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PEEFACE. 
 
 The desire to know the history of one's ancestors, to perpetuate 
 the heroism and noble deeds of his forefathers, is well nigh Universal. 
 This feeling is not limited to civilized society, it is not peculiar to 
 people who have a written language. The wild Indian of the forest, 
 knowing nothing ot letters, in his own. peculiar way recounts to his 
 children the exploits of his fathers, and tradition does for him in part 
 what the historian does for an enlightened people. 
 
 It has long been the feeling of many of the citizens of Swanzey, of 
 those who love their home and revere the memory of those who have 
 gone before them, of those whose interests are identified with the 
 welfare of the town, that some measures should be taken to arrange, 
 preserve, and put in a readable form the record of those events in our 
 early history which could be obtained, and which were worthy of 
 preservation. 
 
 In 1856, Joseph Hammond, jr., was employed to copy some of the 
 ancient town records, many of which were almost obliterated and un- 
 intelligible. 
 
 In the warrant for the annual meeting in 1880 an article was in- 
 serted to see if the town would take measures to publish its early 
 history and raise money for the same. At this meeting A. A. Ware, 
 Benjamin Read, G. I. Cutler and H. H. Saunderson were chosen a 
 committee to investigate in regard to cost, etc., and report at the next 
 annual meeting. A similar article was inserted in 1881 and a verbal 
 report made at the meeting by the committee. The town, on the plea 
 of the existing indebtedness, voted to dismiss the article. In 1882 
 an attempt was again made but failed as before. In 1884 the town 
 " voted to raise five hundred dollars to be expended by the selectmen 
 towards writing and publishing the history of Swanzey." 
 
 Ciii) 
 
IV PREFACE. 
 
 During the season Benjamin Eead was employed to commence the 
 work and $226.52 was paid him for labor in collecting data for the 
 genealogical part of the history. 
 
 In March, 1885, it was "voted to raise five hundred dollars for 
 the completion of the town history in addition to what was raised last 
 year for this purpose. 
 
 "Voted that Joseph Hammond, Alonzo A. Ware and George I. Cut- 
 ler be the committee for the completion of the same." 
 
 As Mr. Read had commenced the work it was thought best to 
 employ him to complete it, which they did, contracting as follows : — 
 " Said Eead agrees to write said history containing about seven 
 hundred pages and four hundred words to a page, dating from the 
 earliest settlement of the township to the present time — to furnish all 
 diagrams and plans — exclusive of engravings — necessary to illustrate 
 the same, and to complete the whole in a workmanlike manner to the 
 satisfaction of the committee and ready for the press by April 1, 
 1886. Said committee in behalf of said town agree to pay said Read 
 for doing said work the sum of seven hundred dollars including the 
 amount he has already received for the same from the town, to be paid 
 in proportional instalments as the work progresses and is examined 
 and approved by said committee. All material prepared by said Read 
 for which he has or shall have received pay shall be the property of 
 the town subject to the disposal of the committee." 
 This contract was dated March 30, 1885. 
 
 In consequence of Mr. Read's finding the work of greater magni- 
 tude than he supposed, and of other employments which claimed his 
 attention, its completion has been delayed and the history brought 
 down to the present date. 
 
 The township map has been prepared expressly for the book and 
 gives the names of the resident population in 1890. 
 Swanzey, N. JS., August, 1892. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 Preface ......... iii 
 
 Contents ......... v 
 
 List of Portraits, Illustrations and Maps . . ix 
 
 Corrigenda ......... xi 
 
 Introductory ........ xiii 
 
 Chapter I. Topography — Situation, Water-courses, Min- 
 erals, Soil, Forest Trees, Fruits, Animals ... 1 
 Chapter II. The Indians of the Connecticut and Ashue- 
 LOT Valleys ........ 11 
 
 Chapter III. General Outline History — Township 
 granted, Names of Grantees, Proprietors' Records, Di- 
 visions of Land, Settlement of Province Boundary Line, 
 New Hampshire Charter, Land annexed from Richmond, 
 Disannexed to other towns. Committee of Safety, Beef 
 Tax, Vermont Controversy, Warning out of town, Paper- 
 money, Names of Settlers, Employment of the People, 
 Food, Dress, Farming and Household Implements, Wages. 35 
 
 Chapter IV. Military Affairs. — Early military move- 
 ments during the Revolutionary War, Soldiers at Bunker 
 Hill, Cambridge, Canada, Ticonderoga, etc.. Col. Ham- 
 mond's Ride, Beef for the Army, Bounties and Payments 
 to soldiers, War of 1812, Action of the Town in the War 
 of the Rebellion, Enlistment Drafts, Bounties Paid, Sol- 
 diers' Individual Record, Military Laws, Trainings and 
 Musters, Swanzey's Military Companies, Cavalry, Artil- 
 lery, Rifle Company, OfHcers of each. .... 102 
 
 Chapter V. Ecclesiastical — Congregational Church, 
 Formation, Early History, Members, Ministers, OfHcers, 
 Parsonage, Congregational Society, Names of Members, 
 OflJcers, Ladies' Society, Sunday School, Church Choir, 
 Society Funds, Meeting-Houses, Baptist Church, Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, Universalist Society. . . 154 
 
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vi CONTENTS. 
 
 Chapter VI. Educational — Early Votes pertaining to 
 Schools, School Districts, School Houses, Apparatus, Su- 
 pervision, Superintending Suhool Committee, Board of 
 Education, Appropriations, Division of School Money, 
 High School, Teachers, Text books, Spelling Schools, 
 Scliool Associations, Swanzey Academy, Libraries, Chau- 
 tauqua L. & S. Circle 184 
 
 Chapter VII. Highways and Bridges — Boston Roads, 
 Early layouts, Specimen Record, Sundry Roads, when built. 
 Old Turnpikes, Rates of Toll, "California" Road, "Willis" 
 Road, Bridges, when built. Cost of Construction, High- 
 way Surveyors, Prices of Labor ..... 201 
 
 Chapter VIII. Notes for State Officers, Presidential 
 Electors, etc. — Lists of Town officers, etc. . . . 207 
 
 Chapter IX. Swanzey Industries — Industries of West 
 Swanzey, Factory Village, East Swanzey, Westport, 
 Spragueville, Swanzey Centre, Graves' Place, Wilcox 
 Shop, Lane Mill on Bridge Brook, Other Mills, Stores, 
 Hotels, Brick-making, Tanneries, Palm-leaf Hats . . 220 
 
 Chapter X. Miscellaneous— Fatal Accidents, Murders, 
 Small Pox, Swanzey Cemeteries, Revolutionary Pensioners 
 in 1840, Epidemic at Westport, Professional Men, Mail 
 Carrying and Postmasters, Town Debt, Town Paupers, 
 Marking Sheep, A Rolling Stone, Rain and Snow Storms, 
 Cold Year, Grasshopper Year, Temperance, Boating on 
 the Ashuelot River, Justices of the Peace, Supervisors of 
 the Check List, Great Snow Storm, Secret Societies, 
 Bear and Wolf Stories 249 
 
 GENEALOGIES. 
 Chapter XL Genealogical Records. .... 271 
 
 Abbott, Adams, 271; Alexander, 272 ; Albee, Aldrich, 273; An- 
 derson, 277 ; Angler, Applin, 278 ; Austin, Atkinson, Avery, 281. 
 
 Babbit, Bailey, 281 ; Balch, Ball, 282 ; Baldwin, Ballon, 283 ; Banks, 
 286 ; Barden, Bartlett, Barrett, Battles, Bates, Baxter, 287 ; Beal, 
 Belding, 288 ; Bennett, 290 ; Beverstock, Bidwell, Bishop, 293 ; Blaci:. 
 Blake, 294 ; Bliss, Blodgett, BoUes, 295 ; Bourn, 296 ; Bou vier, Bowei , 
 Bowles, Boyce, 297; Bragg, Breed, Brewer, Bridge, 298; Bryant, 
 Britton, 299 ; Brooks, Brown, 300 ; Bucklin, 301 ; Buckman, BufTum, 
 Bullard, 302 ; Bullock, Bump, 303 ; Burke, Burnham, Byam, 304. 
 
CONTENTS. Vll 
 
 Calkins, 304 ; Caproii, 305 ; Carlton, 306 ; Carpenter, 307 ; Carr, 
 309 ; Carter, Cass, 310 ; Chamberlain, Clarlf, 311 ; Coburn, 312 ; Col- 
 lier, Conboy, Converse, Combs, Coolc, 313 ; Cooper, Corlis, Corey, 
 Cram, 315; Cresson, Cross, 316; Crossett, Crouch, 319; Cumraings, 
 320 ; Curtis, 322 ; Cutler, 323. 
 
 Danforth, Daniels, Davidson, Darling, 323 ; Day, Dickerman, 324 ; 
 Derby, Dickinson, 325 ; Dodge, Dolby, Downing, 328 ; Draper, 
 Drewry, Dunham, Dunton, Diirant, Duston, Dwinnel, 329. 
 
 Eames, 330; Eastman, Eaton, 332; Ellis, 333; Ellor, Emerson, 
 334; Emery, Evans, Eveletli, 335. 
 
 Fairbanks, Faulkner, Fainsworth, Farr, 336 ; Farris, Fassett, Fes- 
 senden. Field, 337; Fifleld, Fish, 338; Fitzgerald, Flint, '339 ; Fol- 
 let, Forbush, Forrestall, Foster, 340 ; Fowler, Fox, 341 ; Franklin, 
 Frary, Freeman, French, Frink, 342 ; Frost, Fuller, 343. 
 
 Gary, Gates, Gay, 344; Gilmore, Goddard, 345; Goodell, Good- 
 hue, Good now. Graves, 346 ; Granger, Greene, 348 ; Greenleaf, 349 ; 
 Griffith, Grimes, 350 ; Grogan, Guild, 351 ; Gunn, 352. 
 
 Hale, 353; Hall, Hamblet, 354 ; Hammond, 355 ; Handy, Hanra- 
 han, 361 ; Hardy, Hare, Harris, 362; Harvey, 363; Haskell, Hast- 
 ings, 364 ; Hazen, Hayes, Healey, Heaton, 365 ; Heffron, Henry, 366 ; 
 Hewes, 367 ; Higgins, Hill, 368 ; Hills, 371 ; Holbrook, 373 ; Hol- 
 man, Hosley, Holden. Houghton, Hovey, 380 ; Howard, 381 ; Howe, 
 382; Howes, 383; Hunt, 384; Huntly, 385. 
 
 Inman, Iredale, 385. 
 
 Jackson, 386 ; Jerome, Johnson, 387. 
 
 Kendall, Kiblin, Kidder, Kimball, 387 ; King, Kingsbury, Kinney, 
 388; Knight, 389. 
 
 Lamson, Lane, 389 ; Lawrence, Leach, 394 ; Lebourveau, Leon- 
 ard, 395; Lewis, Lincoln, Locke, Lombard, 396; Lonergan, Long, 
 397; Lord, Loveland, 398; Lovering, Lyman, 399. 
 
 Mack, Mann, McFarland, Mansfield, 399 ; Marble, Marcy, Marsh, 
 400 ; Marshall, Martin, Marvin, Mason, 401 ; Matthew.s, 403 ; Mead) 
 Mellen, Merriara, 404 ; Metcalf, Moore, 405 ; Morse, 406 ; Munsell, 
 Murdoek, Murdough, Murphy, 407. 
 
 Nadow, Nason, Naylon, Nelson, Newell, Newton, 408 ; Nichols, 
 Nicholson, Nittrowr, Norwood, 409. 
 
 Oakman, 409 ; Ockington, Olcott, 410 ; Oliver, Osborn, Osgood, 411. 
 
 Page, 412 ; Palmer, Parker, 414; Parkinson, Parsons, 415 ; Patch, 
 Partridge, Peasley, 417 ; Perham, Peck, Pelkey, Perry, 418 ; Peters, 
 419 ; Pluflf, Plummer, Pierce, Pomroy, 421 ; Porter, Potter, Prentice, 
 422 ; Prime, 423 ; Prouty, Puffer, 424. 
 
Vlll CONTENTS . 
 
 Quinn, 424. 
 
 Ramsey, Rarasdell, Raymond, 424; Randall, 426; Read, 427 
 Reed, 432 ; Rice, Rich, Richardson, 433 ; Rider, Ripley, Rixford 
 Robbins, 437 ; Robley, Rogers, Robinson, Rockwood, 438 ; Riigg 
 439 ; Russell, 440. 
 
 Sargent, Sawyer, 440; Scott, Seaver, 442; Sebastian, Sebastin 
 444; Sherman, Siraonds, Slate, 445; Smalley, Smead, 446 ; Smith 
 Snell, Snow, 447 ; Sonthworth, Sparhawk, Spofford, 449 ; Sprague. 
 Spring, Stanley, 450 ; Stanton, Starkey, 451 ; Stearns, 455 ; Steven 
 son, Stephenson, 457 ; Stoddard, Stone, 459 ; Stowell, Stratton, 461 
 Streeter, 463 ; Sumner, 464. 
 
 Taft, 465 ; Taggard, Talbot, 468 ; Taylor, Temple, Thatcher, 469 
 Thayer, Thompson, 470 ; Thorning, Towne,Trask, 475 ; Trowbridge, 
 476 ; Tucker, Twitcbel, 477. 
 
 Underwood, 478. 
 
 Verry, 478. 
 
 Ward, 479 ; Ware, 480; Warner, Warren, Watson, 481 ; Weeks, 
 Wetherbee, Wheeler, 482 ; Wheelock, Whitcomb, 483 ; Whittaker, 
 White, 494 ; Wilcox, Wilder, Willard, 495 ; Willis, Williams, 496 ; 
 Wilson, 497 ; Winch,Witliington, Wood, Woodcock, 499 ; Woodward, 
 501 ; Worcester, 502 ; Wright, 503. 
 
 Young, 504. 
 
 Chapter XII. Biographical and Supplementary — Indi- 
 vidual biographies, alphabetically arranged . . . 505 
 Appendix. Thomas Cresson's Will, Additional Records, etc. 575 
 Index 581 
 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Hon. Benjamin Read. .... Frontispiece 
 
 opp. Page 
 VIEWS. 
 
 View op West Swanzet, from Marcy Hill, looking west . 8 
 
 Boulder by C. H. Holbrook's House, near West Swanzey 16 
 
 Main Street, West Swanzet, looking west ... 48 
 Congregational Meeting House, Swanzet Centre, with 
 
 Mt. Caesar in background facing east . . . . 154 
 Town House and Mt. C^sar Union Librart, Swanzet 
 
 Centre, facing west ....... 169 
 
 View op Baptist and Universalist Meeting Houses, West 
 
 Swanzet, looking westerly . . . . . . 176 
 
 School House, West Swanzet, facing east .... 185 
 
 School House, No. 8, on Maple Hill .... 192 
 
 School House, East Swanzet, facing east . . . 200 
 
 Winchester Street, West Swanzbt, looking south . 206 
 
 Stephen Faulkner, . .... . 520 
 
 Albert B. Read, ..... . . 543 
 
 Simeon Cook ......... ^16 
 
 G. I. Cutler, M.D 518 
 
 Henry EIames 331 
 
 George W. Gat, M.D 524 
 
 Joseph Hammond ........ 359 
 
 Charles Holbrook ....... 528 
 
 Mellen R. Holbrook ....... 373 
 
 Enoch Howes ........ 381 
 
 Hon. Asa S. Kendall ....... 216 
 
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x illusteations. 
 
 Benjamin F. Lombard ...-•■• 533 
 
 David Parsons .....•••• ^^^ 
 
 JosiAH Parsons ......•• o40 
 
 I;dwjn F. Read 429 
 
 Edwin M. Read 430 
 
 N. Henrt Richardson 544: 
 
 Rev. Elisha Rockwood, D D 160 
 
 C. L. Russell 88 
 
 O. Spragde 241 
 
 Area Stearns .......■• 549 
 
 Edmund Stone ........ 245 
 
 Emery W.. Stratton ........ 128 
 
 George W. Stratton ....... 556 
 
 Isaac Stratton ........ 224 
 
 John Stratton ........ 461 
 
 Denman Thompson ....... 562 
 
 RuFus Thompson ........ 471 
 
 Alonzo a. "Ware ........ 664 
 
 Thomas J. Wetherbee ....... 144 
 
 H. R. Wbitcomb . 301 
 
 George E. "Whitoomb ....... 112 
 
 Irvine A. Whitcomb ....... 567 
 
 RoswELL "Whitcomb ....... 484 
 
 Hubbard "Williams ........ 348 
 
 Jdlius E. Wilson 498 
 
CORRIGENDA. 
 
 Page 64, line 12 from top, for Pelitia Kazey read Peletiah Razey. 
 
 Page 108, last line, for Nicols, read Nichols. 
 
 Pages 128, 140 and 152 for Aaron, Aaron B., and Aaron A. read 
 Aaron H Sumner. 
 
 Page 130, line 9 from top, for George Jackson read George H. Jack- 
 son. 
 
 Page 131, line 21 from top, for George Willis read George G. Willis. 
 
 Page 191, line 31 from top, for taught read introduced. 
 
 Pages 202, 203, 247, for Zina Taft read Zina G. Taft. 
 
 Page 241, line 3 from top, for Luman Seaver read Luman B. Sea- 
 ver. 
 
 Page 246, line 5 from top, for John Fitzgerald read Thomas Han- 
 rahan . 
 
 Page 247, line 20 from top, for Henry Morse 2d, read Henry R. 
 Morse. 
 
 Page 346, line 3 from bottom, for Elijah read Elisha. 
 
 Page 353, line 13 from top, for 1872 read 1873 ; for March 9 read 
 May 9. 
 
 Page 361, line 24 from top, for Clara read Flora. 
 
 Page 387, line 22 from top, for Roy read Ray ; line 23 from top, for 
 Martin E. read Mertie E. m. Charles R. Weeks. 
 
 Page 389, line 26 from top, for Baker read Brown. 
 
 Page 403, line 3 from top, for Rush read Ruth. 
 
 Page 413, line 3 from top, for Lyman read Rufus. 
 
 Page 415, line 2 from top, for Ann read Anna. 
 
 Page 419, line 29 from top, for Vt. read Mass. 
 
 Page 463, line 9 from top, for July 26, read Jan. 26, and for 1854 
 read 1857. 
 
 Page 465, line 25 from top, for Aug. 30 read June, and line 26 
 from top after May 30 read 1832. 
 
 Page 482, line 7 from top, after Ellen S. read daughter of Augus- 
 tus Gee; line 22 from top, for 1881 read 1841. ' 
 
 Page 483, line 2 from top, for Benjamin read Abel. 
 
 Page 499, line 13 from top, after d. read lives in Westmoreland. 
 
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INTRODUCTION, 
 
 In commencing to write the history of Swanzey, the compiler but 
 partially realized the amount of labor to be performed or the difficul- 
 ties to be surmounted in its execution. 
 
 More than one hundred and fifty years had elapsed since the town 
 was first settled. During that time no attempt had been made by 
 any one, to the writer's knowledge, to arrange and put in a connected 
 form the events of the past. 
 
 The principal sources relied upon for data have been the public 
 records of the proprietors and those of the town. Both of these are 
 somewhat defective — a part of each being lost. The missing volume 
 of the latter, and the most important, includes the years from 1794 
 to 1815. During this period the second meeting (town) house was 
 built, and the war with Great Britain occurred. Information drawn 
 from other sources partially fills these gaps. The records of the 
 Congregational and Baptist churches have been very well kept and 
 preserved — the former dating back to 1741, and the latter to the be- 
 ginning of the year 1792. Valuable statistics have been obtained 
 from both. Old family Bibles, the original owners of which have long 
 since passed away, give the dates of births, marriages and deaths of 
 many of former generations. The gravestones in our cemeteries 
 likewise tell the story of the past. All these and many other relics 
 have been consulted, together with state, county and army records. 
 Histories of towns in this immediate vicinity, and also some of those 
 whence the first settlers came, have been called into requisition. By 
 careful inquiry, traditional information has been obtained and embod- 
 ied in the work that might otherwise soon have passed into oblivion. 
 Much credit is due the late Isaac VV. Hammond (a native of this 
 county and whose ancestors lived in this town), state historian and 
 
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XIV INTRODUCTION. 
 
 compiler of historical sketches, for the interest he has manifested in 
 the success of this enterprise, and his readiness in furnishing data 
 from the archives at Concord. It may be proper to add that the com- 
 mittee chosen by the town to supervise the writing and publication of 
 this history, have generally acquiesced in the plan and general feat- 
 ures of the work as outlined by the compiler, but in a few instances 
 they have chosen to differ from him and take the responsibility of the 
 changes they have caused to be made. 
 
 Although entire accuracy in statement has been aimed at, it is 
 probable that many errors, especially in the genealogical part of the 
 work, wiU be discovered. These, if properly noted and corrected, 
 will enable the historian in after years to give a more reliable history 
 to our children. 
 
 Swanzey, 1892. Benjamin Read. 
 
CHAPTEE I. 
 
 Topography. 
 
 Situation — Watbr- Courses — Minerals — Soil — Forest Trees — Fruits 
 — Wild Animals — Birds — Fish — Snakes. 
 
 THE town of Swanzey lies some five miles to the soutli of Keeiie 
 nearly in the central part of Cheshire county and in the valley 
 of the Ashuelot upon what was once the bottom of a lake. 
 
 The following extract from Professor Hitchcock's Report of the Ge- 
 ological Survey of the State is illustrative of the character of this val- 
 ley about Swanzey : 
 
 "The principal valley of Clieshire county has its widest development 
 in Keene and Swanzey. When the ice melted here, this basin con- 
 tained for a short time a body of water somewhat larger and probably 
 deeper than Sunapee lake, which soon became filled by the alluvium 
 of floods which the retreating ice-sheet sent down by every tributary 
 from north, east and south. The Ashuelot river flows through this 
 basin, lying near its east side above Keene, but crosses to its west-side 
 in the nortli part of Swanzey. Its west portion in Keene is drained 
 by the last four miles of Ash Swamp brook. Three miles south from 
 Keene the Ashuelot river finds an avenue westward, along which it is 
 also bordered by low modifled drift for several miles. The straight 
 valley, however, continues to the south through Swanzey, being oc- 
 cupied by the South branch and Pond brook, with an alluvial area 
 which decreases from one mile to one-third of a mile in width. We, 
 thus here find a valley ten miles long from north to south, filled with 
 nearly level deposits which are but slightly higher than the streams and 
 bordered by steep and nearly continuous ranges of hills which rise 
 from 400 to 600 feet upon each side. This alluvium consists, almost 
 everywhere, of sand or fine gravel, perhaps extensively underlain by 
 
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2 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 clay which is worked for brick-making near the soutli edge of tlie city 
 of Keene. Its height is from 10 to 40 feet near the river, and the 
 whole plain was originally of the same height with the highest pro- 
 portions, which still occupy the greatest part of the allnvial area. 
 These are generally separated from the lower interval by steep escarp- 
 ments, which show that the difference in height is due to excavation 
 by the river. In the south part of Svvanzey we find occasional ter- 
 races, which are sometimes of coarse gravel, from sixty to seventy 
 feet above South Branch, showing that much material at first depos- 
 ited here was afterwards channelled out bj' this stream and carried 
 northward to the broad, low plains." 
 
 Thus, it will be seen, that three genera] divisions characterize the 
 surface of Swanzey. The first includes that which is elevated above 
 the plains, the second the plains, the third the intervals and .mead- 
 ows. ' 
 
 The hills and mountains are of granitic formation, generally un- 
 even, and some of them quite rough. Several of the highest eleva- 
 tions are designated mountains and are several hundred feet higher 
 than the adjacent plains. 
 
 The mountains are Mount Huggins, which is in the northeast corner 
 of the town ; Mount Cresson, west of the Ashuelot river, about a mile 
 from the Keene line ; Mount Csesar near the central part of the town ; 
 Peaked mountain in the southwest corner and Franklin mountain at 
 the northern base of which is " Westport ;" " Pine Hill" in the north- 
 western part of the town, at the north spur of which "stood the 
 home" of Joseph Cross, and "Cobble Hill," near the home of the 
 late John Grimes. All are interesting places to visit. 
 
 Everywhere upon uplands, hills and mountains are to be seen the 
 effects of the glacial period. In many places there are extensive drift 
 formations, of which a most noticeable one is at East Swanzey. On 
 many of the hills and mountains the loose rocks have been swept 
 away, leaving the underlying rocks smoothed off by the moving gla- 
 cier. Boulders are profusely distributed, large ones often lying upon 
 the drift, having been rounded and smoothed. Many large ones are 
 to be seen high up on the hills and mountains. A large one lies on 
 the top of Mount Csesar. The most conspicuous boulder is near 
 Charles Holbrook's house. It is of immense size and lies upon a'solid 
 granite surface, only a small central part touching the rock beneath, 
 giving it a prominent appearance. It has sheltered many flocks of 
 sheep from the summer's heat and winter's storm. 
 
 The boulders generally come from hills and mountains not far away, 
 
TOPOGRAPHY. 6 
 
 but some of them came from places evidently quite distant. They 
 must have been distributed at a period previous to the time when the 
 surface of the lowlands was formed and are not often to be seen 
 above the surface, having been buried to the depth of many feet un- 
 der clay and sand. 
 
 After the upheavals that raifeed our hills and mountains ; after they 
 had been ploughed and ground by the glacier ; after the glacier had 
 distributed the earths and rocks, leaving them profusely scattered 
 from the lowest valley to the highest mountain ; after heat and frost, 
 rain and atmosphere had disintegrated the surface rocks ; after an im- 
 mense amount of movable material had bj' mighty floods been brought 
 into the lake, and after this material had been levelled and smoothed 
 by the ceaseless motion of its water, then the barrier which had kept 
 the valley a lake for ages gradually wore away and the valley ceased 
 to be a lake. 
 
 The formation of rivers and brooks followed the draining of the 
 lake ; and from that time to the present their currents have been mould- 
 ing much of the surface into its present form. 
 
 Much the largest river in Swanzey is the Ashuelot. It enters the 
 town nearly at the centre of the north line and flows In a south and 
 southwesterly direction. It has cut down to the primitive rocks in three 
 places, — at Westport, at West Swanzey, and at a place less than two 
 miles above West Swanzey. Before it was obstructed by dams, it had 
 a fall of some twenty-four feet in passing a distance of about six 
 miles in the town ; ten feet of this fall were at Westport, ten at West 
 Swanzey and four feet above West Swanzey. Its channel is gener- 
 ally deep and its movement sluggish. 
 
 Much the largest of the other streams is the South branch which 
 enters the town from the soutiiwest corner of Marlborough, flows 
 some three miles in a southwesterly direction and then runs about 
 five miles west and north, entering the Ashuelot about a mile from 
 Keene line. It has not apparently cut down to the primitive rocks 
 at any place. For the first three miles it has considerable fall, and 
 its bed most of the way is stony. The rest of the way the bed is 
 sandy and the fall light. Its fall from the Marlborough line to the 
 Ashuelot river is probably somewhat over a hundred feet. 
 
 Pond brook runs from Swanzey pond in an easterly direction to the 
 South branch. Its fall is slight. Two small streams enter the town 
 from Richmond and connect with Pond brook. The east one has a 
 slow current without falls ; the west one is smaller and more rapid. 
 
 Hyponeco brook, an Indian name, has its source upon the east side 
 
4 HISTORY OF SWANZEr. 
 
 of the Ashuelot range of mountains and reaches the Ashuelot river 
 by a circuitous route, a short distance above Westport. 
 
 California broolj has its source in Cliesterfield. Its direction is 
 east of south and it enters the Ashuelot between West Swanzey and 
 Westport. 
 
 Eixford brook runs some distance through the extreme west part of 
 Swanzey. It rises in Chesterfield and flows into the Ashuelot in 
 Winchester some distance below Swanzey line. 
 
 Swanzey pond is a natural body of water. It is about a mile and 
 a half southwest of Swanzey Centre. It covers about one hundred 
 acres and is fed by small brooks and springs. The water is quite 
 clear and pure. 
 
 MINERALS. 
 
 Swanzey is not a mining town, yet magnetite and graphite exist in 
 considerable quantities. Potstone is also found. 
 
 Magnetite is found in such quantities in some parts of the state 
 that efforts have been made to mine it, especially at the Franconia 
 mine in Lisbon. In Swanzey may be found very good specimens of 
 the crystal, especially toward the Marlborough line. 
 
 Graphite or plumbago occurs in the rocks of Swanzey, but not to an 
 extent to justify mining operations as at Nelson or Goshen. 
 
 From the northwest side of Franklin mountain, stone was quarried 
 for the Episcopal church in Keene. The ridges of gneiss crop out in 
 several places in Swanzey, especially east of Swanzey pond. 
 
 SOIL. 
 
 The State of New Hampshire is covered with soil of four kinds. 
 The Connecticut valley is covered with a soil derived from calcareous 
 rocks, and it is this soil which is the ricliest and most valuable of the 
 four ; but as we pass to the eastward we reach a basin composed of 
 gneissic and granitic soils, which has the least value of all. It is in 
 this basin that Swanzey lies. 
 
 The greater part of the state is underlain by gneiss, — practically 
 the same as granite — but which produces a better soil than granite. 
 The soluble element present is usually potash, from ten to twelve per 
 cent, a valuable substance to be added to the soil. 
 
 When the land in Swanzey was first cleared, the soil, enriched by 
 vegetation, produced excellent crops, but when subjected to the ordi- 
 nary operations of farming soon became exhausted. 
 
 The inevitable result has been that lands once occupied as farms 
 
TOPOGRAPHY. 5 
 
 have been abandoned, and the cellar holes and other remains are all 
 that exist to show where was once the home of a prosperous farmer. 
 
 There still remains, however, considerable land in the hills which 
 produces good crops and upon which the owners still live, and there 
 is no probability, with the improvements in farming now in vogue, 
 that they will ever be abandoned. 
 
 The plains of the town are quite extensive, and it is upon these 
 plains that most of the varied crops of rye, corn, beans and buck- 
 wheat have been raised, together with flax, oats and potatoes. 
 
 The quantity of hay cut upon the plains has always been compara- 
 tively small. The soil here has not sufficient clay in its composition 
 to render it productive without constant enriching, and extended 
 droughts, doubtless brought about by the destruction of our forests, 
 affect the raising of good crops upon this land. 
 
 The extensive forests, especially upon hills, are the safeguard of the 
 farmer. The rains are absorbed and held through their agency and 
 the freshets are therefore avoided, while the evaporations take place 
 at the spot where the rain fell, not from the lakes and ocean into which 
 the streams, swollen by freshets pour ; thus there is a more equal dis- 
 tribution of rain in the neighborhood of the hills. 
 
 It is a significant fact that, in the northern portion of the state 
 which has less rain than the southern and central portions, the hay 
 crops are often above the average the same years that the hay crops 
 in the south are poor on account of drought. This is because the 
 northern portions have extensive forests which hold the moisture dur- 
 ing what would otherwise be periods of drought. 
 
 Farm buildings quite generally are located upon the plains and up- 
 on this land water may be obtained without excavating to a great 
 depth, as there is a solid clay formation below the sand which insures 
 a good and pure supply of water. 
 
 A mineral spring in the north part of the town on the border of 
 Great meadow has obtained considerable notoriety. 
 
 The large amount of meadow upon the Ashuelot river, the South 
 branch and numerous brooks, has been the foundation of most of the 
 farming since the town was settled. Large quantities of hay are taken 
 from these meadows annually, without the application of manure, 
 their production being kept up by occasional overflowing of water. 
 They generally have a clay soil, as they lie below the line which- sep- 
 arates the clay earth from the sandy earth. They are adapted to 
 high cultivation and are now much appreciated for this purpose. 
 
HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 FOREST TREES. 
 
 Swanzey, to-day, has but one-third of its surface covered with for- 
 est trees. Throughout this region the chestnut was once a common 
 tree, although to-day comparatively scarce. 
 
 Before the denudation Of the land of the primitive forest, the 
 white pine was the most numerous of our forest trees, growing 
 everywhere, but particularly adapted to the plains. This tree sup- 
 plied the most excellent timber and was highly appreciated by the col- 
 onists before the British government caused the broad arrow to be af- 
 fixed upon the choicest trees as a sign that they were to be used only 
 for the King's navy. 
 
 Among other trees of this group the Norway and pitch pine were 
 found in some quantity ; the first particularly in the southeastern 
 corner of tlie town. 
 
 Hemlock was, next to the pine, the most abundant and was found 
 upon the hills and intervales. 
 
 Red oak was more common than white, which was found more es- 
 pecially in the southwestern portions. The first of these varieties 
 were often of good size. 
 
 Upon the clayey soils the elms flourished to a considerable extent, 
 such a soil l)eing particularly adapted for their growth. 
 
 Of hard wood trees, the beech was most numerous, while of the 
 birches, the white was the most common growing on a lighter soil than 
 either tlie black or yellow variety. 
 
 Rock maple occurs in considerable numbers upon the intervales and 
 hills, but is not to be considered as one of the principal forest trees. 
 
 Although not so stately as the rock maple, the red, and white, or 
 river maple, occur to some extent, and the first, particularly, was per- 
 haps more widely distributed than the red maple. 
 
 One of the trees, once common in the central and western portions 
 of the town, yet rare in the eastern, was the walnut. The chestnut 
 was most abundant in the southwest part. 
 
 Much of the sandy land of the town was congenial to the growth 
 of the poplar, and next to the pine and hemlock was the most com- 
 mon tree. 
 
 The black and little red cherry were common trees, and to-day the 
 choke cherry, which was but little known to the early settlers, is fast 
 monopolizing the waysides and river banks. 
 
 Upon the rich moist upland the white ash thrived, and the black ash 
 was common upon the swamps and meadows. 
 
TOPOGRAPHY. 7 
 
 A limited number of basswood and butternuts were found upon 
 the uplands, and spruces and buttonvvood along the river bottoms and 
 swamps. 
 
 Tlie growth of white pine and grey birch is increasing, as much of 
 the cleared land has been abandoned and has grown up to brush, 
 whicli easily gives way to the pine and birch. The gradual reclothing 
 of our hillsides with forest trees is a matter of great satisfaction to all 
 interested in the farming interests of the state. A careful and sys- 
 tematic cutting of timber is conducive to the better and healthier 
 growth of the remaining trees and at the same time does not injure 
 the source from which the profit is derived. We may turn to many of 
 the older communities in Europe and learn much in this regard ; for 
 there the stripping of forests is expressly forbidden, yet no com- 
 plaints are heard, as the owners realize it is better to draw a small but 
 assured income yearly from the ownership of tlieir forests than to use 
 the whole at once and obtain a comparatively small amount, besides 
 destroying the great storehouse of moisture. 
 
 FRUITS. 
 
 Tiie blackberry, raspberry, strawberry and blueberry are the prin- 
 cipal native fruits and grow extensively' upon land which has been 
 burned over and partially cleared. The strawberry is most abundant 
 upon mowing fields cleared within a few years. 
 
 The blueberry was not abundant in olden times, but is increasing 
 especially in old, moist pastures long since deserted bj' the cattle. 
 
 The wild grape grows upon the intervales and produces very good 
 fruit, although the improvement of the land has not tended to better 
 its quality. 
 
 AVILD ANIMALS. 
 
 The native animals that were known to the early settlers and which 
 became nearly extinct here many years since, were the wolf, bear, 
 catamount, lynx, beaver, otter and deer. Those which caused the in- 
 habitants the most annoyance were the wolf and bear. It is not known 
 that any person in the town ever suffered personal harm by either of 
 these animals, but their habits were known to be such that persons 
 living in secluded places or travelling through forests remote from 
 settlements, were in constant dread of encountering them ; this was 
 particularly the case with women and children. 
 
 The loss of sheep, caused by the depredations of these animals, was 
 a constant annoyance, and the state awarded a bounty of six pounds 
 
8 HISTORY OF SWANZEr. 
 
 for the killing of each wolf, and in 1787 Joseph Whitcomb, 3d, and 
 in 1789, Thomas Greene and Jonathan Woodcock each obtained the 
 reward. 
 
 The killing of wolves was considered of so much consequence that 
 arrangements would be made for a wolf hunt which would draw out 
 hundreds of persons, who would surround some dense forest, usually 
 a swamp, which was supposed to be the wolves' haunt, and then close 
 in from all sides and entrap the animals. 
 
 One of the noted places for these hunts was the swamp in the 
 west part of what is now Troy. Some of these wolf hunts were made 
 on so extensive a scale as to surround some part of Mt. Monadnock. 
 
 The bear, though less dreaded than the wolf, was not an animal for 
 whicli the people had any particular affection. Night was the time 
 for Bruin to take a look about the farm houses and appropriate such 
 domestic animals as might have been left exposed to its depredations. 
 Incidents have been related as having occurred from apprehension that 
 a bear was around one's dwelling which were both laughable and pro- 
 voking ; one man having shot in the dark and killed a supposed bear 
 prowling about his premises, carried the carcass into his house, oi>ly 
 to be asked by a youngster, " Do bears have hoofs?" The bear be- 
 came a black sheep. Another man, mistaking in the dark his black 
 cow for a bear, shot and killed it. 
 
 Since the beginning of the present century but few bears or wolves 
 have been seen in this vicinity. 
 
 Catamounts were not often encountered even by the first settlers, 
 and when they were it was in some secluded place. John WTiitcomb, 
 1st, and one of the Hammonds, while hunting upon Bear hill in the 
 south part of the town, were attracted by the barking of their dog 
 to a place where they found him in a deep, dark recess of a ledge. 
 In their anxiety to ascertain what the dog was barking at, one of them 
 crawled into the ledge and soon saw, through the dark, the glare of 
 the eyeballs of an animal which he shot with deadly effect ; the crea- 
 ture, afterward found to be a catamount, jumped and caught the dog 
 in its mouth, both dying there together. 
 
 Lynxes and wild-cats were never common, but it maj' not be said 
 that they have become entirely extinct, as occasional!}' reports are 
 circulated that one of these animals has been seen or killed. 
 
 It is not probable that beavers were very plentiful here when the town 
 was first settled, and the only place the writer has seen where they 
 lived is on California brook. Some of the old conveyances of land 
 upon that brook make mention that the land was above or below the 
 
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 beaver dam. It is probable they did live on other broolis, but the fact 
 is not authenticated. 
 
 It is known that otters have lingered about some of the waters of 
 the town nearly down to the present time. 
 
 Of all the native animals the deer was the favorite with the early 
 settlers. Its value for food, its innocent nature and its sportive char- 
 acter made the people anxious that it should not become extinct. To 
 protect them from wanton destruction, laws were made and deer- 
 reeves chosen by the town to see that the laws were enforced. The 
 effort was a vain one and but few have been seen in the town for the 
 last ninety years. 
 
 The fox, woodchuck, skunk, hedgehog, raccoon, rabbit, musk-rat, 
 mink, the grey, red, striped and flying squirrel are here and most of 
 them quite as plentiful as they were in former years. 
 
 BIRDS. 
 
 The migration of flocks of wild geese going north in the spring and 
 south in the fall is occasionally seen at the present time, but their num- 
 ber has been diminishing from year to year. It is not known that 
 they ever had their haunts here during summer. 
 
 The wild turkey was a valuable bird in early times. Considerable 
 numbers of them once lived where they could feed upon nuts-and have 
 the south side of a hill for their haunt in the winter. It v^as nearly 
 a hundred years from the time the town was settled before they be- 
 came entirely extinct. 
 
 The two birds which have furnished the principal sport for the gun- 
 ner are the pigeon and partridge. The pigeons come north in the 
 spring in flocks and return south in the fall. After their advent in 
 the spring they separate into pairs and are found during summer more 
 generally in dense forests than elsewhere. Late in the summer they 
 begin to congregate into flocks. Fifty years ago they were so num- 
 erous that some men did quite a business in catching them with nets. 
 They were attracted to particular places by having grain fed to them 
 upon beds, and while eating a net vcas sprung over them. Often a 
 number of dozens were caught at a time. Their numbers have been 
 constantly diminishing. Partridges are much hunted, but they do not 
 appear to decrease. 
 
 Eobins, swallows, martins, wrens and whip-poor-wills are a privi- 
 leged class of birds. Seldom have they been destroyed by the most 
 reckless boy. Robins in the fields and swallows about the barn are 
 more plentiful than in early years. Very few cages at farmhouses are 
 
10 HISTORY or SWANZEY. 
 
 now provided for martins and wrens, as their numbers have been con- 
 stantly decreasing. Whip-poor-wills are likely to flock here in large 
 numbers for a summer abode, and their peculiar notes will continue 
 to be heard morning and evening. 
 
 Crows and hawks have maintained their existence against all efforts 
 for their destruction. The depredations of crows in the corn fields 
 and of the hawks in the poultry yards have made them the farmers' 
 hated birds ; although a decrease in the number of the latter have 
 made them less annoying than formerly. 
 
 Our meadows still resound with the music of the bobolinks and the 
 woods with that of the brown thrasher. 
 
 Wild ducks, fish hawks, eagles, owls, cranes, snipes and loons have 
 all had their haunts here, but their numbers have been too limited to 
 aflferd sportsmen more than an occasional opportunity to capture 
 them. 
 
 FISH. 
 
 Before dams were constructed on the Connecticut and Ashuelot riv- 
 ers, salmon, shad and lamprey eels frequented the large streams of 
 the town in such numbers that they constituted an important article of 
 food. Of the other fish, trout was the most valuable during the early 
 years of tlie settlement. The South branch and some of the large 
 brooks once contained many large trout. Eefuse from mills has made 
 the water uncongenial to this fish. In some streams, anglers have 
 not been slow in their efforts to capture the shining beauties; con- 
 sequently but few trout of good size are to be found in anj' of the 
 streams in the town. Small-sized trout are still quite numerous in 
 some of the small brooks. No great change has taken place in the 
 size or number of the other native fishes. 
 
 SNAKES. 
 
 Of the snakes it is supposed that the black snake is the only one 
 that made its advent here since the town was settled. Quite a sensa- 
 tion was created some sixty years ago by a report that a black snake 
 had been seen in the southeast part of the town. Since then they 
 have been increasing and are now quite common. 
 
 One of the annoyances to the inhabitants in early times was the flea. 
 The primitive houses and their surroundings afforded means for their 
 propagation in large numbers, and their bite was a torment espec- 
 ially to children. In recent years people have suffered but little from 
 them. 
 
CHAPTEE II. 
 
 The Indians of the Connecticut and Ashuelot Valleys. 
 
 Indian wigwams and Relics — Statements of Blake and Wheblock — Im- 
 
 PLUMEXTS AT SaND BaNK— INDIAN DaM— PuENCH AND InDIAS RaIDS AT 
 SWANZEY, KekNE, WINCHESTER, HiNSDAXB, NORTHFIBLD, CHARLESTOWN 
 
 AND Putney — Men, "Women and Children captured, scalped and mur- 
 dered — Towns abandoned — Muster Roll at Forts. 
 
 THE name of the tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the Ashue- 
 lot valley was Squakheag. The territory occupied by the tribe 
 extended northward to the headwaters of the Ashuelot river, eastward 
 to Mount Monadnock, south to Miller's river, and several miles west of 
 the Connecticut river. This territory was abandoned by the Indians 
 several years before it was granted by Massachusetts to the first white 
 proprietors. It is not known that there is any deed in existence by 
 which the Indians conveyed away these lands, neither is it known that 
 they ever complained of having their possessions here wrongfully taken 
 from them. It is not definitely known where the Indians went when 
 they left here, but probably they mingled with those higher up on the 
 Connecticut river, or went to the St. Francis' tribe in Canada. This 
 tribe claimed the temtory in the northern part of New Hampshire and 
 Vermont. They had numerous settlements in different parts of their 
 territory, usually near the banks of the larger streams, in locations fa- 
 vorable for hunting and fishing, raising corn and pumpkins. The 
 wigwam was the Indians' habitation. Its common form was circular, 
 made of sticks stuck in the ground, converging at the top, and leav- 
 ing an aperture for the escape of smoke. Two low openings on op- 
 posite sides answered for doors. Boughs of trees and turf served for 
 its covering, and skins of animals and mats for most of its furniture. 
 The Indians lived mostly on nuts, corn, pumpkins, the flesh of an- 
 imals and fish. They had kettles made of soapstone in which they 
 boiled vegetables, and other utensils that held water and were used 
 in cooking. Hot stones were placed in vessels of water to heat it. 
 
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12 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 They used a kind of spit for cooking large pieces of meat. Fish were 
 cooked just as they were taken from the water ; Toirds were plucked but 
 not otherwise dressed ; small animals were roasted whole and eaten 
 without having their entrails taken out. Corn was pounded into coarse 
 meal and made into samp ; it was sometimes parched and pounded fine, 
 mixed with suet and made into balls and called nokake. Pumpkins 
 were cut into strips and dried in the sun. They smoked and dried fish 
 to preserve them. They were expert in killing game with arrows, and 
 capturing it with traps and yank-ups. To kill the trees and burn 
 the brush where they wished to raise their corn and pumpkins, fire 
 was relied upon, as but a small part of the Indians' time was em- 
 ployed in cultivating land ; they naturally incline to live by hunting 
 and fishing. 
 
 That there was once a large settlement of Indians at the Sand Bank, 
 on the southeast side of Ashuelot river near Sawyer's Crossing, is too 
 evident to be doubted. Traces of an irregular fortification inclosing 
 several acres of ground still exist. It must have been here that large 
 quantities of implements were made for hunting and fishing. Frag- 
 ments of hard white quartz, which were broken from the rocks from 
 which they made their implements, are now to be seen in the sand. 
 These relics were once too common to induce people to preserve them, 
 and but few have been collected and they are in possession of Swanzey 
 people. The drifting sand will soon obliterate and hide from our view 
 all these mementos of the race of people that once roamed over these 
 plains where we now securely dwell. 
 
 Messrs. Geo. A. Wheelock, Hiram Blake and F. K. Pratt of Keene 
 have taken much interest in collecting and preserving these Indian 
 relics. Mr. Blake has furnished the compiler with a schedule of these 
 remains found at the Sand Bank, among which are the following : — 
 
 A stone pestle, fourteen and one-half inches long, well finished from 
 a hard grey stone ; a chisel, six inches long, well finished ; a small 
 gouge three and one-half inches long, well finished ; an unfinished 
 gouge five and one-half inches long, roughly worked into shape ; a 
 collection of ten arrowheads made of quartz and flint, varying from 
 one inch to three inches in length, some of which are very fine 
 specimens, several are broken at the points but most are perfect ; 
 a very fine small quartz arrowhead ; three arrowheads made of the 
 same stone as the chippings or fragments which are still found lying 
 about on the Sand Bank — these fragments excepting the quartz, are 
 of a stone foreign to this part of the country ; numerous specimens 
 or pieces of Indian pottery, some of which show evidence of orna- 
 mentation. 
 
INDIANS. 13 
 
 On the farm of Jonas L. Moore were found, by Mr. Pratt, a little 
 below the Sand Bank, a large flint spearhead and four flint arrow- 
 heads of peculiar shape. On Asa Smith's farm a spearhead four and 
 one-half inches long, the top part broken off; also an arrowhead 
 with shank broken, made of flint. 
 
 An arrowhead of jasper, very fine, found by Benjamin Whitcomb 
 on his farm at West Swanzey. 
 
 A few years ago as Charles L. Ball was ploughing on the side hill 
 south of his house about five rods from the river his plough came 
 in contact with what proved to be a human skull and exposed it in 
 the furrow, and also twenty-four teeth, and on further examination of 
 the ground he ascertained that a grave had been made in the sand 
 about two and a half feet long, two feet wide and two feet deep when 
 made, and was probably deeper as the surface appeared to have been 
 washed or worn away : In the west end and facing the east, in a sit- 
 ting posture was the skeleton of a human body ; the hands, arms, 
 chest, limbs, spinal column and feet, all, when the earth was removed 
 settled in a mass, and was probably that of an Indian girl from fifteen 
 to twenty years of age as determined by the size of the frame and po- 
 sition of the wisdom teeth. The sex was determined by hip bones and 
 pelvis and the absence of such relics and implements in the grave as 
 are usually buried with the opposite sex. He also found in the 
 same land, arrowheads and two hatchets. The grave was in clear, 
 white sand, and that the sand had been moved only within the limits 
 of the grave, was distinctly to be seen. Near the river bank were 
 some twenty places of from two and a half to three feet in diameter 
 where fires seemed to have been kept burning for an indefinite period 
 of time, and, from the surroundings and the situation it was an Indi- 
 an camping ground for the winter. 
 
 Mr. Blake says : — " The sand bank, so called, is evidently the site 
 of an Indian village, and bears strong evidence of having been forti- 
 fied. A dark line of earth mixed with ashes and cha'rcoal extends 
 nearly around an enclosure of several acres. This may have been the 
 line of a palisade or row of stakes stuck in the ground for the purpose 
 of defence. The sand has drifted so much of late years that the line 
 . is very indistinct or nearly gone. Old residents of the locality state 
 that when they were boys Indian relics were readily picked up on the 
 spot, but few of them were preserved. The large quantity of chip- 
 pings now found there as well as occasional pieces of pottery, indi- 
 cate that these implements of war and domestic economy were made 
 on the spot, and that for a time it was a permanent stopping place for 
 the Indians," 
 
14 HISTORY OF 8WANZET. 
 
 Mr. Pratt states that he dug up, near this dark line of earth above 
 mentioned, a clay vessel nearly entire, but that it soon crumbled in 
 pieces when exposed to the air. Mr. Wheelock published in 1888, 
 in the New England Observer, the following description of the Indian 
 dam which is in the Ashuelot river between the Sand Bank and West 
 Swanzey : 
 
 " The low water in the Ashuelot, occasioned by the repairs at the 
 Swanzey mill has exposed the old traditional Indian dam two miles 
 above. Indians were lazy, and this work of theirs is the more sur- 
 prising on this account ; perhaps there is nothing like it in the state. 
 The river at this point is now almost a rapid and strewn with boulders 
 for thirty rods or so. It is less than a hundred feet wide, but the dam 
 being in the shape of a harrow pointing down stream is more than that 
 distance. By skilful stepping it is possible to pass the point of the 
 harrow, the apex of the dam, and somewhat farther. It is made of 
 stones such as a man could lift, picked up in the stream above. It 
 varies from six to tvvelve feet in thickness, according to the depth of 
 water. It looks like a tumbled down wall mixed with gravel, but it 
 must have cost weeks of labor. It is natural to suppose that the dam 
 was made to aid in fishing for salmon with nets and spears. Below 
 the dam is aflat boulder reached by stepping stones. Here stood the 
 young brave and watched the silver-bellied salmon, and struck at him 
 with his flint-pointed spear. Near by the old dam lives Jonas L. 
 Moore. Here lived his father and grandfather before him. For one 
 hundred and thirty years this has been called the Indian dam. Mr. 
 Moore's father, in his boyhood, used to cross the river on the wall. 
 The reason it is now so unlvnown is because the eel grass in the back 
 water of the pond covers and conceals it. The Observer's represen- 
 tative was shown a beautiful spearpoint of Twin mountain flint. The 
 elder Moore dug up a half peck of arrow and spearheads, all in one 
 pocket. They were carelessly left on a stump and lost years ago. 
 Some twenty Indian fire-places have been ploughed up here. These 
 were simply circles in the middle of the wigwam, paved with stones 
 from the river. The Swanzey Antiquarian Society should have a draw- 
 ing of this dam showing the two eastern wings and the boulder." 
 
 How much of the land in the vicinity of the Sand Bank had been 
 subject to the rude cultivation practised by the Indians is not known. 
 The fact that the first proprietors of Swanzey directed their attention 
 to the meadow land on the Ashuelot above the Sand Bank and to the 
 north part of the meadow on the South Branch, indicates that those 
 meadows were found to be in condition to be easily brought under cul- 
 tivation. 
 
INDIANS. 15 
 
 The year 1745 found settlements in Swanzey, Keene, Winchester, 
 Hinsdale, Putney and Charlestown. The settlement in most of these 
 towns commenced about ten years previous to this time. They had 
 now a small population of hardy, industrious people. Meeting houses 
 had been built in Keene and Winchester and a schoolhouse in Swan- 
 zey. Churches had been formed in Swanzey, Keene and Winchester, 
 and ministers settled. Eoads had been constructed between some of 
 the towns, and in most of the towns a saw mill and a grist mill had 
 been built. Much land had been cleared and numerous houses built. 
 As already stated the Indians had left the locality before these settle- 
 ments commenced and gave the settlers no trouble during these first 
 few years. England and France were at war in 1745, and the war was 
 transmitted to their colonies in America. 
 
 The St. Francis Indians instigated by the government of Canada, 
 and with the Squakheags for allies, commenced the work of burning 
 buildings, capturing, scalping and murdering the people of the Eng- 
 lish colonies. 
 
 March 26, 1745. The Indians burned the house of Rev. Timothy 
 Harrington, of Swanzey. The house stood upon Meeting House Hill 
 (on the Carpenter farm) . 
 
 July 5. Two Indians took William Phips of Putney as he was hoe- 
 ing corn. When they had carried him half a mile one of them went 
 down a steep hill to fetch something which had been left. In his ab- 
 sence Phips, with his hoe, knocked down the Indian who was with 
 him, and then seizing the Indian's gun shot the other as he ascended 
 the hill. Phips was subsequently killed by three other Indians. The 
 Indian whom Phips knocked down with his hoe died of his wound. 
 
 July 10. Deacon Josiah Fisher of Keene was killed as he was driv- 
 ing his cow to pasture. He was found dead and scalped in the road, 
 near where the Lamson block now stands on Main street. 
 
 Oct. 12. The garrison at Putney was attacked by French and Indians. 
 It was defended with so much bravery that they failed to capture it. 
 The Indians had one of their number killed. At the time the fort was 
 attacked Nehemiah How was cutting wood about eighty rods from the 
 fort. He was discovered and captured and no attempt was made for 
 his rescue. As the enemy were leading How up the West bank of Con- 
 necticut river David Rugg and Robert Baker were discovered crossing 
 the river in a canoe. They were fired upon and Rugg was killed ; 
 Baker made for the opposite shore and escaped. Rugg was scalped and 
 the scalp was placed on the top of a long pole and carried through 
 Charlestown to Crown Point in triumph. How, the prisoner, was 
 
16 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 carried to Quebec where he died in prison. At the time How was 
 captured the enemy killed some of the cattle and drove some away. 
 
 April 19, 1746. A party of about forty French and Indians, under 
 command of Ensign De Neverville, appeared at Charlestown and cap- 
 tured Capt. John Spofford, Lieut. Isaac Parker and Steven Farns- 
 worth. Captain Spofford had built a saw mill and a grist mill two 
 years previous. He with the other men had been to the mill for boards 
 with four oxen. As they were returning they were ambushed, cap- 
 tured and taken to Canada. After some time they were permitted to 
 return to Boston under a flag of truce. Capt. Spofford's mills were 
 burned, the oxen killed, and their tongues cut out. 
 
 April 23. A numerous band of Indians made their appearance in 
 Keene. They were discovered by Ephraim Dorman early in the morn- 
 ing, in what was then a swamp east of the settlement. Mr. Dorman 
 was out looking for his cow. He immediately gave an alarm by crying, 
 Indians ! Indians ! and ran for the fort. Two Indians, who were con- 
 cealed in bushes between him and the fort, sprang forward, aimed their 
 pieces at him and fired, neither hitting him. Throwing away their 
 arms, they then endeavored to capture him. Mr. Dorman, being a 
 strong man, knocked one of them senseless ; with the other he had a 
 sharp contest, stripped him of his blanket, leaving him nearly naked. 
 He made his escape and reached the fort in safety. 
 
 Most of the people were in the fort when the alarm was given ; some 
 were out attending to their cattle. Those who were out and in hear- 
 ing distance rushed for the fort. A Mrs. Kinney had gone to a barn 
 to milk her cow. She was aged and corpulent, and could walk only 
 slowly. Before she reached the fort she was fatally stabbed in the 
 back. John BuUard was at his barn. He endeavored to reach the 
 fort, but was fatally shot in the back just before he reached it. He 
 was carried in and expired in a few hours. A Mrs. Clark was at a 
 barn about fifty rods from the fort. As she started for it, an Indian 
 undertook to capture her. She gathered her clothes about her waist, 
 and ran pursued by the Indian, who threw away his gun that he might 
 outrun her. She, animated by the cheers of her friends, outran him 
 and reached the fort in safety. 
 
 Nathan Blake was at his barn ; hearing the cry of Indians, and pre- 
 suming that his barn would be burned, he determined that his cattle 
 should not be burned with it. Throwing open his stable door, he let 
 them loose. Considering that his retreat to the fort was cut off, he 
 went out at a back door, intending to secrete himself at the only place 
 where the river could be crossed. He had gone but a few steps when 
 
INDIANS. 17 
 
 '"'as hailed by a party of Indians concealed in a shop between him 
 and the street. Looking back he saw several guns pointed at him, and 
 at this instant several Indians started up from their place of conceal- 
 ment near him. Feeling himself in their power he gave himself up. 
 They shook hands with him, and to the remark he made that he had 
 not yet breakfasted, they smilingly replied that it must be a poor Eng- 
 lishman who could not go to Canada without his breakfast. 
 
 Mr. Blake was pinioned and conducted by an Indian into the woods 
 and started for Canada. At Montreal he, with another person by the 
 name of Warren, was compelled to run the gauntlet. Warren re- 
 ceived a blow in the face for which he knocked down the Indian who 
 gave it. For this he was assaulted by several Indians who beat him 
 unmercifully, by which he was made a cripple for life. Blake ex- 
 hibited more patience and fortitude and received no considerable in- 
 jury. He was then conducted to Quebec, and from there to an Indian 
 village several miles north. 
 
 Mr. Blake was a strong, athletic man. He could run with great 
 speed, and was put to many tricks with Indians whom he beat. To have 
 him beaten, a celebrated Indian runner was procured to run against 
 him. At the time the race was to be run the whole tribe assembled. 
 A Frenchman from Quebec was present, and, seeing the excitement, 
 advised Blake to let the Indian beat, intimating that fatal consequences 
 might ensue if he did not. Blake acted upon the Frenchman's advice 
 and permitted his antagonist to reach the goal a moment before him. 
 
 In 1747, a Frenchman by the name of Raimbut was taken prisoner 
 in Winchester. He held the rank of lieutenant. He was anxious to 
 return to Canada. Considering his rank he agreed that if he could 
 be taken to Canada he would procure the release of Blake and a 
 prisoner by the name of Allen who was captured at Deerfield, Mass. 
 To carry the arrangement into effect the governor of Massachusetts 
 sent in February, 1748, John Hawks, Matthews Clesson and John 
 Taylor, accompanied by Raimbout to Canada, under a flag of truce. 
 The party went on snow shoes, and carried their provisions on their 
 backs. They returned with Blake and Allen about the first of May. 
 
 Mr. Blake had married Elizabeth, a daughter of Abraham Graves 
 of Swanzey, in 1741. She sent money by the men to buy the ransom 
 of her husband if the negotiations failed. 
 
 The number of Indians in the party that made the attack upon Keene 
 
 at the time of Blake's capture was estimated at about a hundred. They 
 
 skulked around all sides of the fort during the forenoon and fired 
 
 whenever they supposed their shot might be effectual. Whenever an 
 
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18 HISTORY OF SWANZET, 
 
 Indian was seen by those in the fort he was fired at, and a number of 
 them were seen to fall. It was supposed that as many as ten were 
 killed, and their bodies consumed in a building which they burned. The 
 Indians did not immediately leave the vicinity of the fort. Some 
 three days after their first appearance they killed a number of cattle 
 in the meadow, southeast of the fort. 
 
 When the attack was made upon Keene the firing was heard at the 
 fort in Swanzey, the commander of which sent an express immediately 
 to Winchester, with the information that the Indians had made an at- 
 tack upon Keene. From Winchester the information was expressed 
 from fort to fort to Colonel Pomroy, the military commander at North- 
 ampton. Colonel Pomroy, at the head of the military forces at that 
 place, immediately started, and adding to his force as he proceeded by 
 pressing horses and men into his service, he arrived at Keene with 
 four hundred or five hundred men in a little more than forty-eight 
 hours from the time the express left Swanzey, the distance down and 
 back being at least ninety miles. 
 
 The military force after scouring the woods in the vicinity only found 
 where the Indians encamped east of Beech hill. 
 
 May 2. At Charlestown, some women went to do their accustomed 
 milking where the cows were kept, attended by a guard of soldiers. 
 Eight Indians who had concealed themselves to await their arrival, 
 fired and killed Seth Putnam. As the Indians were scalping him the 
 soldiers fired and mortally wounded two of them, whom their com- 
 panions carried off. 
 
 May 6. Deacon Timothy Brown and a soldier by the name of Robert 
 Maffett left the fort in Swanzey to go to Keene. They were waylaid 
 by a party of Indians that had been lying about the fort and captured. 
 They were carried to Canada but subsequently released. Maffett be- 
 longed to Lunenburg, Mass., and was doing garrison duty at Swan- 
 zey. He shot and broke the Indian chief's arm before he surrendered. 
 
 At the same time that Brown and Maffett were taken, a party lay 
 around the fort at Keene watching for an opportunity to plunder or 
 take prisoners. One night the watch thought he heard some one try- 
 ing the strength of the picket gate, when he fired. In the morning 
 beads and blood were seen at the place where the fire was directed. 
 
 Massachusetts sent additional forces for the protection of these 
 ifrontier New Hampshire towns, as no protection was being rendered 
 them by the latter province. Captain Paine went with a force for the 
 defence of Charlestown. About twenty of his soldiers went to view 
 tthe place where Putnam had been killed a few days previous. A party 
 
INDIANS. 19 
 
 of Indians lying in ambush flred upon them and then endeavored to 
 cut off their retreat to the fort. Captain Stevens with a party rushed 
 out for their assistance. In the conflict that ensued five were killed 
 on each side, and the Indians took one prisoner. They retreated leav- 
 ing some of their guns and blankets. This conflict occurred about 
 May 24, 1746. 
 
 About a month later another conflict was had at the same place. 
 Captain Stevens and Captain Brown went into the meadow to look 
 for their horses. Their dogs gave indications that Indians were am- 
 bushed for them, when they put themselves into position and gave the 
 first fire. After a short encounter the Indians were driven into a 
 swamp taking with them several of their number who had been kiUed. 
 They left, when they retreated, guns, spears, hatchets and blankets. 
 Captain Stevens 'and Captain Brown lost but one of their men. 
 
 June 24. Some twenty Indians attacked a number of men who were 
 at work in a meadow near Bridgman's fort, Hinsdale. They killed 
 William Kobins and Jonas Barker, captured Daniel How and John 
 Beaman, wounded Michael GUson and Patrick Ray. 
 
 July 24. Colonel Willard and a guard of twenty men went with a 
 team from Fort Dummer to Hinsdale's mill and when near the mill 
 were ambushed. None of Colonel WUlard's men were killed or cap- 
 tured. One man was wounded. 
 
 Aug. 3. The enemy appeared again near the fort at Charlestown. 
 Dogs were kept at the fort and they gave the first intimation to those 
 within of the presence of the enemy by barking and by actions pecu- 
 liar to them when Indians were in the vicinity. Captain Stevens, the 
 commander, in order to satisfy himself that an enemy was in the vi- 
 cinity, sent out scouts. The men were scarcely out of the fort when 
 they were fired upon, and Ebenezer Phillips killed. He was so near 
 the fort that a soldier crept carefully out at night and fastened a rope 
 to him when he was drawn in and buried. No other one of the scouts 
 was injured. The enemy, after they were discovered, put forth every 
 effort to take the garrison. They fired their muskets against the walls 
 and made other demonstrations in Indian fashion to effect their ob- 
 ject. They hung around the fort two days, and burned all the build- 
 ings outside except one. Of the buildings burned were the mills that 
 Captain Spofford was rebuilding where his had been previously burned. 
 Before they left they killed most of the horses, cattle and hogs. A 
 company of troops from Massachusetts was stationed at the fort at 
 the time and sixteen of their horses were killed. 
 
 Aug. 6. Winchester was visited by thirty of these Indians. A num- 
 
20 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 ber of men were passing in a road near which the Indians had con- 
 cealed themselves, when the latter fired and killed Joseph Rawson and 
 wounded Amasa Wright. 
 
 Oct. 22. Jonathan Sartwell was captured near Fort Hinsdale. 
 
 The year 1746 must have been one of extreme peril to these frontier 
 towns. The settlers were few and widely scattered. Cultivation of 
 their land was their main dependence for support. To go outside the 
 forts to labor upon their farms was at all times extremely dangerous. 
 The Indians were constantly moving from place to place. After they 
 had inflicted some outrage upon the inhabitants of one place, off they 
 would go to another settlement, and the first intimation of their com- 
 ing would be the capture or killing of some unsuspecting person. 
 
 Late in the year Massachusetts appears to have decided not to con- 
 tinue her military protection to these New Hampshire towns, and the 
 forces which she had kept at Charlestown were withdrawn and after- 
 wards the settlement was abandoned. 
 
 The settlements at Keene and Swanzey were continued through the 
 winter and it is not known that they were disturbed. 
 
 To show the condition of the New Hampshire towns in the Ashue- 
 lot and Connecticut vaUeys, we will quote the following from Rev. H. 
 P. Saunderson's history of Charlestown. "During the winter, 1846- 
 47, the Indians were so ice-bound in Canada, that the frontiers suffered 
 only in apprehension, as no incursions were made upon them. In this 
 interval, some gentlemen who had the wisdom to perceive that the pro- 
 tection of the Connecticut river settlements was required by the true 
 interests of the country, fortunately prevailed on the assembly of 
 Massachusetts to make the needful provision for the defence of the 
 forts and garrisons which in consequence of the withdrawal of her 
 troops had been deserted. They, moreover, sought to convince them, 
 that this would require not only a sufficiency of men to afford garri- 
 sons for the places that would be able to resist such assaults as would 
 be likely to be made upon them, but also an equal additional force to 
 range the woods and watch the motions of the enemy, and prevent 
 their depredations, by anticipating their designs, and by suddenly fall- 
 ing upon and surprising them in their encampments, when they had 
 not the least expectation of an assault ; thus practising upon them 
 their own tactics. 
 
 The prime mover in this matter, we have reason to believe, was 
 Captain Stevens ; who, by the promptness and wisdom with which 
 he had acted, had already gained no inconsiderable influence with the 
 government. He had personally addressed a memorial to Governor 
 
INDIANS. 21 
 
 Shirley, setting forth his views of the situation, from which the fol- 
 lowing is an extract : ' No. 4 is situated upon Connecticut river, 
 ahout 45 miles above Northfield ; on which place (No. 4) the enemy 
 have continually endeavored to do spoil ; and many great advantages 
 have been lost for want of a suitable number of soldiers at that 
 garrison. Fort Massachusetts, that was, is situated about 34 miles 
 from Deerfield, and is the proper road of an enemy coming upon our 
 frontiers when they come' by Wood Creek and the drowned lands, as 
 No. 4 is when they come by Otter Creek. Now it appears to me if 
 one hundred men were early sent to each of these posts, say by the 
 latter end of March, and suitable encouragement was given to tliem 
 to go and waylay the streams the enemy come upon when they issue 
 out from Crown Point, they might be very much discouraged in com- 
 ing in small parties as heretofore : which in my opinion will be of the 
 greatest service to the public and the only effectual method to carry 
 on the war. If anything be done it should be done early in the 
 Spring, as it is evident from past experience that this enemy will be 
 down by the first of April. There is one thing which I have observed 
 while among the Indians ; they are a people which are greatly elated 
 and flushed up when they have success and as soon discouraged when 
 they are disappointed.' 
 
 In their endeavours, these gentlemen, with Captain Stevens at their 
 head, were only partially successful ; for the assembly, at this time, 
 could be induced to go no further than to detail such a number of men 
 for garrisoning the forts as, in their estimation, would be sufficient to 
 repel the enemy in case of attack ; and the subject of taking the of- 
 fensive was postponed, for some future consideration. 
 
 This being the state of affairs, in the latter part of March, 1747, 
 Capt. Phinehas Stevens, with thirty men, was ordered by Governor 
 Shirley to march to No. 4 and take possession. 
 
 This post, for more than two months, had been entirely deserted 
 and fears were entertained that, in case it should be left longer, it 
 would either be burned or taken by the enemy. The movement was 
 timely, and injevery respect most fortunate. Stevens marched through 
 the wilderness and arrived at No. 4 on the 27th of March, to find the 
 fort in good condition ; but what was his surprise, on entering it to 
 find himself and company heartily welcomed by an old spaniel and a 
 cat, which had been left behind at its desertion, and had remained in 
 it during the winter, as its sole defenders and occupants. 
 
 Captain Stevens and company had been in possession of the fort 
 only a few days before they were led to surmise the presence of an 
 
22 HISTOEY OF SWANZET. 
 
 enemy. Their suspicions were first aroused by the uneasy appearance 
 of the dogs, and their continued barking. These indications of some- 
 thing that was not right induced them to keep the gate closely barred. 
 But here we must let Captain Stevens tell his own story. In his re- 
 port to Governor Shirley, dated AprU 9, 1747, he says, 'Our dogs 
 being very much disturbed, which gave us reason to think that the 
 enemy were about, occasioned us not to open the gate at the usual 
 time ; but one of our men being desirous to know the certainty, ven- 
 tured out privately to set on the dogs, about nine o'clock in the morn- 
 ing ; and went about twenty rods from the fort firing off his gun and 
 saying, choboy, to the dogs. Whereupon, the enemy, being within a 
 few rods, immediately arose from behind a log and fired ; but through 
 the goodness of God, the man got into the fort with only a slight 
 wound. The enemy being then discovered, immediately arose from 
 their ambushments and attacked us on all sides. The wind being very 
 high, and every thing exceedingly dry, they set fire to all the old 
 fences and also to a log house about forty rods distant from the fort 
 to the windward ; so that within a few minutes we were entirely 
 surrounded with fire all which was performed with the most hideous 
 shouting and firing, from all quarters which they continued, in a very 
 terrible manner, until the next day at ten o'clock at night, without in- 
 termission ; during which time we had no opportunity to eat or sleep. 
 But notwithstanding all their shouting and threatenings, our men 
 seemed not to be in the least daunted, but fought with great resolu- 
 tion ; which doubtless, gave the enemy reason to think we had deter- 
 mined to stand it out to the last degree. The enemy had provided 
 themselves with a sort of fortification which they had determined to 
 push before them and bring fuel to the side of the fort, in order to 
 burn it down. But instead of performing what they threatened, and 
 seemed to be immediately going to undertake, they called to us and 
 desired a cessation of arms until sunrise the next morning which was 
 granted ; at which time they would come to a parley. Accordingly 
 the French General Debeline came with about sixty of his men, with 
 a flag of truce, and stuck it down within about twenty rods of the 
 fort in plain sight of the same, and said if we would send three men 
 to him he would send as many to us to which we complied. The Gen- 
 eral sent in a French lieutenant with a French soldier and an Indian. 
 Upon our men going to Monsieur, he made the following proposal ; 
 viz. : — that in case we would immediately resign up the fort, we should 
 all have our lives and liberty to put on all the clothes we had, and 
 also to take a sufficient quantity of provisions to carry us to Mon- 
 
INDIANS. 23 
 
 treal, and bind up our provisions and blankets, lay down our arms 
 and march out of the fort. 
 
 Upon our men returning, he desired that the Captain of the fort 
 would meet him half way, and give an answer to the above proposal, 
 which I did ; and upon meeting the Monsieur he did not wait for me 
 to give an answer, but went on in the following manner, viz. : — that 
 what had been promised he was ready to perform ; but upon refusal 
 he would immediately set the fort on fire, and run over the top ; for 
 he had seven hundred men with him, and if we made any further re- 
 sistance or should happen to kill one Indian, we might expect all to 
 be put to the sword. 'The fort,' said he, 'I am resolved to have, or die. 
 Now do what you please ; for I am as easy to have you fight as to 
 give up.' I told the General, that in case of extremity his proposal 
 would do ; but inasmuch as I was sent here by my master, the Cap- 
 tain General, to defend the fort, it would not be consistent with my 
 orders to give it up unless I was better satisfied that he was able to 
 perform what he had threatened ; and, furthermore, 1 told him that it 
 was poor encouragement to resign into the hands of the enemy, that 
 upon one of their number being killed, they would put all to the 
 sword, when it was probable that we had killed some of them already. 
 ' Well,' said he, ' go into the fort, and see whether your men dare 
 fight any more or not, and give me an answer quick, for my men want 
 to be fighting.' Whereupon, I came into the fort and called all the 
 men together, and informed them what the French General said : and 
 then put it to vote which they chose, either to fight on or resign ; and 
 they voted to a man to stand it. out as long as they had life. Upon 
 this, I returned the answer that we were determined to fight it out. 
 Upon which they gave a shout, and then fired and so continued firing 
 and shouting until daylight the next morning. 
 
 About noon they called to us and said ' good morning,' and desired 
 a cessation of arms for two hours that they might come to a parley ; 
 which was granted. The General did not come himself but sent two 
 Indians, who came within about eight rods of the fort and stuck down 
 their flag and desired that I would send out two men to them, which 
 I did and the Indians made the following proposal, viz. : — That in 
 case we would sell them provisions, they would leave' and not fight 
 any more ; and desired my answer, which was, that selling them pro- 
 visions for money was contrary to the laws of nations ; but if they 
 would send in a captive for every five bushels of corn J would supply 
 them. Upon the Indians returning the General gave this answer, four 
 or five guns were fired against the fort, and they withdrew, as we sup- 
 posed, for we heard no more of them.' 
 
24 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Captain Stevens in writing to another person about this afifair says : 
 ' Those who were not employed in firing at the enemy were employed 
 in digging trenches under the bottom of the fort. We dug no less than 
 eleven of them, so deep that a man could go and stand upright on the 
 outside and not endanger himself ; so that when these trenches were 
 finished we could wet all the outside of the fort, which we did and 
 kept it wet all night. We drew some hundreds of barrels of water, 
 and to undergo all this hard service there were but thirty men. The 
 enemy never had the courage to bring their fortification nor run over 
 the fort but in lieu thereof, spent the night in shooting their fiery ar- 
 rows, which were easily put out. 
 
 In all this time we had scarce opportunity to eat or sleep. The 
 cessation of arms gave us no matter of rest, for we suspected they 
 did it to obtain advantage against us. I believe men were never 
 known to hold out with better resolution, for they did not seem to sit 
 or lie still one moment. There were but thirty men in the fort, and 
 although we had some thousands of guns fired at us, there were but 
 two men slightly wou.nded. 
 
 By the above account you may form some idea of the distressed 
 circumstances we were under, to have such an army of starved crea- 
 tures around us, whose necessity obliged them to be the more earnest. 
 They seemed every minute as if they were going to swallow us up ; 
 using aU the threatening language they could invent, with shouting 
 and firing as if the heavens and the earth were coming together. 
 
 But notwithstanding all this, our courage held out to the last. We 
 were informed by the French that came into the fort, that our cap- 
 tives were removed from Quebec to Montreal ; which, they say, are 
 about three hundred in number by reason of sickness which is at Que- 
 bec, and that they were well and in good health, except three who 
 were left sick, and that about three captives had died who were said 
 to be Dutchmen. They also informed ua that John Norton had lib- 
 erty to preach to the captives, and that they have some thousands of 
 French and Indians out and coming against our frontier.' 
 
 The mortification of Debeline in his failure to take the fort must 
 have been extreme but, though baffled in the attack on Ko. 4 he did 
 not return with his forces immediately to Canada, but, dividing them 
 into small parties, sent them out to hover around various places on 
 the frontier. A small number of them very soon after ventured to re- 
 turn and encamp secretly near the river at no great distance from 
 the fort from which they had been so summarily repulsed. 
 
 But Captain Stevens observing a smoke, from which he was led to 
 think that all was not right, went out after them and they precipitately 
 
INDIANS. 25 
 
 retreated. Other parties of them hovered about Northfleld, Winches- 
 ter and Upper Ashuelot, bnt they had been taught too severe a lesson 
 at No. 4, to allow them to return to its vicinity." 
 
 April 15, 1747. A party of Indians, or French and Indians, from 
 up the Connecticut river, made a sudden descent upon Norlhfleld, 
 killed and scalped Nathaniel Dickinson and Asahel Burt as they were 
 driving up cows just after sunset. 
 
 This party during the night of the 15th started for "Winchester, 
 Sv^anzey and Keene, and burned the three towns which had been aban- 
 doned a few days before. It is probable the inhabitants had learned 
 before they left that the French and Indian forces had attacked 
 Charlestown, and as no military forces had been provided to garrison 
 the forts in these towns they resolved to abandon them immediately. 
 The annals of Keene contain the following: — "The inhabitants re- 
 mained in the fort until March or April, 1747. About that time they 
 passed an informal vote releasing Mr. Bacon, their minister, from all 
 his obligations to them, and resolved to abandon the settlement, which 
 resolution was immediately executed. Soon after a party of Indians 
 visited the place and burnt aU the buildings except the mill on Beaver 
 brook, and the house in which the miller had resided." 
 
 It is traditional that the inhabitants of Swanzey left very suddenly. 
 They preserved some articles that they could not well take away by 
 burying them. A revered bible is now in the hands of the Belding 
 family that was saved by being buried under a brass kettle. The 
 statement has been made that in one instance a babe was left in its 
 cradle and was rescued in the night. 
 
 One can well imagine what must have been the feelings of the men, 
 women and children as they left the settlement. The men's feelings 
 alternated between sadness and hopefulness ; they were sad when they 
 thought of the homes they were leaving which were the result of years 
 of hard labor ; they were joyous when they thought that they should 
 succeed in saving their families from the horrors of falling into the 
 hands of the savages. The women thought more about the safety of 
 their children than the homes they were leaving. The children felt a 
 degree of mirthfulness when they were inspired l^y the thought that 
 they were soon to see their grandfathers and grandmothers, uncles and 
 aunts, at the old Massachusetts homes, about which they had heard 
 their parents talk. « 
 
 It is evident that some of the men returned to the settlement during 
 the summer for the purpose of obtaining some income from their land. 
 Between these men and the Indians there was some skirmishing in 
 
26 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 August, but without fatal results. The Indians succeeded in killing 
 some cattle. 
 
 Oct. 16. Major Willard, Capt. Alexander and others went from here 
 to Northfield, and when passing through Winchester they met a French- 
 man coming towards them. When he saw the party he jumped behind 
 a tree. Capt. Alexander, being foremost, shot and wounded him in the 
 breast, which wound was supposed to be mortal. The party, presum- 
 ing. that Indians were near, immediately left. He was found by the 
 Indians, but they left him, fearing that they would be pursued. He 
 revived, and after a few days went to Northfield and delivered himself 
 a prisoner to Capt. Alexander. 
 
 Oct. 2-2. Capt. Bridgman's fort, house and barn at Hinsdale were 
 burned and Jonathan Sawtle captured. 
 
 Nov. 14. Twelve men left the garrison at Charlestown to go to places 
 below. They had gone but half a mile when they were waylaid and 
 Nathan Gould and Thomas Goodale killed and scalped, Oliver Avery 
 was wounded and John Henderson captured. 
 
 Active military operations closed in November and the forts in New 
 Hampshire were garrisoned by soldiers provided by Massachusetts. 
 During the winter Capt. Phinehas Stevens had a company of sixty men 
 at Charlestown, and Capt. Josiah Willard, jr., had a company of twen- 
 ty-six men at Ashuelots. Of Capt. Willard's men Thomas Cresson, 
 Thomas Cresson, jr., WiUiam Grimes, Asahel Graves, James Heaton, 
 Samuel Heaton and William Heaton had been residents of Lower Ash- 
 uelot before the place was burned. 
 
 In the year 1748 soldiers were early provided for the different posts, 
 and companies were enlisted as rangers to be employed in scouting the 
 trails which the enemy were accustomed to take when they made their 
 raids upon the settlements. We insert the following muster-roll of 
 the company stationed at the Ashuelots (Upper and Lower) . 
 
 Roll or Capt. Josiah Willaed, je.'s Co. at Ashuelots, Feb. 10 
 
 TO Oct. 26, 1748. 
 
 Capt. Josiali Willard, jr., Jos. Richardson, 
 
 Lieut. William Syms, William Hunt, 
 
 Sergt. Thomas Taylor, Thomas Thoyets, 
 
 Sergt. William Smead, John Evens, 
 
 Clerk Jeremiah Hall, James Burt, 
 
 Corp. Thomas Cresson, ' Jeremiah Butler, 
 
 Corp. Benoni Wright, Robert Tyler, 
 
 Timothy Fletcher, Samuel Hall, 
 
 John Ellis, WiUiam Hill, 
 
IMDIANS. 
 
 27 
 
 Wm. Bickford, 
 Ruben Walker, 
 Jona. French, 
 Daniel How, jr., 
 Ebenezer Fletcher, 
 Robert Ewers, 
 John Edgehill, 
 John Robert, 
 Aaron Wai'd, 
 John Frost, 
 Benj. Barrett, 
 Samuel Hoflinton, 
 Henry Chandler, 
 Thomas Crisson, jr., 
 Nath'l Fairbanks, 
 Jethro Wheeler, 
 James Jewell, 
 Hezekiah Elmer, 
 Samuel Hill, 
 David Nims, 
 David Bacon, 
 Wm. Blanchard, 
 Matthew Wyman, 
 
 James Billing, 
 Simeon Green, 
 Nathaniel Hills, 
 Asahel Graves, 
 Benja. Nichols, 
 Thomas Robbins, 
 Josiah Crosby, 
 Joseph Barron, 
 Wm. Livingston, 
 Benj. Hoagg, 
 Henry Stevens, 
 Joel Johnson, 
 Elijah Holton, 
 Jonas Holton, 
 Isaac Rice, 
 James Eaton, 
 John Scott, 
 Andrew A Hard, 
 Eliph. Corbin, 
 John Henry, 
 Benjamin Osgood, 
 Jona. Lawrence, jr. 
 John PuUard. 
 
 The men for this company had been procured partly by enlistments. 
 Massachusetts had ofiered a bounty of £5 for a year's service. A 
 number of the men had been impressed. These had come mostly 
 from Middlesex county, Mass. Many of the enlisted were New Hamp- 
 shire men who had lived in some of the settlements before the war 
 commenced. 
 
 March 29. Moses Cooper, Lieut. Sargent and son, Joshua Wells 
 and one other man went about a mUe from Fort Dummer for timber. 
 They were attacked by some twelve Indians. Cooper was mortaUy 
 wounded the first, flre, but made his escape to the fort, where he died 
 the next night. The others fought on a retreat. Wells was soon 
 killed. Sargent and son continued to fight, but the father was killed 
 and the son captured. 
 
 Additional soldiers had been furnished by Massachusetts to Capt. 
 Stevens at Charlestown.in the spring, so that his command consisted 
 of a hundred men. He sent eighteen of his men under Capt, Melvin 
 to scout as far as Lake Champlain. After they reached this point they 
 were discovered by the enemy and commenced a retreat. They were 
 intercepted by the enemy which got in their front. Melvin eluded 
 them and succeeded in reaching West river some thirty or forty miles 
 northwest of Fort Dummer when he was again intercepted. A disas- 
 
28 HISTORY or SWANZET. 
 
 trous fight ensued. Six of Melvin's men were kQled. The rest suc- 
 ceeded in reaching Fort Dummer at different times. 
 
 June 16. A squad of twelve of Capt. Willard's men left the Ashue- 
 lots for Fort Dummer by way of Hinsdale's fort having witli them 
 two rangers. They were ambushed by a large party of Indians between 
 the two forts. Three were kiUed and scalped, viz., .Joseph Richard- 
 son, John Frost and Jonathan French, all of Billerica, Mass. ; seven 
 were taken prisoners, one of whom, Wm. Bickford, was killed where 
 the Indians camped the first night. Four escaped across the river to 
 Fort Dummer, one of whom was a ranger who was severely wounded 
 in the thigh. The prisoners at the first camping place were stripped 
 of their arms and most of their clothing. They reached Canada about 
 the first of July. Most of them were made to run the gauntlet. They 
 returned in the fall feeble and emaciated. One of them died soon af- 
 ter his return from the effect of abuse. The prisoners were Mark Per- 
 kins, Concord; Matthew Wyman, Dorchester; Benjamin Osgood, 
 Billerica ; Wm. Blanehard, Dunstable ; Henry Stevens, Chelmsford ; 
 Joel Johnson, Woburn. 
 
 Capt. Humphrey Hobbs was stationed at Charlestown with a com- 
 pany of rangers. He started June 24, in a southwest direction with 
 forty men to scout the country between Charlestown and Fort Shirley. 
 The second day after leaving Charlestown and while eating their 
 lunch at noon, the sentinel in his rear discovered the enemy approach- 
 ing. Hobbs ordered his men each to take a tree for cover. The 
 Indians rushed forward with a shout and were received with a well 
 directed fire and several fell. The Indians were led by a half-blood 
 by the name of Sackett and he had a much larger number of men than 
 Hobbs. The two leaders were well acquainted and Sackett could speak 
 English. Sackett called to Hobbs to surrender. Hobbs dared him 
 to come and take his men. After four hours of fighting, fortunately 
 Sackett was wounded, when the enemy withdrew taking with them 
 their dead and wounded. Hobbs had three men killed and four 
 wounded. He reached Fort Dummer in the afternoon of the next 
 day with his company and wounded men. The battle was fought 
 about twelve miles west of Fort Dummer. 
 
 July 3. A party of Indians killed eleven cattle at Ashuelots and 
 carried off the meat. 
 
 Sergt Taylor and six privates of Capt. Willard's company at the 
 Ashuelots went down to Northfleld for ten recruits to take the place 
 of those lost in the encounter of June 16. July 14, Taylor started 
 from Northfleld for the Ashuelots by way of Hinsdale's fort and Fort 
 
INDIANS. 29 
 
 Dummer -with his six soldiers and ten recruits. Wlien within about 
 a mile of Fort Dummer they were attacked by a large number of In- 
 dians under command of a French officer. They were attacked in 
 front and in their rear. Asahel Graves of Lower Ashuelot and Henry 
 Chandler of Westford, Mass., were killed, stripped of their clothing and 
 arms and then scalped. Two escaped across the river to Fori Dum- 
 mer, two got back to Hinsdale's fort and eleven were captured. Two 
 of the captives, Joseph Rose of Northfield and James Billings of Con- 
 cord were severely wounded. After going about a mile the Indians 
 knocked the wounded prisoners on the head with war-clubs. Sergt. 
 Taylor was one of the captives. He subsequently resided in Hinsdale. 
 Thomas Cresson, jr., a captive, belonged to Lower Ashuelot. The 
 other captives were Daniel Farmer, Groton ; Jona. Lawrence, Littleton ; 
 Daniel How, jr., Rutland ; John Edghill, Framingham ; Reuben Walker, 
 Chelmsford ; John Henry, Concord ; Ephraim Powers, Littleton. The 
 prisoners were taken to Canada by the way of West river. Otter creek 
 and Crown Point. In travelling the Indians made frequent halts and 
 went about twenty miles a day. The prisoners were sold to the Frencti 
 who retained them until September. 
 
 The French officer above referred to was ordered by the French 
 governor at Montreal " to go to war upon the territories of New Eng- 
 land, with a party of twenty-six Canadians and eighty Indians." The 
 Northfield historian narrates the following : — "'Sieur Raimbault, who 
 had lately returned from a successful raid, was attached to this party, 
 and as wiU appear, was of great service in selecting the right place 
 for an ambuscade. 
 
 The equipment of the savages was as follows : — 80 muskets ; 80 
 breech-clouts ; 80 pairs of mittens ; 100 deer skins ; 8 pounds of ver- 
 milion ; 80 wood-cutters knives ; 80 pounds of powder ; 80 pounds 
 of ball ; 80 pounds of lead shot ; 80 collars for carrying ; 80 awls ; 
 80 tomahawks ; 400 flints ; 80 powder horns ; 100 needles ; 3 pounds 
 of thread ; 80 war-clubs ; 8 axes ; 4 pairs of scissors ; 80 pounds of 
 tobacco; 8 iron cooking pots; 8 canoes; and 13 days provisions. 
 This force made directly for the Connecticut valley and took a posi- 
 tion on the highlands to the eastward of Fort Dummer." 
 
 Mr. Cresson used to say that the first meal offered him after reach- 
 ing an Indian settlement was broth made from an old sow that had 
 received no other dressing than the burning off of the bristles. He 
 was almost starved, but he could not eat the broth. 
 
 The raids of the French and Indians were so far checked by formid- 
 able military operations, that there was comparative quiet the last part 
 of 1748. The settlers were not disturbed when doing then: harvesting. 
 
30 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Peace was made between England and France the last of the year, 
 but this did not wholly restrain the Indians from committing some 
 atrocities on the frontier in 1749. Their appearance at Charlestown 
 and Hinsdale caused general alarm. Soldiers were immediately raised 
 to garrison different forts. Ten were sent to the Ashuelots. A com- 
 pany of fifty six men, commanded by Capt. John Catlin of Deerfleld, 
 was mustered July 13, 1749, and discharged Oct. 12. This company 
 was stationed at Northfield half the time and at the Ashuelots the 
 other half. 
 
 "A Dark Time. — These were dark days to our people on the fron- 
 tier. The attacks made in such rapid succession, and the signs dis- 
 covered on all sides showed that the Indians were abroad in great 
 force. The full foliage of the underbrush gave them secure covei- ; 
 and their uniform success gave them courage. And they had learned 
 the peculiar tactics of each of our captains and commanders of forts. 
 They knew where to look for carelessness, and recklessness, and cow- 
 ardice, and want of foresight. They knew the condition of each gar- 
 rison, and when they set an ambush, they knew whether a relief party 
 might be expected promptly or tardily." 
 
 Of all the prominent men who had been engaged in protecting the 
 settlements in New Hampshire on the Connecticut and Ashuelot riv- 
 ers during this dark period was Col. Josiah Willard, the leading man 
 in the settlement of Winchester. He was in command of the garri- 
 son at Fort Dummer, and his son, Josiah Willard, jr., at the Ashuelots. 
 He was commissary for his own garrison, for supplying that at No. 
 4 and those at the Ashuelots. When the government of Massachu- 
 setts failed to provide him with funds he fell back upon his own re- 
 sources. At one time he had advanced the large sum of ten thousand 
 pounds. In writing to the governor of Massachusetts, April 5, 1748, 
 he said "I have but six hundred pounds Province money in my hands 
 to supply No. 4 for six months past, and to supply No. 4, the Ash- 
 uelots and Fort Dummer for the future." 
 
 It was probably for obtaining supplies at Fort Dummer that the 
 two squads from the AshuelQt garrisons undertook to go to Fort Dum- 
 mer ; the first, June 16, 1748 ; the second July 14, 1748, and which 
 was attended with such disastrous results. 
 
 Fort Dummer was on the west side of Connecticut River and in 
 what is now the southeast corner of Brattleborough. Hinsdale's fort 
 was on the east side of the river and in Hinsdale. 
 
 The writer's father was well acquainted with some of the men whose 
 residence in Lower Ashuelot had given them a knowledge of the im- 
 portant events of this Indian and French war. The father obtained 
 
INDIANS. 31 
 
 the statement that two men made their escape at one of the battles 
 and came through during the following night to the Ashuelots. They 
 did not come together although they were much of the time in hearing 
 of each other and each was often alarmed by the other and secret- 
 ed himself, fearing that he was in danger of falling into the hands 
 of the ememy. 
 
 It has been generally understood that after the Ashuelots were 
 abandoned in the spring of 1747, nothing was done here to rebuild or 
 to occupy the land until after the close of the Old French and Indian 
 War. This can hardly be accepted as probable from the preceding 
 narrative of events. Soldiers were kept or sent here when danger 
 was apprehended. That soldiers were stationed here makes it quite 
 certain that some of the forts had been rebuilt. To have kept garri- 
 sons here must have been to protect the men who had returned to re- 
 build and prosecute their farming operations. It is not likely that 
 the men generally had their families with them. Many of the men 
 may have done the duty of soldiers and labored for themselves at the 
 same time. 
 
 The forts were built generally of square hewed timber and built in 
 a square form, often nearly or quite two hundred feet on a side. This 
 gave room for a number of houses inside. 
 
 The years of 1750-51-52 and 53 were years of peace. In 175-1 
 England and France were again engaged in war. The first place at 
 which the Indians commenced their work about here was at Charles- 
 town. Early in the morning August 29, 1754, they captured James 
 Johnson and his wife, three children, a sister of Mrs. Johnson aged 
 about fifteen and two men. The attack was made before the family 
 had risen and they were all carried off to Canada without being op- 
 posed. A daughter was born to Mrs. Johnson the next day after 
 she was captured, and it was named Captive. The party in charge of 
 the captives stopped one day on Mrs. Johnson's account. They then 
 carried heron alitter at first, and afterwards a horse was provided for 
 her to ride. To provide food, the horse was killed and the child was 
 nourished by sucking pieces of its flesh. Mrs. Johnson and two of 
 her daughters and her sister obtained liberty to return in eighteen 
 months. The eldest daughter was retained in a nunnery. It was 
 three years when Mr. Johnson and a son returned. 
 
 A letter from Major Benjamin Bellows of Walpole to Colonel 
 Blanchard written two days after the attack at Charlestown, vividly pic- 
 tures the sufferings of the settlers. He says "The people are in great 
 distress all down the River and at Keene and at Swanzey." 
 
 Lt. Col. Josiah Willard, also writing at the same tiine to Col. B. 
 
32 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 and Gov. Wentworth, implores them "to help a poor distressed peo- 
 ple, for almost every man is upon the move in this part of the coun- 
 try. I have had no sleep these three nights." "We have persuaded 
 the Bigger part of the People to tarry a little while and see if we can 
 have some help." " We also this day received intelligence that two 
 women and three children belonging to Swanzey are missing, which 
 after diligent search made, not being found, are supposed to be taken ; 
 and by the discoveries that are made, we are afraid of being invaded 
 on every quarter." 
 
 It does not appear that the settlements about here were disturbed 
 during the fall of 1754. 
 
 In 1755 Bridgman's fort at Hinsdale was occupied by Caleb How, 
 Hilkiah Grout and Benjamin Garfield with their families. In the 
 morning of June 27, the three men and two boys of Mr. How went 
 to work in the meadow above the fort. They started to return about 
 sunset. Mr. How was on horseback and had with him his two boys 
 and was ahead of the other two men. They were fired upon by a 
 concealed ambush and How brought to the ground from a wound in 
 one of his thighs. He was immediately scalped by the Indians, had 
 a hatchet struck into his head and left for dead. He was found the 
 next morning and still alive, but soon died. The boys were captured. 
 The other men attempted to escape by crossing the river, when Gar- 
 field was drowned, but Grout escaped. The Indians went to the fort 
 and obtained admittance by the wives, they supposing their husbands 
 had returned from work. The Indians had learned the proper signal 
 for gaining admittance to the fort by watching secretly those that 
 entered. The three wives and eleven children were captured and car- 
 ried to Canada. The fort was burned by the Indians. 
 
 The last of June an unsuccessful attack was made upon the fort 
 at Keene. Capt. William Syms was in command there at the time. 
 A number of cattle were killed, several buildings burned and Benja- 
 min Twitchel captured. 
 
 July 22, three men went from Hinsdale's fort in Hinsdale, about 
 one hundred rods for timber, protected by a guard of four soldiers. 
 The Indians got between the men and the fort and fired upon them. 
 One citizen and one soldier were killed and scalped ; one citizen and 
 one soldier escaped to the fort. From the account of the affair it is 
 probable the others were captured. 
 
 At the same date of the last Hinsdale affair two men went a mile 
 and a half from the street in Walpole to cut timber. Both were shot ; 
 one was scalped ; the other had his heart taken out and laid in pieces 
 upon his breast. 
 
INDIANS. S3 
 
 This year, 1T55, Col. Bellows of Walpole had a fort, and some 
 distance from it a mill, and employed a number of men. Aug. 1 7, 
 when Col. Bellows with thirty of his men were going from the mill 
 to dinner they encountered a large number of Indians, but they suc- 
 ceeded in cutting their way through them and reaching the fort with- 
 out loss. 
 
 In the neighborhood of Col. B. lived John Kilburnwho had a wife, 
 a son and a daughter ; and he had living with»him a man by the name 
 of Peck, who also had a son. After the Indians' encounter with Col. 
 Bellows they undertook to capture Kilburn and his family, but this 
 family of six persons held the Indians at bay all the afternoon, when 
 they gave up the undertaking. Mr. Peck received a wound from 
 which he died five days after. 
 
 The Indians hovered about Swanzey in 1755. They rendezvoused 
 on Mt. Caesar. From this mountain they would come down as near as 
 they dared to the fort on Meeting-house hill and execute their war 
 and scalp dances, and exhibit themselves in the most insulting atti- 
 tudes to the people in the fort. 
 
 This year a number of armed men went to work in the Great 
 meadow with a guard of soldiers. When they reached the meadow 
 the soldiers were in front. A rustling in some bushes attracted their 
 attention. It was thought a deer might be there. One of the soldiers 
 fired at the spot where the rustling was heard which aroused a band 
 of concealed Indians who fired upon the soldiers. The soldiers and 
 laborers drove the Indians to the plain west of Swanzey factory. 
 An express brought out fifteen men from Keene under Capt. Met- 
 calf . The Indians fled up the south side of East Branch and then 
 crossed the stream and made their escape over the hills east of Keene. 
 This is understood to be the last appearance of hostile Indians in 
 Swanzey. 
 
 But in other towns in the vaUey Indian raids were kept up during 
 the three following years. 
 
 June 7, 1756, Josiah Fisher, wife and two children were captured in 
 Winchester and taken to Quebec where they met Benjamin Twitchell 
 who was captured in Keene the previous year. After months of cap- 
 tivity the Fisher family were released and returned to Winchester. 
 
 April 19, 1757, Charlestown was again attacked by a large party of 
 French and Indians, and five men captured and taken to Canada of 
 whom three died there and the others returned. 
 
 In 1758, at Hinsdale, they killed Captain Moore andi his son, 
 burned his house and made the rest of his family captives. At 
 3 
 
34 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Charlestown they killed Asahel Stebbins and captured Ms wife, a 
 soldier and Isaac Parker. 
 
 In 1759 it was determined to chastise the Indians who had com- 
 mitted such devastations upon the frontier settlements, and two hun- 
 dred men were sent by General Amherst from Crown Point, under the 
 command of Major Eobert Rogers, to destroy the Indian village of 
 St. Francis. After an eventful march of twenty-one days through 
 the wilderness they reached the place and were entirely successful in 
 the undertaking. At this date Quebec passed into the hands of the 
 English and a quietus was given to the frontier settlements of the 
 Englisl^ colonies. 
 
 Swanzey was well provided with forts for the protection of its in- 
 habitants and rendezvous for soldiers. The most important one was 
 on Meeting-house hill. The old well that supplied the fort with water 
 now supplies the premises of George Carpenter. Most of the soldiers 
 that garrisoned the forts in Swanzey were from Massachusetts. 
 
 It must not be inferred, however, that all the soldiers employed in 
 repelling the French and Indian invasions in the Connecticut and- 
 Ashuelot valleys were furnished by Massachusetts ; New Hampshire 
 did something — what she could perhaps, in defending her frontier 
 settlements and outposts. 
 
 Note. — Much of the material for this chapter has been obtained from 
 Temple and Sheldon's History of Northfleld, Mass., Saunderson's History of 
 Charlestown, Annals of Keene, Belknap's History of New Hampshire, and 
 Provincial Papers of New Hampshire^by Nathaniel Bouton, D.D. 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 General Outline History. 
 
 Township Granted — Names of Grantehs— Propkiktors' Records — 
 Divisions of Land— Settlement ok Province Boundary Line— New Hamp- 
 shire Charter — Land annexed from Richmond — Disannexed to other 
 Towns — Committee of Safety — Bkef Tax — Vermont Controversy 
 Warning out of Town — Paper Monky — Names of Settlers —Employ- 
 ment OF the People — Food — Dress — Farming and Household Iai- 
 PLBMENTS — Wages. 
 
 PREVIOUS to 1732 the valley of the Ashuelot had not been the 
 home of the white man. 
 
 The nearest place to this valley which had been settled by the col- 
 onists was Northfield, which at this time, included most of Hinsdale 
 and a portion of Winchester. As Northfield was settled as early as 
 1685 it is probable that the trappers, hunters and explorers had ob- 
 tained some general knowledge of the character of the valley previ- 
 ous to 1732. The name of the valley and the river flowing through 
 it had undoubtedly been established. The boundary line between the 
 colony of Massachusetts Bay and the colony of New Hampshire had 
 not been settled, but the Massachusetts colonists assumed that it be- 
 longed to Massachusetts. 
 
 In June, 1732, Gov. Belcher, in his speech to the "Great and Gen- 
 eral Court" of Massachusetts recommended that "care be taken to 
 settle the ungranted land." 
 
 In compliance with the Governor's recommendation the House of 
 Eepresentatives voted "That there be seven towns opened of the eon- 
 tents of six miles square, one west of the Naraganset town which is 
 near Wachusett Hill ; one between the equivalent land and Rutland, 
 on or near the road lately laid from Swift river to Rutland ; and one 
 at Poquaig (Athol) on Miller's river; one west of the town called 
 Northtown; two on the Ashuelot river above Northfield, and the 
 other in the eastern county at the head of Berwick ; that the commit- 
 tee be appointed to admit settlers and lay out house lots so that the 
 
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36 HISTORY OF bWANZET. 
 
 settlements may be made in a defensible manner, and to direct in the 
 drawing thereof, but not to lay out any further division without di- 
 rections from this court ; that there shall be sixty-three house lots 
 laid out in each township : one for the first settled minister, one for 
 the ministry, one for the school, and one for each of the sixty settlers 
 who shall settle thereon, in his own person or by any of his children ; 
 the rest of the land to be allotted or divided equally into sixty-three 
 parts ; that one year from the survey be allowed for the admission of 
 settlers, and that the committee be directed to demand and receive 
 from each settler at his admission five pounds, part of which shall be 
 employed for reimbursing the province, the money to be advanced for 
 paying the committee and the charges of the surveys ; and the remain- 
 der to be employed for building a house of public worship or other- 
 wise as the General Court shall order ; that each settler actually live 
 on his land within three years after his admission, and continue there 
 for the space of two years after, in person and with his family, if 
 such he have ; that he do within five years from his admission build 
 a house on his land of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud, at 
 the least, and within the same time do sufficiently fence and till, or 
 fit for mowing eight acres of land ; and in case any settler fail of per- 
 formance his right to be forfeited ; and the committee for admitting 
 settlers are directed to take a bond of each settler at the time of ad- 
 mission for twenty pounds for the use and benefit of the settlers, in 
 case he fails of performing the conditions mentioned ; and the settlers 
 in each town shall be obliged to build a suitable meeting house and 
 settle a learned and orthodox minister in such town within five years 
 from their admission." 
 
 On the first of July, 1733, this vote was concxuTed in by the council 
 and "consented to" by the Governor, but the committee appointed to 
 make the survey not attending to their duty it was, Oct. 19, 1733, 
 voted that another committee consisting of Joseph Kellogg, Timothy 
 Dwight and William Chandler be appointed with directions forthwith 
 to lay out the townships at Poquaig and on the Ashuelot river "un- 
 less they find that by reason of laying out the township Winchester, 
 granted to Col. Willard and others, the land remaining at Ashuelot 
 river will not serve for two townships, in which case they are du-ected 
 to lay out only one on that river. 
 
 In February, 1734, the committee made a return to the General Court 
 of a "plat of two townships, each of the contents of six miles square 
 situated on each side of Ashuelot river above the tract of land lately 
 granted to Josiah Willard and others, beginning at a Spruce or White 
 
GENEEAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 37 
 
 pine tree standing about midway between the south and east branches 
 of said river about five perch east of the bank of the main river, and 
 thence running each way as described on the plat." The plat was 
 accepted and the lands contained in said townships were declared to 
 lie in and constitute a part of the county of Hampshire. 
 
 It was soon found that the plan included land in the southwest cor- 
 ner of the township, which had been granted to Josiah Willard and 
 others. As the grant to Mr. Willard and his associates was made 
 prior to the grant to Lower Ashuelot proprietors, the land was con- 
 ceded to belong rightfully to Mr. Willard and his associates. 
 
 Sixty-three houselots were laid out in Lower Ashuelot in May, 1734, 
 by a committee acting under the authority of Massachusetts. Each 
 of the lots was numbered, and each proprietor drew lots for his num- 
 ber. 
 
 The following are the names of the persons who were the first 
 owners of sixty of these houselots ; the other three being drawn, one 
 each for the minister, the ministry and the school : 
 
 Lot No. 1, Josiah Divol ; 2, Thomas Hapgood ; 3, Thomas Kendall ; 
 4, Samuel Bason; 5, James Heaton; 6, John Holden; 7, William 
 Negers; 8, John Mead; 9, Joseph Lee ; 10, Daniel Brown; 11, Jo- 
 seph HiU; 12, James Wallis ; 13, John Flint for his son Ephraim 
 Flint; 14, Elnathan Jones ; 15, Benjamin Reed; 16, School lot ; 17, 
 Benjamin Whitney ; 18, Nathaniel Hammond for his son-in-law Cham- 
 berlain ; 19, James Houghton, jr. ; 20, John White ; 21, John Muzzey ; 
 22, Jonathan Prescott; 23, David Cutler ; 24, John King ; 25, Joseph 
 Hill, jr. ; 26, Robert Cummings ; 27, Nathaniel Hammond ; 28, James 
 Henry; 29, Thomas Cutler; 30, Hezekiah Sprague ; 31, Benjamin 
 Haywood; 32, Jonathan Hammond by his father ; 33, Joseph Has- 
 kell , 34, Eleazer Bobbins ; 35, William Whitaker ; 36, Samuel Doug- 
 lass ; 37, Aaron Lyon; 38, Benjamin Thompson; 39, Nathaniel 
 Whitemore ; 40, Thomas Kendall ;41, Timothy Stearns ; 42, John King ; 
 43, John Sampson ; 44, John Starr ; 45, John King for his son ; 46, 
 John Mewharter ; 47, Ministry lot ; 48, Minister's lot; 49, Nathan- 
 iel Mattoon; 50, Ephraim Jones; 51, William Lyon; 52, Benjamin 
 Farnsworth ; 53, Oliver WaUis ; 54, William Arms ; 55, Charles Pres- 
 cott ; 56, Enos Goodale ; 57, John Tyler ; 58, Ebenezer Conant ; 59, 
 William Carr ; 60, Thomas Heaton; 61, Thomas Kendall; 62, Sam- 
 uel Doolittle ; 63, Gardner Wilder. 
 
 It wiU be apparent to one who shall read the subsequent histoi'y of 
 the township that the grantees generally did not act in accordance 
 with the terms of the grant, by becoming residents themselves, or by 
 
38 HISTORY or SWANZEY. 
 
 their children settling in the township. Among the names of these 
 grantees who were residents of the township previous to 1747 we find 
 only Hammond, Heaton, Brown, Jones, Chamberlain, King and Carr ; 
 and then we find the names of Belding, Grimes, Gunn, Cresson, Hills, 
 Graves, Evans and Loomis. 
 
 The inference is that the motive which prompted many of the grant- 
 ees to take rights in the township was speculation ; and that some of 
 them very soon disposed of their interests therein. 
 
 The committee appointed by Massachusetts to lay out the sixty-three 
 houselots , laid a road four rods wide from the south side of the south 
 branch, north of the spot where No. 5 schoolhouse now stands, in a 
 straight line on to the hill west of the George Carpenter residence, 
 thence making an angle and bearing to the east to a point a little 
 southeast of the residence of Sylvander Stone. Thirty- two house 
 lots were laid on the west side of this road, and thirty-one on the east 
 side. No. 1 was at the west side of the North end and No. 32 on the 
 west side of the South end ; No. 33 on the east side of the South end, 
 and 63 on the east side at the North end Some alteration of this 
 plan was made soon after by the settlers. Nos. 33 and 34 were taken 
 from the east side and laid out south of No. 32 on the west side. The 
 lots between Nos. 42 and 53 were moved to the east. Nos. 33 and 34 
 were moved presumably because they included the moat. The others 
 were moved so as to obtain a larger tract of common land upon what 
 was called "Meeting House hill." 
 
 The proprietors' records commence as follows : — 
 
 "Concord June 27, 1734. At a meeting of the proprietors of the 
 Lower Township on the Ashuelot river, Mr. Nathaniel Hammond of 
 Littleton was chosen moderator ; PIphraim Jones of Concord chosen 
 clerk and sworn. 
 
 "Voted that John Flint Esq. of Concord, Mr. Joseph Hill of Biller- 
 ica, Mr. Thomas Cutler of Lexington, Mr. Eleazer Robbins of Har- 
 vard and Mr. Nathaniel Hammond of Littleton, be a committee to 
 manage the prudential affairs of the said township. Voted that the 
 meeting be adjourned to Wednesday the 18th day of September next, 
 and then to meet at the said township of Lower Ashuelot at 10 o'clock 
 in the forenoon. 
 
 At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Lower Ashawelock Town- 
 ship, Being Meet on the said Township on the Eighteenth Day of 
 September, 1734. Voted that the Meeting be adjourned to To-morrow 
 morning at Eight of the Clock being the Nineteenth Day of Septem- 
 ber Currant then to Meet on the Lot No. 1 in the said Township. 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 39 
 
 At a meeting of the Proprietors of the Lower Township on Asha- 
 welock River being meet on the Lot No. 1 in the said Township the 
 Nineteenth Day of September Anno Dom. 1734. The question being 
 Put whether the Proprietors will Lay out any of the Common Land 
 in said Township at Present, Passed in the Negative ; and then the 
 meeting adjourned to the Second Wednesday in October Next, and 
 then to meet at the House of Ephraim Jones, Innholder at Concord 
 at Twelve of the Clock at Noon." 
 
 Probably these proprietors of the two townships. Upper and Lower 
 Ashuelot, who held the first meetings in the townships were all unac- 
 quainted with the location of them, and that they arrived in the eve- 
 ning of September 18, 1734. The Keene historian says : "None of 
 them having previously visited it, they were accompanied by Deacon 
 Alexander of Northfleld as a pilot. They did not arrive at the line 
 of the township until late in the evening of the 18th, the day to which 
 the meeting was adjourned ; and as soon as the pilot informed them 
 that they had passed the line they opened the meeting and adjourned 
 to the next day." 
 
 It does not appear that any business of importance was transacted 
 at this meeting. The principal object of holding it in the township 
 was doubtless to make such observations as would enable them to make 
 arrangements for its settlement. 
 
 "At a meeting of the proprietors of the Lower Township of Ash- 
 awelock River being continued by several adjournments being meet 
 at the House of Ephraim Jones of Concord the Nineteenth Day of 
 October Anno Dom. 1734. Voted that a Division of Interval be laid 
 out. Voted that the Interval between the Great River and the South 
 Branch, and all the Interval' upon the South Branch be laid out, and 
 also so much on the South side of the Great River, Below the South 
 Branch as the Committee which shall be Chosen to Lay out shall think 
 Most Convenient. Voted that Mr. Eleazer Robbins of Harvard, Mr. 
 Nathaniel Hammond of Littleton, Ephraim Jones of Concord, Mr. 
 Benjamin Reed of Lexington and Mr. Nathaniel Mattoon of North- 
 field, or any three of them, be a committee to lay out the Interval be- 
 fore mentioned into Sixty Three Lots as equal as may be in Quantity 
 and Quality. Voted that the Committee Before mentioned be Impow- 
 ered to Imploy a Surveyor to Lay out the Land before mentioned. 
 Voted that the Committee before mentioned, forthwith or as soon as 
 Conveniently may be, Lay out the Land before mentioned and Make 
 a Return of their Doings to the Proprietors in order to have them Draw 
 their Lots the 2* Wednesday of June next. Voted that the sum of 
 Sixty Pounds be Paid by the Proprietors to Defray the Necessary 
 
40 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Charges. Voted that Mr. JohnMuzzeyof Lexington and Mr. Ben- 
 jamin Heywood of Worcester be Collectors to Collect the said sum of 
 Sixty Pounds of the Proprietors and Pay it into the Treasury on or 
 before the 2nd Tuesday in April next. Voted that John Flint Esq. 
 be Treasurer and Eeceiver to Receive the said Sum of Sixty Pounds 
 of the Collector for the use of the Propriety. Voted that the Meet- 
 ing be adjourned to the second Wednesday of June next then to Meet 
 at the House of Ephraim Jones Innholder at Concord in order to 
 Draw their Lotts and to Treat of any other affairs which May then be 
 thought Proper." 
 
 At this adjourned meeting held at Concord, June 11, 1735, it was 
 voted that the report of the committee to lay out the second division 
 be accepted : that said committee be allowed ten shillings a day for 
 their services, and "that the Surveyors Bills Being fifteen Pounds 
 Seven Shillings be allowed.'' It was also "voted that each Proprie- 
 tor Pay Twenty Shillings before he shall Draw his Lott.'' The names 
 of those who drew this second division are the same as those who drew 
 the first. It includes the intervale lying on the east side of the Ash- 
 uelot river between Keene line and the South Branch, and the inter- 
 vale on each side of the latter stream between the iron bridge and the 
 Ashuelot river. There was a small tract of intervale lying on the south 
 side of the South Branch and the east side of the Ashuelot river that 
 was not included in this division. 
 
 The boundaries of a few of these lots will be sufficient to give an 
 idea how they were laid out and the amount of land which each lot 
 contained. 
 
 "No. 1 Bounds Northerly 125 rods on the upper Township, North- 
 westerly 17i- Rods on Ashawelock River, South 135 on No. 2, East- 
 erly 15 rods on undivided Land being upland: Said No. 1 contains 
 Eleven acres, having 36 Rods Allowed for a Way besides." 
 
 "No. 16 Bounds Northerly 174 Rods with No. 15, Westerly 7^ Rods 
 & half a foot with the river. Southerly 173^ Rods with No. 17, East- 
 erly 7^ Rods and half a foot with undivided upland: Said No. 16 
 Contains Eight acres besides 20 Rods for a way." 
 
 "No. 48 is Invironed on all sides with water: Bounds North east 
 34 Rods on the Great River, Northerly 7 Rods on the River : North- 
 westerly 3 Rods on said River : westerly 26 Rods on said River : North- 
 westerly 14 Rods on said River : westerly 12 Rods on the South Branch. 
 Southwesterly 6 Rods on said South Branch. Said No. 48 Contains 
 Four Acres and one hundred Rods, being without any incumbrances 
 of way." 
 
 "No. 53 Bounds Northwesterly 122 Rods on No. 52 : Northeast- 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTOET". 41 
 
 erly 9^ Rods on undivided land : Southeast 6 Rods on undivided Land : 
 Northeast 13 Rods on undivided Lands : Southeasterly 126 rods on 
 No. 54 : Northwesterly 13 Rods on the House Lotts ; Said No. 53 
 Contains Eight acres besides 50 Rods for what the River takes out of 
 the Same and Twenty Rods for a way." 
 
 "No. 63 Bounds North on No. 62 18 Rods : North Easterly 8 Rods 
 on the River : North westerly 17 Rods on the River : Easterly 63 Rods 
 on the River, Southwesterly 64 Rods on Common Land ; Northwest- 
 erly 24 Rods on Common Land, Westerly 20 Rods on Common Land. 
 Said No. 63 Contains Thirteen acres and one hundred and Four Rods 
 without any Incumbrances of ways." 
 
 The committee who made this division consisted of Eleazer Robbins, 
 Nath. Hammond and Benjamin Reed ; surveyor, Stephen Hosmer, jr. 
 
 Doubtless soon after, this work was began in the township, by a 
 party of men coming by the way of Northfleld, through the then almost 
 untrodden wilderness, bringing their tools and provisions with them. 
 Their first work must have been to build cabins of logs and boughs. 
 Then commenced the clearing of the land, and the woodman's axe 
 began to resound through the deep, dark pine forest. During many 
 a night as these laborers lay in their cabins after their hard day's 
 work was done, there came to their ears the hooting of the owl, the 
 howling of the wolf and the roar of the distant waterfall. Before the 
 snows of winter these laborers returned to their Massachusetts homes. 
 
 The proprietors held a meeting at Concord, March 31, 1736. The 
 subjects taken into consideration were the enclosing of the meadow 
 lots by a fence ; the building of a saw-mill, and the laying out and 
 constructing a road to Arlington (Winchester). At a meeting in the 
 township September 8, a committee was chosen to see that the meadow 
 lots were fenced before the first of December, and a committee was 
 chosen to make a third division of land of about twenty acres to each 
 house lot. At an adjourned meeting October 27, this committee made 
 its report, which was accepted and the lots drawn. 
 
 The twenty acre lots were laid out on the intervale and meadows, 
 which took nearly all that remained in the township after the first 
 division of intervale had been made. It does not appear that any of 
 the lots were laid out in what is called "Mark Meadow." The com- 
 mittee commenced near where the Iron Bridge now stands over the 
 South Branch and easterly of the town house, and laid lots in inter- 
 vale land until they reached what was then the east line of the town. 
 This line ran between the farms of Josiah Parsons and George W. 
 Stanley, and further between the farms which were owned by the late 
 
42 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Amasa Aldrich and Carlton Parker. Several lots were laid out on the 
 Pond Brook meadow and the Richmond Branch meadow. Several 
 were laid out on the Great River above West Swanzey, which were 
 called the "Mill Meadow lots." Others were laid on the Great River 
 between West Swanzey and Westport, which were called the "Hypone- 
 co Meadows." Two lots were laid on the west side of the "Great River" 
 near Keene line. 
 
 The first proprietors' meeting in 1737 was held at Concord, Feb- 
 ruary 9. This was adjourned to March 16, when it was voted to give 
 Ephraim Jones 200 acres of land at the "Great Falls" if he would 
 build at that place a saw-mill. It was voted also to make another, a 
 fourth division of land, of about eighty acres to each owner of a house 
 lot. 
 
 The proprietors came this year with their families, with the inten- 
 tion of remaining during the winter and making it their permanent 
 home. Their meetings from this time were held in the township. 
 June 22, a meeting was called to beholden September 7 at the house 
 of Capt. Nathaniel Hammond. This was the first house named in the 
 records and stood where Mrs. Virgil Woodcock now resides. At this 
 meeting and at adjournments of the same during the autumn, the fol- 
 lowing business was transacted : — Voted to confirm to Ephraim Jones 
 and his heirs the 200 acres of land that had been laid out at the 
 "Great Falls" when he should have built the saw-mill. Voted to 
 build a meeting house ; to raise money to pay for preaching ; to fite 
 any person who should fall trees into the "South Branch" or into the 
 "Great River," unless he removed them ; to look out a road to where 
 the saw-mill was to be built, and also to the intervale ; that the eighty- 
 acre lots which had been surveyed should be divided by lot, and that 
 another, a fifth division of 100 acres in the undivided land be made 
 to the owner of each house lot. 
 
 At the close of the year 1737 a right in the township consisted of a 
 house lot, an eight-acre meadow lot, a twenty-acre meadow lot, an 
 eighty- acre lot of upland and a one hundred-acre lot which had been 
 or could be pitched. 
 
 The fourth division lots were laid out under the direction of a com- 
 mittee consisting of Nathaniel Hammond, Benjamin Reed, Samuel 
 Chamberlain, Ephraim Jones and Nathaniel Matloon. Although the 
 proprietors voted that they should contain eighty acres each, many of 
 them fell very much short of that amount. They consisted of upland, 
 as the intervale and meadow lands had already been disposed of. They 
 were laid out with a good degree of regularity (as were also the three 
 
GENEEAL OUTLIKE HISTORY. 43 
 
 former divisions) in ranges in various parts of the township. The lots 
 were about 170 rods in length and 60 in width. Lot number 1 was laid 
 west of the house lots and south of the Ashuelot river, near the sand 
 bank ; the northwest corner being near the river bank, its length being 
 from nortli to south. Numbers 2 and 3 were laid west of number 1, 
 being numbered from east to west. A range of the lots was laid on 
 the hill which lies between Swanzey Centre and West Swanzey ; the 
 most northerl}' lot was number 4 which was located not far south of 
 the road leading from the Centre to West Swanzey ; the most south- 
 erly was number 18, and at present is part of the farm of Sylvander 
 L. Whitcomb. Numbers 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 were on the 
 bill southeast of West Swanzey extending to the north end of Swan- 
 zey Pond. Numbers 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 were laid 
 on the east of the South Branch and on the present road which runs 
 from the Iron Bridge, near the town house, to Keene, and passes 
 through these lots. East of, and adjoining these lots was another 
 range numbered 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41 and 43. Number 44 
 was northeast of said Iron Bridge. Numbers 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 and 
 50 were between West Swanzey and Westport on the east side of 
 Ashuelot river. Numbers 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 
 62 and 63 were on the west side of the road leading through the cen- 
 tre of the town. The southeast corner of lot number 51 was near 
 Pond Brook Bridge. Number 63 was the minister lot, and the most 
 northerly one in the range. The east line of these lots, south of the 
 house lots, was where the road now runs ; and the east line of those 
 west of the house lots was on the west line of the house lots. 
 
 The names of a few of the present owners of these lots are here 
 given : number 26, Charles H. Rockwood ; 28, Phineas Gay ; 30, A. 
 S. Blake ; 38, Leander Page ; 42, G-. W. Eastman ; 53, W. C. Beld- 
 ing; 54, R. Hovey ; 55, A. B. Cook; 59, M. C. Stone; 62, George 
 Carpenter. 
 
 At a proprietors' meeting held at the house of Capt. Nathaniel 
 Hammond, October 26, 1737, "Voted that Capt. Nathaniel Hammond, 
 Benjamin Heywood, Charles Lumis, Samuel Hills and Thomas Cres- 
 Bon be a committee to lay out the fifth division and qualify the lots. 
 Voted that the committee shall pitch and lay out the lots for the min- 
 ister and ministry. 
 
 Voted that each of the proprietors shall pitch his lot and shall draw 
 lots for his pitch ; and he who draws No. 1 is to make his pitch on 
 the sixth day of March next, and he who draws No. 2 shall pitch on 
 seventh day of March and so on till they are all pitched." The under- 
 
44 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 standing of the proprietors in voting to have the committee "lay out 
 the lots and qualify them" was to add land to those lots of inferior 
 quality to make the lots of equal value. Each proprietor in turn had 
 the privilege of going anywhere into the undivided land, make his se- 
 lection, and lay it out in just such shape as he chose. As may be 
 supposed these lots were laid out in every conceivable shape, as the 
 description and plans in the proprietors' records plainly show. The 
 description of a few of these lots may serve as specimens. 
 
 "This plan describes a 5th division lot lying in Swanzey, pitched 
 according to a vote of the proprietors and laid out to David Balding 
 and to house lot No. 44, containing by estimation one hundred acres, 
 and bounded as follows : Beginning at a Basswood tree on the brink 
 of the river in line of the Old Mill Farm, then running easterly with 
 said Mill Farm till it comes to a 4th division lot No. 24 ; then south- 
 wardly bounding on 4th division lot till it comes to lot No. 45 in the 
 4th division ; then westwardly bounding on No. 45 till it comes to 
 Hyponeco meadow, so-called ; thence northwardly with said meadow 
 till it comes to the river ; then northwardly by said river tUl it comes 
 to the bound first mentioned. Laid out October 21, 1758. 
 
 David Belding, Sui-veyor. 
 Jonathan Hammond, \ 
 Thomas Cresson, > Committee." 
 David Belding, ■' 
 
 "This Plan Describeth a Fifth Division Lot Lying in Swanzey Con- 
 taining 120 acres pitched agreeable to a vote of the Proprietors and 
 Laid out by Thomas Cresson to the House Lott No. 46 Bounded as 
 follows : First Beginning at a Hemlock Stump on the west side of the 
 River y° Running Down the River bounding on said River 256 Rods 
 to a Pitch pine Tree standing near the Bank of the River as may ap- 
 pear by the Plan ; y" turns N. 29° E. 112 Rods to a white Pine ; y° 
 East 52 Rods to a White Oak Stump ; y° E. 70° S. 38 Rods to a Stake ; 
 y° S. 18° W. 52 Rods ; y° E. 38° S. to the Stump first mentioned ; y° 
 running over the River and turning up the River until it comes to the 
 mouth of the Branch to the Corner of the House Lot No. 1 ; y" turn- 
 ing west bounding on said House Lot to the River as Doth appear by 
 this Plan. Laid out April the 1, 1775. 
 
 David Belding, Sui-veyor. 
 David Belding, \ 
 
 Thomas Ckesson, > Commiltee." 
 Jonathan Hammond, ' 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 45 
 
 "This plan describes one division lot lying in Swanzey pitched 
 agreeable to a vote of the proprietors to the Rev. Samuel Hopkins, 
 June 5, 1759, and to house lot No. 55; said lot originally belonged 
 to Charles Prescott, containing 100 acres and one rod in forty for 
 swag of chain ; and bounded as follows : Beginning at the N. E. cor- 
 ner at a hemlock tree in the town line marked (S. H.) ; then runs 
 west and south with the third division of interval land 260 rods to a 
 white pine which wag-the corner of a third division lot ; then runs 
 south 59° east 140 rods to a red oak tree marked S. H. in Eichmond 
 line ; then runs N. 39° E. to the first mentioned bound. 
 
 David Belding, Surveyor. 
 
 David Belding, 
 
 Jonathan Hammond, )■ Committee." 
 
 Thomas Cresson, 
 
 'I 
 
 The settlers, having spent their first winter in the township, appear 
 to have been in a healthy condition in the spring of 1738, and took 
 hold of the work of a public nature that lay before them, with vigor. 
 
 At a proprietors' meeting March 15, Nathaniel Hammond was 
 chosen moderator, Jonathan Hammond and Thomas Cresson survey- 
 ors of highways ; Nathaniel Hammond, Thomas Cresson and Samuel 
 Hills, assessors ; N. Hammond collector, and John Evens treasurer for 
 the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted to raise two pounds ten shillings on each right to fence the 
 inters'ale if each proprietor does not do his part of said fence. 
 
 Voted that Benjamin Brown, Jonathan Hammond and William Carr 
 be a committee to run the lines between the second division lots. 
 
 A meeting was duly called to meet at the house of Capt. Nathaniel 
 Hammond, November 6. After Capt. Hammond was chosen mod- 
 erator the meeting adjourned for a quarter of an hour to meet at the 
 house of Jethro Eames. 
 
 Chose Benjamin Brown of Concord proprietors' clerk ; and voted that 
 the proprietors' book be kept in the town for the future. 
 
 "Voted to raise the sum of 40 shillings on each right, or the sum 
 of 120 pounds for encouragement towards building a grist mill upon 
 the 'Great River' near to where the saw mill now stands in said town- 
 ship, to him or them that shall appear to enter into bonds to build the 
 same on or before the first day of September next ensuing." 
 
 At a meeting held Dec. 28 it was voted, "That the piece of land 
 be laid common for the use of the town forever that lies between the 
 
46 HISTOET OF SWANZEY. 
 
 two tier of house lots for a burying place and training field, and for 
 any other use the town shall think proper." 
 
 Voted, ' 'That the committee that was chosen to see to the building 
 of the meeting house be a committee likewise to see to the cutting 
 down of the trees and clear a place to set the Meeting House on, and 
 for a burying place." . 
 
 Voted, "That each of the proprietors shall have liberty to work out 
 his equal part in falling the trees and clearing the above-mentioned 
 road and common land where the meeting house is to stand &c., be- 
 tween the first day of February next ensuing and the last day of Feb- 
 ruary following." 
 
 Voted, "That the Proprietors will buy 18 lbs. of Powder & 36 lbs. 
 of Lead for a proprietors' stock, and shall be left in the hands of Capt. 
 Nathaniel Hammond for the use of said Propriety." 
 
 Voted, "That Nathaniel Gunn, Jonathan Hammond and Benjamin 
 Brown be a committee to agree with all those men that have any land 
 wanting in their second or third division Lots, and lay out to them an 
 equivalent for the same in some of the undivided land in said Town- 
 ship, or in the equivalent land that is granted and is to be laid out for 
 what this Township interfered upon Arlington." 
 
 Voted, "That the Proprietors will pay for building a windlass to 
 draw logs out of the saw-mill pond on to the mill, and shall be kept 
 for the use of the propriety." 
 
 Voted, "That Capt. Nathaniel Hammond, Messrs. Jethro Ames, 
 William Carr, Ephraim Jones and Nathaniel Gunn be a committee to 
 look out a convenient place to lay out the equivalent land that is 
 granted by the Great and General Court for the land that was taken 
 away by interfering upon Arlington." 
 
 It appears that the piece of land appropriated at this meeting for 
 public uses was not large enough for the designed purpose and sub- 
 sequent changes were made as is shown by the accompanying diagram 
 and report. 
 
 " This Plan Describeth the Hous Lotts in y^ Lower Ashuelot town- 
 ship so called Laid out in part By Mr. Nathaniel Dwight in May 1734 
 and since thien agreeable to a vote of sd. propriaotors theares Been 
 Considerable alteration made in thiem from y^ waiey they ware first 
 proposed to be laid out by a Committee chosen for that end (as ap- 
 pears by this plan) by Laying a peace of Land common for setting up 
 an house for publick worship, &c. and bounding the eastwardly End 
 of y® Lotts on the Eastward side of the Eoad on y^ second and third 
 
MORTH 
 
 ilUliam Grimes 
 Thomas Gvasson 
 
 3ohtt Evatts 
 Raines HtWion. 
 
 Charles Lumis 
 
 Ttnioihv Bvown 
 
 34thyo 
 cames 
 
 William Stoll 
 
 WUliatti Care 
 Samuel B elding 
 
 Samua.1 Chambai'lain 
 WiUlatrt Airms 
 Samiial Faftiswoi-th 
 
 Abraham G^ai/es 
 
 No. 46 /■'onathati Fvai-v 
 No. 45/ EUakim Kmg 
 Dauid Belding 
 Samual MitcKcLl 
 
 Andfuu GcLPdnac 
 
 Thomas HammoRd 
 Samuel Hills 
 
 Joseph Hammoriil 
 
 ffon o^ erou.ii7Sl'. ujitb seitlei-s 
 
 1 7 DODies sofar OS kiJowo.io 1747 
 
 Jonathan Hammond No32/.^ , jj 
 
 -^ u.rheD The foojo ujos oba-noonea. 
 
 )OV/TH. 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HI8T0EY. 47 
 
 Division Lotts and on y^ westwardly side of y® Road thears sum va- 
 riation made in y« Roads between y« Lotts viz. the Road of four Rods 
 wide on y« south side of y'' Lott is added to sd. Lott in full satisfac- 
 tion for y^ Road of four rods wide taken out of the north side of y^ 
 Lott No. 25 which was don by agreement of y^ committee and y** per- 
 son who is y« present propriator (or owner) of said No. 21 & 25 and 
 likewise by a free consent of y^ present owner of y^ Lott No. 31 y« 
 Road is turned in at y^ north Eastwardly corner of it and Runs some- 
 thing angling Cross sd Lott Leaving part of it on y^ South and South 
 Eastwardly side of y" Road as appears by this plan. 
 
 Laid out in December 1739 
 By Bbnja Brown Surveyor 
 Thomas Cresson, -j 
 Sam^ Gonn, > Committee." 
 
 Benja Brown, ' 
 
 A nujmber of proprietors' meetings were held during the year 1739. 
 The most important objects considered were to provide preaching, to 
 settle a minister, to clear off the trees upon Meeting House Hill Com- 
 mon, to lay out and build a road from the saw mill to Arlington, to 
 build a bridge over the South Branch and a road to Upper Ashuelot. 
 The bridge over the Branch was necessary for going to Upper Ash- 
 uelot and to their meadow lots. Its location was nearly opposite the 
 William Carr place. 
 
 Oct. 19 it was " Voted to build a pound 35 feet square and 7 feet 
 high, to be set on the easterly side of Meeting House hill." Mr. 
 Ephraim Jones was chosen "to go to the General Court to get confirmed 
 a plan of the equivalent land laid out to Said proprietors by order of 
 a committee from the General Court on the easterly side of said Town- 
 ship." The " equivalent land" spoken of was ungranted land taken 
 from outside the township to make up to the proprietors what they 
 lost by the corner in the southwest part of the original township be- 
 longing to Arlington. In 1740 the proprietors were greatly disturbed 
 when they ascertained that they were not inhabitants of Massachu- 
 setts. After a long contest the boundary line between the two prov- 
 inces was now established, and found to be some six miles south of 
 the southern line of the township. They had anticipated no such de- 
 cision as this. They were all from Massachusetts and supposed they 
 were building in a Massachusetts town. They knew Massachusetts, 
 and felt that she would render them any assistance that might be 
 needed for the protection of frontier towns. They knew but little 
 
48 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 about New Hampshire. They were strangers to her people and knew 
 not what treatment they might receive from her government. The near- 
 est towns that had been settled under the auspices of New Hampshire 
 were in the Merrimack valley. Though disappointed in finding them- 
 selves located in New Hampshire instead of Massachusetts they were 
 not discouraged. They changed somewhat their contemplated plans, 
 and gave their attention to building a schoolhouse instead of a meet- 
 ing house as had been proposed. The Congregational Church was 
 formed Nov. 4, 1741, and Rev. Timothy Harrington was settled as 
 pastor. 
 
 In those towns in the Connecticut and Ashuelot valleys which had 
 been settled under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts no particular 
 change took place in their affairs for some years after the establish- 
 ment of the boundary line in consequence of the change then made. 
 Massachusetts continued to furnish soldiers for garrison duty in the 
 forts which it had built, and New Hampshire gave no indication of her 
 willingness to accept them and provide for their maintenance. Massa- 
 chusetts at last became dissatisfied with the state of affairs and the 
 settlements became alarmed in view of their situation and exposure 
 to Indian raids. 
 
 Fort Dummer was situated on the west side of Connecticut river, 
 about five miles north of Massachusetts line, and at this time within 
 the bounds of New Hampshire. It was built by Massachusetts about 
 1724, for the protection of her frontier settlements, had been garri- 
 soned and supported by her till 1744, when, finding it without her ju- 
 risdiction and within that of New Hampshire, she naturally thought 
 the latter province should be at the expense of its support. An ex- 
 tended correspondence wa^ entered into by Governors Shirley of 
 Massachusetts and' Wentworth of New Hampshire ; action was taken 
 by the legislative bodies of the two provinces and by the King's Coun- 
 cil that had been petitioned to solve the diflflculty. New Hampshire 
 pleaded her poverty ; that the fort would serve as a protection to only 
 one or two of her towns, and those granted by Massachusetts ; that 
 Massachusetts was rich and able to support it aud that its advantages 
 were largely in her favor. 
 
 May 3, 1 745, the New Hampshire Assembly by a large majority re- 
 fused to make any grant for the support and maintenance of the fort. 
 Soon after this Assembly was dissolved by the Governor, a new one 
 chosen and qualified, and, June 5, reversed the action of the previous 
 Assembly, and voted to receive and garrison the fort. During the 
 controversy delegates were chosen from Winchester, Upper and Lower 
 
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 Ashuelot and No. Two (Westmoreland) to meet at Fort Dummer, 
 March 20, 1744, and see what might be done by petition or otherwise 
 for " help and protection in this time of danger." 
 
 Nathaniel Hammond and Thomas Cresson were the delegates from 
 this town. 
 
 This controversy a1)out the fort should be regarded as having been 
 a test question whether New Hampshire would or would not assume 
 the responsibility of protecting the few settlements that had been made 
 in the Connecticut and Ashuelot valleys. 
 
 It should be said in justice to New Hampshire for its reluctance 
 that it was assuming a great responsibility to undertake their protec- 
 tion. The province was not strong and it gave her a very extended 
 frontier to defend against the French and Indians, and it was reliev- 
 ing Massachusetts of a responsibility that really belonged to her as 
 much as it did to New Hampshire. 
 
 At a legal meeting held October 3, 1740, it was unanimously voted 
 to petition the " Kings Most Excellent Majesty" setting forth their dis- 
 turbed condition and asking to be annexed to the province of Massa- 
 chusetts Bay. It was also unanimously " voted that Thomas Hutch- 
 inson, Esq., be impowered to present the petition to His Majesty and 
 to appear in behalf of the petitioners and act according to his best 
 judgment." 
 
 "Nathaniel Hammond, Abraham Graves and John Evans were 
 chosen a committee, December 22, 1740, to finish the fort which laad 
 been begun around Capt. Nathaniel Hammond's house, as soon as the 
 season would allow, and to build two more forts when there should be 
 occasion for them." The second fort was to be built around John 
 Evans' house, and the third one upon Meeting House hill. Ham- 
 mond's house was upon house lot No. 27, and Evans' was doubtless 
 .upon one of the most northerly house lots. The committee for build- 
 ing the forts were authorized to pay eight shillings a day for the labor 
 performed upon them. 
 
 At a proprietors' meeting March 16, 1741, Abraham Graves and 
 Samuel Hills were chosen surveyors of " hey waies;" Thomas Crison 
 and William Carr " fence vewers ;" Jonathan Hammond and David 
 Belding field drivers and SamuelHills and Charles Lumies "hog reaves." 
 
 Capt. Nathaniel Hammond, Ephraim Jones of Concord and Timo- 
 thy Brown were chosen a committee to sell the equivalent land ; John 
 Chamberlain was allowed damages by reason of the "hey waiey " 
 crossing his "meadow lott where .the bridge now stands on the South 
 Branch." 
 
 4 
 
50 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 " Voted that the fence Eound the Enterveal in the Great Meadow 
 shall be done up according to Law by the flveteenth day of April 
 next and that the meadow be clear of Cattle by the first of May 
 next." 
 
 War was commenced between Great Britain and France in 1744, 
 and the English and French colonies became involved in it. The 
 French authorities in Canada incited the Canadian Indians to commit 
 barbarous hostilities upon the English frontier settlements. It does 
 not appear that any depredations were made in this vicinity in 1 744, 
 but in each of the four following years the inhabitants suffered greatly. 
 (See Chapter II.) 
 
 A party of Indians that had been committing depredations in North- 
 field, April 15, 1747, left there the following night and came to Lower 
 Ashuelot and burned the town, every building but one being destroyed. 
 Immediately preceding this date the township had been abandoned. It 
 appears that on account of the Indian war very few accessions were 
 made to the settlement during the time that intervened between the 
 establishment of the boundary line on the south of the province and 
 the time when the township was abandoned. 
 
 Those who had made a settlement remained and made the best they 
 could of the situation while those who contemplated coming deferred 
 it until more prosperous times. 
 
 The following may be considered a nearly correct list of the names 
 of the men who had a permanent residence in the town previous to its 
 abandonment, together with the place from which each came and 
 the time when the names first appear on the records : 
 
 Capt. Nathaniel Hammond, Littleton, Sept. 17, 1737. 
 
 Samuel Hills, Sunderland, Sept. 17, 1737. 
 
 Samuel Farnsworth, Sept. 17, 1737. 
 
 Thomas Cresson, Sunderland, Sept. 17, 1737. 
 
 Charles Lumis, Bolton, Sept. 17, 1737. 
 
 William Carr, Deerfield, Sept. 17, 1737. 
 
 Jethro Eames, Oct. 10, 1737. 
 
 Jonathan Hammond, Littleton, Oct. 10, 1737. 
 
 John Chamberlain, Oct. 10, 1737. 
 
 William Grimes, Lancaster, Oct. 10, 1737. 
 
 John Evens, Bolton, Oct. 26, 1737. 
 
 Samuel Gunn, Sunderland, Nov. 6, 1738. 
 
 Benjamin Brown, Concord, Nov. 6, 1738. 
 
 Nathaniel Gunn, Dec. 28, 1738. 
 
 Samuel Mitchel, Dec. 28, 1738. 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 51 
 
 William Scott, Oct. 9, 1739. 
 
 David Belding, Weathersfleld, Conn., Dec. 28, 1738. 
 
 Andrew Gardner, Oct. 9, 1739. 
 
 Abraham Graves, Hatfield, Dec. 6, 1739. 
 
 Timothy Brown, Brookfleld, Apr. i, 1740. 
 
 Rev. Timothy Harrington, Cambridge, Nov. 4, 1741. 
 
 Nathaniel Hammond, Littleton, Nov. 4, 1741. 
 
 Thomas Hammond, Littleton, Nov. 4, 1741. 
 
 Eliakim King, 1743. 
 
 James Heaton, Wrentham, Nov., 1743. 
 
 Samuel Belding, "Weathersfleld, Conn., Dec. 12, 1743. 
 
 "William Arms. 
 
 Joseph Hammond, Littleton, 1 744. 
 
 Charles Eames, Sept. 28, 1746. 
 
 Samuel Chamberlain, Sept. 28, 1746. 
 
 Samuel Hills, jr., Sept. 28, 1746. 
 
 Timothy Hammond, Littleton, Sept. 27, 1746. 
 
 Jonathan Frary, previous to 1747. 
 
 Of these thirty-three persons John Evens removed about 1743 to 
 Hinsdale ; Nathaniel Hammond, jr., died Oct. 9, 1743 ; Samuel Gunn 
 died Nov. 7, 1743, and Timothy Hammond died Sept. 27, 1746. Dea- 
 con Timothy Brown buried two wives ; Capt. Nathaniel Hammond and 
 Thomas Hammond each buried his wife ; William Carr buried five 
 children ; Jonathan Hammond buried three and a number of others 
 buried one child each. 
 
 The plan facing page 46 may be regarded as a nearly correct rep- 
 resentation of the house lots, roads, forts, burying ground and places 
 where the settlers had located previous to its abandonment and de- 
 struction by fire at the hands of the Indians. Among those whose • 
 location is doubtful are Jethro Eames, Andrew Gardner and Samuel 
 Mitchel. We infer that Joseph Hammond, Nathaniel Hammond, jr.,. 
 Timothy Hammond, Charles Eames, Samuel Chamberlain and Samuel 
 HUls, jr., were young men without families and we -have given them^ 
 no location presuming they had none separate from that of their 
 fathers. 
 
 The main road as first laid out as represented on the plan of the 
 house lots was where the road now is at the north and south ends, and 
 the angle was on the hill. The road ran just west of the old ceme- 
 tery. The northeast corner of house lot No. 18 was near the great 
 surface rock on the Ezra Carpenter place. The road that was sub- 
 sequently laid out on the east side of Meeting House hill as it diverged 
 from the main road, passed through what is now the southeast corner 
 
52 HISTOEY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 of the cemetery and near the hearse house leaving the small hill on 
 the east side of the road. 
 
 The brick church stands on house lot No. 24. Capt. Nathaniel 
 Hammond's house lot was No. 27 on which was erected the first house 
 and around which was built the, first fort. At present it is the Virgil 
 "Woodcock place. The names of the owners and occupants of the 
 several house lots, so far as is known, at the time the town was 
 abandoned, are given on the plan, which with this exception is a fac- 
 simile from the proprietors' records. 
 
 It was about twelve years from the time that work was commenced 
 in the township to the time it was abandoned. During this time much 
 land had been brought under cultivation, many houses had been built, 
 a saw and grist mill constructed, a schoolhouse erected, a church or- 
 ganized and a minister settled. 
 
 The settlers scattered among their friends in Massachusetts, thank- 
 ful that they had escaped captivity, but sorrowful to leave their newly 
 found homes and so much of the little property they possessed to be 
 destroyed by the Indians. 
 
 During the years that intervened before their return some attempts 
 were made to realize a little income from their lauds they had left. 
 It is said that cattle were killed at Upper Ashuelot in 1748, and it was 
 this same year that Taylor's party were ambushed while on their way 
 from Northfleld to the places of the Ashuelot settlements. Of this 
 party were Thomas Cresson who was captured ; Asahel Graves who 
 was killed, and perhaps others of the settlers who were anxious to view 
 the desolations of their former homes. 
 
 In 1748 England and France made peace, but the Indians contin- 
 ued their raids upon the frontier settlements till 1749. Some fami- 
 lies may have returned to Lower Ashuelot as early as 1751, but prob- 
 ably only a few came before 1752. 
 
 The township was chartered by New Hampshire, July 2, 1753, and 
 took the name of Swanzey. It is not known by whose influence the 
 town took this name. That it was the result of some connection that 
 some of the early settlers had with Swansea in Wales is probable. It 
 has been conjectured that some of the first settlers were from Swan- 
 sea, Massachusetts, and that that supposition suggested the name. 
 But there is no recorded evidence that any of them came from that 
 town. 
 
 By the New Hampshire charter individuals had confirmed to them 
 a title to the land which was granted by Massachusetts. Pine trees 
 for masts and some of the undivided land was reserved for special 
 uses as will be seen by the following Charter. 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 53 
 
 PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
 
 George the second by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France & 
 Ireland, King Defender of the Faith &c. To all persons to whom 
 these presents shall Gome, Greeting. 
 
 Whereas sundry of our loveing Subjects before the Settlement of 
 the Dividing Line of our Province of New Hampshire afore^* and our 
 other Government of the Massachusetts Bay had by Permission of 
 our said Government of the Massachusetts Bay, begun a Settlement 
 of A Tract of Land on Ashuelott River, so called, and made Sundry 
 Divisions of, and Improvements upon the s"* Tract of Land, and there 
 remained till the Indian Warr forced them off, and our s*" Subjects 
 being Desirous to make an Immediate Settlement on the Premises and 
 having Petitioned our Governour in Council for his Majestys Grant 
 of the Premisses to be so made as might not Subvert and Destroy their 
 former Surveys and Laying out in Severalty made thereont as afore- 
 said : NOW KNOW YE, that We, of our Especial Grace Certain 
 Knowledge and mere Motion for the answering the End aboves'^, and 
 for the due Encouragement of Settling the s^ Plantation, By and with 
 the Advice of our Trusty and well Beloved Benning Wentworth Esq. 
 our Governour & Commander in Chief in and over our s'' Province of 
 New Hampshire in America and of our Council of our s'' Province : 
 Have upon the Conditions & Reservations herein after made, Given 
 and Granted, and by these Presents for Us our Heirs & Successors Do 
 Give and Grant unto our Loveing Subjects Inhabitants of our s"* Prov- 
 ince of New Hampshire, and our other Governments in New England, 
 and to their Heirs and Assigns for Ever, whose Names are Entered 
 on this Grant, To be Divided to & amongst them, into So many and 
 such Shares and Proportions as they now hold or Claim the same by 
 Purchase, Contract, Vote or Agreement made amongst themselves, 
 All that Tract or Parcel of Land, Scituate, Lying and being within 
 our s** Province of New Hampshire containing by Admeasurement 
 Twenty-three thousand and forty Acres which Tract is to Contain Six 
 Miles Square and no more, out of which An Allowance is to be made 
 for Highways and unimprovable Land, by Rocks, Mountains, Ponds 
 and Rivers, one thousand and forty Acres, free according to a Plan 
 thereof made and Presented by our s* Governour's orders & hereunto 
 Annexed, Butted & Bounded as follows (Viz) Beginning At the North 
 East corner of Wichester, so called, at a Pine tree. Marked : thence 
 running South by the Needle tOl it comes to the North Westerly cor- 
 
54 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 ner of Richmond, so called : from thence running Easterly by Eich- 
 mond about Two Miles to a Corner, from thence running North 39 de- 
 grees East on s* Eichmond-^bout Seven Miles till it comes the south 
 easterly corner of Keene^ so called : from thence running West 10^ 
 degrees North six miles or thereabouts on said Keene Line to a Beach 
 tree marked for the North Easterly corner of Chesterfield, so called : 
 from thence running South Thirty five degrees West on s* Chester- 
 field Line to the S" East Corner of Chesterfield : from thence Easterly 
 to Winchester Line to the Bounds first mentioned. And that the same 
 be and hereby is incorporated into a Township by the Name of Swan- 
 zy — And that the Inhabitants that do or Shall hereafter Inhabit s* 
 Township, Are hereby Declared to be Enfranchised with & Entitled 
 to all & every the Privileges & Immunities that other Towns within 
 our s* Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy, and further that the b^ 
 Town as soon as there shall be fifty Families resident there, shall have 
 the Liberty to open and keep a Market one or more Days in Each 
 Week as may be thought most Advantageous to the Inhabitants. Also 
 that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers & other Affairs 
 agreeable to the Laws of our s"* Province shall be held on the first 
 Tuesday in August next, which Meeting shall be Notified by Col. 
 William Symes who is hereby also Appointed the Moderator of the 
 s* first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreeable to the 
 Law and Custom of our s* Prbvince and the Annual Meeting for Ever 
 after for the Choice of such Officers for the s"* Town shall be on the 
 first Tuesday in March Annually. 
 
 TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the s-^ Tract of Land as above Ex- 
 pressed, together with all the Priviledges & Appurtenances to them and 
 their respective heirs and Assigns for Ever ; upon the following Condi- 
 tions (Viz) That every Grantee his Heirs & Assigns shall Plant or Cul- 
 tivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five years, for every fifty 
 Acres Contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in the s* 
 Township, And Continue to Improve and Settle the saane by addi- 
 tional Cultivations on Penalty of the forfeiture of his Grant or Share 
 in the s* Township and its reverting to his Majesty his Heirs & Suc- 
 essors to be by him or them regranted to such of his Subjects, as shall 
 Effectually Settle & Cultivate the same. That all White and other 
 Pine Trees within the s* Township fit for Masting our Eoyal Navy 
 be carefully Presei-ved for that Use and none to be Cutt or f ell'd with- 
 out his Majestys Especial License for so doing first had and obtained 
 upon the Penalty of the P^orfeiture of the Eight of such Grantee his 
 Heirs or Assigns, to Us our Heirs & Successors, as well as being Sub- 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 55 
 
 ject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or 
 hereafter shall be Enacted ; Also reserveing the Power of Adding to 
 or Dividing the s"i Town, So far as it relates to Incorporations only to 
 Us our Heirs & Successors when it shall appear necessary or Conven- 
 ient for the Benefit of the Inhabitants thereof. Also Subjecting the 
 unimproved Lands within this Grant to the annual tax of one Penny 
 pr. Acre for four years from the Date hereof for building a Meeting 
 house and Settling a Gospel Minister in s** Town. That before any 
 further Division of the s"* Land be made to & amongst the Grantees a 
 Tract of Land in the most Commodious Place the Land will Admit of, 
 shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lotts one of w"^ shall be 
 Allotted to Each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. YIELDING 
 and PAYING therefor to us our Heirs & Successors for the space of 
 ten Years to be Computed from the Date hereof the annual Rent of one 
 Ear of Indian Corn only commencing on the first of January next en- 
 sueing the Date hereof, and every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant shall 
 Yield & Pay unto Us our Heirs & Successors Yearly & every Year for 
 Ever, from & after the Expiration of Ten Years from the Date hereof. 
 Namely on the first day of Jatf^ w""* will be in the Year of our LORD 
 CHRIST One thousand Seaven Hund."* & Sixty four. One Shilling 
 Proclamation money for every hundred Acres he so owns. Settles or 
 Posseses & so in proportion for a Greater or Lesser tract of the ^"^ 
 Land w."'^ Money shall be Paid by the respective persons above^"*, 
 their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Porstm." or to such 
 Otflcer or Officers as shall be Apf)ointed to receive the Same, and this 
 to be in Lieu of all Rents & Services whatsoever. — IN WITNESS 
 whereof We have Caused the Seal of our s** Province to be hereunto 
 Affixed. 
 
 WITNESS BENNING WENTWORTH ESQ.' our Govern.-- & 
 Command.' in Chief of our s.* Prov."^ the 2"^ day of July In the Year 
 of our LORD CHRIST 1753, And in the 27*'' Year of our Reign. 
 
 Benning Wentworth. 
 
 July 2"* 1753. Province of New Hampshire 
 Recorded in the Book of Charters on 
 Page 165-166-167. 
 
 Theodore Atkinson Sec"^. 
 By his Excellency's Command 
 with Advice of the Council. 
 
 Theodore Atkinson Se.'y 
 
56 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 NAMES OF THE GRANTEES OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Nathaniel Hammond, Abraham Graves, William Grimes, Benjamin 
 Grant, Thomas Crisson, Thomas Crisson, jun', William Hill, William 
 Orison, William Carr, Elijah Graves, Samuel Belding, Eliakim King, 
 Jonathan Woodcock, Joshua Graves, Abner Graves, David Belding, 
 Tim" Brown, James Heaton, James Heaton, jun'', William Heaton, 
 Samuel Hills, Nathaniel Hills, Jonathan Woodcock, jr., Jonathan 
 Hammond, Tho.^ Nutten, Ebenezer Hills, John Prat, Timothy Prat, 
 Samuel Prat, Joseph Hammond, Thomas Hammond, Seth Gay, Asa 
 Groat, Christopher Grant, Daniel Arms, Ebenezer Arms, Nathaniel 
 Gun, Wyat Gun, Daniel Gun, Ebenezer Sprage, jr., Ebenezer Sprage, 
 Joseph Marchant, Noah Bodman, Benj'' Sheldin, Mark Ferry, Jona- 
 than Frazey, John Frazey, Phineas Frazey, Jonathan Armes, Jona- 
 than Bodwell, Oliver Witt, Oliver Hammond, Joshua Prime, Joseph 
 Write, Benjamin Brown, Simon Davis, Samuel McCleanen, Zebulon 
 Ballord, Stephen Nutten, Caezer Freeman, Samuel Gaylord, James 
 Blood, jr. , His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq'. A Tract of Land 
 Containing five hundred acres, one seventieth parte of s.^ Tract of 
 Land for the incorporation Society, for the propagation of the Gospel 
 in forreign Parts, one Seventieth Parte of the said Tract of Land for 
 the first Settled Minister of the Gospel in the said Town, one Seven- 
 tieth Ifarte of the s"* Granted Track for a Glebe for the Church of 
 England, as by Law Established. 
 
 Prov : New Hampshire. Entered & Recorded Accordingly in the 
 book of Charters this 2<* day of July 1753 on Page 167-168. 
 
 P'' Theodore Atkinson, Sec'^'. 
 
 Recorded from the back of the original Charter for the 2* day of 
 July, 1753. 
 
 The accompanying plans from the back of the charter give the 
 bounds respectively after the territory belonging to Winchester in the 
 southwest corner had been taken out, and after the Richmond gore on 
 the east had been annexed in 1762. Subsequent changes in the east- 
 erly boundary have been as follows :— in 1812 the northeast corner 
 of the town was annexed to Keene ; in 1793 and 1842 portions adjoin- 
 ing Marlborough were annexed to that town, and in 1815 a part of 
 Swanzey was taken to help form the town of Troy. 
 
 It was about nineteen years from the time that Lower Ashuelot was 
 granted by Massachusetts to the time the township was chartered by 
 New Hampshire. Only four names appear, both among the Massachu- 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 57 
 
 setts and New Hampshire grantees. These are Nathaniel Hammond, 
 Jonathan Hammond, William Carr and James Heaton. 
 
 The following New Hampshire grantees had resided in the town- 
 ship before it was abandoned, many of them coming before they had 
 reached their majority : Abraham Graves, William Grimes, Thomas 
 Cresson, Thomas Cresson, jr., William Hill, William Cresson, William 
 Carr, Elijah Graves, Samuel Belding, Eliakim King, Joshua Graves, 
 David Belding, Timothy Brown, Wm. Heaton, Samuel Hills, Nathaniel 
 Hills, Ebenezer Hills, Joseph Hammond, Thomas Hammond, Daniel 
 Armes, Ebenezer Armes, Nathaniel Gunn, Wyat Gunn, Daniel Gunn, 
 Mark Ferry, Jonathan Armes, Oliver Hammond, Benjamin Brown. 
 Other grantees who subsequently became inhabitants of the town and 
 whose names appear on the records are Jonathan Woodcock, Jonathan 
 Woodcock, jr., Ebenezer Sprague and Ebenezer Sprague, jr. Most 
 of the other grantees never became residents of the town. 
 
 It appears that both Massachusetts and New Hampshire considered 
 it indispensable when granting a new township that provision should 
 be made for having a meeting-house built immediately when a settle- 
 ment had been made. For this purpose Massachusetts required each 
 grantee to pay five pounds for one share in the township. This 
 money, after paying the expense of surveying the boundary of the 
 town and laying out the house lots was for building a meeting-house. 
 New Hampshire provided for a meeting-house by the penny tax. 
 
 A meeting-house would doubtless have been built during the first 
 years of the settlement had there been no Indian war. After the re- 
 settlement the building was soon commenced, and was so far com- 
 pleted as to be used in 1755. It is not known whether it was built 
 entirely by the penny tax or in part by the five-pound tax imposed 
 upon the first grantees by Massachusetts. 
 
 When the settlers returned to the township they hoped for no more 
 trouble from the Indians, but their hopes were soon dissipated. Eng- 
 land and France were again at war and the French authorities in 
 Canada encouraged the Indians to renew the war upon the frontier 
 settlements. Swanzey was in constant danger. The people worked 
 in their fields with a guard of soldiers to protect them. New Hamp- 
 shire furnished some soldiers for this purpose but the number was 
 insuflScient to give them security. 
 
 On account of the unsettled state of affairs only a few persons came 
 to the township to make a settlement between the years 1752 and 1762 
 except those who had previously resided here. Eev. Ezra Carpenter 
 came in 1753; Israel Day's name appears soon after; William 
 Wright's in 1758 and Joseph Whitcomb's in 1760. 
 
58 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Richmond was chartered February 28, 1752, and included withinits 
 bounds a piece of land lying between Swanzey on the west and Fitz- 
 william and Marlborough on the east, and extending north to Keene 
 line. This piece of land was disannexed from Richmond and annexed 
 to Swanzey, Dec. 11, 1762. The following is a copy of the grant by 
 which the transfer was made : 
 
 PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 Geoege the Third by the 
 
 (Seal.) Grace of God of Great Brit- 
 
 TiAN Trusting in the Faith &c. 
 
 To all To whom these Presents may concern. Whereas our Loyal 
 Subjects inhabiting the Town of Richmond and Swanzey in the Prov- 
 ince of New Hampshire, have humbly represented to Us, That to 
 them the said Inhabitants, to have part of the said Town of Richmond 
 taken, without making any Alterations in the Private property of 
 Either Community Praying that the dividing Line of said Towns be 
 altered in the following Manner : Beginning at the North West corner 
 of Lott No. 23 in the Seventh Range of Lots in said Richmond in the 
 Line of the same Town : Then running Due E. to the Easterly Line of 
 the same Town, then on the East Line of said Richmond to said Town 
 of Swanzey. KNOW YE THEREFORE that we have taken into our 
 consideration the Matter of said Petition and it appearing Conducive 
 to the ease and good order of both Communities, as well as forwarding 
 the Cultivation of the Land there, Have by, and wijih advice of our 
 trusty and well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq. our Captain Gen- 
 eral, Governor & Commander in Chief, of our CouncU for said Prov- 
 ince of New Hampshire. And by these Presents Do alter the dividing 
 Line between the said towns of Richmond and Swanzey agreeable to 
 the said Petition and in manner as before set forth and also agreeable 
 to the Plan hereunto annexed. 
 
 In witness Whereof, We have caused the seal of our said Province 
 to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth Esq. our afore- 
 said Governor & Commander in Chief in and over our said Province 
 of New Hampshire the eleventh day of December in the Third year 
 of our Reign, anno domini 1762. 
 
 By his ExceUencys Command Benning Wentworth 
 
 with advice of Council Province of New Hampshire 
 
 T. Atkinson Jr., Secf Dec. 13, 1762. Recorded according 
 
 to the original under the Province Seal. 
 T. Atkinson, Jur., Secty. 
 
GENEEAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 
 
 59 
 
 Original Plan of Town. 
 
 sanra 9 'K foi -M 
 
 2 Miles. 
 
 Province of New Hampshire Decern'". 13*'^ 1762. 
 Eecorded from the back of the original, under the Province Seal. 
 
 ^ T. Atkinson Jun. Sec'y. 
 
 State of New Hampshire, March 4, 1882, Secretary's Office. 
 
 The foregoing is a correct copy of the record : In testi- 
 [Seal.] mony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my official 
 signature, and affixed the Seal of the State. 
 Isaac W. Hammond, 
 Deputy Secretary of State. 
 
60 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Previous to this transfer a large part of the gore had been surveyed 
 and laid out in about one-hundred acre lots, but very few, if any, 
 settlements had been made in it. Josiah Willard of Winchester was 
 the owner of a large part of this territory. Daniel Warner and Isaac 
 Applin were also owners. The proprietors of the old part of Swan- 
 zey did not become owners of the new by annexation. The owner- 
 ship came through the grant to the proprietors of Richmond. Feb. 6, 
 1760, the proprietors of the old part of Swanzey voted fifty acres of 
 the undivided lands to the owner of each house lot. This made the 
 seventh division ; the previous ones having been a house lot of f om- 
 acres, a meadow lot of eight acres, and one of twenty acres, an up- 
 land lot of about sixty-eight acres, a one-hundred acre lot, and prob- 
 ably a Mark Meadow lot of about four acres, — all of which amounted 
 to two-hundred and fifty-four acres. As some of the proprietors 
 owned a number of house lots they must have been large land owners. 
 The amount of undivided land that remained after this seventh divi- 
 sion was made, and which was subsequently divided, was about 
 seventy acres to each house lot, making all the divisions to each 
 right about three-hundred and twenty-four acres. 
 
 The subsequent divisions of the undivided lands, together with the 
 proceedings of the proprietors in distinction from those of the town, 
 may here be given . 
 
 At a meeting of the proprietors held October 8, 1760, it was decided 
 to open the Great Meadows on the following Saturday for turning in 
 cattle ; and a committee was chosen to judge of the interest which 
 each proprietor had in the meadow, and decide the number of cattle 
 that each might turn into it. In 1762, Oct. 13th, the proprietors voted 
 that a tract or parcel of land, equal to one seventieth part of the land 
 in the township should be laid out for a Glebe, and also a tract of 
 equal size for the Incorporated Society for the propagation of the 
 gospel in Foreign Parts as directed by the charter. These two lots 
 containing 286 acres each were laid out Dec. 1, 1769, by David Beld- 
 ing, Elijah Graves and Thomas Cresson, jr., committee. They were 
 located in the north or northwest part of the town, both bounding on 
 Keene line. The Glebe, was nearly a perfect square, while the bounds 
 of the other lot located immediately east of the Glebe were somewhat 
 irregular. 
 
 April 18, 1774, it was voted to make an eighth division of land, 
 laying out to each house lot 50 acres. The committee chosen to super- 
 intend this laying out consisted of Capt. Jonathan Hammond, David 
 Belding, Benjamin Brown, WiUiamCarr and Joseph Hammond. It was 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTOET. 61 
 
 voted that when there was a piece of undivided land lying between 
 lots which had been already laid out, of less than fifty acres, such 
 pieces might be taken up as a part of a fifty acre division and then 
 enough land could be selected in some other part of the undivided land 
 to make up fifty acres. The making of the eighth division began the 
 first day of September, 1774, a,nd every proprietor was required to 
 make his pitch on the day when his turn came. Any one making an 
 eighth division pitch could not throw it up when once made and make 
 a new selection. 
 
 After some forty years had passed from the time that the third and 
 fourth divisions were made, the proprietors began to experience much 
 difficulty about the bounds of their respective lots. These had not 
 been well established, and the records pertaining to them were quite 
 defective. It was not known in aU cases when these lots were laid, 
 nor just where the east line of the township ran. The consequence 
 was that some of the lots were laid out in Richmond. There was also 
 difficulty about the fifth and seventh divisions falling short when ac- 
 curately measured. Some of the proprietors had never come to the 
 township to reside ; others had sold their rights to parties unknown to 
 the proprietors living in the town. To effect a satisfactory settlement 
 of the difficulty, proprietors' meetings were held, votes passed, and 
 committees chosen. 
 
 March 10, 1780, Col. Joseph Hammond, Benjamin Brown, David 
 Belding, Dea. Thomas Hammond and Maj. Elisha WhiLcomb were 
 chosen a committee to settle the bounds of the third and fourth di- 
 vision lots and make a return of their doings to the proprietors. 
 This was done and their report recorded at length in their book of 
 records. 
 
 Another committee, consisting of Joseph Hammond, David Beld- 
 ing and Benjamin Brown, was chosen soon after to make up to owners 
 of the fifth and seventh division lots the amount of land wanting to 
 make their one-hundred and fifty acres respectively. The owners of 
 the third division lots which were found to have been laid out in 
 Kichmond were also compensated by having other lots laid out for 
 them within the lawful bounds of the proprietors' land. 
 
 At a meeting held May 16, 1791, it was v^oted that those who had 
 not received their quota of land already granted might have till the 
 last Tuesday in November of that year to complete the laying out of 
 their land in those divisions. 
 
 Col. Jonathan Whitcomb, Capt. Elijah Belding, Lieut. Roger Thomp- 
 son, David Belding, jr., and Isaac Hammond were chosen a committee 
 
62 HISTOKY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 to finish the laying out of the land in all of the divisions which had 
 been made. 
 
 November 11, 1803, it was voted to lay out a ninth division of the 
 undivided land, each lot to contain ten acres. The committee chosen 
 for the purpose consisted of Francis Goodhue, Elijah Belding, Jona- 
 than Hammond, Elisha Whitcomb and Philemon Whitcomb. Elijah 
 Belding, jr., was soon after added to this committee. 
 
 The location of the pitches was to commence the first Monday in 
 May, 1804, and each proprietor had to make his pitch at his own cost. 
 June 7, 1809, Jonathan Hammond, Elijah Belding and Elijah Beld- 
 ing, jr., were chosen a committee to survey the undivided lands. Oc- 
 tober ninth of the same year a division of nine acres of undivided land 
 was made to each right. The proprietors drew for their pitches and 
 the first Monday in the following November was decided upon to 
 commence drawing for their pitches in the tenth division. Voted to 
 assess each share in the undivided land equally to pay the expense of 
 the committee for the survey of the undivided lands. The committee 
 for laying out the tenth division consisted of Elijah Belding, jr., 
 Elijah Belding and Jonathan Hammond, Abijah Sawyer was chosen 
 collector of the tax to be assessed. This lay-out committee charged 
 for fifty-one days' work. 
 
 May 7, 1833, the proprietors met at the old Meeting House and vo- 
 ted to make an eleventh division of the undivided land of three acr^s 
 to each right or house lot. 
 
 Capt. Edward Goddard and "William Wright were chosen to make 
 the draft for the division, and the first of October was fixed as the 
 time to commence the division. 
 
 The last meeting of the proprietors held for the choice of officers 
 was on February 4, 1833, at which time John Stratton was chosen 
 moderator ; Luther Browne, proprietors' clerk ; Luther Browne, Hub- 
 bard Williams and Elijah Carpenter, proprietors' committee. Some 
 of the pitches in the eleventh division were not made for some years 
 after this time. The following is the last record made in the proprie- 
 tors' book. 
 
 Swanzey, June 8, 1861. This certifies that I, William P. Gunn, 
 have bought three rights of common land in the Division No. 1 1 of 
 the heirs of Philemon Whitcomb, three acres each, and have made a 
 pitch on land called Picked Mountain, bounding on land of Bailey 
 Corliss and common land. 
 
 Hubbard Williams. 
 
 Proprietors' Clerk. 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 63 
 
 The first record made in the books was June 27, 1734, at Con- 
 cord, Mass., being nineteen days less than one hundred and twenty- 
 seven years from the period at which the last was made. 
 
 It will be perceived that in the early years of the settlement the 
 proprietors had charge not only of the land, but of municipal matters 
 in the township also. No records of the town as such, in distinction 
 from those of the proprietors, are to be found previous to 1766, at 
 which date they commence. 
 
 During the ten years which elapsed from the resettlement of the town 
 in 1752 to the annexation of the Richmond gore in 1762 the settlements 
 increased but slowly. The fact that the township proved to be in 
 New Hampshire instead of Massachusetts, the fear of Indian raids 
 and the peculiar manner in which the land in the township was laid out 
 and divided, — all had a tendency to deter persons from coming hither 
 to settle. It could not have been pleasant to go to the field or to 
 church with gun in hand for protection, or with soldiers to guard them 
 while worshipping or laboring. But this was the state of affairs much 
 of the time during this period. As the land was laid out, first the 
 meadows and then the upland, and all after the fourth divisions pitched 
 anywhere and in all manners of shapes, it left between the pitches 
 pieces of undivided land often very irregular in shape and poorly adapt- 
 ed for farms or, settlement. 
 
 After the Richmond gore was annexed to Swanzey in 1 762 the lots 
 were purchased quite rapidly and settlements made upon them, and 
 there was increased activity in settling the old part of the township. 
 Previous to this time France had lost its Canadian possessions and 
 there was no power to incite the Indians to continue depredations up- 
 on the settlement, and one could come and locate and commence 
 making a home without danger of being molested by the Indians. 
 
 In June, 1765, a powerful hurricane passed over the town. The meet- 
 ing house on the hill was turned one quarter around and considerably 
 damaged. The repairing of these damages and some other repairs 
 on the house were done nominally by the town, or by the proprietors, 
 the leading and substantial men among them doing the work for 
 which the sum of £214 was paid. 
 
 There was a large increase of inhabitants in the town between 1762 
 and 1 777. This was largely made up of young men who came and 
 established permanent homes, and many of whom eventually became 
 prominent and influential citizens. 
 
 The following are names of persons who settled in the town during 
 this period : 
 
64 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Thomas Applin, John Applin, Timothy Brown Applin (the first 
 person on record in town with more than two names), Isaac Applin, 
 Daniel Bishop, Timothy Bishop, Joseph Cummings, Ephraim Cum- 
 mings, Thaddeus Cummings, Enoch Cummings, Nehemiah Cummings, 
 Caleb Cook, Nathaniel Dickinson, Joseph Dickinson, Benjamin Day, 
 Joshua Durant, Levi Durant, John Follett, jr., Benjamin Follett, 
 Stoddard Frazy, Calvin Frink, John Frazy, Asa Freeman, Thomas 
 Greene, Joseph Greene, Abraham Griffith, Moses Griffith, Edward 
 Goddard, Edward Hazen, Benjamin Hazen, Michael Hefferon, Den- 
 nis Hefferon, Simeon Howes, Kimber Harvey, Timothy Harvey, Eph- 
 raim Harvey, Benjamin Hewes, Benjamin Hewes, jr., Charles Howe, 
 Theodore Howe, Uriah Howe, Willard Hunt, Pelitia Kazey, Jethro 
 KimbaU, Eli Kimball, Elkanah Lane, Elkanah Lane, jr., Samuel 
 ^Lane, Justus Lawrence, Henry Morse, Jonathan Nichols, jr., Andrew 
 Nichols, Elijah Osgood, Aaron Parsons, Samuel Page, John Plane, 
 Amasa Parker, Nathaniel Patten, Josiah Prime, Simeon Puffer, Amos 
 Puffer, Josiah Read, Cornelius Roberts, John Rugg, Penticost Stanley, 
 Benjamin Starkey, Enoch Starkey, Joseph Starkey, John Starkey, 
 John Starkey, jr., John Thompson, Roger Thompson, Samuel Thomp- 
 son, Ebenezer Thompson, Annanius Tubbs, Daniel Warner, James 
 Wheelock, Ezekiel White, David White, John Whitcomb, Moses 
 Boardman Williams, Joseph Whitcomb, jr., Jonathan Whitcomb, 
 Elisha Whitcomb, Philemon Whitcomb, Abijah Whitcomb. 
 
 At the commencement of the Revolutionary war there were in the 
 town a number of men able to do military duty who came to the town 
 when lads with their parents, or who had been born in the town. Of 
 this number were Elijah Belding, David Belding, 2*, Moses Beldiug, 
 Samuel Belding, 2'*, Eleazar Brown, Wright Brown, Thomas Cressen, 
 2"^, Nathan Cressen, Joseph Day, Amos Day, Jonathan Day, Daniel 
 Day, Joshua Graves, Abner Graves, Elijah Graves, William Grimes, 
 2*^, James Grimes, Isaac Hammond, Benjamin Hammond, Joseph 
 Hammond, 2*, James Heaton, 2"^, Samuel Heaton, Nathaniel Heaton, 
 Nathaniel Hills, Nathaniel Hills, 2"^, Samuel Hills, 2^, Samuel Hills, 
 3"*, Ebenezer Hills, Nathan Woodcock, Samuel Wright. 
 
 March 4, 1766, the town "voted to build a good and sufficient pound 
 thirty-five foot square in the highway at the end of John Frazy's house 
 lot." This pound, or one thai replaced it, is remembered by our older 
 citizens as standing on the east side of the old road near the south- 
 east corner of the present cemetery. 
 The following is the record of the annual March meeting in 1771 : 
 " At a meeting of the inhabitants of Swanzey legally meet at the 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 65 
 
 meeting house in said Swanzey on Tuesday the fifth day of March, 
 1771, the meeting being opened, Capt. Joseph Hammond was chosen 
 moderator, then the meeting was adjourned for the space of half an 
 hour to meet at the house of Lieut. Jonathan Whitcomb. Re-assem- 
 bled at the time and place appointed. Thomas Applin was chosen 
 Town Clerk. Thomas Applin, Samuel Hills, Benjamin Brown, David 
 Belding and Elijah Graves chosen selectmen. Voted that the select- 
 men be assessors. Caleb Sawyer was chosen constable ; Capt Joseph 
 Hammond chosen Town Treasurer ; Thomas Hammond and Amasa 
 Parker chosen Tythingmen ; Lieut. -Joseph Whitcomb, Joseph Cum- 
 mings, Henry Morse, David Belding, Roger Thompson and Benjamin 
 Brown chosen Surveyors of High Wayes. Elisha Scott and Elijah 
 Belding chosen Fence Viewers ; John Starkey Sen. Dear Reef ; Wyat 
 Gunn, Ebenezer Hills and Jonathan Woodcock jr. chosen Hog Reaves ; 
 Nathan Scott 'and Gardner Duston chosen Field Drivers; Samuel 
 Belding chosen Sealer of Leather. Voted to accept of the settlement 
 of accounts with Capt. Jonathan Hammond as Treasurer for the year 
 1768 and 1769 as presented to the town by the Selectmen. 
 
 Voted to raise forty pounds lawful money to make and repair roads. 
 
 Voted that labor at the roads be set at two shillings and eight pence 
 per day from the first day of Apr. to the first day of Oot., and the 
 rest of the year at two shillings per day. 
 
 Voted, that swine may go at large on the common yoked and ringed 
 according to law, from the first of April to the last day of October. 
 
 Joseph Hammond, Moderator." 
 
 The common practice in those early days of adjourning for one- 
 half or one-fourth of an hour from the meeting house to some dwell- 
 ing house was doubtless occasioned by the fact that the meeting house 
 was cold, there being in it neither stove nor fireplace nor any other 
 apparatus for warming it. Some of the more uncharitable, however, 
 think it was another kind of fire which our forefathers indulged in 
 that was the occasion of these adjournments. 
 
 At a town meeting Nov. 8, 1771, it was "voted to allow Ca,pt. 
 Jonathan Hammond two pound eight shillings lawful money for going 
 twice to Worcester to Mr. Putnam's on the town's business." 
 
 Nearly all the men in the town rendered some kind of service for 
 
 the revolutionary cause during the years, 1775-76-77. Men that 
 
 were too old for military service and had the means hired men for the 
 
 army or loaned to the town to enable it to hire soldiers. The follow- 
 
 5 
 
66 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 ing votes passed at different times indicate the feeling in this town 
 in regard to the impending struggle. 
 
 May 8, 1775. " Voted that Samuel Hills be appointed a Deputy 
 to represent this town at the Convention of Deputies proposed to be 
 held at Exeter on the 17*'' day of this instant, and that he be fully im- 
 powered and authorized in behalf of this town to join with Deputies 
 of other towns in adopting and pursuing such measures as may be 
 judged most expedient to pursue to restore the rights of this and the 
 other colonies, and that he be impowered as aforesaid to act for the 
 space of six months if the said Convention of Deputies shall judge it 
 to be necessary." 
 
 Dec. 18. " Voted, That it is the opinion of the town that Col. 
 Joseph Hammond, Maj. Elisha Whitcomb, Capt. Joseph Whitcomb, 
 jr., Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb, Mr. Thomas Hammond, Mr. Benja- 
 min Brown, and Lieut. Daniel Warner be chosen a Committee of Safety 
 agreeable to the advice of the Continental Congress, and we aeimowl- 
 edge them a Committee of Safety for this town, and we approve of 
 what they have acted in that capacity." 
 
 March 4, 1 777. " Voted to dismiss the present Committee of Safety 
 and choose a new one, and accordingly made choice of Samuel Day, 
 Calvin Frink, Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb, Lieut. Elisha Whitcomb, 
 and Lieut. Elijah Belding." 
 
 The Committee of Safety was composed of some of the most influ- 
 ential and enterprising men of the town, and to them were confided 
 matters of great public interest. 
 
 The commencement of the year 1778 found the people of the Amer- 
 ican colonies, who had revolted from the British government, much en- 
 couraged for the success of their cause. Burgoyne with his splendid 
 army had surrendered and become prisoners of war. Measures were 
 being taken to unite the colonies in a general government, and to ma- 
 ture plans for state and local governments. The action of the voters 
 of Swanzey, Jan. 22, 1778, was such as to show that the public sen- 
 timent of the town was in full sympathy with those who were engaged 
 in planning systems of federal and state governments. At a special 
 town meeting it was " voted that this town approves of the Articles 
 of Confederation and perpetual union between the United States of 
 America as proposed by the Continental Congress, and desire that the 
 same may be ratified and confirmed." 
 
 " Voted, that our representative at the General Court be instructed 
 ito concur with the representatives of the other towns in this state for 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 67 
 
 the sole purpose of forming and laying a permanent plan or system 
 for the future government of this state agreeably to the vote of the 
 General Court." 
 
 May 12, 1778. " Voted to send one man to meet with the Conven- 
 tion at Concord the tenth day of June next, and Calvin Frink Esq. 
 was chosen." 
 
 Dec. 3, 1778, the legal voters of Swanzey and Fitzwilliam, which 
 townswere classed together, havingbeen duly notified, met at the house 
 of Lieut. Henry Morse to choose a person having a real estate of two 
 hundred pounds lawful money in this state, to represent them in the 
 General Assembly to be held at Exeter on the third Wednesday of 
 December, and '.' to empower such representative for the term of 
 one year from this meeting to transact such business and pursue such 
 measures as they may judge necessary for the public good, and par- 
 ticularly to impower such representative to vote in the choice of Del- 
 egates to the Continental Congress." Major Elisha Whitcomb was 
 the person chosen, who was likewise authorized to vote for delegates 
 to the Congress. Mr. Morse, at the time the foregoing meeting was 
 held at his house, resided in that part of Swanzey which was subse- 
 quently disnnnexed to help form the town of Troy. At the time of 
 the meeting much of the travel from Cheshire county and the Connec- 
 ticut valley for Boston went down through Swanzey Centre and up 
 over the hill where Mr. Morse kept a public house. An old cellar 
 hole now marks the place where the meeting was held. 
 
 During the ' ' Vermont Controversy," relative to the boundary and 
 status of that territory, 1777-1783, the western part of New Hamp- 
 shire was much agitated and public sentiment very much divided be- 
 tween those that wished to unite with Vermont and those that wished 
 to continue their connection with New Hampshire. In many towns 
 a majority of the voters were in favor of uniting with Vermont. Among 
 them were Alstead, Charlestown, Claremont, Chesterfield, Gilsum, 
 Hinsdale, Marlow, Richmond, Surry and Westmoreland. 
 
 Belknap in his history of New Hampshire says — "The state of 
 society within the seceding towns at this time was very unhappy. 
 The majorities attempted to control the minorities ; and these were 
 not disposed to submit, but to seek protection of the government with 
 which they had been connected. At the same time and in the same 
 place Justices, Sheriffs and Constables, appointed by the authority 
 of both States, were exercising jurisdiction over the same persons. 
 Party rage, high words and deep resentment, were the effects of these 
 clashing interests." 
 
 Swanzey remained loyal to New Hampshire, but it will be seen by 
 
68 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 the following documents that it contained a disturbing secession el- 
 ement. 
 
 selectmen's statement of affaiks addressed to the general 
 
 cocRT, 1871. 
 "The Selectmen of the town of Swanzey, in behalf of themselves 
 and the Town Humbly show — That under the Present unhappy Situ- 
 ation of our affairs in this part of the State, when most in many, and 
 many in all the Towns have Revolted from under the Government 
 and Jurisdiction of the State, bidding defiance to the Authority and 
 Laws of the same ; Absolutely Refusing to pay Taxes, or to contrib- 
 ute any thing in any way or manner towards Raising men for the Con- 
 tinental Army, or Providing Supplies for the same — We find it Ex- 
 tremely Difficult for us to Comply with the Requisitions of the State, 
 for altho' the greatest part of the People in this Town, Remain firm 
 in their Allegiance to the State ; Utterly averse to the late and present 
 factions and seditious conduct of a great (if not the greatest) part 
 of the People in this Western part of the State, yet our affairs are 
 extremely Embarrassed, for if Taxes are Assessed they cannot be 
 Collected, as some will Refuse to pay, and if Constables or Collectors 
 should Distrain such Delinquents for their Rates, Mobs would Arise, 
 and perhaps the power of the State of Vermont would be employed 
 for their protection. We have exerted ourselves as much as we could 
 in order to Raise our Quota of Men for the Continental Army, and 
 Also for Six months, but have not been able to complete the former 
 nor to Raise any part of the latter, which Inability is owing princi- 
 pally if not Solely to the confused Situation of this part of the State ; 
 And unless Something can be done for our Assistance it will be Abso- 
 lutely Impossible for us to Raise Men or money for the Service of the 
 State. We consider ourselves as Subjects of the state of New Hamp- 
 shire, and are firmly Resolved to persist in our Allegiance, and ex- 
 pect the protection of the State, without which we shall not be able 
 to stand against the opposition that will be made. We humbly pray 
 that your Honors would take the matter into your Wise consideration, 
 and make such provision for our protection and Safety as that we may 
 not be Obliged to Yield to unreasonable Men and Measures.^ 
 
 Thomas Applin, " 
 Calvin Friuk, Selectmen 
 
 Elijah Belding, V of 
 Isaac Hammond, Swanzey." 
 
 Elisha Whitcomb, 
 Swanzey June 9th, 1781. 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTOEY. 69 
 
 RELATIVE TO THE BEEF TAX, 1784. 
 FEBRUARY, 1785. 
 
 "The Petition of the Selectmen and Assessors of the Town of Swan- 
 zey in said State for the year 1784 ; Humbly sheweth. 
 
 That whereas in the year 1781 the General Court of this State Or- 
 dered and directed the Selectmen of said Swanzey, to Assess the In- 
 habitants of said Town, their Quota of Beef for the Continental Army, 
 which was accordingly done, and the greatest part of said Beef was 
 paid by said Inhabitants, Yet some were delinquent, Refusing to pay 
 their State Tax, occasioned principally by the Union of the Grants 
 (so called) with Vermont, by reason of which, agreeably to an Act 
 of the General Court said Swanzey was Ordered to pay the Deficiency 
 of said Tax, and a fine for their Delinquency, both of which amount- 
 ing to £137, which the Treasurer of this State by his Warrant directed 
 to the Selectmen of said Town has ordered to be assessed, which has 
 not yet been complied with. Because your petitioners think it very un- 
 just to Assess, Levy and collect the aforesaid sum of those Persons 
 who paid their Tax in due Time, and your Petitioners have no war- 
 rant to Assess said Sum on those that were Delinquent and dare not 
 venture to Assess said Sum either on the whole or part of the Inhab- 
 itants, lest it should make great confusion, murmuring and Complain- 
 ing among the People of Said Town. — Your Petitioners therefore 
 most Humbly and earnestly pray that this Honorable Body would take 
 the above stated Case into their Serious Consideration, and make such 
 Order thereon, as in their Wisdom they shall think most Just and 
 Equitable. 
 
 And as in Duty Bound shall ever pray : 
 
 David Belding i & 
 
 Isaac Hammond f Assessors 
 
 -> Selectmen 
 i 
 > 
 
 of Swanzey." 
 
 RELATIVE TO THE BEEF TAX. 
 ADDRESSED TO THE GENERAL CODRT, DEC. 13, 1786. 
 
 "The Selectmen of Swanzey in the County of Cheshire humbly beg 
 leave to lay before this Honorable Body their Embarrassments as to 
 Assessing the Doomage for this Town's Deficiency of Beef in the 
 Year 1781. Your Petitioners immediately on Receiving Orders for 
 collecting Said Beef, Assessed the Inhabitants of Swanzey, Setting 
 the Beef at twenty Seven Shillings pr. Hundred weight, and as your 
 
70 HISTORY OP SWANZET. 
 
 Petitioners were Sensible of the Importance of the Order of the Court 
 being complied with, they exerted themselves and collected a consid- 
 erable part of the Beef by the Set time ; and would undoubtedly Col- 
 lected the whole, had it not been for a number of Political Heretics 
 in this and Adjacent Towns who by their Instigations and artful in- 
 sinuations Shook the Allegiance of the ignorant and unprincipaled 
 part of the community from the State of New Hampshire and Attached 
 them to the usurped State of Vermont ; and the Imbecility of Gov- 
 ernment was so great at that Day that your Petitioners thought it not 
 wise to compel or use Coercive measures with those who would not 
 freely pay their proportion of Said tax ; and since the energy of Gov- 
 ernment has increased, and this Town has been called upon to pay 
 Said Tax with a Doomage, the Selectmen have taken up the Matter, 
 and find it Difficult if not Impossible to make an Assessment for said 
 Doomage in any way which will not blow up an unquenchable fire in 
 this Town — for if we should Assess it on the Delinquents only, who 
 in Justice ought to pay the Same, we should, in so doing, do injustice, 
 for a number of said Delinquents are Removed out of the Town, and 
 consequently out of the Eeach of an Assessment and should an As- 
 sessment be made on the whole Town, it would be to make the Right- 
 eous be as the Wicked, which the Patriarch of the Hebrews Saith is 
 far from the Almighty. 
 
 Your Petitioners therefore most Humbly pray this Honorable Body 
 to take the Matter into their wise Consideration, and either accept of 
 the twenty Seven Shillings on the Hundred weight which is already 
 Assessed and which may be collected without Difficulty ; or Direct 
 your Petitioners in what manner to proceed that they may escape the 
 Publick Odium. And as in Duty bound Shall ever Pray. 
 
 Isaac Hammond ~i Selectmen 
 
 [ of 
 Calvin Frink j Swanzey." 
 
 [In House of Representatives January 16, 1787, Voted that "as there 
 is great difficulty respecting the assessment for the deficiency of Beef 
 in the Town of Swanzey, the Treasurer be directed so far as respects 
 said Beef Tax, to stay the Extent against said Town until the first 
 Wednesday of June next."] 
 
 The paying taxes in beef was resorted to because there was not 
 money with which to pay them. The Continental money had become 
 worthless ; the specie had been depleted in prosecuting the war, and 
 no financial system had been devised by which the people could be 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 71 
 
 relieved from their embarrassed circumstances. The people were 
 heavily taxed to meet indebtedness occasioned by the war. 
 
 SCALE OF DEPRECIATION OF CONTINENTAL MONEY, 1777. 
 
 January, 100; February, 96; March, 94; April, 90; May, 87; 
 June, 83 ; July, 80 ; August, 66 ; September, 57 ; October, 36 ; No- 
 vember, 33 ; December, 32 ; January, 1778, 30 ; February, 28 ; March, 
 26 ; April, •^5 ; May, 25 ; June, 25 ; July, 23 ; August, 22 ; Septem- 
 ber, 21 ; October, 20 ; November, 18 ; December, 15 ; January, 1779, 
 13 ; February, 11 ; March, 10 ; AprQ, 9 ; June, 8 ; July, 7 ; August, 
 6 ; September, 5 ; October, 4 ; November, 4 ; December, 4 ; January, 
 1780, 3 ; February, 3 ; March to June, 2 ; July to June, 1781, 1 ; 
 July, 0. 
 
 After the continental money had become worthless, and gold and 
 silver had gone out of the country to pay for importations occasioned 
 by the war, the people were without money. They were heavily taxed 
 by the federal and state governments to meet the expenses of the 
 war. Private debts had become embarrassing as money could not be 
 obtained for meeting engagements. Many believed that relief could 
 be obtained by the State emitting paper money and loaning it on 
 land security. The Assembly called upon the towns for an expres- 
 sion of their views upon the subject. The following is Swanzcy's in- 
 structions to its representative. 
 
 At a meeting of the inhabitants of Swanzey in the County of Ches- 
 hire and State of New Hampshire, Aug. 28, 1786 : — 
 
 "Voted to choose a Committee to give instructions to the Represen- 
 tative of said Town for the Rule of Conduct at the next Session of 
 the General Court Respecting the Emission of paper money." 
 
 To Mr. Abraham Eandall, Representative of the Town of Swanzey : 
 
 Sib : — Your constituents, Reposing confidence in your integrity, ability and 
 zeal for the publick good, Chose you to Represent them in tlie General As- 
 sembly of this State the present year. This is a day we are sensible when 
 the greatest Wisdom, patriotism, firmness, Unanimity, Publicli Spirit and 
 freedom be detached from selfish and Mercenary views, and when all the 
 above-named virtues are requisite, and ought to be the governing principles 
 in all our Publicl? Councils. We, therefore, having a Constitutional Right so 
 to do, tliink it expedient to express our Sentiments to you respecting our dis- 
 tressed situation for want of a Circulating Medium. We therefore instruct 
 yon to use your influence In the Assembly that as soon as may be there be an 
 Emission of paper Currency, as being in Our Opinion the best Eemedy left us 
 for Relief, and it is the minds of your Constituents that the Emission of 
 
72 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 paper Currency be applied Solely for the purpose of Ridcemnig tlie State 
 Securities, which -we conceive will he a great easement by stoppinfr the in- 
 terest of those securities; but we mean not to dictate the General Court, but 
 only to hint our desires, confiding in the wisdom of the Legislature of this 
 state if they shall see fit to Issue a paper Medium that it be Emitted on such 
 foundation as they shall think best for the Community. 
 
 Hknry Morse, ) Committee in the name and 
 David Bklding, 5 behalf of the 'Town. 
 
 The returns of the actions of the towns showed that the public sen- 
 timent was opposed to emitting paper money, and the Assembly voted 
 that it had not the constitutional right to do it. 
 
 Some of those in favor of having the state issue paper money were 
 so determined that they organized an armed mob, marched to where 
 the Assembly was in session at Exeter, and endeavored to gain their 
 ends by coercive measures. They were unsuccessful ; the militia were 
 called out and a number of the leaders arrested. 
 
 Going back to March 14, 1781, we find the town "voted to sell that 
 part of the town Common lying west of the road now travelled from 
 the Meeting-house to Mr. Goddard's dwelling-house, extending south 
 to the land of Greenwood Carpenter, and north as far as the highway 
 leading from said common to James Grimes'." 
 
 The meeting-house mentioned was that standing on the hill, and 
 the road to James Grimes' went west from the common, by the David 
 Parsons' place over the hill north of Mt. Csesar. It was also voted 
 that Maj. Elisha Whitcomb, David Belding and Dea. Thomas Ham- 
 mond be a committee to make an exact survey of the land, appraise 
 it at its just value, and offer it for sale to the Rev. Edward Goddard, 
 who should have the privilege of purchasing it, but if he declined then 
 it might be sold to any other person. 
 
 May 2*, Rev. Edward Goddard was chosen a delegate to a Conven- 
 tion to be holden in Concord on the first Tuesday in June following, 
 for the purpose of forming and laying a permanent plan or system of 
 government for this State. 
 
 Dec. 3 1 , at a meeting duly called to see if the town would accept 
 of the constitution or plan of government agreed upon by the Con- 
 vention at Concord the vote was as follows : "Thirty-one voted to 
 accept it ; five declined voting at all ; two said they had not perused 
 it sufficiently and did not know whether they belonged to the state of 
 New Hampshire or to Vermont. One objected to one article respect- 
 ing the Governor, that no man shall be eligible as Governor more than 
 three years in any seven." 
 
 The above vote was passed during the time of the "Vermont Con- 
 
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 ^W^ANZEX F^C. VILLAGE 
 
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 WESTPORT 
 
 1890 
 
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GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 73 
 
 troversy," -when it appears that a few in this town sympathized with 
 Vermont. 
 
 A town meeting was held May 28, 1783, at which seventy-three 
 voters were present. They voted to reconsider the vote passed in 
 regard to the adoption of the State Constitution, and, feeling their 
 own inability to determine rightly in regard to the matter, they voted 
 to " confide in the wisdom and justice of the Legislature of the State 
 to act as they shall think most just and equitable." Thomas Applin, 
 Calvin Frink and Aaron Parsons were chosen a committee to draft 
 instructions to the delegate in the General Court. 
 
 The increase of inhabitants in Swanzey during a number of years 
 previous to 1784 must have been quite large as shown by the follow- 
 ing certificate : 
 
 " SwANZET, Dec. 10«\ 1783. 
 
 We the Subscribers do hereby Certify that According to the Best 
 of our knowledge there is in the town of Swanzey one hundred and 
 eighty-two Male Polls of twenty-one years of Age and upwards, pay- 
 ing for themselves a Poll Tax. 
 
 Isaac Hammond, 1 Selectmen 
 David Belding, Jr., 3 of Swanzey." 
 
 From 1784 to 1792 New Hampshire had a temporary constitution, 
 and under it the chief executive of the state was styled President. 
 
 The first town meeting in Swanzey under this Constitution was held 
 March 2, 1784, at which time Samuel Hills was chosen moderator. 
 
 Votes for President of the State : — Meshech Weare, 10 ; George 
 Atkinson, 21 ; John Sullivan, 2. 
 
 For two Senators for Cheshire County : Thomas Applin, 14 ; Dan- 
 iel Newcomb, 2 ; Calvin PMnk, 27 ; John Bellows, 5 ; Daniel Jones, 5 ; 
 Simeon Olcott, 5 ; Benjamin Bellows, 1. 
 
 Voted to grant 48 shillings to the Rev. Mr. Goddard as a reward 
 for his service as a member of the late Convention for forming a Con- 
 stitution for this state. 
 
 Fifteen shillings were voted to Samuel Hills for a like service. 
 
 Salmon and shad ascended the Ashuelot river before dams were 
 built across it. When the people found that their yearly supply of 
 these fish was cut off by these dams there was much complaint, and 
 doubtless there were those who were willing unlawfully to engage in 
 making free passage-ways for the fish through the dams. The Gen- 
 eral Assembly was petitioned during several years for redress in this 
 matter, and January 15, 1789, an act was passed requiring a sluice to 
 be kept open in every dam on said river in the towns of Hinsdale, 
 
74 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Winchester, Swanzey and Keene, between the 10th day of May and 
 the 20th day of July in any year. 
 
 At the annual March meeting in 1785 it was "voted to i-aise 12 
 pounds for the purpose of trimming the burying ground." 
 
 March 7, 1786. "Voted to raise 4£., 13s., Id. to complete the fenc- 
 ing of the burying ground." 
 
 "Voted to sell Lt. Dan Guild a piece of the common adjoining and 
 lying south of the burying-yard between said yard and Mr. William 
 Wright's." 
 
 At a legal meeting held Oct. 30, 1786, a plan for emitting paper 
 money by the General Court was read. The vote was unanimous 
 against approving the measure. A committee for suggesting altera- 
 tions in the plan was chosen, consisting of Eoger Thompson, WiUiam 
 Grimes, Wyman Eichardson, Abraham Randall, Elisha Whitcomb, 
 David Belding, jr., and Ebenezer Hills. 
 
 Nov. 13, the committee made the following report : — "That twenty 
 thousands be emitted on the same plan that the General Court pro- 
 posed to emit the ten thousand pounds, with the addition to have it a 
 tender for all debts due in this state ; and in lieu of the forty thous- 
 and pounds that the General Court proposed to emit on land security ; 
 that the state notes be called in, and the holder in lieu of said notes 
 to receive certificates of the same sum in lieu of the same, so that the 
 interest of said notes may cease and the certificates to be received in 
 all outstanding taxes. Dated at Swanzey the 13*'' day of November, 
 1786. 
 
 Signed in behalf of the Committee, 
 
 Roger Thompson." 
 
 Seventeen persons voted in favor of this report and two against it. 
 
 Dec. 4 a meeting was called to see if the town would agree with 
 some person to pay the last state tax by the first of January and repay 
 such person in cattle or any other way agreed upon. 
 
 "Voted, That the Selectmen be impowered to agree with Mr. Nathan 
 Capron who has undertaken to pay said tax for the town." 
 
 "Voted, That the Selectmen, together with Maj. Elisha Whitcomb, 
 Maj. Jonathan Whitcomb, Lt. Samuel Wright and Mr. David Beld- 
 ing, jr., be a committee to examine into the requests of several con- 
 stables respecting such assessments in their hands against such 
 persons as they have not had opportunity to collect, and make such 
 an adjustment and abatement to such constables as they shall judge 
 equitable." 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY, 75 
 
 The foregoing votes show the financial condition of the town at that 
 period. It was similar to that of other towns. The war for Inde- 
 pendence had been successfully prosecuted, and their independence 
 had been achieved ; but there had been no well matured plans adopted 
 for a state or a general government. The finances of the country 
 were in a deplorable condition ; taxes were heavy in consequence of 
 the war ; the people were without money, and to pay their taxes was 
 almost an impossibility. 
 
 Jan. 8, 1788, Maj. Elisha Whitcomb was chosen a delegate to a 
 convention to meet at Exeter, Feb. 2, to consider the federal con- 
 stitution. He was also chosen in 1791 to a convention for the revision 
 of the state constitution. 
 
 In 1793 it was voted to allow Mr. Moses B. "Williams six shillings 
 for warning sundry persons out of town ; and the same year an allow- 
 ance was made John Whitcomb, jr., for a similar service. This 
 "warning out of town" was a common practice in those days. "When 
 persons came into a town to reside who were likely to become depen- 
 dent upon the town for support it was customary for the selectmen 
 to issue an order to a constable to force such persons to leave the 
 town. 
 
 A constable was quite an important officer during this period of 
 the town's history. When town meetings were called the legal voters 
 were personally warned to attend by a constable who had received his 
 orders from the selectmen. The collecting of the taxes was also a 
 part of the constable's official duty. 
 
 At the annual meeting this year the following was passed : "Whereas 
 Mr. John Harvey and others, inhabitants of iSwanzey, have requested 
 said town that they would vote that tliey and their lands may be an- 
 nexed to the town of Marlborough, representing that they live much 
 more convenient to Marlborough meeting-house than to Swanzey, etc., 
 the town having considered the said request, think the same to be 
 reasonable ; therefore voted that Messrs. John Harvey, Kimber Har- 
 vey and Samuel Stearns, and the land whereon they dwell, and the 
 land belonging to Mr. Timothy Harvey be set off from the town of 
 Swanzey and annexed to the town of Marlborough ; said tract of land 
 lies in the northeastwardly part of said Swanzey, and is the most 
 northwardly part of that gore of land which was set off from Rich- 
 mond to Swanzey ; and is bounded as follows : viz. : Beginning at a 
 heap of stones, being the southeast corner of the town of Keene, then 
 runs on said Keene west 8 degrees north, 32 rods to the old corner of 
 Swanzey ; then runs south 34 degrees west on Swanzey's old line, 418 
 
76 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 rods to a white pine tree ; then runs east 20 degrees 30 minutes south 
 on common land 2 1 2 rods to a stake and stones in the patent line ; 
 then runs on the patent line north 9 degrees 30 minutes east 418 rods 
 to the first mentioned corner ; containing three hundred and five acres." 
 This vote was sanctioned the same year by the legislature. The fol- 
 lowing is the plan of the foregoing described piece of land : 
 
 In 1812 a small section on the N. E. part of the town was annexed 
 to Keene ; and in 1842 another section, a part of the Richmond Gore, 
 was annexed to Marlborough. 
 
 In 1815 a portion, about three miles south of the last-named sec- 
 tion, was taken to form the new town of Troy, leaving the eastern 
 boundary of Swanzey very irregular. 
 
 A movement was commenced as early as 1794 to have a new meet- 
 ing house built, larger and more imposing than the old one on the hill. 
 The population of the town had become too large, too wealthy and 
 were too well united in supporting gospel ordinances that were in har- 
 mony with the Congregational creed to make it proper to continue to 
 worship in the old house. The result of the movement was the erec- 
 tion of the meeting house on the plain, the same building which has 
 since been remodelled into the present town house. The house was 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 77 
 
 built nominally by the town, and a large part of the work was proba- 
 bly done in the year 1796. 
 
 It is not known how the building of the house was managed as the 
 town's records during the period in which it was built are lost. A list 
 of the taxes paid during these years for other purposes has been pre- 
 served but it does not show that anything was raised for building the 
 meeting house. The inference is that a committee had the manage- 
 ment of raising and applying the taxes for building the house. A 
 large part of the cost was ultimately met from the sale of the pews. 
 As a rule the most desirable pews were secured by the most promi- 
 nent men in the town. 
 
 The raising of the meeting house was a great event for the times. 
 To do the work men were picked in Swanzey and in the neighboring 
 towns. The work of raising commenced in the morning. Previous 
 to that time a whole broadside had been put together. When all was 
 ready for raising the huge broadside, the master workman took his 
 position upon the frame from which place he gave his orders until the 
 structure had been raised to a considerable height. At the close of 
 the first day the body of the house had been raised. When the men 
 assembled the second morning one of them exhibited his nerve by 
 passing from one side of the building to the other upon one of the 
 suspended beams to which other timbers had not been connected. It 
 took three days to raise the building including the belfry. For a de- 
 scription of the building see Chapter V. 
 
 Many men settled in town between the years 1777 and 1793. Had 
 a list of the tax payers been preserved during these years it would 
 have shown nearly the time when their settlement was made. The first 
 tax list that is now found is of the year 1793. 
 
 The following list is intended to include such persons as settled in 
 the town between 1777 and 1793 : 
 Abner Aldrich, Amos Bailey, 
 
 Amasa Aldrich, Nathan Capron, 
 
 Uriah Aldrich, Otis Capron, 
 
 Jacob Bump, Alpheus Capron, 
 
 Jeremiah Battles, Joseph Cross, 
 
 Thomas Battles, jr., Thomas Cross, 
 
 Edward Beverstock, Salmon Chandler, 
 
 Daniel Beverstock, Daniel Cummings, 
 
 John Beverstock, Timothy Clark, 
 
 Abijah Brown, Amariah Curtis, 
 
 William BoUes, Luther Curtis, 
 
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 HISTORY OF SAVANZEY. 
 
