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HISTORY 
 
 TOWN OF ANTRIM 
 
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 FROM ITS EAELIEST SETTLEMENT, TO JUNE 27, 1877, 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL HECORD 
 
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 ANTRIM FAMILIES. 
 
 BY KEY. W. R. COCHRANE, 
 
 Faitoi of tie Fitsbjterian Cbarch, 
 
 PUBLISHED BY THE TOWN. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 Peobably the idea of having a " History of Antrim " at the present 
 time is due to George A. Cochran, Esq. In legal March meeting, the 
 town voted to employ some one to write said history, and appropriated five 
 hundred dollars to help meet the expenses. At the urgent request of the 
 selectmen, I was induced to enter upon this undertaking, influenced, 
 however, partly by my own tastes and pleasures in such work, and partly 
 because, without any definite object in view, I had made some records of 
 value in the same line. After more than five years, my labor now draws 
 to a close. For these years, every hour that I could save from parish 
 duties, I have devoted to this work; and the amount of labor I have 
 spent upon it has been great and wearing. I have written an Introduc- 
 tion touching matters long prior to our limits, knowing it would be of 
 value to many among this people who have not books of history at hand. 
 For this volume, I have searched the records of Londonderry, Bedford, 
 and New Boston, with great care. The records of Antrim have been 
 constantly under my eye. The town clerks of Hancock, Prancestown, 
 Deering, and Hillsborough have gratuitously made patient investigations 
 for me. The Antrim records concerning births, marriages, and deaths 
 in the town, church records, and family records, I have found exceed- 
 ingly meagre and irregular ; and I have been enabled to straighten them 
 out only by comparison and patient study. Upon this part, as well 
 as upon the Genealogies, I have written letters almost innumerable, 
 and left no stone unturned to get at the facts. What is stated in these 
 pages, is believed to be stated on the best evidence of its truth. The 
 narrative is brought down to the day of the town's centennial cele- 
 bration ; a few items being given of subsequent date as they came to 
 hand, if judged important. This part of the work I could not possibly 
 get time to rewrite; and hence some crude composition may be here 
 observed. 
 
 The work has been delayed beyond all expectation, disappointing 
 myself and all others. The amount of labor involved, and time used up 
 on matters of detail, is the only explanation. I would not have believed 
 it myself, but for experience of it. 
 
 I have endeavored to be absolutely impartial in all I have said. More 
 space has been given to the history of my church than the others, because 
 it was the church of the town during its critical and formative period, 
 being the only one here for a long series of years, and its business being 
 
iV PREFACE. 
 
 done in open town-meeting. I have made frequent use of Dr. Whiton's 
 excellent History, and thankfully acknowledge my obligations thereto. 
 In a few cases I have been obliged to dissent from him, because of indu- 
 bitable documentary evidence, probably not under his eye when he wrote. 
 I am also indebted to the diary of Dr. Whiton, and that of Mrs. Whiton, 
 and that of Dea. Isaac Cochran. John A. Riddle, Esq., of Manchester, 
 formerly of Bedford, has put valuable papers in my hand, and furnished 
 me with matters concerning this town from the diary of Matthew Patten 
 of Bedford. E. D. Boylston, Esq., editor of the " Amherst Cabinet," has 
 furnished me with scores of advertisements and. deaths and accidents from 
 the files of the Amherst papers back to 1796. Reed P. Saltmarsh, Clark 
 Hopkins, Hon. G-eorge W. Nesmith, and Hon. "Charles Adams, Jr., have 
 rendered me important aid in this part of the book. For various and 
 constant helps, both of purse and hand, I am also indebted to Dr. 
 Morris Christie. The town clerks during these five years, Almus Fair- 
 field and Charles B. Dodge, have been most obliging andhelpful, the 
 latter during two years past having been frequently called to suffer on 
 my account. I have searched the records at Concord, both in person 
 and by proxy. Am indebted to Hon. Mr. Hammond, deputy secretary 
 of state. Rev. William Hurlin wrote most of the history of the Bap- 
 tist Church; and Rev. J. L. Felt gave me the facts concerning the 
 Methodist Church. 
 
 The people of Antrim have shown me universal kindness and encour- 
 agement in the slow progress of this undertaking. I have visited every 
 family in the town, and sought all possible information. To keep the 
 book within bounds, much material kindly given must be unused, or has 
 been " boiled down." The officers of the town, and the centennial com- 
 mittee, have also manifested such considerate and cordial interest as 
 greatly to encourage me. To these, and to all, I put on record my hearty 
 gratitude. The votes of the town and all its action concerning the his- 
 tory have been highly creditable. 
 
 My estimate of the fathers of Antrim, after this acquaintance with 
 them, rises to a certain height akin to reverence. Their greatness of stat- 
 ure, their outspokenness, their manly bearing, their bold, open honesty, 
 their courage, endurance, and patience, and, most of all, their unshaken 
 faith in God, have won my intensest admiration. I shall speak some- 
 what of their faults; but their virtues stand out as being of the boldest 
 and noblest kind. There was a certain type of dignity and greatness 
 about them, which, to say the least, is not prevalent in the world now. 
 The Scotch-Irish race were all intense lovers of liberty; and this spirit 
 stands out, in every son and daughter of them. They were made of tough 
 stuff for tyrants to manage. Bancroft, the historian of the United States, 
 uses these just and significant words: " The first public voice in America 
 for dissolving all connection with Great Britain came not from the Puri- 
 tans of New England, the Dutch of New York, nor the planters of Vir- 
 ginia, but from the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians." 
 
 A large part of the volume, and by far the larger part of the time 
 and labor, have been given to the Genealogies. This may seem amis- 
 taken division now ; but in future years that will be the more valued part 
 
PREFACE. V 
 
 of the work. Of this I have no doubt ; and this I have had constantly 
 in mind. 
 
 Of course it could not be expected that a history of this quiet town 
 would be very romantic or great. We have had no Indian tragedies, no 
 national battles, no men of extensive fame, no mines of wealth, and no 
 very remarkable record in any way. Our town has little that is brilliant; 
 much that is solid, honorable, and good. But to those born or bred here, 
 these pages, I think, will be full of interest. 
 
 The portraits are all steel engravings, chiefly from the hand of F. T. 
 Stuart, 42 Court street, Boston, — an artist of high repute. The cost of all 
 these has been borne by the parties or their friends. The several views 
 and buildings appear in this book by the generosity of David M. Weston, 
 Hon. Charles Adams, Jr., Mrs. Anna Woodbury, Mrs. Eliza (Weston) 
 Williams, Benjamin P. Cheney, Mary Clark, and others. 
 
 Other faces and views I earnestly desired and sought, but they could 
 not be obtained. The engravings of N. W. C. Jameson, N. C. Jameson, 
 and one or two others, go into other books from the same plate; other- 
 wise they might not have appeared in this. Dea. A. H. Dunlap of 
 Nashua gave one hundred dollars towards the engravings of Dr. and 
 Mrs. Whiton. Hon. William B. Dinsmore of New York puts in the 
 face of Anna Belle Jameson. This being unknown to the family, may 
 be taken as a happy tribute to her beautiful character, and as a sample 
 of the generous things that gentleman is in the habit of doing. 
 
 It is believed the illustrations in this volume cannot be surpassed in 
 neatness or style. The cost of all the illustrations is about two thousand 
 dollars. 
 
 It is worthy of remark that a state historian can say what he pleases, and 
 squarely speak of the faults of public men ; but a town historian must be 
 blind to many things. Nor is this to me altogether a dis'ad vantage. I 
 have tried to avoid hurting the feelings of any one ; and the effort has 
 done me good. 
 
 And now these pages are respectfully submitted to the people of the 
 town. That they might be better and more ably written, with fewer 
 mistakes, and in neater form, I might well hope. That they will be 
 charitably received, my knowledge of this people leads me to expect and 
 believe. That they may be of some use and pleasure to the present gen- 
 eration, and of substantial value to their children and children's children, 
 is my ardent wish. This alone can repay my untold anxiety and pains. 
 Better than present praise is the humblest, lowest place in the " thanks 
 of millions yet to be." 
 
 And I hardly need add that these studies have served to endear to me 
 the very rocks of Antrim. On her mountains and valleys and streams 
 and forests, her meadows and lakes, her comely villages and fruitful fields, 
 I have come to look with a lover's eyes. Take the year through, this 
 town cannot be surpassed for scenery. 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 Far o'er the sea the fairest town 
 
 Of all old Ulster thought hers, 
 She christened " Antrim," — in renown 
 
 " The land upon the waters." 
 Such peaceful wavelets spread below, 
 
 Such hills of green above them ; 
 The little streams went laughing so 
 
 She couldn't help but love them 1 
 
 And after years of flood and flame. 
 
 To-day I find another, 
 That has the look and bears the name 
 
 Old Ulster gave her mother. 
 And slopes of green and laughing streams 
 
 That marked the ancient quarters, 
 Are here more beautiful, it seems, — 
 
 Our Antrim's hills and waters ! 
 
 The spot life's hurry overlooks. 
 
 The skies that we are under. 
 The verdure by the laughing bropks, 
 
 The heights on which I wonder; 
 So sweet, so fair, — a jewel set 
 
 With sparkling sons and (laughters ; — 
 Oh ! nevermore shall I forget 
 
 Our Antrim's hills and waters I 
 
 On mountains towering to the skies. 
 
 On streams of song and story, 
 I've looked with long-enraptured eyes, 
 
 And caught .their gleams of glory. 
 And these may fade from memory yet, 
 
 All, all she ever thought hers. 
 But nevermore shall I forget 
 
 Our Antrim's hills and waters I 
 
 W. R. COCHEANE. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 Introdootokt ... . ix 
 
 Chap. 
 
 I. — The First Settlement of Antrim ; and Events prior to and including the In- 
 corporation of the Town . . . 3 
 II. —An Outline of Events in Antrim for Fifty Years : 1777-1827 44 
 m. —An Outline of^vents in Antrim for Fifty YeSrs : 1827-1877 . 99 
 IV. — Proceedings in Connection with the Centennial Celebration, June 27, 1877 114 
 V. — Items of Ecclesiastical History 176 
 VI. — The Military Record of Antrim . 194 
 VII.— Schools . . 213 
 VIII. — Various Societies in Antrim 222 
 rX. — Koads and Bridges 226 
 X. — Cemeteries ... . . 233 
 XI. — List of Town Officers from the Year 1777 to the Year 1879, inclusive, as 
 
 copied from the Town Records • • . . 237 
 
 XH. — Mills and Manufactures in Antrim 245 
 
 Xni. — Villages .... 257 
 XIV. — Old Customs and Habits . . 265 
 XV. — Inconveniences the Settlers had to contend with . . . 277 
 XVI. — Scotch-Irish Character and Influence .... . 288 
 XVII. — Various Descriptive Items of a Topographical Nature . . . 299 
 XVni. — Containing Various Scraps and Remnants worth Gathering up and Pre- 
 serving ... . ...... 311 
 
 Genealogies . . .... 827 
 
ILLTJSTRATIOISrS. 
 
 Eet. Dr. John M. Whitojs Frontispiece. 
 
 Mrs. John M. Whiton Trontispicce. 
 
 Rev. W. E. Cochrane . Page 3 
 
 Old MEETiNG-HonsE on the Hill 71 
 
 Hon. Charles Adams, Jb. 135 
 
 Hon. a. H. Dunlap . 168 
 
 Presbyterian Church 184 
 
 Baptist Church 192 
 
 Maplewood Cemetery . 236 
 
 Nathan C. Jameson . 244 
 
 Hon. Daniel M. Christie 297 
 
 Map of Antrim . 305 
 
 Gregg's Pond from Holt's Hill 306 
 
 Hon. George W. Nesmith 321 
 
 Chandler B. Boutwell 367 
 
 Dea. James Boyd . 375 
 
 Benjamin P. Cheney, A. M. 412 
 
 Morris Christie, M. D. 416 
 
 Clark Hopkins 544 
 
 N. W. C. Jameson 554 
 
 AuNA Belle Jameson 660 
 
 Reed P. Saltmarsh . . 670 
 
 Steele Place, now William Cuetis's 688 
 
 Mark True, A. M. . 715 
 
 Edward L. Vose » . 727 
 
 David M. Weston . 740 
 
 Residence op Levi Woodbury 779 
 
I NTRODUGTOR Y.* 
 
 At our earliest knowledge of England, it was a land of swamps and; forests, rough, 
 desolate, and of no account in the world. It was in the days when Rome was a republic, 
 and civilization and learning were at their height in the neighborhoods of the Mediterra- 
 nean. A race of savages then occupied the now thrifty, mighty little islands. They 
 stained their faces something after the fashion of the Eed Men, dressed in the skins of 
 wild beasts, and lived together in huts on the river-banks or in the rude clearings of the 
 forest. Their huts were made by twisting long willow sticks together, basket-like, on 
 sides and roof, and then covering the whole with mud. An opening answered for window 
 and chimney. It is said that such mud huts are built and occupied by some of the Irish, 
 even to the present day. These barbarians were warriors, and had trenches about their 
 settlements, and low mud walls for fortifications. There were probably nearly forty clans 
 or tribes. At the- time of discovery by Csesar, some tribes at least, both men and women, 
 went for summer entirely naked. They had horses and cattle, but no agriculture. These 
 tribes *ere polj'gamous, but, unlike th6 Mormons, every woman had eight or ten husbands, 
 though we are left entirely in doubt as to how she managed her numerous superior half. 
 
 These many uncivilized tribes were united by a common religion named Drjiidism. 
 Their'priests were Druids. It took twenty years to learn and commit to memory their 
 various forms and ballads and incantations. Everything was oral — no books, no sermons, 
 no creeds ; but they had innumerable rites and superstitions. The Druids kept the mysteries 
 of their faith in their haunts in the deep oak forests, and but little is really known of 
 them. The ruins of their great temples, and stupendous altars of stone, yet remain. It 
 was a terrible religion to which they held. Sometimes they offered human sacrifices, 
 carrying round the victims in wicker cages and then with fearful ceremonies burning them 
 alive ! It was the most authoritative false religion that ever existed. These barbarian 
 tribes were subjugated by the Roman arms, and England was occupied by the authorities 
 of Rome for more than five hundred years, — this period commencing with the conquest of 
 Caesar, B. C. 55, and extending to 449 A. D., though, on account of many rebellions and 
 the wild unrest of the people, the Romans had peaceful and entire possession but a small 
 part of these five centuries. It is during this Roman possession, and especially in the last 
 part of it, that our attention is called to the Scots. We are often told about the inroads 
 of the "Picts and Scots." The Picts were painted men, and so called because the faces 
 of their warriors were adorned, or made frightful, in this way. The Scots were native 
 clans, and said by some to be so named from the Gaelic word sguit (like scout), a wanderer. 
 Others derive the name from the Anglo-Saxon scot, an assessment of money, by violence 
 or otherwise. Both of these would certainly apply, as they were without doubt often 
 strolling down as robbers over the lowlands of England (or Briton) and making reprisals 
 with high and fearless band. To this day there is a phrase in the English law, " Scot 
 and lot," meaning a contribution laid upon all subjects according to their ability; and 
 one who escapes a payment or tax is said to be "Scot-free." The origin of these old 
 clans of Scotland is a matter much disputed, antf as yet unsettled. Nor is it within our 
 plan to discuss the question. Our earliest reliable history finds them in the Highlands of 
 
 * The f ollowiog historical items are designed to be of use to such people in town as have not; 
 authorities at hand to refer to. 
 b. 
 
X INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 Scotia, the bold, independent, warlike, unconquerable race -which they are to-daj'. The 
 Romans s'corned them and hated them, but they could not subdue them ; and as wealth 
 increased in England under Roman management, the depredations of the Scotch rangers 
 increased. They came down from the mountains, captured everything they wanted, 
 and departed with such rapidity as to preclude pursuit and into such haunts as to render 
 discovery impossible. Kind to the poor, helpful to the distressed, having in all their law- 
 less depredations a certain haughty nobleness of character, they were, on the whole, an 
 exceedingly uncomfortable race to the Romans. 
 
 As a last resort, the Roman generals built walls and dug ditches across between England 
 and Scotland. The last and most formidable of these was called the " "Wall of Severus," 
 from the Emperor's name, was built A. D. 208, was made of stone, was eight feet thick 
 and twelve feet high, and under the north side of the wall a ditch was dug the whole dis- 
 tance, thirty-six feet wide and twelve feet deep. This, for a distance of about seventy 
 miles, was certainly an enormous work. On this wall were hundreds. of castles and 
 turrets, so arranged thatif a fire were lighted in one, it could be seen in the next, and in 
 that way extended from tower to tower and shore to shore. Such an enormous barrier, 
 guarded by armed men, would seem enough to keep back the few Scotch tribes of tlje 
 northward mountains. Yet over this great barrier oft they broke, and, flying along the 
 southward counties like the wind, escaped with their booty over the large wall and back to 
 their fastnesses behind the impassable cliffs. Consequentl}', when the Roman forces were 
 withdrawn from the island, the Britons, long used to being defended by their Roman con- 
 querors, and unacquainted with arms, were in no condition to meet the intrepid clansmen 
 from beyond the wall. The Romans seem to have taken their farewell in the spring of 
 A. D. 449. Immediately the Scots poured in upon the defenseless counties. They went 
 where they would. Only feeble resistance was offered them. Cattle and horses and fruit 
 and treasure fell into their hands. They seemed to regard the land of the Britons as 
 their proper prey. The latter in their extremity sent n deputation over the channel to 
 the German tribes for help. And thus the Scotch, who would have controlled the whole 
 island but for foreign interference, became the occasion of letting in the Saxons and Angles 
 and Jutes, who afterwards governed England. Before the close of the year (449) some 
 seven thousand warriors responded to the Britons' appeal, came across the channel, and 
 soon put the Scots to flight. The rapidity with which they answered to this call for help 
 has been explained bj' the statement that they were already meditating this very enter- 
 prise by way of conquest, so that the petition of the Britons found them strangely will- 
 ing, not only to reply in the affirmative, but to follow it up with immediate vigor. Yet 
 no sooner had they driven back the Scotch invaders, than they began to manifest a spirit 
 of conquest for themselves, and quietly, took possession of one important place after 
 another. Being re-enforced by five thousand additional Saxons, they soon found occasion 
 for a quarrel, and commenced open hostilities against those who had sought their help. 
 After a varying struggle the Britons were mostly slain, or driven to Wales or Cornwall. 
 A few escaped into France. The Saxons obtained full control. The country was divided 
 
 into seven little kingdoms, — sometimes in conflict, but generally allied together, and in 
 
 this way they held on their course for more than three centuries. But in 827, Egbert of 
 Wessex succeeded, from various causes,- chiefly from conquest, in uniting these seven 
 kingdoms into one, which received the name of England (Angles'-land), and was ilearK- 
 identical in area with that which bears the name to-day. This government under the 
 Anglo-Saxons continued unbroken until 1013, when the Danes succeeded in getting pos- 
 session of the kingdom and held it for twenty-three years, after which the government 
 returned to the Saxons and remained with them till the conquest and ascension to the 
 throne of "William the Norman, in 1066. From this year the succession of the rulers of 
 England were as follows : — 
 
 THE NOBMAN MONAKCHS. 
 
 William I. A. D. 1066-1087. 
 
 William II. 1087-1100. 
 
 Henry I. . 1100-1135. 
 
 Stephen 1135-1154. 
 
INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 XI 
 
 HOUSE OF PLANTAGENET. 
 
 Henry II. 
 Richard I. 
 John 
 
 Henry III. 
 Edward I. 
 Edward II. 
 Edward III. 
 Richard II. 
 
 1154-1389. 
 1189-1199. 
 1199-1216. 
 1216-1272. 
 12T2-1307. 
 1307-1327. 
 1327-1377. 
 1377-1399. 
 
 HOUSES OF LAXCASTER AND YORK. 
 
 Henry IV. 
 Henry V. 
 Henry VI. 
 Edward IV. 
 Edward V. 
 Richard III. 
 
 1399-1413. 
 
 1413-1422. 
 
 1422- about 1461. 
 
 1461-1483. 
 
 1483-1483 (murdered 'when a child). 
 
 1483-1485. 
 
 HOUSE OF TUDOR. 
 
 Hgnry VII. 
 Henry VIH. 
 Edward VI. 
 Mary 
 Elizabeth 
 
 1485-1509. 
 1509-1547. 
 1547-1553. 
 1553-1558. 
 1558-1603. 
 
 James I. 
 Charles I. 
 
 HOUSE OF STUABT. 
 
 1603-1625. 
 
 1625-1649 (beheaded Jan. 30, 1649). 
 
 COMMONWEALTH (sO Called). 
 
 1649-1660. 
 This period includes the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell from 1653 to 1658. 
 
 HOUSE OF STUART RESTORED. 
 
 Charles II. 1660-1685. 
 
 James II. 1685-1688. 
 
 HOUSES OF STUART AND NASSAU. 
 
 William HI. 1689-1702. 
 
 Anne 1702-1714. 
 
 HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK. 
 
 George I. . 
 George II. 
 George III. 
 George IV. 
 William IV. 
 Victoria I. 
 
 1714-1727. 
 1727-1760. 
 1760-1820. 
 1820-1830. 
 1830-1837. 
 1837. 
 
 It should be added before leaving this brief outline, that Christianity was introduced 
 among the Saxons of England in A. D. 596. They had received, or if receiving they 
 had retained, very little, if anything, as regards the Christian faith from the Britons 
 who retreated before them; and their whole system of belief was a mere superstition, 
 
xn INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 gross and savage in the extreme. Augustin, called the "Apostle to the English," 
 landed in Kent that year, and preached with so much zeal and prudence, and was so 
 favored by Providence, that in a short time the body of the people embraced Chris- 
 tianity. 
 
 Scotland, the land of our fathers, is a romantic little country of about twenty-six thou- 
 sand square miles, a little more than twice the size of New Hampshire. It is dotted over 
 with lakes, and curious creeks wind round among its mountains, greatly diminishing its 
 habitable surface. The indentations of the sea about Scotland are so many and so exten- 
 sive that this little country has a sea-coast of more than three thousand miles. The arms 
 of the sea almost cut it in two again and again. In several places, but for a few miles 
 one could sail across from the Atlantic to the North Sea. One arm of Argyleshire stretches 
 into the North Channel till it reaches within about ten miles of the county of Antrim ia 
 Ireland. When you add to all this the fact that Scotland is covered with mountains; 
 traversed in every direction by deep and beautiful valleys; marked by many rapid rivers; 
 has birds and flowers exceeding those of England in variety; and has a climate so 
 softened by the ocean that the thermometer rarely, if ever, falls to zero in winter, while 
 in summer 80° is the limit of heat, — you can hardly wonder that it is a most attractive 
 land and dear to the fathers. 
 
 Scotland was known to the Romans under the name of Caledonia, and was not called 
 by its present title till nearly four hundred years after their departure, or about A. D. 840. 
 The Romans speak of the inhabitants of Caledonia as consisting of many tribes, as the worst 
 kind of idolaters, as robbers, as uncivilized and living in huts and nearly naked summer 
 and winter, and as exceeding brave and warlike, and capable of boundless endurance. 
 The Romans generally speak of them' under the name of Picts, or painted men. These 
 seem to have inhabited the lowlands and the eastern coast, while the old Scotch clans 
 inhabited the highlands; certain it is there has always been a diiference in language and 
 manners between the two. Some authorities assert that Caledonia was invaded by the 
 Scots, a Celtic tribe from Ireland, about A. I>. 500, Who established a kingdom on the 
 western coast, — gradually overpowering the Picts and getting control of the whole couu- ■ 
 try about 840. But this whole idea that the original Scotch were from Ireland seems to 
 lack proof, and appears very much like the conjecture of some historian ambitious to have 
 a theory. It is certain that the Saxons invaded the land about the time they invaded 
 England, that they conquered and settled the lowlands next to the latter country, and that 
 under their chieftain Edwin they founded Edwinsburg, now Edinburg, the capital, while 
 the Picts were driven back west and north. Probably what is spoken of as the invasion 
 from Ireland, in that mythical period, was simply an uprising of the highlanders on the 
 west and north of Caledonia, in which they poured down upon the Saxons and obtained 
 full possession of the country ; and as the principal clans in these victories were Scots, 
 and the leader was a Scot, the land began to be caBed Scots' land, while the Picts and 
 surviving Saxons were absorbed by the victorious tribes. 
 
 The first king that thus governed all Scotland was Kenneth Macalpin; and the Scottish 
 kingdom, with various changes and vicissitudes, maintained its integrity till James the 
 Sixth, who was heir of the English kingdom, quietly ascended the throne of England as 
 successor of Elizabeth in 1603, as James the Eirst, thus uniting the two countries under 
 one sovereign. Previous to this event, Scotland had many excellent kings. There was a 
 long war with the Danes, resulting in the entire expulsion of the invaders. Subse- 
 quently there were wars with England, and the borderland between the two countries was 
 a scene of blood and devastation for many a year, until this union in James. 
 
 In the year 1290 there was a vacancy in the Scottish throne, John Baliol and Robert 
 Bruce being aspirants therefor. The next year the question of succession was referred to 
 Edward I. of England, and in 1292 he declared John Baliol entitled to the crown, — 
 but not until he had exacted from the Scottish barons an oath of fealty to himself as 
 feudal lord of Scotland. But Edward soon scraped a quarrel with this weak sovereign, 
 overran his kingdom, and sent John as a prisoner to the Tower of London. He soon suc- 
 ceeded in subduing most of the fortresses of Scotland; but soon a deliverer arose in the 
 person of William Wallace, who descended from an ancient family in the west of Scot- 
 land, and, though being of small fortune and few resources, he succeeded, by great courage 
 
INTRODUCTOET. xiii 
 
 and endurance and wisdom, in freeing his country from foreigners. But at lengtli Wal- 
 lace was betrayed into the hands of the king, who caused him to be executed with the 
 cruelty and shame of a culprit. This is to the everlasting disgrace of Edward and of 
 England. Few nobler spirits than Wallace ever lived. But his death (1305) only set 
 tighter the teeth of every Scotchman ; and the struggle was continued by young Robert 
 Bruce, grandson of that Robert who claimed the crown in 1290. The English had abun- 
 dance of men and means, and often it looked dark for Scotland ; but the unconquerable 
 spirit of her warriors was never broken, and they kept up the unequal contest in one way 
 or another till their land was free. In the ppring of 1314 Edward II. collected an army of 
 ope hundred thousand men for the purpose of iinishing up the Scottish conflict, marched 
 into Scotland, and met little opposition till Bruce confronted him at Bannockburn. The 
 battle of that name was June 25, 1314. The Scottish chieftain had but thirty thousand men, 
 but they were heroes all, and were admirably managed. Full half the English army was 
 either slain or captured. The young Scotch leader was covered with undying glor}^, and his 
 land was free. He was succeeded by many sovereigns, until the crowns of England and 
 Scorland were united in James, as named above. The latter had no further history as a 
 separate nation, though it was more than a hundred years before the two Parliaments were 
 united in o'ne as at the pi^sent time. This event occurred in the autumn of 1706, and 
 since then the two countries have been more and more blended in interest and character. 
 
 Having nowjiaken this brief view of the history of England and Scotland for the read- 
 er's convenience, we will now, for similar reason, glance at the causes which led to the 
 settlement of New England. Henry VIII., who ascended the throne of England in 
 1509, married Katherine of Arragon in the first year, of his reign. After the death of 
 Henry in 1547, and the brief reign of Edward VI. who died at the age of nearly sixteen, 
 Mary I., daughter of Henry VIII. and Katherine of Arragon, ascended the throne. This 
 was in 1553. She was the most bloody and cruel and devilish of women. When her licentious 
 father determined to get rid of Eiatherine, he divorced her (1532), and was set in bitter 
 opposition to the -Pope for declining to sanction the act. He declared his opposition to 
 Rome openly; and his passion led to what has been called the "Reformation" in Eng- 
 land. He had previously written a book against Luther, for which the Pope gave him the 
 title "Defender of the Faith," a title still retained by the sovereigns of England; but 
 now he proceeded to persecute the Papists, and many met death at his hand. Perhaps, 
 therefore, it was to be expected that Mary, the daughter of Katherine, and a zealous 
 Catholic, should feel herself called upon to retaliate in blood, and establish the persecuted 
 sect. And she did her worst. ,, f he leading Protestants were condenined to the flames; 
 many were thus burned at the stake; and scarcely in the five years of her reign did the 
 fires of martyrdom go out. Great numbers were tortured, and in the most cruel conceiv- 
 able methods put to death. But " Bloody Mary " died 1558, and her memory is covered 
 with the abhorrence and execration of mankind. , 
 
 On her death, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII. and the murdered Queen Anne 
 Boleyn, succeeded to the throne ; and in the first year of her reign Protestantism was 
 forever established as the religion of England. This was by act of Parliament. But for 
 the object of putting down the Catholics, laws were passed requiring the abjuration of all 
 foreign authority both in spiritual as well. as temporal things, and the acknowledgment 
 of the sovereign of "England as the head of the church. It was made a crime to attend 
 the religious services of any clergyman not belonging to the established church. This 
 arbitrary enforcement of religion was the mistake and dishonor of Elizabeth's reign. It 
 was only doing on the other side, and in a milder way, what the infamous Mary had done 
 before her. Yet these wicked laws were in force for generations, and many suffered per- 
 secution and death at the hands of so-called Protestants, in the reign of Elizabeth, and 
 that of her successor, James I. But many of the Protestants themselves were not satisfied 
 with the established religion, which, though freeing them from papal tyranny, gave them 
 no real freedom of conscience. Soon parties called " Non-conformists " arose in the king- 
 dom; and in subsequent years there was a very determined opposition, both in England 
 and Scotland, to all these encroachments upon the rights of the people in religion. Those 
 who professed to follow the "Pure word of God" were called Puritans. They grew up 
 under the reign of Bloody Mary, but do not seem to be called Puritans till abbut 1564. 
 
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 They desired a wider separation from tlie Roman Catholics than that allowed by the 
 established church, and willingly accepted the appellation given them in reproach. 
 As they were opposed and ridiculed and persecuted, none joined them except such as 
 were conscientiously devoted to Christ, so that the name Puritan came to be significant 
 of great self-denial and excellence in religion. They were both godly and intelligent 
 people, and were exalted by the fires they passed through. The name Puritan has been 
 differently used at times. In later days, every one that wanted to live a decent life was 
 called a puritan by the irreligious multitude, even though he were conformed to the 
 established church. Under Charles I., all people opposed to his arbitrary government 
 were called puritans. The historian Hume applies the name to three classes; the political 
 puritans, who advanced the most radical ideas of civil liberty; the puritans in polity, who 
 opposed the government and forms of worship in the established church ; and puritans in 
 doctrine, who strenuously insisted on the tenets of the reformers. The Puritans that set- 
 tled New England certainly embraced all of these, and there never was a time when any 
 such lines of distinction could be drawn this side the water. 
 
 It will not be judged out of place to devote one page here to Macaulay's description of 
 the Puritans, though familiar to many, for it is a surpassing sketch ; and as he was a mem- 
 ber of the Church of England, he will not be accused of speaking too highly in favor of 
 its opponents. 
 
 " We would speak of the Puritans as the most remarkable body of men the world has 
 ever produced. The odious parts of their character lie on the surface. Nor have there 
 been wanting malicious observers to point them out. For many years after the Reforma- 
 tion, they were the theme of unmeasured invective and derision. . . But the Puritans 
 were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of 
 superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging in general 
 an overruling providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of that Great 
 Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too 
 minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of human 
 existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects sub- 
 stituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching obscure glimpses of the 
 Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, 
 and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial 
 distinctions. They recognized no title to superiority but the divine favor ; and, confident 
 of that favor, they despised all the accomplishments and all th? dignities of the world. 
 If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and poets, they were deeply 
 read in the oracles of God. On the rich and eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked 
 down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and 
 eloquent in a more sublime language, — nobles by right of an earlier creation, and priests 
 by the interposition of a mightier hand. Those had little reason to laugh at them who 
 encountered them in the hall of debate or in the field of battle." 
 
 These inimitable lines from the unprejudiced historian show what sort of stuff the early 
 settlers of New England were made of. 
 
 The first settlement permanently made by the Puritans in New England was in Salem, 
 Mass., in 1628, by John Endicott and a few associates. June 29, 1629, five ships, 
 one of them being the "Mayflower," came to Salem, bringing more than two hundred 
 settlers. This was called the Massachusetts colony, and John Endicott was chosen gov- 
 ernor. The next year (1630), Gov. John Winthrop came with eight hundred more. Thus 
 this colony, seeking religious freedom, was strong and numerous at the start ; and though 
 meeting many hardships, they grew in numbers, settled Boston and many surrounding 
 towns, spread in every direction, and finally absorbed all the other colonies, the date of 
 formal union being 1692. These Puritans, though persecuted for their opinions, held old 
 England as very dear ; and it is said their minister. Rev. Francis Higginson, cried aloud 
 as they parted from their native land: "Farewell, dear England! Farewell, all the 
 Christian friends there ! " 
 
 There was another colony that settled within the present limits of Massachusetts some 
 years earlier than that of Endicott, named above. This was called the Plymouth colony. 
 They were Puritans, — but they were more and better. By some they were called "Sep- 
 
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 aratists" ; but they were not strictly sucli, since they would admit to communion a godly 
 member of the Church of England, or even hear a preacher of that church when they 
 couldn't find better, on account of which extreme Separatists denounced them as sharing 
 the "Harlotry of Episcopacy." Their religious ideas were far in advance of their time 
 and more in accordance with the tolerant, evangelical principles that are held at the pres- 
 ent day. These now bear the honored name of "The Pilgrim Fathers," Or "The 
 Pilgrims," though the word is often used in a larger sense. Being more careful in doc- 
 trine and more widely separated from the Church of England than many who wej-e 
 substantially agreed with them, they were more intensely persecuted; and consequently 
 , they fled to Holland, where there was tolerable religious liberty. But in Holland thev 
 had a hard time, and were under some social disadvantages ; and, as they were greatly 
 desirous of " advancing the gospel in the remote parts of the world," they determined to 
 make a home in the wilds of America. There were upwards of a thousaud of these 
 "Pilgrims" — on the way "to heaven, their dearest country" — then waiting in Hol- 
 land; and about one hundred of them were selected as most fit to commence the new settle- 
 ment. They sailed in July, 1620, in the "Mayflower," and steered for the Hudson river 
 intending to begin there. But they were driven by storm onto the coast of IMassachu- 
 setts. They sailed along with great care, exploring here and there for a favorable location. 
 Having spent a mouth in this way, they came into Plymouth harbor (so called by a pre- 
 vious explorer), and fixed on that as the most favorable location. They landed Dec. 21 
 1620. Before disembarking they formed a compact for government on the basis of equal 
 rights among them ; chose John Carver for their first governor, and Miles Standish for 
 their military captain. The first foot on Plymouth Eock was that of Marj' Chilton. But 
 ■it was a wintry shore, and the prospect before them was dark enough. Winter had just 
 begun. The land was supposed to be full of savages. There was neither house nor barn 
 on all the shore. There was no help thej' could reasonably look for. But at once they 
 resolutely went about building houses. They had log houses, with thatched roofs and 
 paper windows. And these small, humble apartments, they afterwards said, " were as 
 full of beds as they could lie, one by another." At once they built a church and put 
 cannon upon it for defense. They subsisted largely by hunting and fishing. But their 
 privations and hardships were so great that fifty-one, just one-half the entire number, 
 died the first winter, their governor among them. It is said they planted corn over their 
 graves in the spring to prevent the Indians from finding out how they were diminished in 
 numbers ! At the same time the " Mayflower " returned to England, but not one of the colo- 
 nists chose to return with her. They struggled on slowly and bravely for years. Gradually 
 increasing and extending, they got firm ' hold of the soil, and the prospect had greatly 
 brightened for them when their neighbors of the Massachusetts colony arrived. There 
 had been some differences between the two ; but once on the shore of the New World, — 
 with a common object in view, and a common dislike of the authority of the Church of 
 England, and with need of mutual defense, the Pilgrims of Plymouth found allies in the 
 Puritans of Salem, — graduallj'' they came together, and ultimately they became one, 
 making the large and powerful State of Massachusetts at the time (1718) when our Scotch 
 ancestors arrived at Boston. 
 
 Having now followed Puritan and Pilgrim from persecution in England to a permanent 
 and free condition in America, and left them united, and enlarging on every side, it will 
 be expected of course that we look particularly at the causes and history of the " Scotch- 
 Irish " emigration. Ireland had been invaded and conquered by the English in the reign 
 of Henry II., A. D. 1172. But for four hundred years they really exercised but little 
 authority in the island, and that in such a way as to exasperate the ignorant and suffer- 
 ing Irish beyond endurance. They frequently rebelled against the English authority 
 during the reign of Elizabeth, and it was not till near the close of her reign (1601) that 
 her government could-very properly be said to be established there. To a great extent, 
 the lands of the Catholic rebels were confiscated by the crown. These lands being attract- 
 ive in soil and climate, and offered at a very low rate, many English and some Scotch 
 settlers were induced to come over and settle upon them, — a course of things greatly 
 encouraged by the government, in the hope that an intelligent Protestant population wou)d 
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 in 1603, pursued tlie same course and offered increased inducements to any of his country- 
 men who would settle on the vacant farms. Indeed, soon after his accession, a company 
 was formed in London to colonize Ireland. Large parts of the eastern counties, and nearly 
 the whole of the Province of Ulstei*, comprising nine counties in the north, or in all full 
 one-fourth of the island, came hy attainder into the hands of James. Those parts next 
 to England were slowly filled up and occupied by the British; but Ulster in the north, 
 being a wild and lawless province, remained for the most part unoccupied except by lin- 
 gering bands of the rebel Irish who had now no legal right to the soil. James, whose 
 government of Ireland was about the only record of good to be found in his reign, own- 
 ing now more than two millions of acres in Ulster, and being very desirous of a loyal 
 population there, thought of the Scotch as the only ones likely to meet his wish. These 
 Scotch were rigid and decided Presbyterians, and James hated them badly enough, as 
 being set to the death against all his pet schemes for establishing Episcopacy in Scotland. 
 But they were nearby, and exceedingly brave and industriousj and were people of' intel- 
 ligence, reliable in every place. More still as the Scotch were .poor, and their land was 
 rocky and hard, it was thought they could be induced to plant a colony over the channel, 
 where cultivation was so much easier. This vacant territory was therefore divided up 
 into small farms and offered to the Scotch on such favorable conditions, that, like our 
 young men going West, a great number went over and settled earlj' in the year 1612. 
 These settlers were young men from all parts of Scotland, but chiefly from the adjacent , 
 county of Argj'le, — hardy, vigorous, independent Scotchmen. The Irish were removed 
 from the hills and strong places, and put out into the open country ; and the Scotch, 
 though by honest purchase, occupied all the best of the soil. They spread over the 
 counties of Antrim, Down, and Londonderrj', and some of them settled still farther to the 
 south and west. The Irish Catholic rebels, living among and around these Protestant 
 Scotch, not only looked upon them as invaders supplanting them of their rights, but as 
 heretics and foreigners; and they felt the keenest hatred towards them, though, being 
 awed by the government and over-matched by the superiority of the Scotch, they 
 remained quiet. The new settlers flourished, multiplied, built churches, formed presby- 
 teries, and extended themselves largely over all Ulster. This happy state of things lasted 
 neai-ly thirty years. But the Irish hate during these thirty years did not soften with time, 
 and was only as a smothered fire, heating and burning unseen, and ready, to burst forth 
 into .dissolving flame. They associated with the Scotch in treacherous kindness while 
 they were waiting an opportunity to murder them. This favorable moment for the great 
 murder came in 1641, when thej' thought, from the disturbances in England and Scot- 
 land, the Protestant settlers could get no help from abroad. Perhaps they may have been 
 roused to this bloody action by notice of the thrift and increase of the settlers, and the 
 fact that respectable accessions were being made to them by new emigrants from Scotland 
 about this time, — suggesting the thought that something must be done, or Ireland would 
 speedily become a Protestant land. King James I. and Charles I. had, step b3' step, 
 as they supposed and hoped, forced Episcopacy upon Scotland, — when in 1638 the 
 whole people of that land rose in opposition and entered into what was called the " Solemn 
 League and Covenant." This was a solemn agreement to maintain the reformed religion, 
 and to put down Popery and Prelacy in Scotland ; and it was signed by almost the whole 
 body, men, women, and children, high and low. Then followed the controversy with 
 Charles, — the efforts at compromise on his part, — the preparations for war, — the trea- 
 ties with that weak ,king, — the raising of new armies, — entirely engaging the attention 
 of Scotland until the visit of Charles to that kingdom in the summer of 1641, and a set- 
 tlement of their difficulties, — which doubtful negotiations-lasted into the autumn of that 
 year. Thus the Papish intriguers in Ireland concluded that Scotland was out of their 
 way. 
 
 In England in 1640 and 1641 the arbitrary conduct of Charles was stirring the kingdom 
 from border to border; the conflict between king and parliament was intense; people were 
 looking forward to the threatened arbitrament of arms, which followed ere long; the gov- 
 ernment had no sufficient force in Ireland; and the universal interest was in affairs at 
 home. At this juncture, therefore, the long-quiet malcontents of Popery in Ireland 
 thought the favorable moment to strike for supremacy and revenge had come. Some 
 
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 eight thousand disciplined Catholic soldiers disbanded by Charles, and ready for any des- 
 perate adventure, were at this time let loose. Help to the Catholics was promised 
 from France. Priests excited the old Irish to revolt. All the English and Scotch in the 
 island only amounted to one-sixth of the whole population. They were for the most part 
 unarmed, and were entirely unaware of the storm that was ready to break upon them. 
 The plan was to rise in all parts of the kingdom at once and wipe out the unsuspecting 
 Protestants by death. The plot was discovered in Dublin, in season to save that place and 
 the surrounding country to the Protestants and prevent an outbreak ; but in the north 
 of Ireland it was carried out with all the cruelty which Popery and the devil could 
 invent. The time fixed upon for this universal murder was Oct. 23, 164,1. On that 
 morning (an exceedingly hard, cold day for that season of the year), the Catholics, being 
 everywhere intermingled with the Protestants, fell upon them by surprise and commenced 
 their contemplated butchery on every hand. The Protestants, outnumbered five to one 
 unarmed, scattered, and surprised, had no chance at all. Their neighbors whom they had 
 befriended and instructed, became their murderers. Entreaties and tears availed not. The 
 young, and the old, the mother with her babe, the languishing invalid, the strong man, 
 the fair and innocent child, were murdered together. Whole families were butchered, one 
 after another, slowly, so that each living one might see the anguish of the dying before 
 enduring the same cruel fate. Even the Irish women went further than their husbands in 
 exquisite torture of young mothers and helpless children. Fugitives, fleeing naked from 
 their burning homes, perished from hunger and cold. A few survivors were changed into 
 maniacs by the awful scene, never to think of anything but murder and fiame, or know 
 the quietudes of home again. By the hundred there were instances of lust and torture, 
 the minute description of which would shock the most hardened heart. And this was 
 done chiefly in the name of the Catholic religion. Priests were guilty of those murders. 
 Those rivers of innocent blood flowed by Popery's accursed hand! Of this quiet and 
 harmless people) who had not shown the least unkindness to the Catholics, nor been in any 
 open way opposed to them, living in neighbor!}' love and peace, it has been estimated that 
 two hundred thousand were thus butchered in a single day. The lowest estimate ever 
 made was forty thousand. Probably the mean between them would be nearly correct. > It 
 has been said by English authority that the victims were mostly English; and, without 
 question, the English colonies in the northern counties were blotted out in this most inhu- 
 man massacre. It may not be denied that the Irish pretended some friendship to the 
 Scots, and murdered the English first ; and |so arranged things that the Scots to some 
 extent had time to escape, or a chance to band together in defense, so that far fewer of 
 , them were murdered. Yet it is certain that many , of the Scotch were murdered too, and 
 that fire and robbery did not distinguish much between theirs and the English homes. 
 Many fled back to Scotland. And there is little room to doubt that many ancestors and 
 kindred of the Londonderry families, and therefore of those of our own town, perished on 
 that bloody day. 
 
 After this sad event those Scotch who remained in Ireland lived in alarm and on the 
 lookout for defense, durmg seven or eight years, until in 1649, Cromwell, having leisure 
 from affairs in England, came over the channel and subdued the Irish. Thence onward 
 for several years the Protestants lived in comparative peace and prosperity, and slowly 
 recovered their former condition. The Papists were disarmed, and the Protestants were 
 supplied with means of defense. From this fact arose the habit which long prevailed of 
 $ring guns at Scotch weddings, as being then the best way of expressing their triumph 
 and their gladness. 
 
 In Scotland during the last years of the reign of Charles II., the Protestants, or Presby- 
 terians as they nearlj- all were, were growing less and less secure; and on the accession of 
 James II., 1685, they began to be openly and terribly persecuted. The latter monarch 
 was narrow-minded, small, and bigoted. Charles II. had been secretly a Papist ; James II. 
 was openly Auch, and sought in the most bloody and arbitrary ways to enforce it upon 
 the nation. To attend any meeting except that of the established order, was made pun- 
 ishable with death. In the western lowlands of Scotland in particular, military bands 
 were sent out everywhere to spy out the Covenanters and bring them to death. Some of 
 these were commissioned to shoot on the spot any who would not renounce the Covenant, 
 
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 or swear to the king, who was murdering Protestants. James 11., even when viceroy, is 
 said to have "amused himself with hearing Covenanters shriek and seeing them writhe 
 while their knees were beaten flat in the boots." Under him, subsequently, when he became 
 king and had things his own way, James Graham, or Lord Graham of Claverhouse; was 
 prominent as a leader, — a most ingenious and remorseless wretch. No pen can paint the 
 cruelties which he enforced. His name is now spoken with abhorrence all over the earth. 
 When his bloody and hardened soldiers shrunk from shedding innocent blood, he would 
 plunge his own sword into the body of the poor victim whose only crime was non-confor- 
 mity to the Episcopacy, or unwillingness to pray for King James as against God's will. 
 These indignities, robberies, and murders were so numerous and constant as utterly to 
 surpass all calculation. Two instances out of thousands are here given. One of the 
 hunted Covenanters had found shelter in the house of a widow of good family and name, 
 and had died there. The corpse being discovered in her house, the soldiers pulled the 
 house down, carried off all her property, and turned her out with several little children to 
 perish with cold and want. The oldest' child, a lad of about fifteen years, was brought out 
 before the soldiers, the guns were loaded, and the fair, sweet boy, without trial o r delay, 
 was told to pull his bonnet down over his face. But he refused, saying, "I can look you 
 in the face," and in a moment they fired and the boy fell dead with his Bible in his hand. 
 About the same time two women were put to death by drowning. An attempt has been 
 made to disprove this ; but there is n0|t, in view of the evidence, the least room to doubt 
 the fact. One was an aged lad}', and the other a sweet girl of eighteen, named Margaret 
 "Wilson. Their only crime was that they would not abjure their Presbyterian faith. Thev 
 werft taken to a place on the banks of the Solway where it rises and overflows with the 
 tide. The feeble old lady was tied to a stake nearer the water, so that the terror of her 
 death might frighten the young girl into.submission. But she " prayed and sung praises " 
 till the advancing waters choked her voice. But when the struggle of death was over, they 
 unbound the unconscious victim from the stake and restored her to consciousness. Then 
 kindred and friends begged her to comply with the vile murderer's command, crying, 
 "Dear Margaret, only say, 'God save the King! ' " The weak but heroic girl gasped out, 
 " God save the King if it be God's will ! " " She has said it ! She has said it ! " shouted 
 her friends to the cruel ofiicer. "Will" she take the abjuration?" he savagelv asked. 
 "Never," she answered; "I am Christ's, let me go ! " And then the waters closed over 
 her head slowly, and she was gone ! ' On her gravestone at Wigton, are these rude words : 
 
 ' ' Within the sea, tied to a stake, 
 She suffered for Christ Jesus' sake." 
 
 "While, therefore, such persecutions were in progress in Scotland, quite a large number 
 of the Covenanters, to escape misery at home, emigrated to Ireland and joined their coun- 
 trymen there. From 1684 to 1688 these emigrations in small numbers took place. The 
 McKeens, MacGregors, Cargils, and many others were among these exiles, and their blood 
 flowed in the veins of some of the settlers of Antrim. But in Ir^and things soon began 
 to gi-ow worse ; under Papal rule and surrounded by Papists, they were soon disarmed 
 and in their defenseless condition began to suspect a repetition of the murders of 1641. 
 And a desperate struggle was indeed awaiting them. Affairs had arrived at such a pitch 
 of discontent in England, that the better part of the people looked for deliverance to Wil- 
 liam, Prince of Orange, who had married Mary, eldest daughter of James II. According! v, 
 being invited over from Holland, he came with five hundred vessels and fourteen thousand 
 men, and landed in England late in the autumn of 1688. At once, the nobility, clergy, 
 and military went over to William; even Anne, daughter of James, joined the party of 
 the new king against her father : so that James was dethroned without a blow. Fleeing 
 to France, whither Catholic renegades have been wont to flee, he was encouraged to 
 attempt the recovery of his crown. As the Papists adhered to him, he had a small party 
 of friends in England. In Scotland he had some strong Catholic clans. In Ireland he had 
 great resources in the Irish Catholics, who constituted the great body of the people of 
 that island. The military plan of James, therefore, was a good one : to pass over to Ire- 
 land with what men and money the French king could give him ; to raise there an im- 
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 Highlanders, to bear down upon England from the north and sweep everything before 
 hinv. With reason, this scheme loolsed encouraging to him. He started with great hopes, 
 and landed in the south of Ireland, March 12, 1689. Thence he made his way as best he 
 could to Cork, and thence to Dublin, expecting to go northward at once, and anticipating 
 no serious resistance till he should reach England. But the Protestant population in the 
 north of Ireland stood in the way; which, though small, was judged to be of such 
 energy and valor that it must be overcome at the start. A large army had therefore been 
 raised before the arrival of James, -and had began the attempt to subjugateihese Protest- 
 ant colonies that stood in the face of the royal plans. The strongest of these Protestant 
 positions was Londonderry, — a city that had held out successfully against the Irish in the 
 murderous rebellion of 1641. As the army of Catholics swept northward to capture this 
 city, which was supposed to be easily done, they pillaged and murdered without stint, till 
 thousands of men, women, and children fled before them for life ; and many found refuge 
 within the walls of Londonderry. The Protestants suffered more and lost more pos- 
 sessions than in the massacre of 1641, though probably not so many lives were sacrificed 
 as then. But the city of Londonderry refused to surrender; and the whole army of 
 James, French and Irish, outnumbering the defenders of the city five to one, attempted 
 the work of capture. They halted before the city April 15, 1689, and entered into nego- 
 tiations with the treacherous Lundy to give up the city on some terms in spite of the 
 known will of the people. This dalhang went on a day or two. King James arrived 
 from Dublin with fifteen thousand additional soldiers, on the 17th, and was exceedingly 
 anxious for the surrender on any terms (as the success of his whole undertaking seemed 
 to depend on the immediate possession of this place), so that he might move on to Scot- 
 land while his great army was in good spirits, and before too formidable preparations 
 could be made against him there. Expecting the -surrender would be made more willingly 
 to him, James advanced at once within three hundred feet of the southern gate to receive it, 
 when he was answered with a shout of "No surrender ! ' ' and by a fire from that part of 
 the wall, which struck dead an oiBcer by his side. The king fled like a frightened boy to 
 get out of danger. Then the real struggle began, April 17, 1689. We cannot here detail 
 all the circumstances of this remarkable siege. For Courage and endurance there'is noth- 
 ing superior to this defense in human history. With weak defenses, scanty provisions, 
 having but few soldiers against an immense army, and only a handful of that few inured 
 to war; with a disadvantageous position, and twenty thousand women, children, and aged 
 men to be fed; while, having themselves small hope of outside help, their enemies would 
 be likely to increase, — it must be confessed that their situation was desperate enough ! But 
 immense interests were at stake, and they determined to stand for their religion, come 
 death, if it must. Lundy, the traitorous governor of the city, was in danger of being 
 torn to pieces by the maddened people, and skulked oS in disguise, by night, to the foe. 
 Maj. Henry Baker and Capt. Adam Murray called the people to arms and took the lead 
 the first day. On the following day the people met, as Macanlay puts it, " with a gravity 
 and prudence worthy of the most renowned senates, to provide for the order and defense 
 of the city." They chose Rev. George Walker and Maj. Henry Baker, governors, the 
 latter taking the military command. These men managed affairs with great wisdom and 
 courage. The siege was pressed with cruel vigor; shells burst constantly over the defend- 
 ers' heads ; chimneys were knocked down ; often the city was on fire ; night and day they 
 were called to the most vigilant and desperate defense ; many sorties were made ; the 
 walls were often assaulted by superior force; parties mining under the walls were con- 
 stantly watched against, and by the fiercest struggle put to death ; threat and artifice 
 were abundantly employed; they began to suffer for want of provisions, and for want of 
 water; the long-hoped-for re-enforcement from England had come in sight, been frightened 
 by the batteries on the river-side, and sailed away, leaving the brave defenders of the city 
 to their fate; their enemies had been re-enforced; one-third .of their number had fallen; 
 the force against them seemed overwhelming; and yet on the sixty-second day of the 
 siege they determined that "no one should speak of surrender on pain of death," Thus 
 matters went on day after day in heroic and painful detail which we have no . space for 
 here. But before many days of July were gone, famine began to press harder than Papist 
 foes. Not a few died of starvation. Cats and dogs and rats and mice and horse-flesh 
 
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 and old hides came to be luxuries. Tallow was mixed with pepper and meal to make 
 a sort of pancake. Starch mixed with tallow became an article of food. A dog's head 
 was sold for food for two shillings and sixpence; a quart of horse's blood, one shilling; a 
 cat, four shillings and sixpence ; and so on. They expected to eat dead human bodies, — 
 yet would not entertain the thought of surrender. So desperate was the case, that some 
 fleshy people hid themselves for fear of being first chosen for food for the emaciate sol- 
 diers ! , On the thirtieth of July, the garrison had become so far reduced that they reck- 
 oned on only two days' more life — there being but one pint of meal left for each already 
 starving man. But on this day deliverance came. It was the one hundred and fourth 
 day of the siege. The commander of the English fleet received orders to relieve the city 
 at whatever peril. Three ships, the "Mountjoy," of Londonderry, and the "Phenix," 
 of Coleraine, both laden with provision, and the war-ship " Dartmouth," undertook this 
 perilous adventure. Within the city the evening sermon in the cathedral had just closed, 
 the sad audience had scattered, and it began to grow dusk, when the sentrymen on the 
 tower saw the sails of these three ships coming up the Foj'le. The river was narrow and 
 low, — the banks were Used with batteries, — and the great Irish army hurried to the spot 
 to prevent the relief of the city. Rocks had been sunk by them in the channel, and an 
 immense boom had been thrown across the river to prevent the approach of a ship, while 
 formidable guns swept the spot. It was an hour of tremendous suspense — the besiegers 
 straining every nerve to oppose, while the starving defenders looked on with an agony of 
 interest seldom, if ever, equaled in this world. At length the little squadron came 
 bravely to the critical point. The "Mountjoy" led the way and sailed with all force 
 against the boom, — and the huge obstruction snapped and fell apart; but its strength was 
 so great as to send the ship back by the shock, and she rebounded against the shallow 
 bank and stuck partly over in the mud, exposed to a terrible fire. The Irish in great 
 numbers rushed for their boats to board the defenseless ship. Just then the " Dartmouth " 
 opened upon them so effectually as to destroy many of them and hold the rest in check, 
 while the *' Phenix," left free by the struggle with the others, dashed under fearful fire, 
 into the break made by the " Mountjoy," and, receiving no great injury, slowly passed all 
 the barriers. When the "Mountjoy " was stopped in the mud the Irish gave a scream of 
 fiendish joy, while the dying heroes within the walls looked at each other in hushed and 
 awful agony ! All features grew black, and a feeble wail, like the prayer of death, 
 ascended from the battered defenses ! Women and children wept, and men gazed with 
 stern, dark faces whence hope had fled; but no yielding or fear was there. But the tide 
 was rising rapidly; and just at the critical moment a broadside from the "Mountjoy " not 
 only battered back the approaching enemy, but started her from the mud, and she sailed 
 on up the stream. The "Dartmouth" followed, bravely answering the desperate firing 
 from the shore; and under the curses of the whole Popish army and the rage of its officers, 
 with considerable loss of life and injury to the brave little ships, they all made their way 
 to the city. As the darkness closed in, and the firing went on, it was a time of unutterable 
 suspense within the gates. But when they arrived, about ten o'clock, the whole popula- 
 tion turned out to welcome them. Such ecstasies of joy, few lifetimes can ever know ! 
 Men wept and thanked God! The bells of the city rang all night! There was no sleep 
 within the walls that night for joy ! On the morrow the Irish fired tumultuously all day. 
 But on the succeeding night, — that of Julj' 31, — silently that great army, mortified and 
 enraged, with a loss of a hundred oflicers and about nine thousand men, retreated up the 
 Foyle. Micaiah Browning, captain of the " Mountjoy, " was killed in the struggle at the 
 boom; and afterwards a pension was conferred on his vi idow by King William, and that 
 great monarch, in the presence of the court, put a chain of gold about her neck. 
 
 The defense of Londonderry was the great check to King James and the Papists. Hu- 
 manly speaking, it saved Protestantism in Ireland and England. Forty thousand men 
 were thus kept back one hundred and five days. Bj' that time William was prepared to 
 meet them there, and thus the forces intended for Scotland and England never went across 
 the channel. On the banks of the Boyne, James was soon defeated (June 30, 1690); and 
 after some less important struggles, he retreated into France. 
 
 From these unconquerable soldiers who defended Londonderry, descended many of the 
 settlers of Antrim, — among them the Dinsmores, the Cochrans, and McKeens, and 
 
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 others. It is a fadeless honor both to the dead and the living. The old city still holds a 
 thousand memorials of the struggle. The battered old wall is carefully preserved. The 
 old guns, the captured flags, are kept as treasures. The defenders' graves are annually 
 decorated. The survivors were exempted from taxes thi-oughout the "British dominions. 
 The farms of some of these in our Londonderry are called '^ exempt farms" to the pres- 
 ent time, — over some of which I wandered in younger days. The king and parliament 
 considered this defense so important and of such endurance and valor, that thej' made 
 special grants to each hero, and bestowed the highest possible praise upon all who partici- 
 pated in it. And to time's remotest bound, we will not cease to tak^ pride in this glorious 
 achievement of our own ancestors ! 
 
 After the subjugation of the Papists, the whole Protestant population of Ireland abode 
 in peace and safety for many years. Further accessions from Scotland joined them, — 
 among them the Nesmiths and others known to our local history. Still, though the heroes 
 of Londonderry had many privileges, and though Protestants, as such, were in the' ascend- 
 ant, yet the Dissenters, and especially the Presbyterians, were far from being satisfied 
 with their condition. They had but little religious liberty, as we understand it. They 
 had their own forms of worship, to be sure ; bat at the same time they were com- 
 pelled to pay one-tenth of their increase to support the established religion of the state. 
 They could not hold their land as proprietors, having inalienable homes, but only by 
 lease from the crown. Then the Irish — bitter, ignorant, numerous, and bigoted Papists 
 — were everywhere among them, of whom, though powerless now, they had had a 
 most unhappy andcalamitous experience. Taxes were high. Titles, monarchy, aristoc- 
 racy, were the order of the day. The Scotchmen, who had suffered so much for liberty, 
 and cherished irrepressible longings to be free, could not be satisfied with such surround- 
 ings and trammels. They looked into the future. They began to think of the New 
 World. Some of them formed bright ideas of the community which they might found by 
 themselves, free from Papists, ritualism, and all ecclesiastical oppression. At length, 
 encouraged by reports of civil and religious liberty in America, four ministers, and 
 a large part of their congregations with them, determined on removal hither. These 
 
 ministers were Rev. Holmes, Rev. James MacGregor, Rev. William Cornwell, and 
 
 Rev. William Boj'd. This seems to have been in 1717. In order to make sure of a place 
 to settle, and also, it seems, to guard against any unfriendliness or opposition of the pre- 
 vious settlers in New England, they sent Rev. William Boyd, early in the year 1718, to 
 bring over a petition to Gov. Shute of Massachusetts, and make the needful arrangements 
 for their coming. This petition, usually called the "Memorial to Gov. Shute," is so 
 brief, peculiar, and to the point, as to-be worthy of a place here in its exact form, thus : — 
 '* We whose names are underwritten. Inhabitants of ye North of Ireland, Doe in our 
 own names, and in the names of many others our Neighbors, Gentlemen, Ministers, 
 Farmers and Tradesmen Commissionate and appoint our trusty and well beloved Friend, 
 the Reverend Mr. William Boyd of Macasky to His Excellency the Right Honourable 
 Collonel Samuel Suite Governour of New England, and to assure His Excellency of our 
 sincere and hearty Inclination to Transport our selves to that very excellent and renowned 
 Plantation upon our obtaining from his Excellency suitable incouragement. And further 
 to act and Doe in our Names as his Prudence shall direct. Given under our hands this 
 26th day of March, Annoq. Dom. 1718." 
 
 To this document were appended the names of three hundred and nineteen men, indi- 
 cating that they represented a population of twelve hundred or more. Among the number 
 were nine ministers (V. D. M. ), and three others were college graduates. Most of the 
 settlers of -intrim could find their ancestors' names among these signers. 
 
 On receiving flattering encouragement from Gov. Shute, and being well pleased with 
 the prospect here, Mr. Boyd at once conveyed the intelligence back to those who had sent 
 him, and they sold their property and made arrangements to depart with such dispatch 
 that they arrived in five ships in Boston harbor, Aug..4, 1718. 
 
 Soon after arrival they separated into three parts. One part, quite large, chose to make 
 their home in Boston, finding friends of their own faith and race already there. These 
 together formed, July 14, 1730, what was at first called the "Presbyterian Church of 
 Long Lane," — and was afterwards the celebrated "Federal-street Church." Rev. John 
 Morehead became their pastor.' This church became Congregational in 1786. Dr. Jeremy 
 
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 Belknap was pastor from 1787 to 1798, when he died. Over it the celebrated Dr. Channing 
 was settled, June 1, 1803, and under him it went over to the Unitarians about 1819. Their 
 land and church-building, "a rude and lowly edifice," was given to them by John Little, 
 in 1735, but has been wickedly perverted from its intended use for nearly a hundred years. 
 A just decision will yet restore this inheritance to its Presbyterian owners. Dr. Gannett, 
 who was killed at Revere, was pastor of this church. Present pastor, John F. W. Ware. 
 
 The second part of the settlers fixed upon Worcester, Mass., and vicinity, as their place 
 of abode; and in that place they formed a church under pastoral charge of Rev. Edward 
 Fitzgerald, in the early. part of the year 1719. They worshiped in the "Old Garrison 
 House," so called. They were exceedingly hardy, vigorous, wide-awake, earnest, and 
 devoted people. The historians of that section speak of them in the highest terms. And 
 they prospered, and became attached to their homes. But in proportion as they flourished, 
 their English Congregational neighbors became jealous of them — called them " Foreign- 
 ers," "Irish," and so on. In this way things went on for years, till, with increase of 
 population and means, the Presbyterians made plans to build a church-edifice. They put 
 up the frame in 1740, and were greatly rejoiced in the prospect of a place of worship they 
 could call their own. But at this juncture the Congregatiorialists in great numbers 
 assaulted and tore the building down and carried it oil. The whole structure was swept 
 away. And !t was all done between two days ! Nor was this the only persecution these 
 peaceable, industrious, and godly Scotchmen endured. It seemed to them that the relig- 
 ious liberty they sought was yet far away. The most of them left the place, some to 
 Londonderry, some to Pelham, Palmer, and Coleraine, Mass. ; and a considerable number 
 to Cherry Valley, N. Y. A few remained, however, — among them the names Clark, Dun- 
 can, McFarland, eUf. 
 
 A portion of this colony in central Massachusetts had settled in Pelham, that Statej ' 
 under Rev. Mr. Ambercrombie, and these were greatly aided by the fugitives from 
 Worcester. 
 
 The other part of the emigrants at Boston, having been under the pastoral charge of 
 Rev. James MacGregor in Ireland, were anxious to keep together and have him as their 
 pastor. Others joined with them in this design. And this body were more slow and 
 careful in selecting a home. The most of them scattered for a time in the vicinity of 
 Boston, while sixteen families embarked for Casco Bay to select a section of land if 
 thought best, as this land had been offered to them by Gov. Shute, and recommended as 
 very desirable, having also the better chance to carry out unmolested their religious views 
 and aims. Arriving late in the season, and the winter coming on very early, they could 
 accomplish nothing till spring. Most of them passed the winter on shipboard, and the 
 ship itself was frozen in. In the course of the winter they suifei-ed many privations, and 
 great lack of food. On petition of the inhabitants of Falmouth (now Portland), the gen- 
 eral court of Massachusetts sent them one hundred bushels of meal. It may be doubted 
 whether these Scotchmen ever would have petitioned for food themselves ! The statement 
 in Willis's History of Portland, that there were " about three hundred " of these explorers 
 in that port, must be greatly exaggerated, as there is no reason to suppose that more 
 than half that number were there. In the spring they explored the coast eastward, but, 
 not being pleased, they decided to return ; and, sailing back, they ascended the Merri- 
 mack river, arriving at Haverhill April 13, 1719. Immediately on their arrival they 
 heard of a large tract of unappropriated land lying fifteen or twenty miles northwest of Ha- 
 verhill, called the " Chestnut Country," because its forests were largely chestnut-trees. 
 Afterwards this- tract, now embracing several towns, was called "Nutfield." Walnut- 
 trees and butternut-trees were also abundant here, and it was truly an inviting place for 
 settlement. Leaving their families at Haverhill, the men made all haste to examine this 
 ground ; were pleased at sight; determined to locate here the grant of twelve miles square 
 which previously the authorities of Massachusetts had given them in any lands of the 
 government not before occupied; selected a spot; put up some rude cabins, and then 
 divided, part carrying on the work, and part returning to bring on their wives and chil- 
 dren, with what scanty tools and furniture thej' could collect. And so vigorous and alert 
 were they that this distance of nearlj' twenty miles, almost without roads, and on foot, 
 was traveled over three times by the men, and their families met on the spot of settle- 
 ment April 22, 1719. From this date, New Style, the actual settlement is generally 
 
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 reckoned. On the next day, April 23, Rev. James MacGregor preached the first sermon 
 ever delivered in Londonderry. The settlers assembled under a large oak-tree on the east 
 side of Beaver Pond; and the text was Isaiah xxxii. 2. Soon after a Presbyterian church 
 was formed, and Mr. MacGregor, without installation, formally assumed the pastorate. 
 This was in May, 1719. 
 
 The original sixteen settlers of Londonderry were James McKeen, John Barnett, Archi- 
 bald Clendenin, John Mitchell, James Sterrett, James Anderson, Randall Alexander 
 James Gregg, James Clark, James Nesmith, Allen Anderson, Robert Weir, John Morri- 
 son, Samuel Allison, Thomas Steel, and John Stuart. From these the McKeens, Cochrans 
 Greggs, Nesmiths, Steels, Stuarts, and Wallaces, and others of the Antrim families 
 descended. • 
 
 So rapidly did new settlers of the Scotch, who had scattered here and there, now join 
 the new settlement, that in September following, when they petitioned for incorporation 
 there were seventy families against sixteen families in April. In October following, as ap- 
 pears from the Wheelwright deed, there were one hundred and five men in the settlement. 
 They early, therefore, sought to be set apart as a town by themselves. Having first 
 applied to the general court of Massachusetts to get the old grant confirmed by a charter 
 and being refused, they petitioned the general court of New Hampshire for incorporation 
 September, 1719. The town was incorporated as Londonderry June 21, 1722. They at the 
 start desired to get a title from the Indians as a matter of right, and sent their minister to 
 John Wheelwright, whose ancestor had purchased the land from the native chieftains ; 
 and from said Wheelwright they got a deed of the whole tract, dated Oct. 20, 1719. On 
 account of this fair spirit toward the Indians, and also on account of the personal acquaint- 
 ance of Rev. Mr. MacGregor with the French Governor of Canada, it is supposed that the 
 Londonderry colony were so singularly exempted from assault by the red men. The 
 ■ French and Indians were warned by the Catholic priests not to touch any of these Scotch- 
 Irish ; so that, notwithstanding they were a frontier settlement, they were never molested, 
 while fire and murder were every wherte else. Moreover, those who went out from them 
 into other places to settle, were equally unmolested by the Indians when known to them, 
 as is shown in case of the pioneers of Bedford, New Boston, Antrim, etc. No, depreda- 
 tions of savages were ever committed in this town ; nor is there any certainty of hostile 
 intent on their part toward Riley when he ran away from his claim here in fright. 
 
 As an offset to this exemption from Indian warfare, the Scotch Presbyterians were 
 quietly and indirectly persecuted by their English neighbors for half a century. We 
 have already spoken of their troubles in Worcester. But everywhere else they were 
 looked upon as foreigners. They were called Irish. They ^ere denounced as Roman 
 Catholics. The Londonderry settlers were threatened with armed violence if they did 
 not leave their settlements to various claimants. The sufferers who passed the winter in 
 Casco Bay under lead of Justice McKeen were designated, in the order of the general 
 court at-Boston, as "poor Irish people." The New Hampshire general court called them 
 (Sept. 24, 1719) a "company of Irish at Nutfield." 
 
 I find in various books and reports the remonstrance of Rev. Mr. MacGregor to Gov. 
 Shute, saying (1720) " We are surprised to hear ourselves termed Irish people, when we 
 so frequently ventured our all for the British crown against the Irish Papists ! " This 
 charge of 'being Irish was a matter of painful and long-continued offense to our fathers, 
 easy to be cast into their teeth, and sure to provoke their ire. 
 
 They were obstructed in getting titles to their land and incorporation for their town, 
 from this secret opposition. As soon as they struck ground in the " Chestnut Country " 
 and got together, certain influential men attempted to supplant them by secretly getting a 
 grant to the same land in advance of them. From the position and arguments of these 
 men, they easily got their grant (Aug. 26, 1720), and supposed they would soon have the 
 Scotchmen out of the way. But their ignorance of the country was such that their grant 
 of ten miles square, taking in Chester, Auburn, and a part of Manchester, fell to the north 
 of "Nutfield" and left untouched all the settlements which they wished to break up. 
 And the shrewd Scotchmen, as we have seen, were on the lookout, while this was going 
 on, and secured a title to their lands, before anything further could be done against them. 
 After this various parties presented bogus claims to induce the settlers to leave; armed 
 parties came to dispossess them; sometimes their property was carried off: but they 
 
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 quietly and fearlessly and industriously held their way, and in the course of one year 
 they became so numerous as not to be trifled with. But the prejudice was strong against 
 them : and those Scotch Presbyterians who had really saved Protestantism by their defeat 
 of the Catholic James; who had left part of their blood on the banks of the Boyne ; who 
 had made sacred the "billowy Shannon" by death and parting on its banks; who had 
 been disappointed in their expectations from William and Mary; and who left all for lib- 
 erty in the forests of America, were misunderstood and opposed this side the water, until 
 their virtues and their power compelled respect. 
 
 It should be said here, that the Presbyterians of Ireland formed a body which might be 
 called a presbytery, as early as 1627, which was designated "The Antrim Monthly 
 Meeting, " — showing that the name "Antrim" was familiar to all Scotchmen. Also that, 
 as early as 1631, the Presbyterians of Ireland planned an emigration to New England, 
 and sent an agent to London to procure a passage for them. But for some reason they 
 did not succeed, — probably because advised not to proceed without first securing a tract 
 on which to settle ; since very soon after " they sent over an agent, who pitched upon a 
 tract of land near the mouth of the Merrimack river, whither they intended to transplant 
 themselves:" Consequently a vessel called the "Eagle Wing" sailed from Loch Fergus, 
 a port near Belfast, Sept. 9, 1636, for the " Merrymac." This ship was about the size of 
 the " Ma3'flower," and started with many more emigrants on board than the Pilgrim ship 
 had. But the " Eagle Wing " had a most tempestuous voi-age, encountered many gales, 
 and was obliged to put back, reaching Loch Fergus Nov. 3, 1636, having sailed in all about 
 twenty-five hundred miles. Four clergj'men were on board, and among the families were 
 Stuarts, Campbells, and Browns, — names familiar, and probably ancestors or kindred of 
 our early families. Long subsequent the emigrant? of 1718 had their minds on the " Mer- 
 rymac ; " so that, though directed bj' Gov. Shute to Casco Bay, they afterwards sought that 
 river and sailed up to Haverhill, locating on the nearest acceptable unoccupied land. It is 
 owing to this early project, therefore, that the Scotch-Irish settlement was made in New 
 Hampshire. 
 
 There were two periods of special emigration of the Scotch from Ireland to America. 
 The first commenced in 1718, as already shown, in real earnest, though efforts had been 
 made and some had arrived in this country before. From 1718 for thirty years they left 
 Ireland in great numbers. Everj' vessel that sailed was crowded with emigrants. Some 
 settled in the Carolinas. Large numbers located in various parts of New England. So 
 many joined the new settlement in Londonderry, that for a long time it was the second 
 town in population in New Hampshire; and for vigor and resources, without question the 
 first. But the great body of these emigrants went to Pennsylvania. Proud, in his his- 
 tory of that State, says that before 1729 as many as six thousand of these Scotch people had 
 arrived there. In September, 1736, one thousand families sailed from Belfast for Pennsyl- 
 vania. For many subsequent years, ?is many as ten or twelve thousand annually sailed for 
 America. From 1750 to 1771, there was a lull in emigration, only a few relatives and 
 friends and adventurers joining their countrymen here from time to time, 
 
 But in 1771 a new and remarkable impetus was given to this movement. The lands in 
 Ireland having never been owned by the Scotch, but only rented, on long leases, chiefly 
 for ninety-nine years, now on the expiration of the time fell back into the proprietors' 
 hands. This especially in the county of Antrim. On application for new leases, the rent 
 was greatly advanced, on the supposition that these Scotch, who had thrived so much better 
 than the Irish around them, would be able and willing to pay the additional fee. But 
 they, feeling that Ireland was not their home, and they must always be in a sort of sub- 
 jection there, were stirred to resentment, and in great numbers determined on an imme- 
 diate flight to New England. Large tracts of land were absolutely abandoned. In about 
 two years twenty-five thousand, all Presbyterians, reached this country, a few finding 
 homes in this vicinity, but most settling in western Pennsylvania with Pittsburg as a cen- 
 ter, forming a community conspicuous in the annals of this country. Heavy colonies of 
 these Scotchmen also settled in the CumTjerland Valley, Virginia, and in North Carolina, 
 forming stock foremost in all good in those States. And these colonists, and multitudes 
 that soon followed, leaving the old country on account of oppression, were just in the spirit 
 to join the Americans in opposition to British tyranny, and rendered vigorous, import- 
 ant, and willing service in the war for independence which broke out soon after their arrival. 
 
HISTORY OF ANTRIM. 
 
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HISTORY OF ANTRIM. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OP ANTRIM ; AND EVENTS PRIOR TO AND 
 INCLUDING THE INCORPORATION OP THE TOWN. 
 
 The settlement in Londonderry increased so rapidly by births 
 and accessions from abroad that in a very short time it took a 
 leading position in the State. The church formed May, 1719, 
 the first Presbyterian church in New England, in two years had 
 one hundred and sixty members, and at the spring communion 
 of 1724 two hundred and 1;hirty members were present. As 
 early as the incorporation, June 21, 1722, almost every lot in 
 this large town had a family on it, some more than one. In the 
 course, therefore, of a few years, this enterprising people, being 
 crowded at home, began to look elsewhere, and put an eye on 
 favorable localities for settlement. Individuals now and then 
 went out very early into the towns of Chester, Derryfield, 
 Hudson, Merrimack, and others. But the first considerable 
 colony from Londonderry settled in Bedford in 1737. This town 
 had been granted in 1733 to certain surviving soldiers of the 
 Narragansett war, and was called " Narragansett No. 5," and 
 afterwards " Sow-Hegan Bast." But the first actual settlement 
 was made by the Scotch from Londonderry ; and so rapidly did 
 they fill up the place that it was incorporated as Bedford, May 
 19, 1750. It is a prosperous and noble town, having sent out 
 many men of mark, and retaining to this day the noble charac- 
 teristics of its founders. 
 
 The next colony from our old mother Londonderry was to 
 Cherry Valley, N. Y., in 1741. This place is in Otsego county, 
 about a dozen miles south of the Mohawk river and fifty miles 
 west of Albany, — and thirteen hundred feet up on the hills 
 above the river. This township had been granted to a Scotchman 
 
4 CHERRY VALLEY. MASSACRE. 
 
 named John Lindesay, and in 1740 he built a house in the forest 
 and called it " Lindesay's Bush." Soon after, he fell in with 
 Rev. Samuel Dunlap, a Presbyterian clergyman, who happened 
 to be in New York, and persuaded him to " visit the Scotch-Irish 
 colony in New Hampshire to get recruits for the new colony at 
 the Bush." On his representation, about thirty persons left 
 Londonderry and laid the foundation of the new town. It was 
 then on the extreme frontier ; only an Indian path for many 
 miles led to it. The great valley and the fair prairies to the 
 west were then as an undiscovered country. David Ramsay, 
 William Gault, James Campbell, and William Dickson were the 
 leading parties in this emigration. From the last descended 
 Rev. Dr. Cyrus Dickson, the able Secretary of our Home 
 Missions. Judge W. W. Campbell of New York is a descendant 
 of James Campbell. A few others followed out subsequently 
 from Londonderry and joined this colony. At the opening of the 
 revolutionary war, it numbered about sixty families. 
 
 When Mr. Dunlap sat down in " Lindesay's Bush " to wi'ite 
 his first letter, in 1740, he said to the owner, " What shall we 
 name this new town ? " And then, looking out the window as 
 he spoke, his eye rested on a stately wild-cherry tree ; and then' 
 he answered his own question, by saying, " Let it be ' Cherry 
 Valley.' " ' And so he wrote " Cherry Valley " at the head of 
 his letter. And " Cherry Valley " it has been to this day. 
 
 But this frontier colony was destined to a fearful ruin at tlie 
 hands of Tories and Indians. It should be said, however, that 
 the Indians took few lives, and were rather desirous to take 
 hostages and destroy property, while the Tories, slaughtered 
 without mercy. It was the morning of Nov. 11, 1778, that the 
 enemy fell upon this unsuspecting people in great numbers. 
 The ground was covered with snow. It was a dark, cold morn- 
 ing. The early-rising settlers, many of them, were at morning 
 prayer. The Tories, hating them for their loyalty to Washing- 
 ton, crept into the town in true Indian fashion, and with their 
 savage allies divided so as to attack all the houses at once. 
 They made this general assault soon after break of day. On 
 every hand the flames of burning homes soon arose, and every 
 house in the settlement was consumed. Women and children 
 were murdered, and no appeals for mercy were heard for a 
 moment. Bodies were cut to pieces, and heads and arms thrown 
 up into the branches of trees. About forty persons were mur- 
 
RESETTLEMENT. — NEW BOSTON. 5 
 
 dered ; a few escaped by hiding"; a few escaped by flight into 
 the woods; some were saved by providential absence ; and the 
 rest were carried into captivity Some of the Steeles and 
 Sawyers of Antrim descended from those who by great exposure 
 and suffering escaped with life only from that awful hour. The 
 mother of the Dicksons named above escaped with three or four 
 children into the thick woods behind her house. During the 
 day she slipped back to the house to get food for the children ; 
 but they never saw her again. She was remarkable for her 
 beautiful, long red hair, and the children first learned the fate 
 of their mother by seeing her gory scalp and beautiful hair 
 hanging to the belt of an Indian who passed near their hiding- 
 place. Cherry Valley was a total ruin. Church, school-house, 
 dwelling, people, — all swept away. 
 
 In 1784, six years after, a few survivors returned and built 
 log houses. Rev. Mr. Dunlap, who, under charge of an Indian 
 chief, was compelled to see the murder of his family and the 
 burning of his home, being spared, as Brant said, because " he 
 was a man of God," had survived his afflictions. but a little 
 while. But the remnant assembled at the graveyard where 
 their fathers and mothers wei-e buried, and re-organized the old 
 church, April 5, 1785, which church remains in vigor to the 
 present day. The last survivor of this colony was Col. Samuel 
 Campbell, who was three years of age when he left Londonderry 
 with his father in 1741, and died in 1824. He was a man of 
 note in the revolutionary army, and did honor to the name he 
 bore. The first minister of Cherry Valley after its restoration 
 was Rev. Dr. Nott, so long time president of Union College. 
 This colony did a great deal to lay the foundations of religion 
 and good government in the center of New York. There is no 
 honorable pursuit or profession in which its descendants have 
 not been distinguished. 
 
 The next colony from Londonderry was that at New Boston. 
 This town was granted Jan. 14, 1736. It was called the 
 Piscataquog township, but the name New Boston was given first 
 in April, 1751. A claim has been advanced that a settlement 
 was made there in 1733, but there is no reliable proof of it, and 
 there was nothing permanent in the town until the Scotch from 
 Londonderry began to locate there about 1742. In September, 
 1766, there were fifty-nine persons in the town ; in 1767, two 
 hundred and ninety-six persons. New Boston was incorporated 
 
6 PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1763. Probably more exclusively than any other town, 
 it was of the Londonderry stoek. The Smiths, McNiels, McAl- 
 listers, Cochrans, Christies, Clarks, and many others of that 
 town, were ancestors of Antrim families, or intimately connected 
 with them. Between this town and New Boston there was, for 
 a long series of years, the" greatest intimacy and friendship. 
 Being of the same race and religion, and being pioneers with the 
 same difficulties to overcome, and being united by frequent 
 intermarriage, they were greatly drawn together, and made 
 frequent visits to and fro. The people of New Boston built their 
 meeting-house' in 1767, and called Rev. Solomon Moor Aug. 25 
 of that year. He was settled Sept. 6, 1768, and died May 28, 
 180-3, aged sixty-seven years. His successor. Rev. Ephraim P. 
 Bradford, was settled Feb. 26, 1806, and died Dec. 14, 1845, 
 aged nearly seventy years. 
 
 The next colony of Londonderry was that at Peterborough, 
 beginning in the year 1749. During eight or ten succeeding 
 years many went from Londonderry to Peterborough, and among 
 them one of the " original sixteen " who began the former settle- 
 ment in 1719, — John Morrison. He was the last survivor of 
 the sixteen. He died in 1776, aged ninety-eight years. He 
 moved to Peterborough about 1758. His son Jonathan was the 
 first child born in Londonderry, that event taking place Sept. 8, 
 1719. The very earliest permanent settlers of Peterborough 
 were from Lunenburg, Mass.; but they were all Scotch, having 
 resided in that town but a short time, whither they had come 
 from the north of Ireland. Peterborough was incorporated Jan. 
 17, 1760. Their first meeting-house was built in 1752. In the 
 days of the revolution there was not a Tory in Peterborough. 
 During the preceding war fourteen sons of Peterborough lost 
 their lives. Their names were James Turner, Thomas Cunning- 
 ham, Charles McCoy, David Wallace, William Wilson, John 
 Stewart, Robert McNee, John Dinsmoor, and John Kelley. The 
 seven named last were surrounded by Indians, by surprise, and 
 fell dead at the first fire, March 18, 1758. The others of the 
 fourteen were Jeremiah Swan, John Turner, John McCollum, 
 John Hogg, and David' Scott. One hundred and forty-five 
 persons from Peterborough were engaged more or less in the 
 revolutionary war. The population of the town in 1767 was 443 ; 
 in 1775 it was 645; and in 1870, 2,228. Peterborough is a town 
 marked all the way by the Scotch-Irish traits of hardihood, 
 
TRURO. — AC WORTH. 7 
 
 perseverance, courage, and religious devotion, and its record will 
 compare favorably with that of any town in New England. 
 
 The next colony that went out from our Londonderry mother 
 was that to Nova Scotia. The great victory of Wolfe over the 
 French at Quebec, Sept. 13, 1759, had opened all the country to 
 the English, and many of them had in the course of war made 
 some acquaintance with its resources and location. In t;he 
 following year, 1760, about thirty persons left Londonderry and 
 settled in Truro, Colchester county. Nova Scotia. In the few 
 succeeding years, quite a number of families followed them. 
 Among their descendants, the Fishers and Archibalds and 
 others have been in the highest positions of honor in that country. 
 They maintain the church of their fathers unchanged to the 
 present day. This colony, like the others, has done a noble 
 work. The Scotch are by far the most enterprising people in 
 Nova Scotia. Truro is situated at the head of one of the arms 
 of the Bay of Fundy, is on the railroad to the St. Lawrence, and 
 is a shire-town, — all which suggests the shrewdness and enter- 
 prise of the early settlers of the place. 
 
 About this time, many families of the Londonderry people, or 
 their kinsmen who had located temporarily in several Massachu- 
 setts towns, settled in Hillsborough, Prancestown, Deering, and 
 Hancock, making the important and leading element ip these 
 populations. Hillsborough was settled by a Scotchman, James 
 McOoUey, in 1741 ; about ten families were driven off by Indians 
 in 1744 ; resettled in 1762 ; incorporated Nov. 14, 1772. 
 Prancestown was first settled by a Scotchman, John Carson, in 
 1760, and was incorporated June 8, 1772. Deering was incor- 
 porated Jan. 17, 1774. Hancock was incorporated Nov. 5, 1779. 
 But the next considerable colony from old Londonderry was 
 that at Acworth, in 1768, though a beginning had been made 
 earlier in Antrim. Quite a little company commenced in that 
 town in the summer of 1768, and from that part of Londonderry 
 now Windham probably as many more followed in the next 
 year. Acworth was incorporated Sept. 19, 1766, but it was not 
 permanently settled till the colony from Londonderry arrived on 
 the ground. The conditions of their charter not being fulfilled, it 
 was forfeited in September, 1771 ; but another was at once peti- 
 tioned for, and it was granted May 30, 1772. At that date there 
 were thirteen houses and twenty-five settlers (men) in the town. 
 Acworth grew slowly, on account of the war and the disturbed 
 
8 SETTLEMENT OP ANTRIM. 
 
 condition of the country ; but it became a noble town, and 
 retains in children's children the noble characteristics of its 
 founders. It may be noticed here, that Londonderry, the seed- 
 place of so many towns, has been itself divided into several. 
 Windham, the southern part, was incorporated as a separate 
 town Feb. 12, 1742. The east part of Londonderry, including 
 the spot where the first settlement was made, was incorporated, 
 together with a slice of the old town of Cheshire (Chester), as 
 Derry, July 2, 1827. 
 
 We come now to that other colony from our Londonderry 
 mother, — dearer than all, — our own blessed Antrim. When 
 we remember that hundreds from that old town of Londonderry 
 went out into various places far and near, of whom we have 
 taken no notice in these pages, and that since the commence- 
 ment of the present century probably more than all before have 
 emigrated therefrom, we see how prolific and vigorous was that 
 ancient stock. 
 
 In this town the first beginning was made by Philip Riley in 
 1744. At that time and for years previous it was a matter of 
 great peril, on account of Indians, to venture far from the close 
 settlements of the lower towns. The valley of the Contoocook 
 was known to explorers, and was looked upon as valuable 
 ground, but no settler had ventured to remain. When the forest 
 was first broken in Antrim and in some of the adjacent parts of 
 Hillsborough at the same time, in the early summer of 1744, 
 there was not a white person in any other of the adjoining towns. 
 Deering, Francestown, Greenfield, Bennington, Hancock, Stod- 
 dard, and Henniker were all a trackless, unbroken wilderness. 
 A very small beginning had been made, as we have seen, in 
 Peterborough and in New Boston. This, therefore, was not only 
 a frontier settlement, but, with no roads or even paths, it was 
 fifteen miles from neighbors and from any help ; while to the 
 north and west it was all a forest, deep and unknown, where the 
 savages roamed and hunted, and planned their attacks upon the 
 scattered whites. And the nearest neighbors, at Peterborough 
 and New Boston, were themselves so few and weak as to need 
 assistance instead of being able to impart it. The only settle- 
 ment of any force in New Hampshire, west of the Merrimack, 
 was Dunstable. This town of Dunstable, covering what is now 
 about six towns, had been incorporated by Massachusetts Oct. 15, 
 1673 ; had thirty families in 1680 ; and was incorporated by New 
 
ALARM PROM INDIANS. 9 
 
 Hampshire April 1, 1746. (The name was changed to Nashua, 
 by act of the legislature, Dec. 8, 1836.) But Dunstable had had 
 a hard time with the Indians, having been for fifty years a 
 frontier town, and having suffered many losses of property and 
 life by the hands of the savages. They were in poor condition, 
 therefore, to render any considerable immediate help to the 
 obscure settlers on the Contoocook. And when we take into 
 account, that, previous to the cession of Canada to the English, 
 Feb. 16, 1763, there had been almost constant war for fifty years 
 between the French and Indians on the one hand and the English 
 on the other, and that the deadly, cruel savages were scouring 
 the forests most of the time, with murderous intent, the imder- 
 taking of a half-dozen settlers in the vicinity of Hillsborough 
 Bridge seems hazardous enough ! The sense of danger that all 
 felt at this time is shown by the fact, that, soon after, we find all 
 the frontier settlements and some stronger and less exposed ones 
 asking for soldiers to help defend against the Indians. The 
 town of Monson, having fifteen families and considerable strength, 
 claimed to be a frontier town and asked for a garrison, though 
 twenty miles below us, and joining Dunstable. Part of their 
 petition represents " That they are one of the Frontier towns 
 west of Merrimac River & the qaost northerly One, already incor- 
 porated, Lying Between HoUis & the New Plantation called 
 Souhegan "West" (Amherst). This is a strong misrepresenta- 
 tion of the facts, and shows the general alarm. (Monson was 
 subsequently divided up between HoUis and Amherst.) June 
 12, 1744, at the very time Riley was striking' his first blows here? 
 thirty-six men in Souhegan East (Bedford) sent a delegate and 
 petition thus : — 
 
 ""We the Inhabitants of Souhegan East Apprehending ourselves 
 Exposed to Immenent Danger both from the French & Indian 
 Enemys & being in no capacity to make a proper Stand in case of an 
 assault from them do constitute & appoint Mr. John Chamberlain our 
 Delegate requesting him in y' capacity with all possible speed to repair 
 to Portsmouth & to represent our Deplorable case to his Excellency our 
 Governor.'' 
 
 But this state of unusual alarm followed the beginning of 
 Riley here, as in the very stormiest* time no such venture would 
 have been made. James McColley and Samuel Gibson, two 
 Scotchmen born in Ireland, came from near Boston and put up 
 cabins near Hillsborough Bridge in 1741 ; and they seem to have 
 been joined in 1743 by three or four others, among them Philip 
 
10 ATTACK ON HOPKINTON. 
 
 Kiley, who began his farm in Antrim the next year. This little 
 settlement (called that of 1744) was begun in a comparative 
 quiet of the forces of war, while at the very same time the strife 
 had begun anew on the other side of the water. But then news 
 came slow. Prance had declared war in 1743. This was called 
 in Europe " the war of the Austrian succession " ; in this coun- 
 try, " King George's war " ; but perhaps New Bnglanders would 
 better know it as the " Gape Breton war." It did not break out 
 in America till 1744, nor have much progress till the expedition 
 against Louisburg in 1745. (Louisburg surrendered June 17, 
 1745, and the same old drums used to beat the triumphal entry 
 of the New Bnglanders were used to beat the call at Bunker 
 Hill, June 17, 1775.) For the rest of that year, and for 1746 
 especially, the Indians swarmed on the frontier, and all sorts of 
 horrors were perpetrated at their hands. In the spring and 
 summer of 1746, no less than six attacks, in more or less force, 
 were made upon Charlestown, some thirty-five miles northwest 
 of us, on the Connecticut river, and a large proportion of the 
 settlers killed or carried captive. The settlers of Rindge had 
 abandoned their settlement the year before on account of alarm 
 at the outbreak of war. The families of New Ipswich retired 
 into a " block-house in Townsend, Mass." The settlers in 
 Peterborough retired to a place of safety, and not a white family 
 was left there. In Keene the Ipdians burned all buildings of 
 every kind and killed several of the inhabitants, the others 
 remaining some time in th& fort and finally abandoning the 
 town. Hopkinton, then called New Hopkinton, and then having 
 the largest population of the New Hampshire towns west of the 
 Merrimack, was guarded by a strong fort or fortified house. 
 The Indians, variously armed with knives, hatchets, bows, and 
 guns, had been lurking about for some time watching for an 
 opportunity to make an attack by surprise, which was always 
 their favorite way. Very early in the dawn of April 22, 1746, 
 one of the garrison rose and went out to hunt, thinking all was 
 safe at that hour. He left the others asleep, and of course left 
 the door unfastened behind him. The savages, with customary 
 cunning, suffered this mau to go on his way unmolested ; but, 
 as soon as he was out of the way, they slipped along and entered 
 by the unguarded door. The slumberers awoke to see the armed 
 savages with tomahawk ready to strike them dead. But they, 
 like the real cowards they were, failed to make much of their 
 
FLIGHT OP RILEY FKOM ANTRIM. 11 
 
 opportunity, and .simply seized eight persons and hustled them 
 oif ha,lf-naked to the woods. The report of this attack spread 
 terror through the little settlements of Hillsborough and Antrim. 
 They had no garrison-house. They had remained on their 
 ground when many larger settlements had been entirely aban- 
 doned. Perhaps their smallness had been the reason of their 
 immunity thus far. But now they wei-e thoroughly alarmed. 
 They had seen Indians lurking along the Gontoocook river, and 
 had every reason to suppose themselves to be the next object of 
 attack. It would be of no use for them to plant their crops 
 under such circumstances, and therefore the sooner they were 
 off the better. Nothing but their connection with the Scotch- 
 Irish, who were almost undisturbed by the savages throughout 
 New England, can account for this attack upon Hopkinton rather 
 than upon them. And this would not be likely to stand them 
 any longer. They determined to abandon their humble yet 
 happy dwellings at once. Hurriedly they buried their few 
 articles of heavy furniture and iro'n tools. Some things they hid 
 under flat rocks and in hollow logs. A few things they carried 
 with them ; their few cattle they drove in a flock before them ; 
 and all started, Riley and every inhabitant of Hillsborough, for a 
 place of safety. In all it seems probable there were from fifteen 
 to twenty persons. TJiat roadless flight of many miles through 
 the woods must have been sad indeed. They were poor and 
 homeless, and in danger all the way. We know not the exact 
 course they took. But,vas Peterborough had been abandoned 
 and Hopkinton had just been a place of attack, and the Gontoo- 
 cook was known to be a favorite lurking-place of the savages, it 
 is probable they struck off from the river, and made their lonely 
 way somewhat in the direction of the- turnpike over the hills 
 through Prancestown and New Boston to Londonderry. After 
 this flight Antrim had no inhabitant whatever for fifteen years. 
 Occasionally, during this time, . hunters and scouting parties 
 traversed the town ; and in alittle respite from war the proprie- 
 tors made a survey of their grant, including Antrim, in the year 
 1753 : but, with these exceptions, the town was given over to the 
 beast and the savage and the deep silence of the woods. 
 
 This break of fifteen years in our history will give us chance 
 to speak of some other matters a little out of the line, — among 
 them the claim of Massachusetts to a large part of our State. 
 During the reign of James I. (1603-1625) a council was estab- 
 
12 MASONIAN CLAIM. 
 
 lished by the king, having general control over all the territory 
 of New England, and probably more. Capt. John Mason, one 
 of this council, as early as 1621 obtained a grant from James 
 of most of the southern part of New Hampshire east of the 
 Merrimack. Under this grant he and certain associates took 
 possession of the land, made settlements at Dover in 1623, 
 and subsequently at Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth) and other 
 places. After the death of James, Capt. Mason, being in the 
 ring, secured a second grant (1629), defined as follows: "Prom 
 the middle of Piscataqua river, and up the same to the farthest 
 head thereof, and from thence northwestward until sixty miles 
 from the mouth of the harbor are finished ; also through Merri- 
 mack river to the farthest head thereof, and so forward up into 
 the land westward, until sixty miles are finished ; and from 
 thence to cross overland to the end of sixty miles accounted from 
 the mouth of Piscataqua river." -This would make a triangular 
 piece of territory, extending as far north as Conway and as far 
 west as Rindge ; and the westward or long side of the triangle 
 would be a straight line drawn from Conway to Rindge, which 
 would leave Antrim on the west, and of course this town would 
 not be included in the grant. 
 
 This grant to Mason was called New Hampshire, and was the 
 beginning of our State. But in 1635 Capt. Mason died, having 
 realized but little from his grant, and having accomplished the 
 settlement of only a few places, and to a small extent. Various 
 disturbances arose in England, and the contest between Charles 
 I. and his people grew so fierce as to absorb all attention, and 
 the colonies in America were left for the most part to shift for 
 themselves. Consequently the feeble colony of New Hampshire 
 came under the protecti9n of the stronger colony of Massachu- 
 setts. It is only fair to say that this protection was sought and 
 was needed. But in subsequent years the stronger colony 
 claimed to continue the government thus assumed. Erom time 
 to time the heirs of Mason, or others under them, put in claims, 
 but they were disregarded. As Massachusetts claimed a large 
 slice of the southern part of the Masonian grant as her own by 
 previous claim, she was not disinclined to the management of the 
 whole, and was very willing to put the New Hampshire settlers 
 under obligation, by generous assistance. So, by way of confirm- 
 ing her claim and exercising her jurisdiction, Massachusetts 
 made many grants of towns in this State. Thus New Boston 
 
CONTROVERSY ABOUT STATE LINE. 13 
 
 was granted Jan. 14, 1736 ; New Ipswich was granted Jan. 15, 
 1736 ; Peterborough, Jan.. 16, 1738 ; and several other towns in 
 this vicinity about the same time, and for a year or two succeed- 
 ing. But at this time the controversy about the boundary 
 between Massachusetts and New Hampshire grew more and 
 more bitter ; and, it being found impossible to settle it otherwise, 
 the whole matter was referred to the king (George II.), who 
 after some delay, decided (1740) against Massachusetts, and 
 gave New Hampshire more than she had claimed. In 1737 the 
 king had appointed a commission to hear the evidence of the 
 parties, and they met for the purpose in the town of Hampton. 
 In the adjoining town of Hampton Falls, close to the present 
 State line, the New Hampshire legislature met, to enforce their 
 claims ; while, only five miles off in the border town of Salisbury, 
 the Massachusetts legislature met, to press in every possible way 
 their own side of the question. So great was the excitement 
 that a large and showy procession on horseback was formed in 
 Boston, and this, led by a trained body of cavalry, escorted Gov. 
 Belcher to the scene of controversy. A bit of satire on this very 
 important performance is extant, and too good to be omitted : — 
 
 '' Dear Paddy, you ne'er did behold such a sight, 
 As yesterday morning was seen before night. 
 You in all your born days saw, nor I didn't neither, 
 So many fine horses and men ride together. 
 At the head, the lower House trotted two in a row, 
 Then all the higher House pranced after the low; 
 Then the governor's coach gallop'd on like the wind, 
 And the last that came foremost were the troopers behind ; 
 But I fear it means no good, to your neck or mine, 
 For they say 'tis to fix a right place for the line! " 
 
 But this commission, backed by two legislatures and a great 
 amount of talk and some threats, really amounted to nothing, or 
 as near that as we are able to calculate at this day ; since they 
 only fixed upon one thing, that the point of beginning should be 
 three miles north of the "Black Rocks" situated in the channel 
 of the Merrimack river near the sea. The final decision was, 
 that, beginning at the point above mentioned on the Atlantic 
 ocean, the line should run westward three miles north of the 
 Merrimack, crooking and bending so as to correspond to the 
 curves of the river, and so as always to be just three miles north 
 of the same, until it should reach a " point due north of Paw- 
 tucket Falls (Lowell), and a straight line drawn from thence due 
 
14 MASON ESTABLISHES HIS CLAIM. 
 
 west until it meets with His Majesty's other governments." 
 Massachusetts had asked, after the point of beginning was set- 
 tled, to have the line three miles north follow the bend of the 
 Merrimack to its source near the White Mountains. But the 
 " due west " line not only prevented this, but added to New 
 Hampshire a strip about fifteen miles wide from the -Merrimack 
 to the Connecticut. Otherwise, Greenfield and Hancock would 
 have been border towns, and Peterborough would have been cut 
 in two. The new line was run by Richard Hazen in 1741. 
 Those towns whose charters had been granted by Massachusetts 
 now found their charters invalid, and were obliged to seek incor- 
 poration by the State of New Hampshire, which accounts for the 
 " new charters " so often referred to in the old records. But 
 no sooner was the State line fixed and these other matters 
 brought into the process of adjusting themselves accordingly, 
 than the old lingering " Mason claim " was revived and pressed 
 with new vigor. John Tufton Mason, a native of Boston, great- 
 grandson and heir of Capt. John Mason, succeeded in getting a 
 final decision in his favor. This long-continued case was now at 
 an end. It had been in litigation for more than a hundred 
 years. Generation after generation of the contestants died ; but 
 still the controversy revived and went on, and the magnates of 
 two continents we.re in long struggle over a title to the rocks of 
 New Hampshire. But the new settlement of the case stirred up 
 more trouble than it settled, — ^•at least for a few years. Mason 
 sold his title to twelve men of Portsmouth in 1746, for fifteen 
 hundred pounds ; and they took the whole charge of this vast 
 tract of land. They are known in the history of this section as 
 the " Masonian Proprietors." Immediately on their accession 
 there was new and universal alarm among the scattered inhabit- 
 ants of all the frontier towns, lest they should be ejected from 
 their lands and clearings by the new men 'in power. Petitions 
 from the poor settlers poured in upon the " Proprietors." Others, 
 like the committee of New Boston land-holders, tried to compro- 
 mise with them. But the proprietors pursued a course both 
 generous and noble. They immediately took measures to 
 release their claims to all townships granted by Massachusetts 
 east of the Merrimack river. And several west of said river 
 being actually chartered and settled according thereto, were 
 given up on very reasonable conditions and, for a very trifling 
 consideration. But it was natural that the " Masonian Proprie- 
 
BOUNDARY OP MASON's CLAIM. . 15 
 
 tors," sometimes called in that day the "Lord Proprietors," 
 should look after the western part of their grant at once, this 
 part being chiefly ungranted and unclaimed by others. They 
 therefore marked out a row of towns bordering on Massachu- 
 setts and thence northward on what they claimed as their 
 western boundary, as follows : South Monadnock (previously 
 granted by Massachusetts as " Rowley Canada," now Rindge) ; 
 Middle Monadnock (Jaffrey) ; North Monadnock (Dublin) ; 
 Monadnock Number Pour (Pitzwilliam) ; Monadnock Number 
 Five (Marlborough) ; Monadnock Number Six (Nelson) ; Monad- 
 nock Number Seven (Stoddard or Limerick) ; and Monadnock 
 Number Eight (Washington). It is pretty certain that these 
 surveys were made as early as 1749, since in the spring of 1750 
 we find efforts made to determine whether this line of towns was 
 within or beyond the Mason boundary. As these towns sur. 
 rounded Anti'im, it will be seen that this town was claimed by 
 the proprietors, but not surveyed till the line of towns on the 
 outside of the claim were looked after. Several settlers in these 
 places, finding their claims to laud originating in Massachusetts 
 grants worthless, left their clearings in disgust and returned to 
 that" State ; but the most of them repurchased of the " Maso- 
 nians" at a low rate, and remained. The question of their 
 western boundary was, however, agitated for several years. 
 Massachusetts, as early as 1750, determined that some of this 
 claim was beyond the " sixty miles from the sea." But the 
 Masonians then very conveniently argued that their western 
 bound must be a " curved" line corresponding to the bend of the 
 sea; and they went to work on this "curved" line, and they 
 cmwed it so as to take in the towns above named. Pending this 
 dispute, the revolutionary war broke out. On return of peace 
 the legislature of New Hampshire decided that the bound should 
 be a " straight " line. This,- running from about the west line of 
 Rindge to the northwest corner of Conway, would divide the 
 town of Antrim, leaving the most of it on the west. At this 
 juncture the " Masonian Proprietors " came out and purchased 
 the land between the " straight " line and their " curved " line, 
 of the State, for about forty thousand dollars, after which their 
 title was no more disputed. In the charters they had from time 
 to time granted, they had generally given the soil to actual 
 settlers free, reserving a few lots in each for the ministry and for 
 schools, and reserving about one-quarter of the lots for them. 
 
16 CUMBERLAND. — SOCIETT LAND. — INDIANS. 
 
 selves, — it being- their plan to encourage settlements and to 
 advance education and religion, and get their return in the 
 increased value of the reserved lots. 
 
 It will be seen that there was in this county a large tract of 
 territory ungranted, and bounded as follows : On the north by 
 Hillsborough and Henniker (Number Six) ; on the east by 
 Halestown (Weare), New Boston, and Salem Canada (Lynde- 
 borough) ; south by " Peterborough Slip " (Temple) and Peter- 
 borough ; and west by Monadnock Nos. Six and Seven (Nelson 
 and Stoddard). This tract of land was for some years called 
 " Cumberland," a name which has entirely disappeared. It 
 included Antrim, Hancock, Bennington, Deering, the west half 
 of Francestown, and most of Greenfield. Probably Windsor was 
 in this tract, though no mention is made of it, it being a gore of 
 land that escaped all grants and calculations for many years ; 
 and when subsequently referred to, it was designated as " Camp- 
 bell's Gore," till 1798. T*he large area called " Cumberland," 
 being the last owned by the proprietors in this section of the 
 State, soon came to be called "Company Land" or "Society 
 Land " ; and this last became the common name until, part by 
 part, it was incorporated under present names. It was surveyed 
 and divided into shares in 1763 by Robert Fletcher, but I do not 
 find the name "Society Land" applied to it till about 1770; 
 while, as will be shown, a large part of it was called " Antrim " 
 by the settlers themselves as early as 1771. 
 
 Before resuming the thread of our annals, a brief notice of the 
 Indians who hunted in Antrim will be in order. Explorers of 
 New England, before the landing of the Pilgrims, found west of 
 Cape Cod, covering Rhode Island and a large part of southern 
 Massachusetts, the Narragansetts and Pequots. North of these 
 and in the interior of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, were 
 the Pennacooks, sometimes noticed as Merrimack-river Indians, 
 or Nipmucks (fresh-water Indians), as the natives called them. 
 The Pennacooks consisted of many tribes, a sort of confederation 
 of all in the vicinity of the Merrimack. At the earliest knowl- 
 edge of them, the Agawam^ occupied the country about the 
 mouth of the Merrimack and as far south as Cape Ann. The 
 Pawtuckets next west made headquarters at Pawtucket Falls 
 (Lowell), reaching as far south as Concord, Mass., and occupy- 
 ing a fine territory. Next west and north were the Nashuas, 
 owning the lands on the Nashua river far into Massachusetts 
 
INDIAN TRIBES AND CHIEFS. 17 
 
 and the lands about the Merriniack for some ten miles. The 
 Souhegans occupied the lands of the Merrimack north of the 
 Nashuas, and all the country of the Souhegan river to its source. 
 North of them the Namoskeags resided at the Palls (Manches- 
 ter) and spread out upon the intervales, and up the Piscataquog 
 to New Boston, and out eastward of Amoskeag to the Massa- 
 besic. Then next north came the Pennacooks, centered at 
 Concord, and occupying most of the present county of Merri- 
 mack, and spreading southwestward along the Contoocook to the 
 foot of Monadnock, and also over the land on streams eastward 
 of Concord. Then the Winnipesaukees occupied the northern 
 part of New Hampshire, with their villages about the sources of 
 the Merrimack, chiefly at Lake Winnipesaukee. Eastward of 
 these tribes there were several others in the State of Maine that 
 were part of, or at least subject to, this confederation. Among 
 all these tribes mentioned, the Pennacooks at Concord, through 
 favorable situation and wise chiefs, gradually became the most 
 powerful, and so far led the way in everything as eventually to 
 absorb the power and bear the distinguishing name of the whole. 
 Especially after the plague among the Indians which broke out 
 in 1616 and lasted three years, and swept off" four-fifths of them, 
 leaving.the land empty for the Pilgrims, these tribes were under 
 the control of the Pennacooks. In subsequent years the English 
 called them all by that name. Their chieftains, or sagamores, 
 were truly noble men. The greatest was Passaconaway, who had 
 supreme authority from 1623 to his death in 1669, was a fast 
 friend to the English, and sent for the missionary Elliot and 
 his " praying Indians " to come and teach them to " worship 
 God and keep the Sabbath." His son, Wciiualancet, succeeded 
 him, embraced Christianity in 1674, and died in 1689. Kancam- 
 agus, grandson of Passaconaway, then succeeded. He was for 
 a time hostile to the English, and made the celebrated attack 
 upon Cocheco (Dover), June 27, 1689, in which the aged Major 
 Waldron was tortured and then murdered. Soon after this 
 event the chief retired into the State of Maine, and not long 
 after died. Many of the Pennacooks withdrew northward and 
 eastward, like their chief ; and the tribe was effectually broken 
 up before the settlement of Londonderry in 1719. Yet a few of 
 them lingered and hunted among the sacred haunts of their 
 fathers for fifty or sixty years later. This tribe, proud of the 
 name Pennacooks, had controlled the valley of the Contoocook 
 
 2 
 
18 ^ MOOSE DRIVES. — INDIANS IN THIS TOWN. 
 
 and vicinity for generations. Over the hills of Antrim they had 
 hunted again and again. Mink and moose thrived here. Often 
 they made what was called a " drive," — a large triangle shaped 
 like the letter "Y," with an opening at the^ apex just wide 
 enough to let the game through, the sides being constructed of 
 brush and logs. This would cover about half an acre, in some 
 favorite resort of the moose. Then parties were stationed at 
 the apex to kill, while the tribe would scour the country and 
 close up round the game, forcing it into the drive. Sometimes 
 a " snare " was set at the apex, with ropes, mainly as boys set 
 them now. It is said that late in the year 1620, soon after the 
 landing of the Pilgrims, several of them, walking in the woods, 
 came into one of those " drives." As William Bradford walked 
 through the apex, looking over the contrivance, suddenly he was 
 caught up by the legs, with his head hanging down in the air, — 
 much to the amusement of his sedate associates. The relics of 
 these " drives " were often found in New Hampshire in early 
 days, and no doubt one or two were in this town. 
 
 The Contoocook was very dear to the Indians. It is pretty 
 certain that they had some residences on its banks within the 
 present limits of Antrim. The first settlers found many evi- 
 dences of this. Their place of burial was on the. Esquire 
 Hopkins farm (Arthur Miller's), and not far from the beautiful 
 Maplewood cemetery, where the bodies of the ^' pale faces " are 
 borne to rest at the present day. It is not improbable that a 
 great host of the " red men " sleep near by. There the dusky 
 maidens wept, and the red warrior sat down silently on the 
 mound and mused upon death. The Indians raised their corn 
 mostly on the farm of Deacon Joseph Boyd (Mr. Goodell's), and 
 on the lighter soils of that farm the hills were visible in 1768 
 just as the red harvesters had left them. The women or 
 " squaws," did all the agricultural work, built the wigwams, 
 gathered the wood, and performed all the hard labor that was 
 done. When fish were plenty, the men helped catch fish enough 
 to manure the corn with, and the squaws would put a dead fish 
 or part of one, into each hill. When the " oak leaf was as big 
 as a squirrel's ear," it was their rule to plant, and the dark 
 maidens along the Contoocook began their task. 
 
 Indians were often seen here by the first settlers, and came 
 to trade with them, as is proved by the trafiBc of Thomas Nichols 
 and others with them, which is noticed elsewhere. The Indians 
 
RELICS OP HUNTERS. 19 
 
 threatened the life of Capt. Nichols, but never really committed 
 any depredations here. They were few and scattered, and their - 
 power effectually broken before the settlement of Antrim. 
 
 About 1789, Jacob Puffer, the first settler on the farm now 
 George Brown's, plowed up the skeleton of a man near his 
 house. This fact suggesting investigation at onqe, he found 
 near by and close to the brook the remains of a camp, with 
 relics of fire, and unmistakable evidences that white men had 
 occupied the cabin. It was a sort of log house, and the decayed 
 and fallen sticks showed its outline. Further search disclosed 
 two graves close to the ruins of thp cabin, obviously not Indian 
 graves, as each had its headstone and footstone like many graves 
 in the old cemetery on the hill. But they might have been 
 victims of the Indians, hurriedly buried, while a third was shot 
 down in attempting to escape ; or they might have been left 
 behind by some one of the many scouting parties and expedi- 
 tions, who buried two and left a third as too lame or sick to go 
 on, as in the case when Capt. Lovewell left Benjamin Kidder 
 and others in a little log fort at Ossipee in May, 1725. Dr. 
 Whiton says that " Puffer and others believed that the bones, 
 graves, and camp were not the relics of Indians ; but that a 
 party of three hunters had been attacked by some infectious 
 disease ; that, as one died, the others buried him ; that when a 
 second died, the survivor buried him ; that when he died, none 
 being left to bury him, his body remained above ground, was 
 gradually covered with leaves and dust, and the bones were at 
 length turned up by the plow." On one of these graves grew a 
 beech-tree of about forty years' growth ; and, as this would 
 probably start up within a few years after the burial, it is proba- 
 ble the camp was made not much later than Lovewell's fight 
 (1725), in the years of special conflict with the Indians. It 
 is possible that among the many little bands of captives carried 
 from the borders of Massachusetts to Canada by the savages, in 
 the war, three or four unable to proceed might have been left 
 behind by the savage foe, and built a rude shelter for themselves 
 in this obscure valley in the hope of rescue, in which they were 
 finally disappointed. It seems to me, that, in view of the cir- 
 cumstances of the country at that time, these persons must 
 some way have been victims of Indian cruelty and violence. 
 
 Philip Riley (or Raleigh), who fled with the Hillsborough 
 settlers before the Indians in the spring of 1746, went directly 
 
20 KILKY AND OTHER SETTLERS. 
 
 to Sudbury, Mass., where his family were, and there he resided 
 for fifteen years. The cajature of Canada from the French, in 
 1759 and 1760, relieving the borders from danger, the settlers 
 on the frontier began to creep back to their deserted cabins. 
 Riley was the first to return to this section, coming back in the 
 spring of 1761. A thick growth of young wood had spread over 
 his clearing, and it was a matter of difficulty to find the little 
 cabin he had left. His cabin was 'the only one left in the 
 vicinity. Every building in Hillsborough, even the church, was 
 burned, excepting only the small house stfterwards called the 
 " parsonage." Riley found his ax and other tools where he 
 had concealed them, and soon prepared the way to bring on his 
 family. Of his twelve children, several had^rown up, and some 
 came with him here. It has been said that the refugees from 
 Hillsborough returned with Riley ; but this is a mistake, as 
 none of the first settlers of Hillsborough ever returned to reside 
 there at all, though the children of some of them located where 
 their parents had begun. Riley was in the wilderness one year 
 alone ! The second settlement of Hillsborough was by Daniel 
 McMurphy on Bible -Hill in 1762. After this Riley had near 
 neighbors in Hillsborough, but for five years his was the only 
 family of white persons within the present limits of Antrim. 
 But in the first part of the year 1766 the Masonian proprietors 
 sent far and wide an advertisement of their lands on the Oontoo- 
 cook, announcing their beauty of situation and great fertility, 
 and inviting an examination by any who thought of seeking a 
 settlement. Some way this document conveyed the idea that 
 these lands were free. Accordingly, Riley had companions in 
 Antrim in the summer of 1766, in the persons of James Aiken, 
 William Smith, James Duncan, James Hogg, George Otterson, 
 James Otterson, and a young man by the name of Perry, who 
 came here in the early summer of that year, ax in hand, and 
 made their beginnings in the east and south parts of the town, 
 chiefly in the neighborhood of South Village. They had come 
 on the strength of the advertisement, were greatly pleased with 
 the lands, each marked out his farm, and on the approach of 
 autumn they all returned to Londonderry to spend the winter, 
 expecting to come back in good earnest the next spring. At 
 that time Aiken returned very early, and completed his cabin 
 and prepared his ground. Then going after his wife and chil- 
 dren, they arrived at their new home, here Aug. 12, 1767. But 
 
aiken's difficulties. 21 
 
 he was not joined by his comrades of the previous year. On 
 heai'ing that the land was not given, but to be purchased, though 
 at a mere trifle, they threw up their claims, or determined to 
 wait till there was some change for the better. Only two of 
 them, Smith and Duncan, ever settled in Antrim, and that after 
 some years. But Aiken was not the man to give up anything 
 that energy and perseverance could accomplish The place 
 which he began, and on which he lived and died, is now the 
 Whittum farm, South Yillage. He was obliged to pay to the 
 Masonian proprietors about nine cpnts an acre for this land, or 
 less than fifteen dollars for one hundred and sixty acres, — a 
 very small sum, yet, for a poor man, for wild land, and in that 
 day, it was considerable. Besides, he supposed he was to have 
 the land free. But he resolved to hold his clearing alone, 
 hoping that others would join him in time. Yet his position 
 was a very hard one, and he and his family, submitting to 
 many discomforts, not seldom also felt the pinch of actual want. 
 Bears and wolves in great numbers prowled about them in the 
 woods, and it was dangerous by day or night to venture out 
 unprotected and unarmed. Within ten weeks of his removal 
 here, his pigs running loose were killed and torn in pieces by 
 bears. Provisions were very scanty.. Very little could be 
 raised the first year. No help could be obtained from others. 
 The nearest neighbor was B,iley, six miles through the woods to 
 the north. On the east, William McKeen and two associates 
 had planted themselves in the southerly part of Deering, six or 
 eight miles away. About the same distance off, John Grimes 
 and another- settler lived in Hancock. And the nearest settler to 
 the west 'was in Walpole on the Connecticut river, in the person 
 of Col. Benjamin Bellows, noted in the Indian war. But some 
 of the settlements, like Peterborough, New Boston, and Hills- 
 borough, were making good progress ; and there was a cheerful 
 and determined spirit in the pioneers of the adjacent towns. A 
 census taken in 1767 makes the population of Londonderry, 
 ■ 2,389 ; of Bedford, 362 ; New Boston, 296; Lyndeborough (and 
 Greenfield), 272 ; Peterborough, 443; Hillsborough, 64; Fran- 
 cestown contained about twenty inhabitants, and Antrim (two 
 families) about twelve. The whole State had a population of 
 52,700, and of slaves 633. 
 
 In the fall of 1767, a boy, Thomas Nichols, who had run away 
 from the man he was apprenticed to in Newburyport, and who 
 
22 FIRST DEATH AND FIRST BIRTH. 
 
 now sought some remote cabin for concealment, came to Dea. 
 Aiken's, and, through an abode with him of some years, proved 
 a very desirable addition to his family. This was the Capt. 
 Thomas Nichols that afterwards settled the Dea. Shattuck -farm, 
 and of him a notice will be found elsewhere. He was an adven- 
 turous and smart boy, fearless, and roving, as witnessed by his 
 descendants and proved by his removal to New York when ripe 
 in years, and by his movements there. He bravely entered the 
 forests alone, shot the bears that encroached upon the deacon's 
 domain, killed a moose that fall near the Dea. Worthley place, 
 and his keen, smart undertakings were such as would do credit 
 to an experienced hunter. 
 
 But soon winter, the first he had seen in the woods of Antrim, 
 drew its cold arms about the deacon's cabin. It was a hard 
 winter, with deep snows and little respite from the cold. Riley, 
 who had spent the five previous winters in Antrim, and who 
 had several neighbors within two or three miles, in Hillsbor- 
 ough, got along very comfortably. But Aiken suffered many 
 trials. His good wife, Molly, saw not a woman's face, save her 
 own, through all that dreary winter, yet she was called to see 
 one of her little ones die when thus alone. This occurred in 
 February following their settlement in Antrim (February, 1768). 
 The little child had come into the wilderness to die. 
 
 This was the first death among the settlers of the town. There 
 were no minister, and no mourners, and no coffin, and no burial- 
 ground. No neighbors could come to help. No kindred could 
 come to sympathize. No procession followed the little body away. 
 Probably that burial-day of their child was the loneliest and 
 darkest those parents ever knew. Dea. Aiken split out some 
 boards of ash as well as he could from a log, and pinned these 
 together, making a rude but strong casket for the dead child ; 
 and then the parents covered the little form, and fastened down 
 the heavy lid. The depth of snow was immense. There was 
 no road, nor even a path ; but, assisted by the boy, Thomas 
 Nichols, Dea. Aiken carried the body up over the hill northward 
 from his cabin, and buried it near the spot now occupied by 
 the house of Mrs. Anna Woodbury. There the "little dust" 
 reposed till its removal to Meeting-House Hill in 1781. Two 
 months later, April 15, 1768, Mrs. Aiken gave birth to a daugh- 
 ter—the first American child born in this town. They called 
 her Polly ; and she died Dec. 14, 186-2, aged nearly ninety-five. 
 
DANGER PROM STARVATION. 23 
 
 More may be learned of lier under the names Aiken and Kim- 
 ball. She was a strong woman, and left a revered and noble 
 name ; and was worthy to be the leader in the long and honora- 
 ble line of Antrim's sons and daughters. The first male child 
 born in Antrim was James Aiken, Jr., son of Dea. James, the 
 event of his birth occurring in the spring of 1772. 
 
 In the summer of 1768, Dea. Aiken was obliged to go to New 
 Boston for corn, and was detained there by lameness four days. 
 It was a serious undertaking to carry a bag of corn on one's back 
 sixteen miles through the forest. Soon after the deacon's de- 
 parture, the cows, apparently following him, crossed over the 
 river and were lost on the other side in the woods. As the 
 family depended on milk for their food, they were now absolutely 
 destitute. Friday and Saturday they hunted for them in vain. 
 ' Saturday night Mrs. Aiken put her children to bed crying with 
 hunger ; and the starving mother knelt down beside them, and 
 commended them all to God in prayer. Sabbath morning, early, 
 a flock of pigeons alighted on a tree near the cabin. Very re- 
 luctantly and only on the ground that they were starving, Mrs. 
 Aiken consented to let the boy Thomas Nichols shoot them on 
 the holy day. Only one was brought down, but this, being made 
 into a broth, relieved the distress of hunger, and was all the 
 family had through the day. By the middle of the afternoon, 
 however, the cows were found a little beyond where the village 
 of Greenfield now stands, — nine miles off in the woods, — and, 
 being hurried home, the family were preserved from starvation. 
 
 At this time the nearest grist-mill was at Hillsborough, but 
 Dea. Aiken often went to Peterborough or New Boston instead ; 
 probably being better accommodated in purchasing in those 
 places. He used to speak in after years of this carrying to and 
 fro as the severest of all the hardships he endured. He had no 
 road, and no iorse, and no help except the boy Thomas. 
 
 In the fall of 1768, he and the boy started for Bradford's mill, 
 Hillsborough, with a bushel and a half of grain on their shoul- 
 ders. They made their way through the woods six miles to 
 Riley's cabin, where they learned that the mill was under repair 
 which would require several days. Storing the grain at Riley's 
 they immediately returned ; but being driven by necessity he 
 hastened in another direction. To avoid the terrible task of 
 carrying the grain on his back through the woods twelve miles 
 to Peterborough, he tried to paddle his way there in a canoe. 
 
24 FIRST FRAMED BUILDING. 
 
 With great labor he towed his load nine or ten miles up stream 
 before dark, when suddenly the heavily-loaded canoe capsized, 
 and the grain went to the bottom and was spoiled before it could 
 be recovered. The family were compelled to make the best turn 
 they could, without bread of any kind, to quell hunger and sup- 
 port life. What do the modern heroes of luxury and ease think 
 of such endurance ? 
 
 In the spring'of the next year (1769), the first framed build- 
 ing in Antrim was erected, — it being Dea. Aiken's barn. It 
 stood about half-way between the McKeen barn (Mr. Whittum's 
 barn) and the old Aiken building-spot by the poplar-tree. 
 
 The timber for this barn was all " got out by hand'" near by ; 
 but the boards were sawed at Hillsborough Bridge, the nearest 
 saw-mill being there, and drawn home on the ice of the river, 
 there being no road whatever. (The people of Hillsborough 
 petitioned the governor and provincial assembly, Feb. 15, 1770, 
 to compel the " owners of Society's Land " to maintain a road, 
 which, they say, '• We have maintained on our own Cost near 
 seven years, being the only way we could come to our own 
 Lands." This was therefore made, i. e., " cut and cleared, " as, 
 early as 1764. But this road was through Deei-ing — possibly 
 West Deering.) It would have been impossible for Dea. Aiken 
 to get his plank and boards except upon the ice of the river. 
 This made a good as well as an only way. 
 
 Later in the same season he built a new log house, adjacent to 
 the barn, only a few steps to the south and west of it, by the 
 old poplar-tree. It was in a better position, larger, and other- 
 wise an improvement upon the old log house hastily made at the 
 foot of the hill over two years before. It was constructed of 
 peeled logs, white and clean, and is said to have looked very 
 neat. The family were happy in it as in a " brown stone front," 
 and not a little proud of it. The children called it their " new 
 white house," and cherished the memory of it, even to old age. 
 Nothing further of importance is known of Dea. Aiken or of 
 Riley during 1769. In this and the preceding year a few 
 families of settlers were creeping into Hancock, Francestown, 
 and Deering. Capt. Isaac Baldwin of Sudbury, Mass. (whence 
 Riley came to Antrim), had moved into Hillsborough about two 
 y^ars before this date, making the fifth family in that town, and 
 being soon joined by others. In the fall of 1769, John Gordon 
 came to Dea. Aiken's and seems to have remained a long time. 
 
GEORGE BEMAIN. 25 
 
 As he was a Scotch Highlander and soldier, and as he had been 
 through the French war, it may be supposed, that, as in many 
 other cases, he had slipped out of the service in his own way 
 and preferred to winter on the frontier for obvious reasons. 
 
 In the spring of 1770, the Gontoocook overflowed its bounds 
 to greater extent than ever known by the settlers before, and 
 effectually shut off Dea. Aiken from the rest of the world. For 
 a large part of March it was impassable. The family were with- 
 out bread of any kind for several weeks. While thus isolated by 
 the freshet, Mrs. Aiken gave birth to her second child in Antrim, 
 Nancy, who died in Antrim in 1814. When the waters subsided 
 so that Mr. Aiken could wade the river, he went to New Boston 
 for a nurse and for meal, leaving his wife and her infant and the 
 baby Polly, two years old, under the care of John Gordon, the 
 Highlander, and the little girls Jane, Kate, and Barbara, eleven, 
 nine, and five years of age. 
 
 In April of this year George Bemain came to Antrim, being 
 another of those homeless ones whom Dea. Aiken sheltered. 
 He seems to have been acquainted with the Scotch, probably 
 having found them as comrades in the war. He was a deserter 
 from, the British army in Boston, having grown tired of the ser- 
 vice, being now in mature years, and had probably been directed 
 to this obscure cabin as a place of concealment by friends in 
 Londonderry. By means of marked trees and swimming the 
 swollen streams, he found his way. and here he begged to stay 
 and work for his board. There were already in that small 
 house, the deacon, his wife, and five children, John Gordon, and 
 probably the boy Thomas Nichols ; yet it was not in the dea- 
 con's line of life to turn any one away, and the wanderer stayed. 
 He proved to be a great blessing to the children. On his first 
 morning here he took up the Bible, saying " he'd scarcely seen 
 the Good Book for forty years." He was a good reader and a 
 good scholar for those times, and was for a long time "a teacher 
 in Dea. Aiken's family, working also part of the time on the 
 land. More is said of him in another place. 
 
 In the early summer of 1770, William Smith made a second 
 visit to Antrim, four years after the first visit, and was so much 
 pleased with the land that he purchased a lot with the deter- 
 mination to come here and spend his days. The lot he pur- 
 chased, probably the same he began on in 1766, joined that of 
 Dea. Aiken's on the west, being that now Thomas Poor's, and 
 
26 ARRIVAL OF WILLIAM SMITH. 
 
 other land west and south. He paid nine cents per acre, — or 
 " half a pistareen." With him came John Duncan, afterwards 
 " Hon. John," and bought, at the same price, the lot on which 
 he afterwards settled, being now the homestead of his great- 
 grandson, John Moore Duncan, Esq. Smith was fifty-five years 
 of age, and Duncan forty, when they thus planned to begin in 
 the forest anew. 
 
 In 1771 Dea. Aiken experienced great comfort in the removal 
 to this place of his old friend, William Smith. Having pur- 
 chased his land the previous year, and made a little beginning 
 upon it, he now put up a small framed house and something that 
 could be called a barn, on a spot southwest of Poor's mills, and 
 south of the present road. Here he lived till 1800, and died in 
 good old age. Notice of his family may be found heading the 
 list of Smiths. He was a devoted aud good man, and though 
 sixteen years older than Aiken, they were most intimate friends, 
 and lived in great confidence and love together till death. An 
 instance of their confiding in one another was told the writer 
 almost the first thing on coming to Antrim for a Sabbath's 
 preaching, and many times since, and, though told in Dr. 
 Whiton's History, is too characteristic to be ornitted here. After 
 they got rich enough to have oxen, long after Aiken's settle- 
 ment, the latter bought a pair of Smith, and not having ready 
 money wrote a note for the same. But Smith said to Aiken, " I 
 hav'n't any desk to keep it in, so you keep it till I call for it." 
 Consequently Aiken kept the note till he was ready to pay it, 
 and then delivered it up, at the same time paying it in full. 
 And then Smith took the note ! 
 
 Smith brought with him four children, the oldest twenty-two 
 years of age, the youngest ten, and made a decided addition to 
 the settlement. Himself and son soon began a lot west and 
 north of the first, on which the second son, John, afterwards 
 settled and died. The descendants of William Smith stand 
 high and well in the world. He was the oldest of all the 
 pioneei's of Antrim, except Riley, and on this account, proba- 
 bly, being a pious man, he was the one they chose to make the 
 prayer when all the men in Antrim marched off to meet the 
 British, on news of the battle of Lexington. Smith's was the 
 third family in town, and the only one that came in 1771, 
 though others who afterwards settled were here most of the 
 year, like Gordon and Nichols, and though several young men 
 
VISITING NEIGHBORS. 27 
 
 from Londonderry visited the place and made plans to locate 
 here at some future time. 
 
 The fourth family in Antrim was that of Randall Alexander, 
 who came in the spring of 1772, and began northeast of Dea. 
 Aiken, on the farm now Arthur Miller's, his lot extending to the 
 river. The fifth settlement was that of John Gordon, who, 
 having been in town most of the time for two years and made a 
 thorough examination of the town, determined to make a begin- 
 ning in the north part, and struck the first blows in that section 
 in the eavly spring of 1772, or perhaps in the fall of 1771. His 
 log house, put up that spring, stood about on the site now occu- 
 pied by the house of Oliver Swett in North Branch. To this he 
 brought his young wife, Mary Boyce of Londonderry. In the 
 course of his first summer in his new home, his only cow was 
 killed by a bear. Gordon had no neighbor on' the west for 
 nearly forty miles, and the nearest one in any direction was Dea. 
 Aiken, or Philip Riley. The latter in midsummer attempted 
 to visit Gordon, taHng the best course he could over the moun- 
 tains ; but he had miscalculated the distance, darkness came on, 
 he was lost in the woods, and was compelled to spend the night 
 on the mountain. But nothing daunted, he found Gordon's 
 cabin hid in the deep woods then skirting the banks of North 
 Branch river, after a few hours' hunt in the morning, and 
 Gordon declared the mountain Riley was the first man to sleep 
 on should be called " Riley's Mountain." So it has been called 
 to this day, and so may it be in all the future. 
 
 At a festival of the sons of New Hampshire, in Boston in 
 1849, Samuel Gregg, son of Maj. Samuel Gregg of Peterborough, 
 a near relative of the Greggs of Antrim, gave a narrative of a 
 visit of his parents to Dea. Aiken, which 'he fixes at about 
 March, 1772. Circumstances lead to the conclusion that he was 
 right in fixing the time of the visit, but wrong in saying it was a 
 matter of " distinct recollection," as the said Samuel Gregg was 
 not born till Oct. 25, 1772. He probably told the story correctly 
 from hearsay. As narrated by Dr. Whiton, it was as follows : 
 Maj. Samuel Gregg, a companion in arms with Dea. Aiken, and 
 an old friend, having been some years settled in Peterborough, 
 and having never seen Antrim, together with his wife (Agnes 
 Smiley of Londonderry) "determined to visit their nearest 
 neighbor on the river, James Aiken of this town. On a cold 
 winter's day his mother threw on her the scarlet cloak worn by 
 
28 JOHN DUNCAN. 
 
 the greatgraiidmothers of the present generation, and walked 
 with her husband on the ice of the river twelve miles to Antrim. 
 On their arrival they found their friends absent, they having 
 gone on a visit to New Boston. Jane, the eldest daughter, 
 about twelve years old, prepared for them the refreshment of a 
 cup of tea and a short-cake, then considered a first-rate article, 
 an almost indispensable accompaniment of tea for company, — 
 an article truly excellent as baked by our great-grandmothers 
 before a glowing bed of coals. After tea the disappointed visit- 
 ants retraced their steps on the river ice, arriving at their home 
 in the evening, wearied with the long and fruitless walk (twen- 
 ty-four miles). Their return was none too soon. That very 
 night brought a sudden change of weather, and a rain so power- 
 ful as to break up the ice of the river, and there being a great 
 depth of snow and no roads, their return home, had they lin- 
 gered on their visit, had been for weeks impracticable." 
 
 It was in 1772, also, that Maurice Lynch began the James 
 Wallace or William Stacey farmj west of John Gordon. He 
 built his log house a little west of the present house, and on the 
 opposite side of where the house is now. The cellar is now nearly 
 filled, yet the depression of ground made by it is plainly visible 
 at the present day. Lynch was a native of Ireland, thirty-four 
 years old, brought with him three children, was an educated man, 
 and first town clerk of Antrim. But before his year as clerk 
 was out, he went back to New Boston, to the general regret of 
 the people, and there soon after died in the prime of his days. 
 His was the sixth family in town ; but there were nearly thirty 
 families here when he left after a sojourn of five and one-half 
 years. 
 
 The seventh family in town was that of John Duncan, — after- 
 wards " Captain John," " Esquire John," " Deacon John," and 
 " Hon. John." He had been here at work on his land somewhat 
 in the summers of 1770, 1771, and 1772. His coming to town 
 was the principal event among the few settlers which is put on 
 record for the year 1773. He was a man of good connections and 
 already had won some reputation. He had been very deliberate 
 in his coming, having made more preparation than any that pre- 
 ceded him, and having his goods brought here in a cart, — the 
 first ever driven into Antrim, — whence we infer that he had 
 more than others to bring. His log house was near the site of 
 the present residence on that estate ; and he arrived at its hum- 
 
OTHER SETTLERS. 29 
 
 ble door with his family (wife and five children), Sept. 20, 1773. 
 It must have been a tough and weary journey, — forty miles in an 
 ox-cart, — and much of the way no road. They drove across the 
 Contoocook in a shallow place, and reached their new home 
 without any serious accident. Here John Duncan lived fifty 
 years, dying at the age of eighty-nine. This farm, purchased in 
 1770, is now in possession of the family, after one hundred and 
 ten years. The only other farm a Imndred years in the family 
 of the pioneer settler, is that of Dea. James farr, who began 
 his lot in 17^8. A census of New Hampshire was taken in the 
 fall of 1773, making the population of Hillsborough county 
 13,514, and of the Stp,te, 72,092 ; but in the record of places 
 no mention is made of Society Land. 
 
 The year 1774 witnessed the arrival in Antrim of eight settlers 
 and their families ; and others, if they did not move here that 
 year, made preparations to do so at .no distant day. Probably 
 ten or twelve log houses went up that year in different parts of 
 the town. Joseph Boyd, afterwards " Dea. Joseph," settled on 
 the Goodell farm ; James Duncan on the Saltmarsh farm ; Dan- 
 iel McParland bought all between Aiken's lot and Boyd's, and 
 located his dwelling about where N. W. 0. Jameson now lives ; 
 James Dickey settled where Samuel M. Thompson now lives (the 
 large brick house over east is about on the spot) ; John Warren 
 settled at the Branch, on the south side of the stream a little be- 
 low the present village ; James Moor settled on the same side of 
 the stream somewhat above Warren ; while John Burns struck 
 off alone into the High Range, locating near where for many years 
 the High Range school-house subsequently stood ; and James 
 Hutchinson reared his cabin half a mile to the west of Lynch, 
 north of the river. The buildings on Hutchinson's lot are now 
 gone. It was at the foot of the mountain west of the Webster or 
 Daniel Swett place, and has been known as the " Old Reuben 
 Boutwell farm." Before Hutchinson moved his family here, the 
 war broke out, he went to the scene of strife with the others, and 
 lost his life by reckless daring at Bunker Hill. 
 
 This is all of the brief record for 1774. Counting Hutchinson, 
 who was here alone, expecting to bring his wife from Amherst 
 the next spring, there were in the autumn of 1774 fifteen fami- 
 lies' in Antrim ; two in the east part of the town ; six at the 
 Branch or vicinity ; and seven in the vicinity of South Village, 
 making a population of^abbut sixty-two. Things now looked 
 
30 OPPRESSION OP ENGLAND. 
 
 very hopeful for this new settlement. All summer long the for- 
 ests echoed the stroke of the woodman's ax, and the falling 
 crash of old trees, monarchs of the wood. Clearings became 
 larger and more numerous. Paths were cut out here and there. 
 Walls began to appear. The grounds about the dwellings began 
 to look like fields. Others desiring to make settlements visited 
 the place, and promised to purchase and return the next year. ;. 
 and there was a prospect of the rapid increase of this small 
 community. 
 
 But, in the spring of 1775, events occurred which tended very 
 much to check and alarm the frontier towns. For at least a 
 dozen years previous there had been a growing coolness between 
 the British government and the American colonies. For a much 
 longer period many of the more thoughtful men this side" the 
 water had felt that the colonies had been treated by the king^ 
 with great selfishness, as shown by the fact that if anything 
 could be made out of the Americans he was ready to receive it, 
 or confer it upon some of his favorites, while in wars with the 
 French and Indians which his own folly had kindled he left 
 these same loyal subjects to look out for themselves. Such as 
 were accustomed to look ahead and think of the future, asked,, 
 not infrequently, what shall the end of these things be ? In 
 176'0 George III. ascended the British throne, finding a difficulty 
 with France on hand ; and soon after war with Spain was de- 
 clared, and a long struggle ensued costing many lives and a vast 
 sum of money. England, deeply in debt before, was now pressed 
 for means, and began to think of taxing the struggling people in 
 America to help pay their war debt. Under the most false and 
 absurd plea that " the war had been waged chiefly on account of 
 the colonies " and therefore they should share its burdens, they 
 proceeded in a mild way to enact measures which would draw" 
 money from Americli. As this was a very pleasant idea to them,, 
 it soon took a more positive form in the Stamp Act in 1765. 
 Other acts of " taxation without representation " soon followed ;. 
 taxes were put upon almost every thing brought to America ;. 
 a heavy duty was laid upon tea ; and when a storm of indigna- 
 tion arose here, men-of-war heavily armed were sent into our 
 ports by way of intimidation, and garrisons of soldiers from 
 abroad were sent into our principal cities. But seeing they had 
 gone too far, the British abandoned all their taxes except that 
 upon tea, and on this the king determined " to try the question. 
 
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. 31 
 
 with America." Consequently, in 1773, shiploads of tea were 
 sent to the chief American ports. In some ports it was landed, 
 but they didn't dare to attempt the sale of it. From other ports it 
 was sent immediately back to England. In Boston it was de- 
 stroyed by the '• Boston Tea Party," Dec. 16,1773. In retaliation 
 the British government passed the " Boston Port Bill," taking 
 effect June 1, 1774, forbidding all commerce with that city by 
 water, so that not even a " stick of wood or a barrel of flour 
 could be brought in a row-boat from Cambridge." But this, only 
 made the resistance of the colonies greater still. Contributions 
 poured in from all parts of the country to feed the people of 
 Boston. In some places people made that day (June 1, 1774) 
 a day of mourning and public prayer. Excitement grew fearful 
 all over the country. Men began to talk of war. Military sup- 
 plies began to be collected and put in places of concealment. A 
 congress was called as early as October, 1765, — and these assem- 
 blies grew more' bold and frequent, and tended to unite the 
 several colonies ; and it was agreed that Freedom in America 
 should be confided to " the watchfulness of a united continent." 
 It having been determined in this condition of affairs that Massa- 
 chusetts, and particularly Boston, should suffer, large bodies of 
 foreign troops were soon added to the garrison of that town. 
 Barely was a collision .avoided in that place for several months. 
 But the people talked resistance and prepared for war. " Min- 
 ute-men " — men pledged to start for the scene of conflict at a 
 minute's notice — were drilled in little companies, all over New 
 England, the old soldiers of the French war performing this 
 service. Arrangements were made by signals, fleet riders, firing 
 guns, and so on, to convey immediate intelligence of an outbreak 
 wherever it might occur. Early in April, 1775, Gen. Gage, the 
 British commander in Boston, determined secretly to seize the 
 military stores the patriots had collected in Concord, Mass. 
 Consequently, on the evening of April 18, 1775, just after dark, 
 eight hundred men under Major Pitcairn started for Concord. 
 But the signals of the patriots were given promptly by the gleam 
 of the lantern in the steeple of the old church, and otherwise ; 
 the " minute-men " were started in every direction ; the military 
 stores were for the most part saved by removal ; and this brave 
 expedition terminated in utter defeat. Pitcairn reached Lex- 
 ington about daylight in the morning of April 19, 1775, and 
 there found a company of " minute-men " confronting him, and 
 
32 PATRIOTISM OP ANTRIM. 
 
 they hung upon the British in their advance and their retreat, 
 until the fugitive red-coats fairly run for life, and would have 
 been all shot down but for a re-enforcement by Lord Percy of 
 more than a thousand men. When Percy met his comrades 
 flying for life, it is said " their tongues were hanging out of 
 their mouths, like dogs after a chase." By sunset of April 19, ' 
 they got back into Boston, tired, ashamed, mad, and utterly 
 defeated by the rude farmers, having lost two hundred and sev- 
 enty-three men-, left dead or wounded in the road. 
 
 Over this event the wonder and rage in England were very 
 great, but in America a fearful wave of excitement swept from 
 town to town and bound to bound. The tidings flew with incon- 
 ceivable rapidity. The remotest corners of the frontier seemed 
 to catch the word, as though it were borne by the lightnings or 
 the wind. Thf scattered inhabitants of Society Land caught 
 the tidings, and hurriedly met for departure to meet the foe. 
 The men met at Dea. Aiken's, together with those of Deering, 
 incorporated Jan. 17 of the previous year, at the shortest possible 
 notice. As they came from Hancock, Greenfield, Bennington, 
 Antrim, and Deering, with the difficulties of communication and 
 travel then, it is surprising to see with what promptness they 
 acted. They elected Isaac Butterfield of Greenfield to be theiu 
 -captain, and marched immediately for Lexington, not even stop- 
 ping to go to their homes to arrange for leaving. Every man in 
 the town of Antrim old enough to carry a gun marched off on 
 this sudden call to meet the foe, except two, — John Gordon, 
 who had fought for the king, and who soon after enlisted and 
 fought against the king till the close of the war, and William 
 Smith, sixty years old, who followed with provisions the next 
 morning. All night after the company marched, the women of 
 Antrim sat up and worked, preparing articles needed to use, 
 especially provisions, and promptly met in the morning with 
 what they had prepared ; and this little company of wives and 
 mothers, bowing in tears and supplication to God, were led in 
 prayer by the " pious " William Smith, after which he set out 
 with his horseload of supplies to overtake the men, while the 
 women returned bravely and sadly to their homes. Only the 
 man John Gordon was left in town. What an everlasting 
 honor to this town ! More will be said of this under the mili- 
 tary history of Antrim on another page, but this most remarka- 
 ble event seemed to demand mention here, and is worthy of 
 
POPULATION. 33 
 
 being told over and over. For a shorter or longer period every 
 man in Antrim capable of bearing arms was in the service ! 
 Seventeen men from fourteen families went at the first call, so 
 that there must have been some that were only boys among 
 them. 
 
 Of course, as said before, the breaking-out of the war tended 
 to alarm the people and hinder all new projects. Nobody could 
 calculate what would be in the near future. Indians from 
 Canada and northern New Hampshire and Maine might again 
 fall on the exposed towns. This was the frontier. It would be 
 very discouraging for any to commence here at that time. And 
 yet in 1775 some additional settlers came here, — probably such 
 as had purchased their land and were determined to run the 
 hazard of a. beginning rather than forfeit their claims. Alex- 
 ander Jameson from Dunbarton certainly began the Temple 
 place this year, though he may not have moved his family here 
 till the following year. Matthew Templeton came from Wind- 
 ham and began the Dea. Isaac Cochran place in 1775. Being 
 an eccentric man, he soon after purchased a second lot in Peter- 
 borough, and ultimately moved to that town. He brought three 
 children with him, and two were born in this town. Richard 
 McAllister also moved his family here from Bedford in 1775". 
 He had worked on his land somewhat in previous summers. 
 He was the first beginner on Meeting-House Hill, locating on 
 the place first north of the fork of roads, afterwards the Abra- 
 ham Smith farm. McAllister was on the first board of select- 
 men. He left town about 1795, and but little is known of him. 
 Also Thomas Stuart came here in 1775, settling where John G. 
 Flint now lives, at the Branch. He brought no children, his 
 first being born in 1777. John McClary, having done something 
 in previous years on his land, moved here in 1775, his three 
 grown-up children coming with him. The place he began has 
 long been known as the Madison Tuttle farm. It is certain that 
 these five men, and perhaps more, came here the spring the war 
 broke out. In the fall of 1775 there were, therefore, at least 
 twenty families in this town. The last five families numbered 
 at the very lowest thirteen persons, making seventy-five persons 
 here in the fall of 1775, This is on the supposition that there 
 had been no births in town during the year previous, and that 
 there were no transient persons here. Seventy-five is probably, 
 therefore, somewhat under the actual number then resident here. 
 
 3 
 
34 FIRST SAW-MILL. 
 
 A census was taken in 1775 which made the population of Lon- 
 donderry, second town in the State, 2,590 ; Bedford, 495 ; New 
 Boston, 669 ; Hillsborough, about 150 ; while Society Land 
 (Antrim, Hancock, Bennington, and the western and larger part 
 of Greenfield) contained 177 inhabitants, — Hancock, Benning- 
 ton, and western Greenfield having altogether not over 102 
 persons. Prancestown had 200, and Stoddard 224. 
 
 In the next year, 1776, but little addition was made to the 
 population of Antrim. Three of the Nichols brothers, Thomas, 
 Daniel, and Adam, certainly lived in 1776 in the east part of the 
 town. Thomas Nichols had been here several years most of the 
 time, and seems to have picked out his farm (Dea. Shattuck 
 place) and worked on it when a mere boy. Daniel Nichols on 
 the Turner place, and Adam next south of him (McCoy place) , 
 either moved here in 1776, or, what is almost certain, had begun 
 earlier. But probably all these three brothers were single men 
 in 1776, so that at the close of that year there were not more 
 than eighty-five persons within the present limits of Antrim, and 
 not less than eighty. James Dickey and George Bemaine, citi- 
 zens of this town, lost their lives at the battle of White Plains, 
 Oct. 28, 1776. This was, on the whole, much more discouraging 
 than the previous year, to the people of this place. Three of 
 their small number had- already lost their' lives in the war. 
 Dickey was one of their smartest and most popular men. The 
 public cause looked dark. But through it all these brave men 
 and women worked on undismayed. More and more the forest 
 faded before them, and the wilderness turned into the fruitful 
 field. The women shared every hardship with marvelous 
 strength and zeal. The amount of work done in farming, clear- 
 ing, and fencing, was almost incredible. 
 
 And at this time they began to talk over the project of being 
 incorporated as a town. It was in this year, early in the season 
 (1776), that John Warren put up the first saw-mill in town. It 
 was the first mill of any kind ever run within our borders. It 
 was a very modest and limited affair at first. It stood at the 
 Branch, a few rods below the Wallace mills, now Parkhurst's, 
 and was a very great convenience to the settlers. In the fall of 
 the same year, James Aiken and Joseph Boyd together put up 
 a saw-mill on the spot now occupied by Goodell's saw-mill in 
 South Village. It was not of very permanent character, and 
 after a few years was removed to give place to a more substan- 
 
ASSOCIATION TEST. 35 
 
 tial structure, but it auswered an excellent purpose at the time. 
 With these two little mills began the lumber business in 
 Antrim in the winter of 1776-77, which has gone on briskly for 
 a century, till there is but little of the old forest left. About 
 twenty thousand acres have thus been chopped over, many of 
 which are -now covered with timber of subsequent growth. 
 
 During this year (1776) the American colonies declared 
 themselves independent of the mother country, and while the 
 few sons of Antrim were battling with the forest and with the 
 poverties and hardships of a new settlement, the great struggle 
 for independence or death was going on without. But months 
 before the declaration of independence (March 14, 1776) Con- 
 gress had recommended to the several colonies to disarm all 
 persons " disaffected to the cause of America " within their 
 bounds. In accordance with this request, the colony of New 
 Hampshire "in Committee of Safety" (April 12, 1776) drew up 
 for signature the following paper : — 
 
 "We the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and promise, that 
 we will, to the utmost of our Power, at the Risque of our Lives and 
 Fortunes, with Arms, oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British 
 Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies. 
 
 This was called the " Association Test," and was sent out into 
 every town and corner of our State for signature and return. 
 All males above twenty-one years of age " except Lunatics, 
 idiots, and negroes " were asked "to sign to the Declaration on 
 this paper." In the whole State eight thousand one hundred 
 and ninety-nine persons subscribed to this, and seven hundred 
 and seventy-three refused to sign.. Of these last, quite a portion 
 were Friends, who were loyal, but opposed to bearing arms ; 
 some were too timid to sign ; and some were aged and sick, so 
 as to feel that if they signed they could not carry out their 
 pledge. Probably, therefore, not one-third of the seven hundred 
 and seventy-three were actually Tories. And really it was a 
 pretty sweeping test to sign. It meant death and confiscation of 
 property, to every man, if the cause failed ! It was treason 
 against the most powerful government in the world. It places 
 little New Hampshire three months ahead of the Declaration of 
 Independence of the United States. 
 
36 THE SIGNERS. 
 
 The " signers in Society Land now Antrim " were as follows : 
 
 John McClary. William Smith. 
 
 Thomas Stuart. James Aiken. 
 
 Nathan Taylor. Isaac Butterfield. 
 
 John Green. Robert Rogers. 
 
 John Warren. James Gregg. 
 
 Samuel Moores. Alexander Parker. 
 
 James Moores. James Hopkins. 
 
 Philip Raley. James Duncan. 
 
 Tristram Cheney. Matthew Templeton. 
 
 John Cheney. Morish Lynch. 
 
 Joseph Boyd. John Duncan. 
 
 Daniel Miltimor. Robert Duncan. 
 Alexander Jameson. 
 
 There were none here that refused to sign. Some few were 
 too young, and some were temporarily absent. Of the above 
 names, Nathan Taylor and Daniel Miltimore had not yet brought 
 families here, though no doubt here at work on their land. 
 Tristram Cheney and his son John, not hitherto noticed, lived 
 near the town line west of the Judge Whittemore place, where 
 now there is neither road nor house, and their stay in Antrim 
 was very brief, — not more than a half-dozen years. John 
 Green, Isaac Butterfield, Robert Rogers, James Gregg, Alexan- 
 der Parker, James Hopkins, and Robert Duncan lived in other 
 parts of Society Land. In Londonderry, three hundred and sev- 
 enty-five signed and fifteen refused ; in Bedford, eighty-seven 
 signed and one refused ; in Deering, thirty-three signed. 
 
 Having talked over the project of incorporation for several 
 months in the early part of this year (1776), the conclusion was 
 almost entire on the part of this little people, that, they would 
 seek town privileges. This shows how courageous and hopeful 
 they were even in the face of poverty and war, and what great 
 plans they had for the future. About the middle of the summer 
 of 1776 they held a meeting, and chose Maurice Lynch, John 
 Duncan, and Samuel Moore a committee to draw up a petition 
 and present the same to the legislature. No record of this 
 meeting can be found, nor is it known in whose house it was 
 held. But the petition, signed by this committee, was drawn up 
 and duly presented. It is now on file in the office of our state 
 secretary, in the bold, clear, old-fashioned, handsome handwrit- 
 ing of Maurice Lynch. It seems to have been sent in by hand 
 of Capt. Joseph Simonds of Hillsborough, who then represented 
 
PETITION FOB INCORPORATION. 37 
 
 Henniker, Hillsborough, Deering, and Society Land in the legis- 
 lature. It was presented at the session which commenced at 
 Exeter, Sept. 4, 1776. It was labeled by the clerk of the assem- 
 bly, " A petition from the Society," and is given below with cap- 
 itals, spelling, etc., unchanged : — 
 
 To the Honorable Council and • House of Eepresentatives in the 
 Colony of New Hampshire at Exeter Assembled 
 
 The Humble petition of us the Subscribers, being a committee Chosen 
 by the Inhabitants of a part of the Society land (So called) in the County 
 of Hillsborough — 
 
 Humbly Sheweth — 
 
 That your honours petitioners has been these two years past waiting 
 for a Reconciliation between Great Britain, Eather than to assume the 
 boldness to trouble any person or persons' Invested with power or 
 authority, to Grant our Request in Such Troublesome times, we your 
 honours petitioners being Ready and willing, to pay our proportion of all 
 the Reats Collected within this Colony these three years past ; yet being 
 Destitute of the privileges laws or Customs Granted to other Towns by 
 their Charters. 
 
 Now as your honours hath wisely plan'ed a form of Government 
 agreeable to any Good Meaning person or persons, we your petitioners 
 do Request an Incorporation from your honours of a Township In Said 
 Society, the bounds of which being as follows (viz.) Beginning at 
 the North-East Corner of Said Township, which is the Northwest Corner 
 of Diring and Running Southerly According to the course of Contacook 
 river which River is the west line of Said Diring, so as to make five 
 Miles 'pon a strait line. Thence westerly on the north line of No. three 
 in the original plan of Said Society to the East line of pecker's-fleld 
 thence Northerly on said pecker's field and Stodard to Camel's-gore 
 Thence Easterly on Camel's-gore and Hillsborough to the bounds first 
 Mentioned we your honours petitioners being destitute of the privileges 
 before Mentioned Can't oblige a man to work one hour upon the High- 
 ways which is a Great Damage to our-selfs and to the publick,, therefore 
 do Desire, your honours Serious Consideration on the Contents of this 
 petition and we will as in Duty bound for ever pray — 
 
 MAURICE LYNCH ^ 
 JOHN DUNCAN' [ Committee. 
 SAM' MOORE > 
 
 By hand of Capt.- Simonds they also sent the following letter : 
 
 "Whereas we the Subscribers have been chosen as a committee to 
 prefet a petition to your honours for an Incorporation of a District of 
 Land in the Society (so called) Butted and bounded as in Said petition, 
 which bounds is less than what is Granted to other Towns, and have Left 
 more unincorporated land than what we have petitioned for, vvhich we 
 can make appear, and whereas your honours have been Delegated to 
 Redress our grievances, and we have just Reason to Complain of it as a 
 
38 ACTION ON PETITION. 
 
 Grievance, that we have Been Taxed to Support government and called 
 
 upon for our quota of men to Defend our privileges, and yet Destitute of 
 
 the privileges granted to other Towns by their Charters, therefore if the 
 
 Request of this petition is not Granted, that we will take it very hard to 
 
 pay any more Taxes till we have the same privileges of other Towns, 
 
 but yet is Eeady and willing to Defend the privileges Expecting to Injoy 
 
 them in the whole hereafter. 
 
 MAURICE LYNCH 
 
 JOHN DUlSrCAN 
 SAMUEL MOORE 
 Society Aug. 30th 1776. 
 
 The petition is not dated, but undoubtedly was presented at 
 the same time with the letter, and in the very first days of the 
 session, as indicated by the following extract from the Journal 
 of the House : — 
 
 Sept. 13, 1776. Upon Reading the Petition of Sundry of the Inhab- 
 itants of Society Land so called, Voted that the Petitioners Cause the 
 Substance of said Petition and order thereon to be Published in the most 
 PubUc places in the Society Land so called and in tlie New Hampshire 
 State Gazette or Saturday Cirqulating Chronicle, that any Person Con- 
 cerned may appear before the General Assembly of this State on the 
 third day of their next Session To shew Cause if any they have why the 
 Prayer thereof may not be Granted. 
 
 Thus matters rested till the new year 1777 came in. What 
 was left of Society Land west of the Contoocook, between Hills- 
 borough and Peterborough, was judged to be enough for two 
 towns. The above committee asked for the incorporation of the 
 northern half, and asked for less than half. To show their fair- 
 ness in the whole transaction the following paper is copied : — 
 
 Society Jan'y 14, 1777. This may Certify the general Cort of this 
 state of New Hampshire that the inhabitants of s'' Society Living on the 
 South part are willing the North part should be incorporated the half 
 being Left to us which is found upon inquiry to be the Line between 
 Number 3 and 4 mentioned in their petition 
 
 MOSES MORRISON 
 GEORGE McCLOUET 
 JONATHAN BARNET 
 JOHN MOOR 
 THOMAS MILLER. 
 
 This whole tract of country first called Society Land, including 
 Francestown and Deering, had long been called " Antrim" by 
 many of the settlers, and they determined to have the name con- 
 nected permanently with this tract. Many circumstances drew 
 me to this conclusion, and it is confirmed by the positive evi- 
 
ANTRIM IN IRELAND. 39 
 
 dence of Samuel Downing, who lived in Deering from the age of 
 ten to fifteen, and afterwards in this town, and bore witness over 
 and over that the whole tract was called " Antrim " when he 
 came here. He says that " Antrim was a wooded country- 
 then," and speaks of his homesickness here, though he lived 
 with Thomas Aiken near Francestown line in Deering. His 
 acquaintance with the vicinity, his clear memory, and his accu- 
 rate and circumstantial testimony, leave no chance to doubt that 
 " Antrim " was once the name of the whole, even if there were 
 no other evidence. 
 
 The county of Antrim is in the northeast part of Ireland, 
 being nearly two-thirds bounded by the northern ocean and the 
 North channel. . On the southwest side of this county there is a 
 lake called Lough Neagh (lok na), from which the broad and 
 beautiful river Bann flows north into the ocean, forming the 
 western boundary of the county. On the south the river Logan 
 and Lough Belfast almost complete the boundary of water. 
 Hence its ancient name " Bndruim," meaning " habitation upon 
 the waters ; " and this name, as it came to be spoken by the 
 earliest Scotch emigrants, was soon changed and shortened into 
 Antrim. 
 
 The old town of Antrim, a shire-town, though situated- on the 
 northeast corner of Lough Neagh, is near the center of the 
 county of Antrim and in its best part. It is a small town but 
 most beautifully located, sloping toward the lake about as the 
 south part of our own Antrim slopes toward the Contoocook. A 
 round tower, ninety-three feet high and fifty-three feet in circum- 
 ference at the base, is of unknown origin, but attests the ancient 
 importance of the place. A small stream from the east, called 
 the " Six-Mile- Water," flows into the lake at this point, — a 
 short, winding, hurrying little river, with great fall, dotted with 
 mills of various kinds, very like our Clinton stream. The whole 
 scene is charming. Lough Neagh is at this point a marvel of 
 beauty. A recent traveler says : " In the immediate neighbor- 
 hood of Antrim town it may vie with the fairest of the southern 
 lakes, while it possesses a grandeur exclusively its own." 
 
 On the shore at this point stands the ruined castle of the 
 " Niels," an ancient and honorable race of kings. This castle 
 was burned in 1816, but enough remains to show its former 
 glory and beauty. The old turrets still remain, and the little 
 old cannon are still mounted on its walls. In the midst of 
 
40 IRISH SUPERSTITIONS. 
 
 great, venerable trees, near the water, near the great round 
 tower, half-bounded by an ancient graveyard with slanting and 
 crumbling stones, — the ruined, empty, falling old castle, with 
 its secret vaults and threatening guns and romantic traditions, 
 might well be taken for a haunted place. This was long said to 
 be a favorite abode of the " banshee," a spirit in woman's form, 
 in loose, white robes, plaintively wailing an admonition of mis- 
 fortune and death. "The wail of the banshee" was said 
 always to be heard* before a death in the family, so sad, tender, 
 musical, and sweet, as never to be mistaken. Sometimes this 
 pleading, plaintive strain was heard at the bridal scene, turning 
 faces of gladness pale. 
 
 Along the shore at " Old Antrim town " Lough Neagh was 
 reputed to have the singular power of turning all substances 
 into stone. Petrified wood lies all along under the water. An 
 ancient canoe recently raised from the bottom was perfect in 
 every part, but had turned into stone. An old writer said that 
 if a pole near Antrim were stuck into the mud and left standing 
 in and above the water, the parts in the mud and above the 
 water would remain wood, while the part in the water would 
 soon become stone. Of course this is exaggeration, but there is 
 in fact something remarkable in the case. This probably 
 accounts for frequent appearances, by moonlight, of what seem 
 like towers and steeples and walls and curious carved work at 
 the bottom, and for the discovery of dead cities under the water. 
 A poet speaks of it thus : — 
 
 " On Lough Neagh's banks as the fisherman strays, 
 When the clear cold eve's declining, 
 He sees the round towers of other days 
 In the waves beneath him shining." 
 
 As Prancestown and Deering were incorporated before this 
 town, it may be supposed that one of these towns would- have 
 taken the good name " Antrim," but for the interposition of Gov. 
 Wentworth, who took the notion into his head, just at that time, 
 to perpetuate in the designation of two adjoining towns the 
 name of his wife. Prances Deering. The former was long writ- 
 ten " Prances' Town." 
 
 The name Antrim was very dear to the Scotch. It has not 
 been found that there is any place or city in Scotland by this 
 n9,me. Our ancestors found the name on their first arrival in 
 Ireland. It was applied to that city and county which has been 
 
NAME AND SURVEY. 41 
 
 said to be more exclusively Scotch than any other in the island, 
 and where our fathers enjoyed their rights' to the greatest 
 extent. Like those who settled in Londonderry and kept that 
 honored name', the settlers here clung to that which was next 
 memorable and precious. Consequently, when incorporation 
 was sought, there being then no royal governor, and therefore 
 no royal governor's wife whose name they were compelled to 
 respect, it was a matter of general consent among the people 
 that the new town should be called " Antrim*," and this was the 
 request presented in their behalf. 
 
 Very early in 1777 the inhabitants of this place met and made 
 provisions to defray the expenses of incorporation, and chose 
 Capt. John Duncan to present and enforce their petition before 
 the legislature, as appointed in the notification of that body, 
 indicated above. This session commenced at Exeter, March 12, 
 1777. Mr. Whiton says there were then " about twenty families 
 and twenty-three resident freeholders." But, as Jatnes Hutch- 
 inson and James Dickey and George Bemaine were dead, to 
 make this number it would be necessary to count in Dea. Tris- 
 tram Cheney, who was part of the time in Hillsborough, and 
 also Daniel Miltimore, and perhaps others, who, like him, were 
 on the ground but had not yet brought their families here. The 
 town had been twice surveyed, once by Robert Fletcher of Ports- 
 mouth not far from 1753, and again not earlier than 1775, since 
 John Duncan, James Aiken, and Daniel Nichols were chairmen, 
 the last of whom had not long been here. This last survey was 
 made, no doubt, by Col. Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable. That 
 part falling south of the line thus fixed upon, and west of the 
 Contoocook, was incorporated afterward as Hancock, the act 
 being obtained Nov. 5, 1779. 
 
