 5, 1696 ; d. 1774 ; m. Jan. 26, 1725, Ruth Johnson ; res. in M. His s., 5 JoNAS^, settled in Southboro, Mass., where he d. June 28, 1758. Ch. b. in S. i. Jonas, b. Jan. 31, 1753, 6 I n. Elizabeth, m. Abner Parker and res. in 8.; in. Anna, b. 1758; m. Ezekiel Collins, q.v. It was the second w. of Mr. C. who was sister to Jonas Woods ; not the first w., as stated in the Collins Register. Jonas" Woods, b. in Southboro, Mass., Jan. 31, 1753 ; d. in F. Aug. 14, 1834 , m. Hannah Ward, b. Dec. 35, 1751 ; d. Oct. 10, 1833, dau. of Ephraim Ward, of S. Mr. W. was out in the Eev. War under Gen. Schuyler, serving mostly in the region of Albany and Saratoga, N. Y.; came to F. in 1784 and settled on the W. half of L 13 R 7. His diary says : '^FeVy the 17th, 1784, moved with my family from Southboro and arrived at my house in Fitzwilliam 19th of same, month .^"^if^ - 794 HISTOEY OF riTZ WILLIAM. 9 10 11 13 13 The following additional items from his diary will be of interest : " On nights of 5th & 6th June, 1801, was frost that cut down corn & beans to the ground." " June 4, 1802, I planted corn, and 'twas so cold as to work with coat and Jacket, & fields very wet." " Jan'y 19, 1810, Being Friday, was remarkable cold and terrible windy." " Aug. 28, 1826, a great rain that carried off bridges and galled the roads very much." Mr. W. performed the duties of sexton in F. for over 25 y. lie noted in tlie sexton's rec. book : " April 27, 1799, this day I have counted the graves I have dug in this town, and find them to be 138 graves." Ch. b. i.-vi. in S., vii.-ix. in F. I. HannalC, b. May, 3, 1774 (not Hannah Ward) ; m. Joseph Fassett, q.v. II. Anna, b. Sept. 24, 1775 ; ra. John Haven, q^.v. III. Jonas, b. June 18, 1777 ; d. July 25, 1801. IV. Rev. Asael, b. Apr. 19, 1779 ; d. Nov. 17, 1824 ; m. Sept. 8, 1803, Jerusha, b. Sept. 17, 1783, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Ha\en): Stone, q.v.; was a Baptist minister ; rem from F. ab. 1817. (Seep. 443.) V. Silas\ b. June 5, 1782 ; d. Apr. 9, 1827 ; m. Mar. 12, 1803, Betsey, b. Feb. 15, 1785, dau. of James and Sibyl (Angier) Dunton, q.v. (She m. [2d] Jacob Hale, of Royakton, who d., and she returned to F. and d. here, Apr. 1, 1866.) Mr. W. served as sexton in F. for many y. No b. of ch. rec. in the town rec, and the following list may not be complete : 1.- PollyS b. Aug. 30, 1803 ; m. (1st) John W. Fawcett. (See Fassett, No. 17.) m. (2d) David Moore, q.v.; m. (3d) Isaac Lamb ; m. (4th) Ebenezer Potter, q.v. 2. Betsey, b. Aug. 30, 1803 (twin) Nov. 20, 1823, Samuel Griffiths : to Royalston, where she d Asael. Willard, d Harriet. George. Joel. Harvey. b. Dec. 11, 1783 ; m. James Stone, Jr 14 3. 15 4. 16 5. 17 6. 18 7. 19 8. 20 VI. 8ally, q.v. (1887). July 21, 1825, a. 18 y. m. rem. ,!>-»=» .