 Calvin Curtis, 
 Phinehas Dodge, 
 Eufus Dexter, 
 William Dival, 
 Jotham Eames, 
 Daniel Flint, 
 Moses Farnsworth, 
 John Farnsworth, 
 Jonathan Field, 
 John Franklin, 
 Joel Foster, 
 Nathaniel Foster, 
 Dan Guild, 
 Stephen Gibson, 
 "William Hunt, 
 Phinehas Hamblett, 
 Josiah Hamblett, 
 Asaph Lane, 
 John Marble, 
 Josiah Marble, 
 Paul Moore, 
 Joshua Prime, 
 Leonard Pemberton, 
 Joshua Parker, 
 John Pierce, 
 Stephen Prouty, 
 Benjamin Parsons, 
 Amariah Patridge, 
 Seth Pomroy, 
 David Read, 
 Timothy Eead, 
 Joel Read, 
 John Read, 
 "Wyman Richardson, 
 
 The following is a list of 
 tax payers in the following 
 
 William Abbott, 
 Aaron Darling, 
 Daniel Flint, 
 
 Amos Richardson, 
 Salmon Richardson, 
 Abraham Randall, 
 Levi Randall, 
 Matthew Robley, 
 William Ramzey, 
 Peletiah Razey, 
 Peter Robinson, 
 Ivory Snow, 
 Samuel Stearns, 
 Shubael Seaver, 
 Joseph Smead, 
 Nims Smead, 
 Richard Stratton, 
 William Stephenson, 
 Ebenezer Stone, 
 David Sherman, i 
 David Sherman, 2d, 
 Israel Sawyer, 
 William Town, 
 Nicholas Trask, 
 Stephen Trask, 
 Thomas Trowbridge, 
 Thomas Trowbridge, 2d, 
 Abner Twitchell, 
 Jonas Twitchell, 
 David Tenney, 
 John Usher, 
 Isaac Woodward, 
 Ichabod Woodward, 
 Richard Weeks, 
 Joseph Weeks, 
 Timothy Warren. 
 
 the names of persons who firet appear as 
 years : 
 
 1794. 
 
 Farnum Fish, 
 Jonathan Holbrook, 
 Simpson Hammond, 
 
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 79 
 
 Reuben Lord, 
 John Richardson, 
 Aquila Ramsdell, 
 
 Ziba Aldrich, 
 Benoni Benson, 
 Nathan Cross, 
 Moses Codwell, 
 Francis Goodhue, 
 Peter Holbrook, 
 Peter Holbrook, 2d, 
 John Hix, 
 
 Benson Aldrich, 
 Eli Boyden, 
 Stephen Brown, 
 Thomas Bigelow, 
 Moses Butler, 
 Fisher Draper, 
 Parker Dudley, 
 Ebenezer French, 
 
 Arad HaU, 
 Asaph Hall, 
 John Learned, 
 Daniel Learned, 
 
 Ebenezer Billings, 
 Levi Blake, 
 Daniel Goodhue, 
 
 Lot Aldrich, 
 Richard Auger, 
 Richard Danforth, 
 Robert Gilman, 
 
 Andrew Sherman, 
 Joseph Taylor, 
 Zenas Ware. 
 
 1796. 
 
 Peter C. Hunt, 
 Thomas Harris, 
 Jonathan Jilson, 
 Stephen Jilson, 
 Jonathan Lamson, 
 James Pierce, 
 Ezra Thayer, 
 Samuel Wilson. 
 
 1798. 
 
 John Holbrook, 
 John Potter, 
 Stephen Potter, 
 Moses Pratt, 
 John Richardson, 
 James Severance, 
 James Severance, 2d, 
 Josiah Usher. 
 
 1799. 
 
 Levi Maxey, 
 Micaiah Norwood, 
 BarziUa Streeter, 
 Zopher Whitcomb. 
 
 1800. 
 
 Seth Holbrook, 
 Edmund Munyon. 
 
 1801. 
 
 Peter Holbrook, 3d, 
 John Jackson, 
 Benjamin Phelps, 
 Ebenezer StockweU. 
 
 The foregoing lists are names of persons that moved into the town 
 and the year when they were first taxed therein. 
 
 Generally they came to the town the year before they were taxed. 
 Thus we consider that those persons who were taxed for the first time 
 
80 HISTOKT OF SWANZET. 
 
 in 1801 became residents in 1800. Yonng men who reached their 
 majority in the town and were sons of fathers who had been taxed in 
 the town are not included in the lists. What we have intended to 
 show is the time when different families moved into the town. 
 
 But a small number of persons had settled in the town previous to 
 1800 except to engage in clearing up land for a farm. At this time 
 nearly all the land in the township had passed into the hands of men. 
 who wanted it for such a purpose. 
 
 Probably there was as large a number of farms in the town in 1800 
 as there has been at any period in the town's history. Large num- 
 bers of cellar holes can be seen in different parts of the town where 
 some one about this period or previously had built a house and cleared 
 off some of the adjacent land, with the view of residing there perma- 
 nently as a farmer. 
 
 Nearly all the land in the town when first cleared was quite pro- 
 ductive. Fields that long since were abandoned for farming once 
 produL-ed stout grass, and upon many hills that are now covered with 
 timber was once excellent pasturage. 
 
 The course of the settlements in the town was from the Centre (at 
 which place they were mostly confined for the first twenty years) , down 
 the Ashuelot river and up the South Branch. Settlements were early 
 made on the east side of the South Branch opposite the Centre and be- 
 tween there and the Keene line. Some were made upon the hills quite 
 early ; but most of the hills were not settled until nearly all the low 
 lands had been appropriated. 
 
 In 1800 many of the farms were large and productive and the owners 
 in affiuent circumstances. Large houses had been built and were sur- 
 rounded by commodious buildings. Tlie oldest type of the best houses 
 that were built in the town was a two-story house in front, and one 
 story at the back part. The plan was to have two good-sized front 
 rooms on the lower floor, and to have two good-sized chambers on the 
 second floor. The centre of the rear part contained a large kitchen 
 and at the ends of it bedrooms, pantry, cupboards, entries, etc. To 
 accommodate the three large rooms on the lower floor and the two 
 front chambers a very large chimney was built in the centre of the 
 house. Another type, and from which a larger number was built than 
 from the first, was to have the same construction upon the lower floor, 
 but without the second story in front. A fashionable type for the 
 best houses at a later^date was to build with two stories and with a 
 four-cornered flat roof. If it was built with two rooms upon each floor, 
 it had usually a chimney at each end of the house. If it contained 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 81 
 
 four rooms upon each floor the chimneys were built between the front 
 and rear rooms. 
 
 A log house was common where a new settlement was made for a 
 few years, but as there were saw mills in the town most of the time 
 from the first settlement, and plenty of timber, these were soon re- 
 placed by framed houses as most of the settlers were enterprising men. 
 
 To feed a family one depended mostly upon the production of his 
 land and the stock which he kept upon it. Very little dependence 
 was made upon purchasing provisions outside of the town. Large 
 quantities of rye were raised upon the newly cleared land, and upon 
 the plains by cultivation. Indian corn was regarded as the most im- 
 portant crop of all that was cultivated. The principal bread used was 
 brown bread made from rye and Indian meal. Hasty pudding was a 
 standard family diet. Boiled Indian pudding frequently made with 
 suet, was a common article upon the farmer's table. Johnny-cake of- 
 ten was substituted for brown bread. Wheat was cultivated to some 
 extent, but it was too uncertain a crop to be relied upon to constitute 
 the daily fare of most families. Beans were extensively raised, and 
 used largely for making bean porridge. Potatoes, turnips, pump- 
 kins, pease, cabbages and beets were all raised to help make a yearly 
 stock of provisions for a family. 
 
 Farmers, as a rule, produced their own meat. In the fall of the 
 year or early winter, enough fatted cattle and hogs were slaughtered 
 to make a supply of fresh meat for the winter and salt meat for a 
 year ; veal was the principal fresh meat used in the summer, and mut- 
 ton in the fall. 
 
 A much larger quantity of milk was used then than at present. In 
 many large families of children brown bread and milk and Johnny- 
 cake and milk constituted a large part of their food. P'armers who 
 had any number of cows generally made a quantity of cheese for a 
 year's stock, to be used daily in the family. Butter was perhaps less 
 used than it is at present. Very little income was expected from the 
 cows in the winter. The milk of one cow in the winter was all that 
 most farmers cared to have. 
 
 The amount of fleh obtained from the rivers was an important item 
 in the supply of provisions for many families. Those fish which are 
 now common to our rivers and brooks were then much larger and more 
 abundant than they are at the present time. At the time the town 
 was first settled salmon and shad made their annual visits to its rivers 
 in large numbers. 
 
 The occasional killing of a deer furnished some venison ; wild tmv 
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82 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 keys were frequently killed ; pigeons were more plentiful than they are 
 at the present time ; partridges were as numerous as at present, and 
 perhaps more so. 
 
 The principal article of food consumed, not produced upon the farm 
 or obtained from the rivers or forests, was salt fish purchased in the 
 Boston market. 
 
 The clothing of both men and women was almost entirely home- 
 spun. F'lax and wool were the principal materials from which it was 
 made. For working flax, men were skilled in the process of rotting 
 it, after it had been harvested. This was done by spreading it on the 
 ground, exposed to rains and dews, until the woody part became brit- 
 tle and could be cleaved from the fibre by the use of the break and 
 swingle. After the men had done their part of the work upon the flax 
 the fibre was handed over to the wives and daughters. They, by the 
 use of the hatchel, the spinning-wheel and the loom, made it into 
 cloth. When men had sheared the wool from the sheep, women, by 
 the use of the hand cards, spinning-wheels and looms, made it into 
 cloth. The art of dyeing yarn and cloth was confided to the women. 
 
 Grazing was depended upon almost entirely for keeping horses and 
 cattle through the summer, and most of the hogs were kept in a pas- 
 ture or run in the highway during the summer, and grass and roots 
 constituted a large part of their feed. 
 
 A well arranged farm, to meet the requirements of a family, had 
 pastures for cattle and horses, a sheep pasture, a hog pasture, hay 
 fields, a field of corn, of rye, wheat, oats, buckwheat, potatoes, beans, 
 turnips, pease, flax, and a good-sized garden. 
 
 The production of cider appears to have been regarded as an im- 
 portant part of farm operations. Seldom do we find an old cellar hole, 
 where there was once a farm, that there are not to be seen more or 
 less old apple trees. 
 
 The practices of the times were such that an ordinary farmer pro- 
 vided most of the food and clothing for his family from the produc- 
 tion of his land and the labor of himself and family within the bounds 
 of his own possessions. 
 
 To pay for such articles of food and clothing as could not be pro- 
 duced, to pay for work done by a carpenter, by a blacksmith, a tan- 
 ner, a shoemaker, and to pay taxes required that a considerable amount 
 of something should be disposed of to meet such payments. The 
 mechanics, as a general thing, had farms and lands that they were 
 clearing up. This enabled the mechanics and farmers to exchange 
 labor for their mutual benefit. The income most relied upon to raise 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 83 
 
 money was from the sale of cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. The 
 land was new and productive, which enabled the farmers to dispose 
 of a considerable amount of stock annually. 
 
 Large numbers of the farmers went once a year, at least, to Bos- 
 ton or some other place where there was a good market, with the sur- 
 plus production of their farms and some goods of domestic manu- 
 facture, and made purchases of some of the principal articles that 
 would be needed the coming year. The loads carried to market were 
 largely made up of a few hundred pounds of pork, a few tubs of but- 
 ter, a number of cheeses, a box or two of poultry, a web of frocking 
 and a piece of flannel. The return load would consist of a few bushels 
 of salt, several gallons of rum, a few gallons of molasses, a quantity 
 of tea, a jack-knife for each of the boys, a piece of goods to make 
 the wife a dress and some trinkets for the girls. Large numbers of 
 these loads were drawn by a single horse, some by two horses, and in 
 some cases, oxen were brought into requisition. 
 
 The farmers that went to market in this way had to exercise con- 
 siderable economy that their expenses might not consume too large a 
 portion of the products sold. A large part of the food eaten while 
 gone was taken with them from home, and some of the grain to be 
 fed to the team, was also carried from home. It was considered no 
 impropriety in those times for a person going to market to eat his 
 own lunch or to feed his own grain to his horses at a public house. 
 The tavern keeper was satisfied if he furnished the hay, liquor and 
 lodging. 
 
 Quite an amount of goods was transported upon horses by the use 
 of panniers. These were a pair of baskets suspended one upon each 
 side of a horse. Some men made a business of going to market with 
 what could be carried in a pair of panniers. Mr. John Whitcomb came 
 to the town about the year 1763 from Bolton, Mass., with a wife and 
 three small children. He rode one horse and brought such articles as 
 he could ; his wife rode another which carried a pair of panniers. In 
 each of the baskets a child was placed, the other the mother brought 
 in her arms. 
 
 Wheeled carriages for people to ride in were but little used at the 
 period of 1800. Riding horseback was the usual mode of travelling 
 when people rode. It was common for two persons to ride upon one 
 horse. Men took their wives and daughters to church upon their 
 horses behind them. A young man would gallant a lady friend upon 
 his horse behind him with as much pride as one does now in a nice 
 carriage. A pUlion was placed behind the saddle, and fastened to it 
 for the person to sit upon that rode behind. 
 
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 HISTORY OF 8WANZET. 
 
 For a long time one of the most travelled thoroughfares in Cheshire 
 county was the road that passed through the centre of Swanzey. The 
 road passed south from the Centre and then turned to the southeast 
 and passed up over the hiU into what was then Fitzwilliam, now Troy. 
 A large part of the teaming from Cheshire county, and much of that 
 of Vermont going to Boston, passed over this road. 
 
 This travel made business for public houses at the Centre and for 
 one on the hill in that part of Swanzey which is included in Troy. 
 The one on the hill was a noted house. It was first kept by Henry 
 Morse and then by Francis Goodhue. 
 
 A man fashionably dressed wore a ruffled shirt bosom, short 
 breeches, long stockings, knee buckles, a powdered wig, and a cocked 
 hat. , 
 
 The women's clothing was mostly made from homespun, woollen 
 and linen goods ; but nice silk dresses were not uncommon. Most 
 women in comfortable circumstances had a scarlet woolen cloak made 
 with a hood. These cloaks were made from imported goods. 
 
 The following named persons became residents of Swanzey and 
 were taxed in the town for the first time in the following years : 
 
 1802. 
 Phinehas Field, Solomon Matthews, 
 
 Garinter Hastings, William Newcomb, 
 
 Cornelius Hines, Uriah Parmenter. 
 
 Abraham Aldrich, 
 David Bennett, 
 John Fitch, 
 Richard Gale, 
 
 Benjamin Barrett, 
 John Guild, 
 •George Hill, 
 Wid. Hannah Kelley, 
 
 Nahum Baldwin, 
 ^ehemiah Bennett, 
 ,James Brewer, 
 Eleazer Franklin, 
 
 James Cummings, 
 David Dwinnell, 
 
 1803. 
 
 Selah Smead, 
 Sibley Taft, 
 Levi Whitcomb, 
 Gideon G. Willis. 
 
 1804. 
 
 Abraham Stearns, 
 Abijah Stearns, 
 Noah Stevens. 
 
 1805. 
 
 James Sibley Taft, 
 Josiah Whitcomb, 
 Reuben Worcester. 
 
 1806. 
 
 Joseph Emerson, 
 William Fairbrother, 
 
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 85 
 
 Eleazer Loveland, 
 Joel Mellen, 
 
 Lot Bingham, 
 Eeuben Britton, 
 Luther Chapman, 
 
 Nehemiah Andrews, 
 Fisher Bullard, 
 John Cummings, 
 Timothy Fesendon, 
 Levi Long, 
 
 Deliverance Brown, 
 Ahaz Howard, 
 
 Noah Ames, 
 David Brown, 
 Alpheus Capron, 
 Jonas Hunt, 
 
 Levi Dunham, 
 
 Benoni Austin, 
 Jonas Blodgett, 
 James Henry, 
 
 David Hosley, 
 William Rider, 
 
 Clark Brown, 
 Henry Cooper, 
 Eiehard Crossett, 
 Jonathan Hill, 
 Jonathan Locke, 
 Lawson Moore, 
 Daniel Osborn, 
 
 John Perry, 
 Timothy Smith. 
 
 1807. 
 
 Foster Emerson, 
 Laban Starkey. 
 
 1808. 
 
 ■ Eleazer Mason, 
 Peter Rice, 
 Paul Raymond, 
 Zadoc Taft, 
 Daniel Wetherbee. 
 
 1809. 
 
 Moses Howard. 
 
 1810. 
 
 John Long, 
 Zadoc L. Taft, 
 Brown Taft, 
 Barnard Wheeler. 
 
 1811. 
 
 Samuel Holden. 
 
 1812. 
 
 Hale Mason, 
 Asahel Shirtleff, 
 Daniel Verry. 
 
 1813. 
 
 Phinehas Stone. 
 
 1814. 
 
 Alpheus Perry, 
 Joseph Slate, 
 George Stevens, 
 Thomas Wheelock, 
 Levi Willard, 
 Josiah Wilson. 
 
86 
 
 HISTOET or SWANZEY. 
 
 John Black, 
 William Black, 
 
 Jeremiah Amidon, 
 William Bridge, 
 Jonathan Hill, 
 Silas Jones, 
 
 William Balch, 
 Nathan Elllis, 
 Jonathan Holbrook, 
 
 Jonathan Babbit, 
 John Cummings, 
 Eobert Emerson, 
 
 Ephraim K. Frost, 
 Stephen Harris, 
 Josiah Leach, 
 Peter Rogers, 
 
 Henry Baxter, 
 Calvin Bemis, 
 
 Sands Aldrieh, 
 Otis C apron, 
 Joseph Carter, 
 Calvin Field, 
 
 John Chamberlain, 
 Bela Chase, 
 Joel Eaton, 
 Davis Healey, 
 
 Tristan Aldrieh, 
 
 Simeon Ellis, 
 Abijah GUson, 
 
 1815. 
 
 Daniel Raymond, 
 James Underwood. 
 
 1816. 
 
 Barton Kelley, 
 William Morse, 
 Bartholomew Parsons. 
 
 1817. 
 
 John Leonard, 
 Martin Stone. 
 
 1818. • 
 
 Ezra Emerson, 
 Alexander Perry. 
 
 1819. 
 
 Zadoc Rogers, 
 David Stone, 
 Nathaniel Thompson, 
 John Withington. 
 
 1820. 
 
 Zachariah Field, 
 Samuel Stone. 
 
 1821. 
 
 Amos Houghton, 
 Charles Howland, 
 Jonathan Martin, 
 Elisha Simonds. 
 
 1822. 
 
 Aaron Lombard, 
 Samuel Russell, 
 Ebenezer Warren, 
 Israel Woodward. 
 
 1823. 
 
 Levi Lewis, 
 Martin Thompson. 
 
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 87 
 
 Charles Frost, 
 David Holbrook, 
 Alvin Nason, 
 Barnabas C. Peters, 
 Jesse Peters, 
 
 Seth Leonard, 
 Baxter Murdock, 
 
 Jonathan W. Capron, 
 George Darling, 
 Jonathan Jackson, 
 layman Parker, 
 Eoswell Parker, 
 
 Hardin Albee, 
 William Sebastian, 
 
 Alfred Britton, 
 Ebenezer Colman, 
 
 Archer Campbell, 
 Oliver Capron, 
 David Hill, 
 Daniel Linsey, 
 
 Hiram BoUes, 
 Lockhart Brockway, 
 George Bucklin, 
 Eussell Ballon, 
 Howard Clark, 
 
 1824. 
 
 Silas Wheeler, 
 William W+ieelock, 
 Charles Wilson, 
 Stilman Wilson. 
 
 1825. 
 
 William Winchester, 
 Allen Woodward. 
 
 1826. 
 
 Carlton Parker, 
 Reuben Porter, 
 Charles Pratt, 
 Peter Starkey, 
 William Southworth. 
 
 1827. 
 
 Daniel Temple. 
 
 1828. 
 
 James Emerson, 
 Major Gould. 
 
 1829. 
 
 Joseph Newell, 
 Thomas Ockington, 
 Jairus Perry, 
 Amasa S. llogers, 
 
 1830. 
 
 Charles Greene, 
 Asa Jackson, 
 George Oliver, 
 Elias Thatcher. 
 
 From the time of the first settlement of the town to the end of the 
 century there was no necessity for common laborers to go from home 
 to obtain work. Clearing and cultivating the land and the labors inci- 
 dent to a new settlement gave employment to all who wished to work. 
 About the beginning of the present century many of the young men 
 began to look to other places for temporary employment and perma- 
 
88 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 nent homes. Some went to Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, 
 and some to Canada. A few went to Maine and some drifted down 
 to Massachusetts. For a limited time many went to the St. Lawrence 
 river in Canada and worked at boating on that river. Others went 
 down to Connecticut river towns and labored at farming , others went 
 to Boston and vicinity and worked at gardening, trucking, drawing 
 a hand cait, or found employment on board a fishing vessel. The 
 expense of riding in a coach was too great for these men in going to 
 and returning from these places of temporary abode. A common 
 practice for a young man was to take a few articles of clothing, do 
 them up in a bundle, swing it on his back and walk. 
 
 Between the j'ears 1810 and 1820 a large number of the women in 
 Swanzey were engaged in weaving cotton clotli in hand looms. Some 
 men made a business of going to Rhode Island with a team for the* 
 yarn, distributing it to the weavers in the diflferent families and gath- 
 ering up the cloth after it was woven. 
 
 Next to farming the most important business in Svvanzeyfrom first 
 to last has been the working of pine into building material and wooden 
 ware. The large quantity of superior old growth pine, when sawed 
 into lumber, has always been an article of export. Saw mills were 
 early built not only on the larger but on the smaller streams. In 1830, 
 the number of sites where one of these mills stood or had stood was 
 not less than fifteen. All of them were the old-fashioned sash mills. 
 
 For many years about this date an extensive business was carried 
 on in transporting lumber to Northfield where it was " rafted" down 
 the Connecticut river, finding a market at Springfield, Hartford and 
 New Haven. 
 
 The mills were heavily stocked during the winter with pine "logs 
 and were often run day and night during the spring in cutting out 
 the lumber. This, when seasoned, was ''carted" (usually in May and 
 June, August and September) to Northfield. This work was mostly 
 done by farmers with ox teams. The route from East Swanzej' was 
 by the B. F. Lombard and Atkinson places through Westport and 
 Winchester and over the Northfield hills, making a long and laborious 
 trip occupying the larger part of two days. A brake on the w.agou 
 was not then used, a temporary pole between the pairs of cattle being 
 supplied to assist in holding back in going down the steep grades. 
 
 The teams ordinarily consisted of two pairs of oxen, sometimes 
 only one pair and a liorse, and sometimes three pairs. The teamsters 
 expended but little money on the road, food for botii themselves and 
 teams being carried from their homes. But very little grain was fed 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 89 
 
 by farmers to cattle in those days, hay being used almost exclusively 
 for fodder. 
 
 Most farmers at this period kept an ox team, and most had more or 
 less pine timber on their lands. The sale of this timber year by year 
 and tlie money they received from the lumbermen for teaming gave 
 them the means of paying their taxes and furrtishing the necessary 
 supplies for their families. 
 
 The making of sjjlit and shaved pine shingles was an important in- 
 dustry in the town for many years. The excellent pine timber was 
 well adapted to this business. 
 
 Early in the present century machines for sawing pointed shingles 
 were introduced. By a self-setting arrangement, they would saw from 
 each end of a block first a butt end of a shingle then the pointed end. 
 The block to be sawed was held in position by dogs. There were four 
 or five of these machines in operation at the same time previous to 
 the introduction of the pail business. The merchants in the town 
 were generally dealers in shingles. 
 
 For a long time after the town was settled good pine timber was 
 of but little value, and large, coarse and defective trees of no value. 
 These worthless trees were generally left standing to avoid the labor 
 of cutting. After a piece of timber land had been cut over it was 
 generally burned, purposely or accidentally, and all the trees not pre- 
 viously dead would be killed. As late as 1830 large numbers of these 
 trees could be seen In almost all directions, some of them retaining 
 their bark and limbs and some entirely destitute of them, presenting 
 nothing but a tall black stump. These old trees gave the town in 
 many places a very disagreeable appearance and where tliey stood in 
 mowing lands they were a constant annoyance by the falling of limbs 
 and bark. For a long time the constant springing up of young pines 
 was a great trouble to the farmers. It took but a few years for many 
 of the pastures to become so much covered with them that they would 
 be worthless for grazing purposes. No one appeared to think that 
 any benefit would be derived by letting them grow. It was an indi- 
 cation of a shiftless farmer to see his pastures covered with small sap- 
 ling pines. Many acres of pines of a larger growth, such as would 
 now be very valuable for timber, were cut and burned on the ground 
 merely to get them out of tlie way. 
 
 The farmers at this period endeavored to produce large quantities 
 of corn, rye, potatoes, beef and pork. They bought but little flour, 
 grain or wheat. They cultivated large areas of land and manured 
 sparino-ly, generally in the hill, instead of spreading broadcast. 
 
90 HISTORY OF SWANZEr. 
 
 For the raising of money by the sale of grain, oats were relied up- 
 on more than corn or rye. They were always in demand by those who 
 kept public houses. Oats were generally sown upon land when it 
 was seeded to grass, and upon land which had previously been planted 
 with potatoes and corn. The condition of the hay fields at this tim« 
 (1830) and the tools used made haying a season of intensely hard 
 labor. Most of the labor-saving machines now in use on the farm 
 had never been heard of. Much of the mowing land, especially on 
 the hills, was thickly set with stumps and sandwiched with stones. 
 The first crops of grass and grain on this primitive soil were very 
 stout, but continual cropping with slight manuring, had so diminished 
 the fertility that much of the hay crop was very light — hardly worth 
 gathering. Most farmers had then, as now, more or less meadow land, 
 but this was often quite remote from the homestead. There was al- 
 ways winter r^e to be harvested ; extensive fields of which were upon 
 new ground and had to be reaped. With all the help that could be 
 obtained it took usually not less than six or seven weeks to finish the 
 haying and the harvesting. Men went into the field at sunrise, and 
 they were fortunate if their work was done before sundown. Men and 
 boys did not do all the farm work during haying, some women and 
 girls worked in the hay fields in the afternoon about as constantly as 
 the men ; and others that did not work in the field drove up the 
 cows and milked them. 
 
 Quite a large quantity of cider was drank at this time. There were 
 but few men that did not use it. There were probably as many as a 
 dozen cider mills in the town that were kept constantly in use during 
 the fall to make the annual supply of cider. The old-fashioned mill ; 
 the hoifse attached to the end of the sweep, slowly circling around, 
 turning tlie fluted rollers, the jaws of which received the a[)ples as 
 they descended from the hopper ; the peculiar squeak of these timbers 
 as they revolved ami received the apples in their embrace ; the numer- 
 ous barrels about the establishment ; the loads of apples ; the piles 
 of straw and pumice ; the boy with a straw in his mouth bending over 
 the barrel sucking the newly made beverage ; — this was the picture 
 two generations ago. Some farmers placed yearly, from ten to thirty 
 barrels of cider in their cellars. 
 
 Home-made woollen clothes for men and women, boys and girls, 
 were made in the families of most farmers. For making the wool in- 
 to rolls two sets of machinery were run by water power ; one at East 
 the other at West Swanzey. There were but few women that could 
 not use the spinning wheel for making the rolls into yarn. For mak- 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 91 
 
 ing stockings, flannels and frocking, the yarn was colored by the 
 women. Cloth that was designed for men's and boys' clothing was 
 woven from iincolored yarn. This cloth went to the clothier to be fin- 
 ished. The finishing consisted in fulling, coloring, shearing and 
 pressing. The clothier's trade was one of the important trades of 
 the time. Years of apprenticeship were required to learn it. There 
 were clothiers' mills at East and West Swanzey, Factory Village, 
 "VVestport and at Swanzey Pond. For an establishment it required a 
 good- sized building, water power and expensive machinery. Men's 
 and boys' woollen clothes were made mostly by women tailors, going 
 from house to house to do tlie work. 
 
 Farmers would take the hides of their slaughtered cattle to the tan- 
 ner and have them tanned for their own use. In payment thej' would 
 be quite likely to sell some hemlock bark if such they had. Most of 
 the tanning for the people of the town was done bj' Capt. Levi Blake. 
 The making of boots and slioes gave employment to many men, whose 
 shops were located in different parts of tjie town. Some of these 
 men made a practice of going to the homes of the people and doing the 
 family shoemaking. Many farmers had a few shoemakers' tools and 
 did their own cobbling. 
 
 The raising and working of flax ceased previous to 1830. At this 
 time but few persons rode horsebaclc as their fathers and mothers had 
 done fifty years before. Wheel carriages had been brought into gen- 
 eral use. A common vragon and a nice chaise were the ordinary ve- 
 hicles. The wagons were made with a framed body which was set 
 solid on wooden axletrees. The seats rested on wooden arm-springs 
 attached to timber sill springs. The wagons were made with skeaned 
 wooden axletrees, and the wheels were fastened upon the axletrees 
 with linch-pins. The chaise of tliose times was a nice well-made car- 
 riage. Ic was too expensive for most people to have. Of those per- 
 sons in town, wlio did have such a carriage were Rev. E. Colman, Hon. 
 E. Bflding, Hon. E. Carpenter, Maj. E. Page, Capt. Levi Blake, Capt. 
 Benj. Brown, Capt. David Holbrook, Amos Bailey, Esq., Israel Stan- 
 ley, Alexander Perry and Alvah Thompson. 
 
 Tliere were two meeting houses in town, the one at the Centre was 
 what is now the town-house, and the one at West Swanzey was the 
 present Baptist church. A very fair proportion of the people at- 
 tended service at one or the other of these houses. Nearly all were 
 farmers with their families. Many of these farmers kept mares from 
 which they raised colts. During church hours on Sundays these ani- 
 mals might be seen hitched under the horse sheds, shade trees and to 
 
92 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 the fences. The invariable rule was to have two services and a long 
 intermission between them. Sunday schools had not been established, 
 so there was nothing better for the boys to do during intermission 
 than to look at the colts and ascertain which was the most valuable. 
 After the services were out, in bringing the teams to the doors, the 
 colts would be full of frolic, get away from their mothers and go off 
 with strange horses. Such scenes were annoying to the men but they 
 made fun for the boys. 
 
 Wages were low compared with those of the present day. Men 
 would work on a farm or teach school for ten or fifteen dollars a month ; 
 would work with a pair of oxen logging in the winter for a dollar and 
 twenty-five cents a day ; women at house work or school- teaching 
 would receive a dollar and a half or two dollars per week. 
 
 As most of the important records of town affairs of the present 
 century are more appropriately given in Other chapters, but few will 
 be inserted here. 
 
 In 1833, on the question of the revision of the State Constitution : 
 164 voted yes, and 24 no. Since then when the question has been 
 before the people of the town they have generally voted no. 
 
 In 1836, on question of the State making an appropriation for an 
 Insane Hospital : yes, 25 ; no, 76. 
 
 In 1837, town voted to receive its share of surplus money from 
 U. S. government: yes, 112; no, 66. Elijah Carpenter was chosen 
 agent to receive and loan said money in sums not exceeding $300 nor 
 less than $50, giving the people of the town the preference in making 
 the loans. 
 
 In 1844, vote on abolishing capital punishment : yes, 111 ; no, 184. 
 
 In 1854, a determined effort was made by the people in the north- 
 east part of the town to have their territory, including the Factory 
 Village and what is now Spragueville, disannexed from Swanzey and 
 joined to Keene ; but after a fair hearing before a committee of the 
 legislature the project failed to be accomplished. 
 
 The following-named persons were taxed in Swanzey for the first 
 time in the following years : 
 
 1831. 
 Barney Bowles, Millins Holbrook, 
 
 Israel Brown, George Metealf, 
 
 Benjamin H. Carlton, Winslow Parker, 
 
 Wetherbee Chamberlain, Aaron Wheeler. 
 
 Horace Drewrey, 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 
 
 93 
 
 Silas Brewer, 
 Josiali B. Cass, 
 Benjamin Flint, 
 
 John Bowker, 
 Joseph Hill, 
 Dexter Howard, 
 Alvah Hoi man, 
 Joseph Putney, 
 
 Noah Aid rich, 
 Everson Cook, 
 Francis H. Evelith, 
 Franklin Goodnow, 
 Roberts Hovey, 
 
 George W. Howe, 
 Franklin Holman, 
 Samuel D. King, 
 
 1832. 
 
 Elbridge G. Goodell, 
 William Severance, 
 Nathan Winch. 
 
 1833. 
 
 John P. Sabin, 
 Joshua Stoddard, 
 John Stone, 
 Lincoln Wheelock. 
 
 1834. 
 
 Elisha Hutching, 
 John Hale, 
 John Lebourveau, 
 Nathaniel Oliver. 
 
 1835. 
 
 Jonas H. Merriara, 
 Nathan Watkins, 
 Thomas T. Wetherbee. 
 
 1836. 
 
 Orren Black, 
 Samuel Carter, 
 Lyman Field, 
 William Flagg, 
 Moses Kinney, 
 
 Sylvanns Bartlett, 
 George W. Ellis, 
 Jacob Patch, 
 Elisha Rock wood, 
 
 Daniel H. Bates, 
 William Banks, 
 William Calkins, 
 Jedediah Cooper, 
 Stephen Faulkner, 
 
 Alva Kej'es, 
 Erasmus Marble, 
 Francis Morse, 
 Jason Tyler. 
 
 1837. 
 
 Thomas Shaplj', 
 William Tenney, 
 Benjamin Thatcher, 
 George Thatcher. 
 
 1838. 
 
 Oliver Lakin, 
 Irus Metcalf, 
 William Morse, 
 George Talbot. 
 
94 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Jarvis Bates, 
 Albeit Bates, 
 Peter Bates, 
 Roswell Bi-agg, 
 Joseph Barber, 
 
 Alonzo Ballon, 
 Ehenezer Grain, 
 Jaines Capron, 
 Chester Lyman, 
 
 Silas Ballon, 
 Orlando Frink, 
 Eufus Gates, 
 L3'man Gales, 
 Willard Gay, 
 George W. Holbrook, 
 Betnsley Lord, 
 Jesse W. Murphj', 
 
 George W. Alexander, 
 Ansel Bourn, 
 Eliakira Esterbrooks, 
 Alfred Marble, 
 
 Daniel Cobnrn, 
 Harvey W. Cooper, 
 
 Moses D. Ballon, 
 "William Barns, 
 A. P. Barns, 
 Aaron E. Bridges, 
 William D. Chamberlain, 
 
 Levi Adams, 
 Willard Adams, 
 Israel Hale, 
 Benjamin Marvin, 
 
 1839. 
 
 Rnfus Bo wen, 
 Isaac C. Gray, 
 David Harris, 
 Darius K. Wright. 
 
 1840. 
 
 Elislia Mnnsell, 
 Joseph Read, 
 Henry Starke}', 
 Reuben Twitchel. 
 
 1841. 
 
 Samuel Page, 
 John Stearns, 
 Abraham Spofford, 
 Levi Streeter, 
 David Taylor, 
 Aaron Wilson, 
 Calvin White. 
 
 1842. 
 
 William S. Mansfield, 
 Geoige Marsh, 
 Jones Plnramer, 
 Samuel J. Tenney. 
 
 1843. 
 
 William W. Goodnovsr, 
 Samuel Rockwood. 
 
 1844. 
 
 L. J. Fletcher, 
 Joseph O. Gary, 
 John F. Jennison, 
 Davis H. Wilson. 
 
 1845. 
 
 George H. Rice, 
 Joseph Ware, 
 Merrick Wetherbee, 
 Calvin Wright. 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 
 
 95 
 
 Albert R. Ballou, 
 Arnasa Ballon, 
 Franklin Ball, 
 Orlando Coolidge, 
 
 Harvey Beal, 
 Ozial Ballon, 
 Lorenzo Ballou, 
 Lawson Beckvvith, 
 Jonathan Drury, 
 Jeremiah Hale, 
 
 Elijah H. Adams, 
 John Fitzgeronld, 
 Russell B. Hall, 
 Josiali Kellogg, 
 George Lord, 
 
 Esquire Ballou, 
 Abel Bowers, 
 Lewis Carpenter, 
 Prescott D. Coburn, 
 
 Sanford Bolles, 
 . John R. Brown, 
 Eseck BufFum, 
 Sumner Black, 
 Asahel W. Dunton, 
 Gilbert S. Howard, 
 C^Tene Johnson, 
 Selh Leonard, 
 
 Levi Farnsvvorth, 
 Isaac Knigiit, 
 Elbridge G. Prentice, 
 George W. Robinson, 
 Marshall Rixford, 
 
 1846. 
 
 Daniel Greenleaf, 
 John Foster, 
 Shipley W. Knight. 
 
 1848-. 
 
 Daniel Hale, 
 Robert P. Leonard, 
 David G. Mason, 
 Simeon B. Nelson, 
 Galon Whipple. 
 
 1849. 
 
 Harvey Lawrence, 
 Orrin F. Oakman, 
 John S. Tiiayer, 
 Benjamin Wilson. 
 
 1850. 
 
 John S. Sargent, 
 Joseph Wilson, 
 Alonzo Wilson. 
 
 1851. 
 
 John Mead, 
 Silas B. Partridge, 
 William W. Palmer, 
 Charles Temple, 
 Levi M. Wellington, 
 Charles J. White, 
 George H. Wilder. 
 
 1852. 
 
 Howard B. Richardson, 
 William Sawyer, 
 Farnum E. Taft, 
 Elliott Whitcomb. 
 
96 
 
 HISTORY OF SWAKZEY. 
 
 David L. M. Comings, 
 Calvin Combs, 
 Leander Grain, 
 Lneius C. Doolittle, 
 Jolin Foster, 
 George W. Faulkner, 
 G. A. Griggs, 
 
 John C. Bourn, 
 Charles Burnhara, 
 Asa B. Clark, 
 Daniel W. Clark, 
 William Clark, 2d, 
 Amos D. Combs, 
 Jonathan G. Huntley, 
 
 Charles Bowles, 
 George H. Badger, 
 Ebenezer F. Bradford, 
 Stilman A. Bigelow, 
 
 Bailey Corlis, 
 Robert Crofford, 
 Orrick L. Haskell, 
 Arza Higgins, 
 William N. Nason, 
 Carlos Qninn, 
 
 Nathaniel Bourn, 
 Nathaniel Bourn, 2d, 
 Jarvis Eaton, 
 Luke Ellor, 
 Salmon H. Fox, 
 Calvin Newton, , 
 
 Willard Ballou, 
 Otis D. Hale, 
 
 1853. 
 
 Josephus Handy, 
 Robert Hamilton, 
 J. T. G. Huntley, 
 John D. Hale, 
 . William Ripley, 
 Timothy Sherman. 
 
 1854. 
 
 Andrew Hannah, 
 David R. Marshall, 
 Isaac Lampson, 
 Proctor Roberts, 
 Oratio Stratton, 
 Gardner Wheeler, 
 Edward Wilcox. 
 
 1855. 
 
 John A. Bachelor, 
 Samuel Mattoon, 
 Ephraira P. Rixford. 
 
 1856. 
 
 Isaac Stowell, 
 George W. Teniiey, 
 George P. Ward, 
 John C. Webber, 
 Moses E. Wright. 
 
 1857. 
 
 George Porter, 
 Frank J. Porter, 
 Eli W. Reynolds, 
 John W. Taggard, 
 Daniel P. Thompson, 
 Francis H. Underwood. 
 
 1858. 
 
 Sanford S. Wilber. 
 
GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 
 
 97 
 
 Louifs Broulett, 
 Darwin D. Baxter, 
 Asaph Corlis, 
 Henry F. Clark, 
 Amos L. Corey, 
 Abraham Draper, 
 George W. Draper, 
 
 Grove Bidwell, 
 Orleans S. Eaton, 
 Joseph N. Forrestall, 
 Charles H. Gove, 
 Charles G. Gilmore,. 
 Allen B. Hayward, 
 
 John A. Breed, 
 Luther Beal, 
 David Buffum, 
 John Crouch, 
 Clark B. Crouch, 
 Levi Crouch, 
 Warren Hunt, 
 Obed Holton, 
 
 Francis S. Fisher, 
 Amos H. Ingalls, 
 William C. Oakman, 
 
 Anderson Aldrich, 
 Charles Alexander, 
 
 Patrick Burke, 
 George W. Eastman, 
 Amasa Fuller, 
 
 Samuel Bishop, 
 George I. Cutler, 
 7 
 
 1859. 
 
 Samuel S. Farris, 
 William I. Sawyer, 
 George Sweetzer, 
 Charles Quinn, 
 George H. Taylor, 
 Chauncey H. Stone, 
 George W. Worsley. 
 
 1860. 
 
 John F. Hunt, 
 Jacob Hart, 
 William Knight, 
 Sanford A. Noyce, 
 John H. Sparhawk. 
 
 1861. 
 
 Ira Hooper, 
 Samuel Heard, 
 John E. Norcross, 
 Willard S. Perham, 
 Burrill Porter, 
 Granville R. Pratt, 
 Luther S. Smith. 
 
 1862. 
 
 Charles Talbot, 
 Itharaer Ward, 
 Henry Ward. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Asa C. Hemmenway, 
 Benjamin Mead. 
 
 1864. 
 
 Loren P. Hammond, 
 Thomas Lonegan, 
 Eli Thomas. 
 
 1865. 
 
 Daniel H. Dickinson, 
 Franklin B. Forrestall, 
 
98 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Edwin Foster, 
 Charles Marsh, 
 David Pelky, 
 John A. Eand, 
 
 Alfred S. Blake, 
 James D. Cheever, 
 Martin Cheever, 
 Joseph Ellor, 
 
 Joel Derby, 
 Charles A. Follansbee, 
 Ira Gustine, 
 Geo. Hopkins, 
 Warren B. Hubbard, 
 A. M. Holt, 
 
 Hiram Avery, 
 James H. Bates, 
 Allen Beal, 
 George W. Brooks, 
 William Calkins, 
 
 Roswell Stowell, 
 John H. Streeter, 
 Lyman Tenney, 
 
 1866. 
 
 Homer Evans, 
 Obadiah Sprague, 
 Ephraim F. Towns. 
 
 1867. 
 
 Alex. Hopkins, 
 F. A. Lovering, 
 Benjamin Morrow, 
 Frank Fluff, 
 Alonzo A. Tupper. 
 
 1868. 
 
 Richard Grogan, 
 Asa S. Kendall, 
 Volney A. Marcy, 
 N. E. Powers, 
 Dexter H. Thomas. 
 
 ■John H. Barrus, 
 -John Conlon, 
 -John Conboy, 
 
 Andrew B. Cook, 
 .John Fife, 
 
 Walter W. Fish, 
 
 1869. 
 
 J. W^'man Goodell, 
 Martin Hanrahan, 
 Patrick Hare, 
 Alonzo A. Lewis, 
 Jacob Rich, 
 J. B. Walton. 
 
 W. H. Allen, 
 (Geo. W. Allen, 
 ^Charles M. Ballou, 
 William Casey, 
 A. S. Maxfteld, 
 Oliver L. Nash, 
 
 1870. 
 
 E. S. Noyes, 
 Thomas Naylon, 
 William Ripley, 
 Hector A. Smith, 
 Nahum Ward. 
 
GENEEAL OUTLINE HISTORY. 
 
 99 
 
 Luther Alexander, 
 Cass Bullock, 
 Osmon C. Bidwell, 
 Elisha Burnliam, 
 Charles W. Castle, 
 Amos C. Crouch, 
 Timothy Fitzgerald, 
 George W. Faulkner, 
 
 Elbridge Amidon, 
 Augustus B. Crouch, 
 Ephraim Crouch, 
 Luman B. Crouch, 
 Andrew L. Haskell, 
 Fernando P. Hinds, 
 
 Erdix S. Eastman, 
 Stilman Fifield, 
 Elijah Howard, 
 Ira D. Knight, 
 
 Calvin Alexander, 
 John Blake, 
 James M. Collier, 
 
 John F. Ballou, 
 Philip P. Carlton, 
 
 James Biggs, jr., 
 Haskell Carpenter, 
 Dauphin W. Kendall, 
 
 Michael Cantlin, 
 Artliur B. Davison, 
 Warren Ellis, 
 
 Avery Bryant, 
 John Cameron, 
 
 1871. 
 
 Henry Fassett, 
 Hiram Forbush, 
 Jarib S. Herrick, 
 Benjamin C. Smith, 
 Frank N. Stone, 
 John L. Winch, 
 Edward Watson. 
 
 1872. 
 
 Charles L. Russell, 
 George W. Richardson, 
 Homer Stratton, 
 Francis M. Taft, 
 Spencer Tileston. 
 
 1873. 
 
 George F. Newell, 
 Charles Norwood, 
 George W. Patterson, 
 James Price. 
 
 1874. 
 
 Horace Fifleld, 
 Dana Fuller, 
 Charles N. Stone. 
 
 1875. 
 
 Franklin Downing, 
 Jehiel White. 
 
 1876. 
 
 Michael Pluff, 
 Nelson W. Rice. 
 
 1877. 
 
 John M. Prentice, 
 George H. Prime. 
 
 1878. 
 
 Timothy Donovan, 
 Albert W. Hardy, 
 
100 
 
 HISTOET OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Charles J. Hanrahan, 
 Daniel P. Newell, 
 Henry H. Sanderson, 
 Harvey P. Sanderson, 
 
 Hiram Bryant, 
 Albert S. Bryant, 
 William W. Ballou, 
 Martin G. Cram, 
 George W. Colony, 
 
 Edward D. Avery, 
 Nelson Collier, 
 
 Nelson Cataract, 
 Frederic Dolby, 
 Asa H. Freeman, 
 Albert A. French, 
 
 John B. Adams, 
 Edwin Chandler, 
 Edwin H. Davis, 
 A. E. Flagg, 
 
 John A. Bartlett, 
 Irvin Chandler, 
 Frank O. Dodge, 
 George Gunn, 
 Thomas Hanrahan, 
 
 William Bory, 
 William Bory, jr., 
 Charles A. Barden, 
 Lyman P. Beal, 
 
 Daniel Twitchell, 
 Albert G. Ward, 
 Anthony S. Whitcomb. 
 
 1879. 
 
 Fred H. Dickerman, 
 Samuel E. Howard, 
 Horace N. Irish, 
 William W. Strickland, 
 Edward R. Simonds. 
 
 1880. 
 
 Sylvester M. Cram, 
 Stearns Tar box. 
 
 1881. 
 
 Wilber Fitch, 
 Nathan F. Newell, 
 Jacob M. Stoddard, 
 George A. Tyrrell. 
 
 1882. 
 
 Walter D. Lovering, 
 Leonard Newell, 
 Simeon A. Spring. 
 
 1883. 
 
 James T. Higgins, 
 Hobert L. Kiblin, 
 Walter E. Marsh, 
 Zina G. Taft. 
 
 1884. 
 
 Cliarles Bouvier, 
 Fred A. Bartlett, 
 Amos E. Beal, 
 Peter Bowen. 
 
 Frank P. Atkinson, 
 
 1885. 
 
 Herbert C. At wood. 
 
GENERAL QUTLINE HISTORY. 
 
 101 
 
 Charles Eveleth, 
 Daniel Harper, 
 Arson L. Mason, 
 
 Frank R. Boyce, 
 Joseph Blanchette, 
 Amasa Marsh, 
 Wm. Montgomery, 
 Dennis O'Brien, 
 Warren E. Peasly, 
 
 1886. 
 
 Robert Pitts, 
 Oilman Raymond, 
 Ira White. 
 
 1887. 
 
 Nathan B. Rowe, 
 Flavial B. Smith, 
 Willard B. Smith, 
 Charles N. Stone, 
 Benjamin Wheeler, 
 George F. Woodwell. 
 
 Benjamin Bowen, 
 Benjamin Byam, 
 Benjamin F. Byron, 
 Andrew Bloom, 
 Justus Putnam, 
 
 Hardin S. Ford, 
 Edward Normandy, 
 
 Andrew E. Bliss, 
 Joseph Bunting, 
 Prentiss Britton, 
 .Joshua N. Cole, 
 Limon Dustin, 
 Alphonso A. Emery, 
 Levi Ellor, 
 Harvey S. Gates, 
 
 1888. 
 
 Joseph F. Rand, 
 Artie W. Rixford, 
 Lewis A. Spofford, 
 Wm. Thorning, 
 Archie Thompson. 
 
 1889. 
 
 John Shover, 
 Charles E. Lang. 
 
 1890. 
 
 Ethan I. Inman, 
 Martin G. Jerome, 
 Eri B. Jerome, 
 Ceylon E. Lang, 
 Orsamus C. Nash, 
 Lester H. Towne, 
 Ellery L. Verry, 
 Harvey Woodward. 
 
CHAPTEE IV. 
 
 Military Affairs. 
 
 Eakly Militaey Movements During the Ebvolutionaky Wak — Soldiers 
 AT Bunker Hill — Cambridge — Canada— Ticondeboga, etc. — Col. 
 Hammond's Ride — Beef for the Army — Bounties and Payments to 
 Soldiers — War of 1812 — Action of the Town in the War of the 
 Eebellion — Enlistments — Draft — Bounties Paid — Soldier's Individ . 
 UAL Record — Military Laws — Trainings and Musters — Swanzey's 
 Military Companies — Cavalry— Artillery — Rifle Co. — Officers op 
 Each. 
 
 IN the early settlement of the town a military spirit pervaded all 
 classes of people. To have a military title affixed to one's name 
 was considered as a mark of honorable distinction. Soon after the 
 first settlement a piece of land was laid common for a training field. 
 This was situated north and northwest of the present town house. 
 As long as it was supposed that Swanzey belonged to Massachusetts, 
 the men were doubtless trained in accordance with the laws of that 
 state ; but when it was found that the town was within the jurisdiction 
 of New Hampshire, and while the latter state hesitated in exercising 
 its control over the people in this part of the state, it is probable that 
 the people were not required by the force of law to perform any mil- 
 itary service. 
 
 Swanzey suffered less during the French and Indian wars than most 
 of the other towns in this vicinity ; partly for the reason that it had 
 strong forts garrisoned mostly by its own soldiers. 
 
 As there was a continual want of soldiers during this period to gar- 
 rison the forts and protect the laborers in the fields, it is not likely 
 that the men did much service except as members of those military 
 organizations sent from Massachusetts for the protection of the set- 
 tlements, or volunteering in cases of special emergencies. 
 
 In 1760 New Hampshire had organized the militia in this part of 
 the state (Cheshire and Sullivan Counties) into one regiment. Josiah 
 Willard was its colonel. At the commencement of the Revolutionary 
 war three regiments had been organized in place of the first one. 
 (102) 
 
MILITAET ATPAIES. 103 
 
 That to which Swanzey belonged in 1777 was the thirteenth in the 
 state. The towns composing it and the number of men enrolled in each 
 town were as follows : 
 
 "Winchester, 130 Chesterfield, 191 
 
 Keene, 171 Westmoreland, 165 
 
 Swanzey, 138 Surry, 44 
 
 Richmond, 169 Gilsum, 39 
 
 Hinsdale, 33 
 
 Total, 1080 
 
 The enrollment included those from sixteen to fifty years of age. 
 Samuel Ashley of Winchester was colonel of the regiment. The ex- 
 perience which many of the men in the militia at the commencement 
 of the Revolutionary war had had in the French and Indian wars qual- 
 ified them for valuable offlcers in the Revolutionary war. 
 
 The history of Swanzey during this war shows that the public sen- 
 timent of the town was decidedly in favor of repelling the aggressions 
 of the mother country. The following petition of Capt. Joseph Ham- 
 mond shows the prompt action that was taken when it was learned 
 that the battle of Lexington had been fought two days before : 
 
 [Petition of Joseph Hammond : addressed to the General Court 
 
 Dec. 13, 1786.J 
 
 " The Petition of Joseph Hammond of Swanzey in the County of 
 
 Cheshire, Gentleman, Humbly Sheweth — - 
 
 That your Petitioner (on the Twenty-first Day of April, 1775) was 
 Chosen Captain of the Company of Militia in Swanzey and on said 
 Day Marched the Greater part of Said Company (viz) one Lieuten- 
 ant one Ensign 4 Sergents 4 Corporals and 52 Privates In Defence of 
 the Country against the British Troops. Your Petitioner and his 
 Company Marched to Cambridge where we were Stationed for one 
 Week and untill properly discharged. Of Said Company there was 
 22 Men who Inlisted for Eight Months and drew pay from their first 
 Marching, but the whole of Said Company who did not Inlist altho 
 they ware in the Service of the State 13 Days and Cheafly on their 
 own expence have never yet Received any Reward for said Service. 
 
 Your Petitioner therefore in behalf of himself and his Men Most 
 Humbly prays his Hon*"' Body to take the Matter into tlieir Wise con- 
 sideration and Grant both him and them a Reward for their Service 
 equal to what others have had for like Service. 
 
 and as in Duty bound shall ever pray. 
 
 Joseph Hammond, Capt." 
 
104 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZET 
 
 It has been said that Capt. Hammond's company assembled at his 
 house and were ready to start at sunrise the twenty-first. 
 
 We make the following roll of Capt. Hammond's company from the 
 town records of bounties paid to its Eevolutionary soldiers for ser- 
 vices performed at different times and places, which we think is nearly 
 correct. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Hammond, 
 
 Lieutenant Daniel Warner, 
 
 Ensign Timothy Bishop, 
 
 John Applin, 
 
 Elijah Balding, 
 *Moses Belding, 
 
 Eleazer Brown, 
 
 Daniel Bishop, 
 
 Thomas Cresson, jr., 
 
 Ephraim Cummings, 
 
 Joseph Cummings, 
 ■|-*Enoch Cummings, 
 •)-*Nehemiah Cummings, 
 
 William Carpenter, 
 
 Joseph Dickinson, 
 *Amos Day, 
 
 Daniel Day, 
 *Joshua Durant, 
 t*Levi Durant, 
 
 Nathaniel Foster, 
 
 John FoUett, jr., 
 
 Benjamin Foliett, 
 
 Calvin Frink, 
 *Daniel Gunn, 
 
 Wyat Gunn, 
 
 Joshua Graves, 
 
 Elijah Graves, jr., 
 *Joseph Greene, 
 *Thomas Greene, 
 
 William Grimes, jr., 
 
 James Grimes, 
 
 t* Abraham Griffith, 
 
 ■f* Joseph Hammond, jr., 
 
 Isaac Hammond, 
 
 Edward Hazen, 
 
 Samuel Hills, 
 t*Nathaniel Hills, sen., 
 t*Benjamin Hews, 
 f*William Heaton, 
 
 Uriah How, 
 
 Jethro Kimball, 
 *Eli Kimball, 
 
 Elkanah Lane, sen., 
 
 Jonathan Nicols, jr., 
 
 Aai'on Parsons, 
 *Benjarain Parker, . 
 t*Amasa Parker, 
 
 Samuel Page, 
 *Josiali Prime, 
 
 Simeon Puffer, 
 
 Levi Rugg, 
 
 John Rugg, 
 
 Penticost Stanley, 
 
 Henry Stevens, 
 •|-*Hezekiah Scott, 
 
 Benjamin Starkey, 
 •Jonathan Whitcomb, 
 
 Elisha Whitcomb, 
 ■t'*Abijah Whitcomb, 
 
 John Whitcomb, 
 
 Samuel Wright, 
 ♦Jonathan Woodcock. 
 
 Charles Grimes, 
 
 The names of the twenty-two men of Capt. Hammond's company 
 who enlisted for eight months are marked with a *. 
 
 Jonathan Whitcomb was commissioned captain of one of the New 
 
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MILITAET AFFAIES. 105 
 
 Hampshire companies tliat were raised immediately after the battles 
 of Lexington and Concord, and attached to Col. Read's regiment. 
 The names of Swanzey men in his company are marked with a f. 
 
 Capt. Whitcomb was in the battle of Bunker Hill with his company 
 and he was commended for his "resolution." 
 
 Of the other ten of the twenty-two Capt. Hines of Chesterfield had 
 in his company Moses Belding ; Capt. Thomas of Rindge had Benja- 
 min Parker, and Thomas Green was in Col. Stark's regiment. 
 
 To what regiments the remaining seven belonged, is not known, but 
 probably to some in Massachusetts. 
 
 Capt. Oliver Capron of Richmond was in a Massachusetts regiment 
 with a company and had in it, of Swanzey men, Joseph Starkey and 
 Abner Day. 
 
 Dr. Calvin Frink was surgeon in Col. Stark's regiment at Cam- 
 bridge. 
 
 Among those wounded at Bunker Hill were Thomas Green and 
 Benjamin Parker of Swanzey. Parker was returned as mortally 
 wounded but he recovered and continued in the service and was killed 
 at Stillwater. 
 
 From the following petition we infer that Green's wound proved 
 to be quite serious. 
 
 "The petition of Thomas Green of Swanzey in the County of Che- 
 shire in said state — Humbly sheweth — 
 
 That your Petitioner in the Year 1775, at the Commencement of 
 Hostilities between Great Britain and America Inlisted as a private 
 soldier in defence of his Country, in Capt. Scott's Company and Col. 
 Stark's Regiment ; and that on the Memorable 17th of June 1775 your 
 Petitioner was called to Action at Banker Hill, in which Battle he 
 Received a wound by a Musket Ball entering his left Shoulder, where- 
 by he was for a long time totally Disabled from Labour, and having 
 no other means of subsistance for himself and family but by Husban- 
 dry on a new tract of Land, renders his Worldly Circumstances very 
 Indigent. 
 
 Your Petitioner some years since made Application to the General 
 Court of this state, and was allowed Wages as a Garrison Soldier for 
 one year, but being in Paper Currency and not received till some con- 
 siderable Time afterwards was of very little Value by reason of De- 
 preciation. Since that Time your Petitioner has been (as he is in- 
 formed) struck out of the List of such Soldiers which Received pay as 
 fit for Garrison Duty while others in like Circumstances still Receive 
 something from the state, as a Compensation for past Sufferings. 
 
106 HISTOEZ OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Your Petitioner therefore Humbly prayes that your Honors would 
 take the matter into consideration and Grant him such Relief as in your 
 Wisdom you shall think proper. 
 And as in Duty Bound shall ever pray. 
 
 Tho^ Green," 
 Swanzey, June 11, 1785, 
 
 We the Subscribers, do hereby Certify that the above said Thomas 
 Green was wounded at the Battle of Bunkers Hill in the year 1775, and 
 that the wound he then Received is now broke open and become a 
 Running Ulcer ; and we would Humbly Recoraend him as an Object 
 Worthy of the Hon. the General Courts' Attention. 
 
 Elkanah Lane i Selectmen 
 Elisha Scott /of Swanzey. 
 Calvin Frink, Surgeon." 
 
 [In H. of Rep. June 16, 1785, voted, that he be allowed eighteen 
 shillings per month until further orders.] 
 
 Col. Joseph Hammond who went to Cambridge at the head of a 
 company of Swanzey soldiers immediately after the battles of Lexing- 
 ton and Concord was at home wlien the battle of Bunker Hill was 
 fought. He knew that a number of Svvanzey men were in the army 
 in that vicinity and among them his son Joseph. When he heard that 
 the battle had been fought he prepared to start the following morn- 
 ing for the field of conflict, that he might know the result of the bat- 
 tle. In the morning he started and rode through in a day, a distance 
 of about ninety miles and returned the next day. The following poem 
 describes this famous ride. 
 
 " Says old Colo. Hammond I'd like to know 
 The fate on the morrow of my son Joe ; 
 I learn by the herald that rode by to-night 
 The unwelcome news of the Bunker Hill fight. 
 Nor doubt I a moment my son Joe was there 
 In fighting our foe men to fight his full share ; 
 And I have resolved and approved of the plan, 
 To off on the morrow and learn what I can. 
 So wife in the morning the breakfast prepare, 
 While I catch and curry the old red mare. 
 Till then let us sleep, 'tis needful we rest, 
 And dream what we may we will hope for the best. 
 The Colo, rose early and early prepared 
 To start on his journey as he had declared ; 
 And soon in the door-yai'd the old mare was tied. 
 All saddled, all bridled, all fit for a ride. 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 107 
 
 The Colonel's cocked hat he put on his head, 
 His spurs on the heels of his boots, as he said, 
 Wife, now my blue coat and my doublet of buff, 
 And I shall be rigged for the ride well enough. 
 The sun got up some minutes before 
 The Colonel was ready to step from the door, 
 And say to his lady good morn or good bye. 
 Then thinking of Joseph a tear in her eye, 
 He reached for the bridle when started the mare, 
 And snorted, the Colonel looked so militaire ; 
 He patted her neck as he stood by her side, 
 To calm her a wee ere he got up to ride. 
 Then sprang to the saddle 'thout further delay, 
 And like a knight errant he galloped away. 
 From Swanzey, New Hampshire, thro' FitzwiUiam sped. 
 Swift strode the red mare and strong was her tread, 
 And onward and onward and onward she prest. 
 No sign that she was weary that she required rest. 
 Tho' sweltering the heat, and oppressive the dust. 
 She turned not ; she stopped not to half quench her thirst, 
 And ere Sol his car to the zenith had run. 
 The Colonel's long journey was more than half done ; 
 When looking ahead, lo ! the Colonel espied 
 An inn-stand, inviting, close by the road side ; 
 To this he reined up for a little respite. 
 And called for refreshments as would a bold knight ; 
 'Some oats for my mare, and a drink at the spring 
 And as for myself, I'll a bumper of sling !' 
 (For all liquored up in those days, you will find, f 
 
 To strengthen their courage and cheer up the mind.) 
 But short was his tarry, and proud of her load. 
 The old mare was prancing along the high-road ; 
 On ! on through old Concord she gallantly sped, 
 And onward she galloped through Lexington's town, 
 A place on the road of fame and renown, 
 And drew up at Charlestown, at Bunker Hill's side. 
 Before it was sunset, where ended his ride. 
 And glad was the Colonel when Joseph he found. 
 His limbs and his wind and his body all sound. 
 And early next morning the red mare was seen 
 Her head up, her tail up, just leaving the green ; 
 Her strength like an engine with fleetness combined ; 
 (The Colonel on forward and Joe on behind) 
 So lightly she cantered and turned up the road, 
 Not caring a 'flp' for the weight of the load, 
 She started for home with the Colo, and son. 
 And ere it was sundown her day's work was done. 
 
108 HISTORT OF SWANZET. 
 
 And how felt the mother when meeting with Joe, 
 There's none but a mother can feel or can know ; 
 And what think ye, reader, hadn't we here 
 As goodly a rider as Paul Revere?" 
 
 In the fall of 1775 a plan was formed to capture Quebec by march- 
 ing a force through the wilderness by the way of Kennebec river. 
 The men for the expedition were detached from the army at Boston. 
 Swanzey had one man among them — Amasa Parker. Of their expedi- 
 tion an historian wrote : "No pen can describe the horrors of their 
 march. Malting their way with infinite toil ; carrying their boats, bag- 
 gage, and ammunition past the rapids and marshy swamps ; exposed to 
 rain and storm ; crossing swollen streams ; barefooted and with clothes 
 torn almost to nakedness ; cold, wet, weary and sick ; with the last 
 ox killed ; the last dog eaten ; then roots, moose skin, moccasins 
 devoured in the extremity of hunger, finally after two days of starva- 
 tion, the famished troops emerged among the Canadian settlers." 
 
 The enlistments that were made in April and May for eight months 
 for the array that encircled Boston and hemmed in the British forces 
 in that place expired in December and January. To keep up the 
 strength of the army new enlistments became necessary. It appears 
 that the following persons re-enlisted or enlisted for duty through the 
 winter of 1775 and 1776 :— 
 Joshua Durant, Charles Howe, by hire, 
 
 Daniel Gunn, Theodore Howe, by hire, 
 
 Thomas Greene, Uriah Howe, 
 
 Joseph Greene, Eli Kimball, 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr., Jonathan Woodcock. 
 
 Benjamin Hewes, jr., 
 On the twentieth day of January, 1776, the House of Representa- 
 tives "voted to raise one regiment of soldiers forthwith." This reg- 
 iment consisting of eight companies was raised, placed under the 
 command of Col. Timothy Bedel, and ordered to join the "Northern 
 Continental Army." 
 
 The following persons were connected with this regiment from this 
 town ; and received from it a bounty for ten months' service "in army 
 at Canada 1776." 
 
 Isaac Billings, Michael HefFron, 
 
 Ebenezer Hills, Timothy Harvey, 
 
 Nathaniel Hills, jr., Samuel Hills, jr., 
 
 Dennis Heffron, Andrew Nicols, 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 109 
 
 Simeon Puffer, James "Wheelock, 
 
 Amos Puffer, Elkanah Woodcock, 
 
 John Rugg, Lieut. Elisha Whitcomb. 
 
 Amos Tubbs, 
 
 In May a portion of this regiment was in Canada about forty-five 
 miles southwest of Montreal at a place called the "Cedars." An at- 
 tack upon it being threatened, Colonel Bedel went to Montreal for 
 reinforcements, leaving the fort under the command of Major Isaac 
 Butterfield, who on the nineteenth day of May surrendered his force 
 to the British and Indians. ''These prisoners were transported to an ' 
 island in a lake near the two mountains and kept there nearly naked 
 without shelter and with scant rations, for eight days, when they were 
 released on a cartel agreed to between General Arnold and Captain 
 Forster." 
 
 The treatment the soldiers received after the surrender may be in- 
 ferred from the following petition of Timothy Harvey, one of the 
 Swanzey soldiers. 
 
 "Whereas your Petetioner on the 5th Day of March 1776 Inlisted in- 
 to the Continental service for the Expedition to Canada Under the 
 Command of Capt. Wait, in Col. Bedel's Regiment and Marched to 
 Canada and being ordered into a Company Commanded by Capt. Es- 
 terbrooks we March'' to the Cedars where Your Petetioner Among 
 the rest was Deliv'd up to the Enemy by which means your Petetioner 
 Suffered Greatly and had the following Articles taken from me by 
 the Indians viz. a Gun & Bayonet, which then Cost me Three pounds ; 
 also a Belt and Bullet pouch sy a Cartridge Box 5y6 one Woolen Shirt 
 12Y 1 pr shoes 8^6 1 pr Leggins 5y 1 Good Blanket 15y a Large 
 Powder horn 2^6* 1 Tomahawk 2Y5 Said Articles Amounting in the 
 Whole to £5 — 18 — ll"* — and I would humbly pray your honours to 
 make as much Allowance to your Pettetioner as you shall think Just 
 also that the Above Articles would as Money now is Cost more than 
 Three Times the Sum as Aforesaid — which if your Honours please 
 to Grant your petitioner as in Duty bound shall Ever pray. 
 
 Timothy Haevet. 
 Swanzey Feb"^- 5*1 1778." 
 
 In June, 1776, the Continental Congress made a requisition for a 
 battalion of troops from this State to be sent to reinforce the army in 
 Canada. A regiment was raised and on the twentieth of June Col. 
 Isaac Wyman of Keene was appointed its colonel and Dr. Calvin 
 Frink of this town surgeon. The town paid a bounty in 1776 for one 
 
110 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 month's service to Ticonderoga to the following persons who were, we 
 infer, in Colonel Wyman's regiment. 
 Capt. Joseph Whitcomb, Joshua Graves, 
 
 Daniel Bishop, Elijah Graves, jr., 
 
 Levi Durant, Elkanah Lane, jr., 
 
 Thomas Cresson, jr., Samuel Lane, 
 
 Nathan Cresson, Joseph Starkey, 
 
 Nathaniel Dickinson, Eoger Thompson, 
 
 John Follett, jr., Jonathan "Woodcock, jr., 
 
 Calvin Frink, John Whitcomb. 
 
 "William Grimes, jr.. 
 In July another regiment was raised in the state to reinforce the 
 northern army and Joshua "Wingate of Stratham was appointed its 
 colonel. The bounties the town paid its soldiers in this regiment were 
 for services at Ticonderoga. Some of them were paid for two months 
 and a half, and some for five months. The following are the names 
 of the Swanzey men in the regiment : 
 Ensign Moses Belding, "Wyat Gunn, 
 
 Enoch Cummings, James Heaton, 
 
 "William Carpenter, Nathan Heaton, 
 
 Joseph Day, Simson Hammond, 
 
 Benjamin Follett, Josiah Prime, 
 
 Dan Freeman, Amasa Parker, 
 
 Abraham Griffith, Levi Rugg. 
 
 In September two regiments were raised in New Hampshire to re- 
 inforce the army in New York, and to be in the service until the first 
 of December. Col. Nahum Baldwin of Amherst was appointed col- 
 onel of one of the regiments. The regiment was in the battle at White 
 Plains, Oct. 28, 1776. One of the companies of the regiment was com- 
 manded by John Houghton of Keene. The company was mustered by 
 Col. Joseph Hammond of Swanzey Sept. 22, 1776, and contained the 
 following Swanzey men : 
 
 "Wright Brown, Penticost Stanley, 
 
 Amaziah Curtis, Samuel "Wright, 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr., Benedict "Webster. 
 
 Benjamin Hammond, 
 In answer to a requisition from General "Washington the legislature, 
 on the fourth day of December, 1776, "voted that five hundred men be 
 drafted from the several Regiments in this State as soon as possible, 
 officered and sent to New York.'' On the day following, the legisla- 
 ture appointed the field officers as given below. The cause of this 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. Ill 
 
 call was, that the terms of service of the troops in garrison at Forts 
 George and Ticonrleroga would expire on the last day of December, 
 and if their places were not filled those posts would fall into the hands 
 of General Gny Carlton. Col. David Gilman of Pembroke took the 
 command of the regiment, and Capt. Francis Town of Rindge, one of 
 the companies. Samuel Wriglit of this town was lieutenant in Captain 
 Town's company. Samuel Heaton and Benjamin Hazen, corporals, 
 and William Carpenter, John Whitcomb, and Levi Durant privates. 
 This regiment "participated in the battles of Trenton and Princeton 
 and did excellent service in both." 
 
 On the evening of the 2nd day of May, 1777, dispatches were received 
 by the committee of safety of this state, informing them that tlie gar- 
 rison at Ticonderoga was in danger of being taken by the enemy, and 
 urging that the militia be sent forward at once to reinforce that im- 
 portant post. In accordance with that request Colonel Ashley of 
 Winchester marched with one hundred and nine men. He had been 
 entreated "by all that was sacred" to raise as many of the militia as 
 possible and march them to Ticonderoga. Swanzey men belonged to 
 Colonel Ashley's regiment but we have found no rolls that show how 
 many of theone hundred and nine men went from this town. 
 
 Soon after the men returned that were called out by this alarm, 
 "despatclies came, stating that General Burgoyne was within a few 
 miles of Ticonderoga with a large force, and that the American troops 
 stationed there were not sufficient to hold the fortress. The alarm was 
 general, as it was expected that if the enemy captni'ed Ticonderoga 
 he would invade the western part of this state and the New Hamp- 
 shire grants." The militia was called to march at once, and responded 
 with alacritj', as may be seen by the following rolls. Ticonderoga was, 
 however, evacuated before they had time to get there, and they re- 
 turned in about thirteen days. The men that went from Swanzey 
 were : 
 Lieut. Col. Joseph Hammond, 
 Lieut. Elisha Whitcomb, > On Colonel 
 Lieut. Samuel Wright, ) Ashley's staff. 
 
 In Captain Howlet's company that marclied from Keene : 
 Lieut. Daniel Warner, Fifer Benjamin Hazen, 
 
 Ensign James Heaton, David Belding, 
 
 Sergeant William Grimes, Timothy Bishop, 
 
 " Joseph Dickinson, Solomon Boynton, 
 
 Corporal Daniel Bishop, Eleazer Brown, 
 
 " Joseph Day,, Thomas Cresson, 
 
112 
 
 HISTOET OF SWANZEr. 
 
 Enoch Curamings, 
 Ephraim Cumraings, 
 Joseph Curamings, 
 Nehemiah Cummings, 
 Amos Day, 
 Levi Diu-ant, 
 Nehemiah Foster, 
 Joshua Graves, 
 Charles Grimes, 
 James Grimes, 
 Daniel Gunn, 
 Isaac Hammond, 
 Uriah How, 
 
 Edward Hazen, 
 Benjamin Hewes, 
 Andrew Nichols, 
 Benjamin Olcott, 
 Elijah Osgood, 
 Ebenezer Parsons, 
 Amos Puffer, 
 Cornelius Roberts, 
 Ebenezer Thompson, 
 Ananias Tubbs, 
 John Whitcpmb, 
 William Wright, 
 Moses B. Williams. 
 
 In July of 1777 a great excitement was caused in New Hampshire 
 from information that Ticonderoga had been evacuated and that Gen. 
 Burgoyne, with an army was rapidly marching from Canada. The 
 legislature was hastily called together and it decided to raise a brig- 
 ade in the west part of the state, and place it under command of Gen. 
 Stark, and have it forwarded immediately to Vermont to help check 
 the movement of Burgoyne. A draft was relied upon for obtaining 
 the men for the service, but volunteering was so prompt that a draft 
 was unnecessary. 
 
 Stark's brigade met a portion of Burgoyne's army at Bennington 
 and fought, in connection with some Vermont troops and a fevv from 
 Massachusetts, the memorable battle of Bennington. 
 
 Capt. Samuel Wright of Swanzey marched from Winchester and 
 joined Stark's command with a company which contained the follow- 
 ing Swanzey men : 
 Ensign James Heaton, Corporal Joseph Holmes, 
 
 Sergeant John Whitcomb, Fifer Benjamin Hazen. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 Andrew Nichols, 
 Benjamin Olcott, 
 Peletiah Razey, 
 Peter Starkey, 
 Samuel Scott, 
 Simeon Taylor, 
 Ananias Tubbs. 
 
 John Applin, 
 Daniel Bishop, 
 William Carpenter, 
 Ephraim Cummings, 
 Benjamin Follett, 
 Joseph Green, 
 Uriah How, 
 Jonathan Nichols, 
 
 The town paid Joslah Read a bounty for two months at Benning- 
 ton. His name is not found on the rolls. • 
 

 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 113 
 
 In a letter from Joel Ware, whose boyhood was spent in Swanzey, 
 but who now resides in Illinois, he says, "I recall to mind two inci- 
 dents related by Grandma'am Gay, as she was called, whose death at 
 over ninety years of age, occuiTed at your father's. She told us that 
 she had visitors at her house (E. W. Handy's place) on the day the 
 battle of Bennington was fought, and that they heard distinctly the 
 booming of the British cannon, and the rattle of Stark's musketry. 
 She also told me that during the Colonial war of 1755, she staid a 
 long time in the fort near the foot of Mt. Csesar ; that Indians would 
 come down from the top of the mountain as near the foot as they 
 dared, and execute their war and scalp dances ; and to show their con- 
 tempt for the people in the fort would exhibit themselves in an insult- 
 ing and shameful manner." Tradition informs us that otiier parties in 
 Swanzey than that named above testified to hearing the war of artillery 
 from the battlefield of Bennington. 
 
 Enlistments to the old or regular New Hampshire regiments com- 
 menced to be made as early as 1777. 
 
 The following persons enlisted in Capt. Grigg's company of Col. 
 Alexander Scammel's regiment : 
 
 Kimber Harvey, Sergt. Levi Durant, 
 
 Samuel Gunn, Nathaniel Hills, 
 
 Benjamin Parker, Elijah Graves, 
 
 Henry Stevens, Josiah Prime, 
 
 Daniel Day, Simeon Howe, 
 
 Nathan Cresson, Benjamin Day. 
 
 Samuel Lane, 
 
 col. hammond's return. 
 
 "Swanzey, February 17, 1778. 
 To Mesheck Weare : 
 
 These are to certify that the following Men belonging to or pro- 
 cured by the town of Swanzey have Inlisted into the continental Army, 
 
 Joseph Slack in Col. Hale's Regiment. 
 
 Gilbert Castle in Col. Selley's Eegiment. 
 
 William King, J Col. Scammel's Regiment. 
 Kimber Harvey, > 
 
 Jeremiah Setchel, | ^j^^ Ranging Service for three years. 
 Davis Hefferen, J 
 
 Benjamin Parker, kill^ in the Battle at Still Water. 
 Daniel Day, Inlisted for eight Months and is missing. 
 8 
 
> Lately Inlisted and Mustered. 
 
 114 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Silvanus Hastings, - 
 Joseph Tucker, 
 Jedediah Eice, 
 Silas Symons, 
 Joel Andrews, 
 John Cross, 
 Eleazer Howard, 
 Levi Symons, 
 Jonathan Woodcock, Inlisted for two years. 
 Joseph Hammond, Lieut. Col." 
 
 July 12, 1779, the town paid 60£ to each of the following soldiers : 
 Solomon Hasseltine, Noah Parkhurst, Greenwood Carpenter, jr., 
 and Andrew Nichols; and 40£ 10s, each to John Whitcomb and 
 Eliphalet Hale. 
 
 "This may certify that the town of Swanzey have six men in the 
 Continental array who have enlisted during the war, viz. : 
 Amasa Parker, William Franklin, 
 
 Joseph Slack, Dennis Heflfron, 
 
 Solomon Hasseltine, Jeremiah Satchwell. 
 
 The town has also procured this Spring to enlist for three years, viz. : 
 Samuel Kempton, Greenwood Carpenter, jr. 
 
 Thomas Applin, \ Selectmen 
 Calvin Frink, v of 
 Isaac Hammond, 3 Swanzey. 
 Swanzey, Jan. 12, 1781." 
 
 In the early part of 1781, New Hampshire was required to raise 
 forthwith 1354 able-bodied, effective men to iill its quota for the Con- 
 tinental army. Of these Swanzey was required to furnish eleven. 
 For this purpose a town meeting was held Feb. 8, at which time a 
 committee to raise the men was chosen, consisting of Capt. Samuel 
 Hills, Lt. Samuel Wright, Ens. Eben Hills, Mr. Samuel Heaton and 
 Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb. The meeting was adjourned for one week, 
 when the committee reported as follows : 
 
 "That they have agreed with Greenwood Carpenter, jr., to serve 
 three years for the sum of sixty-six pounds ten shillings, to be paid 
 in the following manner, viz. : six pounds ten shillings at or before 
 his passing muster, in money and clothing, as the said Greenwood shall 
 need ; and sixty pounds at the three years end, being twenty pounds 
 per year ; and at the end of each year his year's hire is to be on inter- 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 115 
 
 est until paid ; and if the said Greenwood sliould be diseliarged before 
 tiie three j'ears end he is to receive liis hire in proportion to the time 
 of service. Said committee have hired Oliver Prime for three years 
 on the same conditions as above, only the said Oliver is to receive but 
 four pounds at his passing muster. They have also hired Francis 
 Nichols for three years for sixty-six pounds ten shillings, to be paid 
 as follows, viz. : six pounds ten shillings at his passing muster in 
 money and clothes, and twenty pounds yearly for three years by the 
 first of November each year during service. They have also hired 
 Samuel Kerapton for tliree years for sixty-six pounds ten shillings, to 
 be paid in the following manner, viz. : six pounds ten shillings at his 
 passing muster and the other sixty pounds to be paid to his wife from 
 time to time if required, and if any remains due at his return, whether 
 at or before the three years end, he is to receive the same according 
 to the time of service." 
 
 It was voted to accept the above report of the committee, and the 
 meeting adjourned from time to time until March 14th, when the fol- 
 lowing business was acted upon : — 
 
 " Whereas in a former vote of this meeting it is not expressly de'- 
 clared what money or how stated, the several sums therein mentioned 
 which the committee agreed to paj' the soldiers for the Continental 
 army, therefore : 
 
 " Fbfed, That the sums therein mentioned shall be equal in value tO' 
 rye at three shillings and four pence per bushel or grass- fed beef at 
 twenty shillings per hundred weight." 
 
 A town meeting was held .July 6, 1781, and it was 
 
 '■'■Voted, That Roger Thompson, Aaron Hammond and John Whit- 
 comb be a commitee to hire the remaining part of the men for the Con- 
 tinental army in behalf of the town, on the best terms they can and 
 make report to the selectmen of their proceedings therein." 
 
 A town meeting was held April 16, 1782, at which time Ebenezer 
 Hills, Elkanah Lane, jr., Joseph Cummings and Elijah Belding were 
 chosen a committee to hire the town's quota of men for the Continen- 
 tal army, and make reports of their proceedings. The meeting was 
 adjourned to the 30th instant. The committee reported that they had 
 endeavored to hire the men for the Continental army, but had not 
 procured any. 
 
 The meeting was adjourned to the 7th day of May, at which time 
 Luther Fairbanks was joined to the committee. Again adjourned to 
 the 13th and from the 13th to the 14th. 
 At this date the committee reported " that they had engaged Eph- 
 
116 HISTOKT OF SWANZEY. 
 
 raim Stone of Westmoreland for three years for the sum of fifty-seven 
 pounds, ten shillings ; twelve pounds ten shillings of which sum to be 
 paid at or before his passing muster, in money or cattle, and fifteen 
 pounds the first of November next : and so annually fifteen pounds till 
 the whole be paid. They have also hired Isaac Butterfleld, jr., of 
 said Westmoreland for the same terras. 
 
 " Voted, Tliat the above report be accepted." 
 
 It appears to have been very difficult near the close of the war to 
 find men that would enlist into the array. It is not to be supposed 
 that the men of Swanzey were wanting in patriotism, or confidence in 
 the ultimate success of the Revolution. Experience had demonstrated 
 the propriety of enlisting soldiers for three years or during the war. 
 The theatre of the war during the last years was hundreds of miles 
 distant from New Hampshire. Most of the persons adapted for sol- 
 diers were young men with families, settled upon new land which they 
 were clearing up for making their future homes. For such men to 
 leave their families and their homes for the army was a sacrifice 
 greater than most of them were disposed to make. 
 
 'Of all the Swanzey men who took an active part in the Revolution- 
 ary cause, Lieut. Col. Joseph Hammond may be properly considered 
 as having held the most prominent rank. Besides being in the act- 
 lUal service some of the time he was emploj-ed at other times as mus- 
 tering officer, and at times in charge of the transportation of supplies 
 to the array at Ticonderoga. From the following record it appears 
 that he retired from active military service in 1779. 
 
 " Swanzey June 14*'^ 1779. 
 
 To the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives for 
 the State of New Hampshire. 
 
 Gentlemen 
 
 I Beg leave to inform you that it is my Ernest desire to Resign 
 the Trust Reposed in me as a Lieut. Colonel of the Sixth Regiment 
 of militia in i the State of New Hampshire and I do now by these 
 Presents makea fuUiResignation of the Said Trust and office of Lieut. 
 ■Colonel, and pray that the Same may be Ratified by the Honorable 
 ■ General Court. 
 
 I have the Honor to be your Most Obedient Humble Servant, 
 
 Joseph Hammond Lieut. Col. 
 
 To the Hon. Meshech Weare Esq', to be communicated to the Hon. 
 'Gen : Assembly 
 
MILITAEY AFFAIRS. 117 
 
 State of New Hamp' In the House of Representatives June 18'^ : 
 1779.— 
 
 " Voted, That the resignation of Lieut. Col' Joseph Hammond as 
 Lieutenant Colonel of the sixth Regiment of Militia in this State be 
 and herebj' is accepted, & that he receive the thanks of this house for 
 his good services in that Station. 
 Sent up for Concurrence 
 
 John Dudley — Speaker pro tern'' 
 In Council June 19*'' 1779 read and Concurred 
 
 E. Thompson Seci^y" 
 
 During the last years of the war the town was called upon to fur- 
 nish a certain quantity of beef for the Continental army. 
 
 July 26, 1780, the town ^'^ Voted, That any person that shall sell any 
 cattle for, the use of the Continental army shall be paid by the town 
 interest for the money at six per cent untill the principal shall be 
 paid." 
 
 May 2, 1781 , ^^ Voted, That the selectmen shall divide the town into 
 several districts, and each district shall provide their quota or pro- 
 portion of beef for the Continental army according to the taxes each 
 district pays, and if they shall neglect to procure said beef seasonably 
 tlie selectmen shall provide said beef in the best manner they can and 
 assess the inhabitants of the town for so much money as the whole of 
 said beef shall cost, and give credit to such persons as have provided 
 their proportion of said beef." » 
 
 The following is a copy of a bill for pasturing beef cattle : 
 
 "SwANZEY Deo 20 1789 
 
 Capt John Jannison Collector of Beef D"^, to the Selectmen of 
 Swanzey for Pasturing Beef Cattle as followeth (viz.) 
 
 For pasturing thirty one Head of Beef Cattle from the 
 16''' Day of July till the 7"' of September being Seven 
 Weeks and four Days at nine pence pr Head pr week £ 8-16-4 
 
 For pasturing Nine head 2 weeks and four Days (viz.) 
 from the Seventh of Sept' till the 25 D" 0-16-6 
 
 For Pasturing Thirty two Head from the 25 of Sept"^ 
 till the 11*" of Ocf^ being two weeks and two Days 0-14-9 
 
 For Pasturing twenty two Head of Beef Cattle from 
 11"' of Oct' till the first Day of Novem'^ being three 
 weeks — 2- 9-6 
 
118 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 For keeping one Beef Creture from the first Day of 
 Nov"" till the 16'^ of December being Six weeka at &* pr 0- 4-6 
 
 week 
 
 13- 1-7 
 
 Joseph Dickinson ■) Selectmen 
 David Belding Jcn""- y of 
 Calvin Frink ) Swanzey.' 
 
 The following records show that at the end of three years of the 
 Revolution nearly every man had voluntarily sliouldered the musket 
 to maintain the rights of the states, or had paid out money to hire a 
 substitute or furnished money to the town to enable it to hire sol- 
 diers. 
 
 At a legal town meeting held the 16"^ day of February, 1778, it 
 was "voted to choose a committee of seven men to receive the ac- 
 counts of such persons as have done or procured any service to be 
 done in the present war, and to consider the same and make them 
 such allowance therefor as they shall think proper and just." 
 
 The committee chosen consisted of Thomas Applin, Calvin Frink, 
 Jonathan Whitcomb, Daniel Warner, Samuel Hills, Joseph Whit- 
 comb and Henry Morse. 
 
 Tlie committee made the following report at an adjourned meet- 
 ing : 
 
 "SwANZET, February 23, 1778. 
 We, the subscribers, being a committee appointed by the town to 
 receive the accounts of such persons as have done, or procured any 
 service to be done in the present war, and to consider the same and 
 make them such allowance therefor as we shall think i-easonable and 
 just and having attended to tlie business whereunto we were appointed, 
 do find and report to the town as follows, viz. : That we think it 
 just and reasonable that there be allowed and paid as the town shall 
 agree, — 
 
 To John Applin for 3 days in the militia and 2 months to ^ ^ ^ 
 Bennington, 4-11-1 
 David Belding, jr., for a term in the militia to Otter Creek, 0-17-6 
 Samuel Belding, jr., for service in the expedition to Can- 
 ada done by Annanias Tubbs, 15-0-0 
 Lieut. Moses Belding for 13 months service in the army, 28-3-7 
 Ensign Timothy Bishop for 12 days in the militia to Cam- 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 119 
 
 bridge, 2^ months service at Ticonderoga by hire, 1 month 
 
 in the militia to Ticonderoga, and 12 days to Otter Creek, 10-4-2 
 
 Daniel Bishop for 12 days in militia to Cambridge, 1 
 month to Ticonderoga, 12 days to Otter Creek and 2 months 
 service to Bennington, 9-2-6 
 
 Elijah Belding for 12 days in the militia to Cambridge, 
 and for 2| months by his brother, 6-13-4 
 
 Eleazer Brown for one month service in the militia to 
 Ticonderoga done by Levi Durant, 12 days service in the 
 militia to Cambridge and 12 to Otter Creek, 4-15-4 
 
 Wright Brown for 2^ months service at York, 5-8-4 
 
 Thomas Cresson, jr., for a term in the militia to Cam- 
 bridge, a month service in the militia to Ticonderoga, 12 
 days to Otter Creek, and for service done by his son, 15-12-6 
 
 Nathan Cresson for one month service to Ticonderoga, 
 and 4 months in the continental service, 10-16-8 
 
 Joseph Cummings for 9 days in the militia to Cambridge, 
 2J months done by Enoch Cummings, and a term in militia 
 to Otter Creek, and 2 months done by Simeon Taylor, 11-18-9. 
 
 Thaddeus Cummings for 2J months by Enoch Cummings, 5-8-4 
 
 Ephraim Cummings for service in militia 5 days and for 
 1 month and 6 days service in the army, 1777, 2-19-6 
 
 Caleb Cook for 4 months service done by Benjamin Parker, 8-13-4 
 
 Greenwood Carpenter for 21 months service done by his son, 5-8-4 
 
 William Carpenter for 2^ months service to Ticonderoga, 
 and one month at Cambridge, 7-11-8 
 
 Enoch Cummings for 8^ months service at Cambridge, 
 1775, also 12 days in the militia to Otter Creek, 1777, 19-5-10 
 
 Nehemiah Cummings (same as above), 19-5-10 
 
 Nathaniel Dickinson for 1 month at Ticonderoga and 4 
 months in the army done by Henry Stevens, 1777, 10-16-8 
 
 Joseph Dickinson for 12 days in the militia to Cambridge, 
 4 months in the army by Henry Stevens, and for 12 days to 
 Otter Creek, 11-5-10 
 
 Benjamin Day for 25 days in militia at Stillwater 1777, 
 and 4 months service before he came to Swanzey, 16-19-10 
 
 Joseph Day, 5 months at Ticonderoga and 12 days in 
 militia to Otter Creek, 11-14-2 
 
 Amos Day, 10 months service at Cambridge, 21-13-4 
 
 Joshua Durant, 12 months in the army, 26-0-0 
 
120 HISTORY OF SWANZEr. 
 
 Levi Durant, 8 months at Cambridge, 1775, and 12 days 
 in militia at Otter Creelc, 18-4-2 
 
 Jolin Follet, jr., 12 days at Cambridge and one month at 
 Ticonderoga, 3-18-4 
 
 Calvin Frink, 4 months at Cambridge 1775, and 1 month 
 at Ticonderoga, 1776, 10-16-8 
 
 Joshua Graves, 5 months at Ticonderoga by hire, 1 month 
 in militia at Ticonderoga and 5 days in militia, 1777, 13-7-4 
 
 Elijah Graves, jr., 3 days in militia, 1775, 10 months in 
 Canada by Isaac Billings, 1 month at Ticonderoga and 25 
 days at Stillwater, 1777, 26-0-11 
 
 Daniel Gunn, 12 months in the armj', 26-0-0 
 
 Wyat Giinn for 12 days to Cambridge, and 2^ months to 
 Ticonderoga, 7-3-4 
 
 Thomas Greene 1 year and eight months in array, 43-6-8 
 
 Joseph Greene, 1 year and 8 months in army, 43-6-8 
 
 Abraham GriflSths, 8 months in the army at Cambridge, 
 1776, 17-6-8 
 
 Abner Graves, 1 month at Ticonderoga, 2-3-4 
 
 Charles Grimes 12 days at Cambridge, 9 months in Conti- 
 nental array by hire and 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, 22-3-1 
 
 Col. Joseph Hammond, 9 days at Cambridge, 5 months in 
 the army by hire, and 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, 13-0-5 
 
 Thomas Hammond, 2^ months by Joseph Hammond, jr., 
 and 2 months by Daniel Day, 9-15-0 
 
 Isaac Hammond in militia to Cambridge, and 2 months 
 in army by Daniel Day, and going to Otter Creek, 6-19-2 
 
 Edward Hazen, 12 days to Cambridge, 12 days to Otter 
 Creek and two months by his son, 6-19-2 
 
 Samuel Hills, 12 days to Cambridge, 12 days to Otter 
 Creek by hire, 60 days in militia to the westward, 1777, and 
 for money paid in behalf of the town to hire men for Conti- 
 nental army, 12-11-2 
 Ebenezer Hills, 10 months to Canada, 21-13-4 
 Nathaniel Hills, for 8J months in the army at Cambridge, 18-10—4 
 Nathaniel Hills, jr., for 10 months in the army at Canada, 21-13-4 
 Joseph Holms, 2 months in the army at Bennington, 4-6-8 
 Dennis Hefferon, 10 months in the army at Canada, 
 1776, 21-13-4 
 Michael Hefferon, 10 months in the army at Canada, 21-13-4 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 121 
 
 Benjamin Hewes, 6 months in the army at Cambridge, 
 
 1775, 13-0-0 
 Benjamin Hewes, jr., 6 months service in the army, 1776, 13-0-0 
 Benjamin Hammond, for 2^ months at Yorli, 1776, 6-8-4 
 Joseph Hammond, jr., 8^ months at Cambridge, 1775, and 
 
 for 1 month more at Cambridge, 21-1-8 
 
 Charles Howe, 4 months at Cambridge, 1776, by hire, 8-13-4 
 
 Theodore Howe, 6 weelss at Winters Hill, 1776, and 4 
 
 months at Cambridge, 1776, by hire, 11-18-4 
 
 Uriah Howe, 15 days in militia to Cambridge, 1775, 6 
 
 weeks at Winters Hill, 1776, 5 days in 1777, and 2 months 
 
 in the army to Bennington, 1777, 10-2-4 
 
 Jethro Kimball, 12 days in militia at Cambridge, 1775, and 
 
 5 months in the army to Ticonderoga, 1776, by hire, 12-11-8 
 
 Eli Kimball, to Cambridge in militia and 1 year in the 
 
 Continental army, 1776, 27-15-0 
 
 Elkanah Lane, jr., 4 months in army by his brother, and 
 
 In the militia to Ticonderoga, 1776, 10-16-8 
 
 Justus Lawrence, for 2| months in the army, 1777, 5-15-0 
 
 Lieut. Henry Morse, 2^ months in army at Ticonderoga, 
 
 1776, and for money paid town to procure men for the army, 12-4-1 
 Jonathan Nichols, jr., 1 month at Cambridge, 1775, and 
 
 2 months at Bennington, 1777, 6-10-0 
 
 Elijah Osgood, in the militia to Otter Creek and hiring 
 Jonathan Woodcock 6 months for the Continental army, 15-17-6 
 
 Benjamin Olcott, 5 days service in the militia, 1777, and 
 2 months at Bennington, 4_14_0 
 
 Benjamin Hazen, 2J months to York and 12 days to Otter 
 Creek, 6-5-10 
 
 Aaron Parsons, 6 days in militia, 1775, 2^ months in 
 the army at Ticonderoga, 1776, and for 12 days at Otter 
 Creek, 1777, by hire, 7-3-4 
 
 Samuel Page, 9 days at Cambridge, 1775, 1-6-3 
 
 Josiah Prime, 6 months at Roxbnry, 1775, 13-0-0 
 
 Amasa Parker, 12 months in the army that went to Can- 
 ada with Gen. Arnold, 26-0 -0 
 
 Simeon Puffer, 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, and 5 months 
 in the army that went to Canada, 1776, 12-11-8 
 
 Amos Puffer, 10 months in army to Canada, 1776, and 
 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, 22-10-10 
 
122 HISTOET OP SWANZEY. 
 
 Josiah Read, 2 months at Bennington, 1777, 4-6-8 
 
 Levi Rugg, 12 days to Cambridge, 1775, and 5 montlis 
 at Ticonderoga, 1776, 12-11-8 
 
 Jolin Eugg's heirs, 10 months in army to Canada, 1776, 
 by said Eugg, and 12 days in militia at Cambridge, 23-8-4 
 
 Pentecost Stanley, 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, and 2^ 
 months in array at York, 1776, 7-3-4 
 
 Elisha Scott, 4 months by Nathan Cresson, 1777, 8-13-4 
 
 Nathan Scott, 5 days in 1777, and 25 days at the west- 
 ward, 1777, 2-3-10 
 
 Benjamin Starkey, one year by himself and others, 26-0-0 
 
 John Starkey, 2^ months at York by Benedict Webber, 
 1776, 5-8-4 
 
 Enoch Starkej', for money paid to hire men for the Conti- 
 nental army, 7-10-0 
 
 Joseph Starkey, 81 months at Cambridge, 1775, and 1 
 month at Ticonderoga, 1776, 20-5-8 
 
 John Thompson, 2 months at Bennington by hire, 4-6-8 
 
 Roger Thompson, 2^ months at Ticonderoga, 1776, by 
 Josiah Prime, and.l month at Ticonderoga, 1776, 7-11-8 
 
 Samuel Thompson, 12 days to Otter Creek by hire and 
 25 days at the westward, 1777, by hire, 2-18-6 
 
 Ebenezer Thompson, 12 days at Otter Creek, 1777, and 
 hiring Jonathan Woodcock 6 months for Continental army, 15-17-6 
 
 Ananias Tubs, in the army at Canada, 1776, 12 days at 
 Otter Creek, 1777, and 2 months at Bennington, 1777, 11-17-2 
 
 Philemon Whitcomb, 4 months in 1777, by Benjamin 
 Parker, 8-13-4 
 
 Lieut. Daniel Warner, 10 days at Cambridge, 1775, 12 
 days to Otter Creek, 1777, and 9 months in Continental ser- 
 vice by hire, 22-2-9 
 
 Capt. Joseph Whitcomb, 1 month to Ticonderoga, 1776, 
 and 1 month in army to the westvfard, 1777, 4-6-8 
 
 Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb, 8J months in Continental army 
 at Cambridge, 1775, 18-8-4 
 
 Maj. Elisha Whitcomb, 11 months and 8 days at Canada, 
 1776, 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, and 12 days at Otter 
 Creek, 1777^ 26-9-2 
 
 Abijah Whitcomb, 8^ months at Cambridge, 1775, 18-8-4 
 
 William Wright, 2^ months in army, 1776, by Wyat 
 Gunn and 15 days in militia, 1777, 5-15-8 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 123 
 
 Lieut. Samuel Wright, 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, 2^ 
 
 months at York, and 2^ months at Peekskill, 1776, 12-11-8 
 
 Cornelius Roberts, 1 year in Continental army, 1776, and 
 
 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, 26-17 6 
 
 Jonathan Woodcock, jr., one month in militia to Ticonder- 
 
 oga, 1776, 2-3-4 
 
 Nathan Woodcock, 2 months in 1777, by Daniel Day, 4-6-8 
 
 John Whitcomb, 12 days to Cambridge, 1775, 5 months 
 
 at Ticonderoga, 1776, by hire, 1 month at Ticonderoga, 
 
 1776, by himself, 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, and 2 
 
 months in army at the westward, 1777, 19-19-2 
 
 James Wheelock, 10 months in army to Canada, 1776, ' 21-13-4 
 Moses Boardman Williams, 12 days to Otter Creek in 1777, 
 
 and 2 months at the westward, 1777, 5-4-2 
 
 James Heaton, 10 months service in armj' before he came 
 
 to Swanzey, and 12 days in militia to Otter Creek, 1777, 22-10-10 
 Benjamin Follet, 1 month in army at Cambridge, 1775, 
 
 and 2 months in army at the westward, 1777, 6-10-0 
 
 John Pierce, 1 month at York, 1776, by hire, and 6 weeks 
 
 at York, by hire, 5-4-0 
 
 Samuel Heaton, 2^ months in the army at Peekskill, 1776, 5-8-4 
 Samuel Hills, jr., 10 months in army to Canada, 1776, 21-13-4 
 Elkanah Lane, senior, 15 daj's at Cambridge, 1775, and 5 
 
 days in militia at another time, 1-9-3 
 
 Samuel Lane, 1 month in militia at Ticonderoga, 1776, 
 
 and 4 months in Continental army, 1777, 10-16-8 
 
 Jonathan Day, 2% montlis in army 1777, by hire, 5-8-4 
 
 Daniel Day, 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, 1-15-0 
 
 Nathanel Foster, 12 days in militia to Cambridge, 1775, 
 
 2§ months in army, 1777, by hire, and 12 days in militia to 
 
 Otter Creek, 1777, 8-10-0 
 
 Stoddard Frary, 2 months in army by hire, 1777, 4-6-8 
 
 Moses Griflath, 5 months in army at Ticonderoga, 1776, 10-16-8 
 William Grimes, 5 months in army at Ticonderoga, 1776, 
 
 by hire, and 9 months in Continental army, by hire, 30-6-8 
 
 William Grimes, jr., 12 days at Cambridge, 1775, 1 month 
 
 to Ticonderoga, 1776, 12 days to Otter Creek, 1777, and 9 
 months in army, by hire, 24-5-10 
 
 James Grimes, 12 days to Cambridge, 1775, and 12 days 
 to Otter Creek, 1777, * 2-12-6 
 
 Andrew Nichols, 10 months in army to Canada, 1776, 21-13-4 
 
124 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Jonathan Hammond, 3 years in Continental army, by Lire, 78-0-0 
 Timothy Brown Applin, 2 months in Continental army, 
 by hire, 4-6-8 
 
 Natlianiel Heaton, for service by Daniel G-unn, 10-10-11 
 
 Ezekiel White, 4 months in army, by hire, 8-13-4 
 
 David White, 2^ months in army, 6-8-4 
 
 Kimber Harvey, service in army, 1777, 3-14—2 
 
 Willard Hunt, 8 months in army, 17-6-8 
 
 Peletia Eazey, 6 weeks service, 2-18-2 
 
 Thomas Applin, for money paid for town to procure men 
 for the Continental army, 6-15-9 
 
 Thomas Applin (except what relates to minors) . 
 
 Calvin Feink, 
 
 Samdel Hills, 
 
 Daniel Warner, }■ Committee." 
 
 Henry Morse, 
 
 Joseph Whitcomb, 
 
 Thomas Applin. 
 
 "At a meeting of the inhabitants of Swanzey held by adjournment 
 at the house of Mr. Wyat Gunn in said Swanzey on the 25th day of 
 February 1778 voted that tlie above account be accepted only allowing 
 liberty to the committee to rectify mistakes in casting and making up 
 the several sums, or to insert such service as has been overlooked or 
 omitted observing the rules agreed to and voted at this meeting. 
 
 Attest, Thomas Applin, Town Clerk. 
 
 Additions made to the above account since the above said meeting, 
 viz. : 
 
 Benjamin Freeman, 4 months service by his son, 8-13-4 
 
 John Frazy, 5 months and 12 days by his son Job, 11-14-2 
 
 Ephraim Harvey, for service by Joseph Green, 4-6-8 
 
 Timothy Harvey, 10 months in army to Canada, 21-13-4 
 
 Calvin Frink for his service as a committee man in settling 
 accounts, 1 -9-8 
 
 And to Capt. Joseph Whitcomb, Capt. Jonathan Whit- 
 comb, Lieut. Daniel Warner, Lieut. Henry Morse, Samuel 
 Hills and Thomas Applin, to each for services as committee 
 men as aforesaid, 1-19-4 
 
 Recorded pr. Tho^ Applin, Clerk." 
 
 Many men settled in Swanzey dul-ing the Revolution or soon after, 
 who had previously been in the military service, but we have not their 
 
MILITARY AFFAIES. 125 
 
 military record. In most instances they were in Massachusetts at the 
 time they did the service. The following are names of such men : 
 Lieut. James Brewer, Amariah Partridge, 
 
 Capt. Oliver Capron, Jonas Blodgett, 
 
 Capt. Amasa Aldrich, Ivory Snow, 
 
 Capt. Peter Holbrook, Isaac Woodward, 
 
 Timothy Eead, Aquilla Ramsdell, 
 
 Asaph Lane, Benjamin Parker, 
 
 Kussel Ballou, Barzillai Streeter. 
 
 Joseph Smead, 
 Swanzey furnished its full complement of soldiers for the war of 
 
 1812. Of those who enlisted William Carr Belding was killed at 
 Chippewa Plains, July 5, 1814 ; Rufus Graves at Bridgewater, Cana- 
 da, July 25, 1814 ; a son of John Guild in Upper Canada ; Joshua 
 Prime, a Lieutenant of marines, died at Sackett's Harbor, March 1, 
 
 1813, Gains Cresson died at Burlington, Vt. 
 
 The following men were in the army and most of them belonged to 
 Swanzey at the time. Some of them were volunteers, and were in the 
 army on the northern border ; but most of them were drafted men, or 
 substitutes for drafted men, and went to Portsmouth : Elijah C. Beld- 
 ing, Ezra Emerson, Charles Howland, Charles Frost, Lieut. Abijah 
 Whitcomb, William Moore, William Stevenson, Richard Weeks, Eze- 
 kiel Graves, Samuel Stearns, Jonathan D. Ware, David Thompson, 
 Cyrene Johnson, Otis Olcott, Joseph Snow, David Hill, Reuben Wor- 
 cester, John Withington, Benedict Arnold. Arnold died at Ports- 
 mouth. 
 
 Chester Lyman, who lived many of the last years of his life in Swan- 
 zey, went into the army as captain of a company of volunteers from 
 Massachusetts. His company was attached to the northern army and 
 he was promoted to major. 
 
 New Hampshire has no army records of the war of 1812, in the state, 
 which makes it impossible to give exact details. 
 
 The general government made the following calls for troops to sup- 
 press the Rebellion : 
 
 Apr. 15, 1861, 75,000 for three months. 
 
 May, 1861, 300,000 for three years. 
 
 July, 1861, 300,000 for three years. 
 
 May, 1862, 75,000 for three years. 
 
 July 1, 1862, 300,000 for three years. 
 
 Aug. 4, 1862, 300,000 for nine months, to be drafted if not furnished 
 by volunteering. 
 
126 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Aug., 1863, 300,000 ordered to be drafted from towns and cities 
 where quotas were not filled by volunteers. 
 
 Oct. 17, 1863, 300,000 for three years. 
 
 July 19, 1864, 500,000. 
 
 Dec. 19, 1864, 300,000. 
 
 The following is the record of the action of the town during the 
 years of the Rebellion to encourage enlistments and induce men to 
 enter the service when drafted or to voluntarily furnish substitutes. 
 
 Sept. 21, 1861. " Voted, That the selectmen be instructed to bor- 
 row from time to time such sums of money as may be wanted to pay 
 the families or parents of soldiers who have enlisted, or may hereafter 
 enlist, in the service of the United States, the sum of one dollar per 
 week for the wife, and one dollar per week for each child or parent, 
 agreeably to the act passed at the June session, 1861, entitled an act 
 authorizing the towns and cities to aid the families of volunteers, and 
 for other purposes ; provided all such sums so borrowed shall not ex- 
 ceed two thousand dollars.'' 
 
 Aug. 11, 1862. '■'■Resolved, That the town of Swanzey will pay two 
 hundred dollars to each person who will enlist from the town to fill up 
 her required quota of a draft ordered by the President Aug. 4, 1862, 
 of 300,000 troops for nine months, immediately on the mustering into 
 service of such volunteers, provided they receive no bounty from gov- 
 ernment, otherwise one hundred and twenty-five dollars." 
 
 Sept. 10, 1863. "-Voted, To raise money to pay the soldiers that 
 are already drafted and obliged to enter the service of the United 
 States or their substitutes under the present call. 
 
 Voted, To raise $300.00 to pay to each of the soldiers or their sub- 
 stitutes ten days after they are mustered into the service of the United 
 States." 
 
 Dec. 7, 1863, '■^ Voted, To raise four hundred dollars to pay to each 
 person that may enlist to fill the quota required of this town, in the 
 call of October 17, 1863, by the President of the United States. 
 
 " Voted, That the same amount ($400.00) be paid to each person 
 that may be required, if any, and does enlist to fill any previous calls. 
 
 " Voted, To choose an agent to procure volunteers to fill the quota 
 of this town. Chose Jonathan G. Huntley as agent for the above pur- 
 pose, who is to counsel with the selectmen and act agreeably to their 
 requirements. 
 
 " Voted, To choose one person as enlisting officer. Chose Josiah 
 Parsons as an enlisting officer for the town of Swanzey." 
 
 Dec. 30, 1863. '■'■Voted, To instruct the selectmen to furnish sub- 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 127 
 
 stitutes or volunteers in such numbers as may be required to fill the 
 quota of said town under the call of the President of Oct. 17, 1863, 
 and do the same at the lowest rate possible. 
 
 " Voted, That the selectmen be and are hereby authorized to bor- 
 row money in addition to the four hundred dollars already raised to 
 pay bounties to volunteers, sufficient to carry out the object expressed 
 in the above vote. 
 
 " Voted, To assume the State and Government bounties, and pay the 
 same to each volunteer as soon as it becomes his due or he is mustered 
 into the service." 
 
 May 30, 1864. "Voted, To pay drafted men or their substitutes 
 $300.00 each, to fill all back quotas of said town under the last calls 
 of the President of the United States. 
 
 "Foied, To instruct the selectmen to furnish volunteers to take the 
 place of persons that would otherwise be drafted to fill the present call." 
 
 June 16, 1864. " Voted, That the selectmen shall pa3^ $300.00 each 
 to such persons as may enlist, or their substitutes, and be accounted 
 to the town of Swanzey on any future calls for three years' men. 
 
 " Voted, To pay such of the citizens as have re-enlisted as veterans 
 in the field and been assigned upon the muster rolls to the credit of 
 said town, $300.00 each. 
 
 ^' Voted, That the selectmen Jje and are hereby authorized to enlist 
 volunteers for the service of the United States at such sums as in their 
 judgment may be deemed proper and borrow money for that purpose." 
 
 Aug. 13, 1864. '''■Voted, That the selectmen be instructed to pay 
 volunteers, drafted men or their substitutes $100.00 for one year, 
 $200.00 for two years, $300.00 for three years. 
 
 " Voted, To assume the State bounty and pay the same to volunteers, 
 substitutes or drafted men upon their being duly mustered into the 
 service of the United States." 
 
 Aug. 29, 1864. '^Voted, That the selectmen be and are hereby au- 
 thorized to pay bounties to citizen volunteers who have resided in 
 the town three months, as follows : $500.00 for one year, $750.00 for 
 two years and $900.00 for three years, immediately on being mustered 
 into the service of the United States." 
 
 Dec. 22, 1864. " Voted, To pay bounties to citizen volunteers who 
 have resided in town three months or more as $500.00 for one year, 
 $750.00 for two years and $900.00 for three years." 
 
 ^^ Voted, To pay to those persons who have or may furnish an ac- 
 ceptable substitute to fill the quota of the town or any future call 
 the sum of $100.00 for one year, $200.00 for two years, $300.00 for 
 three years." 
 
128 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 The following persons enlisted and were credited to Swanzey pre- 
 vious to July 26, 1862. The pecuniary consideration for inducing 
 them to enlist for three years was thirteen dollars a month each, and 
 ten dollars bounty when mustered, from the General Government ; 
 and those dependent upon an enlisted soldier received from the town 
 one dollar a week for their support, while he remained in the service. 
 
 Charles R. Applin, 
 Henry S. Applin, 
 Philo Applin, 
 Warren F. Allen, 
 Horace Barney, 
 Albert A. Ballou, 
 Willard Bragg, 
 John A. Breed, 
 Amasa Bourn, 
 Thomas Burns, 
 Thomas Christie, 
 Henry Coburn, 
 Prescott D. Coburn, 
 Amos D. Combs, 
 Joseph Cross, 
 Amos E. Cummings, 
 James L. Davis, 
 Lowell W. Darling, 
 Aaron Dickinson, 
 T. J. Eaton, 
 Anson R. Gilson, 
 Allen B. Haywood, 
 Bradley Hill, 
 Cyrus F. Holbrook, 
 Daniel H. Holbrook, 
 Jonathan M. Holden, 
 Samuel Hurd, 
 G. W. Johnson, 
 George O. Knapp, 
 
 George Mattoon, 
 Charles H. Mcintosh, 
 William B. Marble, 
 Oliver L. Nash, 
 Stillman D. Nash, 
 Jeremiah Plummer, 
 Benjamin Pomeroy, 
 Elbridge G. Prentice, 
 Charles A. Quinn, 
 Carlos Quinn, 
 Samuel S. Quinn, 
 Henry P. Read, 
 George W. Robinson, 
 Samuel Rockwood, 
 George B. Richardson, 
 Charles N. Sebastian, 
 Edwin P. Sebastian, 
 Cyrus W. Stanley, 
 Isaac Starkey, 
 N. R. Smith, 
 John P. Stone, 
 Sidney Stone, 
 Aaron Sumner, 
 George F. Trowbridge, 
 Oratus J. Verry, 
 Charles Wheeler, 
 Gardner Wheeler, 
 George Wilson, 
 Elliot Wright. 
 
 The amount of bounties paid by Swanzey after July 26, 1862, for 
 soldiers to fill its quotas amounted to forty-seven thousand dollars. 
 The state and general government paid large bounties to encourage 
 enlistments. These bounties were increased from time to time until, 
 in 1864, the state paid $200 and the general government $100 for 
 three years' men, and the state $100 to those who enlisted for one 
 
EMERY W. STRATTON, 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 
 
 129 
 
 year. The men that enlisted for Swanzey received not less than 
 $20,000 from these sources, and their families received as much as 
 $13,000 from the state. All these amounts were not included in their 
 monthly pay. 
 
 In the fall of 1862, $200 in bounties were paid to each of the fol- 
 lowing men who enlisted for three years : — 
 
 Charles H. Barber, 
 Charles H. Barber, jr., 
 John Barber, 
 Luther Beal, 
 Franklin Burbank, 
 George I. Capron, 
 George W. B. Coffee, 
 Amos D. Combs, 
 D. L. M. Comings, 
 Amos Davis, 
 Edward Doolittle, 
 Charles G. Gilmore, 
 Charles H. Gove, 
 Calvin Greenleaf, 
 D. Brainard Healey, 
 Daniel K. Healey, 
 Charles H. Holbrook, 
 Cyrus F. Holbrook, 
 Henry D. Holbrook, 
 George B. Holbrook, 
 Lyman Holden, 
 
 Enlisted for nine months same bounty 
 
 B. P. Lamson, 
 Charles W. Mattoon, 
 Samuel Mattoon, 
 Charles W. Philbrick, 
 Willis Reason, 
 Eli W. Reynolds, 
 Wm. Sebastian, jr., 
 Luther Smith, 
 Horace B. Starkey, 
 Charles E. Stephenson, 
 Seamen A. Stone, 
 William Stone, 
 Willard E. Thatcher, 
 John S. Thaj'er, 
 Dexter H. Thomas, 
 A. W. Tupper, 
 Geo. P. Ward, 
 Harrison R. Ward, 
 Lincoln Wheelock, 
 Franklin C. Whitcomb, 
 Carroll D. Wright. 
 
 Eoswell Aldrich, 
 Sanford Bolles, 
 David Buffum, 2"^, 
 David W. Hill, 
 Sylvander Hovey, 
 Theodore Hovey, 
 Leonard Lyman, 
 Richard R. Ramsdell, 
 
 Charles W. Scott, 
 Samuel Stephenson, 
 Demerit W. StonCj 
 Oratus J. Verry, 
 Noyes G. Wheeler, 
 Sanford S. Wilber, 
 Daniel E. Wooqiward, 
 Thomas N. WoOidward. 
 
 Harvey Sargent, 
 The first draft for soldiers was in Sept., 1863. The men drafted 
 and held for services obtained exemption by paying $300. There 
 9 
 
130 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 is no obtainable record by which it can certainly be known who Swan- 
 zey's men were. The following list is supposed to be correct : 
 
 Francis A. Belding, George H. Moore, 
 
 Francis B. Cass, George W. Sweetser, 
 
 Andrew Hannah, Geo. H. Taylor, 
 
 William S. Leonard, Henry Ward. 
 
 Town bounties to drafted men who obtained substitutes in 1863, 
 
 George Jackson, 
 Aaron Lebourveau, 
 Benj. F. Mead, 
 George H. Moore, 
 William Oakman, 
 Timothy Sherman, 
 William W. Starkey, 
 Menzies E. Stratton, 
 John W. Taggard, 
 Charles Temple, 
 under the call of Oct. 17, 1863, for 
 
 Albert R. Ballon, 
 Silas W. Ballou, 
 Moses D. Ballou, 
 Lyman C. Deeth, 
 Ansel B. Dickinson, 
 Asahel W. Dunton, 
 George A. Haywood, 
 Asa C. Hemingway, 
 Henry Hill, 
 Obed Holton, 
 
 Town bounties to volunteers 
 three years : 
 Charles E. Applin, 
 Frank Cannavan, 
 John A. Colby, 
 'George Davis, 
 William Eastman, 
 Michael Ferrel, 
 Thomas Harvey, 
 John L. Meserve, 
 John Parker, 
 
 1300 
 610 
 300 
 610 
 300 
 570 
 615 
 300 
 610 
 
 George C. Perkins, $610 
 
 William Eead, 300 
 
 Samuel Rockwood, 400 
 
 John Stewart, 610 
 
 Thomas Smith, 610 
 
 Alonzo D. Sumner, 300 
 
 Harvey Thompson, 600 
 
 Sexton W. Williams, 300 
 
 Bounties to reenlisted soldiers Jan., 1864, $300 : 
 Henry S. Applin, Amos E. Cummings, 
 
 John A. Breed, Aaron Dickinson, 
 
 Joseph Cross, Elbridge G. Prentice. 
 
 Bounties for three years' enlistments in the fall of 1864. 
 5900 ; state, $200 ; general government, $100 = $1200. 
 Jolham M, Ballou, Martin Jewell, 
 
 ■Lewis Carpenter, Charles Marsh, 
 
 John P. Hill, Warren A. Pickering, 
 
 Ira A. Hooper, William W. Ripley, 
 
 John F. Hunt,' George W. Sweetzer. 
 
 Town, 
 
MILITAET AFFAIRS. 131 
 
 Town and state bounties in the fall of 1864, for one year's men : 
 
 town $500, state $100. The town advanced the state bounty. 
 
 Charles B. Blodgett, Sylvander Hovey, 
 
 Nathaniel Bourn, jr., Lemuel O. Hunt, 
 
 Benjamin F. Clark, Fred E. Sebastian, 
 
 Edward Dickinson, James C. Waters, 
 
 Orrick L. Haskell, J. Q. A. Wilson, 
 
 Clark H. Houghton, Oratus J. Very. 
 
 The town paid for the state and town in the winters of 1864 and 1865 : 
 
 George Burns, $575 Lewis Hunt, $500 
 
 George W. Ellis, 500 Charles S. Parks, 600 
 
 Henry T. Davis, " DavidPelkey, 500 
 
 Alvin M. Houghton, " Edward P. Sebastian, " 
 
 Bounties to men that voluntarily obtained substitutes to fill the 
 town's quota $300 : 
 
 Charles Bowles, Josiab Parsons, 
 
 Daniel W. Clark, Orlow E. Parsons, 
 
 Henry C. Clark, Benjamin H. Richardson, 
 
 James C. Fames, Thayer Thompson, 
 
 George W. Eastman, George E. Whitcomb, 
 
 J. N. Forristall, George Willis, 
 
 Charles H. Howard, Lyman C. Willis. 
 James H. Olcott, 
 
 The following is the individual military record of such soldiers as 
 were credited to Swanzey and a few who enlisted from other places 
 but who were closely identified with the town, having been born in it 
 or having lived here most of their lives previous to the time they en- 
 listed. 
 
 Charles R. Applin mustered Nov. 26, 1861, into 2iid regiment 
 U. S. Sharpshooters; reenlisted Dec. 21, 1863; transferred to the 
 5th N. H. Infantry Jan. 30, 1865 ; mustered out June 28, 1865. 
 
 Henry S. Applin mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 
 1861 ; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; died near Petersburg, Va., July 31, 
 1864 ; interred at Meade's Station, Va. 
 
 Philo Applin mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability at Richmond, Ky., Apr. 3, 1863. 
 
 Warren F. Allen mustered Nov. 28, 1861 ; transferred to Veteran 
 Reserved Corps May 31, 1864. 
 
 Roswell C. Aldrich mustered into 16tb N. H. Infantry Oct. 
 23, 1862 ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
132 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Frederick Abel mustered June 25, 1864, into 11th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; wounded and captured at Pegram House, Va., Sept. 30, 1864 ; 
 released ; transferred to 6th N. H. Infantry June 1, 1866 ; substitute. 
 
 David S. Aldrich, 18 months in U. S. Heavy Artillery. 
 
 Luther Beal mustered Aug. 14, 1862, into 9th N. H. Infantry ; 
 discharged for disability May 16, 1863, at Fjrtress Monroe, Va. 
 
 Albert A. Ballou enlisted into the regular array in 1861 for three 
 years ; in the battle below Richmond was shot in thigh and subse- 
 quently discharged. 
 
 Fernando Byron Bennett enlisted into a Massachusetts regiment 
 and was killed at Port Hudson. 
 
 Henry R. Bowen mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Reg- 
 iment ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. ' 
 
 Willard Bragg in army ; died at Washington, D. C, Aug. 19, 1864. 
 
 'Sanford Bowles mustered into 16th N. H. Infantry Oct. 23, 
 1862 ; died at Brashear City, June 7, 1863. 
 
 Orrin Black, jr., mustered into 2nd N. H. Infantry, Sept. 17, 1861 ; 
 deserted at Concord, N. H., March 13, 1863. 
 
 Francis Brady mustered into 3rd N. H. Infantry Dec. 14, 1864 ; 
 mustered out July 20, 1865 ; substitute. 
 
 George Burns mustered July 8, 1864, into 1st N. H. Cavalry ; de- 
 serted at Camp Stoneman, D. C, Aug. 26, 1864. 
 
 Horace Barney mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability at Annapolis, Md., March 1, 1862. 
 
 Charles H. Barber mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 
 1862 ; discliarged for disability at Washington, D. C, Apr. 1, 1863. 
 
 George B. Belding died in California wliile in the service. 
 
 John A. Breed mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; 
 promoted to corporal; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864; wagoner; mustered 
 out July 17, 1865. 
 
 Thomas Burns mustered into 6tli N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; 
 killed at Bnll Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862. 
 
 Capt. David Buffum, 2nd, mustered Nov. 4, 1862 ; died of disease 
 at New Orleans, La., June 19, 1863. 
 
 John Baker mustered Jan. 1, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry; 
 wounded July 10, 1864; mustered out July 17, 1865. 
 
 Charles E. Ballou mustered into 9th N. H. Infantry June 6, 
 1864 ; transferred to 6th N. H. Infantry June 1, 1865 ; mustered out 
 July 17, 1865; substitute. 
 
 Charles H. Barber, jr., mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 
 22, 1862 ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 133 
 
 John Barber mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept 22, 1862 ; 
 promoted to corporal Dec. 1, 1864 ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 Franklin Burbank mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 
 1862. ' 
 
 John R. Brown enlisted in 6th N. H. Infantry for Keene and died 
 Aug. 9, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 Jotham M. Ballou mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept'. 13, 
 1864 ; mustered out July 29, 1865. 
 
 Nathaniel Bourn, jr., mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 
 1864 ; mustered out June 10, 1865. 
 
 Charles B. Blodgett mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 
 1864 ; absent ; sick since May 8, 1865 ; no discharge furnished. 
 
 Charles W. Castle served in 16th Vermont Infantry. 
 
 Amos E. Cummings mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 
 1861 ; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; wounded July 22, 1864 ; promoted to 
 first sergeant ; mustered out July 17, 1865. 
 
 Joseph Cross mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; 
 reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864; not accounted for. 
 
 Prescott D. Coburn mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 
 1861; musician; discharged for disability. 
 
 Amos D. Combs mustered as first lieutenant in 6th N. H. Infan- 
 try Nov. 30, 1861 ; promoted to captain Apr. 29, 1862 ; resigned Aug. 
 2, 1862 ; commissioned captain in 14th N. H. Infantry Oct. 9, 1862 ; 
 discharged Nov. 14, 1863. 
 
 Thomas Christie mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; 
 wounded July 30, 1864 ; mustered out Nov. 27, 1864. 
 
 John A. Colby mustered into Veteran Reserve Corps Dec. 29, 
 1863. 
 
 Frank Canavan mustered Jan. 1, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; 
 deserted at Camp Nelson, Ky., Jan. 24, 1864 ; substitute. 
 
 George W. B. Coffee mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; promoted to corporal Oct. 1, 1864 ; mustered out July 8, 
 1865. 
 
 David L.M. Comings commissioned assistant surgeon 4th N. H. In- 
 fantry Oct. 8, 1862; died of disease in Swanzey Aug. 1, 1863. 
 
 Lewis Carpenter mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; 
 mustered out July 29, 1865. 
 
 Benjamin F. Clark mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 
 1864; mustered out June 10, 1865. 
 
 Robert H. Crofford mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; discharged for disability at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 6, 1863. 
 
134 HISTOKY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Frank A. Cargill mustered June 8, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; 
 wounded and missing; mustered out July 17, 1865; substitute. 
 
 Cliarles W. Cowing mustered May 30, 1864, into 6tb N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mustered put July 17, 1865 ; substitute. 
 
 Ebenezer F. Cross enlisted from Bratlleborougli, Vt., and probably 
 died in Andersonville prison. 
 
 Wallace G. Dickinson enlisted into tlie navy and died at Cairo, 
 111. 
 
 Elmer F. Dickinson enlisted into 23rd Mass. Infantry ; was taken 
 a prisoner and had an arm shot off after lie had surrendered ; died 
 in hospital in New York. 
 
 James W. Dickinson enlisted when sixteen into 23rd Mass. Infan- 
 try ; wounded at the battle of White Hall and discharged. 
 
 Lowell W. Darling mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; 
 promoted to sergeant ; wounded at second battle of Bull Run ; 
 died of the wounds at Washington, D. C, Sept. 19, 1862. 
 
 Aaron Dickinson mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Jan. 4, 1864, 
 as a reenlisted veteran ; killed in action June 9, 1864. 
 
 James L. Davis mustered Dec. 7, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; 
 discharged at Concord, N. H., Sept. 10, 1862. 
 
 George Davis mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Dec. 30, 1863; 
 deserted on furlough Dec. 10, 1864. 
 
 Edward Doolittle mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 
 1862 ; died at Poolsville, Md., March 10, 1863. 
 
 Edward Dickinson mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 
 1864 ; mustered out June 9, 1865. 
 
 Amasa Davis mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 1862 ; 
 discharged for disability at Washington, D. C, May 27, 1864. 
 
 Henry T. Davis mustered into 1st N. H. Cavalry Feb. 28, 1865 ; 
 mustered out July 15, 1865. 
 
 William Deutney mustered Dec. 19, 1864, into 4th N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out Aug. 23, 1865 ; substitute. 
 
 Webster D. Derby enlisted May 22, 1861, into 2nd Vt. Infantry 
 from Townshend ; wounded in the battle of Chancellorville ; mustered 
 out June 20, 1864. 
 
 William Eastman mustered into Veteran Eeserve Corps, Jan. 6, 
 1864. 
 
 George W. Ellis mustered into 1st N. H. Cavalry Feb. 28, 1865 ; 
 mustered out July 15, 1865. 
 
 Orleans S. Eaton mustered into 2nd N. H. Infantry May 31, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability Apr. 27, 1864. 
 
MILITARY AFFAIES. 135 
 
 Erdix S. Eastman was in the army before he came to Swanzey. 
 Michael Farrel mustered Jan. 1, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; 
 wounded June 2, 1864 ; discharged for disability Oct. 17, 1865. 
 
 Royal M. Flint, member of one of tlie nine months' regiments of 
 Vermont ; permanently disabled from a wound received in the battle 
 of Gettysburg. 
 
 Charles H. Gove mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 1862 ; 
 promoted to corporal ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 Cliarles G. Gilmore mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; promoted to corporal ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 Atwell J. Hamblet went into the army from Wisconsin and died 
 while in the service, April 17, 1863. 
 
 William Riley Harris enlisted into the regular army. 
 
 Jonathan M. Holden mustered May 31, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infan- 
 try ; discharged for disability Oct. 19, 1861. 
 
 Allen B. Hayward mustered May 31, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infantry; 
 promoted to 1st sergeant; slightly wounded July 2, 1863, at the bat- 
 tle of Gettysburg ; severely, June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, where he 
 lost his right arm ; mustered out June 21, 1864. 
 
 Samuel Hurd mustered May 3, 1861, into 1st N. H. Infantry ; mus- 
 tered out Aug. 9, 1861 ; mustered Dec. 17, 1861, into 6th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; discharged at New York Harbor Nov. 24, 1862. 
 
 David W. Hill mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Theodore Hovey mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Sylvander S. Hovey mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863; mustered into 18th N. H. In- 
 fantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; promoted to corporal ; disclsarged June 10, 
 1865" 
 
 Fernando S. Hovey mustered from Dublin March 29, 1864, into 1st 
 N. H. Cavalry; discharged for disability iMarch 15, 1865. 
 
 Henry D. Holbrooli mustered into 7th N. Y. Battery ; mustered 
 Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 Cyrus F. Holbrooli enlisted into 9th N. H. Infantry, Aug. 15, 1862. 
 
 Joseph J. Houghton enlisted into 43d Mass. Infantry. 
 
 Bradley W. Hill mustered into 5lh N. H. Infantry Oct. 23, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability Sept. 30, 1862. 
 
 Leonard S. Holden mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; promoted to corporal Oct. 1, 1864, and to sergeant Apr. 1, 
 1865 ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
136 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 John F. Hunt mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. Infantry; 
 promoted to 1st sergeant; mustered out June 10, 1865. 
 
 Lemuel 0. Hunt mustered from Walpole Nov. 13, 1862, Into 16th 
 N. H. Infantry; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863; mustered into 18th 
 N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; promoted to sergeant ; mustered out 
 June 10, 1865. 
 
 Orrick L. Haskell mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 18, 
 1864 ; mustered out July 29, 1865. 
 
 Charles H. Holbrook mustered Sept. 23, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mustered out May 25, 1865. 
 
 George B. Holbrook mustered Oct. 2, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; was detailed for clerical duty at brigade headquarters ; mus- 
 tered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 D. Brainard Healey mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; died of disease at Fortress Monroe, Va., Aug. 25, 1864. 
 
 Daniel K. Healey mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; discharged Aug. 31, 1863, to accept promotion to a captainc}' in 
 a colored regiment ; received a permanent wound in North Carolina 
 after Fort Fisher was taken, while ascending the river to destroy 
 forts. 
 
 Ira H. Hooper mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out July 29, 1865. 
 
 John P. Hill mustered Sept. 21, 1864, into 18th N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out July 29, 1865. 
 
 Clark H. Houghton mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; discharged in June, 1865. 
 
 Alvin W. Houghton mustered March 28, 1865, into 18th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mustered out July 29, 1865. 
 
 Louis Henry mustered Aug. 2, 1864, into 14th N. H. Infantry; 
 mustered out July 8, 1865 ; substitute. 
 
 John W. Henderson mustered Aug. 5, 1864, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; not officially accounted for. 
 
 William Holden mustered Oct. 14, 1863, into 3d N. H. Infantry; 
 wounded Aug. 16, 1864 ; mustered out May 12, 1865 ; substitute. 
 
 Thomas Harvey mustered Jan. 1, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry; 
 died in Field Hospital at City Point, Va. 
 
 Martin Hanrahan mustered for Hinsdale Sept. 22, 1862 ; wounded 
 slightly Sept. 19, 1864 ; mustered out July 8. 1865. 
 
 Orlaa Hewes enlisted into an 111. Cavalry Regiment ; in making a 
 charge was shot from his horse and killed. 
 
 George W. Johnson enlisted in a Mass. Regiment. 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 137 
 
 Truman A. Jackson drafted in a New York Eegiment ; wounded in 
 the battle of the Wilderness ; sent to Andersonville prison, and died 
 there. 
 
 Martin Jewell mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. Infantry; 
 mustered out July 29, 1865. 
 
 Anson E. Jilson mustered into 2nd N. H. Infantry May 31, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability July 28, 1861 ; mustered into U. S. Sharp- 
 shooters Nov. 26, 1861 ; reenlisted Jan. 5, 1864; killed at the battle 
 of Laurel Hill May 8, 1864. 
 
 George O. Knapp mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; discharged for disability at Baltimore, Md., Jan. 22, 1863. 
 
 Thomas Kamey mustered Jan. 4, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; 
 deserted at Annapolis, Md., April 22, 1864. 
 
 D. W. Kendall was in the army three years from Illinois. 
 
 Rodney Lawrence mustered Oct. 26, 1861, into 5th N. H. Infantry ; 
 killed on picket June 10, 1863. 
 
 Bradford P. Lampson mustered Sept. 23, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; died of disease at Savannah, Ga., Feb. 9, 1865. 
 
 Leonard Lyman mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Nathaniel F. Lane mustered May 31 , 1861, into 2d N. H. Infantry ; 
 killed at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. 
 
 George Sumner Lombard enlisted in 1863 into a Mass. Regiment 
 and died in North Carolina. 
 
 William Lyman enlisted in a Mass. Regiment andkilled while in the 
 service. 
 
 Herman L. Lincoln mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infan- 
 try for Richmond ; reenlisted Jan. 3, 1864; discharged July 17, 1865. 
 
 Samuel Mattoon mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; mustered out May 18, 1865. 
 
 Charles W. Mattoon mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 George B. Mattoon enlisted in 1861, at the age of fifteen, in 1st 
 Vermont Cavalry ; participated in seventy-six engagements ; bad three 
 horses killed under him ; served three years, most of the time under 
 Sheridan and Custer ; came home in good condition " without hav- 
 ing received a scratch.'' 
 
 William B. Marble enlisted Dec. 26, 1861, into 17th U. S. Infan- 
 try ; wounded at Fredericksburg Dec. 26, 1862 ; discharged at the 
 expiration of three years' service. 
 
 James H. Matthews mustered Aug. 15, 1862, into 9th N. H. Infan- 
 
138 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 try; wounded Sept. 30, 1864; promoted to corporal May 1, 1865; 
 mustered out June 10, 1865. 
 
 John L. Meserve mustered Jan. 5, 1864, into Veteran Reserve 
 Corps. 
 
 Ansil A. Morse mustered into 14tli N. H. Infantry for Gilsum 
 Sept. 22, 1862 ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 Oliver L. Nash mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infantry; 
 wounded Aug. 29, 1862 ; discharged for disability Dec. 22, 1862. 
 
 Stillman D. Nash mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; discharged for disability at New York Harbor Aug. 26, 1863. 
 
 Frederick Nitchker mastered June 14, 1864, into 9th N. H. Infan- 
 try; died of wounds July 30, 1864; substitute. 
 
 Warren F. Newell enlisted into the 10th 111. Cavalry; discharged 
 for an injury received while on duty; enlisted into 150th III. Infan- 
 try in January, 1865. 
 
 Elbridge G. Prentice mustered into 2d N. H. Infantry Sept. 17, 
 1861 ; reenlisted Feb. 25, 1864; promoted to corporal Nov. 1, 1864; 
 mustered out Dec. 19, 1865. 
 
 Jerry L. Plumraer mustered Aug. 24, 1861, into 3d N. H. Infantry ; 
 wounded severely June 16, 1862 ; died of disease at General Hospi- 
 tal, New York, March 18, 1864. 
 
 Benjamin Pomroy nnistered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; discharged for disal)ility at Roanoke Island, N. C. 
 
 George Perkins mustered Jan. 2, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; 
 deserted at Pittsburg, Pa., March 20, 1864. 
 
 "Warren A. Pickering mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mustered out Aug. 17, 1865. 
 
 Charles W. Philbrick mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 David Pelkey mustered Aug. 24, 1861, into 3d N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out Aug'. 23, 1864. 
 
 David Pelkey, 2d, mustered Feb. 23, 1865. 
 
 Charles S. Parks mustered Feb. 28, 1865, into 1st N. H. Heavy 
 Artillery ; mustered out June 9, 1865. 
 
 Thomas R. Pearson mustered Oct. 5, 1863, into 5th N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out May 17, 1865. 
 
 Albert B. Page mustered March 30, 1864, into 2nd N. H. Infantry. 
 
 Samuel S. Quinn enlisted into the three months' N. H. Infantry; 
 commissioned second lieutenant in 5th N. H. Infantry Oct. 12, 1861 ; 
 first lieutenant Aug. 1, 1862 ; captain Dec. 17, 1862 ; resigned Feb. 
 17, 1863. 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 139 
 
 Charles A. Quinn mustered into 5th N. H. Infantry Oct. 23, 1861 ; 
 died of wounds received at the battle of Antietam Sept. 17, 1862. 
 
 Carlos Quinn mustered Sept. 17, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infantry ; dis- 
 charged for disability Oct. 20, 1862. 
 
 Heni-y P. Read mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infantry; 
 transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 15, 1864. 
 
 Samuel Rockwood mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; discharged for disability Nov. 28, 1862 ; enlisted into Veteran 
 Reserve Corps Jan. 1, 1864. 
 
 William Read enlisted into Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 1, 1864. 
 
 George W. Robinson mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; discharged for disability at Washington, D. C, May 18, 1863. 
 
 George B. Richardson mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; discharged for disability at Newbern, N. C, Jan. 24, 1862. 
 
 Richard R. Ramsdell mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; discharged Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Eli W. Reynolds mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; wagoner; discharged for disability at Washington, D. C, Aug. 
 12, 1863. 
 
 William N. Ripley mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. Infan- 
 try. 
 
 John Ryan mustered Dec. 14, 1864, into 3d N. H. Infantry ; mus- 
 tered out July 20, 1865 ; substitute. 
 
 Edward Rogers mustered Dec. 27, 1864, into 3d N. H. Infantry; 
 mustered out July 20, 1865 ; substitute. 
 
 James Riley mustered Sept. 29, 1863, into 5th N. H. Infantry ; 
 deserted at Point Lookout, M.I., Nov. 20, 1863. 
 
 Demeret Stone mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infantry ; 
 died at New Orleans, La., June 18, 1863. 
 
 Harvey Sargent mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infantry; 
 mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Charles Sebastian mustered May 31, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infantry. 
 
 Samuel Sebastian mustered May 31, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infantry; 
 discharged for disability July 29, 1861. 
 
 Louis W. Starkey enlisted into 12th N. Y. Heavy Artillery Aug. 
 15, 1864 ; discharged July 6, 1865. 
 
 Edward P. Sebastian mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; discharged for disability at Washington, D. C, Nov. 12, 1862 ; 
 mustered Feb. 28, 1865, into 18th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out July 
 29, 1865. 
 
140 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 John P. Stone mustered May 31, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infantry ; 
 promoted to first sergeant Dec. 15, 1862 ; killed at Gettysburg, Penn., 
 July 2, 1863. 
 
 Cyrus W. Stanley mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infan- 
 try; promoted to corporal; wounded July 24, 1864; mustered out 
 Nov. 27, 1864. 
 
 Isaac Starkey mustered Sept. 9, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infantry; 
 transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Newell R. Smith mustered Dec. 5, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infantry; 
 died April 4, 1862. 
 
 Aaron B. Sumner mustered May 31, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infantry; 
 promoted to corporal Jan. 1, 1862, and to sergeant Jan. 10, 1864; 
 mustered out June 21, 1864. 
 
 Samuel P. Stephenson mustered Oct. 23, 1862 ; discharged for dis- 
 ability March 9, 1863. 
 
 Thomas Smith mustered Jan. 1, 1864, into 6lh N. H. Infantry ; de- 
 serted at Camp Nelson, Ky., Jan. 21, 1864. 
 
 John Stuart- mustered Jan. 1, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry; sup- 
 posed to have deserted en route to regiment. 
 
 Charles Swardz mustered May 27, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; 
 supposed to have deserted em route to regiment ; substitute. 
 
 Seamon A. Stone mustered Sept. 22, 186 2, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; captured at Winchester, Va. , Sept. 19, 1864; paroled Oct. 8, 
 1864 ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 Horace B. Starkey mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; discharged for disability at Manchester, N. H., Feb. 6, 1865. 
 
 William Sebastian mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 trj' ; promoted to corporal ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 William W. Stone mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 Charles E. Stephenson mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mustered out July 8, 1865., 
 
 Charles W. Scott mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infan- 
 try; promoted to first sergeant; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 George W. Sweetzer mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 
 1864 ; mustered out July 29, 1865. 
 
 Frederick E. Sebastian mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. 
 Infantry ; mustered out June 10, 1865. 
 
 Andrew Swan mustered Oct. 14, 1863, into 3d N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out July 17, 1865. 
 
MILITARY AFFAIES. 141 
 
 Stillman L. Stone mustered Sept. 23, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try; wounded severely Oct. 19, 1864; discharged at Manchester, 
 N. H., July 4, 1865. 
 
 Franlj Simpson mustered Oct. 5, 1863, into 5th N. H. Infantry ; 
 discliarged by order May 25, 1865 ; substitute. 
 
 Edward S. Stevens mustered Oct. 5, 1863, into 5th N. H Infantry ; 
 promoted to corporal ; wounded June 3, 1864 ; deserted from hos- 
 pital Sept. 30, 1864 ; substitute. 
 
 William Scarlett mustered Dec. 27, 1864, into 4th N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out Aug. 23, 1865 ; substitute. 
 
 Alonzo D. Sumner mustered Dec. 31, 1863, into Veteran Reserve 
 Corps; discharged for disability May 16, 1865. 
 
 Luther Smith mustered Aug. 15, 1862, into 9th N. H. Infantry; 
 wounded May 12, 1864 ; mustered out June 10, 1865. 
 
 John H. Streeter mustered Jan. 14, 1862, for Richmond, into 6th 
 N. H. Infantry ; wounded May 6, 1864. 
 
 William H. Thorning mustered into 2d N. H. Infantry from Win- 
 chester May 31, 1861 ; mustered out June 21, 1864. 
 
 George T. Trowbridge mustered into 3d N. H. Infantry, Aug. 24, 
 1861 ; killed at Drury's Bluffs, Va., May 13, 1864. 
 
 Harvey Thompson mustered Jan. 1, 1864; died in Field Hospital, 
 at City Point, Va. 
 
 John S. Thayer mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out May 13, 1865. 
 
 Alonzo W. Tupper mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 Willard E. Thatcher mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; died of disease at Offutt's Cross Roads, Md., Jan. 3, 1863. 
 
 Dexter H. Thomas mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 John Thompson mustered Dec. 13, 1864 ; deserted en route to reg- 
 iment ; substitute. 
 
 Peter Taylor mustered Aug. 5, 1864, into 14th N. H. Infantry; 
 supposed captured at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864 ; substitute. 
 
 Charles E. Town mustered Aug. 16, 1862, into 9th N. H. Infantry ; 
 died near Petersburg, Va., Feb. 20, 1865. 
 
 Lysander F. Thompson was in the 53d Mass. Volunteers two and 
 one-half years. 
 
 Oratns J. Verry mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16tli N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out Aug. 20, 1863 ; mustered Sept. 27, 1864, into 18th 
 N. H. Infantry ; promoted to corporal ; mustered out June 10, 1865. 
 
142 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Charles Wheeler enlisted into the regular army and has not been 
 accounted for. 
 
 Nelson T. Woodward mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mastered out Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Daniel E. Woodward mustered Oct, 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. 
 
 Elliot Wright mustered Dec. 3, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infantry; 
 died of disease at Alexandria, Va., Nov. 28, 1862 ; grave No. 510, 
 National Cemeter3', Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Gardner Wheeler mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; 
 mustered out Nov. 27, 1864. 
 
 SanCord S. Wilber mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; died at New Orleans, La., July 21, 1863. 
 
 John L. Winch mustered into 5th N. H. Infantry, Sept. 29, 1863, 
 from Winchester ; mustered out May 12, 1865. 
 
 Noyes G. Wheeler mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; discharged, date not given. 
 
 Sexton W. Williams mustered Dec. 25, 18G3, as a reenlisted vete- 
 ran into 2d U. S. Sharpshooters ; wounded severely June 17, 1864, 
 and died of the wound. 
 • George P. Ward mustered Sept. 23, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; mustered out July 8, 1865. 
 
 Harrison E. Ward mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; promoted to corporal March 1, 1865; mustered out July 8, 
 1865. 
 
 Lincoln Wheeloek mustered Sept. 12, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try. 
 
 Carroll D. Wright commissioned second lieutenant in 14th N. H, 
 Infantry, Oct. 9, 1862 ; adjutant Sept. 20, 1863 ; colonel Dec. 6, 1864 ; 
 honorablj' discharged, March 18, 1865. 
 
 Franklin C. Whitcomb mustered Oct 2, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; wounded at the battle of Winchester ; mustered out July 8, 
 1865. 
 
 John Q. A. Wilson mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. In- 
 fantry ; detailed a member of the regimental band ; mustered out June 
 10, 1865. 
 
 Jonas C. Waters mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; mustered out June 10, 1865. 
 
 John Welch mustered Oct. 8, 1863, into 3d N. H. Infantry; sup- 
 posed to have deserted en route to regiment ; substitute. 
 
 James Weed mustered Dec. 9, 1864, into 3d N. H. Infantry ; pro- 
 
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 moted to corporal June 22, 1865 ; mustered out July 20, 1865 ; sub- 
 stitute. 
 
 George Wilson mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; 
 discharged at Newbern, N. C. 
 
 John Wyllia mustered Oct. 5, 1863, into 5th N. H. Infantry; pro- 
 moted to corporal ; wounded June 16, 1864 ; substitute, 
 
 George G. Welch mustered Aug. 30, 1864, into 5th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; died of disease in Field Hospital, City Point, Va., Dec. 5, 1864 ; 
 substitute. 
 
 Joseph Woods mustered May 27, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; 
 substitute. 
 
 James Williamson mustered July 30, 1864, into 14th N. H. Infan- 
 try ; not officially accounted for; substitute. 
 
 Lucius Whitcomb mustered from Fitzwilliam, Nov. 28, 1861, into 
 6th N. H. Infantry ; killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862. 
 
 Leonard Wliitcomb enlisted into 36th Mass. Volunteers in 1862 ; 
 discharged after four months' service. 
 
 Andrew Whitcomb was in the Worcester Co. of the 6th Mass. reg- 
 iment when it went through Baltimore ; enlisted into the 7th R. I. 
 Infantry ; out over two years ; wounded in thigh. 
 
 Lyman Whitcomb enlisted into the 7th R. I. Infantry ; killed in 
 the second battle of Bull Run. 
 Park E. Wright had three years' service in Doubleday's Battery. 
 Charles Henry Wyihan was in the 10th Vermont regiment four and 
 one-half years ; detailed as amounted orderly; had one horse shot 
 under him and had his sword shot from his belt. 
 
 One of tlie first measures of the Lower Ashuelot proprietors was to 
 provide a "training field." They felt that their main reliance for pro- 
 tection against the Indians was upon the citizen soldier}-. The war- 
 like attitude of the mother country towards France and some of the 
 other European nations for years previous to this period could not 
 but have firmly impressed them that all able-bodied young men should 
 be trained for military service in order that they be prepared for such 
 emergencies as were liable to occur at any time. 
 
 For a hundred years after the town was first settled most men per- 
 formed the military duties required of them with alacrity. Such was 
 the honor of a military title that the most aspiring sought the offices 
 that conferred these titles. The early history of the town furnishes 
 the best evidence that the men with military titles were the men upon 
 tyhom were conferred most of the offices of civil administration. 
 
 In 1760 the militia of New Hampshire consisted of nine regiments 
 of infantry and one of troops. At this time Cheshire county com- 
 
144 HISTOEY OF SWANZET. 
 
 prised what is now Cheshire and Sullivan, and the militia of the 
 county was organized into one regiment. It was No. 6, and its colonel 
 was Josiah WlUard. Officers and men had experienced much military 
 service the preceding years in the seven years' war. 
 
 No material change took place in the militarj' organizations of New 
 Hampshire from 1760 until after the declaration of independence. 
 About this time important changes in the military system were 
 made. The militia were divided into two classes : a training band and 
 an alarm list. 
 
 "The Training Band was constituted of all the able-bodied male 
 persons in the State from sixteen years old to fifty except certain per- 
 sons in position and employment specified, and Negroes, Indians 
 and Mulattoes." 
 
 "The Alarm List included all male persons from sixteen years of 
 age to sixtj'-five not included in the Training Band and not exempted 
 ' by the first section of the act. They were to serve in a separate corps, 
 were subject to be called out of their towns by no officer under the 
 rank of a colonel, and once in ever3' six months they were to be called 
 out by the captains of the companies belonging to the Training Band 
 in the limits of which they resided, to have their arms and accouter- 
 ments examined." 
 
 Each officer and private soldier was "to equip himself and be con- 
 stantly provided with a good Fire Arm, good ramrod, a worm priming 
 wire and brush, and a bayonet fitted to his gun, a scabbard and belt 
 therefor and a cutting sword or a tomahawk or hatchet ; a pouch con- 
 taining a cartridge-box that will hold fifteen rounds of cartridges, at 
 least a hundred buck-shot, a jack-knife and tow for wadding, six flints, 
 one pound of powder, forty leaden balls fitted to his gun, a knapsack 
 and blanket, a canteen or wooden bottle sufficient to hold one quart." 
 
 Each company was to muster eight times a year including the reg- 
 imental muster. "Each town was to provide and deposit in some 
 safe place for use in case of an alarm a specified number of spades or 
 shovels, axes and picks, and to provide ai-ms and equipments for 
 those unable to provide them for themselves, and parents, masters or 
 guardians were to provide for those under their care." 
 
 Up to this time the militia of Cheshire county was included in one 
 regiment. It was now divided into three : The towns of Swanzey, 
 Richmond, Winchester, Hinsdale, Chesterfield, Westmoreland, Keene, 
 Surry and Gilsum constituted one regiment. It was No. 13, and Sam- 
 uel Ashley of Winchester was its colonel. The number of men in the 
 regiment was 1080. 
 
 When Colonel Ashley's regiment was called out in 1777, Joseph 
 
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JMILITART AFFAIRS. 145 
 
 Hammond of Swanzey was its lieutenant colonel and Lieut. Elislia 
 whitcomb and Lieut. Samuel Wright also of Swanzey were upon Col. 
 Ashley's staff. 
 
 On the 5th of September, 1792, the new constitution was adopted. 
 This contained important provisions as to the militia. In the bill 
 of rights it announced the truth that "a well-regulated militia is the 
 proper, natural and sure defence of a State ;" and provided that the 
 "general and field officers of the militia should be nominated and ap- 
 pointed by the governor and council ; that the captains and subal- 
 terns in tlie respective regiments shall be nominated and recom- 
 mended by the field officers to the governor, who is to issue their 
 commission immediately on receipt of such recommendation ; that "the 
 governor of this State for tlie time being shall be commander-in-chief 
 of the army and navy, and all the military forces of the State by sea 
 and land ;" " that no officer duly commissioned to command in the 
 militia, shall be removed from his office but by address of both houses 
 to the governor, or by fair trial in court-martial, pursuant to the laws 
 of the State for the time being ;" that " the commanding officers of 
 regiments shall appoint their adjutants and quartermasters ; the brig- 
 adiers, their brigade majors ; the major generals, their aids ; the cap- 
 tains and subalterns, their non-commissioned officers ;" and that the 
 division of the militia into brigades, regiments and companies made 
 in pursuance of the militia laws then in force should be considered as 
 the proper division of the militia of the state until the same should 
 be altered. 
 
 Under this constitution, new militia laws became necessary. By an 
 act which was passed, the companies in the towns of Winchester, Rich- 
 mond and Swanzey, formed a first battalion ; and the companies in 
 the towns of Hinsdale and Chesterfield a second battalion and the 
 two battalions formed the sixth regiment ; the sixth, fifteenth, six- 
 teenth, twelfth and twentieth regiments formed the fifth brigade, and 
 the fourth and fifth brigades formed the third division. 
 
 By this organization of the militia of the state there were twenty- 
 seven regiments, six brigades and three divisions. 
 
 By an act passed Dec. 28, 1792, it was provided that all free able- 
 bodied, white male citizens from eighteen to forty years of age should 
 be enrolled ; that each commanding officer of a company should call 
 out the same twice every year for inspection of arms and instruction 
 in military discipline, and at such other times as he should think best, 
 and that each commander of a battalion should call out his battalion 
 once every year for the same purpose ; that there should be one stand- 
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146 HISTORY OF SWANZJIY. 
 
 arc! and one suit of regimental colors for each regiment, with appro- 
 priate inscriptions at the expense of the state ; that there should be 
 a major general to each division, a brigadier to each brigade, a lieuten- 
 ant colonel to each regiment, one major to each battalion, a captain, 
 lieutenant, ensign, four sergeants, four corporals, one drummer and 
 one flf er to each company ; and the regimental staff was to consist of 
 an adjutant and quartermaster with the rank of lieutenant ; a pay- 
 master, surgeon, surgeon's mate, sergeant major, dram major and fife 
 major ; that each battalion should have one company of grenadiers or 
 light infantry, and each division should have one company of artillery. 
 
 The law required that important militia laws should be read at the 
 head of each company at least once a year. 
 
 In 1795 the enrolment law was amended so as to include in the en- 
 rolment those between the ages of sixteen and forty. 
 
 It was unlawful for any non-commissioned oflicer or private to fire 
 a gun on the day or evening of muster in or near any public road, or 
 any house, or on or near the place of parade without permission of a 
 commissioned officer. 
 
 In 1796 Elisha Whitcomb was lieutenant colonel of the sixth regi- 
 ment and Philemon Whitcomb major of the first battalion in the same 
 regiment, both of Swanzey. 
 
 It was enacted June 18, 1805, that the captain of each company of 
 artillery organized according to law receive out of the treasury fifty 
 dollars for erecting a gun-house, that one cannon with carriage, har- 
 ness and apparatus should be furnished each company of artillery, 
 also music-money and a color ; that there should be at least a company 
 of light infantry or grenadiers to each battalion ; that there be not 
 more than one company of cavalry to each regiment, and that such 
 companies be furnished with music-money and colors ; that each com- 
 pany in the state turn out for inspection of arms and military exer- 
 cise on the last Wednesday of June annually, also annually in the 
 month of August or September, and at such other times as the com- 
 manding officers of companies should think proper, not exceeding 
 four times in each year ; that each regiment should be called out an- 
 nually in the months of September or October, unless by permission 
 of the brigadiers they should parade in battalion ; that suitable meats 
 and drinks, or thirty-four cents in lieu thereof, should be furnished 
 each non-commissioned officer and private within their several towns 
 and places on regimental or battalion musters. 
 
 Philemon Whitcomb of Swanzey was major general of the third 
 division of New Hampshire militia in 1810. That year the fifth bri- 
 
JIILITART AFFAIRS. 147 
 
 gade mustered in Swanzey, and was reviewed by General Whitcomb. 
 Isaac Stratton, Esq., a number of years since, wrote the following 
 article for publication in one of the local papers. Mr. Stratton at the 
 time of this military display was but little more than three years old, 
 but the muster was regarded by Swanzey people as an event of so 
 much consequence that it was a theme of conversation for many suc- 
 ceeding years, and the little ones of that day in after years became 
 familiar with all its details. 
 
 "In the year 1810 the fifth brigade of Major General Philemon 
 Whitcomb's division of New Hampshire militia mustered in Swanzey. 
 
 The people of Swanzey were much elated ; fences were removed ; 
 fields leveled on either side of the old common, making a broad field 
 nearly two miles long and very level. At that time there were four 
 old-style taverns on Swanzey plains near the muster field ; it was a 
 nice location for a big muster. The occasion was blest with a beau- 
 tiful autumn day. AU of the regiments of the brigade were on the 
 field promptly. There were several volunteer veteran companies on 
 the parade, not a few of them were old Revolutionary soldiers. It was 
 probably the greatest military display that ever took place in this part 
 of the State. Not less than four thousand men bore arms. There 
 were a greater number of spectators than troops. Muster was the 
 people's great holiday in those times. Every man, woman and child 
 that was able to go must be there. Scores of booths were erected op- 
 posite the lines, and within them were fiddling and dancing ; ginger- 
 bread and strong drink were sold from them quite freely. The right 
 of the brigade was graced with several large companies of cavalry, 
 their scarlet coats and bear- skin caps looked warlike. The officers of 
 the various regiments were familiar with their duty. The vast line 
 was kept in most perfect order. The inspectors reported to the Gen- 
 eral that almost every njan was equipped as the law required. The 
 General then reviewed the brigade (his two sons aids) with pride and 
 admiration. The plan of the manceuvers and evolutions of the day 
 was carried out in grand military style without mistakes or accidents. 
 
 The muster closed as was usual in those days with a grand sham 
 fight. A large fort was thrown up at the base of Mt. Csesar, a short 
 distance west of the muster field, the mountain at that time being 
 covered with a dense forest. Several tribes of sham Indians lay in 
 ambush there. Soon after the fight commenced they rushed out and 
 participated in the battle, their faces painted, and long black hair 
 hanging down their backs, and their horrid yells produced an excite- 
 ment that is unknown in these modern times. It was a reminder of 
 
148 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 the trials of the first settlers of our country. The battle continued 
 nearly an hour, both armies fought bravely, large numbers on either 
 side were apparently killed and wounded. The Indians kept up their 
 fiendish yells, apparently taking some scalps. For a time the is- 
 sue seemed doubtful. The Americans held the fort and by a very in- 
 genious flank movement overcame the pretended British and made 
 prisoners of their entire force when the Indians fled to their native 
 forest. 
 
 The physical forms of those stalwart men that made up this mili- 
 tary display with their elastic limbs and martial steps have gradually 
 gone down into the peaceful bosom of mother earth. The officers 
 that rode their proud steeds have gone down into the shadowy ranks 
 with their soldiers. 
 
 'What is glory, wliat is fame? 
 A mere echo, a shadow, a name, 
 A flower that blossoms for a day, 
 A stream that hurries Ufe away.' " 
 
 Samuel Dinsmore, sen., of Keene, was governor of New Hamp- 
 shire in the years of 1831, 1832 and 1833. 
 
 When Mr. Dinsmore was governor there was a volunteer muster of 
 the uniformed companies in the county at Keene. 
 
 There was at this time much interest taken in military displays by 
 the people generally, and in nearly every town was a well-uniformed 
 and well-drilled military companj'. Some of the large towns had two 
 companies. In some of the small towns the whole militia of the town 
 were uniformed and organized into one company. 
 
 The leading spirit in initiating the muster was James Wilson who 
 at the time was captain of the Keene Liglit Infantry, and who subse- 
 quently became major general in the New Hampshire militia and mem- 
 ber of congress. 
 
 Of the companies present there were two cavalry, four artillery, a 
 large number of light infantry, some uniformed infantry, and a num- 
 ber of rifle companies. The acting colonel, lieutenant colonel, major 
 and adjutant, were the commissioned colonels of four regiments. 
 Amos Bennett of Richmond, colonel of the sixth regiment, was the 
 senior officer in the commission and had the command. 
 
 Governor Dinsmore reviewed the line and Adjutant General Low 
 of the state militia made the inspection. 
 
 The muster field was on the plain just north of Swanzey line. 
 
 At this time the militia was organized into companies and regiments 
 
MILITAEY AFFAIRS. 149 
 
 for performing the military duties required. The battalion drill and 
 battalion officers had been dispensed with some years previous. 
 
 The duties required by law of commissioned officers were for cap- 
 tains or senior officers of companies to warn their men to meet in 
 May at some central place to have their arms inspected, to have those 
 militia laws read that were applicable for the performance of military 
 duties and to instruct the men in military discipline. Pi-evious to 
 about 1830 the law required the May training to be on the first Tues- 
 day in May. About that time it was changed to the second Tuesday 
 in May. The companies were again warned out for drill by their 
 commanding officers just before the annual muster. The colonels of 
 I'egiments called the comrhissioned officers of their regiments together 
 for one day's drill before muster. 
 
 The muster was usually held in September. It was expected that 
 the regiments would be reviewed by either a major or a brigadier-gen- 
 eral, and that a member of the reviewing officer's staff would inspect 
 the arras of each soldier in the regiment. The day for a regiment to 
 muster was appointed by a general and by such an arrangement as 
 would be most convenient to go from regiment to regiment and re- 
 view and inspect one a day. It was usual to have a muster only on 
 the dnys of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The place 
 for a regiment to muster was designated by the colonel. 
 
 The arms for performing military duty required by law were, for a 
 mounted officer and cavalry man, a pair of pistols and a sword ; an 
 artillery man, a sword ; an infantry man, a gun with a ba3'onet fitted 
 to it ; a rifleman, a rifle without a bayonet. When the old flint lock was 
 used, each man was required to have two spare flints, a priming wire 
 and brush, cartridge boxes attached to a belt, and to hold a certain 
 number of cartridges. All soldiers, excepting commissioned officers, 
 bad to be furnished with a knapsack and canteen. 
 
 All commissioned officers when on duty had to wear military uni- 
 forms. The uniforms of fleld officers were a blue military swallow- 
 tail coat, a felt cocked hat and white linen pants. The militia officers 
 wore a blue swallow-tail military coat, white linen pants, and a leather 
 military cap. The officers of the independent military companies 
 wore uniforms to correspond with the style of uniform adopted by 
 their company. 
 
 The rank of officers was indicated to some extent by the epaulette 
 worn. Field officers wore a pair of silver epaulettes, captains an epau- 
 lette upon the right shoulder, lieutenants an epaulette upon the left 
 shoulder. 
 
 Field officers, when upon parade, almost invariably rode nice horses 
 
150 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 with good equipage. It would have been considered a disgrace for 
 an officer to appear otherwise. It was not usual for a field officer to 
 own the horse or its equipage. 
 
 Tliere were noted parade horses that were seen at musters year af- 
 ter year, and were seen at a number of musters the same year. The 
 letting of a good parade horse with its equipage was a source of con- 
 siderable income. The general who reviewed, and his staff, procured 
 for the business an elegant set of horses corresponding in color and 
 match. 
 
 The sixtli regiment was in as good condition in 1840 as it had been at 
 any previous time or has been subsequently. The independent com- 
 panies were Swanzey Artillery ; Winchester, Cliesterfield and Hinsdale 
 Light Infantries ; Eichmond Grenadiers and Swanzey and Cliester- 
 field Rifle Companies. Most if not all these companies appeared at 
 muster with full ranks, good music and were fairly well drilled. 
 
 At this time much pride was talcen in most towns in having good 
 uniformed military companies and have them make a good appear- 
 ance on muster day. To prepare the companies for a creditable ap- 
 pearance required much time to be spent in drilling and much money 
 for uniforms. 
 
 Good music was considered an indispensable part of military dis- 
 play. Most of the independent companies went to muster with a 
 good band. 
 
 It was a point with most of these companies to be at the place of 
 muster the day before in the afternoon, and to do some drilling. 
 The time when companies expected to make their best display at ma- 
 nceuvering was at an intermission usually of about an hour after the 
 companies had been inspected. 
 
 For the duties of muster day the men were warned to meet at some 
 particular place as early as six o'clock. The companies were organ- 
 ized at once by its officers and the regiment by the adjutant, assisted 
 by the quartermaster. The music of all the companies was consoli- 
 dated into one band under the direction of the drum-major of the reg- 
 iment. Then the field officers took the command of the regiment 
 and marched it to the parade ground. Inspection was next in order 
 by the general's inspector. The review by the general took place in 
 the afternoon. If he was accustomed to making addresses he would 
 make one to the regiment. If he was not so accustomed to this he 
 would have a member of his staff, who was qualified, do it for liim. 
 
 The closing duties of a regiment for the day under its commander 
 consisted in battalion drill, firing in line, and often in a sham fight. 
 
 For a long time muster day was the people's great holiday of the 
 
MILITARY AFFAIRS. 151 
 
 year, and a time when showmen and pedlers went from muster to mus- 
 ter, the former giving exliibitions of great variety and the latter dis- 
 posing of goods of varied qualities. 
 
 There are no rolls of New Hampshire militia in the adjutant gener- 
 al's office by which Swanzey's military history previous to 1815 can 
 be Itnown, except during the time of the Revolution. There can be 
 no doubt but tliat it was an honorable one. It is certain that previ- 
 ous to this time many of its most prominent citizens had military ti- 
 tles which indicates their connection with the state militia. 
 
 There were probably no independent military companies in this 
 part of the state till some years after tlie Revolutionary war, wlien a 
 cavalry company was organized. Later still there were two cavalry 
 companies in the sixth regiment. Swanzey furnished some of the 
 men for the first company and most of them for the second. 
 The following Swanzey men were captains in the cavalry: 
 Jonathan Locke, Henry R. Morse, 
 
 Phinehas Stone, David Aldrich, 
 
 Alva Whitcomb, Jonathan Whitcomb. 
 
 William Wright, 
 The company was disbanded about 1830. 
 
 The Swanzey artillery was formed about 1808. Men required to 
 do military duty in the sixth regiment had a right to enlist into the 
 company. But few ever did duty in the company that did not reside 
 in Swanzey. It was substantially a Swanzey company. The fol- 
 lowing men commanded the company. It is supposed the knowl- 
 edge of the first five is obtained from traditional evidence, of others 
 from the adjutant general's ofiSce. 
 Joseph Emerson, Otis Whitcomb, 
 
 Nathan Whitcomb, William Sebastian, 
 
 Levi Blake, David Parsons, 
 
 Edward Goddard, Thomas T. Wetherbee, 
 
 Joseph Woodward, James M. Rarasdell, 
 
 Abaz Howard, Benjamin Read, 
 
 Calvin Page, Horace Drewry, 
 
 Luther Dickinson, Benjamin F. Lombard, 
 
 William Read, Lyman Gates, 
 
 David Bennett, Sylvander L. Whitcomb. 
 
 Jonathan W. Capron, 
 
 About 1824, at the time Luther Dickinson commanded the com- 
 pany, it was newly uniformed. 
 
 In 1840 these uniforms had become reduced in numbei's and im- 
 
152 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 paired by usage to such an extent that the company's appearance was 
 not satisfactory to the members or to those who had been connected 
 with it especially those who had been its officers. Early in the year 
 measures were taken to see what could be done for obtaining new uni- 
 forms. As a preliminary step the officers then in commission re- 
 signed. A vote for officers resulted in the election of Benjamin Read, 
 captain ; Horace Drewry, first lieutenant, and Albert Bates, second 
 lieutenant. Such was the encouragement for obtaining members for 
 the company if new uniforms were to be procured that seventy-seven 
 complete uniforms were purchased, and equipments for three commis- 
 sioned officers, and for sixty-four non-commissioned officers and 
 privates. Ten uniforms without equipments were for the music. 
 
 After the new uniforms were obtained, and previous to the fall 
 muster, the ladies, to show their appreciation of the militarj' spirit 
 evinced in the company's re-organization, presented it with a splen- 
 did flag. The presentation was made in front of the old meeting- 
 house, which is now the town house. It was one of Swanzey's great 
 daj's. The citizens were present in large numbers and there were 
 many present from neigliboring towns. We doubt if tliere have ever 
 been so many good-looking, well-dressed ladies, brought together in 
 Swanzey at any other time as stood in front of the artillery company 
 when the presentation was made. 
 
 This was done by Miss Thankful Carpenter, daughter of Hon. Eli- 
 jah Carpenter, and received in behalf of the company by the captain. 
 
 After the presentation the parties repaired to a bower where re- 
 freshments were served, sentiments offered and responses made. 
 
 The state, in consideration of the improved condition of the com- 
 pany, furnished it with a new well mounted six pound cannon which 
 was retained until after the company ceased to maintain its organiza- 
 tion. 
 
 A rifle company was organized about 1830, mainly by persons liv- 
 ing in West Swanzey. It had its armory there. From the time of 
 its organization to the time of its dissolution it had good numbers, 
 a good uniform and was well drilled. It was a credit to the people 
 of the west part of Swanzey. 
 
 The following were the commanders of the company : 
 Rufus Thompson, Charles Greene, 
 
 Joseph Hammond, Elisha Hutchins, 
 
 Peter Holbrook, jr., Sylvanus Bartlett, 
 
 Erastus Dickinson, Aaron A. Sumner. 
 
 The officers of the militia company previous to 1815 we will not un- 
 dertake to name. Could they be given correctly the list would embrace 
 
MILITAEY AFFAIRS. 153 
 
 a large number of the most prominent and influential men of the 
 town. The men that did duty in a militia company did not have to 
 procure a military uniform. They only had to furnish themselves 
 ■with equipments. 
 
 Since 1815 the Swanzey militia company have had the following 
 commanders : 
 
 Samuel Stearns, Hosea Bishop, 
 
 Benjamin Hammond, 2d, jr., Phinehas Stone, jr., 
 
 John Grimes, 2d, Lyman Leach, 
 
 Jonathan D. Ware, Edmund Stone, 
 
 Amos Richardson, 2d, jr., Orlando Page, 
 
 Horatio Black, Edwin Snow, 
 
 David Read, William Moore, 
 
 Amos F. Fish, Josiah B. Kellogg. 
 
 The following are names of Swanzej' men who have been field offi- 
 cers in the sixth regiment since 1815 : 
 
 COLONELS. 
 
 Phinehas Stone, Thomas T. Trowbridge, 
 
 Amos Bennett, Erastns Dickinson, 
 
 David Aldrich, Jonathan Whitcomb. 
 Allen Hammond, 
 
 LIEUT. COLONELS. 
 
 Luther Dickinson, Benjamin Read. 
 
 MAJORS. 
 
 David Parsons, Elijah Hills. 
 
 Charles Morrill Hammond of Chicago (son of Capt. Benjamin 
 Hammond of Swanzey), in the months of July and August, 1862, 
 raised a company of infantrj' ; on Saturday was elected captain, and 
 on the Tuesday following tlie company (Co. I) was joined with others 
 constituting the 100th volunteer regiment of infantry of Illinois. On 
 that same day he was elected major by the officers of the regiment, 
 taking rank and mustered in August 30, 1862 ; after the battle of 
 Chiekamauga, September 20, 1863, he was in command of the regi- 
 ment till September 4, 1864, when .he v?as promoted to lieutenant 
 colonel ; and on May 11, 1865, promoted to the rank of colonel. 
 Twenty-three battles are recorded on the " Old 100th 111. Flag," and 
 Providence permitted him to be actively engaged in each one of them. 
 The regiment under his command was mustered out at Chicago June 
 12, 1865. 
 
CHAPTER Y. 
 
 Ecclesiastical. 
 
 Congregational Church — Foemation — Eahly History— Members — Min- 
 isters— Officers — Parsonage— CoNGUBGATiONAL Society — Names of 
 MicMBicEs — Officers — Ladies' Society — Sunday School — Church 
 Choir — Society Punds— Meeting Housks— Baptist Chuuch— Metho- 
 dist E. Church — Univbrsalist Society. 
 
 The Congeegational Church. 
 
 THE Congregational Cliurch in Swanzey was organizerl Novem- 
 ber 4, 1741, eight j'ears after the township (then called Lower 
 Ashuelot) was granted to its sixty proprietors. Previous to this time, 
 and probably from its first settlement, the ordinances of religion had 
 not been neglected, as most of the men prominent in proprietary and 
 municipal matters were also leaders in church affairs. Tlie following 
 are some of the earliest recorded votes of tlie proprietors at meetings 
 duly called for the purpose, and held at the house of Capt. Nathaniel 
 Hammond. 
 
 1737, Sept. 7. '■^Voted to raise a rate or tax of 240 pounds, or 4 
 pounds on each right to defray the charges of building a meeting 
 House, mending ways, and otlier necessary charges. 
 
 " Voted, That they will build a meeting house in said township 46 
 feet long, 36 feet wide and 20 feet stud, to be set on the rock near 
 the corner of the lot No. 18 or near thereabouts. 
 
 '■'■Voted that the lot in No. 63 in the 4th division be for the first 
 minister, and No. 7 for the ministry. 
 
 '■'■Voted and chose Messrs. Nathaniel Hammond, Samuel Hills, 
 Samuel Farnsworth, Charles Lummas and Tliomas Cresson a com- 
 mittee to procure workmen to build the meeting-house or let it out to 
 be done as shall be thought most proper. 
 
 '■'■Voted and chose Mr. Samuel Hills to provide a minister to preach 
 the Gospel in said township till the next proprietors' meeting." 
 
 Oct. 26. '■^ Voted that the sum of three pounds on each right, or 
 (154) 
 
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 180 pounds in the whole, be raised to pay for preaching and other 
 necessary charges. 
 
 " Voted, That Capt. Nathaniel Hammond and Charles Lumas be a 
 committee to provide a preacher. 
 
 '• Voted, That the committee shall pitch and lay out the lots for the 
 minister and ministry." 
 
 1738, March 15. " Voted, That Capt. Nathaniel Hammond and Mr. 
 Samuel Hills be a committee to employ a minister to preach in said 
 town this 6 months ensuing." 
 
 Dec. 28. "Voted, That there be 4 feet in the length, and 4 feet in 
 the breadth, and two feet in the heightii added to the meeting-house, 
 and build a decent steeple on one end of said meeting-house as the 
 committee and carpenters shall think fit." 
 
 1739, Sept. 18. " Voted, That Mr. Ephraim Jones, Nathaniel Ham- 
 mond and Benjamin Brown be a committee to take the advice of some 
 of the neighboring ministers concerning some suitable person to settle 
 among us in the work of the Gospel ministry, and accordingly apply 
 as soon as conveniently may be to some candidate in the ministry to 
 preach upon probation in order for settling." 
 
 Oct. 9. '■'■Voted to raise a rate or tax of 240 pounds or 4 pounds 
 on each right to defray the cost and charges of preaching the Gospel 
 in said township in time past, and for the future viith what remains 
 so far as it will hold out." 
 
 Dec. 28. The proprietors voted unanimously for Mr. Noah Mi- 
 rick for their minister, offering to give him "200 pounds settlement 
 in bills of credit (of old tenor) if he shall agree to settle in the work 
 of the ministry among us ; one half to be paid in 6 months after his 
 ordination, and the other half in 12 months after said ordination." 
 
 '■'■Voted, also, 130 pounds the first year and to add to it 5 pounds 
 every year until it comes to 180 pounds, in bills of credit (of the old 
 tenor) as his yearly salary, if he shall agree to settle in the work of 
 the ministry among us, and be made as good from year to year as the 
 money is at the present time, and be continued so aslong as he shall 
 remain our minister." 
 
 A committee consisting of Abraham Graves, Samuel Gunn, Thomas 
 Crisson, William Scott and John Evans was chosen to treat with Mr. 
 Miiick concerning his settlement, but no record is made of his accept- 
 ing their proposals. 
 
 1740, April 4. In response to an article in their warrant to "choose 
 and call a pious, learned and orthodox minister" the "worthy Mr. 
 Thomas Goss" was chosen and invited to settle among them with sub- 
 
156 HISTOET OF SWANZEY. 
 
 stantially the same settlement and salary as that voted to Mr. Mi- 
 rick — and with the same result. Probably both these men preached 
 more or less in the township, as did also following them, a Mr. 
 Gardner. 
 
 1741, April 13. The proprietors, at a meeting held at the house 
 of Samuel Gunn, voted to call Rev. Timothy Harrington to be their 
 minister with the salary above named, except it was to be 150 pounds 
 instead of 130 the first year. Nathaniel Hammond, John Evans and 
 Timothj' Brown were chosen a committee to carry the proposals to 
 Mr. Harrington — also to request him to supply them with preaching 
 till he should give his answer. 
 
 May 4. It was '■'Voted to state Mr. Harrington's salary in case he 
 should take up with our proposals at silver money at 28 shillings per 
 ounce." 
 
 Aug. 3. ^^ Voted, That the proprietors will give Mr. Timothy Har- 
 rington, his heirs and assigns forever, one acre and an half of land 
 situate lying on the Meeting-House Hill where he shall choose to 
 pitch it, so as not to discommode the setting of the Meeting-House, 
 in case he shall settle in the work of the ministry' amongst us." 
 
 " Voted also that the proprietors will exchange the school lot with 
 Mr. Timothy Harrington, viz. the house lot belonging to the school 
 right for tlie hou^ lot which the General Court has granted to the 
 first minister in Ashuelot." 
 
 Mr. Harrington in his letter of acceptance says, "Gentlemen, as 
 you have given me an invitation to settle among 3'ou in the work of 
 the ministry and have also laid your proposals before me, I must con- 
 fess they are generous and you willing to exert j'ourselves for the hon- 
 orable support of the Gospel. The unanimitj' of your choice, the 
 repeated instances of your affection to my person, and j'our earnest 
 desire for my continuance among you seem to declare your invitation 
 to be the call of God himself; and that my accepting of it may be for 
 the glory of God, the honor of Christ, the interest of religion and the 
 mutual peace and comfort of you all." 
 
 Mr. Harrington was ordained and the church formed Xov. 4, 1741. 
 There were at that time no settlements in what is now Sullivan County, 
 and only two others in Cheshire Countj', viz. : — Upper Ashuelot 
 (Keene) and Arlington (Winchester). There were present, and as- 
 sisted in the ordination, elders and delegates from the churches in 
 these two places, also from Sunderland and Northfield. The church 
 covenant, which was in accordance with the Cambridge platform, was 
 subscribed to by the pastor Timothy Harrington from the First church 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL. 157 
 
 in Cambridge, and twelve other men, viz., Natlianiel Hammond from 
 clinrcli in Littleton ; Jonathan Hammond, Littleton ; Abraham Graves, 
 Hatfield ; Samuel Gunn, Sunderland ; Charles Lumis, Bolton ; William 
 Carr, Deerfield ; David Belding, Upper Ashuelot, and Samuel Hills, 
 Thomas Cresson, John Evans, Natlianiel Hammond, jr., and Thomas 
 Hammond, who were never in full communion before. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Harrington was chosen church clerk, and, January 5, 
 
 1744, Timothy Brown and Jonathan Hammond were chosen deacons. 
 At the same time "Fbiedl, That any person belonging to another 
 church and coming to reside among us be required witiiin the space 
 of one j-ear to bring a letter of dismission and recommendation from 
 that church to this, or without an accepted reason for such failure, be 
 debarred communion with us till done." 
 
 Rev. Mr. Harrington's house was burned by the Indians March 26, 
 
 1745, and with it the church records. But the important events and 
 votes that could be recollected were confirmed by vote of the church, 
 Oct. 2, 1745, and recorded. The inhabitants continued to suffer from 
 the hostility of the Indians, and in 1747 they abandoned the town, 
 and the members of the little church were scattered. Before leaving 
 they buried many heavy ai-ticles of furniture in the ground, intending 
 without doubt to return under more favorable circumstances. But 
 though scattered, the church was not disbanded. 
 
 In 1748 their pastor requested of them "a testimonial of their ac- 
 ceptance of his doctrine and conversation among them, and their 
 consent to his settling in the work of the ministry in some other place 
 where God in his providence might call him." To consider and act 
 upon this request a meeting of the church was called to meet at Brook- 
 field, Sept. 14, but as only six of the eighteen male members were 
 present it was deemed imprudent for so small a number to act upon 
 the subject, and they adjourned to meet in Rutland, Oct. 11th. At this 
 meeting his request was granted on condition that he relinquish all 
 claim to any arrearages of salary due to Nov. 4, 1744, and his salary 
 for the years 1747 and 1748, and also his claim to the first minister's 
 right of land in Lower Ashuelot. At this meeting also Anna, his 
 wife, and Rose, his maidservant, were dismissed and recommended 
 with him to "the first Chh. in Lancaster or to any other regular Chh. 
 wherever Providence shall cast their lott." Mr. H . was subsequent- 
 ly settled in Lancaster. As a token of his affectionate remembrance, 
 for the church in Swanzey he left -it by will money for the purchase 
 of a silver cup, costing $15.35. During his ministry, including the 
 
158 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 original members, forty-five were admitted to the church : twenty-three 
 males and twenty-two females, of whom twenty-five were from other 
 churches. 
 
 1753, Aug. 21. The churches in Swanzey and Keene met at the 
 schoolhouse in Swanzey and mutually and unanimously agreed to be 
 one religious society and worship together for the space of three years, 
 the towns being at equal expense for the support of the Gospel during 
 that time. The church covenant was then subscribed to by twenty- 
 one persons, viz. : Ezra Carpenter, pastor ; Abraham Graves, Nathan- 
 iel Hammond, Jeremiah Hall, Thomas Cresson, David Foster, Timothy 
 Brown, William Smead, Nathan Blake, William Carr, Jonathan Ham- 
 mond, Joseph Ellis, Ebeuezer Nimms, David Nimms, William Grimes, 
 David Belding, Ebenezer Day, Samuel Hills, Joseph Hammond, Eli- 
 akim King and Thomas Hammond. Mr. Carpenter was installed 
 over this united church Oct. 4, 1753 ; the churches represented at the 
 installation, 1st in Hingham, 3d in Plymouth, Kingston; 1st in 
 Lancaster, Nichewong, Poquaig, Deerfield, Sunderland and North- 
 field. The union of these churches continued about seven years. 
 When they separated Rev. Mr. Carpenter had his choice with which to 
 remain, and chose Swanzey, continuing to be its minister till June, 
 1764, when at his own request he was dismissed by an ecclesiastical 
 council convened for that purpose. Tradition says that the council 
 had but just left the meeting-house when a tornado passed and turned 
 the meeting-house one quarter round, so that it was made to face the 
 east instead of the south. Several buildings also were unroofed or 
 blown down and one member of the council had a horse killed at the 
 time. During his ministry thirty-five were admitted to the church. 
 His salary was 100 pounds. He was appointed chaplain of the Crown 
 Point expedition in 1767. 
 
 It appears that at some time previous to Feb. 28, 1754, David Fos- 
 ter had been chosen deacon ; that at this date the three deacons, 
 Brown, Hammond and Foster, were dropped and the two latter re- 
 chosen. 
 
 In 1769, Sept. 27, Rev. Edward Goddard of Shrewsbury was or- 
 dained and settled over the church. Six churches by their pastors 
 and delegates assisted at the ordination, viz., 1st in Lancaster, 1st 
 in Shrewsbury, Holden, Keene, Warwick and Westmoieland. The 
 town voted to pay him for a settlement 133 pounds 6 shillings and 8 
 pence lawful money, and for a salary 53 pounds 6 shillings and 8 
 pence the first two years, and after that time an annual increase of 
 
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 40 shillings till his salary amounts to 66 pounds 13 shillings and 4 
 pence. In addition to the above they also voted to bring him annu- 
 ally thirty cords of Are wood. 
 
 Mr. Goddard continued to be minister of the church and town till 
 July 0, 1798, at which time he was dismissed by an ecclesiastical 
 council composed of pastors and delegates from churches in Mon- 
 tague, New Ipswich, New Salem, Walpole and Ashburnham. He also 
 continued his connection with the church until the installation of his 
 successor, Rev. Clark Brown, Sept. 5, 1810, at which time he was 
 dismissed and recommended to the church in Warwick, with which he 
 united becoming its pastor. At the time of his settlement in 1769 
 the church numbered forty-four members : twenty-two males and twen- 
 ty-two females. In 1785 it numbered one hundred and twenty-flve : 
 fifty-seven males and sixty-eight females, besides sixteen non-resi- 
 dents. During his pastorate deacons were chosen as follows : Jan. 
 29, 1770, Thomas Applin ; in 1777, Thomas Hammond and Daniel 
 Warner; and in 1782 Samuel Hills and Calvin Frink. 
 
 The -first part of Mr. Goddard's ministry was evidently pleasant 
 and prosperous ; the latter part was not so harmonious, although at a 
 church meeting Feb. 13, 1798, it was voted unanimously in favor of 
 his continuing tlieir minister, but on account of his health voted to 
 excuse him from preaching for a season. The church appeared to be 
 ever friendly to him, but a growing feeling of discontent manifested 
 itself on the part of the town, which compelled his resignation. Dur- 
 ing his ministry several members were disciplined ; some for absent- 
 ing themselves from church services and ordinances, and some for 
 a too free use of that unruly member, the tongue, in slander. Most 
 of the offenders confessed their faults and were continued in church 
 fellowship. 
 
 Both Mr. Goddard and his predecessor were often troubled in ob- 
 taining their salaries, officiating as they did during the perilous and 
 trying times of Indian wars and the war of the Revolution. The 
 ministry of Mr. Goddard was longer than that of any other, nearly 
 twenty-nine years. During that time one hundred and fifty-six mem- 
 bers were received, of whom fifty-six were from other churches ; forty 
 baptisms were administered. The baptismal or half-way covenant, 
 as it was called, was tiien in vogue. Mr. Goddard was church clerk 
 during his ministry. Sept. 6, 1798, Calvin Frink was chosen clerk, 
 and June 3, 1799, Joseph Cross was elected. April 2, 1806, Calvin 
 Frink resigned the office of deacon. 
 
 "The Rev. Clark Brown, a graduate of Harvard 1797, and who had 
 
160 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 been dismissed from Biimfleld, Mass., began to supply tlie pulpit in 
 SwanzG}', Aug. 21, 1808, and was installed Sept. 6, 1810. He pro- 
 fessedly became an Episcopalian and attempted to render the church 
 such, but failing in the attempt, his connection was dissolved by mu- 
 tual council Oct. 1, 1815. During his ministry forty-nine were ad- 
 mitted to full communion and eighty-two were baptized. Salary 
 $400. He was a man of popular talent but unstable. In the interim 
 before the next ordination, seven were admitted and ten were bap- 
 tized. The Rev. Joshua Chandler, a graduate of Harvard 1804, was 
 ordained Jan. 20, 1819, and dismissed by council at his own request 
 Nov. 26, 1822. During his ministry nine were admitted to com- 
 munion and twentj'-three baptized. His salary was $400. In the in- 
 terval between his dismission and the next installation two were 
 admitted to church fellowship. The number of the church from the 
 first is 417 and the baptisms 709." 
 
 The foregoing extract and some other items are taken from "New 
 Hampshire Churches," and written by Rev. E. Rockwood. 
 
 Tiie Rev. Ebenezer Colman was installed as pastor of the church 
 May 23, 1827. He was a graduate of Brown University in 1815, a 
 good scholar, an able preacher. Salary $300 and thirty coi-ds of 
 wood. The exercises at the installing council were conducted b3' the 
 following ministers : — Introductory prayer by Salmon Bennett, Marl- 
 borough ; sermon, Z. S. Barstow, Keene ; consecrating prayer, John 
 Walker, Chesterfield; charge to pastor, William Muzzy, Sullivan; 
 right hand of fellowship, O. C. Whiton, Troy ; address to people, 
 John Sabin, Fitzwilliam ; concluding prayer, A. B. Camp, Ashby, 
 Mass. 
 
 The council when met passed the following : 
 
 "Whereas the free use of ardent spirits is doing much injury to the 
 peace of families and to the good order of Society, as well as in de- 
 stroying the souls of many, we deem it the duty of every friend of re- 
 ligion and human happiness to do all in his power to discontinue it ; 
 therefore resolved unanimously that this Council request the commit- 
 tee of the society to exclude all ardent spirits and wines from the 
 entertainment provided for the Council." The necessity for such a 
 resolution gives us an inkling of the practice in church circles previ- 
 ous to this date. May 27, 1827, the pastor was chosen church clerk. 
 April 3, 1828, Joseph Dickinson was chosen deacon, and Aug. 13, 
 1830, Jona. D. Ware was chosen to the same offic'e. 
 
 A constitution for a church library was adopted Dec. 5, 1828. Mr. 
 Colman was appointed librarian and Asahel Shurtleff and Joseph 
 
REV. ELISHA ROCKWOOD, D. D. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL. 161 
 
 Smead a committee to examine, and receive or reject, all books which 
 might be purchased for the library or presented to it. 
 
 Mr. Colman's pastorate continued till July 1, 1834, when, at his 
 request, the pastoral relation was dissolved by a mutual council com- 
 posed of pastors and delegates from Fitzwilliam, Westmoreland, 
 Keene, Winchester and Walpole. Among the reasons he assigns for 
 leaving were his small salary, not being suflScient for the support of 
 his family, and being obliged frequently to worship in a hall or school- 
 house, as the meeting-house was claimed a part of the time by the 
 Universalists. 
 
 July 13, 1834, Luther Browne was chosen clerk of the church ; and 
 April 4, 1838, William Read accepted the office of deacon, to which 
 he had previously been chosen. After the dismission of Mr. Colman 
 and before his successor was installed, the pulpit was occupied by 
 several persons but principally by Rev. Roger C. Hatch, and twenty- 
 two persons were admitted to the church. 
 
 Nov. 16, 1836, Rev. Elisha Rockwood was settled as minister of 
 the church and people, and was soon after chosen church clerk. He 
 was born in Chesterfield, May 9, 1778, a graduate of Dartmouth Col- 
 lege 1802. Preceptor of Plymouth Academy two years, tutor in Dart- 
 mouth College two years, pastor of Congregational Church in West- 
 borough, Mass., twenty-gix and one-half years, and of the church in 
 this town nearly twenty-two years, dying June 19, 1858, and preach- 
 ing till the time of his death. He was a gentleman of the old school, 
 highly respected by all who knew him, by those who believed the 
 doctrines he faithfully preached, and bythose whodissented from them. 
 On the eightieth anniversary of his birth he preached a sermon from 
 the text "I am this day four score years old" (ii Samuel 19 : 35), giv- 
 ing interesting reminiscences of his life and good advice to his peo- 
 ple. This sermon was published after his death. He was twice 
 married, first to Susan Parkman of Westborough, and second, to Mrs. 
 Emily Wilder Herrick of Keene. The degret of D.D. was conferred 
 upon him by Dartmouth College. 
 
 Durino' his ministry in this town, fifty-eight persons were received 
 to the church, twenty-eight were dismissed and recommended to 
 other churches and twenty-eight of the members died. 
 
 June 3, 1843, the church confession of faith and church covenant 
 
 were by unanimous vote of the church revised and made to conform 
 
 to those of motet other churches in connection with the Monadnock 
 
 Association; and March 2, 1845, these were printed for distribution 
 
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162 HISTORY OP SWANZEY. 
 
 among the members. The chui-ch numbered at this time seventy-two, 
 of whom twenty-one were males and fifty-one females. 
 
 Mr. E's salary was $400, of which $75 was annually relinquished 
 by him for several of the last years of his life. 
 
 As ministerial changes became more frequent in New England the 
 society followed the prevalent fashion and purchased a house for the 
 use of its ministers. It was bought of Dr. Willard Adams for $1200, 
 which amount was raised by subscription with the exception of 
 $300 which was taken from Society funds. The parsonage was dedi- 
 cated with appropriate services May 20, 1859. 
 
 Nov. 5, 1858, Mowry A. Thompson was chosen clerk, but soon af- 
 ter, removing from town, Josiah Parsons was chosen and has since 
 retained the office. 
 
 The last minister that was "settled" over the church and society 
 was John G. Wilson, who was installed June 29, 1859. Salary $400 
 and use of parsonage. He was an earnest and acceptable preacher. He 
 remained a little more than four years when at his request the pasto- 
 ral relation was dissolved. He was born in Nelson, Sept. 18, 1820, 
 studied theologj' and graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary in 
 1850 ; ordained at Bellows Falls, Vt., Dec. 12, 1851. Preached there 
 and also at Saxton's river, Vt., and Charlestown, until he came to 
 Swanzey. Since leaving here he has been City Missionary at Port- 
 land, Maine. 
 
 July 24, 1864, Rev. T. E. Roberts, who had been supplying the 
 church in Troy, commenced preaching as stated supply, and contin- 
 ued till Oct., 1868. He was somewhat easy in his theological views 
 as well as in his business relations. After closing his labors with the 
 church in this place he preached about two years at East Swanzej', 
 being engaged at the same time as a life insurance agent, in which 
 business he did not succeed. He has not since been in the minis- 
 try. 
 
 Rev. W. H. Cutler succeeded Mr. Roberts and preached nearly two 
 years. He was a young man, a fine speaker, interesting in the pul- 
 pit, but lacking in those qualities which are essential to success as 
 pastor among the people of his parish. He has since been rector 
 of the Episcopal church in Goffstown. At the close of Mr. Cutler's 
 ministrj' Rev. A. B. Jiarle held a series of gospel meetings with the 
 Baptist and Congregational churches, and on the first Sunday in Jan- 
 uary, 1871, fifteen persons united with the latter church. 
 
 The next minister was Rev. Charles Willey, a zealous preacher. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL. 163 
 
 untiring in his efforts to do good, who remained till July, 1873, when 
 thinking he would be of more service in some other place went first 
 to "Wisconsin and preached two years, then to Newfield, N. J., where 
 he has since resided, preaching apart of the time in connection with 
 his labors on the farm. Mr. W. was born at Derby, Vermont, Sept. 
 
 9, 1815 ; married Miss Harriet Claggett of Newport, N. H., Sept. 24, 
 1843 ; studied theology at Andover, ordained at Chichester, Sept. 15, 
 1845, pastor of the church there six years ; afterwards before coming 
 to Swanzey preached at Kingston, London Mills, Epsom, Barrington, 
 Center Harbor, Giecnfleld and Nelson, remaining from one to six 
 years in each place. 
 
 The church was now without a resident minister till the following 
 January, although as usual on such occasions, public religious ser- 
 vices were observed on the Sabbath, sometimes conducted by a tran- 
 sient minister and at other times by members of the church. 
 
 At the beginning of the new year, Rev. E. I. Carpenter, formerly 
 of Littleton, but more recently in the service of the Vermont Bible 
 Society, commenced his labors among us and continued them till Feb. 
 
 10, 1877, when he was thrown from his sleigh and received injuries 
 from wliich he died in a few hours. Mr. C. was an able preacher, in 
 good repute among his ministerial brethren and highly esteemed by 
 all who knew him. He was much interested in the people at East 
 Swanzey and preached there more than had any of his predecessors. 
 About three months before his death, his wife, a noble woman, was 
 stricken with heart disease and died nearly as suddenly as he did. 
 Mr. C's salary was $600 and use of parsonage. 
 
 The successor of Mr. Carpenter was Rev. H. H. Saunderson who 
 for the twelve pi-eceding years had been minister in Charlestown. 
 His salary was $525 and parsonage. He was a good scholar and 
 writer, having written the history of Charlestown when he was there. 
 He was also a good sermonizer, but old age had weakened his powers, 
 and by want of energy he failed to greatly interest and arouse his au- 
 dience. He occupied the pulpit till May, 1882, and soon after re- 
 moved to Manchester where he resided till his death in January, 1890. 
 He was born in HoUis, Sept. 12, 1810, studied three years at Yale Col- 
 lege, graduated at Andover Theological Seminary 1842 ; married Oct. 
 1, 1845, Miss Elizabeth Cummings of HoUis. He was minister at 
 Ludlow, Vt., seven years and atWallingford, nine years. He preached 
 also at other places, taught music and was engaged in various liter- 
 ary pursuits. He was an ardent lover of nature, encouraged the 
 planting of shade trees in our streets, and set with his own hand the 
 
164 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 graceful elm immediately in front of the brick church, April 18, 
 1878. 
 
 During the ministry of Mr. Saunderson (March 2, 1879) the church 
 and congregation voted to have but one preaching service on the Sab- 
 bath, and that in the forenoon. This practice lias been continued 
 since. From time immemorial, in accordance with the prevalent cus- 
 tom, there had been two sermons, generally at 11 a. m. and 1 p. m. 
 It has also been the custom to have a prayer meeting in tlie middle 
 of the week, and likewise Sabbath evenings, especially when there has 
 been but one preaching service. March 30, 1877, Alonzo A. Ware 
 was chosen deacon. 
 
 Oct. 8, 1882, Rev. Benjamin Merrill commenced his ministerial 
 labors in this place and faithfully performed them till his sudden 
 death Nov. 19, 1888, receiving a salary of $700 and parsonage ($800 
 ■were paid him the first three years). He was born in Haverhill, 
 March 25, 1835; learned the printer's trade when a boy ; prepared 
 for college at Haverhill and Kimball Union Academies ; graduated 
 from the scientiflc department of Dartmouth College in 1858 ; in bus- 
 iness for some time in N. Y. City ; studied Greek one year with his 
 brother. Rev. J. L. Merrill ; graduated at Princeton Theological Sem- 
 inary 1864; ordained by the Presbytery of Carlisle, at Newville, Pa., 
 June 7, 1864, missionary among the Scotch coal miners at Barton, 
 Md., two years ; pastor Congregational church, Pembroke, three and 
 one-half years; Presbyterian church, Ausable Forks, N. Y., twelve 
 years, vrhen he was dismissed and came to Swanzey. He married 
 April 28, 1864, Joanna W. Merrill of New York. They have had 
 three children of whom only one, AVilliam K , survives. In May, 
 1889, Rev. Harvey Woodward of Keene, formerly a minister of the 
 M. E. church, was engaged as pastor, in which capacity he still re- 
 mains. 
 
 It thus appears that during the onehundred and forty-nine years since 
 the formation of the church there have been fifteen ministers, of whom 
 eight were settled pastors and seven stated supplies, the former aver- 
 aging about twelve years and the latter four. There have been few if 
 any controversies in the church or among its members upon theological 
 points or forms of worship. 
 
 It was the only church in town till 1792, when the Baptist church 
 was formed at West Swanzey. Its ministers were supported at first 
 by a tax upon the proprietors and upon all tax payers in the town ; 
 and afterwards, partly by contributions and partly by taxation. 
 
 It was the church of the "standing order," so called. In 1819, the 
 
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 "toleration act" was passed by the New Hampshire legislature, re- 
 quiring tliat no person should be taxed except voluntarily, in support 
 of any religious denomination ; but some years previous to this time 
 any person had the privilege of having his minister tax abated pro- 
 vided he paid for the support of some other denomination. 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 
 
 The Congregational Society in Swanzey was formed Dec. 26, 1809, 
 and incorporated by an act of the legislature June 16, 1810. Its ob- 
 ject was to maintain the preaching of the gospel and to act jointly 
 with the church in calling, settling and dismissing ministers. It was 
 authorized to "assess and collect taxes for the support of a Gospel 
 ministry and other necessary expenses of said Society," and to receive 
 donations and hold funds to an amount not exceeding one thousand 
 dollars. This charter was amended in 1867, authorizing the holding 
 of funds to an amount, the income of which should not exceed $5,000 
 per year. There is a record of but few taxes ever being assessed 
 after, tlie formation of the society; and for many years past all ex- 
 penses have been paid by voluntary contributions. Before tlie act of 
 incorporatipn sixty three persons joined the society, viz. : Ebenezer 
 Hills, Aaron Parsons, Elijah Belding, Elkanah Lane, jr., Joseph 
 I ' Dickinson, James Brewer, Calvin Frink, "William Wright, Samuel 
 Hills, Asaph Lane, Henry Morse, Nehemiah Cummings, Amos Bailey, 
 Thomas Applin, Joel Read, Ezekiel Thompson, Daniel Cummings, 
 Elijah Graves, Joseph Smead, Amos Bailey, jr., James Pierce, John 
 Thompson, Josiah Parsons, John Read, Gad Graves, Levi Blake, 
 Silas Parsons, Luther Wright, Joseph Cross, Josiah P. Read, Benja- . 
 min Brown, Benjamin Hammond, Enoch Cummings, Josepli Ham- 
 mond, jr., Joseph Kimball, James Cummings, John Applin, Paul 
 Raymond, Samuel Belding, Isaac Butterfield, Ezekiel Osgood, Far- 
 num Fish, Moses B. Williams, Zeuas Ware, Samuel Lane, Timothy 
 Thompson, Elijah Lane, Beriah Day, Nicholas Howes, Elisha Lane, 
 Elisha Osgood, Timothy Clark, Thaddeus Cummings, Thomas Cross, 
 Peter Cross, Foster Emerson, William Durant, Azariah Dickinson, 
 Edward Goddard, jr., Amariah Partridge, Nathaniel Dickinson, Seth 
 Belding and Joseph Dickinson, jr. 
 
 The clerks of the society have been Joseph Cross, six years ; Far- 
 num Fish, five years ; Asahel Shurtleff, three years ; Thomas Applin, 
 two years ; William Read, fifty-six years ; AlonzoA. Ware, eight years. 
 The other oflScers were a board of three directors, treasurer and col- 
 lector, all of whom were to be and have been chosen annually the 
 
166 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 first Monday in April. Those tliat have served as directors were 
 Nehemiah Cummings, James Brewer, Luther Wright, Fanium Fish, 
 Silas Parsons, Thomas Cross, Thomas Applin, Timothy Thompson, 
 Daniel Cummings, Ezra Thayer, Ezekiel Osgood, Joseph Dickinson, 
 jr., Foster Emerson, Ezekiel Thompson, Levi Blake, Seth Belding, 
 Daniel Wetherbee, Abel Wilson, Abel Wilder, Silas Jones, Thomas 
 Applin, Daniel Cummings, Amos Bailey, James Cummings, John 
 Thompson, Benjamin Brown, Josiah P. Kead, William Eead, Eieazer 
 Mason, Hubbard Williams, Jona. D. Ware, Josiah Parsons (father 
 and son), Luther Browne, Phineas Stone, Alvah Thompson, Asa Hea- 
 ley, Samuel Stone, Mowry A. Thompson, M. Edwin Wright, John 
 S. Sargeant, Franklin Downing, Alonzo A. Ware, Luther S. Lane and 
 Lyman M. Stone. Tht)se that served the longest in this capacity were 
 William Read, forty years ; J. D. Ware, thirty-eight years ; and Alvah 
 Thompson, sixteen years. 
 
 The treasurers of the society' have been Henry Morse, four 3'ears ; 
 Asahel Shurtleff, one ; Enoch Cummings, one; Daniel Cummings, 
 one ; Amos Bailey, forty-six ; Enoch Howes, eighteen ; and M. C. 
 Stone, seven years. 
 
 The names of females appear upon the church records under the 
 Leads of baptisms, admissions to and dismissions from the church, 
 marriages and deaths. With these exceptions they rarely appear in 
 church history. Notwithstanding this, the influence of woman though 
 silent and less demonstrative, is perhaps even greater than that of man. 
 Numerically they far outnumber the men ; and this has always been 
 so except perhaps in the early settlement of the town. 
 
 As an auxiliary to the Congregational Society, and for the purpose 
 of supporting the preaching of the Gospel, the Ladies' Benevolent So- 
 ciety was organized May 12, 1835, with fifty-two members. Its consti- 
 tution directed that the annual meeting should be held on the second 
 Tuesday of May, and regular monthlj' meetings on the second Tuesday 
 of every month. These meetings, with few interruptions, have since 
 been continued, sometimes meeting once in two weeks instead of four. 
 The afternoon or evening has been spent in knitting, sewing, braiding 
 palm leaf hats, reading, essays, and cultivating the social element. 
 Every member was required to pay at least twenty-five cents a j'ear. Tiie 
 avails of the society since its formation have been about $3,000. 
 This has been applied principally towards the payment of the pastor's 
 salary, but somewhat to missionary enterprises and helping the poor. 
 