 Mr. Duncan appeared ' before the assembly at Exeter as 
 directed. No opposition was made. The records of the House 
 for those days are exceedingly brief, and but little is known of 
 what was said on the occasion. The first that appears in regard 
 to it, copied by the kind permission of the secretary of state, is 
 as follows : — 
 
 Tuesday Mar, 18, 1777. Met according to adjournment A. M. 
 Upon Reading and Considering the Petition of Sundry of the Inhab- 
 itants of the Society Land, So called to be Incorporated with Town 
 Privileges &c. 
 
 Voted that the Prayer thereof be Granted and that the Petitioners 
 have leave to bring in a bill accordingly. 
 
 Sent up by Cap Symonds. 
 
42 CHARTER OF ANTRIM. 
 
 This indicates that some hearing was previously had. In 
 accordance with this a bill was drawn up at once and presented. 
 There is no record of its first or second reading, but its fate 
 appears by the following entry on the House Journal : — 
 
 Friday Mar. 21, 1777. An Act for Incorporating a Part of the 
 Society Land So called into a Township by the Name of Antrim was 
 read a third time and passed to be enacted. Sent up by Captn Symonds 
 and Cap. Wilson. 
 
 There were then 'no senate and no governor, but a body called 
 " The Council " combined, to some extent, senatorial an-d execu- 
 tive functions, Meshech Weare being its presiding officer, and 
 sometimes being called " President of New Hampshire." The 
 act of incorporation was brought before them the day of its 
 passage in the House, and seems to have reached its second 
 reading at that time. On the following day occurs this entry: — 
 
 In Council ^ 
 MAECH 22. 1777. 
 This Act, having been read a third time. Voted, that the same be 
 enacted. 
 
 M. WEAEE, President. 
 A true copy: Attest, E. Thompson Sec'y. 
 
 The charter of the town is given below. The original act as 
 delivered to the town is believed to be lost, but this is a copy of 
 that in the State records : — 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Seventy 
 Seven — 
 
 State of New Hampshire — 
 An Act to incorporate Part of a place Called the Society Land in the 
 County of Hillsborough in the said State of New Hampshire. 
 
 /^.A,^\ Whereas a Petition has been preferred to the General Court 
 C Loc. "i in behalf of the Inhabitants of a Part of that Tract of Land in 
 1 ?i|^ ■ C the County of Hillsborough Setting forth that for want of an 
 ^^.^^ Incorporation they Were Exposed to many Difficulties & 
 Inconveniences, and praying that they May be incorporated, of Which 
 due Notice has-been Given and no Objection has Been made to it, and it 
 appearing to be for the publick Good — 
 
 BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED 
 by the Council and House of Representatives and by the authority of 
 the Same it is enacted, that there be and hereby is a Township erected & 
 incorporated- by the Name of Antrim within the following bounds viz: 
 beginning at the Northwesterly Corner of Deering and Thence Running 
 Southerly by Said Deering according to the Course of Contoocook River 
 which is ye Westerly Line of Deering till it Comes opposite to the East- 
 
BOUNDARIES. 43 
 
 erly End of the line between the Great Lots Number Three and four 
 thence Eunning from the Said Eiver westerly To the Northwesterly 
 Corner of Said Lot Number Three thence Eunning Still westerly on the 
 Said Line between the Said Lots to the Easterly line of Packersfleld 
 thence running Northerly by Said Packersfleld and by Stoddard to 
 Campbell's Gore So Called thence Running Easterly by Said Campbell's 
 Gore & by Hillsborough to the Bound Where it began — and the Inhab- 
 itants of Said Tract of Land are erected into a body politic and Corpo- 
 rate to have Continuance & Succession forever and are hereby invested 
 with all the powers and Enfranchised with all the Eights Privileges & 
 Immunities Which any Towns in this State hold & Enjoy To Hold to 
 the Said Inhabitants of Said tract of Land & their Successors forever — 
 
 And Cap. John Duncan of Said Antrim is hereby authorized & impow- 
 ered to Call a meeting of said Inhabitants, To Choose all Necessary & 
 Customary Town Officers Giving at Least fourteen Days Notice of the 
 Time Place & Design of Such Meeting and Such Officers Shall Hereby 
 be Invested With all the powers of the Like Officers in any other Town 
 in This State and every other meeting Which Shall be annually held in 
 Said Town for that purpose Shall be on the Second Tuesday of March 
 annually forever. 
 
44 FIRST TOWN MEETING. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 AN OUTLINE OP EVENTS IN ANTRIM FOR FIFTY TEARS. 
 
 1777-1827. 
 
 We have just celebrated the 'one hundredth anniversary of 
 Antrim's incorporation ; but probably we could realize but little 
 of the pride and joy which our fathers felt when they were first 
 blessed with town privileges and town honors. Only a handful, — 
 twenty-three, — but they had great hearts and great hopes ! They 
 did not, however, call a town meeting till May 1, probably on 
 account of deep snows and the difficulty of assembling for lack 
 of roads; There was nothing in town that could very properly 
 be called a road. The first warrant posted in this town for a 
 legal meeting was as follows (the contradiction of dates was 
 probably a mistake of Lynch in making the record) : — 
 
 State of New Hampshire ( Antrim 
 
 And County of Hillsborough ss, j Apr. 16. 1777. 
 
 By The authority of The afforsaid State I do hereby Warn all the- 
 freeholders and other Inhabitants Quallified by Law to Vote in Town 
 meetings belonging To Said Antrim, to meet on Thursday the first Day 
 of May at 12 of the Clock at the house of Capt. John Duncan in Said. 
 Town, To act on the following articles viz. — 
 
 1=' To Choose a Clerk To Keep the Records Allso Selectmen and 
 Other Necessary Town Officers. — 
 
 2* To See if the Town Will agree to find a Center and Burying 
 place. — 
 
 3diy To See if the Town Will agree to Eecord the most Leading- 
 Boads. 
 
 4M7 To See What money they Will Rease to Get preaching the 
 Present year and act on aney other thing Thought Needful When. 
 met — . 
 
 And This Shall be your Sufficient Warrant 
 
 Given Under my hand and Seal at Antrim This 16* Day of March 
 A: D: 1777. 
 
 JOHN DUNCAN 
 
 Agreeably to this warrant the few scattered yeomen assembled' 
 at John Duncan's May 1, 1777. It had little resemblance to the 
 crowded, noisy town meetings of recent date. No politics ! A 
 kitchen-full of quiet, brave, noble, united men ! "What a treasure 
 a picture of that town meeting would be ! No presiding officer 
 is mentioned in the record ; but it is probable that John Duncan, 
 
' TOWN OFFICERS. 45 
 
 ■Twho called the meeting to order, acted as moderator throughout. 
 Maurice Lynch was chosen town clerk and began the record in 
 excellent shape, but was not rechosen, as he moved back to 
 New Boston before the close of the year 1777. Thomas Stuart, 
 James Aiken, and Richard McAllister were chosen the first 
 ijoard of selectmen. Maurice Lynch was chosen constable ; 
 and James Duncan and John Warren were the first highway 
 surveyors. The clause in the warrant to " act on any other 
 thing Thought Needful When met " left the door open pretty 
 wide, and they proceeded to make a pretty liberal construction 
 of this most liberal phrase. They — 
 
 Voted the Selectmen a Quarter a Dolar p' Day for their service in 
 the Town Buisness. 
 
 Voted To Take Some Meathod To find a Center. 
 
 They then chose Maurice Lynch surveyor for this purpose. 
 
 Voted James Aiken & Sam^ iloore To Be Cheanmen. And Capt. 
 -John Duncan Tally man. 
 
 Voted forty Dollars to be Worked out on the highways this year. 
 
 Voted that the Selectmen Shall Be a Committee of Safety for this 
 year. 
 
 Voted that 23 Inhabitants or freeholders Those in the Town Will pay 
 a. Shilling Each for the Charge of the Chartor. 
 
 This shows that there were several besides " Those in the 
 Town," — that is, some who had begun farms but had not yet 
 moved here ; and also that the expense of incorporation was very 
 slight. They also — 
 
 Voted to hold Town Meetings at Ric* M^Allostor's house (Abram 
 Smith place on Meeting-House Hill) Till Such Time as ther Will be a 
 proper place to meet at the Centor and To post Warrants for the futter 
 meetings at James Moor's Mills. 
 
 This humble grist-mill was on the spot where are now Park- 
 hurst's mills at the Branch, and the warrants were to be put up 
 there because every settler would visit that place on business. 
 The town also voted in regard to the " Meathod to find a Centor," 
 that the " Surveyor and his Assistants.Shall go Round The Town 
 and Take the proper Courses and Distances So as to Give Their 
 Return of a proper Centor." 
 
 .^The surveyor went about his work in the early summer, and 
 fixed upon the top of Meeting-House Hill as the " Centor " of 
 the town, though after the enlargement of the town the 
 geographical center was nearly a n^ile west of that point. It is 
 
46 MEETING-HOUSE AND CEMETERY. 
 
 probable they varied some from the exact center for the sake of 
 being on the top of a hill ! Then, after the hurry of summer 
 ■work was passed, they called a meeting for Aug. 20, the warrant 
 for which is curious enough to be inserted here entire. It was 
 addressed to " Maurice Lynch Constable." 
 
 In the ISTame of the Government and people of this State you are To 
 Warn all the freeholders and other Inhabitants Quallifyd by Law to Vot 
 in Town meetings Belonging To Said Antrim to meet at the Centor of 
 Said Town on Wensday the 20"^ Day of this Instant at Eight of the 
 Clock in the forenoon first to Chuse A moderator 2°^ To See if the 
 Town Will be Satisfyd With the Choice of the Surveyor and his 
 assestanc Maid of the Spot for a meeting house and Buyring place — 
 
 3iiiy for Every Man for to a ax fall the Trees off the Yalue of one Acer 
 More or Less When Legualy agreed for the Spoot To Build upon. — 
 
 4"y To Chuse a Committee for to Regulate the Expense The Town 
 has been at in Respect of the War and Act on aney Thing Thought 
 Needful in the opinion of the Selectmen and this Shall be your 
 Warrant 
 
 It is to be concluded that they had a remarkably good set of 
 selectmen ! But then it was a day of sudden emergencies and 
 mutual confidence, and they did not stand for technical rules. 
 On assembling, they made short work of voting on the several 
 articles. It must be remembered that this town meeting was in 
 the woods. There was no road ; and out of the thick forest 
 there was no opening from which a human dwelling could be seen. 
 The nearest human habitation was the log cabin of Benjamin 
 Gregg, on the E. L. Vosie farm. I have heard old people say 
 that the trees on the hill were very large, and I think of this 
 town meeting under them with admiration of the men and the 
 scene. It seems to have been held a few steps from the south- 
 east corner of the old cemetery, under " A Read oak tree markd 
 with the figur of Eight." Having chosen John Duncan modera- 
 tor, they seem to have accepted the report of the surveyor by 
 unanimous consent, as there is no record of any kind about it. 
 In the same way they fixed upon a lot for burial. Then they 
 passed the following votes : — 
 
 Voted the Spot to Build the Meeting h6use to be Between A Read 
 oak tree markd with the figur of Eight and the Deat of the year 1777 — 
 and the Buring Place, — 
 
 Voted to Chope one Acer more or less. 
 
 Voted that the Delinqueant inhabitants Shall Pay one Dollar or Else 
 work one Day at Choping a" falling at the Center. 
 
 Then, after the transaction of some other business, they dis- 
 
GRIST-MILL. 47 
 
 solved the town meeting, and " immediately went to work at 
 felling trees " on the " Acer more or less " which now constitutes 
 the old cemetery. Every man. had been notified to bring his 
 ax, and as they met at eight o'clock in the morning, and were 
 eager to commence this public work, it is probable the town 
 meeting did not last an hour ; and therefore they had time for 
 a vigorous day's work. They had no debate about the " Spoot 
 to Build upon " and no time to waste. It will be noticed that 
 in this first transaction the idea of building a church was in 
 every miiid ; also that the old and beautiful idea that church 
 and cemetery must be together was prevalent here. No doubt 
 they made rapid progress that day in laying the forest low ! It 
 was simply cut down to dry for burning, — an immense pile, 
 enriching with ashes the place of the dead. Alas ! now the 
 " Read oak markd with the figur of Eight," and the meeting- 
 house, the highest landmark in the vicinity for fifty years, and 
 houses subsequently occupied there as dwellings,- and those 
 voters themselves, are gone ; and only the stones placed at the 
 graves of those noble men, remain to identify the spot ! May 
 these be held sacred by future generations ; and may the town 
 commenced by those strong arms do honor to the place where 
 they rest ! No descendant of them — not the remotest son of 
 Antrim — should fail to visit this solemn and commanding 
 ground ! 
 
 This year (1777), James Moor completed a grist-mill at the 
 Branch on the site of Parkhurst's mill. Moor had been on the 
 ground four years, and must have commenced his mill in 1776, 
 as it was designated as " Moor's Mill " in the spring of 1777. 
 This was only for corn, but it was more a matter of welcome 
 and convenience to the settlers than a new railroad is to a town 
 now. They rejoiced over it " as a great acquisition." Com- 
 pelled to live 'largely on corn meal, they were obliged to go to 
 mill to Hillsborough and Peterborough, and even to New Boston, 
 till David Lewis built a grist-mill in the southeast part of Pran- 
 cestown, 1774. This latter event was counted a public benefit ; 
 but a grist-mill now in their own town seemed to meet a most 
 urgent want, and was looked upon by them with pride, and 
 satisfaction. 
 
 In 1777, soon after the first town meeting, Antrim first had a 
 public highway, though " barely passable for horses." The 
 previous year they had put up the frame of the " Great Bridge," 
 
48 CLEARING LAND. 
 
 as the records long designate it, the same being where is now 
 the Baldwin bridge over the Contoocook. It was a small, frail 
 affair, and only called great as compared with any other they 
 planned to have in town, and as measured by " the poverty and 
 
 , fewness of the builders." In the course of 1777 a road was 
 " cut and cleared " from this bridge up by the old Jonas White 
 place, through the Center, over Meeting-House Hill to the new 
 corn-mill at the Branch, and thence over the English hill to 
 Hillsborough. This was the first road in town, and hardly 
 worthy that name even for many succeeding years. More will 
 be said of roads in another place. 
 
 This year, also, Antrim, with all her struggles at home, did 
 not forget her duty to the suffering cause of liberty. About one- 
 fourth of the men in town were in the army more or less in 
 1777, and a still greater number of those who afterwards settled 
 here wbre on the field. Under the military history of the town 
 these items will have particular note. At this point it may be 
 said, however, that the town nobly aided the families of absent 
 soldiers ; they carried, forward the " clearings " of such as had 
 no families, and occasionally voted to " clear up their fell wood" 
 or " pieces of chopped wood." These were pieces of land on 
 which the trees had been cut and left as they fell, and then 
 burned over. After the fire these tracts were covered with 
 charred logs in every direction. The town cut, piled, and 
 burned these logs, and prepared the new land for a crop, in the 
 absence of its young owner in the army. Many votes of this 
 kind are found in the old records, during the period of the war. 
 Also, year after year, they " Voted Miss Mary Dickey be freed 
 of her Reats," — i. e., the widow of James Dickey was exempted 
 
 'from taxes, as her husband had lost his life in the service. 
 
 In 1777 several new settlers located in town. Samuel Gregg 
 certainly built this year, on the Paige or Dea. Newman place, at 
 the present center of the town. His cousin Benjamin Gregg, 
 also, as early as this year, began the Edward L. Vose farm at 
 the Center. Most of the new settlers worked one summer, and 
 sometimes two or three, on their lots, before moving on to them. 
 Hence, it is sometimes-difficult to decide when they became res- 
 idents here, as their names are found at the same time in other 
 towns as well as this. In some instances this double residence 
 continued four or five years, as with John Gordon, Matthew 
 Templeton, Benjamin Gregg, the Cheneys, and others. Daniel 
 
INCREASE OP POPULATION. 49 
 
 Miltimore settled on the Whiteley place this year, to which he 
 brought his young wife the year following. William Boyd, also, 
 in 1777, settled on the Dea. Worthley farm. tlis first house 
 stood on the old road several rods north of the present residence 
 on that place. John McAllister, James McAllister, and Philip 
 Coffin came this year or before. It seems also certain that as 
 many as a half-dozen young men, not named heretofore in these 
 pages, were chopping away all summer on their lots, so that the 
 crash of falling trees was constantly heard, and clearing fires 
 were most of the time burning. Some of the stone walls now 
 standing are thought to have been built this year. It was, 
 altogether, a lively year for Antrim, — the year of incorporation, 
 healthy, toilsome, struggling, hopeful 1777 ! It may be added, 
 that, of a State tax assessed June 1, 1777, Antrim's share was 
 one pound, five shillings, and ten pence. 
 
 The year 1778 made some valuable additions to the popula- 
 tion of the town. In, the spring of this year Dea. Jonathan 
 Nesmith, having worked on his land the four preceding seasons, 
 moved on to the farm on which he died, now known as the 
 Nesmith place, and was for a long life one of the foremost men 
 in town affairs and church affairs. Dea. James Nesmith the 
 same year moved on . to the Chandler Boutwell place. Dea. 
 James Carr located on the place now that of his grandson, 
 William R. Carr. John Gilmore settled this year on the farm 
 long occupied by C. J. Whitney. Elias Cheney, who had been 
 living here with his father, Dea. Tristram Cheney, for several 
 years, moved in 1778 on to the Dimon Dodge place, near Cork' 
 bridge. The Dinsmores, Samuel and James, came also this 
 year. Samuel located where his son Samuel now lives, and 
 James fixed on the Zadok Dodge place. Others made begin- 
 nings the same year, and the town's population increased con- 
 siderably. 
 
 But, from pecuniary and various other embarrassments, this 
 was one of the hardest years for the town. So many perplexing 
 matters called for attention, that there were ofe town meetings 
 within eight months. The first regular Mai'-ch meeting ever 
 held here was at the house of Richard McAllister (Abram 
 Smith place on Meeting-House Hill), March 10, 1778. At this 
 they chose Hon. John Duncan town clerk, and Thomas Stuart, 
 Daniel Miltimore, and Daniel Nichols, selectmen. James Dun- 
 can was chosen constable. Maurice Lynch, though absent much 
 
50 DEPRECIATION OP CURRENCY. 
 
 in New Boston, and probably for that reason not continued in 
 the ofifice of town clerk, was nevertheless chosen surveyor of 
 highways in his part of the town. Their first vote, after electing 
 town officers, was to raise " 32 dollars for Preaching this year." 
 Then they " Voted five Hundred Dollars to be Reased to be 
 worked out on the Highways — and Bach man to have three 
 Dollars A Day for his weages and two Dollars P Day for Oxen." 
 Mr. Whiton is mistaken in saying this was the rate for 1777, as 
 the vote for that year was, " That the Inhabitants Shall Work at 
 highways at the Rate of half a Dollar a Day &c find What Tools 
 the Surveyor . Will order them to Bring." This large change 
 from a half-dollar per day in 1777 to three dollars in 1778, 
 shows that depreciation of paper currency was quite rapid early 
 in the war, and shows a new hardship wliich our fathers had to 
 struggle with. Prom the first, specie had been comparatively 
 scarce in the country. The early settlers, buying tools and 
 seeds, had nothing to return but coin, which had a tendency to 
 draw the specie back to England. As a consequence, the colo- 
 nies were driven to the issue of paper currency for circulation 
 among themselves. . Coins of the small denominations, and of 
 trifling intrinsic value, were issued by several States, but these 
 were only convenient for small suras. Paper was issued long 
 before the Revolution, of which Massachusetts paper generally 
 stood highest. As compared with English money, this colonial 
 paper was largely depreciated years before the rupture between 
 this country and Great Britain.. In' 1767 it would take seven 
 pounds in South Carolina to obtain one pound sterling, and in 
 other colonies somewhat less. Hence, when the war of the Revo- 
 lution broke out, the financial question was the most difficult one. 
 Less than a month after the battle of Lexington Congress pro- ■ 
 vided for the issue of what has since been known as " Continen- 
 tal Pap,er." Of this money, 12,000,000 were put in circulation 
 June 22, 1775. This was followed by other and larger issues, 
 until 1300,000,000 were in circulation. Laws were passed, 
 making this pape" 'legal tender for payment of debts, but, in spite 
 of these arbitrary enactments, it depreciated every week until it 
 became worthless. As indicated by the votes of Antrim, it took, 
 March 10, 1778, three dollars of this currency to be worth as 
 much as fifty cents of it was wortii ten months before. Coins, 
 therefore, had become extremely scarce. Those who had silver 
 were charged with concealing it, while the settlers of this town, 
 
ASSESSMENT OP TAXES. 51 
 
 being mostly poor, found it almost impossible to get specie 
 enough to pay their taxes to the State. Samuel Gregg, who 
 came here with considerable wealth, nobly aided the citizens of 
 the town by giving specie for paper to a large extent, until its 
 depreciation nearly swept his property away. No remuneration 
 was subsequently made to him, and none of the paper he held 
 ever redeemed. 
 
 Under these circumstances of war and monetary embarrass- 
 ment, trouble arose with the proprietors and non-resident land- 
 owners. In the first place, there was difficulty in obtaining the 
 land for public purposes at the established center of the town. 
 It seems that the voters had been a little too fast the preceding 
 year in clearing ground for a burial-place. Hence, perceiving 
 their mistake, and putting the matter in, a mild form, they 
 entered an article in the warrant for March 10, 1778, " to See if 
 the town will be willing [to] Present a petition to the owners of 
 that Right our Cantor falls into to get A Privilege for Building 
 a meeting house." On this article they — 
 
 Voted to Send a Petition to Mr. Jeffre (Geo. Jafl'rey of Portsmouth) 
 and Mr. Parce. 
 
 Voted Lieut Jno M°Cleary to Gary in the above Petition. 
 
 No doubt he attended to this duty at once, and was Successful 
 in getting the grant of land, as within three weeks another town 
 meeting was called to finish up clearing the lot set apart for 
 purposes of burial. Thus this disturbing element, which threat- 
 ened to be serious, was happily and manfully put out of the way. 
 
 The March meeting of 1778 was closed by choosing Daniel 
 McFarland town treasurer. They also " Voted the Selectmen as 
 a Cometee of Seafty. " 
 
 In the next place, trouble arose with non-resident land-owners 
 in regard to taxes assessed by the town on their land. The 
 records are very scanty and obscure touching these points ; but 
 enough is known to indicate what the trouble was. Very likely 
 these unlettered men of the forest had not gone strictly accord- 
 ing to law in everything. Two-thirds of the soil of the town was 
 owned by outsiders ; and the people rightfully thought this 
 property should be assessed as well as their own improvements. 
 Several records of sales of such land for taxes are now in exist- 
 ence. All the north part of South Village was thus sold in 1778. 
 This action of the town the proprietors resisted, though the 
 taxes thus assessed seem to have been chiefly, perhaps entirely. 
 
52 TOWN MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 on account of the war. This caused great and continued anxiety 
 in town. Committees were appointed again and again, and legal 
 counsel was obtained. It seems froni the subsequent action of 
 the town, that there had been no record of the acceptance of the 
 charter ; and probably on this ground they denied the right of 
 the selectman to tax them. Hence a meeting was called for 
 May 7, 1778, " To heare M"^ Cleggets Advise by Lieut. mcCleary," 
 and " To See if the town will act acordiug to our Charter as 
 Was Voted last Meeting." This gentleman was Hon. Wyseman 
 Claggett of Litchfield, long Attorney-General of the State. It 
 seems that he advised them to accept the charter in a formal 
 manner by vote, put it on record, and then go ahead ; since they 
 at once " Voted the Town on the Charter as Voted last meet- 
 ing ; " and since we find them subsequently selling land for 
 taxes, and hear no more of trouble with non-residents for a 
 considerable time. And thus this difficulty was overcome, and 
 the settlers as before had their own way, which was the right 
 way. But it is not to be wondered at, that, at the meeting April 
 21, 1778, being in the midst of these troubles, the town felt too 
 poor to send a man to Concord " As a Delegate to Lay a plan 
 for Government," especially as they then had their first applica- 
 tion for the poor, and " Voted Twenty Dollars out of the Town's 
 Stock to the Suport of Miels Realys family." This meeting was 
 at Richard McAllister's house, and the moderator was Dea. 
 Tristram Cheney. 
 
 July 9, 1778, that being the fourth town meeting of the year 
 (Benj. Gregg, moderator), " Voted that there be 700 Dollars 
 Raised for the Great Bridges being compealed in Said town." 
 This being in depreciated currency, would be less than one hun- 
 dred dollars in specie. " The Great Bridge " (Baldwin bridge) 
 was then the only southward exit from the town by road of any 
 kind, and hence of great importance. 
 
 At the fifth town meeting of the year, Oct. 14, 1778, much was 
 talked of, but nothing was done of much importance. " Voted 
 that All meetings for the futer be held at Sa™ Greg's." Also, 
 " Voted that the Warrants for the futer be posted at Jam' 
 Moore's mill Likewise at James Aiken's house." 
 
 The year 1779 was even harder than 1778. There was some 
 increase of population, and improvement of lands ; but with 
 many of the citizens in the army, with new roads to build, with 
 fences everywhere to put up, with land to clear for absent 
 
TROUBLE WITH THE CURRENCY. 53 
 
 soldiers, and with the burial-ground to finish, it was a year of 
 extreme toil and hardship for every son and daughter of Antrim. 
 At the town meeting March 9, 1779, Samuel Moore first comes 
 into notice. He seems to have made quite an impression, as he 
 was chosen moderator, second selectman, and town clerk all at the 
 same time. This shows that their method of voting and keeping 
 records was different from what is followed at the present time. 
 At this meeting, the north stream in town is first Called the 
 " Branch." A bridge over the same in Branch village was put 
 up this year. Mr. Whiton is mistaken in saying 1781, as the 
 record Mai'ch 9, 1779, is, " Voted that Richard McAllestor & 
 Thomas Stuart be a Committee To finish the Bridge on the 
 Branch." The continued depreciation of the currency is shown 
 by the following record of this meeting : — 
 
 Voted 3000 Dollars To be "Worked out on the highways for the presaat 
 year at Ten Dollars pe"^ Day. 
 
 Silver passed entirely out of circulation. As this paper was 
 legal tender, unprincipled men paid their debts with it ; and 
 many creditors were crippled or ruined by being compelled to 
 take it. The town paid Rev. James Miltimore seventy dollars per 
 day for preaching, which was about /owr dollars in good money, as 
 shown by this record : — 
 
 Voted that the Minister Be Paid four Dollars per Day Equal to Coarn 
 at three Shillings per Bushel. 
 
 The embarrassment and trouble of the people on account of 
 currency this year can hardly be calculated. By an interesting 
 " Table of depreciation for this State," recorded on the Journal 
 of the New Hampshire Assembly, July 3, 1781, it appears that 
 Jan. 31, 1777, continental paper was at par with silver, while 
 Dec. 31 of that year it took $3.10 in paper to equal one dollar in 
 silver. At the close of 1778 it took $6.34 of papef to equal a 
 dollar of silver. March 1, 1779, it took ten dollars of paper to 
 equal one of silver ; and through the year depreciation was so 
 constant and so rapid that on Dec. 31 it took $23.93 of paper to 
 equal one dollar of silver. And thus the monetary unrest and 
 uncertainty grew worse and worse. Hence but little was under- 
 taken at the March meeting. They adjourned to April 20 ; and 
 then, though paper had lost a tenth of its value in one month, 
 they cut down the highway appropriation one-third ; and of that 
 
 Voted Three Days Work of Each man to be Worked out at y« Centor 
 for preparing for a meeting house. 
 
54 REGULATING PRICES. 
 
 At this meeting a vote was taken to lay out a certain road, 
 which as a curious specimen is here given : — 
 
 Voted that there be a Boad Laid out from a Rock in the River as it 
 is Now Markt or as Near as the Ground Will allow To the West Branch 
 To the most Convinent place for a Bridge Running out to the other 
 Road. 
 
 Of course that is plain to every one ! In 1779, there wei-e six 
 town meetings, which shows the disturbed condition of affairs. 
 The most important of these was called for Sept. 20. On 
 assembling, they chose Samuel Gregg moderator, and adjourned 
 to Oct. 4. The principal object of this meeting was to regulate 
 the values of produce, or, as the warrant has it, " To See if the 
 Town Will Ohuse a Committee To make a Regulation of prisses." 
 They chose Benjamin Gregg, James McAllister, and Daniel 
 McFarland a " Committee for to Set Upon the Vigitabels that is 
 to be Sold in Said Town." " Yoted that Sam' Gregg be one to 
 Assist s'^ Committee : " and surely if ever a difficult task was 
 allotted to three men, this was such a case, especially as they 
 " Voted that any person Taking any more for aney Article that 
 the above committee has Stated forfits that Article or the price 
 of Said Article and all charges arrising Thereon ; " and still more 
 especially as they " Voted that sai'^ commit Shall Bring "Such 
 offenders To punishment." Then after voting that the " Select- 
 men Give Instruction " to our " Delegate to Represen us in 
 Cort," they adjourned to the first Monday in November. It will 
 be noticed that though our fathers were fighting for freedom, 
 they ruled severely. Their intent was to prevent extortion and 
 extravagant prices, but their steps were exceedingly arbitrary 
 and futile. But little is known as to the details of the plan, 
 only that it. proved a failure, and prices were soon left to regulate 
 themselves. They were not the only men that have attempted 
 to make a dollar's worth go for eighty-five cents, or eighty-five 
 cents' worth go for a dollar ; but experience everywhere eventually 
 enforces the conclusion that prices hinge upon demand and supply, 
 not being subject to arbitrary decisions. 
 
 In the fall of 1779 the proprietors and absentees again 
 attempted resistance to the non-resident tax, and this time 
 carried the matter into the legislature of the State. In that 
 body, after some debate and delay, they got a decision in their 
 favor this much : — 
 
 Nov. 9, 1779, Voted to forbid the Selectmen of Antrim from Selling 
 
NON-RESIDENT TAXES. 55 
 
 land of non-residents for Taxes until further order of the General As- 
 sembly. 
 
 Soon after receiving this order a town meeti'.ig was called for 
 Dec. 14, 1779, to " See What Meathod the Town will agree upon 
 to obtain Redress of Their Grievances." As the times were 
 then, and as the noh-residents were so many, their failure to pay 
 would bring a greater burden on the settlers than it would be 
 now to double our taxes. At the present time, our western 
 pioneers for new roads and improvements issue bonds, or in 
 some other way borrow money, but our fathers paid for every- 
 thing when they got it, and did without until they could pay. 
 Hence, as they were paying and doing all that men could already, 
 the non-resident resistance brought serious ^trotible upon them. 
 Therefore, when they met Dec. 14, they voted to send a petition 
 to the general court setting forth their circumstances, and 
 "Voted that Lieut. Tho^ Nichols Carries y^ ab° petition." 
 
 Then they called a meeting for Jan. 24, 1780, " To her Cap'. 
 Nichols Report from Court," and " To hear a petition Read 
 With the order of Court thereon Which the proprietors have 
 Laid into the General Court against the Town of Antrim." At 
 this meeting they " Voted that John Duncan Esqr. go Down to 
 Court To answer against the proprietors petition," and " Voted 
 that Cap'. Nichols Go to Court to Assist Squir Duncan." This 
 matter was pressed in the assembly the following March. Prob- 
 ably other towns might have had the same interest there. But 
 a compromise was at length decided upon by the legislature, 
 and they voted, March 9, 1780, " That the unimproved lands of 
 non-residents within this State shall be subject to be taxed to the 
 State Taxes, Continental Taxes, War taxes. County Taxes & not 
 otherwise." The question of taxing "located lands," — i. e., 
 lands purchased, partly cleared, but on to which the owner had 
 not yet moved, was referred on the above day to a " Committee 
 of both houses." They reported an act, which was passed 
 March 16, but the text of it I am not able to find. But, after 
 this, non-residents were taxed for everything . except town 
 expenses. But the proprietors were not pleased with this result. 
 A few months after, an article was in the warrant to petition 
 them for " one hundred Aicres of Land for a Settlement for a 
 minister ; " but they seem to have concluded it was no use to 
 ask for favors, and therefore they " Voted that Daniel Miltimore 
 Shall Go to Portsmouth and Purchase a Lot of Land from Esqr. 
 
56 TITHING-MEN. 
 
 Jafre as Low as Possible." Or perhaps they were getting their 
 backs up, in regular Scotch style, and did not wish for any 
 favors from that source. 
 
 There are but little data for further remarks on events in 
 Antrim up to March meeting in 1780. By this meeting conti- 
 nental paper had gone down so far that it took 137.36 of it to 
 purchase a silver dollar, and silver could not be had in Antrim 
 even at that rate. They "Yoted.that Wages at hieways the 
 Instant year be Nine Pounds." They also " Voted that william 
 Boyd have five hundred Dollars for his Sarvice at Road island." 
 By vote of the assembly, June 23, 1779, a regiment of three 
 hundred men was raised in this State to defend Rhode Island 
 from threatened invajsion. It is believed that Boyd was the only 
 man from Antrim in this particular service. 
 
 This year the first " Tayithing man " was chosen in this town, 
 in the person of Dea. James Aiken. This office was regularly 
 filled for a long series of subsequent years. The badge of office 
 was a stick a yard long tipped with brass or pewter. The busi- 
 ness of the incumbent was to keep order in i-eligious meetings, 
 and see that the Sabbath was strictly observed, and to stop 
 travel on the Lord's day. This was a religious office, and often 
 the best men in town were elected to it, though in after years 
 the religious was not always the chief distinction about it. It is 
 ^related that a man from Stoddard was going home one Sabbath 
 afternoon, and, in passing by the Daniel Swett house, was 
 arrested for traveling on the Lord's day. But the Stoddard 
 man was short of corn, and the tithing-man had corn to sell ; so 
 said tithing-man, after duly admonishing the guilty footman of 
 the wickedness of traveling on the Sabbath, sold him a bushel of 
 corn, gave him something to drink, and at sunset let him go on ! 
 The year 1780, like the two preceding years, was liard for the 
 new town of Antrim. There was a steady but slow increase of 
 population, but scarcely any increase of wealth. War expenses 
 weighed very heavily on the people. Men, women, and children 
 had to struggle to get a living even of the plainest kind. No 
 votes or town transactions of account to the present reader, are 
 put on record. The year 1780 is noted rather for extreme cold, 
 and for the " Dark Day," so far as it has any special importance 
 in the traditions that have come down to us. The winter of 
 1779-80 has a place of note as the " Hard Winter." Dr. 
 Whiton tells us that water did not drop from the eaves in any 
 
THE " HARD WINTER." 57 
 
 place for six weeks. For most of the winter snow was five feet 
 deep on a level. The only communication was by means of 
 snow-shoes. Roads were out of the question. Boston harbor 
 was frozen hard enough for a sleigh-ride on it, according to 
 report. People could not go to mill, and, after their stock of 
 meal was used up, they lived for weeks on boiled corn and vari- 
 ous broths. Wood was drawn on hand-sleds most of the winter, 
 it being impossible to move a team. It is related that one lad 
 and his little sister, their father being in the army, drew wood 
 in this way for the family all winter. Having no boots, they 
 sewed rags round their feet and saturated them with neat's-foot 
 oil to keep from freezing, and then sallied forth into the woods. 
 Old stockings, thus saturated, were called proof against frost. 
 As evidence that the reports of cold and snow were not greatly 
 exaggerated, the Journal of the New Hampshire Legislature, 
 March 8, 1780, contains a " Resolve to enable the Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas in the County of Hillsborough to take up and finish 
 sundry matters pending at said Court at their next term, the 
 last term being lost by reason of the stormy weather." In some of 
 these deep snows arid blows ordinary log houses were entirely 
 covered out of sight. In one place in New Hampshire, nearly a 
 month after a great storm, a flock of one hundred sheep were 
 dug out of a snow-bank that was sixteen feet deep above their 
 ba;cks, most of them being dead, the few alive having subsisted 
 by eating the wool off the dead ! 
 
 In such a winter the privation and solitude of these few scat- 
 tered' settlers must have been oppressive. It was a rare thing to 
 see a neighbor's face. Bach family was shut up by itself. Even 
 the larger places, like Boston and Portsmoutli, were thoroughly 
 blockaded with snow. In those families where the husband and 
 father was in the army, the long winter must have been desolate 
 in the extreme ! With all our winter comforts and social enjoy- 
 ments, we are in no condition to appreciate what was endured 
 by the founders of our institutions. 
 
 Following this severe and long winter came the celebrated 
 " Dark Day," May 19, 1780. I take the liberty to copy such 
 statements about it as have fallen under my eye. For several 
 days previous the air was full of smoky vapors, as if fires had 
 been' burning in the woods, the sun and moon appearing red and 
 somewhat obscured. The early morning of May 19 was cloudy 
 and showery and cool, with some thunder and lightning. But 
 
58 THE DARK DAY. 
 
 about ten o'clock, when the artisans were busy in the shop and 
 mill, the women spinning and weaving, and the farmers hurrying 
 with their spring work in the field, it began to grow dark. The 
 wild birds screamed and flew to their nests, — the hens went to 
 their roosts, — the cattle came up, uttering strange cries-, to their 
 stalls, — the sheep, bleating Wofully, huddled under the fences, 
 — the buds and small leaves on the trees were colored almost to 
 an indigo blue, — robins and blue-birds flew into the houses as 
 if they sought the protection of man, — the rain that soon fol- 
 lowed was full of a substance like burnt vegetable matter, form- 
 ing a scum, with smell of soot, over everything, collecting on the 
 Merrimack river here and there to the depth of half a foot, — 
 and this strange darkness increased until by noon people had to 
 light candles to eat their dinners by ! Lights were seen in 
 every window, and, out-of-doors, people carried torches to light 
 their steps. Everything took a different color from what it had 
 by sunlight, and consequently the strange reflections of the 
 torch-lights were in keeping with the marvelous and changed 
 appearance of everything. Hosts of people believed the end of 
 the world had begun to come ; men dropped on their knees to 
 pray in the field ; many ran to their neighbors to confess wrongs 
 and ask forgiveness ; multitudes rushed into the meeting-houses 
 in towns where they had such, where pious and aged ministers, 
 pleading repentance, interceded with God in their behalf; and 
 everywhere throughout this day of wonder and alarm, the once 
 careless thought of their sins and of their Maker ! At this time 
 the legislature of Connecticut was in session, and when the 
 growing darkness became so deep that at mid-day they could 
 not see each other, most of them were so alarmed as to be unfit 
 for service. At this juncture Mr. Davenport arose and said : — 
 
 Mr. Speaker, it is either the day of Judgment or it is not. If it is not, 
 there is no need of adjourning. If it is, I desire to .be found doing my 
 duty. I move that candles be brought, and that we proceed to business. 
 
 The darkness somewhat increased all day, and before time of 
 sunset was so intense that no object whatever could be dis- 
 tinguished. Anxiously and tremblingly people waited for the 
 full moon to rise at nine o'clock, and even little children with 
 strained eyes sat silently watching for its beautiful beams to 
 appear. But they were disappointed, the darkness being unaf- 
 fected by the moon. The most feeling prayers ever prayed in 
 
FINANCIAL DISTRESS. 59 
 
 Antrim were at the family altars that night. Children never had 
 more tender blessing than these mothers gave them that night. 
 They slept soundly for the most part, but the parents chiefly sat 
 up all night to wait and see if the glorious sun would rise again. 
 Never dawned a lovelier morning than that 20th of May ! 
 Never were hearts more thankful on the earth ! Even thought- 
 less people praised God ! So much were the whole population 
 affected by this event, that, at the succeeding March meeting, 
 the town voted, March 9, 1781, to keep the next 19th of May as 
 a day of fasting and prayer. 
 
 The dgirkness was greatest in northern Massachusetts and 
 southern New Hampshire. It covered New England more or 
 less, was noticed on the Hudson river, but was not thought of 
 farther south and west. As to causes and explanations of this 
 event, a high authority says : — 
 
 The Dark Day in North America was one of those wonderful phe- 
 nomena of ilature which will always" be read of with interest, but which 
 philosophy is at a loss to explain. 
 
 The year 1781 finds the people in much financial distress. 
 Paper had gone so low that it required seventy-five dollars of it 
 to purchase one dollar of silver. In the border towns like 
 Antrim, the people were distressed to pay their taxes. Tuesday, 
 March 13, 1781, they " Voted Esqr. Duncan go to meet a 
 Cometee from Hancock [and] Bearing and Draw a Demon- 
 strance," and " Voted James Aiken and Thomas Stuart be a 
 Commettee to give Capt. alcock instruction." So great were the 
 war expenses, and so poor were the people, that even an article 
 in the warrant to call a minister was " adjourned till the town 
 Receive instruction from Coart." And yet in their great dis- 
 tress they " Voted Mrs. Mary Dickey be freed of Reats," and 
 that " Chopt Down wood Shall pay a tax equal to wild Land and 
 no more." They would not tax the widow of the dead soldier, 
 nor would they tax the scanty beginnings and improvements of 
 soldiers then at the front. This financial pressure explains the 
 action of the town at a subsequent meeting, Friday, June 1,1781. 
 This was convened to " Chuse a man to Send to Concord to the 
 Convention for forming a Plan of Government," and " To See if 
 the town will agree upon aney method to provide their Supply of 
 Beef for the army." Antrim then had " fifty famihes or more," 
 as the order for election sent out by the assembly read as fol- 
 lows : — 
 
60 HOe-BEEVES. 
 
 That such Towns & places as contain more than Fifty families be 
 directed (if they see fit) to send one member for every fifty families, pro- 
 vided that each Town, Parish or place so sending, shall pay their own 
 members for their time & expense. 
 
 This our townsmen were too poor to do, and they " Voted that 
 we Send no man to Concord." 
 
 This year (1781) the distinguished -office of hog-reeve was 
 instituted in Antrim. The name is from the old English reve, 
 and is as honorable as shire-reeve, or sheriff. The first holders 
 of this office in town were Randall Alexander and Nathan 
 Taylor. It was the custom, as now in many countries, to let 
 hogs run loose. Little squads of these comely and interesting 
 quadrupeds might be met with anywhere. They were not con- 
 sidered very desirable guests in corn-fields and gardens. Now 
 the duties of this officer were to go about town occasionally, or 
 upon complaint, to catch all loose hogs, " yoke " them so they 
 couldn't go through fences, and " ring " them so they couldn't 
 " root," and collect fees for the same from the owner. We are 
 left somewhat in the dark as to the -methods of procedure, the 
 time required to " run down a hog," or the issue if the emaciate 
 candidate for the pork-barrel took to the woods, and if it became 
 the fortune of bruin to " hug the pig " instead of the honorable 
 official of the town ; but certain it is that the office was judged 
 important enough to be filled by serious and dignified election 
 for a long series of years. But in process of time fences were 
 completed, and swine were inclosed in pens as now. The office 
 then had no duties connected with it, and the custom arose of 
 electing newly-married people to this office, on the ground, prob- 
 ably, that such persons were not capable of discharging any 
 duty. Regularly, since about 1800, men who had just been 
 entangled in the bondage of matrimony have been thus honored 
 by their townsmen. And this promotion never has been 
 opposed. And this is the only office a few ever had ! Sweet 
 rescue from oblivion ! 
 
 At a town meeting at Samuel Gregg's, Aug. 20, 1781, called 
 among other things " To See what Instruction the town will 
 give their Selectmen about assessing money to Purchase the 
 Supply of Beef for the Army & to Pay the Remainder of the 
 towns Depts as the Currancy failing will not Pay it," it was 
 " Voted that beef and back rearagea occationed by the depretia- 
 tion of our paper currency be Sessed in hard money." This 
 
BURIAL-GROUND. 61 
 
 shows their inflexible loyalty in hardship and trial. And as 
 most of them had no money, it was " Voted that a bushel of 
 Corn brought in Shall pay equal to a hard dollar." 
 
 They also voted (though there was nothing about it in the 
 warrant) that " Capt. Nichols and Ja^ Steele be a Committee to 
 go to Dearing Selectmen and demand a road from Deering to 
 this Town," — from which it appears that there was no commu- 
 nication with that town except by way of Hillsborough. 
 
 Adjourning till Saturday, Aug. 25, they " Voted that the town 
 be classed in eight Divisions to clear up Samuel Densmores fell 
 wood," thus showing their continued determination to share in 
 the sacrifice those in the field were making. 
 
 A curious vote is put on record in 1781, which was as follows: 
 " Voted that the Comitee Chuse a man to assist Esqr. Beetiu, 
 [perhaps Patten] with the Pillion." The pillion was a soft pad, 
 or cushion, extending back from the saddle, on which it was 
 customary for a woman to ride. To bounce the solid ladies on 
 to this pillion was perhaps too much for the worthy captain 
 alone ; or it may be that other's were more than willing to 
 render him aid. It was not fair that one man should monop- 
 olize this noble work. 
 
 Having on petition (1778) been granted land for a burial- 
 place, but failing to get land for a common, Samuel Gregg, then 
 in good circumstances, came forward, bought the land known as 
 ,the "Old Common," and presented it to the town. This seems 
 to have taken place in 1779, and in that year and 1780 much 
 was done to clear up this land. At the town meeting, Aug. 22, 
 1780, an article was in the warrant "To See what the Town will 
 do with the improvement at the Center." As no record is made 
 of any vote on this article, it is probable, as Dr. Whiton has it, 
 that they all " volunteered " a day's work, and finished up the 
 clearing of burial-ground and common. In 1782 this burial- 
 ground was inclosed by a neat log fence, but 1781 was probably 
 the year of the first burial on the hill. This being the first sum- 
 mer after the ground was fixed upon and cleared and burned, 
 they made haste to remove thither some of the bodies of the 
 children previously buried on the Whitney place. The first 
 death of a white adult in Antrim was that of Asa Merrill, who 
 was kiiled by a fall in Dea. Aiken's mill, some time in the year 
 1781. He was from Hudson, and it is not known whether his 
 body was buried on the hill, or removed to ttat town. 
 
62 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. 
 
 The year 1782 opens with a town meeting, which for a long 
 time occurred almost as often, if not as regularly, as a club meet- 
 ing, or that of brokers' board. The convention of 1781 having 
 prepared a " Systim of laws or Plan of Government," it was sent 
 down to the towns for acceptance. Jan. 8, 1782, the citizens of 
 Antrim met at Samuel Gregg's, and having chosen Capt. Thomas 
 Nichols moderator, they selected a committee of five, viz., James 
 Aiken, Capt. Nichols, John Duncan, Thomas Stuart, and Daniel 
 Nichols, " To inspect the Systim of laws or Plan of Government 
 Proposed and to make proposals for some amendment," and then 
 adjourned till Friday, Jan. 11. But at this adjourned meeting 
 the record shows no action concerning the constitution, and after 
 some talk about local matters, they " Voted this meeting is 
 desolved." 
 
 It may not be out of place here to say that there had been a 
 previous convention, which met at Concord, June 10, 1778, to 
 form a constitution. In this convention, Henniker, Hillsborough, 
 Antrim, etc., were represented by Isaac Andrews, who was 
 chosen representative also to the assembly near the close of the 
 same year, although Antrim, by itself, " Voted that Wee Do 
 Not Send a Deleaget." The constitution which they framed was 
 voted upon in 1779, and was rejected by the people. The con- 
 stitution of 1781 was framed by a small convention, many towns 
 like Antrim not sending. And the House of Representatives 
 voted, Jan. 10, 1782, to recommend to the convention to adjourn, 
 and " in the mean tinie to issue precepts to the Towns & places 
 not represented in said Convention to send Delegates thereto." 
 But of this second call for delegates Antrim seems to have taken 
 no notice. The constitution of 1781 was rejected by the people 
 in January, 1782. The convention, having adjourned till August, 
 sent out another constitution in the fall of 1782, which also was 
 rejected. Then the convention adjourned till June, 1783, when 
 they proceeded to draft a third constitution, and this last effort 
 the people approved. Our town voted, March 11, 1783, " The 
 present form of Government To Stand as it is Till June Eighty 
 four." And when the constitution of 1783 was sent out for 
 approval, they '• Voted to Not Act." But in the State at large 
 it was adopted, and for several years was the supreme law in 
 this commonwealth. By it, this territory, formerly caljed by 
 various names, as colony, province, and so on, and in regard to 
 which it had been voted, Sept. 10, 1776, "That this Colony 
 
CONSTABLE AND COLLECTOR. 63 
 
 Assume the Name & Style of New Hampshire," was forever to 
 be known as the State op New Hampshire. In common remark 
 this is known as the constitution of 1784, as it did not go into 
 operation till June of that year. The convention which formed 
 it was a remarkable one, having been in existence nearly two 
 and one-half years, and having had seven sessions, some of them 
 at great length. 
 
 A town meeting was called on " the last monday of January" 
 to choose a juryman, and James Steele has the honor of first rep- 
 resenting Antrim in that position. For many years we have 
 records of little town meetings to choose men for jury, — a very 
 laborious and expensive way of selecting men for this duty. By 
 it, however, they may have secured better men than by the 
 present system. 
 
 At the annual meeting, March 12, 1782, this being the third 
 town meeting of the year, Randall Alexander was chosen con- 
 stable. For many years the constable was one of the most 
 important officers in town, it being his duty to keep the peace, 
 and, within the town, to discharge those duties now usually per- 
 formed by the sheriff. He was also collector of taxes ; but 
 whether this was a part of his office, or was annually voted to 
 him on accession to said office, does not appear by anything dis- 
 coverable in the records of any town, so far as I know. This 
 office had been filled successively by such men as James Duncan, 
 Joseph Boyd, and Daniel Nichols. The first remuneration 
 noticed for the work of a collector was the following, April 2, 
 1782 : " Voted Six Bushels of Corn to the Constable for y" 
 present Years Service." Bach man was expected to perform 
 this service when his lot came, as appears from the record : 
 " Voted that Jam^ Nasmith Serving as Colector Shall Serve for 
 him as his Turn for Constable." Randall Alexander having 
 asked to be excused from serving, the town voted, at an adjourned 
 meeting, April 2, 1782, to excuse him, "he giving the Town 
 Secqurity for seven Dollars the old Way Equeal to Corn at 
 Three Shillings p' Bushel." Then, having previously tried to 
 have John Smith take the office, they chose Richard McAllister, 
 but, apparently at the request of the latter, they " Voted Thom' 
 English be Constable the Service Being for Richard Mcallestor 
 Excepted by the Town." Thus this office that went a-begging 
 was at last fixed in the hands of English. Perhaps, as the State 
 had assessed a tax on " unimproved lands of non-residents," 
 
64 ENGLISH'S RASCALITY. 
 
 there was an unwillingness to discharge this extra and outside 
 trust. The appointment of English, however, proved unhappy 
 for the town. The State tax (penny an acre) brought too much 
 money into his hands, and he absconded in the fall of 1782, 
 taking two hundred dollars in silver. Probably, with their pov- 
 erty and privation, that loss was as great as would be four, 
 thousand. dollars to the town now. The people were struck with 
 amazement and alarm. English was a smart young man, had 
 been here three years, was well connected, and had the confi- 
 dence of .the people. Immediately, the selectmen attached his 
 land, the matter was carried into court, a town meeting was 
 called for Nov. 25, 1782, and they " Voted Cap'^ Thorn'' Nichols 
 be Agent To attend at Cort To Carrey on the action Comenced 
 against Thom^ Englishes Estate By the Town." Nichols seems 
 to have been put in possession of said estate soon after by the 
 court, as we find the friends of English's much-respected wife 
 and family coming forward to save her from ejectment. A town 
 meeting was called for Jan. 23, 1783, to hear a proposition of 
 Dea. William Moore of Bedford, father of Mrs. English, to .prevent 
 execution of the order of court and " Take It out of the Law." 
 Dea. Moore, now an old and venerable man (member of first 
 board of elders, Bedford, in 1757), came to Antrim in midwin- 
 ter for this purpose. His son, afterwards Dea. William, Jr., 
 was then in the army, though a mere lad. The old man was 
 known to most, or all, the people of Antrim, and held in great 
 respect. This meeting was, therefore, a very sad one. They 
 heard the old man through, and then " Voted The Town Has 
 excepted of Deacon Mooer's Proposals in Setteling Thom" 
 Englishes Affeairs as is mentioned in the Warrant S"^ Moore 
 paying The "Debt." Prom this it would seem that Moore made 
 up t"he deficit while the town paid the cost. At the following 
 March meeting the town "Voted To Give a Deed to English s 
 Wiffe and Childer." I find an old note made by me on this 
 record when first seeing it years ago, which is thus: 1. Default- 
 ers existed in those days. 2. Put 'em through as they did. 
 
 But the trouble on account of English did not end here. The 
 tax on wild lands, which, subsequent to the vote of March 9, 
 1780, had gone to the State, had not been paid, and was resisted, 
 as before, by non-resident owners. English sold many of these 
 lots for taxes. They went at a very low figure, were chiefly 
 bought in by the citizens, and then quit-claimed by them to 
 
PAYING FOR LAND TWICE. 65 
 
 new settlers. In other towns, ^Iso, there was constant trouble 
 on account of the non-resident tax, and sometimes the State 
 gave relief, as appears by many votes on the House Journal like 
 the following, March 16, 1780 : " Voted to pay the selectmen of 
 Francestown ^83 : 12 : 4, for taxes on land of absentees." But 
 in this town the non-residents recovered their land by technical 
 illegalities in the proceedings of English in selling them. As a 
 consequence, the settlers who received titles through the col- 
 lector, after resisting by law and paying costs, had to purchase 
 their land a second time. One of these, it is believed, was 
 Robert Duncan in the east part of the town, who several years 
 later was sued by owners by previous title, and ultimately had 
 to pay for his land a second time and at a higher rate. Many 
 and probably most of the settlers between 1782 and 1787 were 
 somewhat embarrassed in this way, taking their land through 
 English, or through parties to whom he had sold. Being chiefly 
 poor, it was a heavy load for them, and some of them were old 
 men before they completed payment the last time. Thus 
 English was cause of untold trouble. He did not think it best 
 in subsequent years to exhibit himself in Antrim ! 
 
 The town, however, proceeded to fulfill their part of the 
 arrangement with Dea. Moore, and March 25, 1783, " Voted 
 John Duncan Esqr. Go to Amherst To Settel With the Lawyers 
 in Regard of Englishs With y" Town." They also chose a com- 
 mittee (Capt. Nichols, James Aiken, and James Dinsmore) " to 
 prefer a petition to the General Court, " — which petition we 
 cannot find, and of whose purport we know nothing. It was 
 supposed to have reference to the troubles with English ; but it 
 may be explained possibly by a vote at a subsequent town meet- 
 ing, that the " Selectmen Signe the petition in Behalf of the 
 Town for a Road to Hillshorough" as if this road were what 
 these several votes were about. 
 
 We must not leave the year 1782 without saying that the 
 continental paper was nearly worthless, and transactions were 
 mostly in silver and grain. It is said that Rev. Jonathan Barnes, 
 of Hillsborough, paid the salary of a whole year for a pig four 
 weeks old, though that town subsequen;tly made up the loss to 
 him. Sailors sewed the bills together in jest, and made coats of 
 them for parade. Barbers papered their shops with them. For 
 months, a thousand paper dollars were given for one silver dollar. 
 Two hundred millions thus lost their value. This money had 
 
66 CLOSE OF THE WAR. 
 
 done great service, caused great inconvenience, and then quietly 
 passed away. 
 
 The year 1783 was one of public more than local interest. 
 After the surrender of Cornwallis, Oct. 19, 1781, it had been the 
 general feeling tljat the war would soon end. There continued 
 to be some severe fighting here and there, but peace was talked 
 of, and after various negotiations a treaty was signed Sept. 3, 
 1783, between the English and American representatives, at 
 Paris ; and the " United States of America " took its place as a 
 new nation on the earth. This event was hailed on this side of 
 the water with universal joy. The people of this little town had 
 done wonders of sacrifice and hardship' in the public cause. As' 
 they chiefly were making their settlements, building their roads, 
 and meeting the sacrifices of pioneers, at the very time of the 
 long public struggle, it came especially hard upon them ; and 
 hardest of all upon the women of Antrim, wlio, being left with 
 the care of the family, had few resources and many hardships. 
 Their perils also were very great. The inhabitants of this little 
 hamlet, therefore, entered into the general gladness with no lack 
 of enthusiasm. All religious minds turned to God with praise. 
 The " Second Thursday of December next " (1783) was set 
 apart by Congress as a day of National Thanksgiving for Peace. 
 The proclamation for this was issued Oct. 18, a few days after 
 the reception of definite tidings of peace ; and the paper itself, 
 drawn up by Elias Boudinot of New Jersey, president of Con- 
 gress, is remarkable for force and beauty, and worthy a place in 
 every reading-book and every school-boy's memory ! 
 
 And now a bright era opened before the few settlers of Antrim. 
 They had been extremely burdened by taxation for the war, as 
 well as by service in the ranks, and hardships at home. Anxi- 
 eties and perils which we cannot appreciate now, weighed upon 
 them. But after the long struggle these were passed. They had ' 
 met everything without flinching, their heroism was of the mar- 
 velous and noble kind ; but none the less could (hey rejoice 
 to be unburdened and to be free. Some citizens of this town 
 were in camp, some were home on furlough, and some were 
 expecting to march if cg:lled for, when the glad news came. At 
 home they laid out many roads this year, and planned improve- 
 ments, in the hope of peace ; but they stood to the ranks as 
 though they meant war to the last, — and rejoiced like true 
 heroes at its close. 
 
ELECTION OP REPRESENTATIVE. 67 
 
 The way was now open for the more rapid increase of this 
 settlement. Soldiers returning purchased lots of land, and even 
 in the winter worked more or less, clearing the same and pre- 
 paring to put up their log houses in the spring. Others, seeing 
 hope of being delivered from the perils and costs of war, had 
 courage to start a home for themselves. Truly, this was a happy 
 hamlet in a happy country ! 
 
 Previous to 1783 this town had been classed, as will be seen 
 in the list of town officers, with Henniker, Hillsborough, Deering, 
 and Society Land, in the choice of representative to the general 
 court. But this section having increased in population, and 
 Hancock being now incorporated as a town, the assembly, 
 Sept. 10, 1782, " Voted that the towns of Henniker and Hills- 
 boro' be coupled together, and that the precept for a. member 
 of the next Court be directed to the Selectmen of Henniker; 
 and that Antrim, Deering, Hancock, and Society Land be formed 
 into one District and the Precept be directed to the Selectmen of 
 Antrim." In accordance with this order, an election was held 
 near the close of 1782, or very early in 1783, but no record of 
 the meeting can be found. The town clerks of Deering and 
 Hancock very kindly searched their records for me, but no trace 
 of this particular meeting could be discovered. But the Journal 
 ' of the House renders it certain that John Duncan of Antrim 
 was chosen to represent this district, and that he was in due 
 season at his post. I suppose the election was held in Deering, 
 as a courtesy to that older town, but that among so many town 
 clerks the record was not entered in the book of either town, but 
 kept on a loose paper by the clerk chosen for that special occa- 
 sion. Such loose papers would readily be lost, as we have had 
 more recent occasion to regret. 
 
 In the Journal of the Assembly for this year the name John 
 Duncan sometimes occurs twice on the same vote, and Dr. 
 Bouton, the State historian, calls attention to this as a mistake. 
 But probably Col. John Duncan of Acworth, cousin of " Hon. 
 John " of Antrim, then represented Acworth and Unity, so that 
 there were properly two of that name in the assembly. This 
 Col. John Duncan represented Acworth and Lempster in the 
 constitutional convention of 1792, and there Dr. Bouton wrongly 
 applies to him some items in Dr. Whiton's biography of Hon. 
 John of Antrim. 
 
 As previously noticed, the old common and burial-ground on 
 
68 " WARNING OUT OP TOWN." 
 
 the hill had been " chopped " and " cleared " by voluntary labor, 
 from time , to time, and had been burned over, but there yet 
 remained a large amount of half-consumed logs. Sometime in 
 1782 Dea. Aiken agreed > with the town to pile and burn what 
 remained on the whole tract, and " put it into rye " and grass. 
 This tract of several acres was covered in 1783 with a heavy 
 growth of I'ye, and Dr. Whiton tells us that in hot midsummer 
 it was all reaped in one day by Dea. Aiken " with the aid of two 
 hired men and three daughters." These afterwards noble women 
 were not to be beaten by any reapers in the field ! 
 
 This year (1783) we find the first 'record of what used to be 
 called " warning out of town." This, as a sample of many, and 
 as a curiosity at the present time, is here given verbatim : — 
 
 State of New Hampshire { To John "Warran 
 
 Hillsborough ss. J Constable of Antrim 
 
 ( Greeting — 
 
 "Whereas Samuel Steel & his Wife hath Latly Come into the Town of 
 Antrim and Came last from Lyndsborough Whom the Selectmen of 
 Antrim Kefuse to admit ass Inhabitants — 
 
 This is Therefore in the Name of the Government and Peopel to 
 Require you to Warn the above Named Persons to Depart out of the 
 Town of antrim forthwith, and make Return of this Warrant to uss With 
 your Doings hereon at or before the Twenty third Day of Ocf Nixt, and 
 this Shall be your Warrant 
 
 Given Under our hands and Seal at Antrim This Twenty Second Day 
 of July A. D. 1783. 
 
 DANIEL NICHOLS ^ o , , 
 THOMAS STUART I '"^ 
 
 f TYifn 
 
 JAMES DINSMORE ) 
 Ocf: 22: 1783 
 
 The Within Named persons haith Been Warned according To Law 
 p': John Warron Constable. 
 
 Persons thus " warned out of town" were not obliged to leave, 
 and were not known to leave on that account. But it was only 
 a legal precaution, according to the law of those days, to avoid 
 the support of any comers that might fall upon the town. This 
 formality having been carried out and put on record, the parties 
 might remain, and generally were desired to remain ; but in case 
 they became a public charge, the town where they previously 
 resided was held for their support. This act, therefore, was 
 simply one' of pecuniary lookout, while occasionally those warned 
 off became valuable and wealthy citizens. " Warning off" was 
 made the duty of the selectmen ; and it must have involved both 
 
TROUBLE PROM WoivES. 69 
 
 work and pain, to investigate every new comer, and inflict this 
 warning on every man that had not money. Happily, this law 
 has long since passed away. 
 
 As the summer of 1783 wore away, it was found, as before, 
 almost impossible for the people to pay their taxes in specie, 
 and a town meeting was called for Sept. 19, to act on some 
 State affairs, but specially " To See What the Town Will Do 
 Concerning the Colector Taking Grain in pay of Reats." On 
 assembling, their only action was upon this matter, and they 
 " Voted to Take Rye at four Shillings p"' Bushel " and to " Take 
 Corn at Three Shillings p"^ Bushel." Also " Voted Esqr. Dun- 
 cans be a place to Take in y" Grain." (Not a bad idea for the 
 Squire, some one says !) This of course involved cost of 
 storage, receiving, and dealing out, and a sale had to be sought 
 for much of it out of town, with chance for loss in many ways. 
 But it was the best they could do, and they went on with this 
 hard and inconvenient method, making no complaint. 
 
 In 1784 we find the first vote for State officers, as follows: 
 " Voted Thirty one Votes for M Ware for presedan of State." 
 Another curious vote was this (March 15, 1784) : " Voted This 
 Meeting Stand adjurned to there is a Nother Legal Meeting 
 called." Also (Sept. 2, 1784) " Voted the Sixth Articl out of 
 the Warrant." It was this: "To See Who the Town Will 
 Think fit to free of Choping their proportion of the Wood." 
 They made short work of it ! 
 
 This year, the town, as well as the whole State, was greatly 
 troubled with wolves. They came in about the settlements in 
 vast numbers from the forests to the west and north, starving 
 and ravenous, destroying sheep, and even attacking cattle. 
 Children were in, constant danger, and it was perilous for armed 
 men to travel at night. A bounty was paid by the State for 
 killing wolves, but the urgency of the case was so great that the 
 towns took it up, and Antrim " Voted five Dollars of a Dition to 
 the Court Act For Killing of Woolves to be paid by this Town." 
 It W9,s more than a year before this excitement died away, after 
 which gradually these pests disappeared, never to be seen again 
 here in any considerable numbers. But the annoyance and loss 
 from them in the following winter (1784-85) was very great, 
 that winter being very cold and long, and snow very deep. 
 Often were the settlers awakened in the night by the howling of 
 wolves at the door, or about the barns where their little flocks 
 
70 INCREASE OP TERRITORY. 
 
 were sheltered. Toward sunset, when men began to hear their 
 yelping in the woods or on the hills, they left work and hurried 
 home. Flocks were sheltered and doors closed at dark. But, 
 happily, this state of things did not long continue. 
 
 Early in 1784 a question arose as to taxing a tract of land 
 between Antrim and Stoddard. Stoddard, then being the most 
 populous town in this vicinity, and wishing for the best slices, 
 discovered that there was a strip on her western border not pos- 
 itively claimed by the new towns adjoining. Actuated by the 
 idea that this land on the west was more desirable than that on 
 their east line (though at this day it is hard to see much dif- 
 ference) , the people of Stoddard laid claim to the former, and 
 ceased to tax a corresponding area adjoining Antrim. This last 
 step was taken to avoid exceeding their charter limits. It was 
 a nice little game, though it is very much to be doubted whether 
 it has been for the advantage of that town. The strip of land 
 disclaimed by Stoddard remained untaxed a year or more. It 
 was nearly a mile wide at the south line and came to a point at 
 the north, and contained about fifteen hundred acres. I cannot 
 discover that it was inhabited by any one at that time. Now 
 the claim of Stoddard to the land west of that town not being 
 refuted, and the charter limits of Antrim extending to Stoddard,, 
 it became a question whether this town should accept and tax 
 that enlargement of its bounds. In the fall of 1784 a meeting 
 was called to decide this. The meeting was adjourned and the 
 matter talked over, but it was finally (Nov. 3) " Voted to Tax 
 the Land Dissclaimed by Stodder." And this has since remained 
 a part of Antrim. Probably the income from the tax of this 
 wild land was very much desired, as hereinafter explained ; but 
 it involved large expenditures on the part of the town, in long 
 subsequent years, for roads which were of no. advantage to us. 
 
 It will be remembered that the tax on non-residents for wild 
 land had been assessed by the town and resisted by the owners, 
 though compelled to pay, or lose their land by non-payment, 
 until, after three or four years, the State, to avoid controversy, 
 took this away from the towns and assessed it as a State war 
 tax. But when the war was over, the legislature was induced 
 to allow this tax of a penny an acre, within the limits of Antrim, 
 to be used to help build a meeting-house. A petition of the 
 people seems to have been handed in for this purpose, and much 
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BUILDING THE MEETING-HOUSE. 71 
 
 Hon. John Duncan, of which the town showed some apprecia- 
 tion in that immediately, though there was nothing in the 
 warrant to that effect, they met all extra charges, as appears 
 from this record (March 15, 1784) : "Voted John Duncan Bsqr. 
 Three Dollars he Paid out for the Town in Geting the Land 
 Tax." This tax was thus allowed by the State for three years, 
 1784-85--86. Probably one-half the town was then owned by 
 the Masonian proprietors at Portsmouth, and other non-residents 
 held land purchased from them ; and they all paid this tax for 
 the meeting-house with much reluctance and some scolding. 
 But it brought in quite an amount of specie, without which the 
 settlers could not have built for many years. This was kept 
 separate from the town's money, and the first act upon it was 
 this: " Voted Lent : Dan': Miltimor Oolect the Tax Laid on the 
 Laud by the Court for one Year." And thus encouraged they 
 at once proceeded to make preparations to build the following 
 year, — of which a brief record may be found in the chapter on 
 ecclesiastical history. The building was raised June 28, 1785. 
 A drawing of it by F. L. Nay is herein given. 
 
 The year 1785, beyond the fact that it was meeting-house 
 year, and on that account memorable to the settlers, has but 
 little to narrate, of interest to the present generation. Dr. 
 Whiton says the spring opened with forty-three families in 
 town, — his authority no doubt being the memory of some old 
 person who recollected, or thought he recollected, that this was 
 the number of families in town when they began to build the 
 church. But this certainly could not include several who had 
 made beginnings, nor any that came in 17s5. This year and 
 the preceding year, or in some cases a little earlier, came Isaac 
 Cochrari, William McDole, Nathan Austin, David McClure, 
 Thomas Day, Thomas Jameson, Adam Dunlap, Reuben Bout- 
 well, and others, so that there were constant accessions to the 
 population. 
 
 There was but one two-story house in t^wn, that of Isaac 
 Cochran, raised July 12, 1785, a part of whicli is now in exist- 
 ence, a few feet from the spot where, it was raised, though 
 eclipsed and hidden by that which took its place in 1864. The 
 other houses in town were almost entirely log houses, and small 
 at that. The people were brave, hardy, hopeful, self-denying, 
 ready for any good work, but poor. The house of worship 
 which they set about making was, therefore, grand and rich, 
 
72 CONDITION- OP SOCIETY. 
 
 compared with the dwellings of the people. Though in respect 
 to having neighbors and roads there had been great improve- 
 ment in ten years, yet it was still a time of great inconveniences 
 and many privations to our fathers. They had to get everything 
 from their land and their flocks. Foreign goods and groceries 
 were nearly unknown in most families. There was no store 
 within many miles. Dr. Whiton thinks there was no store 
 nearer than Amherst. But search into the records shows there 
 was a store at that time (1785) in New Boston, doing a large 
 business, and which had then been running more than twenty 
 years. And it is scarcely credible that Peterborough, having 
 then eight hundred people, had no store. But at best it was 
 exceedingly difficult to get at a place of trade, and the people 
 had no money to buy. 
 
 Yet there was something delightful and beautiful in the 
 society of this town's people at that day. If they had privations, 
 they had them all alike. Dr. Whiton quotes the remark of a 
 survivor that " Then was a time of brotherly love ; each family 
 sat under its own vine, having none to molest ; no haughty 
 looks or mincing steps ; no jealousy, tale-bearing, or envy, known 
 in town : but as population and wealth increased, these evils 
 crept in." This no doubt is spoken strongly, as old men are 
 wont to speak of early scenes. Unquestionably, however, these 
 pioneer families were very happy together, living in great sim- 
 plicity, peace, and love. Their brotherliness and helpfulness to 
 each other were deepened by their common and equal struggle 
 for a living and a home. 
 
 A curious and summary case of ousting a town officer occurs 
 at this time. At the March meeting Samuel Moore was chosen 
 town clerk and third selectman. But a dispute arose as to some 
 money in his hands according to the " Counter's Reports," 
 which money the new selectmen demanded, and he refused to 
 pay over. Moore had been chairman of selectmen and town 
 clerk the preceding year, and had managed affairs chiefly, it 
 seems, himself, though it is not certain that he intended any 
 fraud. But the people were so stirred up by the matter, that, at 
 an adjourned meeting (May 5, 1785), they " Voted the Town 
 reconsider the Choice of Samuel Moore for Town Clerk," and 
 chose Daniel Miltimore to said office. Then " reconsidered " his 
 choice as selectman and put Daniel Nichols in his place. They 
 then "Voted that Lieut. Moor be CalP upon to Settle and Pay 
 
CLAMOR FOR PAPER MONEY. 73 
 
 up the Ballance or give Security," failing of which the select- 
 men were instructed to " Prossecute for the Same." Just how 
 this affair was settled I have found no data to determine. But 
 Moore's name appears no more among the town officers, and in 
 a few years he left town. 
 
 At this time there was renewed uneasiness in the public mind, 
 occasioned by the .dearth of coin. To say nothing of incon- 
 venience, it continued extremely difficult to get enough to pay 
 state and county taxes, or make indispensable settlement of 
 debts. Old excitements and discontents burned higher than 
 ever. There was a popular craze for paper money correspond- 
 ing to the greenback clamor of the present day. They wanted 
 the State to issue paper, lend it to New Hampshire land-owners 
 on security, and make it legal tender for all debts within our 
 own State. This would be the " Continental Paper" with 
 certain conditions, and probably no improvement, — paper whose 
 temporary relief would again be followed by depreciation and 
 consequent trouble. But still large numbers clamored for relief 
 by law, as if some arbitrary legal tenders could accomplish what 
 economy and persevering labor only have been able to do. This 
 excitement culminated the following year in the " Shay's Rebel- 
 lion " in Massachusetts, in which several thousand men, some of 
 them old soldiers of the Revolution, took up arms, demanding a 
 reduction of salaries and an issue of paper money. But there 
 were enough level heads in New Hampshire to keep the malcon- 
 tents quiet from violence for the most part, and to defeat the 
 inflation scheme. It is pleasant to know that in public town 
 meeting the people of Antrim, with their usual good sense, 
 " Voted ' to instruct our Representative not to have Paper 
 Money." 
 
 Stepping now into the next year, we find the town appropriat- 
 ing its first money for school purposes, March 14, 1786, as fol- 
 lows : " Voted to Raise fifteen pounds for the use of a Town 
 Scool." The sparseuess and poverty of the people had hitherto 
 prevented any public effort in this direction. A few children 
 who came here at about the age of eight years, grew up with 
 little or no schooling. But most had some privileges by way of 
 private schools. Others, by earnest study, in spare hours at 
 home, acquired a fair knowledge of tlie common branches. There 
 was a certain strength of thinking power among the people. 
 They wasted no time in trashy and frivolous reading. Having 
 
74 CENSUS OF THE STATE. 
 
 few books, they made the test use of them. By vigor of mind 
 and strong application, they found compensation for lack of priv- 
 ilege ; and were surely people of intelligence, as well as virtue 
 and religion. In the chapter on schools more may be found 
 upon this subject, showing the continued interest of the town in 
 the education of its children. 
 
 March 3, 1786, the legislature of the Stateordered a " return 
 of all the inhabitants " to be made by the selectmen of each town, 
 under penalty, if neglected, of the " sum of five pounds." Until 
 recently, this census was unknown for half a century. The 
 original returns were discovered in an old box of papers in the 
 attic of the state-house, and first saw the light in a publication 
 by Dr. Bouton,in 1877. The population of the State then was 
 95,801. There were five counties ; in order of population, Rock- 
 ingham, Hillsborougli, Cheshire, Strafford, and Grafton. Con- 
 cord, then returned as " Gunthwaite, " was in Grafton county, 
 and had 152 inhabitants. The number of towns returned was 
 138, averaging 691 persons each for the whole State; while by 
 the census of 1870, there were 239 towns, and an average popu- 
 lation of 1,337 each. The, document for this town is as follows: 
 
 A Eeturn of the iSTumber of Souls in the town of Antrim County of 
 Hilsborough taken in April last and found to be two hundred and Eighty 
 nine p'ns. 
 
 ISAAC COCHRAN ) 
 
 289 Souls. JONATHAN J^ESMITH [■ Selectmen 
 
 DANIEL NICHOLS ) 
 
 Antrim June 5, 1786. 
 
 It will be interesting to know that at that time the popu- 
 lation of Hancock was 291; Society Land, returned by Alexan- 
 der Parker and Isaac Butterfield, 157 ; Bedford, 785 ; Amherst, 
 1,912; Temple, 701; Peterborough, 824; and Stoddard, 563; 
 while Nashua (Dunstable) had but 554. It will be noticed that 
 several of these towns had a greater population in 1786 than in 
 1870. And it may be added, though anticipating, that the pop- 
 ulation of Antrim by the census of 1790, four years later, was 
 528, with nearly 90 families ; showing for those four years a 
 more rapid increase than in any other period of our town's exist- 
 ence. There was also a corresponding increase of conveniences 
 and of wealth. 
 
 This year the town lost one of its most valuable citizens, by an 
 accident in shingling the meeting-house. The staging gave way, 
 
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE LEGISLATURE. 75 
 
 and with it James and Samuel Dinsmore fell to the ground. 
 The latter was but little injured ; but James Dinsmore's back 
 was broken, and he lived but three or four hours. He never 
 spoke after the fall. He was a carpenter, chairman of the select- 
 men in 1783, at the age of twenty-nine, and only thirty-two at 
 his death. This accident filled the whole settlement with uni- 
 versal and unaffected gloom. No such occasion for mourning had 
 been known in Antrim before. Very properly they engraved 
 upon his burial-stone these lines : — 
 
 " The rising morning can't assure 
 Tiiat we shall end the Day; 
 Eor Death stands ready at the Door 
 To sieze our Lives away ! " 
 
 Dr. Whiton advances some doubts as to the time when Antrim 
 was first represented in the legislature, fixing, however, on the 
 fact that John Duncan represented this town and others adjacent 
 in 1787, and perhaps earlier. But, upon search of the Journal 
 of the House and other documents, I find that John Duncan was 
 chosen for this district in 1783, as will be seen on a preceding 
 page, and also in the list of town officers ; T^hile Society Land, 
 including Antrim, was represented as early as there were people 
 here to represent. Capt. Joseph Symonds of Hillsborough repre- 
 sented Henniker, Hillsborough, and Society Land, in 1776, the 
 year before our incorporation. Prom 1788 to 1797, inclusive, John 
 Duncan represented the district, it is believed. This was a new 
 district, consisting of Deering, Antrim, and Hancock, which so 
 remained till 1795, when Antrim and Windsor were classed to- 
 gether. At a meeting of the voters of Antrim and Windsor (then 
 called Campbell's Gore), at the house of James Wallace (now 
 William Stacy's), March 21, 1797,. John Duncan was again chosen 
 representative, as also in 1795, and probably in 1796. But being 
 elected to the senate, he resigned ; and a second meeting was 
 called at James Wallace's, which, Aug. 28, 1797, elected Dea. 
 Jonathan Nesmith to represent the district. This union with 
 Windsor lasted but one year, as Antrim had voters enough of her 
 own in 1798, and always since that day has been entitled to one 
 representative. 
 
 As indicated by the census of this year (1786), slavery in 
 New Hampshire was nearly extinct.. Subsequent law made it 
 entirely so ; but it was in the nature of the constitution of 1784 
 to abolish slavery, as shown by its opening sentence : " All men 
 
76 SLAVERY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 are born equally free and independent." Slavery never had any 
 legal establishment in this State. After the establishment of the 
 above-named constitution, it was looked upon as dead. A few 
 slaves were held subsequently, yet apparently not by force, but by 
 the choice and for the good of these persons. It has been said that 
 slavery was abolished in New Hampshire in 1810, at which time 
 the census found no slaves in the State ; but it was certainly abol- 
 ished so far as property in slaves was concerned, by the tax-law 
 passed Feb. 8, 1789, which, in furtherance of the principles of the 
 state constitution, " expunged male and female servants " from the 
 lists of taxable property. The number of slaves in this State in 
 1775 was 657 ; in 1790, 158 ; in 1800, 8 ; in 1810, 0. Slavery was 
 never recognized in any way by legislation in New Hampshire, 
 subsequently to Feb. 8, 1789. Strictly speaking, therefore, there 
 never was a slave in this town. Manly Ransom, named else- 
 where, and often spoken of as a slave, coming to New Hampshire 
 was really no longer property, — though the servant of Mr. 
 Moore, and of Dr. Adams. These men were not taxed for him 
 as for a horse or a yoke of oxen. The census of 1786 makes 
 return of servants, for the most part, not as slaves, but as " those 
 bound to service for a term of years." 
 
 A severe tempest passed over the east 'part of Antrim in 1786, 
 similar to one which swept through the valley of Bast Sullivan 
 in 1875. The writer saw the path of the latter a few days after 
 its occurrence. A swath some ten rods wide was cut through 
 the woods, and every tree, small and great, uprooted. In An- 
 trim, 1786, the ruin was not so great, but many trees were blown 
 down. It passed with terrible force through the valley at the 
 foot of the McCoy hill, north of the Robert Duncan place. Hugh. 
 Jameson buried a babe that day, and the procession, following 
 the then only road to the Center, by Hiram Comb's and George 
 Turner's, had just got down the hill into the woods when the 
 fierce wind struck them, and trees began to writhe and snap and 
 fall. The mourners on horseback fled in terror back to McCoy's 
 with all possible speed. The bearers, being on foot, ran with the 
 corpse through storm and wind, and dared not stop till they 
 reached Mr. Cochran's. There they waited till the tempest was 
 over, when the frightened mourners followed, clearing the way ; 
 and when they came up, the procession again moved on, and they 
 buried the unnamed little one without further trouble ! Hun- 
 dreds of trees were blown down in Antrim that day. In the 
 
ORGANIZATION OP THE CHURCH. 77 
 
 valley a few rods east of Mr. Gove's, and some distance south- 
 ward of the present Center, half the timber was leveled with the 
 ground ! Its force was greater in the valleys than on the hills. 
 
 It seems pretty certain that the first store in Antrim was 
 opened in the spring of 1788, or earlier, by Ebenezer Kimball, 
 on the spot now occupied by the Carter house. Dr. Whi ton's 
 History says it was in 1789; but in his Half-century Sermon, 
 published in 1838, he says the store was opened in 1787. 
 Kimball came here in- 1787, prepared his place, and opened his 
 trade as soon as he could. The people of Antrim, in their first 
 years here, went to Londonderry sometimes to trade, sometimes 
 to Amherst, but generally to New Boston. It was no unusual 
 thing for the women of this town to take the linen cloth they 
 had manufactured, go to New Boston on horseback, exchange 
 the same for goods or money, and return the same day, — and 
 not much of a day's work it seemed to them ! Prancestown had 
 a store about two years before Antrim. The following year 
 (1789), James Wallace opened a store on the William Stacy 
 farm on the hill west of Branch village, and this was the place 
 where subsequently several town meetings were held in connec- 
 tion with the Windsor people. These two stores accommodated 
 the people several years, and until the population was greater, 
 pj;obably, than at the present day. Merchants had but little 
 competition in that day, and made large profits on their limited 
 sales. 
 
 The year 1788 was long cherished as the time of the organiza- 
 tion of the church. Referring the reader to the chapter on 
 churches, I will only say here that the town acted in legal meet- 
 ing, March 11, and appointed a committee to apply to the pres- 
 bytery for the establishment of a church here ; and that many 
 church affairs were managed by the town in public and legal 
 meeting. Rev. Walter Little was settled, as also was Dr. 
 Whiton, on the call of the town; and the town chose committees 
 to present the call in each case. The minister was paid out of 
 the town treasury as regularly as any town officer, and he was 
 called " the town's minister ! " This course made the burden 
 come equally upon all. And it was satisfactory to all, inasmuch 
 as they were all substantially of one opinion. 
 
 The first town meeting held in the meeting-house was 
 Sept. 16, 1786, though it was only a frame partly covered. 
 They had met several years previous at Samuel Gregg's (Dea. 
 
78 DISPOSING OP PAUPERS, 
 
 Newman place at the Center), and there again, being cold 
 weather, they held their March meeting in 1786. But, subse- 
 quent to this, town meetings were held in the meeting-house on 
 the hill for about fifty years. It is suggestive of the brogue of 
 our fathers that they chose each year a " Town Clark." Most 
 of the hard spelHng in the old records results from an obvious 
 effort to put the brogue into English, rather than from igno- 
 rance. The Cutious may find pleasure in tracing this. , 
 
 In February of this year (1788), a convention was called to 
 act upon the new constitution proposed for the United States. 
 The small States being jealous of the large ones, and all of them 
 unwjUing to delegate much power to the general government, it 
 was a long time before the body which framed that great instru- 
 ment could reach an agreement. But at length it was attained, 
 and the constitution was sent to the several States to be ratified 
 or rejected. Strong opposition was made to it in every State ; 
 but ten States soon accepted it, and it went into force in 1788. 
 New Hampshire was one of the States that were prompt to 
 accept the constitution^ In our convention, Hancock, Antrim, 
 and Deering were represented by Evan Dow, believed to be of 
 Deering, who voted in the negative, as did also Cochrane of 
 New Boston, Bixby of Prancestown, and most other representa- 
 tives from this section of the State. The final vote to ratify was 
 June 21, 1788, and stood fifty-seven yeas to forty-seven nays. 
 
 At a town meeting Dec. 15, 1788, the first vote of this town 
 was cast for member of Congress and presidential electors. 
 Thirty-six was the highest number of votes cast, it being a small 
 meeting and very quiet, — apparently all one way. 
 
 This year we find on the record the first instance of " selling 
 the poor," as it was called. It was customary to sell the support 
 of paupers to the lowest bidder. Philip Riley, the first settler, 
 was poor, and had been supported chiefly by his son-in-law, 
 Michael Cochlan, the town freeing said Cochlan from taxes. At 
 times Philip "boarded round," the people taking turns to keep 
 him along. March 25, 1788, the town "Voted the Selectmen 
 provide Sutable apperil for Phillip Reley." But in May follow- 
 ing, pending the decision of referees as to the obligation of the 
 town to support him, the town " Voted that mr. Raley be Struck 
 of to the Lowest bider," and he was immediately " struck off" 
 to Lt. Thomas Stuart " as Long as he Concludes to Stay." We 
 have no means of knowing what the decision of the referees 
 
CONSTITUTION AMENDED. 79 
 
 was. The town subsequently " Voted Mr. Rely to be kept oyer 
 the town when & as Proportioned," yet he soon went off among 
 his relatives and died with them. 
 
 There is a curious item in the record of 1788, thus : " Voted 
 to give m"^ Anssworth 24 y'^^ of Linning Such as the Selectmen 
 will approve." The writer is not able to reach any satisfactory 
 explanation of this vote. 
 
 There is another curious item at the meeting March 9, 1790. 
 They met at the meeting-house, but it was a cold, rough day, 
 there was no glass in the windows, and they " adjourn" on 
 account of accommidetion to the house of Ensign Benj° Gregg 
 immediatly." Arriving there, they continued Daniel Miltimore 
 in his office of town clerk, but, as he was absent, they chose 
 Arthur Nesmith '' Cle7-k Protemperary." 
 
 At all these meetings a g'i-eat deal of business was transacted 
 vital to them, but unimportant for history. The records indicate 
 the dispatch of much such business. March 8, 1791, after a long 
 session of several hours, they " adjourned to Mr. Caldwells for 
 fifteen minutes." This being one-fourth of a mile off, fifteen 
 minutes would not do for dinner, hut would answer tolerably well 
 for a drink! Tliat this last was probably the object in view is 
 further indicated by the effect on the town clerk, who makes 
 this record when he gets back to the place of meeting : " Met 
 according to adjournment and eeazssumbd the meeting ! " 
 
 Aug. 8, 1791, the voters of Hancock, Bearing, and Antrim 
 met at Ebenezer Kimball's (now Carter hpuse), and chose 
 Daniel Nichols delegate to the •' Convention of 1792," as it has 
 been called. This convention had several sessions, as. its first 
 efforts were not all accepted by the people. The voters of 
 Antrim, however, by two-thirds vote, accepted all the articles 
 gave one, which concerned a court of equity. Other amend- 
 ments were then sent out, which were adopted in the whole 
 State by a small vote. On these, the vote in Antrim was eight 
 for, and none against. Then the convention met Sept. 5, accord- 
 ing to adjournment, and the new constitution, being adopted in 
 all its parts, was declared to be " The Civil Constitution of the 
 State," at Concord, Sept 6, 1792. 
 
 In March, 1791, James Nesmith was chosen town clerk, which 
 office he held for twenty-seven consecutive years, — until too old 
 to discharge its duties. He was a good penman, and competent 
 every way, but was specially kept in that position because of his 
 
80 DOG-PELTERS. 
 
 efficiency in the publication of marriages. He had a voice of 
 tremendous power, and yelled out just as tliey heard the close of 
 Mr. Whiton's gentle '■ amen," and his tones rolled high over the 
 succeeding clatter of heavy feet and slamming' of falling seats. 
 It was said, that, notwithstanding his age, they never would have 
 consented to his leaving the office, but for a legal disqualification 
 by loss of his real estate. 
 
 A meeting was called for Nov. 5, 1793, to choose " one Person 
 Duly Qualified to serve as a petit Juror at the next inferior court 
 of common pleas to be holden at Hopkinton." We are not told 
 exactly why this was an " inferior " court, but certainly, in the 
 person of James Steel, Jr., Antrim sent no '■'■inferior" man to 
 attend upon it. 
 
 March 28, 1793, meeting of Hancock and Antrim was held at 
 Bbenezer Kimball's, and John Duncan was again chosen repre- 
 sentative. 
 
 In 1793 the distinguished office of " Dog-Pelter " was insti- 
 tuted in this town, Hon. John Duncan, Samuel Dinsmore, James 
 McAllis'ter, and Dea. Joseph Boyd being elected to tliat respon- 
 sible position. The dut^ of this officer was to sit near the door 
 with a cudgel, and lay it on to every dog which attempted to 
 enter the church. Sometimes these officers were armed with a 
 long staff having an iron point, or hook, at the end, to be used 
 in severe cases. It is related that one dog-pelter struck the 
 hook into the back of a rebellious cur, and swung him, howling, 
 over his shoulder. This would be very interesting to the audi- 
 dence and helpful to religion, of course. An occasional wake-up 
 in the process of a two-hour sermon would 'certainly have its 
 uses. As a great many babies were then carried to church, it 
 may be supposed that small noises were not noticed. Perhaps 
 our modern looking round at the step of a slipper, or the rustle 
 of silk, or the snore of some restful saint, may be taken as a 
 mark of our too great fastidiousness as to silence in church. 
 
 It will be observed that some of the most responsible men in 
 town were promoted to this office. The salary is not mentioned. 
 But these men were willing to remain in the office year after 
 year, as the annual record is, " Voted to continue the old Dog 
 pelters." The fact that these men's pews were near the doors, 
 may account, in part, for tlieir annual election to this office of 
 trust and honor. Dogs were plenty, every farmer having one 
 or more. They made considerable disturbance in church, with a 
 
PROTEST AGAINST LAWSUITS. 81 
 
 dog-fight in the aisles at any time possible, and various uncleanly 
 demonstrations at the corners of the pews. To prevent these 
 insupportable trials, dog-pelters were first chosen. But the 
 object of silence was scarcely attained, since often all business 
 had to stop through a tremendous howling, till the officers 
 cleared the aisles. One person remembers seeing Samuel Dins- 
 more, who sat with a heavy cane leaning over his pew by the 
 west porch, when a big dog came in and proposed to stop a 
 minute at his pew-door, strike him a blow that sent him, with 
 inconceivable yells and howls, clear up to the pulpit. The audi- 
 ence were all waked up ! 
 
 It was a custom, for many years, to sell at auction the collec- 
 tion of taxes to the lowest bidder. This commenced in March, 
 1792, when they " Voted to vendue Constableship & Collector's 
 together," these offices being then united. These were " struck 
 off to David McClure at eleven Dollars." Of course the pur- 
 chaser had to give " a bondsman whom the Selectmen will accept." 
 
 As far back as 1786 there arose a dispute about a certain lot 
 of land " Laid out for a School lot," and action is put on record 
 in regard to it, as follows : Aug. 16, 1787, " Voted not to give 
 up our former grant of the lot of Land Laid out East of the 
 Meetinghouse for a town Privilege." ' 
 
 Monday, June 22, 1789, "Voted Esqr. Duncan & Deacon 
 Cochran be a Oomete to treat with Daniel Miltimor, James 
 McGregor, John Hunter, John Miltimor in Respect to the Cen- 
 ter Lot," these men being " Owners of the Jeffrey Right of Land 
 by virtue of Jeffreys Deed." 
 
 At a legal meeting held by the Inhabitants & freeholders of Antrim 
 in the County of Hillsboro' State of New Hampshire on the 22'' Day of 
 April Setting forth' in the forth Article of the Warrant Something to be 
 Done Concerning the Center Lot, as there has been several Dissputes 
 which has arisen betwixt Cap' Danl Miltimor & Some indiveduals in S* 
 Antrim Bespecting S^ Lot who shall hold it & whereas Some persons of 
 Late have proposed To Commence A Law Suit Against S'' Miltimor on 
 account he purchessed it from the Mesonian Proprietors We therefore, 
 the Subscribers Hereof Do Utterly protesst against all Such unneeces- 
 sary sutts of Law which may rise from Such Disputes and May be hurt- 
 full to the Town in General — 
 
 Eitchard M^alisster Arthur Nesmith Michail George 
 
 Tobias Butler John Mcalisster Semiou George 
 
 Dan' Miltimor John Karr Kobt Gregg 
 
 James Nesmith Alexander M"Doel John Stuart 
 
 Thomas Patch William Holms Samuel Patten 
 
 Alexander Jameson William Bodwell. 
 
82 DESTRUCTIVE FROST. 
 
 March 12, 1793, " Yoted Daniel Nichols be requested to 
 survey the land which the town had from Samuel Gregg and 
 Cap* Daniel Miltimore." 
 
 It seems that a tract of land between Benjamin Gregg and 
 Samuel Christie, and extending from the old road eastward one- 
 quarter of a mile or more, had been granted to the town for 
 school purposes, — but without deed. This the Masonians sub- 
 sequently deeded to Daniel Miltimore and others for a consid- 
 eration. Then followed the question of ownership ; and after 
 several years, it seems to have been compromised, — the town 
 taking part of the laud, and hiring it surveyed, as indicated by 
 the above vote. The other land referred to was given by 
 Samuel Gregg to the town, constituted the " old common," was 
 known among the old people as the "parade," and when, on 
 removal of the church, and town-house forty years later, this was 
 sold by the town, the avails were returned to " Blind Lettice," 
 the aged daughter of Samuel Gregg. 
 
 In 1794 considerable was done by way of repairing the ceme- 
 tery on the hill. The wooden fence which had been put round 
 it at first was in a decayed and fallen state, and the town voted, 
 at the March meeting, to " fence the grave yard with a good 
 Stone wall four feet four inches high and a timber of eight 
 inches on the top." At an adjourned meeting, March 25, they 
 voted to dispense with the timber, and have simply a wall of 
 stone five feet high, and proceeded to sell the building of it at 
 once. The east side was built by Samuel Christie ; the south 
 by William Brown ; the west by David McOlure ; and the north 
 by " Lt. Macfarland." Most of this wall stands in good condi- 
 tion after the lapse of eighty-five years. 
 
 In May, 1794, there was a remarkable frost, killing almost 
 every green thing. Dr. Whiton says it was June 17. But, as 
 this was fourteen years before he came to town, and probably 
 fifty years before he wrote, I think we must rely upoii the 
 evidence which puts it a month earlier. The following entry 
 -appears in the diary of Dea. Isaac Cochran : — 
 
 1794 May IS"" A Remarkable Hard frost on Saturday the 17* wass 
 a very heavy gale of wind, from the norwest, and extreme Cold. On 
 the morning of the Eighteenth, the water in tubs wass froze, one inch 
 thick, and watter Emptied out of a tar kittle, on the ground, Condenced 
 into ice, as fasst as it Struck the ground; and the wheat, Barley, oats,- 
 and flax, wass intirely Cut oflf ; and Rye iu general wass very much dam- 
 aged, and in many plaisse totaly Cut off. 
 
THREATENED TROUBLE WITH PRANCE. '83 
 
 Fruit that year was entirely destroyed. No mention is made 
 of any damage to corn, which would have been very serious 
 had such a frost occurred oji the 17th of June. 
 
 March 26, 1795, a meeting was held at James Wallace's store 
 (Stacy's) to choose a representative to the " General Court to 
 be held at Hanover on the first Wednesday of June next ; " and 
 John Duncan was chosen, as usual. He must have been in the 
 legislature, one branch or the other, as much as twenty years. 
 
 In 1795, there was again a call for military action. The rela- 
 tion of America to England had never been very cordial, and 
 the constant disturbances between Prance and England made 
 trouble for us. In 1794 a treaty was made with England, which, 
 though somewhat unfavorable to us, was on the whole beneficial 
 for many years. But Prance was in such a state of violence and 
 rashness as almost to involve the United States in war with their 
 old ally. Ambassadors were sent over from this country, but 
 they would not receive them. Some of them went so far as to 
 intimate that if America would pay tribute money to France, it 
 would be taken as a sufficient satisfaction by that country ; to 
 which Charles C. Pinckney of South Carolina replied : " Millions 
 for defense, not a cent for tribute." Things went on from worse 
 to worse until Napoleon came into power. There were some dis- 
 turbing elements in this country also. It was in the process of this 
 excitement that a meeting was called in Antrim, April 9, 1795, 
 " To See What Method the town Will take to raise their propor- 
 tion of minute-men called for from this town." A trained army 
 subject to call at any moment was the object of this plan. This 
 town " Voted the term for which the minutemen are enlisted be 
 two years ; " they voted to " make up the minutemen's wages to 
 ten dollars per month " exclusive of clothing, and then pro- 
 ceeded to enlist men for their quota. Further than this, the town 
 records do not show. 
 
 March 22, 1796, the town " Voted the Selectmen be empow- 
 ered to appoint a Day, and to clean the parade and Set up Some 
 horse blocks." There not being a carriage of any kind in town, 
 and riding altogether on horseback, these blocks were needed to 
 assist old men and boys and women in mounting the horse. 
 These were set up in convenient places near the steps and round 
 the common, and then the horses were led up to them. The 
 mounting of matrons and fair damsels at the close of service was 
 quite an affair. There was room for agility and politeness both. 
 
84 METHODS OP VOTING. 
 
 And then, slowly, the long procession of horses moved like a car- 
 avan down the hill. I have heard old people say that the head 
 of the procession, two or three horses abreast, reached Mr. 
 Whiton's (Bass place) before the last horse started from the 
 church. Sometimes the blocks for mounting had one or two 
 steps up, for the special advantage of tlie aged. I well remem- 
 ber the old chestnut horse-block at my father's door, an enormous 
 thing that had lain there a hundred years, and after all that 
 decay was large and heavy. 
 
 The year 1797, like the preceding, has but little to chronicle in 
 this place. March 21, a meeting of Antrim and Windsor was held 
 at James Wallace's store (Stacy's now), to choose a representa- 
 tive to the general court at Portsmouth, and John Duncan was 
 chosen, as before. At the same place a meeting was called to 
 assemble Aug. 28, to vote for congressmen ; and another separate 
 meeting was called at the same place and on the same day, to 
 elect a representative in place of John Duncan, who had been 
 elected to the senate. Probably the laws i-equired that national 
 and state elections should be separate, as they ought to be. 
 The first meeting was called at two o'clock, p. m., the other at 
 three. Woodbury Lang received all the votes for representative 
 to Congress. Then adjourning, the other meeting was organized 
 immediately, and they chose Dea. Jonathan Nesmith representa- 
 tive to the state legislature. This was the last meeting of An- 
 trim with any other town. 
 
 In 1798 it was found that Antrim had voters eiiough for a 
 representative of its own, the number required by the consti- 
 tution of 1792 being one hundred and fifty. This indicates a 
 constant increase of population in the preceding years. Dea. 
 Jonathan Nesmith was chosen representative, the first the town 
 had by itself ; and the subsequent list may be found in the chap- 
 ter on town officers. 
 
 At the annual meeting March 13, 1798, " Voted to choose the 
 Selectmen by pricking-." This was probably to save time, as they 
 had no printed votes In recent years it has been customary, 
 in caucus aud elsewhere, to suggest several names, write them in 
 one column, on pasteboard, and then pass the pasteboard for every 
 man to mark against which name he preferred. It is supposed 
 a sheet of paper, with eight or ten names on it, was passed for 
 every man to prick with a pin against the name he preferred, 
 the one having the most pin-holes to be first selectman, the one 
 
THE TURNPIKE. 85 
 
 having the next highest number to be second selectman, and the 
 next the thii"d. Tliis certainly was a novel way to elect town 
 officers ; but it is supposable that they voted fast and with free- 
 dom from the party whip. At any rate, most of the old officers 
 were thrown overboard. Perhaps this would not be a bad method 
 of election at the present day — especially if the pin might 
 be used occasionally upon the candidate himself ! 
 
 In 179^, a company having been formed to build a turnpike 
 from Claremont to Amherst, they asked permission to pass 
 through this town ; and a meeting was called, Nov. 18 of that 
 year, " To See if it is agreeable to the Inhabitants of the town to 
 have a turnpike road established from Cornish to Amherst." 
 Upon this, " Voted the town have no objection." This road was 
 constructed chiefly the following year, cutting across the eastern 
 edge of the town. It was called the '• Second New Hampshire 
 turnpike." It was completed and stages were put upon it in 
 1801 (" the first that had visited Antrim ") ; and at once there 
 was a great stream of travel over it to Boston. Business was 
 thus drawn to the east part of the town, and travel diverted from 
 the old line through the Center. In the following year William 
 Barnes put up the great three-story tavern on the turnpike, and 
 subsequently a store was opened near by. Thus it looked as if 
 the extreme east of the town were to be the principal place of 
 business. But the turnpike was built over hills and away from 
 villages, as though it were more an object to go in a direct line 
 than on an easy road ; it was calculated for the accommodation 
 of interested parties, rather than the public, in some cases ; and" 
 its tolls were so burdensome, that, in the process of time, other 
 roads were built on better ground, which, being free, seriously 
 affected the travel and income of the turnpike. For twenty-five 
 years there was an enormous amount of travel over it, chiefly of 
 the heavier sort, — teams of all kinds in long procession, laden 
 with farm products and timber going to Boston, or loaded with 
 store goods and rum in return. But as, by competition and 
 expense of supporting it, the income of the turnpike dwindled 
 down, the proprietors threw it upon the care of the towns through 
 which it passed, and it became a free road. The gates were 
 taken down, or were left to rot down. They were about eight 
 miles apart. When the turnpike was in its prime, a toll-keeper 
 was stationed at each. gate. There were two gates in Frances- 
 town ; one where the New Boston road branched off, and one at 
 
86 GREAT MORTALITY PROM DYSENTERY. 
 
 the Gibson place. Another toll-gate was at Hillsborough Upper 
 Village. The charge for passing a toll-gate was eight cents. At 
 a proper bed-time, all the gates were closed ; the heavy bolts 
 were locked ; and woe to the young gentleman that was out late 
 with his father's team ! 
 
 The year 1800 is memorable for the terrible scourge of dysen- 
 tery that swept a great number of children into the grave. It 
 was a summer terribly dry and hot, — spoken of as one of great 
 physical suffering for every one, on account of heat. The first 
 death by dysentery was July 23 ; and the last fatal case, it is 
 believed, occurred on the 23d of September. 
 
 The following item in the " Village Messenger" of Amherst, 
 Sept. 30, 1800, gives sortie idea of this great fatality : — 
 
 MOETALITT IKT ANTRIM. 
 
 Funerals from the 23'i of July to 17* of Aug. 16 
 
 " " 17'" Aug. to 24* of Aug. 19 
 
 " 24"' of Aug. to 31=' of Aug. 9 
 
 " " 1 Sept. to 7''' of Sept. 7 
 
 " " 7"' to 10"" 4 
 
 " " 10*" to 23'i . 10 
 
 All but 3 of dysentery. 65 
 
 Prom this it will be seen there were nineteen funerals one 
 week in August. For two months there was hardly a day with- 
 out a funeral in town, and some days there were four or five. 
 These were mostly children, but not all. The following appears 
 in the " Village Messenger," Sept. 27, 1800 : — 
 
 In Antrim, Sept. 20, of dysentery, Mrs. Mary Duncan, wife of the Hon. 
 John Duncan. She was benevolent and friendly, and in particular useful 
 amongst her own sex in the hour of distress. 
 
 Quite a number of families lost all their children. It was a 
 time of intense mourning among the motbers of Israel. Seven 
 persons died in the year from other diseases, making four besides 
 those numbered above, and sixty-nine in all, — nearly one 
 fifteenth of the whole population. Other towns suffered at the 
 same time with Antrim. Probably more than fifty of those little 
 graves on the hill, in 1800, are now unmarked, and forgotten 
 by the living. 
 
 It was in the midst of this terrible sorrow that the town set- 
 tled its first minister. The town^voted him a call more than a 
 year previous ; but tliere was some opposition and no enthusiasm, 
 
POLITICAL PARTIES. 87 
 
 and much delay : but in the summer of this terrible year their 
 need of a' minister was so great, and the work they required of 
 Mr. Little put them under so much obligation to him, that they 
 hurried up the work of ordination. Many cherished objections 
 to him, but made no opposition. They may have thought there 
 was a judgment upon them for failing of a pastor so long. The 
 day of ordination was one of sadness, and under a baptism of 
 tears, the like of which seldom has opened a minister's career. 
 
 The census of 1800 gave Antrim a population of 1,059. Dr. 
 Whiton thinks the census was taken in the fall of the year, and 
 reached the above figure notwithstanding the loss of numbers by 
 death. The inhabitants had doubled since 1790 ; and in all 
 outward features the town had vastly improved. Let Dr. Whiton, 
 who always speaks a little better than any other, add here : — 
 
 This period was marked by a happy progress in relation to buildings, 
 fences, roads, cultivation, and the increase of the comforts of life. Nearly 
 all the log houses of former days gave place to more commodious framed 
 buildings. The rude household furniture of the first settlers began to be 
 succeeded by articles more convenient and ornamental. The bean por- 
 ridge, the hasty-pudding, the brown-bread-and-milk, — the staple articles 
 of former diet, — yielded the field quite generally to tea and cofiee. 
 
 The year 1801 began with a small political tempest in town. 
 There had been a terrible struggle between France and England ; 
 and a terrible revolution in France, with an aim toward liberty, 
 perhaps, but with fatal result. A strong party had grown up in 
 this country, that sympathized with the aims of the French 
 Revolution, and they were called Republicans, subsequently Dem- 
 ocrats. These were opposed to a strong central government, 
 talked about having the people rule, and advanced the doctrine 
 of State Rights. Their opponents were called Federalists. These 
 last had always prevailed without opposition in Antrim, hitherto. 
 But after peace with France was restored (1800), removing the 
 apprehension of war, the new party received additional strength. 
 Some severe and offensive acts of the Adams administration, 
 subsequently referred to as " the first Adamses reign of terror," 
 had resulted in the election of Jefferson to the Presidency in the 
 fall of 1800. These things were talked over during the winter, 
 and at the following meeting, March 10, 1801, a large majority 
 were of the new, or Democratic, party. The old officers were all 
 removed ; and the new set, under the leadership of Hon. Jacob 
 Tuttle, took possession of the town. From this time, for about 
 
88 BALDWIN BRIDGE. 
 
 half a century, the " Democratic party retained ascendency in 
 this place by large and decisive majorities." 
 
 As an example of the economy of the times, the following 
 item may appear (March 16, 1801) : " Voted M"^ Pairbank take 
 the care of the meeting house for one Dollar and Seventy five 
 Cents." Yet at the same time they voted a " gallon of rum for 
 the vendueing of the great bridge," and " three gallons of rum 
 for the use of the men who work on the road near Stoddard." 
 
 This year, the Baldwin bridge, which, never having been thor- 
 oughly built, had always been a source of trouble, was so out of 
 repair as to occasion much outcry and risk. The matter was 
 delayed because of the unwillingness of this town to build the 
 whole bridge. At length its condition became so serious that a 
 special meeting was called, June 11, 1801, and the town " Voted 
 Cap' Hopkins M"^ Balden and Lt. Sterrett be a committee To 
 treat with the Society [now Bennington] respecting building 
 the bridge." -And this committee were instructed " to Inform 
 them if they refuse to build one hal-f of the bridge, that eyery 
 thing in the power of the town will be done to compel them to 
 it." It is supposed they quietly conceded to build their half, as 
 nothing more appears concerning the matter. This would be 
 inferred from the fact, that, soon after, the town, in good nature, 
 " Voted to spend forty dollars to Causaway the Intervail between 
 Mr. Baldwin's and the Bridge." Since then, one-half of said 
 bridge has been maintained by Antrim, and often the town has 
 had occasion to " causaway " that interval. 
 
 In the year 1802 very little occurred, to be mentioned in this 
 place. A vote was passed to repair the graveyard fence, and 
 the work was intrusted to Samuel Christie. This was the third 
 time within twenty-five years that this fence was set in order, — 
 showing the deep interest of the fathers in that spot. All the 
 surroundings were very humble, but kept neat and in good order. 
 
 The previous year the depredations of crows had been so 
 great, that, at the following March meeting, this town, like 
 many others, offered a' bounty for their extinction, putting it at 
 " one shilling for an old one and 6 pence for a young one." 
 Under this rule the boys made rapid work with these black 
 pests. In these early years the towns often assumed the matter 
 of bounties ; but more recently the State has had control of such 
 things, though it must be admitted that the town was ahead in 
 knowing what was wanted, and in common sense in pursuit of it. 
 
.THE "BIG TAYERN." 89 
 
 This year (1802), William Barnes put up the "Great Three 
 Story Tavern," on the turnpike. It attracted considerable 
 attention, as being by far the largest building of the kind in this 
 section, and probably destined to influence the direction of busi- 
 ness for the whole town. The only village, then, being on Meet- 
 ing-House Hill, and very small, there seemed to be nothing to 
 prevent the drift of things eastward. Roads were soon called 
 for from other parts of the town to the turnpike. Some short 
 pieces were built. The " Big Tavern " had its day. Mr. 
 Whiton occasionally went there to preach. But, after all, it 
 does not appear that there was much money in it ; it changed 
 hands occasionally, and at length was burned, JFeb. 1, 1818. 
 Likewise, the turnpike store was not a good investment ; and, 
 after the fire, .business no more drifted to that part of the town. 
 
 In 1803, and for several successive years, John Duncan, Isaac 
 Baldwin, Samuel Dinsmore, Joseph Boyd, Alexander Thompson, 
 and Jacob Tuttle were chosen dog-pelters. -The annual eleva- 
 tion of some of the best men in town to this office, indicates that 
 it was a position of some importance. Or, possibly, it may have 
 been deemed prudent to dignify the office by means of the men. 
 At any rate, these men accepted the trust, and no doubt dis- 
 charged its obligations faithfully, as before stated. 
 
 Oct. 4, 1804, Eev. Walter (Little) Fullerton was dismissed 
 from his pastorate. In the chapter on churches further notice 
 of this event will appear, and it is barely stated here, inasmuch 
 as the business was all done by the town in public town meet- 
 ing. Some of these votes strike us as very peculiar now. For 
 more than fifty years, the votes on church matters are as much 
 a part of the town record, and about as frequent, as votes on 
 highways, or on raising money. 
 
 A remarkable snow-storm came Oct. 7, 1804, covering the 
 ground, in this town, more than a foot deep with snow. People 
 had only begun harvesting. Mr. Whiton says of it : " The 
 greater part of the potatoes and apples were buried under the 
 snow. In the open fields it gradually melted and disappeared, 
 but in some cold spots, secluded from the sun, the drifts lay till 
 the next spring." This indicates a very cold and early winter, 
 compared with anything we have now. It seems certain that 
 the removal of forests, and other causes, have produced a change 
 of seasons, in a hundred years, very marked and favorable. In 
 proof of the same, it may be said, that, April 19, 1807, at the 
 
90 ORDINATION OP DR. WHITON., 
 
 funeral of Dr. Cleaves, snow was so deep as to make it very diffi- 
 cult to carry the body to the grave, and that the doctor got his 
 death by traveling on snow-shoes, to see his patients, in the mid- 
 dle of April. 
 
 The years 1804-8 were prosperous ones for the town. They 
 had preaching, but no pastor, until the" settlement of John M. 
 Whiton, Sept. 28, 1808. It is proper to say here that the 
 " town " took great pains to prepare for this day. Ministers 
 being settled for life, such events occurred but once in a gen- 
 eration. People came for many miles, and in great numbers, to 
 witness the solemn and unusual scene. A legal town meeting 
 was called more than two months beforehand, and in the middle 
 of " haying-time," for the sole purpose of arranging for the 
 ordination. Of this meeting, Mark Woodbury was moderator. 
 
 Voted Dea. Isaac Cochran, Dea. Jonathan Nesmith, John Duncan 
 Esqr., Capt. James Hopkins and Mr. Isaac Balden be a committee to 
 make all necessary provisions for ordination day. 
 
 Voted D" Arthur Nesmith, Ensign Asahel Cram and M'^ Abr"" M°Mel 
 be a committee to regulate the music. 
 
 Voted Col. M^Cluer be Marshal of the Day on Said ordination Day. 
 
 Voted Capt. Jameson, Capt. Worthley, Lt. Tuttle, Lt. Nesmith, 
 Ensign Bell and Ensign Gregg be a committee to keep regulation in and 
 about the Meeting-house on Said ordination Day. 
 
 Voted the Selectmen See to proping the Meeting-house and fixing the 
 steps. 
 
 In accordance with these faithful and earnest preparations, 
 the vast gathering of people from this and the adjoining towns, 
 and the "hundreds of strangers" from abroad, were provided 
 for to an extent " far exceeding the demands." The great and 
 free hospitality of the fathers has been kept up. Antrim always 
 was generous, and always did love to feed and honor her guests. 
 
 It was about this time that Mark Woodbury bought out the 
 " Jeffi-ey Right." He had been collector, and had advertised 
 the non-resident taxes, as appears by the Amherst paper of 
 October, 1800, and subsequent dates, and it occurred to him that 
 ho might make a good thing by buying up this advertised land. 
 He advertised nine hundred and forty-four acres in one lot "on 
 the west end of Great Right No. 6," which seems to have been 
 near Stoddard line. The " Jeffrey Right " was what remained 
 of the original wild lands of the Masonian proprietors, and con- 
 sisted of thousands of acres of woodland in Antrim, Deering, 
 Hancock, and Bennington, — i. e., the various tracts in the 
 
POUND-KEEPER. 91 
 
 original Society Land remaining unsold to settlers. This land 
 was variously situated, and, in many cases, of uncertain bounds. 
 Woodbury bought them out, and, it was said, at a low figure, as 
 they did not realize that they had much left here, and he subse- 
 quently sold to various parties as he could. Woodbury met 
 Benjamin Bullard of Bennington* at Goodell's lower mill, and 
 laid claim to all said Bullard's land, which he had occupied 
 many years. It may be presumed that Woodbury did it by way 
 of a joke ; but Bullard snatched up a sled-stake, in desperate 
 earnest, and drove him out of the mill-yard. That claim was 
 not prosecuted any further. 
 
 From 1804 onward a number of years, there was but little 
 political interest in town, if we may judge from the votes. As 
 the families were large, the number of voters was less to the 
 same population than now. But there must haye been 225 
 voters in town, or more. Yet, in 1806, there were only 36 votes 
 cast for representative to Congress ; in 1808, only 121; for Presi- 
 dent, 1808, only 127; in 1810 the votes for congressmen were 
 120; in 1812 the number increased to 213; and the next year 
 the vote for governor was 241. 
 
 Until 1811, collector and constable of the town were always 
 united in the same person ; but, at the March meeting that year, 
 John Taylor was chosen collector and Bzekiel Paige constable, 
 and these offices have since been held separately. The audit- 
 ors were then called " town counters." 
 
 For many years the town " voted Dea. Jonathan Nesmith find 
 a pound and be poundkeeper." It was very common then to 
 " pound " cattle, a custom now gone to disuse. Dea. Nesmith 
 used his barn for this purpose. At one time Samuel Fairbanks 
 sued the town because they had no pound, and, after considera- 
 ble litigation, he lost his case ; but the town, soon after, took 
 measures to build a pound, which resulted in the erection of the 
 now dilapidated structure above the Center. The law case was 
 closed up in 1818. The present pound was built in 1817, and 
 the office of pound-keeper, so long held by Dea. Nesmith, was 
 passed over, in March, 1818, to Asahel Cram, living near the 
 new structure. 
 
 In the winter of '1811-12, the spotted fever broke out in 
 Antrim, — the most fatal scourge that ever swept over the town. 
 It had been a time of unusually cold winters and unhealthy sum- 
 mers for about three years. The winter Of 1809-10 was very 
 
92 SPOTTED FEVER. 
 
 severe, Jan. 19, 1810, being the celebrated " Cold Friday." 
 There was no snow that winter till Feb. 20 ; but the cold was 
 almost intolerable, and many persons perished from cold in all 
 parts of New England. Then followed a summer of much sick- 
 ness among children, and there were many deaths in Antrim 
 among the young. In the following year, 1811, there was con- 
 siderable sickness, but few deaths. Again, the winter of 1811-12 
 was one of great length and severity. Dec. 25, 1811, William 
 McClary was frozen to death. Snow was very deep. Dr. 
 Whiton's diary says that "snow fell a foot deep in May, 1812." 
 In the midst of this long and terrible winter came the spotted 
 fever. The first case occurred Feb. 7, 1812, the first subject 
 being a child of Samuel Weeks, then for a short time living on 
 the Dea. Shattuck place. This child recovered. On the follow- 
 ing day, Robert Nesmith, child of Dea. Jonathan, was taken, 
 and lived but a few hours. This first victim died Feb. 9, 1812. 
 Then cases followed rapidly in all parts of the town. Dea. Nes- 
 mith's child died on Sunday, and was buried the following day. 
 The next death was that of Mrs. Daniel Paige, sick only a little 
 over half a day. Persons would be taken with a violent head- 
 ache, or, as in the case of Mrs. Abraham McNiel, with a pain in 
 the little finger, or in some other strange way, and, in severe 
 cases, the victim usually died in less than twelve hours. There 
 were two hundred cases and forty deaths, in two months. 
 Everybody wore mourning till the deaths became so numerous it 
 was impossible to provide mourning apparel. It was hard to 
 find well persons enough to take care of the sick. At many 
 times there were two or three funerals per day, and on one day 
 there were four funerals and four processions up the hard, 
 snowy road to the cemetery on the hill. Sometimes they threw 
 a little snow and dirt over the coffin, and then left the grave 
 unfilled till spring. All ages were taken, from sixty years 
 down to the infant of days. Daniel Nichols, Esq., surveyor, 
 deacon, and nine years selectman, fell a victim. None were 
 attacked by it who were over sixty years of age. The "Cab- 
 inet " at Amherst printed reports from Antrim mournful indeed, 
 week after week. These reports bear the mark of Mr. Whiton's 
 hand. For ten weeks all work was suspended except what was 
 absolutely necessary, and people gave their attention to the care 
 of the sick and the burial of the dead. As this was a new dis- 
 ease, physicians did not know how to manage it, and most of 
 
SECOND WAR WITH ENGLAND. 93 
 
 them adopted the roasting process. This they carried to such 
 an extreme that many were actually roasted to (Jeath. Families 
 held themselves ready to apply the roasting or sweating process, 
 at a moment's warning, night or day. With hot bricks, hot 
 stones, hot blocks of wood, hot rooms, hot drinks, and piles of 
 clothes, the poor creature, burning with fever, was roasted out of 
 the world. But, after many deaths, experience and the " sober 
 second thought " .brought about a more merciful^ and successful 
 treatment. Houses were kept lighted all night, and for more 
 than a month there was one body, or more, awaiting burial all 
 the time. But, as the spring- advanced, the disease took a 
 milder form, and entirely ceased about the middle of April. In 
 other towns this scourtie was felt. In Acworth there were fifty- 
 three deaths, and many latal cases occurred far and near. In 
 some towns the disease returned in milder form when cold 
 weather came again, but not here ; and it is not known that 
 there has been a case among us since that lamentable winter. 
 
 June 18, 1812, Congress declared war against England. This 
 was approved by a very large majority of the people of Antrim ; 
 and many citizens of this town took part in the struggle, as will 
 be seen in the chapter on military matters. The war lasted 
 about three years ; all the way there was considerable opposition 
 to it ; the celebrated " Hartford Convention " was called to 
 oppose the prolongation of the war ; there was no little excite- 
 ment in this town ; and when, therefore, tidings of peace came 
 in February, 1815, the people here turned out, in disregard of 
 party lines, for a meeting of mutual congratulation. The treaty 
 of peace was signed Dec. 24, 1814. The last conflict of the war 
 was the battle of New Orleans, when Jackson gained his great 
 victory, Jan. 8, 1815, two weeks after peace was declared. 
 But there were no telegraphs then ! 
 
 It was in the course of the war that the Antrimites j'aised an 
 enormous liberty-pole on the top of Meeting-House Hill. The 
 day was July 4, 1813. It was cut on Dea.. Boyd's land just 
 south of Clinton Village, was drawn up by eighteen yoke of oxen 
 (one pair for each State in the Union), and raised with great 
 ceremonies, speaking, and shouting, by a vast assembly. It was 
 a great day for the men and boys. Alas ! but few remain tu tell 
 the memories of tliat day. The big pole went down in the gale 
 of 1818. 
 
 March 9, 1813, a record is as follows : " Voted Alexander 
 
94 FIRE AND WIND. 
 
 Witherspoon, James Jameson, James Campbell, and all others 
 of the newly-married men be hog-reeves." So far as the record 
 goes, this is the first indication of tlie transfer of this office to 
 this unfortmiate class of men, as a body. 
 
 As a sample of votes on the subject for many years, the fol- 
 lowing is given, under date of March 11, 1817 : " Thomas Day 
 strack off to Charles Gates at 98 cts. per week, he to be fur- 
 nished with suitable victuals, Drink, lodging and Tobacco." 
 " Drink" and " tobacco " begin with capitals, it will be noticed. 
 But this selling was not so hard as it might seem, inasmuch as 
 the selectmen looked after the treatment of the poor, and they 
 were kept in our own town, and looked upon by the people with 
 kindness and pity. 
 
 It may be of service to some to know that the capital of the 
 State was fixed at Concord in 1816. The various legislatures 
 had assembled at Portsmouth, Exeter, Hanover, Concord, and 
 Hopkinton previous to this date. The latter place made a strug- 
 gle, hard and long, for the honor, but in vain. 
 
 The " Amherst Cabinet," August, 1816, has the following: — 
 
 Fire! The barn, shed, and outhouses of Mr. James Dunlap of Antrim 
 were consumed on the 26"^ of July last, together with all his farming 
 utensils contained in them, with about three tons of hay, 80 pounds of 
 wool and 100 pounds of flax. In consequence of his heavy loss the in- 
 habitants met on the following Monday, and prepared timber for a frame 
 and raised him a barn 40 by 50 feet, underpinned, and .boarded a third 
 part of it in 30 laboring hours ! And on the 2* inst. it was completed for 
 receiving and saving bis crops. 
 
 Sept. 25, 1815, a terrible wind swept over the northern part 
 of Massachusetts and southern part of New Hampshire, making 
 great havoc of buildings and orchards The damage in Antrim 
 was mostly to the timber, a great amount of it being blown down. 
 East of South Village there was a second growth extending to 
 the river, covering a large ti-act, over which were scattered per- 
 haps a hundred old hemlocks rising above the new growth. 
 Clark Hopkins, then a small lad, says he lay on his bed that 
 afternoon and saw the old trees go down, one after another, 
 till all were gone. 
 
 The year 1816 used to be called by old people " Poverty Year," 
 and sometimes " Mackerel Year." It was a cold, frosty season so 
 that corn would not ripen, and farmers had little to fatten stock 
 with, and hence were compelled to live largely on fish, there 
 being then no great storehouse of corn in the West. Now, if a 
 
THUNDER-SHOWERS. 95 
 
 frost should cut off the whole corn crop of New Hampshire, it 
 would not sensibly affect the price. Then, farmers lived on 
 what they raised themselves. Their crops of English grain, 
 however, were very good in 1816, and sufficient to prevent star- 
 vation. I remember hearing my father tell about two inches of 
 snow and great suffering from cold, on the eleventh of June. It 
 was with difficulty that ripe corn enough was matured for seed 
 on the following year. That also was a cold and unproductive 
 season. 
 
 March 10, 1818, the town " Voted that the Selectmen inlarge 
 the Graveyard the present Season to the West as far as the 
 towns Land runs." It seems, that, in accordance with this vote, 
 about half an acre was added on the west, being that part which 
 is not so full of graves. The old part is literally packed with 
 the dead. 
 
 The summer of 1819 was remarkable to the people of Antrim 
 for the number of thunder-showers that passed, over the town. 
 This fact is suggestive to those who think every season they live 
 through to be the " strangest season they ever saw," and are 
 always finding some fearful omens, as if remarkable seasons 
 never occurred before ! Yet the world has stood through several 
 such. I have heard travelers and boarders say that " showers 
 generally went round Antrim." My observation for twelve 
 years leads me to have some belief in this. But in 1819 show- 
 ers were numerous and violent here. There were many weeks 
 in the summer that had a violent shower every day. Mr. Whiton 
 tells lis that " buildings were set on fire and many persons killed 
 by lightning," throughout New England. The only building 
 damaged in Antrim was the house of Dea. Josiah Duncan ; but 
 crops were injured, and damaged hay-was plenty. It is believed 
 to be in the course of this marvelous summer that the old church 
 on the hill was struck by lightning. Mr. Whiton speaks of it 
 thus : — 
 
 It was a time of bright sunshine, after a sprinkle of rain, a little after 
 noon; but a single cloud, and that small, being visible. The flash was 
 vivid and the report violent, but soon over; no other thunder clap it is 
 J)elieved wa^ heard that day. The electric fluid entered the roof directly 
 over the pulpit, being attracted by the large bar of iron by which the 
 canopy, that old-fashioned appendage of ancient meeting-houses, was 
 suspended over the stand of the minister. It set the cauopy on flre, and, 
 flames began to burst forth, when the people in the vicinity arrived in 
 season to extinguish them. 
 
96 SECTIONAL FEELING. 
 
 Some parts-near the pulpit were much blackened and shat- 
 tered, but the damage on the whole was not great. 
 
 In 1820 the town's poor were ten in number in a population of 
 thirteen hundred and thirty. The following year there were six 
 only ; and the town voted the " Poor be sot up as last year." 
 
 For a long time there had been a little sectional feeling in An- 
 trim, as divided by Meeting-House Hill. Intercourse between 
 the two parts of the towB was only by the road over the summit, 
 and therefore was very limited. In winter it was difficult, and 
 at times even perilous, to travel from the south to the north part 
 of the town. The old church and the annual town meeting 
 were all, except the memories of the past, that held the town's 
 people together. Hence, after long talk, it was determined to 
 build a road round the west side of the hill. This was laid out ' 
 in 1820. Tlie vote, March 14 of that year, was as follows: " To 
 have the Selectmen to Lay out the road from near the Pound to 
 Nathan Pierces old place," — now Luther Campbell's. This was 
 difficult to build, and was not finished till 1822. At that time 
 there was no building of any kind from Lemuel Page's (New- 
 man place at the Center) to Luther Campbell's. 
 
 This road being completed, travel was almost entirely diverted 
 from the hill. The location of the meeting-house, in a beautiful 
 and sacred place, glorious in summer, favorable as being midway 
 in point of distance, and hallowed with memories, was neverthe- 
 less unfortunate in being on a high hill-top, hard of access, 
 especially in the storms and drifts of winter. The subject of 
 building a new meeting-house was talked over in earnest All 
 were agreed that something must be done ; few could unite on 
 any one thing. Nor was it strange, considering the geography 
 of the town and the location of its inhabitants, that this 
 embarrassment should arise. South Village was not large 
 enough then to be of special promise, and nobody seems to have 
 thought of building there. Meetings for consultation were held. 
 Finally a town meeting was held, Feb. 4, 1823, to take action as 
 to building a new house, or removing the old one to " some con- 
 venient place near the Center of the Town." This seems to 
 have been a full meeting. Jacob Tuttle was moderator. They 
 voted not to remove the old house ; to take measures toward 
 building a new house ; and the first question being that of 
 location, they chose a committee of one from each school dis- 
 trict in town to " point out a spot to set a meeting house." This 
 
LAST TOWN ACTION IN CHURCH MATTERS. 97 
 
 committee consisted of Eps Burnliam, Amos Parmenter, Jacob . 
 Tuttle, Samuel Steel, Robert Carr, Boyd Hopkins, Dimoiid Dodge, 
 John Worthley, Samuel Fletcher, John Symonds, and Josiah 
 Duncan. No record is made of the meeting on " the first Tues- 
 day of April," to which they adjourned. But the committee could 
 not agree upon any location, and so reported to the town. So 
 great was the diversity of interests and opinions, it was thought 
 best to drop the subject for the time ; and it was never brought 
 up \n legal meeting again. Yet this was not the last action of 
 the town, in its corporate capacity, concerning religious matters. 
 For, a society of individuals having been formed, and the pres- 
 ent church built by them, as will be seen in the proper chapter, 
 the town voted in legal meeting (Amos Parmenter, moderator), 
 Nov. 27, 1826,— 
 
 To have the Preaching discontinued at the old Meeting House, Yeas 
 149, nays 24. Voted to have the Bev. Jolm M. Whiten hereafter officiate 
 in the New Central Meeting House by Yeas 128, nays, 15. Voted that 
 Mr. Whiton Preach an Apropriate Farewell Sermon in the old Meeting 
 House next Sunday in the forenoon, and take Possession of the New 
 Central Meeting House in the afternoon. 
 
 Also they refused to let Mr. Whiton " preach in the New East 
 Meeting House" by yeas 34, nays 126. This was the last action 
 of the town in church matters, except that they annually voted 
 the salary of Mr. Whiton, so that he drew his pay like any 
 servant of the town. This continued until the March meeting 
 of 1836, when the article in the warrant being " To see how 
 much money tlie Town will raise for Salary of Rev. John M. 
 Whiton," the town voted to dismiss .the a,rticle. And with 
 that vote terminated the long-continued connection between the 
 town and the church. 
 
 The year 1826 is spoken of by the old people as " Grasshopper 
 Year." ,The summer was one of great and long-continued 
 drought, and by August the grasshoppers were in hosts and 
 almost covered the pastures, sweeping them clean of verdure. 
 Hay-crop was at least half cut off. The fields looked brown and 
 dead as November, I have heard some of the older farmers tell 
 how they drove the grasshoppers in between the rows of potatoes 
 or corn, and then scooped them up by the bushel to feed to their 
 hogs ! This year of meeting-houses and grasshoppers was at 
 this time very dark. The change is best expressed in the happy 
 words of Dr. Whiton : — 
 
 7 
 
98 , LIQUOR. LICENSES. 
 
 On the afternoon of Aug. 28, a tremendous rain swelled the little brooks 
 into raging torrents, so that by evening they were impassable, and the 
 roar of foaming waters was heard in almost every direction. The autumn 
 yielded an exuberant growth of grass, cold weather was late in coming, 
 and the cattle found, till into December, ample supplies of food in 
 the fields; happily disappointing gloomy apprehensions of distressing 
 scarcity. 
 
 But SO great was the damage done to roads and bridges, by 
 this sudden flood of water, that a tovyn meeting was called for 
 Sept. 11, 1826, to " see what measures the town will take " to 
 make the extensive repairs needed. They voted (George Dun- 
 can, moderator) to raise an extra tax on the highways of half 
 the ordinary annual tax, and to leave the heavy expenses of 
 bridges to the selectmen. The loss to the town has been esti- 
 mated at more than two thousand dollars in money and a vast 
 amount of work. 
 
 The first appearance on the record of any action concerning 
 the sale of liquor, is a permit given by the selectmen May 25, 
 1822, to Jacob Tuttle, " to sell wine, rum, gin and other spirits 
 by retail, that is, in less quantities than one gallon." The agita- 
 tion of the temperance question had then only begun, and the 
 law was only carried to such an extent as to limit the amount of 
 sale to one gallon, and prevent selling by other than licensed 
 parties. These licenses were given by the selectmen, forming a 
 sort of local license. This continued for several years. In 1826, 
 the year of building the meeting-houses, Isaac Smith, Capt. Eob- 
 ert Reed, Robert Burns, Jr., Isaac Barrett, Jacob Tuttle, Mark 
 Woodbury, George Duncan, Amos Holt, and Ira Cochran (in com- 
 pany with Hiram Bell) were all licensed to keep tavern and sell 
 rum, — nine places in full blast in this town ! One would think 
 they needed a few meeting-houses ! Surely, we have made some 
 progress in fifty years ! 
 
THE QUESTION OF DIVISION. 99 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 AN OUTLINE OP EVENTS IN ANTRIM FOR FIFTY YEARS. 
 1827-1877. 
 
 The year 1827 has always been distinguished as one of great 
 religious interest in Antrim. This will be noticed in another 
 place, but it is proper to say here, that, after the preceding year 
 of controversy and doubt about the future, the revival was one 
 of the most remarkable ever known. About one hundred and 
 twenty persons became Christians, one hundred and three of 
 whom united with Mr. Whiton's church. Oct. 26, 1827, seven- 
 teen persons in the east part of the town were formed into a 
 Congregational church. With these arose conflicting denomina- 
 tional sentiments, where hitherto hardly a division had .been 
 known. Immediately after March meeting of this year, ninety 
 men protested against being taxed for Mr. Whiton ; but under 
 the revival some of these returned. Some, also, were in the 
 extremes of the town, and were justly exempted. The previous 
 religious oneness of the town was, however, forever broken. 
 
 Scarcely had the church been organized before ideas previously 
 entertained began to be spoken out boldly, concerning a division 
 of the town. The people in the east part, having a church and a 
 costly church-building, a saw-mill, grist-mill, blacksmith-shop, 
 tavern, and store, with favorable location, boldly struck out to 
 make it the center of .a new town, taking Society Land, the 
 western part of Deering, and the eastern part of Antrim. Their 
 plan was to take in the Dustin Barrett farm, the contemplated 
 line running southward so as to take into the new town all east 
 of Meeting-House Hill, including the poor-farm, the Whiteley 
 place, and all of South Village. This was first brought before 
 the town in public meeting, Nov. 3, 1828, — George Duncan 
 being moderator, and the article being, " to take the Sense of the 
 Voters respecting a division of the town of Antrim, as petitioned 
 for by Robert Duncan and others." The town voted to dismiss 
 the article. But the matter being now hard pressed by the peti- 
 tioners, another town meeting was immediately called. At this 
 meeting, Nov. 19, 1828, Clark Hopkins was chosen moderator. 
 They then by ballot elected Isaac Baldwin the town's agent to 
 
100 STRENUOUS EFFORTS OP BOTH PARTIES. 
 
 oppose the petition for division. They empowered him to employ 
 counsel and use all available means to prevent the dismember- 
 ment of the old town, and chose James Cochran, Amos Parmen- 
 ter, and William Little, a committee to " advise with the Agent 
 in Selecting the necessary Witnesses from this town." They 
 also voted to raise six hundred dollars to defray expenses, and 
 instructed the town clerk, Jacob Tuttle, who was understood to 
 favor division, to " forthwith transmit an attested coppy of the 
 proceedings of this meeting to the Agent." They also voted a 
 survey of the town, so as to exhibit the position' of the town- 
 house and the distances from the Center. The work of the town 
 committee was so earnestly done, that, at the following session 
 of the legislature, the " Committee on Incorporation of Towns " 
 reported against the division, and it was lost. So persistent, how- 
 ever, were the friends of the measure, that, at the same session, 
 they subsequently obtained, on petition, the appointment by the 
 legislature of a committee to visit the town and vicinity, exam- 
 ine the country, take evidence, and report at the next session. 
 This committee had, for its chairman, C. F. Gove, of Nashua, 
 then of Goffstown. The other members of the committee were 
 Alfred Gordon, of Washington, and Jesse Bowers of Dunstable. 
 
 The next spring (May 27, 1830), this committee came here to 
 perform its work. Antrim by its agent, Isaac Baldwin, backed by 
 most of the leading men in the town, opposed the measure. 
 The selectmen of Deering came to represent that town in oppo- 
 sition to the petition. Society Land, by its agent, John Dodge, 
 Esq., did all in its power against the scheme. Counsel appeared 
 on both sides. But the committee reported in favor of estab- 
 lishing the new town. No name seems to have been suggested 
 for this new creation, as one of them said "they would not 
 name the child till it was born." All now turned to the legis^ 
 lature (June, 1830) for the final struggle. It should be added^ 
 that, pending the hearing of this committee, an article had been 
 introduced into the warrant for the annual meeting (March 10, 
 1829) to " See if the town will consent to a division of the town 
 of Antrim, provided the line of division be so drawn through said 
 town as to leave a sufficient number of voters on the west part 
 to send a representative to General Court." But so strong and 
 decisive was the feeling, that, as soon as they were organized 
 (Sutheric Weston, Jr., moderator), they called up this article 
 and dismissed it. A motion was made to allow the town ac- 
 
THE PLAN DEFEATED. 101 
 
 counts except what was raised to oppose division ; but the town 
 quickly voted that the " account be adopted as it stands." Then 
 they proceeded to the election of town officers. 
 
 It should be added, also, that at a meeting May 17, 1830, the 
 town chose " Amos Parmonter second Agent " to assist Mr. 
 Baldwin ; and also chose a committee consisting of the selectmen 
 (Samuel Fletcher and Thomas McCoy, besides Baldwin, the 
 agent), Dea. Jonathan Nesmijth, and Capt. John Worthley, to 
 assist in opposing the petition " at the Widow Woodbury's house 
 on the 27th of this month." 
 
 Before the legislature there was a sharp and final contest. On 
 the one hand was the report of the committee in favor of the 
 new town, backed by able counsel, and determined friends. Tliey 
 did everything possible to force the thing through, and never 
 was a plan more vigorously pursued. And they were confident 
 of success. On the other hand, Antrim, Deering, and Society 
 Land (now Bennington), by decisive and determined majorities, 
 opposed the new town. Every man in Antrim signed a remon- 
 strance against it except the few. interested petitioners. Within 
 the proposed new town, many and influential men opposed it 
 with all their might. And some of the older people begged the 
 legislature, even with tears, not to dismember the old town. 
 In the face of all this, to grant the petition of so few, to their no 
 great advantage, against the wishes, the associations, the convic- 
 tions, and the interests of so many in all these towns, was seen 
 to, be preposterous! By an overwhelming majority the legisla- 
 ture voted down the measure ! And it has stayed voted down to 
 this day ! 
 
 At the March meeting, 1829, an article was in the warrant to see 
 if the town would move the " Town House," no longer called " meet- 
 ing-house," to a more convenient place> Travel had mostly left the 
 hill, most of the families had moved ofif, and the old building stood 
 there, high, cold, and almost alone. But the town was then stirred 
 up with the excitement about division, and simply dismissed the 
 article. Thus the matter stood till March meeting, 1832, when 
 the town "voted that the Selectmen be requested to insert an 
 article in the warrant at the November meeting to see if the 
 town will vote to build a town-house and appropriate the Old 
 Meeting House to that use." But, meantime, a town meeting was 
 called on petition, to take immediate action. This meeting was 
 May 30, 1832, Oapt. Isaac, Baldwin, moderator (afterwards Dea. 
 
102 MOVING THE TOWN-HOUSE. 
 
 Isaac) . They voted to accept the plan proposed by the select- 
 men, to rebuild the old meeting-house " by leaving out the mid- 
 dle band and Cuting it Down to one Story in hight." They then 
 chose John Worthley, Thomas Carr, Thomas McCoy, James 
 Cochran, and Samuel Cummings, as a committee to nominate 
 " a Disinterested Committee to locate." They reported " Rus- 
 sell Tubbs, of Deering, Solomon McNeil, of Hillsboro', and 
 Thacher Bradford of Hancock Bsqrs." These were immediately 
 accepted, and met on June 13 following. They fixed on the 
 spot now occupied by the town-house. The town meeting having 
 been adjourned to June 16, the citizens, when met, accepted the 
 report of the locating committee ; voted to pay Capt. Robert Reed, 
 then owning the land, five dollars a rod for what was needed ; 
 chose Isaac Baldwin, Benjamin Rollins, and James Wallace, Jr., 
 as the building committee ; and instructing them to spend as 
 little as possible, and " have it convenient," they dissolved the 
 meeting. The contract for taking down, removing, and rebuild- 
 ing, was given to Charles Gates. And thus this old landmark 
 was removed, making a great change in the appearance of the 
 hill, and leaving only the monuments of the dead to mark the 
 spot ! It had been a place of meetings and partings, of joys and 
 sorrows, for half a century ! The first town meeting at the new 
 place was Nov. 5, 1832. Prom the unfinished state of the build- 
 ing, the meeting was called at the Center school-house ; but im- 
 mediately, on choice of moderator (Luke Woodbury), they 
 adjourned to the town-house. There the town meetings have 
 been since held. 
 
 About this time, in addition to expenditures in opposing divis- 
 ion, and on the town-house, the town was beset with petitions 
 for roads. All the town meetings had petitions for roads ; and 
 extra meetings were called over and over ; and after being voted 
 down again and again, the petitioners would put in the same 
 article again. At one time (Nov. 9, 1836), as though fairly 
 worried into concession, the town voted to lay out three different 
 roads. But these were not very burdensome compared with two 
 larger ones, and the " Forest Road," across the southwest cor- 
 ner of the town. The latter had been built in passable condition 
 for many years, making a road from Stoddard to Hancock at our 
 expense, the town voting quite a sum every year to repair it, not, 
 however, without all the swearing and scolding needed on each 
 occasion ! Nor is it strange that they should be unwilling to be 
 
BUILDING ROADS. 103 
 
 taxed to support a road for which no citizen of Antrim could 
 derive any advantage, it being in an uninhabited part of the town, 
 entirely separated from the rest. But about this time, under the 
 name of " Forest Road," the whole thing had to be widened and 
 straightened, at a heavy expense to the town. And it always 
 has been a heavy and unfair tax upon us. To keep two miles of 
 this road, remote from all the people of the town,- in good condi- 
 tion for stages and heavy teams year after year, was felt to be a 
 burden. 
 
 Then, in 1831, the " Court's Committee," as they were called 
 at that time, laid out a road from Stoddard line, near the Box 
 tavern, to Hillsborough line, east of Miles Tuttle's, mostly on 
 new ground, making more than six miles of new road, and in- 
 volving a very large outlay. To this road the town made all 
 possible opposition. Town meetings were called. Petitions 
 were sent to court asking for discontinuance. Plans were made 
 to improve the old route from Concord to Keene, through South 
 Antrim, Hancock, and Dublin. Luke Woodbury, Esq., was 
 chosen agent to fight this road. Other towns above also made 
 vigorous opposition to said. road. 
 
 At near the same time the " Court's. Committee " laid out a 
 new road from Hancock Factory (Bennington) to Cork bridge. 
 This and the " North Keene Roa,d," then so called, are first 
 mentioned in the town warrants Nov. 5, 1832, and first appear 
 together. The Cork-bridge road was laid chiefly on new ground, 
 about three and one-half miles in Antrim. Both these roads 
 were fought off for about two years, and considerable money was 
 expended in the opposition ; but the town was compelled to build 
 them in the end. Both were constructed in»the year 1834. The 
 town chose Jacob Tuttle agent to build the " North Keene Road " ; 
 and Thomas McMaster, Jr., agent to build the "South" road. 
 The expense of the Keene road was over 14,000, and of the 
 South road about f 2,000, — all of which was hired on the credit 
 of the town. All the costs of these roads was about 18,000, 
 from first to last. The road from Clinton Village to Mr. French's, 
 built in 1886, was also quite expensive, and added to the town 
 debt. 
 
 Another heavy item for the town at this time was the support 
 of the poor. There were nearly twenty paupers. They had 
 been sold out year by year, but the expense was large for so 
 many, and some more thoughtful people believed the poor would 
 
104 CARING FOR THE POOR. 
 
 be better off with a fixed home, and were not willing to see them 
 " sold" at auction. As early as March 13, 1832, the town voted 
 the " Selectmen be a committee to look out a farm, and report at 
 a future meeting." They selected the Hutchinson Flint farm, 
 now Henry D. Ohapin'.s residence, which was purchased the fol- 
 lowing year. March 11, 1834, the town " voted The Selectmen 
 to take charge of Paupers and the Town Farm " ; and this was 
 the first year it was occupied by the town,. Its cost, with stock 
 and some repairs,, was $2,500. Timothy Weston, a joking, jolly 
 man, first took charge of the farm. Chandler Boutwell was the 
 first man chosen to " superintend " the farm and the poor, and 
 was annually chosen to that office for several years. The farm 
 continued to be the comfortable home of our poor till 1869, when 
 those dependent on the town being very few, and the tax for the 
 county farm being heavy, it was sold. In November, 1868, the 
 town chose J. W Perkins, Cyrus Saltmarsh, and William S. 
 Foster, a committee to sell. This change was made inevitable 
 by the county-farm system, as no town could support its own 
 farm for two or three paupers. But the county system was hard 
 and cruel to all but foreigners, and very distasteful to the people 
 of Antrim. Many protests has the writer heard. Some poor 
 have been kept away from the county farm, by gifts of money 
 and board. If some one state institution, with plenty of work, 
 could have taken the foreign element, and the system of town 
 farms, so acceptable, and so general, been retained, it would 
 have saved money and pleased the people, besides saving the poor 
 from many home-sick and bitter years ! 
 
 In view of all these expenditures, the town debt in 1835 went 
 as high as $9,000. Population was decreasing slowly by emi- 
 gration and death, — and taxes were very severe. For the first 
 time in its history, the town paid a large amount of interest 
 money ; and town notes, hardly before ever heard of in Antrim, 
 were now very common. At this time the prospect of help from 
 the surplus revenue of the United States arose, most agreeably 
 to the people. Congress passed an act, June 23, 1836, the coun- 
 try being out of debt, and a large sum having accumulated in 
 the public treasury, to distribute a certain part of the surplus 
 among the States. It seems that our state legislature was in 
 session, and passed a law to distribute this sum to the towns on 
 certain conditions, Jan. 13, 1837. On the 14th of February fol- 
 lowing, a meeting was called in Antrim, of which Amos Par- 
 
COLLECTION OP TAXES. 105 
 
 menter^was moderator, at which they voted to receive the money 
 and to " Execute a certificate of deposit therefor," according to 
 the terms of the law. This is understood to be a bond of the 
 town to pay back said sum on certain conditions. They chose 
 Samuel Fletcher agent to receive the- money. He obtained 
 $3,000. The town voted to invest the money on " undoubted 
 security " ; but subsequently, as there was no probability that the 
 money would be called for by the government, they appropriated 
 the whole sum to the payment of town debts. At once the taxes 
 were diminished, and the people were enabled readily to subdue 
 the debt. And perhaps it would be well if, at the present day, 
 town debts were viewed with the same abhorrence and alarm as 
 then! 
 
 For many years it ha,d been the custom to sell the collection 
 of taxes to the lowest bidder, the town finding its security in 
 the bondsmen. This selling at auction was in open town meet- 
 ing, and the bondsmen were then and there proposed, and they 
 were accepted or rejected by public vote. These were generally 
 the most excited, and often the most amusing, scenes in the 
 town meeting. All the taxes of the town were generally col- 
 lected for five or six dollars per year ; and sometimes the salary 
 of this dreaded ofiicial was run down to almost nothing. At the 
 March meeting of 1832, excitement was so great that they bid 
 the collectorship down to nothing, when Bartlett Wallace offered 
 the town fifty cents for the privilege of collecting, and it was 
 struck off to him on those terms. And amid shouts of triumph 
 and laughter, Jacob Tuttle and John Worthley came forward 
 to be his bondsmen and were accepted by the town. 
 
 For the pleasure it may afford to the curious, the following 
 resolution, passed in public town meeting March 12, 1839, is 
 here given : — 
 
 Eesolved that George Duncan has faithfully Served this Town in the 
 Capacity of Clerk and that our only object, in Displacing him is that we 
 hold rotation in office a fundamental principle of the Democratic Creed. 
 
 Whether this was planned by way of letting-down easy some 
 sensitive official, or to put a little Salve of compliment over a 
 sore place, or to give deserved praise, does not appear on the 
 record. Strange to say, Mr. Duncan did not live a year ! But, 
 as he was a worthy man whom the town had many times 
 honored, it is fair to presume that their object was to honor him 
 also on retirement. 
 
106 BENNINGTON INCORPORATED. • 
 
 In 1840, the population being 1,225, the number of names on 
 the check-list was 299, — of which 296 voted at the presidential 
 election, Nov. 2, that year. Of this number twenty-seven did 
 not pay a poll-tax, indicating that as the number of men then in 
 town over seventy years of age ; whereas now, with a population 
 of about eleven hundred, we have thirty-four men in town about 
 that age. Life is not growing shorter in these days. 
 
 In January, 1840, there was a great scare in Antrim on 
 account of the small-pox, and a town meeting was called (Feb. 
 11, 1840) to take public action. Of this meeting, Rev. John M. 
 Whiton was moderator. They chose two agents. Dr. Burnham 
 and Dr. Stickney, " to See that all the Inhabitants that is in 
 town are vaccinated." These agents made rapid work and all 
 the people were frightened into readiness therefor. A man had 
 died of that loathsome disease at Bennington, so near, and in 
 such fearful way, as justly to produce alarm, especially when we 
 remember that very few of the people had been vaccinated. 
 Dr. Jenner's discovery of vaccination had been announced in 
 London in 1796, but was a long time opposed, and even preaclied 
 against in the pulpit as " diabolical " ; so that it was slow in 
 finding general acceptance. Such a scare, probably, could not 
 occur now. It seems to have filled the people with more alarm 
 than any war ever did. But it soon died away, and only the 
 curious mind will care to revert to it. 
 
 Dec. 15, 1842, the last of Society Land was incorporated as 
 the town of Bennington. With this Antrim had been connected 
 in the early days. From the original tract called Society liand, 
 a part of Francestown was taken off June 8, 1772, in the incor- 
 poration of that'town. Another larger portion was set off as the 
 town of Deering, June 17, 1774. Another slice was cut off for 
 the town of Antrim, March 22, 1777. Still another was incor- 
 porated as Hancock, Nov. 5, 1779. The south part of what was 
 left, together with parts of Francestown and Lyndeborough, seem 
 to have been made into the town of Greenfield, June 15, 1791. 
 Both Antrim and Hancock were bounded on the east by the 
 Contoocook river, and therefore what was left of the original 
 Society Land was only a small strip between Francestown and the 
 Contoocook, lying along the stream. Its old name gradually 
 dropped out of use, and it was called " Hancock Factory " for 
 many years. To this unincorporated tract, inhabited in 1830 by 
 about one hundred and thirty persons, small portions of Hancock,, 
 
TEMPERANCE QUESTION. 107 
 
 Greenfield, Francestown, and Deering were added to form the 
 little town of Bennington. On account of manufactures, its 
 population had largely increased ; and the new town started 
 with a population of about four hundred. This increased at the 
 census of 1850 to 541. At the census of 1860, it was 450 ; 
 at that of 1870, 40l. But for the past few years Bennington 
 has evidently increased in population. It is almost a child of 
 Antrim, and is a smart little town, with busy factories, and a 
 wide-awake, ambitious people. Its church, formed in part by 
 members from Antrim, was organized July 6, 1839. 
 
 As noticed under the year 1822, the selectmen were authorized 
 to license as many as they saw fit, to sell liquor in each town. 
 This with little variation was the law for more than twenty- 
 five years. There were plenty of these licenses in Antrim every 
 year, aud rum was free and cheap. But misgivings began to 
 arise in the minds of good men concerning this traffic. Our 
 town records contain hints of the progress of the temperance 
 sentiment among us. Public opinion changed very slowly. An 
 article was in the warrant March 10, 1846, " To See if the town 
 will vote to instruct the Selectmen not to License the Sale of 
 ardent Spirits except for mechanical and medicinal purposes." 
 This made quite an excitement in town, and the friends of free 
 liquor were not a little angry. Almost immediately after the 
 organization of the meeting they called up this (the twelfth) 
 article and voted to dismiss it, one hundred and fifty-three to 
 eighty-seven. Thus more than one-third of the voters favored a 
 practical prohibition. But the selectmen went on with the 
 license as before, though with greater care, and a less number of 
 licenses. The question of temperance had been carried into the 
 church, and had made great disturbance there, and had been 
 agitated with considerable bitterness among Christian people ; 
 but was settled among them by the following vote, whicli is in 
 force to this day : — 
 
 That when persons hereafter (1842) may offer themselves for admis- 
 sion they be required to abstain from the use of intoxicating 
 drinks, except as a medicine. 
 
 In the town, however, the discussion went on, as appears by 
 this article in the warrant for March 14, 1848 : — 
 
 Is it expedient that a law be enacted by the Legislature, prohibiting 
 the Sale of wines and other spirituous liquors, ex;cept for chemical, me- 
 dicinal and mechanical purposes. 
 
108 EOBB MOUNTAIN. 
 
 It shows the intense feeling on the subject, that they passed all 
 other articles and immediately called this up for action. The 
 vote for this law was, in favor, ninety ; against, one hundred and 
 two ; showing a steady advance of sentiment. 
 
 In 1850 a convention was called to revise the constitution of 
 this State. Previously, several tinies, the project to call a co|i- 
 vention had been voted down. This town had gone steadily and 
 strongly against it. But finally it had been decided to have a 
 convention ; and a meeting was called Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1850, to 
 choose a delegate. Of this meeting, John G. Flint was modera- 
 tor. On the first ballot for delegate, John M. Whiton had fifty- 
 six votes, and Hiram Griffin fifty-eight, besides scattering votes, 
 and there was no election. On the next ballot, Mr. Griffin was 
 elected by a very small majority. This convention met at Con- 
 cord, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1850. They worked faithfully, had a 
 long session, suggested many excellent changes, and supposed* 
 their work would stand. But it was voted down by a large ma- 
 jority. Antrim voted against every article, generally by large 
 majorities. The great labor and heavy cost of the " Convention 
 of 1850 " were thrown away ! And the old constitution went on 
 for a quarter of a century more. 
 
 The first break in the town lines was in 1849, when the small 
 farm of John Flint, in the southwest part of the town, was 
 annexed to Hancock, by act of the legislature, he having no 
 access to Antrim except by passing first through other towns. 
 A petition for consent of Antrim had been inserted by him sev- 
 eral times in the town warrant; and the town voted, Nov. 7, 
 1848, that " Our representative be instructed to favor the disan- 
 nexing John Flint & joining him to Hancock." This, it is believed, 
 was completed at the next session of the legislature, and was no 
 doubt beneficial for a time ; but, on the whole, it is to be regretted, 
 as breaking the continuity of the town lines, and beijig of no 
 present use, since the farm is now deserted. 
 
 About this time, began rapidly to disappear the whole popula- 
 tion of a school-district of about a dozen families on Robb 
 Mountain. More than sixty persons resided there at one time. 
 About 1816, Andrew Robb, Moor Robb, Nathan Cram, Thomas 
 Aucerton, Daniel Paige, Thomas Carleton, Luther Conant, Samp- 
 son Reed, John Edwards, and others, were at one time living 
 there near together. They all lived in log houses, had large 
 families, had a school, were well off, were large raisers of stock. 
 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 109 
 
 and were considered a prosperous community. But they began 
 to leave for better accommodations, and in a few years all were 
 gone. The log houses rotted' down. And as no road was ever 
 built to these habitations, and fences have gone to decay, almost 
 every relic of this community has disappeared. Cattle roam 
 there ; trees have sprung up in the old fields ; and no one now 
 passing there would think that within one hundred years that 
 tract of land was cleared, turned into fruitful fields, inhabited 
 till babes born there grew gray, was deserted, its buildings rotted 
 down, and all gone back again to forest, or worn pasture, as if 
 never inhabited! If all this may take place in ninety years, 
 it becomes us to speak cautiously of what time may do ! Will 
 not six thousand years answer someway for all known effects on 
 the earth ? 
 
 In 1852, Franklin Pierce was elected to the Presidency of the 
 United States, — an event at that time of much interest and sat- 
 isfaction to the people of Antrim, inasmuch as the farm of Gov. 
 Pierce joined Antrim, and the family had long been intimately 
 associated with our people. Before he entered upon the high 
 of&ce to which he had been elected, his only son was killed by a 
 railroad accident at Andover, Mass., Jan."6, 1853 ; and this, from 
 sympathy, kindled a new interest in the honored and afflicted 
 man. But many thoughtful minds here were slowly alienated 
 from him, by his course favoring the propagandists of slavery. 
 Especially the act of May 30, 1854, sometimes called a " Com- 
 promise," but really opening Kansas and Nebraska to slavery, 
 awakened a sullen, deep opposition at the North, and multiplied 
 the strength of the anti-slavery party. Pierce's administration 
 was that under which the great forces that clashed in 1861 were 
 really setting themselves. The " Free Soil " vote in Antrim, 
 before almost nothing, now steadily and silently increased, and 
 ultimately made this town a unit in resistance to the armies of 
 slavery. 
 
 In the year 1860, the famous cattle-disease broke out, called 
 pleuro-pneumonia. One Antrim man (not born here) refused 
 to buy moat out of a butcher's cart, because the creature he 
 feared had had the " B pluribus Unum ! " This cattle-disease had 
 been immensely fatal in some sections of the country ; and on 
 its appearance in New Hampshire, our legislature hastily passed 
 an act giving great power to the towns over live-stock, for the 
 purpose of suppressing the disease. Immediately, a town meet- 
 
110 SECESSION. 
 
 • 
 
 ing was called in Antrim, and they chose William S. Poster, 
 Gyrus Saltmarsh, and James Boyd a committee, with discretion- 
 ary powers, to enforce the new act. This committee was con- 
 tinued through 1861-62-63. They ordered cattle supposed to 
 be infected, to be isolated. At great labor farmers made double 
 fences, twenty feet apart, between their pastures, to prevent the 
 communication of the disease. There was a certain Dr. Cutter 
 who came here claiming to know all about the disease, and who 
 ordered the killing of some creatures. The excitement among 
 the people was universal, and among stock-raisers it was intense. 
 Many were afraid to buy meat. Some of the more nervous ones 
 said : " We shall come to bread and salt yet." The hills of An- 
 trim were covered with herds of cattle, many of them from 
 below ; and nobody could be sure his cattle were not infected. 
 Men watched their stock constantly, and worried, and didn't 
 always " remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy," in their 
 zeal for the safety of the brute ! At one time, two hundred and 
 fifty men and a crowd of boys assembled on the mountain north 
 of the pond to see the slaughter and examination of a heifer 
 supposed to be under the disease. By loss of the animals killed, 
 extra fences, and time -spent, the cost to the people was quite 
 heavy. Yet not an animal died of the disease in this town. Less 
 than a dozen were killed, all told. And I have heard cattle-men 
 in town say that all of these would have lived to a fat old age, if 
 the people had let them alone ! It was a great scare. No doubt 
 there was some small temporary trouble with the stock ; but it 
 wore away, and soon was unmentioned, save by way of jest ! 
 How oft our fortunes are better than our fears ! 
 
 The action of Antrim through the fearful civil war was loyal 
 and vigorous. All through Buchanan's administration things 
 were ripening for conflict. John Brown commenced his raid to 
 deliver the negroes at Harper's Perry, Va., Oct. 16, 1859. He 
 was soon captured, was tried for treason, and was executed on 
 the gallows, Dec. 2 following. This event created great excite- 
 ment North and South. Parties were broken up. The Presidential 
 contest of 1860 was very severe. But Lincoln being elected by 
 a decisive vote, the Southern States began to " secede," as they 
 called it. South Carolina passed an " ordinance of secession," 
 Dec. 20, 1860, but was not remarkably successful in the business 
 in the end. Six other States along the Gulf went through the 
 same formality, in so short a time that they formed the " Con- 
 
RAISING MONEY AND VOLUNTEERS. Ill 
 
 federacy," and held an election of their own Feb. &, 1861, 
 and thus had Davis and Stephens ready to be inaugurated as 
 soon as Lincoln and Hamlin. The Southerners began the con- 
 flict by firing on Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861. That cannon roar 
 waked up the whole North like the sound of an earthquake ! There 
 was a swell of holy indignation in every heart. Old political 
 enemies to a great extent rose up together all over the North, 
 saying, — " The Union — it must be preserved." There was a 
 call to arms ! Many marched to the front ! Solemn, determined 
 preparations were begun. April 16, the President called on 
 New Hampshire for a regiment of infantry for three months, — 
 which was at once filled by volunteers, and in a few days started 
 for Washington. There was a town meeting in Antrim, as soon 
 as legal notice could be given, May 3, 1861. John G. Flint was 
 chosen moderator. The town expressed at once, by resolution, 
 its deep interest in those who had volunteered to defend the flag, 
 its determination to assist them, and do its part in whatever 
 struggle might come. Then they appointed a committee, consist- 
 ing of Cliarles McKeen, William S. Foster, D. H. Goodell, N. 
 W. C. Jameson, and John G. Flint, to assist volunteers; and 
 made an appropriation of money to carry it into effect. Surely, 
 this was prompt and smart. The town meeting was called, the 
 fourteen days' notice given, the committee was appointed and at 
 work, all within less than three weeks of the hour when the first 
 gun was fired on Sumter ! 
 
 And the town was true to all the pledges then made, and more 
 than true. At a meeting Sept. 5, 1861, J. H, Bates moderiator, 
 the town voted to hire 1*8,000 to assist the families of volunteers. 
 At the March meeting, 1862, they voted a continuance of aid to 
 the families of volunteers. At a meeting Aug. 12, 1862, Harold 
 Kelsea moderator, voted il25 bounty " till the quota be full," 
 and to hire an additional §3,000. This was besides the help to 
 the families. In September following, the same offer was made to 
 nine-months men. March 10, 1868, the town voted 18,000 lor 
 war purposes. At a meeting Aug. 15, 1863, M. B. Mcllvaine 
 moderator, they voted to pay a drafted man, or liis substitute, 
 1300. Also, Dec. 9, 1863, in legal meeting, tlie town voted to 
 hire $7,500, and appropriated the same " for the purpose of 
 encouraging voluntary enhstments to fill the quota of this town." 
 At the March meeting of 1-864, they appropriated |1,000 to aid 
 families of volunteers. April 16, 1864, they voted a generous 
 
112 WAR DEBT. 
 
 bounty to soldiers who would re-enlist, and took efficient meas- 
 ures to fill Antrim's quota. Aug. 10, 1864, they, voted a bounty 
 of $1,000 to every soldier enlisting to fill Antrim's quota ; also 
 $200 to any man who might be drafted and choose to serve. And 
 they authoi-ized the selectmen to hire $15,000 to carry these 
 votes into effect. At a meeting Nov. 25, 1864, James W Per- 
 kins moderator, they authorized the selectmen to pay the highest 
 bounty allowed by law to twenty volunteers to fill Antrim's quota 
 in anticipation of a future call, and keep our number full and a 
 little more. For this they voted to hire $15,000. And still 
 further, at the meeting March 14, 1865, after four years of strug- 
 gle, they instructed the selectmen, by volunteers, or otherwise, to 
 fill any and all calls for, men, up to March 1, 1866, at any cost 
 not exceeding $15,000. This was the last vote. Had the thing 
 gone on, it is not known how much Antrim would have done ! 
 Our quota was more than full when the war closed. Lee sur- 
 rendered April 9, 1865 ; and soon all the other rebels did the 
 same — and the terrible war was over. The selectmen of this 
 town hired some substitutes and some volunteers from other 
 towns ; but chiefly the quotas were filled from our own citizens. 
 Some of the substitutes deserted ; but others of them were good 
 soldiers, and stood by the flag to the last. And some of these 
 substitutes were killed in battle, or retired from the service 
 scarred with wounds. The number of our soldiers that lost 
 their- lives in- the war of the rebellion, either by battle or dis- 
 ease, was twenty-seven. Of these, ten were killed in battle. 
 Others languished and died in hospitals or prisons. Three or 
 four were fatally sick, but lived to reach Antrim and die at 
 home. Further details will be given in the chapter on the mili- 
 tary of Antrim. 
 
 In the round of events since the war, little has occurred 
 requiring notice in this connection. On return of peace, the 
 town found itself fearfully in debt. Taxes had been very high 
 through the war, large sums being raised at the time to meet the 
 new obligations of the town. But above all this, the debt reached 
 the great sum of $32,341.17, as by report of 1865-66, or about 
 $33 for every man, woman, and child of our population. With 
 this debt the town has been struggling ever since. In addition 
 to ordinary expenses something has been paid on the debt every 
 year. Town bonds were issued to the amount of $17,800, in the 
 year 1870, bearing interest at six per cent, and covering most of 
 
CLOSING. 113 
 
 the then existing debt. These bonds have from time to time 
 been called in, as they could be paid. The debt of the town, 
 March 1, 1879, was 17,388.47. 
 