^^ 21 22 23 (21) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 795 Til. John, b. Sept. 29, 1785+. viir. Lydia, b. Apr. 10, 1788 ; rem. from town and d. 1862. IX. Jenosha, b. Apr. 11, 1792 ; d. July 21, 1817. Eev. John' Woods, b. Sept. 29, 1785 ; d. May 4, 1861 ; m. Nov. 26, 1812, Eliza Hall, of Warwick, Mass., b. Apr. 6, 1786 ; d. June 27, 1822 ; m. (3d) Apr. 14, 1824, Achsab Baker, of Concord, N. H., b. Aug. 31, 1796 ; d. Oct. 13, 1839 ; m. (3d) in Nashua, N. H., Sept. 28, 1842, Mrs. Joanna (Hartshorn) Stevens, b. in Amherst, N. H,, Aug. 18, 1800. Rev. Mr. W. was a Congregationalist. After a pastorate of ab. 9 y. in Warner, N. H., and -ab. 30 y. in Newport, N. H., he returned to his native town, and for ab. 6 y. was acting pastor of the chh. with which he united in his youth. (See p. 442.) His wid. res. in Minneapolis, Minn., with her stepson Charles. Ch. i.-vi. by 1st m., b. in W.; vn.-x., by 2d m., b. in N. I. Samuel Hall\ b. Mar. 20, 1814; d. Apr. 6, 1814. II. Mary Lerned, b. Feb. 6, 1815 ; d. Dec. 2, 1824. III. John, b. Apr. 20, 1816 ; res. San Luis Obispo, Cal. IV. Jerusha, b. Aug. 10, 1817 ; d. Mar. 13, 1818. V. Samuel Hall, b. Apr. 20, 1819 ; d. Dec. 7, 1830. Ti. Francis Brown, b. May 26, 1821 ; d. Apr. 25, 1822. VII. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1825 ; d. Nov. 23, 1845. VIII. Edward Payson, b. Sept. 15, 1827 ; res. Lowell, IX. Lydia, b. Sept. 28, 1830 ; d. Apr. 3, 1841. X. Charles Henry, b. Oct. 8, 1836 ; m. Sept. 23, 1862, Carrie C. Eice, of Brookfield, Vt. Mr. W. is an attorney-at-law of high standing in M. (See p. 436.) William Wokcester, from Tewksbury, Mass., settled in Jaffrey ab. 1776. He was a descendant of Eev. William Worcester, who came from England and settled in Salisbury, Mass., ab. 1734. He d. Nov. 5, 1828, a. 72 y.; m. Hannah Frost, who d. Jan. 30, 1858, a. 98 y.; res. in J; ; owned lands in F., L 21 and 32 R 4. I. William, b. May 31, 1783 ; d. Oct. 10, 1835. II. Hannah, b. Aug. 25, 1785 ; m. Jonathan Gage, q.v. 796 HISTORY OF riTZWILLIAM. 4 5 6 7 (6) 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 III. Anna, b. I^ov. 16, 1787. IT. Nancy, b. 1789. V. Joshua, b. Mar. 15, 1791+. VI. Joel, h. June 1, 1793. Tii. Uldad. Joshua Worcester, b. Mar. 15, 1791 ; d. Mar. 30, 1833 ; m. Mar. 31, 1813, Abigail, b. Mar. 5, 1796 ; d. Feb. 33, 1830, dau. of Ephraim and Abigail (Baker) Parker, of F. ; m. (3d) Mar. 36, 1833, Lydia, b. Nov. 17, 1801 ; d. Sept. 3, 1870, dau. of Otis and Lydia (Boom) Whipple, q.v. Ch. 3 by 1st m., 4 by 3d m. ; all b. in F. I. Ephraim Parker, b. June 30, 1813 ; m. Nancy, dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Worcester) Gage, q.v. II. Emeline, b. July 4, 1815 ; d. Oct. 23, 1886. III. Abigail, b. Mar. 30, 1817 ; m. William Gage, q.v. IV. Milton, b. Oct. 34, 1824 ; d. Oct. 18, 1856. T. Hannah, b. Aug. 10, 1836 ; m. Joseph Gage, q.v. Ti. George Albert, b. Aug. 3, 1838. VII. Child, d. May 6, 1833, a. 3 y. Tin. Lydia, b. Aug. 15, 1833. WEIGHT. Ebenbzer Wright, b. Jan. 39, 1734 ; d. Oct. 3, 1811 ; m. Lucy Barrett, b. Apr. 17, 1732 ; d. Feb. 23, 1804. The family lived in Hubbardston, Mass., and later in Templeton, Mass., where both Mr. and Mrs. W. d. Three of their ch. settled in F. I. Joel, b. Nov. 4, 1759+. II. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 2, 1761+. III. David, b. Sept. 36, 1763 ; res. Bakersfield, Vt. IT. Thomas, b. May 17, 1766 ; d. June 18, 1796 ; m. Feb. 7, 1793, Jemima, b. Feb. 38, 1771 ; d. Apr. 4, 1847, dau. of Ezekiel and Anna (Miles) Knowlton, of T. Settled on L 14 R 13, which he bought of his bro. Joel. After d. of Mr. W. the wid. m. (3d) Bartlet Bowker, q.v. 1. Lyman, b. Mar. 8, 1793+. 2. Betsey, b. Dec. 28, 1795 ; m. Dexter Whittemore, q.v. V. Lucy, b. Nov. 12, 1768 ; d. May 30, 1837 ; m. Rice ; res. T. 9 10 11 (3) n 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 (3) 30 31 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. Y97 VI. ZaccJieus, b. Dec. 19, 1770 ; d. 1846. Tii. Moses, b. Apr. 6, 1774 ; d. Oct. 3, 1839 ; m. 1799, Hannah Parker, b. June 19, 1777, in Andover, Mass.; d. June 3, 1851, in T. 1. Lucy, b. Mar. 6, 1803 ; m. Thomas Richardson, q.v. Joel Weight, b. Nov. 4, 1759 ; m. Tabitha ; came from Templeton and settled on L 14 R 13 ; after- ward lived on L 15 R 11 ; rem. to Jaffrey, then to Troy, where he d. Dec. 39, 1838, and his w. d. Aug. 13, 1838, a. 70 y. Ch. all b. in P. I. Lucy, b. Oct. 34, 1785 ; m. June 14, 1810, John Work, called of P., but he is not taxed in town after date of m. II. Polly, b. Jan. 30, 1788. III. Joel, b. Apr. 6, 1790 ; d. Apr. 30, 1790. IV. Tabitha, b. Sept. 13, 1791 ; m. Joseph Passett, q.v. V. Joel, b. July 7, 1793. VI. Thomas, b. Aug. 28, 1796 ; m. Apr. 8, 1834, Sarah Goan, of Wrentham, Mass. ; lived a few y. in J. and then settled in Troy. VII. Edioard Gardner, b. Aug. 4, 1798. viii. Almon, b. Apr. 5, 1801 ; m. Sarah, b. 1810, dau. of Hezekiah and Lydia (Oummings) Hodgkins ; res. in T. Dr. Ebenezer Weight, b. Nov. 3, 1761 ; d. Mar. 16, 1829 ; m. Nov. 33, 1790, Betsey (Nichols), wid. of James Bates.* She m. (3d) Phillips Sweetser, of Marl- boro, who d. Sept. 6, 1834. She d. in P. Peb. 10, 1846, a. 83 y. Dr. W. settled on L 16 R 6 ab. the time of his m., and lived there till 1811. A brief sketch of his life is given on pp. 439-30. I. Betsey, b. Dec. 11, 1791 ; d. Apr. 15, 1814 ; m. Col. Daniel W. Farrar, q.v. II. Phineas Gardner, b. Dec. 31, 1793 ; d. Dec. 8, 1795. III. Phineas, b. Dec. 34, 1796 ; d. Oct. 6, 1849 ; m. Mar. 7, 1833, Sarah S. May, of Wood- * Jamks Bates, m. Betsey Nichols ; she m. (2d) Dr. Bbenezer Wright, as above. She was sister of Sally Nichols, who m. Thomas Goldsmith, and a relative of Eebeoca Nichols, who m. Samuel Tower. Ch. of James and Betsey reo. In F. as b. i.-ii. in Springfield, Vt., in. In Claremont, N. H. I. Jonathan, b. Aug. 25, 1780. II. SaUy, b. .rune 5, 1783 ; m. Nov. 4, 1802, Daniel Bahoook, Jr., of Wtthers- fleld, Vt. in. Nancy, b. Aug. 85, 1785 ; m. Sept. 9, 1807, Jonathan Locke, q.v. 798 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM. 33 24 35 26 27 (6) 28 39 30 31 32 33 34 stock, Ct. ; rem. from F. to W. ab. 1830. Ch. b. 1-3 at F., 4 at ^Y. 1. Betsey May, b. May 26, 1823 ; m. Abner Lee ; res. Putnam, Ct. 3. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 35, 1826 ; m. Lizzie Simpson ; res. Niantic, Ct. 3. Phineas Gardner, b. Apr. 3, 1829 ; res. P. 4. Sarah I., b. June 14, 1835 ; d. July 26, 1857, unm. IV. Belinda, b. July 15, 1799 ; d. Nov. 39, 1799. Col. Lyman Weight, b. Mar. 8, 1793 ; d. Dec. 1, 1886 ; m. Apr. 16, 1817, Betsey, b. Aug. 29, 1794 ; d. June 21, 1880, dau. of Charles and Beulah (Stone) Bowker, q.v.j res. Troy. I. Harriet Mellen, b. June 8, 1821 ; d. Feb. 2, 1861 : m. Nov. 3, 1843, Edwin Hill ; res. Gardner, Mass. II. Faustina Miles, b. Feb. 13, 1823 ; m. Nov. 5, 1841, Leonard W. Gilmore. He d. May 30, 1844, a. 35 y., and she m. {3d) Lorenzo V. Munroe ; res. G. III. Melancia Bowher, b. Apr. 6, 1838 ; m. Feb. 17, 1855, Lemuel C. Pratt ; res Kalamazoo, Mich. IV. Leonard, b. June 38, 1833 ; m. Oct. 23, 1855, Mary Jane, b. Apr. 9, 1835, dan. of Calvia and Deborah (Brewer) Bemis. (See Brewer, No. 11.) Ees. Keene, N. H. 1. Frank H., b. Oct. 10, 1858, in Troy ; m. June 18, 1885, Mary E., b. Jan. 37, 1860, in Marlboro, dau. of Eli and Caroline (Cummings) Dort ; res. K. 1. Bertha C, b. Aug. 1, 1886. Capt. Aaron Weight was b. Dec. 9, 1766, in Ster- ling, Mass. ; d. Nov. 26, 1866 ; came to F. in 1787 and bought L 18 R 9. A few y. later he built a house on the lot, which is still standing and occupied by his descend- ants. He m. Lucy Bigelow, of Princeton, Mass., who d, Oct. 33, 1799. (She was sister of Joseph Bigelow. See Bigelow Register, No. 32.) M. (2d) Jan. 15, 1801, Tabitha, b. Sept. 3, 1780 ; d. Oct. 11, 1805, dau. of Levi and Tabitha (Hardy) Brigham, q.v.; m. (3d) Dec. 29, 1807, Polly, b. June 30, 1779, in Rehoboth, Mass.; d. May 21, 1869, in F., dau. of Shubael and Roxalana GENEALOGICAL EEGISTEE. 799 35 36 3? 38 39 40 41 (15) 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 (Sheldon) Blanding, then of Royalston, and wid. of Seth Kendall, of Athol. I. Charles Bigelow, b. Oct. 4, 1794 ; d. Oct. 15, 1805. II. Ephraim, b. Jan. 2, 1796 ; m. Charity Nourse, of Keene. III. Seraph, b. Sept. 12, 1797 ; d. Oct. 18, 1805. IV. Lucy, b. Oct. 14, 1799 ; m. Parley Eveleth, of K. V. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 18, 1801 ; d. Sept. 28, 1805. Ti. TaUtlia Sophronia, b. Oct. 22, 1803 ; d. Oct. 2, 1805. VII. Tabitha, b. Oct. 3, 1805 ; m. Henry H. Wheeler, Jeremiah Yulen came to P. ab. 1800, and after liv- ing a few y. on L 2 R 1 rem. to Packersfield (Nelson), N. H., ab. 1804. No b. rec. in town, but during his les. here he had 2 ch. d., who were buried on the lot east of the barn. The following were perhaps his older ch. I. Andrew was taxed in 1802. II. Sally, m. Jan. 8, 1807, Abner Stone, Jr., q.v. The m. was in P., but in the rec. she is called "of Packersfield." ADDITIONAL. BURBANK, continued from p. 499. Rev. Ltsander Tower Burbank, b. Nov. 24, 1828 ; m. May 16, 1860, Sarah Susanna, b. Peb. 26, 1838, dau. of Abraham Kipp and Catherine Prederiea (Bartholo- mew) Van Vleck, of New York City. Por some ac- count of JVIr. B. see p. 444. Oh. b. i.