 The presidents of the society have been Mrs. Samuel D. King, Mrs. 
 E. Eockwood, Mrs. J. G. Wilson, Mrs. E. F. Read, Mrs. B. Read, 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL. 167 
 
 Mrs. Charles Willey, Mrs. E. I. Carpenter, Mrs. A. M. Adams, Mrs. 
 J. S. Sargeant, Mrs. A. S. Blake, Mrs. B. Merrill and Mrs. H. Wood- 
 ward. Secretaries : Miss Lucy Browne, Mrs. S. D. King, Miss H. 
 A. Rockwood, Miss P. Lane, Miss S. B. Wilder, Mrs. B. Read, Miss 
 H. A. Thompson, Miss E. M. Williams, Miss E. R. Bailey and Miss 
 E. A. Newell. Miss Bailey was secretary and treasurer twenty-five 
 years, until her death. 
 
 Sunday School. 
 
 The records of the Sunday School in connection with the church 
 are very incomplete, being entirely wanting in the earlier part of its 
 history. A school was first organized probably about 1826, and has 
 been continued nearly every Sunday since ; having had for its superin- 
 tendents in part, Joseph Dickinson, William Read, J. D. Ware, E. F. 
 Read, Alfred Marble, M. A. Thompson, M. E. Wright, C. M. Lane, 
 A. A. Ware and L. M. Stone. 
 
 Its sessions have usually been immediately after the morning church 
 service, with an average attendance of between fifty and sixty, and a 
 total yearly membership of about twice that number. Its library 
 numbers about 600 volumes. Miss Mary W. Lane left by will a little 
 more than $100 to replenish the library. 
 
 Music. 
 
 The church choir has been an harmonious one. Certainly this has 
 been the case within the memory of living men, and previous to that 
 time the records upon the subject are silent. The proverbial sensi- 
 tiveness of singers has rarely, if ever, shown itself in bickerings and 
 scramblings for the chief places. The chosen leaders of later years 
 have been Ezekiel Thompson, Hubbard Williams, Philo Applin, E. 
 F. Read, L. S. Lane, C. M. Lane and Harvey Sargeant. Geo. F. 
 Lane, whom all have ever delighted to hear, was a member of the choir 
 about fifty-five years. The long list of singing books that have been 
 used is probably much the same as that used in other choirs. For 
 many years previous to June 6, 1858, Watts' Psalms and Hymns, 
 with a selection from other authors, was the principal hymn book 
 used. At this date the ^•Congregational Hymn Book," by Elias Nason, 
 was introduced and retained till 1880, when it gave place to '■'Spiiit- 
 ual Songs," containing both the hymns and music, by Charles S. 
 Robinson. This book is still in use. The only early church records 
 pertaining to music are these : — 
 
 .May 4, 1797. "Voted that the pastor in the name and behalf of 
 
168 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
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 the Clih. the nest Lord's day request the singers to assist the Chh. in 
 singing after the celebration of the Lord's supper. 
 
 "Voted that the pastor, next Lord's day, after Divine service, pro- 
 pose to the Congregation a contribution to be had the next succeed- 
 ir<g Sabbath for the purpose of raising money to purchase a bass viol 
 for the use of the Congregational Society in Swanzey." 
 
 Church and Society Funds. 
 By the gifts and bequests of several individuals the church and so- 
 ciety have a fund of $7,780, the income of which is to be applied to 
 the support of Gospel preaching and other religious purposes. The 
 contributors were Joseph Cmss, $102.61 ; Nehemiah Cummings, 
 $200.20 ; Zenas Ware, $34.61 ; Hannah Ware, $25.00 ; Enoch Cum- 
 mings, $200.00 ; Hubbard Williams, $400.00 ; A. W. Bailey, $400.00 ; 
 Elizabeth M. Williams, $50.00 ; J. D. Ware, $300.00 ; Sabrina Read, 
 $6600.41 ; Malinda Sargent, $200.00 ; and about $100.00 was contrib- 
 uted by some person or persons previous to 1833 of wliich there is no 
 definite record. From these funds $300 was applied towards the 
 purchase of the parsonage and $550 was lost by the failure of the 
 Ashuelot Savings Bank to pay in full its depositors. 
 
 Meeting-houses. 
 
 In addition to what has already been stated pertaining to locating 
 and building a meeting-house, other votes were subsequently passed 
 in regard to its construction. Taxes were voted, committees chosen, 
 timbers prepared, etc., but for some reason the house was not buUt 
 until the return of the inhabitants after having been driven away by 
 the Indians. It is perhaps doubtful whether it was entirely completed 
 before it was damaged by the hurricane in 1765, and the damages 
 then caused were not vpholly repaired till 1771. It was built on the 
 rock or ledge just west of where Mr. George Carpenter now lives. 
 It was 50 by 40 feet on the ground and 22 feet posts. A gallery was 
 on three sides, a row of pews around the sides of the house, and back 
 of the body seats ; and likewise a row around in the gallery. 
 
 The "pew ground" was appraised and sold at auction, and each 
 purchaser was required to build his own pew and finish up the walls 
 adjacent to the same. This building was used as a church building 
 and town house till about the year 1796, when a new building was 
 erected by the town. There is no record when it was abandoned, 
 talcon down, or disposed of, but it probably stood and was used sev- 
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 to be held at the old meeting-house. The new structure was built 
 where the present town-house now stands : — in fact it is the identical 
 building remodeled. It was 45 by 62 feet on the ground, two sets of 
 windows, one above the other ; three doors, one each on the east, west 
 and south sides ; a porch at the east and west ends. The towering 
 belfry and steeple with its lofty spire was at the west end. The huge 
 gallery extended on three sides of the house, east, west and south, 
 containing a row of pews next the walls and rows of long seats in 
 front for the singers. The pulpit on the north side of the house — a 
 large box with door to enclose the minister — was many feet above the 
 floor ; and above this on the wall were painted representations of 
 seraphs or angelic beings. The floor was covered wilh rows of old- 
 fashioned square pews, divided by broad aisles. 
 
 The inside of the church was never painted. There was no bell in 
 the belfry. For many years it contained no stove, fireplace, nor any 
 other apparatus for heating, except foot-stoves and the like carried 
 by the worshippers. 
 
 In 1850 this building was remodeled into the present town-house. 
 It was cut down in height, made a one story building ; the porches, 
 belfry, gallery, pulpit nnd pews were removed and the ante-rooms con- 
 structed as they now appear. For many years the use of this build- 
 ing was claimed in part both by the Congregational and Universalist 
 societies. In 1836 the former society relinquished its claim and 
 erected the brick meeting-house where it now stands. It was built by 
 contract by Mr. Virgil Woodcock for about $2,000, and is 63 by 41 
 feet on the ground. In 1868 internal repairs were made costing 
 about $600. The pulpit platform and gallery were lowered, the arms 
 and railings of the slips were changed to those of the modern style, 
 and the whole painted and grained. In 1884 the gallery was va- 
 cated bj' the singers and, at an expense of about $60, a platform was 
 erected and suitably furnished for them in the southwest corner of the 
 house at the right of the minister in the pulpit. Twenty-five dollars 
 of this amount was contributed by Mrs. Lydia Griggs. In 1887 re- 
 pairs were again made at an expense of more than $200. The audience 
 and ante-rooms were mostly replastered, painted, etc. The pulpit 
 desk was presented by Mrs. Julia A. Ware, the chairs and stand by 
 Mrs. Mary A. Parker, the table by Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Fox, and the 
 bible and hymn book for the pulpit, in 1869, by Mr. G-. F. Lane, and 
 the Sunday School organ by Mr. C. M. Lane. The gift of the silver 
 cup by Rev. T. Harrington has already been noticed. Jan. 13, 1810, 
 the house of William Wright, containing the sacramental vessels, was 
 
170 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 burned. A part of these vessels, including the cup, were saved, 
 somewhat injured. This cup was repaired and has been in use until 
 quite recently. The cups now in use were given by Mrs. J. A. Ware, 
 and the baptismal basin in 1814 by Miss Hannah Ware. 
 
 In 1890 the chapel adjoining the church was built at an expense of 
 about $1,100 raised by voluntary subscription. It contains a lecture 
 room, ladies' parlor and kitchen. 
 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 Previous to the year 1800 the written history of the Baptist Church 
 in Swanzey is very brief. What is now the Baptist Church was 
 formed in the year 1792, composed of about twenty-five members, 
 prominent among whom (as near as can be ascertained) were Arad 
 Hall, Shnbael Seaver, Wm. McCullor, Paddock Lawrence, Nathan 
 Cross, Phinehas Hamblet, Jotham Eames, Elisha Gunn, Nathaniel 
 Hills and Jonathan Metcalf, residing in Keene, Winchester and Swan- 
 zey and called the Baptist Church of " Swanzey and Winchester." 
 
 The first meeting of the church, on record, was held at the "Corner 
 School House," near where Benjamin C. Snow resides, on the 18th 
 of April, 1800, and opened by prayer, but the names of the moderator 
 and clerk do not appear on record, Sept. 14, 1801, the church met at 
 the house of Shubael Seaver where Silas R. Marcy now resides ; the 
 meeting vras opened by prayer, and Elder Nathaniel Bowles was cho- 
 sen moderator. 
 
 Nov. 18, 1802. The church met for business and chose Bro. Enoch 
 Stowell, moderator. Gave Brother Stowell a letter of license to im- 
 prove his gift in Zion. 
 
 Get. 13, 1803. The church united with the Leyden Baptist Associa- 
 tion at Guilford, Mass. 
 
 Feb. 10, 1804. Benjamin Wilson conveyed to the church by deed 
 of warranty, the south half of an acre of land which he bought of 
 Salmon Richardson April 15, 1797, and which was a part of the "Old 
 Mill Farm" formerly owned by James Heaton. 
 
 May 15, 1805. An annex to said land was conveyed to the church 
 by deed of Richard Stratton, making in all about one acre. 
 
 In the year 1804 the meeting-house was erected, standing length- 
 wise north and south, thirty-six feet in width by sixty feet in length, 
 with a porch on each end, a gallery on the two ends and a gallerj' on 
 the east side — box pews on the floor and a line of pews on the walls 
 in the rear of the gallery — the seats of the pews were hung with hinges 
 and by custom were raised during the time of prayer, and the "Amen" 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL. 171 
 
 was the signal for the falling of the seats, causing a clattering some- 
 what like that of heavy musketry. 
 
 June 20, 1804. The church became a body politic by an act of the 
 legislature. 
 
 April 1, 1805. The church voted to raise $160 to pay for building the 
 meeting-house, also to raise $150 by assessment, if necessary. Voted 
 to hire Dea. Wm. McCuUor to preach for one year for one hundred 
 dollars, after which he preached during the years of 1806, 1807 and 
 1808. 
 
 Oct. 5, 1805. Deacon McCullor, Phinehas Hamblet and Arad Hall 
 represented the church to the Leyden Baptist Association in Massa- 
 chusetts. 
 
 Dec. 14, 1805. At a meeting of the church to consider the subject 
 of ordaining Dea. Wra." McCullor as a gospel minister, the following 
 quaint phraseology of a vote occurs, copied verbatim : 
 
 " 2^^ Voted to Call on Dea° M^Cullur to know whether he would 
 Submit to ordanation dea" MC. Cullar being Called upon after mak- 
 ing Some Solemn observations and observing that as he had the mat- 
 ter for a considearabel time under serious considertion he should an- 
 swer in the affermative." 
 
 Feb. 12, 1806. The church, by advice of council composed of the 
 following elders and delegates, ordained Dea. Wm. McCullor to the 
 work of the gospel ministry. 
 
 From Westmoreland — Elder Ebenezer Baily and Samuel Bobbins. 
 
 From Templeton — Elder Elisha Andrews, Daniel Norcross and 
 Samuel Symonds. 
 
 From Alstead — Elder Jeremiah Higbee, Oliver Shepherd and Moses 
 Hale. 
 
 From Dublin — Elder Elijah Willard, Elias Hemmingway and Wil- 
 liam Banks. 
 
 From Eichmond — Elder Nathaniel Bowles and Amos Gurnsey. 
 
 From Andover, Mass. — Samuel Manning and Joel Manning. 
 
 February 9, 1807. Nathaniel Hills died, aged 79 years. 
 
 April 30, 1809. Voted to release Dea. Arad Hall, at his request, 
 as deacon and chose in his stead Bro. Nathan Cross. 
 
 May 21, 1809. The church voted to give Dea. Arad Hall a letter 
 of license to improve his gift in preaching. 
 
 The church, at her request Oct. 26, 1809, was dismissed from the 
 Leyden Baptist Association and united with the Dublin Baptist As- 
 sociation held at Greenfield, N. H., represented by Deacon Nathan 
 Cross and Jonathan Bailey as delegates thereto, at which the name 
 
172 HISTOBT OF SWANZEY. 
 
 was changed from " Swanzey and Winchester," to " Swanzey" 
 church. 
 
 May 10, 1810. Deacon Nathan Cross was chosen leader for all 
 religious meetings for time indefinite. 
 
 June 6, 1810. Thomas Crisson united with the church by baptism, 
 following which, June 13, 1810, Jonathan Bailey, also, and October 
 21, 1810, Joseph Hammond became members of the church by baptism. 
 
 January 3, 1812. Died Sister Lydia Crouch, wife of Amos Crouch, 
 of Chesterfield, being the first recorded death in the church. 
 
 February — 1812. Granted a letter of dismission to brother 
 Thomas Crisson. Membership of the church at this time was eighty- 
 one. 
 
 April 2, 1812. Joseph Hammond was chosen deacon, and on April 
 13, 1812, was chosen church clerk. 
 
 November 4, 1812, Brother Levi Dunham was ordained as a gos- 
 pel minister ; Elder Joseph Elliot preached the sermon ; Elder Charles 
 Cummings made the consecrating prayer ; Elijah Willard gave the 
 charge to the candidate and Elder Joseph Elliot gave tlie hand of fel- 
 lowship. 
 
 In the year 1814 the outside of the meeting-house was finished at 
 the expense of about four hundred dollars. 
 
 September 9, 1816. At the request of Jonathan Metcalf and others, 
 the church chose Elder Levi Dunham, Dea. Nathan Cross, Joseph 
 Slate, Dea. Joseph Hammond and Jonathan Bailey to assist in form- 
 ing a Baptist Church in Ash Swamp. 
 
 February 27, 1817. Received Elder Nathaniel Bowles and his wife, 
 Thankful, by letter from the church in Bethlehem. 
 
 May, 1819. A letter of dismission was granted to Elder Levi Dun- 
 ham to unite with the Baptist Church in Dummerston, Vt. 
 
 July 12, 1819. Elder Peter Rogers was received by letter from the 
 church in Bernardston, Mass. 
 
 March 18, 1820. The church raised one hundred and fifty dollars 
 to finish the inside of the meeting-house, and for that purpose chose 
 Eufus Read, Benjamin Hammond and Jotham Eames. 
 
 Sept. 16, 1820. Bro. Jotham Eames was chosen clerk of the 
 church. 
 
 January 23, 1823. The church voted to employ Dea. Tristan Al- 
 drich to supply the pulpit for time indefinite. 
 
 June 12, 1823. Dea. Tristan Aldrich was ordained to the work of 
 the gospel ministry, by the church, with the advice of council from the 
 churches by their delegates from the towns following : 
 
ECOLESTASTIOAL. 173 
 
 From Leverett — Dea. Isaac Woodbury and Nathan Ripley. 
 
 From Wendell— Elder Daniel Goddard and Dea. Elisba Osgood. 
 
 From New Salem — Elder Asa Niles, J. Hemmingway, S. Cliam- 
 berlain and Dea. Farwell Thomas. 
 
 From Chesterfield — Elder Levi Dunham and Dea. Asa Thompson. 
 
 From Royalslon — Elder Joseph M. Graves, James Kelton and 
 James Forristall. 
 
 From Dublin — Elder Charles Cammings. 
 
 June 19, 1823. By advice of council, the church withdrew the hand 
 of church fellowship from Elder Peter Rogers, Elder Nathaniel Bowles 
 and about a dozen other members of the church for violation of 
 cliurch covenant and gave each a letter of exclusion ; the withdrawal 
 of the hand of fellowship publicly proclaimed in the pulpit. 
 
 The control of the meeting-house, obtained by the excluded mem- 
 bers and other members of the society, obliged the church to worship 
 many years, alternately, at a dwelling house where Darius E. Wright 
 now resides and at the dwelling-house now owned by Marshall P. 
 Rixford in Westport. 
 
 1832. The church voted to grant Brother Caleb Sawyer a license 
 to improve his gift in preaching. 
 
 Feb. — , 1832. The church granted a letter of dismission to Elder 
 Tristan Aldrich from the pastoral care of the church, and in 1833 re- 
 newed the license of Dea. Jonathan Bailey to preach the gospel. 
 
 March 16, 1835. The church employed Elder John Woodbury vrho 
 was pastor two years when the church, at his request, granted him 
 a letter of dismission. 
 
 Jan. 30, 1837. Employed Dea. Jonathan Bailey to preach for a 
 a time indefinite. 
 
 Aug. 1, 1837. The church employed Rev. Frederic Page. 
 
 March 5, 1838. Brother Caleb Sawyer was chosen church clerk. 
 
 March 24, 1839. Rev. Frederic Page made a public confession of 
 a sin of which he was guilty and surrendered his ministerial creden- 
 tials. 
 
 April 20, 1839. Rev. Charles Cummings from Marlboro became 
 pastor of the church and labored about two years when he was fol- 
 lowed by Rev. Henry Tonkin, May 1, 1841. He was succeeded by 
 Rev. David P. French Jan. 3, 1842. 
 
 January 26, 1842. Died, Dea. Nathan Cross. 
 
 December 2, 1843. Died, Elder Nathaniel Bowles. 
 
 Aug. 11, 1843. Joseph Hammond, jr., was chosen church clerk. 
 
 Aug. 19, 1843. At the request of the Baptist Church in Nelson, the 
 
174 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 church sent Eevs. David P. French and Tristan Aldrich and Dea. Jo- 
 seph Hammond as delegates to sit in council with the view of ordain- 
 ing Bro. Caleb Sawyer to the work of the gospel ministry. 
 
 In the year 1843 the church made extensive alterations in the meet- 
 ing house by removing the box pews and placing slips therein. 
 
 Aug. 28, 1844. Died, Bro. Rufus Read. 
 
 December 5, 1844. Bro. Asa Withlngton received a license to 
 preach. 
 
 Sept. 3, 1845. The membership of the church was 182. 
 
 Dec. 22, 1845. Died, Bro. Nathaniel Hills. 
 
 June 19, 1847. Rev. David G. Mason became successor to Rev. 
 David P. French as pastor. 
 
 Oct. 4, 1849. Brethren Martin Thompson and John A. Hamblet 
 were chosen deacons. Dea. Joseph Hammond and Dea. Jonathan 
 Bailey being excused by their request from further official labor. 
 
 March 11, 1850. Died, Bro. Jotham Fames, jr., aged 56 years. 
 
 In the year 1851 the church purchased of John Stratton one-half 
 of an acre of land bounded on the east by R. R. street, about eight 
 rods and on the north about ten rods by Maple street, upon which was 
 erected a parsonage, by a committee consisting of Martin Thompson, 
 Solon W. Snow and Rev. David G. Mason, by funds largely raised 
 by voluntary contribution by Rev. David G. Mason, who being a car- 
 penter by trade, built the barn with some needful assistance, and af- 
 ter the completion of the parsonage, it was, occupied by him during 
 the remainder of his pastorate when, in 1855, on account of failing 
 health, he resigned the pastoral charge in the church and removed to 
 Keene. Employed Rov. Tristan Aldrich for time indefinite. Aug. 
 31, 1856, Rev. Rufus Smith became his successor and pastor of the 
 church until Feb. 19, 1859. At his request he was granted a letter 
 of dismission and returned to the state of Vermont. Feb. 23, 1857, 
 died, Dea. Jonathan Bailej', aged 68 yrs. 
 
 Dec. 11, 1859. Rev. James W. Searll began his ministerial labors. 
 April 24, 1861, died, Dea. Joseph Hammond, aged 79 3'ears. Died 
 Dec. 19, 1863, Sister Sarah Draper of Chesterfield, aged 101 years, 
 5 months, 16 days. 
 
 April 30, 1863. Phinehas A. Ware was chosen clerk of the church 
 to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Joseph Hammond to 
 Keene. 
 
 October 13, 1865. Ziba Ware was chosen deacon and successor to 
 Dea. Martin Thompson. 
 
 December 1, 1868. Rev. D. S. Hawley, in the ministry, succeeded 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL. 175 
 
 Rev. James W. Searll, and by agreement between pastor and chuvch 
 his labors, Aug. 26, 1869, were to close tlir^e months after date. 
 
 September 9, 1869. A council of the church was called to consider 
 and advise regarding certain grave charges relating to his domestic 
 affairs, consisting of pastors and delegates from the following church- 
 es : Dublin, Keene, Troy, Fitzwilliam and East JafTrey, who formed 
 themselves into a council by choosing Rev. E. J. Emery, moderator, 
 and Rev. A. V. Tilton, clerk. 
 
 January 6, 1870. The church, at a meeting held at their house of 
 worship, in harmony with the advice of council and for reasons there- 
 in sufficiently stated and read before the meeting, voted unanimously, 
 hereb}', to declare as, in our judgment, unfit for the ministry and to 
 exclude from our church fellowship our brother and late pastor Dan- 
 iel S. Hawley. 
 
 Charles Ball, Moderator. 
 Joseph Hammond, Clerk. 
 
 February 5, 1870. Received by letter from the church in Troy, Rev. 
 S. A. Blake who became minister and pastor. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1871. Died Rev. Tristan Aldrich, aged 89 years. 
 
 Feb., 1873. Rev. Enville J. Emery of East Jaffrey followed Rev. 
 S. A. Blake in the ministry and in the same year April 26, the church 
 chose Joseph Hammond, Phinehas H. Snow and Obadiah Sprague a 
 committee to remodel and repair the meeting-house which, when com- 
 pleted, was in June, 1874, dedicated to the worship of God in the us- 
 ual form and manner, as it now is. 
 
 September 1, 187-6. Died, Sister Betsey Aldrich, widow of Rev. 
 Tristan Aldrich, deceased. 
 
 January 12, 1877. Membership of the church was 94. 
 
 January 11, 1879. Died Sister Calista Hamblet, aged 69, wife of 
 Dea. John A. Hamblet. 
 
 Possibly, some individuals of future generations may be interested 
 to know when and by whom the shade trees standing on the eastern 
 arc, girting in part the enclosed ground on which the meeting-house 
 stands, were set. 
 
 May, 1880. At the southeast entrance of the enclosure, at the right, 
 stands : 
 
 No. 1, an elm tree, set by Joseph Hammond ; No. 2, a rock maple 
 tree, set by Joel Hammond ; No. 3, an elm tree, set by Rev. Enville 
 J. Emery ; No. 4, a rock maple set by C. C. Brooks ; No. 5, an elm 
 tree set by Charles Ball ; No. 6, a rock maple set by Mrs. Melissa 
 
176 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Emery ; No. 7, an elm tree set hy Webster D. Dei-by ; No. 8, a rock 
 maple set by Abraham Hill ; No. 9, an elm tree set by Mrs. Mary 
 L. Wilson ; No. 10, a rock maple set by Phinelias H. Snow ; No. 11, 
 a rock maple set by Solon W. Snow and stands at the right of the 
 northeast entrance ; No. 12, an elm tree set by Asa S. Kendall. 
 
 November 30, 1882. George W. Brooks was chosen clerk of the 
 church. 
 
 May 29, 1883. Rev. S. G. Abbott of Hinsdale by invitation of the 
 church to become their under Shepherd, accepted the same and en- 
 tered upon his ministerial labor July 1, 1883. 
 
 Aug. 4, 1883. A letter of dismission was granted to Rev. Enville 
 J. Emery to unite with the church at Greenville, N. H. 
 
 Feb. 11, 1884. Died, sister Ardelia C. Hammond, aged 59, wife of 
 Joseph Hammond. 
 
 January 21, 1885. Died, brother Joel Hammond, aged 73. 
 
 George W. Brooks, clerk of the church, died October 4, 1886. Jo- 
 seph Hammond chosen clerk April 5, 188G. 
 
 In 1889, H. Denman Thompson, through his benevolence, donated 
 and conveyed to the church about half an acre of land lying west of 
 and adjoining the church land, being a portion of the "Old Tannery 
 Lot," upon the condition that the church should remove the horse- 
 sheds west to the west line of land thus conveyed by deed. 
 
 Early in 1890 the church sold their parsonage to H. Denman 
 Thompson for $2000. 
 
 April, 1890. Joseph Hammond resigned the ofHce of church clerk 
 and Daniel Snow was chosen to fill the vacancy. 
 
 Kev. Steplien G. Abbott resigned the pastorate May 1, 1890, and 
 removed to Keene. The clmrch chose a committee consisting of Nor- 
 ris C. Carter, as contractor, and Ziba Ware, P. AtvFood Ware, Dan- 
 iel Snow and Solon W. Snow as advisory members, who during the 
 season contracted and erected a new parsonage south of their house 
 of worship. 
 
 The membership of the church at this date, Jan. 1, 1890, is eighty- 
 five, eighteen of whom united with the church more than fifty years 
 ago. Clarissa (Sawyer) Woodcock became a member December, 
 1824, and has retained her relation therein more than sixty-six j'ears. 
 
 Kezia M. Eames united with the church Sept. 12, 1819, having 
 been a member more than seventy-one j'ears. 
 
 Rev. C. F. Clarke came here June, 1890, and is pastor at the pres- 
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 Formation of the Sunday School connected with the Baptist Church 
 
 in Swanzey. 
 When the Baptist Church in Swanzey worshipped in their parson- 
 age which stood on the spot whereon now stands the residence of Da- 
 rius E. Wright, Sunday School instruction in bible truths was deemed 
 of so great importance to the rising generation and the growth and 
 prosperitj' of the church that in 1827 a constitution was framed and 
 adopted for' tlieir guide in action by the leading members of the 
 church. No record of 1828. 
 
 Members of the Society in 1829. 
 Bible class. — Joseph Hammond, Jonathan Bailey, Jotham Eames, 
 Jotham Eames, jr., James Olcott, William G. Eames, Joshua Snow, 
 Eufus Read, Silas Parsons, Esther Stearns, Lucina Olcott, Polly Gunn, 
 William Clark, Maria Howard, Sarah Field, Martin Stone, Amos 
 Crouch, Nathaniel Thompson, Paddock Lawrence, Caleb Sawyer, 
 Nathan Cross, Joshua Sawyer, Joseph Slate, Mary Ockington, Kezia 
 M. Eames, Lucy Cross, Eusebia Eames. 
 
 NAMES OP SCHOLARS IN 1834. 
 
 First class. — Joseph Slate, Eufus Read, Jotham Eames, John 
 Crouch, Phinehas Hamblet, John Crouch, jr., John Withington, John 
 Chamberlain, Joshua Sawyer, Martin Thompson, Martin Stone, Peter 
 Holbrook, Joshua Snow, John Grimes, Moses Thayer, Jonas Temple, 
 James Olcott, Samuel Holbrook. Dea. Jonathan Bailey, Teacher. 
 
 Second class. — Rachel Estabrook, Sarah Ware, Kezia Read, M. N. 
 Carlton, Mrs. John Chamberlain, Mrs. Jonas Temple, Mary Hill, 
 Polly Holbrook, Lucina Sawyer, Hannah Sawyer, Kezia M. Eames, 
 Lucy Cross, Mrs. Day, Abigail Crouch, Betsey Stone, Mary Thayer, 
 Olive Crossett, Parmelia Howard, Almira Albee, Sarah Cummings, 
 Mrs. Whittemore, Abigail Amidon, Emily Bolles, Cynthia Sawyer. 
 Dea. Joseph Hammond, Teacher. 
 
 Third class. — Virgil Woodcock, Elisha Hutchins, Harrison Eve- 
 leth, Ziba Ware, Franklin Holman, William Clark, Alexander Thayer, 
 Benjamin F. Lombard. Rev. John Woodbury, Teacher. 
 
 Fourth class. — Delia A. Day, Sarah Day, Permelia Howard, 2d, 
 Lucretia Howard, Arvilla Bailey, Eunice Snow, Julia Annie Snow, 
 Phebe Snow, Lucy Read, Eliza Olcott, Hester Clark, Julina Snow, 
 Nancy S. Chamberlain, Priscilla Thayer, Olive Holbrook, Louisa 
 Crossett, Betsey Aldrich, Louisa Taft, Azuba Cross, Maria Aldrich, 
 Hannah Cross, Caroline Cummings. Mrs. John Woodbury, Teacher. 
 12 , 
 
178 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Fifth clans. — Betsey Hammond, Laura Day, Estina Edwards, Eliza 
 Ann Thayer, Mary Olcott. Mrs. Eveletb, Teacher. 
 
 Sixth class. — Azuba Hammond, Sarah Bailey, Lovisa Bailey, Lucy 
 Eames, Alraira Albee, Chloe Holbroolc, Sally Stone, Annis Snow, 
 Martha Louisa Hill, Rhoda Lawrence, Harriet Ware. Elusebia Eames, 
 Teacher. 
 
 Seventh class.^-Henry Holbrook, Daniel Snow, Solon W. Snow, 
 Phinehas A. Ware, David Eames, Robert Crossett, Morril Hammond, 
 Daniel Hammond, Wilder Cross, Clark Bailey, Benjamin Hammond, 
 jr. Jotham Eames, jr.. Teacher. 
 
 Eighth class. — Calista Coburn, Sarah Thompson, Caroline Thomp- 
 son, Kezia Thayer, Mary Thayer, Esther M. Stearns, Eliza Albee, 
 Louisa Howard. Delia Day, Teacher. 
 
 Ninth class. — Nancy Eames, Rebecca Baile3', Kezia Eames, Julia 
 
 Ann Crossett, Cynthia Sawj'er, A. Melissa Albee. Miss Page, 
 
 Teacher. 
 
 Tenth class. — Francis Crouch, Jonas Temple, jr., Charles Temple, 
 James C. Eames, Charles S. Whitcomb, Phinehas H. Snow, John 
 Woodbury, jr. William Calkins, Teacher. 
 
 Eleventh class. — Wesley Cross, Joseph Ware, Judson A. Read, 
 Ahaz E. Howard, Daniel Cummings. Martin Thompson, Teacher. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENTS. 
 
 Rev. Tristan Aldrich, 1829-1832 ; Joseph Slate, 1833 ; Rev. John 
 Woodbury, 1834; B. H. Carlton, 1835; No record, 1836; Martin 
 Thompson, 1837; John Chamberlain, 1838-1839; No record, 1840; 
 Caleb Sawyer, 1841-1842 ; Rev. D. P. French, 1843 ; Dea. Jonathan 
 Bailey, 1844 ; felisha Hutchins, 1845 ; Martin Thompson, 1846 ; 
 Joseph Hammond, jr., 1847 ; Rev. Tristan Aldrich, 1848 ; Henry P. 
 Read, 1849 ; Clark Bailey, 1850 ; Henry Holbrook, 1851 ; Dea. M. 
 Thompson, 1852; Simeon B. Nelson, 1853-1854; Henry Holbrook, 
 1855 ; Simeon B. Nelson, 1856 ; Dea. John A. Hamblet, 1857-1858 ; 
 Solon W. Snow, 1859-1864; Phinehas A. Ware, 1865-1868; Ardelia 
 C. Hammond, 1869 ; Charles L. Ball, 1870-1871 ; Joseph Hammond, 
 1872-1882 ; George W. Brooks, 1883-1885 ; Rev. Stephen G. Ab- 
 bott, 1887-1889 ; Edward H. Snow, 1890. 
 
 NAMES OF SDNDAT SCHOOLS SCHOLARS, 1890. 
 
 Fii'St class. — Lillian Carter, Irma Rich, Blanche BuUard, Bertha 
 BuUard, Ressie Bullard, Cressie Eames, Mary Sprague, Olive Clark, 
 Phebe Beal, Frank Derby, Leslie Snow, Myron Hardy, Clifford 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL. 179 
 
 McCIenning, Clifton Eames, George Dolby, Lee Burke. Alice Spav- 
 hawk, Teacher. 
 
 Second class. — Josie Conboy, Alice Iredale, Mamie Conboy, Ber- 
 tha Sprague, May Clark, Lillian Emery, Pearl Dickinson, Mabel 
 Prime, Lela Evans, Nellie Dolby, Venie Dolby, Addle Emery, Gracie 
 Russell, Mary Bullard, Emma Gamash, Mamie Atkinson, Roy East- 
 man, Eddie Clark, Santbrd Hardy, Fred Parker, Walter McCIenning, 
 Joseph Pageot, Eddie Fletcher, Georgia Russell, Ernest Snow, John 
 Bullard, John Conboj'. Mrs. W. F. Oakman, Teacher. 
 
 Third class — Lizzie N. Snow, Lizzie Read, Lelia Read, Edna 
 Ware, Lillian Iredale, Lottie Seaver, Cora Sisson, Marion E. Ham- 
 mond, Elsie Bemis, Grace Beal. Mrs. Sarah Snow, Teacher. 
 
 Fourth class. — Harriet Chamberlain, Sarah E. Read, Fannie M. 
 Snow, Mary L. Ball, Martha A. Sparhawk, Eunice W. Stanley, Phebe 
 R. Hewes, Alraira J. Fox, Elmira T. Crouch, Belle R. Angler, Sarah 
 Draper, E. Jennie Culler, Kezia Eames, Martha E. Sprague, Phebe 
 A. Bliss. Mrs. P. Atwood Ware, Teacher. 
 
 Fifth class. — Mary F. Snow, Susie H. Sargent, Mary T. Carter, 
 Nancy A. Carter, Mary L. Handy, Annette H. Derby, Anna L. Hol- 
 brook, Cora J. Lovering, Luella M. Sawyer, Annette Hewes, Emma 
 Eastman, Julia 'E. Emery. Mrs. A. Melissa Stearns, Teacher. 
 
 Sixth class. — Charles L. Ball, Luman B. Crouch, Henry P. Read, 
 Phinehas A. Ware, Henry Holbrook, Solon W. Snow, Ziba Ware, 
 Harvey Sargent, Joseph Pageot, Joseph Hammond. Webster D. 
 Derby, Teacher. 
 
 Seventh cla.<ss. — Norris C. Carter, Amos Beal, Lester Towne, Her- 
 bert Chamberlain, Herbert Carter, Albert Hardy, James E. Handy, 
 Walter F. Oakman, Ansel Bourn, Frank S. Faulkner, Ervin Bullard, 
 Frank L. Snow, James Ware, Daniel Snow. Rev. C. F. Clark, 
 Teacher. 
 
 Eighth class. — Harry Iredale, Harlan Hardy, Arthur Kirkpatrick, 
 Bert Emery, Willie Gamash, Ivo Beal. Henry Derby, Teacher. 
 
 Ninth class. — Arthur Ware, Frank Emery, Edgar Emmery, Fred 
 Clark, Herbert Kingman, Robert Hammill, Joseph Haramill, Ernest 
 Barrett, Herbert Carter, jr., Charles Crouch, George Crouch, George 
 Wright, Fred Richardson, George Derby, Charles Derby, Edward 
 Bourn, Oscar Bourn, Myron Prentiss, Charles Hewes, Edward Be- 
 rnis, Alice Bliss, Minnie Wright, Lilla Parsons, Florence (Carter) 
 Emery, Emily Holbrook, Maud Evans, Nellie Clark, Lula Richard- 
 son, Sarah Dolby, Winfred Kingman, Mattie Kingman, Josie Paige, 
 Jessie Paige, Christie Calkins, Annie Capron. Mrs. Julia E. Snow, 
 Teacher. 
 
180 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 History op the Methodist Episcopal Church in Swanzet. 
 
 Various attempts have been made by the early itinerant to establish 
 Methodist preaching in Swanzey, but all efforts proved unavailing. 
 About 1840 efforts were again made to establish preaching at Swanzey 
 Factory and East Swanzey with but little success, although a class 
 was formed at the latter place and connected with the Keene charge. 
 In the fall and winter of 1860, religious services were held in the 
 school-house at Westport by'Eev. T. L. Fowler attended with some 
 interest. In 1867, Mr. Fowler held Sunday service in Bartlett's Hall 
 at Westport which was continued for three years, with so little suc- 
 cess that it did not seem advisable to form a class, or take measures 
 to organize a church, and preaching, at that time, was abandoned. 
 In April, 1877, Mr. Fowler was employed to preach at West Swanzey 
 and Westport on alternate Sundays in the Universalist meeting house, 
 so generously tendered by the people of West Swanzey until the last 
 Sunday in October after which the meetings were held in the school- 
 house in Westport and tlie third service was held in the school-house 
 in District No. 8 on Maple Hill. 
 
 As a result of these labors more than twenty persons made aprofes- 
 sionof faith, and on the]9thdaj' of September, 1877, aclass wasformed 
 and on July 3, 1878, a church was formed in accordance with the us- 
 ages of the M. E. church by the officiating pastor, composed of the 
 following member's : Alexander Cuthbert, Nelson R. Cuthbert, Lucy 
 J. Smith, Lizzie Faulkner, Emma A. Faulkner, Israel H. Gunn, Lydia 
 M. Gunn, Sarah Read, Anna L. Read, Sarah B. Stephenson, Mary 
 L. Holbrook, Jennie M. Holbrook, Mary J. Holbrook, Fannie E. Hol- 
 brook, Emogene E. McClenning, Lucy C. Lakin, Nelson Collier and 
 Susan Johnson. 
 
 The first report to the N. H. Annual Conference was submitted by 
 Rev. T. L. Fowler April 9, 1879, at Plymouth, George J. Judkins, 
 presiding elder. Statistics : number on probation, 12 ; members in 
 full connection, 18; number of baptisms, 11; one Sunday School : 
 teachers and officers, 8 ; scholars, 34. Mr. Fowler was appointed by 
 the conference to supply for the ensuing year ending April 7, 1880. 
 
 During the year a good degree of interest was manifested, but no 
 addition to the church. Sunday School numbered 40 ; average attend- 
 ance 32. 
 
 During the year 1881 the church was without a pastor, but by a per- 
 severing effort of the members the Sunday School and social meetings 
 were sustained. At some period in the year the Rev. George A. Tyrrell 
 was secured as pastor, and was appointed the following year as supply. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL. 181 
 
 During the year 1881 the church was equipped with a full board of offi- 
 cers and committees, and placed in good working order and was again 
 supplied by Rev. George A. Tyrrell up to April, 1883. From Oct. 9, 
 1882 to May 25, 1885, there are no records to be found. From Sept. 
 20, 1885, Rev. S. C. Keeler of Keene held one service on Sunday for 
 a time. The first quarterly conference ending April, 1887, reports 
 the pulpit supplied by Rev. C. W. Dockerill and Rev. C. J. Chase on 
 alternate Sundays. At this meeting Luman J. Crouch and Arthur 
 B. Davison were appointed a committee to agitate the subject of 
 ■ building a chapel. 
 
 At the fourth quarterly conference held Oct. 8, 1886, voted to ac- 
 cept the report of the committee which was that the sum of $1232.70 
 had been raised and a chapel was erected and furnished : all this was 
 done by a persevering effort on the part of pastor and people aided by 
 friends of Westport and those who loved the prosperity of Zion leaving 
 the little church free- from debt. All this and more, it is reasonable 
 to believe, might have been accomplished in 1880, had all the members 
 been as zealous as they were in 1887. More money was then raised 
 on subscription and as good feeling existed toward the little church 
 then struggling for existence as when the chapel was built. The 
 chapel was dedicated April 6, 1887, and supplied by Rev. C. W. Dock- 
 erill of Winchester with twenty members in full connection and five 
 on probation. During the-conference year ending April, 1889, the pul- 
 pit M'as supplied by Rev. William Woods of Winchester and ten mem- 
 bers were received in full connection and four on probation. At the 
 conference held Feb. 18, 1889, the preacher in charge reports that 
 tiie chapel had been supplied with a bell by H. Denman Thompson, 
 Esq., for which he was tendered a vote of thanks, while the church and 
 people dulj' appreciate his generons gift as well as the clear mellovv 
 sound of the church-going bell to sacred service calling. 
 
 The conference year ending April, 1890, the pulpit was supplied by 
 Rev. M. T. Cilley of Winchester. The Ladies' Society connected with 
 the church felt the need of rooms annexed to the chapel in which to 
 meet and serve them as a parlor, dining room and kitchen. Accord- 
 ingly an addition to the chapel in the fall of 1889 was erected and 
 completed in the spring at a cost of $314, and in less than one 3'ear 
 they had money sufficient to pay all bills, leaving a surplus in the 
 treasury. 
 
 Rev. M. T. Cilley was re-appointed to supply the pulpit the ensu- 
 ing year ending April, 1891. There are at the present time thirty- 
 seven members in full connection and three on probation ; in all fifty- 
 eight persons have been connected with the church. The cost of the 
 
182 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 chapel, parlor and furniture amounted to SI 600. . Througli the gener- 
 osity of S. Wilson Lawrence of Palmer, Mass., the church received a 
 donation of $50 to be used for the benefit of the poor. 
 
 Report says that the late Nancy S. Howard left by will a legacy of 
 $500 towards erecting a M. E. church in West Swanzey if built with- 
 in ten years from her decease. 
 
 The Universalist Society. 
 
 Among the early settlers of this town there were those who relig- 
 iously classed themselves as believers in the final restitution of all 
 souls. In the cemetery at the Centre of the town is a granite monu- 
 ment with this inscription : 
 
 "Gaius Hills. 
 Died June 1, 1804. 
 Aged 31 years. 
 In life he teas a Christian. He was the first in this town who died in the belief 
 that all who die in Adam shall be made alive in Christj 
 
 Priscilla Cnmmings, 
 Wife of Gaius Hills, died Feb. 3, 1815. Aged 41. 
 This monument is erected to their memory by their children, Luther, Clarissa 
 and Albert." 
 
 We infer from this that, as a denominatfon, it dates its origin in 
 Swanzey at about the beginning of the present century or a little before. 
 
 Hosea Ballon, the son of Elder Ballon of Eichmond, after his con- 
 version to Universalism, being a young man, was wont to hold meet- 
 ings occasionally in school-houses in the south part of the town. After 
 this Revs. Sebastian and Russell Streeter held frequent meetings in 
 school-houses and barns. These brothers spent much of their youth 
 in this town, their father's family residing on the east side of the road 
 opposite the picnic grounds by Swanzey pond. The old house went 
 to decay a score of years ago. Both these men became eminent min- 
 isters in their denomination. E'ollowing them Rev. Mr. Hudson of 
 Massachusetts preached occasionallj' — one-fourth of the time or of- 
 tener — for several years. However, there was no organization till 
 somewhere about 1836, when Rev. Joseph Barber was settled in town, 
 preaching in the Old Meeting house at the Centre of the town, as did 
 Mr. Hudson who preceded him. He was actively engaged in the tem- 
 perance cause, and his earnest lectures on the subject produced a most 
 salutary effect upon the community. He otherwise served the people 
 most faithfully. 
 
 Upon his leaving town, his brother Rev. William N. Barber supplied 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL. , 183 
 
 his place for some time. Afterward Kev. James Bailey preached more 
 or less. 
 
 When Mt. Caesar Seminary was established in 1842, being in charge 
 of Rev. L. J. Fletcher, he supplied the pulpit for several years, Rev. 
 E. Davis preaching a portion of the time. 
 
 Mr. Fletcher was succeeded as principal of the seminary by Rev. 
 J. S. Lee who preached for tlie society some two years. In 1853 Rev. 
 S. H. M'CoUesler took charge of the seminary, preaching every Sun- 
 day in the forenoon in the Assembly Room of tlie Seminary, and in 
 the afternoon, at West Swanzey. This year the Universalist church 
 edifice there was built and another society formed. During his min- 
 istry' a church was organized at the Centre, consisting of thirtj'-three 
 members, and the Parish numbered some fifty families, while at West 
 Swanzey the Parish was still larger. A Sunday school was organized 
 in each society, numbering more than sixty scholars. Mr. M'Colles- 
 ter's ministry continued for five years when he was obliged to leave 
 on account of liis health. 
 
 For years these pulpits were not supplied with stated preaching. 
 At length Rev. N. R. Wright was settled at West Swanzey. 
 
 The seminary at the centre of the town was now suspended and 
 the Universalist meetings were held altogether at West Swanzey. On 
 Mr. Wright's leaving, there were only occasional supplies till Rev. 
 Emma E. Bailey revived the society and preached to it for two years. 
 Miss Bailey was ordained here. 
 
 From 1883 to 1885 Rev. R. T. Polk, who was the settled Universa- 
 list minister at Marlboro, held meetings at East Swanzey in the af- 
 ternoon of eacli Sunday. 
 
 Since Miss Bailey left there have been only occasional meetings at 
 West Swanzey. Most of the former supporters of Universalism have 
 either died or removed from town ; still there are not a few who still 
 incline to the faith. 
 
 The right to the use of the old meeting-house was claimed by both 
 the Congregational and Universalist societies, and so far as is known 
 this right was conceded each to the other ; but the former society 
 wishing for a place for continuous Sunday worship, in 1835 relin- 
 quished its claim and erected the brick edifice now in use. While 
 there is no record that there was any attempt on the part of any de- 
 nomination to infringe on the rights of others, or in any way injure 
 them, it is a pleasant thought, that, in common with Christians every- 
 where there has been and is an increasing fraternal and Christ-like 
 spirit manifested, a desire to work together and help instead of stand- 
 ing aloof and repelling each other. 
 
CHAPTER VI. 
 
 Educational. 
 
 Early Votes pertaining to Schools— School Districts— School Housi 
 — Apparatus — Supeua^ision — Supkhintending School Committee 
 Board of Eddcation— Appropriations- Division of School Money 
 High School— Teachers— Text Books— Spelling Schools— Scno( 
 Associations — Swanzey Academy— Libraries — Chautauqua L. ai 
 S. Circle. 
 
 THE early official records of the town pertaining to schools, schoc 
 houses and education in general are exceedingly fragmentar3 
 and even with the aid of tradition and other collateral helps, only s 
 imperfect history can be written. 
 
 The first reference to the subject is the following in the warrant f 
 a proprietors' meeting to be held on the 30th day of June, 1740. 
 
 "Art. 5. To choose a committee to hire a school dame to instru 
 our children in reading." It was voted at said meeting to dismi 
 the article. 
 
 "At a legal meeting of the Proprietors of Lower Ashuelot held 1 
 several adjournments on the twenty-ninth day of June, A. D. 174 
 Voted to adjourn the meeting until the last Wednesday in July ne 
 at eight of the clock in the morning to meet at the school-house." 
 
 " At a meeting of Proprietors held the last "Wednesday of Septei 
 ber, 1743, at the house of Nathaniel Gunn, Timothy Brown, Eliak: 
 King and Capt. Nathaniel Hammond were chosen a committee to f 
 ish the school-house forthwith so as to meet in." 
 
 It is probable that the words "to meet in" had reference toholdi: 
 their religious meetings. 
 
 April 21, 1753, a meeting for the union of the churches in Kee 
 and Swanzey was held at the school-house in Swanzey. This hou 
 probably stood on the school lot on Meeting-House hill, but when 
 was built, how long it remained, or of anything further pertaining 
 it, there is no record. It probably remained and was the only scliO' 
 house in town, until after the Revolutionary war, and was empha 
 cally a town house, used for both secular and religious purposes. 
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 March 5, 1771, the town "voted that the sum of eight pounds law- 
 ful money be granted and assigned to hire schooling." 
 
 Nov. 22. "Voted that there shall be a school kept this winter in 
 four different places in town at different times, and that Thomas 
 Applin, Joshua Graves, Lieut. Joseph Whitcomb, Capt. Joseph Ham-' 
 mond and Mr. William Carr be a committee to settle and appoint 
 where the said school shall be kept this winter in such places as they 
 shall judge most convenient for the inhabitants." 
 
 March 3, 1772. "Fofed to raise twelve pounds lawful money to 
 hire schooling." 
 
 " Voted, That the town be divided into five districts for keeping 
 school this 3'ear." 
 
 " Voted, Tliat Thomas Applin, Joshua Graves, Lieut. Jonathan Whit- 
 comb, William Grimes, sen., andTliomas Cresson, jr., be a committee 
 to divide the town into the several districts and make report to this 
 meeting." Tlie meeting was adjourned to May 2nd, at which time 
 "FotecZ to accept the division of the town into five districts as pre- 
 sented to the town at this meeting by a committee appointed by the 
 town. Voted, That each of tlie aforesaid districts shall have the money 
 which they pay towards tlie school rate to pay for schooling in their 
 districts as they shall agree among themselves, to lay out the same, 
 provided tliey lay out the same within a year from this time for schools, 
 and if not laid out within that time to be disposed of as the town shall 
 think proper." 
 
 At an adjourned meeting June 1st, the committee reported as fol- 
 lows : — "We the subscribers being appointed a committee to divide the 
 town into five districts for keeping school this year, having considered 
 and consulted upon the affairs, are of the opinion that the following 
 is a just and proper division as we can make, viz. : 
 
 That all between the East and South Branches shall belong to one 
 division ; all on the north side of the river and the upper end of the 
 town street so far as to include Mr. Carpenter and Abner Graves 
 shall belong to another division or district ; and the south part of the 
 town street, Mr. Benjamin Brown, Nathaniel Hills, Samuel Wright, 
 Josiah Bramin, Elkanah Woodcock, Nathan Woodcock, Dr. Ham- 
 mond, and Thomas Hammond to belong to another district; and all 
 that part of the town which was taken off from Eichmond (excepting 
 Daniel Warner who belongs to the first-mentioned district) shall be- 
 long to another district ; and all the town west of the aforementioned 
 districts to belong to another division or district. Thomas Applin, 
 
186 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Joshua Graves, Jonathaa Whilcomb, William Grimes, Thomas Cres- 
 son, jr., committee." 
 
 At an adjourned meeting, June 2, "Voted, That the above division 
 of the town into districts for keeping a school be accepted." 
 
 June 1, 1773. " Voted to build two school-houses for the use of the 
 tovrn." 
 
 June 16. "Voted, Tha.t one school-house be built by the road as 
 near David Belding's as a committee for building said houses shall 
 think proper ; and that the other be built as near the Pond Brook 
 bridge on the north side of the brook as a committee as aforesa,id 
 shall think proper. 
 
 "Voted, That each of said houses be twenty foot square. 
 
 " Voted, That the aforesaid school-houses be built in sixteen 
 months." 
 
 Dec. 29, 1773. "Voted, That a school shall be kept part of the 
 time at David Belding's house, and part of the time at the house 
 which was Dr. Nathaniel Hammond's." 
 
 " Voted, That such persons as live more than two miles from the 
 place which the school is voted to be kept may have the privilege if 
 they desire, of having the money which they pay to the school rate 
 this year to lay out as they think proper with the approbation of the 
 selectmen, provided they lay it out for schooling within a j'ear from 
 this time." 
 
 March 5, 1774. " Voted, That the former votes respecting stating 
 the place for a school and building the school-houses be flung up and 
 other measures come into. 
 
 " Voted, That the town be divided into six districts for keeping a 
 school for the future, and that each district shall have the money that 
 they pay to the school rate to lay out as they please, provided they 
 lay it out for schooling within a j'ear from the time the money is 
 granted, but the school in each district shall be free for any person in 
 the town to send their children to at any time. 
 
 "Voted, Thai Jonathan Hammond, Nathaniel Dickinson, Daniel 
 Warner, Samuel Hills, Joseph Whitcomb and Samuel Wright be a 
 committee to divide the town into these several districts and make 
 report to this meeting." 
 
 March 31, 1774. "Voted to reconsider the former votes at this 
 meeting in regard to schools. Voted to raise twenty pounds lawful 
 money to provide schooling this year." 
 
 March 7, 1775. "Voted, That the town be divided into several dis- 
 
EDUCATIONAL. 187 
 
 ti-icts for keeping a school for the future, as follows, viz. : — One district 
 at tlie upper or north end of the town, including all on the north or 
 northwest side of Ashuelot River as far down as to take Capt. Whit- 
 comb's farm, and also on the other'side of said river including Lieut. 
 Joseph Whitcoml), John Frary, John FoUett, jr., Jonathan Uran, 
 Greenwood Carpenter, Wyat Gunn and Abuer Graves ; and up the 
 town street so far as to take David Belding, and down the street so 
 far as to take Deacon Hammond. And one district on the east side 
 of the South Branch, including all between the South and East 
 Branches." 
 
 The following-named petitioners resided in the southwest part of 
 the town in what is now No. 8 and vicinity. 
 
 "We, the subscribers, living very remote from any district where we 
 might be convenient with a school for our children, do humbly peti- 
 tion that the town would vote us off as a district and grant that the 
 money which we pa}^ towards maintaining a school in this town may 
 be laid out for schooling in the said district as near the centre as may 
 be with convenience. 
 
 Swanzey, March 3, 1775. 
 Israel Day, Samuel Thompson, 
 
 Joseph Day, John Flemings, 
 
 Justus Lawrence, Jonathan Daj', 
 
 Samuel Ware, Patrick Green, 
 
 Dennis Hafferon, Mical Heffron." 
 
 At a legal meeting March 7, 1775, it was " Voted, That the above 
 request be complied with during the town's pleasure." 
 
 At this meeting Samuel Page, Elijah Graves and Daniel Warner 
 were chosen a committee "to bound out a district in the south part of 
 the town and to state a place for a schoolhouse." 
 
 " Voted to raise 20 pounds for schooling." 
 
 Dec. 18, 1775. '■'Voted to apply the twenty pounds which was 
 granted to hire schooling this year toward paying the province tax." 
 
 1776. '■'■Voted not to raise any money for schooling." 
 
 Jan. 23, 1777. "It was voted that the town be divided into five 
 districts for keeping school this present year, and a committee to 
 make the division consisted of Samuel Page, Jonathan Hammond, 
 David Belding, Henry Morse and William Grimes. 
 
 '■'Voted, That a school shall be kept in each district in proportion to 
 the money assessed qn them last year for schooling, and at such time 
 or times and in such place or places, and by such master or masters, 
 as the major part of such district shall agree to with the approbation 
 of the selectmen." 
 
188 HISTOKT OF SWANZEY, 
 
 March 4, 1777. At a legal meeting called at the meeting-house 
 but adjourned to the school-house (probably because the latter was 
 warmer and more coinfortable) , " Voted to raise forty pounds for 
 schooling." ► 
 
 In 1778 fifty pounds were raised for the same purpose, and in 1779 
 one hundred pounds. 
 
 From the following petition from residents in the westerly part of 
 the town we infer that the only school-house in town at that time 
 was the one on Meeting-house hill. 
 
 "To the inhabitants of the town of Swanzey. Gentlemen — We the 
 subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Swanzey, not being conven- 
 iently situated to attend school at the school-house, and being anx- 
 iously concerned for the education of our children, humbly request the 
 favor of being formed into a school district by ourselves, with the lib- 
 erty of building a school-house and appropriating our proportion of 
 school money for the use and benefit of a school in said district. 
 
 Swanzey, March 1, 1779. 
 
 Clement Sumner, Joseph Whitcomb, Daniel Gunn, Benjamin 01- 
 cott, Levi Durant, William Hills, Thomas Greene, Abijah Whitcomb, 
 Joseph Whitcomb, jr., John Frary, Joseph Rasey, John Follett, jr., 
 William Carpenter, Benjamin Follett, John Fierce, Charles Grimes, 
 Arthur Fairbanks, Samuel Heaton." 
 
 At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of Swanzey April 1, 1779, 
 " Voted, That the above request be complied with during the town's 
 pleasure." 
 
 1780. '■^ Voted to raise six hundred pounds for schooling." 
 
 May 29, 1780. " Voted, That the setting up of schools in the town 
 for the future be solely in the hands of the selectmen according to the 
 directions of the law and likewise the disposal of all moneys raised 
 for schooling, any vote of the town heretofore to the contrary not- 
 withstanding." 
 
 In 1781, '82, '83, '84 and '85, ''Voted not to raise any money for 
 schooling." 
 
 " Voted to grant William Grimes, jr. , 140 pounds for keeping school 
 in the year 1775." 
 
 1785. "Voted to paj' Sarah Woodcock twentj'-two shillings for 
 her services in schooling in the year past in this town." 
 
 " Voted to pay Daniel Bishop the sum of twenty-two shillings for 
 boarding the said Sarah Woodcock when she kept school." 
 
 The foregoing are all the important records pertaining to school 
 matters previous to the close of the Revolutionary war. It will be 
 
EDUCATIONAL. 189 
 
 seen that our ancestors, while battling with forests, Indians and the 
 mother country, and enduring the hardships incident to pioneer liffe, 
 did not, and probably could not, give that attention to educational 
 subjects which their descendants have done in more peaceful times 
 and under more favorable circumstances. 
 
 Although previous to the close of the war votes had beea passed 
 for the formation of districts and the building of school-houses, yet it 
 is probable that at this time only one school-house had been built — 
 that on Meeting-house hill — and that the districts formed were only 
 of temporary construction. Schools liad been held in dwelling-houses 
 in various parts of tlie town under the management of the selectmen 
 and the supervision, perhaps, of the ministers who were well edu- 
 cated and adapted for the purpose. With the return of peace and the 
 advent of more prosperous times, a degree of system and improve- 
 ment in educational matters began to manifest itself, which has grad- 
 ually grown and increased till the present time. 
 
 SCHOOL DISTEICTS. 
 
 In 1788 a committee, consisting of Samuel Hills, Joshua Graves, 
 Daniel "Warner, Dan Guild, Eoger Thompson, William Grimes, James 
 Heaton, Joseph Hammond, jr., and Joseph Cross, were instructed to 
 divide the town'into school districts. They reported as follows : 
 
 1. "First district to include Mr. Isaac Applin and all between said 
 Applin and Marlborough line, and south of said Applin to Richmond 
 line, and as far north as to take Amaziah Peck. 
 
 2. "To go as far south as to take John Starkey, and as far on 
 Boston road as John Whitcomb's, and all on the southerly side 
 of the Branch, and likewise Elijah Osgood and Amasa Aldrich. 
 
 3. "All nortlierly from Elijah Osgood's on the east side of the 
 Branch as far north as Ebenezer Hills, excepting Levi Durant. 
 
 4. "All remaining on the east of the Branch to Keene line. 
 
 5. "On the west side of the river from Keene line as far south as to 
 take Nehemiah Cummings. 
 
 6. "From Nehemiah Cummings bounding on the west side of the 
 river as far south as to take Thomas Green. 
 
 7. "From Thomas Green's south bounding on the river to Win- 
 chester line, and all on Winchester road on the east side of the river, 
 up the river northerly as far as to take Charles Grimes. 
 
 8. "From Samuel Hills, jr., southerly to take Josiah Prime, and 
 as far south as Richmond line, and to adjoin the seventh district. 
 
 9. "From Samuel Hills, jr., westerly to go as far north as to take 
 
190 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Seth Gay and Aaron Parsons, and likewise to take George Hewes, 
 Capt. Aldi-ieh's farm now in possession of Aquilla Ramsdell ; and 
 from thence on Richmond line westerly till it comes to the eighth dis- 
 trict. 
 
 10. "To take Mr. Nathan "Woodcock and to take Charles How and 
 Benjamin Brown, and then on the street as far north as to take Dan 
 Guild's, and as far south on Boston Road as the Pond Brook. 
 
 11. "From Lt. Guild's on the town street northerly as far as David 
 Belding's, including Esq. Frink, Mr. Wyat Gunn and Greenwood 
 Carpenter. 
 
 12. "Beginning at Mr. William Carpenter's and taking all on 
 Winchester road as far as Mr. John Pierce, including Capt. Joseph 
 Whitcomb, jr., and Mr. Ephraim Cummings, Mr. James Grimes, James 
 Green and the two Mr. Seavers." 
 
 This division is the basis of and corresponds largely witli the mod- 
 ern numbering of districts, or with that of 1858, and previouslj', as 
 laid down on the old Cheshire County map which was published that 
 year. The variations are : — No. 1, which comprised the easterly 
 part of the town, a portion of which has since been set off to Troy, 
 and the remaining part of which is uninhabited and now embi-aced 
 within the limits of No. 2. No. 11, as then described, is now that 
 part of No. 5 which is on the east side of the Ashuelot river. No. 4 
 in the ancient numbering is now 1 and 4, the division having been 
 made in 1817. In 1827 a committee decided on reuniting the same, 
 but the records do not show that the reunion was ever accomplished. 
 The ancient Nos. 7 and 12 probably embraced the modern Nos. 7, 11, 
 12 and 13. When the original change or division was made is not 
 known , but probably soon after the beginning of the present century 
 the old No. 11 was incorporated v(rith No. 5, and the north part of 
 No. 7 and the east part of No. 12 was changed to No. 11, leaving the 
 extreme westerly section of the town as No. 12. 
 
 In 1827 District No. 11, embracing the territory on both sides of 
 the Ashuelot river at West Swanzey was divided, making the river tlie 
 division, and constituting No. 11 on the east side and No. 13 on 
 the west side. In 1833 these districts were reunited and remained so 
 till 1845 when they vrere again divided as before. They were again 
 I'eunited in 1874 and have continued so since that time. In 1875 
 several families from No. 6 were by an act of the legislature annexed 
 to the district, and the same year No. 12 — "Hard Scrabble"— once a 
 populous neighborhood, but now much reduced, was likewise joined 
 to No. 11, by concurrent votes of the two districts. In 1885 the 
 
EDUCATIONAL. 191 
 
 "district system," so called, was by law abolished, and the town sys- 
 tem substituted for it. 
 
 SCHOOL-HOUSES. 
 
 It is probable that soon after the Revolutionary war, school-houses 
 were built in the vicinity of tliose now standing in Nos. 5, 8 and 10, 
 and about the beginning of the present century in most of tiie other 
 districts in town. For many j^ears schools were held in most of the 
 districts in dwelling-iiouses. The first school-houses were generally 
 small, low buildings plainl3' constructed with rovvs of long seats or 
 benches on two sides, generally rising from the floor in the centre to 
 the walls, a huge fire place at one end', and the teacher's chair or 
 desk at the other end. They contained no apparatus, frequently not 
 even a blackboard or map ; in some cases there was no wood-shed or 
 other out-building. They were generally crowded with scholars, some 
 of the hill districts that are now nearly depopulated, having from for- 
 ty to seventy each. This was occasioned in part by the large families 
 of children then so common and their practice of attending school at 
 an earlier age and continuing there till older than at present. 
 
 In later years these plain structnres have gradually given place to 
 those that are more inviting to the scholar, and attractive totlie passer- 
 by. The long, rough, unpainted, whittled seat and desk, with numer- 
 ous inscriptions and liieroglyphics pencilled and pictured on them, 
 have passed away and in tlieir place we have the neat and finished 
 single or double seat, and the trim and polished desk. Instead of the 
 old fireplace are stove and the steam heater. Blackboards are in 
 every school-room ; nearly all have maps and charts ; some have globes 
 and other apparatus. In 1854 a set of Holbrook's common school ap- 
 paratus was purchased for No. 2, which for several years did good 
 service, and about the same time a like set was used in No. 10. 
 
 The first blackboard used in our schools was made by Capt. Ahaz 
 Howard and introduced by Joseph Hammond, jr., teacher in district 
 No. 6 about 1833. Mr. Hammond also first taught singing in the 
 same school. 
 
 Of the nine school-houses now in use all but two, Nos. 1 and 5, have 
 recreation or play rooms, with conveniences for warming for the com- 
 fort of the children ; all are painted outside and inside except No. 1, 
 which is of brick. • All have blinds to the windows, and suitable wood 
 rooms connected with the buildings. That in No. 1 was built in 1833 ; 
 No. 2 in 1877 ; No. 4, 1850 ; No. 5, 1880 ; No. 7, 1870 ; No. 8, 1880 ; 
 No. 9, 1877; No. 10, 1840, enlarged and remodelled, 1858, and again 
 
192 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 remodelled in 1883 ; No. 11, 1875 ; No. 12, "Hardscrabble," 1821 and 
 abandoned in 1875. The old school-house of a generation ago in No. 
 2, standing about one-fourth of a mile south of the present house, was 
 abandoned in 1867, and a nice house built on the present site. This 
 was burned in 1877, when the present two-story structure was erected. 
 Its bell was donated by Geo. W. Oliver of Syracuse, N. Y. The 
 house in No. 11, the largest in town, adapted for three or even four 
 schools, .was erected in 1875 and dedicated Nov. 12. The cost, in- 
 cluding insurance was |5,843. It is 36 by 70 feet, two stories exclu- 
 sive of basement, which is used for steam-heating purposes, storage 
 of fuel, etc. The land on which it stands, a yard of about three- fourths 
 of an acre, was a joint gift by Isaac Stratton, A. S. Kendall and 0. 
 Sprague. 
 
 For the purpose of equalizing taxation among the different districts, 
 on changing from the "district" to the "town" system in 1886 the se- 
 lectmen appraised the school-house property as follows : 
 
 No. 1, $510.00 No. 7, *715.00 
 
 (( 
 
 2, 
 
 
 2,250.00 
 
 " 8, 
 
 615.00 
 
 (( 
 
 3, 
 
 (money; 
 
 35.00 » 
 270.00 i 
 
 
 (wate,-, 62.00 
 (money) 8.00 
 
 No, 
 
 .4, 
 
 
 258.00 
 
 No. 9, 
 
 540.00 
 
 fci 
 
 5, 
 
 
 485.00 
 
 " 10, 
 
 702.00 
 
 it 
 
 6, 
 
 Total, 
 
 32.00 
 
 . "11, 
 
 4275.00 
 
 
 $1,0757.00 
 
 The school-honse in No. 3 was abandoned in 1885, as being unsuit- 
 able for school purposes, and measures were adopted for building again 
 on another location, but before the plans were executed, the town sys- 
 tem came in vogue, and the scholars of the district have since attended 
 at No. 2. The "money" in the district was that raised for rebuilding. 
 The house in No. 6 also being somewhat dilapidated, on tlie advent 
 of the present system it was decided to unite the, school with No. 11. 
 
 SOPERVISION OF SCHOOLS. 
 
 The general management and supervision of the earlier schools 
 were in the hands of the selectmen. In 1827 the legislature passed a 
 law requiring the towns to choose, or the selectmen to appoint, both 
 superintending and prudential committees. But previously to this 
 time, in March, 1825, Farnum Fish, Henry Baxter and Luke Bennett 
 
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EDUCATIONAL. 193 
 
 were chosen a committee to inspect schools in the west part of the 
 town, and Ephratm K. Frost, Daniel Wetherbee and Elijah Sawyer in 
 the east part. 
 
 1826. Voted not to choose a superintending committee. 
 
 In 1827, the town was divided into two sections, and by-laws per- ' 
 taining to scliools were adopted. William Read, Samuel P. Applin 
 and Reuben Porter were chosen a committee for the eastern section 
 and Luke Bennett, Hiram Bennett and Clark Wilson for the western. 
 
 In 1828 it was "voted that the prudential committee be chosen by 
 the respective districts." 
 
 1831 . " Voted, That the prudential school committees be instructed 
 in hiring teachers to bargain with them to teach 26 days for a month." 
 
 1833. Voted to dispense with committees visiting schools. 
 
 From 1827 to 1845 the town records fail to show the appointment 
 of any superintending school committee ; nevertheless, it is inferred 
 that such appointments were made as there were sometimes articles in 
 the town warrants "to hear the report of the superintending school 
 committee." 
 
 1846. Voted that the selectmen take the statute for their guide in 
 appointing superintending school committee ; and D. P. French, Jo- 
 seph Hammond, jr., and Benjamin Read were appointed. 
 
 1847. Jos. Hammond, jr., A. A. Ware and William Read were 
 appointed. 
 
 1848. D. G. Mason and Jos. Hammond, jr., appointed for the west 
 part of the town. 
 
 1849. Rev. E. Rockwood, W. Adams and Caleb Sawyer. 
 
 1850. Rev. D. G. Mason. 
 
 1851. Rev. E. Rockwood, D. G. Mason, W. Adams. 
 
 1852. Rev. E. Rockwood, W. Adams. 
 
 1853. A. A. Ware chosen by town, which has since been the meth- 
 od of electing. 
 
 1854. D. L. M. Comings. 
 
 1855. S. H. McCoUester, D. L. M. Comings. 
 
 1856. D. L. M. Comings and A. A. Ware. 
 
 1857. A. A. Ware, S. H. McCollester. 
 1858 to 1862 inclusive, Dr. D. L. M. Comings. 
 
 In 1862, Dr. Comings, having enlisted as surgeon in the array, A. 
 A. Ware was appointed to fill vacancy, and likewise chosen by town 
 in 1863-4-5. In 1866 Dr. G-eo. I. Cutler was chosen, and likewise 
 every successive year till 1876, when A. A. Ware was chosen. In 
 1877 and '78 Dr. Cutler was again elected, and from that time till 
 13 
 
194 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 1885 bolb Dr. Cutler and A. A. Ware were chosen, Dr. Cutler having 
 the general supervision of the west part of the town and Mr. Ware of 
 the east part. 
 
 In 1886, the district system having been superseded by the town 
 system, and the ofHce of both superintending and prudential commit- 
 tees having been abolished, and a board of education consisting of 
 three persons substituted therefor, Dr. G. I. Cutler, A. A. Ware and 
 Benjamin Eead were elected the first members of the Board ; Dr. Cut- 
 ler being elected for three years, Mr. Ware for two and Mr. Read for 
 one. Each one has since been reelected for three years, the time 
 prescribed by law. In 1890 Rev. H. Woodward was elected. 
 
 Members of the school superintending committee are entitled to a 
 reasonable compensation for their services. It was sometimes per- 
 formed by the clergymen and others gratuitously. In 1830 tiie sum 
 paid was $30.67; in 1831 it was $15.26. In 1846 Rev. D. P. French 
 was paid $1.50, and William Read $2.50. For thirty j-ears previous 
 to 1886 the sum paid was about $50 per year whether the office was 
 held by one or two persons. The Board of Education, performing the 
 duties of both superintending and prudential committees have re- 
 ceived some more than $100 per year. 
 
 For about thirteen years previous to abolishing the district plan the 
 school money was divided by giving to each district twenty-five dol- 
 lars, and of the remainder, one-half according to the valuation and 
 the other half by the number of scholars. 
 
 In 1878, $400 was appropriated for a High School, and two terms 
 were held, one in the fall of 1878 at the centre of the town taught by 
 J. W. Cross, jr., and the other the following spring at West Swanzey, 
 managed by D. W. Pike. The experiment was not entirely satisfac- 
 tory and has not been repeated. 
 
 SCHOOL TEACHRnS. 
 
 Very few of the citizens of Swanzey have ever made school teach- 
 ing their principal vocation. It has been engaged in bj"^ many for a 
 few months or ^ears preparatory to entering upon some other business. 
 Until within the last forty years the winter terms of school, of about 
 ten weeks each, were generally taught by male teachers, and the sum- 
 mer terms of the same length by female teachers. It was quite com- 
 mon for teachers to "board around" among the different families of the 
 district, the board being given for the purpose of lengthening the 
 school. Since 1850 most of the schools, winter as well as summer, 
 have been taught by female teachers. The wages paid for teaching- 
 is now more than double what it was forty or fiftj' years ago. 
 
EDUCATIONAL. 195 
 
 Among the earlier teachers in Swanzey are the names of William 
 Grimes, Gains Cresson, Farnum Fish, Timothy Thompson, David 
 Prime, Paul Wright, James Henry, Virgil Maxey, Samuel P. Applin, 
 William Read, Joel Ware, Samuel Belding, Samuel Hills, Eeuben 
 Hills, A'mos F. Fish, William Wright, Joel Eaton, Josepii Hammond, 
 jr., Sarah Woodcock, Melinda Hale, Asenath Hills, Dolly Whitcomb, 
 Prudence Lane, Susan Stanley, Arvilla Stanley, Mary Fish, Caroline 
 Fish, Wealthy Belding, Chloe Holbrook, Eliza Parker, Prudence Hills, 
 Malinda Read and Maria Aldrich. 
 
 TEXT-BOOKS. 
 
 Among the old text-books used were the old "Third Part" in read- 
 ing, by Noah Webster, published in 1790; the "American Preceptor" 
 and "Columbian Orator," by Caleb Bingham published respectively 
 in 1794 and 1797; the "English Reader" by Liudley Murray; the 
 '•American First Class Book" and "National Reader" by John Pier- 
 pont, and the "Easy Lessons" and "Sequel to Easy Lessons," by 
 Joshua Leavitt ; "The Scientific Class Book," "Webster's" and "Lee's" 
 spelling books; "Pike's," "Adam's," "Colburn's"' and "Emerson's" 
 arithmetics; "Alexander's" and ''Murray's" grammars. 
 
 In our primitive schools little attention was given to geography, and 
 still less to grammar ; the time of the pupils being devoted chiefly to 
 reading, writing and arithmetic. There are those among our older 
 citizens who claim that the scholars of those days left the public schools 
 with a better practical knowledge for the ordinary duties of life than 
 those of the present day with all our machinery and modern appli- 
 ances which we praise so highly. 
 
 Notwithstanding the multiplicity of text-books in later years only 
 three spellers have been used in our schools for more than sixty years : 
 "Lee's," the "North American'' and"Swinton's." The "North Amer- 
 ican" by Rev. L. W. Leonard, a citizen of our count}-, was in use nearly 
 forty years. Adams written arithmetic (twice revised) by Daniel 
 Adams, another resident of this county, was used without change 
 nearly the whole of the first half of the present century. Since the 
 exit of Adams', Burnham's, Greenleafs, Robinson's and the Frank- 
 lin's seiies have been used. Reading books have been oftener changed. 
 Those of Pierpont were followed by Porter's Rhetorical, Russell and 
 Goldsbury's, Town's, Town and Holbrook's, Sargent's and the Frank- 
 lin series. 
 
 The Iree text-book system by law came into operation in 1890. The 
 old-fashioned evening spelling schools of one and two generations ago. 
 
196 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 were interesting if not profitable occasions. Though having no place 
 in town records they are well remembered by our older citizens. The 
 practice of "choosing sides" and "spelling down" and many of the 
 incidents connected therewith were hugely enjoyed by the young peo- 
 ple who wanted a "good time." 
 
 SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS. 
 
 About the year 1855 a Town Common School Association was or- 
 ganized, which continued in successful operation for sevei'al years. 
 Committees, teachers, scholars and friends of education generall3' com- 
 bined their efforts and held weekly evening meetings during the win- 
 ter months in most of the districts in town, at wliich gatherings there 
 were discussions, lectures, essays, recitations, singing and such oilier 
 exercises as were calculated to increase an interest in and promote the 
 eflicieney of the schools. The superintending school committee in 
 his report of 1859 (the first printed by the town) says "The Town 
 Association has been in successful operation during the past winter, 
 adding greatly to the progress and elevation of the school system. 
 We have, by agitating the most glaring evils in our schools, in those 
 meetings, almost banished them from our midst, such as whispering, 
 tardiness and getting excused from school duties on frivolous causes." 
 The Mt. Caesar Seminary and Swanzey Academy was founded in 
 1843, and was largely under the control of the Universalist denomina- 
 tion . Suitable buildings for school and boarding purposes were erected , 
 the former by a stock company, the shares of which were ten dollars 
 each. It flourished for a few years, but the interest in its welfare soon 
 waned, and it shared the fate of other similar institutions in Cheshire 
 County, the high schools in the larger towns having to a great extent 
 taken the place of the academies. The original trustees were Carter 
 Whitcomb, David Parsons, Lyman Parker, Edward Goddard, Virgil 
 A. Holbrook, Israel Applin, Leonard Whitcomb and John Stratton of 
 Swanzey ; Jona. Robinson, Surry ; Nicholas Cook, Richmond ; Calvin 
 May, Gilsum ; Rev. J. Barber, Alstead ; Rev. B. Smith, Stoddard ; 
 Rev. T. Barron, Winchester ; Rev. E. Davis, Marlboro ; Rev. Josiah 
 Marvin, Westmoreland ; Rev. S. Clark, Jaffrey ; Thomas Little, Nel- 
 son ; J. Stearns, Walpole ; Mark Cook, Chesterfield ; Ivah Newton, 
 iHinsdale. 
 
 The school opened in September with Rev. L. J. Fletcher as princi- 
 ipal and L. W. Blanchard, assistant. The next year, P. R. Kendall 
 and competent teachers in music and drawing were added to the list. 
 Among other instructors who succeeded these were H. A. Pratt, Rev. 
 
EDUCATIONAL. 197 
 
 J. S. Lee, F. A. March, A. M. Bennett, M. E. Wright, Eev. S. H. 
 McCoUester, L. F. Pierce and Burrill Porter. It ceased to be a de- 
 nominational school several j-ears before its final collapse. Tlie semi- 
 nary building is now owned by the Mt. Csesar Library Association, 
 and the boarding house is now Butrick's hotel. 
 
 LIBKAEIES. 
 
 In addition to the church and Sunday School libraries spoken of 
 in Chapter V, there also have been libraries connected with neigh- 
 borhood or branch Sunday Schools at East Swanzey, at Westport and 
 in districts Nos. 1, 8 and 9. The books of these libraries were mostly 
 of a religious character, suitable for Sunday reading and designed 
 principally for children and youth. 
 
 In 1802 the "Swanzey Social Library" was chartered by the legis- 
 lature. It contained standard works, biographical, historical, religious 
 and miscellaneous. It is supposed to have flourislied for many years, 
 but the interest in it v^aning, the books were sold at auction in 1846. 
 Amos Bailey was the last librarian. 
 
 In 1850 a village or district library, containing works similar to 
 those last named, was formed at West Swanzey and about the same 
 time another in district No. 9. 
 
 In 1873 a library of like nature was commenced at East Swanzey. 
 All these were small and were sustained but a few years. The books 
 of the E. Swanzey Library were purchased of the stockholders bj' Al- 
 bert B. Read and given to the Ml. Ocesar Union Library Association. 
 Tliis association projected and largely controlled by the ladies of 
 the central and easterly parts of the town, adopted May 14, 1880, the 
 following Constitution : 
 
 We, the undersigned, in accordance with Chapter 151 of the Gen- 
 eral Laws of New Hampsliire, do form ourselves into a sqciety to be 
 known as the Mt. Caesar Union Library Association, whose object shall 
 be the formation and perpetuation of a Public Library in Swanzey ; 
 for tlie purpose of promoting general intelligence, good morals and a 
 pure literature among our citizens. We tlierefore agree to abide by 
 the following regulations : 
 
 Article i. The officers of this Association shall consist of a Presi- 
 dent, two Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, eight Di- 
 rectors and five Trustees, witii tlie exception of the Librarian to be 
 chosen in such manner as the society may direct. 
 
 The Trustees to consist of two gentlemen and three ladies, to hold 
 their office one year, and the other officers six months, or until others 
 may be chosen in their places. 
 
198 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Art. II. It shall be the duty of the Directors to devise ways and 
 means for the purchase of books, to have in conjunction with the Presi- 
 dent, the general oversight of, and to make arrangements for all so- 
 ciables, festivals and other public gatherings which may be had to 
 raise funds for said Library ; to direct how all money belonging to the 
 society shall be deposited and used ; and to make arrangements for 
 the proper keeping of the books. 
 
 Art. III. It shall be the duty of the Trustees to have the general 
 oversight of the Library ; to carefully select and purchase the books ; 
 to examine all such as may be given to the society ; to choose or elect 
 a Librarian ; and make all needed rules and regulations by wl)ich the 
 Librarian is to be governed in the performance of her official duties ; 
 to personal!)' examine the Library from time to time, and report its 
 condition at each serai-annual meeting to the Directors, and m:ike such 
 suggestions as they think necessary ; and to make and occasionally 
 revise for the benefit of the society a well-arranged catalogue of the 
 books. 
 
 Art. IV. No book shall be admi-tted to the Library without the 
 concurrence of a majority of the Trustees ; neither shall anj'thing be 
 received of a sectarian, political or immoral character. 
 
 Art. v. Tiie Trustees shall at no time expend a greater sura than 
 is in the treasury, and the sum may be limited by a vote of the Presi- 
 dent and Directors. 
 
 Art. VI. Each member of the Association shall be allowed to choose 
 one book for the Library and if said selection be fonnd to be in accord- 
 ance with Art. IV, it shall be accepted and purchased. 
 
 Art. VII. No officer except the Librarian shall receive any compen- 
 sation for his or her service ; and the pay of the Librarian shall be 
 determined by the Directors, subject to a vote of the society. 
 
 Art. VIII. Any person residing in School Districts, 2, 3, 4, 5, 
 9 and 10 shall, upon paying annually to the Treasurer or Librarian 
 25 cents, be a member of the Association and entitled to all the bene- 
 fits of said Library. 
 
 Any person living outside said limits, if desiring to become a mem- 
 ber of said Association, may upon application to the president or any 
 director, and the president and directors by a majority vote shall 
 admit such persons, subject to the same rules and regulations as other 
 members. 
 
 Art. IX. No member sliall be assessed for money to be used for 
 any purpose whatever ; and the directors shall limit the trustees to 
 a sura less than that in the treasury. 
 
 Art. X. This Constitution may be altered or amended, or additions 
 
EDUCATIONAL . 199 
 
 made to it, by a vote of two-tbirds of the members present at any ap- 
 pointed meeting, provided tlie proposed change be submitted to the 
 society in writing at least four weelts before action shall be taken upon 
 the same. 
 
 Subsequent amendments to this constitution included school dis- 
 trict No. 1 within the limits of the Association, and gave all school 
 teachers within said limits while teacliing, and all clergymen while 
 stopping temporarily within said limits, the free use of the books. 
 The words sectarian and political have been stricken from Art. iV, 
 and all oflBcers are to be chosen for one year instead of six months. 
 
 Since the formation of the Association it has been presided over by 
 Mrs. R. H. Belding, Mrs. L. J. W. Carpenter, Mrs. K. R. Stanley, 
 Mrs. J. W. Merrill, Mrs. Lucia Whitcomb, Mrs. A. G. Hills, Mrs. 
 Clara M. Lane and Mrs. M. A. Haskell. 
 
 Continued prosperity has attended the efforts of its members. By 
 means of voluntary donations, and a series of sociables, festivals and 
 literary entertainments, funds have been raised for constant additions 
 to the library. It now contains about 1000 volumes. 
 
 May 16, 1885, Mr. George Carpenter presented by deed of quit- 
 claim to the Association the old Academy building subject to the fol- 
 lowing provisions : — "That it shall always remain where it now stands ; 
 that it shall never be sold or transferred under any circumstances 
 whatever ; that it shall never be used for a hotel or lodging house ; 
 that it shall never be used for the sale or use of any intoxicating liq- 
 uors or drinks whatever ; that it shall never be used for dancing, card 
 playing, gambling or skating. It shall never be used for any immoral 
 purpose whatever ; but it shall always be kept for literary purposes 
 and for the promotion of knowledge and intelligence among the inhabi- 
 tants." The deed also gives, with certain limitations, the "Chautau- 
 qua Literary and Scientific Circle" now formed, or any other literary 
 societies hereafter formed, also the "Ladies' Society" the use of the 
 building ; "and as long as the United States remain free and independ- 
 ent the boys in the neighborhood shall have the right unmolested, to 
 ring the bell on each succeeding Fourth of July." 
 
 The gift was accepted by the Association and measures were 
 promptly taken for remodelling and repairing the building adapting 
 it to its designed purpose. Several of the former students of the 
 Academy, and those that were once residents of Swanzey and now 
 interested in her welfare, were Invited to lend a helping hand in the 
 enterprise. The cost of remodelling, etc., was about $1200 raised by 
 voluntary contributions. 
 
200 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 In October, 1886, the Association voted to take the hall in the third 
 story of the building and convert it into an antiquarian room. Since 
 that time a large number of relics, valuable for their antiquity and as 
 mementos of the past, have been given by a multitude of donors, 
 forming a collection already large and constantly increasing. 
 
 For "Stratton Free Library" see "George W. Stratton," Chap. X. 
 
 The Ghautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle or People's Col- 
 lege, is another agency in the interest of the education of the people, 
 young and old, having its headquarters at Buffalo, N. Y. A branch 
 of this institution, the "Ashuelot C. L. S. C," was organized iii this 
 town in Oct., 1883. Its presidents have been A. A. Ware, Eev. B. 
 Merrill and W. C. Belding ; secretaries. Miss E. R. Bailey, Mrs. L. 
 J. W. Carpenter and L. Lowell Belding. About 30 persons have 
 availed themselves of its advantages, several having completed the 
 prescribed four years' course. A similar organization, "The Crescent 
 Circle," was formed in West Swanzey in 1887, with Dr. G. I. Cutler 
 as president. Its secretaries have been Mrs. E. J. Cutler, Mrs. Mary 
 Snow and Miss Cora B. Hubbard. Both circles have been prosper- 
 ous. 
 
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CHAPTER YII. 
 
 Highways and Bridges. 
 
 Boston Road— Early Layouts— Specimen Eecobd— Sundry Roads, built 
 WHEN— Old Turnpike— Rates of Toll— "California" Road— "Wil- 
 lis" RoAB — Bridges, when built ; Cost of Construction— Highway 
 Surveyors — Prices of Labor. 
 
 THE first bighwaj's of the town were little more than foot and 
 bridle patlis, gradually developed and adapted to the use of the 
 rude vehicles of the early settlers. 
 
 June 11, 1735, the proprietors '• Voted, That there be a man chosen 
 to Joyn with the Committee Chosen by the Upper Township to look 
 out a Convenient way to the Two Towns on the Ashawelot River. 
 Voted that the man that shall be Chosen be allowed Ten shillings a 
 Day for his Services in Looking Said way." 
 
 "■Voted, That Mr. Jonathan Miles be the man to Joyn with the Com- 
 mittee of the Upper Township to Look out the way as above laid." 
 At a meeting held at the house of Ephraim Jones in Concord, 
 March 31, 1736, '■'■Voted, That Messrs. Nathaniel Mattoon of North- 
 field, Ephraim Jones of Concord, and James Houghton of Lancaster 
 be a committee to lay out and clear a way through said township to 
 Earlington" (Winchester). 
 
 Oct. 27, 1736. '■'■Voted, That Mr. Jonathan Miles be allowed for 
 his service in looking out and marking a way to Townshend the sum 
 of twenty five pounds one shilling." 
 
 This road to Townshend was doubtless built about this time, and 
 is what is referred to in later records as the "Boston road," extend- 
 ing from Upper to Lower Ashuelot, and through the southern and 
 eastern parts of the town substantially where the old Troy Hill 
 road now is ; passing the J. W. Murphy farm, the old Clark place 
 (now in Troy), which was for many years a hotel, through the west- 
 ern part of Troy, the entire length of Fitzwilliam, and through Win- 
 chendon to Townsend. It was built thus early for the reason that 
 Massachusetts, then claiming a part of what is now New Hampshire 
 and Vermont, had forts and settlements on the Connecticut river at 
 
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202 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEr. 
 
 Great Meadow CWestmoreland) and at No. 4 (Cliarlestown), and 
 wished for avenues of communication to these places and the fron- 
 tiers of Canada. During the Indian wars after this, the road was 
 extended to Crown Point on Lake Champlain. The whole of it was a 
 military road, built primarily for the transportation of munitions of 
 war from settlement to settlement. 
 
 "At a meeting of the proprietors of the Lower Township on Ash- 
 uelot River being duly notified and met at the house of Capt. Nathan- 
 iel Hammond in said township Sept. 7, 1737, Voted To lay out a 
 road four rods wide on the south side of William Carr's [Zina 
 Taft's] lot to the South Branch." 
 
 At a meeting held Sept. 29, 1737, "Voted, That Messrs. Nathaniel 
 Hammond, Samuel Hills and Charles Lumas be a committee to look 
 out a way to the Intervale lots on the Great River, and also a way 
 to the place where the saw mill is to be built (West Swanzey). The 
 committee above named were requested to see that the roads are all 
 cleared forthwith." 
 
 Dec. 28, 1738. " Voted, That the road to the saw-mill shall be four 
 rods wide when it is cleared or near thereabout." 
 
 "Voted, That Messrs. Samuel Gunn, Thomas Cresson and Samuel 
 Hills be a committee to treat with the proprietors of Upper Ashue- 
 lot and of Arlington to layout a highway through this township from 
 Upper Ashuelot to Arlington where it shall be agreed upon bj- a com- 
 mittee from each township ;" and also "To lay out a highway four 
 rods wide in the most convenient place to Hyponecho meadows." 
 
 Oct. 9, 1739. ''Voted, That William Scott, Nathaniel Hammond 
 and Andrew Gardner be a committee to lay out a highway to Pond 
 Brook." 
 
 " Voted, That there shall be a highway laid out from the road down 
 to the saw-mill down to Winchester, and that Benjamin Brown, Wil- 
 liam Grimes and John Evans be a committee to look out said high- 
 way." 
 
 March 16, 1740. "Voted to choose two Surveyors of hey waies. 
 Voted and chose Abraham Graves and Samuel Hills for Surveyors of 
 hey waies." 
 
 Sept. 29, 1742. "Voted and chose Capt. Nathaniel Hammond, 
 Thomas Cresson and John Evans for a committee to lay out a hey 
 waiey to accommodate the meadow lots on the Ashuelot River, 
 South Branch and Pond Brook ; mend the highways and bridges and 
 secure the bridges what is necessary." 
 
 Highways were probably laid out and built, or cleared of trees, 
 
HIGHWAY AND BEIDGES. 203 
 
 somewhat in accordance with the foregoing votes. The town street 
 extending from where Mr. Charles Worcester now lives to Sylvander 
 Stone's was laid out 4 rods in width and built in accordance with the 
 plan on that facing page 46, making an angle on Meeting-house hill 
 just westofthe residence of Mr. George Carpenter ; this was afterwards 
 changed, the road being turned to the foot of the hill on the east nearly 
 ■where it now is, and a part of it was made eight rods in width. That 
 leading easterly to the South Branch intersected the main street at a 
 point south of Zina Taft's, and extended easterly to the branch, 
 crossing the stream, thence northerly through the meadows or at the 
 easterly end of the meadow lots, to Keene, and southerly from the 
 bridge to the intervale lots. 
 
 The road to Arlington doubtless struck off from the town street at 
 the same point where it now turns off to West Swanzey, making four 
 corners there and extended westerly and southwesterly, bearing up 
 over the hill by the Greenleaf place, and continuing on east of West 
 Swanzej' village to the Hyponecho meadows and Arlington. The 
 road to the mill intersected this road somewhere on the hill. Our 
 fathers were not so much afraid of hills as their descendants now are. ^ 
 
 Early in the history of the town a road was built from the David 
 Parsons' place on the north side of Mt. Caesar to the settlement on 
 the hill by the Greenleaf place, but this was discontinued in 1778. 
 In 1770 a highway was laid out on the south side of Mt. Caesar ex- 
 tending from tliis same settlement on the hill to the town street where 
 the brick church now stands, but probably was never built. In the 
 same year a road was laid out from the south end of the town street 
 where Sylvander Stone now lives to the north end of Swanzey pond, 
 thence on the east side of the pond to its south end, thence westerly 
 to Day hill, so called, where Marcus Bullard and Everett Holbrook 
 now live. Parts of this road had been travelled many years before 
 this layout. Leading from the present pond road by Charles Tal- 
 bot's, north of his farm, there may now be seen two old roads with 
 walls on either side leading towards the head of the pond ; the more 
 northerly of these is supposed to be a part of that last described. 
 
 The Ash Swamp road, so called, was laid out in 1772, and that in 
 
 , the south part of the town by C. H. Holbrook's, intersecting the Day 
 
 hill road in 1778. The old road by Walter H. Perry's and the Curtis 
 
 place to J. L. Starkey's w^as laid out in 1790, and the greater part of 
 
 it was discontinued in 1839. 
 
 Between the years 1770 and 1785 not less than twenty-five roads 
 were laid out by the selectmen. 
 
204 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 The following may serve as specimens of the old lay-outs as re- 
 corded ; the first being a highway east of East Swanzey village, and 
 discontinued many years ago ; the second being the road now lead- 
 ing by C. H. Holbrook's. 
 
 "A road laid out beginning at the spring upon the line between Mr. 
 Read's and Mr. Peck's then west upon said Read's to a beech tree; 
 then across a corner of said Peck's where it is now trod till it strikes 
 Mr. Sherman's west where it is now trod to a red oak tree marked, 
 west of the road leading from said Shermans to Mr. Thompson's north 
 clearing ; west to a white pine tree marked, near said Thompson's 
 line ; thence west with said line and on said Thompsons to the old 
 road." 
 
 "Swanzey, Apeil 30, 1778. 
 
 This day laid out a road in the southwesterly part of Swanzey, 
 viz. : Beginning at the line of Moses B. Williams' lot, and proceed- 
 ing northerly between Josiah and Joshua Prime's lots ; then through 
 Wyat Gunn's and Joshua Fleming's lots ; then between James Hea- 
 ton's lot and Amos Day's lot, out to the road leading to Benjamin 
 Day's ; the road to be two rods wide on the east side of the marked 
 trees. 
 
 Calvin Fkink ) „ , . 
 
 ^ -T > Selectmen." 
 
 Thomas Hammond ) 
 
 About the first lay-out described by courses and distances was in 
 1821. 
 
 There is no record of any road west of the river previous to 1770. 
 The road from Chesterfield line by the Henry place to the intersection 
 near Geo. 0. Capron's was built in 1824 ; that from Tim Fitzgerald's 
 north to Keene line in 1828. 
 
 That part of the highway from West Swanzey to Keene north of 
 the intersection near Byron Porter's was built in 1833. Previous to 
 that date the travel was by Sawyer's Crossing or by O. S. Eaton's. 
 The "Rabbit Hollow" road, so called, was laid out in 1837. In 1838 
 the town voted to sell one rod in width on each side of the street 
 through the middle of the town where it was 8 rods wide. 
 
 The "Branch Road and Bridge Corporation," or the old turnpike, 
 as it was called, was chartered by the legislature in 1802 and built 
 soon after. It is In the easterly part of the town by the side of the 
 Cheshire railroad. Our older citizens remember the toll-gate by 
 the bridge at the foot of Depot hill. Tolls were collected till 1842 
 when it was made a free road the town paying the corporation $2415. 
 
HIGHWAY AND BRIDGES. 205 
 
 The tolls were as follows : Sheep and hogs, one-half cent each ; 
 horses and cattle, one cent each ; every horse and rider, or lead horse, 
 seven cents ; every sulky or chaise with one horse and two wheels, 
 twelve and one-half cents ; every chaise, coach, stage, wagon, phaeton, 
 with two horses and four wheels, twenty-five cents ; with four horses, 
 thirty cents ; for every other carriage of pleasure, the like sum accord- 
 ing to the number of wheels and horses drawing the same ; for each 
 cart or carriage of burthen drawn by one beast, eight cents, for each 
 wagon, cart or other carriage, or burthen, drawn by two beasts, 
 twelve and one-half cents ; if more than two beasts, seven and one- 
 half cents for each additional pair of oxen or horses. 
 
 In 1846 the road commissioners laid the road from C. L. Lane's to 
 the old turnpike l)y E. F. Lane's mill, giving a road nearly straight 
 and level instead of the hilly and circuitous route previously travelled. 
 Expense, including land damages, $1486.77. 
 
 In 1848 the selectmen, on petition of John Stratton, Oliver Capron 
 and others laid out the "California" road, so called, extending from 
 Michael Cantlin's, a little west of West Swanzey village, up the Cal- 
 'ifornia brook to Chesterfield line, a distance of 579 rods; to be built 
 when Chesterfield should lay out and build a road connecting with 
 this and continuing up the valley intersecting with the Keene and 
 Chesterfield highway. 
 
 During the following year, the town of Chesterfield, having taken 
 no measures to build her part of the road the Court was petitioned 
 to lay out the same which it did. Swanzey promptly built her part 
 but Chesterfield, by building a substitute, was enabled to get her part 
 discontinued, and it has never been built. The cost of the Swanzey 
 part was $1254.75. 
 
 The road from Gr. F. Lane's to David Whitcomb's, called the "Wil- 
 lis road" was laid by the commissioners in 1855, and subsequently 
 built by the town at an expense, including land damages, of $1569.36. 
 The highway from William Ballou's up Hyponecho brook towards 
 Lombard's mill was built in 1859. 
 
 Swanzey has always had a large number of bridges to build and 
 maintain. There are three over the Ashuelot and five over the South 
 Branch, besides many others over smaller streams. The three on the 
 Ashuelot and two on the South Branch are covered bridges ; that over 
 the Branch by the town house is of iron. The first large bridges and 
 those remembered by our older citizens were supported between the 
 abutments by trestles. 
 
 The "Cresson" bridge by Sawyer's Crossing was built in 1771 ; the 
 
206 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 town voting to raise for the purpose fifty-three pounds, six shillings 
 and eight pence. The present bridge was built in 1859, costing 
 $1735.94. The West Swanzey bridge was built in 1774, twenty-nine 
 pounds and fourteen shillings being voted for the purpose. The cov- 
 ered bridge was built in 1832 at an expense of $523.27, Zadoc Taft 
 being the master workman. Repairs were made in 1859 costing 
 $431.58, and again in 1888 on bridge and abutments to the amount 
 of nearly $2000. 
 
 The records fail to tell us when the "Slate" bridge at "Westport was 
 first built. It was probably about the year 1800 or during the time 
 of the missing records. In 1842 a section of this bridge, on which 
 was Mr. William Wheelock and his team of four oxen fell into the 
 river. The matter of damages was referred to Phinehas Handerson of 
 Keene. 
 
 The existing bridge was built in 1862 at an expense of $1850.64. 
 The bridge over the branch by the "Causeway" was constructed in 
 1779, apd that at East Swanzey in 1789, fifteen pounds being raised 
 for the purpose. The Iron bridge, east of the town house, was built 
 in 1877. 
 
 The laying out, building and repairing of highways has ever been 
 a subject of much interest to the people, and one on which there has 
 been great diversity of opinion, especially as to the public need of 
 new roads, and the best way of repairing old ones. The common 
 method of repairing has been for each person to work out his own tax 
 under the direction of surveyors appointed by the selectmen or chosen 
 by the town. The number of highway surveyors has varied at differ- 
 ent times from one to twenty. The town was formerly divided into 
 nineteen districts, and a surveyor appointed for each. The selectmen 
 or town fixed the prices of labor for men and teams, and for the use 
 of implements employed on the roads. In 1780 the town ^^ Voted to 
 Grant 4000 Pounds for making and Repairing Highways ; and to al- 
 low Tliirty Dollars pr. Day pr. man from the first of April until the 
 first of October, and Twenty Dollars pr. Day the Remainder of the 
 year." In 1781 " Voted to Raise 7000 Pounds for making and Repair- 
 inc Highways the present Year, and the Labour at the Roads be stated 
 at Forty Dollars pr. Day pr. man until the first of October, and at 
 30 Dollars pr. Day for the Remainder of the year." 
 
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CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 Votes for State Officers, Presidential Electors, etc. 
 
 MODEKATOR. 
 
 1766. Joseph Hammond. 
 
 1767. Joseph Hammond. 
 
 1768. Jonathan Hammond. 
 
 1769. Jonathan Hammond. 
 
 1770. Jonathan Hammond. 
 
 1771. Joseph Hammond. 
 
 1772. Jonathan Hammond. 
 
 1773. Jonathan Hammond. 
 
 1774. Joseph Hammond. 
 
 1775. Joseph Hammond. 
 1778. Joseph Hammond. 
 
 1777. Joseph Hammond. 
 
 1778. Jonathan Whiteomb. 
 
 1779. Calvin Frink. 
 
 1780. Thomas Applin. 
 
 1781. Thomas Applin. 
 
 1782. Thomas Applin. 
 
 1783. Samuel Hills. 
 
 1784. Samuel Hills. 
 
 1785. Isaac Hammond. 
 
 1786. Jonathan IVhitcomb. 
 17S7. Elisha Whiteomb. 
 1738. Dan- Guild. 
 
 1789. Elisha Whiteomb. 
 
 1790. Elisha Whiteomb. 
 
 1791. Dan Guild. 
 
 1792. Elisha Whiteomb. 
 
 1793. Elisha Whiteomb. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 TOWN CLEKK. 
 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Thomas Applin. 
 Jonathan Whiteomb. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Elisha Whiteomb. 
 
 Eev. Edward Goddard. 
 Elisha Whiteomb. 
 Elisha Whiteomb. 
 
 David Belding, jr. 
 
 Elisha Whiteomb. 
 Elisha Whiteomb. 
 Elisha Whiteomb. 
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208 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 MODERATOR. 
 
 TOWN CLEKK. 
 
 1794. 
 
 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1795. 
 
 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1796. 
 
 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1797. 
 
 
 1798. 
 
 
 1799. 
 
 
 1800. 
 
 
 1801. 
 
 
 1802. 
 
 
 1803. 
 
 
 1804. 
 
 
 1805. 
 
 
 1806. 
 
 
 1807. 
 
 
 1808. 
 
 Records missin 
 
 1809. 
 
 
 1810. 
 
 
 ISll. 
 
 
 1812. 
 
 
 1813. 
 
 
 1814. 
 
 t 
 
 1815. 
 
 
 1816. Elkanah Eicliardson. 
 
 Elijah Eelding. 
 
 1817. Elkanah Eiotiardson. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1818. Ezekiel Page. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1819. Abel Wilson. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1820. Ezekiel Page. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1821. Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1822. Ezekiel Page. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1823. Edward Goddard. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1824. Ephraim K. FroBt. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1825. Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1826. Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1827. Ephraim K. Frost. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1828. Ephraim K. Frost. 
 
 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1829. Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 1830, Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 1831. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 1832. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 KBPRESENATIVES 
 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 
 Calvin Frink. 
 Calvin Frink. 
 
 Kehemiah Cnmmings. 
 Thomas Hammond. 
 Elisha Whitcomb. 
 Ellsha Whitcomb. 
 Amasa Aldrioh. 
 
 Elijah Carpenter. 
 Elijah Carpenter. 
 Elijah Belding. 
 Elijah Carpenter. 
 Elijah Carpenter. 
 James Underwood. 
 James Underwood. 
 James Underwood. 
 Elijah Belding. 
 Elijah Sawyer. 
 Elijah Sawyer. 
 Elijah Belding. 
 Elijah Belding. 
 Elijah Carpenter. 
 Elijah Carpenter. 
 Elijah Sawyer. 
 Elijah Sawyer. 
 
TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 209 
 
 MODERATOB. 
 
 1833. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1834. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1835. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1836. Samuel Stearns, 
 
 1837. Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 1838. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1839. Samuel Stearns, 
 1810. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1841. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1842. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1843. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1844. Amos Richardson, 
 181.5. Amos Richardson. 
 1846, Elijah Carpenter. 
 1817. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1848. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1849. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1850. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1851. Benjamin Read. 
 
 1852. Carter Whitoomb. 
 
 1853. Benjamin Bead. 
 
 1854. Samuel Stearns. 
 18.55. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1856. Samuel Stearns. 
 
 1857. Benjamin Read. 
 
 1858. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1859. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1860. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1861. Benjamin P. Lombard. 
 
 14 
 
 TOWN OLBEK. 
 Elijah Belding. 
 Henry B axter, 
 Henry Baxter. 
 Henry Baxter. 
 Henry Baxter. 
 Henry Baxter. 
 Henry Baxter. 
 Henry Baxter. 
 Henry Baxter. 
 Henry Baxter. 
 Henry Baxter, 
 
 Henry Baxter, 
 
 Henry Baxter, 
 
 Henry Baxter. 
 
 Henry Baxter, 
 
 .Joseph Hammond, jr. 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr. 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr, 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr, , 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr. 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr. 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr. 
 
 Jotham W. Frimk, 
 
 Jotham W, Frink. 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr, 
 
 Alanson S. Whitcomb. 
 
 Alanson S, Whitcomb, 
 
 Alanson S. Whitcomb, 
 
 Alanson S, Whitcomb, 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES , 
 
 Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 Edward Goddard, 
 
 Edward Goddard. 
 
 Amasa Aldrich. 
 
 Amasa Aldrich, 
 
 Charles N. Hills, 
 
 Charles N, Hills. 
 
 Leonard Whitoftmb, 
 
 Leonard Whitcomb, 
 
 Joseph Barber, 
 
 Joseph Barber and Lyman 
 Parker, 
 
 Lyman Parker and Amos 
 Richardson, 
 
 Amos Richardson and Wil- 
 liam Hewes, 
 
 William Hewes and Oliver 
 Capron, 
 
 Oliver Capron and Paul F. 
 Aldrich, 
 
 Paul F, Aldrich and Hardin 
 Albee, 
 
 Hardin Albee and Aquila 
 Taft. 
 
 Aquila Taft and Joseph 
 Hammond, jr, 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr,, and 
 Willard Adams. 
 
 Zadoo L, Taft and Luke 
 Bennett, 
 
 Rnfus Thompson and Wil- 
 liam Hewes, 
 
 Benjamin F, Lombard and 
 Isaac Stratton. 
 
 Benjamin F. Lombard and 
 Isaac Stratton, 
 
 David L. Comings and David 
 Parsons. 
 
 Edwin F. Bead and Thomas 
 T. Wetherbee. 
 
 Stephen Faulkner and Rufus 
 Bowen, 
 
 Stephen Faulkner and Eufus 
 Bowen, 
 
 Frederic L. Eaton and Enoch 
 Howes. 
 
 Enoch Howes and Oliver 
 Capron. 
 
210 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 MODERATOR. 
 
 1862. Benjamia F. Lombard. 
 
 1863. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 1861. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1865. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1866. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1867. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1868. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1869. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1870. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1871. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1872. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1873. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1874. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1875. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1876. Benjamia F. Lombard. 
 
 1877. Benjamin F. Lombard. 
 
 1878. Benjamin Bead. 
 
 1879. Josiah ParBOns. 
 
 1880. Josiah Parsons. 
 
 1881. Cliarles H. Howard. 
 
 1882. Charles H. Howard. 
 
 1883. Charles H. Howard. 
 
 1884. Obadiah Sprague. 
 1885. Obadiah Sprague. 
 11886. Benjamin Bead. 
 1887. Henry Abbott. 
 rl888. iBenjamin Bead. 
 '1889. George E. Whitcomb. 
 1890. -George B. Whitcomb. 
 
 TOWN CLEEK. 
 
 Alanson S. Whitcomb. 
 
 Alanson S. Whitcomb. 
 
 Alanson S. Whitcomb. 
 
 Alanson S. Whitcomb. 
 
 Alanson S. Whitcomb. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 George I. Cutler. 
 George I. Cutler. 
 George I. Cutler. 
 George I. Cutler. 
 George I. Cutler. 
 George I. Cutler. 
 George I. Cutler. 
 George I. Cutler. 
 George I. Cutler. 
 George I. Cutler. 
 George I. Cutler. 
 
 HEPKESENTATIVBS. 
 
 Oliver Capron and Elijah 
 Sawyer. 
 
 Elijah Sawyer and Henry 
 Staricey, jr. 
 
 Henry Starkey, jr., and Ben- 
 jamin F. Lombard. 
 
 Gideon G. Willis and Alan- 
 son S. Whitcomb. 
 
 Josiah Parsons and Henry 
 Holbrools, 2d. 
 
 Josiah Parsons and Henry 
 Holbrools, 2d. 
 
 Philip D. Angier and David 
 Parsons. 
 
 Philip D. Angier and David 
 Parsons. 
 
 Obadiah Sprague and Ste- 
 phen Faulliner. 
 
 Obadiah Sprague and Sta- 
 phen Faulliner. 
 
 Benjamin F. Lombard and 
 Euswell Whitcomb, 
 
 Thomas T. Wetherbee and 
 Henry Holbrook. 
 
 Thomas T. Wetherbee and 
 Henry Holbrook. 
 
 George W. Willis andGeorge 
 O. Capron. 
 
 George W. Willis and George 
 O. Capron. 
 
 George Carpenter and Henry 
 Abbott. 
 
 Edward Wilcox and Daniel 
 
 Snow. 
 
 I 
 Nov. 5, 1879, voted not to 
 
 send. 
 
 Eufus Taft. 
 
 Heniy Abbott, 
 Henry Abbott. 
 Edward H. Snow. 
 OrlowE. Parsons. 
 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
SELECTMEN. 
 
 211 
 
 1766 Thomas Applin, Joseph 
 
 mond, Thomas Hammond. 
 
 1767 David Belding, Samuel Hills, 
 
 Elijah Graves. 
 
 1768 Thomas Applin, Joseph Ham- 
 
 mond, "William Warner. 
 
 1769 Thomas Applin, Joseph Ham- 
 
 mond. 
 
 1770 Da^id Belding, Jonathan Whit- 
 
 comb, Samuel Belding. 
 
 1771 Thomas Applin, Samuel Hills, 
 
 Benjamin Brown. 
 
 1772 Joseph Hammond, Daniel War- 
 
 ner, Joseph Whitcomb. 
 
 1773 Thomas Applin, Joseph Ham- 
 
 mond, Samuel Hills. 
 
 1774 Thomas Applin, Joseph Ham- 
 
 mond, Daniel Warner. 
 1776 Samuel Hills, Samuel Page, Da- 
 vid Belding. 
 
 1776 Thomas Applin, Joseph Ham- 
 
 mond, David Belding. 
 
 1777 Thomas Applin, Samuel Hills, 
 
 David Belding. 
 
 1778 Samuel Hills, Calvin Frink, 
 
 Thomas Hammond. 
 
 1779 Calvin Frink, Samuel Hills, Dan- 
 
 iel Warner. 
 
 1780 Calvin Frink, Thomas Hammond, 
 
 David Belding. 
 
 1781 Thomas Applin, Calvin Frink 
 
 Isaac Hammond, Elijah Beld- 
 ing and Elisha Whitcomb. 
 
 1782 Calvin Frink, Isaac Hammond, 
 
 David Belding, jr. 
 
 1783 Calvin Frink, Aaron Parsons, 
 
 Thaddeus Cummings. 
 
 1784 Isaac Hammond, David Belding, 
 
 jr., Benjamin Hammond. 
 1786 Henry Morse, David Warner, 
 Elkanah Lane. 
 
 1786 Calvin Frink, Isaac Hammond, 
 
 Nehemiah Cummings. 
 
 1787 Calvin Frink, Henry Morse, Jo- 
 
 seph Dickinson. 
 
 1788 Calvin Frink, William Grimes, 
 
 Roger Thompson. 
 
 SELECTMEN. 
 
 Ham- 1789 Calvin Frink, William Grimes' 
 
 Dan Guild. 
 
 1790 Calvin Frink, Wyman Richard- 
 
 son, Joseph Cross. 
 
 1791 Calvin Frink, Joseph Cross, Wy- 
 
 man Richardson. 
 
 1792 Wyman Richardson, Joseph 
 
 Cross, Samuel Lane. 
 
 1793 Wyman Richardson, Joseph 
 
 Cross, Amasa Aldrich. 
 
 1794 Joseph Cross, Nehemiah Cum- 
 
 mings, Daniel Flint. 
 1796 Joseph Cross, Nehemiah Cum- 
 mings, Amasa Aldrich. 
 
 1796 Joseph Cross, Amasa Aldrich, 
 
 Nehemiah Cummings. 
 
 1797 Joseph Cross, Amasa Aldrich, 
 
 Nehemiah Cummings. 
 
 1798 Joseph Cross, Nehemiah Cum- 
 
 mings, Amasa Aldrich. 
 
 1799 Nehemiah Cummings, John 
 
 Thompson, Amasa Aldrich. 
 
 1800 Joseph Cross, Benjamin Brown, 
 
 Farnum Fish. 
 
 1801 John Thompson, Aquila Rams- 
 
 dell, Farnum Fish. 
 
 1802 John Thompson, Farnum Fish, 
 
 Aquila Ramsdell. 
 
 1803 John Thompson, William C. 
 
 Belding, Farnum Fish. 
 
 1804 John Thompson, William C. 
 
 Belding, Luther Wright. 
 
 1805 Joseph Cross, Farnum Fish, Se- 
 
 lah Smead. 
 
 1806 Selah Smead, Farnum Fish, Abel 
 
 Wilson. 
 
 1807 Farnum Fish, Selah Smead, Abel 
 
 Wilson. 
 
 1808 Farnum Fish, Elijah Belding, jr., 
 
 Nathan Whitcomb. 
 
 1809 John Thompson, Nathan Whit- 
 
 comb. 
 
 1810 
 
 1811 
 
 1812 
 
 1818 Abel Wilson, Elkanah Richard- 
 son, Edward Goddard. 
 
212 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 1814 
 
 1815 Elkanah Richardson, Abel Wil- 
 
 son, Nathan Whitcomb. 
 
 1816 John Thompson, Farnum Fish, 
 
 Daniel Wetherbee. 
 
 1817 Abel Wilson, Daniel Wetherbee, 
 
 Farnum Fish. 
 
 1818 Daniel Wetherbee, Levi Blake, 
 
 Edward Goddard. 
 
 1819 Levi Blake, William Eider, Wil- 
 
 liam Seaver. 
 
 1820 William Rider, Daniel Wether- 
 
 bee, Farnum Fish. 
 
 1821 Abel Wilson, Wyman Richard- 
 
 son, Farnum Fish. 
 
 1822 Farnum Fish, Daniel Wetherbee, 
 
 Ephraim K. Frost. 
 
 1823 Farnum Fish, Daniel Wetherbee, 
 
 Shubael Seaver, jr. 
 
 1824 Shubael Seaver, jr., Daniel Weth- 
 
 erbee, Thomas Wheelock, jr. 
 
 1825 John Stratton, Edward Goddard, 
 
 Amos Bailey. 
 
 1826 Farnum Fish, Elijah Belding, 
 
 Amos Bailey. 
 
 1827 Elijah Belding, Amos Bailey, 
 
 Jonathan D. Ware. 
 
 1828 Elijah Belding, Amos Bailey, 
 
 Jonathan D. Ware. 
 
 1829 Elijah Sawyer, Luke Bennett, 
 
 Joseph Woodward. 
 
 1830 Elijah Sawyer, Luke Bennett, 
 
 Joseph Woodward. 
 
 1831 Elijah Sawyer, Joseph Wood- 
 
 ward, Benjamin Hamblet. 
 
 1832 Elijah Sawyer, Benjamin Ham- 
 
 blet, Zadoc L. Taft. 
 
 1833 Benjamin Hamblet, Elijah Saw- 
 
 yer, Amos Bailey. 
 
 1834 Benjamin Hamblet, Amos Bailey, 
 
 Amasa Aldrich. 
 
 1835 Amasa Aldrich, Amos Richard- 
 
 son, Leonard Whitcomb. 
 
 1836 Amos Richardson, Leonard 
 
 Whitcomb, Helon Holbrook. 
 
 1837 Oliver Capron, WjUiam Read, 
 
 Lyman Parker. 
 
 1838 Amos Bailey, Joseph Wood- 
 
 ward, Amasa S. Rogers. 
 
 1839 Amos Bailey, Israel Applin, 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr. 
 
 1840 Israel Applin, J. W. Capron, 
 
 Martin Stone. 
 
 1841 Martin Stone, David Parsons, 
 
 Everson Cook. 
 
 1842 David Parsons, Amasa Aldrich, 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr. 
 
 1843 Amasa Aldrich, Joseph Ham- 
 
 mond, jr., William Hewes. 
 
 1844 William Hewes, Leonard Whit- 
 
 comb, Benjamin F. Lom- 
 bard. 
 
 1845 Benjamin F. Lombard, Everson 
 
 Cook, Lyman Parker. 
 
 1846 Everson Cook, Lyman Parker, 
 
 Hardin Albee. 
 
 1847 Everson Cook, Hardin Albee, 
 
 Amasa Aldrich. 
 
 1848 Hardin Albee, Amasa Aldrich, 
 
 William Read. 
 
 1849 Hardin Albee, Amasa Aldrich, 
 
 William Read. 
 
 1850 William Read, William Hewes, 
 
 Amos F. Fish. 
 
 1851 William Read, William Hewes, 
 
 Amos F. Fish. 
 
 1852 Daniel Snow, William Hewes, 
 
 Virgil A. Holbrook. 
 
 1853 Daniel Snow, Thomas T. Weth- 
 
 erbee, Josiah Parsons, jr. 
 
 1854 Paul F. Aldrich, Lyman Parker, 
 
 Stephen Faulkner. 
 
 1855 Paul F. Aldrich, Lyman Parker, 
 
 Stephen Faulkner. 
 
 1856 William R. Flint, Justus R. Rog- 
 
 ers, Alonzo Ballon. 
 
 1857 William Read, Henry Eames, 
 
 Alonzo A. Ware. 
 
 1858 Rufus Bowen, Henry Starkey, 
 
 jr., Justus R. Rogers. 
 
 1859 Stephen Faulkner, Josiah B. 
 
 Cass, Justus R. Rogers. 
 
 1860 Josiah B. Cass, Justus R. Rogers, 
 
 William R. Flint. 
 
 1861 Josiah Parsons, jr., Stephen 
 
 Faulkner, James H. Olcott. 
 
 1862 Josiah Parsons, Stephen Faulk- 
 
 ner, Henry Abbott. 
 
TOWN TEBA8UREES. 
 
 213 
 
 1863 Joslah Parsons, , Stephen Faulk- 
 
 ner, Henry Abbott. 
 
 1864 Josiali Parsons, Stephen Faulk. 
 
 ner, Henry Abbott. 
 
 1865 Josiah Parsons, Stephen Faulk- 
 
 ner, Thomas T. Wetherbee. 
 
 1866 Josiah Parsons, Stephen Fiiulk- 
 
 ner, Thomas T. Wetherbee. 
 
 1867 Stephen Faulkner, Thomas T. 
 
 Wetherbee, Lyman Holbrook. 
 
 1868 Stephen Faulkner, Thomas T. 
 
 Wetherbee, Lyman Holbrook. 
 
 1869 Stephen Faulkner, Charles H. 
 
 Howard, George W. Willis. 
 
 1870 Stephen Faulkner, Charles H. 
 
 Howard, Alonzo A. Ware. 
 
 1871 Stephen Faulkner, George 0. 
 
 Capron, Alonzo A. Ware. 
 
 1872 Stephen Faulkner, Alonzo A. 
 
 Ware, Lyman N. Howes. 
 
 1873 Stephen Faulkner, Lyman N. 
 
 Howes, Josiiih Parsons. 
 
 1874 Stephen Faulkner, Lyman N. 
 
 Howes, Josiah Parsons. 
 
 1875 George W. Willis, William C. 
 
 Belding, Daniel B. C. Hill. 
 
 1876 George W. Willis, Daniel B. C. 
 
 Hill, Silas B. Partridge. 
 
 1877 Stephen Faulkner, Daniel B. C. 
 
 Hill, Edmund Stone. 
 
 1878 Alonzo A. Ware, Silas B. Part- 
 
 ridge, Henry Eames.^ 
 
 1879 Alonzo A. Ware, Josiah Parsons, 
 
 Daniel Snow. 
 
 1880 Josiah Parsons, Daniel Snow, 
 
 Henry Abbott. 
 
 1881 Josiah Parsons, Henry Abbott, 
 
 Edward Wilcox. 
 
 1882 Edward Wilcox, George O. Cap- 
 
 ron, Alonzo A. Ware. 
 
 1883 Alonzo A. Ware, Daniel B. C. 
 
 Hill, Alonzo Farr. 
 
 1884 Daniel B. C. Hill, Frank S. 
 
 Faulkner, George E. Lane. 
 
 1885 Frank S. Faulkner, George E. 
 
 Lane, Benjamin C. Snow. 
 
 1886 George E. Lane, Willard S. Per- 
 
 ham, Norris C. Carter. 
 
 1887 Frank S. Faulkner, Orleans S. 
 
 Eaton, Norris C. Carter. 
 
 1888 Frank S. Faulkner, Joseph L . 
 
 Starkey, Norris C. Carter. 
 
 1889 Frank S. Faulkner, Joseph L. 
 
 Starkey, Norris C. Carter. 
 
 1890 Frank S. Faulkner, Joseph L. 
 
 Starkey, Norris C. Carter. 
 
 1767 William Grimes. 
 
 1768 Jonathan Hammond. 
 
 1769 Jonathan Hammond. 
 
 1770 Jonathan Hammond. 
 
 1771 Joseph Hammond. 
 
 1772 Samuel Belding. 
 
 1773 Jonathan Hammond. 
 
 1774 Jonathan Hammond. 
 
 1775 David Belding. 
 
 1776 Samuel Belding. 
 
 1777 Samuel Belding. 
 
 1778 Samuel Belding. 
 
 1779 Samuel Belding. 
 
 1780 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1781 David Belding, jr. 
 
 1782 Elijah Belding. 
 
 1783 Daniel Warner. 
 
 1784 Jonathan Whitcomb. 
 
 TOWN TRBASDRERS. 
 
 1785 Eoger Thompson. 
 
 1786 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1787 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1788 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1789 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1790 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1791 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1792 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1793 Calvin Frink. 
 
 1816 Elijah 
 
 1817 Elijah 
 
 1818 Elijah 
 
 1819 Elijah 
 
 1820 Jonas 
 
 1821 Jonas 
 
 1822 Jonas 
 
 1823 Jonas 
 
 Belding 
 
 Carpenter. 
 
 Carpenter. 
 
 Carpenter. 
 
 Blodgett. 
 
 Blodgett. 
 
 Blodgett. 
 
 Blodgett. 
 
214 
 
 HISTOET OF SWANZEY. 
 
 1824 Jonas Blodgett. 
 
 1825 Jonas Blodgett. 
 
 1826 Jonas Jllodgett. 
 
 1827 Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 1828 Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 1829 Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 1830 Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 1831 Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 1832 Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 1833 Elijah Carpenter. 
 183i Edward Goddard. 
 
 1835 Edward Goddard. 
 
 1836 Edward Goddard. 
 
 1837 Edward Goddard. 
 
 1838 Edward Goddard. 
 
 1839 Edward Goddard. 
 
 1840 Edward Goddard. 
 
 1841 Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 1842 Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 1843 Elijah Carpenter. 
 1844 
 
 1845 Amos Bailey. 
 1846 
 
 1847 Henry Baxter. 
 
 1848 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1849 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1850 Lyman Parker. 
 
 1851 William Read. 
 
 1852 Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 1853 Henry Baxter. 
 
 1854 Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 1855 Elijah Sawyer. 
 
 1856 Amos Richardson. 
 
 1857 Willard Adams. 
 
 1858 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1859 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1860 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1861 Joseph Hammond, jr. 
 
 1862 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1863 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1864 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1865 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1866 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1867 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1868 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1869 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1870 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1871 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1872 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1873 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1874 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1875 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1876 Enoch Howes. 
 
 1877 Obadiah Sprague. 
 
 1878 Alonzo A. Ware. 
 
 1879 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 1880 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 1881 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 1882 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 1883 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 1884 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 1885 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 1886 George Carpenter. 
 
 1887 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 1888 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 1889 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 1890 George E. Whitcomb. 
 
 SWANZET MEN ELECTED TO StATE AND COUNTT OFFICES. 
 
 SENATORS. 
 
 Elisha Whitcomb, 1793,-94-96-97-98- Elijah Carpenter, 1843. 
 
 99-1800-1801. Benjamin Read, 1867-68. 
 
 Elijah Belding, 1820-1840-1841. 
 
 Willard Adams, 1860. 
 
 COMMISSIONERS. 
 
 Alonzo A. Ware, 1872-73-74. 
 
APPBOPEIATIONS. 
 
 215 
 
 APPEOPRIATIONS. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 TOWN 
 CHARGES. 
 
 BCHOOLS. 
 
 BIGHWAT8. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 TOWN 
 CHAHGES. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 HIGHWAYS. 
 
 1766 
 
 £200 
 
 
 £100 
 
 1801 
 
 
 
 
 1767 
 
 60 
 
 
 100 
 
 1802 
 
 
 
 
 1788 
 
 60 
 
 
 70 
 
 1803 
 
 
 
 
 1769 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 1804 
 
 
 
 
 1770 
 
 62 
 
 £8 
 
 30 
 
 1805 
 
 
 
 
 1771 
 
 72 
 
 8 
 
 60 
 
 1806 
 
 
 
 
 1772 
 
 88 
 
 12 
 
 
 1807 
 
 
 
 
 1773 
 
 78 
 
 34 
 
 100 
 
 4808 
 
 
 
 
 1774 
 
 64 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 1809 
 
 
 
 
 1775 
 
 
 20 
 
 40 
 
 1810 
 
 
 
 
 1776 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 1811 
 
 
 
 
 1777 
 
 63 
 
 
 140 
 
 1812 
 
 
 
 
 1778 
 
 56 
 
 8 
 
 400 
 
 1813 
 
 
 
 
 1779 
 
 167 
 
 
 900 
 
 1814 
 
 
 
 
 1780 
 
 1000 
 
 
 4000 
 
 1815 
 
 
 
 
 1781 
 
 130 
 
 
 7000 
 
 1816 
 
 $600 
 
 $500 
 
 $700 
 
 1782 
 
 60 
 
 
 260 
 
 1817 
 
 750 
 
 
 700 
 
 1783 
 
 235 
 
 83 
 
 76 
 
 1818 
 
 850 
 
 600 
 
 800 
 
 1784 
 
 66 
 
 30 
 
 100 
 
 1819 
 
 500 , 
 
 500 
 
 800 
 
 1785 
 
 85 
 
 
 100 
 
 1820 
 
 700 
 
 500 
 
 
 1786 
 
 130 
 
 
 130 
 
 1821 
 
 650 
 
 600 
 
 800 
 
 1787 
 
 69 
 
 
 60 
 
 1822 
 
 450 
 
 550 
 
 800 
 
 1788 
 
 66 
 
 
 80 
 
 1823 
 
 800 
 
 560 
 
 1000 
 
 1789 
 
 69 
 
 
 180 
 
 1824 
 
 600 
 
 650 
 
 1000 
 
 1790 
 
 
 60 
 
 80 
 
 1825 
 
 500 
 
 550 
 
 800 
 
 1791 
 
 84 
 
 61 
 
 100 
 
 1826 
 
 800 
 
 600 
 
 850 
 
 1792 
 
 45 
 
 161 
 
 135 
 
 1827 
 
 800 
 
 
 
 1793 
 
 45 
 
 80 
 
 120 
 
 1828 
 
 2501 
 500 i 
 
 
 1000 
 
 1794 
 
 
 
 
 1829 
 
 400 
 
 lOOL.F. 
 
 1000 
 
 1795 
 
 
 
 
 1830 
 
 400 
 
 654 
 
 1000 
 
 1796 
 
 
 
 
 1831 
 
 400 
 
 600 
 
 1000 
 
 1797 
 
 
 
 
 1832 
 
 1500 
 
 700 
 
 1000 
 
 1798 
 
 
 
 
 1833 
 
 1000 
 
 675 
 
 1400 
 
 1799 
 
 
 
 
 1834 
 
 2000 
 
 571 
 
 1000 
 
 1800 
 
 
 
 
 1835 
 
 1000 
 
 675 
 
 1000 
 
216 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 TOWN 
 CHARGES. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 HIGHWAYS. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 TOWN 
 CHARGES. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 HIGHWAYS. 
 
 1836 
 
 1000 
 
 570 
 
 1000 
 
 1864 
 
 1000 
 
 1294 
 
 1000 
 
 1837 
 
 2000 
 
 1000 
 
 1000 
 
 1865 
 
 1000 
 
 1320 
 
 1000 
 
 1838 
 
 3000 
 
 688 
 
 1000 
 
 1866 
 
 6000 
 
 1300 
 
 1038 
 
 1839 
 
 3000 
 
 647 
 
 1000 
 
 1867 
 
 6000 
 
 1351 
 
 1000 
 
 1840 
 
 2000 
 
 700 
 
 1000 
 
 1868 
 
 5000 
 
 1576 
 
 1726 
 
 18il 
 
 1500 
 
 775 
 
 1000 
 
 1869 
 
 1000 
 
 1500 
 
 1000 
 
 1842 
 
 2000 
 
 872 
 
 1000 
 
 1870 
 
 950 
 
 1500 
 
 1000 
 
 1S43 
 
 1500 
 
 900 
 
 1000 
 
 1871 
 
 1400 
 
 1640 
 
 1200 
 
 1844 
 
 800 
 
 900 
 
 1000 
 
 1872 
 
 1000 
 
 1633 
 
 1500 
 
 1845 
 
 2000 
 
 900 
 
 1000 
 
 1873 
 
 1000 
 
 1655 
 
 1500 
 
 1846 
 
 3000 
 
 900 
 
 1000 
 
 1874 
 
 1000 
 
 1600 
 
 1500 
 
 1847 
 
 1500 
 
 800 
 
 1000 
 
 1875 
 
 2000 
 
 1754 
 
 1500 
 
 1848 
 
 2500 
 
 1000 
 
 1000 
 
 1876 
 
 2000 
 
 1752 
 
 1600 
 
 1849 
 
 J200 
 
 1000 
 
 1000 
 
 1877 
 
 2000 
 
 1773 
 
 1800 
 
 1850 
 
 2000 
 
 1000 
 
 1000 
 
 1878 
 
 1500 
 
 2206 
 
 2000 
 
 1851 
 
 1800 
 
 1000 . 
 
 1000 
 
 1879 
 
 1000 
 
 2562 
 
 1500 
 
 1852 
 
 1500 
 
 1000 
 
 1000 
 
 1880 
 
 1000 
 
 2345 
 
 2000 
 
 1853 
 
 1500 
 
 1000 
 
 1000 
 
 1881 
 
 1000 
 
 2210 
 
 2000 
 
 1864 
 
 1200 
 
 1200 
 
 1000 
 
 1882 
 
 1000 
 
 2120 
 
 1500 
 
 1855 
 
 2000 
 
 1200 
 
 1000 
 
 1883 
 
 1000 
 
 2276 
 
 1500 
 
 1856 
 
 2000 
 
 1200 
 
 1000 
 
 1884 
 
 1000 
 
 2175 
 
 1500 
 
 1857 
 
 2500 
 
 1290 
 
 lOOO 
 
 1885 
 
 800 
 
 2918 
 
 1500 
 
 1858 
 
 2500 
 
 1288 
 
 1000 
 
 1886 
 
 1000 
 
 2861 
 
 1500 
 
 1859 
 
 2500 
 
 1288 
 
 1000 
 
 1887 
 
 1000 
 
 2800 
 
 1500 
 
 1860 
 
 2200 
 
 1288 
 
 1000 
 
 1888 
 
 1000 
 
 2846 
 
 1500 
 
 1861 
 
 1000 
 
 1288 
 
 1200 
 
 1889 
 
 1200 
 
 2829 
 
 1200 
 
 1862 
 
 1000 
 
 1290 
 
 1200 
 
 1890 
 
 1200 
 
 2963 
 
 1200 
 
 1863 
 
 1000 
 
 1288 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 
 
 VOTES FOR GOVEKNOR. 
 
 Under the Constitution of 1783, the chief magistrate of New Hamp- 
 shire was styled President ; and since the adoption of the Constitution 
 of 1793 he has been called Governor. Although in thQ early days of 
 the republic, party distinctions were little known, yet the politicians 
 of those days are usually classed as belonging to the party with which 
 they were subsequently allied. The general distinction of parties up 
 
HON, ASA S, KENDALL, 
 
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR. 
 
 217 
 
 to 1824 was Federal and Republican. At this time the Federal party 
 ceased to exist, and for about ten years the political forces of the na- 
 tion were known as Adams men or Jackson men, taking their names 
 from their candidates for the presidential office. ' From 1834 to 1855 
 the rival parties were designated as Democratic and Whig ; but in 
 1841 the Abolition or Free Soil party was organized, drawing voters 
 from both the Whig and Democratic parties, TDut principally from the 
 former. In 1855 the American or Know Nothing party suddenly 
 appeared in New Hampshire, electing its Governor by the people, as 
 it did the next year by the Legislature. Since 1856 the principal par- 
 ties throughout the nation have been known as Republican and Demo- 
 cratic. 
 
 The following gives the votes in Swanzey ^or the principal candi- 
 dates for the chief magistrate of New Hampshire. Those marked 
 with a * -were elected. 
 
 The political character of the town may be determined by its votes 
 for Governor and Presidential Electors. 
 
 Date. No. of votes. 
 
 1784 *Meshecli Weare, 10 
 " George Atkinson, Fed., 21 
 " Jolm Sullivan, Fed., 2 
 
 1785 *George Atkinson, Fed., 50 
 
 1786 George Atkinson, Fed., 45 
 " John Langdon, Rep., 30 
 
 1787 .John Langdon, Eep., 76 
 " * John Sullivan, Fed., 6 
 
 1788 John SuIlivan,.Fed., 34 
 
 Date. No. 
 
 of votes. 
 
 1788 * John Langdon, Eep. , 
 
 4 
 
 1789 *Jolm Sullivan, Fed., 
 
 22 
 
 " John Pickering, Rep., 
 
 25 
 
 1790 John Pickering, 
 
 16 
 
 " Joshua Wentworth, 
 
 11 
 
 " *Josiah Bartlett, 
 
 
 
 1791 *Josiah Bartlett, Eep., 
 
 30 
 
 1792 *Josiah Bartlett, Rep., 
 
 43 
 
 1808 John T. Gilman, Fed., 
 " John Langdon, Rep., 
 
 1817 *William Plumer, Rep., 
 " Jeremiah Mason, Fed., 
 
 1818 *WlUiam Plumer, Rep., 
 " Jeremiah Mason, Fed., 
 
 1819 *Samuel Bell, Rep., 
 
 1820 *SamuelBell, Rep., 
 
 1821 *Samuel Bell, Rep., 
 
 1822 Samuel Bell, Eep., 
 
 1823 Samuel Dinsmoor, Eep. , 
 " *Levi "Woodbury, Eep., 
 
 1824 DavidL. Morrill, Adams, 
 " Jeremiah Smith, 
 
 « Scattering, 
 
 GOVERNOR. 
 
 82 1825 DavidL. Morrill, Adams, 190 
 
 120 1826 *David L.Morrill, Adams, 73 
 
 158 " Benjamin Pierce, Jack., 119 
 
 61 1827 *Benjamin Pierce, Jack., 141 
 
 167 1828 Benjamin Pierce, Jack., 138 
 
 51 " *John Bell, Adams, 156 
 
 142 1829 *Benjamin Pierce, Jack,, 175 
 
 176 " John Bell, Adams, 101 
 
 217 1830 *Matthew Harvey, Jack., 188 
 
 236 " Timothy Upham, Adams, 81 
 
 185 1831 *Samuel Dinsmoor, Jack., 196 
 
 32 " Ichabod Bartlett, Adams, 101 
 
 151 1832 *Samuel Dinsmoor, Jack., 191 
 
 34 " Ichabod Bartlett, Adams, 29 
 
 8 1833 *Samuel Dinsmoor, Jack., 204 
 
218 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 1833 Arthur Livermore, Adams, 
 
 2 
 
 1834 * William Badger, Dem., 
 
 229 
 
 1835 *Wimam Badger, Dem., 
 
 200 
 
 1836 *Isaac Hill, Dem., 
 
 205 
 
 " George Sullivan, 
 
 49 
 
 1837 *Isaac Hill, Dem., 
 
 180 
 
 1838 *Isaac Hill, Dem., 
 
 239 
 
 " James Wilson, Whig, 
 
 124 
 
 1839 *John Page, Dem., 
 
 251 
 
 " James Wilson, Whig, 
 
 128 
 
 1840 *John Page, Dem., 
 
 238 
 
 " Enos Stevens, Whig, 
 
 112 
 
 1841 *John Page, Dem., 
 
 225 
 
 " Enos Stevens, Whig, 
 
 111 
 
 1842 *Henry Hubbard, Denv, 
 
 231 
 
 " John H. White, Ind. D., 
 
 48 
 
 " Enos Stevens, Whig, 
 
 30 
 
 " Daniel Hoit, F. S., 
 
 18 
 
 1843 *Henry Hubbard, Dem., 
 
 219 
 
 Anthony Colby, Whig, 
 
 45 
 
 " Daniel Hoit, F. S., 
 
 20 
 
 1844 *John H. Steele, Dem., 
 
 218 
 
 " Anthony Colby, Whig, 
 
 53 
 
 ■' Daniel Hoit, F. S., 
 
 37 
 
 1845 *John H. Steele, Dem., 
 
 183 
 
 " Anthony Colby, Whig, 
 
 52 
 
 " Daniel Hoit, F. S., 
 
 43 
 
 1846 Jared W. Williams, Dem., 
 
 217 
 
 " * Anthony Colby, Whig, 
 
 78 
 
 " Nathaniel S. Berry, F. S., 
 
 36 
 
 1847 * Jared W. Williams, Dem. 
 
 245 
 
 " Anthony Colby, Whig, 
 
 89 
 
 " Nathaniel S. Berry, F. S., 
 
 38 
 
 1848 *Jared W. Williams, Dem., 
 
 236 
 
 " Nathaniel S. Berry, F. S., 
 
 116 
 
 1849 *Samuel Dinsmoor, Dem., 
 
 243 
 
 " Levi Chamberlain, Whig, 
 
 77 
 
 " Nathaniel S. Berry, F. S., 
 
 34 
 
 1850 *Samuel Dinsmoor, Dem., 
 
 228 
 
 " Levi Chamberlain, Whig, 
 
 50 
 
 " Nathaniel S. Berry, F. S., 
 
 38 
 
 1851 *Samuel Dinsmoor, Dem., 
 
 214 
 
 " Thomas E. Sawyer, Whig, 
 
 68 
 
 " John Atwood, F. S., 
 
 62 
 
 1852 *Noah Martin, Dem., 
 
 250 
 
 " Thomas E. Sawyer, Whig, 74 
 
 " John Atwood, F. S., 
 
 62 
 
 1853 *Noah Martin, Dem., 
 
 244 
 
 " John H. White, F. S., 
 
 73 
 
 1853 James Bell, Whig, 52 
 
 1854 *NathanielB. Balier, Dem., 240 
 " James Bell, Whig, 45 
 " Jailed Perkins, F. S., 84 
 
 1855 Nathaniel B. Baker, Dem., 226 
 " *Ralph Metcalf, 210 
 
 1856 John S.Wells, Dem., 232 
 " *Ralph Metcalf, Am., 201 
 
 1857 * William Haile, Rep., 207 
 " John S. Wells, Dem., 209 
 
 1858 AsaP. Cate, Dem., 233 
 " *William Haile, Rep., 201 
 
 1859 Asa P. Cate, Dem., 228 
 " *Ichabod Goodwin, Rep., 166 
 
 1860 Asa P. Clate, Dem., 244 
 " *Ichabod Goodwin, Rep., 191 
 
 1861 George Stark, Dem., 215 
 " *NathanielS. Berry, Rep., 184 
 
 1862 George Stark, Dem., 207 
 " *Nathaniel S. Berry, Rep., 142 
 
 1863 Ira A. Eastman, Dem., 230 
 " *Joseph A. Gilmore, Rep., 135 
 " Walter Harriman, Ind. D., 13 
 
 1864 Edward W. Harrington, D., 238 
 " *Joseph A. Gilmore, Rep., 167 
 
 1865 Edward W. Harrington, D., 211 
 " *Frederick Smyth, Rep., 135 
 
 1866 John G. Sinclair, Dem., 
 " *Frederick Smyth, Rep., 
 
 1867 John G. Sinclair, Dem., 
 " *Walter Harriman, Rep. 
 
 1868 *W alter Harriman, Rep., 
 " John G. Sinclair, Dem., 
 
 1869 John Bedel, Dem., 
 " * Onslow Stearns, Rep., 
 
 1870 *Onslow Stearns, Rep., 
 " John Bedel, Dem., 
 
 1871 *Onslow Stearns, Rep., 
 " John Bedel, Dem., 
 
 1872 *EzekielA. Straw, Rep., 
 " James A. Weston, Dem., 
 
 1873 James A. Weston, Dem., 
 " *BzekielA. Straw, Rep., 
 
 1874 Luther McCutchings, Rep., 134 
 " * James A. Weston, Dem., 224 
 
 1875 *Person C. Cheney, Rep., 
 " Hiram C. Roberts, Dem., 
 
 1876 Daniel Marcy, Dem., 
 " Person C. Cheney, Rep, 
 
 227 
 137 
 229 
 148 
 180 
 248 
 214 
 142 
 163 
 207 
 153 
 207 
 148 
 242 
 202 
 106 
 
 154 
 238 
 241 
 167 
 
ELECTORAL VOTES. 
 
 219 
 
 1876 Asa S. Kendall, Temp., 
 
 1877 Daniel Marcy, Dem., 
 " Asa S. Kendall, Temp., 
 " *Beniamin F. Prescott, Eep, 
 
 1878 *Beiijamin F. Prescott, Eep. 
 " Frank A. McKean, Dem., 
 
 1879 *NattHead, Eep., 
 " Frank A. McKean, Dem., 
 
 1880 Frank Jones, Dem., 
 " *Cliarles H. Bell, Eep., 
 " Warren G.Brown, Greenback, 28 
 1882 Martin V. B. Edgerly , Dem. , 244 
 
 9 
 
 1882 
 
 222 
 
 (( 
 
 15 
 
 1884 
 
 163 
 
 li 
 
 172 
 
 a 
 
 167 
 
 1886 
 
 153 
 
 it 
 
 169 
 
 •• 
 
 228 
 
 1888 
 
 196 
 
 (( 
 
 c, 28 
 
 1890 
 
 *Samuel W. Hale, Rep. , 99 
 
 John F.Woodbury, Gr'back,48 
 John M. Hill, Dem., 201 
 
 *Moody Currier, Eep. , 149 
 
 George Carpenter, Gr'back, 59 
 Thomas Cogswell, Dem., 172 
 
 *Charles H. Sawyer, Eep., 140 
 George Carpenter, Gr'back, 32 
 Charles H. Amsden, Dem., 228 
 
 *David H. Goodell, Eep., 181 
 Charles H. Amsden, Dem., 163 
 
 *Hiram A. Tuttle, Eep., 130 
 
 The following are the Votes for Presidential Candidates 
 
 SINCE 1816. 
 
 electoral votes. 
 
 1816 James Monroe, Eep. , 
 Fed., 
 
 1820 James Monroe, Eep., 
 
 1824 J. Q. Adams, Whig, 
 " Henry Clay, Whig, 
 " Andrew Jackson, Dem., 
 
 1828 Andrew Jackson, Dem., 
 " J. Q. Adams, Whig, 
 
 1832 Andrew Jackson, Dem., 
 " Henry Clay, Whig, 
 
 1836 Martin Van Buren, Dem., 
 " W. H. Harrison, Whig, 
 
 1840 M. Van Buren, Dem., 
 " W. H. Harrison, Whig, 
 
 1844 James K. Polk, Dem., 
 " Henry Clay, Whig, 
 " J. G. Birney, Lib., 
 
 1848 Zachary Taylor, Whig, 
 " Lewis Cass, Dem., 
 " J. G. Birney, Lib., 
 
 1852 Franklin Pierce, Dem. , 
 " Wlnfield Scott, Whig, 
 " John P. Hale, Free Soil, 
 
 1856 James Buchanan, Dem., 
 " John C. Fremont, Eep., 
 " Millard Fillmore, Whig, 
 
 150 
 
 1860 
 
 63 
 
 H 
 
 98 
 
 tl 
 
 72 
 
 t* 
 
 25 
 
 1864 
 
 49 
 
 (( 
 
 159 
 
 1868 
 
 155 
 
 (C 
 
 197 
 
 1872 
 
 116 
 
 (C 
 
 139 
 
 
 45 
 
 1876 
 
 244 
 
 11 
 
 143 
 
 
 211 
 
 1880 
 
 81 
 
 (I 
 
 33 
 
 
 55 
 
 
 217 
 
 1884 
 
 72 
 
 " 
 
 232 
 
 " 
 
 57 
 
 " 
 
 62 
 
 1888 
 
 229 
 
 11 
 
 216 
 
 (( 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 Abraham Lincoln, Rep., 214 
 
 S. A. Douglas, Dem., 195 
 
 J. C. Breckenridge, Dem., 18 
 
 John Bell, Whig, 1 
 
 Abraham Lincoln, Eep., 154 
 
 Geo. B. McClellan, Dem., 260 
 
 U. S. Grant, Eep., 168 
 
 H. Seymour, Dem., 235 
 
 U. S. Grant, Eep., 151 
 
 Horace Greeley, Dem., 198 
 
 Scattering, 3 
 
 Samuel J. Tilden, Dem., 251 
 
 E. B. Hayes, Eep., 178 
 
 Scattering, 2 
 
 W. S. Hancock, Dem., 228 
 
 J. A. Garfield, Eep., 198 
 
 Weaver, Greenback, 28 
 
 Scattering, 1 
 
 Grover Cleveland, Dem., 196 
 
 James G. Blaine, Rep., 161 
 Benj. F. Butler, Greenback. 55 
 
 St. John, Prohibition, 3 
 
 Grover Cleveland, Dem., 228 
 
 Benj. Harrison, Eep., 183 
 
 J. A. Streeter, Greenback, 22 
 Clinton B. Fisk, Prohibition, 2 
 
CHAPTEK IX. 
 
 Swanzey Industries. 
 
 Industries of West Swanzey — Factory Village — East Swanzey— West- 
 port— Spragukville — Swanzey Center — Graves' Placte — Wilcox 
 Shop — Lane Mill — On Bridge Brook — Other Mills — Stokes — Hotels 
 — Brick-making — Tanneries — Palm-Leaf Hats. 
 
 WHILE agriculture has always been the leading pursuit of the 
 people in Swanzey, the manufacturing interests, in some re- 
 spects, have been hardly less important. The streams of water are 
 well adapted to furnish the propelling power for machinery and the 
 pine forests have always supplied abundant material for the manufac- 
 ture of wooden ware. 
 
 This chapter is principally devoted to a detailed statement of man- 
 ufacturing in the different localities in town. 
 
 ■west swanzey. 
 One of the first measures the proprietors of Lower Ashuelot took 
 into consideration after the township had been organized was to have 
 a saw-mill built at the Upper "Great Falls" at West Swanzey. At a 
 meeting of the proprietors held at Concord, Mass., March 16, 1736, 
 the following vote was passed : "That two hundred acres of land ad- 
 joining to the Upper Great Falls in the Great River, to lay as con- 
 venient as may be to said falls, be laid out to Ephraim Jones his 
 heirs and assigns at his or their cost, upon condition that he the said 
 Ephraim Jones, his heirs or assigns shall build a good saw-mill at said 
 falls on or before the 15th day of August next, and maintain it ten years 
 at least, and to saw for and sell boards to the proprietors at the same 
 price they generally ai-e at other places. Said land to be laid out by 
 the committee and surveyor which shall be chosen to lay out the next 
 division of land, and to include said falls ; reserving free liberty for the 
 setting up a grist-mill at said place when the proprietors shall think 
 it necessary. If he, the said Ephraim Jones, his heirs or assigns 
 ("who are to have the liberty before any other) shall decline it, and 
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SWANZEY INDUSTRIES. 221 
 
 if at the end of said ten years or any time forward said Ephraim 
 Jones, his heirs or assigns, shall neglect or refuse to keep up and 
 maintain a saw-mill at said place, then the privilege conveniency for 
 a saw-mill at said place to revert to the proprietors." 
 
 Mr. Jones built the saw-mill on the east side of the river, at the low- 
 er part of the falls. The dam was a number of rods beloW where 
 the present one stands, and some part of the old structure can be seen 
 at each bank of the river. 
 
 At a proprietors' meeting held the sixth day of November, 1738, 
 the following votes were passed to encourage Mr. Jones to build a 
 grist-mill near his saw-mill. " Voted to raise the sum of forty shillings 
 on each right, or the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds for en- 
 couragement towards building a grist-mill upon the Great River near 
 to where the saw-mill now stands in said township, to him or them that 
 shall appear to enter into bonds to build the same, on or before the 
 first day of Sept. next ensuing. Voted and chose three men to be a 
 committee to agree with John Shepard who appears (in the name of 
 Ephraim Jones of Concord) to enter into bonds to build a grist-mill 
 as above mentioned. 
 
 Voted, That Samuel Gunn, Thomas Cresson and Benjamin Brown 
 be a committee to give bonds to said John Shepard to pay him the 
 money that was voted to be raised for encouragement towards build- 
 ing said grist-mill, and to take a bond of said John Shepard to oblige* 
 him to build said mills on or before the first day of September above 
 said." 
 
 We have no knowledge how long it was before the mills were de- 
 stroyed but probably they were burned in 1747 by the Indians at the 
 same time they burned the buildings at the Center. 
 
 It is not known that any other buildings were erected at West 
 Swanzey, beside.s the mills, before the township was abandoned. The 
 fact that there is no evidence that the proprietors built a fort there 
 for the protection of inhabitants, goes to show that none had estab- 
 lished themselves there permanently. The laborers in the mills and 
 such as had commenced to improve their land depended upon repair- 
 ing to the forts at the Center for protection in case of danger. 
 
 Ephraim Jones, who built the first mills, never lived permanently in 
 the township. Before the settlers commenced to rebuild where their 
 buildings had been destroyed he had died, and his possessions revert- 
 ed to the proprietors as he had not maintained his mills long enough 
 to give his heirs a clear title. 
 
 After the abandonment of the township nearly thirteen years 
 
222 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 elapsed before successful efforts were made by the proprietors to re- 
 build the mills. 
 
 Joseph Whitcomb and his son Joseph had settled in the east part 
 of Swanzey previous to 1760 ; probably they had obtained the right 
 to the falls at West Swanzey previous to a meeting of the proprietors 
 held March 4, 1760, to act upon the following article : ''To see if they 
 will grant to Capt. Joseph Whitcomb, and to any that shall join with 
 him, four acres of land upon his or their own right for a mill yard." 
 
 The action of the proprietors upon the article Was as follovrs : 
 " Voted To Capt. Joseph Whitcomb and his partners four acres of land 
 to lay out upon his or their right, on condition that he or they shall 
 build a saw-mill within two or three years from this time." 
 
 The above grant may have been included in the land on each side 
 of the falls, on the east side of which Capt.- Joseph Whitcomb and his 
 oldest son Joseph immediately erected a saw-mill and grist-mill. 
 
 Joseph Whitcomb, jr., was the most prominent business man at 
 West Swanzey between the years 1760 and 1790. Previous to his 
 removal to Grafton, Vt., he executed the following conveyances of 
 his property at different times : To Joseph and Abigail Whitcomb all 
 his interest in that part of the Mill Farm on the west side of Asliuelot 
 river June 1, 1780 ; to Benjamin Wilson six and one-half acres of 
 land on the east side of the river and one-half of the saw-mill thereon, 
 "March 1, 1785 ; to Otis Capron a piece of land on the east side of 
 the river for erecting a fulling-mill with the privilege of taking water 
 out of the grist-mill flume, March 1, 1786 ; to Abijah Whitcomb, 
 one-half his grist-mill March 3, 1788 ; to his son Joseph Whitcomb, 
 3d, all the Mill Farm which he owned, March 23, 1789 ; to Philemon 
 Whitcomb one acre of land upon which the forge stood and the water 
 power connected with it Sept. 2, 1790. The forge was upon the west 
 side of the river, and the deed was executed after Mr. Whitcomb had 
 removed to Grafton, Vermont. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Whitcomb and his son Abijah were the first to build 
 mills on the west side of the river. They commenced about 1771, 
 and owned the property until 1790, when they sold to Philemon Whit- 
 comb. 
 
 The operations of the Whitcombs at West Swanzey were confined 
 a number of years to the four acres given them by the proprietors of 
 the township, and to building mills on each side of the river. 
 
 One of the original proprietors of Lower Ashuelot was James Hea- 
 ton of Wrentliam, Mass. He did not settle in the township, but his 
 son James Heaton, 2d, did. The senior James Heaton became the 
 
SWANZEY INDUSTRIES. 223 
 
 owner of the original Mill Farm after the proprietors had voted four 
 acres of it to Capt. Joseph "Whitcomb and his partners, and also of 
 other lots of land adjoining the Mill Farm on the west side of the 
 river, lying at the south and west of it. These lots and the original 
 Mill Farm contained over four hundred acres and was known as the 
 "Mill Farm," as had been the two hundred acres conveyed to Ephraim 
 Jones conditionally. 
 
 James Heaton, 2d, died in the township Aug. 14, 1753, leaving four 
 sons to whom he bequeathed the Mill Farm, which was ultimately all 
 bought up by the Whitcombs. 
 
 Joseph Whitcomb, 1st, bought 200 acres on the west side of the 
 river in Sept., 1770, and 33 acres in 1773. Joseph Wliitcomb, 2nd, 
 bought the 80 acres on the east side of the river in 1773. Abijah 
 Whitcomb bought 100 acres June 10, 1773. 
 
 Otis Capron bought a plot of the Whitcombs for a fulling-mill on 
 the east side of the river and the right to draw water from the flume 
 of the grist-mill suflBcient to operate the mill March 16, 1786. Mr. 
 Capron, liaving erected a mill, sold it Dec. 11, 1789, to Eichard 
 Stratton. 
 
 Mr. Stratton carried on the cloth-dressing business down to the 
 time he sold it to his son John, who continued the business by hiring 
 an experienced journeyman and apprenticing his son Isaac to the 
 business. 
 
 After Isaac reached his majority one-half the fulling-mill was con- 
 veyed to him and later the other half to his brother Alfred. About 
 the year 1839 the brothers put a carding machine into their mill which 
 for a time they operated in connection with cloth-dressing. 
 
 As early as 1842 cloth-dressing had been discontinued and making 
 wooden ware commenced. At first, pails and sap-tubs were made, 
 followed by changing the machinery for maldng covered buckets. To 
 ]«aac and Alfred Stratton belongs the credit of being the first persons 
 to make covered buckets by machinery anywhere. They did not find 
 encouraging sales for their ware. The trade had long been accus- 
 tomed to hand-made goods ; they closed up the business and sold the 
 machinery. About 1848 wool carding was discontinued. 
 
 April 6, 1803, Benjamin Wilson sold his half of the saw-mill which 
 he bought in 1785 to his son, John Wilson, who in August, 1807, sold 
 it to Richard Stratton. John Stratton obtained this half of the saw- 
 mill of his father. Philemon Whitcomb became the owner of his 
 father's half of the old saw-mill and conveyed it to his son Abijah 
 under date of Oct. 4, 1823. Samuel Stearns bought this half of the 
 
224 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 mill in 1827 ; Isaac Stratton bought Stearns' half and afterwards con- 
 veyed it to his father. After this conveyance John Stratton contin- 
 ued in possession of the property until he sold to the Stratton Mills 
 Co. in 1866. 
 
 Probably Joseph Whitcomb and his son Abijah commenced to build 
 a saw-mill on the west side of the river in 1770, and continued in pos- 
 session of the property until 1790. At this time they owned a grist- 
 mill on the same side of the river. Doubtless this grist-mill took the 
 place of the one that was previously built on the east side. 
 
 In 1790, Philemon Whitcomb bought these mills of his father and 
 his brother Abijah. He conveyed, June 4, 1819, three-fourths of the 
 mills to his son Benjamin, and to his son Philemon, one-fourth, Oct. 
 3, 1823. Five days after Philemon Whitcomb, 2d, took a deed of 
 one-fourth of.the mills, he sold to his brother Benjamin. 
 
 Benjamin Whitcomb, 2d, became the owner of these mills and sold 
 them July 30, 1853, to John Stratton, Alfred Stratton and John 
 Stratton, jr. 
 
 One-half of the foi:ge property which Philemon Whitcomb bought in 
 1789 of his brother Joseph he conveyed to his son Jotham in 1807; 
 the other half was owned at one time by his daughter Damaris, Mrs. 
 Frink. Nov. 19, 1821, Samuel Stearns bought of Jonathan Holbrook 
 one-half of this property, and Jan. 13, 1824, Benjamin Whitcomb 
 bought one-half of it of Philemon Whitcomb, 2d. It is presumed 
 that Benjamin Whitcomb became ultimately the owner of the site upon 
 which the forge was built, and the water power belonging to it. 
 
 In 1848 Alfred Stratton sold his half of the fulling-mill property to 
 his brother John. In 1850 Isaac Stratton sold his half to his father 
 and brother Alfred. Before 1850 the making of wooden ware and 
 wool carding had been discontinued at this place, and Alfred and 
 John Stratton, jr., were engaged here in the pelting business. 
 
 Isaac Stratton built a steam mill near the Baptist meeting-house^n 
 1850 and sold it to Asa S. Kendall in 1867. Mr. Stratton used the 
 mill mostly for manufacturing lumber, having a saw-mill and other 
 fixtures necessary for such business. He had been engaged a few 
 years previous to selling in hides. 
 
 Mr. Kendall made such changes and improvements as were neces- 
 sary to enable him to do a large business at tanning and currying. 
 He continued the business until 1882, and during these years em- 
 ployed a large number of hands. 
 
 For the purpose of carrying on the lumbering business, John Strat- 
 ton, in 1849, took as a partner his son-in-law Amos F. Fish. Where 
 
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SWANZET INDUSTRIES. 225 
 
 the old saw-mill stoo'd, they built a large shop to be used for a saw- 
 mill and variousothermanufactnving purposes. Soon after the build- 
 ing was flnislied Elliot Hammond put in machinery for making doors, 
 sash and blinds ; George W. Alexander and Benjamin Marvin, machin- 
 ery for mannfacturing chair stock ; E. F. Read, machinery for making 
 boot forms. In a few years Alexander and Marvin discontinued man- 
 ufacturing chair stock, and Alanson S. Whitcomb and Levi Cross 
 leased the room and commenced making brush woods. 
 
 In 1852, Franklin Holman commenced making buckets, in John 
 Stratton's new mill. Tlie next year E. F. Read entered into partner- 
 ship with Holman for carrying on the same business. This partner- 
 sliip continued until 1865, when Holman sold to Read who continued 
 the business alone. 
 
 In 1856, E F. Read and Elliot W. Lane formed a partnership, and 
 added manufacturing of pails to that of buckets. Tliis partnership 
 continued only a few months when Lane withdrew and Read contin- 
 ued alone until 1863, when he sold one-half of the business to Joseph 
 L. Parker. 
 
 In 1865, Read and Parker dissolved their partnership and divided 
 their business ; Read took the bucket part of the business and Parker 
 the pail part. Read sold the bucket business in 1867 to John Starkey 
 and Oscar J. Howard ; and Parker, at a later date, sold tlie pail busi- 
 ness to Elisha Munsell, jr. Henry Abbott bought the bucket busi- 
 ness of Starkey and Howard, 
 
 In the spring of 1873, a new company was formed for manufacturing 
 wooden ware at West Swanzey, to be known as E. F. Read & Co. 
 The partners were Stratton Mills Co., Charles L. Russell and E. F. 
 Read. This company bought the pail business of Munsell and the 
 bucket business of Abbott. At tlie expiration of three years Read 
 sold his interest in the business to George E. Whitcomb and the firm 
 name was changed to C. L. Russell and Co. In 1885 Russell & Whit- 
 comb bought the interest of the Stratton Mills Co. 
 
 Russell & Whitcomb have had ample means, and have done a large 
 and successful business. They have leased their mill of the West 
 Swanzey Manf. Co. They have a large store liouse near the rail- 
 road. It takes about 2000 cords of pine saplings and a large quanti- 
 ty of hard wood timber to stock their mill annually. They employ 
 forty hands. 
 
 Frank L. Snow built a steam mill in 1882 near the railroad, and 
 commenced to manufacture lumber, and in 1882, Solon W. Snow & 
 Sons began to make boxes in the mill. In 1883 the mill was burned 
 15 
 
226 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 and rebuilt in 1884. In 1884 Mr. Snow commenced to make pails in 
 his mill ; be uses some 1500 cords of sapling pines a year for his pail 
 business and employs twenty-five hands. 
 
 The grist-mill of Eames and Towne, the motive power of which is 
 furnished from Snow's steam-mill, was built in 1884. 
 
 The first firm that made boxes at West Swanzey was John Strat- 
 ton, 2d, Alfred Stratton and a Mr. Jaquith. They commenced 
 the business about 1854 in the old fulling-mill building, which was 
 owned at the time by John Stratton. The two brothers bought the 
 bnilding of their father in May, 1858, and sold it to Francis Morse, 
 Daniel Snow, and Gilbert S. Howard Oct. 1, 1858, and also sold to 
 them their box business. This firm continued until 1863, when Morse 
 sold out to his partners, having been in company witli the Strattons 
 in the business some time before his partnership with Snow and 
 Howard. 
 
 Since 1863 the following firms have carried on tlie box business at 
 this place : Daniel Snow & Gilbert S. Howard ; Daniel Snow & Fran- 
 cis Morse ; Abner Thompson & Solon W. Snow ; Daniel Snow & 
 Solon W. Snow ; Elisha Munsell & Frank L. Snow ; Obadiah Sprague 
 & Solon W. Snow; Obadiah Sprague & Orlow E. Parsons; Orlow E. 
 Parsons, George E. Whitcomb & Arthur H. "Whitcomb. Fifteen 
 hands are employed and 450 cords of timber used annually. 
 
 Since 1882 Solon W. Snow and bis son E. H. Snow have been maa- 
 iifacturing boxes at Frank L. Snow's steam-mill. They employ sev- 
 enteen hands and work up five hundred cords of pine timber annually. 
 
 After the Strattons bought the Whitcomb mill on the west side of 
 the river in 1853 the old saw- and grist-mill was taken down and a 
 large substantial building built at the same place. The lower part of 
 the new mill was designed for a grist-mill and the upper part for man- 
 ufacturing woollen goods. John Stratton, 2d, had the manage- 
 ment of erecting the building and putting in a grist-mill which bad a 
 capacity for doing a large amount of milling. He formed a partner- 
 ship with his brother-in-law, Jothara W. Frink, for manufacturing 
 woollen goods, the firm name being J. W. Frink & Co. This firm 
 carried on the manufacturing a number of years previous to its sale 
 to the Stratton Mills Co. 
 
 In 1866 Laton Martin, Obed G. Dort, John Bowker and Obadiah 
 Sprague formed a copartnership for the purpose of purchasing all the 
 .mill and water power at West Swanzey, and for manufacturing woollen 
 and cotton goods, lumber and wooden ware. John Stratton owned 
 all the mills on each side of the river except the old fulling-mill, which 
 
SWANZEY INDUSTRIES. 227 
 
 was owned by Daniel Snow and Gilbert S. Howard. The company 
 took deeds of all these mills Jan. 24, 1866, and also bought adjoin- 
 ing land of Abraham Stearns, and a blacksmith shop of Ira Hooper. 
 Tlie company adopted the name of Stratton Mills Co., and commenced 
 business with a capital of forty thousand dollars. In 1868 a new mill 
 was built of brick, seventy feet in length and thirty-five in breadth. 
 The grist-mill was taken out about 1862. Building the new mill and 
 taking out the grist-mill gave room for double the business that was 
 had at the commencement. The old fulling-mill was rebuilt in 1876, 
 and has been leased to different firms for making boxes. Firms en- 
 gaged in making wooden ware have leased the mill since it was bought 
 by the Stratton Mills Co. in 1866. Sprague and Martin bought Dort's 
 interest. 
 
 March 16, 1887, the property of the Stratton Mills Co. was merged 
 into a stock company and the name changed to West Swanzey Man- 
 ufacturing Co. The capital of the stock company was made thirty- 
 four thousand dollars, of which Ansel Dickinson of Winchester took 
 fifteen thousand and was made president of the company. 
 
 Mr. Sprague has been the treasurer and manager of both companies, 
 excepting some three years when he was building and operating the 
 mills at Spragueville. 
 
 The goods that have been made have consisted of black and grey 
 beaver cloth, cashmeretts and flannels. The company emploj^ fifty 
 bands. 
 
 The main bnildings of the company are the woollen mill, 50 X 76 
 ft., three stories and basement; brick miH, 50 X 65 ft., two stories 
 and basement ; box shop, 60 X 50 ft., two stories ; pail shop, 100 X 40 
 ft., two stories which was rebuilt in 1881 and a store house near the 
 west end of the bridge. 
 
 The first store at West Swanzey was built in 1803 by Abraham 
 Stearns where Mrs. Asa S. Kendall resides. In 1807 Mr. Stearns 
 had as a partner in trade Abijah, his eldest son. In 1808 Asaph 
 Stearns became a partner of his brother Abijah. Doubtless the senior 
 Stearns carried on business here at a later date and had the assistance 
 of his sons John, Abraham and Samuel. The last of the family that 
 was in business here was Samuel Stearns and his brother-in-law Joel 
 Eaton. Joseph Hammond, jr., carried on business in this store in 1850 
 and 1851. 
 
 John Stratton built a store about 1827 where the Universalist church 
 now stands, and formed a partnership with Jonathan Whitcomb, 3rd, 
 which continued about two years. Mr. Whitcomb was alone in busi- 
 ness in 1829. The occupants during the years 1830-32 were Jonathan 
 
228 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 and Hiram Whitcomb. Everson Cook did business there from 1834 to 
 1838. 
 
 Mr. Cook built a store on the west side of the river in 1838, and 
 occupied it until 1846. He connected a tailoring establishment with 
 it and sold to Amos F. and Ezra T. Fish in 1846. They sold in 1849 
 to Jotham W. Frink who carried on business there until 1865. The 
 subsequent occupants have been Paul F. Aldrich, jr., to 1871, and 
 Salmon H. Fox to 1890. 
 
 Joseph Hammond, jr., built a store near the Baptist meeting-house in 
 1852 and was in business there until he sold it to Paul F. Aldrich, 3rd, 
 in 1863, excepting the year 1857, when he leased it to D. G. Mason. 
 Mr. Aldrich occupied the store until he sold it in 1865 to Joseph Ware, 
 who after doing business about two years sold to Frank L. Snow, who, 
 after being in business some three 5-ears exchanged it with A. S. 
 Kendall for the old No. 11 school-house. 
 
 This building was moved by Mr. Snow to the east side of Railroad 
 street and fitted up for a store in 1880. He continued in business 
 until 1883, when he leased it to C. C. Brooks, later to J. L. Parker, 
 and in 1885 sold to C. L. Russell and G. E. Whitcomb who sold to 
 Salmon H. Fox in 1887. 
 
 The West Swanzey Manufacturing Co. fitted up a store in 1889 on 
 the west side of the river, near the bridge which is now occupied by 
 A. A. Emery for the sale of dry goods and groceries. 
 
 The house now owned by Mrs. Asa S. Kendall was built about 1810 
 by Abraham Stearns for a tavern, and was managed many years by 
 him and his sons. John Grimes, 2nd, was in control of the property 
 in 1825, and Silas Brewer in 1832 ; subsequent owners have been Josiah 
 Woodward, Leonard Whitcomb, John Starkey and David Wilson. 
 The last man that kept a public house here was a Mr. Richards. 
 
 Everson Cook and Joseph Hammondl, jr., built the hotel on the west 
 side of the river in 1840. Mr. Cook bought Hammond's interest in 
 1841 and managed the house until he sold to Amos F. and Ezra T. 
 Fish in 1846. The following persons have been in possession of this 
 hotel since it was bought by the Fish brothers : Francis Morse, 1847 ; 
 Adoniram J. Aldrich, W. G. Owen, 1849; Moses Kinney, 1851; 
 Samuel Mattoon, 1857; Albert G. Hill, 1860; Henry Starkey, jr., 
 1865 ; Homer Evans and family since the last date. 
 
 A FAMILY OP BLACKSMITHS. 
 
 Shubael Seaver, a blacksmith, bought lot No. 25 in the fourth range, 
 Sept. 25, 1783. He settled upon this lot which was in the east part 
 of West Swanzey. Of his descendants who have been blacksmiths 
 
SWANZET INDUSTRIES. 229 
 
 are liis sons Shubael, William Hyde and John ; his grandsons Shubael 
 and Luman W., and his great-grandson Luman B. 
 
 Other blacksmiths at West Swanzey have been Zadock Taft, Lucius 
 Taft, Moses Kenney, George Hamblet, Lorenzo R. Holbrook, Alfred 
 Seaver, L'a Hooper, Amos H. Freeman and Frank 0. Dodge. 
 
 SWANZET FACTORY VILLAGE. 
 
 The first mills in Swanzey, after the town was re-settled, were 
 built at Swanzey Factory by David Belding, Joshua Graves, Elisha 
 Scott and Abner Graves. 
 
 The proprietors of Keene encouraged the building of these mills by 
 granting to the above-named men. May 29, 1759, as follows : "The 
 liberty to turn the water of the stream known by the name of the East 
 Branch, in the most convenient place for the use of a saw-mill and 
 corn-mill, and shall have the liberty and privilege of said stream so 
 much as to be sufficient to support said mills so long and upon these 
 conditions hereafter named, viz. : That they will, in the space of two 
 years time, build and fit a good saw-mill and corn-mill, and that the 
 inhabitants and residents of the town of Keene shall have as good 
 privileges both in sawing and grinding as the inhabitants of Swanzey 
 — passable logs to be sawed for the value of the one-half of the boards 
 from time to time and at all times ; and when the abovesaid gentle- 
 men shall cease or neglect to keep mills there in good repair, to answer 
 the necessity of this township for sawing and grinding, then said 
 privilege to return to this propriety again." 
 
 The proprietors of Swanzey held a meeting at the meeting-house 
 June 1, 1759, and, to encourage these men in the undertaking, voted 
 to give them "fifty acres of land to be laid out to said undertakers so 
 as to accommodate the mills they engage to build and keep in good re- 
 pair for the space of ten years, to grind and saw as is the common cus- 
 tom at other mills, or otherwise the land to return to the proprietors 
 again." 
 
 Abraham Graves, William Carr and Jonathan Hammond were 
 chosen a committee to lay out the land. The layout was irregular in 
 form, extending from Keene line southwesterly so as to include the 
 entire privilege. 
 
 After the digging of the canal and the erection of the mills on the 
 land thus conveyed, David Belding, on the 16th of September, 1761, 
 conveyed one-fourth of the saw- and grist-mill to Joshua and Abner 
 Graves ; later, having bought the fourth interest of Elisha Scott, they 
 became sole proprietors of the mills, Feb. 28, 1765. In Feb. 16, 
 1767, Abner Graves sold his interest to David Griffith, who sold one- 
 
230 HISTORY OP SWANZEY. 
 
 half of his right to William Griffith ; Aug. 21, 1799, David Twitchell 
 and Willard Aldrich purchased the half interest of Joshua Graves, 
 and in October the same j'ear, bouglit the other half of David and "Wil- 
 liam Griffith. Later, Selah Smead became an owner in said mills. Still 
 later, Nathaniel Cummings, Aug. 22, 1805, became owner, and sold 
 to Daniel Adams May 2, 1809 ; and Jan. 30, 1811, it came into pos- 
 session of the Swanzey Factory Co. This company was chartered by 
 the legislature June 16, 1810, with a capital of $40,000, for the pur- 
 pose of "spinning cotton and woolen yarn or weaving the same into 
 cloth." 
 
 The corporate members of the company were Samuel Dinsmore, 
 Aquilla Earasdell, Josiah Woodward, William C. Belding, John 
 Thompson and associates. 
 
 At first only cotton yarn was made. At this time weaving cotton 
 cloth by the power loom had not been successfully accomplished, and 
 yarn was distributed among families to be woven with the hand-loom. 
 Some years after the mill was built looms were put into it for weav- 
 ing. William Ryder became a stockholder and a manager of the 
 mill soon after it was built. It 1822 and later John Chamberlain had 
 the management of it. Some of the men engaged in operating the 
 mill at different times between 1830 and 1848, when the mill was 
 burned, were Archer Campbell, 1832; George Oliver, 1835; Jarvis 
 Bates and brothers, 1840; W. F. & A. P. Barnes, 1847-1848. 
 
 The saw-mill, with machinery for manufacturing pail stock, the 
 grist-mill and the mechanical shop, while owned by the factory cor- 
 poration, usually had a separate management from that of the factory. 
 David Page was the occupant of the mechanical shop for a long time. 
 Jonathan Martin was the chief miller from 1820 to the time of his 
 death in 1832. 
 
 May 13, 1813, Jonathan Locke bought a water power of the pro- 
 prietors of the cotton factory for a cloth-dressing establishment, and 
 leased of them a piece of land upon which to erect the buildings. He 
 built and carried on the business a number of years, when on ac- 
 count of some dissatisfaction he bought the property at what is now 
 Spragueville and moved his building and machinery there. 
 
 After the cotton factory was burned, Abel Bowers of Leominster, 
 Mass., bought, July 10, 1849, what was left of the corporation prop- 
 ertj', which consisted of a saw-mill, grist-mill, a shop and two dwell- 
 ing houses, and which was in rather a dilapidated condition. The 
 men who executed the deed were John Wood, A. & T. Hall, Levi 
 Willard, Samuel Dinsmore, Aaron Appleton, John Elliot, Samuel 
 Wood, Eliphalet Briggs, Samuel Cooper and Salma Hale. 
 
SWANZEY INDUSTRIES. 231 
 
 Mr. Bowers engaged in making combs. He sold the shop and comb 
 business Nov. 20, 1850, to Anson Low of Clinton, Mass., and tlie 
 saw- and grist-mill, March 4, 1852, to Daniel Thompson and Elbridge 
 G. "Whitcomb of Keene. 
 
 After the mills were bought by Thompson and Whitcomb, they 
 were for a time occupied by Alonzo and Benjamin Wilson. 
 
 Orren Dickinson bought the comb shop of Mr. Low, Nov. 5, 1851, 
 and continued to own the plat during his life. He built a large sub- 
 stantial building where the corab shop stood, soon after making the 
 pui'chase. He has used the building for a grist-mill and for a manu- 
 factory of doors, sash and blinds. In the grist-mill there lias been 
 done a large amount of milling, and in the shop a numbei; of hands 
 have been employed most of the time in manufacturing either doors, 
 sash or blinds. Some of Mr. Dickinson's sons have been connected 
 with him in the business a number of years past, and some of the time 
 he has had Timothy Sherman also for a partner. 
 
 Daniel Thompson deeded his half of the saw- and grist-mill to 
 Elbridge G. Whitcomb, May 23, 1853, and the next day Mr. Whit- 
 comb deeded them to Lewis Carpenter and Benjamin Wilson. Sept. 
 14, 1853, Asa B. Clark bought the mills of Carpenter and Wilson and 
 sold them to Carpenter Oct. 19, 1853. 
 
 While Mr. Carpenter owned the mills, they were burned and the 
 site sold to Franklin Holman, Aug. 8, 1854. 
 
 Mr. Holman rebuilt where the mills had been burned and sold to 
 Ephraim Murdock, June 27, 1856. There had been put into the build- 
 ing which Holman built, before he sold it, a saw-mill, a grist-mill with 
 three sets of stones, machinery for manufacturing pail stock and pails. 
 Soon after Mr. Murdock's purchase, the mill-stones were taken out 
 and the making of pails was not continued here by Murdock. 
 
 Mr. Murdock's purchase included the site where the cotton factory 
 stood, and he immediately built a shop here to be used for making 
 pails exclusively, and using the old grist- and saw-mill place for manu- 
 facturing his pail stock. The making of pails here was continued by 
 Mr. Murdock until a few years before his death, when he built a new 
 shop on lower ground a few rods to the west, into which the pail 
 machinery was placed, the old shop being used for painting and stor- 
 ing pails. 
 
 Mr. Murdock died in the spring of 1882, 'about twenty-six years 
 from the time he bought here. During this time he seldom stopped 
 his machinery unless it wastomakenecessary repairs, and the amount 
 of goods manufactured was large. The men associated with him as 
 
232 HISTOEY OF SWANZET. 
 
 partners or employed as foremen were William N. Nason, George W. 
 Tennej', Josepli N. Foristall and Edwin Parks. 
 
 George W. Garfield bongiit of the Murdoclc estate tiie establish- 
 ment in 1883 and sold it to Elisha Mnnsell in 1887. The amount of 
 goods made by Mr. Garfield annually was much less than that made 
 by Mr. Murdock. 
 
 Mr. Munsell has made such changes since lie bought that a much 
 larger amount of manufacturing can be done than was done by Mur- 
 dock, but, in part, of different goods. The mill built by Murdock on 
 the old factory site, has been moved and placed on the south end of 
 the last one which Murdock built, and has been fitted up for making 
 boxes. Tiie machinery in what was the pail shop has been changed 
 to machinery for making buckets and leased to George and Andrew 
 Fuller. A room has been fitted up in the saw-mill building for mak- 
 ing pails and has been leased to John P. Rust, who employs ten hands 
 and uses 500 cords of timber a j'ear. 
 
 H. J. Fowler is occupying the box shop. He employs fifteen hands 
 and uses 700 cords of timber annually. 
 
 The most noted public liouse in Swanzey is in this village. It was 
 known for a long time as the Underwood Tavern. It is probable that 
 it was opened to the public by Joshua Graves, 2d, about the time the 
 turnpike was built. Timothy Underwood, of Northboro', Mass., 
 bought it of Graves in 1816 and sold it May 11, 1816, to his brother 
 James Underwood, who owned it from this time until his death July 
 4, 1832. Subsequent owners or occupants have been Israel Brown, 
 Daniel W. Kimball, 1840 ; George W. Holbrook, 1843 ; Franklin Good- 
 now, 1847 ; Lewis Carpenter, Robert Hamilton, Percey and Lampson, 
 William I. Sawyer, 1859 ; Dana Fuller, 1872 ; George G. Bidwell, 
 Henry T. Bidwell, Albert N. Howe and his heirs. Howe bought the 
 stand in 1880 of Henry T. Bidwell. 
 
 The large house owned by Charles H. Forbusb was a public house 
 much of the time between 1800 and 1850. Jonathan Locke, Elisha 
 Simonds, Israel Brown and others occupied it for this purpose. 
 
 EAST SWANZEY. 
 
 Oct. 25, 1763, John Whitcomb bought three lots in that part of Swan- 
 zey which was taken from Richmond. The lots were No. 32 in the third 
 range, and Nos. 31 and 32 in the fourth range. Those in the fourth 
 range were bounded on the west by the east line that bounded Swan- 
 zey as it was first laid out. Mr. Whitcomb established his home- 
 stead near the southwest corner of lot No. 31, on the spot where 
 
SWANZEY INDUSTRIES. 233 
 
 Henry Bovven's buildings now stand. All the mills in East Swanzey 
 are on these Whitcomb lots. 
 
 Tiie first dam on the South Branch was built by Mr. Whitcomb 
 about 1780. It was located at the same place where that at Rams- 
 dell's upper privilege now stands. Adjacent to it at the same period 
 he built a saw-mill and a grist-mill. The mills were burned some 
 years after this, and rebuilt by Mr. Whitcomb. In 1802 he conveyed 
 them to his son Thomas, who, in 1803, sold them to Philo Sanford of 
 Medway, Mass. Joel Mellen bought them in 1806 and retained pos- 
 session of them till 1817, when he sold them to William Ryder and 
 Phineas Stone. Ryder and Stone built a two-story mill and dug a 
 canal for obtaining the water power. The mill was built where Rams- 
 dell's now stands. The grist-mill was put into the lower part, and 
 machinery for maldng cotton yarn into the upper part. In 1821 Mr. 
 Ryder sold to Henry Cooper. After this sale the making of cotton 
 yarn was discontinued. Mr. Cooper continued to own one-half of the 
 mill nearly two years when he sold to Phineas Stone, Dec. 24, 1822. 
 Mr. Stone, while he owned the mills, was engaged in mannfacturing 
 lumber for the market down the Connecticut river. April 18, 1825, 
 Mr. Stone sold to Lyman and Roswell Parker. 
 
 The Parkers engaged quite extensively in manufacturing lumber for 
 the Connecticut river trade. Into the room where cotton yarn bad 
 been made they put a carding machine. About 1829 the grist-mill 
 building was burned and everything connected with it. The mill was 
 immediatelj' rebuilt but the business of wool carding was not resumed. 
 In 1831 Lyman bought out his brother Roswell and owned the mills 
 to March 14, 1840, when he sold to Benjamin Page and James Sib- 
 ley Taft. 
 
 While Mr. Lyman Parker was the owner, he built, for manufactur- 
 ing pail stock, a mill which was connected with the saw-mill. Messrs. 
 Page and Taft built an addition to the grist-mill building. 
 
 After a short time Pnge obtained Taft's interest in the mills, and 
 for several years various persons at different times had the manage- 
 ment of the saw- and grist-mill. A Mr. Winzell made shoe pegs in 
 the mill connected with the saw-mill, and Benjamin Read, for a few 
 years, occupied a part of the grist-mill building for making boot forms. 
 In 1847 C. G. Ramsdell was making chairs in the upper room of the 
 grist-mill. 
 
 For some two years, including the j'ear 1848, Martin Mason and 
 Russell B. Hall had possession of the mills. During this time Elliot 
 W. Lane and Moses D. Balloti commenced to make bailed boxes in 
 
234 HISTORY or swanzey, 
 
 the saw-mill shop. This business passed from Lane and Ballou to A. 
 W. Banks, who continued the box business several years, after which, 
 till 1859, he manufactured pail handles. 
 
 Soon after Mason and Hall's possession of the mills, Nathan Winch 
 made a contract with Page to manufacture pails for him in the grist- 
 mill building ; and for obtaining the necessary room for the pail 
 machinery the grist-mill was removed. Mr. Winch made pails here 
 about three years, 1849-51. From the time that Winch gave up 
 the business Benjamin Read had the management of the pail business 
 until the mill was burned, April 26, 1855. During some of these 
 years a small shop attached to the grist-mill building was occupied 
 by A. W. Read for making various kinds of wooden ware. 
 
 After the fire in 1855 Page built what is now the west part of the 
 mill owned by the Ramsdells. The principal business carried on 
 previous to Mr. Page's death in January, 1859, wasmakingclothes-pins 
 by parties who hired the mill. These parties were Philo Applin and 
 Daniel E. Woodward, Elkanah and Fred A. Lane and J. Mason Reed. 
 Reed had been occupying the mill some two years at the time of Mr. 
 Page's death. 
 
 June 80, 1859, Benjamin Read bought at auction all the mills and 
 real estate which Mr. Page, at the time of his decease, owned in East 
 Swanzey. He immediately conveyed the upper mill property to 
 Alanson W. Banks and J. Mason Reed. During their ownership they 
 manufactured pail handles, clothes-pins and chair stock. Sept. 20, 
 1866, they sold to Merrill C. Peavey. While Mr. Peavey owned the 
 mill, Luther S. Lane, Elkanah Lane and Frederic A. Lane occupied 
 a part of it for making wool mattresses, and Luther S. Lane a part 
 for making pail handles. 
 
 After the purchase of Banks and Reed the saw-mill and the adja- 
 cent mill, not being much used, went to decay, and were washed away 
 in the great freshet in September, 1869. 
 
 Nov. 9, 1871, Mr. Peavey sold to D. E. Woodward, who built the 
 east part of the mill, run it several years, making pail stock and pails, 
 and then conveyed it to E. Murdock, jr., of Winchendon, Mass. 
 
 After Mr. Murdock's death, the establishment was bought by J. M. 
 Ramsdell in 1882. He has made different kinds of wooden ware, em- 
 ploys some twenty hands, and uses seven hundred cords of pine, hem- 
 lock and liard wood annually. 
 
 At the next mill-site dovvn the river Elisha Whitcomb built a saw- 
 mill and a mill for wool carding, about 1805. He died in 1814, and 
 during the next twenty years the saw-mill was owned in various pro- 
 
SWANZEY INDDSTRIES. 235 
 
 portions and at different times by the heirs of Mr. Whitcomb, by Joel 
 Mellen, Henry Cooper, Israel Applin, William Aldrich, Nathan Winch, 
 Joseph Putney, Ezra Emerson and Ebenezer Howard. 
 
 Mr. Whitcomb and Mr. Cooper built an addition to tlie mill, into 
 one part of which Mr. Whitcomb manufactured shingles, and into the 
 other Mr. Cooper put a turning lathe. 
 
 For about twenty years after the death of Elisha Whitcomb the 
 carding-mill was occupied by Joseph Whitcomb and was largely pat- 
 ronized by people from this and adjoining towns. 
 
 In 1821 Roswell Randall bought of the Whitcomb heirs some land 
 on which he built a mill and carried on the business of custom cloth- 
 dressing until he sold to Asahel Randall and Asahel Randall, 2d, in 
 Nov., 1826. During the ownership by the Randalls the. business was 
 carried on some of the time by Calviu Bryant and after him by Na- 
 thaniel Poland. 
 
 The Randalls sold their mill to Benjamin Page in 1828. At this 
 'time Page was making flannels at the old homestead where Mrs. 
 Alonzo Ballou now lives, with machinery propelled by hand. He 
 moved the business to this mill and continued it some two j'ears when 
 he substituted for it the making of pails. These were the first pails 
 made by machinery in Swanzey, and were nearly the first made any- 
 where. A few had been made at that time in South Keene, in Marl- 
 borough and Troy. 
 
 Mr. Page enlarged his mill, a part of the addition being used for a 
 store ; and in 1836 bought the adjoining mill, thus owning the entire 
 privilege. In 1839 the mills, store and dwelling-house owned by 
 Mr. Page were burned. A dwelling-house standing near the bridge, 
 which he did not own, was also burned. The buildings burned formed 
 a continuous line reaching from the bridge to the saw-mill. They 
 were in good condition and made a creditable appearance. The main 
 building was two stories high, had upon it a bell deck in which there 
 was a bell. Mr. Page estimated his loss at seven thousand dollars, 
 and he had no insurance. 
 
 He rebuilt the saw-mill and a small pail shop. Benjamin Read 
 managed this mill most of the time till the death of Mr. Page. Levi 
 M. Wellington made bailed boxes in the pail shop one or two years, 
 about 1851. 
 
 Josiah M. Read bought this property in 1859 and sold it to C. G. 
 and R. R. Ramsdell,Oct. 13, 1871. During these j^ears Benjamin Read 
 manufactured pails here, excepting the year 1868, when Harvey Sar- 
 gent had the management of the pail business. After the Ramsdells 
 
236 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 bought the property, various kinds of wooden ware were made, until 
 the mills were burned in February, 1883. They have not been re- 
 built. The site is owned by James M. Eamsdell. 
 
 In August, 1831, Benjamin Page bought the land and water power 
 of George Bucklin, where the pail shop of Wilder P. Clark stands. He 
 immediately built a large pail shop here and fully equipped it for 
 manufacturing pail stock and pails. 
 
 William and Samuel Tenney, Davis Wilson, Chester. Lyman, Henry 
 S. Applin and Benjamin Read made pails at this place for Mr. Page 
 at different times. 
 
 Asa B. Clark bought the property in 1859 and manufactured pails 
 till he sold to John S. Sargent in March, 1865. Mr. Sargent soon 
 after sold to Jesse W. Murphy, Silas B. Partridge and Daniel E. 
 Woodward, and, Jan. 11, 1866, Partridge conveyed hisinterest in the 
 property to Mr. Murphy. 
 
 Mr. Murphy and Mr. Woodward continued the business till Mr. 
 Woodward sold to Calvin Alexander in October, 1871, his third, and 
 Mr. Murphy sold to Mr. Alexander at the same time one-sixth of 
 his two-thirds. 
 
 Murphy and Alexander were in company from 1871 to Nov. 20, 
 1879, when Murphy sold to Alexander. During this time the old 
 mill was burned and the present one built. 
 
 After Mr. Alexander became the owner of all the mill, his son-in- 
 law, Herbert W. Mason, was associated with him in business several 
 years. The property was sold to Wilder P. Clark of Winchendon, 
 Mass., in September, 1884. 
 
 From that time to the present, Mr. Clark has been the owner, and 
 the manufacturing business has been managed for him by Ciiarles H. 
 Applin. About 600 cords of pine timber are used annually and ten 
 men employed. 
 
 In 1849 Nelson Howe of Fitzwilliam and his brother-in-law, G. G. 
 Willis, of this town, built a large, substantial mill where that of G. 
 F. Lane now stands. They made pails and wash-tubs. In 1853, 
 Howe sold to Asa B. Clarke, another brother-in-law. Willis and 
 Clarke were in company till Dec. 20, 1855, when Willis sold his in- 
 terest to Clarke. Tlie latter, in 1857, conveyed the property to Willis, 
 who built an addition to the mill, added also the making of buckets, 
 and for about ten years did a very flourishing business, making the 
 best of goods, for which there was a ready market. 
 
 Oct. 5, 1868, Nathan Winch and George F. Bucklin bought the es- 
 tablishment and sold it to G. F. Lane, Oct. 20, 1869. In the spring 
 
SWANZEY INDUSTRIES. 237 
 
 of 1869 the mill was burned. Mr. Lane, soon after his purchase, re- 
 built the main building now standing, and has at diflferent times built 
 the storehouse, the addition to the main building, and the connecting 
 building. He with his son, C. M. Lane, as manager, employ twenty- 
 five men and use annually about 1,200 cords of pine, 200 of hemlock 
 and 100 of hard wood. 
 
 About 1831 Henry Cooper and Helon Holbrook built a store west 
 of the bridge on the triangle between the three roads. Mr. Holbrook 
 sold goods in it some six years. Subsequently it was occupied by 
 Benjamin Page, and from 1842 to 1849 Benjamin Read did business 
 here most of the time. 
 
 Mr. Read built the store east of the bridge in 1850 and occupied it 
 till 1863, when Muses D. Ballou continued the business till the time 
 of his death in November, 1865. Some parts of the years 1867-68 
 George Oliver was in business here. From 1873 to 1880 A. B. Read 
 kept his stock of goods at this place. In 1883 Martin L. Lane bought 
 the store and occupied it one or two years. From 1886 to 1888 George 
 W.Willis was the owner and occupant. Willis sold to A. B. Read. 
 
 For a few years previous to 1873 a stock of goods was kept and 
 sold by Murphy & Woodward and Murphy & Alexander in one of 
 their dwelling-houses. 
 
 The store now occupied by A. B. Read was fitted up for him in 1881 
 by Alexander and Mason, and has been occupied by him since that 
 time. 
 
 G. F. Lane's dwelling-house near the mill was built by G. G. Wil- 
 lis for a store, and a stock of goods was kept in it by him a number 
 of years. Since Mr. Lane has owned it goods were sold from 1874 
 
 to 1878. 
 
 / 
 
 WESTPORT. 
 
 The Lower Falls, so-called, and the surrounding territory were laid 
 out in 1774 to Capt. Samuel Brown and Moses Boardman Williams, 
 it being a seventh division lot containing fifty acres. 
 
 The best record that has been found to indicate when mills were 
 built on this site is the following vote of Swanzey, March 19, 1782. 
 
 ^^ Voted, That the selectmen shall lay out a road from Richard- 
 son's mills to the great road that leads from Winchester to Swanzey 
 in such place as they shall judge most convenient." 
 
 It is not known who built these mills, but from the fact that they 
 were called Richardson's mills, and from the following conveyances, 
 it is inferred they were built by John Richardson, Daniel Franklin 
 
238 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 and Abijah Brown. The descendants of Mr. Williams have no 
 knowledge that he had anything to do in building the mills which 
 makes it probable that he disposed of his right in the pitch before 
 they were built. Capt. Samuel Brown, who made the pitch in con- 
 nection with Mr. Williams, was the father of Abijah Brown, and 
 lived in Paxton, Mass. 
 
 Abijah Brown sold one-half of a saw-mill and grist-miU Jan. 24, 
 1795, to Nicholas Trask and Daniel Franklin of Winchester; and 
 John Eichardson of Northfleld sold one-half of a saw-mill and grist- 
 mill to Moses Cadwell, June 16, 1795. Mr. Cadwell sold his half 
 Dec. 5, 1796, to Mr. Trask. 
 
 Ephraim Taft of Winchester bought the mills of Mr. Trask Oct. 
 17, 1806, and sold them to David Wilson Dec. 22, 1815. Mr. Wil- 
 son sold to Jonathan Roberts and Ezra Emerson Oct. 18, 1817. 
 Robert Emerson, a brother of Ezra, was connected with him in run- 
 ning the mills some six years. 
 
 Levi Willard was the financial backer of Roberts and Emerson and 
 ultimately became the owner of the property which he sold to Clark 
 Wilson May 20, 1826. A wool-carding mill was included with the 
 saw- and grist-mill in the sale to Wilson. Wilson sold to John Cham- 
 berlain and Joshua Graves, jr., March 16, 1830. Chamberlain bought 
 Gra,ves' interest in the mills Apr. 24, 1830. The mills at this time 
 consisted of a saw-mill, a grist-mill, a carding-mill and a shingle-mill. 
 These mills were burnt Oct. 10, 1846, and owned by Chamberlain at 
 the time. 
 
 In 1822, a Mr. Twitchell had a wheelwright shop south of the saw- 
 and grist-mill. In 1827, Clark Wilson sold to Levi Willard the right 
 to take water from his flume for operating a fulling-mill. The full- 
 ing-mill building was the same that had been the wheelwright shop. 
 For a number of years Benjamin H. Carlton carried on cloth dress- 
 ing in this mill. This was followed by the making of bobbins. The 
 busiiaess was managed by Alva Keyes from 1836 to 1839. It was 
 in this mill that Joseph Cummings, Mr. Eveleth and Franklin Hol- 
 man commenced to make pails. After some two years Holman ob- 
 tained the interest of Cummings and Eveleth in the business which 
 he continued until the mill was burned in October, 1846. 
 
 Baxter Murdock built what was known as the belt saw-mill, the 
 power for propelling which was obtained by running a belt to one of 
 the other mills. John Chamberlain became the owner of this, mill a 
 few years before it was burned in 1846, Mr. Holman manufactured 
 his pail stock in this mill. 
 
SWANZEY INDUSTRIES. 239 
 
 Sylvanus Bartlett built a mill about 1842 south of the other mills. 
 He immediately commenced to make shoe pegs in company with Abi- 
 jah Woodward. One year before the mill was burned Bartlett made 
 brush-woods in company with Alanson S. Whitcomb. 
 
 Oct. 10, 1846, all the mills in the village were burned. 
 
 The work of rebuilding was soon commenced and Chamberlain, 
 Holman and Bartlett each built a mill. The one now standing is that 
 which Chamberlain built. The others were burned Oct. 10, 1856, 
 just ten years from the time of the previous fire. 
 
 During these ten years Holman manufactured pails and buckets, 
 and Bartlett made pails, buckets and shoe pegs. 
 
 John Chamberlain sold his mUl in 1856 to Sylvanus Bartlett and 
 Jerome C. Fields. During the twenty-six years he had owned and 
 operated it his principal business had been manufacturing lumber and 
 grinding grain. 
 
 He had as associates in his business at different times Wetherbee 
 Chamberlain, Alvah Holman, Moses Thayer, Jonas Temple, Alfred 
 Spalding and Alanson Read. 
 
 A firm composed of Samuel E. Hartwell, Harvey Cooper and El- 
 liot Hammond manufactured sash and doors in Chamberlain's old 
 mill for a number of years before it was burned. Judson A. Read, 
 Simeon Nelson and Alanson Read occupied a part of Chamberlain's 
 new mill some years, including 1854, for making the same kind of 
 goods. 
 
 Soon after Bartlett and Field bought the mill, machinery for mak- 
 ing pails was put into it and Bartlett had the management of the pail 
 business. 
 
 The owners of the mill who succeeded Bartlett and Field were 
 Henry Holbrook, Stephen Faulkner, Marshall Rixford, Charles Fos- 
 ter, P. Atwood Ware, Ira W. Russell and Stephen Fay. They sold 
 to James Marsh Dec. 5, 1865, and Marsh conveyed one-half the 
 property to E. F. Read a few days after. 
 
 Marsh and Read manufactured pails and lumber till March 4, 1878, 
 when Read sold his interest to his partner. 
 
 Since Marsh became the sole owner of the establishment he has an- 
 nually made a large quantity of pails, employing now about fifty 
 hands and using yearly some 1400 cords of sapling pines. 
 
 In the mill now owned by Marsh, William P. Coburn commenced 
 to make boxes in 1863, continuing in business only a few years, when 
 he sold to Henry Holbrook and George H. Jackson. Holbrook sold to 
 J. Mason Reed in 1868, having previously bought Jackson's interest 
 in the same. Reed removed the business to Keene in 1881. 
 
240 ■ HISTORY OF SWANZEy. 
 
 Jerome C. Field built his steam-mill in 1881. It has been 
 for manufacturing pails, buckets and lumber. It has a capacity 
 ficient to work up 1000 cords of timber annually and give em 
 ment to twenty-five men. 
 
 STORES. 
 
 The first person known to have sold goods in Westport was 
 vin Field in 1820. They were sold at his house which stood 'v 
 Willard Field now resides. Mr. Field built a store where Sylv 
 Bartlett now lives which was occupied several years previous to 
 by Reuben Porter and Samuel Belding, jr. ; from 1831 to 183 
 Caleb Sawyer, and from 1836 to 1842 by Mr. Bartlett. 
 
 Elisha Osgood opened a store on the south side of the road i: 
 lower part of the village as early as 1826. He died in 1827, an 
 widow and Ezekiel his oldest son continued in trade one or two y 
 Mr. Bartlett bought this store in 1842 and carried on business 
 the next fifteen years. Jotham W. Frink was a partner in 184^ 
 '45. Benjamin L. Draper carried on business a few years aftei 
 Bartlett, and then John Chamberlain some six years previous to : 
 
 Mr. Bartlett fitted up a new store on the hill on the east side c 
 road, where he sold goods from 1857 to 1865. He was foUowe 
 Henry Abbott who remained till 1867, when he was succeede 
 James Marsh and E. F. Read. They in turn after a few years 
 place to Marsh and George W. Brooks. In 1879 Mr. Marsh bii 
 new store which lie has since occupied, a part of the time with 
 Brooks, and later with one of his sons. 
 
 J. C. Field fitted up a store in the north part of the village in 1 
 in which he did business several years. 
 
 Barnabas C. Peters established the tailoring business in the vi 
 about 1823, and continued it many years. He was succeeded ii 
 same business by H. B. Murdock. From 1844 to 1847, S. Ba 
 was likewise engaged in tailoring. 
 
 HOTELS. 
 
 B. C. Peters kept a popular hotel many years. It was in the! 
 part of the village on the south side of the road. He was folli 
 by Jonathan Whitcomb, 3d, and Mr. Whitcomb by Elijah and 
 Willard. 
 
 Previous to 1826 Otis Cross kept a public house where Bart 
 lower store afterwards stood. The successors of Mr. Cross wen 
 sha Osgood in 1826 ; widow E. Osgood, 1827 ; Reuben Porter, 1 
 Paul S. Wright, 1829 ; Wright and Horatio Black in 1830. C 
 Greenleaf kept the house at one time, and after him Norris Wh( 
 

SWANZEY INDUSTRIES. 241 
 
 BLACKSMITHS . 
 
 Aaron Lombard was a blacksmith here from 1822 to 1841 ; Alva 
 Keyes from 1843 to 1851 ; Charles Kezer from 1854 to 1861. Since 
 then there have been Luman Seaver, Orren Fowler, Albert French and 
 others. 
 
 STONE QUARRYING. 
 
 Considerable business has been done in quarrying stone on Frank- 
 lin mountain during the last thirty years by different parties. Je- 
 rome C. Field has been engaged much of the time in this business . 
 
 SPRAGUEVILLE. 
 
 Abijah Whitcomh sold to Philemon Whitcomb, Jan. 11, 1806, one- 
 half the water privilege near Ezekiel Page's, for building a saw-mill 
 which was probably soon erected. About 1824 Jonathan Locke bought 
 the premises and moved on to them his buildings and cloth dressing 
 machines from Swanzey Factory. Soon after this removal, by a break 
 in the dam, the works were nearly demolished, except the old saw- 
 mill which stood on the south bank of the stream. Dr. Ephraim K. 
 Frost was involved with Mr. Locke in the loss and became the owner 
 of what was left after the disaster. The saw-mill was run some years 
 and then went to decay. 
 
 Aaron Wilson, backed by Gen. James Wilson of Keene, made the 
 dam safe and substantial, and in 1846, obtained an act of incorpora- 
 tion to facilitate the formation of a company to engage extensively 
 in manufacturing. This effort was not successful. 
 
 About 1853, David R. Marshall leased water power, built a small 
 mill where the old saw-mill stood, and for twelve years manufactured 
 successfully pail, tub and bucket stock. 
 
 After this the privilege remained unused till 1877, when it was pur- 
 chased of the Wilson family by Obadiab Sprague, who immediately 
 repaired the dam, built flumes and, in 1879, erected two large mills, 
 two and three stories in height above the basements, one for the manu- 
 facture of woollen goods and the other wooden ware. After success- 
 fully operating them about eighteen months, employing some ninety 
 hands, Mr. Sprague leased the woollen mill to Logan and Lindsey of 
 Worcester, Mass. Instead of making beavers as Sprague had done, 
 they manufactured satinets, producing about 1,500 yards per day. 
 
 After running it about nine months, the mills were both burned 
 Jan. 16, 1882. The wooden-ware mill was at once rebuilt 50 x 80 
 10 
 
242 HISTORY OF 8WANZEY, 
 
 feet, three stories and basement. It has since been occupied by the Ches- 
 hire Box Co. (O. Sprague, Charles L. Howes and James L. Wright), 
 manufacturing boxes of all kinds, extension tables, etc., employing 
 about 25 men, and using 700 cords of pine and 200 of hard wood an- 
 nually. 
 
 In connection with the mills, Mr. Sprague erected three dwelling 
 houses and a large boarding house. 
 
 SWANZET CENTRE. 
 
 About 1836, Virgil Woodcock was taking contracts to build meet- 
 ing houses and other large structures in this and neighboring towns. 
 To prepare a portion of the building material, he erected a large steam 
 shop south of J. A. Band's present residence. His enterprise was 
 not successful, and the large business which he followed for some 
 years was discontinued, his shop being converted into the dwelling 
 houses now owned by Mrs. E. Howes and Mrs. H. Chamberlain. 
 
 Mr. Woodcock went to California soon after gold was discovered, 
 remained there a few years, returned with considerable capital, and, 
 in company with Phinehas Stone, Sylvander Stone and Giles Taft 
 erected a large steam-mill where that of M. C. Stone's now stands. 
 Before much progress had been made in building, Messrs. S. Stone 
 and Taft sold their interest in the concern to the other partners. A 
 considerable amount had been contributed by people in the vicinity 
 to encourage the undertaking. A saw-mill, grist-mill, pail works and 
 machinery for manufacturing chair stock were put in the building, 
 and for several years it was one of the busiest places in Swanzey. The 
 different branches of business were carried on by Woodcock and Stone 
 except the making of pails which was done by Luther S. Lane and 
 J. L. Parker. The capital of the Arm being insufficient to run the 
 business they had the assistance, during some of the last years that 
 the mill was in operation, of Paul F. Aldrich and David Parsons, who 
 were its principal managers. The enterprise did not prove to be a 
 financial success. The mill was sold about 1864 to Osborne and Hale, 
 of Keene, taken down, carried to South Keene and set up there, about 
 ten years from the time it was built. 
 