 The question. Is it expedient to call a convention to revise the 
 Constitution of this State ? having often been submitted to the 
 people and decided in the negative, it was in March, 1876 (I 
 think), decided in the affirmative, many thinking to diminish 
 expenses by biennial elections, and other changes being demanded. 
 Consequently, at the meeting for the presidential election, Nov. 
 7, 1876, Leander Smith moderator, the town elected Nathan C. 
 Jameson, delegate to the convention. This body convened at 
 Concord, soon after, and prudently and rapidly performed its 
 work, so that the new constitution was printed and submitted to 
 the people at the next March meeting. Every article was 
 approved by the people of Antrim, though not all by a two-thirds 
 vote. Being adopted by the whole State, it is now the supreme 
 law of our C(5mmonwealth. 
 
 The Baldwin road, so called,- was raised about five feet in the 
 spring of 1878. This is later than the proposed limit of our 
 History (June 27, 1877) ; but as this had been long talked over, 
 and measures previously taken to accomplish it, it may be proper 
 to say, that it was brought about at the above date, at a cost of 
 about twelve hundred dollars, the opening of the railroad 
 making it an immediate necessity. 
 
 Thus I have gone over the events for one hundred years from 
 the incorporation of the town. The narrative of the centennial 
 celebration of that event will follow ; and then chapters of eccle- 
 siastical and military history, and miscellaneous matters. I 
 venture the hope that some abler hand may touch these threads 
 in the future, and weave them into fabrics fair. Probably the 
 facts here brought together will be of greater interest then than 
 now. The only record of some of them is on these pages. God 
 grant that those who may live here then, be worthy of the 
 fathers of the town ! In Dr. Whiton's words, may " Antrim be 
 inhabited by an industrious, well-educated, Christian population ; 
 fearing God, honoring religion, seeking truth and righteousness. 
 Long ere that day comes, time will have leveled the graves and 
 oblite'rated the memory of the present actors on the stage of 
 life ! " 
 
114 PREPARATIONS FOR THE CENTENNIAL. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 
 
 JUNE 27, 1877, 
 
 At the annual March meeting, 1876, an article having been put 
 in the warrant by George A. Cochran,. Esq., authorizing such 
 action, the town voted to celebrate its centennial anniversary, 
 voted to raise one thousand dollars to defray the expenses of said 
 celebration, and chose a committee to take the whole charge and 
 execution of it, and see that the will of the town be properly 
 carried out. This committee was as follows : — 
 
 Dr. Morris Christie, George A. Cochran, Esq., Rev. W R. 
 Cochrane, Capt. Moody B. Mcllvaine, David H. Goodell, Esq., and 
 Reed P. Whittemore, Esq. 
 
 The committee held their first meeting soon after, and chose 
 Dr. Morris Christie, president; D. H. Goodell, Esq., secretary, 
 and George A. Cochran, treasurer. March 22, the day of incor- 
 poration, being an unfavorable time for a celebration, the com- 
 mittee fixed on June 27 following, as the most convenient. Met 
 as often as occasion required — selected Prof. James E. Vose as 
 the orator of the day — appointed sub-committees, and with 
 untiring labor and care made ready for the day. 
 
 One thousand invitations, in form as follows, were sent out by 
 
 mail : — 
 
 Antrim, N. H., Dec. 14, 1876. 
 Dear Sir, — The town of Autrim was incorporated about one hun- 
 dred years ago, and it is proposed to celebrate its Centennial Anni- 
 versary in an appropriate manner. 
 
 You are hereby invited, by the resident citizens of Antrim, to meet 
 them " at home, " on "Wednesday, June 27, 1877. All natives of this town 
 and their descendants are cordially invited to be present with us. 
 
 Prof. James E. Vose, of Gushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., is 
 expected to deliver an address, and such other exercises will be held as 
 will be suitable to the occasion. 
 Eespectfully yours, 
 
 MORRIS CHRISTIE, W. R. COCHRANE, 
 
 REED P. WHITTEMORE, GEO. A. COCHRAJST, 
 M. B. McILVAINE, D. H. GOODELL, 
 
 Executive Committee. 
 
 The celebration was held at the Center of the town. The large 
 brick church was elegantly decorated for the occasion ; a large 
 
THE DAY OP CELEBRATION, 115 
 
 platform was erected on the west, side of the church ; and a large 
 tent, white as the snow, was located still farther west, and amply 
 filled with provision of every kind. 
 
 The vestry on the opposite side of the church was used as an 
 antiquarian roovi, under the charge of Mrs. Anna Woodbury. It 
 is simply just to say that she managed this department with 
 admirable good taste, to say nothing of patience and work. Here 
 the implements, keepsakes, weapons, and innumerable treasures 
 of our fathers and mothers, were on exhibition, and this was 
 one of the most attractive features of the occasion. 
 
 Preparations were made, partly by food contributed, chiefly by 
 purchase, to feed three thousand people. But the audience 
 largely outnumbered this estimate, so that, though a considerable 
 amount of provision was hastily purchased on that day, not over 
 a bushel was left in good order, after the vast company were 
 filled. 
 
 Not a bite of poor meat or poor provision was on the ground ! 
 Antrim had the honor of giving a dinner, excellent, bountiful, 
 and free ! 
 
 ^ The choirs of the town, under lead of Prof. Sylvester Little, 
 rendered several pieces most powerfully and happily, so as to 
 win praise from all hearers. 
 
 Two brass bands, the New Boston Cornet Band and the Hills- 
 borough Cornet Band, having been engaged for the day, music 
 of that kind was abundant from sunrise far into the night, and of 
 a quality not easily surpassed. 
 
 The committee selected, as president of the day, Reed P. Whit- 
 temore, Esq., of Antrim, with vice-presidents. Dr. Morris Chris- 
 tie, Chandler B. Boutwell, James Boyd, George F. Parmenter, 
 Samuel Dinsmore, James Wood, N. W C. Jameson, John M. 
 Duncan, George A. Cochran, John B. Woodbury, Clark Hopkins, 
 and William N. Tuttle. 
 
 The weather was all that could be desired. In the early morn- 
 ing it threatened rain, but soon broke away into a day of singular 
 beauty. Soon after sunrise, people began to gather. The farm- 
 er's humble turnout — the dainty phaeton —- the princely four- 
 in-hand — pedestrians — young and old — the gaily decorated 
 — the modest poor, — came pouring in from all the neighboring 
 towns. 
 
 In the morning at half-past seven a flag was presented to the 
 Antrim Cadets. This ceremony was in South Village, the con- 
 
116 EXERCISES IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 course was large, and the presentation was beautifully done in 
 an address from the balcony of Waverly Hall, by Miss Bessie, 
 daughter of N. W. C. Jameson. Then the march was taken up 
 for the Center, the multitude, especially at Clinton, falling in on 
 the way. This division was led by the New Boston band, under 
 direction of Capt. Moody B. Mcllvaine, chief marshal, and Col. 
 S. I. Vose, assistant marshal. 
 
 A procession also came in from the Branch, led by Hillsborough 
 Band, under direction of Col. Silas Dinsmore, assistant marshal. 
 These met on the common at nine o'clock, marched to the field on 
 the north, — and then re-formint;-, in the order on the programme, 
 marched into the church. The spacious edifice was filled to its 
 utmost capacity in every part, and every staiiding-spot^ even 
 to vestibule and outside platform, was full ; more than eleven 
 hundred were thus accommodated ; and yet twice as many at 
 the same time covered the common outside, and thronged the 
 antiquarian room. Those outside were busy and happy as chil- 
 dren let loose from school, talking over old niatters, and laugh- 
 ing or weeping at the recall of the past, so that they did not seem 
 to miss the literary exercises within. 
 
 As soon as the house was packed full, the chief marshal 
 announced the president of the day, Reed P. Whittemore, Esq., 
 who, on taking the chair, made an able, address of welcome, and 
 called on Rev. James M. Whiton (in absence of Rev. J L. Felt) 
 to invoke the divine blessing. Then, after reading of Scripture, 
 and singing by the choir, prayer was offered by Rev. William 
 Clark, D. D., of Amherst (in absence of Rev. E. M. Shaw), 
 which was followed by reading of the town charter by Charles 
 B. Dodge, Esq., town clerk. 
 
 Then, after music by the band. Prof. James E. Vose pronounced 
 his admirable oration, which the audience followed intently to the 
 close. It is herein subjoined entire. 
 
 Again the choir sung, charmingly, one of the grand old pieces 
 of the fathers ; and then came the poem, which will be found 
 below, by Prof. J. W Barker, of Buffalo, N. Y.. It was impos- 
 sible for Mr. Barker to get here, and hence the poem, which he 
 had taken the precaution to send on beforehand, was read by 
 Henry D. Ohapin, Esq. The exercises in the church were now 
 closed with singing, and music by the band, after which all 
 marched out to dinner. 
 
 For three-quarters of an hour, forty persons Worked with all 
 
THE DINNER. 117 
 
 their might in distributing provisions and ice-water to the multi- 
 tude. One cord solid of breads one-lialf a ton of meat, cakes and 
 et cseteras innumerable, vanished like a dream. But thei-e was 
 enough and to spare ! And after all were filled, and a half-hour 
 of buzzing conversation stirred occasionally by martial music, 
 the audience was called to order, and speakijig commenced on 
 the platft)rm outside. 
 
 These responses for the most part will be found below. They 
 were given with vigor and life, and received with cheers and 
 laughs, all of which is utterly beyond a description of the pen. 
 
 And the bursts of music by either band were frequent, and of 
 the most able and enjoyable kind. 
 
 Some of the addresses and letters here given, it was impossi- 
 ble then to hear for lack of time. The programme of the day, 
 three thousand copies of which were printed and scattered in the 
 assembly, is reproduced below. The hymn was written by the 
 author of this book. 
 
118 
 
 PEOGBAMME OP THE CELEBRATION. 
 
 ITIOI 
 
 ,— OF — 
 
 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1877. 
 
 PBOGBAMME. 
 
 Einging of bells, <fec., at Sunrise. 
 
 South Procession, with Military and New Boston Band, form at Clinton, at 8 1-2 A. M. 
 North Procession, with Hillsborough Band, will form on the Branch road, at the same hour. 
 Both arrive on the Field at 9 A. M. There form in the following order for march to the 
 Church : 
 
 Chief Marshal and Aids ; 
 
 Band ; Granite State Cadets ; Band ; 
 
 Odd-Pellows ; 
 
 President of the Day and Vice Presidents ; 
 
 Orator, Poet, Speakers, Town Clerk, Clergymen, Choirs, 
 
 Town Officers, Aged People ; 
 
 Guests from other Towns and Citizens generally. 
 
 Chief Marshal will announce President of the Day, EEED P. WHITTEMORE, Esq. 
 
 PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS OF WELCOiE. 
 
 Eev. J. L. Felt. 
 
 Eev. W E. Cochkane. 
 
 Choir. 
 
 - Eev. E. M. Shaw. 
 
 C. B. Dodge, Esq. 
 
 Hillsborough Band, 
 
 Invocation of Divine Blessing, 
 
 Scripture Eeading, 
 
 Singing, 
 
 Prayer, 
 
 Eeading Town Charter by Town Clerk^ 
 
 Music, 
 
 Oration by 
 
 of Aslib-uriiliairL, Mass. 
 Singing, - Choir. ' 
 
 Poem by 
 
 PKOF. J. -W. BARKER, 
 
 of Biaffalo, N. Y. 
 Singing, . Choir. 
 
 Music, New Boston Band. 
 
PROGRAMME OP THE CELEBRATION. 
 
 119 
 
 Social half hour, enlivened by Music by the Bands. 
 
 RESPONSES TO SENTIMENTS: 
 
 ' Scotch Character — still marked by grit 
 and grace." 
 Hon. Charles Adams, Jr., 
 
 Nprth Brooklield, Mass. 
 "Bonny Doon ' ' — New Boston Band. 
 ' The Physicians of Antrim." 
 
 Dr. James Stickney, 
 
 Pepperell, Mass.- 
 
 ' Past of Antrim contrasted with the 
 
 Present." Key. S. G. Abbott. 
 
 Music — Hillsborough Band. 
 
 ' The Clergy of Antrim — may their power 
 
 always be Felt." 
 
 Eey. J. L. Felt, Antrim. 
 ' Hardihood and toil of the Fathers and 
 Mothers of Antrim." 
 
 Isaac Baldwin, Esq., Clinton, la. 
 Music — New Boston Band. 
 ' Influence of the Hill-Towns on the 
 Destiny of our Countrj'." 
 
 Rev. J. M. Whiton, 
 
 East Hampton, Mass. 
 
 Music — Hillsborough Band. 
 "Lawyers of Antrim." 
 
 . Frank H. Pierce, Esq., Concord. 
 "Rev. J. M. Whiton, D. D. — his life a 
 Gospel of Peace." 
 
 Prof. Cyrcs Baldwin, Meriden. 
 Music — New Boston Band. 
 " Antrim forty years ago." 
 
 Col. S. I. VosB, Peterborough. 
 Reading. 
 
 Mrs. E. M. Huntley, Milford. 
 Music — Hillsborough Band. 
 "Men and Women of 1777 who laid the 
 foundation of the Church in Antrim." 
 A. H. Dunlap, Esq., Nashua. 
 " The State of Maine — of our best she has 
 taken and of our best she has given 
 back." 
 
 Rev- E. M. Shaw, Antrim. 
 Music — New Boston Band. 
 Volunteer Responses. 
 
 Form in procession and march to old Parade Ground on Meeting House Hill. 
 
 Historic Statement, Ret. W. R. Cochrane. 
 
 Dirge over Old Century, New Boston Band. 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 AuLD Lang Syne. 
 
 We bring thee here, our fathers' God, 
 Our tribute warm and deep, 
 
 Where once our sires in vigor trod, 
 Where now in death they sleep. 
 
 Chorus. 
 Of Auld Lang Syne we sing, 
 
 Of Auld Lang Syne ; , 
 
 We'll drop a tear in memory here 
 
 Of Auld Lang Syne. 
 
 Hard by their graves the altar grew, 
 
 A temple large and free ; 
 And here in joys and sorrows true 
 
 They paid their vow to thee. — Cho. 
 
 And this till death their onlj' fold, 
 Thy praise their only aim ; 
 
 Through summer's heat or winter's cold 
 The long procession came. — Cho. 
 
 But now, Lord, not here thy call, 
 
 Nor throng, nor sacred fane ; 
 To-day these graves alone of all 
 
 That busy scene remain. — Cho. 
 
 But o'er their dust we pray that we 
 May touch thy garment hem ; 
 
 And the same voice acknowledge thee 
 That bids farewell to them. — Cho. 
 
 And since our sires through all the past 
 
 Were safe to rest or roam. 
 We trust our fathers' God at last 
 
 Will bring their children home! — Cho. 
 
 March down and re-form. Closing words by President. 
 Benediction. 
 
 Antrim, N. H., June, 1877. 
 
120 ADDRESS OP WELCOME. 
 
 ADDRESS OP WELCOME BY THE PRESIDENT, REED P. WHITTEMORE, ESQ. 
 
 Ladies and Gentlemen, — Through the kindness of my fel- 
 low-townsmen, I have been called to preside over your delibera- 
 tions to-day. I need not say to you, fellow-citizens of Antrim, 
 nor to you, her sons and daughters gathered from near and from 
 far, that this is a duty to which I am not accustomed, as century 
 celebrations do not occur often to the same man in his own town. 
 We at home are mostly a farming community, living in scattered 
 dwellings, and having a hard though productive soil. We have, 
 indeed, some pleasant villages and thriving manufactories, but 
 as a people we look to mother earth, in humble dependence on 
 the blessing of God, to earn with our own hands our daily bread 
 from the soil. We have kept the old farms. And it becomes 
 my pleasure, as well as duty, to welcome you, the returning sons 
 and daughters of Antrim, to your ancestral ground. I am not a 
 public speaker ; nor have I been chosen to fill that place. You 
 will in due time listen to the orator of the day, — a gentleman 
 and a scholar and a self-made man. I shall not intentionally 
 step into the work assigned to him. 
 
 But, while I make no pretensions to the graces of oratory, or to 
 the learning of schools, I am proud to say that I have a heart to 
 feel a deep interest in this anniversary. My memory goes more 
 than half-way back to the beginning of Antrim as a corporate 
 town. I know in my boyhood the Londonderry stock gave char- 
 acter to this place. The early settlers were warm-hearted, whole- 
 souled, impulsive, generous men; quick, indeed, to resent an 
 insult with a blow, and as quick to acknowledge a favor and 
 double it in return. A mean man among them was rare to find, 
 and, when found, was the object of general dislike. 
 
 There was among them a deep religious feeling, but they 
 scorned to make a show of it, and hated all sham. They were 
 a church-going people, as yonder hill, crowded with willing feet 
 going up to worship, can testify. 
 
 While we, their sons and daughters, perhaps to the third and 
 fourth generation, may have made great advance in arts and im- 
 provements in implements of agriculture, I fear we may have 
 lost some of their straightforward, stern integrity of purpose. 
 And if we have more contrivance, we may have less heroic 
 endurance. 
 
 It is pleasant for us, friends and neighbors, to meet to-day and 
 look into each other's faces, and take each other by the hand, in 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 121 
 
 token of the fraternal union and harmony in which, as citizens, 
 we dwell. It is pleasant to see those who have sought to better 
 their fortunes by leaving the old town, come back again to visit 
 the I'emembered retreats of their boyhood. 
 
 We recognize you as the same young men that went from us. 
 You find us the same you left behind. The same, did I say ? 
 Yes, — but not wholly the same ; in some things changed. Some 
 of us and some of you have had our days of sorrow. Loved 
 ones have faded from our sight. Many here have been borne 
 ■with sad hearts to their long resting-place. 
 
 Yet we are glad to meet you ; glad to have you know, that we 
 ■who have stayed at the old homestead have hearts to feel, and 
 can weep with those that weep, as well as rejoice with them that 
 rejoice. 
 
 We welcome home again the school-boys and the school-girls 
 of the olden times ! We will forget for the day that so many 
 years have flown ! We ask you all to lay aside for now the 
 cares of business ! Do not trouble yourselves whether stocks 
 are rising or falling ; -whether the debt or credit side of your 
 paper or your company's account be the greater ; throw off care, 
 and enter fully into the festivities of the day ! 
 
 In the name of Antrim, now one hundred years old as a town, 
 and at her request, I bid you all a cordial welcome ! 
 
 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS BY PROP. JAMES E. VOSE. 
 
 Three hundred years ago ! This continent was a wilderness ; 
 not a Protestant settlement in all its length and breadth. But 
 the clay was in the hands of the potter. God was slowly shaping 
 those bodies of men, who, during the next two centuries, were to 
 transform the ■wilderness into an empire. It is remarkable 
 through what furnace fires the founders or reformers of nations 
 have had to pass. The dross of ordinary men has to be burned 
 out of them. Muscle, and mind, and heart, and soul, have to be 
 laid on the anvil, and the ponderous blows rain down till every 
 spark of baser alloy is driven out, and nothing but the clear, 
 tough, ringing iron remains. 
 
 " Hot burns the fire 
 
 Where wrongs expire, 
 
 Nor spares the hand 
 
 That from the land 
 Uproots the ancient evil." 
 
122 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 So it was that three centuries ago the massacre of St. Barthol- 
 omew, destroying forty thousand Protestants at a single blow, 
 sent six hundred thousand of the best blood of France out into 
 the stern discipline of homeless exile to prepare the Huguenots 
 for their great work upon this continent. So it was that three 
 hundred and twenty years ago the Bloody Queen lighted in Eng- 
 land those fires of persecution, that, through intervals, for more 
 thap a century, drove men to the stake and sent them wandering 
 through caves and dens of the earth, till twenty thousand of 
 them, "the foremost men of all this world," had been driven to 
 take refuge in the woods of New England. So it was with that 
 small but remarkable body of men, a few of whose descendants 
 meet here to-day. The peerages of America, thank Providence, 
 were not bestowed by royal favor. Manhood in peer, and you and 
 I have blood in our veins that ought to tell in the world. 
 
 Three centuries ago Queen Elizabeth was crushing out a long 
 series of Irish rebellions with blood and fire, and so relentlessly 
 did she do it that, the six northern counties of Ireland, a terri- 
 tory half as large as New Hampshire, became a waste of ruin. 
 Partly to i-epair this devastation and partly to hold the Irish in 
 check, about 1612 King James drew over some thousands of 
 Scotchmen to settle on the lands. They gained rapid headway 
 and laid the foundation of a good share of all the prosperity 
 poor Ireland has ever since enjoyed. But they had to stand for 
 their lives. The native Catholics turned upon them like wild 
 beasts invaded ii) their dens, and for sixty years there was one 
 continued conflict for the mastery. On one dark October day 
 in 1641, in a second St. Bartholomew, thousands of them were 
 butchered in cold blood, and the rest were driven to take 
 refuge in protected places. Ten years later the iron hand of 
 Cromwell released them for a moment's breathing-space, but 
 in ten years more the merciless grip of Charles II. was upon 
 them in the most terrific persecution of all. Over in Scotland, 
 too, Graham of Claverhouse was hunting and murdering the 
 Covenanters in every fen and fastness where they with their 
 Bibles were hidden away ; and so hundreds of the first men 
 of the country took refuge with their brethren in Ireland. Out 
 of such materials, and through two generations of such stern 
 work, the Scotch-Irish race had its beginning. 
 
 Two hundred years ago ! Fifty years of this schooling of 
 sword and blood, and now to see what stuff these men were 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 123 
 
 made of. In 1688 occurred the greatest of England's rebellions. 
 James II., the bigoted Catholic, had been driven from the coun- 
 try, and the Protestant William was struggling against the 
 greatest odds to hold the throne. By French aid James was 
 making desperate efforts to regain his kingdom. His plan 
 embraced a descent upon Ireland, thence upon Scotland, thence 
 upon England. The first part of the programme was speedily 
 carried out. Ireland was subdued, the victorious armies were 
 preparing to descend upon Scotland, everything was favorable, 
 and a few months more, apparently, would see this great rebel- 
 lion ended and the tyrant in his throne again, when a sudden 
 obstacle arose. A little handful of these same Scotch-Irishmen 
 stood up across the pathway and disputed the passage into Scot- 
 land. They could' not stand in the open field, for the flower of 
 the king's army was against them. But they knew their foes. 
 Their fathers had told them of the old-time butcheries. They 
 themselves, some of them, had but lately escaped from the 
 slaughter of the Covenanters. They resolved that only over 
 their dead bodies should the new-found liberties of their country 
 be struck down again. So seven thousand five hundred of them 
 shut themselves up in Londonderry, right athwart the path of 
 the king, and for nine months endured one of the most memora- 
 ble sieges on record. Four times their number, French, English, 
 Irish, aided by a powerful fleet, raged and stormed against them 
 in vain. With only a clergyman for their general, without arms, 
 or munitions, or discipline, or food, by incessant fighting, by 
 sorties day and night, by hand-to-hand encounter, they repulsed 
 every attack and held their foes at bay. Every second man of 
 them fell by sword or famine ; they were reduced to feeding on 
 horse-flesh, dogs, and cats. A rat, fattened on human flesh, sold 
 for a shilling, and a mouse for a sixpence. In grim, terrible 
 resolution they were preparing to feed upon their own dead, 
 when, at the last extremity, a fleet from William relieved them. 
 The besiegers retired, the great rebeUion triumphed, and 
 English liberties and our liberties were saved. 
 
 These were the men to found a state. As they could brook 
 no tyranny in politics, so they could endure no intolerance in 
 religion. The established Episcopacy was insufferable to them, 
 and they resolved to find here in the wilderness that liberty 
 which the world offered nowhere else. Five ship-loads of them 
 came over in 1718, part settling in Boston, Worcester, Lunen- 
 
124 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 burg, and other towns in Massachusetts, and part going to Casco 
 Bay. We can well picture this latter party as they stepped for 
 the first time upon the desolate shore in the late autumn, gath- 
 , ering to sing that saddest of all the old psalms, — 
 
 " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, 
 Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion." 
 
 In the spring they settled in Londonderry. It may be added 
 here that some fifty years later a very much larger emigration 
 occurred, maliing in all some one hundi'ed and twenty ship-loads 
 of the Scotch-Irish race that came to America, settling in every 
 State from Maine to Georgia. Small leaven, it may seem, for so 
 great a lump, but we shall see. 
 
 The Londonderry company prospered. They brought over 
 with them their great energy and industry. Their spinning- 
 wheel, which makes Irish linen famous even to-day, brought , , , 
 them wealth. They introduced into New England what has 
 been known as the " Irish potato " ever since. They wrung for- 
 tunes from those hillsides where now their descendants cannot 
 subsist. With their restless activity they mdVed out to make 
 wider settlements; Bedford, New Boston, Antrim, and other 
 towns had their planting from this stock. Of the well-known 
 peculiarities of this people, I need not speak. Their unculti- 
 vated manners, keen wit, unconquerable will and perseverance, 
 sterling common sense, firm, deep-rooted religious convictions, 
 have made them a marked people wherever they have been 
 found from that day to this. We read that Dea. Aiken, sec- 
 ond settler of this town, gave his note to his neighbor Smith, 
 and, at the request of the latter, kept it safely locked in his own 
 desk till he was ready to pay it, and did pay it. The smile with 
 which we to-day receive the story shows how much we have 
 gained on their grand integrity in the hundred years. Their 
 Bible, their Sabbath, their religion, — for these they had endured 
 the tortures of the Covenanters, the starvation of Londonderry, 
 the privations of exile and the wilderness ; they clung to them 
 as the sheet-anchor of their hope, they made them the corner- 
 stone of their foundation. Had these things anything to do 
 with the prosperity of these old towns during the first half of the 
 century, compared with the depopulation since ? 
 
 One hundred yea^s ago! The early history of this town is 
 quite as familiar to you as to me, and is soon to be recounted in 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 125 
 
 better words than I can command; Riley's first opening in 
 1744, the Indian war driving liim away for years, and then his 
 first permanent settlement, 1761 ; Dea. Aiken's opening at 
 South Antrim, Aug. 12, 1767, his nearest neighbor five miles 
 away ; his solitary home in the forest for four years till William 
 Smith came in 1771 ; the toil and privations, carrying his grist 
 on his back six mil.es through the woods to find the mill broken, 
 then returning and rowing another one twelve miles up the 
 river, only to lose it in the water after all ; the weeks without 
 taste of bread ; the children without food relieved by the chance 
 shot of a single pigeon on Sunday morning, while the father had 
 gone sixteen miles to New Boston for corn, — all these and 
 scores of incidents more have been so wonderfully condensed in 
 Whiton's history of the town, that you will be more interested in 
 getting them there than here. How often, when a boy, have I 
 lain dreamily on the hill over there and looked down upon this 
 most magnificent scenery, — looked, to see the whole covered 
 with its original forest, and watched and listened to the varying 
 scenes: the sharp stroke of Dea. Aiken's ax, and the crash of 
 the trees, one after another, as they fell before his vigorous 
 blows ; the smoke of his first clearing going up into the sky ; the 
 royal welcome, and supper, and cheer, when Smith came to 
 break his four years'' loneliness ; the creak of John Bell's first 
 cart, bringing Capt. Duncan's goods through the Coutoocook, 
 177-3 ; the gathering from all the towns about to the first sermon 
 in town, in Dea. Aiken's new frame barn, 1775 ; the great event 
 of two saw-mills in town, 1776, one at North Branch, the other 
 at South Village ; the hardly less event of the " Great Bridge " 
 over the Contoocook below Dea. Aiken's, and the sturdy axmen 
 slowly cutting a bridle-path from it up througli the hills to the 
 Branch mill, and thence to the grist-mill at Hillsborough. But 
 why recount ? How little we realize, my friends, in our compar- 
 ative ease and abundance, the tremendous cost of what we pos- 
 sess to those sturdy men who dug and cleft it with bar and ax 
 from the depths of the primeval forest. Yet, I am not sure that 
 I would not' leave, to-day, our elegant mansions and sumptuous 
 fare and costly refinements, with their accompanying physicail, 
 not to say mental and moral, weakness, for the glorious manhood 
 of those, who, barefooted and in their shirt-sleeves, ate baked- 
 beans and hominy from pine tables in cabins with no carpet but 
 the hardened earth. 
 
126 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 " Lexington battle, April 19, electrified the country. The 
 spring was early and the grass-fields green. Men either flew 
 with speed, or fired guns, to give the alarm to their neighbors. 
 The scattered inhabitants' of Society Land promptly assembled 
 at Dea. Aiken's, elected Isaac Butterfield of Greenfield their 
 captain, and marched forthwith toward Boston to defend the 
 liberties of their country, — a band of as brave hearts and as true 
 patriotism as could be found in America. Next morning the 
 women came together with the provision they had prepared dur- 
 ing the night ; and, after a fervent prayer by William Smith, his 
 female auditors being in tears, he set out with a load of pro- 
 visions to overtake the company, John Gordon being the only 
 male adult left in town." Such is Dr. Whiton's quaintly beauti- 
 ful account of an event which I have never been able to think of 
 without a thrill of pride and admiration. Not an able-bodied 
 man in town but was speeding down to fight the foe at Boston ! 
 They were met at Tyngsborough by Col. Stark, and sent home, 
 to plant their corn, not being immediately needed ; but the spirit 
 was there the same — the spirit of their race : for '< the first 
 voice in America," says, Bancroft, " for dissolving all connection 
 with Great Britain, came from the Scotch-Irisli Presbyterian ; " 
 and another adds that " such a thing as a Scotch-Irish Tory was 
 unheard of; the race never produced one." 
 
 And those weeping women there in the gray morning, kneel- 
 ing beside the load of provisions which their hurried fingers had 
 toiled all night to prepare, while the white-haired veteran lifts 
 his hands for the divine protection on those left alone there, and 
 on their fathers and brothers marching to the war, — it was one 
 of those rare scenes that canvas, song, and story seize upon for 
 immortality. Oh, those Scotch-Irish mothers and grandmothers 
 of ours, — what marvelous women they were ! With their large 
 families; their spinning and weaving and housekeeping;' their 
 great stores of butter and cheese ; their milking, and feeding the 
 pigs, and " doing the chores " ; their washing and ironing and 
 mending and making ; their " fixing up " the children every 
 morning for school, catechising them for the Sabbath, toiling 
 early and late to send them to college, weeping over them in 
 childhood, praying over them always ; their tireless watching 
 before the sick and the dying ; their humble, devoted walk before 
 their God, — where, in all the past, can we anywhere find their 
 peers ! What wonder, with mothers such as these, that New 
 
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 Hampshire has her unchallenged record, not indeed for fruits of 
 the soil, nor wealth of trade, nor silver mountains or golden val- 
 leys, but for men ! 
 
 The year 1777 was an eventful one.' Burgoyiie was marching 
 down into New Yorlc, sending detachments into Vermont, boast- 
 ing that he could march across New England if his superiors 
 would permit. New Hampshire flew to arms, — our own town 
 furnishing h?r quota under Lieut. John Duncan, — and led by 
 the Scotch-Irishman Stark, aided by troops from Vermont and 
 Massachusetts, won the brilliant victory of Bennington, one of the 
 most decisive battles of the war. But the most important event 
 of the year to the town was the granting by the general court, 
 March 22, of the town charter just read to us, which we celebrate 
 to-day. The first regular town meeting was held May 1. At 
 the second meeting, August 20, at eight o'clock, a. m., a report 
 was made fixing the site of the Center, and adopted at once, 
 when the meeting immediately adjourned to felling trees on the 
 site of the meeting-house. Oh for one more such town meet- 
 ing in Antrim I The meeting-house was not begun till 1785, and 
 was finished in 1791. The first school-house was reared in 1779, 
 and a better took its place in 1786. Thus, true to the instincts 
 of their race, in their labor and poverty their first solicitude was 
 for the meeting-house and the school-house. They knew, those 
 men, what we are too much forgetting, that in religion and edu- 
 cation lies the only security to popular liberty. Remember they 
 did these things under " hard times " such as we have never 
 dreamed of, when a silver dollar could hardly be found, when 
 ten dollars of an inflated currency was the price of a day's labor 
 and seventy of a Sunday.'s preaching. A corresponding energy 
 and sacrifice on our part, with the wealth and advantages of to- 
 day, would build a railroad through the town, erect a factory on 
 North Branch river, found a high school for our children and 
 endow it for all time to come. 
 
 But I must not linger on these themes. Words of ours are 
 very powerless here to-day. Ten generations of the past are 
 speaking to us, — men who have had a hand in overturning dy- 
 nasties, and founding states ; a race that has given to our country 
 one-third of her presidents, commanders and generals to our 
 armies, scores of governors to our states, and senators, represent- 
 atives, judges, clergymen, educators, without number ; a race 
 whose blood, it is said, has infused itself into five millions of our 
 
128 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 
 
 population, and everywhere only to carry its tremendous energy 
 and~resolute success. Are we the sons of sires like these ? The 
 question is not of three centuries ago, nor of two, or one ; not 
 of what they did, but of what we are doing. We look back upon 
 them and say there were giants in those days ; they wrought 
 heroically ; they builded well. To-day these gathered thousands 
 sit in judgment on a century ago; but I cannot keep it out of 
 mind, my friends, that a hundred years from to-day another jury 
 will be assembled where we stand, a jury larger, and I hope 
 wiser and better, than we — what shall their verdict be ? These 
 petty self-seekings, and strifes, and political squabbling, that so 
 much engage us, — into what meanness and poverty they sink 
 beside the achievements of our ancestors ! The great work for us 
 to-day — how tlie blood of three centuries leaps in our veins when 
 we see such paltry trifles holding us from its high accomplish- 
 ment ! If the money, time, and effort, that have been directed by 
 everybody for the last twenty-two years, since the contest began, 
 to carrying our March elections, had been put into mill-dams, 
 canals, shops, factories, the old town to-day would have been sec- 
 ond to but few in the State. As it is, the pleasant fact meets us 
 that Antrim is one of our few country towns whose population has 
 increased during the past ten or fifteen years. Very few of our 
 towns^n the last five years have made such improvement in the 
 erection and adornment of residences. Let this be the harbin- 
 ger of the future. Turn this Scotch-Irish grit in anew direction. 
 As our fathers were for a long time leaders in reducing the State 
 from the wilderness, let their sons and daughters now be leaders 
 in solving the greatest problem of New Hampshire's future, — of 
 redeeming these old towns from decay. 
 
 The old days and the old ways have done their work and are 
 gone. " New times demand new measures and new men ; " the 
 sooner we appreciate the fact the better. The steady drain of 
 our young men and women to other fields must be diminished. 
 It may be life to them but it is death to us ; the wonder is that 
 we have been able to endure it so long. Only three things will 
 remedy the matter, — religion, education, business. Men may 
 sneer as they please, but it is eternal truth, nevertheless, that 
 " righteousness exalteth a nation " and " unless the Lord build 
 the house they labor in vain who build it." It was the strong 
 hold which this truth had on the lives of the forefathers, more 
 than anything and everything else, that gave them their prodig- 
 
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 ious power, yhe general forgetfulness of this, in high places 
 and low, is one of the direst omens of our times. Our people 
 must understand, too, that while the physical life-blood of our 
 cities must still come, as it has, from the country, it is no longer 
 to be merely physical, — stout muscle, and brawn, and brain. 
 Henceforth it must be educated muscle and brain. Our whole 
 country, especially in the larger places, is getting thoroughly 
 alive to this question ; and the town or people which fails to ap- 
 preciate the situation and energetically apply the remedy, must 
 inevitably fall behind. The third thing is everywhere admitted 
 already, that under the changed condition of things no town can 
 stand at all without manufactures. This educated muscle and 
 brain must be set to work at home. The places that have seen 
 this and drawn in around them railroads and shops, are prosper- 
 ing ; those that ignore it are dead. » 
 
 This grand old town with all her magnificent lake and moun- 
 tain scenery, unsurpassed in southern New Hampshire, and with 
 the unbounded hospitality of her people, - — bigger hearts I have 
 never yet found in all my wanderings, — instead of being the 
 resort of a few scattered tourists, ought to be made the summer 
 residence of hundreds. These prodigious water-powers, now 
 tumbling idly over the rocks, if harnessed to the wheel would 
 build up, in at lea^t three sections of the town, large and flour- 
 ishing villages like those of Peterborough, if not like Milford or 
 Nashua. T/ien these wide fields where once our fathers plowed, 
 where now only the oxen fatten or bushes grow, feeling the inspir- 
 ing touch of industry, would berepeopled, and agriculture, which 
 after all is the substratum of all our wealth, would come up to 
 the position its importance demands. With increased popula- 
 tion, these churches, whose prosperity is the best measure of real 
 progress, would no longer crowd each other ; and education, 
 without which there can be no progress, would be stimulated into 
 the prominence it must hold in every successful community. I 
 say nothing of the refined and elegant homes, the culture, the 
 wealth, that would come of all this ; they are beginning to be 
 seen already, that they would come is certain, but has nothing 
 to do with the case. Our business is to wall up these rivers, 
 send the plowshare through these hillsides, put life and power 
 into -school and church. 
 
 You say all this is a flighty dream ? Well, here all abroad are 
 the grand possibilities, and here before me the power for their 
 
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 realization. To sit idly down on the fame or successes of our 
 fathers, is to perish. The twentieth century is upon us. To 
 shake off this tremendous inertness, to turn up our sleeves in our 
 fathers' manhood, and by sheer strength roll these old granite 
 mountains out into line with the progress of the day, — that is 
 the work Antrim has to perform, that is the work New Hamp- 
 shire has to perform. The on-coming years demand it of us ; 
 for that the jury that shall stand here one hundred years from to- , 
 day will hold us to the judgment. God grant the verdict, — They 
 did their work, they builded worthy the race from which they 
 sprung ! 
 
 CENTENNIAL POEM BY PROF. J. W. BARKER. 
 
 Turn back, O Time, thy chariot wheels, 
 
 And pause in thy mysterious flight; 
 Whate'er the past from me conceals, 
 
 Now throw around the morning light; 
 A moment pause, — let me forget 
 
 The present with its hopes and fears, 
 And read the past with earnest thought ; 
 
 Turn back. O Time, a hundred years ! 
 
 I'm there amid the solitudes 
 
 And scenes of nature, undefiled, — 
 The cragged cliff, the trackless woods, 
 
 The trouted brook and rivers wild ; 
 The landscape in its beauty lay 
 
 As fair as Eden's richest bloom. 
 When morning's first inspiring ray 
 
 Touched the untrodden hills of June. 
 
 A signal on thy granite hills 
 
 Is beaming like a golden star; 
 The mystic wealth its light distils 
 
 Seems calling people from afar. 
 A voice is floating through the vales, 
 
 And stirreth by the moaning sea. 
 Upon the breath of every gale : 
 
 It is the voice of prophecy. 
 
 'Tis not to waiting mines of gold, 
 
 Nor fields of plenty, clothed in bloom ; 
 Oh not to treasures, new and old. 
 
 It bids a toiling race to come ; 
 A richer least than kings can spread, 
 
 Or e'en the fabled gods prepare, 
 Is waiting now the heavy tread 
 
 Of freemen, gathering slowly there. 
 
CENTENNIAL POEM. 181 
 
 Behold a thin and scattered band, 
 
 Yet brave and stout of heart they come, 
 To plant upon their chosen land 
 
 A freeman's hope, a freeman's home; 
 They build their altars by the streams, 
 
 And on the mountain's sunlit sod, 
 And dedicate their earnest toil 
 
 Alone to Freedom and to God. 
 
 And Freedom's spirit, hovering o'er, 
 
 Accepts the gracious offering given; 
 The winds upon the lonely shore 
 
 Are lifting now their vows to heaven ; 
 And God, who sees the feeblest thought 
 
 That stirs to life the human soul. 
 Looks down upon the freeman's cot. 
 
 And gives his labor kind control. 
 
 THE BtJILDING. 
 One afternoon, from near and far, 
 
 When June her softest air distilled. 
 They gathered on the neighboring height, 
 
 A scattered crowd, resolved to build; 
 No marble column, towering high, 
 
 No stately " corner-stone " is laid, 
 No steeple pointing toward the sky, 
 
 In gorgeous tinselry arrayed. 
 
 The oak, the sturdy forest king, 
 
 And granite from the solid hills, 
 "With gratitude and songs they bring. 
 
 To plant for hutments, and for sills ; 
 Firm as the faith on which they stand. 
 
 They rear the humble house of prayer. 
 And God around the faithful band 
 
 Extends the covert of his care. 
 
 THE WORSHIP. ^ 
 
 Six toilsome days, six quiet nights. 
 
 To earnest work and care are given ; 
 Six days to till the rugged earth. 
 
 And one, the blessed hope of heaven; 
 For when the peaceful Sabbath came, 
 
 Amid the scenes of nature grand, 
 The breath of worship seemed to stir 
 
 The stillness of this favored land. 
 
 I see him now — the man of God — 
 As in the olden time I saw, 
 
132 CENTENNIAL- POEM. 
 
 Bearing on high the mystic rod 
 
 Of sovereign grace, or sterner law ; 
 
 He speaks of heaven, a rest for all, 
 With earnest heart and tearttil eyes. 
 
 Within the pulpit, rude and tall, 
 That lifts hinn to the listening skies. 
 
 They worship with the scented groves. 
 
 The spreading vales and towering hills; 
 Their hymns, the chorus of the song 
 
 Of singing birds, and singing rills; 
 So near the sky, the azure blue 
 
 Seems ringing with united song; 
 The saints on earth, and saints on high 
 
 Join in one vast unbroken throng. 
 
 THE SCHOOL-HOUSE 
 
 Amid a little clustering group 
 Of fair and sm'iling hills it stood, 
 
 In all its rude simpliciLy, 
 
 Near to the border of the wood, — 
 
 That old school-house with windows four. 
 
 And one above the shattered door. 
 
 Near by, the little brooklet sung, 
 
 In spring and summer time, so sweet. 
 Inviting to its pebbly shore 
 
 A score of busy truant feet, 
 Which dashed the crystal waters wide. 
 When e'er they touched the sparkling tide. 
 
 And when old winter's icj' touch 
 Had deftly silvered o'er the stream, 
 
 And many a stately pile of snow 
 Was heaped upon the school-house green, - 
 
 How swiftly flew the shining steel, 
 
 Bound closely to the skater's heel. 
 
 The people's college, rude in form. 
 But in its purpose nobly grand, 
 
 The sport of sunshine and of storm, — 
 The crowning glory of the laud. 
 
 And so, upon Columbia's shore. 
 
 We'll siDg its praise forever more. 
 
 The church and school-house, side by side, 
 Fair treasures of this chosen land, 
 
 They spread their beams of glory wide; 
 As stars above the night they stand. 
 
 These are the bulwarks of the free; 
 
 The chosen forts of liberty. 
 
CENTENNIAL POEM. 133 
 
 PEOGRESS. 
 As mouutain streams, the years went by; 
 
 With life, the hill and valley rung, 
 And thickly o'er the rugged land 
 
 The hamlet and the vilhige sprung. 
 The arts of peace, the busy hum 
 
 Of labor, driving on apaee. 
 Where'er their grateful blessings come. 
 
 Work wonders for the toiling race. 
 
 The hamlets of the living grow 
 
 In pride and beauty everywhere. 
 Round many a hearth the genial glow 
 
 Of song and gladness mingle there; 
 But ah ! amid these sunlit scenes. 
 
 Some clouds are hanging overhead. 
 As burns the light in living homes. 
 
 So grow the cities of the dead. 
 
 HAMLETS OF THE DEAD. 
 
 Yon silent street I'm treading now, 
 
 And touching memories throng my breast, 
 When in the June of long ago 
 
 We laid her* gently down to rest, 
 And left her with the groves and flowers, 
 
 A tear upon the lovely bed; 
 She vanished from that home of ours, 
 
 To swell the city of the dead. 
 
 And oh! to tread tlie mournful round 
 
 In the lone city on the hill, 
 And know that in the voiceless ground 
 
 Some kindred dust is sleeping still. 
 Is like the border-land of dreams. 
 
 We visit in the midnight deep, 
 When sailing on the shoreless sea, 
 
 Beyond the mystic river. Sleep. 
 
 They're with us' now, — oh, could the screen 
 
 That thinly veils these mortal eyes 
 Be lifted from the worlds between, 
 
 What visions would our souls surprise I 
 We'd see the dear, familiar forms. 
 
 Whose dust is mingling with the clay, — 
 Though o'er the " silent river " gone, 
 
 They gather round our homes to-day. 
 
 For, mid the scenes of hope and toil. 
 Amid the calm or mid the strife, 
 
 * An only sister. 
 
134 CENTENNIAL POEM. 
 
 These spirit eyes are watching still, 
 Upon the skyward towers of life ; — 
 
 The voices stilled amid the flood, 
 Whose sullen murmur we can hear, 
 
 Break the deep silence of the tomb. 
 And breathe soft music in the ear. 
 
 The ceaseless current of the years, 
 
 With noiseless flow, is moving on, 
 , While on its glittering sheen appears 
 
 The trophies of the victories won . 
 A thousand years, a single day — 
 
 The same upon its heaving breast, 
 The works of ages move away 
 
 As lightly as a child at rest. 
 
 And can it be all else must move 
 
 Upon the current at its will ? 
 Is the vast army pressing on, — 
 
 And we alone left standing still ?- 
 Nay, moving, hoping, toiling on, — 
 
 Oh, may we fill the mission well! 
 The story of our earnest work, 
 
 The coming hundred years must tell. 
 
 PERSONAL. 
 
 The sun is dropping toward the western hills, 
 A misty halo gathers round its moon, 
 
 I hear the murmur of the distant rills, 
 And the soft echo of the songs of June. 
 
 Far in the east, beneath the frowning skies, 
 A boundless ocean bathes a mystic shore, 
 
 And winding up the steeps a pathway lies, 
 O'er which my weary feet shall press no more. 
 
 And through the gathering shadows, I can see 
 Deep foot-prints marking all the beaten road, 
 
 Where struggling with life's earnest destiny 
 I sometimes fainted 'neath the heavy load. 
 
 Oh! these are not the " prints upon the sand " 
 Smoothed and concealed by time's relentless wave; 
 
 The chilling frosts of winter they withstand. 
 And greet the vision e'en beyond the grave. 
 
 There are thorns which spring by the wayside yet, 
 Where the hands of the toiling pilgrims bleed, 
 
 And I know the depth of the sad regret, 
 That my hands have scattered some careless seed. 
 
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RESPONSE OP HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR. 135 
 
 But a golden light is streaming through 
 
 On memory's dim and faded page, 
 And fairy hands seem weaving now 
 
 A chaplet for the brow of age. 
 
 For there bloom upon the virgin soil 
 
 The flowers of love and kindly deed, 
 "Where, through the hours of earnest toil, 
 
 I scattered wide the precious seed. 
 
 And the harvest-fields are rich in gold, 
 
 The fruitage of the kindly years, 
 For there springs the growth of a hundred-fold, 
 
 From the seed we sow in love and tears. 
 
 But the sun hath reached its burning noon 
 And droppeth towards the western sky; 
 
 The anthems and the flowers of June 
 K"o more allure the ear and eye. 
 
 The span' is short, — ■ the sunset hills 
 
 In gold and crimson seerd more near ; 
 The murmur of the autumn rills 
 
 Within the western vales I hear. 
 
 The fields are whitening, and the blade 
 
 Grows heavy with the dropping sun ; 
 A voice seems stirring in the shade, 
 
 " Brother, thy work is weU-nigh done." 
 
 Then up to the harvest-fields, at morn! 
 
 There is work for the feeblest heart or hand; 
 We must work till the weary day is done, 
 
 And we reach the golden sunset-land. 
 
 RESPONSE OP HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR., OP NORTH BROOKPIELD, 
 
 MASS. 
 " Scotch character — still marked by grit and grace." 
 
 Mr. Presidekt, Friends and Fellow-Citizens of Antrim, 
 Ladies and Gentlemen, — After listening to the eloquent and in- 
 structive speeches of your president and the accomplished orator of the 
 day, it is with great reluctance that I rise to say a single word. I should 
 prefer to remain a silent listener; but somehow your committee have got 
 the notion that every son of Antrim is a born orator, — which is undoubt- 
 edly true, as a rule, — and, under that impression, they have invited, or, 
 rather, they have required, me to tespond to the sentiment just read, 
 touching the "grace and grit" of the Scotch-Irish character. I shall 
 endeavor to comply with the request, conscious, however, that by so 
 doing I shall demonstrate the fallacy of their rule, or at least show one 
 exception to it. I was notified beforehand, by the reverend chairman of 
 
136 RESPONSE OF HON. CHABLES ADAMS, JR. 
 
 the committee on literary matters, of the sentiment to which I was 
 expected to respond, and expressed a doubt of my ability to do justice to 
 the subject, or to satisfy the reasonable expectations of a Scotch-de- 
 scended audience, when he cut me short, and, to some extent, relieved 
 my misgivings, by kindly remarking that there was no necessary con- 
 nection between the "sentiments" and the speeches that follow, — the 
 sentiments being, in fact, mere " figure-heads,"- ornamental, but of no 
 particular use ; or, as I understood it, like the " dummy " forms in a 
 mantua-maker's shop, — used to hang dupes of all kinds upon, for exhi- 
 bition ; or. if my clerical friends will pardon the comparison, like a text 
 of Scripture at the head of a sermon, always good in itself, but not always 
 indicative of the quality, and sometimes not even suggestive of the sub- 
 ject of the sermon that follows it. Mr. President, I prefer ihis last com- 
 parison, because 'it applies so closely to the sentiment under considera- 
 tion, and the speech I am making in response to it. 
 
 I am reminded, in this connection, of a meeting of the agricultural 
 society to which I belong, where several gentlemen who were called 
 upon to speak made the excuse that they were unacquainted with the 
 subject, when the president announced that speeches would be in order 
 upon any subject, provided no allusion was made to agriculture; and I 
 suppose I shall be pardoned, if, in speaking to the sentiment announced, 
 I shall avoid all allusion to anything that is Scotch. 
 
 And now, Mr. President, as I have a few remarks to make on my own 
 account, aside from this sentiment, I wish to lay it upon the table for a 
 few minutes, promising to resume it again, if time permits," unless it is 
 voted that the " further reading of it be dispensed with," — a vote which 
 is frequently resorted to, in parliamentary proceedings, to get rid, for the 
 time being, of some tedious bill or document, — and which would be a 
 very appropriate vote in the present case. 
 
 It was with extreme gratification that I received the kind invitation of 
 your committee to be present on this very rare and very interesting 
 occasion, — a pleasure of which I should very unwillingly have been 
 deprived. As I have already intimated, my desire was to be a hearer 
 and learner of your history from others, rather than to take any prom- 
 inent part in the exercises of the occasion myself, for which I am not 
 qualified, either by literary attainments, or by a knowledge of the history 
 of your town, especially in its details, which are of chief interest on an 
 occasion like this. Although a native of the town, I left it in early 
 childhood, and my lot has bpen cast far from it, in another State. But I 
 thankfully accept your greeting of welcome, and am here to claim, my 
 birthright, and to " stand up and be counted " among the sons of Antrim, 
 
 — a privilege and an honor in which I have always felt a pride, and that 
 feeling, I assure you, is re-enforced and brightened by the surroundings of 
 this meeting. Indeed, it always occurs to me when I visit Antrim, and 
 never more sensibly than on this visit, that my leaving it was a mistake, 
 
 — a mistake, however, for which I was not accountable. New Hampshire 
 is proverbially said to be " a good State to emigrate from," but I have 
 always found it to be a most delightful State to visit, — especially this 
 town of Antrim, These beautiful hills, by which we are surrounded, 
 
RESPONSE OF HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR. 137 
 
 were among the objects which first greeted my young eyes. They have 
 never been forgotten, but have ever been dear to me, and will be among 
 the last of eartlily scenery to fade from my memory. 
 
 It is both a duty and a pleasure to meet you, my brothers and sisters, 
 and join with you in this family gathering; to greet this good old town, 
 our common mother, now a hundred years old, yet beaming in perennial 
 beauty and youth, smiling in every feature to welcome her children as 
 they gather around her, to celebrate this, her centennial birthday. 
 
 I have been accustomed, from year to year, to visit this my early home, 
 a stranger to nearly all its inhabitants, calling upon the few remaining, 
 acquaintances of my father's family when they resided here; but year by 
 year tlie number has diminished, and now I find most of their names 
 "grav'd on the stone " in your several places of burial. In my visits I 
 have never failed to make a pilgrimage to the ancient cemetery on the 
 hill above us. 
 
 " Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, 
 Each in his narrow cell forever laid, 
 The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." 
 
 There in unknown graves rest some of my ancestors and other rela- 
 tives, and I have looked in vain for any indication of the particular spot 
 occupied by their dust; nor has any one now living, relative or stranger, 
 any knowledge or recollection of it. In my wanderings and musings 
 among the graves, I have sometimes thought, that, with a hammer and 
 chisel, in my hands, I might easily be mistaken, by the readers of Walter 
 Scott, for "Old Mortality" himself, renewing and recutting the epitaphs 
 upon the headstones of the old Scotch Covenanters. In these wanderings, 
 I find myself literally fulfilling what may now be considered a prophecy, 
 uttered by Rev. Dr. Whiton, in his farewell to the old meeting-house, 
 December, 1826. He said : " In the progress of years, even though this 
 house should not be removed by the hands of men, yet its walls, already 
 dilapidated, must totter and fall. Still, this spot, consecrated by so 
 many sacred associations, will long retain a peculiar interest. Unborn 
 generations will remember it as having once been holy ground. Tradi- 
 tion will hand down something of its history to those who shall live in 
 this place after the very name of each one of us shall have been totally 
 forgotten. Pointing to this eminence, they will say, 'There stood the 
 first house of prayer erected in this place ; there our fathers worshiped ; 
 in yonder burying-ground sleeps their dust ; ' and thv' no business may 
 call the travelet here, yet a contemplative spirit will invite, now and then, 
 an individual in future generations, to ascend this hill to examine the moul- 
 dering monuments of the dead, and to indulge imagination in recalling the 
 scenes of an age then past and gone." 
 
 I suppose, Mr. President, that I am not the only one who, uncon- 
 sciously, has already verified these predictions. 
 
 The little, old, unpainted house in which I was born, in which my early 
 years were spent, and which was to me the dearest spot on earth, disap- 
 peared many years since, and the place is now occupied by the very neat 
 and attractive cottage of your townsman, Mr. Kelsea. Tlie elm-tree, — 
 
138 RESPONSE OP HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR. 
 
 small as I recollect it, shading the well, where hung " the old oaken 
 bucket," is now a stately and piost graceful tree of some two feet in diam- 
 eter. That house, as long as it stood, was an object of my love and 
 veneration, and I always visited it with peculiar interest. On one of my 
 visits I found it occupied by strangers, who, however, knew by whom it 
 had formerly been inhabited, for, on my asking the privilege of going into 
 all the rooms, — they were not very numerous, — leave was granted, and 
 the lady of the house, wondering, I suppose, at the enthusiasm I mani- 
 fested, expressed the opinion that I was either a lunatic, or an Adams. 
 The old school-house, too, where they taught my first " ideas how to shoot," 
 — which stood opposite to the end of the road leading westward from 
 the two churches in the South Tillage, was long since removed, and its 
 site is now occupied, very nearly, by one of those churches. My first 
 teacher was the late Hon. Daniel M. Christie, afterwards one of New 
 Hampshire's most eminent jurists. He taught that school the winter 
 of 1814-15, and also the succeeding winter, I think. The intervening 
 summer it was taught by Miss Panny Baldwin, — afterwards Mrs. Dr. 
 Burnham, ^ who was my first female teacher. I was probably the youn- 
 gest of the winter scholars. Among the older, were Luke Woodbury, 
 afterwards, for several years, judge of probate for Hillsborough county, 
 deceased many years ago ; G eorge W . Nesmith, afterwards, and during 
 the entire constitutional term, chief justice of the supreme court of New 
 Hampshire, and whose absence on this occasion is very much regretted 
 by all; and Clark Hopkins, who rejoices all by his presence, and no one 
 more than myself, as he is the only one whom I am able to recognize as 
 a school-fellcjw. There may be one or two other scholars of that school, 
 and of that day, present, — possibly more, — but, if so, we are mutually 
 unknown to each other. More than sixty winters have scattered their 
 frosts upon our heads since we were school-fellows; many are dispersed 
 to various parts of the country; but more have gone to " the undiscdvered 
 country from whose bourn no traveler returns." 
 
 I wish here to allude to a custom of that school at that time, which, on 
 a retrospective view, seems at least remarkable. At the examination at 
 the close of the winter term, the ashes which had accumulated during 
 the winter — and it was not a small quantity — were sold at a potash 
 manufactory in the immediate neighborhood, apd the proceeds invested 
 in rum, sugar, gingerbread, raisins, etc., at the store; and teachers, 
 scholars, and visitors, including the ministers, all united in a general 
 symposium. This I suppose was found to be " a custom more honored in 
 the breach than in the observance," for I was informed, from an authen- 
 tic source many years since, that it was practiced but for a very few years. 
 It is one of the customs of those early times, of which we may not boast 
 except in its abandonment. 
 
 One feature, however, in the school-house landscape still remains, — 
 the brook just west from the school-house, where we thoughtless boys — 
 and girls, too — during the noon intermission, in the sultry summer days, 
 were accustomed to wade, sometimes for the refreshing coolness of the 
 stream, but oftener for the fun of splashing each other with water. The 
 bridge, and each rock in the bed of the stream above it, seem to me at 
 
RESPONSE OF HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR. 139 
 
 this day just as they did more than sixty years ago. And now that I 
 have got into the brook, 1 will follow it up to the scene of a very notable 
 event in my life. In my fifth year, as I remember, hearing some older 
 boys tell of their wonderful exploits in fishing, I caught the piscatorial 
 infection, and could not be satisfied till I had tried my luck. Accordingly 
 my mother rigged me out with a fish-pole, something Kke a long whip- 
 handle, which I think it was, attached a line to it of her own making, 
 extemporized a fish-hook from a pin and baited it for me. With this 
 offensive gear over my shoulder, I took leave of my friends and the pa- 
 ternal roof, and wended my way westward to the aforesaid brook in quest 
 of adventures. In some previous age a large tree had fallen across this 
 stream, and in the process of time had gradually settled into the ground, 
 till it became a dam, over which the stream poured, forming, and falling 
 into, a basin below. Standing on the end of this log, I threw my hook 
 into this basin or pool of deep water, when the bait was at once taken by 
 a trout, which I was about to say was instantly landed; but that would 
 not be in strict conformity with the facts. It was withdrawn from its 
 native element, elevated in the air, and carried dangling at the end of my 
 line, like a flag or pennon, to grace my triumphal and very rapid march 
 back to head-quarters. Achilles, dragging Hector at his chariot wheels, 
 did not feel moi'e exultant than I did on this occasion of catching my first 
 fish. I have usually, when in town, visited the place and stood on the old 
 log; but the last time I was there the log had decayed, its ends only 
 remaining imbedded in the- bank on each side of the stream. 
 
 Among the cherished recollections of these early years, are those of my 
 school-books. I have at home a copy of each book used bj me during 
 all my school-days, — a collection to which I find myself frequently refer- 
 ring, with more interest, perhaps, than when it was my duty to study them. 
 Those in use here by scholars of my age were, first, the " New England 
 Primer," from which we learned the alphabet, connected with, and made 
 attractive by, the accompanying wood-cuts and verses, commencing with 
 " In Adam's fall we sinned all," and ending with " Zaccheus he did climb 
 the tree, his Lord to see." There was also a picture representing the mar- 
 tyrdom of John Rogers at the stake, in presence of his wife and an uncer- 
 tain number of children. But, in the estimation of our orthodox seniors, 
 the little volume was chiefly valued as being the only book among us 
 that contained " The Assembly's Shorter Catechism," of which every 
 scholar was expected to know the answers, from the question " What is 
 the chief end of man? " to " What doth the conclusion of the Lord's prayer 
 teach us ? " The young children understood very little of the meaning 
 of these answers at the time ; but they learned the " form of sound words," 
 which was of great value to them in riper years. Second, " The Ameri- 
 can Spelling Book, by Noah ffebster, Junior, Esquire,^' from which we 
 were taught to spell words of two or three letters, and from that up to 
 full-grown words of seven or eight syllables, — " words of learned length 
 and thundering sound." Here, also, we learned the sounds of vowels 
 and consonants, punctuation, numerals, abbreviations, and other element- 
 ary principles, which were quite as thoroughly taught then, I think, as 
 in more modern times. But the great attractions of the book were the 
 
140 RESPONSE OP HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR. 
 
 fables, — each headed by a square wood-cut, which we could undersland, 
 and ending with a " moral " which to us was not always so clear. Among 
 these fables, " The boy that stole apples '' came first. This was a case of 
 conflicting claims between him and the " old man," touching some fruit, 
 which was, after some very powerful arguments, settled in favor of the 
 latter. The next, I think, was "The country maid and her milk-pail.'' 
 She appeared to be surveying, with woful visage, the contents of her 
 overturned pail, flowing upon the ground at her feet, and the ruin of a 
 plan quite as reasonable as many speculations of the present day involv- 
 ing millions, and by far more honest than some of them. Moral: " Don't 
 count chickens before they are hatched." Then followed •' The cat and 
 the rat," undoubtedly the origin of the phrase, " A cat in the meal," 
 much used in these days by our very astute and far-seeing politicians. 
 Moral: '■ Caution, the parent of safety." 
 
 Then there was " The bear and the two friends." These two friends, ' 
 when entering a forest through which they were to travel, formed an 
 " alliance offensive and defensive '' against danger, which soon made its 
 appearance in shape of a large bear, when one of them, Who was very 
 agile, went " up a tree " out of the waj^ of harm, leaving his less active 
 friend to arrange matters with the bear, as best he cf uld. By a shrewd 
 piece of deception, which, however, I have always considered justifiable, 
 he succeeded in humbugging the bea* and getting clear of him, besides 
 learning from him the valuable moral of this fable, which he repeated to 
 his deserting comrade, " Never associate witha wretch, who, in the hour' 
 of danger, will desert his friend." I would remark that the bear, for- 
 merly very dangerous, has now become nearly extinct in this part of the 
 .country, being seldom seen except upon the stock exchange in New 
 York, where he roams as fierce and untamable as ever. He is hunted 
 there sometimes successfully by ''bulls," but somietimes, the "bulls" get 
 the worst of it. ' 
 
 Lastly, " The unjust judge," a fable well known to all this audience, 
 and also known to be so exclusively applicable to the legal profession, of 
 which I see around me several of high standing, that it might appear 
 personal if I proceeded further into the " case." The obvious moral is, 
 "Don't go to law nor to lawyers expecting to obtain justice." I should 
 not omit to say, the " bull " of this fable is not of the kind used for hunt- 
 ing " bears " in Wall street. 
 
 The only reading-books used in that school, besides those mentioned, 
 of which I have any recollection, were the '• American Preceptor," by 
 Caleb Bingham, A. M., and " Au American Selection of Lessons in 
 Beading and Speaking," etc., " being the Third Part of a Grammatical 
 Institute of the English Language," " by Noah Webster, Jun., Esquire, 
 Boston, 1802." 
 
 And now, Mr. President, after begging pardon for occupying so much 
 time in giving my boyish recollections of the Neighborhood where 1 was 
 born, always interesting to myself, but tedious, I fear, to my audience, I 
 will say a few words upon the characteristics of our Scotch-Irish ances- 
 tors, — a subject laid on the table a few minutes ago, where I really 
 think it had better remain, as the history of the first settlers here. 
 
•RESPONSE OP HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR. 141 
 
 • 
 
 which you have already heard from others, has necessarily, to a great 
 extent, covered the subject, and presented it more ably than it is possible 
 for me to do. 
 
 The emigration from Scotland to the north of Ireland, about the year 
 1612, was chiefly from Argyleshire. There are reasons, however, for 
 believing that some portion of 'it went from Ayrsliire. From the 
 descendants of that emigration to Ireland, came those who settled in 
 Londonderry and its neighboring towns in this Stale, in 1719, and subse- 
 quently. From this stock the early settlers in this town are derived, — 
 that is, those of Scottish descent. I have endeavored to fiad some record 
 of the names of the families who emigrated from Argyleshire to Ireland, 
 but without success, though I find in the " statistical account " of that 
 shire, in nearly every parish, names identical with those of the early set- 
 tlers in this town and vicinity. The characteristics of those who emi- 
 grated to this country were substantially the same with their ancestors 
 in Scotland. Very little change took place during the century they 
 were in Ireland. Scotch when they came there, and very proud of it, 
 their descendants were just as Scotch, and equally proud of their descent, 
 when they left Ireland for America. The native Scotchman is proverb- 
 ially proud of the country of his ancestors. Although it is a land rough 
 and sterile, a large portion of which is, and always has been, totally unfit 
 for agricultural purposes, or in any way sustaining a numerous popula- 
 tion, the native Scotch are nevertheless strongly attached to the " land 
 of the mountain aud the flood." At 'times obliged by necessity, or for 
 other causes choosing, to emigrate, they never forget the hills, mosses, 
 straths, banks, and braes of " bounie Scotland," or cease to speak of them 
 with affection, and with the hope of some day returning there. 
 
 Our Scotchrlrish ancestors, although generation after generation of 
 their progenitors were born in Ireland, never seem to have formed 
 any strong attachment to that country, nor to have acquired, to any great 
 extent, the manners, customs, or political or religious notions of that 
 people, nor to' have looked back to the country as once their home, or the 
 home of their ancestors. Their religion, and the treatment they received 
 on account of it, probably more than all other causes, created in them 
 an antipathy to the Irish people, which was kept up, not only during 
 their sojourn in that country, but sur\fived it, and came with them to 
 this ; and, according to my observation, seems to be one of their charac- 
 teristic, and perhaps unreasonable, prejudices, to the present time. 
 
 The Scotch are naturally a serious people, and, to whatever religious 
 denomination they may belong, are strongly attached to it. aud may be 
 said to be "terribly in earnest " in regard to it. Their national religion 
 has for centuries been Presbyterianism, to wliich order our ancestors 
 generally belonged. Any history of it on this occasion is unnecessary. 
 Perhaps no Christians, as a denomination, ever suffered more for "con- 
 science' sake," than they in the early jears of the sect in Scotland, or 
 exemplified more " grit and grace " under their persecutions, or held 
 more tenaciously to their faith under the most trying conditions. In 
 Ireland, also, great trials awaited them. The Irish Catholics, who had 
 been dispossessed of their lands by these Scotch Presbyterians, soon 
 
142 RESPONSE OF HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR. 
 
 began to annoy them whenever opportunity offered. In addition to the 
 expense of supporting their own church, they were compelled to pay a 
 tenth part of all their increase to aid in the support of a minister of the 
 established church. They could only hold the lands they occupied as 
 lessees of the crown, and not as owners of the soil. With their ardent 
 aspir,ations for liberty, they could not endure to be thus deprived or 
 trammeled in the exercise of their civil and religious rights. By these 
 and other deprivations and trials, they were finally prepared to abandon 
 the land to which they never were strongly attached, and where they 
 had met so many discouragements, and set their faces toward this land 
 of freedom. The motives for emigrating from Ireland to America, as 
 stated by Kev. Mr. McGregor, in a sermon addressed to his pfeople on 
 the eve of their embarking to this country, were : " (1) To avoid oppres- 
 sion and cruel bondage; (2) to shun persecution and designed ruin; (3) 
 to withdraw from the' communion of idolaters; (4) -to have an opportu- 
 nity to worship God according to the dictates of conscience and the rules 
 of His inspired Word." With these motives and with an unfaltering' 
 confidence in Divine Providence, our fathers left the place of their birth 
 and all the associations and comforts of home, and took the perils of a 
 passage across the ocean " to a land which they knew not " ; neither for 
 wealth, power, nor earthly honor, but for "freedom to worship God"; 
 and this the very sublimity of " grace," if not of " grit." 
 
 Arriving at this their adopted home, then an unbroken wilderness, 
 they were subjected to all the trials and deprivations incident to new 
 settlements: the want of roads, bridges, mills, mechanical and agricultu- 
 ral tools and implements, the destitution of educational and religious 
 privileges, sickness, the depredations of wild and savage beasts, and the 
 constant fear of more savage men, — their condition during the early 
 years of the settlement was peculiarly hard and rigorous. From many 
 incidents that might be cited, showing the perils of the time, and also 
 indicating the " grit and grace " with which they were encountered, I 
 will relate a single one which was told me by my mother, who resided in 
 Dea. Boyd's family some nine years, and who had the story directly from 
 the heroine herself. Joseph Boyd (afterwards Dea. Boyd) with his 
 young wife Mary, or Molly (McKeen), were among the very early set- 
 tlers here, and had begun a clearing and built a house and barn, of logs, 
 on the spot now occupied by the fine residence of Mr. D. H. Goodell. 
 During the absence of Mr. Boyd at a neighboring town on business, his 
 wife, being entirely alone, heard a sudden outcry from the swine, of 
 which they had only two. Presently one of them rushed past the door 
 toward the barn. As the other did not appear, Mrs. Boyd started at 
 once to reconnoiter, when, at a little distance from the house, she discov- 
 ered the missing animal held fast in the embraces of a huge black bear, 
 whose biting and hugging caused the outcry of the pig. Here was a call 
 for " grit " if not for " grace," and Mrs. Boyd was equal to the emergency. 
 Thinking the loss pf the animal would, in the beginning of their married 
 life,'be almost irreparable, she braved the danger, and, approaching within 
 speaking distance, screamed at the top of her voice, hoping to frighten 
 away the bear. But he cast a look of contempt upon her, as much as to 
 
RESPONSE OP HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR. 143 
 
 say, " Who cares for you, Mrs. Boyd? This pig is mine." But Mrs. Boyd 
 was not disposed to concede this claim. Laying hold of a partially 
 burnt stick of wood which she could conveniently wield, she boldly 
 advanced within striking distance, and gave the bear a violent blow 
 upon his back, at the same time raising her voice with all her power; 
 whereupon, astonished, if not damaged, by this unexpected attack in the 
 rear, he at once droppeu his prize, and, marching off a couple of rods, 
 seated himself upon his haunches to take a view of the situation, when 
 the intrepid Mrs. Boyd, executing a strategic movement, placed herself 
 between the bear and the pig, and drove the latter up to the barn and 
 shut him in with his mate. She then hasted to the nearest neighbor, 
 Mr. Daniel McFarland (who then lived where Mr. N. W. C. Jameson 
 now resides), for re-enforcements; but so much time was consumed in 
 preparing ammunition, that when the allies appeared on the battle-field, 
 the bear had made good his retreat. Mr. Boyd arriving home about this 
 time, a bear-trap or pitfall was constructed, and baited with a portion of 
 the pig, which it was found necessary to slaughter, and the next morn- 
 ing a three-hundred-pound bear was found in the trap. Bear-meat was 
 generally considered a welcome delicacy by the new settlers, but Mrs. 
 Boyd declined to partake of the feast. In describing this involuntary 
 tete-a-tete with the bear, as he sat gazing at her, she said she could hardly 
 avoid the impression that it was the evil one himself, and always there- 
 after mentally associated them together, as having a striking family 
 resemblance at least. I have no doubt the young wives of this day have 
 inherited the "grit" of their foremothers, and would emulate their 
 courage in encountering danger under the same circumstances. But 
 that they are not called to the trial is fortunate for the young wives, and 
 for the bears too. 
 
 Few years only were required under the exercise of the indomitable 
 fortitude and industry of these ancestors of ours, to materially change 
 these rigorous conditions. The wilderness gradually yielded to the 
 aggressive inroads of the husbandman. 
 
 " How jocund did they drive their team afield, 
 How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdj' stroise." 
 
 Green meadows, fertile fields, rich and broad pastures, supplanted the 
 forests; the meeting-house early made its appearance on the hill above 
 us; school-houses multiplied as they were needed; the din of the smith, 
 the carpenter, and the mason began to be heard ; the smoke curled up 
 from the chimneys of neat and comfortable dwellings on every side, indi- 
 cating the industry and thrift of the new settlers. These were the 
 beginnings, one hundred years ago, of what we see to-day in this town, 
 and in many other towns having the same common origin . 
 
 The sojourn of our Scotch progenitors in Ireland may be compared 
 with the crystal stream having its source high up among the Alpine 
 glaciers of central Europe, augmeflted by tributaries as it descends, till it 
 becomes a large and rapid river, pouring into and passing for a long dis- 
 tance through a lake, with whose waters, however, it does not appear to 
 mingle at all, but continues its course, maintaining its own distinctive 
 
144 RESPONSE OP HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR. 
 
 character and color, till it pours forth from the lower extremity of the 
 lake, the same clear and sparkling stream which entered it far above, — 
 still pursuing its way, beautifying the landscape, fertilizing the meadows 
 and vineyards, imparting wealth and utility throughout its course, till it 
 reaches the blue sea, where it contributes its share in floating the com- 
 merce and navies of the world. So our ancestors, originating and nur- 
 tured among the mists and heath-covered mountains of Argyle, induced 
 by the hope of an improved temporal condition, but more by the hope of 
 escaping from persecution and enjoying a greater religious freedom, 
 began the western stream of emigration, landing in the north of Ireland, 
 where they and their immediate descendants sojourned ; and, after resist- 
 ing and repelling, for more than a century, the adverse influences and 
 uncongenial elements by which they were environed, and which crowded 
 and oppressed them on every side in that land, they emerged from it the 
 same indomitable race, retaining the same characteristics with which 
 they entered it more than a century before, and, resuming their west- 
 ward course, landed on these American shores. Hero they settled, 
 founding communities which were models of moral, religious, and mate- 
 rial strength, sending out numerous colonies of the same character, — 
 their sons worthily and honorably filling the highest positions in the 
 nation ; their daughters exemplary in every relation of life, and orna- 
 menting every station in society to which they are called. From these 
 settlements the race has spread, by emigration, to every part of the land, 
 uutil, at the present time, there is not a State in the Union which has 
 not more or less of the Scotch-Irish element, the descendants of this Lon- 
 donderry immigration; and it may safely be asserted that they have con- 
 tributed much more than their mere numerical proportion in forming 
 the institutions and wielding the destinies of this great republic. 
 
 Our ancestors inherited the traditional characteristic of the Scotch, 
 of attachment to their religious belief, and a zealous defense of every 
 theological point of doctrine involved in it. They seemed so sure that 
 a correct life would result from a correct belief, that they depreciated 
 and undervalued all sermons of a mere practical character, and some- 
 times stigmatized ministers who preached them as unsound, — "daubers 
 with untempered mortar." On hearing a sermon of this character, a 
 lady of the congregation angrily said of the minister, " If there's an ill 
 text in a' the Bible that creature's sure to tak it." 
 
 They were always distinguished by a strict observance of the Sabbath; 
 never failing to attend church the whole day, unless something very 
 serious prevented. In their homes, no levity, nor conversation on ordi- 
 nary topics, was tolerated on that day. Heading the Scriptures, studying 
 and teaching the catechism, with family devotions, occupied the rest of 
 the time. The Presbyterians in Scotland and elsewhere formerly had a 
 great prejudice against the use of organs and other musical-instruments 
 in churches; and that prejudice was inherited by the same denomination 
 in this country, and to some extent exists to-day. In reading the history 
 of the Presbyterian churches, I flnci some very ludicrous incidents con- 
 nected with instrumental music in church choirs. I am indebted to 
 Dean Eamsay for an anecdote or two in illustration: An Episcopal lady 
 
RESPONSE OF HON. CHARLES ADAMS, JR. 145 
 
 took a favorite Presbyterian servant to church, and, on returning, asked 
 her how she liked the organ music. " Oh,^' she replied, " it's very bon- 
 nie; but oh, my lady, it's an awfu' way of spending the Sabbath I" 
 
 A lady, in speaking of an Episcopal minister, who, of course, had an 
 organ in his church, without intending the least disrespect, described 
 him as a " Whistle-Kirk minister." 
 
 A most worthy Scotch family came to the town of my residence, and, 
 attending church for the first time where an orchestra was connected 
 with the choir, their little boy, who had only heard instrumental music 
 in the streets of Edinburgh in connection with the exhibition of a mon- 
 key, on hearing the instruments commence a prelude, pulled his mother 
 by the sleeve, and earnestly inquired, "Mother! mother! where's the 
 monkey? " 
 
 There has been a great change since those early days, in relation to 
 the use of musical instruments in churches, and also in the manner of 
 observing the Sabbath generally. 
 
 They are proverbially cautious in their statement of facts ; reticent, 
 almost to a fault, in committing themselves by an unwary answer to the 
 most undesiguing question. This trait is illustrated by the reply of the 
 non-committal old lady, who, while being examined for admission to the 
 churcjji, when asked if she loved the Saviour, replied that she didn't know 
 as she had anything against him. 
 
 Our Scotch-Irish ancestors were firm believers in witches and witch- 
 craft. This was a legitimate inheritance from Scotland, where it was 
 heresy to reject such belief. - The whole day might be consumed in the 
 relation of strange incidents, honestly, religiously believed in by our 
 grandmothers and their contemporaries; but time will not permit, nor 
 would it be profitable. 
 
 They were a well-educated people. The standard of education among 
 the common people in Scotland, at the time of the emigration from there, 
 was much higher than in any other part of Great Britain ; and that it was 
 more than maintained while they rea. ained in Ireland, is shown by the 
 fact, that, of the three hundred and nineteen petitioners to Gov. Shute for 
 a grant of land in Massachusetts (but which, on running the line, was 
 found to be in New Hampshire), there were but thirteen who did not 
 write their' names. It is also shown by the class of men who, subse- 
 quently came over and settled in this vicinity. The poverty of many, 
 and the necessity for all to labor in clearing and settling a new country, 
 were suflScient reasons why so few obtained a college education here; 
 but the common school was early established and efficiently maiintained, 
 and it was very rare, even in the early days of these settlements, to find 
 a person who could not both read and write. 
 
 Although Sidney Smith has said that " It requires a surgical operation 
 to get a joke into a Scotch understanding," I think it merely shows a 
 prejudice on his part, or an unwillingness to admit in a Scotchman a 
 trait said to be so eminent in himself. If I know what wit and humor 
 are, they are found to a pre-eminent degree in the writings of Scott, 
 Burns, Wilson, and other Scotchmen; and of all the acquaintances I have 
 formed, I should mark the Scotch and Scotch-Irish as distinguished 
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146 RESPONSE OF PROP. CYRUS BALDWIN. 
 
 above all others for humor, wit, and repartee. To be sure, they are an 
 upright, downright, matter-of-fact class ; but under all this you are sure 
 to find a substratum of keen, dry, and, to use a Scottish adjective, pawky 
 humor. That our immediate Scotch-Irish ancestors inherited a full 
 share of the wit of their progenitors, is the testimony of all traditional 
 and written biography. 
 
 Much more might be said, and much 'better said, upon the character- 
 istics, of our Scotch-Irish progenitors, but I have already extended these 
 remarks to an unreasonable length, and will close them by a concise 
 summary of their characteristic traits, in the language of another: — 
 
 " They have always been characterized by a staid and solid cast of 
 thought, uprightness of personal deportment, an honest industry in the 
 pursuits of life, and, pervading all, a deep-seated sense of religion, which, 
 if it has sometimes merged into severity, and darkened, as it were, 
 with a cloud, although only in detached patches, the fair landscape of the 
 social picture, — has, nevertheless, on the whole and in its grand results, 
 been favorable to virtue and to the maturing of those principles and feel- 
 ings which have conduced to a quiet, peaceful, contented, and happy life 
 and frugal habits, the desire of independence, a submissive obedience to 
 civil rule withal, but not incompatible, also, when circumstances have 
 required, with a vigorous resistance to oppression, and the exhibition of 
 heroism in defense of civil and religious liberty." 
 
 So much, Mr. President, for the "grit and grace " of Scotch-Irish char- 
 acter, as illustrated in the lives of our ancestors. 
 
 May their descendants avoid their failings, and emulate their virtues! 
 
 RESPONSE OP PROP. CYRUS BALDWIN, OP MERIDEN, N. H. 
 " Rev. John M. Whiton, D. D., — his life a gospel of peace." 
 
 Ladies, Gentlemen, and Feiends of my Native Town, — The 
 occasion which has called us together is one of deep interest to every 
 lover of home and native land. I rejoice to be present at this centenary 
 festivity, and, though addressing public assemblies has not been in my 
 way, yet I must speak. I have occasion for gratitude that so copious a 
 subject has been presented to me. So fruitful does it seeni that no one 
 could fail to speak on it. The only apparent difficulty is to find a suita- 
 ble place to close. But great subjects require great ability in those that 
 treat them ; and to do justice to great men, requires," not only ability, but 
 a familiar and intimate acquaintance with their whole life. Such 
 acquaintance does not come in childhood and youth ; yet that was the 
 period, in my life, when nearly all the observations were made from 
 which I must now draw. A casual intercourse, indeed, existed to the 
 close of his long and useful career ; for, in my visits to my native town, I 
 always felt that, next to my mother, I must visit the venerable and 
 much-esteemed Dr. Whiton. Those interviews were always most grati- 
 fying, and served to keep fresh the earlier observations, while maturing 
 years and experience served, in some measure, to correct the crudities of 
 my youthful imagination. Childhood and youth look upon mature and 
 noble manhood as distant, grand, unapproachable. They can have no 
 
RESPONSE OF PROP. CYROS BALDWIN. 147 
 
 proper sympathy with it. But, as we advance in life, this distance and 
 grandness somewhat abate, though we can never quite dispel the feel- 
 ings of reverence and awe with which our youthful imagination had 
 invested them. Hence the constant cry, " What shall we do when the 
 present generation of great men shall have passed away ? " as if every 
 succeeding age did not furnish accumulated material and equal occasion 
 for greatness, in the various departments of life. 
 
 Was the theme of our remarks, the Eev. John Milton Whiton, D. D., 
 a great man? Probably he was never conscious of greatness, and few, if 
 any, who were conversant with him, suspected it of him. But, measured 
 by the true test, I think this quality cannot be denied to him. 
 
 Greatness does not consist in illustrious descent, size, physical force, 
 commanding presence, brilliancy of address, nor in great attainments. 
 It is the ability to do, with ease, what is very* difficult, or impossible, for 
 others to do at all. It is simple, unpretending, unconscious. The high- 
 est greatness is not inconsistent with the deepest humility ; indeed, 
 humility is its necessary concomitant. 
 
 Dr. Whiton was eminently fitted, by nature and acquirements, for the 
 position which he filled. He had a clear apprehension of his field of 
 labor, and of the duties to be performed in it. When he spoke, it was 
 never for display. Self was put out of sight, and only his subject 
 appeared. His language was chosen with remarkable taste and judg- 
 ment. He never overshot his audience. His style was lucid and pure. 
 In his sermons he seemed ever aware that he had for hearers the .mature 
 and immature, and adapted his words and reasonings to the comprehen- 
 sion of both. He never diverted the attention of his hearers from the 
 subject-matter of his discourse, by the introduction of new and strange 
 words, expressions, or pronunciations. He was plain, direct, and intel- 
 ligible in his preaching, but never striking. He treated little of meta- 
 physical or abstruse questions. He labored to indoctrinate his church 
 and people in a pure faith and a corresponding practice, to teach all to 
 love and be at peace with one another, enforcing his teaching by his life. 
 He was, himself, "' A living epistle, known and read of all men." He 
 was respected, even to veneration, by those who affected to disbelieve 
 his teachings. Though few suspected it, and himself least of all, he was 
 truly eloquent, if eloquence is the power of convincing and persuading, 
 and not, as some think, the utterance of high-sounding words, accompa- 
 nied by a brilliant display of gestures. The art of pleasing stands first 
 among the essential qualities of the orator; and of this art Dr. Whiton 
 was truly a master. 
 
 Those who are to be affected by eloquence, must be satisfied of the 
 honesty and sincerity of the orator. In these respects, also. Dr. Whiton 
 was above all suspicion. Only intelligence and good sense are wanting 
 to complete the list of qualities that go to make up true greatness, and 
 these were accorded to him with great unanimity. He was not only a 
 good preacher, but an admirable pastor. Until near the last of my resi- 
 dence here, the township was his parish ; and it was his practice to visit 
 every family, at least once in a year, and the people, old and young, 
 gladly welcomed him. Kor, when he had preached his Sabbath dis- 
 
148 RESPONSE OP PROP. CYRUS BALDWIN. 
 
 courses, attended his meetings for lectures, conference, and prayer, and 
 made his pastoral visits, did he regard his duties done. The schools of 
 the town were his special care, and regularly did he visit them, without 
 particular invitation, or pay. He was a thorough scholar, and kept him- 
 self posted in all the branches taught. So kindly and genial was his 
 manner in the school-room, that, judging others by myself, his visits were 
 ever welcome and inspiring. He also gratuitously examined, as to their 
 qualifications, such as were desirous of teaching, and, if he deemed them 
 qualified, gave them letters of recommendation. But, on no considera- 
 tion, would he recommend a low or vile character. In all disputed 
 grammatical points, he was ultimate court of appeal. So great was the 
 confidence of all in the accuracy of his knowledge, that his decisions 
 were accepted without question; and, if rumor speaks truth, this confi- 
 dence in his intelligence and judgment was not confined to this town- 
 ship. As moderator in church councils, his knowledge of the rules by 
 which such bodies are governed is said to have been so extensive and 
 accurate, that rarely did any question arise for which he was not pre- 
 pared, or any appeal taken from his rulings. Ecclesiastical bodies 
 regarded it an auspicious omen, in all questions of difficulty, if the ser- 
 vices of Dr. Whiton could be secured as moderator. And yet, the 
 duties, public and private, so many and varied, he performed with such 
 apparent ease, as always to appear comparatively at leisure. Though 
 simple, unpretending, and humble, beyond most men, he was still a man 
 of great dignity. Though he was never austere, never assumed author- 
 ity, yet his very presence would keep in abeyance the most turbulent 
 elements. His goodness overcame the spirit of disorder. He never 
 seemed to say, by word or act, to the youngest, poorest, or worst of the 
 people, that he was happy to lay aside his dignity, for a time, and conde- 
 scend to treat them kindly. His courtesy was inherent, spontaneous. 
 It welled up and overflowed from a living, perennial spring in his heart. 
 He knew, and could call by name, every person, old and young, in the 
 township, and never passed siny one without a cordial greeting, nor did 
 he ever omit or misapply titles of respect. If he made any distinction 
 in his treatment of rich and poor, 'high and low, it favored the latter. 
 He was not only modest, courteous, genial and kind, and easy of access, 
 but he seemed to be endowed with a kind of centripetal force which 
 drew, and bound to him, all who came within the sphere of his influence. 
 All were made to feel entirely at ease in his presence. There was no 
 tyranny in his courtesy, no oppression in his condescension. The bash- 
 ful and timid he would so lead on and draw out, that they were com- 
 pelled to feel that they were giving him both pleasure and profit, and 
 that he regarded himself their debtor. In short, he made them pleased 
 with themselves and him. He was a true and ardent friend, and no 
 man's enemy. He was cordial and wise in counsel, and a safe depositary 
 of confidence. Neither slander nor detraction could be laid at his door. 
 His truthfulness was proverbial. But, with all his excellencies, he still 
 bore the impress of humanity, so we were not left in doubt whether he 
 were an angel. His extreme caution and timidity would provoke an 
 occasional smile. Though he knew well the value of things, he, was not 
 
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 made to get rich by traflac. He could not appreciate his own and depre- 
 ciate his neighbor's goods. He could not quite see the point of honesty 
 in the man who could dispose of a cow, somewhat too "nimble and spite- 
 ful ,of foot, for a quiet, gentle animal. In short, he was not what the 
 trading world calls sharp and shrewd. But of his honesty and honor 
 there was no question. Though we are too apt to judge others by our- 
 selves (and such judgment is termed "righteous'^ yet even the dishon- 
 est had full confidence in his integrity. 
 
 If, in our attempt to prove that our hero was a great man, there should 
 seem to be a missing link, it may be supplied by the estimation in which 
 he was held by his parishioners. If the question of changing ministers 
 had ever arisen, there was not a man in all the region who would, for a 
 moment, have been thought of to fill his place. Thus his greatness 
 was unconsciously conceded, even though no one had thought him great. 
 But this question of change never arose. 
 
 A true courage is never boastful: so true greatness is never obtrusive. 
 It may be in the midst of us, and we not know it. " The kingdom of 
 God Cometh not with observatipn." In all my life the example of Dr. 
 "Whiton has been ''A light to my path." No character has been more 
 constantly before my mind. Though my youth precluded the possibility 
 of forming ku intimate acquaintance with him in the more tender and 
 delicate relations of friendship, yet this I can truly say, that, of all men 
 with whom it has been my privilege to hold acquaintance, I have never 
 met a more perfect Christian gentleman. 
 
 May the riiantle of this remarkable man fall on his successors in the 
 sacred office, and, as we insensibly become like the heroes of our contem- 
 plation, may his life and character be so constantly exhibited that his 
 virtues may ever characterize the sons and daughters of this, our native 
 town! 
 
 The reading by Mrs. Emma M. Huntley, of Milford, was of a 
 high order. She was the daughter of an Antrim woman, Harriet 
 J. Chapin. (See Chapin family.) The piece rendered was 
 "The Rising of 1776," and elicited much applause. Mrs. 
 Huntley has fairly achieved success as a reader, and is highly 
 appreciated by the most cultivated audiences. 
 
 RESPONSE OP REV. J. M. WHITON, PH. D., OF EASTHAMPTON, MASS. 
 
 "Influence of hill-towns on the destiny of our country." 
 
 The subject which is proposed to me is, " The influence of the hill- 
 towns upon the destiny of the republic." As I begin to think of this, I 
 am reminded how the thought has come to me, when I have stood upon 
 the bridge at Lawrence, fronting the fall, where the Merrimack makes its 
 last plunge in its path to the sea, that the waters of our Great Brook 
 mingle with that flood, and bring their pressure to bear upon those mill- 
 wheels. And as I have stood by our brook, and listened to the dash of 
 its cascades from the pond to the river, I have thought of the.work which 
 those waters are waiting to do in the great manufacturing towns. Thus 
 
150 EBSPONSE OF REV. J. M. WHITON. 
 
 is presented to us an image of that livij^g stream, wliich, in the country, 
 we see -working its way to the city, and which, as we see it- turning the 
 wheels of trade and of progress, we love to trace to its source, among 
 the hills. Were he unacquainted with the springs of our national life, a 
 tourist from the European world, passing through these hill-towns, would 
 not see all that makes ttiem interesting to us, who know what they have 
 contributed to the natroi. 
 
 The lakes that sparkle like gems upon the earth's greeji .mantle ; the 
 mountains that stand like sentinels, looking down upon the quiet villages; 
 the variegated reaches of forest, and meadow, and upland pasture, 
 which diversify the landscapes that open from many a turn and many a 
 summit on the highway ; the leaping streams that run by many a roadside, 
 and fill many a shady glen with music, • — would leave upon his memory 
 many a charming photograph, combined with impressions of a rugged 
 and ingenuous soil, requiring stout labor to wrest from nature a far less 
 liberal return than might be obtained elsewhere. But we, who know 
 what manner of men this rough soil develops, may well turn from con- 
 templating those luxuriant lands, — 
 
 "Where every prospect pleases, 
 And only man is vile," — 
 
 to bestow a higher admiration on the ^oil, which, though so poor that 
 grain must be imported, has made the nation, and the world, its debtor 
 by the export of men. It is a phenomenon equally interesting to the 
 historian and the philosopher, that the hill and the plain have ever recip- 
 rocally acted on each other. " The strength of the hills " has descended 
 to the plain, — the culture of the plain has ascended to the hills. The 
 life of the plain has been invigorated by influx from the hills, — the life 
 of the hills has been beautified by tribute from the plains. This current 
 and counter current, in their perennial flow, have always exhibited a form 
 appropriate to the spirit of the times. 
 
 In barbarian ages and lands, as often as the dwellers of the plain made 
 advances in the arts, and acquisitions in the comforts of life, the hill popu- 
 lations swarmed down like eagles on the spoil. Thus manly courage and 
 martial strength were stimulated on the plain to resist the invaders, 
 while the rude life of the hills was enriched by glimpses and tastes of 
 better condition. And when the hill and the plain had learned to dwell 
 together in peace, the mutual interchange of strength and beauty was 
 none the less marked. When Rome had become the' mistress of the 
 nations, her greatest soldier, Marius, — her greatest orator, Cicero, — 
 her greatest living poet, Horace, — her greatest scientist, Pliny, — 6ame 
 to her from the hill-towns. And, in return, the villas and country-seats 
 of the wealthy pushed back upon the hills. The poems of Virgil were 
 directed to the improvement of agriculture, and the culture of Pliny 
 projected an academy for his native Comum. It is most interesting to 
 notice, on another continent, and in ancient times, the same current and 
 counter current between the highlands and the plains, which we may 
 have imagined peculiar to our own land and times. When we find that 
 the heads of great mercantile houses, whose lines of business extend over 
 
RESPONSE OP RET. J. M. WHITON. ISi 
 
 the cities of Europe and Asia; that the m,anagers of railways control- 
 ling the transit from ocean to ocean ; that the preachers who guide and 
 inspire our metropolitan churches; that the statesmen whose words flash 
 on electric wires to the ends of the earth, — came down originally from 
 hill-side farms, and drew from springs that bubble out of mountain gran- 
 ite the deep, full life which they infuse into the world's movement, we 
 merely meet modern instances of a phenomenon old as mankind, and 
 likely to manifest itself in time to come, so long as hills hold water- 
 springs and make the source of rivers. The influence, then, of hill-towns 
 on the destiny of our country, is to be perpetual. Though the streams 
 are all the while flowing from the hills, the hills will never empty their 
 springs, so long as the clouds hang over them. If, here and there, we see 
 deserted farms on back roads ; if, occasionally, a settlement like West 
 Antrim, or our neighboring "Windsor, seems likely to be given back to 
 the encroaching forest, — these are but like those slight subsidences in the 
 coast-line, from which we can never infer that the continents are to be 
 submerged. 
 
 The monotonous flat of the prairie, however fertile in wheat, (and 
 ague !) the pent-up lodgings of a city boarding-house, however conven- 
 ient to shops and concert-halls, will never compete to any preponderat- 
 ing and permanent advantage with the life of these hill-side homes, — free 
 from city nuisances, if not furnished with every city convenience ; sure 
 of a subsistence, that depends on no great man's favor, but on the rain- 
 drops and the sunbeams that God gives; in constant view of a majestic 
 panorama of nature's changing wonders ; accessible to all fresh thought 
 that is worth the reading ; near enough the world's rush to hear it, and 
 to feel a lively human interest in the struggle, and yet, as in a quiet eddy 
 of the stream, to be at peace and independence, — the likeliest of all sit- 
 uations in the world, if only controlled by a wise appreciation of what 
 God deems best for man, to secure a life of content and dignity, send- 
 ing forth a vigorous offspring, and reaching a green old age. Such life is 
 to characterize the hill-towns in the future, as in the past. From farm- 
 houses are to graduate new defenders of the constitution, as eloquent as 
 Daniel Webster, of Franklin; preachers as magnetic as Charles G. Fin- 
 ney, of Warren ; other inventors as skillful as Elias Howe, of Spencer ; 
 world-embracing missionaries, as influential as Mary Christie, of Antrim. 
 For, just as the streams, which the hills send to the sea, are brought back 
 by cloud chariots, so the quickening influences and impulses which these 
 farm-houses are ever giving to the world's movement, are continually 
 brought back to feed the upland springs of -thought and life. 
 
 If the country pours its best blood into city arteries, it is not long after 
 the public library springs up in the city that it springs up in the country 
 village. The district school, the church, the cemetery, show, by various 
 improvements, the counter current running up hill. The railroads that 
 bring this secluded valley and these lonely hill-tops so near to the focus 
 of New England's thought and work, could not have thus brought the 
 world to our doors, with all its resources for the improvement of our 
 sequestered life, had not the country boys first gone down to make the 
 money that built these residences, and to develop the business that sus- 
 
152 RESPONSE OP REV. J. M. WHITON. 
 
 tains them. Let the boys go, then, and the girls too, as the boys and 
 girls of past generations have gone. We are neither to check nor to 
 grieve over an emigration that has made the land far richer and stronger 
 than if all the young adventurers had taken root on the hill-sides. The 
 Great Brook, let it run never so full to find the mill-wheels, will never 
 drain the deep reservoir from which it flows. Nor will the young people 
 who seem to hear the voice of destiny calling them hence to more ex- 
 hausting labors and more uncertain harvest than the home farm proffers,' 
 ever drain away the strength of this town. As my college class sung of 
 themselves at graduation, a hundred strong, — 
 
 ' ' Some will go to Greece or Hartford, 
 Some to Norwich or to Rome, 
 Some to Greenland's icy mountains; 
 More, perhaps, will stay at home." 
 
 So we may be sure that that Providence, whose invisible influences 
 impel us, in our freedom, to go just where we are wanted in his plans, 
 will see to it that the life of these hill-towns, refreshed and adorned, as it 
 will ever be, by the reflex influences of the constant emigration of the 
 flower of our youth, will ever retain a charm adequate to bind to their 
 birthplace enough to hold the plow, and swing the ax, and flll the 
 church, and feed the stream of our national energies with an unfailing 
 procession of sons and daughters, as of yore. * 
 
 One word, just uttered, suggests to me the thought with which I 
 should bring these remarks to a close. It is through the church, that the 
 hill-towns are to hold in the future, as in the past, a share in shaping the 
 destiny of our republic. What their share has been, may be seen by 
 referring to the lists of preachers of the gospel that have been raised up 
 in some of the hill churches. One such church in Connecticut has sent 
 out, during two hundred years, forty ministers. How far that little can- 
 dle throws its beams! And many a city church is indebted, if not for 
 its minister, yet for its strong men and helpful women, who supply its 
 charities and wield its influence, to little, weak, sister churches (mother 
 churches ought they rather to be called) upon New Hampshire hills. 
 
 These mother churches, then, must live. Here, in these days of shift- 
 ing novelties, we find religious conservatism. Here the social focus is 
 still found at the sanctuary, and the house of G-od is still " the meeting- 
 house " ; the weekly social rendezvous is still at the prayer-meeting. 
 Here the simple Bible truth, which the fathers accepted, is received by 
 the children, who have not yet learned that the book is unfit to be read, 
 as the best of classics, in our schools. And, as a familiar word in our 
 language records the historical fact that Christianity originally spread 
 from the city to the country, and reached the village dwellers, " pagani," 
 or pagans, last of all, so we may be sure that- any partial reverse move- 
 ment will be felt here last of all, and Christianity find in our villages her 
 most permanent seat. Whatever city temples may be deserted, the peo- 
 ple will still offer saciriflce in " the high places," and will love to say, 
 " Our fathers worshiped in this mountain." So long as our hill churches 
 shall stand as reservoirs fed from heaven, so long shall streams of the 
 water of life flow throughout the land. 
 
EESPONSE OF HENRY REED, ESQ. 153 
 
 And so shall the praise which old Homer bestowed upon the hills of 
 
 the Ithaca, that produced the most gifted hero of the Greeks, the praise 
 
 which the greatest of Roman orators and philosophers^ borrowed from 
 
 Homer to bestow upon the rugged hills of his native Arpinum, express 
 
 the influence with which the hill-towns shall never cease to sway the 
 
 destiny of the republic, — a glory which will never pass hence, as, with 
 
 the decay of religion, it has passed from the birthplaces of Ulysses and 
 
 Cicero, — 
 
 "Rugged however they be, thej' be noble mothers of men." 
 
 RESPONSE OF FRANK H. PIERCE, ESQ., OF CONCORD. 
 " Lawyers of Antrim." 
 
 This sentiment was responded to by Frank H. Pierce, Esq., of 
 Concord, in a sliort but very eloquent and interesting address, 
 one of the best given during the day. We regret, exceedingly, 
 that our efforts to procure a copy for insertion in this place have 
 been unsuccessful. 
 
 LETTER FROM E. A. WALLACE, ESQ., OF, HAVANA, ILL. 
 
 "England and Scotland, — fatherlands of our ancestry; together they have given us 
 the best stock the human family can boast." 
 
 B. A. Wallace, Esq., of Havana, 111., having been invited to 
 respond to this sentiment, wrote the following letter: — 
 
 Ret. W. R. Cochrane. 
 
 Dear Sir, -»■ Your favor, extending me an invitation to be present at, 
 and take part in, the centennial celebration of Antrim on June 27, was 
 duly received. With many thanks for the same, I regret that my 
 engagements are such that I cannot be with you on that occasion to join 
 in glad rejoicing with the many friends and acquaintances who will be 
 there, as well as to respond to the sentiment proposed. Although sep- 
 arated by many miles, I shall often think of those there assembled in the 
 dear old town of my nativity, for nearly three-quarters of a century the 
 home of my parents, the scene of my early childhood and youth; and, 
 with the recollection, will ascend to heaven a prayer for the peace and 
 prosperity of all its inhabitants. 
 
 Hoping that the celebration will bte a grand success, I remain, 
 
 Tours respectfully, 
 
 E. A. WALLACE. 
 
 EESPONSE OF HENRY REED, ESQ., OP LOWELL, MASS. 
 " Reminiscences of old Antrim." 
 
 Henry Reed, Esq., of Lowell, though unable to be present, 
 sent the following response : — 
 
 Me. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen, — I am very grateful 
 for the invitation to be present and join in the festivities and exercises 
 
154 RESPON«E OP HENRY REED, ESQ. 
 
 of this interesting occasion. The proper observance of anniversaries of 
 important municipal, as well as state and national, events, is a custom 
 that surely ought to be fostered and encouraged. 
 
 Said the eloquent Patrick Henry, " I know of no othe? way of judging 
 the future, but by the past." There is no way by which a town or nation 
 can make safei: or surer progress, than by recalling the past, avoiding its 
 errors, and emulating its virtues. I came to this good old town fifty- 
 three years ago. Almost two generations have passed away since that 
 -time, and marvelous changes have taken place during this half-century. 
 "When I came here there was not a railroad in New Hampshire, and not 
 even one projected. Now, the iron horse carries mountain visitors, with 
 the greatest ease and comfort, up among the clouds, to the very summit 
 of Mount Washington. Then, it required two days to carry a message 
 from Antrim to Boston. Now, you can send your thou'ghts around the 
 globe with the rapidity of lightning. Then, the application of steam for 
 mechanical purposes was almost unknown. Now, there is scarcely a 
 town or village in the Granite State but has machinery driven by steam 
 power. As great changes have also taken place regarding other indus- 
 tries. When I lived in this old town, everj' farmer employed from one 
 to half a dozen men to cut and cure his grass. Now, every important 
 farmer has a mower, a tedder, a horse-rake, a horse hay-fork, and a loader. 
 Instead of doing his haying by the sweat of his brow, he makes his horses 
 and oxen do it for him. Fifty years ago, a barrel of old New England 
 rum was considered as essential, in haying-time, as one of Colby's New 
 London scythes. Now, I trust, that, in the old Granite State, at least, 
 ginger and water, sweetened with molasses, is the strongest beverage 
 allowed on any well-regulated farm. - Then, the girls milked the cows, 
 made butter and cheese, washed, baked, mended, spun and wove, and 
 knit, and were thorough-going housekeepers, by the time they were 
 eighteen. Now, the girls, ■ — well, you know better than I do about the 
 farmers' girls of to-day. There have been changes on every hand. The 
 people that I knew fifty-three years ago are nearly all gone. 
 
 The number in this large gathering who were in active business life 
 when I came here, is comparatively small. I recall, with many pleasant 
 memories, some of the old families that were then prominent in the town. 
 There are numerous incidents that come back to me in connection with 
 the old homes of Antrim. I can only say here, that these homes were 
 noted for the honest industry, as well as strict integrity and Christian 
 virtues, of their inmates. There were faults, but they are dimmed and 
 overshadowed by the predominating influences making up honest, patri- 
 otic, and noble character. May this generation emulate the lives of the 
 fathers and mothers of half a century agol 
 
 And, in closing, Mr. President, let me offer you this sentiment: The 
 old homes of Antrim, — may their benign influences be felt and cher- 
 ished by all who have emanated from them to the latest generation! 
 
LETTER PROM REV. ARTHUR LITTLE. 155 
 
 LETTER PROM REV. ARTHUR LITTLE, OP CHICAGO, ILL. 
 " The host that have gone from Antrim to bless all parts of the land." 
 
 In response to this sentiment, Rev. Arthur Little, of Chicago, 
 111., sent the foUowmg letter : — 
 
 Rev. Waeben Cochrane. 
 
 My Dear Friend, — I trust you will pardon my delay in answering 
 your card of invitation to be present and share in the centennial celebra- 
 tion at Antrim. Had there been any possibility of doing myself so great 
 a pleasure, I should have given you speedy notice. I like this centennial 
 business flrst-rate, and am sorry to lose any opportunity of having a 
 hand in it. I should enjoy speaking, for a few moments, in response to 
 the sentiment mentioned in your note. It is a grand theme. Antrim is 
 rich in history. Settled by a little the best stock the world ever saw, she 
 has been sending out a continuous stream of blessing during all the 
 years of the century. Her sons and daughters have marked the whole 
 breadth of the continent with their footsteps. Wisconsin is, to-day, in 
 possession of one gifted clergyman whose mother was an Antrim 
 woman, the daughter of Dr. Whiton, — Rev. C. H. Richards, of Madison. 
 He is an honor to the State capital, a power for good throughout the 
 commonwealth. I am so glad that my father had the good sense to 
 marry an Antrim girl. I shall not seem to boast if I say that a letter, 
 purer, truer, nobler woman was never born, or reared, or married in that 
 good old town. If I am anything, or shall ever do anything, it will be 
 owing very, very largely to the influence of that mother. I love Antrim 
 for my mother's sake. To review the history of Antrim, or almost any 
 other New Hampshire town, for a hundred years, were enough to fill the 
 heart of any son of the Granite State with honest pride. 
 
 The past is secure. I glory in it. The future is what troubles me. 
 It will be a sorry day for this republic, for this great, expanding "West, if 
 the time comes when Antrim, and other towns like her, has no more 
 sons and daughters, rich in tried qualities, good character, and rugged 
 enterprise, to send forth to the great work of molding and fashioning 
 these new States and opening territories into Christian commonwealths, 
 after the New Hampshire pattern. Sometimes I fear that time has 
 almost been reached. But I will not indulge in gloomy forebodings. 
 The fathers' God is still the God of the children, and he will preserve us. 
 
 Be kind enough to assure the good people of Antrim of my interest in 
 their anniversary, and of the joy it would give me to be with them, per- 
 sonally, in its observance. I know the retrospect will bring strength 
 and hope to your hearts, for the years to come. Know that my prayer 
 mingles with all yours that the century to come may be as rich in good 
 men and women, and good works, as the century that closes with this 
 hour. 
 
 Faithfully yours, 
 
 ARTHUR LITTLE. 
 
156 LETTER FROM HON. GEORGE W. NESMITH. 
 
 LETTER FROM AMASA EDES, ESQ., OF NEWP£)RT, N. H. 
 
 The following letter from Amasa Edes, Esq., of Newport, N. H., 
 nearly eighty-five years of age, was sent in reply to an invitation 
 to be present at the centennial celebration : — 
 
 Eey. W. R. Cochrane. 
 
 Dear Sir, — Your favor of the 8th instant is received, and I reply 
 that there is no prospect that my health will be such as to enable 
 me to be present with you on your centennial day. I much regret this, 
 for there is much to attach me to Antrim. There was I born, there 
 repose the ashes of my mother, and there was I flrSt inspired with a love 
 of letters. When about five years. old, I attended the common school, 
 taught by a Mr. Gregg. From being much his smallest scholar, or from 
 some other cause, he held me in his lap for hours, while hearing his 
 classes recite, drew me pictures with his pen, and gained my love for 
 himself and my studies, so at the end of the term I could read well in 
 plain reading. I hope you will have an agreeable meeting, and that 
 everything will pass ofi' according to your plan, that your town will be 
 prosperous and celebrated for the intelligence and virtue of its people, 
 and at its next centennial will show improvements and progress greater 
 even than the present. 
 
 With great respect, 
 
 AMASA EDES. 
 
 LETTER FROM HON. GEORGE W. NESMITH, OF FRANKLIN, N. H. 
 
 The following letter from Hon. George W.Nesmith, of Frank- 
 lin, N. H., will be read with interest, because of its numerous 
 personal allusions : — 
 
 Rev. W. E. Cochrane. 
 
 My Dear Sir, — Be pleased to receive for yourself, and convey to your 
 associates upon the committee, my warmest expressions of gratitude for 
 your kind invitation to be present at your approaching centennial festival. 
 It would afford me sincere pleasure to revisit the scenes of my early days, 
 Nearly all the compamons of my youth have gone to their rest. Not 
 enough, survive to recount the interesting events and achievements of 
 their own day and generation, much less the history of their virtuous 
 ancestry. I congratulate your town upon yolir patriotic efforts to obtain 
 a full record of its early and progressive history. Rev. Dr. Whiton res- 
 cued from oblivion much valuable material, which will necessarily con- 
 stitute the corner-stone, upon which foundation you will build a rich 
 edifice for us to look upon. 
 
 Antrim can boast of a worthy ancestry. I imagine myself upon my 
 father's old homestead, and there located I look south for his nearest^ 
 neighbor, and find the good old Deacon Joseph Boyd and his excellent 
 wife, both models of industry and benevolence. They never turned 
 away the hungry or naked from their door without some supply. No 
 
POEM BY JAMES AIKEN, ESQ. 157 
 
 boy ever returned home from district school, in good health, without a 
 sharp appetite, and many times we can attest to the generous donations 
 of food from the hand of good Mrs. Boyd — blessed be her memory! 
 With much interest we used to hear her relate how, in the early days of 
 her residence in Antrim, she drove off the bear with a broomstick, that 
 had attacked her pig in the pen. Now I recollect the first settler on the 
 east next to my father's house, Mr. McKean, who resided there for many 
 years, and where his son Joseph was born, who afterward became the 
 eminent school commissioner for the State of New York. A gentleman 
 capable of judging his merits, one who knew him well, says he has never 
 been surpassed by any successor, in the able discharge of the duties of 
 this responsible ofiSce, in that State. Dea. John Taylor, a man of great 
 moral worth, succeeded McKean. On the north, our neighbor was 
 Thomas Brown, who was a brave Revolutionary soldier, and recounted 
 with much interest his personal achievements. He lived to a good old 
 age, and led an honorable and blameless life. 
 
 On the west, the fl:rst settler and nearest neighbor was John Gilmore, 
 from Londonderry. For a number of years he occupied the Cole, or Ten- 
 nant, or Weston, or Whiton farm. He was a highly respectable citizen, 
 and emigrated to the State of Ohio. Just north of Gilmore was Capt. 
 Daniel Miltimore, who held the rank of lieutenant in Capt.Peter Clark's 
 company, in the battle of Bennington. With this company you will find 
 enrolled, if I mistake not, many of the good citizens, then of Antrim, 
 who rendered memorable service in that glorious struggle one hundred 
 years ago. Now we may place ourselves in the various districts of the 
 town, among the early inhabitants. We shall find occasion to record 
 similar meritorious conduct, illustrating the deep, virtuous, moral princi- 
 ple which stamped the character of our ancestry. They have given to 
 their posterity splendid examples, worthy of imitation by this and future 
 generations. I regret exceedingly that I cannot be with you in person, 
 on this festive occasion, but my pressing engagements at Dartmouth 
 will not permit. I shall be with you in spirit, and I adopt Goldsmith's 
 language in remembrance of his own native city, — 
 
 " Where'er I roam, whatever realms I see, 
 My heart, untfaveled, fondly turns to thee." 
 
 With sentiments of great respect, 
 
 GEO. W. NESMITH. 
 
 POEM BY JAMES AIKEN, ESQ., OP LEWISBURG, PENN. 
 
 The following poem is from the pen of James Aiken, Esq., a 
 venerable man of Lewisburg, Penn., and relative of Dea. James 
 Aiken, the first permanent settler of Antrim : — 
 
 Ye men of Antrim, these rude lines 
 
 Are written by a friendly hand; 
 And my forefathers, like your own. 
 
 Helped to subdue your land. 
 
158 POEM BY JAMES AIKEN, ESQ. 
 
 And though my feet have never trod 
 New Hampshire's hills, so grand, so high, 
 
 Long, long your scenery sublime 
 Has charmed my mental eye. 
 
 ' Oh, call me brother! for my sires, 
 
 Like yours, were patriots, true and brave ; 
 
 They periled life, and all they had. 
 Our nation's life to save. 
 
 Our town, — one hundred years of age! 
 
 !N"ot one, now living, saw its birth. 
 Its history shows us change on change, 
 
 Like all the things of earth. 
 
 Change seems the universal law; 
 
 Suns, planets, systems, never rest; 
 But all, in silence, onward move, 
 
 Obeying God's behest. 
 
 Man's intellect and moral state 
 
 Must change, — for better or for worse : 
 
 The former be a blessing pure. 
 The latter be a curse! 
 
 Nations, communities, as well. 
 When not advancing, must recede; 
 
 And those that wiser, better grow, 
 Are largely blest indeed. 
 
 We cannot boast; but surely, we 
 Have light our fathers never saw; 
 
 And what, with them, was theory, 
 With us is fixed law. 
 
 Oh, had our moral growth kept pace 
 
 With intellectual advance, 
 Then duty's pathway we might see 
 
 At the first searching glance ! 
 
 Our noble ancestors were men 
 And women of high moral worth ; 
 
 And who can tell how fast, how far, 
 Their influence marks the earth ! 
 
 In a smooth lake a pebble drops ; ' 
 We see the waves approach the shore; 
 
 Even so, the influence of our deeds 
 Moves onward evermore. 
 
 Lord, make us worthy of our sires! 
 
 And oh, may our superior light 
 Show us the way to noble deeds, 
 
 Make coming ages bright! 
 
LETTER PROM STEPHEN G. ABBOTT. 159 
 
 LETTER FROM HON. W. B. DIN8M0RB, OP NEW YORK. 
 
 The following letter from Hon. W. B. Dinsmore, of New York, 
 was received in reply to the invitation extended to him to be 
 present at the centennial anniversary : — 
 
 Eev. W. R. Cochrane. 
 
 Dear Sir, — It would give me pleasure to accept your polite invitation 
 to be present at the centennial celebration of Antrim, on the 27th 
 instant, but my engagements are such as to prevent my enjoying the 
 good things to be seen and heard on that interesting occasion. I trust 
 there may be a delightful gathering of old and young, to listen to the 
 glowing accounts by the speakers of the energy, perseverance, industry, 
 and moral power of the first settlers of Antrim, in their trials, tribula- 
 tions, and sufferings to subdue the forests and provide homes for them- 
 selves and their offspring. New England thrift and pluck have made 
 their, mark wherever its people have wandered, and will continue, I hope, 
 to make their impress felt " while the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls 
 a wave." Regretting the necessity which keeps me at home,,! remain. 
 Tour most obedient servant, 
 
 W. B. DINSMORE. 
 
 LETTER PROM STEPHEN G. ABBOTT, OP NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 
 " The past of Antrim contrasted with the present." 
 
 Rev. Stephen G. Abbott, having been invited to respond, sent 
 the following letter from North Adams, Mass., where he was 
 preaching for a season : — 
 
 Rev. W. R. Cochrane. 
 
 My Dear Brother, — I very much regret my inability to accept your 
 kind invitation to be present at the approaching centennial anniversary 
 of the good old town of Antrim, and participate in the exercises of the 
 occasion. For thirty-eight years it has been the only spot on earth that 
 I could call by that peerless name, — home! 
 
 Most of the tender recollections of my childhood seem to have been 
 transported, with the family and household goods, when we became the 
 adopted children of your goodly town. "Whenever, in the wanderings of 
 my pilgrimage, my thoughts rove in search of a pleasant and a final 
 resting-place, they settle down in the ancestral homestead at Clinton, the 
 repository of all those memories, painful and joyous, which give to the 
 word home its indescribable and incomparable fascination. There I 
 passed the point of transition from irresponsible youth to the stern reali- 
 ties of life's mission. There I consecrated myself to the work of the gos- 
 pel ministry. From the little church now worshiping at South Antrim, 
 I received my license to preach. There was the scene of those early 
 struggles, weaving a variegated web of successes and failures, which form 
 the most marked and profitable period of every poor but ambitious 
 young man's experience. In the old mansion, or adjoining cottage, I 
 closed the eyes of father, mother, three sisters, a brother and a brother's 
 
160 RESPONSE OP COL. SILAS DINSMORE. 
 
 wile, dear to me as a sister, and of her brother, who had, for many years, 
 been to me what only a brother can be, and their precious dust lies in 
 your beautiful cemeteries, awaiting the voice of death's conqueror, call- 
 ing them forth to life and immortality. There was born my only son 
 and child, who has proved himself worthy a better father, and whose 
 filial devotion none but loving parents' hearts can appreciate. During 
 the vicissitudes of these years, I, with my family, learned, by grateful 
 experience, what great, warm, sympathetic hearts beat within the 
 bosoms of the sturdy yeomanry of your rough hills and verdant vales. 
 Nor can I ever forget the tender, self-denying, delicate attentions of the 
 revered Dr. Whiten and his devoted wife, during the sicknesses and 
 deaths in our family. It is no wonder that their pure example and 
 faithful instruction, for so many years, should be left upon the character 
 of the people. 
 
 Love Antrim! Why should I not.? With a home around which 
 gather such associations, in a State that has no peer in the nation, I 
 should be less than human if I did not love it ! It will be just forty 
 years, the third of July next, since I first entered the town, and, on the 
 following day, so cold that fires were kept iu all the houses, I aided in 
 raising the house that became my future home. I can realize the flight 
 of this long period of time, only when I note the changes it has wrought. 
 The old men and women of that time have all gone to their rest. The 
 middle-aged have become old. . The young are just passing, with me, 
 over life's summit. So the stream of life, like a great river, is flowing 
 steadily along, constantly emptying its treasures into the great ocean of 
 eternity. This thought must come up, most impressively, before you on 
 the day of your gathering, and, though -it may beget a feeling of sadness, 
 it will more tenderly link the past with the present, and so chasten your 
 festivities as to inspire sentiments in more delightful harmony with the 
 occasion. How varied will be the emotions awakened in the hearts of 
 the people, by memories that will come trooping from the past, and by 
 messages from the future which will respond to the prophetic imagina- 
 tion! And how sublime, as well as delightful, the thought, that He to 
 whom the past and the future are alike present, will preside' over you, and 
 harmonize all with His own grand purposes. 
 
 It is one of the very painful self-denials of my life, that I cannot be 
 with you in person, as I certainly shall be in spirit. Accept the sincere 
 expression of my heart in the following sentiment : Glorious old Antrim, 
 — in all her inhabitants, her institutions, and her interests, may the sec- 
 ond century of her history be to the first as the meridian sun to the 
 morning star! 
 
 Very truly your friend and brother, 
 
 STEPHEN G. ABBOTT. 
 
 RESPONSE OP COL. SILAS -DINSMORE. 
 " Military of Antrim." 
 
 Eesponded to, in writing, by Col. Silas Diusmore. 
 
 My first acquaintance with the military of Antrim was about the year 
 
RESPONSE OF COL. SILAS DINSMORB. 161 
 
 1810 or 1811. I remember going to a training, with my father, down to 
 Jacob Tuttle's store (the place where James Tuttle now lives). It was 
 the custom, in those days, to train at Tuttle's store and Christie's hotel, 
 alternately, where there was something to take ; not the poison of the 
 present day, but the pure article, — unadulterated New England rum. 
 At that training, Parker Morse was captain ; Daniel Mcllvaine, lieuten- 
 ant; and William Gregg, ensign. The next year Capt. Morse resigned, 
 and, Daniel Mcllvaine declining promotion, William .Gregg was chosen 
 captain; David McCalley, lieutenant; and Thomas Gregg, ensign. 
 
 To show the spirit of patriotism existing in Antrim at that time, I 
 will relate an incident that occurred during the war of 1812. The 
 Twenty-sixth Regiment was required to furnish a certain number of 
 men (1 do not remember how many) to go to Portsmouth to defend that 
 place against an expected raid of the British. David McClure, then in 
 command of the north company, received his orders during Sunday 
 service, after which he notified his company to meet at Christie's the 
 next day, either to volunteer or stand a draft. The company met 
 promptly, was paraded, and the object of meeting stated by the ofHcers, 
 who propose'd that the musicians march round the company, as it stood 
 in line, when those who wished to volunteer were to fall in after the 
 music. By the way, some, if not all, of the musicians wished to be con- 
 sidered as volunteers; among the number, Clark and Jesse Atwood, 
 drummers. When the word was given to march, the entire company 
 fell into line ; but, as there were not so many men wanted, most of them 
 were counted out, greatly to the disappointment of some. Among this 
 number were Thomas Duhlap and Ira Wallace, who went home with 
 heavy hearts On arriving at home they were informed that a draft had 
 been made in the town of Windsor, and, if my memory serves me right, 
 James Walker and Simeon Buck were the drafted men ; at any rate, 
 Thomas Dunlap and Ira Wallace went over to Windsor that same night 
 and agreed to take the places of the drafted men. Samuel McClure took 
 the place of a drafted man in Francestown. All that went from Antrim 
 to Portsmouth, at that time, returned safely, with the exception of Ira 
 Wallace, who died from sickness. I mention this circumstance to show 
 that the spirit of patriotism existing in 1776 was not extinguished at the 
 time of which I speak. With the same spirit, exhibited in 1861, you are 
 more familiar than I, since I was absent from the town. In the fore- 
 going remarks I have referred only to the north company, which was 
 No. 6 in the Twenty-sixth Eegiment. There was a company in the 
 south part of the town, with whose history I am not familiar. I think, 
 that, about the year 1817, the two companies were united, and made 
 choice of David McCalley, captain; John' McNeil, lieutenant; and Moody 
 Barker, ensign. Previous to this, a grenadier company had been formed, 
 by enlistments from the several infantry companies in the regiment. 
 As that company had been reduced in numbers, the infantry company 
 in Antrim being enlarged by the union of the two, permission was 
 granted to fill up the grenadier company by enlistments from this 
 infantry. Thistook place in 1822. The company was promptly filled, 
 procured a neV uniform, and, from that time until the active duty of the 
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162 POEM BY MRS. STEPHEN G. ABBOTT. 
 
 military was abolished by law, the grenadier company was second to 
 none in the regiment, in point of discipline and military drill. My first 
 experience in active military duty was in 1815, on the reception of the 
 news of peace with England. Col. McClure proposed to have a day of 
 rejoicing, and, accordingly, everybody was invited to meet at Christie's 
 for that purpose. The boys met and formed themselves into an artillery 
 company, making choice of Jesse Christie for captain, and Clark Hopkins 
 for lieutenant. I had the honor of being a private in that company. 
 We had a swivel for a field-piece. We marched to the meeting-house, 
 where Kev. Dr. Whiton stated the object of the gathering, and opened 
 the exercises with prayer. Daniel M-. Christie then read the declaration 
 of peace, and made an appropriate address, when the crowd formed iu 
 procession and marched to Christie's, where the remainder of the day 
 was snent in a general good time. I was then thirteen years of age, and 
 the law required boys to perform military duty at the age of sixteen. I 
 looked forward, with anxious anticipation, to the time when I should be 
 counted in; but, before I arrived at the age of sixteen, tlie law was 
 changed, making eighteen the legal age. This placed me in the back- 
 ground for two years; but these passed away and my name was placed 
 upon the roll. On the eighteenth of September, 1820, I mustered on 
 Cork plain, under Capt. Moody Barker (I was eighteen years old on that 
 very day). Under Capt. Barker, I performed all the duty required of a 
 private soldier for two years. In 1822 the grenadier company was re-or- 
 ganized, and I was one of the first to join. From this time I continued 
 to perform military duty for twenty-nine years, when it was no longer 
 required. Now, as old as I am, I should enjoy a day of recreation in 
 performing private duty in a well-drilled military company, better than 
 in any other way imaginable. 
 
 POEM BY MRS. STEPHEN G. ABBOTT. 
 
 The follrowing centennial poem, from the pen of Mrs. Stephen 
 G. Abbott, was omitted in the exercises of the day, with other 
 written communications, for lack of time : — 
 
 To-day a hundred rolling years 
 
 Complete their final round, 
 Since here our sires, in desert wild, 
 
 Their altars sought and found. 
 Through long and weary years of toil 
 
 Each struggled for a prize; 
 And now, whei'e stood the forest tall, 
 
 See happy homes arise. 
 
 From early morn till latest day 
 They toil, in want and pain, 
 
 Till they behold a rich reward 
 In fields of waving grain, 
 
RESPONSE OF DR. JAMES STICKNBY. 163 
 
 "Which soon the willing, winding streams 
 
 Impel the mills to grind. 
 And education's mills soon yield 
 
 The grain that feeds the mind. 
 
 And now the rough ascent is made 
 
 To tind a Mount Moriah, 
 Whereon to build a raeetiug-house 
 
 "Without a bell or spire. 
 A church was formed, and placed in care 
 
 Of good and wise divine, 
 "Who, if a wanderer left his fold, 
 
 Reversed him into line. 
 
 Through all the years the wheat and lares 
 
 Have both together grown, 
 And' side by side shall grow, till when 
 
 The Master claims his own. 
 Their names on monuments are graved 
 
 O'er many a mound of dust, 
 "Which, at the Father's mighty word. 
 
 Shall yield its hallowed trust. 
 
 Their honored names we still transmit 
 
 To our own children dear, 
 "Who to their sons shall bear them down, — 
 
 Untarnished, bright, and clear. 
 Throughout full many a hundred years, 
 
 In long and bright array. 
 May all, with glory, gild the roll 
 
 On each centennial day! 
 
 RESPONSE OP DR. JAMES STICKNEY, OP PEPPERELL, MASS. 
 " The physicians of Antrim." 
 
 Mb. President, Ladies and Gentlemen or my ISTatiye Town, — 
 "Would that some one more competent than myself had been called upon 
 to respond to the sentiment just offered; yet, unused as I am to public 
 speaking, the inspiration of the occasion prompts me to give, in a few 
 words some of the leading points in the character, and the circumstances 
 under which the early physicians labored. 
 
 I regret that I am unable to give a memorial of the physicians of the 
 town prior to 1807, when my father. Dr. Jeremiah Stickney, commenced 
 the practice of medicine here, as successor of Dr. Nathan "W. Cleaves, 
 who died a short time previous. 
 
 Contemporaneously with Dr. Slickney, Dr. Charles Adams established 
 himself at the Center of the town, from whence he soon removed to the 
 South Village, remaining there nine years. He had several children 
 born here, among whom is Hon. Charles Adams, Jr., now of Boston, who 
 
164 RESPONSE OP ISAAC BALDWIN. 
 
 has filled, with honor to himself, many important oflSces in the State, his 
 father having removed to Oakham, Mass., in 1816. At that time, when 
 the inhabitants were few and scattered, with roads almost impassable 
 except on horseback, with drifting snows in winter, without the comfort- 
 able protection which we of the present generation so much require, the 
 country doctor displayed as much heroism in his profession as is exhib- 
 ited in any calling whatsoever. 
 
 Physicians were settled at wide distances from one another, and con- 
 sultations, ip cases of emergency, were attended with much delay; conse- 
 quently, each was often thrown upon his own resources: yet I venture to 
 say that crises were met with as great promptitude and skill by them as 
 by the average physician of to-day. Of Dr. Jeremiah Stickney, who 
 was located at the North Branch, and in continuous practice for more 
 than half a century, — may I not be permitted to say ? were mine the 
 conviction that duties to the sick well performed, hardships manfully 
 endured, sacrifices unflinchingly made for those he loved and labored 
 for; were mine the conviction that such qualities were possessed by 
 myself as I know they were by him, — I would ask no higher cordmemo- 
 ration. 
 
 My recollections of Dr. Israel Burnham, who was settled at the south 
 part of the town, are, that he was a gentlemanly and quiet man, kind and 
 conciliatory in his deportment toward others, attentive to his profession, 
 and that he held the confidence of those who required his presence in the 
 sick-room. 
 
 To those who have practiced medicine in town since 1840, when I left 
 it, to return only at long intervals, and whose acquaintance I have not 
 the privilege of possessing, I would only offer this sentiment : When 
 their mission has been fulfilled, may they deserve and receive a eulogium 
 as worthy, as their predecessors ! 
 
 RESPONSE OP ISAAC" BALDWIN, OP CLINTON, IOWA. 
 "Hardihood and toil of tlie fathers and mothers of Antrim." 
 
 Me. Chairman, — "We are met to commemorate, in an appropriate 
 ,manner, an event of which there are no living witnesses; and it well 
 becomes those who have always been at home in these seats, living in 
 sight of these hills and yonder mountains, as well as those whose tardy 
 steps have brought them hither after long absence, while reviewing these 
 scenes, to renew the traditions of, and to recall from the vanishing past 
 whatever gave character to, those who, through toil and trouble, laid the 
 foundations and erected thereon the institution which we honor and cel- 
 ebrate as the town. 
 
 In response to the sentiment uttered, we are not called upon to demon- 
 strate the fact that the founders of this institution, the builders of this 
 home seat of civilization, were possessed, in large measure, of the genu- 
 ine hardihood that springs from trial and culture, nor to prove that they 
 did toil right faithfully to establish this heritage. If this were our 
 theme, it would be enough to say, that they were descended, without 
 corruption, from the Scotch-Irish stock of North Ireland, Presbyterians 
 
RESPONSE OP COL. SAMUEL I. VOSB. 165 
 
 in faith, of the old school at- that, case-hardened by the tires of bigotry 
 and the waters of affliction, well versed in the history and traditions of 
 their church and people, who knew, by practice, what virtue there is in 
 continuance, and from whom they inherited, not wealth, nor favor of 
 kings, nor liberal franchise, hut a love of liberty, and the will to main- 
 tain it ! No hot-house plants were they who made this heritage. 
 
 If we consider the time in the history of our country during which 
 the fathers and mothers of Antrim took unto themselves a corporate ' 
 name and set out to obtain a charter and other conveniences, we find 
 nothing auspicious, no exhibition of effeminacy, nor any softening influ- 
 ence upon such a people. In the disastrous campaign of 1777, the hard- 
 ships of Valley Forge, with the capital of the nation in possession of a 
 victorious enemy, — the cause of King George was not the cause of the 
 people here. Here were none to yield to his exactions or submit to his 
 dictation ; and the record does not vimpeach the truth of the assertion, 
 that those who went hence to maintain their cause were animated by 
 that true courage, that genuine hardihood, which does ,'iverything for the 
 right, and were imbued with wisdom to direct. 
 
 If we consider what nature had done for the fathers and mothers of 
 Antrim, when Providence cast their lot among these hills and valleys, 
 we perceive that she had not been lavish in the bestowal of ways and 
 means for the advancement of civilization. Bej'ond a pure air, pure 
 waters, and a not unhealthy climate, she showed them no special favors. 
 No deep bays, embosomed in gently nestling hills clothed with verdure ; 
 no majestic streams, natural highways for the world's commerce; no land 
 of voluptuous undulations, so willing to yield all that a proper appetite 
 might crave ; no bread-fruit hung overhead mid leafy shade, making 
 sufficient food and shelter ; no land of sensual delights, — but everything 
 grave, serious, and solemn, created to be the domain of intelligence. A 
 rugged soil, a rigorous climate, the parent stock, the discipline of the 
 church, and the hardships of war, fore-ordained the fathers and mothers 
 of Antrim to be a hardy race, inured to toil. 
 
 They had been trained to believe, and they so taught, that work was 
 a divine institution, and, in faith, to trace the wisdom of God in so 
 ordering. The intimate relation of works and faith was a favorite theme 
 of both preachers and people, and this the lesson taught : "You need 
 expect nothing but by labor."' 
 
 RESPONSE OF COL. SAMUEL I. VOSE. 
 " Antrim/ forty years ago." 
 
 Mb. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen, — It is a source of satis- 
 faction and real pleasure to me to meet so many of my old acquaintances 
 and friends here to-day. And, as I look upon their smiling faces, my 
 mind reverts to the' time when the cares, perplexities, and struggles of 
 life were unknown to many of us. And it must be gratifying indeed to 
 the people of Antrim to meet so many of the sons and daughters of the 
 good old town, who have come from the East and the West, the North 
 
166 RESPONSE OP COL. SAMUEL I. VOSE. 
 
 and the South, to congratulate each other and participate in the exer- 
 cises of the occasion. 
 
 I have looked forward to this day, for the past few years, anticipating 
 that it would be one of the most enjoyable holidays of my life. And 
 should 1 say my expectations were not fully realized, so far as human 
 effort could accomplish that result, I should speak an untruth; and 
 should I say that my cup of happiness was full, I should commit a simi- 
 lar error ; for there will probably be but few days in our whole lives in 
 which we shall experience more sad and pleasant thoughts intermingled, 
 than on this, our centennial day. 
 
 While this day, so long anticipated, is made a season of rejoicing and 
 festivity, it of necessity calls upon us to review, with more or less of sat 
 isfaction, the record of the past. 
 
 And now, let our minds revert to forty years ago, as the events of one 
 hundred years ago must be learned from history alone. 
 
 Mr. President, when I look over this vast assemblage of human forms 
 and faces, and strjlin my eyes to select therefrom those of father, mother, 
 btother, sister, neighbor, and townsman, that we were wont to see on 
 this sacred spot forty years ago, how sad to realize that we find so few ! 
 And shall we ask why it is so? Yes : and yon marble-dotted inclosure 
 sends- back the answer. 
 
 But let us not dwell on things so sad, but take a glance at the manu- 
 facturing interests of the town, as they were forty years ago. Then, our 
 friend Thomas Poor manufactured the coramon kinds of leather ; also 
 the patent or morocco leather, which, I think, was about the first of this 
 kind manufactured in New England ; he also did quite a lumber busi- 
 ness, gathering in the pines from the east part of the town and from the 
 Society Land. Then there was one other saw-mill at the South Village, 
 which, I think, comprised all the manufacturing at that place. At Clin- 
 ton Village we find the manufacture of cotton yarn, by Dea. Imla Wright, 
 who was one of the pioneers of cotton manufacturing in N"ew Hamp- 
 shire, which was then jealously looked upon as being rather a dangerous 
 business for the best interest of the town, as in those days each house- 
 hold was a rival manufactory on a small scale. Ifext we come to North 
 Branch, where we find the quite extensive tannery of Dea. William 
 Little, who, I think, also manufactured the first boots and shoes in town, 
 except those made at home by men who went from house to house, 
 which was called in those days " whipping the cat." There was also one 
 saw-mill at North Branch, and the wool-carding and cloth-dressing mill 
 of Franklin Reed. 
 
 This, I believe, comprised pretty nearly all the manufacturing by 
 power in the town forty years ago. But it must be remembered, that, 
 in those days, almost every house in town was a manufactory in itself, — 
 where woolen, cotton, and linen cloth was spun and wove, and, after 
 being sent to the mill of Franklin Reed, where it was colored, fulled, and 
 dressed, was made up at home, generally by some maiden lady of doubt- 
 ful age, who would rig out the boys and girls for the winter schools; the 
 boys in striped frocking, and the girls in their neat, checked, home-made 
 gowns, — that is what they called them forty years ago, — cut to fall 
 
RESPONSE OP COL. SAMUEL I. VOSE. 167 
 
 closely about their limbs. But stop! Methinks I hear some young 
 lady exclaim, " Oh, my! how they would look!" But let me tell you, 
 young ladies, those plain dresses were not without their attractions. I 
 have known a young man to ask permission to follow one of them to the 
 wearer's home from a spelling-school a mile and a half distant, tread- 
 ing the middle ridge of a new snow-made country road all the way; 
 and that, I think, is about as well as the young men will do by you 
 to-day. 
 
 But, Mr. President, I fear that you will think I am wandering from 
 the subject; and would it be strange, when one's mind becomes fixed on 
 moving manufactured dry goods ? 
 
 Have I spoken of the schools ? I think I have alluded to them some- 
 where ; but I wish 'to speak of them more explicitly, for fear that some of 
 you might think that I have never known what a school was. "Well do 
 I remember the old school-house west of the pond. There is where I 
 graduated, after attending seven terms of seven to eight weeks each, 
 under the tutorship of B. P. "Wallace, Mary Duncan, Rachel Pletcher, 
 and Annie Fisk. And nobly did .they, perform their task, considering 
 the material they had to work with. But oh, such a job to get ready to 
 go to school in those days ! "We had to hunt up, after haying laid away 
 for nine or ten months, " Peter Parley's Geography," " Colburn's Arith- 
 metic," " "Webster's Spelling-Book," " Easy Lessons in Beading," and 
 the old " English Reader." Grammar I need not speak of, for you will 
 readily see that it had not come into use in our district at that time, and 
 did not in my whole course. "With the addition of an earthen or free- 
 stone inkstand, containing a little cotton saturated with ink, and a 
 wooden stopper ; two or three undutched goose-quills freshly plucked 
 from the old gray goose ; ay, and one thing more, which I had almost 
 forgotten to mention, the leaden plumniet, which required so much skill 
 to mold, and, when finished, was a remarkable cross between a toma- 
 hawk and a shingling hatchet, — thus equipped, we were ready for a full 
 term of school, forty years ago. 
 
 But enough ! I know that I have already trespassed too far upon 
 your valuable time. But, in conclusion, I find that these social reunions 
 serve to revive old and pleasant associations and friendships, partially 
 obscured by the corroding hand of time. True, some of us have come 
 here, with our heads bleached by the frosts of many winters, to find no 
 near relative to welcome us. Yet it is our privilege to turn aside to 
 yonder graveyard, and there to linger in silent sadness by the tombs of 
 our dearly remembered but departed friends. 
 
 But adieu to melancholy musings on the past. The cheering and rosy 
 coloring of the present and the future now demands our attention. And 
 when from this visit to our native town we have returned to our respect- 
 ive homes and various duties and avocations, the memory of this occa- 
 sion will always be fraught with pleasure. It will cause our hearts to 
 overflow with gratitude to God for these sacred privileges, and fill our 
 minds with an enduring fragrance. 
 
168 RESPONSE OP DBA. A. H. DUNLAP. 
 
 RESPONSE OP DEA. A. H. DUNLAP, OP NASHUA. 
 " Men and -womeii of 1777 who laid the foundation of the church in Antrim." 
 
 Ladies and Gentlemen of mt Native Town, — It is with the 
 greatest pleasure that I meet you on this deeply interesting occasion. 
 After the lapse of many years since I turned my face from the home of 
 my boyhood to seek my fortune elsewhere, I am allowed by a kind Prov- 
 idence to meet you again, to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of 
 the incorporation of this good old town of ours. 
 
 I thank you, fellow-citizens, that you have entertained and matured 
 the idea of celebrating this event; and that you have called back the 
 wandering sons and daughters of the old town to participate with you in 
 the pleasures of this occasion. And I thank you again, that, instead of 
 confining yourselves to the exact day of the year named in the act of 
 incorporation, you have rather chosen this beautiful day, in this beau- 
 tiful month of June, for us to meet you and turn our thoughts bs^ckward 
 for a little while, as we review some of the more important events of 
 the century that has just closed. 
 
 You have invited us to meet you at the old Center Church, nndei the 
 shadow of whose dome we are now assembled. Here our fathers and 
 mothers used to worship, and here we, in our childhood, learned to love 
 and venerate the house of God. 
 
 This is indeed to me one of the most thrillingly interesting spots in all 
 the world, and I can assure you that those of us who have come back to 
 the old homestead could not have felt at home in any other place, on an- 
 occasion like this. Once more I have the pleasure of looking out upon 
 these grand old mountains, and these beautiful green fields and forests, 
 as I did in my early days. ' Every hill and valley and brook presents 
 the face of an old friend ; and their image is so indelibly stamped upon 
 my memory, that no time or change of condition can ever efface them. 
 These have not changed ; but all else, how changed ! To-day we stand 
 around the graves of more than four generations of men and women that 
 have passed away since Philip Riley struck the first blow towards the 
 first settlement of the town, in 1744. 
 
 In yonder cemetery, silently and peacefully reposes the sacred dust of 
 my father and mother, and many of my kindred and best friends. To 
 that sacred shrine my thoughts go out instinctively; and as I hold com- 
 munion with their departed spirits, and call to mind their many virtues, 
 and the deep interest they ever took in my welfare, the tear of affection 
 rises unbidden, while I bow in sorrow over their green graves. 
 
 Our greeting here to-day has been most cordial and satisfactory. We 
 recognize, among those assembled, many of our dear old friends and 
 acquaintances, who were school-fellows with us when we were a little 
 younger than we are now. But a shade of sadness comes over us as 
 we call to mind other dear ones who have fallen by the way since we last 
 met. In vain we search for them among the living ; their names are 
 only found on the long catalogue of the dead. 
 
 But, Mr. President, I must not longer indulge in this strain of reflec- 
 tion, for you have invited me to speak of the " Men and women of 1777 
 who laid the foundation of the church of Antrim." 
 
RESPONSE OP DEA. A. H. DUNLAP. 169 
 
 In assigning this task to me, I fear you have made a mistake, for I 
 must frankly admit that I am not equal to it. To dp this subject justice, 
 involves substantially a history of the town for several years from its 
 first settlement. This you do not expect me to give, and I vcill not 
 attempt it to any considerable extent. 
 
 This town, as is well known, was settled to a large extent by Scotch- 
 Irish Presbyterians, whose ancestors emigrated from the county of Lon- 
 donderry, in the north of Ireland, and landed in Boston in 1718. Subse- 
 quently, a portion of this colony selected a tract of country in this State 
 and gave it the name of Londonderry, in honor of the county from which 
 they had emigrated. From this colony most of the early settlers of An- 
 trim had their origin. 
 
 The first man who began a settlement in this town was Philip Riley, 
 who located himself on the farm now owned by Reed P. Whittemore, 
 Esq., in the northeast part of the town, in 1744. Two years subsequent 
 to this date, a sudden attack upon a garrison-house in Hopldnton, and the 
 capture of its inmates, by the Indians, spread alarm through the neigh- 
 boring settlements, and caused Kiley to flee into Massachusetts, where 
 he remained for fifteen years. During this time Antrim was without a 
 white inhabitant, and it was not until Aug. 12, 1767, that James Aiken 
 located himself with his family, consisting of his wife and four children, 
 at what is now the South Village. Mr. Aiken was a pious. Christian man, 
 and subsequently became one of the most prominent and useful men in 
 town. He was chosen one of the first deacons of the Presbyterian church, 
 at its formation, in the year 1788, and con,tinued in oflSce until his decease 
 in 1819. He was a man of great energy and tenacity of purpose, and 
 his humble cabin was always a safe and welcome retreat for those who 
 sought its shelter, and its generous hospitality was freely extended to all 
 those early settlers who needed his assistance. 
 
 In the person of Dea. Aiken and wife, wte find the first germ of the 
 church in Antrim ; and to them more than to any other two individuals, 
 probably, belongs the honor of having laid its foundation, and secured its 
 future prosperity. 
 
 After a residence of four long years in his wilderness home, Mr. Aiken 
 had the unspeakable pleasure of receiving a neighbor' in the person of 
 William Smith, who came from Londonderry and settled near him in 
 1771. Mr. Smith was a good, Christian man, and there very soon sprung 
 up between these two men a strong mutual attachment, and the confi- 
 dence that each' reposed in the other was very remarkable, and continued 
 through life. 
 
 In 1772, Randall Alexander, John Gordon, and Maurice Lynch began 
 settlements at the North Branch, and in 1773 Dea. John Duncan moved 
 his family here from Londonderry, making the seventh in town. The 
 cart that brought his goods was the first one that ever entered the place, 
 and was driven by the Hon. John Bell, the father of two distinguished 
 governors of New Hampshire. 
 
170 RESPONSE OP DBA. A. H. DUNLAP. 
 
 In 1774, Dea. Daniel Nichols, Dea. Joseph Boyd, James Duncan, 
 Daniel McParland, and James Dickey settled in the southeast part of 
 the town. 
 
 In 1775 the settlement of the town was further increased by Alexander 
 Jameson, Matthew Templeton, Eichard McAllister, Thomas Stewart^ and 
 John McClary; and in 1778, by Dea. Jonathan and Dea. James Nes- 
 mith, Daniel Miltimore, and Dea. James Carr; and also in 1784 and 1786, 
 by James. Hopkins, Adam and Thomas Dunlap, and Dea. Sutheric Wes- 
 ton. I have thus given by name most of the families who were residents 
 of the town at this time, and I find these same names, with others, 
 amounting to about sixty in all, on the roll that constituted the Presby- 
 terian church in Antrim, as it was organized in 1788. Most of these 
 men and women were descendants of .those who settled Londonderry, 
 and kept up their church connection with that people, and would make, 
 long journeys with their children to be with them at their regular com- 
 munion seasons. 
 
 Being desirous of organizing themselves into a church, Isaac Cochran 
 was chosen an agent by the town to apply to the presbytery of London- 
 derry to authorize a minister to visit Antrim for that purpose. Eev. 
 "William Morrison, of Londonderry, was delegated for that service, and 
 on the third day of August, 1788, the Presbyterian church was organized, 
 and a board of elders elected, consisting of Deacons James Aiken, Isaac 
 Cochran, and Jonathan Nesmith. On the twenty-fourth day of the same 
 month, Mr. Morrison came a second time, and administered the sacrament 
 of the Lord's supper for the first time in Antrim. 
 
 The first sermon tha.t was ever j)reached in this town of which we 
 have any record was delivered by Eev. Mr. Davidson of Londonderry, in 
 Dea. Aiken's barn, in September, 1775. 
 
 For several years subsequent, the people here were able, only occa- 
 sionally, to have preaching on the Sabbath, and that was usually fur- 
 nished as a free-will ofi'eriug by the ministers of the churches in the 
 neighboring towns. To these neighboring churches, not unfrequently 
 would the pious. Christian parents take their offspring, to have conferred 
 upon them the sacred seal of the everlasting covenant. 
 
 Up to this time, 1784, the people of this town had no public place in 
 which to worship God on the Sabbath, or to transact the ordinary busi- 
 ness of the town. It is a singular fact that most of the business relating 
 to the church was transacted in open town meeting, for the reason that 
 most of the adult male population of the town were members of the 
 church. 
 
 The center of the town having been previously determined by a sur- 
 vey that had been ordered for that purpose, the people resolutely set 
 themselves to work to build a meeting-house, — a lot of land having been 
 donated for that purpose by Mr. Samuel Gregg. The lot selected, near 
 the center of the town, was a commanding eminence, " beautiful for sit- 
 uation,'' and overlooking one of the finest views to be found in southern 
 New Hampshire. Such was the enthusiasm manifested by our pious 
 ancestors in this noble work, that, in twenty days from the time the first 
 blow was struck, the timber was cut down in the forest and hewed, and 
 
RESPONSE OP DEA. A. H. DUNLAP. 171 
 
 the other material got ready, and, ou the twenty-eighth day of June, 1785, 
 the first meeting-house in Antrim was erected, — Col. William Gregg, of 
 Londonderry, being master-workman.. So overjoyed were the people at 
 the idea of having a house of worship of their own, that, on the very 
 next Sabbath after its erection, they gathered themselves together inside 
 its uncovered walls, beneath the rays of a summer sun, and poured out 
 their hearts to God in grateful acknowledgment for his goodness and 
 mercy in giving them the means to go thus far towards completing a 
 house to the honor of his name. For forty years our fathers " worshiped 
 in this mountain," and to this hallowed spot they came from the most 
 distant parts of the town, in summer and in winter, in sunshine and in 
 storm, bringing with them all the pious characteristics that distin- 
 guished the ancient people of God, as they wound their way up this, the 
 " Mount Zion " of their love. 
 
 These were the men and women who laid the foundations of the 
 church in Antrim, and most nobly did they do their work. They knew 
 what it was to be poor. They knew what it was to labor and to wait. 
 They put their trust in God, and most devoutly did they rely upon his 
 promises. A scoffing and gainsaying world may point the finger of 
 scorn at the church, if it will, deride its members, and criticise their 
 faults; but a scofiing world has yet to produce something that is better. 
 
 What would Antrim have been-without a church? We cannot tell; 
 but we have reason to believe that it would not have been what we find it 
 to-day. Antrim without a church, we think, would have risen but little 
 above the howling wilderness that Passaeonaway saw, when he roamed, 
 unobstructed, through its pleasant valleys, and up and down its beautiful 
 streams. We owe a debt of gratitude to this noble band of Christian 
 men and women, who, through patience and tribulation, laid the founda- 
 tions of the church, and built upon it a superstructure that we are proud 
 to own as a part of our inheritance; and it well becomes us, their sons 
 and daughters, here to-day, to rise up and call them blessed. 
 
 It is a matter of special interest to me, as I survey the early history 
 of this town, that I can remember, and was well acquainted with, most 
 of the men and women who were the early actors in the scenes that we 
 now contemplate. They were old people then, just passing from the 
 stage of active life. But I, knew them well. They were men of sterling 
 integrity and of undoubted piet3''. They were devotedly attached to the 
 ordinances and institutions of the church and of the Sabbath, and would 
 make great sacrifices for their support. 
 
 This brief sketch of the founders of the church in this place would be 
 imperfect if 1 should neglect to speak of the labors and the excellencies 
 of its second pastor, the Rev. John Milton Whiton, D. D. Although he 
 was not among the first settlers of the town, and was not present at the 
 organization of the church, still he was so well known to the early set- 
 tlers and so intimately connected with everything that related to their 
 history and prosperity, that he can, with propriety, be regarded as their 
 spiritual father. He came here a young man, direct from college, and 
 God seemed to have exactly adapted him to this field of labor; and the 
 
172 RESPONSE OP DEA. A. H. DUNLAP. 
 
 fidelity with which he cultivated it showed how well he was fitted for the 
 work that was put upon him. His sound discussion, fervent piety, and 
 affahle manners soon won the love of his people, and for forty-five 
 years he retained their undivided confidence, afiection, and support. 
 
 Those of us who were children fifty years ago, will remember the 
 deep interest he took in the public schools. Without being authorized 
 by law, or requested by the oflacers of the town to do so, he rarely 
 allowed a'term of school to end without being present at its closing exer- 
 cises, with ,no hope or expectation of receiving any pecuniary .reward. 
 Like a good shepherd, he was keenly alive for the welfare of the lambs of 
 his flpck, and this was shown' by the deep interest he took in their 
 studies. The questions he would ask, in reference to the diiferent 
 branches they had been pursuing, were well calculated to bring to the 
 surface what they had learned. And at the close of the school, the part- 
 ing advice, solemn warning, and fervent prayer of this good man made a 
 deep and lasting impression on the minds of the children. 
 
 Mr. Whiton had the rare good fortune of having for a wife a lady who 
 was almost an exact counterpart of himself,, in reference to all those 
 qualities that are lovely and of good report. She was intelligent and 
 refined, modest and retiring in her manners. Her amiable and loving 
 disposition attracted people towards her. She was the acknowledged 
 head of every good work among the ladies of the parish, and she did very 
 much, in her quiet way, towards staying up the hands of her husband, 
 and making him the honored instrument, in the hands of God, of con- 
 ferring great blessings upon this people. 
 
 It was my good fortune, for a little while in my early boyhood, to be a 
 member of this Christian household. I saw something of the beauties 
 of its inside working. 
 
 I remember the kind consideration that always characterized their 
 intercourse with those who were in their employ ; and I have long since 
 come to the conclusion, that no one can be a member of such a family 
 without receiving a blessing. Standing here to-day, Mr. President, I 
 can seem to see this devoted pair, as they appeared many years ago, 
 approaching the house of God at the call of the Sabbath bell, bowing 
 gracefully and greeting with a pleasant smile, as they recognized famihar ' 
 friends who were standing about the door. 
 
 And now, in conclusion, let me say, that it is hardly possible to over- 
 estimate the good infiuences that proceed from such a man as Be v. Dr. 
 Whiton. His life and labors have been stamped upon the people of this 
 town and their institutions. If he did not plant the church, he watered 
 it with the best dews of divine grace. He watched over it in its infancy, 
 and supported it in its manhood. He gave to it a name and a reputation 
 that it is not possible for a short pastorate to impart to any people. 
 Since he passed away other able and worthy men have labored here, but 
 none more worthy than the young man who now ministers at this altar, 
 wearing, so gracefully and meekly, the mantle that fell from this eminent 
 divine. 
 
CLOSING EXERCISES. 173 
 
 CLOSING EXERCISES. , 
 
 At a little past four o'clock, p. m., a procession was formed, 
 nearly in the order of the morning, and about twelve hundred, 
 stirred by inspiring music from the two bands, marched up to 
 the " Old Parade Ground," or " Old Common, " on Meeting- 
 House Hill. No such procession ever marched there before. 
 It was like a pilgrimage to the fathers' graves. The clear and 
 beautiful day was drawing to its close. The distant prospect, 
 strangely sweet, the present scene, so tender and suggestive, con- 
 spired to make that the grandest hour of the day. The speakers 
 occupied the spot where the first meeting-house stood, while the 
 company covered the old common and thronged the ancient cem- 
 etery in the rear. A statement of past associations that hallowed 
 the spot, bringing up the scenes of other days, was then made 
 by Rev. W R. Cochrane. Prayer was offered by Rev. Harry 
 Brickett, of Hillsborough Bridge, after which a " Dirge over the 
 Old Century," by the New Boston Band, plaintive and touching, 
 swelled on the air, while the large audience listened with 
 thoughtful faces and bowed heads. 
 
 Very happy and able remarks were made by Rev. William 
 Clark; D. D. Then a hymn, written for the occasion, as printed 
 in the programme, was sung to the tune of " Aul'd Lang Syne " ; 
 and the long procession returned, under the same escort, to the 
 church, where the service of the day commenced, from the steps 
 of which at setting sun, by request of the president. Rev. W. R. 
 Cochrane spoke some closing words, and called upon Rev. J. 
 M. Whiton, Ph. D., of Easthampton, Mass., to pronounce the 
 benediction. 
 
 Thus ended a day which will long be kept in remembrance by 
 the sons and daughters of Antrim. It was every way a success. 
 No intoxicating drink was on the ground, — no drunkenness, — 
 no noise, — no fighting, — no accident. No loss was suffered by 
 any person. The Antrim Cadets, under Capt. S. R. Robinson, 
 did the escort duty of the. day, with honor to themselves and, the 
 town. The police arrangements, care of grounds, and distribu- 
 tion of dinner, were in charge of George A. Cochran, Esq., who 
 managed them with great coolness and wisdom. The cost to 
 the town, in addition to all contributed food and labor, was 
 1661.25. 
 
 The following was said of the Antrim centennial by one every 
 way qualified to know and speak : — 
 
174 NEWSPAPER COMMENTS. 
 
 I was not prepared for the high-toned entertainment you gave us. 
 I think it was the best-arranged celebration I ever saw, and reflected 
 credit upon the executive ability of its managers. None need be ashamed 
 of their ancestry who looked upon that stalwart company in their native 
 town. I, at least, never' looked upon a better-looking or a better-behaved 
 crowd. While memory does its office, I shall never cease to be thankful 
 for having been present ! 
 
 NEWSPAPER COMMENTS. 
 
 The following notice of the celebration appeared in the 
 " Nashua Telegraph " of June 28, 1877, and is given as a sample 
 of the newspaper comments, — all of wliich were exceedingly 
 favorable and pleasing. It should be added, that the oldest An- 
 trimite present was Chandler B. Boutwell, Esq., aged ninety-one, 
 while a dozen of eighty and upwards stood upon the ground. 
 
 The one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the' town of 
 Antrim — the original settlers of which were representative men and 
 women from the Scotch-Irish families of Londonderry — occurred on 
 Wednesday. It was a gala day for the old and young of village and farm; 
 for the multitude of her visiting sons and daughters ; for the people who 
 were present from the- neighboring towns ; for the " strangers within 
 their gates." The weather was perfect; the highways in the best possible 
 condition for travel, and the mountains and valleys — hills, dales, and 
 streams — in their finest robes. In fact, everything imaginable contrib- 
 uted to make the day memorable and of historic pride to the children and 
 children's children of those who participated, to the latest generation. 
 
 The decorations were general, and in many cases very beautiful. There 
 was hardly a dwelling-house or other occupied or unoccupied building 
 that did not display the American flag, while in many.instances evergreen 
 streamers and floral devices were conspicuous over doors and win- 
 dows, on trellises and convenient places. Among those who made fine 
 displays were the'foUowing : S. A. Peaslee, on the site of the first 
 house — a log cabin — built in the town, the Carter House, John B. 
 Woodbury, Bennett Buckminster, Mrs. Anna Woodbury, Mrs. Mary 
 Woodbury, N. W. C. Jameson, Melvin Poor, John M. Duncan, D. H. 
 Goodell, E. D. and L. W. Putney, the Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyte- 
 rian churches, the town-house, — over the door of which, in large letters, 
 was the word " Welcome," — the armory, high-school building, stores, 
 shops, and innumerable dwellings in the three villages and environs. 
 
 It is estimated that the gathering numbered between twenty-five hun- 
 dred and three thousand people, and that fully five hundred turnouts 
 were made fast in this vicinity. Among those from Nashua who were on 
 their native heath, were Major A. H. Dunlap, Mrs. Charles Williams, Mr. 
 John J. Whittemore, Mrs. B. F. Kendrick, Mrs. Charles E. McClary, 
 Mr. Silas Brackett, Mr. James Steele, Mr. Anson Swett, Mrs. Horace 
 Gillis, and others. Among the Nashuans who are natives and were not 
 present are Mrs. E. S. Russell, Messrs. Alzathan Barker, Alvin Brown, 
 
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS. 175 
 
 John M. Hopkins, and others. There were also present sons and daugh- 
 ters of Antrim from far and near. Among the number, Dr. Gilman Kimball 
 of Lowell, whose mother was the first person horn in the town ; C. E. Car- 
 ter and G. P. Dadmun of Lowell, Dr. James Stickney of Pepperell, Hon. 
 Charles Adams, Jr., of Boston, Dr. Whittemore of Boston, and Col. S. I. 
 Yose of Peterborough. Among the guests were Hon. David Gillis, Hon. 
 Charles Williams, George A. Kamsdell, Esq., Mr. John A. Spalding, 
 Charles R. McClary,Hon. Albert McKean, Mr. Horace Gillis, and B. F. 
 Kendrick, Esq., of Nashua. 
 
 At an early hour a procession was formed on the Branch road in the 
 following order : — 
 
 Chief marshal, M. B. Mcllvaine. 
 Aids, — Col. S. I. Vose, of Peterborough, and Col. Silas Dinsmore, of 
 
 Stoddard. 
 
 New Boston Brass Band. 
 
 Granite State Cadets, — forty men. 
 
 Waverly Lodge, I. O. of 0. P. 
 
 The president of the day, Col. Reed "P. Whittemore, orator, poet, 
 
 speakers, invited guests, clergymen, town officers, 
 
 and others in carriages. 
 
 The procession, which was very creditable for a country place, pro- 
 ceeded to the church at the Center of the town, where the president of 
 the day made ^n address of welcome, which was followed by exercises as 
 follows : Invocation of divine blessing by the Rev. James Whiton, 
 reading of the Scriptures by the Rev. William Clark, select singing by 
 the choir, prayer by the Rev. Mr. Clark, reading of the town charter by 
 C. B. Dodge, Esq., music by the band. The oration was then delivered 
 by Prof. James E. Vose, of Ashburnham, Mass. 
 
 Pollowing the address, H. D. Chapin, Esq., read a poem which was 
 written for the occasion by Prof. J. W. Barker, of Buffalo, N. Y., formerly 
 of the town. These exercises were concluded shortly after twelve o'clock, 
 and an hour was spent in social intercourse upon the green, in listening 
 to the music of the band, in partaking of an excellent collation hospita- 
 bly served by the people of the place, and such other recreation and 
 pleasures as the meeting of such a large number of old friends suggests. 
 
 Then, after very favorable comment on the various responses 
 of the afternoon, the " Telegraph " speaks thus of the closing 
 exercises of the day : — 
 
 The procession of the morning was ^e-fbrmed, when it proceeded to 
 Meeting-House Hill, where the Rev. W. R. Cochrane made an historic 
 statement, a dirge over " Old Century " was performed, and a hymn sung 
 to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne." The closing words were spoken by 
 the president, and thus was ended a celebration which did honor to the 
 people and adds to the good name of one of the most thrifty and honored 
 old towns in New England. 
 
176 FIRST SERMON IN ANTRIM. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 ITEMS OP ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 
 
 Up to the year 1836 the town and the church were -united, the 
 town in public meeting calling the minister, and paying him out 
 of the town treasury, like any other town officer. The first 
 town warrant that was ever posted in Antrim had in it an article 
 " To See What Money they Will Rease to Get preaching." It 
 is not known how much they " Reased," but it is certain that 
 they had several Sabbaths of preaching in that year. As to the 
 first known preaching in Antrim, I quote from my memorial 
 sermon, Nov. 5, 1876 : — 
 
 For many years there was no religious meeting of any kind in town. 
 Probably there was not even a prayer-meeting for thirty years after 
 Eiley began in 1744. The lirst sermon in Antrim was preached in Sep- 
 tember, 1775, in Dea. Aiken's barn, which stood about half-way between 
 the old Aiken house and the barn now Mr. Gove's. May be some future 
 generation will erect a monument there, marking it as holy ground. 
 What an audience it was ! A picture of that scene and company would 
 be worth a fortune now. The speaker, Bev. William Davidson of Lon- 
 donderry, was a gray old divine, a dull and sleepy preacher, but an affec- 
 tionate and holy man. He was personally acquainted with those to 
 whom he was speaking, for they were the children that had grown up 
 about him in his long ministry at home. The rough-clad settlers — the 
 hardy wives in their homespun, ribbonless as Eve was in Eden — and 
 bare-footed children made up the group. Seated on rough planks and 
 bits of logs, or leaning against the hay-mow, listening, hushed and rever- 
 ent, to the words of life, — fitly they worshiped Him who was born in a 
 manger " where the horned oxen fed." 
 
 Whenever needed to " solemnize marriages and attend funer- 
 als," which events then were rare, neighboring clergymen came 
 in, and their services were gratuitous previous to the incorpora- 
 tion of the town. Rev. Jonathan Barnes, settled in Hillsborough 
 Center Nov. 25, 1772, was for a few years almost as much a 
 minister of Antrim as of his own town. A noted meeting was 
 held in the barn of Dea. Robert Hopkins, of Francestown (Gib- 
 son place), in October, 1775, and several sons and daughters of 
 Antrim were carried there for baptism. In those days, meetings 
 in barns took place in many towns. According to custom, " the 
 ladies were accommodated with seats in jthe center," and men 
 
EFFORTS FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES. 177 
 
 arid boys got in as best they could. In 1776 and 1777, there 
 was occasional preaching here, mostly gratuitous, a sernion a 
 year each, from Rev. John Morrison, of Peterborough ; Rev. 
 Sewall Goodridge, of Lyndeborough ; Rev. Solomon Mopr, of New 
 Boston ; Rev. John Houston, of Bedford ; and the faithful Mr. 
 Barnes. The scattered settlers had but few religious privileges ; 
 yet in these and preceding years they were not negligent of re- 
 ligious things. They taught their children at home. The Bible 
 and the Catechism were the chief literature in every house. 
 They kept the ."^abbath with great reverence. Nobody could 
 even walk the rough paths of the forest without being liable to 
 be called in question for breaking the day of God. Having no 
 trash to read, or for their children to read, they studied over and 
 over the Holy Book, and came to hold its great doctrines rigidly 
 and intelligently. Yet they longed for a stated preaching of the 
 Word, and at their first March meeting, 1778, voted thirty-two 
 dollars for that purpose, and in July of the same year voted one 
 hundred dollars more. This, considering their feebleness and 
 their poverty, was a very generous outlay. It would be about 
 like nine thousand a year for Antrim now ! 
 