-v. in Bitlis, Turkey ; vi.-vii. in Herndon, Va. ; viii. in George- town, Neb. Res. in G. I. Frederick Lysander, b. Dec. 34, 1861. n. John Henry, b. June 28, 1863 ; d. Jan., 1864. III. Frank Van Vleck, b. Dec. 25, 1864. IV. Mary Susanna, b. May 26, 1866. V. Hannah Catherine, b. May 15, 1869. VI. Duriin, b. June 28, 1873 ; d. July, 1874. VII. Abraham Julian, b. Sept. 26, 1876. viiT. Agnes Josephine, b. Jan. 14, 1881. 800 HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM:. Eev. John Stillmai? Brown was b. in New Ipswich, K. H., April 26, 1806. He was the s. of Aaron Brown, who was the s. of Josiah Brown, who was the s. of John Brown, who was the s. of Thomas Brown, who was the s. of Boaz Brown, who was the s. of Thomas Brown, the emigrant ancestor, who came from England and settled in Concord, Mass., ab. 1640. Mr. B. obtained his early education in the public schools of his native town, and worked on his father's farm till the age of eighteen. In the fall of 1824 he went to Boston, and was employed for some time as a salesman m a dry-goods store. When he became of age he entered Phillips's Exeter Academy, and pursued his studies there for ab. two y. In 1829-30 he taught the Grammar School in Haverhill, Mass., for one y. In 1830 he entered the Sophomore Glass at Dartmouth College. In 1831-2 he taught school a y. in C. In 1832 he entered the Junior Class at Union College, Schenec- tady, N. Y., and graduated there in 1834 with the highest honors of his class. After graduation he taught for two y. the High School in Brattleboro, Vt. He was. m. Aug. 16, 1836, to Mary Ripley, of Green- field, Mass., and settled in Buffalo, N. Y., where for six y. he was a popular and successful teacher, at first in a private school for girls and afterward in the public schools of the city. In 1842 he rem. with his family to Brook Earm, Eoxbury, Mass. ; in 1844 he was appro- bated by the Connecticut River Unitarian Association as a preacher ; the same y. he came to F. and was ordained as minister over the First Congregational (Unitarian) Society. A brief reference to his labors here is made at p. 200. In 1855 he rem. to Ashby, Mass., and was installed pastor over the First Congre- gational Church, where he remained about three y. In the winter of 1857-8 he rem. to Kansas and settled in' Lawrence, where he still res. In the spring of 1860 he commenced preaching in the Unitarian Church in Law- rence, and for five y. regularly supplied the pulpit. In 1865 he established the Kansas Farmer, which by his tact and ability became a popular and influential paper. After three years' connection with the paper he was induced by a good offer to sell out his interest in it. Mr. B. served for three terms of two y. each as Super- intendent of the Public Schools in Douglas County, for one y. as Superintendent of the Public Schools in L., and for two y. as City Clerk. Though now more than fourscore years old, he enjoys good health, and is earnestly engaged in the post-ofiice mission work of the )\ ChA^