 On the same spot, by the side of the old historic moat, Marcus C. 
 Stone, in 1888, erected a smaller saw- and stave-mill, in which he is 
 doing a good business. 
 
 graves' place. 
 It is supposed that Elijaii Graves commenced to dig the canal at 
 the Graves' place, on the South Branch, as early as 1801. He sold. 
 
SWANZEY INDUSTRIES. 243 
 
 Sept.. 10, 1802, one-half the land and water power to Philemon Whit- 
 comb for a saw-mill which was doubtless soon built. After several 
 transfers of the Whitcomb part, Mr. Graves ultimately became the 
 owner of the whole wliich he sold to his son Ezekiel. 
 
 Ira Taft, who married a sister of Ezekiel Graves, built an addition 
 on the west end of the saw-mill for a shingle-mill. Abel W. Read 
 became the owner of this shingle-mill after Taft. He made shingles 
 and other kinds of wooden ware. 
 
 George F. Lane bought the saw-mill Dec. 5, 1842, and at a later 
 date became the owner of the shingle-mill building. He commenced 
 to make buckets in 1856, and was burnt out in 1861. He immediate- 
 ly rebuilt a much larger and more convenient mill. This mill was 
 burned March 3, 1873. Mi-. Lane then built the substantial mill now 
 standing, and the stone flume at the mill. 
 
 Elisha F. Lane became the owner of this mill, June 10, 1878. He 
 made substantial improvements ; built the stone dam at the head of 
 the canal and enlarged the canal by raising the embankment. Mr. 
 Lane sold the mill to George E. and Andrew J. Fuller, near the last 
 of 1890. During the time he owned the mill, his son Hubert E. was 
 connected with him, manufacturing buckets and had the principal 
 management of the business. 
 
 The Fuller brothers manufacture buckets, use 500 cords timber and 
 employ ten men. 
 
 A public house was kept by the Graves's in the house near the mill. 
 
 WILCOX SHOP. 
 
 The Wilcox shop, the next down the stream, was built in 1859 by 
 Elisha F. Lane, Stilman A. Bigelow and John A. Batchelder. Before 
 the close of the year, Lane sold his interest to Bigelow and Batchel- 
 der, and in 1860, Bigelow bought out Batchelder. These firms manu- 
 factured chair stock. 
 
 Edward Wilcox, bought the shop in 1861. From this time to 1874 
 he manufactured clothes pins, bucket hoops and chair stock. Since 
 1874 he has made packing boxes, bucket hoops, chair stock and pail 
 stock. He recently put in a saw-mill and manufactures lumber to 
 some extent. His son, Allen C. Wilcox, has been associated with his 
 father for some years past in the business. They employ some six 
 hands and require about 300 cords of timber annually for their busi- 
 ness. 
 
 LANE MILL. 
 
 The third mill down the South Branch in Swanzey, about a mile 
 from East Swanzey, was built in 1858 by Elkanah and Frederick A. 
 
244 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Lane. It was a well constructed two-story building, in which was 
 placed a grist-mill and machinery for making pail stock and pails, 
 which were used till 1864. At this date, the Lanes with D. H. Dick- 
 inson and J. Herbert Smith formed a copartnership for manufactur- 
 ing horse blankets. They continued in this business till 1870, when 
 the mill was burned. A portion of this time, Messrs. Blanding and 
 Hill were partners in the business. 
 
 A company of which Luther S. Lane, E. and F. A. Lane and Eph- 
 raim Kendall were partners, made wool mattresses at this place a 
 number of yeaTs after the fire ; machinery for preparing the material 
 being used in a building that escaped the fire. The company trans- 
 ferred this business to Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 INDUSTRIES UPON BEIDGE BROOK. 
 
 Some years before the Revolutionary War, Timothy Bishop was 
 located upon the old Swanzey and Boston road, a little west of the 
 line that now divides Swanzey and Troy. Here lie had a farm, made 
 potash and probably sold goods. On the Bridge Brook, about a mile 
 above the East Swanzey and Richmond road, he had a foundry in 
 which were cast necessary household utensils. A large hewed stick 
 of timber across the bed of the brook marks the place where the foun- 
 dry stood. 
 
 Just above the East Swanzey and Richmond road, Josiah Wilson 
 built a shop about 1840, for making window sash. 
 
 Nathan Whitcomb at one time and Jesse Thompson at another 
 were subsequent owners of this property. 
 
 Above. where Mr. Wilson built his shop, Samuel S. Farris built a 
 mill about 1866 for manufacturing wooden ware stock. Mr. Farris died 
 in 1878, and the mill was subsequently bought by Elkanah Lane. Mr. 
 Lane used it only a few years, since which nothing has been done in it. 
 
 C. G. and E. R. Ramsdell built a mill in 1856, below the road, for 
 manufacturing wooden ware. They followed the business here about 
 fifteen years. The mill has gone to decay. 
 
 Zadock L. Taft and his son Farris, built a mill on the East Rich- 
 mond Brook near the house of Frank E. Ballou. They owned it in 
 1843, and used it a number of years for doing various mechanical 
 work. Mr. Farris Taft died in 1854, after which the mill was bought 
 by Jeremiah Plale, and it subsequently went to decay. 
 
 OTHER MILLS IN SWANZEY. 
 
 At the foot of Swanzey pond, about 1780, a dam was built, a mill 
 erected and sickles manufactured by Wyman Richardson. The mill 
 
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SWANZEY INDUSTRIES. ' 245 
 
 was afterwards purchased by Stephen and John Potter and used as a 
 cloth dressing or fulling mill. After this, about 1812, the Potters and 
 Manning Hunt built a saw-mill on the same location, which soon after 
 came into the possession of Ebenezer Hill. It was operated by him 
 till about 1825, when it passed into the hands of Riciiard Crossett and 
 George Darling ; Elbridge Goodell being associated with them a part 
 of the time while they owned it. From 1832 till 1865, Daniel H. Hol- 
 brook was the successful proprietor. He rebuilt the mill and built 
 the stone dam, and annually cut out large quantities of boards and 
 lumber. In 1865,Holbrook sold to Varus Stearns, who retained pos- 
 session about two j'ears, when it was purchased by B. F. Lombard, 
 and operated by him (and his son F. F. Lombard a part of the time) 
 till 1890, when John F. Ballou became the owner. 
 
 A few rods below tliis mill, on Pond Brook, about the year 1816, 
 another saw-mill was built by John Hills and managed bj' him some ten 
 years, when he took it down and rebuilt it on the west stream flowing 
 from Eichmond, about a half mile below the Perrj' mill. It was subse- 
 quently purchased, with territory adjacent bj' D. H. Holbrook, and 
 soon after went to decay. 
 
 The Perry saw-mill, so called, in the extreme south part of the town 
 was built by John Perry about the year 1806, and was managed and 
 operated by the Perry family until it was burned a few years since. 
 
 On Hyponeco brook near where William Ballou now lives, a saw- 
 mill was built about 1828 by Nathaniel Thompson. It was used only 
 a few years ; the ruins of the old dam now only mark the place where 
 it stood. 
 
 On the same stream, near No. 8 schoolhouse, in 1853, Eoswell Whit- 
 comb built a saw- and a stave-mill propelled by an overshot wheel. It 
 was operated very successfully till 1875, when it was sold to Simeon 
 Holbrook and taken down a few years after. 
 
 Wyman Richardson had a mill on Pond Brook above the bridge 
 near Lorenzo N. Hewes' house in 1800. 
 
 Icliabod Woodward had, in 1808, a mill in the southeast part of the 
 town, that part now belonging to Troy. 
 
 Krastus Dickinson built a saw-mill on "New Rum" Brook about 
 1826. It was owned in after years by Nathaniel and Asa Dickinson, 
 2d. 
 
 In 1862 Edmund Stone built the saw and stave-mill that stands 
 near his house. It can be used only a small part of tiie year on ac- 
 count of the insufficiency of water. Lyman M. Stone has operated the 
 mill for a number of years past. 
 
246 ■ HISTORY OP SWANZET. 
 
 Daniel Verry had a saw-mill on Eixford brook, near his house. He 
 was taxed for it from 1826 to 1859. 
 
 Near the close of the last century a mill, probably owned and op- 
 erated by Abel Wilson, stood on California brook just south of the 
 house of John Fitzgerald. The highway then ran east of where the 
 barn now stands. 
 
 About 1830 David and Luke Bennett erected a saw-mill on a small 
 brook about half a mile west of their buildings, and which was re- 
 moved in 1840 and sold to Benj. Whiteomb. 
 
 STOKES, HOTELS, ETC., NOT BEFORE NAMED. 
 
 But little is known where goods were sold in Swanzey or who sold 
 them previous to 1800. Tlie old meeting house was built between 
 1753 and 1755, and William Grimes furnished the rum for the raising, 
 from whicli it is inferred that lie miglit have sold other goods at this 
 early period. Jonathan Whiteomb was a merchant about Revolution- 
 ary times. 
 
 Francis Goodhue, 2d, bought in 1799, of William Wright, Wyat 
 Gunn and Israel H. Gunn, the place where Mrs. Watson now resides, 
 and commenced trading there. Some of these men may have been in 
 trade there before Goodhue bought. Mr. Goodhue advertised in the 
 N. H. Sentinel, English and West India goods. West India rum at 
 5s. 11 pence per gal., sugar, 7 pounds for 6s; Boliea tea at 3 s. per 
 pound, and other articles in proportion. Would pay Is. 6d. for good 
 aslies. In 1803 Mr. Goodhue was taxed for $1500 in trade. 
 
 In 1804 he sold to Benjamin Barrett of Brattleborough, Vt. Cal- 
 vin Farrar was in company with Goodhue for some time. Barrett 
 traded some seven years, having as partner a portion of the time Jo- 
 seph Emerson, who died in 1810. Jonas Blodgett traded at this place 
 some three years after Emerson. 
 
 From 1814 to 1822 Abraham Stearns, 2nd, traded where A. H. Free- 
 man now resides. Bela Chase and Benjamin Page succeeded Stearns. 
 They traded some three years. Caleb Sawyer was in trade in this 
 place in 1829. 
 
 Benjamin Page and Bela Chase bought the land wliere Buttrick's 
 hotel now stands in March, 1825, and on it erected a store. Tlie 
 following persons liave since been in trade here : B. Page and Joel 
 Whiteomb in 1827; Reuben Porter and Silas Hills, 1829 ; Cliarles C. 
 Pratt, 1831 ; Samuel Belding, 3d, 1832 ; Henry R. Morse, Hunt Broth- 
 ers, Clark Gray, 1840 ; B. Page, 1843 ; Nathan Watkins, 1848 ; James 
 
SWANZEY INDUSTEIBS. 247 
 
 M. Eobb, Elijah Sawyer, Darwin D. Baxter, 1859 ; Amos Richardson, 
 1863 ; Henry H. Aldrich and Oliver C. Whitcomb, 1870. 
 
 The store now owned by Mrs. H. Chamberlain was bought by her 
 husband John Chamberlain in 1867. He traded here till his death in 
 1870, since which time Mrs. C. and her sons have continued the busi- 
 ness. Elijah BuUard at one time, and Edward Perry at another, sold 
 goods here. 
 
 Elisha Osgood built the house now owned by Lyman N. Howes, 
 and previous to 1825, occupied a part of it for a store. In 1825 and 
 1826, Otis and Alva Whitcomb traded at this place. 
 
 When the travel to the lower towns from Keene and places north 
 passed over the "Boston" road, there was much business for hotels 
 in the central part of Swanzey. Jonathan Hammond kept a public 
 house at the place now owned by Sylvander Stone ; Elijah Belding at 
 the Zina Taft place, and Dan Guild in the old red house on the Car- 
 ter Whitcomb place. These houses were all kept at an early period 
 of the town's history. From 1800 to 1812, there was a public house 
 where Mrs. Watson resides. It was first kept by Francis Goodhue, 
 next by Benjamin Barrett, and afterwards by Jonas Blodgett. 
 
 Henry Morse, 2d, for many years previous to 1825, kept a hotel 
 where Levi Crouch now lives. A public house was kept for a long 
 time at William C. Belding's place, the occupants from 1793 being 
 Jacob Bump, N';ah Arnold and David Holbrook. 
 
 Between 1830 and 1840, John L. Aldrich at one time, and Col. 
 Phineas Stone at another, were keeping tavern at Mrs. P. Stone's 
 place. William Hewes owned Asa Healey's several years and kept 
 there a public house. 
 
 Buttrick's hotel has been opened to the public most of the time 
 since 1861. Those that have been in possession of it have been Amos 
 Kichardson, George Howe, L. C. Whitney and W. H. Buttrick. 
 
 Brick-making to a considerable extent was carried on at different 
 times for a long period by Solomon Matthews, J. H. Matthews and 
 other former owners of the Timothy Fitzgerald place. 
 
 Jonathan Babbitt had a brick yard on the east side of the road near 
 Frank E. Ballou's residence. The brick for the house of Aaron Hol- 
 brook and brothers (C. H. Holbrook's) was made a few rods west of 
 Willard I. Ballou's. 
 
 Between the years 1830 and 1860, a large amount of the red oak 
 timber in Swanzey vras worked into shook. It was split into staves, 
 shaved, bent, packed into bunches large enough to make a hogshead, 
 and sent mostly to New Haven, Conn., and thence to the West 
 Indies. 
 
248 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY, 
 
 For a long time Levi Blake's tannery was one of the most impor- 
 tant industries in town. Previous to 1800 Fisher Draper had been 
 doing a small business at tanning, where Mr. Blake at this date com- 
 menced and continued nearly forty years. He carried on tanning and 
 currying, did custom work, bought hides and sold leather. Benjamin 
 C. Blake, the youngest son of Levi Blake, died in 1843. A few years 
 before his death the business of the establishment had passed into his 
 hands. Following him, William C. Belding carried on the business 
 some three years. Henry Abbott was the last person doing business 
 at the Blake tannery. Henry Hill is the present owner of the site. 
 There were two tanneries in early times in the southeast part of the 
 town. Benjamin Parsons had one on the placq now owned by An- 
 thony S. Whitcomb, located several rods west of where his buildings 
 stand. Aquilla Ramsdell had the other on the place now occupied by 
 the Ramsdell family. It was east of the buildings down near the 
 meadow. 
 
 Tlie making of palmleaf hats was an important industry in town 
 from 1830 to 1870. By this occupation the women and children in 
 many a family procured not only their groceries but also materials 
 for clothing and manj' other articles for family use. At first the coun- 
 try merchants furnished the rough leaf to the braiders, who split it 
 into strands, bleached, braided, pressed, completed the hat, and re- 
 turned it to the merchants in exchange for their goods. 
 
 Later, the leaf was prepared ready for braiding before being dis- 
 tributed to the braiders, and the hats were sold before being pressed ; 
 the pressing and preparing the leaf being done in factories by ma- 
 chinery. Still later, hat peddlers to a large extent monopolized the 
 trade, sold the leaf to their customers and bought the hats, paying in 
 goods or cash. 
 
CHAPTER X. 
 
 Miscellaneous. 
 Fatal accidents — Murdeks — Small-pox — Swanzby Ckmeteries— Rev- 
 
 OLDTIONAKY PeNSIONKRS IN 1840— EPIDEMIC IN WkSTPOKT— PKOFESSIONAL 
 
 Men — Mail Caheying and Postmasteks — Town Debt — Town Pau- 
 pk.es — Maeking Sheep — A Rolling Stonk —Rain and Snow Stoems — 
 Cold Yeae — Gbasshoppbe Year — Tempeeance — Boating on the 
 Ashuelot Rivee — Justices op the Peace — Supeevisoes op thb 
 ciikckList — Gekat Snow Htoem — Seceet Societies — Bear and Wolf 
 
 SrORIES. 
 
 FATAL accidents. 
 
 THE following instances have been reported to the compiler: 
 While Samuel Hills was returning from a visit to friends in 
 Keene, coming down the Ashuelot river in a boat, he had a child 
 drowned. 
 
 Before there was a bridge at East Swanzey, Phineas Battles, a lad 
 living with Samuel Lane, undertaking to cross the stream on a log, 
 in the spring when the water was high, fell in and^was drowned. 
 
 Silas Cresson, a son of Thomas Cresson, was scalded to death Dec. 
 31, 1759. 
 
 Caleb Sawyer, while frolicking when returning from town meeting 
 March 10, 1772, fell from a sled and was killed. 
 
 Jan. 17, 1774, Benjamin Parsons fell down cellar and was killed. 
 
 Daniel Gunn, 2d, was drowned Nov. 22, 1786. 
 
 Moses Belding, 2nd, died from the effects of swallowing a bean, Feb. 
 C, 1788. 
 
 Abel Wilson had a child scalded to death in 1791. 
 
 Nathan Goddard was found dead in the woods Dec. 30, 1811, under 
 a tree which he had felled while alone. 
 
 William Wright fell from a scaffold in the barn Jan. 14, 1812, and 
 was instantly killed. 
 
 A child of Nathan Whitcomb, nearly two years old, died from a 
 scald March 9, 1814. 
 
 Brown Taft was drowned at Westport July 21, 1815. 
 
 Enoch Kimball was drowned Jan. 18, 1816. 
 
 Amariah Peck removed from Swanzey to Vermont, and in digging a 
 
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250 
 
 HISTOKT OF SWANZET. 
 
 well, the air init became insupportable of life during his absence, and 
 when he went into it he died there ; also a son of his who descended 
 first into the well died from the same cause. 
 
 Calvin Bryant had a son Calvin born July 4, 1821, killed at East 
 Swanzey when about six years old by a rail falling off the fence upon 
 him. 
 
 Emery, son of Abijah Whitcomb, 2d, born in 1815, was drowned at 
 West Swanzey when a young lad. . 
 
 Feb. 18, 1826, Ziba W. Read, while chopping a log on which he 
 was standing, fell backward on to a sprout stub which entered his 
 body and caused his death. 
 
 Cynthia B. Sawj'er, a daughter of Henry Sawyer, was scalded to 
 death when a little over a year old, July 15, 1827. 
 
 Aaron Thayer, while driving a two-horse team in the night, got 
 under one of the wagon wheels and was found dead July 26, 1829. 
 
 Joseph Bridge was killed by the kick of a horse about 1830. 
 
 Dr. E. K. Frost's twin daughter was burned to death in 1830, about 
 four years of age. 
 
 While Amos Richardson (the giant) was driving his oxen drawing 
 a cart, the right ox lifted him with one of its horns which entered 
 the rectum, causing inflammation and death Nov. 6, 1831. 
 
 A son of the above named Richardson was killed by having his 
 head cruslied between a cart wheel and the side of the barn, when the 
 father was backing the oxen and cart from the barn. 
 
 Seth Holbrook, while riding horsebacli:, was thrown from his horse 
 Dec. '11, 1833, and received an injury from which he died a few hours 
 after. 
 
 Robert Ware was drowned at Albany, N. Y., July 5, 1835. 
 
 Two young men employed in a mill at East Swanzey were drowned 
 while bathing about 1835. 
 
 Charles Moore was burned to death in a cabin while tending a coal 
 pit, Nov. 30, 1843. Mowry A. Thompson, who was with him at the 
 time, barely escaped with his life. 
 
 David Read went alone to Franklin mountain for a load of logs and 
 was found dead under a log, Jan. 31, 1845. 
 
 Willard Watkins was drowned in Swanzey pond, falling out of a 
 boat, August 10, 1845. 
 
 Artemas Richardson was wounded and bled to death at Swanzey 
 Factory village, by accidentally sticking a jack knife into his thigh. 
 
 Julius Francis, a son of Moses Howard, was drowned in a watering 
 ■rough Oct. 8, 1846, when nearly two years old. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 251 
 
 John Park He^nry was run over by an ox cart and fatally injured, 
 dying August 14, 1847. The oxen ran away when he was attempting 
 to detach them from the cart. 
 
 Dec. 30, 1848, Asa Jackson was found dead in the road east of 
 Weslport, at a point now intersected by the Ashuelot railroad. 
 
 Lewis Giinn was drowned in the Ashuelot river June 26, 1849. 
 
 Aaron Wheeler, when descending from a barn scafTold, fell upon a 
 cart stake and died from the injury received, Feb. 27, 1850. 
 
 Elijah Starkey was killed June 24, 1850, by a tree falling upon him 
 in the woods while peeling bark. 
 
 Virgil Verwell, son of Silas Whitcomb, 3d, was drowned in a tub 
 of water when about a year and a half old, July 15, 1854. 
 
 David Woodward was struck and killed by. a railroad train in 
 1856. 
 
 William W. Palmer and another man sawed off a tree, that had 
 blown down, close to the roots ; when sawed oiT the stump fell for- 
 ward upon Mr. Palmer and killed him, Dec. 15, 1860. 
 
 Israel Applin was killed Nov. 1, 1861, by falling off the end of a 
 building upon which he was at work laying shingles. 
 
 Nugent, a blind man, was drowned in the Ashuelot river near 
 
 Westport about 1861. 
 
 About the same time another man (supposed by some to have been 
 murdered) was found dead in the river at Westport. 
 
 Charles M. Hills was killed by falling from a railroad car Feb. 1, 
 1862. 
 
 Lorin A. Britton, a railroad engineer, was killed in Tennessee in 
 1862. 
 
 George L. Black, a son of Orrin Black, was drowned in Lake Mich- 
 igan, Oct. 20, 1865. 
 
 A daughter of Schuyler Seaver, nearly nine months old, was 
 smothered in bed Dec. 21, 1868. 
 
 Mary Isabel, a daughter of Solon W. Snow, was scalded to death, 
 Jan. 23, 1869, nearly two years old. 
 
 George W. Mason, a son of Hale Mason, was killed while living in 
 Boston, Mass., by falling from a staging on which he was at work. 
 
 George H. Wilder, a resident of West Swanzey several years, went 
 over the dam at Holyoke, Mass., while engaged upon work about the 
 dam, and was drowned. 
 
 Mrs.' Joshua Sawyer was killed by the kick of a horse. 
 
 Jotham Ballou died of a kick from a horse. 
 
 Benjamin Cross was killed in Peterborough by an engine explosion. 
 
 David A. Pomeroy was killed in a mill at Townshend, Yt. 
 
252 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Olive Prime, after her marriage, was burned to death in Illinois 
 by her clothes taking fire. 
 
 Lurana, daughter of Elkanah Lane, was burned to death by her 
 clotlies taking fire, after her marriage and residence in Massachusetts. 
 
 Eber Carpenter died from a kick by a horse after he became a cit- 
 izen of Northfleld, Mass. 
 
 Joshua Bradley Sawyer, after he became a resident of "Winchendon, 
 Mass., was killed by a railroad tram, when crossing a track in a 
 carriage. 
 
 Lot Aldrich was drowned at "Westport. 
 
 Elbridge G. Prentice, when walking upon a railroad track, was 
 killed by a passing train. 
 
 • Leighton fell from the dam into the water at East Swanzey 
 
 and was drowned. 
 
 Rev. E. I. Carpenter, in returning to his home from Keene, his 
 hoise becoming unmanageable, was thrown from his sloigh as he 
 was turning into his j'ard and injured so severely that he died soon 
 after, Feb. 10, 1877. 
 
 Jehiel White was found dead in the woods, Feb. 23, 1879, under a 
 tree which he had felled. 
 
 Sarah L., daughter of John Eice, five years of age, was burned so 
 severely by her clothes taking fiie, that she died, Feb. 1, 1881. 
 
 John Naylon, as he was walking from Keene to Swanzey on the 
 Ashuelot railroad, May 1, 1881, was struck by the train and instantly 
 killed. 
 
 Lock M. Rixford, while in the employ of a railroad company, was 
 killed April 26, 1883. 
 
 G. Bernard, a son of Oscar R. Farr, was scalded to death by the 
 overturning of a coflFee pot, and died Feb. 7, 1887, nearly seven months 
 old. 
 
 David Parsons fell upon the railroad track at West Swanzey and 
 received an injury from which he died July 13, 1888. 
 
 Fred. L. Iredale, a lad nearly fifteen years old, was drowned at 
 West Swanzey, Aug. 3, 1888. 
 
 Frank A. Ballon died Feb. 11, 1890, from a fractured skull caused 
 by a limb of a tree falling upon him that had been wrenched from 
 another tree which he had cut. 
 
 Willard Trask inflicted in the right side of Joseph Austin a wound 
 from which he died March 26, 1850. For th[s offence Trask was con- 
 victed and sentenced to State's Prison for life. But, after several 
 years of confinement, his deportment in prison having been good, he 
 was pardoned by the Governor and released. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 253 
 
 Joseph Perry, a single man, fifty-six years old, who lived alone in 
 a house in the south part of the town, was murdered about the first 
 day of August, 1876. He was shot, but was alive when first found 
 by a neighbor. No knowledge could be obtained from him who the 
 murderer was. He lived about a day after he was found, unconscious. 
 No clew to the murderer has yet been obtained. 
 
 SMALL-POX. 
 
 Jonathan Webster, a soldier, died with the small-pox Aug. 31, 
 1757. 
 
 Jan. 16, 1761, Isaac Clark died of this disease. Jan. 25, I. Har- 
 rington ; Feb. 5, Mrs. Amos Foster ; March 2, Mr. Amos Foster ; 
 Aug. 18, 1776, Widow Timothy Brown, and Oct. 24, Tripheua Fair- 
 banks. 
 
 In the winter of 1845 and '46 Mr. Philo Applin went from home to 
 work. He became unwell and returned. His illness proved to have 
 been varioloid of a mild type. His family consisted of a wife and 
 nine children, all of whom had the small-pox except the oldest daugh- 
 ter, who, though remaining in the family through the sickness, did 
 not have the disease. Mr. Applin lived on the Leonard A. Newell 
 place, in a house near the spring, west of the road. In taking care 
 of his family he had the assistance of his daughter and a man who 
 had previously had the disease. Three of the children died and were 
 carried out and buried by Mr. Applin and the man who assisted him 
 in caring for his family. The burial was on the hill east of the road. 
 
 SWANZEY CEMETERIES. 
 
 The Mount Ccesar cemetery at Swanzey Centre doubtless dates back 
 to the first settlement of the town. Appearances indicate that the 
 northwest part of the present cemetery was first used for burying pur- 
 poses. 
 
 As stated in Chapter III the proprietors set apart a piece of land 
 for a "burying place," and chose a committee to see to the cutting 
 down the trees, etc. The records make no mention of any further 
 lay out or any fencing of the old cemetery. There was evidently no 
 general plan in the arrangement of the graves ; though they are some- 
 what in ranges, these frequently overlap or pass by each other. The 
 heads of the graves, as in most other ancient cemeteries, are uni- 
 formly towards the west. There are no stones or other monuments 
 to mark the earliest graves. The thin slabs of slate of various sizes 
 
254 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 and adornments, many with quaint inscriptions, are the most ancient, 
 unless it be the rough granite stones with no names attached. Many 
 of the inscriptions are hardly legible. The, oldest date back to about 
 1760. No marble was used till the beginning of the present century. 
 The family tomb of Jonathan Hammond is evidently quite ancient, 
 erected probably about 1820; that of the Dickinson family is more 
 modern, built some twenty years later. 
 
 In 1 858 it became necessary to enlarge this burying ground, and 
 about three acres adjoining on the south side were purchased of Car- 
 ter "Whitcomb and enclosed by a stone wall. A committee consist- 
 ing of Carter "Whiteomb, Luther S. Lane and B. F. Lombard, was 
 chosen to lay out this addition into lots, with avenues, etc., corre- 
 sponding to the modern style. They appraised the lots at prices rang- 
 ing from less than one dollar to three dollars and thirty-three cents. 
 The lots were sold at the appraised prices till 1865, when the town 
 voted to make them free, and refund the money to those that had then 
 purchased. In 1859 a receiving tomb was built; Alfred Seaver doing 
 the work for $118. In 1890 it was deemed necessary to again en- 
 large the cemetery or purchase land for a new one. Several acres 
 were bought for this purpose from the Sylvander Stone farm, about 
 three-fourths of a mile south from the old ground. 
 
 WEST SWANZEY BURYING GBODND. 
 
 The old burying ground at West Swanzey was probably used as 
 such about 1798. No records pertaining to it appear till 1835, when 
 at the annual meeting the town voted to sell the fencing of it. Like 
 that at the Centre, it became nearly filled with graves, and in 1858 
 Henry Eames, Oliver Capron and Isaac Stratton were chosen a com- 
 mittee to purchase land for a new one. The following year Virgil A. 
 Holbrook of district No. 11, Oliver Capron of No. 13, Henry Eames 
 of No. 6, Edwin Snow of No. 12, Henry Holbrook of No. 7, and Daniel 
 H. Holbrook of No. 8, were chosen a committee to assist in laying 
 out and fitting up the new cemetery. The expense for land and fenc- 
 ing was 1352. 
 
 In 1860 a receiving tomb was built by Alfred Seaver costing 
 1125. 
 
 In 1890-"J1 Henry D. Thompson gratuitously built the faced gran- 
 ite wall around the old cemetery. 
 
 The neat little burying ground at "Westportis owned and cared for 
 by individuals, and not by the town. The oldest head stone is at the 
 grave of Jonathan Holbrook who died May 6, 1796. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 255 
 
 REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS LIVING IN SWANZET, JUNE 1, 1840. 
 
 {Taken from U. S. official documents.') 
 
 NAME. 
 
 AGE. 
 
 RESIDENCE. 
 
 Eussell Ballou, 
 
 76 
 
 
 MoUie Cummings, 
 
 76 
 
 
 Elisha Chamberlain, 
 
 77 
 
 
 Mary Scott, 
 
 88 
 
 Lived with Abel Dickinson. 
 
 Jotham Eames, 
 
 84 
 
 
 Elizabeth Green, 
 
 70 
 
 
 Benjamin Howard, 
 
 80 
 
 
 EosiUa HUl, 
 
 83 
 
 Lived with David Hill. 
 
 Asaph Lane, 
 
 81 
 
 
 Samuel Lane, 
 
 81 
 
 Lived with Elisha Lane. 
 
 Phebe Long, 
 
 80 
 
 Lived with Joseph Long. 
 
 Mary Ockington, 
 
 85 
 
 
 Jemima Stone, 
 
 86 
 
 Lived with David Stone. 
 
 Ivory Snow, 
 
 78 
 
 Lived with Joseph Snow. 
 
 Abijah Whitcomb, 
 
 88 
 
 
 EPIDEMIC IN WESTPORT. 
 
 In 1849 an epidemic of unusual proportions prevailed in town, but 
 princip.ally in the village of Westport. Between July 7, and Oct. 21 , 
 fifty-five persons in Swanzey died of dysentery ; five in July, twenty 
 in August, twenty-four in September, and six in October. Of this 
 number thirty-five were within one mile of the schoolhouse in West- 
 port. 
 
 SWANZEy's PROFESSIONAL MEN. 
 
 Physicians. 
 Nathaniel Hammond, Wm. C. Belding place ; died Oct. 11, 1773. 
 Calvin Frink, F. Downing place ; died 1821. 
 Israel Sawyer, J. Handy place; born 1753, died Jan. 18, 1832. 
 Ezra Thayer, School District No. 8. 
 Abel Wilder, removed from town. 
 Paul Eaymond, died 1814. 
 
 EphraimK. Frost, Mrs. Watson's place; came 1819. 
 Henry Baxter, H. D. Thompson place; 1820-1853. 
 
256 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Daniel Linsey, removed from town 1828. 
 
 N. B. Barton, West Swanzey, died 1852. 
 
 Samuel D. King, Cong. Parsonage, 1835-1845. 
 
 John F. Jennison, Eclectic, Sylvander Stone place, 1844 ; died in 
 Keene. 
 
 WiUard Adams, Cong. Parsonage, 1845-1871. 
 
 D. L. M. Comings, West Swanzey, 1853-1863. 
 
 F. H. Underwood, Eclectic, West Swanzey, 1857 ; died in Boston. 
 
 Geo. I. Cutler, West Swanzey, since 1865. 
 
 In addition to the foregoing who have been the practising physi- 
 cians in Swanzey, are the following who were born or bred in this 
 town and have practised their profession elsewhere : Simeon Brown, 
 Abner Stanley, Hiram Bennett, Joseph Streeter, Samuel Lane, MeUen 
 R. Holbrook, Hiram O. BoUes, George W. Gay, Clarence W. Downing, 
 and Charles H. Bailey. 
 
 The town has rarely deemed it necessary to maintain a lawyer with- 
 in her borders, but it has raised up and sent to other localities more 
 needy the following : Joseph Larnerd, Luther Chapman, Benjamin 
 KimbaU, David Thompson, Asahel H. Bennett, Farnum F. Lane, 
 Daniel K. Healey, Lloyd D. Eaton, Milo Eaton. 
 
 Of Swanzey men who became clergymen or were licensed to preach 
 are the names of Sebastian Streeter, Russell Streeter, Robert Crossett, 
 Henry Woodcock, Caleb Sawyer, Tristan Aldrich, Jonathan Bailey, 
 Asa Withington, Truman A. Jackson, Don Carlos Taft, Myron W. 
 Adams. 
 
 MAIL CARRYING AND POST-MASTERS. 
 
 Many of our older inhabitants remember when the postage on a sin- 
 gle letter was 6, 10, 12 J, 18f and 25 cents, according to the distance 
 carried ; 25 cents being the rate when the distance was over four hun- 
 dred miles. 
 
 These were the rates from 1816 to 1845. In the early days of the 
 country's history according to the established rates the postage on a 
 one-half ounce letter from Boston to San Francisco would be $2.74. 
 In 1845 the rates were changed to five cents on a half ounce letter 
 for a distance not exceeding three hundred miles, and ten cents for 
 any greater distance. 
 
 We have no authentic record of mail carrying to or from Swanzey 
 in colonial and early days. As in other localities it was doubtless 
 done on horseback, at infrequent and probably irregular periods. 
 For many years previous to the advent of railroads through the 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 257 
 
 town the mail was carried by stages, then quite numerous. One of 
 these lines extended from Worcester through Richmond and Swanzey 
 to Keene. Later a stage connected Greenfield, Mass., with Keene 
 passing through Westport, West Swanzey and Swanzey Centre. Af- 
 ter the Ashuelot railroad was built the mail for the Centre for many 
 years was delivered at Sawyer's Crossing. More recently it has been 
 carried by the Keene and Richmond stage. 
 
 The records fail to tell us when the first post-offlce was formed at 
 the Centre or who was the first post-master. It was the only post- 
 office in town till 1831 when that at Westport was formed. The 
 post-offlce at West Swanzey was established in 1846, and that at 
 East Swanzey in 1873. The following are the post-masters with 
 dates of appointment : 
 
 Cevtre. Clark Brown, Jan. 17, 1815; Abel Wilder, Nov. 11, 
 1816 ; Abraham Stearns, March 29, 1819; Benjamin Page, Sept. 1, 
 1821 ; Amos Bailey, April 6, 1830 ; Elijah Sawyer, April 27, 1854 ; 
 Willard Adams, 1861 ; Enoch Howes, May 28, 1872 ; Asa Healey, 
 Nov. 23, 1881. 
 
 Westport. B. C. Peters, 1831 ; Sylvanus Bartlett, 1840 ; Benja- 
 min L. Draper, 1858 ; Stephen Faulkner, 1859 ; Henry Holbrook, 
 1861 ; Sylvanus Bartlett, 1862 ; Edwin F. Read, 1868 ; George W. 
 Brooks, 1870 ; Walter Marsh, 1882 ; Frank S. Faulkner, 1886. 
 
 West Swanzey. Jotham W. Frink, 1846 ; Joseph Hammond, 1861 ; 
 Edwin F. Read, 1863 ; Salmon H. Fox, 1866 ; Obadiah Sprague, 
 1884 ; Addie J. Faulkner, 1889. 
 
 East Swanzey. Albert B. Read, 1873 ; George W. Willis, 1886 ; 
 Albert B. Read, 1888. 
 
 THE WAR DEBT OP THE TOWN. 
 
 The debt of the town, principally caused by the war of the Reb el- 
 lion, reached its highest figures according to the reports of the select- 
 men in 1866. The amount then due corporations and individuals 
 was $63,921.86 with assets of $8,403.73; leaving the net indebted- 
 ness $55,518.13. Of $63,921.86, $11,000 was due the Savings 
 Banks in Keene ; $120 the Congregational Society ; $800 the town offi- 
 cers; and the remaining $52,001.86 was due to seventy-one individ- 
 uals, mostly citizens of Swanzey, and in sums varying from $50 to 
 $10,000. This debt was gradually extinguished year by year, and 
 in 1885 a balance in favor of the town was reported in the treasury. 
 
258 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 TOWN PAUPERS. 
 
 How to care for the unfortunate poor by the public in the most hu- 
 mane, and at the same time in the most economicarmanner, has ever 
 been a problem of difficult solution. The practice of selling at public 
 auction to the lowest bidder, tlie maintenance of a person by the week 
 or year, as was done sixty or eighty years ago, would hardly be tol- 
 erated now. 
 
 "In 1822, the maintenance of AdolphusLoveland was set up at pub- 
 lic vendue, to be supported the term of one year with all necessaries 
 of life, clothing, doctoring, etc., and struck off to Josepli Long; and 
 he is to receive $54, or in that proportion for a shorter time." 
 
 "March 13, 1821. The maintenance of Abigail Genney was set up 
 at public auction to be supported the term of one year with all the nec- 
 essaries of life, in health and in sickness, and pay phj'sicians if nec- 
 sary, and struck off to John Perry, and he to receive $21, or in that 
 proportion for a shorter time." 
 
 At the annual town meeting in 1835 it was voted that the select- 
 men contract with some person for the support of the poor for one or 
 more years, not exceeding five years. 
 
 In 1837, the farm now occupied by L. J. Crouch was purchased for 
 a "poor" farm, but used as such only a year or two when it was sold. 
 After this, Moses Howard had the contract for many years for caring 
 for all paupers in town, and following him, John Starkey had a simi- 
 lar contract. 
 
 In later years the number of town paupers has been relatively 
 smaller than formerlj', — the county assuming the support of those not 
 having a residence in any town. 
 
 MARKING SHEEP. 
 
 The practice of marking or branding sheep, and having a descrip- 
 tion of the mark or brand recorded by the town clerk, as authorized 
 by law was quite common in the early years of the town's history. 
 A few specimens are as follows : — 
 
 "Calvin Frink's mark. A crop off the tips of both ears, and a slit 
 lengthwise of the right ear." 
 
 "Jonathan Hammond's mark. A crop off the left ear and a slit in 
 the same." 
 
 "Elijah Belding's mark. A swallow tail in both ears." 
 
 "Wyman Richardson's mark. A round hole about half an inch in 
 diameter in the middle of the left ear." 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 259 
 
 A ROLLING STONE. 
 
 The large boulder that lies below the road a few rods west of the 
 spring at E. Swanzey, rolled from the top of the hill over two roads 
 about 1870, one afternoon just after the school children had passed 
 beneath it on their way liome from school. The rock supposed to be 
 securely embedded had been undermined by the earth being removed 
 for road repairing. The stone that lies on the west side of it was 
 split off when it struck the lower road. 
 
 KAIN AND SNOW STORMS. 
 
 There were great freshets on the South Branch in August, 1826, 
 and October, 1869. The bridge over the stream at E. Swanzey was 
 taken away on both occasions. The storm which produced the last 
 freshet was very extensive. 
 
 A remarkable storm occurred Oct. 9, 1804. It has been said that 
 snow fell to the depth of two feet. The annual muster of the regi- 
 ment to which Swanzey belonged was appointed to be held that day 
 at Winchester. The storm prevented many of the soldiers from reach- 
 ing the place, and no duty was performed by those that were enabled 
 to get there. The great snow storm of March 12, 1888, prevented 
 the annual town meeting from being held on the 13th. The roads 
 were impassable for several days. 
 
 COLD TEAK. 
 
 The summer of the year 1816 has passed into history as the "cold 
 season." The corn crop in this town was entirely destroyed. At 
 that time corn constituted a large part of the food of the people, and 
 the principal article for fattening their beef and pork. In such an 
 emergency some supplies were obtained from Connecticut river towns. 
 
 GRASSHOPPER YEAR. 
 
 A severe drought prevailed in 1826 through the summer till late in 
 August. The hay crop was very light and feed in pastures very scant. 
 In some instances, farmers cut down trees for their cattle to browse 
 upon. Grasshoppers were propagated in great numbers. It seemed 
 for a time that they would destroy a large part of the crop that es- 
 caped the drought. At mid-day the air was full of them, and at the 
 approach of evening the fences were covered by the devastating 
 hordes. 
 
260 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 TEMPERANCE. 
 
 The subject of temperance has probably received very much the 
 same consideration and attention in this as in other towns of New 
 Hampshire. The habits and social customs of the people here have 
 been similar to those elsewhere. From the first settlement of the 
 town to 1830 most people believed that no harm resulted from the 
 moderate use of spirituous liquors, and their practice was in accordance 
 with their belief. It was believed that a person could withstand se- 
 vere cold or great heat better after having drank a limited quantity 
 of liquor. It was used by all classes of people both on festive and 
 mournful occasions, at the raising of buildings, at military parades, 
 on the farm and in the shop. 
 
 The selling of liquor at retail constituted a large part of the busi- 
 ness of the hotel keeper and the country merchant. 
 
 It appears, however, that public opinion did not concede to any 
 one the right to sell without a license. The object of the license was 
 to keep the business in respectable hands, and keep those out of it 
 who would not manage it with discretion. The following are samples 
 of the licenses that were given from time to time, and the character 
 of the men that obtained tbera. 
 
 "May 28, 1821. We the subscribers do license AbrahamStearns, jr., 
 to retail and mix liquors in the store lately occupied by Cyrus Brooks 
 in Swanzej', for six months. 
 
 Abel Wilson, ^ Selectmen 
 
 Wyman Richardson, > of 
 
 Farnum Fish, -' Swanzey. 
 
 "May 29, 1821. We the subscribers do license Bela Chase aud 
 Benjamin Page to retail and mix liquors in the store lately occupied 
 by Abraham Stearns, jr., in Swanzey for the term of one jear from 
 this date. 
 
 Farnum Fish, ) Selectmen 
 
 [ of 
 
 Abel Wilson, ) Swanzey. 
 
 "May 26, 1824. To whom it may concern, we, the subscribers, do 
 hereby license Jonathan Whitcomb, jr., to exercise the business of 
 retailing of spirituous liquors at his store in Swanzey, for the term of 
 one 3'ear. 
 
 Daniel Wetherbee, ^ Selectmen 
 
 Shubael Seaver, > of 
 
 Thomas Wheelock, jr., •' Swanzey. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 261 
 
 "Oct. 5, 1827. In consideration of twenty dollars paid by Messrs. 
 John Stratton and Jonathan Wliitcomb, jr., we, the subscribers, se- 
 lectmen of the town of Swanzey, do hereby license said Stratton and 
 Wliitcomb, to mix and sell spirits by small quantities in their store, 
 near the Baptist meeting house, in said Swanzey, for the terra of one 
 year from this date, and also to sell by retail all kinds of spirits at 
 said store for the same term of time. 
 
 Elijah Relding, ) Selectmen 
 
 \ «f 
 
 Amos Bailey, } Swanzey. 
 
 People did not believe in drunkenness at the time when most of 
 them drank intoxicating liquor. They were rather tolerant of one 
 who might on some particular occasion when the temptation was great, 
 drink to excess, but the habitual drunkard was execrated then as he 
 is now. 
 
 The work of those who first commenced to bring about a temper- 
 ance reformation was mainly directed against the use of distilled 
 liquor, and obtaining pledges not to use it, but allowing the use of 
 wine and cider. But the temperance reformer soon found out the 
 necessity of including all intoxicating liquor in temperance pledges, 
 for consistent temperance work. In the early days of the temperance 
 movement, it received a stronger and more powerful support from 
 the clergy than from any other class of people. Many of the most 
 popular doctors very early gave the cause their hearty support. No 
 man in this vicinity did more for it than Dr. James Batcheller of 
 Marlboro, by his influence and lectures. 
 
 Whenever the voters of Swanzey have acted upon the liquor question, 
 the vote has been against licensing the sale of liquor when that has 
 been the is^ue, and in favor of suppressing the sale of it ; but there 
 has generally been liquor sold in the town in defiance of law and the 
 public sentiment of the people. 
 
 BOATING ON THE ASHUELOT EIVEE. 
 
 About the year 1800 a company was formed for the purpose of boat- 
 ing on the Ashuelot river, the design being to take heavy articles 
 brought up the Connecticut river in boats, transfer them by teams 
 past the rapids in Hinsdale and Winchester, and then boat them to 
 Keene. Locks were built at the falls in Westpoft and West Swanzey, 
 and one loaded boat only was propelled up the river and the enter- 
 prise was abandoned. "It did'nt pay." The locks at Westport were 
 
262 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZET, 
 
 utilized by the manufacturing interests of the place and served as 
 flumes for properly conveying the water. 
 
 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 
 
 The following persons have held commissions as justices of the 
 peace in Swanzey. 
 
 Amos Bailey, Franklin Hoknan, 
 
 Sylvanus Bartlett, Enoch Howes, 
 
 Henry Baxter, Asa S. Kendall, 
 
 Elijah Belding, Josiah Parsons, 
 
 Luke Bennett, Barnabas C. Peters, 
 
 Eufus Bowen, William Eead, 
 
 George Bucklin, Benjamin Eead, 
 
 Elijah Carpenter, Elijah Sawyer, 
 
 Nehemiah Cummings, Obadiah Sprague (not. pub.) 
 
 George I. Cutler, Isaac Stratton, 
 
 Franklin Downing, Alonzo A. Ware, 
 
 Stephen Faulkner, Daniel Wetherbee, 
 
 Farnum Fish, Thos. T. Wetherbee, 
 
 Calvin Frink, Levi Willard, 
 
 Jothara W. Frink, George W. Willis, 
 
 Joseph Hammond, Jr., ' Abel Wilson, 
 
 Charles N. Hills, Volney Woodcock. 
 
 Aaron Plolbrook, 
 
 SLTERVISORS OE THE CHECK LIST. 
 
 1878 Joseph 0. Gary, George E. Whitcomb, 
 
 Benjamin Eead. 
 1880 George E. Whitcomb, George W. Willis, 
 
 Henry Holbrook. 
 1882 Obadiah Sprague, Daniel Snow, 
 
 Park E. Wright. 
 1884 Park E. Wright, Frank N. Stone, 
 
 Arthur A. Woodward. 
 1886 Edmund Stone, George A. Seaver, 
 
 Charles E. Worcester. 
 1888 Josiah Parsons, Fred H. Dickerman, 
 
 Arthur A -Woodward. 
 1890 Josiah Parsons, Fred H. Dickerman, 
 
 Arthur A. Woodward. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 263 
 
 GREAT SNOWSTOEM. / 
 
 The greatest and most severe snowstorm ever known in Swanzey 
 occurred on the 12th and 13th days of March, 1888, as realized by 
 Edmund Stone, George A. Seaver and Charles E. Worcester, super- 
 visors of the check list of the town. Agreeably to appointment they 
 met at the town house on the 12th inst. at two o'clock p. m. for the 
 correcting of the check list, and at four o'clock, having closed their 
 session, on leaving the liouse, they found it almost impossible, on 
 account of the driving storm and the depth of snow to reach the 
 stable for their teams. Stone and Worcester, after consultation, finally 
 started in the blinding storm for home ; but when about twenty rods 
 away the horse feU in the snow and was partially buried therein ; they 
 assisted it in rising, and were glad to return to the stable, on reaching 
 which, Stone found both of his ears frozen. 
 
 Seaver with his team started for home at West Swanzey, three miles 
 away, but was met by Stone and Worcester who told him that it was 
 impossible to push through. Seaver replied that he must go home, as 
 a man can always go home when he can go nowhere else, and moved 
 on ; but soon confronted by the fury of the storm, he returned, and 
 all put up for the night. 
 
 The next day, the warrant calling for a town meeting remained in 
 the box unmolested, as it was impossible for the people to get to the 
 town house. In the meantime, Sione harnessed his team and started 
 for home about a mile away. He was met by his son Lyman with a 
 shovel and succeeded in reaching home in safety. Worcester, also 
 living about three-fourths of a mile out wallowed through amid the 
 drifts 'and driving wind to his home. 
 
 Seaver, leaving his team, started for his home at twenty minutes past 
 two o'clock P.M., crossing the trackless plain and having reached the 
 road by the Indian sandbank where, seemingly, the drift was twelve or 
 fifteen feet deep, and utterly impassable, he crossed the road and went up 
 the river to Worcester's, thinking to reach the railroad at the Swanzey 
 depot and find an easier and quicker route home. Worcester think- 
 ing the trip would be a hazardous one, said he had better remain over 
 with him. No, he said, he must go home. Worcester went with him to 
 the railroad bridge and then returned to his home. After Seaver had 
 crossed the bridge finding the snow so deep in the valley on the track 
 that he could not make any advance, he climbed up on the east side of 
 the bank to the wall, which was scarcely visible, using his umbrella as 
 a support, and now at dark, he travelled on the waU to the end there- 
 
264 HISTOEY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 of ; then, straggling to the 'track, notwithstanding he was very weary, 
 he pushed forward till he reached the "Cut" on the road, near Eaton's 
 burnt ruins, the snow being fully ten feet in depth here. He found him- 
 self unable to advance a foot ; every effort to step dropped him lower 
 in the snow. There in the darkness of night, strength nearly exhausted, 
 clothes sjiturated with sweat, limbs badly cramped after a struggle of 
 nearly half an hour, he felt that he could not get out, that there he 
 must perish alone ; but knowing that, ceasing his efforts, chills would 
 come upon him, and his desire being so strong to get home, he exerted 
 his utmost strength to reach the highway. In treading his way his 
 foot struck a small birch tree standing on the bank, bent down towards 
 the track, under the snow. This he seized and pulled himself up to 
 the bars, his foot striking a board about twelve feet long which he 
 pulled out of the snow and placed it forward of him, on which he 
 walked its length, and thus utilized the board till he reached O. S. 
 Eaton's. Then, being so exhausted, he left the board and wallowed 
 on till, passing N. C. Carter's, he came near Greenleaf's gate when, 
 with the aid of his umbrella, he climbed the wall on which he made ad- 
 vance, falling off, and climbing on again until he reached the Bailey 
 brook, when he became so weak and badly cramped that he could 
 travel no further. Here he discovered a light in the village ; then with 
 umbrella in hand laid horizontally on the snow he crawled on his hands 
 and knees to the track (seemingly he could not move) , for the first time 
 in his life he became faint, and had not voice enough to call for help ; 
 but he must go home, and with a strong will power he was enabled to 
 reach the house of B. F. Bowen, and aided by him he reached home 
 at twenty minutes past eight o'clock in the evening. Not until the 
 17th inst. were the roads opened so that he could go after his team. 
 
 SECRET SOCIETIES. 
 
 There is no record of any organization of Free Masons or Odd Fel- 
 lows in Swanzey ; but at all times since near the first settlement there 
 have been Masons in this town belonging to lodges in adjoining towns ; 
 and since the institution of Odd Fellowship in this country the same 
 may be said of that order. Some of the early clergy and other prominent 
 men were Masons. In later years a multitude of secret societies have 
 sprung into existence, some of an ephemeral nature, designed to ac- 
 complish a certain object and then pass away, while others appear to be 
 of a permanent character and have come to stay. 
 
 In 1856 the American or Know-nothing party, a secret political or- 
 ganization, suddenly appeared in the country and very soon vanished. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 265 
 
 Swanzey, in common with other towns in New li^ngland, helped to swell 
 the wave that swept over the land. It is not well known who were the 
 principal managers in this movement as few of the leaders care to be 
 recognized as such in history. 
 
 Good Templars. 
 About 1868 the "Ark of Safety" Lodge of Good Templars, No. 78, 
 was formed at West Swanzey. This was an organization in the interest 
 of the temperance movement. Under the inspiration of Hon. A. S. 
 Kendall and his wife, S. C. Kendall, 0. Sprague and other temperance 
 workers it flourished some five or six years and exerted a salutary in- 
 fluence in training the youth in habits of sobriety and in restraining the 
 illegal sale of liquor. 
 
 Golden Cross. 
 
 The United Order of the Golden Cross, Swanzey Commandery, No. 
 151 , was instituted at East Swanzey, August 29, 1881. This is abeneflt 
 or life insurance association, designed also to advance social improve- 
 ment, temperance, etc. The charter members were Edward Wilcox, 
 Ellen A. Ramsdell, Ahinson W. Banks, Albert B. Eead, Thankful B. 
 Read, William F. Read, EUaC. Read, Francis M. Taft, Sarah L. Taft, 
 Nathan F. Newell, Emily B. Newell, Martin L. Laije, Flora E. Lane, 
 Henry C. Lane, Lucy Mabel Lane, Joseph E. Long, Lois A. Long, 
 James E. Handy, Arthur A. Woodward, Clara M. Lane, Ebenezer 
 F. Lane, Hannah P. Lane, James M. Ramsdell, Hattie R. Ramsdell, 
 Clara M. Lane, Dr. Geo. I. Cutler, Geo E. Lane, S. Lizzie Lane. 
 
 Over sixty others have joined this commandery and it has been at 
 all times and now is in a flourishing condition. 
 
 Its first officers were A. W. Banks, Past Noble Commander ; Ed- 
 ward Wilcox, Noble Commander ; Ellen A. Ramsdell, Vice Noble Com- 
 mander; Martin L. Lane, Prelate; A. B. Read, W. Herald; Clara 
 N. Lane, Keeper of Records ; Geo. E. Lane, Financial Keeper of Re- 
 cords ; Henry C. Lane, Treasurer ; Ella C. Read, Warden Inner Gate ; 
 A. A. Woodward, Warden Outer Gate. 
 
 The Noble Commanders have been Edward Wilcox, Jas. M. Rams- 
 deU, Geo. E. Lane, A. B. Read, C. M. Lane, A. W. Banks, W. C. 
 Belding, C. H. Applin, C. G. Ramsdell, A. A. Woodward, C. A. 
 Bouvier. 
 
 7 he Golden Star Commandery, No. 319, U. O. G. C, was instituted 
 at West Swanzey, July 16, 1887, by Deputy Grand Commander A. B. 
 Eead, with fourteen charter members as follows : Park E. Wright, 
 18 
 
266' HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Mary E. Wright, Herbert 0. Young, Carrie E. Young, Charles B. Spar- 
 hawk, Alice L. Sparhawk, Geo. B. Richardson, Ara L. Richardson, 
 Ansel E. Bourn, Hattie E. Bourn, Edward H.Snow, Mary L. Handy, 
 Albert M. Hardy, Calista Hill. The number of members January 1, 
 1892, is seventy-two. The Noble Commanders have been : Herliert O. 
 Young, Charles B. Sparhawk, James E. Handy, Geo. W. Richardson, 
 George C. Wright, Lester H. Towne. 
 
 Officers for the 1st term, 1892: N. C, P. E. Wright; V. N. C, 
 Minnie Wright; W. P., James E. Handy; W. H., Joseph Rugg; F. 
 R. of R., Archie Thompson; R. of R., Nellie Thompson; W. T., 
 Carrie Young ; W. I. G., Addie Eames ; W. 0. G., Ansel Bourn. 
 
 The Gravge. 
 
 The organization called The Grange, for the especial benefit of 
 farmers and their families, which has flourished for many years at the 
 west, has only recently appeared in New Hampshire. Golden Rod 
 Orange, No. 114, was instituted March 15, 1886, by general deputy 
 E. C. Hutchinson of Milford, with the following charter members : — 
 William C. Belding, Andrew B. Cook, Calvin E. Hills, Charles H. 
 Rockwood, George Carpenter, Lj'manM. Stone, Albert B. Read, Geo. 
 L. Underwood. Zina G. Taft, William C. Belding, jr., Richard R- 
 Ramsdell, jr., Marcus C. Stone, Benjamin F. Mead, Benjamin Read, 
 Geo. I. Cutler, M.D., Mrs.,E. H. G. Taft, Miss Nellie M. Belding, 
 Mrs. L. J. W. Carpenter, Mrs. Leaffle J. Stone, Miss Alice A. 
 Stanley, Mrs. Eva L. Ramsdell, Mrs. Anna G. Hills. 
 
 The following officers were elected : — Master, W. C. Belding ; Over- 
 seer, C. E. Hills; Lecturer, B. Read; Steward, C. H. Rockwood; 
 Assistant Steward Z. G. Taft; Chaplain, L. M. Stone; Treasurer, 
 George Carpenter ; Secretary, Mrs. Annie G. Hills ; Gate-keeper, G. 
 L. Underwood ; Pomona, Mrs. E. L. Ramsdell ; Flora, Mrs. L. J. 
 Stone; Ceres, Mrs. E. H. G. Taft; Lady Assistant Steward, Miss 
 Alice A. Stanley. 
 
 The following have been the leading officers- of The Grange since 
 1886: 
 
 1887. Master, Chas. H. Rockwood; Overseer, C. E. Hills; Lecturer, 
 
 B. Read. 
 
 1888. Master, C. H. Rockwood ; Overseer, C. E. Hills ; Lecturer, Mrs. 
 
 E. H. G. Taft. 
 
 1889. Master, Zina G. Zaft; Overseer, Marcus C. Stone; Lecturer, 
 
 Mrs. E. H. G. Taft. 
 
 1890. Master, Marcus C. Stone ; Overseer, G. L. Underwood ; Lectur- 
 
 er, Geo. Carpenter. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 267 
 
 1891. Master, M. C. Stone ; Overseer, G. L. Underwood ; Lecturer, 
 
 G. Carpenter. 
 
 1892. Master, Henry "W. Banks; Overseer, L. Lowell Balding; 
 
 Lecturer, Airs. L. A. Carlton. 
 
 The meetings of the Grange were held at the houses of the mem- 
 bers and at the vestry of the Congregationl Church until 1891, when the 
 membership was so large it was deemed expedient to hold them at the 
 town hall. The numbers at the close of each year have been as follows : 
 1887, 31 : 1888, 40; 1889, 49 ; 1890, 91; 1891, 125. It is the largest 
 Orange in the county except that at Keene. 
 
 Lincoln Grange, No. 159, was instituted at West Swanzey, Dec. 31, 
 1890, with sixteen charter members, viz. : Geo. O. Capron, Rose L. 
 Capron, James K. Handy, Mary L. Handy, Herbert O. Young, Carrie 
 E. Young, Albert M. Hardy, Oliver Capron, Park K. Wright, Mary 
 E. Wright, Geo. C. Wright, Minnie A. Wright, Geo. W. Richardson, 
 Ara L. Richardson, J. Byron Porter, Flora M. Porter. 
 
 The following are its officers, viz. : Worthy Master, P. E. Wright; 
 Worthy Overseer, C. J. Eames ; Worthy Lecturer, J. K. Handy ; 
 Worthy A ssistant Lecturer, Mrs. Woodward ; Worthy Steward, B. C. 
 Snow; Worthy Assistant Steward, G. C. Wright; Worthy Chaplain, 
 A. M. Hardy ; Worthy Secretary, Mrs. S. C. Kendall ; Worthy Treas- 
 urer, Mrs. Angle Woodward ; Ceres, Mrs. Wright ; Flora, Jennie Thorn- 
 ing ; Pomona, Addie Karnes ; Lady Assistant Steward, M. A. Wright. 
 Number of members Jan. 1, 1892, 61. 
 
 A BEAH STORY. 
 
 About the year 1800 as General Philemon Whitcomb and two sons, 
 Benjamin and Abijah, were examining a large territory of old growth 
 pine timber about one-fourth of a mile south from Mrs. Susan John- 
 son's, and near the "Ware Barn," their attention was attracted by the 
 barking of their little dog, and on examination found that the dog had 
 discovered some kind of an animal in a cave, under a huge boulder, 
 now visible, which they thought might be a bear. They barricaded 
 the entrance of the cave that he might not escape, and then sent for 
 John Grimes, who being a hunter and trapper came with an axe, if 
 need be, to kill the bear supposed to be therein, if he attempted to 
 escape ; but the General, being a military man and fond of riding 
 horseback, did not want the bear killed for he wanted to bridle her 
 with a cod line and ride bear back, so Grimes told them to remove 
 the obstruction from the entrance to the cave, while he with uplifted 
 axe, stood ready to meet Bruin as she came out 
 
268 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 After patient waiting for the disturbance of the intruders to cease, 
 the rage of Bruin began to show itself, and she was determined to 
 make her egress and eject her intruders or lay down her life in the 
 conflict, and soon made her appearance when Grimes struck her on 
 the head with the head of the axe. Tiie blow htnggercd her back some- 
 what ; but she soon rallied, and with increasing rage, made another 
 attempt to come out, when Grimes [}|unged the bit of the axe into her 
 head, but this did not stop her. Ra^e added to maduess, she came out 
 and the General , not having time to bridle her with cod line, sprang upon 
 her back and lode away, not dismounting, until she fell dead under 
 him, although rot a great distance awa^-. — E G. S. 
 
 A WOLF STORY. 
 
 Many years ago there lived a Mr. Fairbrother in West Swanzey, on 
 a farm once owned by Clement Sumner, later by Arba Stearns, and 
 now owned by Charles J. Hanrahan, whose house stood east of the 
 now-standing bain, and the road passed between them. While Mr. 
 Fairbrother was shingling the roof of his building, the weather being 
 warm and fine, his child, having been at play there, fell asleep on a 
 l)ile of shavings which came from the shingles, and while quietly sleep- 
 ing a wolf came from the near forest probably scenting the child, 
 covered it with shavings, hastened back to the foi-est and invited hig 
 friends to share with him the collation which he had secured. The 
 father discovered the wolf before he had fully hidden the child, and 
 probably thinking the safely of the child would be more sure did not 
 molest him till after he returned to the foi'est; then he descended, 
 aroused the little sleeper and took it on the roof with him. Soon the 
 wolf returned with two or three companions with sharpened appetites 
 to enjoy the repast ; but when the wolf removed the shavings and found 
 an empty table, and that the precious meal was gone, he appeared dis- 
 appointed and troubled, whereupon the guests, greatly enraged at the 
 imposition, pitched upon their host and killed him. — E. G. S. 
 
GENEALOGMES. 
 
 19 
 
CHAPTER XI. 
 
 Genealogical Records. 
 
 Henrt^ Abbott {Tsaac^ of Chesterfield) , b. Dec. 16, 1818 ; m., 1st, 
 Clarmrla C. (b. Nov. 30, 1825 ; d. Nov. 9, 1881), dau. of Paul F. 
 Aldiich; m., 2nd, Jan. 1, 1885, Melissa S. (b. Nov. 10, 1839), dau. 
 of Rufus Thompson. Children : George H., b. Oct. 27, 1846. Frank 
 F., b. March 4, 1849. Mary C, b. March 16, 1853; d. July 24, 
 1859. Mabel E., b. Aug. 26, 1862 ; m. Henry F. Whitcomb. 
 
 George H.s Abbott {Henry,^ Isaac^), b. Oct. 27, 1846; m. Ella 
 (b. July 27, 1848), dau. of John S. Thayer. Children : Susie S., b. 
 Aug. 15, 1868 ; d. Jan. 23, 1875. Marguerite, b. Sept. 20, 1876. ■ 
 
 Frank F.^ Abbott {Henry, ^ Isaac^), b. March 4, 1849 ; m. Nov. 
 19, 1871, Mary E. (b. Sept. 2, 1850), dau. of David Woodward. 
 Child: Rupert H., b. June 26, 1876. 
 
 William Abbott m. Oct. 30, 1804, Sally, dau. of Nathan Wood- 
 cock ; she was b. March 1, 1783. 
 
 ADAMS. 
 
 WiLLARD^ Adams (Thomas,^ of New Salem, Mass.), b. Dec. 6, 
 1806 ; d. in Woburn, Mass., July 19, 1883 ; m., 1st, Anstris (b. May 
 5, 1808 ; d. Dec. 14, 1880), dau. of Joseph Joslin ; m., 2nd, a lady in 
 Woburn. Children: Joseph Willard, b. in Wells, Me., Aug. 31, 
 1835. Thomas, b. in Wells, Me., June 22, 1837. Emily Joslin, b. 
 in Woburn, Mass., Apr. 2, 1839 ; d. March 31, 1840. Randall, b. in 
 Woburn, Sept. 23, 1841 ; d. Feb. 17, 1842. Amasa Randall, b. Jan. 
 19, 1847; d. Apr. 9, 1847. Emily Lucretia, b. July 28, 1848; m. 
 Levi A. Fuller of Marlborough, Oct. 30, 1866. Everett, b. June 19, 
 1850. 
 
 Joseph W.^ Adams (Willard,^ Thomas^), b. Aug. 31, 1835; m. 
 Mary Emeline Dix (b. 1836) of Wakefield, Mass. 
 
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272 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Thomas^ Adams {Willard,'^ Thomas^), b. June 22, 1837; m. Aug. 
 17, 1862, Nancy Jane Thompson (b. 1839) of Geneva, N. Y. 
 
 Everett^ Adams {Willard,^ Thomas^), b. June 19, 1850 ; m. Era- 
 ma S. (b. March 31, 1850), dau. of George W. p:ilis. Children: 
 George, b. Oct. 20, 1873. Lottie E., b. June 25, 1875. 
 
 John Brooks^ Adams {Albert^ of Bindge), b. Aug. 12, 1842; m. 
 May 23, 1872, Mary J. (b. Nov. 11, 1850), dau. of Samuel Wood- 
 bury of Winchendon, Mass. Children : George Arthur, b. Feb. 5, 
 1873. Fred Albert, b. July 6, 1875. John Henry, b. June 15, 1878. 
 Edwin Myron, b. Aug. 7, 1882. 
 
 MtronS "W. Adams (Rev. Ezrd^ ofOilsum), b. Nov. 27, 1860 ; m. 
 May 29, 1884, Nellie B., dau. of William F. Davis, Denmark, Me. 
 
 Elijah H.^ Adams {Elijah^ ofKeene), h. in Keene, Nov. 28, 1826 ; 
 m. Sept. 19, 1848, Luthera (b. in this town, Aug. 18, 1827), dau. of 
 Silas Howe. Children: Marion A., b. Feb. 18, 1850; m. June 2, 
 1869, Marvin D. Lewis; lives in Orange, Mass. Charles L., b. Dec. 
 15, 1851 ; m. Dec. 15, 1880, Julia E. Caldwell of Ryegale, Vt., where 
 they now live. LydiaA., b. March 25, 1854 ; m. Oct. 30, 1877, Wil- 
 liam S. Blair of Springfield, Mass., v»fhere they resided. Sarah M., b. 
 March 27, 1856 ; m. March 21, 1883, Horace W. Baker of Warwick, 
 Mass., where they reside. Uleyetta C, b. Apr. 2, 1858, in Marlbor- 
 ough; lives in Troy. John, b. Oct. 19, 1860; d. in Troy, Mar. 14, 
 1862. Susan E., b. Jan. 6, 1863, m. Dec. 24, 1889, Fred E. Whit- 
 comb of Troy, where they reside ; the last four born in Marlborough. 
 
 ALEXANDER. 
 
 George W.^ Alexander {Cale¥ of Winchester), b. 1814 ; m. May 
 22, 1842, Harriet (b. Apr. 6, 1819), dau. of John Stratton ; he d. July 
 15, 1883. Child : Ellen L., adopted dau., m. Ripley Nittrowr. 
 
 Calvin^ Alexander {Joseph^ of Troy), b. Apr. 23, 1816 ; m. Feb. 
 19, 1843, Abbie Ann (b. Dec. 5, 1822), dau. of George W. Murphey, 
 New Ipswich ; d. Dec. 18, 1888. Children : George D., b. July 3, 1847 ; 
 d. March 18, 1866. Abbie Frances, b. Nov. 27, 1854; m. Herbert 
 W. Mason. Hattie Rebecca, b. Aug 21,. 1859 ; m. James M. Rams- 
 dell. 
 
 Luther2 Alexander {Joseph^ of Troy), b. May 1, 1825 ; m. Sept. 
 7, 1848, Lydia S. (b. Sept. 9, 1832), dau. of Stephen Harris. Chil- 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 273 
 
 dren: Walter S., b. May 9, 1849. Martha A., b. Dec. 24, 1853; 
 m. George E. Fuller of Marlborough, Jan. 24, 1872. Lillian M., b. 
 Oct. 2, 1856 ; m. Jasper E. Lovering. Lora E., b. April 29, 1860 ; 
 m. Fred A. Carter of Winchendon, Mass. Nellie M., b. March 8, 
 1865 ; m. Cliarles A. Barden of Richmond. 
 
 Charles^ Alexander {Joseph^ of Troy), b. March 5, 1831 ; m. 
 March 27, 1856, Ellen C. (b. July 19, 1837), dan. of Philo Applin ; 
 d. in Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. 31, 1889. Children : Charles W., b. Oct. 
 58, 1857. Julian E., b. April 14, 1859. Frank P., b. July 28, 1860 ; 
 d. May 6, 1883. Willie E., b. March 8, 1862; d. Oct. 31, 1863. 
 Willie W., b. Sept. 8, 1863. Earl E., b. March 20, 1865 ; d. June 4, 
 1887. 
 
 Walter Scott^ Alexander {Luther,^ Joseph}), b. May 9, 1849; 
 m. June 16, 1880, Nellie Adaline (b. Jan. 1, 1862), dau. of Herraon 
 L. Lincolu. Child: Eoland Luther, b. Apr. 21, 1884. 
 
 albee. 
 Benjamin Albee was a resident of Mendon, Mass., as early as 1667. 
 The line of descent from him to Hardin Albee was by John, b. in 
 Mendon, 1680; John, b. in Mendon, 1721; Ichabod, b. 1755; re- 
 moved to Westmoreland. 
 
 Hardin^ Albee {Ichahod,* Jolm,^ John,^ Benjamin,^ of Mendon, 
 Mass.), b. March 8, 1800; d. Nov. 13, 1863; m., 1st, March 25, 
 1827, Almira H. (b. March 23, 1804; d.'March 16, 1853), dau. of 
 Philip Howard of Winchester ; m., 2nd, March 2, 1854, Anna A. (b. 
 Sept. 5, 1819), dau. of Capt. Calvin May of Gilsum. Children: 
 Almira Melissa, b. Jan. 7, 1828 ; m. Abraham Stearns. George 
 Hardin, b. Jan. 2, 1831. Ida Marion, b. Sept. 12, 1855 ; d. Aug. 18, 
 1865. 
 
 AniRA^ Albee (Ichabod,* John,^ John,^ Benjamin^), b. April 7, 
 1790.; d. at the home of his brother Hardin, July 25, 1853. 
 
 George H.^ Albee (Hardin,^ Ichabod,'^ John,^ John, ^ Benjamin^) , 
 b. Jan. 2, 1831 ; m. April 23, 1859, Mary A. Burns (b. April 23, 
 1835 ;d. Jan. 17,1886). Children : Jennie Almira, b. Aug. 31,1860. 
 Annie Marion, b. May 25, 1862. He lives in Neenah, Wis. 
 
 aldrioh. 
 Amasa Aldkich,! b. in Mendon, Mass., June 13, 1760 ; m. Nov. 1, 
 1780, Uranah Paine (b. Sept. 17, 1763) ; d. Dec. 2, 1813. She m., 
 
274 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 2ncl, June 3, 1818, Gen. Philemon Whitcomb ; d. Feb., 1843. Chil- 
 dren: Marmadnke, b. in Mendon, Aug. 18, 1781. Mary, b. May 
 27, 1783; m. Timothy Thompson. Uranah, b. March 31, 1785; m. 
 Jesse Thompson. Phinehas, b. Jan. 20, 1787. Amasa, b. March 18, 
 1789. Paine, b. Jan. 4, 1791. Rufus, b. Jan. 20, 1793 ; d. Aug. 27, 
 1798. Otis, b. July 6, 1795 ; d. Aug. 27, 1798. David, b. Sept. 6, 
 1797. Anna, b. Aug. 31, 1799 ; m. Luke Bennett. Paul Fisher, b. 
 Dec. 26, 1801. John Langdon, b. March 27, 1805. William, b. Oct. 
 20, 1808. 
 
 Phinehas^ Aldbich (Amasa'-), b. Jan. 20, 1787; m. Oct. 8, 1814, 
 Mary Connell (b. in Seituate, R. I., Apr. 4, 1789 ; d. at Spring Prai- 
 rie, Wis., Sept. 26, 1859) ; he d. Oct. 2, 1847. Children: Nathan- 
 iel L., b. March 3, 1816 ; d. Feb. 20, 1841. Betsey H., b. Sept. 20, 
 1817; d. Nov. 9, 1845. Cyrel R., b. Apr. 6, 1819. Maria B., b. 
 Feb. 20, 1822 ; d. Aug. 23, 1845. 
 
 Amasa^ Aldrich (Amasa^^), b. March 18, 1789; m. 1812, Candace 
 (b. March 28,1793; d. Nov. 12, 1876), dau. of Simeon Cook; d. 
 May 20, 1880. Children: Harrison, b. Oct. 31, 1812. Amasa, b. 
 March 7, 1814. Simeon Cook, b. Feb. 24, 1816. Emeline, b. March 
 14, 1818 ; m. Benjamin C. Blake. Flavilla C, b. Oct. 10, 1819 ; m. 
 Sumner Applin. Nancy H., b. March 7, 1822-' d. Jan. 21, 1841. 
 Candace C, b. Feb. 23, 1825; m. James Marsh. Carlon Cook, b. ■ 
 Oct. 2, 1829. Calista T.,b. Apr. 1, 1830 ; m. J. Mason Reed. 
 
 Paine2 Aldrich {Amasa'), b. Jan. 4, J791 ; m. Feb. "18, 1813, 
 Sally (b. June 17, 1793), dau. of Joseph Hammond. 
 
 Datid^ Aldrich {Amasa'), b. Sept. 6, 1797; m". Jan. 3, 1827, 
 Olive (b. April 16, 1804 ; d. March 2, 1887), dau of David Holbrook ; 
 he d. Sept. 3, 1841. Children: Pliinehas L., b. Dec. 27, 1829. 
 George O., b. Oct. 22, 1831; d. Apr. 3, 1881. Uranah Paine, b. 
 Apr. 6, 1834; m. Granville Pratt. 
 
 Paul Fisher^ Aldrich {Amasa^), b. Dec. 26, 1801; ra. Aug. 7, 
 1822, Luvana (d. Dec. 1, 1866), dau. of Simeon Cook; d. Oct. 20, 
 1878. Children : Clarinda Cook, b. Nov. 30, 1824 ; m. Henry Ab- 
 bott; d. Nov. 9, 1881. Paul Fisher, b. Nov. 30, 1827. John Lang- 
 don, b. Nov. 12, 1830 ; d. Aug. 13, 1863. George Herman, b. May 
 30, 1833. Cyrel Rounds, b. Nov. 19, 1835; m. Sept. 2, 1862. Lu- 
 vana Maria, b. April 14, 1838; m. May 1, 1862, Charles Green. 
 Henry Hubbard, b. Feb. 22, 1843. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 275 
 
 John Langdon^ Aldrich {Amasa^),h. March 27, 1805 ; m. March 
 27, 1828, Esther (b. Nov. 19, 1806 ; d. Sept. 15, 1888), dau. of Eph- 
 raim Whitcomb ; d. July 24, 1832. Child : Charlotte, b. Feb. 13, 
 1829 ; m. Fernando B. Bennett. 
 
 Ctrel E.3 Aldrich {PMnehas,^ Amasa^), b. Apr. 6, 1819; m. 
 May 18, 1850, Julia Ann, dau. of Elijah Carpenter. Children : Ma- 
 ria Elizabeth, b. in Swanzey, May 1, 1851. Fanny Partridge, b. in 
 Springfield, Mass., Jan. 3, 1853 ; m. Edgar A. Weeks of Lyons, Wis. 
 
 Caelon Cook^ Aldrich (Amasa,^ Amasa^), b. Oct. 2, 1829 ; m. 
 Amanda (b. Aug. 29, 1835), dau. of Charles Wilson. 
 
 Paul Fisher^ Aldrich {Paul Fisher,^ Amasa^) b. Nov. 30, 1827 ; 
 m. April 30, 1847, Hannah (b. Nov. 9, 1827) daughter of Martin 
 Stone. Children: Edwin H., b. about 1853 ; m. Jan. 21, 1873. Anna 
 b. about 1862. Winnie, b. 1867; d. Aug. 24, 1867. Chester C, b. 
 1869; d. Nov. 10, 1875. 
 
 George Herman^ Aldrich (Paul Fisher ,^ Amasa^) , b. in Swanzey 
 May 30, 1833 ; m. Oct. 3, 1853, Hannah (b. Jan. 20, 1832) daughter 
 of Alvah Thompson. Children : Walter Herman, b. July 2, 1854. 
 Herbert Cyrel, b. Aug. 23, 1855. Edwin Thompson, b. Aug. 24, 
 1858. Edith Luvania, b. Aug. 24, 1862. John Langdon, b. Aug. 
 23, 1864; d. April 2, 1865. Eugene Langdon, b. March 30, 1866. 
 Emma Maria, b. Nov. 30, 1868. Sidney Cook, b. May 3, 1872. 
 
 Henry Hubbard^ Aldrich (Paul Fisher,^ Amasa^), b. Feb. 22, 
 1843; m. Mary E. (b. Nov. 21, 1843), daughter of Sylvander L. 
 Whitcomb. 
 
 Edwin H.4 Aldrich (Paul Fisher,^ Paul Fisher,^ Amasa^), m. Jan. 
 21 , 1873, Flora H. (b. 1851) , daughter of Philemon Foster. Children : 
 an infant, b. Apr. 28, 1874; d. Aug. 10, 1874. Gertrude H., b. 
 Nov. 18, 1877. Bertha A., b. Nov, 26, 1879. Robert E., b; Sept. 
 
 30, 1881. 
 
 Tristan^ Aldrich (Jesse,^ Noah,* Jacoh,^ Jacob?' George^), b. 
 Oct. 13, 1781 ; m., 1st, Sept. 7, 1806, Polly Sampson (b. in Pres- 
 cott where she died) ; m., 2nd, Nov. 20, 1823, Betsey (b. Dec. 20, 
 1799 ; d. Jan. 12, 1876), daughter of Nathan Cross. He died Dee. 
 
 31, 1870. Children: Maria, b. Oct. 21, 1807; m. Moses Howard. 
 Alice S., b. March 12, 1811 ; m. Alfred Britton. Tristan, b. Aug. 
 
276 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 24, 1817 ; d. Aug. 26, 1838. Priscilla, b. Feb. 2, 1825 ; m. WiUiam 
 Moore. Adoniram J., b. Sept. 18, 1826; d. Feb. 13, 1827. Adoni- 
 ram J., b. Jan. 9, 1830. Ellen E., b. March 3, 1842 ; m. Orleans S. 
 Eaton Dec. 31, 1863. 
 
 Adoniram J.' Aldrich {Tristan,^ Jesse,^ Noah,* Jacob,^ Jacob,'^ 
 George^), b. Jan. 9, 1830 ; m. Maria, daughter of Joshua Wyman of 
 Keene. 
 
 Sands^ Al-drich {Daniel^ of Douglas, Mass.), b. Nov. 26, 1779 ; 
 m. Feb. 21, 1799, Abigail (b. June 1, 1779 ; d. Jan. 27, 1863, in Rich- 
 mond) daughter of Edward Aldrich of Douglas. He died in Richmond 
 
 Jan. 26, 1855. Children : A , b. March 13, 1800. Elizabeth, b. 
 
 Apr. 18, 1802, in New York State ; m. Samuel Thompson, 3rd. Syl- 
 vester, b. Sept. 18, 1805, in Douglas. Sands, b. Apr. 26, 1808. Mary, 
 b. March 19, 1810 ; m. Sept. 8, 1831, Lewis Daniels of Sutton, Mass. ; 
 d. Dec. 17, 1834. Philadelphia, b. Jan. 9, 1812; m. Aug. 5, 1835, 
 Lewis Daniels. Daniel Wesley, b. Nov. 27, 1813. Sarah, b. Oct. 
 16, 1815; d. Jan. 15, 1818. SaUy, b. May 16, 1817, in BurrilvUIe ; 
 d. Oct. 15, 1836, in Richmond. 
 
 Sands3 Aldrich {Sands,^ David}), b. Apr. 26, 1808; m. Oct. 22, 
 1835, Betsey (b. Apr. 19, 1815; d. May 18, 1887), daughter of Jer- 
 emiah Amidon of Richmond; d. Feb. 16, 1872. Child: Betsey R., 
 b. Dec. 17, 1837; m. Merrick Worcester. 
 
 David S.^ Aldrich {Sands,^ Sands,^ David^), b. Aug. 3, 1839 ; m. 
 Sarah E., daughter of Shepley W. Knights. 
 
 El LERT K. 3 Aldrich {Nalium? Nathan,^ of J?ic7imond),b. Sept. 18, 
 1811 ; m., 1st, Dec. 15, 1834, Candace (b. Oct. 10, 1811 ; d. March 8, 
 1873), daughter of Elias Taylor of Richmond ; m., 2nd, Aug., 1873, 
 Mrs. Walter Price (b. July 6, 1832 ; d. July 6, 1877) of Boston ; m. 
 3rd, June 1 , 1880, Mrs. Sarah Loring of Hinsdale (b. Nov. 18, 1818 ; 
 d. Aug. 6, 1888). She was a daughter of John Starkey of Richmond 
 and first married Simeon Sabin of Winchester. He d. Oct. 16, 1888. 
 Children : Harriet S., b. June 20, 1836. Susan A., b. May 26, 1838 ; 
 m. Sumner Black. Lydia E., b. Oct. 16, 1841 ; m. Augustus Thomas. 
 Frank S., b. June 19, 1842. 
 
 LoT^ Aldrich (Jb/m' ofNorthbridge),^). Oct. 30, 1754 ; m., 1st, April, 
 18, 1779, Sarah, daughter of John Robertson; .m.,2nd,Nov. 24, 1800, 
 Bethiah Nigh of this town. By Sarah had Olive, b. Dec. 20, 1779. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 277 
 
 Ezra, b. Oct. 13, 1781. Huldah, b. Nov. 28, 1783 ; m. Cyrus Crouch. 
 Children : Mary, Lucy, Elijah, Lydia, Bathsheba, Sarah and John. 
 
 Abner"^ Aldrich {David^ of Mendon, Mass.),h. Nov. 17, 1727; 
 m. 1st, Nov. 2, 1747, Elizabeth (b. 1729 ; d.May7, 1804), daughter of 
 Deacon Nicholas Cook of Bellingham, Mass. ; m., 2nd, Dec. 16, 1805, 
 Anna Brown. He d. Oct. 31, 1815. Children : Abner, Hannah, Sim- 
 eon, Phila, Nicholas, Susanna, Ananias. 
 
 Ananias^ Aldrich {Abner,^ David^), m. June 27, 1774, Mary (b. 
 Oct. 22, 1756), daughter of Abraham Eandall ; d. 1826. Children: 
 Abraham, b. Jan. 23, 1775. Isaac, b. Apr. 9, 1777. Silence, b. June 
 30, 1779 ; m. Robert Eead. Nathaniel, b. June 2, 1781. Waity, b.June 
 3, 1783. Rufus, b. Sept. 28, 1785. Phila, b. Aug. 27, 1787 ; m. Aaron 
 Tenney; m., 2nd, John Wheeler. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12, 1789; m. 
 Marshall. Judith, b. Oct. 20, 1791; m. Joseph Buffum. Su- 
 sanna, m. Calvin Bryant. 
 
 NoAH^ Aldrich {Levi^ of Richmond'), b. Dec. 9, 1788; m. May 
 15, 1811, Waitstill (b. Jan. 17, 1787) daughter of Joseph Starkey of 
 Richinond. Children : Angela, m. Augustus Cass of Richmond. My- 
 randa, Joseph, Benjamin, Waitstill, Jillson. 
 
 Anderson^ Aldrich {Benjamin^ of Richmond)., b. Oct. 11, 1834; 
 m. Nov. 6, 1855, Almira (b. July 10, 1835) , daughter of Henry Ballon 
 of Richmond. Children : Estella, b. Sept. 14, 1859 ; m. Frank 
 Hardy of Marlborough. Mina J., b. Nov. 8, 1860; m. Herbert D. 
 Aldrich of Keene. George B., b. Nov. 25, 1862. Henry A., b. 
 March 24, 1865. Seth L., b. Apr. 7, 1870. Eva M., b. May 27, 
 1873. 
 
 George B.^ Aldrich {Anderson,^ Benjamin^) , b. Nov. 25, 1862; 
 m. Nov. 25, 1884, Emma J., daughter of Charles Safford, Athol, 
 Mass. (b. 1867 ; d. July 26, 1890) . Child : Mabel, b. Nov., 1885. 
 
 Amasa^ Aldrich (Nahum^ of Richmond) , b. 1799 ; m., 1st, Aug. 25, 
 1816, Susanna, daughter of Samuel Thompson ; m., 2nd, Apr. 24, 1825, 
 Anna, daughter of Benjamin Tolman, Troy. Children : Angeline, b. 
 Feb. 26, 1827; d. Apr. 11, 1851. Andrew J., b. Nov. 13, 1829. 
 
 ANDERSON. 
 
 Nehemiah Anderson, m. Jan. 7, 1814, Betsey Lawrence. 
 
278 
 
 HISTORY OP SWANZEY. 
 
 ANGIEK. 
 
 PhilipD.3 ANGiEE(^6eZi ofFitzwilUam),}}. March 25, 1811 ; m., 1st, 
 Sept. 28, 1834, Nancy D. Sargent; m., 2nd, Jan. 1, 1844, Mary (b. 
 Oct. 18, 1820 ; d. July 8, 1856) daughter of Samuel Haydon, Fitz- 
 william; m., 3rd, July 2, 1858, Arabella S. Eead of Newfane, Vt. 
 He d. Oct. 1, 1890. Children: Eosannah L., b. March 4, 1887; m. 
 Francis Bowker of Fitzwilliam. Abbie F., b. Dec. 8, 1840 ; m. Dan- 
 iel Read of Fitzwilliam. Mary E., b. July 31, 1848 ; m. George White, 
 Fitzwilliam. Fanny B., b. Oct. 9, 1860; m. Willard B. Beverstock 
 of Shrewsbury, Vt. ; m. 2nd, Oliver W. Capron; d. Oct. 20, 1890. 
 Walter E., b. May 18, 1868. Philip C, b. Oct. 17, 1867. 
 
 APPLIN. 
 
 John Applin^ settled in Palmer, Mass. ; m. Rebecca, had a son 
 Thomas who came to Swanzey about 1763. 
 
 Thomas® Applin (John,^ of Palmer, Mass.), m. Mabel Brown (b. 
 1733; d. March 2, 1799); d. June 24, 1804. Children: John, b. 
 Nov. 27, 1753. Anna, b. Oct. 21, 1755 ; m. Eli Kimball. Sarah, b. 
 Sept. 10, 1757; m. Ebenezer Thompson. Thomas, b. Oct. 10, 1759. 
 TimothyBrown,b. Nov. 13, 1760. Thomas, b. Aug. 11, 1763. Thank- 
 ful, b. Jan. 19, 1767; m. Asa Freeman. Isaac, b. Aug. 10, 1769. 
 Mabel, b. Feb. 24, 1772; d. Jan. 21, 1776. Parmelia, b. Aug. 30, 
 1774. 
 
 JoHN^ Applin (r/wmas,2 John^), b. Nov. 27, 1753; m. Feb. 8, 
 1776, Mary (b. 1754; d. Feb. 29, 1812), daughter of Thpmas Sabin, 
 Uxbridge, Mass. Children : Thomas, b. Jan. 7, 1779. John, b. July 
 1, 1781. Ephraim, b. Oct. 10, 1783. Israel, b. July 31, 1781. Mary, 
 b. June 10, 1790. Lucy, b. 1798 ; d. July 9, 1814. 
 
 TiMOTHT Brown^ Applin {Thomas,^ John^), b. Nov. 13, 1760, in 
 Palmer, Mass. ; m. Jan. 9, 1783, Anna Wyman. Children : Anna, 
 b. July 13, 1783. Benjamin Redman, b. Dec. 12, 1784; d. Oct. 6, 
 1785. Benjamin Redman, b. Aug. 7, 1786. Rebecca, b. Apr. 14, 
 1791. Sabrina, b. Nov. 3, 1793. Philinda, b. July 17, 1796. Abi- 
 jah, b. Aug. 29, 1799. 
 
 Thomas^ Appun {TJiomas,^ John}), b. Aug. 11, 1763 ; m. 1st, May 
 24, 1792, Sabrina (d. Aug. 29, 1792), daughter of Timothy Read ; m. 
 2nd, Nov. 24, 1794, Polly, daughter of Samuel Page. Children: 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 279 
 
 Sabrina, b. Dec. 16, 1795 ; m. Ezekiel Thompson. Samuel Page, b. 
 Feb. 5, 1797. Benjamin, b. Jan. 29, 1798. Perrin, b. May 17, 1802. 
 Philo and Fanny, b. Oct. 9, 1804 ; Fanny d. March 3, 1852. Wesson, 
 b. 1806. Polly, b. 1808 ; d. Jan. 14, 1850. 
 
 Isaacs Applin (Thomas,^ John^), b. Aug. 10, 1769; m. Feb. 14, 
 1793, Hephzibeth Dunton. 
 
 John* Applin {John,^ Thomas,^ Johri^), b. July 1, 1781 ; m. Sept., 
 1806, Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Bryant, of Richmond. 
 
 Israel* Applin (John,^ Thomas,^ John^), h. July 31, 1787; m. 
 Jan. 24, 1816, Lucy (b. June 26, 1795 ; d. March 21, 1841), daugh- 
 ter of Nathan Fessendon ; d. Nov. 1, 1861. Children: Sumner, b. 
 Jan. 2, 1816. Celinda, b. Aug. 24, 1817 ; d. Aug. 1, 1818. Benja- 
 min F., b. May 24, 1819. Henry Sabin, b. Oct. 27,' 1821 ; d. Aug. 
 1, 1864. Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 9, 1823; m. Orlando Page. Sarah 
 Celinda, b. Jan. 12, 1827; m. Alanson W. Banks. John, b. June 27, 
 1829. Mary Sabin, b. Aug. 27, 1831. Nancy Maria, b. Jan. 16, 1834. 
 
 Benjamin Redman* Applin {Timothy B.,^ Thomas,^ JoJm^), b. 
 Aug. 7, 1786 ; m. Oct. 24, 1805, Susanna (b. Dec. 11, 1777), daugh- 
 ter of Philemon Whitcomb. 
 
 PHiLO*AppLiN(7%omas,3 2%omas,2Jb7mi), b. Oct. 9, 1804; m.,.lst, 
 July 3, 1831, Elizabeth Knox (b. July 4, 1813 ; d. Apr. 1, 1856) of 
 Portland, Me ; m., 2nd, Sept. 5, 1870, Mrs. Sophia Gage of Fitchburg, 
 Mass. Children : Julia Murry, b. Sept. 10, 1832 ; m. Robert Brooks 
 of Fitzwilliam. George Page, b. Feb. 22, 1834; d. Jan. 21, 1846. 
 Sarah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 30, 1835; d. Jan. 6, 1857. Ellen Cordelia, 
 b. July 19, 1837 ; m. Charles Alexander of Troy, March 27, 1856. 
 Charles Randolph, b. Apr. 17, 1839. Mary Frances, b. March 28, 
 1841; ra. Richard Ramsdell. Nane3' Louisa, b. Apr. 13, 1843; m. 
 Henry Ward. William Henry, b. Ang. 14, 1844 ; d. Jan. 29, 1846. 
 Susan Amelia, b. Oct. 13, 1845; d. Jan. 12, 1846. Susan Amelia, 
 b. Feb. 7, 1847 ; d. May 7, 1875. George Henry, b. Apr. 30, 1848 ; 
 d. Sept. 24, 1849. William Waldo, b. May 27, 1850. George Knox, 
 b. July 23, 1851 ; d. Oct. 5, 1851. Edgar Mathews, b. Aug. 6, 1852. 
 Herbert Leroy, b. Dec. 10, 1853. Oscar Philo, b. March 10, 1855. 
 
 Wesson* Applin (Thomas,^ Thomas,^ John^), b. Nov. 16, 1806; 
 m. Dec, 1834, Susan Sherwin (b. Dec. 6, 1809), of Townsend, Mass. 
 m., 2nd, Jan. 19, 1869, widow of Henry S. Applin (she d. July 21, 
 1890). 
 
280 
 
 HISTOET OF SWANZEY. 
 
 SumnerS Applin {Israel,* JoJin,^ Thomas,^ John^) , b. Jan. 2, 1816 ; 
 m. Flavilla C. (b. Oct. 10, 1819), daughter of Amasa Aldrich. 
 
 Benjamin F.s Applin {Israel,'^ JoJin,^ Thomas,^ JoJin^), b. May 24, 
 1819 ; m. Nov. 26, 1862, Harriet H. (b. March 29, 1830 ; d. July 21, 
 1890), daughter of Joel Osgood, of New Salem, Mass. Child: 
 Arthur Fessendon, b. July 16, 1867. 
 
 Henkt Sabin^ Applin (Israel,* John,^ Thomas,^ JoJin^), b. Oct. 
 
 27, 1821 ; m. Feb. 15, 1847, Louisa A., daughter of Abrahara Corey, 
 of Marlborough ; d. Aug. 1, 1864. Children : Charles Henry, b. 
 July 18, 1849. Eugene E., b. July 8, 1851. 
 
 JoHN^ Applin (Israel,* John,^ Thomas,^ John^),^). June 27, 1829 ; 
 m. Jan. 1, 1855, Mary Ann (b. July 5, 1833; d. Nov. 11, 1869), 
 dau. of Carlton Parker; m., 2nd, Sept. 28, 1870, Martha A. Wash- 
 burn of Kingstown, Mass. Children: A child born in July, 1856; 
 d. Oct. 10, 1856. George C, b. Nov. 2, 1861. Anna E., b. July 
 
 28, 1863. Henry Herbert, b. July 5, 1867. 
 
 Chaeles E.s Applin {Philo,* Thomas,^ Thomas,^ John^) , b. April 
 17, 1839 ; m. Aug. 29, 1857, Selina A. (b. Aug. 31, 1839 ; d. May 
 4, 1886) , daughter of Ansel Bourn ; m., 2nd., Aug., 1889, Abbie E., 
 daughter of Luke Clark of Troy. Children : Lizzie A., b. March 14, 
 1859 ; d. 1863. Charles Wesson, b. June 23, 1867. Frank Ernest, 
 b. Nov. 13, 1871. Susan Louisa, b. Sept. 15, 1875. 
 
 William Waldo^ Applin (Philo,* Thomas,^ Thomas,'^ John^),h. 
 May 27, 1850; m. Jan. 20, 1876, Mary Abby (b. July 24, 1851), 
 daughter of Samuel E. Tuttle, Antrim. Children : A daughter b. and 
 d. July 15, 1878. Herbert Seldon, b. July 1, 1883 ; d. May 20, 1884. 
 Fanny L., b. July 8, 1885. 
 
 Charles Henry^ Applin (Henry Sabin,^ Israel,* Jolin,^ Thomas,^ 
 John^), b. July 18, 1849; m. Lucy Ann (b. July 28, 1853), daugh. 
 ter of David Woodward. Children : Charles Leon, b. Nov. 14, 1877. 
 Leila May, b. Dec. 18, 1881. 
 
 Eugene P^lwin" Applin (Henry Sabin,^ Israel,* John,^ Thomas,^ 
 John^), b. July 8, 1851 ; m. Dec. 17, 1872, Fanny Martha (b. June 
 19, 1855) , daughter of Moses D. Ballon. Children : Florence Eunice, 
 b. Apr. 19, 1874. Elwin Henry, b. Aug. 25, 1877. Harry Eugene, 
 b. March 10, 1880. Frank Dexter, b. June 27, 1885. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 281 
 
 AUSTIN. 
 
 Benoni Austin, m. Nov. 28, 1805, Abigail Lane. Children: 
 Allen, b. June 13, 1813. Hannah, b. April 17, 1815. Mary D., b. 
 Sept. 29, 1817. Sylvester, b. July 8, 1822. 
 
 ATKINSON. 
 
 Frank P. Atkinson, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; m. Ida C. Witherell 
 of Warwick, Mass. ; have one daughter, Mary E. Atkinson. 
 
 AVERT. 
 
 Edward D. Avert, b. Nov. 17, 1833, in Granville, N. Y. ; m. April 
 3, 1866, at St. Louis, Missouri, Julia A. Stullings of Madison, Illinois 
 (b. March 28, 1849; d. April 13, 1879, in Keene). Children: Ed- 
 ward D., b. Nov. 20, 1869. Julia M., b. Dec. 13, 1871. Elizabeth 
 E., b. March 8, 1873. Charles E., b. Dec. 24, 1874. Mary I., b. 
 Jan. 12, 1877. William H., b. April 6, 1879. He m., 2nd, Aug. 22, 
 1879, Maggie G. Lahiff of Keene. Children: Robert J., b. Jan. 9, 
 1881. Loyal L., b. Sept. 13, 1883. George W., b. Oct. 29, 1884. 
 Hattie E., b. March 16, 1886. Annie M., b. March 15, 1889. 
 
 Jonathan Babbit taxed in 1818. Children : Alvin, Eoswell, m. 
 Anna (b. about 1815), daughter of Timothy Thompson and lives in 
 Iowa ; Olive, Jonathan, Susan, Judith, Polly, Hannah, Betsey, Mar- 
 cena, m. Angeline (b. March 16, 1818), daughter of Jesse Thomp- 
 son. 
 
 BAILET. 
 
 Amos Bailet and his wife Zilpah were b. in 1756. Children: 
 Hannah, m. Arad Hall. Rebecca, b. Apr. 4, 1784 ; m. Henry Saw- 
 yer. Polly, m. Feb. 14, 1808, Ichabod Morse of Newport. Amos, b. 
 Sept. 11, 1786. Jonathan, b. Nov. 27, 1788. Clarissa, b. Nov. 28, 
 1792 ; m. William Goddard Fames. Cynthia, b. Aug. 19, 1796 ; m. 
 Henry Sawyer. , 
 
 Amos2 Bailey {Amos^), b. Sept. 11, 1786; m. Sept. 16, 1810, 
 Salome (b. Apr. 25, 1786; d. Dec. 15, 1845), daughter of Jona- 
 than Whitcomb ; d. July 7, 1864. Child: Albert W., b. Feb. 12, 
 1815. 
 
282 HISTOKY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 * 
 
 Jonathan^ Bailey (Amos^), b. Nov. 27, 1788 j m. March 26, 
 1812, Sarah (b. July 17, 1785 ; d. Jan. 7, 1853), daughter of Tim- 
 othy Clark ; d. Feb. 21, 1857. Children : Perlina, b. April 14, 1814 ; 
 m. Dewitt C. Devine of Girard, Penn. ; d. in Wisconsin. ArviUa, b. 
 March 30, 1816 ; m. Joshua Palmer. Clark, b. Sept. 25, 1818. Sarah 
 b. Jan. 13, 1822 ; m. Levi Crouch ; d. Oct. 5, 1878. Lovisa M., b. 
 Dec. 23, 1825 ; m. Simeon B. Nelson of Menasha, Wis. Rebecca, b. 
 May 19, 1827 ; m. May, 1851, Samuel Winchester ; removed to Grand 
 Eapids, Mich. Jonathan, b. Dec. 23, 1830 ; d. Feb. 23, 1857. Phila, 
 b. Jan. 14, 1835 ; d. June 14, 1867. 
 
 Albert W.3 Bailey {Amos,^ Amos^), b. Feb. 12, 1815; m. Oct. 
 27, 1840, Abigail L. PiUsbury (b. July 3, 1819), of Winchendon, 
 Mass.; d. Jan. 4, 1867. Children: Salome, b. Oct. 16, 1841 ; d. 
 Sept. 27, 1845. Emily Eockwood, b. Jan. 5, 1845 ; d. Aug 18, 1890. 
 Francis, b. May 31, 1849 ; d. June 4, 1849. Martha Jane, b. Sept. 
 19, 1851. 
 
 Clark^ Bailey {Jonathan,^ Amos^), b. Sept. 25, 1818; m. April 
 6, 1851, Caroline C. (b. Aug. 28, 1826 ; d. March 31, 1862). daugh- 
 ter of Kendall Walker Davis of Chesterfield ; m., 2nd, June 12, 1863, 
 Harriet A. (b. May 6, 1834), daughter of Kendall Walker Davis of 
 Chesterfield. Children by Caroline : George C, b. July 28, 1852 ; d. 
 Dec. 23, 1862. Charles Hardy, b. Sept. 20, 1856. John F., b. Sept. 
 12, 1859 ; d. Dec. 26, 1862. Child by Harriet A. : Edward A., b. 
 Nov. 26, 1864. 
 
 BALCH. 
 
 William Balch and wife Mehitable, came from Dublin prior to 
 1817 and settled on the farm, later called the "Coburn Farm," about 
 half a mile N. E. from the home of Luman B. Crouch, with their 
 family, among whom were: Mehitable, m. Dec. 25, 1817, Orrin 
 Brown ; William, Ephraim, Aaron and Charles. 
 
 BALL. 
 
 "The Ballb in this country all descended from Edward Ball,i who 
 came from Wales and settled in Branford, near New Haven, Conn. ; 
 his large family spread throughout New England and elsewhere, some 
 going to New Jersey ; one son^, to Virginia, who was father of Mary 
 Ball, the mother of George Washington. During the Revolutionary 
 war the Balls scattered over the country.'' The Massachusetts branch 
 of the family are from Edward Ball,i but some links are wanting, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 283 
 
 probably two. Daniel Ball, of Brookfield, Mass. (may have been 
 grandson of Edward^) and Patience, his wife, had: Benjamin,'* b- 
 1752, in Brookfield; d. Feb. 19, 1782. Silas^ BaU, b. 1775, in Lev- 
 erett, Mass. ; d. April 5, 1844. Silas^ Ball, jr., b. 1804, in Town' 
 shend, Vt. ; d. Aug. 20, 1887, in Leverett. Charles L.^ Ball, b. May 
 16, 1831, in Leverett ; m. April 3, 1860, Mary L. (b. March 20, 1835) 
 daughter of Seth "Wood of Leverett. Children: Anna M., b. July 8 
 1861; m. Walter F. Oakman. Charles H., b. Aug. 13, 1863; d 
 March 11, 1880. Flora M., b. May 1, 1868 ; m. J. Byron Porter. 
 
 JosiAH BALLm. March 31, 1834, Amanda Worden. 
 
 BALDWIN. 
 
 Nahum Baldwin m. June 3, 1812, Philinda Harvey of Marl- 
 borough. 
 
 BALLOU. 
 
 SiLAs^ Ballou (Jesse^ of Richmond), b. Dec. 10, 1787; m., 1st, 
 Feb. 8, 1810, Anna (b. May 23, 1790; d. Feb. 3, 1853), daughter of 
 Ebenezer Saunders of FitzwUliam ; m., 2nd, July 6, 1854, Mrs. Ches- 
 ter Coombs (d. Aug. 28, 1883). He d. Sept. 16, 187S. Children: 
 Leonard, b. Feb. 1, 1811 ; d. in Richmond. Laura Ann, b. Aug. 23, 
 1812 ; m. Ansel Bourn; d. 1872. Willard, b. Oct. 25, 1815. Elisha, 
 b. May 28, 1817; d. Apr. 3, 1820. Amasa, b. Jan. 1, 1819. Alsaida, 
 b. July 28, 1820; m. Henry Ballou, jr., of Richmond. Emily, b. 
 March 12, 1822; m. Ozial Ballou; d. Nov. 20, 1852. Lorinda, b. 
 Dec. 9, 1823 ; m. Ozial Ballou. Silas Warren, b. Nov. 5, 1825. Asa 
 L., b. Feb. 4, 1829. William C, b. Apr. 9, 1832 ; d. Sept. 20, 1833. 
 
 WiLLAKD^ Ballou {Silas,^ Jesse^) , b. Oct. 25, 1815 ; m. March 31, 
 1840, Abigail (b. Feb. 11, 1819), daughter of Jesse Forrestall of 
 Fitzwilliam ; came from Richmond in 1857. Children : Willard Irv- 
 ing, b. July 1, 1841. Joseph W., b. Dec. 19, 1843. Frank E., b. 
 Jan. 25, 1846. Lunette M., b. May 17, 1852 ; m. G. D. Stone. 
 
 Amasa^ Ballou {Silas,^ Jense^), b. Jan. 1, 1819 ; m., Ist, July 4, 
 18^1, Lavina (b. Jan. 14, 1823; d. Dec. 13, 1844), daughter of 
 Henry Ballou; m., 2nd, widow Brooks (b. Jan. 25 ,1812 ; d. Oct. 25, 
 1849), daughter of Jesse Forrestall, Fitzwilliam; m., 3d, Jan. 15, 
 1850, widow of Charles Marsh (b. June 8, 1827; d. Oct. 28, 1888), 
 daughter of Josiah Hammond. Children: Albert A., b. March 17, 
 1843. Henrietta, b. June 19, 1846 ; d. Sept. 4, 1849. Eden Sawyer, 
 
284 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 b. Nov. 17, 1848 ; d. Aug. 30, 1849. Eleanor J., b. about 1850 ; m. 
 Samuel Bishop. Isabel Hammond, b. March 6, 1853 ; d. April 28, 
 1855. Isabel Nancy, b. Aug. 15, 1857; m. John M. Prentice. 
 
 Silas W.s Ballou (Silas,^ Jesse^), b. Nov. 5, 1825 ; m. Feb. 12, 
 1851, Sarah J., daughter of Nathan Leonard of Providence, R. I- 
 Children : Delancy L., b. Nov. 11, 1851 ; d. Jan. 21, 1861. Elada 
 G., b. March 27, 1865 ; d. Aug. 3, 1865. 
 
 Asa L.3 Ballou {Silas,'^ Jesse^). 
 
 WiLLAKD I.* Ballou (Willard,^ Silas,^ Jesse^), b. July 1, 1841; 
 m. Nov. 26, 1864, Eda E. (b. Dec. 14, 1851), daughter of C. C. 
 Fuller, Gardner, Mass. Children: Viola E., b. Feb. 27, 1866; d. 
 Oct. 19, 1873. Josephine A., b. Dec. 31, 1867; d. Sept. 29, 1873. 
 Demeritt I., b. May 19, 1869; d. Oct. 19, 1873. Mary U. B., b. 
 Apr. 26, 1871. Bernis F., b. Dec. 29, 1874. 
 
 Joseph W.^ Ballou (Willard,^ Silas,^ Jesse^), b. Dec. 19, 1843; 
 m., Feb. 26, 1865, Flavilla M. (b. Sept. 10, 1846), daughter of Far- 
 ris Taft. Children: WiUie F., b. Nov. 12, 1866. Nora A., b. Sept. 
 
 28, 1868. Frank J., b. Feb. 25, 1871. L. Earl, b. Sept. 22, 1874. 
 Lucy F., b. Sept. 26, 1875. 
 
 Frank E.* Ballou ( Willard,^ Silas,^ Jesse^), b. Jan. 25, 1845 ; m. 
 June 25, 1873, Julia J., daughter of Eri B. Jerome. Children: Effie 
 J., b. Aug. 12, 1873 ; d. Aug. 28, 1874. George L., b. Sept. 8, 1874. 
 James M., b. Jan. 22, 1877. Edgar F., b. Sept. 30, 1878. Charles 
 J., b. June 29, 1880. Annis M., b. July 14, 1882. Ora S., b. May 
 1, 1884. 
 
 Russell^ Ballou (James^ of Richmond), b. July 11, 1763 ; m., 1st, 
 Feb. 23, 1783, Henrietta Aldrich (d. June 8, 1827) ; m., 2nd, April 
 16, 1829, Mrs. BebeMellen(d. 1854). He d. Nov. 10, 1847. Chil- 
 dren by Henrietta: Betsey, b. Oct. 6, 1783; m. Royal Blanding. 
 Amy, b. Oct. 27, 1785. Nicene, b. March 6, 1788 ; m. Abel Bliss. 
 Asquire, b. May 8, 1792. Russell, b. 1794. Luther, b. Sept. 7, 
 1797. Priscilla, b. Jan. 25, 1800 ; d. May 8, 1814. Olive, b. Aug. 
 
 29, 1803 ; m. Jacob Boyce of Richmond. 
 
 Alonzo* Ballou {Asquire,^ Russell,^ James^ of Richmond), h. 
 Feb. 17, 1817 ; m. Oct. 18, 1838, Sarah (b. Dec. 21, 1821), daughter 
 of Joel Mellen. He d. July 1, 1877. Children: Albert, b. Aug. 7, 
 
GENKALOGICAL RECORDS. 285 
 
 1843; d. Oct. 15, 1843. Jotham, b. Nov. 11, 1844. Amy D., b. 
 June 22, 1846 ; d. Sept. 3, 1846. Charles R.,b. Sept. 11, 1848. Ella 
 Jane, b. Nov., 12, 1851 ; d. March 19, 1857. Joel Gilbert, b. Dec. 
 24, 1852; d. May 11, 1867. Augusta, d. young. George Oscar, b. 
 Nov. 1, 1858. Wallace A., b. Nov. 27, 1860 ; d. May 12, 1867. 
 
 Jotham^'Ballou {Alomo,* Asquire,^ Eussell,^ James^), b. Nov. 11, 
 1844; in. Ann Asenath (b. Oct. 22, 1845 ; d. April 20, 1867), daugh- 
 ter of Asa Healy. 
 
 Charles R.* Ballou {Alonzo,'^ Asquire,^ Russell,^ James^), b. 
 Sept. 11, 1848; ra. Feb. 22, 1875, Henrietta A. (b. June 3, 1854), 
 daughter of J. R. Brown. Children : Elmore R., b. Nov. 22, 1875. 
 Harry L., b. July 19, 1877. Don A., b. Dec. 8, 1878. Clyde, b. 
 Jan. 17, 1881 ; d. March 22, 1881. Charles E., b. Jan. 17, 1884. 
 
 James Monroe^ Ballou {James,* Seth,^ Seth,'^ James^ of Rich- 
 mond), b. Sept. 24, 1841 ; ra., 1st, Sarah Jane (b. Nov. 29, 1845 ; d. 
 April 26, 1873) , daughter of W. Jillson of Richmond ; m., 2nd, Nov. 16, 
 1875, Hattie L. Ripley (b. May 26, 1857). Children : Aimer Jane, 
 b. March 14, 1868 ; m. Frank O. Dodge. Mary E., d. Lizzie O., d. 
 
 David^ Ballou {David,^ Maturing of RicJimond), b. Oct., 1798; 
 m. June 22, 1859, Mrs. Joanna Holbrooli ; d. June 1, 1872. 
 
 Lorenzo^ Ballou {Aaron,^ Jesse^ of Richmond) , b. Dec. 7, 1820; 
 d. July 11, 1890; ra. Feb. 25, 1847, Italy Ballou of Richmond (b. 
 March 30, 1830. Children : Silvia D., b. July 27, 1848 ; d. May 16, 
 1849. Truman L., b. May 28, 1850. An infant, b. Jan., 1854; d. 
 Oct. 20, 1854. Ella M., b. Sept. 8, 1858 ; d. June 14, 1861. Emma 
 L., b. Oct. 6, 1860 ; m. Nelson A. Collier. Milo L., b. March 9, 1868. 
 
 William W.^ Ballou (Aaron,^ Jesse^ of Richmond), b. June 15, 
 1833 ; m. Mary A. Williams of Solon, Maine. 
 
 Truman L.^ Ballou {Lorenzo,^ Aaron,^ Jesse^ of Richmond), b. 
 May 28, 1850 ; m. March 23, 1881, Dora M. Heath of Jaffrey. 
 
 MosEsi Ballou of Smithfield, R. I., b. June 2, 1781 ; m. Dec. 
 28, 1818, Martha Randall (b. Feb. 29, 1792 ; d. Sept. 23, 1873, in 
 Swanzey), of North Providence, R. I.; d. Oct. 3, 1838, in Troy. 
 Children : John R., b. Aug. 25, 1819 ; d. Sept. 24, 1819. Deziah C, 
 b. March 20, 1821, in Smithflekl, R. I. ; m. Benjamin Read. Moses 
 D., b. Dec. 2, 1822. Albert R., b. in Troy, Dec. 26, 1824. 
 20 
 
286 HISTOET OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Moses D.^ Ballou (Moses^ of Troy), b. Dec. 2, 1822 ; m. Jan, 18, 
 1850, Eunice F. (b. March 11, 1829), daughter of Elijah Lane ; d. 
 Nov. 27, 1867. Child : Fanny Martha, b. June 19, 1855 ; m. Eugene 
 E. Applin. 
 
 Albert E.s Balloxi {Moses^ of Troy), b. Dec. 26, 1824 ; d. Nov. 
 20, 1865 ; m. Dec. 26, 1849, Mary M. (b. March 31, 1829), daughter 
 of Benjamin Mason. Children : Frank Albert, b. March 4, 1850 ; d. 
 Feb. 11, 1890. Emma M., b. Nov. 23, 1855 ; d. March 28, 1866. 
 Elwin M., b. July 24, 1857 ; d. Apr. 28, 1869. Ella M., b. Feb. 22, 
 1859 ; d. Nov. 3, 1865. Mary Deziah, b. June 22, 1862 ; m. Charles 
 Eveleth. 
 
 John F.^ Ballou {Ozial,* Ebenezer,^ Ozial,^ James^), b. July 28, 
 1853 ; m., 1st, March 2, 1874, Jennie, daughter of Luke Ellor; in., 
 2nd, M. Etta, daughter of Clark B. Holbrook of Springfield, Mass. 
 Child : , b. April 11, 1887. 
 
 BANKS. 
 
 JamesI Banks, b. Dec. 19, 1751 ; ra. Marthen (b. Oct. 17, 
 
 1762 ; d. Nov. 19, 1829) ; d. Aug. 13, 1835. Child : William, b. Nov. 
 2, 1777, in Rutland, Mass. 
 
 William^ Banks {James^) , b. Nov. 2, 1777 ; m., 1st, Nov. 25, 1806, 
 Polly Wiley (d. Nov. 1, 1816) of Rockingham, Vt. ; m., 2nd, Sept. 
 24, 1817, Mary Weaver (d. Nov. 12, 1821) ; m., 3d, April 25, 1826, 
 Martha H. Chapman (d. 1859). Hed. March 26, 1848. Cliildren by 
 Polly Wiley : Almira, b. May 10, 1808. Sarah S.,b. April 28, 1810. 
 William, b. April 24, 1812. Mary M. b. May 9, 1814. Silvia and 
 Sylvanus, b. Sept. 26, 1816 ; he d. Oct. 11, 1846. Silvia m. Lyman 
 Parker. Children by Mary Weaver: Harriet W., b. July 18, 1818; 
 ni. Oren Wyley of Greenfield, Mass. ; d. 1872. Philena G., b. Jan. 
 2, 1820 ; m. Darius Peterson of Winchester ; d. Feb., 1876. Child by 
 Martha H. Chapman : Alanson W., b. Dec. 20, 1827. 
 
 Ai.ANSON W.3 Banks {William,^ James^), b. Dec. 20, 1827; m., 
 1st, Sept. 10, 1850, Selanda S. (d. Mar. 22, 1866), daughter of Israel 
 Applin ; m., 2nd, Jan. 14, 1870, Eunice F. Lane (d. Apr. 1, 1872), 
 widow of Moses D. Ballou. Children: Etta V., b. July 20, 1858. 
 Henry W., b. April 10, 1864. 
 
 Henrt W.* Banks (Alanson W.,^ William,^ James^), b. April 10, 
 1864 ; m. Mary E. (b. April 15, 1870), daughter of Andrew B. Cook. 
 Child : Edith May, b. March 23, 1890. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 287 
 
 HARDEN. 
 
 Charles A.^ Barden (Abner S.^ of Richmond) ,\i. Sept. 17, 1859 ; 
 m. Dec. 31, 1883, Nellie M. (b. March 8, 1865), daughter of Luther 
 Alexander. Child : Charles D., b. Aug. 21, 1885. 
 
 BAKTLETT. 
 
 Stlvanus Bartlett' {Sylvanus^ of Northfield, Mass.) , m. , 1st, July 
 10, 1845, Catherine L. (d. Jan. 8, 1849), daughter of Seth Willard 
 of Winchester; m., 2nd, Nov. 7, 1868, Mary Jane, daughter of 
 Jonathan Ellis of Kentucky. Children : Cassius M. C, d. Aug. 27, 
 1849. Percey Gordon, b. Aug. 30, 1870. Lula E., b. Sept. 6, 1875. 
 
 Fred F.^ Bartlett {Boy aV- of Guilford, F«.),b. Apr. 29, 1836 ; m. 
 Jan. 28, 1864, Livonia M. (b. March 20, 1846), daughter of Lyman 
 Leach. Children : Fred E., b. Nov. 11, 1864. Lillian M., b. July 
 6, 1866. Eosie E., b. Oct. 8, 1868. Mary E., b. Feb. 7, 1871. Sarah 
 J., b. Jan. 7, 1873. Laura W., b. Apr. 21, 1875. Anna E.., b. Apr. 
 16, 1877. 
 
 BARRETT. 
 
 Alfred Barrett m. Aug. 5, 1806, Philinda Hale. 
 
 BATTLES. 
 
 Phinehas Battles m. July 27, 1797, Lydia Blodgett, 
 
 BATES. 
 
 Jarvis Bates and his wife Eliza Ann had : Julius Jarvis, b. Aug. 15, 
 1839. Ann Elizabeth, b. July 22, 1842 ; d. Aug. 20, 1843. Edwin 
 Earl, b. Jan. 7, 1843. 
 
 Daniel H. Bates m. Apr. 28, 1840, Mary Ann, daughter of Ben- 
 jamin Thatcher. 
 
 Dr. Henrt^ Baxter {Robert^ of Providence, R. J.), of Pomfret, Vt., 
 b. March 15, 1784 ; m., 1st, Sept. 24, 1804, Mary (b. 1779 ; d. Feb. 23, 
 1843), daughter of Elijah Weedon of Conn. ; m., 2nd, Feb. 4, 1844, 
 Mary Ann, widow of Cl'ark Wilson ; he d. April 4, 1853. Children by 
 Mary : Edith, b. July 8, 1805 ; m. George Johnson of Surry. Anna 
 H., b. Nov. 20, 1807; m. Aug. 14, 1831, Eufus Thompson. Mary 
 G., b. Oct. 24, 1809 ; d. May 16, 1845. Darwin D., b. April 10, 
 
288 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 1811 ; d. July 7, 1863. Henry C, b. Jan. 1, 1813 ; d. Aug, 22, 1843. 
 Belinda B., b. March 11, 1815; m. Jonathan W. Capron. Sarah 
 W.,*b. Oct. 24, 1817; m. Hiram Drewry of Girard, Pa. Philotha 
 P., b. Dec. 12, 1822 ; m. Thomas H. Wellington of Holyoke, Mass. 
 Mary Ann, b. Nov. 15, 1845 ; m. B. F. Evans of Keene. 
 
 Daewin D.3 Baxter {Henry,^ Robert^), b. April 10, 1811 ; m., 1st, 
 Parmelia Smith of Warwick, Mass. ; m., 2nd, 1835, Mary Rogers (d. 
 Dec. 25, 1858) of Dover; m.,3d, 1861, Octavia Farnum of Holjoke. 
 He d. July 7, 1863. 
 
 BEAL. 
 
 LuTHEE^ Beal {Samuel^ of Chesterfield'), b. Nov. 4, 1819 ; m. Al- 
 freda (b. Oct. 13, 1822), daughter of John Martin of Richmond ; d. 
 Aug. 22, 1865. Children: J. S. Commodore, b. March 4, 1847. 
 Lucy, b. Sept. 13, 1857 ; m. George A. Seaver. Amos E., b. March 
 9, 1862. 
 
 Haevet H.2 Beal {Samnel^ of Chesterfield), b. Oct. 11, 1821 ; 
 m. Oct. 17, 1850, Julia A. (b. Aug. 8, 1824), daughter of Jonathan 
 Hill; d. Feb. 28, 1876. Children: Cora Jane, b. May 6, 1855; m. 
 Will. H. Lovering. Leonard E., b. March 22, 1860. Elmer E., b. 
 Feb. 23, 1864 ; d. Jan. 26, 1866. Annie E., m. Fred E. Wellington. 
 
 J. S. Commodore' Beal {Luther,^ Samuel^), b. March 4, 1847 ; m. 
 Oct. 6, 1870, Addie P., daughter of Andrew J. Bliss of Royalston, 
 Mass. Children ^ Olin L., b. Apr. 21, 1873. Archie A., b. Aug. 
 25, 1874. Henrietta A. F., b. June, 20, 1877; d. March 24, 1878. 
 C. Ivo, b. Feb. 5, 1879. Pliebe M., b. Apr. 8, 1882. 
 
 Amos E.' Beal {Luther,'^ Samuel^), b. March 9, 1862 ; m. March 
 17, 1888, Grace L., daughter of Jonathan Bryant of Richmond. 
 Child: Leon Eugene, b. Oct. 24, 1889. 
 
 BELDING. 
 
 Samdel Belding, from Straffordshire, England, settled in Wethers- 
 field, Conn. Had four sons and two daughters. The sons' names 
 were Noah, Kiah, Samuel and David. Samuel and David settled in 
 Swanzey very soon after the first settlement In the towrt was made. 
 One of the daughters married Noah Nash of Hatfield and the other 
 William Ames of Deerfield. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 289 
 
 Samuel^ Belding {8amuel^ of Wethersfield, Conn.), had by his 
 wife Christian : Eleauor, bapt. May 27, 1744. Seth, d. Dec. 12, 
 1745. Mary,b. 1752 ; m. Jethro Kimball. Martha, b. May 4, 1756. 
 Samuel, bapt. July 15, 1758. Charlotte, bapt. Nov. 16, 1760; m. 
 Abraham Page. Sarah, bapt. Jan. 29, 1764 ; d. Aug. 4, 1764. Sa- 
 rah, m. Ephralm Page. 
 
 David^ Belding {Samuel^ of Wethersfield, Conn.), had by his 
 ■wife Thankful : Moses. Elijah, b. in May, 1743. David. Lydia, 
 m. Mr. Read. Thankful, m. Roger Thompson. He d. in Aug., 1804. 
 She d. May 6, 1798. 
 
 Samuel^ Belding {Samuel,^ Samuel^), bapt. July 15, 1758. The 
 name of his wife was Naomi. Children : Seth, b. Nov. 16, 1787. 
 Cynthia, b. Aug. 30, 1789. Mil'ley, b. Aug. 3, 1791. Christian, b. 
 May 11, 1793; m. Erasmus Marble. Wealthy, b. June 28, 1795. 
 Samuel, b. Oct. 12, 1807. 
 
 MosES^ Belding (David,^ Samuel^), m. Feb. 25, 1762, Rachel 
 Hayes. Children : Lucinda, bapt. Oct. 2, 1763. James, b. May 4, 
 1765. John and. Asa, bapt. Jan. 15, 1771. Polly, bapt. June 6, 
 1773. Dolly, bapt. March 19, 1775. Rachel, bapt. June 1, 1777. 
 Moses, bapt. Nov. 7, 1779. Thankful, bapt. Sept. 8, 1782. David, 
 bapt. Feb. 13, 1791. 
 
 Elijah^ Belding {David,^ Samuel^) b^pt. May 20, 1743 ; m., 
 1st, Dec. 9, 1767, Rhoda (b. about 1747 ; d. Jan. 25, 1802) , daugriter 
 of William Carr ; m., 2nd, March 26, 1806, Submit Graves ; d. June 
 29, 1809 ; m., 3d, May 7, 1812, Mrs. Elizabeth Warner. He d. Jan. 
 19, 1813. She m. May 14, 1816, Abel Twitchel of Dublin. Chil- 
 dren : Elizabeth, b. Jan. 8, 1769 ; m. Israel Houghton Gunn. Esther, 
 b. Feb. 10, 1770 ; ra. Cyprian Wright. Mary, b. Apr. 7, 1772 ; m. 
 Moses Hills. Rachel, b. Oct. 2, 1774 ; m. Luther Wright. W. Carr, 
 b. Feb. 28, 1776 ; d. July 5, 1814. Elijah, b. March 17, 1778. Sa- 
 rah, b. Feb. 18, 1780 ; m. Calvin Hills. Thankful, b. Nov. 4, 1782 ; 
 m. Consider Carpenter. Sophia, b. Apr. 6, 1789 ; m. Elkanah Lane 
 Richardson. Sylvia, b. Sept. 21, 1792 ; m. Samuel B. Brown. 
 
 David^ Belding (David,^ Samuel^), m. Feb. 5, 1770, Lucy, prob- 
 ably a daughter of Abraham Graves. Children : Lovina, bapt. Dec. 
 15, 1771. An infant d. Aug. 28, 1775. Twins d. Dec. 18, 1776. 
 Solomon, bapt. May 23, 1784. 
 
290 HISTORY OF SWANZEr. 
 
 Seth"* Belding {Samuel,^ Samuel^ Samuel^), b. Nov. 16, 1787; 
 m. widow Abijah Whitcomb (d. March 31, 1869, aged 72^ years) ; 
 d. May 11, 1876, aged 88 years. 
 
 James'* Belding {Moses,^ David,^ Samuel^), b. May 4, 1765 ; m. 
 Jan. 18, 1787, Dolly (b. Feb. 12, 1765, and was the first child b. in 
 Marlborough), daughter of Isaac McAlister of Marlborough. Chil- 
 dren : Philander, b. July 29, 1787. Anna, b. Oct. 5, 1789. Asa, b. 
 Aug. 4, 1792. Moses, b. Feb. 11, 1795. Ira, b. Aug. 14, 1797. 
 Dolly, b. Nov. SO, 1799 ; m. a Mr. Goodnow. Almira, b. Oct. 1, 
 1802. 
 
 Elijah* Belding {Elijah,^ David,^ Samuel^), b. March 17, 1778; 
 m. Nov. 1, 1796, Margaret (b. Apr. 6, 1774 ; d. in Woodstock, Vt., 
 Dec. 25, 1863), daughter of Thomas Trowbridge; d. in Woodstock, 
 Vt., Nov. 18, 1867. Children : Eliza, b. July 15, 1797 ; m. Abraham 
 Stearns. Maria, b. Feb. 2, 1799 ; d. Feb. 19, 1803. Maria, b. Jan. 
 14, 1803 ; m. Abijah Blake. 
 
 Elijah Carr^ Belding {grandson of Elijah,^ David,^ Samuel^), b. 
 Aug. 7, 1795 ; m. Feb. 27, 1825, Elvira (b. March 13, 1804) , daughter 
 of Levi Blake. Children : William Carr, b. Jan. 11, 1826. Mary 
 Grout, b. Nov. 4, 1827 ; m. Joseph Ware. George Blake, b. Sept. 
 23, 1829. Maria Elizabeth, b. May 25, 1831 ; m. Aaron Richardson 
 of Keene. Francis Abijah, b. Feb. 19, 1833. Elvira S., b. Dec. 7, 
 1835; m. William C. Oakman of Hazel Green, la. Augusta Jane, 
 b. Jan. 4, 1837 ; m. Frank Holden. Emeline Edith, b. April 9, 
 1841; m. William S. Jackson. Ellen Eliza, b. Dec. 11, 1843; m. 
 Charles S. Perry. Abbie Malvina, m. Frank Holden of Brattleboro', 
 Vt. 
 
 William C.^ Belding {Elijah C.,^ grandson of Elijah,^ David,^ 
 Samuel'-), b. Jan. 11, 1826 ; m. Jan. 29, 1862, Rebecca Hammond (b. 
 Feb. 17, 1841 ; d. April 17, 1882) daughter of Mark Cook of Ches- 
 terfield. Children : Mary Juliette, b. April 9, 1863 ; d. Oct. 31, 1863. 
 William -C, b. Dec. 4, 1864. Nellie Maria, b. March 8, 1867. Levi 
 Lowell, b. Dec. 22, 1871. 
 
 BENNETT. 
 
 John Bennett b. about 1740 ; came from Douglas, Mass., in 1787 
 and settled in Richmond, N. H., and afterwards came to Swanzey. 
 Children : Levi, David and Deborah, b. July 3, 1765 ; Deborah, m. 
 
Genealogical records. 291 
 
 Isaac Mann. Asahel, b. July 16, 1766. Mary, b. Dec. 15, 1768 ; 
 m. Cyras Garnsey. Nehemiah, b. Dec. 28, 1770. Joanna, b. Feb. 
 12, 1778 ; m. Jonas Twitchell. Naomi, m. Mr. Curtis. 
 
 David'-^ Bennett (John^ of Douglas, Mass.), b. July 3, 1765 ; m. 
 June 10, 1787, Ama (b. March 19, 1764), daughter of Anthony 
 Harris. Children : X^evi, b. Feb. 9, 1789. Caleb, b. Aug. 30, 1794. 
 David, b. March 12, 1797. Luke, b. Jan. 6, 1799. Lydia, b. Nov. 
 29, 1803 ; m. Jan. 1, 1829, Arthur Hinds of Chesterfield. Allen, b. 
 July 3, 1806. 
 
 Nehemiah^ Bennett (John^), b. Dec. 28, 1770 ; m. Lucy (b. Nov. 
 29, 1774 ; came from Richmond and d. June 30, 1836), daughter of 
 Amos Garnsey. Children : Hiram. Esther, m. Aug. 16, 1815, Na- 
 thaniel Prime of Cliesterfield. Nellie, m. March 1, 1818, Job Whit- 
 comb. Amos. Asahel went west. John, m. Euth Britton of West- 
 moreland ; residence unknown. Lucy m. Alvah Keyes ; removed to 
 Hartland, Vt. 
 
 JoHN^ Bennett, m. Jan. 10, 1822, Mrs. Abigail Genney of West- 
 moreland. 
 
 Allen^ Bennett {David,^ JoJin^) , ra. Mary Cooly. Child : Eph- 
 I'aim. 
 
 Caleb^ Bennett {David,^ John^), b. Aug. 30, 1794 ; m. Dec. 23, 
 1819, Sophia (b. Feb. 9, 1797), daughter of Isaac Hinds of Chester- 
 field. 
 
 DavidS Bennett (David,^ Johv}), b. March 12, 1797; m. Feb. 3, 
 
 1825, Harriet (b. May 6, 1801 ; d. Aug. 6, 1849), daughter of Cal- 
 vin Curtis. He d. Aug. 2, 1845. Children : Fernando Byron, b. 
 Dec. 31, 1826. Calfurna Amanda, b. Jan. 25, 1830 ; m. Oct. 12, 
 1847, George A. Sprague ; d. Dec. 30, 1850. Samuel P., b. June 22, 
 1834. William H., b. Oct. 24, 1840; m.' Sept. 17, 1867, Ellen A. 
 Martin. 
 
 Luke3 Bennett {David,^John^), b. Jan. 6, 1799 ; m. Feb. 8, 1825, 
 Anna (b. Aug. 31, 1799; d. April 21, 1883), daughter of Amasa 
 Aldrich; d. April 22, 1854. Children: Irvin Boliver, b. Sept. 1, 
 
 1826. Addis Emmit, b. Feb. 3, 1828. Amelia, b. Sept. 16, 1829 ; 
 m. Gilbert S. Howard of Springfield, Mass. Albert Gallatin, b. Sept. 
 9, 1831 ; d. Jan. 18, 1856. Amasa A., b. 1836. 
 
292 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Hiram P.^ Bennett {NehemiaJi,^ JoJm^), m., 1st, July 5, 1825, 
 Polly, daughter of Jesse Thompson; m. a second wife in Indiana. 
 She ra. a Mr. Blake of Surry for a second husband ; resides in Illi- 
 nois. Children : Esther Maria, m. William Marian of Walpole; re- 
 sides in Burlington, Wis. Mary Elizabeth, m. Frank Blake of Surry ; 
 resides in Wheaton, 111. 
 
 Amos^ Bennett {Nehemiah,^ Jolvn}), ra. April 18, 1821, Lucretia 
 (d. May 13, 1882), daughter of Esek Buflfum of Richmond; d. 
 Sept. 2, 1856. Children: Emily B., b. 1824; m. Enos Bigelow. 
 Amos G., b. Oct. 7, 1826. Asahel, b. March 23, 1828. Oscar, b. 
 July, 1830. John, b. March 4, 1834. Andrew, b. Nov., 1836. 
 Wales B., b. Oct. 26, 1839. Fannj', b. Aug. 7, 1843 ; m. William 
 Garnsey. Sarah Jane, b. June 23, 1848 ; m. John M. Swain. 
 
 Fernando B.* Bennett {David,^ David,^ Johii^) , b. Dec. 31, 1826 ; 
 m. May 2, 1849, Charlotte W., daughter of John L. Aldrich ; d. June 
 22, 1863. 
 
 Addis E.* Bennett (LuJce,^ David,^ John^), b. Feb. 3, 1828; m. 
 April 24, 1850, Elida Ann (d. Feb. 25, 1871), daughter of David 
 Read. Child : Carrie M., b. Jan. 12, 1862. 
 
 Samuel P.^ Bennett (David,'^ David,^ Joh-n}), b. June 22, 1834; 
 m. June 7, 1854, Harriet M., daughter of Aaron R. Hammond, 3d; 
 she resides in Somerville, Mass. He d. Oct. 24, 1868. Children : 
 Eddie, b. Aug. 25, 1854 ; m. and d. in Somerville, Mass. Emma H., 
 b. April 18, 1862 ; d. Feb. 5, 1864. Leon S., b. May 14, 1866 ; m. 
 July 15, 1889, Edith Snell ; lives in Somerville, Mass. 
 
 Irvin B.< Bennett {Luhe,^ David, ^ John^),h. Sept. 1, 1826; m. 
 May 1, 1848, Abby J. Barlow. He d. Apr. 20, 1854. Children : 
 Frank H., b. April 24, 1850; d. May 5, 1850. Addis Eldorus, b. 
 Oct. 15, 1853 ; d. May 28, 1854. 
 
 Amos G.* Bennett (Amos,^ NehemiaJi,^ John^), b. Oct. 7, 1826; 
 m. Apr. 18, 1847, Almina C. (b. Jan. 22, 1828), daughter of Peleg 
 Taft. Children: Oscar C, b. Feb. 28, 1848. Otto P., b. Nov. 7, 
 1857. 
 
 Oscar C Bennett {Amos G.,* Amos,^ Neliemiah,^ Jolin^) , b. Feb. 
 28, 1848; m. Feb. 1, 1870, Emma S. Balston (b. Jan. 24, 1851). 
 Child : Ivo A., b. Aug. 4, 1871. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 293 
 
 Otto P.^ Bennett {Amos Q.,* Amos,^ Neliemiah,^ John}), b. Nov. 
 7, 1857 ; m. March 29, 1879, Attie H., daughter of David B. Aldrich 
 of Richmond. 
 
 BEVERSTOOK. 
 
 Edward Beverstock, m. June 17, 1773, Anna HiU. 
 
 Daniel Beverstock, m. Nov. 18, 1788, Molly, daughter of Thomas 
 Cresson. 
 
 Grove^ Bidvtell (Allen^ of Langdon), b. 1801 ; m. May 18, 1823, 
 Lucinda (b. 1803; d. Nov. 25, 1882), daughter of Lawrence Jefts 
 of Charlestown. He d. Apr. 20, 1881. Children: Maria L., b. 
 June 4, 1831 ; m. Geo. W. Draper. George G., b. Dec. 23, 1834. 
 Osman A., b. AprU 29, 1837. Henry G., b. Sept. 13, 1847. 
 
 George G.3 Bidwell {Grove,^ Allen^), b. Dec. 23, 1834 ; m. Nov. 
 16, 1865, Emily A. (b. Sept. 24, 1837), daughter of Col. Ethan B. 
 WeUs of Rockingham, Vt., where he d. March 20, 1889. 
 
 Osman A.3 Bidwell {Orove,^ Allen^), b. April 29, 1837 ; m., 1st, 
 April, 1870, Augusta (b. Nov. 5, 1853 ; d. June 26, 1874), daughter 
 of George W. Eastman; m., 2nd, Clara E., daughter of John D. 
 Hale. He d. May 12, 1883. 
 
 Bishop. 
 Timothy Bishop and Hannah had: Lucy, b. Jan. 23, 1771. Abi- 
 gail, b. May 23, 1773. 
 
 Betsey Bishop m. Nov. 6, 1783, Ezekiel Kellogg of Clarendon, 
 Vt. 
 
 Daniel Bishop, 2d, m. May 24, 1787, Edith Steel. 
 
 Timothy Bishop m. Dec. 9, 1790, Lois "Whitcomb. 
 
 Elisha Bishop m. Feb. 3, 1819, Fanny Piper. 
 
 Samuel^ Bishop (David^ of Hubbardston, Mass.), b. Dec. 31, 
 1844; m. Dec. 12, 1867, Eleanor J. (b. about 1850), daughter of 
 Amasa Ballon. Children : Eugene R., b. Dec. 3, 1868. James B., b. 
 April 26, 1871. Jennie E., b. Nov. 9, 1872; d. Feb. 24, 1873. 
 Fred O., b. Aug. 17, 1875. Stella A., b. March 18, 1881. 
 
294 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 BLACK. 
 
 Sdmner W.2 Black {Eli^ of Chesterfield), b. 1819 ; m., 1st, in Ches- 
 terfield, Rebecca Willard (b. 1825; d. July 25, 1853) ; m., 2nd, Jan. 
 20, 1865, Susan A. (b. May 26, 1838), daughter of Ellery K. Aldrieh 
 of Eichmond. Children: Ella A., b. Feb. 20, 1857, in Surry; d. 
 July IC, 1858. Gracie E., b. Feb. 14, 1860, in Ashburnham, Mass. ; 
 m. Edgar E. Ramsdell. 
 
 Orrin^ Black {John^ of Putney, Vt.), b. July 5, 1800, in Northfleld, 
 Vt. ; m. Feb. 25, 1828, Abigail (b. June 24, 1800), daughter of Cal- 
 vin Chapin of Craftsbury, Vt. Children: Ellen M., b. March 25, 
 1830 ; m. Oct. 24, 1850, David E. Marshall. Ann M., b. Aug. 29, 
 1832; m. May 16, 1850, Elbridge H. Ingalls of Keeue ; m., 2nd, 
 April 12, 1870, James H. Smith. Sarah Jane, b. Dec. 29, 1834; m. 
 1875, John Dummer. Orrin, b. Sept. 12, 1836; lives in Canada. 
 George L., b. Oct. 3, 1843; drowned in Lake Michigan, Oct. 20, 
 1865. 
 
 The emigi'ant ancestor of Levi Blake, who settled in Swanzey, 
 settled in Sandwich, Mass. His descendants Andrew,^ Andrew,^ and 
 Abijah,^ ancestors of Levi, resided in Wrenthara, Mass. 
 
 Levi* Blake (Abijah,^ Andrew,'^ Andrew^), b. Jan 14, 1778; m. 
 Aug. 17, 1800, Polly Kelly (b. Aug. 25, 1773 ; d. Dec. 6, 1856) . He 
 d. Sept. 19, 1855. Children: Abijah, b. Aug. 11, 1801. Elvira, b. 
 March 13, 1804; m. Elijah C. Belding. Maria Cornell, b. Nov. 5, 
 1806 ; m. Nathan Fessenden. Polly Kelley, b. Jan. 12, 1809 ; d. Oct. 
 5, 1830. Levi, twin to Polly, b. Jan. 12, 1809 ; d. Feb. 1, 1809. 
 Levi and Lowell (twins), b. Apr. 8, 1811 ; Lowell, d. May 30, 1811 ; 
 Levi, d. June 4, 1811. Benjamin Chever, b. Sept. 8, 1816. 
 
 Abijah^ Blake {Levi,* Abijah^ Andrew^ Andrew^), b. Aug. 11, 
 1801; m. Feb. 8, 1826, Maria (b. Jan. 14, 1803), daughter of Eli- 
 jah Belding. 
 
 Benjamin C.^ Blake (Zem,^ Abijah,^ Andrew,^ Andrew^), b. Sept. 
 8, 1816 ; ra. March 11, 1841, Emeline A. (b. March 14, 1818), daugh- 
 ter of Amasa Aldrieh ; d. Feb. 28, 1843. Child : Nancy Maria, b. 
 June 11, 1842 ; m. a Mr. Leach of Westmoreland. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 295 
 
 Alfred S.^ Blake {Elijah^ of Keene), m. June 9, 1864, Martha 
 Malinda (b. Jan. 20, 1840), daughter of William Kead. Children: 
 Gracie M. and Cata F. (twins), b. July 15, 1872. 
 
 Carlostine Blake ofWeare, m. Sophia (b. June 3, 1811), daugh- 
 ter of John Holbrook. Children : John, b. Dec, 1838 ; d. April 22, 
 1855. Nathan C, b. 1841 ; d. May 15, 1863. 
 
 BLISS. 
 
 Andrew J.^ Bliss {Benjamin^ from Boyalston, Mass.), b. April 8, 
 1820 ; m. Oct. 9, 1850, Phebe A. (b. June 9, 1829), daughter of Jo- 
 seph Streeter of Concord, Vt. ; d. Oct. 6, 1887. Children : Ella M., 
 d. in Minnesota. Adaline P., b. Sept. 20, 1853 ; m. J. S. C. Beal. 
 Amanda I., b. May 22, 1856; m. George R. Putnam of Keene. 
 Sophia L., b. July 27, 1859 ; m. Walter Davis. Andrew E., b. July 
 4, 1864 ; m. Alice Haskins of Orange, Mass. Ora D., b. Feb. 3, 
 1871. 
 
 BLODGETT. 
 
 Jonas Blodgett, b. Aug. 4, 1757; m. Sarah Fletcher (b. Jan. 1, 
 1753 ; d. Jan. 19, 1833) ; d. Aug. 19, 1826. Children : John, b. Jan. 
 12, 1782. Amma, b. Feb. 23, 1784; d. June 9, 1819. Joshua, b. 
 April 27, 1785. Jonas, b. May 18, 1787. Jesse, b. July 21, 1789. 
 Mittie, b. July 29, 1791; d. May 29, 1811. Sally, b. March 21, 
 1793 ; d. March 29, 1816. Hannah, b. March 20, 1795 ; m. Lawson 
 Moore. 
 
 Charles Blodgett, b. July 7, 1847 ; m. Dec. 19, 1867, Ida So- 
 phia (b. July 2, 1853), daughter of Sanford Bowles. Children: 
 Nettie E., b. June 17, 1868. Minnie F., b. May 22, 1870. 
 
 BOLLES. 
 
 Barney^ Bolles {Elijah^ of liichmond), m. Emily (b. May 30, 
 1811), daughter of James Olcott. Children: Emily Maria, b. Dec. 
 24, 1833 ; m. Mr. Chatterton. Hiram O. James E., m. Cora, daugh- 
 ter of Nelson and Huldah Nash (a daughter of Joseph Hammond). 
 Sarah E. and Marah' M. (twins). Marah M., d. Jun^e 14, 1859, 
 Flora J. The entire family, removed to Springfield, 111. 
 
 Randall^ Bolles (Jb/mi), b. Sept. 22, 1807; m. Susan Ann (b. 
 Jan. 11, 1814; d. Feb. 12, 1879), daughter of John Holbrook; d. 
 
296 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Feb. 7, 1879, aged 73. Children: Hiram H., b. Jan. 19, 1837. 
 Maria M., b. March 11, 1841 ; m. Eeuben L. Angier of Fitzwilliam. 
 Abida Ann, b. May 1, 1850. Ellen E., b. Jan. 29, 1855 ; m. Fred 
 W. Farr. 
 
 Hiram H.^ Bolles {Randall,^ John^), b. Jan. 19, 1837; m. Sept. 
 8, 1868, Celeste J. (b. July 14, 1839), daughter of Henry R. Bennett 
 of Glen Sontton, P. Q. Children : John, b. July 14, 1869. Henry E., 
 b. Nov. 7, 1872. LydiaM., b. Feb. 7, 1879 ; d. Aug. 17, 1881. Hiram 
 H., b. Aug. 20, 1883. 
 
 BOURN. 
 
 Nathaniel^ Bourn {William,^ Amos^ of Richmond), b. March 3, 
 1791 ; m. March 1, 1812, Mary (b. Oct. 13, 1790; d. May 7, 1863), 
 daughter of John Cass, jr., of Richmond ; d. Feb. 17, 1875. Chil- 
 dren : Asahel B., b. May 30, 1813. Ansel, b. Aug. 15, 1814. Wil- 
 liam, b. Apr. 2, 1817; d. Aug. 26, 1838. Selina, b. June 13, 1821 ; 
 m. Moses Garfield of Royalston, Mass. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 8, 1826. 
 John C, b. Oct. 8, 1829. 
 
 Ansel* Bourn {Nathaniel,^ William,^ Amos^ of Richmond), b. Aug. 
 15, 1814; m. March 19, 1832, Laura Ann (d. Sept. 14, 1872), daugh- 
 ter of Silas Ballou. He d. Aug. 1, 1848. Children : Amos W., b. 
 June 11, 1832. Almanza C, b. June 21, 1834; d. Sept. 26, 1838. 
 Albert A., b. Oct. 21, 1835 ; d. Sept. 13, 1888. Amasa W., b. June 
 11, 1837 ; d. July 29, 1869. Selina A., b. Aug. 31, 1839 ; m. Charles 
 R. Applin; d. May 4, 1887. Silas, b. Dec. 26, 1840; d. young. 
 Martha L., b. May 20, 1842 ; m. Charles P. Lawrence of Winchester. 
 William J., b. June 10, 1844 ; d. Nov. 16, 1850. Ansel E., b. Jan. 
 27, 1846. Laura A. M., b. April 12, 1848 ; d. Nov. 4, 1848. 
 
 Nathaniel* Bourn {Nathaniel,^ William,'^ Amos^ of Richmond), b. 
 Jan. 8, 1826 ; m. Aug. 20, 1851, Mary Butler of Troy, N. H. ; re- 
 sides in Illinois ; had three children. 
 
 John C* Bourn (JVa</iameZ,3 William,^ Amos^),h. Oct. 8, 1829; 
 m. Nov. 24, 1853, Esther (b. April 12, 1834), daughter of Asa E. 
 Emerson. Children : Eda May, b. Nov. 4, 1859 ; d. Nov. 16, 1877. 
 Edmund A., an adopted son. 
 
 Ansel E.^ Bourn (Ansel,'^ Nathaniel,^ William,^ Amos^) , b. Jan. 
 27, 1846 ; m. May 1, 1867, Hattie E. (b. June 24, 1847), daughter 
 
GENEALOGIOAIi RECOEDS. 297 
 
 of Albert A. Fassett, of Winchester. Children : Lizzie Maria, b. June 
 17, 1868 ; d. Sept. 11, 1869. Nellie E., b. Jan. 9, 1870 ; m. Archie 
 Thompson, 1887. >Edgar Earl, b. May 20, 1872.' Oscar E., b. April 
 28, 1874. Grace E., b. Oct. 3, 1876. 
 
 Edmund A.^ Bourn {John C./ Nathaniel,^ William,^ Amos^), b. 
 May 29, 1852; m. March 11, 1882, Flora A. (b. Sept. 5, 1860), 
 daughter of Lucius Whitcomb. Children : Ella Agnes, b. March 3, 
 1883, in Fitzwilliam. Esther Maria, b. Nov. 27, 1887, in Swanzey. 
 
 BOUVIER. 
 
 Charles A.^ Boutier (Charles^ of Keene), b. March 18, 1861 ; 
 m. June 18, 1883, Emma M., daughter of Thomas Naylon. Child : 
 J. Edward, b. March 18, 1884. 
 
 Rdfos^ Bowen (Reuben,^ Thomas^ of Richmond) , b. Oct. 8, 1800; 
 m. March 2, 1826, Alona (d. Jan. 13, 18G6), daughter of Rhoda Al- 
 drich of Richmond. He d. Oct. 6, 1866. 
 
 Henry R.* Bowek {Uberto,^ James,^ Nathaniel^ of Richmond, 
 N. H.), b. June 13, 1840 ; m. Jennie C. (b. Dec, 1848), daughter of 
 Jerrel A. Curtis of Richmond, N. H. 
 
 Benjamin F.® Bowen {Zimri of Richmond), b. July 12, 1851 ; m. 
 June 9, 1886, Mary M. L. (b. Jan. 21, 1857), daughter of Schuyler 
 Seaver. Child : Alice M., b. Nov. 22, 1887. 
 
 Sanford^ Bowles {Elijah^ of Landaff), b. June 9, 1825 ; m. April 
 21, 1850, Sylvia S. (b. April 21, 1820), daughter of Peter Starkey; 
 d. June 7, 1863. Children: Eddie Sanford, b. Sept. 21, 1851; d. 
 March 21, 1852. Ida Sophia, b. July 2, 1853 ; m., 1st, Charles Blodg- 
 ett ; 2nd, George Laden. Marcus Elijah, b. Sept. 30, 1855 ; ra. Sept. 
 19, 1883, Mabel R. Raymond. 
 
 BOYCB. 
 
 Francis R.^ Botce {Jacob^ of Richmond), b. May 26, 1831 ; m., 
 1st, Nov. 29, 1851, Nancy S. (b. Feb. 16, 1827; d. April 6, 1861), 
 daughter of Kendall Fisher of Richmond ; m., 2nd, Lona A. (b. 
 1839; d. Jan. 12, 1871), daughter of Silas White of Fitzwilliam ; 
 m., 3d, Mrs. Lydia A. Tnbbs (b. April 6, 1836 ; d. May 20, 1888), 
 
298 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 daughter of John Thompson. Children : Elwin F., b. Feb. 17, 1853. 
 Emma F., b. March 8, 1855, in Winchester; m. Arthur Hastings of 
 Berlin, Mass. Edgar C, b. Oct., 1856; d. 1857. 
 
 BRAGG. 
 
 RoswELL Beagg and his wife Rachel had children : Alba M. Lucy, 
 m. Bezaleel Taft. Sarah A., b. 1825; d. July 29, 1846. Justus 
 E., b. 1832 ; d. March 11, 1852. Willard S. 
 
 Alba2 m. (Boswell^), m. Nov. 14, 1844, Susan D. Allen of 
 Keene. 
 
 BREED. 
 
 John A.^ Breed {Moses^ of Brattleborough, Vt.), b. Feb. 28, 1824 ; 
 m. July 26, 1846, Lucy (b. Oct. 27, 1828 ; d. April 10, 1869), daugh- 
 ter of EbenezerNash of Chesterfield. Children : Lucinda E., b. July 
 7, 1847 ; ra. Alonzo Lewis of Chestertield. Martha L., b. Feb. 20, 
 1849 ; m. Timothy Lewis of Chesterfield. John J., b. May 10, 1852. 
 Lucius F., b. July 7, 1854. Henrietta L., b. June 5, 1858. Henry 
 E., b. Nov. 14, 1866. Fanny M., b. April 5, 1869 ; d. Aug. 22, 1869. 
 
 BREWER. 
 
 James Brewer came to Swanzey, He d. Nov. 21, 1832. Mary, 
 his wife, d. Feb. 27, 1826, both buried in Swanzey. Children : Asa, 
 b. July 24, 1767. Persis, b. July 22, 1771; m. Silas Wheeler. 
 James, b. June 10, 1780. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1782 ; m. Charles Jack- 
 son of Mount Holly, Vt. 
 
 AsA^ Brewer (Jamesi), b. July 21, 1767 ; m. Aug. 25, 1794, Deb- 
 orah (b. 1772; d. Aug. 2, 1845), daughter of Samuel Sargent of 
 Marlborough. He d. March 11, 1836. Children : Polly, m. Jonathan 
 Clark. Asa. Deborah, ra. Calvin Beinis. Silas. Betsey, m. Benj- 
 amin Garey of Jaffrey. Persis, m. Samuel Cross of Salem, Mass. 
 
 SiLAS^ Brewer (JLsa,® James^), m. Lovina (d. Feb. 1884), daugh- 
 ter of Josiah Woodward. He d. Nov. 27, 1880. 
 
 bridge. 
 
 William Bridge m., 2nd, Jan. 3, 1816, Mrs. Elkanah Lane. Child- 
 ren : Samuel, b. 1817. Solomon. John. Joseph. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 299 
 
 BRYANT. 
 
 Chatjncey^ Bryant {Baniel CA of Bichmond, N. H.),h. 1795; 
 m. Harriet (b. 1798; d. March 23, 1836), daughter of James Un- 
 derwood. He d. Jan., 1861. Children : James U. William C. 
 Eliza, m. Joseph S. Garner, of Gardner, Mass. 
 
 Galvin2#Brtant {Daniel O.i of Richmond), m. Feb. 27, 1812, 
 Susanna (d. June 15, 1880), daughter of Ananias Aldrich of Rich- 
 mond. He d. June 5, 1864. Children : Hiram, b. Aug. 3, 1813. 
 Nathaniel, b. Feb. 13, 1817. Diancy, b. Nov. 18, 1818 ; m. John W. 
 Starkey. Calvin, b. July 4, 1821. Luther, b. Oct. 2, 1823 ; d. Dec. 
 29, 1838. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 10, 1826; m. Samuel "Willard. Eliza 
 Ann, b. Dec. 1, 1828; m. John Scott. Angela, b. Dec. 1, 1830; m. 
 N. G. Woodbury. Alphreda, b. May 6, 1833 ; m. H. Foster Thayer. 
 Almarinda, b. June 21, 1835 ; m. Samuel Ball. 
 
 Hiram^ Bryant {Calvin,^ Daniel C.i of Richmond), b. Aug. 3, 
 1813 ; m., 1st, March 16, 1845, Sarah M., daughter of Nathan Bul- 
 lock ; m., 2nd, April 23, 1857) Azubah, daughter of John Martin ; m., 
 3d, Mrs. Dexter Palmer. Had by Sarah M. : Henry L. Susan L. 
 Albert. Had by Mrs. Palmer: Calvin. Sarah M., d. March 9, 
 1854. Azubah, d. May 19, 1862. 
 
 britton. 
 Reuben Britton, of Westmoreland, m. Nancy, daughter of Benja- 
 min Howard of Mendon, Mass. Children : Laura and Anrilla 
 (twins), b. Oct. 10, 1797; Laura, m. April 20, 1817, Samuel Read 
 of New Yoi'k ; Aurilla, m. Jan. 26, 1819, Josiah Hamblet. Loron. 
 Betsey, m. March 15, 1821, Enoch Cross. Alfred, b. Oct. 15, 1806. 
 
 Alfred^ Britton {Reuben^ of Westmoreland), b. Oct. 15, 1806; 
 m. Oct. 11, 1829, Alice S. (b. March 12, 1811 ; d. Aug. 6, 1885), 
 daughter of Tristan Aldrich ; he d. April 23, 1871. She m., 2nd, Mil- 
 lens Taft of Mendon, Mass. Children : Loron A., b. Oct. 2, 1831 ; 
 d. 1862. Eleanor M., b. April 29, 1835 ; m. Rufus Taft. Mary L., b. 
 Nov. 21, 1837; m. Nov. 7, 1855, Henry C. Earl of Keene. Nancy 
 A., b. Sept. 17, 1840 ; m., 1st, Sept. 19, 1855, Harry A. Stoddard of 
 Brattleborough, Vt. ; m., 2nd, Oct. 30, 1872, C. Frank Woodward. 
 Dennison D., b. April 7, 1843 ; d. April 10, 1844. Dennison D., b. 
 Oct. 9, 1846. Charles F., b. June 14, 1849. Alice S., b. July 24, 
 1855 ; d. Jan. 5, 1872. 
 
300 HISTORY OF 8WANZEY. 
 
 Dennison D.3 Brixton {Alfred,^ Reuben^),}). Oct. 9, 1846; m. 
 March, 1868, Elizabeth Waldron of De Soto, Wis. Resides in Pet- 
 erborough, N. H., and is a conductor on the Monadnock R. R. 
 Children : Fred A. Lottie A. 
 
 BROOKS. 
 
 George W.^ Brooks (Dea. Oren Brooks^ of Fitzwilliam) , b. May 
 23, 1831 ; m. Sept. 8, 1853, Fanny A. (b. March 17, 1830), daughter 
 of Dea. Clark Mason of Marlborough. She m., 2nd, Rev. Enville J. 
 Emery of Greenville. Child : Grace Estelle, b. Aug. 2, 1858 ; d. 
 Dec. 2, 1879. 
 
 BROWN. 
 
 Benjamin^ Brown {Eleazer^ of Concord, Mass.), b. April 14, 1713 ; 
 m. June 22, 1741, Submit (b. 1719 ; d. March 14, 1805) , daughter 
 of Oliver Ward, of Westborough, Mass. He d. May 6, 1797. Chil- 
 dren : Rhoda, b. Nov. 4, 1742 ; m. Mr. Soper of Boscawen. Oliver, 
 b. Nov. 6, 1743. Hannah, b. Sept. 5, 1745, in the fort on Meeting 
 House Hill ; m., 1st, John Farrer of Shrewsbury, Mass. ; m., 2nd, Rev. 
 Joseph Lee, of Royalston, Mass. Hephzibah, b. Feb. 5, 1747, in 
 Rutland, Mass. Eleazer, b. Dec. 17, 1748, in Rutland, Mass. Lucy, 
 b. Jan. 4, 1750, in Rutland ; m., 1st, Jolin Rugg; m., 2nd, Mr. Has- 
 kins of Springfield, Vt. Submit, b. Dec. 30, 1751, in Concord, Mass. ; 
 m. Samuel Jackman of Boscawen, N. H. Simeon, b. July, 1756, in 
 Concord, Mass. Mary, b. Aug. 14, 1757, in Concord, Mass. ; m. Mr. 
 Wyman, of Shrewsbury, Mass. Abigail, b. May 15, 1759, in Con- 
 cord, Mass.; m. Dec. 11, 1781, Nicholas Bragg, of Springfield, Vt. 
 Benjamin, b. March 12, 1761, in Concord, Mass. Simeon, b. Oct. 
 18, 1762, in Concord, Mass. 
 
 Eleazer^ Brown {Benjamin,^ Eleazer^), b. Dec. 17, 1748, in Sul- 
 livan ; m. Lucy Rugg. He d. in Sullivan in 1798. Children : John, 
 b. March 12, 1777; d. Apr. 3, 1777. Lucy, b. Marcii 22, 1778; m. 
 Matthew Niras of Roxbury. Lydia, b. June 7, 1779. Oliver, b. 
 June 18, 1782. John, b. Feb. 29, 1788. Cephas, b. Aug. 9, 1791. 
 
 Benjamin^ Brown {Benjamin,^ Eleazer^), b. March 12, 1761; m., 
 1st, Lydia Bartlett (d. soon after marriage) of New Ipswich; m.,2(l, 
 June 3, 1802, Sally Stimson (widow of Bemsley Lord) of Winchen- 
 don, Mass. Children : Lydia Bartlett, b. Nov. 29, 1802 ; m. June 
 10, 1829, Rev. Otis Whiting. Maria, b. June 2, 1804; m. Oct. 8, 
 1835, Sumner Putnam of Winchester. Benjamin B., b. Dec. 31, 
 1805. Lucy, b. July 22, 1807. Luther, b. Sept. 26, 1810. 
 
' ^'' '- -v"^ Saimi'9/^Sa^'a ' ' "' 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 301 
 
 Dea. Timotht Brown, m., 1st, Thankful r- (d. Oct. 6, 1743) ; 
 
 m., 2d, Kezia (d. Sept. 15, 1744) ; m., 3d, Feb. 27, 1745, 
 
 widow Hannali Wright (d. Aug. 18, 1776).' He d. Jan. 3, 1770. 
 Children: Thankful, bapt. Jan. 10, 1746. Timothy, bapt. Jan. 10, 
 1746. 
 
 "WrightS Brown {Timothy^) had: Child d. March 4, 1780. Joel, 
 d. March 21, 1780. . . * 
 
 Abijah Brown and his wife Phebe had": 'Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1779 ; 
 m. Stephen Green of Leicester,. Mass. Phebe, b. July 14, 1781. Sarah, 
 b. Nov. 17, 1783 ; m. Philemon Whitcomb, 2nd. Solomon, b. July, 
 23, 1785. David, b. May 18, 1789 ; d. June 1, 1789. Brigham, b. 
 May 31, 1790. Jerusha,b. March 19, 1792. Harriet, b. June 21, 
 1794. Orrin, b. Aug'. 3,1796. Jonathan Hubbard, b. June 8, 1798 ; 
 resided where Darius E. Wright jiowliYes, 
 
 David^ Bisown (^AbijdlO^), and Lois his wife had: Belinda, b. 
 March 27, 1814. Mary.b. Dec. 24, 1817. 
 
 Oerin^ Brown {Abijah^), b. Aug. 3,' 1796; m. Dec. 25, 1817, Me- 
 hitable Balcb, daughter'o'f Wiilia'm Balch'. ' ' ■ 
 
 • Jo»A*HAair-fi^ Skown {AUjaU), b. June 8, 1798; m. .Feb. 21, 
 1 8 2 1 V Emma' Joates . • 
 . 5 " .' . 
 Sambee Bi Brown^ m. Feb. 21, 1812, Sylvia (b. Sept. 21, 1792), 
 daughter, of Elijah Belding. 
 
 John E.^ Brown {Oviy^ ofStovi, Mass.),h. July 2, 1829 ; m. Nov. 
 10, 1851, Ellen M. (b. Jan. 24, 1830 ; d. July 7, 1866), daughter of 
 William Sebastian ; d. Aug. 9, 1863. Children: Henrietta A., b. Sept. 
 13, 1852 ; d. Dec. 12, 1853. Henrietta A., b. June 3, 1854 ; m. Charles 
 R. Ballou. Nellie S., b. Nov. 13, 1855; m. John E. Belcher of Cam- 
 bridge, Mass. Walter. Annis M., b. Sept. 16, 1860 ; m. Russell C. 
 HiU. ' . ' 
 
 BUC^LJN. , 
 
 George BucKltn^ of Wallirigford,'Vt., was auirried andresided there 
 until after the death of his first wife. He m., 2nd, Apr. 3, 1829, 
 Mary (b. Aug. 30, 1806; d. Oct. 1, 1849), daughter of Joel Mellen; 
 m., 3d, about 1850, Althusa Winch (d. in the West), of Troy. After 
 the third wife's death in the West, he married once or twice more there. 
 21 
 
302 HISTORY OF SWANZET, 
 
 Children: Darius, b. 1826. Horace, b. 1827. An infant, d. 1828. 
 George F., b. 1830. A child, b. 1831. Harvey, b. 1832 ; d. a young 
 man. Elizabeth, b. 1833 ; m. Edmund Smith ; d. Sept. 9, 1852. Dolly, 
 b. 1835 ; m. Alonzo Mason ; d. May 8, 1852. Sarah Jane, b. 1836 ; 
 d. Aug. 4, 1851. Lydia A., b. 1839 ; d. Feb. 12, 1854. Adelia, b. 
 1842 ; d. Feb. 16, 1846. Hiram, b. 1843 ; d. young. Nathaniel, b. 
 1845; d. Dec. 20, 1852. 
 
 George F.^ Bucklin {Oeorge^), b. 1830; m. Esther Jane (b. 
 March 17, 1836), daughter of AUen Hammond. Child : Edgar. 
 
 BDCKMAN. 
 
 Asa Buckman, m. July 23, 1811, Mary Franklin. 
 
 Esek"* Buffum {James,^ Esek,^ Jedediah^ of Richmond), b. June 
 14, 1829; m. Nov. 19, 1863, Emily Frances (b. Feb. 14, 1845; d. 
 Dec. 12, 1881) ; d. June 3, 1882. 
 
 Fisher^ Bullard (ElisJia,^ Elisha,* Malaclii,^ Benjamin,^ JBenja- 
 min} of Uxbridge, Mass.), b. March 24, 1782 ; m. April, 1805, Rho- 
 da Clark (d. Jan. 7, 1865), of Sharon, Mass. ; d. March 4, 1866. 
 Children : Mary, b. Jan. 22, 1806 ; d. Dec. 24, 1809. Selina, b. 
 Dec. 7, 1807; d. June 6, 1814. Lewis Clark, b. Oct. 6, 1809; d. 
 Aug. 19, 1884, in Sharon, Mass. Elijah, b. Aug., 1811. Ehoda, b. 
 May 4, 1815; m. Eoswell Whitcomb. Susan, b. Apr. 28, 1816 ; m., 
 1st, Silas Parsons ; m., 2nd, Levi Davis of Acworth. Mary Ann, b. 
 June 25, 1818 ; d. July 17, 1832. Marcus, b. Nov. 10, 1820. Edwin 
 Mason, b. March 30, 1823. 
 
 Elijah^ Bullard {Fisher,^ Elisha,^ Elisha,* Malachi,^ Benjamin,'^ 
 Benjamin^ of Uxbridge, Mass.), b. Aug. 15, 1811 ; m. April 7, 1856, 
 Mehita (b. Jan. 28, 1817), daughter of Nathan Bullock of Richmond; 
 d. Dec. 11,1862. 
 
 Marcus'' Bullard {Fisher,^ Elisha,^ Elisha,* Mulachi,^ Benjamin,^ 
 Benjamin^), b. Nov. 10, 1820; m. Dec. 12,J847, Elizabeth A. (b. 
 Sept. 2, 1826 ; d. Nov. 21, 1887), daughter of Silas Jillson of Rich- 
 mond. Children: Edward M., b. Oct. 18, 1848. Emily A., b. June 
 2, 1851 ; m. J. H. Howard of Hatfield, Mass. Elmer J., b. April 30, 
 1855. Ervin M., b. Nov. 11, 1858. Herbert Francis, b. June 14, 
 1862. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 303 
 
 Edwin M.' Bdllard {Fisher,^ EUslia,^ EUsJia,* Malachi,^ Benja- 
 min,^ Benjamin^), h. March 30, 1823 ; m. Nov., 1849, Sarah (d. Aug. 
 20, 1876), daughter of Thomas Marble, of Winchester. Children: 
 Wallace Justin, b, Sept. 22, 1856; d. May 4, 1861. Jesse E., b. 
 Sept. 13, 1862 ; d. in Michigan ; lives in Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 Edward M.^ Bcllard {Marcus,'' Fisher,^ Elisha,^ Elisha,'^ Mala- 
 cJii,^ Benjamin,^ Bevjamin^), b. Oct. 18, 1848; m. Lizzie R. Blanch- 
 ard of Concord, June 27, 1872 ; d. Dec. 10, 1873 ; m., 2nd, H. Cora, 
 Dec. 23, 1877, daughter of Francis Phillips of Keene. Children : Wal- 
 ter E., b. Dec 8, 1873. Helen P., b. Sept. 14, 1878. Arthur H., b. 
 April 9, 1883. 
 
 Elmer J.^ Bullakd {Marcus,'' Fisher,^ Elisha,^ Elisha,'^ MalacTii,^ 
 Benjamin,^ Benjamin}), b. April 30, 1855 ; m. Aug. 15, 1875, Ida E., 
 (b. May 30, 1857), daughter of Edwin Hill. Children: Marcus E., 
 b. Aug. 14, 1877. Myron H., b. July 8, 1880. 
 
 Ervin M.8 Bollard {Marcus,'' Fisher,^ Elisha,^ Elisha,* Malachi,^ 
 Benjamin,^ Bevjamin^), b. Nov. 11, 1858; m. March 16, 1879, Lu- 
 ella, daughter of Roswell Stowell. Children : John Ervin, b. May 
 10, 1880. Mary Emma, b. Oct. 3, 1881. Blanche Susan, b. Dec. 
 29, 1882. Bertha J., b. April 9, 1884. Ressie Juliette, b. Dec. 2, 
 1885.- 
 
 Heubert ¥fi Bcllard {Marcus,'' Fisher,^ Elisha,^ Elisha,* Mala- 
 chi,^ Boijamin,^ Benjamin^) , b. June 14, 1862; m. March 1, 1883, 
 Louise Frances Alzingre (b. Dec. 6, 1857). Child: Barbara Emma, 
 b. Jan. 26, 1889. 
 
 BULLOCK. 
 
 Cass^ Bullock {Oass,^ Jeremiah,^ Christopher'^ of Richmond) , b. 
 Sept. 3, 1803; m. Candace (b. April 1, 1805), daughter of Martin 
 Ellis, of Richmond; d. Sept. 22, 1875. Child: EmmaE., b. Sept. 8, 
 1835 ; m. Andrew B. Cook. 
 
 BUMP. 
 
 Jacob Bump, b. 1738, in Mendon, Mass. ; m. Sept. 29, 1760, Di- 
 nah Slew (b. 1741 ; d. Nov. 25, 1818 in Richmond), of Smithfleld, 
 R. I. ; d. Sept. 17, 1829, in Richmond. Children: Stephen, b. Jan. 
 30, 1761. Asa, b. Jan. 29, 1763. Laban, b. Aug. 29, 1765. La- 
 vina, b. May, 1767 ; m., 1st, Richard Sweet ; m., 2nd, Nathan Bowen. 
 
304 HISTORY OP SWANZEY, 
 
 Wanton, b. July 9, 1769. Ehoda, b. Apr. 25, 1771 ; m., 1st, Jacob 
 Boyce; m., 2nd, Philemon Parker. Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1775'; m. 
 David Martin. Barnet, b. June 27, 1779. Jacob, b. May 12, 1783. 
 Sylvia. 
 
 BURKE. 
 
 Patrick Bdrke, b. in Ireland, 1824; m. Feb. 10, 1855, Joanna To- 
 bin (b. 1833), in Eoyalston, Mass.; d. Dec. 22, 1885. Children: 
 John, b. Nov. 23, 1855. Michael, b. Apr. 6, 1857. Mary, b. March 
 26, 1859. Maggie, b. Feb. 20, 1861. Ellen, b. Apr. 6, 1863 ; d. in 
 July, 1865. Jennie, b. March 6,1865. Annie, b. Feb. 22, 1868; m. 
 Herbert A. Foster. Nellie, b. March 5, 1870 ; m. June 6, 1888, Frank 
 H. Taft. 
 
 Michael^ Burke (Patrick^), b. Apr. 6, 1857; m. Sept. 7, 1881, 
 Julia E. (b. Aug. 10, 1862), daughter of Henry W. Leonard. Chil- 
 dren : Lee W., b. June 22, 1882. Clayton Lester, b. Sept. 17, 1888. 
 
 BURNHAM. 
 
 Charles Burnham m. Sarah C. Johnson (b. May 3, 1825). Chil- 
 dren: C. Allen, b. Aug. 13, 1848. Henrietta E., b. July 23, 1850. 
 George W., b. Nov. 11, 1852. Mary C, b. Dec. 9, 1854 ; m. John 
 S. Eice. Leonard H., b. Feb. 13, 1858. Lizzie E., b. Aug. 3, 1861. 
 Edna E., b. July 11, 1864. Frank W., b. Oct. 12, 1869. 
 
 BTAM. 
 
 Benjamin "Willard^ Bfam {Benjamin^ of FitzwilUam) , b. Feb. 21, 
 1826 ; m. March 17, 1853, Martha A. (b. Aug. 28, 1832 ; d. Aug. 18, 
 1887), daughter of Joel Saunders of Keene, N. H. Children: Clara 
 N., b. March 18, 1854 ; d. April 7, 1854. Herbert, b. Aug. 13, 1855 ; 
 d. Aug. 14, 1855. Edgar, b. July 5, 1856; d. July 6,1856. Milton, 
 b. June 26, 1857 ; d. June 27, 1857. Oscar L., b. June 14, 1858. All 
 born in Fitzwilliam. Walter H., b. Dec. 24, 1859 ; d. Sept. 26, 1860. 
 Madella, b. Sept. 14, 1861. Fred H.,b. March 8, 1864; d. .Jan. 13, 
 1866. Frank L., b. Sept. 12,1865; d. Sept. 12, 1866. Eddie, b. 
 June 22, 1868 ; d. July 28, 1868. Willie A., b. May 12, 1870. 
 
 CALKINS. 
 
 William H. Calkins, b. Aug. 13, 1813 ; m. Sept. 16, 183.^, Eliza 
 S. (b. Oct. 25, 1817) daughter of Joseph Hill; he died Oct. 9, 1841. 
 Children : William H., b. March 8, 1837, in Winchester. Mary E., b. 
 Dec. 9, 1838 ; d. Nov. 13, 1840. Lorenzo W., b. Nov. 1, 1840. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECOKBS. 305 
 
 William H.2 Calkins {William H.^), b. March 8, 1837; m., 1st, 
 Nov., 1864, Emeline Morey (d. 1873) ; m., 2nd, Feb. 7, 1874, Ellen 
 A. Pratt. Children : William H., b. Feb. 28, 1868. Edward F., b. 
 May 22, 1870, in Winchester. Nahum, b. April 1, 1872. Kaly Belle, 
 b. Oct. 20, 1873 ; d. March 25, 1874. Christie C, b. April 6, 1876. 
 Irez L., b. Oct. 14, 1878. Charles, b. June 30, 1880. Addie J., b. 
 March 15, 1884 ; d. Sept 22, 1884. Horace, b. April 11, 1886. Eoy, 
 b. Sept. 8, 1888. 
 
 Lorenzo W.^ Calkins ( TTiWiam H.^),h. Nov. 1, 1840; m. Jan. 
 14, 1860, Ruth A. Stephens. ChUdren : Forest H., b. Feb. 23, 1861 ; 
 d. Nov. 14, 1862. Lizzie E., b. Oct. 23, 1865 ; d. Jan. 28, 1886. 
 Edward L., b. March 16, 1868 ; d. Apr. 20, 1868. DoraM., b. July 
 16, 1869; d. Nov. 21, 1886. Gertie C, b. Oct. 6, 1872; d. March 
 2, 1890. Eugenia I., b. April 23, 1874. Children all born in Win- 
 chester. 
 
 CAPRON. 
 
 Oliver^ Cai'ron {BanJiel(P of Cumberland), Y). July 1, 1736; d. 
 1816. Children : Nathan, b. Apr. 24, 1758. Otis. Thaddeus, b. 
 Dec. 6, 1764. Hannah, b. Apr. 6, 1767. Alpheus, b. July 21, 1770. 
 Elizabeth. Oliver. 
 
 Nathan^ Capron {Oliver,^ Banfield}'),^^. Apr. 24, 1758; m. Apr. 2, 
 1783, Dorothy (b. March 23, 1765; d. May 2, 1825), daughter of 
 Jonathan Whitcomb. Children: Dorothy, b. Aug. 19, 1783. Anna, 
 b. Sept. 1, 1785. Betsey, b. Jan. 30, 1788. Damaris, b. June 3, 
 1791. Jonathan W., b. Jan. 29, 1804. 
 
 Otis^ Capron {Oliver,^ Banfield^), m., 1st, Judith Gale; m., 2nd, 
 Polly King. Children by first wife : Alpha. Luther M. Polly. 
 Edmund. Martha. By second wife : Gilbert. Sarah. Judith, b. 
 Dec. 13, 1801 ; m. Nicholas Cook of Richmond. 
 
 Alpheds^ Capron {Oliver,^ Banfield^), b. July 21, 1770; d. 1822; 
 
 m. Sept. 17, 1809, Lucy (b. 1781; d. 1866), daughter of Pentecost 
 
 Stanley. Children : Elon, b. June 18, 1810. Irene, b. 1812. Al- 
 
 mena, b. 1814. 
 
 • 
 Oliver^ Capron {Oliver,^ Sanjield^), b. Dec. 11, 1791; m. March 
 
 29, 1816, Lois (b. Apr. 9, 1794 ; d. Aug. 31, 1852), daughter of Abel 
 
 Wilson ; he d. March 4, 1875. Children : Adeline, b. Oct. 8, 1818 ; d. 
 
306 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Nov. 6, 1836. Lucy, b. Nov. 29,1819; cl- Sept., 1824. Hannah S., 
 b. Sept. 14, 1821 ; d. Oct. 20, 1843. Augusta W., b. July 16, 1823 ; 
 m. Franklin Wheelock of Winchester; d. Feb. 6, 1874. Lucy, b. 
 Apr. 14, 1826 ; m. Oliver S. Lakin of Springfield, Mass. ; d. Aug. 25, 
 1887. Alzina, b. May 26, 1828; d. Aug. 12, 1851. Sarah W., b. 
 Aug. 17, 1830; d. Oct. 12, 1833. Martha A., b. Apr. 18, 1833; 
 d. May 22, 1850. Geoige O., b. May 4, 1835. 
 
 Jonathan W.^ Capron (Nathan,^ Oliver,^ Banfield}), b. Jan. 29, 
 1804; m., 1st, 1833, Susan (b. March 9, 1815; d. Sept. 18, 1837), 
 daughter of John Stratton; m., 2nd, May 10, 1838, Belinda B. (b. 
 March 11, 1815), daughter of Dr. Henry Baxter. He d. March 14, 
 1878. Children : Helen S., b. Dec, 1835 ; d. May, 1837. Henry W., 
 b. Feb. 11, 1845. John W., b. June 24, 1847; d. Jan. 10, 1863. 
 Charles H., b. Dec. 11, 1853; d. Jan. 17, 1863. 
 
 George O.* Capron {Oliver,^ Oliver,^ BanfleW), b. May 4, 1835 ; 
 m., 1st, Nov. 5, 1856, Eoselle B. Francis (b. Oct. 9, 1836), of New- 
 ington, Conn. Children : Carroll F., b. Jan. 29, 1860. Oliver W"., b. 
 June 11, 1862. Annie L., b. April 25, 1872. Lyle H., b. Oct. 30, 
 1876. 
 
 Henry W.^ Capron {Jonathan W.,* Nathan,^ Oliver,^ BanfiekU), 
 b. Feb. 11, 1845; m. Dec. 22, 1881, Ida M. (b. Sept. 24, 1858), 
 daughter of Eufus Taft. Children: Earl, b. July 5, 1884. Clyde, b. 
 July 23, 1889 ; d. Oct. 1, 1890. 
 
 Carroll F.^ Capron {George 0.,* Oliver,^ Oliver,^ Banjield^),\). 
 Jan. 29, 1860 ; m. Oct. 8, 1885, May F., daughter of Arvin Aldrich of 
 Westmoreland ; reside in Westmoreland. 
 
 Oliver W.^ Capron {George 0.,* Oliver,^ Oliver,^ Banfield^), b. 
 June 11, 1862; m. Mrs. Fanny B. Beverstoek (d. Oct. 19, 1890), 
 daughter of Philip D. Angler. 
 
 CARLTON. 
 
 Philip P.- Carlton {David} of Hancock) , b. Sept. 4, 1814 ; m. 
 Sept. 4, 1837, Olive M. (b. April 11, 1812 ; d. Aug. 17, 1890), daugh- 
 ter of Solomon Matthews. He d. Feb. 26, 1890. Child: Harvey 
 W., b. Aug. 22, 1844. * 
 
 Harvey W.3 Carlton {Philip P.,^ David^), b. Aug. 22, 1844; m. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 307 
 
 Nov. 25, 1868, Lucretia Ann (b. May 19, 1846), daughter of Chiron 
 Holbrook. Children: Eva, b. Feb. 22,1873. Katie L., b. March 
 10, 1874. Mark H., b. July 14, 1876. Charles, b. Dec. 29, 1882. 
 
 CARPENTER. 
 
 William^ Carpenter, b. in England 1576, came to America in 1638, 
 settled in "Weymouth, Mass., and later returned to England. His son, 
 William,^ b. 1605, with wife Abigail and four sons, came and settled 
 in Rehoboth, Mass., in 1638, with his father. WilUam,^ b. 1631, came 
 with his father and grandfather ; m., 1st, Priscilla Bonet and had four 
 children; m., 2nd, Marriam Saile ; he d. Jan. 26, 1703. Nathaniel,* 
 b. May 4, 1667 ; m., 1st, Rachel Cooper (d. July 9, 1694) ; m., 2d, 
 Mary Preston; m., 3rd, Mary Cooper. 
 
 EzRA^ Carpenter (^Nathaniel, ^ William,^ William,^ William} of 
 England), b. March 20, 1698 ; m. Nov. 28, 1723, Elizabeth (b. April 
 5, 1704, at Rehoboth ; d. March 19, 1766), daughter of Rev. Thomas 
 Greenwood ; he d. Aug. 26, 1785, at Walpole, N. H. Children : Eliz- 
 abeth, b. Jan. 13, 1724, at HuU, Mass. ; m. Samuel Trott of Wal- 
 pole, N. H. ; d. Sept. 20, 1796. Elijah, b. Oct. 26, 1727, at Hull ; d. 
 Oct. 7, 1755, in Swanzey. Theodocia, b. June 6, 1730 ; m. Mr. Bax- 
 ter of Boston, Mass. ; d. Aug. 14, 1756. Greenwood, b. March 31, 
 1733. Preston, b. March 17, 1736; d. April 5, 1736. Olive, b. 
 July 24, 1738 ; d. June 30, 1755, in Swanzey. Content, b. Sept. 6, 
 1740 ; m. John Kilborn, of Walpole ; d. Oct. 22, 1810, in Shrews- 
 bury, Vt. Rachel,, b. in HuU, May 12, 1743 ; m. Dr. David Taylor, 
 of Charlestown, N. H. ; d. March 30, 1796. 
 
 Greenwood^ Carpenter {Ezra,^ Nathaniel,* William,^ William,^ 
 William^), b. March 31, 1733, in HuU, Mass. ; m., 1st, 1752, Sarah 
 Leathers of Charlestown, Mass. ; m., 2nd, Susan (bapt. July 28, 
 1745) , daughter of Jonathan Hammond, of Swanzey ; d. in Swanzey 
 Feb. 3,1809. Children : William, b. at Charlestown, Mass. Betsey, b. 
 at Chariestown ; m. Sylvanus Hastings of Charlestown, N. H. ; d. in 
 Lashute, Canada East. Olive, m. Joseph Barrows (b. in Charles- 
 town, Mass. ; d. in Ohio) of Walpole, N. H. Children by second 
 wife : Theodocia, b.'Oct. 24, 1774, at Swanzey ; m. Dr. John Jackson, 
 of Lebanon, N. H. ; d. in Swanzey, Aug. 7, 1822. Hastings, b. March 
 22, 1776. Abigail, b. Oct. 7, 1777 ; m. Eben Hubbard, of Glaston- 
 bury, Conn. ; d. March 5, 1839, in Fulton, N. Y. Elijah, b. Dec. 23, 
 1779. Consider, b. Feb. 19, 1781. Dan., b. Oct. 26, 1782. Ezra, 
 
308 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 b. Oct. 26, 1784. Susan, b. Sept. 10, 1786. Sophronia, b. Nov. 29, 
 1788 ; d. Apr. 18, 1810. Preston, b. March 3, 1792 ; d. Sept. 5, 1814, 
 in Genesee, N. Y. 
 
 William''' Cakpenteb {Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ Nathaniel,* William,^ 
 William,^ William}) , b. in Ciiarlestown, Mass., and Lucinda his wife 
 bad : Guy, b. May 7, 1782. 
 
 Hastings'' Carpenter {Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ Nathaniel,* William,^ 
 William,^ William}) , b. March 22, 1776 ; m. Maria Hooppole of Schen- 
 ectady, N. Y. ; he d. in Canada, March 1, 1815. 
 
 Elijah'' Carpenter {Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ Nathaniel,* William,^ 
 William.,'^ William^), h. Dec. 23, 1779 ; m. Dec. 11, 1815, Fanny (b. 
 Nov. 1, 1787; d. March 10, 1876, at Algona, Iowa), daughter of 
 Amariah Partridge of Chesterfield. He d. Oct. 24, 1861. Children: 
 Thankful, b. Feb. 14, 1817; m., 1st, Sept. 23, 1841, Joshua Wyinan 
 of Keene; m., 2nd, Zebina Knights. Harriet E., b. May 4, 1819; 
 m. Nathan Watkins of Walpole. Julia Ann, b. May 15, 1823; m. 
 May 18, 1850, Cyrel Aldrich. Elizabeth G., b. Dec. 20, 1825. 
 George, b. Sept. 13, 1828. Elijah Preston, b. April 10, 1831 ; d. in 
 Keene, Oct. 31, 1872. 
 
 Consider'' Carpenter {Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ Nathaniel,* William,^ 
 William,^ William^), b. Feb. 19, 1781 ; m., 1st, May 17, 1812, Thank- 
 ful (b. Nov. 4, 1782 ; d. March 26, 1815), daughtei- of Elijah Belding ; 
 m., 2nd, March 31, 1818, Fanny, daughter of John Leonard ; he d. 
 Dec. 31, 1857. Children : Ezra, b. Feb. 25, 1813 ; d. May 19, 1861. 
 Thankful Belding, b. March 2, 1815 ; m. June 6, 1836, Elbridge Fos- 
 gate of Atliol, Mass. Hastings, li. March 1, 1819. Fanny Ann, b. 
 Sept. 15, 1821 ; m. Dec. 1, 1840, Lyman Gates of Sullivan; d. Feb. 
 7, 1853, at Glens Falls, N. Y. Eber H., b. Jan. 22, 1824. John L., 
 b. Jan. 11, 1827 ; lives in Richmond. 
 
 Thankful Gunn^ Carpenter (Elijah,'' Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ Nathan- 
 iel,* William;^ William,,^ William^), b. Feb. 14, 1817; m., 1st, Sept. 
 23, 1841, Joshua Wyman of Keene (b. Oct. 18, 1800; d. Dec. 
 29, 1858); m., 2nd, Zebina Knigiit. Children: Emily Frances, b. 
 at Keene, Feb. 14, 1845 ; m. Nov. 19, 1863, Esek Buffura of Rich- 
 mond ; d. Dec. 12, 1881, in Chicago, 111. He d. June 24, 1882, in 
 Chicago. Henry Joshua, b. Nov. 23, 1849 ; m. March 25, 1880, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EBCORDS. 309 
 
 Katie C. of Hastings, Neb. George C, b. Nov. 14, 1853 ; d. Sept. 
 18, 1856. 
 
 Harriet Eoss^ Carpenter {Elijah'', Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ Nathan- 
 iel* William? William,^ William^), b. May 4, 1819 ; m. Aug. 29, 
 1837, Nathan Watkins of Walpole (b. Feb. 11, 1813 ; d. April 4, 
 1850, in California). Children : William Elijah, b. Jan. 22, 1839, in 
 Hinsdale; m. Jan. 8, 1808, Mary Ball of Montague, Mass. Ella 
 Madora, b. Oct. 19, 1842, at Hinsdale; m. Feb. 11, 1868, Oliver H. 
 Phelps of Spring Prairie, Wis. 
 
 Elizabeth Greenwood^ Carpenter {Elijah,'' Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ 
 Nathaniel,* William,^ William,^ William?') , b. Dec. 20, 1825 ; 
 m. Oct. 26, 1843, Dennis Hubbard (b. April 15, 1815; d. Jan. 11, 
 1878, in Springfield, Mass.), of Middletown, Conn. ; she d. Sept. 7, 
 1855, in Springfield, Mass. Children : George Walton, b. in Keene, 
 Sept. 17, 1844. Elijah C.,b. in Keene, Nov. 8, 1846. Julia F., b. in 
 Swanzey, Dec. 28, 1848. 
 
 George^ Carpenter {Elijah,'' Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ Nathaniel,* Wil- 
 liam,^ William,^ William^), b. Sept. 13, 1828 ; m. June 14, 1864, 
 Lucy Jane (b. March 9, 1834), daughter of Carter Whitcorab. 
 
 Hastings^ Carpenter {Consider,'' Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ Nathaniel,* 
 William,^ William,^ William^) b. March 1, 1819 ; m. Sept. 14, 1847, 
 Keziah W. (b. Jan. 1, 1829), daughter of Jotham Fames; he d. Feb. 
 10, 1851. 
 
 Eber H.8 Carpenter {Consider,'' Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ Nathaniel,* 
 William,^ William,^ William^), b. Jan. 22, 1824; m. Oct. 23, 1844, 
 Mary A. Brigham of Erving, Mass. ; lives in Northfleld, Mass. 
 
 John L.^ Carpenter {Consider,'' Greenwood,^ Ezra,^ Nathaniel,* 
 William,^ William,^ William^), b. Jan. 11, 1827; m. Oct., 1875, Al- 
 freda (Martin) Fisher. 
 
 Thomas Carpenter, m. July 16, 1797, Abigail Brown. 
 
 Lewis Carpenter was inn-keeper at Swanzey Factory ; taxed in 
 1850 and 1851. 
 
 cakk. 
 
 William Carr, m. Mary •. Children : Sarah, d. Sept. 30, 
 
 1744. Mercy, d. Oct. 3, 1744. Abner, d. Oct. 17, 1744. Mary, 
 bapt. Sept. 4, 1743 ; d. Oct. 17, 1744. Mary, bapt. Nov. 18, 1744 ; 
 d. Sept. 9, 1746. Ehoda, b. about 1746 ; m. Elijah Belding. 
 
310 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 CARTER. 
 
 Rev. Thomas^ Carter emigrated to "Woburn, Mass. 
 
 Rev. Samuel^ Carter {Rev. Thomas^), b. Aug. 9,1640; d. in 
 Groton, Mass. ; had nine children, of whom the sixth was Tlioraas,^ 
 b. April 3, 1682 ; d. March 21, 1737. He had ten children, of whom 
 the third was Col. John,^ b. April 23, 1713 ; ra. Abigail Joslin of Lan- 
 caster ; he d. May 8, 1766. Their fourth son was Joseph,^ b. Nov. 
 17, 1745; came to Fitzwilliam, 1803. Had Joseph,^ b. April 19, 
 1777; m. Nov. 28, 1802 ; d. Sept. 14, 1822. Had a son Ebenezer,^ 
 b. May 20, 1803; m. Jan. 31, 1833, Clarissa, daughter of Ebenezer 
 Colburn of Rindge; d. March 21, 1871. Children, all born in Fitz- 
 william: Elizabeth G.,8 b. Nov. 11, 1833; d. Oct. 1, 1847. Ebeu 
 C, b. Dec. 2, 1835 ; d. Sept. 25, 1837. Margaret F., b. Feb. 22, 
 1838 ; d. Dec. 16, 1842. Henrietta C, b. Oct. 9, 1840; d. April 6, 
 1875. Martha F., b. March 12, 1843 ; m. John M. Fiske. 
 
 Herbert E.^ Carter {Ehenezer,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,^ John,'^ Tliom- 
 as,^ Samuel,^ Thomas^ of Woburn, Mass.), b. Sept. 9, 1845 ; m. April 
 22, 1873, Nancie A., daughter of John Wheeler of Ashby. Child : Her- 
 bert A., b. July 10, 1874. 
 
 NoRRis C.^ Carter {Ehenezer,'' Joseph,^ Joseph,^ John* Thomas,^ 
 Samuel,^ 2%omas^),h. Aug. 26, 1848; m. Feb. 23, 1871, Mary T. 
 (b. Sept. 8, 1852), daughter of Daniel Greenleaf. Children : Flor. 
 ence M., b. March 8, 1872; m. Edgar C. Emery. Lillian M., b. 
 Oct. 21, 1883. 
 
 Fred A. Carter, b. Oct., 1856; m. Sept. 21, 1881, Lora E. (b. 
 Sept. 29, 1860), daughter of Luther Alexander. Children : Lora E., 
 b. April 19, 1883. Bernice L., b. Feb. 6, 1887. 
 
 CASS. 
 
 JosrAH B.2 Cass {Martin^ of Richmond), b- March 19, 1810; m. 
 March 27, 1831, Eliza S. (b. Feb. 23, 1810), daughter of Gi<leon 
 Willis; d. July 4, 1866. Children: F. Brigham, b. Feb. 21 , 1832. 
 George H., b. Dec. 23, 1833. Harriet M., b. Dec. 25, 1835 ; m. 
 Luke EUor. Nancy L., b. April 17, 1837; d. May 6, 1852. Ellen 
 E., b. Oct. 19, 1841 ; d. Aug. 30, 1860. 
 
 F. Brigham^ Cass {Josiah B.,^ Martin'^ of Richmond) , b. Feb. 21, 
 1832 ; m. Cynthia L., b. Nov. 29, 1837, daughter of Jesse BoUes of 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 311 
 
 Riclimond. Children : Addie E., ra. A. W. Dickinson. Henry. Liz- 
 zie ; lives in Lunenburg, Mass. 
 
 George H. Cass (Josiah B.,^ Martin^), h. Dec. 31, 1833 ; m. April 
 7, 1853, Helen A. Cole of Stockholm, N. Y. Children : Clarence E., 
 b. Oct. 7, 1854, in 111. ; d. May 13, 1859. Maria E., b. March 15, 
 1861 ; d. Dec. 21, 1865. Alice I., b. Oct. 9, 1862 ; m. Nov. 11, 1882, 
 Ned E. Purington. Ellen E., b. June 8, 1864; m. Sept. 26, 1888, 
 Byron F. Puilngton. Francis B., b. June 22, 1872, in Erving, Mass. 
 
 CHAMBERLAIN. 
 
 JoHN^ Chamberlain {EUslia} of Fitchburg, Mass.), b. Sept. 10, 
 1795; ra., 1st, March 18, 1820, Nancy Stone (b. May 8, 1798; d. 
 June 11, 1822) ; m., 2nd, Sept. 25, 1822, Olive H. Wyman (b. March 
 
 18, 1792; d. Apr. 14, 1S26) ; m., 3d, 12, 1826, Sylvia Perry 
 
 (b. Sept. 14, 1797; d. Oct. 28, 1852) ; m.,4th, Feb.^, 1854, Harriet, 
 daughter of Jacob Ware of Winchester. He d. Aug. 28, 1870. Chil- 
 dren : Nancy S., b. Oct. 22, 1820; m. Franklin Holman ; d. Oct. 22, 
 1845. Martha W., b. July 7, 1823; m. a Mr. Austin of Newton, 
 Mass. William, b. Apr. 9, 1826 ; d. Apr. 15, 1826. Olive H., b. 
 Sept. 9, 1827; m. Albert N. Chase of Worcester, Mass. John E., 
 b. Nov. 29, 1830; d.Aug. 19, 1849. Sylvia, b. March 11, 1832; d. 
 March 28, 1832. William P., b. June 2, 1833. Sylvia A., b. Oct. 5, 
 1835 ; m., 1st, Albert Erastus Briggs ; 2nd, Otis B. Wheeler, of Whit- 
 ingham, Vt. Sarah J., b. Sept. 5, 1837; m. Pearl P. Briggs. Ed- 
 mund H., b. Oct. 18, 1840. Flora E., b. Jan. 9, 1855 ; m. George F. 
 Newell. Herbert R., b. Dec. 28, 1856. John S., b. Jan., 1864. 
 
 William P.^ Chamberlain {John,^ ElisJia^ of Fitchburg, Mass.), 
 b. June 2, 1833; m. Jan. 8, 1856, Harriet E. (b. Oct. 1, 1833), daugh- 
 ter of Samuel Persons of Reading, Vt. ; resides in Keene. Child ■ 
 Berdia A. 
 
 CLARK. 
 
 Timothy Clark, b. in Billerica, Mass., with his wife Mary Laws 
 came to this town and settled where Herbert E. Carter resides. Chil- 
 dren: Timothy and Theodore ; went west. James. Mary, m. Sam- 
 uel Gunn. Eliza, m. June 7, 1807, Brigham Smith of Cornish, N. H. 
 Sarah, b. July 17, 1785 ; m. March 26, 1812, Jonathan Bailey. 
 
 James^ Clark {Timothy^) ,h. in 1769 ; m., Ist, May 22, 1799, Lucy, 
 daughter of Shubael Seaver ; lived in the same house in which Her- 
 
312 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 bert E. Carter now lives and where he d. Oct. 25, 1825; m., 2nd, 
 May 27, 1806, Hannah Mears. Children by Lncy : William and 
 James. Ciiildren by Hannah : Lucy, who d. young. Hester, m., 
 Nov. 18, 1830, Russell F. Thompson. Hannah, d. in youth. Levi, 
 went to Canada and never returned. Thomas, b. Aug., 1818 ; went 
 to Illinois. 
 
 William^ Clark {James,^ Timothy^), b. in the year 1800; m., 1st, 
 Susan Starkey ; m., 2nd, Hannah (d. Feb. 14, 1872), widow of Asa 
 Jaclcson. He d. July 29, 1869. 
 
 James^ (James,^ Timothy^), m., June 16, 1830, Susan Morse, 
 daughter of Capt. Henry Morse ; lived in Massachusetts until his 
 death. 
 
 Jonathan^ Clakk {Tliomas^ of Troy), b. June 3, 1788; m., 1812, 
 Mary, daugliter of Asa Brewer; he d. Aug. 20, 1850, in Troy. Chil- 
 dren : Asa, b. Sept. 4, 1814. Jonathan, b. April 10, 1816. Betsey, 
 b. Sept. 20,1820; m., 1st, Bailey Starkey of Troy ; m.,2nd, Win- 
 throp Knights of Troy. William, b. June 8, 1825. Daniel Webster, 
 b. Feb. 25, 1831. Henry C, b. March 8, 1838. 
 
 Asa3 Clark {Jonathan,'^ Thomas^), b. Sept. 4, 1814, inKeene ; m., 
 1837, Martha, daughter of Zalraon How. Children : Warren H., b. 
 June 23, 1844. Chester. Hattie E., m. Fredericli L. Wise of Marl- 
 borough. 
 
 Jonathan^ Clakk (Jonathan,^ Thomas^), b. April 10, 1816; m., 
 Hannah L., daughter of Luna Starkey of Troy ; d. Oct. 14, 1852. 
 
 William^ Clark {Jonathan,^ Thomas^), b. June 8, 1825 ; m. 1851, 
 Martha Bolles. 
 
 Daniel Webster^ Clark {Jonathan,^ TJiomas^) ,h. Feb. 25, 1831 ; 
 m. Nov. 15, 1851, Maria Diana, daughter of Silas Whitcomb. Child : 
 Ruby M., an adopted daughter, b. Dec. 17, 1884. 
 
 Henry C.^ Clark {Jonathan,^ Thomas^), b. March 8, 1838 ; ra. a 
 daughter of James Marble of Hinsdale. Children: Edward. Lona. 
 
 COBDRN. 
 
 Daniel Cobdrn, of Cliesterfleld, m., 2d, Dec. 26, 1831, Dorcas 
 Moore ; d. June 29, 1845. Children : Prescott D., b. 1815 ; d. in 
 Winchester. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 313 
 
 Pkescott D.2 Cob0rn (Daniel^), b. 1815; in. Julia Ann Snow (d. 
 Oct. 29, 1859, aged 47 years) ; he died March 5, 1888, aged 73 years. 
 Children : "Watson B., d. June 19, 1859, aged 15 years. Larkin D., d. 
 April 24, 1853, aged 11 years. Watson A., d. Feb. 28, 1869, aged 4 
 years. • 
 
 COLLIER. 
 
 James M. Collier of Chesterfield, Mass., b. July 9, 1809 ; in., 
 1st, March 2, 1835, Miss Dorinda Drewry ; m., 2iid, April 7, 1856, 
 Mrs. Elijah Bullard. Children : Emerson, b. Dec. 27, 1835 ; d. 
 March 2, 1837. Francis, b. March 25, 1838 ; d. Aug. 6, 1843. An 
 infant, d. June 30, 1840. Julia E., b. July 26, 1842. Samantha, b. 
 June 9, 1845 ; d. May 14, 1874. Emma, b. July, 1847 ; m. Benjamin 
 Taylor of New York. Nelson, b. Aug. 8, 1850. Frank F., b. Aug. 
 1, 1852. Henry T., b. June 29, 1855 ; d. May 13, 1879. 
 
 Nelson A.^ Collier {James M.^), b. Aug. 8, 1850 ; m. Apr. 19, 
 1881, Emma L. (b. Oct. 6, 1860), daughter of Lorenzo Ballou. Chil- 
 dren : Etta L., b. Aug. 24, 1882. Lula, b: April 9, 1884. Norman, 
 b. Oct. 11, 1887. Son, b. 1889. 
 
 CONBOT. 
 
 John Cokboy, b. in Ireland about 1840 ; m. Nov. 12, 1871, Jose- 
 phine (b. Aug. 31, 1856), daughter of Michael Corkery, of Beverly, 
 Mass. Children: Bessie Ellen, b. Sept. 15, 1872; d. June 1, 1887. 
 Josephine Vivian, b. Sept. 7, 1877. Mary Jane, b. June 7, 1879. 
 John, b. Aug. 28, 1880. 
 
 CONVERSE. 
 
 Daniel Converse, m. Feb. 24, 1795, Ruth Seaver. 
 
 COMBS. 
 
 Amos D.^ Combs {Anthony^ of Winchester, N. H.), m. Laws. 
 
 COOK. 
 
 Francis Cook and his wife Catharine came from Winchester. 
 Hed. Sept. 27, 1876. She d. June 27, 1887, aged 78 years. Chil- 
 dren : Andrew B. and Etta. 
 
 Andrew B.^ Cook (Francis^ of Winchester), b. Aug. 3, 1832; m. 
 Apr. 2, 1866, Emerancy B. (b. Sept. 8, 1835) , daughter of Cass Bul- 
 lock. Child : Mary E., b. April 15, 1870. 
 
314 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 EvEKSON^ Cook {Jolvn} of Winchester), tn. Juliette B., daughter of 
 Paul "Willard ; came to this town about 1834; had Frances ; returned 
 to Winchester, 1846. 
 
 Walter Cook, of Weymouth, Mass., came from England to America 
 in 1635. The line of descent from him to Caleb Cook who settled in 
 8wanzey was, Walter, Nicholas, 1st, Nicholas,. 2d, Caleb. 
 
 Caleb* Cook (Nicholas,^ Nicholas,^ Walter^), b. Sept. 25, 1727; 
 m. Sept. 17, 1753, Provided Guskill (d. 1787) ; he d. Oct. 16, 1788. 
 Children : George and Abigail, b. June 19, 1754; Abigail, d. in in- 
 fancy. Olive, b. March 30, 1756 ; m. Samuel Curtis of Richmond. 
 Patience, b. Oct. 30, 1756 ; m. Amariah Curtis. Zuriel and Aurilla, 
 b. Oct. 22, 1763; the daughter d. in infanc}'. Jemima, b. Oct. 10, 
 1765 ; m. Benjamin Hewes. Simeon, b. Dec. 8, 1770. Elizabeth, b. 
 Aug. 31, 1772 ; m., 1st, Gi<leon Mann, of Richmond ; m., ind, Jere- 
 miah Thayer, of Richmond; d. Feb. 11, 1846. 
 