 At a meeting Oct. 8, 1778, one ar.ticle in the warrant was " To 
 See Where the Town Will Chuse To have Their preaching for the 
 futer ; " and they " Voted that All meetings for the futer be held 
 at Sa' Gregg's." March 9, 1779, they " Voted Eight Dayes preach- 
 ing the presen Year ; " and it may be added, that, as every person 
 went, and they had about four hours of actual preaching, the 
 ratio of annual hearing was not so far behind the present time. 
 The first candidate for the ministry ever in Antrim was Rev. 
 Aaron Hutchinson, of whom a brief notice may be found in the 
 genealogy. He preached here several times in the summer of 
 1778, but for some reason the question of giving him a call 
 never came up ; and he settled as a lawyer in Lebanon. Some- 
 time previous to 1779, a Rev. jMr. Clarke preached here a few 
 Sabbaths. He was a highly educated Scotchman, direct from 
 over the sea ; but his oddities were such as to make it undesira- 
 ble to kefep him. In 1779, Mr. James Miltimore (see genealogy) 
 preached here most of the summer. He was a brother of Daniel 
 Miltimore of Antrim. April 20, 1779, the town " Voted . . , 
 Three Days' Work of Each man to be Worket out at ye Cen'ter 
 for preparing for a meetinghous." 
 
 March 14, 1780, the town " Voted Twelve Days preaching, " — 
 
 12 
 
178 VARIOUS TOWN VOTES. 
 
 a smart increase on the preceding year. They also " Voted 
 M"^ Miltimore to Preach the above time, only to exchange as much 
 with an Ordained Minisster as the towif Sees Needfull." The 
 people were so much pleased with Mr. Miltimore that at a special 
 town meeting, Aug. 22, 1780, years before there was church 
 organization or church building within its borders, the town voted 
 a call to him, and chose James Steel, William Smith, and John 
 Duncan, a committee " to treat with him." They also voted to 
 send Daniel Miltimore to Portsmouth to purchase a lot of land 
 " for a settlement for a minister." They wanted their minister to 
 have a farm. Mr. Whiton says they offered him a farm and 
 $233 per year. This does not appear on tlie record, but no 
 doubt it is correct, as probably Mr. Whiton received it from the 
 lips of the parties themselves. It was a remarkably generous 
 offer. Probably, with the same interest, Antrim could raise 
 ■ 110,000 as easily now as $233 then. Mr. Miltimore, it was said, 
 declined the offer on the ground that it was too much for the 
 people to pay. But he continued to preach here summers, part 
 or all, for five years. March, 1781, the town " Voted the Select- 
 men find preaching ; " and they hired Mr. Miltimore. At the 
 same meeting they voted to keep the 19th of May, the first anni- 
 versary of the Dark Day, as a town fast. I mention this at some 
 repetition, as expressive of the strong religious sentiment of 
 the people. 
 
 March 12, 1782, the town " Voted that Wee have Ten Days' 
 Preaching this year ; " and at an adjourned meeting, March 26, 
 they " Voted Jam^ Dinsmore be a Committee man to Get preach- 
 ing ; " also Alexander Jameson. At a second adjournment, they 
 " Voted that Dan' Nichols Read the Pslam on Sabath Days and 
 other Days When publick Service is attended for the Current 
 year." This committee also hired Mr. Miltimore a few Sab- 
 baths ; and it is inferred that on other Sabbaths the people 
 carried on a meeting themselves, at which Daniel Nichols did 
 " Read the Pslam:' 
 
 March 11, 1783, " Voted Ten Days preaching this year." 
 " Voted the Selectmen provide the preaching," and " Voted the 
 Minister have four Dollars per Day." 
 
 March 9, 1784, " Voted Twelve Days Preaching for this Year." 
 Th'ey also had an article in the warrant " To See What Steps 
 the Town Will take in Consequence of the Late act of the Gen- 
 eral Court for Raising a tax off the Lands in S* Town for the 
 
RAISING THE MEETING-HOUSE. 179 
 
 purpose of Building a Meeting House and Purchasing a Miniss- 
 terial Lot." On the strength of this aid they determined to 
 build. They decided to have the edifice forty by fifty feet, with 
 a porch at either end, patterned after the old church in London- 
 derry where they had attended in youth. A picture of the old 
 church is preserved in this book. They chose Daniel Nichols, 
 James Dinsmore, and Samuel Dinsmore, a " Committee to Esta- 
 mate the timber." 
 
 At a meeting Sept. 2, 1784, the report of this committee was 
 accepted. They voted to build " where the Ceiitor is Now found ; " 
 voted to sell the building '• To the Loest Bidder," and chose the 
 same committee to make the contract. They also at a subse- 
 quent meeting voted " five Gallons of Rum for the Vendue." 
 Nov. 3, they " Voted to have Two Barrels of Rum for the Rais- 
 ing," and " Voted Jam= Hopkins Get the Rum." 
 
 In April, 17 So, they voted, in addition to the rum, to " Provide 
 Bread and Chease and Dry fish for Breakfast for the Raising at 
 the Meeting house & Butter ; " that " A meat Dinner be Provided 
 for the Reating ; " and also " Voted to Provide one Dozen of 
 Wooden kans each to hold Three Quarts." June 8, 1785, Col. 
 William Gregg of Londonderry, who was noted as commander 
 of a division in the battle of Bennington, came here as master- 
 workman. The people were all alive with enthusiasm. The tim- 
 ber was standing when he came ; but the people went at it with 
 such vigor that all was cut, hewed, and framed, in less than 
 three weeks. They took the pine timber from the plain, about 
 the Branch cemetery, but the hard wood was cut on the hill near 
 by. The house was raised June 28 ; and a great day it was for 
 Antrim. The people rejoiced that they had even the frame of a 
 meeting-house. Hitherto they had worshiped chiefly in barns. 
 "So pleased," says Dr. Whiton, " were the people with the idea 
 of having a meeting-liouse, that, on the Sabbath next after the 
 raising of the frame, they met in it for worship, having a Mr. 
 Whipple for their preacher. Nothing had been done to the 
 house but to lay down a little loose flooring, to place a few boards 
 on blocks for seats, and a few on the beams as a screen from the 
 sun. In time of service there arose a violent thunder-storm, 
 and while the little congregation were fleeing for shelter the 
 rain poured down copiously, wetting many to the skin." But 
 this was not so hard as a ^imilar case some years before in Hills- 
 borough, — when Rev. Mr. Barnes got his boots full of water in 
 a shower ! 
 
180 ORGANIZATION OF THE CHDECH. 
 
 This old church was not completed till near the close of 1792, 
 it taking nearly eight years to struggle through it. They did 
 what they could each year, but they didn't have any debt or 
 mortgage ! Blessed old building ! What lessons of persever- 
 ance and self-denial it speaks ! What memories are sealed in 
 its massive walls ! 
 
 March 8, 1785, the town voted twelve days' preaching, and 
 "Voted Publick Worship beat Daniel Miltimore's this year " 
 (Whiteley place). It was here, this same Mr. Whipple preach- 
 ing for them, that, the little dwelling being crowded full, the 
 floor gave way, and dropped them all, minister, people, furniture, 
 and Bible, into the cellar ! Strange to say, nobody was hurt ; 
 and with a small fright and a few scratches and a short inter- 
 ruption, the service went on ! 
 
 In 1796 and the following years till 1800, the amount of 
 money raised for preaching was from fifty to three hundred dol- 
 lars, — slowly increasing from the first-named sum. These 
 amounts seem small, but, under the circumstances of the people, 
 were far in excess of what their descendants do. 
 
 For the most part, the preaching in 1786-87 was by Rev, 
 Aaron Hutchinson, Sen., an eccentric, brilliant, good old man, 
 of whom information is given in the genealogy. 
 
 March 13, 1787, the town " Voted Cap* Nichols Colect the 
 minisster tax for four' Dollars," — the first in town to have that 
 honor. 
 
 March 11, 1788, the town chose Isaac Cochran to go to the 
 presbytery and ask for the organization of a church in Antrim. 
 Other records show that John Duncan was added to this com- 
 mittee. All the action was taken by the town in legal meeting. 
 The people were, without exception, in sympathy with the Pres- 
 byterian system, and some of them were still members of Pres- 
 byterian churches in the towns whence they came. On this 
 petition the presbytery sent Rev. William Morrison, of London- 
 derry, to this place to organize a church. He found things sat- 
 isfactory, and proceeded to organize the present Center church, 
 Aug. 2, 1788. James Aiken, Isaac Cochran, and Jonathan Nes- 
 mith, by vote of the church and the congregation, were chosen 
 elders ; and this session held its first meeting and transacted its 
 first business on that day. On the following day, Aug 3, Mr. 
 Morrison preached ; and the church, which seems to have been 
 organized out of those who had been members elsewhere, 
 
COMMUNION SERVICES. 181 
 
 received quite a number by profession, — making seventy-two in 
 all. The sacrament of the Lord's supper was first administered 
 in Antrim Aug. 24-, 1788. Subsequently it was administered 
 but once a year ; and Mr. Morrison, who first officiated, contin- 
 ued his annual visits for this purpose many years. He was an 
 able and winsome man, and was greatly endeared to this people. 
 He died March 9, 1818, after a pastorate of thirty-five years. 
 
 The annual sacramental seasons were times of great interest 
 to the whole town. For many years the whole town kept the 
 preceding Thursday and Friday with great strictness as fast 
 days; and Saturday afternoon, all day Sunday, and Monday 
 forenoon were entirely given to public religious services. Abso- 
 lutely all of the people attended. As these meetings were 
 planned for, and anticipated long, and neighboring ministers 
 were called in to help, the whole was very impressive, and often 
 issued in revivals ; and the church, though without a pastor, 
 constantly increased. 
 
 March 2-3, 1790, the town " Voted M"^ David M^eary Provide 
 table Linning twelve y'^* 7-8*s wide at the town's Coast," this 
 being for the communion tables. Long tables were set in the 
 aisles of the churcli and before the pulfit, at which all, if possi- 
 ble, sat down together, the aged being seated first, and the ele- 
 ments being passed from one lo the other. Sometimes the 
 tables had to be set several times. At the mother church in 
 Londonderry, more than seven hundred have been known to be 
 present at communion. Often persons came in from a distance, 
 and were unknown to pastor and deacons. In such cases, to 
 keep out unworthy persons, it was customary for each pastor to 
 furnish his own flock with cheap, lead coins, marked with the 
 letter A, entitling them to admission. With still greater reason, 
 this practice had been in vogue beyond the water. It was a 
 kind of ceriificate of church-membership. Long, however, after 
 there was no need of it, these tokens were in use. The aged 
 people remember when they were taken at the Lord's table, and 
 some of them are kept till the present day. They ceased to be 
 used in Antrim in 1824. 
 
 Subsequent to the organization of the church, preaching was 
 maintained most of the time, except in the midst of Winter, by 
 various ministers. May 28, 1792, the town voted a call to Rev. 
 Samuel Tomb-, which he dechned. At the March meeting in 
 1793, the town renewed the call, but in vain. The records for 
 
182 MINISTERS HIRED BT THE TOWN. 
 
 1793-94-95 speak of " boarding the minister," but we know not 
 who he was. A Mr. DufF was perhaps here a few Sabbaths, as 
 the town record speaks of voting to send for him. Rev. David 
 Goodall preached here in the summer of 1796, and a town meet- 
 ing was called Dec. 10, 1796, " To know the minds of the town 
 if they will employ M"^ Goodall to Supply the Dessk in antrim' 
 any longer." Jan. 5, 1797, the town met "To see if the town 
 will vote to present a call to the Rev. David Goodall proba- 
 tioner ;" on which they " Voted not to give m'' Goodall a call at 
 present," and appointed a committee to "enquire into Mr. Good- 
 all's moral character." For some reason he did not remain ; 
 but he turned out to be a self-denying and useful man. 
 
 March 14, 1797, the town " Voted the agents inquire into the 
 character of m' Cleveland, and apply to him to Supply the Dessk 
 if they find it fair." He may have preached here in the sum- 
 mer of 1797. In'the spring of 1798 Mr. Joshua Howard came 
 here to preach. June 18, a meeting was called to give him an 
 invitation to settle as the town's minister. No record of this 
 meeting appears, but it seems the call was voted, for, at a meet- 
 ing Aug. 27 following, they speak of the " call voted last meet- 
 ing." Mr. Howard werft to Dunstable, Mass. Early in 1799, 
 Mr. Walter Little, of Peterborough, came here to preach. June 
 3, 1799, an article was in the warrant to see whether they would 
 ask " Mr. Little for further service." Aug. 29, following, they 
 voted him a call. At a subsequent meeting they made the sal- 
 ary three hundred and twenty dollars, and four Sabbaths' vaca- 
 tion. He was ordained Sept. 8, 1800, and resigned Sept. 4, 
 1804. Li 1802 he had his name changed to Fullerton. The 
 first opposition to paying the town's minister appears in the 
 record of a town meeting, Feb. 8, 1803, to act on the petition of 
 Zaccheus Fairbanks and others, to be " released from paying 
 taxes to the Rev. Walter Fullerton," which petition was not 
 granted. In .the dismission of Mr. Fullerton, the entire action 
 was taken by the town, there being no evidence of any action by 
 the church. Several very sensible resolutions on the matter 
 were passsed in legal meeting, and may be found in the Town 
 Record, vol. 1, page 261. 
 
 May 1, 1806, the town voted a call to Thomas Cochran, of 
 New Boston, he having preached here some months previous. 
 This call was declined, but he seems to have remained their 
 preacher for a time. Nov. 20, 1806, the town voted a call to Mr. 
 
MR. WHITON SETTLED AS PASTOR. 183 
 
 William Ritchie, of Pe^terborough, which he declined. He went 
 to Canton, Mass. The previous year the session adopted a cus- 
 tom then somewhat prevalent, which Mr.,Whiton describes as 
 the admission of " persons of sober life and conversation, who had 
 been themselves baptized, to the privilege of bringing their chil- 
 dren to baptism." This was called the " half-way practice," or 
 " owning the covenant." This was making town and church 
 still more as one. Many availed themselves of the privilege. 
 It was a matter of great talk and argument, then, and long 
 after ; but was pi-acticed only five years. 
 
 Mr. John M. Whiton first preached here July 11, 1807. At a 
 special town meeting, Sept. 21, 1807, they voted him a call. 
 After a month or two Mr. Whiton declined the call and left 
 town, — probably on account of some opposition to him. But, 
 May 8, 1808, at a special meeting, the town renewed the call, 
 offering a salary of four hundred and fifty dollars, — the same 
 being counted large in those days. In addition, they voted five 
 hundred dollars down, which they called a " settlement," from 
 which twenty-five dollars a year was to be paid back for the time 
 he was deficient, if he left within twenty years, except in case 
 of sickness or death. With that five hundred dollars they 
 wanted to help him start, and they wanted to hold him. 
 
 In consideration of these inducements, and of the earnest 
 desire and great need of the people, Mr. Whiton accepted this 
 second call, and was ordained Sept. 28, 1808. And notwith- 
 standing thirteen men entered on the town record their protest 
 against his settlement, — some of them very bitter, some on the 
 ground that the salary was too much for the town to pay, though 
 the population was greater than it is now, and no other church 
 within its bounds ; some on the ground that money for preach- 
 ing ought to be collected " only by subscription " ; and some on 
 the ground that Mr. Whiton " held the tenets of Hopkins," 
 apparently a very thin excuse for those men to make, — notwith- 
 standing all this, Mr. Whiton continued pastor long after every 
 one of these opposers was dead and gone, reaching almost the 
 longest pastorate in the history of the New Hampshire churches. 
 
 Mr. Whiton's letter of acceptance is a model in every respect, 
 but too long for this place. An indication of his feeling, and a 
 prophecy of his career, may be seen in the following sentence 
 from it : " When I reflect on the various events that have, unex- 
 pectedly to myself, led to my return to you, I cannot but think 
 
184 NEW MEETING-HOUSE. 
 
 there has been a Providence superintending these events, and 
 plainly marking out this place as the scene of my labors." 
 
 Some items concerning the ordination may be found in the 
 narrative of the town for 1808. None of thoSe who protested, 
 from time to time, against paying for his support, were ever com- 
 pelled to pay. Mr. Whiton, by his prudent and charitable 
 course, -soon gained the hearts of the community. Matters went 
 on harmoniously and prosperously quite a number of years, until 
 the excitement arose about building a new meeting-house. The 
 town as such voted to build, but could not agree on a location. 
 After two years of excited talk, the present locality being agree- 
 able to a large majority, a voluntary society was formed to go 
 ahead and build, as appears from the following, from the 
 " Amherst Cabinet," Dec. 24, 1825 : — 
 
 Notice is hereby given that -Jouathan Nesmith, James Cochran, 
 James Boyd, Amos Parmenter, and Samuel Fletcher, and their associates, 
 have this day formed and organized themselves into a society for the 
 purpose of building a house for public worship, to be styled and known 
 by the name of the Central Society in Antrim, etc. 
 
 ROBERT REID, Clerk. 
 
 Eighty-three men united to form this society. They chose 
 John Worthley, Thomas McCoy, Samuel Cummings, James 
 Wallace. Jr., and Isaac Baldwin, their building committee. 
 They began the foundation in the fall of 1825, quite a large 
 company assembling, and Mr. Whiton making an address, at the 
 lajdng of the corner-stone. The house was erected in the sum- 
 mer of 1826, at a cost of six thousand two hundred dollars. 
 The bell, costing over four hundred dollars, was added by sub- 
 cription, and was first used in tolling the death of Dr. Whi ton's 
 mother, Oct. 27, 1826. When they were ready to raise the 
 steeple, the four long corner-timbers of it were first drawn up 
 and laid on the beams. Then they drew up the two front tim- 
 bers to a perpendicular position, and fastened them there by 
 ropes. Then two young men, Ira Cochran and William S. 
 Poster, one to each long timber, with a brace in one hand and 
 holding on with the other, were swung up on the top ends of the 
 timbers, met at the top, drew the four timbers into position, put 
 in their braces, pinned them, and then slipped down the ropes 
 outside to the ground ! It was a feat beheld with trembling by 
 a great multitude ! 
 
 The house was dedicated Nov. 15, 1826. Sermon by Dr. 
 
; I )! »«- 
 
THE GREAT RBVIViL. 185 
 
 Whiton, Gen. xxviii. 17. The first Sabbath of the following 
 December they met for the last service in the old house on the 
 hill. It was cold a'nd desolate, — nature's mournfulest hour, — 
 but the company was large, and Mr. Whiton preached an able 
 sermon (which ought to be preserved), from John iv. 20, " Our 
 fathers worshiped in this mountain," closing with the words of 
 Jesus at the supper : " Arise, let us go hence." Then they all 
 marched down the hill to this house, filling it full, and Mr. 
 Whiton proceeded to preach again from Ps. cxxxii. 8, 9, " Arise, 
 Lord, into thy rest ; thou and the ai'k of thy strength. Let 
 thy priests be clothed with righteousness ; and let thy saints 
 shout for joy." 
 
 Yet with these sounds of gladness there were undertones of 
 disquiet and opposition. Building the new house soured some, 
 some wanted an excuse for not paying anything for religion, 
 many felt heavily the cost of construction, — so that the next 
 spring ninety-one citizens entered on the town record their pro- 
 test against paying any tax for Mr. Whiton's support. This 
 made about one-third of the paying men in town, and things 
 looked dark and uncertain for the future. But at this critical 
 ■juncture Grod c^me to his people's rescue. Hardly had the last 
 protest, backed up by vigorous wrath, got into the record, when 
 a revival began. It came entirely unexpected ; it broke out 
 where it would never have been looked for ; softly as the warm 
 breezes of spring it moved over the whole town, — it was the 
 mt)st sweeping and wonderful revival Antrim ever saw ; nobody 
 questioned that it was the work of God. It silenced opposition, 
 it turned enemies into friends, it united Christians, it brought 
 more than one hundred new members to this church, and its 
 good results are visible now, after the lapse of nearly fifty years. 
 This precious revival began in May and was at its height in hay- 
 time ; yet, notwithstanding the time given to meetings, they got 
 their hay all right, — and good and plenty besides. 
 
 Up to this time, the Presbyterian church had been so much a 
 town church, its affairs being transacted in legal meeting and by 
 public vote, that I have felt justified in this somewhat large nar- 
 rative of it. But, subsequent to 1826, 1 will now make its history 
 very brief. In 1831 there was another revival, and an addition 
 of about forty to the church. For the liext twenty years there 
 were many additions from time to time, but heavy losses from 
 death and emigration. And Mr. Whiton was feeling the burden 
 
186 CLOSE OF MB. WHITON'S PASTORATE. 
 
 of age, and growing unusually anxious for the flock he must 
 soon leave. Then came the revival of 1851, gladdening his old 
 age. Nearly forty were added to the church ; it was greatly 
 cheered and strengthened by those additions ; other denomina- 
 tions in town were also blessed ; peace, and love unusually pre- 
 vailed ; and Mr. Whitou, with characteristic prudence, took this 
 favored time to resign his pastorship, which was done , in May, 
 1852. At the close of his service the church numbered one 
 hundred and fifty-three. On the last Sabbath of December fol- 
 lowing, he preached his farewell discourse. It closed a service 
 of forty-five years. Many of the hearers of this last sermon 
 were grandchildren of his original flock. A few aged ones 
 present on that occasion remembered the ordination. He had 
 been with them in all the afflictions they ever knew. 
 
 And when the committee of the church arose to address to 
 him some parting words in reply, every one was overcome ; tears 
 filled the reader's eyes (Dea. Robert Steel), and his voice was 
 . choked and broken. And even the saintly old pastor was cap- 
 tured by his emotions. It was a parting of intense interest and 
 pain. There was something grand about it. Seldom in this 
 world can such a scene be witnessed. On that day only_^ve were 
 living of the flock to which he came ; and on this day only thirty 
 are with us of the great number which he welcomed to the 
 church ! 
 
 Mr. Whiton having given his resignation eight months in ad- 
 vance of its taking effect, a successor was early in his place, Rev. 
 John H. Bates being ordained March 16, 1853. He was a man 
 of more than ordinary learning and power. Under him there 
 was only one revival, that of 1864. He resigned July 1, 1866, 
 and died May 10, 1870. By his effort the organ was obtained 
 in 1864, it being presented by the following absent sons of An- 
 trim : S. W. Flint, John G. Flint, I. P. Wallace, M. W. Stick- 
 ney, Leander Stickney, A. 0. Cochran, and W. W. Duncan. To 
 Mr. Bates belongs also much credit in the success of remodeling 
 the church in 1857. 
 
 The services of the present pastor began Jan. 1, 1868, though 
 he was not ordained till March 18, 1869. The chapel, located 
 a few steps east of the church, was built in 1875. 
 
 The people turned out and gave their service to prepare the 
 foundation. The building was given to the church by the follow- 
 ing persons : Hon. William B. Dinsmore, Hon. Daniel M. Chris- 
 
SESSION OP PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 187 
 
 tie, Mary Clark, John G. Flint,. Esq., M. W. Stickney, Esq., 
 Leander Stickney, Esq., David M. Weston, Esq., Prof. James B. 
 Vose, Gardiner Parmenter, Esq,, Hon. George W. Nesmith, Hon. 
 George W. Patterson, Hon. Charles Adams, Jr., W. W. Duncan, 
 Esq., Edward Whiteley. Esq., Hon. G. W. Cochrane, John J. 
 Whittemore, Esq., and Rev. W. R. Cochrane. 
 
 The membership of the old church, now (Jan. 1, 1880) in its 
 ninety-second year, is two hundred and sixty-three. 
 
 It may please the curious to be reminded, that, in the early 
 history of these old churches, persons were seated according to 
 rank. In some of the older towns the duty devolved upon the 
 selectmen, and it was customary to have set rules to follow. I 
 have examined one set of rules, eight in number, two items of 
 which I quote : " That every male be allowed one degree for 
 every complete year of age he exceeds twenty-one " (not to be 
 applied to unmarried women) ; and " That some suitable abate- 
 ment in degrees be made where it is well known that the person 
 is greatly in debt." Who says there was no churchly pride in 
 those days ? 
 
 The front seats were highest in rank. Women were seated 
 separately from the men. Children were seated on the gallery 
 stairs, or in a great box pew, with a tithing-man to keep them 
 still. Persons of no special standing took the back seats. Strange 
 to say, all this was more prevalent in Congregational churches 
 than in Presbyterian.. It did not prevail to any great extent in 
 Antrim, except in the courtesy that was shown to age and 
 piety, though traces were visible of its influence for many years. 
 
 It appears even now, in the pauper's pew, and in the custom 
 of taking the best-dressed stranger to the front seat ! 
 
 The session of the Presbyterian church is here added : — 
 
 No. 
 
 Name. 
 
 rear of Choice. 
 
 Tear of Death. 
 
 1. 
 
 James Aiken, 
 
 1788, 
 
 1817. 
 
 2. 
 
 Isaac Cochran, 
 
 1788, 
 
 1825. 
 
 3. 
 
 Jonathan Nesmith, 
 
 1788, 
 
 1845. 
 
 4. 
 
 John Duncan, 
 
 1800, 
 
 1823. 
 
 5. 
 
 John Alexander, 
 
 1800, 
 
 1812. 
 
 6. 
 
 James Nesmith, 
 
 1800, 
 
 1845. 
 
 7. 
 
 Arthur Nesmith, 
 
 1800, 
 
 1823. 
 
 8. 
 
 Sutheric Weston, 
 
 1800, 
 
 1831. 
 
 9. 
 
 Daniel Nichols, 
 
 1800, 
 
 1812. 
 
 10. 
 
 Barachias Holt, 
 
 1800, 
 
 1846. 
 
 11. 
 
 Joseph Boyd, 
 
 1800, 
 
 1816. 
 
 12. 
 
 James Carr, 
 
 1800, 
 
 1834. 
 
188 
 
 
 EAST CHURCH. 
 
 
 13. 
 
 Samuel Vose, 
 
 1816, 
 
 1830, 
 
 14. 
 
 Tristram Sawyer, 
 
 1816, 
 
 1859. 
 
 15. 
 
 Josiah Duncau, 
 
 1816, 
 
 18,33, 
 
 16. 
 
 John Taylor, 
 
 1816, 
 
 18,37. 
 
 17. 
 
 Epps Burnham, 
 
 1816, 
 
 1847. 
 
 18. 
 
 John Bell, 
 
 1825, 
 
 1865, 
 
 lU. 
 
 Amos Parmenter, 
 
 1825, 
 
 1865, 
 
 20. 
 
 Robert Steel, 
 
 1825, 
 
 1867, 
 
 21. 
 
 Robert Duncau, 
 
 1825, 
 
 1859, 
 
 22. 
 
 William Little, 
 
 IS.Tl, 
 
 1869. 
 
 23. 
 
 Joel Wilkins, 
 
 1831, 
 
 1865, 
 
 24. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher, 
 
 1835, 
 
 1845, 
 
 25. 
 
 James Hopkins, 
 
 1835, 
 
 1838, 
 
 26. 
 
 Samuel Wood, 
 
 1852, 
 
 1876, 
 
 27. 
 
 Asa Bond, 
 
 1852, 
 
 1865, 
 
 28. 
 
 Imla Wright, 
 
 1860. 
 
 
 29. 
 
 James Boyd, 
 
 1860, 
 
 1880 
 
 80. 
 
 Thomas Thompson, 
 
 1860. 
 
 
 31. 
 
 Francis M. Shattuck, 
 
 1866, 
 
 1876, 
 
 32. 
 
 Harris B. Newman, 
 
 1870, 
 
 1876, 
 
 33. 
 
 John E. Hastings, 
 
 1870. 
 
 
 34. 
 
 Edward D. Putney, 
 
 1870. 
 
 
 35. 
 
 Enoch C. Paige, 
 
 1876. 
 
 
 36. 
 
 James W. Perkins, 
 
 1879. 
 
 
 THE EAST CHURCH. 
 
 The church in the east part of the town was erected also in 1826. 
 It was forty-four by fifty-five feet, and cost four thousand five 
 hundred dollars. Jacob Whittemore, Benjaofiin BuUard, Solomon 
 Hopkins, Dimon Dodge, Benjamin Rollins, and others, being dis- 
 satisfied with the erection of a house at the Center, called a 
 meeting at John McCoy's (big brick house) late in the fall of 
 1825, §oon after the foundation at the Center was laid ; and 
 there they formed themselves into a society which they called 
 " The First United Presbyterian Congregational Baptist Society 
 in Antrim." Certainly the name was long enough for conven- 
 ience. 
 
 Having by committee fixed on a location, they gave John 
 McCoy one hundi-ed dollars for the acre of land, and chose 
 Thomas K. Breed, Benjamin Bullard, and Elijah Gould, build- 
 ing committee. A certain Capt. Kilburn built the house. It 
 was dedicated Dec. 20, 1826, the sermon being by Rev. John Law- 
 ton of Hillsborough. It was built by a union of people in East 
 Antrim, West Deering, and the north part of Bennington ; but 
 there was no church organization. In the great revival of 1827, 
 
BAPTIST CHURCH. 189 
 
 there were, however, several converts in that part of the town ; 
 and from these a Congregational church of seventeen members 
 was organized Oct. 25, 1827, the sermon being preached by Rev,. 
 Phinehas Cooke, of Acworth. Nearly as many united with the 
 new church by letter, nine of them being from the Center 
 church. The first minister in the new house was Rev. Roswell 
 Harris, who was here through the revival and most of the time 
 for three or four years succeeding, and left an excellent name. 
 He was a Congregationalist. The next preacher was Rev. Joseph 
 Davis, of the Baptist order, who remained about twenty years, 
 though preaching part of the time in other places. Mr. Davis 
 was honored by the town by appointment to the offices of town 
 clerk, representative, and superintending school committee. 
 Under his ministry a small Baptist church was formed, in the fall 
 of 1831, it is believed. Benjamin Nichols was its deacon. It 
 was dissolved about 1841, its members, few in number, uniting 
 with the church in Bennington, now the Antrim Baptist church. 
 After Mr. Davis there was occasional preaching in the East 
 church till 1860, by Baptist and Methodist ministers. The Con- 
 gregational church there, being reduced to a small number, dis- 
 solved in 1843, most of its members uniting with the Presbyte- 
 rian church, some of them being yet alive. 
 
 The tall steeple of this church was taken down in the spring 
 of 1867. After forty years, people thought its timbers were 
 decayed and unsafe. Consequently they met, threw a rope 
 round the top, sawed off the main supports, and pulled it over. 
 It tipped entirely over and came down with a fearful plunge, far 
 into the ground ! -But they found the timbers perfectly sound 
 and safe. 
 
 The house was sold at auction, October, 1873, for four hundred 
 and forty-one dollars, to J. B. Woodbury & Son, and was imme- 
 diately taken down. Now the material is all. removed, the site 
 is turned into a planted field, and nothing remains to mark the 
 spot. For the information of the next generation, let it be said 
 that the Bast church stood on the swell of land nearly opposite 
 the East cemetery, being a little farther .north than the ceme- 
 tery, and on a commanding spot. 
 
 THE BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 Chiefly by the kind help of Rev. William Hurlin, I am enabled 
 to give the following sketch of the Baptist church in Antrim, 
 
190 ITS PASTOES. 
 
 Its early records are very imperfect, rendering a minute history 
 difficult. The church was organized Dec. 17, 1805, at the house 
 of Joseph Baton, of Greenfield, and was recognized by a council 
 from Mason, Dublin, and New Boston, consisting of the pastors 
 in those places. Elders William Elliott, Elijah Willard, and 
 Isaiah Stone, and eleven delegates. Rev. William Elliott was 
 moderator, and John Brown clerk. Thirteen persons, five males 
 and eight females, were organized under the name of the 
 "Peterborough and Society Land Baptist Church " The name 
 has been several times changed. Aug. 19, 1824, it was voted to 
 call it " Society Land Baptist Church." May 24, 1835, it was 
 changed to "Hancock and Society Land Baptist Church." 
 When Bennington was incorporated, 1842, it assumed the name 
 of " Bennington." Aug. 29, 1857, it was voted to call it the 
 " Antrim Baptist Church." There had been a Baptist church - 
 here before, dissolved about 1841, as stated in the history of the 
 brick edifice over east. 
 
 Of the early pastors of the church, very little is known. As 
 far as can be gathered, they were as follows : Elder Elliott ; 
 Elder Westcott, who left , under a cloud in 1826, and was after- 
 ward excluded from the fellowship of the church ; Elder Parrar; 
 Elder Goodnow, one year, 1831-32 ; Elder McGregor ; Elder 
 Joseph Davis ; Rev. James A. Boswell, 1836 ; Rev. P. Page, 
 1836 ; Rev. John Woodbury, 1837 ; Rev. Zebulon Jones, one 
 year, 1837-38 ; Rev. Amzi Jones, two or three years, from 
 December, 1840 ; Rev. J. M. Chick, two years, 1845-47 ; S. L. 
 Elliot, a licentiate, one year, 1847-48. 
 
 Rev. W. W. Lovejoy commenced his labors as pastor of the 
 church April 26, 1850, and closed them in July, 1856. Rev. 
 W Eimball became pastor in April, 1856, and hisresignation 
 was accepted Oct. 4, 1862. Rev. L. C. Stevens commenced his 
 labors Nov. 1, 1863, and closed them April 30, 1865. Rev. 
 William Hurlin became pastor in March, 1866, and continued 
 till March, 1873, seven years, being the longest period of any 
 pastorate of this church. Mr. Hurlin was a man of critical 
 scholarship, great information, and good life, having the highest 
 respect of all the people of the town. 
 
 Rev. E. M. Shaw was ordained pastor Sept. 30, 1873, and 
 closed his work in August, 1877. He was an excellent scholar, 
 a sound thinker, and a sermonizer of high rank. He wrote in a 
 very pure and forcible style, and his manner of delivery, though 
 
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OP BAPTIST CHURCH. 191 
 
 calm, was very impressive. Though a constant sufferer from ill 
 health, he did excellent service, and greatly endeared himself to 
 the church and to all the people of the town. He was suc- 
 ceeded by Rev. W. H. Pish, who was stated supply from Aug. 
 20, 1877, to April, 1878. At a meeting of the church, March 1, 
 1878, a unanimous call was extended to Rev. E. M. Shaw, to 
 resume his labors as pastor, which he accepted, entering upon 
 his work the second Sabbath of May following. But his old ills 
 again came upon him, and he was forced to resign after about a 
 year's service. His successor, Rev. Horace F. Brown, was 
 ordained Oct. 1, 1879. 
 
 The deacons in the church have been as follows : Benjamin 
 Nichols, chosen March 13, 1806 ; Eli Maynard, chosen Nov. 4, 
 1827 ; Asa Knight, chosen April 16, 1829 ; Lewis A. Fletcher, 
 chosen July 9, 1835 ; John Higgins, chosen July 7, 1848 ; Jesse 
 R. Goodell, chosen 1851 ; Gilbert P. Hall, chosen June 2, 1864 ; 
 Mark True, chosen June 2, 1864 ; E. Z. Hastings, chosen May 
 1, 1875. 
 
 The clerks of the church have been Dea. Benjamin Nichols, 
 William Darrah, Dea. A. Knight, Dea. S. A. Fletcher, Rev. 
 Amzi Jones, Rev. J. M. Chick, Dea. Gilbert P. Hall, John R. 
 Abbott, Dea. Mark True, and the present incumbent, William B, 
 Dodge. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Abbott became a member of this church in 1847, 
 and remained so till his death in 1853. He was never pastor of 
 the church. His son, Rev. Stephen G. Abbott, united with this 
 church at Hancock, in 1838. At that time the church wor- 
 shiped at Society Land, and maintained a branch church at 
 Hancock. He was licensed, by the mother church, Aug. 11, 
 1848. Since then he has been almost constantly preaching, and 
 is able and vigorous in the presentation of the truth. 
 
 Owing to the imperfection'of records, it is impossible to ascer- 
 tain how many persons have been members of this church. The 
 names of three hundred and two have been found, divided thus : 
 constituent members, thirteen; baptized, one hundred and twen- 
 ty-six ; by letter, one . hundred and six ; experience, six ; 
 unknown, fifty-one. The largest number of members at any one 
 time was eighty-four, which occurred in 1851. The present 
 membership (1878) is seventy-five. 
 
 It is not known where they met for worship the first year. 
 The first meeting-house was built before 1812, in Greenfield, 
 
192 METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 near the Samuel Dascomb place. In Society Land, now Ben- 
 nington, a meeting-house was built before 1826. In April, 1851, 
 it was " Voted to hold the meetings on the Sabbath half the 
 time at South Antrim for the present." Jan. 2, 1852, it was 
 " Voted to hire Woodbury's hall for one year, for worship." 
 Feb. 6, following, they " Voted to hold the meetings all the time 
 at South Antrim," since which time this has been the location 
 of the church. Several unsuccessful efforts were made to build 
 here, but the church continued to worship in Woodbury's hall 
 till 1871, when, during the pastorate of Mr. Hurlin,they resolved 
 to rise up and build God blessed the effort, and they were 
 enabled to dedicate their attractive and commodious house Oct. 
 25, 1871, frea of debt. The total cost was six thousand two 
 hundred dollars. The parsonage was built in 1879. 
 
 THE METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
 The first preaching under this order was at the Branch, and 
 at the East meeting-house. The first preacher was Rev. Ezra 
 Wardwell, in 1838, or possibly in 1837. Wardwell was a young 
 man. He died in Sullivan, September, 1850, aged thirty-eiglit. 
 After him, a Rev. Mr. Heath, a Rev. Mr. Jones, and a Mrs. Orne 
 preached in town occasionally. Antrim was included in a cir- 
 cuit with other towns, and was supplied a part of the time. The 
 first Methodist class, the beginning of the Methodist church, was 
 formed in 1838 at the Branch, and was connected witii the Hen- 
 niker charge. The persons forming it were Harvey Stacey, 
 Nathan Barker and wife with three sons, Ira Knowlton, Arnold 
 McClure, and Anson Fletcher. This organization was, however, 
 soon lost. 
 
 About 1840, by exertion of Rev. Ezra Wardwell and others, a 
 class was fortned at Woodbury Village, now South Antrim. 
 Solomon McGee was leader of this class, and it was connected 
 with the Deeriug charge. Mr. Wardwell preached about one 
 quarter of the time for a year or two in the East house, and 
 occasionally, for several years following him, students from Con- 
 cord preached there. In 1851, Rev. S. S. Dudley came to 
 Antrim, and spent that and the following year in labor here, 
 preaching half the time in the East house, and half the time in 
 the hall in the three-story house at the Branch, the hall being 
 fitted up about 1851 for that purpose. ^ 
 
 The class was re-formed at the Branch, under the leadership 
 
Ih'liotypi^ Priitiiag Oi. 
 
 21J 'Inmmit HI,, llosl 
 
 Bafi'ist Church and Parsonage. 
 
ITS PASTORS. 193 
 
 of Harvey Stacey. Considerable interest was awakened under 
 the labors of Mr. Dudley ; quite a number were added to the 
 classes ; and by his labors, it is believed in. 1852, these were 
 brought together into a church. It numbered fifty-one at its or- 
 ganization. They held their meetings in the hall at the Branch, 
 chiefly, though in part still at the East house, and sometimes 
 in the school-house in South Village. During the winter of 
 1863-64 new interest was awakened ; through the exertions of 
 Harvey Stacey, Harold Kelsea, and Alvah Dodge, funds were 
 raised by contributions of the citizens, for the purpose of build- 
 ing ; and on the 9th of October, 1864, a new hall was opened in 
 South Antrim, which, with' several improvements and enlarge- 
 ments, is now the Methodist church, and is a very neat and con- 
 venient edifice. Its dedication was attended with very happy 
 exercises, including the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's 
 supper. 
 
 The several pastors of this church are given below : Rev. S. 
 S. Dudley, Rev. R. Gregg, Rev. D. W Barber, Rev. Irad Tag- 
 gart, Rev. Cliarles H. Smith, Rev. John Olough, Rev. Jesse 
 Wagner, Rev. Mr. Stinchfield, Rev. Otis Cole, Rev. Leroy Stow, 
 Rev. A. E. Drew, Rev. C. W Miller, Rev. B. A. Howard, Rev. 
 A. A. Cleveland, Rev. J. W. Fulton, Rev. C. E. Dorr, Rev. 
 Lewis Howard, Rev. Jacob P. Spalding, Rev. J. W Oooledge, 
 Rev. J. R. Bartlett, Rev. J. L. Felt, 1876-79, and Rev. Mr. Curl. 
 
 Many of these, from personal acquaintance, the writer can 
 speak of in high terms ; especially Rev. Jesse Wagner, who 
 married a daughter of John G. Flint, Esq., and is one of the 
 best preachers in the denomination ; and Rev. J. L. Felt, who has 
 furnished most of- the items of this sketch, and whom I take 
 pleasure in claiming as a personal friend. 
 
 The Methodist church has slowly yet constantly increased, 
 has considerable support from adjacent towns, and, notwithstand- 
 ing removals and deaths, it now has a membership of one hun- 
 dred. And it has been a power on the side of truth and good 
 morals in the place. 
 
 The Luke Thompson' house was bought and fitted up for a 
 parsonage in 1879. 
 
 13 
 
194 FIRST MILITARY COMPANY. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 THE MILITARY RECORD OP ANTRIM. 
 
 Several of the citizens of Antrim were out in the British 
 service against the French and Indians, but, as that service was 
 prior to their settlement here, I will commence at the opening of 
 the Revolution. I have already stated the remarkable fact, that 
 every man (and boy of size sufficient) marched for Lexington at 
 the first sound of battle, except John Gordon, and that he soon 
 enlisted for the whole war. There was not a male in Antrim 
 that did not respond to his country's call. Some only served a 
 short time ; others were absent for years. Quite a number of 
 young men came here and began their " clearings," but left at 
 the sound of war to enter the ranks ; most of them returning, on 
 the establishment of peace. Their settlement here is put at the 
 later date by Mr. Whiton, — ^though they were here years before, 
 and enlisted from this town. A few, however, of the list given 
 herewith, did not strike a blow in Antrim till after the war, and 
 then, seeking a settlement somewhere, were led to this place. 
 
 It is not possible to fix the exact date of organizing the first 
 military company in this town. No doubt, however, it was 
 immediately on return from the march to Lexington in April, 
 1775, as they were then. all together, and in the war spirit. 
 They had marched under Capt. Isaac Butterfield, of Society 
 Land, but, on return, they wanted a company of their own. 
 They chose John Duncan, captain ; Thomas Nichols, lieutenant; 
 and James Dickey, ensign. No doubt that the organization, and 
 choice of Duncan as captain, immediately on return, or perhaps 
 lefore return, gave rise to the statement once made by Dr. 
 Whiton (Half-century Sermon, p. 13), that the company march- 
 ing to Lexington was commanded by Duncan instead of Butter- 
 field, and that Duncan " had previously been commissioned as 
 captain over the few militia of the places above named." I find 
 he. is called "Capt. John Duncan" in a state pay-roll, 1775. 
 The company under Butterfield marched as far as Tyngsbor- 
 ough, Mass., and there were met by Gen. Stark, " who told them 
 there were men enough near Boston, and advised them to return 
 and plant their corn, holding themselves ready to march at a 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN AT BUNKER HILL. 195 
 
 moment's warning ; adding, tliat, however rusty their guns, he 
 knew of no men with whom he would sooner ti'ust his life in the 
 hour of battle." (Dr. Whiton.) On this tliey returned, organ- 
 ized, for convenience of meeting, the company of their own men, 
 planted their corn, met to drill, and awaited the next call. It is 
 a mistake to say that no citizen of Antrim was in the battle of 
 Bunker Hill, soon following. Judge Nesmith, who, like myself, 
 has hunted up many old papers, and who is an authority in such 
 matters, says : " I suppose you may claim, with entire confi- 
 dence, that Dea. James Aiken was in the battle of Bunker Hill." 
 He received a small sum in payment for " property lost " in the 
 battle. John Burns was also in the fight. And James Hutch- 
 inson lost his life by a wound received after the battle was over. 
 
 At Bunker Hill the New Hampshire men took position behind 
 the rail fence between the i-edoubt and Mysiic river. Part of 
 the way they made a stone wall before them, and brought up the 
 rail fence to the wall. Three times the foo were driven back by 
 the ter<-ible fire from this rail fence ; and even in the last onset, 
 and after the fall of the redoubt, the New Hampshire men were 
 victorious, and rushed over the fence in pursuit of the flying foe. 
 But Stark, perceiving the fate of the redoubt, drew back his 
 men, and retreated, being the last to leave, and marching off in 
 good order. 
 
 All this was before the incorporation of Antrim as a town. 
 Subsequently there was hardly a town meeting without some 
 action concerning the war, until peace was declared. Aug. 20, 
 1777, five months after incorporation, an article was in the war- 
 rant to choose a •' Committee for to Regulate the Expense The 
 Town has been at in Respect of the War," on wliich they chose 
 the selectmen to be the committee. From this it is inferred, that, 
 though few and poor, they assumed their part of the expenditure 
 at once. 
 
 In the summer of 1777 there was great alarm in Vermont and 
 New Hampshire, on account of the invasion from Canada by 
 Burgoyne. The legislature of New Hampshire was convened, 
 and voted to raise two brigades for defense. They were none 
 too fast ; for Burgoyne detached a force to go through the 
 " New Hampshire Grants " and put down the few people in this 
 part of the cotintry. Being excited with success, he supposed 
 the thing would easily be 'done. The east New Hampshire brig- 
 ade, under Col. Whipple, could not be ready in season ; but the 
 
196 ANTRIM MEN AT BUKGOTNE's DEFEAT. 
 
 west brigade, under Gen. Stark, hastily assembled, and, march- 
 ing with haste, were able to meet the invaders before they had 
 made great progress in " subjugating New England." A com- 
 pany was mustered in at New Boston, July 23, in which it is 
 believed there were eight or ten men from Antrim. The rest 
 were from Deering, Francestown, Lyndeborough, and New Bos- 
 ton and Greenfield. I have not been able to find the roll of this 
 company in season for insertion here. Peter Clark was cap- 
 tain ; Daniel Miltimore, of Antrim, first lieutenant ; Benjamin 
 Bradford, second lieutenant ; and William Beard, of New Bos- 
 ton, ensign. The company ,was attached to Col. Thomas Stick- 
 ney's regiment of ten companies. Col. Moses Nichols had a 
 regiment of ten companies, of which William Gregg was lieu- 
 tenant-colonel. Col. David Hobart, of fJollis, had an incomplete 
 regiment of five companies. The battle of Bennington occurred 
 Aug. 16, 1777. The company in which were the Antrim men 
 went on with the others, and took part in the series of contests 
 which resulted in the surrender of Burgoyne. The names of 
 those from this town cannot be given with certainty. Capt. 
 John Duncan was among the number at Burgoyne's defeat, but 
 it is probable he was not in the company when first mustered in 
 at New Boston. Like some others, he probably followed as a 
 volunteer, and served as a lieutenant in the several battles. 
 William Smith, also, was known to be of the number from 
 Antrim. His sou John had enlisted, but Dr. Whiton says : 
 " The father, on reflection, volunteered to take the place of the 
 son, giving as his reason, that, should he himself fall in battle, 
 he trusted he was prepared to meet his Judge in peace ; while, 
 should his son go and be killed, he could cherish in relation to 
 him no such hope ! " A beautiful instance of fatherly devotion 
 and sacrifice ! So the father went, at the age of sixty-two, but 
 returned, without serious hurt, and lived till he was eighty-five. 
 John Nichols and John McAllister were in the company of Capt. 
 Peter Clark. At a meeting May 7, 1778, they chose John Dun- 
 can, John McOleary, and Daniel Miltimore a " Committee to Set- 
 tle the Ware Expense in Antrim and Proportion the Seame." 
 Various taxes wei'e laid on the people, and when they could not 
 pay money there was a tax in beef. In the " Beef Tax " of 
 1781, the proportion of Antrim was two thousand seven hundred 
 and ninety-one pounds, which, with their small amount of live 
 stock, was a very heavy load. The selectmen delivered one 
 
WORK OF THE TOWN FOR SOLDIERS. 197 
 
 thousand four hundred and ninety pounds ; and the town is 
 marked deficient for one tliousand three hundred and one 
 pounds, in tlie fall of that year. But the people had a town 
 meeting ; " Voted that Sam^ Gregg & Daniel Miltimore Provide 
 the Beef for this year's Proportion ; " and it seems, by great 
 effort, they paid the whole tax. 
 
 The town of Antrim exhibited great zeal to keep full its quota 
 of men. In 1781 and 1782 this town had nine men in the field. 
 An old report of men required from the several towns in 1781 
 gives the number to Antrim, nine ; to Amherst, four ; to Bed- 
 ford, eleven ; and so on. That this was squarely met by this 
 town, appears from the following document : — 
 
 Antrim Sept. 1", 1781. 
 This may Certify that Moses George has passed Muster before Genl. 
 Nichols for the town of Antrim 3 years Likewise Samuel Dinsmore and 
 Eandall Alexander to the Last of December which the Quoto Demanded. 
 
 Attest JOHN DUNCAN 1 Select 
 
 \ 
 
 SAM'. MOOEE ; men. 
 
 When men were called for to defend Rhode Island, a detach- 
 ment went from New Hampshire, in which William Boyd was 
 the only one from Antrim, so far as known. For this service 
 both State and town paid a bounty. 
 
 Slate of New Hampshire to the Selectmen of Antrim Dr. 
 
 July 20"^ 7 
 1779 I To Cash paid William Boyd a Soldier enlisted in the Contij 
 
 nental Service for the defehce of Khode Island. 
 
 Bounty £30 — . Travel 120 miles to Providence £12. 
 
 Errors excepted in behalf of the Selectmen of Antrim. 
 
 Pr. ISAAC ANDREWS. 
 
 The action of the town was as follows : " Voted william Boyd 
 have five hundred Dollars for his Sarvice at Road island." 
 
 The town was faithful in its care for the families of absent 
 soldiers ; and if the soldiers had made beginnings', which the old 
 records call " choppings " or " pieces of chopped wood," the 
 town went right on with their work for them. It was the cus- 
 tom to fall the trees on a certain piece of ground, let them lie 
 one season to dry, and then burn all where it fell, even though the 
 best of timber. After these pieces were burned over, all the 
 heavy logs would remain, in immense quantities, charred, black, 
 and hard to move among the stumps. These were next cut, 
 piled, and burned, involving great labor and considerable time. 
 
198 FIRST AMERICAN REGIMENT. 
 
 For months these fires burned on a single lot, not being extin- 
 guished even by long and heavy rains. Thus to subdue this 
 rocky soil, covered with gigantic trees, and prepare the ground 
 for a crop, was a great work. This the town did by public vote, 
 for every soldier that needed it. It was not done by money tax, 
 but by apportionment of labor. They had no money, but they 
 had strong hands and determined wills. The amount of labor 
 done by the few men left at home was incredible, — or would 
 seem so now. They worked late and early, and by moonlight, — 
 men and women and children, — as though their fingers were 
 iron and their bones were steel. 
 
 It may' be added, that, though we had no very distinguished 
 men in the field, this towVi did its full share, and a little more 
 than its full shave, of the hardship and sacrifice by which our 
 national independence was won. , And some of our Antrim men 
 were among the very last that left the public service. For a 
 large part of tlie war, the regular quota for New Hampshire was 
 three regiments, — though probably seldom full regiments.. Jan. 
 1, 1781, by order of Gen. Washington, the Third New Hamp- 
 shire Regiment was merged in the other two. A second reduc- 
 tion of the army took place Jan. I, 1783, in which the Second 
 New Hampshire was consolidated into the First, leaving one full 
 regiment in the service from this State. 
 
 Nov. 8, 1783 (the treaty of peace was signed in Paris Sept. 8, 
 1783), the army was disbanded, except such as Gen. Washington 
 specially designated to remain on duty for the honorable services 
 attending the close of the war. For this purpose the general 
 picked out the First New Hampshire, among others. This regi- 
 ment remained, therefore, and took part in the various ceremonies 
 of the evacuation of New York by the British, Nov. 25, 1788. 
 The last official act of Gen. Washington, before resigning his 
 commission, was the designation of a small force to remain on 
 duty after Jan. 1, 1784. For this purpose, he chose a small 
 artillery force, a few companies from Massachusetts, and Capt. 
 Israel Frye's and Oapt. Joseph Potter's companies from New 
 Hampshire, the rest of the reserve force being discharged. 
 Members whose times were out were discharged from these 
 companies and their places filled by those from other New Hamp- 
 shire companies who had a year or two longer to serve. These 
 several companies reserved after Jan. 1, 1784, formed what was 
 called the " First American Regiment," and was put under com- 
 
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 199 
 
 mand of Col. Henry Jackson of Massachusetts. By act of 
 Congress, June 2, 1784, this last regiment was honorably dis- 
 charged, and the last of the army of the Revolution disappeared. 
 Thus the First Ne^¥ Hampshire Regiment, through these two 
 companies, had a continuous service of nine years and two and 
 one-half mouths, — being the longest service rendered by any reg- 
 iment in the whole army. And in this last disbanded force were 
 certainly several men from this town ; among them Joseph Clark, 
 Moses George, Isaac Patterson, Thomas McClary, and probably 
 Dinsmore, Alexander, and others. I append the list of Revolu- 
 tionary soldiers, which is undoubtedly correct, embracing all 
 that were really mustered in : — 
 
 1. James Aiken (was at Bunker Hill and Bennington). 
 
 2. Randall Alexander. 
 
 3. Thomas Brown. 
 
 4. Thomns G. Breed (only a lad, but was surgeon's servant, 
 
 and saw danger). 
 0. John Burns. 
 
 6. Daniel Buswell. 
 
 7. Abijah Barker. 
 
 8. Tobias Butler. 
 
 9. Peter Barker. 
 
 10. George Bemaine (killed at White Plains)., 
 
 11. William Boyd. 
 
 12. Joseph Clark. 
 
 13. Stephen Curtice. 
 
 14. Samuel Caldwell. 
 
 15. Capt. Isaac Cochran. 
 
 16. Elias Cheney (three years, one for himself, one for his 
 
 father, and one for his brother). 
 
 17. Lemuel Curtice. 
 
 18. John Case. 
 
 19. Samuel Dinsmore. 
 
 20. Capt. John Duncan. 
 
 21. Thomas Day. 
 
 22. Adam Dunlap. 
 28. Daniel Downing. 
 
 24. David Downing. 
 
 25. James Dickey (killed). 
 
 26. Samuel Downing (last survivor army of the Revolution, 
 
 died Feb. 19, 1867, aged 105 years, 2 months, and 21 
 days). 
 
200 REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 
 
 27. Samuel Edes. 
 
 28. Thomas English. 
 
 29. George Gates. 
 
 30. John Gordon. 
 
 31. Samuel Gregg. 
 
 32. Alexander Gregg. 
 
 33. Simeon George. 
 
 34. David George. 
 
 35. Jonathan Grimes. 
 
 36. Michael George (part of time for Londonderry). 
 
 37. Moses George. 
 
 38. James Hutchinson (killed). 
 
 39. James Hopkins. 
 
 40. Josiah Herrick. 
 
 41. Pitman Howard. 
 
 42. Hugh Jameson. 
 
 43. Thomas Jameson. 
 
 44. Taylor Joslyn (served for Antrim, afterwards for Deering). 
 
 45. William Lakin (badly wounded at Stillwater, Oct. 7, 1777, 
 
 on account of which he was soon discharged). 
 
 46. David Lufkin (badly wounded in second battle with Bur- 
 
 goyne, Oct. 8, 1777, whence soon discharged). 
 
 47. John McAllister. 
 
 48. Robert McClary. 
 
 49. Thomas McClary ("Freed of Reats " April 2, 1782). 
 60. John McClary. 
 
 51. David McClure (one year for Antrim). 
 
 52. John McCoy. 
 
 53. Daniel Miltimore (first lieutenant at Bennington and 
 
 Saratoga). 
 
 54. Robert McClure. 
 
 55. James Nesmith. 
 
 56. Daniel Nichols (served short time). 
 
 57. John Nichols (was at battle of Bennington). 
 
 58. Thomas Nichols (in service short time). 
 
 59. Adam Nichols (enlisted on Antrim's quota one year, July 
 
 20, 1779). 
 
 60. Isaac Patterson. 
 
 61. Zadoc Reed (chiefly for New Boston). 
 
 62. Major Riley. 
 
 63. John Ross. 
 
MINUTE-MEN. 201 
 
 64. Joel Reed (served five years). 
 
 65. John Smith (northern army, 1777). 
 
 66. William Smith. 
 
 67. Benjamin Simonds. 
 
 68. Thomas Stuart. 
 
 69. John Taylor (served for Antrim ; killed at Ticonderoga, 
 
 July 3, 1777). 
 
 70. John Thompson. 
 
 71. James Wallace. 
 
 72. Sutheric Weston. 
 
 73. Jeremiah Wier (lost his life in returning from the war). 
 Besides these, Jonathan Nesmitli, Daniel McParland, James 
 
 Duncan, Joseph Boyd, and Alexander Jameson marched to 
 Tyngsborough under Capt. Butterfield, and are thought to have 
 rendered other services in the field. And a few names are 
 omitted, probably, who served for other towns and in subsequent 
 years lived in Antrim. 
 
 As having some curious interest, the following document is 
 added : — 
 
 This certifies, that John McCoy on the 4th of September, 1777, being 
 then a mariner on board the Continental Frigate, Raleigh in the service 
 of the United States, in an action of said ship with the British Ship of 
 War Druid, did receive a wound in the right Os Ilicum with a Grape 
 Shot, which being lodged within a bony substance, prevented its extrac- 
 tion, and will forever render him unable to obtain a livelihood. 
 Portsmouth Aug. 24, 1785. 
 
 Attest — JOHN JACKSON, 
 Then Surgeon of the above Frigate. 
 Also Capt. Thomas Thompson, 
 Commander of the Ship JRaleigh: 
 
 Also John Jeeet Osboeke, 
 
 Captain of the Marines. 
 
 This testimony was used by McCoy in order to obtain half-pay 
 from the State. He did obtain half-pay, equal to one hundred and 
 twenty-three pounds and ten shillings. 
 
 Thus ends the record of the Revolution as regards this town, 
 so far as it can be written. 
 
 They had come out of it with an intense hatred of tyranny, 
 and an intense love of liberty and popular government. Hence, 
 when, in 1795, as elsewhere narrated, there was danger of war 
 with Prance, Antrim promptly and generously provided for its 
 quota of" minute-men," ready to march at a moment's warning. 
 And again, when a new war with Great Britain seemed probable, 
 
202 MILITARY COMPANIES AND OPPICEES. 
 
 the town " Voted [March 14, 1809] to make the minutemen up 
 twelve dollars a month when called into actual service," — indi- 
 cating a great and determined patriotism still. If they were 
 really called into service, iheii their pay was to be made twelve 
 dollars per month /rom enlistment. 
 
 Through all the years until the formation of the modern uni- 
 formed companies, it is quite certain that the old company foniied 
 in 1775 was kept up. By act of the legislature, March 18, 1780, 
 all the younger and abler men formed a " training band" while 
 all others in any town under seventy years of age formed the 
 " Alarvi List," called out for drill twice a year. Probably these 
 were united in this and other towns then small, so that here old 
 men and young drilled together many years. June 24, 1786, a 
 change was made in the law, and those over sixty years of age 
 were released from military duty ; but it made little difference 
 in this town. This old Antrim company had no uniform, and 
 they cared little for such things then. 
 
 When the constitution of 1792 went into force, an entire 
 change was made in the militia system. The whole force was 
 divided into twenty-seven regiments, with two battalions in each 
 regiment. Antrim fell into the Twenty-sixth, which afterwards 
 became the -'crack regiment" in the State. The companites of 
 Antrim, Deering, Henniker, Hillsborough, and Campbell's Gore 
 formed the first battalion ; those in Hancock, Francestown, 
 Greenfield, Lyndeborough, and Society Land formed the second. 
 Each regiment also had a cavalry force, then called the " troop." 
 The first officers of the Twenty-sixth were : Benjamin Pierce, 
 colonel, or " Lieut. Col. Commandant," which meant the same 
 thing (claimed by some to be grandson of " Stephen Perce," one 
 . of the Scotch-Irish proprietors of Londonderry) ; David Camp- 
 bell, major of first battalion ; Daniel Gould, major of second 
 battalion. In 1808 the officers were : David McClure, of An- 
 trim, colonel ; William Gould, first major ; Peter Peavey, second 
 major. 
 
 This military arrangement continued without much change till 
 the act of July 5,1851, which reduced our organized force to a 
 mere nothing, and was practically the end of our long-noted and 
 well-drilled companies. 
 
 About 1800, the militia of Antrim, then a continuance of the 
 old company of 1775, was divided for two companies, one north 
 of the meeting-house and one south of the same. These were 
 
THE GRENADIERS. 203 
 
 tm-uniformed, but well-drilled and efficient. The north com- 
 pany was commanded by Capt. Parker Morse, Capt. William 
 Gregg, and others ; the south conxpany.was commanded by Capt. 
 James Taylor and others. In addition to drill days, these com- 
 panies met occasionally at the captain's house " to burn powder 
 and drink rum." These two companies, being reduced in num- 
 bers, came together again before the war of 1812, and chose 
 David McCauley, captain, and John McNiel, first lieutenant. 
 
 The act of Dec. 28, 1792, provided that each regiment should 
 have a company of grenadiers ; meaning, then, a uniformed com- 
 pany composed of large, tall, and selected men. There seems 
 to have been no company of this kind in the Twenty-sixth Regi- 
 ment until about 1807, when John McNiel, of Eillsborough, 
 afterwards Gen. John McNiel, distinguished in the war of 1812, 
 succeeded in organizing the noted grenadiers, so proudly remem- 
 bered by the old people. McNiel was six feet and six inches 
 tall, and received no one to his company who was less than six 
 feet in height. The uniform consisted of black coats gorgeously 
 faced with red, tall caps, and high, brilliant plumes, which made 
 the tall men look taller still, and gave an exceedingly stately and 
 commanding appearance to this body of men. Gen. McNiel 
 commanded this company quite a number of years. The men, 
 at first, were picked out of Antrim, Deering, Henniker, Hills- 
 borough,. Hancock, Prancestown, Greenfield, and ■ Windsor. But, 
 because we raised taller and bigger men in Antrim than could 
 be found in other towns, the majority of the grenadiers belonged 
 here from the start. It passed more and more into the posses- 
 sion of Antrim, and, being reduced in numbers, was entirely 
 filled up from this town as early as the year 1823. This com- 
 pany continued in its glory, the wonder of small boys, the admi- 
 ration of all, until the enactment of the disbanding law in 1851, 
 after which it gradually wasted, and, ere long, was dropped. 
 
 The " old Twenty-sixth " had also a fine cavalry company, 
 picked out of the several towns. It was called, in common talk, 
 "The Troop." In, this Antrim furnished a large quota, and 
 was second to no town. At the organization of the troop, a man 
 from Henniker was chosen captain (cannot learn his name), 
 and James Hopkins, of Antrim, first lieutenant. But before the 
 commissions could be issued, the former died, and the latter was 
 chosen in his place, so that Capt. James Hopkins was the first 
 commander. He held the commission several years, and was 
 
204 THE ALARM LIST.- ^ 
 
 succeeded by Capt. Thomas K. Breed. The subsequent com- 
 manders of the troop I am not able to give, as they were some- 
 times from other towns ; but the captains of the grenadiers, suc- 
 ceeding Gen. McNiel, were as follows : — 
 
 Zebadiah Peavey, of Greenfield. 
 
 Daniel Wyman, of Hillsborouglj. 
 
 Thomas D. Nesmith, of Antrim, as were all his successors. 
 
 James Wallace. 
 
 Thomas Dunlap (sou of Adam). 
 
 Silas Dinsmore (1828). 
 
 Dimon Twiss. , 
 
 Cyrus Saltmarsh. 
 
 James Wilson. 
 
 Reed P. Whittemore. 
 
 Jeremiah Breed. 
 
 Jonathan Nesmith. 
 
 Amos Dodge. 
 
 Samuel Dinsmore. 
 
 Allen Parker. 
 
 War was declared by the United States against England, 
 June 18, 1812. On the seventeenth of December following, our 
 State passed an act organizing a " Voluntary Corps of Infantry," 
 only to resist invasion of New Hampshire, and formed of those 
 by law exempt from military duty. 
 
 A company of this kind was formed in Antrim, and the fathers 
 called it " The Alarm List." There were forty in the company, 
 and most of them actually bore the scars of the Revolution. 
 Their uniform was a large white frock thrown over their 
 ordinary clothing. They paraded two or three -times a month 
 on Meeting-House Hill, under command of Oapt. Peter Barker, 
 with fife and drum, and they could be seen in their drill move- 
 ments for miles away. Their heads were white as their frocks, 
 and they mad§ a most stirring and imposing appearance. And 
 these patriots did not wait to be called for. They actually 
 offered their services to the governor ! God bless their memory 
 to the town ! But they were not needed. Several times an 
 attack on Portsmouth was expected, and no doubt was only pre- 
 vented by the rallying of the militia in that part of the State in 
 great numbers for defense. Also, invasion from the north was 
 considered probable, but never occurred within our State bounds. 
 
WAR OP 1812. 205 
 
 And after the war this glorious old company was soon broken up 
 by death and infirmity. Some of them were seventy-five years 
 old when they offered their service in their country's defense. 
 
 But little can be given here of the details of our history in the 
 war of 1812. About the first thing that started the people here 
 was a sudden call for men. So great was the haste that a mes- 
 senger came at flying speed, on the Sabbath, with a requisition 
 on the Twenty-sixth Regiment. He found Col. McClure at 
 church on the hill, who immediately rose in meeting, announced 
 the call, and, on the spot, notified the company to meet at Chris- 
 tie's tavern the next day. Then the worship went on, probably, 
 however, in a somewhat nervous state. The next day the 
 militia company met, and Col. McClure told them how many 
 men were wanted, and that if enough did not volunteer they 
 would be drafted. He then proposed to the company in line, to 
 start the music, and then at the word " March ! " he would step 
 forward, and all volunteers were to follow. To his great sur- 
 prise, the whole company followed, to a man ! So they had to 
 make a draft to settle it, after all. Ira Wallace and Thomas 
 Dunlap, not being taken, went to Windsor and volunteered as 
 substitutes for two drafted men there. Several men from 
 Antrim enlisted at once into the regular army, and served 
 through the war, on the Canadian frontier. Others, after a vol- 
 unteer service of one year, entered the regular army ; among 
 the last being Daniel Gregg, who attained to the office of cap- 
 tain, and held it many years. No son of Antrim was killed in 
 the war of 1812, though several lost their lives by sickness and 
 otherwise. Robert Holmes was badly wounded at the fall of 
 Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario. The British sent a force across 
 the lake to capture this little fort. The garrison was small, and 
 thought best, though after vigorous resistance, to evacuate the 
 works. Holmes was the last man out, and turned and fired 
 upon the enemy as he left, at which moment he fell, badly 
 wounded in the groin. " The British," says Dr. Whiton, 
 " rushed by and over him in pursuit of the garrison, who, how- 
 ever, escaped. On their return from the pursuit, four soldiers 
 carried Holmes, on a blanket, roughly and unfeelingly toward 
 the fort ; a British officer, possessed of humanity, noticed their 
 rough handling of the wounded man, and ordered them, under 
 threat of striking them with his cutlass, to carry him gently. 
 The British speedily evacuated, and the Americans repossessed 
 
206 LIST OP SOLDIERS. 
 
 the fort, when Holmes found himself again in the hands of his 
 own countrymen." He received a pension on account of his 
 wound, but lived only about three years. 
 
 "• ear the close of the war a company was raised in this and 
 the adjoining towns, under command of Oapt. William Gregg of 
 Antrim, which marched to the defense of the seaboard in the vicin- 
 ity of Portsmouth. All returned except Ira Wallace, who died of 
 disease at Portsmouth. 
 
 During the war, and especially in the last of it, the people 
 were under great excitement. The danger of attack anywhere 
 on the shore was constant. Some were sharply opposed to the 
 war from the start, Party spirit was bitter and unconcealed. 
 But on news of peace, February, 1815, they all joined together 
 as one, to celebrate the event. In this town, as in others, there 
 was at once a " social meeting " called ; and, drcfpping all party 
 differences, they spent the day in hand-shaking and mutual con- 
 gratulation and joy. I append a list of the soldiers of Antrim 
 in the war of 1812 : — 
 
 James Aiken, Jr. 
 
 Jonathan Hay ward (supposed to be murdered on his way home 
 after being discharged). 
 
 Theodore G. Wallace. 
 
 James M. Day. 
 
 Robert Holmes (died from effect of wound). 
 
 Moses P. Wier. 
 
 Swallow Willson. 
 
 John Witherspon (never heard from ; supposed deserted arid 
 killed by Indians). 
 
 Peter C. At wood. 
 
 Thomas Gregg. 
 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 
 Charles Gates. 
 
 John Robinson. 
 
 James Ross. 
 
 Levi Thompson. 
 
 Samuel Vose. 
 
 Ira Wallace (died in service, Nov. 3, 1814). 
 
 Capt. Daniel Gregg. 
 
 Dexter Fairbanks. 
 
 James Brown. 
 
 Ziba Curtice. 
 
MEXICAN WAR. 207 
 
 John Stuart. 
 Joseph White. 
 Charles Fairbanks. 
 John Boyd (died in service). 
 Silas Rhodes. 
 Capt. William Gregg. 
 
 Samuel McClure (took place of a drafted man and went from 
 Francestown). 
 
 Moody M. Barker. 
 
 Thomas P. Haywood. 
 
 Elijah Severance. 
 
 Asa Stearns. 
 
 Isaac Saltmarsh. 
 
 William Roach. 
 
 John Barker. 
 
 Alexander Parker. 
 
 Samuel Carr. 
 
 Nathan B. Barker. 
 
 Samuel Caldwell, Jr. 
 
 James Robb (died a prisoner at Halifax). 
 
 Jfesse McAllister. 
 
 Gideon Barker (murdered on way home). 
 
 Hugh Ross. 
 
 David McCauley (first lieutenant, and afterwards captain). 
 
 In the Mexican war, declared by Congress to " exist"" between 
 this country and Mexico May 11, 1846, there were four soldiers 
 from Antrim, and all were killed. Their names were : — 
 
 John Atvvood. 
 
 John Caldwell. 
 
 James Derush. 
 
 Josiah W. Tuttle. 
 
 * ■" 
 
 In the regular narrative of events of the town (page 112), I 
 have already given the principal facts of our town's connection 
 with the war of the Rebellion. The record is very favorable. I 
 append a list of our soldiers, and have made great effort to have 
 it correct. It will be seen that thirty of our men lost their lives 
 by death on the battle-field, or by disease, in the late war. Four 
 were killed in the Mexican war. Seven were lost by us in one 
 way or another in the war of 1812. And five perished in the 
 
208 SOLDIEES IN WAR OP THE REBELLION. 
 
 Revolution. Thus, in some form, forty-six of this town's soldiers 
 lost life from their country's service ! 
 
 Others lost health, neyer to regain it'. Some were terribly 
 wounded ; among the latter was Charles F. Holt, who was shot 
 through the face and left for dead upon the field. He lay in that 
 condition several days. He was two days on the battle-field 
 among the dead ; afterwards in the hospital, where it was judged 
 impossible to do anything for him. But after all he rallied ; 
 and he survives to this day, being now deputy-sheriff of this 
 county. No better soldier entered the field. 
 
 This list of names has been picked up from various sources, 
 and I have made free use of the various reports of the adjutant- 
 general of New Hampshire : — 
 
 William Allen. 
 
 George Allen. 
 
 Albert G. Abbott. 
 
 William F. Archer. 
 
 Hiram G. Atwood (died in service). 
 
 Samuel H. Atwood. 
 
 Jeremiah Atwood. i 
 
 Theophilus Ames. 
 
 Benjamin P. Baldwin. 
 
 Charles A. Brackett. 
 
 William Brown. 
 
 Simeon C. Buck. 
 
 James Bateman. 
 
 Reuben Boutelle. 
 
 Jackson Boutelle. 
 
 David W. Boutelle. 
 • William Boutelle. 
 
 Joseph S. Brooks (furlough, on account of sickness ; died on 
 passage home). 
 
 Bill C. Butterfield. v 
 
 Charles A. Barrett. 
 
 Isaac Boxall. 
 
 Charles Boswell. 
 
 Isaac Buswell (musician ; died in service). 
 
 Horace P. Buel. 
 
 Abner B. Orombie. 
 
 Andrew Cochran. 
 
 Levi H. Curtis. 
 
SOLDIERS IN WAR OF THE REBELLION. 209 
 
 William G. Cochran. 
 
 Daniel Clancy. 
 
 John Collins. 
 
 Albert S. Conant (twice promoted; wounded May 14, 1864). 
 
 David J. Oarkin. 
 
 Charles Champney. 
 
 Grosvenor Colby. 
 
 Charles H. Dodge (died in service). 
 
 George A. Dustin (killed June 14, 1863 ; had been pro- 
 moted). 
 
 Thomas P. Dempsey. 
 
 William Donohoe. 
 
 James B. Decatur. 
 
 George D. Dresser. 
 
 Gilman Dunlap (re-enlisted). 
 
 Patrick Duffie. 
 
 Charles Donnell. 
 
 Andrew J. Derush. 
 
 Charles F. Dresser. 
 
 Edgar W. Estey (wounded May 12, 1864 ; still carries the 
 bullet in his body). 
 
 James W Baton. 
 
 James W. Pragg. 
 
 John Flood. 
 
 Thomas Freeman. 
 
 George R. Follansbee (died in service May 1, 1862). 
 
 Henry H. Poster (died in service). 
 
 Frank A. Fletcher (severely wounded July 2, 1862). 
 
 Charles Fletcher. 
 
 Henry C. Griffin (promoted and re-enlisted). 
 
 George B. Hutchinson (promoted). 
 
 John Hutchinson. 
 
 William S. Hopkins. 
 
 Abbott D. Holt (died in service Oct. 4, 1862). 
 
 George L. Her rick. 
 
 John B. Herrick. 
 
 Henry Hunt. 
 
 Edward Z. Hastings. 
 
 Luther T. Hastings. 
 
 Charles Hart. 
 
 Frank Harrison. 
 
 14 
 
210 SOLDIERS IN WAR OP THE REBELLION. 
 
 Charles P. Holt (terribly wounded Aug. 29, 1862). 
 
 Harrison H. Hardy. 
 
 Alden S. Johnson. 
 
 Ira S. Johnson (killed, Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862). 
 
 Orville J. Johnson (sharp-shooter). 
 
 John Kinsella (taken prisoner ; last heard of him). 
 
 James King. 
 
 John Kelley. 
 -Joseph N. Kelsea. 
 
 Samuel Lavare (promoted). 
 
 Charles E, Lawi'ence (died in service June 9, 1865). 
 
 Stephen Lanegan. 
 
 Charles E. Lane. 
 
 John Laine. 
 
 Hiram W. Muzzey. 
 
 Charles B. Morris. 
 
 Enoch P. Marsh. 
 
 Charles B. Morrows (killed Sept. 30, 1864). 
 
 Adino N. Moore (died in service). 
 
 William R. Philbrick (promoted ; severely wounded July 2, 
 1863). 
 
 David Pettenglll (promoted). 
 
 Miles T. Peabody (re-enlisted ; died in service Nov. 8, 1864). 
 
 Enoch C. Paige. 
 
 Joseph Petro (killed July 9, 1864). 
 
 Alfred Pinch (killed July 30, 1864). 
 
 Alonzo P. Pierce (died in service Jan. 6. 1863). 
 
 Albert M. Putnam. 
 
 Charles P. Parmenter (died in service Feb. 12, 1863). 
 
 Tristrani M. Paige (re-enlisted). 
 
 James Pryor. 
 
 Martin L. Parmenter (promoted ; died in service Jan. 1, 
 1863). 
 
 Reuben C. Philbrick. 
 
 Irving Parmenter. 
 
 John W Rose (died in service Oct. 9, 1864). 
 
 Joseph Reinhart. 
 
 James C. Richardson. 
 
 Charles Reynolds. 
 
 Edward P. Ross (promoted ; killed. Port Hudson, June 14, 
 1863). 
 
SOLDIERS IN WAR OP THE REBELLION. 211 
 
 Samuel R. Eobiiisou. 
 
 Peter Smith. 
 
 Dennis Shaw (killed May 10, 1864). 
 
 George Spitzer. 
 
 Charles H. Story (promoted ; died in service July 24, 1863). 
 
 James M. ^mhh (promoted ; diud in service July 1.3, 1863). 
 
 Cyrus H. Simonds. 
 
 George W. Smith (died in service Oct. 15, 1863). 
 
 David Steele (promoted to captain). 
 
 George Smith (enlisted for three years, Nov. 29, 1864). 
 
 Henry E. Swain. 
 
 Elbridge T. Smith (died in service Dec. 26, 1862). > 
 
 John Skinner. 
 
 Samuel Savage. 
 
 Lewis Simonds. 
 
 Talford R. Twitchell. 
 
 Edward D. Twitchell. 
 
 Orrin C. Temple (promoted). 
 
 Alexander Vernot. 
 
 Joseph Williams. 
 
 Jason K. Webster. 
 
 Charles H. Wilson. 
 
 William H. Wilson. 
 
 Brooks K. Webber. 
 
 John L. Worthley. 
 
 Charles B. Warner. 
 
 Owen A. Willey. 
 
 Joseph Welsh. 
 
 Harvey H. Winn (killed Aug. 29, 1862). 
 
 Francis White (promoted). 
 
 George H. White (killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1868). 
 
 Orlando T. Webster (died in service). 
 
 Loammi H. Webster (died of starvation in Southern prison). 
 
 Granville Whitney. 
 
 Joseph Young (killed June 5, 1864). 
 
 The whole number of men from New Hampshire, in the war 
 of the Rebellion, was 31,426. The whole number from Antrim, 
 139. Under all the calls, Antrim furnished 12 men more than 
 our aggregate quota. We had 73 men in the Revolution ; 44 in 
 the war of 1812 ; 4 in the Mexican war; and 139 in the last war, 
 — making 260 men in all. The list returned by the state commis- 
 
212 GRANITE STATE CADETS. 
 
 sion is deficient. It is possible that tlie names Morris and Mor- 
 rows may be for the same person. 
 
 The artillery company of the old Twenty-sixth Regiment was 
 largely supported from Antrim for many years. Dea. Robert 
 Duncan was its captain for quite a length of time, and was 
 called one of the best officers the company ever had. After him 
 John G. Flint, Esq;, was captain, a man of most soldierly figure 
 and bearing. 
 
 The present military company in this town, the Granite State 
 Cadets, was organized in the spring of 1877, and ranks second 
 to no other in the State in drill and character. Its principal 
 officers, from the start, have been those who had seen service in 
 the late war. At organization, they were chosen as follows : 
 Samuel R. Robinson, captain ; John A. Bryer, first lieutenant ; 
 Arthur A. Miller, second lieutenant. In the spring of 1879, 
 Robinson and Bryer resigned. The officers now are Capt. 
 Charles Champney, First Lieut. A. A. Miller, Second Lieut. H. 
 W. Muzzey. 
 
 About the time tof our centennial celebration, the Antrim 
 Cornet Band was organized, un-der the leadership of Squires 
 Forsaith, Esq. It has been truly successful and creditable during 
 its brief existence to this writing. 
 
GREAT REGARD FOR EDUCATION. 213 
 
 CHAPTER VII 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 The old Scotch settlers of Londonderry prized education next 
 to religion. Their intense hatred of popeiy was not a little 
 inspired by the ignorance, brutality, and slavery in which it kept 
 the people. There was a very marked contrast in Ireland, as 
 regards intelligence, between the Catholic Irish and their Scotch 
 neighbors. The Scotch in the north of Ireland had better 
 school privileges than the common people of England had at the 
 same time. March 26, 1718. the " Memorial to Gov. Shute " 
 was signed by tliree hundred and thirteen of these Scotchmen, 
 most of whom subsequently emigrated to America, of whom 
 three hundred and six signed their own names in a bold, legible, 
 and generally handsome hand. This document, now . in good 
 preservation, is proof, that, considering their disturbed circum- 
 stances in Ireland, they must have given particular attention to 
 the ti'aining of their children. Twelve of the signers were 
 graduates of the university. All this shows that our fathers 
 were an intelligent race, well-informed, capable, and setting a 
 high value upon education. They had schools, and also they 
 made a great deal of teaching truth, both religious and secular, 
 in the family. And in this country the regard of the Scotch for 
 education may be seen in the educated men they have given in 
 great numbers to the highest ranks of attainment ; and in the 
 institutions of learning which they have established in the land. 
 Hence, as soon as they were fairly settled and had erected their 
 little church, they proceeded to build a school-house. The first 
 school-house of our fathers in this country was provided for 
 March 5, 1724, as by following entry in the records : " Voted 
 that there shall be a schol hous built in this town [Londonderry], 
 the demension of s'^ house to be sixteen foot long and twelve 
 foot in width — s* house is to be a logg house seven foot side 
 wall." And they were to build " two fire-places in one end ass 
 large ass the houss will allow." In the course of a few years 
 the district schools of Londonderry were in good condition ; and 
 in them were bred the first settlers of Antrim. Every settler of 
 this town coming from Londonderry had a fair common-school 
 
214 EARLY SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. 
 
 education, was well informed, was well acquainted with the 
 Bible, and had a vigorous stock of common sense. They had 
 schools here before they had a church, though chiefly private 
 schools. The exact date and order of the first schools here are 
 not very clear. Mr. Whiton makes the mistake, most unusual 
 with him, of contradicting himself as to the location of the first 
 school-house. Putting all the items of evidence together, I think 
 it may be set down without much doubt in the following order. 
 The first who ever taught in Antrim was George Bemaine. This 
 credit should be given him, as he lost his life in the Revolution- 
 ary service before Dinsmoor ever taught here. He also taught 
 the first school in the neighboring town of Hillsborough. Be- 
 maine taught chiefly in the family of Dea. Aiken, and began as 
 early as the winter of 1770-71. At times a few neighboring chil- 
 dren attended with Aiken's, and this school continued parts of 
 four or five winters, without question. This Bemaine was a 
 school-mate of Thomas Dilworth, author of the spelling-book 
 then and long used in England and America, who died in 1780. 
 The next teacher in Antrim was John Dinsmoor, the same, I 
 think, who was afterwards a preacher for a time -in Peterborough. 
 He had a school of twelve scholars, and kept it in Dea. Aiken's 
 house in the winter of 1778-79. This school, like most preced- 
 ing, and those following for several years, lasted only one month 
 out of the twelve. Of course the children of those days had 
 but scanty privileges. The mother of Clark Hopkins, a most 
 excellent and intelligent woman, had but four days' schooling in 
 all her life, except what was under her father's roof. In his 
 half-century sermon. Dr. Whiton says Dinsmoor's was the first 
 school kept in Antrim, — a mistake which he corrects in his sub- 
 sequent history. Dinsmoor taught also the succeeding winter, 
 and probably more. Several female teachers had short summer 
 schools. These, like the winter schools, were all kept in private 
 houses, as there was not a school-house in town. Dea. David 
 Dickey, who was the third child born in Antrim, and who may 
 be taken for authority, says he first attended school one month 
 in 1782, and that the first " district school " in town was in 1788, 
 whicl) he " attended " ; that is, the first school kept in a school- 
 house and at public expense, all previous being in the nature of 
 private schools, in dwelling-houses here and there. The only 
 reading-books were the Bible and Dilworth's spelling-book. No 
 text-books in grammar, geography, or arithmetic, could be had. 
 
FIRST SCHOOL-HOUSE, 215 
 
 Eeading and writing were the principal studies. A little knowl- 
 edge of figures was imparted orally. Rules were written out on 
 paper or birch bark, and committed to memory. Some parents, 
 like Robert Mcllvaine, constructed the elements of arithmetic 
 into form, in writing, for their children. Some of these " home 
 arithmetics " I have examined, and consider them of high rank 
 for plainness, brevity, and common sense. How many parents 
 now could write out a correct arithmetic for their children ? 
 
 The third winter teacher in town was Tobias Butler, then 
 always called " Master Butler," — a man of fine education, and 
 exceedingly useful in his day. He commenced as early as 1787, 
 probabfy 1786, and no doubt kept the first school in the first 
 school-house. He taught winters for a long time. 
 
 Now as to the location of the first schobl-house. Mr. Whiton 
 says (page 25) the first school-house was at the upper end of 
 South Village ; but on page 90 he says, that " until 1794, 
 there was but one school-house, and that a log one, in town, 
 standing a little east of Mr. Raymond's." The evidence seems 
 to me conclusive that this last statement was the right one. Mr. 
 Raymond, .at Mr. Whiton's writing, lived east of the Dea. Jona- 
 than Nesmith place, at the corner, the buildings now being gone. 
 This first school-house stood on the top of the hill east of the 
 Raymond place, on the north side of the road. It was standing 
 within the memory of men now living. It was a capacious log 
 house, calculated for the whole eastern half of the town. There 
 ought to be a monument to mark the spot. 
 
 To this school-house some of the children traveled two or 
 three miles. Some of them had no road. Children from the 
 Center went to this school-house what little they went anywhere. 
 The town, as such, had nothing to do with building the first 
 school-house, and there is no record of this or any other school- 
 house before the year 1801. It was built, no doubt, by contribu- 
 tions of labor, the citizens turning out, giving the logs, and 
 doing the work. No doubt it was built in the summer of 1787 ; 
 and thus for seventeen years or more, previously, the schools 
 were in private houses. This method, however, was not without 
 its advantages under the circumstances, as it could rotate among 
 the few and scattered people. The school in the log house 
 above named was dignified with the name of the " Town 
 School," and probably was considered quite an attainment. 
 
 But as population increased, this house was found inconven- 
 
216 SCHOOL-HOUSES IN SOUTH TILLAGE. 
 
 ient for the whole east half of the town, and a movement was 
 made to divide it into two parts. The date of this division can- 
 not now be fixed. It was not a matter of town action, or tax, 
 but the people of the vicinity arranged it among themselves. 
 Mr. Wbiton says it was " not far from 1794." It seems to me it 
 must have been as late as 1797. The people " over east" put 
 up a small school-house about where the present brick house 
 stands ; and the people " at the south " built a small framed 
 house a little east, and probably within one hundred feet, of the 
 spot where now Rev. Mr. Hurlin's house stands. This school- 
 house was burned in December, 1801, as near as can be learned. 
 The fire had gone out, and they sent a little boy, John Hop- 
 kins, after a dish of coals. There were some cracks in the floor,* 
 and all the waste chips and shavings left from building being 
 under the floor and very dry, it was supposed the boy dropped 
 some coals, from which the fire caught. At any rate, the flames 
 were blazing up under the whole house before being noticed, and 
 the scholars had barely time to escape. Soon after a school- 
 house was erected on the spot now occupied by the Methodist 
 church. When this last house was well used up, they built the 
 " brick school-house " opposite, now changed into a dwelling- 
 house. Subsequently, on the growth of the village, the district 
 was divided, and two new school-houses prepared; one being 
 now the dwelling of Henry Smith, and the other the tenement 
 house opposite Mr. Balch's, in the south part of the village. 
 Thus matters went on till the district was reunited, and the 
 present new building, including Waverly Hall, erected in 1869, 
 since which time they have had graded schools, and generally of 
 a high order. It should be added that this district has the 
 income of |1,000, presented for school purposes by D. H. Good- 
 ell, Esq. 
 
 In the northwest half of the town, the first school-house was 
 built at the Branch in 1794 ; and the following year the old 
 High Range school-house was built. Previously, schools were 
 kept in that part of the town in private houses, sometimes at the 
 High Range, sometimes at the Branch, but all in one school 
 together. 
 
 At the March meeting of 1801, the town " Voted that under 
 direction of the selectmen, committees be appointed in each dis- 
 trict to estimate the cost of a suitable school-house, and the 
 amount should be at once assessed." The preceding year, an 
 
SCHOOL-DISTRICTS. 217 
 
 article in the warrant to " see if the Town would take any Steps 
 for the better regulating of the public Schools," was passed by 
 without any action. It appears from the vote concerning school- 
 houses, in 1801, that districts had been previously formed, prob- 
 ably in the year 1800, and by the selectmen, though no record of 
 it has come to my eye. It is inferred, that, at the meeting in 
 1800, the selectmen were instructed to district the town, and 
 the record was omitted by mistake. At any rate, in 1801, or 
 soon after, two or three humble structures went up in districts 
 where there were none previously. The principal of these was 
 the school-house at the Center, built in the spring of 1802. It 
 stood on the hill, on the east side of the old common, a few rods 
 below the meeting-house. This house was burned in 1811, in 
 the daytime, breaking out while school was keeping, and fright- 
 ening the children half to death. A colored boy called Manly 
 Ransom was so frightened that he hid under a seat. He was 
 somewhat burned, and would have been consumed had he not 
 been missed, and found and dragged out ! The next summer 
 they built again, this time nearly half-way down the hill, on the 
 east side of the road, near the northwest corner of Mr. Gove's 
 field, where a pair of bars still marks the entrance. After many 
 years this house was moved to its present locality. It was 
 enlarged to its present dimensions in 1853. 
 
 In 1820 there were nine school-districts. In 1825 there were 
 eleven. These did not vary greatly from the present arrange- 
 ment. In 1843, by vote of the town, a division was made into 
 thirteen districts, and their bounds were put on record. These 
 were not much changed for "thirty years. But .some recent 
 changes have reduced the number about to that of 1826. 
 
 Previous to any town action as to schools, there was a small 
 school-house between Prank Robinson's and S. A. Holt's, near a 
 dwelling-house on the flat, half-way up the hill. An article was 
 in the warrant to lay out a road (1799) from this " Scool 
 house " to the present Center. On the building of other school- 
 houses in 1801-2, this was left unused, and nothing more is 
 known of it. 
 
 The first notice of schools on the town record was the follow- 
 ing, March 14, 1786 : " Voted to Raise fifteen pounds [about fifty 
 dollars] for the use of a Town Scool." Subsequently the town 
 took no action whatever concerning schools, till 1800, of which 
 there is the least record. All that was done was by Individ- 
 
218 TOWN SUPERVISION OF SCHOOLS. 
 
 ual and voluntary effort, so far as known. Subsequent to 1800, 
 possibly a little before, there seems to have been an " allowance 
 by law " which went to the schools without the vote of the town 
 upon it. Hence in 1805 the town " Voted to Augment the 
 School Money," — i. e., add to the allowance by law. Also they 
 voted that the " Whole of the School Money be Three hundred 
 and fifty dollars," — an amount very meager as compared with 
 present appropriations, though the population was nearly as now. 
 In the warrant for 1806 appears for the first time that familiar 
 article: "To see how much money the town will raise for 
 school purposes the' present year." 
 
 The first year that the town took any supervision of the 
 schools was 1809, when this action appears : " Voted the Rev. 
 John M. Wheton Cap* Ja" Hopkins and D" Arthur Nesmith be a 
 committee the Schools of this town." Two or three times the 
 town tried a committee of two in each district, with Mr. Whiton 
 for the whole town, and chairman of the board. A list of the 
 superintending school committees of the town, as also a list of 
 the principal teachers, will be found below. It will be seen that 
 Mr. Whiton was chairman of the board, thirty-two years ^t least, 
 and probably also those years marked " unknown." 
 
 Several high 'schools from time to time have been kept. in 
 town. These began at the Branch about sixty years ago. 
 Sylvester Cochran had an ■' Academy " there several years, had 
 a large number of scholars, and was counted successful. He 
 opened the institution in the large hall then extending over 
 John G. Flint's house. Afterwards he occupied the three-story 
 house, having the hall for his school-room. His successors were 
 Benjamin F. Wallace, Rev. Mr. Barber, Miss Augusta Barber, 
 Frederick S. Little, and Dr. S. M. Dinsmore. 
 
 Occasionally, select schools have been held at the Center. 
 Prof. James B. Vose had several terms here, with large and 
 excellent schools, in which he did much good. Lizzie S. Tenney 
 kept a tuition school here one or more terms, till prevented by 
 failing health, — a teacher eminently fitted for her work, both in 
 education and skill. More recently, some excellent select 
 schools were kept here by Miss Abby C. Morse, of Concord. 
 
 About 1872 Prof. James E. Vose opened a select school in 
 South Village, and continued several terms, to the benefit and, 
 satisfaction of all the people, until he was called away to a larger 
 field of labor. 
 
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEES. 219 
 
 SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEES. 
 
 1809. Eev. John M. Whiton, Capt. James Hopkins, Dea. Arthur Nes- 
 
 mith. 
 
 1810. Kev. John M. "Whiton, Dea. Jonathan Nesmith, Dea. Arthur Nes- 
 
 n ith. 
 
 1811. Eev. John M. Whiton, Dea. John Alexander, Dea. James Carr. 
 
 1812. Rev. John M. Whiton, Dea. Arthur Nesmith,Dea. Jonathan Nes- 
 
 mith. 
 
 1813. Rev. John M. Whiton, Capt. James Hopkins, Samuel Christie. 
 
 1814. Rev. John M. Whiton, Dea. Arthur Nesmith, Barachias Holt. 
 
 1815. Rev. John M. Whiton, Capt. James Hopkins, James Wallace. 
 
 1816. Rev. John M. Whiton, Joseph Boyd, James Wallace. 
 
 1817. Rev. John M. Whiton, Israel Burnham, Jeremiah Stickney. 
 
 1818. Rev. John M. Whiton, Israel Burnham, Jeremiah Stickney, 
 
 Capt. James Hopkins, Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 1819. "Vol* Rev. John M. Wheton, Dr. Israel Burnam, Esq' Jacob 
 
 Tuttle, and Samuel Steel Town Committy to Examin Schools." 
 
 1820. Rev. John M. Whiton, chairman; District No. 1, Isaac Baldwin, 
 
 George Duncan ; District No. 2, Robert Gregg, Amos Parmen- 
 ter ; District No. 3, James Steele, James Wallace ; District No. 
 4, Thomas McCoy, Andrew Cochran; District No. '5, David 
 McCluer, Robert Carr; District No. 6, Solomon Hopkins, Rich- 
 ard McAllister; District No. 7, Thomas Jameson, Isaac Smith; 
 District No. 8, Samuel Yose, John Worthley; District No. 9, 
 Samuel Fletcher, Alexander Witherspoon. 
 
 1821. Rev. John M. Whiton, Jeremiah Stickney, Israel Burnham. 
 
 1822. Rev. John M. Whiton, Jeremiah Stickney, Israel Burnham. 
 
 1823. Rev. John M. Whiton, Jeremiah Stickney, Israel Burnham. 
 
 1824. Rev. John M. Whiton, Israel Burnham, William Carr, Jr. 
 
 1825. Eev. John M. Whiton, Robert Reed, Jeremiah Stickney, Thomas 
 
 McCoy. 
 
 1826. Eev. John M. Whiton, chairman; District No. 1, Israel Burnham, 
 
 Luke Woodbury; District No. 2, Amos Parmenter, Eobert 
 Gregg ; District No. 3, William Gregg, James Wallace ; District 
 No. 4, Thomas McCoy, William Carr ; District No. 5, Thomas 
 Dunlap, Silas Dinsmore; District No. 6, Eobert H. Cleaves, 
 Solomon Hopkins ; District No. 7, Jacob Whittemore, Dimon 
 Dodge ; District No. 8, William Pritchard, John Vose ; District 
 No. 9, Samuel Eletcher, Isaac Brown; District No. 10, John 
 Symonds, Gilman Swain; District No. 11, Dea. Josiah Duncan, 
 Giles Newton. 
 
 1827. Eev. John M. Whiton, chairman; with same assistants as in 1826. 
 
 1828. Eev. John M. Whiton, Mark Woodbury, Israel Burnham, Jere- 
 
 miah Stickney, Bartlett Wallaee. 
 
 1829. "Voted School Districts choose their Committees." 
 
 1830. Benjamin F. Wallace, John Vose, Silas Dinsmore. 
 
 1831. Luke Woodbury, John Vose, William Carr, Jr. 
 
 1832. Eev. John M. Whiton, Luke Woodbury, B. F. Wallace. 
 
220 SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEES. 
 
 1833. Kev. John M. Whiton, Kev. Joseph Davis, E. L. Vose. 
 
 1834. Eev. John M. Whiton, Rev. Joseph Davis, Bartlett Wallace, 
 
 James Hopkins, Jr., Silas Dinsmore. 
 
 1835. Rev. John Whiton, Rev. Joseph Davis, IJartlett Wallace, James 
 
 Hopkins, Jr., Silas Dinsmore. 
 
 1836. Rev. John M. Whiton, Rev. Joseph Davis, Bartlett Wallace, James 
 
 Hopkins, Jr., Silas Dinsmore. 
 
 1837. Rev. John AI. Whiton, Rev. Joseph Davis, B. F. Wallace. 
 
 1838. Rev. John M. Whiton, Rev. Joseph Davis, James M. Stickney. 
 
 1839. Eev. John M. Whiton, B. i\ Wallace, Rev. Joseph Davis. 
 
 1840. Unknown. 
 
 1841. Unknown. 
 
 1842. Rev. John M. 'Vyhiton, B. F. Wallace, Rev. Joseph Davis. 
 
 1843. Rev. John M. Whiton, B. F. Wallace, ReV. Joseph Davis. 
 
 1844. Unknown. 
 
 1845. Unknown. 
 
 1846. Unknown. 
 
 1847. Rev. John M. Whiton, Charles McKeen, Clark Hopkins. 
 
 1848. Clark Hopkins. 
 
 1849. Rev! John M. Whiton, Clark Hopkins, George H. Hubbard. 
 
 1850. Daniel W. Hazelton, George H. Hubbard. 
 
 1851. E. L. Yose, SQlomon J. Buckminster, Frederick S. Little. 
 
 1852. E. L. Vose. 
 
 1863. Rev. John H. Bates, E. L. Vose. 
 
 1854. E. L. Vose. 
 
 1855. William W. Lovejoy. 
 
 1856. LeviW Wilkins. 
 
 1867. Levi W. Wilkins. 
 
 1868. Levi W. Wilkins, D. H. GoodelL 
 
 1859. J. H. Bates. 
 
 1860. J." H. Bates. 
 
 1861. J. H. Bates. 
 
 1862. J. H. Bates. 
 
 1863. James E. Vose. 
 
 1864. James E. Vose. 
 
 1865. James E. Vose, J. H. Bates. 
 
 1866. James E. Vose. 
 
 1867. JamesE. Vose, D.H. Gondell. 
 
 1868. Dr. Morris Christie. 
 
 1869. Henry D. Chapin. 
 
 1870. Henry D. Chapin, Dr. J. R. Kimball. 
 
 1871. Dr. J. R. Kimball. 
 
 1872. Henry D. Chapin. 
 
 1873. Dr. J. R. Kimball, Mark True. 
 
 1874. Mark True, Abbott F. True. 
 
 1875. Clark B.Cochrane. 
 
 1876. Abbott F. True. 
 
 1877. Abbott F. True. 
 
 1878. Dr. I. G. Anthoine. 
 
 1879. Dr. I. G. Anthoine. 
 
SCHOOL-TEACHERS. 
 
 221 
 
 NAMES OP PRINCIPAL SCHOOL-TEACHERS BORN OR LIVING IN ANTRIM, 
 SO PAR AS KNOWN. 
 
 George Bemaine. 
 
 Tobias Butler. 
 
 John Hopkins. 
 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 
 John Nichols. 
 
 Daniel M. Christie. 
 
 George W. Nesmith. 
 
 Mary Nesmith. 
 
 James Hopkins, Jr. 
 
 Mary Nichols. 
 
 Mary Dinsmore. 
 
 Margaret Dinsmore. 
 
 Margaret Nesmith. 
 
 John Duncan. 
 
 Mary Woodbury. 
 
 Benjamin F. Wallace. 
 
 Mary Duncan. 
 
 Clark Hopkins. 
 
 Seneca Cummings. 
 
 Sylvester Cochran. 
 
 Ann Cochran. 
 
 James M. McCoy. 
 
 Panny Baldwin. 
 
 Fanny (Burnham) Baldwin. 
 
 Harriet Boyd. 
 
 James A. Gregg. 
 
 Henry D. Chapin. 
 
 Edward L. Vose. 
 
 John Vose. 
 
 Samuel Vose. 
 
 Cyrus Baldwin. 
 
 Estimate E. E. Baldwin. • 
 
 Harriet Baldwin. 
 
 Eannie Burnham. 
 
 Sarah Brown. 
 
 Harriet Brown. 
 
 James E. Vose. 
 
 Elisabeth Whiton. 
 
 Helen Whiton. 
 
 Mary Steele. 
 
 Elisabeth Steele. 
 
 Ann Steele, 
 
 Alice Steele. 
 Frances M. Steele. 
 Georgianna Steele. 
 William Carr. 
 Lucy Tenney. 
 Bartlett Wallace. 
 Hiram Wallace. 
 Frederick S. Little. 
 John F. Tenney. 
 Mark True. 
 Millie Abbott. 
 Lucy Tuttle. 
 Morris^ Christie. 
 Lizzie S. Tenney. 
 Mary F, Sawyer. 
 Emily Tuttle. 
 Laura Shattuck. 
 Myra Mcllvaine. 
 Alma Shattuck. 
 Nancy Gould. 
 Samuel G. Newton. 
 Lucretia Bobinson. 
 Clarissa Cochran. 
 Dr. George Wilkins. 
 Joanna Fletcher. 
 Bachel Fletcher. 
 Augusta Mcllvaine. 
 Almeda Mcllvaine. 
 Kate I. Preston. 
 Jennie M. Nesmith. 
 Fannie H. Nesmith. 
 Nellie Clement. 
 Addie Gould. 
 Mary E. Whiteley. 
 Nellie Whiteley. 
 Jennie M. Ferry. 
 John D. Hutchinson. 
 Sadie M. Holman. 
 Nellie Jackson. 
 Loisa E. Allds. 
 Araorette Hopkins. 
 Alice Gould. 
 George Hastings. 
 
222 LIBRARIES. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 VARIOUS SOCIETIES IN ANTRIM. 
 
 The fij-st association in town except the church and the mil- 
 itary was the " Social Library Association," incorporated Nov. 
 27, 1800*. It was started before there was any minister settled 
 in town, and was in active operation long before it was incorpo- 
 rated. Its previous existence is attested by the following vote, 
 Nov. 3, 1800 : " To excuse those who have incurred fines this 
 year_ on account of the sickness." The first records are lost. 
 The first recorded meeting known was that of Nov. 3, 1800, at 
 which Capt. James Hopkins was moderator, and Dea. Arthur 
 Nesmith, clerk. Books were rare and liard to be obtained, and 
 what books they did get were of the solid kind, well selected, 
 useful, and decidedly unlike the trash that preponderates in our 
 modern libraries. This library was a great thing in its day. It 
 was the custom of all the leading families to go the round of 
 EVERY BOOK. Thcology and history and philosophy, — all were 
 read and thought over ; and consequently, though they had few 
 books, they had much information. The charter was granted to 
 " James Aiken, John Duncan, Thomas Nichols, and their asso- 
 ciates." About one hundred and twenty names appear on the 
 record as " proprietors," and names were constantly added. 
 The last record is of a meeting Jan. 2, 1826. Tristram Sawyer 
 was chosen moderator; William Gregg, clerk; and William 
 Pratt, librarian. This excellent library is still in existence, 
 though not with its former fullness and value. 
 
 About 1818, a "Juvenile Library" was started. This was 
 before the day of Sunday-school libraries. But the young people 
 had the idea that they must have a lighter, easier style of read- 
 ing. Mr. Whiton went into this to help manage it and keep it 
 pure, thinking he could do more good inside than outside. This 
 library flourished grandly for some years. It was kept at Chris- 
 tie's tavern. But subsequently many of the proprietors died 
 or moved away ; and hence those remaining voted to sell, and 
 disband. Perhaps this was brought about by the rise of the 
 Sunday-school library. At any rate, at the close of a town 
 meeting, about 1830, the books were sold at auction in the hall 
 of the Christie tavern, and the whole lot were sold for more 
 than the first cost ! 
 
WATER COMPANY. 223 
 
 In February, 1866, " The Antrim Library Association " was 
 established in South Village. Ten persons associated together, 
 paying down ten dollars each. These original members own 
 the library. The public have the use of it by paying one dollar 
 and fifty cents per year, each, and this money goes to enlarge 
 the library. It embraces several hundred volumes. Mrs. John 
 R. Hills has been the librarian. Harold Kelsea is treasurer. 
 The names of the original members were Mrs. Mark B. Wood- 
 bury, Morris Christie, Artemas Brown, Eben Bass, James W. 
 Perkins, N. W C. Jameson, Mark True, J. W. Poster, J. B. 
 Vose, Reed P. Whittemore. 
 
 ■ There was an association called the •• Madan Society," for 
 musical purposes, organized so long ago that its existence is for- 
 gotten by the oldest people. Traces of this society I first found 
 in old advertisements in the " Cabinet." It was formed of the 
 singers and musical people in Antrim, Hancock, and Greenfield, 
 had regular meetings, and made quite a sensation in its day. 
 They probably held meetings in rotation from town to town. 
 Very little positive information of this society can now be 
 gained. It seems to have lived many years, and deserved well. 
 There was never any organized musical society in Antrim save 
 the above, except the choir of the old church. This was held to 
 be of great importance, and occasionally the town made some 
 sqiall appropriation for music within its borders. Dea. Arthur 
 Nesmith led the old choir nearly thirty years. He was elected 
 chorister at the annual March meeting, 1794, and was annually 
 elected by the town to that office till his removal West. " His 
 courteous, amiable manners made him accep&ble to the qhoir 
 and to the congregation." I may add that his successors have 
 been John Taylor, David McOauley, William Gregg, Charles 
 Gates, Giles Newton, Joel Wilkins, Solomon J. Buckminster, 
 Frederick S. Little, Sylvester Little, and Frank Swett. 
 
 WATEK COMPANY. 
 
 " The Clinton and South Village Water Company " was 
 formed in February, 1847, for the improvement and control of 
 the water-power on the stream. This company own the outlet 
 of Gregg's pond, and large tracts of land subject to flowage. 
 They have greatly enlarged the reservoir of water, probably 
 doubling its value. Ezra Hyde was a leading spirit in this 
 undertaking. All, or nearly all, the owners of privileges on the 
 
224 ODD FELLOWS. 
 
 stream belong to thisfcompany. Its first meeting was March 6, 
 1847, at which Imla Wright was chosen secretary and treasurer, 
 and Ezra Hyde, Jonathan White, and Daniel Story, directors. 
 The annual meeting is in January. ' The present officers are as 
 follows : Secretary and treasurer, Charles B. Dodge ; directors, 
 D. H. Goodell, William H. Hildreth, John G. Abbott. 
 
 ODD-FELLOWSHIP IN ANTRIM. 
 
 Members of this order residing in Antrim desiring a lodge in 
 town, presented a petition to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of ' 
 New Hampshire on the tenth day of January, A. D. 1876. The 
 members of the order petitioning for a charter were I. G. 
 Anthoine, PranTi P. Roach, Alfred A. Miller, Charles W. Cool- 
 idge, Chester A. Holt, Charles B. Dodge, John A. Bryer, and 
 William H. Hill. 
 
 On the first day of Pebruary, A. D. 1876, a dispensation being 
 granted, Right Worthy Grand Master George A. Cummings, 
 accompanied by other grand officers, instituted Waverley Lodge 
 No. 59, Independent Order of Odd Pellows. At nine o'clock, 
 the Odd Pellows, to the number of about two hundred, pro- 
 ceeded to the hall of Mrs. Mary E. Woodbury, the use of which 
 had been kindly granted for the occasion, and there partook of a 
 bountiful collation which had been prepared by the Antrim 
 brethren and their ladies. 
 
 The lodge was organized with eighteen members. Its present 
 membership is forty-one, consisting of I. G. Anthoine, Chester 
 A. Holt, Frank P. Roach, Charles B. Dodge, Alfred A. Miller, 
 John A. Bryer, Charles W. Coolidge, William H. Hill, John B. 
 Perkins, Oilman H. Cleaves, Charles H. Kimball, George W. 
 Shaw, Will E. Downs, Bartlett L. Brooks, William A. Hildreth, 
 Prank B. Gould, Henry J. Beasom, George C. Wilson, Willard 
 Manning, Samuel S. Sawyer, John C. Butterfield, Horace L. 
 Pisher, Pred Hunt, Charles 0. Harris, George P. Hildreth, Martin 
 Swett, Levi H. Brooks, Prancis M. Sharpless, John M. Duncan, 
 Sumner N. Ball, Anson Swett, Melvin 0. Hunt, Clarence E. 
 Sawyer, Richard D. Weston, Fred I. Burnham, Pred C. Parring- 
 ton, Pred H. Kimball, James L. Whitney, Charles W. Parmer, 
 Prank G. Dodge, John R. Putney, Charles W. Kelsea. Edward 
 A. Carter withdrew, by card, April 12, 1879. 
 
 There has been but one death in the lodge, Frank P. Loveren, 
 who died at Deering, Oct. 18, 1878, and was buried under the 
 order. 
 
KNIGHTS OP HONOR, AND MASONS. 225 
 
 The following members have passed the principal chairs ; 
 viz., I. G. Anthoine, Prank P. Roach, Alfred A. Miller, Charles 
 B. Dodge, William A. Hildreth, Chester A. Holt, John A. Bryer. 
 
 The present officers coiisist of Charles H. Kimball, N. G. 
 William H. Hill, V. G. ; Charles B. Dodge, Sec. ; G. H. Cleaves 
 Treas. ; Fred I. Burnham, Ward. ; William A. Hildreth, Con. 
 R. D. Weston, 0. G. ; Fred H. Kimball, I. G. ; F. P. Roach, R 
 S. N.. G. ; H. J. Beasom, L. S. N. G. ; A. A, Miller, R. S. V. G. 
 S. N. Ball, L. S. V. G. ; J. C. Butterfield, R. S. S. ; B. L. Brooks, 
 L. S. S. ; Prank G. Dodge, Chap. 
 
 KNIGHTS OP HONOR. 
 
 '• The Contoocook Lodge of Knights of Honor, Antrim, N. H," 
 was instituted Sept. 4, 1876. 
 
 The charter members were Charles B. Caldwell, William H. 
 Hill, Joiin H. Smith, E. W. Esty, Rev. B. M. Shaw, H. P. Kim- 
 ball, A. B. Lawrence, S. R. Robinson, A. F. True, W. S. Baton, 
 A. L. Smith. 
 
 This wofthy society has its headquarters, as do the others, at 
 South Village, and is in a very flourishing condition. 
 
 MASONS. 
 
 The lodge of "Free and Accepted Masons" in Antrim is 
 called the Vesper Lodge. It was organized May 1, 1878, with 
 a membership of thirty, and is now working under very prosper- 
 ous conditions. 
 
 The present list of officers is as follows : Joseph N. Kelsea, 
 W. M. ; John P. Dodge, S. W. ; William H. Hill, J. W. ; Ben- 
 jamin P. Upton, T. ; E. C. Paige, S. ; Charles D. Sawyer, S. D. ; 
 Albert B. Lawrence, J. D. ; George F. Corey, S. S. ; Charles H. 
 Griffin, J. S. ; John C. Kimball, Chaplain ; C. H. Champney, 
 Marshal ; H. J. Beasom, Tyler. 
 
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226 EAELT ROADS. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 ROADS AND BRIDGES. 
 
 It will probably be of use to some to have here the dates of 
 construction of the several roads in town, as it would take long 
 to find the same from the confused records. Nothing that the 
 present generation would think it safe to ride over, existed in 
 Antrim before the present century. There were no wagons and 
 few carts. Traffic was chiefly on horseback. The first roads 
 were made " passable for horses," and then gradually improved 
 in the course of years. The first path cleared through the town 
 was on the line of the first road named below, and all those laid 
 out in 1777 had been used a,s paths before ; there being,no legal 
 road till formally made such by vote of the town after incorpo- 
 ration. Hence the first roads laid out by the town were said to 
 be " Recorded." It will be seen that the use the' settlers made 
 of roads would not require a bridge over every little water- 
 course ; so that for a long time there were only two bridges in 
 town. Building roads, therefore, was not then a matter of much 
 expenditure. It has been Said elsewhere that the " great bridge," 
 where now we locate the Baldwin bridge, was built in 1776, a 
 year before there was any legal road. This was the only bridge 
 except some frail foot-bridges. All the other streams, including ■ 
 the Branch river, were forded by teams. 
 
 1777, May 1. " The Road from the Bridge on Contocook 
 River To John Warrins Sawmill & from thence To Hillsborough 
 Line by the Way of Leut. McOlearys." This first road com- 
 menced at the Baldwin bridge, passing up by McFarland's (N. 
 W C. Jameson's), thence by John M. Duncan's to the old Cen- 
 ter on Meeting-House Hill, on the line of what is now called the 
 " old road," — i.e., past Bill Butterfield's. Prom the old Center it 
 was in nearly a straight course to Branch Village, thence over 
 English or Tuttle hill as now the old highway is built to Hills- 
 borough. In South Village this road was in a straight line from 
 Jameson's to Goodell's, and consequently was a few rods east of 
 the present street. It was on this road, at its junction with that 
 from Miller's to Kelsea's, that the old school-house was built and 
 burned. But in 1801, this road, at the request of Hon. John 
 
LAYING OUT THE FIRST ROAD. 227 
 
 Duncan,. perhaps to bring it near his cousin James, was made to 
 run straight to James Duncan's, — i. e., Saltmarsh place. The 
 fork of the roads was at the Elijah Kimball place, long before 
 there was any liouse there ; and the ti'ack of the old road from 
 Elijah Kimball's to John M. Duncan's may still be followed. 
 
 The first road, voted May 1, was formally laid out Sept. 3, fol- 
 lowing. It seems that the first path from South Village to the 
 Branch was east of the summit of Meeting-House Hill, cross- 
 ing the northeast side of the hill, and striking near Richard 
 McAllister's house, coming out the same as the subsequent road. 
 Reference is made to this old road in laying out the new one. 
 It was probably on the east side of this " old road " or path, 
 called " old " in 1777, that the children were buried, and they 
 thought the " Center would fall " ; i. e., on the extreme west of 
 the Whitney farm. The first road was laid out " To be four 
 Roads Wide it Being the Leading Road of the Town." 
 
 The same year they laid out the road from South Village to 
 Hancock line. It lay south of the present road, by William 
 Smith's to Alexander Jameson's (now the residence of G. H. 
 Cleaves), and thence as now traveled. 
 
 Likewise a road from Randall Alexander's (A. A. Miller's) to 
 the main road. This has not been changed to the present day. 
 
 Likewise a road from the Saltmarsh place (James Duncan's) 
 to D. H. Goodell's (Joseph Boyd's). 
 
 " And another Road from Warrins Sawmill as it is Now Used 
 To Maurice Lynches or as Near it as the Ground Will Admitt of 
 Good passing and it to be Three Road Wide." This is that now 
 traveled from the Branch to William Stacey's. 
 
 1779. No roads were laid out in 1778. At the March meet- 
 ing, 1779, the north stream is first called the " Branch," and 
 Richard McAllister and Thomas Stuart were chosen a committee 
 to " finish the Bridge " over it. March 9, 1779, the town " Voted 
 that Robt. Burns & adm Nichols Shall Each of them have a Road 
 Where they Required it." The first of these was no doubt that 
 which now exists from the old Burns place past Reed Carr's and 
 the cemetery to the " leading road." The second appears by 
 the next action of the town thus : " Voted that the Road be 
 Recorded from Adam Nichols place [McCoy's — north John Dun- 
 can's — buildings gone] by miss Dickeys [now S. M. Thompson's] 
 and Joseph Boyd's [Goodell's] And Daniel Miltimors [White- 
 ley's] To the Center." This was not all built at once, as parts of 
 
228 ROADS TO WINDSOR. 
 
 it we find laid out a second time — a circumstance that careful 
 eyes will find repeated below. 
 
 This year, also, the road was laid out from William Stacey's 
 to Windsor — over the mountain. 
 
 Likewise, July 2, 1779, as follows : " Beginning at John Nich- 
 ols Choping [N. C. Ferry's] Thence Runing North Where the 
 Road is opened to Adam Nichols Improvements [McCoy's on the 
 hill] thence by markt trees to Realys Sugar Camp Thence 
 North by markt trees Passing Betwixt Major Realys fell wood 
 [Gibson place] and John McCoyses [Elijah Goold's old place] to 
 Hillsborough line." This was the old first road to Hillsborough, 
 was close under, Riley's mountain, and is now mostly thrown up. 
 
 1780. Road from South Village to the Zadok Dodge place, 
 then settled by James Dinsmore. 
 
 Likewise the old road from the old Center by Green's, Law- 
 rence's, Reed Carr's, and Dinsmore's to Stoddard. 
 
 Likewise from Saltmarsh place by Goodell's and Whiteley's 
 to the Center. 
 
 Also from a point half-way between Whitney's and Goodell's 
 to ('corge A. Cochran's, — which, however, seems not to have 
 been built on that ground, but farther north, making the road 
 about where now traveled from Whitney's to Cochi'an's. 
 
 1781. "Voted that there be a road laid out from James 
 Dinsmores [Zadok Dodge place] by Mr. McDoal [Poster place] 
 to Sam' Patten's house." This house was on top of Patten's 
 Hill, and the road to it was open many years. It went up nearly 
 straight west from Dea. Boyd's. 
 
 Likewise, Sept. 1, 1781, from Bben Bass's to Samuel Patten's 
 on the top of the Patten Hill. It was laid out by marked trees, 
 and there was neither dwelling nor clearing between these two 
 points. 
 
 1782. The road by Daniel Swett's to Windsor. It was 
 described thus: "Beginning at James Nesmiths Hous [Wm. M. 
 Conn's] Running Westerly By markt Trees and Where it is 
 partly Cleared to Stephen Turtioes Barn then Running thfough 
 S'^ Curtices Land and Lem' Curtices Land to his house." 
 
 1783. From William M. Conn's over the mountain to Wind- 
 sor. , This was June 14. 
 
 Also, same date, a road from Elias Cheney's (Dimon Dodge 
 place), on the line between him and Joseph Clark, to strike the 
 previous Hillsborough road near the Gibson or Danforth place. 
 This was very nearly on line of present turnpike in Antrim. 
 
VARIOUS ROADS. 229 
 
 ' Also, from Milfes Turtle's up by Kidder's and J&,mes Wood's 
 to the corner now marked by the school-house in that district, 
 July 9, 1783. The town had voted to extend this road from 
 -this corner to Franklin Perry's, but it was only laid out to the 
 school-house. 
 
 The town also voted, at its Marcli meeting, a road from Daniel 
 Nichols's (Turner's), by Cooledge place, and down the sand-hill 
 and past Robert Mcllvaine's, to old Center. 
 
 1784. A road was laid out from Reuben Boutwell's house, 
 standing a little southeast of Daniel Simonds's, to the Stoddard 
 road near Samuel Dinsmore's. 
 
 Also, from Samuel Patten's house to Hancock line. Thus 
 for some years the main road to Hancock was over the top of 
 Patten Hill. 
 
 1786. A road from the town line on the Hiram Eaton farm 
 " northwardly " till it should strike the road from Patten Hill to 
 the meeting-house. 
 
 1787. From Hiram Combs's past Cooledge p]ace and school- 
 house, down sand-hill to Robert Mcllvaine's, and thence to meet- 
 ing-house. This had been voted 'before. 
 
 Also, from the house of Ira Holmes to Windsor line. 
 
 1788. From D. H. Goodell's eastward to Raymond place at 
 the corner. 
 
 Also, from South Village by Thomas Flint's, Munhall's, and 
 Greeley's, and thence over the hill south of the pond, past the 
 old Yose place to the place now occupied by Hugh Rogers, — 
 long Rodney Sawyer's. 
 
 1791. A road from John Duncan's to the Dea. Woods place, 
 thence by Levi Curtis's and Henry Barker's to the old Center. 
 This was voted March 22, 1791, but not formally laid out till 
 June 3, 1792. 
 
 1792. From Miles Tuttle's to Hillsborough line. 
 
 AlsOj from Thomas Day's house to the Stoddard road near 
 Samuel Dinsmore's. This was discontinued long since. 
 
 1793f Jan. 19. From Raymond Corner past the Dea. Jona- 
 than Nesmith place to " a balm tree which Stands a little South 
 of Nathan Coles house," — i. e., to Whitney place. 
 
 1791, Sept. 12. From the old meeting-house past the pound 
 and thence westward over Holt's Hill, and then nearly as now 
 traveled, round north and west of the pond, till it intersected 
 with the road south of the pond at the corner near the Capt. 
 John Worthley place. 
 
230 STATE ROAD. 
 
 1795. From George F. Parmenter's westward past Chandler 
 Butterfield's to Gregg's mills, then standing at the upper end of 
 the pond. This road was discontinued about 1873. 
 
 Also, from Elijah Holt's (near the river in the east part of 
 the town) westward to S. M. Thompson's Discontinued half a 
 century ago. 
 
 Also, from Thomas Jameson's to David Parker's, — a short 
 piece, long since thrown up. 
 
 1796. Dec. 10. From Jackson Boutelle's over the hill south 
 to the William N. Tuttle farm. This road, perhaps on better 
 ground, was laid out again Aug. 21, 1798. 
 
 1797. The road from Hancock to Stoddard across the south- 
 west corner of this town. Jonathan Nesmith was ageut to build. 
 This lias always been an expensive and troublesome road, and of 
 no use to the town. Referred to elsewhere. 
 
 1798. From the William N. Tuttle farm southward past 
 Amos Dodge's to the Caleb Clark place, now Mr. Lovewell's. 
 
 1799. November. Town gave permission to build a turnpike 
 througli Antrim. This was soon after built. Facts about it are 
 given in the narrative elsewhere. 
 
 Tins year the records first have mention of the " State Road 
 so called," about which there was a great talk, for and against, 
 for many years. This road was never built. It was laid out by 
 a court's committee. Can't see why it was called a state road. 
 It was surveyed from Stoddard to Francestown. Its line began 
 at South Stoddard, passed over the mountain north of George 
 Brown's, thence near Lovewell's, round the north side of Holt's 
 Hill, past Lily pond, down the lower side of the Center grave- 
 yard, down the Parmenter brook to near Chauncey White's, 
 thence in about a straight line to Arthur Miller's, crossing the 
 river near his house. A very good road miglit have been 
 made on this ground, but it would have been expensive to build, 
 and of no great public importance. 
 
 1801, Jan. 20. A road was laid out from the Tenney farm, 
 then Enoch Sawyer's, southeastward to this state road. 
 
 1801, June 20. A road " Running from the foot of the hill 
 west of the meeting-house southeastwardly till it, strikes the 
 leading road." This is the road now traveled from the pound 
 to the town-house. This, it seems, was not built, and was laid 
 out again in 1807, and made that year. 
 
 1802. Road commencing near Conn's corner on Stoddard 
 
VARIOUS ROADS. 231 
 
 road, and running southeastwardly over the north side of Tuttle 
 Mountain to the William N. Tuttle place. This was never more 
 than a path, and has been discontinued near half a century. 
 
 In the two following years several short roads were l^,id out, 
 all of them unimportant, and some of them hard to locate. A 
 road was laid out from Daniel Mcllvaine's to Mr. Whiteley's in 
 1804. One of these was to be a " Bridle Road " several years, 
 after which the town was to build it. 
 
 1806, May 10. Road from George Turner's to the river, was 
 laid out. It was to commence " near Daniel Nichol's Cyder 
 Mill," and run eastward to the Dimon Dodge place, — " thence 
 on river bank to Turnpike Bridge." In the following year, a 
 road was laid out from the north end of the pond to the Artemas 
 Brown place. Also, same year, road was straightened across 
 the meadow from Mr. Kelsea's to John M. Duncan's. In 1808, 
 the town voted to lay out a road from Luther Campbell's to 
 Steel's mills on the Hillsborough road (Estey's). This would 
 have made a level and convenient road. It was voted a second 
 time, a year or two later, but was greatly opposed, and was 
 never built. 
 
 1813. Road from Steel place west of pond to Lieut. James 
 Nesmith's — long since discontinued. 
 
 Also, 1816, from Lovewell's to the Artemas Brown road. 
 
 1817, Nov. 4. From George P. Parmenter's, eastward to the 
 old road to the Center. 
 
 1820, March 14. The town voted to lay out a road from near 
 the pound to Luther Campbell's. This was the road now traveled 
 to the Branch, and is mentioned in the town narrative. It was 
 a hard road to build, and was not finished at once. 
 
 1827. Road from Daniel Mcllvaine's to Fred Gove's, laid out 
 in 1804, seems to have been built this year. 
 
 18ol. From Stoddard line to Hillsborough, as now traveled, 
 was laid out by " Court's Committee," was stoutly opposed by 
 the town, but finally built. Referred to elsewhere. 
 
 1835. From Clinton to Mr. French's (Dea. Worthley place). 
 This road was laid out through a dense forest. The building of 
 it was somewhat delayed. Same year a road was laid out from 
 Gregg's mills to strike the other near the north end of the pond. 
 The following year, a road was laid out from William M. Conn's 
 to Reed Carr's. 
 
 1842. From Luther Campbell's to Keene road. This was 
 
232 ' ftOADS AND BRIDGES AT PRESENT TIME. 
 
 opposed and put off. Finally was laid out by county commis- 
 sioners in '1844, and soon after was built. 
 
 1846. From Clinton to- Charles F. Holt's. Laid out in 1845 ; 
 again the following year ; built 1846. This was continued from 
 Holt's mill up to the pond in 1854. 
 
 It may be added that many pieces of road have been discon- 
 tinued which are not so given above, — especially in west part of 
 the town. That part of the " leading road " from the old grave- 
 yard to Luther Campbell's was discontinued in 1872. The roads 
 of Antrim will compare favorably with those of any New Hamp- 
 shire town. 
 
 For twenty-five years subsequent to incorporation, these roads 
 were little more than clearings through the forests, and no 
 attempt was made to evade hills. But for the past seventy-five 
 years great effort has been made to improve our roads. The 
 labors of generations have made them what they are ; and those 
 in the hardest localities have been made excellent. Few towns 
 have done so much for accommodating people not their own, as 
 ours. The road across the southwest corner, that from South 
 Village to the turnpike bridge, the turnpike, and the Keene 
 road, were none of them made for ourselves, though some of 
 these are now of great value to the town. We have about eight- 
 een wooden bridges to support ; Branch river being bridged 
 seven times, Clinton or Great brook seven times, besides Carr 
 brook once, Cochran brook once, and the dry bridges and half- 
 bridges along the Contoocook. , 
 
OLD CEMETERY. 283 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 CEMETERIES. 
 
 The first burial of a white person in Antrim' was that of a 
 child in February, 1768, on. the spot now occupied by the Levi 
 Woodbury house. In 1772, Dea. Aiken lost a second child, and 
 he buried it on the Whitney farm, near its northwest corner. To 
 this spot he removed the body of the child that died in 1768. Sev- 
 eral other children were buried at this place. But it was in the 
 woods, and the graves were not marked. As they supposed the 
 Center of the town would be at this point, they expected in the 
 near future properly to mark and honor the ground. But when 
 the Center was fixed on the hill, these little graves had to be 
 left. Some of the bodies were removed to the hill. Three or 
 four years later the land was cleared and burned ; and it was 
 soon impossible to identify the spot. That first burial-place is 
 known only to God. They are little graves, but they are not 
 forgotten of Him. 
 
 The burial-place on the hill was fixed upon by the town in 
 public meeting, Aug. 20, 1777, it having been previously laid out 
 by the surveyor, and so far informally decided upon as to be then 
 referred to as " the Burling Place." A little of it, nearest the 
 " spoot " fixed to build the meeting-house on, was cleared at 
 once. The rest of it was gradually chopped down and the tim- 
 ber left to dry. It was burned over in 1781. The brands and 
 blackened logs were piled and burned in 1782, and the land 
 sowed with rye, of which there was a great crop the following 
 year. 
 
 The old cemetery was at first surrounded by a log fence ; but 
 a good stone wall, standing to this day, took the place of the log 
 fence in 1794. But the care of the town for this spot was so 
 great that they voted again, as soon as 1802, to repair the grave- 
 yard fence. The enclosed portion rapidly filled up ; and an addi- 
 tion of about half its size was made on the west, in 1818. In 
 1838 the town instructed the selectmen to make such repairs as 
 were needed " at the old graveyard." This was done from time 
 to time, so that the ground was kept in a fair condition. In the 
 fall of 1872, there was a voluntary turn-out of citizens to work 
 
234 BURIALS IN OLD CEMETERY. 
 
 in righting the slanted monuments and " bowing wall " ; and a 
 vigorous and willing day's work was done. A new gate was also 
 provided. Thus the town, and especially the fathers, manifested 
 a great interest in that place of the dead. In my judgment it is 
 by far the most sacred spot within our borders ;. and I venture the 
 hope, that, after we are gone, children and children's children 
 will keep it in good condition, and guard its monuments with 
 deathless care. 
 
 It is impossible now to tell who was first buried on the hill. 
 After the ground was set apart and one corner made clean, in 
 1777, it is certain no burials took place elsewhere in town for 
 fifty years. Probably a child or two were buried there as early 
 as 1778. The oldest monument is dated a little later. Only a 
 very small part of those buried there have any mark at their 
 graves. The ground was full in 1818, and about one hundred 
 and thirty were subsequently buried in the addition of that year. 
 Mr. Whiton'says " the dust of about six hundred sleeps in the 
 old burying-yard," which seems to me at least one hundred too 
 low. He says four hundred were buried there during his minis- 
 try (Half-century Sermon, page 8), of which no doubt he had a 
 record, — the deaths during his ministry averaging eighteen per 
 year. For the eight years preceding his settlement, including 
 the dysentery year, 1800, the average of deaths must have been 
 twenty annually. This would make five hundred and sixty 
 burials there in the present century. If, now, we suppose the 
 bodies moved there to be six, and the average of deaths from 
 1778 to 1800 to be six yearly, the whole would be just seven 
 hundred. A look at the table of populations strongly confirms 
 ihis reasoning, especially when we remember the fatality among 
 children. Probably in those days when the town had no minis- 
 ter to keep a record, many were buried there not numbered in 
 Mr. Whiton's account. Many are the children not accounted 
 for, unless they were laid there in this way. 
 
 In the old days the town provided a heavy, large black cloth 
 to throw over the coffin, — this last being generally a very cheap 
 and unsightly box. This pall was called " The mort-cloth," and 
 sometimes the " Palm-cloth," by the Scotch. I found in the 
 first Londonderry record-book this item : " Voted that Moses 
 Barnet hoop the Pam-Cloth, & Impowered to Let it out in the 
 town for five Shillings for Bach funeral that Imploys it." They 
 also voted to buy a " Mor-Cloth that will be small for young 
 
CENTER, EAST, AND NORTH BRANCH CEMETERIES. 235 
 
 children." I remember seeing one of these great, dark, fright- 
 ful coverings of the coffin, with fringe all around it, a most dead 
 and mournful black ! The more modern pall of fringed velvet 
 is less repulsive. Rarely, however, is anything of the kind to be 
 seen, or used, at the present day. 
 
 The next cemetery in town, begun in 1826, was that now 
 known as the " Center Yard." It was started by Dr. Whiton, 
 but the most active man in organizing the work and putting the 
 ground in order was James Cochran, father of Ira. A great 
 amount of labor was spent upon it, the earth on the ridge being 
 scraped down several feet against a huge bank wall erected for 
 the purpose. This ground i^ no^ nearly full. Here Dr. Whiton 
 expressed a wish to be laid when his work was done, and here, 
 under the morning shadow of his church, they buried him. 
 This sunny and quiet yard is neatly kept, but will soon be, like 
 the former, a thing of the past. 
 
 The East yard was commenced in October, 1827, by the soci- 
 ety then existing there. The first burial was that of Aura Ann 
 Tennant, Oct. 10, 1829. This yard also is now nearly full, and 
 but little used. It was located nearly opposite the East church. 
 Comely for situation, accessible, and orderly, it was the chosen 
 ground for that part of the town, as well as for many families in 
 Bennington and Deering. This yard was some time in prepara- 
 tion, and several bodies- were buried in fields and gardens, tem- 
 porarily, and then removed to it. 
 
 " The Cemetery on the Plain," in the north part of the town, 
 was begun soon after that at the Center, and in the same year, 
 182H. It constituted then about half of the present yard, that 
 on the west being purchased and added about the time of the 
 incorporation. " The Antrim North Branch Cemetery Associa- 
 tion" was incorporated in 1864, the right being granted to "Syl- 
 vester Preston, Daniel Simonds, Samuel Dinsmore, and other 
 owners of lots." The first burial was that of Benjamin Simonds, 
 Sen., who died, in 1826. 
 
 The present officers of the association are : President, Henry 
 B. Swett ; secretary, George P Little ; treasurer, Luther M. 
 Wilkins; directors, William R. Carr, William M. Conn, Edmond 
 Sawyer. 
 
 About 1829, the town voted " a Saxon for each yard*' ; and for 
 half a century three sextons were annually appointed by the 
 town for these three yards. 
 
236 MAPLBWOOD CEMETERY. 
 
 Maplewood Cemetery was prepared for use in the year 1861. 
 The land had been for years a dry, poor sheep-pasture. One 
 day, J. W. Christie, riding along with his son, Dr. Morris Chris- 
 tie, thought of the convenience and fitness of the place for a 
 burial-ground. They two got out and looked it over; then went 
 up -and consulted with Mark and Levi Woodbury. The next 
 step was that the two last named bought the land. Then, as 
 soon as possible, they fitted it up nearly in its present shape, and 
 sold the lots for remuneration. It was opened with the year 
 1862. It has been spoken of as remarkable that Mr. Christie 
 was almost the first to be laid there (April 10, 1862). The first 
 burial there was that of Charles McKeen,'Vho died March 24, 
 1862. The number buried in this cemetery (Jan. 1, 1877) is 
 one hundred and twenty-seven, and the number removed there 
 from several other places eighty-one, making two hundred and 
 eight in all. 
 
 Pew country burial-places are more attractive than this. It 
 will be still more beautiful in the future, when the long rows of 
 trees reach maturity. Many substantial and comely monuments 
 adorn the ground. The fountain was put in (1877) at a cost of 
 about four hundred dollars. It was by the work and solicitation 
 of Mrs. Anna Woodbury, who also paid more than half of all the 
 expense. The principal other donors were D. H. Goodell and 
 Morris Christie. 
 
 There is only one private burial-place in Antrim, that of the 
 elder Whittemore family, lying on the Hillsborough line, in the 
 extreme northeast part of the town. It should be added that 
 west of the mountains, from forty to seventy years ago, many 
 bodies were taken from Antrim to South Stoddard and Hancock, 
 for burial. 
 
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 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 LIST OP TOWN OFFICERS FROM THE YEAR 1777 TO THE YEAR 1879, 
 INCLUSIVE, AS COPIED PROM THE TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Date. Moderator and Town Clerk. 
 
 1777. Moderator not named. 
 Maurice Lynch, Clerk. 
 
 1778. Daniel Nichols, Mod. 
 John Duncan, Clerk. 
 
 1779. Samuel Moore, Mod. 
 Samuel Moore, Clerk. 
 
 1780. John Duncan, Mod. 
 
 Daniel Miltimore, Clk. 
 
 Selectmen. i 
 
 Thomas Stuart. 
 James Aiken. 
 Richard McAllister, 
 
 Thomas Stuart. 
 Daniel Miltimore. 
 Daniel Nichols. 
 
 John Duncan. 
 Samuel Moore. 
 Adam Nichols. 
 
 Daniel Nichols. 
 Benjamin Gregg. 
 Thomas Stuart. 
 
 Representative. 
 
 Henniker, Hillsbor- 
 ough, Deering, An- 
 trim, and Society 
 Land were repre- 
 sented in several 
 sessions at Exeter 
 by Capt. Joseph Sy- 
 monds, and same 
 also, 1776. 
 
 District as above, rep- 
 resented by Isaac 
 Andrews. Met at 
 Exeter, Dec. 16, 
 1778. 
 
 This year Capt. Jas. 
 McCalley was cho- 
 sen for the district. 
 Met at Exeter, Dec. 
 16, 1779. 
 
 Henniker, Hillsbor- 
 ough, Deering, An- 
 trim, Hancock, and 
 Society Land, — by 
 Capt. James Mc- 
 Calley, of Hillsbor- 
 ough. 
 
 1781. John Duncan, Mod. 
 
 Daniel Miltimore, Clk. 
 
 1782. John Duncan, Mod. 
 Samuel Moore, Clerk. 
 
 Samuel Moore. 
 Daniel McFarland. 
 John Duncan. 
 
 Thomas Stuart. 
 Samuel Moore. 
 John Duncan. 
 
 1783. Benjamin Gregg, Mod. James Dinsmore. 
 Samuel Moore, Clerk. Thomas Stuart. 
 Daniel Nichols. 
 
 1784. John Duncan, Mod. 
 Samuel Moore, Clerk. 
 
 Samuel Moore. 
 Samuel Patten. 
 Richard McAllister. 
 
 District represented 
 by Capt. Robert Al- 
 cock, of Deering. 
 
 Henniker, Hillsbor- 
 ough, Deering, An- 
 trim, Hancock, and 
 Society Land, rep- 
 resented by Capt. 
 Joseph Symonds. 
 
 John Duncan repre- 
 sented district of 
 Antrim, Deering, 
 Hancock, and Soci- 
 ety Land. 
 
 John Duncan for An- 
 trim, Deering, and 
 Hancock, and So- 
 ciety Land. 
 
238 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 Date. Moderator and Town Clerk. 
 
 1785. Isaac Cochran, Mofl. 
 Samuel Moore, Clerk. 
 
 Selectmen. 
 
 Isaac Cochran. 
 Jonathan ISTesmith. 
 Samuel Moore. 
 
 Representative. 
 
 Probably John Dun- 
 
 1786. Isaac Cochran, Mod. Isaac Cochran. Probably John Dun- 
 
 Daniel Miltimore, Clk. Jonathan Nesmith. can. 
 Daniel Nichols. 
 
 1787. Thomas Nichols, Mod. Isaac Cochran. 
 
 Daniel Miltimore, Clk. Jonathan Nesmith, 
 Thomas Stuart. 
 
 John Duncan for An- 
 trim and other 
 towns. 
 
 1788. John Duncan, Mod. 
 Tobias Butler, Clerk. 
 
 Thomas Stuart. , 
 Samuel Dinsmore. 
 David McClure. 
 
 1789. Daniel Miltimore, Mod. Thomas Stuart. 
 
 Daniel Miltimore, Clk. Samuel Dinsmore. 
 James Hopkins. 
 
 1790. Isaac Cochran, Mod. 
 
 Daniel Miltimore, Clk. 
 
 Daniel Miltimore. 
 Thomas Stuart. ■ 
 Jonathan Nesmith. 
 
 Probably John Dun- 
 can. 
 
 John Duncan, for 
 Deering, Antrim, 
 and Hancock. Met 
 at Seth Hadley's, 
 Hancock, to elect. 
 
 Probably John Dun- 
 can. 
 
 1791. 
 
 Thomas Nichols, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Jonathan Nesmith. John Duncan, for An- 
 William Brown. trim, Deering, and 
 
 Dani(>l Nichols. Hancock. 
 
 1792. Isaac Cochran, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Jonathan Nesmith. 
 Arthur Nesmith. 
 Daniel Nichols. 
 
 1798. John Duncan, Mod. Jonathan Nesmith. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. Arthur Nesmith. 
 John Mcllvaine. 
 
 John Duncan, for An- 
 trim and Hancock, 
 as shown by Han- 
 cock records. 
 
 John Duncan repre- 
 sented Antrim and 
 Hancock. 
 
 1794. Isaac Cochran, Mod. Jonathan Nesmith. Probably John Dun- 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. Daniel Nichols. can. 
 Arthur Nesmith. 
 
 1795. Thomas Nichols, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 1796. John Duncan, Mod. 
 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Jonathan Nesmith. 
 Daniel Nichols. 
 Arthur Nesmith. 
 
 Jonathan Nesmith. 
 Arthur Nesmith. 
 Thomas Stuart. 
 
 John Duncan for An- 
 trim and Hancock. 
 
 John Duncan repre- 
 sented the district. 
 
 1797. John Duncan, Mod. Jonathan Nesmith. (John Duncan lepre- 
 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. James Hopkins. 
 Arthur Nesmith. 
 
 sented Antrim and 
 Campbell's Gore, 
 but in August Jon- 
 athan Nesmith was 
 chosen for a session 
 in Portsmouth.) 
 
TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 239 
 
 Date. 
 1798. 
 
 1799. 
 
 1800. 
 
 18)1. 
 
 1802. 
 
 1803. 
 
 1804. 
 
 1805. 
 
 1806. 
 
 Moderator and Town Clerk. 
 
 Isaac Cochran, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Samuel Diusmore, Mod . 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Mark Woodbury, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Isaac Baldwin, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 John Duncan, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Isaac Baldwin, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Isaac Baldwin, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Isaac Baldwin, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Mark Woodbury, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Selectmen. 
 
 Arthur Nesmith. 
 Baniel Nichols. 
 James Wallace. 
 
 Arthur Nesmith. 
 Daniel Nichols. 
 James Wallace. 
 
 Arthur Nesmith. 
 William Starrett. 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Nathan Cleaves. 
 Samuel Vose. 
 Robert Gre^g. 
 
 Representative. 
 
 Pirst Representative 
 of Antrim alone, 
 Jonathan Nesmith. 
 
 Jonathan Nesmith. 
 
 Jonathan Nesmith. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Robert Gregg. Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 .John Alexander. 
 James Dunlap. 
 
 Robert Gregg. 
 John Alexander. 
 James Dunlap. 
 
 Robert Gregg. 
 James Nesmith. 
 Thomas Jameson. 
 
 Robert Gregg. 
 James Nesmith. 
 John Worthley. 
 
 Robert Gregg. 
 James Nesmith. 
 John Worthley. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle . 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 1807. Mark Woodbury, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 1808. James Wallace, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 1809. Mark Woodbury, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 1810. Mark Woodbury„Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 James Nesmith. Jacob Tuttle. 
 Jonathan Nesmith. 
 James Wallace. 
 
 James AV^allace. 
 Robert Gregg. 
 Samuel Vose. 
 
 James Wallace. 
 Samuel Vose. 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 
 Robert Gregg. 
 Samuel Vose. 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 JacobTuttle. 
 
 1811. Mark Woodbury, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 1812. Mark Woodbury, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 James Nesmith. James Wallace. 
 Stephen Woodbury. 
 Charles Adams. 
 
 Robert Gregg. Mark Woodbury. 
 
 Stephen Woodbury. 
 Charles Adams. 
 
240 
 
 TOWN OPPICERS. 
 
 Date. 
 1813. 
 
 1814. 
 
 1815. 
 
 1816. 
 
 1817, 
 
 1818. 
 
 1819. 
 
 1820, 
 
 1821. 
 
 1822. 
 
 1823. 
 
 1824. 
 
 1825. 
 
 1826. 
 
 1827. 
 
 Moderator and Town Clerk. 
 
 Jacob Whittemore, Mo. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle,Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Jacob Whittemore, Mo. 
 James Nesmitli, Clerk. 
 
 Jacob Whittemore, Mo. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Mark Woodbury, Mod. 
 James Nesmith, Clerk. 
 
 Selectmen. 
 
 .Tames Wallace. 
 Jacob Whittemore. 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 
 Eobert Gregg. 
 Jacob Whittemore. 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 
 Robert Gregg. 
 Jacob Whittemore. 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 
 Eobert Gregg. 
 David McCalley. 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 
 David McCalley. 
 George Duncan. 
 Amos Parmenter. 
 
 Mark Woodbury, Mod. David McCalley. 
 Amos Parmenter, Clk. Amos Parmenter. 
 Robert Gregg. 
 
 Lt. James Nesmith, Mo. Amos Parmenter. 
 Amos Parmenter, Clk. John Wallace. 
 John McNeil. 
 
 James Nesmith, Mod. Robert Gregg. 
 Amos Parmenter, Clk. Amos Parmenter. 
 John Wallace. 
 
 Mark Woodbury, Mod. Robert Gregg. 
 Robert Gregg. Clerk. John Wallace. 
 
 Tristram Sawyer. 
 
 James Nesmith', Mod. 
 Amos Parmenter, Clk. 
 
 Jonathan Nesmitlj. 
 Samuel Fletcher. 
 John Worthley. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle, Mod. Samuel Fletcher. 
 
 Amos Parmenter, Clk. John AVorthley. 
 
 Samuel Tuttle, Jr. 
 
 William Gregg, Mod. Samuel Fletcher. 
 Amos Parmenter, Clk. John Worthley. 
 
 Samuel Tuttle, Jr. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle, Mod. 
 Amos Parmenter, Clk. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher. 
 John Worthley. ' 
 Samuel Tuttle, Jr. 
 
 William Gregg, Mod. Samuel Fletcher. 
 Samuel Fletcher, Clerk. John Worthley. 
 Samuel Tuttle. 
 
 Amos Parmenter, Mod. Samuel Fletcher. 
 Jacob Tuttle, Clerk. Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Samuel Tuttle, Jr. 
 
 Represeutatiye. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Jacob Whittemore. 
 
 Jacob Whittemore. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. 
 
 Mark Woodbury. 
 
 Amos Parmenter. 
 
 Amos Parmenter. 
 
 Amos Parmenter. 
 
 Amos Parmenter. 
 
 George Duncan. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher. 
 
TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 241 
 
 Date. 
 
 1828. 
 
 1829. 
 
 1830. 
 
 1831. 
 
 1882. 
 
 1833. 
 
 1834. 
 
 1835. 
 
 1836. 
 
 1837. 
 
 1838. 
 
 1839. 
 
 1840. 
 
 1841. 
 
 1842. 
 
 Moderator and Town Olerk. 
 
 Selectmen. 
 
 George Duncan, Mod. Samuel Fletcher. 
 Jacob Tuttle, Clerk. Thomas McCoy. 
 Isaac Baldwin. 
 
 S. Weston, Jr., Mod. 
 Jacob Tuttle, Clerk. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher. 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 Isaac Baldwin. 
 
 George Duncan, Mod. Samuel Fletcher. 
 Samuel Fletcher, Clerk. Thomas McCoy. 
 Isaac Baldwin. 
 
 Bepreaentative. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher. 
 
 Jacob Whittemore, Mo. Samuel Fletcher. Thos. McMagter, Jr. 
 George Duncan, Clerk. Thomas McMaster. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle. . 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Mod. Samuel Fletcher. Thomas McMaster. 
 George Duncan, Clerk. Thomas McMaster. 
 George Duncan. 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Mod. Samuel Fletcher. Luke Woodbury. 
 George Duncan, Clerk. Thos. McMaster, Jr. 
 Jacob Whittemore. 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Mod. Thos. McMaster, Jr. Samuel Fletcher. 
 George Duncan, Clerk. Jacob Whittemore. 
 Isaac Baldwin. 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Mod. Thos. McMaster, Jr. Luke Woodbury. 
 George Duncan, Clerk. Thomas McCoy. 
 Jonathan Carr. 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Mod. Thomas McCoy. Thomas McMaster. 
 George Duncan, Clerk. Jonathan Carr. 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Mod. Thomas McCoy. Thomas McMaster. , 
 George Duncan, Clerk. Jonathan Carr. 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Mod. Thomas McCoy. 
 George Duncan, Clerk. Jonathan Carr. 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 
 Jacob Whittemore, Mo. Thomas McCoy. 
 Hiram Griflln, Clerk. Samuel Fletcher. 
 William Carr, Jr. 
 
 Jacob Whittemore. 
 
 Jacob Whittemore. 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Mod. William Carr, Jr. Jacob Whittemore. 
 Hiram Griffin, Clerk. Henry C. Smith. 
 John Barker. 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Mod. William Carr. 
 Hiram Griffin, Clerk. John Barker. 
 John G. Flint. 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Mod. Samuel Fletcher. 
 Hiram Griffin, Clerk. John G. Flint. 
 David McKean. 
 
 16 
 
 Eev. Joseph IJavis. 
 
 Kev. Joseph Davis. 
 
242 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 Date. Moderator and Town Clerk. 
 
 1843. William Carr, Mod. 
 Hiram Griffln, Clerk. 
 
 1844. Jacob Whittemore, Mo. 
 Rev. Jos. Davis, Clerk. 
 
 1845. Luke Woodbury, Mod. 
 Hiram Griffin, Clerk. 
 
 1846. Jacob Whittemore, Mo, 
 Hiram Griffin, Clerk. 
 
 1847. Jacob Whittemore, Mo. 
 Charles McKean, Clk. 
 
 1848. Luke Woodbury, Mod. 
 Charles McKean, Clk. 
 
 1849. Luke Woodbury, Mod. 
 Charles McKean, Clk. 
 
 1850. Jacob Whittemore, Mo. 
 Charles McKean, Clk. 
 
 Selectmen. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher. 
 William Carr. 
 David McKean. 
 
 William Carr. 
 Jonathan Carr. 
 Manly W. McClure. 
 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 Josiah W. Christie. 
 David McKean. 
 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 Manly W. McClure. 
 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 E. P. Whittemore. 
 
 Thomas McCoy. 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 K. P. Whittemore. 
 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 R. P. Whittemore. 
 Rodney Sawyer. 
 
 R. P. Whittemore. 
 Rodney Sawyer. 
 Ira Cochran. 
 
 1851. Bartlett Wallace, Mod. R. P. Whittemore. 
 Charles McKean, Clk. Ira Cochran. 
 
 Samiiel Dinsmore. 
 
 1852. Bartlett Wallace, Mod. 
 Almus Fairfield, Clerk. 
 
 1853. Reed P. Whittemore, M. 
 Almus Fairfield, Clerk. 
 
 1854. Lemuel N. Pattee, Mo. 
 Almus Fairfield, Clerk. 
 
 1855. Lemuel N. Pattee, Mo. 
 Almus Fairfield, Clerk. 
 
 1856. Charles McKean, Mod. 
 Almus Fairfield, Clerk. 
 
 1857. Charles McKean, Mod. 
 Almus Fairfield, Clerk. 
 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 Clark Hopkins. 
 John Dodge. 
 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 Clark Hopkins. 
 John Dodge. 
 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 John Dodge. 
 John Little. 
 
 Isaac Baldwin. 
 Sam'l A. Fletcher. 
 Harvey Stacy. 
 
 R. P. Whittemore. 
 Jesse R. Goodell. 
 Zadoc P. Wilson. 
 
 R. P. Whittemore. 
 Jesse R. Goodell. 
 Zadoc P. Wilson. 
 
 Hepresentative. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher. 
 
 Rev.' Joseph Davis. 
 Hiram Griffin. 
 Hiram Griffin. 
 William Carr. 
 William Carr. 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 Thomas Dunlap. 
 Charles McKean. 
 Charles McKean. 
 
 Hiram Griffin. Levi 
 Woodbury chosen 
 ■ and declined. 
 
 Hiram Griffin. 
 
 Lemuel N". Pattee. 
 
 No Representative. 
 First warrant ille- 
 gal. 
 
 R. P. Whittemore. 
 
TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 243 
 
 Date. Moderator and Town Olerk. 
 
 1858. Charles McKeau, Mod. 
 D. H. Goortelt, Clerk. 
 
 1859. Lemuel Jf. Pattee, Mo. 
 John M. Wallace, Clk. 
 
 1860. Lemuel ?f . Pattee, Mo. 
 John M. Wallace, Clk. 
 
 1861. Mark True, Mod. 
 
 John M. Wallace, Clk. 
 
 Selectmen. 
 
 R. P. Whittemore. 
 Samuel Dinsmore. 
 John G. Flint. 
 
 William S. Foster. 
 Harvey Stacy. 
 William N. Tuttle. 
 
 William S. Foster. 
 Harvey Stacy. 
 William ST. Tuttle. 
 
 William S. Foster. 
 Harvey Stacy. 
 William N. Tuttle. 
 
 1862. Wm. M. Parsons, Mod. William N. Tuttle. 
 Almus Fairfield, Clerk. Henry B. Swett. 
 
 G^orse A. Cochran. 
 
 1863. Lemuel N. Pattee, Mo. 
 Bennett S. Buckmiu- 
 ster, Clerk. In Sept. 
 A. A. Eamsey was 
 chosen to till vacancy 
 in otfice of Town Clk. 
 
 . 1864. Mark True. Mod. 
 
 Abram A. Ramsey, CI. 
 
 William N. Tuttle. 
 George A. Cochran. 
 Albert Baldwin. 
 
 William S. Foster. 
 Harvey Stacy. 
 Albert Baldwin. 
 
 Representative. 
 
 R. P. Whittemore. 
 
 Lemuel N. Pattee. 
 
 Lemuel N. Pattee. 
 
 ISr. W. C. Jameson. 
 
 Harold Kelsea. 
 
 Harold Kelsea. 
 
 Mark True. 
 
 1865. Leander Smith, Mod. 
 James E. Vose. Clerk. 
 
 1866. Leander Smith, Mod. 
 James E. Vose, Clerk. 
 
 1867. Leander Smith, Mod. 
 James E. Vose, Clerk. 
 
 1868. Leander Smith, Mod. 
 Edward D. Putney, CI. 
 
 1869. D. Harvey Goodell, Mo. 
 Edward D. Putney, CI. 
 
 1870. D. Harvey Goodell, Mo. 
 Edward D. Putney, CI. 
 
 1871. D. H. Goodell, Mod. 
 
 Almus Fairfield, Clerk. 
 
 William S. Foster. 
 Edward L. Vose. 
 James W. Perkins. 
 
 William S. Foster. 
 Edward L. Vose. 
 James W. Perkins. 
 
 Edward L. Vose. 
 George A. Cochran. 
 F. M. Shattuck. 
 
 Edward L. Vose. 
 Geo. A. Cochran. 
 Leander Smith. 
 
 Geo. A. Cochran. 
 Leander Stnith.- 
 Samuel S. Sawyer. 
 
 Geo. A. Cochran. 
 Leander Smith. 
 Samuel 8. Sawyer. 
 
 Geo. A. Cochran. 
 Leander Smith. 
 William N. Tuttle. 
 
 William S. Foster. 
 
 William S. Foster. 
 
 Mark True. 
 
 William N. Tuttle. 
 
 William N. Tuttle. 
 
 Geo. A. Cochran. 
 
 Geo. A. Cochran. 
 
244 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 Date. Moderator and Town Clerk. ■ Selectmen. 
 
 1872. EeedP.Whittemore,M. Geo. A. Cochran. 
 Almus Fairfield, Clerk. Leander Smith. 
 
 William N. Tuttle. 
 
 Eepreaentative. 
 
 Harris B. Newman. 
 
 1873. Leander Smith, Mod. 
 
 Charles B. Dodge, Clk. 
 
 Geo. A. Cochran. 
 Leander Smith. 
 William N. Tuttle. 
 
 Harris B. Newman. 
 
 1874. George A.Cochran, Mo. 
 Charles B. Dodge, Clk. 
 
 William N. Tuttle. 
 Samuel S. Sawver. 
 William K. Carr. 
 
 John M. Duncan. 
 
 1875. Leander Smith, Mod. 
 
 Almus Fairfield, Clerk. 
 
 R. P. Whittemore. 
 Arthur A. Miller. 
 Miles B. Tuttle. 
 
 N. C. Jameson. 
 
 1876. Leauder S,mith, Mod. 
 Almus Fairfield, (lerk. 
 
 R. P. Whittemore. 
 Arthur A. Miller. 
 Miles B. Tutile. 
 
 N. C. Jameson. 
 
 1877. Leander Smith, Mod. 
 
 Charles B. Dodge, Clk. 
 
 1878. George A. Cochran, M. 
 Charles B. Dodge, Clk. 
 
 Geo. A. Cochran. 
 Samuel S. Sawver. 
 Elijah F. Gould". 
 
 Samuel S. Sawyer. 
 Elijah F. Gould. 
 William R. Carr. 
 
 D. H. Goodell. 
 
 D. H. Goodell. 
 
 1879. George A. Cochran, M. 
 Charles B.Dodge, Clk. 
 
 1880. George A. Cochran, M. 
 Charles B. Dodge, Clk. 
 
 Samuel S. Sawyer. 
 Charles W. Kelsea. 
 Enoch C. Paige. 
 
 Samuel S. Sawyer. 
 Charles W. Kelsea. 
 Enoch C. Paige. 
 
 Samuel S. Sawyer. 
 
 Samuel S. Sawyer. 
 (Elected for two 
 years.) 
 
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MILLS ON THE BRANCH. 245 
 
 I 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 MILLS AND MANUFACTURES IN ANTRIM. 
 
 As the first mill of any kind in town was' on the Branch 
 stream, I will begin with that stream and follow it down. The 
 same order will be observed with Great Brook. 
 
 1. The Burns Mill. — This was near Stoddard line, was built 
 by Robert Burns, Jr , in 1818, was an ordinary saw-mill, and 
 quite an amount of lumber was cut out there for many years. 
 This mill was then sold to George Wood, of Henniker. After a 
 brief use, he left it to rot down ; and all its parts, even to saw 
 and wheel, are there to this day in utter ruin and waste. The 
 frame has fallen and rotted to the ground, and the passer-by 
 seldom notices the spot. 
 
 ■2. Loveren's Mills. — A grist-mill was erected where the pres- 
 ent one stands, or near the same spot, by Samuel Dinsmore, 
 Sen., probably as early as 1798. This was sold, in 1807, to 
 Josiah Herrick, who occupied it for a long series of years, and 
 did a large local business. The saw-mill just above was built by 
 John Robb, about 1839. The whole was sold to John Peabody, 
 in 1850, who made many improvements, and did an increasing 
 business till his death in 18G5. The grist-mill was rebuilt by 
 Peabody. Soon after his death the whole passed into the hands 
 of Josiah Loveren, the present owner. Shingle saws and vari- 
 ous improved machinery have been introduced by him at heavy 
 cost. This mill has a great power, is kept in complete repair, 
 and turns out lumber of all kinds and in large quantities. 
 
 3. Branch Tannery. — This was built by Dea. William Little, 
 in 1815. It stood west of the street, just abi)ve the bridge in 
 the Branch Village. Some of the buildings yet remain. Dea. 
 Little carried on the tannery business on this stand forty years 
 or more. In 1871 Lewis Charon bought this old privilege, made 
 repairs, and pursued the businebs a few years. A small " bark- 
 mill " stood close by, for grinding bark by horse.-power, as was 
 then the custom. 
 
 4. ParlfJiurst's Mills. — The first on this spot, and the first 
 grist-mill in Antrim, was " James Moor's corn-mill," built in 
 1777. No mill ever built in town was welcomed with buch a joy 
 
246 ^ MILLS ON THE 6RANCH. 
 
 as this. Reference is made to it on another page. Moor's 
 mill was removed about 1814, and the present structure put up, 
 by Josiah Wallace* This united the saw and grist mill. After 
 the day of Josiah Wallace, these mills were run by his oldest 
 son, Theodore. Afterwards the Flint Brothers manufactured 
 pegs and other wares extensively on this stand, until they went 
 elsewhere for larger business. They were succeeded by Moody 
 B. Mcllvaine, and then Lowell Simonds, and then Hiram Davis. 
 This property passed into the hands of D. J. Parkhurst and Son, 
 the .present owners, in 1873. In addition to sawing of various 
 kinds, and grinding, they do a heavy business in the manufac- 
 ture of pail-handles, and similar wares, turning hundreds of 
 cords of hard wood into these small but essential things. 
 
 5. The Branch Woolen-Mill. — This was put up on the oppo- 
 site side of the river from Parkhurst's mills and at the same 
 dam, by the brothers James and Josiah Wallace, about 1808. 
 It was for carding wool and dressing clqth, chiefly, and at that 
 time was very popular and useful. Francis Reed took the bus- 
 iness after these brothers ; and still later, John Wallace. This 
 shop was moved down to another dam and became the " Peg- 
 Mill " named below. On tlie site Dea. Little soon after erected 
 a large building, and used it in connection with .his tanning 
 business. 
 
 6. Warren^ s Mill. — This was the first mill in Antrim. Was 
 put up by John Warren in the spring of 1776. Was a very 
 humble saw-mill. Stood a few rods below the Wallace mills, in 
 Branch Village. The sills are still to be found where he laid 
 them more than one hundred years ago, though the structure 
 itself has been gone more than half a century. Warren lived in 
 a log house which stood on a knoll half-way between the mill 
 and Scott Preston's. 
 
 7. Dimond Mill. — This was built by Bphraim Diraond, in 
 1820. The dam was immediately below that of Warren. It 
 was a large, two-story building, was put up for the manufacture 
 of scythes and all kinds of edge-tools, and Dimond did a smart 
 business in it for years. He had a great name in his day as a 
 maker of superior tools, and people came from all the adjacent 
 towns to patronize liim. But in course of time he neglected his 
 business, and finally abandoned it; and the shop, which he 
 would not sell, rotted down. He lived to see it entirely gone ! 
 
 8. " The Peg-Mill" — This was the old woolen-mill moved 
 
MILLS ON GREAT BROOK. 247 
 
 down onto a new dam. This was a few rods below Branch 
 Village, and near the house of John G. Flint, Esq. It was put 
 into the new position in 1830. Subsequently, Sylvanus Sumner 
 occupied this mill, who, it is believed, succeeded Francis Reed, 
 and used it as a woolen-mill. In 1849, Henry Duncklee took 
 this mill, and used it for the manufacture of raw silk, something 
 after the manner now followed at South Village. He w^s suc- 
 ceeded by Harold Kelsea, who, after a time, removed the business 
 to the present Kelsea silk-mills. Then the old mill was occu- 
 pied by Robert F. Dodge, in making zinc wash-boards. Last, it 
 was fitted up for a " peg-mill," and was occupied last by Hiram 
 Davis. This mill was burned March 17, 1869. 
 
 9. Bobhin-Mill. — This was a large, two-story structure, built 
 on a canal from the lower dam at the Branch, and was below the 
 last named. It was put up in the fall of 1822 by Farrington 
 Dascomb for a wheelwright-shop, and was so occupied by him, 
 with considerable help, for about sixteen years. In 1839, Clark 
 and Buss began the manufacture of bobbins in this shop. Subse-' 
 quently, Isaac Boyd carried on the same business here. He was 
 succeeded by Abram Putnam, who was here only a very short 
 time, as the mill caught fire from a dry-house and was burned 
 Feb. 26, 1846. 
 
 10. The Steele Mill. — Now Hiram Mcllvaine and E. W. 
 Estey own and occupy this stand. It is a short distance below 
 the Branch. Was built by James Steele, and long kept in the 
 family. It was burned, July, 1839. The present mill was put 
 up by Moody F^. Mcllvaine, the fall of the same year. At pres- 
 ent, this mill contains a. threshing-machine, a cider-factory, and 
 a wheelwright-shop. Isaac C. Tuttle manufactured pegs, awhile, 
 also pill-boxes, on this stand. 
 
 ON GREAT BROOK. 
 
 1. Gregg's Mills. — Samuel Gregg went into the forest at the 
 mouth of the pond, and built a saw and grist mill, in 1798. 
 This was a fine privilege, and controlled t^he stream. A large 
 amount of business was done at this place for a long series of 
 years. The original mill was several times enlarged. In the 
 day when there was a large population west of the pond, heavy 
 quantities of grain were ground at " Gregg's Mills." This mill 
 was owned and run, after Mr. Gregg's death, by many different 
 parties, for .a short time each. It was at one time made into a 
 
248 MILLS ON GREAT EfBOOK. 
 
 starch-factory, by Charles Gates. The last owner was Henry E. 
 Eogers, by whom it was taken down' in 1876. The control of 
 this. privilege was purchased by the Antrim Water Power Com- 
 pany, about 1847, in order to hold the pond as a reservoir of 
 water above. 
 
 2. Hildreth Mill. — This is next on the stream below the site 
 of Gregg's mills. Was built in 1871 by William A. Hildreth. 
 Is a saw-mill, with various other appurtenances. Large quanti- 
 ties of lumber, summer and winter, have been prepared for mar- 
 ket here every year since it was jnade. 
 
 3. Eolfs IKK. — Built by Hervey Holt in 1832, but is now 
 the property of his son, Charles P. Holt. For many years this 
 was only a saw-mill, but has recently been enlarged by the addi- 
 tion of machinery for making cider, threshing grain, sawing 
 shingles, and other such things. This is among the largest 
 mills and best powers on the stream. 
 
 4. The Hastings Mill. — This is a large establishment for the, 
 manufacture of bedsteads and cribs. Hatch's spring-beds are 
 also manufactured in this shop. A vei\y large amount of cider 
 is annually made at this mill. It is owned and run by Dea. E. 
 Z. Hastings^ It was on this site that the first building in Clin- 
 ton Village was erected ; namely, the cotton-mill built by Dea. 
 Imla Wright, in 1828. The whole place then was a dense for- 
 est, the nearest dwelling being that of Dea. Amos Parmenter. 
 Dea. Wright may fairly be called the founder of Clinton Yillagie, 
 inasmuch as it rapidly grew up round his new enterprise there. 
 Dea. Wright manufactured cotton yarn, wicking, batting, and 
 twine. The last, now the common wrapping-yarn, was first 
 thrown upon the market by Dea. Wright. Subsequently, others 
 with him formed a company and were incorporated, and did a 
 much larger business. But the company in time met with mis- 
 fortunes and gave up business. The building was sold, and 
 soon after was changed into a furniture-factory. Bedsteads, 
 tables, bureaus, etc., etc., were made, and many hands employed. 
 Hall and Putnam carried on this business in 1845. Afterwards, 
 Pratt and Putnam, and finally Isaac B. Pratt, continued the bus- 
 iness, the latter' for quite a number of years. This factory was 
 burned, April 9, 1857, but Pratt at once rebuilt. Afterwards, 
 the business and stand were sold to Charles Turner, who was 
 burned out, April 29, 1864. The upper and smaller part of the 
 present factory on this site was built by E. 0. Paige,- 1864 ; the 
 
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 large, two-story part was moved there from Hancock, and put up 
 by the present owner, in 1870. 
 
 5. Story's Shop. — Now owned and occupied by Daniel Story, 
 manufacturer of bedsteads and cribs. Was built by his brother, 
 Ambrose Story, in 1831. The present owner has run this mill 
 more than forty years. 
 
 6. Bryer's Shop. — .Now owned and occupied by John A. Bryer, 
 blacksmith. Was put up by Dimon Twiss. Part of this shop 
 was u'sed by a wheelwright at times, and as a repair-shop for the 
 other mills. The first mill on this stand was built in 1832; 
 was two stories high, and had a barn attached in which rooms 
 were finished off for boarders. The whole was burned in 1838. 
 It caught from varnish in the upper story, that part being occu- 
 pied by the Abbotts for painting and varnishing window-shades. 
 
 7. Dodge's Shop. — Built by Dea. Wright for a cotton-factory, 
 in 1844 Here for some years he manufactured batting and various 
 kinds of cotton yarn. Was bought by Brooks and Poster in 1862, 
 who exchanged shops with the Dodge Brothers in 1865. Doors, 
 bedsteads, etc., etc., have been made here. This shop has had 
 the reputation of turning out work that was extra nice. 
 
 8. Abbott's Shop. — The first on this spot was built by Samuel 
 W Abbott and Imla Wright, in 1835. Here they made hat- 
 boxes, and also the "• patent window-shades," invented by Rev. 
 Samuel Abbott. Subsequently they added the manufacture of 
 paper fans, and found a market for all these articles in the South- 
 ern States and in South America. Subsequently the business 
 was carried on by Samuel Abbott ; then by Abbott and Buckmia- 
 ster ; and then for a good many years by John R. Abbott. After 
 his death, the business was carried on by his widow, under the 
 wise management of her brother, Mark True. The whole is 
 now owned and occupied by John G. Abbott, who manufactures 
 bedsteads, cribs, cradles, and window-shades. Here, also, for 
 many years, have been the coffin-warerooms of this section of 
 country. Abbott's factory was enlarged, 1880. 
 
 9. The Brooks Shop. — This large, two-story factory was built 
 by Reuben Hill and Samuel A. Fletcher, ih 1848, for the manu- 
 facture of chairs. In a few years it passed into the hands of 
 John Johnson, who continued the manufacturing of chairs, and 
 added that of powder-kegs. The Dodge "Brothers occupied this 
 shop for a time. In 1865, Brooks and Poster moved into it for the 
 manufacture of bedsteads, and employed about a dozen men. 
 
250 MILLS ON GREAT BROOK. 
 
 After the death of Poster in 1868, Charles S. Brooks continued 
 the business till 1875, when he sold out to Tristram B. Page. 
 The latter kept on till the factory was burned, Feb. 8, 1876. 
 A new shop was built on this spot by Dea. E. 0. Paige, 1880. 
 
 10. Paige's Orih-Factory. — The first mill on this site was 
 built by Samuel Cummings, Jr., in 1836, who did a small busi- 
 ness here for some years. In 1848, S. 0. and J. L. Kendall 
 built the part now standing, and put it in operation as a factory 
 for making doors, sashes, blinds, and all sorts of dimension work. 
 This firm in three or four years was changed to Kendall and 
 Jackson. Hiram Story succeeded these last in th6 occupancy of 
 this shop, and retained it till death in 1866. For recent years it 
 has' been owned and occupied by Dea. E. C. Paige, as a manu- 
 factory of cribs, of all sizes and patterns. Abbott P. True was 
 associated with him as partner, in 1879, and they did the largest 
 business in their line, in this vicinity. Mr. True assumed the 
 whole business in tlie spring of 1880. 
 
 11. The Silk-Mill. — The beginning on this site was by John 
 Dunlap and his son Robert, about 1835, who put up a small fac- 
 tory for the manufacture of chairs, and for general cabinet work, 
 and carried it on about eight years. It was sold to Ezra Hyde 
 in 1846, who nearly doubled the size of the building, and fitted 
 it up for a woolen-factory. It was used for this purpose two or 
 three years, when Mr. Hyde met with reverses in business, and 
 the mill was closed. It stood unoccupied about eight years, but 
 was purchased by Harold Kelsea in 1857, who at once prepared 
 it for his silk manufacture, and removed the machinery and busi- 
 ness from the Branch into it. Steam power was added in 1871. 
 About sixteen hands are employed in this mill, — and the raw 
 silk is manufactured in a manner nowhere exceeded. Some in- 
 ventions highly important in the manufacture of silk have been 
 made by Mr. Kelsea. The business is now carried on by Joseph 
 N. Kelsea, Esq. 
 
 12. The Third Woolen-Factory. — Ezra Hyde built a third 
 woolen-factory in South Village, a few steps above the present 
 cutlery-factory. It waS a large, two-story building, planned for a 
 great business. But it never went into operation, hard times and' 
 reverses coming just as it was completed in 1847. It was used 
 for the manufacture of powder-kegs by White and Eaton, by Moore 
 and Stearns, and then by J. S. Burnham, — in all nearly three 
 years. Then it passed into the hands of Jonathan Temple, who 
 
MILLS ON GREAT BROOK. 251 
 
 made picture-frames and some kinds of furniture. Afterwards, 
 this building was. occupied a year or two by John Hadley, in 
 carding wool. It was a cheap building, and was taken down in 
 1856, to make way for other buildings. 
 
 13. Still another Woolen-Mill. — Just below the canal, Hyde 
 built a large, two-story structure almost joining the last named. 
 This passed into the hands of Mark B. Woodbury, who moved it 
 up across the canal onto the street, where it was known as • 
 Union Hall. The French roof was put on in 1876. It is -now 
 known as Goodell's Block, and is occupied for stores, printing- 
 
 ■ ofl&ce, Odd Fellows' hall, and various other purposes. 
 
 14. The Hoe-Factory. — White and Eaton bought the privilege 
 next below, and put up, in 1844, the large building now a store- 
 house on the street, where at once they continued the manufac- 
 ture of cast-steel hoes, doing a large, business. Subsequently, 
 they made wliat was called the " premium cast-steel concave hoe," 
 which was extensively popular. White was a gunsmitli of great 
 skill, and carried on some business in that line. Dui-ing their 
 stay in this shop, they got out the patent for the " Antrim shovel." 
 Baton claimed the idea ; White invented the application of it, — 
 the welding of sheet steel, which had been accounted impossible. 
 When the Shovel Company was formed, or soon after, this shop 
 ceased to be used for manufacturing. 
 
 15. Oonant's Wheelwright- Shop. — This has long been used as 
 a dwelling-house, and is the last one at the top of the hill below 
 the end of the canal. It was built by Samuel A. Conantin 1842, 
 for a wheelwright-shop, that being his trade. A "penstock" 
 was made from the canal to it, and preparation made for exten- 
 sive business, — to which the death of Conaut put an end. 
 There seemed to be no limit to the mills that were planned to 
 run by that canal. 
 
 16. The Shovel-Shop. — In 1856 the Antrim Shovel Company 
 was organized, and at once built them a long, one-story shop, 
 nearly where the cutlery-works now stand, for the manufacture of 
 shovels on the patent of White and Eaton. This company con- 
 sisted Of many of the prominent and wealthy men of the vicinity, 
 and did a heavy business for several years. This company did 
 not fail, as has been mi^akenly said ; but not finding the profits 
 large enough to remunerate them and pay dividends as they 
 expected, they sold out all the effects of the company to Tread- 
 
252 GOODELL COMPANY. 
 
 well & Co., of Boston, in 1860. This ended the famous Shovel 
 Company. As an investment, it was not a success. 
 
 In 1863, Treadwell & Co. built a two-story addition, sixty feet 
 long, to the north end of the shovel-shop ; but the next year, 
 they sold the shovel patent, with all the machinery and tools per- 
 taining thereto, to Oliver Ames and Sons, of North Baston, Mass. 
 When the patent ran out Ames got it renewed, and it was in 
 force twenty-one years. This shovel is now made in Taunton, 
 Mass., in Philadelphia, and several other places. It is every- 
 where called the " Antrim shovel," and is really one of the best 
 things ever patented. Ames at one time made one hundred 
 dozen per day of these shovels. Literally, they have gone into all 
 the earth. 
 
 After the departure of the shovel business, 1864, the shop 
 stood unoccupied, for the most part, till it was burned, "Feb. 22, 
 1867. But it was immediately rebuilt one-story high by Tread- 
 well & Co., and was occupied by D. H. Goodell & Co. in the ' 
 manufacture of " lightning apple-parers." This machine was 
 invented and patented by D. H. Goodell, in 1864. In 1868 the 
 "turn-table apple-parer" was purchased of J. H. Lockey & Co., 
 of Leominster, Mass. Also, soon after, the right to manufacture 
 the " Cahoon seed-sowers." Treadwell & Co. failed in 1870 ; 
 and D. H. Goodell & Co. were drawn down with them by en- 
 dorsement of paper together. The last-named company had 
 valuable assets and owed only seven hundred and sixty-one 
 dollars, and that in small bills. Mr. Goodell has since paid 
 every dollar of this, the debt of his own company. After a 
 course of bankruptcy, this shop passed by sale at auction into 
 the hands of D. H. Goodell. This was in 1872. He continued 
 the manufacture of apple-parers and seed-sowers till Jan, 1, 
 1875, when the present Goodell Company was formed. This 
 company bought out the factory, power, tools, stock, etc., of D. 
 H. Goodell, and also all the business, stock, and tools of the 
 Wood's Cutlery Company of Bennington. They at once put u'p 
 an addition, two stories high and seventy feet long, on to the 
 south end of the apple-parer factory, into which new building 
 they removed the cutlery business from Bennington. Another 
 large addition to this factory, bringing the entrance up to the 
 main street, was made in 1879. They now employ about one 
 hundred men and several women, and manufacture more than 
 one hundred different styles of cutlery, all of superior character ; 
 
MILLS ON GEEAT BROOK. 253 
 
 besides great quantities of apple-parers, potato-parers, cherry- 
 stoners, seed-sowers, and several other new and valuable conven- 
 iences. This large business has been built up chiefly by Mr. 
 Goodell, showing him to be a man of remarkable energy ajid 
 perseverance. 
 
 n. -Aiken's Second Mill. — This was a small, low saw-mill 
 built by Dea Aiken, about 1790. It stood on the bank of the 
 brook, about at the south end of the knife-factory ; had a little 
 canal to bring the water to it, and an old-fashioned " sputter- 
 wheel," but no great force. About 1800, it passed into the 
 hands of " Capt. Hadley, " who sawed lumber there a few years. 
 Then it was used several years for the maiiufacture of potash, 
 and several parties made large quantities till the war of 1812. 
 Soon after the breaking-out of the war, an old man by the name 
 of Wetherbee bought or hired this old mill for the manufacture 
 of saltpeter. Wetherbee came from Society Land. Did not live 
 here. Saltpeter was one dollar per pound, and the demand was 
 pressing. Wetherbee crawled under all the old building^ in 
 town, scraped the soil off, carried it to his shop, leached it, and 
 boiled down the lye. Under the old meeting-house on the hill, 
 he took the whole of the soil. 
 
 After the war the Woodburys made potash for years in the 
 old mill. It has been gone about half a century. 
 
 18. Poor's Mills. — Frederick Poor cut a canal and put in a 
 small wheel to grind bark, and started a tannery busine.gs, in 
 1822. A saw and grist mill was built by Stephen Poor, in 1825. 
 Three or four years later the whole passed into possession of 
 Thomas Poor, who enlarged the tannery and carried on all three 
 kinds of business, employing many hands. Poor commenced 
 the manufacture of patent leather in l.^'SS, putting up for the 
 purpose a large building across the street south of his dwelling- 
 house. This was burned the following year. He rebuilt, and 
 continued the manufacture several years. This last building is 
 now a tenement house. 
 
 Poor's tannery and the saw and grist mill were burned March 
 18 1858". He reb'iilt the saw and grist mill the same year, about' 
 as they now stand. The tannery business was not revived. 
 .Large quantities of " excelsior" are annually sent to market 
 from this milL It is made of poplar wood, and is a very nice 
 article. 
 
 19. The Breed Mill. — The first on this spot was a little full- 
 
254 MILLS ON GREAT BROOK. 
 
 ing-mill and carding-shop, built by Benjamin Sargent. This was 
 certainly running as early as 1788, and was probably built in 
 1786. Sargent, after a few years, sold to James Taylor. The 
 last advertised, July 25, 1796, that he " proposed dyeing deep 
 blue, crimson, scarlet, and other good durable colors." John 
 Gilmore " took the mill " June 15, 1799. Between Taylor and 
 Gilmore, Samuel Fisher occupied the mill awhile. Gilmore was 
 succeeded by Thomas G. Breed. About 1814 he pulled down 
 the old mill, and built one much larger and better. The main 
 body of it stood a little south of the present mill. Here Breed 
 did large business in carding, coloring, dressing cloth, etc., for a 
 long time. In 1841, his son, James 0. Breed, in company with 
 Ezra Hyde, commenced to manufacture woolen cloth of various 
 kinds in this sliop In 1846 this firm was dissolved, and Breed 
 continued the business some years alone. Then the mill was idle. 
 It was burned March 31, 1850. Nothing more was done at this 
 privilege till 1857, when the building now Luke Hill's blacksmith- 
 shop was moved from the upper end of the village and put in 
 its present place and use. The west and larger part of the pres- 
 ent building was put up by D. H. Goodell in 1860. It has been 
 used some years as a part of the cutlery- works. 
 
 20. The Rollins Mill. — A little mill was built to saw logs, on 
 this spot, in the fall of 1776, by James Aiken and Joseph Boyd. 
 In course of years it come into possession of Isaac Baldwin, who 
 sold it to Benjamin Rollins in 1815. It was burned Dec. 11, 
 1817. Rollins immediately rebuilt, and on somewhat larger 
 scale, occupying the place, in the whole, seventeen years. He 
 sold in 1832 to Elijah Herrick. Rollins added a grist-mill and 
 ground grain New Year's Day, 1818, — just three weeks from the 
 fire. Herrick was succeeded by Volney Johnson, who in 1836 
 tore down everything and built new and large. This was burned 
 in 1842. The present mill was built by Abijah Whitcomb soon 
 after. It is now the property of D. H. Goodell. An immense 
 quantity of lumber has been sawed here in the last half-century, 
 chiefly drawn from the pine lands over the river in Bennington 
 and Deering. Shingles, clapboards, and such light stuff were 
 prepared here so extensively as to establish a reputation at a 
 distance for these articles. Several hands are now employed 
 here summer and winter. 
 
 21. Duncan'^ Tannery. — The relics of this once most impor- 
 tant enterprise in town may yet be discovered. It was a few 
 
MILLS ON GREAT BROOK. 255 
 
 steps below the last-named mill. Was built by William Star- 
 rett, in 1796, who occupied it some years, and made it of great 
 advantage to the town. Frederick Poor owned it a short time. 
 George Duncan bought it, 1816, and carried it on till his death, 
 1840. It was then continued by his son, George C. Duncan. 
 This tannery was burned in June, 1841. Was at once rebuilt. 
 John and Dexter Simouds had it a short time, but chiefly 
 George C. Duncan. The second tannery was burned, April 2, 
 1851. 
 
 22. Thompson'' s Mill. — About 1824, Dea. Isaac Baldwin put 
 up a large, two-story factory on this site, and occupied it in black- 
 smithing and as a general repair-shop for some years. About 
 1833, Baldwin and White commenced here the manufacture of 
 cast-steel hoes, being the first in New Hampshire in that enter- 
 prise. About 1839, Robbins and Flint succeeded them, manu- 
 facturing about to the value of three thousand dollars annually. 
 White and Baton began business as a firm in this shop, but 
 afterwards built for themselves. In later years, Baldwin's fac- 
 tory was partly made into tenements It was chiefly unoccu- 
 pied, and was burned about my first coming to Antrim, in the 
 fall of 1867. In 1868 Luke Thompson built the present shop, 
 which is kept running by his heirs. 
 
 Thus it will be noticed, that, altogether, there have been 
 twenty-two different mills within two miles on this busy, mighty, 
 little stream, not counting mills rebuilt. From the pond to the 
 river, the water is now used fourteen times, and might be used 
 much more. This stream has a great fall, so that less water is 
 needed. It is fed by springs : does noi dry up like other 
 streams. I have known the mills to run here when factories on 
 Merrimack river and many larger streams had shut down, for 
 lack of water. This useful, laughing brook thus supplies most 
 excellent privileges. It is the life of the town ! 
 
 There were two mills in town which I have not yet men- 
 tioned. One was in the southwest corner of the town, built by 
 David Low, of Hancock, in 1825, was an ordinary saw-mill, has 
 passed through many hands, was long owned by John Flint, 
 afterwards by Warren Hatch. It is now going to decay. Bob- 
 bins, shingles, wash-boards, and clothes-pins were at times made 
 in this mill. 
 
 The other was " Dea. Cochran's Mill," built by Dea. Isaac, in 
 1786. The remains of the dam are still to be seen near the 
 
256 MILLS ON GREAT BROOK. 
 
 road southvest of the old homestead. This was a saw and grist 
 mill, and was quite important in its day. The grist-mill part 
 was swept away in the great freshet of 1819, and again in the 
 still greater one of 1826, but was each time promptly rebuilt. 
 The whole was taken down in 1855, with intent to rebuild. 
 But circumstances prevented the accomplishment of the design 
 at the time, and the project was not afterwards revived. 
 
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 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 VILLAGES. 
 
 The first village, of course, was the old Center on the hill. It 
 would hardly be called a Tillage now. Going up from the south, 
 the buildings on the top seemed to lean against the sky. School- 
 house, church, tavern, and a few dwellings made up the whole. 
 It had a spacious and beautiful common. It was all the gather- 
 ing-place the town had for more than half a century. Religious 
 meetings, town meetings, everything, were at the Center. Con- 
 gregations of four hundred and five hundred were often gath- 
 ered there in summer. At the time of the town's greatest popu- 
 lation, there was no other meeting-house or meeting-place. 
 Going up from the south seventy-five years ago, the buildings 
 were as follows : — 
 
 1. A small, low school-house, a little below the southeast 
 corner of the common. It had a huge fire-place and steep floor, 
 according to the custom of those days. This was burned, 1811. 
 
 2. On the left of the large common of about two acres, lying 
 west of the road and south of the burial-ground, stood the house 
 of Samuel Webster, a shoemaker. It was a large, three-story 
 building, with shoemaker's shop in the basement. Was planned 
 for a tavern also. Was never fully finished. Was taken down 
 and made into the Appleton tavern. West Deering, in after 
 years. 
 
 3. The Meeting-House. — It stood at the southeast corner of 
 the cemetery, with a drive-way between. Was a large, two-story 
 structure ; gable end to road, fronting south ; two rows of win- 
 dows clear round ; high porch on each end ; three entrances ; 
 and pulpit on north side. A long row of horse-sheds, facing 
 south, extended from the church Westward along the south side 
 of the cemetery to the extreme west of the common. Another 
 long row stood on the east side of the old highway, extending 
 northward considerably beyond the church. The church and 
 horse-sheds and common and cemetery made quite an imposing 
 appearance for those days, and all were proud of the place. 
 
 4. Dea. Tfistram Sawyer's Place. — This was a small, low, 
 poor house, and stood just north of the cemetery, on the same 
 
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258 SOUTH VILLAGE. 
 
 side of the road. Sawyer built new in 1810, which house was 
 moved down whole over the rocks in 1821, and is now the house 
 of George G. Hutchinson. 
 
 6. Christie Tavern. — A large, double, two-story house on the 
 east side of the road a few steps north of Dea. Sawyer's. There 
 were several large barns, and every appearance of thrift. Here 
 was a hall, also a spacious bar-room. It was a good sample of 
 the old-fashioned tavern. 
 
 6. Small house nearly opposite Christie tavern. This house 
 had been occupied by various parties back many years. David 
 Hopkins lived in this house, John Warren, and many others. It 
 was taken down as long ago as 1813. 
 
 These constituted the " Old Center," as the records call it. 
 It was a spot very dear to tlie fathers. Now all is changed. 
 Every building is gone. Some of the cellars are filled up. Only 
 the burial-ground remains ! Passing on north, where now the 
 roads are discontinued, just at the fork of roads on the west side 
 of the main road, stood a small house, of whose occupants little 
 is known. It was here John McAllister first lived ; and in the 
 fork of roads opposite stood his blacksmith-shop, — the first in 
 Antrim. All this set of buildings have been gone about seventy 
 years. Down the east branch of the road a short distance was 
 the house of Dea, James Nesmith. A few steps farther north 
 on the main road was the house of Abraham Smith, which stood 
 on the west side. North of him a few rods, and on the east side 
 of the road, lived Abraham McNiel. 
 
 SOUTH VILLAGE. 
 
 For half a century this was often called Woodbury's Village. 
 Gradually it came to be called South Village. Recently, from 
 its being by far the largest village in town, it has been some- 
 times called simply Antrim ; and this is the name of its post- 
 office. It is situated, on a ridge of land rising from the west 
 bank of the Contoocook, which river is the southeast line of the 
 town ; South Village being therefore on one extremity of the 
 town, and about eight miles, by direct road, from its western 
 inhabitants. It is " beautiful for situation," being seen from 
 long distances from the hills around, and yet high enough to be 
 healthy and attractive. Few prettier villages can be found in 
 New England, and none of more enterprise and thrift. 
 
 The first settler within the limits of this village was Dea. 
 
SOUTH VILLAQE. 269 
 
 James Aiken ; the second, William Smith ; the third, Daniel 
 McParland (now N.W. 0. Jameson's) ; the fourth was Benjamin 
 Sargent, who probably began the Kelsea place ; and the fifth 
 was Ebenezer Kimball, who began where the Carter House now 
 stands. Kimball had the first store. The second was opened 
 by Mark Woodbury, on the present Woodbury stand, in 1794. 
 Isaac Baldwin, William Starrett, and Bartholomew Ballard set- 
 tled in the village in 179.3. The Baldwin place is known to all. 
 Starrett built the Fletcher house, and started the lower tannery. 
 Ballard built the Henry Hill house, and commenced the manu- 
 facture of clocks. From this time the village increased very 
 slowly till 1860. In 1826, or " meeting-house year," Sout^i Vil- 
 lage had only fourteen dwelling-houses. These fourteen were 
 as follows : The old, low, unpainted house on the, Kelsea place ; 
 a small dwelling where Mr. Corey lives ; the old, bulky, half-fin- 
 ished, unpainted McFarland house ; the Woodbury house, late 
 the residence of John R. Hills ; the Burnham house, now Mr. 
 Whittum's ; the old Aiken house by the poplar-tree ; the house 
 of Mr. Poor, consisting only of the brick part ; the Fuller, or 
 Ballard house, late Henry Hill's ; the William Smith house, just 
 south of Chessmore's ; the Breed house, a small, low dwelling 
 on the spot where the south school-house afterwards stood ; the 
 Rollins house, recently occupied by Charles Gibson ; the Dun- 
 can house, now Carter's ; the Dea. Baldwin house ; and the 
 Starrett house, now Mr. Fletcher's. There were two stores, two 
 taimeries, three saw-mills (Aiken's, Poor's, and RoUins's), two 
 grist-mills, and a fulling-mill. There were also school-house and 
 blacksmith-shop. 
 
 Twenty-five years later (1851) there were thirty-three dwell- 
 ing-houses, two stores, two school-houses, and some additional 
 mills. The first church built in South Antrim was that of the 
 Methodists, built in 1864. The growth of this village sinCe 
 1868 has been quite rapid. There are now (1879) sixty-eight 
 dwelling-houses, more than double the number ii> 1851. Many 
 of these houses accommodate more than one family. There are 
 some beautiful residences, and all have the appearance of neat- 
 ness and prosperity. There are now four stores, a shoemaker's 
 shop, a harness-shop, a jeweler's, a tailor's, a barber's, a tin-shop, 
 six mills and factories, two churches, a fine large building for a 
 graded school, and a large hotel. There are now more than 
 ninety families in the village ; a large amount of business is 
 
260 STREETS AND HOUSES IN SOUTH VILLAGE. 
 
 done ; and it is one of the liveliest, smartest, handsomest, clean- 
 est villages in New Hampshire ! 
 
 The streets in South Village were named as below, at a meet- 
 ing of the citizens called for the purpose, though some of the 
 names had been fixed in the use of the people before : Prom Mr. 
 Groodell's through toward Bennington, Main street ; from Main 
 street toward Clinton, Clinton street ; from Main street past the 
 Methodist parsonage. West street ; from Main street past Mr. 
 Poor's, High street ; from Main street to the river. Depot street ; 
 from Main street to Maplewood cemetery, Concord street ; from 
 the north end of Main street to Concord street, Elm street. It 
 was ivoted to call the common School Square. Of the two 
 streets laid out in 1879 from the south end of Main street, west- 
 ward, the south one was called Prospect street, and the one next 
 north, past Mr. Hatch's, Pleasant street. 
 
 A few of the houses in South Village were built as follows : — 
 
 Elijah Kimball's. — The oldest part of this house was biiilt by 
 James Duncan for his son, about 1799. The wing and barn 
 were built by Dr. Buruham. These buildings repaired, and 
 second story put on the house, by Elijah Kimball and his son, in 
 1877. 
 
 The Sylvester Little House. — Built by said Little, 1879. 
 
 Hurlin House. — By Rev. William Hurlin, 1878. 
 
 J. H. Smith's. — Built 1846, for a school-house. 
 
 Kelsea House. — Built by Harold Selsea, 1861. 
 
 Ruthven Child's House. — Bm\t by A. F. True, 1876. 
 
 Baker House. — Moved to its present position and fitted up, by 
 Bphraim Simonds, 1864. 
 
 Corey House. — John Hopkins put up part of it for a store. 
 The other part is probably older than any other building now 
 standing in South Village. 
 
 Alvah Dodge House. — Put in its present position by him in 
 1848. 
 
 Kimball Crirl's House. — Built for parsonage for Rev. Mr. 
 Stevens, 1864. 
 
 Dr. Anthoine's.— Emh, by William Hill, 1864. 
 
 iMke Hill's. — Built by Reuben Simonds, 1862. 
 
 William N. Tuttle's. — Built by S. G. Wallace, 1861. 
 
 Old Brick House. — Was once union school-house ; fitted for 
 dwelling by Ezra Hyde, about 1847. 
 
 S. a. FaZkce's. — Built 1874. 
 
HOUSES IN BRANCH VILLAGE. 261 
 
 John ButterfieMs. — Built by R. L. Livingston, 1833, 
 
 Methodist Parsonage. — Built by Prank Muzzey, 1861. 
 
 School-house and Hall. — Built 1869. 
 
 Methodist Church. — Built 1864. 
 
 Baptist Church. — Built 1871. 
 
 N. W. C. Jameson's. — Built 1862. 
 
 Baptist Parsonage. — Built 1879. 
 
 The Judge Woodbury House. — Built 1849. 
 
 Mr. Whittum's House. — Built by James Aiken, Jr., 1806. 
 
 Levi Woodbury House. — Built by George C. Duncan, 1850. 
 
 BRANCH VILLAGE. 
 
 The first blows in this village were struck by John Gordon, 
 who settled in 1772 where Oliver Swett now lives. Probably 
 he had made an opening and laid claim to his land two years 
 before. The next was John Warren, who began the farm now 
 S. S. Sawyer's, taking all of the land now in the village south of 
 the river. He built the first mill in town, and had his log house 
 back of Scott Preston's. He built the mill in the spring of 
 1776, — having probably laid the foundation and partly built the 
 dam the preceding year. Thomas Stuart came next, being about 
 a year later than Warren. Stuart settled the Flint place as 
 early as 1775. Nathan Taylor soon followed. After this, for 
 thirty years, the Branch Village grew but little. An eye-wit- 
 ness, in 1809, gives the following : — 
 
 1. A small, low, unpainted house with only two rooms, where 
 is now the residence of John G. Flint, Esq. 
 
 2. A small, old-looking school-house on the spot where a bet- ■ 
 ter one now stands. 
 
 3. The Day House. — Then nearly new, built by John Dunlap. 
 
 4. The Bangdon Swett House. — Built by Joel Jones, 1808, 
 for a house and shoemaker's shop. Was then in a half-finished, 
 bad-looking condition. 
 
 5. The Dea. Weston House (Oliver Swett' s). — Built about as 
 it now stands, in 1807. 
 
 6. A small, old house, occupied by Robert Smith, previously 
 by Nathan Taylor. It was in the field a feyp- steps south of S. S. 
 Sawyer's. 
 
 7. The three-story house, built by Josiah Wallace, 1805, then 
 unfinished. 
 
 8. The Champney House. — Then occupied by Dr. Stickney. 
 
262 HOUSES AT THE CENTER. 
 
 It had been standing some years above the well in the yard 
 opposite. Moved across and fitted up by Dr. Stickney early that 
 year (1809). 
 
 9. A small house, occupied by Dea. John Alexander. This 
 stood a few rods east of Scott Preston's. Has been gone many 
 years. 
 
 These eight dwelling-houses and school-house, with a few 
 small barns and two or three small mills, constituted the Branch 
 Village in 1809. The first store at the Branch was opened by 
 Tuttle, McCoy, and McCauley, in 1813. The building put up 
 for this purpose is now the dwelling-house of Henry E. Swain. 
 John G-. Flint's house was built by David McCauley, in the 
 spring of 1817, having a large hall, which was used for select 
 schools and various other purposes. The Tuttle house, now 
 Hiram Griffin's, was built in 1817, and the brick store in 1818. 
 
 The Branch has now twenty-five dwelling-houses and two 
 stores.' Parkhurst's are the only mills in operation. The neat 
 chapel was built in 1877. Stages run from Keene to Hillsbor- 
 ough Bridge through this village. Also they have a daily stage 
 to the depots at South Antrim and Greenfield. Branch Village 
 is nearly two miles north of the Center, has a delightful situa- 
 tion on the river, is surrounded by hills, and has excellent mill 
 privileges, most of which are now unused. 
 
 THE CENTER. 
 
 This small collection of houses, hardly to be dignified by the 
 name of village, is situated on the south slope of Meeting-House 
 
 'Hill, and about a mile southeast of the geographical center of 
 the town. Its situation is high and sightly, and, in summer, 
 
 ^exceedingly attractive, and a resort for summer boarders. It 
 consists of the Presbyterian church, vestry, school-house, town- 
 house, and seven dwelling-houses. There were formerly a store 
 and post-ofBce here ; also a tavern was kept on the Vose place. 
 It now has daily stage to and from depot. Its houses were built 
 as follows : — 
 
 1. Capt. Leander Smith's^ — Built by Moses Wilkins, 1828. 
 
 2. The Ambrose Story House. — The first building on this spot 
 was moved from west of the pond, about 1827, by James Hill. 
 The barn was burned here in 1867, and was rebuilt by Ambrose 
 Story. The house was put into its present large and attractive 
 
CLINTON VILLAGE. 263 
 
 shape, by Mrs. Sarah Perry and her mother, in 1877. City 
 boarders find a quiet, restful, and pleasant home here. 
 
 3. Whilon House. — Built by Charles Gates, in the early 
 spring of 1826. An addition on the east was long occupied as a 
 store and post-office. Now the Presbyterian parsonage. 
 
 4. Dra-per House. — Put up by Jonathan Paige, 1828. Had. 
 a harness-shop in one part. (Afterwards a small building for 
 this use stood east of the house.) Now owned and occupied by 
 Mrs. N. B. Herrick. 
 
 o. Rev. Morris Holman's. — This used to be called the " Paige 
 house," by old people. Was built by Samuel Gregg, in 1777. 
 A town meeting was held in it in 1778. Was built on the New- 
 man place, but was moved to its present site by Charles Gates. 
 Was fitted up and long occupied by John S. Parmenter. Is the 
 oldest occupied house in town. 
 
 6. The Newman House. — - This was built by Charles Gates, 
 out of the timber of the Christie tavern, on the old site where 
 Samuel Gregg settled in 1777. This was tlie parsonage during 
 the pastorate of Mr. Bates. " 
 
 7. Mr. Gove's. — This is known as the B. L Vose place. 
 The first buildings were put up by Benjamin Gregg His suc- 
 cessor was Samuel Caldwell. Afterwards Zaccheus Fairbanks 
 put up a large, two-story house here, in which he had a large hall 
 for dances, singing-schools, etc. Fairbanks was licensed to keep 
 tavern year after year. The large house was taken down by 
 E. L. Vose. 
 
 Besides these, a small house stood many years just above the 
 town-house, and was occupied by the widow Todd and children ; 
 and another house stood opposite the town-house, which was 
 occupied some years as a store, and was long subsequently the 
 dwelling of Jonas Parker. This house was taken down by the 
 boys between two days. 
 
 CLINTON VILLAGE. 
 
 The first building in this village was put up by Dea. Imla 
 Wright in 1828. It was then a deep forest, rocky and rough in 
 the extreme, but grew up rapidly by the development of its 
 water-power. Soon after the building of the cotton-mill by 
 Wright, several houses were built. The Abbott mill went up in 
 1835. In 1851,' there were sixteen dwellings in Clinton. At 
 one, time it was proposed to call this village " Wrightville," as it 
 
264 HOUSES IN CLINTON VILLAGE. 
 
 was founded by Dea. Wright, he having built three of its mills 
 and several houses, either alone or in company with others. 
 But he modestly objected, and proposed that they call the village 
 " Clinton." As DeWitt Clinton had just died, and was then uni- 
 versally praised, and even called a benefactor of mankind, all 
 fell in with Dea. Wright's suggestion, and the place has since 
 been called " Clinton." . Dea. Wright is now living in respected 
 and smart old age, and sees a thriving village where he began in 
 the forest. Now, including Charles P. Holt's, there are twenty 
 dwelling-houses, six mills and factories, a store, a blacksmith- 
 shop, and a cooper's shop. This village has excellent water 
 privileges, and does considerable manufacturing of wooden-wares, 
 chiefly bedsteads, cribs of many kinds, window-shades, spring- 
 beds, etc., etc. Some of the houses in Clinton were built as 
 below : — 
 
 1. House of Dea. E. Z. Hastings. — Built by Dea. Imla Wright 
 in 1828. 
 
 2. Dea. Wright's. — Built by himself, 1831. 
 
 3. Daniel Story's. — Built by AmbrosQ Story, 1832. 
 
 4. J. A. Dryer's. — Built by Dimon Twiss, 1833. 
 
 5. David. Hill's. — Built by his brother Reuben, 1833. 
 
 6. Hildreth's. — Built by Imla Wright in 1836. 
 
 7. John G-. Abbott's.— Put up by Samuel W Abbott in 1837, 
 being moved from Dea. Boyd farm. 
 
 8. 0. D. Sawyer's.— Built by the Abbotts, 1847. 
 
 9. Robinson's. — Built by Reuben Robinson,' 1848. 
 
 10. 0. B. Cochrane' s. — Bu\\t by Horace B. Tuttle, about 1.869. 
 
 11. Store. — Fitted up and opened by C. B. Cochrane, 1874. 
 
ATTENDING CHURCH IN THE EARLY DAYS. 265 
 
 CHAPTER XIV 
 
 OLD CUSTOMS AND HABITS. 
 
 Some of the religious habits of our Scotch-Irish ancestry are 
 spoken of elsewhere. They were people of intense religious 
 convictions, and held the principles of their fa,thers with undy- 
 ing grip. They were great readers of the Bible, and the rank 
 and file of them had such a knowledge of it as would put us no# 
 to shame. They were very strict in keeping the Sabbath. All 
 work ceased at sunset Saturday night. There was absolutely 
 no travel on that day, except by the doctor, in most urgent 
 cases. When Mrs. Aiken and her children were starving, in 
 1768, in the absence of Mr. Aiken, it was with great reluctance, 
 and barely to save life, that she consented to the boy's shooting 
 a pigeon near their door in the wilderness on the Lord's day. 
 
 As soon as they had a meeting, all the people attended, trav- 
 eling without shoes and on foot ; the aged and feeble, and the 
 mother with her babe, following on, horseback. Young ladies 
 walked barefooted five miles to church, if need be. In later 
 days, they carried their coarse, thick shoes in the hand, and put 
 them on before entering the church. It was their custom to 
 worship all day. They had two sermons a Sabbath, and each 
 was often two hours long. I have heard old people say they 
 had to get up early and make a long day of the Sabbath. When 
 the young people met to be " catechised," at the old school- 
 house on the hill, they were accustomed to get there from 
 remote parts of the town at nine o'clock in the morning. The 
 old church never had any fire in it, though the people stayed in it 
 so long. In latter days, they carried a foot-stove or a hot brick 
 for feet and hands. Little children were universally taken to 
 church. It was not unusual to have twenty or thirty babes a 
 Sabbath, in summer. In earliest times, children big enough to 
 leave the mother's knee were put on the stairs, or in a box-pew, 
 by themselves, and put under the care of a " tithing-man " to 
 keep them quiet. There was considerable enforced order, or 
 sometimes disorder, at church, on account of dog-pelters, tithing- 
 men, children, and cold feet. One dog-pelter in Antrim drove a 
 nail into a long cane, leaving it projecting, and, having well 
 
266 TITHING-MEN. 
 
 sharpened the same, went quietly with it to church. As things 
 got somewhat dozy about " ninthly," in came a dog, smelling 
 along the aisle. Instantly the man buried the nail in the dog's 
 head, dragged it out in terrible yelping, and it died in a few 
 minutes on the church-steps ! 
 
 Sometimes a brawling child would not "down" at the tithing- 
 man's bidding, but, being frightened, screamed-the louder. Also, 
 the seats hung upon hinges, and were lifted in prayer-time when 
 ail rose to their feet and stood. At the minister's '• Amen," 
 down slammed the seats with a vigor that would wake anything 
 but. the dead ! 
 
 The tithing-men, also, like some teachers I have known, made 
 a great deal of noise in keeping the young people still, and 
 accomplished a fair amount of confusion in preserving order. 
 These officers, being charged to enforce the keeping of the Sab- 
 bath and the decorum of the house of the Lord, sometimes had 
 curious ways of discharging their duty, and were not a little 
 domineering. Many incidents might be given, being mere tradi- 
 tions, but all probably having some foundation of truth. It is 
 said of one man, that, having " bin chose to wake ye sleepers in 
 meeting, and being much proud of his place, must need have a 
 fox taile fixed to ye end of a long staff wherewith he may brush 
 the faces of them y* will have naps in time of discourse -, like- 
 wise a sharp thorn wherewith he may prick such as be moste 
 sounde. On ye last Lord his day, as he strutted about ye meet- 
 ing house, he did spy a farmer sleeping with much comforte, his 
 head kept steady by being in ye corner, and his hand grasping 
 the rail. And soe spying, he did quicklie thrust his staff along 
 the rail and give him a grievous prick upon ye hand. Where- 
 upon the farmer did spring upp much above ye floor, and with a 
 terrible force sti-ike his hand against ye wall, and also to ye 
 great wonder of all, prophainlie exclaim, in a loud voice, ' Cuss 
 the woodchuck ! ' he dreaming, as it seemed, y,t the woodchuck 
 had bit him." It is greatly to be feared that a good many peo- 
 ple nowadays dream of woodchucks or something else at church ; 
 but, alas ! now we have no man who has " bin chose to wake ye 
 sleepers " ! 
 
 Some aged person may remember a tithing-man's speaking to 
 Henry Hill in meeting. Said Hill was young, unmarried, pop- 
 ular among the young people, and running over with fun. It 
 can readily be supposed that his face might have an occasional 
 
FREE USE OP LIQUOR. 267 
 
 mischievous look at church. At one time the tithing-man, near 
 the end of the sermon, perceiving rather too many smiles on 
 said face, rose up suddenly and screamed at the . top of his 
 voice : " Young man, seriousness always becometh the house of 
 God ! " Many who couldn't remember the text, used to quote 
 this pious remark to Mr. Hill in after years ! They enjoyed 
 refreshing his memory ! 
 
 At the present day, ministers have to be their own tithing- 
 men ; but perhaps it is only fair that those who put people to 
 sleep should wake them, or those whose dullness admits of 
 diversions should be responsible for the decorum of the place ! 
 
 Among our Scotch ancestry the drinking of liquor was univer- 
 sal. The minister was '■ treated " with the best liquor at every 
 place, and sometimes arrived home at " early candle-lighting " 
 in a state of doubt as to what house he lived in. Women took 
 their drink with the rest. It was looked upon as a rightful and 
 pleasant custom. Old people now remember when it was the 
 fashion for all to drink. Sometimes the good cheer was, how- 
 ever, carried to excess, resulting in fighting and noise such as 
 would not be tolerated now. I found the following item in an 
 old warrant for a town meeting in Londonderry when the first 
 settlers of Antrim were among the children of that town : " To 
 see what method they will take to suppress the many disorders 
 that happen about tavern and tippling-houses in this town." 
 For more than fifty years after our incorporation, it was com- 
 mon when a caller entered to bring on the drink. A boy called 
 with a notice to Dr. Whiton, but in his absence Mrs. Whiton 
 brought out the brandy and sugar, and asked him to help him- 
 self, remarking, by way of apology, that it was the " only kind 
 she had in the house " ! 
 
 It was customary, as aged ones remember, for the children to 
 save up the ashes at school, to buy rum with, to pass round 
 at the close of the term. As they had enormous fires, this 
 would give a plentiful supply ! Sometimes the jollification was 
 noisy and wide-awake. We are not told whether it was taken 
 in season to mellow the examination, or to what extent the 
 teacher joined in the parting glass ! What if there had been a 
 superintending school committee in those days ? 
 
 In every hard job, planting, hoeing, butchering, they calcu- 
 lated to have plenty of rum. If a meeting-house was to be 
 raised, or bridge built, they voted the proper supply of rum. 
 
268 DRINKING HABITS. 
 
 The first house built in Antrim without rum for the raising and 
 rum for the help, was that built by Jonathan Carr, now occupied 
 by Luther Campbell. This was in 1845. The first barn raised 
 without rum was that of Lemuel Curtice, near Windsor line, in 
 1830, now the barn of George G. Hutchinson, having been 
 moved in 1866. Putting up these buildings without rum, caused 
 a great deal of talk and opposition ; and the work was delayed 
 because it was hard to get help without rum, and of course the 
 expenses were increased. But Curtice and Carr were plucky, — 
 and the buildings went up all right ! 
 
 It was considered a great calamity to get out of liquor. I 
 remember hearing an old man say that a " gallon of rum would 
 go as far in his family as a bushel of corn." Circumstances in 
 this case indicated that it " went " briskly but not '■'■far " .' About 
 1813, Dr. Adams was called to visit a family, when the good 
 woman. of the house attempted to show him their deplorable 
 condition, as follows : " Doctor, we're sick, and we're out of 
 wood, and we're out of meat, and we're out of meal, — and 
 we've but plaguy little rum ! " Yet, notwithstanding all this, 
 the number of real drunkards and sots was small. They used 
 to get too much, and then sleep it off, — and be all well the next 
 day. But no liquor can be obtained nowadays which will not 
 kill in a few years. Li judging the drinking habits of our an- 
 cestors, we must remember that the day of the temperance reform 
 had not dawned, and that then public opinion put no more 
 restraint about drinking than about eating or sleeping ! The 
 most pious and devoted saw nothing wrong in the social glass. 
 It is said that two men who were among the dignities of the 
 town, went into Woodbury's one afternoon and made about the 
 same inquiry concerning each other. James went in first and 
 said : " Mark, did ye see cousin Johnny at the Mooster yester- 
 day,? " " No ; what was the matter ? " asked Mark. " Why," 
 said James, " he was so droonk I was actooally ashamed of him ! " 
 Soon after the departure of the tried and wounded James, John 
 also came in, and hardly was he comfortably seated when he 
 said : " Mark, did ye nootice cousin Jamie at the Mooster yester- 
 day ? " " No," said Mark, " what was the matter ? " " Oh ! " 
 replied John, " he was so droonk I was actooally ashamed of 
 him ! " 
 
 At one time, after the temperance question began to assume 
 some importance, most or all of the male members of the church 
 
SMALL BEGINNINGS. 269 
 
 mutually agreed not to use any liquor for a certain length of 
 time, except in haying and washing sheep. But one who lived 
 near the Branch river, it was said, kept an old ram tied near the 
 stream most of the season to wasli every day ! 
 
 In those days the young people began small in their plans for 
 life. It was no unusual thing for a young couple to be married 
 without a dollar in the world. Jonathan would buy his land at 
 ten to thirty cents per acre, on trust ; go into the woods and put 
 up a log cabin ; and at once move the young wife there ! Of 
 course the furniture would be the scantiest possible ! Some 
 cases are known where the whole household outfit consisted of a 
 few quilts, a fry-kettle, and all ax ! Wooden bowls and plates 
 were made subsequently, in spare time. Within eighty years 
 since, one man says he was " so poor when he got married that 
 he had to get trusted for a quarter of a pound of Bohea tea to 
 stock his new log house with." This was the way the majority 
 began life. But they were honest, healthy, and persevering, and, 
 in the course of years, worked themselves into comfortable homes 
 and good circumstances. It should be remembered, however, 
 that some were better off in this world's goods, and sometimes 
 the bride had a conspicuous " setting out." That there was 
 about the same amount of pride floating about our human nature 
 then, is shown by the fact that one woman said : •' If we must 
 have a log house, let us make it a few logs the highest in town ! " 
 When William Smith came to town he framed a house ; but 
 Aiken's children were proud of their log house because it was 
 larger and the logs were white ! 
 
 Nor should we think they lacked happiness, with their scanty 
 beginnings. There was a certain romance in their inconven- 
 iences and hardships together ! They were healthy, trustful, 
 patient, and full of hope. They lived to build good houses, and 
 have abundances of evei-ything ; but it may be doubted whether 
 the last days were better than the first. Dea. Jonathan Nes- 
 mith,in old age, used to say that he never was so happy as when 
 he lived in the log cabin ! 
 
 The customs at the burial of the dead were peculiar. In case 
 of death, all work in the vicinity was immediately stopped. In 
 our mother town of Londonderry, the neighbors and friends 
 watched all night long with the body until it was buried. They 
 read the Bible, and prayed, and warned each other at such 
 times, and then passed round the liquor freely. Occasions have 
 
270 CUSTOMS AT FUNERALS. 
 
 been known where the ceremonies'about the dead grew some- 
 what joyous before the morn ! But it was not an " Irish wake," 
 and should never be so named. There never was anything like 
 a "wake" in Antrim, but the dead/ were carefully "watched 
 with," till interment. I have known instances, in my own day, 
 where nothing would induce the friends to omit this watching. 
 
 Everybody, far and near, went to funerals. As soon as they 
 were ready for service, liquor was passed round to minister, 
 mourners, and every guest. Then they had prayer, and some- 
 times singing. Then the minister " talked to the mourners," 
 sometimes minutely spoke of the dead, and always faithfully 
 warned the living by name. It is said that in some of the older 
 Scotch towns, there was no funeral sermon till a later date ; but 
 there certainly was in Antrim. After the service, in which each 
 relative separately was " spoken to " and " prayed for," then 
 they passed round the liquor again before lifting the body. 
 Then, closing the uncomely cofBn,they formed a long procession, 
 always on foot, and marched to the grave. A close procession 
 half a mile long was quite common. Then in the same order 
 they all marched back to the house, and the third time liquor 
 was passed to every one. Then all that could remain were 
 sumptuously fed, which ended the funeral ceremony. 
 
 At their marriages, also, they had great gatherings, and used 
 " spirit " over and over. All the kindred and all the neighbors 
 must be invited in good season. A short notice was an insult. 
 The wedding-day was introduced by firing guns at dawn, a cus- 
 tom perpetuated by the pride of the Scotch, who, long befoi'e in 
 Ireland, had retained their arms, while the Irish were deprived 
 of theirs. This also accounts for the fact that the ancestors of 
 all the Scotch-Irish towns were married with swords by their 
 sides. On the wedding morning, the bridegroom, with his rela- 
 tives and friends, set out on horseback for the house of the 
 bride, each one being armed with a pistol. At a proper time, a 
 party of the bride's friends, armed and equipped the same way, 
 set out to meet the others. When they met they saluted each 
 other, and then deliberately chose one man out of each party 
 "to run for the bottle " to the house of the bride. They then 
 freely mingled together, but waited in respectable order for his 
 return. These races on horseback " for the bottle " were 
 sharply but pleasantly contested. The two returned together, 
 but the victor " carried the bottle " ; the waiting company 
 
WEDDING CEREMONIES. 271 
 
 formed like a cavalry regiment before him ; he gave a toast ; 
 drank the bridegroom's health ; and then " passed the bottle " 
 to every one. This done, they fired a salute, and proceeded on 
 the way to the bride's residence, one or another firing pistols 
 almost incessantly. The people of the houses they passed by 
 came 'out to their doors and saluted the bridal party with the 
 firing of muskets. If there were any enemies living on the 
 road, they would fire squibs by way of reproach, as the company 
 passed by. Dr. Whiton tells us that at least one bridal party in 
 Antrim was saluted with squibs, though he gives no names. 
 When all was ready for the ceremony, the bridegroom was con- 
 ducted into the room where the company were assenibled, intro- 
 duced formally, and put into the proper position before the min- 
 ister. Then the bride was led in and placed at the bridegroom's 
 right hand. The groomsman and bridesmaid took their posi- 
 tions immediately behind the pair to be married. The service 
 was very solemn and somewhat lengthy, always commenced with 
 prayer, and embraced the ceremony of "joining hands." Nor 
 could they be gloved hands. Hence, to increase the precious 
 formality of the occasion, the- minister, asking them to "join 
 hands," waited ; and they, partly turning, each reached back the 
 right hand to the attendant behind, to remove the glove. This 
 was very elaborately done. Of course "the two gloves must 
 come off so as to free both at the same time. It was a matter 
 of very nice importance. Then the hands were "joined," some 
 very wise remarks and comments were made by the clergyman 
 in his " address," and assent was given to a solemn marriage 
 covenant. The whole was closed by a second prayer, after 
 which the minister requested the husband to kiss his newly- 
 made wife, which authoritative order was gracefully complied 
 with. Then the minister proceeded to do the same thing. 
 After him, the gentlemen in the company kissed the bride, and 
 the ladies the bridegroom. Then they sat down to dinner, with 
 abundances to eat and drink, and lingered long at the board. 
 The whole was closed with a jolly, rollicking " good time," fin- 
 ishing up the day and evening. Often the great old kitchen 
 was cleared for the dance. Ceremony was over, rules were dis- 
 pensed with, and the laughing guests, young and old, had their 
 own way, and carried their jokes and pleasantries sometimes to 
 extremes. The lapse of years has changed these methods very 
 much. Perhaps, however, we have lost by making less and less 
 
'272 PLEASURES AND AMUSEMENTS. 
 
 of this ceremony. It is too easy to get married now. Tlie old- 
 fashioned wedding was a grand affair. 
 
 There were, however, exceptions to this rule of ceremonies, 
 and these exceptions gradually increased after the commence- 
 ment of the present century. Especially in the neighboring 
 towns, and sometimes here, couples went quietly to the minister 
 and were married, after which they both mounted upon one 
 horse and rode to their proposed home. In such cases they 
 were generally honored by the firing of muskets at every house 
 they passed. I am not able to fix the date when this firing at 
 weddings ceased. 
 
 The amusements of our fathers were of a kind to correspond 
 with their rough and athletic training, and consisted of wrest- 
 ling-matches, chopping-bees, piling-bees, log-rollings, huskings, 
 raifcings, trainings, and musters. They had neither money nor 
 taste for convivial entertainments, and were no creatures of 
 appetite or indulgence, but into the rougher sports they entered, 
 young and old. with hearty zest. The chopping-bee was quite 
 an affair. It was' not to chop a wood-pile, but to fell the trees 
 on a certain tract of 'land. Of course it was a noisy and danger- 
 ous pleasure. Imagine twenty to one hundred men at work 
 under a leader on one piece, all felling the old trees ! Crash 
 followed crash all day long. The giants of the forest went down 
 with a continual cracking and crashing, amid the shouts and 
 cheers of strong men. With their powers of endurance, under 
 the cheer of each other's company, and with a little rum, they 
 accomplished enormous work, and called it pleasure. 
 
 Occasionally, also, just for a little innocent pleasure, they met 
 for a piling-bee; that is, to pile, for burning, the immense 
 quantities of charred, black logs left by the fire. This was the 
 hardest, dirtiest kind of work, but they went into it with a ring- 
 ing, cheering pleasure that would astonish people now. Heavy 
 logs were thrown over the rocks like toys. Stacks of wood like 
 small barns dotted the ground at sunset, when they " treated " 
 and went home. The labor thus put into a single day seems 
 incredible. 
 
 The ladies had some corresponding entertainments. We have 
 no record of their meeting to fold their hands, or make tatting. 
 But carding-bees, apple-parings, quiltings, and spinnings were 
 among their leading pleasures when together. It was common 
 for the good mother to take her baby under one arm and her 
 
SUMMARY PUNISHMENT. 273 
 
 flax-wheel under the other, and walk a mile to a neighbor's. 
 When there, all would set their little wheels buzzing, and chat 
 together with voices that could be heard above the noise of 
 twenty machines ! And such spinning ! It was perfect and 
 much. And then, at sunset, each would take baby and wheel, 
 walk home, get supper for a large family, "and wasn't much 
 tired after all ! " 
 
 Occasionally the men entered into some sports not reported in 
 literary or religious documents. Cases in point were the hust- 
 ling-off of Randall Alexander, and the taking-down of the old 
 Jonas Parker house. On one occasion, a man who called on 
 Robert McCauley's wife oftener than the highest propriety 
 required, was met at McCauley's by a company of men who 
 " rode him on a rail " to Dea. Isaac Cochran's, — more than two 
 miles. It may be said they shook the rail some. Some of the 
 best men in town took part in these summary but righteous 
 deeds. After these things were over it was not known who had 
 done them, but it was generally said to be Mr. Whiton ! And 
 Mr. Whiton was on hand enough to like the joke ! 
 
 It was customary to have no adornments except those of per- 
 sonal beauty, neatness, and virtue, about the house. Even as 
 late as fifty years ago, the walls were as bare of pictures as our 
 barns are now. A few were able to have certain figures painted 
 on the plastering, relics of which, in some old houses, may yet be 
 seen. Hardly a dwelling can now be found in Antrim without 
 its chromo, or engraving of some kind, and neat little ornaments, 
 — attractive, even if cheap. But there was nearly ' nothing of 
 the kind in our ancestors' humble abodes. Now pianos are 
 common, and an organ may be found in almost every house. 
 No such pleasure had they. The first piano in Antrim was pur- 
 chased in 1842 by Judge Luke Woodbury. The mothers had 
 no parlor tables, covered with choice books, and most of them 
 had no parlors at all. If there was any " best room," it was 
 without carpet, or paint, or picture ! 
 
 As a specimen of the old habits, I have been told of a dinner 
 at the house of James Hopkins, about ninety years ago. Hon. 
 Samuel DinsmorCj afterwards governor, Hon. Silas Dinsmore, 
 Sen., and other relatives and guests were present. After the 
 usual greeting, five or six of the male guests were seated at the 
 table ; the young ladies stood up round the large room, and, 
 when they wanted anything, they reached over the guests who 
 
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274 WHAT THEY ATE. 
 
 were seated, took the meat in their fingers and stepped back to 
 eat it ! And it was all considered very popular and fine ! 
 Indeed, in some families, it was the daily habit for the children 
 to stand back from the table and take in their fingers what was 
 allowed them. At other times, the pudding and milk,- or broth, 
 was put in a great wooden pan on the top of a barrel or table, 
 and all stood around with wooden spoons and ate out of the 
 same dish at once ! 
 
 Their food was of a cheaper, healthier type than ours. I have 
 heard the Antrimites mention a dish called " sowens," which I 
 had not previously heard of. It was made of oat-meal, sifted, 
 and left in water to sour, and then boiled down to a jelly. This 
 was a favorite dish. It could be seasoned to suit, but was com- 
 monly eaten in milk. When Mr. Whiton came to town it w^s a 
 new thing to him, and he declined to try it. At length Mrs. 
 Hopkins came along to him one day with a bowl of it in "her 
 hands, and, lifting a spoonful, she prevailed on him to " take one 
 bite." But being exceedingly smooth and slippery stuff, it dis- 
 appeared instantly, and Mr. Whiton looked up surprised and 
 puzzled ; yet, with his usual quiet dignity, he said, " I declare, 
 madam, it is gone ! " This saying pointed many a joke for a 
 time, but it cured Mr. Whiton of his dislike, and he lived to say 
 of many a dish of " sowens," " Madam, it is gone ! " 
 
 I have heard it said that their cheap, humble food was very 
 relishable, and that, with their hard work and vigorous appetites, 
 they enjoyed it keenly. The good mothers knew how to make 
 the most of everything. With little to do with, they would pre- 
 pare a really inviting meal. And isn't this the highest skill of 
 housewifery ? The bannock, baked by the open fire, has hardly 
 been improved upon in modern cookery ; the " short-cake " has 
 no modern equal ; and it may be believed, without hesitation, 
 that no bride of to-day can cook meats equal to her great-grand- 
 mother a hundred years ago ! 
 
 Until within about fifty years, the people manufactured their 
 own clothing, and a great deal of cloth has been made in Antrim 
 since such a date, — all by hand. There was a wheel and a loom 
 in every house. The ladies were accustomed to spin by fire- 
 light far into the night. The daughters were good spinners at 
 ten years of age ; and many, at twelve, could spin a " hank a 
 day." They wove all sorts of flannels and linens then in vogue. 
 The women and girls made their various cloths, and walked 
 
WHAT THEY WORE. 275 
 
 through the woods to New Boston to sell them, and back the 
 same day. These home manufactures of this and other Scotch 
 towns attained quite a reputation. In some cases the selectmen 
 inspected the articles, and put the seal of the town on them, if 
 good. Some specimens of their work I have seen are very deli- 
 cate and beautiful. 
 
 The weaving was mostly done by women, at odd jobs, but 
 sometimes a few men followed it all the time. I find Daniel 
 Mcllvaine, great-great-grandfather of Moody B. Mcllvaine, Esq., 
 charging my great-great-grandfather, Capt. John Cochrane, in 
 Windham, with the weaving of " 27 yds of Toa Cloth." John 
 McClary came to this town as a professed weaver. It was con- 
 sidered an honorable and favored calling. 
 
 For many years, almost every article worn by man or woman, 
 young or old, in this town, was spun, woven, colored, and made 
 here. Every woman knew how to do every part. Men had 
 their whole suits of " striped cloth," and these were worn to 
 church and everywhere else. In later days, they took the plain 
 white woolen cloth to the " fulling-mill " and had it " dressed " 
 for " nice suits," either blue or black, or what the old folks 
 called " blue-black." Blankets and table-cloths were always 
 made at home, and were taken as tests of the woman's skill. 
 The maiden manufactured her own " outfit," as it was called ; 
 and her " intended," as they named the happy creature, had 
 ample chance to judge of her work beforehand. Every woman 
 in this town had her " patch of growing flax," which she culti- 
 vated herself. Prom this they made strong and beautiful linens, 
 of many styles, valuable specimens of which may yet be seen. I 
 will not dwell on the process of preparing flax, pulling, breaking, 
 swingling, carding, spinning, and weaving, as almost every town 
 history has elaborately explained it before me. 
 
 The women and girls were accustomed to work with the men 
 in the field all day long, if occasion required. They not only 
 raised their own flax, but they took care of the barn, milked, 
 split wood at the door, raked hay, and reaped the grain. They 
 would lend a hand at any job in the smartest possible way, and 
 it was considered proper and honorable. Dea. Aiken's three 
 daughters reaped all day with him and his hired men, on Meet- 
 ing-House Hill. Generally, the " girls " were the smartest 
 reapers. 
 
 I will now grace this reference to old customs by a quotation 
 
276 VARIOUS CUSTOMS. 
 
 from Dr. Whiten, whose habit it is to put things better than 
 anybody else : — 
 
 Their dwellings were log houses, without glass, ill fitted to exclude 
 the cold. Had it not been for the roaring fires kept up in winter in the 
 huge fireplaces, fed continually by great logs, which they were glad to 
 get rid of, the inmates must have suffered. Wood and timber were so 
 abundant that the faster they could consume them the better. Their 
 farming utensils were clumsy ; Iheir clothing homespun and coarse, but 
 durable ; the men wore tow shirts, striped woolen frocks, and leather 
 aprons. The best suit of coarse woolen cloth was reserved for Sabbaths 
 and special occasions, and lasted year after year. In winter they wore 
 shoes, excluding snow by a pair of woolen leggins fastened over the 
 mouth of the shoe by strings. Boots were rare; great-coats and sur- 
 touts rarer still. A pair of boots would last a man many years. In 
 summer, neither men nor women wore shoes at home ; on the Sabbath, 
 the women often carried their shoes in their hand, to save wear, till they 
 came near the meeting-house, when they put them on. They were clad, 
 when engaged in their work, which was nearly all the time on week- 
 days, in a short gown and petticoat of some coarse material, with a 
 striped apron, calicoes being thought quite a dressj' article. The house- 
 hold furniture was rude and coarse ; carpets, sofas, piUnos, were unheard 
 of ; instead of them was the spinning-wheel, both small and great, and 
 the loom, — articles of less ornament, certainly more indispensable. Tea 
 and coffee were almost unknown ; broths of various kinds, corn, bean, 
 barley broth, were in constant use. In many families, hasty -pudding 
 with milk, if milk could be had, was almost the standing supper. For a 
 lunch in the intermission of public worship on the Sabbath, instances 
 were not wanting of men carrying in their pocket a few cold boiled pota- 
 toes, and nothing else. Sometimes in winter, families were conveyed to 
 meeting through deep snow on an ox-sled ; in summer, the man, if he 
 were the owner of a horse, rode to meeting with his wife seated on a 
 pillion behind him, and a child seated on a pillow before him; and some- 
 times another and smaller child in the mother's lap, encircled by one 
 of her arms. A party of the smart young people once assembled at a 
 neighbor's, in early limes, for a social interview. The supper, — what 
 was it ¥ Not a modern supper of roast turkey and oysters, but hasty- 
 pudding and milh^ I There being but three spoons, one division of three 
 guests sat down to table, then another division, and another, till all had 
 been served. All went off well, and it was considered a fashionable, 
 well-managed affair. 
 
PRIVATIONS AND DISCOMFORTS. 277. 
 
 CHAPTER XV 
 
 INCONVENIENCES THE SETTLERS HAD TO CONTEND WlTH. 
 
 A VOLUME might be written concerning the hardships and 
 difficulties whicli the settlers of Antrim met. I will barely 
 notice a few items, as they have appeared to me. I have else- 
 where referred to the obstacles in the way of communication. 
 Few of the early settlers were able to have horses. Of carriages, 
 there were absolutely none. Roads were few and poor, — often 
 nothing but paths in the woods. Some families lived for years 
 with not even a path out, a few marked trees being the only 
 guide. John Campbell, on the James Wood place, had nothing 
 but marked trees for two miles. Most that was brought or car- 
 ried away, had to be borne on the settler's back. His bushel of 
 corn was carried to mill on his own shoulder. Aiken carried a 
 bushel of corn nine miles to mill and brought it back the same 
 day. It was considered a great thing when roads wSre cleared 
 and horses could be secured and the animal be led with these 
 loads on his back ! Now we must have easy carriages and fast 
 horses and smooth roads. Men now threaten to sue the town, 
 if there be a rock in the road unsafe to drive rapidly over. 
 With our present facilities, it is hardly possible to get an idea of 
 the difficulties of communication then. 
 
 The houses were inconvenient and uncomfortable. Some fam- 
 ilies had but one room, and a " loft " overhead, to which they 
 ascended by a ladder. Many could not afford, or could not get, 
 glass for windows. ■ A few openings in the wall gave them hght, 
 which openings were closed in intense cold weather by a board, 
 or a bundle of rags ; and then their only light was a blazing, 
 open fire ; generally, however, amply sufficient. The first chim- 
 neys were roughly made of stone. Many early cabins were built 
 each against a great rock, which answered in part for a chimney. 
 In such rude, small dwellings, they struggled along, raised their 
 families, put up with discomforts, and were cheerful in the hope 
 of better things. 
 
 For many of the earlier years the houses had no cellars, — 
 only a hole in the ground, to which they descended by trap-door 
 and ladder, and only about large enough for a man to turn 
 round in at that. 
 
278 BORROWING FIRE. 
 
 A well-ordered modern kitchen, with grained floor, extension- 
 table, screen-windows, fine drawers, polished range, and cane- 
 seat chairs, etc., etc., would have frightened our grandmothers ! 
 An oil-stove would probably have been attributed to the devil ! 
 What would they have thought of a sewing-machine, a clothes- 
 wringer, or a " lightning apple-parer " ! 
 
 Generally, the good old mothers had to carry every pail of 
 water from five to fifty rods ! Often they washed at the nearest 
 brook, and hung their clothes on poles. Wells were dug as 
 soon as they became able to have such luxuries ! Then, women 
 stooped down and drew up the pail of water with a pole. The 
 " well-curb " and the " well-sweep" were later inventions. Still 
 later the pump was introduced. It is but a few years since the> 
 first water-pipe was laid in this vicinity. Happy the log cabin 
 that was located near a spring of water ! 
 
 They had no friction matches to start a fire, these being intro- 
 duced here, in very small quantities, about 1833. Many fami- 
 lies had a " tinder-box," which was a very inconvenient and 
 uncertain thing. Sometimes a fire was started by flashing pow- 
 der in the pan of an old-fashioned gun. But it was a rule in 
 every house never to let the fire go out ; and seldom, summer or 
 winter, did the big pile of coals fail. If, by absence, the fire 
 went out, it was customary to send to a neighbor's for a pailful 
 of coals. " Borrowing fire " was considered perfectly proper. 
 Sometimes, if the distance were great, they rolled up a bundle 
 of old cloth and set it on fire, as being lighter to carry. The 
 first school-house in South Village was burned by dropping coals 
 by a boy who had been after fire. Lamps they had not. Can- 
 dles were lighted by a coal, or a splinter. Their chief light was 
 the open fire. The writer learned many a lesson in boyhood by 
 firelight ; and when the light began to grow dim, he would take 
 the " big shovel " and give.it an extra " punch." 
 
 Cooking was performed by the open fire. It was years before 
 there was a brick oven in Antrim. A tin oven, to set down 
 before a bed of coals, was considered a great invention, and came 
 a little later than the brick oven.' A " crane " swung over the 
 open fire, on which were six or seven hooks of different lengths, 
 so that the pot could be raised or lowered. Sometimes it was 
 needful to put the " pot on the crane." I have seen four pots 
 hanging over the same fire at once. Then there would be a 
 "spider" and coffee-pot on the coals, and a "johnny-cake" 
 
METHODS OF COOKING. 279 
 
 baking in front, all at once. The cook's face was red with the 
 heat of the roaring fire. Then she would " turn the johnny- 
 cake," — a process requiring great skill. To drop it, or break 
 it, or pile it up in a heap, was very humiliating to a young cook. 
 I have seen the " lassie " " turn the cake " quick as a flash and 
 in perfect order. As late as forty years ago, stoves were very 
 rare. There was a great prejudice against them when they 
 came round. The great brick oven was a convenience in its 
 day. It was heated once a week, and " baked full " of pies, 
 beans, etc. There, in later days, the turkey was roasted. But 
 the first generation clung to the old way of cooking over the fire 
 alone. The goose, or turkey, or spare-rib was splendidly cooked 
 by being hung up before the open fire. Some of the old people 
 thought food tasted best in the old way. Some " doughnuts 
 fried over the fire " had a marvelous goodness about them, if my 
 boyhood's idea be correct. The dresses of the women often 
 caught on fire, but, being always woolen, no damage was done. 
 What would a housewife think now, if obliged to cook in the old 
 way? 
 
 The poverty of the beginners in Antrim I have already 
 noticed. They had no newspapers. The Bible was the only 
 book in most houses. The almanac could be found in most, 
 after the commencement of the present century. The little 
 paper-covered catechism was in every family. A few had spell- 
 ing-books. There was no mail to Antrim for more than sixty 
 years after its settlement; Amherst, for most of that time, being 
 the nearest office, — more than twenty miles away. Snows were 
 deeper and winters harder than now, on account of which many 
 hardships had to be borne. Often, bodies had to be carried to 
 the grave on sleds, with a long team of oxen wading through 
 the snow, and a few mourners laboriously following on foot. 
 Instances are given where it was impossible to fill the graves 
 with earth till spring. A few handfuls of gravel' were thrown on 
 the coffin, and the piling, whirling snow did the rest ! 
 
 There was also what was called the " pine-tree " law, which 
 greatly troubled the people of New Hampshire, and to some 
 extent the people of Antrim. The king " reserved " all pine- , 
 trees over twelve inches in diameter, and chose Gov. Went- 
 worth " Surveyor of the King's Woods," his duty being, by 
 deputy or in person,- to mark all the trees "fit for the royal 
 navy." This law was exceedingly hateful in the eyes of the 
 
280 PINE-TREE LAW. 
 
 people. A man by the name of Mudgett cut one of these 
 " marked trees " in Weare. A great cry was made, and Mud- 
 gett was arrested. As it was late in the afternoon, he suggested 
 to the sheriff to stay over night. The latter complied. But in 
 the night the matter was whispered about, and, before daylight, 
 the sheriff's horse was trimmed clean of mane and tail, and at 
 dawn a mob put the obliging officer on said horse's back, facing 
 the rear of said animal, and led him out of town amid shouts of 
 laughter, and without his prisoner ! " Moral. — Kings should let 
 other people's pine-trees alone, and sheriffs should not put up 
 with their -prisoners over night ! 
 
 This was in 1772, but this hated law had then been in force 
 half a century. Antrim was not specially a pine town, and was 
 settled somewhat late, and was at a distance from any king's offi- 
 cer, but yet was subject to this annoyance with the rest. There 
 is reason to believe that some who claimed to be residents of 
 Antrim had part in this affair. 
 
 Our fathers in Antrim also suffered the inconveniences and 
 hardships of scanty living. Flour was scarce and rare. To be 
 without meat and to be without meal, was common. I have 
 heard old people say that even potatoes were carefully kept as a 
 luxury for company. This will explain what Mr. Whiton said 
 about a man's carrying nothing but a cold boiled potato for a 
 lunch in the long day at chur^ch. When at work in the woods, 
 it was sometimes the case that a man took a piece of frozen 
 bean-porridge for dinner ! For children to go to bed without 
 their supper occasionally, was not looked upon as disgraceful, or 
 alarming. They used to get along with anything that would 
 support life. Often a hard-shell pumpkin was baked for the 
 meal of a large family. When I was a boy I heard the old peo- 
 ple tell of cutting a hole in the top of the pumpkin big enough 
 to let the hand in, taking the seeds and loose parts out clean, 
 putting in a small bit of meat, and then, replacing the piece cut 
 out, baking the whole in the old oven. Then the whole family, 
 and sometimes guests, would gather round and eat everything 
 but the shell. The shell was often preserved as a receptacle for 
 balls of thread, or as a " rag-bag." 
 
 Pumpkin and milk was counted qiiite a luxury. The. pump- 
 kin was prepared the same way as above ; but instead of meat, 
 they filled it nearly full of new milk, and baked with the greatest 
 heat they could get. In earliest times they all stood round and 
 ate with wooden spoons immediately from the shell. 
 
INTRODUCTION OF WAGONS AND UMBRELLAS. 281 
 
 As showing the scantiness of what people commonly live on 
 now, it may be said that there was no such thing as buying a 
 barrel of flour in Antrim prior to 1820, or about that time ; and 
 for a long time subsequent to that date it was not the chief item 
 of food. Oat-meal and corn-meal and rye-meal were common. 
 Sometimes potatoes were roasted in a bed of coals, and eaten 
 with a little salt; and this made a very acceptable meal. I 
 thought it delightful when a boy if I could have this, — especially 
 when permitted to add a little butter. I have supposed that this 
 was the origin of the phrase spoken of shiftless, aimless fellows, 
 fifty years ago, that they " wouldn't earn their salt." 
 
 The first wagon having been brought to Antrim by Dea. Isaac 
 Cochran in 1815, it is astonishing how they carried on horseback 
 the heaviest and most inconvenient things. The saddle-bags on 
 a steady horse would carry small wares with comparative safety. 
 But think of carrying empty cider-barrels, glass windows, black- 
 smith's iron rods, linen-wheels, and feather-beds, on horseback ! 
 Two-wheeled vehicles were in use long before wagons. The first 
 cart brought to Antrim was that on which John Duncan brought 
 some household gear in 1773 ; but for many years after that date 
 very fe.w could afford the convenience of a cart. The chaise, a 
 rude, heavy affair, square as a box at the top, and having long, 
 clumsy thills, was used in New Hampshire as early as 1802. A 
 few yeafs later these found their way into Antrim, the first being 
 brought here by Isaac Baldwin about 1812. 
 
 The ox-wagon was in use years before anybody thought of a 
 light riding-wagon. This was very heavy and bungling, and 
 hard to turn round. When first talked of, the wonder was how 
 a carriage 'with more than two wheels could turn round! But 
 that problem being solved the lighter horse-wagons soon followed. 
 Probably, however, there was. no such thing in New Hampshire 
 prior to 1809. A phaeton would then have been considered a 
 thing of the air, and not of the earth. 
 
 The convenience of an umbrella was not known in Antrim till 
 about 1807. The umbrella (little shade) was first used in eastern 
 countries, and as a protection from the sun. Old paintings of 
 the Greeks and Romans show they were in use by the ladies in 
 those nations. Slaves carried them over the heads of Greek 
 women. Roman lovers carried them over the heads of their 
 fond ones. Umbrellas were introduced into England from 
 Prance about 1790, for general use, a few having been previously 
 
282 SUN-DIALS AND CLOCKS. 
 
 used by the rich. Some were brought over to America probably 
 as early as 1795. Price was from five to six dollars, — too high 
 to be afforded in log cabins. 
 
 In the old days there were great inconvenience and trouble in 
 keeping time. People set their houses " square with the sun," 
 and determined the time by the shadow of the sun. Some had sun- 
 dials, — which were commonly a kind of large pewter plate with 
 hours marked on the circumference, and an erect stick in the cen- 
 ter, by the shadow of which time was determined. This plate was 
 usually placed on a pedestal, and the movement of the shadow 
 was shown by the hour marks. Of course, on cloudy days, and 
 in the night, it would be of no service. Formerly an invention 
 called the clepsydra took the dial's place by night, it being a 
 round, long cylinder, set erect, and filled with water, which 
 would empty itself out in a certain number of hours by a very 
 small orifice in the bottom. The hours were marked on the side 
 of the cylinder, beginning at the top, and the time was thus 
 shown by the distance the surface fell. When the cylinder was 
 of glass, it was easy to see the hour, and the machine was toler- 
 ably accurate ; but it involved a great deal of work to fill and 
 set it, and it never was in general use. 
 
 Clocks were first used in Europe about 1120 ; were introduced 
 into England about 1288 ; were costly and few for several centu- 
 ries ; and were never brought to this country in any great num- 
 bers. Brass clocks were manufactured in New England as early 
 as 1720, and in New Hampshire as early as 1730. Probably 
 there was no clock in Antrim before 1793 ; and even after Bal- 
 lard made them here in 1795, but very few could have them, the 
 expense being so great. They were all of the large, tall kind, 
 such as used to stand in the corner of the room, and the cost 
 was from forty to one hundred dollars. The cheap clock is an 
 American invention, and quite modern. What would our fathers 
 and mothers have thought of a really good time-keeper, with 
 alarm, and neat ornamentation, for two dollars and a half? 
 About 1826, wooden clocks of the old-fashioned shape were sold 
 for fifteen or twenty dollars, without cases, and were set up in 
 the corner, the long pendulum sweeping to the floor, the work 
 all exposed, yet keeping time well, through dust and dirt, for a 
 generation. The scarcity of clocks gave rise to the old-fashioned 
 way of giving out an evening meeting " to commence at early 
 candle-lighting." 
 
DIPPICULTIES IN GETTING NECESSARY ARTICLES. 283 
 
 Our fathers suffered what would be counted ' an intolerable 
 inconvenience by people now, in not being able to find many- 
 things within reach, even for money. Pew things were kept in 
 the stores. Rarely could a tool of any kind be found for sale. 
 No boots or shoes of any kind were kept for sale till recent 
 dates. Shoemakers went from house to house with a " kit of 
 tools,"' and made shoes for the older persons. Small children 
 had none at all. Baby-shoes were unknown. Shoes for women 
 and girls were made of cowhide, with thick soles, projecting, I 
 have heard old people say, so that a " mouse could run round on 
 the rim." Women that were able sometimes had " calf-skin 
 shoes." 
 
 If a man wanted a plow, he must get a carpenter to make the 
 wood-work, and a blacksmith to put on the iron. Of course, 
 some of these were very uncouth, unhandy things. The handles 
 were bungling, and low, and long. A heavy beam about seven 
 feet long, a wooden frame, and a " wooden mold-board," com- 
 pleted the " wood-work." Then the blacksmith made the 
 "point" and the "share" and the "wing," these together going 
 by the name of the " plow-irons." When these became dull, 
 they were taken to the blacksmith to be " sharpened." I have 
 carried these rude', clumsy irons to be sharpened many a time. 
 Over the wooden mold-board they used to nail bits of sheet-iron, 
 or tin, to keep it from wearing out. 
 
 So, also, if any one wanted clothing of any- kind, it must be 
 home-made. There was no such thing as a " furnishing store" ; 
 and " ready-made clothing" had not entered a merchant's dream. 
 It required considerable time to get up a suit of clothes. Tailors 
 went from house to house, and did up the cutting and sewing of 
 the family, once in about two years ; that is, such cutting and 
 sewing as the common housewife could not do. Female apparel 
 was chiefly made by the wearers. The first " dress-maker ',' in 
 Antrim began business at comparatively a modern date. Now, 
 any person' can go to the store and fit out, from the top of the 
 head to the sole of the foot, in fifteen minutes, to the latest 
 fashion ! 
 
 Every artisan had a certain hardship and inconvenience in his 
 work then. The weaver, the fuller, the tanner, — each had the 
 clumsiest machinery, and had to do a vast amount of hard work. 
 " Labor-saving machinery " was hardly known. Blacksmiths 
 used to do what they do now ; but also made scythes, axes, hoes, 
 
'284 
 
 SNOW-SHOES. 
 
 and nails. Every bolt was made by hand, and every nail came 
 from the anvil. Blacksmiths, eighty years ago, used to go from 
 farm to farm and shoe oxen where wanted. They would catch 
 the ox, lead him into the barn, throw him down on some straw, 
 turn him onto his back, cross his legs and tie them ; and then 
 and there the shoes were put on. The " ox-swing " is of recent 
 date. 1 
 
 The hardship of travel on snow-shoes must not be unnoticed. 
 It has been said that one accustomed to them could travel easily 
 in this way ; but surely without reason. They were hard to 
 manage, weighed several pounds each, and dragged some snow 
 with them. A man could thus walk on the softest snow, but it 
 was exceedingly tiresome. The writer has tried it enough to 
 know. Yet, in deep, soft snow, they could go with them where 
 it would be impossible to go without them at all. These shoes 
 were invented by the Indians, were in common use when Amer- 
 ica was discovered, and are manufactured and used and sold by 
 the Indians to this day. . By means of them the savages secured 
 their winter stock of meat, it being their custom to hunt the 
 deer and moose when the snows were very deep. The animals, 
 with small feet and great weight, would sink to the bottom at 
 every step, while the hunter skimming along the surface would 
 soon worry them down and easily dispatch them by hand. 
 
 The accompanying picture is given lest the 
 children of the next generation forget what a 
 snow-shoe was. The outside piece of tough 
 maple or ash, nearly an inch in diameter, was 
 bent into tlie shape it bears in the picture, 
 and the ends riveted together. Two cross- 
 pieces, as appears, were put in ; a«d fi'om 
 these and the rim a stout net-work of leather 
 straps was fixed. Those made by the Indians 
 had strips of green hide instead of leather. 
 In wearing them, the toe' of the foot was 
 slipped under a loop on the front cross-piece, 
 so as to have the weight come there. Gen- 
 erally, the foot was not tied ; and therefore it 
 could be slipped out any time, and the shoes 
 taken under the arm. Snow-shoes were from two to four feet in 
 length, and generally about a foot wide. The more ancient ones 
 had the heel-end weighted so as to trail in the snow, only the 
 
 SNOW-SHOE. 
 
PRIMITIVE FARMING-TOOLS. 285 
 
 forward end being lifted when the man stepped. The smaller 
 ones were used by women and boys. In walking with thein it 
 was necessary to swing out the foot as a boy does skating ; and 
 this process, though very laborious, aided in making progress, 
 somewhat as with the skater. Every family was supplied with 
 one or two pairs of snow-shoes. Physicians used them, travel- 
 ing where no horse could go. Dr. Cleaves got his death by a 
 walk of eight or ten miles on snow-shoes to see a patient. 
 Women would put them on, and start out across the pathless 
 snows half a mile to a sick neighbor's. Soldiers marching 
 against the Indians were always provided with snow-shoes. 
 Companies were sometimes detained till these shoes could be 
 made. With these heavy things upon their feet, their knap- 
 sacks stuffed with provisions on their backs, and gun in hand 
 our fathers made campaigns of a week or ten days' duration, far 
 into the trackless forests of northern New Hampshire and Maine. 
 I have already referred to the trouble and hardship of our 
 fathers on account of cumbrous carts and plows, or the entire 
 lack of them. I have heard my grandparents say, that, in the 
 absence of plow or team, they would dig up the ground by hand 
 for planting ; and that, in the absence of a cart, they would carry 
 manure from the barn to the field in a rude hod on tlie shoul- 
 der. Many did their farming this way for years. Pitchforks 
 were heavy, bungling things made of iron by ordinary black- 
 smiths. Scythe-snaths were simply straight sticks, or some" nat- 
 ural bend picked up in the woods. Hoes were made by black- 
 smiths out of iron, were sometimes edged with steel, and had an 
 " eye " at the top, into which a stout handle was inserted and 
 wedged. When a boy I had an old casf^ofif hoe of this kind to 
 play with, — a heavy and awkward thing which it must have 
 taken much strength and patience to use. All their shoveling 
 was done with wooden shovels. Probably no steel or iron 
 shovel was seen in A'ntrim before 1808, and few for many years 
 after that. My father used to get out timber for wooden shovels 
 on his farm, as there was much timber there of the kind needed. 
 These were split out of the old-growth red oak, about fourteen 
 inches wide, two inches thick, and three and one-half feet long. 
 Out of this piece, at one end, the shovel was " hollowed," part 
 was left the whole length for a handle, and then the end of the 
 blade was " shod" as they called it, — i.. e., edged with steel. 
 These " shod-shovels," being shod over and over when needed, 
 
286 BRICK-MAKING. 
 
 lasted a great many years'. The writer formerly owned a very 
 fine specimen which had been handed down from the past. It 
 was excellent for some work ; but how it could be used for most 
 purposes I never could see. It must have taken the strength of 
 a giant to make headway with it in a manure-heap, or in a bank 
 of earth. James Hopkins, Esq., used to make these shovels, 
 chiefly for his own use. He used also to manufacture a nar- 
 rower-wooden shovel, perfectly straight, which was lighter, and 
 much better for some purposes. 
 
 I must not omit to mention the laborious manner of making 
 bricks. Tliis manufacture was carried on to some extent for a 
 long series of years on the Hopkins place (now Arthur Miller's), 
 by James llopkins, Clark Hopkins, Lyman Dow, and others. No 
 machine for grinding clay was used here before 1840. Previous 
 to that, the clay was spread about a foot thick on a " bed " and 
 ground by the treading of oxen. This " bed " was on a hard spot, 
 or on plank, was from twelve to fifteen feet in diameter, was circu- 
 lar in form, surrounded by a railing ; and into this they put four 
 oxen, yoked with chains, standing close, and a small' boy on the 
 outside kept them going round and round, till the clay was thor- 
 oughly ground by their feet. This was a slow and we^ary job for 
 both boy and team. The " core,'' or small part in the center which 
 would not be trodden, had to be " turned out," and the rim outside 
 the oxen's feet to be " turned in "; and then the process repeated 
 to complete the bed. Then this was removed and another bed 
 prepax'cd. Sometimes several wei"e going on at the same time. 
 In this way excellent brick were made. Mr. Hopkins tried other 
 ways, but only to return to the old plan, as turning out the best 
 brick. The brick for the Center church, made on the Hopkins 
 farm, were all made in this way, and were of the best, and cost 
 only two dollars and a half per thousand. The wonder is, how 
 they could be made in such a hard way for that sum. There 
 was a time when brick houses were fashionable, and large quan- 
 tities were made here for this purpose, many being carried into 
 adjoining towns. The large chimneys of those days swallowed 
 up many bricks. Nowadays, with wooden houses and small 
 chimneys, there is small demand. But there is clay enough on 
 the Miller farm to build a city. 
 
 Other things I cannot mention here without repeating myself 
 too much, or writing too much at length. But, on the whole, the 
 
INCONVENIENCES AND HARDSHIPS. 287 
 
 annoyances, inconveniences, drawbacks, and hardships of our 
 early settlers, were almost incredible. They had to do things at 
 disadvantage, and laid out a great deal of what was called 
 " main strength." The labor, downright, tough labor, was enor- 
 mous. They were trained in the school of hardship and trial ; 
 and they were not disheartened by any obstacles. 
 
288 SCOTCH-IRISH CHARACTER. 
 
 CHAPTER XYI. 
 
 SCOTCH-IRISH CHARACTER AND INFLUENCE. 
 
 It is just to say something more than may he found in the pre- 
 ceding pages, concerning .the Scotch-Irish character and the 
 influence of that race in this country. They were a peculiar 
 people, and truly remarkable and original. They had personal 
 and national traits that separated them from their English neigh- 
 bors for generations ; and even to-day these marks of character 
 appear, after a mingling-together of a huudi-ed and sixty years. 
 The American people have become so used to the admixture of 
 foreign elements as not to notice peculiarities that are not con- 
 spicuous or offensive ; but the student of character can trace 
 them still. When the Londonderry settlers came, they were so 
 different from the English in customs and language as to arouse 
 the enmity of the latter. Coming from Ireland and having a 
 religion different from that prevailing in New England, they were 
 supposed to be Papists, and bitter prejudices were aroused against 
 them. Efforts were made to prevent their getting land ; they 
 were freely spoken against ; little inroads were frequently made 
 upon them ; and there was even talk of expelling them by vio- 
 lence, as was actually the case with the Scotch-Irish colony that 
 settled in Worcester, Mass., about 1740. It took several gener- 
 ations to wipe out these prejudices entirely ; but it was soon so 
 well understood that the Scotch-Irish were Protestants, and a 
 worthy, brave people, that they were unmolested, and even looked 
 upon with favor by many. 
 
 They were not Irish. Not a drop of Irish blood was in them. 
 Their fathers, coming from Argyle and Ayr in Scotland, had 
 dwelt in the north of Ireland : but in language, habits, tastes, 
 education, religion, history, capacity, manner of life, and general 
 appearance, they were always distinct from the Irish ; and so 
 distinct, as history shows, that a stranger traveling in Ireland 
 could pick out the Scotch communities with his eye. They prided 
 themselves in being unlike the Irish. To call one of them a 
 " Paddy," was to make sure of being knocked down before the 
 words were fairly out! A hatred of Papacy, disgust with 
 Irish unthrift and ignorance, and bitter memories of Irish mur- 
 
THEIR INDITIDUAUTY. 289 
 
 ders handed down from parent to child, — all united to make 
 them sensitive when the name was applied to them. So great 
 was their feeling oil this point, that their minister, Rev. James 
 McGregor, topk up the matter, and stoutly protested to Gov. 
 Shute against being " termed Irish people." That part who 
 wintered in the harbor of Portland were termed "poor Irish 
 people" in a petition for provisions sent in their behalf to the 
 legislature of Massachusetts, — very much to their mortification 
 and disgust. Some of their manufactures were called " Irish 
 linens." The petition for incorporation, 1719, was indorsed, " In 
 behalf of a company of Irish at Nutfield." But these offensive 
 designations wore away. 
 
 There were several colonies of the Scotch-Irish, coming at 
 different times. These settled in various parts of the country, 
 and their descendants in every place have been conspicuous in 
 virtues and abilities. But probably no other, out of the many 
 Scotch-Irish settlements in this country, has been so noteworthy 
 and influential as that of Londonderry. Probably not less than 
 twenty towns have been organized almost entirely by their de- 
 scendants, in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York, 
 Nova Scotia, and our Western States, besides their taking a 
 leading place in the organization of scores of others. They have 
 gone everywhere and vastly increased in numbers and influence. 
 Dr. Whiton estimated the descendants of the Londonderry set- 
 tlers at fifty thousand in 1852 ; others, at that time and before, 
 carrying the number much higher. I think it not possible that 
 the number can be now (1879) less than one hundred thousand ; 
 and the proportion of influence in the country is very much 
 greater still. 
 
 Among the characteristics of this people, I place first their 
 strong, manly individuality. They had opinions and convictions 
 of their own, and they had a way of holding them which was 
 their own. They took nothing second-hand. They were decided, 
 earnest, high-spirited, independent, and set in their way, and 
 not ashamed to declare just what they believed and meant to do. 
 They never kept you in the dark as to their political or religious 
 convictions. There was a certain bold, cordial, honest open- 
 heartedness about them which was attractive, though rough some- 
 times in its forms and methods. The Scotchman must choose 
 for himself. He never followed a leader blindly. He couldn't 
 be controlled by a priest. Against being used and managed like 
 
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290 THEIR INTENSE EBLIGIOUS CONVICTIONS. 
 
 the Irish clans, as a driven flock, there stood out always the bold, 
 decided, thinking man ! The individual rights must be observed. 
 In a regiment of a thousand Scotchmen, there were just one 
 thousand men set on thinking, knowing, and judging for them- 
 selves, and about as independent a set of fellows as human 
 history presents. The brave, ready, skillful, yet unm.anageable 
 Gen. John Stark was a characteristic Scotchman. A recent wri- 
 ter, touching upon the personal, self-asserting character of this 
 stock of men, the strong force and opinion of each man wherever 
 found, speaks of " that rare old Scotch-Irish stock, which has for 
 the last two hundred years given us so many of those honest, 
 earnest men, remarkable for their moral and physical strength, 
 as well as for their correct and decided views, as portrayed in 
 political and religious history, — men grave and majestic in their 
 simplicity, always in advance of the times, acknowledged lead- 
 ers, molding and fashioning the social and political tendencies 
 of the people with whom they were associated." 
 
 I have already spoken of their religious traits. Independent 
 as you please, nevertheless they were humble ant^ devout wor- 
 shipers of God. They were very tolerant toward all that was 
 not a sham in others' religion, but for themselves they were stiff 
 Presbyterians ; and they were such knowing just what Presby- 
 terianism was. There was none of the modern sectarianism 
 without an intelligent understanding of what or why. The Scotch 
 settler of Antrim was ready to give any man a reason of the 
 hope that was in him ; nor did he always wait to be asked either. 
 The whole theology was put into the mind of the child. They 
 had a knowledge of Scripture, and an acquaintance with church 
 history, which would astonish Sunday-school scholars of the 
 present day. They made the Bible a subject of thought and 
 study at home. They were deeply acquainted with it. They 
 could prove Scripture by Scripture, and quote at marvelous 
 length. Their religion was of the simple, unceremonious kind, 
 and their worship was reverential and solemn. And their piety, 
 being founded on principle, appeared in their lives and under- 
 takings. 
 
 For example, they were religiously honest. Having received 
 the " benefits of government " from the officials of New Hamp- 
 shire, they thought of the Indians as the original and rightful 
 owners of the soil, and sent at once their minister. Rev. Mr. 
 McGregor, with an associate, to procure a right under the deed 
 
THEIR HONESTY AND GENEROSITY. 291 
 
 given by the Indian chiefs. They wanted an honest claim to the 
 soil. The same is illustrated in Aiken's keeping the note run- 
 ning to Smith to remind himself that he owed him, and then, on 
 payment, delivering up the note to the said Smith to remind him 
 that it was paid ! Instances are exceedingly rare of trickery or 
 over-reacliing among the Scotch-Irish for a hundred years, and, 
 as a rule, ever since. They despised everything that was insin- 
 cere or crooked, in business or religion. Close, economical, 
 saving, still they would have dropped dishonest gold like fire. 
 They abhorred the silver of Gehazi, and they did it in such a 
 hearty, decided way as to have a meaning, and render roguery 
 unpleasant and unsafe. When English appropriated a little ot 
 the town's money in 1782, he thought it prudent to locate some- 
 where else for the rest of his days. 
 
 The generosity of these Scotch-Irish settlers was another out- 
 flow from their religion. Though poor themselves, they were 
 always ready to share with others. Aiken's little cabin could 
 always accommodate the wanderer that knocked at the door. 
 The sick and the aged were cared for by somebody. They were 
 hearty givers in case of real need. At whatever personal sacri- 
 fice, the Scotch-Irish were always on the liberal, noble side. 
 They were also a truly hospitable people. Mr. Whiton says 
 " their hospitality was unboun'ded, being freely tendered both to 
 friend and stranger, and as readily accepted." It was customary 
 " to have the latch-string out." Rarely was a doOr fastened. 
 Some families were almost kept poor by the free entertainment 
 of everybody that came along. The tramp was welcome. A 
 warm fire, a mug of cider, a share of the family meal, and a pil- 
 low at night, were most cordially given to any and all. I have 
 been told of families that always had more or less of such guests 
 the year round, and of many a tired housewife's saying she 
 " guessed they would be eaten up." 
 
 There was also a certain open-heartedness about them that 
 seemed to be almost an item of religion. Management and 
 diplomacy they hated. Secret enmity they could not endure. 
 Plain, outspoken, square, and honest, they had but little charity 
 for private scandal and abuse behind one's back. The injurer 
 was always first to hear of the injury. If one felt hurt by his 
 neighbor, he went right over to him, with his head up, and with 
 a defiant air, and demanded an explanation in a loud voice and 
 on the spot. Sometimes the parties would come to blows. But 
 
292 THEIR FRANKNESS AND HEROISM. 
 
 the matter was searched to the bottom, and cleared up and set- 
 tled up, and stayed settled up. Thus they squa^red accounts as 
 they went along. The tornado cleared the sky, and it was fair 
 weather afterwards. Hence, they were nearly free from long- 
 continued feuds and neighborhood spites. If they were noisy 
 and angry, it was quick over. The roughness was outside. In 
 very heart, they scorned deception. One knew where to find 
 them. They spoke out what they thought. And in daily inter- 
 course there was a certain noble candor about them, fairness, 
 freedom from equivocation, a spirit so frank and true, as to 
 make them agreeable and winsome as a people. 
 
 Prom the same deep principle also came a certain unceremo- 
 nious politeness which charactCFized our ancestors. They were 
 in no sense a Frenchy, obeisant, fawning, flattering people. They 
 put on no airs. They had no artificial refinements. They 
 never made good clothes do the business for them. Etiquette 
 might lift up her little empty head and say they were rude and 
 unmannered. But in fact the principles of all true politeness 
 were in them. They had kind and gentle and honest and 
 manly feelings, without which the forms of politeness are but a 
 mockery. They had the courtesy of goodness and love. If 
 there was little that was oily and showy in their manners, there 
 was nothing that was hollow and unreal. A hearty greeting, 
 with them, meant just what it seemed to mean. 
 
 The Scotch-Irisli have been called quick-tempered, and even 
 hard-tempered. This is true. But it is not true that they were 
 conspicuously such in comparison with either English or Irish, 
 or any other race. I have never found any class of people 
 greatly deficient in temper. Our Scotch fathers and mothers 
 were thoroughly endowed in this respect. Their anger was 
 quick and violent, but soon over. They resented an insult 
 instantly, and on the spot, and in the boldest way, and with tre- 
 mendous force. But they had no sullen, meditating malice. 
 They were not cruel and revengeful. Their very anger was face 
 to face, open, and honorable. 
 
 Another trait of our fathers was an exalted heroism. They 
 seemed to be fearless of danger. Away back in Scotland and 
 Ireland they battled against fearful odds. They were trained by 
 centuries of peril and trial. When every man in Antrim (save 
 one who afterwards served four years) marched towards Lex- 
 ington at the sound of war, they showed a certain loftiness of 
 
SCOTCH ACCENT. 293 
 
 courage and self-sacrifice worthy of their sires. And when the 
 women determined to remain here in the few weak, scattered 
 cabins in the wilderness, in want, and among wild Ijeasts, they 
 showed the same mighty spirit with the mothers that helped 
 defend old Londonderry to the death ! The courage of victory 
 was in every born child of them. Their feats of bravery are too 
 many to l)e put in a volume like this. And I can only add here, 
 that they were heroes in private life as well as against the foe. 
 There was a brave, fearless, undaunted way with them. They 
 pressed on with an intrepid spirit in all their work and business 
 and discouragement. In sickness and sorrow they wept sore, 
 but they held up their heads like men. The fields of Antrim, 
 the miles of stone wall, are everywhere a witness of brave hearts 
 that once throbbed here. Theirs was the courage of battle, and 
 the courage of suffering, and the courage of toil. 
 
 The Scotch accent may be mentioned here as something very 
 pleasing to the ear, and not yet entirely softened away. It was 
 called the "brogue." They retained many words purely Scotch, 
 and their broad, strong pronunciation of the English gave a 
 grace and keenness to its use. I have found a few aged peo- 
 ple retaining the brogue very strongly. When Dr. Morrison 
 preached before the New Hampshire legislature, that hodj had a 
 resolution introduced to print so many copies of the discourse ; 
 and a certain member, rising to compliment the same, moved to 
 increase the number of copies, " provided they would print the 
 brogue." This peculiarity of speech distinguished the Scotch 
 here for generations. It was not the Irish brogue, though hav- 
 ing some resemblances to it. In some Scotch-Irish families, it 
 still remains, especially in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylva- 
 nia. In New England it has chiefly disappeared, not, however, 
 without influencing the pronunciation of many words. 
 
 The Scotch-Irish were noted for great simplicity of life. They 
 .were a proud race, high-spirited, having good opinions of them- 
 selves, and enjoying office and leadership ; but they had no 
 ostentation in their style of living. Tlieir pride took a different 
 turn. Probably no highly intelligent and enlightened people can 
 be named whose daily habits were so simple and humble. Even 
 the wealthiest were not accustomed to have servants, nor to give 
 up work. You could not tell the richest among them from the 
 poorest among them by anything ordinarily discoverable in their 
 dress or bearing. Jewels and silks were rare. No elegant fur- 
 
294 THEIR FIRMNESS AND WIT. 
 
 niture could be found. Every house looked humble. In every 
 kitchen the furniture was about the same. The old-fashioned 
 " dresser " .stood in every one, displaying the same stock of 
 pewter plates and wooden spoons. No housewife was jaded out 
 by getting up elaborate dishes, or scrubbing parlors and best 
 chambers. Guests received most relishable food, and looked 
 tipon table linen faultlessly white ; but no display, no great 
 things, no rivaling of any neighbor. 
 
 Another Scotch-Irish trait has held its own for centuries ; 
 iiamely, that of being extremely set in everything. Our fathers 
 wanted light on every subject, and informed themselves, and 
 made up their minds ; but after that, it was commonly about as 
 easy to move one of these hills of Antrim as to stir one of these 
 old yeomen out of his opinion. They meant to be right and 
 they meant to stick to it. They had ways of their own. They 
 loved opinions. They had a mortal hatred of giving-up. They 
 came to their convictions logically and fairly, and then their ivill 
 was always a part of their conviction. And this " setness " en- 
 tered into their politics and religion, and into their ways of doing 
 things. Their tenacity of purpose was remarkable, and gener- 
 ally agreeable because generally right. Tiiey were constitu- 
 tionally fitted to accept the doctrine of the " perseverance of the 
 saints." Their unyielding purpose was of the kind to win suc- 
 cess in the world ; and hence, in the forest, in the face of poverty 
 and wild beasts, on the battle's front, in public debate, — in every 
 place of peril or trial, the Scotchman has made his njark. 
 
 Our early settlers were charactei-ized by a keen and vigorous 
 wit. Sidney Smith once said that you " couldn't get a joke into 
 a Scotchman's head without a surgical operation," — which 
 statement is a joke coming pretty near to a falsehood. The jolly 
 Englishman well knew that the Scotchman- did not stop for a 
 joke when he meant fight. There was a straightforward, mighty 
 earnest about the Scotch, at such a time. Nevertheless, they • 
 were a jolly, witty race, fond of repartee and good cheer. They 
 could not be made to laugh when they did not feel like it ; they 
 hated all flat, clownish, Prenchy, effeminate humor : but they 
 gloried in hard hits, vigorous feats, and stinging repartee. There 
 was nothing weak or timid about their fun. Their wit was a 
 keen blade. Jokes went round their companies, like their old 
 sports, with a blow for every one. These hills of Antrim rang 
 with their laughter in the day when the panther's howl answered 
 
THEIR INTELLECTUAL ABILITY. 295 
 
 back, and the India,n's whoop echoed in the forest. The laugh 
 of some of the Antrim fathers was glorious to hear. Their log 
 cabins heard many a brighter piece of wit than may be found on 
 the printed page. Young and old were full of it. The venera- 
 ble grandmother in her easy-chair in the corner would deal her 
 strokes of wit as keen as the keenest, or tell a story with real 
 side-shaking power and zest. And, as showing the quick retort 
 of the young, it is said that a little lassie met a man on his horse 
 driving some hogs, and politely courtesied to him. Willing to 
 plague the lassie a little, he stopped and asked : " What, my bairn, 
 da' ye courtesy to a drove of hogs ? " " Na', na', sir," said she, 
 " only to the one on horseback ! " 
 
 ■ The high intellectual cast of the Scotch-Irish is also to be no- 
 ticed. They were thinking people, — strong-minded, capable, 
 from highest to lowest. The humblest of them took up the great 
 themes of government and of religion, and could talk intelli- 
 gently about them. Parents were capable of instructing their 
 children. It is believed that every one of the settlers of Antrim 
 could read and write. There were mental giants in these New 
 Hampshire colonies ; and we may look with just pride on the 
 capabilities and caliber and good judgment of these humble yet 
 large-minded ancestors. On this point I add these words of 
 another : — 
 
 No people have shown themselves so capable of high culture as the 
 Scotch. It is of little consequence where you may look for the material 
 to be operated upon. You will find men at the plow, on the hill-side 
 tending sheep, in the carpenter's shop, in the mason's shed, or in the 
 engine-manufactory, behind the counter, and at the merchant's desk, who 
 only require the means of study and advancement to make them fill with 
 credit and honor any situation to which a free, loyal-hearted man maybe 
 
 called. 
 
 Where'er you go through the world below 
 
 You'll find old Scotia's men ; 
 
 And when you rove through the world above 
 
 You'll find them there again. 
 
 Much might be said of the physical powers of our ancestors. 
 They were great in body, and commanding and noble in de- 
 meanor. They had foot-races, wrestling-matches, log-rollings, 
 and various diversions, all calculated to foster their physical 
 strength. Both men and women hated effeminacy. They grew 
 strong by hardships, and took pride in it. The grandmother of 
 one of our citizens was out, baby in hand, pulling flax, when she 
 was complimented upon her vigor, as the child was very young. 
 
296 THEIR PHYSICAL POWERS. 
 
 Her reply was : " Weel, if I can't have a baby and pull an acre 
 of flax. every year, I'll give up the ship ! " Generally, the women 
 were about as strong, and fully as heroic, as the men. The wives 
 of Aiken, Joseph Boyd, James McAllister, the Steeles who mar- 
 ried Jamesons, and Mrs Dickey, whose husband was killed in 
 the Revolution, were women whose courage nobody could ques- 
 tion, and whose arm might well be feared. Nor were they much 
 ahead of the rest. The maid of twenty feared not the face of 
 man or beast ; and many with ax or gun were strong and agile 
 enough to outdo the sterner sex. Boys in those days were not 
 intimidated by desperate tasks. Thomas Nichols began the 
 Shattuck farm when a mere lad, all alone. Dea. Jonathan Nes- 
 mith began to subdue the heavy forests on his farm at less than 
 sixteen years of age, camping out alone. The two Steele boys 
 chopped all summer on the Perry farm, at an age when many 
 boys of the present day would feel overworked by the care of a 
 barn or a fire. The men generally were tall, erect, brawny, 
 somewhat coarse in feature, but perfect in form, and weighed 
 two hundred without obesity or slowness of movement. I have 
 seen a Scotchman of two hundred and fifty pounds, aged sixty 
 years, dance as lightly and nimbly as a maid. It is said of the 
 late Gov. Patterson of New York, formerly of Londonderry, 
 some of whose early days were spent in Antrim, that, though a 
 man of majestic form, he was lithe and agile at eighty years, like 
 i. boy. The grenadiers of the old Twenty-sixth Regiment, who 
 were the wonder of everybody on account of their great size, 
 were almost entirely picked out of the Scotch-Irish communities, 
 and a majority were from Antrim. Their leader, McNiel, was a 
 Scotchman, and was only six feet six inches tall ! And the 
 strength of these men corresponded to their size. They could 
 carry heavy burdens for long distances without worry. Instances 
 are on record where men were killed by a single blow of a Scotch- 
 man's fist. 
 
 The Scotch-Irish emigrants of 1719, settling some in Maine, 
 and some in Massachusetts, but chiefly in Londonderry, have 
 had a vast influence in New England and in the whole country. 
 The colonies that went out from them became leaders every- 
 where. In war and peace, in art and learning, they have stood 
 at the front. When the New Hamp^Jiire convention met at 
 Exeter, April 25, 1775, they formed the State forces into two 
 regiments, and placed both under Cols. Reed and Stark, two 
 
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DISTINGUISHED DESCENDANTS OF LONDONDERRY COLONY. 297 
 
 Scotch-Irishmen of Londonderry. The descendants of this col- 
 ony have been governors, senators, jurists, college presidents, 
 generals, philanthropists, teachers, missionaries, and everything 
 that is noble and high. About fifteen of these New England 
 Scotch-Irish have been governors of States ; not less than twelve 
 have been judges of supreme courts ; quite a number have been 
 United States senators ; and probably not less than twenty-five, 
 at one time and another, have been members of Congress. 
 Among scholars and teachers of the stock of the emigration of 
 1719, may be mentioned Joseph McKeen, D. D., president of 
 Bowdoin College ; Prof. C. A. Aiken, D. D., of Princeton ; Prof. 
 Jarvis Crregg ; Prof. W A. Packard ; Joseph McKeen, D. D., of 
 New York City ; Rev. James Means ; Samuel H. Taylor, D. D., 
 late of Andover ; and hosts of lesser lights. 
 
 Among the distinguished lawyers, jurists, and statesmen in 
 this colony and its descendants, were Hon. John Bell, justice, 
 and member of the Provincial Congress ; John Bell and Samuel 
 Bell, governors of New Hampshire ; the two Samuel Dinsmores, 
 governors of this State ; Daniel M. Christie, of Dover ; judges, 
 Jeremiah Smith, George W Nesmith, and Samuel D. Bell, of 
 New Hampshire, and Levi McKeen and Peter Patterson, of New 
 York ; senators, Samuel McKeen of Peimsylvania, Samuel Hell 
 and James W Patterson of this State, and James W Nesmith 
 of Oregon; Matthew Thornton, physician, judge, and signer of 
 the Declaration of Independence ; Clark B. Cochrane, a noted 
 advocate and congressman of New York ; Hon. George W. Mor- 
 rison of Manchester ; and a long list of men now living, some of 
 whom are in Congress, and some in almost every position of 
 honor and trust ail over the land, and with prospect of adding 
 still greater luster to the race which settled here 
 
 A great number of clergymen have sprung from the London- 
 derry colony. Rev. David McGregor; Rev. James Miltimore ; 
 Rev. Silas McKeen, D. D!, formerly of Boston; Rev. Rufus 
 Anderson and son, missionaries and authors ; Rev. Dr. Morrison ; 
 Rev. Dr. McCollom ; Rev. John Nichols and Rev. Seneca Cum- 
 mings of Antrim, missionaries ; and probably fifty otlier clergy- 
 men dead and living, trace themselves back to this little flock. 
 
 From the same source the army of physicians is very great, 
 many of them of the highest rank. Princely merchants, invent- 
 ors, and eminent writers and authors also sprung from this 
 fruitful tree. Among military men of this particular flock, may 
 
298 SCOTCH-IRISH IN OTHER SECTIONS. 
 
 be mentioned Gen. Stark, Gen. Raid, Gen. McNiel, Gen. Miller, 
 and a large number of less distinguished and able men in the 
 field, for every war which our country has passed through. 
 
 And of the Scotch-Irish not belonging to this particular Lon- 
 donderry flock and its branches, a proportionate record mav be 
 made. Though outside of our work, yet, as belonging to our 
 race, it will be deemed proper for me to add, that, like the Lon- 
 donderry men, they have been cropping out in distinguished 
 places all over the land for one hundred and fifty years. 
 Among Scotch-Irish divines and scholars, notice such names as 
 Archibald Alexander, D. D., James W. Alexander, D. D., Joseph 
 A. Alexander, D. D., and, it is said, Charles Hodge, D. D., and 
 Bishop Mcllvaine, and many other such. Among public men, 
 notice such names as Thomas McKeen of Pennsylvania (kins- 
 man of Antrim McKeens), signer of Declaration of Independ- 
 ence, from that State, senator, and president of Congress, 1781; 
 President Buchanan ; the Wallaces of Pennsylvania, including 
 the present Senator Wallace ; John Cochrane of New York ; 
 and many of the most distinguished statesmen of New Jersey, 
 Virginia, and other parts of the land. 
 
 The military record is also very flattering to the Scotch race 
 in America. President Grant is of this stock, and is a fair speci- 
 men of its inflexible, straightforward determination. Others of 
 the best leaders in the great war were of Scotch origin. This 
 race were very few in numbers compared with the whole, but 
 furnished a remarkable proportion of leaders. I have found 
 somewhere a list of " Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who were 
 officers in the army of the Revolution, many of them elders in 
 Presbyterian churches," which is as follows: "Major-generals, — 
 Wayne, Stark, Mercer, Sumter, Alexander (Lord Sterling), 
 McDowell, Montgomery, Sullivan, and Moultrie; generals, — 
 Morgan, Beatty, Marion, Rutherford, Graham, Irvine, Moore, 
 Stewart, Armstrong, Davidson, Hughes, Pickens, St. Clair, and 
 Reed ; and brigadier-generals and colonels almost without num- 
 ber." 
 
 This is certainly a remarkable showing, considering the size 
 of tlie whole array and the comparative fewness of the Scotch. 
 It is hoped that some abler pen, and some more extensive and 
 faithful investigation, may show the standing and influence of 
 the Scotch-Irish on this continent. Such a history would also 
 find large material in the Dominion of Canada, whither many of 
 Antrim's kinsmen have gone, and risen to exalted positions. 
 
BOUNDARY LINES. 299 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 VARIOUS DESCRIPTIVE ITEMS OF A TOPOGRAPHICAL NATURE. 
 
 I 
 
 Antrim is in the nortliwestern part of Hillsborough county, 
 being bounded on the north by Windsor and Hillsborough ; on 
 the east by Deering and Bennington ; on the south by Benning- 
 ton and Hancock ; and on the west by Nelson and Stoddard. It 
 contains a little over thirty-three square miles, and about 21,175 
 acres. Of this, only a little more than half (11,730 acres) has 
 been classified as improved land. Antrim is separated from 
 Deering and Bennington, on the east, by the Oontoocook river, 
 which runs northward toward Concord, its course bounding An- 
 trim being about north twenty degrees east. The north and 
 south lines of the town are nearly parallel, being about five and 
 a half miles apart. Mr. Whiton likens the shape of the town to 
 that of a diamond. The thrivicig village of South Antrim is on 
 the southeast corner of the town, from which the distance to the 
 opposite corner, adjoining Stoddard, is about seven and one-half 
 miles ; while from the southwest to the northeast corner a line 
 would measui-e nearly eleven and one-half miles. The south line 
 is due east and west, commencing at the center of the Oontoo- 
 cook river, and extending to Nelson, with no break or bend, 
 except the small break made by annexing the farm of John Flint 
 to Hancock, referred to elsewhere. By a perambulation made in 
 1804, this line ran " south eighty-seven west," which has since 
 been corrected or changed. Bennington bounds Antrim on the 
 south one hundred and forty rods ; and the south line, were it 
 straight, would extend six miles and about seventy-five rods. 
 The west line of Antrim is not a straight line, running north 
 twelve degrees east on Nelson, and north fifteen degrees east on 
 Stoddard; having three hundred and two rods on the former 
 town, and fourteen hundred and fifty on the latter. Commenc- 
 ing at Stoddard, the north line of Antrim runs east three degrees 
 north to the center of Oontoocook river. Formerly this line was 
 bent to the north on Hillsborough two degrees more, but now it , 
 is a straight line for the whole distance. Some early perambu- 
 lations made the line east seven degrees noi'th. The distance on 
 Windsor is about nine hundred and forty-nine rods, and on Hills- 
 
300 SOIL AND GENERAL APPEARANCE. 
 
 borough about twelve hundred rods. The old perambulation 
 made the line extend " across said river six rods to the north- 
 west corner of Deering," so that Antrim was not then bounded 
 entirely by the river on the east. 
 
 The soil of Antrim is for the most part fertile and strong, as 
 compared with New England land in general. Some parts are of 
 a light loam, productive and easy to cultivate ; but the greater 
 part is rocky and uneven. On the whole, it is a soil hard of, cul- 
 tivation, yet retaining its enrichment for a long time, and amply 
 repaying the labor spent upon it. It is a soil not easy to run out. 
 There are pastures in Antrim that have been fed for half a cen- 
 tury, and are still good. The amount of poor land in town is 
 very small. Along the streams are beautiful and valuable mead- 
 ows. The intervals of the Oontoocook are of surpassing fertility 
 and loveliness, and are divided among a multitude of farms along 
 the whole eastern side of the town. There are many farms de- 
 cidedly desirable and excellent ; notably such being the farms of 
 Franklin Perry, Eben Bass, D. H. Goodell, George A. Cochran, 
 Jacob Whittemore, and Hiram "Griffin. There is an unusual 
 number of fine farms in the town. In fact, there is hardly a 
 miserable, starving farm to be found within our borders. In the 
 course of years these farms have diminished in size, but increased 
 in number and value. They would not now average more than 
 seventy-tive acres each. Most are well cultivated and wear the 
 appearance of neatness and thrift. Farm buildings have been 
 greatly improved, and do now compare favorably with those of 
 any town in the vicinity. The villages are attractive and thriv- 
 ing, and the whole face of the town is smart and good-looking. 
 
 A vast amount of labor has been spent in building wall, and 
 consequently the farms and pastures are strongly fenced. It 
 would take an immense fortune to build these walls at the pres- 
 ent day. Rough and rocky fields were cleared to construct them, 
 and the process went on for a hundred years. This toil of the 
 fathers will be of great value for generations to come. 
 
 The west part of Antrim is peculiarly rich in pasturage. 
 Hundreds of horses and cattle from below find here a delightful 
 home through the hot summers. Large flocks I have seen com- 
 ing here in the spring, lank, poor, weak, and tired ; but going 
 back in the fall, full, sleek, frolicsome, fat, and of double value. 
 Few towns in the State, or in Vermont, can boast of fatter cattle 
 or finer teams than Antrim. Formerly, sheep were raised by 
 
FORESTS OP ANTRIM. 301 
 
 thousands on these hills ; now they have mostly given place to 
 horses and cattle. 
 
 The forests of Antl-im are quite extensive, especially in the 
 west part of the town, though the old growths have mostly been 
 removed. A few lots have never been culled or cut over. For 
 the various mills and fires, vast amounts of wood and timber are 
 taken every year ; and yet good judges say the growth nearly 
 equals the cut. Not half the wood is burned in town that was 
 burned eighty-five years ago ; now the effort being made to save it, 
 then to get it out of the way. I have often spoken of the exceed- 
 ing beauty of the forests of Antrim. In autumn, the hues are 
 brighter and more varied than I have ever seen them anywhere 
 else. Even in winter they are attractive, being dotted every- 
 where with evergreens. We have white pine, Norway pine 
 (have not seen any" hard pine," so called), white, double, and 
 bald spruces, and two kinds of hemlock. Our deciduous forest 
 trees are, beech (white and red); birch (white, black, and yellow, 
 have never seen any gray birch here) ; red oak. white oak in 
 small amount; ash (white, black, and mountain); rock maple, 
 white maple, red maple ; elm, butternut, bass, locust, hornbeam, 
 lever wood, willow, balm of Gilead, poplar, cherry, and moose- 
 wood. In very small amount may be found the chestnut, walnut, 
 mulberry, cedar, and fH-balsam. Sumachs, and all small shrubs 
 and plants common to this part of New Hampshire, flourish here 
 in abundance. Berries of all the valuable kinds are plentiful, 
 and, following each other in season, are of great comfort and value 
 to the people. 
 
 It hardly need be added that our forests are a mine of wealth. 
 Nearly all the farmers have been accustomed to draw more or 
 less wood and lumber for sale winters, for years. The bedstead- 
 factories in Clinton have swallowed up immense piles annually ; 
 for these, maple, birch, and beech being used. Spruce has been 
 sent abroad in great amounts. This is a " hard-wood town," on 
 the whole. Pine, though sufficient, does not abound here as in 
 some of the lower towns. Pine lumber, though valuable now, 
 was considered of small account by the early settlers. In 
 1790, Dea. James Carr was offered fifty acres of heavy phie tim- 
 ber for a pair of three-years-old steers, worth about fifty dollars, 
 which oflfer he declined. That timber in that condition would be 
 worth ten thousand dollars to-day ! The deacon in old age used 
 to repeat the story, and tell with a laugh how he " missed it." 
 
302 MOUNTAINS IN ANTRIM. 
 
 But then the fifty dollars at interest would amount to more than 
 twenty-five thousand dollars now ! 
 
 The surface of Antrim is greatly, and sometimes abruptly, 
 broken, especially in the west part of the town. The east part 
 slopes gently and gracefully toward the Contoocook, forming from 
 the hills of Deering a most beautiful picture. The rest of the 
 town is made up of mountains and hills, and vales among them. 
 Many of the elevations have had from time to time the names of 
 the owners. A few have permanent names. Near the junction 
 of the Contoocook and North Branch rivers, and situated between 
 them, in the northeast corner of the town, is Riley's, Mountain, 
 about fifteen hundred feet high, named after the first settler. I 
 have heard it called by other names, but this is the old and only 
 proper appellation. It has two summits, extends a little into 
 Hillsborough, has large and beautiful pastures on the soutli, 
 rises abruptly on the east and north, has large forests, and is 
 worthy of the tourist's ascent. 
 
 The Windsor mountains, along the north line of Antrim, form , 
 a lofty ridge three or four miles long, the line being about on 
 the summit all the way, and the broad southward slope giving 
 fair pastures and ample forests to this town. At the base of this 
 ridge, through broad meadows, the North Branch river flows. On 
 the south of these mountains is a cave of some note. Three 
 different roads ascend from Antrim over these mountains to 
 Windsor, very steep and dangerous, yet down them are brought 
 great loads of lumber and hay, with chained runners or wheels, 
 and no serious accident has ever yet occurred. 
 
 On the south side of Branch river, extending along the west 
 part of the town five or six miles, and reaching into Hancock, is 
 a range of mountains of considerable height. This range is sit- 
 uated nearly midway between the Merrimack and Connecticut 
 rivers, and reaches approximately the height of land between 
 them. This ridge extends to the Monadnock on the south, and 
 to the Washington, Stoddard, and other mountains on the north. 
 This range is divided in Antrim into three parts by two valleys 
 across it ; one valley being of small depth, the other said to be 
 low enough to build a comfortable road through it. The north- 
 ern part of the range is called Tuttle Mountain, from Charles 
 Tuttle, Vho settled well up on the north side of it as early as 
 1797. The range of lots extending along the north slope of 
 this mountain was called the " High Range " by the settlers, on 
 
EOBB MOUNTAIN AND BALD MOUNTAIN. 303 
 
 account of its high location, a name still attaching to that sec- 
 tion of the town. Througli these lots lay the old Stoddard road, 
 and this was a prosperous and valuable part of our territory, 
 occupied by many families, though most of it is now deserted. 
 Tuttle Mountain covers a large area, has several points or sum- 
 mits, and presents very different features as seen from different 
 stand-points. 
 
 The middle part of this chain, as it is divided in our town, is 
 Robb Mountain, named from Andrew Robb, who settled on its 
 western declivity about 1796, and owned a large part of it. It 
 is of nearly the same height as Tuttle Mountain. At a distance it 
 seems like a vast and regular elevation ; but it has many depres- 
 sions and elevations, several summits, many wild and romantic 
 spots, and, but for difficulty of access, would be often visited by 
 the tourist. Various names have been given from time to time 
 to peaks in this part of the range. / 
 
 The south part of this chain, so far as belonging to this town, 
 is Bald Mountain, so-called by the fathers because a forest fire 
 had swept over it, leaving it bare and bald. Prom some points 
 of observation it is not unlike a broad, bald head. I have heard 
 this mistakenly calle'd Ball Mountain, from James Ball, on the 
 supposition that he lived upon it. But it was Robb Mountain on 
 which Ball settled, and the two men were neighbors. Bald 
 Mountain, from the first known of it, was bare and naked. It 
 may be that the Indians kept it so for reasons of their own, as 
 it seems certain that it must have been mani/ times burned over 
 to make it as it was when first discovered. Nor would forest 
 fires confine themselves to that mountain without help. Did the 
 Indians have it as a point of observation ? Was it a forage- 
 ground of the moose once abounding here ? Was it a gathering- 
 place in summer for their councils ? We must remember that 
 fire was the only means the Indian had to clear the land. Bald 
 Mountain is properly named for now, as well as then. From a 
 distance it looks smooth and clean and naked as of old. It is 
 found on near approach to be quite rocky ; and its broad 
 summit and gently sloping sides afford many excellent pastures. 
 In fact, this whole mountain chain, both on the eastern and west- 
 ern declivities, supplies pasturage unsurpassed, and of vast ex- 
 tent. Here, also, are large tracts of wood and timber, — a sort of 
 lumber reservoir, from which many teams draw year after year, 
 without apparent diminution of the store. On the west side of 
 
304 OTHER ELEVATIONS IN TOWN. 
 
 Robb Mountain there was once quite a population, a whole school- 
 district, within the limits of Antrim ; but now every habitation is 
 gone. 
 
 Smaller elevations in town may be also named. Goodhue Hill, 
 partly in Hancock, east of Bald Mountain, is very considerable in 
 height. Patten Hill formfe the eastern boundary of Gregg's pond, 
 and was named for Samuel Patten, who settled near its summit. 
 Holt's Hill, north of the pond, was named from its owner, Daniel 
 Holt, has a wide and beautiful prospect, and a fine farm on its 
 summit. Hedge-hog Hill, eastward from Holt's, has some local 
 note for its precipices, ledges, and caves, and was named from 
 the animal formerly frequenting its rocks and hiding-places. 
 Meeting-House Hill, on which were the " Old Center " and the old 
 church, extends from the present Center northward about two 
 miles, and is seen from nearly all sections of the town, being 
 visited by many people yearly, both for its beauty of situation, 
 and its association with the past. Rising from South Village 
 southwestwardly is Nabor Hill, whose summit is in Hancock. 
 
 On the other hand, there is nothing in town that can be called, 
 strictly speaking, a plain, though the tract in which the Branch 
 cemetery is located has received this designation. It is a level, 
 light, easily-cultivated tract of about one hundred acres, extend- 
 ing southward from a bend in the Branch river. 
 
 But, speaking of mountains, it may be desirable to add that 
 Mount Washington, among the White Mountains, is 6,293 feet 
 above tide-water ; Monadnock, 8,718 ; the highest peak in Stod- 
 dard, 2,200 ; the highest point in Antrim, about 1,550 ; the 
 Uncanoonucs in Goffstown, 1,388 ; and the highest point in the 
 road-bed of the Manchester and Keene Railroad, at Harrisville, 
 1,084. 
 
 The streams of Antrim of any considerable size are few. By 
 far the largest is the Contoocook. ItS' source is almost on the 
 Massachusetts line in Rindge, an arm also coming from ponds 
 in Jaffrey. Flowing but little east of north till it reaches the 
 northeast corner of Antrim, its course is then northeasterly and 
 then easterly till it flows into the Merrimack a little above Con- 
 cord. Its mouth is about sixty miles north- of its source ; and 
 with all its meanderings and broad bends, its entire length is 
 nearly one hundred miles. It has a fall in its whole length of over 
 eight hundred feet. 
 
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NORTH BRANCH AND GREAT BROOK. 305 
 
 six miles, having but little fall in this whole, distance ; has a 
 border all the way of charming and fruitful interval ; and is 
 crossed from Antrim by three bridges. In the early days of the 
 town, salmon abounded in this river. It retains the name the 
 Indians gave it. Its ice formed the first highway of the settlers 
 into adjacent towns. Hardly can a lovelier river be found in 
 New England. 
 
 The North Branch river is the next in size. It rises in Wash- 
 ington and flows southward into Long pond. This pond, now 
 largely a resort in the summer, is over six miles long and from 
 three to one hundred and seventy rods wide, terminating at the 
 south at Mill Village, Stoddard. From this last point the river 
 runs southward through Island pond to South Stoddard, where 
 it turns and flows northeast into Antrim. It flows about six 
 miles in this town, most of the way nearly parallel with the north 
 line and about one-half, a mile from it, after which it bends north- 
 ward and flows into Hillsborough just north of Riley's Mountain ; 
 is used at the foundry and at the Lower Village ; and, again 
 bending somewhat to the south, passes into the Contoocook almost 
 at the northeast corner of this town. This is a wild, impetuous, 
 noisy river, dashing over rocks ; and frequently, when swollen by 
 rains, its roar can be heard for a long distance. Its length is 
 abo^t twenty-five miles, but in that short course its fall is about 
 equal to that of the Contoocook in a hundred miles. Conse- 
 quently the water-power on this stream is immense, capable of 
 running a host of factories. It has capacities for great reser- 
 voirs without great expense, is never exhausted, and offers un- 
 surpassed advantages to manufacturers. But a small fraction of 
 its force is now used. The fall from the top of Loveren's dam to 
 the bridge near Benton Tuttle's is three hundred and thirty-two 
 feet ; and for the whole distance in town, about three hundred 
 and fifty feet. 
 
 Great brook comes next in size after Branch river, being so 
 named by the fathers of the town. Its source is in the chain of 
 mountains in the west part of the town, and its whole length is 
 a little less than six miles. Two little brooks issue from the 
 mountains, and, uniting, flow into Gregg's pond on the west ; 
 whence issuing on the east the stream flows southeastwardly 
 through Clinton and South Village into the Contoocook. For 
 the purpose of a reservoir, the surface of the pond has been 
 raised by the Water-Power Company ; the fall from the pond to 
 
 20 
 
806 OTHER SMALLER STREAMS. 
 
 the river is said to be four hundred and sixty-five feet, in a dis- 
 tance of three miles. This stream and pond are fed by moun- 
 tain springs. Several of tliese are believed to discharge into the 
 pond below the water mark. As a result of this, the stream 
 does not dry up like other streams, I have heard mill men here 
 say they could run their mills when the wheels on the Merrimack 
 had to stop for lack of water. Hence, the fall being so great 
 and the water supply so regular, here are found some of the best 
 privileges in the State. From the pond to the river, there are 
 fourteen dams across Great brook, and still there are some ex- 
 cellent opportunities unimproved It may be safely .said that no 
 other stream in New England of the same length affords so 
 many, and so good, privileges as Great brook. It is not greatly 
 swollen by freshets. Busy, laughing, hurrying, humble little 
 river, it goes gliding, singing along, about the same summer and 
 winter, in rain and in drought, adding greatly to the wealth of 
 the people. 
 
 Besides these three, many little brooks may be found in all 
 parts of the town. Cochran's brook, in the east part, is the out- 
 let of Campbell's pond, and has a southward course of a little 
 more than three miles into the Contoocook. On this was the 
 saw and grist mill of Dea. Isaac Cochran. I find the old records 
 speak of " Meadow Brook," which rises in the meadow west and 
 northwest of Holt's Hill, and runs northeast, crossing the main 
 road near Luther Campbell's and falling into Steel's pond, and 
 through tha,t into North Branch river. Salmon brook, once the 
 fisherman's favorite, comes from the west side of Tuttle Moun- 
 tain and flows into the Branch river near Chester Conn's, at the 
 once noted fishing-place called the '' Trout-hole." On the whole, 
 Anti-im is remarkably well supplied with water, for pasture, for 
 dwelling, and for manufacturing purposes. Many wells twelve 
 feet deep are never dry. Ice-cold, delicious springs of water are 
 numerous. One on the James Nesmith farm, west of the pond, 
 is said never to vary in temperature, being ice-cold in summer, 
 yet never known to be frozen over in winter. 
 
 The collections of water in Antrim are neither numerous nor 
 great. The largest is Gregg's pond, named after Samuel Gregg, 
 who built the mill at its outlet. The name fairly belongs to him 
 and ought to remain. It has been occasionally called Pleasant 
 pond, — which would be a good name if there were not so many 
 Pleasant ponds (by name) in other towns all over the State. It 
 
Gregg's, steel's, and eye ponds. 307 
 
 has some shallow parts, but chiefly a level bottom, and is, as no-w 
 flowed, for the most part about forty feet deep. It is a beautiful 
 sheet of water. Has mostly a hard and rocky shore, the land 
 rising abruptly and steeply, especially on the east. Cold water 
 at many points, and the fact that so much more flows out than in, 
 prove that this pond is fed by springs from below. Pickerel 
 were first put into this water in 1800, by John Smith, who lived 
 on the Thomas Flint place. Black bass were introduced in 1876. 
 The ice here has been a driving-place for sleighs and heavy 
 teams, for nearly a century. It is a great summer resort, and 
 increasingly such ; multitudes of chowder-parties, camping-par- 
 ties, fisiiing-parties, and untold picnic-gatherings, occurring in 
 constant succession through the hot weather. Boats abound. 
 Fishing has yielded pleasant rewards. But, strange to say, no 
 person has ever been drowned in this sheet of water* It is about 
 a mile long, and its greatest width is about half that distance. 
 As presenting a scene of great beauty, as a public resort, and 
 especially as a reservoir, it is of vast importance to the town. 
 A view of it may be found on another page. Campbell's pond 
 lies at the south base of Riley's Mountain and covers about 
 twenty-five acres. It has been a favorite place for the fisherman. 
 The outlet is Cochran's brook. It is hidden from the highway, 
 but is a neat sheet of water, with dry, green, solid shore. Was 
 named from John Campbell, who was the first settler near it. 
 
 Steel's pond, southeast of Branch Village a quarter of a mile, 
 contains about twenty-five acres, and, like Campbell's, was for- 
 merly a, great place for fishing. Meadow brook 'flows into this 
 pond, also Branch river, the latter issuing from the pond some 
 twenty rods below where it enters. Was named from James 
 Steel, who built the mills below. 
 
 Eye pond, lying partly in Antrim, partly in Stoddard, and 
 partly in Nelson, near our southwest corner, is believed to cover 
 fifty acres. The outlet passes north, and flows into the Branch 
 river, near South Stoddard. This is a curious pond, being sur- 
 rounded, like some others I have known, by a shaking surface 
 that trembles and settles a little at every step over it, this sur- 
 face being a net-work growth by many years of roots and 
 grasses over water or soft mud. In such places I have run my 
 fish-pole down easily its whole length under my feet. The cen- 
 ter of this pond is very deep, growing shallow outward ; and a 
 large part of it is covered in aiitumn by a coarse mire grass, its 
 
308 willaed's and lily ponds. 
 
 long, tall spires waving like winter rye. Hence its name. It is 
 known to only a few of our own people. 
 
 Willard's poiifi lies at the east base of Bald Mountain, is quite 
 large, estimated to cover one hundred and fifty acres, and is very 
 deep, believed in some points to reach the depth of one hundred 
 feet. Was named, it is said, from an old hunter who trapped 
 along its banks, and fished and thrived here in summers and 
 autumns, long before any settlement was made in the vicinity. 
 In the early years of this town, large numbers of trout, weighing 
 from one to five pounds, were taken from this pond. Its shores 
 are covered with a very white sand. At the outlet, which flows 
 through Hancock to the Contoocook river, is the Hatch mill, for- 
 merly owned by Flint and others, now in a decaying condition. 
 
 A little southwest of the Center is a small body of water, cov- 
 ering five or six acres, called the Lily pond, formerly called Lit- 
 tle pond. It is very deep, and is muddy at the outer parts ; 
 being surrounded, like Rye pond, with a sliaking, sinking bank 
 of roots which have grown over the water in the course of cen- 
 turies. Cattle caught in the mud here are said to sink very 
 slowly yet surely out of sight. Adjacent to this pond are incal- 
 culable amounts of meadow mud, or decayed vegetable matter, 
 now popularly called muck, which, if accessible, would be of 
 great value to farmers in the vicinity. Parts of this pond are 
 'covered with white lilies in summer, — whence its name. Bush- 
 els of ' these are carried away every year to adorn parlors and 
 churches. It has a local reputation as a resort for skaters, but 
 is of no account as a fishing-place. 
 
 It will be readily inferred from this show of momitains, 
 streams, and lakes, rivulets and hills, that Antrim is a town of 
 rare scenery, well named after the beautiful town in Ireland. 
 The view of Antrim from Deering mountains is magnificent. 
 From Meeting-house Hill, Holt's Hill, Patten Hill, or Riley's 
 Mountain, the landscapes are with difficulty surpassed. Many 
 dwellings are in positions from which a painter would delight to 
 look. Along these streams and valleys are many delightful 
 drives. In no place in the world, I think, are the autumn for- 
 ests more gorgeous and beautiful than here. It is a romantic 
 and comely town. 
 
 Of the geological structure of the town, there is nothing to be 
 said as distinguishing it from the other New Hampshire hill- 
 towns. No special examination of the soils and formations of 
 
GEOLOGICAL COMPOSITION. 309 
 
 this town has ever been made, of which I have any knowledge. 
 Some State survey showed the remarkable fact that we had a 
 small sand plain and plenty of rocks, — which had been known 
 hei'e for one hundred years, — beyond which nothing has been 
 discovered by our official surveyors. Concerning these matters 
 I am not qualified to write, nor have I had time and strength to 
 investigate. On my first visit here, I was struck with the 
 appearance of the rocks as generally round, coarse, and con- 
 glomerate. Fine granite is scarce. Immense bowlders look as 
 if dropped here and there. On the highest point of Meeting- 
 house Hill are several rocks weighing five or six tons each, lying 
 entirely on the surface, as if dropped from a passing chariot, or 
 as if a bit of the sliding glacier had melted away and left them 
 there. On the Asa Robinson farm is a bowlder weighing more 
 than' twenty-five tons, so nicely balanced that it can be rocked 
 to and fro with the finger. One near Robb Mountain, believed 
 to weigh twelve hundred tons, rests on a base of three feet 
 square. A bowlder on the farm of S. M. Thompson is larger 
 than any barn in town. I have never seen any limestone in 
 town, nor any of the flat, slaty rocks common in my native sur- 
 roundings. No minerals of value have been found here. There 
 is a small body of black lead on the north side of Riley's Moun- 
 tain, but not of great amount or value. Some sands were consid- 
 ered superior for the manufacture of glass, and for a time large 
 amounts of this were carried from the Nat. Herrick farm to 
 Stoddard for black glass, so long as the mills there were in ope- 
 ration. I have already referred to the beds of clay, one on the 
 farm of S. M. Thompson, and another on the farm of Arthur 
 Miller, both of good quality and vast amount, though somewhat 
 deeply covered by soils and vegetable deposits. 
 
 The amount of decayed vegetable matter covering the rocks of 
 Antrim is immense, and must have been the accumulation of 
 ages. Of meadows we have abundance, besides the various 
 intervals, of which, however, there is nothing special to say, 
 except perhaps " Cedar swamp," in the northwest part of the 
 town. This swamp, called " The Bog," covers about three hun- 
 dred acres. A small brook runs through it, south, into Branch 
 river. This whole tract was covered with large, stately cedars, 
 all dead and bare, and almost limbless, when the first settlers 
 came here. It is concluded that they must have' all been killed 
 at the same time, as they were nearly alike in size ; and that 
 
310 ' THE BOG, OR CEDAR SWAMP. 
 
 they had been dead about two hundred years, as another growth 
 of large size, of cedar and spruce, of slow maturing, covered the 
 "ground, among which the dead cedars stood. The cause of this 
 strange forest Qur fathers discovered, as it was quite plain one 
 hundred years ago. At a favorable place the beavers had built 
 a dam, flowing the whole bog four or five feet deep, and killing 
 the cedars and every other tree. The spruce and hard woods 
 soon rotted away ; but the cedar, being almost imperishable, stood 
 till cut down by the white man's ax. This pond of three hun- 
 dred acres may have remained half a century. Then the bea- 
 vers' dam gave way, the bog was dry again, and after a time the 
 new growth sprung up, and slowly grew, and itself was old when 
 discovered. But the dead cedars were of great value, being 
 light and sound, though probably some of them five hundred 
 years old, and lasted more than three-quarters of a century for 
 wood, shingles, pails, and various other wares. The new growth 
 of cedar is not equal to the old, there being but little valuable 
 timber of this kind now in town. 
 
MOVEMENTS OF POPULATION. 311 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 coWaining various scraps and remnants worth gathering up 
 
 AND preserving. 
 
 movements op population. 
 
 From the rate that families have moved out of town since I 
 have kept a record, I conclude thai about six hundred and twen- 
 ty-five families have moved out since our first settlement, or 
 about three thousand persous. Many of these lived here but a 
 short time. For ten years past, more families have moved into 
 Antrim than have left ; but from 182.5 to 1865, emigration was 
 constant and large. In 1832, it was said that one-third of the 
 church in Alexandria were from this town. A colony went out 
 from this town and founded Antrim, Minn. All over the known 
 world the sons of Antrim have gone. It is believed their descend- 
 ants may be found in every State and territory in the United 
 States. I have had letters from several families in Canada. 
 Many have traversed foreign lands. Some have gone as mis- 
 sionaries. Were all the living descendants of the Antrimites 
 on the spot, we should have a large population, and perhaps be 
 chartered as a city. 
 
 And within our own limits there have been certain movements 
 of the people requiring notice. As late as 1826, there were 
 thirteen families west of the pond, forming a school-district and 
 having forty scholars, and a population at times of nearly one 
 hundred. It was considered the wealthiest part of the town. 
 They were all church-going people, and made a long procession 
 on their way to and fro. They had a neat school-house and 
 thriving farms. Now this population is nearly all gone, and 
 most of the buildings and farms are deserted. 
 
 Also on the west of Robb Mountain there was quite a popula- 
 tion which has disappeared. So on the north side of Tuttle 
 Mountain. An old road, or path, led from near Chester Conn's 
 corner along the side of the mountain, striking tlie old Stoddard 
 road again west of the first High-Range school-house. On this 
 mountain path, and near it, were six dwellings, with large fami- 
 lies, making a prosperous neighborhood, sending more than 
 thirty scholars to school, having good though rocky farms, and 
 
312 POPULATION AT DIFFERENT TIMES. 
 
 raising great flocks of sheep. Now no vestige of these buildings 
 remains, no trace of the road ; and nothing but old pieces of wall, 
 and clumps of apple-trees around half-filled cellars, give any indi- 
 cation of tlie stirring, thriving households that were once happy 
 there ! 
 
 On the High Range west of Reed Carr's, where now the road 
 is thrown up, dwelt, at one time, Jedediah Tuttle, James Steele, 
 Robert McKean, Robert Burns, Zaccheus Dustin, and John Wal- 
 lace. There, also, was the High-Range school-house. But tlie 
 Keene road took ti'avel away from them, and gradually these 
 good farms were deserted. The new school-house on Keene 
 road was built in 1867, and the old road thrown up soon after. 
 
 The movement of all the families from Meeting-House Hill 
 has been referi-ed to elsewhere. But wliile these farming com- 
 munities have disappeared, the villages have been built up, and 
 land in the vicinity of villages has been taken up. There are 
 now upwards of two hundred and ninety families in Antrim, — 
 more than ever before, though smaller than fifty years ago. The 
 wealth and population of the town have been increasing for 
 the past ten years. The table of population will show a rapid 
 increase from 1775 to 1800 ; a small increase from 1800 to 1825 ; 
 and then a small decrease till 1870; and again considerable 
 gain, — recently about forty per year. 
 
 1744 
 
 one family. 
 
 1830 
 
 1,309. 
 
 1767 
 
 two families. 
 
 1840 
 
 1,225. 
 
 1777 
 
 twenty families. 
 
 1850 
 
 1,143. 
 
 1786 
 
 289. 
 
 1860 
 
 1,128. 
 
 1790 
 
 ■528. 
 
 1870 
 
 904. 
 
 1800 
 
 1,059. 
 
 1879 
 
 1,158. 
 
 1810 
 
 1,277. 
 
 1880 
 
 (new census) 1,172. 
 
 1820 
 
 1,330. 
 
 
 
 Prom Jan. 1, 1^09, to Jan. 1, 1852, Mr. Whiton tells us there 
 were seven hundred and eighty deaths in Antrim, about eighteen 
 and one-seventh per year. From Jan. 1, 1868, to Jan. 1, 1880, 
 there were two hundred and eight deaths, about seventeen and 
 one-third per year. Reasoning from these, we conclude the 
 deaths in Antrim since its settlement are about 1,580. The 
 oldest person was Mrs. Buswell, aged ninety-nine years and two 
 months. More than twenty have been upwards of ninety years 
 of age. One hundred and twenty-four, and perhaps a few others, 
 have been between eighty and ninety years of age. The average 
 
DEATHS BY VIOLENCE. 313 
 
 age of those dying here within my record is fifty-three years. 
 Most of the settlers of the town reached a good old age. Mr. 
 Whiton tells us, that, in the early years of his ministry, an im- 
 pression went abroad that Antrim was more unhealthy than the 
 adjacent towns. But certainly our record for longevity is quite 
 remarkable. The deaths in 1879 were one out of every eighty ; 
 and this is about the average for recent years. Can any town 
 show a better record ? 
 
 DEATHS BY VIOLENCE. 
 
 The first was that of Asa Merrill, killed by a fall in Dea. 
 Aiken's mill in 1781. The next was that of James Dinsmore, 
 by a fall from the old meeting-house, June, 1786. Gideon Dodge, 
 brother of John Dodge, Esq., of Bennington, was killed by the 
 fall of a tree west of the pond, in 1816. A few others have been 
 killed by falling trees or limbs. Thomas and William McClary 
 were frozen to death ; eleven have been drowned ; tWo have been 
 killed by accidental shooting ; there have been about twelve sui- 
 cides in the hundred years ; and several have been found dead 
 in house or field, but probably not dying by violence. But all 
 these put together do not equal the deaths by war, noted in the . 
 military records. A woman from Lyndeborough, by name of Wil- 
 kins, who stopped awhile at Capt. Thomas Jameson's, in the east 
 part of the town, said she would die rather than return to Lynde- 
 borough ; but no attention was paid to it, and it was thought she 
 had returned. She left July 4, 1812. The next spring it was 
 found she had not returned to that town, and the people here 
 turned out at once to hunt for her. Her body was found in 
 a decayed condition, April, 1813, in the woods, on the spot where 
 now stands the barn of William Duncan. The remains were 
 gathered up, and carefully buried in the field near by. Mr. Dun- 
 can has placed a stone to mark the spot. Her age was about 
 fifty. 
 
 EXTINCT NAMES IN TOWN. 
 
 Of the two hundred and eighty-nine people here in 1786, 
 almost all were Scotch. , Some names are found in both English 
 and Scotch, but such are rare. The Scotch names of the early 
 families now remaining are Dinsmore, Carr, Wallace, Mcllvaine, 
 Campbell, Jameson, Duncan, Christie, Thompson, Cochrane, Hop- 
 kins, and Boyd, — twelve in all. The descendants of many other 
 
314 INDIANS. 
 
 Scotch families are here still, but under different names. Only 
 one family of " Macs" (Mcllvaine) are now here, though once 
 Antrim liad twelve; viz., McAllister, McAdams, McAuley, Mc- 
 Clure, McCoy, McClary, McDole, McKeen, McFarland, Mcllvaine, 
 McMaster, and McNiel. It may be added that the whole Scotch 
 colony had many other familiar, names with this prefix, such as 
 McMurphy, McDuffee, McGregor, McLaughlin, McClenche, Mc- 
 Clurg, McCollum, McConihe, McQuestion, and McBride, showing 
 that the " Mac " clan were largely represented. The Scotch names 
 that liave disappeared from Antrim are Allds, Gregg, Dunlap, 
 Steele, Bell, Nesmith, Gilmore, Miltimore, Lynch, Warren, 
 Gordon, Moor, Dickey, Templeton, Alexander, Aiken, Stuart, 
 Todd', Wier, Orr, Houston, Caldwell, Walker, and possibly 
 others, besides the " Macs " referred to above. Smith, Nichols, 
 and Wilson are both English and Scotch, but the old Scotch 
 families of these names are all gone from town. About two- 
 thirds of the people now in town are Scotch, or have in part 
 Scotch blood in their veins. 
 
 INDIANS. 
 
 But little can be said, positively, concerning the aboi'iginal 
 inhabitants of Antrim. The Pennacooks lived and hunted here, 
 beyond question, but had mostly disappeared on the arrival of 
 the first settlers. There is good reason to believe that the cele- 
 brated fighter of the Lidians, Capt. Lovewell, about 1722 crossed 
 the town of Antrim in quest of savages, going as far as Wash- 
 ington, the mountain where he encamped there bearing his name 
 to this day. It is possible that some misfortune connected with 
 this expedition of Lovewell may explain the English graves 
 found on the Artemas Brown place, referred to elsewhere. 
 Indian graves were found on the Arthur Miller farm. Indian 
 corn-fields were found on the Goodell farm. An Indian stone 
 pipe, neatly and even ornamentally constructed, was found on 
 George F. Parmenter's farm. Numerous Indian relics have 
 been discovered here and there. Appearances of Indian graves 
 may still be seen in the pasture west of South Village. No dep- 
 redations by Indians were ev.er made upon the whites in this 
 town, most of this tribe having died or gone to Canada before 
 our settlement. April 26, 1746, a party of savages made an 
 attack on Hopkinton, on account of which the first settler of 
 Antrim withdrew to a place of safety. The Oontoocook seems 
 
WITCHCRAFT. 316 
 
 to have been a favorite stream with them. Along its banks 
 they hunted, fished, and planted their corn ; and down its waters 
 they sailed in their canoes to the Indian headquarters at Con- 
 cord. This river retains the name they gave it ; but it is to be 
 lamented that of all other streams, as of all the mountains in 
 Antrim, the Indian names have disappeared. The last of the 
 Indians in this town was Peter Waug, who, having married a 
 half-breed wife, remained on the ground, and died here at an 
 advanced age, about 1815. He lived many years in a shanty on 
 the northeast side of the old road from the pond to George 
 Brown's, nearly up to the corner. Here he was at one time 
 burned out, rumor whispering that the ill repute of his wife had 
 SQmething to do with it. But it was not a matter of great 
 expense to rebuild his abode, and here he died, childless and 
 poor, and the last of the original owners of the soil. 
 
 SUPERSTITIONS. 
 
 Our Scotch ancestry, with all their intelligence, retained, like 
 other wise people, some delusions which were handed down 
 from the past. Many of the people believed in witches, or at 
 least had some lingering dread of them, and took various pre- 
 cautions against them. If the butter would not come, they 
 threw in a red-hot horse-shoe ; and in such cases it was said the 
 witch herself was burned, it not occurring to them that heating 
 the cream some other way would accomplish the same thing, 
 and save controversy with the said witch. Mrs. Stephen Curtis 
 is remembered as frequently using a horse-shoe in this way, and 
 she was sometimes charged with being a witch herself. In the 
 southwest corner of Hillsborough, near Mrs. Curtis, in a little 
 old house alone, dwelt "Aunt Jennie," a little, shrill-voiced, 
 wiry, thin, sputtering old woman, shrewd, and, may be, a little 
 ugly with the rest. It was whispered, that, when the old lady 
 was dry, no liquor could be carried by her house without divid- 
 ing with her. .She could make a moping old horse jump through 
 a small barn window, make a sheep ugly, make a fire refuse to 
 burn, and various other such marvelous things ; at least such 
 things were told and believed. As she lived near to Antrim 
 line, she seems to have carried on the business here as much as 
 in her own town, and there is reason to believe she spoiled as 
 many churnings of cream here as there ! Another old lady, with 
 her husband, kept a hotel on the side of a hard hill, and she 
 
316 OTHER SUPERSTITIONS. 
 
 was shrewd enough to make her witchcraft profitable, as she 
 bewitdied all travelers so dreadfully that they could not go hy 
 without buying a drinh ! Loaded teams were said to stop 
 squarely at the house, and refuse to biidge an inch till the driver 
 had received his toddy ! Such " possession " at the present day 
 is more common, though not accounted so remarkable. 
 
 Some families would not go a day without a horse-shoe over 
 the door. Many would not begin a job or a journey on Friday, 
 it being considered an unlucky day. If a corpse were kept 
 unburied over the Sabbath, they felt sure another death would 
 occur in town before the week was out. If a dead body were 
 carried out of the house head foremost, thei-e would be another 
 death in the family before a year. If twice there were raps on 
 the door, and on opening it nobody was there, it was considered 
 a sure admonition of speedy death in that house. Dreams also 
 had fated meanings, good and bad. 
 
 " Saturday night's dream, Sunday morning told, 
 Was sure to come to pass before a week old." 
 
 Fortune-telling was quite common, also, andjSome gave much 
 credence to it. Bouses were haunted in those days, past which 
 many could not be hired to go in the night. Ghosts, now and 
 then, were reported to appear ; and children were generally 
 frightened into good behavior by mention of various warlocks, 
 and witches, and bogles, and hags, and sprites, and various 
 other such beings ! About the roaring fire at evening horrid 
 stories of hobgoblins and lighted graveyards were told. Espe- 
 cially if it were dark and howling without, it was a time for 
 ghost stories. 
 
 " That night, a child might understand 
 The de'il had business on his hand." 
 
 But if pne were out, and were pursued by a whole army of spec- 
 ters and skeletons, he had one good chance for safety in rushing 
 for the nearest brook, since these creatures dare not cross a run- 
 ning stream! Antrim, being well watered, had some advantages 
 in this respect ! 
 
 These and other such superstitions have in a great measure 
 died away. Yet some traces of them I find now and then, kept 
 along, I suppose, by a certain desire to be humbugged, which 
 exists in the human race generally. 
 
 Akin to this was the Capt. Kidd furor which raged in this 
 
CAPT. kidd's gold. 317 
 
 % 
 
 vicinity about 1823. This noted pirate was executed in London, 
 May 24, 1701 ; and his plunder was seized, consisting of sixty- 
 two pounds of gold, seventy-one pounds of silver, and various 
 bags of diamonds and curiosities. But this was considered only 
 a fraction of what he had, and he was said to have buried here 
 and there immense treasures for future use. It was in 1698 that 
 he returned to New York with his booty ; and hence there had 
 been ample time to obliterate all signs of the hiding-places of the 
 pirate's wealth. Some way the rumor got afloat that he had 
 borne a part of the gold into New Hampshire, and buried it on 
 the shores of Rye pond in Antrim ! Somebody started this as a 
 practical joke. But it was talked over, and taken up by fortune- 
 tellers, till one and another went to hunt for the treasure. By 
 and by they began to dig for it in various places, and for a short 
 time there was considerable excitement, the bags of gold appear- 
 ing to many willing imaginations. Hazel rods were used to 
 detect the spot of concealment. Time and labor and money 
 were freely spent. Rooty bog and rocky soil were dug over in 
 vain. In this way the delusion soon wore itself out, and those 
 who had been duped were glad to hear no more about it. It is 
 pleasant to say that citizens of Hancock and other towns shared 
 in these Rye-pond adventures, and that to this day the shores of 
 Long Island Sound and the banks of the Hudson are occasion- 
 ally explored in pursuit of the buried wealth. Yet, that Kidd 
 should come as far as Rye pond, all alone and on foot, and as 
 early as 1700, and carrying fifty pounds of gold, besides gun and 
 provisions, on his back, certainly would show a very great lack 
 of hiding-places near New York ! 
 
 GAME. 
 
 In the day of the Indians, Antrim was a valuable hunting- 
 ground. . The first white settlers gained a large part of their 
 living by wild game. Nor were there any deadly serpents in the 
 bogs and forests. The rattlesnake, common within twenty 
 miles, has never been seen within the limits of this town. Black 
 snakes, once formidable and swift as an arrow, have very rarely 
 been found here. Most, however, of the lesser animals common 
 to New Hampshire, have always abounded here. Formerly the 
 valuable otter was often caught. Hedge-hogs were formerly 
 found in the neighborhood of Hedge-hog Hill. Years ago, the 
 raccoon, a small animal weighing from twenty to forty pounds and 
 
318 WILD ANIMALS. 
 
 resembling the bear, was common here, and was hunted in the 
 night. It was counted rare sport to " go cooning." Boys, and 
 even old men, from two to six together, would tramp all night to 
 "tree a coon," and then bang away at him till they "btought 
 him down," or watch him there till morning. The flesh was 
 considered choice food. Foxes have always been plenty in An- 
 trim. The lynx, an animal of the cat kind, but larger and 
 stronger, and exceedingly fierce, has from time to time appeared ' 
 here, though now probably exterminated. The moose was occa- 
 sionally met with by the settlers, and afforded a " winter's stock 
 of meat " to one who was fortunate enough to capture him. The 
 last moose was killed here as late as 1795. It was an Indian 
 name, probably taken from the noise the animal made. Smaller 
 specimens of the deer kind were occasionally found here till a half- 
 century later. Bears were numerous among these mountains 
 till 1800, but were gradually subdued, and called exterminated 
 about 1840, though rarely heard of later than 1815. In the 
 early days they occasionally killed swine, — rarely a sheep. They 
 were very destructive in the corn-fields in autumn, and were then 
 hunted and trapped ; and some, like Mr. Dinsmore, watched 
 their patches of corn by night against the bears. 
 
 Wolves were dangerously thick here for nearly a half-century 
 after the town's settlement. Their bowlings by night were both 
 unpleasant and dangerous. These began to echo through the 
 woods a little before sunset. People that were at work in ob- 
 scure places, or alone, made that a signal to go home. These 
 ravenous, fearless creatures did most damage by killing sheep. 
 They have been known to attack cattle, but unsuccessfully and 
 rarely. Wolves were accustomed to go in small flocks, and if 
 one of their number were shot, the others would stop and tear 
 him to pieces and eat everything but his bones. These animals 
 have been exterminated here about a half-century. Mr. Whiton 
 says the last mischief done by them was about 1825. I quote 
 from him as follows : " A Mr. Curtice, who lived on Windsor 
 Mountain, once turned out his cattle to browse in a swamp ; a 
 pack of wolves beset them ; the cattle made a quick but well- 
 planned retreat, the cows taking the front, the small cattle the 
 center, w'hile the oxen assumed the perilous task of guarding the 
 rear, and beating back the wolves with their horns. The herd 
 made good their retreat ; that the oxen killed or at least wounded 
 some of the enemy, was inferred from the fact that their horns 
 were bloody on their arrival at the barn." 
 
STORES IN TOWN. 319 
 
 TRADERS. 
 
 The first store in Antrim was opened by Ebenezer Kimball, in 
 1788, or more probably in the fall of 1787, about on the spot where 
 the Carter House now stands. After about six years, he was 
 succeeded for a short time by Andrew Seaton, from Amherst ; 
 then came Moses McFarland. William Whittemore -then took 
 the business, building the Gibson house for the purpose, and was 
 succeeded by Miller and Caldwell, and James Campbell. The 
 Woodbury store was opened in 1794, and has continued in the 
 family since, except a short time when it was run by Thomas 
 McMaster. A Mr. Wallace from Milford put up a store about 
 where the old post-office stood, now Jameson's block, about the 
 same time of Woodbury's beginning, but the place was not large 
 enough for both, and he left in about two years. Charles Mc- 
 Keen opened a store in 1845, and occupied the same till his 
 death ; his successors on the same stand being James W Brad- 
 ford, Cummings and Putney, B. D. Putney, and E. D. and L. W. 
 Putney. The stove and tin business was commenced in South 
 Village by Luke Thompson, in 1862, who sold to the present 
 occupant, Squires Forsaith, in 1872. John Hopkins began trade 
 in what is now the Corey house, in 1822, and contimied about 
 three years. In the east jjart of the town, Henry Campbell 
 traded from 1793 to 1801, at the place now occupied by widow 
 John G. Newman. Thomas Jameson traded on the turnpike 
 about four years, closing up in 1819. At the north part of the ' 
 town, James Wallace opened a small store on the William Stacy 
 place as early as 1789, and continued in trade several years. 
 Jacob Tuttle began trade at his farm, now James M. Tuttle's, in 
 1796, removing his business to Branch Village some twenty two 
 or three years later ; being succeeded by Hiram Griffin (who 
 traded in all sixteen years), Griffin and Bell, Fairfield and 
 Shedd, and Almus Fairfield, the last having been in trade there 
 more than thirty years. A store was opened in 1813 in the house 
 now Mr. Swain's, and run under the firm name of Tuttle, McCoy, 
 and McAuley, which continued some years. Subsequently some 
 of these parties seem to have traded in the three-story house. 
 Moody B Mcllvaine built the store now George P Little's, about 
 1852, and was in trade there some years. 
 
 At the Center of the town, Robert and Henry Reed com- 
 menced trade in 1827, at the stand now Rev. W; R. Cochrane's 
 dwelling-house. Most of what constituted the store is now gone. 
 
320 POST-OPPICES. 
 
 This store was continued sixteen years. Reed Brothers traded 
 seven years ; their successors being Martin L. Cliandler, Chand- 
 ler and Vose, Charles Gates, and John M. Whiton, Jr. Business 
 was closed up here in October, 1843. 
 
 The store in Clinton was opened in 1873, by Clark B. Coch- 
 rane, being the first in that village. 
 
 In old times, traders dealt in everything they could buy or sell. 
 They bought wood, lumber, ashes, fat cattle, cloth, flax, furs, 
 wool, — everything. One who did much business would have a 
 few droves of cattle and sheep to drive to market annually, tiro- 
 ceries and rum were the main things sold to the people. Large 
 quantities of corn, rye, oats, and beans were annually exported 
 from Antrim as a surplus. Sometimes the farmers had wheat to 
 sell. Now we do not raise enough of any one of these articles 
 to supply our town market. 
 
 The traders now in business here are given for future refer- 
 ence : — 
 
 Branch' Village, — Almus Fairfield; George P. Little. 
 
 Clinton, — Clark B. Cochrane; also John G. Abbott, dealer in meal, 
 grain, and halrdware. 
 
 South Village, — Squires Forsaith, stoves, tinware, and glassware; B. 
 r. Upton, dealer in harnesses, etc.; Mrs. B. F. Upton, millinery ; J. B. 
 Woodbury; E. D. and L. W. Putney. 
 
 POST-OPFICES: 
 
 Mail matter for all the towns in tliis section came jfco Amherst 
 as late as 1809. A letter before me, dated May 16, 179.9, is 
 marked " To be left in the post-office at Amherst." Letters were 
 rarely written except on urgent matters of business, or once in 
 a half-dozen years to bring tidings of absent friends. There was 
 no post-office here for more than ten years after we had one 
 thousand inhabitants. The first office in Antrim was opened in 
 1810, in what is now the Gibson house, South Village, James 
 Campbell being postmaster. The office was in his kitchen, and 
 superintended by his wife. The successive postmasters in the 
 village have been George Duncan, George C. Duncan, Luke 
 Woodbury, James C. Breed, James W. Bradford, Charles Mc- 
 Keen, N. W. C. Jameson, D. H. Goodell, N. W. C. Jameson, E. 
 D. Putney. 
 
 There was a post-office at the Center about ten years, the post- 
 masters being Robert Reed, M. L. Chandler, and Charles Gates. 
 
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 ^i.o.Wr JVlimuTPfo, 
 
COLLEGE GRADUATES. 321 
 
 A post-office was established at the Branch in 1835, and the 
 postmasters have been Hiram Griffin, William P. Little, Hiram 
 Griffin, and Almus Fairfield, the latter having held the office 
 more than a quarter of a century. 
 
 When the mail was first brought here, it was carried from 
 Concord through Deering, South Antrim, Hancock, and Nelson, 
 to Keene ; and we had two mails a week, once from Concord 
 and once from Keene. It was a long time before facilities were 
 any better. A daily mail is of quite recent date. Now we have 
 several mails per day, and get our Boston morning papers before 
 noon. The railroad to Antrim was opened for travel, June, 
 1878. 
 
 PRINTING. 
 
 The first printing of any great amount in town was by Almus 
 Fairfield, who, in connection with his store, did quite a business 
 in the line of posters and all similar work for many years, very 
 neatly and successfully. After him the business passed into the 
 hands of Edward J. Thompson, at South Village, who has prose- 
 cuted the same and done a large amount of work. For a time 
 he published the " Antrim Home News " ; also edited and 
 printed the " Hillsborough Messenger " for a brief period. The 
 best of work is done in this office. 
 
 GRADUATES. 
 
 The following were college graduates from this tqwn : — 
 
 John Nichols, Dartmouth College, 1813, missionary, Bombay. 
 
 Daniel M. Christie, LL. D., Dartmouth College, 1815, lawyer, Dover. 
 
 George W. Nesmith, LL. D., Dartmouth College, 1820, judge supreme 
 court, Franklin. 
 
 Luke Woodbury, Dartmouth College, 1820, judge of probate, Antrim. 
 
 Thomas W. Duncan, Dartmouth College, 1817, clergyman, Nelson. 
 
 Sylvester Cochran, Dartmouth College, 1835, clergyman, Vermont- 
 ville, Mich. 
 
 Hiram Bell, Williams College, clergyman, Westchester, Conn. 
 
 Seneca Cummings, Dartmouth College, 1844, missionary, China. 
 
 Charles I. Fox, Dartmouth College, 1831, lawyer and author, Nashua. 
 
 Cyrus Baldwin, Dartmouth College, 1839, professor, Meriden. 
 