 Simeon^ Cook {Caleb,* Nicholas,^ Nicholas,^ Walter^ from Eng- 
 land), b. Dec. 8, 1770; m., 1st, July 26, 1791, Rhoda (b. in 1763; 
 d. in July, 1815), daughter of Gideon Mann of Richmond ; m., 
 2nd, Aprd 19, 1816, Rachel Holraan (widow Barrus, b. in 1780; d. 
 March 2, 1839) ; m., 3d, March 22, 1840, Sarah Brown ^vvidow Smead, 
 b. in 1781; d. Nov. 4, 1861), of Swanzey. He d. March 18, 1859. 
 Children: Caroline, b. April 16, 1792; m. James Buffum of Rich- 
 mond ; d. Nov. 12, 1876. Candace, b. March 28, 1793 ; m. Amasa 
 Aldrich. Clarinda, b. July 9, 1794; m. Oct. 22, 1812, Russell 
 Streeter; d. in Portland, Me., Dec. 27, 1824. Caleb, b. March 12, 
 1796. Aquilla, b. May 11, 1797. Carlon, b. Nov. 29, 1798. Fla- 
 villa, b. Nov. 17, 1800; m. Hubbard Church of Volney, N. Y. ; d. 
 Dec. 18, 1833. Lovanna, b. Oct. 7, 1802; m. Paul F. Aldrich. 
 Fostina, b. Sept. 21, 1804; m. Nov. 27, 1825, Russell Streeter. 
 George, b. Aug. 31, 1817. Simeon, b. Apr. 14, 1821. Malvina, b. 
 June 30, 1823 ; m. Joseph B. Smead. 
 
 Caleb^ Cook {Simeon,^ Caleb,'* Nicholas,^ Nicholas,'^ Waller^), b. 
 March 12, 1796; m., 1st, 1818, Lydia Thompson (d. in 1856) ; m., 
 2nd, Feb. 10, 1857, Mrs. Jennings (b. 1805; d. Dec. 14, 1878), of 
 Vermont; he d. in January, 1877. 
 
 Aquilla^ Cook {Simeon,^ Caleb,* Nicliolas,^ Nicholas,^ Walter^), h. 
 May 11, 1797; m. Olive Bates (d. in 1860), of Bellingham, Mass. ; 
 bed. in Feb., 1880. 
 
GKNEALOGICAL EECORDS. - 315 
 
 Caelon^ Cook (Simeon,^ Caleb,* Nicholas,^ Nicholas,^ Walter^), b. 
 1798; m. Cynthia (b. March 18, 1799), daughter of John Carter of 
 Leominster, Mass. He d. about 1830. She ra., 2nd, Dec. 3, 1840, 
 George W. Daniels (d. in Winchester, Mass., in 1875), of Keene. 
 Child : Marcus. 
 
 Simeon^ Cook {Simeon,^ Caleb* Nicholas,^ Nicholas,^ Walter^), 
 b. Apr. 14, 1821; m. Sept. 24, 1841, Patience (b. May 28, 1820), 
 daughter of Silas Parsons. Children : Silas Parsons, b. Oct. 18, 1845. 
 Leroy, b. Feb. 4, 1849. Solon, b. 1851 ; d. in infancy. Clara J., b. 
 Out. 22, 1854 ; m. Herbert Aklrich. Charles S., b. May 28, 1^57. 
 
 COOPER. 
 
 Harvey W. Cooper, ra., Dec. 22, 1842, Hannah (h. Nov. 10, 
 1823), daughter of Martin Thompson. They d. in Keene, leaving 
 Willie; and Abbie, b. Sept. 14, 1856; both reside in Keene. 
 
 CORLIS. 
 
 Baii.ey^ Corlis {Samuel^ of Bow), b. March 26, 1815 ; m., 1st, in 
 1838, Martha (b. in March, 1811; d. in 1845), daughter of Samuel 
 Scribner of Salisbury; ra., 2nd, May 9, 1849, Nancy S., daughter of 
 Joseph Edmonds of Thornton. Chihlren : Benjarain B., b. in March, 
 1839 ; d. in 1845. Ida G-. B. V., b. May 14, 1852 ; ra. George Perry. 
 Florence A. E., b. April 9, 1854; m. Edgar H. Naramore, of Win- 
 chester. 
 
 CORKY. 
 
 Amos L.^ Corey (Abraham^ of Marlborough) , b. Aug. 1, 1839 ; ra. 
 Ellen M., daughter of John G. Sparry of Cavendish, Vt. Children : 
 Clara A., b. Dec. 8, 1863 ; ra. Jesse Hall. Charles Lorenzo, b. Sept. 
 22, 1866. Mary Isabel, b. May 30, 1869. Francis Bryon, b. Sept. 
 28, 1871. 
 
 CRAM. 
 
 Stlvancs Martin^ Cram (Joseph^ of New London), b. Jan. 20, 
 1818; ra. May 3, 1841, Charity (b. Nov. 17, 1824), daughter of John 
 T. Ruter of Washington, Vt. Cliildren : Sylvanus Martin, b. Jul^"- 
 6, 1844; d. Oct., 1851. Julia, b. June 18, 1847; m. Gilman Ordway, 
 North Randolph, Vt. Dora H., b. Aug. 14, 1851 ; m. Arza Higgins. 
 Martin G.,, b. Dec. 1, 1855. Ursula V., b. May 25, 1857; ra. Fla- 
 vins F. Lombard. Susa, b. May 29, 1858. Walter, b. Apr. 22, 1864. 
 Jennie M., b. Dec. 31, 1866 ; m. Ned Evans. 
 
316 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 CRESSON. 
 
 Thomas Ceesson was in Swaiizey as early as 1737, and was from 
 
 Sunderland, Mass. ; m. Mar^- ; her church relation was removed 
 
 to Swanzey from Rutland, Mass., in 1741. Children: Thomas, b. 
 in August, 1722. Mary, m. a Mr. Fish. Sarah, m. Wyot Gunn. 
 A child d. in 1740. William, d. Nov. 23, 1754. Submit, d. Aug. 9, 
 1755. 
 
 Thomas^Cresson {Thomas^ from Sunderland) ,h.'m Aw^., 1722 ; m. 
 Mary (b. in 1732 ; d. May 2C, 1814) ; he d. May 8, 1821. Chil- 
 dren : Nathan, b. Feb. 15, 1754. William, b. Feb. 8, 1756. Silas, 
 bapt. June 18, 1758; d. Oct. 3, 1759. Silas, b. Feb. 2, 1760; d. 
 Feb. 15, 1778. Thomas, b. July 1, 1762. Gains, bapt. July 10, 
 1765 ; d. Oct. 7, 1765. Gaius, b. May 13, 1767. Molly, b. Nov. 3, 
 1769 ; m. Nov. 18, 1788, Daniel Beverstock. Sarah, b. Oct. 4, 1772 ; 
 m. James Kingsbury. Olive, bapt. Jan. 26, 1777; d. Aug. 27, 1777. 
 Elizal)eth, b. Oct. 23, 1778. Paul, b. Dec. 19, 1780. Catharine, b. 
 Dec. 7, 1782. 
 
 Nathan^ Cresson {Thomas,^ Thomas^), b. Feb. 15, 1754 ; m. Lois 
 . Children : Chloe, b. Feb. 10, 1782 ; m. a Mr. liawson. Si- 
 
 las, b. Sept. 9, 1785. William, b. Sept. 17, 1787. Thomas, b. Aug. 
 14, 1789. Seth, b. March 1, 1792. Nathan, b. May 4, 1794. Ellas, 
 b. May 27, 1796. Rufus, b. Apr. 23, 1799. 
 
 Gaids''' Cresson {Thomas,'^ Thomas^), b. May 13, 1767 ; m. Nov. 
 27, 1788, Mary Smith; he d. in 1812. Children: Melinda, b. Oct. 
 14, 1789. Salome, b. April 21, 1791. Roxana, b. April 15, 1793. 
 Carlos, b. May 7, 1795. Sarah, b. April 15, 1797. Olive, b. July 
 25, 1805. Mary, b. May 7, 1807. 
 
 CROSS. 
 
 Three brothers, Joseph, Thomas and Nathan Cross, came to Swan- 
 zey from Nottingham about 1760 and settled near each other in the 
 northwest corner of the town. 
 
 Joseph Cross, b. 1758; m. March 10, 1785, Hannah (b. 1764; 
 d. June 27, 1817), daughter of Benjamin Olcott ; lived on what was 
 called "Fine Hill;" he d. Oct. 21, 1815. Children: Sarah, b. Feb. 
 3, 1786 ; m. Oct. 8, 1806, Abijah Stearns. William, b. March 18, 
 1787. Otis, b. July 12, 1789. Joseph, b. March 8, 1791. Benja- 
 min, b. June 1, 1793. Hannah, b. June 14, 1795. Levi, b. Aug. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, 317 
 
 26, 1797 ; went to Vermont. James, b. June 15, 1800 ; went to Ver- 
 mont. Luther, b. Oct. 17, 1802 ; went to Woodstock, Vt. 
 
 Thomas Cross, brother of Joseph, m. Sarah Pemberton (b. 1764 ; 
 d. Aug. 8, 1859, aged 95 years). He settled near his brother Joseph, 
 but d. in Highgate, Vt. ; the cellar only marks the spot. Children : 
 John, b. about 1784. Peter, b. Sept. 10, 1786. Henry, b. Nov. 22, 
 1788. Nathan, b. Sept. 12, 1790 ; m. Betsey Hammond and removed 
 to Highgate, Vt., where they died. Enoch, b. May 28, 1792 ; m. 
 March 15, 1821, Betsey Britton and removed to the state of New 
 York. Lucina, b. 1794; m. April 4, 1820, Benjamin Hammond. 
 Sarah, m. Joseph Ripley of Winchester. Lewis. Celinda lives in 
 Boston. Charles lives in Keene. 
 
 Nathan Cross, brother of Joseph and Thomas, m. Betsey Law- 
 rence (b. 1772 ; d. Dec. 13, 1854). He d. in Westport, Jan. 26, 
 1842. Children: Polly, b. April 5, 1793; m. June 3, 1818, Enos 
 Stevenson. Otis, b. Aug. 21, 1794. Eldad, b. 1796. Betsey, b. 
 Dec. 20, 1799 ; m. Rev. Tristan Aldrich. Matilda, m. Dec. 27, 
 1826, David Read. Zadock. Allen. David. Daniel, b. March 
 13, 1813 ; d. Jan. 13, 1890, in Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 Joseph^ Cross {Joseph}), h. March 8, 1791; m. Feb. 18, 1816, 
 Mariam (b. Dec. 31, 1793), daughter of Jonathan Whitcomb. Chil- 
 dren : Francis. Frederick. Horace. 
 
 Benjamin^ Cross {Joseph^), b. June 1, 1793; m. Feb. 2, 1816, 
 Susanna (b. 1798; d. July 21, 1878, aged 80 years) , daughter of 
 Joel Foster. He d. July 13, 1846, aged 53 years. Children : Han- 
 nah, b. Nov. 10, 1816 ; m. Edwin Snow. Augusta, b. Oct. 15, 1820 ; 
 m. John A. Dennis of Iowa. Levi, b. Dec. 8, 1821. Philemon W., 
 b. Dec. 9, 1823 ; lives in Peterborough, N. H. Sarah, b. Nov. 18, 
 1825 ; m. John C. Young; lives in Manchester, N. H. Benjamin, b. 
 April 3, 1828 ; d. June 22, 1829. Martha J., b. March 9, 1831 ; m. 
 George W. Perry of Maiden, Mass. Ira, b. July 23, 1833 ; m. Au- 
 gusta Sanborn of Nashua. George H., b. Feb. 9, 1835 ; m. Jane M., 
 dauo'hter of Jonathan Jackson and lives in Winchester. 
 
 JoHN^ Cross (Thomas^), b. about 1784; m. Feb. 18, 1816, Milla 
 (b. about 1784) daughter of Jonathan Whitcomb. Oliildren : Gil- 
 bert. Levi, b. about 1819 ; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Clark Dodge ; 
 she d. in Swanzey, Nov. 29, 1856 ; he lives in Keene. 
 22 
 
318 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Peter2 Ceoss (Thomas^), b. Sept. 10, 1786 ; m. Lucy (d. Aug. 15, 
 1844), daughter of Benjamin Hammond; he d. May 1, 1865. Chil- 
 dren : Calista, b. Jan. 16, 1810 ; m. John A. Hamblet. George, b. 
 Sept. 7, 1812. Ebenezer F., b. March 15, 1815. Azuba, b. July 
 1, 1819; m. Feb. 12, 1846, Ephraim P. Rixford of Winchester. 
 Wilder, b. July 8, 1822. Ziba, b. May 30, 1825 ; d. June 22, 1833. 
 Wesley, b. Sept. 14, 1827 ; d. Sept. 28, 1845. 
 
 Henry^ Cross (Thomas^), b. Nov. 22, 1788; m. Lydia Hammond 
 of Winchester, Jan. 23, 1820. 
 
 Otis^ Cross (Nathan^), b. Aug. 21, 1794; m. Charlotte (d. Jan. 
 3, 1842), daughter of David Read; d. Oct. 1, 1849. Children: Sul- 
 livan, b. Aug. 17, 1817. Dulcy Ann, b. June 21, 1824; m. a Mr. 
 Wells. Edwin L., b. April 7, 1833. Amy C, b. Aug. 14', 1837. 
 
 Eldad2 Cross (Nathan^), b. 1796; m., Nov. 19, 1818, Betsey 
 Heffron (b. 1799; d. Sept. 1, 1869) ; d. April 16, 1878, in Worces- 
 ter, Mass. Children: Enos H., b. Jan. 22, 1820; lives in Gilsum. 
 Joseph, b. Oct. 25, 1824. Orrin T., b. Aug. 19, 1829 ; m. Sophia 
 Verry, daughter of Horace Verry ; went to Whitehall where she died ; 
 he is in Gilsum, N. H. 
 
 George^ Cross {Peter,^ Thomas^), b. Sept. 7, 1812 ; m., 1st, Oct. 
 14, 1841, Eunice (d. Sept. 26, 1862), daughter of Joshua Snow; 
 m., 2d, Feb. 17, 1863, Helen, daughter of Reuben Foster of Ches- 
 terfield; d. Sept. 13, 1884. Children: An infant, d. Aug. 13, 1848. 
 Irvin G., b. June 28, 1865. 
 
 Ebenezer F.^ Cross (Peter,^ Thomas^), b. March 15, 1815; m. 
 Helen Clark of Chesterfield (d. Jan. 4, 1858) ; d. in AndersonvHle, 
 Ga. Children : Fred and Edwin who live in Winchendon and John 
 who lives in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Sullivan^ Cross {Otis,'^ Nathan^), m. a Miss Taft, daughter of 
 RufusTaft of Winchester. Children: Mary E., d. Sept. 24, 1849. 
 Rufus, d. Oct. 21, 1849. The family removed from this town. 
 
 Irvin G.'* Cross (George,^ Peter,^ Thomas^), m., 1st, May 26, 1886, 
 Hattie A. Fox (b. 1864; d. Nov. 1, 1887), daughter of Joseph 
 Ellor and adopted by Salmon H. Fox; m., 2nd, Blanche (b. April 
 5, 1872) daughter of Charles S. Whitcomb. Child, by Hattie: Carl 
 F., b. Oct. 27, 1887, 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECOEDS. 319 
 
 CROSSETT. 
 
 Richard^ Crossett (Roberfl of Prescott, Mass.), b. Nov. 5, 1764; 
 m., Jan. 9, 1784, Olive Powers (b. 1762; d. March .10, 1835) ; d. 
 Aug. 6, 1814. Children: Polly, b. Dec. 20, 1785; m. Samuel Hol- 
 brook. Aaron, b. June 6, 1787; d. Apr. 25, 1802. Richard, b. 
 1789. Isaac, b. Dec. 17, 1791. John, b. 1793. Luther and Calvin, 
 b. Jan. 21, 1795. Chester, b. about 1796. Salmon, b. July 19, 
 1798. Robert, b. Dec. 19, 1799. Powers, b. Oct. 17, 1802. 
 
 Richard^ Crossett {Richard,^ Robert),]}. 1789; m. Mrs. Olive 
 Darling of Northfleld, Mass.; d. Feb. 14, 1863. Children: Susan, 
 b. about 1815 ; m. Frank Richardson. Louisa, b. about 1818 ; m. 
 Isaac Lamson. James, d. 1823. Robert, b. Nov., 1823 ; d. in 
 Michigan. 
 
 Powers' Crossett {Richard,^ Robert), b. Oct. 17, 1802 ; m. Mary 
 S. (b. Sept. 26, 1808), daughter of Clement A. Sumner. ChUd : Mary 
 A., d. July 2, 1832. 
 
 CROUCH. 
 
 Amos^ Crouch {Joh-n} of CJiesterfield) , b. in 1769 ; m., 1st, Lydia 
 Brown (b. 1773, d. Jan. 3, 1812), of Brookline ; m., 2nd, Sally (b. 
 1778 ; d. Peb. 16, 1825), a sister of Lydia ; m., 3rd, Sept. 27, 1825, 
 Abigail (b. 1785 ; d. 1860), daughter of Daniel Holbrook of Keene. 
 He died Aug. 18; 1861. Children : John, b. 1796. Lydia, m. Elisha 
 Taylor of Ashby, Mass. Amos, b. May 25, 1800. Lucy, b. 1802 ; 
 m. Aaron C. Brown. Clark, b. 1804 or 5 ; d. Apr. 8, 1817. Hannah, 
 b, May 8, 1807. Ephraim, b. Jan. 28, 1811. 
 
 John' Crouch {Amos,^ John^), b. March 13, 1796 ; m., March 13, 
 1817, Sarah (b. Sept. 27, 1794; d. March 21, 1869), daughter of 
 Samuel Draper of Chesterfield; d. 1885. Children: Mary Ann, b. 
 Nov. 15, 1818 ; d. Aug. 27, 1822. Abraham L. and Clark B., b. May 
 26, 1820. Levi, b. July 14, 1823. Mary Ann, b. June 6,1827. 
 
 Amos' Crouch {Amos,^ JoJin^), b. May 25, 1800; m. Sept. 25, 
 1822, Lucy Brown of Brookline (b. July 24, 1799 ; d. Apr. 14, 1873)-; 
 d. July 6, 1877. Child : Amos C. b. Oct. 7, 1827. 
 
 Ephraim' Crouch (Amos,^ John^), b. Jan. 28, 1811 ; m. Feb. 15, 
 1832, Eunice (b. Sept. 25, 1802 ; d. Jan. 20, 1888), daughter of Sam- 
 uel Draper of Chesterfield. Children : Eunice S., b. June 7, 1833. 
 E. Augustus, b. Oct. 18, 1835. Luman J., b. Apr. 6, 1845. 
 
320 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Abraham L.* Crouch (John,^ Amos,^ John^), b. May 26, 1820; 
 m. Rebecca D., daughter of Elisha Taylor of Asbby, Mass. ; d. May 
 14 1874. 
 
 Clark B.* Crouch {JoTin,^ Amos,^ Jb/mi),b. May 26, 1820; m., 
 1st, Mary Jane Gilson ; m., 2d, the widow of his twin brother, Abra- 
 ham L. 
 
 Levi^ Crouch (John,^ Amos,^ John^), b. July 14, 1823 ; m., 1st, 
 March 7, 1848, Sarah (b. June 13, 1822; d. Oct. 5, 1878), daughter 
 of Jonathan Bailey; m., 2d, Nov. 17, 1880, widow Mary "Wilber, 
 daughter of a Mr. Staples of Westmoreland. 
 
 Amos Clark* Crouch (Amos,^ Amos'^, John}) , b. Oct. 7, 1827 ; m., 
 1st, Nov. 4, 1857, Huldah Augusta (b. Dec. 29, 1827; d. Dec. 22, 
 1877), daughter of Asa PhiUips of Peru, Vt. ; m., 2d, Aug. 20, 1878, 
 Martha A., daughter of Amherst Lewis of Chesterfield. Child: 
 Nellie Augusta, b. July 12, 1864. 
 
 LuMAN J.* Crouch {Ephraim,^ Amos,^ John'-), b. April 6, 1845; 
 m. Sept. 7, 1865, Almira (b. Feb. 24, 1841), daughter of Stearns 
 Tarbox of Marlborough. Children: Elsie E., b. Oct. 11, 1867. 
 George L., b. June 7, 1870. Charles A., b. Jan. 18, 1873. 
 
 Daniel E.® Crouch {Cyrus^),m., 1st, Julia A. (d. March 23, 
 
 1848, aged 24 years) ; m., 2d, Aurelia (d. July 27, 1850, aged 23 
 
 years). 
 
 CUMMINGS. 
 
 Enoch Cummings, b. 1753 ; m., 1st, Sarah (b. 1762 ; d. Feb. 28, 
 1812) ; m., 2d, Lovina "Woodcock, widow Starkey (b. 1777 ; d. Sept. 
 10, 1831) ; d. Sept. 21, 1833. 
 
 Nehemiah Cummings, b. 1757; m. May 11, 1780, Philadelphia 
 White (d. June 26, 1849) ; d. March 30, 1815. She m., 2nd, Oct. 17, 
 1833, Benjamin Howard of Stoddard. 
 
 Daniel Cummings, b. 1763 ; m. March 6, 1792, Sally (d. Sept. 11, 
 ;1851), daughter of Pentecost Stanley ; d. March 31, 1831. 
 
 James Cummings, b. 1786 ; m. Betsey (b. 1791 ; d. Apr. 19, 
 
 ■1856) ; d. Jan. 6, 1858. 
 
 John Cummings, b. 1771; m. Mary (b. 1771; d. May 11, 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 321 
 
 1842) ; d. Aug. 3, 1842. Children : John, Nehemiah, Ebenezer, Sarah, 
 Enoch and Daniel. 
 
 Ebenezer^Ccmmings (John^), m. March 30, 1825, Elvira, daughter 
 of Paddock Lawrence. Children: Rebecca, b. July 10, 1825; d. 
 Aug. 15, 1825. Daniel, b. Nov. 28, 1827. Reuben, b. Sept. 16, 
 1830 ; d. March 9, 1833. Arvilla R., b. Feb. 14, 1832 ; m. George 
 TV. Robinson. Infant dau., b. and d. Feb. 14, 1832, twin. Mary 
 "Wood, b. Nov. 24, 1833 ; d. Sept. 8, 1849. Elizabeth Jane, b. Jan. 
 3,1836. Amos Ebenezer, b. 1837. Louisa, b. Dec. 6, 1839 ; d. Oct. 
 
 I, 1849. Hannah Lawrence, b. Jan. 8, 1841 ; d. Sept. 20, 1849. 
 RoseUa, b. July 30, 1843. George, d. Sept. 4, 1849. 
 
 Enochs CuMMiNGS {John^),m. OrphaW. (b. 1809 ;d. Feb. 22, 
 
 1881). Children: Enoch Haynes, b. Apr. 10, 1832. James, b. Jan. 
 21, 1834. Eliza Maria, b. Nov. 4, 1837. Hannah Mclntire, b. Aug. 
 13, 1840. Frances Rebecca, b. Feb. 27, 1843. 
 
 Amos Ebenezer^ Cdmmings {Ebenezer,^ John^), b. 1837 ; m. Sept. 
 7, 1870, Ellen M. (b. Oct. 17, 1847), daughter of Nathaniel B. Fisher, 
 of Richmond. Children : Amos H. b. Apr. 24, 1873 ; d. Sept. 1 1 , 1883. 
 Abbie E., b. Jan. 21, 1875 ; d. Aug. 25, 1875. Gertie A., b.Nov. 10, 
 1878. 
 
 Joseph Commings, m., 1st, Hannah (d. Dec. 7, 1776) ; m., 2nd, 
 
 Lucy . Children : Hannah, b. Sept. 24, 1769. Ephraim, b. July 
 
 6, 1771. PrisciUa, b. March 28, 1773. David, b. Feb. 20, 1775. 
 Joseph, b. Nov. 30, 1776 ; d. March 4, 1777. Betty, b. Jan. 19, 1778. 
 Lydia, b. Aug. 20, 1779. Sarah, b. April 28, 1781. Joseph, b. Sept. 
 
 II, 1783. Lucy, b. May 25, 1785. Thaddeus, b. May 28, 1787. John 
 Warren, b. June 17, 1789. Sophia, b. July 14, 1793. 
 
 Epheaim Cummings, m. Betsey Bradstreet. Children : William, d. 
 Sept. 12, 1777. Olive, d. Sept. 12, 1777. William, b. March 21, 
 1778. Oliver, b. Feb. 6, 1780. Simeon, b. March 8, 1782. Ephraim, 
 b. Apr. 24, 1784. 
 
 Simeon^ Commings {Ephraim^), b. March 8, 1782; m. Apr. 3, 
 1803, Frances Bradford. 
 
 Nathaniel Cummings, m. Apr. 29, 1792, Lovina Whipple. Child: 
 Maynard, b. Sept. 7, 1792. 
 
322 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Thaddeus Ctjmmings, m. Abigail . Children : Henry, b. Sept. 
 
 29, 1772. Ehoda, b. March 28, 1775; d. May 27, 1829. Pru- 
 dence, b. July 3, 1779. Jonas, b. March 16, 1783. John Harrod, 
 b. Jan. 18, 1787. 
 
 Henbt2 Cummings {T7iaddeus^),h. Sept. 29, 1772 ; m.Oct. 2, 1799, 
 Sally Learned. 
 
 John Harrod^ Cummings (Thaddeus^), b. Jan. 18, 1787; m. March 
 19, 1811, Mehitable, daughter of Moses Marsh of Keene ; d. Nov. 
 7,1832. ChUdren: Nancy, b. Feb. 10, 1812; m. Enoch Howes. 
 Fanny, b. Sept. 15, 1814; m., 1st, Sept. 25, 1834, Roswell Thurston 
 of Keene ; d. She m., 2d, ApoUos Nye of Keene ; d. ; m., 3rd, Dec. 
 22, 1867, Charles Page of Londonderry. C. Alonzo, b. July 27, 
 1816. Julia A., b. Nov. 4, 1817; m. Cheney Thompson of Keene; 
 d. Jan. 3, 1850. Peninah, b. Aug. 31, 1819 ; m. Henry Thompson, 
 of Townshend, Vt. Esther, b. Apr. 3, 1821 ; m. Lyman N. Howes. 
 Charles, b. March 28, 1823. Sarah, b. March 28, 1823 ; d. Dec, 1838, 
 Eliza, b. May 25, 1829 ; d. Oct. 1, 1834. 
 
 CURTIS. 
 
 Amariah Curtis, m. Patience (b. Oct. 30, 1760), daughter of Caleb 
 Cook. Children : Provided, b. Apr. 17, 1777. Hannah, b. Aug. 24, 
 1779. Susanna, b. Sept. 29, 1781. Molly, b. Nov. 12, 1784. Lu- 
 ther, b. May 8, 1786. Joanna, b. May 11, 1788. 
 
 Calvin Curtis, m., 1st, Lydia, daughter of Capt. Nicholas Cook of 
 
 Richmond ; m., 2d, Betty . Children : Anna, b. Aug. 17, 1786. 
 
 Lucina, b. Nov. 19, 1788 ; m. John Rice of Richmond. Thaddeus, b. 
 Jan. 19, 1791. Sally, b. Nov. 20, 1793; m. Jan. 8, 1815, Samuel 
 Parker of Richmond. Joseph, b. Dec. 18, 1795. Lydia, b. Oct. 12, 
 1798 ; m. Mason Whipple of Winchester. Harriet, b. May 6, 1801. 
 Alniira, b. Sept. 17, 1803 ; m. William Hewes. Calvin, b. Oct. 3- 
 1805. Luther Cook, b. Jan. 6, 1809. 
 
 Caleb^ Curtis {SamueV- of MicJimond) , m. 1813, Lucy, daughter 
 of Israel Sabiu of Richmond. Children : Mary. Delila. Julia. 
 
 Thaddeus^ Curtis (Calvin^), b. Jan. 19, 1791 ; m. March 4, 1817, 
 Charlotte, daughter of Jethro Kimball. 
 
 Calvin^ Curtis (Calvin'^), b. Oct. 3, 1805; m. Celia F. Hewes. 
 Children : Ervin, b. May 2, 1842. Milan H., b. Jan. 2, 1849. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 323 
 
 LtJTHER Cook® Cdrtis {Calvin^), b. Jan. 6, 1809; m. Abigail, 
 daugliter of J. Amidon. 
 
 Louisa Curtis, m. May 27, 1827, Ebenezer W. Nash. 
 
 EoxANNA Cdbtis, m. Apr. 10, 1827, David Franklin ofWinchester. 
 
 CUTLER. 
 
 George I.^ Cutler (Gardner C.,'' Jonas,^ Joel,^ Abner,* Tliomas,^ 
 Thomas,^ James,^ born in England, 1606, came to America and settled 
 in Watertown in 1634), b. Dec. 10, 1833, inKeene ; m. Feb. 14, 1866, 
 E. Jennie, daughter of Arvin Aldrich of Westmoreland. 
 
 DANFORTH. 
 
 Richmond Danforth, m. Catherine . Children : Pliny, b. June 
 
 13, 1802. Aliezer Jobn Richmond, b. Oct. 22, 1803. 
 
 Sally Richmond Danforth, m. Feb. 16, 1802, Throop Barney of 
 Taunton, Mass. 
 
 DANIELS. 
 
 Elijah Daniels, m. Feb. 17, 1802, Sally Gunn. 
 
 DAVIDSON. 
 
 Arthur B.® Davidson {Benjamin BA of FitzwilUam'),'b. March 
 9, 1856; m. Dec. 19, 1881, Jennie M. (b. Dec. 7, 1867) daughter of 
 
 Simeon H. Holbrook. Child : Hugh C, b. Feb. 15, 1888. 
 
 , \ 
 
 DARLING. 
 
 George^ Darling {Mrs. Olive^ Darling of Nortlijield, Mass.),m., 1st, 
 Emily Thayer; m., 2d, Jan. 26, 1841, Mrs. Miriam Thayer; d. 
 Dec. 31, 1849. Children : Aaron T., b. Oct. 12, 1824. Elijah S., b. 
 Oct. 10, 1826. Lowell W., b. July 25, 1829. Mary Louisa, b. March 
 4, 1832. Susan, b. June 14, 1835; d. May 1, 1849. Olive J., b. 
 Sept. 6, 1837; d. March 6, 1838. Emily, b. Dec. 18, 1841 ; d. Dec. 
 9, 1858. 
 
 Lowell W.s Darling {Oeorge^),\i. 3 a\y 25, 1829; d. Sept. 17, 
 1862 ; m. Eliza Houghton. Child : Edgar E., b. March 26, 1858 ; d. 
 Nov. 26, 1858. 
 
324 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 DAY. 
 
 EalphDat, the emigrant ancestor of the SwanzeyDays, was in Ded- 
 ham, Mass., as early as Jan. 1, 1645 ; m. Oct. 12, 1647, Susan Fairbanks 
 of that town. The line of descent from Ralph Day to Israel Day 
 who settled in Swanzey was John,2b. Apr. 5, 1654, in Dedham. John,^ 
 b. Oct. 11, 1679, at Dedham ; he settled in Wrentham, Mass. 
 
 Israel^ Day {JoJm,^ John,^ Ralph,^ of Dedham), h. Nov. 2, 1713 ; 
 m. May 23, 1739, Maria Heaton of Wrentham ; d. Jan. 8, 1776. 
 Children : Abigail, b. Aug. 2, 1740 ; d. Aug. 9, 1740. Jonathan, 
 b. Jan. 24, 1742. Keziah, b. March 4, 1744 ; m. Jan. 4, 1770, Ziba 
 Ware of Winchester; d. March 8, 1792. Daniel, b. June 24, 1747. 
 Joseph, b. about 1750; d. Nov. 31, 1782. Jacob, d. Apr. 20, 1779. 
 Hannah, d. May 14, 1779. Beriah, b. about 1758 ; d. in Dec, 1824. 
 
 Jonathan^ Day (Israel,* John,^ Jolin,^ Salph} of Dedham,),}). Jan. 
 
 24, 1742 ; m. Miriam Very (d. Aug. 1, 1793), of Worcester, Mass. ; 
 d. Dec. 20, 1799. 
 
 Joseph^ Day {Israel,* John,^ John,^ Balph^), b. about 1750; m, 
 Dec. 28, 1780, Susan Heffion ; d. Nov. 31, 1782. 
 
 Beriah^ Day {Israel,* John, ^ John,^ Balph'^), b. about 1758; m. 
 Jul3' 6, 1784, Rose Heffron ; d. in Dec, 1824. Children : Betty, d. in 
 infancy. Susan, d. aged 19 years. Sarah, b. 1789 ; m. Nicholas 
 Howes. 
 
 Amos Day, m. Nov. 2, 1781, Abigail Wright of Warwiclc, Mass. 
 Children : Asa, b. May 16, 1783. Calvin, b. Jan. 31, 1785. Jere- 
 miah, b. Apr. 2, 1790. 
 
 Enoch^ Day (Joseph^ of Wrentham, Mass.), b. Dec. 6, 1771 ; m. 
 Rebecca Lawrence. Children: Melinda A.,m. Jonathan Hill, Nov. 
 
 25, 1812. Joseph, b. Oct. 14, 1799 ; d. in Chesterfield. 
 
 Benjamin^ Day (Caleb^ of Wrentham, Mass.),h. Feb. 18, 1748 ; m. 
 Sept. 10, 1778, Elizabeth Larden of Wrentham, Mass. 
 
 DICKERMAN. 
 
 Fred H. 2 Dickerman {Charles^ of Hinsdale), b. June 15, 1852; 
 m., 1st, Jan. 17, 1884, Vara J. (b. Feb. 13, 1860 ; d. June 13, 1885), 
 
GENEALOGICAL KEOORDS. 325 
 
 daughter of David Wilson; m.,2nd, Oct., 1890, Lottie Richardson of 
 West Acton, Mass. 
 
 DERBY. 
 
 Webster D.2 Derby (,7oe?i of Hinsdale), h. Feb. 10, 1840; m. 
 March 16, 1867, Harriet A. (b. July 10, 1846), daughter of John Beal 
 of Chesterfield. Children: Henry A., b. July 8, 1868. George N., 
 b. May 6, 1871. John W., b. Aug. 27, 1873. Charles E., b.Oct. 
 23, 1876. Nettie M. and Nellie S., twins, b. May 6, 1883. Nettie, 
 d. June 6, 1883; NeUie, d. Oct. 22, 1883. Frank A., b. Feb. 15, 
 1885. 
 
 DICKINSON. 
 
 Joseph^ Dickinson (Nathaniel'- of Deerfield, Mass.) ; m., 1st, Car- 
 oline — (d. March 19, 1777) ; m., 2nd, March 17,1778, Rebecca War- 
 ren. Children: Rebecca, b, July 4, 1773; m. Jeremiah Gilmore. 
 A child, d. Jan. 31, 1776. Caroline, b. Dec. 9, 1778; m. William 
 Butterfield of Westmoreland. Submit, b. Oct. 8, 1781. John, b. 
 Feb. 3, 1784. Joseph, b. June 24, 1786 ; d. Feb. 4, 1847. Joshua, 
 b. Oct. 4, 1788; d. Sept. 4,1790. Luther, b. Feb. 24, 1791. Calista, 
 b. Feb. 8, 1793. Delana, b. Feb., 1795. Polly, b. Aug. 19, 1798. 
 
 Nathaniel^ Dickinson {Nathaniel^ of Deerfield, Mass.), b. 1745 ; 
 m. May 15, 1770, Caroline Cumming; d. March 25, 1814. Children: 
 William, b. July 16, 1771. Azariah, b. May 2, 1774. Nathaniel, b. 
 Sept. 25, 1776. Asa, b. Sept. 10, 1778. Aaron, b. Oct. 30, 1780 ; 
 
 d. . Aaron, 2nd, b. Feb. 17, 1783. Abel, b. May 25, 1785. 
 
 Israel, b. Nov. 12, 1787. Rachel Hale, an adopted daughter, bapt. 
 Aug. 5, 1787. 
 
 William^ Dickinson {Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^) , b. July 16, 1771 ; m. 
 Apr. 24, 1800, Lucinda Gardner of Sunderland , Mass. Children : Eras- 
 tus, b. 1800. Caroline. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 1, 1806. Arvilla. David S. 
 
 Ansel, b. Feb. 22, 1822. RoUins. 
 
 / 
 
 Azariah^ Dickinson {Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^), b. May 2, 1774; 
 m. Feb. 28, 1797, Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Robley. Children : 
 Sally, m. David Whitcomb. Joshua, bapt. May 5, 1811. Clarana, 
 bapt. May 5, 1811. Eliza, bapt. May 5, 1811. Orrin, b. Nov. 28, 
 1809. Manthana, bapt. Nov. 10, 1811. Harriet, bapt. July 10, 
 1814. 
 
326 HISTOEY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Nathaniel^ Dickinson (Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^) , b. Sept. 25, 1776. 
 
 Asa3 Dickinson {Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^), b. Sept. 10, 1778; m. 
 
 Betty . Children: Rowena, bapt. July 18, 1811. Asa, b. Oct. 
 
 10, 1806. Betsey, bapt. July 18, 1811. Ziba, bapt. June 4, 1815. 
 
 Aaron' Dickinson {Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^ of Deerfield), b. Feb. 
 17, 1783 ; m. Feb. 16, 1808, Polly (b. Sept. 4, 1787 ; d. Oct. 2, 1873) 
 daughter of Jonathan Whitcomb ; d. in Oct., 1837. Children : Nathan- 
 iel, d. March 8, 1813. Alexander, d. Sept. 5, 1811. Mary, b. Oct. 
 
 6, 1812; d. Oct. 17, 1837. Martha, b. Aug. 4, 1814. Alexander, b. 
 March 5, 1817. Aaron, b. Nov. 29, 1821 ; killed in battle. Sarah, 
 b. Dec. 30, 1823. Laura, b. Aug. 9, 1827 ; m. Wellington Kingsley 
 of Williamsburg, Mass. 
 
 Abel' Dickinson (Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel of Deerfield) , b. May 25, 
 1785; m. Sept. 27, 1815, Abigail (b. Aug. 18, 1786; d. Sept. 25, 
 1860) daughter of Hezekiah Scott; d. July 28, 1865. Children : Ea- 
 chel, b. Oct. 24, 1816 ; m. Albert A. Fasset of Winchester. Lucy, b. 
 Feb. 1, 1819 ; d. Dec. 8, 1820. Harriet Ann, b. Dec. 23, 1821 ; d. 
 Mar. 26, 1839. George, b. Apr. 2, 1825. Cordelia, b. May 28, 1830. 
 
 Eeastds* Dickinson ( William,^ Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^), b. 1800 ; 
 m. July, 1828, Esther (b. July 14, 1799; d. Apr. 7, 1877), daughter 
 of Moses Hills ; d. July 22, 1865. 
 
 Nathaniel'* Dickinson {William,^ Nathaniel,'^ Nathaniel^) , b. Aug. 
 1, 1806; m. Apr. 18, 1839, Lucina (b. Oct. 18, 1816), daughter of 
 David Hill; d. Aug. 2, 1866. Children: Lucinda Keziah, b. May 19, 
 1840 ; m. Joseph Read of Ashuelot. Laura Lucina, b. Aug. 12, 1841 ; 
 d. Nov. 4, 1843. Ansel Byron, b. Jan. 15, 1843. Lora Ellen, b. 
 Dec. 1, 1844; d. June 4, 1858. Joseph Gardner, b. Sept. 3, 1847. 
 Mary Calista, b. March 9, 1849; m. George Smith of Hinsdale. 
 Nathaniel William, b. Sept. 25, 1850. John Henry, b. 1851 ; d. Jan. 
 
 7, 1863. Frances Lovilla, b. May 11, 1853 ; d. Dec. 27, 1862. Louisa 
 Jenette, b. Sept. 8, 1855. Daniel B., b. Sept. 20, 1857. Addie Jane, 
 b. Nov. 19, 1859; m. Clarence J. Fames. Charles W., b. Nov. 10, 
 1861. 
 
 Ansel"* Dickinson (William,^ Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^), b. Feb. 22, 
 1822 ; m., 1st, 1852, Jane L. Boleyn (d. shortly after m.) of Hinsdale ; 
 m., 2nd, Mary Theresa Felch of Winchester ; d. Aug. 1889. Chil- 
 dren : La Fell, MUan A., John H. and William Eugene. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 327 
 
 Orrin* Dickinson {Azariah,'^ Nathaniel,^ NathanieV), h. Nov. 28, 
 1809 ; m., 1st, April 4, 1833, Mary Ann (d. April, 1840), daughter of 
 Joshua Lawrence of Roxbury ; m., 2nd, Sept. 15, 1840, Emily H. (b. 
 Dec. 14, 1819), daughter of Aaron Wilson of Keene ; d. Sept. 7, 
 1890. Children: Ellen E., b. April 13, 1837. WaUace G., b. Aug. 
 14, 1839. Elmer F, b. June 25, 1841 ; d. Dec. 13, 1858. Fanny M., 
 b. Feb. 27, 1843 ; m. Charles Gilmore. James W., b. Jan. 9, 1846. 
 Charles H., b. Nov. 15, 1848. Anna E., b. March 24, 1851 ; m. 
 Charles E.Page. Abbot W., b. Dec. 7, 1854. Elvie, b. Oct. 1, 
 1856; d. Dec. 13, 1858. Frank O., b. Jan. 10, 1869. Whitney, b. 
 Aug. 2, 1861. Harry, b. May 22, 1865. 
 
 Ansel B.^ Dickinson {Nathaniel,* William,^ Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^'), 
 b. Jan. 15, 1843 ; m. Jan. 1, 1868, Mary A. (b. Dec. 8, 1850), daugh- 
 ter of Thomas J. Noyes of Boston, Mass. Children: Anna F., b. 
 March 31, 1869. Flora E., b. Nov. 8, 1870. Nathaniel J., b. April 
 20, 1872 ; d. March 12, 1884. Esther Jane, b. Sept. 3, 1873. Ida 
 Belle, b. May 26, 1876. Rosilla H., b. Nov. 4, 1880. Ansel B., b. 
 Jan. 24, 1882. David W., b. May 24, 1883. 
 
 Jo&EPH G.5 Dickinson {Nathaniel,'^ William,^ Nathaniel,^ Nathan- 
 iel^), b. Sept. 3, 1847; m. Aug. 20, 1879, Mary M. (b. Aug. 7, 1862), 
 daughter of Cyrus G. Eaton. Child : Pearl I., b. July 23, 1880. 
 
 Nathaniel W.^ Dickinson {Nathaniel,* William,^ Nathaniel,^ 
 Nathaniel^), b. Sept. 25, 1850; m. Mary Alice, daughter of Jarvis 
 Ingalls of Richmond. 
 
 Daniel B.^ Dickinson {Nathaniel,* William,^ Nathaniel,'^ Nathan- 
 iel^), b. Sept. 20, 1857 ; m. Marion M. (b. Aug. 28, 1861), daughter 
 of Jarvis Cass of Richmond. 
 
 Charles H.^ Dickinson {Orrin*, Azariah,^ Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^), 
 m. 1881, Abbie M. Kendall. 
 
 Abbot W.^ Dickinson {Orrin,* Azariah,^ Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^), 
 b. Dec. 7, 1854 ; m. Oct. 30, 1876, Addie E., daughter of Francis B. 
 
 Cass. 
 
 Frank O.^ Dickinson {Orrin,* Azariah,^ Nathaniel,^ Nathaniel^), 
 b. Jan. 10, 1859 ; m. Feb. 12, 1879, Lillian A., daughter of Leander 
 Page. Chad : Augustus L., b. Apr. 26, 1879. 
 
328 BISTORT OF SWANZEY. 
 
 John W. 2 Dickinson (Mr. Dickinson,^ of Harvard, Mass.),m.. Feb. 
 1 27, 1867, Harriet A. (b. April 3, 1842, in Swanzey), daughter of Carl- 
 ton Parker. Children : S. Carlton, b. Dec. 29, 1867, in Ayer, Mass. 
 John Willard, b. Sept. 22, 1872. Mary, b. Dec. 6, 1875 ; d. Jan. 20, 
 1876. D. Harrison, b. Oct. 27, 1878. George G. P., b. Jan. 12, 
 1882. 
 
 Daniel H. 2 Dickinson (Mr. Dickinson^ of Harvard, Mass.), b. 
 Sept. 12, 1843, in Swanzey; m. Cordelia E., daughter of Carlton Par- 
 ker. Children : Lois E., b. Sept. 29, 1867. Anna May, b. Nov. 
 15, 1868. 
 
 DODGE. 
 
 John Dodge had a child d. Dec. 1, 1760. 
 
 Joshua Dodge had a child d. Aug. 11, 1760. 
 
 Phinehas Dodge and Betty Morse were m. Feb. 8, 1791. 
 
 Frank 0.^ Dodge (Abram^ of Chester, Vt.), b. Oct. 15, 1860 ; m. 
 Nov. 26, 1884, Alma Jane (b. March 14, 1868), daughter of James 
 Monroe Ballou. Child : Guy F., b. Oct. 20, 1885. 
 
 DOLBT. 
 
 Frederick Dolby, b. April 5, 1850, in England ; m. March 9, 1874, 
 Margaret Bolton (b. Aug. 4, 1849), in Hamilton, Canada. Children : 
 Sarah, b. April 26, 1875. Malvena, b. Feb. 28, 1879. Nellie, b. 
 Dec. 31, 1881. George, b. Jan. 2, 1884. 
 
 DOWNING. 
 
 Franklin® Downing (James^ of Marlow, N. H.),h. Sept. 1, 1821'; 
 ra. Aug. 31, 1854, Mary L, (b. Dec. 4, 1831), daughter of Jonathan 
 D.Ware. Children: Fayette F., b. Sept. 25, 1856. Clarence W., 
 b. Aug. 12, 1859. Mary A., b. Feb. 7, 1862. Eugene A., b. May 5, 
 1864 ; d. July 26, 1867. Arthur A., b. Oct. 31, 1867 ; d. April, 1868. 
 Marshall W., b. March 15, 1870. Florence L., b. April 2, 1872. 
 
 Fayette F.^ Downing (Franklin,^ James^), b. Sept. 25, 1856 ; m. 
 Sept. 14, 1886, Addie J. Stanley (b. Apr. 25, 1864). Child: Mabel 
 K., b. Dec. 18, 1888. 
 
 Clarence W. 3 Downing (Fra7ikUn,^ James^) ,h. Aug. 12, 1859 ; m. 
 Nov. 29, 1886, Lela R. Roundy. Child: Morton F., b. Nov. 7, 1887. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 329 
 
 Abram^ Draper {Samuel^ of Chesterfield), b. Aug. 15, 1805, in 
 Chesterfield ; m. Dec. 31, 1829, Sarah (b. July 29, 1803), daughter of 
 Samuel March of Alstead ; d. Sept. 7, 1884. Children : George W., 
 b. Sept. 22, 1830, in Chesterfield. Abbie A., b. Sept. 13, 1832 ; m. 
 Enoch Howes. Harriet H., b. Dec. 31, 1846, in Alstead ; d. Sept. 14, 
 1850. 
 
 George W. 3 Draper (Abram,^ Sa'mueP),h. Sept. 22, 1830; ra. 
 Dec. 16, 1852, Maria L. (b. June 4, 1831), daughter of Grove Bidwell. 
 Child : Emma L., b. March 12, 1859 ; d. July 3, 1878. 
 
 drewry. 
 Horace Drewry, m. Jan. 17, 1828, Sally Thompson, daughter of 
 Samuel Thompson. 
 
 DUNHAM. 
 
 Levi Dunham and his wife Belinda had : Delia, b. May 19, 1816. 
 
 DUNTON. 
 
 Eltjah Dunton, d. in 1786. 
 
 DDRANT. 
 
 Levi Durant, m. Aug. 19, 1779, Mary, daughter of William "Wright. 
 Children: Sabra, b. Feb. 12, 1781; m. Edward Goddard. John, 
 b. Oct. 18, 1783. William, b. Dec. 14, 1785. Levi, b. Nov. 21, 1787. 
 Polly, bapt. Apr. 14, 1793. Luther, bapt. Jan. 10, 1796. 
 
 JoHN^ DuRANT (Levfl), b. Oct. 18, 1783 ; m. Nov. 23, 1806, Han- 
 nah White (b. 1787; d. Apr. 2, 1813). Child: William Wriglit, b. 
 June 25, 1807. 
 
 DUSTON. 
 
 Gardner DusTON, m. Rachel . Children: Dorcas Pollard, b. 
 
 May 2, 1764. Pearly, b. Aug. 26, 1766. Alithea, b. Sept. 13, 1768. 
 Cyrus, b. Feb. 23, 1771. Presson, b. Apr. 13, 1773. 
 
 DWINNEL. 
 
 David Dwinnel m. Susan, daughter of Josiah Woodward ; she 
 was b. 1786 ; d. Oct. 6, 1861. 
 
330 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 EAMES. 
 
 Jethro Eames and his wife Abiah had three children : Abigail. 
 Charles. Phineas, d. Sept. 22, 1744, In Swanzey. 
 
 Thomas^ Eames, a brickraaker, b. about 1618, came to America as 
 
 early as 1634, and settled in Fraraingham ; m., 1st, Margarette ; 
 
 m., 2d, Mary, daughter of Jolin Blanford of Sudbury ; d. Jan. 25, 1680. 
 She was killed by the Indians with five of her children in 1776. Had 
 twelve children, one of whom was John.^ 
 
 JoHN^ Eames (TTiomas,^ a brickmaJcer) , b. Oct. 6, 1642, in Dedham, 
 Mass. ; ra., 1st, Mary Adams ; m., 2d, Elizabeth Eames ; d. Dec. 14, 
 1733, in Framinghara. Had ten children ; among the sons was Henry ,3 
 who continues the line. 
 
 Henry^ Eames (John,^ Thomas^), b. Apr. 28, 1698; m. Nov. 12, 
 1722, Ruth Newton ; d. March 11, 1761. Had ten children, the third 
 one of the family was Henry.* 
 
 Henrt* Eames {Henry? JoJin,^ Thomas^), b. Apr. 30, 1726, in 
 Framingham ; m. May 13, 1750, Lois, daughter of Peter How of Hop- 
 kinton, Mass. Had nine children : Henry. Gershom. Jotliam, b. 
 1756. Lois. Lucy. Ruth. Peter. Nabby. Luther ; d. 1792 in Fram- 
 ingham. 
 
 Jotham^ Eames {Henry,'^ Henry,^ John,^ Thomas^), b. 1756 ; m. 
 May 24, 1787, Eusebia (d. April 11, 1856), daughter of Rev. Wil- 
 liam Goddard ; d. Feb. 21, 1841. Children : William G., b. June 16, 
 1788. Lucy, b. Oct. 16, 1790. Jotham, b. Oct. 11, 1793. Eusebia, b. 
 March 18, 1800; m. Samuel Winchester and removed to Sullivan. 
 Rhoda, b. April 30, 1804. Maria, m. William Ames and lives in Hud- 
 son, Michigan. 
 
 William Goddard^ Eames {Jotham,^ Henry,* Henry, ^ John,^ Tliom- 
 asi), b. June 16, 1788 ; m. April 22, 1813, Clarissa (b. Nov. 28, 1792 ; 
 d. Jan. 14, 1867), daughter of Amos Bailey ; d. April 2, 1861. Chil- 
 dren : Cynthia, b. May 1, 1814 ; m. Sept. 16, 1834, Jonathan D. Tur- 
 ner of Jaffrey. Louisa, b. Sept. 22, 1815; d. Feb. 17, 1844. Henry, 
 b. July 24, 1817. Zilpha, b. April 4, 1821 ; d. July 31, 1837. Claris- 
 sa, b. Aug. 10, 1828 ; m. Lyman N. Howes. William, b. March 22, 
 1831 ; d. June 26, 1884, in California. Eusebia, b. Oct. 21, 1834 ; m. 
 George Moore (d. May 25, 1880, in California). 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 331 
 
 JoTHAM^ Eames (Jotham,^ Henry,* Henry, ^ John,^ Thomas^) , b. 
 Oct. 11, 1793 ; ID. Sept. 7, 1819, Kezia M. (b. Sept. 23, 1794 ; d. Sept. 
 1891), daughter of David Ely of Lyme, Conn. ; d. March 11, 1850. 
 Children : Lucy, d. young. Sarah Ann, b. June 30, 1820 ; d. July 
 19, 1820. David Ely, b. Feb. 22, 1822 ; d. April 3, 18fi4. Lucy 
 Ann, b. Aug. 28, 1823 ; m. Jan. 27, 1854, Ephraim Kidder of Mich- 
 igan. James C, b. June 17, 1825. Nancy, b. Feb. 27, 1827; m. 
 Henry H. Atwood. Kezia M., b. Jan. 1, 1829 ; m. Hastings Carpen- 
 ter. Rhoda, d. April 10, 1830. Ehoda M., b. Jan. 25, 1830; m. 
 Orlando Ames of Michigan. JothamC, b. Dec. 9, 1834 ; d. Feb. 2, 
 1841. Frederic P., b. Jan. 21, 1838 ; d. March 25, 1840. 
 
 Henry'' Eames (William O.,^ Jotham,^ Henry* Henry,^ John,^ 
 Thomas,^ from England), b. July 24, 1817; m., 1st, May 1, 1844, 
 Eliza Ann (b. June 15, 1820; d. Dec. 8, 1867), daughter of Joseph 
 Brown ; m., 2d, Sept. 20, 1868, Mrs. E. A. Allen (b. Aug. 14, 1827). 
 He d. Nov. 7, 1886. Children : Frank H., b.Feb. 22, 1845. George H., 
 b. May 25, 1847. Floretta M., b. March 11, 1849 ; m. John Ballou. 
 Fred B., b. Dec. 3, 1851. Harriet A., b. Sept. 16, 1856 ; m. Willis 
 Hutchinson. Eliza A., b. June 14, 1859 ; m. Simeon E. Cameron of 
 Keene. 
 
 James C' Eames {Jotliam,^ Jotham,^ Henry,* Henry,^ John,^ 
 Thomas^), h. June 17, 1825 ; m., 1st, Aug. 13, 1844, Martha M. (b. 
 March 13, 1827), daughter of Lawson Moore; m., 2d, July 23, 1864, 
 Ellen F. Higgins of Hinsdale (widow of Francis J. Porter) ; d. April 
 19, 1888. Children : Emma F., b. Nov. 2, 1847 ; m. George S. Ellis ; 
 d. Nov. 9, 1863. Ella M., b. Sept. 2, 1851 ; m. Theodore H. Miller 
 of Washington, D. C. Clarehce J., b. Aug. 7, 1853. Ozro C, b." Dec. 
 10, 1857 ; d. Nov. 21, 1863. Arthur E., b. Oct. 15, 1870. 
 
 Frank H.^ Eames {Henry,'' William O.,^ Jotliam,^ Henry,* Henry, ^ 
 Jolm,^ Thomas^), b. Feb. 22, 1845 ; m. Etta A.Williams. Children: 
 Percy. Willie. 
 
 George H.^ Eames {Henry,'' William G.,^ Jotham,^ Henry,* Henry, ^ 
 John,^ Thomas^), b. May 5, 1847 ; m. March 22, 1876, Margaret An- 
 derson of Keene. Child : George Herbert, b. Aug. 25, 1884. 
 
 Fred B.^ Eames {Henry,'' William G.,^ Jotham,^ Henry,* Henry,^ 
 John,^ Thomasy, b. Dec. 3, 1851; m. June, 1876, Louie Toye. 
 ChUd : Harry, b. 1883. 
 
332 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Clarence J.^ Eames( James G.,'' Jofliam,^ Jofliam,^ Henry, '^ Henry, ^ 
 JoJin,^ Thomas^), b. Aug. 7, 1853 ; m. Nov. 8, 1875, Addie Jane (b. 
 Nov. 19, 1869), daughter of Nathaniel Dickinson, 3rd. Children: 
 Clarence N., b. Nov. 1, 1876. Walter Lee, b. Sept. 30, 1878; d. 
 Feb. 28, 1880. Cressie, b. Apr. 9, 1884. 
 
 EASTMAN. 
 
 George W.^ Eastman {Carlton'^ of Hartland, Vt.), b. May 18, 
 1830 ; m. June 18, 1852, Jane (b. Aug. 26, 1834) daughter of James 
 Tufts of Keene. Children : Augusta C, b. Nov. 5, 1853 ; m. Osman 
 Bidwell. Alice, b. Aug. 20, 1855 ; m. George G. Page. Charles C, 
 
 b. June 3, 1857 ; d. Apr. 11, 1868. Emily Jane, b ; m. Walter 
 
 R. Hewes. Jenney, b. May 1, 1861 ; m. Jan. 1, 1882, Lorin White 
 of Marlborough. Sarah Lizzie, b. June 3, 1863 ; d. Oct. 14, 1865. 
 Jesse, b. Aug. 17,1865. John C, b. Oct. 10, 1867; d. March 30, 
 1873. William Henry, b. June 10, 1870. George Frank, b. Apr. 25, 
 1872. Robert R., b. Apr. 29, 1876. 
 
 Erdix S.2 Eastman {Amos^ of Corinth, Vt.), b. March 15, 1836 ; 
 . m. Oct. 29, 1872, Emma E. (b. Dec. 12, 1843), daughter of Irus Met- 
 calf. Children: Josie E., b. Sept. 6, 1873; d. Dec. 1, 1878. Roy 
 E., b. Jan. 15, 1881. 
 
 EATON. 
 
 Jeduthun Eaton m., 2nd, Nov. 14, 1844, Mrs. Phebe Tartelot of 
 Winchester. Child : Joel, b. in Winchester, July 25, 1800. 
 
 JoEL^ Eaton {Jeduthun^ of Winchester') , b. July 25, 1800 ; m. Mary 
 AnnWoolley (b. May 16, 1807) of Winchester ; d. June 3, 1863. Chil- 
 dren : Martha A., b. in Chesterfield, Dec. 25, 1832 ; m. July 2, 1S56, 
 George A. Leonard. F. Loyd, b. June 22, 1835, in Chesterfield ; 
 resides in Michigan. Mary Lorette, b. June 16, 1837, in West- 
 moreland. Francis H., b. July 8, 1839 ; d. Sept. 10, 1866. Amasa R., 
 b. Nov. 23, 1841 ; d. May 29, 1859. Ellen F., b. Dec. 3, 1844; d. 
 March 17, 1874. Joel M., b. Nov. 5, 1848 ; resides in Michigan. 
 
 JoEL^ Eaton {Abel,^ Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Jonas^ who 
 came from England prior to 1640, later from Reading), m. Eunice (b. 
 March 4, 1801) daughter of Abraham Stearns ; removed to Wood- 
 stock, Vt. Cliildren : Augusta, Elizabeth, Ellen, and John S. 
 
 Orleans S.'' Eaton {Loren,^ Abeh^ Samuel* of Holden, Mass., 
 Samuel^ of Worcester, Jonathan'^ of Beading, Mass., Jonas'^ who came 
 
1:^771^ 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 333 
 
 from Evgland prior to 1640 and settled in Beading, Mass.), b. Dec. 
 
 17, 1833 ; m., 1st, Dec. 31, 1863, Ellen E. (b. March 3, 1842 ; d. Feb.- 
 16, 1877), daughter of Rev. Tristan Aldrich ; m., 2nd, Jan. 12, 1887, 
 Mrs. Adelphia Thayer (d. Aug. 25, 1888), daughter of Benjamin F. 
 Draper. Children : Herbert J., b. Nov. 25, 1864. Willie 0., b. 
 Aug. 27, 1869. Mabel L., b. March 5, 1873 ; d. Sept. 4, 1888. Cora 
 Ellen, b. Feb. 10, 1877. 
 
 James T.^ Eaton (Abel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Jonas,^ of 
 England prior to 1640), b. June 22, 1813 ; m., July 10, 1845, Martha 
 N. (b. June 26, 1824; d. March 19, 1863) daughter of Joseph Snow; 
 d. Jan. 25, 1872. Children : James Harvey, b. Jan. 30, 1847 ; d. June 
 
 18, 1864, at Washington, D. C. Humphrey G., b. April 9, 1849. 
 Alfred S., b. June 30, 1851. Addie J., b. Feb. 29, 1856. 
 
 Humphrey G.'' Eaton {James T.,^ Abel,^ Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ Jona- 
 than,^ Jonas^) , b. April 9, 1849 ; m. Sept. 5, 1875, Julia M. (b. March 
 9, 1849) , daughter of E. G. and M. P. Goodell of Winchester. Cliil- 
 dren : Addie Geneva, b. June 3, 1877. Ned Herman, b. July 20, 1879. 
 Carl Wesley, b. July 30, 1882. Lelia L., b. June 4, 1884. Children 
 all born at Winchester. 
 
 Ellis. 
 Geoege W.' Ellis {formerly of Keene), b. Jan. 29, 1809 ; m., 1st, 
 Dec, 1837, Louisa (b. Jan. 25, 1818 ; d. March 24, 1856), daughter of 
 Mr. Farwell of Nelson ; m., 2nd, Sarah P., daughter of Daniel Thomp- 
 son, of Keene. Children: George S.,b. March 10, 1838. D. Warren, b. 
 Nov. 7, 1839. Abbie L., b. Oct. 9, 1841 ; m. Homer E. White of 
 Marlborough. Elbridge C , b. June 22, 1843. J. Lucius, b. Jan. 
 27, 1845. AnnaM., b. Feb. 8, 1848 ; m. Arthur F.Bigelow of Keene, 
 May 28, 1877. Emma S., b. March 31, 1850; m. Everett Adams. 
 ¥A\& W. (twin to Emma S.), b. March 31, 1850; m. Charles W. 
 Pierce of Keene. Hattie M., b. Apr. 11, 1852 ; d. Sept. 10, 1854. 
 
 Geokgb S.2 Ellis {George W.^), b. March 10, 1838 ; ra., 1st, Aug. 
 6, 1863, Emma F. (b. Nov. 2, 1847; d. Nov. 9, 1863), daughter of 
 James C. Eames ; m., 2nd, Oct. 11, 1864, Nellie M. (b. Apr. 15, 
 1840), daughter of Hiram Forbush. 
 
 D. Warren^ Ellis {George TT.i), b. Nov. 7, 1839; m. Jan. 2, 
 1878, Annie M. Heustis of Boston. Child : Georgiana, b. Feb. 26, 
 1882. 
 
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334 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Abbie L.2 Ellis {George F.i), b. Oct. 9, 1841 ; m. June 15, 1863, 
 Homer E. White (b. June 12, 1840), of Madborough. Children: 
 "Walter H., b. Sept. 4, 1867, in Marlborough. Louie and May, b. 
 Apr. 3, 1873, in Keene ; May d. Apr. 3, 1873 ; Louie d. Apr. 5, 1873. 
 
 Elbridge C.2 Ellis {George TT.i), b. June 22, 1843; m. May, 
 1879, Clara E. Hill of Be'lmont, Mass. 
 
 J. Lucius^ Ellis {George TT.i), b. Jan. 27, 1845; m. Feb. 10, 
 1869, Grace A., daughter of Mr. Gurnsey, of Keene. Children : 0. 
 Mabel, b. in Keene, Sept. 8, 1871. Jessie G., b. Jan. 18, 1873, in Som- 
 erville, Mass. Maude G., b. July 18, 1877, in Waverly, Mass.; d. 
 Sept. 9, 1878. 
 
 EllaW.2 Ellis {George TT.i), b. March 31, 1850; m. Oct. 23, 
 1872, Charles W. Pierce of Keene. Children : Florence L., b. Aug. 
 2, 1875. Arthur G., b. Dec. 16, 1880. 
 
 Gboegb W.2 Ellis {George^ of Keene), b. March, 1829 ; m. July 3, 
 1852, Louisa (b. Sept. 28, 1827), daughter of David Hill. Children : 
 Etta Jane, b. Oct. 11, 1852 ; m. in July, 1876, James Castle ; d. March 
 26, 1883. Abbie Louisa, b. March 21, 1854; m. Charles Davis of 
 Bellows Falls. Emma C, b. Oct. 24, 1855 ; m. Herbert Raymond of 
 Keene. George T., b. Jan. 24, 1858. David, b. Nov. 28, 1859. 
 Helen Sophia, b. March 16, 1866. Murter K., b. Sept. 24, 1868. 
 
 George T.^ Ellis {George W.^ George^ of Keene), b. Jan. 24, 
 1858 ; m. Minnie Hendricks of Keene. 
 
 ELLOR. 
 
 Ldke Ellor, b. March 31, 1836, in Canada; m. Dec. 16,1854, 
 Harriet M. (b. Dec. 26, 1835), daughter of Josi ah B.Cass. Children: 
 Mary I., b. Nov. 11, 1855 ; d. Nov. 9, 1859. Emma J., b. March 8, 
 1858 ; ra. John F. Ballou. George C, b. July 14, 1861 ; d. Oct. 6, 
 1870. Eva L., b. Feb. 15, 1869 ; m. Frank Carlton of Winchester. 
 Flora A., b. Dec. 7, 1870 ; m. Fred Spring. Leon C, b. Aug. 10, 
 1873. 
 
 EMERSON. 
 
 EzRA^ Emerson {Caleb^ of Marlborough), h. 1788 ; m.May 7, 1815, 
 «ally (b. 1798; d. Nov. 26, 1878), daughter of Oliver Carter of 
 Marlborough; d. Sept. 6, 1861. Children : Franklin Carter, b. Aug. 
 19, 1815 ; d. young. Lucinda A., b. May 21, 1817, in Marlborough ; 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECORDS. 335 
 
 m. Sylvester Whitcomb. Jerome Oliver, b. Dec. 23, 1818. Phebe 
 Carter, b. Nov. 18, 1820. Marietta, b. Apr. 21, 1822; m. Jacob Polly 
 
 ofGilsum. Aninfant,b. Junel, 1824 ; d. . Joseph French, b. July 
 
 12, 1825 ; d. Jan, 19, 1841. Laura, b. Sept. 27, 1827 ; m., 1st, George 
 Kendall of Tioy ; m., 2nd, Ansel Martin of Richmond. An infant son, 
 b. June 24, 1829. Sally M., b. June 23, 1830 ; d. Sept. 19, 1837. 
 Irena, b. March 6, 1836 ; m. — Scott, of Winchester. 
 
 George E.* Emekt {Daniel,^ Daniel^ of Tork, Me.), b. Oct. 24, 
 1846, at Great Falls; ra. Oct. 24, 1866, Mary (d. Jan. 27, 1868), 
 daughter of Theodore Ricker of Great Falls; m., 2nd, March 12, 
 1870, Carrie M., daughter of Mark N. Silsbee of Wakefield. Chil- 
 dren : George F., b. Jan. 15, 1868. Edgar C, b. Jan. 6, 1871. 
 Archie C, b. June 30, 1872 ; d. Jan. 10, 1878. Frank S., b. Dec. 2, 
 1874. Berthold L., b. Oct. 6, 1877. Addie M., b. Jan. 24, 1879. 
 Raymond, b. June 15, 1886. Florence M., b. Aug. 17, 1889 ; d. 
 Sept. 22, 1889. 
 
 Edgak C.'* Emery (George E.,^ Daniel,^ DanieU), b. Jan. 6, 1871 ; 
 m. Oct., 1890, Florence M. (b. March 8, 1872), daughter of Norris C. 
 Carter. 
 
 EVANS. 
 
 Homer W.^ Evans {Charles^ of Halifax, Vt.), b. Oct. 12, 1834; 
 m. March 11, 1862, Mary A. (b. Sept. 14, 1841), daughter of James 
 Stone of Readsborough, Vt. He d. June 11, 1884. Children : Ned 
 H., b. Aug. 17, 1865. Leon E;, b. Oct. 7, 1874 ; d. Dec. 12, 1874. 
 Maud S., b. Sept. 17, 1875. 
 
 Henry B.^ Evans (O/iarZesi), b. Feb. 7,1841; m. Sept. 8, 1875, 
 Julia A. Perry of Malone, N. Y. Child : Lelia P., b. June 14, 
 1881. 
 
 JoHN^ Evans {Peter^ of Bolton, Mass.), b. 1711 ; m. Lydia (b. 
 Aug. 24, 1720; d. Apr. 2, 1806), daughter of Benjamin Doolittle of 
 Northfleld, Mass ; d. Feb. 23, 1781, in Hinsdale. Child d. in Swan- 
 zey in 1740. 
 
 EVELBTH. 
 
 Charles E.^ Eveleth (Elisha^ of Marlow),\). Aug., 1854; m. 
 June 21, 1882, Mary Deziah (b. June 22, 1862), daughter of Albert 
 R. Ballou. Child : Lottie M., b. Feb. 1, 1889. 
 
336 HISTOKT OF SWANZEY. 
 
 FAIRBANKS. 
 
 LuTHEE Fairbanks and his wife Thankful had : Luther bapt. Oct., 
 1779. Sarah, bapt. Dec. 24, 1780. Abel, bapt. June 12, 1782. 
 
 Calvin FAruBANKS and his wife Jennette had : Nathan, d. Jan. 
 14, 1777. Natlian, 2nd, bapt. Aug. 24, 1778. Polly, bapt. July 15, 
 1781. Ebenezer, bapt. May 16, 1784. Wilder, bapt. Aug. 24, 1788. 
 
 FAULKNER. 
 
 Stephen^ Faulkner {William^ of Chesterfield), b. Feb. 14, 1816 ; 
 m. June 27, 1847, Adaline T. (b. March 28, 1826), daughter of 
 Samuel Holbrook, 2d; d. Aug. 31, 1885. Children: Addie Jane, b. 
 June 19, 1849. Jonas, b. June 5, 1854 ; d. Sept. 9, 1854. Frank S., 
 b. Apr. 22, 1857. A. Gertrude, b. Oct. 10, 1858. 
 
 George W. Faulkner of Chesterfield, b. April 15, 1828 ; m. June 
 14, 1854, Lizzie, daughter of Calvin Field. Children : Erama A., b. 
 Nov. 12, 1855. Almon G., b. July 30, 1800. Charles W.,b. Aug. 
 2, 1868 ; d. Jan. 4, 1877. 
 
 FARNSWORTH. 
 
 Moses Farnsworth, m. Jan. 15, 1789, Martha, daughter of Nathan 
 Woodcocli:. 
 
 John Farnsworth, m. Oct. 12, 1791, Bethiah Harvey. 
 
 AlonzqS Farr {William,'^ Isaac^ of Chesterfield, N. H.),h. May 
 30, 1816, in Chesterfield ; m., 1st, Oct. 1.1, 1838, Sarah E. (b. May 4, 
 1819), daughter of Mason Herrick ; m., 2nd, Feb. 8, 1881, Phebe G. 
 Stowell (b. May 14, 1822, in Newfane, Vt.) ; came from Keene to 
 Swanzey in 1870. Children : Sarah J., b. Oct. 18, 1839 ; m. William 
 P. Coburn, Oct. 24, 1859. Helen A., b. June 21, 1841 ; m. Charles 
 S. Fay, Sept. 13, 1865 ; d. July 17, 1889. Martha Ette, b. July 2, 
 1847 ; d. June 18, 1848. Lloyd A., b. March 16, 1849 ; d. Sept. 16, 
 1849. Fred W., b. Oct. 18, 1854 ; m. April 22, 1878, Ellen E. Bolles 
 daughter of Randall Bolles ; d. May 29, 1884. 
 
 Fred M. Farr, m. May 30,1858, Mary J., daughter of Elijah 
 Hills ; resides in Keene. 
 
 Henry I. Farr, m. Oct. 21, 1856, Sarah E., Wright (b. in Syra- 
 cuse, N. Y., March 8, 1830 ; d. April 25, 1887, in Swanzey). Chil- 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 337 
 
 dren : Oscar R., b. Nov. 26, 1857, in Waterford, Vt. Walter P., b. 
 June 4, 1866, in Putney. 
 
 Oscar R.2 Fare {Henry /.'), b. Nov. 26, 1857 ; m. Aug. 21, 1884, 
 Emma L. (b. in Grafton, Vt.), daughter of E. B. Rugg. Cliiklren : 
 G. Bernard, b. July 18, 1886 ; d. Feb. 7, 1887. W. Percy, b. March 
 26, 1888. 
 
 Walter P.^ Fare (Henry^), b. June 4, 1866, in Putney, Vt. ; ra. 
 Nov. 30, 1889, Mrs. Gertrude M. Simonds (b. 1861), daughter of 
 John Q. A. Wilson. 
 
 FARRIS. 
 
 Samuel S.^ Farris {Samuel,^ of Yarmouth, Mass.), b. Jan. 23, 
 1805; m. May 7, 1855, Clementine R. (b. March 23, 1819), daughter 
 of Elisha Ramsdell. He d. Sept. 7, 1878. Child : Hattie E., b. July 
 18, 1857 ; m. Frank Hewes. 
 
 FASSETT. 
 
 Albert A. Fassett, of Winchester, m. Nov. 18, 1846, Rachel (b. 
 Oct. 24, 1816), daughter of Abel Dickinson. Children : Hattie E., 
 Henry, b. Apr. 18, 1849. Walter C. 
 
 Henrt^ Fassett (Alberfl), h. Apr., 1849 ; m. Nov. 5. 1876, Mary 
 J., daughter of Joseph W. Cummings of Keene. Child : Warren H., 
 b. March 2, 1880. 
 
 fessenden. 
 Timothy! Fessendkn had children : Timothy. John. Lncy, b. June 
 26, 1795 ; m. Israel Applin. Sally, d. Jan. 15, 1826. Nathan. Nancy, 
 m. Benjamin Applin. Benjamin and Charles. 
 
 Timothy^ Fessenden {Timothy^), m. Dec. 15, 1814, Angelina 
 (bapt. Sept. 16, 1798), daughter of Mathew Robley. 
 
 Nathan^ Fessenden {Timothy^), m. Maria, daughter of Levi Blake. 
 
 FIELD. 
 
 Calvin Field, b. May 4, 1787, in Winchester ; m., 1st, Lovice (b. 
 June 28, 1798), daughter of John Bolles of Richmond ; m., 2nd, Feb. 
 28, 1830, Sarah Pomroy. Children : Willard, b. Sept. 25, 1819. Lizzie, 
 m. June 14, 1854, G. W. Faulkner. 
 
338 HISTOEY OF 8WANZEY. 
 
 WiLLARD^ Field {Calvin}), b. Sept. 25,1819; m. Nov. 6, 1859, 
 Sophia, daughter of Artemus Eixford ofWinchester. 
 
 Ltman^ Field (Phinehas^ of Winchester), rn. Feb. 11, 1829, Lucy 
 Bead (d. June 3, 1866). Children : Elsie, b. 1833 ; m. Arza Higgins ; 
 d. Feb. 5, 1873. Lyman, b. Nov. 20, 1837 ; d. June 18, 1862. 
 
 Jerome C.^ Field (Erastus^ of Winchester), b. May 24, 1831 ; m., 
 1st, Electa Guillow of Gilsum ; m., 2nd, Dec, 1859, Mary Ellen, 
 daughter of Stephen Fay, of Walpole. Children: Mary E., b. Sept, 
 14, 1861. Mattie J., b. Oct. 25, 1863. 
 
 Zachariah Field of Winchester, m. Oct. 21, 1811, Meribah (b. 
 March 27, 1785), daughter of John Pierce. Children: Alvin. George, 
 b. 1814. Bradford, b. 1816. Harriet, b. 1819. Gilbert, 1821. Syl- 
 via, b. 1821. 
 
 Stillman^ Fifield {Pauf of Roxbury),h. June 12, 1802; m. Sept. 
 28, 1828, Julia Bobbins (b. in 1808 ; d. Apr. 5, 1881), of Nelson ; 
 d. Dec. 15, 1878. 
 
 fish. 
 Seth Fish and wife had Lois, b. May 31, 1781. Chloe, b. Nov. 
 23, 1782. Susanna, b. Jan. 25, 1786. Esther, b. in Aug., 1787. 
 
 Farnum Fish, b. in Uxbridge, Mass., March 5, 1775 ; m. Feb. 25, 
 1796, Rachel Thayer (b. Aug. 27, 1778, in Mendon, Mass ; d. Oct. 20, 
 1845) ; d. July 14, 1826. Children : Eachel T., b. July 27, 1796 ; m. 
 Ezekiel Lane. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 18, 1799. Susan, b. Nov. 19,1802; 
 m., 1st, Feb. 6, 1822, Alpheus Bridge; m., 2d, Feb. 3, 1828, Daniel 
 Slate of Bernardston, Mass. Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1805 ; d. Aug. 9, 
 1840. Amos F., b. Apr. 29, 1809. Ezra T., b. May 28, 1813. Caro- 
 line, b. Feb. 20, 1816; m. Abram Spofford, May 6, 1841. 
 
 Nathaniel^ Fish {Farnum} of Uxbridge), h. Feb. 18, 1799; m. 
 May 10, 1823, Judith (b. in 1798; d. Nqv. 20, 1837), daughter of 
 Barzillai Streeter; d. May 13, 1839. Children : Rachel, b. Oct. 14, 
 1824 ; m. Alonzo F. Lane. Nancy B., b. Sept. 24, 1827 ; m. Josiah 
 Parsons. Susan M., b. Feb. 1, 1830 ; m. Elisha F. Lane. 
 
 AmosF.2 Fish {Farnum^), b. Apr. 29, 1809; m. Aug. 26, 1834, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 339 
 
 Lovilla (b. Nov. 3, 1812), daughter of John Stratton. Children: 
 Fayette Farnum, b. Aug. 22, 1836 ; d. March 3, 1839. John Strat- 
 ton, b. Sept. 19, 1838. Nathaniel F., b. Dec. 15, 1840; d. May 5, 
 1842. Ezra Farnum, b. Oct. 22, 1843. Ellen R., b. July 15, 1848 ; 
 adopted by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Alexander. 
 
 Ezra Thater2 Fish (Farnum^), b. May 28, 1813; m. Apr. 28, 
 1850, Sarah Jane Campbell (b. Feb. 9, 1827) ; d. March 14, 1886. 
 Children : Ella Amanda, b. March 23, 1851. Adeline S., b. Dec. 5, 
 1854; d. May 29, 1855. Caroline Susan, b. Dec. 6, 1854; d. July 
 15, 1858. Farnum Thayer, b. Nov. 24, 1857. William Campbell, 
 b. July 23, 1860. Charles Winthrop. 
 
 FITZGERALD. 
 
 John Fitzgerald, b. in Kerry County, Ireland, in 1825 ; m. in 
 
 1849, Joanna Murphy (b. 1828). Children : Thomas J., b. Nov. 28, 
 
 1850. Kate C, b. Dec. 5, 1852 ; m. Charles Hanrahan. Mary Ann, 
 b. Sept. 8, 1854; d. Dec, 1862. Joanna, b. Dec. 6, 1856 ; d. Jan. 
 1863. John, d. Jan., 1863. Frank, d. young. Elizabeth Jane, b. Jan. 
 25, 1866. Charles, b. in 1868 ; d. in 1870. 
 
 Thomas J.2 Fitzgerald {John^),h. Nov. 28, 1850 ; m. Feb. 23, 
 1879, Ann Dorothy McPhee of Prince Edward Island. Children : 
 Mary A., b. Nov. 1, 1880. John M., b. Jan. 31, 1884. Laura, b. 
 Aug. 30, 1885. Vincent, b. Jan. 14, 1887. 
 
 Timothy Fitzgerald and wife Ellen Leahey, b. in Ireland. Chil- 
 dren : Mary A., b. Jujy 20, 1875. Frank A. George. 
 
 FLINT. 
 
 Benjamin Flint, b. in Winchester, Nov. 17, 1784 ; m. Jan. 1, 1811, 
 Harriet Rixford (b. Sept. 24, 1793, in Winchester). Children: Wil- 
 liam E., b. June 19, 1812, in Stowe, Vt. Harriet, b. Aug. 13, 1813, 
 in Stowe, Vt. Swain S., b. Dec. 21, 1818, in Winchester. Wilson, b. 
 Sept. 11, 1820, in Youngstown, Ohio. Ephraim, b. in BloomReld, 
 Ohio, Oct. 30, 1822; d. in Swanzey. Lucy A., b. Nov. 6, 1824, in 
 Bloomfleld, Ohio; ra. Mr. Rice of South Royalston, Mass. Mary, b. 
 May 15, 1827, in, Winchester ; d. in N. Y. City. Hepzi, b. Sept. 20, 
 1859, in Winchester; d. in Winchester. Daniel, b. May 9, 1832, in 
 Swanzey. 
 
 William R.2 Flint (Benjamin'^), b. June 19, 1812, and his wife Han- 
 nah, had : Royal M., b. Feb. 28, 1836. Harriet Rand, b. Oct. 1, 1837 ; 
 
340 HISTORY or SWANZEY. 
 
 d. Aug. 30, 1841. James William, b. Jan. 28, 1839; d. Feb. 22, 
 1839. Hannah Rand, b. Sept. 24, 1840. Eliza Abbie, b. Nov. 27, 
 1842. 
 
 Royal M.3 Flint (WtUiam B.,^ Benjamin^), b. Feb. 28, 1836 ; m. 
 Fanny M., daughter of Mellen Holbrook. 
 
 FOLLET. 
 
 John Follet and his wife Rachel had : John. Hannah, d. Dec. 
 13, 1770. Hiram, b. June 18, 1770. 
 
 John2 Follet (John^), m., 1st, Dec. 7, 1773, Christian (d. Feb. 
 11, 1778), daughter of Samuel Belding ; m., 2d, Feb. 9, 1779, Sybil 
 Willard of Winchester. Children: Silas, d. Sept. 2, 1777. Luther, 
 d. Sept. 5, 1777. Levi, b. June 6, 1776. 
 
 rORBTJSH. 
 
 Hirxu^ FoRBUsa {Da7iiefl of Harvard, Mass.), h. Dec. 13,1812; 
 m. Aug. 20, 1336, Lucina L. (b. Jan. 27, 1816; d. Sept. 8, 1870), 
 daughter of Asa Willis of Winchester; d. Sept. 24, 1883. Children : 
 Nellie M., b. Apr. 15, 1840 ; m. George S. Ellis. Lucius M., b. 
 Aug. 3, 1841 ; d. Sept. 24, 1866, in Iowa: Fay M., b. Sept. 5, 1843 ; 
 d. Dec. 17, 1864, in Marlborough. Charles H., b. Jan. 10, 1846. Net- 
 tie L., b. July 29, 1848 ; m. J. Frank Perry of Worcester, Mass. 
 Emma E., b. July 28, 1850 ; m. Solon W. Nelson of Worcester. Anna 
 L. S., b. Jan. 8, 1856 ; d. July 26, 1857. 
 
 FOKRISTALL. 
 
 Franklin B.^ Forristall (Joseph M.^ of Troy),h. Dec. 15, 1821 ; 
 m. Sept. 15, 1846, Martha Ann (b. Nov. 24, 1827 ; d. Oct. 7, 1890, 
 in Keene), daughter of William Lawrence; d. May 5, 1884. Chil- 
 dren : Marietta, m. Levi Randall ; d. Nov. 21, 1890. Jane, d. June 
 5, 1884. George H. 
 
 Joseph N.^ Forristall {Joseph MA), b. April 19, 1826 ; m Sept. 
 10, 1851, Mary Ann, daughter of Abner Haskell of Troy; d. June 
 1, 1871. Child: Willie. 
 
 foster. 
 
 Amos Foster, d. March 2, 1761, and Mary, his wife, d. Feb. 5, 1761. 
 
 Joel Foster, m. Jan. 24, 1793, Martha, daughter of Philemon 
 Whitcomb. Children : Patty, m. Willard Whitcomb. Hannah, b. 
 Apr. 20, 1794. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 341 
 
 Nathaniel Foster, m. Feb. 16, 1797, Silence (b. Dee. 3, 1772), 
 daughter of Philemon Whitcomb. A child, b. in 1805 ; d. Dec. 5, 
 1814. 
 
 Abraham Foster had a child b. Sept. 12, 1812 ; d. March 12, 
 1813. 
 
 JoEL^ Foster {Joel^), m. Betsey (b. May 19, 1806; d. April 11, 
 1890), daughter of Amos Richardson; removed to Waits field, Vt., 
 where both died leaving a soa Joel, and a daughter who m. O. C. 
 Campbell of Omaha. 
 
 Philemon W.^ Foster {NatlmnieV),\i. 1807 ; m. June, 1835, Mar- 
 iam (b. June 9, 1817), daughter of John Stratton ; d. March 20, 1877. 
 Children : Mary J., b. 1836 ; d. Aug. 15, 1847. Helen S., b. 1839 ; 
 m. Charles L. Pond (d. Oct. 19, 1873) ; d. July 3, 1860, Edson H., 
 b. 1841. Julia B., b. 1844; m. Charles G. Howard of Winchester, 
 in 1866; d. May 21, 1871. Emogene S., b. 1846; m. Feb. 28, 
 1864, Daniel A. Potter, Middlebury, Vt. Jennie M., b. 1848; m. 
 Clarence A. Parker. Flora H., b. 1851 ; m. Edwin H. Aldrich. Fred 
 W., b. July 16, 1853. Abbie L., b. Dec. 26, 1857 ; m. May 13, 1879. 
 Willie M. Moore, of Hadley, Mass. Clinton, b. 1869 ; d. March 27, 
 1860. 
 
 FOWLER. 
 
 Ret. Thomas L.'' Fowler {David,^ h. 1783, Ahner,^ h. 1753, Sam- 
 uel* h. 1722, Jaco6,3 6. 1692, Samuel,^ b. 1660, Abner,^ 6. 1635 in 
 Killarney, Manster County, Ireland), b. Oct. 10, 1823, in Bridgewa- 
 ter, N. H. ; m., 1st, Aug. 20, 1844, Mary F. (d. 1847) daughter of 
 Eev. Benjamin Hazelton of Northfleld ; m., 2nd, May 10, 1848, 
 Nancy M. (b. Feb. 25,1827, in Windsor, Me.), daughter of Levi Giles. 
 Children : Eugene A., b. Feb. 1, 1846. HerscheL J., b. Apr. 23, 
 1849. Orrin R., b. May 21, 1851. Oris Lee, b. April 13, 1853 ; d. 
 April, 1854. Manson L., b. Feb. 3, 1859. 
 
 FOX. 
 
 Salmon H.^ Fox (Jared^ of Bernardston, Mass.), b. Nov. 25, 1822 ; 
 m., 1st, April 21, 1847, Mary Thayer (d. Dec. 5, 1848, aged 28 years), 
 of Bernardston, Mass. ; m., 2nd, Apr. 16, 1851, Harriet (b. July 6, 
 1832; d. Dec. 6, 1860), daughter of David Wilson; m., 3rd, Dec. 1, 
 1864, Almira J. (b. 1832), sister to Alfred Marble of Hinsdale. 
 Children : Mary, b. May 6, 1852 ; m. Frank L. Snow. Willie, b. 
 Jan. 3, 1859 ; d. Sept. 30, 1881. 
 
342 
 
 HISTOET OF SWANZET. 
 
 FRANKLIN. 
 
 Ebenezee Franklin and his wife Esther had : Esther, b. July 29, 
 1798. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 28, 1800. 
 
 frary. 
 Jonathan Frary and Prudence, his wife, had : Prudence, bapt. Oct. 
 4, 1743. 
 
 John Frary and Abigail, his wife, had : Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1752 ; 
 m. Feb. 16, 1772, John Pierce. John, b. June 4, 1755 ; d. John, b. 
 1757. Sarah, b. June 7, 1769 ; d. March 23, 1777. Abigail, b. Feb. 
 10, 1761 ; m. William Hills. Phebe, b. Sept. 4, 1763. Jonathan, b. 
 in Feb., 1770. Sarah, m. April 26, 1802, Caleb Chase. 
 
 FREEMAN. 
 
 Amos Freeman, m. Sept. 12, 1786, Delilah Hill. 
 
 Asa Frekman m. Dec. 30, 1790, Thankful (b. Jan. 19, 1767), 
 daughter of Thomas Applin. Child : Ahaz, b. Nov. 3, 1791. 
 
 Ebenezer Freeman m. Feb. 7, 1791, Betty Wilson. 
 
 Amos H.^ Freeman {Luther^ of Glens Falls, N. Y.), b. Apr. 9, 1817 ; 
 m. Jan. 17, 1838, Harriet E., daughter of Asa Hemenway of Granville, 
 N. Y. Children: Georgianna, b. Aug. 15, 1839. Sarah R., b. May, 
 1843. Emma H., b. Aug. 8, 1845 ; d. May 30, 1874. Flora E., b. 
 May 14, 1849. 
 
 FRENCH. 
 
 James French and Malinda Shaw were m. Jan. 19, 1868. 
 
 Albert A.® French (LuTce^ of Jaffrey),h. Feb. 10, 1846 ; m. Jan. 
 26, 1872, Ella F. (b. Aug. 20, 1849), daughter of John S. Lawrence. 
 Children : Rosa M., b. July 19, 1875. Wilmer 0., b. Dec. 21, 1879. 
 
 Jonah and Melatiah French had Silas and Melatiah, bapt. July 14, 
 1754. 
 
 FRINK. 
 
 Calvin Frink and his wife Sarah had : Arethusa, b. May 9, 1773 ; 
 m. Thomas Trowbridge. Sarah, b. Sept. 17, 1779. Wyman, b. Sept. 
 16, 1784. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 343 
 
 JosiahFrink, m. Feb. 1, 1790, Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Smead 
 of Montague, Mass. Child : Samuel. 
 
 Samuel^ Frink (Josiah^), m. July 11, 1816, Damaris (b. 1786), 
 daughter of Philemon Whitcorab. He d. .Apr. 1, 1826. Children : 
 Jotham W. Isabel. 
 
 JoTHAM Whitcomb^ Frink (Samuel,'^ Josiah^), b. 1817; m. Julia 
 (b. Jan. 10, 1823; d. July 9, 1883), daughter of John Stratton. 
 Child: Willie, d. young. 
 
 Orlando Frink, b. in Greenfield, Mass., March 10, 1809 ; m., 1st, 
 Apr. 20, 1830, Eunice Eussell (b. in Walpole, March 7, 1808 ; d. Oct. 
 23, 1862 ;m., 2nd, March 1, 1853, Mary A., daughter of Ebenezer 
 Willard, Winchester ; d. Apr. 16, 1877. Children : Mary E., b. July 
 23, 1831 ; m. Judson A. Read. Henry C, b. March 9, 1836. Sarah 
 E., m. Charles Maynard of Berlin, Mass. Fanny M., b. Nov. 28, 
 1853; d. March 19, 1866. EmmaL.,b. Nov. 1, 1855 ; m. Willard B. 
 Smith. Charles H., b. Sept. 19, 1860 ; m. April 8, 1883, Mary L. 
 (b. Oct. 2, 1860), daughter of Josiah Stebbins, of Jaffrey. 
 
 trost. 
 Ephraim Kimball Frost b. in Jaffrey, Dec. 17, "1790 ; m. Nov. 11, 
 1813, Persis (b. June 19, 1790; d. in Burlington, Iowa, March 4, 
 1872) , daughter of Jonadab Baker, of Marlborough ; d. in Lincoln, Ne- 
 braska, Nov. 23, 1870. Children : Charles, b. Sept. 3, 1814 ; d. Sept- 
 23, 1814. Feronia, b. Dec. 26, 1816 ; m. George N. Sherwood of 
 McDonough; N. Y. Lyman, b. Feb. 10, 1820. Lafayette S., b. 
 June 4, 1824. Caroline and Emeline, b. Jan. 12, 1826 ; Caroline d. 
 July 3, 1830 ; Emeline, m. John Speed Lee, of Wellsville, N. Y. 
 Franklin, b. Apr. 14, 1831. 
 
 Charles^ Frost {Benjamin^ of Marlborough), b. July 8, 1789 ; m., 
 
 1st, Feb. 23, 1824, Sarah (d. Feb. 28, 1826) ; m., 2nd, Vilura, 
 
 daughter of Joseph Slate ; d. Apr. 17, 1866. Cliildren : Jane Char- 
 lotte, b. Apr. 3, 1842. Henry Morse and Charles Roberts, b. March 
 31, 1814; Charles, d. Oct. 4, 1849. 
 
 FULLER. 
 
 Amasa^ Fuller (Isaac^ of Troy) b. Dec. 7, 1797; m., 1st, Anna 
 (b. July 5, 1801 ; d. June 19, 1826), daughter of Jonathan Berais of 
 Troy ; m., 2nd, Jan. 11, 1827, Hannah Jackson (b. Nov. 5, 1803 ; 
 
344 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 d. Apvil 5, 1845), of Wallingford, Vt. ; m., 3i-d, Oct. 2, 1845, Mary 
 Knight (Widow Hager) b. Feb. 14, 1802 ; m., 4th, in 1857, Lovey P. 
 Kidder (b. Oct. 6, 1814), of Marlborough. He d. July 18, 1879. 
 Children : Isaac, b. Aug. 10, 1819. Elmira, b. Apr. 9, 1822 ; m. 
 Stephen Harris. Anna, b. Feb. 14, 1826; d. Nov. 23, 1826. A 
 daughter, b. June 11, 1828; d. July 18, 1828. A son, b. Apr. 29, 
 1829; d. Apr. 30, 1829. Elvira, b. Sept. 21, 1830; d. March 14, 
 1832. A daughter, b. March 1, 1832; d. March 6, 1833. Amasa, 
 b. Sept. 28, 1833. Levi A., b. May 4, 1836. A son, b. July 1, 
 1838 ; d. same day. Ervvin J., b. Sept. 19, 1839. 
 
 Levi A.^ Fdller (Amasa,^ Isaac^), b. May 4, 1836 ; m., 1st, Feb. 
 22, 1860, Elvira L. (b. June 4, 1839 ; d. Nov. 15, 1865), adopted 
 daughter of Joseph P. Bemis ; m., 2nd, Oct. 30, 1866, Emily L. (b. 
 July 28, 1848), daughter of Dr. Willard Adams. Children : Cora A., 
 b. June 24, 1862; d. July 27, 1862. Elmer A., b. Dec. 27, 1863. 
 Ida E., b. Nov. 16, 1871. Walter T., b. July 6, 1876. Cora Anstris, 
 b. July 2, 1887. 
 
 GARY. 
 
 Joseph O.^ Gary (Aaron} of Keene), b. Aug. 19, 1819 ; m. Sept. 
 29, 1844, Eliza Jane (b. May, 1825), daughter of Hiram Underwood. 
 He d. July 26, 1890. Children: Joseph E. and Francis E. (twins), 
 b. Feb. 15, 1846 ; Joseph E. d. March 11, 1847. Edna M. and Ella 
 M. (twins), b. Dec. 19, 1847 ; Ella M. was stillborn, Edna d. a few 
 months later. Edna M., b. July 27, 1849 ; d. Aug. 15, 1851. Joseph 
 E.,b. Sept. 18, 1851. Gertrude M.,b. Aug. 1, 1866 ; m. May 25, 1886, 
 William K. Merrill of Paterson, N. J. 
 
 GATES. 
 
 RuFus^ Gates (Elijah^ of Marlborough) , b. Sept. 12, 1807 ; m. May 
 12, 1836, Minerva(b. May 12, 1812), daughter of Ezekiel Page. He 
 died in Keene. 
 
 Lyman Gates, ra. Fanny Ann, daughter of Consider Carpenter. 
 Children : Elbridge, b. July 4, 1841 ; d. Aug. 12, 1843. Edwin G., 
 b. Sept. 30, 1842. Ellen, b. May 26, 1844 ; d. June 17, 1855. 
 
 GAY. 
 
 Seth Gay m., 1st, Sarah (d. Apr. 7, 1766) ; m., 2nd, March 
 
 7, 1776, Sarah Parker. Children : Chloe and Lois bapt. Aug. 18, 1764. 
 Silas, bapt. Dec. 14, 1755. A child d. about Apr. 7, 1766. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 345 
 
 John! Gat who came to America in 1630, was the emigrant ances- 
 tor ofWillard^ Gay of Swanzey. 
 
 WiLLARD Gay, b. Feb. 8, 1811, in "West Dedham, Mass; m., 1st, 
 Fanny, liaugliter of Caleb "Wright of Keene ; ra., 2nd, in 1843, Emily 
 H. (d. Jan. 21, 1886), daughter of Samuel Farwell, of Nelson; d. 
 1882. Children : George W., b. Jan. 14, 1842. Ella H., b. Feb. 4, 
 1844 ; m. Zina G. Taft. Phineas Ellis, b. May 10, 1846. Annie, b. 
 Nov. 22, 1847 ; m. Calvin E. Hills. 
 
 George W.3 Gay( Willard,^ JoJm^), b. Jan. 14, 1842 ; m., 1st, Mary 
 E. (d. Feb. 22, 1873), daughter of B. F. Hutchinson, of Milford; m., 
 2nd, a daughter of J. H. Hathorn, of Boston, Mass. 
 
 Phineas Ellts^ Gat ( Willard,^ JoJm^),h. May 10, 1846 ; m. Lizzie 
 G. (b. May 9, 1850), daughter of Elijah Hills. Children : "Winnie, b. 
 Ang. 1, 1873. "Willard, b. March, 1881. 
 
 GILMOBE. 
 
 Jeremiah Gilm©re, m. Feb. 2, 1806, Eebecca (b. July 4, 1773), 
 daughter of Joseph Dickinson. 
 
 Charles G. Gii.more, taxed in 1860 ; m. Fanny M. (b. Feb. 27, 
 1843), daughter of Orrin Dickinson ; lives in Keene. 
 
 GODDARD. 
 
 Edward Goddard, 1st, b. ; Lois Howe (b. in 1749 ; d. Dec. 
 
 26, 1838). He d. Oct. 13, 1811. Children : Nathan and Edward, twins, 
 bapt. Nov. 6, 1770; Nathan, d. Nov. 6, 1770; Edward, d. Ang. 27, 
 1776. Hephzibah, b. Ang. 26, 1773 ; d. Aug. 20, 1776. Hephzibah, 
 b. Nov. 1776 ; m. Jan., 1813, Jonathan Hammond. Edward, b. Dec. 
 31, 1778. Nathan Howe. b. March 4, 1781. Hapgood, b. Apr. 12, 
 1783. Eunice, b. Aug. 11, 1785 ; m. Jan. 18, 1826, Aaron Goddard 
 of Reading, "Vt. Infant child d. in 1786. Lois, b. Nov. 21, 1788 ; d. 
 Lois, b. Dec. 3, 1792 ; d. May 21, 1793. 
 
 Edward^ Goddard (Edward^), h. Dec. 31, 1778; ni., 1st, Sept, 
 5, 1804, Sabe (b. Feb. 12, 1781 ; d. Jan. 28, 1816), daughter of Levi 
 Durant; m., 2nd, Jan. 29, 1819, Loma Augusta (d. March 18, 1849), 
 daughter of John Hastings of Charlestown ; m., 3d, Nov. 6, 1853, 
 Mrs. Roxana Stone (widow "Woodcock) ; he d. May 18, 1856. Chil- 
 dren : Esther, m. David Parsons, Dec. 8, 1833. Mary, m. Eli 
 
346 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Hunt. Auvelia, m. George Whitcomb, April 13, 1836. Alvira, 
 b. June 8, 1816; m. Lovell Taft, Oct. 29, 1838. Louisa, m., 1st, 
 Samuel C. Oliver, June 16, 1830 ; ra., 2nd, "William B. Kimball. Ar- 
 villa, m. Oct. 4, 1835, Amos H. Bullen. Edward H. James M. 
 
 Edwaeo H.3 Goddaed {Edward,^ Edward^), d. in Swanzej' ; farm 
 between Swanzey and Keene. 
 
 William Goddard and Rhoda Beverstock were m. Dec. 20, 1792. 
 
 GOODELL. 
 
 Elbbidge G. Goodell of Winchester, tn. Feb. 21, 1830, Rebecca 
 Darling (d. May 29, 1834). Children : Julia M., an adopted daugh- 
 ter, m. Sept. 5, 1875, Humphrey G. Eaton(b. March 9, 1849). 
 
 Wtman J.^ Goodell {Jonathan}), b. March, 1849 ; m. June 9, 
 1871, Mary R., daughter of Edwin Hill. Children : Harry W., b. 
 Jan. 16, 1872. Mary E., b. Oct. 9, 1874. Martha A., b. Feb., 1, 
 1876. Fred P., b. Aug. 16, 1878. Fanny M., b. June 27, 1881 ; d. 
 June 29, 1882. Etliel R., b. July 2, 1883. 
 
 GOODHUE. 
 
 Daniel Goodhue, m. Betty, daughter of John Whitcomb. Chil- 
 dren : Richard Weeks, b. Oct. 7, 1793. Daniel. Patty. Ruhamah 
 Whitcomb, b. 1811 ; m. Aquilla R. Taft. 
 
 GOODNOW. 
 
 Franklin Goodnow, m. May 20, 1826, Philena, daughter of Eph- 
 raim Page. 
 
 William W. Goodnow, m. Oct. 19, 1839, Sophia (b. May 12, 
 1812), daughter of Peter Holbrook. 
 
 GRATES. 
 
 Abraham Graves, b. 1690 ; d. Oct. 28, 1777 ; Thankful, his wife, 
 d. March 12, 1775. Children : Elizabeth, m. Nathan Blake of Keene, 
 in 1741. Asahel. Aliraham, d. Nov. 16, 1745. Joshua. Lydia, 
 m. Charles Howe of Marlborough, Mass., Apr. 8, 1746. Mary, m. 
 Elijah Scott of Sunderland, Mass., May 25, 1756. Sarah, m. Sam- 
 uel Hills, June 27, 1758. Mehitable, m. William Wright, Aug. 27, 
 1758. Elijah. Abner. Lucy, m. David Belding, 2d, Feb. 7, 1770. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 347 
 
 Joshua^ Graves (Abraham^), m. Oct. 12, 1758, Lydla Woodcock. 
 Children : Martha, b. April 29, 1759 ; m. Uriah How. Asahel, b. 
 Aug. 25, 1761. Lydia, b. Jan. 25, 1764. Meletiah, b. 'Jan. 20, 
 1766; m. Abijah Sawyer. Hepiizibah, b. March 26, 1768. Joshua, 
 b. Apr. 19, 1770. Benjamin, b. May 19, 1772. Hannah, b. Feb. 15, 
 1784. 
 
 Elijah^ Graves (Abraham}) and his wife Submit had : Elijah. 
 Gad, bapt. Sept. 18, 1763. 
 
 Abner^ Graves (Abraham^) and his wife Dorcas had: Sarah, b. 
 Nov. 3, 1765. John, b. Jan. 20, 1771. Isaac, b. Apr. 13, 1775. Dor- 
 cas, b. June 9, 1778 ; m. Elisha Scott. 
 
 Joshua^ Graves (Joshua,^ Abraham^), b. Apr. 19, 1770 ; m. Jan. 
 1, 1789, Sarah (b. Feb. 1, 1767), daughter of Caleb Sawyer. Chil- 
 dren : Sarah, b. Dec. 5, 1789. Ira, b. Jan. 9, 1793. Eufus, b. 
 Dec. 13, 1794 ; d. July 25, 1814. 
 
 AsAHEL^ Graves (Josliua,^ Abraham^) , b. Aug. 25, 1761 ; m., 1st, 
 May 31, 1780, Martha Holmes (d. March 30, 1788) ; m., 2d, April 26, 
 
 1789, Lydia Adams Guild. Children : Dolly, b. Apr. 4, 1781. Pat- 
 ty, b. Sept. 2, 1783. Giles, b. Feb. 19, 1787. Josiah, b. June 29, 
 
 1790. Sarah, b. Feb. 28, 1792. Esther, b. May 20, 1795. Asahel, 
 b. July 9, 1797. 
 
 Simeon^ Graves (Joshua,'^ Abraham^), d. 1810, at the age of 37. 
 Children, by his wife Huldah : George, b. March 28, 1799. Harry, 
 b. Aug. 12, 1801. Elmira, b. Jan. 22, 1805. 
 
 Elijah^ Graves (Elijah,^ Abraham}), m. March 31, 1785, Lucy 
 (b. Sept. 12, 1761), daughter of Isaac McAllister of Marlborough. 
 Children : Lucy, b. Nov. 4, 1786 ; m. Peter Starkey. Zadock, b. May 
 7, 1788. Susanna, b. Aug. 16, 1790 ; m. Abijah Whitcomb. Ezekiel, b. 
 Aug. 15, 1792. Sylvia, b. Oct. 28, 1794 ; d. Aug. 17, 1796. Sylvia, 
 b. Dec. 23, 1796; m. Abel W. Read. Polly, b. Aug. 3, 1803; m. 
 Ira Taft. 
 
 Gad3 Graves (Elijah,^ Abraham^), b. Aug. 14, 1763 ; m. June 8, 
 1785, Mary (b. Feb. 18, 1767 ; d. Aug. 31, 1848), daughter of Samuel 
 Smead of Montague, Mass. ; d. June 28, 1841. Children: Philena, 
 b. Sept. 27, 1787 ; m. Oct. 9, 1817, Zebina Knight ; d. March 10, 
 1859. Sophia, b. July 30, 1789 ; m. David Wilson. Polly, b. Dec. 
 14, 1791 ; d. Sept. 1, 1798. Louisa, b. Sept. 6, 1794; -d. Aug. 31, 
 
348 HISTORY OF SWANZET, 
 
 1798. Eufus, b. March, 1797 ; d. Aug. 16, 1871. Isaac, b. Feb. 14, 
 1802. Albert, b. Aug. 10, 1806. 
 
 Ira^ Graves {Joshua,^ Joshua,^ AbraJiam^), b. Jan. 9, 1793; m. 
 April 12, 1829, Mary Wilson. 
 
 Zadock* Graves {ElijaJi,^ Elijah,^ AbraJiam^), b. May 7, 1788 ; m. 
 Clarissa (b. Maj-, 1800 ; d. July, 1860), daughter of Jesse Lincoln, of 
 Lancaster, Mass. ; d. Jan. 22, 1867. Children : Jesse Wilder, b. July 
 27, 1821. James Munroe, b. July 23, 1826. Charles Lincoln, b. July 
 23, 1828 ; d. April 7, 1854. Edwin Buttrick, b. 1829. Lydia Ann, 
 d. young. Zadock, b. 1840. 
 
 Jesse W. 5 Graves {Zadock,* Elijah,^ Elijah,'^ Abraham^), b. July 
 27, 1821 ; m. Oct. 27, 1847, Mary A. Stone (widow of Thomas L. 
 Woodward). Children: Thomas Nelson Woodward, b. July 16, 
 1844 ; Nellie J., b. Nov. 24, 1848 ; m. Dec. 26, 1866, George H. 
 Jackson. Amanda L., b. Feb. 15, 1850; m. Jan. 5, 1876, Eugene C. 
 Ramsdell. 
 
 James M.^ Graves (Zadock,'^ Elijah,^ Elijah,^ Abraham^) , b. July 
 23, 1826 ; m. Susan A. (b. Aug. 9, 1829) , daughter of William Stephen- 
 son. 
 
 Edwin B.^ Graves {Zadock,'^ Elijah,^ Elijah,^ Abraham}) , b. 1829 ; 
 m., 1851, Polly Maria Stevenson (b. May 12, 1829; d. March 24, 
 1854), daughter of Euos Stevenson; d. Sept. 24, 1867. 
 
 granger. 
 William Granger of Chicago, m. Oct. 1, 1870, Melvenah (b. Jan. 
 11, 1836), daughter of Rufus Thompson. Child: William Roscoe, 
 b. April 14, 1872. 
 
 GREENE. 
 
 Thomas Greene, m. March 2, 1780, Lydia Foster. Children: 
 Thomas, b. Dec. 16, 1782. Seth, b. March 17, 1784. 
 
 Joseph Greene, ra. Apr. 2, 1778, Betsey Bigelow. 
 
 Samuel Greene, m. Dec. 14, 1780, Esther Freeman. 
 
 Patrick Greene, m. Nov. 24, 1785, Abigail Kneeland. 
 
 James Greene, m. Oct. 30, 1787, Elizabeth Grimes. 
 
 Absalom Greene, m. Nov. 7, 1788, Relief Foster. 
 
Hubbard Williams, 
 
GENEALOGICAIi EECOEDS. 349 
 
 Elizabeth Geeeke m. March 9, 1794, William Farnsworth of 
 Charlestown. 
 
 William^ Greene (Salmon^), m. Elizabeth (b. 1777 ; d. Feb. 27, 
 1858), daughter of William Cutler of Chesterfield; d. Dec. 6, 
 1834. Children: Abigail, b. Oct. 13, 1792; m. Ebenezer Hackelt of 
 Chesterfield. Lucy, b. June 25, 1794 ; ni. David Belding of Richmond. 
 Permelia, b. March 8, 1796 ; d.Nov. 10, 1868. Anna,b. Oct. 13, 1798 ; 
 m. Lynda Ballard. Sarah, b. March 8, 1800 ; m. David Buxston of An- 
 dover, Mass. Polly, b. Nov. 16, 1802 ; d. March 18, 1852. Sophia, 
 b. Aug. 16, 1804 ; m. Eli Stevenson. Loammi, b. Oct. 7, 1806. 
 William, b. Dec. 28, 1808. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 26, 1812 ; d. Jan. 2, 
 1854. 
 
 Loammi^ Greene {William,'^ Salmon^), b. Oct. 7, 1806; m. Oct. 
 29, 1832, Maria (d. Dec. 25, 1875, aged 67), daughter of Jeremiah 
 Amadon ; d. in Winchester. 
 
 Charles Green, b. near Canada, 1802; m. Apr. 9, 1837, Sarah C. 
 (b. in 1806; d. Sept. 29, 1876, aged 70 years), daughter of James 
 Pierce; d. May 29, 1882, aged 80 years. Children : Charles, b. Oct. 
 22, 1837. EexivlUe S., b. Sept. 14, 1839 ; ra. Menzies E. Stratton. 
 Mary E., b. Aug. 17, 1841. James. George, d. March 26, 1881. 
 
 Charles^ Green (O/iarZesi), b. Oct. 22, 1837; m. May 1, 1862, 
 Luvana M. (b. April 14, 1838), daughter of Paul F. Aldrich ; resides 
 in Keene. 
 
 greenleaf. 
 Daniel Greenleaf, of Templeton, Mass., came to Swanzey and 
 d. Nov. 16, 1858, aged 90 years. Sarah, his wife, d. Sept. 12, 
 1849, aged 86 years. 
 
 Daniel® Greenleaf {Daniel^ of Templeton, Mass.), b. Aug. 7, 
 
 1800 ; m., 1st, Sarah (d. Sept., 1879) ; m., 2nd, Miranda Carter 
 
 (b. 1815),daughterof Nathan Carter;d.July3, 1874. Children : Ma- 
 ria b. Jan. 15, 1'625 ; m. Norton E. Pratt of Hinsdale. Calvin T. 
 Estella, d. July 7, 1840. Leafie J., b. July 5, 1848 ; m. Oct. 4, 1870, 
 Lyman Stone. Amelia A., b. Sept. 4, 1850 ; m. Wallace Healy. Mary 
 T., b. Sept. 8, 1852; m. Feb. 23, 1871, Norris C. Carter. Charles 
 D., b. Sept. 20, 1854. William A., b. July 7, 1856 ; d. July 23, 1865. 
 24 
 
350 BISTORT OF SWANZET. 
 
 GRIFFITH. 
 
 William Griffith, b. 1751 ; m. Dec. 29, 1785, Deborah Corey of 
 
 Gilsum ; m., 2nd, Polly (b. March 13, 1761 ; d. 1834). He d. 
 
 Dec, 1842. Children: Two infants d. in 1786. Abraham, b. June 
 21, 1788. Betsey, b. March 31, 1790; m. Lot Chapman. Lucj',b. May 
 6, 3 793. Polly, b. Nov. 25, 1801. Samuel, b. Oct. 1, 1803. Barney, 
 b. Feb. 10, 1806. 
 
 Samuel^ Griffith (William^), b. Oct. 1, 1803 ; m. Feb. 22, 1826, 
 Mahala (b. May 2, 1804 ; d. May 21, 1887), daughter of John Grimes ; 
 d. May 18, 1880. Children : John Oilman, b. Aug. 16, 1827 ; Eliza 
 Ann, b. Oct. 18, 1828. Charles Grimes, b. Aug. 15, 1830. George 
 Johnson, b. March 5, 1832 ; d. Ja\y 5, 1873. Henry Alonzo, b. Dec. 
 5, 1834. Albert Parker, b. Oct. 7, 1836. Olive Eelief, b. Apr. 7, 
 1838. Lucy Victoria, b. June 11, 1839. Daniel D., b. Dec. 16, 
 1842. Edwin A., b. Aug. 12, 1844. Joseph E., b. Jan. 29, 1846. 
 
 Barneys Griffith (William^), b. Feb. 10, 1806 ; m.Nov. 12, 1837, 
 Lene White of Keene ; d. Dec. 8, 1880. Children: Edward S., b. 
 Apr. 11, 1838 ; m. Addie Tyrrell of Chesterfield. Eodnej-, b. Sept. 
 24, 1841 ; m. June 16, 1871, Mrs. Rose Maxley of Lowell, Mass. 
 
 GKIMES. 
 
 William! Grimes m. Mar}' ; d. Jan. 14, 1781. Children: 
 
 John, b. May 24, 1741. James, b. Feb. 10, 1743. Mary, b. Nov. 
 10, 1744; m. Benjamin Wilson. William, b. May 12, 1747. Eliza- 
 beth, b. Apr. 12, 1749 ; d. Oct. 6, 1770. Samuel, b. March 4, 1751 ; d. 
 March 10, 1761. Charles, b. Apr. 15, 1754. Sarah, bapt. in Apr., 
 1756 ; m. Robert Wire of Jaffrey. Susanna, bapt. Jan. 27, 1760. 
 
 JoHN^ Grimes ( William^), b. May 24, 1741 ; d. in 1765 ; Lydia, his 
 wife, m. Nov. 30, 1775, Daniel Read of Richmond. Children : John, 
 bapt. Jan. 17, 1766, by its mother, the father being dead. Zenas, 
 bapt. Feb. 24, 1774. 
 
 James^ Grimes {William^), b. Feb. 10, 1743; m. Elizabeth . 
 
 Children: Samuel, bapt. July 22, 1770. Elizabeth, bapt. July 21, 
 1771 ; m.- James Greene, Oct. 30, 1787. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 351 
 
 Charles^ GjJtmes {William^), b. April 15, 1754; m. Azubah 
 Greene, Aug. 26, 1778. 
 
 William^ Gkimrs iWilliam^), b. May 12, 1747; m. May 3, 1770, 
 Mary Willard of Lancaster, Mass. Cliildren : Sarah, b. Aug. 21, 1771 ; 
 m. Aug. 5, 1792, Dulan Battles of Winchester. Williani, b. Jan. 24, 
 1773. Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1774. Lucinda, b. Sept. 25, 1776. " 
 
 JohnS Grimes {John,^ William^), h. m 1766; m. Aug. 21,1783, 
 Tryphena (b. 1764; d. Sept. 22, 1850), daughter of Joseph Razey ; 
 d. Aug. 7, 1848. Children : Lydia, b. Jan. 15, 1785 ; m., 1st, Luther 
 Howes ; m., 2nd, his brother Silas. Tryphena, b. Jan. 20, 1788 ; m. 
 Henry Jaquith. Anna, b. July 6, 1791 ; m. Abel Worcester. John, 
 b. March 14, 1792; d. John, b. Nov. 14, 1793. Polly, b. Feb. 9, 
 1796 ; m. William Stephenson. Asenath, b. Jan. 19, 1798. Daniel, 
 d. Nov., 1802. Susan, b. July 25, 1802; m. Gyrene Johnson. Ma- 
 hala, b. May 2, 1804 ; m. Samuel Griffith. Ava, b. Dec. 11, 1807 ; 
 m. Dexter Warren, Jan. 20, 1830. 
 
 Samuel^ Grimes {James,^ William^), bapt. July 22, 1770 ; m. Feb. 
 9, 1797, Mary, daughter of Nicholas Trask. Children: Tryphena, 
 m. March 4, 1816, Samuel Read of New York. Nancy S., b. June 
 6, 1805 ; m., 1st, May 25, 1829, Horace Verry ; m., 2nd,Elijah Howard ; 
 she d. May 31, 1889. Esther. Sylvia. 
 
 John* Grimes (John,^ John,^ TTi'ZZiam'), reared a family and re- 
 moved from this town. Children : Gilman. John. Celinda. Hiram. 
 Priscilla. 
 
 GKOGAN. 
 
 Richard Grogan, b. in Ireland; vo. June 29, 1867, Margaret 
 O'Donnell (b. in 1844). Children: Richard, b. Feb. 28„ 1869. 
 Daniel J., b. Apr. 30, 1872. Mary E., b. Apr. 3, 1874. Katie A., 
 b. Sept. 9, 1875. Frederick T., b. Feb. 5, 1879. Maggie V.,,b. 
 Nov. '29, 1880. 
 
 GUILD. 
 
 Dan. Guild, m. Sarah ; d. about 1798. Children:. Thom- 
 as, b. July 24, 1786. Esther, b, Apr. 4, 1788.. Rufus, b. Jan. 28,. 
 1790. 
 
 John Guild, m., 1st, Dec. 11, 1791, Hepzibah, daughter of Joshua 
 Graves; m., 2nd, March 13, 1834, Hannah Young of Guilford, Vt. 
 
352 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 GUNN. 
 
 Wtot Gunn, m. Nov. 25, 17r)6, Sarah (d, March 3, 1764), the 
 widow of William Hill. He d. about 1798: Children : Mary, b. Dec. 
 24, 1757. Tirza, b. May 17, 1760. William, b. June 26, 1763. 
 Sarah, b. Jan. 2, 1767 ; d. Dec. 12, 1769. Israel Houghton, b. Oct. 
 10, 1768; ra. Oct. 21, 1792, Elizabeth Belding. 
 
 Daniel Gunn, b. in 1734; m. Submit ; d. Feb. 25, 1812. 
 
 •Children: Submit, b. Dec. 11, 1757; m. William Lawrence of Win- 
 chester. Samuel, b. Oct. 26, 1760. Daniel, b. March 3, 1763 ; d. 
 Nov. 21, 1786. Ebenezer, b. May 28, 1765. Eunice, b. Oct. 21, 
 1767. Elijah, bapt. June 27, 1770. Elisha, b. March 29, 1772. 
 Calvin, bapt. Aug. 27, 1777. Luther, bapt. Aug. 27, 1777 ; d. May 
 14, 1781. Daniel, bapt. Nov. 5, 1780. 
 
 William^ Gunn (Wyofl), b. June 26, 1763 ; m., 1st, Oct. 18, 1790, 
 Lydia Jacks of Keene ; m., 2nd, June 6, 1805, Ehoda Durfee of 
 Smithfield, R. I. He d. in 1741. Children by first wife: Lewis, d. 
 June 26, 1849. Sally. Children, by second wife : Delata, b. Dec, 
 1805; m. Daniel Vaughn of Prescott, Mass. William, b. Sept. 5, 
 1807. Clarissa, b. April 4, 1809 ; m. Charles Talbot. Daniel, d. 
 young. Israel Houghton, b. Sept. 14, 1814. Angelina, m. a Mr. 
 Bennett of Southbridge, Mass. Lucinda, m. Daniel Robins of Charl- 
 ,ton, Mass. 
 
 Samuel^ Gunn (Daniel^), b. Oct. 26, 1760 ; m. Mary, daughter of 
 Timothy Clark. Children : Samuel. Justin. Daniel. George. Charles. 
 Sarah. Sylvia. Achsah, m. John March, Jan. 1, 1840. 
 
 Charles^ Gunn {Samuel,'^ Daniel^) , m. Abbie Pettiplace. Chil- 
 dren : Edward. Mary. George M., b. Sept. 22, 1855; m. Nov. 26, 
 1886, Lizzie A., daughter of E. B. Riigg and had Frank E., b. Feb. 
 6, 1887. 
 
 Williams Gunn (William,^ Wyot^), b. Sept. 5, 1807; m., 1st, Oct. 
 1, 1835, Hannah (b. Apr. 16, 1815 ; d. March 11, 1869), daughter of 
 Benoni Austin; m., 2nd, Feb. 17, 1872, widow Carlton (d. Oct. 1, 
 1882), of Greenwich, Mass. Children: Fidelia Ann, b. Sept. 14, 
 1836 ; d. Nov. 19, 1836. Andrew Austin, b. Oct. 25, 1839 ; d. Mar. 
 4, 1841. Marrilla Ann, b. Feb. 15, 1842; m. Eben Smith. Harriet 
 E., b. May 6, 1844; d. Apr. 4, 1868. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 353 
 
 Israel H.3 Gcnn {WaUam,^ Wyofi),h. Sept. 14, 1814; m. Oct. 1, 
 1835, Lydia M. (b. Aug. 25, 1815), daughter of David Bishop of 
 Warwick, Mass.; he d. May 20, 1885. Children: Mary A., b. 
 March 2, 1837 ; m. Roswell Whitcomb. Philander W., b. June 6, 
 
 1839. Daniel H., b. Apr. 29, 1843. Henry W., b. Apr. 26, 1850 ; 
 d. June 3, 1872. 
 
 Philandee W* Gcnn (Israel H.,^ William,^ Wyot^) , b. June 6, 
 1839 ; m. Nov. 20, 1866, Mary W. Ward of Troy ; d. Aug. 22, 1867. 
 
 Daniel H.* Gunn (Israel H.,^ William,^ Wyot^),h. April 29, 1843 ; 
 m. Lucinda Talbot, daughter of Charles Talbot, April 29, 1867. 
 Children : Alice E., b. Aug. 8, 1867 ; d. 1868. Alma N. and Alice 
 M., b. Aug. 18, 1870 ; Alice d. May 6, 1872. Homer D., b. June 23, 
 1872 ; d. Mar. 9, 1874. 
 
 hale. 
 Eliphalet Hale, m. March 1, 1781, Rachel Scott. 
 
 Israel C. Hale, b. 1799 ; m. 1833, Parmelia Austin (b. 1810 ; d. 
 1860) ; he d. Sept. 22, 1874. Children : Lovina, b. June 1, 1834 ; m. 
 Nahum Bullock. Mary, b. Aug; 17, 1836 ; m. Alvin Kempton of 
 Winchester. Twins, d. young. Parmelia A., b. Sept. 3, 1840; m. 
 
 Slate. Israel C, b. Nov. 19, 1842. Rhoda G., b. March 11, 
 
 1849 ; m. F. G. Waldo. 
 
 JoHN^ Hale (Daniel^ of Richmond) , m., 1st, Susanna Bullock; m., 
 
 2d, Drewry. Children : Jeremiah, b. Sept. 9, 1811. Nancy. 
 
 John D., b. April 10, 1824. Otis D., b. Nov. 3, 1828. Lydia. 
 Mary Ann. 
 
 Jeremiah^ Hale (Jolin,^ Daniel^), b. Sept. 9, 1811 ; m. Jan. 3, 
 
 1840, Sybil (b. Apr. 20, 1820), daughter of Caleb Willis of Win- 
 chester ; d. Maj' 2, 1879, in Alstead. Children : Jeremiah L., b. Feb. 
 6, 1841 ; d. Aug. 19, 1842. Emily S., b. Jan. 25, 1844, in Warwick, 
 Mass. ; m. Sept. 5, 1864, Mr. Parks (b. in Warwick, Mass.) ; d. March 
 13, 1865. Willard R., b. Oct. 25, 1850 ; m. Dec. 13, 1883, Emma A. 
 Northrop of Keene ; lives in Alstead. Otis W., b. June 15, 1862 ; 
 d. June 28, 1862. 
 
 John D.^ Hale (Jo/m,^ Daniel^), b. April 10, 1824; d. April 30, 
 1889 ; m. Abigail Wright of Northfield, Mass.' Children: Clarissa, 
 
354 HISTORY or swanzey. 
 
 m. Mr. Bosworth; lives in Keene. John F., m. Cliloe E. (b. Dec. 
 14, 1870), daughter of Nelson W. Rice; lives in Troy. James M. 
 Orissa, m. and lives in Winchendon. Nancy, lives in Keene. Emma, 
 m. Arthur Edwards of Troy. Anna, m. George Ballou of Sprague- 
 ville. Walter. 
 
 Otis D.3 Hale {John? Daniel^), b. Nov. 3, 1828; m. Abigail 
 Comstoclf. Children: Nellie V., d. young. Pearl, lives in Keene. 
 Grace O. 
 
 Daniel Hale m. Joanna Oakes ; both d. in Winchester. Child: 
 Charles, d. in 1849, aged about 17 years. 
 
 HALL. 
 
 Zaccheds Hall, came from Fitzwilliam about 1793 ; m. Susannah 
 . Child: Jonas, b. June 21, 178G, in Fitzwilliam. 
 
 JoNAS^ Hall (Zaccheus'^) , b. June 21, 1786 ; m. Lurana (b. Sept. 
 10, 1786), daughter of Eliezer Mason. Children : E. Mason, b. Oct., 
 1818. Levi A., b. in 1820. Russell B., b. Sept, 19, 1822. Ainasa, 
 b. in 1824. Adaline, b. in 1827. Araariah C, b. in 1829. Jane, b. 
 in 1831 ; d. in Minnesota in 186.0. 
 
 RossELL B.3 Hall (Jonas,^ ZaccJieus^) , b. Sept. 19, 1822 ; m. Jan. 
 2, 1848, Sarah (b. May 4, 1818; d. April 25, 1877, in Minnesota), 
 daughter of Martin Mason; m., 2nd, May 12, 1879, Sarah, widow 
 of Henry Holbrook. Children: Alonzo R., b. Jan. 4, 1849. George 
 D., b. June 13, 1853 ; d. Sept. 13, 1853. Eliza E., b. in Aug., 1857, 
 in Minnesota. George M., b. Oct. 12, 1859. Willie E., b. Jan. 20, 
 1863. 
 
 William E.^ Hall {Russell B.,^ Jonas,^ Zaccheus^), b. Jan. 20, 
 1863; m. Mary E. (b. Aug. 28, 1857). Children: Ger- 
 trude May, b. July 21, 1882, in Troy. George W., b. March 29, 
 1884. Walter R., b. Sept. 18, 1886, in Otter River, Mass. 
 
 HAMBLET. 
 
 JosiAH Hamblet and Alice Atwood came from Pelham, settled in 
 the northwest corner of this town. Children: Mehitable, b. Feb. 7, 
 1787 ; m. John Long of Northfield, Mass. Josiah, b. May 15, 1793. 
 Mary, b. April 4, 1797 ; m. Aug. 2, 1821, George Metcalf of Chester- 
 field. Daniel, b. May 26, 1799. Alice, b. Oct. 26, 1801 ; m. Jonathan 
 D. Ware. John A., b. May 7, 1804. A son b. in 1809 ; d. in 1813. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 355 
 
 JosiAH^ Hamblet {Josiali^ of Pelham), b. May 15, 1793 ; ra. Jan. 
 26, 1819, Aurilla (b. Oct. 10, 1797; d. Nov. 25, 1883), daughter of 
 Reuben Britten ; he d. April 24, 1866, aged 72 yrs. 
 
 John A.2 Hamblet {JosiaW- of Pelham), b. May 7, 1804 ; m. Apr. 
 3, 1833, Calista (b. Jan. 16, 1810; d. Jan. 11, 1879), daughter of 
 Peter Cross; m., 2nd, widow Lydia B. Stevenson, who d. Nov. 24, 
 1890. Children: Atwell J., b. Jan. 12, 1834; d. April 7,1863. 
 Almira C, b. Jan. 19, 1836 ; m. Rev. T. C. Potter of Burlington, Ver- 
 mont. Lucy Jane, b. May 24, 1846 ; m. Charles H. Holbrook. 
 
 PhinehasI Hamblet came from Pelham ; m., 1st, Rachel (d. Feb. 15, 
 1804) ; m., 2nd, Dec. 8, 1804, Betsey Hill of Keene. He d. Oct. 13, 
 1841. Children : Sarah, b. June 16, 1787 ; m. Jacob Ware of Win- 
 chester. Elizabeth, b. March 22, 1789 ; m. James Snow of Win- 
 chester. Benjamin, b. June 12,1791. Phebe, b. April 4, 1793 ; m. 
 Joshua Snow. Hannah, b. May 10, 1796 ; d. Dec. 16, 1797. Ra- 
 chel, ra. March 3, 1831, Joel Estabrooks; d. Aug., 1835. Phinehas. 
 Abigail, b. and d. Jan. 5, 1804. 
 
 Benjamin^ Hamblet {Phinehas^ of Pelham), b. June 12, 1791 ; d- 
 Dec. 19, 1852, in Keene ; m. Sept. 29, 1816, Lucy Willis, who d. Jan. 
 26, 1860, Children : Horace, b. Jan. 25, 1817. George, b. Nov. 30, 
 1818. 
 
 Phinehas^ Hamblet (P/ime^asi of Pelham), m. . Children: 
 
 Eliza. David. Benjamin. Ruel ; removed to the state of New York 
 about 1830. ' 
 
 HoEACE^ Hamblet {Benjamin,^ Phinehas^), h. Jan. 5, 1817; m., 
 1st, Jan. 8, 1840, Olive (d. July 12, 1845) daughter of Simon Stone 
 of Keene ; m., 2nd, 1847, Nancy S. Loomis ; he d. Aug. 9, 1889, aged 
 72 yrs. Children : Lucy Jane, b. 1841 ; m. 1865, James D. Wheeler ; 
 d. Jan. 20, 1874. Albert H., b. 1848. Mary 0., b. 1855 ; m. 1878, 
 Charles H. Clark. 
 
 George^ Hamblet {Benjamin,^ Phinehas^), b. Nov. 30, 1818 ; m. 
 Sarah (b. Nov. 8, 1813, and d. in Rochester, N. Y.), daughter of Ben- 
 jamin Whitcomb. Resides in Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 HAMMOND. 
 
 William^ Hammond the emigrant ancestor of the Swanzey Ham- 
 monds was a son of Thomas' Hammond of Lavenbam, Suffolk county, 
 
356 HISTOEY OF SWANZET. 
 
 England ; and was b. in 1575 ; m. June 9, 1605, Elizabeth Payne ; 
 came to America in 1632 and settled in Watertown, Mass., where he 
 d. Oct. 8, 1662. His wife came in 1634 bringing with her three of 
 their eight children : Elizabeth, aged 15 ; Sarali 10, and John 7. 
 
 The line of descent from William Hammond to Nathaniel Ham- 
 mond who settled in Swanzey was Thomas' (b. about 1G18 in Eng- 
 land ; d. in Watertown Dec. 10, 1655); Thomas* (b. July 11, 
 1656). 
 
 Nathaniel^ Hammond ( Thomas* Thomas,^ William,^ of Watertown, 
 
 Thomas^ of England)^ b. about 1692 ; m., 1st, Bridget ; m., 2nd, 
 
 Abigail (d. Aug. 20, 1746, in Swanzey), of Chelmsford, Mass. ; 
 
 he d. in Swanzey, Feb. 2, 1766. Children : Jonathan, b. in 1714. 
 Nathaniel, d. in Swanzey, Oct. 9, 1743. Thomas. Joseph, b. about 
 1722. Timothy, b. in Littleton, Mass., Feb. 17, 1724; d. in Swan- 
 zey, Sept. 27, 1746. Sarah, b. in Littleton, Apr. 13, 1727 ; m. Oct. 
 16, 1759, Oliver Metcalf of Keene. Oliver, b. in Littleton, Oct. 29, 
 1729. 
 
 Jonathan^ Hammond {Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* Thomas,^ William,^ 
 Thomas^ of England), b. in 1714 ; m. July 29, 1741, Abigail Hastings 
 (b. in 1721 ; d. Sept. 6, 1777) of Lunenburg, Mass. He d. Sept. 11, 
 1777. Children : Susanna, bapt. in Dec, 1741 ; d. Apr. 14, 1742. 
 Jonathan, bapt. in June, 1743 ; d. Sept. 5, 1744. Susanna, bapt. July 
 
 28, 174^ ; m. Greenwood Carpenter. Mary, b. in 1749 ; m. Dec. 5, 
 1819, Daniel Hawkins of Winchester ; d. in Swanzey, Oct. 8, 1833. 
 Abigail, b. Sept. 23, 1752 ; m. Sept. 21, 1786, Ichabod Kieth of Ux- 
 bridge, Mass.; d. Aug. 26, 1815. Miriam, b. Jan. 23, 1755; m. 
 John Hastings of Charlestown. Hastings, b. Apr. 1, 1758; d. Oct. 
 
 29, 1771. Jonathan, b. Aug. 31, 1760. Eunice, an infant, d. June 
 
 10, 1764. 
 
 TnOMAS^ Hammond {Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* Thomas,^ William,^ 
 
 Thomas'^) , whose birth we place at about 1719 ; m., 1st, Martha (d. 
 
 Jan. 3, 1744), who joined the church by letter from the church in 
 Brookfleld, Mass., at or about the time of its organization ; m., 2nd, 
 Abia (d. Aug. 9, 1772), who joined the church by letter from the 
 church in Littleton, Mass., Nov. 30, 1754 ; m., 3rd, Priscilla, who 
 joined the church bj-^ letter from the church in Boxford, Mass., Aug. 
 
 11, 1776. Children: Aaron, b. Oct. 7, 1742. Nathaniel. Isaac. 
 Bridget, m. Apr. 4, 1771, Joseph Ellis of Keene. Thomas, d. in 
 May, 1759. John, b. Sept. 21, 1757 ; d. Nov. 28, 1760. Thomas, 
 b. Sept. 27, 1759. 
 
GENEALOaiCAL EECOEDS. 357 
 
 Joseph^ Hammond {Nathaniel,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,^ William,^ 
 TJiomas^), b. about 1722; m., 1st, Nov. 2, 1752, Esther (b. May 
 29, 1722 ; d. April 1, 1754'), daughter of Ephraim Pierce, and widow 
 
 of Benjamin Gould of Lunenburg, Mass. ; m., 2nd, Abigail ; 
 
 he d. 1804. Children : Joseph and Benjamin, b. June 30, 1753. Es- 
 ther, b. Jan. 21, 1757 ; m. Apr. 10, 1777, Ziba Hall of Keene ; d. 
 Sept., 1777. Lucretia, b. Oct. 10, 1758 ; m. Sept. 29, 1777, Isaac 
 Wyman of Keene. Olive, b. Sept. 22, 1760 ; m. Jan. 16, 1781, John 
 Blake of Keene. Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1762 ; m. June 12, 1783, Tliomas 
 DwinneU of Keene. 
 
 Jonathan'' Hammond (Jonathan^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* Thomas,'^ 
 William,^ Thomas^), b. Aug. 31, 1760 ; m., Jan. 19, 1813, Hepzibah 
 (b. Nov. 26, 1776 ; d. Apr. 24, 1836), daughter of Rev. Edward G-od- 
 dard. She m., 2nd, July 4, 1824, Gen. John Steele of Petersborough. 
 He d. in March, 1823. 
 
 Miss Nabbt Hammond d. in Swanzey in Sept., 1815, aged 61 yrs. 
 — JV. H. Sentinel. 
 
 Aaeon'' Hammond {Thomas,^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,'^ Thomas,'^ Wil- 
 liam,^ Thomas^), b. Oct. 7, 1742 ; m. April 28, 1771, Rachel Wood- 
 ward ; d. in Gilsum, April 7, 1818. Children: Martha, b. Jan. 4, 
 1772. John, b. June 26, 1773. Josiah, b. March 22, 1775. Twins, 
 still born, Nov. 2, 1776. Aaron, b. May 9, 1778. 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel'' Hammond {Thomas,^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* Thom- 
 as,^ William,^ Thomas^), m. July 2, 1771, Esther Franklin of Win- 
 chester; d. Oct. 11, 1773. Children: Thomas, bapt. Apr. 5, 1772. 
 Esther, bapt. Oct. 17, 1773. 
 
 Isaac'' Hammond (Thomas,^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* Thomas,^ Wil- 
 liam,^ Thomas^), m. Mehitable Prime. Children : Eunice, b. March 
 9, 1774; d. in 1786. Joshua Prime, bapt. Aug. 25, 1776; d. Sept. 
 11, 1777. Sarah, bapt. Apr. 16, 1780. Joshua Prime, bapt. April 
 22, 1781. Sally, bapt. Dec. 7, 1783. Mehitable, bapt. June 18, 1786. 
 Isaac, bapt. June 15, 1788. Thomas, bapt. May 2, 1790. 
 
 Joseph'' Hammond {Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* Thomas,^ Wil- 
 liam,^ Thomas^), b. June 30,1753; m. Mary Pierce of Lunenburg, 
 Mass. Children : Esther, b. Aug. 9, 1780 ; m. in 1799, Stephen Ran- 
 dall of Winchester. Polly, b, Feb. 2, 1782 ; m. Joseph Newell of 
 
358 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Richmond ; d. May 2, 1858. Josiab, b. Nov. 6, 1785. Sally, b. 
 June 17, 1793 ; m. Paine Aldrich. 
 
 Benjamin^ Hammond {Joseph,^ Nallmniel,^ Thomas* Thomas,'^ 
 William,^ Thomas^), b. June 30, 1753 ; m. Jan. 16, 1781, Sarab Fisk 
 (d. Sept. 11, 1815), of Deerfield, Mass. ; d. March 27, 1813. Cliil- 
 dren: Joseph, b. Jan. 31, 1782. Sarah, b. April 18, 1784 ; m. Ben- 
 jamin Whitcomb. Lucy, b. Sept. 22, 1786 ; m. Peter Cross. Ben- 
 jamin, b. Nov. 21, 1792. Betsey, b. Feb. 17, 1796 ; m. Nathan 
 Cross. Azubah, b. Apr. 29, 1801 ; m. Nov. 19, 1819, Clarke Albee 
 of Cliesterfleld ; d. in Highgate, Vt. Joel, b. July 10, 1804 ; d. June 
 4, 1811.1 
 
 Aaron^ Hammond {Aaron,'' TJiomas,^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,'^ Thom- 
 as,^ William,^ TJiomas^), b. May 9, 1778; m. March 29, 1803, Lncy 
 (bapt. Jan. 3, 1779 ; d. March 25, 1863, in Gilsum), daughter of Eli- 
 jah Osgood. He d. March 23, 1812. 
 
 JosiAH^ Hammond (Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,'^ Thoin- 
 as,^ William,^ Thomas^), h. Nov. 6,1785; m. Feb. 24, 1806, Pedee 
 (b. Jan. 1, 1785; d. Oct. 1, 1875), daughter of Pentecost Stanley ; 
 he d. Nov. 7, 1829. Children : Joseph S., b. Sept. 20, 1806. Allen, 
 b. Dec. 30, 1809. Horace, .b. Apr. 10, 1811. Willard, b. March 3, 
 1813. Hiram, b. Feb. 13, 1816. Esther M., b. Sept. 21, 1821 ; m. 
 Roswell S. Osgood. Nancy S., b. March 31, 1824 ; m. Nathan Whit- 
 comb. Angela P., b. June 8, 1827 ; m. Charles Marsh. 
 
 Joseph^ Hammond (Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,'^ 
 TJiomas,^ William,'^ Thomas^), b. Jan. 31, 1782; m., 1st, Dec. 17, 
 1807, Mary (b. Jan. 3, 1784; d. Aug.. 7, 1831), daughter of Erie 
 Richardson of Keene ; m., 2nd, Mrs. Sophia Morse (d. IsOl) ; m., 
 3d, Elizabeth S. Watkins of Winchester (d. Feb. 21, 1876) ; he d. 
 April 26, 1861. Children: Joseph, b. Apr. 5, 1809. Joel, b. July 
 20, 1811. Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1812 ; m., 1st, Thomas W. Howard ; 
 ra., 2d, Joseph Hill. Aaron E., b. May 25, 1814. Huldah, b. March 
 12, 1815 ; m. Nelson Nash ; d. in Underbill, Vt., Nov. 9, 1847. El- 
 liot, b. Dec. 10, 1817. Betsey, b. May 14, 1820 ; m. John Hancock, 
 ■who d. in Hinsdale, July 25, 1878 ; she d. in West Swanzey, Dec. 16, 
 1888. Azubah, b. June 8, 1822 ; d. Oct. 28, 1852. Child by third 
 wife: Sarah J., b. May 17, 1837; m. Joseph Ware. 
 
 Benjamin^ Hammond (Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECORDS. 359 
 
 Thomas? William,^ Thomas^), b. Nov. 21, 1792; m., 1st, April 4, 
 1820, Lucina (d. Feb. 3, 1823), daughter of Thomas Cross; m., 2nd, 
 Charlotte, daughter of Amos Richardson (the giant) ; d. 1858, in Illi- 
 nois. Children, by first wife: Daniel, b. 1820. Benjamin, b. 1823; 
 lives in Wilmington, 111. Children, by second wife: C. Morrill, b. 
 1825 ; lives in Gunnison, Col. Charlotte, d. in California. Julia, 
 d. in Utica, N. Y. Betsey, lives in Erieville, N. Y. Polly. 
 
 Joseph S.^ Hammond {Josiah? Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ TJiom- 
 as,* Thomas,^ William,^ Thomas^), b. Sept. 20, 1806 ; m. March 31, 
 1830, Mary, daughter of Thomas Prime ; d. in Maine. 
 
 Allen^ Hammond (Josiah,^ Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,'^ 
 Thomas,^ William,^ Thomas^), b. Dec. 30, 1809 ; ra. Dec. 30, 1830, 
 Czarina (b. Apr. 4, 1811), daughter of Elzekiel Osgood. Children: 
 Esther Jane, b. March 17, 1836 ; m. George F. j^Bucklin. Charles 
 Henry, d. in Illinois. 
 
 Horace'' Hammond {Josiah,^ Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ Thom- 
 as,* Thomas,^ William,^ Thomas^), b. April 10, 1811; m. Alvinah 
 'Smith of Waltham ; d. Jan. 2, 1880, in Waltham, Mass. 
 
 WiLLARD^ Hammond (Josiah,^ Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ Thom- 
 as,* Thomas,^ William,^ Thomas^), b. March 3, 1813 ; d. in Iowa, 
 Feb. 21, 1864 ; m. Jan. 2, 1837, Susan Gower of Maine. Children : 
 Helen M. Charles. Susan F. Josiah W. Emma. Frank. Her- 
 bert. 
 
 Hiram^ Hammond (Josiah,^ Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* 
 Thomas,^ William,^ Thomas^), b. Feb. 13, 1816 ; m. Louisa, daugh- 
 ter of Josiah Parsons ; and removed to Illinois. Children : Augusta 
 L. Lillian. Carrie. Nellie. 
 
 Joseph^ Hammond (Joseph,^ Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ 
 Thomas,* Thomas,^ William,^ Thomas^), b. April 5, 1809; m., 1st, 
 March 20, 1835, Luthera S. (b. March 21, 1819; d. Apr. 24, 1860), 
 daughter of Amasa S. Rogers; m., 2nd, May 19, 1861, Ardelia C. 
 (b. Oct. 26, 1824; d. Feb. 11, 1884), daughter of Joseph Randall of 
 Richmond; m., 3rd, Oct. 10, 1887, Marion E. (b. Oct. 19, 1866, in 
 Lunenburg, Mass.) , daughter of William Farmer of Dublin. Children : 
 Sophina J., b. Feb. 17, 1837; m. Martin Mason. Maria E., b. Sept. 
 16, 1859; m. Eugene M. Keyes of Keene. 
 
360 HISTOET OP SWANZET. 
 
 JoEL^ Hammond (Joseph,^ Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ Thom- 
 as,^ Thomas? William,^ Thomas^), b. July 20, 1811 ; m. Nov. 17, 
 1835, Mary M. (b. July 29, 1814), daughter of Amasa S. Eogers. 
 He d. Jan. 21, 1885. Children : Lowell W., b. May 29, 1840. So- 
 phia M., b. March 16, 1842. 
 
 Aaron R.^ Hammond {Joseph,^ Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ 
 Thomas^ Thomas,^ William,^ Thomas^), b. May 25, 1814 ; m., 1st, 
 March 17, 1836, Emily (b. July 19, 1817 ; d. March 12, 1869), daugh- 
 ter of William Seaver ; m., 2nd, Sept. 16, 1869, Cynthia A. (b. May 
 3, 1832), daughter of Joseph Eandall, of Richmond ; he d. Oct. 8, 1872. 
 Children : Harriet Melissa, b. June 28, 1837 ; m., 1st, Samuel P. Ben- 
 nett ; m., 2nd, James C.Lewis of Somerville, Mass. Loron Uberto, 
 b. June 8, 1842. William Denison, b. May 4, 1845 ; d. Apr. 26, 
 1848. William Denison, b. Apr. 15, 1852. Joseph Byron, b. Oct. 
 26, 1857. 
 
 Elliot^ Hammond {Joseph,^ Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,^ 
 Thomas,* Thomas,^ William,^ Thomas^), b. March 10, 1817; m. Lu- 
 reann (b. July 24, 1817; d. Sept., 1872), daughter of Hosea Picket 
 of Winchester. He d. Jan. 3, 1859. Children : Georgeanna, b. Nov. 
 16, 1842; d. Aug. 9, 1849. Eleanor F., b. Jan. 23, 1845; d. Aug. 
 11, 1849. Orville H., b. March 10, 1847. Frank E., b. Sept. 21, 
 1849 ; d. July 31, 1857. George W., b. Apr. 2, 1852 ; d. Apr. 17, 
 1857. Nellie M., b. Oct. 13, 1858 ; m., 1st, Henry Shaw of Proctors- 
 ville, Vt. ; he d. July 6, 1884 ; m., 2nd, Harden O. Ford, Oct. 16, 
 1884, of Winchester. 
 
 Lowell W.i" Hammond {Joel,^ Joseph,^ Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ Na- 
 thaniel,^ Thomas,* TJiomas,^ William,^ Thomas^), b. May 29, 1840 ; 
 m., 1st, Sept. 12, 1865, Mary E. (b. March 26, 1842; d. Oct. 16, 
 1881), daughter of Madison Fairbanks ; m., 2nd, Oct. 14, 1886, Mary 
 C. Ordway of Fitchburg,Mass. Children : FredL., b. Jan. 21, 1867. 
 Edith G. and Edward H. (twins) , b. May 31, 1871 ; Edward, d. June 
 6, 1871. Lottie L., b. Dec. 22, 1878. 
 
 LoRON U.i" Hammond {Aaron B.,^ Joseph,^ Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ 
 Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* Thomas,'^ William,'^ Thomas'^), b. June 8, 1842; 
 m. Harriet Wheeler. Child : Josephine V., b. May 16, 1870 ; live in 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Orville H.i" Hammond {Elliot,^ Joseph,^ Benjamin,'' Joseph,^ 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 361 
 
 Nathaniel,^ Thomas,* Thomas,^ William,^ Thomas^), b. March 10, 
 1847 ; m. Alice Walker of Cavendish, Vt. Child : Harry Onille, b. 
 Jan. 22, 1878 ; resides in Gardner, Mass. 
 
 LoRov P.2 Hammond (Christopher^ of Mattapoisett, Mass.),h. 1820 ; 
 m. Parmelia (b. March 31, 1827 ; d. April, 1889), daughter of Ivory 
 Snow ; d. Dec. 17, 1878. Child : Emma L., b. March 8, 1857. 
 
 HANDY. 
 
 Martin^ Handy {James^ of Royalston, Mass.), b. March 21, 
 1825 ; m. May, 1850, Mary, daughter of Levi Lewis of Eoyalston, 
 Mass. Children : Frederick M., b. Sept. 27, 1851. Willard A., b. 
 Nov. 29, 1853. James E., b. Aug. 12, 1857. M. Isabell, b. Jan. 
 10, 1861. Cora E., b. Oct. 19, 1863 ; d. Aug. 22, 1865. Flora E., 
 b. Dec. 21, 1871. 
 
 JosEPHUs^ Handy {James^ of Bethlehem, Vt.), b. May 18, 1828; 
 m. Nov. 16, 1848, Eowena A. (b. in Eichmond June 16, 1829), daugh- 
 ter of William Woodward. Children : William Edgar, b. Aug. 19, 
 1849. Emma Josephine, b. Feb. 24, 1851 ; d. Nov. 16, 1864. Clara 
 A., b. March 8, 1853 ; m. George A. Whitcomb. Frank E., b. Feb. 19, 
 1855. Eda B., b. Feb. 26, 1858 ; m. Henry Page. Emma Josephine, 
 b. Oct. 16, 18—; d. Dec. 28, 1865. Bertie W., b. June 29, 1867. 
 Jessie E., b. June 1, 1870. 
 
 James E.^ Handy {Martin,^ James^ of Royalston, Mass.), b. Aug. 
 12, 1857 ; m. Oct. 31, 1882, Mary Lizzie (b. July 13, 1862), daugh- 
 ter of Joseph Ware. 
 
 William Edgak^ Handy (Jbsep/ittsi), b. Aug. 19, 1849 ; m. Clara 
 A. (b. Jan. 27, 1860), daughter of Henry Hill. 
 
 Feank E.^ Handy (Josephus,^ James^). b. Feb. 19, 1855 ; m. Oct. 
 9, 1875, Ida I. (b. Nov. 23, 1857), daughter of Eoberts Hovey. 
 Children: Theodore F., b. Apr. 23, 1876. Wayland L., b. Oct. 6, 
 1881. 
 
 hanrahan. 
 Martin! Hanrahan, b. i„ Ireland, Oct. 3,1844; m., 1st, Jan. 1, 
 1869, Joanna Foley (b. in America, 1847 ; d. June 15, 1875) ; m., 2nd, 
 Sept. 25,1878, Margaret A. O'Brien (b. in Ireland). Children: 
 Mildred K., b. Oct. 23, 1869. Susie A., b. July 28, 1879. Mary, 
 b. May 10, 1882. Margaret, b. July 8, 1888. 
 
362 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Charles J. H.^ Haneahan, b. in Ireland, May 1, 1855, m. June 18, 
 1882, Catharine, dangliter of Jolin Fitzgerald. CLild : Mary Ann, 
 b. Marcli 22, 1883. 
 
 Thomas^ Haneahan, b. in Ireland, 1846; m. Jan. 23, 1883, Cath- 
 erine Somers. Children : Annie, b. Dec. 2, 1883. Margaret, b. 
 March 9, 1885. 
 
 HARDY. 
 
 Sanfoed S.® Hardy {Benjamin PA of Dublin), b. 1842; d. Aug. 
 24,1876; m. Ellen A. Edwards of Dublin (b. 1848; d. Feb. 22, 
 1885). Children: Cora, b. May 12, 1873. Ellen S., b. Aug. 18, 
 1876. 
 
 Albert M.^ Haedy {Benjamin PA and Mary O. Hardy), b. in Dub- 
 lin, Sept. 7, 1849 ; m. Nellie F. Frost, daughter of Charles R. Frost 
 of Londonderr}'. Came to Swanzey, Nov. 29, 1877. Children : Har- 
 lan Edgar, b. in Londonderrj', Aug. 27, 1875. Sanford Page, b. 
 in Swanzey, Aug. 29, 1879. Myron Albert,.b. Dec. 16, 1883. Ethel 
 Louisa, b. Aug. 31, 1887. 
 
 HARE. 
 
 PateickI Haee, b. in Ireland, 1845; m. May 12,1872, Lizzie 
 Murphy (b. in Ireland, 1846). 
 
 HARRIS. 
 
 Stephen^ Harris {Stephen^ of Sichmond) , from Gloucester, R. I., 
 b. Sept. 25, 1790 ; m., 1st, 1816, Patty (b. March 4, 1793 ; d. Sept. 
 21, 1852), a daughter of David Ball of Marlborough ; m., 2nd, widow 
 Joseph Whitcomb. Children : Elisha, b. Sept. 29, 1817. Gilbert, 
 d. young. Stephen, b. Oct. 24, 1820. Willard, b. June 3, 1823; 
 d. Aug. 15, 1852. William A., b. Aug. 29, 1825. Lucy E., b. Feb. 
 16, 1829 ; m., 1st, Welcome Ballon of Troy ; m., 2nd, Merrick Had- 
 ley of Ashburnham, Mass. Lydia S., b. Sept. 9, 1832; m. Luther 
 Alexander. 
 
 David^ Harris {Stephen^ of Richmond), b. Sept. 12, 1793; m. 
 Feb. 26, 1815, Polly (b. Nov. 13, 1796), daughter of Peleg Bowen of 
 Richmond ; d. Aug. 2, 1858. Children : Alcista, m., 1st, Edwin Cass 
 of Richmond ; m., 2nd, David Martin ; m., 3rd, Mr. Lincoln of Peru, 
 
 Vt. James, m. . Patience, d. when about 3 years old. William 
 
 Riley. David W.,b. Aug. 21, 1825; Louisa A., b. 1829 ;ra. 
 
 Joseph Whitcomb of New York State. Mary E., b 1831 ; 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 363 
 
 m. Eev. Mr. Hicks of New York State ; d. 1862. Alonzo, b. 1837 ; 
 d. about 1841. 
 
 ElishaS Haeeis {Stephen,^ Stephen^), b. Sept. 29, 1817; ni. 1846, 
 Emily Scott of Winchester. 
 
 Stephen^ Harris {Stephen,^ Stephen^') , b. Oct. 24, 1820 ; m. 
 July 16, 1846, Elmira (b. Apr. 9, 1822; d. May, 1847), daughter of 
 Amasa Fuller of Troy. 
 
 William A.^ Harris {Stephen,^ Stephen^ of Richmond), h. Aug. 
 29, 1825; m., Oct. 25, 1849, Sarah E. (b. May 23, 1826), daughter 
 of Timothy Fife of Troy. 
 
 David W.3 Harris (David,^ Stephen^), b. Aug. 21, 1825 ; m., Oct. 
 8, 1851, Mary (b. May 8, 1828 ; d. Apr. 11, 1861), daughter of Mar- 
 tin Cass of Richmond ; m., 2d, Aug. 26, 1862, Maria (b. Aug. 18, 
 1835 ; d. Jan. 12, 1878), daughter of Colonel Cheney of Chesterfield; 
 m., 3d, July 26, 1879, widow of Jehiel White. Children : George W., 
 b. Aug. 8, 1852. Mary L., b. Dec. 4, 1853 ; m. Lovell Taft. Margiie 
 E., b. Nov. 30, 1855; d. Nov. 28, 1862. AbbieM.,b. Nov. 19, 1867; 
 d. March 10, 1862. Henry M., b. May 10, 18S9 ; d. March 20, 1862. 
 James E.,b. Apr. 11, 1861. Abbie M., b. Sept. 28, 1864. Charles 
 C, b. Sept. 5, 1865. Milan D., b. June 22, 1868 ; d. Nov. 6, 1890, 
 in Fitchburg, Mass. Addie H., b. May 16, 1871 ; m. J. L. Starkey. 
 Walter L., b. May 28, 1875. 
 
 John Harvey and Jemima his wife came from Taunton, Mass., and 
 settled in Swanzey previous to 1776. The following persons may all 
 have been their sons and may have been here quite as early : Ephraim 
 Harvey, Timothy Harvey, Kimber Harvey, John Harvey, jr., Ezra 
 Harvey. 
 
 Timothy^ Harvey {John} of Taunton, Mass.) , b. at Taunton, Mass. , 
 March 29, 1751; d. in Marlborough, Dec. 11, 1828; m., Apr. 12, 
 1774, Martha Long (b. in Taunton, Mass., May 24, 1750; d. in 
 Marlborough, Apr. 8, 1822). Children : Patty, b. Dec. 22, 1774 ; d. 
 Dec. 23, 1776. Martha, b. Apr. 19, 1776. Timothy, b. Aug. 31, 
 1777; d. Feb. 19, 1789. Jemima, b. Nov. 4, 1780. Lemuel, b. Sept. 
 1, 1782. Zephaniah, b. Apr. 30, 1784. Anna, b. Feb. 25, 1786. 
 Sally, b. Apr. 7, 1788. Timothy, b. Nov. 4, 1790. Daniel, b. Sept. 
 30, 1794 ; d. Aug. 15, 1795. 
 
364 HISTORY OF SWANZKT. 
 
 KiMBER^ Harvey {John}), b. Apr. 15, 1755; d. in Marlborough, 
 Feb. 1, 1828 ; m., Sept. 11, 1783, MaryHazeltine. Children: Luther 
 and Calvin, b. Sept. 26, 1783. Polly, 'b. Jan. 16, 1785. Betsey, b. 
 Oct. 26, 1786. Philinda, b. Nov. 9, 1788; m. Nahum Baldwin. 
 Charlotte, b. Nov. 25, 1790; d. Nov. 16, 1816. Hannah, b. Oct. 
 23, 1792. Nehemiah, b. Oct. 13, 1794. David, b. Aug. 10, 1796. 
 Damaris, b. Oct. 3, 1798. Oilman, b. Oct. 11, 1800. Rosanna, b. 
 Aug. 2, 1802. George, b. Aug. 27, 1805. Ira, b. July 25, 1806. 
 James, b. Dee. 8, 1810. 
 
 EzEA^ Harvey {Joli'n}), m., Aug. 10, 1774, Zipporah Blake of 
 Keene, who d. Oct. 30, 1778. 
 
 JoHN^ Harvey, {Joliri}), m. Mercy . Children: John 
 
 Thurber, bapt. March 31, 1782. Mercy, bapt. July 27, 1783. Ed- 
 ward, bapt. Aug. 30, 1785. The mother died previous to the baptism 
 of Edward. 
 
 HASKELL. 
 
 Oerick L.2 Haskell {Abner^ and Laura Haskell of Troy), b. Nov. 
 18, 1825; m. Elizabeth W., daughter of Nahum and Mary Ward of 
 Troy. Children: Andrew L., b. in Troy, March 11, 1851. Lizzie 
 A., b. June 30, 1854; m., Nov. 24, 1874, James Biggs of Lowell, 
 Mass. George H., b. Apr. 6, 1856. Maria A., b. in Troy, Oct. 21, 
 1857 ; m., Nov. 8, 1880, Frank H. Strickland of Winchendon, Mass. 
 EvaM., b. June 28, 1860. 
 
 Andrew J. 3 Haskell {Orrick L.,^ Abner^), b. March 11, 1851; 
 m., Dec. 15, 1874, Annie M. Lord, b. Feb. 21, 1848. 
 
 George H.^ Haskell {Orrick L.,^ Abner^), b. April 6, 1856 ; m. 
 Oct. 2, 1878, Nellie Andrews of Chesterfield. 
 
 HASTINGS. 
 
 John Hastings, of Charlestown, m. Jan. 2, 1776, Miriam (b. Jan. 
 23, 1756; d. March 12, 1835), daughter of Jonathan Hammond. 
 Children: Garinter, b. July 25, 1779. Augusta, m. Edward God- 
 dard. 
 
 Garinter® Hastings {Johv} of Oliarlestown) , b. July 25, 1779 ; d. 
 in Waitsfield, Vt., June 28, 1857 ; m., Mar. 7, 1801, Hannah Olcott 
 (b. Feb. 13, 1784; d. March 19, 1860), of Eockingham, Vt. Chil- 
 dren born in Swanzey : Martha, b. Aug. 24, 1803. Eliza F., b. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 365 
 
 Apr. 28, 1805. Fanny 0., b. Nov. 3, 1806. Yorick C. W., b. Aug. 
 24, 1808. George H., b. June 14, 1810. Marian D., b. July 17, 
 1812. Susan Carpenter, b. Nov. 26, 1813. Clarissa Webb, b. May 
 27, 1816. Justus P., b. Apr. 14, 1818. Clarissa Webb,b. July 22, 
 1820. Rodney D., b. Dec. 10, 1821. Jonathan Hammond, b. in 
 Waitsfield, Vt., Feb. 12, 1824. Maria A., b. in Waitsfield, Dec. 2, 
 1825. 
 
 Samuel Hastings, m. Jan. 20, 1783, Lucy Eugg. 
 
 HAZEN. 
 
 Edward Hazen, m. Sarah . Children: Edward. Samuel, 
 
 b. Dec. 16, 1768. Luke and John, b. Jan. 31, 1771; John d. 
 March 19, 1771. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 6, 1772. Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1775. 
 
 Edward^ Hazen (Edward^), m. Aug. 9, 1785, Jemima Bathrick 
 of Lunenburg, Mass. Children: Josiah, bapt. March 16, 1788. 
 
 HATES. 
 
 Joseph R. Hates, m. Dec. 24, 1865, J. M. W. Houghton. 
 
 HEALET. 
 
 Davis^ Healet {Samuel^ of Winchester), b. Aug. 22, 1782; m. 
 Nov. 27, 1805, Asenath (b. Feb. 24, 1781; d. in Feb., 1826), daugh- 
 ter of Samuel Hills ; d. Feb. 17, 1824. Children : Sally, b. Oct. 16, 
 1806 ; d. Oct., 1823. Asa, b. Aug. 22, 1808. Samuel, d. aged two 
 years. Nathaniel Davis, b. Jan., 1813 ; d.in Reading, Mass., 1837. 
 Asenath, b. 1816 ; m. Gardner Currier of Lowell, Mass. Lucy, b. 
 March 21, 1817 ; m. Edmund Stone. Hannah, b. Nov. 17, 1819 ; m. 
 John Stone. 
 
 Asa' Healet {Davis,^ Samuel^), b. Aug. 22, 1808; m., 1st, Nov. 
 16, 1840, Mary Clark (b. Dec. 23, 1809 ; d. Oct. 28, 1857), daughter 
 of Joseph Kimball, m., 2nd, Susan, widow of Martin Thompson. 
 Children : Daniel Kimball, b. Sept. 14, 1841. Davis Brainard, b. Dec. 
 22, 1843 ; d. Aug. 24, 1864, Anna Asenath, b. Oct. 22, 1845 ; m. 
 Jotham Ballou. Chauncey Wallace, b. Dec. 4, 1848. 
 
 James^ Heaton (James^ of Wrentliam, Mass.) , m. Abigail 
 
 d. Aug. 14, 1753. Cliildren: John, b. Nov. 20, 1744. Moses, b. 
 Dec. 2, 1747. Samuel, b. March 25, 1750. James, b. May 30, 
 1762. 
 
 William^ Heaton (James^), m. Feb. 14, 1754, Irene King. Chil- 
 25 
 
3(l6 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 dren: Mary, bapt. May 18, 1755; d. Aug. 24, 1755. Mary, b apt. 
 Nov. 21, 1756. Lucy, bapt. Apr. 22, 1759. Orange, bapt. Apr. 5, 
 1761. Solomon, bapt. Apr. 15, 1764. King, bapt. June 4, 1769. 
 Irene, bapt. Aug. 18, 1771 ; d. June 13, 1773. Irene, bapt. Apr. 17, 
 1774. 
 
 Nathaniel Heaton m., 1st, Esther , who d. May 23, 1761 ; 
 
 m., 2nd, Rebecca . Children: Rebecca, b. Feb. 26, 1764. 
 
 Joseph, b. Feb. 23, 1766. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 27, 1768. Gershom, 
 bapt. Sept. 8, 1771. 
 
 James^ Heaton {James,^ James^ from Wrentham, Mass.), b. May 
 30, 1752; m. Aug. 13, 1778, Susannah, daughter of William Grimes. 
 Children: Rachel, b. Oct. 1, 1779. William, b. Apr. 1, 1781. Su- 
 sannah, b. Jan. 25, 1783. Nathan, b. Dec. 1, 1784. Esther, b. Jan. 
 14, 1787. James, b. July 30, 1789. John, b. June 6, 1791. 
 
 heffron. 
 Michael Heffeon d. about 1798 ; a son d. Aug. 9, 1777. 
 
 Mrs. Molly Heffron d. Feb. 21, 1812, aged 72. 
 
 Susanna Heffron m. Dec. 28, 1780, Joseph Day. 
 
 Rose Heffron m. July 6, 1784, Beriah Day. 
 
 John Heffron m. Feb. 5, 1784, Lydia Lawrence! A child d. in 
 Jan., 1786. 
 
 Enos Heffron d. Jan. 30, 1812, aged 39 ; Sarah, his wife, d. March 
 17, 1839, aged 62. A child d. in 1811. 
 
 Betsey Heffron m. Eldad Cross. 
 
 Joel Heffron m. May 14, 1789, Olive Marble of "Winchester. 
 
 Mart Heffron m. Feb. 20, 1828,Benoni Thompson, of Richmond. 
 
 henry. 
 James^ Henry (William^ of Chesterfield), b. Sept. 25, 1773 ; m. 
 1798, Mary (b. July 14, 1775; d. Feb. 25, 1850), daughter of 
 Gibson Willard of Harvard, Mass. ; d. Feb. 10, 1854. Children : 
 Frederick William, b. Dec. 17, 1798; d. Feb., 1820. Rebecca, b. 
 Oct. 20, 1800. James, b. Apr. 17, 1803 ; d. Apr. 9, 1855. John 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEOOEDS. 367 
 
 Park, b. Sept. 2, 1806. Willard, b. Feb. 1, 1809. Mary F., b. May 
 30, 1812 ; m. March 30, 1854, Charles W. Brown, of Winchester; d. 
 Jan. 16, 1890, aged 77 years. Betsey Elizabeth, b. Nov. 6, 1814 ; 
 m. Jay Jackson, Chesterfield ; d. March 14, 1870. 
 
 JohnPark^ Henry (James,^ William^), h. Sept. 2, 1806 ; m. Laura 
 (daughter of Amaziah Stone) ; he d. Aug. 14, 1847 ; she m., 2nd, in 
 1860, David Holman._ Children: Maria A., b. in Chesterfield, July 1, 
 1836 ; m. Dec. 26, 1865, Charles W. Adams. John Harfleld, b. in 
 Chesterfield, March 4, 1838. Elizabeth L., b. June 27, 1840; m. 
 Feb. 28, 1872, Edwin W. Clark. Charles E., b. May 15, 1842. James 
 S., b. March 8, 1844. George L., b. Apr. 3, 1846. 
 
 HEWES. 
 
 Benjamin Hewes, Sr., m. Elizabeth . Children : Benjamin, b. 
 
 Aug. 20, 1759. William, b. March 22, 1761. Elijah, b. March 15, 
 1763. George, b. June 28, 1765. Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1768. Martha, 
 b. March 8, 1772; m. Jan. 19, 1794, John Montague Field of Sulli- 
 van. 
 
 Benja'min^ Hewes (Benjamin^), b. Aug. 20, 1759; m. Oct. 10, 
 
 1781, Jemima (b. Oct. 10, 1765), daughter of Caleb Cook. Children : 
 Anna, b. Sept., 1783. Sally, b. Jan. 29, 1785 ; d. Apr. 13, 1785. 
 Patty, b. 1786. Sally, b. Nov. 1, 1787. Polly, July 13, 1789. 
 Providence, b. June 12, 1791. Lyman, b. Feb. 4, 1793. 
 
 William^ Hewes (Sew/ammi) , b. March 22, 1761; m. Feb. 18, 
 
 1782, Abigail (bapt. Feb. 11, 1769) , daughter of Jonathan Woodcock. 
 Children: Samuel, b. Aug. 2, 1782; d. May 12, 1785. Mary, b. June 
 4, 1784. Fanny and Thusa, b. Sept. 1, 1786 ; Thusa, d. Oct. 5, 1786. 
 Samuel, b. Apr. 22, 1788. Luman, b. July 11, 1790. Arethusa, bapt. 
 Sept. 16, 1792. Esther, bapt. June 14, 1794. Benjamin, bapt. Sept. 
 4, 1797. William, b. in 1800. 
 
 George^ Hewes (Benjamin^), h. June 28, 1765 ; m. Jan. 31, 1793, 
 Sarah, an adopted daughter of Benjamin Wilson. 
 
 Samuel^ Hewes ( William,^ Benjamin''-), b. Apr. 22, 1788 ; m., 2nd, 
 Sarah Norwood. Children : Celia, m. Calvin Curtis. Matilda, b. 
 April 13, 1821. Sarah Sophia, b. Aug. 16, 1822. Lorenzo Nor- 
 wood, b. April 13, 1827. Medora, b. May 11, 1839. 
 
 William^ Hewes {William,^ Benjamin'), b. 1800; m. Oct. 3, 
 
368 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 1825, Almira(b. Sept. 17, 1803), daughter of Calvin Curtis ; d. Oct. 
 25, 1857. 
 
 Lorenzo N.'* Hewes (Samuel,^ William,^ Bevjamin^) , b. April 13, 
 1827 ; m. Nov. 19, 1849, Pliebe S. (b. April 19, 1826), daiigiiter of 
 Wynian Richardson. Children: Janette L., b. Dec. 11, 1850. 
 Franklin N. and Flora (twins), b. July 30, 1852 ; Flora, m. Jan. 9, 
 1872, George D. Hutchins; reside in Northfleld, Mass. Lilla E., b. 
 April 18, 1855 ; d. Feb. 17, 1857. Frederick H., b. June 7, 1857; 
 lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. Walter R., b. Feb. 3, 1859. Charles O., 
 b. March 17, 1870. 
 
 Frankltn N.s Hewes (Lorenzo N.,* Samuel,'^ William,^ Benja- 
 min^), h. July 30, 1852 ; m. April 14, 1875, Hattie E. Farris. Chil- 
 dren : Ray F. Elsie R. 
 
 Walter R.^ Hewes {Lorenzo N.,'^ Samuel,^ William,^ Benjamin^), 
 'b. Feb. 3, 1859 ; m. April 3, 1879, Emma J., daughter of George W. 
 Eastman. Children: Henry N. Bessie B., resides in Fitchburg, 
 Mass. 
 
 HIGGINS. 
 
 Arza A.^ Higgins {Josiah,'^ Charles,^ Joseph,^ Joseph^ of Chester- 
 field) , b. March 13, 1831 ; ni., 1st, Sarah, daughter of Jacob T. While ; 
 m., 2nd, Elsie (d. Feb. 5, 1873), daughter of Lyman Field; m., 3d, 
 April 25, 1875, Dora (b. Aug. 14, 1852), daughter of Martin Cram. 
 Child: Lillian A., b. April 28, 1856. 
 
 HILL. 
 
 William Hill and wife Sarah were in Swanzey in 1754. He d. 
 Oct. 19, 1754. His widow m. Nov. 25, 1756, Wyot Gunn. Chil- 
 dren : Anna and Hannah, bapt. May 12, 1754. 
 
 Jonathan Hill m. Rusella Combs of Winchester. Children : 
 George, b. 1777. Reuben. Joseph,b. in Oct., 1781. Sally, b. April 
 2, 1787 ; m. Seth Leonard. Barney. Jonathan, b. Oct. 14, 1792. 
 David, b. Feb. 14, 1794. Caleb, b. 1798. Elisha, b. April 12, 1800. 
 Betsey, m. John Sanderson. Massa, m. George Darling. Mary, m. 
 Seth Pomroy of Swanzey. 
 
 George^ Hill {Jonathan'^ of Winchester), b. 1777; m. Lona Al- 
 drich (b. 1781 ; d. Sept. 6, 1849) ; d. 1852. Children : Elijah. Han- 
 nah, b. Sept. .9, 1813 ; m. Benjamin Pomroy. George Elliot, b. 1818 ; 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 369 
 
 d. Apr. 5, 1847. David A., b. Nov. 29, 1819. Charlotte, b. about 
 1825 ; d. Jan. 4, 1847. 
 
 Josephs jjill (Jonathan^), b. Oct., 1781 ; m. April 30, 1808, 
 Mary (b. June 21, 1792 ; d. July 17, 1870), daughter of Seth Pom- 
 roy; he d. Aug., 1867. Children: George H., b. 1809; Lucy, b. 
 1811 ; ra. Ferdinand Pickering of Winchester. Daniel, b. 1813. 
 Eliza, b. 1815. Joseph, b. July 31, 1819. Luther N., d. about one 
 year old. Luther N., b. Feb. 18, 1825 ; d. April 30, 1867. John P., 
 b. Aug. 13, 1832. 
 
 JoNATHAK^ Hill (Jonathan^),}}. Oct. 14, 1792 ; m. Nov. 25, 1812, 
 Malinda Ashley, daughter of Enoch Day ; d. Feb., 1877. Children : 
 Emily, b. Feb. 13, 1813 ; m. Lewis Leach. Lawson, b. Feb. 3, 1817. 
 Bradley, b. Sept. 22, 1820. Julia, b. Aug. 8, 1824; m. Harvey 
 Beal. Maria, b. Aug., 1826 ; m. Otis Scott of Chesterfield. Albert 
 G., b. Sept. 28, 1832. Jewett Jonathan, b. Nov. 1, 1833. Rebecca 
 J., b. Apr. 30, 1835; m. Dec. 23, 1860, Capt. Edward F. Adams of 
 Troy. Seraph S., b. Oct. 3, 1837 ; m. Charles A. Quinn. 
 
 David2 Hill (Jonathan^), b. Feb. 14, 1794; ra. June 20, 1816, 
 Keziah (b. Aug. 11, 1797; d. Dec. 6, 1870), daugiiter of Stephen 
 
 Franlilin of Winchester; d. . Children: Lucina, b. Oct. 18, 
 
 1817; m. Nathaniel Dickinson. Abraham T., b. Jan. 9, 1819. Wes- 
 ley, b. June 14, 1821 ; lives in Minnesota. Laura, b. July 27, 1824 ; 
 m. Ejiphalet Noyes. Lutliera, b. May 15, 1825; d. May 28, 1852. 
 Louisa, b. Sept. 28, 1828 ; m. George W. ElUs. Edwin, b. Oct. 31, 
 1829. Henry, b. Apr. 16, 1832. Lovilla, b. March 9, 1835 ; m. Jon- 
 athan G. Huntley. Daniel B. C, b. Feb. 4, 1836. David, b. . 
 
 An infant d. L. Sophia, b. Dec. 1, 1843 ; m. Leonard Whitcomb. 
 
 Joseph^ Hill {JosejjJi,'^ Jonathan^) , b. July 31, 1819 ; m., 1st, Jan. 
 18, 1841, Mary (b. Oct. 24, 1812 ; d. Feb. 3, 1853), daughter of Jo- 
 seph Hammond, and widow of Thomas W. Howard ; in., 2nd, June 9, 
 1853, Sarah F. Colby (d. Feb. 14, 1859, aged 34 years) ; m., 3d, Sa- 
 rah F. Floyd from Maine (b. Nov. 9, 1817 ; d. Nov. 20, 1886) ; m., 
 4th, April il, 1888, widow Mary Shelly (b. Aug. 13, 1833) of Keene ; 
 resides in Keene. Children : Elvira J., b. March 2, 1842 ; d. Sept. 2, 
 1849. Algernon H., b. Jan. 20, 1846 ; resides in Keene. An infant 
 d. Jan. 14, 1853, 
 
 Luther N.^ Hill (Joseph,^ Jonathan^), b. Feb. 18, 1825; m. 
 
370 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 March 22, 1848, Lucretia N., daughter of David Read ; he d. March 
 31, 1867. Cliildren: Fred. Charles. Waldo. Wilfred A. The 
 family resides in Waltham, Mass. 
 
 John P. 3 Hill {Joseph,^ Jonathan^), b. Aug. 13, 1832; id. Jan. 
 
 I, 1852, Olive A. (b. Aug. 24, 1835 ; d. Feb. 28, 1872), daughter of 
 Luther Lawrence ; m., 2d, July 17, 1873, Relief (b. Aug. 17, 1851) ; 
 daughter of Barton Grant of Fitzwilliam. Cliildren : John M., b. 
 April 29, 1853; d. Sept. 16, 1864. Lillias, b. March 26, 1856. 
 Russell C, b. Dec. 19, 1858. Evie A., b. Aug. 1, 1862; d. March 
 2,1888. Amos M., b. May 24, 1864. 
 
 Russell C.'* Hill (John P.,^ Joseph,^ Jo7iat7ian^) , b. Dec. 19, 
 1858; m. Nov. 26, 1884, Annis M. (b. Sept. 16, 1860), daughter of 
 John R. Brown. 
 
 Amos M.* Hill (John P. ,3 Joseph,^ JonatJian^), b. May 24, 1864; 
 m. Oct. 15, 1888, Janett A. (b. Nov. 21, 1864), daughter of Barret 
 Fosgate of Winchester. 
 
 Bradley^ Hill {Jonathan,^ Jonathan}), b. Sept. 22, 1820; m. 
 Oct. 14, 1844, Prussia (b. 1823; d. Oct. 14, 1848), daughter of Reu- 
 ben Willard of Chesterfield; m., 2d, Susan (b. 1837; d. Aug. 18, 
 1858), daughter of James Remington of Deerfield, Mass. Chifdren : 
 Bradley W., b. March 4, 1845. Angelina, b. Oct. 14, 1847 ; m. Ed- 
 ward P. Sebastian. 
 
 Abraham T. 3 Hill (David,^ Jonathan^), b. in Winchester, Jan. 
 9, 1819 ; in. in South Vernon, Vt., June 4, 1850, Sarah B. Gary (b. 
 in Westmoreland, Jan. 25, 1835) ; he d. Sept. 11, 1890. Children: 
 Charles W., b. April 24, 1851 ; lives in Alstead. Jennie L., b. Sept. 
 
 II, 1856 ; d. Oct. 9, 1865. Eliza I., b. July, 1857. 
 
 Edwin3 Hill (Da«!d,2Jonai7iamJ), b. Oct. 31, 1829; d. Jan. 28, 
 1884; m. May 22, 1854, Martha J. (b. Aug. 28, 1834), daughter of 
 David Whitcomb. Children : Mary R., b. Oct. 6, 1854 ; m. Wyraan 
 Goodell. AdaE., b. May 30, 1857; m. Elmer J. Bullard. Adella 
 W., b. June 26, 1861 ; m. Edward P. Sebastian. Edwin A., b. Apr. 
 6, 1865. 
 
 Henry^ Hill (David,^ Jonathan''-), b. Apr. 16, 1832; m. June 19, 
 1855, Sarah C. (b. Aug., 1836), daughter of David Whitcomb. Chil- 
 dren : Clara A.,b. Jan. 27, 1860; m. William Edgar Handy. Mar- 
 
GENEALOGICAL REObRDS. 371 
 
 shall H., b. Oct. 16, 1862. John H., b. March 28, 1865. Infant, 
 b. Aug. 25, 1868. Clara M., b. July 2, 1871. 
 
 Daniel B. C.3 Hill (David,^ Jonathan^), b. Feb. 4, 1836; m. 
 Feb. 4, 1861, Lizzie Ann (b. Nov. 7, 1839 ; d. Dec. 23, 1887), daugh- 
 ter of George Leonard ; ni., 2d, Maj' 25, 1889, widow E. L. Carpen- 
 ter of Surry. Children : Dan Leonard, b. Apr. 30, 1864. Lizzie Eva, 
 b. May 27, 1866. Earl George Burdin, b. May 27, 1869. 
 
 David^ Hill {David,^ Jonathan^'), m. Harriet Lane. Child: 
 George, b. Jan. 22, 1863. This family removed from town. 
 
 Bradley "W".* Hill {Bradley,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan}), b. March 
 4, 1845 ; m. Feb. 27, 1864, Filly White of Walpole. 
 
 John® Hill {Elihu^ of Hinsdale), b. June, 1832 ; m. Sept., 1854, 
 Calista L. (b. Nov. 30, 1834), daughter of Darius E. Wright. They 
 have an adopted son, Fred J., b. Feb. 22, 1857. 
 
 HILLS. 
 
 Samdel Hills from Massachusetts had three sons : Nathaniel, b. 
 1728. Samuel. Ebenezer, b. in Swanzey, 1738. 
 
 Nathaniel® Hills {SamueV), b. in 1728 ; m. Meletiah who 
 
 d. May 14, 1765 ; m., 2d, Sarah , who d. Feb. 13, 1781 ; m., 
 
 3d, Hannah (b. 1741 ; d. 1812) ; he d. Feb. 1807. Children : 
 
 Samuel, b. March 4, 1754. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 4, 1755. William, 
 b. Feb. 26, 1758 ; m. a Miss Randall from Richmond and moved to 
 Vermont. John, bapt. July 13, 1760; d. Sept. 21, 1763. Reuben, 
 bapt. Apr. 24, 1763 ; removed to Hancock. Meletiah, bapt. Aug. 12) 
 1770 ; d. Jiine, 1773. Sarah, bapt. May 30, 1773. 
 
 Samoel® Hills (Samuel^), b. about 1730 ; d. about 1800 ; m. June 
 27, 1758, Sarah, daughter of Abraham Graves. Children : Asa, bapt. 
 Apr. 22, 1759 ; d. young. Asa, b. Apr. 20, 1761 ; d. young. Elisha, 
 b. March 15, 1763 ; d. July 24, 1772. Esther, b. Jan. 23, 1765; d. 
 young. Moses, b. March 19, 1767. Asa, bapt. March 20, 1770. 
 Esther, b. May 31, 1772 ; m. Ezekiel Osgood. 
 
 Ebenezer® Hills (Samuel^), b. in Swanzey, 1738 ; m., 1st, Abigail 
 m., 2d, June 30, 1795, Abigail, daughter of Elkanah Lane. 
 
 Children: Abigail, b. June 25, 1767. Calvin, b. Apr. 12, 1769. 
 Ebenezer, b. Aug. 16, 1771. Gaius, b. July 7, 1773. 
 
372 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 SamuelS Hills {Nathaniel,^ Samuel), h. March 4, 1754 ; ni. May 
 81, 1780, Asenath (b. Dee. 4, 1761; d. Dec. 14, 1820), daughter ot 
 Elisha Scott; m., 2d, Mrs. Hannah Healey of Winchester; d. May 
 28, 1832. Children: Asenath, b. Feb. 24, 1781; m. Davis Healey. 
 Sally, b. Aug. 17, 1783; d. May 7, 1800. Melatiah, b. May 17, 
 1787 ; d. Jan. 7, 1811. Polly, b, Apr. 13, 1789 ; m. Joshua Parker ; 
 m., 2d, Joseph Kimball. Rachel, b. June 2, 1791 ; m., in 1819. Jo- 
 seph Stickney of N. Y. John, b. June 28, 1793. Samuel, b. May 
 31, 1795. Prudence, b. Sept. 18, 1796 ; m. Hubbard Mason of Brook- 
 line, Vt. Reuben, b. Dec. 23, 1798. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 25, 1801 ; 
 d. Feb. 25, 1804. Georgiana, m. Fosgate of Webster. 
 
 Nathaniel^ Hills {Nathaniel^, Samuel^), h. Nov. 14, 1755; m. 
 Patty, daughter of Shubael^ Seaver ; d. Dec. 22, 1845. 
 
 Williams Hills {Nathaniel,^ Samuel^), b. Feb. 26, 1758 ; m. Aug. 
 8, 1782, Abigail (b. Feb. 10, 1761; d. Jan. 3, 1850), daughter of 
 Joiin Frary; he d. Oct. 18, 1859. Children: Abigail, b. Nov. 11, 
 1782. Hannah, b. Dec. 24, 1784. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 14, 1787. 
 Sarah, b. Apr. 7, 1789. 
 
 MosEs3 Hills {Samuel,^ Samuel^) , b. March 19, 1767 ; m. June 23, 
 1796, Mary (b. Apr. 17, 1772 ; d. Oct. 20, 1850), daughter of Elijah 
 Belding ; he d. Dec. 3, 1842. Children : Prudence, b. Feb. 8, 1797 ; 
 m. Reuben Porter. Esther, b. July 14, 1799 ; m. Erastus Dickinson. 
 Silas, b. June 6, 1801. Samuel, b. Sept. 12, 1803, at Newfane, Vt. 
 Rlioda, b. March 6, 1806, at Newfane, Vt. Elijah, b. May 3, 1808. 
 Elisha, b. Oct. 20, 1810. Chauncey. 
 
 AsA^ Hills (Samuel,'^ SamueU), bapt. March 20, 1770; m., Jan. 
 31, 1793, Rachel (b. May 25, 1769), daughter of Timothy Read. 
 
 Calvin^ Hills (Ebenezer,^ Samuel^), b. April 12, 1769; m. Feb. 
 12, 1804, Sarah (b. Feb. 18, 1780), daughter of Elijah Belding; he 
 d. Nov. 23, 1819. Child : Charles Nicholas. 
 
 EbenezerS Hills {Ebenezer,^ SamueU),h. Aug. 16, 1771 ; m. June 
 8, 1796, Lydia Chamberlain (b. in Washington, Aug. 15,1775; d. 
 June 24, 1840) ; d. Sept., 1847, Gainesville, N. Y. Children : Sylvia, 
 b. Apr. 6, 1797 ; m. Nathaniel Stanley. Calvin, b. Sept. 16, 1799, in 
 Windsor, Vt. Sidney, b. Dec. 23, 1801, in Bernardston, Mass. James 
 M., b. in Bernardston, Feb. 14, 1804. Henry L., b. in Bernardston, 
 June 25, 1806. William G., b. in Marlborough, June 23, 1808. Fran- 
 cis D., b. in Marlborough, Oct. 15, 1810. 
 
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GENEALOGICAL KEOOEDS. 373 
 
 Gaids3 Hills {Ebenezer,^ SamueP), b. July 7, 1773 ; m. Priscilla 
 (b. in 1774; d. Feb. 3, 1815) ; d. June 1, 1804. Children: Luther, 
 b. June 2, 1800. Clarissa, b. Apr. 17, 1802. Albert, b. March 22, 
 1804. 
 
 John* Hills {Samuel,^ Nathaniel,'^ Samuel^), b. June 18, 1793; 
 m. Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Hill, Chesterfield. Children: 
 Charles Bradley, b. Aug. 10, 1826. George Harvey, b. July 6, 1828. 
 Francis, b. Jan. 2, 1831. Eliza, b. Feb. 2,' 1833. Henry, b. March 
 30, 1837. 
 
 Samuel'' Hills (Samuel,'^ Nathaniel,^ Samuel^), b. May 31, 1795. 
 m. Miss Washburn of Peterboro' ; d. in Canada. Children : Samuel. 
 Frederick. William. 
 
 Silas* Hills (Moses,^ Samuel,^ SamueP), b. June 6, 18.01 ; m., in 
 1832, Emeline Wa-lker. 
 
 Elijah* Hills {Moses^ .Samuel,^ SamueP-), b. May 3,1808; m. 
 May 10, 1836, Jemima Darling (b. Nov. 15, 1815 ; d. Feb. 2j6, 1883), 
 of Winchester ; d. Feb. 16, 1874. .Children: Isaac A., b. Aug. 10, 
 1838. Charles M., b. Jan. 12, 1841 ; d. Feb. 1, 1862. Sarah B., b. 
 July 13, 1843 ; m. George A. Pottle of Boston, Mass. Calvin E., b. 
 Sept. 11, 1846. Hiram G., b. May 16, 1848. Elizabeth, b. May 9, 
 1850 ; m. Phinehas Gay. Nancy' P., b. May 1, J853 ; m. Charles R. 
 Worcester. William B., b. June 6, 1855. Mary J., b. May 30, 1 858 ; 
 m. Fred M. Farr. 
 
 George Haevet^ Hills (Jb/in,* Samuel,^ Nathaniel,'^ SamueP) > 
 b. July 6, 1828 ; m., 2nd, Mary E. Aldrich from Westmoreland. 
 Children : George. Sherman. Stella. 
 
 Calvin E.^ Hills (Elijah,'^ Moses,^ Samuel,^ SamueP), h. Sept. 
 11, 1846; m. April 3, 1878, Anna G., daughter of Willard Gay. 
 Child : Gay E., b. Sept. 5, 1882. 
 
 HOLBROOK. 
 
 Petee^ Holbrook (EKphalet,^ EUphalef^ of BellingJiam,^ Peter of 
 Mendon, Thomas^ of Braintree, Thomas^ settled in Weymouth about 
 1635), b. Nov. 23, 1762 ; m. Mary Bates of Mendon, Mass. (b. 1767 ; 
 d. April 19, 1850) ; he d. Dec. 3, 1837. Children : Elkanah, b. 
 Jan. 21, 1788, in Bellingham, Mass. Julia, b. Nov. 21, 1789 ; d. 
 July 19, 1845. Isaac B., b. Jan. 21, 1792 ; d. in 1875. Clark B., 
 
374 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 b. April 11, 1794. Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1797; d. Sept. 23, 1854. 
 Peter, b. July 28, 1799 ; d. July 30, 1819. Olive, b. Jan. 26, 1804 ; 
 d. April 7, 1849. Helon, b. Aug. 27, 1807. Sophia, b. May 12, 
 1812; m. William W. Goodnow. 
 
 Seth^ Holbrook {EUphalet,^ Eliplialet* Peter,^ Thomas,^ Thom- 
 as^), b. July 19, 1765 ; m. Hannah Bates (b. in Apr., 1776 ; d. Nov. 
 19, 1868) of Mendon, a sister of Mrs. Peter Holbrook; settled in 
 Swanzey in 1800 ; d. Dec. 11, 1833. Children : Lucretia, b. Apr. 14, 
 1800 ; m. James Whittaker of New York State. Chiron, b. Apr. 11, 
 1803. 
 
 Elkanah'' Holbeook {Peter,^ Eliphalet,^ EUphdlet,* Peter,^ TJiom- 
 as,^ Thomas^), b. Jan. 21, 1788; m. March 26, 1812, Diana Wade. 
 Children : Elkanah. Sally, ra. Daniel Starkey of Troy. Isaac W., 
 b. in Nov., 1818. 
 
 Claek B.^ Holbrook (Peter,^ EUphalet,^ ElipJialet,^ Peter,^ TJiom- 
 as,^ TJiomas^), b. in Bellingham, Mass., April 11, 1794; ra., 1st, 
 Dec. 26, 1817, Abigail (b. in Fitzwilliam, May 30, 1793 ; d. Apr. 12, 
 1855), daughter of Joel Mellen ; m., 2nd, widow of Joseph Wood- 
 ward of Marlborough, who d. Aug. 15, 1870; he d. May 2, 1879. 
 Children : Mellen Robert, b. Feb. 7, 1819. Lyman, b. Apr. 18, 1821. 
 Mary Alzina, b. Aug. 12, 1823 ; jn. Chiron'Holbrook. Cyrus Foote, 
 b. Feb. 13, 1825; d. July 29, 1876. Betsey Maria, b. March 15, 
 1827 ; m. Oct. 20, 1846, Nathaniel B. Fisher of Fitzwilliam. Olive 
 Priscilla, b. Oct. 25, 1828 ; m. Thayer Thompson. Charles, b. Aug. 
 31, 1830. Clark Bates, b. Aug. 22, 1834. Henry, b. March 9, 1837 ; 
 d. Aug. 22, 1837. 
 
 Helon' Holbrook {Peter, ^ Eliphalet,^ Eliphalet,* Peter. ^ Thomas,^ 
 Thomas^), b. Aug. 27, 1807; m. Sept. 8, 1835, Polly (b. 1809; d. 
 Feb. 11, 1837), daughter of Thomas Applin, Chelsea, Vt. 
 
 Chiron'' Holbrook {Seth,'' ElipJialet,^ EUpJialet,'^ Peter,^ TJiom- 
 as,^ Thomas^), b. April 11, 1803; m. May 26, 1844, Mary A. (b. 
 Aug. 12, 1823), daughter of Clark Bates Holbrook ; he d. Oct. 18, 
 1872. Children: Lucretia, m. Harvey M. Carlton. Lovilla R., m. 
 George W. Taft. Nancy M., m. A. Woodward. 
 
 Mellen B.fi Holbrook {Clark B.,'' Peter, ^ Eliplialet,^ Eliphalet,'^ 
 Peter,^- Thomas,'^ Thomas^), b. Feb. 7, 1819; m., 1st, Jan.^l, 1857, 
 Emily E. Smith of Volney, N. Y., who d. May 5, 1857; m., 2ud, 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 375 
 
 May 8, 1861, Mary J. Lobdell of Poughkeepsle, N. Y., who d. in 
 1863; he d. June 6, 1881. 
 
 Lyman^ Holbrook (ClarTc B.,'' Peter, ^ Eliplialet,^ Eliplialet,* Peler,^ 
 Thomas,^ Thomas^), b. April 18, 1821 ; m. May 15, 1849, Moraridy 
 (b. Apr. 14, 1817), daughter of Levin Aldrich of Richmond. 
 
 Chakles^ Holbeook {Clark B.,'' Peter,^ Eliphalet,^ Eliphalet,* 
 Peter,^ Thomas,^ TJiomas^), b. Aug. 31, 1830 ; m. Jan. 29, 1866, Su- 
 san M., daughter of M. S. Hurd of Sacramento, California. Chil- 
 dren : Henry Morgan. Mary Hurd. Susan Maria. Olive Mellen. 
 All born in California. 
 
 Claek B.^Holbrook (ClarJcB.,'' Peter,^ Eliphalet,^ Eliphalet,^ Pet- 
 er,^ Thomas,^ Thomas^), b. Aug. 22, 1834; m. Jan. 1, 1862, Mary L. 
 Parker of Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Isaac W.^ Holbrook {Elkanah,'' Peter f Eliphalet,^ ElipJmlet,'^ Pet- 
 er,'^ Thomas,^ Thomas^), b. Nov., 1818 ; m. May 23, 1841, Sarah M. 
 (b. Oct. 23, 1819), daughter of Luke Harris of Troy; he d. in Marl- 
 borough. Children : Ellen Maria, b. June 15, 1842 ; m. Nov. 3, 1864, 
 George G. Newcomb of Roxbury. Susan L., b. Nov. 10, 1844; m. 
 Fred C. Lang. Mary C, b. July 27, 1847 ; m. May 23, 1876, Charles 
 Phillips of Keene. John H., b. May 23, 1853. Ida L., b. Jan. 24, 
 1855. 
 
 JoHN^ Holbrook (John* of Uxhridge, Johv? of Uxbridge, Johrfi of 
 WeymoutJi, Jolm} came to Weymouth 1640), b. 1747 ; came to Swanzey 
 about 1796 ; m., 1st, Rhoda Thayer, of Mendon, Mass. ; m., 2nd, June 
 1, 1797, widow of Josiah Prime (d. March 31, 1857) ; he d. July 27, 
 1817. Children: Moses. Ezra. John, b. 1778. Catharine or Cata, 
 m. George Brown of Richmond. Thayer. Rhoda, b. June, 1798. 
 Eber, b. April 8, 1800. Aaron, b. March 8, 1802 ; d. Oct. 18, 1889. 
 Joshua, b. March 12, 1804; d. Dec. 2, 1878. Peter R., b. July, 
 1806. 
 
 EzRA^ Holbrook {Johnf John,'^ John^ John, ^ John, ^ of Weymouth, 
 ilfass.),m. Sally (b. June 13, 1782 ; d.in Roxbury, Mass., 1827), daugh- 
 ter of Joshua Prime. 
 
 JoHN^ Holbrook {John, ^ John, '^ John, ^ John, ^ John'^), b. in Ux- 
 bridge, Mass., 1778; m. 1802, Mercy (b. 1780; d. Dec. 2, 1856), 
 daughter of Daniel Hill, of Mendon, Mass. ; he d. in Swanzey, May 
 
376 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 7, 1838. Chilflren : Infant, d. unnamed. Rhoda, b. Apr. 26, 1804 ; m. 
 Nathan Cheney of Orange, Mass. Daniel H., b. Jan. 8, 1806. Infant. 
 Abida, b. Oct. 11, 1809 ; m. Hiram Bolles, and d. in Wisconsin, Dec. 
 15, 1881. Sophia, b. June 3, 1811 ; m. Carlostine Blake of Weare. 
 Susan Ann, b. Jan. 11, 1814; m. Randall Bolles. Chloe, b. March 
 20, 1816 ; m. James Pierce. John, b. July 22, 1818. Mercy H., b, 
 Sept. 3, 1821 ; m. July 8, 1849, Ebenezer Flanders of Weare. 
 
 ThatkrS Holbrook {Jo7m,^ John,^ John,^ Jolm^ JoJin^), b. about 
 1785 in Uxbridge, Massr; m. June 13, 1811, Sally Lawrence of Win- 
 chester; he d. in Pennsylvania. 
 
 Daniel H.'' Holbrook {John,^ JoJin,^ John,* John,^ John,^ JoJin^) , 
 b. Jan. 8, 1806 ; m. Sept. 5, 1837, Caroline (d. Dec. 5, 1880), daugh- 
 ter of Josiah Prime. Children : Ellen S., d. young. Chloe P. John 
 J., b. Dec. 10, 1844; d. March 24, 1884. Frances V., m. D. M. 
 Nichols of Keene; d. there 1890. 
 
 JoHN^ Holbrook {John,^ John,^ JoJin,* John,^ John,^ Joh'n}) , b. July 
 22, 1818 ; m. Lydia Flanders of Hopkinton where he now lives. 
 
 Peter2 Holbrook {Samuel^ of Uxbridge, Mass.), b. 1740 ; m. Ly- 
 dia ; d. July 12, 1807, in Swanzey. Children : Stephen, m. Mary, 
 
 daughter of Elisha Whitcomb. Joseph, m. Lucina Cook. Peter, 
 m. Amy Read. Henry, m. Joanna Taft. Samuel, m. Polly Crossett. 
 Eunice, m. Ivory Snow. Mary, m. Nathan Ballou. Lydia, m. James 
 Olcott. 'Abigail, m. Nathan Hix. Rachel, m. Thomas Prime. 
 
 Peter3 Holbrook (Peter'^, Samuel'^), m.. Nov. 16, 1797, Amy (d. 
 April 14, 1851), daughter of David Read. Children: Malinda, b. 
 May 6, 1799; m. James Olcott. Lucina, b. about 1801; d. about 
 1815. Peter, b. Nov. 9, 1807. David R., b. in 1814. 
 
 Samuel^ Holbrook {Peter^, Samuel^), b. Oct. 16, 1784; m. Nov. 
 17, 1806, Polly (b. Dec. 20, 1785; d. Feb. 18, 1848), daughter of 
 Richard Crossett ; he d. Sept. 15, 1860. Children : Olive, b. Feb. 25, 
 1816; m. Elisha Hutchins of Winchester, -who d. Sept. 2, 1852. 
 Henry, b. Aug. 19, 1819. Joseph, d. Feb. 18, 1825. 
 
 Peter^ Holbrook {Peter^, Peter^, Samuel^), b. Nov. 9, 1807; m. 
 Oct. 25, 1831, Joanna (b. Apr. 5, 1811), daughter of Samuel Hol- 
 brook; d. Aug. 16, 1849. She m., 2nd, June 22, 1859, David 
 Ballou. Children: Malinda Jane, b. Dee. 17, 1832; d. Aug. 11, 
 1849. Jonas Whitcomb, b. Jan. 29, 1834; d. Aug. 19, 1849. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 377 
 
 David E.* Hoi.bkook {PeUr,^ Peter,^ Samuel^), m., 1st, Tammy 
 Perry ; m , 2d, Olive Todd, of Charlemont. Child by Tammy : John. 
 
 Henry^ Holbkook (Samuel,^ Peter,^ 'Samuel^), b. Aug. 19, 1819 ; 
 m. Nov. 25, 1841, Maria P. (b. Mar. 8, 1821), daughter of Samuel 
 Holbrook, 3rd. Children: Charles H., b. Nov. 22, 1843. Herbert 
 H., b. June 29, 1855 ; d. Aug. 9, 1856. 
 
 Charles H.^ Holbrook {Henry, '^ Samuel,^ Peter, ^ San}uel^), b. 
 Nov. 22, 1843 ; m., 1st, Lucy Jane (b. May 24, 1846 ; d. Jan. 27, 
 1870), daughter of John A. Hamblet; m., 2d, Oct. 2, 1872, Julia M. 
 daugliter of James Atkinson, N. Y. city. Child: Emily, b. Aug. 29, 
 1873. 
 
 Jonathan^ Holbrook, b. in Uxbridge, Mass. ; settled in Swanzey 
 in 1793; m. Abigail Benson; d. there in 1796. Children: Samuel, 
 b. in Uxbridge, Sept. 4, 1784. Joanna, m. Abijah Whitcomb. Chloe. 
 Jonathan, b. Jan. 2, 1797. i 
 
 Samuel^ Holbrook (Jonathan^), b. Sept. 4, 1784; m. June 8, 
 1809, Hannah (b. Sept. 14, 1788; d. Nov. 18, 1863), daughter of 
 Simeon Howes ; he d. Apr. 17, 1853. Children : Benson, b. Nov. 9, 
 1809. Joanna, b. Apr. 5, 1811 ; m. Peter Holbrook, 4th. Edward, 
 b. Feb. 17, 1813. Leonard W., b. Jan. 6, 1816. Henry, b. Sept. 
 20, 1818. Maria P., b. March 8, 1821 ; m. Henry Holbrook, 2nd. 
 Everett S., b. May 17, 1824. Adeline T., b. March 28, 1826 ; m. 
 Stephen Faulkner. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 28, 1828 ; m. Marshal Rixford. 
 Simeon H., b. Sept. 12, 1832. 
 
 Jonathan® Holbrook {Jonathan^), b. Jan. 2, 1797; m. Jan. 31, 
 1819, Roxey (b. Nov. 9, 1799 ; d. in Peterborough, Dec. 30, 1879), 
 daughter of Jotliam Whitcomb ; he d. March 29, 1838. Children : 
 Jotham W., b. May 16, 1819. Chloe Ann, b. June 8, 1823 ; d. May 
 9, 1845, in Peterborough. Harriet A., b. July 10, 1825. Nancy L., 
 b. Aug. 1, 1827; m. Jan. 23, 1851, Charles D. French of Peterbor- 
 ough. Emilyette, b. Sept. 1, 1829 ; m. April 19, 1865, Aaron S. Da- 
 mon of Cochituate. Arvilla, b, Aug. 11, 1831; m. June 8, 1858, 
 George Bruce of Peterborough. James W., b. Apr. 29, 1834. Fan- 
 nie D., b. Feb. 12, 1837; m. John A. Taggarl of Waukon, la. 
 
 Edwakd^ Holbrook {Samuel,^ Jonathan^), b. Feb. 17, 1813; m. 
 Emily, daughter of James Snow of Winchester; d. in Winchester, 
 April, 1884. Children : Emily Eldora, b. Oct. 28, 1843 ; d. Aug. 1, 
 1849. Fannie Abbie, d. Aug. 6, 1849. George. 
 
378 HISTORT OF SWANZET. 
 
 Leonard W.^ Holbeook {Samuel^^ Jonathan}), b. Jan. 16, 1816 ; 
 m. Jan. 25, 1844, Permelia (b. Oct. 12, 1818), daughter of Abijah 
 Whitcorab; he d. Dec. 23, 1884. Children: Abijah W., b. Nov. 5, 
 1844. Elbridge L., b. Aug. 11, 1846. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 26, 1850 ; 
 d. May 6. 1854. Two infants d. young. 
 
 Heney^ Holbrook {Samuel,^ JonatJian^), b. Sept. 20, 1818; m. 
 Sarah A. Walkins of Winchester; he d. Dec. 29, 1872. She m., 
 2nd, Eussell B. Hall. Children : Frank F., b. May 22, '1845. A 
 child d. Aug. 9, 1857. 
 
 Everett S.^ Holbeook {Samuel,"^ Jonathan}), b. May 17, 1824; 
 m., 1st, 1856, Eliza D. (b. 1833; d. Apr. 26, 1857), daughter of 
 Artemas Richardson of Keene ; m., 2nd, Dec, 1880, widow of Charles 
 Dwinell of Alstead. Child : Samuel Everett, b. Apr. 17, 1857. 
 
 Simeon H.^ Holbrook {Samuel,^ Jonathan^), b. Sept. 12, 1832; 
 m. Nov. 21, 1854, Mary L. (b. Aug. 2, 1837), daughter of Aaron 
 Ballou of Richmond. Children : Jonas S., b. Jan. 27, 1856 ; d. July 
 4, 1864.| Jennie M., b. Dec. 7, 1857; m. Arthur Davison. Edward 
 B., b. Dec. 8, 1859. Mary J., b. Dec. 6, 1861 ; m. Walter Perry. 
 Fanny E., b. May 23, 1863 ; m. Manson Fowler; reside in Keene. 
 Helen E., b. April 19, 1865 ; m. George, W. Ward. Alice L., b. May 
 15, 1870 ; ni. Elmer Simonds. Fred E., b. Nov. 10, 1875. Bertha 
 L., b. Sept. 25, 1880. 
 
 AnrjAH* W. Holbrook {Leonard W.,^ Samuel,'^ Jonathan^), b. 
 1844; m. Sept. 17, 1872, Abida Ann, daughter of Randall BoUes. 
 Children : Charles F., b. Dec. 6, 1872. George E., b. Dec. 28, 1874. 
 Lee, b. Nov. 27, 1877. Susie P., b. Nov. 19, 1881. Emery, b. April 
 29, 1886. 
 
 Frank F.* Holbrook {Henry, '^ Samuel,^ Jonathan}) , b. May 22, 
 1845 ; m. Jul}' 5, 1870, Louisa, daughter of George Winslow of Dana, 
 Mass. Children: Frank B., b. March 11, 1872. Fred H., b. Dec. 
 19, 1873. Louis M., b. Sept. 11, 1875. Bertha S., b. Jan. 30, 
 1878. Christie B., b. Oct. 21, 1879. 
 
 Samuel E.* Holbrook {Everett S.,^ Samuel,^ Jonathan^), b. Apr. 
 17, 1857 ; m. Sept. 23, 1878, Etta Emily, daughter of Jonathan Hill 
 of Winchester. Children: Alma Etta, b. May 28, 1879. Emily 
 p:iiza, b. May 27, 1881. Sanford Samuel, b. Jan 11, 1883. Herbert 
 E., b. May 1 1, 1885. Edna F., b. Aug. 22, 1887. Edith J., b. Sept. 
 29, 1889. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 379 
 
 Edward B.* Holbrook (Simeon H.,^ Samuel,^ JonatJia'n}) , b. 
 Dec. 8, 1859; m. Aug. 1, 1881, Anna L., daughter of Allen Read. 
 Children : Eoyden E., b. Apr. 17, 1883 ; d. June 17, 1883. Ernest 
 E., b. March 5, 1887. 
 
 David^ Holbrook (Michael^ of Smithfield, B. /.), b. Sept. 4, 1765 ; 
 m. March 4, 1786, at Gloucester, R. I., Sarah (b. Sept. 1, 1770; 
 d. Dec. 22, 1860) , daughter of Noah Arnold of Gloucester, R. I. ; he 
 d. Jan. 17, 1852. Children : Ann A., b. at Uxbridge, Mass., May 
 19, 1791 ; in. Ira Aldrich of Richmond ; d. Nov. 26, 1877. Rhoda, 
 b. March 4, 1793, at Uxbridge; ra. Benjamin Kelton of Richmond. 
 Sarah B., b. May 13, 1795, in Richmond ; m. James Harris of Bur- 
 rillville, R. I. Mary, b. July 14, 1797 ; m. Joseph Randall of Rich- 
 mond ; d. in the state of New York. David A., b. . Olive 
 
 W., b. Apr. 16, 1804; m. David Aldrich. Betsey R., b. Jan. 6, 
 1807; m. Charles C. Pratt. Virgil A., b. Oct. 19, 1809. Lorenzo 
 R., b. Oct. 9, 1813. Aurilla T., b. Sept. 9, 1817 ; m. Nov. 9, 1845, 
 Horace T. Slade ; d. Nov. 27, 1881, at East Saginaw, Mich, 
 
 ViEGiL A. 3 Holbrook (David,^ Michael^), b. Oct. 19, 1809; m. 
 Jan. 23, 1839, Rowena T. (b. Sept. 13, 1816; d. Oct. 12, 1884), 
 daughter of Moses T. Thompson; he d. Oct. 2, 1877. 
 
 Lorenzo R.^ Holbrook (David,^ Michael^), b. Oct. 9, 1813 ; m. 
 March 20, 1842, Electa E. (b. June 21, 1824; d. Oct. 24, 1887), 
 daughter of Amasa S. Rogers. Children: Walter S., b. Feb. 26, 
 1843. DorrR, b. Dec. 27, 1844. Ozro R., b. Feb. 18, 1847; d^ 
 Feb. 21, 1847. Elmy E., b. Oct. 12, 1848 ; d. Jan. 18, 1849. Flora 
 I., b. July 16, 1850. Amasa S., b. Aug. 9, 1853 ; d. Aug. 28, 1853. 
 Henry A., b. Nov. 2, 1855 ; d. Jan. 4, 1856. Adella J., b. July 5', 
 1857; d. Aug. 22, 1857. Ozro H., b. Dec. 14, 1860. Lorenzo R., 
 b. Apr. 13, 1862 ; d. Apr. 24, 1862. Arthur M., b. March 29, 1863. 
 Frank D. L., b. Sept. 7, 1866 ; d. Feb. 2, 1869. 
 
 Ozro H.^ Holbrook {Lorenzo R.,^ David,^ Michael^) , b. Dec. 14, 
 1860 ; m. May 3, 1883, Lillean Britton of Keene. 
 
 MiLLiNs^ Holbrook {Daniel^ of Keene), b. March 27, 1808; m. 
 Apr. 6, 1834, Laura (b. May 6, 1808 ; d. Sept., 1864), daugliter of 
 Benjamin Temple; he d. Aug., 1863. Children: Hattie E., b. Jan. 
 14, 1835; ra. Feb. 13, 1853, Levi W. Wellington. Henry D., b. 
 Aug. 16, 1838. Fanny M., b. Dec. 24, 1841 ; m. Royal Flint. George 
 B., b. Sept. 13, 1846. 
 
380 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 HekrtD.3 Holbrook {Millins,^ Daniel^), b. Aug. 16, 1838; m. 
 Jan. 1, 1868, Frances L. Smith (b. Aug. 1, 1846), of New York State. 
 
 HOLMAN. 
 
 Alvin^ Holman {Charles^ of Marlborough) , b. Oct. 13, 1798 ; m. Ln- 
 cretia Nye of Roxbury ; he d. in Winchester, March 1, 1869. 
 
 Franklin^ Holman (Charles^ of MarlborovgJi) , b. Dec. 31, 1812 ; m. 
 Nov. 17, 1836, Nancy S., daughter of John Chamberlain. 
 
 HOSLET. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. David Hoslet had John, b. May 2, 1814. 
 
 Sally Hosley m. March 9, 1816, Nathaniel Kingsbury of Ja- 
 maica, Vt. 
 
 Henry Hoslet m. March 11, 1824, Abigail Carpenter. 
 
 James Hoslet m. Lydia (b. July 31, 1804 ; d. Feb. 6, 1881) , daugh- 
 ter of Abijah Sawyer. 
 
 hold EN. 
 
 Samuel Holden and Rhoda Holdeii his wife became members of 
 the Baptist church 1810. He d. Nov., 1833; she d. Oct. 1, 1839. 
 They came from Bernardston, Mass. 
 
 HOUGHTON. 
 
 Amos^ Houghton ( Houghton,^ of Putney, Vt.), b. Apr. 22, 
 
 1800; m. June 19, 1822, Almira (b. June 19, 1802), daughter of Da- 
 vid Page; d. Oct. 6, 1889. Children : Charles A., b. Dec. 2, 1822. 
 George W., b. Aug. 27, 1824. Curtis E., b. Aug. 14, 1827. Dian- 
 thy H., b. Jan. 11, 1831 ; m. W. B. Forbes of Cambridge, Mass. ; d. 
 Jan. 20, 1872. Esther E., b. Oct. 31, 1836 ; m. Russell O. ForbusU 
 of Westborough, Mass. ; d. March 17, 1883. Joseph J., b. Oct. 31, 
 1836, twin to Esther E. Clark H., b. July 29, 1839. Alvin W., b. 
 May 6, 1842. Jennie M., b. June 22, 1844; m. William Tabor of 
 New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 11, 1864 ; d. Jan. 17, 1870. 
 
 HOVET. 
 
 Robert^ Hovet {RicJiard^ of Peterborough), b. May 17, 1807; m. 
 
 Dec. 4, 1833, Elizabeth (b. May 22, 1813), daughter of Smiley. 
 
 Children: Lucinda Melissa, b. Oct. 29, 1834 ; m. David Allen Pratt; 
 d. Aug. 17, 1868. Francis Alonzo, b. Oct. 20, 1836. Sarah Eliza- 
 beth, b. Aug. 11, 1838 ; d. Aug. 9, 1864. Ellen Victoria, b. Apr. 17, 
 1840; m. J. E.Long; d. June 14, 1864. Theodore,b. Aug. 7, 1842; 
 
ENOCH HOWES, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECORDS. 381 
 
 d. June 16, 1864. Sylvander, b. June 4, 1844 ; d. Apr. 27, 1866. 
 Fernando Smiley, b. Aug. 27, 1846 ; d. March 3, 1866. Ruth Clem- 
 entine, b. Aug. 4, 1848. Harriet Asenath, b. Dec. 22, 1849 ; d. Sept. 
 1, 1866. Flora, b. Nov. 28, 1852 ; d. Jan. 8, 1867. Emma Jenette, 
 b. Nov. 18, 1854. Ida I., b. Nov. 23, 1857 ; m. Frank E. Handy. 
 
 Francis Alonzo' Hovet {Robert,^ Bicliard}), b. Oct. 20, 1836 ; m. 
 1st, Helen S. (b. in 1839 ; d. Jan. 6, 1863), daughter of Jonathan 
 W. Capron ; m., 2nd, Lucina, daughter of John H. Matthews ; d. 
 Feb. 9, 1868. Children: Frank Edrick, b. July 21, 1860; d. Oct. 
 10, 1866. Herbert, b. Dec. 22, 1862 ; d. Aug. 4, 1887. 
 
 EuTH Clementine Hovet, daughter of Robert Hovey, b. Aug. 4, 
 1848 ; m. Willard I. Thomas (b. Sept. 3, 1844; d. May 13, 1873). 
 
 Emma Jenette Hovet, daughter of Robert Hovey, b. Nov. 18, 
 1854 ; m. Nov. 19, 1878, George H. Taylor of Richmond. Child : 
 Blanche E., b. May 30, 1880. 
 
 HOWARD. 
 
 Ahaz Howard, b. in 1782, in Dorchester, Mass. ; m. Parmelia "Wis- 
 wall (b. Apr. 24, 1785 ; d. in Apr., 1868), of Milford, Mass. ; d. Jan. 
 13, 1853. Children : Thomas W., b. Oct. 16, 1809. Parmelia, b. 
 Jan. 28, 1817 ; m. Apr. 16, 1850, George W. Wiswall of Sharon, Mass. 
 Lucretia, b. Apr. 21, 1825; m. Jan. 7, 1841, Amos Richardson of 
 Keene. Everett A., b. Apr. 21, 1825. 
 
 Thomas W.^ Howard {Ahaz^),\). Oct. 16, 1809 ; m. Mary (b. Oct. 
 24, 1812 ; d. Feb. 3, 1853), daughter of Joseph Hammond; d. March 
 17, 1837. She m., 2nd, Joseph Hill. 
 
 Everett A.^ Howard {Ahaz^), b. April 21, 1825 ; m. Miss Hart, 
 daughter of Jacob Hart of Keene. 
 
 Elijah Howard came from Winchester to this town Sept. 10, 1872 ; 
 b. Aug. 25, 1807 ; m. April 15, 1872, widow Nancy M. Verry (d. May 
 31, 1888, aged 83 yrs.) ; d. Nov. 10, 1879. 
 
 Benjamin' Howard of Mendon, Mass., m. Elizabeth Thayer and 
 reared a family of six or seven children of whom Tryphena,^ Deborah 
 Nancy and Moses,^ son of Tryphena, removed to "Westmoreland 
 and thence to Swanzey early in 1800. Tryphena (mother of Moses) 
 d. May 6, 1823. Deborah, d; Oct. 31, 1847, aged 81 years. 
 26 
 
382 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 MosES^ Howard (Tryphena,^ daughter of Benjamin Howard} of 
 Mendon), h. Dec. 31, 1790; m. April 16, 1826, Maria (b. Oct. 21, 
 1807), daughter of Tristan Aldrich. He d. Aug. 7, 1857. She m., 2nd, 
 Feb. 10, 1859, Leonard Taft of Mendon, Mass., and d. Jan. 3, 1872. 
 Children : Louisa M., b. May 3, 1827 ; d. Aug. 22, 1847. Hiram M., 
 b. Aug. 24, 1829 ; d. at Niagara Falls, June 19, 1880. Charles H., 
 b. April 16, 1832. Daniel C, b. Nov. 20, 1834. George T., b. July 
 11, 1837 ; d. April 2, 1862. Oscar J., b. Oct. 27, 1839. Helen W., 
 b. May 27, 1842 ; m. Lucius C. Doolittle. Julius F., b. Nov. 25, 
 1848 ; resides in Ashuelot. 
 
 Charles H.* Howard (Moses,^ Try phena,^ Benjamin} of Mendon), 
 b. April 16, 1832; m. May 10, 1853, Julia C. (b. July 27, 1833), 
 daughter of Jonathan Jackson ; he d. Aug. 18, 1883. Child : John 0., 
 b. Oct. 15, 1856. 
 
 Daniel C* Howard (Moses,^ Tryphena,^ Benjamin^), h. Nov. 20^ 
 1834 ; m., 1st, Emily F. Hunt (d. May 24, 1864) of Winchester ; m.^ 
 2nd, Jan. 13, 1870, Emma, daughter of Daniel Buss ; resides in 
 Keene. Child : Helen M., b. Apr. 11, 1858. 
 
 Oscar J.'* Howard {Moses, ^ Tryphena,^ Benjamin^), h. Oct. 27, 
 1839 ; m. April 29, 1853, Mary E., daughter of John W. Starkey of 
 Keene ; resides in Keene. 
 
 Julius F.* Howard {Moses,^ Tryphena,^ Benjamin^) , b. Nov. 25, 
 1848 ; m. Elena M. Chapin of Ashuelot, where they reside. 
 
 John O.^ Howard (CJiarles H..,'^ Moses^ Tryphena,^ Benjamin^), 
 b. Oct. 15, 1856 ; m. May 27, 1885, Luella F., daughter of Cyrus G. 
 Eaton of Winchester. 
 
 Samuel E.^ Howard {Amos^ ofReene),h. Aug. 1, 1846 ; m. Sept. 
 21, 1876, Carrie (b. July 21, 1850), daughter of G.W. Read of West- 
 moreland. 
 
 Dexter Howard, m. Dec. 6, 1832, Emeline, daughter of John 
 Guild. 
 
 HOWE. 
 
 Theodore Howe and Lydia, his wife, had : Rhoda, bapt. Nov. 10, 
 1776. Patience, bapt. Apr. 12, 1778. Mehitable, bapt. Apr. 16, 
 1780. Calvin, bapt. March 10, 1782. Luther, bapt. Aug. 29, 1784- 
 Eunice, bapt. Nov. 5, 1786. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 383 
 
 Ukiah Howe and Martha, daughter of Joshua Graves, were m. Oct. 
 10, 1775. Children: Charles, b. Oct. 18, 1778. Biigham, b. Nov. 
 23,1779. Henry and Huldah, b. Dec. 29, 1781. Dolby, b. Aug. 22, 
 1784. Barzillai, bapt. Sept. 10, 1788. 
 
 Antipas Howe and Joanna, his wife, had Isaac, b. Jan. 21, 1783. 
 Joshua, b. March 17, 1785. 
 
 George W. Howe and Lucy, his wife, had : Roderick A., b. March 
 12, 1835. J. Ann, b. May 11, 1839. Eliakira, b. July 6, 1841. 
 Charles, b. June 28, 1843. George W. 
 
 Tabitha Howe and Ezekiel Newton were m. Aug. 31, 1770. 
 
 Albert N.^ Howe (Dudley^ of Londonderry,, Vt.), b.'Jan. 26, 1826 ; 
 m. Sept. 20, 1849,Emeline E. (b. Aug. 19, 1830),daughter of Emery 
 Melenda, Londonderry, Vt. ; d. Jan. 6, 1889. Children : Albert Web- 
 ster, b. Aug. 12, 1854. Ella Eraeline, b. Oct. 8, 1860 ; m. Leonard 
 0. Boyce of Keene. Fred A., b. Oct. 6, 1866. 
 
 HOWES. 
 
 Simeon^ Howes, b. 1748, in Yarmouth, Mass. ; d. Dec. 19, 1834, 
 
 in Swanzey ; m. Huldah (b. 1750 ; d. Aug. 18, 1832). Children : 
 
 Silas, b. 1776. Jerusha, b. 1778 ; d. May 2, 1831. Edward and Enoch 
 (twins), bapt. Aug. 28, 1781. Henry. Polly, b. March, 1784. Nich- 
 olas, b. March 3, 1785. David, bapt. Apr., 1787. Hannah, b. Sept. 
 14, 1788 ; m. Samuel Holbrook. Luther, b. 1790. 
 
 Nicholas® Howes {Simeon^), b. March 3, 1785 ; m. May 31, 1807, 
 Sarah (b. 1789 ; d. Dec. 9, 1861), daughter of Beriah Day. He d. 
 Feb. 22, 1864. Children: Susan Day, b. Apr. 15, 1808; m. Moses 
 Worcester. Two infants. Enoch, b. Dec. 27, 1813. Lyman N., b. 
 Nov. 3, 1822. 
 
 Luther® Howes {Simeon^), b. about 1790; m. Lydia (b. Jan. 15, 
 1785), daughter of John Grimes. He d. Jan. 28, 1826. 
 
 Silas® Howes (Simeon^), b. 1776 ; m. Jan. 10, 1827, Lydia (the 
 widow of his brother Luther), daughter of John Grimes (d. May 9, 
 1855). He d. May 8, 1855. 
 
 Enoch^ Howes (Nicholas^, Simeon^), b. Dec. 27, 1813 ; m., 1st, 
 Oct. 16, 1839, Nancy (b. Feb. 10, 1812 ; d. Dec. 10, 1860), daughter 
 
384 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 of John Cummings: m., 2nd, July 18, 1861, Abbie A. (b. Sept. 13, 
 1832), daughter of Abram Draper; he d. July 23, 1881. Children : 
 Ann E.,b. June 20, 1845. Hattie S., b. Apr. 7, 1862. Carrie N., b. 
 Jan. 17, 1869. 
 
 Lyman N.3 Howes {Nicholas^, Simeon^), b. Nov. 3, 1822 ; m., 1st, 
 Apr. 3, 1846, Esther (b. Apr. 8, 1821 ; d. Dec. 5, 1848), daughter 
 of John H. Cummings; m., 2nd, Nov. 26, 1851, Clarissa (b. Aug. 
 10, 1828), daughter of William G. Eames. Children: Charles Ed- 
 ward, b. Aug. 14, 1847 ; d. Aug. 13, 1849. Henry Cummings, b. 
 Dec. 3, 1848. Charles Lyman, b. Sept. 10, 1854. "Walter Eames, b. 
 •Jan. 28, 1863 ; d. Apr. 3, 1877. Willie Aldis, b. Apr. 21, 1864. Etta 
 ■Clara, b. Nov. 2, 1868. 
 
 HenrtC.'* Howes (Lyman N.,^ Nicholas,^ Simeon}) , b. Dec. 3, 1848 ; 
 m. Jan. 22, 1873, Clara A. (d. May 2, 1889), daughter of Orren F. 
 'Oakman. Children : Grace Martha, b. Feb. 21, 1876 ; d. July 24, 
 1876. Ethel Oakman, b. Oct. 6, 1879. 
 
 Chaeles L.* Howes (Lyman N.,^ Nicholas,^ Simeon^), b. Sept. 
 10, 1854; m. Sept. 7, 1881, Ada Cummings (b. March 27, 1861), 
 daughter of B. Howard Richardson. Children: Charles Lyman, b. 
 July 13, 1882 ; d. young. 
 
 Hattie S.'* Howes (Enoch,^ Nicholas,^ Simeon^), h. April 7, 1862 ; 
 m. June 12, 1883, James T. Higgins. Children: Harry Enoch, b. 
 April 14, 1884. Guy, b. Feb. 16, 1886. 
 
 Jonas Hunt, m. Polly (b. 1778 ; d. Sept. 24, 1853). Children : 
 
 Polly, b. May 22, 1809. William, b. Feb. 25, 1811. Eliza, b. Aug- 
 16, 1815 ; d. Nov. 5, 1837. Elvira, b. June 17, 1817. Mila, b. Dec. 
 20, 1821. 
 
 William Hunt and his son Manning came to Swanzey from Ux- 
 bridge, Mass., prior to 1793. 
 
 Manning^ Hunt (William^ of Uxbridge, Mass.), b. June 8, 1788 ; 
 m., Ist, March 10, 1817, Polly (b. June 10, 1790), daugliter of John 
 Applin; m., 2nd, July 9, 1826, Polly Sophrona (b. Oct. 13, 1809), 
 daughter of Laban Starkey ; he d. Dec. 29, 1867. Children : Caroline 
 Starkey, b. Sept. 20, 1827 ; m. Jan. 14, 1857, Thomas J. Lyon of 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 385 
 
 Rutland, Vt. Charles G., b. Jan, 1, 1831. Norman, b. April 10, 
 1835. Francis Alonzo, b. March 29, 1838 ; d. June 25, 1854. Har- 
 riet M. Lemuel O., b. Sept. 21, 1846. 
 
 Caroline S.^ Hont (Manning,^ William^), b. Sept. 20, 1827; m. 
 Jan. 14, 1857, Thomas J. Lyon of Rutland, Vt. Child : Hattie. 
 
 Charles G.^ Hunt {Manning,^ WilliaTn}), b. Jan. 1, 1831; in. 
 March 30, 1862, Phebe E. (b. Jan. 31, 1828) , daughter of Abraham 
 Corey of Marlborough. 
 
 Norman^ Hcnt {Manning,^ William^), b. Apr. 10, 1835; m. Apr. 
 26, 1855, Czarina (b. Apr. 25, 1835), daughter of Otis Whitcomb. 
 
 Lemuel 0.3 Hunt (Manning,^ William^), b. Sept. 21, 1846; m. 
 Harriet R., daughter of Gideon G. Willis. 
 
 John F.^ Hunt {Chapin^ of Bath), b. Jan. 17, 1837, in Bath ; m. 
 Feb. 5, 1861, a daughter (b. 1844) of Jairus Perry. Children: 
 Eva S., b. Aug. 27, 1861. Mabel L., b. July 2, 1864; d. April 6, 
 1878. Fred, b. May 14, 1866. Inez V., b. Jan. 15, 1868. Eugene 
 C, b. Feb. 20, 1870. Bert S., b. March 23, 1872. Jennie A., b. 
 Sept. 13, 1874. Leon H., b. Sept. 30, 1878. Homer G., b. Oct. 28, 
 1881. Lloyd C, b. June 22, [1884. Ruth L., b. Oct. 3, 1886. 
 
 John T. G. Huntlt, b. in Marlow, March 5, 1804 ; m. Mariam 
 Jones (b. in Topsham, May 10, 1810) ; he d. Sept. 13, 1884. Chil- 
 dren : Jonathan G., b. May 14, 1830. Mariam Lueinda, b. Feb. 5, 
 1835. 
 
 Jonathan G. Huntlt (John T. G.^), b. May 14, 1830; m. 1857, 
 Lovilla (b. March 9, 1834), daughter of David Hill. 
 
 Ethan I.^ Inman (Isaiah,^ Isaiah^ from Providence, B. I.), b. 
 July 1, 1824; m. Feb. 22, 1848, Julia A. Kilborn (d.Nov. 21, 1854). 
 Children : Henry L., b. Dec. 7, 1851. Elwyn J., b. Aug. 26, 1854. 
 Both b. in Keene. 
 
 IKEDALE. 
 
 Joseph Iredale and his wife Sarah came from Merrimac in 1883 ; 
 she d. Jan. 10, 1885. Children: Lillian M., b. May 3, 1868. Fred 
 
386 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 L., b. Oct. 21, 1873 ; d. Aug. 3, 1888. William Henry, b. May 8, 
 1876. Alice F., b. Sept. 12, 1878. 
 
 JACKSON. 
 
 De. John Jackson of Lebanon m. Theodocia (b. Oct. 24, 1774 ; d. 
 in Swanzey, Aug. 7, 1822) daughter of Greenwood Carpenter ; d. in 
 Swanzey. Cliildren : Cliarles Fox, b. July 13, 1807. Alonzo Don 
 Carlos, b. Oct. 31, 1809. 
 
 Daniel Jackson, from Terapleton, Mass., settled in Swanzey and 
 there d. about 1815 ; m. Milly Whitcomb. Children : Daniel, b. Dec, 
 1801 ; d. in Clinton, Mass. Jonathan, b. Oct. 30, 1804. Asa, b. 
 about 1806. Milly, d. young. 
 
 Jonathan^ Jackson {Daniel^), b. Oct. 30, 1804 ;m. June 4, 1828, 
 Mary (b. July 4, 1810 ; d. June 5, 1878) daughter of William Sea ver ; 
 he d. Nov. 27, 1883. Children : Emily Maria, b. Nov. 18, 1828 ; m. 
 William Wheelock of Winchester; d. Nov. 22, 1856. Mary Louisa, 
 b. Oct. 27, 1830 ; m. H. Willard Leonard. Julia Calista, b. July 27, 
 1833; m. Charles H.Howard. William Seaver, b. Jan. 22,1835. 
 Jonathan W., b. Nov. 19, 1836; d. Sept. 24, 1853. Jane Melissa, 
 b. March 25, 1840 ; m. George H. Cross, of Winchester; d. June 26, 
 1865. George Henry, b. May'll, 1842. Charles Daniel, b. July 24, 
 1845. Francis Walter, b. May 9, 1848. 
 
 AsA^ Jackson {Daniel^), h. about 1806 ; m., 1st, Calista (d. Dec. 1, 
 1841), daughter of Jesse Thompson ; m., 2nd, Hannah (b. Feb. 22, 
 1815; m., 2nd, William Clark), daughter of Seth Pomroy ; d. Dec. 
 30, 1848. Children: Truman A., b. Oct. 19, 1835. 
 
 William S.^ Jackson {Jonathan,^ Daniel^), b. Jan. 22, 1835; m. 
 Emeline E. (b. Apr. 9, 1841), daughter of Elijah C. fielding. Chil- 
 dren : John. Emma, b. July 7, 1863. George, b. 1868. A son, b. 
 Nov. 24, 1874. 
 
 George H.3 Jackson (Jonathan,^ Daniel^) , b. May 11, 1842; m. 
 Nellie J. (b. Nov. 24, 1848), daughter of Jesse W. Graves. Child : 
 Mary S., b. May 18, 1878. 
 
 Charles D.^ Jackson {Jonathan,^ Daniel^), b. July 24, 1845 ; m. 
 May 5, 1868, Sarah, daughter of Allen Houghton of Hinsdale. Chil- 
 dren : Rose S., b. July 12, 1869. Percy, b. July 9, 1871. Ava May, 
 b. July 4, 1875. Willie, b. Oct. 7, 1880. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 387 
 
 JEROME. 
 
 Eri B. Jerome from Irasburg, Vt., m. Joanna Shelden ; had twelve 
 children, all born in Vermont, of whom Julia J. m. Frank E. Ballou 
 June 25, 1873. Philo B., b. April 16, 1857. 
 
 Philo B.2 Jerome {Eri B.^ of Irasburg, Vt.), b. April 16, 1857;, 
 m. Dec. 25, 1876, Amy V. (b. May 18, 1857). Children: Almyra 
 C.,b. July 6, 1877. Leon M., b. Aug. 16, 1879. Clyde H., b. May 
 10, 1884. Ella C, b. Oct. 26, 1887. 
 
 JOHNSON. 
 
 Ctrene^ Johnson {John^ of Burlington, Vt.), b. Sept. 4,. 1795; m- 
 July 30, 1820, Susan (b. July 2, 1802), daughter of John Grimes ; d. 
 in Swanzey, Mar. 3, 1884. Children : Emeline Grimes, m. John Par- 
 ker of Keene. George W., b. Aug. 27, 1821 ; d. Jan. 3, 1875, in 
 South Carolina. 
 
 KENDALL. 
 
 Asa. Skelton^ Kendall (William^ and Buth of Burlington, 
 Mass.), b. April 27, 1814; m. Jan. 14, 1842, Sarah C. (b. Jan. 26, 
 1819) , daughter of William and Mary Kilbourn of Groton, Mass.) ; 
 he d. April 26, 1887. Children : William E. G., b. March 28, 1844, 
 in Groton; d. May 15, 1849, in Medford, Mass. Charlotte Eliza- 
 beth, b. Dec. 8, 1853, in Fitzwilliam ; m. Emery W. Stratton. 
 
 Dauphin W.^ Kendall {Alpheus^ of Charlestown) , b. June 30', 
 1834; m. Aug. 11, 1866, S. E. Davis (b. Oct. 30, 1844), daughter 
 of Amos Davis) ; he d. March 15, 1886. Children : Nettie E. (Mrs. 
 Kendall's daughter), b. June 18, 1865; m. George Roy. Charles 
 W., b. Dec. 2, 1867; d. Aug. 12, 1868. Martin E., b. Nov. 3, 
 1869. Grace E., b. Apr. 8, 1871. 
 
 KIBLIN. 
 
 HobartL.2 Kiblin {Hobart^ of Asliburnham, Mass.), b. Oct., 1832 ; 
 m. Georgie E. Whittaker (b. May 1, 1832), of Felchville, Vt. 
 
 KIDDBR. 
 
 John F. Kidder m. Jan. 29, 1859, Hannah L., daughter of Ben- 
 jamin Pomroy. 
 
 KIMBALL. 
 
 Eli Kimball, m. Sept. 22, 1774, Annah (b. Oct. 21, 1755), daugh- 
 
388 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 tei- of Thomas Applin. Children : Eunice, b. Aug. 14, 1775. Amos, 
 b. Nov. 11, 1777. Tliomas, bapt. Apr. 16, 1780. Joanna, bapt. 
 June 23, 1782. David, bapt. July 16, 1784. Eli, bapt. Aug. 5, 
 1787. Isaac, bapt. July 5, 1790. Moses, bapt. Nov. 4, 1792. Isaac, 
 b. Sept. 6, 1795. Levi, bapt. Nov. 19, 1797. 
 
 Jethro Kimball, b. 1742; m. May 11, 1775, Mary (b. 1752; d. 
 Jan. 18, 1815), daughter of Samuel Belding; he d. March 11, 1828. 
 Children: Joseph, b. Apr. 30, 1776. Benjamin, b. March 1, 1778. 
 Enoch, b. March 7, 1780 ; d. Jan. 18, 1816. Christian, b. March 25, 
 1782 ; d. Sept. 12, 1821. Polly, b. Oct. 24, 1784; m. Zadock Edson 
 of Grafton, Vt. Charlotte, b. March 18, 1787 ; m. Thaddeus Curtis- 
 Betsey. Abel, d. Jan., 1823. 
 
 Joseph^ Kimball (JetJiro^), b. Apr. 30, 1776; m., 1st, Nov. 10, 
 1805, Anna (b. March 26, 1777 ; d. March 16, 1825), daughter of Dan- 
 iel Warner; m., 2nd, July 3, 1834, Polly (widow of Joshua Parker), 
 daughter of Samuel Hills, 3d ; he d. June 8, 1857. Children : Daniel 
 W., b. Sept. 15, 1807 ; d. young. Mary Clark, b. Dec. 23, 1809 ; m. 
 Asa Healey. Daniel W., b. Sept. 10, 1811. Chauncey, b. Aug. 21, 
 1813; d. Dec. 4, 1853. 
 
 Benjamin's Kimball (Jethro^), b. March 1, 1778 ; m., 1st, Nov. 27, 
 1811, Lucy Russell Conant of Winchester ; m., 2nd, a sister. 
 
 Amos^ Kimball (Elf), m. Lucy . Child: Eliza, b. May 
 
 14, 1804. 
 
 Daniel Warner^ Kimball (Joseph^), b. Sept. 10, 1811 ; m. 
 
 Haselline ; d. Sept. 25, 1840. 
 
 king. 
 Eliakim King d. May 18, 1756, and his wife d. Apr., 1769. 
 
 Orange King d. May 11, 1756. 
 
 Samuel D. King and wife came to this town about 1835. 
 
 KINGSBDRT. 
 
 James Kingsbury m. Jan. 2, 1794, Sarah (b. Oct. 4, 1772), daugh- 
 ter of Thomas Cresson. 
 
 KINNET. 
 
 Moses Kinney m. Isabella, daughter of Samuel Frink. Children : 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 389 
 
 Mary E., b. Feb. 11, 1838. Sarah Jane, b. Jan. 19, 1843. Fanny 
 I., b. May 4, 1845. A son, b. March 29, 1848. 
 
 KNIGHT. 
 
 Shepley "W. Knight of Langdon, b. 1810; m., 1st, Oct. 30, 1839, 
 Sarah Blodgett (b. March 31, 1818; d. Jan. 2, 1850), daughter of 
 Lawson Moore; m., 2nd, Oct. 26, 1851, Eliza A. Moore (b. Dec. 7, 
 1815), widow of Reuben Worcester; d. in Swanzey Oct. 20, 1874. 
 Children : Martha E., m. Dorrick Richardson of Stoddard. Hannah, 
 m. Harrison M. Thorning. Abbie I., m. Thomas W. Parkinson. 
 Sarah E., m. David Aldrich. 
 
 WinLiAM H.2 Knight (Waiiam^), b. Sept. 1, 1836; m. Nov. 2, 
 1859, Louisa J. (b. Oct. 10, 1832), daughter of Joshua Davis. Chil- 
 dren: Herbert L., b. March 28, 1861. Mary Lizzie, b. Oct. 10, 
 1865. GeorgeE., b. Feb. 20, 1869. Henry J., b. Aug. 20, 1872. 
 
 LAMSON. 
 
 Jonathan Lamson m. Aug. 23, 1796, Mary (b. June 15, 1771), 
 daughter of Benjamin Olcott. Children : Jonathan, b. Maj- 26, 1797. 
 
 Isaac Lamson came from Waltham, Mass. ; m. Louisa (d. Aug. 21, 
 1867), daughter of Richard Crossett; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y. about 
 1875. Children : Louisa F. Bradford. Robert. Olive. Charles. 
 Freddie. 
 
 Bradford^ Lamson {Isaac^),m. Sarah L. (b. April 7, 1844), daugh- 
 ter of Leander Page ; d. in the war of the Rebellion. Had : Grace, 
 b. Sept., 1862. 
 
 LANE. 
 
 Asaph Lane b. 1758; m. Sept. 1, 1791, Lj'dia Osgood (b. 1769 ; 
 d. Oct. 21, 1840) ;, d. 'Sept. 22, 1845. Children : Mary W., b. June 
 
 14, 1792; d. Sept. 23, 1872. Roxanna, b. Aug. 28, 1795; m. ■ 
 
 Baker of Winchester. Anotlier dau. m. Graves of Keene. 
 
 Parthenia, m. Baker of Winchester. 
 
 Elkanah* Lane (jBpAram,'* Jb7m3 6. 1648, George,^ William,^ came 
 from NorfolksMre, England., in 1635, and settled in Dorchester, Mass.), 
 b. 1718; d. Dec. 6, 1811. Children: Elkanah, b. 1745. Ruth, b. 
 Dec. 1, 1752 ; m. Wyman Richardson, Oct. 31, 1771. Samuel. Abi- 
 gail, m. Ebenezer Hills June 30, 1795. 
 
390 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Elkanah^ Lane {Elkanah,^ Ephraim,* John,^ George,'^ William}), 
 
 b. 1745 in Norton, Mass.; m., 1st, Esther ; m., 2nfl, Annis 
 
 Knight (she m., 2nd, William Bridge) ; d. Oct. 21, 1811. Children by 
 first marriage: Esther, d. July 7, 1780. Esther, b. Feb. 8, 1781. 
 Elkanah, b. Oct. 23, 1783. Hannah, b. Feb. 19, 1786 ; d. Aug. 
 16, 1787. Hannah, b. Dee. 16, 1791. Children by second mar- 
 riage: Alvinzy, b. Sept. 16, 1801. Prudence, b. Dec. 22, 1802 ; m. 
 Dec. 22, 1842, Jonathan Eaton of Westminster, Mass. Clarissa, b. 
 July 14, 1804 ; m. a Mr. Sawin of Gardner, Mass. Annis, b. Sept. 
 
 6, 1806. Lurena, b. Oct. 2, 1808 ; m. a Mr. Cheney of , Mass. 
 
 A child d. in 1811. 
 
 Samuel^ Lane {Elkanah,^ Ephraim* JoJin,^ George,^ William'- of 
 England), b. Jan. 9, 1759 ; m. June 15, 1785, Eunice (b. June 15, 
 1766 ; d. Nov. 28, 1825), daughter of Elisha Scott; d. Jan 26, 1845'. 
 Children: Samuel, b. May 1, 1786. Elijah and Elisha, b. Oct. 2, 
 1788. Ezekiel, b. Sept. 28, 1790. Luther, b. July 15, 1793. Lucy, 
 b. Nov. 12, 1795 ; m. Hale Mason. 
 
 Elkanah^ Lane (Elkanah,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,'^ Jolin,^ George,^ 
 William}), b. Oct. 23, 1783 ; m. March 28, 1804, Sarah Foster. Chil- 
 dren : Frederick. Elkanah. Samuel. Ephraim. 
 
 Alvinzy''' Lane {Elkanah,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,^ John,^ George,^ 
 William^), b. Sept. 16, 1801 ; ra. Oct. 14, 1824, Lucy Arnold. 
 
 Samdel' Lane {Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,'^ John,^ George,^ Wil- 
 liam'), b. May 1, 1786 ; m. June 1, 1814, Maria (b. July 6, 1789 ; 
 d. Apr. 2, 1815), daughter of Nahum Parker of Fitzwilliam ; d. July 
 16, 1815. Child : A child, d. March 27, 1815. 
 
 Elijah'' Lane {Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,* John,^ George,'^ Wil- 
 Ziami), b. Oct. 2, 1788; ra. Jan. 29, 1815, Fanny Scott (d. March 
 14, 1871), of Winchester; d. May 16, 1851. Children: Maria P., 
 b. Nov. 13, 1815 ; m. George Oliver. Luther Scott, b. July 20, 1817. 
 Elliott W., b. Sept. 16, 1819. Fanny F., b. March 13, 1821; m. 
 Jan. 1, 1846, Francis M. Mason. Ebenezer F., b. Nov. 20, 1824. 
 Eunice F., b. March 11, 1829 ; m., 1st, Moses D. Ballou ; m., 2nd, 
 Alanson W. Banks. 
 
 Elisha'' Lane {Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,* John,^ George,^ 
 William') , b. Oct. 2, 1788 ; m. June 28, 1809, Electa, daughter of Sam- 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 391 
 
 nel Healey, of Winchester (b. Aug. 31, 1790 ; d. May 11, 1817) ; m., 
 2(i, April 9, 1834, Asenath, daughter of Ashley Norton, Northfleld, 
 Mass. (b. Jan. 24, 1796 ; d. April 6, 1873) ; d. June 26, 1859. Chil- 
 dren: Eliza A., b. March 27, 1811; d. in 1813. Samuel, b. Sept. 
 27, 1812. Ephraim, b. Jan. 6, 1815. Elkanah, b. Feb. 11, 1837. 
 Frederick Augustus, b. May 3, 1838. 
 
 Ezekiel'' Lane (Samuel,^ ElMnah,^ Ephraim,* John? George,^ 
 WilKam^), b. Sept. 28, 1790 ; m. Feb. 3,1814, Rachel Thayer (b. July 
 27, 1796; d. May 17, 1880), daughter of Farnum Fish; d. May 16, 
 1851. Children : Farnum Fish, b. March 15, 1816. George Farrington, 
 U. Feb. 21, 1818. Alonzo Franklin, b. Dec. 28, 1819. Ezekiel Francis 
 b. April 27, 1823. Elisha Frederick, b. April 29, 1826. Alpheus 
 Ferdinand, b. July 3, 1828. Ezra Fish, b. Dec. 14, 1830. Rachel 
 Caroline, b. Apr. 1, 1833 ; m., 1st, Alonzo Mason ; ra., 2d, J.Wood- 
 ward. Nathaniel Fayette, b. Feb. 21, 1839; killed in the army. 
 Sarah Josephine, b. Jan. 8, 1842 ; m. June 8, 1862, Adoniram Judaon 
 Van Ormun, of Hartford, Vt. 
 
 Ldthee Scott^ Lane (Elijah,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,'^ John,^ 
 George,^ William^), b. July 20, 1817; m. Oct. 14, 1845, Sarah (b. 
 Apr. 25, 1823), daughter of Martin Stone; d. Sept. 13, 1883. Chil- 
 dren: Solon Herbert, b. July 21, 1847. Eugenia Maria, b. 1848 ; m. 
 Lauren A. Freeman. Clara Nancy, b. Jan. 1, 1850. Martin Luther, 
 b. Sept. 20, 1851. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Apr. 29, 1856 ; m. Fred H. 
 Young ; d. May 12, 1886. 
 
 Ebenezer F.8 Lane (Elijah,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,* John,^ 
 George,^ William^), b. Nov. 20, 1824; m. Aug. 14, 1850, Hannah 
 Porter (b. May 21, 1829 ; d. May 22, 1886), daughter of Chester Ly- 
 man. Children : Henry C, b. Feb. 22, 1852. Edgar W., b. Aug. 12, 
 1853 ; d. Aug. 30, 1854. Hattie M., b. Aug. 15, 1854 ; m. Don Carlos 
 Taft. Chester L., b. Apr. 9, 1857. Maria F., b. Apr. 20, 1863; m. 
 Frank H. Ellis. 
 
 Sam0el* Lane (Elisha,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,* John? 
 George,^ William^), b. Sept. 27, 1812 ; ra. Sept. 25, 1845, Charlotte 
 Oaks (b. Aug. 19, 1822; d. March 25, 1874), daughter of Calvin 
 Stearns of Northfleld, Mass. ; d. in Northfleld, Mass., 1863. Child : 
 Carrie Flora. 
 
 Ephraim^ Lane (Elisha,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,* John? 
 
392 HISTOEr OF swanzey. 
 
 George,^ William^), b. Jan. 6, 1815; m. Apr. 6, 1845, Caroline E. 
 Wakeman of New Haven, Conn. Children : Andrew A. Horatio M* 
 
 Elkanah^ Lane {Elisha,'' Samuel,^ MJcanah,^ Ephraim,'^ John,^ 
 George,^ William^), h. Feb. 11, 1837 ; ra. Oct. 28, 1868, Susie S. Ellis 
 (b. Feb.16, 1849), of Keene. Children : Frederick E., b. Aug. 9, 1869. 
 Samuel E., b. March 2, 1881 ; d. March 20, 1883. 
 
 Frederic A. ^ Lane (Elisha,'' Samuel,^ ElJcanah,^ EpJiraim,* JoJin,^ 
 George,^ William^), b. May 3, 1838; m., 1st, Ellen O. (b. Feb. 27, 
 1842; d. May 28, 1863), daughter of George W. Worsley ; m.. 2d, 
 Nov. 28, 1867, Frances S. Willard (b. March 28, 1846)" of Keene. 
 Children : Frank A., b. May 11, 1860. Laura E., b. May 30, 1862 ; 
 m. Charles L. Wright. Leila, b. Aug. 29, 1868. 
 
 Farnum F.s Lane {EzeMel,'' Samuel,^ ElkanaJi,^ Ephraim,'' JoJm,^ 
 George,^ William^), b. March 15, 1816 ; m. Oct. 29, 1846, Harriet M. 
 Butler, of Winchester; d. June 18, 1887. Children : Hattie M., b. 
 July 21, 1848 ; d. Feb. 22, 1853. Helen L., b. Jan. 7, 1854 ; m. Gus- 
 tavus Lucke. Emily B., b. June 28, 1857. 
 
 George F.^ Lane {Ezekiel,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,* JoJm,^ 
 George,'^ William^), b. Feb. 21, 1818; m. Jan. 9, 1844, Sarah (b. 
 March 17, 1821; d. Aug. 14, 1885) ; daughter of Edward Wilcox of Gil- 
 sum. Children : Abbie Florence, b. June 27, 1848 ; d. May 27, 1862. 
 Cleon Marcellus, b. July 22, 1849. Georgianna Emeline, b. May 8, 
 1852; d. Sept. 17, 1852. George Edward, b. Oct. 31, 1854. Lucy 
 Mabel, b. July 17, 1856; m. Henry C. Lane. Lester Leverett, b. 
 Aug.24, 1858 ; d. Nov. 7, 1861. Sarah Lestina, b. Oct. 16, 1862 ; d. 
 Sept. 1, 1863. Leonard Loring, b. Nov. 1, 1870. 
 
 Alonzo F.8 Lane (Ezekiel,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,* John,^ 
 George,^ Williatn^), b. Dec. 28, 1819; ra. May 15, 1845, Rachel 
 Thayer (b. Oct. 14, 1824 ; d. Jan. 5, 1855) daughter of Nathaniel Fish ; 
 m., 2d, Nov. 1, 1859, Mary W. Lyman, of Hartford, Vt. He d. Jan. 
 31, 1879. Children : Nancy Judith, b. Nov. 6, 1848 ; m. Alonzo 
 E. Maon, of Vineland, N. J. Flora M., b. in 1852; d. March 12, 
 1855. Frank. Charles. 
 
 Ezekiel F. 8 Lane (Ezekiel,'' Samuel,^ ElkanaJi,^ EpJiraim,* John,^ 
 George,^ William^), b. Apr. 27, 1823; m. Nov. 5, 1851, Diana Maria 
 Elmer of Hartford, Vt. Children: Daniel E., b. Oct., 1852. Ella M., 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 393 
 
 b. March, 1856. Flora M., b. Feb., 1861. George E., b. Aug., 
 1863. 
 
 Elisha F.8 Lane (EzeTciel,'' Samuel,^ Hlkanah,^ Ephraim,* John,^ 
 George,^ William^), b. April 29, 1826; m. March 16, 1849, Susan M. 
 Fish (d. March 31, 1867) ; he m., 2d, Sept. 15, 1868, Harriet P. 
 Wilder of Keene. Children : Hubert E., b. March 19, 1854. Henry 
 W., b. April 2, 1871. Susanna Grace, b. Sept. 14, 1876. Harriet 
 M., b. July 6, 1879. 
 
 Alpheus F.8 Lane {EzeMel,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Ephraim,* John,^ 
 George,^ William}), b. July 3, 1828 ; m., 1st, Caroline Holmes of Bel- 
 fast, Me. ; m., 2nd, Dec. 25, 1881, Mary E.Cole (b. March 25, 1851, 
 at Fox Lake, Dodge Co., Wis.). Children : Ruth, b. Dec. 4, 1882 ; 
 Carrie, b. Sept. 23, 1884; d. Oct. 11, 1884, at Moorhead, Minn. 
 Ferdinand C, b. Oct. 25, 1885. 
 
 Ezra F.** Lane (EzeMel,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ Eplvraim,* John,^ 
 George,^ William^}, b. Dec. 14, 1830 ; ra. Jan., 1857, Ann V. Water- 
 house of Marlborough. Children : Harry H., b. Nov., 1857 ; d. 1878. 
 Cora Belle, b. Dec. 4, 1862. 
 
 Solon H.8 Lane (Luther S.,lElijah,'' Samuel,^ Elkanali,^ EpJiraim,'^ 
 John,3 George,^ William^), b. July 21, 1847 ; m. Clara E. (b. Jan. 10, 
 1850), daughter of Edward Wilcox. Child : Carl S., b. . 
 
 Martin L.^ Lane (Luther S.,^ Elijah,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ 
 Ephraim,* John,^ George,'^ William}), b. Sept. 20, 1851 ; m. Nov. 28, 
 1878, Flora E. (b. Sept. 3, 1853), daughter of Edward Wilcox. 
 Children : Elliott W., b. Dec. 26, 1880. Nellie E., b. Aug. 22, 1882. 
 
 Heney C.^ Lane (Ebenezer F.,^ Elijah,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ 
 Ephraim,* John,^ George,^ William^), b. Feb. 22, 1852 ; m. Nov. 10, 
 
 1878, Lucy Mabel (b. July 17,1856), daughter of George F. Lane. 
 Child : Josephine Eunice, b. Jan. 9, 1880. 
 
 Chester L.^ Lane (Ebenezer F.,^ Elijah,'' Sam,uel,^ Elkanah,^ 
 Ephraim,* John,^ George,'^ William}), b. April 9, 1857; m. Sept. 27, 
 
 1879, Emma Florence (b. Jan. 30, 1861) daughter of Nathan F. 
 Newell. Children: Ralph Waldo, b. Dec. '4, 1880; Florence S., b. 
 Dec. 2, 1881 ; d. Aug. 27, 1883. Zora Alice, b. April 6, 1883. 
 
 Cleon 'M.9 Lane (George F.,^ EzeMel,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ 
 Ephraim,,* John,^ George,'^ William^), b. July 22, 1849 ; m., 1st, Dec. 
 
394 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 24, 1868, Eosanna (b. Feb. 11, 1850; d. Nov. 5, 1880), daughter of 
 Charles Slyfleld of Keene ; m., 2d, May 24, 1881, Etta (b. May 12, 
 1855), a sister of Rosanna. Children : Charlotte Marion, b. Nov. 5, 
 1869. Mildred Elizabeth, b. Dec. 19, 1873. Rachel Lestina, b. Jan. 
 28, 1876. Mary Emeline, b. Oct. 16, 1878. 
 
 Geobgb E.9 Lane {George F.,^ Ezekiel,'' Samuel,^ Elkanah,^ 
 Ephraim,* JoJin,^ George,^ William^),' h. Oct. 31, 1854; m. June 20, 
 1876, Clara M. (b. Aug. 20, 1857), daughter of Leander Page; d. 
 May 2, 1888. Child : Lester M., b. May 8, 1877. 
 
 Hubert E.^ Lane {Elisha F.,^ Ezelciel,'' Samuel,^ Elkanali,^ 
 Ephraim,* John,^ George,'^ William^), b. March 19, 1854; m. Lilla, 
 adopted daughter of Albert G. Read. 
 
 LAWRENCE. 
 
 Nathaniel- Lawrence {Wathaniel^ of Winchester), b. June 3, 1781 ; 
 m. Aug. 5, 1806, Sally (b. Aug. 28, 1790 ; d. Sept. 7, 1841) , daughter 
 of William Rixford ; d. Oct. 12, 1837. Children : Mary, b. Jan. 6, 
 1807 ; d. May 3, 1845. Selah W., b. Sept. 27, 1808 ; d. July 18, 1831. 
 Lorenzo D., b. April 3, 1811 ; d. in Kansas, Oct. 26, 1885. Nnthan- 
 iel S., b. June 12, 1813 ; m. Louisa Noah ; d. in Kansas, Feb. 6, 1863. 
 Sarah M., b. Feb. 26, 1816 ; m. Jan. 31, 1842, James H. Sibley. 
 Solomon R., b. April 25, 1819 ; m. Jan. 20, 1846, Maria Whitcomb; 
 d. Nov. 21, 1884, in Palmer, Mass. Rhoda S., b. Oct. 14, 1822 ; m. 
 Nov.20, 1844, Daniel Snow. Harriet N., b. Aug. 2, 1825 ; d. May 
 15, 1890. Selah W., b. May 14, 1832 ; m. Nov. 23, 1853, Harriet A. 
 Foster (d. June 29, 1887). 
 
 Justin Lawrence, settled in Swanzey previous to 1777, and d. 
 probably about 1802. His wife d. Aug. 24, 1777. Children: Pad- 
 dock, b. about 1760. Martha, m. Jan. 22, 1798, James Smith of 
 Andover, Vt. Betse}', m. Aug. 26, 1798, Levi Rice of Winchester. 
 A child d. Aug. 19, 1777, and one Aug. 21, 1777. 
 
 Paddock^ Lawrence {Justin}), b. about 1760; m. Sept. 7, 1786, 
 Rebecca Cunningham ; d. Jan. 20, 1847. Children: Reuben. Polly, 
 m. Samuel Wood of Winchester. Alvira, m. Ebenezer Cummings. 
 
 leach. 
 JosiAH Leach m., 2nd, Jan. 31, 1819, Sarah Ockington. Children : 
 Thomas G., b. Sept. 19, 1819. Charles A., b. Aug. 14, 1821. Leon- 
 ard W., b. June 19, 1824. Lovilla E., b. Dec. 12, 1826. Lucy A., 
 b. May 11, 1829. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 395 
 
 Ltman^ Leach {Josiah}), b. Jan. 4, 1807; m. March 24, 1830, 
 Eliza (b. Oct. 19, 1811), daughter of Benjamin Whitcomb ; d. Nov. 
 2, 1877. Children : Lyndall W., b. Dec. 5, 1880 ; d. Apr. 8, 1831. 
 Laura E., b. March 15, 1833 ; m. James U. Merrill, Oneida, N. Y. 
 Lyndall W., b. June 15, 1835. Emily, b. March 20, 1838 ; d. Jan., 
 1841. Livonia M., b. March 20, 1846 ; va. Fred F. Bartlett. 
 
 LEBOUKVEAU. 
 
 John Lebourveau b. June 28, 1793 ; m. Arethusa Nourse (b. in 
 Keene, April 6, 1793 ; d. March 19, 1872) ; d. June 18, 1874. Chil- 
 dren: Emily, b. Aug. 3, 1817; d. Oct. 20, 1839. P:iiza, b. Aug. 9, 
 1819 ; d. May 16, 1832. Diantha, b. Oct. 4, 1821 ; m. Calvin Wright 
 May 10, 1842. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 16, 1823; m. Charles Eveleth 
 June 16, 1841. Jerome, b. Nov. 27, 1825 ; m. Betsey Seward, Oct. 
 15, 1860. Harriet, b. May 30, 1830 ; m. Samuel Seward, Dec. 18, 
 1848. Aaron, b. Dec. 31, 1833. 
 
 Aakon^ Lebourveau (John^), b. Dec. 31, 1833; m. Nov. 2, 1858, 
 Lura Davis. Child : EUery, m. Nellie, daughter of Joseph E. Long. 
 
 LEONARD. 
 
 Seth^ Leonard {Setli^ of Westmoreland), hi Dec. 20, 1799 ; m. 
 June 8, 1822, Sally (b. Apr. 2, 1787 ; d. Apr. 23, 1877), daughter of 
 Jonathan Hill of Winchester; d. March 2, 1853. Children: Susan, 
 b. Oct. 28, 1823. Mary, b. Feb. 2, 1825. William, b. Feb., 1826. 
 Henry W., b. March 2, 1827. Eusella, b. Nov., 1828. Lucy, b. May 
 27, 1830 ; m. Eansom O. Taylor. George A., b. Nov. 29, 1831. 
 
 George^ Leonard (SetTi^ of Westmoreland), b. May 1, 1806; m. 
 Oct. 4, 1837, Esther (d. Oct. 5, 1867), daughter of John Smith of 
 Peterborough. Child : Lizzi.e Ann, b. Nov. 7, 1839 ; ra. D. B. C. 
 Hill. 
 
 Henry W.3 Leonard {Setli,^ SetJi^), b. March 2, 1827 ; m. Apr. 2, 
 1850, Mary L. (b. Oct. 27, 1830), daughter of Jonathan Jackson. 
 Children : Henry S., b. March 4, 1853. Herman G., b. Nov. 4, 1856. 
 Jane M. and Julia E., b. Aug. 10, 1861 ; Jane M. m. Carlton J. Jos- 
 lin of Keene ; Julia E. ra. Michael Burke. Ray J., b. Jan. 2, 1869. 
 
 Geoge A.3 Leonard {Seth,^ Seth^), b. Nov. 29, 1831 ; m. July 2, 
 1856, Martha A. (b. Dec. 25, 1832), daughter of Joel Eaton. Chil- 
 dren: George Wyman, b. March 29, 1858; d. Sept. 29, 1864. Min- 
 
396 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 nie Helen, b. June 8, 1863; d. March 29, 1869. Martha Adelaide, 
 b. Aug. 17, 1866. Effle May, b. Jan. 16, 1869; 
 
 John Leonard, b. in 1753 ; d. April 27, 1829. 
 
 Nathan Leonard of New York m. March 5, 1817, Lucy (b. Jan. 
 21, 1792; d. in Keene Aug. 24, 1884), daughter of Selh Pomroy. 
 Children: Alonzo, Welcome and Robert P. reside in Keene. Eliza, 
 m. Logan Willard of Winchester. Sarah J., m. Silas W. Ballou^ 
 Feb. 12, 1851. 
 
 LEWIS. 
 
 Levi Lewis m. Dec. 28, 1819, Betsey, daughter of Eliezer Mason. 
 Children : Almira. Maria. Eliza. Jerome. Jane. Levi. Edgar. 
 Emily. 
 
 LINCOLN. 
 
 Herman L.^ Lincoln {James AJ of Peru, Vt.), b. Oct. 26, 1838 ; 
 m. Dec. 29, 1859, Ellen (b. Dec. 31, 1838), daughter of Col. Clark 
 Chencey of Chesterfield. Children : Fred C, b. Sept. 26, 1860. Nel- 
 lie A., b. Jan. 1, 1862 ; m. Walter S. Alexander of this town. Frank 
 L., b. July 10, 1866 ; m. Mary, daughter of Fred A. Bartlett. Nettie 
 L., b. Sept. 10, 1867 ; m. Orman L. Crown of Keene. Susie A., b. 
 Feb. 9, 1870. Lena M., b. July 4, 1874 ; d. young. Luana, b. June 
 5, 1876. Ella M., b. June 1, 1878. 
 
 Fred C.^ Lincoln {Herman L.,^ James A.^), b. Sept. 26, 1860 ; m. 
 March 11, 1881, Rosie L., daughter of Elijah B Rugg. Child : L. 
 Winifred, b. July 30, 1886. 
 
 LOCKE. 
 
 Jonathan Locke and Nancy his wife had : Eliza, b. Nov. 14, 1815. 
 Franklin, b. Oct. 17, 1818. 
 
 LOMBARD. 
 
 Aaron^ Lombard {Josepli^ Lombard of Brimfield), b. in Brimfield, 
 Mass., March 2, 1772 ; m. June 21, 1796, Eunice (b. May 12, 1777 ; 
 d. Jan. 18, 1859), daughter of Isaac Gibbs, Sudbury, Mass. He d. 
 Jan. 27, 1859. Children: Parley, b. Jan. 22; 1798; d. Aug. 2, 
 1799. Joseph, b. Sept. 8, 1800; d. June 24, 1856, in New York. 
 Sylvester, b. Aug. 27, 1801 ; d. Oct. 27, 1802. Eliza, b. May 9, 
 1803 ; d. 1879, in Boston. Benjamin F., b. May 3, 1805 ; d. Oct. 2, 
 1807. Laura, b. Feb. 7, 1807; m. Oct. 18, 1823, Daniel Kendrick 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 397 
 
 of Wincliester, removed to Nashua. Mary F., b. April 22, 1809 ; m. 
 William Stratton. Emily, b. July 3, 1811 ; m. John Scates of Nashua. 
 Benjamin F., b. June 29, 1814. Isaac G., b. Aug. 24, 1816 ; d. Dec. 
 3, 1837. Eunice Jane, b. Nov. 19, 1818 ; m. John H. Hinckley of 
 Boston. George Sumner, b. Oct. 15, 1820. 
 
 Benjamin F.^ Lombard (Aaron,^ Joseph^ of Brimjield, Mass.), b. 
 June 29, 1814; m. Feb. 2, 1840, Fanny (b. Dec. 9, 1816), daughter 
 of Benjamin Wliitcomb. Children: Addis W., b. Dec. 30, 1840; 
 d. Dec. 9, 1862'. Eliza Jane, b. Aug. 14, 1842 ; m. George J. Page 
 of Buffalo, N. Y. Elnora Adelaide, b. Sept. 27, 1845; d. Feb. 6, 
 1849. A son, b. and d. Aug. 24, 1847. A daughter, b. Jan. 16, 
 1849 ; d. Jan. 19, 1849. Flavins Frank, b. March 29, 1850. Cora 
 Frances, b. July 4, 1852 ; m. Feb. 13, 1878, Leason Martin of Rich- 
 mond. Kate Elnora, b. Dec. 26, 1854. Edric Aaron, b. Sept. 14, 
 1859 ; d. Dec. 14, 1862. 
 
 George S.^ Lombard (Aaron,^ Joseph^) ,1). Oct. 15, 1820 ; m. Nov. 
 9, 1852, Mary E. Crosby of Boston. He d. Jan. 3, 1865, in the 
 army. 
 
 Flavius F.* Lombard ( Benjamin F.,'^ Aaron,^ Joseph^), b. March 
 29, 1850; ra. Oct. 31, 1877, Ursula V. (b. May 25, 1857), daughter 
 of Sylvanus Cram. Children: Frank H., b. Aug. 12, 1878. George 
 H., b. Oct 8, 1879. Guy F., b. May 26, 1881. Louie Howard, b. 
 Feb. 22, 1884. 
 
 LONBRGAN. 
 
 Thomas LoNERGAN, b. in Ireland March 18, 1828; m. April 13, 
 1856, Catharine Fitzgerald (b. in Ireland, June 14, 1832). Children : 
 Ellen, b. June 9, 1857; d. Oct. 6, 1857. Margaret, b. July 25, 
 1858. James, b. Dec. 10, 1859 ; d. Oct. 8, 1872. John, b. Dec. 13, 
 1861. Mary E., b. May 17, 1863 ; d. Nov. 26, 1882. Catharine, b. 
 July 7, 1865. Tliomas, b. April 15, 1868. Daniel, b. Nov. 16, 
 1869; d. Sept. 22, 1871. Anna, b. June 27, 1872; d. Jan. 25, 
 1873. 
 
 LONG. 
 
 Joseph^ Long, came to Swanzey from Massachusetts, and d. wlien 
 about forty years of age ; m. Phebe Hill (b. 1758 ; d. 1857) of Doug- 
 lass, Mass. Children : Levi. William. Lemuel. John. Joseph. 
 
 Levi^ Long (Joseph^) m. July 15, 1807, Cynthia (b. March 29, 
 1782), daughter of John Pierce. 
 27 
 
398 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 John2 Long {Joseph^), m. June 4, 1812, Mehitable (b. Feb. 7, 
 1787; d.Jan. 6, 1843, in Northfleld, Mass.), daughter of Josiah 
 Hamblet. 
 
 Joseph^ Long {Joseph^), b. ; m. May, 1821, Gillias A., daugh- 
 ter of Ezra Eice of Northbofo, Mass. ; d. April 3, 1874. Children : 
 Levi H., b. June 22, 1822. Lydia Ann, b. May 1, 1824 ; m. Hana- 
 niah W. Allen of Keene. Fanny, b. Nov. 22, 1828 ; m. Aaron L. 
 Kirk of Springfield, Vt. Lemuel F., b. June 2, 1831. Mary C, b. 
 Aug. 4, 1833 ; m. Reuben S. Kirk of Keene. Joseph E., b. Apr. 30, 
 1836. 
 
 Joseph E.^ Long {Joseph," Joseph^), b. Apr. 30, 1836; m., 1st, 
 Ellen (b. Apr. 17, 1840; d. June 14, 1864), daughter of Robert 
 Hovey ; m., 2nd, Jan. 1, 1867, Lois A. (b. Oct. 5, 1844), daughter 
 ofLovell Tiift. Children: Nellie M., b. Aug 2, 1862 ; m. Elery Le- 
 borveau. George E., b. June 12, 1864. Cora E., b. Aug. 8, 1867 ; 
 m. Walter H. Streeter. Lemuel F., b. Oct. 22, 1870. Fannie L., b. 
 Aug. 14, 1877. Willie S., b. Oct. 9, 1878; d. Aug. 16, 1879. 
 
 LORD. 
 
 George Lord, b. Dec. 3, 1810; m., 1st, Elvira (b. 1819; 
 
 d. Feb. 12, 1844) ; m., 2nd, June 15, 1846, Ann (b. May 12, 
 
 1814 ; d. Aug. 29, 1887), daughter of Laban Starkey ; he d. in Swan- 
 zey, Apr. 25, 1865. Children : Helen, b. Dec. 27, ; d. in Spring- 
 field, Vt. Ann Maria, b. Feb. 21, 1848 ; m. Andrew L. Haskell. 
 
 Bemsley Lord of Winchendon, Mass., m. Sally Stimson (who m., 
 2nd, Benjamin Brown, 2nd, of Swanzey). Cliildren : Eunice, b. 
 March 3, 1786. Sally, b. July 17, 1787. Bemsley, b. July 16, 1789. 
 Luke, b. Nov. 18, 1792. 
 
 Bemsley^ Lord {Bemsley^ of Winchendon, Mass.), b. July 16, 
 
 1789 ; m. Rebecca . Child : Bemsley, b. in 1828 ; d. Dec. 22, 
 
 1856. 
 
 LOVELAND. 
 
 Adolphus Loveland, d. April 24, 1823. 
 Eleazek Loveland, d. March 25, 1822. 
 
GENEALOGICAti KEOOEDS. 399 
 
 LOVEEING. 
 
 Jaspke E.2 Lovering (Frank^), b. June 22, 1855; m. July 18, 
 1877, Lillian M. (b. Oct. 2, 1856), daughter of Luther Alexander. 
 Child : Carroll A., b. Feb. 20, 1883. 
 
 Will H.^ Lovering (Henry^ of Fitzwilliam) , b. May 8, 1854 ; m. 
 Nov. 23, 1881, Cora Jane (b. May 6, 1855) , daughter of Harvey Beal. 
 
 LTMAN. 
 
 Chester Ltman, b. in 1783; m., 2nd, Lucy Porter (b. 1798; d. 
 Dec. 19, 1849) of Marlborough; m., 3rd, widow Lovina (Porter) 
 Knowlton (b. in 1787 ; d. Jan. 18, 1876) ; he d. Dec. 12, 1873. Chil- 
 dren : Chester. Joseph. William. A daughter, m. Mr. Kingsbury 
 of Keene. Harriet, b. 1833 ; d. Sept. 27, 1849. Hannah, m. Eben- 
 ezer F. Lane; d. May 22, 1886. Lucretia, m. Ephraim Wheeler of 
 Troy. Leonard. (Record incomplete.) 
 
 Leonard® Ltman (CJiester^) , m. Carrie, daughter of Sj'lvanus Per- 
 hamofTroy. Children: Addie, m. Allen Wilcox. Walter, lives 
 in Michigan. Grace, m. Charles Pond of Keene. Emma, m. Fred 
 A. Watson ; m., 2nd, Mr. Barker. Chester, d. in youth. 
 
 MACK. 
 
 John Mack m. Tirza Gunn. Child : Solomon, b. July 18, 1786. 
 
 MANN. 
 
 Hezekiah Mann m. Molly . Children : Samuel. Sarah. 
 
 Molly. Abigail, b. Apr. 3, 1784. Calvin, b. Aug. 17, 1785. Lu- 
 ther, b. Feb. 24, 1787. Lois, b. Feb. 4, 1789. 
 
 MCFARLAND. 
 
 Edward A. MoFarland from Philadelphia, ra. May 24, 1882, Mel- 
 venah (b. Feb. 25, 1863), daughter of H. Denman Thompson. Chil- 
 dren : Alice, b. Jan. 6, 1884 ; d. Jan. 10, 1887. Ethel, b. Sept. 10, 
 1885. Denman, b. June 30, 1888. 
 
 MANSFIELD. 
 
 William Spofford^ Mansfield {Stephen^), b. in Charlestown, 
 March 7, 1816 ; m. 1844, Louisa Policy of Gilsum ; he d. in Swanzey 
 Sept. 2, 1846. Child : William Alonzo, b. in Swanzey, July, 
 1845. 
 
400 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 MARBLE. 
 
 Erasmus Marble b. 1789 ; m. May 8, 1834, Christian (b. May 11, 
 1793), daugiiter of Samuel Belding, 2d; bed. Sept. 23, 1878. 
 
 Alfred^ Marble '{James^ of Hinsdale), b. Aug. 23, 1819; m., 
 1st, June 7, 1843, Almira E. (b. Sept. 3, 1819 ; d. Feb. 17, 1853), 
 daughter of Benjamin Williams ; m., 2nd, Aug. 17, 1853, Esther A. 
 (b. 4 Nov., 1831), daughter of Zadock L. Taft. Children : William 
 B., b. June 26, 1844 ; d. June 26, 1869. Samantha M., an adopted 
 daughter, b. in Fitchburg, Mass., July 29, 1849 ; m., 1st, Aug. 3, 
 1875, Alfred Temple of Bernardston, Mass. (d. Nov. 28, 1877) ; 
 m., 2nd, March 12, 1879, Walter A. Sprague of Keene. Addie E., 
 b. Apr. 27, 1857 ; m. Dr. M. E. Dix of Hinsdale. 
 
 John Marble, m., 1st, June 8, 1794, Damaris (b. Jan. 17, 1775), 
 daughter of Aaron Parsons ; m., 2nd, Betty (b. March 27, 1772 ; d. 
 March 12, 1778), sister of Damaris. Child : Damaris, bapt. June 
 14, 1795. 
 
 MARCT. 
 
 George Marcy of Windsor, Vt., m. Clara from Plainfield. 
 
 'Children : Fanny, b. Ma}^ 30, 1827 ; m. Phinehas H. Snow. Silas R., 
 b.Jan. 21, 1830. Samuel. Ellen, lives in Keene. Hubbard. 
 
 ■yoLNET A. Marcy taxed in this town first about 1868. 
 
 MARSH. 
 
 Charles^ Marsh {Charles^ of Keene), b. Oct. 10, 1846; m., 1st, 
 «ept. 4, 1867, Celinda Marietta (d. Aug. 1, 1885), daughter of El- 
 bridge G. Prentice ; m., 2nd, Minnie . Children : Grade M., 
 
 b. Apr. 23, 1870. Angle L., b. Aug. 27, 1872. Minnie E., b. July 
 23, 1874. Chester L., b. Aug. 15, 1877. Martia A., b. July 1, 
 1880 ; d. Nov. 23, 1880. Charles E., b. Sept. 10, 1882. 
 
 Amasa A.2 Marsh (James^ of Keene), b. 1853; m. Dec. 25, 1886, 
 Alice G. Scott of Chesterfield. Child : Winona F., b. Jan.' 3, 1888. 
 
 Walter E.^ Marsh (James^), b. July 30, 1855 ; m. Jan. 8, 1883, 
 Jessie H., daughter of Charles N. Tottingham. Child : Raymond 
 Eugene, b. Jan. 27, 1885. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECORDS. 401 
 
 MARSHALL. 
 
 Henry Marshall, m. Oct. 7, 1771, Mary Wier. Children: Han- 
 nah, b. Apr. 10, 1773. Tryphena, b. June 9, 1775. Mary, b. Sept. 
 9, 1777. John, b. Apr. 10, 1782. Henry, b. June 6, 1785. 
 
 David E. Marshall, m., 1st, Nancy Stone; m., 2n(l, Oct. 24, 
 1850, Ellen M. (b. March 25, 1830), daughter of Orrin Black ; he d. 
 1881. Children: Ella R., b. Sept. 5,1856; m. 1882, Frank Chap- 
 man. 
 
 MARTIN. 
 
 Jonathan^ Martin (Moses'- of Richmond), b. Dec. 6, 1773; m., 
 1st, Jan. 31, 1796, Zilpah, daughter of Joseph Cass of Richmond ; 
 m.,2nd, Aug. 14, 1803,Lydia (b. Sept. 25, 1776; d. July 19, 1856), 
 daughter of Israel Sabin of Richmond ; he d. May 28, 1832. Chil- 
 dren : Lovisa, b. 1799 ; d. Aug. 25, 1870. Roxelana. Lydia, b. 
 1805. Jonathan, b. May, 1807. Laton, b. Jan. 31, 1809. James 
 Madison, b. 1812. Zilpah, b. 1813; d. Nov. 10, 1839. Rachel, 
 b. 1818 ; d. Feb. 2, 1837. 
 
 John'-^ Martin {Wilderness'^ of Richmond'), b. March 16, 1791 ; m. 
 Feb. 24, 1819, Hannah Kendall. Children : Emily, b. Nov., 1819. 
 Azuba, m. April 23, 1857, Hiram Bryant. 
 
 MARVIN. 
 
 Benjamin Marvin m. Eliza . Children : Flora E., b. 1845 ; 
 
 d. Sept. 3, 1849. Enrico C, b. 1849 ; d. Oct., 1860. Mary S., b. 
 June 30, 1860 ; d. Aug. 26, 1860. 
 
 MASON. 
 
 Eliezer Mason came from Fitzwilliam prior to 1806 ; his wife Re- 
 becca, b. in Swansea, Mass., Dec. 29, 1761 ; d. in Hardwick, Vt., March 
 24, 1837.. He d. in Walcott, Vt., Dec. 9, 1843. Children : Levi, b. 
 in Swansea, Mass., Oct. 19, 1782. Phebe, b. in Fitzwilliam, Aug. 24, 
 1784 ; m. Benjamin Temple of Northborough, Mass. Lurana, b. 
 Sept. 10, 1786 ; m. Jonas Hall. Rebecca, b. Feb. 18, 1789 ; d. 3'oung. 
 Martin, b. July 15, 1792. Mary, b. Dec. 21, 1794; m. Joseph But- 
 ler. Rebecca, b. Aug. 5, 1796 ; m. Asahel Hall of Hardwick, Vt., Jan. 
 19,1815. Betsey, b. Nov. 23,1800; m. Levi Lewis. Candace, b. 
 July 3, 1803 ; m. Horace Starkey. The last six children b. in Fitz- 
 william. Benjamin, b. March 22, 1806, in Swanzey. (From Hist, 
 of Fitzwilliam.) 
 
402 HISTORY OF SWANZBT. 
 
 Hale2 Mason (Eliezer^), h. June 20, 1790; m. June 22, 1815, 
 Lucy (b. Nov., 1795), daughter of Samuel Lane. Children : Samuel. 
 Levi. Alverdo. Francis M., b. May 29, 1823. George W. Lucius. 
 Eunice. 
 
 Martin^ Mason (Eliezer^),h. July 15, 1792 ; m. about 1813, Catha- 
 rine Rooks of Doylston, Penn. (b. May 22, 1795 ; d. March 6, 1870). 
 Hed.Apr. 4, 1872. Children: Mary Ann, b. Dec. 11, 1815; m., 1st, 
 Alfred Seaver ; m., 2nd, Oramon Snow. Sarah, b. May 4, 1818; m. 
 Eussell B. Hall. Daniel, b. Apr. 5, 1820 ; d. Feb. 11, 1859, in Haver- 
 hill, Mass. Fanny, b. Oct. 5, 1823; d. Dec. 28, 1831. Betsey, b. 
 Jan. 14, 1826 ; m. Samuel Wilkins, Middleton, Mass. Lucy, b. May 
 14, 1828; m. Luman W. Seaver. Charles E., b. Aug. 15, 1830. 
 Martin, b. Nov. 20, 1833. 
 
 Benjamin^ Mason (Eliezer^), b. March 22, 1806 ; m., 1st, Jan. 1, 
 1826, Alineda (b. July 31, 1808 ; d. Jan. 6, 1856), daughter of Levi 
 Woodcock; m., 2nd, Miriam (d. Feb. 4, 1890), daughter of Zenas 
 Ware (widow Aaron Thayer, widow George Darling). He d. Nov. 
 ■22, 1881. Children: Alonzo. Mary M., b. March 31, 1829; m. 
 Albert E. Ballou. Eliza, b. Feb. 18, 1834; d. May, 1853. William 
 Henry, b. June, 1837. 
 
 Francis M.3 Mason {Hale,^ Eliezer^), b. May 29, 1823; m. Jan. 
 
 I, 1846, Fanny E. (b. March 13, 1821 ; d. Jan. 30, 1876), daughter 
 of Elijah Lane. Children : Frank Dexter, b. Feb. 10, 1857. Eu- 
 nice Maria, b. Apr. 15, 1859 ; d. May 6, 1886. 
 
 Martin^ Mason {Martin,^ Eliezer^), b. Nov. 20, 1833 ; m. June 
 
 II, 1860, Sophina J. (b. Feb. 17, 1837), daughter of Joseph Ham- 
 mond. Children : Frank E., b. Aug. 28, 1865. Kate L., b. June 
 6, 1870; m. Charles Emmons. Charles H., b. July 24, 1873. 
 
 Alonzo^ Mason {Benjamin,^ Eliezer^), m., 1st, Dolly (b. 1835; 
 d. May 8, 1852), daughter of George Bucklin ; m., 2nd, Eachel Car- 
 oline (b. Apr. 1, 1833), daughter of Ezekiel Lane. She m., 2nd, 
 
 Woodward of Keene. 
 
 Herbert W.^ Mason (Nathaniel P.i of Stoddard), b. June 26, 
 1849 ; m. June 26, 1877, Ahbie Frances (b. Nov. 27, 1854), daughter 
 of Calvin Alexander. Children : Herbert D., b. Nov. 2, 1878. Al- 
 exander, b. Aug. 7, 1880. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 403 
 
 Orson L.2 Mason {Stephen S.^ of Dublin), h. Aug. 1, 1849 ; m. July 
 4, 1873, Martha Adams, daughter of Isaac Btarkey. Children : Ger- 
 trude Rush, b. March 31, 1879. Floyd Oren, b. Jan. 29, 1886. 
 
 MATTHEWS. 
 
 Solomon^ Matthews {Solon^ of Brookfield, Mass.), b. June 1, 
 
 1763 ; m., 1st, Shaw ; m., 2nd, 1800, Pruda (b. March 24, 1770 ; 
 
 d. Aug. 3, 1854), daughter of Elipbalet Holbrook,Bellingham, Mass. 
 He d. Aug. 12, 1859. Children: Boardman, b. Sept. 19, 1790; d. 
 in Mexico, N. Y. Daniel, b. Jan. 8, 1792 ; d. Jan. 3, 1851. Rhoda, 
 b. Jan. 29, 1793 ; d. young. Anna, b. March 29, 1795 ; d. Aug. 5, 
 1806. Lydia and Lucy, b. July 1,(1797 ; Lucy, d. young ; Lydia, d. 
 June, 1839. Abigail and Nancy, b. Jan. 20, 1801 ; Nancy, d. Sept. 
 8, 1866 ; Abigail, m. Dec. 30, 1830, Levi Farnsworth of Fitchburg, 
 Mass. ; d. June 10, 1867. Patty, b. Jan. 20, 1803 ; d. Nov. 15, 
 1804. Anna, b. Oct. 8, 1804 ; d. Aug. 5, 1806. John H., b. Aug. 
 6, 1806. Levi, b. Oct. 16, 1807. Olive, b. Apr. 11, 1812 ; m. Philip 
 P. Carlton. Solomon, b. June 15, 1814 ; d. Feb. 21, 1815. 
 
 John H.^ Matthews {Solomon,^ 8 olov}), b. Aug. 6, 1806 ; m. Lo- 
 mira Crossett (d. Oct. 25, 1888). He d. July 9, 1881. Children: 
 James Henry, b. Sept. 7, 1840. Nancy Jane, b. Dec. 30, 1841. Lu- 
 cina, b. Oct. 6, 1843 ; m. Frank Hovey. 
 
 Levi^ Matthews {Solomon,^ Solon^),h. Oct. 16, 1807; m. Jan. 
 3, 1833, Lucy (b. Sept. 8, 1805 ; dj Aug. 3, 1846), daughter of Francis 
 Bowman of Henniker. Hed. July 28, 1861. Children: MariaAutoin- 
 ette, b. Nov. 24, 1833 ; d. March, 1837. Anna Agenore, b. May 26, 
 1835 ; m. July 28, 1857, Charles H. "Woods of Henniker. Helen Maria, 
 b. March 11, 1837 ; m., 1st, Dec. 10, 1855, Daniel W. Smith of Henniker 
 (d. July 28, 1859) ; m., 2nd, June 22, 1862, Moses O. Bean of Ha- 
 verhill, Mass. ; m., 3rd, Apr. 16, 1879, John M. Farnsw.orth of Fitch- 
 burg, Mass. Edwin Bowman, b. Dec. 24, 1838. Effle Ann, b. Aug. 30, 
 1841, in Marlborough ; m. Sept. 8, 1861, George G. Jones of Dracut, 
 Mass. 
 
 Edwin B.'* Matthews {Levi,^ Solomon,^ Solon^),}^. Dec. 24, 1838. 
 m. Jan. 24, 1860, Mary L. (b. Sept. 6, 1840) , daughter of Joseph Col- 
 lins, of Marlborough. Cliildren: Hattie, b. Apr. 29, 1861. Birdie E., 
 b. Feb. 12, 1867. Herbert Leon, b. Jan. 21, 1873. Lula G., b. June 
 21, 1877. All children b. in Marlborough. 
 
404 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 MEAD. 
 
 Benjamin^ Mead {John^ of Hillsborough), h. Sept. 26, 1808; m. 
 March 7, 1834, Sarah (b. April 18, 1810), daughter of James Ball of 
 Antrim. He d. Aug. 11,1888. Children: Laura Ann, b. Oct. 21, 
 1837, in Marlow ; ra. Jan. 14, 1858, Sylvester Tinker of Nashua ; d. 
 July 10, 1865. Benjamin F., b. Oct. 15, 1842. 
 
 Benjamin F. 3 Mead (Benjamin,^ John^), h. Oct. 15,1842; m., 
 1st, Sept. 1, 1861, Minerva C. E. Herrick of Chesterfield (b. July 11, 
 1836 ; d. July 11, 1875) ; m., 2nd, March 20, 1881, Abbie J. Bemis, 
 of Marlboro. Children : Eva L., b. Dec. 8, 1862 ; m. Oct. 6, 1879, 
 Richard R. Ramsdell, jr. Willie E., b. April 13, 1865; d. Sept. 8, 
 1875. Annie Eihel, b. Sept. 8, 1886. 
 
 MELLEN. 
 
 JoEL^ Mellen {Robert^ of Holliston, Mass., Daniel,* Henry, '^ 
 Thomas'^, Simon^ of Framingliam, Mass.), b. April 2, 1764 ; m., 1st, 
 May 31, 1792, Mary (b. Sept. 22, 1765; d. June 2, 1802), daughter 
 of William Holbrook;-m., 2iid, Nov. 28, 1805, Bebe (b. Dec. 16, 
 1778 ; d. Apr. 11, 1854), daughter of Isaac Jackson, of Fitzwilliam. 
 He d. May 12, 1828, and she m. Russel Ballou, Apr. 16, 1829. Chil- 
 dren : Betsej' Holbrook, b. ; m. Nov. 2, 1813, Cyrus Foot of 
 
 Springfield, Mass. Abigail, b. May 31, 1793, in Fitzwilliam; m. 
 Clark B. Holbrook. Robert, b. July 20, 1795, in Fitzwilliam. 
 Mary, b. Aug. 30, 1806 ; m. George Bucklin. Joel, b. Apr. 6, 1811. 
 Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1821 ; m. Alonzo Ballou. 
 
 JoEiJ Mellen {Joel,^ Robert,^ Daniel,* Henry, "^ Thomas,^ Simon^), 
 b. April 6, 1811 ; m. Sarah Harvey. 
 
 MERKIAM. 
 
 Jonas H.^ Mereiam (John^ of Barre, Mass.), b. 1786, in Barre ; 
 m. about 1805, Mary Adams; had seven children ; went to Cambria, 
 N. Y., where he m., 2nd, in 1820, Caroline Warting ; had three chil- 
 dren; m., 3d, in 1832, Sally F. Talbot; about 1836, removed from 
 Athol to this town and d. Aug. 8, 1857 ; she d. May 5, 1874. 
 
 William^ Merhiam {Jonas H.,^ JoJin^), b. Dec. 9, 1825, in Cam- 
 bria, N. Y. ; m. Sept. 20, 1846, Frances Jane (b. Oct. 21, 1828), 
 daughter of Otis Whitcomb. Children : Caroline Jane, b. Aug. 5, 
 1847, in Rindge ; d. Oct. 10, 1848. Caroline Jane, b. March 12, 1849, 
 in Fitzwilliam. Esther Eliza, b. June 7, 1851, in Fitzwilliam. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEOOEDS. 405 
 
 METCALF. 
 
 Ircs^ Mbtcalf (iVa/iitmi o/iTeene), b. 1807 ; m. Emeline (b. 1812 ; 
 d. May 10, 1851) , daughter of John Haile ; he d. Feb. 17, 1872. Chil- 
 dren : Emma,.b. 1834 ; d. in 1840. Ellen, b. 1835 ; d. in 1840. John 
 W.,b. Jan. 1,1837. William H., b. Apr. 30, 1840. Emma E., b. Dec. 
 12, 1844 ; m. Erdix S. Eastman. Charles W., b. Apr. 12, 1847. Her- 
 bert W., b. May 7, 1848. 
 
 Ralph^ Metcalf {Nahum^ ofli^ene), m. Apr. 18, 1832, Adaline 
 Woodcock. 
 
 George^ Metcalf {NahuTn?- of Keene), m. Dec. 5, 1837, Abigail 
 Stone of Keene ; d. in Harrisville. Children : Abigail Mariah, b. 
 Sept. 30, 1838. Olive Louisa, b. Apr. 29, 1840. 
 
 John W. 3 Metcalf {Irus,^ Nahum}), b. Jan. 1, 1837; m. Sadie 
 McAllister of Boston, Mass. 
 
 William H.s Metcalf {Ints^, JSfahum^), b. Apr. 30, 1840 ; m., 1st, 
 Ellen Chase, of Jamaica, Vt. ; m., 2nd, Mary Ripley, of Winchester; 
 d. May 5, 1870. 
 
 Charles W.^ Metcalf {Irus,^ Naliurn^), b. April 12, 1847; m. 
 Anna Norwood, of Winchester, N. H. 
 
 Caleb H. Metcalf, m. Lydia (b. Aug. 30, 1814), daughter of 
 James Olcott. Children : George PI, b. Apr. 21, 1838. Lucina M., 
 b. Nov. 13, 1840. Mary E., b. Apr. 14, 1843. Tliey went west. 
 
 mooee. 
 Lawson MooKE,b. in Marlboro, Mass., about 1758 ; m. Lydia Good- 
 now of Framingham, Mass. ; d. Dec. 20, 1847. Children : Lydia, b. 
 
 May 10, 1786 ; m., 1st, Hugh Mason of Marlborough ; 2d, Eben- 
 
 ezer Coburn of M. Lawson, b. Dec. 12, 1791. William, b. May 21, 
 1798. 
 
 Lawson^ Moore {Lawson^), b. Dec. 12, 1791 ; m. Mar. 30, 1814, 
 Hannah (b. Mar. 20, 1795 ; d. Dee. 4, 1872), daughter of Jonas Blod- 
 gett) ; d. Mar. 25, 1872. Children: an infant, d. Dec. 7, 1814. 
 Eliza Ann,b. Dec. 7, 1815 ; m., 1st, ReUben Worcester ; 2d, Shepley W. 
 Knight. Sarah Blodgett, b. Mar. 31, 1818 ; m. Shepley W. Knight. 
 William, b. June 11, 1820. Charles, b. Sept. 30, 1822 ; d. Nov. 30, 
 1843. Jonas Lawson, b. Jan. 9, 1825. Martha M., b. March 13, 
 
406 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 1827 ; m. James C. Eames. Emily J., b. May 28, 1829 ; m. Augustas 
 Woodward of Marlborough. Fanny, b. June 24, 1832 ; m. John W. 
 Taggard of Marlborough. George H., b. July 20, 1834. Hannah, b. 
 Aug. 13, 1837; d. Apr., 1841. 
 
 William^ Moore {Lawson,^ Lawson^), b. June 11, 1820 ; m. Nov. 
 19, 1845, Priscilla (b. Feb. 2, 1825), daughter of Tristan Aldrich. 
 He died July 12, 1886. Children: Emogene P., b. Oct. 28, 1846; 
 m. Dexter Burbee of Keene, Oct. 31, 1866. Julius W., b. Mar. 8, 
 1848. Gertrude M., b. Dec. 21, 1849; m. Charles Castle, Dee. 24, 
 1872. Charles T., b. May 25, 1852. Nettie E., b. Aug. 21, 1854; 
 m. Ellis Boyce of Chesterdeld, May 2, 1878 ; d. Mayl5, 1890. Nor- 
 man A., b. Aug. 4, 1860 ; d. Oct. 13, 1860. 
 
 Jonas L. ^MooRE {Lawson,^ Lawson''^ ),h. J an. 9, 1825 ;m. Apr. 23, 
 1850, Clarissa Heaton of Keene (b. Aug. 18, 1829). Children : Clara 
 Elizabeth, b. Mar. 15, 1851 ; m. AaronL. Robinson of Keene. Frank 
 H., b. July 31, 1853. Lawson, b. Aug. 26, 1855 ; d. Aug. 26, 1877. 
 Oscar L., b. Aug. 14, 1858; d. Sept. 1, 1858. Charles E., b. Jan. 
 22, 1861; d. Jan. 6, 1881. Ellen R., b. Aug. 6, 1863. Mary Edith, 
 b. Sept. 4, 1867 ; d. Apr. 7, 1880. 
 
 George H.^ Moore {Lawson,^ LaivsorO-), b. July 20, 1834; m. 
 Eusebia (b. Oct. 21, 1834 ; d. in California May 25, 1880), daughter of 
 William G. Eames. 
 
 Julius W.*MooRE(TFiMiam,3iawso«,2iaiosom^),b. March 8, 1848 ; 
 m. Miss Castle and removed from Swanzey. 
 
 Charles T.* Moore ( William,^ Lawson,^ Law sov}) ,\i. May 25, 1852. 
 Resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
 
 Frank H.'* Moore (Jonas L.^ Lawson,^ Lawson^) , b. July 31, 1853 ; 
 m. May 29, 1883, Mary E. (b. Mar. 29, 1860), daughter of Henry Smith 
 of Keene. Children : Herbert Lawson, b. May 10, 1884 ; d. Aug. 24, 
 1884. 
 
 MORSE. 
 
 William Morse, m. Sophia Packard ; came from Winchester. Had 
 William, Angeline, Francis, Sophia, Wilson, Zadock, all removed from 
 town. 
 
 Francis^ Morse {WdUam^ and Sophia) had Mary Eliza, b. April 
 17, 1847 ; m. Charles W. Scott, removed to Winchester. George, b. 
 July 8, 1858. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 407 
 
 Henry Morse, b. 1733, came from Charlestown in 1773 and settled 
 in this town on what is now the "Jonathan Claris Farm" in Troy; 
 m. Esther Pidge (b. 1733 ; d. Aug. 12, 1822) ; d. Aug. 24, 1787. 
 Children : Isaac. Henry. "Waitstill, ra. Joseph Starkey, July 23, 
 1778. Esther, m. John Whitcomb. Polly, m. Samuel Barker of 
 Eindge,June26, 1791. 
 
 Henei^ Morse {Heni-y^) b. 1765 ; m. Susanna Fish, Dec. 31, 1789 ; 
 m., 2d, widow of Benjamin Frost of Marlborough (b. 1772 ; d. April 28, 
 1835) ; he d. Aug. 2, 1825. Children (of Mrs. Frost) : Charles, b. July 
 8, 1789. Charlotte, b. Feb. 10, 1792 ; m. William Eider of this town. 
 Phebe, b. June 25, 1796; m., 2d, a Mr. Bishop of Troy.~ Mr. and 
 Mrs. Morse had Henry. Susanna, m. James Clark, June 16, 1830 
 (dau. of Capt. Henry Morse). Harriet, d. March 19, 1856. 
 
 Heney^ Moese {Henry,^ Henry^), ra. Esther, daughter of William 
 Wright and removed to the state of New York. 
 
 MDNSELL. 
 
 Elisha Mdnsell, b. at East Windsor, Conn., March 13, 1793 ; m. 
 Mary Hurd, Oct. 30, 1818 (d. about 1830) ; he d. June 27, 1869. Had 
 by her, Sarah D., b. Dec. 8, 1819. Mary, b. March 1, 1821. Delia 
 A., b. June 13, 1823. Julia E., b. April 23, 1825. Stephen D., b. 
 Aug. 5, 1827. He m., 2d, Sept. 8, 1834, Lucy C. Sibley (d. Dec. 20, 
 1889, aged eighty-four years). By her had : Elisha. Lucy and Lydia 
 A., d. young. Robert B.,b. March 15, 1840. Elisha, b. June 14, 1845. 
 Thomas W., b. April 18, 1847, and lives in Denver, Col. Robert B. 
 and Elisha reside in Keene. He d. June 27, 1869. 
 
 MUEDOOK. 
 
 Baxter Muedock and wife had Jacob B. Henry. Emily. Wil- 
 liam. Isaac. Edwin, m. Miss Crane. Robert. 
 
 Jacob B.^ Murdock {Baxter^') m. Mary Seaver. Had Henry H., b. 
 March 4, 1841. Mary M., b. May 10, 1843. John, lives in Boston, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 MURDOUGH. 
 
 William^ Mdedough {Thomas Jefferson^), b. June 28, 1860; m. 
 June 14, 1882, Lizzie (b. Nov. 6, 1866), daughter of Merrick Worcester. 
 Children : Walter Jefferson, b. April 11, 1884. 
 
 MUEPHY. 
 
 Jesse W.^ Murphy {George^, of Mew Ipswich), b. Aug. 27, 1816 ; 
 m. Feb. 17, 1840, Mary Brackett (b. Nov. 2, 1819) , daughter of Dan- 
 iel Woodward. 
 
408 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 NADOW. 
 
 Benjamin Nadow, b. July 11, 1847, in Swanton, Vt. ; m. Oct. 11, 
 1866, Mary (b. Dec. 27, 1847) , daughter of Alwin Hill of Highgate, Vt. 
 Had three children : Mary H., b. Oct. 6, 1867 ; m. Walter D. Knight. 
 Emma J., b. Aug. 27, 1869. Louisa E., b. Nov. 27, 1871 ; m. March 
 15, 1889, John S. Nittrowr. 
 
 NASON. 
 
 Alvin2 Nason (Ziba^ of Marlborough) , b. Apr. 3, 1800 ; m. Aug. 6. 
 1823, Pedee (b. 1802), daughter of Silas Whitcomb ; he d. Mar. 10, 
 1866. Children: Charlotte Jane, b. in 1824 ; ra. William Flagg. Susan 
 Lovina, m. Nov. 12, 1844, Jevvett Mann, of Montpelier, Vt. Alvin 
 W., b. March 14, 1828. James R. Rogers. Hiram T. Josephine 
 Maria; m. Robert Cotts of Windsor, Vt. Hattie N., m. Cyrus Peck 
 of Winchendon, Mass. 
 
 NATLON. 
 
 Thomas Naylon, b. in 1821 ; d. Sept. 21, 1889, leaving a family 
 in which was Emma M., who m. Charles Bouvier, June 18, 1883. 
 
 NELSON. 
 
 Simeon B. Nelson, m. Lovisa (b. Dec. 23, 1827 ; d., in Westport, 
 Feb. 11, 1863), daughter of Jonathan Bailey. He resides in Michi- 
 gan. 
 
 NEWELL. 
 
 Nathan F.® Newell {Nathan^ of Elchmond), b. July 31, 1820; 
 m. Emily B. (b. Dec. 27, 1823), daughter of Luke Harris, of Rich- 
 mond. He d. 1884. Children : Edgar L., b. July 26, 1850. Leon- 
 ard A., b. Feb. 12, 1858. Emma F., b. Jan. 30, 1862 ; m. Chester L. 
 Lane. 
 
 Leonard A. 3 Newell {Nathan F.,^ Nathan'^ of Richmond), b. 
 Feb. 12, 1858; m. Nellie I., daughter of N. I. Lewis, of Winchester. 
 Child: James Garfield, b. March 4, 1881. 
 
 Geoege F. Newell, b. in Alstead, March 25, 1845; m. Oct. 21, 
 1868, at Hanover, Lizzie (b. July 17,1841 ; d. Jan. 1, 1874, at Keene), 
 daughter of Jonas and Rhoda Garfield; m., 2d, Dec. 7, 1880, Flora 
 E. (b. Jan. 9, 1855, in Swanzey), daughter of John and Harriet Cham- 
 berlain. 
 
 NEWTON. 
 
 Calvin® Newton {Luther^ of Marlborough), b. Feb. 1, 1791 ; m., 
 1st, Sally (d . May 25,1832), daughter of Reuben Newton, of Southboro, 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 409 
 
 Mass. ; m., 2ncl, Feb. 24, 1833, Lncretia Lebourveau (d. July 25, 
 1840) of Keene; m., Sd, Apr. 6, 1841, Sally Elmina (b. July 11, 
 1811 ; d. March 24, 1843) daughter of Benjamin Mason, of Dublin ; 
 m., 4th, Oct. 1, 1844, Sally Hart (d. March 29, 1849), of Hancock ; 
 m., 5th, May 13, 1857, Sabra (d. Oct. 16, 1871), daughter of Reu- 
 ben Worcester, of Swanzey. He d. in Troy, Dec. 16, 1873. 
 
 NtCHOLS. 
 
 Andrew Nichols m. May 30, 1781, Lucretia Howe. 
 Fkancis Nichols m. March 14, 1787, Lucy Bishop. 
 
 NICHOLSON. 
 
 John Nicholson m. Nov. 13, 1783, Esther Page. 
 
 NITTROWR. 
 
 EiPLET^ NiTTROWR (Puren^ of Blossburg, Penn.),h. Aug. 26, 1846 ; 
 m. Jan. 26, 1866, Ellen L. (b. July Ip, 1850), adopted daughter of 
 George W. Alexander. Children : John Stratton, b. Nov. 26, 1866. 
 Daisy G., b. Jan. 22, 1871 ; d. Jan. 13, 1874. Florence H., b. June 
 
 18,1876. 
 
 John Stratton^ Nittrowr {Ripley,^ Par en^), b. Nov. 26, 1866; 
 m. March 15, 1889, Louisa E. (b. Nov. 27, 1871), daughter of Ben- 
 jamin Nadow. 
 
 NORVrOOD. 
 
 Micajah^ Norwood {Charles^ of Richmond), m. Feb. 5, 1792, 
 Lydia Cooper. 
 
 OAKMAN. 
 
 Joseph L.'' Oakman {Joseph B.,^ Isaac,^ Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ Josiah,^ 
 Samuel^ of Spurwink River, Me.), b. in Chesterfield, Feb. 19, 1793; 
 iH. Mary Nickerson of Provincetown, Mass. He d. Feb. 21, 1842, 
 in Wendell, Mass. Had eight children : Richard N. Mary W. 
 Joseph J. Eliza F. Orrin F. Hannah N. Loina O. William C. 
 Of these, only two have been residents of the town. 
 
 Orrin F.^ Oakman {Joseph L.^ Joseph B.,^ Isaac,^ Samuel,'^ Sam- 
 uel,^ Josiah,^ Samuel), b. April 14, 1827; m. May 12, 1861, Martha 
 Ann, daughter of Joel A.. Davenport of Petersham, Mass. Children : 
 Clara A., b. Dec 17, 1853; m. Jan. 22, 1873, Henry C. Howes. 
 Walter F., b. July 12, 1861. 
 
 William C.^ Oakman {Joseph L. ,"> Joseph B. ,^ Isaac,^ Samuel,'^ Sam- 
 uel,^ Josiah,^ Samuel^), b. June 11, 1836 ; m. March 4, 1857, Alvira 
 
410 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 S. (b. Dec. 7, 1835), daughter of Elijah C. Balding. Eesides in Hazel 
 Green, Iowa. 
 
 Walter F.^ Oakman (Orrin F.,^ Joseph L.,'' Joseph B.,^ Isaac,^ 
 Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ Josiah,^ Samuel^), b. July 12, 1861 ; m. Dec. 29, 
 1886, Anna M., daughter of Charles L. Bali. 
 
 OCKINGTON. 
 
 Thomas Ookington, b. in 1747, came to this town about 1819 ; m. 
 
 Mary ; d. Dee. 7, 1832. Ciiildren : Hannali, ra. Nov. 12, 1812, 
 
 Silas Hill of Keene. Sarah, m. Jan. 31, 1819, Josiah Leach. She 
 went to Edom, Vt., and lived with her daugliter -Sarah. 
 
 OLCOTT. 
 
 Benjamin Olcott, b. in 1732 ; m. Naomi Cumstock (b. in 1739 ; d. 
 Dec. 21, 1831), d. Sept. 26, 1813. Children : Luc^^ b. Feb. 26, 1764 ; 
 m. Abel Wilson. Hannah, b. in 1764; m. Joseph Cross. Benjamin, 
 b. 1766. Marj', m. Aug. 23, 1796, JonatlianLampson. Anna, b. in 
 1776 ; m., 1st, Jotham Whitcomb ; m., 2d, Elisha Whitcomb. William, 
 d. Feb. 17, 1779. Dolly, d. Feb. 18, 1779. Dorothy, b. March 26, 
 1780. James, b. March 23, 1783. Otis, b. 1805. 
 
 Benjamin^ Olcott (Benjamin^), b. 1766 ; m. May 29, 1788, Mary 
 (b. in 1766; d. Oct. 15, 1859), daughter of Leonard Pemberton ; 
 she m., 2d, Bela Prouty ; he d. Apr., 1812. Farm is in Chester- 
 field. 
 
 James® Olcott {Benjamin^), b. March 23, 1783 ; m., 1st, Aug. 30, 
 1804, Lydia (b. Sept. 3, 1779; d. May 23, 1829), daughter of Peter^ 
 Holbrook; m., 2d, May 6, 1830, Malinda (b. May 17, 1799; d. in 
 III., Aug. 20, 1872), daughter of PeterS Holbrook. He d. Jan. 19, 1855. 
 Children : Infant, b. June 6, 1805. Lucina, b. June 25, 1806 ; ra. Josh- 
 ua Sawyer. Hannah, b. Nov. 1, 1808 ; m. Caleb Sawyer. Emily, b. 
 May 30, 1811, m. Barney Bolles. Lydia, b. Aug. 30, 1814; m. Caleb 
 H. Metcalf. Eliza, b. Feb. 9, 1819 ; m. Ziba Ware. Mary H., b. 
 Aug. 10, 1821 ; m. Joseph N. Taft of Winchester. James H., b. 
 Aug. 1, 1832. Naomi A., b. Sept. 8, 1834; m. Enoch H. Cum- 
 mings. 
 
 Otis® Olcott (Benjamin^), h. 1805; m. April 15, 1838, Hannah 
 (d. Jan. 29, 1859), daughter of Ivory Snow. He d. Oct. 1, 1873. 
 
 James H.^ Olcott {James,^ Benjamin^), b. Aug. 1, 1832; m. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 411 
 
 March 8, 1860, Laura (b. Sept. 16, 1835), daughter of Peter Hol- 
 brook of Whitingham, Vt. Children: Charles J., b. Dec. 11, 1860. 
 Eufus W., b. Dec, 1864. Herbert H., b. April 19, 1866. Carrie N., 
 b. in Illinois, Dec. 26, 1868. Bertha, b. in Illinois. 
 
 OLIVER. 
 
 George^ Oliver {George^ of AtJiol, Mass.), b. Sept. 4, 1808 ; m. 
 Oct. 29, 1833, Maria P. (b. Nov. 13, 1815), daughter of Elijah Lane; 
 he d. Apr. 14, 1869, in Swanzey. Children : Maria Y., b. Dec. 22, 
 1834 ; d. March 3, 1836. George W., b. Feb. 18, 1837, in Swanzey. 
 Francis E., b. Sept. 1, 1839, in New Ipswich. Henry C, b. Dec. 25, 
 1842, in New Ipswich ; d. Feb. 16, 1850, in Exeter. 
 
 George W.^ Oliver {Oliver,'^ George,^ of Athol, Mass.), b. Feb. 18, 
 1837 ; m. Sept. 7, 1858, Amanda P. Hubbell of Maltawan, N. Y. 
 Children all b. at Mattawan : Josepiiine H., b. March 2, 1860; d. 
 Jan. 16, 1866, in N. Y. city. Henry Clinton, b. Oct. 4, 1862; d. 
 Jan. 30, 1866, in N. Y. city. Francis Elliot, b. Oct. 20, 1867. 
 
 Francis E.3 Oliver (George,^ George^), b. Sept. 1, 1839 ; m. Feb. 
 3, 1863, Minnie E. Barnes ; d. Sept. 8, 1864, in New Haven, Conn. 
 
 OSBOBN. 
 
 Daniel OsBORN, m. widow of Gideon Willis about 1815. Child: 
 Sally. 
 
 OSGOOD. 
 
 Elijah and Mary Osgood were the ancestors of the Swanzey Os- 
 goods. Children : Submit, ra. Mr. Chamberlain of Stockbridge, Vt. 
 p:iijah, b. March 21, 1765. Ezekiel, b. May 3, 1767. Lydia, b. Oct. 
 14, 1769 ; m. Asaph Lane. An infant, d. Aug. 16, 1771. Oliver, a 
 twin, d. Aug. 18, 1771. Oliver, b. Aug. 21, 1772. Lucy, bapt. Sept. 
 1, 1776 ; d. Dec. 25, 1777. Lucy, b. Nov. 6, 1778 ; m. Aaron Ham- 
 mond. 
 
 Elijah^ Osgood (Elijah^), b. March 21, 1765; m. Oct 16, 1788, 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Thompson. 
 
 Ezekiel^ Osgood (Elijah^), b. May 3, 1767; m. Jan. 16, 1787, 
 Esther (b. May 31, 1772; d. Dec. 26, 1851), daughter of Samuel 
 Hills. He d. Aug. 7, 1851. Children: Elisha, b. June 11, 1788. 
 Sarah, b. Apr. 27, 1790; d. Aug. 27, 1807. Sabrina, b. Oct.'SO, 
 1793 ; m. Benjamin Williams. Eebecca, b. March 3, 1797 ; m. John 
 
412 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Woodward. Esther, b. Oct. 17, 1799 ; m. Otis Wliitcomb. Almira, 
 b. July 30, 1802 ; m. Alva Whileomb. Ezekiel, b. Sept. 14, 1806 ; 
 d. July 30, 1807. Sarah H., b. July 14, 1808; m. Joel Whitcomb. 
 Czarina, b. Apr. 4, 1811 ; m. Allen Hammond. Eoswell Satwell, b. 
 Apr. 18, 1818. 
 
 Eosha3 Osgood {EzeMel,^ Elijah^), b. June 11, 1788; m. Nov. 1, 
 1809, Clara, daughter of Josiah Rawson of Warwick, Mass. ; d. Sept. 
 20, 1827. Children : Ezekiel, b. Sept. 30, 1810. Lauren, b. Mar. 
 18,1814. Adaline, b.Aug. 12, 1816. Elliot, b. Jan. 13, 1819. 
 
 RoswELL S.3 Osgood {Ezekiel,^ Elijah^), b. April 18, 1818 ; m. 
 Jan. 1, 1840, Esther Maria (b. Sept. 27, 1818; d. June 23, 1866), 
 daughter of Josiah Hammond; d. Sept. 29, 1859. Child: Helen, 
 m. Elisha Munsell. 
 
 Ezekiel'* Osgood {Elisha,^ Ezekiel,^ Elijah^), b. Sept. 30, 1810; 
 m. June 5, 1830, Rachel, daughter of Jesse Thompson. 
 
 page. 
 
 Samuel Page, ancestor of the Page family of Swanzey, m. Sarah 
 
 Children: Sarah, m. April 16, 1782, Ephraim Mathews of Keene. 
 
 Benjamin, b. ; d. Jan. 12, 1788. Samuel, m. July 15, 1792, 
 
 Sybil Follett. Abraham. Ephraim. Elizabeth, m. July 5, 1787, 
 Solomon Hazeltine. Polly, b. 1770; m. Thomas Applin. James, 
 bapt. Oct. 17,1773. Ezekiel, b. Feb. 26, 1775; d. June2, 1777. Eze- 
 kiel, b. April 10, 1777. Rachel, b. March 11, 1779. David, b. Feb. 
 3, 1780. 
 
 Abraham^ Page (Samuel^), m. Nov. 23, 1786, Charlotte, daughter 
 of Samuel Belding. 
 
 Epheaim^Page {Samuel^), m. May 6, 1788, Sarah, daughter of Sam- 
 uel Belding. Children: Sally, b. March 18, 1790 ; m. Feb. 6, 1834, 
 Bela Child of Tlietford, Vt. Benjamin, b. Oct. 19, 1792 ; d. Jan. 18, 
 1859. Calvin, b. Jan. 19, 1795 ; d. in Keene. Abigail, b. Feb. 19, 
 1797; m. Howard. Philena, b. April 22, 1801; m. Frank- 
 lin Goodnovv. 
 
 Ezekiel^ Page {Samuel),]). Apr. 10, 1777; m. Apr. 14, 1802, 
 Olive (b. July 17, 1781 ; d. Aug. 19, 1868), daughter of Roger 
 Thompson. He d. Oct. 11, 1846. Children: Arvilla, b. Dec. 24, 
 1802; m. Alvah Thompson. Louisa, b. Dec. 1, 1803; m. Joshua 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECOEDS. 413 
 
 Parker. Ira, b. March 24, 1805. Ambrose, b. Jan. 26, 1807. Eze- 
 kiel Thompson, b. Sept. 26, 1808. A child, d. 1811. Minerva, b. 
 May 29, 1812 ; m. Lyman Gates. Miranda, b. Aug. 25, 1813. Ma- 
 rinda, b. Oct. 15, 1815. Leander,"b. Jan. 25, 1818. Orlando, b. 
 Sept. 8, 1820. Olive Augusta, b. Jan. 10, 1825 ; m. Alphonso Hil- 
 dreth. 
 
 David^ Page {Samuel^), b. Feb. 3, 1780 ; m. Lucy Jackson of Guil- 
 ford, Vt. Children: Almira, b. June 19, 1802; ra. Amos Hough- 
 ton. Ephraim. George. Jackson. Harriet. Horatio. Abigail, 
 m. Nath'l Sears. 
 
 Ira.3 Page (EzeMel,^ Samuel^), h. March 24, 1805; m. Laura, 
 daughter of Josiah Leach, and removed to the state of New York, 
 where he died. 
 
 Leander^ Page {Ezekiel,^ Samuel^), b. Jan. 25, 1818 ; m. Apr. 4, 
 1841 , Hannah Brown (b. Oct. 19, 1819), of Stowe, Mass. Children : 
 Aravilla M., b. Oct. 23, 1842 ; ra. William Sebastian. Sarah L., b. 
 Apr. 7, 1844; m., 1st, Bradford Larapson ; m., 2nd, N. B. Cloutman 
 of Alexandria. Ella E., b. March 12, 1846; d, Apr. 26, 1847. 
 Charles E., b. Feb. 16, 1848. Henry L., b. A{)r. 27, 1850. George 
 G., b. March IS, 1852. Elsie E., b. June 28, 1854 ; m. A. P. How- 
 land of Keene. Clara M., b. Aug. 20, 1857; m. George E. Lane. 
 Lillian A., b.Feb. 28, 1860; m. F. O. Dickinson. IdaE., b. Sept. 
 11, 1862; m. Lewis Spofford. 
 
 Orlando^ Page {Ezekiel,^ Samuel^), b. Sept. 8, 1820; m. Feb. 15, 
 1847, Lucy Ann (b. Dec. 9, 1823), daughter of Israel Applin. 
 
 Charles Ezekiel'* Page (Leander,^ Ezehiel,^ Samuel^), h. Feb. 16, 
 1848 ; m., as her second husband, Oct. 18, 1873, Anna E. (b. March 
 24, 1851), daughter of Orren Dickinson. Children: Wallace, b. 
 Nov. 26, 1871. Josie Maria, b. June 29, 1875. Jessie Ellen, b. Jan. 
 
 7, 1877. 
 
 Henry L.* Page (Leander,^ Ezekiel,^ Samuel^), h. April 27, 1850 ; 
 m. Eda (b. Feb. 26, 1868), daughter of Josephus Handy ; resides in 
 Marlborough. Children : Harry. Ray, resides in Marlborough. 
 
 George G.'* Page {Leander,^ EzeJeiel,^ Samuel^), b. March 13, 
 1852; m. June 20, 1876, Alice C. (b. Aug. 20, 1855), daughter of 
 George W. Eastman. Children : Guy, b. Aug. 6, 1877. Ernest 
 M., b. Dec. 2, 1880. Leander, b. June 25, 1883. 
 
 28 
 
414 HISTOEY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 PALMEE. 
 
 William "W.^ Palmer (Daniel^ of Newmarket), b. July 17, 1815; 
 m. Jan. 16, 1840, Martha (b. Aug. 4, 1814), daughter of Aaron 
 Dickinson. He d. Dec. 15, 1860. Children: W. Alexander, b. 
 Sept. 10, 1841. Two infants d. D. Sanford, b. Sept. 14, 1850. 
 
 PARKER. 
 
 Amasa Parker and Sarah, his wife, had : Sarah, bapt. Aug. 6, 1769. 
 Joshua, bapt. Aug. 16, 1771. 
 
 JosHDA^ Parker {Amasa^), b. Aug. 16, 1771; m. 1st, Nov. 24, 
 1803, the widow of Alpheus Wright ; m., 2d, Polly, daughter of Samuel 
 Hills. Children: Joshua, b. July 28, 1804. Eliza, b. Dec. 28, 1806 ; 
 EQ. George Talbot. Benjamin, b. Jan. 12, 1812. 
 
 Joshua^ Parker {Joshua,^ Amasa^),}). July 28, 1804; m. Oct., 
 1829, Louisa (b. Dec. 1, 1803), daughter of Ezekiel Page. 
 
 Benjamin Parker, m. Lois Daniels who d. in Swanzey. He d. 
 in Swanzey. Children: Benjamin. Japheth. Lyman, b. Dec. 9, 
 1793. Eoswell. Carlton, b. Feb. 8, 1805. 
 
 Ltman^ Parker {Benjamin'^), b. Dec. 9, 1793; m. Susan (b. Aug. 
 19, 1798 ; d. May 18, 1842), daughter of Daniel Holbrook, of Keene ; 
 m., 2d, Nov. 8, 1842, Sylvia (b. 1817 ; d. March 11, 1856),daugliter of 
 William Banks ; m., 3d, June 8, 1858, Lucinda (b. April 18, 1808), 
 daughter of Joel Read ; he d. Nov. 10, 1878. Children : Joseph L., 
 b. March 20, 1820. Mary Ann Benson, b. June 12, 1825 ; d. March 
 
 2, 1828. Susan Arvilla, b. June 1, 1831 ; d. July 26, 1841 . Benjamin 
 Franklin, b. Oct. 21, 1843. Milan George, b. Nov. 26, 1845 ; d. Nov. 
 18, 1864. Florianna A., b. Nov. 25, 1848. 
 
 EoswELL^ Parker {Benjamin^), ^cq.. March 11, 1829, Sarah, daughter 
 of Asahel Randall. 
 
 Carlton^ Parker {Benjamin}), b. Feb. 8, 1805; m. June 2, 1830, 
 Mary Ann (b. June 12, 1812), daughter of Josiah P. Read ; d. Nov. 4, 
 1880. Children : Mary Ann, b. July 5, 1833 ; m. John Applin. Ellen 
 E., b. Nov. 28, 1834 ; m. Moses M. Wright. Harriet Arvilla, b. April 
 
 3, 1842 ; m. John W. Dickinson. Cordelia Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 
 1843 ; m. Daniel H. Dickinson. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 415 
 
 Joseph L.^ Pakkek (Lyman,^ Benjamin}), b. March 20, 1820 ; in., 
 1st, Nov. 7, 1843, Ann (d. Feb. 10, 1869), daughter of Martin Stone ; 
 in., 2d, Mrs.N. S. Perkins. He d. July 24, 1885. Children : Clarence 
 A , b. Nov. 21, 1844. Abbie L., b. March 2, 1848 ; m. Frank Horton 
 of Providence, R. I. Orianna E., b. July 5, 1852 ; m. Lysander Cur- 
 tis. 
 
 Benjamin F.^ Parker (Lyman,^ Benjamin^) , b. Oct. 21, 1843 ; m. 
 April 2, 1874, Flora Whiting of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Clarence A.* Parker {Joseph L.,^ Lyman,^ Benjamin}) , h. Nov. 
 21, 1844 ; m. Dec. 5, 1867, Jennie M. (b. Feb. 15, 1848), daughter of 
 Philemon W. Foster. Children : Harry C, b. March 8, 1869. Fred 
 F., b. Aug. 6, 1880. Ralph J., b. Nov. 9, 1888. 
 
 John Parker, m. Nov. 18, 1790, Polly Williams. 
 
 Joseph Parker, m. July 14, 1781, Mary McAllester. 
 
 PARKINSON. 
 
 Thomas W. Parkinson, b. in Canada July 2, 1849 ; m. March 17, 
 1873, Abbie I. (b. July 23, 1850), daughter of Shepley W. Knight. 
 Children : Ida I., b. Dec. 2, 1874. Lillian S., b. May 12, 1880. 
 
 PARSONS. 
 
 Benjamin Parsons, b. in England; m. Oct. 6, 1653, Sarah Vore of 
 Windsor, Conn. ; d. Aug. 24, 1689, in Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Ebenezer^ Parsons (Benjamin^), b. Nov. 17, 1668, in Springfield. 
 
 Benjamin^ Parsons (Ebenezer,^ Benjamin^) , b. Dec. 15, 1696 ; m. 
 March 15, 1723, Martha Bliss^ of Springfield ; d. Jan. 17, 1774, in 
 Swanzey. 
 
 Aaron* Parsons (Benjamin,^ Ehenezer,^ Benjamin^), b. July 21, 
 1740, in Palmer, Mass. ; m., 1st, Feb. 8, 1770, Damaris (b. May 24, 
 1741 ; d. Oct. 20, 1796), daughter of David Whitcomb of Bolton, 
 Mass. ; m., 2d, June 15, 1797, widow Mary Forbes (b. 1752 ; d. July, 
 1831), of Rutland, Mass. He d. Sept. 1, 1820, in Swanzey. Chil- 
 dren : An infant, b. Jan. 9, 1771 ; d. Jan. 13, 1771. Betty, b. March 
 27, 1772 ; m. John Marble of Winchester ; d. March 12, 1798. Silas, 
 b. May 29, 1773. Damaris, b. Jan. 17, 1775 ; m. Jan. 8, 1794, John 
 Marble; d. Oct. 20, 1796. Aaron, b. Nov. 12, 1776. Abigail, b. 
 Dec. 15, 1778 ; d. Oct. 18, 1791. Josiah, b. July 7, 1781. 
 
416 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 SiLAs^ Paesons (Aaron,^ JBenjamin,^ Ebenezer,^ Benjamin^), b. May 
 29, 1773; in. March 25, 1806, Patience (d. Feb. 1, 1865), daughter of 
 Silas Haskins, of New Salera, Mass. ; d. March 15, 1859. Children : 
 Silas, b. Oct. 24, 1809. Damaris, b. Jan. 6, 1812 ; d. Oct. 31 , 1815. 
 Damaris, b. Dec. 6, 1817 ; m. Phinehas Stone. Patience, b. May 28, 
 1820 ; m. Simeon Cook. 
 
 JosiAH^ Parsons {Aaron,* Benjamin,^ Ehenezer,^ Benjamin^), b. 
 July 7, 1781 ; m., 1st, Aug. 31, 1806, Nattalla (b. May 30, 1782 ; d. 
 Sept. 1, 1840), daughter of Aqui.la Rarasdell; m., 2d, June 1, 1843, 
 Mrs. Lucinda Colburn (b. Jan. 30, 1793 ; d. Dec. 5, 1870), of Vernon, 
 Vt. ; d. May 2, 1861. Children : David, b. Feb. 12, 1807. Amanda, 
 b. Sept. 10, 1808; m. Dec. 6, 1832, Aaron Stone of Camden, N. Y. ; 
 d. Feb. 5, 1890. Marinda, b. Nov. 21, 1809 ; d. April 29, 1811. Alcis- 
 ta, b. Feb. 24, 1812 ; m. Feb. 22, 1857, Leverett Bryant of Camden, 
 N. Y., who d. Jan. 15, 1875. Marinda, b. Dec. 3, 1815 ; m. July 19, 
 1840, Newell J. Smith of Camden, N. Y. ; she d. May 25, 1869. 
 Louisa Ann, b. May 15, 1818 ; m. Nov. 4, 1838, Hiram Hammond ; d. 
 .July 13, 1847. Josiah, b. Feb. 27, 1822. 
 
 SiLAS^ Parsons {Silas,^ Aaron,* Benjamin,^ Ebenezer,^ Benjamin^) , 
 h. Oct. 24, 1809 ; m. Sept. 19, 1839, Susan M. (b. Apr. 28, 1816), 
 daughter of Fisher BuUard. She m., 2nd, May 3, 1843, Levi Davis of 
 Acworth; d. March 15, 1859. 
 
 David^ Parsons (Josiah,^ Aaro7i,* Benjamin,^ Ebenezer,^ Benja- 
 min^), h. Feb. 12, 1807; m. Dec. 8, 1833, Esther G. (b. May 28, 
 1805 ; d- Aug. 4, 1876), daugliter of Edward Goddard, 2d. He d. July 
 13, 1888. Children : Orlow E., b. May 24, 1838. Louisa Ann, b. May 
 ;27, 1840 ; d. Jan. 17, 1886. Mary Nhttalla, b. Oct. 31, 1844 ; m. Oct. 
 .26, 1876, Clifford Smith of Boston ; d. June 16, 1882. 
 
 JosiAH^ Parsons {Josiah,^ Aaron,* Benjamin,^ Ebenezer,^ Benja- 
 ndn^), b. Feb.. 27, 1822 ; m., 1st, Oct. 22, 1846, Nancy B. (d. Jan. 11, 
 1848), daughter of Nathaniel Fish; m., 2nd, Sept. 23, 1852, Dolly 
 W., daughter of Hubbard Williams. Children: Nathaniel F., b. Oct. 
 7, 1847; d. Apr. 11, 1848. An infant, b. Apr. 14, 1858 ; d. Apr. 16, 
 1858. 
 
 Orlow E.'' Parsons (David,^ Josiah,^ Aaron,* Benjamin,^ Eben- 
 ezer,^ Benjamin^), b. May 24, 1838 ; m., 1st, May 4, 1869, Mary S. 
 (b. June 19, 1843 ; d. Feb. 19, 1880) , daugliter of Roswell Whitcomb ; 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 417 
 
 m.,2ncl, Nov. 6, 1881, Emma F., daughter of Joseph Turner, of Claren- 
 don, N. Y. Children : Ida Louisa, b. Oct. 6, 1870 ; d. Feb. 6, 1883. 
 Lilla Florence, b. Dec. 17, 1872. 
 
 Benjamin^ Parsons (David^), m. Miriam . Children : Phebe, 
 
 b. Feb. 27, 1780. David, b. March 25, 1782; d. March 18, 178.5. 
 Benjamin, b. Apr. 19, 1784; d. Apr. 19, 1784. Miriam, b. Dec. 30, 
 1785. David, b. May 18, 1788 ; d. June 5, 1788. Philander, bapt. 
 July 26, 1789. Philadelphia, b. Oct. 9, 1791. 
 
 PATCH. 
 
 Jacob Patch, b. Feb. 25, 1789 ; m. March 13,1817, Elizabeth (b. 
 April 28, 1797 ; d. in Fitchburg), daughter of John Harkness of Rich- 
 mond. He d. in Fitchburg, Mass. Children : Edwin,- b. Oct. 4, 1817. 
 Angelina, b. Jan. 29, 1819 ; d. Feb. 16, 1821. Jacob, b. March 25, 
 1821. Lyman, b. Dec. 24, 1822. Lydia M., b. July 10, 1825; d. 
 March 17, 1845. Eliza E., b. Oct. 17, 1827; m. Harvey Evans. 
 Isaac, b. May 31, 1831. John H., b. Sept. 14, 1835. Mary Jane, b. 
 April 20, 1840 ; m. George Green. 
 
 partridge. 
 Amariah Partridge, m. Thankful . Child : Fanny, b. Nov. 
 
 1, 1787 ; m. Dec. 11, 1814, Elijah Carpenter. 
 
 Silas B.^ Partridge (Edward^ of Marlborough) , b. May 27, 1821 ; 
 m. Mary (b. Apr. 2, 1828, in Keene), daughter of Asa Emerson of 
 Troy. Children : S. Emerson, b. May 14, 1848, in Cavendish, Vt. 
 C. Edward, b. March 27, 1852. 
 
 S. Emerson^ Partridge (Silas B.,^ Edward^) , b. in Cavendish, Vt., 
 May 14, 1848; m.May 11, 1875, Anna M. Dunn of Ludlow, Vt. (b. 
 March 15, 1851). Child: Clyde Ralph, b. in Marlborough, Feb. 
 
 2, 1883. 
 
 C. Edward^ Partridge {Silas B.,^ Edward^) , b. March 27, 1852 ; 
 m. June 1, 1870, Minnie P. (b. Nov. 25, 1852), daughter of Elisha 
 Tolman of Troy. Children : Edward Ralph, b. May 12, 1875 ; d. Nov. 
 22, 1882. Maurice Emerson, b. in Troy, Apr. 3, 1878. Leon Ros- 
 coe, b. Aug. 19, 1880. Harry Tolman, b. Nov. 17, 1884, in Win- 
 chester. 
 
 PEASLET. 
 
 Warren E. Peaslet, b. in 1847; m., 1884, Candace, daughter of 
 Horace Starkey. 
 
418 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 PERHAM. 
 
 "WILL4KD S.^ Perham (Sylvanus^ of Fitzwilliam) , b. Nov. 7, 1839 ; 
 m. Oct. 15, 1862, Mary Jane, daughter of Harvey Bland'mg of Troy. 
 
 PECK. 
 
 IcHABOD Peck, m. Oct. 18, 1781, Lydia Deane of Keene. 
 
 PELKEY. 
 
 David^ Pelkey {Alexander^ of New York), h. Jan. 25, 1823; m. 
 June 15, 1845, Emily Billings (b. March 23,'1827). Children: Ad- 
 die, b. June 28, 1846 ; m. William H. Calkins ; d. Oct. 24, 1863. Ju- 
 lia, b. Oct. 28, 1847; d. Apr. 10, 1867. Jerry, b. June 30, 1849. 
 Rose, b. Apr. 13, 1852. Maria, b. Feb. 27, 1855; m. James W. 
 Price of Keene. Bertie, b. Nov. 24, 1858. Nellie, b. Oct. 27, 1860. 
 Willie A., b. Oct. 15, 1866. Carrie E., b. Nov. 13, 1869. 
 
 perry. 
 Oliver Perry of Mendon, Mass., m. Amy Streeter ; settled in Rich- 
 mond, and had eleven children. Of these John and Alpheus settled in 
 Swanzey, and Jairus lived in the town a number of years. 
 
 JoHN^ Perry (Oliver^), b. Apr. 19, 1781 ; ra. Dec. 26, 1805, Tam- 
 asin (b. Sept. 2, 1779 ; d. Nov. 17, 1843), daughter of Moses Martin 
 of Richmond. He d.' Jan. 28, 1852. Children : Martin, b. Feb. 
 4, 1807. Fila, b. Aug. 27, 1808. Lamson, b. Aug. 13, 1810. Hi- 
 ram, b. Feb. 10, 1812. Nahum, b. Apr. 21, 1814. Noah, b. Dec. 
 23, 1815. Tamasin. Margery, b. Apr. 7, 1818; d. Dec. 2, 1821. Jo- 
 seph, b. Nov. 16, 1820. 
 
 Alpheus^ Perky (Oliver^), h. Apr. 24, 1786; m. Lucy McCloud 
 (b. 1790 ; d. Nov. 17, 1852). He d. Sept. 18, 1852. Child : Edward, 
 b. Oct. 4, 1811. 
 
 Jairds^ Perry (Oliver^), b. June 25, 1804; m. March 16, 1829, 
 Susan (b. 1805 ; d. July 16, 1865), daughter of Harris. Chil- 
 dren : Esther Jane, b. Dec. 7, 1829; d. Nov. 19, 1831. Stephen 
 Potter, b. Nov. 8, 1831. George Taylor, b. Nov. 9, 1833. Daniel 
 Oliver, b. Dec. 5, 1835. Amasa Winter, b. May 25, 1839. Susan 
 Jane, b. May 4, 1841. 
 
 Martin^ Perry {John,^ Oliver''-), b. Feb. 4, 1807; m. Jan. 1, 
 1834, Malinda Z. W. (b. July 23; 1807), daughter of Jason Tyler. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECORDS. 419 
 
 Nahum3 Pebrt (John,^ Oliver^), b. April 21, 1814; m. Dec. 1, 
 1846, Arethusa (b. March 3, 1821), daughter of George Martin of 
 Eichraond. He d.Sept. 18, 1870. Children: George W., b. March 1, 
 1848. Walter H., b. May 24, 1854. Byron D., b. March 25, 1858. 
 Elmer E., b. Aug. 19, 1862 ; d. young. 
 
 Edward^ Perrt (AlpJieus,^ Oliver^), h. Oct. 4, 1811; m. Feb. 5, 
 1840, Emeline (b. Apr. 26,1817; d. Aug. 29, 1856), daughter of 
 Benjamin O. Williams. Children : Esther, b. Jan. 7, 1841 ; ra. John 
 F. Edwards of Needham, Mass. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12, 1842; m. 
 Darius E. Chamberlain. Ellen, b. Nov. 17, 1843 ; m., 1st, Daniel W. 
 Trask of Keene ; m., 2nd, Charles Barnes. Oliver Boardman, b. 
 Sept. 12, 1847. Sabrina, b. Apr. 8, 1849 ; m. George B. Britton of 
 Surry. Lucy, b. June 2, 1853 ; m. Newell J. Farnham of Keene. 
 Edward B., b. May 29, 1854 ; d. March 29, 1879. Emma Maria, b. 
 July 2, 1856 ; d. Aug. 24, 1856. 
 
 Walter H.* Perry (Nahum,^ JoJm,^ Oliver^) , b. May 24, 1854 ; m. 
 July 6, 1880, MaryJ. (b. Dec. 6, 1861), daughter of Simeon H. Hol- 
 brook. Children : Ora F., b. May 29, 1882. Harmon H., b. Aug. 
 
 25, 1883. 
 
 Btron D."* Perrt (Nahum,^ John,^ Oliver^), b. March 25, 1858; 
 m. Carrie A. Long of Gilboy, N. Y. ; resides in Richmond. 
 
 Alexander Perrt, taxed in 1818. Removed from town many years 
 ago. Children : Caroline. Fisher. 
 
 PETERS. 
 
 Jesse Peters, m. Celinda . Children : James. Clarissa, m. 
 
 T. Jefferson Thayer. Susan, removed to Mohawk, N. T. Ann Janette, 
 removed to Mohawk, N. Y. 
 
 Barnabas C. Peters, b. in Adams, Mass., Feb. 1, 1798 ; m. Aug. 
 
 26, 1819, Rebecca P. Willard of Winchester ; d. Dec. 30, 1879. Chil- 
 dren : Francis R., b. In Rutland, Vt., Aug. 16, 1821. John Q., b. Aug. 
 2, 1826 ; d. Oct. 1, 1830. Lawren W., b. Aug. 22, 1828. Mary A., 
 b. May 14, 1836 ; m. Orrin S. Gleason of Keene. 
 
 Francis R.^ Peters {Barnabas C.^), b. Aug. 16, 1821; m. Aug. 
 30, 1843, Lucy M. Severance of Alstead. Child: Emma F., b. in 
 Alstead, Jan. 7, 1847 ; m. June 20, 1866, Thomas N. Woodward of 
 Keene ; d. June 5, 1880. 
 
420 HISTORY or SWANZEY. 
 
 Lawren W.2 Peters {Barnabas C.i), b. Aug. 22, 1828^ m. Aug. 
 9, 1849, Sarah A. Way of Alstead ; d. in Mohawk, N. Y., Dec. 3, 
 
 1882. 
 
 PI-tlFP. 
 
 Mike G. Fluff, b. Nov. 11, 1845 ; m. June 20, 1865, Axalia M. 
 (b. May 31, 1850). Children : Hattie C, b. April 2, 1870 ; d. Jan. 
 
 9, 1885. Freddie M., b. Sept. 11, 1873 Axalia E., b. Feb. 19, 1878 
 Clara O., b. Jan. 9, 1881. Nettie L., b. July 15, 1882. 
 
 PLUMMER. 
 
 Jones Plummer of Guilford, b. March 1, 1807 ; m. Dec. 7, 1842, 
 Mrs. Eliza S. Calkins (b. Oct. 25, 1817). He d. Feb. 10, 1883. 
 Children : Edward J., b. June 25, 1844 ; d. Aug. 16, 1863, in Gettys- 
 burg hospital. Julius D., b. Dec. 29, 1846; d. Aug. 13, 1849. 
 Amanda M., b. Nov. 27, 1848; d. Aug. 31, 1849. Ella A. M., b. 
 Sept. 25, 1850 ; m. Dec. 16, 1865, William A. Morey. Sarah E., . 
 b. Jan. 29, 1853; m. June 28, 1871, Martin D. Bryant. Oscar J., 
 b. July 7, 1856 ; m. Feb. 7, 1878, Lillian E. Pratt. 
 
 PIERCE. 
 
 James^ Pierce, b. in 1769 ; m. Feb. 10, 1795, Polly Stacy (b. in 
 1773 ; d. Aug. 15, 1847) ; d. Feb. 4, 1849. Children : Alvah, b. Jan. 
 30, 1796. Polly, b. July 20, 1800; m. March 22, 1820, Salmon Field 
 of Winchester. Daniel W., b. Oct. 25, 1802. Enoch, b. Dec. 9, 
 1803; d. Nov. 22, 1815. Sarah, b. 1806 ; m. Charles Green. James. 
 Nancy, b. 1809 ; d. June 28, 1853. William. Cummings, d. young. 
 
 Alvah^ Pierce (James'), b. Jan. 30, 1796 ; m. Leafy (b. 
 
 1805 ; d. Aug. 31, 1876, in Vermont). He d. Jan. 20, 1869. 
 
 Daniel W.2 Pierce {James^), b. Oct. 25, 1802 ; m. Ursula Cald- 
 well (b. Aug. 24, 1808), of Northfleld, Mass. 
 
 James^ Pierce {James^), m. Jan. 1, 1839, Chloe (b. March 20, 
 1816; d. Oct. 16, 1886), daughter of John Holbrook. Children: 
 James, b. Sept. 23, 1839. Walter and Wallace, b. Oct. 19, 1842. 
 
 William^ Pierce (Jctmesi), m. Martha, daughter of Job Whitcomb. 
 Children : Job Whitcomb, b. Nov. 25, 1845 ; m., 2d, M. Nellie, daugh- 
 ter of Benjamin Whitcomb ; resides in Missouri. 
 
 Anthony Pierce, d. about Aug. 14, 1753 ; may have been brother 
 of John Pierce. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 421 
 
 John Pierce, b. in 1749 ; m. Mary ; d. Feb. 27, 1812. Had 
 
 nine children : Zerue, b. May 17, 1773. Sarah, b. May 8, 1777 ; ra. 
 Shubael Seaver. Batlisheba, b. July 25, 1779 ; m., 1st, Dec. 2, 1807, 
 David Ballou of Richmond ; m., 2nd, Seth Poraroy. Mary, b. April 
 8, 1781; m. "William H. Seaver. Cynthia, b. March 29, 1782; m. 
 Levi Long. Meribah, b. March 27, 1785; m. Oct. 21, 1811, Zacha- 
 riah Field, jr., of Winchester. Susannah, b. March 25, 1787 ; ra. Bar- 
 nard Wheeler. Sylvia, b. May 13, 1792 ; m. Longley Willard. John, 
 b. July 19, 1794. 
 
 POMKOT. 
 
 Seth Pomrot, b. in 1759 ; m. Mary (b. in 1756 ; d. Jan. 11, 1829). 
 He d. in Swanzey in 1810. Children : Seth, b. Feb. 17, 1779, in 
 Suffield, Conn. Anna, b. Dec. 7, 1783; m. Nov. 19, 1816, Moses 
 Thayer. Putnam, b. Oct. 2, 1786. Mary, b. June 5, 1788 ; m. April 
 3, 1808, Joseph Hill of Chesterfield. Lucy, b. Jan. 21, 1792; m. 
 March 5, 1817, Nathan Leonard of New York. Eunice, b. Jan. 20, 
 1794. Sally, b. July 25, 1797 ; m. Calvin Field. John, b. May 29, 
 1800. 
 
 Seth2 PoMRor (^Seth^ of Suffield, Ci.),b. Feb. 17, 1779 ; m. in 1804, 
 Hannah Bond (b. April 11, 1780; d. March 3, 1832), of Winchester. 
 He d. in Swanzey Oct. 28, 1852. Children : Samuel, b. Jan. 25, 1805. 
 Philinda, b. Nov. 13, 1807. Irena, b. Oct. 19, 1809 ; m. Dickin- 
 son of Northfield. Benjamin, b. Feb. 11,1811. Hannah, b. Feb. 22, 
 1815 ; m., 1st, Asa Jackson ; m., 2nd, William Clark. Nathaniel B., 
 b. Feb. 7, 1817. Nancy S., b. Sept. 3, 1819; ra. Sept. 13, 1842, 
 Charles C. Shepherd of Northfield. David A., b. May 26, 1822. 
 
 Benjamin^ Pomrot {8eth,^ SetW), b. Feb. 11, 1811 ; m. Oct. 14, 
 1834, Hannah, dau.ghter of George Hill ; d. Dec. 6, 1862. Children : 
 Benjamin Preston, b. Dec. 17, 1835; d. Oct. 4, 1849. Albert T., b. 
 July 28, 1837. Hannah Josephine, b. March 17, 1839 ; m. Jan. 29, 
 1859, JohnF. Kidder. Nancy Agnes, b. May 1, 1841 ; d. May 12, 
 1862. Edna Jane, b. Jan. 18, 1843; d. Sept. 24, 1849. Emma C, 
 b. May 24, 1847. Edna Jane, b. Oct. 5, 1849 ; m. Frank Mather of 
 FaU River. Frances E., b. April 13, 1852 ; m. Lester Taft. George 
 P., b. Feb. 1, 1856 ; A. April 2,, 1859. 
 
 Nathaniel B.3 Pomrot (Seth,^ Seth^), b. Feb. 7, 1817 ; m. Emily, 
 (b. March 20, 1820), daughter of Arba Stearns ; resides in West Town 
 send, Vt. 
 
422 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 David A.3 Pomrot {Seth,'^ Seth^), b. May 26, 1822; m. Jane 
 Starkey (b. 1831 ; d. Aug. 11, 1854), daughter of Mrs. William Clark ; 
 d. in Townsend, Vt., Nov. 28, 1881. Children : Frank E., b. Nov. 
 5, 1850. Florence. He m., 2d, Julia A. Wood ; had Anna Jane. He 
 m., 3d, Elizabeth E., daughter of Loron Eaton formerly of Chester- 
 field ; had Carlos D. Carrie E., b. In Townshend, Vt., June 7, 1860. 
 
 Albert* Pomrot (Benjamin,^ Seth,^ Seth^), b. July 28, 1837; m. 
 June 28, 1863, Mrs. Emma (Shepherd) McCady (b. Oct. 22, 1842), o 
 Worcester, Mass. Children: Joseph Henry McCady, b. Feb. 8, 1857. 
 George Albert, b. July 5, 1864 ; d. Sept. 21, 1878. Sarah S., b. Feb- 
 8, 1867. Etta N., b. Aug. 12, 1869 ; d. Dec. 9, 1876. Esther L., b. 
 Oct. 12, 1872 ; d. July 19, 1874. Benjamin D., b. Jan. 26, 1880. 
 
 PORTER. 
 
 Reuben^ Porter (Asa^ of Marlborough), b. June 8, 1797; m. Apr. 
 5, 1824, Prudence (b. Feb. 8, 1797), daughter of Moses Hills. Chil- 
 dren : Lovell, b. Feb. 18, 1826. Mary B., b. in 1834; d. in Chester- 
 field, Aug. 28, 1853. Sumner W., d. in Chesterfield, 1838. 
 
 Francis J.® Pokter (NoaJi^ of Marlborough) , b. Feb. 9, 1835 ; ra. 
 Jan. 1, 1856, Ellen F. (b. July 29, 1839 ; m., 2nd, July 23, 1864, 
 James C. Eames), daughter of Harvey Higgins, Dummerston, Vt. 
 He d. Oct. 26, 1862. Children : Arthur E., b. March 2, 1860 ; d. June 
 2, 1860. J. Byron, b. Dec. 21, 1861. 
 
 J. Byron3 Poetee {Francis J. ,2 Noah^), b. Dec. 21, 1861 ; ra. Flo- 
 ra M. (b. May 1, 1868), daughter of Charles L. Ball. 
 
 POTTEE. 
 
 William Pottee, b. 1724 ; d. May 3, 1816. 
 
 Stephen^ Potter {William^), b. in 1766; m., 1st, (b. 
 
 in 1789 ; d. Nov. 5, 1840) ; m., 2nd, Patty (b. Aug. 6, 1786 ; d. Aug. 
 4, 1853), daughter of Nathan Aldrich of Richmond ; d.Dec. 16, 1863. 
 
 prentice. 
 Elbeidge G. Peentice m. Lestina (b. 1820; m., 2nd, John A. 
 Breed of Winchester), daughter of Josiah Read; d. Dec. 14, 1869. 
 Children : Asa M., b. 1850 ; d. Dec. 22, 1872. John M,, b. May 6, 
 1856. 
 
 John M.^ Prentice (Elbridge OJ), b. May 6, 1856 ; m. July 15, 
 1874, Isabel (b. Aug. 15, 1857), daughter of Amasa Ballou. Child: 
 Lula A., b. July 4, 1886. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOED8. 423 
 
 Joshua Jewett^ Prime {Joshua^ of Rowley, Mass.), m. Jan. 1, 
 1780, Olive (d. March 13, 1826), daughter of Thomas Bakerof Keene ; 
 d. March 30, 1796. Children : Sally, b. June 18, 1782 ; m. Ezra Hol- 
 brook. Thomas, b. Jan. 4, 1784; d. March 29, 1786. Thomas, b. 
 Mar. 11, 1786. Olive, b. Oct. 11, 1787 ; d. June 2, 1789. Olive, b. 
 July 1, 1789 ; m. Rev. W. K. Stewart of Illinois; d. Aug. 17, 1874. 
 Joshua, b. Apr. 13, 1791 ; d. Feb. 5, 1813. David, b. Jan. 7,1793 ; 
 d. July 10, 1814. Abigail, b. Nov. 13, 1794; d. Jan. 3, 1795. Jew- 
 ett, b. Dec. 4, 1795. 
 
 JosiAH^ Pkime {Joshua^), m. Hannah Record (ra., 2nd, John Hol- 
 brook) of Sutton, Mass. Children : Phebe, b. Apr. 10, 1785. A 
 child, d. Jan. 3, 1786. Josiah, b. May 5, 1788. Rachel, b. Sept. 
 20, 1790 ; m. Dec. 29, 1816, Artemas Rixford of Winchester. 
 
 Thomas^ Prime (Joshua J.^ Joshua^ of Rowley, Mass.), h. March 
 11, 1786 ; m. Rachel (d. Sept. 11, 1861, in Parkman, Me.), daughter 
 of Peter Holbrook ; d. Sept. 12, 1871. Children : Mary, b. Dec. 25, 
 1807; m. Joseph Stanley Hammond. Harriet, b. March 4, 1810; 
 m., 1st, Thomas Trowbridge July 3, 1836 ; m., 2nd, Thomas T. Weth- 
 erbee. Olive, b. May 7, 1812; m., 1st, Almon Hart; m., 2nd, Caleb 
 Gorton, £ast Greenwich, R. I. Rachel, b. Apr. 6, 1815 ; m., 1st, 
 James Carson ; m., 2nd, Aaron Miller. 
 
 Josiah^ Prime (Josiah,^ Joshua^), b. 1788 ; m. in 1813, Sophia (b. 
 1790; d. in Boston 1870), daughter of Nathaniel Lawrence; d. in 
 1845. Children: Madison R., b. 1814 in Winchester; ra. and had 
 three children ; lives in Girard, Penn. Caroline L., b. July 1, 1816 ; 
 m. Daniel H. Holbrook ; d. in Keene, Dec. 5, 1880. Bradley, d. young. 
 Bradley L. Sophia, d. in Girard, Penn., aged fourteen yeare. Mary 
 P., b. 1830; probably m. Gilbert Fosgate of Winchester ; had three 
 children and d. in Winchester, 1872. Emily H., b. 1835 in Girard ; 
 m. Joseph Sawyer of Boston, Mass. ; had one child ; lives in Somer- 
 ville, Mass. 
 
 George H.^ Prime (Hubbard V.,^ Nathaniel^ of Chesterfield), b. 
 May 4, 1851 ; m. April 4, 1874, Jane N. (b. July 2, 1852), daughter 
 of Abel H. Cook of Winchester. Children : Cora E., b. July 16, 1875 ; 
 d. Oct. 26, 1879. Mabel J., b. March 22, 1878. 
 
424 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 PROUTT. 
 
 Stephen Prodtt m. March 1, 1792, Judith Divol. 
 
 PDFFER. 
 
 Simeon Puffer m. Dec. 8, 1780, Lydia (b. Jsin. 25, 1764) , daughter 
 of Josliua Graves. Children: Lydia, b. Oct. 12, 1781. Jemima, b. 
 Feb. 16, 1784. Martha, b. July 25, 1790. Simeon, b. Jan. 5, 1793. 
 
 QCINN. 
 
 Charles A.s Quinn {Carlos^ of Keene), b. May 4, 1837; m. 1858, 
 Seraph S. (b. Oct. 30, 1837), daughter of Jonathan Hill. Children : 
 Ada I., b. Aug. 2, 1859 ; d. Sept. 10, 1878. Charles Elmer, b. Aug. 
 2, 1861. 
 
 William Qdinn, b. in Ireland ; m. Bridget Reardon. Children all 
 born in Keene : Michael, b. Sept. 25, 1865. Mary, b. Jan. 30, 1866. 
 Margaret, b. Feb. 22, 1868. Kate, b. Nov., 1870. "William, b. April 
 15, 1873. John, b. Nov. 1, 1875. 
 
 RAMSEY. 
 
 "William Ramsey m. Aug. 8, 1782, Anna Gilchrist. Children : 
 Charles, b. Nov. 29, 1782. Anna, b. June 5, 1785. Mary, b. in 
 1787. 
 
 RAYMOND. 
 
 Alpheus Raymond, m. Cynthia Daniels, June 25, 1809. 
 
 Paul Raymond, b. in 1780; d. July 23, 1814. His widow Sally 
 m., 2d, May 30, 1817, J. Smith, of Orwell, Vt. Children : Lucy, b. 
 Nov. 22, 1808. Paul, b. Oct. 18, 1810. 
 
 ramsdell. 
 Aquila RAMSDELL,b. 1757 ; m., 1st, Esther Brown (b. 1750 ; d. April 
 24, 1828) ; m., 2d, Dec. 31, 1829, Mrs. Lydia Harris; d. April 14, 
 1844. Children: Nattalla, b. May, 1782 ; m. Josiah Parsons. Ju- 
 dith, m. James Sibley Taft. Mary, b. in 1785; m. Elijah Sawyer. 
 Elisha, b. Dec. 2, 1786. Esther, b. in 1788 ; ni. Joseph "Woodward. 
 Italy, b. 1789 ; m. Zadock L. Taft. Anna, b. 1792 ; m. Zadock L. 
 Taft. 
 
 Elisha^ Ramsdell (Aquila^), b. Dec. 2, 1786 ; m. Dec. 16, 1807, 
 Eunice (b. Aug. 15, 1786 ; d. Sept. 13, 1866), daughter of Matthew 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECORDS. 425 
 
 RobleJ^ He d. Jan. 28, 1834. Childi-en : James Madison, b. Oct. 21, 
 1808. Mary E., b. Sept. 30, 1810 ; m. John B. Salisbury, of Blaclc- 
 stone, Mass. Aqnila, b. Dec. 8, 1812. Esther A., b. Dec. 4, 1814 ; d. 
 Aug. 11, 1816. Esther A., b. March 15, 1817; d. May 10, 1818. 
 Clementine, b. March 23, 1819 ; m. Samuel S. Farris. Cliarles Q., b. 
 March 15, 1821. Italy, b. June 16, 1823; d. May 29, 1841. Esther 
 Angeline, b. Jan. 12, 1827 ; d. Apr. 2, 1873. Richard Robley, b. in 
 Richmond, July 10, 1831. 
 
 James M.^ Ramsdell (Elisha,^ Aquila^), b. Oct. 21, 1808; m. 
 Apr. 6, 1834, Lucy, daughter of Joseph Starke3' of Richmond. 
 
 Aquila^ Ramsdell (Elisha,^ Aquila^), b. Dec. 8, 1812; m. Nov. 
 30, 1837, Lovisa, daughter of Joseph Whitcomb. He d. Aug. 2, 1887. 
 Children: Fostina W., b. Jan. 14, 1838 ; m. George E. Whitcomb. 
 Clementina, b. July 27, 1840 ; m. Hubbard W. Whitcomb. Italy A., 
 b. March 10, 1843 ; m. William W. Starkey. Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 21, 
 1846. Henry A., b. Nov. 5, 1850. Edgar E., b. Sept. 16, 1853. 
 
 Charles G.^ Ramsdell (EUsha,^ Aquila^), b. March 15, 1821 ; m. 
 Dec. 2, 1845, Martha E. (b. June 16, 1819 ; d. July 19, 1876), daugh- 
 ter of Joseph Whitcomb ; m., 2nd, Mrs. Ellen Blodgett. Children: 
 Charles H., b. Apr. 5, 1849 ; d. Apr. 9, 1849. Eugene C, b. March 
 15, 1850. Elmer C, b. Feb. 23, 1852; d. Nov. 20, 1864. Georgi- 
 anna, b. Jan. 9, 1854; m. Charles N. Stone. 
 
 Richard R.^ Ramsdell {Elisha,^ Aquila^), b. July 10, 1831 ; m., 
 1st, July 2, 1856, PVances (b. March 28,1841; d. Nov. 22,1870), 
 daughter of Philo Applin ; m., 2d, July 12, 1876, Mary Eliza Dodge 
 (b. March 12, 1854, in New Castle, Me.). Children : James Marshall, 
 b. Nov. 17, 1858. Richard Robley, b. Sept. 24, 1861. Lizzie J:u- 
 nice, b. July 12, 1863. Angle Maria, b. May 5, 1869. Ethel May, 
 b. Oct. 26, 1881. Alice Eugena, b. Feb. 25, 1885. 
 
 Edgar E.* Ramsdell (Aquila,^ EUsha,^ Aqnila^) , b. Sept. 16, 1853 ; 
 m. Feb. 6, 1884, Grace E. (b. Feb. 14, 1860), daughter of Sumner 
 W. Black. 
 
 Eugene C.^ Ramsdell {Charles G.,^ EUsIia,^ Aquila^), b. March 
 15, 1850 ; m. Jan. 5, 1876, Amanda L. (b. Feb. 15, 1850), daughter 
 of Jesse W. Graves. 
 
 James M.* Ramsdell {Richard B.,^ Elisha,^ Aquila^), b. Nov. 17, 
 1858 ; m. March 24, 1881, Hattie Rebecca (b. Aug. 21, 1859), daugh- 
 
426 HISTORY OF SWANZEY, 
 
 ter of Calvin Alexander. Childi-en : Blanche Rebecca, b. May 28, 
 1882. Ruth Frances, b. Sept. 5, 1883. 
 
 RicnAKD R.4 Ramsdell {Richard B.,^ EUslm,^ Aquila'^), b. Sept. 
 24, 1861; m. Oct. 6, 1879, Eva L. (b. Dec. 8, 1862), daughter of 
 Benjamin F. Mead. Children: Edith M., b. July 12, 1880. Carl 
 R., b. March 29, 1884. 
 
 K AND ALL. 
 
 Abraham! Randall, b. Nov. 24, 1731 ; came to this town from 
 Smilhfleld about 1786; m. Sarah Lyon. He d. 1804. Children: 
 Freelove, b. Jan. 11, 1754; m. Jonathan "Wheeler. Mary, b. Oct. 
 22, 1756 ;' ra. Ananias Aldrich. Reuben, b. Jan. 27, 1760. Levi, b. 
 Dec. 22, 1761. Wait, b. April 10, 1763. Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1765 ; 
 ra. David Tvvitcliell. Rufus, b. Dec. 5, 1768. Asahel, b. April 30, 
 1770. Stephen, b. Feb. 15, 1774. Abraham, b. Oct. 7, 1778. Wil- 
 liam, b. Sept. 26, 1780. 
 
 LeviS Randall {Abraham^), b. Dec. 22, 1761 ; m. Nov. 12, 1792, 
 Huldah (b. 1774 ; d. May 16, 1861), daughter of Joseph Newell, 1st, 
 of' Richmond. He d. July 3, 1843. Children : Mary, b. Jan. 3, 
 1793 ; d. Feb. 15, 1828. Benjamin, b. July 28, 1794. Joseph, b. Aug. 
 24, 1796. Levi, b. Aug. 31, 1798. Huldah, b. Aug. 31, 1798 ; d. 
 March 24, 1803. Abraham, b. Aug. 16, 1800; d. Sept. 29, 1873. 
 Lucy, b. July 15, 1802 ; d. Apr. 12, 1803. Reuben, b. July 15, 1804 ; 
 d. July 8, 1818. Elisha, b. Aug. 2, 1806 ; d. Nov. 10, 1809. Stephen, 
 b. March 9, 1808. Lyman, b. Apr. 17, 1810. Jonas, b. Nov. 14, 
 1811. John, b. Apr. 15, 1814. Silence, b. Apr. 18, 1816 ; m. Edson 
 Staikey of Richmond. David, b. Feb. 14, 1819. 
 
 RuFus^ Randall (Abraham^) , b. Dec. 5, 1768. Children : Ros- 
 well. Rufus. Mahala. 
 
 Asahel^ Randall (Abraham^), b. Apr. 30, 1770; m. March 2, 
 1797, Damaris, daughter of John Whitcomb. Children : Damaris. 
 Sarah, m. Mai'ch 11, 1829, Roswell Parker. Asahel. Missouria, m. 
 March 11, 1829, George Howard of Hinsdale. Stephen. Washing- 
 ton. Jefferson. Jonas, b. about 1815. 
 
 Stephen^ Randall {AbraJiam^) , b. Feb. 15, 1774; m. 1799, Es- 
 ther (b. Aug. 9, 1780), daughter of Joseph Hammond.' 
 
GENEALOGICAL EEOOEDS. 427 
 
 William^ Randall (Abraham^), b. Sept. 26, 1780; m., 1st, Nov. 
 11, 1802, Sarah (b. Sept. 22, 1783; d. June 26, 1834), daughter of 
 Uriah Parmenter; m., 2nd, Aug. 18, 1835, widow Mahala Kelton (d. 
 Nov. 28, 1865), of EioLmond. He d. Apr. 11, 1859, in Eichmond. 
 Children: Willard, b. Dec. 24, 1802. Uriah, b. Sept. 30, 1804; 
 d. Aug. 9, 1806. Clarissa, b. Dec. 7, 1806; m. Amos Gurnsey. 
 Moses, b. Feb. 23, 1809. William, b. Aug. 7, 1811 ; d. June 18, 
 1813. Alfreda, b. March 23, 1814; m. Andrew Watrous. Wil- 
 liam, b. Aug. 25, 1816. Rhoda, b. Apr. 11, 1819 ; m. Ahaz Bassett. 
 Asahel, b. July 26, 1822 ; d. Sept. 27, 1846. 
 
 RoswELL^ Randall {Rufus^), b. about 1796 ; m. Miss Page of Dor- 
 set, Vt. 
 
 READ. 
 
 John! Read, the emigrant ancestor of the Swanzey Reads, came to 
 America in 1630 ; in 1634 he was in Weymouth and in 1638 in Dor- 
 chester ; from Dorchester he went to Braintree ; in 1643 or 4 he set- 
 tled in Rehoboth where he d. Sept. 7, 1685, aged eighty-seven years. 
 The line of descent from him to Timothy Read, who settled in Swan- 
 zey, was John,2b. in Braintree, Aug. 29, 1640 ; John,^ b. Dec. 8, 1669 ; 
 Timothy,^ b. July 11, 1699. 
 
 Timothy'' Read {Timothy'^ John,^ John,^ John^ of Rehohoth, Mass.), 
 b. April 24, 1732 ; m. Martha (b. Aug. 11, 1738 ; d. Jan. 24, 1812), 
 daughter of John Pidge ; d. March, 1808, in Swanzey. Children : 
 Obadiah, b. July 21, 1761 ; d. Jan. 31, 1762. Joel, b. Dec. 2, 1762. 
 John, b. Feb. 10, 1765. Sabrina, b. June 4, 1767 ; m. Thomas Ap- 
 plin. Rachel, b. May 25, 1769; m. Asa Hills. Josiah Pidge, b. 
 Apr. 8, 1772. Benjamin, b. May 3, 1774. Robert, b. March 30, 
 1776. Martha, b. Oct. 11, 1778 ; m. Jan. 1, 1800, Isaiah Harvey of 
 Chesterfield. Betsey, b. May 24, 1781 ; m. Nov. 13, 1803, Ziba Al- 
 drich of Shrewsbury, Vt. 
 
 Joel^ Read {Timothy,^ Timothy, ''^ JoJin,^ John,^ John^), b. Dec. 2, 
 1762 ; m. Feb. 14, 1796, Judith Mears (b. Jan. 5, 1765 ; d. Jan. 22, 
 1829), of Sterling, Mass. ; d. Jan. 22, 1812. Children : Sabrina, b. 
 June 12, 1796 ; d. Dec. 9, 1879. Betsey, b. March 7, 1798. . Han- 
 nah, b. March 19, 1800. Joel, b. June 28, 1802 ; d. Nov. 17, 1825. 
 Judith, b. July 14, 1805 ; m. Eriek Drewrey of Athol, Mass. Lu- 
 cinda, b. Apr. 18, 1808 ; m. Lyman Parker. 
 
 JoHN^ B,E AD {TimotJiy,^ Timothy,* John,^ John,^ Joh'n}), b. in Re- 
 hoboth, Feb. 10, 1765 ; m. March 1, 1795, Lucy (b. May 7, 1769 ; d. 
 
428 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Dec. 4, 1844), daughter of Daniel Warner; d. June 3, 1813. Cliil- 
 ren : Abel Warner, b. Nov. 4, 1796. Timothy, b. June 17, 1798. 
 Joiin, b. Aug. 3, 1800. Daniel, b. Apr. 1, 1803 ; d. Nov. 3, 1867, 
 Cliarles, b. Oct. 23, 1805. Lucy, b. Nov. 5, 1807 ; d. Oct. 16, 1878. 
 Eawson, b. May 12, 1810; d. Oct. 18, 1885. 
 
 JosiAH P.6 Read {Timothy,^ Timothy,* John,^ John?' John^), b. 
 April 8, 1772 ; m. Feb. 10, 1800, Mary (b. Nov. 17, 1782 ; d. July 
 30, 1866), daughter of William Forbes of Barre, Mass.; d. Aug. 8, 
 1865. Cliildren : William, b. Oct. 29, 1800. Maria, b. May 29, 1802 ; 
 ni., 1st, Joseph Read, of Rutland, Mass. ; m., 2nd, William S. Wilder, 
 of Fitchburg, Mass. Malinda, b. Nov. 26, 1804 ; ra. John 8. Sargent. 
 Benjamin, d. young. Josiah Miles, b. Apr. 1, 1809. Mary Ann, b. 
 June 12, 1812 ; m. Carlton Parker. Demaris, b. Feb. 13, 1816 ; jn. 
 John S. Sargent. Benjamin, b. March 13, 1817. Edwin Forbes, b. 
 March 5, 1819. 
 
 Benjamin^ Read {Timothy,^ Timothy,* John^ John? Joh-n}-), b. 
 May 3, 1774 ; m. Phebe Farnsworth, who d. soon after her marriage. 
 He d. Jan. 30, 1812. 
 
 Robert^ Read ( Timothy,^ Timothy* John? John? John^),h. March 
 30, 1776 ; m. Silence, daughter of Ananifts Aldrich of Richmond. 
 
 Abel W.'' Read (John? Timothy? Timothy? John? John? John^), 
 b. Nov. 4, 1796 ; m. Nov. 14, 1827, Sylvia (b. Dec. 22, 1796 ; d. Feb. 
 15, 1872), daughter of Elijah Graves ; d. March 29, 1873. Children: 
 Albert G., b. Oct. 21, 1830. George Henry. 
 
 Timothy' Read {John? Timothy? Timothy? John? John? John^), 
 b. June 17, 1798 ; m. the widow of Barton Kelly ; d. Feb., 1847 or 8, 
 in Danby, Vt. Children : Timothy. Edward. Lucy. Eunice. 
 
 John' Read {John? Timothy? Timothy* John? John? John^), b. 
 Aug. 3, 1800; ra. Eliza Baker (b. 1805; d. March 13, 1847); d. 
 Jan. 23, 1875. Children : Sarah Jane Leonard, b. 1831 ; d. Feb. 16, 
 1876. Charles Rawson, b. Dec. 20, 1836 ; d. Aug. 12, 1837. Daniel 
 Henry, b. Nov. 1, 1838; d. Jan. 7, 1867. George Elliot, b. Feb. 
 28, 1841; d. Aug. 19, 1842. 
 
 Charles' Read {John? Timothy? Timothy * John? John? John^), 
 b. Oct. 23, 1806 ; m. Keziah Ripley of Hartford; d. Apr. 3, 1867, in 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
C^i^:i^^'t.r7-'i'^ /— /L^^^L~-tac-.^:>^ 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 429 
 
 William'' Eead {Josiah P.,^ TimotJiy,^ Timothy,'^ John,^ JoJm,^ 
 John^) , b. Oct. 29, 1800 ; ra. Sept. 30, 1828, Susanna (b. Jan. 4, 1807), 
 daughter of Abijali Whitcomb ; d. Aug. 17, 1881. Children : Joel, b. 
 Out. 26, 1829. Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1834 ; m. P. Atwood Ware of Win- 
 chester. Francis, b. Dec. 30, 1837. Martha Malinda, b. Jan. 20, 
 1840 ; m. Alfred S. Blake. 
 
 Josiah Miles'' Read {Josiah P.,^ Timothy,^ Timothy,* John, ^ John,^ 
 John^), b. April 1, 1809 ; m., 1st, June 10, 1834, Martha Carter (d. 
 March 27, 1841) ; m., 2nd, June 26, 1842, Eliza S. Newman. Chil- 
 dren : Ann Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1837. Helen Maria, b. March 14, 
 1840. Josiah Clark, b. Dec. 21, 1845. Georgianna, b. Dec. 10, 1847. 
 Emma Forbes, b. July 5, 1849. Melville Whitton, b. Oct. 6, 1854. 
 
 Benjamin'' Read {Josiah P.,^ Timothy,^ Timothy,* John,^ John,^ 
 John^), h. March 13, 1817; ra. Dec. 20, 1842, Deziah Carpenter (b. 
 in Smithfleld, R. I., March 20, 1821 ; d. Nov. 10, 1882), daughter of 
 Moses Ballou of Troy. Children : Albert.Benjamin, b. Apr. 27, 1846. 
 William Forbes, b. July 6, 1849. Edwin Moses, b. Feb. 10, 1854. Jo- 
 siali Warren, b. Oct. 7, 1857. 
 
 Edwin F.' Read {Josiah P.,^ Timothy,^ Timothy,* John,^ John,^ 
 John}), b. March 5, 1819; m. June 24, 1841, Ambre (b. March 6, 
 1821), daughter of Martin Stone. Children : Josephine, b. July 6, 
 1845 ; d. March 13, 1854. Emma F., b. Apr. 22, 1851 ; m. Irvin A. 
 Whitcomb. Arthur C, an adopted son, b. Apr. 28, 1862. 
 
 Af.BEKT G.8 Read {Abel TF.,' John,^ Timothy,^ Timothy,* John,^ 
 John,^ John^), b. Oct. 21, 1830 ; m. Nov. 23, 1853, Hannah, daughter 
 of Marcus J. March of Hardwick, Mass. Have two adopted children : 
 Lilla F., b. July 21, 1862 ; m. Herbert E. Lane, June 15, 1881. Sam- 
 uel A., b. Dec. 31, 1867. 
 
 JoEL^ Read {William,'' Josiah P.,^ Timothy,^ Timothy,* John,^ 
 John,^ John^),h. Oct. 26, 1829 ; m., Sept. 4, 1851, Helen M. (b. Nov. 
 23, 1828) , daughter of William Wright. Child : William H., b. 1852. 
 
 Fkancis^ Read {William,'' Josiah P.,^ Timothy,^ Timothy,* Jqhn,^ 
 John,^ Johv}), b. Dec. 30, 1837 ; m. Mary Etta Caswell of Winchen- 
 don, Mass. 
 
 Albert B.s Read {Benjamin,'' Josiah P.,^ Timothy,^ Timothy,* 
 John,^ John,^John^), b. Apr. 27, 1846 ; m. June 26, 1867, Thankful 
 29 
 
430 HISTOEY OF SWANZEY, 
 
 Buriiham (b. Dee. 29, 1846), daughter of Burnliam Perkins of Mor- 
 ristown, Vt. Child: Beatrice Martha, b. Nov. 19, 1888. 
 
 William F.^ Read {Benjamin,'' Josiah P.,^ Timothy,^ Timothy,* 
 John? John,^ John^), b. July 6, 1849 ; m. Feb. 21, 1872, Ella C. (b. 
 May 1, 1852), daughter of Edwin Mann of Troy. Children : Elmer 
 C, b. Oct. 6, 1873. Burton L., b. June 7, 1879. 
 
 Edwin M.^ Eead {Benjamin,'' Josiah P.,^ Timothy? Timothy,* 
 John,^ John,^ John^), b. Feb. 10, 1864 ; m. May 22, 1879, Octavia (b. 
 May 1, 1859) , daughter of John Henry Tuttle of Newfield, Me. Chil- 
 dren : Winnifred Deziah, b. March 30, 1885. Helen Octavia, b. 
 
 Feb., 1889. 
 
 Josiah W.^ Read {Benjamin,'' Josiah P.,® Timothy,^ Timothy,* 
 John? John,^ John^), b. Oct. 7, 1857 ; m. March 29, 1882, Ida May 
 (b. March 26, 1859), daughter of Burnham Perkins of Fitzwilliam. 
 Child : Madeline R., b. Jan. 17, 1885. 
 
 WESTPOKT READS. 
 
 The emigrant ancestor of David Read who settled in Swanzey was 
 John! Read of Rehoboth. 
 
 David'5 Read {David,^* Ehenezer,'^^ Samuel?^ John?^ William,^'' 
 Matthew? William? Sir William? William? Edward,^ John? John? 
 Thomas,^ Brianus de Bede^), b. Nov. 14, 1744, in Uxbridge, Mass. ; 
 m. Lydia Sabin (d. July 21, 1805) ; he d. March- 23, 1827. Chil- 
 dren : Rufus, b. May 31, 1778. Amy, b. May 26, 1780 ; m. Peter 
 Holbrook. Louis, b. 1782. Josiah, b. Feb. 24, 1784. Lucy, b. 
 Feb. 22, 1787. Lydia, b. Dec. 24, 1789. Candace, b. Aug. 7, 1792. 
 Charlotte, b. Sept. 27, 1795 ; m. Otis Cross. Eunice, b. June 21, 
 1799 ; m. Benjamin Kidder, 1822; she d. 1844. 
 
 Rdfus^^ Read {David,^^ David,^* Ebenezer?^ Samuel,^^ John,^^ 
 William,'^'' Matthew,^ William,'^ Sir William? William,'^ Edivard,^ 
 John,* John,'^ Thomas? Brianus de Rede^), b. May 31, 1778 ; m. Ke- 
 ziah (b. Apr. 30, 1779 ; d. June 17, 1859), daughter of Ziba Ware of 
 Winchester. He d. Aug. 28, 1844. Children : David, b. June 30, 
 1801. Joel, b. Feb. 9, 1803. Rufus, b. Dec. 8, 1804; d. Sept. 2, 
 1805. Lucy, b. July 4, 1806 ; m. Lyman Field. Ziba, b. Aug. 31, 
 1808 ; d. Feb. 19, 1826. Josiah, b. Jan. 6, 1811. Alanson, b. Jan. 
 
EDWIN M. READ. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 431 
 
 24- 1813. Chloe, b. March 10, 1815; m. Anthony Walker; d. Oct. 
 18, 1883. Lucina, b. May 20, 1817; d. Aug. 11, 1849. Henry P., 
 b. Nov. 19, 1821. 
 
 JosiahIs Read (David,^^ Dawd," Ebenezer,^^ Samuel,^^ Jolin,^^ 
 WiUiam,^o Matthew,^ Waiiam,^ Sir William,"! William,^ Edward,^ 
 John* John,3 Thomas,^ Brianus de Bede^), b. Feb. 24, 1784; in. 
 Lucy (b. 1790 ; d. June 10, 1867), daughter of Lot Aldrich of Rich- 
 mond. He d. Sept. 16, 18.55. Children : Aldrich, b. 1815 ; d. March 
 28, 1877. Asa, b. June 16, 1816. Allen, b. Feb. 28, 1818. Lestina, 
 b. 1820. Rufus, d. young. Sabin, b. Jan., 1822. John, m. Maria 
 Seaver ; lived and d. in Winchester. Eliza, m. George Mansfield of 
 Gilsum. 
 
 DavidI^ Read (Bufus,^^ David,^^ David,^* Ebenezer,^'^ Samuel,^^ 
 Jolm,^^ WilUam,^^ Matthew,^ William,^ Sir William,^ William,^ Ed- 
 loard,^ Jo7i7i,* John,^ Thomas,^ Brianus de Bede^), b. June 30, 1801 ; 
 m. Dec. 27,1826, Matilda (b. 1803; d. March 24, 1854), daughter 
 of Nathan Cross. He d. Jan. 30, 1845. Children : Adoniram J., b. 
 Oct. 9, 1827. Lucretia N., b. Sept. 20, 1829; m. Luther N. Hill. 
 Elida Ann, b. Jan. 17, 1832; m. Addis E. Bennett. AlzinaM.,b. 
 Jan. 1.5, 1834. Ziba Wells, b. Nov. 1, 1836. Daniel C, b. Aug. 
 17, 1838 ; d. May 5, 1861. Herman M., b. Dec. 11, 1840 ; d. March 
 9, 1841. Caroline, b. July 1, 1843. 
 
 AlansonI'' Read {Bufus,^^ David,^^ David, ^'^ Ebenezer,''^ Samuel, ^^ 
 John,^^ William,^" Matthew,^ William,^ Sir William,'' William,^ Ed- 
 ward,^ John,* John,^ Thomas,^ Brianus de Bede^), b. Jan. 24, 1813 ; 
 m., 1st, Hannah (b. 1809 ; d. Feb. 16, 1842), daughter of Phinehas 
 
 Field of Winchester; m., 2nd, May 28, 1842, Roxanna (b. 
 
 1805; d. Jan. 5, 1885. He d. Sept. 20, 1884. Children: Hannah 
 Lucina, b. July 17, 1843. Rufus Elton, b. June 7, 1847 ; d. Aug. 31, 
 1863. 
 
 Henry P." Read {Bufus,^^ David, ^^ David, ^* Ehenezer,^^ Samuel,^^ 
 John,^^ William,^" Matthew,^ William,^ Sir William,'' William,^ Ed- 
 ward,^ John,* John,^ Thomas,^ Brianus de Bede^), b. Nov. 19, 1821 ; 
 m. May 5, 1855, Sarah S. Briggs of Hinsdale (b. 1833; d. Aug. 4, 
 1871). Children: Ada E., b. Jan. 31, 1857. H. Wayland, b. July 
 11, 1858. Albert J., b. Oct. 16, 1859. Lizzie M., b. July 22, 1865. 
 Lelia K., b. June 5, 1867. 
 
432 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 AllenI' Read (Josiah,^^ David,^^ Daoid,^* Ebenezer,^^ Samuel,^'^ 
 John,^^ William,^'' Matthew,^ Williain,^ Sir William,'' William,^ Ed- 
 ward,^ John,'^ John,^ Thomas,^ Brianus de Bede^), b. Feb. 28, 1818 ; 
 111. Dec. 25, 1851, Sarah E. (b. Dec. 28, 1824), daughter of Hiel 
 Stebbins of Winchester ; be died Apr. 17, 1889. Children : George A., 
 b. April 27, 1853. Anna L., b. Aug. 1, 1861 ; in. Edward B. Hoi- 
 brook. Mar3' L., b. Nov. 14, 1866 ; m. Andrew Bloom. 
 
 Adoniram J. 18 Read (David,^^ Buftis,^^ David}^ David,^^ Ehen- 
 ezer,^^ Samuel,^^ John,^^ William,^" Matthew,^ William,^ Sir Wil- 
 liam,'' William,^ Edward,^ John,* John,^ Thomas,^ Brianus de Rede^) , 
 b. Oct. 9, 1827; m. Nov. 13, 1849, Mary E. (b. July 23, 1831), daugh- 
 ter of Orlando FrinJi ; he d. Jan 15, 1856. 
 
 George A.i^ Read {Allen,'^'' Josiah,^^ David,^^ David,^* Eben- 
 ezer,^^ Samuel, '^^ John,^^ William,^'^ Matthew,^ William,^ Sir Wil- 
 liam,'' William,^ Edivard,^ John,* John,^ Thomas,^ Brianus de Bede^) , 
 b. April 27, 1853; m. Sept. 6, 1881, Dora S. (b. Feb. 20, 1860), 
 daughter of Alvin Willard of Wineliester. Children : Karl A., b. Aug. 
 7, 1883. Guy A., b. May 29, 1885. Roy E., b. Jan. 30, 1887. 
 Madge, b. Nov. 18, 1888; d. Aug. 12, 1891. May, b. Sept. 28, 
 1890. 
 
 George H.^ Read {George M.,^ of Westmoreland), b. July 26, 
 1853; m. June 17, 1877, Abbie E., daughter of John Joslin of Ches- 
 terfield. Children: Robert E., b. Feb. 9, 1878, in Westmoreland. 
 Lena E., b. Apr. 19, 1879. Herbert A., b. Nov. 13, 1880. William 
 J., b. Feb. 25, 1882. Edith, b. Dec. 9, 1883. 
 
 eeed. 
 The emigrant ancestor of Joseph Reed who d. in Svpanzey was 
 William! Reade of Woburn who came to this country jjj ig35_ ipi,g 
 line of descent was Israel,^ b. 1642. Israel,^ b. March 17, 1667. Is- 
 rael,* b. Nov. 16, 1722. Jeremiah,^ b. Sept. 25, 1770, at Littleton, 
 Mass. 
 
 Joseph^ Reed {Jeremiah,^ Israel* Israel,^ Israel,^ William^ of Wo- 
 burn, Mass.), b. in New Braintree, Mass. ; m. Jan 4, 1824, Maria (b. 
 May 29, 1802 ; d. Sept. 6, 1888), daughter of Josiah P. Read ; d. in 
 Swanzey, Dec. 31, 1840. Children, b. in Rutland, Mass. : John 
 Forbes, b. Nov. 4, 1824. Joseph Mason, b. Aug. 12, 1826. Josiah 
 Miles, b. Sept. 21, 1830. Malvina Maria, b. Aug. 20, 1832 ; d. Aug. 
 28, 1833. Maria Malvina, b. Sept. 20, 1831 ; d. in April, 1883. Mar- 
 tha Malinda, b. Jan. 9, 1837; d. Dec. 6, 1838. 
 
GENKALOGIOAL RECORDS. 433 
 
 Joseph Mason'' Reed {Joseph,^ Jeremiah,^ Israel,'^ Israel,^ Israel,^ 
 William^ of Woburn, Mass.), b. Aug. 12, 1826; m. Dec. 13, 1849, 
 Calista T. (b. Apr. 1, 1827), daughter of Amasa Aldrich. Cliildren : 
 Joseph Gallon, b. June 5, 1852, in Swanzey. George Mason, b. 
 Feb. 8, 1855, in Keene. Ada Malvina, b. Dec. 11, 1857, in Swan- 
 zey. Agnes Maria, b. Oct. 18, 1859, in Swanzey ; m. Nov. 24, 1881, 
 Carlon R. Wilson of California. 
 
 RICE. 
 
 Peter Rice and Judith Smith were in. Jan. 13, 1806. Children: 
 Nathan, b. July 22, 1806. Aaron, b. March 22, 1809. Richard, b. 
 April 22, 1811. Juda, b. Aug. 24, 1812. Polly, b. Feb. 15, 1816. 
 Sally, b. May 22, 1818. 
 
 Nelson W.^ Rice {LuJce^ of Winchendon, Mass.), b. in Apr., 1840 ; 
 m. June 5, 1867, Jennie M. Brooks (b. Feb. 17, 1852). Children : 
 Cliloe Eliza, b. Dec. 14, 1870; ra. John Hale. Ella Jane, b. Nov. 6, 
 1874 ; d. July 7, 1880. 
 
 John S.^ Rice {George^ of Ghesterjield) , m. Cordelia Burnham. 
 Children : Anna. George. Harry. 
 
 rich. 
 Jacob E.^ Rich {Jacob,^ Jacob,* Jacob,^ Jacob,^ Jacob,^ came from 
 England and settled on Cape Cod, Mass.), b. Jan. 19, 1844 ; ra. Mar. 
 9, 1864, Rosella S. (b. May 31, 1843), daughter of Charles Rich of 
 Winchester. Children: Jacob Otis, b. Aug. 25, 1865. Luna R., 
 b. May 11, 1868. Irma A., b. April 20, 1883. 
 
 RICHARDSON. 
 
 Three Richardsons, Ezekiel, Samuel and Thomas, as tradition says, 
 came from Kent in England, and were descendants of the old Danes, 
 who conquered England at an early period. They, as supposed, came 
 to America in 1630 in Gov. Winship's company, landed atSalera, Mass., 
 proceeded to Charlestown, thence to Woburn, Mass. Ezekiel, d. 
 Oct. 21, 1647. Thomas, d. Aug. 28, 1651 ; Samuel, d. March 23, 
 1658. 
 
 Stephen® (Samuel^), b. Aug. 15, 1649 ; m. Abigail Wyman. 
 
 William^ Richardson {Stephen,^ Samuel^) , b. in Woburn, Dec. 14, 
 1678 ; m. Sept. 15, 1703, Rebecca Vinton. 
 
 John* Richardson (William,'^ Stephen,^ SamueU), b. Nov. 27, 
 1719 ; m. April 19, 1742, Elizabeth Wilmarth ; had Wyman,5 b. May 
 13, 1746. 
 
434 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Wtman^ Richardson {John,* William,^ Stephen,^ Samuel,^ b. in 
 England),]:). May 13, 1746; m.,Oct. 31, 1771, Ruth (b. Dec. 1,1752; 
 d. Jan. 2, 1835, at Acworth), daughter of Elkanah Lane of Norton, 
 Mass. ; d. Oct. 14, 1839, at Acworth. Children : Ruth and Orra (twins), 
 b. Aug. 8, 1772 ; Ruth d. young. Azubah, b. Feb. 8, 1775 ; d. in 
 Acworth. Wyman, b. June 10, 1777. Elkanah, b. July 9, 1780. 
 Stephen, b. June 4, 1783. Luna, b. May 10, 1785. Ruth, b, Sept. 
 18, 1787; m. Sebastian Streeter. Calvin, b. July 17, 1790. Lucy, 
 b. June 14, 1793 ; m. Amasa Lincoln ; d. May, 1830, in Newfane, Vt. ; 
 Sophia, b. July 8, 1796 ; d. May, 1813. Esther, b. Apr. 27, 1799 ; 
 ni. Alpheus Chatterton of Acworth. 
 
 Wtman^ Richardson ( Wyman,^ John,* William,'^ Stephen,^ Sam- 
 uel^), b. in Attleboro, Mass., June 10, 1777 ; m. Oct. 22, 1802, De- 
 liverance (b. July 21, 1782; d. Aug. 11, 1870), daughter of Nathaniel 
 Bolles of Richmond ; d. Feb. 26, 1868. Children : Wyman, b. March 
 5, 1803. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 21, 1804. Delia, b. Apr. 23, 1807 ; m. 
 Hiram Boardman of East Townsend, Ohio, Jan. 6, 1832. Luna, b. 
 Dec. 27, 1809. Thankful, b. Jan. 17, 1813 ; m. Ethan Lord of Athol, 
 Mass. Nathan, b. Sept. 13, 1815; d. Aug. 24, 1816. Almira, b. 
 Oct. 16, 1817; m., 1st, Jonathan Goodell; m., 2nd, John Kindall of 
 Athol, Mass. Nathan Gleason.. b. Sept. 20, 1820 ; d. Sept. 4, 1823. 
 Nathan Henry, b. May 31, 1823. Phebe, b. Apr. 19, 1826 ; m. Lo- 
 renzo N. Hewes. 
 
 Elkanah^ Richardson ( Wyman,^ John,* William,^ Stephen,^ Sam- 
 ueP), b. July 9, 1780; m., 1st, in 1804, Olive, daughter of Samuel 
 Seward of Sullivan; m., 2nd, Feb. 2, 1815, Sophia, daughter of Eli- 
 ali Belding; went to Ohio in 1817; m., 3rd, May 25, 1829, Elvira 
 Wallace of Stowe, Ohio. He d. Jan. 8, 1836. Cliildren : George 
 Seward, b. Sept. 8, 1805. Marcia, b. April 23, 1807. Elkanah Lane, 
 b. March 21, 1809; d. July 21, 1810. Elkanah Lane, b. June 6, 
 1811 ; d. Aug. 2, 1813. William Carr B., b. 1815, in Swanzey. 
 Omar, b. in Ohio ; went to California and d. 1885. Elkanah, b. 1821 
 in Oliio. Ella. Harry. 
 
 William Carr Belding' Richardson {Elkanah,^ Wyman,^ John,* 
 William,^ StejJhen,^ SamueU), b. 1815; ra. Sarah Everett in 1837; 
 and in 1868 bought a ranch in California and removed .thereto in 
 1880. Children: Omar S., b. 1844. Elkanah, b. 1850. Burt W., 
 b. 1859. Charles. Sophia and Etta, d. in youth. 
 
 Omar S.^ Richardson ( William Carr Belding,'' Elkanah,^ Wyman,^ 
 John,* William,^ Stephen,^ /Samuel^), b. 1844 ; name of wife not given. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 435 
 
 Children : "William Can- B., b. 1868. Harry S., b. 1870. Belle, b. 
 1871. Grace, b. 1873. Ella, b. 1875 ; d. 1877. Dora, b. 1879. 
 
 Stephen^ Richardson ( Wyman,^ John,'^ William,'^ Stephen,^ Sam- 
 uel^), b. June 4, 1783 ; m., 1st, Oct. 29, 1805, Relief, daughter-in-law 
 of Moses Boardraan Williams ; m., 2nd, June 9, 1819, Electa Udall ; 
 m., 3rd, Jan. 26, 1835, Joanna Hinkley. He d. July 30, 1860, in 
 Hardwick, Vt. 
 
 Calvin^ Richardson ( Wyman,^ John,* William,^ Stephen,^ Sam- 
 ueV), b. July 17, 1790; m. Nov. 20, 1810, Nancy, daughter of Bar- 
 zillai Streeter; d. July 12, 1871, at Wolcott, Vt. 
 
 Wtman'' Richardson {Wyman,^ Wyman,^ John,* William,^ Ste- 
 phen,^ Samuel^), b. March 5, 1803 ; m. ArethusaSouthick ; d. March 
 8, 1879, in Fitchburg, Mass. Children : Seneca M. William Augus- 
 tus. 
 
 Nathaniel'' Richardson {Wyman,^ Wyman,^ John,* William,^ 
 Stephen,^ Samuel^), b. Dec. 21, 1804; m. Emeline Young; d. Feb. 
 16, 1883, in Athol, Mass. 
 
 Ldna "^ Richardson ( Wyman,^ Wyman,^ John,* William,'^ Ste- 
 phen,^ Samuel^), b. Dec. 27, 1809 ; m. Mary Kimball. 
 
 N. Henry'' Richardson ( Wyman,^ Wyman,^ John,* William,^ 
 Stephen,^ Samuel^), b. May 31, 1823 ; m. May 31, 1849, Martha Ann 
 Barber of Nortbfleld, Mass. Children : Myra B., ra. E. P. Miller of 
 Fitchburg, Mass. Maurice H. Charles Franklin. Mark Wyman. 
 
 Stephen^ Richardson (Stephen,^ Samuel^), b. April 20, 1676. 
 Children: Susanna, b. June 28, 1700. Stephen, b. Aug. 17, 1702; 
 d. Jan. 14, 1711. Henry,b. June 13, 1705. Ebenezer, b. Feb., 1707. 
 Amos, b. March 25, 1710. Jonas, b. June 27, 1712. All b. in Bil- 
 lerica, Mass. 
 
 Dr. Amos* Richardson {Stephen,^ Stephen,^ Samuel^), b. March 
 25, 1710 ; m. Sarah Frost of Billerica; d. Jan. 20, 1765, in Pelham. 
 Was a noted physician. Children: Erie, b. 1741. Sarah, b. 1743. 
 Joseph, b. March 5, 1745. 
 
 Erie^ Richardson {Amos,* Stephen,^ Stephen,^ Samuel^), b. 1741 ; 
 m. Sarah Durant. Children : Amos, b. Feb. 27, 1764. Reuben, b. 
 March 30, 1766. Phebe, b. Jan. 25, 1768. Eldad, b. Nov. 20, 1769. 
 
436 HISTORY OF SWANZET,. 
 
 Lemuel, b. Aug. 23, 1771. Sarah. Rhoda, b. July 5, 1774. Ben- 
 jamin, b. March 20, 1777. Erie, b. March 6, 1779. Polly or Mary, 
 
 b. Jan. 3, 1784; m. Dec. 17, 1807, Joseph Hammond. Huldah, b. 
 
 1786. Asa, b. 1789. 
 
 Amos^ Eichardson (Erie,^ Amos,* Stephen,^ Stephen,^ Samuel^) , 
 b. Feb. 27, 1764; m. Phebe Hill (b. 1769; d. Aug. 11, 1830) ; d. 
 Nov. 6, 1831. Children : Barzillai,b. June 21, 1792. Aaron, b. June 
 22, 1796 ; d. Sept. 1, 1822. Ruel, b. April 16, 1798. Amos, b. July 
 5,1800. David, b. April 26, 1801. Charlotte, b. April 27, 1804 ; 
 m. Benjamin Hammond. Betsey, b. 1807; m. Joel Foster and lived 
 in Waitsfleld, Vt. ; d. in 1890. 
 
 Benjamin^ Richardson (Erie,^ Amos* Stephen,^ Stephen,^ SamueP ) , 
 b. March 20, 1777 ; m. June 3, 1800, Dolly, daughter of Benj. Oleott, 
 lived where Martin Mason now lives until 1815, when he removed to 
 Cazenovia, N. Y. 
 
 Amos' Richardson {Amos,^ Erie,^ Amos,* Stephen,^ Stephen,^ Sam- 
 ueU), b. July 5, 1800 ; m., 1st, Rezia (b. Oct. 4, 1805 ; d. March 2, 
 1826), daughter of Zenas Ware ; m., 2nd, Ruth A., daughter of Joel 
 Foster ; he d. April 15, 1865. Children : Lloyd D., b. April 21, 1827. 
 Ziba, b. Dec. 11, 1828. Hiram, b. Oct. 25, 1830. George, b. Nov. 
 10, 1832. Alfred, b. Nov. 1, 1834. Kezia, b. Aug. 25, 1837 ; m. 
 Volney "Woodcock. Ruth Ann, b. May 25, 1839 ; m., 1st, Isaac Hills ; 
 m., 2nd, W. D. Whittaker of Hinsdale. Amos A., b. Dec. 31, 1841 ; 
 lives in Centreville, Md. Marshall, b. April 23, 1843 ; d. Aug. 29, 
 1849. Martha W., d. Aug. 13, 1849. 
 
 Lloyd D.s Richardson (Amos,'' Amos,^ Erie,^ Amos,* Stephen,'^ 
 Stephen,^ SamueP-), b. April 21, 1827 ; m., 1st, Oct. 27, 1847, Martha 
 P. (d. Sept. 19, 1849, inKeene), daughter of Mason Herrick of Keene ; 
 m., 2nd, Sept. 12, 1865, Josephine (b. Nov. 7, 1839), daughter of 
 Isaac Stratton. 
 
 Jonathan Richardson m. April 24, 1792, Rhoda Thompson. 
 
 Benjamin Howard^ Richardson {Theodore^ of Stoddard), b. Nov. 
 7, 1826; m., Jan. 7, 1852, Betsey (b. Dec. 11, 1827), daughter of 
 Benjamin Whitcomb. Child : Ada Cummings, b. March 27, 1861 ; 
 in. Charles L. Howes. . 
 
 George W.^ Richardson {Sherman^ of Winchendon, Mass.), b. 
 Dec. 5, 1847, at Concord, Mass. ; m., in Keene, Jan. 1, 1871, Mrs. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 437 
 
 Eveline E. White (b. Dec. 26, 1847; d. May 11, 1885), daugliter of 
 Epiiraim F. Towns; m., 2d, June 24, 1886, Mrs. Ara L. Ingalls (b. 
 March 30, 1854), daughter of Henry W. Smith of Keene. Children : 
 Ida Bell, b. Oct. 1, 1871 ; d. March 22, 1872. Fred C, b. Jan. 4, 1873. 
 Lu^aBell, b. March 13, 1875. Arthur, son of Mrs^ Eveline E. White, 
 b. April 4, 1866, in Keepe. Children of Leonard B. and Ara L. In- 
 galls : Eosa Ara, b. Jan. 18, 1872. Elbridge Hale, b. Feb. 19, 1874. 
 
 KIDER. 
 
 William Rider m. Charlotte (b. Feb. 10, 1792 ; d. in Swanzey, 
 March 16, 1817), daughter of Benjamin Frost of Marlborough. Child : 
 Jane C, b. 1816. 
 
 RIPLEY. 
 
 William N.^ Ripley {Alden^of Winchester), h. June, 1833 ; ra. Su- 
 san Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Worcester. Children : Charles W., 
 b. March 12, 1855. Hattie L., b. May 12, 1857 ; m. James Monroe 
 Ballou. Alden Moses, b. Sept. 24, 1859. Abbie M., b. March 28, 
 1862; m. John O'Brien. Mary Ann, d. young. 
 
 Charles W.^ Ripley {William^, Alden^), b. March 12, 1855; m., 
 Apr. 28, 1873, Jennie, daughter of John Sawin. 
 
 rixford. 
 Marshall^ RiXFORD {Artemas^ of Winchester), b. Jan. 3, 1822; 
 m., Apr. 29, 1849, Emily (b. Sept. 5, 1824), daughter of Erastns 
 Field of Wincliester ; m., 2d, May 15, 1868, Elizabeth H., daughter 
 of Samuel Holbrook. Children: Georgianna. Frances, b. Sept. 26, 
 1851. Lock M., b. May 14, 1854. Henry T., b. July 27, 1856. 
 Robbie, b. May 12, 1873 ; d. Aug. 12, 1873. 
 
 Artemas W.® Rixford {Bradley^ of Winchester), h. in Winchester, 
 Jan. 10, 1860; m., Nov. 3, 1887, Frances J. (b. Oct. 24, 1867), 
 daughter of Charles W. Thompson. Child: Ora M., b. Nov. 10, 
 1888. 
 
 Ephraim P.^ Rixford {Artemas^), b. Oct. 30, 1817; m. Azubah 
 (b. July 1, 1819 ; d. Dec. 1, 1875), daughter of Peter Cross. Children : 
 Frank W., b. Sept. 24, 1848. Abbie J., b. June 4, 1850. 
 
 robbins. 
 Patrick H.*' Robbins {Patrick^ of Denamora,, N. Y.), b. June 9, 
 1855; m., Jan. 22, 1880, Matilda Riell (b. Dec. 26, 1862), of Sara-' 
 
438 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 nac, N. Y. Children : Patrick H., b. March 11, 1884. Mary L., 
 b. April 21, 1887. Willie, b. June 21, 1888. Florence, b. Jan. 23, 
 1890. 
 
 George^ RoBBiNS (Pofj-jcfci), b. April 18, 186l,inDenaniora,N. Y ; 
 m., Aug. 20, 1887, Malvina (b. Aug. 18, 1868), daughter of Joseph 
 Tessier of Denamora, N. Y. Child : Jesse J., b. Nov. 28, 1889. 
 
 ROBLET. 
 
 Mathew Eoblet, to., Jan. 20, 1780, Mary Scott. Children: 
 Elizabeth, bapt. Oct. 30, 1784; m. Azariah Dickinson. Mary, bapt. 
 Oct. 30, 1784 ; m., Jan. 17, 1804, Amos Tucker of Vt. Sarah, bapt. 
 Oct. 30, 1784. Eunice, b. Aug. 15, 1786 ; m. Elisha Eamsdell. 
 Mathew. Eichavd, bapt. July 3, 1791. Henry, bapt. Nov. 3, 1793. 
 Angelina, m. Timothy Fessenden. 
 
 ROGERS. 
 
 Nathan C. Rogers, b. in Norwich, Conn., Oct. 11, 1771; m. Mary 
 Smith (b. March 3, 1774; d. Oct. 3, 1848) ; d. inSwanzey, Apr. 14, 
 1842. Child : Amasa S., b. March 22, 1795. 
 
 Amasa S.2 Rogers {Nathan C.'), b. March 22, 1795; m. Sophia 
 (b. Oct. 5, 1798 ; d. May 7, 1858), daughter of Joseph Slate; he d. 
 Jan 29, 1854. Children : Mary M., b. July 29, 1814 ; m. Joel Ham- 
 mond. ^ Luthera S., b. March 21, 1819; m. Joseph Hammond. ^ 
 Justice R., b. Sept. 26, 1821. Electa E., b. June 21, 1824 ; m. Lo- 
 renzo R. Holbrook.i 
 
 Justice E.^ Rogers {Amasa S.,^ Nathan G.^ of Norwich, Conn.), 
 b. Sept. 26, 1821 ;m.,lst, Persis (b. 1824 ; d. March 14, 1849), daugh- 
 ter of Elisha Whitcorab ; m., 2d, Ann, daughter of Jacob T. White of 
 Chesterfield. Children: George, b. March 23, 1851. Fred, b. April 
 18, 1858 ; lives in Keene. 
 
 ROBINSON. 
 
 George W. Robinson, m. Arvilla E. (b. Feb. 14, 1832), daughter 
 of Ebenezer Cummings. Children : A daughter, b. July, 1857. A 
 son, b. Feb. 13, 1858. 
 
 ROCKWOOD. 
 
 Elisha^ Eockwood {Elisha'^ of Chesterfield), b. May 9, 1778; m., 
 J.st, Susan (d. 1835), daughter of Breek Parkman of Westborough, 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 439 
 
 Mass; m., 2d, in 1836, Emily (widow of Rev. Osgood Ilerrick of 
 Milbuiy, Mass.), daughter of Abel Wilder of Keene ; d. in Swanzey, 
 June 19, 1859. 
 
 RichaedI Rockwood was a planter in Dorchester, Mass., in 1636 ; 
 was married two or three times. His son by first marriage, Nicholas,® 
 b. as early as 1628 ; lived iuBraintree, Medfield and Medway, Mass. ; 
 m. Jane Adams (d. Dec. 15, 1654) ; d. Jan. 30, 1G80. His son, 
 John,' b. Feb. 12, 1662; lived in Medway; m. Bethia, daughter 
 of Benjamin Twitchell ; d. Dec. 16, 1746. His son, Joseph,'* 
 b. Nov. 10, 1692; d. Oct., 1774. His son, John,5 b. Nov. 7, 
 1735; m., June 14, 1753, Hannah Frost. His son Samuel, ^ 
 b. Dec. 1, 1759, settled in Fitzwilliam ; m. July 27, 1782, Rhoda 
 (b. June 10, 1765 ; d. Dec. 5, 1812), daughter of Joseph Johnson of 
 Holliston; d. Jan. 5, 1839. 
 
 Martin'' Rockvtood {Samuel,^ Jolm^ Joseph* JoJin,^ Nicholas,^ 
 Richard} of Dorchester), b. March 11, 1784; m. June 8, 1809, Polly 
 (b. June 14, 1786; d. June 10, 1815), daughter of Jonas Knights; 
 he d. Dec. 19, 1819. Had four children. 
 
 Samuel'' Rockwood (Samuel,^ John,^ Joseph,* John,^ Nicholas,^ 
 Bichard^), b. Nov. 25, 1814 ; m. June 13, 1843, Malinda F. (b. Aug. 
 11, 1814 ; d. April 13, 1886), daughter of Samuel Stone ; he d. Sept. 
 30, 1886. Children : Ella E., b. Sept. 21, 1845, ra. Eli B. Knowlton 
 of Marlborough. Lovina A., b. Oct. 13, 1848; d. Aug. 14, 1879. 
 Charles H., b. Feb. 23, 1852. George H., b. July 23, 1854. Han- 
 nah S., b. Feb. 19, 1857; d. Feb. 4, 1881. 
 
 Chaelks H.^ Rockwood {Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ John,^ Joseph,^ John,^ 
 Nicholas,^ Richard^), b. Feb. 23, 1852 ; m., 1st, June 10, 1873, Alma 
 L. (b. April 17, 1853), adopted daughter of Enoch Foster of Marl- 
 borough ; m., 2d, Alice A. (b. Dec. 23, 1860), daughter of Alonzo 
 A.Stanley. Children : Claude E.,b. March 2, 1877. Fanny M., b. 
 May 24, 1889. 
 
 George H.^ Rockwood (Samuel,'' Samuel,^ John,^ Joseph,* John,^ 
 Nicholas,^ Richard^), b. July 23, 1854; m., July 1, 1886. Fanny 
 Hoyt of Brockton, Mass. 
 
 EUGG. 
 
 Widow Maey Rugg, b. in 1736 ; d. in Swanzey, Feb. 15, 1811. 
 
440 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 John Eugg m., March 2, 1775, Lucj-, probably a daughter of Ben- 
 jamin Brown. Child : Eebecca, b. Sept. 17, 1775. 
 
 Levi RuGG, m. May 11,1775, Relief Whitcomb. Children: Nabbe, 
 b. Dec. 5, 1775. Ruth, b. Feb. 19, 1777. Relief, bapt. April 10, 
 1779. Abel, bapt. June 15, 1783. 
 
 RUSSELL. 
 
 Charles Lewis® Russell {Thomas T.,^ of Keene), b. Jan. 24, 
 
 1838 ; m. May 15, 1873, Mary M., daughter of Peter Annis of Stod- 
 dard. Children : Harry Lewis, b. Apr. 15, 1874. George Tarbell, 
 b. May 1, 1879. Grace Mabel, b. July 9, 1881. 
 
 SARGENT. 
 
 John S.® Sargent (John^of Marlborough), b. Sept. 29, 1808 ; m., 
 1st, Nov. 10, 1836, Damaris (b. Feb. 13, 1815; d. Dec. 4, 1849), 
 daughter of Josiah P. Read ; m., 2d, Sept. 8, 1850, Malinda (b. Nov. 
 26, 1804; d. Oct. 3, 1888), daughter of Josiah P. Read. Children: 
 Fidelia, b. Dec. 1, 1837; d. Oct. 2, 1849. Harvey, b. Feb. 17, 1839. 
 Milton, b. May 23, 1841 ; d. Sept. 19, 1849. Annette, b. Dec. 8, 
 1843 ; d. Sept. 21, 1849. 
 
 Harvey^ Sargent (JohnS.,^ John^ of Marlborough), h. Feb. 17, 
 
 1839 ; m. June 12, 1867, Susan H. (b. July 29, 1839), daughter of 
 Hezeltine Gould of Dover, Vt. Child : George Harvey, b. July 14, 
 1868. 
 
 SAWYER. 
 
 Caleb Savtter d. in Swanzey, March 10, 1772. Sarah, bis wife, m., 
 2nd, John Starkey. Children: Abijah, b. Sept 24, 1765. Sarah, b. 
 Feb. 1, 1767 ; m. Joshua Graves. Samuel, b. Sept. 1, 1768. Eunice, 
 b. May 6, 1770. Caleb, b. March 4, 1772. 
 