 Isaac Baldwin, Dartmouth College, 1849, lawyer, Clinton, lo. 
 
 John D. Hutchinson, now of Middlebury College, Vermont. 
 
 The following persons from Antrim, not college graduates, 
 have been lawyers, doctors, or professional teachers, or clergy- 
 men, and of honorable rank in their professions : — 
 
 21 
 
322 LAWYERS. 
 
 John McFarland, lawyer, Hillsborough, died young. 
 
 i)r. John Bertram, Dartmouth Medical College, 1825, Townsend, 
 Mass. 
 
 Dr. James A. Gregg, Unity and Manchester. 
 
 Dr. Samuel Vose, New Portland, Me. 
 
 Dr. Dexter Baldwin, Dartmouth Medical College, 1823, Marlborough, 
 Mass. 
 
 Eev. Stephen G. Abbott, pastor Baptist churches, Needham, Mass., 
 and other places. 
 
 Prof. Benjamin F. Wallace, teacher and editor. 
 
 Prof. Joseph McKeen, LL. D., New York City. 
 
 Prof. James E. Yose, Ashburnham, Mass. 
 
 Dr. Morris Christie (studied in New York City), Antrim. 
 
 Dr. Augustus G. Stickney, Williams Medical College, West Townsend, 
 Mass. 
 
 Dr. James M. Stickriey, Vermont Medical College, Pepperell, Ma,ss. 
 
 Dr. George A. Wilkins, Albany Medical College, Hillsborough. 
 
 Dr. Jacob P. Whittemore, Dartmouth Medical College, 1847, Haver- 
 hill, Mass. 
 
 Dr. Silas M. Dinsmore, Prancestown. 
 
 Eev. Joseph Moulton, pastor Methodist church, South Waldobor- 
 ough, Me. 
 
 Prof. Nathan B. Barker, Jr., principal Buffalo Public School, N. Y. 
 
 Prof. James W. Barker, president New York Teachers' Association, 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Eev. Sewall P. Barker, teacher and Methodist pastor, Shelby, N. Y. 
 
 Edgar A. Wallace, Harvard Law School, 1867, lawyer. 
 
 Dr. M. W. Atwood. 
 
 LAWYERS. 
 
 This has not been a good field for this class of professional 
 men. We have always been a law-abiding people. We have 
 sent out some ot the best lawyers in the State, to help settle the 
 troubles of other towns. The first lawyer who opened an ofifice 
 in this town was Hon. Luke Woodbury, who began in Hancock, 
 but moved his office to Antrim in 1826. Was much in town 
 ofiice ; an excellent presiding officer ; judge of probate from 
 1888 to his death in 1851, being also at that time candidate for 
 governor, with almost a certainty of election. John McNiel, of 
 Hillsborough, succeeded Judge Woodbury, but did not -remain 
 more than two or three years. Subsequently Brooks K. Web- 
 ber practiced law here some years, then removed to Hillsbor- 
 ough. Samuel W. Holman now has an office here for one day 
 in every week. 
 
PHYSICIANS. 323 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 Up to 1786, this town depended upon neighboring towns for 
 medical help in severe cases, others being left in charge of some 
 of the good mothers who were excellent nurses and often as 
 efficient as a doctor. Dr. Little, of Hillsborough, came here 
 principally, and was of great service to the town. The first phy- 
 sician here was Dr. Prye, who came in 1786 and stayed, about a 
 year. He was succeeded by Dr. William Ward, who remained 
 about five years. Dr. Cleaves followed Ward, remaining till his 
 lamented death in April, 1807. Dr. Stickney then came, locat- 
 ing at the Branch, and continuing in practice about half a cen- 
 tury. He was succeeded at the Branch by Dr. D. W. Hazleton 
 and Dr. Wilkins. 
 
 Dr. Graham, living on the Caleb Roach place, had some prac- 
 tice from 1847 to 1851, not being, however, a physician in reg- 
 ular order, but somewhat successful. 
 
 The first physician in South Village, after Drs. Frye and 
 Ward, was Dr. Charles Adams, who began at the Center in 
 1807, and after about a year moved to the village, going to Oak- 
 ham, Mass., in 1816. He was succeeded by Dr. Burnham. The 
 names and date of practice of all in town are here given. Drs. 
 Christie and Anthoine, now our physicians, have large practice 
 iu this and adjoining towns. 
 
 Frye 
 
 1786-1787 
 
 William Ward 
 
 1787-1792 
 
 Nathan W. Cleaves 
 
 1793-1807 
 
 Jeremiah Stickney 
 
 1807-1865 
 
 Charles Adams 
 
 1807-1816 
 
 Israel Burnham 
 
 1817-1849 
 
 G. H. Hubhard 
 
 1848-1851 
 
 T>. W. Hazleton 
 
 1849-1853 
 
 V. Manahan 
 
 1860-1851 
 
 Levi W. Wilkins 
 
 1852-1860 
 
 William M. Parsons 
 
 1865-1869. 
 
 Morris Christie 
 
 1860- 
 
 J. E. Kimball 
 
 1869-1873. 
 
 I. G. Anthoine 
 
 1874- 
 
 JUSTICES OP THE PEACE. 
 
 John Duncan (about 1775 to 1813), Daniel Nichols, Jacob Tuttle. (1810- 
 1846), Mark Woodbury, Jacob Whittemore (1812-1867), James Hopkins 
 (1814-1839), Amos Parmenter (1824-1844), Luke Woodbury (1826-1849), 
 George Duncan (1827-1847), Samuel Fletcher (1828-1848), Thomas Mc- 
 
324 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, AND FIRES. 
 
 Master, Jr., David Nahor, Mark B. Woodbury, Cyrus Saltmarsh, Thomas 
 S. Holmes, Joseph Davis, 2d, Hiram Griffin (1843-1863), William Carr, 
 John G. Flint (1844-1870), Edward L. Vose (1846-1866), Isaac Baldwin 
 (1847-1871), George H. Hubbard, Thomas Dunlap (not sworn in), John 
 McNiel, Bartlett Wallace, Lemuel N. Pattee, Charles McKeen, Imla 
 Wright (1855-1879), James Boyd (1855-1871), William S. Foster (1855- 
 1871), N. W. C. Jameson (1856-1879), Ira Cochran, John B. Woodbury, 
 Isaac B. Pratt, James W. Bradford, James Wood, John M. Wallace, John 
 K. Abbott (did not qualify^. Reed P. Whittemore, Samuel Wilson, Henry 
 B. Swett (did not qualify), William N. Tuttle (1860-1879), Almus Fair- 
 field (1862-1879), Brooks K. Webber, Samuel G. Newton, D, H. Goodell 
 (1866-1879), C. E. Dorr, George A. Cochran, Mark True, Edward D. 
 Putney, Samuel' S. Sawyer, John K. Kimball, William R. Carr, John M. 
 Duncan, Francis M. Shattuck (did not qualify), J. D. Clement (did not 
 qualify), David Steele, Eben Bass, Charles B. Dodge, James E. Vose, J. 
 R. Bartlett, Morris Christie, Josiah Loveren, Nathan C. Jameson, Charles 
 F. Holt, Alfred A. Miller, Samuel W. Holman, Elliott W. Baker, Frank 
 O. Clement. 
 
 FIEES. 
 
 House of John Duncan, Jan. 31, 1812. 
 
 James Dunlap's barn and sheds, July 26, 1816. 
 
 Bollins's mill, Dec. 11, 1817. 
 
 The three-story tavern, Feb. 1, 1818. 
 
 Johnson's mill, 1842. 
 
 Twiss's shop and barn, Clinton, 1838. 
 
 Bobbin-shop, at Branch, Feb. 26, 1846. 
 
 Dea. Jonathan Nesmith's house, March 4, 1841. 
 
 Steel mills, Branch, July, 1839. 
 
 Duncan tannery, June, 1841. 
 
 New Duncan tannery, April 8, 1851. 
 
 Poor's patent-leather shop, March 9, 1836. 
 
 John Blanchard's house, Feb. 14, 1842. 
 
 Breed's woolen-mill, March 31, 1850. 
 
 Poor's saw and grist mill, March 18, 1838. 
 
 Cotton-factory, Clinton, April 9, 1857. 
 
 Turner's shop, Clinton, April 29, 1864. 
 
 George G. Hutchinson's barn, Aug. 17, 1866. 
 
 Baldwin's shop, November, 1867. 
 
 Keyes house, 1861. 
 
 Abbott's shop, Clinton, Sept. 10, 1866. 
 
 Shovel-factory, Feb. 22, 1867. 
 
 N. W. C. Jameson's buildings, Ausr. 9, 1861. 
 
 Peg-shop at Branch, March 17, 1869. 
 
 Webster's barn (Center), Sept. 2, 1866. 
 
 Tuttle house (High Range), May 16, 1873. 
 
 Tristram Paige's factory (Clinton), Feb. 8, 1876. 
 
 Parkhurst's mill house, 1876. 
 
LIST OP TAX-PAYERS. 
 
 325 
 
 SUMMER BOARDERS. 
 
 Antrim is increasingly a resort for city inhabitants in summer. 
 Bben Bass has an attractive home and fine accommodations for 
 fifty or more ; Mrs. Perry, at the Center, has large and well-fur- 
 nished apartments ; Mrs. M. B. Mcllvaine, at the Branch, has 
 had a houseful for years; other pleasant homes open their doors 
 to boarders as well as relatives, — making Antrim a lively place in 
 the summer. From one hundred to two hundred and fifty per 
 year spend part of the summer among us. No richer tables, 
 pleasanter drives, purer air, better society, finer scenes, or kinder 
 hosts can be found in the State. 
 
 TAX-PAYERS IN 1879 OF MORE THAN FIFTY DOLLARS. 
 
 John G. Abbott . $75 20 
 John G. Abbott as guardian 77 41 
 
 James Boyd 88 97 
 
 E. W. Baker 62 00 
 
 Eben Bass 80 29 
 
 George Brown . 93 87 
 
 Addie P. Baker 53 77 
 
 Mary Clark 54 82 
 
 George A. Cochran 63 26 
 
 Morris Christie 101 06 
 
 William Curtis 53 54 
 
 D. H. Goodell 201 2.3 
 Goodell Company (part ex- 
 empt term of years) 96 00 
 
 Hiram Griffin . 86 5.3 
 
 E. Z. Hastings 64 19 
 L. W. Hill . 69 68 
 
 N. W. C. Jameson $102 60 
 
 Josiab Loveren 51 20 
 
 Franklin Perry 50 73 
 
 Thomas Poor 60 35 
 
 Sawyer and Bryer 73 23 
 John S. Shedd . 215 14 
 
 Daniel Story 66 57 
 George Thompson . 63 53 
 
 James A. Tuttle . 62 98 
 
 Mary E. Woodbury 56 00 
 
 Jacob B. Whittemore 77 28 
 
 Eliza Wilson 50 79 
 
 James Wood . 6i) 06 
 
 John B. Woodbury 96 83 
 
 Anna M. Woodbury 118 40 
 
 George E. Whittum 62 72 
 
GENEALOGIES 
 
PEEFACE TO GENEALOGIES, 
 
 The following family records will explain themselves, for the most 
 part. The arrangement is original with me, and fixed upon as best for 
 our limited requirements, while it would not do for an extended geneal- 
 ogy. The first generation born here or identified with Antrim is nimi- 
 hered, and everything said about each child or descendants of the same 
 immediately follows within brackets. The next generation is printed in 
 Italics, and immediately after each name follows the record of the same 
 and descendants in parenthesis. It will be noted that the parenthesis 
 with its contents is included in brackets. Notices of other generations 
 before and after these two will be given in a form of words needing no 
 explanation. Only the first generation is numbered. This avoids the 
 extensive use of numbers, and all mixtures of Roman and Arabic terras; 
 and is suflEicient, as in most cases we have only three or four generations 
 to deal with. 
 
 As these records are given in alphabetical order, no index is needed. 
 "When several families are of the same name, it has been the rule to 
 mention first the family earliest here. When places outside of New 
 Hampshire are mentioned, the initials of the State are given therewith, 
 except in a few cases where it would be needless, as New Orleans, Phil- 
 adelphia, etc. 
 
 It has been the rule, as far as practicable without dividing families 
 unwarrantably, to confine our remarks to those born in Antrim. Dates 
 have been brought down to Centennial Day, June 27, 1877 ; and but lit- 
 tle will be found in these genealogies subsequent to the above point of 
 time, and this only such as has come unsought to my hand. These fam- 
 ilies are allotted different amounts of space, since some were here but a 
 little while, and some left no information or record behind. I have made 
 it a rule to give all information to the point which I could get. If fam- 
 ilies would give me but little, they must not complain if but little is said 
 of them here. Most of the old settlers are noticed at some length. 
 Sometimes I have had to decide between conflicting statements by dif- 
 ferent branches of the same family. Some who had absolutely no 
 records of their own will find notices here which I have picked up from 
 various sources and put together. In making these searches during 
 about five years, I have written fifteen hundred letters and about two 
 thousand postals, — many of them for convenience in our own town. Of 
 families who long since left town, I have often had to write to town 
 clerks and clergymen and others, to find a person who could tell any- 
 
330 PREFACE TO GENEALOGIES. 
 
 thing; and then write over and over, inclosing stamps, till sick at heart 
 with it, to get out of him what I wanted. I have tried with entire 
 impartiality to get in all cases what facts I could. 
 
 All matters of biography in this book are embodied in the genealogies. 
 Have said but little about the living. 
 
 It should be added, that, some items coming in late, I have been 
 obliged to make the additions in a manner out of the usual order. Some 
 of the larger sketches of families I have actually written over four times, 
 to make them Correspond with new information, often also unknown to 
 the families themselves. About sixty families have during this period 
 resided in Antrim more or less who are not named in the genealogies, 
 because we have no valid information. Most of these were so little here, 
 or so little identified with us, as not to be greatly missed. The following 
 persons lived here at least one year each before 1810 : Joseph Clark, 
 Jonathan Lamson, Daniel Moore, Stephen Reynolds, Thomas Patch, 
 
 Jonathan Flanders, Thomas Miller, David Carleton, Hoyt, William 
 
 Davidson, William Johnson, and Jesse Rogers. Subsequently, Nathan 
 Cram, Thomas Aucerton, Sampson Reed, Thomas Carleton, Bezaleel 
 Wheeler, Luther Cohant, John' Edwards, most of them with large fam- 
 ilies, resided here for a time. More recently, many families have come 
 and gone, whom neither convenience nor interest would justify us in 
 following. These genealogies embrace three hundred and twenty-nine 
 different names, and five hundred and eighty-one different families. I 
 have taken what seemed to me all possible pains to be accurate ; yet 
 probably many mistakes will be found, for which I ask in advance the 
 patience of all concerned. The result may seem imperfect; but, scat- 
 tered through five years, I have spent more than twelve months of steady, 
 close labor on these genealogies alone, and submit them as the best I can 
 do under the circumstances. 
 
 I am indebted to Miss Abby G. Morse, of Concord, for much patient 
 and most efiicient work in arranging and copying these materials. 
 Clark Hopkins also has been of great service to me, and has been willing 
 to spend much time in my help. Reed P. Saltmarsh has been ut. tiring in 
 his efforts to aid me, and has been of great service. To these especially, 
 and to many others, I here put on record my tender of honest thanks. 
 
 And among those who have gone out from the town who have aided 
 in this work, I would mention Rev. S. G. Abbott, Hon. George W. Nes- 
 mith, Hon. A. H. Dunlap, and, in particular, Hon. Charles Adams, Jr. 
 The last named has taken upon him more actual labor and pains than 
 any other person, and he has been ready both with money and work to 
 forward these investigations. i 
 
 I may add that I have drawn items from every possible source, with- 
 out hesitation but thankfully, for which it would take too much room to 
 make separate acknowledgments. 
 
 Robert C. Mack, Esq., of Londonderry, has been greatly "my helper, as 
 he is always my honored friend, and my fellow-laborer as a genealogist. 
 
 No abbreviations are employed except b. for born, m. for married, and 
 d. for died, unless in case of initials of names; the object being to make 
 every page as plain as possible, especially to the aged. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 
 
 ABBOTT. 
 
 Ret. SAMUEL ABBOTT was son of Dea. Ephraim and Dorothy 
 (Stiles) Abbott. This Dea. Ephraim was the son of Ephraim, who was the 
 son of Ephraim, who was the son of John, who was the son of George Ab- 
 bott, who came from Yorkshire, England, and settled in Andover, Mass., 
 1643. Rev. Samuel Abbott was born in Mont Vernon, 1777, married Sa- 
 rah, daughter of Rev. John Rand, 1798; was pastor in Middleborough, 
 Bridgewater, and Chester, Mass., and Londonderry, N. H. Was the 
 inventor of " Abbott's window-shades," 1825; came here in 1838, and 
 bought the present estate in Clinton, where he remained till his death in 
 1853. Mr. Abbott was wholly uneducated in the schools, but had strong 
 native abilities, was a good sermonizer, and an impressive preacher. 
 In style, he was bold, incisive, and logical. As a minister, he was honest 
 and "fearless. He never wrote a sermon. An incident will best show 
 the man. He preached for Dr. "Whiton one day, and had for a subject: 
 " What must be put out of the church to promote a revival ? " After 
 enlarging on several items, he paused and said, " One thing more must 
 go out of the church. [A pause.] Tes, I must mention it, — Bum must 
 go out of the church ! " And then with great courage and ability he 
 enforced the reasons why. Those were the first days of the temperance 
 excitement, and many of the members had long been accustomed to a 
 daily dram. Many, therefore, were oflFeaded and declared they would 
 never hear Mr. Abbott again. The next time Dr. Whiton asked him to 
 preach, he consented on condition that no hint of it be given beforehand. 
 Then, when suddenly he arose to speak and several men started for the 
 door, he was too quick for them, and in a loud voice gave out his text: 
 " And they, being convicted in their own consciences, went out one by 
 one I " And at once they all appreciated the thing, — heard him through, 
 and were ever after good friends 1 Mr. Abbott's children were thus: — 
 
 1. Samuel, [d. in infancy.] 
 
 2. Bpheaim, [b. Milford 1801, m. Ann Wallace of Merrimack, 
 
 lives in Sudbury, Mass.] 
 
 3. Sakah G., [b. in Middleborough, Mass., 1804, m. Richard 
 
 Waldron, and lives in Providence, R. I.] 
 '4. MiLLB R., [d. in Antrim 1848, unm., aged 41.] 
 
332 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 5. Hepsibah N., [b. in Middleborough, Mass., 1809, d. in Antrim 
 
 1841.J 
 
 6. Samuel W., [b. in Bridgewater, Mass., 1812, m. Clarissa P. 
 
 Olaggett of Derry, d. Montreal, Can., 1862. Samuel W. 
 Abbott was the first of the family here. He came in 1885, 
 and bought, in company with Dea. Imla Wright, all the 
 water-power between Holt's and Paige's mills, with a large 
 tract of land. They two built the Abbott mill, 1836. The 
 former bought the Boyd house, 1837, moved it and fitted it 
 up as it now stands. This house was built in 1797, and, 
 when moved, the shingles that had done service forty years 
 were turned over and relaid on the back side, and are doing, 
 good service now, having lasted upwards of eighty years.] 
 
 7. Dorothy S., [b. in Bridgewater 1813, m. Rev. Isaac Wood- 
 
 bury 1857, d. in Antrim June, 1873.J 
 
 8. John R., [b. in Bridgewater, Mass., Feb. 14, 1817, m. Han- 
 
 nah 0. True of Prancestown, Dec. 19, 1848; carried on 
 an extensive business in Clinton many years, was a smart 
 and efficient business man, a loving and devout Christian. 
 Died in the prime of life, Dec. 6, 1863, in the State of Penn- 
 sylvania, where he had gone in pursuit of health. His widow 
 died June 21, 1875, a noble woman full of prayer and good 
 works, aged 53. Their children are : — 
 
 John Gr., (b. Nov. 3, 1854. He carries on a large business in 
 Clinton, is a most worthy young man and desirable citizen. 
 Is town treasurer, and probably the youngest man that ever 
 held that office in Antrim.) 
 
 Charles S., (b. Aug. 16, 1856.) 
 
 Harlan P., (b. July 10, I860.) 
 
 Mart/ Jane, (an adopted daughter, niece of Mrs. Abbott, b. 
 July 13, 1857.)] 
 
 9. Rev. Stephen G., [b. in Bridgewater, Mass., Nov. 9, 1819, 
 
 studied theology at New Hampton, was licensed to preach by 
 the Baptist Church of Antrim, and settled in Needham, 
 Mass., and other places. He m. Sarah B. Cheney of Hol- 
 derness, in 1846. The degree, of A. M. was conferred on 
 Mr. Abbott, by Bates College, in 1870. He has but one 
 child. 
 John T.,Xh. in Antrim in 1850, was graduated at Bates Col- 
 lege in 1871, m. Alice B. Merriman, and is now a lawyer in 
 Keene.)] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 333 
 
 ADAMS. 
 
 [Chieflj' from Drake's History of Boston, Folio Edition.] 
 AP ADAM came to England out of the " Marches of Wales," and 
 twenty-three generations of his descendants in the male line are here 
 given. The earlier generat\ons lived in Lancashire and Devonshire, 
 . England, and the later ones in America. 
 
 1. Sir John Ap Adam, Knt. Lord Ap Adam, member of Parlia- 
 ment from 1296 to 1307. 
 
 2. Sir John Ap Adam. 
 
 3. William Ap Adam. 
 
 4. Sir John Ap Adam. 
 
 5. Thomas Ap Adam. 
 
 6. Sir John Ap Adam, Knt. 
 
 7. Sir John Ap Adam, alias Adams. 
 
 8. Roger Adams. 
 
 9. Thomas Adams. 
 
 10. John Adams. 
 
 11. John Adams. 
 
 12. John Adams. 
 
 13. Richard Adams. 
 
 14. William Adams. 
 
 15. Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, Mass. (now Quincy), and 
 died 1646. 
 
 16. Edward Adams, of Medfleld, Mass. 
 
 17. John Adams, of Medway, Mass. 
 
 18. Abraham Adams, of Brookfield, Mass. 
 
 19. Jesse Adams, of Brookfield, Mass. 
 
 20. Dr. Charles Adams, of Antrim. 
 
 21. Hon. Charles Adams, Jr., North Brookfield, Mass. 
 22 Charles Woodburn Adams, North Brookfield, Mass. 
 23. Charles Joseph Adams, North Brookfield, Mass. 
 
 From Henry Adams (15), who settled in Braintree, descended the 
 presidents. He had a large family besides the Edward named above, 
 and among them a sou Joseph, born 1626, who married Abigail Baxter, 
 and died 1694. This Joseph had a son Joseph, born Dec. 24, 1654. Of 
 this second Joseph, the second son was Dea. John Adams of Braintree, 
 who died May 25, 1760. Dea. John married Susanna Boylston of Brook- 
 line, Mass., and their oldest son was John Adams, born Oct. 19, 1735, 
 second president of the United States, reaching the age of nearly 91. 
 His oldest son was John Quincy Adams, born July 11, 1767, sixth pres- 
 ident, dying Feb. 28, 1848. John Q. Adams married Louisa C. Johnson, 
 and was father of the distinguished Charles Francis Adams. 
 
 Dr. Charles Adams, the twentieth generation from Ap Adam of 
 Wales, was son of Jesse and Miriam (Richardson) Adams cf Brookfield, 
 Mass., and was born in that place Feb. 13, 1782. His early years were 
 spent on the farm with his father. His education was chiefly acquired 
 in the district school and Leicester Academy. He then taught some 
 two years in Half Moon, N. Y. On return (1803), he commenced the 
 
334 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 study of medicine with Dr. Asa Walker of Barre, Mass., with whom he 
 remained in practice one year after completing his studies. He came to 
 Antrim and began practice in the early summer of 1807, coming to take 
 the place of Dr. Cleaves, whose death occurred iti April of that year. 
 His attention was called to Antrim by Dr. Whiton, who afterwards set- 
 tled here in the ministry, and at that time had been here enough to 
 know something of the people and their wants. At tirst Dr. Adams 
 established himself at the Center of the town, where he remained about 
 a year. He bought the place now occupied by Harold Kelsea in 
 South Village, Oct. 31, 1808, and some months after located there, and 
 remained there till his removal from town. This house and the few 
 acres of land attached to it was part of a large tract containing five hun- 
 dred and ninety-five acres, all which was sold for taxes, Oct. 28, 1778, 
 by James Duncan, constable of the town, to Daniel McFarland, in two 
 lots, for £16. 15s. 2d. McFarland held all this land till 1798, when he 
 sold about twenty acres (now belonging to Kelsea, Alvah Dodge, and 
 many others) to Nehemiah Knight, for eighty dollars, under date of 
 June 7 of that year. Knight sold to Dr. Adams, and Dr. Adams to 
 Moses B. Person, June 23, 1832. The succeeding owners were John 
 Dunlap, Ezra Hyde, Mark B. Woodbury, oST. W. C. Jameson, and Harold 
 Kelsea. Dr. Adams paid three hundred dollars, in 1808, for what is now 
 worth many thousands. At that time there was on the place a little, 
 low, unpainted house, with a small shop joined on to it, which, having 
 apparently been a shoemaker's ' shop, now became the doctor's office. 
 Feb. 13, 1809, his twenty-seventh birthday, Dr. Adams married Sarah 
 McAllister, daughter of James and Sarah (McClary) McAllister of 
 Antrim. She was a woman of excellent tastes and talents, of rare 
 patience under trial, and of a sweet and winning Christian spirit, — all 
 which made her a woman conspicuously worthy and attractive. "In 
 her tongue was the law of kindness." " Her children rise up and call 
 her blessed." His practice here was large and laborious, and promised 
 to remain so, suggesting to him the idea of a change ; and on the death 
 of Dr. Fobes of Oakham, Mass., near his native town, he determined at 
 once to go there, and made his removal to that place in 1816. He died 
 in that place March 6, 1876. Dr. Adams, in Antrim, was occasionally in 
 town office, was a favorite among the people, and was held to be a suc- 
 cessful physician and a man of marked ability. He was a great reader, 
 was full of information, pursued his practice till most of his contempora- 
 ries were gone, and even in extreme old age he was sent for in difficult 
 cases. He was the oldest of twelve children, all of whom he survived 
 more than a quarter of a century. Unbroken health was given him all 
 his life long, aSnd he died of old age at last. Dr. Adams had eight chil- 
 dren, four of them born in Antrim and the four youngest in Oakham. 
 
 1. Hon. Charles, Jr., [b. Jan. 31, 1810. Had his first school- 
 ing here, under charge of Daniel M. Christie and Miss 
 Fanny Baldwin. After removal from this town, he was at 
 school six months under Rev. John Bisbee of Brookfield, 
 
GENEALOGIES. 335 
 
 Mass. ; then studied eight months with Rev. Josiah Clark of 
 Rutland, Mass. ; and this was the limit of his opportunity 
 for education. Then, though quite young, he was in a store 
 five or six years, obtaining much practical knowledge in the 
 course of his work. Is what is called a self-made man. 
 Few men can be found better versed than he in literary 
 affairs or political economy. May 8, 1884, he married Eliza, 
 daughter of Dea. Joseph Cummings of Ware, Mass., and 
 settled in North Brookfield, that State, where he has since 
 resided. Was a long time book-keeper, and afterwards part- 
 ner, in the immense boot and shoe manufacturing establish- 
 ment of that place, from which he retired just before the 
 war. With singular continuance he has been kept in offices 
 of trust by the people of his town and State. He was clerk 
 of the town ten years ; representative, four years ; on the 
 Massachusetts executive council, four years ; treasurer of the 
 State, five years ; and is now (1877) on his fourth year as sen- 
 ator in the Massachusetts legislature. Has been in public life 
 more than a quarter of a century. Is a man of fixed prin- 
 ciple and irreproachable character; and is held in honor 
 throughout his adopted State. Has always been greatly 
 attached to his native town, cherishing with unfading love 
 the rocks and the hills upon which he looked in childhood. 
 Was one of the donors of the vestry to the Center Church, 
 with which he subsequently united. He is a Scotch anti- 
 quarian of much reading, foreign travel, and patient research. 
 The degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by Dartmouth 
 College, 1878. Has had five children : Joseph Charles', 
 Charles Woodburn, Ellen Eliza, John Quincy, and George 
 Arthur.] 
 
 2. Austin, [b. June 23,1811; m. 1st, Charlotte Noyes, 1845 ; 
 
 2d, Almira Stearns ; is a mason by trade, lives in Oakham, 
 Mass,] 
 
 3. Charlotte, [b. May 21 , 1813, m. John F. Howard of Boston, 
 
 and died Oct. 14, 1849.] 
 
 4. Lyman, [b. April 1, 1815, m. Sarah Brown of Baltimore, Md., 
 
 and died at New Orleans, March 18, 1859.J 
 
 5. Dea. Levi, [b. Oakham, March 7, 1817 ; m. Sarah L. Ward 
 
 of North Brookfield, Aug. 14, 1845 ;' 2d, Clara M. Dwight 
 of Belchertown, Mass., May 14, 1854. He died Aug. 11, 
 1860. Was a fine scholar and a superior teacher. He fol- 
 
336 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 lowed the profession of teaching nearly twenty years ; was 
 a man of early and life-long piety ; very able in meetings ; 
 greatly loved by all classes ; was deacon in Congregational 
 Church of North Brookfield, and his early death was one of 
 great glory and peace. In the struggles of death he said to 
 his pastor, referring to his funeral : " I wish you to state 
 that I do not want a Unitarian Savior now, but one that is 
 Almighty ! "] 
 
 6. Horace, [d. unm., 1849, aged 30.] 
 
 7. Clarinda R., [b. Nov. 17, 1823, m. George A. Ellis, who is 
 
 now treasurer of the South Boston Savings Bank. She is a 
 woman of rare sweetness of character and life.J 
 
 8. John, [b. April 4, 1827, m. Marietta Pierce, lives in Boston.] 
 
 EDWIN T. ADAMS, carpenter by trade, son of John and Betsey 
 (Atkins) Adams, born in "Waterbury, Vt., 1836, came here in 1870 into 
 the Ezra Hyde house, which he has greatly enlarged and improved. Mar- 
 ried Jennie Davis of Hancock, and has one child, Sadie M. 
 
 AIKEN. 
 
 EDWARD AIKEN", ancestor of all the New Hampshire Aikens, 
 came over from the north of Ireland in 1720, the next year after the set- 
 tlement of Londonderry, and located among his countrymen in that new 
 town. Parker puts the date of emigration in 1722. But near the close 
 of 1720 the general committee of the town were " petitioned to by Wil- 
 liam Aiken, John Bell, Andrew Todd, John Wallis, and Benjamin Wil- 
 son, for the grant of a stream or brook, which commonly goes by the 
 name of Aiken's brook, in order to the setting-up of a saw-mill thereon, 
 and also one acre of land adjoining to said brook, that will be convenient 
 for a yard to said mill." This shows that the Aikens must have been 
 on the ground previous to December, 1720, long enough for the stream 
 to get the name " Aiken's brook." Many of these Aikens were mill- 
 wrights and mechanics, — the first Aiken in Antrim also having up a 
 saw-mill soon after he got fairly started on his farm. 
 
 The emigrant, Edward Aiken, had three sons, all, it seems, born in 
 Ireland; and if he had daughters, we have no note of them. The sons 
 settled on adjoining farms in Londcjuderry, and hence the neighborhood 
 was called " Aiken's Range." 
 
 Nathaniel, oldest son of Edward, was born May 14, 1696; married 
 Margaret Cochran, daughter of James, Dec. 1, 1726, and had children: 
 Edward, John, Eleanor, Nathaniel, Christian, Jane, James, Ninian, Wil- 
 liam, Susannah, and Thomas. Nathaniel, the father of these, died Dec. 
 1, 1783, and his wife in 1788. Edward Aiken, the emigrant, was bora in 
 Ireland in 1660, married Barby Edwards, and died in Londonderry in 
 1747. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 337 
 
 Edward, the oldest child of Nathaniel, went to Windham, Vt. He 
 was born Sept. 2, 1727; was grandfather of Rev. Dr. Samuel C. Aiken 
 of Ohio. 
 
 John, second child of Nathaniel, called Dea. John, married Annis Orr, 
 and removed to Bedford. He was grandfather of Rev. Dr. Silas Aiken 
 of Boston, afterwards of Rutland, Vt., and also of Hon. John Aiken of 
 Andover, Mass., and great-grandfather of Rev. Dr. C. A. Aiken, pro- 
 fessor at Princeton. The descendants of Dea. John Aiken are very 
 numerous. 
 
 Much might be given of the other children of Nathaniel, but it is 
 beyond the province of this book. James, his seventh child, remained 
 in Londonderry, and had a large family. 
 
 Ninian, the eighth child, lived in Deering, and was grandfather of 
 James Aiken, Esq., of Lewisburg, Penn., whose poem appears in the 
 centennial proceedings. 
 
 William, the ninth child of Nathaniel, was born Feb. 20, 1743, married 
 Betsey Woodburn, settled in Deering, and died Feb. 19, 1799. He was 
 known as " Dea. William," was an excellent man, and was a leader in 
 the new town where he settled and died. Had ten children, and was 
 grandfather of M. M. Aiken, Esq., a man of note in Peoria, III., and of 
 the Gillis family named elsewhere. The descendants of " Dea. William " 
 are many in number and noble in character. 
 
 Thomas, youngest child of Nathaniel save a daughter, Harriet, sup- 
 posed to have died young, was born Feb. 27, 1747. He married Mary 
 Anderson Dec. 31, 1772 ; was known as " Spinning-wheel Thomas." He 
 settled in the south part of Deering, and there manufactured spinning- 
 wheels for the whole region. Was an officer in the militia. The section 
 where he lived was called Antrim as early as 1770. This was the 
 Thomas Aiken tliat " lived in Antrim," and brought up the boy Samuel 
 Downing, who became the last survivor of the Revolutionary army. (See 
 Downing.) " Spinning-wheel Thomas " died June 10, 1831, aged eighty- 
 four. Thousands of his spinning-wheels were in use in this region fifty 
 years ago, and a few are still preserved. He had ten children : Joseph, 
 Nancy, John, Thomas, Susanna, Alice, Jennie, Mary, Robert, and Sallie. 
 Inasmuch as he claimed that he " lived in Antrim," his children shall 
 have additional mention here, as fpllows : — 
 
 Joseph was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1799, and died in 1803. 
 
 Nancy married Daniel Dane of New Boston. 
 
 John married Nancy Moore, and died in Texas, 1846. 
 
 Thomas died young. 
 
 Susanna married David Lewis of Prancestown. 
 
 Alice married David Ellin wood of Deering. 
 
 Jennie married Peter Clark of Francestown. 
 
 Mary married William Langdell of New Boston, and left a large 
 
 family. 
 
 Robert settled in Kingston, Canada, and his descendants are now in 
 
 that vicinity. 
 
 Sallie married Rufus Fuller of Contoocookville, and had a large 
 
 family. 
 
338 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Walter aud J. B. Aiken, manufacturers at Franklin Falls, are descend- 
 ants of " Spinning-wheel Thomas." 
 
 ■James Aiken, second son of the emigrant Edward, married Jean Coch- 
 ran, Oct. 26, 1725, probably a sister of Margaret Cochran, named above. 
 They had six children. The oldest, Elizabeth, was born Aug. 13, 1726. 
 The others were Edward, James, Jane, Agnes, and John. We have no 
 knowledge of Elizabeth ; Edward, Jane, Agnes, and John went to Benson, 
 Vt., and were among the best people there. A descendant, James H. Aiken, 
 Esq., now resides there, and many are scattered in the South and West. 
 
 James, the other of these six children of James and Jean Cochran, 
 was our "Dea. James," of whom a brief sketch follows here. In addi- 
 tion to this sketch it may be said that Dea. Aiken served one campaign 
 or more in the Revolutionary army. He lived to see the forest of 1767 
 turned into a thriving town of thirteen hundred inhabitants. A brief 
 obituary may be found in the " Amherst Cabinet " of Aug. 2, 1817. 
 
 Dea. JAMES AIKEN of Antrim was born in Londonderry, June 1, 
 1731 ; was out in the French war ; was one of the company celebrated as 
 " Rogers's Rangers," who scoured the country and accomplished marvels 
 in the line of bravery and endurance. Dr. Whiton tells us that Dea. 
 Aiken was once on a scout with Maj. Rogers as far west as Lake George, 
 and the party were almost famished with hunger and thirst, nothing 
 remaining but a glass of rum in a soldier's canteen. The major offered 
 him a dollar for the rum. But the soldier, saying, "Major, I love you, 
 but I love myself better," tipped the canteen and swallowed the rum! 
 
 That Dea. Aiken was a brave man, is attested by the fact that alone 
 he faced the forest and the savage, and fixed his home here many miles 
 from a human neighbor. He was the second permanent settler of 
 Antrim. He came and made a little opening in 1766, aud the next year 
 removed his family here. Their arrival at his cabin was on Aug. 12, 
 1767, and it stood against a big rock near the house of Robert Dodge at 
 the foot of the hill in South Village, that being, as he said, the lirst dry 
 spot he came to on this side of the river. It was four years before 
 another settler joined him in that part of the town. Dea. Aiken was a 
 man of remarkable energy and power, was -ready to help any one, was 
 intimidated by no hardship, made his house a shelter to the first settlers, 
 and opened his humble door to every wanderer. Some of these, as else- 
 where related, found a happy refuge with this family in the wilderness. 
 For many subsequent years, whenever' one came to preach to the scat- 
 tered settlers, Dea. Aiken " took care of the minister." In his barn, 
 September, 1775, was preached the first sermon ever heard iu Antrim. 
 At the formation of the Presbyterian Church, 1788, he was the first per- 
 son chosen elder, and he held the office with great faithfulness till his 
 death, July 27, 1817, aged eighty-six. He died in the old house by the 
 poplar-tree, which house was taken down by Charles McKeen about 
 1855. His wife was Molly McFarland, a worthy and noble companion of 
 his hardships and perils. They brought with them four children. She 
 died Dec. 8, 1814, aged seventy-eight. Besides two that died young, 
 the family was as follows : — 
 
GENEALOGIES. 339 
 
 1. Jane, [Was preparing to marry Dea. John Alexander, when 
 
 she suddenly sickened and died, to the great grief of the 
 people.] 
 
 2. Barbara, [m. John Campbell, 1786, and d. Feb. 1, 1828, 
 
 aged 63.] 
 
 3. Katherine, [b. Aug. 10, 1761, m. James Hopkins 1788, and d. 
 
 Sept. 6, 1820.] 
 
 4. Martha, [m. Joseph Favor and went to New Chester, now 
 
 Hill. Her husband was killed by the fall of a bank of earth 
 upon him, Oct. 13, 1807. She died in Lowell, Mass., more 
 than fourscore years of age.] 
 
 5. Polly, [b. April 15, 1768, first child of the white race born 
 
 in Antrim ; m. Ebenezer Kimball, and d. Dec. 14, 1862! She 
 was mother of the noted Dr. Kimball of Lowell.] 
 
 6. James, Jr., [b. in the spring of 1772, being the first male of 
 
 the white race born in this town. He married a daughter 
 of Hugh Orr of Antrim. He built on the farm of his 
 father, just north of the deacon's residence, the large house 
 now (1879) Mr. Whittum's, and previously Gove's and 
 Barrett's. He soon after went to New York with his wife 
 and two children, Fanny and Edward, locating in Locke, now 
 Summerhill. No son of Antrim has been hunted for more 
 eagerly than this one, by the writer, but without avail. It 
 is known, however, that he had several' sons after emigra- 
 tion, one of whom was Leonard Aiken, who began life as 
 a lawyer.] 
 
 7. Peggy, [b. Aug. 80, 1776, m. Richard McAllister, and d. 
 
 leaving several children, March 1, 1813, aged 36.] 
 
 8. Nancy, [d. unm., 1814.] 
 
 William, the youngest son of Edward the emigrant, married Janet 
 Wilson, and had two sons, Edward and William, the former going to 
 Windham, Vt., and the latter to Truro, Nova Scotia. This Janet Wilson 
 was aunt of that Mary Wilson who was bom on board of a pirate ship 
 while her mother was a prisoner, and who was named for the pirate cap- 
 tain's wife, and received valuable presents from him. The whole of the 
 children known were Agnes, Edward, Mary, Jonathan, Martha, and Wil- 
 liam. Agnes was born Nov. 17, 1726. Other and valuable information 
 concerning the several branches of the Aiken family must be omitted 
 for want of space. 
 
 ALEXANDER. 
 
 RANDALL ALEXANDER, no doubt son of Randall and Janet 
 Alexander, who received their lot of land in Nutfield in 1720, came 
 
340 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 here from Londonderry and began the James Hopkins place (Arthur 
 Miller's) in 1772. Had been a soldier in the French war. Then he 
 seems to be lost sight of on the redords till he turns up in this place. 
 When he came here he '" squatted " (built a log cabin) on the brick-yard 
 hill, so called, near the present house, but never made any purchase. 
 And not possessing a spirit congenial with his neighbors, the land he 
 claimed was quietly bought by others ; and when he resisted removal, he 
 was hustled off without the forms of law. 'Tis said they dragged him 
 down the sand-hill by his heels ! Would not this seem a good process to 
 apply at a day as late as the present in certain cases ? 
 
 Mr. Alexander had the first grindstone in Antrim for several years; 
 and when asked by Aiken, his nearest neighbor, where he got it, said he 
 found it in the jam, the annual collection of drift-wood in the bend of 
 the river east of his camp. Aiken said he knew he lied, but couldn't 
 resist the temptation to use that grindstone ! So things went on for a 
 time, until it was found that Alexander had borrowed the grindstone in 
 PeteBborough, without the owner's cousent, and sent it down the river in 
 a large sap-trough ! 
 
 Mr. Alexander left town in 178-1:. Nothing can be ascertained about 
 his family, or where he went. But he came back here in 182.8, white- 
 headed, feebl?, and forgotten, and was supported by the town till his 
 death in 1826, at the age of ninety-two. Dr. Whiton says, objection was 
 made to tolling the bell for him, because it was the tradition that he saw 
 a beautiful French girl murdered for her beads when he might have pre- 
 vented it with a word. Very likely there was no truth in the charge ; but 
 this circumstance shows that this people were very sensitive to a wrong. 
 And that was the first year they had a bell, and no doubt it seemed a 
 very sacred thing. . ' 
 
 Dea. JOHN ALEXANDER, not known to be kin of the .above, — 
 of Scotch race, — came here from Londonderry and began the Daniel 
 Holt farm in 1787 ; married Mary Nevins of Salem, Mass. Sold his farm to 
 Samuel McAdams and moved to the Branch in 1795, into a little house 
 then standing six or eight rods east ot Sylvester Preston's. Was chosen 
 elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1800 ; died in 1812. Left no chil- 
 dren. Was a good man. His widow, partially iusane, and without friends, 
 survived him many years. Nothing is known of their ancestry. 
 
 ALLDS. 
 
 JOHN ALLDS, son of James and Sarah (Hopkins) Allds, came here 
 from Peterborough in 1798; cleared and settled the Jesse Combs place 
 (now Lewis Green's); put up the present buildings in 1800; married 
 Sarah, daughter of Charles Tuttle, in 1803 ; after many years moved into 
 a house then standing between B. F. Dustin's and the Keene road; moved 
 to Conneaut, Penn., in 1835, and died there, April 11, 1869, aged eighty. 
 Children : — 
 
 1. Isaac W., [b. May 26, 1804, m. Abigail Butters July 19, 1836, 
 lived in west part of Antrim till 1853, when he moved to 
 
GENEALOGIES. 341 
 
 Stoddard, and died there April 26, 1876. Had children, all 
 
 born here : — 
 John, (b. July 15, 1837, d. in infancy.) 
 Benton, (d. Sept. 23, 1842, aged 4.) 
 Eliza, (d. Sept. 28, 1842, aged 2.) 
 Sarah Ann, (b. Aug. 3, 1843, m. Charles S. Fletcher of this 
 
 town March 25, 1874.) 
 Louisa mien, (b. June 25, 1845, m. Cyrus J. Whitney, Jr., 
 
 Oct. 17, 1875.) 
 Isaac Worden, (b. Nov. 30, 1848, lives in Centralia, Wis.) 
 Warren, (b. June 18, 1850, now of Worcester, Mass.) 
 John Langdon, (b. Oct. 8, 1858, d. June 23, 1861.)] 
 
 2. John, [b. March 25, 1806, went to Conneaut, Penn., in 1827, 
 
 m. Sarah Osmore, now lives in Camp Douglas, Wis. J 
 
 3. Sarah A., [twin sister of John, m. LangdonSwett April 25, 
 
 1833, was blind many years, d. Dec. 11, 1878. J 
 
 4. Nancy H., [b. Jan. 11, 1811, became second wife of Calvin 
 
 Barrett of Stoddard.] 
 
 5. Jonathan, [b. June 18, 1815, went with his father to Con- 
 
 neaut, Penn., and still lives there ; m. Hannah Loomis.] 
 
 ANTHOINB. 
 
 NICHOLAS ANTHOINE came over to Marblehead, Mass., about 
 the middle of the last century, and there married Rachel Hawkes. He 
 was of French race, coming from the Isle of Jersey in the English chan- 
 nel, which has long been a possession of England, though once a part of 
 France and retaining its French manners and customs to this day. 
 Nicholas Anthoine and Rachel Hawkes had three children : John, Rachel, 
 and Nicholas, Jr. The latter went to Windham, Me., with many oth- 
 ers, who formed a settlement and called it New Marblehead, after their 
 old home, — which name was subsequently changed to Windham. 
 
 Nicholas, Jr., married Anna Pettingill, whom he found in his new 
 home in Maine. He was a man of note in his day in that section of the 
 country. He had only six weeks' schooling in all his life, yet was a fine 
 scholar, many years a teacher ; was teacher of Latin, and was particu- 
 larly proficient in astronomy. He had his telescope and library of astro- 
 nomical works, and used to calculate the various eclipses. He also 
 studied medicine sufiiciently to be of great ^ use in that place and day, 
 when physicians were remote. 
 
 John Anthoine, son of Nicholas, Jr., married Mary Gilman, and their 
 son. Dr. Isaiah G. Anthoine, was born in Windham, Me., March 25, 
 1846, and came here as the successor of Dr. Kimball in 1874. He mar- 
 ried Kate I. Preston, Jan. 2, 1877. Is superintending school-committee 
 of the town. Dr. Anthoine studied at Stevens' Plains Seminary near 
 Portland, Me.; entered the academic department of Dartmouth College 
 
342 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 in 1868, leaving at the close of ttie first year to go out teaching; then 
 studied nearly two years in the Portland School of Medical Instruction ; 
 and was graduated at Bowdoin Medical College in 1874, coming imme- 
 diately here, and locating in South Village. Has one son, Harry M., h. 
 Oct. 2, 1879. 
 
 APPLETON. 
 
 CHARLES APPLETON, grandson of Judge Robert Alcock, who 
 came direct from England to Deering, and son of James and Mary 
 (Stewart) Appletou, was born in Deering, 1825 ; name was changed from 
 Alcock to Appleton ; married Nancy J. Parker, moved onto the then- 
 called Tennent place, 1859, and still occupies the same. Children : — 
 
 1. Clara A., [b. in Deering Sept. 5, 1853, m. Andrew D. White 
 
 April 4, 1877.J 
 
 2. George J., [b. in Deering, Feb. 18, 1855.] 
 
 3. Scott J., [b. in Antrim, June 23, 1862.] 
 
 ATHERTON. 
 
 JOSEPH S. ATHERTON, name changed from Witherspoon. See 
 that family. 
 
 ATWOOD. 
 
 JOSHUA ATWOOD. Little known of him. Lived awhile in ^ 
 Lempster; was son of Caleb Atwood of Weare; came here and settled 
 the John Barker place, 1790; married Susan Cram, and died in 1829, 
 aged seventy-nine. The five last children were by a second wife, Mrs. 
 Anne (Miller) Dresser of Windsor. He sold his farm to John Barker, 
 in old age, and moved to Washington, but did not long survive the 
 change. The children, except two that died in infancy, are given below. 
 First wife died at the age of thirty-five. 
 
 1. Wells, [m. Betsey Dresser, and moved to Windsor ; went 
 
 thence to Washington, and d. there years ago.] 
 
 2. Betsey, [m. Samuel Brown, d. on the Dea. Woods farm.] 
 
 3. Polly, [m. John Dresser, moved to Washington, d. there.] 
 4.' Jesse, [m. Betsey Hall of Londonderry, Vt., and lived and d. 
 
 in that place.] 
 
 5. Dolly, [m. Squire Gove, and. moved to Weare.] 
 
 6. Peter Clark, [b. in Lempster Aug. 11, 1795, m. Mary P. 
 
 Wilkins (" Polly") of Antrim. They lived here about five 
 years after marriage, moving to Londonderry, Vt., in No- 
 vember, 1820. They had children thus : — 
 Dr. Matthew Whipple, (b. in Antrim May 22, 1816, m. Fannie 
 W Burnham of this town Oct. 10, 1843, settled as a physi- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 343 
 
 cian in New Hudson, N. Y., and d. there, of consumption, 
 Aug. 19, 1847, aged 31. Was a young man of much prom- 
 ise, and his., untimely death was the occasion of great sor- 
 row.) 
 
 Mary Almira, (b. in Antrim Jan. 18, 1818, m. Elisha D. Gear- 
 field Oct. 13, 1886, d. of consumption in Londonderry, Vt., 
 July 5, 184'7.) 
 
 Lydia W., (b. in Antrim March 5, 1820, m. Alvah W. Pierce 
 May ;'., 1841, d. of consumption May 9, 1854.) 
 
 Harriet N"., (b. in Londonderry, Vt., March 23, 1823; m. 1st, 
 Joel M. Pettengill. Her husband d. at the age of 25 ; m. 
 2d, Harvey S. Curtis, Dec. 25, 1850. Home in Kenosha, 
 Wis.) 
 
 Hmeline, (b. March 14, 1825, m. Samuel B. Cof&n, lives in 
 Newport.) 
 
 Susan A., (b. Oct. 2, 1827, m. Josiah W. Pettigrew, lives in 
 Ludlow, Vt.) 
 
 Sarah F., (b. Oct. 11, 1829, m. Thomas P. Davis, lives in 
 Boston.) 
 
 Peter C, (b. Jan. 26, 1832, m. Helen Aldrich.) 
 
 Ann E., (b. Feb. 18, 1835, m. Prof. Addison P. Wyman, d. 
 Sept. 24, 1871. Her husband followed in six months.) 
 
 James H., (b. June 5, 1840, m. Prances Palmer, and lives in 
 Canton, 111.)] 
 
 7. Joshua, [m. Alice Sanborn of Unity ; went some twenty 
 
 years ago to Wisconsin; supposed to be dead.] 
 
 8. Rhoda, [b. May 1, 1800, m. William Gove of Weare.J 
 
 9. Sally A., [m. John Flint of Antrim, Jan. 31, 1822, and now 
 
 lives a widow at Albany, Wis.j 
 
 10. John, [child of second wife, b. Dec. 2, 1807, went into U. 
 
 S. army in the Mexican war, was badly wounded, from the 
 effects of which he soon died.] 
 
 11. Jeremiah S., [b. Nov. 22, 1809, m. Elisabeth Moore, has 
 children: Hiram G., b. Nov. 2, 1841 ; Samuel H., b. May 
 9, 1843 ; Mary R., b. May 1, 1845 ; Diantha E., b. May 29, 
 1846; Martha A., b. July 10, 1850 ; James M., b. Feb. 20, 
 1852; Joshua C, b. Aug. 27, 1855 ; George L., b. Oct. 20, 
 1857 ; Abby M., b. Oct. 16, 1859 ; and John M., b. Aug. 13, 
 1864.] 
 
 12. Iba, [b. July 11, 1813, m. Mary Temple of Claremont, went 
 to New York.] 
 
344 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 13. Lenora, [b. Oct. 2, 1816, m. Oscar Lawrence, and went to 
 
 New York.] 
 
 14. LucETTE, [m. Harrison Andrews of Windssr.J 
 
 WILLIAM D. ATWOOD, grandson of Caleb, and son of Philip and 
 Sarah (Dustin) Atwood, was born in Sandwich, 1789, and married Sally 
 Simonds of this town. May 7, 1812; came here in 1810, livei^ near Lover- 
 ing's mills; moved to Bridgewater, Yt., in 1823, where he now survives 
 at great age. Children, all |but the youngest born here, were thus : — 
 
 1. Alexander, [b. in 1813, unm., lives in Pennsylvania.] 
 
 2. Sarah, [b. in 1816, m. Cephas Harding of Pomfret, Vt., d. 
 
 1864.] 
 
 3. Louisa, [b. in 1818, m. Isaac Angell of Bridgewater, Vt.] 
 
 4. Luke, [b. in 1820, m. Martha Weld, and lives in Barnard, 
 
 Vt.J 
 
 5. Hannah, [b. in 1823, m. Sylvester Woodward, and has recently 
 
 come from Deering to this town.] 
 
 6. William, [b. in 1829, m. Sarah Fairbanks, and lives in Bridge- 
 
 water, Vt.J 
 
 AUSTIN. 
 
 But little is known of the ancestry of the Austins of this town. The 
 father of Nathan, named below, was killed by the Indians, but the time 
 and place cannot be' ascertained. The father and son were fording a river, 
 both on one horse, when the savages fired upon them. The father was 
 killed and fell into the river, but the boy and the horse escaped unhurt. 
 This boy was taken to Pelham, and there he was brought up, and there 
 he married; and his posterity are very numerous and respectable. 
 
 NATHAN AUSTIN came here from Pelham, and began the Danforth 
 farm, west of the Gould place, in 1780. His wife was Phebe Barker, half- 
 sister to Capt. Peter Barker. Brought with him a large family. Moved 
 to Rochester, Vt., in 1800, and died there very aged in 1840. Their chil- 
 dren, besides four little ones buried in Antrim, were: — 
 
 1. Nathan, [m. 1st, Betsey Brown ; 2d, Sarah Brown ; went 
 
 with his father to Rochester, Vt., and d. there in 1847, aged 
 78.] 
 
 2. Marena, [b. 1770, m. John Brown ; had one son, Samuel, b. 
 
 in Antrim, who m. Louisa Ayer, and is now living in Mont- 
 pelier, Ind. After the birth of Samuel, they moved to 
 Rochester, Vt., and had a large family, one of whom, 
 Thomas Brown, m. his cousin, Lucy Brown of Antrim, in 
 1829, and lived on what is called the Thomas Brown place, 
 till 1866, when he moved to Hancock. Mrs. Lucy Brown 
 
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 d. in 1875, aged 74. Marena d. in Goshen, Vt., at the age 
 of 80.J 
 
 3. Hannah, [m. Ezra Washburn and lived and d. in Rochester, 
 
 Vt. The date of her death was Sept. 6, 1833, and her age 
 54.J 
 
 4. Daniel, [m. Polly Baker, lived in Rochester, Vt., and d. there 
 
 May, 1827.] 
 
 5. Abijah, [went to Potsdam, N. Y., m. Polly Shaw, and d. 
 
 April 1.5, 1860, aged 19.. His wife d. Feb. 7, 1858, aged 
 76.J 
 
 6. Phinehas, [m. "Dicy " Washburne, went to Potsdam, N. Y., 
 
 and d. there April 15, 1863. His wife d. Aug. 20, 1865, 
 aged 80.] 
 
 7. Sarah, [m. Daniel Shaw of Rochester, Vt., went to Potsdam, 
 
 N. Y., and d. there, Dec. 22, 1834, aged 47. Her husbaud 
 d. April 20, 1854, aged 73.] 
 
 8. Isaac, [went to Potsdam, m. Mary Field, moved to Hopkinton, 
 
 N. Y., and d. there, March 1, 1862, aged 72. His wife d. 
 Oct. 4, 1863, aged 69.] 
 
 AVERILL. 
 
 PHILIP AYERILL, son of Thomas and Mary Averill, of Windsor, 
 born in Amherst, 1789 ; married, 1st, Hannah Boutwell, Sept. 16, 1812 ; 2d, 
 Mary Vose, Sept. 28, 1834; 3d, Hannah G. Barber of Peterborough. 
 Lived many years in a house then standing near Windsor line, on the 
 road above Daniel Swett's; moved thence to Peterborough in 1836, and 
 died there, Sept. 27, 1868. Children : — 
 
 1. Mart Ann, [b. Jan. 30, 1815 ; m. 1st, James Boutelle, Jr., 
 
 Oct. 23, 1834; 2d, Benjamin B. Osmer ; lives in Peterbor- 
 ough.] 
 
 2. John, [b. June 29, 1817, m. Elisabeth Puffer of Peterbor- 
 
 ough.] 
 
 AVERY. 
 
 DAVID P. AVEBY, born in Greenfield, 1821 ; married Mary A. 
 Newhall of Nottingham ; came here in 1856, and lived where John C. 
 Butterfield now lives; was a carpenter by trade ; moved to Rutland, Mass., 
 in 1868; has but one child, now Mrs. Daniel C. Putnam of that place. 
 
 BAILEY. 
 
 LEYI P. BAILEY, son of Luther and Betsey (Crombie) Bailey, was 
 born in Troy, Vt., in 1818; married Hannah Morse, and came here into 
 the Ohampney house, at the Branch, in 1876. Children: — 
 
346 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1. William, [b. July 4, 1841.J 
 
 2. Marcus M., [b. Oct. 4, 1843, m. Helen Thompson, and lives in 
 
 Nelson.] 
 
 3. Charles, [b. Nov. 26, 1844, m. Abby Quint of Great Palls, 
 
 and settled in Wilton. J 
 
 4. Hiram S., [m. Mary A. Woodward of Francestown, lived 
 
 here awhile, where one child, Walter, was b. Nov. 18, 1876.] 
 
 5. Levi E. 
 
 6. Amanda, [m. Richard Woodward, and lives in Francestown.] 
 
 7. Alonzo p., [m. Sarah Woodward, sister of above ; lived here 
 
 in 1876. One child, Charles, was b. here in Nov., 1876,] 
 
 BAKER. 
 
 The ancestor of Elliot Webster Baker in this country was John 
 Baker, who came from England, and, bringing a large family, settled in 
 Waltham, Mass., in 1738, where he resided six years. Then the father, 
 and probably his younger children, removed to Killingsley, Conn., while 
 the others remained. The youngest son was Richard, who was ten years 
 of age on arrival in this country. In 1757, he purchased a section of 
 wild land in Westminster, Mass., with the intention of settling on the 
 same, but was pressed into the army against the Erench and Indians 
 for one year. At the close of the year the British officers refused them 
 their discharge. But the whole company, being stationed at Albany, N. 
 Y., determined to leave in a body, and, making themselves snow-shoes, 
 they started across the Green Mountains over the deep snow for their 
 home in Massachusetts. They were safe from pursuit, inasmuch as they 
 could not be followed without snow-shoes, no considerable number of 
 which would be ready. But they lost their way, wandering several days 
 ajnong the mountains, till, after a time, they struck Deerfield river, and 
 followed it to Coleraine, where they found welcome and shelter and food. 
 They slept on the snow, and were nine days without provisions, except a 
 small dog which they killed and ate. Mr. Baker reached his friends in 
 safety, soon after married Mary Sawyer of Lancaster, settled on his land, 
 had a large family of children, and died in good old age. The fourth 
 son of Richard and Mary (Sawyer) Baker was Bezeleel, who was born in 
 Westminster, Mass., 1768. He came to Marlborough, our State, in 1787, 
 and selected a tract of land on which he soon after settled. In 1793, he 
 married Abigail, daughter of Dea. IsTathan Wood of his native town. 
 They had several children, among them the late Dea. Abel Baker, dea- 
 con of the Congregational Church of Troy, and Asa Baker of Jaffrey. 
 The latter married, first, Hannah Moors ; second, Adeline Plummer, 
 daughter of Jesse T. Plummer of Goffstown. The second marriage 
 occurred June 19, 1856. Asa Baker died in Jaflfrey, Oct. 12, 1869. His 
 first wife died Dec. 24, 1854. 
 
 \ 
 
 ELLIOT W. BAKER, son of Asa and Hannah (Moors) Baker, was 
 
 born in Jaffrey, Sept. 1, 1846. He came here with his step-mother in 
 
GENEALOGIES. 347 
 
 1870, into the Ephraim Simonds house in South Village, which house in 
 itself and surroundings he has greatly improved. Mr. Baker is the very 
 careful and obliging insurance agent for this section. He married Julia 
 V. McCoy of Antrim, Feb. 10, 1878. 
 
 BALCH. 
 
 JAMES T. BALCH, son of Varion and Mary (Thompson) Balch of 
 FrancestoVn, born there 1817, came here 1840, to work for Dea. Baldwin 
 in the manufacture of hoes; married Lois W.Robbins, 1844; lives in the 
 Eobbins house ; has children : — 
 
 1. Charles P., [b. Nov. 29, 1844, m. Ellen 0. Fleming Nov. 
 
 17, 1870, and lives in Bennington.] 
 
 2. George W., [drowned May 8, 1852, aged 6 years. Went 
 
 fishing with other boys, and fell into the river near Baldwin 
 bridge] 
 
 3. William A., [b. Nov. 4, 1856.] 
 
 4. John A., [b. Feb. 28, I860.] 
 
 BALDWIN. 
 
 HENEY BALDWIN of Devonshire, England, was a citizen of 
 Woburn, Mass., as early as 1640. Was selectman and deacon of the 
 church. He married Phebe Richardson of England, Nov. 1, 1649, and 
 had eleven children. He died Feb. 14, 1698. His eighth child, Henry 
 Baldwin, Jr., married Abigail Fisk, May 4, 1692, and had eight children, 
 of whom Isaac, the third in order, was born Feb. 20, 1700. This Isaac 
 married Mary Flagg, March 24, 1726, and had four children : Luke, Jedu- 
 thun, Nahum, and Isaac, Jr. 
 
 Nahum, known as " Col. Nahum," was born May 3, 1734, and settled 
 in Amherst. This was without doubt the record of the ancestry of the 
 Antrim family, and may be found more full in Savage's Genealogical 
 Dictionary. Some of the descendants of Dea. Henry Baldwin are said to 
 occupy places in Woburn settled by him two hundred and forty years 
 ago. " Col. Nahum Baldwin" was the "village blacksmith" of Am- 
 herst, was deacon in the Congregational Church the last fourteen years 
 of his life, and died May 7, 1788. 
 
 ISAAC BALDWIN of Antrim was son of Col. Nahum and Martha 
 (Low) Baldwin, and grandson of Isaac Baldwin. The father. Col. 
 Nahum, was an officer of considerable note in the Revolutionary war, 
 was the first treasurer of Hillsborough county, was a man of property, 
 was several times representative of Amherst in the New Hampshire 
 Congress, and took conspicuous place oh its committees and in its 
 debates, as appears by the Journal of the House. He was one of the 
 parties in the first case brought before a grand jury in this county. 
 The other party was Jonas Stepleton, who, being brought to the bar, 
 pleaded guilty, and threw himself upon the mercy of the court. It was 
 a queer kind of mercy which was dispensed, according to the old record. 
 
348 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 thus : " It is ordered that the Stepleton be whipped twenty stripes on 
 the naked back at the publio whipping-post between the liours of one 
 and two of the afternoon of this third day of October (1771), and that he 
 pay Nahum Baldwin, 1?he owner of the good stolen, forty-four pounds 
 lawful money, being tenfold the value of the goods stolen (the goods 
 stolen being returned), and that in default of the payment of said tenfold 
 damage and cost of prosecution, the said Nahum Baldwin be authorized 
 to dispose of said Jonas in servitude to any of His Majesty's subjects for 
 the space of seven years, to commence from this day." 
 
 Isaac, who came here, was born in Amherst in 1768. He married 
 Bethia Poole of Hollis, before coming here. Came and settled the Bald- 
 win farm on the river in 1793. He was a stirring, earnest, useful man, 
 greatly respected by all. Was one often called to preside in town meet- 
 ings, and go ahead in important matters. He died in the prime- of man- 
 hood, in 1821. He raised a large and respectable family as follows 
 below. The marriage of his sister, who settled near him in Antrim, 
 appears in the "Village Messeuger" of Amherst, thus : "In Antrim 
 Sept. 1797 Mr. William Starrett to the agreeable Miss. Lucy Baldwin." 
 
 1. Emma, [b. at Amherst July IS, 1792, m. Jabez Youngman 
 
 March ,14-, 1809, and now lives in Dorchester.] 
 
 2. Fanny, [b. at Antrim Feb. 26, 1794, m. Dr. Israel Burnliam 
 
 Dec. 11, 1817, and d. April 8, 1847.] 
 
 3. Dea. Isaac, [b. Mar. 22, 1796 ; m. 1st, Sarah Osgood of Nel- 
 
 son, in 1823, who d. in 1831 ; 2d, Nancy White of Nelson, 
 in 18H3, and d. Feb. 9, 1872. He was one of the building 
 committee of the Center Church in 1826, afterwards was 
 deacon in the Congregational Church at Bennington many- 
 years. He was a good man, very decided in his convictions 
 and set in his purposes, yet always meaning to be right. 
 Children : — 
 
 Sarah A., (b. June 20, 1824, now Mrs. Gideon Dodge of Fair- 
 fax, lo.) 
 
 Isaac 0., (b. Feb. 23, 1826, graduated at Dartmouth College 
 in 1849, m. Elizabeth Means of Ohio, and .is a lawyer of 
 note in Clinton, lo.} 
 - Nathaniel 0., (m: Mary Clough of Lowell, Mass., d. in New 
 York City in 1859.) 
 
 John W., (m. Mary Currier of New York City ; had one child, 
 Frank, b. here 1865 ; is now a merchant in New York City.) 
 
 Abby B., (m. Maj Benjamin R. Jenne Oct. 18, 1869, and lives 
 in Brattleboro', Vt.) 
 
 Albert, (b. in 1837, m. Martha J. Eaton in 1871 ; is in the in- 
 surance business at Brattleboro', Vt.) 
 
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 Benjamin B., (m. Carrie Cochran, and lives in Clinton, lo.) 
 
 Edward P., (now -of Fairfax, lo.)] 
 4. Dexter, [b. July 5, 1798 ; graduated from Dartmouth Medical 
 College in 1823, practiced medicine many years in Mount Ver- 
 non, Me. , afterwards in Boston ; retired after practice of nearly 
 forty years, to Framingham, Mass., in 1860, and died there 
 May 27, 1870. Was one of the first " abolitionists " in 
 Maine ; a man of strict principles and a helper in every 
 good work ; m. 1st, Caroline Peabody of Franklin, 1824, 
 who soon died ; 2d, Lavina B. Howard of Winthrop, Me., 
 in 1829. He was a fine specimen of the physical man, 
 pleasant, fearless, and open-hearted. Once in public meet- 
 ing when the votes were counted and they found one " abo- 
 lition " vote, they sneeringly shouted, " Dr. Baldwin ! " " Dr. 
 Baldwin ! " At once he raised himself on tiptoe, and stand- 
 ing high above them all he said : " Yes, gentlemen ; and 
 you and I will live to see the day when a vote like that will 
 be the rule and not the exception in this town ! " And he 
 was right. But it was thirty years before the war. J 
 
 5. Nahum, [b. July 13, 1800, d. of spotted fever in 1812.] 
 
 6. Samuel, [b. June 15, 1802; m. 1st, Betsey G. Bell of Ben- 
 
 nington, in 1830 ; 2d, Mrs. Martha (G-regg) Lear of Man- 
 chester, in 1871. Settled in 1832 in North Branch as a 
 blacksmith, moved thence to Bennington in 1836, where he 
 still resides. Has followed business of machinist and man- 
 ufacturer. Three eldest children were born in Antrim. 
 
 Anna M., (b. March 13, 1833, m. Levi Woodbury of Antrim 
 May 21, 1856; a woman whose amiability and good works 
 are often heard mentioned with praise throughout the town. 
 We are indebted to her for some of the views in this book.) 
 
 Samuel Dexter, (b. June 11, 1834, unm., d. in Bennington, 
 1879.) 
 
 William K., (b. Nov. 1, 1835, m. Nancy E. Barrett of Wilton 
 Sept. 6, 1861 ; was a merchant in East Wilton many years ; 
 d. in the midst of his usefulness, Feb. 12, 1877.) 
 
 Eelen P., (b. Bennington Feb. 25, 1838, m. Abram A. Ram- 
 say Nov. 28, 1860.) 
 
 iMcretia G., (b. May 7, 1840, d. Nov. 27, 1863.) 
 
 Sarah F., (b. Aug. 27, 1841, d. Oct. 26, 1873.) 
 
 Augusta J., (b. Jan. 16, 1843, m. George A. Whittemore May 
 2, 1866.)] 
 
350 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 7. LucT, [b. June 12, 1804; m. 1st, Dr. David Flanders, Sept. 
 
 20, 1829 ; 2d, David Watts, 1865 ; 3d, Aaron Perkins, 
 1858 ; 4tli, Dea. Fiske of Wilmot, March 15, 1872.] 
 
 8. Thomas J., [b. Dec. 16, 1806, d. of spotted fever in 1812, 
 
 aged 6.] 
 
 9. "William, [b. May 15, 1809, m. Abigail R. Kenney of "West- 
 
 brook, Me.; was a man of energy and large business ; d. 
 at Lawrenceville, 111., 1849. His wife d. 1865, aged 56.] 
 
 10. Cyrus, [b. May 14, 1811 ; studied at New Ipswich, then at 
 Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; entered Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, 1835, was graduated in class of 1839 ; went as teacher 
 to Meriden the following year ; has been an honored and 
 successful teacher nearly forty years, at Palmyra, N. Y., at 
 Freehold, N. J., and at Providence, R. I., but mostly at 
 Meriden, where he now resides; m. Hannah Shattuck of 
 Meriden, in 1841. Few sons of Antrim have a better 
 record.] 
 
 11. Harriet, [b. April 26, 1814, m. Dr. J. L. Flanders Oct. 15, 
 1836 ; mo%'ed to Lawrence, 111., and d. there in 1846.] 
 
 12. Estimate R. E., [b. Oct. 22, 1816, m. Dr. Calvin McQues- 
 tion Sept. 11-, 1844, and went to Hamilton, C. E. Harriet 
 and Estimate once went over the river for the cows, when, 
 being gone some time, the water suddenly rising flooded the 
 road three feet deep. But undismayed, each got on a cow's 
 back and rode through it home !] 
 
 JAMES BALDWIN, born in Tyngsborough, Mass., in 1783, son of 
 Jeremiah and (Carr) Baldwin, married Abigail Pollard of Green- 
 field, in 1814; settled in Hillsborough, but moved to the Solomon Hop- 
 kins place, Antrim, in 1835, where he lived eighteen years, then moved 
 back to Hillsborough and died there at the age of eighty-eight. Left 
 two children : — 
 
 1. Abby, [b. in 1816, m. Ericson Burnham, and d. in Hillsbor- 
 
 ough in 1858, leaving two daughters now m. and living in 
 California.] 
 
 2. Maria, [b. in 1821, m. Alonzo Travis, and is now living in 
 
 Mont Vernon.] 
 
 BALLARD. 
 
 BARTHOLOMEW BALLARD came here from Ashby, Mass., 1796. 
 Soon after built what is known as the Henry Hill house'. South Village, 
 in one part of which he lived, and in the other part manufactured clocks. 
 His work was quite distinguished in that day. Many of these clocks are 
 
GENEALOGIES. 351 
 
 in existence now, and occasionally appear on sale, marked, " B. Ballard, 
 Antrim." They were of the old-fashioned kind, standing in the corner 
 of the room. One of these is now in possession of the writer, having 
 run eighty years, — fifty of those years giving the time to one family in 
 Maiden, Mass. It is still in good condition and bears marks of delicate 
 workmanship. Mr. Ballard left Antrim, probably in 1806, and went into 
 the same business in Ohio, and died near Columbus, that State, in 1830. 
 He married, first, Rusha Lawrence, in 1796 ; second, Lucinda Lawrence 
 of Ashby, Mass., cousin of the first. Only two children known: — 
 
 1. Christiana, [b. in- 1800, daughter of first wife.] 
 
 2. Lucinda, [daughter of second wife, b. 1804, d. unm. 1829.] 
 
 BALL. 
 
 JAMES ~B ALL, born in Townsend, Mass., Jan. 1,1764, was son of 
 Lieut. Jeremiah and Mary (Stevens) Ball, and grandson of Jeremiah 
 Ball, who married another Mary Stevens and settled in Townsend in 
 1727. This last was son of Nathaniel Ball. This> Nathaniel's father was 
 Nathaniel, sou of John Ball, who came from "Wiltshire, England, and set- 
 tled in Concord, Mass., in 1640. 
 
 James Ball married Rebecca Shattuck of Pepperell, Mass., in 1791 ; 
 came here about 1796, probably a little earlier. Was one of the refugees 
 from the Shay's Rebellion that escaped into New Hampshire in 1787. 
 Cleared and built about half-way up the west side of Robb mountain, and 
 there after a time he was joined by his wife and their two children. She 
 died on the mountain in 1829. Not long after he went to live with his 
 son Jonas in Nashua ; and they two died within a day of each other, Au- 
 gust, 1850. Children: — 
 
 1. James D., [b. Jan. 28, 1794, m. Mary Farnsworth.J 
 
 2. John, [b. June 15, 1796, m. Rebecca Proctor of Stoddard in 
 
 1818 ; took the homestead farm, lived here till 1835, when 
 he moved to Washington, where he yet lives. His children 
 were : — 
 
 Dexter, (m. Hannah Brockway, lives in Washington.) 
 
 Nathaniel, (m. Sylvia J. Perkins, lived in Washington ; killed 
 by a blow from a cart-tongue in 1858.) 
 
 Worcester H., (m. Lydia A. Allen of Nashua, lives in Washing- 
 ton.) 
 
 Henry M-, (m. Emily J. Kidder of Walpole, lives in Wasli- 
 ington.) 
 
 Rebecca H., (m. Andrew J. Barney, lives in Washington.) 
 
 Bosanna, (m. Sumner Fairbanks and moved to the West.) 
 
 Allen W., (m. Frances Bradford.)] 
 
 3. Nehemiah, [d. in 1817, aged 16.] 
 
 4. David, [b. in 1804, m. Julia West of Greenfield, settled in 
 
 Oregon.] 
 
352 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 5. Jonas, [b. July 3, 1807, m. Rosa Nichols of Haverhill, Mass., 
 
 moved to Mariow, thence to Nashua, where he d. Aug. 14, 
 1850'.] 
 
 6. Sarah, [b. April 18, 1810, m. Benjamin Mead of Swanzey 
 
 March 6, 1834, and lives in that town.j 
 
 BARKER. 
 
 NATHAN" B. BAEKER, son of Dauiel and Bathsheba (Blanchard) 
 Barker, was born in Lyndeborough in 1784. His fatlier was lost in the 
 Revolutionary war. Nathan B. was himself an officer in the war of 
 1812 ; married Hannah Parker of Peterborough ; came with his children 
 from Bennington in 1833, and located on the Adam Dunlap place, where 
 he lived till 1846, when he followed his children to Western New York, 
 and died in Buffalo in 1864. Children : — 
 
 1. Stephen B., [b. in Greenfield in 1808; m. Abigail Ordway of 
 
 Deering July 12, 1835. She d. in Lyndeborough July 15, 
 1850. He lived here several years, then moved to Frances- 
 town and d. Feb. 2, 1860. His children (b. in Antrim) 
 are: — 
 
 Nancy ^ (m. Daniel F. Carey, and went to Cedar Rapids, lo.) 
 
 Clark E., (d. unm. March 15, 1861.) 
 
 Nathan, (lives unm. at Morton, 111.) 
 
 Newton, (d. quite young.) 
 
 ■Stephen N., (b. July 19, 1843, m. Mrs. Evelyn S. (Upton) 
 Walker Nov. 27, 1878, and lives in Nashua. He serve'd in 
 the late war both in army and navy, was in Admiral Por- 
 ter's Mississippi squadron, and was all through the Red- 
 river expedition, and for some time after the close of the 
 war was stationed in the navy-yard at Brooklyn, N. Y.) 
 
 Hannah M., (m. N. T. Hartshorn and lives in Concord.)] 
 
 2. PfiOP. Nathan B., Jr., [b. in Peterborough in 1811, was a 
 
 teacher all his life after the age of 17. Went to Riga, N. Y., 
 and there m. Minerva N. Morse in 1841, and d. of apoplexy 
 in 1873. At the time of his death he was principal of Buf- 
 falo public school ; was an able and good man, and left chil- 
 dren : Sarah, James W., Ella, Jennie, and Ida.j 
 
 3. Sarah, [d. unm. in 1835, aged 21. J 
 
 4. Rev. Sew all P., [b. in 1816; is a Methodist minister; 
 
 ordained at Shelby, N. Y. ; m. Eliza Dean and lives in Buf-, 
 falo. Has been a teacher most of his life.] 
 
 5. Abel P., [m. Esther M. Sargent of Manchester, 1842 ; lived 
 
 some years in that city; thence went to New York ; thence 
 
GENEALOGIES. 353 
 
 eight years in California ; now^ lives in Nashua ; has but one 
 son living, Abel W.] 
 6. Prof. James "W., [b. 1824 ; degree of A. M. conferred upon 
 him by Hillsdale College, Michigan, 1861; m. Amanda Bal- 
 com of Lockport, N. Y., 1848 ; teacher from age of 18 except 
 a short editorial career ; was president of New York State 
 Teachers' Association, 1868 ; has place of high responsibil- 
 ity in Buffalo city schools ; is a poet of some eminence, his 
 occasional pieces finding a welcome place in periodicals for 
 many years. The Antrim Centennial Poem was from his 
 pen. He is also editor of " The Buffalo School Journal," a 
 vigorous eight-page paper in that city.] 
 
 Peter and Abijah Barker, Eevolutionary soldiers and good men, were 
 sons of Zebediah and Deborah (Merrill) Barker of Atkinson. 
 
 Caft. peter barker married Sally Wood and came here in 1789, 
 or a little earlier. They had a child born here that year. He bought 
 the place now Levi Curtis's, and began to clear the same ; but, after a 
 time, for reasons not given,, exchanged places with Charles Wood, his 
 wife's brother, who had made a beginning on the Moody Barker place. 
 On this last Gapt. Peter lived and died, and his descendants still occupy 
 the ground. This exchange of places seems to have been made during 
 the year 1789, and before either party had subdued a great amount of 
 land. Peter Barker was captain of the " Alarm List," of which notice 
 will be found in the military history of Antrim. He died May 23, 1829, 
 aged seventy-four, and his wife in 1843, aged eighty-eight. Children : — 
 
 1. Samuel, [b. in Atkinson, m. Polly Barker of Hancock, lived 
 
 several years in a log house a little west of the Artemas 
 
 Brown place; in 1817 went to Oppenheim, N. Y., and d. 
 
 there in 1870, aged 87. His wife d. March, 1874, aged 89. 
 
 Children born here were : — 
 Nancy ^ (b. Dec. 20, 1805, m. John Warner, of Oppenheim, d. 
 
 1877.) 
 Samuel, (b. 1807, d. 1812.) 
 Peter, (b. 1809, d. in infancy.) 
 
 Susannah, (b. 1810, became 2d wife of William Cook.) 
 Peggy W., (b. 1812, married William Cook, d. 1862.) 
 Mary, (m. Jacob Cook of Oppenheim, and is yet living in that 
 
 place.) 
 Mhridge (?., (m. Mary Stone, lives on farm adjoining the 
 
 homestead of his father.) 
 These seven children were born in Antrim. Afterward five 
 others were born to them whose names are given below : — 
 
 23 
 
354 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 William B., (m. 1st, Meray Haile of Temple ; 2d, /Mary Hud- 
 son ; lives in Oppenheim.) 
 Samuel, (m. Eliza J. Poster, d. 1868 aged 48.) 
 Sarah, (m. Benjamin Turney, lives in Johnstown, N. Y.) 
 Lucy S., (d. 1836, aged 12.) 
 Peter, (m. Adeline Fuller, d. Orwell, N. Y., 1865.)] 
 
 2. Hannah, [b. in Atkinson, m. Daniel Mcllvaine Jan. 28, 1808, 
 
 d. June 14, 1856.] 
 
 3. Peter, [b. in Antrim March 14, 1789, m. Maria D. Marsh in 
 
 St. Albans, Vt., went to Cleveland, 0., and died there 1864. J 
 
 4. Isaac, [b. July 2, 1791 ; brick-maker by trade ; m. Nabby 
 
 Taylor Dec. 26, 1817 ; settled in Deering, then moved to 
 
 Charlestowu, Mass., thence after a brief sojourn in Antrim 
 
 he moved to Centre Township, To., and died there Nov. 
 
 26, 1872. His second wife was Abigail Nesmith, whom he 
 
 mai'ried October, 1847. He left five children, three by first 
 
 wife and two by second, as follows : — 
 Hannah T., (b. Dec. 20, 1818, m. Zebadiah Kinsley of Somer- 
 
 ville, Mass.) 
 Isaac, (b". Oct. 23, 1823, m. Mary 0. Giles of Somerville, Mass. ; 
 
 is brick-maker by trade ; is an honored and wealthy citizen 
 
 of San Prancisco, Cal.) 
 Henry L., (unm., lives in San Prancisco.) 
 John J., (b. August, 1848, is railroad engineer in Iowa.) 
 Milton R., (b. October, 1851, m. Mary Hanna, lives in Mount 
 
 Vernon, lo.)] 
 
 5. Thomas, [b. 1793, m. Nancy Taylor 1825 ; settled in Deering, 
 
 but after the death of his wife came back to Antrim ; m. 2d, 
 Pamelia . Barker of Sutton, lived at foot of sand-hill and 
 died there 1867. Left no children.] 
 
 6. Capt. Moody Morse, [b. May 24, 1795, m. Nancy Bixby of 
 
 Hillsborough in 1821, and remained on homestead. They 
 lived together till March 24, 1873, when he died, and she 
 followed March 26. They were quiet, unassuming, and 
 Christian in their lives. Children : — 
 John B., (b. 1822, m. Harriet Newton of Bennington, went to 
 
 Mexico, and d. there in prime of life.) 
 Mmily, (b. 1824, m. Samuel Brown, and lives in Wilton.) 
 Adeline, (b. Sept. 12, 1829, m. Charles Wood of Hillsborough,: 
 July 3, 1854.) 
 
GENEALOGIES. 355 
 
 Miles O., (b. 1832, m. Sarah J. Oarr of Hillsborough, lives in 
 
 Nashua.) 
 Eenry M., (b. Aug. 24, 1838, m. Mary J. Colburn of New 
 Boston Nov. 30, 1864, lives on homestead settled by his 
 grandfather, and has three sons : Herbert L., b. Aug. 27, 
 1866 ; Harry C, b. March 31, 1870 ; and Fred M., b. May 
 4, 1871.)] 
 7. Sally, [b. Jan. 26, 1797, m. Dea. Asa Bond, now lives a 
 widow in Hancock.] 
 
 ABIJAH BARKER, the other son of Zebediah and Deborali (Merrill) 
 Barker that came here, married Susannah Wood, sister of Peter Bar- 
 ker's wife, and moved here in the spring of 1787. Probably these two 
 brothers were here a season or two at work before moving here. He 
 located in the pasture northeast of Alvin Barker's ; cleared the land 
 and built the house himself, living in a room of Daniel Nichols's house 
 (now George Turner's) until his humble shelter could be reared. In 
 this house of his own building he raised his family, and lived till 1834, — 
 forty-seven years, — when he went to spend his old age with his children, 
 and died April 22, 1847, aged eighty-seven. His wife died Oct. 28, 1840, 
 aged eighty. She was a woman of great courage and endurance. As an 
 illustration of this, one fact may be given. In the fall of 1 1791, she went 
 on a visit to Atkinson, upwards of forty-five miles as the bad and 
 crooked roads were then, went through in one day on horseback and 
 alone, and on a man-saddle, and carried her babe Gideon, weighing 
 eighteen pounds, in her arms ! What think ye of that, young misses 
 hardly able to walk out to dinner ? Who argues for easy carriages any 
 longer ? 
 
 After Mr. Barker had moved away, the old buildings he had occupied 
 so long dropped to pieces by the decay of years, and now no vestige of 
 them remains ; the bridle-path to them is grown over ; and few of the 
 living remember the spot. The children of Abijah and Susannah 
 (Wood) Barker were thus : — 
 
 1. Ohakles W., [b. Sept. 17, 1787, m. Polly Chapman of Wind- 
 sor Dec. 17, 1811-; lived some years between John Barker 
 place and Cooledge place, in the deep valley, in the Brown 
 house which has been gone near half a century ; built the 
 Cooledge house 1823 ; moved to Henniker, 1829, and there 
 both husband and wife are now living in ripe and honorable 
 old age. Children born in Antrim : -^ 
 
 John, (b. April 4, 1813, m. Mary J. McClure, d. in Boston 
 Feb. 15, 1873.) 
 
 Mary 0., (b. Jan. 13, 1816, m. James M. French, lives in 
 Henniker.) 
 
356 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Almira A., (b. March 19, 1820, m. Joseph Nichols, lives in 
 Manchester.) 
 
 Caroline M., (b. June 5, 1823, d. aged 6 years.) 
 
 Charles W., (b. June 19, 1828, m. Caroline B. Eaton, d. in 
 Warren, October, 1875.)] 
 2. Abijah, [b. Jan. 7, 1789, m. Jane Mcllvaine 1817, and set^ 
 tied on the mountain south of where widow Levi Curtis 
 lives. In 1824 he built, on land bought of Daniel Mcll- 
 vaine, the house now Alvin Barker's, moving his barn from 
 the farm on the mountain to this place, and occupying most 
 of the homestead of his father ; d. August, 1870. Had 
 children : — 
 
 Susan H., (b. Oct. 8, 1818, m. Frederick Gray of Bennington 
 April 17, 1847, and d. in that town Sept. 12, 1850.) 
 
 Robert, (d. in infancy.) 
 
 Minda Gr., (b. March 23, 1823 ; m. Hartwell Lakin, the jew- 
 eler in Bennington, f'eb. 25, 1851.) " 
 
 Livera 0., (b. Feb. 26, 1825.) 
 
 Betsey J., (b. May 27, 1827, m. William Russell of Gi;eenfield, 
 d. June 23, 1865.) 
 
 Allen, (d. in childhood.) 
 
 Alvin JR., (b. Nov. 27, 1831, occupies homestead, m. Mary E. 
 Shattuck June 1,1859; has children: Willis A., b. June 
 3, 1860; Allen F., b. Jan. 15, 1862; Junia E., b. March 
 19, 1863 ; Nellie M., b. Feb. 4, 1868 ; and Eugene L., b. 
 May 27, 1870. Part of the rear of Alvin Barker's house 
 was built by Robert McAllister at the foot of Perry's hill, 
 1793, then after some years was moved up near the Dea. 
 Woods cider-mill and occupied by Samuel Brown ; next 
 was moved out east of Campbell's pond, and there occu- 
 pied some years by same Brown ; then was moved to the 
 Kidder place and occupied by Reuben Kidder, and last to 
 the Barker place, where it now abides !) 
 
 Mzaphan I., (b. Feb. 22, 1834, m. Elizabeth Wheeler of New 
 Boston Oct. 4, 1859, lived some years on the John Barker 
 place, moved to Nashua 1871.)] 
 8. Gideon, [b. in 1791, went to the State of Maine about the age 
 of 21, m. Lavinia Brown near Canaan, that State ; served in 
 the army through a large part of the war of 1812, was paid 
 and discharged, and is supposed to have been murdered on 
 the way home.] 
 
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 4. John, [b. in 1794, m. Mary A. Taft of Deering, lived on the 
 
 Joshua Atwood place, and d. there March 23, 1872. Left 
 no children.] 
 
 5. Polly, [b. in 1796, m. Joseph Moulton, d. 1872.] 
 
 6. Susannah, [b. in' 1798, d. num. 1832.] 
 
 BARNES. 
 
 WILLIAM BARNES came here from Hillsborough, and was son of 
 Bev. Jonathan Barnes, first minister of that town, who was born in 1749, 
 graduated at Harvard College in 1770, and married Abigail Curtis 1774, 
 having built the preceding year the house at Hillsborough Center now 
 occupied by his grandson, Samuel G. Barnes, Esq. William, their son, 
 was born Christmas day, 1774. Married Mehitable Miller, and came 
 here and built the famous three-story house on the Gould place, 1802. 
 There he kept tavern several years. This place, which he had bought 
 of John McCoy, he sold about 1812 to William Lawrence. During his 
 stay here, he owned and occupied an extensive stage-line, — a most 
 important business at that day. This three-story hotel was burned in 
 February, 1818. In 1812 Mr. Barnes went back to Hillsborough ; thence 
 went to Stanstead, Canada ; thence after some years to Mokena, 111., 
 where he died in 1855, leaving no children. 
 
 BARRETT. 
 
 ISAAC BAEEETT, son of Isaac and Susan (Page) Barrett, came 
 here from Hudson in 1808, and succeeded Samuel McAdams on the 
 Daniel Holt farm ; married Susan, sister of Gapt. John Woithley, and 
 died in 1850, aged sixty-nine. Their children were : — 
 
 1. PoLLT, [b. Nov. 19, 1811, d. aged 20.J 
 
 2. Isaac, [b. July 7, 1813, m. Mary Breed ; has lived mostly in 
 
 Lowell, though he occupied the Aiken or Dea. Burnham 
 place in South Village from 1864 to 1875 ; has long had a 
 place of trust in the Lowell mills ; has but one child, Ida 
 M., b. Oct. 25, 1849, who married, Dec. 10, 1873, Charles 
 E. Adams, a merchant in that city.] 
 
 3. Nahtjm, [b. in 1815, m. Mary Noyes of Henniker, and went 
 
 to Nashua.] 
 
 4. DusTiN, [b. Nov. 29, 1816 ; bought the, Dr. Cleaves place in 
 
 1858 ; m. Louisa A. Hall ; has children : Levi, b. Jan. 31, 
 1860 ; Nellie L., b. Sept. 4, 1864 ; Isaac, b. May 12, 1869 ; 
 and Kate A., b. May 13, 1871.] 
 
 5. Abel, [b. Sept. 19, 1824, m. Lemira Blackington of Woburn, 
 
 Mass., in 1857, and now lives in that place.] 
 
 CHARLES A. BARRETT, son of Jesse and Ann (Lawrence) Bar- 
 rett of Brookline, Mass., was born in 1835, married Mrs. Betsey A. (But- 
 
358 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 ler) Hill ; came here in 1857 ; has spent many years on the sea ; chil- 
 dren : — 
 
 1. Nellie, [b. in January, 1867.] 
 
 2. Frank A. S., [b. Feb. 22, 1861.] 
 
 3. LuviE E., [b. in March, 1866.] 
 
 4. Freddie S., [b. in December, 1867.] 
 
 5. Anna E., [b. in June, -1871.] 
 
 6. Daniel S., [b. in January, 1875.] 
 
 7. Harry A., [b. in December, 1877.] 
 
 BARTLETT. 
 
 Bev. JOSHUA E. BAETLETT, son of William and Maria (Part- 
 ridge) Bartlett, was born in Templeton, Mass., in 1839, married Martha 
 A. Southworth of North Eastqn, Mass., came here in 1874 as pastor of 
 the Methodist Church, and moved to Amherst in 1876. This was his 
 first charge, and prospered under his care. Has children : Mary E., 
 Maria H., and Edwin S. One younger child was born and died here. 
 
 BASS. 
 
 'EBEN BASS, son gf David and Mary (Eaton) Bass of Deering, and 
 grandson of Simeon and Hannah (Sawyer) Bass of Sharon, was born 
 May 20, 1823. Married Clara Wilkins (daughter of John and Lucinda 
 (Eorsaith) Wilkins, and granddaughter of Bray Wilkins, one of the first 
 settlers of Deering), Nov. 16, 1848. He bought the Dr. Whiton farm in 
 1854, succeeding Silas Hardy on that place, and has since occupied the 
 same, making extensive improvements in buildings and farm. The large 
 and beautiful trees in the yard were planted by Dr. Whiton, assisted by 
 Clark Hopkins, in 1814. They were given to the minister by Hon. John 
 Duncan, who, though an old man, brought them up in his arms on horse- 
 back. This house has been a very popular resort for summer boarders 
 from the city for many years. A second large building was put up for 
 this purpose in 1878. Mr. Bass is one of our live, smart men, diligent in 
 business, has been honored by his townsmen with places of trust, and 
 has had considerable business as auctioneer for years. Children are: — 
 
 1. Ella F., [b.Dec. 5, 1849, m. George F. Newman Nov. 30, 
 
 1871, and lives in Somerville, Mass.] 
 
 2. Charles H., [b. Dec. 9, 1851, m. Jennie Darrah of Benning- 
 
 ton Dec. 25, 1877.] 
 
 3. Clara L., [b. March 24, 1857, m. Lucien W. Putney Nov. 25, 
 
 1875.] 
 
 4. John W., [b. June 24, 1861.] 
 
 5. Frank E., [b. Sept. 4, 1862.] 
 
 DAVID BASS, Jr., brother of Eben, born in 1821; married Jane 
 Carr of Deering ; lived some years in the Cummings house, and for a 
 
GENEALOGIES. 359 
 
 time run the bedstead-factory, now Dea. E. C. Paige's. Is now engaged 
 in extensive wooden manufactures at Woonsocket, B. I. Children : — 
 
 1. Maet a., [b. July 20, 1846, m. Lyman H. Pulton of Bedford 
 
 May 18, 1870.] 
 
 2. Jennie, [d. aged 16.] 
 
 3. Lewis C, [b. May 29, 1862.] 
 
 4. Viola, [b. Not. 4, 1864.] 
 
 LEWIS 0. BASS, brother of the two above, born in Deering in 1831 ; 
 married Mary J. "Wiggin of St. Albans, Me. Came here in 1867, and 
 bought, in company with David, the Cummings place and mill; but soon 
 divided, retaining the farm, bought the Kendall house adjoining, and still 
 occupies the same. 
 
 BATES. 
 
 Eev. JOHN H. BATES, son of Moses and Drusilla (Hart) Bates, 
 born in Colchester, Vt., in 1814 ; fitted for college in Williston, that State, 
 and was a graduate of the University of Vermont, class of 1840. His 
 seminary course was partly at Alleghany City and partly at Union Semi- 
 nary, -ISTew York. Mr. Bates came here, January, 1853. He gave such 
 immediate and full satisfaction that he received a call from the church, 
 Feb. 8, following, and was settled over it (CenteV Church) March 16. He 
 was a fine scholar, an able preacher, and full of the old doctrines. On 
 exchange he was very welcome in all the pulpits of the vicinity. One 
 sermon, " Bighteousness taught by Divine Judgments " (Nov. 27, 1862), 
 was published and extensively circulated. Through the efibrts of Mr. 
 Bates the church was remodeled (1857) and the excellent oigan procured 
 (1864). Much credit is due to him. Far and wide he had the respect of 
 the people. While an effort was being made to increase his salary, he 
 resigned, July 1, 1866. This was his first and only settlement. After 
 leaving Antrim, he preached awhile in Merrimack. Theuy with enfeebled 
 health, he went South ; and though in constant service teaching and 
 preaching, he died very unexpectedly, near Charleston, S. C, May 10, 
 1870. His body lies buried in Magnolia cemetery of that city. Mr. 
 Bates had no children. His wife was Sarah J. HlUyer, a lady of unques- 
 tioned refinement and worth, — now Mrs. Eoland Mather, of Hartford, 
 Conn. 
 
 BEASOM. 
 
 . HENET J. BEASOM, son of Henry and Serena (Williams) Beasom, 
 born in Hudson City, now Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 1, 1851 ; married Vienna 
 C. Upton of Stoddard, June 3, 1873 ; came here the next year to work in 
 Parkhurst's mill at the Branch. More redently has lived in South Vil- 
 lage. Is foreman in one of the cutlery-shops. His wife was born Feb. 
 14, 1852. Children : — 
 
 1. Susan Aloba, [b. Stoddard, March 29, 1874.] 
 
 2. Daniel B., [b. Antrim, May 12, 1876.] 
 
360 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 BELL. 
 
 JOHN BELL, son of Joseph and Mary (Houston) Bell of Bedford, 
 born in 1779, came to Antrim in 1799 ; married Margaret Brown in 1801 ; 
 built the two-story house now Mr. Conant's, was licensed to keep tavern 
 there in 1802 ; lived there sixty-four years, was forty years an elder in 
 the Presbyterian Church, and died Oct. 5, 1864. His wife died Jan. 14, 
 1860, aged eighty-seven. Children : — 
 
 1. Mary, [m. Josiah W Christie May 11, 1830.] 
 
 2. John, [d. in childhood.] 
 
 3. Margaret, [b. 1806, m. Dea. Samuel Wood Dec. 24, 1833.] 
 
 4. Rev. Hiram, [b. Dec. 15, 1807 ; united with the Presbyterian 
 
 Church in 1828 ; vras graduated at Williams College ; studied 
 theology at Bast Windsor, Conn, ; was settled in Marlbor- 
 ough, Killingworth, and Westchester, Conn. ; preached 
 thirty-seven years, and died in the work at Westchester, 
 Conn., June 18, 1876. Was a strong, sound, and successful 
 pastor. His service was all in another State, but always in 
 demand, and honorable to the town that gave him birth. 
 He married Mary E. Wells and left several children. Rare 
 are the men purer and abler than Rev. Hiram Bell. " Their 
 works do follow them."] 
 
 5. Louisa, [d. in childhood.] 
 
 6. Marinda, [d. in childhood.] 
 
 7. John L., [b. June 27, 1815 ; m. Charlotte E. Root, and lived 
 
 in Rochester, N. Y., till his wife died in 1861. He then 
 moved to Kansas ; went thence into the army, was with 
 Sherman in the famous " march to the sea," and, returning, 
 died June 15, 1869.] 
 
 HIEAM BELL was born in Antrim, March 16, 1803. His father, 
 Thomas Bell (son of William Bell of Andover, Mass.), born July 31, 
 1769, lived at the Branch quite a number of years. Thomas had seven ' 
 children: Margaret, John, James, Hiram, Hannah, Thomas Jefferson, and 
 Betsey. He moved to Washington and died there, Feb. 25, 1811, aged 
 forty-two. Was buried in Hillsborough. He married Mary Giles of 
 Deering (one report says 0-ibbs), Sept. 8, 1796. Of the children of 
 Thomas Bell, little has been ascertained of, any except Hiram, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, and Jefferson, who lives highly respected at Chicopee 
 Falls, Mass. The most of them, however, were born in Antrim. Mar- 
 garet, born June 8, 1797, married an overseer in' Lowell by the name of 
 Taylor ; but after his death she returned to Hillsborough, and died there 
 April 8, 1854. John lived and died in Hillsborough. James died unmar- 
 ried. Hannah married a Murdough of Hillsborough, and lived and died 
 in that town. Thomas J. (called "Jefferson" by old people), born Dec. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 361 
 
 23, 1808, married Emily Dean of Bellows Falls, Vt., and is now spoken of 
 as " enjoying the rest and comfort which a life well-spent deserves." 
 
 It is helieved that Thomas Bell moved away about 1809. None of the 
 family returned here to live except Hiram, by whom chiefly the family 
 was identified with this town. Hiram Bell returned to North Branch 
 to live in the fall of 1832, and on Dec. 19, of the same year, he married 
 Mary French. She was horn in Hancock, Aug. 28, 1813. In 18.33, Mr. 
 Bell went into trade at the Branch, in company with Hiram Grifiin . But' 
 he did not long continue in the business ; and we find he moved to Hen- 
 niker in March, 1837. He died Feb. 27, 1871. He left three children 
 whose^ names will be found below. 
 
 Mr. Bell was largely noted as a hotel-keeper. He began his career 
 of serving the public in this way by opening a tavern in company with 
 Ira Cochran in the McCoy brick house in Antrim, now Samuel M. Thomp- 
 son's. This was in 1826, under the " Sign of the Big Pumpkin." He kept 
 a bowling-alley, — -the first in this section, it is said. But he came into 
 notice specially as a landlord at the White Mountains. He presided at 
 the Profile House seven seasons ; at the Crawford House for a time; and 
 at the Pemigewasset House, Plymouth, for many years. Was an exceed- 
 ingly genial and pleasant man, helpful and wide-awake, and everywhere 
 he had a host of friends. 
 
 1. George B., [b. in Antrim May 15, 1834, m. Susan J. Thomp- 
 
 son Dec. 4, 1862 ; was a hotel-keeper in Boston, smart, 
 capable, widely-known, and popular. He died suddenly, 
 April, 1880. Was an alderman of Boston ; was several 
 years in the custom-house, by appointment of the President; 
 was one of those genial men who usually have a host of 
 friends and no enemies. The " Boston Journal " says : " In 
 his private relations he was a most estimable man, and in 
 his official life as a member of the board of aldermen his 
 duties were discharged in a conscientious manner. Although 
 a Democrat in politics, he was not a partisan in deciding 
 matters affecting the interest of the city of Boston, and, 
 although at times differing with his colleagues in this respect, 
 he always had their respect as acting according to his honest 
 convictions."] 
 
 2. Mart B., [b. in Henniker Aug. 21, 1837 ; m. Col. Bdwin R. 
 
 Abbott, Feb. 20, 1860. Mr. Abbott went from Bradford, 
 and is now at the head of an immense hotel at Coney Island, 
 N. Y.] 
 
 3. Ellen A., [b. in Henniker May 4, 1845, m. Solon Newman July 
 
 1, 1873.] 
 
362 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 BEMAINE. 
 
 GEORGE BEMAINE, of English birth, came here in the spring of 
 1770, and made his home several years with Dea. Aiken. He was a de- 
 serter from the British in Boston, and came to this frontier town for con- 
 cealment. Was a man of fifty years or more, wdl educated, was a good 
 reader, a superior penman, and was the first teacher in Antrim, and also 
 the first in Hillsborough. His first school in that town seems to 
 have been in the fall of 1771. In early life he had been a school-mate of 
 l)ilworth, of spelling-book fame. Here he taught the, children, in private 
 houses, as there was no school-house, and deserves credit as one very 
 useful in the new settlement. He finally went into the Revolutionary 
 army, and lost his life at the battle of "White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776. Noth- 
 ing can be learned of his ancestry, or connections. He deserves credit 
 as the first teacher in Antrim or vicinity. Made his home at Dea. Aiken's 
 till death, though occasionally absent for purposes of teaching. Seems 
 to have been a very worthy man, and just the one to meet the wants of 
 these pioneer families, giving instruction when otherwise it must have 
 been denied. 
 
 BICKPORD. 
 
 DANIEL BIGKFOED, an Englishman, one of ten sons, was born on 
 the voyage to this country. His father settled in Exeter. Daniel was a 
 hatter by trade, came here from Pembroke in 1795, and settled a short 
 distance southwest of the Riley or .Tudge Whittemore place. He mar- 
 ried Martha Mann of Pembroke in 1786. Moved to the Scott Moore 
 place, Hillsborough, in 1812, and died there in 1815, aged fifty-five. They 
 had six children, the two youngest born here : — 
 
 1. William M., [b. in 1787, m. Cragin of Charlestown, 
 
 Mass., and d. in that city in 1825.] 
 
 2. Abraham, [m. Jane Stuart of Henniker, and d. in that town 
 
 in 1872, aged 82.] 
 
 3. Daniel, [b. in 1792, m. Sarah Spring, went to New York and 
 
 d. 1813.] 
 
 4. Sally P., [b. in 1794, m. Reuben Kidder, d. 1847.] 
 
 5. James D., [b. in 1796, a clothier by trade ; m. Salome' Hun- 
 
 toon of Unity, d. Newport 1842.] 
 
 6. Polly M., [b. in 1798, m. David McCaine of Prancestown, d. 
 
 in that town in 1838.] 
 
 BISHOP. 
 
 RICHARD BISHOP, son of John and Mary (Poor) Bishop, and 
 grandson of Thomas Bishop, was born in the county of Kilkenny, Ire- 
 land, in December, 1822. He married Mary Flinn, of the same place, 
 and two of his children were born on that side the water. He came to 
 Antrim from Boston in 1857, and lived in what is known as the Bishop 
 
GENEALOGIES. 363 
 
 house, being that next east of Maplewood Cemetery. Thence he moved 
 to Bennington in 1870, where he now resides. Children : — 
 
 1. Mary, [b. March 12, 1851, m. Michael Harrington of Han- 
 
 cock.] 
 
 2. Anne. 
 
 3. Kate, [m. Thomas Welch.] 
 
 4. Ellen. 
 
 BLANOHARD. 
 
 THOMAS BLANCHAED and his son Samuel came over in 1639, 
 and settled in Charlestown, Mass. They were of Huguenot race, and 
 the name was originally Blanche. Samuel, the son, moved in 1686 to 
 Andover, Mass., and died there in 1707, aged seventy-seven. His son, 
 Samuel Blanchard, Jr., is understood to have been the father of Caleb, 
 who came to Antrim. This second Samuel married Ruth Gould, of 
 Chelmsford, Mass. 
 
 Caleb, son of Samuel and Ruth (Gould) Blanchard, was born in Ando- 
 ver, Mass., in 1760, came to Antrim from Dracut, Mass., in 1818 (follow- 
 ing his son Joshua who had come here some years before), and bought of 
 Francis Brown what is now known as the Whiteley place. He married 
 Lucy Gould, of Chelmsford, Mass., and had seven children, all born else- 
 where, but most of them lived more or less in this town. He fell in the 
 ham and broke his neck, Aug. 7, 1843, aged eighty-three. -He was a 
 remarkably vigorous man ; walked two miles before breakfast on the day 
 of his death. His widow died in 1852, aged nearly ninety-three. Their 
 children : — 
 
 1. John, [b. in Dracut, Mass., July 30, 1788 ; m. Margaret H. 
 
 Taylor of New Boston ; remained on homestead ; d. Nov. 
 30, 1860. His wife d. June 20, 1866, aged 78. His house 
 was burned Feb. 11, 1842, while all the family were gone 
 to church, and the present house was built in the summer 
 of that year. Mr. Blanchard was many years a teacher, 
 was a great reader, was a man of active memory, strict in 
 his family, very religious, and very decided and unbending 
 in his convictions. His children were : — 
 
 Betsey H., (b. Sept. 22, 1821, m. Edward Whiteley Sept. 15, 
 1853, remains on homestead.) 
 
 John N., (b. Nov. 11, 1824 ; rendered partially insane by fit 
 of sickness ; has been patiently cared for by his sister many 
 years.) 
 
 Ephraim T., (d. at the age of 11, July 2, 1840.) 
 
 iMcy a., (d. at the age of 18, Aug. 9, 1849.)] 
 
 2. Joshua, [m. Isabella Harvey of Dracut, Mass. ; cahie here 
 
 about 1814 ; bought the Jonas White place (B. C. Butter- 
 
364 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 field's) ; was a blacksmith, and had a shop a little south of 
 
 the house ; was succeeded hy his brother Caleb ; after a few 
 
 years moved to Lyndeborough, and d. there in 1821, aged 
 
 31. His children were : — 
 William Gr., (b. in Antrim, m. Eugenia Morange of New 
 
 York, lives in Boston.) 
 Julia Ann, (b. in Dracut, Mass., m. Mason Wheaton, lives in 
 
 Maiden, Mass.) 
 Harriet N., (b. in Lyndeborough, num., lives in Boston.) 
 Jane C, (b. in Antrim, m. Henry Ohesley, lives in Brighton, 
 
 Mass.) 
 Isabella, (d. unm. in Boston in 1854.) 
 Mari/ F., (m. 1st,' George W. Hope ; 2d, Daniel Sargent of 
 
 Sutton.)] 
 
 3. Ruth, [m. John Barton of Weston, N. Y. ; had five children; 
 
 all dead but one, and she the widow of Col. Bartlett Dorr, 
 who was killed in battle in the late ^ar. A daughter, Liz- 
 zie, was the wife of Rev. Henry 0. Puller. The aged par- 
 ents are both living.] 
 
 4. Lucy, [m. Thomas Knowlton of Dracut, Mass. ; had a family 
 
 of ten children ; but now parents and children are all dead, 
 save one son, Charles P. Knowlton, living in the West.] 
 
 5. Caleb, Jr., [b. May 17, 1795, m. " Millie " Cram July 12, 
 
 1821 ; wa§ blacksmith by trade ; succeeded his brother 
 Joshua in shop and farm occupied by him ; was there but a 
 short time ; had children, Elizabeth W. and Oliver H., 
 born in Antrim, and several after removal from town ; went 
 from here to Eden, N. J. ; thence to Kansas ; and as noth- 
 ing has been heard from them, it is supposed they were all 
 swept off by the Indians, who made fearful depredations at 
 that time in the State.] 
 
 6. Amos, [b. Nov. 30, 1799; built the Collins Whittemore house 
 
 in 1819; m. Eunice Flint April 6, 1820; sold in 1824, 
 probably to John Dunlap, and went to Aurora, N. Y. ; is 
 still living in Jamestown in that State. Children : — 
 
 Amos A., (b. in Antrim in 1821 ; graduated at Dartmouth 
 College, class of 1845; m. Ruth Tenney of Hanover; is a 
 lawyer of note in Buffalo, N. Y.) 
 
 Creorge Cr., (b. in Antrim in 1822, m. Philinda Keyes of 
 Jamestown, N. Y. ; lives in San Francisco ; has been attor- 
 ney-general of Cg-lifornia. George A., his only son, is a 
 
GENEALOGIES. 365 
 
 lawyer in that State, and district-attorney of Sacramento 
 county.) 
 
 Flint, (b. in Aurora, N. Y., in 1824, m. Sarah J. Allen, lives 
 in Jamestown, N. Y. One son, Henry L. Blanchard, is a 
 lawyer in Port Townsend, Washington. Territory, and 
 another son is a physician in Jamestown.) 
 
 William B., (m. Sarah Prince of Buffalo in 1856, d. in James- 
 town, N. Y., in 1862.) 
 
 Charles, (graduated at Dartmouth College Medical Depart- 
 ment in 1851, m. Cornelia Lampson of Detroit in 1864, is a 
 physician in Buffalo, N. Y. The name appears as Henry 
 Charles on the college record.) 
 
 Mary, (d. unm. in Jamestown, N. Y., in 1864.)] 
 7. Maet, [b. May 6, 1802, m. Samuel H. Pratt of Boston Aug. 
 16,1827. Mr. Pratt d. Feb. 14, 1862. Children: — 
 
 Senry 0., (b. in Boston in 1828, unm., lives in Brighton, 
 Mass.) 
 
 Charles 0., (m. Anna B. Jones, lives in Dorchester, Mass.) 
 
 Mary B., (m. James E. Favor and lives in Bennington.) 
 
 Edwin B., (m. Harriet A. Hemmeilway, lives in Waltham, 
 Mass., was an ensign in the navy during the war.) 
 
 Harriet N., (m. Arthur D. Phelps, lives in Boston.) 
 
 Julia Marella, (five preceding b. in Boston ; this b. in Aurora, 
 N. Y., m. D. A. Glidden, lives Boston Highlands.) 
 
 William B., (b. in Antrim in 1840, m. Susie Snelling of Bos- 
 ton ; was colonel in the army ; wounded at Atlanta ; lives 
 in St. Louis ; is in postal railway service.) 
 
 Caroline E., (b. in Boston in 1848, m. William P. Hunt of 
 Roxbury, Mass., lives in Chicago.)] 
 
 Mrs. CARRIE (FOOTE) BLANCHARD came to South Village 
 in January, 1876, bringing five children, all born in Bennington, viz. : 
 John, born in 1858 ; Fred, born in 1860 ; Charles, born in 1867 ; Minnie, 
 born in 1869 ; Eugene, born in 1871. John Blanchard, her husband, 
 was killed by the explosion of a powder-mill, Oct. 4, 1870. 
 
 BODWELL. 
 
 WILLIAM BODWELL, son of Joshua Bodwell, whose mother was 
 murdered by the Indians in Haverhill, Mass., was born in Methuen, 
 Mass., in 1761, married Rachel French of Atkinson in 1785, settled the 
 Reuben Robinson place west of the pond (Dutton's) in 1789, went to 
 Ohio in 1800, and died there in 1834. The widow afterwards married 
 Alexander Witherspoon, and died April 12, 1837. Children of William 
 Bodwell : — 
 
366 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1. William, [b. Sept. 6, 1786, m. Betsey Kimball of Dublin, 
 
 went to Stow, N. Y., in 1811, and died there in 1816.] 
 
 2. Sally, [b. Sept. 4, 1788, d. 1804.] 
 
 3. John, [b. Sept. £, 1790 ; moved to Stow, N. Y., in 1811 ; 
 
 thence after the death of his brother William he went to 
 Ohio, and nothing more can be learned of him.] 
 
 4. Hannah, [b. Jan. 25, 1793, m. Joseph Knight, moved to 
 
 Atkinson, and is yet living there.] 
 
 5. Anna, [b. March 24, 1795, m. Dea. Samuel Fletcher, April 
 
 20, 1814 ; is a noble, devoted woman, spending her old age 
 with children at Bunker Hill, 111.] 
 
 6. Ede, [b. July 30, 1797, m. Rev. David Van Alstin, a Univer- 
 
 salist preacher, settled in Atkinson in 1818, and she died 
 there in 1831.] 
 
 7. Peiscilla, [b. March 3, 1800, d. Oct. 18, 1803.] 
 
 BOND. 
 
 Dea. ASA BOND, adopted son of Dea. Elisha Bond of Gilsum, mar- 
 ried, first, Almira Ellis of Sullivan ; went from Gilsum to Nashua, and 
 was a machinist there of considerable prominence. His wife died in 
 Nashua in 1842 ; married, second, Sally Barker of Antrim in 1844 ; 
 came here in 1846, and bought the Samuel Carr place (now James Rich- 
 ardson's) and lived there till his sudden death, Oct. 30, 1865, at the age 
 of sixty-nine. Mr. Bond was at work repairing machinery at a lathe in 
 the shop now J. A. Bryer's, and dropped dead so suddenly that when 
 found he still held the tools in his hands ; was a long time an elder in 
 the Presbyterian Church, and a pure and devoted man. His descend- 
 ants are all gone fronl Antrim. He buried six children before coming 
 here, and brought four with him as follows : — 
 
 1. William L., [b. in Nashua in 1828, m. Jane Pickles, is a 
 
 physician, lives in Charlestown, Mass.] 
 
 2. J. Elliot, [b. in Gilsum in 1830, now of Somerville, Mass.] 
 
 3. Sibyl E., [b. in Peterborough in 1832, m. James Gordon in 
 
 1850, lives in Somerville, Mass.] 
 
 4. Charles P., [b. in Nashua in 1837, m. Olivia Brown of 
 
 Antrim Feb. 19, 1867, now lives in Hancock. Their chil- 
 dren, — Charles W., b. Dec. 10, 1857; George A., b. Dec. 
 
 21, 1859 ; and Mary A., b. in 1861, d. in infancy, — were 
 all natives of Antrim.] 
 
 BOUTWELL. 
 
 BEUBEN BOUTWELL was born in Reading, Mass., in 1760 ; came 
 here in 1783 froin Amherst ; married Olive Bradford of Mont Vernon; 
 
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GENEALOGIES. 367 
 
 moved first into a log house a few rods southeast of Daniel Simonds 
 place, in which he lived several years and had three children born, one 
 of whom was Chandler B. Boutwell, Esq., -long the oldest person in 
 Antrim. Afterwards lived in Simonds house for a time, then cleared 
 and settled the farm begun by Hutchinson, next west of Daniel Swett's, 
 putting up the buildings there in 1799. These buildings are now gone, 
 and the road to them thrown up. The house was moved to the Branch, 
 was known as the mill-house, and was burned in 1876. Mr. Boutwell 
 died in 1816, and at the burial, March 11, at the cemetery on the hill, 
 the snow was so deep and the cold so intense it was impossible to fill the 
 grave, and they left it to be finished in warm weather. His children 
 that grew up were : — 
 
 1. Rebecca, [b. July 25, 1780, m. Asa Robinson Feb. 23, 1804, 
 
 d. Aug. 18, 1831.] 
 
 2. Molly, [b. June 19, 1784, m. John Robinson, and d. in early 
 
 life.] 
 
 3. Chandlee B., [b. March 6, 1786, m. Peggy Oarr June 4, 
 
 1811, with -whoni he lived more than sixty-two years. She 
 died Oct. 23, 1873. Bought of John Woodcock the place 
 on which he now resides ; built the brick house in 1847 ; 
 has been always a vigorous, industrious man, of good cal- 
 culations and simple habits ; has acquired large property ; 
 been a constant attendant at church all his life ; one that 
 the minister was sure to find in his place and one that 
 always supported the gospel with his means. He united 
 with the Presbyterian Church at the age of 88 ; is now 
 smart and cheerful in his 93d year ; has voted seventy-two 
 times in succession at the March meeting, without a break. 
 Since writing the above Mr. Boutwell has died, the event 
 occurring Jan. 27, 1880. At one time they buried all their 
 family of children in a row of four little graves on Meeting- 
 House Hill, but afterwards were born to them as follows : — 
 
 Roxah, (b. Dec. 14, 1815 ; m. Daniel Swett, June 18, 1840 ; 
 a most excellent woman ; d. after lingering sickness and 
 great suffering in August, 1875.) 
 
 Achsah, (twin sister of Roxah, m. Sylvester Preston, Dec. 26, 
 1837.) 
 
 Margaret, (b. Jan. 9, 1826, m. William M. Conn April 9, 
 1854. They occupied the homestead of her father, where 
 she d. very suddenly of diphtheria Feb. 16, 1876.) 
 
 Elizabeth, (b. Feb.. 11, 1829, m. Charles R. McClary, and lives 
 in Nashua.)] 
 
 4. James, [b. March 13,.1788 ; m, 1st, Lottie Dodge of New Bos- 
 
368 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 ton ; lived on his father's homestead till the death of the 
 latter ; then moved to the Weeks or McCoy place in the 
 east part of tlie town where the large brick house stands. 
 His wife d. Jan. 17, 1844, aged 68, and he m. 2d, Hepsibeth 
 (Draper) Brooks, widow of William Brooks of Hancock. 
 He d. April 26, 1851, aged 63. His children were : — 
 
 James, (m. Mary A. Averill Oct. 23, 1834, and moved to Peter- 
 borough. He-d. in Milford March 27, 1855, aged 44.) 
 
 Achsah, (m. James Wilson Dec. 25, 1834, and d. July 25, 
 1863, aged 49.) 
 
 Reuben, (b. in 1815, m. Hannah Gillis, inherited the home- 
 stead, and d. Nov. 15, 1868, leaving two children : Susie E., 
 who m. John M. Blodgett of Newbury, where he died in 
 1871, and Horace G., b. March 19, 1858.) 
 
 Charlotte, (d. Feb. 28, 1840, aged 20.) 
 
 JSunice, (now Mrs. Ziba Crane of Washington.) 
 
 Benjamin, (m. Prances Emery of Athens, Me., and d. March 
 20, 1858, aged 32.)_ 
 
 Sarah M., (m. James D. Matthews of Hancock in 1850, and 
 d. in that town.)] 
 
 5. Hannah, [b. May 11, 1791, m. Philip Averill Sept. 26, 1812, 
 
 d. Nov. 5, 1834.] 
 
 6. Patty, [b. Aug. 26, 1796, m. Walter Jones of Hillsborough 
 
 Aug. 10, 1816, moved to the West many years ago.] 
 
 7. William, [b. Jan. 8, 1798, m. Elizabeth Morrison of Wind- 
 
 sor Nov. 4, 1817. He lived a short time in Stoddard ; 
 bought and built in 1825 where his son William now lives, 
 at the end of the road, south of the Keene road in the west 
 part of this town. Built again about 1830 between the 
 Levi Curtis place and the Keene road ; but after a few 
 years bought the Abner pram place, where he lived till his 
 death in January, 1878, aged a few days over 80 years. 
 His first wife d. Nov. 7, 1862, aged 68, and he m. 2d, Mrs. 
 Hepsibah (Tyler) Rogers, who survives him. This family 
 spell their name Boutelle. The oldest child, Mary, was 
 born in Windsor ; the rest in Antrim. 
 
 Mary, (b. Feb. 29, 1818, m. Albert Frost Feb. 21, 1843, and 
 lives in Peterborough. Has children : George A., Mary E., 
 Eugene L., and Emma Jane.) 
 
 Ann M., (b. April 14, 1819, m. John Hutchinson July 4, 
 1844.) 
 
GENEALOGIES. 369 
 
 William, (Jo. May 3, 1823 ; m. Susan Splaine Oct. 27, 1847 ; 
 lives in extreme west of the town south of Keene road ; 
 was out in the army in the Thirteenth N. H. iiegiment ; 
 has children : Elizabeth J., b. Aug. 24, 1848, who m. 1st, 
 Rodney D. Wyman, and 2d, Henry Shepherd of Stoddard ; 
 William H., b. Nov. 24, 1849, who m. Lottie Wilmot of 
 Rome, Pa., and has children, Mary Belle and Nellie May ; 
 Wallace M., b. Sept. 10, 1851, who m. Hattie B. Cram of 
 Nelson Oct. 6, 1875 ; Augusta S., b. April 16, 1855, who 
 m. Henry Hasling and lives in Lawrence, Mass. ; Nancy J., 
 b. May '1, 1857, who m. George H. Buffiim June 28, 1873 ; 
 James E., b. Sept. 16, 1859 ; Nell S., b. June 17, 1862 : and 
 John H., b. Aug. 6, 1865.) 
 
 Jackson, (b. June 12, 1824 ; m. Fanny Wier in October, 1853 ; 
 lives on the Horace Tuttle farm, High Range ; was out in 
 the war in the Thirteenth N. H. Regiment ; has children : 
 Mary J., b. Oct. 4, 1854 ; Willie T., b. Dec. 27, 1856 ; Henry 
 E., b. March 7, 1858 ; Lilla E., b. Aug. 18, 1861 ; George E-, 
 b. Nov. 15, 1865 ; Albert L., b. April 21, 1871 ; 4nd Ada P., 
 b. June 12, 1873.) 
 
 John, (b. March 12, 1825 ; went to California in 1858 ; not 
 heard from since 1861.) 
 
 Nancy 0., (b. Nov. 25, lfi27 ; m. George W. Baldwin Nov. 6, 
 1851 ; lived in Nashua ; but his health failing, he came to 
 Antrim and died here, three days after the birth of his 
 youngest child. His death occurred Oct. 3, 1856, at the 
 age of 29. She m. 2d, Col. William Cross of Litchfield, 
 Jan. 1, 1858, who d. Jan. 6, 1867, aged 56. She m. 3d, 
 Aaron Cutler of Londonderry, March 5, 1868, and now 
 resides in Litchfield.) 
 
 Margaret J., (b. in 1832 ; m. Augustus Lovejoy of Hollis Feb. 
 24, 1853; has children: Nellie Jane, b. in 1867, and Prank 
 H., b. in 1863.) 
 
 Reuben, (b. May 17, 1835 ; was out in the war in the Thir- 
 teenth New Hampshire Regiment; m. Rose McGue of 
 Nashua ; has one son, Fred, b. in September, 1860.) 
 
 David W., (b. June '25, 1837; m. Eliza J.- Whitney March 20, 
 1860 ; lived awhile in Nashua ; was out in the war in the 
 Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment ; was disabled by 
 disease, and now draws a pension for support ; lives at the 
 Branch; has children: Jennie P., who was b. in Nashua 
 '24 
 
370 . GENEALOGIES. 
 
 March 13, 1861, and Charles H., who was b. in Antrim 
 April 25, 1863.)] 
 
 BOUTBLLB. 
 
 CHARLES M. BOUTELLE, son of Charles and Betsey (Knight) 
 Boutelle of Hancock, born in 1825, was a cabinet-maker ; came here to 
 work for Isaac B. Pratt in Clinton in 1848; married Sarah Buckminster 
 in 1850 ; built the same year the house now Allen Sawyer's (Clinton), 
 but moved to Bear Valley, Minn., in 1859, and died there in 1876. Mr. 
 Boutelle stood in high repute in the community . where he died ; was 
 postmaster in Bear Valley ten years. Left children : — 
 
 1. Prof. Clarence M., [b. in Antrim in 1851 ; now professor of 
 
 mathematics and physics in the State Normal School at 
 Winona, Minn. J 
 
 2. Charles H., [b. in 1853, lives in Bear Valley.j 
 
 BOYD. 
 
 The ancient family of Boyds " descended from a younger son of the 
 illustrious lord high steward of Scotland." Robert, sou of Simon, who 
 was third son of Alan the second lord high steward, was of a very fair 
 complexion, and consequently was named "Boyt,"or " Boyd," from the 
 Gaelic, signifying fair. From this Robert Boyt or Boyd, all the Boyds of 
 Scotland descended. Some families by the name of Boit claim that as 
 the original name. Robert Boyd died about 1240. His son. Sir Robert 
 Boyd, called in 1262 " Robertus de Boyd," died in 1270. And his son, 
 the third " Sir Robert Boyd," was one of the barons who were forced to 
 swear fealty to King Edward I. of England in 1296. The following year 
 he joined Sir William Wallace, but died soon after. His son, the fourth 
 " Sir Robert Boyd," was one of the most gallant and able friends of Rob- 
 ert.Bruce, and was by that king made Lord of Kilmarnoc, and covered 
 with honors. His descendants have been traced in the male line down 
 to the year 1800, and stand high among the dignities of old Scotland. 
 Some of the younger sons from time to time emigrated to Ireland, and 
 thence in subsequent years their children came to America. Much 
 about the Boyds of Scotland must be omitted here from lack of space. 
 In Ireland they kept clear of the natives. William Boyd, Esq., of Fox- 
 borough, Mass., who was born in Newtownards, Ireland, in 1800, tells us 
 the word which the grandmother would call out to the '' bairns " in the 
 street when the native Irish came along : " Came in, an' stay in till them 
 folks hae a' gane awa', for they're Eerish oot there an' ye maunna gang 
 neer them." William of Foxborough was grandson of Hugh Boyd, who 
 had a brother William born about 1710, or a little later. The names 
 William, Robert, and James occur many times. There is no doubt that 
 Capt. William Boyd, father of the brothers who settled in Antrim, was 
 of this stock. There is little doubt that he was a cousin of " William^ 
 born in 1710 or later." But positive proof must be sought in the old 
 
GENEALOGIES. 371 
 
 records on the other side of the water. I am indebted, for various 
 papers, to Prancis Boyd, Esq., of Boston. 
 
 Capt. WILLIAM BOYD, a man of notable courage and force, came 
 to Londonderry among the early settlers of that town, though not for 
 several years after the beginning in 1719. Eight of this name appear on 
 the memorial to Gov. Shute, March 26, 1718, asking encouragement to 
 obtain land in " that very excellent and renowned Plantation " called 
 New England. In his mature years, he signed the " Association Test," 
 April, 1776. Mr. Boyd came over the water fourteen times as captain, 
 bringing Scotch emigrants from Ireland. Married Alice Hunter, and 
 settled permanently in the western part of Londonderry in 1751, Died 
 Nov. 24, 1789, aged 70. His wife died Nov. 26, 1790, aged 60. Chil- 
 dren : — 
 
 1. Dea. Joseph, [came to Antrim in 1774 and began the D. H. 
 Goodell farpi ; m. Mary McKeen, — "Molly Boyd," as she 
 was called ; had the reputation of being " peculiarly kind, 
 tender-hearted, and generous." Joseph Boyd was a very 
 efficient elder in the Presbyterian Church from 1800 until 
 his death. It was said that nobody ever knew him do an 
 unfair thing ; was eminently sincere and honorable ; was a 
 man patiently laborious and industrious. His death, Dec. 
 20, 1816, was occasioned by his being thrown from a car- 
 riage just below the old meeting-house on return from wor- 
 ship. His age was 64. His wife, Mary, who d. May 3, 
 1828, aged 73, was a woman of great force and courage. 
 At one time her husband was absent in Londonderry, and 
 she was left with two or three small children in their log 
 house in the woods, when a bear attacked her pigs. They 
 had a small barn, one cow, a pair of oxen, and two pigs. 
 This was all their stock. The bear broke into the inclosr 
 ure some way, and her first notice of it was by the terrible 
 squealing of the pigs. One of them ran by the door in a 
 fright, and as the other kept up the squealing, she went 
 down near the barn and found a bear hugging it nearly to 
 death. Quick as a flash she grabbed a stake, one end of 
 which was on fire, and struck bruin such a fearful blow that 
 he dropped the pig, ran off about two rods, set up on his 
 haunches, and looked at her as if deliberating what to do ! 
 She used to say that he looked more like the devil than 
 anything else she ever saw ! She got between him and the 
 pig and drove the bleeding thing into the pen and shut it 
 in. Then she ran for Daniel McFarland, the nearest man 
 
372 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 (at N. W. 0. Jameson's), to come and shoot the bear. 
 McParland hurried up, and just then her husband came, but 
 the bear was gone. But they made a trap, baited it with 
 part of the mangled pig, and caught the old fellow that 
 night. He weighed over three hundred pounds ! The 
 children of Dea. Joseph and Mary Boyd, besides five little 
 ones laid long ago in the grave, were as follows : — 
 
 RoUH, (b. Nov. 7, 1778, m. Betsey Paige in 1800. His father 
 gave him the Whiteley farm, which he occupied for a time. 
 Afterwards he lived on the homestead of his fathier. He 
 was found dead in the woods on the John Moore Duncan 
 farm, September, 1837. He left a family of eight children, 
 thus : William, who was b. Sept. 24, 1801, and died in 
 childhood; Betsey, who was b. Nov. 2, 1803, m. James W. 
 Wilder, and lives in Providence, Penn. ; Joseph, who was 
 b. Aug. 11, 1807, m. Mary G. Bemis of Boston, was long 
 time in the provision business in that city, amassed wealth, 
 and lives in Somerville, Mass., having but one surviving 
 child, Frances A.,unm. ; William, who d. in infancy ; Mary, 
 who died in March, 1812 ; David, who was b. April 9, 
 1813, m. Abbie S. Butler of Bolton, Mass., and now lives in 
 Plymouth, Vt. ; and Mary, b. June 30, 1815, now living 
 with her brother Joseph. The mother of these died in 
 Providence, Penn., May 5, 1869. David buried his wife, 
 Abbie Butler, in 1878, but has two children, William D. 
 and Mary Alice.) 
 
 Alice, (b. June 24, 1780, m.' Mark Woodbury. A woman of 
 rare attractions and unusual ability and force. She d. 
 April 15, 1858.) 
 
 David, (b. Nov. 17, 1782; never m. ; lived on the old home- 
 stead till all the. rest of the family were dead or gone, then 
 boarded here and there in town till his death, Sept. 2, 
 1859.) 
 
 John C, (never m. ; went into the army in the war of 1812, 
 and d. in the service at Portsmouth, March 18, 1813, aged 
 27. His body was brought to Antrim and buried on the 
 hill.)] 
 2. William, [came to Antrim as early as 1777, and selected a 
 tract of land of which the original deed is appended : — 
 
 Know all men by these presents : That George Jaflfrey of Ports- 
 mouth . for and in consideration of one hundred and 
 
GENEALOGIES. 373 
 
 fifty pounds,, lawful money of said state, to liim iu hand, paid before- 
 the delivery hereof, by William Boyd of Londonderry 
 yeoman,, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge 
 do by these presents give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, con- 
 vey and confirm to him the said William Boyd, all my right, title 
 and estate of, in, and to, a certain lot of land, being part of the great 
 Lot numbered six which was drawn to my right in the Society land, 
 so called, but now in Antrim iij the county of Hillsborough in said 
 state, which large lot was surveyed and laid out in small lots, most 
 of which in one hundred acre lots or thereabouts, and marked in a 
 plan thereof made by Maurice Lynch, surveyor, and returned to 
 me Nov. 3, 1773 — which said lot hereby conveyed to William Boyd 
 aforesaid is numbered twenty-four, at the four corners of said lot, 
 and is situate between the Lots numbered tweut5'-three & twenty- 
 five, and the side lines one hundred & seventy rods about north & 
 south, and the head and foot lines ninety-four rods about east and 
 west, as may appear by said plan. Iu witness whereof I 
 
 have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty-ninth Day of Octo- 
 ber Ann. Domini 1778. 
 
 GEOKGE JAFFREY 
 
 William Boyd m. 1st, Anuis Orr, daughter of William 
 Orr of Derry ; 2d, Martha Dickey, sister of the late Capt. 
 Joseph Dickey of Londonderry. She is now living, nearly 
 a hundred years of age. Her husband died Oct. 10, 1825, 
 aged 69. In this town he settled the Dea. Worthley farm, 
 and built the large house now standing on the same. Had 
 five children born here. Sold to the Knights brothers in 
 1795, and returned at once to the old homestead in Lon- 
 donderry, the occasion being the untimely death of his 
 brother John, who. had inlferited the paternal acres. The 
 first wife of William had five children, and d. in 1813. AH 
 his children were thus : — 
 
 William, Jr., (m. Margaret Holmes, and d. in Derry in 1841, 
 aged 59.) 
 
 Letitia, (m. Samuel Marsh, d. in Pittsburg, Penn., 1845. Her 
 husband d. Oct. 4, 1825, aged 45.) 
 
 James, (d. Dec. 9, 1809, aged 18.) 
 
 Robert, (m. Elizabeth Cheat, and d. May 19, 1816, aged 27.) 
 
 Mary, (d. Aug. 28, 1804, aged 3.) 
 
 Col. Calvin, (b. March 5, 1818, m. Charlotte W. Shepard, and 
 lives on the old homestead in Londonderry. Commanded 
 a regiment of New Hampshire militia, and was an efficient 
 and fine-appearing officer.) 
 
 Maria, (b. Aug. 19, 1819, m. Horace P, Watts of Manchester.) 
 
374 ' GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Mason, (b. Aug. 28, 1821, m. Mary H. Dodge, and lives in 
 Londonderry.)] 
 
 3. Isaac, [drowned in the Merrimack river April 28, 1800. Said 
 
 to have occurred while he was trying to get a drove of cat- 
 tle across. His age was 29. His wife, Mary Thompson, 
 d. Feb. 2, 1817, aged 47. They left three children, thus: — 
 Dea. Robert, (m. 1st, Susan Riddle of Bedford ; 2d, Martha 
 B. Dickey of Warren, 0. He d. in Ohio April 12, 1871, 
 aged 73.) 
 Alice, (unm. ; d. in Londonderry Jan. 9, 1852, aged 55.) 
 Isaac, (graduated at Dartmouth College in 1826 ; studied 
 medicine, taking his diploma at Bowdoin College in 1829. 
 He settled in the practice of medicine in West Newbury, 
 Mass. ; m. Sarah C. Hill of that place ; d. there in 1844 
 aged 44.)] 
 
 4. John, [m. Naomi, daughter of Hon. John Duncan of Antrim ; 
 
 lived on the homestead of his father,, and d. there in early 
 manhood, greatly lamented, July 12, 1795, aged 29.] 
 
 5. Alice, [m. James Steel, lived and d. on the place now occu- 
 
 pied by William Curtis.] 
 
 6. James, [b. April 3, 1768 ; cleared and settled the farm now 
 
 Dea. James Boyd's, probably beginning as early as 1789. 
 He married Fanny Baldwin t>f Amherst in 1795. She was 
 a sister of Capt. Isaac Baldwin, came here as a teacher, and 
 taught in several places in town. She taught awhile in a 
 dwelling-house on the top of Patten Hill, up to the summit 
 of which there was at that time a rough public road from 
 the Boyd place. Here she made such good impression, it 
 was judged best to keep her for life. Dr. Whiton says she 
 was a " woman of great excellence of character," which 
 seems to be the sentiment of all who knew her. She d. 
 Dec. 25, 1828, aged 57. He d. Sept. 6, 1835, aged 67. 
 The children of James and. Fanny Boyd were : — 
 
 Fanny, (b. July 15, 1796, m. Josiah W. Christie March 16, 
 1824, and d. in child-birth near the close of the same year, 
 leaving twin infants : Franklin, who d. in 1828, and Fran- 
 cis, who removed from Antrim to Boston in 1845.) 
 
 Harriet, (b. Sept. 17, 1798, m. Simeon B. Little of Boscawen 
 Sept. 16, 1824, and d. there Oct. 3, 1860, leaving four chil- 
 dren: George, Sherman, Arthur, and Evelyn. One of these 
 is Rev. Arthur Little, a distinguished Congregational cler- 
 

GENEALOGIES. 375 
 
 gyman of Chicago. His letter will be found among the 
 centennial reports.) 
 
 Lucy, (b. Oct. 6, 1802, m. Dea. Joseph Kimball of Hancock 
 Oct. 20, 1831, d. Feb. ^10, 1879.) 
 
 Bea. James, (b. May 26, 1804, lived on homestead of his 
 father, m. Evelyn Hall in 1832. She was daughter of Gil- 
 bert and Phebe (Perry) Hall of Warren, Me. Her father 
 was named a " good man," was a sea-captain with a life of 
 romantic successes, and reverses, and d. at sea in 1825. 
 Dea. Boyd was a carpenter by trade ; built many houses ; 
 was characterized by tireless energy ; was a hard worker 
 and a constant worker, and an able and careful manager. 
 The land on which Clinton Village is built once belonged to 
 his estate, and was sold off in small lots from time to time. 
 By years of hard labor and good calculation he accumulated 
 the largest property ever collected in Antrim. Was for a 
 long time a chief supporter of the Presbyterian Church, of 
 which he was chosen elder in 1860. Left no children. Was 
 town treasurer for a long time. He d. April 18, 1880, after 
 long and terrible suffering, leaving one hundred dollars per 
 year to the Presbyterian Church, besides thirty dollars per 
 year to its poor, and all the residue of his estate, after the 
 death of his heirs, to missionary and charitable institutions. 
 The " Congregationalist " thus speaks of him : — 
 
 Dea. Boyd was of the Scotch-Irish race, retaining to a remark- 
 able degree the characteristics of the early settlers. He held opin- 
 ions of his own, and was one of those who in every place will think 
 and act for themselves. Like the fathers, he held his views 
 strongly, yet always meant to be right. He was a thinking man of 
 clear head, strong natural abilities, and sound judgment ; a. depos- 
 itary of many trusts, and strictly 'reliable in the care of them. Per- 
 haps no really abler man was ever raised in Antrim. For half a 
 century he was a man of great physical endurance, capable of doing 
 two men's work ; and yet in no rash or careless way, since every- 
 thing was thought out beforehand and done by method. 
 
 He was a strong Presbyterian, but he could give the reason why. 
 If, like the Scotch fathers, he was set in his views, he was first 
 thoroughly satisfied with the reasons for them. He came into the 
 church in the great revival of 1827. For a long series of years he 
 held the ofllce of deacon. In the course of his life he gave more, 
 probably, for the support of religion and the various charities, than 
 any other man that ever lived in Antrim. His last years were full 
 of bodily suflfering, and his last sickness painful in the extreme ; 
 but he met it all with fortitude, and passed away in the Christian 
 
376 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 faith, with the hope of immortal happiness and in sweet peace with 
 all the world.) 
 
 Isaac, (b. April 28, 1806 ; m. Ifary Hadley of Goffstown ; 
 was a roving, stirring, wide-awake man ; carried on busi- 
 ness of various kinds in different places ; was in the bob- 
 bin business at the Branch some years ; then moved to 
 Waldoborough, Me., and d. there April 24, 1868, leaving 
 children: Mary P., now Mrs. Samuel N. Morse of Nashua ; 
 James P., who lives unm. in Waldoborough, , Me. ; and 
 Sarah M., who was sometime a teacher in Boston, — more 
 recently a traveler in South America and Europe ; was a 
 teacher in Brazil ; speaks several languages ; a woman of 
 rare scholarship afld energy.) 
 
 John M. W., (b. April 1, 1810, named for Dr. Whiton, m. 
 Mary A. Hall of Boston, and d. in that city in 1847, leaving 
 children: John G. ; Henry M., who m. Elvira Marshall, 
 lived in this town some years, had one child, Ida P., born 
 here, and moved to Boston some two years since ; Abbie P. ; 
 and Anna E.) 
 
 Abigail W., (twin sister of John M. W., and named for Mrs. 
 Dr. Whiton, d. in 18260] 
 
 BRACKETT. 
 
 The first known in America by this' name was Capt. Richard Brack- 
 ett, a native of Scotland, born in 1610, who came to this country in 1629 
 in the " Massachusetts Bay Company," under Gov. Winthrop. With oth- 
 ers he signed a covenant to establish the first church in Boston. Nov. 
 25, 1636, he was " admitted a member of the Ancient and Honorable 
 Artillery Company." In 1637 he was appointed " Keeper of the Prison,'' 
 which office he long held ; was chosen deacon of the church July 21, 
 16^2, being then thirty-two years of age ; was " chief military com- 
 mander in Braintry ; " was appointed to " marry and take oaths in civil 
 cases." His life is spoken of as " useful, active, and pious." He died 
 March 5, 1690. One of his eight children was James, born in 1645, — a 
 pious and good man, who died in 1718, leaving seven children. The 
 third of these was Nathan, born Sept. 29, 1677. Nathan married Han- 
 nah Yeasie, and died in Quincy, Mass., in 1743. He left seven children. 
 James, oldest child of Nathan, was born Nov. 3, 1709 ; married Abigail 
 Belcher ; was a hotel-keeper ; and died in 1781, leaving a large family. 
 His fourth child, Samuel, was born in Braiutree, Nov. 30, 1741 ; married 
 Eebecca Haywaid of Braintree Dec. 17, 1765, and went at once to Peter- 
 borough. His descendants in that town now occupy the spot where he 
 settled. Samuel Brackett had thirteen children in all, as follows: Sarah, 
 Samuel, Betsey, Dorothy, John, James, Josiah, Isaac, Eebecca, William, 
 
GENEALOGIES. 377 
 
 Ebenezer, Joseph, and Benjamin. He died March 16, 1826. His wife 
 died July 7, 1832, aged eighty-six. 
 
 JAMES BEACKETT, the sixth of these children, was born in Peter- 
 borough May 10, 1777. He married Hannah, daughter of Dea. James 
 Carr of Antrim, in the year 1803, and lived several years in Peterbor- 
 ough, doing business as a drover, though by trade a shoemaker. Came 
 here in 1811, and the next year built the house long occupied by Mrs. 
 Sally Sawyer, but recently bought and repaired by his son, James Brack- 
 ettr He united with the Presbyterian Church in his old age, and his 
 conversion was so remarkable as to be worthy of notice here. He 
 worked at his trade many years, in a little shop nearly opposite to the 
 house ; had worked tliat day early and late ; had been very thoughtful 
 all the afternoon ; but got through with his work, put out the light, went 
 into the house and sat down. Soon it occurred to him that he had for- 
 gotten something, and he went back to the shop. He found it brilliantly, 
 lighted, though from no visible source. He sat down on the bench to 
 consider, and the thought at once struck him that this was a call of God. 
 After looking and wondering for near ten minutes, he went into the 
 house and told his wife what had occurred. They agreed that it was 
 either a call to die or to prepare for death. He did not sleep that night, 
 was under great conviction, but came out into religious peace and confi- 
 dence on the following day. Though a stranger might feel like doubting 
 this, yet it seems well substantiated ; and it is certain that as early 
 as practicable he made public his experience, was received into the 
 church, and seemed a peaceful, humble Christian till his death, which 
 occurred March 16, 1861. Mrs. Hannah Brackett died March 21, 1867. 
 Children : — 
 
 1. Jonathan C, [b. July -2, 1804, d. unm. April 23, 1835.J 
 
 2. Ann C, [b. Feb. 4, 1806, m. John Woodburn Wallace, May, 
 
 1833.J 
 
 3. Sarah W., [b. June 6, 1808 ; m. 1st, James Smith of Antrim, 
 
 April 19, 1832 ; 2d, George Merrill of Oambridgeport, 
 Mass. ; d. in 1877, aged 69.] 
 
 4. Betsey H., [b. Sept. 6, 1810, m. Thomas D. Twiss -Jan. 30, 
 
 1834.] 
 
 5. Hannah J., [b. in Antrim, Jan. 1, 1813. The four pre- 
 
 ceding were born in Peterborough. She m. John McClure 
 Mai^ch 26, 1840, and lives in Revere, Mass.] 
 
 6. Jambs, [b. June,27, 1815 ; m. Margaret D. Balch of Nashua ; 
 
 was overseer in Nashua mills, where he lived more than 
 twenty years, but came back to Antrim in 1858. Children : 
 
 Clarence A., (b. March 2, 1840, m. Juliette Oliver, and lives 
 in Chelsea.) 
 
 Charles P., (b. June 9, 1842.) 
 
378 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Estelle 0., (b. Jan. 26, 1851, m. Fred L. Nay June 9, 1874.)] 
 
 7. Silas, [b. Oct. 27, 1817, m. Sophia H. Peacock June 20, 
 
 1844, and lives in Nashua.] 
 
 8. Clarinda H., [b. March 20, 1820, m. John Little Dec. 1, 
 
 1842, and lives in Cambridgeport, Mass.] 
 
 9. Mart A., [b. July 5, 1822, m. Luther Campbell Jan. 30, 
 
 1848.] 
 
 10. Henry P., [b. July 30, 1827; m. 1st, Sarah Jane Harris of 
 
 Canaan, July, 1847, who died, leaving one child, Emma 
 Jane, b. July 10, 1851. She followed her mother at the 
 age of thirteen years. He m. 2d, Helen Wadleigh of Old- 
 town, Me., July 24, 1856, and they have one child, William 
 W., b. Nov. 7, 1862, in Watertown, Mass. He lived on the 
 Jonathan Carr farm (Luther Campell's) several years, then 
 moved to Cambridgeport, Mass.] 
 
 BRADFORD. 
 
 JAMES W. BRADFOED was son of Moses E. and Sarah (Holmes) 
 Bradford. He lived in the Dr. Christie house, and was in trade in the 
 Putney store. "Was for a time partner of Charles McKeen, then traded 
 awhile in Bennington, then returned here as clerk for McKeen. He 
 married Eannie B. Dane, daughter of John Dane of Francestown, Nov. 
 27, 1849, and died July 21, 1858; aged thirty-three. No children. 
 
 BREED. 
 
 THOMAS KNOWLES BEEED, a native of Sudbury, Mass., came 
 here from Nelson, succeeding John Gilmore in the fulling and carding 
 mill in South Village. This was as early as 1803, as he buried a child on 
 the hill that year. He was son of Dr. Thomas G-. Breed, who had been 
 a surgeon in the Eevolutionary army, and after the war settled in Nelson 
 in the practice of medicine. The son went with his father as a servant, 
 saw many dangers, and was a witness of many historic characters and 
 scenes. He saw the endurances of our fathers in the cause of liberty. 
 Eemembered at one time paying ten'dollars for a piece of pie I He mar- 
 ried Polly Keyes of Chelmsford, Mass., in 1791. When he came here he 
 bought, and for a long time occupied, a house then standing where the 
 south school-house in the village was afterwards built. Mr. Breed found 
 a small mill where Luke Hill's blacksmith-shop stands, — "a little, old 
 fulling-mill," it is said ; but in 1814 he pulled this down and put up a 
 large shop in which he carried on a large business for years in the line 
 of carding and manufacturing woolen cloth. The clothing-mill was 
 burned March 31, 1850. Mr. Breed died in 1846, aged eighty-six, and his 
 widow died in 1869, aged ninety-nine. Children of Thomas K. and 
 Polly (Keyes) Breed : — 
 
GENEALOGIES. 379 
 
 1. Polly, [d. in 1808.] 
 
 2. Thomas K., [b. in 1794 ; m. Persia Haselton of Manchester ; 
 
 lived with his father some years ; then went to Lowell ; 
 took jobs building railroads, and was engaged upon a large 
 contract of this kind in the West, when he was suddenly 
 brought down with a fever, and died in Danville, 111., Sept. 
 30, 1838. . His widow survives, and lives in South Village 
 alone, her only child having followed his father to the grave 
 at the age of 14.J 
 
 3. Henry K., [b. in 1796, m. Barbara A. Favor Feb. 6, 1821, 
 
 moved to Lowell, d. May 14, 1863.J 
 
 4. Thaddeus B., [d. in 1816, aged 18.] 
 
 5. Jeremiah, [called " Capt. Breed"; b. 1801; m, June 15, 
 
 1830, Achsah Moore, a girl brought up by Dea. Weston at 
 the Branch ; moved to Sharon, thence to Danville, 111.,, and 
 d. there in 1889, leaving three children : — 
 
 James C, (b. in Antrim; m. in Warner ; lost life by the war ; 
 lived in Contoocookville.) 
 
 Mary Frances, (b. in Antrim, d. young.) 
 
 Harrison K., (b. in the West, rn. Mary A. Tolman of North- 
 field, Mass., and lives in Fitchburg, Mass.)] 
 
 6. Lucy L., [b. in 1804; m. Jesse Richardson o^ Bedford Dec. 
 
 25, 1828 ; moved to Lowell, and died there.] 
 
 7. RoxANNA, [b. in 1806, m. Otis Smith.] 
 
 8. James C, [b. Oct. 12, 1810 ; m. Elizabeth Brown of Fitch- 
 
 burg, Mass. ; built the house now occupied by Dr. Christie ; 
 run the mills of his father several years in company with 
 Ezra Hyde, to whom he sold out in 1847. He d. in Marl- 
 borough, September, 1878. Left two children : Mary, unm., 
 and Addie, who m. a Mr. Estey of Marlborough.] 
 
 9. Mary, [b. Nov. 30, 1812 ; m. Isaac Barrett July 19, 1845 ; 
 
 now lives in Lowell.] 
 
 10. Thaddeus B., [b. in 1816, d. in infancy.] 
 
 BROOKS. 
 
 JOSEPH S. BKOOKS, born in Maine 1816, son of William and 
 Rebecca Brooks, came here to work in the shop of I. B. Pratt, married 
 Jane Brown of Boston, and lived in the house where Mary Clark now 
 lives. There his wife died, leaving one child, Jane E., now of Man- 
 chester. August 10, 1851, Mr. Brooks married Betsey Y. "Whitcomb of 
 Waldo, Me. Built Brooks house in Clinton 1854, the frame being that 
 
380 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 of the Buckminster shoe-shop once standing at the Center. Mr. Brooks 
 went into the army, was discharged, and died on his way home, Septem- 
 ber, 1863. Experienced religion in the army, so it was said of him : 
 " He lost life, but gained heaven." Children by second wife were : — 
 
 1. JosiE E., [b. May 22,. 1852, m. G. G. Cilley of Lawrence, 
 
 Mass., in 1875.J 
 
 2. Prank M., [b. Aug. 28, 1854.J 
 
 3. Joseph W., [b. Dec. 25, 1855.] 
 
 4. Carrie B., [b. May 25, 1869. J 
 6. MaryB., [b. Sept. 5, 1860.J 
 6. Sarah R., [b. Feb. 18, 1862.] 
 
 LEVI H. BEOOKS, son of Dickerson and Hannah (Kemp) Brooks, 
 born in Ashburnham, Mass.^ iu 1831, married Harriet S. Karr of Lynde- 
 borough in 1867, came here in 1869, and bought the first house out of 
 South Village on the Clinton road. This he has enlarged and improved, 
 , built a barn, and greatly bettered the premises. This house was built 
 by Dan Duulap. Mr. Brooks is a stone-cutter by trade, and has laid the 
 foundations of most buildings recently erected in Antrim. Has one 
 adopted son, George A. 
 
 CHAELES S. BEOOKS, brother of Levi, was born in Ashburn- 
 ham, Mass., Feb. 25, 1833; came here in 1855 to work in the Clinton 
 bedstead-shops ; went to California in 1857, was there nearly five years, 
 mining most ef the time, and was considered very successful ; married, 
 Dec. 25, 1862, Lizzie B. Paige of Webster, and moved at once to this 
 town. The next spring, in connection with John W. Foster, he" bought 
 what is now the Dodge shop in Clinton, but they soon exchanged with 
 the Dodge brothers, taking the large shop below known as the Johnson 
 chair-factory. Mr. Foster died in the spring of 1868, and Mr. Brooks 
 carried on the business till 1873, when he sold out to Tristram B. Paige. 
 Probably as a business man Mr. Brooks had no superior in Antrim. He 
 was energetic, cool, sharp, popular, and honest. Moved to Prancestown 
 in 1876; has one child, Charles Willis, born Dec. 2, 1867. 
 
 BROWN. 
 
 JOHlsr BEOWN, son of John Brown who came over and settled in 
 Londonderry, but soon after settled in Francestown, came here in 1788 
 onto the John Nichols place (N. C. Ferry's), and died there in 1808. 
 His wife was Mary McConihe of Merrimack. Children : — 
 
 1. Thomas, [m. Belinda Holmes of Francestown ; was a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary army ; was very fond of telling how 
 the " boys " were compelled by hunger to steal the Dutch- 
 man's sheep when stationed on the Hudson river. He 
 didn't state whether fun and mischief contributed any to 
 this stern necessity. Mr. Brown was stationed at West 
 
GENEALOGIES. 381 
 
 Point during Arnold's treachery ; was near by when Maj. 
 Andre was executed, but was too noble-hearted to witness 
 the scene. On coming to Antrim he settled the place adja- 
 cent to the Blanchard or Whiteley farm on the east, and d. 
 there Nov. 2, 1847, aged 85. All his children d. young 
 except Lucy, who m. her cousin Thomas Brown Feb. 5, 
 1829, inherited the homestead, moved thence to Hancock 
 in 1866, and d. there in 1875.J 
 
 2. John, [m. Marena Austin; had one son born in Antrim in 
 
 September, 1794, Samuel, who m. Louisa Ayer, and is liv- 
 ing very aged in Montpelier, Ind. After the birth of 
 Samuel, the family removed in 1800 to Eochester, Vt., 
 and had a numerous household, of whom one son, Thomas, 
 m. Lucy Brown as above, lived near forty years on the 
 place settled by the first Thomas Brown, and moved to 
 Hancock in 1866. Thomas and Lucy Brown had children : 
 Levi H., b. in 1833 ; Olivia B., b. in 1836, m. Charles {P. 
 Bond Feb. 19, 1857 ; and Francis C, who m. Mary J. 
 Abbott of Lyndeborough. John Brown d. in 1838 in 
 Goshen, Vt., aged 73.J 
 
 3. Mart, [m. James Hewey, moved to Springfield, Vt., and d. 
 
 there in 1850, aged 88.] 
 
 4. Betsey, [m. Nathan Austin, Jr., moved to Rochester, Vt., 
 
 and d. there in 1808.J 
 
 5. Jennie, [d. unm., aged 80. j 
 
 6. Margaret, [b. in 1772, m. Dea. John Bell, d. in I860.] 
 
 7. Francis, [b. Feb. 9, 1774 ; m. Mary McMillen ; lived many 
 
 years on Whiteley place ; moved in 1818 to Hubbardton, 
 Vt. ; thence to Goshen, Vt., where he lived about a dozen 
 years. In 1831 he moved to Perrysburg, N. Y., where he 
 d. in 1861. His wife d. in December, 1853. The children, 
 all b. in Antrim, were as follows : — 
 
 John, (b. April 27, 1801, m. Mercy Mason, and lives in Fond 
 du Lac, Wis.) 
 
 Margaret, (b. May 14, 1803, m. William Alden, and d. in Lei- 
 cester, Vt., 1853.) 
 
 Mary, (b. Nov. 8, 1805, m. her cousin Francis Brown of 
 Goshen, Vt.) 
 
 Nancy, (b. Nov. 8, 1807, m. Eli Knapp of Perrysburg, N. Y.) 
 
 Andrew, (b. Dec. 2, 1810, m. Catherine N. Noyes, and lives 
 in Jamestown, N. Y.) 
 
382 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Betsey, (b. March 21, 1813, m. Dan Bryant, d. June 2, 1845.) 
 Harriet, (b. March 11, 1816, became 2d wife of William Alden 
 of Leicester, Vt.)] 
 
 "WILLIAM BEOWN, no doubt son of Samuel and Susannah Brown, 
 ■which Samuel bore the name " Doctor," lived in 'Bradford, Mass., 1734, 
 and died in Chester, 1794, came here' from Chester in 1786, and settled 
 the Dea. Woods farm. His house stood on the opposite side of the road 
 from the present house. Was selectman in 1791. His first wife, Anna 
 
 , died of spotte'd fever Feb. 25, 1812. His second wife was Mrs. 
 
 Sally Hooker of Danvers, Mass. He died in 1830, aged eighty-four. 
 Children : — 
 
 1. Samuel, [b. in Chester, July 28, 1782 ; m. Betsey Atwood ; 
 lived on homestead ; afterwards several years east of Gamp- 
 bell's pond. The house there never had a public road to it, 
 and has been gone for a long period. Samuel Brown d. in 
 1853. Children : — 
 
 Susannah, (b. Jan. 4, 1806, d. 1823.) 
 
 Lucinda, (b. in 1807 ; m. 1st, John McClintock in 1827 ; 2d, 
 Jerome Strickland in 1837 ; 3d, Amasa Fairbanks, and now 
 lives in Washington.) 
 
 Amanda, (b. in 1808, m. Jotham Moore in 1829, d. Feb. 17, 
 1857.) 
 
 Daniel N., (b. in 1^10, m. Jane Morrison in 1836, and lives in 
 Drewsville.) 
 
 Willia'm, (b. in 1812, m. Mary Atwood in 1834, d. in Hills- 
 borough Lower Village Oct. 23, 1859.) 
 
 Miza A., (b. in 1815, was 2d wife of Jotham Moore, and d. 
 Oct. 21, 1860.) 
 
 Samuel, Jr., (d. in infancy.) 
 
 Almira, (b. in 1819, m. Rev. Amon S. Tenney in 1840, and d. 
 in Hillsborough Nov. 17, 1860.) 
 
 Samuel, Jr., 2d., (d. in infancy.) 
 
 John S., (b. in 1823, m. Maria Strickland in 1849, and lives 
 in Hillsborough.) , 
 
 Stephen A., (b. Jan. 8, 1826 ; m. 1st, Hannah Strickland in 
 1850; 2d, Mrs. Louisa -F. (Winship) Hall Oct. 9, 1876; 
 has been extensively engaged in the tannery business at 
 Hillsborough Lower Village for many years.) 
 
 Harriet, (d. in infancy.) 
 
 Orren C, (b. Sept. 3, 1830, m. Rebecca A. Temple, and lives 
 in, Enfield.)] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 383 
 
 2. John, [all that is known of him is th&t he m. and d. in 
 
 Salem, Mass.] 
 
 3. Polly, [b. June 16, 1785, m. Andrew Taylor, son of Dea. 
 
 John Taylor, Oct. 11, 1815, and d. May 28, 1828.J 
 
 4. William, Jr., [went to Salem, Mass., in early life, m, and d. 
 
 there.] 
 
 5. James, [b. in Antrim Sept. 22, 1788, m. Lydia Flint in 1816, 
 
 and had a son, James, b. here March 27, 1817. He seems 
 to have moved soon after to Wales, N. Y. He d. about 
 1885.J 
 
 6. Betsey, [b. Nov. 25, 1792 ; m. 1st, Samuel Dunlap, April 19, 
 
 1814 ; 2d, Ammi Buck, Nov. 12, 1822.] 
 
 7. Daniel, [b. May 6, 1796 ; m. Nancy Appleton of Deering ; 
 
 built the Dea. Woods horfse, but moved to Hillsborough in 
 1833.] 
 
 8. Lucy Anna, [daughter of 2d wife, b. April 30, 1816.] 
 
 WILLIAM BEOWN, brother of the first Johu Brown of Antrim, 
 named above, came here fpom Deering several years later th^in John, 
 and lived in a house in the "deep valley at the foot of Coolidge hill on the 
 west. He seems to have been the first on that spot, and lived there till 
 1802, when he moved to Kochester, Vt. William Brown married Mary 
 Lampson, had twelve children, and died in Hancock, Vt., June 10, 1828, 
 agfed sixty-seven. His wife died July, 1861, aged one hundred and two 
 years and six months. The record in their family Bible runs back one 
 hundred and twenty-two years. Children, of whom we can learn little 
 more than their names, were : — 
 
 1. Joseph. 7. Sarah. 
 
 2. Samuel. 8. Hannah. 
 8. David. 9. Betsey. 
 4. William, 10. Polly. 
 6. John. 11. Nancy. 
 
 6. Daniel. 12. Mehitable. 
 
 ISAAC BKOWN, son of Stephen and Eunice (Proctor) Brown ot 
 Sudbury, Mass., was born in Mason in 1794. Isaac married Sarah Flagg, 
 /Came here in the fall of 1819 and located at the end of the road i in what 
 is known as " The City," moved to Temple in 1849, and is now living 
 there in vigorous old' age. His oldest child was born in Temple. The 
 others were born in this town : — 
 
 1. Harriet, [b. June 20, 1819, m. Rev. Josepli B. Hill Aug. 26, 
 1845. Mr. Hill was graduated at Harvard College in 1821. 
 His father. Rev. Ebenezer Hill, was pastor of the Oongrega- 
 
384 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 tional Church in Mason sixty-four years, and d. in 1854, 
 aged 89. Rev. Joseph Hill was some years a teacher, 
 studied law, and was admitted to the bar ; afterwards 
 became a Christian, abandoned the law, was ordained to 
 preach, and in August, 1840, became colleague with his 
 aged father in the pastorate at Mason. In 1847 he went to 
 Colebrook and was pastor there ten years, then at West 
 Stewartstown five years, for two of which he was also school 
 commissioner for Coos county, then moving his family to 
 Temple he went at once to the army in the service of the 
 Christian commission. Was accidentally killed by the cars 
 as he was trying to jump onto a moVing train at Chatta- 
 nooga, Tenn., June 16, 1864.] 
 2. Mary Ann, [b. Oct.- 27, 1822, m. James H. Walton in 1852, 
 and lives in Temple. George B., a twin brother, d. in 
 infancy.] 
 
 4. Isaac P., [b. Dec. 12, 1825, and died in infancy.] 
 
 5. Adna, [b. Dec. 11, 1826, m. Mary Newton Sept. 10, 1850, 
 
 lives in Springfield, Vt., and is a manufacturer of woolen- 
 machinery.] 
 
 6. Addison, [twin brother of Adna ; carpenter by trade ; m. 
 
 Kate Hale of New York city ; after a time moved to Macon, 
 Mo., but returned to Temple in poor health and d. there in 
 1870.] 
 
 7. Nathan A., [b. in 1833 ; m. Sarah Brown, his cousin, Sept. 
 
 19, 1857, and is now a farmer in Temple.] 
 
 8. Sarah A., [twin sister of Nathan, m. Charles A. Bales in 
 
 1874, and lives in Wilton.] 
 
 ARTEMAS BROWN, brother of Isaac, born in Sudbury, Mass., in 
 1802, came here from Temple in 1823 to work at cooper's trade, onto the 
 James Nesmith place west of the pond. Afterwards bought the Eben- 
 ezer Goodhue place (settled by Wiley), but in the course of a few years 
 settled on the Puffer place, where he spent more than half his life. Was 
 found dead in his yard May 31, 1875. Mr. Brown acquired a large prop- 
 erty, was the most extensive land-owner in Antrim, hospitable, popular, 
 eccentric, full of jokes, hard-working, old-fashioned in tastes and habits, 
 and HONEST. He once offered the writer all the berries he might ever 
 want, but added : " I don't want you to come berrying on the Sabbath 
 day ! " Mr. Brown married, first, Rhoda Robinson Oct. 30, 1827, who 
 died in 1843 ; second, Almira Goodhue Of Hancock in 1844. Children : — 
 
 1. Sarah, [child of 1st wife, b. in 1836, m. Nathan A. Brown 
 Sept. 19, 1857.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 385 
 
 2. George, [child of 26. wife ; b. in 1846 ; m. Sophia L. Barney 
 
 of Hancock ; inherits the land estate of his father ; lived 
 some years on Isaac Brown place, but moved the house.of 
 his father onto the stand of the Dea. Fletcher house, and 
 with enlargements and valuable improvements now occu- 
 pies the same. His excellent wife d. Sept. 29, 1877, leaving 
 two children, one Charles Artemas, b. in 1873, the other a 
 new-born babe. The new road cut across the meadow 
 direct from Clinton to his new house, wa« used almost for 
 the first time at the funeral of his wife.] 
 