 AbijarS Sawter (Ca?e&i), b. Sept. 24, 1765 ; m. Nov. 26, 1783, 
 Meletiah (b. Jan. 20, 1766; d. Nov. 8, 1837), daughter of Josluia 
 Graves, 1st ; d. March 28, 1823. Children : Henry, b. Feb. 29, 1784. 
 Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1786 ; m. Jan. 7, 1806, Abraham Day ; d. in 
 Penn. Hephzibah and a twin brother, b. May 5, 1791 ; the daughter 
 d. Sept. 14, 1795, the son the day of its birth. Rhoda, b. July 5, 
 1793 ; d. March 2, 1803. A daughter b. Aug. 31, 1795 ; d. the same 
 day. Caleb, b. Dec. 5, 1796; d. Feb. 8, 1801. Lydia, b. June 14, 
 1799 ; d. March 3, 1803. Joshua, b. July 21, 1801. Lydia, b. July 
 31, 1804; m. James Hosley. Caleb, b. Sept. 9, 1806. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 441 
 
 Samoel^ S/LwrEu(Gale¥),h. Sept. 1, 1768 ; m. Nov. 23, 1790, Ru- 
 bamali Hazen. 
 
 Henrt3 Sawyer {AUjali,^ OttZe&i), b. Feb. 29, 1784 ; ra., 1st, April 
 28, 1808, Rebecca (b. April 4, 1784; d. July 17, 1816), diiugliter of 
 Amos Bailey; ra., 2nd, July 20, 1817, Cyntliia (b. Aug. 19, 1796; d. 
 Jan. 24, 1840), daughter of Amos Bailey ; d. Sept. 28, 1877. Cliildren : 
 Albert, b. Feb. 28, 1809; d. March 28, 1809. Elmira, b. June 10, 
 1810 ; d. May 23, 1879. Clarissa, b. May 2, 1812 ; ra. Virgil Wood- 
 cock. Amos B., b. Feb. 22, 1814. Rebecca, b. Feb. 9, 1819; ra. 
 April 17, 1838, Hiram W. Peabody of Newport; d. July 28, 1846. 
 Abijah, b. April 20, 1821. Joshua Bradley, b. March 9, 1823. Cyn- 
 thia B., b. June 2, 1826; d. July 15, 1827. Cyntliia J., b. June 26, 
 1828; ra. Isaac Boynton of Haverhill, Mass.; d. Feb. 21, 1875. 
 Henry, b. April- 27, 1832 ; d. Feb. 24, 1867, in Wincheudon, Mass. 
 
 Joshua^ Sawyer {Abijah,^ Caleh^), b. July 21, 1801 ; ra. March 31, 
 1830, Lucina (b. June 25, 1806; d. July 27, 1840), daughter of James 
 Olcott; d. May 15, 1839. Children: Lydia W., b. July 1, 1831 ; ra. 
 1st, May 4, 1852, Jaraes Ward of Bradford, Conn. ; m., 2nd, Henry 
 Stanchfield of Minnesota. Joshua, b. July 7, 1833 ; d. Dec. 22, 1835. 
 Emily E., b. June 28, 1836 ; d. Aug. 14, 1851. Joshua A., b. July 
 3, 1839. 
 
 Caleb3 Sawyer (AbiJaJi,^ Caleb^), b. Sept. 9, 1806; m. May 4, 
 1829, Hannah (b. Nov. 1, 1808), daughter of James Olcott ;d. Mar. 
 14, 1881. Children : Caleb A., b. April 7, 1842. Martin L., b. Feb. 
 22, 1849. 
 
 Amos^ Sawyer (Henry,^ Abijah,^ Cale¥), b. Feb. 22, 1814; m. 
 Nov. 18, 1847, Dorothy (b. Apr. 27, 1824), daughter of Chauncy 
 Davis of Fitzwilliam ; d. May 9, 1864. Child : Albert Henry. 
 
 Israel Sawyer, b. in 1752; m. Caty ; d. Jan. 18, 1832. 
 
 Children: Elijah. Archibald, b. Dec. 29, 1791. Josiah, b. May 19, 
 1796. William, b. Nov. 25, 1797. Caty, b. Dec. 4, 1799. Bulah, 
 b. Mar. 5, 1808. Aholiab, b. July 26, 1809. 
 
 Elijah^ Sawyer {Israel^), m., 1st, Dec. 2, 1804, Mary (b. 1786 ; d. 
 March 8, 1843), daughter of Aquila Ramsdell ; m., 2nd, Mrs. Mary 
 Ann Baxter. Children: Thankful, b. Feb. 15, 1805; ra. William 
 Sebastian. Jerome, b. Feb. 3, 1807, Esther Brown, b. Aug. 20, 
 
442 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 1811. Elijah Houghton, b. Feb. 11, 1814. Selick Osborn, b. Nov. 
 26, 1817. George Gardner Byron, b. Nov. 28, 1820. Mary Cathe- 
 rine, b. March 3, 1823. 
 
 Jerome^ Sawtee {Elijah,^ Israel^), b. Feb. 3, 1807 ; m. Nov. 28, 
 1830, Abigail Varney of Hallowell, Me. Children : LeRoy Milton, b. 
 Mar. 1, 1831. Edna Arvilla, b. March 22, 1833. Jerome, b. Sept. 
 12, 1836. George H., b. Apr. 19, 1838. Charles, b. Dec. 20, 1842. 
 
 Charles H.^ Sawyer (Daniel'- came from Ludlow, Vt.), b. March 
 21, 1856 ; m. Feb., 1879, Mrs. Ella M. Knight (b. Aug. 17, 1853), 
 of Boston, daughter of Charles Talbot. Children : Clara L. Knight, 
 b. Feb. 3, 1874. Hattie Ella, b. Aug. 22, 1880. Charles B., b. Jan. 
 26, 1883. 
 
 SCOTT. 
 
 William Scott, d. Dec. 2, 1771. 
 
 William^ Scott, jr., d. Sept. 24, 1769. 
 
 SiMKON Scott, d. Sept. 10, 1810, aged seventy-six years. 
 
 Elisha Scott, m., 1st, March 25, 1756, Mary, daughter of Abra- 
 ham Graves; m., 2d, June 21, 1797, Mrs. Mitty Bigelow, of Koene. 
 Children : Mary, m. Matthew Robley. Assena, b. Dec. 4, 1761 ; m., 
 Samuel Hills. Eunice, b. June 15, 1765 ; m. Samuel Lane. Ebenezer, 
 b. March 5, 1767. Elisha, b. Apr. 18, 1770. Jerusha, an adopted 
 daughter, b. Aug. 11, 1776. 
 
 Nathan Scott m. Ruth . Children : Rachel, bapt. May 6, 
 
 1770. Ora, b. July 14, 1771. Thankful, bapt. Aug. 8, 1773. Con- 
 tent, bapt. July 12, 1775. Hepzibah, bapt. Jan. 25, 1778. Ruth, 
 bapt. Jan. 30, 1780. Ellen, bapt. Nov. 13, 1785; d. Nov. 15, 1788. 
 Joshua, bapt. June 15, 1790. 
 
 EbenezerS Scott (Elisha^), b. March 5, 1767; m. Jan. 5, 1792, 
 Angelina Belding. 
 
 Elisha^ Scott {Elisha^) , b. Apr. 18, 1770 ; m. Dec. 11, 1800, Dorcas 
 (b. June 9, 1778), daughter of Abner Graves. 
 
 SEAVER, 
 
 Robert Seaver, of Roxbury, Mass., came from England to America 
 in the year 1634 ; m. Dec. 10, 1634, Elizabeth BuUard. He d. May, 
 1683. Had six children: Sliubael, b. Jan. 31, 1639. Caleb. Joshua. 
 Elizabeth. Nathaniel. Hannah. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 443 
 
 Shubael^ (Shubael,^ Bohert^), m. June 12, 1704, Abigail Twelves. 
 Had a son : Shubael, b. April 25, 1705. 
 
 Shubael"* Seaver {SJiubael,^ Shubael,^ Robert^), b. April 25, 1705 ; 
 m. Jul}^ 4, 1734, Mary Rogers, of Boston. Children : Abigail. Mary. 
 Sliubael, b. Aug. 11, 1740. 
 
 ShtjbaelS Seaver {Shubael,* Shubael,^ SJiubael,^ Bobert^), b. Aug. 
 11, 1740 ; m. DeWverance (d. March 5, 1825), daughter of Noah Hyde 
 of Newton,. Mass. Went to Framingham ; thence, Oct. 1, 1781, 
 removed to Swanzey. He d. Jan. 20, 1826. Children: Mary,b. Nov. 
 8, 1764; m. Nov. 6, 1786, Abijab Whitcomb. Deliverance, b. Feb. 
 7, 1767; in. Feb. 21, 1786, Longley Willard. Patty, b. July 23, 
 1769 ; m. Nathaniel Hills. Ruth, b. Sept. 1, 1771 ; m. Feb. 24, 1795, 
 Daniel Converse. Shubael, b. July 11, 1773. Lucy, b. Oct. 13, 
 1776; m. May 22, 1799, James Clark. "William Hyde, b. June 5, 
 1779. John, b. about 1783; m. Dorothy Whitcomb. Ebenezer, m. 
 Roxanna, daughter of Asa Dickinson. 
 
 Capt. Shubael^ Seaver {Shubael,^ Shubael,'^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ 
 Bobert^), b. July 11, 1773; m., 1st, Mary, (b. May 8, 1777; d. 
 Nov. 28, 1815),daughter of John Pierce; m., 2d, Dec. 23, 1817, Hep- 
 zibath Stratton from Bernardstown. He d. Dec. 6, 1828. Children : 
 Polly, b. Dee. 16, 1799 ;d. Dec. 15,1815. Sarah, b. Oct. 11, 1802 ;d. 
 March 26, 1831. Shubael, b. Feb. 2, 1804 ; went to N. Y. John P., 
 b. May 7, 1809 ; went to N. Y. Alfred, b. Nov. 15, 1814. ' Polly, 
 b. July 20, 1818; ra. Jacob B. Murdock. Maranda, b. Nov. 20, 
 1820; m. Isaac Murdock. Luman W., b. Oct. 15, 1822. Schuyler, 
 b. Dec. 23, 1824; m. Sally A.^ daughter of John Ellis of Keene. 
 Mariah, b. March 12, 1827 ; m. John Read of Winchester. 
 
 William H.^ Seaver {Shubael,^ Shubael,'^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Bob- 
 erfi), b. June 5, 1779; m. Nov. 28, 1805, Polly (b. April 8, 1781 ; 
 d. Jan. 18, 1864), daughter of John Pierce; he d. April 11, 1854. 
 Children: Abram, b. Nov. 3, 1807. Mary, b. July 4, 1810 ; ra. Jona- 
 than Jackson. Emily, b. July 14, 1817 ; m. Aaron R. Hammond. 
 
 JoHN^ Seaver {Shubael,^ Shubael,'^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Bobert^), 
 b. about 1783 ; m. Dorothy Whitcomb (b. June 3, 1791). He died 
 Dec. 26, 1856. 
 
 Ebenezer^ Seaver ( Shubael,^ Shubael,* Shubael,'^ Shubael,'^ Bob- 
 ert^), m. Roxanna, daughter of Asa Dickinson. 
 
444 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Alfred'' Shaver {Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Shuhael,? 
 Robert^), b. Nov. 15, 1814; m. April 24, 1812, Mary Ann (b. Dec. 
 11, 1816), daughter of Martin Mason. He d. Dec. 21, 1868. Cliil- 
 dren : Liiman B., b. April 6, 1843. Mary E., b. July 8, 1849 ; in. Si- 
 meon A. Spring. Geerge A., b. Sept. 11, 1853. John A., b. Feb. 7, 
 1861 ; d. April 30, 1861. 
 
 LuMAN W.'' Seavee {Shubael,^ Skubael,^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Shu- 
 bael,^ Robert^), h. Oct. 15, 1822 ;m. Lucy (b. May 14, 1828), daughter 
 of Martin Mason. Children : Emma. Charles D. Catie or Katie. 
 
 Schdtlek'' Seavee {Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Sliu- 
 bael,^ Robert^), b. Dec. 23, 1824; m. Sally Ann, daughter of John 
 Ellis, of Keene ; he d. 1886. Children : Mary Ann, b. Jan. 21, 1857 ; 
 m. Benjamin F. Bowen. Osman N., b. Aug. 28, 1858 ; d. Aug. 23, 
 1882. Elmer A., b. Feb. 8, 1863. John S., b. Oct. 15, 1865. Myra 
 A. L., b. April 1,1868; d. Dec. 21, 1868. Grace A. J., b. July 7, 
 1870; m. Frank Applin. Lyford W., b. Oct. 19, 1873. Frank M., 
 b. April 4, 1876 ; d. May 2, 1877. 
 
 Abeam'' Seavee {William H.,^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Shu- 
 bael,^ Robert^), b. Nov. 3, 1807 ; m. Oct. 16, 1832, Direxa (b. March 
 
 22, 1810), daughter of Daniel Verry ; d. Dec. 9, 1881, in Keene. 
 Children ; William, b. Sept. 28, 1833. Edwin, b. March 19, 1838. 
 
 LumanB.s Seavee {Alfred,'' Shubael,^ Shub(xel,^ Shubael,'* Shubael,^ 
 Shubael,^ Robert^), b. April 6, 1843 ; ra. Aug. 11, 1864, Maggie M., 
 (b. in Ireland), sister of Thomas Lonergan. Children : Lilla A., b. 
 March 14, 1865. Willie D., b. Aug. 12, 1866. Nellie M., b. Sept. 
 
 23, 1867. Alfred L., b. April 14, 1869. Eugene A., b. Feb. 5, 1872. 
 Fred W. and Waller, b. Sept. 25, 1873; Walter, d. Oct. 30, 1873. 
 
 Geoege a. 8 Seavee {Alfred,'^ Shubael,^ Shubael,^ Shubael* Shu- 
 bael,^ Shubael,^ Robert^), b. Sept. 11, 1853; m. Jan. 9, 1876, Lucy 
 (b. Sept. 13, 1857), daughter of Luther Beal of Richmond. Child: 
 Cleon A., b. Sept. 9, 1889. 
 
 SEBASTIAN OE SEBASTIN. 
 
 Wilmam- Sebastian {Satnuel^ was a sea captain and icas lost at sea) , 
 b. Feb. 27, 1804, in Saco, Maine ; m.Oct. 3, 1827, Thankful (b. Feb. 
 15, lfs05), daughter of Elijah Sawyer. Children: Ellen M., b. Jan. 
 
 24, 1830 ; m. Nov. 10, 1851, John B, Brown ; d. July 7, 1866. Thank- 
 ful S., b. Aug. 11, 1834 ; m. March 9, 1860, Charles H. Gove of Hart- 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 445 
 
 land, Vt. William, b. May 12, 1836. Samuel, b. Oct. 6, 1838. 
 Edward P., b. Jan. 31, 1841. Cliarles N., b. Jan. 8, 1843. Frederick 
 E., b. Sept. 10, 1845; went to the Black Hills. Mary E., b. Feb. 
 15, 1847. 
 
 William^ Sebastian {William,^ /Samuel^), b. May 12, 1836; m., 
 1st, March 6, 1861, A; Maria (b. Oct. 23, 1842; d. April 8, 1872), 
 daughter of Leander Page; m., 2d, Lillian Wilson, daughter of J. Q. 
 A. Wilson. 
 
 Samuel^ Sebastian (William,^ Samuel^), b. Oct. 6, 1838; m., 
 Roxey and had Harry. He d. Jan. 18, 1884. 
 
 Edward P.^ Sebastian ( William,^ SamueV),h. Jan. 31, 1841 ; m., 
 1st, Angelina (b. Oct. 14, 1847), daughter of Bradley Hill ; ra., 2d, 
 Adella (b. June 26, 1861), daughter of Edwin Hill. Children : Leon 
 E., b. July 6, 1877. Leicester A., b. Sept. 26, 1883 ; lives in Keene. 
 
 Charles N.^ Sebastian (William,^ Samuel^), b. Jan. 8, 1843 ; m., 
 1st, Oct. 3, 1867, Henrietta E. (d. Sept. 28, 1873), daughter of Charles 
 Biirnham ; m., 2d, Hattie Ingalls and removed to Troy. Children : 
 Fred. Mary. 
 
 SHERMAN. 
 
 Timothy Sherman m. Helen W. (b. March 2, 1841), daughter of 
 Hiram Underwood. * 
 
 David Sherman m., 2d, March 9, 1797, Hannah Curtis. 
 
 SIMONDS. 
 
 John^ Simonds (Elisha}), m. Dec. 4, 1828, Asenath, daughter of 
 Ziilmon Howe, of Troy. 
 
 Perin^ Simonds (ElisJia^), m. July 31, 1833, Eliza, daughter of 
 Azariah Dickinson. 
 
 Elmer P. Simonds m., 1st, Gertrude M., daughter of John Q. A. 
 Wilson; m., 2d, Apr. 13, 1889, Alice L. (b. May 5, 1870), daugh- 
 ter of Simeon H. Holbrook, 
 
 SLATE. 
 
 Daniel Slate came from Bernardston, Mass., and died in Swan- 
 zey, Feb. 15, 1817. Child : Joseph, b. 1769 in Bernardston, Mass. 
 
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446 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Joseph^ Slatr (Daniel^), b. 1769; m. Mehitable (b. 1772; 
 
 d. Sept. 3, 1855) ; d. March 20, 1847, in Swanzey. Children : Daniel. 
 Sophia, m. Amasa S. Rogers. Vilura, m. Ivory Snow. 
 
 Daniel^ Slate {Joseph,^ Daniel^ of Bernardston, Mass.), m. Feb. 
 3, 1828, Susan (widow Bridge, b. Nov. 19, 1802; d. Aug. 9, 1840), 
 daughter of Farnum Fish. 
 
 SMALLET. 
 
 Benjamin Smalley and Polly Severance, m. Apr. 24, 1803. 
 
 SMEAD. 
 
 The emigrant ancestors of the Swanzey Smeads were : widow Juditlii 
 Smead and her son William.^ They came in 1636 and settled in Dor- 
 chester, Mass. The son was but one year old. Previous to 1660, 
 the family had settled in Northampton, Mass., and removed from 
 there to Deerfleld about 1673. The- line of descent was William, ^ 
 Samuel,^ Samuel.^ 
 
 NiMS* Smead {Samuel* Samuel,^ William,^ Judith^), m. Oct. 23, 
 1783, Submit Scott. Children: Elisha, b. July 23, 1784. Chester, 
 b. Aug. 28, 1786. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 9, 1789. Electa, b. July 1, 
 1791. Rufus, b. Jan. 31, 1794. Submit, b. March 21, 1796. 
 
 Joseph^ Smead {Samuel,* Samuel,'^ William,^ Judith^), h. Jane 2G, 
 1759, in Montague, Mass. ; m., 1st, Nov. 27, 1782, Persis (b. Oct. 7, 
 1758 ; d". Aug. 30, 1815, in Swanzey), daughter of Simeon Lyman of 
 Nortbfield, Mass. ; m., 2d, Sept. 22, 1816, Sarah (widow of Ebenezer 
 Wetherell, b. Oct. 24, 1781; d. Nov. 4, 1861), daughter of Aaron 
 Brown, of Westmoreland. He d. March 11, 1834, in Swanzey; she 
 m., 2d, March 22, 1840, Simeon Cook. Children : Sall3', b. Oct. 20, 
 1791 ; d. about 1825. The Wetherell children were : Maranda, b. Nov. 
 16, 1803 ; d. Jan. 5, 1805. Lydia L., b. Nov. 30, 1805 ; m. May 11, 
 1831, Calvin Kendall of Athol, Mass. Emeline, b. Feb. 17, 1807; 
 m. Oct. 24, 1832, Rev. Charles Granger of West Randolph, Vt. Mary 
 B., b. Jan. 19, 1809 ; m. Jan 19, 1832, George F. Gray of Templeton, 
 Mass. Ebenezer P., b. March 13, 1811. Fanny B., b. Sept. 1, 1813 ; 
 m. March 14, 1838, Jonathan A. Winchester of Westmoreland. 
 Smead children : Persis L., b. Dec. 20, 1817 ; d. Jan. 22, 1841. Jo- 
 seph B., b. Sept. 20, 1819. Ephraim A., b. Feb. 1, 1822. 
 
 Joseph B.^ Smead {Samuel,* Samuel,^ William,'^ Judith^), b. Sept. 
 20, 1819 ; m. Nov. 16, 1842, Rachel Malvina (b. June 30, 1823), 
 daughter of Simeon Cook. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 447 
 
 Ephraim a. 5 Smead (Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ William,^ Judith^), h. 
 Feb. 1, 1822 ; m. Sept., 1846, Susan A. Knight (b. 1826 in Wind- 
 ham), of Boston. 
 
 SMITH. 
 
 TiMOTHT Smith, m. May 27, 1806, Patience Dexter. Children : 
 Timothy, b. Oct. 13, 1806. Hosea, b. March 30, 1809. Sarah, b. 
 Oct. 26, 1811. Rufus, b. May 7, 1814. Alba, b. Oct. 11, 1816. 
 Jonathan, b. Feb. 27, 1819. Oliver, b. June 19, 1823. Dorothy, 
 b. March 5, 1826. Annis, b. Feb. 27, 1830. Betsey, b. 1833 ; d. 
 Sept. 8, 1852. 
 
 Hectok a. Smith m.iLucy, daughter of Samuel Beal of Chester- 
 field. Child : Clarence. 
 
 Nathan Smith (brother to Timothy) m. Parmel . Children : 
 
 Parmel, b. Sept. 7, 1807 ; m. Lyman "Whittaker. Polly, b. Sept. 2, 
 1809 ; m. Ang. 7, 1831, Isaac Whittaker. Daniel S. 
 
 SNELL. 
 
 Marvel Snell, m. Jan. 14, 1805, Annah Smith. Lived near Mar- 
 cus Ballard's farm. 
 
 Mrs. Thankful Snell d. Apr. 9, 1812, aged seventy years. 
 
 SNOW. 
 
 Ivory Snow, b , 1762, in Mattapoisett, Mass. ; m. Holbrook 
 
 (b. 1762 ; d. Apr. 26, 1845) ; d. Feb. 17, 1852, in Swanzey. Children : 
 Phebe, b. Jan. 23, 1783 ; m. May 2, 1810, Joseph Hill of Chesterfield ; 
 d. Sept. 2, 1854, in Winchester. James, b. Jan. 20, 1785. Peter, b. 
 Oct. 19, 1787. Joshua, b. May 11, 1789. Hannah, b. Feb. 27, 1792 ; 
 d. Jan. 29, 1859. Ivory, b. March 18, 1794. Joseph, b. July 7, 
 1796. Timothy, b. Jan. 29, 1799 ; d. Dec. 12, 1822. Henry, b. in 
 1805 ; went to Michigan. 
 
 James^ Snow {Ivory^), b. Jan. 20, 1785 ; m. Elizabeth (b. March 
 22, 1789), daughter of Phinehas Hamblet. 
 
 PeterS Snow (Ivory^), b. Oct. 19, 1787 ; m. Jan. 10, 1813, Mercy 
 (b. Nov. 29, 1791; d. Oct. 29, 1874), daughter of John Bolles of 
 Richmond; d. Feb. 3, 1867. Children: Edwin, b. Oct. 22, 1813. 
 Oramon, b. Apr. 3, 1818. 
 
 Joshua^ Snow {Ivory^), b. May 11, 1789 ; m. July 20, 1817, Phebe 
 (b. Apr. 4, 1793 ; d. Apr. 22, 1861) , daughter of Phinehas Hamblet ; 
 
448 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 d. Jan. 15, 1873. Children: Eunice, b. Jan. 16, 1818; m. George 
 Cross. Daniel, b. Jan. 20, 1820. Solon W., b. May 2, 1822. Pliinehas 
 H., b. Nov. 2, 1824. Arba, b. Oct. 4, 1826 ; d. 1827. Ivory, b. Sept. 
 24, 1831 ; d. Apr. 1, 1853. Charles, b. Aug. 13, 1833. 
 
 Ivorz^Snow (/w?-2/i),b. March 18, 1794; m. Feb. 15, 1816,Vilura, 
 daughter of Joseph Slate ; d. in Mattapoisett,Mass. Cliildren : Julina, 
 b. Dec. 19, 1818 ; m. Alfred Stratton. Joseph W"., b. Oct. 22, 1820. 
 Russell E., b. Nov. 19, 1822. Annis, b. Oct. 20, 1824; m. Leander 
 Brownell. Parmelia, b. March 31, 1827 ; m. Loren P. Hammond. 
 
 Joseph^ Snow {Ivory^), b. July 7, 1796; m. Abigail Kichardson 
 (d. July 2, 1876, aged eighty-five years) of Mass. ; d. Oct. 31, 1872. 
 Children: Martha, b. in 1825 ; m. Thomas J. Eaton. Adaline, d. 
 young. 
 
 Edwin' Snow {Peter, ^ Ivory^ of Mattapoisett, Mass.), b. Oct. 22, 
 1813 ; m. Feb. 20, 1839, Hannah, daughter of Benjamin Cross. Chil- 
 dren : Susan J., b. Sept. 13, 1840 ; m. Elijah Baker of Winchester. 
 Augusta N., b. July 16, 1842; m. Nathaniel Henry of Chesterfield, 
 Benjamin C, b. Jan. 13, 1848. 
 
 OramonS Snow (Peter,^ Ivory^), b. April 3, 1818 ; m., 1st, Oct. 21, 
 1847, Martha Holbrook (b. Jan. 24, 1820 ; d. March, 1868) ; m., 2nd, 
 Feb. 16, 1870, Mary Ann (widow of Alfred Seaver), daughter of Mar- 
 tin Mason. Children : Leroy 0., b. Feb. 6, 1851. Irvin W., b. Feb. 
 11, 1856. 
 
 DANiEL3SNOw(Jbs7ma,2 jTOr2/i),b. Jan. 20, 1820; m. Nov. 20, 
 1844, Rlioda S. (b. Oct. 14, 1822), daughter of Nathaniel Lawrence. 
 Child : Frank L., b. Aug. 5, 1849. 
 
 Solon W.3 Snow {Joshua,^ Imry^), b. May 2, 1822 ; m. Nov. 15, 
 1849, Sarah C. (b. Jan. 28, 1827), daughter of Martin Tlioinpsou. 
 Children : George S., b. July 31, 1852. Delivan J., b. July 6, 1855 ; 
 d. Jan. 8, 1856. Edward H., b. Aug. 27, 1857. Alice L., b. Nov. 
 16, 1860 ; m. Charles B. Sparhawk. Charles T., b. Sept. 23, 1862. 
 Lizzie N., b. Jan. 18, 1865. Mary I., b. Apr. 5, 1867 ; d. Jan. 23, 
 1869. 
 
 Phinehas H.3 Snow (Joshua,^ Ivory^), b. Nov. 2, 1824 ; m. July 7, 
 1852, Fanny M., daughter of George Marcy of Cornish. He d. Aug. 
 5, 1888. ChUd : Clara R., b. Feb. 3, 1856 ; d. March 25, 1856. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECORDS. 449 
 
 Charles^ Snow {Joshua,^ Ivory^), b. Aug., 1833 ; m. June 1, 1854, 
 Martlia J. Colby; d. Aug. 5, 1859. Child: Carrie L., b. Dec. 
 2, 1856 ; m. Nov. 6, 1880, Charles S. Whitcomb. 
 
 Benjamin C* Snow {Edwin,^ Peter, ^ Ivory^), b. Jan. 13, 1848 ; m. 
 Jan. 1, 1875, Jennie L. (b. March 21, 1855), daughter of Marshall 
 B. Shaw of Chesterfield. Child : Ernest J., b. Sept. 8, 1879. 
 
 Frank h.* Snow {Daniel,^ Joshua,^ Ivory'^), b. Aug. 5, 1849 ; m. 
 Sept. 17, 1878, Mary F. (b. May 6, 1852), daughter of Salmon H. 
 Fox. 
 
 George S.* Snow (Solon W.,^ Joshua?' Ivory^), b. July 31, 1852 ; 
 m., 1st, Nellie M. (b. Jnne 9, 1856), daughter of Benjamin Whit- 
 comb; m., 2nd, Jan. 16, 1888, 'Nellie A. Sweet. A son, d. young. 
 
 Edward H.* Snow (Solon W.? Joshua,^ Ivory^), b. Aug. 27, 
 1857; m. Nov. 2, 1887, Julia E., daughter of James L. Cahee of 
 Brandon, Vt. 
 
 SOUTHWORTH. 
 
 William Southworth and wife came to this town prior to 1817, 
 reared a large family. He d. Aug. 13, 1843 ; she d. Jan. 21, 1824. 
 One child d. July 25, 1819 ; another d. Sept. 21, 1823, Eecords in- 
 complete. 
 
 SPARHAWK. 
 
 John H.^ Sparhawk (SamueP of Walpole), b. May 10, 1822 ; m. 
 Nov. 16, 1848, Martha A. (b. May 13, 1830), daughter of Lyndon 
 Watkins of Winchester. He d. Apr. 16, 1887. Children : George 
 W., b. May 4, 1849 ; d. Jan. 8, 1862. Carrie E., b. Sept. 12, 1852 ; 
 m. Nov. 25, 1874, Herbert 0. Young. John Willie, b. June 9, 1854. 
 Charles B., b. March 3, 1858. 
 
 John W.^ Sparhawk (John H.,^ Samuel^), h. June 9, 1854; m. 
 Dec. 28, 1885, Nellie (b. April 29, 1859), daughter of Charles Nor- 
 wood of Richmond. Children : William Norwood, b. July 20, 1888. 
 Charles Bellows, b. Aug. 29, 1889. 
 
 Charles B.^ Sparhawk (John U.? Samuel^), b. March 3, 1858; 
 m. Feb. 14, 1884, Alice L. (b. Nov. 16, 1860), daughter of Solon W. 
 Snow. He d. Sept. 4, 1889. 
 
 SPOFEORD. 
 
 Abram Spofford m. May 6, 1841, Caroline (b. Feb. 20, 1816), 
 daughter of Farnum Fish. Children: Mary C, b. July 11, 1842; 
 
450 HISTORY OF SVVANZEY. 
 
 m. Sept. 12, 1865, Rev. "William H. Cutler. Albin A., b. May 28, 
 1848; d. July 19, 1849. Walter C, b. Out. 3, 1850; d. Dec. 19, 
 1854. Ella A., b. July 27, 1853 ; m. Dec. 24, 1874, Charles E. Kim- 
 ball. Abbie A., b. Oct. 30, 1856 ; d. Nov. 23, 1863. 
 
 SPEAGUE. 
 
 The grandfather of Obadiah Sprague of Swanzey was Obadiah 
 Sprague of Richmond, b. in Providence, R. I., Aug. 22, 1770 ; m. 
 Aug. 10, 1794, Betsey, daughter of Gideon Mann of Richmond. He 
 d. in Richmond In 1858. Child : Samuel, b. Nov. 22, 1797, in Rich- 
 mond ; m. 1822, Melinda, daughter of Benjamin Kingman of Win- 
 chester ; he d. in Winchester, Sept. 28, 1881. 
 
 Obadiah^ Sprague {Samuel,^ Obadiah^ of Providence) , b. in Rich- 
 mond, March 21, 1826 ; m. Jan. 3, 1877, Martha E. (b. March 18, 
 1841), daughter of Clark Mason of Marlborough. Children: Ber- 
 nice A., b. Oct. 27, 1878 ; d. May 5, 1879. Bertha E., b. Feb. 25, 
 1880. Florence M., b. May 1, 1881 ; d. Dec. 29, 1887. Mary M., 
 b. May 9, 1885. 
 
 Ebenkzer^ Sprague {Ehenezer^), m. May 20, 1754, Abigail Hea- 
 ton; he d. Sept. 9, 1754. 
 
 SPRING. 
 
 Simeon A.^ Spring {John A. Spring^ of Springfield, Vl.), b. Jan. 
 6, 1837; m., 1st, Jan. 1, 1861, Mary E. Holman of Keene (b. 1841 ; 
 d. 1866) ; m., 2nd, Apr. 11,1869, MaryE. (b. July 8, 1849), daugh- 
 ter of Alfred Seaver. Children : Frank, b. June 6, 1863 ; d. young. 
 Fred, b. March 30, 1866 ; m. a daughter of Luke Ellor ; resides in 
 Athol, Mass. 
 
 STANLEY. 
 
 Pentecost'2 Stanley (Nathaniel^), b. in Attleborough, Mass., in 
 
 1739; m. Experience ; he d. in Swanzey. Children: Dolly and 
 
 Sally, b. 1766 ; Dolly, m. John Whitcomb, jr. ; Sally, m. Daniel 
 Cummings. Rlioda, m. Silas Whitcomb. Israel, b. Apr. 15, 1772. 
 Tryphena, b. May 27, 1774 ; d. young. Abner, b. Apr. 28, 1777. 
 Nathaniel, b. Aug. 28, 1779. Lucy, b. 1781 ; m. Alplieus Capron. 
 Pedee, b. Jan. 1, 1785; m. Josiah Hammond. Nancy, m. Heniy 
 Aldrich of Livermore, Me. 
 
 Israel^ Stanley (Pentecost,^ Nathaniel^), h. April l6, 1772; m. 
 March 4, 1798, Eunice (b. Dec. 11, 1778 ; d. Aug. 27, 1856), daughter 
 of Micajah Norwood ; hed. March 5, 1855. Children : Nathaniel, b. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 451 
 
 Nov. 11, 1798. Susan, b. July 13, 1800 ; m. James S. Taft. Arvilla, 
 b. Sept. 26, 1802 ; m. Paul Wright. Ona, b. Nov. 11, 1804 ; m. June 6, 
 1823, Watson Wasbburn. Nancy, b. Sept. 3, 1810; m. Oct. 28, 
 1833, Janaes Hills. Alonzo A., b. Maich 13, 1817. 
 
 Nathaniel"* Stanley {Israel,^ Pentecost,^ Nathaniel^), b. Nov. 11, 
 1798; m. Apr. 3, 182.5, Sylvia (b. Apr. 6, 1797; d. Nov. 2, 1844), 
 daughter of Ebenezer Hills, 2nd ; he d. Oct. 15, 1844. Children : 
 Francis H., b. Nov. 13, 1826. Cyrus W., b. July 11, 1828. Fidelia 
 L., b. Sept. 19, 1829 ; m. John I. Mead of Richmond. 
 
 Alonzo A."* Stanley (Israel,^ Pentecost,^ Nathaniel^), b. March 
 13, 1817; m. Oct. 14, 1847, Keziah R. (b. Jan. ,5, 1826; d. Oct. 2, 
 1888), daughter of Aaron Thayer. Children: Roscoe A., b. Feb. 
 24, 1849; d. Nov. 12, 1865. Abbie J., b. Dec. 22, 1850; d. Sept. 
 17, 1851. George W., b. July 18, 1852. Jennie M., b. Dec. 22, 
 1854 ; m., 1st, July 20, 1874, Charles H. Washburn (d. Nov., 1875) 
 of New Orleans; m., 2d, John W. Curtis. Lizzie A., b. Aug. 14, 
 1857; d. Oct. 18, 1865. Alice A., b. Dec. 23, 1860; m. May 22, 
 1886, Charles H. Rockwood. Addie I., b. Apr. 25, 1864 ; m. Fayette 
 F. Downing. 
 
 Cyeus W.5 Stanley {NatJianiel,* Israel,^ Pentecost,^ Nathaniel'-), 
 b. July 11, 1828; m. Jan. 8, 1852, Eunice C. (b. Oct. 31, 1832), 
 daughter of Lyndon Watkins of Winchester. 
 
 George W.^ Stanley {Alonzo A. ,* Israel,^ Pentecost,'^ Nathaniel^), b. 
 July 18, 1852 ; m. Feb. 3, 1880, Mary, daughter of Robert Elwell of 
 Langdon (Mrs. Towne). 
 
 STANTON. 
 
 Daniel Stanton, b. in Ireland March 25, 1830 ; ra. 1855, Catharine 
 
 (b. 1835) ; he d. Dec. 14, 1885. Children : Edward, b. Nov. 
 
 29, 1857. John, b. July 17, 1859. Ella, b. Dec. 17, 1861 ; d. Nov. 
 26, 1883. Kate, b. Jan. 9, 1863. Charles, b. Aug. 3, 1866. Dan- 
 iel, b. June 20, 1869. William, b. July 20, 1871. 
 
 starkey. 
 John^Starkey (Andrew^ of Attleborough, Mass.), settled prior to 
 1776, in that part of the town, which was incorporated afterwards in- 
 to the town of Troy, and after the death of his wife ra. Sarah, widow 
 of Caleb Sawyer. Children : Peter. John. Benjamin Enoch. Joseph. 
 Lois, b. 1755 ; m. June 28, 1774, James Wheelock ; d. 1810. 
 
452 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Peter3 Starket (John,^ Andrew^), m. Lona Grosvner (d. in Troj', 
 Feb., 1821). Children: Otis, b. Feb. 25, 1774. Peter, b. Sept. 
 25, 1777. Nathan, h. March 12, 1779. Laban, b. Jan. 30, 
 1782. Benjamin, b. June 14, 1785. John, b. Apr. 3, 1788. Calvin, 
 b. March 17, 1790. Lona, b. April 25, 1792. Luna, b. Sept. 11, 
 1794. 
 
 JoHN^ Starket (John,^ Andrew^), m. Mary Godding. No family. 
 
 Enoch^ Starkey {John, '^ Andrew'^), m. Betsey (b. 1751 ; d. 
 
 June 18, 1821). Children: David. George. P0II3', m. John or 
 Benjamin Tilden of Keene. Samuel, b. in 1787. Levi. 
 
 Joseph^ Starkei (John,^ Andrew'^), m. June 23, 1778, Waitstill, 
 daughter of Henryi Morse. Children: Martha, b. March 13, 1779; 
 ra. Joseph C. Davenport. Esther, b. June 3, 1783; m., 1st, Elijah 
 Davenport ; m., 2nd, Nahum Aldrich. Waitstill, b. Jan. 17, 1787 ; m. 
 Noah Aldrich. Joseph, b. Sept. 27, 1790. Henry, b. Sept. 1, 1795. 
 Betsey, b. in May, 1803 ; m. "William Woodward. 
 
 Otis* Starkey (Peter,^ John,^ Andrew^), b. Feb. 25, 1774; m. 
 Keziah Peters of Richmond. Children : Otis, Lewis, and Lucy, all 
 removed to Penn. 
 
 Peter* Starkey (Peter,3Jb7m,2^wd}-ewi),b. Sept. 25,1777; m., 1st, 
 in 1797, Mary (b. April 13,1769 ; d. Feb. 15, 1815), daughter of Jona- 
 than Sweet of Richmond ; m., 2nd, Oct., 1815, Lucy, daughter of Eli- 
 jah Graves. Children : Richard, d. young. Lona, b. April 27, 1801 ; 
 d. in 1823. LutUer, b. April 4, 1803 ; d. about 18J8, in Troy. Amy 
 H., b. May 4, 1805 ; m. Lincoln Wheelock. Mary, b. March, 1807 ; d. 
 Sept., 1811. Jonathan, b. Oct. 10, 1808 ; d. in Marlborough. An- 
 thony S., b. Sept. 11, 1810. Mary,b. April 20, 1813 ; d. Feb., 1815. 
 Elijah, b. July 26, 1816. Isaac, b. June 18, 1818. Cynthia, m. Mr. 
 Reynolds; Sylvia S., m. April 21, 1850, Sanford BoUes. 
 
 Nathan* Starkey {Peter, ^ John, ^ Andrew^), b. Marcb 17, 1779; 
 m. Esther Briggs of Massachusetts, where he removed. 
 
 Laban* Starkey {Peter.^ John,^ Andreio^), b. Jan. 30, 1782; m. 
 Polly (b. 1781 ; d. 1844), daughter of Isaac Jackson of Fitzwilliam ; 
 d. 1855. Children: Horace, b. Jan. 25, 1803. Cyrus, b. Dec. 5, 
 1804. Eliza, m. Anthony S. Starkey. Sophronia, b. Oct. 13, 1809 ; 
 
GENEALOGICAL BECORDS. 453 
 
 m. Manning Hunt. Ann, b. May 12, 1814; m. George Lord and d. 
 Aug. 29, 1887. Miles. Caroline, d. young. Lemuel. Maria, b. Apr. 
 21, 1824; m. Roswell Wliiteomb, June 19, 1889. 
 
 John* Starkey {Peter, ^ John,^ Andrew^), b. April 3, 1788; m. 
 Sarah Cass of Richmond. 
 
 Calvin'* Starkey (Peter,^ John,^ Andrew^), b. March 17, 1790 ; m. 
 Polly Porter of Marlborough. 
 
 David* Starkey (Enoch,^ John,^ Andrew^), m. March 23, 1797. 
 Lovina, daughter of Nathan Woodcock. She m., 2nd, Enoch Cummings, 
 Children : Susan, b. in 1800 ; m. William Clark. Rhoda, m. Mr. 
 Nourse of Keene. Luther. 
 
 Samuel* Starkey (Enoch,^ JoJm,^ Andrew^), b. 1787; m. Thank- 
 ful (b. May 29, 1790), daughter of Nathaniel BoUes of Richmond. 
 He d. Apr. 30, 1865. Had eleven children. 
 
 Levi* Starkey {Enoch,^ Jolin,^ Andrew^), m. Hannah Holman. 
 d. in Keene. 
 
 Henry* Starkey (Joseph, 3 Jb7m,2 .<4mcZ?-ewi), b. Sept. 1, 1795 ; m. 
 Feb. 17, 1818, Lucy (b. April 23, 1797; d. Jan. 31, 1876), daughter 
 of Isaac Woodward ; d. Nov. 29, 1886. Children : John W., b. Dec. 
 18, 1818. Alvin, b. Dec. 27, 1821. Henry, b. Jan. 27, 1824. Jo- 
 seph, b. June 28, 1826. Lucy, b. April 17, 1829 ; m. Sept. 20, 1849, 
 Cyrenus Taft of Richmond. William W., b. Dec. 12, 1839. 
 
 Jonathan^ Starkey {Peter, '^ Peter, ^ John,^ Andrew'^), b. in Troy, 
 Oct. 10, 1808 ; m.Mar. 4, 1835, Rowena (b. March 19, 1806), daugh- 
 ter of EbenezerHemen way of Marlborough ; d. in Marlborough, Dec. 22, 
 1839. Children : Mary Eliza, b. March 12, 1836, in East Royalston, 
 Mass. ; m. William Parker of West Harrisville. Lutlier Hemenway, 
 b. in East Royalston, Sept. 15, 1837. Elmer Jonathan, b. July 9, 
 in 1839, Marlborough. Carrie, m. Brown of Royalston, Mass. 
 
 Anthony S. 5 Starkey {Peter,* Peter, ^ John,^ Andrew^), b. Sept. 
 11, 1810 ; resides in Berlin, Mass. ; m., 1st, Martha Bruce of Hudson ; 
 m., 2nd, Eliza, daughter of Laban Starkey; m., 3d, Lynda Taft (d. 
 Apr., 1889). Child: Charles Dana, d.^in the army of the rebellion. 
 
 Elijah^ Starkey {Peter,* Peter,^ JoJm,^ Andrew^), b. July 26, 
 1816 ; m. July 26, 1846, Jane, daughter of Elijah Bolles of Landaflf ; 
 
454 HISTORY or swanzet. 
 
 d. Jane 24, 1850, in Swanzey. Cbildren : Ralla, b. March 26, 18 J8 ; 
 d. in Sept., 1849. Alwilda, b. Nov. 3, 1849 ; m. Fredericlj Pai-lier of 
 Royalston, Mass. 
 
 Isaacs Starket (Peter,* Peter, ^ JoTin,^ Andrew^), b. June 18, 1818 ; 
 m. July 18, 1843, Fannie (b. Dec. 20, 1814), daugljter of Ebenezer 
 Hemenway of Marlborougli. He d. Sept. 6, 1889. Cliildren : Ralla 
 French, b. April 18, 1844, in Marlborough ; d. Aug. 8, 1846. Ruth 
 H., b. March 3-1, 1848 ; d. Jan. 19, 1863. Martha Adams, b. May 5, 
 1853, in Marlborough; m. Orson L. Mason of Marlborough. Martin 
 RoUa, b. July 24, 1855, in Swanzey ; d. Aug. 15, 1857. Milan Edgar, 
 b. May 22, 1857. Martin Peter, b. May 22, 1859 ; d. Jan. 1, 1863. 
 
 Horace^ Starket {Laban,'^ Peter,^ John,^ Andrew^), b. Jan. 25, 
 1803; m. Aug. 19, 1824, Candace (b. in 1803; d. Oct. 9, 1878), 
 daughter of Eliezer Mason. Children: Byron. Charles. Eliza Ann. 
 Annvilla, lives in Keene. Fannie. Louis, d. young. Cyrus, lives in 
 the state of New York. Lewis, b. 1844. Jeremiah. Horace. Can- 
 dace, m. Peasley. 
 
 Cyrds^ Starket {Laban,* Peter ^ John?- Andrew^') , b. Dec. 5, 1804 ; 
 m. Jan. 11, 1827, in Swanzey, Lovina Balch (b. July 1, 1807, in 
 Shrewsbury, Vt. ; d. Oct. 13, 1866, in Shrewsbury, Vt.). Children : 
 Wyman J., b. Oct. 12, 1827. James C, b. Feb. 7, 1829. William 
 O., b. Jan. 21, 1831; d. in Sept., 1831. William O., b. June 19, 
 1832 ; d. Dec. 3, 1849, in Shrewsbury, Vt. Orlando L., b. June 19, 
 1834. Henry A., b. Oct. 26, 1835. Lucretia, b. Aug. 29, 1837. 
 Lovina, b. Apr. 21, 1839 ; d. in May, 1840. David H., b. in Shrews- 
 bury, Vt., March 28, 1842; d. July 18, 1859. Lovina, b. Nov. 17, 
 1844 ; d. June 6, 1859. George L., b. May 17, 1847 ; d. Aug., 1873, 
 in Fort Wayne, Ind. Lowell G., b. Feb. 27, 1850. 
 
 MiLES^ Starket {Lahan^'^ Peter? John,^ Andrew^), b. 1815; m. 
 1843, Alzina Bump of Wallingford, Vt. Children: Myron. Laura. 
 George. 
 
 Lemuel^ Starket (Laban^'* Peter,^ John,^ Andrew^), b. 1822 ; m. 
 1843, Ann Knights of Putney, Vt. ; d. Jan. 30, 1863. Child : Emma 
 L. 
 
 John W.^ Starket (Henry,* Joseph,'^ Jolm,^ Andrew^),\). Dec. 18, 
 1818; m. Diancy (b. Nov. 18, 1818), daughter of Calvin Bryant of 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 455 
 
 Ricliiuoncl ; d. Jan. 25, 1876, in Keene. Children : Mary E., b. Apr. 
 28, 1844 ; m. Oscar J. Howard. EmmaL., b. May 21, 1850 ; m., 1st, 
 Emery ; m., 2ud, Charles Fletcher of Bellows Falls. 
 
 Alvin^ Staeket {Henry, '^ Joseph,^ John,^ Andrew^), b. Dec. 27, 
 1821 ; m., 1st, Marinda (b. Nov. 10, 1821 ; d. 1846), daughter of 
 Jacob Sweet of Richmond ; m., 2d, Caroline (b. Sept. 3, 1826), daugh- 
 ter of James Buffnm of Richmond. He d. June 27, 1882. Children: 
 Emma M. Marinda. 
 
 Henrt^ Starket (Henry, '^ JosepJi,^ John,^ Andrew^), b. Jan. 27, 
 1824; ra. Nov. 16, 1848, Mary Ann (d. Oct., 1865), daughter of John 
 Scott of Richmond. Children: Frank H., b. Feb. 8, 1850. Ella 
 M., b. in May, 1852. Myrtie B., b. Nov., 1863. 
 
 Joseph^ Staeket {Henry, '^ Joseph,^ Jolin,^ Andrew^), b. June 28, 
 1826 ; m. Fanny (b. Sept. 15, 1820 ; d. March 24, 1860), daughter of 
 Joseph BufTum of Richmond ; d. Feb. 15, 1865. Children : Lucy F., 
 b. Oct. 22, 1845. Henry M., b. Dec. 27, 1846. Angelia M., b. 
 March 3, 1849. Juliette M., b. Oct. 23, 1850. Georgianna, b. Aug. 
 31,1852. Joseph L.,b. Oct. 17, 1854. James B., b. May 23, 1857. 
 
 William W.^ Starket {Henry, '^ Josepli? John, ^ Andrew^) ,'b. Dec. 
 12, 1839; m. Italy (b. March 10, 1843), daughter of Aquila Rams- 
 dell. 
 
 Milan E.^ Staeket (Tsaac,^ Peter,* Peter, ^ John,^ Andrew^), b. 
 May 22, 1857; m. Flora E., daughter of Daniel Gay of Acworth. 
 Children : Elma Daniel, b. Feb. 6, 1882. Carl Milan, b. Apr. 4, 
 1885. 
 
 Lewis^ Starket {Horctce,^ Laban,* Peter,^ John,^ Andrevi^), b. in 
 1844 ; m. Jan. 17, 1880, Eliza M., daughter of George W. Worsley 
 of Marlborough. Child : Walter W., b. Oct. 27, 1885. 
 
 JoHN^ Starket {Andrew J.,^ of liiclimond), b. Jan., 1864 ; ra. Anna 
 Wood (b. Oct. 2, 1869). Child: Chester Arthur, b. May 8, 1889. 
 
 STEAENS. 
 
 Abeaham' Steaens, a native of Milford, Mass., b. in 1757; ra. 
 Esther Warren of Milford, daughter of Samuel and Eunice Warren; 
 came from Mendon, Mass., to Chesterfield about 1780, thence to 
 Swanzey about 1810 and built the hotel and store where AsaS. Ken- 
 
456 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 dall died. He d. in 1825. Cliiklren : Abijah, b. Nov. 23, 1781. 
 John, b. Dec. 22, 1783. Asaph, b. Oct. 13, 1786; went to Ohio. 
 Daniel, b. May 26, 1791 ; d. May 11, 1815, in Chesterfield. Abraliara, 
 b. Mai-ch 5, 1793. Samuel, b. Jan. 25, 1795. Arba, b. March 29, 
 1797. Ziba, b. March 3, 1799 ; d. 1815. Eunice, b. March 4, 1801 ; 
 m. Joel Eaton. Priscilla, b. Nov., 1803 ; d. March 20, 1823. 
 
 Abijah^ Stearns (AbraJiam^) , h. Nov. 23, 178i ; m. Oct. 8, 1806, 
 Sally, daughter of Joseph Cross. Children : Esther, b. in Svvanzey. 
 Emily. Ziba. Abraham, b. in Ohio. 
 
 JoHN^ Stearns (AbraJiam^) , b. Dec. 22, 1783 ; m. Angusla Brad- 
 ley of Boston, Mass. ; d. in Boston. Children: Harriet, b. in Bos- 
 ton ; m. Homer Heaton of Montpelier, Vt. Mary, m. Charles Picl^er- 
 ing. John, lives in Washington, D. C. ; is a physician. Priscilla and 
 Ellen, live in Boston. 
 
 Abraham^ Stearns {AbraJiam}), b. March 5, 1793 ; m. Eliza (b. 
 July 15, 1797), daughter of Elijah Belding ; d. Feb. 17, 1887, in 
 "Woodstock, Vt. Children : Julia, b. Sept. 20, 1814. Daniel Au- 
 gustus, b. Jan. 20, 1819. Royal Blake, b. in Woodstock, Vt. Mar- 
 garet, b. in Woodstock; m. Dr. Gray of Nashua. 
 
 Samuel^ Stearns (AbraJiam^) , b. Jan. 25, 1795 ; m. Oct. 12, 1819, 
 Nancy (b. July 5, 1797; d. July 7, 1826), daughter of Jotham 
 Whitcomb; d. Apr. 21, 1859. Children: Ziba, b. May 7, 1820. 
 Abraham, b. Jan. 12, 1822. Esther Ann, b. Oct. 7, 1825 ; m. Sept. 
 7, 1852, John A. Taggart of Winchendon, Mass. ; d. June 13, 1876, 
 in Iowa. 
 
 Arba^ Stearns (Abraham^), b. March 29, 1797; m., 1st, Harriet 
 (b. Aug. 21, 1800; d. Feb. 14, 1857), daughter of Jonathan Whit- 
 comb; m., 2d, May 1, 1859, Mrs. Mary A. Howe (b. Dec. 27, 1804), 
 of Brattleborough, Vt. ; d. Nov. 15, 1886. Children : Emily, b. 
 March 10, 1820 ; m. Nathaniel B. Pomroy. Daniel Warren, b. Dec. 
 31, 1821. Priscilla, b. Jan. 30, 1824; m. Henry Brown of Oregon. 
 Maria, b. Jan. 2, 1826 ; d. young. Jonathan Whitcomb, b. March 31, 
 1828. Ellen Maria, b. June 17, 1834; m. Daniel HoUey of Evans- 
 ville. Wis. Mariam Willard, b. Aug. 12, 1836; m. May 29, 1884, 
 George W. Porter of Keene. Martha E., b. Aug. 8, 1838 ; m. Rev. 
 T. A. Hiland of N. Y. City. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 457 
 
 Daniel "W.3 Steabns (Arba,^ Abraham^), b. in Chesterfield, Dec. 
 31, 1821; ni. Alniira Fay of Belchertown, Mass. Cliildi-en: Geoi'ge 
 Jones, b. Oct. 26, 1846, in Ware, Mass. Loyal Brown, b. May 1, 
 1853, in West Swanzey. Arba Fay, b. in Oregon. John Warren, 
 b. in Oregon. Ralph L., b. in Oregon. 
 
 ZiBA^ Stearns {Samuel,^ Abraham^) , b. May 7, 1820; d. in Bos- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 Abraham^ Steabns (Samuel,'^ Abraham^), b. Jan. 12, 1822; ra., 
 March 8, 1849, Almira Melissa, daughter of Hardin Albee. 
 
 STEVENSON. 
 
 JohnI Stevenson, of foreign birth, b. in 1707; d. in Mass., Feb. 
 
 28, 1777. Susanna, his wife, b. in 1707; d. March 17, 1791. Chil- 
 dren : Mary, b. July 1, 1738 ; m. Michael Heffron. John, b. in 1740 ; 
 d. Aug. 20, 1805. Sarah, ni. Dec. 27, 1792, Ziba Ware. Hannali, 
 b. in 1744; d. Jan. 22, 1812. William, b. in 1747. Eobert, b. in 
 1749 ; d. May 9, 1777. 
 
 William^ Stevenson (John^), b. in 1747 ; m., 1st, Kings- 
 bury ; m., 2nd, May 8, 1792, Sarah Cooley ; m., 3d, June 28, 1798, 
 Martha Bigelow ; d. Apr. 16,1816. Children: Nathan. Sarah, m. 
 Alpheus Battles of Winchester. Enos, b. I?ec. 13, 1792. William, 
 b. Sept. 15, 1795. Ephraim, d. young. Silas, d. young. Daniel, d. 
 young. Ira, b. Feb. 16, 1804. Ono, d. at the age of seven. Eli, b. 
 Dec. 17, 1807. 
 
 Enos3 Stevenson {William,^ Johin}), b. Dec. 13, 1792 ; m. Oct. 29, 
 1817, Polly (b. Apr. 5, 1793; d. Dec. 31, 1877, in Brattleboro, Vt.), 
 daughter of Nathan Cross ; d. Jan. 26, 1871, in Swanzej\ Children : 
 Hiram, b. Apr. 8, 1826. Polly M., b. May 12, 1829 ; m. in 1851, 
 Edwin B. Graves ; d. March 24, 1854. Leonard L., b. Nov. 20, 1832. 
 
 STEPHENSON. 
 
 William^ Stephenson {William,^ John'-), b. Sept. 15, 1795, in 
 Oakham, Mass. ; m., 1st, Dec. 19, 1816, Polly (b. July 31, 1799 ; d. 
 Oct. 5, 1840), daughter of John Grimes; m., 2nd, Apr. 23, 1841, 
 Rebecca (widow Emmons), (b. Sept. 28, 1801 ; d. Oct. 24, 1869), 
 daughter of Mr. Doolittle of Hinsdale ; d. Feb. 5, 1882, in Erving, 
 Mass. Children: Elias G., b. July 5, 1818. Sumner B., b. March 
 
 29, 1821. Infant son, b. July 29, 1823; d. young. Hiram W., b. 
 
458 HISTOKT OF SWANZET. 
 
 Feb. 15, 1825. Susan Ann, b. Aug. 9, 1827; m. James Graves. 
 Sarah S., b. Jan. 31, 1831 ; m. Marcus Spooner of Barre, Mass. 
 Charles E., b. Jan. 18, 1844. Samuel P., b. Aug. 13, 1846. 
 
 Ika.3 Stephenson {William,^ John^), b. Feb. 16, 1804 ;m. ,1st, 
 Elizabeth (b. Apr. 26, 1812; d. Jan. 2, 1854), daughter of William 
 Greene; m., 2d, Jan. 2, 1856, Julia A. Thayer. Children: Louisa, 
 b. Aug. 25, 1836. A son, b. Nov. 1, 1843; d. young. 
 
 Eli^ Stephenson {William,^ John^), b. Dec. 17, 1807 ; m. Sophia 
 (b. Aug. 16, 1804), daughter of William Greene. She m., 2nd, 
 Richard Weeks. Children : Martha P., b. Aug. 5, 1832 ; m. 
 Francis Burtof Winchester ; d. June 10, 1875. Elizabeth G., b. Sept. 
 17, 1834 ; d. Dec. 7, 1848. Sarah B., b. June 17, 1836. Eunice F., 
 b. Oct. 18, 1838 ; d. in 1859. Mary J., b. Aug. 23, 1840. 
 
 Elias G.'' Stephenson {WilUain,^ William,'^ Johv}), b. July 5, 
 1.S18 ; ni., 1st, July 3, 1843, Cyrene Elizabeth (b. May 20, 1828 ; d. 
 Nov. 12, 1852), daughter of Thomas Emmons of Hinsdale; m., 2nd, 
 Feb. 6, 1856, Mary A. Davis (b. May 18, 1835 ; d. Apr. 20, 1882), 
 of Langdon. Chddren : Mary Cyrene, b. Aug. 3, 1845 ; m. Sept. 24, 
 1864, Elisha Worden of Hinsdale; d. Feb. 19, 1881. George T., b. 
 Oct. 3, 1847 ; d. Sept. 26, 1849. Jacob S., b. March 7, 1850. Frank, 
 b. Feb. 26, 1852 ; d. March 24, 1852. George H., b; Dec. 3, 1856. 
 An infant, d. young. 
 
 Sdmn-er B.'' Stephenson {William,^ William,^ John}), b. March 
 29, 1821 ; m. Lydia (b. Sept. 24, 1823), daughter of Ebenezer Bart- 
 lett of Derby, Vt. Children : William, b. Aug. 4, 1847. Martha D., 
 b. Oct. 29, 1849; d. Feb. 17, 1851. Lillian D., b. Oct. 31, 1854. 
 Mattie D., b. July 26, 1856. 
 
 Hiram W.* Stephenson {William,'^ William,^ John^),h. Feb. 15, 
 1825 ; m., 1st, Dec. 30, 1849, Adaline F. Doolittle (b. Sept. 14, 1832 ; 
 d. Oct. 15, 1858), of Hinsdale; m., 2nd, March 18, 1860, Minerva 
 Barber (b. Apr. 3, 1821, in Canada East) ; d. Dec. 7, 1888. Children : 
 Chester W., b. Nov. 3, 1855. A son, b. Oct. 9, 1858 ; d. young-. 
 
 Charles E.* Stephenson {William,^ William,^ Jolin^), b. Jan. 18, 
 1844 ; m. March 10, 1869, Sarah J. Woodward of Warwick, Mass. 
 
 Samuel P.^ Stephenson {Williain?, William^, John^), b. Aug. 13, 
 1846 ; m. Aug. 20, 1874, Mary E. Williams. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 459 
 
 George H. 5 Stephenson (Eb'as G.,* William,''^ WiUiam,^ John^), 
 b. Dec. 3, 1856 ; m. July 1, 1882, Leonora M., daughter of Oliver S. 
 Lawrence of "Winchester. Children: Carlon L., b. July 1, 1883. 
 Florence M., b. Dee. 28, 1884. 
 
 STODDARD. 
 
 Jacob M. Stoddard, b. Sept. 29, 1818, in Diimmerston, Vt., and 
 Eliza A. Emmons, b. March 10, 1822, in Chesterfield, wereni. in Cliic- 
 opee Falls, Mass., Jan. 2, 1842. Child : Everett M., b. Jan. 9, 1843 ; 
 d. Sept. 20, 1843, in Chicopee Falls. 
 
 STONE. 
 
 The name of Stone is traceable to Rev. Timothy Stone, a res- 
 ident in the west of England, and among other sons had Gregory^ 
 who, when about forty-flve years of age, with his wife and children, 
 embarked for America in ship ''Increase" at Ipswich, England, Apr. 
 15, 1635, and settled in Cambridge, Mass., where he d.' Nov. 30, 
 1672 ; she d. June 24, 1674. 
 
 John, 3 b. about 1619, in England; d. May 5, 1683. David,^ b. 
 Oct. 31, 1646 ; d. 1737. Samuel,^ b. May 23, 1685 ; d. 1750. Samu- 
 el,8 b. about 1714 ; m. June 14, 1737, Rebecca Claik. Samuel,' b. 
 Nov. 13, 1750; m. Anna Stacey (b. Dec. 27, 1751), settled in Fitz- 
 William in 1777 ; d. Dec. 12, 1841. 
 
 Martin^ Stone {Samuel,'' Samuel,^ Samuel,^ David,'^ John,^ Greg- 
 ory,'^ Timothy^), b. Oct. 19, 1778 ; m. Dec. 27, 1810, Betsey V. (b. 
 Jan. 18, 1789 ; d. Apr. 20, 1873), daughter of Hezekiah Stone of 
 Fitzwilliam ; d. Oct. 1, 1851. Children : Louisa, b. Nov. 15, 1811 ; 
 d. June 13, 1812. Louisa, b. March 9, 1813 ; m. Dec. 4, 1832, Abiel 
 Pevey. Edmund, b. April 5, 1815. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 24, 1817 ; m. 
 June 3, 1841, Merrill C. Pevey of Peterborough; d. March 1, 1890. 
 John, b. Feb. 28, 1819. Ambra and Anna, b. March 6, 1821 ; Am- 
 bra, m. Edwin F. Read ; Anna, m. Joseph L. Parker. Sarah and So- 
 lon, b. Apr. 25, 1823 ; Sarah, m. Luther S. Lane ; Solon, d. June 20, 
 1825. Nancy, b. Aug. 6, 1825 ; d. July 17, 1843. Hannah, b. Nov. 
 9, 1827 ; m. Paul F. Aldrich. 
 
 Samuel^ Stone {Samuel,'' Samuel,^ Samuel,^ David,* Jolin,^ Greg- 
 ory,'^ Timothy^), b. Aug. 31, 1786; m. May 3, 1814, Hannah (b. 
 Sept. 9, 1789 ; d. July 16, 1872), daughter of Joseph Forristall of 
 Fitzwilliam ; d. Dec. 9, 1856. Child: Malinda, b. Aug. 11, 1814; 
 m. Samuel Rockwood. 
 
460 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Edmdni)9 Stone (Martin,^ Samuel,'' Samuel,^ Samuel,^ David,* 
 John,^ Gregory,^ Timothy'^), b. April 6, 1815 ; m. Feb. 11, 1841, Lucy 
 ((). Mar. 21, 1817), daughter of Davis Healey. Children : Seainoii, b. 
 July 15, 1842. Ellen A., b. Oct. 6, 1843 ; ra. Feb. 22, 1876, Calvin 
 Davis of Roxbury. Clara I., b. May 16, 1845; d. Sept. 21, 1849. 
 Lyman M., b. Nov. 22, 1846. Martin W., b. Sept. 2, 1849 ; d. Dec. 
 15, 1850. 
 
 JoHN^ Stone {Martin,^ Samuel,'' Samuel,^ Samuel,^ David,'^ John,^ 
 Gregory,^ Timothy^), b. Feb. 28, 1819; m., 1st, Oct. 26, 1841, Han- 
 nah S. (b. Nov. 17, 1819; d. March 12, 1875), daughter of Davis 
 Healey ; ra., 2nd, Jan. 22, 1876, Jane B. (b. Jan. 7, 1820), daughter 
 of Jacob Newell of Jaflfrey. Children : Ellen Maria, b. Sept. 2, 
 1843 ; d. April 9, 1864. N. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1844 ; m. May 22, 
 1867, C. Sylvester Dunklee. Amelia D., b. April 13, 1848 ; ra. June 
 8, 1872, John E. Styles, of Manchester. Lucy A., b. Oct. 28, 1849 ; 
 d. July 26, 1875. Edmund M., b. Oct. 20, 1851 ; d. June 6, 1872. 
 
 SkamonI" Stone (Edmund,^ Martin,^ Samuel,'' Samuel,^ Samuel,^ 
 David,* John,^ Gregory,^ Timothy^), b. July 15, 1842; m. Molly 
 King of Chicago. 
 
 Lyman M.i" Stone {Edmund,^ Martin,^ Samuel,'' Samuel,^ Sa7n- 
 uel,^ David,* JoJin,^ Gregory,^ Timothy''-), b. Nov. 22, 1846 ; m. Oct. 
 4, 1870, Leaffle J. (b. July 5, 1848), daughter of Daniel Greenleaf. 
 Children: Lester L., b. May 13, 1875. Leon E., b. Nov. 10, 1879. 
 GenaE., b. Jan. 17, 1883. 
 
 Phinehas' Stone, b. Feb. 23, 1786, in Lancaster, Mass. ; ra. Doro- 
 thy Carter (b. in Leominster, Mass. ; d. Feb. 2, 1856, in Wincliester, 
 Mass.) ; d. Feb. 11, 1854, in Winchester, Mass. Children: John, 
 b. May 30, 1807; d. Aug. 14, 1825. Sylvander, b. Feb. 14, 1809. 
 Phinehas, b. Dec. 20, 1811. Joseph, b. Aug. 15, 1815. Dorothy 
 Ann, m. Otis "Wethcrbee of Boston. Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1821. 
 
 SylvanderS Stone {Phinehas^), b. Feb. 14, 1809; m. Apr. 18, 
 1839, Vesta (b. June 26, 1809 ; d. April 3, 1887), daughter of Jona- 
 than Whitconib. Children : Ellen C, m. Louis Broulett. Deuierett, 
 b. July 25, 1844 ; d. June 18, 1863. George D., b. May 14, 1849. 
 
 Phinehas^ Stone (Phinehas^), b. Dec. 20, 1811 ; m. Jan. 1, 1839, 
 Diunaris (b. Dec. 6, 1817), daughter of Silas Parsons; d. May 28, 
 1879. Children : John, b. Sept. 26, 1839 ; d. July 3, 1863. Henry, 
 b. Feb. 15, 1841 ; d. Oct. 3, 1869. Marcus C, b. March 10, 1846. 
 
yiin'<^^ciu^> 
 
 c^(y 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 461 
 
 George D. 3 Stone (AS2/Z'yaJidej',2 PhineJias^), b. May 14, 1849; m. 
 Jan. 19, 1873, Nettie M. (b. May 17, 1852), daughter of Willard Bal- 
 lon. 
 
 Marcus C.^ Stone {PUnehas,^ Phinehas^), b. March 10, 1846; 
 m. May 22, 1867, Erama J., daughter of Sanford Wilber. Children : 
 Solon H., b. Sept. 4, 1868. John W., b. Nov. 16, 1869. Dwight S., 
 b. July 14, 1871. Grace E., b. May 5, 1873. A twin of Grace d. 
 when four days old. Frank "W., b.Aug. 12, 1875. Lora, b. Jan. 1, 
 1880. 
 
 Ebenezer Stone id. Tirzah Gunn. Child : Selah, b. March 23, 
 1791. 
 
 Simon Stone and Betsey his wife, had Nancy Elizabeth, b. Oct. 30, 
 1835. Rhoda Ann Melissa, b. May 25, 1840. Olive, b. May 15, 
 1842. 
 
 Charles N.^ Stone {MartinP.,'^ Jolm,^ James,^ Jonathan^ of South- 
 borough, Mass.), b. Dec. 3, 1855; m. Aug. 4, 1882, Georgianna (b. 
 June 29, 1854), daughter of Charles G. Ramsdell. Children : Eugene 
 C. and Harry M. (twins), b. April 27, 1883. 
 
 STOVTELL. 
 
 RosvTELL Stowell, b. in Chesterfield, Nov. 17, 1815 ; m. April 13, 
 1843, Phebe G. Ryder; d. Dec, 1875; came to Swanzey, May 10, 
 1857. Children: Ellison R., b. Nov. 28, 1844; d. April 24, 1846. 
 EUesie P., b. June 18, 1847 ; m. Jan. 1, 1868, Henry W. Rixford of 
 Winchester. John E., b. March 29, 1849 ; m. July 26, 1877, Hattie 
 Thomas, of "Winchester. Elven D., b. March 1, 1851 ; m. Nov. 26, 
 1877, Emma Aldrich, of Richmond. Edes C, b. May 18, 1853. 
 Elvina G., b. May 19, 1855 ; d. Oct. 30, 1862. Selina S., b. Oct. 5, 
 1857 ; d. Nov. 1, 1862. Mary L., b. March 24, 1861 ; m. Ervin M. 
 Bullard. Carlon N., b. Aug. 21, 1863 ; m. Haitie M. Stratton of 
 Winchester. Elver L., b. Nov. 2, 1865 ; d. June 6, 1886. 
 
 Edes C.^ Stowell {RosweW of Chesterfield), b. May 18, 1853'; ra 
 April 22, 1878, Flora E. (b. July 10, 1857), daughter of George B, 
 Hall of Keene. 
 
 stratton. 
 Nathaniel Stratton, a native of Cambridge, Mass., b. prior to 1750 ; 
 I'esided there at the time of the American Revolution ; tradition says, 
 he was of Russian extraction, had several sons, of whom Richard, b. 
 31 
 
462 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 in 1766, went to Watevtown, Mass. ; there m., 1st, Hannah Wheat; 
 later removed to West Swanzey ; m., 2ncl, Nov. 13, 1794, Desire Nor- 
 ton ; d. March 9, 1827. Children : Hannah, b. Dec. 23, 1786 ; m. 
 Tilly Marvin. John, b. April 2, 1788. Lucy, b. Nov., 1795 ; m., 1st, 
 Abijah Whitcomb ; m., 2nd, Seth Balding. Richard, b. Nov. 10, 
 1798. 
 
 JoHN^ Steatton (RicJiard,^ Nathaniel^ of Cambridge, Mass.},b. 
 April 2, 1788; m., 1st, Jan. 29, 1807, Susannah (b. July 15, 1788; 
 d. Aug. 1, 1857) ; daughter of Jonathan Whitcomb ; m., 2nd, Nancy 
 Peas, of Hartford, Conn. He d. June 16, 1871, Children : Isaac, b. 
 May 25, 1807. William, b. Dec. 21, 1808. Alfred, b. Dec. 3, 1810. 
 Lovilla, b. Nov. 3, 1812; m. Amos F. Fish. Susannah, b. March 9, 
 1815 ; m. Jonathan W. Capron. Marium, b. June 9, 1817 ; m. Phile- 
 mon W. Foster. Harriet, b. Apr. 5, 1819 ; m. George W. Alexander. 
 John, b. March 20, 1821. Julia Ann, b. Jan. 10, 1823; m., 1st, 
 Jotham W. Frink ; m., 2nd, Homer Stratton. Jane A., b. Nov. 27, 
 1824; m. John S. Thayer. George, b. Jan. 9, 1827; d. Feb. 10, 
 1827. Eleanor, b. Sept. 27, 1829 ; ra., 1st, Elliot W. Lane ; m., 2nd, 
 Charles Wardner. Oscar, b. Apr. 24, 1833. 
 
 EiCHAED^ Stratton {Richard,^ Nathaniel), b. Nov. 10, 1798 ; m. 
 Dec. 25, 1828, Clarissa (b. June 27, 1800; d. Apr. 3, 1853), daugh- 
 ter of Clement A. Sumner; d. July 8, 1847. Children: Andrew J., 
 d. Dec. 8, 1853. Lovina, d. July 28, 1840. 
 
 Isaac* Stratton {John,^ Richard,^ Nathaniel^), b. May 25, 1807; 
 m., 1st, March 31, 1831, Betsey (b. 1812; d. Dec. 28, 1862), daugh- 
 ter of Calvin Wright ; m., 2nd, July 2, 1883, Mrs. Lucy E. Frink (b. 
 Jan. 8, 1837). Children : Menzies E., b. Jan. 28, 1832. Edwin W., 
 b. Dec. 20, 1833 ; d. in Titusville, Pa. Isaac Edgar, b. Apr. 28, 
 1836 ; d. Nov. 18, 1865. Josephine, b. Nov. 7, 1839 ; m. Lloyd D. 
 Richardson. Emery W., b. Nov. 22, 1843. An infant daughter d. 
 Aug. 11, 1847. Jennie, b. Apr. 6, 1852 ; d. Nov. 25, 1862. 
 
 William* Stratton {JoJin,^ Richard,^ Nathaniel^'), b. Dec. 21, 
 1808 ; m., 1st, Sept. 13, 1827, Mary F., daughter of Aaron Lombard ; 
 m., 2nd, Adaline Johnson of Lowell, Mass. ; d. March 31, 1873. 
 Children: Juliette, b. Mar. 19, 1828. George W., b. Aug. 1, 1830. 
 John F., b. Sept. 13, 1832. Aldis H., b. Oct. 14, 1834 ; d. in Swan- 
 zey. Addie. Aldis, b. in 1847. Eddie. Willie. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECOEDS. 463 
 
 Alfred^ Stkatton {John,^ Richard,^ Nathaniel^), b. Dec. 3, 1810 ; 
 m. Julina (b. Dec. 19, 1848), daughter of Ivory Snow; d. Sept. 15, 
 1871. 
 
 John* Stratton {JoJin,^ Bichard,^ NathanieP), b. Mar. 20, 1821 ; 
 m. Jan. 5, 1842, Lora, daughter of Clark Dodge of Keene ; d. in 
 Boston, Mass., Oct. 24, 1870. Children : Loraette, b. Mar. 31, 1843 ; 
 m. Edwin Ward ; d. Jan. 5, 1866. Abbie J., b. Dec. 10, 1844. 
 Florence L., b. Nov. 3, 1850 ; m. H. S. Martin; resides in Keene. 
 John C, b. July 26, 1853. Byron F., b. Jan. 27, 1854. 
 
 Oscar'* Stratton (John,^ Richard,^ Nathaniel^), b. Apr. 24, 1833 ; 
 went to ISiterling, Mass. ; m. Ellen Estabrooks. Child : Mellen. 
 
 Menzies E.5 Stratton {Isaac,* John,'^ Richard,^ NatlmnieP-) , b. 
 Jan. 28, 1832 ; in., 1st, Dec. 25, 1853, Clarena E. (b. April 15, 1832 ; 
 d. June 9, 1859), daughter of David Whitcomb ; m., 2nd, Apr. 30, 
 1861, Rexaville, daughter of Charles Green. Children: Mabel, b. 
 June 17, 1863 ; buried in Keene. Wallace E., b. Nov. 26, 1875. 
 
 Edwin W.^ Stratton ( Jsaac,'* Jolin^ Richard,^ NathanieV) , b. 
 Dec. 20, 1833 ; m. May 5, 1870, at Titusville, Emily E. Roberts of 
 Edinburgh, Scotland ; d. Nov. 30, 1873, at Titusville, Pa. Child : 
 Edwin Isaac William, b. July 27, 1871, at Titusville. 
 
 Emery W.^ Stratton {Isaac,* John, "^ Richard,^ NathanieV-), b. 
 Nov. 22, 1843; m. Nov. 24, 1872, Charlotte E. (b. Dec. 8, 1853) ; 
 daughter of Asa S. Kendall ; he d. May 19, 1887. Child : Bessie K., 
 b. Sept. 23, 1873. She lives in Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Homer* Stratton {Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan^ of Weston, 
 Mass.) , b. Feb. 3, 1815, in Phillipston, Mass. ; came to this town from 
 Mobile, Alabama, in 1872; m. Dec. 13, 1872, Mrs. Julia A. Frink 
 (d. July 9, 1883), daughter of John Stratton. 
 
 streeter. 
 Barzillai^ Streetee {Joseph^), b. May 1, 1759, in Cumberland, 
 E. I. ; m. Nancy Brown (b.in 1757 ;d. July 22, 1847), of Cumberland ; 
 d. Apr. 6, 1839. Children : Laura, b. in 1779 ; m., 1st, a Mr. Bishop of 
 Richmond ; m., 2nd, Salmon Peck of Royalston, Mass. Katie, b. 1780 ; 
 m. Mr. Aldrich ; d. in Pa. Sebastian, b. Apr. 15, 1783. Joseph, 
 b. March 25, 1787, in Conn. Mary, b. 1788; m. Jan. 16, 1837, a 
 
464 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Mr. Bagley. Russell, b. Apr. 15, 1791, in Chesterfield. Barzillai, b. 
 Apr. 16, 1795. Judith, b. 1798 ; m. Nathaniel Fish. Nancy, b. 
 June 11, 1804 ; m. Calvin Richardson. 
 
 Sebastians Streeteb (Barzillai,'^ Joseph^), b. Apr. 15, 1783, in 
 North Adams, Mass. ; m. Apr. 15, 1807, Ruth (b. Sept. 18, 1787; 
 buried Sept. 18, 1877), daughter of Wyman Richardson; d. June 3, 
 1867. 
 
 Russell^ Steeeter {Barzillai,^ Joseph^), b. Apr. 15, 1791 ; m., 1st, 
 Clarinda (b. July 9, 1794), daughter of Simeon Cook; m., 2nd, Fos- 
 tina, daughter of Simeon Cook. 
 
 John H.^ Streeter {John A.^ of Fitzwilliam) , b. May 4, 1837; m. 
 Dec. 29, 1859, Susan A., daughter of Clark Cheney, of Chesterfield. 
 Children: Walter H., b. March 14, 1868. Charles C, b. Oct. 24; 
 1872. 
 
 Stephen Steeeter, b. March 17, 1837, in Dunham, P. Q. ; m. 
 Oct. 25, 1865, Ellen H. (b. June 30, 1837, widow of Henry 0. Coolidge), 
 daughter of Thomas Trowbridge. Child: George T., b. Aug. 9, 
 1871. 
 
 SDMNER. / 
 
 Clement^ Sdmner (William^ of Boston, Conn.), b. July 15, 1731 ; 
 m. Elizabeth (d. May 20, 1818, in West Swanzey), daughter of Col. 
 Samuel Gilbert of Hebron, Conn. ; d. March 29, 1795, in Keene. 
 Children: Clement Augustus, b. July 6, 1767. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 
 ^0, 1777; m. Elijah Jackson of Chesterfield. Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 
 
 1780 ; m. William Carpenter. Patience, m. Lincoln of Peru, 
 
 'Vt. William. Samuel. 
 
 Clement A.^ Sumnee {Clement,^ William}'), b. July 6, 1767, in 
 Keene; m. Jan. 11, 1798, Lucy Stratton (b. Oct. 11, 1775; d. Aug. 
 16, 1836), of Watertown, Mass.; d. March 11, 1829. Children: 
 Clarissa, b. June 27, 1800 ; m. Richard Stratton. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 
 9, 1802; d. Apr. 19, 1835. WiUiam A., b. Apr. 22, 1803. Susanna 
 P., b. Jan. 22, 1805 ; d. Jan. 20, 1834. Mary S., b. Sept. 26, 1808 ; 
 m. Powers Crossett. John G., b. July 22, 1809 ; d. July 24, 1833. 
 
 Lucy E., b. May 11, 1811 ; m. Butler. Randolph C, b. April 
 
 8, 1814 ; d. May 5, 1864. Aaron H., b. Dec. 23, 1815. 
 
 William A.* Sumner {Clemeiit A.,^ Clement,^ William^) , b. Apr. 
 22, 1803 ; m. Jan. 2, 1837, Mary Ann (d. in Keene), daughter of Abel 
 Worcester; d. March 11, 1860. Children: Lucy, b. July 5, 1837; 
 m. Oct. 2, 1854, Amasa Bennett. Louisa, b. in May, 1849. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 465 
 
 Aaron H.* Sumner (Clement A., ^ Clement,^ William''), b. Dec. 23, 
 1815, in Keene; m., 1st, Sarah Fisher (b. March 27, 1849; d. 
 March 20, 1868), of Hinsdale ;m., 2nd, Apr. 8, 1869, Martha J. Noyce 
 of Pembroke ; lives in Hinsdale. 
 
 TAFT. 
 
 Nathan^ Ta ft removed from Richmond to Swanzeyand near "West- 
 port previous to 1793. Children : James Sibley, b. 1782. Daniel. 
 Alpheus. Zadoc L. Farnum. Bezaleel. Betsey, m. William Parks 
 of Woodford, Vt. Sally. 
 
 James Sibley^ Tapt (Nathan^), b. in 1782; m., 1st, March 12, 
 1801, Judith, daughter of Aquila Ramsdell; m., 2nd, Feb. 12, 1829, 
 Susan (b. July 13, 1800), daughter of Israel Stanley. He d. in 
 Oneida, N. Y., March 15, 1854. Children: Thomas Jefferson, b. 
 Jan. 12, 1803. Ira, b. Jan. 8, 1805. Sophia, b. Oct. 26, 1807; m. 
 July 5, 1830, Lewis Bigelow of Fitzwilliam. Aquila Ramsdell, b. 
 Dec. 3, 1809. Judith, m. Nov. 16, 1834, Lewis Bigelow. James, 
 b. about 1813. Lynda, b. July 1, 1817; m. Anthony S. Starkey. 
 Ellen Augusta, b. Jan. 30, 1830; m. Sept. 29, 1862, William R. 
 Morse of Orange, Mass. Charlotte Susan, b. Dec. 15, 1832. Jane 
 Sophia, b. Dec. 14, 1833; m. Eli Thomas. Ada Lois, b. Nov. 13, 
 1835 ; m. Nov. 20, 1856, WiUiam F. Young. 
 
 Zadoc L.^ Taft {Nathan^), b. 1786; m., 1st, March 29, 1810, 
 Italy (b. 1789 ; d. Nov. 21, 1818), daughter of Aquila Ramsdell ; m., 
 2nd, Aug. 26, 1819, Anna (b. 1792), daughter of Aquila Ramsdell; 
 he d. Nov. 30, 1866. ChUdren: GUes, b. Nov. 14, 1811. Lovell, 
 b. May 31, 1813. Farris, b. Aug., 1815. Eveline, b. Aug. 30, 1817 ; 
 
 d. May 30, . Italy Ann, b. May 17, 1820; d. May 30, 1828. 
 
 Bezaleel, b. Oct. 29, 1822. Caroline A., b. Feb. 23, 1825 ; m. James 
 R. WUlard of Keene. Don Carlos, b. June 19, 1827. Samalntha M., 
 b. June 17, 1829; d. June 2, 1848. Esther Ann, b. Nov. 4, 1831; 
 m. Alfred Marble. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson^ Taft (James,^ Nathan^), b. Jan. 12, 1803; 
 m. Jan. 1, 1827, Fanny, daughter of Josiah Woodward. Children: 
 Daniel, b. March 19, 1829. Mary Jane, b. June 11, 1830. 
 
 Ira3 Taft (James S.,^ Nathan') , b. Jan. 8, 1805 ; m. Feb. 7, 1827, 
 Polly, daughter of Elijah Graves. Children: Sylvia Sophia, b. 
 June 22, 1827; m. Mr. Chamberlain. Esther Ann, b. Sept. 14, 
 1829 ; m. Mr. Kin^ball. Walter. Offle. Preston. Judith. Lewis. 
 
466 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Aquila E.3 Taft {Jamfs S.,^ Natlia-n}), b. Dec. 3, 1809 ; m., 1st, 
 Jan. 27, 1834, Euhamah Whitcomb (b. 1811; d. Aug. 30, 1853), 
 daughter of widow Betsey Goodhue and granddaughter of John Whit- 
 comb 1st; m., 2nd, Martha, a daughter of Abijah Wilder of Keene. 
 Child : Wallace W., b. May 31, 1836. 
 
 GiLEs3 Taft {Zadoc L.,^ Nathan^), b. Nov. 14, 1811 ; m. Nov. 17, 
 1834, Fanny (b. Nov. 2, 1811), daughter of Ephraim Whitcomb. 
 Children: HoUisD., b. 1836; d. 1837. Louisa M., b. March 30, 
 1843 ; m. Charles M. Norwood of Winchester. George W., b. Apr- 
 4, 1851. 
 
 Lovell^Taft (ZadoG L.,^ NatJian^),!). May 31, 1813; m., 1st, 
 Oct. 29, 1838, Elvira (b. Jan. 8, 1816; d. Apr. 5, 1867), daughter 
 of Edward Goddard, 2nd ; m., 2nd, Jan. 29, 1868, Jennie R. (b. Apr. 
 12, 1838), daughter of James Wood of Charlestown. Children: 
 Eveline, b. Feb. 22, 1840 ; m. Robert Crofford. Maiy, b. 1842 ; d. 
 young. Lois, b. Oct. 5, 1844 ; m. Joseph E. Long. Edward, b. 
 Nov., 1848. Don Carlos, b. Dec. 25, 1850. Fred, b. June, 1852. 
 Lizzie, b. Nov. 22, 1865. James Lee, b. July 6, 1871. Elvira H., 
 b. July 4, 1873. Hattie, b. Jan. 26, 1876. 
 
 Farris^ Taft (Zadoc L.,^ Nathan^), b. Aug. 8, 1815 ; m. daugh- 
 ter of Reuben Bowen of Richmond (b. Nov. 4, 1820 ; d. March 28, 
 1862). He d. Oct. 8, 1854. Children: Francis M., b. Sept. 17, 
 1844. FlavillaM., b. Sept. 10, 1847; m. Joseph Ballou. Farris O. 
 and Farron 0. (twins), b. 1849. Carrie L., b. Dee. 31, 1852; m. 
 James D. Dexter of Marlborough. Charles Lovell, b. Jan. 23, 1852. 
 
 BezaleelS Taft {Zadoc L.,^ Nathan}), b. Oct. 29, 1822 ; m., 1st, 
 Jan. 1, 1852, Lucy M., daughter of Roswell Bragg ; m., 2nd, Harriet 
 Messenger of Stoddard. 
 
 George W.^ Taft (Giles,^ Zadoo L.? NatJian^) , h . April 4, 1851 ; 
 m. March 11, 1874, Lovilla R. (b. July 8, 1853), daughter of Chiron 
 Holbrook. Child : Grace M., b. June 14, 1878. 
 
 Don Carlos^ Taft (Lovell,^ Zadoc L.,^ NatJian^), b. Dec. 25, 1850 ; 
 m. Feb. 4, 1880, Hattie M. (b. Aug. 15, 1854), daughter of Ebenezer 
 Lane. Children : Eda M., b. June 23, 1881 ; d. Sept. 7, 1882. Mil- 
 dred A., b. Apr. 5, 1884. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 467 
 
 Francis M.* Taft (Farris,^ Zadoc L.,^ Nat7ian^) , b. Sept. 17, 1844 ; 
 m. Feb. 9, 1865, Sarah L. (b. Aug. 26, 1848) , daughter of Ozial Bal- 
 lon. Children: Frank A., b. Feb. 26, 'l867. Edna S., b. May 6, 
 1868 ; m. William Wallace Lewis. 
 
 Farkis O.* Taft {Farris,^ Zadoc L.,^ NatJian}), b. April 22, 1849 ; 
 m. Aug. 26, 1869, Sarah E. Carter of Troy. 
 
 Charles L.* Taft {Farris,^ Zadoc L.,^ NatJian^) , b. Jan. 23, 1854 ; 
 m. April 17, 1878, Mary L., daughter of David W. Harris. 
 
 Frank A.^ Taft (Francis M.,* Farris,^ Zadoc L.,^ Nathan^), b. 
 Feb. 26, 1867; m. June 6, 1888, Nellie (b. March 5, 1870), daugh- 
 ter of Patrick Burke. 
 
 Peleg^ Taft (PeZegfi of Bichmond) , b. July 30, 1795; m. Jan. 1, 
 1822, Polly Potter, daughter of John Cass of Richmond ; d. in Swan- 
 zey, March 13, 1884. Children : Cyrenus, b. Aug. 19, 1823. Almka 
 
 Clarissa, b. Jan. 22, 1828 ; m. Amos G. Bennett. 
 
 # 
 
 CtrenusSTaft (Peleg,^ Peleg^), b. Aug. 19, 1823; m. Sept. 20, 
 1849, Lucy A. (b. Apr. 17, 1829) ; killed Feb. 5, 1864, in Eich- 
 mond by a falling limb of a tree. Child : Walton H., b. Sept. 26, 
 1857. 
 
 Ephraim^ Taft {Silas^ of Richmond), m., 1st, Abigail Brown ; m., 
 2nd, March 12, 1807, widow Sarah Taft of Swanzey. Children : David 
 b. March 9, 1776 ; d. Sept. 15, 1777. Brown, b. Aug. 2, 1778. 
 Hannah, b. Apr. 3, 1781. Eufus, b. Nov. 10, 1783. Zadoc, b. 
 Sept. 12, 1786. Ephraim, b. Feb. 11, 1789 ; d. June 7, 1789. Abi- 
 gail, b. Oct. 11, 1790 ; d. Jan. 29, 1792. George. 
 
 ' Brown^ Taft (Ephraim,^ Silas^ of Richmond), b. Aug. 2, 1778 ; 
 m. Jan. 29, 1799, TJranah Aldrich ; d. July 21, 1815, at Westport. 
 Children : Ephraim. Brown S. B. Harrison. 
 
 Euros^ Taft of Winchester {Ephraim,^ Silas^ of Richmond) , b. 
 Nov. 10, 1783 ; m. Catharine, daughter of Joseph Newell of Rich- 
 mond. Children: Sewell. Eufus, b. Oct. 17,1823. Ephraim F. 
 
 Brown S. B.^ Taft (Brown,^ Ephraim,^ Silas^) , m., 1st, Euth 
 daughter of Cyrus Bassett of Eichmond ; m. , 2nd, widow of James Har- 
 ris of Swanzey. 
 
468 HISTORY or swanzet. 
 
 Haerison* Taft (Brown,^ Ephraim,^ Silas^), m. Lois, daughter 
 of Jesse Bishop of Troy. 
 
 Eufcs^Taft {Bufus,^ Ephraim,^ Silas^), b. Oct. 17, 1823; m. 
 Eleanor M. (b. Apr. 29, 1834 ; d. Oct. 30, 1865), daughter of Alfred 
 Britton. Children : George M., b. March 14, 1854 ; d. Jan. 22, 1858. 
 Mary Ella, b. Sept. 27, 1856 ; d. Feb. 8, 1865. Ida M., b. Sept. 24, 
 1858 ; m. Henry W. Capron. Luella, b. May 20, 1861 ; m. Edgar 
 Miles. 
 
 Epheaim F.* Taft (Rufus,^ Ephraim,^ Silas^) , m. Juda Ann, daugh- 
 ter of Moses Tyler of Kichmond ; lives in Keene. Children : Loren F. 
 Warren. Abbie. Maud. 
 
 ZiNA G-.5 Taft (Sewell,* Bufus,^ EpJiraim,^ Silas^),h. July 5, 
 1846; m. Dec. 8, 1870, EUa H. (b. Feb. 4, 1844), daughter of WU- 
 lard Gay. Children: Carrie G., b. Apr. 3, 1873. GraceE., b. Apr. 
 20, 1875. Ann E., b. Jan. 9, 1878. 
 
 TAGGARD. 
 
 John Taggard, of Marlborough, m. Feb. 17, 1852,Fanny A., daugh- 
 ter of Lawson Moore. 
 
 TALBOT. 
 
 Charles^ Talbot {Enochs of Sharon, Mass.), b. Dec. 26, 1812; 
 m. Aug. 14, 1836, Clarissa (b. Apr. 4, 1809), daughter of William 
 Gunn. Children: Eoxanna, b. Apr. 5, 1837 ; m., 1st, Edward Hall; 
 m., 2nd, Joseph Wood of Wrentham, Mass. Lucy, b. Aug. 5, 1838 ; 
 m. Apr., 1860, Ansel Willis of Foxboro, Mass. John D., b. May 7, 
 1840. Alfred, b. March 18, 1844. Lucinda, b. Nov. 5, 1845 ; m. 
 Daniel H. Gunn. Wesley, b. Oct. 3, 1847. Lewis S., b. Feb. 23, 
 1849. Ella M., b. Aug. 17, 1853 ; m., 1st, Eoland Knight of Bos- 
 ton, Mass. ; m., 2nd, Charles H. Sawyer. Child : Clara L., b. Feb., 
 1874, daughter of Eoland Knight. 
 
 Alfred^ Talbot {Charles,^ Enoch^), b. March 18, 1844; m. May 
 14, 1870, Susan M., daughter of William Chamberlain of Ludlow, 
 Vt. Children: Walter, b. Feb. 25,1871. Loren H., b. May 19, 
 1873. MaryE., b. Feb. 27, 1876. Etna M., b. May 11, 1877. 
 Ethel M., b. Feb. 20, 1882 ; d. May 11, 1883. 
 
 Lewis^ Talbot (Charles,^ Enoch^), m. Flora Eobbins, daughter of 
 Daniel Eobbins of Blackstone, Mass. Child : Walter. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 469 
 
 George Talbot, m. Sept. 26, 1839, Eliza Parker (d. Feb. 28, 
 1877). He d. Feb. 28, 1863. 
 
 TATLOK. 
 
 David Tatlok, b. 1786 ; m. Thankful (b. 1793 ; d. March 
 
 1, 1869). He d. Apr. 28, 1869. ChUdren: Clarissa, b. 1814; d. 
 Dec. 11, 1861. Emily, b. 1822 ; d. Feb. 7, 1842. Samantha M., b. 
 July 14, 1824 ; m. Alanson S. Whitcomb. Ransom O. Jane H., b. 
 Sept. 27, 1836 ; m. James "Wilson. 
 
 Edmund Tatlok, m. Jan. 30, 1800, Sally Millbourn. 
 
 Charles W.^ Taylor {Jonathan TT.i of Chesterfield), b. Oct. 16, 
 1848 ; m. Jan. 28, 1874, Emma A. (b. Aug. 19, 1849), daughter of 
 Marshall B. Shaw of Chesterfield. Children: Josie E., b. Feb. 1, 
 1876. LeonE., b. Aug. 7, 1877; d. Sept. 26, 1881. Carl W., b. 
 March 1, 1883. 
 
 TEMPLE. 
 
 Caleb S. Temple, m. March 13, 1836, Fila Perry (d. April4, 1847). 
 
 Jonas Temple and his wife Polly came from Shrewsbury, Mass., 
 prior to 1834 and resided many years in Westport where he d. June 8, 
 1854, aged 75 years. Shed. 1856. Children : Jonas, residence un- 
 known. Charles, b. May 13, 1829. 
 
 Charles® Temple (Jbraasi), b. May 13,1829; m. Jane S. (b. 
 May 27, 1830), daughter of David Wilson; resides in Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 THATCHER. 
 
 Benjamin^ Thatcher (Benjamin^ of MarlborougJi) , b. March 14, 
 1788 ; m. Apr. 25, 1812, Betsey Page (d. Sept. 19, 1853) of Eox- 
 bury. He d. in Swanzey, Apr. 23, 1847. Children : A. Melinda, b. 
 Aug. 26, 1813 ; m. Albert Bosworth. George, b. Sept. 8, 1815, in 
 Keene. Eliza Jane, b. Aug. 5, 1817 ; d. Jan. 7, 1825. Mary A., 
 b. May 26, 1819 ; m. Apr., 1840, Daniel H. Bates. Sophronia, b. 
 Apr. 19, 1821 ; m. Daniel B. Gary; d. in Zanesville, O. Sarah A., 
 b. May 9, 1823; d. 1823. Charles, b. Aug. 7, 1824. Sumner, b. 
 Jan. 17, 1827. Maria C, b. Sept. 2, 1828 ; d. Oct. 9, 1850. S. Elida, 
 b. Sept. 27, 1830. Rosaline M., b. Sept. 25, 1834. James, b. March 
 20, 1837. 
 
470 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 EnAS^ Thatcher {Benjamin^ of Marlborough) , b. May 22, 1792; 
 m. Jan. 16, 1811, Cata (cl. Feb. 6, 1879), daughter of Daniel TTood- 
 man of Marlborough. He d. Feb. 7, 1879, in Marlborough. Chil- 
 dren: Willard, b. June 20, 1811. Elias A., b. Nov. 20, 1814. 
 Catharine, b. March 20, 1816. David, b. Jan. 11, 1818. Elmira, b. 
 May 10, 1819. Philander, b. June 16, 1821. Esther, b. Dec. 25, 
 1823. Ehaney J.,b. June 22, ;1825. Nancy, b. March 7, 1827- 
 Wan-en, b. May 8, 1831. 
 
 EzEA Thater, and his wife Jemima had children : Moses. Aaron, 
 b. May 27, 1796. Rufus, b. Sept. 16, 1798. Ezra, b. Oct. 6, 1800. 
 Parkman, b. Oct. 17, 1802. Lois, m. Josiah "Whitcomb. Elias. Emiiy, 
 m. George Darling. Jemima. Rachel. 
 
 MosES^ Thayer (Ezra^), m. May 9, 1816, Anna, daughter of Seth 
 Pomroy. Children: Alexander, d. in Keene. PriscUla. Eliza. 
 Sarah. Moses. 
 
 Aaron^ Thayer (Ezra^), b. May 27, 1796 ; m. Mariam, daughter 
 of Zenas Ware. Pled. July 6, 1829. Children: Kezia, b. Jan. 5, 
 1826 ; m. Alonzo A. Stanley. FlavOla. 
 
 John S. Thayer, m. May 13, 1846, Jane A. (b. Nov. 27, 1824), 
 daughter of John Stratton. He d. Oct. 21, 1870. Child: Ella J., 
 b. July 27, 1848 ; m. George Abbott of Keene. 
 
 THOMPSON. 
 
 Benjamin Thompson of Smithfield, R. I., m. March 10, 1726, Mary 
 Darling. Children : Benjamin, b. May 10, 1727. Tamer, b. March 
 10,1728. Mary and Martha, b. March 10, 1729. Benjamin, b. 
 May 9, 1731. Samuel, b. July 20, 1733. Timothy, b. May 16, 1735. 
 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 21, 1737. Joanna, b. Aug. 3, 1739. John, b. 
 June 6, 1741. Roger, b. Dec. 13, 1744. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 27. 
 1751. 
 
 Samuel^ Thompson (Benjamin^ of Smithfield, li. 7.), b. July 20, 
 
 1733; m. Rhoda ; d. about 1803. Children: Ebenezer. 
 
 Benoni. Josiah, b. June 27,1775. Jesse, b. March 19, 1777. Tim- 
 othy, b. Dec. 11, 1778. Rhoda. Bulah. Martha. Anna. David 
 and Jonathan (twins), b. June 24, 1796. Mary, b. May 17, 1798. 
 Rufus, b. April 28, 1800. Fanny, b. about 1803. 
 
oc^ %MUrrrhjU>e-y^ 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 471 
 
 John® Thompson (Benjamin^ of Smithfield, R. I.), b. June 6, 1741 ; 
 m., 1st, Dec. 4, 1764, Lucy Sabin ; m., 2Dd, 1797, widow Sarah Guild ; 
 d. about 1808. Children: John, b. Sept. 23, 1765. Israel, b. Mar. 
 3, 1768. Chloe, b. Dec. 16, 1769. Samuel, b. Sept. 6, 1772. 
 Lydia, b. Nov. 19, 1774. Lucy, b. Jan. 25, 1778. Benjamin, b. 
 Aug. 17, 1799. 
 
 EoGEK® Thompson (Benjamin^ of Smithfield, It. I.), b. Dec. 13, 
 
 1744 ; m., 1st, Elizabeth (d. Julyi24, 1771) ; m., 2nd, Aug. 31, 
 
 1773, Thankful, daughter of David Belding ; m., 3d, widow Rachel 
 Thayer. Children : Zadoc, b. Oct. 9, 1769 ; d. March 15, 1815. Eliz- 
 abeth, b. July 11, 1771 ; m., 2nd, Elijah Osgood. Thankful, b. June 4, 
 1774 ; m. March 14, 1793, Jonathan Bowles of Richmond. Rufus, 
 b. Feb. 10, 1776. David, b. Jan. 7, 1778. Ezekiel, b. Oct. 2, 1779. 
 Olive, b. 1781 ; m. Ezekiel Page. Timothy, b. Jan. 21, 1782. Moses 
 Thayer, b. Sept. 6, 1791. 
 
 Ebenezer^ Thompson (Benjamin^ of Smithjield, B. L), b. Oct. 27, 
 1751 ; m. Jan. 18, 1776, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Applin. Chil- 
 dren : Levi, b. Nov. 26, 1776 ; d. Dec. 22, 1776. Levi. b. Nov. 12, 
 1777. Darling, b. Jan. 22, 1780. Mabel, b. Aug. 17, 1781. Sarah, 
 b. Nov. 3, 1782. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 25, 1784. Benjamin, b. July 
 25, 1786. Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1788 ; d. June 21, 1791. Dolly, b. Dec. 
 23,1789. Adin, b. Aug. 21, 1791. Zadoc, b. March 16, 1793. 
 Roger and Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1795. Rufus, b. Apr. 19, 1801. 
 
 Benoni^ Thompson {Samuel,^ Benjamin^) , m. Susanna Day, Apr. 
 10, 1786. 
 
 Jesse^ Thompson {Samuel,^ Benjamin^), b. March 19, 1777; m. 
 Oct. 28, 1802, Uranah (b. March 3, 1786 ; d. Aug. 26, 1866), daughter 
 of Amasa Aldrich; d. March 18, 1853. Children: Mary, b. Dec. 1, 
 1802; m., 1st, Hiram Bennett; m., 2nd, George Blake of Surry. 
 Rhoda, b. Sept. 6, 1804 ; m. Asa Maynard of Keene. Uranah, b. 
 July 6, 1806 ; m. Chauncy Haven of Athol, Mass. ; d. May 27, 1850, 
 in Girard, Pa. Russell F., b. Dec. 1, 1810. Rachel, b. May 18, 
 
 1813 ; m., 1st, Ezekiel Osgood; m., 2nd, Smith of Saxton's 
 
 River, Vt. Jesse, b. Jan. 20, 1816. Angelina, b. March 16, 1818 ; 
 m. Marcena Babbitt. Joshua Chandler, b. Apr. 22, 1821. David 
 F., b. Aug. 10, 1823. Emily, b. Aug. 5, 1825; m. Jedediah Dana 
 Wyman. Lysander, b. Sept. 1, 1828. 
 
 TiMOTHT^ Thompson {Samuel,^ Benjamin^), b. Dec. 11, 1778 ; m . 
 Sept. 30, 1805, Mary (b. May 27, 1783 ; d. June 18, 1858), daughter 
 
472 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 of AmasaAldrich ; d. in Oct., 1857. CMldren : Rufus, b. Dec. 13, 1805. 
 Otis, b. about 1807. Amasa, b. about 1809. Roswell,b. about 1810. 
 Czarina, b. about 1812. Caroline, b. about 1814 ; d. 1882, in Oregon, 
 Wis; Anna, b. about 1815 ; m. Koswell Babbitt of Iowa. Maria, b. 
 about 1817 ; d. in Oregon, Wis. Polly, b. about 1818 ; d. in Wis. 
 
 John3 Thompson {Jolm,^ Benjamin^), b. Sept. 23, 1765 ; m. Dec. 
 14, 1797, Lydia Goldtliwait (d. July 18, 1845), of R. I. ; d. April 21, 
 1835. Children: Alvah, b. Feb. 23, 1799. Chios, b. Oct. 6, 1802 ; 
 d. Sept. 1, 1832. Hannah, b. Oct. 26, 1806 ; m. Mowry Sabin of Win- 
 chester, d. Aug. 24, 1832. 
 
 Samuel^ Thompson {John,^ Benjamin^), b. Sept. 6, 1772 ; m. May 
 22, 1798, Susanna Haskins. Children: Susanna, b. March 12, 1799. 
 Samuel. 
 
 EzEKiEL^ Thompson {Eoger,^ Benjamin^), b. Oct. 2, 1779 ; m., 1st, 
 Apr. 11, 1799, Lucy WiUiams (b. July 23, 1780; d. March 20, 1818), 
 of New Ipswich; ni.,2nd, Sept. 18, 1818, Sabrina (b. Dec. 16, 1795), 
 daughter of Thomas Applin, 2nd. Hed.inFitzwilliamiul858. Children: 
 Czarina, b. Sept. 11, 1799 ; m. Sept. 18, 1818, Charles Bateman of Har- 
 vard, Mass. Seymira, b. Apr. 10, 1801 ; d. young. Isaiah, b. Nov. 13, 
 1802. Seymira, 2nd, b. Oct. 26, 1804 ; m. Samuel Taylor of Buckland, 
 Mass. Angelia, b. Nov. 4, 1806 ; m. Rev. Ebenezer Greene Brad- 
 ford of Francestown. Alfreda, b. Sept. 2, 1808 ; m. Erastus Brown of 
 Fitzwilliam; d. Feb. 4, 1873. An infant, d. Aug. 1, 1811. Lucy Wil- 
 liams, b. Aug. 26, 1819 ; d. Oct. 30, 1851. Fanny Maria, b. May 25, 
 1821 ; m., 1st, George Everett of Fitzwilliam ; m. , 2nd, Col. Nelson Con- 
 verse of Marlborough. Polly Elizabeth, b. Oct. 15, 1823 ; d. June 
 3, 1843. Nancy, b. Nov. 1, 1826 ; d. June 17, 1845. Albert Page 
 b. Jan. 27, 1829. Ezekiel F., b. Jan. 25, 1831 ; d. Oct. 8, 1849. 
 George Webster, b. Oct. 25, 1833 ; d. Aug. 20, 1840. Harriet M., 
 b. Aug. 24, 1835 ; d. Apr. 18, 1849. Martha Jane, b. Aug. 6, 1839 ; 
 d. Oct., 1840. 
 
 Timothy^ Thompson {Roger, ^ Benjamin^) , b. Jan. 21, 1782 ; m. Apr. 
 26, 1806, Lucy Ward. ChUd: Elizabeth, b. Nov. 20, 1806. 
 
 Moses T. 3 Thompson {Roger,^ Benjamin^), b. Sept. 6, 1791; m. 
 March 28, 1816, Sally (b. Apr. 16, 1791 ; d. Oct. 26, 1849), daugh- 
 ter of Alpheus Wright. He d. Sept. 9, 1880. Children: Rowena, 
 b. Sept. 13, 1816 ; m. Virgil A. Holbrook. Thayer, b. June 7, 1822. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 473 
 
 Edfus^ Thompson {Timothy,'^ Samuel? Benjamin^), b. Dec. 13, 
 1805 ; m., 1st, Aug. 14, 1831, Anner Hathaway Baxter (b. Nov. 20, 
 1807; d. Jan. 17, 1889) ; m., 2nd, Nov. 29, 1889, widow Sarah A. 
 "Walker (b. March 30, 1815). Children: Henry Denman, b Oct. 15, 
 1833. Melyenah M.,b. Jan. 11, 1836; m. William Granger of Chicago. 
 Melissa, b .Nov. 10, 1839 ; m. Henry Abbott. T. Elbridge, b. Nov. 
 28, 1843. 
 
 Otis^ Thompson {Timothy,'^ Samuel,^ Benjamin^) ; b. 1807; m. 
 Oct. 14, 1829, Polly Hunt. 
 
 Amasa* Thompson (Timothy,^ Samuel,^ Benjamin}),]:). April 3, 
 
 1809 ; m. March 22, 1833, Hannah Lawrence (b. July 6, 1813) of 
 Winchester. Children: Nancy L., b. May 31, 1835; d. July 17, 
 1878. Almeda J., b. March 20, 1837 ; d. Feb. 26, 1873. Sarah R., 
 b. July 11, 1839; d. Aug. 31, 1841. Ann M., b. April 11, 1841 ; 
 d. July 25, 1864. Alfred S., b. Apr. 29, 1844; d. July 29, 1849. 
 James F., b. Feb. 16, 1846 ; d. Aug. 5, 1849. Sarah R., b. Oct. 
 11, 1847; d. July 29, 1849. Emily C, b. July 20, 1849 ; d. Aug. 31, 
 1888. Amasa R., b. Jan. 9, 1852. 
 
 RoswELL^ Thompson {Timothy,^ Samuel,^ Benjamin^), b. about 
 
 1810 ; m. Nov. 28, 1833, Salome Capron. 
 
 Russell F.* Thompson {Jesse,^ Samuel,^ Benjamin^),)). Dec. 1, 
 1810; m. Nov. 18, 1830, Hester C, daughter of James Clark, 1st. 
 
 Alvah* Thompson {John,^ John,^ Benjamin^) ,h. Feb. 23, 1799 ; m. 
 Oct. 2, 1828, Arvilla (b. Dec. 24, 1802 ; d. Dec. 28, 18S9), daughter of 
 Ezekiel Page. He d. Oct. 13, 1871. Children: Mowry A., b. 
 March 5, 1830. Hannah A., b. Jan. 20, 1832 ; m. Oct. 3, 1852, 
 George H. Aldrich. Mary A., b. Feb. 13, 1834; d. July 19, 1852. 
 Lydia M., b. Aug. 30, 1836 ; d. July 26, 1839. Elizabeth M., b. 
 ^ug., 1838 ; d. July 30, 1839. Maria E., b. Feb. 10, 1840. Emily 
 M., b. July 10, 1842 ; d. July 7, 1876, in Troy. 
 
 Samuel'* Thompson (-SamweZj^ John,^ Benjamin'-), b. 1805 ; m., 1st, 
 Dec. 2, 1824, Elizabeth (b. April 18, 1802), daughter of Sands Al- 
 drich ; ra., 2nd, Margaret Egleston. He d. July 21, 1875, Chil- 
 dren : Susannah Haskins, b. May 21, 1825 ; d. Feb. 14, 1851. 
 George. Samuel, b. April 9, 1829; d. May, 1829. George Mar- 
 cus, b. May 11, 1832; d. July 10, 1849. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 
 2, 1835 ; d. Feb. 10, 1838. 
 
474 HISTOET OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Thater* Thompson (Moses T.,^ Boger,^ Benjamin}), b. June 7, 
 1822; m. May 25, 1852, Olive P. (b. Oct. 25, 1828), daughter of 
 Clark B. Holbrook. Children : Ozro T., b. June 14, 1856. Arthur 
 Foot b. April 29 1861 ; d. April 14, 1862. 
 
 H. Denman^ Thompson {Ewfus,* Timothy,^ Samuel,^ Benjamin^), 
 b. Oct. 15, 1833, in Girard, Pa. ; m. in Toronto, Can., July 7, 1860, 
 Maria Bolton of Niagara (b. Nov. 20, 1839). Children : Melvenah, 
 b. Feb. 25, 1863. Annie, b. March 17, 1867. Franldin, b. Aug. 23, 
 1869. 
 
 MowRY A. 5 Thompson (Alvah* John,^ John,^ Benjamin^), b. 
 March 5, 1830; m. June 17, 1851, Laura Jerusha Newton of West- 
 minster, Vt. (b. June 15, 1832). Child : Mary J., b. Feb. 5, 1859. 
 
 Ozro T.^ Thompson (Tliayer,* Moses T.,^ Roger,^ Benjamin}) , b. 
 June 14, 1856; m. Jan. 28, 1880, Etta R. (b. Apr. 20, 1859), daugli- 
 ter of Daniel Twitcliell. Children: Lester L., b. Dec. 12, 1880. 
 DonO., b. Aug. 16, 1883; d. Sept. 5, 1886. Bert Thayer, b. Apr. 
 26, 1887. 
 
 Martin Thompson, m., 1st, Abigail (d. March 5, 1847), daughter of 
 Abner Smith of Dublin ; m., 2nd, Susan Wetherbee. He d. July 18, 
 1867, aged 69 years. Children : Hannah ¥., b. Nov. 10, 1823 ; m. Har- 
 vey W. Cooper; both d. in Keene. Sarah C, b. Jan. 28, 1826; m. 
 Solon W. Snow. Caroline, b. March 4, 1828 ; m. Jason S. Knowlton ; 
 resides in Vermont. Abner S., b. June 2, 1830, lives in Hinsdale. 
 Elizabeth, b. July 25, 1832 ; ra. Horatio Pickett of "Winchester where 
 she d. Mary Jane, b. March 22, 1839 ; ra. Mr. Manning and resides 
 in Winchester. 
 
 CALEB THOMPSON FAMILY. 
 
 The emigrant ancestor of Caleb Thompson, who settled in Swanzey 
 in 1811, was John Thompson who came to Plymouth, Mass., in 162?. 
 The line of descent is John. Jacob. Caleb. Caleb. Caleb. 
 
 Caleb^ Thompson {Caleh,^ Caleb* Caleb,^ Jacob, ^ John^),m. Mary 
 Perkins (d. Dec. 9, 1816). He d. Feb. 12, 1821. Children : Gaius. 
 Sylvia. Jonah. Ansel. Nathan. Abigail. Serena. Alfred. Mary. 
 Elizabeth. Caleb. Nathaniel. Joanna. Sabina. Frederick. 
 
 Calebs Thompson {Caleb,^ Caleb,^ Caleb,* Caleb,^ Jacob,^ John^), 
 m. 1793, Lydia (d. Jan. 17, 1815). 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 475 
 
 Nathaniel'' Thompson {Caleb,^ Caleb,^ Caleb,* Caleb,^ Jacob,^ 
 John'), b. July 28, 1792; m. Sept. 13, 1818, Annie Field (b. 1796 ; 
 d. Jan. 21, 1866). He d. April 21, 1867. Children : Ambrose, b. 
 May 30, 1819; d. July 3, 1829. Julia Ann, b. Sept. 18, 1821 ; d. 
 March 23, 1822. Julia Ann, b. March 10, 1823; d. May 21, 1849. 
 Frederick M., b. May 19, 1826; d. Feb. 1, 1859. Andrew J., b. 
 Nov. 28, 1828 ; d. May 24, 1829. Eliza, b. June 28, 1831 ; d. Dec. 
 25, 1850. MaryE., b. Apr. 20, 1834; m. Chandler Britton. Al- 
 bert, b. Oct. 18, 1836. Lovina, b. March 31, 1839 ; m. Charles F. 
 Graves of Fond du Lac, Wis. 
 
 Albert^ Thompson {Nathaniel,'' Caleb,^ Caleb,^ Caleb,* Caleb,'^ Ja- 
 cob,^ John'), b. Oct. 18, 1836; m. April, 1859, Carrie, daughter of 
 Foster Wight of East Westmoreland. Children : Abbie M., b. Sept., 
 1860; d. Feb. 2, 1884. Omer G. and Olan A. (twins), b. Nov. 1, 
 1864 ; Olan A., d. Aug. 31, 1865. Irving W., b. Aug. 9, 1874. Clif- 
 ton A., b. Jan. 31, 1877, lives in E. Westmoreland. 
 
 THORNING. 
 
 William H.^ Thoknikg {Frederick A.,^ of Clanmont, N. H.), b. 
 March 3, 1839 ; m. Jan. 1, 1864, Flannah E. (b. in Charlestown, Feb. 
 27, 1845), daughter of Col. Shepley W. Knight. Children : Jennie 
 E., b. Sept. 4, 1865. William B., b. July 2, 1872. Eva R., b. Sept. 
 15, 1874. Arthur B., b. Nov. 14, 1876. Windsor S. W., b. July 12, 
 1880. Franls F., b. May 7, 1884. 
 
 towne. 
 Ephraim F.2 Towne {Ephraim}- of Keene), b. March 1, 1812 ; m.. 
 1st, Sabrina (b. Nov. 8, 1815), daughter of Asa Brown, of Glover, 
 Vt. ; m., 2nd, Sarah E. Hubbard of Rindge. Children : Charles E., b. 
 March 22, 1840 ; d. Feb. 20, 1865. Kimball M., b. Nov. 29, 1842 ; 
 d. July 22, 1864. Francis E., b. May 10, 1847 ; d. Jan. 24, 1872. 
 Eveline E., b. Dec. 26, 1848 ; m., 1st, Charles H. White of Keene ; 
 m., 2nd, George W. Richardson. Emma Arvilla, b. May 22, 1854; 
 d. in Aug., 1856. 
 
 TRASK. 
 
 Nicholas Trask came from Uxbridge, Mass., about 1790, and set- 
 tled in the southwest part of Swanzej' near the home of Marcus Bul- 
 lard ; the old cellar, alone, now marks the site. He d. Feb. 5, 1824, 
 leaving sons among whom were Stephen, who removed to Keene. 
 Nicholas, m. March 15, 1821, Arethusa Smith. 
 
476 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Ezra Trask, b. 1770 ; m. Mrs. Phebe Wood (b. 1780 ; d. Sept. 4, 
 1849). He d. July 2, 1849. Cliildren : Willai-d,b. March 5, 1816. 
 David, b. May 20, 1820. Gratia, b. April 16, 1822 ; d. Feb. 9, 1839. 
 
 TROWBRIDGE. 
 
 Thomas! Trowbridge, from Taunton, Somersetshire, England, 
 came to America as early as 1636 ; settled in Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 James,^ b. 1636 ; m. Margaret Jackson, resided in Dorchester. He 
 d. May 22, 1717. 
 
 Thomas,3 b. Dec. 9, 1677; settled in Newton; d. 1724. 
 
 John,* b. about 1702 ; d. May 19, 1762, settled in Framingham as 
 early as 1725; m. Mehitable (b. Feb. 12, 1707; d. March, 1777), 
 daughter of Jonas Eaton. 
 
 Thomas^ Trowbridge ( Jb/im,'* Thomas,^ James,^ Thomas,'^ of Eng- 
 land), b. April 1, 1734; m. Hannah Perry (b. 1735; d. Dec. 2, 
 1809). He d. in Swanzey Jan. 12, 1804. Children: Luther, b. 
 June 3, 1756. Hannah, b. Dec. 19, 1759 ; m. Nov. 22, 1781, Jona- 
 tiian Whiting, jr. (d. March 20, 1804). Edmund, b. March 2, 1762 
 or 3; d. Nov. 26, 1766. Mehitable, b. Feb. 6, 1764; m. July 1, 
 1781, Abijah Wetherbee (d. Feb. 6, 1844). Polljr, b. June 6, 1766 ; 
 m. Mr. Page of Ohio. Tiiomas, b. June 5, 1768. Joseph, b. May 
 5, 1770; d. Nov., 1808. Margaret, b. April 6, 1774; m. Elijah 
 Belding. Martha, b. May 10, 1778; m. Jonathan Whitcomb ; d. 
 Sept. 3, 1822, in Dummerston, Vt. 
 
 Thom^s^ Trowbridge {Thomas,^ John,* Thomas,"^ James,^ 
 Thomas^), b. June 5, 1768 ; d. Jan. 30, 1828 ; m. Arethusa (b. May 
 9, 1773; d. Aug. 24, 1829), daughter of Calvin Frink. Children: 
 Belinda, b. March 15, 1793; m. Mr. Holcombe and d. in Wyoming 
 Co., N. Y. Melissa, b. Nov. 1, 1797 ; m. William D. Popple and 
 d. March 24, 1867, in Milton, N. Y. Calvin, b. March 31, 1800. 
 Thomas, b. Dec. 10, 1804. George, b. Jan. 22, 1807. Sarah L., 
 b. Sept. 8, 1808; m. William D. Popple. Adaline, b. Aug. 22, 
 1812 ; m. William D. Popple and d. in 1843. 
 
 Thomas' Trowbridge {Thomas,^ TJiomas,^ John,* Thomas,^ 
 James,^ Thomas^), b. Dec. 10, 1804; m. July 3, 1836, Harriet (b. 
 March 4, 1810; d. Aug. 17, 1874), daughter of Thomas Prime. He 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 477 
 
 d. April 26, 1842. She ra., 2nfl, April 27, 1851, Thomas T. Wether- 
 bee. Children : Ellen H., b. June 30, 1837 ; ra. July 9, 1860, Henry 
 O. Coolidge of Keene, who d. June 3, 1863 ; she ra., 2nd, Oct. 25, 
 1865, Stephen Slreeter. Sarah L., b. Dec. 24, 1838; m. G-eorge T. 
 Elliot. George T., b. Dec. 23, 1840. 
 
 Saeah L. Trowbeidge, daughter of Tlioraas Trowbridge, 3i-d, b. 
 Dec. 24, 1838 ; ra. March 12, 1856, George T. Elliot of Warsaw, N. Y. 
 She d. Dec. 27, 1879, in Maine Prairie, Gal. Cliildren : Hattie E., 
 b. Aug. 12, 1857; m. James E. Wilson. George A., b. June 15, 
 1860 ; d. June 25, 1876. John T., b. Feb. 25, 1863, in Maine Prai- 
 rie, Cal. Charles R., b. Sept. 6, 1866. Joseph D., b. May 20, 
 1870 ; d. July 10, 1870. Harold E. R., b. Oct. 18, 1874. Mary L., 
 b. July 7, 1879. 
 
 TUCKER. 
 
 AsAHEL Tucker m. Jan. 17, [1804, Mary, daughter of Matthew 
 Robley. 
 
 TWITCHEL. 
 
 Jonas Twitchel, b. 1744 ; came frora Richmond ; ra., 1st, Joanna 
 (b. 1744; d. April'28, 1820), daughter of John Bennett; m., 2nd, 
 Sept. 6, 1822, Mrs. Elizabeth Aldrich of Richraond (d. June 10, 1852). 
 He d. May 29, 1829. Child : David, b. 1769. 
 
 David^ Twitchel (Jonas^), m., 1st, Sarah Randall (b. Aug. 20, 
 1765; d. Nov. 15, 1820) ; m., 2nd, July 18, 1821, Persis, daughter 
 of Silas Wheeler of Troy. Children : Joanna, b. June 6, 1822 ; ra. 
 Alanson Martin; d. Sept. 2, 1859. Sarah, b. Oct. 21, 1824. Da- 
 vid N., b. July 8, 1825. Persis, b. Sept. 26, 1827 ; ra. Mr. Martin 
 of Chesterfield. Daniel, b. April 19, 1830. 
 
 Henry Twitchel, m. Apr. 13, 1815, Betsey, daughter of Phileraon 
 Whitcorab. Children : Daniel Whitcorab, b. Sept. 3, 1815. Har- 
 vey, b. March 25, 1819. 
 
 Daniel^ TvriTCHEL {Daniel,^ Daniel,^ of Eic7imond),h. May 28, 
 1822 ; m. May 6, 1855, Minerva L., daughter of Daniel Freeraan, of 
 Hartland, Vt. Children: Jennie D., b. March 31, 1856 ; ra. George 
 Harris. Nettie B., b. Oct. 4, 1857; d. Nov. 4, 1869. Etta R., b. 
 Apr. 20, 1859 ; m. Ozro T. Thorapson. Orison D., b. July 4, 1861. 
 Wilber J., b. May 26, 1864. Lucy M., b. July 24, 1869. Forest 
 J.,b. Aug. 4, 1871. 
 32 
 
478 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 UNDKEWOOD. 
 
 James^ Undeewood, b. 1772 ; m. widow Sebastian ; d. Feb. 4, 1832. 
 Children: Hainet, ra. Dec. 31, 1818, Cliauneey Bryant. Hiram, b 
 Sept. 25, 1805. James, b. 1807 ; d. April 4, 1819. 
 
 HiRAJi^ Undeewood (Jixme.si), b. Sept. 25,1805; m., 1st, Feb. 6, 
 1825, Marilla (b. Marcii 6, 1806), daughter of Calvin Wright; m., 
 2nd, Sept., 1846, Margaret Spraker of Spraker Basin. He d. March 8, 
 1875. Children : Eliza J., b. May 7, 1825 ; m. Joseph O. Gary. James 
 E., b. Sept. 25, 1828; m. Sept. 23, 1852, Chastina, daughter of Jo- 
 seph Whitcomb. Oscar H., b. Feb. 18, 1831 ; d. Dec. 20, 1831. Os- 
 car H., b. Nov. 2, 1833 ; d. 1877, in Ohio. Edna A., b. April 11, 
 1835 I m. Clinton White ; resides in Lawrence, Mass. Harriet Newell, 
 b. April 13, 1837 ; d. Oct. 15, 1843. . William W., b. May 10, 1839 ; 
 d. March, 1858. Helen M., b. March 2, 1841 ; m. Timothy Sher- 
 man of Keene. Ella C, b. April 3, 1843. George L., b. Aug. 2, 
 1849. Hattie, b. Feb. 2, 1851 ; m. Leonard Greenwood ; lives in Som- 
 erville, Mass. Alma C, b. Jan. 17, 1853; m. George Knight of 
 Keene. Elmer A., b. May 11, 1855. Angle, b. April 3, 1857; m. 
 Heniy Houghton of Keene. 
 
 George L.^ Underwood {Hiram,'^ James^), h. Aug. 2, 1849; m. 
 Eva R. (b. Sept. 13, 1852, in Westminster), daughter of George and 
 Sylvina White of '^\^estminster, Vt. Children : Frank G., b. March 
 2, 1874. Grace S., b. June 1, 1876. Earnest J., b. Aug. 21, 1883. 
 
 VEERT. 
 
 Daniel Veeet, b. in Winchester, April 11, 1786; m. May 19, 
 1S06, BebeccaCleaveland(b. Nov. 3, 1784; d. Feb. 24, 1873),of Suf- 
 field. Conn. Hed. April 30, 1865. Children : Horace, b. May 28, 
 1807, in Winchester. Direxa, b. Marcli 22, 1810 ; m. Abraham Sea- 
 ver. Oratus, b. April 2, 1814. Maria, b. March 2, 1819 ; d. 1844. 
 Sophia, b. Sept. 2, 1821; m. James Hoit of Keene ;d. Jan. 19, 
 1890. Daniel, b. Jan. 31, 1824; m. Diantha Black of Chesterfleld, 
 and resides in Winchester. 
 
 HoeaceSVerrt (Daniel^), h. May 28, 1807; m. May 25, 1829, 
 Nancy M. (b. June 5, 1805), daughter of Samuel Grimes of Chester- 
 field. He d. June 8, 1869. Children : Horace W.,b. in Westmore- 
 land, Nov. 11, 1830 ; d. in Calais, Me., July 19, 1837. Charles W., 
 b. Jan. 11, 1836. Nancy S., b. June 10, 1840 ; m. Orrin T. Cross of 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 479 
 
 Whitehall, N. Y., where she d. Oratus J., b. May 9, 1842. Mary 
 E., b. Sept. 6, 1846 ; d. Oct. 6, 1846, in Calais, Me. 
 
 Oeatus^ Verkt (DanieP), b. April 2, 1814 ; m. Minerva Buflum of 
 Richmond ; lived in Chesterfield, where he d. June 1, 1863. 
 
 Charles W.^ Verrt {Horace,^ Daniel^), b. in Calais, Mc., Jan. 
 11, 1836 ; m. Fanny . 
 
 Oratds J.3 Verrt ( Horace,^ DanieU), b. May 9, 1842 ; m. March 
 19, 1866. Martha A. (b. Oct. 31, 1846), daugliter of Eobert W. Web- 
 ster. Children: Claude W., b. May 8, 1867; d. July 7, 1867. 
 Susie F., b. July 12, 1869. Horace, b. Jnne 17, 1871 ; d. Oct. 1, 
 1874. Marion Harland, b. Aug. 31, 1887. 
 
 WARD. 
 
 The ancestor of the Swanzey Wards is traceable to England, far 
 back to 1066. 
 
 William' came to America, and in 1639 settled in Massachusetts; 
 d. Aug. 10, 1687. 
 
 WiLLiAM,3b. Jan. 22, 1640; d. Nov. 25, 1697. 
 
 CoL. Nahum,3 b. March 27, 1680 ; d. March 9, 1754. 
 
 Maj. Gen. Aktemds* Ward, b. March 27, 1727; d. Oct. 27, 
 1800. 
 
 IthamarS Ward, b. April 24, 1754. 
 
 NahumS Ward, b. April 27, 1781 ; d. March 31, 1838. 
 
 Ithamab'' Ward, b. May 17, 1808 ; d. in Westmoreland. 
 
 Harrison E.s Ward, b. Oct. 13, 1836 ; m. Electa L. Hill ; d. 
 Dec. 29, 1885. Children: Charles E., b. July 18, 1858. William 
 H., b. Jan. 26, 1861. George W., b. July 28, 1862. 
 
 Charles E.^ Ward (Harrison B.,^ Ithamar^ Nahum,^ Ithamar,^ 
 Artemus,* Nahum,^ William,^ William^ of England), b. July 18, 
 1858 ; m. Feb. 14, 1882, Carrie F. Woodward. 
 
 George W.^ Ward (Harrison JR.,^ Ithamar,'' Nahum,^ Ilhamar,^ Ar- 
 teinus* Nahum,^ William,^ William^), b. July 28, 1862 ; m. Dec. 18, 
 1884, Helen E. (b. April 19, 1865), daughter of Simeon H. Holbroofc. 
 
480 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Nahdm W.2 Ward (Calvin^ of Barre, Mass.) , b. May 1, 1808 ; m. 
 May, 1829, Mary (b. June 28, 1804), daughter of William Fisk of 
 Barre. Chilriren, all born in Troy: Elizabeth W., b. May 29, 
 1830; ra. Orriek L. Haskell. Maria, b. Nov. 24,1831; d. Oct., 
 1833. David, b. Dec. 14, 1838 ; d. 1845. Henry, b. July 13, 1840 ; 
 lives in Keene. Calvin, b. Oct. 15, 1842 ; d. April 10, 1874. 
 
 WARE. 
 
 EleazerS Ware (Eleazer^), h. Nov. 11, 1711 ; m. Hannah Mann ; 
 d. Aug. IG, 1819. Reared seven children, among whom Ziba, b. 
 Dec. 13, 1744, was the fifth and moved from Franklin, Mass., to 
 Winchester, June 16, 1769 ; m. Keziah Day (b. March 4, 1744) ; 
 reared ten children, of whom was Zenas. 
 
 Zenas* Ware {Ziba,^ Eleazer,^ EleazeA),h. Feb. 4, 1771, came 
 from Winchester to Swanzey ; m. Feb. 16, 1796, Patience (b. 
 Oct. 22, 1766; d. Feb. 19, 1853), daughter of Robert Crossett of 
 Prescott, Mass. He d. April 6, 1817. Children: Jonathan Daj', b. 
 Feb. 23, 1797. Robert, b. June 17, 1799 ; d. in Albany, N. Y., 
 July 5, 1835. Miriam, b. Dee. 24, 1801 ; m., 1st, Aaron Thayer; m., 
 2nd, George Darling; m., 3rd, Benjamin Mason ; she d. Jan. 4, 1890. 
 Kezia, b. Oct. 4, 1805; m. Amos Richardson ; d. March 2, 1826. 
 Joel, b. July 23, '1809; m. Lucy Crossett of Prescott, Mass. ; live 
 in G-eneseo, 111. ; have had four children. 
 
 Jonathan D.^ Ware (Zenas,^ Ziba,^ Eleazer,^ Eleazer^), b. Feb. 
 23, 1797; m. Nov. 30, 1824, Alice (b. Oct. 26, 1801 ; d. Jan. 26, 
 1873), daughter of JosiahHamblet. He d. Oct. 23, 1876. Children: 
 Alonzo A., b. Sept. 1, 1825. Daniel H., b. March 9, 1827 ; d. Nov. 
 1, 1857, in Illinois. Alice M., b. May 30, 1829 ; m. Oct. 20, 1858, Rev. 
 E. S. Adams, of Gilsum. Mary L., b. Dec. 4, 1830; m. Aug. 31, 
 1854, Franklin Downing. 
 
 Alonzo A.^ Ware (Jonathan D.,^ Zenas,* Ziba,^ Eleazer,^ Elea- 
 «e7-i), b. Sept. 1, 1825; m. Sept. 1, 1853, Julia A. (b. Feb. 27, 
 1826), daughter of E. Kingman of Winchester. Children: Arthur 
 K., b. Nov. 23, 1854; d. Jan. 4, 1862. Julia M., b. Jan. 1, 1860; 
 d. Jan. 5, 1862. 
 
 ZiBA^ Ware (Jacob,* Ziba,^ EJeazer,^ Eleazer^), b. in Winchester, 
 April .15, 1817; m. Jan. 1, 1839, Eliza, daughter of James Olcott. 
 Children: Lncina O., b. July 22, 1840; m. Moses W. Hale of 
 Rindge, N. H. Maria, b. Aug. 16,1842; m, Marshall Willard of 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 481 
 
 Dublin; d. Jan. 3,1863. Sarah M., b. Dec. 5, 1846 ; d. Jan. 4, 
 1863. James R., b. Sept. 18, 1849 ; in. Eugenia Fosgate of Win- 
 chester. Ella E , b. May 11, 1854. Julius H., b. Dec. 7, 1858 ; d. 
 Oct. 9, 1859. Arthur Z., b. Oct. 22, 1860 ; d. Jan. 3, 1863. 
 
 Phineas a.. 5 Waee {Jacob,^ Ziba,^ Eleazer? Eleazer^) , b. Sept. 10, 
 1819; m. Nov. 1, 1855, Mary (b. Feb. 13, 1835, in Swanzey), 
 daughter of William Read. Children: Emma F., b. Jan. 5, 1857 ; 
 d. March 12, 1863. Walter L., b. Nov. 4, 1861 ; d. Feb. 27, 1875. 
 Edna L., b. May 22, 1865. Arthur W., b. July 27, 1873. 
 
 Joseph^Ware (Jacob,'^ Ziba,^ Eleazer,^ Eleazer^), b. March 3, 
 1822 ; m., 1st, July 17, 1854, Rebecca Willard of Dublin (b. 1833 ; 
 d. March 16, 1855) ; m., 2nd, Nov. 8, 1858, Mary G. (d. Nov. 19, 
 1858), daughter of Jilijah C. Balding ; m., 3rd, Nov. 17, 1859, Sarah 
 Jennie (b. May 17, 1837), daughter of Dea. Joseph Hammond. 
 Cliild: Mary L., b. July 13, 1862; m. James E. Handy, Oct. 31, 
 1882. 
 
 WARNER. 
 
 Daniel Warner, b. 1741 ; ra. Susanna (b. 1744; d. Feb. 2, 1796). 
 He d. May 9, 1805. Children : Susanna, b. Aug. 19, 1766 ; m. 
 Abijah Whitcomb. Daniel W., b. Oct. 12, 1767; d. Feb., 1803. 
 Lucy, b. May 7, 1769 ; m. John Read. Abel, b. Oct. 21, 1773 ; d. 
 March 22, 1796. Philemon, b. April 15, 1775; d. Aug. 10,1777. 
 Anna, b. March 26, 1777 ; m. Joseph Kimball. 
 
 WARREN. 
 
 Jonathan B. Warren came from Westmoreland; m. March 31, 
 1830, Lucy BoUes, daughter of Elijah BoUes of Richmond. 
 
 Dexter Warren (brother of Jonathan B.), m. Jan. 20, 1830, 
 Ava (b. Dec. 11, 1807; d. in Richmond, 1886), daughter of John 
 Grimes. He d. in Richmond, 1886. Children : Minerva, b. Aug. 
 4, 1830. John, b. Aug. 29, 1832. Jane, b. Nov. 29, 1836. Au- 
 gusta, b. April 9, 1838. Emeline, b. July 1, 1842. 
 
 WATSON. 
 
 Edward Watson came from Cleveland, Oliio; b. June 16, 1829; 
 m. Oct. 14,-1852, Maria, daughter of Tyler Bisswell. Children: Ella, 
 b. Aug. 8, 1854; d. April 8, 1858. Fred A., b. Aug. 29, 1862. 
 
 Fred A.^ Watson {Edward^), b. Aug. 29, 1862; m. Jan. 1, 
 1889, Minnie J. (b. Nov. 18, 1869), daughter of Haskell Carpenter of 
 Chesterfield. Child : Hattie M., b. Jan. 9, 1890. 
 
482 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 WEEKS. 
 
 EiCHARD^ Weeks (Mrs. Daniel Goodhue^) , h. Oct. 7, 1793; d. 
 June 9, 1879; m. Mi's. Sophia Stephenson (b. Aug. 16, 1804). 
 Children : Elba, b. March 8, 1844 ; ra. John L. Winch. Elsie A., b. 
 Nov. 5, 1845 ; m.;David Randall of Keene. Charles K., b. Oct. 25, 
 1847. 
 
 Charles E,.^ Weeks (Bichard,^ Mrs. D. Goodhue'^), b. Oct. 25, 
 1847; ID., 1st, Ellen S. Augustus (b. 1855) ; m., 2nd, June 29, 1884, 
 Mertie E., daughter of Dauphin W. Kendall. Children : Mattie N., 
 b. March 13, 1874. Bertie R., b. Dec. 17, 1876. Mabel S., b. Jan. 
 19, 1879. 
 
 WETHERBEB. 
 
 Abijah^ Wethbrbee {Paul^ of Lunenburg, Mass.), b. Aug. 26, 
 1761 ; m. Mehitable (b. Feb. 6, 1764; d. Feb. 6, 1844), daughter of 
 Thomas Trowbridge. He d. April 20, 1842. Had thirteen children, 
 of whom Thomas T., b. in Surry, was the youngest. 
 
 Thomas T. Wetherbee, b. April 9, 1808; m., 1st, Sarah Wilder 
 (d. June 28, 1850) ; m., 2nd, April 27, 1851, Mrs. Harriet Trow- 
 bridge (d. Aug. 17, 1874), daughter of Thomas Prime. He d. May 
 31, 1887. 
 
 Daniel Wetherbee, b. in Stow, Mass., Nov., 1785 ; m. 1806, Lucy 
 Hale (b. Jan. or June 24, 1790). He d. Feb. 18, 1834. Children : 
 Elijah, b. Feb., 1807 ; m. 1839, Fannie Monroe; he d. 1866. Dan- 
 iel D., b. Jan., 1808; m. 1835, Harriet Chaplain; d. 1881. Sally, 
 b. April, 1810 ; m. 1832, Ephraim Hale; d. 1885. Lucy, b. 1811; 
 m. 1834, Edwin Buttrick ; d. 1884. Maria, b. Oct., 1813. Calvin 
 H., b. Aug., 1815; m. 1840, Clarissa Cutting; d. 1882, in San 
 Francisco. John W., b. March, 1825; m. Angelina Giles, 1846. 
 
 WHEELER. 
 
 Barnard Wheeler, m. Sept. 9, 1810, Susanna (b. March 25, 
 1787) , daughter of John Pierce. Had thirteen children: Almond. 
 Gilman. George. Horace. Harriet. Willard. William. Olive. 
 Lorenzo. Marshall. Semira. Albion. 
 
 Aaron^ Wheeler (Silas^), b. April 3, 1807; m. Anna F. New- 
 ell (b. June 22, 1809 ; d. March 30, 1851). He d. Feb. 24, 1850. 
 Children : Eliza Jane, b. March 5, 1836 ; m. Calvin Greenleaf. Or- 
 pha Ann, d. April 9, 1839. Charles, b. March 13, 1840, went into the 
 rebellion and did not return. Amos N., b. Feb. 25, 1843. Noyce 
 G., b. June 29, 1845. Alvin, b. Jan. 8, 1848. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 483 
 
 . James^ Wheeler (Silas^), h. Ja\y 26, 1794; ra. Feb. 9, 1820, 
 Sally (b. June 3, 1796), daughter of Benjamin Wilson. 
 
 SiLAS^ Whbkler (Sllas,^ formerly of FitzwilUam) , had Lj-man, d. 
 April 12, 1832. 
 
 John Wheeler, m. April 17, 1831, Mrs. Phila Temple. 
 
 WHEELOCK. 
 
 Peter Wheelock, m. June 1, 1786, Sarah Graves. 
 
 Thomas Wheelock, m. Sally . Children : Mary, b. June 
 
 25, 1820. Sally, b. July 12, 1822. Phineas, b. 1825. 
 
 William^ Wheelock (Thomas^ of WincJiester) , b. Jan. 31, 1793 ; 
 ra., 1st, April 19, 1818, Harriet Porter of Oneida, N. Y. (b. June 
 14, 1798; (1. June 1, 1853) ; m., 2nd, May 31, 1854, Laura Ann 
 Boorn or Bourn. He d. Aug. 14, 1874. Children: John, b. Jan. 
 28, 1819; d. Feb. 25, 1819. Eliza M., b. Feb. 11, 1820; d. Feb. 
 9, 1845. John, b. July 10, 1821 ; d. March 2, 1874. William, b. 
 Feb. 28, 1823 ; d. Jan. 17, 1854. Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1824; d. Jan. 
 1, 1871. Prudence F., b. Nov. 28, 1826 ; d. April 23, 1883. Lau- 
 retta, b.Oct. 21, 1828; d. Oct. 26, 1848. Thomas, b. Nov. 29, 
 1830; d.Nov. 22, 1864. Abby, and Harriet (twins), b. Oct. 12, 1833 ; 
 Abby, d. April 12, 1860 ; Harriet lives in Winchester. George Dele- 
 van, b. March 26, 1845 ; resides in Keene. 
 
 James Wheelock, m. June 28, 1774, Lois Starkey (b. 1755; d. 
 1810). Children: A child, d. Jan. 24, 1/76. Another, d. Dec. 
 20, 1786. James, jr., m. May 17, 1804, Lucy Barker, of Marlboro. 
 
 LiN'COLN Wheelock, b. May 13, 1809, in Orange, Mass. ; m. Nov. 
 13, 1835, Amy (b. May 4, 1805), daughter of Peter Starkey. He d. 
 March 25, 1876. Children: Mary E., d. Aug. 27, 1837. Mary E., b. 
 Oct. 6, 1841 ; m. Park E. Wright. 
 
 WHITCOMB. 
 
 John Whitcomb, presumably from Dorchester, England, settled in 
 Dorchester, Mass., 1632, and d. in Lancaster, Mass., 1662. From 
 his five sons, John, Jonathan, Josiah, Job and Robert, the Whit- 
 combs of Swanzey are traced with Josiah,^ Josiah,^ David. ^ 
 
 JosiAH* WHiTCOMB,"of Leominster (Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John,^ of Eng- 
 land), m. Jan. 29, 1771, Mary Blood of Bolton, Mass., and was one 
 
484 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 of the first settlers of Swanzej'. Children : Mercy, b. Oct. 22, 1771, 
 Dolly, b. June 21, 1773. Josiah, b. March 21, 1775; d. in infancy. 
 
 Levi, b. April 9, 1780. Rebecca, b. AprilS, 1782 ; m. Adams of 
 
 Stoddard. 
 
 Levi^ Whitcomb {Josiali,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ Joliv}), b. April 9, 
 1780; m. March 14, 1804, Esther Lane (b. Feb. 8, 1781), and re- 
 moved to the state of Maine. 
 
 Capt. Joseph'' Whjtcomb {Josiah,^ Josiah,^John^) , b. 1700, in Leom- 
 inster, Mass. ; m. Jan. 20, 1725, Damaris Priest (d. Nov. 12, 1770). 
 
 Children : Abigail, b. April 13, 1728; m. Derby. Joseph, b. 
 
 March 5, 1731. Damaris, b. Jan. 7, 1737 ; m. April 3, 1765, Jonathan 
 Carter. Benjamin, b. Sept. 29, 1737. Jonathan Priest, b. 1739. 
 Elisha, b. 1742. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 18, 1742. Philemon, b. Oct. 
 29, 1748. Abijah, b. June 17, 1751. Anna, b. 1755 ; m. June 19, 
 1776, John Carter, of Leominster, Mass* 
 
 Joseph^ Whitcomb (Joseph,'^ Josiah,^ JosiaJi,^ JoIiti^), b. March 
 5, 1731; ra. Dec. 18, 1764, Elizabeth Wheelock Whitcomh, both of 
 Leorninster, Mass. Children: Eelief, b. Oct. 1,1757. Elizabeth, 
 b. July 22, 1760. Damaris, b. June 19, 1762. Joseph, b. June 12, 
 1766; m. Oct., 1785, Mary Wilson. Abigail, b. May 13, 1768; d. 
 Oct. 21, 1770. Peter, b. April 1, 1770. 
 
 CoL. Jonathan p. 5 Whit'comb {Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ Jolin^), 
 b. 1739 ; m. Sept. 5, 1764, Dorothy Carter, of Lancaster, Mass. (b. 
 1745; d. Oct. 22, 1827). He d. June 13, 1792. Children: Doro- 
 thy, b. March 3, 1765 ; Tn. Nathan Capron ; d. May 2, 1825. Jonathan, 
 b. Sept. 20, 1766. John, b. March 22', 1768; d. Oct. 17, 1770. 
 Nathan, b. May 14, 1770. Jolin, b. March 9, 1772. Ephraim, b. 
 June 9, 1774; d. Aug. 15, 1777. Damaris, b. April 29, 1777; d. 
 June, 1784. Anna, b. April 9, 1779 ; d. June 17, 1784. Ephraim, 
 b. Feb. 26, 1782. Salome, b. April 25, 1786; m. Sept. 16, 1810, 
 Amos Bailey. 
 
 Elisha^ Whitcomb {Joseph,'* Josiah,^ Josiah,'^ John}), b. 1742 ; m. 
 Oct. 7, 1764, Joanna (b. 1744; d. Dec. 27, 1835), daughter of Ben- 
 jamin Wlutcomb, of Leominster, Mass. He d. Sept. 17, 1814. Chil- 
 dren : Elisha, b. Feb. 25, 1765. Benjamin, b. July 28, 1766 ; Joan- 
 na, b. Feb. 21, 1767; m. Feb. 19, 1795, Nathaniel Wilson, of Putney, 
 Vt. Phebe, b. March 21, 1769; d. 1786. David, b. Oct. 29, 1770. 
 Asa, b . Nov. 10, 1772. Lucy, b. May 10, 1774 ; m., 1st, Isaac 
 
:lSariaVlJ'/''i'^ 
 
'>'' 
 
 ;>-j«/= 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 485 
 
 "Woodward ; m., 2nd, Ziba Nason. Salmon, b. March 19, 1776. 
 Josial), b. Nov. 10, 1777. Mary, m. Nov. 28, 1805, Stephen Hol- 
 brook. Abigail, m. Josiah Wilson (b. 1785). Joseph, b. Sept. 18, 
 
 1788. 
 
 Philemon^ Whitcomb {Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ JoJin^), b. Oct. 
 29, 1748 ; m., 1st, Martha (b. 1755 ; d. Dec. 17, 1816) ; m., 2nd, June 
 3, 1818, Mrs. Araasa Aldrich. He d. Jan. 10, 1824. Children: 
 Martha, b. April 17, 1771. Jotham, b. Feb. 18, 1772. Silence, 
 b. Dec. 3, 1772 ; m. Nathaniel Foster. Susanna, b. Dec. 11, 1777. 
 Philemon, b. July 18, 1780. Benjamin, b. Aug. 28, 1781. Elisha, 
 b. Nov. 27, 1783. Damaris, b. 1786 ; ra. Samuel Frink. Abijah, b. 
 1788. Fanny, b. May 29, 1790; m. Amos Hunt, of Winchester; d. 
 June 2, 1861. Betsey, b. Dec. 27, 1792; m. Henry Twiohell; d. 
 Dec. 28, 1867. Job, b. 1797. 
 
 Abijah^ Whitcomb {Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. June, 
 1751 ; m., 1st, Nov. 6, 1786, Mary (b. Nov. 8, 1764; d. Aug. 25, 
 1789), daughter of Shubal Seaver ; m., 2nd, Feb. 6, 1791, Susanna 
 (b. Aug. 19, 1766 ; d. Dec. 10, 1825), daughter of Daniel Warner. 
 He d. May 17, 1847. Children: Abijah, b. Oct. 25, 1791. Joseph, 
 b. Jan. 31, 1800. Susanna, b. Jan. 4, 1807 ; m. William Read. 
 
 Jonathan^ Whitcomb {Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ 
 Joliv}), b. Sept. 20, 1766 ; m. May 11, 1786, Miriam Willard. He d. 
 Dec. 13, 1844. Children: Polly, b. Sept. 4,1786; m. Aaron Dick- 
 inson. Susanna, b. July 15, 1788 ; m. John Stratton. Dorothy, b. 
 June 3, 1791 ; m. John Seaver. Mariam, b. Dec. 31, 1793 ; m. Jo- 
 seph Cross. Willard, b. Feb. 27, 1796 ; d. in Westfleld, N. Y. Mila, 
 b. Aprils, 1798 ; in. John Cross. Harriet, b. Aug. 21, 1800 ; m. Arba 
 Stearns. Jonathan, b. Oct. 28, 1803. Aaron, b. April 19, 1805 ; 
 d. Jan. 1, 1860. Hiram, b. May 1, 1807. Vesta, b. June 26, 1809 ; 
 m. Sylvander Stone. Eoswell, b. April 6, 1814. 
 
 JoHN^ Whitcomb {Jonathan P., ^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^), 
 b. March 9, 1772 ; m. May 7, 1795, Esther Morse, daughter of Henry 
 Morse. 
 
 Nathan^ Whitcomb {Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ 
 John'-), b. May 14, 1770; m. Oct. 23, 1791, Penelope White, of 
 Milford, Mass. (b. 1771 ; d. March 15, 1850). Children : Leonard, 
 b. Jan. 26, 1792. Carter, b. Feb. 9, 1794. Otis, b. Sept., 1796. 
 Alva. Nathan, d. in Fitchburg. Lyman, d. in New Worcester, Mass. 
 Eliza, m. May 12, 1839, Rev. James W. Bailey, of Whiteville, N. Y. 
 
486 HISTORY or swanzey. 
 
 Ephraim^ Whitcomb {Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ 
 John^), b. Feb. 26, 1782; m., 1st, Dorothy Chamberlain; ni., 2nd, 
 Aug. 22, 1804, Charlotte Chamberlain. He d. March, 1869. Children: 
 Jarvice, b. Feb. 16, 1799. Dorothy, b. Dec. 5, 1804; d. March 5, 
 1867. Esther, b. Nov. 9, 1806. George, b. March 10, 1809. Fanny, 
 b. Nov. 2, 1811 ; m. Giles Taft. Ephraim, b. Oct. 27, 1814. Char- 
 lotte, b. March 24, 1818; d. April 11, 1828. Damaris, b. Aug. 16, 
 1820; m. 1854, George H. Allen, of Walpole. Jane, b. July 13, 
 1823 ; d. April 28, 1825. 
 
 Elisha^ Whitcomb (Elisha,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. 
 Feb. 25, 1765 ; m. widow Anna Parker, d. 1843. He d. June 5, 
 1829. Had Elislia, b. 1795. 
 
 David^ Whitcomb {Elisha,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John}), b. 
 Oct. 29,1770; m. Feb. 11, 1794, Orra Eichardson (b. Aug. 8, 1772), 
 daughter of Wyman Richardson. 
 
 AsA^ Whttcomb {Elisha,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John'-'), b. 
 Nov. 10, 1772 ; m. March 9, 1802, Elizabeth Sawyer. 
 
 Jos,iA.n^ WaiTCOMB (Elisha,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John'), b. 
 Nov. 10, 1777; m. Feb. 23, 1807, Lois Tliayer; who m., 2nd, Elisha 
 Smith of Vermont. He d. Dec. 9, 1814. Child: Serepta, b. Oct. 
 13, 1807. 
 
 Joseph^ Whitcomb {Elisha,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John'), b. 
 Sept. 18,1788; m., 1st, Apr. 20, 1811, Sally (b. Oct. 24, 1792), daugh- 
 ter of Silas Whitcomb. Hed. May 11, 1853. She m., 2nd, Stephen Har- 
 ris, and d. Jan. 7,1875. Children: Semira, b. Sept. 15,1811; m. 
 George W. Lane. Elmer, b. Sept. 5,1813; d. Aug. 21, 1879. Lo- 
 visa, b. May 16, 1815; ni. Aquila Eamsdell. Anliza, b. Nov. 12, 
 1816; m. William Tenney ; d. Jan. 2, 1875. Nancy, b. March 10, 
 1818 ; m. Willard Hall, of Worcester, Mass. ; d. Apr. 14, 1878. 
 Martha C, b. June 16, 1819 ; m. Charles G. Eamsdell. Calvin, b. 
 Nov. 2, 1821 ; d. May 13, 1833. Joseph, b June 15, 1824. Sarah 
 E., b. Sept. 30, 1826. Fostina M., b. July 20, 1830; m., 1st, Wes- 
 ley Ballon; m., 2nd, Henry Dawson, of Worcester. John S., b. Feb. 
 19, 1833; d. Aug. 8, 1854. Calvin M., b. May 29, 1835, lives in 
 Worcester. Mary C, b. March 10, 1839 ; m. Edwin H. Hill, of Wor- 
 cester. 
 
 Jotham'' Whitcomb (Philemon,^ Joseph,* Josiah? Josiah,^ John') , 
 b. Feb. 18, 1772; m. Jan. 9, 1797, Anna (b. 1776; d. Jan. 11, 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 487 
 
 1815), daughter of Benjamin Olcott. He d. Sept. 22, 1815. Cliil- 
 dren : Nancy, b. July 5, 1797; m. Oct. 12, 1819, Samuel Stearns. 
 Joel, b. Aug. 27, 1804. Roxanna, m. Jan. 31, 1819, Jonathan Hol- 
 brook. 
 
 Philemok^ Whitcomb {Philemon,^ Joseph,'^ JosiaJi,^ Josiah,^ 
 JoJin^), b. July 18, 1780; m. Oct. 10, 1803, Sarah, daughter of 
 Abijah Brown, and removed to Vermont. 
 
 Benjamin^ Whitcomb {Philemon,^ JosepJi,* Josiah,^ JosiaJi,^ 
 Jb7mi), b. Aug. 28, 1781 ; m. June 10, 1805, Sarah (b. April 18, 1784 ; 
 d. April 3, 1853), daughter of Benjamin Hammond. He d. June 21, 
 1866. Children: Eliza, b. April 17, 1806; d. May 1, 1811. Sa- 
 rah, b. Sept. 28, 1808 ; d. May 31, 1811. Eliza, b. Oct. 19, 1811 ; 
 m. Lyman Leach. Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1813; ra. George Hamblet; 
 d. at her home in Rochester, N. Y., July 26, 1883. Fanny, h. Dec. 
 9,1816; m. Benj. F. Lombard. Philemon, b. July 27, 1819 ; d. Dec. 
 18, 1819. Benjamin, b. May 23, 1821. Philemon, b. May 21, 1824 ; 
 d. March 6, 1825. Betsey, b. Dec. 11, 1827; m. B. Howard Rich- 
 ardson. 
 
 Abijah^ Whitcomb (Philemon,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Jasiah,^ John'), 
 b. about 1788; m., 1st, Nov. 22,1810, Joanna (d.lMnrch 11, 1811) ; 
 m., 2nd, Dec. 1, 1814, Lucy (b. Nov. 23, 1796 ; d. March 31, 1869), 
 daughter of Richard Stratton. He d. about 1848. Children : Jo- 
 nas H., b. March, 1811. Emery, b. 1815, drowned at West Swanzey. 
 Elbridge G., b. Oct. 3, 1817. Parmelia, b. Oct. 12, 1818 ; m. Leon- 
 ard W. Holbrook. Emery, b. Oct. 30, 1819 ; resides in Idaho. Jo- 
 anna, b. Aug. 13, 1821; m. Joseph Wilson, of Keene ; d. June 5, 
 1857. Charles A., b. Aug. 6, 1826 ; resides in the city of New York. 
 
 JoB^ Whitcomb {Philemon,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ Joh.n^),h. 
 1797; m. March 1, 1818, Nellie, daughter of Nehemiah Bennett. 
 He d. July 16, 1840. Children: Martha, m. William Pierce and 
 lives in Missouri. Vilroy, m. April 4, 1844, Jacob Boyce, of Rich- 
 mond. Maria, m. Nov. 27, 1847, Elisha Bassett, of Richmond. 
 
 Abijah^ Whitcomb (Abijah,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^) , b. 
 Oct. 25, 1791 ; m. Nov. 24, 1815, Susanna (b. 1790 ; d. Nov., 1845), 
 daughter of Ehjah Graves. He d. Oct. 10, 1872. Children : Car- 
 oline M , b. Jan. 7, 1818 ; d. April 29, 1864. Benjamin F., b. Sept. 
 7, 1820 ; lives in Claremont. 
 
488 HISTOKY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Joseph^ Whitcomb (Abijah,^ Joseph* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ JoTin>), b. 
 Jan. 31, 1800 ; m. Betsey Page (b. 1799 ; d. Aug. 9, 1873). He d. 
 May 8, 1842. Cliildren : Chastiiia, b. Apdl 21, 1829 ; m. Sept. 23, 
 18.53, James E. Underwood, of Lawrence. J. Page, b. April 29, 
 1831. Irvin A., b. April 9, 1839. 
 
 Roswell'' Whitcomb {Jonathan,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ 
 Josiah,^ John^), b. April 6, 1814; m., 1st, March, 1838, Ehoda (b. 
 May 14, 1814; d. March 8, 1852), daughter of Fislier BuUard ; m., 
 2nd, March, 1853, Mary A. (d. March 12, 1866), daughter of I. H. 
 Gunn; m., 3rd, May 4, 1868, Anna A. (b. Sept. 5, 1819; d. Oct. 
 12, 1888), widow of Hardin Albee ; ra., 4tii, June 19, 1889, Maria 
 A. (b. April 22, 1824), daughter of Laban Starkey. Cliildren: Hi- 
 ram R., b. Feb. 17, 1840. George E., b. July 1, 1841. Mary Se- 
 lina, b. June 19, 1843 ; m. Orlow E. Parsons ; d. Feb. 19, 1880. Ar- 
 thur H., b. March 5, 1865. 
 
 Leonard'' Whitcomb {Nathan,^ Jonathan P. ,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Jo- 
 siah,^ John^), b. Jan. 26, 1792; m. Feb. 9, 1819, Betsey (d. Aug. 
 12, 1872), daughter of Josiah Woodward. He d. Oct. 19, 1867. Chil- 
 dren : Eliza, b. Jan. 17,'1820 ; lives in Palmer, Mass. AlansonS., 
 b. Nov. 17, 1822. Maria, b. March 21, 1824; m. Jan. 20, 1846, 
 Solomon R. Lawrence. Albert B., b. Aug. 29, 1829; d. Nov. 13, 
 1836. 
 
 Cartkr'' Whitcomb {Nathan,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Jo- 
 siah,^ John^). b. Feb. 9, 1794; ra. Dec. 26, 1815, Lucy Baker (b. 
 Feb. 4, 1794; d. Oct. 3, 1890), of Marlboro. He d. May 1, 1879. 
 Children : Alonzo, b. April 30, 1818 ; m. Sybel H. Clary. Carter, 
 b. May 27, 1820; m. Emily A. Spring; d. in Worcester, Dec. 1, 
 1880. J. Baker, b. Oct. 2, 1823 ; m. Cynthia A. Cutter, of Graf- 
 ton, Vt. ; lives in California. Byron, b. April 17, 1826 ; m. Eliza 
 V. Lott, of Flatland, N. Y. Clement G., b. Dec. 12, 1828; resides 
 in Nevada. Lucy Jane, b. March 9, 1834; ra. George Carpenter. 
 Henry Homer, b. May 13, 1837 ; lives in New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Oris''' Whitcomb {Nathan,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Jo- 
 siah,^ John^), b. Sept., 1796 ; m. July 22, 1818, Esther (b. Oct. 17, 
 1799 ; d. April 20, 1867) , daughter of Ezekiel Osgood. He d. March 
 18, 1882. Children : Sylvander L., b. Dec. 18, 1818. A daugliter, 
 b. April 8, 1820 ; d. same day. Nathan, b. March 17, 1821. Otis, 
 b. Aug. 16, 1822. Lucius, b. Jan. 16, 1824. Charles, b. July 22, 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECORDS. 489 
 
 1825, Esther E., b. March 14, 1827 ; d. March 18, 1851. Frances 
 J., b. Oct. 1, 1828 ; m. William Merriam, of Palmer. Truman C, 
 b. Nov. 29, 1830. Lyman, b. May 3, 1832. Andrew J., b. Aiig. 
 
 14, 1833. Czarina, b. April 25, 1835 ; m. Norman Hunt. Alraira 
 A., b. Feb. 2, 1837. Dona Maria, b. Sept. 7, 1838; d. young. 
 
 . Seleck, b. June 7, 1840. Leonard, b. April 29, 1842. Clarence. 
 
 Alva''' "Whitcomb {Natlian,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,'^ Josiah,^ Jo- 
 siaJi,^ John^), m. Sept. 21, 1820, Almira (b. July 30, 1802), daugh- 
 ter of Ezekiel Osgood. Children: Nehemiah C, b. May 20, 1821. 
 Pliila, b. Oct. 30, 1824 ; m. Levi Starkey. Orrilla, b. July 1, 1834. 
 Lester, b. Jan. 21, 1838. 
 
 Lyman'' WHtTCOMB (Nathan,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* Josiah,'^ Jo- 
 siah,^ John^),h. April 22, 1807; m. Sept. 26, 1837, Eliza Curtis 
 (b. Oct. 21, 1-803), daughter of Oliver Curtis of Sharon, Mass. He 
 d. in "Worcester, Mass., Jan. 14, 1873. Children: Elizabeth, b. 
 May 6, 1838. Lyman A., b. May 22, 1841. 
 
 George''' Whitcomb {Ephraim,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,'* Josiah,^ Jo- 
 siah,^ Jvhn^) , b. March 10, 1809; m. April 13, 1836, Aurelia (b. 
 1813; d. April 22, 1887), daughter of Edward Goddard. He d. 
 Feb. 21, 1889. Children: Oliver C, b. Feb. 25, 1844. Jane A., 
 b. 1855 ; d. July 18, 1863. 
 
 Elisha'' Whitcomb {EKsha,^ EUsha,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ 
 Jb7mi),b. 1795; m. April 17, 1817, Olive Bodwell (d. June 30, 1858). 
 He d. March 31, 1834. Children : Mary Alnette, m. George Marsh. 
 Olive, b. 1826 ; d. April 19, 1827. Persis, m. Justice R. Rogers ; d. 
 March 14, 1849. 
 
 Joel'' Whitcomb {Jotham,^ Philemon,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ 
 John^), b. Aug. 27, 1804; m. May 5, 1824, Sarah H. (b. July 14, 
 1808), daughter of i;zekiel Osgood; d. Dec. 22, 1841. Children: 
 Esther P. S., b. Nov. 6, 1824; d. Aug. 31, 1826. Jotham, b. Aug. 
 30, 1826 ; m. Cata Bancroft of Rockingham, Vt., resides at Saxtons 
 River. Esther P., b. Dec. 18, 1827 ; m. William Ransdon of Bridge- 
 water, Mass. Nancy A., b. Nov. 10, 1829 ; m. Nathaniel N. Chase 
 of Northfleld, Vt. George W., b. Feb. 22, 1832, lives in Dakota. 
 Ezekiel O., b. Feb. 17, 1835. Royal F., b. April 23, 1839 ; d. Oct. 
 
 15, 1855. 
 
 Benjamin'' Whitcomb {Benjamin,^ Philemon,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ 
 Josiah,^ John^), b. May 23, 1821 ; m. Feb. 9, 1847, Sarah J. Fisher 
 
490 HISTORY or SWANZET. 
 
 (b. Apr. 2, 1825) ; d. Oct. 24, 1887. Children : Charles S., b. March 
 12, 1851. Martha E., b. June 9, 1856 ; m., 1st, George S. Snow ; m., 
 2iul, Job Pierce and resides in Missouri. 
 
 Elbridge Gekry' Whitcojib (AbijaJi,^ Philemon,^ Joseph,* JosiaJi,^ 
 Josiah? John}), b. Oct. 3, 1817 ; m. Nov. 18, 1844, Salome (b. Sept. 
 19, 1822, in Roxbury), daugliter of Everett Newcomb. Children: 
 Fannie, b. Sept. 4, 1845 ; m. Dec. 6, 1806, George N. Bigelow, A.M. 
 Jonas Fred, b. Jan. 26, 1851. Frank Herbert, b. Feb. 28, 1856. 
 Edward Everett, b. March 31, 1862. 
 
 J. Page'' Whitcomb {Joseph,^ Abijah,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ 
 John^), b. Apr, 29, 1831 ; m. May 17, 1865, Mary E. Goodnow (b. 
 Dec. 9, 1832), of Keene. Children : Alice M., b. Feb. 7, 1856; in. 
 Marshall W. Nims, Nov. 23, 1886. Carrie E., b. Jan. 5, 1862. 
 
 Ievin A.^ Whitco.mb (Joseph,^ Abijah,^ Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ 
 John^), b. April 9, 1839 ; m., 1st, Nellie King, of Lawrence, Mass. ; 
 m., 2nd, Emma F., daughter of P^dwin F. Eead. Children: Frank. 
 Nelson. Ernest R. Emmons J. 
 
 Hiram R.^ Whitcomb (Rosivell,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan P., ^ Joseph,* 
 Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. Feb. 17, 1840; m. May 16, 1876, 
 Mary A. (b. March 18, 1856), daughter of Hiram Britton of Surry. 
 Children : Clinton B., b. June 23, 1877 ; d. Sept. 2, 1881. Chester 
 R., b. June 15, 1879. Leslie B., b. Oct. 27, 1882; d. March 18, 
 1883. John H., b. April 10, 1887. Normand C, b. Sept. 5, 1888; 
 d. July 27, 1889. Edna C, b. Feb. 17, 1890. 
 
 George E.^ Whitcomb {Roswell,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* 
 Josiah^^ Josiah,^ John}), b. July 1, 1841 ; m. Nov. 12, 1863, Fostina 
 W. (b. Jan. 14, 1838), daughter of Aquila Ranisdell. Children: 
 Edna C, b. March 3, 1865. George E., b. April 17, 1867. Walter 
 E., b. Feb. 23, 1873 ; d. Sept. 16, 1873. 
 
 Alanson S.^ Whitcomb {Leonard,'' Nathan, ^[Jonathan P., ^ Joseph,* 
 Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. Nov. 17, 1822 ; in. May 20, 1847, Sam- 
 antha M. (b. July 14, 1824), daughter of David Taylor. Resides in 
 Keene. Children: Walter S., b. Sept. 30, 1852. Maria C, b. 
 Nov. 18, 1860. 
 
 Sylvander L.8 Whitcomb (Otis,'' Nathan,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* 
 Josiah,^ Josiah;^ John^), b. Dec. 21, 1818 ; m. Dec. 22, 1842, Eliza 
 W. (b. Nov. 18, 1820), daughter of William Woodward. Children : 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 491 
 
 Mary E., b. Nov. 21, 1843; ra. Henry H. Aldrich. Ellen M., b. 
 Sept. 12, 1846 ; m. Oliver C. Whitcomb. Henry F., b. Oct. 30, 1850. 
 
 Nathan^ Whitcomb {Otis,'' Nathan,^ Jonathan P.,^ Jo.iepJi,* Jo- 
 siah,^ Josiah,^ John^) , b. March 17, 1821 ; in. Nancy S. (b. March 31, 
 1824; d. April 3, 1855), daughter of Josiah Hammond. 
 
 LuciDs^ Whitcomb {Otis,'' Nathan,^ Jonathan P., ^ Joseph,^ Josiah,^ 
 Josiah,^ John^), b. Jan. 16, 1824 ; m. Ellen M. (b. Nov. 2, 1835 ; d. 
 May 24, 1862) , daughter of Sylvester Holman of Fitzwilliam ; d. Aug. 
 28, 1862. Clilldren: Florence A., b. Sept. 5, 1860. George F. 
 b. Feb. 2, 1862. 
 
 Leonakd^ Whitcomb {Otis,'' Nathan,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,'^ Jo- 
 siah,'^ Josiah,^ John^), b. April 29, 1842 ; m. April 24, 1867, Sophia 
 L., daughter of David Hill. Children : Otis L., b. Sept. 22, 1869. 
 Daisey S., b. June 10, 1872. An infant, b. Oct. 20, 1874 ; d. Oct. 
 28, 1874. Cecil J., b. March 4, 1876. Nina L., b. June 5, 1878. 
 Venie C, b. July 31, 1880. Czarina, b. Dec. 25, 1882. 
 
 EzEKiEL 0.^ Whitcomb {Joel,'' Jotham,^ Philemon,^ Joseph,'^ Jo- 
 siah,^ Josiah,'^ John^),h. Feb. 17, 1835 ; ra. May 21, 1863, Martha E. 
 Newmarsh (b. Nov. 13, 1839), of Boston. Children : Lucy A., b. 
 Oct. 26, 1864. Forest O., b. Oct. 15, 1867. Mary J. and Frank A., 
 b. Feb. 1, 1871. F. T. Willard, b. Oct. 8, 1883. 
 
 Charles S.-^ Whitcomb {Benjamin,'' Benjamin,^ Philemon,^ Jo- 
 seph,'^ Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. March 12, 1851 ; m., 1st, April 24, 
 1871, Ellen M., daughter of Edwin Graves; m. 2d, Nov. 6, 1880, 
 Carrie L. Snow. Children : Blanche E., b. April 5, 1872. George 
 H., b. Oct. 27, 1874. Ada C, b. May 23, 1882. Minnie E., b. June 
 25, 1886. 
 
 Jonas Fred^ Whitcomb {Elbriclge Q .,'' Ahijah,^ Philemon,^ Joseph,* 
 Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. Jan. 26, 1851 ; m. Aug. 21, 1872, Han- 
 nah Perham Keyes. Children: Jonas Fred, b. May 17, 1873. 
 Hannah, b. Feb. 16, 1875 ; d. March 19, 1883. Charles Keyes, b. 
 May 28, 1877. Elizabeth Salome, b. May 3, 1879. Fannie, b. June 
 11, 1881. Mary Isabel, b. Aug. 22, 1883. Charlotte, b. Sept. 6, 
 1885. Kuth, b. Aug. 14, 1887. Bertha Eulalia, b. Aug. 29, 1889. 
 
 Frank Herbert^ Whitcomb {Elbridge G.,'' Abijah,^ Philemon,^ 
 Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. Feb. 28, 1856 ; m. Sept. 1, 1880, 
 
492 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Grace Nims. Children: Edson Gerry, b. Dec. 30, 1881. Ralph 
 Niras, b. Oct. 25, 1883. Margaret, b. Jan. 1, 188-5. James Lamon, 
 b. Oct. 1, 1889. 
 
 Oliver C.^ Whitcomb {George^ Ephraim,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* 
 Josiah,^ Josiah,^ JoJin^), b. Feb. 25, 1844; m. Ella M. (b. Sept. 12, 
 1846), daughter of Sylvander L. "Whitcomb. 
 
 Henry F.^ Whitcomb (Sylvander L.,^ Otis,'' Nathan,^ Jonathan P.f 
 Joseph,* Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. Oct. 30, 1850 ; m. P'^eb. 23, 1879, 
 Mabel E. (b. Aug. 26, 1862), daughter of Henry Abott. Children: 
 Eva M., b. Aug. 22, 1879. A son, b. June 27, 1889. 
 
 Otis L. 3 Whitcomb (Leonard,^ Otis,'' Nathan,^ Jonathan P.,^ Joseph,* 
 Josiah,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. Sept. 22, 1869 ; m. April 13, 1889, Susie 
 F. (b. July 12, 1869), daughter of Oratus J. Verry. Child : Horace 
 Verry, b. July 6, 1890. 
 
 David^ Whitcomb (Josiah,^ John^), m. Jan. 13, 1730, Betty 
 White. Children: John, b. Nov. 24, 1731. Eunice, b. Dec. 10, 
 1733. Prudence, b. Oct. 29, 1735. Betty or Tilly, b. Nov. 22, 1737. 
 Levi. David. Joshua. Mabel. Relief. Silence. John, only, 
 carae from Bolton, Mass. 
 
 JoHN^ Whitcomb (David,^ Josiah,^ John^) , b. Nov. 24, 1731 ; m. 
 Sarah Whitcomb (d. 1803) ; d. March 31, 1835. Children: Thomas. 
 John, b. March 4, 1761. Silas. Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1765. Euhamah, 
 b. May 3, 1769. Betty, b. Jan. 9, 1775 ; m. Daniel Goodhue. Dama- 
 ris, m. Asahel Randall. 
 
 Thomas^ Whitcomb {John,* David,^ Josiah,^ John^), m. Sept. 19, 
 1781, Betsey Bishop. 
 
 JoHN^ Whitcomb (John,* David,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. March 4, 
 1761 ; m. March 7, 1791, Dolly (d. March 26, 1858), daughter of 
 Pentecost Stanley. JHed. April 15, 1835. Children: John,b. Feb. 23, 
 1792 ; d. Feb. 5, 1865. Dolly, b. Feb. 22, 1794 ; m. Hubbard Wil- 
 liams. David, b. Jan. 27, 1796. Nathaniel, b. July 13, 1803. 
 
 SiLAS^ Whitcomb {John,* David,^ Josiah,^ John^), m. March 26, 
 1789, Rhoda, daughter of Pentecost Stanley. Children: Silas, b. 
 Aug. 20, 1790 ; d. young. Sally, b. Oct. 24, 1792 ; m. Joseph Whit- 
 comb. Rhoda, b. Dec. 13, 1794. Silas, b. April 9, 1797. Luther 
 and Calvin, b. in 1800. Pedee, b. in 1802. Susan, b. in 1804. Syl- 
 vester, b. in 1808. Roswell. Cyrel, b. Feb. 27, 1814. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 493 
 
 David^ Whitcomb {John,^ John,* David,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. Jan. 
 27, 1796 ; m. Nov. 3, 1824, Mrs. Sarali Whittaker (b. Sept. 4, 1797 ; 
 d. May 31, 1883), daughter of Azariah Dickinson. Hed-^Oct. 13, 1879. 
 Children : Harriet, b. Nov. 17, 1825 ; m. Jan. 10, 1849, Jonathan W. 
 Jones of Marlborough ; d. April 3, 1878. David, b. Nov. 2, 1827. 
 Euhamah, b. Dec. 12, 1829; m., 1st, Martin Dix ; m., 2d, Martin 
 Seaver of Townsend, Mass. Clarena Elizabeth, b. April 15, 1832 ; 
 m. Menzies E. Stratton. Martha J., b. Aug. 28, 1834; m. Edwin 
 Hill. Sarah C, b. Aug. 2, 1836 ; m. Henry Hill. Hubbard W., b. 
 April 14, 1840. 
 
 Nathaniel^ Whitcomb (Jolm,^ John,* David,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. 
 July 13, 1803 ; m. Phebe, daughter of Jesse Ballon of Richmond ; d. 
 
 1882. Children: Emily. John Andrew. Harriet Augusta, m. 
 
 Stanley. 
 
 SiLAS^ Whitcomb {Silas,^ John,* David, ^ Josiah,^ John^) , b. April 9, 
 1797; m. Dec. 18, 1823, Louisa Lincoln (d. July 29, 1877) of Leomin- 
 ster, Mass. He d. Aug. 27, 1877. Children : Louisa J., m., 1st, Wil- 
 liam A. Woodward of Marlborough ; m., 2d, Warren Farrar. Rox- 
 alina, m. Pliilander Thatcher. Silas L., b. Aug.'6, 1827. Susan S., 
 m. Levi H. Whitney of Royalston, Mass. Charles W., m. Mary Ann 
 Siraonds of Ashby, Mass. Maria D., ra. Daniel W. Clark. Henry 
 W., m. Mary Hunt of Marlborough. Lydia Ann, m. Edward E. Cut- 
 ter of Marlborough. 
 
 Sylvester^ Whitcomb {Silas,^ John,* David,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. 
 1808 ; m. Oct. 21, 1835, Lucinda (d. 1882), daughter of Ezra Emer- 
 son. He d. Oct. 15, 1856. Children: Laura, b. 1837. Jerome, b. 
 1839 ; d. May 14, 1853. Juliette, b. 1841 ; m. John Kenney of Win- 
 chendon, Mass. Frank C. and Frances C, b. Dec. 14, 1843 ; Frances 
 
 C, m. Lamb of Orange, Mass. George A., b. June 14, 1850. 
 
 Edgar C. and Ella F., d. young. 
 
 Ctrei.s Whitcomb (Silas,^ John,* David,^ Josiah,^ John^), b. Feb. 
 27, 1814; m. Dec. 22, 1840, Eunice A., daughter of Artemas Col- 
 lins of Marlborough. Cliildren : Eveline A., b. April 24, 1841 ; ni. 
 Charles R. Collins of Marlljorough. Olive Ann, b. Sept. 18, 1843 ; 
 m. Ivory E. Gates. Ella V., b. Dec. 1, 1847; d. Sept. 25, 1849. 
 William F., b. June 16, 1850. Ella V., b. April 15, 1855 ; d. June, 
 1863. Lucy E., b. Aug. 18, 1859 ; m. Charles Calkins of Winchen- 
 don, Mass., Sept. 18, 1878. 
 33 
 
494 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 David^ Whitcomb (David,^ John* David,^ Josiah,^ John^) , h. 
 Nov. 2, 1827 ; m. March 1, 1870, Lucia A. (b. Jan. 2, 1846), daugh- 
 ter of Mark Cook of Chesterfield. Children: Ernest C, b. Jan. 6, 
 1872. Millie E., b. Oct., 1879. 
 
 Hubbard W.^ Whitcomb (^David,^ John,* David,^ Josiah,^ John^), 
 b. April 14, 1840 ; m. Dec. 12, 1866, Mary C. Eamsdell (b. July 27, 
 1844), daughter of Aquila. Child : Addie F., b. July 13, 1868. 
 
 Silas L.''' Whitcomb (Silas,^ Silas,^ John,* David,^ Josiah,^ John^) , 
 b. Aug. 6, 1827; m. March 20, 1851, Clarissa S. (b. Jan., 1833), 
 daughter of Virgil Woodcock; d. Feb. 11, 1877. Children: Virgil 
 v., b. Feb. 23, 1853 ; d. July 5, 1854. Carrie L., b. Jan. 9, 1860 ; 
 m. Alberto Hassam of Keene. Emma I., b. Dec. 8, 1865. 
 
 Thomas W.'' Whitcomb (Silas,^ Silas,^ John,* David,^ JosiaJi,^ 
 John^), m. Sarah Whitcomb of Ashby, Mass. 
 
 George A.'' Whitcomb (Sylvester,^ Silas,^ John* David,^ Josiah,^ 
 John^), b. June 14, 1850; m. Oct. 31, 1874, Clara A. (b. March 
 8, 1853) , daughter of Josephus Handy. Child : Verne, b. Nov. 12, 
 1878. 
 
 Anthony S.^ Whitcomb {Jacob,^ Oliver^ of Fitzwilliam) , b. Au- 
 gust 2, 1820; m. Oct. 23, 1870, Abbie A. (b. Aug. 5, 1849), 
 daughter of Nathaniel Fisher of Richmond. Children : Cora A., b. 
 Feb. 27, 1871. Minnie B., b. Sept. 15, 1872. Arthur A., b. Sept. 5, 
 1874. Grace E., b. March 7, 1876. Susie M., b. Nov. 1, 1878. 
 Nellie C, b. April 15, 1884. 
 
 WHITTAKER. 
 
 Isaac Whittaker, m. March 28, 1830, Polly, daughter of Nathan 
 Smith. 
 
 white. 
 Ebenezer White, d. March 10, 1812, aged eighty-six years. 
 
 Calvin White, b. 1785 ; m. Sarah (d. April 2, 1854, aged seventy 
 six years) ; d. 1856. 
 
 Jehiel^ White (Z>awdi of Nelson, N. H.), b. Oct. 11, 1813; m. 
 March 29, 1841, Sarah (b. Aug. 4, 1822), daughter of Cyrus Cheney 
 of Concord ; d. Feb. 23, 1879, by the fall of a tree. Children : Emily, 
 
GENEALOGICAL KECOKDS. 495 
 
 b. Jan. 27, 1842 ; ni. Thomas Mints of Keene. Lucy, b. Feb. 23, 
 1843 ; m. Osgood Berais of Marlboro. Augustus C, b. Oct. 5, 1845. 
 Hattie, b. April 20, 1848 ; d. Sept., 1867. Edward J., b. April 10, 
 1855 ; m. Mary Fisher of Richmond. 
 
 WILCOX. 
 
 Edward^ Wilcox (Edward^ of Gilsum), b. Dec. 31, 1824 ; m. 
 Nov., 1847, Eliza A. (b. March 14, 1830), daughter of Thomas P. 
 Hayward of Troy. Children: Rosalie, b. Apr. 29, 1848 ;d. Feb. 
 26, 1863. Clara E., b. Jan. 10, 1850; m. Solon H. Lane. George 
 E., b. April 8, 1852 ; d. June 6, 1852. Flora E.,b. Sept. 3, 1853 ; 
 m. Martin L. Lane. Valerea A., b. May 9, 1857 ; d. March 16, 1859. 
 Allen C, b. Jan. 9, 1860. Mary E., b. Aug. 6, 1862 ; d. April 17, 
 1873. 
 
 Allen C.'' Wilcox (Edward,^ Edward^) ,h. Jan. 9, 1860; m. Jan., 
 1882, Addie, daughter of Leonard Lyman. Child : Florence, b. Aug. 
 16, 1885. Grace Irene, b. Jan. 28, 1887. 
 
 Abel Wilder, m. Fanny . Children : David, b. Aug. 20, 
 
 1813, in Winchendon, Mass. Sarah, b. Jan. 7, 1815, in Fitzwilliam, 
 Charles, b. May 30, 1817. Caleb, b.Oct. 16, 1818. 
 
 WILLAED. 
 
 LoNGLEY WiLLARD, m. Feb. 21, 1786, Deliverance, daughter of 
 Shubael Seaver. 
 
 Seth Willard, d. Aug. 20, 1849, in Westport. 
 
 Isaac'' WiLLARD {Abraham,^ Abraham,^ Abraham,^ Henry, ^. Henry, ^ 
 Simeon,^ from County Kent, England), b. Jan. 16, 1779 ; d. Feb. 16, 
 1840, at Swanzey Factor}'. 
 
 Levi'' Willard {Abraham,^ Abraham,^ Abraham,'^ Henry, '^ Henry, ^ 
 Simeon,^ of England), b. Oct 15, 1781, in Fitchburg, Mass.; m. 
 Clarissa (b. 1788; d. May 2, 1811), daughter of Dea. S. Hayward 
 
 of Gilsum ; d. Aug. 1 7, 1855. She m., 2nd, . Children : Mira H., 
 
 b. April 12, 1808, in Dublin ; m. Caleb Carpenter of Keene. Miranda 
 Clara, b.May 28, 1809, in Dublin ; m. Dr. Henry C. Gray of Cambridge, 
 N. Y. ; d. July 12, 1887. Preston G., b. April 1, 1816, in Swanzey, 
 resides in Chicago, 111. Eliza G., b. April 30, 1818 ; m. Rev. W. C. 
 
496 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Eichavds of Natick, Mass. Curtis E., b. May 22, 1823 (a twin), m., 
 1st, Nov. 26, 1844, Catherine C. Holt of Milford, N. H. ; m., 2nd^ 
 Oct. 26, 1846, Amy F. Dyer of Providence, R. I. ; d. Oct. 13, 1873, 
 in Keene. Lucius A., b. May 22, 1823 (a twin), m. July 8, 1845,. 
 Mary A. T. Sawyer, of Boscawen; removed to Chicago in 1853. An- 
 nette M., b. Jan. 14, 1828 ; d. May 5, 1845. They spent their last 
 days with their daughter, Eliza S. Richards in Natick, Mass. ; she d- 
 Oct, 30, 1858, being burled in the family lot at Swanzey Factory 
 Village. 
 
 Gideon Willis, m. Mllla ; she m., 2nd, Daniel Osborn. 
 
 Children : William W., b. 1806. Eliza S., b. Feb. 23, 1810 ; m. Jo- 
 siah B. Cass. Gideon G., b. Jan. 2, 1812. Sally O., b. about 1817. 
 
 William W.^ Willis (Gideon^), b. 1806 ; m. Sarah Cass (b. 1813 ; 
 d. 1887). He d. 1861. Children: Benjamin F., b. Dec. 7, 1839^ 
 d. April 24, 1858. Willard C, b. July 6, 1843 ; d. young. George 
 W., b. Sept. 10, 1844. 
 
 Gideon G.^ Willis, b. Jan. 2, 1812, in Stony Brook, Mass. ; m. 
 June 5, 1839, Harriet N. Howe (b. June 6, 1816 ; d. May 12, 1878) 
 of Troy. He died June 11, 1869. Children : Martha, b. Sept. 4, 1840 j 
 m. May 28, 1861, Charles Bowles; d. Jan. 8, 1890. George G., b. 
 March, 1842; m. Mary Allen of New Haven, Ct. Lyman C, b. Aug. 
 29, 1843 ; m., 1st, Oct. 15, 1862, Nancy Lane (d.Dec. 6, 1862) ; m., 
 2nd, Mrs. Clark of New Haven, Conn. Nelson H., b. Jan. 20, 1845 ; d. 
 March 7, 1865. Hattie R., b. Feb. 15, 1847; m. Dec. 15, 1869, 
 Lemuel O. Hunt. Angeline, b. May 7, 1850 ; d. Aug. 7, 1872. 
 
 WILLIAMS. 
 
 JoHN^ Williams (JoJm^ from Lynn, Mass.), b.l714; m. Oct. 9, 
 1740, Martha Boardman ; d. Oct. 17, 1788. Came to Swanzey about 
 1776. 
 
 MosES B.3 Williams {John,^ JoJin^), b. Nov. 15, 1748 ; m., 1st, 
 Martha Brown ; m. 2nd, Rebecca Forbes ; m., 3rd, Elizabeth Miles ; 
 d. Feb. 8, 1824. Children: Martha, d. at Rutland, Mass. Board- 
 man, d. Sept. 28, 1777. John, b. Dec. 13, 1779 ; d. at Richmond, 
 Vt. Martha, b. March 18, 1781 ; d. June 1, 1798. Boardman, b. 
 Aug. 2, 1783 ; d. Oct. 23, 1827, at Charlestown, Mass. William, b. 
 Sept. 15, 1786 ; d. Sept. 8, 1808. Rebecca, b. Feb. 6, 1791 ; d. Mar. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 497 
 
 18, 1798. Benjamin. Hubbard. Rebecca, b. Oct. 10, 1798; m. 
 1848, Enoch Sprague of Richmond. 
 
 Benjamin^ Williams {Moses B.? John? John>-), b. Jan. 13, 1793 ; 
 m. April 11, 1816, Sabrina (b. Oct. 30, 1793; d. Aug. 22, 1849), 
 daughter of Ezekiel Osgood ; d. Nov. 17, 1841. Children : Eraeline, 
 b. April 26, 1817 ; m. Edward Perry. Almira E., b. Sept. 3, 1819 ; 
 m. Alfred Marble. Benjamin O., b. Aug. 24, 1821; m., 1st, Louisa 
 Scott ; m., 2nd, Maria Marble, both of Winchester, resides in Iowa. 
 Esther S., b. Feb. 10, 1825 ; d. Dec. 10, 1841. Moses B., b. June 
 20, 1827 ; d. Aug. 17, 1846. 
 
 Hubbard'' Williams {Moses B..? John,^ John^), b. Nov. 16, 1794; 
 m. Oct. 19, 1818, Dolly (b.Feb. 26, 1794 ; d. Dec. 18, 1878), daugh- 
 ter of John Whitcomb ; d. Jan. 18, 1869. Children : David W. 
 Arvilla S., m., 1st, Timothy Pickering of Richmond; m., 2d, Sanford 
 S. Wilber. Elizabeth M., b. Feb. 14, 1826 ; d. Dec. 21, 1865. Dolly 
 W., b. April 11, 1828; m. Josiah Parsons. Mary, b. July 22, 1830; 
 d. May 1, 1852. Rebecca, b. Dec. 25, 1832 ; d. Nov,. 8, 1886. 
 
 David W.^ Williams {Hitbbard,* Moses B.,^ John,^ Joh-n}) , b. Sept. 
 23, 1819 ; m., 1st, Sept. 17, 1846, Elmina (b. Jan. 31, 1827 ; d. Aug. 
 16, 1847), daughter of Benjamin Aldrich ; m., 2nd, Oct. 18, 1849, 
 Waitslill Aldrich. Children : Emily E., b. Aug. 8, 1847 ; d. Sept. 
 3, 1847. Boardman A., b. Sept. 6, 1850; d. Sept. 11, 1861. Wil- 
 liam H., b. Dec. 28, 1853. David W., b. Oct. 1, 1856. Elmina A., 
 b. Oct. 31, 1858; m. Fred E. Willard ; d. Oct. 17, 1884. Benjamin 
 H., b. Sept. 18, 1860. Hubbard M., b. Oct. 22, 1862. Mary E., b. 
 June 5, 1865 ; d. March 18, 1885. Esther M., b. Feb. 18, 1868 ; d. 
 April 5, 1886. John F., b. May 9, 1871. 
 
 Hubbard M.^ Williams {David W.,^ Hubbard,'^ Moses B.,^ John,^ 
 John^),h. Oct. 22, 1862; m. Oct. 3, 1886, Annie J. Orr (b. Sept. 12, 
 1861, in England), of Fitchbnrg, Mass. Children: Arthur B., b. 
 July 14, 1887 ; d. Oct. 22, 1887. Gertrude E., b. Jan. 4, 1889. 
 
 WILSON. 
 
 Benjamin Wilson, b. in Leeds, England, came to America and ra. 
 Mary (b. Nov. 10, 1744) , daughter of William Grimes. Children : 
 Benjamin. Samuel, d. in Canada. John, m. Lois Wheelock. Wil- 
 liam, m. Amy Wheelock. Abel, b. Oct. 10, 1766. Susan, m. Solo- 
 mon Philips and lived in Middlebury, Vt. Eunice. Olive. Mary, 
 m. Joseph Whitcomb. David, b. May 29, 1786. 
 
498 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Benjamin^ Wilson {Benjamin^) , b. about 1762 ; m. Dec. 19, 1790, 
 Eachel Freeman ; d. March 27, 1821. Lived in West Swanzey. 
 
 AbelSWilsok (Benjamin^), h. Oct. 10, 1766; m. Feb. 10, 1789, 
 Lucy (b. Feb. 26, 1764; d. Aug. 7, 1837), daughter of Benjamin 01- 
 cott. He d. Oct. 8, 1825. Children : Lucy, b. April, 1791 ; m. Wil- 
 liam Fairbrother ; d. Feb. 21, 1855. Mary, b. Oct. 14, 1792 ; m. Cal- 
 vin Fairbrother; d. Nov. 18, 1881. Lois, b. Apr. 9, 1794 ; m. Oliver 
 Capron ; d. Aug. 31, 1862. Sally, b. June 3, 1796 ; m. Feb. 9, 1820, 
 James Wheeler. Naomi, b. Feb. 21, 1801 ; m. Eli Brooks ; d. Mar. 26, 
 1843. Dolly, b. Mar. 29,1806 ; m. Philemon Foster ; d. Jan. 24, 1862. 
 
 David2 Wilson {Benjamin^), b. May 29, 1786 ; m. April 24, 1811, 
 Sophia Graves (b. July 30, 1789; d. Feb. 20, 1875); d. Mar. 30, 
 1856. Children : Horace, b. Sept. 16, 1813 ; d. Oct. 4, 1845, in 111. 
 Charles, b. June 27, 1817; d. March 4, 1860, in Kansas. Mary, b. 
 Feb. 11, 1821; m. Jan. 1, 1846, Willard Fairbrother, of Coventry, 
 Vt. Susan, b. June 22, 1823 ; m. Charles Day, of Chesterfield ; d. 
 March 14, 1845. David, b. June 14, 1825. James, b. Aug. 20, 1827. 
 Jane S., b. May 27, 1830 ; m. Charles Temple ; resides in Buffalo, 
 N. Y. Harriet, b. July 6, 1832 ; m. Salmon H. Fox. 
 
 David^ Wilson {David,^ Benjamin^), b. June 14, 1825 ; m. Sept. 
 5, 1848, Mary L. (b. Nov. 1, 1830 ; d. April 17, 1889), daughter of 
 Luther Lakin. Children : Julius E., b. July 16, 1849 ; lives in Lake 
 Village. Adella M., b. March 23, 1856 ; d. Dec. 13, 1864. Vara J., 
 b. Feb. 13, 1860 ; m. Fred H. Dickerman. 
 
 Jambs^ Wilson ( David, ^ Benjamin^), b. Aug. 20, 1827; m. Feb. 
 9, 1857, Jane H., daughter of David Taylor; d. Oct. 16, 1889. 
 Children : Helen Augusta, b. Sept. 11, 1859 ; d. April 26, 1860. Alice 
 M., b. Dec. 30, 1861. 
 
 Julius E.^ Wilson {David,^ David,^ Benjamin^) , b. July 16, 1849 ; 
 in. June 12, 1873, Morgia M., daughter of Charles C. Porter, of Man- 
 chester. 
 
 Charles Wilson, a brick mason, came to Swanzey in 1825 ; m. 
 July 16, 1818, Lovina (d. June 17, 1883), daughter of Samuel Collins, 
 of Marlboro', N. H. ; d. May 6, 1845. Children : Hiram B. Horace, 
 b. in Marlborough. Dorson, b. July 23, 1824. Dan, b. Jan. 22, 
 1827. Albert, b. March 10, 1829. Sarah Ann, b. May 8, 1833 ; m. 
 William Eames. All the above live in California. Lydia Amanda, 
 b. Aug. 29, 1835 ; m. C. C. Aldrich ; lives in 111. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BECOBDS. 499 
 
 Clark Wilson, m. Mary Ann ; d. Feb. 14, 1836. Children : 
 
 George, b. June 28, 1825. Aaron, b. July 13, 1827 ; d. July 9, 1828. 
 Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1829. Aaron, b. June 12, 1831. Mary, b. April 
 18, 1833. Olive, b. Aug. 2, 1834. Clark, b. Jan. 10, 1836. 
 
 Stilman "Wilson, m. Azubah. Children : Lorinda W., b. Oct. 8, 
 1824. Lucy Elmina, b. Mar. 16, 1827. Francis Bowman, b. Mar. 
 12, 1829. 
 
 John Q. A. Wilson, m. Sarah, daughter of Joseph Whitcomb ; d. 
 April 19, 1890. Children : Lillian, m. William Sebastian, of Keene. 
 Gertrude, m., 1st, Elmer Simonds ; m., 2nd, Walter P. Farr. 
 
 JosiAH Wilson, m. Abigail (b. 1785 ; d. May 18, 1851), daughter 
 of Major Elisha Whilcomb. Children: Josiah, b. Feb. 25, 1816; 
 d. in Westmoreland. Cynthia, b, June 19, 1823 ; m. Josiah Kellogg. 
 An infant, d. June 8, 1814. 
 
 WINCH. 
 
 John L.^ Winch {Leonard^ of Hancock, N. E:.),h. Nov. 19, 1847, 
 in Hancock; m. July 3, 1868, Elba (b. March 8, 1844), daughter of 
 Richard Weeks. 
 
 "WITHINGTON. 
 
 JoHN^ WiTHiNGTON (William^ of Fitzwilliam), h. MaTch 7, 1779; 
 
 m. Betsey . Children: Zillah, b. 1817; d. Oct. 10, 1851. 
 
 Wealthy, b. April 6, 1820. Asa, b. Oct. 4, 1822 ; d. April 4, 1849. 
 
 WOOD. 
 
 Abiel WooD,m. Phebe ; d. April 18, 1811. Children: Phebe, 
 
 b. 1797. Amaziah, b. Feb. 23, 1799. Washington, b. May 9, 1801. 
 Abiel, b. May 29, 1803. William, b. May 15, 1806. Emery, b. 
 Nov. 7, 1808. 
 
 WOODCOCK. 
 
 Nathan Woodcock, b. Jan. 20, 1738; m. Lovina Goodnow (b. 
 March 2, 1749 ; d. Sept., 1836) ; d. about 1817. Children : Martha, 
 
 b. Feb. 14, 1768 ; m. Farnsworth. Azubah, b. Nov., 1769 ; d. 
 
 1806. Nathan, b. 1772 ; d. July 3, 1777. Lovina, b. Sept. 3, 1777 ; 
 m., 1st, David Starkey ; m., 2nd, Capt. Enoch Cummings ; d. Sept. 5, 
 1831. Levi, b. Dec. 1, 1780. Polly and Sally, b. March 1, 1783; 
 Polly, m. Isaiah Townsend of Wheelock, Vt. ; d. Nov., 1842. Nathan, 
 b. March 19, 1786 ; d. July 27, 1870, in Allegany Co., N. Y. David, 
 b. Jan. 21, 1791. 
 
500 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 LeviS Woodcock {Nathan^}, b. Dec. 1, 1780; m. July 21, 1805, 
 Eoxaniia Gale, who m. July 10, 1835, David Stotie of Sui-ry ; d. Miircli 
 6, 1836. Children: Virgil, b. July 16, 1806. Almeda, m. Benja- 
 
 jamin Mason. Marilla, m. Long. Eliza, m. Henry Wright 
 
 of Northfield, Mass. Levi L., d. Aug. 6, 1851. 
 
 Nathan^ Woodcock {Nathan^), b. March 19, 1786; m. Feb. 25, 
 1808, Abigail Crossett (d. Oct. 27, 1852) ; d. July 27, 1870. Chil- 
 dren : Adaline, b. Oct. 21, 1808, in Prescott, Mass. ; d. April 18, 
 1857. Albert C, b. July 22, 1810, in Swanzey ; m. Hannah Lee. 
 Lavina, b. March 15, 1812 ; d. Sept. 19, 1813. Azubali,b. April 18, 
 1814; m. Dec. 28, 1834, Stephen S. Clarke. S. Dennison, b. Jan. 
 15, 1817; m. April 9, 1841, Rebecca Wilson. Relief A., b. Feb. 6, 
 1819 ; m. Oct. 24, 1839, William B. Clarke. Nathan R., b. May 1, 
 1821 ; m. Jan. 13, 1847, Delia C. Burrow. Lestina L., b. Aug. 30, 
 1823; m. Oct. 14, 1840, Nicholas Fortune. Abigail L., b. Nov. 23, 
 1825 ; ra. Dec. 5, 1843, David Wilson. Sally M., b. Nov. 14, 1827 ; 
 ni. Hubbard Griswold. (The last two records from Gilsum history.) 
 
 David^ Woodcock {Nathan^) , b. Jan. 21, 1791 ; m. Patty Osgood ; 
 d. May 15, 1860. Children : George. Angelia. Rachel. Elijah. 
 Hugh. John, removed from town. 
 
 ViKGiL^ Woodcock {Levi,^ Nathan}), b. July 16, 1806; m. Jan. 
 31, 1830, Clarissa (b. May 2, 1812), daughter of Henry Sawyer; d. 
 July 18, 1875. Children : Virgil, b. March, 1831 ; d. May 8, 1849, 
 on the way to California. Clarissa, b. Jan. 4, 1833; m. March 20, 
 1851, Silas L. Whitcomb. Volney, b. Nov. 24, 1835. Verwell, b. 
 Sept. 15, 1839 ; d. Dec, 1843. 
 
 VoLNEY* Woodcock (FiVg'i?, 3 Z/e«t,2 ^af/iawi), b. Nov. 24, 1835; 
 m., 1st, Jan. 29, 1858, Keziah W. (b. Aug. 25, 1837), daughter of 
 Amos Richardson ; m,, 2nd, Mrs. Abbie Smiley. Children : Jennie 
 W., b. Nov. 28, 1858; d. April 2, 1862. Leonora R., b. Jan. 16, 
 1861. 
 
 Jonathan' Woodcock, m. Meletiah (d. March 28, 1777). 
 
 Children : Jonathan. Meletiah. Elizabeth. Lydia. Elkanah. 
 
 Jonathan^ Woodcock {Jonathan^), m. Abigail . Children: 
 
 An infant, d. about Aug. 17, 1763. Sarah, b. Oct. 12, 1753. Sam- 
 uel, b. Oct. 8, 1755. A son, b. Dec. 9, 1757 ; d. Dec. 31, 1757. Abi- 
 gail, b. Dec. 7, 1758. Jonathan, b. Feb. 14, 1764 ; d. ,young. Comfort, 
 b. Sept. 26, 1766. Jonathan, b. Sept. 28, 1768. 
 
GENEALOGICAL EECOEDS. 501 
 
 WOODWARD. 
 
 IchabodI Woodward came from Sudbuiy, Mass., b. 1734; m- 
 
 Parmenter; d. March 9, 1814. Children: Molly, m. Ona Al- 
 
 drich of Richmond. Josiah, b. 1761. Isaac. Ichabod settled in 
 Dummerston, Vt. 
 
 JosiAH^ Woodward {Ichabod^), b. 1761; m. Betsey Follett (b. 
 1764 ; d. Dec. 24, 1838) , of Winchester ; d. Oct. 6, 1833. Children : 
 Susan, b. 1786; m. David Dwinnell; d. Oct. 6, 1861. Joseph, b. 
 1787. Luther, b. 1791 ; d. Oct. 27, 1837. Josiah, b. 1796 ; d. March 
 20, 1815. Betsey, m. Leonard Whitcorab. Fanny, m. Jefferson 
 Taft. Polly, m. Sept. 29, 1819, Alanson Skinner of Chesterfield. 
 
 IsAAO^ Woodward (Ichabod^), b. 1762 ; ra., 1st, Polly Brackett (d. 
 Oct. 28, 1811) ; m., 2nd, Oct. 5, 1814, Lucy Whitcomb ; d. Aug.' 12, 
 1819. Children: Daniel, b. Oct. 14, 1788. David, b. Oct. 4, 
 1790 ; d. Nov. 19, 1796. John, b. July 23, 1792. Solomon, b. July 
 18, 1794. Lucy, b. April 23, 1797. William, b. April 8, 1799. " 
 Elizabeth, b. March 10, 1801 ; d. Nov. 25, 1853. 
 
 Joseph^ Woodward {Josiah,^ Ichabod^), b. 1787; m. Nov., 1803, 
 Esther (b. 1788; d. Sept. 28, 1849), daughter of Aquila E. Rams- 
 dell ; d. Nov. 4, 1858. 
 
 DANIEL'^ Woodward (Isaao,^ Ichabod^), b. Oct. 14, 1788 ; m. Feb. 
 
 16, 1815,.Lucy Ball ; d. April 13, 1866. Children : David, b. Sept. 
 29, 1815. Mary, m. Jesse W. Murphy. 
 
 JoHN^ Woodward {Isaac,^ Ichabod^), b. July 23, 1792; m. Jan. 
 