 3. Alvin, [b. in 1849 ; m. Josie M. Dustin Aug. 29, 1872 ; lived 
 
 in Nashua some years, but returned and built on the Isaac 
 Brown place.] 
 
 BRYANT. 
 ELIAS P. BRYANT, son of Elias and Elizabeth (Ingalls) Bryant, 
 born in Stoneham, Mass., July 17,1806, married Susannah B.Wilson of 
 Francestown, came here and bought the Dea. Barachias Holt farm, April, 
 1834. The house stood a few rods south of Capt. James Wilson's, and 
 very near the East brick church. Mr. B. moved back to Francestown 
 in 1836, where he now resides. Children: — 
 
 1. Susan M., [b. in Antrim Nov. 22, 1835, d. aged 30.] 
 
 2. Mart J., [now Mrs. Benj. R. Rowe, of Stoneham, Mass.] 
 
 3. Elias A., [b. in Washington in 1840, m. Leander B. French 
 
 of Reed's Ferry ; lives in Francestown.] 
 
 4. Sarah A., [b> in 1844.] 
 
 6. Charles P., [b. in Francestown in 1849.] 
 
 6. Samuel B., [b. in 1851.] 
 
 7. Joseph W., [b. Nov. 11, 1854.] 
 
 8. Jesse B., [d. aged 6.] 
 
 SAMUEL I. BRTANT,. brother of above, born Aug. 27, 1808, mar- 
 ried Hannah F. Butterfleld of Francestown in 1828 ; came here in April, , 
 1834 and opened a store in part of his brother's house (Barachias Holt 
 place) where he continued in trade about three years, then moved to 
 Francestown, thence to Stoneham, Mass., where he now resides. Chil- 
 dren: — 
 
 1. Elizabeth, [b. in Stoneham, Mass., Sept. 7, 1829, d. aged 
 
 14.J 
 
 2. Sarah F., [b. in Francestown in 1832 ; now Mrs. C. S. Nash, 
 
 Stoneham, Mass.] 
 
 3. Hannah M., [b. in Antrim Feb. 17, 1835, d. aged 20.] 
 
 4. Samuel I., Jr., [b. in Francestown in 1839, m. Mary J. Dunck- 
 
 lee ; lives, in Stoneham, Mass.] 
 
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386 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 ELIHU But ANT, known in Antrim as John E. Bryant, alao brother 
 of above, was manufacturer of shoes, and was also in company with 
 Samuel I. in trade at East Antrim. Married Mary Steele May 1, 1838. 
 Soon after, he moved to Stoneham, Mass., thence to Geneseo, 111. Was 
 an able and excellent man, and was deacon in the Congregational Church. 
 He closed his business on account of failing health, and moved to Brook- 
 lyn, N. T., but continued t6 decline, and died there Feb. 18, 1869, aged 
 flfty-six. Only one child survives Mm, Robert A. Bryant, born March 19, 
 1842 ; married Emma North of Meriden, Conn., in 1868, and is now of 
 Wenonab, N. J. 
 
 BRYER. 
 
 JOHN A. BRYER, son of Jonathan K. and Maria (Annis) Bryer of 
 G-roton, was born in Gilford, Sept. 1, 1846. He married Deemie E. 
 Bailey of Rumney, June 13, 1869, and came to Antrim in 1870, buying 
 the house and shop formerly owned by Dimond Twiss,in Clinton Village, 
 where he carries on the blacksmith business. Mr. Bryer served in the 
 army, being a volunteer in the Fourth N. H. Regiment. He passed 
 through nine battles uninjured, but was slightly wounded by a sharp- 
 shooter's bullet while in camp before Petersburg. 
 
 D. PARKER BRYER, brother of John A., was born in Groton, Dec. 
 29, 1850. He came to Antrim in the fall of 1870 ; married Mary F. 
 Sawyer, daughter of Edmond Sawyer, June 20, 1872, and succeeded Mr. 
 Sawyer as blacksmith at North Branch. Their children are : — 
 
 1. Mtrta Mat, [b. Dec. 5, 1874.J 
 
 2. Walter A., [b. Oct. 20, 1877.] 
 
 BUCK. 
 
 STICKNEY BUCK, son of Simeon and Mary (Goss) Buck, was born 
 in Windsor, in 1803; married Maria Wood, and came here in 1838; lived 
 on the George Mcllvaine place and other places in town, but left Antrim 
 in 1849. He is said to have moved thirty-three times ; now lives in Eyota, 
 Minn. Children: — 
 
 1. Emily M., [b. Feb. 19, 1830, d. unni. in 1852.] 
 
 2. Willis S., [b. May 31, 1831, m. Alzora C. Richardson, and 
 
 lives in Rochester, Minn.] 
 
 3. Frank A., [b. Aug. 27, 1833, m. Nellie M. Bolin, and d. in 
 
 Eyota in 1869.] 
 
 4. Blmina S., [b. Oct. 11, 1835, m. 0. B. Cutler, and d. in Min- 
 
 neapolis, Minn., in 1872. J 
 
 5. Elvina M., [twin sister of Elmina S., m. George M. House, 
 
 and lives in Minneapolis.] 
 
 6. Claek S., [b. May 16, 1837 ; is a mechanic ; m. Almie I. Clark 
 
 ^ of Hancock, and lives in Minneapolis.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 387 
 
 7. David W., [b. March 5, 1839, m. Emma L. Farmer, and 
 
 lives in Eyota.J 
 
 8. George G., [b. Feb. 1(>, 1841, m. Addie A. Glidden, and lives 
 
 in Eyota.] 
 
 9. Albert C, [b. June 12, 1843, lives unm. in White City, 
 
 Kan.J 
 
 BUCKMlNSTER. 
 
 BENJAMIN M. BUCKMINSTEE, son of Solomon and Hannah 
 (Bice) "Buckmiuster, came here from Marlborough in 1834, and bought 
 the place now owned by Capt. Leander Smith. He was a shoemaker by 
 trade. His first wife, Hannah Hardy of Nelson, to whom he was married 
 in 1819, died in 1848, and was the mothel- of all his children. For his 
 second wife he married Mrs. Lucy (Rice) Osgood in 1854. He moved to 
 Peterborough in 1860, and died there in 1873, at the age of eighty-one 
 years. His children that lived to maturity were : — 
 
 1. Solomon R., [b. in'1820, m. Betsey K. Boutelle of Hancock 
 
 in 1844. He lived in the house now owned by Rev. W. R. 
 
 Cochrane, and was leader of the Center choir (Presbyterian 
 
 Church) several years. In 1854 he moved to Reading, Mass., 
 
 from thence to Bear Valley, Minn., in 1858, where he died 
 
 in 1861, leaving but one child : — 
 Charles E., (b. in 1845, m. Emma J. Ambler in 1866, and now 
 
 lives in Chester, Minn.) 
 Joseph, (b. May 2, 1853, d. at the age of four months, and was 
 
 buried in the cemetery at Antrim Center.)] 
 
 2. Hannah M., [b. in 1821, d. at the age of 20 years.] 
 
 3. Elisabeth H., [b. in 1825, m. Baker Pratt, and d. Sept. 13, 
 
 I860.] 
 
 4. Sarah L., [b. in 1827, m. Charles Boutelle of Hancock in 
 
 1850, who then came to Antrim, from whence he moved to 
 Bear Valley, Minn.] 
 
 5. Harriet W., [b. in 1837, m. Dr. Geo. S. Nelson of Boston, and 
 
 resides in that city.] 
 
 BENNETT S. BUCKMlNSTER, son of Peter D. and Abigail (White) 
 Buckminster, was born in Eoxbury, Sept. 4, 1824, came to Antrim in 
 1850 as a clerk in Woodbury's store, married Nancy J. McKean in 1857, 
 who died in 1866. In 1869 he married Mrs. Fannie B. Bradford (daughter 
 of John Dane of Erancestown), and now lives at South Village. Was 
 many years clerk at Woodbury's store, and is now partner in the same. 
 
388 ^ GENEALOGIES. 
 
 BULLARD. 
 
 CALVIN BULLAED was born July 28, 1813. His father, Benjamin, 
 was son of Benjamin of Oakham, Mass., married Euth W. Woodace, and 
 settled in Society Land, now Bennington, where now George Colby lives. 
 
 Calvin came here in 1849, occupied the Gibson house, South Village, 
 which he still owns, and moved to Peterborough in November, 1870. He 
 married, first, Mary Jane Dunlap, Nov. 27, 1834; second, Mrs. Jane 
 (Morrison) Dresser, Nov. 6, 1852; tHird, Mrs, Laura E. Wilson, June 16, 
 1870. 
 
 Calvin Bullard's only child, Mary Frank, was born March 5, 1836, and 
 married Eben Woods of Bennington in 1855. I have learned since this 
 writing, that Benjamin BuUard of Oakham was the son of Capt. Silas, who 
 was the son of Capt. Jonathan, both men of high character an'd abil- 
 ity. The family was first known in Weston Mass. Edward Everett, on 
 his mother's side, was of this stock. 
 
 ADIN B. BULLAED, son of Benjamin and Eosanna (Wilkins) Bul- 
 lard, and grandson of Benjamin who married Euth Woodace, was born 
 in Bennington in 1845, and married Augusta Slie of Truro, Mass. He 
 came to South Antrirh in 1874. His children are : — ■ • 
 
 1. Augusta, [b. in 1868.J 
 
 2. John I., [b. in 1873.J 
 
 JOHN L. BULLAED, brother of Adin, was brought up by Dea. 
 James Boyd, and married Ruth H. Hackett Feb. 28, 1878. 
 
 BURNHAM. 
 
 Walter Le Ventre went to England as a friend and follower of 
 William of Normandy in 1066. In 1080, when England was surveyed 
 and divided, this Walter was made a lord, and granted tjjie Saxon vil- 
 lage of Burnham in Norfolk county, taking the name of Walter de Burn- 
 ham. This property remained in the family and name until about 1700. 
 Many of the records and dates are lost, but the descendants have been 
 traced thus : The first generation of which we have any positive knowl- 
 edge commences with, — 
 
 EOBERT BUENHAM, born in Norwich, Norfolk county, Eng., 
 in 1581. In 1608 he married Mary Andrews, and had seven children; 
 three of whom came to America : Dea. John of Essex, Mass., Robert of 
 Dover, and Thomas, mentioned below. Benjamin, the youngest son, 
 born in 1621, went to the East Indies where he amassed a large fortune, 
 purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land, now in-the heart of Lon- 
 don, which he willed to the three brothers in America^ This property 
 is now valued at seventy millions and has never been distributed. Of 
 the second generation, — 
 
 Thomas Burnham, son of Eobert and Mary (Andrews) Burnham, was 
 born in England in 1623, and came to America in 1635, wi.th his brothers 
 John and Eobert, in ship " Angel Gabriel," which was wrecked on the 
 
GENEALOGIES. 389 
 
 coast of Maine. He settled in Chebacco, now Essex, Mass., and was out 
 in the Pequot expedition. In 1646 he married Mary Tuttle, was select- 
 man in 1647, and deputy to general court from 1683 to 1686 inclusive. 
 He had twelve children, and died in 1694. Of the third generation,— 
 
 John Burnham, son of Thomas and Mary (Tuttle) Burnham, was 
 born in 1648, and settled on part of his father's estate. He married 
 Elizabeth Wells, had nine children, and died in 1704. Of the fourth 
 generation, — 
 
 Thomas Burnham, son of John and Elizabeth (Wells) Burnham, was 
 born in 1673, and settled on his father's land, which is still in' possession 
 of his descendants in Essex, Mass. He had six children, and died in 
 1748. Of the fifth generation,— 
 
 Stephen Burnham, son of Thomas, mentioned above, married Mary 
 Andrews, and settled in Gloucester, Mass. The date of his death is 
 unknown. He had thirteen children, one son, Nathaniel, being the 
 father of Dea. Epps and Dr. Israel Burnham of this town. Another 
 son of the sixth generation, — 
 
 Joshua Burnham, son of Stephen and Mary (Andrews) Burnham, was 
 born in Gloucester, Mass., in 1754. He had ten children, none of whom 
 are living. One.of them was the late Abel Burnham of Mont Vernon. 
 Another of the seventh generation is identified with Antrim, coming 
 here some years later than his cousins, Dea. Epps and Dr. Israel Burn- 
 ham, as will be seen by the following record : — , 
 
 THOMAS BUKNHAM, son of Joshua, was born in Milford in 1783, 
 married Eachel Conant in 1807, and came to Antrim in 1821, occupying 
 the Madison Tuttle farm until 1837, when he moved to Hillsborough, 
 where he died in 1856. His wife died in Nashua in 1871, at the age of 
 eighty-seven. Their children are : — 
 
 1. Albert G., [b. in 1808. He learned the tanner's trade with 
 
 Dea. Little ; m. Fannie Simonds, and now lives at Hills- 
 borough Upper Village.] 
 
 2. Sblina D., [b. in 1810, and m. Phinehas Reed of Litchfield.] 
 
 3. Dr. Abel C, [b. in 1812 ; m. Caroline Dascomb, and has 
 
 been for many years a trusted and successful physician at 
 Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 4. Orna B., [b. in 1814, and lived with Hon. Jacob Tuttle for 
 
 many years. He m. Melinda Gould of Lyndeborough, and 
 lived awhile on the Dr. Cleaves place, then on the James 
 Boutwell place, and is now living in Acworth. He had one 
 child : — . 
 Henry F., (b. in Antrim, m. Jennie A. Kennedy, and lives in 
 Acworth.)] 
 
 5. Henrietta B., [b. in 1816, m. Bradley Hall of Chesterfield, 
 
 and d. in 1872.J 
 
390 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6. G. BriCkson, [b. in 1819 ; m. 1st, Abby Baldwin of Hills- 
 
 borough ; 2(i, Martha J. McClintock of Hillsborough, and 
 now resides in that town on Bible Hill. J 
 
 7. B. Hatch, [b. in this town in 1823 ; m. Maria Keyes of 
 
 Washington ; was for many years a noted stage-driver, and 
 now lives at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 8. Oramus W., [b. in Antrim in 1827, and m. BUen M. Harts- 
 
 horn of Amherst.] 
 
 Of the seventh generation, the first identified with this town is : — 
 EPPS BUENHAM, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Burnham) Burn- 
 ham, who both came from Essex, Mass., was born in Greenfield Aug. 17, 
 1781, married Sarah Cavender of Greenfield in 1806, and came to Antrim 
 the same year. He bought and moved onto the Dea. Aiken farm in 
 South Village, now owned by Mr. Whittum. In, 1816 he was chosen 
 elder in the Presbyterian Church, being elected before his union with 
 the church, though no doubt in expectation of it. He served in this 
 capacity until his removal to Concord in 1838, when he was immediately 
 elected to the same offlce in the South Congregational Church in that 
 city, which place he retained until his death in 1847. He was a good 
 man, a valuable citizen and church-member. A contemporary says of 
 him : " Dea. Burnham was a strong and efficient man." The children 
 are : — 
 
 1. Charles C, [b. Sept. 23, 1807, and d. July 10, 1813.] 
 
 2. Franklin W., [b. July 2, 1810, and m. Mary Keysar of Can- 
 
 terbury in 1833, who d. in 1839. In 1840 he m. Fidelia 
 Cross of Northfield, and now resides in Concord. He has 
 one daughter married and living with her parents.] 
 
 3. Sarah A., [b. March 28, 1812. In 1836 she m. James Fev- 
 
 er ly of Canterbury, who was for many years a prominent 
 merchant in Concord, where his wife now lives. In 1873 
 he went to Burope with their only child, Helen Peverly, and 
 d. in Edinburgh, Scotland, the same year. At that time the 
 daughter became acquainted with Peter Carr of Liverpool, 
 Bngland, whom she afterwards m., and now resides in Liv- 
 erpool, having two children.] 
 
 4. Charles C, [b. Feb. 26, 1815, m. Blizabeth Ham of Canter- 
 
 bury, and now resides in Hopkinton, whei'e he holds the 
 office of deacon in the Congregational Church. He has 
 four children living, one of whom, Frederick Burnham, is a 
 physician in Orford.] 
 6. Bpps, [b. Aug. 15, 1817, and d. at the age of twenty years.] 
 6. Nathaniel, [b. Nov. 12, 1819, m. Harriet Youngman of Wil- 
 mot, and now resides in Dorchester.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 391 
 
 7. Mary E., [b. Jan. 15, 1823, and d. at the age of three years.] 
 
 8. Emily Jane, [b. Sept. 25, 1824, m. Walter Abbott of Lowell, 
 
 Mass., in 1849, and resided in Concord, where Mr. Abbott 
 was a prominent citizen. He d. in that city in 1868, and 
 his widow now, resides with her nephew, Dr. Fred Burn- 
 ham, in Orford.] 
 
 Dr. ISRAEL BUENHAM, brother of Dea. Epps Burnham, studied 
 medicine at Hartford, Conn., and came to this town about the first of 
 1817, as the successor of Dr. Adams. He moved into the Dea. Aiken 
 house, then just vacated, and planted with his own hand in 1817 the 
 noted poplar-tree now standing at the door. Dec. 11, 1817, he m. Fanny 
 Baldwin, and in 1820 bought 4he pl^ce and built where Elijah Kimball 
 now lives. He was a valuable citizen and highly esteemed, continuing 
 the practice of medicine until 1848, when he gave up to Dr. Hubbard, 
 and died the following year, July 9, 1849, at the age of flfty-seven. At 
 his death he left a small fund to the Presbyterian Church, of which he 
 was a member. He had three children : — 
 
 1. Fanny W.', [b. June 2, 1819, m. Dr. M. W Atwood Oct. 10, 
 
 1843, and settled at New Hudson, N. Y., where he d. after 
 some years, and she came back to her father's and d. Feb. 
 22, 1849.] 
 
 2. Israel S., [b. June 21, 1824, m. Harriet Leggett of Canada, 
 
 went to Norwalk, Conn., and d. there in 1865.] 
 
 3. George W N., [b. May 80, 1828, m. Elizabeth Coburn of 
 
 Deering Oct. 9, 1849, and d. at his father's homestead May 
 
 29, 1864, leaving children : — 
 G-eorge F., (b. Aug. 14, 1850, m. Florence A. Brooks of Acton 
 
 Aug. 21, 1873, and now lives in Revere, Mass.) 
 Mary P.,, (b. July 7, 1862, m. William H. Derby of Revere, 
 
 Mass., Nov. 17, 1874, and they now reside in that place.) 
 ^rec? J., (b. Aug. 5, 1857.) 
 Arthur M., (b. Feb. 19, 1860.) 
 John M., (b. Aug. 17, 1862, and now lives in Deering.)] 
 
 BURNS. 
 
 JOHN BURNS came here from New Boston in 1774, and began the 
 second place west of Reed Carr's on the old road. His only neighbors 
 were on the William Stacey place and at the Branch. Maurice Lynch 
 on the former place was in sight, but there was no road to either of 
 them, nor even a path. He stayed here one year, then sold to his 
 brother Robert, and returned to New Boston. These brothers, John 
 and Robert, seem to have been sons of John Burns of New Boston. 
 This first John was among the early settlers of that town, and signed the 
 
392 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 call to Eev. Solomon Moor in that town Aug. 25, 1767. He settled In 
 the south part, and built a saw-mill near the foot of Joe English Hill, 
 afterwards known in that vicinity as the Orne mills. The writer 
 remembers the old mill when it was falling to pieces in age and neglect, 
 as it was near his birthplace. In his riper years John Burns, Sen., 
 moved to Prancestown and died there quite aged, but no stone marks 
 his grave, and no record can be found. 
 
 There was a John Burns in Bedford at the same time that John, Sen., 
 resided in New Boston. These Johns were probably cousins, and their 
 sons married sisters in New Boston. John of Bedford once went to 
 Pennacook (Concord) for corn for his family, and on return was flred 
 upon by the Indians in ambush at Suncook. He escaped by running, 
 but seven bullet-holes in his shirt gave evidence of his danger ! 
 
 Maj. JOHN" BUENS of Antrim was born in New Boston, Aug. 17, 
 1755, and died in WhitefleW May 6, 1852. His wife, Mrs. Sarah (Smith) 
 McMarston, daughter of Dea. John Smith of New Boston, was born Dec. 
 26, 1752, and died June 4, 1826. Maj. Burns was out in the Revolu- 
 tionary army, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, was also out in the war 
 of 1812, and his military record was highly creditable. In 1843 he vis- 
 ited Boston and went out to Bunker Hill, where sixty-eight years before 
 he had marched in the ranks and faced the foe in deadly conflict. At the 
 age of ninety he visited the White Mountains, — walked four miles to 
 the top of Mt. Washington, and returned the same day. He repre- 
 sented New Boston in the legislature, lived on the Luther Colburn farm 
 in that town, was an energetic and live man, and held in the highest 
 esteem. He and his family moved from New Boston in the spring of 
 1802. Leaving his wife in Lisbon, he and his boys pressed on to White- 
 field, and made their clearing and put up their log house. The next 
 spring (1803) they all moved there, making the first settlement in that 
 now flourishing town. Maj. Burns was a cool, fearless man, loving 
 adventure to the last. It is related of him here that he and Moses 
 Steele of Hillsborough went hunting up North Branch river, then an 
 absolute wilderness, Steele on the north bank, Burns on the south. Far 
 up the stream Steele found himself pursued by a bear, and he fled across 
 the stream towards Burns. Bruiu entered the water after him. Steele 
 turned to fire on him, but in the motion dropped his flint into the water. 
 He then cried to Burns to climb a tree ! But the latter coolly answered 
 that he guessed he could take care of himself, and fired and brought the 
 bear down ! It was a dangerous fello'w:, and had almost reached Steele. 
 In 1843, at the age of eighty-eight, Maj . Burns represented Whitefield in 
 the legislature, and was treated with great deference as the father of the 
 House. In 1848 he made his last visit to Antrim and New Boston, mak- 
 ing the journey of nearly one hundred and fifty miles in a wagon alone, 
 being ninety-three years old ! Though none of his children were born 
 here, yet we have thought best to give them : — 
 
 1. David, [b. in New Boston July 31, 1782 ; m. Susannah 
 Knights of Bethlehem ; inherited the homestead of his 
 
GENEALOGIES. 393 
 
 father ; d. April 30, 1864. His son, John Burns, Esq., now 
 occupies the original settlement in Whitefield. • David was 
 several times in the New Hampshire legislature.] 
 
 2. William, [b. May 18, 1784, and d. in infancy.] 
 
 3. Hannah, [b. in 1786, m. Enoch Kenney of Whitefield, and d. 
 
 there in 1815.] 
 
 4. Polly, [b. in 1788, m. Calvin White, and d. in 1818.] 
 
 5. Sally, [b. June 28, 1790, m. Asa King, and d. in 1876.] 
 
 6.' Jane, [b. March 4, 1793, m. James Burns, and d. April 10, 
 1876.] 
 
 ROBERT BURNS, brother of John, came here in 1775, having 
 bought his brother's farm, on which he lived till 1829, — fifty-four yfears, 
 — when he died at the age of eighty-nine. He married Janet McMel 
 ,of New Boston, from which town he came. It is related of him that he 
 once lost his covys in the woods, hunted for them till dark, got lost him- 
 self, and when he began to hear the bears growl near at hand he crept 
 into a hollow log for safety, and, defending the entrance, lay there till 
 morning. His anxious wife sat up all night for him, and felt'disposed to 
 know his whereabouts on that particular occasion, but all she could ever 
 get out of him was, in broad Scotch, " Haala laag ! Haala laag ! " The 
 children of Robert were : — 
 
 1. William T., [b. March 26, 1780; went below and m. and 
 
 had several children, but returned to Antrim, and was on 
 the town farm some years before his death.] 
 
 2. Rachel, [m. Joseph Simonds Sept. 3, 1812, and d. in Wilton 
 
 in 1868.] 
 
 3. Robert, [b. in 1783; m. Mary Simonds Sept. 1, 1812; lived 
 
 with his father till 1818, when he bought, cleared, and built 
 where B. P. Mcllvaine now lives. The same year, or a lit- 
 tle later, he began what was long known as the Burns mill, 
 where he sawed lumber for many years. On this place he 
 d. Sept. 5, 1849, aged 66. His wife d. in 1861, aged 71. 
 Children : — 
 
 iMcy, (d. Sept. 5, 1833, aged 19.) 
 
 John, (d. Aug. 16, 1841, aged 26.) 
 
 Imke, (b. Feb. 22, 1815, m. Lina Hill, and now resides in 
 Hudson.) 
 
 Sabrina, (b. Nov. 18, 1817 ; m. B. F. Mcllvaine March 20, 
 1845 ; received the homestead, but d. Jan. 19, 1860.) 
 
 Mari/ J., (b. May 24, 1820, and m. William P. Little Nov. 
 12, 1844.) 
 
 Usther, (d. July 21, 1842, aged 20.) 
 
394 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Eliza J"., (b. May 9, 1826, m. Thomas Burtt, and now resides 
 at Hill^orough Bridge.)] , 
 
 BUSWELL. 
 
 DANIEL BUSWELL came here from Bradford, Mass., in 1791, hav- 
 ing been previously married to Eds Bodwell of Methuen, who was born 
 Jan. 13, 1770. Mr. Buswell first occupied the Zadoc Dodge place, and 
 afterwards lived in several different places in town, until the year 1826, 
 when he settled on the Gregg place near the pond, where he died in 1859, 
 at the age of ninety-six years. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and re- 
 ceived a serious wound in the eye in a battle near Eort "Washington. One 
 part of a bullet, which was cut in two by striking his bayonet as he was 
 reloading, struck his eye, while the larger part was turned aside, thus 
 probably savifig his life. His wife died at the age of ninety-nine years, 
 two months, and one day. Their children are: — 
 
 1. Abigail, [b. Aug. 22, 1789, d. unm. in Bradford, Mass., in 
 
 1871.J 
 
 2. Sally, [b. May 31, 1791, m. Sewall Spalding, and moved to 
 
 New York.] 
 
 3. Charlotte, [b. March 17, 1794, m. and went to Canaan. J 
 
 4. Thomas, [b. Feb. 16, 1796. He bought the Gregg mills in 
 
 1826, and d. unm., leaving the property to his father.] 
 
 5. Priscilla, [b. Oct. 18, 1798, and m. Aaron Parker of Box- 
 
 ford, Mass.] 
 
 6. Zelinda, [b. April 8, 1803, and is supposed to have died in 
 
 infancy.] 
 
 7. Ann, [b. Aug. 13, 1805. She m. John Robinson, went to 
 
 Alstead, and d. in 1856.] 
 
 8. William, [b. July 20, 1809, and m. Betsey A. McMaster. 
 
 He moved to the Gregg place to see his parents through life, 
 
 but died before either of them, Aug. 9, 1852, leaving three 
 
 children : — 
 Thomas, (who d. in the army.) 
 Albert, (who d. in the army of yellow fever.) 
 Sarah U., (m. George F. Mitchell of Clinton, Mass., Nov. 17, 
 
 1858.)] 
 
 9. Elisabeth, [twin sister of William, is supposed to have died 
 
 in infancy.] 
 
 10. Eliza M., [b. July 15, 1812, m. Dea. Thomas Thompson.] 
 
 11. Isaac, [b. June 29, 1814. He m. Margaret Hodgman of 
 Ithaca, N. Y. ; from that place entered the army as a musi- 
 cian and d. in service.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 395 
 
 BUTLER. 
 
 TOBIAS BUTLER, one of the noted characters in the early settle- 
 ment of this town, was a fine penman. He it was who wrote on the title 
 page of the town book, in large and elegant hand, — 
 
 "The Records of Antrim in the year Of our Lord God 1788. 
 
 "T. BUTLER 
 "T. C. 
 " By commendable deportment you will Rise to preferment &c. " 
 
 It was natural that the writing-master should " set a copy " in the 
 town,.book ; and it is to be hoped that many who read this will be enabled 
 in this way to "Rise to preferment &c." 
 
 Tobias Butler was born in Ireland in 1746, and educated for a Roman 
 Catholic priest, but, becoming a Protestant, he emigrated to America 
 (probably on that account), at the age of twenty-five years. He first 
 owned a place in New Boston, and from that town entered the army of 
 the Revolution, passing through most of the confiicts in New York. He 
 married Mary Hogg, sister of Abner Hogg of New Boston, who was a 
 marked man in his day, and a Revolutionary pensioner within the mem- 
 ory of the writer, bowed and white and nearly one hundred years old, 
 respected by all, and venerated by the young. When his son had his 
 name changed, the old man said, " I've always lived a Hogg and I'll die 
 a Hogg." Mr. Butler cacEie to this town in 1786 and lived on the Eben 
 Bass place. Everybody called him " Master Butler, " from the fact that 
 for many years he was a teacher. In 1788 he held the ofiice of town 
 clerk. He moved to Hillsborough in 1804, where he resided for a, time, 
 when he came back and lived on the Nat. Herrick place, but died, in 1829, 
 at the age of eighty-three years, on the then-called Weston place. The 
 buildings, now gone, stood northeast of J. G. Flint's. He had a brother 
 John, who lived for a few years in a log house in Eben Bass's pasture, 
 wjien he returned to Ireland, not regarding rocky Antrim equal to his 
 fatherland. Master Butler was an honest and pious man. His chil- 
 dren were : — 
 
 1. James, [m. Fanny Stevens, Oct. 15, 1812, lived in many 
 
 places in town^ and d. on the Sam. Wilson place west of 
 Reed Carr's.] 
 
 2. Robert, [m. Betsey Wilkins of Deering. In 1800 he built a 
 
 small store at the corner opposite the town-house, where he 
 traded for some years, and then moved to Salem, N. Y., 
 where he died. Robert had children here named Samuel 
 M., Gracie 0., and Milton. The last was killed by the fall- 
 ing of an iron bar upon him in Salem, N. Y., aged 12.] 
 
 3. Susan, [d. young of spotied fever.] 
 
 4. Maegaket, [m. Dr. Oliver Brown and went to Vermont, and 
 
 thence to Salem, N. Y.] 
 
 5. Nancy, [was never m., and d. recently on the county farm.] 
 
396 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6. John, [lived with his parents and d. unm. in Hillsborough.] 
 
 7. Joseph, [went to Canada in 1825. J 
 
 8. Samuel, [was a victim of spotted fever, d. in 1812 at the age 
 
 of 19 years.] 
 
 9. Thomas, [b. in 1799 on the Eben Bass place, is the last of the 
 
 family now living. He m. Abigail Keyes of Hillsborough, 
 
 , and occupied buildings, now gone, situated between widow 
 
 Levi Curtis's and the Keene road. Having been blind for 
 
 twenty-five years, and in feeble health, he now lives with 
 
 his daughter and is supported by pension. His children 
 
 are : — 
 
 Susan, (m. Stephen Clement and d. soon afterwards.) 
 
 Betsey A., (m. 1st, Alden Hill of New Boston ; 2d, Charles 
 
 A. Barrett of this town.) 
 John, (ent&red the army and d. at New Orleans.) 
 Harriet M., (m. Miles Swinington, and lives in Prancestown.)] 
 
 BUTMAN. 
 
 JOHK BXJTMAN, an excellent man, came here from Topsfleld, Mass., 
 in 1794, and settled on the place still called by his name, south of Gregg 
 pond. He died in 1824, aged eighty-seven years. His wife, Hannah An- 
 drews of Boxford, Mass., died aged ninety-four years. Their children, 
 none of them born in this town, were as follows : Ebenezer, Nancy, 
 John, Asa, Thomas, Joshua, Oliver, Eliphalet. Of these, the only one 
 of whom we have any record is Ebenezer Butman, born in Boxford^ 
 Mass., in 1767. He came here with his father at the age of twenty-seven, 
 married Mehitable Andrews of Bradford, Dec. 24, 1805,, and lived with 
 his parents till 1822, when he moved to Bradford, where he died in, 1857. 
 His children are : — 
 
 1. Hannah, [b. Nov. 1, 1806, and is still living unm. in Brad- 
 
 ford.] 
 
 2. Ltdia B., [b. Sept. 1, 1808, m. Joseph Corser of Webster.] 
 
 3. Joshua, [b. Oct. 14, 1810, m. Hannah Pulton, and lives in 
 
 Bradford.] 
 
 4. Phbbe, [b. in 1814, m. Dr. Marshall Merriam of Merrimack, 
 
 and moved to Derry, where she died in 1878.] 
 
 5. Nancy, [b. in 1817, became the 2d wife of Dr. Merriam, 
 
 and lives in Derry.] 
 
 6. Susan, [b. in 1820, d. unm. at Bradford in 1862.] 
 
 7. Ruth K., [b. at Bradford in 1823, d. in 1841.] 
 
 8. Abbie a., [b. in 1826, d. unm. in 1865.] 
 
 9. Jacob 0., [b. in 1828, m. Mary Palmer of Mancliester in 
 
 1855, and now resides in Manchester.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 397 
 
 BUTTERFIBLD. 
 
 ISAAC BUTTEKPIELD, as associated with our fathers, and first 
 captain of the militia of Society Land, deserves a brief notice here, 
 though never living in Antrim. In 1713, or soon after, Samuel Butter- 
 field with other soldiers was stationed at Gro ton, Mass., to guard and 
 assist the reapers of a large lot of grain. The Indians attacked them, 
 and Mr. Butterfield, after killing one and disabling two others, was over- 
 powered, bound, and marched ofi" to Canada. The Indians intended him 
 for torture and death, and left it to the wife of the Indian he had killed 
 to say in what form he should be tortured. She decided to keep him for 
 a servant. After many months he was redeemed. His son William set- 
 tled some years afterward in Londonderry, and subsequently in Pran- 
 cestown. Capt. Isaac Butterfield. was son of William, and settled in 
 Society Land, now Greenfield, in 1770, near the present school-house in 
 IsTahum Russell's district, on the spot where there is now a large stone in 
 the wall inscribed "I. B. 1770." When, on news of the battle of Lex- 
 ington, the men of Society Land (Antrim, Hancock, and (5rreenfield) met 
 together and marched toward the scene of conflict, they chose Isaac But- 
 terfield their captain. This was done at the house of Dea. Aiken. Of 
 Capt. Butterfield we know but little further. After the war he lived 
 awhile in Francestown and in Acworth. Thence he went to Homer, 
 N. Y. His old age was spent in Le Roy, that State, where he died at 
 the age of ninety-five. His wife was a Webster. Most of his family 
 went to New York. His oldest son, John, was a noted merchant, went 
 to China for cargoes of tea, was in trade more than half a century, and 
 died in Le Boy, N. T., aged ninety. 
 
 BENJAMIN BUTTEEFIELD came here in 1785, and lived a few 
 years in a log house south of Dea. Vose's and west of the pond, when he 
 moved away. Nothing further is known of him. 
 
 CHARLES BUTTERFIELD came here in 1795, and lived on the 
 south slope of the mountain north of the Artemas Brown place. About 
 1800 his buildings were burned, when he left town and nothing more is 
 known of him. 
 
 CHANDLER BUTTERFIELD, son of William and Lavinia (Case) 
 Butterfield of Washington, was born in 1812. His father came to Antrim 
 that year to. nurse those sick with spotted fever. He lived in several 
 places in town, then went to Massachusetts, and died there. His son, 
 Chandler Butterfield, grew up to manhood in town, married Naomi D. 
 Robinson July 16, 1835, and lived for many years west of the pond. He 
 now occupies the Hobert Gregg or David Hill place. His "children 
 are : — 
 
 1. William ¥., [b. Dec. 22, 1836, m. Carrie Holt July 14, 1863, 
 
 was for many years a clerk in Boston, and now resides in 
 Antrim.] 
 
 2. John C, [b. Jan. 2, 1888, and m. Almira R. Robb June 3, 
 
398 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1863. He is a mason by trade, residing in South Village 
 in Avery house. His children are : — 
 
 John A., (b. May 9, 1866.) 
 
 George W., (b. Oct. 4, 1868.) 
 
 Mason 0., (b. Aug. 10, 1872.) 
 
 Oarrie M., (b. Feb. 15, 1877.)] 
 3. Maey E., [b. in 1841, and was killed in Bennington Septem- 
 ber, 1847, by a cart-body falling on her.j 
 
 STEPHEN" BUTTERFIELD, born in Goffstown Jan. 11, 1794, and 
 Polly (Clogston) Butterfleld, his wife, came to Antrim about the year 
 1823, and lived on the Grosvenor "Wilkins place. (His father was Capt. 
 Peter Butterfleld of Revolutionary honor. Capt. Butterfleld and his 
 brother John filled a uniform in the Revolutionary army each six months 
 alternately for years, as one of them must be at home, their father having 
 died and left a young and needy family.) In 1853 he left Antrim for 
 Nashua, from whence he removed to Beaver Dam, Wis., where he died 
 in 1859 . His children are : — 
 
 1. Frederick, [b. in Goffstown June 28, 1820, m. Elizabeth Hall 
 
 of Merrimack, and d. at Nashua in 1847.] 
 
 2. Franklin, [twin brother of Frederick, m. Eveline Blanchard 
 
 of Peacham, Vt., and has for many years held a responsible 
 railroad office in Boston.] 
 
 3. Elizabeth, [b. in Goflfstown May 21, 1822, m. John Russell 
 
 of Hooksett April 5, 1844, and d. at Chester, Wis., in 1876. J 
 
 4. Mary, [b. in Antrim Jan. 6, 1824, and m. Nathan Corliss of 
 
 Hooksett.] 
 
 5. Matthew, [b. in Antrim Jan. 25, 1826, and m. Sarah A. 
 
 Eaton of Ludlow, Mass.] 
 
 6. Lydia Jane, [b. Jan. 11, 1828, m. J. B. Moulton of Weare, 
 
 and d. in 1875.] 
 
 7. Harriet, [b. Jan. 9, 1832, m. Charles Marden of New Bos- 
 
 ton, and is, now living at Farley, lo.] 
 
 8. Samantha Ann, [b. April 15, 1834, m. Alexander W. Heng- 
 
 hins, and now resides in Boston.] 
 
 9. John, [birth not recorded, m. Maria Hubbell, and now resides 
 
 in Sioux Village, Minn.] 
 
 ISAAC W. BUTTERFIELD was son of Willard and Betsey (Oroutt) 
 Butterfleld, and grandson of Gen. Butterfleld of Keene. The last named 
 was. a native of Westmoreland, and was for a time a judge in the state 
 court of Vermont. Isaac W. married Naomi Shedd. Their children 
 are : — 
 
 1. Ann E., [m. Marcus M. Smith, and lives in Keeue.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 399 
 
 2. Bill C, [b. in Reading, Vt., March 29, 1845, m. Abbie L. 
 
 Parmenter of Antrim in 1866, and resides here. Their 
 
 children are : — 
 JEva M., (b. March 15, 1867.) 
 Charles F., (b. Sept. 5, 1868.) 
 George P., (b. April 7, 1870.) 
 Fred L., (b. Jan. 24, 1873, and d. Dec. 1, 1873.) 
 Flmer K, (b. Dec. 13, 1874.)] 
 
 3. Benjamin F., [m. Ella Vose, and lives in Bridgewater, Vt.J 
 
 4. Bteon H., [unm., and lives in Boston. J 
 
 GEORGE E. BUTTERFIELD came here from Ma,nchester in the 
 spring of 1870, buying the old Thomas Jameson place of Samuel Wilson. 
 He was born in New Boston, May 19, 1844; married Emily J. Marden, a 
 native of Francestown, June 30, 1864. He was son of Daniel and Martha 
 M. (Caldwell) Butterfield, and grandson of Daniel and Sally (Warren) 
 Butterfield. Daniel, Sen., died in West Deering April 22, 1877, aged 
 ninety-two. He was son of Maj. John and Naomi (Stevens) Butterfield. 
 Maj. John was an officer in the Revolution. Children of George E. : — 
 
 1. Charles A., [b. in New Boston June 9, 1865.] 
 
 2. Martha M., [b. in Manchester March 19, 1867.] 
 
 3. George H., [b. in Antrim Dec. 22, 1870.] 
 
 BUTTERS. 
 
 WARREN BUTTERS, formerly of Wilmington, Mass., came here 
 from Jaffrey in 1818, married Rebecca Stickney of Jaffrey, cousin to Dr. 
 Stickney, and settled on the place now occupied by Mr. Wyman. He 
 died instantly of heart disease on his birthday, April 16, 1856, at the age 
 of seventy-six, leaving two children : — 
 
 1. Abigail, [m. Isaac W Aids July 19, 1836, and d. in Stod- 
 
 dard in 1865, at the age of 54.] 
 
 2. Reuben, [b. in 1817 ; when a young man became incapaci- 
 
 tated by brain fever, but retained the ability to read music 
 and play the violin when every other faculty was gone. 
 He now lives on the county farm.] 
 
 CALDWELL. 
 
 SAMUEL CALDWELL was born in , Newburyport, Mass., in 1756. 
 He served through the whole of the Revolutionary war, during the first 
 part as privateer, and had an unusual number of hair-breadth escapes 
 and slio'ht wounds. In 1788 he came here from Weare, and bought of 
 Benjamin Gregg the Vose place at the Center, but in later years moved 
 to the Dea. Worthley place, and died on the McFarland place in 1835, 
 aged seventy-nine. He revered the memory of Washington, calling him 
 
400 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 " That beloved man." He married Elenor Paige, sister of Lemuel Paige, 
 who lived near him at the Center, and their children were : — 
 
 1. John, [m. Mary Cleaves of Amherst, now Mont Vernon, sis- 
 
 ter of Dr. Cleaves. He traded at South Village in com- 
 pany with Jacob Miller, and d. in early life. His wife soon 
 followed, and their two sons, John and Samuel, are both 
 dead. John lost his life in the Mexican war.] 
 
 2. Samuel, [went South to live, and d. in Baton Rouge, unm. 
 
 He served through the war of 1812. j 
 
 3. Betsey, [m. Robert Forsaith, a;nd had four children, Rodney, 
 
 Eliza, Hiram, and Sanjuel C, all of whom were probably 
 born here. They lived for a time on the Jonas White place, 
 then went to Goffstown, and her descendants are now among 
 the prominent citizens of Manchester.] 
 
 4. Sarah, [b. Feb. 15, 1792, m. Dea. James Hopkins April 13, 
 
 1815, and d. in 1856, in Milwaukee, Wis. J 
 
 5. Elenor, [b. July 24, 1794, m. Aaron Kimball of Hopkin- 
 
 ton in 1820, and died there in 1826. She had two sons: 
 Horatio, for many years editor of the " Cheshire Republi- 
 can," Keene ; Aaron N., long editor of the " Pilot," Jackson, 
 Miss.] 
 
 6. Hannah, [b. March 25, 1796, m. Dr. Ebenezer Stevens in 
 
 1822, and lived in Boston until her death in 1824. She 
 left one child, George A. Stevens, now a commander in the 
 U. S. navy. J 
 
 7. Frances, [b. Sept. 20, 1801, and d. young. An old person 
 
 says, " Those girls possessed an inherent goodness that 
 attracted the love and respect of all."] 
 
 CAMPBELL. 
 
 The Campbells wete of Scotch race and characteristics. 
 
 JOHN CAMPBELL was the son of Hugh and Margaret (Kelso) 
 Campbell, emigrants through England, whose children were James, John, 
 Robert, William, and Polly. Of these, William settled in New Boston, 
 and John, mentioned above, came to Antrim from New Salem (now 
 Salem) in 1779, cleared the place where James Wood now lives, for sev- , 
 eral years occupying a log house near a spring east and below the 
 house. There was no house or road between that and the Goodell place 
 (Dea. Joseph Boyd's), and they were guided entirely by marked trees. 
 He married Barbary Aiken, had a large farm, and built the present house * 
 in 1802. He died in 1843, at the age of eighty-eight years. Children 
 were : — 
 1. Jambs, [b. Dec. 26, 1786 ; m. 1st, Rhoda Baldwin, May 28, 
 
GENEALOGIES. 401 
 
 1812, who d. Jan. 1, 1830, aged 39 ; 2d, Martha D. Little, 
 sister of Dea. Little, May 19, 1838. He lived on the old 
 honaestead, and d. Nov. 20, 1858. He was a trader in 
 South Village some years, and was the first postmaster in 
 this town. Children: — 
 
 John, (m. Eliza A. Dustin, Nov. 14, 1842, and went to North- 
 ampton, Mass. Their only child, John, has been for some 
 years head clerk in one of the heaviest dry-goods houses in 
 New York City, though but a young man. Has frequently 
 been sent to Europe on business by the firm.) 
 
 James, (lives unm. in California. Has traveled the world 
 over.) 
 
 Maria, (b. Jan. 14, 1817, m. A. C. Palmer April 16, 1848, and 
 lives in Charlestown, Mass.) 
 
 Luther, (b. Nov. 7, 1818, m. Mary A. Brackett of this town 
 
 ' Jan. 80, 1845, and now lives on the Jonathan Carr place. 
 
 He has but one child, Edward P., who was b. March 26, 
 
 1850, and m. Fannie, daughte,r of John Moore Duncan, Dec. 
 
 26, 1877, and lives on the homestead with his parents.)] 
 
 2. Joseph B., [m. Rispah Baldwin, sister of Rhoda, and d. Feb. 
 
 3, 1827, aged 34. The widow m. John Huntington, Nov. 
 25, 1835, and d. at Branch, July 29, 1871, aged 78. The 
 children of Joseph B. and Rispah Campbell were : — 
 
 Rolert, (d. unm. Aug. 18, 1868, aged 41.) 
 
 Caroline, (d. unm. Aug. 6, 1853, aged 30.)] 
 
 3. William, [m. Agnes Smith of Antrim, and d. in -1843. His 
 
 children settled in New Boston, but soon died.] 
 
 4. David, [m. Mary J. Cochran Feb. 13, 1834, d. in Charles- 
 
 town, Mass., in 1866, leaving children, Kate, Fannie, and 
 Clara.] 
 
 5. John, Jr., [d. in New Boston many years ago, and of him 
 
 almost nothing is known.] 
 
 6. Robert, [d. unm. in St. Louis.] 
 
 7. Nathan, [d. unm. in St. Louis.] 
 
 HENEY CAMPBELL came here in 1793 and opened a store on the 
 John G. Newman place, in the east part of the town, where he traded 
 eight years. In 1801 he was drowned while bathing in Charles river near 
 Boston having gone to that city to purchase goods. The building in 
 which he lived and traded is now standing, attached to the rear of 
 George A. Cochran's house. Two children of Henry and Amy Camp- 
 bell were buried on "Meeting-House Hill " in 1793 and 1796. Nothing 
 
402 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 further is known of his family. He is supposed to be the Henry Campbell 
 who signed the Association Test in Wiudham in 1776. His untimely 
 death was a great shock to the town. 
 
 CARR. 
 
 Three brothers, James, John, and David Carr, came here from Merri- 
 mack. When young they spelled the name Karr, and it so appears on 
 the Association Test. They were sons of ,Tohn Carr and Isabella Walker of 
 Londonderry. The father's name appears among the signatures, to the 
 Association Test in that town in 1776. He is said to have been brought 
 over with the first settlers of Londonderry, though a small boy. He had 
 a brother James who was killed by the Indians in what is now the- town 
 of Bow in 1748. His half-murdered dog guarded the dead body of its 
 master till the neighbors found it the next day, and even then fiercely 
 opposed its removal. 
 
 Dea. JAMES CAEE, the oldest of these brothers, came here in 
 1778, and cleared and settled where his grandson William B. Carr now. 
 lives. Dea. Carr was born in 1748 in Litchlield, though the home of 
 his parents was in Golfstown. He was a genial, cheery, good man, a 
 great worker, an elder in the Presbyterian Church thirty-four years, and 
 died at the age of eighty-six. Plis wife was Ann Patterson of Goffstown. 
 Their children were : — 
 
 1. Jesse, [b. Dec. 11, 1776 ; m. 1st, Polly Ayer of Prancestown ; 
 
 2d, Fanny C. Twiss, Dec. 3, 1833 ; d. in Lowell April 15, 
 1859.] 
 
 2. Robert, [b. July 11, 1779 ; m. Annie Stuart, and lived on 
 
 part of his father's farm, the house built for that purpose 
 being put up just across the road. It was afterwards moved 
 down to the plain, and is known as the Woodburn Wallace 
 house. Robert Carr d. in 1838. Had three children : ^ 
 
 Jan^es, (b. Nov. 3, 1803, and d. in infancy.) 
 
 Susan S., (b. March 9, 1811, m. M. W Stickney Feb. 25, 
 1834, and d. in Albany in 1848.) 
 
 Oren, (b. Aug. 1, 1815, m. Abbie W. Tyrell Nov. 19, 1840, 
 and d. in March, 1877. Had seven children: Susan S., 
 who was b. May 1, 1842, m. James Carter, and lives in 
 Meriden, Conn.; Ann L., who was b. April 24, 1844, and 
 m. John Johnson ; Abbie P., who was b. Sept. 8, 1846, m. 
 Henry Lawrence, and lives on the homestead ; Orraetta, 
 who d. in childhood; Lucy E., who was b. May 24, 1862, 
 and m. John N. P. Woodbury Peb. 12, 1873 ; Orra May, 
 who was b. May 6, 1856, and d. very suddenly May 12, 
 1875 ; and James Oren, wl^o was b. Oct. 31, 1863.)] 
 
GENEALOGIES. '■ 403 
 
 3. Samuel, [b. Feb. 13, 1782, m. Polly B. Reed of Litchfield, 
 
 lived on the Dea. Bond place, and d. May 4, 1837. His 
 
 wife d. Nov. 9, 1853, aged 63. Children: — 
 Ujdia K, (m. Robert Day Dec. 4, 1832.) 
 Mliza M., (d. in infancy.) 
 
 Louisa, (d. aged 19.) "" 
 
 Alonzo (7., (machinist, m. Elizabeth Truell, and lives in 
 
 Lowell.) 
 Francis R., (m. 1st, Nancy McClenning; 2d, Almira Barker ; 
 
 lives in Springfield, Mass. ; engaged in steam and gas pipe 
 
 business.)] 
 
 4. Hannah, [b. May 14, 1784, m. James Brackett,'and d. March 
 
 21, 1867.] 
 
 5. James, Jr., [b.'Sept. 28, 1786, m. Hannah Carr Feb. 14, 
 
 1811, lived some years on the Chessmore place, moved to 
 Burlington, Vt., in 1839, and d. there in 1867.J 
 
 6. Thomas, [b. April 12, 1789, m. Lucy M. Sawyer April 11, 
 
 1815, and d. in 1845. Succeeded his father on the old set- 
 tlement. Children : — 
 
 Susan, (b. Dec. 26, 1816, m. Calvin C. Gould Sept. 8, 1842, 
 and moved to Ohio, where she d. in 187o.) 
 
 Alice, (b. in 1818, became 2d wife of Alvah Dodge Sept. 20, 
 1855.) 
 
 James M., (d. in infancy.) 
 
 Lucinda S., (Jo. in 1822, and m. Samuel G. Dodge of Ben- 
 nington Sept. 21, 1843.) 
 
 William Reed, (called " Reed Carr," b. March 1, 1825, m. 
 Helen A. Coburn of Deering Oct. 14, 1848, and succeeded 
 his father on the homestead settled by Dea. James Carr. 
 His children are : Celia F., wlio was b. Dec. 18, 1850, and 
 m. J. F. Brigham of Boston Feb. 17, 1876 ; Thomas A., 
 who was b. Dec. 8, 1852 ; Sina M., who was b. Novi 19, 
 1854, and m. Frank L. Parkhurst June 17, 1879; VViHiam 
 M., who was b. July 1, 1»56 ; Minnie S., who was b. April 
 27, 1858; Lucy A., who was b. Sept. 24, 1860, and m. 
 ' Edward A. Cummings March 5, 1879 ; Walter H., who was 
 b. July 16,' 1866; Mary H., who was b. Sept. 1, 1868; 
 George R., b. July 8, 1870 ; and Levi S., b. Dec. 3, 1877.) 
 
 Thomas M., (d. unm. in Manchester in 1854, aged 27.) 
 
 Sarah M., (b. in 1833 ; an invalid and great sufferer many 
 years, almost helpless, though in girlhood one of the spright- 
 
404 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 liest ; yet her disabled fingers do wonders of fine needle- 
 work, and her sweet, cheerful, Christian spirit makes her 
 everywhere a welcome guest.} 
 Mien A., (b. in 1837, and m. Benjamin D. Pelch of Benning- 
 ton Nov. 29, I860.)] 
 
 7. Alexander M., [b. Dec. 15, 1791, m. Hannah Mcllvaine 
 
 April 18, 1817, and went onto the old Robert Burns place 
 near the former High Range school-house. Moved about in 
 town somewhat, and then in 1839 went to Bedford, thence 
 to Amherst, where he d. in 1869. Children : — 
 
 Sabra G., (b. in 1818, m. Abram J. Twiss, and located in 
 Manchester.) 
 
 Lorenzo 0., (m. Caroline Hastings of Amherst.) 
 
 Mizabeth M., (unm., and lives in Bedford.) 
 
 Mark M., (m. 1st, Emma Person of Qptfstown ; 2d, Mary A: 
 (Element of Hillsborough ; and d. in Manchester in 1872.) 
 
 Hannah </., (m. Timothy Jones of Amherst.) 
 
 Alexander M., Jr., (d. unm., aged 25.)] 
 
 8. Silas, [b. July 17, 1794, m. Nancy Stuart, and went to 
 
 Canada.] 
 
 9. Jonathan, [b. April 21, 1797, and d. aged 3 years.] 
 
 JOHN CAEE, familiarly called " Old John," the second of the Carr 
 brothers iu town, came here about 1780, and began the Oren Carr farm. 
 He married Sarah Shackford of Newburyport, Mass., who died young, 
 leaving three children. Her age was twenty-seven, and the year of her 
 death, 1786. Married, second, Chloe Hickson of Sharon, Mass., and died 
 in 1822, aged sixty-three. His widow, a woman of clear mind and accu-- 
 rate memory, survived him long, dj'ing in 1856, aged eighty-eight. 
 ChiMren : — . 
 
 1. Hannah, [b. in 1784, m. Otis Howe of Hillsborough, and 
 
 lived and d. in that town. One daughter, Hannah B., 
 became wife of Cyrus Saltmarsh of Antrim.] 
 
 2. John, Jr., [b. in 1785 ; m.' Polly Holt June 18, 1811 ; began 
 
 the Emery place in the west part of the town ; left that 
 place in 1820 ; lived in several places. West Deering among 
 them, but went to Elmwood, 111., in 1855, where he d. in 
 1867. They were members of the East church, — " faith- 
 ful unto death." Their large family was as follows : — 
 
 Sarah S., (b. Sept. 4, 1811, and m. Daniel Willard of Har- 
 vard, Mass. He d. in 1854, aged 48.) 
 
 Mary B., (b. May 10, 1813, m. Samuel Baker and went to 
 
GENEALOGIES. 405 
 
 Lowell. He d. in 1855. Two sons, Samuel R. and George 
 
 W., were officers, the former colohel, the latter captain, in 
 
 the late war. She lives with them in Peoria, 111) 
 Hepsibeth H., (b. Feb. 21, 1815, m. Joseph Glosson, lives in 
 
 Elba, 111.) 
 Hannah H., (h. Jmie 17, 1816, m. Jonas M. Damon, went to 
 
 Lancaster, Mass., and d. there in 1864.) 
 Sapphira, (b. March 18. I^^IS, d. unm. 1836.) 
 Jeremiah S., (b. in 1820, m. Martha W. Merrill of Bromfield, 
 
 Me., in 1847, d. at Elba, 111., 1875.) 
 Ottora, (d. unm. in Lancaster, Mass., in 1848, aged 27.) 
 Dorothy H., (d. unm. in 1847, aged 23.) 
 Jo An, (b. in Deering, in 1826; m. 1st, Fannie A. Wood of 
 
 Merrimack ; "2d, Cynthia Jones of Peacham, Vt. Was 
 
 drowned in Lake Erie, Oct. 26, 1856.)] 
 
 3. Saeah, [b. in 1786, m. Ezekiel Flanders, went to Boscawen, 
 
 and d. in 1810.J 
 
 4. Isabella, [town record has it " Habilla, " m. Enoch Robj 
 
 Jan, 10, 1811, and went to Warner.] 
 
 5. Naomi, [m. Ezekiel Roby, Aug. 3, 1817 ; went to Boscawen.] 
 
 6. Jane, [m. William B. Walker, Dec. 2, 1819, and went to 
 
 Warner where she died in 1830.] 
 
 7. Jonathan, [m. 1st, Annis Dinsmore, Feb. 27, 1828, who d. 
 
 in 1844 ; 2d, Jane M. Gregg, in 1846. Inherited the home- 
 stead, but after some years sold and bought the Twiss place, 
 now Luther Campbell's. Moved to Hancock in 1852, and 
 d. there May, 1858, aged nearly 58. His children were all 
 by his first wife. One son, John Carr, m. Augusta Eaton of 
 Boston, and is cashier of the First National Bank of that 
 city. By the cruel fatality of consumption all -the other 
 children were swept away in early life. They were charac- 
 terized by sweetness and promise, and were greatly mourned. 
 Their names were as follows : Samuel D., who d. in 1853, 
 aged 21 ; Mary A., who d. 1853, aged 17 ; Adeline, who d. 
 in 1854, aged 15 ; and Caroline, twin sister of the last, who 
 d. in 1856, aged 17.] 
 
 8. Tristram, [d. unm. in 1834.] 
 
 9. Margaret, [b. in 1807, m. Emmons Burditt of Lancaster, 
 
 Mass., Nov. 5, 1833, lives in Litchfield, 111.] 
 
 10. Shackpord, [went into U. S. navy, d. in Lowell, in 1837, 
 unm.] 
 
406 ' GENEALOGIES. 
 
 DAVID CARR, the third of the Carr brothers in town, considerably 
 younger than the others, followed them here about 1788. . He built 
 a log house on the rOad south of the Oren Carr place, then occupied by 
 his brother John. Tlie farms of the three brothers thus joined each 
 other. A big rock formed one side of his log house, against which he 
 built his Are; and as there was no cellar, this rock is now the only mark 
 of the settler's rude but happy home. After a dozen years, Mr. Carr built 
 in the field near the river, and north of Dea. James. This house has been 
 gone many years, but the Keene road was built past it, and the cellar 
 may be seen now on the ' north side of said road east of Mr. Atwood's. 
 From this place, h^ moved to Holderness in 1811, and died there in 1848, 
 aged seventy-eight. The youngest son settled with his father in that 
 town, the other four cleared and settled on either side of their father, all 
 in a row ; and hence the neighborhood was called Carrborough. His 
 wife was Sarah Gardiner of New Bedford, Mass. Their children, all born 
 in Antrim, were : — 
 
 1. Thomas, [b. in 1790, m. Mariam Blaiichard of Tewksbury, 
 
 Mass., and d. in 1873. J 
 
 2. Amos, [b. in 1798, m. Lucy Woodbury of Campton, and d. 
 
 1876.] 
 
 3. David, [b. in 1801 ; m. 1st, Sally Bethel of Plymouth ; 2d, 
 
 Deborah Bedee of Holderness ; d. in 1873. J 
 
 4. Jacob, [b. 1802, m. Harriet Bedee of Holderness, d. in 1845.] 
 
 5. Samuel, [b. in 1808 ; m. 1st, Sarah Smith of Holderness ; 
 
 2d, Mary A. Hodgdon of Porter, Me. ; 3d, Eliza Shaw of 
 Holderness, and d. in 1874.] 
 
 WILLIAM CARR, cousin of Dea. James Carr, came here from Goffs- 
 town in 1787, and began the farm now David White's; built the house 
 now on the place ; married Ann Boyce of Bedford, and died March 18, 
 1840, aged eighty-three. His wife died in 1849, aged 93. Children : — 
 
 1. Peggy, [m. Chandler B. Boutwell June 4, 1811, d. October, 
 
 1873, aged 89. An excellent woman, smart and vigorous 
 to the last.] 
 
 2. Thomas, [m. Elisabeth Gregg, daughter of Alexander Gregg, 
 
 Jan. 30, 1817 ; lived in a house built for the purpose on the 
 
 farm of his father, a, few rods west of David White's ; d. 
 
 Oct.' 16, 1 837, aged .50. Children : — 
 William, (b. June 21, 1818, m. Mary L. Mitchell, lives at 
 
 Hillsborough Bridge. His wife was from Lowell, and they 
 
 were married June 14, 1840.) 
 Sarah A., (b. Feb. 29, 1820, m. Willard Baton of Prancestown 
 
 in 1842, and d. March 6, 1857.) 
 Alexander Gr., (b. Oct. 7, 1821, lives in Boston.) 
 
GENEALOGIES. 407 
 
 Clark H., (b. Jan. 25, 1828, m. Caroline A. Gould of Stoddard, 
 Dec. 1, 1863, served in the army, d. May 3, 1869, in Rox- 
 bury.) 
 
 Nancy J., (d. in early life.)] 
 
 3. Mary, [m. Dan Dunlap Oct. 21, 1813, d. Jan. 9, 1819. j 
 
 4. William, [b. in 1791; m. Ist, Mary Hosley of Hancock ; ^d, 
 
 Mrs. Martha (Parker) Gregg ; Bd, Mrs. Mary (Wilson) Jen- 
 kins of Stoddard, May 24, 1842 ; d. Sept. 12, 1850. Was a 
 capable and honest man, often entrusted with town business. 
 Inherited the homestead of his father. Children : — 
 
 Mary Ann, (b. March 31, 1817, m. David 0. White Dec. 13, 
 1838, lives on'homestead of her father.) 
 
 Benjamin, (b. April 24, 1822 ; m. 1st, Ann Jenkins of Stod- 
 dard, Sept. 10, 1844 ; 2d, Angelia S. Moses of Portsmouth. 
 Was photograph artist in Concord. Leaning out the win- 
 dow after some work, he lost his balance and fell to the 
 pavement and was killed, June 9, 1877.) 
 
 William P., (b. Oct. 6, 1831, only surviving child of second 
 wife, is a man of note in Nebraska.)] 
 
 5. Benjamin, [d. young and was buried on the hill. J 
 
 6. Samuel, [d. young and was buried on the hill.] 
 
 7. Ann, [d. young and was buried on the hill.] 
 
 CARTER. 
 
 CHARLES H. CARTER, son of Henry and Augusta (Marshall) 
 Carter, was born in Amherst in 1825, married Maria N. Keenan of Rome, 
 N. Y., and came to Antrim in lfi60, engaging in the manufacture of the 
 '' People's Pump." To enlarge the business he went to Peterborough in 
 1870, but sold out, and returned to this town in 1876, when he enlarged 
 and extensively improved the George Duncan place in South Village, 
 making the public house known as the " Carter House." He has three 
 children : — 
 
 1. Charles E., [b. in 1850, m. JuHa Taylor of Lowell, and is 
 
 now a druggist in that city.] 
 
 2. Edward A., [b. in 1853. Has been for several years a sales- 
 
 man for a Chicago firm.] 
 
 3. Mart W., [b. in 1870.J 
 
 CASE. 
 
 DAVID CASE, son of John and Elis'abeth (Curtis) Case, was born in 
 Lyndeborough. His parents came here when he was eight years old. His 
 father, John Case, was a native of Middleton, Mass., and a Revolutionary 
 soldier, serving during the whole seven years of the war. He had a large 
 
408 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 family, was very poor, and his wife drove the cattle into the woods daily 
 in winter to browse, this being the only means she had of keeping them 
 alive. He came here from Mont Vernon in 1796, and died at a good old 
 age in 1828. David Case married Huldah Curtis, who died July 28, 1879, 
 aged ninety-three. He lived in various places in town and died in 1867, 
 having two children : — 
 
 1. Benjamin, [who d. in 1856 at the age of 28. J 
 
 2. John, [who m. Maria F. Ooburn of Deering, lived on the 
 
 Moses Duncan place, and d. there Feb. 22, 1858, aged 28, 
 
 leaving three children : — 
 Laura J., (b. June 22, 1854, m. William Ruffle, June 6, 1876.) 
 Mary F., (b. March 10, 1856.) 
 John B., (b. Feb. 2, 1858, m. Ella F. Ordway of Francestown, 
 
 May 13, 1875, and now resides in that town.)] 
 
 HOEACE CASE, son of Amos, and cousin of David, named above, 
 married Almira Twiss of "West Deering. He lived in (Several places in 
 the east part of the town. Had two sons, George and John. Mr. Case 
 was drowned at Hillsborough Bridge in the fall of 1858. He drove into 
 the river by mistake, at a time of high water, and was carried dowb by 
 the current. The road was fenced up, as it was not considered safe. But 
 he thought he could go through. Was found half a mile below the Bridge 
 the next day with his horse, in deep water, both dead. 
 
 CAVBNDER. 
 
 CHAELES CAVENDEE lived here some years in the Jonas Wil- 
 son house burned in 1868. His first wife was a Nahor of Hancock. He 
 married, second, Hannah Hopkins of Antrim July 6, 1822, who died in 
 1834, aged forty-two. Afterwards Mr. Cavender went to Bunker HiU, 
 111., and died there in 1878, aged eighty-two. His son, David Cavender, 
 is now. living in that place. 
 
 CHAMPNEY. 
 
 CHAELES C. CHAMPNEY, son of John and Sybil (Chamberiain) 
 Champney, was born in New Ipswich Aug. 10, 1801; married Jane 
 Mcllvaine of Antrim Dec. 26, 1833, and moved from Amherst to this 
 town in 1860, and died at North Branch Aug. 10, "1876. Was long a 
 hotel-keeper in Amherst, and was a genial and friendly man. They had 
 four children : — 
 
 1. Martha Jane, [b. Sept. 9, 1839, and d. Nqv, 28, 1859.J 
 
 2. Capt. Chaeles H., [b. Aug. 9, 1841 ; was a soldier in the 
 
 Union army ; is now captain of the Granite State Cadets.] 
 
 3. John S., [b. June 20, 1847.] 
 
 4. Hannah M., [b. Oct. 4, 1851, and m. Charles Griffin of North 
 
 Branch Nov. 2, 1869. They buried two little girls in one 
 casket Jan. 6,1877.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 409 
 
 CHANDLER. 
 
 The Chandlers of America are descended from William and Annis 
 (Alcock) Chandler, who came over from England in 1637, and settled in 
 Koxbury, Mass., and afterwards' in Andover, Mass. "With other chil- 
 dren they had a son William, who married Mary Dane of Andover, Mass. 
 One of the sons of William and Mary (Dane) Chandler was named 
 William, and married Sarah Buckminster of said Andover. These last 
 had a son Philemon, who married Elizabeth Rogers of Andover. Phile- 
 mon's son William married Mary Ballard of Andover, and their son 
 Philemoi. came here with his large family from Albany, Me., in the fall 
 of 1816. 
 
 PHILEMON CHANDLER was born in Andover, Mass., Dec. 14, 
 1783,- and married Asenath Case of Albany, Me., in 1801, who died in 
 this town in 1817. He afterwards married Mary Whiting of Merrimack, 
 who became the mother of his four j^oungest children. He was a master- 
 builder and flrst-class mechanic, and died in Boston July 14, 1847. His 
 
 children were : — . 
 
 I 
 
 1. Esther A., [d. in childhood.] 
 
 2. Philemon, [b. Aug. '61, 1803, m. Susan C. Patch Feb. 26, 
 
 1824, and lived in Bennington. He served in the Mexican 
 war, and d. on his way home, at Philadelphia, in 1847.] 
 
 3. Jacob, [b. Aug. 31, 1804; m. 1st, Sarah Beetle ; 2d, Loviua 
 
 Corner, and lives in Peterborough.] 
 
 4. Syrena, [b. in 1806 ; m. 1st, B. Allen Nay of Peterborough ; 
 
 2d, William Puffer of the same town.] 
 
 5. Thomas J., [b. in 1807, m. Elvira Wilkins of Reading, Vt., 
 
 in 1838, and lives in Canaan. They have two sons. Rev. 
 Frederick D. Chandler, pastor of the Congregational Church 
 in Kensington, and Dr. M. H. Chandler of Woodstock, Vt.] 
 
 6. Vinson G., [b. in 1809. He was a sailor by profession, and 
 
 d. in Boston in 1853.] 
 
 7. Martin L., [known in this town as Luther, was b. July 10, 
 
 1810, m. MaBy Ann Bean in 1844, and was in trade at the 
 Center for four years, part of the time in company with E. 
 L. Vose. He d. at Caledonia Station, Mich., in 1874.] 
 
 8. WiLLriM, [b. March 26, 1812, m. Ann Straw of Hopkinton, 
 
 and lives in Henniker. He is a blacksmith, having followed 
 that trade nearly half a century.] 
 
 9. John C, [was a plane-maker by trade, and d. in Cambridge, 
 
 Mass., in 1836, aged 21.] 
 
 10. Isaac N., [b. in 1821, and d. in infancy.] 
 
 11. Mart B., [b. in 1823, and m. Lewis C. Wheeler in 1838.] 
 
410 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 12. Susan B., [d. in infancy in 1826.] 
 
 13. Lydia S., [b. in 1827, and is now a teacher in one of the 
 public schools of Boston.] 
 
 CHAPIN. 
 
 OB ADIAH CHAPIlsr, grandson of Obadiah, and son of Obadiah and 
 Lois (Rose) Chapin, was born in Granby, Conu., in 1795, married Mary 
 G. McColley of Hillsborough in 1817, and came to Antrim in 1842. The 
 next year he moved onto the place long occupied by the Chapin family, 
 now Daniel Swett's. He died April 24, 186.3, leaving children : — 
 
 1. Harriet J., [b. Dec. 1, 1821, m. Isaac Manning, and moved 
 
 to Nashua. The noted elocutionist, Mrs. Emma (Manning) 
 Huntley, is her daughter.] 
 
 2. Henry D., [b. Dec. 17, 1828, and m. Maria L. Hardy May 4, 
 
 1853, who soon d. He m. Thirza A. Davis of Nelson Sept. 
 4, 1854, who d. in 1859, leaving one son : — 
 Charles E., (b. April 2, 1857.) 
 
 For his third wife Mr. Chapin m. Margaret J. Pitney of 
 Sparta, N, J., June 28, 1860, who d. in 1869, leaving two 
 sons : — 
 Gfeorge A., (b.. March 1, 1866.) 
 Earnest P., (b. Oct. 31, 1868.) 
 
 His fourth wife, now living, was Martha J. Newman of 
 Wantage, N. J., whom he m. Oct. 27, 1870, and they have 
 one child : — 
 Maggie JS., (b. in 1872.) 
 
 Mr. H. D. Chapin has been quite distinguished as a 
 school-teacher in New Jersey and New York, as well as in 
 this town, where he now resides. Is confessedly a man of 
 very scholarly attainments. Recently fitted up the poor-farm 
 house in excellent shape, and occupies the same.] 
 8. Maria L., [b. April 10, 1833. For many years she has been 
 an invalid, and quiet sufferer, living with her brother, H. D. 
 Chapin. J 
 
 4. Mary E., [b. May 12, 1835, m. Jacob B. Upham of Amherst 
 
 Aug. 31, 1871, and d. in that place in 1874. She was a 
 very superior woman.] 
 
 5. George C, [b. June 18, 1837, and d. Nov. 24, 1860. He was 
 
 a fine scholar and devoted Christian.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 411 
 
 CHARON. 
 
 LEWIS CHARON was born in Canada in 1822. His parents were 
 Eoman Catholics, but having been converted to Protestantism when 
 , Lewis was a lad, they were constantly annoyed by the Catholics. Their 
 stock was injured, their buildings burned, and the old lather persecuted 
 and worried into his grave. Young Lewis obtained most of his educa- 
 tion after he was put out to his trade. He was fourteen when he first 
 saw the word of God. He was in college avyhile, and was afterward a 
 colporteur and licensed preacher among the French for some years. He 
 married Sarah La Point of Sherbrooke, Canada, in 1865, and came to An- 
 trim from Haverhill, Mass., in 1871, purchasing the old tannery at North 
 Branch with the house adjoining, where he carried on the tannery busi- 
 ness, making many improvements and repairs. He moved to Lawrence, 
 Mass., in 1877 ; more recently to Stoddard. .His children are: — 
 
 1. Sarah E. 3. George B. 
 
 2. Julia A. 4. Mary L. 
 
 CHENEY. 
 
 Dea. TRISTRAM CHENEY located on the old road from the Jacob 
 Whittemore place to the Gould place, and only a few rods from Hillsbor- 
 ough line. Yery likely he supposed his settlement was in that town, in 
 which, alone or in connection with his sons, he also had another settle- 
 ment. His house was small and low, and has been gone and forgotten 
 long since. Tradition says the barn was moved over the line onto the 
 White place in Hillsborough. Dea. Tristram probably moved to his set- 
 tlement in Antrim as early as the spring of 1769, or earlier, as he was 
 chosen deacon at the organization of the church in Hillsborough, Oct. 12 
 of that year. He always went there to church. Dea. Tristram is believed 
 to have been the son of William and Abigail Cheney of Dedham, Mass., 
 and was born in 1720, their home being near Roxbury line. He had four 
 sons, Elias, John, William, and Tristram, Jr., and perhaps daughters. 
 Some of these were grown up on his arrival here. It is not known how 
 many of them were born in Antrim. Dea. Cheney seems to have had a 
 residence part of the time somewhere near Hillsborough Center, though 
 he resided here and was moderator of a town meeting, April 21, 1778. 
 Elias will be noticed below. William went to Acworth and died there. 
 John went to Ohio. Tristram, Jr., unknown. Dea. Tristram moved 
 from Hillsborough to St. Johnsbury, Vt., in 1804, and died in Danville, 
 Yt., December, 1816, aged ninety-six. His wife was a Miss Clapp of Dor- 
 chester, Mass. They first resided in Sudbury, that State, and came from 
 that place here. Their descendants are very numerous, and in the highest 
 walks of life. She was daughter of Noah Clapp, who willed her half his 
 real estate, under date of June 20, 1751. 
 
 ELIAS CHENEY, son of Dea. Tristram named above, was the first 
 settler of the Dimon Dodge place, near Cork bridge. He served three 
 years in the Revolutionary army from Antrim, one year for himself, one 
 for his father, and one for his brother John . He located on the above- 
 
412 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 named farm in 1778. He married, first, Miss Blanchard, who lived in 
 WestDeering; second, Deborah Winchester of Hillsborough. She was 
 born in 1777, and died in 1853. Her father, Samuel Winchester, fought at 
 Bunker Hill, and died at Danvers, Mass., at the age of one hundred and 
 one years. The six youngest children were by her. Elias Cheney moved 
 from Antrim to Cabot, Yt., in 1804, and died in Concord, Vt., in 1816, 
 aged sixty-two. When he was in the army, Nov. 26, 1782, the town 
 " Yoted that Elias Chaney be allowed Twenty Dollars It to be paid in his 
 Beats till hiss Reals Amounts to the S'^ Twenty Dollars." All his large 
 .family of thirteen children were born in Antrim. Have but limited in- 
 formation concerning them, and that after long search. Part has been 
 furnished by B. P. Cheney, Esq., of Boston. The names are given in 
 order below. 
 
 1. William, [b. Dec 31,1787, m. Mehitable Carr, was out in 
 
 the war of 1812 from some town in Vermont; d. in Stowe, 
 Vt., 1874, aged 86.J 
 
 2. Elias, Jr., [was probably twin brother of William; m. Nancy 
 
 Carr; d. at Albany, Vt., December, 1845, aged 58.] 
 
 3. Jesse, [b. Oct. 3, 1788, m. Alice Steel Nov. 25, 1813 ; was 
 
 a blacksmith by trade, having served an apprenticeship 
 with Isaac Baldwin. He d. in Manchester, June 23,1863. 
 His wife was b. Aug. 12, 1791, and d. July 28, 1849. She 
 was a sweet singer and leader of her part in the choir. 
 Jesse Cheney lived quite a number of years at the Branch. 
 Had eight children besides one buried iii infancy. Most of 
 them were born in Hillsborough or Prancestown. He built 
 and occupied the Henry Pierce house, Lower Village. 
 Benjamin Pierce, (b. Aug. 12, 1815 ; named for Gov. Pierce, 
 who gave the boy three sheep for the name. They doubled 
 the next spring ; but as it was the year of almost famine in 
 this section, they had to be killed and the boy lost his flock. 
 B. P. Cheney now resides in Boston ; has been remarkably 
 successful in the express business. Has long been at the 
 head of " Cheney & Oo.'s Boston and Montreal Express." 
 His boyhood was chiefly spent in this town, and he gives a 
 clear account of the actors then ou the stage here. B. P. 
 Cheney married Elisabeth Stickney Clapp of Dorchester, 
 Mass., June 6, 1865. They have children : Benjamin P., Jr., 
 Alice S., Charles P., Mary, and Elisabeth. Mr. Cheney 
 received the degree of A. M. from Dartmouth College. He 
 has just honored himself by giving fifty thousand dollars 
 to that institution. The view of the Steel place appears in 
 this book by his gift. Has quietly been used to doing these 
 
.>s* 
 
GENEALOGIES. 413 
 
 generous things. It has been said of him that he finished 
 
 his education in the district school under Clark Hopkins ; 
 
 that he never aspired to political life ; and that in religion, 
 
 " he never got beyond the foundation, namely, that of being 
 
 a sober, energetic, industrious, honest, humble. God-fearing 
 
 man.") 
 James S., (b. July 1, 1817 ; m. 1st, Augusta M. Osgood ; 2d, 
 
 Emma Knowles. He d. Feb. 16, 187i>. Left two sons, 
 
 Frank P., and Benjamin P.) 
 Jesse, (b. Nov. 19, 1819 ; is a farmer in GofiFstown.) 
 Grilman, (b. Jan.' 26, 182'2, m. Mary A. Riddle. Is general 
 
 manager of Canadian Express Co. Lives in Montreal. Has 
 
 one son, William G.) 
 Lucy A., (b. Jan. 11, 1824; m. John Plumer of Manchester.) 
 Alice Maria, (b. May 26, 1827, in Francestown.) 
 Charlotte, (b. July 3, 1829, in Francestown ; m. William H. 
 
 Plumer of Manchester.) 
 John, (b. May 21, 1833, d. Aug. 28, 1863.)] 
 
 4. John, [m. Betsey Newton. 1 
 
 5. Joel, [m. Olivia Hills, d..in 1848. J 
 
 6. Sarah, [m. 1st, Rev. Benjamin Wells of Concord, Vt. ; 2d, 
 
 Rev. Mr. Capron of Hardwick, Vt. ; d. in 1878.J 
 
 7. Lucy, [m. Jesse Wells.j 
 
 8. Betsey, [m. John Hunter.] 
 
 9. Clara, [m. Samuel Stiles.] 
 
 10. Lemuel. 
 
 11. Hannah, [m. Samuel Hill.] 
 
 12. RoxANNA, [m. Rev. Calvin Stiles. J 
 
 13. Franklin, [m. Sarah Abrahams, lives in Lowell, Mass.] 
 
 CHESSMORE. 
 
 KANSOM S. CHESSMOEE, son of Daniel and Mary (Gibson) Chess- 
 more of Troy, Vt., was born in that town, Sept.. 27, 1812. He married 
 Eliza' L. Plummer of Eindge in 1847, and moved to Antrim in 1855. 
 Mrs. Chessmore died in 1861, and Mr. C. afterwards married Mrs. Caro- 
 line (True) Wilson of Francestown, sister of the late Mark True of this 
 town. 
 
 CHRISTIE. 
 
 SAMUEL CHRISTIE, born Eeb. 20, 1764, was son of Dea. Jesse and 
 Mary (Gregg) Christie of New Boston. His mother was a sister of Sam- 
 ufel Gregg who settled at the Center in 1777 or earlier. She was a noted 
 woman in New Boston, had a family of twelve children, several of whom 
 
414 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 settled in New Brunswick; was one remembered by the old people as a 
 noble and devoted Christian of great kindness and full of good works ; 
 and was often spoken of on account of her great size. The writer remem- 
 bers hearing it said in his boyhood that she weighed upwards of three 
 hundred and fifty pounds, and that when she died the narrow doors of 
 her house had to be widened to make a passage for her coffin I Samuel 
 was the third child ; was born in New Boston in 1764, and followed his 
 uncle Samuel Gregg to Antrim in 1788. He purchased a large tract of 
 land next east of the cemetery at the old Center, and built there a small 
 low house in the fall of that year. His father, Dea. Jesse Christie, was a 
 mill-owner and carpenter, well off in the world, and no doubt aided the 
 youthful pioneer on the top of Meetiug-House Hill. Near the close of 
 1788, he received a companion in his new home, in t^he person of Miss 
 Zibiah Warren of New Boston. She also was very " young and fair " as 
 traditions say. She was the third child of Josiah and Jane (Livingston) 
 "Warren and was born in New Boston, 1771. After a few years Mr. 
 Christie put up the large, old-fashioned tavern so long known on the line. 
 It stood some forty rods north of the cemetery, on the opposite side and 
 a little off from the road. It had the large square rooms, enormous fire- 
 places, and long dancing-hall usual in silch buildings. Here he " kept 
 tavern " for many years. There was then, before the day of railroads 
 considerable travel through the town. Mr. Christie also did a large busi- 
 ness on the frequent training-days, and at town meetings; and traditions 
 assure us that on cold Sabbaths many of Mr. Whiton's hearers from the 
 church near by were able better to warm up with the subject by visitino- 
 the bar of said tavern ! Here for some years the older persons had a 
 Bible-class on the Sabbath under charge of Mr. Whiton. The tavern 
 was amazingly handy. Here Mrs. Zibiah Christie died in 1813. The 
 second wife was Elizabeth Campbell of New Boston, who on the death 
 of her husband returned to that town, and survived him more than forty 
 years. Mr. Christie and his wife joined the church in 1800. He died in 
 the prime of manhoo'd, Oct. 25, 1818. His children were all by first wife 
 and were as follows : — 
 
 1. Daniel M., [known in Antrim as " Miltimore," b. Oct. 15, 
 1790 ; worked on the farm and picked up his knowledge as 
 best he could, having few advantages in preparing for his 
 course of higher study. But he entered Dartmouth College 
 in 1811, and was graduated in 1815 at the head of his class, 
 of which he was the last surviving member. Studied law 
 three years in the office of James Walker of Peterborough, 
 began practice in York, Me., in 1818, but soon moved to 
 South Berwick and thence to Dover in 1823, where he pur- 
 sued his profession over fifty-three years ! He died Dec. 8, 
 1876, having almost no sickness or loss of mental power 
 till the day of his death. He was a remarkable man, of 
 great intellectual power, and spotless integrity. Was one 
 
GENEALOGIES. 415 
 
 of the few who were pursued by offices and honors, yet hav- 
 ing no relish for them. Every office in the gift of the State 
 is said to have been offered him, and twice the chief-justice- 
 ship of the New Hampshire supreme court was iirged upon 
 him. The degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by 
 his Alma Mater in 1857. He was considered the leader of 
 the New Hampshire bar for a generation, and was one of the 
 very ablest men ever produced in this State. The estimate 
 in which he was universally held, is well expressed in the 
 resolutions entered on the records of the court : — 
 
 Resploed, That we have heard with profound sensibility of the 
 death of the Hon. Daniel M. Christie, the oldest and most distin- 
 guished member of this bar, who has by a long life of arduous 
 labor, fidelity to duty, and spotless integrity in every relation of life, 
 adorned and elevated the profession of the law, and imparted dig- 
 nity and luster to the jurisprudence of our State. 
 
 Resolved, That in the long, honorable, and conspicuous career of 
 Mr. Christie, — chiefly as a counselor and advocate at this bar, — 
 distinguished by great learning, sound judgment, unwearied- indus- 
 try, and unsurpassed fidelity to every personal and professional 
 oblio'ation, we recognize those qualities which entitled him to the 
 respect and veneration which were universally entertained for him; 
 and that, by his wisdom, prudence, and conscientious attention 
 to all the duties of good citizenship, he exerted a great and salu- 
 tary influence upon the community in which he lived. 
 
 Resolved, That we take pride in recording our high estimate of 
 his extraordinary intellectual endowments, his exalted principles, 
 and elevated standard of private and professional morality, and 
 commend his virtues and excellencies of character to the imitation 
 of the members of the profession which he pursued with such assi- 
 duity and such remarkable honor and success. 
 
 Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the family of Mr. 
 Christie in the bereavement which has deprived them of an indul- 
 gent father and faithful friend, -and respectfully offer them such 
 consolation as may be found in the heart-felt condolence of the 
 bar, whose leader and exemplar he was for nearly fifty years, and 
 whose affection and veneration he had gained by his pre-eminent 
 abilities and blameless hfe. 
 
 Resolved, That the secretary communicate a copy of these resolu- 
 tions to the family of Mr. Christie, and that the committee present 
 them to the court now in session in this county, with the request of 
 the bar that they be entered upon its records. 
 
 These resolutions were put on record in these courts with 
 unanimous approval. They were moved by 'Hon. Daniel 
 Hall, who paid a beautiful tribute to bis old teacher and 
 
416 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 friend. And so, covered with praise and veneration, he has 
 passed away. Mr. Christie m. a daughter of Dr. Wheeler 
 of Dover, and had six daughters, but no sons.] 
 
 2. JosiAH W., [b. Nov. 6, 1793, lived some years on the hill, but 
 
 settled afterward in the east part of the town ; was a car- 
 penter, a man of boundless work, and great energy and 
 strength of character ; amassed a large property, and was 
 for ipany years one of Antrim's most prominent and influ- 
 ential men. He d. April 30, 1862, and was one of the first 
 buried in Maplewood cemetery. ' He m. 1st, '-Fanny Boyd, 
 March 16, 1824 ; 2d, Mary Bell, May 11, 1830. Each wife 
 had two children, thus : — 
 
 Francis 5., (b. Oct. 10, 1824; m. Susan H. Emerson of Bos- 
 ton ; was a teacher there ; disappeared from that city in 
 1850, and has not been heard from since.) 
 
 Franklin W., (twin brother' of above,' d. in childhood.) 
 
 Dr. Morris, (b. Aug. 29, 1832, studied medicine with Dr. San- 
 born of Newport two years, then studied 1;hree years in New 
 York City. Began the practice of medicine in his native 
 town, May, 1860, and has continued with gratifying success 
 till the present time, having a large practice reaching into 
 many of the adjoining towns, and having fairly won a lead- 
 ing position in his profession. He m. Susan S. Hill of John- 
 son, Vt., July 22, 1863. They have one child, George W., 
 b. Aug. 5, 1868. Dr. Christie is one having honor in his 
 " own country," a liberal giver, and a worker in every good 
 cause.) 
 
 Marp A., (b, April 7, 1834, m. Thomas B. Bradford of Fran- 
 cestown, in 1861, and lives in- that town. They have one 
 daughter, Emma A.)] 
 
 3. Maey, [b. Oct. 24, 1795, joined the church in 1815, m. Rev. 
 
 Levi Spalding Dec. 10,1818, and sailed as missionary June 
 8, 1819 ; d. in 1874, after a service of fifty-five years, being 
 the last survivor of the first company of missionaries to 
 Ceylon. She was called by that people, " Our Beloved 
 Mother." Mr. Spalding was born in Jaffrey, in 1791. 
 He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1815, at Andover 
 Seminary in 1818, and entered the service of the American 
 Board at once. On their passage out there was a revival 
 aboard ship and every sailor was converted. Mr.'S. wrote 
 a host of tracts in the Tamil language ; was author of 
 
GENEALOGIES. 417 
 
 many of their best hymns, translated " Pilgrim's Progress " 
 for them, wrote most of their school-books, and was of incal- 
 culable service to that people. For forty-five years he did 
 not fail to preach a single Sabbath ! He lived to see great 
 success follow' his efforts, and great numbers of that people 
 in the fold of Christ. Yet he was a very unassuming and 
 quiet man, making no bluster in all his work. There was 
 something romantic and beautiful in their long life together 
 among the heathen ! They came to love that strange people ; 
 and though here on a visit in ripe years, they chose to go back 
 and die with the charge God gave them. They deserve 
 great credit as pioneer missionaries, and accomplished a 
 blessed work,. for which ages to come will honor them. His 
 service was fifty-four years in length in Ceylon. He d. at the 
 age of 82. Only one of their children survives them.J 
 
 4. Jane W., [b. July 19, 1797, m. Matthew A. Fisher of Pran- 
 
 cestown, Jan. 14, 1817. He died in 1853, aged 68. She is 
 now living in honored old age with her daughter, Mrs. 
 James H. Hall of Brookline.J • 
 
 5. Jesse, [b. May 17, 1799, m. Zibiah Warren of New Boston, 
 
 and they are both living in that town, having celebrated 
 their golden wedding April 7, 1875. J - 
 
 6. Sally W., [b. May 13, 1801, m. Oilman Clark of Hancock. 
 
 They have resided many years in Foxcroft, Me. He was; 
 for some time a teacher and missionary among the Indians.] 
 
 7. Hiram, [b. April 11, 1803, d. in childhood.] 
 
 8. Tea, [m. Anna Collier, an English lady, lived in Dover, and 
 
 d. there, 1869, aged 62.] 
 
 CLARK. 
 
 JOSEPH CLARK lived in Antrim several years and was a soldier in 
 the Bevolution from this town. «"or some charge, probably for debt, he 
 was arrested and thrown into Amherst jail; but the case was of so much 
 interest that under date of July 9, 1782, Capt. Frye brings the matter 
 before the committee of the legislature. By some adjustment he was 
 discharged from jail and went to the front, and his land seems to have 
 been taxed to his creditors, as the town " Voted (Aug. 19,1782) Richard 
 McAllister pay the Reats of Clark's Lot as it was Invoised to him." 
 Joseph Clark's land was on the Contoocook north of Dimon Dodge place, 
 or Cheney's," as shown by a transcript of a road, July 9, 1783, running 
 « Between Chaney's and Jo« Clarkes Land to Nathan Austin's Land." 
 He was probably the first settler on the tract afterwards Thomas Jame- 
 son's and David Parker's. 
 
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418 . GENEALOGIES., 
 
 CALEB CLAEK, son of Daniel and Mary (Bancroft) Clark of Temple, 
 and grandson of Samuel and Sarah (Taylor) Clark of Townsend, Mass., 
 was born April 6, 1798. His father died in middle life, and with his 
 mother (who died in 1852, aged eighty-eight) and young sisters he 
 moved to Antrim, in April, 1824, on to the place previous to that date 
 occupied first by Samuel Sawyer, afterwards by Zadok Eeed, and now 
 occupied by L. T. Lovewell. He married Jane Sweetser of Deering (now 
 Bennington), Oct. 31, 1837. They had but one child, a daughter, who died 
 in infancy. Mrs. Clark died May,, 29, 1861. He died Aug. 31, 1870, 
 leaving a fund of S1,000 to the Center Church, besides various other 
 gifts to charitable purposes. He was a Christian man, highly respected 
 by every one. His four sisters who came to this town with him are as 
 follows : — 
 
 Mary Clark was born Aug. 18, 1799, and is the only survivor of the 
 family. 
 
 Nancy Clark was born March 1, 1801, and died Nov. 22, 1869. * 
 Hannah Clark was born Oct. 26, 1808, and died Nov. 14, 1869. 
 Azubah Clark was born June 27, 1804, and died Sept. 6, 1870., 
 These sisters all lived unmarried, most of the time together, in great 
 quiet, peace, and love, being examplary Christians, very saving, yet lib- 
 eral givers to all benevolent purposes. Each acquired property, and 
 those who are dead each left money for the preaching fund of the Center 
 Church. Mary Clark lives on the place opposite Eben Bass's (house 
 built by Dr. Whiton), which her brother, Caleb C,lark, bought a few 
 months before his death, and where he and his sister, Azubah Clark, died 
 within one week of each other. Mary Clark was one of the heaviest 
 givers to the Center vestry, and has been a silent and constant giver to 
 charitable objects. She has lived to see all her family committed to the 
 grave, is now nearly blind, but bearing all her afflictions with fortitude 
 and Christian resignation, and is still a constant attendant on divine wor- 
 ship, the last of a noble, devoted. Christian family. 
 
 WARNER CLARK came here as early as 1834, and soon after com- 
 menced the manufacture of bobbins at the Branch. That he was here 
 thus early is shown by the fact that he was chosen hog-reeve at the 
 March meeting in 1835.- He stayed here only a short time, when he 
 moved to Francestown, and was there a prominent man for many years, 
 and filled various offices. He had a partner here by the name of Buss, 
 of whom I have no information. 
 
 PRENTISS W: CLARK was born in Brandon, Yt., in 1828, and 
 married Maria White of this town. He is a carpenter by trade, and un- 
 der the firm-name of Clark and Duncan has had a share in most of the 
 building in town for many years. He built his house on Bennington 
 street in 1869. Now occupies the Dea. Baldwin farm. His children 
 are: — 
 
 1. Harry B., [b. in Greenfield in 1853, and m. Mary A. Day of 
 
 Salem, Mass., in 1876.J 
 
 2. Julia A., [b. May 31, 1860, d. May 27, 1879.J 
 
GENEALOGIES. 419 
 
 3. Hartet p., [b. April 4, 1863.] 
 
 4. Minnie M., [b. June 7, 1865.] 
 
 5. Eva May, [b. June 19, 1870.] 
 
 CLEAVES. 
 
 De. NATHAN "W. CLEAYES<was son of Nathan Cleaves, who died 
 in 1812, aged sixty-four. Little is known of his early life, or of where or 
 when he studied for his profession, except that he was for a time under 
 the tutorship of Dr. Jones of Lyndeborough. He came here in 1793 as 
 the successor of Dr. William Ward, being at that time hardly twenty 
 years of age. Soon after he married Jennie Hopkins, a cousin of Esq. 
 James Hopkins and niece of Mrs. Dea. Isaac Cochran. He settled down 
 where Dustin Barrett now lives. Built the large house now standing 
 there. He was smitten down with a fever and died at the early age of 
 thirty- three, leaving six children. Old people have spoken of him as a 
 noble specimen of manhood and virtue ; and of his wife as an excellent 
 woman. Was a man of good talents, successful as a physician, and held 
 in high esteem by the people, as one growing up with them, and meeting 
 with them the struggles of the new settlement. Indeed, he got his death 
 by a walk on snow-shoes across lots to see a sick woman in a log house 
 that stood on the mountain northwest of the Artemas Brown farm. At 
 his funeral, April 19, 1807, the snow was four to five feet deep everywhere, 
 covering walls out of sight, and so hard as to carry horses anywhere in 
 the morning of that day. It was an immense funeral, people coming 
 from far and wide to mark the sad event. The kmg procession, on horse- 
 back and on foot, wended their way slowly up the old road from Daniel 
 Mcllvaine's to the cemetery on the hill, and there with great labor the 
 body was laid away. But by this time the sun was so warm that water 
 ran deep in the roads, and it was exceedingly difficult to return. The 
 water ran into and filled the sleigh of Judge Tuttle. He was the man- 
 ager, and his was the only sleigh, the widow and children like others 
 being on horseback. The freshet was so sudden and so great as almost 
 to prevent the return, of those from the south part of the town and from 
 Hancock. This part alone made a long procession. When they got 
 down to the Saltmarsh bridge they found it was just swept away. Mak- 
 ing a path with great difficulty down-stream across to the other road, they 
 found the Miller bridge frozen firm, but the water was ainning two feet 
 deep over the top of it. But the men, by wading across and leading the 
 horses, got the women over, and they all arrived home wet and worn ! 
 As further showing this remarkable day, it is said the horses that drew 
 the corpse gave out, and had to be left behind, while for the last mile the 
 bearers and mourners themselves actually dragged the dead man to his 
 grave ! The widow married James Hopkins, Esq., in 1823. The chil- 
 dren were : — 
 
 1. Dorcas W., [m. James Jameson, June 18, 1812, and died 
 
 May 18, 1848.] 
 
 2. Robert Hopkins, [b. March 2, 1795, m. Ann Jameson Sept. 
 
420 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 24, 1818, and lived on the place where his father died. He 
 was killed by a fall Dec. 2, 1843. Left five children : — 
 
 Thomas J., (b. March 17, 1820, m. Annis Barnes. Lived in 
 Antrim, afterwards in Stoddard. Was a helpless sufferer 
 several years, moved to Hillsborough Bridge, and died 
 there.) 
 
 Oalvin E., (b. Dec. 22, 1822 ; m. Ruth A. Kennea of Bead- 
 ing, Mass., and died in that place, Feb. 13, 1860.) 
 
 Charlotte M., (b. Sept. 28, 1823, unm. ; d. at the Bridge, May 
 19, 1879.) 
 
 Ahbie S., (d. Aug. 28, 1849, aged 18.) 
 
 Gfilman H., (b. April 8, 1886, m. Susan M. Preston of this 
 town, is a carpenter by trade, now lives on the Zenas Tem- 
 ple farm, and has one child, Fred. J., b. Jan. 28, 1868.)] 
 
 3. Solomon, [b. 1800, m. Clarissa Bell of Bennington, Feb. 2, 
 
 1831, now lives in Keeseville, N. Y. Business was that of 
 tanner. A most excellent and devoted man. J 
 
 4. John, [b. Oct. 10, 1802 ; m. 1st, Marcia Ellsworth of Wills- 
 
 borough, N-. ,Y., in 1835 ; 2d, Mary Ann White of Peru, N. 
 Y., 1842, in which last place he lived many years, and had 
 several children. He came back to Antrim to spend his last 
 years, and d. May 1, 1875.] 
 
 5. Luther, [b. 1804, m. Sarah Cook, went West, and d. in Flint, 
 
 Mich., in 1868.] 
 
 6. Caltin, [b. 1806, d. in childhood.] 
 
 CLEMENT. 
 
 STEPHEN G. CLEMENT, son of Jesse and Eliza (Glidden) Clem- 
 ent of Unity, was born in Lowell, Mass, in 1833. His father died in 1858, 
 and in 1865 he moved to Windsor with his widowed mother and sister 
 Nellie. The last died here Sept. 30, 1870, at the age of nineteen. She had 
 rare accomplishments of mind and heart. Mr. Clement married Susan M. 
 Butler, who lived but a short time. He moved to North Branch- in 1868, 
 and bought the Fox place. In 1869 he married Josephine E. Averill of 
 Mont Vernon, and they moved to that town, much to our regret, in the 
 fall of 1877. They have one child : — 
 
 1. Gertrude, [b. November, 1872. J 
 
 JONATHAN D. CLEMENT, known as "Dow" Cletoent, was son of 
 Jonathan D. and Lucretia (Merrill) Clement of Deering, and grandson 
 of Garleton and Kesiah (Dow) Clement, also of Deering. He married 
 Vienna P. Dickey of that town. Moved here onto the John Shedd farm 
 in 1870. Mr. Clement was out in the late war in the service of his coun- 
 try, and had some thrilling and terrible experiences. He was detailed to 
 
GENEALOGIES. 421 
 
 run a locomotive from New Orleans eighty miles, into Texas, and back, 
 daily. At one time, to accommodate another engineer who wished to bury 
 his dead child, he took a second train and stayed over night in Texas. That 
 very night the rebels broke the connection and tore up the track. ' Clem- 
 ent and his associates were captured. They had lost several engines by 
 " bfirning them too hard," and accused him of being the " d — d Yankee " 
 who had spoiled the engines, and ordered him to be hanged to the nearest 
 tree. While preparations were being made, he asked permission to say a 
 few words. He was'answered that he " might say a vert few words, — 
 couldn't stop to hear much." He then told the facts in the case, assured 
 them he had never destroyed the engines, but was specially sent there to 
 preserve them. His statement seemed so reasonable, that they granted 
 a reprieve, and ordered him off, under guard, fifty or sixty miles to have 
 his case investigated. He was ultimately acquitted of the charge, but 
 detained as a prisoner of war for a long time. Was at last exchanged, 
 and after various services and perils reached home in safety. His chil- 
 dren are : — 
 
 1. Prank 0., [b. in Cambridge, Mass., May 5, 1854, m. Alma 
 
 P., daughter of the late Dea. Shattuck, April 22, 1876. Was 
 in business awhile in Manchester, now resides in South Vil- 
 lage.] 
 
 2. Mary A., [b. in Weare, Jan. 13, 1869.J 
 
 3. Jonathan D., [b. in Weare, Aug. 22, 1870. j 
 
 4. Charlotte M., [b. in Antrim, Sept. 27, 1872.] 
 
 5. William D., [b. in Antrim, July 4, 1874. J 
 
 FRANK CLEMENT, son of Jonathan and Betsey (Aik'en) Clement 
 of Warren, was born in that place in 1854, married Emily B. Walch of 
 Merrimack in 1875, and came to Clinton Village, this town, in the spring 
 of 1876. After a residence of three years, they moved to Hollis. 
 
 COCHLAN. 
 
 MICHAEL COCHLAN lived in the east part of the town many 
 years. He married a daughter of the first settler, PhiUp Raleigh. Coch- 
 lan had a long dispute about maintaining his father-in-law. Tear after 
 - year by public vote the town " freed hin^ of Reats " on account of his 
 supporting the old gentleman. And even after Philip's' death, the town 
 " Voted (March 12, 1793), to free m"^ Cochlan of his poll tax in future." 
 
 COCHRAN. 
 
 JOHN COCHRAN, a Scotch patriot and sturdy Protestant, son of 
 John and Elizabeth (Arwin) Cochran of Londonderry, I;:eland, was born 
 in that city in 1704. His father seems to have shared in the memorable 
 defense of the city against the Catholics in 1689. It is supposed that this 
 John and his son, only fifteen years old, were the two John Cochrans 
 that signed in 1718 the memorial to Gov. Shute for land in " New Eng- 
 
422 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 land that excellent and renowned plantation." But this is by no means 
 certain, because there was another John Cochran, probably cousin of the 
 son above, and somewhat older, who was one of the elders at the forma- 
 tion of the original church in Londonderry, N. H. This one, known as 
 " Deacon John," may have been one of those that signed the memorial. 
 For some reason, the father did not come over ; but the son came over, 
 arriving here in the autumn of 1720, and settled in Londonderry (part 
 now Windham), on a beautiful slope, at the base of which the cars of the 
 Manchester and Lawrence Bailroad now run. This ground has always 
 been in possession of the family, and is now owned and occupied by 
 William Davidson Cochran, Esq. At that time the forest was almost 
 unbroken ; and the family are justly proud of the courage and fortitude 
 of that young man of eighteen years, and cherish the spot where he first 
 pitched his cabin. His uncle, James McKeen (who married Janet Coch- 
 ran, sister of his father), had previously settled a few miles to the north; 
 and Peter Cochran, John Cochran, William Cochran, and Andrew Coch- 
 ran, all near of kin, had made their clearings, though remote from the 
 young settler of whom we speak. Neighbors were far and few. His life 
 must have been hard and lonely. But occasional visits at his uncle's 
 seem to have suggested some improvement, for in the course of time he 
 married his cousin Jenny McKeen. They had a long life together, accu- 
 mulated property, and did much for the good of the community. Mr. 
 John Cochran, known as " Capt. John," was captain of the military com- 
 pany of Windham, was a man of integrity, — marked by force of char- 
 acter, and held in general respect. He died at the age of eighty-four, and 
 his ashes lie in the old cemetery on the hill, in Windham. He left chil- 
 dren : John, Isaac, James, Elizabeth, and Mary. 
 
 John, the oldest, married Annis Dinsmore and went to Belfast, Me. 
 
 Isaac, the second child, will be noticed below. 
 
 James, the third child, was born in 1748, married Elizabeth Nesmith 
 (sister of. Dea. Jonathan Nesmith, daughter of James and Elizabeth 
 [McKeen] Nesmith, and granddaughter of James and Janet [Cochran] 
 McKeen), lived on the old homestead, was a leader in town affairs, and 
 died in 1822. His grandson, William D. Cochran, Esq., inherits the 
 homestead. Another grandson, Isaac P. Cochran, Esq., married Martha 
 J. Nespaith of Antrim, and lives in Windham. The last surviving child 
 of James Cochran is Dea. Jonathan Cochran, now living very aged in 
 Melrose, Mass.; but numerous descendants appear among the conspicu- 
 ous business men of Boston, Melrose, and other places. 
 
 Elizabeth, the fourth child, married William Dinsmore, and was the 
 mother of Samuel Dinsmore, governor of New Hampshire in 1831, 1832, 
 and 1833, and grandmother of Samuel Dinsmore who was governor of New 
 Hampshire in 1849, 1850, and 1851. She was also mother of Dea. Robert 
 Dinsmore, the " Rustic Bard," and her descendants are very numerous 
 and respectable. 
 
 The fifth and youngest child, Mary, married Andrew Park in 1774, 
 and lived and died in Windham ; has a large posterity, among them 
 Hon. John C. Parke, a prominent lawyer in Boston. 
 
 It appears that there was a " Mrs. Cochran " in Londonderry who was 
 
GENEALOGIES. 423 
 
 a sort of doctress, but whether the wife of John Cochran, first named 
 above, probably cannot now be determined, though her character and 
 circumstances would seem to favor it. Matthew Patten of Bedford kept 
 a diary from 1754 to 1789, a curious and rich thing, and in it occurs the 
 following entry : " July 26, 1754, sent Benj" Linkfield to L. Derry 
 to Fetch my Grindstone and to Mrs. Cochran to get something for Suses 
 toe and Got aPoltice and some salve and brought home the Grindstone." 
 As nothing more is said about " Suses toe," it is concluded that that hum- 
 ble member was in due time healed. ' 
 
 Dea. ISAAC COCHEAlSr, second child of John Cobhran that grew up, 
 was born in Londonderry, now Windham, April 23, 1742. The records 
 speak of Isaac Cochran as " Constable " at the early age of eighteen. He 
 married Euth Hopkins, Oct. 28, 1765 ; moved into Antrim March 10, 
 
 1784, and was moderator of a town meeting Aug. 29 of that year. He 
 had been an officer in the Revolutionary army, saw the surrender of Bur- 
 goyne, Oct. 17, 1777, and followed the flag till the war was over. Coming 
 here he bought of Matthew Templeton the place now belonging to his 
 great-grandson, George A. Cochran, Esq. There was a little barn on it, 
 and the log cabin stood in front, near the site now covered with tool- 
 house and shed. Mr. Cochran built the first two-story house in town, in 
 
 1785, which stood till 1864, when it was replaced by the present structure. 
 In 1786 he biiilt the saw and grist mill which was long a place of consid- 
 erable business in that part of the town. The magnificent elms he 
 planted with his own hanis the year his new house was finished, 1785. 
 Is said to have brought the first wagon to town in 1815. Dea. Isaac 
 Cochran was a man of strong and constant piety, of unusual Christian 
 grace and knowledge, was chosen one of the eflders of the church at its 
 formation, was much in office, was one of the ablest and most trusted 
 of the pioneers of the town, and was a man of warm feelings and genuine 
 ability, which is abundantly proved by writings left behind. And there 
 was in him, as in his nephew, the " Rustic Bard," a vein of poetic genius, 
 which, under more favorable discipline, might ha\>e given him a distin- 
 guished name. Two pieces, not as being the best, but the briefest, are 
 here given. The first seems to have been written after he had passed 
 his eightieth year, at the request of one who sought a memento in 
 rhyme. 
 
 " Forbear, my friend, nor once pretend 
 To ask from me a song ; 
 My muse is mute, my harp and lute — 
 Alas ! — are all unstrung 1 
 
 " Like morning flowers, my mental powers 
 Do wither and decay ; 
 Though small at best, what I possessed 
 Is flying fast away. 
 
 " Nor would I strive these to revive, 
 Kor urge them to return ; 
 
424 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 My locks are white, and dim my sight ; 
 This body seeks the urn. 
 
 " This house of clay must soon decay, 
 And moulder in the dust ; 
 This soul must fly to God on high 
 In whom is all my trust. 
 
 " Farewell, my friend, my views extend 
 To those bright scenes above, 
 Where pain shall cease and joys increase 
 In rounds of endless- love ! " 
 
 At one'time a friend of the deacon had the Western fever, — went out, 
 got sick of it, and was glad to get back. The deacon goes over the sev- 
 eral steps in humorous rhyme, at some length, and closes thus : — 
 
 " Whatever place or case we're in, 
 Much ill may be prevented, 
 If we would learn like Paul of old 
 Therewith to be contented. 
 
 " Contentment is a noble gift. 
 And happy the receiver; 
 Itjis the surest antidote 
 Against the Ohio fever. 
 
 " That epidemic seized my brain 
 And set my thoughts a-roving ; 
 My business overmuch curtailed. 
 Besides the expense of moving ! 
 
 " A rolling stone ne'er gathers moss. 
 But often wounds the roller; — 
 Now I'm resolved to live content 
 And be no more a stroller." 
 
 Dea. Cochran always Signed his poems " I. C." He died in good old 
 age, Aug. 21, 1625. His wife died April 11, 1816, a^ed seventy-three. 
 Their children, all born in Windham, were : — 
 
 1. Naomi, [b. Oct. 29, 1766, d. in Windliam Dec. 17, 1783, aged 
 
 17. On the slate-stone at her head in the old yard in that 
 town, is engraved an empty hour-glass ; and under it a 
 couplet in which the engraver curiously left out the letter 
 
 " 1 " in glass, making it read, — 
 
 * 
 
 " My gass is run 
 
 And so will yours."] 
 
 2. Andrew, [b. in Windham May 13, 1769, was two years at 
 
 Dartmouth College, but did not graduate. Settled on the 
 
GENEALOGIES. 425 
 
 south part of his father's large farna. He built and lived in 
 the house now owned and occupied by his grandson, Andrew 
 Cochran ; m. Jennett Wilson of Windham ; d. Oct. 16, 1820 ; 
 wife d. Oct. 10, 1851, aged 83. Had ten children : — 
 
 JSfaomie, (b. Dec. 3, 1793, m. James Wallace of Antrim, moved 
 to Manchester, and d. there.) 
 
 Nancy, (b. Jan. 15, 1795, m. Thomas Jameson of Antrim, 
 moved to Lowell, Mass., d. Nov. 28, 1846. Their son An- 
 drew was ten years in the naval service and was a Union 
 soldier in the late war.) 
 
 Rev. Sylvester, (Jo. May 8, 1796, m. 1824 to Hannah Symonds 
 of Hancock, had four children, two dying in infancy. He 
 d. March 14, 1860 ; wife d. Feb. 23, 1863. Both d. in 
 Northville, Mich., where they had resided since 1844. Had 
 two children that survived him. Lyman, b. in Antrim, at 
 the Branch, Aug. 6, 1825, known as Judge Cochrane, was the 
 older of these ; and the other. Miss Sarah A. Cochrane of De- 
 troit, Mich., is the only survivor of the family at the present 
 time. Eev. Sylvester was a graduate of Dartmouth College 
 in the class of 1835. Studied divinity under Dr. Whiton, 
 and entered somewhat late in life into the ministry, settling 
 in East Poultney, Vt., where he continued pastor ten years. 
 In 1837, he went to Vermontville, Mich., where he gathered a 
 church and wais five years pastor. Afterwards in several 
 places, he was in the service till near his death. A writer 
 from Vermontville, after forty years, says of him : " His 
 memory is cherished here by many hearts." Another 
 speaks of him as " loyal to his creeds without bigotry, and 
 liberal without laxity," and as one " eminently useful and 
 universally beloved." Evidently he was among the worthiest' 
 of the sons of Antrim. In his last years he was a teacher 
 as well as preacher, and acquired considerable prominence 
 as the founder of Northville Academy. Judge Lyman Coch- 
 rane, a native of this town, went when a boy with his father 
 to Vermont, and thence to the West. Was graduated at the 
 University of Michigan, in the class of 1849 ; and from 
 Ballston, N. Y., Law School, in 1852. Settled as a lawyer 
 in Detroit. Was early chosen to the legislature of that 
 State. In 1873 he was appointed judge of the superior 
 court, which office he held at his sudden death Feb. 5, 1879. 
 He was a rare scholar, retiring, conscientious, and thought- 
 
426" GENEALOGIES. 
 
 ful. He was specially successful as a judge, being dignified, 
 courteous, patient, industrious in the management and dis- 
 patch of business, and studiously upright. Judge Cochrane 
 was m. Aug. 3, 1876, but left no children.) 
 
 John, (b. April 24, 1798. Was in trade several years in Bos- 
 ton and Roxbury, Mass. Went to New York City about 
 1825 ; was heard from only a few times after.) 
 
 Isaac, (twin-brother of John, traded in company with his 
 brother John, in Boston and Roxbury ; m. Mary A. Lynch 
 of Roxbury. Inherited the homestead. "He was a stone- 
 mason and mover of buildings ; d. Nov. 8, 1869. Had 
 children, Mary Ann and Andrew, both now residing on the 
 old homestead with their aged mother. Andrew served 
 three years in the rebellion of 1861, in the Thirteenth N. 
 H. Regiment.) 
 
 Clarissa, (b. April 18, 1800, m. Aug. 30, 1827, Alfred Fair- 
 banks, a merchant in Francestown. After his death, went 
 to St. Augustine, Fla. ; m. Dr. Andrew Anderson of that 
 place ; he d. leaving one son, Andrew, who followed the 
 occupation of his father, and is a physician in St. Augustine. 
 He inherited the homestead, on which he and his mother, 
 reside, which is an extensive orangery. From a letter 
 to the " Boston Journal " in February, 1879, we clip the 
 following : " Dr. Anderson's grove is one of the most 
 famous in the South, and is exceedingly profitable. His 
 residence fronts on a street charmingly embowered in orange, 
 lemon, and magnolia trees.) 
 
 Ann, (b. March 2, 1802, m. David Holt of Lyndeborough, Jan. 
 18, 1838, d. in that town May 13, 1870. Had four children: 
 Alfred, Andy, Frances, and Ellen. Alfred was a surgeon in 
 the army of the rebellion of 1861, and is now a physician in 
 Cambridge, Mass. Andy served in the rebellion, and is now 
 captain of the Lafayette Artillery Company of Lyndebor- 
 ough, and a farmer. Frances m. K. Curtis, and lives in 
 Lyndeborough. Ellen is a teacher in Ohio.) 
 
 Joanna, (b. July 11, 1805, d. of spotted fever, April, 1812.) 
 
 Mary J., (b. Sept. 25, 1807, m. David Campbell of Antrim, 
 in 1834.) 
 
 Lorenzo, (b. Aug. 24, 1809. Went South in early life ; when 
 last heard from was boating on the Mississippi river. Sup- 
 posed to have d. of cholera.)] 
 
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 3. James, [b. in Windham, Sept. 5, 1771 ; m. 1st, Joanna Creesy 
 of Francestown in 1796 ; she d. March 23, 1829, aged 54 ; 
 2d, Mrs. Hannah Gibson of Amherst, January, 1830. She 
 d. Nov. 1, 1858, aged nearly 79. He inherited the home- 
 stead, except that portion given to his brother Andrew. Was 
 a live man, one of great energy and force ; run the saw and 
 grist mill in connection with his farm. Was noted for acci- 
 dents and broken bones. By a fall from an apple-tree in the 
 autumn of 1844, he being then seventy-two years of age, 
 one leg was so badly fractured that it had to be amputated. 
 After this he broke his ribs, thigh, and wrist, all by different 
 accidents, yet he survived it all, and d. June 1, 1851, nearly 
 eighty years of age. Children six, all born in Antrim. 
 Andrew C, (h. April 20, 1797 ; m. 1st, Louisa, daughter of 
 the Hon. Jacob Tuttle, Dec. 11, 1828. She d. Jan. 11, 1849 ; 
 2d, Mrs. Augusta Kinsley of Peterborough, Oct. 25, 1863. 
 Was in trade in Boston and Medford, Mass., and afterwards 
 in Hancock, where he spent most of his life. He moved to 
 Peterborough in 1863. Was president of the Peterborough 
 Bank from the time of its organization to the time of his deatli, 
 and owner in a woolen mill in that town, known as the firm 
 of Noone and Cochran. For more than half a century his 
 reputation for integrity and honesty was unsullied. Was a 
 pious, generous, efficient man, a friend to all. He d. May 
 30, 1865. He left but one child, Lizzie T., born May 5, 1830. 
 She m. L. T. Minor, Oct. 15, 1867. Mr. Minor d. August, 
 1865, and his wife d. Dec. 31, 1865.) 
 Ira, (b. July 1, 1799, jn. Clarissa Taylor of Hillsborough, 
 March 4, 1830. She d. May 27, 1868, aged 60. In early 
 life lived several years in Boston. Kept a tavern at the brick 
 house near the Bast cemetery in 1826. Inherited the home- 
 stead where he and all his children were born ; run the saw 
 and grist mill as his father and grandfather had done before 
 him, until the mill was taken down in 1855. Was an offi- 
 cer in the troop, or cavalry, in the old militia days. It is 
 said that the first and only bowling-alley in town was kept at 
 the hrick house by him and his partner, Hiram Bell, while 
 they run the house as a hotel in 1826. A kind, genial, 
 intelligent man, having the efficiency of his fathers, but laid 
 aside in a great measure for years, by deafness. Had six 
 children : Mary Eliza, b. Jan. 13, 1831, d. Nov. 29, 1832 ; 
 
428 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Mary, b. April 3, 1833 ; George A., b. Dec. 8, 1835, m. Etta 
 A. Chapman of Windsor, Nov. 26, 1872, occupies the home- 
 stead of his fathers, has been much honored by his towns- 
 men witli tlie higliest offices they could give, year after year ; 
 Clara R., b. April 24, 1839, m. John R. Whittemore, mer- 
 chant of Bennington, May 30, 18&6, who d. Nov. 20, 1875 ; 
 Caroline C, b. July 31, 1841, m. Benjamin P Baldwin of 
 Clinton, lo., Feb. 3, 1869 ; and Ann M., b. Jan. 4, 1849, 
 m. Charles E. Baton of Bennington, Feb. 18, 1875.) 
 
 Mary W., (b. Jan. 10, 1802, d. of spotted fever, April 2, 
 1812.) 
 
 Rodney, (b. Jan. 8, 1806, m. Mrs. Ellen Dodge of New Jersey. 
 In early life lived several years in Boston. Went to New 
 York City, kept a hotel there many years ; d. July 22, 1876. 
 Had children, James and Joanna. James served in the 
 rebellion of 1861, in a New York Zouave Regiment, was 
 badly wounded in the thigh ; lives in New York City. Joanna 
 m. Gabriel Aguier, a captain of police in New York City.) 
 
 miza, (b. Dec. 24, 1809, m. Dr. Jacob P. Whittemore of An- 
 trim.) 
 
 James, (b. Nov. 19, 1813, m. Kate Crosby of Milford, Nov. 23, 
 1853. Traded in Hancock, Marblehead, Mass., Dublin, and 
 several years in Milford. His health being poor, he went 
 South to recuperate, where he remained only a few months, 
 and on his return home d. at Baltimore, March 28, 1854.)] 
 
 JOHN COCHKANE of New Boston, nephew of Dea. Isaac, was the 
 oldest child of James Cochran of Windham, and half-brother to his other 
 children. His mother died very young, and he was taken in infancy by 
 a kinsman, Robert Boyd of New Boston, and brought up. He married ' 
 Jemima Davis (daughter of Benjamin Davis, a captain in the Revolution- 
 ary army, formerly of Goffstown) ; lived most of his life on the slope of 
 Joe English Hill, New Boston ; was a cripple many years from rheuma- 
 tism, and died in Chester, Feb. 10, 1846, aged seventy-five. Several of his 
 large family have come to honor, though pinched and poor in early life. 
 Their mother was one of the most blessed of women. She died Oct. 7, 
 1868, aged ninety-four. Their children were nine, as follows: — 
 
 Hon. Robert B., who was born in New Boston, Oct. 24, 1794 ; married 
 Elizabeth Warren, daughter of Capt. Robert and Prudence (Butterfleld) 
 Warren ; was for fifty years a leading man in New Boston ; was several 
 times state senator; several times representative of his town; for a long 
 series of years selectman; for half a century, justice of the peace ; for 
 nearly half a century a school-teacher winters ; was largely in probate 
 business; was a land surveyor far and near; was most of his life a Chris- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 429 
 
 tian; long, an ofiQcer in the Sabbath-school; and died May 7, 1878. "Was 
 a man of marked intellectual ability; self-made, having had very scanty 
 opportunities in early life. 
 
 Polly, who married Moses Hall of Chester, was a most devoted Chris- 
 tian, left a large family, died recently at the age of eighty. 
 
 Mercy, who married William Haselton, a merchant of Chester, has 
 two sons members of Congress from Wisconsin, and is now living with 
 her children in that State. 
 
 Sophia, unmarried, half a century a school-teacher, now of Albert Lea, 
 Minn. 
 
 Marinda, a teacher all her life, a woman of marked talent, a Christian 
 whose influence was great, died unmarried in Methuen, Mass., in 1871. 
 
 Hon. Gerry W., long a merchant in Boston; on executive council of 
 Massachusetts during the war. Married, first, Mary J., daughter of Ee v. 
 Mr. Batchelder of Haverhill, Mass. ; second, Helen F. Prench, a magazine 
 writer of note ; lives in Chester ; was a donor of Center vestry ; one son, 
 Rev. Harry Cochrane, is a pastor in New York. 
 
 Abigail, who married Jonathan Pressey and lives in Chester. 
 
 Hon. Clark B. Cochrane, born May 31, 1815. Studied at Prancestown 
 under B. P. Wallace of Antrim ; graduated at Union College, 1839 ; mar- 
 ried Rebecca Wheeler of Galway, N. T. ; was admitted, to the bar in 1841 ; 
 was chosen same year to represent his county in the State Assembly, and 
 was constantly in office till the day of his death. Was in Congress several 
 terms, but died in the prime of life, March 5, 1867. He was among the 
 best speakers and ablest men that ever went out from our State. 
 
 Susan, who married David Mallory in January, 1848, and died in 
 March of the same year, aged twenty-four'. 
 
 Ret. warren R. COCHRANE was the eighth child of Hon. Rob- 
 ert B. Cochrane, named above, and was born in New Boston, Aug. 25, 
 1835. Doing his best in a very humble district school, and at the fire- 
 side, afterwards by "boarding himself" at select schools here and there, 
 he went to Prancestown to finish fitting for college, and was graduated at 
 Dartmouth College in 1859, and was twice elected tutor in said college, in 
 which capacity he served till prevented by failing health. Mr. Cochrane 
 was some time a teacher, and was licensed to preach by the Derry and 
 Manchester Association, April 10, 1866. Was invited at once to Harris- 
 ville, where he preached, as health would allow, two summers. He began 
 service for the Presbyterian Church in Antrim, Jan. 1,1868, and, contin- 
 uing in the same, was ordained March 18, 1869, as pastor, which office he 
 now holds. He married Lilla C. Cochran of New Boston, daughter of 
 WiUiam C. and Harriet (Crombie) Cochran, and granddaughter of Dea. 
 Thomas and Margaret (Ramsay) Cochran, June 14, 1864. Has two chil- 
 dren : — 
 
 1. Haywaed, [b. in New Boston, Nov. 27, 1865.J 
 
 2. Susie B., [b. in Antrim, Nov. 18, 1872.] 
 
 CLARK B. COCHRANE, brother of Rev. Warren R. and youngest of 
 the family, was born in New Boston,. Peb. 9, 1843. Studied at Prances- 
 
430 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 town and Meriden, graduated at Albany Law School in, 1865, and at once 
 settled in the practice of law in Gloversville, that State. Compelled to 
 surrender everything by failing health, he returned to New Boston in 
 1869. The same year he published a volume of poems. He came here 
 in 1873, into the house in Clinton built by Horace B. Tuttle, and at once 
 opened a store on the premises, — the first store in Clinton. He was 
 superintending school committee in 1875. He married Mary E. Andrews 
 of New London, and has children : — 
 
 1. Mabel, [b. in New Boston, May 15, 1871.J 
 
 2. Egbert B., [b. in New Boston, Oct. 5, 1872.] 
 
 3. Benjamin R., [b. in Antrim, June 21, 1876. J 
 
 4. Winifred, [b. in Antrim, Dec. 31, 1876.] 
 
 5. Julian M., [b. Oct. 8, 1879.] 
 
 Bet. THOMAS COCHEAN, born in New Boston in 1771, was son of 
 John and Elisabeth (Boyce) Cochran, and grandson of Dea. Thomas and 
 Jennett (Adams) Cochran. The father of this Dea. Thomas was James 
 Cochran, and his mother was Letitia Patten, both of whom took part in 
 the defense of Londonderry in the great "Papal siege." This Dea. 
 Thomas was born in that city in 1703, and came over at the age of seven- 
 teen. Came to New Boston in 1748, and was chosen elder at the forma- 
 tion of the Presbyterian Church in that town. Eev. Thomas Cochran 
 was graduated at Brown University in 1799, and came here in the earliest 
 weeks of 1805. He was so much loved by the people, that they gave him 
 a call to settle in May of that year. He declined, however, probably for 
 the reason that he was offered a larger salary in Camden, Me. He seems 
 to have thought that God's call was in the line of fair pay. At any rate 
 he was ordained in the latter place, September, 1805. The day of ordina- 
 tion was made, in that place, a day of horse-racing and carousing : one 
 man at the public table was choked to death eating, and many were over- 
 loaded with drink ! The character of the people, as thus shown, is fur- 
 ther indicated by the fact that at the close of his pastorate, in 1818, he 
 sued the town of Camden for non-payment of dues and recovered $1,400. 
 His wife was Mary Barstow of Hanover, Mass. He died of cholera, in 
 Baltimore, in 1838. 
 
 NINIAN COCHEAN, a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian of excellent faith 
 and character, highly recommended by his pastor on the other side of the 
 sea, came to America in 1828. In the fall of that year he came to Antrim 
 to live in the family of Alexander Parker, and remained with them, good 
 and faithful, untn 1867, when he went with some of the family to their 
 home in the West, and died at Baxter Springs, Kan., Dec. 25 of the 
 same year, at the age of seventy years. He was smart and respected, 
 was unmarried, and about his retired life there lingers a mystery, which 
 can only be revealed in another world ! 
 
GENEALOGIES. 431 
 
 COFFIN. 
 
 PHILIP COFFIN came here in the early part of the Eevolutionaiy 
 war, and lived near the Gould place. After some years he moved away 
 and nothing further is known of him. The house he occupied while here 
 was no doubt a small house built by Tristram Cheney on the old road 
 from the Gould place to the Whittemore place. The road was thrown up 
 and the house taken down so long ago as to be forgotten by the oldest 
 neighbors. They used to ball their name Cofran. Philip was a savage 
 kind of man. "When he was dog-pelter, he made a spear„with a hook on 
 one side of the blade, so as to spear and pull up dogs as one would throw 
 up fish with a hook, and actually put it in operation ! He had children, 
 Philip, Mary, James, and perhaps others. We know not the mother's 
 name. Some of the children remained a few years in Hillsborough ; but 
 all are now gone and forgotten. 
 
 COLE. 
 
 NATHAN COLE, probably son of John and Eunice (Spofford) Cole, 
 was born in 17S0. He married Molly Flint and came to Antrim, from 
 Boxford, Mass., in 1792, living on the Jeremiah Hill farm, next west of 
 the pound. He lived awhile on the John Gilmore farm (Whitney's), and 
 a road was laid out from the Nesmith place to his house, Jan. 19, 1793. 
 He moved to Hill, then New Chester, in 1802. He was a soldier at the 
 battle of Bennington, and had a brother John who was killed at the bat- 
 tle of Bunker Hill. He died at Danbury in 1834, aged eighty-four years. 
 He had five sons and four daughters. His first wife, Nabby Brown, had 
 no children. His sons were : — 
 
 1'. John, [b. 1777 ; m. 1st, Jenny Gregg of Antrim, who d. in 
 1804 ; 2d, Sally Smith, April 6, 1810 ; lived awhile on Meet- 
 ing-House Hill, then moved to Hill, where he d. aged 89.] 
 
 2. Nathan, [m. Polly Nichols of Antrim, in 1805 ; lived near 
 Linn Parker's a few years, and moved in the autumn of 
 1808 to Cattaraugus, N. Y., forty miles west of Buffalo. 
 Thence, in the fall of 1817, they moved to Ohio, finally 
 locating in Columbus, that State. Here he d. Oct. 21, 1856, 
 aged 77. Was an honest and good man ; and left six chil- 
 dren, the two oldest being born in Antrim : — 
 Frederick, (b. Nov. 27, 1805, is land surveyor, has been county 
 surveyor, and many years county auditor, and lives in 
 Columbus, Ohio. He m. Rebecca Jane Graham, a native of 
 Virginia. She d. in 1857.) 
 Alonzo, (b. July 29, 1807, has six children, lives in Putnam 
 
 Co., Ohio, and m. Sarah Caldwell of Ohio.) 
 Hannah H., (b. Dec. 2,1808, m. Washington Moore, and lives 
 in Vermillion Co., Ind.) 
 
432 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Thomas, (b. Dec. 9, 1810, d. in childhood.) 
 
 Nathan, Jr., (b. Sept. 22, 1815, has been register of deeds, or 
 county recorder, at Columbus, Ohio, for thirty-two years, 
 and is a man held in the highest esteem. He' m. Mary 
 Sayles of Rhode Island.) 
 
 George N., (b. July 9, 1820, d. in infancy.)] 
 
 3. Levi, [m. Polly Philbrick of Andover, Mass. He d. in Dan- 
 
 bury about 1850, aged 74. J 
 
 4. Miles, [m. Sally Bixby of Hillsborough. Went to Illinois 
 
 in 1840, and d. at English Prairie, that State, in 1860. His 
 son Nathan was colonel of cavalry in the Union army. j 
 
 5. Jedediah, [m. Parmelia Chase of Franklin, and d. in Hill 
 
 June 25, 1860, aged 72. His son; Charles B. Cole, Esq., of 
 Hill, has furnished most of this information concerning the 
 Cole family.] 
 
 The daughters of Hathan and Molly (Flint) Cole were : — 
 
 1. Polly, [m. 1st, James Smith of Hudson, Dec. 19, 1793 ; 2d, 
 
 James Barrett of Hudson, and d. in that town about 1864.J 
 
 2. Betsey, [b. Aug. 3, 1780, m. John Wadleigh of Hill, where 
 
 she d. Sept. 14, 1867, aged 87.] 
 
 3. Susan, [m. William Winter of Danbury, where she d. about 
 
 1834.] 
 
 4. Lucy, [b. Oct. 26, 1791 ; m. 1st, Samuel Pillsbury ; 2d, 0. 
 
 Roach, and lived in Parkman, Me., being the last surviving 
 child of Nathan and Molly (Flint) Cole. Shed. Oct. 12, 
 1879.] 
 
 COLLINS. 
 
 JOHN M. COLLINS, son of JameS and Sarah (Thayer) Collins, born 
 in Boston in 1768, married Elisabeth Brackett of Peterborough, in 1799. 
 Came here immediately, having bought the saw and grist mill at the 
 Branch. This he occupied till 1806, when he moved to Hancock where 
 he died in 1856. The four oldest children were born in Antrim. He had 
 children : — 
 
 1. Sarah, [b. Jan. 4, 1800, m. John Tenney and settled in Han- 
 cock.] 
 
 2.' John M., [b. Oct. 4, 1801 ; m. 1st, Elisabeth Bradford of 
 Francestown ; 2d, Abbie S. Dean of Dover ; lives in Peter- 
 borough.] 
 
 3. Samuel B., [m. Frances M. Wilson and settled in Lempster.J 
 
 4. Elisabeth, [m. Alonzo Hall of Hancock.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 433 
 
 5. Ltdia B., [m. Lewis Partridge of Dalton.J 
 
 6. Rebecca B., [m. Cyrus Partridge of Peterborough.] 
 
 7. James H., [m. Harriet Way, is deacon of Congregational 
 
 Church, Peterborough.] 
 
 8. Lois H., [d. unm. in 1840.] 
 
 COMBS. 
 
 WILLIAM COMBS, son of John and Margaret CAuHs) Combs, 
 was born in Merrimack April 18, 1758, married Thankful Fletcher of 
 HoUis, lived in Landsgrove,'uow Andover, Vt. There his wife died in 
 1800, aged thirty-four. Soon after he came to Antrim. He married Mrs. 
 Margaret (Moor) Holmes, widow of William Holmes, about the first of 
 January, 1801, and spent the rest of his days on the Holmes place, dying 
 in 1840 at the age of eighty-two. The two youngest children were by 
 his second wife, and were born in this town : — 
 
 1. William, [m. Mary Jane Nutt of Manchester ; had fourteen 
 
 children ; lived and d. in that city.] 
 
 2. John, [m. Jennie Piatt of Marcellus, N. Y., and lived and 
 
 d. in that place ; one son. Dr. Henry Combs, is a physician, 
 in Adrian, Mich.] 
 
 3. Sarah A., [m. Thomas Stuart of Antrim, May 31, 1814, and _ 
 
 was mother of Robert Carr Stuart. She d. in Boston.] ' 
 
 4. Abigail P., [m. Dan Dunlap, being his 2d wife. She is now 
 
 living with a son in Lynn, Mass., at the age of 84.] 
 
 5. Betsey P., [b. Peb. 16, 1797 ;• m. Gilman Swain, 1825 ; d. 
 
 here at the age of 82.] 
 
 6. James, [b. in 1800 ; went to Kentucky, and was a wealthy 
 
 planter there before the war. Three of ' his children were 
 educated at Oberlin College, Ohio.] 
 
 7. Jesse, [b. in 1801 ; m. Achsah Cram Sept. 3, 1829. After 
 
 living here and there in town for many years, he bought the 
 place now Lewis Green's, and lived there till his family was 
 broken up by death. His own death occurred Aug. 8, 1875. 
 Children : — 
 
 Eiram, (b. Jan. 16, 1831, m. Clara Dunlap, and lives on the 
 Capt. Thomas Dunlap place. He has children, Iza Prances, 
 b. Dec. 17, 1870, and Mary Eloise, b. Nov. 26, 1873.) 
 
 James M., (accidentally shot dead by his father while taking 
 a charge from a gun, in 1843, aged 7.) 
 
 Marv J., (b. April 22, 1837 ; m. Edward Roach, but lived 
 only four days after marriage.) 
 
 28 
 
434 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Charles, (b. Feb. 16, 1852 ; m. Mary J. Lyford of Lowell, 
 Mass. They have one child, Warren W., b. Oct. 9, 1875.) 
 Etta, (an adopted daughter ; b. in 1844 ; m. Lewis Simonds.)] 
 8. Eliza J., [d. unm. in Cambridgeport, Mass., 1873. J 
 
 CONANT. 
 
 JONATHAN CONANT came here from Mont Vernon in 1811, 
 bringing a large family. He lived on the Dea. Shattuck place, and moved 
 back to Mont Vernon in 1816, and died there Oct. 28, 1829, aged sev- 
 enty. This was a very respectable family. We have but few facts con- 
 cerning them. One of the sons was Israel Conant, who lived with his 
 father, married Elizabeth Holt of Antrim, in 1815, and had two sons born 
 here. He moved to New Haven, Vt., about the end of the year 1816, and 
 died in Vergennes, Vt., 1857, aged sixty-nine. His two sons born here 
 were : — 
 
 1. Albert, [b. Oct. 3, 1816.] 
 
 2. William, [b. Nov. 25, 1816.J 
 
 JOSHUA CONANT of Antrim was bom in Londonderry March 11, 
 1798. H,e was the son of Joshua, and grandson of Joshua who came from 
 England. He married Kebecca Preston of Stoddard in 1824. She was 
 the daughter of Samuel Preston, and was born Eeb. 18, 1799, and died 
 June 28, 1848. 'He married, second, Eliza A. Bead of Stoddard, July 25, 
 1852. He came to Antrim in 1860. His children were : — 
 
 1. EuEL K., [b. Sept. 2, 1825 ; m. Julia A. Curtis, daughter of 
 
 Levi Curtis, Oct. 6, 1851, and went to Springfield, Mass., 
 where he has since resided with the exception of a brief so- 
 journ in Boston. Has three children, Ella R., George W., 
 and Mary L. Is passenger conductor on the railroad between 
 Springfield, Mass., and New Haven, Conn., and has been for 
 many years ; has been in constant service traveling on the 
 rail for upwards of thirty years, commencing Dec. 29, 1848.] 
 
 2. HiBAM P., [b. Sept. 18, 1830 ; went West in 1853, finally 
 
 locating in Pittsburg,' Penn., where he m. Kelley, and 
 
 now lives.] 
 
 3. Pkbeman C, [b. Aug. 3, 1837 ; went to Vermont,, and was 
 
 currier by trade. At the breaking-out of the rebellion he 
 went into the army, and served through the entire war, after 
 which he settled in Wilton, lo., where he now lives. He 
 m. Alice C. Stryker.] 
 
 4. Abilene, [by 2d wife ; b. Stoddard, April 17, 1855 ; m. Wil- 
 
 laM A. Paige cif Munsonville, Oct. 1, 1873.] 
 
 5. Augusta, [d. in childhood.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 435 
 
 SAMUEL A. CONANT, of whom I can learn nothing more, came 
 here and built the last house on the canal, at the top of the hill in South 
 Village. The large basement was for a wheelwright-shop. Conant lived 
 but a short time after the building was up, dying with consumption, 
 brought on, it was said, by exposure in trying to build in winter. 
 
 CONN. 
 
 The ancestor of the Conn family in New England was George Conn, 
 who came from the north of Ireland and settled in Harvard, Mass., that 
 part called Stillwater, where he spent and ended his days. He had a 
 large family, and among them a son George, who married Martha Kelso 
 of Derry, settled in Harvard, and raised up a family of nine children. 
 The oldest of this large household was John. John Conn married Lucy 
 Sawyer of Boxborough, Mass., and lived in Harvard, Mass., Charlestown, 
 Mass., Goshen and Bethlehem. He died in Milford in 1820, aged forty- 
 nine. His wife died the preceding year in Bethlehem, aged forty-two. 
 Their seven children we will now name : John, who married Philo Fair- 
 banks, and died in 1869, aged seventy-two; Emery, who married Edith 
 Davenport of Ashby, Mass.; Lucy, who married David Baker of Goflfs- 
 town, and died in 1820; Jefferson, who will be noticed below; Thomas, 
 who married Malinda Sampson of Hanson, Mass., and died in 1846, aged 
 forty-three ; Almira, who died in 1852, aged forty-five, unmarried ; and 
 Abigail, who married Morris Kelly of Charlestown, Mass., and now lives 
 in- that place. 
 
 JEFFERSON CONN, cousin of Dea. Charles Conn of Hillsborough, 
 and Dr. Granville P. Conn of Concord, son of John and Lucy (Sawyer) 
 Conn, was born in Charlestown, Mass., in 1802. He married Mary 
 Ann McClintock of Hillsborough. Her father, John McClintock, died 
 in that town in 1803. Jefferson came here from Stoddard to the Eber 
 Curtis place in 1854, where he lived till his death, which occurred Aug. 
 20, 1858. His wife died there June 1, 1869, aged seventy-four. Their 
 children were as follows : — 
 
 1. Nanct J-, [b. Oct. 14, 1825 ; became 2d wife of Solomon H. 
 
 Griffin, and d. Nov. 30, 1855.] 
 
 2. William M., [b. May 9, 1827 ; m. 1st, Margaret A. Boutwell, 
 
 April 9, 1854, an excellent woman, who died very suddenly 
 of diphtheria Feb. 16, 1876 ; m. 2d, Mrs. Augusta (Smith) 
 Carr, July 26, 1877. He occupies the Chandler B. Bout- 
 well place. Has children : — 
 
 Clara A., (b. Oct. 23, 1855.) 
 
 Mary U., (b. March 24, 1860.) 
 
 Martha U., (twin-sister of Mary ; d. very suddenly of diph- 
 theria, Feb. 24, 1876. A pious and amiable girl, whose 
 early death was mourned by the whole community.)] 
 
436 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 3. Angeline, [b. Windsor, Oct. 21, 1833 ; m. Hiram Mcllvaine, 
 
 Nov. 10, 1853.] 
 
 4. Chester A., [b. Windsor, July 7, 1835 ; m. Harriet Mcll- 
 
 vaine, daughter of B. P. Mcllvaine, 1867 ; inherits the 
 homestead of his father ; has children : — 
 . Nora May, (b. Feb. 20, 1870.) 
 Effie /., (b. July 11, 1873.)] 
 
 5. Peeeman, [b. Windsor, Nov. 12, 1837 ; m. Etta Stevens of 
 
 Stoddard ; now lives in Keene ; is blacksmith by trade.] 
 
 X, GOOLBDGB. K 
 
 The Cooledge family were located in Cambridgeshire, England, proba- 
 bly as early as six hundred years ago. The name in the several centuries 
 has been variously spelled, as Coolyng, Coolidg, Colynge, Cooladge, etc. 
 Walter and Ralph Coolyng were assessed on the subsidy rolls for land in 
 Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, in 1327. In the reign of Henry VIII. (1509- 
 1547) the family was locEited in Arrington, and was a family of distinction 
 and respectability. The records of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, show 
 that Simon Cooledge married Agnes Kingston. The will of this Simon, 
 dated 1591, mentions three children : William, John, and Thomas. 
 
 William, the eldest, died in 1620, having had six children: Eichard, 
 William, Simon, John, Elisabeth, and Margaret. The fourth of these, 
 ""'■^ John, was baptized Sept. 16, 1604, came to America and settled in Water- 
 town, Mass. Was admitted a freeman there, May 25, 1636; was among 
 the early proprietors of that place. Was very often selectman from 1686 
 to 1677. Was representative of the town in 1658. His will, which was 
 proved June 16, 1691, mentions his wife, Mary., and four sons, John, Ste- 
 phen, Nathaniel, and Jonathan. Nathaniel, the third son, married Mary, 
 Bright, Oct. 15, 1657, and died in 1711 leaving twelve children. The sec- 
 ond of these was Nathaniel, who was born May 9, 1660, and married 
 Lydia Jones, Jan. 2, 1687. He settled in Watertown Parms, now Wes- 
 ton, Mass., and his name is the first on the roll of the original members of 
 the Weston church. He bad six children. Josiah, the third of these 
 children, married Deliverance Warren, June 11, 1719. She died Feb. 26, 
 1764, and lie marriedi secondjf'Mrs. Sarah Muzzey in 1766, and died leav- 
 ing seven children'.-.^lNathaniel, the oldest child of Josiah, was born Oct. 
 20, 1724, and married Sarah Parker of Sudbury, Mass., April 16, 1749. 
 They had children: Susanna^NPaul (born Oct. 20, 1761), Lucy, Silas 
 (born Nov. 14, 1755, was out in the Eevolutionary army), Anna, Eunice, 
 Uriah, and Nathaniel. The last named is the one that live'd' some years 
 in the east part of Antrim, and will be further noticed below. He was 
 born in Weston, Mass., Nov. 19, 1768, and died in Norwich, Vt., at the 
 age of seventy-nine. 
 
 DANIEL COOLEDGE, son of Paul and Martha (Jones) Cooledge, ' 
 and grandson of Nathaniel and Sarah (Parker) Cooledge, was born March 
 10, 1788.. His parents were married April 19, 1784., He married Polly 
 
GENEALOGIES. 437 
 
 Spalding Sept. 20, 1808. In 1809 he moved to North Branch and com- 
 menced blacksmithing on the stand now owned by D. P. Bryer, where 
 he worked twenty years. He then bought, of Charles Barker, the place 
 the Cooledge family now occupy, and built a second house on the same in 
 1849. He died Peb. 25, 1869, leaving a large family, all of them charac- 
 terized by piety and usefulness. 
 
 1. Mart, [b. in 1809, m. William S. Foster Nov. 28, 1858.J 
 
 2. Abigail, [b. in 1811, and lives unm. on the old place. J 
 
 3. Charles, [b. in 1813, m. Mary P. Covill, and d. Aug. 2, 1872, 
 
 leaving two children : — 
 Ably, (who m. James Richardson in 1871 ; d. May 28, 1880.) 
 Albert W.^ (who m. Alma J. Severance in 1875, and lives in 
 
 Washington.)] 
 
 4. Clarissa, [b. in 1816, m. Benjamin Spalding April 3, 1840, 
 
 and lives in Chelmsford, Mass.j 
 
 5. Daniel, [b. in 1818, m. Lucy W. Ray of Hopkinton, lived in 
 
 Chicopee, Mass., and d. in 1869. J 
 
 6. Sarah, [b. in 1821, and d, unm., after years of sickness and 
 
 suffering, in 1868. J 
 
 7. Isaac, [d. in infancy.] * 
 
 8. Franklin S., [b. in 1826, m. Amanda Burrill of China, Me.^ 
 
 and now lives in Lowell, Mass.] 
 
 9. Jacob S., [b. in 1829, m. Mary W. Raymond of Nashua, and 
 
 now lives in Lowell.] 
 
 10. Martha J., [b. in 1831, and was for many yearsan invalid. 
 She now lives with her sister on the old homestead, spend- 
 ing life in faithful care of their aged mother.] ' 
 
 NATHANIEL COOLEDGE came here from Hillsborough in 1803, 
 and lived in the old McCoy house on the Gould place. He was an uncle 
 of Daniel Cooledge of Antrim, and brother of Paul Cooledge. The father 
 of Nathaniel and Paul, was Nathaniel ; aud their mother was Sarah Par- 
 ker; and they were among the early settlers of Hillsborough. The 
 Nathaniel who came to Antrim in 1803, married Eachel Andrews of 
 Hillsborough, moved back to Hillsborough in 1807, and died Jan. 16, 1847. 
 They had thirteen children, nine of whom grew up, as follows : — 
 
 1, Nathaniel, Jr., [b. Aug. 14, 1796, was police officer and 
 
 jailer most of his long life ; was some years U. S. detective, 
 traveling far and wide. His home was in Boston. He d. 
 Aug. 3, 1864.] 
 
 2. Isaac, [most of his life a jailer, or on the police force of Bos- 
 
 ton.] 
 
438 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 3. Perkins, [b. in 1800, lives unm. in Deering.J 
 
 4. Henry, [no information.] 
 
 6. Lucy, [b. in Antrim July 30, 1805, m. Walter B. Lewis, and 
 they now live in Ayer, Mass.J 
 
 6. JuLiANNA, [m. Samuel K. Martin of Hillsborough.] 
 
 7. Betsey, [m. Amos Jones, and d. in Wilmot.J 
 
 8. George, [U. S. constable and detective, d. in* Boston in 1877.] 
 
 9. Rachel, [m. Hiram Morgan of Rutland, Yt.] 
 
 \. COOPER. 
 
 STEPHEN COOPEE, an old sailor, came here from Salem, Mass., 
 about 1810, and lived on the mountain west of the Capt. Worthley place'. 
 After several years he moved to Erancestown. He buried two wives 
 here before his removal. At the funeral of the second wife the horse 
 ran away with the coffin and threw it out over the fence, breaking it in 
 pieces. It was a steady old horse, never known to run before, and the 
 good women asked: "Isn't this a judgment for her cruelty to the first 
 wife's children ? " Nothing is now known of his family. His children, 
 as given on the town record, were : — 
 
 1. Stephen, [b. in Salem, Mass., Jan. 15, 1803, came back here 
 
 and d. on the poor-farm.] 
 
 2. Mary, [b. in Salem, Mass., March 5, 1806.] 
 
 3. Samuel B., [b. Oct. 1, 1811.] 
 
 4. Betsey H., [b. Jan. 29, 1814.] 
 
 5. Bdah, [b. Nov. 6, 1817.] 
 
 6. Jacob William, [b. June 30, 1819.] 
 
 CORBY. 
 
 AMOS COEEY, son of Amos and Achsah (Townsend) Corey, was 
 born in Washington in 1802 ; married Roxanna Wright of Sullivan, and 
 moved to Antrim in 1857, where he died in 1872, leaving children : — 
 
 1. Achsah L., [b. in Washington in 1828, and m. Peter Shuttle- 
 
 worth of Southborough, Mass.] 
 
 2. Olive W., [d. in 1872 at the age of 42; unm.] 
 
 3. Melinda a., [d. in 1861 at the Age of 30.] 
 
 4. George P., [b. in Washington in 1836 ; m. Clara R. Hill of 
 
 this town in 1860, and resided several years in Waltham, 
 Mass., working in the watch-factory. Having inherited the 
 old homestead at South Antrim, in 1876 he returned to this 
 town, and engaged in business as a jeweler.in that village.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 439 
 
 COSTELLO. 
 
 THOMAS COSTELLO, an Irish emigrant, came here about 1820. 
 Had been in the English army, and was twice wounded at the battle of 
 Waterloo. He married Mrs. Ann (Nichols) Emerson Sept. 21, 1826 ; 
 lived in" several places in town; had two children; cannot learn the 
 tim^ or place of his death. His children were : — 
 
 1. Elvira, [m. James Poote of Francestown.j 
 
 2. Mart, [m. James Preston of Concord.] 
 
 CRAM. 
 
 ASAHEL CRAM, son of Dyer Cram of Weare, came here from Fran- 
 cestown in 1795 ; married Lydia Lewis of Weare, and moved into a house 
 now gone, between Erank Bobinson's and S. A. Holt's ; afterwards lived 
 on the Prescott Parmenter place (next above the pound), and died in 
 1835 at the age of sixty-nine. His children were : — 
 
 1. Roxanna, [b. Dec. 12, 1799, and d. unm. in Natick, 
 
 in 1863.] 
 
 2. Abnbr, [b. Nov. 22, 1801 ; m. Nancy Jones of Windsor, and 
 
 lived on the Ambrose Story place awhile, when he moved on 
 to the place now George F. Mcllvaine's, where he d. in 
 1830, leaving five children : — 
 
 Charles B., (b. Oct. 4, 1822; m. Elizabeth S. Simonds, and 
 lived in Nashua several years, where the three eldest chil- 
 dren were born. He afterwards came to Antrim and built 
 near Lovering's mills. He is a blacksmith by trade, and 
 has five children : Charles E. ; Ina S. ; Ira S. ; Ida J., who 
 was b. Sept. 26, 1859, and m. James A. Salesbury of 
 Greenville, R. I., in 1876 ; and Reed S.) 
 
 Ainer G., (h. June 28, 1824 ; wh^n last heard from lived in 
 Orange.) 
 
 Philura S., (b. in 1826 ; m. William Baker of Andover, Mass., 
 and now lives in, that place.) 
 
 Ira D., (b. April 27, 1827, and went to sea in early life. After 
 his return he m. Angeline Morse ; lived a few years at South 
 Village, and had two children born here : George P. and 
 Madison. In 1860 he moved to Johnson, R. I.) 
 
 John A., (b. Feb. 16, 1829 ; m. Lydia Thornton of Johnson, 
 R. I., and now lives in that place.)] 
 
 3. Abigail H., [b. April 7, 1807, and d. unm. in Natick, Mass., 
 
 in 1867.] 
 
440 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 4. AcHSAH L., [b. Aug. 12, 1809 ; m. Jesse Combs Sept. 3, 
 
 1829, and d. in 186'7.] 
 
 5. Daniel, [b. in 1814 ; m. Mary Blackman, and moved to Elk- 
 
 town, Ohio.] 
 
 CRANE. 
 
 JAMES CRANE (the eighth and youngest child of Joseph and De- 
 liverance (Mills) Crane, who came from Milton, Mass.) was born in 
 Washington, June 21, 1799 ; married Fanny D. Sayward of Gloucester, 
 Mass., March 6, 1828 ; and came here from Washington January, 1849, into 
 the brick house known as the Cummings place. He died here July 20, 
 1851, and his wife died in Boston recently. They left two children : — 
 
 1. Elizabeth S., [b. in Washington May 11, 1829; m. Henry 
 
 McCoy of Sharon, Jan. 8, 1850, and resides in South Bos- 
 ton.] 
 
 2. Henrietta M., [b. in Washington March 8, 1831 ; m. Samuel 
 
 A. Fletcher of Antrim, April 29, 1851, and now resides in 
 Bunker Hill, Ill.J 
 
 ALFRED CRANE, son of Joseph and Hannah (Mills) Crane, was 
 born in East Washington July 1,1821; married, first, Almira Nichols; 
 married, second, Roxanna, her sister. Resides in Merrimac, Mass. Has 
 two children, Frederick and Clarence, neither of whom were born here. 
 He came to Antrim in the year 1858 and lived on the Benjamin Nichols 
 place, but remained but little more than two years. 
 
 CROSS. 
 
 NATHAN CROSS came here about 1790 and settled on what is now 
 known as the Steel place, west of the pond. He had lived before in the 
 town of Hudson, which belonged to Massachusetts till 1741. At this last 
 date, or a little later, his name appears on a petition to Gov. Wentworth 
 for a new township, which was incorporated as Nottingham West July 5, 
 1746. Mr. Cross sold about 1798 and moved to Amherst. But little is 
 knoWn of him. The house in which he lived here stood a few rods north 
 of the present house and on the opposite side of the road at the end of 
 the lane leading down to the James Nesmith place. 
 
 CUMMINGS. 
 
 EBENEZER CUMMINGS, son of Dea. Ebenezer and (Jarah (Ste- 
 vens) Cummings of Hudson, was born in that town in 1768. He came 
 here at the age of twenty-three and began the farm west of the pond, 
 long occupied by John R. Hill. He married Lettice Andrews, who died 
 July 1, 1858, at the age of ninety-five, and whose mother, fleeing from 
 the Indians as they attacked her house, was caught by tHe hair, dragged 
 to a block and her head chopped off. Mr. Cummings died in 1815, at the 
 age of forty-seven. His children ■w;ere : — 
 
GENEALOGIES. 441, 
 
 1. Enoch, [b. Feb. 5, 1796, and killed by the fall of a tree in 
 
 1801.] 
 
 2. Hannah, [b. April 2, 1798, and d. very young.] 
 
 3. BLiSABiiTH C, [b. Dec. 29, 1799, m. Charles Gates June 9, 
 
 1818, and d. Dec. 18, 1861.] 
 
 4. AsENATH, [b. Oct. 2, 1801, m. David Hills, Jr., March 28, 
 
 1828, and d. Feb. 16, 1873.] 
 
 5. Hannah, [b. in 1803, and probably d. in infancy.] 
 
 6. Ebenbzbr, [b. Jan. o, 1.804, and d. of cancer covering the 
 
 whole crown of the head, and terrible in the extreme, at the 
 age of 22. J 
 
 7. Abner, [b. March 21, 1806, and is supposed to have d. in 
 
 infancy.] 
 
 SAMTJfiL CUMMINGS, brother of first Ebenezer of Antrim, was 
 born in Hudson in 1781, married Joanna "Wyman, and came here in 1807. 
 He bought the Gregg mills, lived awhile in the Rogers house, then 
 bought an old house just north of Dea. Worthley's, and built the brick 
 house now David Bass's. He also built the mill now owned by Abbott 
 r. True. He died in HoUis in 1864, leaving children, of. whom the last 
 four were born here : — 
 
 1. Samuel, [b. in Hudson July 7, 1805, was a wheelwright by 
 
 trade, m. Hannah Giddings, and lived awhile in Francestown, 
 then moved to Lawrence and died there in 1875., Two 
 children survive him : Josie, a teacher in Lawrence, and 
 James F., now mayor of Bunker Hill, 111. This last named 
 went through the mill gate of True's shop, in 1837, at the 
 age of five years, when the current tossed him over the wheel ; 
 but he, smart boy, picked himself up and walked off!] 
 
 2. Joanna, [b. in Hudson Nov. 26, 1806, and m. Cyrus Burge 
 
 of HoUis, Dec. 15, 1835.] 
 
 3. Sarah S., [b.Feb. 5, 1813, and m. James Ball of HoUis, Dec. 
 
 29, 1847.] 
 
 4. Jonathan W., [b. Nov. 21, 1814, went to Bunker Hill, 111., m. 
 
 Prances Hutchinson, was sutler in the army, and was 
 drowned in the Mississippi river in 1864. J 
 
 5. Eev. Seneca, ,[b. May 16, 1817, m. Abigail M. Stearns, Oct. 
 
 4, 1847, and went to China that year as missionary in the ser- 
 vice of the A. B. C. F. M. On account of her failing health 
 they returned in 1855, and he d. in New Ipswich in the 
 course of the following year. His age was thirty-nine. He 
 was a graduate of Dartmouth College, in the class of 1844. 
 
442 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Was ordained as a missionary at the Center, in the church 
 to which he belonged, Sept. 30, 1847. The sermon was by 
 Eev. Dr. Silas Aiken, theh of Boston. Rev. Seneca Cum- 
 mings was a most worthy and devoted man. His early 
 death was greatly mourned, but the record of his sacrifice 
 and the success of his short life may not be measured in 
 this world or by any standards men can apply.] 
 6. Phbbb a., [b. 1819, m. Dr. Jonathan C. Shattuck of Brook- 
 line, and moved to Zumbrota, Minn., where he d. in 1869. 
 He' was a graduate of Dartmouth College in the class of 
 1842. Their daughter, Nellie V., m. Dr. D. 0. Brainard of 
 Zumbrota. J 
 
 MOODY CUMMIISrGS, brother of Ebenezer and Samuel Cummings, 
 was bom in Hudson. He succeeded Caleb Blanchard as blacksmith, 
 sometime between the years 1814 and 1820. He lived on the Jonas White 
 place, having a blacksmith-shop just south of the present barn. He 
 moved to New York as early as 1824, and died there. He had two sons; — 
 
 1. Charles, [who was a blacksmith, went to Boston and ac- 
 
 quired wealth by his trade.] 
 
 2. Robert, [a successful merchant in Boston and an estimable 
 
 man.] 
 
 CHARLES E. CUMMINGS, son of Enoch and Dolly W. (Pillsbury) 
 Cummings of Sutton, was born Aug. 5, 1843 ; came here in 1866, and began 
 trade in the McKeen store in company with E. D. Putney. Sold out to his 
 partner in the spring of the next year, and went into the retail grocery 
 business with the Marshall Brothers in Nashua; married Sophia Cheney 
 of "Warner ; was sergeant-at-arms of the New Hampshire Senate last 
 year, and has held the same office several years in the House. Is now 
 in the marble and gravestone business, in Nashua. 
 
 CURTIS. 
 
 Two brothers, Lemuel and Stephen, sons of Jacob and Mary (Stiles) 
 Curtis of Amherst, previously of Boxford, Mass., came here in 1784, soon 
 after the close of the Revolutionary war, during the whole of which they 
 served, and began to clear on "Windsor mountain, near Antrim north 
 line. 
 
 LEMUEL CURTIS built a house so near the town line that people 
 said he lived on the fence, and could avoid taxes by dodging into tme 
 town or the other as circumstances required. Probably there was no 
 foundation for this report. He inarried Mary Smith and had children : — 
 
 1. Anna, [m. Levi Curtis April 1, 1816. j 
 
GENEALOGIES. 443 
 
 2. Mart, [m. John A. Lyon, Dec. 30, 1824, and lived awhile at 
 
 North Branch. After his death she moved to Windsor and 
 d. there.J 
 
 3. Hannah, [now living alone in Windsor at advanced age.] 
 
 4. David, [m. Betsey Swett, whose children all d. young. His 
 
 second wife was Sally Swett, and they now live in Windsor.] 
 
 5. Lemuel, [m. Pamelia Webster, Feb. 28, 1822, and lived on 
 
 the old homestead where he d. His children are : — 
 Joel, (m. Abigail Dodge, and went to Connecticut.) 
 Luthe)- S., (m. 1st, Sarah 0. Smith of Hillsborough ; 2d, Mrs. 
 
 Sarah H. Burnham of Hillsborough, Nov. 28, 1876. Has 
 
 one daughter, Mary, b. May 29, 1856.) 
 Luke, (m. Lydia E. Di-ew, and is supposed to have gone 
 
 West.) 
 Washington, (supposed to be now in Kansas.) 
 Nathan, (m. Hannah Twiss and lives in Stoddard,) 
 Harlan, (now resides in Kansas.)] 
 
 6. Sarah, [m. James Walker, June 22, 1818, lived and d. in 
 
 Windsor.] 
 
 STEPHEN" CUETIS, brother of first Lemuel, built on the hill above 
 Daniel Swett's, but the house has long been gone. He married, first, Ab- 
 igail Small. For his second wife he married Bridget Smith, and moved 
 into a house then west of B. F. Mcllvaine's, where he died in 1832, at the 
 age of seventy-seven. His children were as follows, the first three being 
 by his first wife : — 
 
 1. Stephen, [m. Lydia McClintock and moved to Danbury.] 
 
 2. Sarah, [m. Jonathan Buck, April 18, 1819, and moved to 
 
 Danbury.] 
 
 3. Abigail, [d. at the age of 20.] 
 
 4. Levi, [m. Anna Curtis, April 7, 1816. He had several 
 
 children, but buried them all, and ran away many years 
 ago.] 
 
 5. Benjamin, [went away when a young man and has never been 
 
 heard from.] 
 
 6. Nancy, [m. James Prince, lived and d. in Amherst.] 
 
 7. Lettice, [m. William Miller of Hillsborough, April 25, 1815. 
 
 She was the grandmother of Arthur Miller of this town.] 
 
 EBEE CUftTIS, son of Jacob Curtis, and grandson of Jacob and 
 Mary (Stiles) Curtis of Amherst, came here from Mont Vernon in 1819, 
 and bought of David Gregg the place at the junction of the Stoddard 
 
444 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 roads (now Cbester Conn's). He married Lucy Bradford of G-oshen, 
 who was the daughter of. Major William Bradford of Mont Vernon, who, 
 though an old man,' commanded under Gen. Miller when 'the latter was 
 requested to take the fort at Lundy's Lane, and said " I'll try,, sir." His 
 second wife was Mrs. Mary (Cox) Herrick, whom he married March 29, 
 1836. He died Feb. 17, 1858, aged seventy-four. His children were : — 
 
 1. Grafton, [b. in Mont Vernon, Nov. 16, 1815, m. Mrs. Sa- 
 
 brina (Dresser) Holt of Windsor, June 5, 1850, who d. in 
 1876. He has no children, and lives on the place next be- 
 low the Branch, on the old road. J 
 
 2. Granville, [twin-brother of Grafton, fell into a tub of hot 
 
 water and was burned to death Nov. 20, 1816. J 
 
 3. William B., [b. in 1818, m. Melinda F. Wilkins and moved 
 
 into the house by the Steele mills. He subsequently spent 
 four years in California, and now lives on the James Steele 
 place near the mill. He has but one child, Mrs. E. W. 
 Bsty.] 
 
 4. Angeline, [m. John W. Herrick, April 18, 1847. J 
 
 5. Blbridge, [m. Laura Shipley of Nashua, and now lives in 
 
 Deering.J 
 
 6. Leonard B., [m. Emily Holt of Washington. They had several 
 
 children who all d. and were soon followed by their mother. 
 For 2d wife he m. Addie M. Town of Sullivan, who d. of 
 typhoid fever three weeks after marriage. He now lives on 
 the Moulton place.] 
 
 LEVI CtTKTIS, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Earl) Curtis, was born 
 in 1792 ; married Lydia Kinson of Mont Vernon (who was born in Ac- 
 worth in 1794), and came here Feb. 22, 1825, and settled on the place still 
 occupied by his widow. The house was built in 1820 by Stephen Curtis 
 and his son Levi~-of "Windsor. He died in 1861, leaving a large family : — 
 
 1. Lydia, [b. in 1819, m. Jesse Parker of Merrimack, who d. in 
 
 1861, and she now resides in Manchester.] 
 
 2. John, [b. in 1822, m. Susan Greeley of Litchfield, and now 
 
 resides in Plaistow.] 
 
 3. JuLiANN A., [b. in 1824, m. Kuel K. Conant of Springfield, 
 
 Mass.] 
 
 4. Sally, [b. in 1826, m. William P. Gage, Nov. 12, 1850, and 
 
 lives in Manchester.] 
 