 17, 1822, Rebecca (b. March 3, 1797 ; d. Oct. 12, 1871), daughter of 
 Ezekiel Osgood; d. Dec. 15, 1867. Children: Ezekiel P., b. July 
 7, 1822. John B., b. Aug. 13, 1825 ; resided in Penn. Elislia O., b. 
 Aug. 15, 1828, lives in Marlboro'. Ellen R., b. Sept. 8, 1834; m. 
 Walter Mann ; d. Dec. 15, 1870. Clara S., b. April 19, 1838. Ar- 
 villa A., b. April 4, 1840; d. Nov. 18, 1865. 
 
 William^ Woodward (Isaac,^ Ichabod^), b. April 8, 1799; m. 
 Betsey, daughter of Joseph Starkey ; d. June 4, 1885. Children : 
 William D., lived and- d. in Minn. Eliza, m. Sylvander L. Whit- 
 comb. Rowena, m. Josephus Handy. 
 
 David* Woodward {Daniel,^ Isaac,^ Ichabod^), b. Sept. 29, 1815 ; 
 m. Lucretia Alexander (_b. Sept. 11, 1818) of Troy; d. June, 1856. 
 
502 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Children : Daniel E., b. Aug. 27, 1838. Charles F., b. Aug. 16, 
 1841. Joseph A., b. March 5, 1843 ; d. 1845. Mary E., b. Sept. 2, 
 1851 ; m. Frank A. Abbott. Lucy A., b. July 28, 1854 ; m. Charles 
 H. Applin. 
 
 EzEKiEL P.^ "Woodward (JoJm,^ Isaac,^ IcJiabod^), b. July 7, 1822 ; 
 m. Nov. 28, 1854, Mary W. Bradford (b. Feb. 18, 1824) of Acworth. 
 Child : Arthur A., b. Dec. 2, 1858. 
 
 Arthur A.^ Woodward (EzeMel P.,* John,^ Isdac,^ Ichabod^), b. 
 Dec. 2, 1858 ; m. Oct. 17, 1883, Nancie, daughter of Chiron Holbrook. 
 Children : Leon Arthur, b. April 13, 1886. Mary Eunice, b. June 
 20, 1890. 
 
 Daniel E.^ Woodward {David,* Daniel,^ Isaac,^ Ichabod^), b. 
 Aug. 27, 1838 ; m. a daughter of Ozial Ballon. 
 
 Charles F.^ Woodward {David,* Daniel,'^ Isaac,^ Ichabod^) , b. 
 Aug. 16, 1841 ; m., 1st, Louisa Sumner ; m., 2nd, Mrs. Nancy A. Stod- 
 dard, daughter of Alfred Britton. 
 
 Harvey^ Woodward {Samuel^ of Keene), b. July 18, 1841; m. 
 Oct. 19, 1870, Mary Adelaide Spinney (b. Jan. 6, 1843, in Boston, 
 Mass.). Children: Mabel Adelaide, b. Oct. 18, 1872. Leonard 
 Samuel, b. Oct. 24, 1876. George Ernest, b. June 8, 1878. 
 
 Thomas Nelson^ Woodward {Thomas L.^ of Marlboro'), b. July 
 16, 1844 ; m., 1st, June 27, 1866, Emma (d. June 5, 1880) , daughter 
 of Frank R. Peters of Winchester ; m., 2nd, Clara Procter of Keene. 
 Children : Jesse F., b. April 2, 1867. Carl, b. June 29, 1882. 
 
 WORCESTER. 
 
 RisuBEN Worcester, b. June 9, 1780, came from Boxborougli, 
 Mass. ; m. Sarah Draper (b. Dec. 20, 1779 ; d. Sept. 11, 1861). Chil- 
 dren : Sabra, b. Feb. 20, 1802 ; m. Calvin Newton of Marlborough. 
 Moses, b. Dec. 6, 1805. Emery, b. Nov. 6, 1807. Reuben, b. Sept. 
 2, 1809. Sally, b. July 21, 1813 ; m. April 13, 1843, Martin Wright, 
 of Chesterfield. Tryphena, b. May 5, 1815 ; ra. Benjamin F. Draper 
 of Chesterfield. Lydia, b. July 17, 1817; m. Darius E. Wright. 
 Abel, b. March 6, 1820, lives in Iowa. Selim, b. May 26, 1822 ; m. 
 Majy Ripley ; lives in Iowa. 
 
 Abel Worcester, b. 1781 ; m. Feb. 20, 1809, Anna, daughter of 
 John Grimes; d. Dec. 19, 1848. Child: Henry A., d. Sept. 4, 1849. 
 
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 503 
 
 Emery2 Worcester (Beuben^), b. Nov. 6, 1807 ; m., 1st, April 1, 
 1830, Polly, daughter of William Griffith; m., 2ncl, April 13, 1840, 
 Almira Olcott of Chesterfield. 
 
 Moses® Worcester {Reuben'^), b. Dec. 6, 1805; m. Jan. 5, 1833, 
 Susan, daughter of Nicholas Howes; d. Dec. 23, 1872. Children: 
 Merrick, b. June 13, 1834. Susan E., m. William Kipley. 
 
 Eeuben® Worcester (Reuben^), b. Sept. 2, 1809; m. April 7, 
 1836, Eliza A., daughter of Lawson Moore ; d. April 26, 1843. Chil- 
 dren : Reuben, b. Aug., 1838; d. March 16, 1841. Charles E., b. 
 Nov. 6, 1840. 
 
 Charles R.^ Worcester {Reuben,^ 'Beube'n}), h. Nov. 6, 1840; 
 m., 1st, Flora E., daughter of Calvin Parker; m.,2nd, Oct. 26, 1873, 
 Nancie P. (b. May 1, 1853), daughter of Elijah Hills. 
 
 WRIGHT. 
 
 Darius E.® Wright {Remembrance^ of Cliesterfield) , b. April 14, 
 1814; m. Lydia (b. July 17, 1817; d. Feb. 9, 1874), daughter of 
 Reuben Worcester. Children: Calista L., b. Nov. 30, 1834; m. 
 Sept. 26, 1854, John Hill. Mary O., b. Aug. 15, 1837; m. Andrew 
 Litchfield of Winchester. Cordelia L., b. Oct. 25, 1838 ; m. James 
 Kirkpatrick of Keene. Park E., b. March 12, 1840. Sarah D., b. 
 Nov. 16, 1842 ; d. Sept. 11, 1849. Reuben R., b. June 4, 1849 ; re- 
 sides in Natick, Mass. 
 
 Park E.^ Wright {Darius E.,^ Remembrance^) , b. March 12, 1840 ; 
 m. Jan. 31, 1865, Mary E. (b. Oct. 6, 1841), daughter of Lincoln 
 Wheelock. Children : James L., b. Aug. 3, 1866 ; d. Dec. 4, 1868. 
 George C, b. June 2, 1870. Minnie A., b. Sept. 8, 1872. Ritchie 
 R., b. March 5, 1876 ; d. April 15, 1876. 
 
 William Wright, b. 1734; m. Aug. 8, 1758, Mehitable Graves 
 (b. 1735 ; d. April 6, 1812). He d. Jan. 14, 1812. Children : Mary, 
 b. April 7, 1759. John, b. Nov. 15, 1762. Cyprian, b. May 11, 
 1765. Alpha, b. Dec. 14, 1767. Luther, b. April 9, 1770. Calvin, 
 b. Jan. 22, 1774. 
 
 John® Wright (William^), b. Nov. 15, 1762; va. Jan. 8, 1784, 
 Hannah McAllister. 
 
 Cyprian® Wright (WilUam^), b. May 11, 1765 ; m. Nov. 4, 1790, 
 Esther (b. Feb. 10, 1770), daughter of Elijah Belding. 
 
504 HISTORY or SWANZEY. 
 
 Alpha^ Whight ( William^), b. Dec. 14, 1767 ; m., 1st, Jaditha ; 
 
 IT)., 2nd, Elizabeth . Cbildren : Sallj', b. April 16, 1790 ; m. March 
 
 28, 1816, Moses T. Thompson. Alpha, b. March 13, 1798. Paul, b. 
 Sept. 13, 1800. 
 
 Luther2 Weight (Waiiam^), b. April 9, 1770; m. Feb. 12, 1797, 
 Rhoda, daughter of Elijah Belding. Children : A child, b. Dec. 15, 
 1809; d. Dec. 15, 1814. Laura, b. 1806; m. Oct. 1, 1832, John 
 Scott of Richmond ; d. July 28, 1865. Samuel. Elliot. Charles. 
 William. 
 
 Calvin^ Wright (William^), b. Jan. 22, 1774 ; m. Capron ; 
 
 d. March 29, 1812. Children: William. Mavilla, m. Feb. 6, 1825, 
 Hiram Underwood. Betsey, m. March 31, 1831, Isaac Stratton. 
 
 William^ Weight {Calvin,^ William^), m. Dec. 31, 1827, Rachel, 
 daughter of James Underwood ; d. June 17, 1843. Children : Helen 
 M., b. Nov. 23, 1828. Harriet A., b. May 15, 1830. Mary E., b. 
 Nov. 1, 1832. 
 
 M. Edwin Wright, m. May 22, 1854, Ellen M. (b. Nov. 28, 1834 ; 
 d. Oct. 7, 1874), daughter of Carlton Parker. 
 
 James L. 3 Wright {Martin G.,^ Remembrance^), b. July 13, 1849 ; 
 m. Dec. 1, 1875, Hattie L. Ensigh or Ensign (b. May 3, 1845), of 
 Canandaigua, N. Y. Children : Alice Stone, b. Ang. 22, 187-, in 
 Toledo, Ohio. Mabel J., b. Aug. 8, 1879 ; lives in Spragueville. 
 
 Elliott^ Weight (Luther,^ William,^), b. Jan. 12, 1808 ; m. Louisa 
 (b. Aug. 5, 1815). Children : Sarah L., b. Nov. 23, 1836. Harriet 
 A., b. Oct. 5, 1838. Almiretta M., b. Dec. 3, 1840. Esther Jane, 
 b. May 16, 1843. John E., b. June 16, 1848. George A., b. Feb. 
 8, 1851. Frank P., b. April 5, 1853. Charles L., b. April 16, 
 1856. Walter A., b. April 12, 1859. 
 
 YOUNG. 
 
 Herbert 0.^ Yocng {Charles^ of Rochester) , b. in Madbury, Sept. 
 21, 1848; m. Nov. 25, 1872, Carrie E. (b. Sept. 12, 1852), daughter 
 of John H. Sparhawk. 
 
CHAPTEE XII. 
 
 Biographical and Supplementary. 
 
 THE object of this chapter is to supplement Chapter XI by giving 
 the residence, occupation, etc., as far as may be, of different 
 individuals, and short biographical sketches of some of the more 
 prominent citizens. The "places" named are those given on the town- 
 ship maps. 
 
 Henet Abbott has lived in Swanzey nearly all his life ; has held 
 ■ many important town offices ; been engaged at different times and 
 places in agricultural, mercantile and manufacturing pursuits, and is 
 now proprietor of a livery establishment at "West Swanzey. His son, 
 George H. a store cleric, resides at Keene and Frank F., box-maker, 
 at West Swanzey. ' 
 
 Rev. Stephen G. Abbott was born in Bridgewater, Mass., Nov. 
 9, 1819, and became pastor of the Baptist church in West Swanzey, 
 July, 1873. In his boyhood he removed with his father, Rev. Samuel 
 Abbott, to Bedford, N. H., and afterwards to Antrim. He was edu- 
 cated at Hancock and New Hampton institutions ; ordained to the 
 gospel ministry at Carapton, Feb. 7, 1849, and has since pursued his 
 avocation in New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. He was 
 chaplain of the 1st Reg. N. H. Vols, in the war of the Rebellion, and 
 has recently written a history of said regiment. He was also chap- 
 lain of the N. H. legislature in 1889. He represented the town of 
 Windsor in the legislature of Vermont in 1863 and 1864. He re- 
 ceived the honorary degree of A.M. from Bates College, in 1869. 
 Mr. Abbott married Sarah B., a sister of ex-U. S. Senator P. C. 
 Cheney, of Manchester, by whom he had one son, John T. Abbott, 
 now U. S. minister to the Republic of Columbia. 
 
 Mtron W. Adams, son of Rev. Ezra and Alice M. (Ware) Adams, 
 born in Gilsum, but having his home during most of his youthful 
 years in Swanzey ; a graduate of Dartmouth College and Hartford 
 
 (505) 
 
506 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Theological Seminary, taking also a post graduate course at Andover ; 
 pastor of Congregational church at Chatham, Conn., and Hopkinton, 
 N. H., two years each ; and now professor of Greek in Atlanta (Ga.) 
 University. 
 
 Alice M. (Wake) Adams, born and reared in Swanzey ; graduated 
 at Mt. Holyoke Seminary ; a teacher for many years in our public 
 schools, and at Wilberforce University, Xenia, Ohio ; now a resident 
 in Gilsum. 
 
 Dr. Willard Adams was born in New Salem, Mass. ; studied 
 medicine with Dr. Jaires Batcheller two years ; spent one year at the 
 medical school at Dartmouth College ; graduated at Bowdoin, Me. ; 
 practised his profession in Wells, Me., Woburn, Mass., and in this 
 town; represented Swanzey in the legislature ; was county' commis- 
 sioner three years and postmaster ten years ; residence, Congrega- 
 tational parsonage at L. Crouch place. 
 
 His son, Joseph W., has for many years been in business in Cali- 
 fornia ; Thomas, a farmer, in Illinois and Nebraska, and Everett in 
 various employments in Keene and Swanzey. 
 
 John B. Adams came from Rindge, lived on J. E. Long place, 
 removed in 1890 to Hancock. 
 
 Hardin Albeb came from Westmoreland ; a farmer, a selectman ; 
 lived on J. Conby place. 
 
 Capt. Amasa Aldrich came from Mendon, Mass., about 1783, and 
 settled on wliat is now the J. E. Long farm, owning that and much 
 adjoining territory. He was a prominent and influential man in town. 
 Of his large family of children, Marmaduke early in life removed to 
 Allegany Co., N. Y. Phinehas occupied a part of his father's farm, 
 now the P. P. Carlton place. Amasa, to the close of his long life, 
 remained on the homestead of his father ; a leading citizen in town, of 
 an accommodating disposition, a Democrat in politics, a liberal in 
 religion. Paine lived awhile in Swanzey, then in Richmond, and 
 afterwards in Worcester, becoming distinguished as a mechanic and 
 the inventor of the railroad turn-table. Col. David Aldrich was a 
 farmer and prominent in military affairs, living on F. Downing place. 
 Paul Fisher lived at several places in town, a farmer and cattle- 
 drover for Providence, Brighton, and Watertown markets. His second 
 wife was from Watertown, and after his marriage he resided there 
 till his death. John Langdon died comparatively young ; he kept 
 a public house at the Jonathan Whitcomb place. William Aldrich 
 
BIOGKAPHIOAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 507 
 
 learned the tanner's trade of Capt. L. Blake, lived awhile in this 
 vicinity and then went to Girard, Pa. 
 
 Of the next generation of this branch of Aldriches, Nathaniel 
 learned the printer's trade, went South, returned and soon died. 
 Cyril resides at Spring Prairie, Wis., and is an extensive farmer. 
 Harrison resides in "Winchendon, Mass.; married there and was ex- 
 tensively engaged in manufacturing wooden ware, but is now a farmer. 
 Amasa for many years was a wooden ware manufacturer in Win- 
 chendon, Mass., and afterwards inWinchester, where he died. Simeon 
 Cook, also in the same business, resides in Winchendon. Carlon C. 
 acquired a good education in our public schools and academies ; man- 
 ufactured pails two years in New York State ; lumber and grain 
 dealer five years in Dubuque, Iowa, and since 1860 has continued 
 the same business in McLean, 111. He deals very largely in grain and 
 flour, is engaged to some extent in farming, is a bank officer and a 
 leading citizen in Lis section of the state. Phinehas L. resides in Penn- 
 sylvania. George O. lived at different places and died several years 
 ago unmarried. Paul Fisher, after being in trade at West Swanzey, 
 removed to Soraerville, Mass., where he now resides. John L. was 
 in the mercantile business in Boston until his death. George Herman, 
 for a few years after his marriage, lived a pioneer's life at the West, 
 teaching school and farming. For many years previous to 1889 he 
 lived in Troy, having an office and doing an extensive business in Keene 
 as an insurance agent. Two of his sons are associated with him, and 
 another son is a prosperous physician in Marlboro. Cj'ril E., a 
 merchant in Boston. Henry Hubbard resides in Keene, and follows 
 the occupation of his father, a drover to the Brighton and Water- 
 town markets. 
 
 Eev. Tristan Aldrich came from New Salem, Mass., not a fin- 
 ished scholar, nor an eloquent sermonizer, but an acceptable preacher 
 and a good man. For many years previous to his death he lived on 
 the farm now owned by O. S. Eaton, the house of which stood close 
 by the Ashuelot railroad, and was burned soon after his death. His 
 son, Adoniram J., resides in Illinois, a dealer in grain and lumber. 
 
 Sands Aldrich, a member of the Society of Friends, came from 
 Douglass, Mass., lived on J. M. Cole place. His son. Sands, resided 
 on J. D. Hale place. David S. has lived in California as well as in 
 Swanzey. 
 
 Ellery K. Aldrich came from Eichmond late in life, lived on F. 
 E. Ballou farm. His son, Frank S., resides in Somerville and does 
 business in Boston. 
 
508 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Anderson Aldeich, born in Richmond, a painter, resides at East 
 Swanzej'. His son, Geo. B., also a painter, lives in Winchester. 
 
 Philip D. Angier came from Fitzwilliam abont 1865, a farmer ; 
 represented Swanzey in the legislature. His son, Walter E., educated 
 at the N. H. Agricultural College, is a successful civil engineer at 
 the South in U. S. Coast Survey. 
 
 Geokge W. Alexander, a farmer, came from Winchester when a 
 young man and built the house in West Swanzey where his widow now 
 
 resides. 
 
 Calvin Alexander and his two brothers, Luther and Charles, were 
 born in Troy and came to East Swanzey where Luther still resides, 
 the other two having died. 
 
 Walter S. Alexander resides at East Swanzey in the house built 
 by V. A. Woodcock west of A. W. Banks', on the opposite side of the 
 road. (Not on the map.) 
 
 Isaac Applin, from Palmer, Mass., in 1762, bought the lot where 
 O. T. Thomson now lives. He sold to Caleb Sawyer. None of his 
 descendants have lived in Swanzey. 
 
 Deacon Thomas Applin came from Palmer. Mass., in 1763, and was 
 the first settler on the J. W. Murphy place, where he resided some 
 forty years. He was both blacksmith and farmer, and one of the most 
 prominent men in the town ; deacon of the Congregational church, 
 town clerk and selectman many years, and was often supported for 
 other important positions by his townsmen. Of his four sons, John 
 was a farmer and miller, He owned the E. W. Handy place, and af- 
 terward that of Mrs. N. F. Newell. Many of the last years of his 
 life he lived with his son Israel and at different times was the miller 
 at the East Swanzey grist-mill. Timothy B. had at one time a farm 
 south of the J. D. Hale place. He removed from town about 1796 
 and settled in Cazenovia, N. Y. Deacon Thomas was a farmer liv- 
 ing on the N. F. Newell place. Isaac had a homestead north of the 
 old Boston road near the foot of Chimney Stone hill. Of the third 
 generation of Applins, Thomas settled in Chelsea, Vermont ; Ephraim 
 in Sullivan and Benjamin R., in Sparta, N. Y. Israel buUt and oc- 
 cupied the house now owned by Geo. W. Willis, and afterwards lived 
 in that now owned by J. M. Eamsdell. Samuel Page was always in 
 delicate health and was never married. He taught school many years 
 and was clerk in different stores in Swanzey. Benjamin, after reach- 
 ing manhood, resided in Boston and Cambridge. He was a carpenter 
 and made a specialty of stair building. Perrin was also a carpenter 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 509 
 
 and lived most of Ms married life in Marlow. Philo -worked a num- 
 ber of years in a foundry in Portland, Me., afterwards on his father's 
 homestead in Swanzey. He now lives with his second wife in Fitch- 
 hurg, Mass. Wesson worked some years with his brothers in Boston, 
 afterwards was a farmer in Townsend, Mass., and for some twenty 
 years past has resided in Swanzey. Of Israel's children, Sumner 
 when young was a pail tm-ner, afterwards with . his relatives in Bos- 
 ton a stak builder, and still later one of the principal partners of one 
 of the largest furniture houses in Boston. Benjamin F. has spent 
 most of his life working in different pail shops in town. He is now 
 employed with his son, Arthur F., in the box shop at Spragueville. 
 Henry S. Applin, previous to enlisting in the army, was in the pail 
 business either as employe or manufacturer most of his life,- in East 
 Swanzey and Kitzwilliam. John is a machinist in Newton, Mass. Dur- 
 ing the war he had an important position at the Watertown Arsenal. 
 Of the sons of Philo, Charles E. lives in Troy, an employe in the 
 wooden- ware business. William W. resides in Hinsdale, and Edgar 
 M. in Brattleborough, Vt. They have a fish market in Hinsdale. 
 Oscar P. is a furniture painter in Keene. Herbert L. lives in Nebras- 
 ka. Charles H. Applin and Eugene E., sons of Henry, live at past 
 Swanzey ; the former is the manager of Clark's pail establishment ; the 
 latter, recently in the grocery business, is now an employe in a pail 
 shop. 
 
 Noah Arnold owned and occupied William C. Belding place from 
 1810 to 1822. 
 
 Frank P. Atkinson, recently from Brooklyn, N. Y., resides on 
 Maple hill and does a successful business in keeping summer board- 
 ers. Arthur and Herbert Atwood came from Hinsdale a few years 
 since and bought the Luther and Joseph Dickinson farms. Arthur 
 has now removed to Keene. 
 
 Benoni Austin became a resident in the west part of Swanzey as 
 early as 1812. 
 
 Hiram Avert lived on the Gates' place at Factory Village ; died in 
 1877. His son, Edward H., built a house on Keene and Swanzey road, 
 and is employed in the pail shops. 
 
 Jonathan BABBiTT,a frugal and industrious man, from Dana, Mass., 
 lived on J. W. BaUou place from about 1818 to 1838 ; a farmer 
 and brick-maker. Of his sons, Roswellwas a carpenter, being some- 
 what noted for his taste for scientific studies, particularly astronomy. 
 34 
 
510 HISTOET OF SWANZET. 
 
 He afterwards settled in Iowa and became a man of distinction. Mar- 
 cena was a school teacher. He went from this town to Girard, Pa- 
 Jonathan returned with his father to the vicinity of Dana. 
 
 Amos Bailey in earlj' manhood came from Pelham and located on 
 the 0. F. Oakman place. He was a prominent man in town, as was 
 also each of his sons, Jonathan and Araos. Jonathan resided on 
 the old homestead, was a farmer, preacher, and leader in the Baptist 
 church. Amos was an extensive farmer and shoemaker, living where 
 liis danghter-in-law, Mrs. A. L. Bailey, now resides; an active mem- 
 ber in the Congregational Society and a leading citizen in town 
 iiffairs. Albert W. Bailey, a farmer, remained on the old homestead 
 till his death. Clark Bailey resides at West Swanzey. His eldest 
 son, Charles H., is a physician in Gardner, Mass., and his j'oungest 
 son, Edward, a clerk in Keene. 
 
 Charles L. Ball, a farmer, came from Leverett, Mass. 
 
 Silas Ballou came from Richmond about fifty years ago and 
 located on the farm now owned by his grandson, Willard I. Ballou. 
 His sons, Leonard, Willard, Amasa, Silas W. and Lewis, — all after- 
 wards came to Swanzej', and have remained here, except Leonard, 
 who died, and Lewis, who went to the West. Willard, till 1890, 
 lived on John F. Ballou farm, and Silas W. has had his home both at 
 Westport and West Swanzey, and worked in the shops of those two 
 villages. Willard's sons, Willard I., Joseph W. and Frank E. are 
 all farmers. 
 
 Lorenzo and William W. Ballou are farmers, and likewise from 
 Richmond. 
 
 Russell Ballou came from Royalston, Mass., and settled on B. 
 Read place, living there some twenty years. 
 
 Alonzo Ballou formerly lived at East Swanzey, but built the 
 house where his son, G. 0., now resides, and lived there the last 
 years of his life. His son, Charles R., a laborer and farmer, built 
 his house a few years since near Spragueville. 
 
 MosES D. and Albert R. Ballou came from Troy when j'oung men, 
 lived and died in Swanzey. Moses was a clerk in a store at East 
 Swanzey ; and Albert, a farmer, living where his widow now resides. 
 
 OziAL Ballou came from Richmond in 1848 and worked many 
 years in the shops at Westport, when he returned to Richmond again. 
 
 John F. is a farmer on C. R Holbrook place. He has recently 
 bought the Lombard stave- and saw-mill. 
 
BIOGKAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 511 
 
 William Banks, formerly of Roxbury and Keene, bought the P. 
 P. Carlton place about 1838 and lived there till his death. His son, 
 Alanson W., from a youth, has been identified with the interests of 
 East Swanzey. He now owns the blacksmith shop there. H. W. 
 Banks lives with his father-in-law, A. B. Cook. 
 
 Chaeles a. Barden came from Richmond, employed in East 
 Swanzey shops. 
 
 Capt. Sylvanus Bartlett has spent most of the years of his man- 
 hood in Westport and has been prominent as a business man of the 
 village. He resided for a time in Kentucky, and also in Keene. 
 
 Jarvis Bates,' with his three brothers, lived at Factory Village and 
 operated the factory. 
 
 Dk. Henry Baxter was for many years a practising physician, at 
 "West Swanzey, living where his grandson, H. Denman Tlionipson, 
 now resides. He was a "liberal" in religion and a Whig in politics,, 
 though he rarely exercised the elective franchise. He was town clerk 
 for fourteen consecutive years. Darwin D., his son, spent only a 
 small part of his manhood in Swanzey. He was a merchant for a few 
 years at Swanzey Centre. 
 
 The Beals families came from Chesterfield and Richmond and 
 located at West Swanzey. 
 
 The Belding family has been pi'ominent in Swanzey since the date 
 of the first settlement. Samuel and David, brothers, settled respec- 
 tivel}' on the J. O. Gary and Cliarles R. Worcester places. David 
 lived for a time also on the P. Hare place, at West Swanzej'. Of 
 the sons of these two brothers Samuel was a farmer and inherited his 
 father's homestead. Moses was a carpenter and lived on the road 
 extending easterly from C. H. Rockwood's; he afterwards removed to 
 Gilsum. Elijah married Rhoda Carr, lived with his father-in-law, 
 William Carr, and kept a public house (Zina Taft place). David J., a 
 farmer, lived on C. R. Worcester place, and afterwards removed to 
 Weybridge, Vt. 
 
 Of the next generation, Seth (universally called "General" Beld- 
 ing, by reason of his untiring zeal and energy manifested in the 
 temperance movement), was a farmer and lived his married life in a 
 house standing between the Worcester and Taft places. Hon. Elijah 
 Belding lived on his father's homestead. He was a noted land sur- 
 veyor, actively engaged in town affairs, a representative and senator 
 in the state legislature, a member of the governor's council, justice of 
 the peace, and a citizen highly respected during Lis long life. His 
 
512 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 brother, "William C, thongh opposed to the war of 1812, showed his 
 patriotism by enlisting in defence of his eonntry. He was killed at 
 the battle of Chippewa. He was a very prominent young man. 
 Samuel was a school teacher, a merchant at Swanzey Centre and 
 Westport, woolen manufacturer at Ashiielot, and in Johnstown, Vt. 
 He was a leading man in the Methodist denomination and a pioneer 
 in anti-slavery movements. His son, Delavan S., lives in Swanzey. 
 
 Elijah C. Belding was a farmer, living at different times on the 
 farms now occupied by Zina Taft, J. F. Ballou and Henry Hill. His 
 son, William C, previous to his marriage, was a wool dealer in Ver- 
 mont and a miner in California, and since that tipae a prominent 
 farmer in Swanzey. W. C. Belding, jr., is a grocer in Springfield 
 Mass. 
 
 Nehemiah and David Bennett came from Richmond and located 
 respectively on the T. Hanrahan and J. Wilson places, farmers. Of 
 Nehemiah's children, Col. Amos was a shoemaker and settled in 
 Richmond. Hiram was a physician, lawyer and clergyman. John, a 
 school teacher and Methodist minister, and Hon. Asaliel H., a law- 
 yer. The latter practised many years in Winchester, was county 
 school commissioner and state senator. He removed to Davenport, 
 Iowa, and died there. Luke and Capt. David, sons of David, were 
 prominent citizens in town. 
 
 Amos G. Bennett came from Richmond, owns the old Moses 
 Howard farm, the largest in town. His son. Otto P., resides at West 
 Swanzey, and Oscar 0. is an engineer at the west. 
 
 A. E. Bennett resides in Keene and is prominent as a musician. 
 
 Grove Biowtell, a farmer, lived on P. E. Gay place. His sons, 
 George G. and Henry T., at different times were proprietors of the 
 hotel at Swanzey Factory. 
 
 Samoel Bishop is a farmer. 
 
 Orrin Black lived for many years in the house north of Sprague's 
 mill. 
 
 Levi Blake, a noted tanner and currier, and a leading and honored 
 citizen in town, lived on the Henry Hill place. His son, Benjamin 
 C, on reaching manhood^ was associated with him in business. His 
 other son, Abijah, removed to Woodstock, Vt. 
 
 Alfred S. Blake, a leading farmer, after his marriage, came from 
 Keene, bought the A. B. Cook 'place and lived there several years 
 previous to purchasing his present farm. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 513 
 
 Jonas Blodgett kept store and hotel on Watson place and was 
 town treasurer. 
 
 Barney Bolles, a farmer, came from Eichmond and lived on Wil- 
 liam Ballon place. Hie son, Hiram 0., soon after reaching manhood 
 went to Springfield, 111., and became a successful physician. 
 
 Randall Bolles, a farmer, came from Eichmond and lived succes- 
 sively on B. F. Lombard and Cram places, and on that now owned by 
 his son Hiram H. Bolles. 
 
 The Bourns came many years ago from Eichmond to East Swanzey 
 where .John C. and Edmund A. now reside. Ansel lived in the old 
 Streeter house by the picnic grounds. Ansel E. lives at West Swan- 
 zey, an employe in the box shop. John C. is exceedingly handy in 
 many occupations, and has obtained celebrity especially in caring for 
 the sick. 
 
 Charles A. Bodvier, a blacksmith at East Swanzey. 
 
 RuFDS BowEN came late in life from Eichmond where he had been 
 a prominent man, Kved and died on the south farm now owned by 
 F. E. BaUou. 
 
 Henry R. Bowen also came from Eichmond. 
 
 Benjamin F. Bowen resides at West Swanzey. 
 
 Charles Bowles, a brick mason, married a daughter of G-. G. Wil- 
 lis, resided several years at East Swanzey when he moved to New- 
 fane, Vt., and became a hotel-keeper. 
 
 F. R. BoYCE lives near Factory Village and raises vegetables for 
 Keene market. 
 
 RoswELL Bragg, a farmer, lived on L. Talbot place. 
 
 John A. Breed formerly lived at Westport. 
 
 James Brewer came from Marlborough and located on O. S. Eaton 
 place. His son, Asa, lived on Jonathan Clark's place now in Troy. 
 Silas, son of Asa, was for a time hotel-keeper at West Swanzey. 
 
 William Bridge lived on E. Lane place by R. R. Ramsdell's ; came 
 to town about 1816. 
 
 Chauncey and Calvin Bryant were clothiers ; Hiram, a farmer. 
 
 Alfred Britton, a farmer, lived at various places in town ; died 
 on 0. S. Eaton place. 
 
514 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Geo. W. Brooks, a merchant at Westport and West Swanzey ; and 
 post master till his death. 
 
 Deacon Timothy Brown was a leading man among the first set- 
 tlers. 
 
 Benjamin Brown was a resident here in 1738. His three eldest 
 children were born here. On account of Indian troubles a permanent 
 home was not established till 1770 when he located on the Charles 
 Talbot place which was ever after the family home. Here lived also 
 his son Capt. Benjamin Brown till near the close of his life, when he 
 went to Claremont to live with his children. The family had ever been 
 prominent in town. Luther Brown in middle life became a druggist 
 in Claremon t. 
 
 Eleazer Brown lived on the hill east of Volney Marcy place and 
 removed to Sullivan where he became a prominent man. 
 
 George Bucklin lived on J. S. Sargent place, a farmer, went to 
 Marlboro, and then to Illinois. 
 
 Edgar J. Bdcklin is a wealthy salt manufacturer in Warsaw, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Fisher Btjllard, a farmer and cooper, lived most of his married 
 life in a house justwest of J. M. Collier's on the west road. Of his sons, 
 Elijah, being in poor health, lived at various places and did light work 
 of sundry kinds. Marcus has been a successful farmer. Edwin M. , 
 on account of poor health, abandoned a course of study for the min- 
 istry, went to Wisconsin and then to Grand Eapids, Mich., where he 
 now resides, a farmer and mechanic. Edwin M. BuUard, son of INIar- 
 cus, has been for many years a druggist in Keene. Elmer J., living 
 on Mrs. E. Hill place, is an employe in pail shops, etc. Erviu M. has 
 been a market gardener on his father's farm ; now a meat and pro- 
 vision dealer in Keene. 
 
 Cass Bullock came from Richmond, lived and died on A. B. Cook 
 farm. 
 
 Jacob Bump lived many years on W. C. Belding place. 
 
 Patrick Bdrke lived where his widow now resides at East Swan- 
 zey. 
 
 Michael Burke, a meat and provision dealer at West Swanzey. 
 
 Charles Burnham was a resident of East Swanzey. 
 
 Benj. W. Btam came from Fitzwilliam a few years ago and located 
 at Factory Village. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 515 
 
 The Calkins families came from Winchester and reside at West- 
 port and West Swanzey. 
 
 The Caprons have principally been farmers and identified with the 
 interests of West Swanzey. Oliver (a grandson of Col. Oliver, who 
 lived in Richmond and died in Swanzey) and Jonathan W., who was 
 a shoe maker, lived where their sons, Geo. O. and Henry W., now 
 reside. Oliver W. is a clerk for the Goodnows in their store. 
 
 P. P. Carlton, a farmer, came from Wilton, where for many years 
 he was overseer and manager of the poor farm. Harvey W. now 
 lives on his father's homestead. 
 
 Rev. Ezra CARrENTEK, a graduate of Harvard, was the second min- 
 ister of the church in Swanzey. He was ordained at HuU, Mass., 
 Nov. 24, 1725, and preached at that place twenty-one years; installed 
 at Swanzey Oct. 4, 1763, and dismissed March 16, 1769. The follow- 
 ing is the inscription on his tombstone in the cemetery at Walpole : 
 
 "In memory of the Rev. Ezra Carpenter, Born Attleboro April 1st, 1698, 
 Educated at the University of Cambridge, 36 years pastor of ye Church of 
 Christ — 21 at Hull and 15 at Swanzey — An able Divine, Sound in ye faith, 
 and a rational preacher of the Gospel — Respectable for his erudition— of man- 
 ners easy, and polite in his conversation — Pious and entertaining — A faithful 
 Shepherd — A kind husband, affectionate parent — A lover of good men, given 
 to hospitality. As Christ was his hope of glory, so in the fuU assurance of 
 ye mercy of God to eternal life, he died at Walpole Aug. 26th, 1785, .ffitatis 
 88." 
 
 His residence was on Meeting-house hill which has been in posses - 
 sion of the Carpenter family ever since, the occupants in successive 
 generations having been Greenwood, Elijah and George. Hon. Eli- 
 jah was sheriff of the county ten years, state senator, representative 
 and a prominent man in town. George, a farmer, is with his wife 
 much interested in the Mt. Caesar Union Library, and in political mat- 
 ters. He has been the candidate of the Greenback party both for 
 member of Congress and governor of the state. Consider Carpenter, 
 a farmer, lived on C. R. Worcester place. John L. Carpenter is a 
 farmer in Richmond. William Carpenter, son of Greenwood, lived 
 on O. S. Eaton place. His son. Judge Gilbert Carpenter, graduated 
 at Amherst College, studied theology and also law ; moved to Akron, 
 O., where he spent most of his life. He was a prominent lawyer, a 
 judge of the Court of Common Pleas, a state senator and represen- 
 tative. Politically he was a stanch republican. 
 
 William Carr, one of the first settlers, lived on Zina Taft place. 
 
516 HISTORY or SWANZEY. 
 
 Herbert E. and Norris C. Carter, farmers at West Swanzey. 
 
 JosiAH B. Cass, a shoemaker, came from Richmond about 1832 and 
 lived at East Swanzey. Francis B., his son, lived at Keene and is now 
 at Lunenburg, Mass. George H. resides in Erving, Mass. 
 
 John Chamberlain was a prominent manufacturer at Swanzey fac- 
 tory and afterwards at Westport; and the last years of his life a 
 merchant at !Swanzey Centre. Of his sous, Hon. William P. is an ex- 
 tensive dry goods dealer in Keene, with branch stores in Nashua, 
 P^itchburg, Mass., Vergennes and Burlington, Vt. He has been a 
 member of both branches of the N. H. legislature. Herbert R. and 
 John S. reside at Swanzey Centre. 
 
 The Clark brothers, Asa, Jonathan, William, Henry C. and 
 Daniel W. formerly lived at East Swanzej', where tlie last named 
 still resides. Henry C. now lives in Laiigdon and William in Keene. 
 Warren H., son of Asa H., Is a manufacturer and prominent man 
 in Mailborongh. 
 
 Prescott D. Coburn resided several years at West Swanzey ; died 
 in Winchester. 
 
 Amos D. Combs was a farmer at West Swanzey ; now a resident in 
 Illinois. 
 
 Francis Cook lived at West Swanzey. His son, Andrew B., is a 
 successful farmer at the Centre. 
 
 Everson Cook, while in town, was a merchant at West Swanzey, 
 and prominent in town affairs. 
 
 Simeon Cook, son of Caleb, lived on Joseph W. Ballon farm. 
 Most of his large family of children removed from town, but became 
 prominent men and women. George graduated at Harvard College, 
 was quite successful in business (a shook manufacturer) and travelled 
 extensively In this and foreign lands. Simeon was associated with 
 him in business, and likewise successful. His son, Silas P., is a 
 prominent Congregational minister, now in Northfleld, Mass. 
 
 Bailey Corhs, a farmer, lived on J. Prentice place ; died at West 
 Swanzey. 
 
 Amos L. Corey is a farmer and carpenter. 
 
 Thomas Crbsson, one of the earliest settlers, located near Sawyer's 
 crossing, by Cresson bridge. Although he was owner of one of the 
 street lots, his residence was probably the west side of the river. His 
 
SIMEON COOK, 
 
BIOGBAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTAET. 517 
 
 son, Thomas, living to be nearly 99 years old, was a prominent man 
 in town affairs. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Cross and his brotliers, Thomas and Dea. Nathan, 
 were farmers, and, with their large families, lived on Pine Hill. Of 
 their descendants, Peter was a farmer and lived near H. W. Leonard 
 place. Benjamin was an engineer in a factory in Peterborough, 
 where he lost his life. Joseph and Otis were shoemakers, the latter 
 living and dying in "Westport. Eldad, a farmer and carpenter, lived 
 on E. Holbroolc and A. Talbot places,' and died in Worcester, Mass. 
 Daniel and Allen were clothing merchants respectively in Fitch- 
 •burg, Mass., and Winchester. Nathan, a farmer, removed to High- 
 gate, Vt. Charles was a machinist and, with Levi, lives in Keene. 
 George, a farmer, lived at West Swanzey, and his son, Irvin G., is 
 station agent at that place. Sullivan Cross was a farmer and exten- 
 sive dealer in horses, living at one time on James Wilson place, 
 previous to his removal to the West. Ira went to Manchester, was a 
 merchant tailor, and a few years since was mayor of that citj'. Enos 
 is a farmer in Gilsum. Geo. H. lives in Winchester, a meat and 
 provision dealer. 
 
 Richard^ Crossett, a farmer and mill owner, lived on Martin Cram 
 place. His brother, Robert, was a prominent Congregational minister ; 
 he died in Cincinnati. Robert, son of Richard, accumulated quite a 
 fortune in making flour barrel stock in Michigan. 
 
 Most of the Croxjch families came from Chesterfield. They are 
 farmers. Ephraim and Amos C. are also butchers. Daniel P]. 
 Crouch was a shoemaker at West Swanzej'. 
 
 The early Cdmmings families were farmers, and located as follows : 
 Capt. Enoch, a prominent man in town and church affairs, on A. B. 
 Dickinson place. Neliemiah, on L. Leach place. Capt. Daniel, on 
 Ephraim Crouch place. James, on the east side of the road opposite 
 A. B. Dickinsons. John, on P. D. Angier place. Joseph, on B. F. 
 Mead place, removed to Sullivan. Tliaddeus and John H., on P. E. 
 Gay farm. Ephraim, a son of Joseph, on T. W. Parkinson place. 
 Enoch, son of John, inherited his father's homestead, but went West 
 many jears ago. Ebenezer lived on a now abandoned farm, west of 
 E. Holbiook's. Amos E. lives in Richmond. The first five of the 
 above-named Cummings were brothers. 
 
 Cai.vin Curtis lived on a now discontinued road between the Starkey 
 and Perry farms. His son, Calvin, a farmer and jobber, died in Keene 
 in 1890. Caleb Curtis, a wall layer, lived in the south part of the 
 town. Luther C. went to Vermont, and Thaddeus to Illinois. 
 
518 HISTOET or SWANZEY. 
 
 Dr. Geo. I. Cutler was born in Keene and afterwards lived with 
 his parents in Charlestown and Alstead ; attended the high scliools 
 in Alstead and Brattleborough, Vt., and the seminary at Westmin- 
 ster, Vt. ; studied medicine with Drs. D. L. M. Comings, of Swanzey, 
 and William M. French, of Alstead ; graduated at the medical depart^ 
 ment of the University of Vermont, at Burlington, in 1864, and has 
 since practised his profession in this and adjoining towns, residing at 
 West Swanzej'. He has been town clerk since 1867, justice of the 
 peace for many years, and a member of the school committee most of 
 the time since his residence here. 
 
 George Darling lived in school district No. 8, and was a wheel- 
 wright. His son, Elijah S., has been nearly all his life an officer in 
 the house of correction at Boston, and state prison at Charlestown. 
 
 Arthur B. Davidson is a clerk in Goodnow's store. 
 
 The Days were farmers and lived in district No. 8, except Beriah, 
 who resided on the Oliver farm, southeast of Edmund Stone's; and 
 Enoch Day, who lived on B. & L. Hill farm. Israel Day bought 500 
 acres of land for himself and sons on Day hill. 
 
 Fred H. Diokerman lives at West Swanzey, a musician and team- 
 ster. 
 
 Webster D. Derby has a vegetable and fruit farm at West Swan- 
 zey. 
 
 Joseph Dickinson and his son, Dea. Joseph, lived and died on H. 
 Atwood place. Luther built the brick house on the hill (A. Atwood 
 place)and lived there many years, when he removed to A. H. Freeman 
 place, and died May 3, 1870. 
 
 Nathaniel Dickinson and his son, Abel, and grandchildren, 
 George and Cordelia, lived on Geo. Dickinson place. George, since 
 1876, has been at the asylum at Concord. Cordelia died April 9, 1888, 
 aged 57 years, 3 months, 2 days. William and his son, Nathaniel, lived 
 on A. A. Morse place. 
 
 AzARiAH Dickinson lived on Ella Sparks place. Asa built and 
 occupied the brick house by the Ashuelot R. R., which was burned 
 about 1872. Aaron lived in a house southerly of Joseph Dickinson's. 
 
 Gkn. Erastus Dickinson, David and Capt. Ansel located in Win- 
 chester and engaged in manufacturing pursuits, the latter becoming 
 quite wealthy. 
 
 Orrin Dickinson was also a successful manufacturer at the Factory 
 Village. His son, Abbott W., continues his father's business. 
 
I'nnf-Tjy H,B X.''''s Suns. Ifevj Yn'k, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 519 
 
 Ansel B. Dickinson is a farmer at West Swanzey. Joseph G., 
 Nathaniel W. and Daniel B. are residents of West Swanzey, and 
 employes in the mills. 
 
 John W. Dickinson returned to Harvard, Mass., where he died 
 several years ago. Daniel H. resides in Keene. 
 
 Frank O. Dodge is a blacksmith at West Swanzey. 
 
 Franklin and FArETTE F. Downing, farmers at Swanzey Centre, 
 came from Marlow in 1872. Clarence W. is a physician in Man- 
 chester. 
 
 Abraham Draper, a wheelwright, lived on Mrs. A. D. Draper 
 place. 
 
 G. W. Draper is a farmer, carpenter and painter. 
 
 Horace Drewrt lived on J. L. Starkey and E. W. Handy places ; 
 moved from town some forty-five j'ears ago. 
 
 Levi Durant, a propinent citizen, lived on C. H. Rockwood place. 
 Jethro Eames was one of the first proprietors. 
 
 JoTHAM Eames owned the farms now occupied by Ethan I. In- 
 man and B. Porter. His son, Jotham, inherited the former, and 
 William G. the latter, and their sons, James C. and Henry, were the 
 respective occupants of their father's homesteads — all farmers and 
 active business men. Of the sons of James C. and Henrj', Clarence 
 J. resides in West Swanzey Village, an employe in the shops ; Frank 
 H. went West ; George H. is a grain dealer in Keene, and Fred B. is 
 in business in Wichita, Kan. 
 
 George W. P^astman raises vegetables very extensively for the 
 Keene market. 
 
 Erdix S. Eastman, a'carpenter at West Swanzey. 
 
 JoEL^ Eaton lived on L. Leach and H. Carter places. He was a 
 veteran school teacher. His sons, F. Lloyd and JoelM., are lawyers 
 in Michigan. 
 
 O. S. Eaton is a farmer. 
 
 Humphrey G. Eaton is an employe in the mills at Factory Village. 
 
 Geo. W. Ellis, for man3' years a prominent farmer where he now 
 resides. His sons, D. Warren and J. Lucius, are successful produce 
 dealers in Boston. Elbridge C. also resides in Boston. Geo. S. has 
 been a farmer in Swanzey and Marlborough. 
 
520 • HISTORT OF SWANZET. 
 
 Luke Ellor, farmer and dealer in horses, lived at "West Swanzey, 
 more recently at Athol, Mass. 
 
 Ezra Emerson was a millwright, lived at Westport, Swanzey Cen- 
 tre, and East Swanzey, where he died. He was a nice workman and 
 a prominent Free Mason. His son, Jerome, is a farrner in Framing- 
 ham, Mass. 
 
 George E. and Edgar C. Emery are employes in West Swanzey 
 shops. 
 
 JonN Evans, one of the first settlers, went to NorthBeld about 1743. 
 
 Homer W. I^vans was a hotel keeper at West Swanze3'. Since his' 
 death his widow and son, Ned, have continued the business. 
 
 Henet B. Evans keeps a livery stable and deals in coal. 
 
 Charles E. Eveleth, a farmer and teamster, on Mrs. A. R. Ballon 
 place. 
 
 Luther and Calvin Fairbanks, it is supposed, were blacksmiths, 
 and resided near F. A, TTatson place. 
 
 Alonzo Fare, a farmer near Westport, has been assessor and 
 selectman. 
 
 Henry I. Fare came from Vermont, lived on J. Handy place, has 
 returned to Vermont. His sons, Oscar R., a farmer, and Walter P., 
 a laborer, live at East Swanzey. 
 
 Feed M. Farr, a carpenter, born in Chesterfield, lived on W. 
 B. Hill place biit now resides in Keene. 
 
 Samuel S. Farris, a farmer, lived and died on E. Lane place, near 
 E. P. Woodward's. 
 
 Henry Fassett, a farmer, lives on Geo. Dickinson place. 
 
 Stephen Faulkner was for many 3-ears station agent at Westport, 
 on Ashuelot R. R. ; justice of the peace, selectman, delegate to con- 
 stitutional convention, etc. Since his death, his son, Frank S.^ has 
 been station agent, selectman and postmaster. His daughter, Addie 
 J., is postmistress at West Swanzey, and Miss A. Gertrude Faulkner, 
 the deputy at Westport. 
 
 Geo. W. Faulkner has been a farmer and peddler, and is now a 
 manufacturer of wire spring beds. 
 
 Calvin Field was a farmer in Westport, also manufacturer of shoe 
 lasts, living where his son, Willard, now resides. Willard has been 
 an assessor of the town at two different times. 
 
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 ^Ol-^.^C^-L.-'y^-^ 
 
BIOGEAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 521 
 
 Mark Ferry, tlie hermit, lived in a cave or dug-out in the bank of 
 the meadow westerly of Geo. W. Eastman's. But little is known of 
 him. In the great freshet of 1739 lie was driven from his quarters, 
 and several years after this he left town. "Mark" meadow is sup- 
 posed to take its name from him. 
 
 Lyman Field, father and son, were employes in the shops at 
 Westport. 
 
 J. C. Field has been lumber dealer and manufacturer in Westport, 
 and is now proprietor of the steam mill there, but resides in Worces- 
 ter, Mass. 
 
 Horace Fifield, son of Slillraan, lived several years on J. Parsons 
 place, but removed to Sullivan. 
 
 Farnum Fish, a farmer, justice of the peace, and an active busi- 
 ness man in church and town affairs, lived and died on F. P. Atkinson 
 farm. Most of his daughters were school teachers. Nathaniel built 
 the house on Amasa Ballou place and lived there. Amos F. remained 
 on his father's homestead most of his life, a successful farmer. Ezra T. 
 engaged in several employments previous to emigrating to Meadville, 
 Penn., where he became wealthy in the coal mining business. 
 
 John Fitzgerald, a farmer, lived where his son, T. J., now 
 resides. The latter is a farmer and dealer in milk. 
 
 TiMOTHr Fitzgerald is a farmer and dairy man. 
 
 Benjamin Flint came from Winchester and lived on a now aban- 
 doned farm southeast of Edmund Stone's. He was a land surveyor. 
 
 William R. Flint built the house where F. Downing now lives 
 and resided there several years ; lived also at other places in town. 
 He was an active, stirring man ; died in Royalston, Mass. Royal M. 
 removed from town ; has been hotel keeper in several places ; now 
 resides in Leominster, Mass. Wilson and Daniel, sons of Benjamin, 
 are very prominent men in California. 
 
 H. FoKBCSH and son were farmers. 
 
 Franklin B. and Joseph N. Forristall lived at Factory Village, 
 employes in the mills. The latter for many years was manager for 
 E. Murdock, jr. 
 
 The Fosters were farmers and VweA in the northwest part of the 
 town. Philemon W. removed to West Swanzey Village. Fred W. 
 is a musician. 
 
522 HISTORY OF SWANZEr. 
 
 Eev,. Thomas L. Fowler, a M. E. clergyman and wooden-wave 
 manufacturer, i-ecently came from Cliesterfleld and resides at West- 
 port. His sons, Eugene A. and Herschell J., are in business at Fac- 
 tory Village. 
 
 Salmon H. Fox came from Bernardston, Mass., was a farmer on 
 Aloiizo Farr place, then a merchant in West Swanzey till his death 
 in 1891. 
 
 Asa Fueeman, a resident of East Swanzey, removed to New York. 
 
 Amos H. Freeman, once a blacksmith and merchant in Keeue, a 
 blacksmith at West Swanzey and now at Swanzey Centre. 
 
 Albeut a. French, a farmer and blacksmith at Westport. 
 
 Dr. Calvin Frink lived on F. Downing place and was one of the 
 leading men among the early settlers both in municipal and ecclesias- 
 tical matters. He was surgeon in the army of the revolutionary war. 
 
 Jotham W. Frink, a leading citizen at West Swanzey, merchant, 
 postmaster, etc. 
 
 Orlando Frink was a shoemaker in Westport. 
 
 Dr. Ephraim K. Frost lived on F. A. Watson place, and was prom- 
 inent in educational matters in town. 
 
 Charles Fkost was a painter and lived in Westport. 
 
 Amasa Foller, a carpenter, came late in life from Marlborough, 
 lived a few years on Mrs. S. Davis place and died where his widow now 
 resides. 
 
 Joseph O. Gary, a farmer and shoemaker, lived both in Massa- 
 chusetts and Vermont ; on L. N. Hewes' east farm, and in Swanzey 
 Centre. Was supervisor of the check-list. 
 
 Willard Gat, a farmer, spent forty years of his manhood and old 
 age on the farm now owned by his daughter Mrs. Zina G. Taft. 
 
 Dr. George W. Gay received his academic education at Mt. Csesar 
 Seminary, and Powers' Institute, Bernardson, Mass., being at one 
 time a teacher of mathematics in the latter school. In 1863, beino- 
 twenty-one years of age, he commenced the study of medicine in the 
 office of Dr. Geo. B. Twitchell of Keene. In 1864 he entered the 
 Harvard Medical school, spent a year in the hospital at Eainsford 
 Island, and was then successful in obtaining, after a competitive ex- 
 amination, the position of house surgeon at the Boston City Hospital 
 
BIOGEAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 523 
 
 and took his degree of M.D. in 1868. He immediately began prac- 
 tice in Boston, and in 1869 was appointed surgeon to out patients in 
 the City Hospital and, in 1872, visiting surgeon to the same institu- 
 tion, which position he has since held. He stands at the head of his 
 profession in Boston. His practice has been very extensive and va- 
 ried, mnny of his surgical operations having been of the most difficult 
 nature. He is a member of many medical societies in this country 
 and one in England, and has contributed a variety of valuable articles 
 to medical science. To obtain much needed rest he has several times 
 torn himself away from his business and visited Europe and the Pa- 
 cific coast. Dr. Gay married for his first wife Mary E., daughter of 
 B. F. and E. C. Hutchinson of Milford, who died Feb. 22, 1873. 
 His present wife is a daughter of Mr. J. H. Hathorn, of Boston, 
 proprietor of the Citizens' line of coaches. 
 
 Rev. Edward Goddaed, the third settled minister in town, lived 
 on the David Parsons place which, until quite recently, has been the 
 home of his descendants. He preached the election sermon at Con- 
 cord in 1795. His son, Edward, was a farmer and an influential man 
 in town affairs. Edward H., also a farmer, lived and died on Ella 
 Spark place. 
 
 Elbridge G. Goodell, a mechanic, lived several years at the foot 
 of Swanzey pond, and afterwards in Winchester and Richmond. 
 Wyman J. is a farmer and teamster. 
 
 Francis Goodhue, father and son, lived on F. A. Watson place. 
 The son was a prominent man, merchant, surveyor, etc. ; removed to 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Franklin Goodnow lived on George Ballon place, kept hotel at 
 Factory Village, then went to Hinsdale and manufactured wooden 
 ware. 
 
 William W. Goodnow, a farpier, lived on A. S. Whitcomb place, 
 but now resides in Richmond. 
 
 Charles Gove lived in town a few years, married Thankful Se- 
 bastian, now lives in Troy. 
 
 Abraham Graves, one of the original founders of the church, was 
 an active business man in the early history of the town. His sons were 
 manufacturers at the Factory Village and Graves' place as narrated 
 in Chapter IX. The grandsons were mostly farmers and mill owners 
 and residents of the easterly part of the town. 
 
52-4 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Charles Gkeen, a farmer, lived on L. Leach place. 
 
 Daniel Greenleaf came from Winchester and lived on the place 
 now occupied by his son Charles. 
 
 William Griffith was a mill owner at Factory Village, and after- 
 wards lived near E. Wilcox farm. His sons, Samuel and Barney, 
 lived successively on the E. Holbrook farm. Both moved to Keene 
 some fifty years ago. 
 
 William Grimes, one of the original grantees of the town, located 
 where Mrs. Susan Johnson, his great granddaughter, now resides. 
 The place has always been in the Grimes family, Dea. John living there 
 during his long life. 
 
 Samuel, Nathaniel and Wyot Gunn, brothers, were among the 
 original settlers of the town, Samuel and Nathaniel living on C. Whit- 
 comb place and Wyot near the Iron Bridge on the east side of the 
 South Branch. Wyot was the ancestor of all of the name since re- 
 siding in Swanzey. The descendants have been mostly farmers and 
 laborers. Israel H. lived on the farm now occupied by his son Phil- 
 ander W., and Daniel H. lives in Winchester. 
 
 Jeremiah Hale and his two brothers John D. and Otis D., all farm- 
 ers, lived at East Swanzey. Jeremiah removed to East Alstead. 
 
 John Haile and Eunice his wife, came from Chesterfield and spent 
 their last yearg on the J. Harper farm. They were the parents of 
 William Haile, ex-governor of New Hampshire ; and grandparents 
 of William Haile, the present Lieut-Governor of Massachusetts. 
 
 Edssell B. Hall, a carpenter, lives at West Swanzey. 
 
 Ebv. Jeremiah Hall, D.D., son of Arad and Hannah (Bailey) 
 Hall, was born in this town May 21, 1805; studied at Brattleboro' 
 Academy and Newton Theological Seminary ; pastor at Fairfax, West- 
 field and Bennington, Vt., Granville,- Ohio, and other places ; founded 
 several institutions of learning ; was principal of Norwalk Academy, 
 Ohio, and president of Denison University, Ohio. Died at Port Hu- 
 ron, Mich., May 30, 1881. 
 
 JosiAH Hamblet, son of Josiah, spent most of his life where his 
 father settled, in the northwest corner of the town, but he lived his 
 last years at the Mrs. Wellington place in West Swanzey. 
 
 Dea. John A. Hamblet, a farmer, lived on D. B. C. Hill place, 
 then in Keene and now resides in West Swanzey. 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 525 
 
 Phineas Hamblet located on the B. Nadow farm from which place 
 his son Benjamin and his family removed to Keeue. 
 
 In the annals of Swanzey no name has been more prominent or 
 oftener named than that of Hammond. Nathaniel Hammond was the 
 moderator of the first proprietors' meeting and the acknowledged 
 leader in every good enterprise in the infant settlement. He built the 
 first house standing where Mis. "Woodcock now lives. Of his sons, 
 Dea. Jonathan located on Sylvander Stone place ; Dea. Thomas near 
 where Geo. W, Eastman now lives, and Col. Joseph on A. B. Cook 
 farm. Of the next generation, Jonathan retained the homestead of 
 his father ; Aaron removed to Gilsum ; Dr. Nathaniel lived on W. C. 
 Belding farm ; Isaac on Mrs. E. Hill place ; Joseph on Robert Hovey 
 place, and Benjamin on D. B. C. Hill farm. Coming down to the next 
 generation we find Aaron in Gilsum, Josiah on A. B. Cook farm, Dea. 
 Joseph on D. B. C. Hill place and Benjamin on Pine HiU above the 
 Nadow farm. Still another remove places Joseph S. in Maine, Col. 
 Allen on A. B. Cook farm, Horace in Waltham, Mass., Willard and 
 Hiram in Iowa, Capt. Joseph, Joel and Aaron in West Swanzey and 
 Elliot in West Swanzef and Westport. The pammonds were mostly 
 farmers, strong, athletic men. Nathaniel Hammond and four of his 
 sons at one time owned about 3000 acres of land in Swanzey. In 
 all these generations they filled important public positions, civil, mil- 
 itary and ecclesiastical. Capt. Joseph Hammond, in addition to 
 the various town offices he has held, was a noted school teacher for 
 many years, has been a justice of the peace forty-eight years and a 
 land surveyor for a large part of his life. Joel was station agent at 
 West Swanzey seventeen years. Lowell W. Hammond has been freight 
 agent at Keene more than twenty years. Loron U. Hammond is a 
 merchant in Worcester, Mass., Joseph B., a clerk in Fitchburg, Mass., 
 and Orville H., a clerk in Gardner, Mass. 
 
 Loron P. Hammond, an ex-sea captain, lived at West Swanzey. 
 
 Martin and Josephus Handt, farmers, came from Richmond. 
 James E. resides at West Swanzey, an employe in the mills and se- 
 lectman in 1891. Frank E. resides at Framingham, Mass. 
 
 The Hanrahans, Habdts and Patrick Hake are all farmers at 
 West Swanzey, except Martin Hanrahan who is a weaver in the mills. 
 
 The Harris families lived in Swanzey and Richmond near where 
 David W. now resides ; all farmers. 
 
 The Harveys were thriving farmers and lived in that part of Swanzey 
 Tfhich was set off to Marlborough. 
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526 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 O. L. Haskell came from Troy, is a painter, and with his two sons, 
 Andrew J. and George H., resides at Factory Village. 
 
 Garinter Hastings, a shoemaker, lived at West Swanzey. 
 
 Allen B. Haywakd lost an arm in the war of the Rebellion and for 
 many years after he was employed in the Pension office at Washing- 
 ton. 
 
 Edward Hazen, a farmer, lived on J. W. Ballon place. 
 
 Davis Healet lived on a now abandoned farm a little east of Vol- 
 ney A. Marcy's. 
 
 Asa Healet, the present postmaster, lived many years on A. S. 
 Blake farm. His son, Daniel, is a lawyer in Keene and has been county 
 solicitor and county treasurer. C. Wallace is a manufacturer in Con- 
 necticut. 
 
 James Heaton was one of the original grantees of the town, and 
 he and his sons were large land owners. 
 
 The Heffrons were early settlers in District No. 8. 
 
 James Henry and James Henry, jr., were prominent men living on 
 ■R. and M. Henry place. John P. Henry, a farmer, on L. and E. 
 Crouch farm. 
 
 Benjamin Hewes lived on Mrs. C. Holbrook farm ; Samuel on a 
 farm now abandoned, south of N. Collier's, the house on which was 
 burned many years ago. William^ Hewes built the house now occu- 
 pied by Mrs. A. Fuller having previously lived at several other places. 
 Lorenzo N. is a farmer ; Franklin N. and Walter R. are engineers. 
 
 Arza a. Higgins is a teamster in Westport. 
 
 The early Hill families were farmers and laborers. George and 
 Joseph lived near Westport ; Jonathan on B. anil L. Hill place ; David 
 in various localities in West Swanzey. Of their children, Joseph lives 
 in Keene ; John P. at West Swanzey ; Bradley on his father's home- 
 stead; Henry, a farmer, near Swanzey Centre; D. B. C. is proprie- 
 tor of a hotel in Surry ; David, a machinist, in Massachusetts ; George, 
 son of David, is conductor on Boston and Maine railroad from Keene. 
 
 David A. Hill lives in New York and is reported to be quite 
 
 •wealthy. 
 
 Samuel Hills was one of the founders of the church and a very 
 prominent man in town ; located where Geo. W. Draper now lives. 
 
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 Dea. Samuel Hills lived on Mrs. D. Twitcliell place. Ebenezer Hills 
 was the second child born in Swanzey, and lived when a man on Vol- 
 ney A. Marey place. Samuel Hills, son of Nathaniel, lived on Wil- 
 lard I. Ballou farm. Nathaniel^ Hills lived on a farm east of V. A. 
 Marcy place. Dea. William Hills located in Richmond. Moses and 
 his son, Elijah, carpenters, lived on W. B. Hills place. Asa Hills 
 lived in Shrewsbury, Vt. Calvin Hills and his son, Charles N., lived 
 on V. A. Marcy place. Charles N. removed to B. F. Mead place, 
 and was a prominent auctioneer in Cheshire county. Ebenezer^ 
 Hills, a clothier, lived at the outlet of Swanzey pond. Eeuben Hills 
 was a prominent school teacher. 
 
 John Hills, a farmer, stone-cutter and miller, lived on W. I. Bal- 
 lou farm, and afterwards built the house where his son, Geo. H., now 
 resides. Geo. H. is a butcher. 
 
 Calvin E. Hills is a farmer and carpenter.. 
 
 Capt. PeterS Holbkook, a farmer and mason, settled where Ozro 
 T. Thompson now resides, and his brother, Seth, on the Mrs. Ci 
 Holbrook place. Seth was a farmer, drover and nail maker. 
 
 Helon Holbrook was a merchant at East Swanzey, and Chiron, a 
 farmer and butcher, where his widow now lives. 
 
 Clark B. Holbrook, a farmer and carpenter, came with his father, 
 Capt. Peter, from Bellingham, Mass. After his marriage he settled 
 on the farm which has since remained in the Holbrook family, and 
 there reared his large family of children, most of whom became emi- 
 nently successful. Mellen R. was a student two years at Lawrence 
 Academy, Groton, Mass., and one j'ear at the academy in Keene; 
 studied medicine with Dr. Hosea Pierce, of Winchester, and after- 
 wards with Dr. Childs, of Pittsfield, Mass., and Dr. Palmer, of Wood- 
 stock, Vt., and graduated at the Vermont Medical College June 19, 
 1850. He practised his profession about ten years at Fulton, N. Y., 
 and nearly twice that time at Poughkeepsie. He was studious, indus- 
 trious, and deserving of the success he gained. Lyman lived on 
 the Frank E. Ballou farm ; afterwards went to Springfield, Mass., 
 and engaged in the meat and provision business, from which he 
 retired a few years since. Charles attended Mt. Csesar Seminary two 
 years, and at the age of fifteen jvent to Springfield, Mass., where he 
 attended the public school two years, and then learned the trade of 
 machinist. In the spring of 1850, with other adventurers, he went to 
 California, via Isthmus route, and Worked in the mines for eighteen 
 
528 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 months. In the summer of 1853 Mr. Holbrook engaged in the lum- 
 ber business in El Dorado county, since which he lias been in the 
 mercantile business, first at Sacramento and later at San Francisco. 
 Though fire and flood have at several times made havoc with his 
 property, Mr. Holbrook has surmounted every obstacle and steadily 
 pressed his way onward and upward. He is president of the incor- 
 porated company of Holbrook, Merrill and Stetson, and its financial 
 manager; he is owner of the block where tiieir business is carried on, 
 corner of Market and Beale streets, one of the most substantial and 
 finest buildings on the Pacific coast. He has just completed an elegant 
 residence in San Francisco, and has a pretty, country, summer resi- 
 dence at Menlo Park, about thilty miles south of the city. Until the 
 trouble in Kansas Mr. Holbrook was a Democrat, but then became 
 an advocate of ttie doctrine that no more slave states should be added 
 to the American Union. In the war. of the Rebellion his influence 
 was exerted to the utmost to induce California to stand by the flag 
 and the government. While doing business in Sacramento, a branch 
 house was operated in Austin, Nevada, and Mr. Holbrooit was its 
 manager for two years. While in Austiu, such was his popularity, 
 that he was chosen the first maj'or of the city, allhough his political 
 party was largely in the minoritj'. It was diiririg his election can- 
 vass for mayor that tUe exciting iucident occurred" of selling the Grid- 
 ley sack of flour over and over from town to town = for the benefit of 
 ithe government sanitary commission until more than $100,000 were 
 ■realized, a detailed account of which sale can be seen in Harper's 
 Magazine for June, 1866. '-Mr. Holbrook's success from a poor boy 
 to a leading merchant of the United States is due to a few rules 
 adopted by him in early life, viz. : to be strictly temperate, of good 
 habits. Industrious, performing every duty faithfully, always striving 
 to do his part in every station in life, economical, yet helping liber- 
 ally the charitable, religious and public work of every community where 
 he has resided." Clark B. is the owner of the old homestead where 
 he was born, and which he delights to visit when he can get away 
 from his business in Springfield, Mass. He is also owner of exten- 
 sive real estate in his adopted city, where he has been a prominent 
 meat and provision dealer for many years. 
 
 Isaac W. Holbrook lived on the small farm east of G. W. Stan- 
 ley's, from which he removed to Maryborough. 
 
 John Holbrook, of Uxbridge, located where C. H. Holbrook now 
 lives. Of his sons, Aaron and Joshua were successful farmers ou the 
 
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 ame farm. The latter, by his eccentricities, furnished one of the 
 lames and characters for Denman Thompson in his celebrated play of 
 he "Old Homestead.'' John, a carpenter and farmer, reared his 
 amily on G. B. Holbrook farm. Daniel H., a farmer and lumber- 
 nan, lived on B. F. Lombard place till his removal to Keene in 1865. 
 lis son, John J., was a graduate of New London L. & S. Institution, 
 Jrown University and Newton, Mass., Theological Institute. He 
 tted for a Baptist minister, but preached only occasionally, devoting 
 is last years to civil engineering and surveying. He died March 24, 
 884. 
 
 PeterS Holbeook lived on Sylvanns M. Cram place, succeeded by 
 is son, Samuel, who later in life went to Westport, where his son, 
 lenry, now lives. The place now occupied by Mis. L. W. Holbrook 
 ,nd her son, Abijah, was formerly the residence of Peter^ and Leon- 
 rd W. Holbrook. Peter was a hatter by trade. 
 
 Jonathan Holbrook lived on H. O. BoUes place, as did also his 
 on, Samuel, and grandsons, Leonard W. and Edward. The latter 
 emoved to Winchester and died there. 
 
 Jonathan^ Holbrook lived on the hill east of West Swanzey vil- 
 3,ge. 
 
 Henry Holbrook lived where his son, Frank, now resides. Rim- 
 on H . has lived at various places in West Swanzey and Westport. 
 
 David Holbrook, from Rhode Island, and his son, Virgil A., 
 'ere farmers on W. C. Belding place. Virgil A. and Lorenzo R. 
 Bmoved to West Swanzey, where they died. Millins Holbrook lived 
 n P. P. Carlton place, and his son, H. D., on G. B. Holbrook place. 
 ir. B. Holbrook is a wealthy paper manufacturer in Holyoke, Mass. 
 
 Alvin Holman was a mechanic at Westport and Ashuelot. His 
 irother, Franldin, was a woodenware manufacturer at Westport, 
 'actory Village, and Wisconsin. 
 
 Amos Houghton was a cooper. Curtis E. and Clark H. are resi- 
 ents of the old homestead. 
 
 R. HovEY was a farmer, first on C. Whitcomb place and then on 
 tie farm where he died April 13, 1891. His four sons died in early 
 lanhood. 
 
 George Howe was a noted blacksmith at Factory Village. His 
 on Geo. W. Howe, a hotel-keeper at Swanzey Centre, and Albert N. 
 t Factory Village. 
 
530 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Capt. Ahaz Howard, a farmer and carpenter, on Webster D. 
 Derby place. 
 
 Moses Howard, a prominent farmer, business man, overseer of 
 poor, road and bridge builder, lived on L. & E. Crouch place and A. 
 G. Bennett farm. Of his sons, Charles H. was station agent at 
 "West Swanzey ; Daniel C, train dispatcher atKeene, on the Fitchburg 
 E. R. ; Oscar J. is furniture dealer in Keene. Both Daniel C. and 
 Oscar have been aldermen and members of the city council in Keene. 
 Julius F., a railroad conductor. 
 
 John 0. Howard has been clerk in the stores of S. H. Fox and 
 Frank L. Snow. 
 
 Samuel E. Howard was a carpenter at West Swanzey. 
 
 Simeon Howes was a cooper, living on E. O. Whitcomb place ; 
 Nicholas, a farmer, on Geo. W. Oliver place ; Luther and Silas, 
 farmers on E. O. Whitcomb place. Enoch was a successful shoe- 
 maker nearly the whole of his life at Swanzey Centre, and Lyman N. 
 a prominent farmer on Mrs. S. Davis place, and where he now 
 resides. 
 
 Henry C. Howes is in business near Boston, and Charles L. is box 
 manufacturer at Spragueville. 
 
 Manning Hunt was a blacksmith and lived at the foot of Swanzey 
 Pond, and afterwards at East Swanzey. 
 
 Charles G. Hunt is a farmer in Vermont; Norman, a paper 
 hanger and decorator, lives at SpringQeld, Mass., and Lemuel O. in 
 the same business in Omaha, Neb. 
 
 J. T. G. HuNTLY was a resident of Marlow, Richmond, and 
 Jerome place in Swanzey. Jonathan G. has been financially success- 
 ful as a travelling salesman. 
 
 Jonathan Jackson, a farmer, lived on Talbot place, and Asa on 
 C. S. Whitcomb place. William S., a laborer, has lived both in 
 Swanzey and Winchester ; George H., a butcher, in Keene, and now 
 a resident in Walpole, and Charles D. has been an agent in various 
 kinds of business in Swanzey and Winchester. 
 
 CiRENE Johnson lived where his widow now resides. 
 
 Hon. Asa S. Kendall was born in Burlington, Mass., April 27, 
 1814. In early life he taught school and learned the tanner and cur- 
 rier's trade. In 1840, with his brother Joel, he moved to Groton, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 531 
 
 Mass., and pursued his avocations there till 1848, when he went to 
 Medford, Mass., to superintend a large establishment ; remained tliere 
 till 1851, when he came to FitzwUliam and carried on an extensive 
 business in tanning and currying till 1867, when his property was 
 destroyed by fire. Jn November of the same year he removed to 
 West Swaiizey, and with persistent zeal fitted up another establish- 
 ment and successfully continued his business there till 1882, when 
 there was a general revulsion in the tanning business in New Eng- 
 land and it ceased to be profitable. The remainder of his life, after 
 this, was spent in farming. Mr. Kendall was an active temperance 
 man, and was several times the prohibition candidate for governor of 
 New Hampshire, and also for representative to congress. 
 
 MosES Kinney was a blacksmith at West Swanzey. 
 
 H. L. KiBUN is a painter in West Swanzey. 
 
 John F. Kidder was a farmer and laborer in the southwest part of 
 the town. 
 
 Jethro Kimball, and his son, Joseph Kimball, lived on A. S. 
 Blake farm. Benjamin Kimball was a lawyer. Daniel Kimball was 
 owner of the Underwood hotel at Factory Village. 
 
 Dr. Samuel D. King lived at Congregational parsonage. Re- 
 moved to Lunenburg, Mass. 
 
 Shepley W. Knight lived in District No. 5. 
 
 William H. Knight is a farmer and employe in pail shops. 
 
 Asaph Lane lived on the road east of E. and L. Stone's. 
 
 ELKAN4H Lane, the ancestor, lived on C. L. Lane place, which has 
 ever since been the home of some of the family. His son, Elkanah, 
 lived on E. Lane place by Bridge brook, and Samuel on the old 
 homestead. Here also lived Elijah with his brothers Elisha and 
 Ezekiel as neighbors on the north. Ezekiel built the house where E. 
 Wilcox now lives, having previously lived on the old road a little 
 west of this place. Dr. Samuel Lane practised his profession a short 
 time at Swanzey Centre, with brilliant prospects before him. but he 
 died in early manhood. In 1811, while travelling on horseback in the 
 woods, on the road between Troy and Fitzwilliam, he had a savage 
 encounter with a robber named Ryan, who snapped his pistol at him 
 and rushed upon him with a dirk. Dr. Lane was stabbed in the 
 shoulder but threw the robber and held him until help arrived. 
 Elkanah went to Maine and Alziny to Massachusetts. 
 
532 HISTORY OF SWANZET, 
 
 Passing to the next generation we find Luther S. with his family at 
 Swanzey Centre, Lowell, Mass., and on the old homestead, a manu- 
 facturer and farmer. Elliot W. married Eleanor, daughter of J"!"^ 
 Strattou, and died about 1862. Ebenezer F., a farmer at East Swan- 
 zey. 
 
 Capt. Samuel Lane had his home in Northfield, Mass. He was 
 for many years employed in the whale fishery, becoming commander 
 of the vessel. Ephraim removed to New Haven. ELkanah and Fred- 
 eric A. have been in various employments ; now residents of Cleve- 
 land, O. 
 
 Farndm F. Lane fitted for college at Hancock and New Ipswich 
 Academies, but was obliged to give up a collegiate education. He 
 studied luw with T. M. Edwards, of Keene ; was admitted to the bar 
 in 1843, practised law in Winchester from '43 to '46, in Walpole from 
 '46 to '49, and in Keene the remainder of his life. He was a mem- 
 ber of the state legislature in '47, '48, '62 and '63. He was county 
 treasurer one year and county solicitor ten years. He was twice 
 offered the position of justice of the supreme court of New Hamp- 
 shire, but declined to accept. He was not a fluent speaker, but as a 
 judge of law he probably had no superior in the state. As an illus- 
 tration, he was referee in an important lumber case, in the northern 
 part of the state, which lasted a month, and in which such men as 
 Oilman Mafstoii, Hairy Bingham, Henry W. Blair, Ossian Ray and 
 H. W. Parker were engaged as counsel. Twenty-two exceptions to 
 Mr. Lane's rulings upon points of law were carried up to the full 
 bench, and he was sustained upon every one, a record, it is said, 
 without a parallel in New Hampshire. 
 
 Geo. F. Lane & Sons, pail and bucket makers, as already stated. 
 Geo. E. died in 1888. Alonzo F. and Alpheus located in Vinelaud, 
 N. J. Elisha F. has lived in Marlborougli and Keene, engaged in v;iri- 
 ous occupations and been successful in nearly all. He has one of the 
 finest farms in Keene, and probably owns more land in Swanzey 
 than any one else. He has been sheriff of the county and is a prom- 
 inent bank director in Keene. Solon H. and Henry C. reside in 
 Syracuse, N. Y. Martin L., since leaving Swanzey, has been a 
 merchant in Ware, Mass. Hubert E. has been engaged in manufac- 
 turing buckets at the Graves' mills. Ezekiel F. is in California and 
 Ezra in Missouri. 
 
 Nathaniel Lawrence was a cattle drover living near Westport. 
 His son, Solomon R., was a successful butcher in Palmer, Mass. 
 
Benjamin F, Lombard, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY, 533 
 
 Justin Lawrence and Paddock, his son, lived on a now abandoned 
 farm west of Everett Holbrook place. 
 
 JosiAH Leach, a farmer on D. B. C. Hill place. 
 
 Lyman Leach lived on Mrs. S. Seaver place. Lyndall W. is a 
 farmer and peddler. 
 
 John Leboubveaxi and Aaron were farmers on M. PlufE place. 
 Ellery lives at East Swanzey. 
 
 George Leonard lived on D. B. C. Hill place. Henry W. is a 
 farmer and horse tamer. George A. lives in Winchester. 
 
 Alonzo Leonard died when a young maQ. Robert P., formerly 
 of Westport, is a clock repairer, and a decidedly inventive genius. 
 His poetical effusions have interested many persons. He is truly loyal 
 in caring for his unfortunate brother, Welcome. 
 
 Levi Lewis, for many years a shoemaker in town-, removed to 
 Vermont. 
 
 Herman L. Lincoln is an employe in the miUs at East Swanzey. 
 His sons, Fred C. and Frank L., are in the same employment at West 
 Swanzey. , 
 
 Aaron Lombard, a farmer and blacksmith, in middle life on H. 
 Holbrook place in Westport, and later on T. Naylon place. His son, 
 Benjamin F., a farmer, carpeuter and millwright, was honored by 
 his townsmen with most of the town offices. Flavins F. was asso- 
 ciated awhile with his father in the mill ; has lived at other times in 
 various localities. 
 
 Thomas Lonergan is an operative in the West Swanzey mills. 
 
 Captain John Long in early manhood lived at West Swanzey, was 
 afterwards a boatman on Connecticut river, and a farmer in North- 
 field, Mass. His brother, Joseph, was a farmer in various places in 
 town. He built the house where P. E. Gay resides. 
 
 J. E. Long is a farmer and carpenter. 
 
 George Lord was a shoemaker at East Swanzey. 
 
 Bemsley Lord, a hotel keeper at Factory Village. 
 
 Maj. Chester Lyman lived at East Swanzey on J. C. Bourn 
 place. When the Whig party disbanded in 1855 and merged itself 
 into the American or Republican party, be cast a solitary vote for his 
 old party, and was proud of the distinction to vote the ticket on 
 
534 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 which was inscribed the motto "Don't give up the ship." He was a 
 level-headed, well-read man. His son, Leonard, went to Grand 
 Eapids, Mich., and is a pail maker. 
 
 Rev. S0LLIVAN Holman M'Collistee, D.D., though a native and 
 now a resident of Marlborough, has been for many years of his life 
 closely identified with the people and interests of Swanzey ; a student 
 and teacher in her seminary, a supervisor of her schools, a. minister 
 and consoler to scores of her people in the hour of bereavement, 
 being highly esteemed as a preacher by those of his own denomina- 
 tion, and, as a citizen, by all. He was born December 18, 1826 ; 
 graduated 1851 from Verniont University, and completed a course in 
 the divinity school of Harvard University, 1853. He taught two 
 years in the Academy at Walpole ; four years was principal of Mt. 
 Cffisar Seminary ; school commissioner of Cheshire county three 
 years, and president of the State Board of Education for the same 
 time; was in charge of Westbrook Seminary (Me.) eight years, and 
 president of Buchtel College (Ohio) six years. He has preached in 
 Swanzey, Westmoreland, Nashua, Dover, Bellows Falls, Vt., and in 
 Ohio ; has visited Europe five times, sailed round the globe once, and 
 spent more than four years in foreign lands. He has been an exten- 
 sive correspondent for religious, educational and local papers, and is 
 the author of several works on foreign travel. Mr. M'Collister mar- 
 ried Miss Sophia F. Knight, of Dummerston, Vt. Of their four 
 children only one survives, Rev. Lee S. M'Collister, a prominent 
 Universalist clergyman ; settled in Detroit, Mich. 
 
 Edward A. McFarland is associated with his father-in-law, H. 
 Denman Thompson, in the management of the "Old Homestead." 
 His home is in Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Erasmus Marble, a blacksmith, lived and died on the J. 0. Gary 
 place. Dea. Alfred Marble, also a blacksmith, lived awhile with his 
 Uncle Erasmus, then on the A. S. Whitcomb place, from which he re- 
 moved to Winchester, and afterwards to Hinsdale. 
 
 Silas R. Maboy, a farmer at West Swanzey. 
 
 VoLNEY A. Marcy came to town about 1868 ; died in 1891. 
 
 George Marsh lived in 1848 on the A. A. Ware place. He was 
 soon after killed on the railroad in Keene. 
 
 Charles Marsh, a farmer near picnic grounds, by Swanzey Pond. 
 
 Amasa a. and Walter E. Marsh are associated with their father, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND STJPPLEMiiNTAET. 535 
 
 James Marsh, of Keene, in the pail and mercantile business at West- 
 port. 
 
 Jonathan Martin was a miller at Factory Village. His son Jona- 
 than moved to Springfield, Vt., and operated a factory there. Laton 
 was a veteran teamster to Boston in ante-railroad times. For many 
 years past he has won success in a livery stable in Keene. James M. 
 was also a teamster. 
 
 David R. Marshall was a stave manufacturer at Sprague's pond. 
 
 Benjamin Marvin was a manufacturer at Westport and West Swan- 
 zey. 
 
 Eliezkk Mason lived on the Oscar Farr and Virgil Woodcock 
 places. His son Hale was a carpenter and lived in a house that stood 
 nearly opposite L. Talbot's place. Martin was a miller employed at 
 sundry places. Benjamin lived his last years on C. Britton place at 
 Factory Village. Frank M. lives at Cambridge, Mass., and Martin 
 M., a carpenter, at West Swanzey. 
 
 Frank E. Mason is a successful carpenter and stair builder at 
 Providence, R. I. 
 
 Herbert W. Mason was a pail manufacturer at East Swanzey but 
 now runs a boarding liouse at Glens' Falls, N. Y. 
 
 The early home of the Swanzey Mattliews was where T. Fitzgerald 
 now resides. Here lived Solomon, Jolin H. and Levi. They made 
 brick on the farm. Levi removed to Marlboro'. Edwin B., a bliick- 
 smitli, also lives in Marlboro'. James H. has been a hotel keeper in 
 Brattleboro', Vt., and in several towns in Mass. He now resides in 
 Milford, Mass. 
 
 Benjamin Mead and liis son Benjamin F., farmers and brick-ma- 
 sons, came from Marlow to Keene, thence in 1862 to Swanzey, locat- 
 ing on R. R. Ramsdell, jr., place. Benjamin F. bought his present 
 home in 1884. 
 
 Joel Mellen came from Fitzwilliam and became an extensive land 
 owner and farmer in Swanzey. His home was the Benjamin Read 
 place, the house on which he bnilt. One Saturdaj' as he was riding 
 from Keene towards home he overtook Rev. Z. S. Barstow, then a 
 young man who had recently' been settled in tliattown, and was walk- 
 ing with umbrella in hand to make an exchange with a neighlioring 
 minister on the morrow. Mr. Mellen, not knowing him, asked the 
 stranger to ride, which invitation was gladly accepted. Learning that 
 
536 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 his companion was from Keene, Mr. M. referred to the fact that they 
 had a new minister there. "Ah !" said the Reverend, "How do they 
 like him? Wiiat kind of a man is he?" "Well," replied Mr. M., "I 
 haven't heard him myself, but tliey say he is a regular spouter." The 
 reply was interesting to the future D.D., and the story was often told 
 by him in after j'ears. 
 
 Jonas H. Merriam, a basket maker, came to this town from Athol, 
 Mass., about 1836, and'lived at several places in East Swanzey. He 
 was fife major nine months in the war of 1812, and stationed at Black 
 Rook. His son William learned the tanner's trade in Swanzey and 
 has since resided in Springfield and Palmer, Mass. 
 
 Irus Mktcalf, a farmer, died where Hannah Read lives in West- 
 port. Jolin W. has been a hotel keeper in Troy and other places. 
 William H. and Charles N. reside in Winchester. Caleb H. Metcalf 
 was a mechanic and died in a western state. 
 
 Lawson Moore, son of Lawson, a farmer, lived where his grandson 
 Frank now resides and at other places in town. William Moore died 
 July 12, 1887. He was a farmer and laborer, and probably threshed 
 more grain than any other Swanzey man. Jonas L. is a farmer and 
 broom maker. George H. lived on C. R. Worcester place, removed 
 to California and now with his two sons and a daughter resides there. 
 
 Francis Morse, a manufacturer at West Swanzey many years ago, 
 removed to Keene, thence to Winchester where he still lives. 
 
 Henry Morse was a noted hotel keeper on the "Jonathan Clark" 
 farm. His son Isaac was a tanner and a prominent man in Winchen- 
 don, Mass. 
 
 Henry^ Morse was an active man in town affairs, and ahotel keeper 
 on Levi Crouch place. 
 
 Ansil a. Morse was born in Stoddard, spent his youthful days in 
 Marlow, taught school at the west and is now a farmer and lumber 
 dealer in Swanzej'. 
 
 Elisha Munsell was a wheelwright and lived on E. A. McFar- 
 land place. His sons, Robert B. and Elisha, live in Keene, the for- 
 mer a manufacturer of sasii and blinds, and the latter a wooden-ware 
 manufacturer at Swanzey Factorj'. 
 
 Baxter Mordock and his son Jacob B. lived in Westport on Win- 
 chester line and were millwrights. The son removed to Winchester. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 537 
 
 Jesse W. Murphy has been a farmer, school teacher and prominent 
 pail manufacturer. 
 
 Benjamin Nadow, a farmer and teamster. 
 
 Nathan F. Newell was born in Richmond, became a machinist, 
 was master workman nine years in a R. R. shop in Worcester. 
 Worlced also in Piermont, N. Y., and Bloomington,Ill. Returned to 
 Richmond in 1866, and came to East Swanzey in 1880. He was a 
 Mason, a member of the Grand Army, and of tlie order of the Golden 
 Cross. His son, Leonard A., is an employ^ in the mills. 
 
 George F. Newell lives at S^ranzey Centre. Has recently pur- 
 chased the G. H. Rockwood place. 
 
 Calvin Newton was a farmer in Marlborough, then lived on High 
 street. West Swanzey, and then went to Marlborough again. 
 
 RiPLEr NiTTEowK, a teamster, hotel keeper, etc., has his home 
 with Mrs. G. W. Alexander. His son, John S., is a teamster and 
 employe in the mills at West Swanzey. 
 
 Orkin F. Oakman, when a young man, bought the J. Handy farm 
 and lived there several years. He then removed to his present resi- 
 dence in West Swanzey. His son, Walter F., is an operative in the 
 box shop. 
 
 William C. Oakman went from this town to Iowa and became a 
 prominent farmer and legislator. He has now returned to Swanzey. 
 
 The Olcotts were residents of West Swanzey, and except Otis, 
 were well-to-do farmers. Benjamin, James and James H. were 
 residents of the Charles L. Ball place. James H. removed to Illinois. 
 
 George Oliver was a manager in cotton mills in several places, a 
 farmer on C. L. Lane place and a merchant at East Swanzey. 
 
 His son, George W., has been remarkably successful in a pottery 
 establishment in Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 Daniel Osborn lived on Mrs. J. D. Hale place. Was a farmer. 
 
 The Os&ooDS came from Lancaster, Mass., and settled in the south 
 part of the town. Elijah and Oliver removed to Sullivan. Ezekiel 
 located on the Mrs. Twitchell place and was a farmer. Of his chil- 
 dren, Elisha had a store where L. N. Howes now lives ; afterwarda 
 was a hotel keeper and merchant at Westport where he died. Ros- 
 well S. was a farmer on Josephus Handy place. He subsequently 
 removed to Saxton's river, Vt. Ezekiel and Elliot, sons of Elisha, 
 
538 HISTORY or swanzet. 
 
 also went to Saxton's river and were merchants and dealers in horses, 
 carriages, etc. 
 
 Samuel Page came from Hudson, and located where his grand- 
 sou Leander now lives. Of his sons Ephraim lived on a part of the 
 old homestead, the Alonzo Ballon place ; Major Ezekiel was a prom- 
 inent farmer where his fatlier lived ; David was a machinist, lived at 
 Factory Village and other places. Of the third generation Benjamin 
 was prominent as a manufacturer at E. Swanzey and as a merchant 
 and postmaster, etc., at the centre. He was the prime mover in found- 
 ing and building the Mt. Csesar Seminary and Swanzey Academy. 
 Calvin was a speculator, deputy sheriff, etc. Ira and Orlando re- 
 moved to Vienna, New York, and were millers. Ambrose was a 
 tanner, died in New York City. Ezekiel T. was a hotel keeper near 
 Boston, and afterwards went to Omaha, Neb. Meranda operated a 
 hotel in Stowe, Mass. Leander, a reliable farmer, has recently cele- 
 brated his golden wedding on the old homestead. Of the children of 
 the latter, Charles E. is an employe in the mills at W. Svranzej'; 
 Henry L. is a meat and provision dealer in Marlboro, and George G. 
 a farmer and teamster on his father's farm. 
 
 W. Alexander Palmer is a maker of brush handles in Brooklyn, 
 N. Y.,and his brother D. Sanford, a runner for Babbitt's soap : lives 
 in Franklin Park, Mass. Their mother still resides at W. Swanzey. 
 
 Amasa Parker and his son Joshua lived on Lorenzo Ballou place. 
 Of the children of the latter, Joshua removed to Marlboro', Mass., 
 and was a teamster; Benjamin went to Vermont ; Eliza was a good 
 school teacher. After her marriage she removed to the west. 
 
 Lyman Parker was born in Keene but spent most of his life in 
 Swanze)', an active business man, a carpenter, miller and farmer, lived 
 at E. Swanzey and at the Centre. He built and successively occupied 
 the houses where A. B. Read, J. G. Huntley and Geo. W. Draper 
 now reside. 
 
 RoswFXL Parker sold his manufacturing interests at E. Swanzey 
 and removed to Oneida, N. Y. 
 
 Carlton Parker lived where his widow still resides. 
 
 Joseph L. was a manufacturer of wooden ware at the Centre and 
 "W. Swanze3^, also a merchant at the latter place. 
 
 Benjamin F. lives in Penn. Clarence A. is a pail painter at W. 
 Swanzej'. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 539 
 
 Dea. Aaron Parsons came from Palmer, Mass., and located on the 
 farm which has since been successively occupied by his son Josiah and 
 grandson Josiah. Benjamin Parsons the father of Dea. Aaron came 
 to spend his remaining days with his son. All these made farming 
 their principal business. Josiah, the present occupant of the farm, 
 was chairman of the board of selectmen during the war of the Rebel- 
 lion, and with his associates safely engineered our finances through all 
 those trying years. 
 
 Silas Parsons, son of Aaron, lived on Mrs. A. R. Ballou and M. 
 C. Stone places. He was a celebrated maker of clocks, some of which 
 were so constructed as to play a regular psalm tune on Sunday and 
 secular tunes on other days of the week. He gave largely for Home 
 and Foreign missionary objects, about $20,000 in all. 
 
 Silas Parsons, JR., was an ingenious mechanic, but delicatein health ; 
 and died in early manhood, Oct. 7, 1839. 
 
 David Parsons was a farmer and carpenter, living most of his 
 manhood on A. S. Whitcomb and D. Parsons places. The latter farm 
 he sold a short time previous to his death. His son, Orlow E., is a resi- 
 dent of W. Swanzej' and a box manufacturer. 
 
 Benjamin Parsons, of another family, had a tannery a little west of 
 A. S. Whitcomb's. 
 
 Jacob Patch was a laborer at W. Swanzey. His son Lyman is 
 a stove dealer in Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 Silas B. Partridge has been a pail and bucket maker both at Fac- 
 tory Village and W. Swanzey. Has also been selectman. His sons, 
 S. Emerson andC. Edward, are also manufacturers, the former over- 
 seer in Clark's factory in Marlboro', and the latter in a pail shop in 
 Winchester. 
 
 Warren H. Peaslet was an operative in the mills at Factory Vil- 
 lage. 
 
 WiLLARD S. Perham lias for many j'ears been enployed in Factory 
 Village shops. Was selectman two years. 
 
 About 1840 and previous to that time Alexander Perry was a prom- 
 inent farmer on E. W. Handy place. 
 
 Another family of Perrys lived in the south part of the town. John 
 and Nahum where Walter H. now resides. They were farmers and 
 lumber men. Alpheus owned the place where P. Gunn now lives. 
 
540 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 He was a farmer. His son Erlward was a scliool teacher, farmer, 
 iiierchant, etc., living at various places in Swanze}'. Martin and Jo- 
 seph lived successively on S. Bishop place. Noali is now a prosperous 
 farmer in Richmond. Byron D. also lives in Richmond and George 
 W. in Winchester. Jairus, after leaving Swanzey, spent the rest of 
 his life in Richmond. Oliver B. lives in Keene ; a laborer. 
 
 Jesse and Barnabas C. Peters were prominent men in Westport, 
 the former a hotel keeper, tlie latter a tailor, removed to Winchester. 
 Francis R. is a jeweller in Winchester. 
 
 James Pierce was a farmer on W. H. Leonard place. His son. 
 Gen. James Pierce, went with his family to Pennsylvania and identi- 
 fied himself with the coal mining and iron business, and became very 
 wealthy. He died recently and is said to have been a millionaire. 
 Both he and his wife gave largely for religious and educational ob- 
 jects. 
 
 William Pierce and his son. Job W., are well-to-do farmers in 
 Missouri. 
 
 John Pierce, a farmer, lived on the P. Hare place. 
 
 Mike G. Pldff is a teamster and farmer in the eastern part of the 
 town. 
 
 James Plummer, a laborer living in Westport, came from Win- 
 chester. 
 
 Seth Pomerot, son of Seth, lived on Mrs. McFarland place, and 
 his son Benjamin, a laborer, on Mrs. B. Pomeroj' place. Nathaniel 
 B. has been a prosperous tanner in Townsend, Vt. David A. was 
 killed in Vermont. Albert is a mechanic in Mass. 
 
 Reuben Porter was a school teacher, a merchant at the Centre and 
 other localities. Removed to Chesterfield. Francis J. Porter lived 
 at the Centre in steam-mill times and then at West Swanzey. J. 
 Byron is a farmer. 
 
 Stephen and John Potter were cloth dressers and farmers at the 
 outlet of Swanzey pond. 
 
 Ei.BRiDGE G. Prentice was a laborer in Westport. John M. is a 
 farmer living on A. Ballou place. 
 
 Joshua J. Prime was a farmer and lived on J. L. Winch place. 
 His brother, Josiah, lived in a house that stood in the lot a little east 
 pf Joshua's. 
 
JOSIAH PARSONS, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 541 
 
 Thomas Prime, a farmer, lived on Frank H. Moore place and spent 
 his last years in Maine. 
 
 JosiAH Prime, jr., was a carpenter, living in West Swanzey until 
 his removal to Pennsylvania. 
 
 George H. Prime lives at West Swanzey, an employe of H. D. 
 Thompson. 
 
 The QciNNS are employes in the West Swanzey mills. 
 
 Abraham Randall settled in the east part of Swanzey (now Troy) 
 and then moved to J. W. Murphy place. Asahel, his son, lived there 
 also, and built the house now standing. A large family of his sons 
 remained unmarried with their father till about 1830, .when most of 
 them went to Oneida, New York. Roswell was aclothier at E. Swanzey 
 when he removed to the West. 
 
 Dr. Paul Ratmond was a practising physician at the Centre and 
 died young. 
 
 Aquila Ramsdell, the ancestor, lived first on Mrs. C. Holbrook 
 place. He then removed to the farm which has since been successively 
 occupied by his son Elisha, grandson Aquila and now by Mrs. Rams- 
 dell and Henry A. They were farmers and carpenters. Capt. James 
 M. Ramsdell removed to Penn. 
 
 Charles G. Ramsdell and his son Eugene C. excel as musicians ; the 
 latter standing preeminently high. He resides at Music Hall, Boston, is 
 a dealer in musical instruments and one of the most accomplished band 
 leaders in New England. Richard R., James M., as well as Charles 
 G., are all wooden-ware manufacturers at East Swanzey. Richard R., 
 jr., is both farmer and brick mason. Edgar E. is a watch dealer at 
 West Swanzey. Henry A. is a farmer and clock repairer. 
 
 Timothy Read, a shoemaker, the first of the family in Swanzey, 
 located first on Oscar Farr place, remained there a few years when he 
 built a house on the hill about a mile east where he lived the rest of 
 his life. His sons located as follows: Joel, a farmer, on Thomas 
 Naylon's place. John, a shoemaker, on A. G. Read place. Josiah 
 P., a farmer, on Oscar Farr place. Benjamin, a farmer, in Shrews- 
 bury, Vt. Robert, a carpenter in Allegany Co., N. Y. Passing to 
 the next generation, most of the daughters of Joel, as factory opera- 
 tives, acquired a handsome fortune. 
 
 Of the sons of John, Abel W., a farmer and mechanic, lived on his 
 father's homestead where also resides his son Albert G. 
 36 
 
542 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Timothy was an extensive farmer in Danby, Vt. A daughter of his 
 was deaf, dumb and blind, but quite intelligent. 
 
 John was a hotel keeper in Fitzwilliara. Daniel accumulated quite a 
 fortune as a stone mason, but losing it went to California where he died. 
 
 Charles, a cooper, located in Hartford, Conn. Rawson, a carpen- 
 ter, also went to Hartford and became a dealer in furniture, but re- 
 turned to the old homestead. 
 
 Dba. William Read had his home and died on T. W. Parkinson 
 place. He was a farmer, was fifty-six years clerk of the Congrega- 
 tional society ; was actively engaged in town, church and educational 
 matters. He was for many years a justice of the peace. 
 
 Dea. Josiah Miles Read has spent most of his manhood near Bos- 
 ton, doing successful business in that city, first as a patentee, manu- 
 facturer and dealer in boot forms, and later as a patentee and dealer 
 in stoves and stove furniture. His home is now in Everett. 
 
 Hon. Benjamin Read, popularly known as "Col. Read," or simply, 
 "The Colonel," has been an extensive farmer, a merchant, lumber 
 dealer, pail manufacturer, school officer and teacher, justice of the 
 peace and town historian. He has, with the exception of a few years 
 in early manhood, resided in East Swanzey and been identified with 
 the interests of that village. He was one of the first, if not the first, 
 in this town to ally himself with the interests of the Abolition or Lib- 
 erty party, which .at that time was anything but popular; and he has 
 ever been actively engaged in political matters. Being a modest man 
 and disliking to speak about himself, this paragraph is written by one 
 of the committee on town history. 
 
 Edwin F. Read, a manufacturer most of his life, has been at differ- 
 ent times a resident of East and West Swanzey, Westport, Keene, 
 Boston and vicinity. Wherever he has lived he has been public 
 spirited, actively engaged in the interests of morality, education, tem- 
 perance, etc. He has been too generous or too confiding in others to 
 get or retain wealth. He now resides with his daughter, Mrs. I. A. 
 Whitcomb, in Somerville, Mass. 
 
 George H. Read was in the sanitary commission during the war, 
 and for many years afterwards in the pension office at Washington. 
 He now resides in Baltimore. 
 
 Joel Read, son of William, lived several years on G. W. East- 
 man place, then in Keene an employe on the railroad, and is now in 
 a restaurant in Chicago. 
 
ALBERT B. READ. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 543 
 
 Francis Read is an employe in tlie railroad shops and resides in 
 Keene. 
 
 Of tlie sons of Benjamin, Albert B. has beeiv merchant and post- 
 master in East Swanzey, but now (1892) has purchased a bakery in 
 Winchendon, Mass., and removed thitlier. Willie F. was an employe 
 in the mills till 1886, when he removed to Fitchburg, Mass., and 
 went into a grocery store. Edwin M. is a grocer in Fitchburg, and 
 Josiah Warren was a teamster but now is in a coal'establishment in 
 the same city. 
 
 Rufas AND Josiah Read, farmers, lived respectively on Marshajll 
 W. Rixford and Mrs. A. Read places in Westport. Of the children of 
 the former, David was a farmer on the old homestead, killed in the 
 woods ; Joel was a brick maker in Albany', N. Y. ; Josiah an exten- 
 sive farmer in III. ; Alanson, a farmer and laborer in Westport; Henry 
 P. has been pail maker and painter in Westport and Winchester. 
 
 Allen Read, son of Josiah, was a farmer on his father's place as is 
 also his son George A. 
 
 Adoniram J. Read was an employe in the Westport Mills. 
 
 Joseph Mason Read has been an extensive box manufacturer in 
 Westport and Keene. His sons, J. Carlon and George M., are now 
 associated with him in the business. 
 
 Peter Rice was a farmer living on Alfred Talbot place. 
 
 Nelson W. Ricb was a farmer at E. Swanzey ; now resides in Troy. 
 
 John S. Rice is a teamster at E. Swanzey. 
 
 Jacob E. Rich and J. Otis Rich are pail turners at W. Swanzey. 
 
 Wtman Richardson, the ancestor, located on E. W. Handy place, 
 a farmer, sickle maker, etc. His son Wyraan was a blacksmith and 
 lived on L. N. Hewes place. Elkanah was a school teacher and be- 
 came a prominent man in Ohio. 
 
 The sons of Wyman were all mechanics and prosperous m business. 
 Wyraan, Nathaniel and Luna were machinists in Athol, Mass. Wy- 
 man afterwards removed to Fitchburg, Mass., and died there. Nathan 
 Henry learned the machinist's trade in Athol where he worked about 
 eicht years when he was employed by the American Rattan Co. of 
 Fitchburg as superintendent of their works at that place. He contin- 
 ued here during the existence of the company some twenty-five years, 
 when he removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., being employed by the Union 
 Rattan Co. of that city. He was very successful in both places, mak- 
 
544 HISTORY OF SWANZEr. 
 
 ing many improvements, and patenting several inventions which have 
 given him a competency. He now resides in Athol. 
 
 William Carr Belding Richardson is now an extensive coal 
 dealer in Cliieago. 
 
 Erie, son of Dr. Amos Richardson, lived in the southwest part of 
 Keene on Swanzey line. His son Amos, "the Giant," lived on the ad- 
 joining farm in Swanzey. As an illustration of iiis great strength the 
 following incident is vouched for as true. At the "raising" of tlie 
 Baptist meeting house in 1804, on the frame about 20 feet from the 
 ground a stick of timber was placed which wars 36 feet long, 8 by 13 
 inches in tlie centre and tapering uniformly to each end where it was 
 8 by 8 inclies. It was necessary to turn this stick so that the north 
 end should be at the south. The "Giant" was asked by his compan- 
 ions to assist in the performance. He replied, "Gentlemen please 
 stand aside and I will do it alone." Sampson-like, he bowed himself 
 to the task and accomplished the feat amid the plaudits of the spectators. 
 
 His son Capt. Amos lived many years on the old homestead, but as 
 the hill farms were being deserted he abandoned his and removed to 
 the centre of tiie town there keeping a boarding house, running a 
 store, etc. His son, Lloyd D., has been an eraploj'eand manager for 
 railroad companies in New England, in Chicago and now in Arkansas. 
 Most of his brothers, and in fact, many of the descendants of Dr. Amos 
 Richardson were in business connected with railroads, and nearly all 
 have been quite successful. As a family tliey have been strong and 
 athletic, the sons knowing how to drive a spike with telling effect, or 
 manage any business intrusted to tiiem to the satisfaction of their em- 
 jiloyers. It is said that one of tlie daughters would readily take a 
 barrel of cider from the ground and lift it into a cart. 
 
 Benjamin H. Richardson lived many years on A. B. Dickinson farm, 
 then at Spragueville, a dealer in ice for the Keene market. 
 
 Geo. W. Richardson is a farmer, carpenter and ice dealer at W. 
 Swanzey. 
 
 William Rider was a manufacturer at Swanzey Factory, and at 
 E. Swanzey. His daughter, Jane C, a very noted somnambulist, 
 was born in this town in 1816. In 1833, she performed in Worcester, 
 Mass., some of the most remarkable somnambulistic feats known to 
 the medical profession. 
 
 William N. Ripley and Charles W., his son, are laborers at E. 
 Swanzey. 
 
N, HENRY RICHARDSON, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 545 
 
 Marshall "W. Rixford came from Winchester and is a farmer in 
 Westport. His brotlier, Ephraim P., is a stone mason at W. Swanzey. 
 Artemas W. is an employe in tlie West Swanzey mills. 
 
 Patrick H. and George Robbins are stone masons and contractors 
 at West Swanzey. 
 
 Matthew Eoblet, a brick maker, was a deserter from the English 
 army, into which service he had been impressed. He removed to 
 Northfleld, Mass. 
 
 Nathan C. Rogers was a shoemaker living at W. Swanzey. His 
 son, Amasa S., was a farmer on P. Hare place. 
 
 Justice Rogers was a farmer on A. G. Bennett place, but for many 
 years past has lived in Keene. 
 
 George W. RoBmsoN, a laborer, lived at West Swanzey. 
 
 Rev. Elisha. Rockwood, D.D. (See Chap. V.) 
 
 Samuel Rockwood came from Fitzwilliam, built tlie house marked 
 G. H. Rockwood on the map, and which is now owned by G. F. New- 
 ell, a farmer and employe in the mills. 
 
 His son, Charles H., lived several years in Troy before locating as 
 a farmer where he now resides. George H. is a school teacher, as 
 were also all his sisters. He fitted for college atBernardston, Mass., 
 graduated at Dartmouth College, and has taught very successfully the 
 higher grades of school in Jaffrey, Med way, Mass., Portsmouth, North 
 Brookfleld, Mass., Marlboro', Mass*, and Chicago, 111. 
 
 The RuGG family in Revolutionary times lived near Volney A. Marcy 
 place. 
 
 Charles L. Russell, of the firm of C. L. Russell & Co., is one of 
 the most extensive pail and bucket manufacturers in Swanzey, or in 
 the county. 
 
 He was born in Keene, but the yesirs of his manhood have been spent 
 in West Swanzey, with which village his interests are closely identi- 
 fied. He owns and operates a brick yard in Keene, and is the owner 
 of other real estate in that city. He was formerly an extensive dealer 
 in wood and timber. 
 
 John S. Sargeant spent the first half of his life in Marlboro', the 
 last half in E. Swanzey ; a farmer, painter, paper hanger, clock re- 
 pairer, etc. His son, Harvey, resides with his father; a farmer, mu- 
 sician, etc. Geo. H., son of Harvey, is a store clerk in Greenwich, 
 
 E. 1. 
 
546 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 Caleb Sawyer, a farmer, lived on Ozro T. Thompson place. His 
 son Abijah, a cooper, on E'. Davis' place at Sawj-er's Crossing. 
 
 Of the sons of the latter, Joshua and Caleb lived on their father's 
 homestead, while Henry resided on G. W. Ellis place — all farmers. 
 Caleb removed with his family to the west. 
 
 Joshua B., son of Henry, an able and influential man, was killed on 
 the railroad at Winchendon, Mass. 
 
 Amos Sawtek was an employe in the East Swanzey mills. 
 
 Dr^ Ishakl Sawyer was a practising physician in town, living on 
 Josephus Handy place. 
 
 His son Elijah was for many years a justice of the peace and clerk 
 of the probate court for Cheshire county. He was also for a time 
 postmaster, and was honored with most of the town offices. He was 
 a leader in the Democratic party and a somewhat noted versifier and 
 writer of poetry. It is supposed he was the author of "Col. Hammond's 
 Bide." He resided at various places in town. 
 
 JosiAH Sawyer was a hotel-keeper at West Keene. 
 
 As already stated the early Skaveks were a race of blacksmiths, the 
 family home being at West Swanzey, on High street, where genera- 
 tion after generation resided. Alfred Seaver was also a tanner and 
 stone mason. Luman W. and Lnman B. are wooden-ware manufac- 
 turers in Winchester. The latter has been a blacksmith in W. Swan- 
 zey and Winchester. George A. is a painter at W. Swanzey. 
 
 William Sebastian was a resident by Sprague's pond. His sons, 
 William and Edward P., are hotel employes in Keene. 
 
 Andrew Sherman lived on the hill east of E. Swanzey village. His 
 son Andrew located in Keene. His grandson Timothy also resides 
 there. The latter was formerly a sash and blind maker at Swanzey 
 Factory, but now is in the same business at Marlboro' Depot. 
 
 Edward R. Simonds came from Langdon and lived on S. Davis 
 place. Elmer P. is an employe in the mills. 
 
 The Slates resided on Ashuelot river north of the bridge at West- 
 port, hence the name, "Slate's farm" and "Slate's bridge." 
 
 Joseph Smead, a blacksmith, built a house and barn (the cellar only 
 remains) north of Z. G. Tafts. He hammered out all the iron used 
 in its construction, even the shingle nails. His son, Joseph B., for- 
 merly a peddler, is now a farmer in Fitchburg, Mass. Ephraim A. 
 resides in Penn. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 547 
 
 Timothy Smith, a farmer, lived near Alfred Talbot place. 
 
 Hector A. Smith is a painter and an emploj'^ in the Westport 
 mills. 
 
 IvoRT Snow was born in Mattapoisett, Mass., came to Richmond, 
 thence to Swanzey, locating in the west part of the town near Ches- 
 terfield line. His sons Peter and Joseph settled in the same neigh- 
 borhood ; James, Joshua and Ivory in Winchester, all farmers. Joshua 
 afterwards removed to P. Hare place where he remained till old age, 
 when he married for his second wife the widow of Josiah Hamblet and 
 lived with her on Mrs. Wellington place till his death, Edwin and Or- 
 amon in middle life followed the prevalent custom and left the old 
 farms on tlie hill and removed to West Swanzey village. Daniel, 
 Solon W. and Phineas H. all removed to W. Swanzey ; the first two 
 being box manufacturers, and the latter a carpenter. 
 
 Benjamin C. Snow is the West Swanzej' sexton, a farmer and 
 teamster. 
 
 Fkank L. Snow is the owner of the steam mill by the railroad in 
 W. Swanzey, a manufacturer of pails, dealer in dry-goods and gro- 
 ceries, a miller and dealer in flour, grain and meal. His father is as- 
 sociated with him in the business. 
 
 G-EORGE S. and Edward H. Snow are engaged with their father in 
 the box business. Charles T. is a graduate of a Boston University. 
 
 John H. Sparhawk lived in Richmond, on C. Marsh place, and at 
 West Swanzey. He was a farmer, laborer and employe in the mills. 
 His sons J. Willie and Charles B. also located at W. Swanzey. \ 
 
 Abram Spofford lived several j'ears after marriage on Amasa Bal- 
 lou farm, whence he removed to Lowell, Mass. • 
 
 Obadiah Speague commenced his business career as a dealer in 
 palm-leaf hats in Richmond. He has since been merchant in Keene, 
 an associate with C. Bridgman, cashier of the Winchester National 
 Bank ; manager and prime mover in all the changes and moves of the 
 Stratton Mills and West Swanzey Manufacturing Companies, and 
 builder and owner of the mills at Spragueville. Though his life has 
 been exceedingly busy he is ever interested in the good order, improve- 
 ment and welfare of the village where he resides. 
 
 Simeon A. Spring is a brick-mason at West Swanzey. 
 
 Pentecost Stanley of Attleborough, Mass., located on the farm 
 
548 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 which has since been owned and occupied by his descendants, Israel, 
 Alonzo A. and Geo. W., — all farmers. Alonzo A., after the death of 
 his wife, sold the farm and resides with his children. G-eo. W. is an 
 extensive farmer and lumberman in Langdon. 
 
 Nathaniel Stanley, son oflsrael, lived in the small house east of the 
 Stanley place. His son Cyrus W. lives at W. Swanzey. 
 
 Daniel Stanton, a tanner, resided at W. Swanzey. 
 
 John Stakket came from Attleborough, Mass., and in 1771 bought 
 four lots of land in the southeast part of the town ; one lot of which 
 and a part of the three others have since been set off to Troy. His 
 son Peter settled in Fitzwilliam, and John, Enoch and Joseph on the 
 original purchase. The Swanzey part of these lots is now owned 
 principally by K. F. Lane and Mrs. A. L. Bailey. The east end of 
 the four lots constitutes a large part of the Luther Whittemore farm. 
 John Starkey was the ancestor of nearly all of the family name in 
 Eichmond, Swanzey and Troy. Of the next generation Peter lived 
 near Graves' mills, Laban in E. Swanzey, John in Richmond, and 
 Calvin and Luna in Troy. 
 
 CoL. Henry Starkey came from Richmond and lived where his 
 grandson J. Leroy now resides. He was a genial, prosperous farmer. 
 A large number of his friends and townspeople called on him Sept. 
 1, 1885, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of his birth. Of his sons 
 John W. was a well-to-do farmer in Richmond, and in Swanzey on the 
 A. B. Cook farm, and afterwards proprietor of the City Hotel in 
 Keene. Alvin spent much of his life in Winchester as a business man, 
 but died in Buffalo, N. Y. He loaned the town a large sum during 
 the war. Henry was a hotel-keeper at W. Swanzey, Brattleboro, Vt., 
 and other places. Joseph lived in Richmond. William W. was a 
 shook maker and lumber dealer in Michigan and other places. 
 
 Isaac Starkey lived on the old turnpike road in the east part of 
 the town ; Horace at Factory Village, Cyrus in Shrewsbury, Vt., 
 Miles in Wallingford, Vt., and Lemuel was a hotel-keeper in Brat- 
 tleboro', Vt. Lewis Starkey lived at E. Swanzey. J. Leroy has been 
 selectman for three successive years. 
 
 The Stearns family has been prominent in Swanzey and wherever 
 its branches have located. 
 
 Abraham was a resident of West Swanzey. Of his sons, Abijah, 
 and Asaph went to Oliio ; John was a merchant in Boston, and Abra- 
 ham in Swanzey Centre and Woodstock, Vt. Samuel, a farmer, lived 
 

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BIOGEAPHIOAL AND StJPPLEMENTAET. 549 
 
 at West Swanzey where his son Abraham now resides. He was mod- 
 erator at nearly all town meetings for many years. He was also a 
 merchant and Inmher dealer. 
 
 Arba was a successful farmer at W. Swanzey on C Hanrahan place. 
 He was popularly known as "Uncle Arba." Some of the children of 
 these two families reside in Oregon, and have been highly prosperous. 
 
 Of the sons of William Stevenson (or Stephenson, as a part of the 
 descendants spell the name), Enos was a shoemaker and lived at Swan- 
 zej' Centre, died at John A. Rand place. William, a farmer on H. 
 Stephenson place in the west part of the town. Ira lived many years 
 on a now abandoned farm west of Everett Holbrook place, died in 
 Chesterfield in 1891. Eli lived and died on J. L. Winch place. 
 
 Of the next generation Farnura Hiram is a shoemaker and resides in 
 Brattleboro', Vt. Leonard L. removed to the west. Elias G. is a far- 
 mer and shoemaker, also an expert as a trapper and hunter of foxes. 
 Sumner B. engaged in various employments in various places. He 
 died in Keene a few years since. Hiram W. lived and died in Hins- 
 dale. Charles E. resides in Massachusetts. 
 
 Jacob M. Stoddard was a laborer in Westport. 
 
 Martin and Samuel Stone, brothers and substantial farmers, came 
 from Fitzwilliara and spent their lives respectively on the Edmund 
 Stone and C. H. Rockwood places. Capt. Edmund Stone has been 
 successful as a farmer, lumber dealer and in other occupations. He 
 was town collector many years. Lyman M. resides on his father's 
 homestead a farmer, teamster and lumber man. Seamon does busi- 
 ness in Chicago. 
 
 Col. Phinkas Stone came from Lancaster, Mass., and located on 
 the farm since occupied by his son, Capt. Phineas and grandson Mar- 
 cus C, all prominent farmers. Phineas, sen., was also a liolel keeper 
 many years. Joseph and Henry were successful merchants in Boston. 
 Marcus C. adds lumbering to his other employment. Solon H. runs a 
 portable steam saw-mill in neighboring towns. 
 
 Stlvander Stone was a farmer most of his life in Swanzey Centre. 
 He died Feb. 1, 1891. His son, Demeritt, died in the army. George 
 D. is a farmer and owner of Mrs. C. Whitcomb place. 'He is one 
 of the town sextons. 
 
 Charles N. Stone is an employe in the East Swanzey pail shops. 
 
 RosWELL Stowell was a farmer in Westport. Edes C. is a pro- 
 vision dealer in Keene (BuUard & Stowell). 
 
550 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 No name is more pTOminently connected with West Swanzey Vil- 
 lage than that of Stkatton. About 1790, Richard Stratton came to 
 town and located on the spot which is now the residence of George E. 
 Whitcomb. He was a dyer and dresser of cloth, and during his life 
 was extensively engaged in that business. His son John inherited 
 his father's homestead,, and during nearly the wliole of his long life 
 was largely engaged as a manufacturer of and dealer in lumber. He 
 was also an extensive farmer. In the latter part of his life he relin- 
 quished the "old mansion" to his daughter, Mrs. Frink, and built an- 
 other house immediately east of it which, at his decease, he bequeathed 
 to his daughters Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Wardner. 
 
 Hon. Isaac Stratton learned the trade of his grandfather and suc- 
 cessfidly managed that and other kinds of business as narrated in 
 Chapter IX. He has been active in temperance and educational move- 
 ments, and in promoting the interests of his native village. Since 
 relinquishing his more active emploj'ments, he has resided much of 
 the time in Keene. His son, Menzies, is a jeweller in Springfield, 
 Mass. Emerj' W. was station agent at West Swanzej' at the time of 
 his death. William Stratton lived on Maple street and was noted as 
 a player on musical instruments. 
 
 Alfred lived on C. L. Russell place, a farmer and manufacturer. 
 John was not onlj' an extensive manufacturer at West Swanzey, but 
 in later life a hotel keeper at Boston. His house in West Swanzey 
 was that now occupied by II. Whitcomb. His sons John and Byron, 
 by untiring energy, have become very wealthy clothing dealers in 
 New York City. 
 
 Oscar Stratton was a tanner in Sterling, Mass., but now resides 
 with his son in Denver, Col. 
 
 George William Stratton, son of William and Mary F. Stratton, 
 was born in West Swanzey, N. H., Aug. 1, 1830. At the age of 
 seven he displayed a lively interest in music, and begged his father 
 to allow him to learn the clarionet. In a few weeks he was able to 
 play one or two airs with considerable con-ectness and he was encour- 
 aged to go on. With a steady perseverance he continued practising 
 the next two years, at the expiration of which time he could perform all 
 the popular-melodies of the day insuch a musician-like manner, that his 
 father organized a little band, with George as leader with hisE flat clar- 
 ionet, his brother John F. with his trombone, and with one or two sing- 
 ers, to make up a respectable concert troupe, travelling during three 
 years, nearly all the time iu the N. E. states, giving concerts with contin- 
 ued success. At the age of nine the young clarionetist had studied the 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 551 
 
 rudiments of music sufHeiently to be able to read tolerably well, 
 waltzes, quicksteps, marches, etc. At ten years of age he was seized 
 with the idea of composing some music, and appealed for assistance 
 in learning something about harmony, but with very poor success ; 
 from the wisest musicians within his reach he received only the infor- 
 mation that a third above or a third below any given tone would be 
 pretty sure always to chord 1 He experimented a little with this pro- 
 found knowledge of harmony, but found it too monotonous and simple 
 to be interesting. Then he tried his hand at writing a melody, filling 
 out a few bars with properly timed notes, but without much calcula- 
 tion how they would sound, — a trial was to prove that ; so after finish- 
 ing he took his clarionet and read them off. He pronounced it a had 
 tune, and tried again in a similar manner ; and after trying his second 
 effort with the clarionet, took the sheet upon which experiments were 
 written, tore them into pieces, saying, "Before a'fellow can compose 
 music I believe he's got to learn how !" This ended his attempts at 
 composition for a considerable time. 
 
 At twelve years of age, when he had been travelling giving concerts 
 most of the time during three years, playing nearly the same pieces 
 over and over again, George became very tired of the business and 
 prevailed upon his father to discontinue travelling and so the concert- 
 izing was brought to an end and his clarionet packed away for quite 
 a long time. He remained in his native village from twelve to four- 
 teen ; from fourteen to eighteen he was in Boston and Lowell most of 
 the time, and it was at the age of sixteen that he heard for the first 
 time, music of the great masters, which revealed a new world of hap- 
 piness for him, and which, in his own words, "so stirred my soul that 
 there seemed to be no possibility for argument about what I had bet- 
 ter choose as my vocation for life — I must be a musician, an educated 
 musician, a composer of operas 1" He aimed high at the start, and 
 went to work with a will and a tenacity which he well understood were 
 necessary in order to accomplish what he had set his heart upon. He 
 cut loose from all comrades, and for six years he could think of but 
 little else than his studies, which comprised many things besides music 
 — astronomy, geology, physiology, philosophy, the French language 
 as well as English and other school studies, for his early education 
 had been much neglected, and it was his determination to be a good 
 scholar in other things as well as in music. It was, then, at the age 
 of sixteen that he really commenced studying music ; what he had 
 before learned should go for merely a trifle, as it was only a trifling 
 part of what one must learn to be an opera composer when he has to 
 
552 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 write for a large orchestra, at least from sixteen to twenty different 
 parts (instruments) and solo voices and chorus combined. He took 
 his clarionet in hand again, and in two years was a concert solo 
 performer as a man, not as a boy. At the same time he began 
 with the violin and practised it with great energy for five years, 
 studying the other stringed and brass instruments of the orchestra a 
 little ; along with these went harmony and the theory of music, and 
 very soon the piano and organ, and the higher branches of harmony, 
 counterpoint and composition under some of the most able teachers 
 in Boston. In Manchester, N. H., at the age of twenty, by advice 
 of some good friends he had made there, he announced himself as 
 "teacher of music," and held the position there during the next sixteen 
 years. In this same year he was elected director of the orchestra of 
 the Choral Society. _ 
 
 It was about 1852 that the young composer felt, not without reason, 
 that he was able to strike out freely for himself in original composi- 
 tions, and after producing quite a number of marches, waltzes, polkas, 
 songs, duets and other light pieces, the most of which were published, 
 and about a hundred pieces of church music, he composed his first 
 piece of length and importance — Concert Overture No. 1, for full or- 
 chestra. During the four years, from 1852 to 1856, he was teaching 
 a great deal, and was applying himself with renewed energy to study, 
 so that much of the time his labors went far into the night. In the 
 autumn of 1856 he got together an orchestra of twenty-two perform- 
 ers, quite a large orchestra for those times, and gave two orchestra 
 concerts, the first of the kind ever given in the state. He had both 
 vocal and instrumental assistants from Boston. It was at the first 
 of these two concerts that his Concert Overture No. 1, for full orches- 
 tra, was first performed, and it was received with loud and prolonged 
 applause by a very large audience, and had to be repeated. Its suc- 
 cess was so decided that it was put upon the programme of the next 
 concert, and again the audience would not relax in their applause until 
 a repetition was granted. These orchestra concerts so delighted the 
 music lovers of the city that in the following year, by subscription, 
 funds were raised to insure the expenses of a series of four concerts 
 on precisely the same scale, and they were given with the same suc- 
 cess, the large hall always being packed, seats and standing. The 
 flattering success with which his first Concert Overture had met in- 
 spired Mr. Stratton to compose another, which he did during the year, 
 and at these concerts Concert Overture No. 2 was performed twice, 
 and was well received. No. 1 was also given on two evenings, and, 
 
BIOGKAPHICAL AND SCPPLEMENTAEY. 553 
 
 as before, loudly cheered, and repetitions always demanded. Follow- 
 ing these came Concert Overtures No. 3 and No. 4. 
 
 In 1857 he felt ready to take in hand the large work which he had 
 for over ten years been working for, a grand opera, and in four months 
 it was completed covering a little less than five hundred large pages 
 of music paper. It was entitled " The Buccaneer,'' a grand tragic 
 opera in three acts. Soon after its completion, two public perform- 
 ances were given, with Boston solo singers for the difficult parts, of 
 portions of the opera ; and the Manchester papers spoke in high praise 
 of the music. Because there were no American or English opera com- 
 panies in the country to perform large operas, the opera entire has 
 never been performed. 
 
 Mr. Stratton now said, he would compose some operatic music 
 which could be sung in America, in the towns a.nd small villages; they 
 shall be little operas on the same plan as the large Italian operas, with 
 a regular story carried through in detail, giving him an opportunity 
 to exercise himself in writing graceful, well-formed melodies, and en- 
 abling him to produce dramatic eilects, though in a somewhat limited 
 form. The plan was entirely new, none similar having previously ap- 
 peared, and the London (England) Morning Post said in a review of 
 Mr. Stratton's operettas, as late as 1872, that no better works of the 
 kind could be selected, because no others exist. So, in a few months 
 after "The Buccaneer" had been laid aside, and his mind entirely 
 free from it, he was at work upon an operetta for young people, en- 
 titled ^"^ The Fairy Grotto," and soon after its completion was brought 
 out by a class of one hundred singers all belonging to the city. In 
 the course of two weeks it was performed five times in the largest 
 haU in Manchester, and on every occasion to a closely-packed en- 
 thusiastic audience. It was a great success. Everybody seemed 
 astonished to see what beautiful and dramatic effects could be pro- 
 duced by a class of young folks who had never before appeared upon 
 the operatic stage ! Notwithstanding the decided success of this first 
 operetta, the composer was not satisfied with it for one or two reasons. 
 He knew that he could write some better ones, and decided to set 
 "The Fairy Grotto" aside, and write a new one. In a short time, 
 then, he had his new work in hand, and in three weeks' time it was 
 finished. The actual time occupied in composing this operetta — 
 '■'■Laila" was less thaniew hours! It was written in pencil sketches at 
 various times during the days and evenings of these three weeks, be- 
 tween music lessons, a melody sometimes being taken down on the 
 way from one house to another. 
 
554 HiSTOUY or swanzey. 
 
 For these, less than ten hours' work, the composer has received a 
 clear profit, above all the expenses of making the books, advertising 
 them and selling them, of fully |5,000. Over 20,000 books have been 
 sold ! On its completion it was performed with the expected success 
 entertained by the composer, night after night, and, like "The Fairy 
 Grotto," had to be discontinued, because many of the young singers 
 became so tired out with excitement and fatigue. 
 
 After four or five more years of constant teaching, he began se- 
 riously to think that an end must come to it, and what must follow 
 occupied his mind for a long time, being naturally rather cautious. 
 He became restive ; for many years he had longed for travel ; he 
 wished to go to Germany, not merely to see it, but to remain for a 
 length of time in the land of the grejit artists, the great composers of 
 music who had given him so much happiness through the study of 
 their great masterpieces. The question came through this, must he 
 forsake a professional life. Again we will give his own words : — 
 "For months I was very unhappy. It was a struggle for me to make 
 up my mind to tear myself from my art which I loved so well, and go 
 into the miserable business of money getting ! But to carry out my 
 plans of life I must live in Europe several years, and to do it I must 
 have money, and I must have a business to bring in money while I 
 am away." 
 
 In 1866, Mr. Stratton moved to Boston and established himself in 
 the general musical merchandise trade, as a wholesale house, which 
 has been his principal business from that time to the summer of 1891, 
 when he retired from business to enjoy a few years of rest. 
 
 For two years he was editor and proprietor of a Musical Journal, 
 which added to his cares, and the labor on which was most entirely 
 done at night. But when he went to Europe to remain for a time, 
 this enterprise was thrown up because there was no one in his concern 
 to take care of it. 
 
 Soon after he was fairly settled in business te published his oper- 
 etta "Laila," the first edition being one thousand copies. Orders 
 came in very rapidly from all directions, and in a few weeks the first 
 edition was exhausted ; and then followed the second and third edi- 
 tions, neither of which lasted so long as the first ; and so it went on 
 for a long time, the particulars of which it is not necessary to give. 
 Every one knowing about the success of the little opera seemed sur- 
 prised that it should get such a lively start without any apparent rea- 
 son. Mr. Stratton says that he was probably the most astonished of 
 any one at the manner in which the musical public took hold of it and 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 555 
 
 managed it. It was written for children from five to fifteen years of 
 age, and the heroine, Laila, intended to be a girl of about a dozen 
 years. One of the first things he heard was that it was being brought 
 out in academies and seminaries by grown-up young ladies, in churches 
 by SundayTSchool classes, in theatres and opera houses, married ladies 
 sometimes taking the part of Laila ! 
 
 In about a year after "Laila" had been published the composer 
 began to receive letters from those who had brought it out, strongly 
 urging him to give them another operetta of similar style. The ap- 
 peals seemed to be so earnest that Mr. Stratton says he scarcely knew 
 what to do. He was now a business man, overwhelmed with work 
 and anxiety about his young musical-instrument establishment, had 
 thought but little about musical composition for several years, and 
 had no mind nor time for it, and very much feared he should not write 
 so good a work as he ought if he should, under the unfavorable 
 circumstances, make the attempt. But as the appeals continued to 
 come in, he decided to write one, and in about a year " Genevieve " 
 was completed and proved to be a success ; like "LaUa," it went from 
 Maine to California, Texas and Florida, being played in all the states 
 and some of the territories, and the opinions expressed almost in- 
 variably were, that the music was superior to that of "Laila." 
 
 No sooner had "Genevieve" gone the rounds, following "Laila," 
 than letters began to come in almost as rapidly as two years before, 
 which caused "Genevieve'' to come into existence, saying, "We want 
 another operetta, with/airies in it, — a, fairy operetta !" 
 
 Mr. Stratton's business had been growing larger and larger all the 
 time, and he was naturally enough of a business man to know that he 
 must not allow his business to go to ruin from neglect by giving too 
 much of his mind to operatic compositions ; and again it was difficult 
 to decide exactly what to do. "The Fairy Grotto" was a very pretty 
 name, and that was the first thing decided upon — that it should be so 
 named. An entirely new story was written, so the libretto was en- 
 tirely new, and all that is in the book of "The Fairy Grotto," as it 
 now stands, that was in the first work of the same title, is the name 
 and six or seven of the best pieces of the music. Work was imme- 
 diately commenced upon it, and when about in the middle of the 
 second act, Mr. Stratton suddenly started for Europe, to remain quite 
 a time, and the operetta was finished in Germany, printed there and 
 sent to Boston for sale. It is in four acts, and considerably larger 
 than "Genevieve," and requiring brilliant costumes and scenery. 
 
556 HISTOEY OP SWANZET. 
 
 "The Fairy Grotto" was considerable of an advance upon "Laila" 
 and " Genevieve," being larger and more diflScult in performance and 
 therefore could not be brought out in every little town where the 
 other operettas had been given, but it was a genuine success and has 
 been given in all parts of the country. 
 
 The reader has seen by what has been recorded that Mr. Stratton 
 for several years has been working very hard, much beyond his strength, 
 and he was warned diu'ing the time by his friends, that it was dan- 
 gerous for him to continue his labors day and night, and he had better 
 be on his guard ; but being a pretty "strong, healthy man, of strict 
 temperate habits, he thought there was no danger ; but the crash came, 
 and he had to bear the consequences, which were indeed very severe. 
 His sensitive nervous organization, an indispensable requisite to an 
 artist, but an obstacle to a business man wlio lias to fight battles with 
 the cold-heai'ted world, broke down. And here is the great misfor- 
 tune of his life. He had a severe partial congestion of the brain and 
 prostration of the nervous system, and nearly lost his life! For two 
 years lie was a very weak man, able to do scarcely anytliing, sleep- 
 ing only one, two and three hours out of the twenty-four. These 
 two years he spent mostly in P^urope and rested all he thought he 
 could, but having so much business on his hands, much instruction 
 had continually to be sent to Boston. Could he have had something 
 like unbroken rest for two or three years he thinks he could have be- 
 come pretty strong again, but tlie busy world seemed determined to 
 keep him at work sfbout his business matters. But musical composi- 
 tion could no more be thought of! His head was so weak, nervous 
 and excitable, that fifteen minutes study over a musical idea would 
 entirely exiiaust him and throw him into distress from which he could 
 not recover for hours. 
 
 Since then (1874), he has resided most of the time in Europe, and 
 has been under the care of several distinguished pliysicians who have 
 allowed him even to practise the piano but very little on account 
 of the excitement which it produces. His business house in Boston 
 during all these years had, as before, gone on steadily and prosper- 
 ously, no misfortune ever having happened to it ; and, except one 
 year when he had a partner, and about two years when he was a very 
 sick man, he has been the chief manager, sending his orders every 
 week to Boston from Europe or Africa or wherever he happened to 
 be, and having detailed reports sent from the store to him also every 
 week. He has resided and travelled most of the time in Europe ; 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 557 
 
 passing the summers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and winters 
 in southern France, Italy, Sicily, and two winters in Egypt, for the 
 benefit of his health, which required a warm, even and sunny climate. 
 He went up the Nile 550 miles, to Luxor, Thebes and Karnak, where 
 are the grandest ruins in Egypt. During these years he has partly 
 recovered the strength he lost so suddenly in 1874, but is not yet 
 strong enough to undertake a musical composition of any length. 
 
 It has been seen that he has been an extensive traveller, has crossed 
 the Atlantic ocean twenty-six times. 
 
 In 1885 he established a Free Public Library and Art Gallery in 
 his native village at a cost of little over ten thousand dollars. The 
 building is not a large structure, but a very solid one built to last 
 many hundred years. It is Roman architecture- designed by Mr. 
 Stratton from studies made by him of architecture in Italy ; is 40 feet 
 long, 25 feet wide with arched ceiling 22 feet high ; has four large 
 windows arranged to give the most perfect light for the pictures. 
 The two pillars of the portico are of red granite, highly polished, 
 made in Aberdeen, Scotland, especially for the building; the. founda- 
 tion is of large piece of squared stone sunk two feet below hard pan. 
 It is thoroughly flre-proof, being almost entirely of brick, stone and 
 iron ; the walls are eighteen ineiies thick of brick of the best quality ; 
 the floor is of large slabs of marble resting upon piers which are sunk 
 as deep as the foundation. At the opposite end of the room from the 
 entrance, in a niche made for the purpose, is an excellent marble bust 
 of Mr. Stratton, made by the distinguished American artist in Rome, 
 Italy, Mr. Franklin Simmons, at a cost of over $550.00, including 
 the pedestal. 
 
 The library contains over 2,400 volumes, most of them the best in 
 the English language. Being an educational institution, care was 
 taken to have good selections of works on the sciences, books of 
 travel, biographies of great men, histories, several volumes in differ- 
 ent languages; there are two large volumes, a German publication 
 on art and architecture giving over two thousand illustrations, excel- 
 lent engravings of celebrated paintings, statuary and architecture of 
 every description, almost everything of importance back to the great 
 temples and pyramids of Egypt 4,000 years ago. There are over two 
 hundred pieces of sheet music, carefully selected as teaching pieces 
 for young people, which are given out for two weeks, the same as 
 books, and according to a Boston reviewer no other institution in our 
 country has done this. The Art Gallery contains 220 pictures which 
 Mr. Stratton collected during his travels in Europe and Africa. 
 37 
 
558 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 They are most interesting and Instructive, exhibiting the great ca- 
 thedrals, palaces and towers of Europe ; the ruins of the old aqueducts, 
 Colosseum, baths, tombs, etc., of Eome ; the temples, mosques and 
 pyramids of Egypt are among the collection. 
 
 On the 28th and 30th of Sept. and 2nd of Oct., 1886, Mr. Strattongave 
 three lectures on Europe and recitals of classical music for the piano in 
 the Library building which were well attended and proved interesting 
 and instructive. The followingis the list of the music which Mr. Strat- 
 ton played, without the assistance of notes, duringthe three evenings : 
 
 Beethoven. — Grand Sonata Pathetique ; Andante from Symphony 
 No. 5 ; Sonata in G, No. 10, Opus 14, No. 2, first and second move- 
 ments. 
 
 Mozart. — Sonata in B flat. No. 4, Andante ; Gloria from 12th Mass. 
 
 Schubert. — Serenade. 
 
 Mendelssohn. — Priest's March, from "Athalia ;" Rondo Caprie- 
 cioso in E minor. Opus 14 ; Concerto in D minor. No. 2, second and 
 third movements. 
 
 At the close of the last evening a unanimous vote of thanks was 
 given Mr. Stratton for his interesting entertainments, and an earnest 
 invitation given him to give another course as soon as his health and 
 convenience would permit. 
 
 It has been said of large styles of musical compositions that to be 
 known out of their own country they must possess real merit. Taking 
 this as the severe test of an operetta, it must be conceded that those 
 of Mr. Stratton's are musical compositions of a high order. They 
 have been published by three diflTerent music houses in London, and 
 have been extensively performed in England, Ireland and Scotland, 
 and calls have been made for a German translation for Germany. 
 
 About Mr. Stratton's business career he does not give much infor- 
 mation, as he considers it of little public interest. He says, however, 
 that he thinks it will be a satisfaction to the people of Swanzey, at 
 least, to know that not one dollar of the money which went to pay for 
 this Library building and its contents, was made out of any "opera- 
 tions" in mining, real estate, railroad stocks or speculation, or in any 
 sort of gambling whatever, of any kind ; but that the funds were 
 earned from fair profits made in his legitimate business, through hard 
 work and study and patient waiting. 
 
 John Franklin Stratton, son of William and Mary F. Stratton, 
 was born in West Swanzey, N. H., Sept. 13, 1832. At the age of 
 six he displayed an earnest inclination to practise music, and begged 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 559 
 
 his father to get him a trombone, not wishing his brother George, who 
 had been practising the clarionet a year, to make all the music in the 
 house. His wish was gratified and soon there were two young music 
 students in the house. About a year later, both boys having made 
 such unexpected progress on their instruments, the father organized 
 a little band, and with a couple of singers, set out on a concert tour 
 which was so successful that for nearly three years they continued to 
 travel, giving concerts in nearly all the cities and towns of any con- 
 siderable size in the New England states and some in New Yorli state, 
 with good success, many places being visited two or three times. In 
 those days, 1839 to 1842, when prodigies were scarce, the two boys 
 were considered quite wonders to perform so well upon their instru- 
 ments. The monotony of playing the same pieces nearly, for such a 
 long time night after night, even in a concert room, became weari- 
 some and in the summer of 1842 the boys prevailed upon their father 
 to give up the concert business and it ended here. From this time 
 until he was seventeen he resided in his native village, in Lowell and 
 North Chelmsford, Mass. ; had become an expert performer on the 
 E flat bugle and cornet, and before eighteen years of age was leader 
 of the Worcester brass band and a year later was leader of the Hart- 
 ford, Conn., cornet band. In Hartford, he had, for a time, a music 
 store and some other business, but soon tools up his residence in New 
 York and became conductor of the Staten Island Philharmonic Soci- 
 ety, an amateur orchestra, and had an orchestra of his own known as 
 Stratton's Palace Garden Orchestra. 
 
 At the breaking out of our great war, 1861, he went into the man- 
 ufacturing of band instruments which continued several years and he 
 had little more to do with bands or orchestras or with the practice of 
 music in any way. In 1867 he located in Maiden Lane and added to 
 his business the general musical merchandise trade, importing from 
 Europe where most of these goods are made. Soon after he began 
 the manufacture of violins in Leipsic, Germany, and later built a fac- 
 tory in Gohlis, a suburb of Leipsic, which was visited by King John, 
 of Saxony, on July 30, 1872. After a few years the factory was sold 
 and was occupied by a manufacturer of other goods, and Mr. Stratton 
 returned to New York taking the general management of his whole- 
 sale importing house of musical merchandise, to which he has contin- 
 ued to give his attention up to the present time. 
 
 Barzillai Stbeester was born in Cumberland, R. I., in 1760 ; mar- 
 ried when about nineteen years of age; moved with his family from 
 place to place during the next twenty-five years twenty-five times, 
 
560 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 and came to Swanzey about 1805, purchasing a small farm and house 
 near Swanzey Pond, on the east side of the road opposite the picnic 
 grounds, where he lived the rest of his life, a farmer and shoemaker. 
 His four sons all lived to old age and became eminent in their several 
 professions, a remarkable example of self-made men. Barzillai was 
 a lawyer. Joseph B., a physician in Hartford, Pa., lived to be ninety- 
 six years of age. Sebastian and Russell were clergymen, pioneers 
 and leaders in the Universalist denomination. A part of their edu- 
 cation was obtained at the common schools and at Chesterfield Acad- 
 emy, but the larger part was wrought out as they labored on the farm 
 or at the shoemaker's bench. The two clergymen (and perhaps the 
 others) were eminent Latin and Greek scholars. They were the com- 
 pilers of a hymn book extensively used in the denomination, writing 
 many of the hymns themselves. In early life they were Baptists as 
 were also their parents before them. Sebastian was a minister in 
 Weare, Hopkinton and Portsmouth, N. H., also in Haverhill and 
 Boston, Mass. In the latter place he was pastor of the church on 
 Hanover street for forty years. During his ministry he united more 
 than 4,000 couples in marriage. 
 
 Russell was a pastor in Portland, Maine, Watertown and Shirley, 
 Mass., and Woodstock, Vt. He was the founder of the "Trumpet" 
 newspaper, which afterwards became the great organ of the denomi- 
 nation. 
 
 John H. Strebter is an employe in the mills of East Swanzey. 
 
 Stephen Streeter lived on Frank H. Moore's place, but has re- 
 moved to Westmoreland. 
 
 Rev. Clement Sumner was one of the early ministers in Keene, but 
 afterwards removed to Arba Stearns' place in West Swanzey. 
 
 William A. Sumner lived at West Swanzey and worked in the 
 mill. 
 
 Aaron H. Sumner works in a saw-mill and lives in Hinsdale. 
 
 The Taft family have been noted carpenters and mechanics. Na- 
 than Taft lived south of L. W. HolbrooJt place on a now discontin- 
 ued road. James Sibley lived on Warren Harris place, removed to 
 East Swanzey and went into the mill business. Zadoc L. lived on 
 E. K. Aldrich place. He built the covered bridge at West Swanzey. 
 T. J. Taft and James went to New York state. 
 
 Ira Taft, a while at Graves' mills, went to Vermont. 
 
BIOGRAPHIOAIi AXD SUPPLBMENTAEY. 561 
 
 A. E. Taft, both carpenter and farmer, lived on H. Bowen place. 
 Removed to Keene, then to Worcester, Mass., and then to the "West." 
 Giles, Lovell, Farris and Bezaleel were all carpenters and mechanics. 
 The first two were life-long residents of Swanzey. Farris lived on J. 
 W. Ballon place and worked for the Colonys in their mill at Keene. 
 Bezaleel lived in Alstead. Don Carlos was a graduate of Amherst 
 College and Union Theological Seminary, N. Y., was licensed to 
 preach, became a teacher and preacher, and later a successful banker 
 in Kansas. 
 
 Of the sons of Lovell, Edward is foreman in Hayward's chair fac- 
 tory in Gardner, Mass. Fred has charge of a large carriage shop in 
 Mass., and Don Carlos is a head carpenter for Bowdich in Framing- 
 ham, Mass. 
 
 Geoege W. Taft is a teamster at East Swanzey. 
 
 Zadoc Taft lived in this town, Keene and Richmond. He was a 
 manufacturer of mill stones. 
 
 Peleg Taft came from Richmond and bought the A. G. Bennett 
 place where he died. 
 
 Rdfus Taft, son of Rufus, resides at West Swanzey, an employe 
 in tlie mills. He has represented the town in the legislature. Eph- 
 raim F. also lived at West Swanzey, but removed to Keene. Zina 
 G. was for several years a farmer in Illinois previous to locating where 
 he now resides. 
 
 John W. Taggard was a farmer on the P. E. Gay place. Re- 
 moved thence to Walpole. 
 
 The Talbots, Charles, Alfred, Wesley and Lewis, are farmers and 
 laborers. Wesley resides with his father on the old "Brown" farm. 
 
 George Talbot lived on Josephus Handy's place ; went west several 
 years previous to his death. 
 
 David Tatloe and family, laborers, lived in School District, No. 8. 
 
 Charles W. Taylor is a farmer at West Swanzey. 
 
 Elias Thatcher was a farmer on the hill near Marlborough line. 
 
 Benjamin Thatcher lived at East Swanzey and at Factory Village. 
 His son George was a prominent lumber man at Factory Village. He 
 now resides in Marlborough. 
 
 Dr. Ezra Thatbr, a practising physician, lived in a house a little 
 east of No. 8 School house, which was torn down about 1840. His 
 
562 HISTOEY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 son Moses located on a now abandoned farm on Winchester line 
 west of E. Hblbi-ook place. Aaron lived in No. 8 and was killed by 
 a wagon passing over his body. Alexander, son of Moses, was a 
 jeweller in Winchester and Keene. Moses, jr., went to California. 
 
 John S. Thater was a tailor in West Swanzey. 
 
 Benjamin Thompson of Smithfleld, R. I., had four sons who loca- 
 ted in Swanzey : Samuel, John, Roger and Ebenezer. Samuel on C. 
 H. Holbrook place ; Roger on J. L. Starkey place, and Ebenezer on 
 Oscar Farr place. Of the sons of Samuel, Timothy lived on C. S. 
 Whiteomb place, and Jesse, a carpenter, at East Swanzey. John, 
 son of John, located first at Factory village and was one of the corpo- 
 rate members of the Manufacturing Co., at that place, and then be- 
 came an extensive farmer on H. Forbush place, where he was suc- 
 ceeded by his son Alvah and grandson Mowry A. The latter was a 
 land surveyor and carpenter. Both he and his father removed to 
 Marlboro', about 1860. Of the sons of Roger, David was a graduate of 
 Dartmouth college, a noted school teacher and lawyer ; went to the 
 south. Ezekiel was a farmer on his father's homestead, and Moses a 
 farmer where his son Thayer now resides. Ozro T., son of the latter, 
 is also a farmer. Samuel Thompson, son of Jcjhn, was a farmer on 
 J. M. Cole place, as was also his son Samuel. 
 
 Capt. RuF0S, a carpenter, has lived in Girard, Pa., in West Swan- 
 zey, and otlier places. 
 
 Of the sons of Jesse, Russell F. removed to Iowa and became an 
 extensive farmer. Jesse was a car builder, and died in Worcester 
 about 1864. Joshua Chandler is a farmer in Girard, Pa. David 
 F. resides in Spring Prairie, Iowa, a farmer and carpenter. Lysan- 
 der, a master mechanic, died at South Boston, April 9, 1884. 
 
 Henkt Denman Thompson, son of Rufus, or as he is generally 
 called, "Den Thompson," or "Uncle Josh," is probably more widely 
 known than any other Swanzey man. Although he was born in Penn- 
 sylvania enough of his youth and riper years were spent in Svranzey 
 and New England to enable him to study the yankee character and 
 delineate the same as few other men have been able to do. His plaj's 
 ■were written by himself and have been rehearsed in the principal cit- 
 ies of all parts of the country with remarkable success. His dwell- 
 ing at West Swanzey and its surroundings are very attractive it being 
 the homestead of his maternal grandfather. Dr. Henry Baxter. Mr. 
 Thompson is genial as a companion and liberal in his benefactions. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 563 
 
 Amasa Thompson lived at Westport and was a shoemaker and 
 lumberman. 
 
 Dea. Martin Thompson, a farmer, lived on tiie Martin Mason 
 place and at Westport. 
 
 Nathaniel Thompson lived on the William Ballou place. He was 
 a noted ditcher. He built the saw-mill near his house. His son Al- 
 bert was a merchant and prominent man in East Westmoreland ; 
 died in 1891. 
 
 Susanna Thompson was born in Boston, Mass. ; spent many years 
 of her early womanhood in Keene ; was actively engaged in the san- 
 itary commission during the War of the Rebellion ; came to Swan- 
 zey soon after that event and has since resided here, having been en- 
 gaged in literary pursuits, writing for the press and preaching a part 
 of the time. 
 
 William H. Thorning is an employe in the mills at Factory vil- 
 lage. 
 
 Ephraim F. Townb, a farmer, came from Keene and lived several 
 years on G. W. Richardson place ; removed to Bindge and died 
 there. 
 
 Nicholas Trask was a large land owner in the southwest part of 
 the town. 
 
 Ezra Trask lived near A. Talbot place in the west part of the 
 town. 
 
 His sons Willard and David lived near him. The reputation of 
 Ezra and his sons for honesty was not good. 
 
 Thomas^ Trowbkidgb a farmer lived on or near J. O. Gary place. 
 His son Tliomas^ lived on his father's homestead. Col. Thomas^ 
 Trowbridge was a farmer and lived on C. E. Hill's place. 
 
 Col. Jonas Twitchell and his son David lived on A. G. Bennett 
 farm and were prominent farmers. The family or descendants af- 
 terwards lived in Northfield, Mass. 
 
 Daniel Twitchell came from Richmond and lived on J. M. Cole 
 and other places. His sons Orison and William are laborers living 
 at East Swanzey. 
 
 James Underwood was a hotel keeper and a leading man at Fac- 
 tory village, also an extensive drover. Hiram was a farmer living 
 where his son, George L., now resides. James E. is a prominent 
 
564 
 
 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 man in Toronto, Canada, Elmer A. is a hotel employe at Factory 
 village. 
 
 Daniel Verry was a mill owner and operator, also a farmer near 
 Chesterfield, in the west part of the town. His son Horace lived near 
 Mrs. Johnson's place. Oratus J. is a wheelwright at West Swan- 
 zey. 
 
 Ithamer Ward before going to Westmoreland late in life, lived at 
 Swanzey Centre and other places, a farmer. His son, Harrison R., 
 lived at East Swanzey and Keene, George W. resides at West 
 Swanzey. 
 
 Nahtjm W. Ward for many years has lived at Factory village. 
 His son, Henry, is a hotel keeper in Keene. 
 
 George P. Ward for many years at West Swanzey went to Troy. 
 He is a pail maker. 
 
 Zenas Ware, whose ancestors came to Winchester from Franklin, 
 Mass., moved to the Marcus Bullard place in the southwest part of 
 the town in 1796, where he remained till his death. His son, Dea. 
 Jonathan D., remained on the same place as a farmer till 1848, when 
 he removed to the Col. ElishaiWhitcomb farm, where his son, Alonzo 
 A., now resides. Joel, youngest son of Zenas, was a prominent school 
 teacher in town in his early years, after which he was a farmer in New 
 York, and later in Illinois. 
 
 Alonzo A. Ware has been school teacher, land surveyor and farmer ; 
 has been largely engaged in probate business ; and in addition to the 
 town and county offices he has held, which have been already named, 
 has been a justice of the peace since 1860. He is now president of 
 Security Savings bank, in Winchester. 
 
 ZiBA and PeiNEAS A. Ware, farmers, though living in Winchester, 
 are closely identified with West Swanzey' by church and social rela- 
 tions. Joseph has been merchant and peddler ; lives at West Swan- 
 zey. 
 
 Dea. Daniel Warner lived about midway between V. Marcy and 
 A. G. Read places. He was a prominent man in the early history of 
 the town. His son, Daniel, went to Washington, N. H. 
 
 Edward Watson, a brick mason, lived several years on F. A. Wat- 
 son place, but left his family and went "West." 
 
 Richard Weeks was a farmer the last of his life on J. L. Winch 
 place. Charles E. is a laborer, living at Westport. 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 565 
 
 Capt. Thomas T. Wetheebee was a farmer and blacksmith ; lived 
 on C. E. Hills place. He was selectman, representative and justice 
 of the peace. A few of his last years were spent with relatives in 
 Vermont and in Westmoreland. 
 
 Daniel Wetherbee came from Stowe, Mass., and located on a 
 farm, about a mile east of E. Swanzey Village; was a justice of the 
 peace, land surveyor, and a leading man in town. 
 
 Elijah Wetherbee, a mill-wright, lived and died in Marlow. 
 Daniel lived in Marlborough. Calvin H. lived in Boston ; went early 
 to California and became a wealthy lumberman. John lives in Charles- 
 town, and has been a furniture dealer in Boston. 
 
 Aaron Wheeler lived on 0. S. Eaton place, as did his father 
 Silas before him. He was a farmer and a noted fox hunter. 
 
 James Wheelock, a farmer, lived on the hill east of East Swanzey. 
 Removed to Vermont. 
 
 William Wheelock lived near H. W. Leonard place, a stirring 
 farmer and actively engaged in temperance movements. All the fam- 
 ily have died or removed from town. George D. lives in Keene and 
 is associated with C. Gonyou in the marble business. 
 
 Lincoln Wheelock has lived both at East and West Swanzey. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Whitcomb was at the head of a very numerous and 
 intelligent branch of the Whitcomb family that settled in Swanzey. 
 He first located on R. R. Ramsdell, jr., place, and then went to West 
 Swanzey, and with his son, Joseph, built the saw and grist mill on the 
 east side of the river. Joseph, the son, afterwards went to Grafton, 
 Vt., where his descendants live. Of the sons of Capt. Joseph, Col. 
 Jonathan located on M. C. Stone farm, in a house remembered by our 
 oldest citizens as standing a little north of J. G. Huntley's. He was 
 a farmer and merchant and active in military affairs. He was buried 
 with military honors. His favorite horse which he had rode, being 
 richly caparisoned, followed hiin to the grave, heading a procession of 
 friends and citizens which extended the entire distance from his house 
 to his grave in the northwest part of the old cemetery. Col. Elishu, a 
 farmer and extensive land owner, lived on the farm now owned by A. 
 A. Ware. He was state senator and an honored citizen ; was likewise 
 a manufacturer at East Swanzey. Gen. Philemon came later to town 
 and occupied the Ramsdell farm, which his father vacated when he 
 went to West Swanzey. About twenty years after he exchanged with 
 his brother. Abijah, going himself to the mills at West Swanzey, while 
 
566 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Abijah returned to the farm, remaining there a while and then remov- 
 ing to the Deacon Warner place. 
 
 Joseph Whitcomb, of the next generation, inherited his father's 
 mills at West Swanzey, which soon passed into the Strattons' hands. 
 Jonathan, son of Jonathan, lived on Mrs. S. Davis place. He was a 
 farmer, made lamp-black, etc. John moved to Rockingham, Vt. Na- 
 than took his father's homestead and built the house now occupied by 
 Mrs. P. Stone. He also resided awhile at Saxton's river, Vt. Ephraim 
 lived in various localities, the last of his life at H. S. Whitney place. 
 He was a harness maker. The youngest daughter of Col. Jonathan 
 married Amos Bailey. Of the sons of Elisha, his namesake went to 
 Vermont, but returned to his father's homestead, where he died. Here 
 also his grandson, Elisha, lived and died. David, Solomonand Asa also 
 went to Vermont. Joseph lived at East Swanzey, owning the saw and 
 carding mills. Philemon's sons, Jotham, Abijah, Maj. Benjamin and 
 Job all lived at West Swanzey, and all were millers. Philemon set- 
 tled in Faystown, Vt. Benjamin, son of Maj. Benjamin, was a farmer 
 on the old homestead ; and his son, Charles S., is a farmer and team- 
 ster. Capt. Abijah Whitcomb, son of Abijah, lived on R. R. Rams- 
 dell, jr., farm, and afterwards removed to Claremont, where he died. 
 His son, Benjamin F., was an overseer in one of the factories at that 
 place. Joseph lived on Dea. Warner farm till he bought the Watson 
 place, where the remainder of his life was spent. 
 
 Of the sons of Jonathan, Willard located in Westfield, N. Y. ; Col. 
 Jonathan in Charlevoix, Mich., and Hiram at Sandy Creek, Mich. 
 Roswell remained a few years at his father's hotnestead, then lived on 
 F. P. Atkinson place, and for a score of years past has been at West 
 Swanzey, a farmer, manufacturer of staves and lumber, and uniformly 
 successful in all his ventures in business. His son, Hiram, is a whole- 
 sale dealer in clothes and furnishing goods in Lock Haven, Pa. 
 George E. Whitcomb was associated with his father in farming, lum- 
 bering, and in the saw-mill till their removal to West Swanzey. Since 
 that time he has been in the firm of C. L. Russell & Co. manufact- 
 urers of pails, with several others in the box business, by himself, 
 and with C. L. Russell in buying and selling timber and other estate. 
 He has had a busy life and by energy and determination has succeeded 
 in the acquisition of wealth. He has been a member of the New 
 Hampshire legislature and moderator at town meetings. Arthur is 
 now in the box business at West Swanzey. Geo. E. Whitcomb, jr., 
 is with his father in manufacturing. 
 
 Of the sons of Nathan, Leonard lived in Vermont, on the B. F. 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 567 
 
 Mead place, and at West Swanzey, keeping a hotel at the latter loca- 
 tion. His son, Alanson S., has manufactured brush handles at West- 
 port, West Swanzey and Keene. Col. Carter Whitcomb was a cloth- 
 ier and farmer. He lived at Eockingham, Vt., and on the R. Hovey 
 and Mrs. C. Whitcomb places, building the house at the last-named 
 place. He took an active part in political and municipal matters. 
 Capt. Otis, with his large family, lived at various places, but the last 
 years of his life with his son Leonard. He was a farmer and maker 
 of axe handles. Nathan died in Fitchburg. Capt. Alva was brought 
 up by Nehemiah Cummings on L. W. Leach place. He was a store 
 keeper on L. N. Howe place. Lyman went to Worcester, Mass. Jar- 
 vis, son of Ephraim, went to Peterborough ; George was a conduc- 
 tor on railroads. The last part of his life he lived in Swanzey on H. 
 S. Whitney place. He was a farmer, and for many years town sex- 
 ton. Ephraim lived and died in Rutland, Vt. Elmer and Joseph, 
 sons of Josepii, went west.. The latter was a musician. Calvin is 
 a mechanic in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Jonas Whitcomb, son of Abijaii, travelled extensively in Europe, and 
 on his return went Into the Trernont House in Boston, continuing 
 there ten years. At the time of his death he was oneof its proprietors. 
 Elbridge was for many years a prosperous clotiiing dealer in Keene. 
 He went to California but has now returned. His sons, J. F. and 
 ¥. H., succeed their father in business in Keene. Charles A. is in 
 New York city. Emery is in Idaho. 
 
 J. Page Whitcomb, son of Joseph, remained on tlie old homestead 
 several years after his marriage, but soon removed to Keene, where 
 he lias since lived, having been the principal clerk in some of the 
 leading stores in that citj'. 
 
 Ikvine a. Whitcomb in early life went into business in a book and 
 variety store in Lawrence, Mass., but was not successful. He was 
 soon after employed to conduct excursion parties from Boston to the 
 White mountains and other points of interest in New England. Soon 
 the tirm of Raymond and Whitcomb was established which has con- 
 tinued to the present time, doing a large and constantly increasing 
 business. 
 
 In this firm Mr. Whitcomb is the principal manager, giving his en- 
 tire time and attention to theoutlii^es and details of the business. 
 Their '"Vacation Excursions," as they are called, are sent out from 
 Boston to all the princi[)al points of interest in New England, New 
 York and Canada; to the National Capital, Mt. Vernon and the bat- 
 
568 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 tie fields of the South ; to Colorado, Texas and Mexico ; to Califor- 
 nia, Oregon and the Sandwich Islands ; to the National Park and the 
 wonders of the northwest ; and now an excursion is planned, and soon 
 to be carried into execution, to Europe. In these excursions all ar- 
 rangements are previously made for the entertainment of the travel- 
 lers, board, lodging, carriage drives, etc. Mr. Whitcomb is a man 
 of great executive ability as he necessarily must be to manage so ex- 
 tensive a business. He is personally'very popular in those expeditions 
 which he occasionally conducts. He has a pleasant residence on 
 Winter Hill, Somerville, Mass. 
 
 Alonzo Whitcomb and Carter, sons of Colonel Carter, have been 
 very successful as machinists, and popular as citizens in Worcester, 
 Mass. J. Baker is a dealer in real estate, in San Francisco, Cal., 
 having a pleasant home across the bay in Berkeley. Byron is a farmer 
 in the Flat-lands, Long Island. Clement has lived both in Califor- 
 nia and Nevada. H. Homer lives in New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Nehemiah C, son of Captain Alvah, lives in Pennsylvania. 
 
 Sylvandee L. Whitcomb, was the eldest son of Captain Otis. He 
 commenced life as a peddler. Since his marriage he has resided con- 
 tinuously on the farm now occupied by him and his son Henry F. 
 Thrift is pictured on their buildings, fences and surroundings gener- 
 ally. They are of the number of those that make a good living and 
 some money besides by pure farming. Nathan was a painter and 
 farmer. Otis died in South America. Lucius was killed in the war 
 of the rebellion, went from Fitzwilliara. Charles was a laborer. 
 Chauncey kept a livery stable at Saxton's river, Vt. Lyman lo- 
 cated in Claremont, was killed in the army. Andrew was a painter. 
 Sellick is a painter and keeper of a livery stable in Springfield, Mass. 
 Leonard is a painter and farmer ; Clarence, and Otis, son; of Leonard, 
 are likewise painters. 
 
 Joel Whitcomb was a farmer and merchant. Of his sons, Jo- 
 thain lives in Saxton's river, Vt., and runs a saw mill. George lives 
 in Pennsylvania. Ezekiel 0. is a farmer, blacksmith, jobber, etc. 
 
 John Whitcomb was the Methuselah of Swanzey, living to be more 
 than 103 years old. He came from Bolton, Mass. ; lived on Henry 
 E. Bowen place, and built the first mills at East Swanzey. When 
 quite old he imagined that silver could be found on Gardner's moun- 
 tain, in Winchester, as tradition had it that the Indians had carried 
 away large quantities from that place. He made annual pilgrimages 
 to the mountain, searching for the coveted treasure. At one tijme he 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTAKY. 569 
 
 found, as he supposed, the place and the hidden silver, when his at- 
 tention was diverted from the spot by a headless partridge hovering 
 and circling around him. In watching the partridge he lost the place 
 and was never able to find it again. His son, Thomas, succeeded his 
 father as a farmer and miller. He removed to Richmond, Vt. John, 
 a farmer, lived on J. W. Goodell pla«e, and Silas on a farm south of 
 John D. Hale place. 
 
 Of the sons of John, David lived where his son, David, now resides ; 
 both farmers. 
 
 Of the sons of Silas, his namesake and also his grandson .of the 
 same name, were farmers and laborers, residing in various places. 
 Calvin was a truckman in Boston ; Luther, a farmer and laborer in 
 Swanzey; Sylvester A., a farmer in Richmond (his son, Franklin C, 
 went to Illinois, and George A. is a butcher in Framingham) ; Roswell 
 went to Ohio ; Cyrel, a mechanic, resided in Marlboro and Swanzey, 
 and died in "Westmoreland. 
 
 Anthony S. Whitcomb, a farmer, came in middle life from Rich- 
 mond. 
 
 Jehiel White, a farmer, lived on Mrs. W. H. Knight place ; killed 
 by a falling tree. . 
 
 Sanpord S. "Wilber, a blacksmith, came from Massachusetts and 
 lived at the Centre. He died in the army. 
 
 Edward Wilcox, a farmer and wooden-ware manufacturer, was 
 born and spent his youth in Gilsum. Since his marriage he has been 
 at the easterly part of Swanzey. He has been representative and se- 
 lectman. Allen C. is now associated with him in the box business. 
 
 Dr. Abel Wilder, as appears by the records, was a physician, and 
 the second postmaster in Swanzey. 
 
 George H. Wilder, a carpenter, lived several years about 1850 at 
 Westport and West Swanzey. He removed to Hinsdale and was 
 drowned in the Connecticut river at Holyoke. 
 
 Levi Willard came to Swanzey from Dublin in 1815 and located 
 
 at Factory Village, building the house now occupied by Gates. 
 
 He was a shrewd business man, wealthy, but benevolent ; a justice of 
 the peace, a leading member of the. Baptist denomination in Cheshire 
 county ; was treasurer of the Dublin Baptist Association for thirty 
 years. He died with his daughter in Lynn, Mass., but was buried in 
 the family vault on his homestead in Swanzey. His son, Curtis E., 
 removed to Keene, where he lived and died. He was at one time as- 
 sistant cashier in Cheshire bank, Keene. 
 
570 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 I'he original home of the Williams family was the J. Prentice place, 
 in the south part of the town. Here lived John and Ms son, Moses B., 
 farmers. Of tlie children of the latter, John went to Richmond, Vt. ; 
 Benjamin lived and died on L. R. Ballon place; Hubbard remained 
 till middle life on the old homestead, and th'en removed to J. "W. 
 Goodell farm; Boardman located in Charlestown, Mass., one of his 
 sons becoming a distinguished civil engineer ; Benjamin O . lived sev- 
 eral years in Richmond, when he removed to Iowa ; David, as a farmer 
 and lumber manufacturer, lived at Warwick, Mass., Swauzey and 
 North Richmond. 
 
 Of the sons of David, Benjamin and John live at South A.shburn- 
 ham, Mass.; Hubbard lives on Josiah Parsons place; Willie and 
 David in North Richmond. 
 
 GiDKON Willis came from Framingham and located in that part of 
 Swanzey now in Troy, and died in early manhood. His widow mar- 
 ried Daniel Osborne and lived where Mis. J. D. Hale now lives. 
 His son, Williiim W., was a shoemaker where his son, Geo. W., 
 now resides. Gideon G. was also a shoemaker, but abandoned the 
 business, built the shop and houses where Geo. F. Lane & Son are 
 now located and manufactured pails and buckets. He did more to 
 build East ISwauzey than any other man in recent years. Geo. W. 
 Willis is a farmer and merchant, has been selectman, representative, 
 and member of constitutional couveiitioii. 
 
 Benjamin Wii.son came from Leeds, England, quite early in the 
 history of the town and lived on the Cantlin farm. He was a dealer 
 and broker in real estate in this and adjoining towns. 
 
 Of his sons, Abel was a prominent man at West Swanzey; Wil- 
 liam and John went to Vermont; David had a farm in Winchester, 
 but sold it and bought the T. Hanrahan place, where he lived the last 
 of Ills life. He was a shrewd and successful farmer and an extensive 
 sheep raiser ; Clark was a mechanic, quite an inventive genius, and 
 lived in Westport. His tables for log measure were considered quite 
 accurate, and were extensively used in those days when custom saw- 
 ing was so generally practised. He was the inventor of Wilson's 
 spiral water wheel, the first to operate under water. 
 
 David Wilson, a farmer, etc., at West Swanzey. James died on 
 his farm near Westport. 
 
 Chaklbs Wii-son, a farmer and brick mason, came from Marlboro 
 and lived on William L Sawyer place. His sons Horace, Dorson, 
 Dan and Albert are extensive farmers in or near Gilroy, Cal. Most 
 of them were also brick masons. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 571 
 
 Stilman Wilson was a mechanic and blacksmith living on B. H. 
 Richardson place, and having a shop near the same. He afterwards 
 removed to the east part of the town. 
 
 JosiAH Wilson lived at East Swanzey and was a sash maker. His 
 son Josiah is at Westmoreland. 
 
 John Withington came from Fitzwilliara, located on the Charles 
 Marsh place and spent the greater part of his life there. When old 
 age crept upon him he sold his farm and lived awhile at the Centre 
 and the last of his days in Richmond. He was a good farmer, a fair 
 scholar, a decided utilitarian, homespun in his tastes, opposed to show 
 and fashion, scrupulously honest and conscientious, odd and eccentric. 
 He would in warm weather walk barefoot to church, carrying his 
 shoes in his hand and put them on before entering. He disliked mats 
 or rugs in his house, and would not enter a church where the aisles 
 were carpeted. He was witty as illustrated by the following anec- 
 dote : While living at the Centre he had his milk of Rev. T. E. Rob- 
 erts who was the minister at the time, and kept a cow. Going for 
 his daily supply one morning, he found that Mr. R. was not up, and 
 he was obliged to wait for his milk. When it was ready Mr. Roberts 
 handed it to him accompanied with an apology, saying he was sorry 
 to keep him waiting so long. Mr. W. replied with a peculiar twinkle 
 in his eye as he edged towards the door in departing, "I don't mind 
 waiting for the milk, but I do hate to have such shiftless neighbors." 
 The story was I'elated with much glee by Mr. Roberts. Mr. Withing- 
 ton accumulated several thousand dollars and bequeathed most of it 
 to four indigent old ladies. Originally a stern democrat, he cast the 
 first solitary vote in Swanzey in 1840, for James G. Birney, the aboli- 
 tion candidate for president. His son Asa, a fine scholar in boyhood 
 at the common school, received his academical education at the Han- 
 cock Literary and Scientific Institution, and prepared for the Baptist 
 ministry at the New Hampton Institution. He was licensed to preach 
 but died soon after entering the ministry. He was a good writer of 
 poetry. 
 
 Jonathan Woodcock was one of the first to locate in Swanzey after 
 its abandonment. He probably lived where Edgar Handy now re- 
 sides. He came from Attleborougli, Mass. His sons Elkanah and 
 Jonathan lived with him awhile but went away. 
 
 \ Nathan Woodcock fi"om Attleborough, owned what are now the 
 farms of S. L. Whitcomb and C. B. Hoi brook. His son Nathan oc- 
 cupied the same place and he with his entire family, sons and daugh- 
 
572 HISTORY OF SWANZEY. 
 
 ters, at different times near 1835, removed to Allegany Co., N. Y., 
 tlience some of them to Pa. Tiie sons were farmers and me- 
 chanics. 
 
 David Woodcock also removed to western New Yorlc. His son 
 Harry became a Presbyterian clergyman. Levi Woodcock lived at 
 various places in town. His son Virgil was an enterprising carpenter, 
 house builder and gold miner, both in California and Vermont. His 
 liome was at Swanzey Centre where his widow still lives. He built the 
 City hotel in Keene, the Congregational meetinghouse at Swanzey and 
 also that in Troy. Addison Woodcocls was a carpenter in Keene. 
 Virgil Woodcock, jr., died en route to California while crossing tlie 
 plains in 1849 with his fatlier and others. Volney Woodcock is a car- 
 penter, newspaper correspondent and justice of the peace, living on 
 his father's homestead. 
 
 IcHABOD Woodward, came from Sudbury, Mass., about 1780 and 
 located south of tlie old Clark place now in Troy. His son Josiah re- 
 mained there awhile, then went to Richmond and afterwards toB. F. 
 Mead place. Isaac located in tlie southeast part of the town and 
 Ichabod went to Duinraerston, Vt. 
 
 Joseph, son of Josiali lived on Mrs. D. R. Marshall place and late 
 in life on J. F. Hunt place. Daniel, son of Isaac lived on J. W. Murphy 
 place; John, on M. Handy farm ; Solomon went to Wallingford, Vt. 
 William lived awhile in Richmond, but the latter part of his life on E. 
 W. Handy place. 
 
 David, son of Daniel, lived at East Swanzey ; was killed on the rail- 
 road. His son Daniel E. was a pail manufacturer at East Swanzey 
 and afterwards in Michigan. Charles F. is salesman for a marble firm 
 in Fitchburg. Ezekiel P., son of John, is a farmer and cobbler. His 
 son Arthur A., a merchant at East Swanzey and the present postmaster. 
 John Bradford, son of John, removed to Pennsylvania. Elisha has 
 been a successful business man, merchant, postmaster, etc., in Marl- 
 borough. 
 
 Dennison Woodward, son of William, went to Minnesota and died 
 there. 
 
 T. Nelson Woodward, son of T. L. Woodward of Marlboro, has 
 been for many years an employe on railroads. 
 
 Reubkn Worcester lived on a now abandoned farm near Chesterfield 
 line. Of liis sons, Moses lived awhile in a house east of Volney A. 
 Marcy place, which has since been burned, and afterwards near Graves' 
 
BIOGEAFHIOAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY. 573 
 
 mills. His son Merrick M. is a laborer in the east part of the town. 
 Emery lived at various places in town. Abel and Selim emigrated to 
 the west. 
 
 Charles R. Worcester is a prominent farmer and teamster ; keeps 
 a large number of cows and furnishes milk for the Keene market. 
 
 William Wright, one of the first to resettle the town after its aban- 
 donment, lived on Asa Healey place. Of his sons, Cyprian went to 
 Pennsylvania, Alpha located on Lorenzo Balloii place, Luther on 
 his father's homestead, and Calvin on G. W. Eastman place. Paul, 
 son of Alpha, located in Old Marlborough, Mass. ; Elliot, son of Luther, 
 on a now abandoned farm south of Edmund Stone's, and William in 
 Richmond where for many years he was one of the leading citizens. 
 Captain William, son of Calvin, lived on Geo. W. Eastman place and 
 made pumps. 
 
 Darius E. and ParkE. Wright are residents of West Swanzey, the 
 former a farmer and the latter an employe in the shops. 
 
 MosES E. Wright came from Vermont, a graduate of Dartmouth 
 College, teacher in Mt. Caesar Seminary and other schools; now re- 
 sides in Marlborough. 
 
 Rev. N. R. Wright was for several years a Universalist minister 
 at West Swanzey. His son Carroll D. Wright was a scholar and 
 teacher in our schools, and is now perhaps the most eminent statisti- 
 cian in the country, having been for many years at the head of the 
 Massachusetts statistical department, and now at the head of that of 
 the United States. 
 
 Fred Young was a resident of East Swanzey for several years, a 
 laborer, and tealcher in writing. His wife S. Lizzie Lane Young was 
 a writer of poetry, several pieces of which may be found in the "Poets 
 of New Hampshire.'' ^ 
 
 Herbert 0. Young is an employe in the West Swanzey mills. 
 38 
 
APPENDIX I. 
 
 THOMAS CEESSON'S WILL. 
 
 In the name of God Amen. I Thomas Cre8son of Swanzey in the 
 County of Cheshire in the Province of New Hampshire in New Eng- 
 land yeoman, being advanced in Age, & exercised with many Inferm- 
 ities, but of perfect mind & Memory, Thanks be given unto God 
 therefor — But calling t»o Mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing 
 it is appointed for all Men once to die. Do make & ordain this my 
 last Will & Testament, that is to Say, Principally & first of all, I 
 give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it, hum- 
 bly begging the Remifsion of all my Sins thro' the Merit & Intercef- 
 sion of the Great Redeemer, & my Body to the Earth to be buried 
 with a decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor, 
 nothing doubting but at the General Refurection I fhall receive the 
 fame again by the Mighty Power of God, And touching fuch worldly 
 Estate wherewith it hath pleafed God to blefs me in this Life, I give 
 Demise & Dispose of in the following Manner & Form 
 
 Imprimis — I give & bequeath to Mary my dearly beloved Wife the- 
 following Things (She accepting of the fame in Lieu of her Right of 
 Dower of Thirds out of my Estate) viz. my dwelling house during 
 her Natural Life, and all my Houfehold Stuff, Fire wood ready cut 
 at the Door to keep one fire all the year, during her Natural Life, alfo 
 two Cows to be well kept for her. Summer & Winter and four Ewes, 
 and fhe fhall have the Priviledge of Selling the Increase of faid Stock 
 above mentioned for her own use, also fhe fhaU have a Hog pro- 
 vided yearly for her that shall weigh Ten Score, & Salt to fait the 
 same, also fhe fhall have provided for her yearly Six Bushels of In- 
 dian Meal four Bushels of Rye meal and two Bushels of Wheat meal, 
 two Bushels of Malt a Garden four Rods Square well tended, also 
 one third of the apples that grow in my Orchard yearly, and a horse 
 to ride where fhe wants to travel, & Eighteen Shillings of Money 
 yearly, & Ten Pounds of drefsed Flax yearly — and good attendance 
 
 (575.) 
 
576 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 in fickness, all these above mentioned Bequeathments to my beloved 
 
 Wife shall be fully Performed by my Executor hereafter to be named, 
 
 She accepting the fame as above mentioned, and alfo to give her a 
 
 decent Christian Burial after death. 
 
 Item I give to my beloved Son Thomas Gresson jr. of Swanzey 
 above said yeoman, all my Homestead Lands & Twenty acres to 
 be laid out adjoining to the fame, and all my Buildings of all 
 Sorts (excepting my dwelling House during my Wife's nat- 
 ural Life) and all my husbandry Tools of all Sorts, to him 
 & to his afsigns freely to be possessed & enjoyed by them, — 
 
 Item I give to my grandson Nathan Cresson one Hundred acres of 
 Land, being a Hundred acre Division — faid Land lies joining 
 on the South fide of Nathaniel & Joseph Dickinson's Land in 
 Swanzey abovefaid, butted & bounded as the Plan of faid 
 Lot on Record fhoweth to him & to his Heirs & assigns for- 
 ever. 
 
 Item I give to my grand Daughter Anna Beverftock Seven Pounds 
 to be paid by my Executor in a year after mine and my Wife's 
 Decease — 
 
 Item I give to my grand Daughter Hannah Tubbs Seven Pounds 
 to be paid by my Executor in a year after mine & my Wife's 
 Deceases — 
 
 Item I give & bequeath to Chloe Roason Child to my Daughter 
 Mary Fish deceased Two Meadow Lots lying in the Great 
 Meadow in Swanzey No. Thirty six & Thirty Seven and 
 Twenty Pounds Money to be paid by my Executor hereafter 
 to be named, in the space of a year after mine and my Wife's 
 Decease — 
 
 Item I give to my Grand Child William Gunn Son to my Daughter 
 Sarah Gunn late of Swanzey deceased a Meadow Lot No. 
 Forty in the Great Meadow & Six Pounds in Money to be 
 paid unto him by my Executor when he fhall arrive to the age 
 of Twenty one years — 
 
 Item I give and bequeath to my two Grand Children Mary Gunn 
 and Tirza Gunn Children of my Daughter Sarah Gunn above 
 Mentioned, Eight Pounds each of them to be paid unto them 
 by my Executor hereafter to be named, when they arrive at 
 the Age of Twenty one years — 
 Moreover it is my Will that if any of my Grand Children above 
 
 mentioned die before they have Received the Legacies bequeathed to 
 
 them above that the surviving Brother or Sister shall have the Sums 
 
 ibeguea;!thed;'to,them that are deceased — 
 
APPENDIX I. 577 
 
 Item I give to Elizabeth Hews of Swanzey Wife to Benjamin 
 Hews the Sum of Six Pounds in Money to be paid by Exe- 
 cutor hereafter to be named in the space of a year after mine 
 & my Wife's Decease — 
 Item I give & bequeath to Elisabeth Balch, Wife to Benjamin 
 Balch of Keene, the Sum of Six Pounds in Money to be paid 
 unto her by my Executor hereafter to be named in the space of 
 a year after mine & my Wife's Decease — 
 Finally if there be any of my Estate Real or Personal which I have 
 not willed away in this my last Will & Testament above, I give and 
 bequeath to my beloved Son Tho^ Cresson above mentioned and to his 
 assigns forever ; and I do hereby constitute make and ordain my 
 above said Son Thomas Cresson jr sole Executor of this my last Will 
 and Testament Impowering him hereby to receive all my Dues from 
 all persons whether due by Note of hand & Book Debts or any other- 
 wise due, & to pay all my Lawful Debts and I here by utterly disal- 
 low Revoke & Difannul all and every other former Testaments Wills 
 Legacies and Bequefts & Executors by me in any wise before named 
 Willed and Bequeathed, Ratifying and confirming this and no other 
 to be my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto 
 set my Hand & Seal this Twenty first Day of July Anno Domini 
 1775 Signed Sealed pronounced and declared by the said Thomas 
 Cresson to be his last Will & Testament, in the Presence of us the 
 Subfcribers 
 
 Simeon Clark Ju'' 
 
 David Foster Ju"^ Thomas Cresson (L. S.) 
 
 David Foster 
 
' APPENDIX 11. 
 
 ADDITIONS. 
 Page 305, line 19 from top, after Elizabeth, read Oliver m. Hannah 
 
 Work. 
 
 Page 305, line 33 from top read Oliver^ {Oliver,^ Oliver,^ Banfield^) , 
 m., 2'!, widow Mary Jane Howard, dau. of Calvin White. 
 
 Page 306, read George O.^ {Oliver,'^ Oliver,^ Oliver,^ Banfield?-). 
 
 Page 306, read Carroll F.e {George 0.,^ Oliver,* Oliver,^ Oliver,^ 
 BarifieW ) . 
 
 Page 306, read Oliver W.^ {George 0.,^ Oliver,* Oliver,^ Oliver,^ 
 Banfield^) . 
 
 Page 308, line 6 from top, after 1782 read William, Ralph, Sarah, 
 Samuel, Augustus, b. Sept. 7, 1799, Gilbert, Clement, James. 
 
 Page 313, Mary E. Cook, dau. of Andrew B. Cook, m. Henry 
 Banks. 
 
 Page 335, line 7 from top, Lena Emerson m. Oscar Scott. 
 
 Page 343, line 5 from top, after Jothan W., read Isabel m. Mo- 
 ses Kinney. 
 
 Page 344, line 16 from top, after 1876, read Arthur Levi, b. July 
 2, 1882. 
 
 Page 348, Warren Starkey m. Sarah Graves, dau. of James M. 
 Graves. 
 
 Page 348, Ellen M. Graves, dau. of Edwin B. Graves, m., 1st, 
 Charles S. Whitcomb ; m., 2nd, William F. Carkin. 
 
 Page 349, Mrs. Sophia Stevenson, m., 2nd, Richard Weeks. 
 
 Page 351, Lydia, dau. of John Guild, m. Elisha Simonds. 
 
 Page 351, Emeline Guild m. Dexter Howard. 
 
 Page 353, Daniel H. Gunn m., 1st, Jennie E. Bishop. 
 
 Page 359, Hiram Hammond m., 2nd, Matilda Park of Camden, 
 N. Y., and the dau. of Augusta L. m. G. G. Chandler of Tipton, N. Y. 
 
 Page 361, line 25 from top read children of William Edgar Handy : 
 Dennis W., b. July 10, 1874. Carrie Josephine, b. Oct. 10, 1875. 
 Wallace E., b. Jan. 5, 1877. Percy C, b. Nov. 8, 1881. 
 
 (578) 
 
APENDIX II. 579 
 
 Page 367, SamueF Hewes m., 1st, Matilda Norwood. 
 
 Page 368, sons of William Hewes : Omer, Olan. 
 
 Page 375, Charles H. Holbrook, son of Lyman Holbrook, b. in 
 Springfield, 1850. 
 
 Page 375, children of Clark B. Holbrook: Mary E., b. 1862. 
 Emma L., b. 1871 ; m. John F. Ballou. Clark B., b. 1880. 
 
 Page 385, daus. of Norman Hunt : Hattie, m. Fred Flavor. 
 Carrie, m. Charles Flavor. 
 
 Page 385, dau. of J. G. Huntly : Arabella, b. July 30, 1860 ; d. 
 May 31, 1871. 
 
 Page 388, Benjamin Kimball, m. a sister of Hon. Thomas M. Ed- 
 wards. 
 
 Page 393, children of Chester L. Lane: L.Agnes, b. Aug. 15, 1885. 
 Chester E., b. March 17, 1887. Earl E., b. April 5, 1890. 
 
 Page 393, line 21 from top, after Carl S. add b. Feb. 18, 1877. 
 
 Page 394, Josiah Leach by 1st wife, had Laura, m. Ira Page. Ly- 
 man, Lewis, m. Emily Hill, dau. of Jonathan Hill. 
 
 Page 418, Jane, dau. of Jairus Perry, m. John F. Hunt. 
 
 Page 428, son of Abel W. Read, George H., b. Oct. 9, 1834. 
 
 Page 433, children of John S. Rice: Anna, b. Nov. 1, 1874. Sa- 
 rah L., b. Oct. 17, 1875. George J., b. June 12, 1878. Harry, b. 
 Sept. 5, 1880. 
 
 Page 472, SaraueP Thompson, m., 2nd, Sally Bennett. Children : 
 Susanna, m. Amasa Aldrich. Samuel, b. 1805. Sally, m. Horace 
 Drewry. 
 
 Page 483, children of James Wheelock : Amy, m. William Wil- 
 son, Feb. 12, 1804. Lois, m. John Wilson, Feb. 16, 1808. 
 
 Page 488, Augusta A., m. Lyman B. Collins, dau. of Otis Whit- 
 comb. 
 
 Page 502, Daniel E. Woodward m. Mary Ballou. Children: Dan- 
 iel E. Charles F. 
 
 Page 504, Esther, dau. of Calvin Wright, m. Henry R. Morse. 
 
 John C. Webber, b. in Germany, Nov., 1819 ; ra. Helen A. Handy, 
 Sept., 1864; d. June 9, 1889. Children: Henry C, b. March 1, 
 1867. Whitney Dickinson, m. Grace M., dau. of Ranson O. Tay- 
 lor. 
 
 Henry^ Ward (Nahum W.,^ Calvin^), b. July 13, 1840 ; m. Nancy 
 Louisa (b. April 13, 1843), dau. of Philo Applin. 
 
 Merrick^ Worcester {Moses,^ Beuhen}), b. June 13, 1834: m. 
 Betsy E. (b. Dec. 17, 1837), dau. of Sands Aldrich. Children: S. 
 Lizzie, b. Nov. 6, 1866 ; m. William Murdough. 
 
580 HISTORY OF SWANZET. 
 
 Benjamin C. Smith, m. Lovisa Read (d. Sept., 1876), came from 
 Plainfield in March, 1871 ; d. July, 1877 : Had one dau., m. Elihu, 
 Burnham, who came from Montague, Mass., and d. Jan., 1875 ; she 
 d. May, 1875. 
 
 Hon. Elkanah Richardson, brother of Wyman, was a prominent 
 and honored citizen in this town before emigrating to Ohio, whither 
 he went in middle life. In his adopted state he was County Commis- 
 sioner, State Senator and Associate Judge of Court. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Note.— This index covers only the principal names and subjects mentioned in the text, 
 with the exception of the chapter on the early settlement and Indian troubles, in which 
 every name is indexed. The list of genealogies will be found In the Contents. 
 
 Chapter XII, Biographical and Supplementary, being arranged alphabetically, is not in- 
 dexed. See also list of soldiers in Military Chapter. 
 
 Accidents, 249. 
 Alarm list, 144. 
 Alexander, Capt , 26. 
 Amherst, Gen., 34. 
 Animals, 7. 
 Appleton, Aaron, 230. 
 Artillery company, 151. 
 Ashuelot, 29. 
 
 — river, 1. 
 
 — Upper, 25, 39. 
 
 — Lower, 39. 
 Avery, Oliver, 26. 
 
 Bacon, Rev. Mr., 25. 
 Baljer, Robert, 16. 
 Ballon, Hosea, 182. 
 Baptist Church, 164. 
 Barker, Jonas, 19. 
 Beaman, John, 19. 
 Beef tax, 69. 
 Belding, 25. 
 
 Bellows, Major Benj., 31. 
 Bennington, Battle of, 112. 
 Bickford, Wm., 28. 
 Billerlca, Mass., 28. 
 Billings, James, 29. 
 Birds, 9. 
 
 Blacksmiths, 228,241. 
 Blake, Nathan, 16, 17. 
 
 — Eliz'h, 17. 
 Boating, 261. 
 
 Boston, 82, 83. 
 Boundary line, 47. 
 Bounds, S6. 
 Bounties, 128, 130. 
 Box-factory, 225, 226. 
 Bridges, 205. 
 Bridge Brook, 244. 
 Brldgman, Capt., 26. 
 Brown, Capt., 19. 
 
 — Rev. Clark, 159. 
 
 — Samuel, 237. 
 BuUard, John, 16. 
 Bunker Hill, 103, 105. 
 Burgoyne, Gen., 66. 
 Burt, Asahel, 25. 
 Burying-ground, 74. 
 
 Canada, 88. 
 
 Canal, 229. 
 
 Carpenter, Rev. Ezra, 158. 
 
 — Rev. E. I., 163. 
 
 — George, 34. 
 Catlin, Capt. John, 30. 
 Cemeteries, 253. 
 Chandler, Henry, 29. 
 
 — Rev. Joshua, 160. 
 
 — Wm., 36. 
 Charlestown, 15, 20. 
 Charter, 53. 
 
 Chartered by N. H., 52. 
 Chautauqua Circle, 200. 
 
 (581) 
 
582 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Chelmsford, 28, 29. 
 Church, Baptist, 170. 
 
 — Congregational, 165. 
 
 — covenant, 158. 
 
 — formation of, 156. 
 
 — funds, 168. 
 
 — library, 160. 
 
 — music, 167. 
 Churches, 154. 
 Cider, 82, 90. 
 Clark, Mrs., 16. 
 Clergymen, 256. 
 Clesson, Matthews, 17. 
 Clothing, 82, 84, 90. 
 Cold winter, 259. 
 Colman, Eev. Eben, 160. 
 Commissioned officers, 151-3. 
 Committee of Safety, 66. 
 Concord, 28,29. 
 Constitution, 72, 93. 
 Continental money, 71. 
 
 depreciation of, 71. 
 
 votes concerning, 71. 
 
 scale of depreciation of 1777, 
 
 71. 
 Cooper, Moses, 27. 
 Cresson, Thomas, 26, 29. 
 Currying, 224. 
 Cutler, Rev. W. H., 162. 
 
 Dams, 73. 
 
 Debeline, Gen., 22. 
 
 Debt, 257. 
 
 Deerfleld, 30. 
 
 De Neverville, Ensign, 16. 
 
 Dickinson, Nath'l, 25. 
 
 Doi Chester, 28. 
 
 Dorman, Ephraim, 16. 
 
 Drift formation, 2. 
 
 Dublin Baptist Association, 171. 
 
 Dunham, Levi, 172. 
 
 Dunstable, 28. 
 
 Dwight, Timothy, 36. 
 
 Earle, Rev. A. B., 162. 
 
 East Swanzey, 232. 
 
 Edghill, John, 29. 
 
 England, war with, 1812, 125. 
 
 Enlistments, 118. 
 
 Epidemics, 253, 255. 
 
 Equipments, 144, 149. 
 
 Farmer, Dan'l, 29. 
 Farms, 80. 
 
 Farnsworth', Steven, 16. 
 Fires, 239, 241. 
 Fish, 10, 81. 
 Fisher, Josiah, 15, 33. 
 Food, 81. 
 Forts, 49. 
 Framingham, 29. 
 French, Jona., 28. 
 Frost, John, 28. 
 Fruits, 7. 
 Fulling-mill, 223. 
 
 Garfield, Benj., 32. 
 Gilson, Michael, 19. 
 Goddard, Rev. Edward, 158. 
 Goodale, Thomas, 26. 
 Goss, Rev. Thomas, 155. 
 Gould, Nathan, 26. 
 Grantees 1753, 56. 
 Grant of township, 35. 
 Grasshoppers, 259. 
 Graves, Abraham, 17. 
 
 — Asahel, 26, 29. 
 
 — Joshua, 232. 
 
 — place, 242. 
 Grimes, Wm., 26. 
 Gristmills, 222, 226. 
 Groton, 29. 
 
 Grout, Hilkiah, 32. 
 
 Hammond, Col. Joseph, 106, 116. 
 Morrill, 153. 
 
 — Dr. Nathaniel, 255. 
 Hammond's ride, 106. 
 Harrington, Eev. Timothy, 15, 156, 157. 
 Hatch, Rev. Roger C, 161. 
 Hawkes, John, 17. 
 
 Heaton, James, 26. 
 
 — Samuel, 26. 
 
 — "Wm., 26. 
 Henderson, John, 26. 
 Henry, John, 29. 
 Hills, Gaius, 182. 
 Hinsdale, 15. 
 
 Hobbs, Capt. Humphrey, 28. 
 Hotels, 232, 240, 246. 
 Houses, 50. 
 House lots, 51. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 583 
 
 How, Caleb, 32. 
 
 — Daniel, 19, 29. 
 
 — Nehemiah, 15. 
 Hurricane, 63. 
 
 Indian dam, 14. 
 
 — relics, 12. 
 
 — raids, 15, 34, 50, 52. 
 
 — village, 13. 
 Indians, 11, 57. 
 
 — implements, 11. 
 
 — remains, 12. 
 
 — war, 15, 33. 
 
 — last appearance of hostilities at 
 
 Swanzey, 33. 
 
 — (Sqnakheag), 11. 
 Inhabitants, 63,73. 
 
 Johnson, James, captivity of, 31. 
 
 — James, Mrs., 31. 
 
 — Joel, 28. 
 
 Justices of the Peace, 262. 
 Keene, 15, 25, 76. 
 
 — Church, 158. 
 KeUogg, Joseph, 36. 
 Kilburn, John, 33. 
 Kinney, Mrs., 16. 
 Know Nothing Party, 264. 
 Ladies Benevolent Society, 166. 
 
 Lancaster, 157. 
 
 Land divisions, 61. 
 
 Lane Mill, 243. 
 
 Lawrence, Jona., 29. 
 
 Lawyers, 256. 
 
 Leyden Baptist Association, 170. 
 
 Libraries, 160, 197. 
 
 Liquor-selling, 260. 
 
 List of names, 151. 
 
 militia, 151. 
 
 proprietors, 37. 
 
 settlers, 1747, 50. 
 
 — 1762-77, 64. 
 
 1777-93, 77. 
 
 1794-1801, 79. 
 
 by years, 84, 92. 
 
 soldiers 1748, 26. 
 
 Revolutionary soldiers, 104, 108, 
 
 110, 111, 112, 118 etseq. 
 
 List of Volunteers 1861-65, 128, 129. 
 
 Littleton, 29. 
 
 Living, mode of; 81. 
 
 Logging, 88. 
 
 Log-house, 81. 
 
 Lots, 37. 
 
 Lower Ashuelot, 50. 
 
 — Falls, 237. 
 Lumber, 89. 
 Lumbering, 88. 
 
 Maffett, Robert, 18. 
 
 Mails, 256. 
 
 Map boundary, 47. 
 
 Marlborough, 75. 
 
 Masons, 264. 
 
 McCuUor, Dea. "William, 171. 
 
 Meetinghouse, 57, 76, 91. 
 
 Meeting-houses, 168, 170. 
 
 Melvin, Capt., 27. 
 
 Merrill, Rev. Benj., 164. 
 
 Metcalf, Capt., 33. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, 180. 
 
 Military aflfairs, 102. 
 
 Militia, 102. 
 
 Militia of 1760, 143, 151. 
 
 — organization of, 144, 145. 
 
 Mills, 220, 229, 233, 237, 241, 242, 243, 
 
 244. 
 Minerals, 4. 
 Ministers Early, 155. 
 Ministers, 256. 
 Mirick, Rev. Noah, 155. 
 Moore, Capt., 33. 
 Mt. CsBsar Seminary, 183. 
 
 Union Library Association, 197. 
 
 Muster, 147, 149. 
 
 Name, town, 52. 
 New settlers, 124. 
 Northfleld, 26, 29. 
 
 Officers, military, 151, 152, 153. 
 Osgood, Benj., 28. 
 
 Paine, Capt., 18. 
 Parker, Isaac, 34. 
 
 — Lt. Isaac, 16. 
 Paupers, 258. 
 Peck, Mr., 33. 
 
584 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Perkins, Mark, 28. 
 
 Phillips, Eben, 19. 
 
 Pliips, William, 15. 
 
 Physicians, 255. 
 
 Plan of Swaiizey 1762, 59. 
 
 Poem, by author unknown, 106. 
 
 Pomroy, Ool., 18. 
 
 Powers, Ephraim, 29. 
 
 Proprietors, 37. 
 
 — records, 38, 62. 
 
 — meetings, 61. 
 
 — records, last entry, 62. 
 
 first entry, 63. 
 
 Public houses, 84. 
 Putnam, Mr., 65. 
 
 — Seth, 18. 
 Putney, 15. 
 
 Quebec, 108. 
 
 Raimbault, 29. 
 Ralmbut, Lt., 17. 
 Eawson, .Joseph, 20. 
 Eay, Patrick, 19. 
 Rebellion of 1861, 125. 
 
 votes of town regarding 
 
 enlistments, 126. 
 Revolution, 65, 66, 103. 
 Revolutionary pensioners, 255. 
 Richardson, Joseph, 28. 
 Richardson's Mills, 237. 
 Richmond, Gore, 76. 
 Richmond, N. H., 58. 
 Roads, 61, 201. 
 Robbins, Williams, 19. 
 Roberts, Rev. T. E., 162. 
 Rockwood, Rev. Elisha, 160, 161. 
 Rolls, 26. 
 
 — of companies in 1748, 26. 
 
 Militia Co. 1775, 104. 
 
 Rogers, Major Robert, 34. 
 Rose, Joseph, 29. 
 
 Rngg, David, 15. 
 Rutland, 29. 
 
 Sackett, 28. 
 Sargent, Lt., 27. 
 Sartwell, Jona., 20. 
 Sash-mills, 88. 
 Saunderson, Rev. H.H., 163. 
 
 Saw-mills, 220. 
 Sawtle, Jona., 26. 
 Secret societies, 264. 
 Settlers, 50. 
 
 — early, 50, 57, 63. 
 
 — 1747, 50. 
 
 — 1777, 63. 
 
 — 1781, 124. 
 
 — 1793, 77. 
 
 — 1801, 79. 
 
 — 1802-1830, 84, 86. 
 
 — 1831-1890, 92, 101. 
 Shade trees, 175. 
 Shirley, Gov., 21. 
 Shook, 247. 
 
 Small pox, 253. 
 Snakes, 10. 
 Snow storm, 263. 
 Soil, 4. 
 Soldiers, 26. 
 
 — 1775 (see lists), 104. 
 
 — in Civil War, 126, 128, 129. 
 
 — individual record of, 131. 
 Spofford, Capt. John, 16, 19. 
 Spragueville, 241. 
 Squakheag, 11. 
 
 Steam mill, 224. 
 Stearns, Abraham, 227. 
 Stebbins, Asahel, 34. 
 Stevens, Capt., 19. 
 
 — Henry, 28. 
 
 — Capt. Phinehas, 21. 
 St. Lawrence river, 88. 
 Stratton Free Library, 200. 
 
 — Mills Co., 227. 
 Stone quarrying, 241. 
 
 Store, first in W. Swanzey, 227. 
 
 Stores, 237, 240, 246. 
 
 Streams, 3. 
 
 Sunday Schools, 167, 177, 180. 
 
 Supervisors, 262. 
 
 Swanzey, N. H.,52. 
 
 — animals in, 7. 
 
 — birds of, 9. 
 
 — charter from New Hampshire, 53. 
 
 — early settlement, 35, 42. 
 
 — early tax-payers in, 78. 
 
 — first settlers, 50. 
 
 — fish, 10, 73. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 585 
 
 Swanzey, forest trees of, 6. 
 
 — fruits of, 7. 
 
 — geology of, 1. 
 
 — grant, 35. 
 
 — grantees, 37, 56, 57. 
 
 — minerals in, i. 
 
 — mountains : Huggins, Cresson, 
 
 Caesar, Franklin, Peaked, Pine 
 Hill, Cobble HiU, 2. 
 
 — origin of name, 52. 
 
 — original plan of town, 59. 
 
 — part of Richmond annexed, 38, 63. 
 
 — part set off to Marlborough, 75, 76. 
 
 — proprietors' records, 38, 42, 45, 62, 
 
 63. 
 
 — settlers 1762-1777, 64. 
 
 — settlers 1777-1793, 77. 
 
 — situation and topography of, 1. 
 
 — snakes in, 10. 
 
 — soil of, 1, 4. 
 
 — schools, 184. 
 
 — school districts, 189. 
 
 houses, 191. 
 
 committee, 192. 
 
 teachers, 194. 
 
 text-books, 196. 
 
 associations, 196. 
 
 — town meeting, 65. 
 
 — topography of, 2. 
 Swanzey Centre, 242. 
 
 — East, 232. 
 
 — Factory, 229. 
 
 — social library, 197. 
 Syms, Capt. Wm., 32. 
 
 Tanning, 91, 224, 248. 
 
 Taverns, 83, 84, 232, 240, 243, 246. 
 
 Taylor, Mr., 28. 
 
 Taylor, John, 7. 
 
 Taxes, 69, 74. 
 
 Tax-lists, 77. 
 
 Temperance, 260. 
 
 Ticonderoga, 111. 
 
 Town lots, 37. 
 
 Town meeting, 65, 73. 
 
 — ofBcers, 207. 
 
 — records (lost), 77. 
 Township granted, 35. 
 Training-field, 148. 
 Transportation, 83, 261. 
 Travelling, 83. 
 
 Trees, 6. 
 Troy, 76. 
 Twitchell, Benj., 32. 
 
 Underwood tavern, 232. 
 
 — Timothy, 233. 
 TJniversalist Society, 182. 
 
 Vermont controversy, 67, 69, 72. 
 Vote, first under new constitution, 73, 
 
 Wagons, 88, 91. 
 Walker, Reuben, 29. 
 Walpole, 31. 
 War, 50. 
 
 — debt, 257. 
 
 — of 1812, 125. 
 Warren, Mr., 17. 
 Wells, Joshua, 27. 
 Westford, 29. 
 Westport, 2, 3, 237, 255. 
 West Swanzey Mf g Co. , 227. 
 Wilcox shop, 243. 
 
 Wilson, Kev. John G., 162. 
 Willard, Col., 19. 
 
 — Josiah, 36. 
 
 — Capt. Josiah, jr., 26. 
 Willey, Eev. Chas., 162. 
 Williams, Moses Boardman, 237. 
 Winchester, 16, 25. 
 
 Woburn, 28. 
 Women, 84. 
 
 — clothing of, 84. 
 Wooden ware, 223, 225. 
 Worcestei', 66. 
 Wright, Amasa, 20. 
 Wjman, Matthew, 28.