 5. Olive, [unm.J 
 
 6. George M., [d. unm. in 1863 at the age of 33.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 445 
 
 7. Andrew J., [b. in 1833 ; m. Lucy N. Barrett of Hadley, N. 
 
 Y., May 4, 1856, and lived in a small house on his father's 
 farm, where his children were born. He was sick for many 
 years, and his. family endured much hardship and were scat- 
 tered in childhood. Their names are: — 
 
 Myra, (m. Sanford Tinker of Alstead, Dec. 28, 1877.) 
 
 Lydia J., (b. Feb. 22, 1858; m. Chester A. Holt Nov. 15, 
 1878.) 
 
 Helen L., (b. April 19, 1860 ; m. William Osborne of Lynde- 
 borough, May 25, 1879.) 
 
 Mary Ida, (b. May 16, 1861.) 
 
 JohnM., (b. Sept. 23, 1864.) 
 
 Stillman E., (b. Oct. 22, 1866.) 
 
 Clara M., (b. Sept. 11, ;1868.) 
 
 Rosa M., (b. April 15, 1871.)] 
 
 8. Levi, [b. 1835 ; m. Laura A. Shattuck, daughter of the late 
 
 Dea. Shattuck, in 1864, and bought the Charles Wood place 
 where he still lives. His children are Anna B., b. in 1866, 
 and Arthur P., b. in 1871. J 
 
 DANE. 
 
 JOHN B. DANE, quite prominentia town for awhile, was son of John 
 Dane; married Almira P., daughter of William Whittemore of Green- 
 field, and lived in a house next south of Putney's store. He was engaged 
 in staging, and moved to Greenfield in 1869. He is now living in Han- 
 cock. One son, William F., was born in Antrim. 
 
 DANFORTH. 
 
 DAVID DANPOETHjSon of David and Elizabeth (Pierce) Danforth, 
 was born in Chelmsford, Mass., in 1784; married Mary Walker of that 
 place Nov. 12, 1812, and came immediately here on to the place next 
 north of the Gould tavern, where he lived till the close of 1837, when he 
 went to Brighton, Me., and died there in 1870. He was deputy-sheriff 
 twenty-eight years. Children : — 
 
 1. George, [b. in 1815 and d. in childhood.] 
 
 2. Mary, [b. in 1817 ; m. John Small in 1835, and settled in 
 
 Hillsborough.] 
 
 3. Catherine, [lives unm. in Cambridgeport, Mass.] 
 
 4. David, [b. in 1821 ; m. Zilpha Danforth .of Nashua, and set- 
 
 tled in Philadelphia.] 
 
 5. Rebecca, [m. Alvah Weeks of Brighton, Me.] 
 
446 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6.* Benjamin P., [b. in 1831; m. Pleena Weeks, and lives in 
 Brighton, Me.] 
 
 7. Andrew J., [m. Abby Davis of Boston, and moved to Califor- 
 nia.] 
 
 DASCOMB. 
 
 "FARRINGTON " DASCOMB, or Philip F. Dascomb, son of Dea. 
 George and Sally (Lufkin) Dascomb of Hillsborough, came here in 1822; 
 built the Grafton Curtis house ; rnarried Elisabeth Peters of Henniker 
 the same year; built a large, two-story wheelwright-shop on the first dam 
 above his house, and carried on the business nearly sixteen years; failed 
 up and left town in 1838; went to Chelsea, Mass., and died there in 1864. 
 Had two children, both born here: — 
 
 1. Elisabeth, [m. Austin Dalrymple of Newton, Mass., now lives 
 
 a widow in Revere, Mass.] 
 
 2. Ellen, [m. John G. Latta, and lives in Newton, Mass.] 
 
 DAVIS. 
 
 JOSEPH DAYIS, called " Joseph Davis, 1st," a Spaniard who had 
 come over the water and settled in Atkinson and married Peggy, sister 
 of Charles Wood of Antrim, came here from that town in 1819 ; lived on 
 High Range near the old school-house awhile, then a short time near the 
 town line on the road to Stoddard Center, and in 1825 moved into a small 
 house now unused between Henry and Alvin Barker's, and lived there 
 till 1859, when he went to the county farm, on which he died the follow- 
 ing year, aged about ninety. He left no children. His second wife was 
 Lamira Greenwood, married Dec. 16, 1857, from Nova Scotia. 
 
 Rev. JOSEPH DAYIS, called on town record " Joseph Davis, 2d," 
 son of James and Meribah (Morse) Davis of Methuen, Mass., was born 
 in that town in 1792. His parents were married March 18, 1781. Left 
 an orphan in infancy, on growing up he worked his way, went through 
 Andover Academy and the seminary, and entered at once upon the life of 
 the ministry. He settled first in Nottingham, next in New London, next 
 in Weare, and next in Antrim, coming here in 1832 and remaining till 
 1852. He came as pastor of the Baptist Church in the old brick house 
 over east, but did not preach there continuously, being for considerable 
 part of the time in service elsewhere or disabled by sickness. After leav- 
 ing this town Mr. Davis preached in Manchester a short time, likewise 
 in Rochester, whence he went to Hebron, Ohio, and was pastor of the 
 Baptist Church there at the tirne of his death, Oct. 4, 1864, at the age of 
 sixty-two. Mr. Davis was held in high esteem in this town; was at one 
 time town clerk; was occasionally on school committee of the town, 
 and represented Antrim in the legislature in 1841, 1842, and 1844. Mr. 
 Davis married, in 1823, Miss Aphia Goldsmith, daughter of Jeremiah 
 and Sarah Goldsmith of Andover, Mass. Her daughter writes of her: 
 
GENEALOGIES. 447 
 
 " She was one of a family of eleven children, seven girls and four boys, 
 all strong in the Presbyterian faith." She was the mother of all his chil- 
 dren, arid died in this town Aug. 14, 1860, aged forty-nine. Her last 
 words were: " They are calling me — oh! 'tis sweet to die! " He mar- 
 ried, second, Susan B. Eaton of Weare, in the autumn of 1853. His chil- 
 dren were : — 
 
 1. Joseph C, [b. Nottingham July 2, 1824 ; m. Emily Barber 
 
 of Bradford, Vt. ; is a broker and trader in Boston.] 
 
 2. Benjamin F., [b. New London July 4, 1826 ; m. Caroline S. 
 
 Averill of Mont Vernon ; has been trader in fancy goods, 
 and resides in that town.] 
 
 3. Sarah A., [b. in Weare March 24, 1829 ; uum. ; lives in Man- 
 
 chester.] 
 
 4. James G., [b. in Antrim May 17, 1833 ; m. 1st, Prances 
 
 Stevens, 1851 ; 2d, Sarah 0. Parnsworth of Harvard, Mass. ; 
 is agent of Ripha Cotton Mills, Philadelphia, Penn.; is a 
 Christian , very active in temperance and evangelistic work.] 
 
 5. GusTAVUS J., [b. here Nov. 16, 1837 ; m. Emily Hunter of 
 
 Salem, Mass. ; lived in Lowell, but went into the Union 
 army, and died in the service.] 
 
 HIEAM DAVIS, son of Thomas M., and grandson of Jonathan 
 Davis of New Ipswich, married Jane Whittier of Warner; was deputy 
 sheriff; came here from Henniker in 1866, and took the mill, now Park- 
 hurst's, at the Branch, living in the " Mill House ; " moved to South Vil- 
 lage in 1871, died there June 25, 1873, aged sixty-five. Had six children : 
 
 1. George R., [b. 1834; killed by the " bursting of a swivel," 
 
 July 4, 1852.] 
 
 2. Sarah J., [m. Lewis P. Hanson, 1856 ; lives in Henniker.] 
 
 3. Julia, [b. Warner 1838 ; m. Cyrus Goodwin of New Boston, 
 
 1869.] 
 
 4. Thomas M., [b. in Henniker, 1842; assistant in insane 
 
 asylum, Washington, D. C] 
 
 5. Melissa M., [b. in 1845 ; m. Harris P. Lewis in 1872 ; lives 
 
 in Hillsborough Upper Village.] 
 
 6. Hiram P., [started to go out hunting, laid down the gun in a 
 
 neighbor's door-yard as he called for a hired man there to 
 go with him ; then coming out and drawing his gnn toward 
 him, it was accidentally discharged into his bowels, making 
 a terrible wound, from which he died in two or three hours. 
 This occurred Sabbath morning, Oct. 10, 1869. His age 
 was 21.J 
 
448 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 DAT. 
 
 THOMAS DAT, a Revolutionary soldier, came here from New S^lem, 
 Mass., in 1783, immediately after the close of the war. He built a log 
 house southeast of the Dinsmore place, where he lived many years. He 
 afterwards lived in a house (gone many years) between the Orren Carr 
 and Combs places. He went back to New Salem, Mass., in his old age, and 
 died there in 1824, aged seventy-five. His wife was Hannah Davis of 
 Danvers, Mass., who died in 1821, aged seventy-five. Their children 
 were : — 
 
 1. Betsey, [b. April 9, 1784; m. John Thompsoa July 25, 1811, 
 
 and d. in 1868.J 
 
 2. Hannah, [b. July 15, 1787. Nothing can be learned of her 
 
 except that she went to Cleveland, Ohio, with her brother 
 James, and d. there at a good old age. J 
 
 3. James M., [b. March 10, 1791. He was in the war of 1812, 
 
 and molded bullets in the chimney-corner all the day be- 
 fore he started. January, 1816, he moved to Cleveland, 
 Pliio, and m. there.] 
 
 ROBERT DAY, son of Joseph and Esther (Truel) Day of Grienfield, 
 and grandson of Robert Day of Andover, Mass., was born Nov. 23, 1807; 
 is cabinet-maker by trade ; married Lydia N. Carr, Dec. 4, 1832, and 
 moved here from Peterborough, April, 1874, into the Dimond house at 
 North Branch (built by John Dunlap in 1806). Their children are : — 
 
 1. Gorman, [b. April 17, 18-34 ; m. Hannah C. Forbush Oct. 9, 
 
 1861, and is now living in Peterborough.] 
 
 2. Edwin, [b. in Peterborough July 5, 1836 ; m. Binnie Barton 
 
 of Windsor, Me., Aug. 15, 1872 ; he was a photographer in 
 Waltham, Mass., afterwards in Exeter, and came here from 
 the latter place in 1876. He has one child : — 
 Harry B., (h. here in October, 1876.)] 
 
 3. Mart, [b. Sept. 8,' 1838, and m. S. S. Sawyer of this town 
 
 May 18, 1861.J 
 
 4. Louisa, [b. Feb. 9, 1841 ; now Mrs. Horace Gowingof Wake- 
 
 field, Mass.] 
 
 5. Harry, [b. Jan. 21, 1845 ; d. Aug. 17, 1865.] 
 
 DERUSH. 
 
 JOSEPH DERUSH, a Frenchman, came here in 1825, as a farm 
 laborer. He married Hannah Stuart Aug. 7, 1826. Married, second, 
 Mrs. Lucinda (Bowen) Walker. Lived in various places in town, and 
 died in May, 1859, aged sixty-fit e. Children : — 
 
GENEALOGIES. 449 
 
 1. Nancy J., [m. John S. Hadley July 6, 1842.] 
 
 2. James M., [entered the army in the Mexican war and was 
 
 killed. Enlisted at the age of eighteen.] 
 
 3. Andrew J., [served in Union army in the late war, m. Mary 
 
 A. Cilley of Orange, and now lives in Canaan.] 
 
 4. Frank L., [by second wife ; m. Diantha ^twood, went to 
 
 California, and, it is supposed, d. in the general hospital 
 there, March, 1877. J 
 
 DICKEY. 
 
 There were several families of this name in the State, all Scotch, and, 
 no doubt, all of one stock. There were three James Dickeys in the Rev- 
 olutionary army from this State ; one from Londonderry, one from Baby 
 (Brookline), and one from Antrim. In these several branches we find 
 Williams and Johns and Adams and Samuels, etc., over and over, so as 
 to render it difficult to keep them distinct. Two of these families, as 
 being connected with Antrim people, I will briefly notice. 
 
 WILLIAM DICKET and his wife Elisabeth came over in 1725, and 
 settled in Londonderry, on one of the best and most attractive farms in that 
 town, — a farm still in possession of the family. He died Oct. 9, 1743, aged 
 sixty, and his wife, Oct. 20, 1748, aged seventy. They left children : Samuel, 
 EHsabeth, and Elias. The last settled in New iBoston, where several de- 
 scendants now reside. Elisabeth married John Hall, and her descend- 
 ants reside in Manchester. Samuel, ihe oldest, remained on the home- 
 stead, married Martha Taylor, who died Oct. 15, 1775, aged seventy-two, 
 and married, second, a Mrs. Parker of Society Land (Greenfield). Samuel 
 Dickey left the homestead to his youngest son, and moved with his sec- 
 ond wife to, Greenfield, where he died about 1780. He left seven children 
 as follows : Adam, who was born April 17, 1740, married Jane Nahor, 
 and after a few years went to Vermont; Betsey, who maxried James 
 Bettop, and was mother of Hon. Silas Bettou, member of Congress from 
 this State in 1803-1807 ; Nancy, who was the mother of David Parker ot 
 Antrim; Mary, who married Robert Boyd of New Boston; Martha, who 
 married John Cochran of New Boston ; and Robert, who married Hannah 
 Woodburn, June 10, 1776, and received the homestead. This Robert was 
 remarkable for physical strength ; and in a trial of strength, common in 
 those days, he unintentionally killed his antagonist. Robert was a peace- 
 ful and excellent man. He died in middle age and left a large family, 
 mOst of whom have attained to great age. Their names were: Samuel, 
 John, Martha, Mary, Joseph, Robert, Susan, Janette, David W., Adam, 
 and Boxanna. Of these eleven children, I will only add, that Samuel 
 settled in Warren, Ohio ; John married Margaret Woodman, and lived 
 and died in Londonderry; Martha, who was born Aug. 11, 1780, became 
 second wife of William Boyd of Antrim, and died recently at the age ot 
 ninety-nine ; Mary married Edward Ela; Bobert married Jenny Mor- 
 rison and died in Londonderry at the age of eighty; Susan married John 
 
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450 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 White of Litchfield ; Janette married, first, Samuel Gregg, and second, Da- 
 vid Dickey, and died aged eighty- eight, mother of Mrs. Samuel Baldwin 
 of Bennington; David W. settled in Salem; Adam went to Claremont; 
 and Roxanna married Robert Stevens of Manchester. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Dickey, fifth of those named aibove, was born May 5, 
 1784, married Fannie D. Montgomery, April 7, 1813, and died Aug. 30, 
 1878. He inherited the homestead of his fathers, and left the same to his 
 children. "Was a quiet, peaceful, industrious. Christian man, of the old 
 school, hospitable, and honest to the core. His clear memory, reaching 
 back more than ninety years, has been of substantial value in the prepa- 
 ration of these papers. 
 
 JOHN DICKEY and his wife Margaret came over in 1729 and settled 
 in Londonderry. This Margaret was probably a sister of Gen. George 
 Reid. They had seven children. The oldest was Margaret, who mar- 
 ried Thomas Jameson of Dunbarton, and was mother of all the Jamesons 
 of Antrim. The second child was Adam. He was born in 1722. The 
 third was Matthew, grandfather of Hon. George W. Patterson of West- 
 field, N. Y., and of Mrs. Abraham Smith of Antrim. John, the fourth 
 child, was killed in battle with the French, about 1750. Three daughters 
 died unmarried. 
 
 Adam, named above, married Jane Strahan, and had thirteen children. 
 He was out in the French war and also in the war of the Revolution. Of 
 his children we can only say, that Margaret, the oldest, married Col. 
 John Duncan of Acworth; John died unmarried; James, known as 
 " Capt. James," married Mary Piukerton and settled in Acworth in 1790; 
 Adam, the iburth child, settled iu Acworth; Benjamin married Isabel 
 Marsh, went to Acworth, thence to Holland,- Vt. ; Sally married Robert 
 Dinsmore of Francestown ; Eleanor, the seventh child, married Dea. 
 Jonathan Hesmith of Antrim, and died in 1818; Mary married James 
 Dinsmore of Antrim; Isabel married Thomas McCluer of Acworth; 
 Matthew married Elisabeth Marsh, and settled in Walpole; Joseph, the 
 eleventh child, married Barbara Nelson of Ryegate, Vt., lived in that 
 place and in Burke, Vt. The two youngest children died unmarried. 
 From this large family have descended some of the ablest and best men 
 of the State and country. 
 
 James Dickey of Antrim was connected with the family of John and 
 Margaret Dickey, as the old people always said, and names indicate; and 
 also, more remotely, with that of the first William Dickey named above. 
 But I have not been able to give the connection. Nor can I determine 
 who were the parents of this man. There is a tradition that he lived 
 awhile in Francestown before coming here, which probably is incorrect. 
 A John Dickey was selectman'in that town in 1775. 
 
 JAMES DICKEY came here from Londonderry in the fall of 1773, 
 and began the Reuben Boutwell place in the ea?t part of the town. He 
 brought his wife, Mary Brown, and three children, and soon became 
 greatly endeared to the few inhabitants of Antrim. Was ensign in the 
 first military company formed here, probably in the fall of 1776. The 
 
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 next year he went into the army; was posted as sentry in September, 
 1776, just before the battle of White Plains; and as he was never after 
 heard of, it is supposed he was carried off by the British or Indians, and 
 murdered. He was a patriot of the truest stamp, young, ardent, and fear- 
 less. He was most worthy and valuable as a citizen, and was greatly 
 lamented. His widow, called " Miss. Dickey " in the old records, and de- 
 scribed as a rare and blessed woman, remained on the farm and trained 
 up her five children. The town exempted her from taxes many years by 
 unanimous vote. They moved to Columbus, N. Y., in 1801, and she died 
 there very aged, in 1831. The children of James Dickey and Mary Brown 
 were : — 
 
 1. Adam, [b. in Londonderry, Dec. 18,-1767, m. Nancy Simpson 
 
 as early as 1788, since he and his wife were among the 
 original members of the church formed that year. Was a 
 most respectable and devoted man. To the great grief of the 
 people, he moved to New York, as above, in 1801. He d. 
 Sept. 1, 1847. He left eight children : — 
 
 James, (b. Feb. 24, 1791, d. unm. at great age, in the State 
 of Kentucky.) 
 
 John, (b. Nov. 14, 1793, m. Catherine Chamberlain, d. in Syr- 
 acuse, N. Y., June, 1843.) 
 
 Mary, (b. Sept. 7, 1795, m. Jonas Greenwood in 1820, d. in 
 Baldwinsville, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1846.) 
 
 Betsey A., (b. April 2, 1797, m. Bulkley Waters Feb. 1, 1821, 
 lives in Loughborough, Canada.) 
 
 JSTanci/, (b. Nov. 25, 1800, m. John James Aug .29, 1831, d. 
 in Rockvale, 111., May 31, 1876.) 
 
 Mev. David, (b. after parents left Antrim, at Columbus, N. Y., 
 Sept. 12, 1802, m. Minerva Wilcox, 1825 ; missionary of 
 Seamen's Friends' Society, Rochester, N. Y., thirty-five years; 
 a most excellent record. Is an able and devoted minister.) 
 
 Adam, Jr., (d. unm.- in Utica, N. Y., in 1832, aged 28.) 
 
 Harry, (m. Mary A. Wilcox in 1833, d. at Mount Morris, 
 N. Y., April 1, 1852, aged 46.)] 
 
 2. Betsey, [b.in Londonderry, Feb. 24, 1770, m. Thomas Aiken, 
 
 a teacher and land surveyor, son of Ninian and Margaret 
 (McLaughlin) Aiken of Deering, 1789. They moved to 
 Bdmiston, Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1791. There she d. in 
 1803. The father, with his family, moved to Emerson, lo., 
 in 1819, and d. there the following year. Several of their 
 children have come to honor. David D. Aiken, their third 
 child, was several years judge in the state court of Ohio, 
 
452 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 and d. in that office a few years ago. Mary D. Aiken m, 
 Samuel Morse, a relative of him of telegraphic fame, and is 
 now living, about ninety years of age, in Emerson, lo. 
 James Aiken, Esq., youngest of the family, resides unm. in 
 Lewisburg, Penn. He evinced great interest in the history 
 of these families. A brief poem from his pen will be found 
 among the centennial papers.] 
 
 3. James, [b. in 1772, d. young.] 
 
 4. David, [known among the kindred as "Dea. David," was b. 
 
 in Antrim March 27, 1774, being the third child born in this 
 town. His own words are worthy of a place here : — 
 
 The place being new and settlements effected slowly, there were 
 no schools. When eight years old, I attended a school kept in a pri- 
 vate family one month, and at ten years of age another month, and 
 at twelve, another month. When I was fourteen, a district school 
 was commenced in the place (1788), which I attended for three 
 months. Then I continued to improve wJiat little school there was 
 till 1790, when I taught three months in the winter and three 
 months in the summer, being then sixteen years old. March 1, 
 1791, 1 started for New York with my sister and faoiily. The next 
 July I commenced chopping on a piece of land I intended to live 
 on, and had worked but a few hours when my leg was broken by 
 the fall of a tree. We sent the man who was with us four miles 
 through the woods for a man to go for a doctor eleven miles farther. 
 My brother-in-law, Aiken, carried me half a mile through the woods 
 to a spring of water, leaned me against a tree, and brought me water 
 in my hat ! That water tasted sweet ! Then Mr. Aiken carried 
 me to the cabin of logs in which we lived, just ten feet square ! 
 
 I ought to tell you about my first going to mill. We had to go 
 to Cherry Valley — more than forty miles! I walked seventeen, 
 miles to hire a horse ;, bought three and a half bushels of grain, had 
 it ground, brought it home on the horse's back, took the horse home, 
 and then walked home myself, having spent just one week's hard 
 work going to mill once ! 
 
 Mr. Dickey came back to his native town and m. Peggy 
 McMaster Feb. 17, 1794, a brave and worthy woman, who 
 d. Jan. 15, 1840. He vas deacon in the Congregational 
 Church, Columbus, N. Y., thirty years. In 1845 he went 
 with his daughter to Belvidere, 111., and was at once ap- 
 pointed elder in the Presbyterian Church there. In that 
 place he d. Dec. 31, 1850. He was a man singularly lova- 
 ble and pure. He lived to follow all his thirteen children 
 to the grave save one, Mrs. Sidney Avery, now living in Bel- 
 videre. With them his wife's mother died and also an 
 
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 adopted daughter aged sixteen, so that when he went, an old 
 man, with his only living child to the West, he left a row of 
 fifteen graves, many of them fresh and new ! His life, so full 
 of adventure, affliction, honor, and "joy and peace in be- 
 lieving," constitutes a jecord more wonderful than romance.] 
 5. Anna, [b. .after her father's death, April 19, 1777, m. 
 Elijah Holt, d. Columbus, N, Y., March 20," 1854. j 
 
 DIMOND. 
 
 EPHRAIM DIMOND was born ia Yershire, Yt., Aug. 19, 1797; mar- 
 ried Sophia Wells of Goffstown, April 19, 1824, and came here from Goffs- 
 town the same year. In 1825 he built a shop under tlie bank, above Moor's 
 mill (all now gone), had a trip-liammer, and was a smart blacksmith, 
 having excellent skill in making edge-tools. He bought what is now the 
 Day house (built by John Dunlap in 1806), where he lived much of his 
 later years alone until shortly before his death, which occurred at Wind- 
 sor, May 26, 1872-. His wife died at Weutworth, Oct. 10, 1861, aged sixty- 
 four. They had five children, all born in Antrim: — 
 
 1. Alonzo F., [b. Sept. 8, 1825; m. Roansa Swain of Antrim, 
 
 Nov. 13, 1851, who d. here in 1854; m. 2d, Sarah M. At- 
 well. He d. in Wentworth June 10, 1868, where the widow 
 still resides.] 
 
 2. Alanson, [b. Jan. 6, 1828 ; d. unm. in this town, Jan. 12, 
 
 I860.] 
 
 3. Sylvia I., [b. Oct. 30, 1832; d. here unm. Aug. 3, 1858.] 
 
 4. Cblia B., [b. Jan. 15, 1834 ; m. Albert S. Hammond of 
 
 Wentworth, Nov. 12, 1856, and lived there till 1871, when 
 they moved to Concord, where he is now a prominent mer- 
 chant, and deacon in the South Congregational Church. 
 They have one son, the only grandchild of Ephraim 
 Dimond : — 
 Harry J). Hammond, (b. at Wentworth, Jan. 4, 1862.)] 
 
 5. Abby S., [b. July 11, 1840.] 
 
 DINSMORE. 
 
 JOHN DINSMORE of Achenmead, Scotland, near the river Tweed, 
 emigrated to Bellywattlck, in the county of Antrim, Ireland, 3.nd there 
 died. All the Dinsmores in Ireland and America sprung from this man. 
 His oldest son, John, came to this country about the same time with the 
 firist company of settlers at Londonderry. For some reason he was 
 landed at a place called Georges, in what was known as the " District of 
 Maine." In this place was an English fort. Here he built a house; and 
 the Indians (Penobscots) soon became very familiar with him, calling 
 
454 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 him and themselves, " all one brother." But soon the French stirred up 
 the Indians to hostility, and ope day when Mr. Dinsmore was shingling 
 his house, suddenly the war-whoop was sounded; he was ordered to come 
 down, and they said: "No longer one brother — you go Canada." He 
 was a captive three months, and gained great favor with the chief. In 
 the absence of the latter he was accused on one occasion of parleying 
 with the English, and having some plot in view. At once they decided 
 that he should be burned. They bound him to a tree, built up a pile of 
 wood and dry brush around him, and were just ready to apply the torch 
 when the chief returned. He commanded the execution to be delayed, , 
 and soon proved the charge false. Mr. Dinsmore after this was the ser- 
 vant and companion of the chief. When they crossed a river it was his 
 business, as soon as the chief got in and got seated, to push off the canoe 
 and then jump iu. On one occasion the chief refused to let him in. He 
 begged not to be left, but the chief said: "No; you much honest man, 
 John — you walk Boston." Then he told the captive how to avoid the 
 Indians, where to hide, and what course to take. Following his direc- 
 tions, he found the hiding-place just in season, and lay there three days 
 and three nights ; saw the savages pass by tribe after tribe, then almost 
 starved he pressed on his way, supporting life by a few cranberries found 
 on the banks of a stream, till after about a week he reached an 
 English fort on the shore. He did not attempt to reach his house, 
 but took passage for Boston, and thence came at once on a visit to hia 
 old friends in Nutfleld, now Londonderry. They had all known him 
 in Ireland. At once they called him " Daddy Dinsmore." It was a 
 term of reverence and respect. Afterwards he always went by this 
 name, unless sometimes a few called him the "Indian captive." For old 
 friendship's sake and on account of his losses and sufferings, the proprie- 
 tors of Londonderry gave him a hundred acres of land. This land is in 
 possession of the family to the present time. He settled upon it imme- 
 diately; being a mason by trade he built on it a stone house, and when 
 everything was ready he sent over to Ireland for his wife and the two 
 children. They all arrived safe in 1730. In the many years of his ab- 
 sence both his children had matured a;nd married. The son, Robert, 
 married in Ireland Margaret Orr, and brought over with him four chil- 
 dren. The daughter married John Hopkins, and they brought over two 
 children with them. She afterwards had children: John, Robert, Nancy, 
 and Ruth, the last, born in 1743, and becoming the wife of Dea. Isaac 
 Cochran. " Daddy Dinsmore " divided his farm between his two chil- 
 dren, and died in 1741. He was held in respect by all who knew him. 
 With his son Robert, who was also a mason, he built most of the old 
 stone garrison-houses in Londonderry, the remains of which may be seen 
 at the present day. Robert's children were John, Mary, Elisabeth, Rob- 
 ert, and William. The last was born this side of the water in 1731 ; mar- 
 ried Elisabeth Cochran in 1755 (sister of Dea. Isaac Cochran) ; was a 
 leading man in the town of Windham ; was a military oflScer ; was father 
 of Gov. Samuel Dinsmore, and of Dea. Robert Dinsmore, the " Rustic 
 Bard," and died in 1801. Robert's oldest child, John, was born in Ire- 
 land; married Martha McKeen. (This Martha was daughter of Justice 
 
GENEALOGIES. 455 
 
 McKeen by his second wife, Annis Cargil; was sister of John McKeen, 
 the father of Kobert McKeen of Antrim; and was half-sister of Jenny 
 McKeen, Dea. Isaac Cochran's mother.) John and Martha Dinsmore 
 lived in Windham, and raised a large family, — five of whom we will 
 mention below. 
 
 The first child of John and Martha we will notice was Hon. Silas 
 Dinsmore, who was in Antrim considerably in early life, and was thirty 
 years in public employ as government agent to the Cherokee Indians, and 
 other places of honor and trust. He married Mary Gordon of Hamp- 
 stead, in 1806, and died at Bellevue, Boone Co., Ky,, 1847, aged eighty- 
 four. He graduated at Dartmouth College, 1791. For a time Mr. Dins- 
 more lost his office by a joke, as is shown by the following correspand- 
 ence : — 
 
 " Dear Sir, — Please inform this department, by return mail, how far 
 the Tombigbee river runs up. 
 
 " Respectfully, 
 
 "J.K.PAULDING, 
 
 •' Secretary of the Navy." 
 
 " Hon. J. K. Paulding. " ^°^^-^^- 
 
 " Dear Sir, — In reply to your letter just at hand, I have the honor to 
 say that the Tombigbee river don't run up at all. 
 
 "SILAS DINSMORE, 
 
 " Agent." 
 
 The next mail brought Mr. Dinsmore a dismission from office. But 
 in this the secretary exhibited his own weakness, besides showing inac- 
 curacy in the use of language not very creditable to his high position. 
 Dinsmore was a man of wit and learning. Gen. Jackson threatened 
 to " tear him up by the roots " because he would hot allow him to carry 
 slaves through the station without the permit required by law. (See 
 " Parton's Life of Jackson.") 
 
 The second child of John and Martha coming under our notice was 
 Dea. Robert Dinsmore ; was representative and held various town of- 
 fices. He married Sarah Dickeyj sister of Dea. Jonathan Nesmith's 
 wife; lived in west part of Francestown (now Bennington). He died 
 Dec. 17, 1830, aged seventy-four; his wife died Nov. 12, 1832, aged eighty. 
 Had eleven children, one of whom, Betsey, married John Dodge, Esq., of 
 Bennington; was mother of John C. Dodge, Esq., Mrs. N. W. C. Jameson, 
 Mrs. Reed P. Whittemore, and others. Robert Dinsmpre's family were 
 very intimate with Antrim people, and came here to church. One 
 daughter, Martha, aged six years, lies buried on Meeting-House Hill. She 
 died Nov. 30, 1789. 
 
 The third child of John and Martha, we spe^k of, was William Dins- 
 more, who married Katherine Brown of Boston, was a merchant in that 
 city, and was father of Hon. William B. Dinsmore of New York, who 
 was one of the donors of the Center vestry, and has made many liberal 
 gifts in this town and Bennington. Hon. William B. was one of the 
 founders of the express business in this country, has amassed great 
 
456 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 wealth, and is a man greatly respected and loved. He married Miss Au- 
 gusta M. Snow of Boston; and has two children, William B. and Clar- 
 ence G. 
 
 JAMES DINSMORE was the fourth son of John and Martha, that 
 we shall name. He was a carpenter by trade, and came here in 1778. 
 Began soon after the Zadok Dodge place. Married Eachel Dickey. Was 
 one of the committee of three to build the first meeting-house in 1785. 
 He was killed by a fall from the roof of said house, June 3, 1786. He 
 and his brother Samuel were shingling, when the staging broke and they 
 both went to the ground. Samuel was not much hurt, but James fell 
 across a rock and broke his back. He lived to be carried home, but never 
 spoke. His age was thirty-two. Was a smart and good man. His death 
 was a heavy loss to the town, and filled the settlement with universal 
 sadness. James Dinsmore left two children. The older of them died in 
 childhood, and its name cannot be ascertained. The other bore the name 
 " Rachel," like her mother. She was born June 15, 1786, only twelve 
 days after her father's death. In her many changes of fortune she was 
 said to have " been three times without a home, — never without friends." 
 She married James Dunlap, and died in childbirth, Aug, 13, 1811. The 
 babe did not survive but was buried with her on the hill. A flattering 
 notice of Mrs. Dunlap may be found in the " Amherst Cabinet " of Aug. 
 20, 1811. 
 
 SAMUEL DINSMORE was the fifth and last child of John and Mar- 
 tha, falling under our notice. These five sons were cousins of Samuel 
 Dinsmore who was governor of New Hampshire in 1831-1833 ; and of 
 the " Rustic Bard." Samuel Dinsmore of Antrim was born in 1756 ; was 
 out nearly three years in the Revolutionary war, and came here near the 
 close of 1778. Several times while he was in the service, the town voted 
 to clear and burn pieces of his "chopped land." One such tract was 
 where the Dinsmore house now stands, which would lead us .to conclude 
 he had been here and located his tract of land before entering the army. 
 He was a carpenter by trade and at once prepared his cabin. It was then 
 on the extreme west of the town. His nearest neighbor on the east was 
 Robert Burns, near the old High-Range school-house; while on the 
 north and west there were no neighbors for many miles, nothing but an 
 unbroken forest. There was no road near him. For years he had to 
 watch the bears nights in the fall of the year to prevent their destroying 
 his corn. Built the saw and grist mills where now Loveren's mills stand, 
 in the year 1805. Was one of the committee of three to build the town's 
 meeting-house in 1785. Was often selectman. Though one of the 
 wealthy men in town, he never had a wagon. He married, first, Sarah 
 Dunlap of Antrim; second, Mary Parke of Windham. His first wife 
 died very young and left no children. He died in 1822. Children : — 
 
 1. Sarah, [b. May 3, 1795, m. Thomas S. Holmes, March 2, 
 
 1820.] 
 
 2. John, [b. Feb. 6, 1797, d. in childhood.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 457 
 
 3. Alexander, [b. Dec. 7, 1798, d. in childhood.] 
 .4. Annis, [b. in 1800, m. Jonathan Carr Feb. 27, 1828, d. in 
 
 1844.] 
 5. Silas, [b. in 1802 ; widely known as " Col. Dinsmore ;" was 
 long ' prominent as a military man ; rose through all the 
 steps till he commanded the regiment in which Antrim was 
 located ; was one of the marshals at the centennial celebra- 
 tion. His response on the military of Antrim will be found 
 in another place. He m. Clarissa Copeland of Stoddard, 
 lived some years on the homestead of his father, then moved 
 to Stoddard where he now resides. He has been trusted 
 with responsible positions by the people of that town. His 
 children were all born in Antrim, and were as follows : — 
 Jacob Q., (b. Nov. 13, 1832, m. Lucinda Hoar, lives in Keene.) 
 Clarissa M., (b. Dec. 26, 1833, m. Virgil A. Wright, lives in 
 
 Keene.J) 
 Dr. Silas M., (b. June 22, 1836, studied medicine, began prac- 
 tice at North Branch, m. Georgianna Carey of Alstead, soon 
 moved to East Washington, thence in 1874 to Francestown, 
 where he pursues the profession he has chosen with ability 
 and honor.)] 
 
 6. Margaret, [d. unm. in 1857.] 
 
 7. Barsabas, [b. Sept. 17,1806, m. Ann Bowen of Newbury, Vt., 
 
 and lives in that place.] 
 
 8. Samuel, [b. July 7, 1808, followed the sea many years, never 
 
 married, owns and occupies the Dinsmore homestead ; select- 
 man in 1851. A kind and upright man.] 
 
 9. Mary, [b. Sept. 22, 1810, m. Jonas W. Tuttle Feb. 20, 1834, 
 
 lives in Newbury Vt.] ' 
 
 10. Alice, [b. in 1812, became 3d wife of Solomon H. Griffin, 
 Oct. 19, 1856.] 
 
 DODGE. 
 
 DIMON" DODGE, son of Nehemiah and Kuth (Woodbury) Dodge of 
 New Boston, was born in that town in 1778; married Ann Wilson of 
 Francestown in 1811, and moved at once to tlife Cheney farm, next to 
 Cork bridge (house now gone), and lived there until 1838, when he 
 moved to Kew Boston, and died there in 1840. fie was deacon in the 
 East Church, and had a large family, but all died in childhood except the 
 following : — 
 
 1. Jambs M., [b. in 1818 ; m. Lucy J. Philbrick of New Boston, 
 and lived in that town. In 1850 he sailed for California, 
 
458 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 via Panama, and d. on the voyage. He left one child, Clar- 
 ence M. Dodge, M. D., of Nashua.] 
 
 2. WiLLAED, [b. in 1828, and was unm. He started with his 
 
 brother for California, and both d. the same day, July 28, 
 1850, and were buried together at sea.J 
 
 3. Clarissa, [b. in 1831 ; m. Benjamin P. Kendrick of Nashua, 
 
 who is general ticket-agent of the Boston and Lowell Rail- 
 road, and they reside in Nashua. ] 
 
 AMOS DODGE, son of Amos and Lydia (Batchelder) Dodge of Wen- 
 ham, Mass., was born in 1784, and came to Antrim about 1814. He mar- 
 ried Patty White of Wenham, and in 1816 bought the Capt. Morse place 
 in the west part of tlie town, where they spent the remainder of life, he 
 dying in 1862, she in 1874, leaving two sons: — 
 
 1. John, [b. March, 1816 ; m. Sarah J. McVennan of Berkshire, 
 
 Vt., in 1842, and lived about 20 years in Antrim, then 
 moved to Marlow, where he d-. in 1874, much respected and 
 lamented by all. His children are : — 
 Mary M., (m. P. A. Warner, and lives in the- West.) 
 Sarah J., (m. M. P. Jones, and lives in Marlow.) 
 Greorge S., (lives in Marlow.)] 
 
 2. Amos, [b. Nov. 6, 1819 ; m. Mehitable B. Weston, April 18, 
 
 1844, and lives on the old homestead, having four chil- 
 dren : — 
 
 George W., (b. Nov. 17, 1845 ; m. Emelia Bradford, and lives- 
 in Antrim, Minn.) 
 
 John W., (d. in 1868, at the age of 20.) 
 
 Delia J., (b. May 18, 1851; m. C. W. Flanders, April, 1869, 
 and lives in Lawrence, Mass.) 
 
 Flora S., (b. Oct. 30, 1863.)] 
 
 ZADOK DODGE, brother of Amos, was born in 1780. The two 
 brothers came here together to purchase farms. After some delay, he 
 bought the place next west of South Village, begun by James Dinsmore 
 in 1779. This was in 1814, and he moved there in the spring of 1815. 
 He married Lydia Hadiey of Andover, Mass., early in 1806. After her 
 death, Aug. 8, 1820, at the age of fifty-two, he married Sally Lowe of 
 Greenfield, and died June 9, 1860, leaving two children, both by his first 
 wife. His second wife died Nov. 10, 1867, aged seventy-six. His chil- 
 dren were : — 
 
 1. Hepsibah, [b. Nov. 27, 1806 ; m. George R. Johnson, and 
 lives in Nashua.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 459 
 
 2. Altah, [b. Feb. 8, 1811 ; m. Lydia Elliot of Mason, in 1836, 
 who d. in 1852, aged 35, leaving six children : — 
 
 Jennie M.\ (b. Oct. 5, 1836 ; m. Orville J. Coburn of Lowell, 
 Mass., Dec. 31, 1862. He is now a trader in Nashua.) 
 
 AnnaS.,(h. Sept. 16, 1838; m. E. A. Colburn, M. D., of 
 Nashua, June 24, 1861.) 
 
 Haltie M., (b. Feb. 13, 1841 ; m. William H. Flinn of Nashua, 
 Sept. 2, 1866.) 
 
 Charles H., (b. March 18, 1844. He was killed in the army 
 Oct. 21, 1862.) 
 
 Hiram D., (b. July 14, 1846 ; m. Mary B. Philbrick of Wash- 
 ington, Feb. 3, 1867, and lives at South Tillage, having one 
 child, Herbert E.) 
 
 Fossie M., (b. Nov. 17, 1851 ; m. Henry H. Barker of Nashua, 
 Nov. 5, 1873. He is now a dry-goods merchant in Milford.) 
 For his second wife, Mr. Dodge m. Alice W. Carr of this 
 town, Sept. 20, 1855. They have one daughter : — 
 
 Katie A., (b. July 12, 1857.) 
 
 He is a carpenter by trade, and lived on the old home- 
 stead until 1850, when he moved to South Village, where 
 he now resides.] 
 
 ROBERT S. DODGE, son of Robert and Phebe (Dilson) Dodge of 
 Ifew Boston, was born in 1807; married Mary A. Kimball of Fisherville, 
 Nov. 15, 1835, and came here in 1857, engaging in the manufacture of 
 wash-boards in the old peg-shop at l^orth Branch, where he remained 
 until 1875; then moved to South Village, where he now resides. His 
 children are : — 
 
 1. William S., [went to California when young; m. Lizzie A. 
 
 Messer of Dixon, 111., in May, 1864; now lives in Sitka, 
 Alaska.] 
 
 2. Ltdia a., [m. Charles N. Poster Dec. 11, 1865, and lives in 
 
 Williamsport, Penn.] 
 
 3. George F., [m. Emma J.Hall of Bllenburg, N. Y., June, 
 
 1878 ; lived in Wheelock, Vt., now lives in Antrim.] 
 
 4. Louise M., [m. Harrison C. Ferry May 1, 1876, and lives in 
 
 Deering.] 
 
 5. Frances J., [m. Edward L. Eaton Oct. 28, 1876, and lives in 
 
 this town.] 
 
 " GILMAN " DODGE, or Samuel G. Dodge, was born in Bennington, 
 Nov. 27, 1821, and was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 
 
460 GBNBALOGIBg'. 
 
 1862. His grandfather, Capt. Grideon Dodge, married Charity Cole of 
 Beverly, Mass., March 10, 1785, aud brought her to his home in Society 
 Land, which he had settled two years before. Capt. Gideon wAs son of 
 James Dodge of New Boston, and his mother was an Ober from Beverly. 
 He died April 16, 1822. The children of Capt. Grideon and Charity Cole 
 were four sons and four daughters. The sons were Gideon, Jr., 
 John, Samuel, and Solomon. Gideon, Jr., married Mary Bowers of 
 Hancock, and was killed in Antrim by the fall of a tree, June 12, 
 1815, aged twenty-six. His 'young wife survived him less than six 
 months, but left one child, who married Phillips T. Gile and was mother 
 of Bev. Orrison Gile. Young Dodge i^as killed west of the pond on 
 a tract of land known as the Woodbury pasture. It was the plan some- 
 times to have what was called a "jam;" that is, they would cut all 
 the trees on a tract about three-fourths off, or a little more, and then, 
 when all was ready, start the whole by falling a big tree against one side, 
 and then the whole piece of forest would go down at once, with a terrible 
 crash, filling the air with broken limbs and shaking the ground by the 
 shock. This was supposed to save labor and make cleaner work, 
 besides affording the grand and startling scene of a fa,lling forest. With 
 those giants of the first growth it was a great sight. On this occasion the 
 wind started the " jam " a little too soon, and all ran for life, and Gideon, 
 Jr., almost escaped with the rest, but was struck dead by a limb of the last 
 tree that fell. John, the next son of Gideon, settled on the homestead, 
 and died there Sept. 23, 1865, aged seventy-two. Was known as " Squire 
 Dodge ; " was much in public Tsusiness, and was called a " live man." He 
 married Betsey Dinsmore, and among their children were John C. Dodge, 
 Esq., of Bennington, and Mrs. K. W. C. Jameson and Mrs. E. P. Whitte- 
 more of Antrim. Samuel, third son of Gideon, married Jane Dodge, and 
 was father of Samuel Gilman. Solomon, the other son of Gideon, married 
 Susan Felch; lived in Franklin; was father of John F. Dodge, Esq., of 
 Bennington. 
 
 " Gilman " Dodge, as he was called, lived three or four years in An- 
 trim, in all. He married Lucinda S. Carr, sister of Eeed Carr. Their 
 children were all born in Bennington except two: — 
 
 1. Charles A., [b. in Antrim, Oct. 19, 1843 ; agent for the 
 
 Reaper and Mower Co. of Chicago.] 
 
 2. Francis G., [b. Sept. 1, 1846.] 
 
 i. Samuel Arthur, [b. in Antrim, Oct. 4, 1848 ; m. Fannie A. 
 Lane of Manchester, July 4, 1878 ; is overseer of a hosiery 
 mill at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 4. George W., [b. Aug. 20, 1853.] 
 
 5. Maria A., [b. March 12, 1858.] 
 
 6. Nellie H., [b. Jan. 7, 1861.] 
 
 7. Jennie G., [b. Nov. 13, 1862.] 
 
 WILLIAM B. DODGE was born in New Boston, Dec. 24, 1800, and 
 came here from New Boston in 1865. His father, having the same name. 
 
(Sbnealogies. 461 
 
 and known in New Boston as Lieut. "William B. Dodge, was a prominent 
 man in that town in his day ; was quite a musician, and was chairman of 
 the committee on music at the installation of Mr. Bradford, Feb. 26, 1806. 
 Lieut. Dodge married Margaret Willson, daughter of James of New Bos- 
 ton, and granddaughter of Robert Willson of Londonderry. He (Lieut. 
 Dodge) -was born May 6, 1777, and died Sept. 20, 1807, in the prime of 
 his days. Of his ancestry but little is known. The first Dodge of whom 
 we have any knowledge came into England with William the Con- 
 queror, in 1066, and subsequently settled in Cheshire, where the descend- 
 ants became quite numerous. Two of them emigrated to this country, 
 and settled in Beverly, Mass. ; and it is believed that all the Dodges in 
 the United States sprung from these two. They came in 1629. Their 
 names were "Richard and "William. Jacob Dodge, of the third genera- 
 tion from this William, was born in Beverly, in 1717, and married Abi- 
 gail Edwards of Ipswich, Mass. One of the children of Jacob and Abigail 
 Dodge was Jacob, Jr., who was born in 1752, and in 1772 married Anna 
 Batchelder of Wenham, Mass. This last couple moved to New Boston 
 three or four years after marriage, taking his father with them. Jacob, 
 Sen., died in New Boston, 1801. Jacob, Jr., was in the Eevolutionary 
 army, and fought aj Bennington under Stark. In later life he went 
 back to Beverly, Mass., and died there Oct. 25, 1810, leaving eight chil- 
 dren, of whom the oldest son was Lieut. William B. Dodge, named 
 above. The others were Polly, Ezra, Abner, Reuben, Betsey E., Han- 
 nah B., and Nancy. 
 
 William B. Dodge of Antrim married Sophia Friend of Beverly, in 
 1823. He died Nov. 26, 1867. Was found dead in the stream close to 
 his mill in Clinton, having fallen in and been drowned. His children 
 are: — 
 
 1. "William B., [b. March 31, 1825, and m. Mary A. Mor- 
 
 gan of Peabody, Mass., Jan. 20, 1847. Their only child, 
 Freddie W., d. Sept. 4, 1849. J 
 
 2. Charles B., [b. April 10, 1829 ; m. Grace Hall of New Bos- 
 
 ton, July 29, 1857 ; has been town clerk of Antrim several 
 
 years ; has children : — 
 L. Fannie, (b. Oct. 19, 1858 ; m. Prank L. Eastman of "Weare, 
 
 Feb. 27, 1879.) 
 Sophia F., (b. May 30,1868.)] 
 
 3. Elisabeth F., [m. David T. Burley, and lives in Manchester.] 
 
 4. Augusta P., [m. William Hood, and lives in Danvers, 
 
 Mass.] 
 
 5. Frances, [d. in New Boston, April 7, 1856.] 
 
 6. Caleb F., [was a Union soldier, and d. of starvation in An- 
 
 dersonville prison, aged 23, July 20, 1864.] 
 
 7. Sophia, [b. in 1844 ; m. Capt. Horace S. Taylor, Oct. 11, 
 
 1866. He died Dec. 10, 1869.J 
 
462 GENEALOGiaS. 
 
 DOW. 
 
 PERCY DOW came here from Methuen, Mass., about 1780, and lived 
 on Meeting-House Hill. Dr. Whiton says that he " became an inhab- 
 itant in 1785," which probably means that he purchased land and be- 
 came a " freeholder," as they called it at that time. He seems at that 
 time to have succeeded John McAllister, and the house stood on the west 
 side of the old road,, about one-fourth of a mile north of the old cemetery. 
 There he lived about fifteen years, and most of his children were born in 
 this town. His wife was Zeborah Barker, sister of Capt. Peter Barker. 
 Percy Dow died in 1824. His wife died February, 1844, aged ninety- 
 three. They moved from Antrim to Newport about 1796. Their chil- 
 dren were : — 
 
 1. Rebekah, [b. Sept. 26, 1776 ; d. Jan. 24, 1805.] 
 
 2. Hannah Peaslee, [b. Feb. 7, 1778 ; probably d. in infancy.] 
 
 3. Daniel, [b. June 11, 1779 ; d. in 1812.] 
 
 4. Zebediah B., [b. in Antrim, March 10, 1781 ; m. Asenath 
 
 Smart of Croydon ; had children : Hiram, Rebecca, Addina, 
 Hial, Asenath, Edward, Caleb, Adalia,^Lucy, Caroline, Lu- 
 cinda, and Alphonso. These, are all very respectable peo- 
 ple. Hial Dow and Son are among the heaviest manufac- 
 turers of woodenware in the State. Are extensive builders 
 and dealers in lumber. Zebediah B. Dow d. in 1863, aged 
 82.] 
 
 5. Debokah, [b. here Jan. 2, 1788 ; m. John Webster of New- 
 
 port ; had eleven children; d. February, 1833.] 
 
 6. ZiLLAH, [b. here March 12, 1785.J 
 
 7. Hannah Peaslee, [b. here Feb. 8, 1787.] 
 
 8. Polly Boyd, [b. May 26, 1789, in Antrim; m. Thomas Whit- 
 
 tier of Newport ; had eight children, most of whom d. 
 young.,] 
 
 9. Elisabeth, [b. in Antrim, April 27, 1791.] 
 
 10. Anna B., [b. in Antrim, April 30, 1793 ; m. Abram Hen- 
 derson, and moved to Salisbury, Vt.] 
 
 11. Caroline M., [b. in Newport, Feb. 10, 1796.] 
 
 LYMAN DOW, son of Joseph and Mary (Wells) Dow of Deering, 
 was born in 1809; married Elisa Wood of Antrim, Feb. 11, 1836. In 
 1840 he came here and bought, the Esquire James Hopkins farm, now A. 
 A. Miller's. His wife died July 16,' 1843, aged thirty-eight. He mar- 
 ried, second, Esther Hadley of Hancock. He moved to Hillsborough 
 Bridge in 1861. Children were: — 
 
 1. Mary Jeanbtte, [b. Feb. 8, 1837 ; m. George Eaton, Nov. 4, 
 1860 ; resides in Woonsocket, R. L] 
 
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 2. Sylvanus, [b. April 7, 1844 ; unm.J 
 
 3. Charles L., [b. April 21, 1846 ; m. Lizzie Sawyer of Pem- 
 
 broke, where they now reside.] 
 
 4. BsTHEE A., [b. March 21, 1849; married- Arthur A. Miller, 
 
 Nov. 2, 1868.J 
 
 DOWNING. 
 
 The history of the Downing family, as narrated below, was collectefl by 
 the writer at great pains, and after long correspondence. Much help 
 was given by descendants in Marlow, and Edinburg, N. Y. ; tombstones 
 andrecords were consulted; and after all had been thus put together, I 
 heard of a very rare book, eintitled " The Last Men of the Revolution," 
 and through the kindness of Hon. Charles Adams, Jr., this book was 
 hunted up and put into my hands. I found it contained a history of 
 Samuel Downing, and confirmed in every particular, so far as it went, my 
 own laborious conclusions. It was published by Eev. E. B. Hillard, 
 Hartford, 1864. 
 
 Daniel and Samuel Downing were sons of David and Susannah 
 (Beechem) Downing of Hewburyport, Mass. 
 
 DAVID DOWNING, the father, was a ship-carpenter; was born in 
 Portsmouth in 1738 ; was in the British service ; was sent out by them 
 in the last French war; went into the ranks as a soldier, and was 
 wounded; afterwards went into the Revolutionary army; and came here 
 in 1781. He settled what is known as the "William "Wilkins place, at the 
 foot of the sand-hill, and lived there thirteen years, moving with his son 
 to Marlow in 1794, and dying in that town in 1798. His widow survived 
 till 1831, and reached the age of nearly one hundred and one years. Of 
 the two sons, Daniel came here to live with his father in 1783, having 
 entered the army of the Revolution at an early stage of the war, and serv- 
 ing till its close. He married Betsey Blanchard; lived here till 1794, 
 when, taking his parents with him, and his only surviving child, he moved 
 to Marlow, and began a farm in the wilderness; but had barely got it 
 into comfortable condition when he died, the same year with- his father, in 
 1798, aged thirty-five. James, the only child that survived him, was born in 
 Antrim in 1790, being four years old when he moved away; yet on return 
 remembering after many years every mark of the place of his birth. On 
 growing up, he received the farm his father had cleared, and on which he 
 had died in his prime. He married Lydia, daughter of Christopher and 
 Lois (Huntley) Ayers of Acworth,and died in 1868. He left a numerous 
 family, of whom James, the' second son, married Electa P. Foster of Stod- 
 dard, and now lives in Marlow, near the place where he was born. James 
 Downing, now living, is a man of wealth ; holds with special care, for the 
 sake of the past, the homestead where his grandfather Daniel, and father 
 James settled, and is among the most respectable men of his town. 
 
 SAMUEL DOWNING, the other son of David, was born in New- 
 buryport, Mass., Nov. 30, 1761. When a small boy, about nine years old. 
 
464 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 he was playing with other children in the streets, when a passing 
 stranger asked if there was any boy there who would like to go home 
 with him and learn to make spinning-wheels. Sam volunteered to go. 
 His parents were gone for the day, but he told the man " that wouldn't 
 make no odds." So they met at Greenleaf's tavern, a little past noon, 
 and started on the journey. They came to Haverhill, Mass., that day, 
 and the next day to Londonderry. There they stayed over Sabbath. It 
 was in October, and young Downing went out and picked the fruit on 
 the ground, and was as happy as a boy need be. On Monday they came 
 to Antrim. The man who thus brought the boy here was Thomas 
 Aiken, cousin of James of Antrim. He was a manufacturer of spinning- 
 wheels, then used in every house, and supplied the whole vicinity with 
 them. The shop was in the south part of Deering, near Francestown, 
 but the whole section was then called " Antrim" by many settlers. As 
 the country then was for the most part covered with woods, and neigh- 
 bors and playmates scarce, the boy soon became homesick, and went off 
 in the woods many a time to cry. But there was no help for him. Sam 
 was put at the work of making spokes for spinning-wheels. He split out 
 spokes in the evening, and shaved them the following day. This did 
 very well for a few days, but grew exceedingly monotonous and baleful 
 by and by, especially in contrast with the fact that in Portsmouth he had 
 had all the time to play and a plenty of associates. Yet it could not be 
 helped, for there was no public conveyance whatever, and there was no 
 road, and return was out of the question. Sam used to threaten to run 
 away, but he remained nearly seven years. He liked the Aikens, yet 
 thought Mr. Aiken's good wife (Mary Anderson, daughter of James An- 
 derson of Londonderry) was superior to her husband as a disciplinarian, 
 and he said she never failed in her noble solicitude to keep him always 
 at his work ! 
 
 Meanwhile, Sam's parents mourned for him as dead. They supposed 
 he must have fallen off the dock and been drowned, and never expected 
 to see him again. But after a year or more, Mr. Aiken wrote to them, 
 telling them Sam was alive and well, and promising to send him to 
 school if he might remain. Whether this was prompted by the kind 
 heart of Mr. Allien, or the solicitude of the boy, does not appear. The 
 parents, however, as they had a large family and were very poor, as Sam 
 was well situated and learning a trade, and as the journey was at that 
 time so long and difficult, consented to let him stay. But the promise of 
 schooling in this vicinity at that day was easier made than kept. No 
 doubt Mr. Aiken intended to give him all the chance there was. But 
 Sam didn't get a day of schooling. He was getting tired and restive 
 when the war broke out. Mr. Aiken was an officer of the militia, and 
 they met in little squads in his shop to talk things over. Sam's heart 
 was fired with enthusiasm, and he made up his mind to run away and 
 enlist. So, one day in June, 1777, when the family was away to take 
 dinner, he slipped off and walked down the river eighteen miles to Hop- 
 kinton where there was a recruiting station. Sam was only fifteen years 
 old and small at that, and was refused at Hopkinton. But he got a kind 
 letter of introduction to Col. Kfield of Charlestown, and walked the 
 
GENEALOGIES. 465 
 
 whole distance to that place alone. There, as men were scarce, and 
 Sam was terribly in earnest, he was accepted, and he served till the close 
 of the war. He was a stirring, agile, fearless soldier, ready for any ad- 
 venture ; was in maay of the hardest battles of the war, was firm in its 
 darkest hour; was an exceedingly useful man, always on " peril's brink," 
 yet never received a scratch ! His memory of Arnold, Gates, Burgoyne, 
 Washington, Lafayette, of men on both sides, and Kevolutionary battles 
 and scenes, was clear and full. Mr. Downing was intensely wrought up 
 against the rebels in the last war, stirred up all he could to go to the front, 
 and declared, though nearly blind and past his hundred years, if the 
 rebels came North he should himself " sartingly take his gun and meet 
 them ! " He said he " longed to live to see Jeff Davis hung." Mr. 
 Downing's veneration for Washington was very great to the last, and he 
 declared that if the " Old- General " were living he would " hang every 
 rebel to the nearest tree." 
 
 Sometime in the course of a year the father, David Downing, met his 
 son in the army — their first meeting since the boy ran off from New- 
 buryport. The lather was now forty, the son sixteen, shoulder to 
 shoulder against the oppressor. No report of that first meeting is given, 
 but it must have been impressive. The boy mourned as dead was a 
 noble soldier in a noble cause. 
 
 At the close of the war Mr. Downing returned to Antrim and visited 
 his old friends, the Aikens, " too big to be punished for running away." 
 He had been acquainted in the army with the Georges of Antrim, six of 
 whom, the father and five sons, were in the service. Perhaps they were 
 relatives, as the mother of these five sons was Susan Downing, and the 
 Georges, like the Downings, came from Newburyport. At any rate he 
 married Eunice George very soon after his return from, the war, and at 
 once began the Stephen Butterfield farm, adjoining his brother's on the 
 north, now occupied by Grosvenor Wilkins. She was eighteen years old 
 at marriage, had thirteen children, and died in 1846, aged eighty-one* 
 Mr. Whiton speaks of Samuel as living subsequently in a log house on 
 the Bond place, but the history of the family makes it certain that it was 
 David, father of Samuel, that occupied the log house a few years. After 
 Mr. Downing's settlement on the farm as above, he learned to read, 
 being twenty-two years old, and became an energetic and good citizen. 
 Here he had six children and resided eleven years. He and his wife 
 were very pious people, were members of the Center Church, had their 
 six children baptized in the old edifice on the hill, and were heartily 
 recommended on departure "to any church where Providence is pleased 
 to fix them." Their letter of dismission bears date Peb. 25,1794, and has 
 the sio-nature of " Isaac Cochran, Session clerk," In their New York 
 home they united with the Methodist Church, the only one near them, 
 and lived in that faith very happily till death. . 
 
 In the year 1793 there was much talk in this vicinity of the fertility of 
 lands in " York State," which, at that time, was " out West;" how people 
 could live there by working three days in a week, and so on ; and a com- 
 pany of twenty men was formed to leave Antrim and form a settlement 
 there. But Samuel Downing was the only one that went, and he after- 
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466 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 wards bitterly regretted the step himself. "But," said he, "I have 
 sold my farm for a trifle and have nothing to buy another with ; here 
 I have got to stay.'' So he bought at a very low rate a tract of land 
 in what is now Edinburg, Saratoga County, N. Y., worked his way 
 through many privations, and lived on that spot for nearly seventy- 
 three years ! There was no settlement, not even as much as a marked 
 tree in the vicinity, when he began in 1794, at the age of thirty-two, 
 with four little children dependent on him, and put up his rude cabin 
 in the forest. It was an incorporated town, rich and full of people, 
 when he died in 1867. The valleys where lie had hunted were 
 crowded with villages, and the locomotive whistled on its way where 
 once he had met the savage in deadly conflict. Mr. Downing celebrated 
 his one-hundredth birthday Nov. 30, 1861. As he was known far and 
 wide, being a man greatly loved, and among the last of the pensioners of 
 the Revolution, considerable preparation was made by the people gener- 
 ally for his centennial, and the advertisement of it was in the papers 
 several weeks beforehand. His nephew, Mr. James Downing of Mar- 
 low, happened to take up a paper containing this notice, and, as his eye 
 fell upon the name, the thought flashed into his mind that this might be 
 his uncle whom he supposed was dead, and whom he remembered well, 
 though he was only four years old when they all moved away from An- 
 trim in the spring of 1794 — sixty-seven years before ! At once the 
 nephew started for Edinburg, and found the long-lost uncle was indeed 
 alive. The centennial birthday celebration was very gratifying and note- 
 worthy in every respect ; but the most romantic and remarkable thing 
 about it was this meeting of kindred. It was stranger than Action. On 
 this birthday a thousand persons from the surrounding country visited 
 the venerable man ; one hundred guns were fired; and an address was 
 delivered by George S. Batcheller of Saratoga. On this anniversary Mr. 
 Downing was hale and hearty, seeming young as a man of seventy. To 
 show his vigor he cut down in the presence of the company a hemlock- 
 tree five feet in circumference. This tree was sold on the spot, and was 
 cut up into canes and keepsakes, and carried off by the multitude. The 
 ax he used was sold for seven dollars and a half ! Mr. Downing lived 
 years after this in good health and in full use of all his faculties except that 
 of sight, which gradually failed him so that he was nearly blind at the 
 last. He died Eeb. 19, 1867, aged 105 years, 2 months, and 21 days ! He 
 had been a professor of religion seventy-nine years ! He was the last 
 survivor of the Revolutionary army ! What emotions he must have had 
 in joining the full ranks on the other side ! .1 count it an honor to write 
 the biography of this quiet, useful, Christian man, venerable in years, 
 loved by all who knew him, and the last of the noblest army that ever 
 battled for liberty or stood for human rights ! 
 
 It may interest the reader to know that at the publication of the 
 volume referred to in 1864, there were only seven Revolutionary soldiers 
 living: Samuel Downing, Daniel Waldo, Lemuel Cook, Alexander Mil- 
 lener, William Hutchins, Adam Link, and James Barham. Cook and 
 Millener were older than Mr. Downing, but they dropped away soon after 
 the above date; but he, lingering about two years after all the rest, followed 
 
GENEALOGIES. 467 
 
 on, and millions lamented that the last warrior of 1776 was gone ! This 
 event was conspicuously noted by the press throughout the land, and the 
 pay-roll of Revolutionary pensioners was folded up to be called for no 
 more ! 
 
 Of Mr. Downing's large family, two children rest in unmarked graves 
 on Meeting-House Hill. Pour others were born here, as follows: — 
 
 1. Susannah, [b. Dec. 14, 1784 ; m. Zephaniah Cornell of 
 
 Bridge water, Penn., and d. March 31, 1823.] 
 
 2. Anna, [b Nov. 12, 1786 ; m. William Cornell of Bdinburg, 
 
 N. Y. ; went to Michigan in 1822 ; d. there Aug. 7,1838.J 
 8. Margaret, [b. Aug. 5, 1788 ; m. James Barker of Bdin- 
 burg, N. Y., and d. in that place March 27, 1851.J 
 
 4. Hannah, [b. Jan. 20, 1794; m. Perris Fuller; settled in 
 
 Greenfield, N. Y., and d. Aug. 18, 1865. This child was 
 carried at the age of four months in a cart and on horseback 
 the whole distance from Antrim to the forests of Saratoga.] 
 
 After arriving in New York seven children were born to them, two of 
 whom died in infancy. The others were as follows: — 
 
 5. Thomas J., [b. Bdinburg, Sept. 1, 1830 ; d. unm. Jan. 1863.] 
 
 6. Mart, [b. Nov. 3, 1802 ; m. a Cornell and d. July 2, 1830.] 
 
 7. Blisabeth, [b. July 25, 1805 ; m. a Mr. Hunt and d. Feb. 20, 
 
 1827.] 
 
 8. George W., [b. Dec. 9, 1807.] 
 
 9. Jambs M., [b. Aug. 15, 1811.] 
 
 DRAKB. 
 EEUBElsr DEAKE, son of Reuben and Olive (Chessman) Drake of 
 Brockton, Mass., was boru in 1826; married Ann E. Thayer of Brain- 
 tree Mass., and came here on to the Ambrose Story place in 1864, but 
 returned to Brockton in 1868, having three children, none of whom were 
 born here: — 
 
 1. Charles R. 3. Sarah A. 
 
 2. Francis E. 
 
 DRAPER. 
 TIMOTHY W. DRAPER was son of William and Sarah (Merriam) 
 Draper of Lexington, Mass. His mother watched the red-coats when 
 they first fired upon the American farmers, and saw their disastrous 
 retreat later in the day. At their marriage, or soon after, William Draper 
 and wife moved to Francestown, and there Timothy W. and other chil- 
 dren were born. He married Mary Elauders of Lancaster, Mass., April 
 6 1824. Came here from Charlestown in 1849. He lived a year on the 
 Reuben Boutwell farm (east), and a year on the William N. Tuttle farm. 
 
468 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 but in 1851 bought of George F. Parmenter the place opposite the Center 
 Church, where he lived till death. This last event occurred on the 
 morning of April 10, 1874. He was a very lame man and a great suf- 
 ferer, but he had no sickness, so called, and died in his chair while the 
 family were about their preparations for breakfast. He remained in posi- 
 tion in the chair as though there had not been the least motion or even a 
 shock of pain. They had seven children: — 
 
 1. George A., [d. 1847, aged 22.] 
 
 2. Charles G., [see Gibson.] 
 
 3. Maeia M., [d. 185(3, aged 28.] 
 
 4. Austin R., [d. in Prancestown, 1837, aged 7. J 
 
 5. Lucy A., [b. June' 8, 1833 ; m. Alvin D. Charters of Lowell, 
 
 Mass., Dec. 14, 1862. He was killed by a fall in that city. 
 May 11, 1859. Only one of their children survives, Alvia 
 A., who was born in Antrim, May 4, 1859.] 
 
 6. Richards, [b. July 24, 1837; left Antrim in the spring of 
 
 1867 ; when last heard from, years ago, was in Kansas.] 
 
 7. William H., [d. March 20, 1860, aged nearly 20 years.] 
 
 DUNCAN. 
 
 GEORGE DUNCAN, the first Duncan in New Hampshire, was the 
 son of George Duncan who was born, lived, and died in Ireland. His 
 father, George, was born in Scotland. He brought over his second wife, 
 Margaret Cross, and seven children: John, George, William, Robert, 
 Abraham, Esther, and James. Of these, as only the first two ate con- 
 nected with our history, we will only say in regard to the others, that 
 "William married Naomi Bell, lived in Londonderry, had a large family 
 several of whom settled in Ac worth, and died in 1798 aged eighty-two; 
 that Robert married Isabella Caldwell, moved to Boston, and prominent 
 residents of that city descended from him ; that Abraham went in early 
 life to North Carolina, married, and raised a family there, of which almost 
 nothing is known ; that Esther married John Cassan and went to Con- 
 necticut ; and that James, the youngest, married Elisabeth Bell, settled as 
 a merchant in Haverhill, Mass., acquired large property, raised an excel- 
 lent family, and died in 1818, aged ninety-two. Of the other two, first 
 named above, John, the oldest of the family, only child of the first wife, 
 and therefore half-brother of the rest, married Rachel Todd in Ireland. 
 He brought with him five children, and had five in this country, thus: 
 John, George, Abraham, Margaret, William (born on passage over), James, 
 Naomi, Polly, Rachel, and Rosanna. He lived all his days in London- 
 derry, was an elder in the church, enjoyed the confidence of all, and 
 died in good old age. John, the first child of John Duncan and Rachel 
 Todd, married Hannah Henry. Though hardly more than a boy, he was 
 engaged to marry her before the voyage to this country. He came over, 
 prepared a place to live, and then sent for her. Her brother there paid 
 her passage, and agreed with the captain to land her in Boston, But he 
 
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 I 
 
 took he-r to Nova Scotia and sold her to pay her passage, and left her 
 among strangers. But after a time John heard of her sad fate, hunted 
 her up, and married her. The false captain was eventually punished for 
 his crime. All the circumstances of this case, — her courage, her forlorn 
 condition in slavery for debt among strangers, her rescue by her lover, 
 their beginning in the wilderness, and their long and happy life, their 
 early betrothal, and their old age together, — would form a story more 
 marvelous than many a fiction. They had a large family, one of whom, 
 John, remained on the homestead in Londonderry ; another was a mer- 
 chant in Candia, and became father of Hon. "William H. Duncan of 
 Hanover; and a third, Robert, came to this town. John Duncan and his 
 wife, Hannah Henry, were both noted for personal beauty. This John kept 
 the first store in the present town of Londonderry. Many of the race 
 were merchants. 
 
 ROBERT DUNCAN, son of John and Hannah (Henry) Duncan, and 
 nephew of James of Antrim, was born in 1763, and came here in 1787, 
 and located where his son John has always lived. When he came, Dea. 
 Daniel Nichols was on the Turner place ; Adam Nichols on the McCoy 
 place; John Nichols on the Perry place, and Thomas Nichols on the 
 Shattuck place. Mr. Duncan bought in the valley between them. There 
 was a cleared spot, and a small log house a few rods north of the present 
 dwelling, though it seems it had never been occupied. He bought of 
 Daniel McFarland, but was sued by parties from Weare who claimed the 
 land, and he had to pay for it a second time. ^ After all was settled, he 
 married Grizzy Wilson of Londonderry; lived a quiet and industrious 
 life, and died on the spot he had settled, Sept. 26, 1837, at the age of sev- 
 enty-three. His children were: — 
 
 1. Thomas W., [b. in 1791 ; was graduated at Dartmouth Col- 
 
 lege in the class of.l817 ; studied divinity, after the method 
 of those days, with Dr. Whitou and Rev. B. P Bradford of 
 New Boston ; was settled in various places, and was a sound 
 and faithful minister till disabled by old age. Though shaken 
 by infirmities he continued to preach occasionally till near 
 his end ; he died in Nelson, in 1877 ; his wife was Lucy 
 North ; they left no children.] 
 
 2. Hannah, [d. unm. in 1859, aged 66.J 
 
 3. Sarah, [d. in childhood.] 
 
 4. John, [b. Sept. 7, 1796 ; inherited the homestead ; built the 
 
 present house in 1811 ; m. 1st, Jenny Carter of Hillsbor- 
 ough, in 1823, who d. in 1829 ; m. 2d, Mary Parrington of 
 Greenfield, in 1831. Has children : — 
 
 Mary C, (child of 1st wife, b. Oct. 14, 1825 ; m. George G. 
 Hutchinson, May 12, 1853.) 
 
 Lucy J., (b. Oct. 2, 1833 ; m. N. C. Ferry, Dec. 29, 1853.) 
 
 Lynda F., (b. April 27, 1836.)] 
 
470 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6. Grizzt, [m. Willard Rice of HenuiTier, Nov. 9, 1826.J . 
 
 6. Sarah, [m. Jonathan Paige, Oct. 18, 1821 ; lived and d. in 
 
 Bradford.] 
 
 7. Jane, [m. Daniel Rice of Heniiiker, Feb. 3, 1831. J 
 
 8. William, [b. Oct. 30, 1806 ; built in 1830 on the east part of 
 
 his father's farm ; cleared most of the laud, and has resided 
 tliere till the present time ; m. Betsey W. Rice of Henniker, 
 Eeb. 3, 1831. She was an excellent woman, and died in a 
 Christian hope Aug. 26, 1870, aged 61. They had chil- 
 dren as follows : — 
 
 Q-eorge, (d. in infancy, December, 1831.) 
 
 William H., (b. Dec. 10, 1834 ; d. unm. March 20, 1861.) 
 
 John E., (b. March 25, 1836 ; m. Sarah J. Blanchard of Wash- 
 ington ; she d. in 1870, aged 31, leaving one child, Emma 
 J., b. in 1863.) 
 
 Caroline U., (b. Nov. 7, 1888; m. George Turner, Jan. 1, 
 1863.) 
 
 Moses G., (known as " Granville," b. July 20, 1841; lives on 
 the old homestead ; m. Augusta C. Spalding of Frances- 
 town, Oct. 3, 1872, and has children : Edith A., b. 1873 ; 
 Anna B., b. Dec. 13, 1875; and Harry S., b. June 22, 1878.)] 
 
 George, the second child of John Duncan and Kachel Todd, married 
 Mary Bell, and settled in Peterborough. Of their third child, Abraham, 
 nothing is ascertained. The fourth child was Margaret, not mentioned 
 by Parker. She married William Smith of Antrim, and died in 1790, 
 aged sixty-seven. William, the fifth child (born on the voyage over), 
 married Jane Alexander, and lived in Londonderry. His family were all 
 daughters. 
 
 JAMES DUNCAN, the sixth child of John Duncan and Rachel Todd, 
 the first born to them in this country, came to Antrim and began the 
 Saltmarsh place in 1774. He was the first constable of the town, and long 
 held that ofiBce, which was of much more importance then than now. 
 His name appears very often in the early records. He married Jane 
 Adams of Londonderry (sister of Mrs. Alexander Gregg and Mrs. Adam 
 Dunlap), and died in 1825, aged seventy-nine. Children were: — 
 
 1. John, [disappeared from town when a young man, and was 
 
 never heard of more ; was mourned as dead.] 
 
 2. Moses, [built first on the spot now occupied by Elijah Kim- 
 
 ball ; m. Kate Dwinnells, and had two daughters, Kate and 
 Betsey ; Kate died in childhood, and Betsey m. a Mr. Felt 
 and lived in Manchester, but all this family of Duncans and 
 
GENEALOGIES. 471 
 
 descendants are believed to be dead. Moses Duncan d. on 
 the Daniel Farrington place.] 
 
 3. Egbert, [m. Katherine Fairbanks ; lived some years on his 
 
 father's farm, but d. in tlie prime of life ; left two sons: — 
 John Gr., (b. July 22, 1811 ; long an overseer in Lowell mills ; 
 
 m. 1st, Grace Sanborn ; m. 2d, Phebe Morrison.) 
 Samuel, (b. July 23, 1813, left town young and nothing is 
 
 known of his fate.)] 
 
 4. Mary, [d. unm.] 
 
 5. Peggy, [d. of spotted fever in 1812.] 
 
 6. Jane, [m. Stevens Paige Feb. 8, 1838, had no children, lived 
 
 many years a widow and alone in the house where her> 
 husband died, and passed away after great suffering in the 
 summer of 1869, aged 74.] 
 
 Naomi, the seventh child of John Duncan and Eachel Todd, left no 
 record of which we know. Polly, their eighth child, married her cousin, 
 Hon. John Duncan of Antrim. Rachel, their ninth child, married 
 Samuel Archibald of Nova Scotia, and was mother of Hon. Samuel W. 
 Archibald, long attorney-general of that province. Of Rosanna, their 
 tenth child, the writer has no information. 
 
 Having now followed out the family of John, the oldest son of George 
 the first settler, and having briefly noticed the other children of said 
 settler, save one, we now return to him, viz., George, oldest child of 
 George and Margaret (Cross) Duncan. He was the second son of his 
 father, but the first by the second wife. This George was the third 
 George Duncan in succession; was an elder in the Londonderry church; 
 was highly esteemed by all; married Letitia Bell; settled in Londonderry 
 at the same time with his father, having grown to manhood'in Ireland ; and 
 is believed to have died in 1780, aged seventy. He left seven children: 
 John, Robert, George, James, Josiah, Elisabeth, and Letitia. Of these 
 seven, John will be noticed below. Robert married a daughter of Col. 
 Andrew Todd of Londonderry, as is claimed by descendants, though it 
 may have been a granddaughter. Robert Duncan settled in Hancock, 
 was deacon of the church there, and died Jan. 25, 1793, aged forty-three. 
 He was father of Dea. Josiah and Dea. Robert of Antrim, and of Margare,t 
 who married Andrew Todd. George, third child of Dea. George and 
 Letitia (Bell) Duncan, settled in the West. James, the next child, born 
 Nov. 11 1749, known as Dea. James, . settled in Hancock; was deacon 
 there till death ; married Jane Christie; was a man of unusual local influ- 
 ence and note; and was father of George Duncan of Antrim. He died 
 May 3, 1805. Josiah, the fifth child, we have no information of. Perhaps 
 this may be the Josiah Duncan whom the old people used to call 
 " Jabbering Si," and who died in this town Jan. 23, 1811, unmarried, 
 aged sixty-nine. If so, he must have been the second or third instead of 
 
472 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 fifth in the family. EHsabeth, the siith child, married James Cunning- 
 ham of Pembroke. And Letitia, the youngest, married Capt. Alexander 
 Todd and lived in Hooksett. 
 
 JOHN DUNCAN, son of George and Letitia (Bell) Duncan, named 
 above, called in Antrim " Capt. John," " Dea. John," and specially 
 known as "Hon. John," was born in Londonderry March 3, 1734. 
 He was cousin of Gov. John Bell and Senator Samuel Bell of Ches- 
 ter. He was a captain in Col. Moore's regiment in the Revolution, 
 and was considered the leading man in this section for many years. He 
 seems to have come here a part of the seasons in 1770-71-72, clearing 
 the land and preparing for his future home. He moved his family here 
 Sept. 20, 1773. They came in an ox-cart, with five little children, the 
 first cart ever in Antrim. Hon. John Bell, his uncle, drove the team. 
 There was nothing that could be called a road. But they picked their 
 way along, and forded the river at a shallow place near the mouth of the 
 Clinton Brook (for many years called Great Brook), and arrived safely 
 at the log cabin ! What a long, hard, painful journey it must have been ! 
 The spot where he settled is still in the possession of the family, the 
 house of his great-grandson, John M. Duncan,' Esq., standing almost on 
 the site of the log cabin of 1773. It is one of the most desirable locations 
 in town. Here the " Hon. John " lived and died. He was not an edu- 
 cated man, but one of good judgment and strong common sense. He 
 was at the head of the militia ; was the leading man in getting the town 
 incorporated; was almost constantly in town office for many years; 
 represented this town, with Deering, Hancock, and Windsor, in the 
 state legislature ; was the first representative •' Antrim district " had ; 
 was some time state senator; was one of the committee to ask the pres- 
 bytery to organize a church here; was an elder in that church; and was 
 a stirring, earnest, wide-awake man, honest, and eminently a peace- 
 maker. He was of great service to the early settlers as a justice of the 
 peace, doing their writing, settling their disputes, and giving them 
 advice. In his long service in the House of Representatives, he was occa- 
 sionally speaker pro tern. Was very Scotchy in his brogue, and quick at 
 repartee and full of fun. It is related that on one occasion, when some- 
 thing was said about lawyers in the House, and a Mr. Pickering, a lawyer 
 of eminence, declared that lawyers were the pillars of the State, Mr. 
 Duncan interrupted him with an " explanation." In his broad Scottish 
 accent he said: " There are different kinds of pallyars; there is a kind of 
 jpaH?/"''* that support buildings ; and there is a 'kind of pallyars called 
 caterpallyars that eat all before them and poison all behind them, and it 
 is this latter kind to which the gentleman refers I " 
 
 Hon. John Duncan closed his useful and eventful life Friday, Feb. 14, 
 1823, aged eighty-nine. He married first his cousin, Mary Duncan, Dec. 
 10, 1762, who died of dysentery Sept. 20, 1800. A very happy, notice of 
 her may be found in the " Amherst Cabinet " of the week following. She 
 was a Christian woman, full of good works, especially by the sick-bed 
 and in the house of trouble. She went everywhere to succor the dis- 
 tressed, and it is probable that her continual watching over sick children 
 
GENEALOGIES. 473 
 
 in that awful summer was the cause of her own death. The second wife 
 of Mr. Duncan was Ann Seaton of Amherst. She died Oct. 4, 1834, aged 
 seventy-five. "Was daughter of Dea.^John Seaton and also had a brother 
 Dea. John. The first Dea. John was a man of remarkable musical 
 capacity, and was also endowed with a nose of tremendous dimensions. 
 On one occasion, he was seated at a hotel table when a stranger sitting 
 opposite sharply suggested that the application of a handkerchief to the 
 conspicuous member would improve its appearance. Always very 
 pleasant and obliging, the deacon, with his usual politeness, handed him 
 the handkerchief across the table, and requested him to use it, as he was 
 nearer the offending member than he was himself ! 
 
 The house of Hon. John Duncan was burned in open day, Jan. 31, 
 1812, and, as he was aged and alone, it was with difficulty that he escaped 
 the flames by means of a window. His children, all by his first wife, 
 were as follows : — 
 
 1. Abigail, [m. John Moor ; was forty years a widow ; had no 
 
 children; d. 1848, aged over. 80. She was the last sur- 
 vivor of the original members of the Presbyterian Church, 
 having been a member a little more than sixty years.] 
 
 2. Lettie, [m. James Cochian of Pembroke, and lived and d..in 
 
 that town.] 
 
 3. William, [m. Esther, daughter of Capt. Josiah Warren of 
 
 New Boston ; inherited the homestead ; had four children ; 
 and d. June 16, 1847, aged 82. 
 
 John^ (b. Feb. 21, 1795 ; a distinguished school-teacher ; dis- 
 appeared from Boston 1834, and never after heard from.) 
 
 Josiah, (b. March 17, 1797; m. Lucinda Fairbanks Dec. 28, 
 1826 ; inherited the homestead of his father, and d. 1867. 
 His widow yet survives. They buried six little ones side by 
 side within a few years, and only two children are now 
 living. The first is John Moor, who was b. Oct. 18, 1827 ; 
 inherits the homestead occupied by the family for a hundred 
 years ; was representative in 1874 ; a carpenter doing a large 
 business in building for a country town; m Eliza A. Par- 
 menter Dec. 16, 1851. They have two children : Fannie E., 
 who m. Edward P. Campbell Dec. 26, 1877. and John W., 
 who was b. Oct. 13, 1861, and is now in trade in Fitchburg, 
 Mass. The second is William W., who was b. Nov. 12, 
 1831 ; m. 1864 Mary Hart, cousin of the then pastor, Rev. 
 J. H. Bates ; is a druggist in Lowell ; was one of the donors 
 of the organ to the Center Church, 1864, and of the vestry, 
 1875. Has childreui: Winthrop H. ; William W. ; and 
 Hart.) 
 
474 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Abigail M., (twin-sister to Josiah ; d. unm. Jan. 15, 1860, 
 
 aged nearly 63.) 
 Mary, (b. April 13, 1801 ; for years her services were sought 
 
 as a school-teacher in this and neighboring towns ; m. Bben 
 
 Towne of Hillsborough in 1857, and resides at the Bridge ; 
 
 one of the amiable and blessed of the earth.)] 
 
 4. Naomi, [b. Dec. 9, 1769; m. 1st, John Boyd of Londonderry ; 
 
 m. 2d, Giles Newton of Francestown, and was mother of 
 Giles Newton of Antrim ; m. 3d, Dea. Robert Duncan, and 
 d. Sept. 25, 1858, aged 88.] 
 
 5. Mary, [m. Dea. Arthur Nesmith May 30, 1793 ; d. in Wads- 
 
 worth, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1841.] 
 
 6. Rachel, [b. in Antrim Jan. 7, 1776 ; m, James Taylor ; d. 
 
 in Herkimer, N. Y., 1852.] 
 
 7. Margaret, [m. William Stow of Hillsborough Dec. 13, 1808 ; 
 
 lived in that town, and d. 1856, aged 74.] 
 
 Dea. JOSIAH DUNCAN, born Feb. 29, 1772, son of Dea. Robert and 
 
 (Todd) Duncan, and therefore nephew of "Hon. John," came here 
 
 from Hancock about 1792, and married Mary, daughter of Samuel Gregg, 
 in 1792. On his first coming here he bought and cleared the farm now Mr. 
 Greeley's (next east of the Bootman place), which he occupied till his 
 death. The first wife died in 1809, and he married, second, Sally Morri- 
 son of Peterborough. He died Nov. 3, 1833. Was a thoroughly true 
 and good man ; was an elder in the Center Church ; and it used to be said 
 of him that " he served two worlds well," true to earth and heaven. An 
 old associate spoke of him as a living example of Rom. xii. 11 : " Not 
 slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord." His children 
 were six daughters and one son, thus: — 
 
 1. Margaret G., [d. Jan. 27, 1815, aged 18.] 
 
 2. Sarah, [m. Daniel Waldron ; parents and children all now 
 
 dead. Mr. Waldron lived some years in town, chiefly west 
 of the pond.] 
 
 3. Elisabeth P., [b. Feb. 9, 1801 ; m. John Muzzey Nov. 27, 
 
 1821 ; d. Manchester, January, 1852.] 
 
 4. Mary, [m. John Town Dec. 28, 1824; lived some years on 
 
 her father's place ; went to Western New York about 1835, 
 where they prospered, and had a large family.] 
 
 5. Robert, [d. Feb. 10, 1820, aged 16.] 
 
 6. Adeline, [b. Nov. 26, 1806 ; m. Robert L. Livingston May 
 
 24, 1827 ; d. Dec. 27, 1866.] 
 
 7. SoPHRONiA, [m. Tristram B. Paige Sept. 21, 1826. She d. 
 
 June, 1848, aged 40.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 475 
 
 Dea. EGBERT DUNCAN, brother of Dea. Josiah, bom Sept. 11, 
 1783, came here in the fall of 1806 and bought the Zaccheus Perkins 
 place, now the home of J. "W. Perkins; married his cousin, Mrs. Naomi 
 (Duncan) Newton, daughter of " Hon. John;" wfis chosen elder in the 
 Center Church 1825, and old people say he was one of the most efficient 
 ever appointed to that office. Was captain in the first artillery company 
 in the Twenty-sixth Eegimeht. Was a man of great natural ability and 
 strong will; unlearned; was left an orphan when quite young; had the 
 credit of doing much good, and died Dec. 2, 1859. Left no children. He 
 left a small legacy to the church in which he was so long an officer. 
 
 GEORGE DUNCAN of Antrim was born in Hancock, Sept. 28,1789; 
 was son of James Duncan, Esq., of that town. This James, Esq., or 
 " Dea. James," was brother of " Hon. John," of Antrim, and his wife was 
 Jane Christie, one of the smartest women of her day. She could reap 
 more grain than any man in Londonderry, and on one occasion she won 
 forty dollars on awager from the smartest male reaper in that town. Her 
 endurance and strength can be judged from this. She died July 1, 1834, 
 aged eighty-two. George Duncan married Isabel Hopkins of Antrim, 
 Dec. 20, 1814. Before this he had been here at work for Frederick Poor 
 in the old Starrett tannery at the foot of the hill in South Village, and 
 soon afterwards he bought this stand, and here carried on business till 
 his death, Jan. 9, 1840. Mr. Duncan also had a store some years in the 
 old low house then on the site of the present Carter House. The chief 
 part of the latter was built by Mr. Duncan in 1820. His name often 
 occurs in town records as moderator, selectman, or town clerk. His wife 
 died June 26, 1864, aged seventy-serven . His children were: — 
 
 1. Jambs M., [b. Sept. 27, 1815 ; went to Boston in company 
 
 with N. W. C. Jameson, but soon d. aged 23, and unm.] 
 
 2. George C, [b. April 26, 1818; tanner by trade; m. Mary E. 
 
 Whiton, Nov. 3, 1841 ; built the Levi Woodbury house in 
 1850 ; succeeded his father in the old tannery, which was 
 burned in 1841 ; he rebuilt the same, and it was again 
 burned in 1852, but not again rebuilt. He d. Sept. 24, 
 1855, leaving two daughters : Kate A., who m. Edward S. 
 Paine of Boston, Sept. 11, 1877, and Mary, who has won 
 success as a teacher in the city schools of Boston.] 
 
 3. Catherine J., [b. Sept. 2, 1825 ; m. Albert Allen, and settled 
 
 in Jamestown, N. Y., but now lives in Lawrence, Kan.J 
 
 4. Dr. Edward A., [b. June 22, 1830 ; studied medicine with 
 
 Dr. Hedges of Jamestown, N. Y., and settled in practice in 
 that place ; he m. Jennie Hedges ; has held for many years 
 an important position in the general land office, Washington, 
 D. 0,] 
 
476 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 DUNCKLEE. 
 
 HENRY DUNCKLEE came here, it is said, from Milford, and began 
 the silk business at the Branch ; sold out to Kelsea, and went to Nashua. 
 Was,here but a short time. 
 
 DUNLAP. 
 
 THOMAS DUNLAP, son of James Dunlap of Windham, was a sol- 
 dier in the last French and Indian war; was in Port "William Henry when 
 it was surrendered to the French under pledge of protection from their 
 savage allies. But as soon as the English had surrendered their arms 
 and marched out of the fort, the Indians fell upon them, and murdered 
 several hundred in cold blood. One New Hampshire regiment of two 
 hundred men had nearly half its whole number butchered in this way. 
 An armed savage seized Mr. Dunlap by the hair and was in the act of 
 splitting his head with a tomahawk when he sprung away, leaving half 
 his hair in the monster's bloody hand, and flying back to the fort the 
 French protected him. He came here in 1785, but became a freeholder 
 in 1788 ; clearing and settling in tbe east part of the town on a beautiral 
 spot, now overlooking Hillsborough Bridge and South Village. This 
 spot is still in possession of the family, being owned by his great-grand- 
 daughter, Mrs. Hiram Combs. Thomas Dunlap married Elisabeth , 
 
 and died March 7, 1815, aged seventy-five ; was a respected and pious 
 man. His wife died Aug. 1, 1807, aged sixty-six. His children were: — 
 
 1. Sarah, [m. Samuel Diilsmore ; d. Sept. 3, 1790, aged 26.] 
 
 2. Hannah, [d. on county farm very aged.] 
 
 3. Polly, [m. Daniel Griffin of Hillsborough, March 25, 1817; 
 
 d. in Nelson, aged 89. j 
 
 4. Alexander, [m. Jane Gregg ; lived in Deering, but went in 
 
 old age to Bennington, and d. with his daughter, Mrs. Wil- 
 liam Roach.] 
 
 5. James, [b. in 1766 ; ra. Jane McNeil of Hillsborough, in 
 
 1802 ; had four sons, Thomas, Daniel, James, and Robert; 
 inherited his father's homestead ; was several times select- 
 man ; was feeble many years, but reached his fourscore, 
 dying July 8, 1846. Of his four sons we add : — 
 Thomas, (b. Feb. 23, 1803 ; m. Mary B. Averill of Mont Ver- 
 non, Aug. 30, 1821,. and d. Aug. 17, 1865; was many times 
 selectman. His widow d. June 18, 1874, aged 70. They 
 had thirteen children, as follows : John, who was b. in 
 1822, and lives in California; Hiram W., who was b. in 
 1825, and lives in California, and is judge of the probate 
 court there ; Edwin, who d. of small-pox in Boston, May 
 19, 1846, aged 17 ; James S., who was out through the last 
 war, passed through many fierce battles unhurt, but was 
 
GENEALOGIES. 477 
 
 murdered in Missouri in 1871 ; Jane, who was b. in 1831, 
 and m. Asa B. Lyford of Lowell; Cummings, who d. of 
 cholera in Illinois in 1854 ; Helen, who was b. in 1834, and 
 ta. James L. Howard of California ; Chillis, who was b. in 
 1836, and d. aged 19 ; Frances, who was twin-sister of the 
 last, m. Henry August, and d. in California in 1875 ; Per- 
 ley, a merchant, recently murdered in California ; Clara C, 
 who was b. in 1840, m. Hiram Combs, and inherits the 
 homestead ; Martin R., who now lives in California ; and 
 Frank, who was b. in 1844, m. Nettie S. Little, Oct. 14, 
 1869, and lives in California.) 
 Daniel, (b. July 19, 1804 ; d. in Boston, in 1830, num.) 
 James, (b. Dec. 20, 1806 ; went to Missouri and d. there. 
 
 Little is known of him.) 
 , Robert, (b. Aug. 18, 1809 ; moved to Illinois ; had a large 
 family, and d. in 1855.)] 
 
 ADAM DUNLAP, half-brother of the first Thomas mentioned above, 
 cleared and settled the place next west of William M. Conn's, in 1784. 
 Had been a soldier in the Eevolutionary war, and at its close married 
 Elisabeth, daughter of Hon. William Adams of Londonderry, and came 
 at once to Antrim. He and his wife were among the original members 
 of the church. ' He was a small man, always went stooping, and was a 
 shoemaker by trade. He died in 1823, aged seventy-three. His wife 
 lived to extreme old age. Saw all her children dead. Afterwards it is 
 said that her eyes actually dropped out of their sockets, and that without 
 pain ! Children : — 
 
 1. Sarah, [b. Nov. 16, 1784 ; m. John W. Moore of Bedford, 
 
 Feb. 7, 1809; had two or three children, and soon d. with 
 consumption.] 
 
 2. Jambs, [b. March 24, 1787 ; supposed to have d. in childhood.] 
 
 3. Samuel, [b. Nov. 16, 1789 ; m. Betsey Brown of Antrim, 
 
 April 19, 1814 ; lived awhile at the old Eeuben Boutwell 
 place ; afterwards went to live with his wife's parents, and 
 d. Sept. 15, 1839. Had children : — 
 
 William, (m. Millie Howe of Henniker ; was kflled by burst- 
 ing of a-grindstone in a shop in Springfield, Mass., June 19, 
 1866.) 
 
 Lizzie, (m. Floraman Howe, brother of Millie Howe, and d. in 
 childbirth in Henniker.) 
 
 Ira, (Jo. Aug. 2, 1822 ; m. Sarah Parker of Stoddard ; lives in 
 Lowell.) 
 
478 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Mar?/, (d. aged 19.)^ 
 
 Mark, (went West ; m. Mary L. Davis ; now lives in Texas.)] 
 
 4. Mary, [b. March 10, 1794 ; m. Samuel Weston of Stoddard ; 
 
 was mother of Mrs. Amos Dodge, and d. September, 1833.J 
 
 5. Thomas, [known as " Capt. Dunlap ;" b. April 19, 1797 ; m. 
 
 Feb. 22, 1825, Polly W. Wallace of Windsor, a girl brought 
 up by Stephen Wyman of that town. The old lady Dunlap 
 used to say she had two sons : " Samuel and Tomuel." 
 Capt. Thomas kept the Box tavern in Stoddard awhile. He 
 had a daughter, Olive, who died young. Also a son, Wliit- 
 ney Dunlap, who married Abby P. Hills, and died at the 
 house of Reuben Hills, Manchester, in early manhood. 
 Capt. Thomas died in town, but I have not the date. He 
 was captain of the Antrim Grenadiers ; lived in various 
 places in town, and left but one child living, Lydia, brought 
 up by John Barker, now Mrs. Nathaniel Morrill of Law- 
 rence, Mass. J 
 
 6. Jennett, [b. Oct. 23, 1799 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 7. Jennett, [b. Oct. 23, 1801 ; m. Nov. 12, 1822, Ammi Buck of 
 
 Windsor, and moved to Alexandria.] 
 
 JOHN DUNLAP of Antrim, only remotely connected with the 
 Dunlaps who came here before him, was bom in Bedford 1784. He wa§ 
 the son of Maj. John Dunlap, of Eevolutionary honor, and Martha Gil- 
 more, his wife, and grandson of Archibald Dunlap, who was an officer in 
 the Scotch army, and settled in Chester in 1740 or a little earlier. Maj. 
 John was a famous military man in his day. One of the earliest old- 
 fashioned New Hampshire musters was at his house, and he entertained 
 the whole regiment. Was a farmer on a large scale, and also a manu- 
 facturer of furniture, and acquired a large property for that time. He 
 first settled on what is now called Shirley Hill in Goflfstown, on a beautiful 
 slope at the present time commanding a view of the city of Manchester, 
 and there built a large, square, two-story house, which he occupied till 
 1779. He then bought another tract of land a mile below in the northern 
 part of Bedford. The great house was taken down, each piece marked, 
 carried to the new location, and put up with such care that there was 
 only part of on§ clapboard missing. Maj. John Dunlap was found dead 
 in his bed in the forty-seventh year of his age, in 1792. His son John 
 came, here soon after becoming of age, and married, June 26, 1807, Jennie 
 Nesmith. He built the house at the Branch now occupied by Robert 
 Day, in 1806. There he lived and carried on the^ cabinet-making business 
 for a long time. He had also looms to weave gentlemen's underclothes, 
 considered a great novelty in those days. Afterwards he moved to the 
 Collins Whittemore place, and there his wife died March 29, 1835. Soon 
 after this event, he moved to South Village and put up the first-built 
 
GENEALOGIES. 479 
 
 part of the factory now used in the manufacture of silk. March 16, 
 1837, he married Abigail Spalding of Hillsborough, and in 1844 moved 
 to Zanesville, Ohio, where he lived twenty years, then came back 
 to Nashua and died there Dec. 15, 1869, in good old age. His body was 
 brought here and laid beside his companion, under the shadow pf the 
 church where fhey had worshiped together. His children were: — 
 
 1. Jonathan N., [d. of spotted fever in 1812.] 
 
 2. John, [d. of spotted fever within a few days of his older 
 
 brotlrer.J 
 
 3. Robert N., [was in company with his father in building the old 
 
 part of the silk-mill in South Village. He m. Martha Gil- 
 lespie ; went in early manhood to Zanesville, Ohio, and d. 
 there in 1861, aged 48.] 
 
 4. Rachel B. D., [m. S. A. Lasley, Esq., and lives in Spring- 
 
 field, Ohio.] 
 
 5. Hon. Archibald H., [called " Harris " by the old people. 
 
 He was b. in North Branch village, Sept. 2, 1817 ; m. Lucy 
 J. Fogg of Exeter, Aug. 12, 1841 ; has lived for many years 
 in Nashua. Mr. Dunlap has had the confidence of the people 
 of Nashua, as shown by the fact that he has several times 
 been called to important offices in the city government. He 
 was a representative from Nashua in the legislature of the 
 State two years. In 1858 he was elected railroad commis- 
 sioner for three years. In 1864 he was chosen one of the 
 presidential electors for New Hampshire, and when they met 
 in Concord to discharge the duties of their office, another son 
 of Antrim, Hon. Daniel M. Christie of Dover, was also a mem- 
 ber of the electoral college. Thus two of the five were born in 
 this little town of Antrim. The meeting of these two gen- 
 tlemen under such circumstances must have been exceed- 
 ingly happy and interesting ; and they united in casting their 
 votes for Lincoln, whom all men unite in praising now. In 
 1855 Mr. Dunlap was chosen deacon in the Olive-street 
 Congregational Church, and continued in the discharge of 
 said official duties more than twenty-two years. And after 
 the subsequent union of his own with the Pearl-sti'eet 
 Church he was chosen deacon -in the united, or " Pilgrim 
 Church," — all which, as indicative of confidence after a 
 trial of years, is highly creditable. Mr. Dunlap has been 
 known in the business world as the proprietor of " Dunlap's 
 Garden Seeds." He may fairly be classed among the most 
 successful sons of Antrim. His able response on Centen- 
 
480 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 nial Day may be found on another page, among the ad- 
 dresses of that interesthig occasion. His children are James 
 JBt., Georgie A., John P., Abbie J., and Charles H. I must 
 not omit to add that Dea. Dunlap gives a hundred dollars 
 toward putting the steel engravings of Dr. and Mrs. Whiton 
 into this book, " as a testimony of the high appreciation in 
 which he held their memory and worth ; and also as an ex- 
 pression of the great regard he has for the church and so- 
 ciety over which Dr. Whiton presided as pastor for so many 
 years." He spoke also of the " blessed impression Dr. 
 Whiton left on the minds of the young in his visits for many 
 years among the schools of the town." I take the liberty to 
 put this on record and tender the thanks of myself and a 
 multitude of others.] 
 
 6. David R., [went to Zanesville, Ohio, in 1842; m. Harriet 
 
 Wilkins of that place, and d. there in 1872, aged 52.] 
 
 7. Margaret Isabel, [m. Hanson Blaisdell, Esq., of Lowell, 
 
 Mass. ] 
 
 8. Jonathan D., [unm. ; has resided in California since 1849; 
 
 resides iu Los Angeles ; is assistant U. S. Marshal for 
 Southern California.] 
 
 9. Mary Jane, [m. William Andrews of Gallipolis, Ohio. Since 
 
 his death in 1866, she resides in Nashua.] 
 I 
 JAMES DUNLAP, brother of John, came here somewhat later. He 
 married Eachel Dinsmore, daughter of James, in 1811; was painter by 
 trade, aod first settled in Henniker, but came here on to the farm inher- 
 ited by his wife.' After her death, as they had no children, he could not 
 hold the estate ; but to the great credit of her heirs, they generously gave 
 up their portions to him in his affliction. Soon after he went into the 
 army and went through the war of 1812. At the close of the war in 1815, 
 he located in Missouri; married again and had several children, among 
 them two sons who lost their lives in the Union army in the late war. 
 James Dunlap died in 1862, aged eighty. 
 
 DAN DUNLAP, cousin of John and' James, who came from Bedford, 
 was born in that town Jan. 15, 1792; came here about 1812; married, 
 first, Mary Carr, Oct. 21, 1813; second, Abigail Combs, May 18, 1820. 
 The first wife had three childrep. -Having lived in various places, Mr. 
 Dunlap built the house next east of John Moor Duncan's in 1838. He 
 died in 1866. He had ten children in all, thus:— 
 
 1. Edward, [b. Sept. 10, 1814; m. Sarah Richardson; d. April 
 
 23,1839; no children.] 
 
 2. Mary, [b. Aug. 1, 1816 ; d. in 1836, unm.] , 
 
GENEALOGIES. 481 
 
 3. Benjamin, [b. Oct. 12, 1818 ; m. Charlotte Harvey of Man- 
 
 chester, and d. in Goffstown, date not given.] 
 
 4. GiLMAN, [b. May 20, 1821 ; m. Lucinda Temple of Stoddard, 
 
 and d. in that town, date not given.] 
 
 5. Alfred, [b. Aug. 28, 1822 ; m. Sarah Goldsmith of Man- 
 
 chester ; has a large family ; lives in Lynn, Mass.] 
 
 6. Harriet, [b. Sept. 6, 1825 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 7. John, [b. March 5, 1827 ; date of death not given.] 
 
 8. Sarah, [b. July 26, 1829 ; m. John H. Dadman ; d. in Lynn, 
 
 Mass., March 13, 1876.] 
 
 9. James, [b. Sept. 20, 1831 ; m. Anthana Wilson, and lives in 
 
 Nashua.] 
 
 10. Abigail, [b. May 19, 1836 ; m. Horace Walter ; d. in Lynn, 
 Mass., Feb. 15, 1872.] 
 
 DUSTIN. 
 
 ZACCHEUS DUSTIN, a great-great-grandson of Hannah Dustin of 
 Indian fame, — some of Hannah Dustin's wearing apparel being still in 
 possession of some of this branch of the descendants, — was the sOnofEli- 
 phalet and Jennet (McCoUum) Dustin of Francestown. He married Mary 
 A. Dustin (his cousin), and came here in 1812 on to the Burns place, near 
 Keed Carr's. After some twenty years he moved to the Weston place 
 at North Branch, where he died in 1845, at the age of sixty-six years. 
 His children were : — 
 
 1. Luke Lincoln, [b. March 21, 1806, and d. Feb. 27, 1818.] 
 
 2. Jane M., [b. April 8, 1808 ; m. John G. Proctor of Frances- 
 
 town, and moved there, where she d. in 1859, leaving one 
 
 son : — 
 George A., (who entered the Union army, and was killed at 
 the battle of Port Hudson.)] 
 
 3. Benjamin F., [b. Sept. 10, 1810 ; m. Eoxanna Eobb, Oct. 14, 
 
 1845 and lived at North Branch until after his father's 
 
 death. In 1854 he moved on to the Swain place ; thence in 
 
 1878 on to the Sylvester Preston farm. His children are : — 
 Washington F., (b. June 5, 1846 ; m. Alfaretta Batchelder of 
 
 Hudson in 1876, and settled on the Foster place, having one 
 
 child, Mark W., b. in January, 1877.) 
 Josie M., (b. March 31, 1848 ; m. Alvin Brown, Aug. 29, 
 
 1872.) 
 Charles H., (b. March 3, 1850 ; m. Eliza A. White of Keene, 
 
 and is now a blacksmith at Marlborough Harbor.) 
 Mason E., (b. March 6, 1854.) 
 
 31 
 
482 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 John JE., (b. Jan. 21, 1856.) 
 Stella A., (b. Dec. 20, 1860.) 
 Elmer A., (b. July 12, 1863.) 
 Herbert F.,(b. Feb. 3,1865.) 
 Marietta B., (b. May 29, 1872.)] 
 4. Betsey A., [b. Jan. 15, 1813 ; m. John Campbell of this 
 
 town, Nov. 14, 1842, and now resides in New York City.] 
 6. Calista, [b. July 15, 1815 ; m. Stephen Holmes, June 11, 
 1857, and d. in Greenfield, June 18, 1877, aged 62.] 
 
 6. Marietta, [b. July 6, 1819 ; m. Alexander W. Thayer, and 
 
 lives in Brookline, Mass.] 
 
 7. LucETTA M., [b. Jan. 8, 1823; m. Daniel A. Parsons, and 
 
 lives in Woi'cester, Mass.] 
 
 DUTTON. 
 
 HOSEA E. DUTTON, son of Reuben and Arthusa (Evans) Dutton, 
 was born in Greenfield in 1835, and married Eliza A. Burton of Wilton 
 in 1860. He came to Antrim in 1869, and bought the old Reuben Rob- 
 inson place, where he was chiefly engaged in the lumber business, about 
 nine years. Has recently moved to Erancestown. He has one child: — 
 
 1. Annie E., [b. in 1871.] 
 
 MOSES DUTTON lived awhile on the Hiram Eaton farm. He united 
 with the church in 1817. Little is known of him. 
 
 EATON. 
 
 HIRAM EATON, son of James and Sarah (George) Eaton, was born 
 in Deering, Dec. 11, 1817 ; came to Antrim in 1841, and built, in company 
 with Jonathan White, the old shovel-shop on' the street in South Vil- 
 lage. There they carried on blacksmithing and the manufacture of hoes, 
 and later the celebrated " Antrim shovel " was made by them. It is 
 claimed that this patent originated in the mind of Mr. Eaton, while it 
 was put in execution by the skillful hand, of Mr. White. They were 
 laughed at for thinking they could weld sheet-steel ; but they succeeded, 
 and now the best shovel in the world is thus made. Mr. Eaton married 
 Edna C. Sweetser of Deering, March 28, 1844; moved on to the John 
 McNiel place in 1856, which- he has since occupied. Children:-^ 
 
 1. Charles H., [b. May 22, 1845 ; m. Addie L. Ellms of Scit- 
 
 uate, Mass., March 11, 1871; has been several years in 
 business in Boston. Is now one of the leading officers of 
 the Knights of Honor in New England.] 
 
 2. LuviA A., [d. in 1853, aged 6 years.] 
 
 3. Walter S., [b. Feb. 22, 1855.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 483 
 
 JAMES EATON came here from Bethlehem in 1854, into the house 
 east of Maplewood cemetery, and died in 1860. His father, James Eaton 
 of Deering, married, first, Martha McClure ; second, Mrs. Sarah (George) 
 White. He was the son of Martha McClure, and half-brother to Hiram 
 Eaton named above. His wife was Olive Wilson, and his children as 
 follows: — 
 
 1. Rebecca, [b. in 1812 ; m. Amos Hemphill of Medford, Mass., 
 
 and d. in 1872.] 
 
 2. Hiram, [d. unm. in 1853, aged 40.] 
 
 3. LuciNDA, [m. Clinton French of Lyndeborough, and d. there 
 
 in 1848.] 
 
 4. RoxANNA, [m. Sewall Skinner of Laconia, and d. there in 
 
 1840.] 
 
 5. James, Jr., [b. in 1823; came here in 1841 to help build 
 
 Poor's reservoir ; thence to Boston ; served awhile getting 
 out oak ship-timber in Louisiana ; m. Mary ,C., daughter of 
 Alexander Caldwell of Medford, Mass., in 1845 ; resided 
 here till 1878, when he built in Bennington near the Antrim 
 depot. Has three children living, as follows : — 
 Francelia A.,(m.. Amos Wyman of Hillsborough Bridge.) 
 Martha J., (m. Albert Baldwin, and lives in Brattleborough, 
 
 Vt.) 
 Edwin L., (b. in 1853 ; m. Fannie J. Dodge in 1875.)] 
 
 6. Joseph, [d. in South Village, unm., in 1853, the same day his 
 
 brother Hiram was buried ; he d. just while the funeral 
 procession of his brother was on the way to the grave ; aged 
 33,] 
 
 7. Melissa, [m. John Sampson of Charlestown, Mass., and d. in 
 
 that place childless, in 1876.] 
 
 8. LucETTA, [m. Henry Delano of Duxbury, Mass., and d. in 
 
 1871.] 
 
 GEOEGE W. EATON", son of Isaac and Betsey (Atwood) Eaton, 
 was born in Francestown Nov. 80, 1840, and came to Antrim when quite 
 young to work for Mrs. Alice Woodbury. He married Mary Jeanette 
 Dow of Antrim Nov. 4, 1860, and succeeded Lyman Dow on the Esq. 
 Hopkins place, from which he moved to Suncook in 1868, thence to 
 Woonsocket, E. I. All their children but the youngest were born here. 
 
 1. Annie J., [b. Feb. 20,'l862.] * 
 
 2. Hattie W., [b. March 17, 1864.] 
 
 3. Jbnnis S., [b. July 29, 1865. J 
 
 4. Charles L., [b. Oct. 1, 1867.] 
 
 5. Nellie M., [b. Sept. 30, 1870.] . 
 
484 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 EDES. 
 
 SAMUEL EDES came hejre from Needham, Mass., 1791, and settled 
 a short distance southeast of the Dinsmore place, on High Kange. His 
 father was Nathan Edes. His mother was Mrs. Sarah (Smith) Hawes. 
 This Nathan was a direct descendant of John Edes, who was born in 
 Lawford, England, in 1651, and who came over and married Mary Tufts 
 of Charlestowu, Mass., in 1674. The family in England was of high char- 
 acter and position. Samuel Edes married, first, Elisabeth Baker, who 
 was mother of all his children, and who died in Antrim Jan. 22, 1798, 
 aged forty- five; married, second, Sarah Hutchinson, who died in Peter- 
 borough 1816, aged sixty-four; married, third, Mrs. Mary Eaton, who sur- 
 vived him and died in 1864, aged eighty-nine. Samuel Edes died July 10, 
 1845, aged ninety-two. He took an earnest part in the Eevolutionary 
 struggle. At the battle of Lexington he was in the Needham company 
 of minute-men, out of which seven were killed. He had several narrow 
 escapes that day. The night before the battle of Bunker Hill he was 
 engaged driving oxen, getting ready for the morrow. He followed this 
 all night, and thete was no speaking above a whisper as the determined 
 work of the patriots went on, The next year he became quartermaster 
 and continued in that capacity for three years. Then retiring from the 
 war, he lived for a time in Stoddard, but we cannot learn, much more of 
 him until his coming here, as mentioned above. His children were : — 
 
 1. Samuel, [b. March 15, 1775 ; m. Mary Waite of Londonderry ; 
 
 killed by fall of a timber in raising a barn in Peterborough, 
 June 15, 1816. His widow became second wife of Robert 
 Carr, named below. He left eight children. The youngest, 
 left fatherless in infancy, after many hardships and strug- 
 gles, is now an eminent physician in Cedar Rapids, lo.] 
 
 2. Catheeinb, [b. Feb. 16, 1777; m. Robert Carr of Hills- 
 
 borough ; d. 1819.] 
 
 3. Elisabeth, [b. July 15, 1779 ; m. Michael Walker, and moved 
 
 to Maine.] 
 
 4. Sarah, [b. Sept. 6, 1781 ; m. John Howe, and settled in 
 
 Temple, Me.] 
 
 5. Joseph, [b. Sept. 10, 1783 ; was killed by one of his neigh- 
 
 bors in Temple, Me., 1863.J 
 
 6. Jeremiah, [b. Aug. 24, 1785 ; m. Rebecca Whitney of Ded- 
 
 ham, Mass. ; went to Elizabeth City, N. J., and d. there 
 1865.] 
 
 7. Rebecca, [b. Sept. 17, 1787 ; m. Asahel Smith, and lives in 
 
 Dedham, Mass.] 
 
 8. Patience, [twin-sister of Rebecca ; d. at the age of 3.] 
 
 9. Daniel, [b. Jan. 2, 1790 ; m. Feb. 12, 1817, Jane Craige ; d. 
 
 in Peterborough, June 22, I860.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 485 
 
 10. Amasa, [b. in Antrim March 21, 1792 ; was graduated at 
 Dartmoiith College, 1817 ; studied law in Belfast, Me., and 
 then in Keene, under James Wilson, Sen. Was admitted 
 to the bar in October, 1822. Betweenl817 and 1822, while 
 studying law, he taught a large part of the tinie in the 
 academies of New Ipswich, Hancock, and Newport. In this 
 last town he settled in the practice of law, and there he now 
 resides in honorable and quiet old age. Is the oldest 
 lawyer in practice in the State, and is president of the Sul- 
 livan County Bar. The reader is -referred to his letter 
 among the centennial papers. His wife, Sarah Hart of 
 Keene, d. Oct. 8, 1869, aged 74. Their only surviving 
 child, Samuel H. Edes, Esq. (Dartmouth College, 1844), is 
 a lawyer of some note, and has been solicitor of Sullivan 
 County.] 
 
 11. Isaac, [b. in Antrim March 31, 1795 ; m.Elisabeth Mitchell ; 
 
 occupied the homestead of his father in Peterborough ; was 
 for many years a teacher, and had a local distinction as such 
 that was just and well-deserved ; was one of the selectmen 
 of Peterborough in 1835, 1836, 1837, and 1838 ; was killed 
 instantly by fall from a tree while picking apples, Oct. 26, 
 1859.J 
 
 12. Polly, [b. in Antrim Dec. 6, 1797 ; m. Andrew Templeton, 
 
 and went to New York. J 
 
 ELLIOT. 
 
 ANDREW W. E.LLIOT, son of Barnard C. and Deborah Elliot, waa 
 born in Concord in 1824, married Mary J. Gregg of Antrim, came here 
 in 1850, and went to North Easton, Mass., in 1866 to continue there the 
 manufacture of shovels in which he had been engaged here. They had 
 one child born in Antrim : — 
 
 1. Edwin L., [b. April 16, 1852 ; m. Martha A. Underwood of 
 Orange, Mass., June 28, 1874. J 
 
 EMERY. 
 
 JOHN EMERY, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Straw) Emery, was 
 born in Henniker, Nov. 24, 1799, and married Jane Sweetser of Benning- 
 ton in 1820. He moved here the same year into a house then standing 
 north of the now Keene road, in the extreme western part of the town, 
 unto which there was no road of any kind above Chester Conn's corner. 
 The Keene road was built in 1834. In 1835, Mr. Emery moved his build 
 ingS from their old location down to the Keene road, where he now lives. 
 
486 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 He was a man of great endurance, as well as of courage and energy, for 
 a long series of years. In 1862, Mrs. Jane (Sweetser) Emery died, and 
 in 1863 he married Betsey Colby of Sutton. His children are : — 
 
 1. AuKiLLA, [m. Samuel Robb of Stoddard, July 3, 1851. J 
 
 2. Martha J., [m. B. P. Mcllvaine Sept. 12, I860.] 
 
 ENGLISH. 
 
 THOMAS ENGLISH came here in 1779, probably from Hancock, 
 and settled on the old road from the Madison Tuttle place to the Branch. 
 The house stood on the north side of the road on the highest knoll in the 
 field now James M. Tuttle's, but the cellar is filled up, and fifty harvests 
 have grown upon the spot. He married Nancy Moore, daughter of Dea. 
 "William Moore of Bedford; was constable and tax-collector; was flfer in 
 the Revolutionary army ; was trusted and respected, but absconded with 
 a portion of the town's money in 1782. The town attached his land, and 
 friends settled it up; but he came here no more to live. He had a family 
 of six children, but all have been dead many years, and nothing is known 
 of their descendants. 
 
 It appears from the records of Bedford, that Nancy Moore, named 
 above, who was a sister to Mrs. Alexander Jameson, was a second wife, 
 inasmuch as it speaks of children of " Thomas English and Agnes his 
 wife " and then speaks of the two youngest as " born in Antrim." The 
 names of his children, so far as known, were these : — 
 
 1. Jenny, [b. in Bedford, April 12, 1771.J 
 
 2. James, [b. Sept. 16, 1773.J 
 
 3. William, [b. in Bedford, Jan. 23, 1776.] 
 
 4. Elizabeth, [b. in Hancock, June 6, 1778.] 
 
 5. Sarah, [b. in Antrim 1781.] 
 
 6. Andrew Jack, (h. in Antrim, April 21, 1783.] 
 
 BSTEY. 
 
 EDGAR W. ESTEY was born in Hillsborough, Oct. 6, 1841. He 
 came here at the age of twelve years to live with James "Wood, where he 
 remained until he entered the army in 1861. He was in the Ninth N. H. 
 Regiment, and passed through many conflicts, and now carries in 
 his body a bullet received in the battle of Spottsylvania Court-House. 
 He was son of Joshua C. and Paulina (Emerson) Estey, and grandson of 
 Joshua Estey, w'ho was born in Hillsborough, Jul}' 2, 1776. The '' Annals 
 of Hillsborough " speak of " Joshua Easty," who was head of a family 
 there in 1767. This Easty, or Estey, was from Middleton, Mass., and is 
 no doubt the one who died Oct. 2, 1807, aged seventy-two. The father of 
 Edgar "W. was born Saturday, Oct. 17, 1812. Edgar W. Estey married 
 Helen B. Curtis of Antrim, March 18, 1869; lived awhile at Staatsburg, 
 N. T., but now occupies the house at the Steele mills. Children: — 
 
 1. Dana W., [b. Nov. 28, 1870 ; d. March 19, 1872.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 487 
 
 2. Eva B., [b.. Feb. 27, 1875.J 
 
 JOSHUA B. ESTET, brother of the above, was born July 1, 1846; 
 lived many years with Rev. Mr. Bates. He is now one of the leading 
 dry-goods merchants in Manchester. He married Florence M. Burn- 
 ham of Hartland, Vt. 
 
 FAIRBANKS. 
 
 ZACCHEUS FAIRBANKS Uved here nearly fifty years. His mother 
 and the house she occupied were swept away by a hurricane. The house 
 was carried forty rods. Portions of her clothing were torn off and carried 
 five miles. Yet she survived and lived to be nearly one hundred years old. 
 He came here from Framingham, Mass., and bought of Samuel Caldwell 
 the Luke Vose place, as now known, in 1798. He was several years 
 licensed to keep a hotel and sell liquor, which was not a disreputable busi- 
 ness at that day. In 1835, being then an old man, he moved into a house 
 built for the purpose by his son Woodbury, between Caleb Roach's and 
 Thomas Flint's, where he died Jan. 6, 1845, aged eighty-six. He married, 
 first, Mary Brinley, March 3, 1779, who lived but a few years; married, 
 second, Martha Gates. The latter died May 21, 1853, aged eighty-six. 
 There were fourteen children, two of them by the first wife; the five last 
 being born in Antrim, the others in Framingham : — 
 
 1. Nancy, [m. 1st, a Mr. Bannister of Framingham ; 2d, a Mr. 
 
 Easty.] 
 
 2. Thomas, [b. June 17, 1783 ; m. Mary Laws Of Acton, Mass., 
 
 lived in Natick, Mass. ; had a large family ; d. about 1870. J 
 
 3. Mart, [known as " Polly," b. April 23, 1787 ; m. Solomon 
 
 Rhodes, Oct. 22, 1807 ; d. Aug. 23, 1867. No children.] 
 
 4. Katherine, [b. March 20, 1789; m. Robert, son of James 
 
 Duncan, Aug. 29, 1811 ; d. about 1847.] 
 
 5. Capt. Dexter, [b. Dec. 19, 1790 ; went into the war of 1812 ; 
 
 after his return sunk into consumption and d. at age of 27.] 
 
 6. Samuel, [b. Jan. 11, 1793 ; dt num., aged o2.] 
 
 7. Clarissa, [b. Oct. 4, 1794 ; m. Nathaniel Nichols of Haver- 
 
 hill, Mass., Oct. 20, 1814 ; d. in 1842.] 
 
 8. Charles, [b. Sept. 15, 1796 ; was out two years in the war of 
 
 1812 ; afterwards m. Maria Parker of Bradford, Mass. ; was 
 long in business in that place ; has sons in trade in Haver- 
 hill, Mass., and there he is now living.] 
 
 9. Curtis, [b. Nov. 13, 1798 ; d. of spotted fever in 1812.J 
 
 10. Peter Woodbury, [always called simply " Woodbury," b. 
 in Antrim, Oct. 31, 1800 ; m. Miriam Wilcox, Aug. 23, 
 1825 ; built the Caleb Roach house, where he lived many 
 years, but in later life he moved to Lowell, Mass., and d. 
 there in 1870. Children : — 
 
488 GENEALOGIES. ' 
 
 Mary, (b. Jan. 20, 1827 ; d. March 4, 1834.) 
 
 Kate, (b. Feb. '20, 1830 ; m. Harrison Flint of Danbury, 
 Conn.) 
 
 Frances, (b. April 20, 1833 ; m. John M. Godown of Fort 
 Wayne, Ind.) 
 
 Clark, (b. July 31, 1834 ; unm. ; has long been editor of the 
 " Free Press," Fort Wayne, Ind.) 
 
 George D., (b. Feb. 13, 1840 ; m. 1st, Lucy Putnam of Lowell, 
 Mass. ; m. 2d, Nannie Miner of Alexandria, Ya. Is a mer- 
 chant in Springfield, Mass.)] 
 ll'. Susan, [b. June 25, 1802 ; d. in childhood.] 
 
 12. LuciNDA, [b. March 30, 1804 ; m. Josiah Duncan, Dec. 28, 
 
 1826.] 
 
 13. William E., [b. April 17, 1806; m. Hannah Coburn of 
 Dracut, Mass. ; moved to Cranston, R.'L, and d. there.] 
 
 14. Abigail Mokris, [b. June 16, 1808 ; m. W. W. Coburn of 
 Deering ; lived and d. in that town. Her deaith occurred 
 in March, 1853.] 
 
 FAIRFIELD. 
 
 ALMUS FAIKFIELD, son of Joseph and Ruth (Campbell) Fair- 
 field of New Boston, was born in that town Sept. 12, 1821. Ruth Camp- 
 bell was a daughter of William and Ann (Christie) Campbell, and niece 
 of John Campbell who settled in Antrim. Joseph Fairfield was son of 
 Joseph and Elisabeth (Sweetser) Fairfield of Wenham, Mass. The last 
 was son of Benjamin Fairfield, the leading man in Wenham in Revolu- 
 tionary times. Benjamin's father was Hon. William Fairfield, who was 
 for a long time the most prominent man in that section, was speaker of 
 Massachusetts House of Representatives, and held every office then 
 within the gift of the State. While he was speaker, all traveling then 
 being on horseback, he started one morning to catch the animal and ride 
 in for the usual session, as was his custom; but being absent-minded and 
 much absorbed in the expected business of the day, he walked into 
 Boston, seven or eight miles, bridle in hand, and mounted the speaker's 
 desk before he noticed that he hadn't got the horse 1 The Hon. William 
 was born in 1661, died 1742 ; was son of Walter, and grandson of John 
 Fairfield, who was the first of the family this side the water, and died at 
 a very great age in 1646. Almus Fairfield came to Antrim in 1841 as 
 clerk for Hirsim Griffin' at the Branch. Bought out Mr. Griffin in 1849, 
 and has been doing business there up to the present date. Has been 
 postmaster since 1850, — longer probably than any other man in the 
 county. Has been ten times elected town clerk. Has been much em- 
 ployed by his townsmen in probate business and making conveyances of 
 real estate as justice of the peace. Married 'Lydia A. Gregg of Deering, 
 Jan. 8, 1852. Their only child, Ruth Antoinette, born Nov. 12, 1853, 
 
GENEALOGIES. 489 
 
 married Charles E. Averill of Mont Yernon, Sept. 1, 1875, and now lives 
 in Nashua. Almus Fairfield carried on an extensive business as a 
 printer for many years in connection with his store, but relinquished it 
 about 1875. 
 
 FARRINGTON. 
 
 BARNARD FARRINGTON came here from Greenfield 1819, lived 
 on the Dea. Shattuck farm, built the present house in 1829; was son of 
 Ebenezer and Mary (Cudworth) Farrington ; married Elenor Brewster of 
 Erancestown; lived here till 1830, when he sold to J. W. Christie, and 
 moved to Deering, and died in that town 1848. His leg was badly broken 
 and lacerated by the fall of a tree ; he lingered several months in great 
 distress, and passed away at the age of fifty-eight. Left three children 
 besides two sons that died in childhood : — 
 
 1. Eben, [b. here Nov. 27, 1820 ; m. Laura Sherborne, and now 
 
 lives in Lowell.] 
 
 2. James B., [b. Sept. 12, 1825 ; m. Sarah Taylor of Atkinson ; 
 
 has been many years a trader in Holyoke, Mass.] 
 
 3. Mary, [b. May 30, 1827 ; m. Caleb W Eoach, March 14, 
 
 1850.] 
 
 DANIEL FARRINGTON came here from Deering in 1823, and built 
 the same year what was known as the Moses Duncan house. This house 
 stood next west of Thomas Flint's, and was taken down in 1870. He was 
 a brickmaker by trade ; though an old man he superintended making 
 brick for the Center Church, 1826. Died at great age, Feb. 26, 1842. 
 
 He married, first, Barrodil Bucknam; second, Mrs. Elenor ( ) 
 
 Rhodes. They moved to Alexandria, and he died in that town. Had 
 children (all we know of) : — 
 
 1. Daniel, Jr., [b. in Medford, Mass., May 22, 1789; m. 1st, 
 
 Nancy Green of Francestown, \^ho d. 1817, aged 27 ; m. 
 2d, Elisabeth Gibson of Frdncestown in January, 1822 ; 
 went from Antrim to Great Valley, N. Y., 1815 ; was town 
 clerk in that place twenty years, postmaster fourteen years ; 
 held many other important trusts ; left a large family, and 
 d. there Sept. 25, 1868.J 
 
 2. Fanny, [m. Charles Houghton ; d. De Oota, lo., Oct. 17, 
 
 1857.] 
 
 3. Nancy, [d. 1822 unm., aged about 25.] 
 
 PERRY. 
 
 NOAH C. FERRY, son of Daniel and Elenor (Clark) Ferry, was 
 born in Granby, Mass.; married Mary Smith of Deering; lived some 
 years in Vermont ; came here on the Alexander Parker place in 1838, 
 
490 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 but after a few years moved to West Deering, where he died in 1876, aged 
 eighty-five years. His children are : — 
 
 1. LuciNDA, [m. Henry Holton and lives in Deering. Their only 
 
 child, Edwin C. Holton, was editor of the " Hillsborough 
 Messenger," and is now on the " Boston Globe."] 
 
 2. Noah C, [b. in Vermont in 1825 ; m. Lucy J. Duncan of this 
 
 town, Dec. 29, 1853, and now lives in the first house, east 
 
 of the East school-house, having children : — ; 
 Jennie M., (b. May 1, 1855 ; m. John C. Holt of New Boston, 
 
 Jan. 2, 1878.) 
 Horace 0., (b. Aug. 9, 1857 ; m. Annie George of Weare, 
 
 March 5, 1880.) 
 Morris C, (twin-brother of Horace C, d. in 1865.) 
 Francis Jff., (d. in 1868, aged nearly 2 years.) 
 Mtiie C, (d. in 1872, aged 3 years.) 
 Nellie F., (b. in 1875.)] 
 
 3. Alvin, [m. Diana Marshall and lives in Hillsborough Upper 
 
 Village.] 
 
 4. Sarah, [m. John A. White of Deering ; d. Aug. 16, 1878.] 
 
 5. James P., [b. in Johnson, Vt., in 1835 ; m. Nancy W. McClure 
 
 of New Boston, and lives in West Deering.] 
 
 6. Harrison G., [b. in Antrim in 1838 ; m. 1st, Clintina Colby 
 
 of Bennington ; m. 2d, Louise M. Dodge of Antrim, and 
 lives in West Deering. Is editor and proprietor of the 
 " Hillsborough Messenger."] 
 
 FERSON. 
 
 JOHN FEESON, son of James and Margaret (Starrett) Ferson, came 
 here from Francestown in 1819 and lived on the James Nesmith place, 
 on the northwest slope of Meeting-House Hill. He married Lucy F. 
 Wood of Francestown in 1819; moved to Nashua, where he died in 1872, 
 aged eighty-two. His children were : — 
 
 1. LucT M., [b. in 1820 ; m. Granville Rideout, and d. at 
 
 Nashua in I860.] 
 
 2. Mart S., [b. in 1822, and d. in Francestown in 1840.] 
 
 3. John L., [b. in 1823 ; m. Mary Branch, and is now living in 
 
 Oshkosh, Wis.] 
 
 4. Clara A., [b. in 1826, m. Amos Fletcher, and now lives in 
 
 Nashua.] 
 
 5. James S., [b. in 1827 ; m. -Augusta Willard, and lives in Pine 
 
 City, Minn.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 491 
 
 MOSES B. TERSON", brother of above, married Sally Colby, Oct. 21, 
 1823. He owned and lived on the place where N. C. Ferry now resides, 
 and died in 1857. His children are : — 
 
 1. Levi C, [b. Dec. 13, 1824; m. Lizzie R. Fields of North- 
 
 field, and now resides at Andover.] 
 
 2. Harris Dane, [b. June 30, 1826; in. Lucy Codman of Deer- 
 
 ing, and now lives in California.] 
 
 3. Sarah M. C, [b. June 27, 1829; m. George Holt, and lives 
 
 in Chelmsford, Mass.j 
 
 4. John J., [b. Dec! 8, 1831, and now lives in Hanover.] 
 
 5. Verona K, [b. Dec. 16, 1833 ; m. Stillman Willard, and lives 
 
 in Methuen, Mass.] 
 
 6. Mart A., [m. John N. Webster; lives in Fitchburg, Mass.] 
 
 7. George L., [now living in Lowell, unm.] 
 
 FIELD. 
 
 OTIS FIELD, son of John and Euth (Thayer) Field of Peterborough, 
 was born in that town Jan. 12, 1794; married Lydia Dodge; came here 
 and lived a few years at the Center of the town. Here his wife died Nov. 
 10, 1839, aged forty-seven. He died in 1863. They had six children, but 
 we have no knowledge of them further. Otis was a brother of Dea. John 
 Pield of Peterborough. The family came from Braintree, Mass. 
 
 FISHER. 
 
 Dea. SAMUEL FISHER came from Ireland at the age of eighteen, 
 in " the starved ship," in 1740. A table-spoonful of oat-meal moistened 
 with salt water was the daily allowance for fourteen days. This failing 
 at last, they lived on the bodies of the dead. When these were con- 
 sumed they drew lots to determine which should die to preserve the 
 rest, and the lot fell on Mr. Fisher. But as the sad preparations were 
 nearly completed, a ship came in sight, signals of distress were made, the 
 work of death was delayed, and all were soon rescued. In all his long 
 life Dea. Fisher could never after " see, without pain, the least morsel of 
 food wasted, or a pail of water thrown carelessly on the ground." His 
 first wife was Sarah Taylor of Londonderry. In that town he settled, 
 and died there April 10, 1806, aged eighty-three. Dea. Fisher was tall, 
 grave, commanding, and able both in body and mind. He had twelve 
 children. One of them was Dea. James Fisher, who married Sarah Steele 
 of Antrim, aunt of Dea. Robert Steele. This James Fisher seems to 
 have been here for a time, and probably his oldest child may have' been 
 born here. He then settled in Francestown, and was a leading man in 
 that place. He was a very devoted man. Some of the first meetings 
 in Francestown were held in his barn. He is said to have given the 
 ground on which the church of Francestown stands. He was a vigorous 
 and consistent Presbyterian. Himself and wife in the early days 
 
492 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 came to Antrim to communion, and brought their children here to be 
 baptized. The mother was a fleshy woman and had to have a horse by 
 herself. Sometimes they came with the cart and oxen. 
 
 There was a Samuel Fisher in this town two or three years, running 
 the first little fulling-mill in South Village. He advertised in the Am-, 
 herst paper May 12, 1798, for payment by " all indebted for dressing cloth 
 as he should leave town in three weeks." He was probably a son of Dea. 
 Samuel of Londonderry, and brother of Dea. James named above. I 
 have found no further information concerfling him. 
 
 Matthew A. Fisher, born in 1785, was son of Dea. James Fisher and 
 Sarah Steele; married Jane Warren Christie of Antrim; settled in Han- 
 cock, where his two oldest children were born, anti subsequently located 
 on the homestead of his father in Francestown. Their five children are 
 all living as follows: Zibiah Ann, who married Roswell N. Temple of 
 Reading, Mass.; Mary Jane, who married James H. Hall of Brookline; 
 Samuel C, who married, first, Mary E. Barnes, and second, Sarah Jane 
 Christie, and lives in Dover; Charles W., who married Elisabeth Nott, 
 and lives in Chelsea, Mass.; and Gilman C, who married Hattie W. Ste- 
 vens, and lives in Dover. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER C. FISHER was son of Jonathan and Rebecca 
 (Adams) Fisher, and grandson of Jonathan and Phebe (Thurston) Fisher 
 of Alstead, and was born in Dalton, Sept, 8, 1809; came here in May, 
 1847; married Mary A. Hills, July 29, 1839; had charge of town farm from 
 1859 to 1865; moved to Antrim, Minn., in 1865, where he yet lives. They 
 had but one child: — 
 
 1. Lizzre A., [b. May 1, 1847 ; m. Jason K. Webster, Jan. 1, 
 1867. (See Webster.)] 
 
 FLANDERS. 
 
 JONATHAN FLANDERS hved here five or six years, say from 
 1790 to 1795 ; but I have not found where, nor learned much concerning 
 him. Jonathan and Sarah Flanders had two children born here: — 
 
 1. Betty, [b. Aug. 18, 1790.] 
 
 2. Thomas, [b. March 29, 1792.J 
 
 FLETCHER. 
 
 ROBERT FLETCHER, the ancestor of the American Fletchers, 
 came from Yorkshire, England, to Concord, Mass., and settled there in 
 1630. His fourth son, Francis Fletcher, was born in Concord, Mass., in 
 1636. ' His .wn Joseph was born in 1661, and his son Francis in 1698. 
 This second Francis had a son Francis, who was bom in Concord, 
 Mass., in 1733; served through the Revolutionary war; married Sarah 
 Parker of Westford, Mass., and moved to New Ipswich in 1760, where he 
 died in 1797, leaving a large family, one of whom was Samuel, who came 
 to Antrim. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 493 
 
 Dea. SAMUEL FLETCHER was born in New Ipswich, April 19, 
 1789. At the death of liis father he was but eight years of age, and he 
 then went to live with Dr. James Crombie of Temple. He came to 
 Antrim in 1813; April 20, 1814, he married Annie Bodwell of Antrim, 
 and settled on the farm near the late Artemas Brown's, in the west part 
 of the town, where he died in 18-15. His mother, Mrs. Sarah (Parker) 
 Fletcher, died in this town" in 1825. His widow now lives in Bunker 
 Hill, 111. Dea. Fletcher was for many years an elder in the Presbyterian 
 Church, and prominent in various public affairs. He represented An- 
 trim in the legislature six years, and was one of the selectmen twelve 
 years, being most of the time chairman of the board. He was justice of 
 the peace, and for a time town clerk. He was highly and universally 
 esteemed, and his death in the prime of his years was an event of public 
 sorrow. He died suddenly of malignant erysipelas. Being called to 
 assist in preparing for burial the body of his near neighbor, Joseph S. 
 Atherton, who died of that disease, he is supposed to have been inocu- 
 lated with it, as it soon after came upon him in terrible form. His chil- 
 dren, all of whom are gone from Antrim, are as follows : — 
 
 1. Ltdia, [b. June 8, 1816 ; m. Reuben Hill, Nov. 4, 1834, and 
 
 d. April 25, 18.52. J 
 
 2. Louisa, [b. June 26, 1816 ; m. (reorge W.Winship of Nashua, 
 
 Feb. 1, 1841, and d. at Brighton, Mass., Aug. 31, 1845, 
 having children : — 
 
 aeorgianna, (Jo. Dec. 17, 1841.) 
 
 Louisa F., (b. Aug. 19, 1845 ; m. 1st, John A. Hall of Hills- 
 borough ; m. 2d, Stephen A. Brown of that place, Lower 
 Village.)] 
 
 3. Hannah K., [b.. March 17, 1818 ; m. Milton Hill of Hancock, 
 
 Oct. 23, 1838. They removed to the West in 1859 and now- 
 live in California. Three children grew up, as follows : — 
 
 Lorenzo M., (b. Jan. 2, 1840; m.- Annie Sheppard; lives in 
 Macon, 111 ) 
 
 Elisabeth, (b. June 10, 1842 ; m. 1st, Reuben Bates, who 
 was killed in the capture of Fort Blakelj, Mobile, in 1864 ; 
 m. 2d, A. D. Kieth, and lives in Geyserville, Cal.) 
 
 mien U.^ (b. Oct. 16, 1846 ; m. Henry Judd, Aug. 10, 1876, 
 and lives in Cottonwood Falls, Kan.)] 
 
 4. Joanna C, [b. Jan. 24, 1820 ; m. J. H. Muzzey, Sept. 27, 
 
 1846 ; d. at Bunker Hill, 111., in 1864.] 
 
 5. Rachel, [b. Sept. 23, 1822 ; m. Samuel Fletcher of Bast 
 
 Washington, and has but one child living, Ida Florence, b. 
 June 26, 1859.] 
 
 6. Samuel A., [b. Sept. 26, 1824 ; m. Henrietta M. Crane in 
 
494 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1851 ; moved to Bunker Hill, 111., in 1857 ; has been mayor 
 
 of that city. Has children : — 
 James A., (b. in Antrim, Feb. 29, 1852.) 
 William F., (b. in Bunker Hill, 111., June T,.1860.) 
 Fannie May, (b. Dec. 2, 1868.)] 
 
 7. Sarah B., [b. Dec. 27, 1827 ; m. John R. Gregg of Peter- 
 
 borough, May 20, 1847 ; he d. April 16, 1873, aged 55 ; she 
 
 has recently followed him ; was a most devoted woman. 
 
 They had three children : — 
 Annie J"., (b. March 23, 1848 ; m. Wiley J. Macy of Munford- 
 
 ville, Ky, and lives in that place.) 
 Sarah F., (h. April 24, 1851, m. Prank Wright, and lives in 
 
 Harris ville.) 
 Rarriet L., (b. Nov. 21, 1860, d. aged 17.)] 
 
 8. Prancis, [b. May 3, 1830, and d. April 4, 1831.] 
 
 9. Martha J., [b. in 1832; m. John Johnson, Dec. 21, 1852, a 
 
 mechanic, who d. in 1857. She removed to Btlnker Hill, 
 
 111., m. Henry Wise in 1864, and d. Aug. 18, 1867, leaving 
 
 two children : — 
 Nellie Johnson, (b. in Antrim March 26, 1855, m. John Hill, 
 
 and lives in Bunker Hill, 111.) 
 Henry H. Wise, (b. Peb. 20, 1865.)] 
 
 GEOEGE H. FLETCHER, known as " Howard Fletcher," moved 
 here in October, 1866, and from here to Mont Vernon, April, 1873. The 
 family for several generations lived in East Washington, where George 
 H. was born March 6, 1844. He married Luthera C. Barney of Wash- 
 ington, July 4, 1866. Lived iu the Charon house, North Branch. He 
 was the son of Samuel and Eebecca Fletcher, and grandson of Jeremiah 
 and Lucy Fletcher. This Jeremiah was brother of Dea. Samuel Fletcher 
 of Antrim. 
 
 ISAAC FLETCHER, son of Samuel and Beulah (Hathorn) Fletcher 
 of Chelmsford, Mass., was born in Temple in 1805, married Roxanna 
 Blanchard of Washington in 1827, lived in Unity, Lempster, Milford, 
 and other places, and came here in 1860, on to the Starrett place in South 
 Village. His children are : — 
 
 1. Silas, (m. Mary J. Pifield of Nashua, and d. in Antrim in 
 
 1860, leaving two children : — 
 Annie. 
 Charles, (b. here a few weeks after his father's death.)] 
 
 2. Charles S., [b. in 1831, m. Sarah A. Allds March 25, 1874, 
 
 and now lives in South Village.] 
 
 3. Jane, [m. George Smith of Mont Vernon; d. there in 1869.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 495 
 
 4. Nancy, [d. unm. at the age of 20.J 
 
 5. AlmirA', [m. John H. Smith of this town, in 1862.] 
 
 FLINT. 
 
 Four men by the name of Flint came over and settled in Massachu- 
 setts as early as 1640. Thomas and William, brothers, came from Wales, 
 and settled in Salem, Mass. This Thomas was ancestor of Hutchinson 
 Flint of Antrim. William owned nearly all the land on which the city 
 of Salem now stands,' was a prosperous man, and died in 1673, aged 
 seventy. His daughter Alice was arraigned before the Essex County 
 Court in 1652, for " wearing a silk hood ; " but on proving she was worth 
 two hundred pounds (and therefore could afford to dress better than 
 other girls), she was discharged. Two other brothers, probably akin to 
 those named above, came from Matlock, Derbyshire, England, and set- 
 tled iu Concord, Mass., in 1638. The older of these, Rev. Henry Flint, 
 married Margery Hoar (sister of President Hoar of Harvard College), 
 and was settled in Braintree, now Quincy, in 1640, and died at his post in 
 1668, leaving five children. Thomas, brother of Rev. Henry, was a man 
 of wealth and Christian excellence, and died in 1653, aged fifty. His 
 descendants are very numerous and respectable ; among them the Flints 
 of Rutland, Mass., from whom came the family of John G-. Flint, Esq., 
 of Antrim. This Thomas settled and died in Concord, Mass. His wife, 
 Abigail, died Dec. 18, 1689. Thomas and Abigail had a son. Col. John 
 Flint, who married Mrs. Mary Oakes, Nov. 12, 1667. Col. John was rep- 
 resentative of Concord, Mass., in 1678, 1680, and 1682 ; was town clerk 
 from 1680 to 1686; and died Dec. 5, 1686. Col. John had a son Thomas, 
 born Jan. 16, 1682, who married Mary Brown, and had a large family, 
 among them a son, Thomas, Jr., who settled in Rutland, Mass. Thomas 
 of Rutland was thus a great-grandson of the Thomas who settled in Con- 
 cord, Mass., in 1638. Thomas Flint of Rutland married Eunice How, 
 Jan. 22, 1745. He died May 6, 1802. ■ She died Sept. 10, 1796, aged sev- 
 enty-nine. She was daughter of Moses How, Esq., formerly of Brook- 
 field, Mass. Her brother, Samuel How, born Sept. 23, 1719, was the first 
 white male child born in Rutland, for which his father received one hun- 
 dred acres of land. 
 
 Thomas, of Salem, first mentioned above, was in that place as early as 
 1640. He purchased tracts of land in 1654, and again in 1662, which are 
 in possession of the family to this day. Giles Cary, who witnessed these 
 deeds, became a victim to the witchcraft delusion in 1692, being very 
 aged, and was executed by being " pressed to death." Thomas of Salem, 
 by his first wife, Ann, left six children. Capt. Thomas, the oldest of 
 them, was a brave military man, was in King Philip's war, was badly 
 wounded, but lived to good old age and left a large family. Ebenezer, 
 his son by his second wife, Mary Dounton, was born in 1683, married 
 Gertrude Pope, and died in 1767. Nathan, son of Ebenezer Flint and 
 Gertrude Pope, was born May 8, 1716, and moved with his family from 
 North Reading, Mass., to Amherst, in 1774. His wife was Lydia Hutch- 
 inson, and the youngest of his six children was Hutchinson Flint, who 
 came to Antrim, and whose record is given below. 
 
496 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 HUTCHINSON FLINT was born in North Reading, Mass., June 10, 
 1764; married Lucy Cole, and came here from A,mherst (now Mont Ver- 
 non) in 1796. He succeeded Eobert Holmes on the place lofag known 
 as the town farm, where now is the new and desirable residence of H. D. 
 Chapin. His first residence here was in a log house a little west of the 
 Bond place. Afterwards he built a better log house about sixty rods 
 north of the first one, and after a few years built the framed house on the 
 present site. Mr. Flint was many years a sufi'erer from paralysis, — be- 
 came almost helpless, — and passed away with the sympathy and respect 
 of his fellow-men. His death was in June, 1817. His children were: — 
 
 1. Ltdia, [b; March 5, 1788; m. James Brown, Dec. 5, 1816; 
 
 lived awhile where Mrs. Joy now lives ; had two children, 
 James a.nd Lucy,b. here ; went to Wales, N. Y., about 1830 ; 
 d. in 1859.] 
 
 2. Lucy, [b. Feb. 1, 1790 ; m. Benjamin Pollard ; went to Wales, 
 
 N. y., and d. there in 1858. She left only two children, 
 Hopkins and Seymour.] 
 
 3. Lois, [b. March 9, 1792 ; m. Benjamin Pike, April 5, 1814; 
 
 lived in Montpelier, Vt., but d. in Lexington, Mass., in 
 1840 ; no children.] 
 
 4. Lynda, [b. Aug. 28, 1793 ; was a tailoress ; lived alone awhile 
 
 on the place now Mrs. Joy's ; went to Wales, N. Y. ; m. 
 
 Holman ; afterwards joined the Mormons, and d. in 
 
 Salt Lake City, in 1855.] 
 
 5. Adam, [b. March 7, 1796 ; m. Mrs. Lydia (Eaton) George of 
 
 Deering, Dec. 11, 1834 ; lived on homestead till he sold it 
 to the town in 1833 ; then lived quite a number of years in . 
 Deering, but came back and put up the frame of a large 
 house on the site of Dea. Putney's present residence. Before 
 the house was finished outside or inside, he d. Jan. 9, 1854. 
 It was never inhabited, and, after standing in a dilapidated 
 condition some time, was taken down and removed. Adam 
 Flint left no children ; was a respectable and good man, and 
 his sudden death was greatly lamented.] 
 
 6. Cynthia, [b. Feb. 3, 1798 ; went to New York in 1828 ; 
 
 joined the Mormons ; was one of the large number disaf- 
 fected by polygamy who left Salt Lake and settled seven 
 hundred miles west of that place, in a town called San Ber- 
 nardino. She m. a man by the name of Meesic] 
 
 7. Dea John, [b. May 28, 1800 ; m. Sally Atwood, Jan. 31, 
 
 1822 ; put up the Dea. Bond farm-buildings ; there lived 
 some years and had children : Thomas, Joshua, and Claor- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 497 
 
 rie ; moved to Wales, N. Y., about 1830 ; thence to Albany, 
 Wis., where his large family are settled close about him, 
 and where he d. Nov. 18, 1878 ; was deacon of the Congre- 
 gational Church ; a man of thought, and of sincere piety.] 
 
 8. Eunice, [twin-sister of John ; m. Amos Blanchard, April 6, 
 
 1820 ; went to Wales, N. Y., and d. there Jan. 20, 1874.J 
 
 9. Anstiss, [b. Sept. 28, 1803 ; d. Jan. 12, 1852 ; m. in Aurora, 
 
 N. Y., to Palmer Bowen and d. there. Left seven children. 
 The oldest, Byron, was a lawyer in Buffalo ; the others were 
 Webster, Jane, Charles M., Kate, Frances, and Clark B.J 
 
 10. Nathaniel, [b. April 3, 1805 ; m. Hannah Nahor of Han- 
 cock ; went to Lexington, Mass.^ and d. there, March, 1874. 
 Left several daughters, and two sons, George and William 
 W., now both of Lexington. Nathaniel was in shoe business 
 in that place most of his life. J 
 
 11. James M., [b. Oct. 1, 1807; d. of spotted fever in 1812.] 
 
 12. Thomas, [b. Nov. 9-, 1809 ; was several years in the West ; 
 in 1887 bought the John Smith place, which he now occu- 
 pies ; is unm. ; a peculiar man, but one of much reading, 
 intelligent mind, and honest piety. When he was two years 
 old he was very sick and they sent for Dr. Adams. He 
 came, prepared a cup of medicine, a powerful dose after the 
 custom of those days, and set it down before the old-fash- 
 ioned fire to warm it a little. Just then Tommy slipped out 
 of his mother's arms, waddled along to the fire, and kicked 
 the cup under the back-log. The doctor only remarked : 
 " D n him, he'll live ! " and he lived.] 
 
 THOMAS FLINT and Eunice How, referred to above as having set- 
 tled in Rutland, Mass., had ten children, all born in that town, as fol- 
 lows : Sarah, who married James King; Thomas, who married Anne (or 
 Nancy) Lilly, and settled in Rutland ; John, of whom nothing is known 
 by the writer; Eunice, who mat ried Daniel Nitt of Paxton, Mass. ; Dor- 
 othy, who married Daniel Snow of Paxton, Mass. ; Lucy, who married 
 John Hayden of Oakham; Tilly, born March 17, 1769, who married Ruth 
 Torsdick, settled in Rutland, was many years deacon in Congregational 
 Church, and was a most efficient and estimable man; Dr. Jonas, who 
 will be further noticed below; Moses How, born Peb. 6, 1763, who died 
 in infancy ; and Caroline, who married Elisha Allen of Petersham, Mass., 
 Aug. 30, 1787. 
 
 Dr. Jonas Flint, with twelve others, enlisted in the Revolutionary 
 
 army from their native town, Rutland, Aug. 29, 1777. Dr. Jonas's name 
 
 appears several times on the pay-rolls now in the state-house, Boston. 
 
 On return from the army he pursued his studies with such poor advan- 
 
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498 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 tages as were at hand, then after a time went to study medicine with Dr. 
 Prink of "Westmoreland. ' He married Eunice Gardner of that town, and 
 settled down there in the practice of his profession, in which he was 
 very successful. But after a time, at the importunity of relatives there, 
 he was induced to move to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where most of his chil- 
 dren were bom. There he had an extensive practice, though he used to 
 say " there was no money in it, because the settlers in that then new 
 country were poor." There, except a short sojoui;n in Stoddard, and 
 another in Windsor in old age. Dr. Flint remained, dying July 20, 1849, 
 aged eighty-nine. He had children: Alvin, Henry, Austin, John G-., 
 William, Jonas, Jr., Shubel, Laura, and George, — eight sons and one 
 daughter. John G. Plint, Esq., of this town, is the only one of them 
 living. He was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., Feb. 12, 1797. In 1802, 
 though only five years old, he was apprenticed to Stephen Wyman of 
 "Windsor. There he remained some thirty-five years, and in due time 
 inherited the "Wyman farm. He married Sarah Gregg of Antrim. All 
 his children weraborn on the farm in "Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. F. cele- 
 brated their golden wedding Nov. 22, 1871. He was often representative 
 of "Windsor ; was a prominent military man in his day, of soldierly address 
 and bearing; enjoyed the respect and confidence of the community in 
 his old age; a man of fine natural abilities, and Christian faith and char-, 
 acter. He died Feb. 6, 1880. His children are: — 
 
 1. STtePHEN "W., [b. July 11, 1824 ; m. Almira, daughter of Dr. 
 
 Stickney, July 17, 1848 ; lives in Bellows Palls, Vt. ; was 
 one of the givers of the organ to the Center Church ; is en- 
 gaged in trade and manufacture ; a very efScient business 
 man ; has children : Sarah L., b. Nov. 22, 1851 ; Anna L., 
 b. July 11, 1855 ; Frank G. ; Mary G. ; and John W. The 
 two first were born in Antrim.] 
 
 2. Elisa, [d. in childhood.] 
 
 3. John G., Jr., [b. Feb. 16, 1829, m. Frances Kneeland of 
 
 Milwaukee, Wis., and lives in that city. ' Is engaged in the 
 spice trade. Is a wide-awake and able man, and has been 
 very successful in business. A self-made and fearless man. 
 Was one of the donors of organ and of vestry to the Center 
 Church, and one of the heaviest givers to the chapel at the 
 Branch. The two brothers, John G. and Stephen W., were 
 in the business of wooden manufactures at the Branch 
 awhile on their first starting in the world. John G. has 
 but one child, Wyman Kneeland, b. March 4, 1869.] 
 
 4. Louisa A., [b. Nov. 17, 1831, m. Rev. Henry Dorr, d. Aug. 9, 
 
 1877.] 
 
 5. Sarah 0., [b. March 1, 1835, m. Rev. Jesse Wagner, now of 
 
 Boston.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. , 499 
 
 6. Laura, [b. Nov. 8, 1839, m. George W Kittredge of Mont 
 Vernon. They lived with her parents at the Branch, and 
 he d. there, Nov. 7, 1869, aged 33, leaving One child, John 
 G., b. Nov. 2, 1864.J 
 
 JOHN FLINT, son of Bateman and Polly (Emerson) Flint, married 
 Susan Barker of Hancock, Jan. 30, 1821; came here in 1837, buying 'of 
 James Styles the farm set off to Hancock in 1847; lived there till 1865, 
 when he moved to Hancock village, and died there in 1872, aged seventy- 
 nine. His children that grew up were : — 
 
 1. Aaron B., [b. in 1824, m. Loisa Healy of Washington, lives 
 
 in Ancoria, N. J.] 
 
 2. Elizabeth A., [b. in 1827, m. J. H. Wood of Hancock.] 
 
 3. Charles M., [b. in 1829, m. Mary E. Richardson of this 
 
 town ; lives in Fitchburg, Mass. ; is a machinist, ai)d an 
 inventor and manufacturer of valuable saw-mill machinery.] 
 
 PORSAITH. 
 
 SQUIRES FORSAITH, son of David ^nd Nancy (Mills) Forsaith, 
 was born in Deering in 1840, and married Abbie H. Colby of Hillsbor- 
 ough Bridge. He learned the tinman's trade at that place, came here in 
 1872, and bought out the shop of Luke Thompson. He built his house 
 in 1875. Is leader of Antrim Cornet Band, and has a high musical repu- 
 tation. He has three children : — 
 
 1. Stella P., [b. Dec. 11, 1866.] 
 
 2. Mart E., [b. April 26, 1875.] 
 
 3. Edith B., [b. Oct. 24, 1877.] 
 
 POSTER. 
 
 WILLIAM S. FOSTER, born in Essex, Mass., March 19, 1801, was 
 son of Zebulon and Polly (Story) Foster, and grandson of Aaron and 
 Iluth (Lowe) Foster. Aaron was a soldier at the capture of Louisbu,rg, 
 and was out in most of the Revolution. Two of his sons, Moses and 
 Thomas, were soldiers in the Revolution. This family descended from 
 Re<rinald Foster, who came from England with a large family and set- 
 tled in Essex, formerly Chebacco, in 1638, and died in 1680. His son, 
 Reo-inald, Jr., was two years old when brought to this country, and died 
 Dec. 28, 1707, leaving a large family, among whom was John, who died 
 Dec. 9, 1736, aged seventy- two. Moses Foster, son of this John, was 
 father of Aaron named above, and died September, 1785, aged eighty- 
 five. Zebulon Foster was born Aug. 2, 1766; moved to Henniker in 
 1814 after the birth of all his children, and died in the last-named place, 
 Dec. 16, 1849. His wife survived him and died Aug. 3, 1851, aged eighty- 
 one. Her father, William Story, was a captain in the Revolution. 
 
 William S. Foster was a carpenter by trade and came to Antrim in the 
 
500 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 spring of 1826 to help build the Center Church. He boarded with Ste- 
 vens Paige, and thus became acquainted with his daughter, Harriet, 
 whom he married Dec. 27, 1827, after which he continued to reside in this 
 town. In 1829 he moved on to the William McDole place, where he 
 lived forty-six years. He married, second, Mary Cooledge, Nov. 28, 1850. 
 Mr. Foster was one of our best and most conspicuous men for many 
 years; was representative of the town; was chairman of the selectmen 
 during the war; and was called to fill many positions of trust and honor. 
 In old age he made profession of his faith in Christ, and, after a long and 
 painful sickness, he passed away in Christian confidence and peace, July 
 10, 1875. His children were : — 
 
 1. Stevens P., [b. in 1828. He left Antrim in early manhood, 
 
 and was last heard of in London, in 1851. J 
 
 2. William S., [b. in 1830, m. Margaret Shaw of Massachusetts, 
 
 and has lived many years in Mobile, Ala.] 
 
 3. Aaron W., [b. in 1832, and went South. He entered the 
 
 rebel army, lost an arm at Malvern Hill, and d. from effects 
 thereof in 187 2. J 
 
 4. Jennbtte a., [b. in 1834, and d. April 6, 1858.] 
 
 5. John W., [b. in 1837, m. Hannah B. Hunt of Newton, N. J., 
 
 in 1862, and settled in Clinton Village, where he was en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of bedsteads. He was a young 
 man of excellent character and unusual promise. He d. 
 April 18, 1868, in the prime of life and deeply mourned, 
 leaving children : — 
 
 Harriet A., (b. Feb. 27, 1863.) 
 
 Emma J"., (b. Aug. 2, 1866.) 
 
 William S., (b. March 20, 1868.)] 
 
 6. Henry H., [b. in 1841. He entered the Union army, the 
 
 Seventh N. H. Regiment, and died in the service, in Florida, 
 in 1862.] 
 
 7. Leonard M., [b. in 1846, and d. in 1863.] 
 
 8. Harriet A., [twin-sister of Leonard M., d. in 1849.] 
 
 CHARLES H. FOSTER, son of Isaiah and Patty (Hartwell) Foster, 
 was born in Hillsborough in 1819, married Martha A. Sargent, and came 
 here in 1855, into a house moved from Stoddard for that purpose, and put 
 up opposite the old Burns mill, on Stoddard road. He came here to run 
 the mill, but moved away in two years. He had two sons, Charles N. 
 and Leona W., the latter of whom was born in this town. 
 
 FOX. 
 
 ELIPHALET FOX, son of Samuel and Sarah ("Duncan) Fox, was 
 born in Hancock in 1802, and came here when a small boy to learn the 
 
GENEALOGIES. 601 
 
 tanner's trade with his uncle George Duncan. He married Mary Barker 
 in 1837, and went to Stoddard, where he died Oct. 11, 1862. The same year 
 his widow and children moved to North Branch, and went thence to 
 Pittston, Me., in 1869. The children were: — 
 
 1. Sarah J., [b. in 1840, m. Joseph Moulton in 1865, and now 
 
 lives in Gushing, Me.] 
 
 2. George Duncan, [b. in 1843, and was killed at the battle of 
 
 Antietam Sept. 17, 1862.J 
 
 3. Samuel B., [b. in 1846, m. Louise Gray in 1869, and lives in 
 
 Westfield, Mass.] 
 
 4. Marianna, [b. in 1852.] 
 
 JEDEDIAH FOX came here from Hancock with his friend George 
 Duncan, and worked apparently at the tanning business for Frederick 
 Poor, a part of several years. He was born in New Ipswich in 1781, 
 and was somewhat older than Duncan . After his marriage Fox seems 
 to have boarded here with his wife, part of the time for two years or 
 more. Duncan bought the tannery here, and Fox that in Hancock; to 
 which town the latter with his young child soon moved. He died there, 
 Sept. 21, 1858, aged seventy-seven. He was the oddest and strangest of 
 men, and his saying? are still common in the community where he spent 
 most of his life. Was a genial, good man, rigidly honest, and of marked 
 ability, highly and universally respected, and mourned at his death by 
 all. He was son of Timothy Fox. His mother's name was Dudley. 
 The family came itom Woburn, Mass. I find the name conspicuous in 
 that ancient place, among the officials both of church and town. Jede- 
 diah Fox married Sarah Wheeler, a native of Mont Vernon, being, 
 daughter of John and Mary (Butterfield) Wheeler, who afterwards set- 
 tled in Hancock. John Wheeler is said to have kept the tavern at Han- 
 cock till his death; and Fox, marrying his daughter, left the tanning 
 business in later years, and kept the same hotel till death. Jedediah's 
 brother Samuel was father of Eliphalet Fox, named above. The only 
 child of Jedediah and Sarah (Wheeler) Fox was Charles James, born in 
 Antrim, Oct. 28, 1811. He was one of the ablest and best men New 
 Hampshire ever produced. 
 
 There has been some questioning as to the birthplace of Charles 
 James Fox. I have given the matter the most painstaking search for a 
 long time, with the object of determining the truth, and I cannot avoid 
 the conclusion that Mr. Fox was born here. And this with not the 
 remotest wish to rob Hancock. That town has sent forth a multitude of 
 noble men into the world, and has a plenty of good stock left. I cherish 
 the highest regard for Hancock and its people, and the honor of its good- 
 name, and noble record. But the facts convince me that in this case the 
 honor of a great man's birthplace belongs to Antrim. The traditions 
 and recollections of aged people are so vague and contradictory, now 
 after seventy years, as to seem to about balance each other, and be of 
 small value as evidence. The birth is on the Hancock town record, but 
 
502 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 was entered there many years subsequent to the event, as an examination 
 of the page will show. It does not mention the place of birth, but was 
 probably put there at the father's request to preserve the date and parent- 
 age. Many such entrances are found in Antrim and other town records, 
 which I have found to have value only as determining dates? On the 
 other hand, ihe records and various biographies in connection with Dart- 
 mouth College, which must have originated with Mr. Fox himself, give 
 his residence Hancock, but his birthplace Antrim. This is on record 
 also as the impression of some of his college mates at the time. I know 
 of no way to avoid this evidence. As one of the oldest and most distin- 
 guished professors wrote me about it, " It must have come from some one 
 who knew the facts." And these " facts," to my certain knowledge, are 
 taken if possible from each member of college himself. The " History 
 of Dunstable," published by Mr. Fox, the same year of his death, gives 
 his birthplace as Antrim. This was not written by Mr. Fox himself, 
 but by his pastor and most intimate friend after the author became too 
 feeble to write, and appears in an introductory biographical notice, dic- 
 tated without doubt by Mr. Fox, in those weeks when his head was clear 
 but he was too feeble to write. As his childhood and youth were spent 
 in Hancock, and his parents, quite noted, were then living in Hancock, 
 there does not seem to be any reason for mentioning Antrim, except the 
 fact that he was born here. I can't see any chance to call it a mistake. 
 Also in " Drake's American Biography," with early and careful pains to get 
 at the facts, it is said that " Charles James Fox, lawyer and author, was 
 born in Antrim." I have not room to say more, but this seems to me 
 conclusive concerning this modern Homer ; at least suflScient to warrant 
 the following notice. This also explains why this great and honored 
 man was not mentioned in any of the exercises at Hancock centennial. 
 
 Charles James Fox fitted for college at Francestown Academy, and 
 under the private tuition of Rev. Archibald Burgess of Hancock. He 
 was graduated at Dartmouth College with high honors, in the class of 
 1831. He studied law with Hon. Isaac O. Barnes, then of Francestown, 
 and completed his legal studies at the New Haven Law School. He then 
 entered the office of Hon. Daniel Abbott of Nashua, with whom he soon 
 became a partner in the practice of law. Was treasurer of Nashua and 
 Lowell Railroad; county solicitor in 1835-44; commissioner of bank- 
 ruptcy ; was appointed one of a committee of three to revise the " Statutes 
 of New Hampshire " in 1841-42, the other members being Judges Bell 
 and Parker (a remarkable compliment to his learning and knowledge of 
 law, as he was not quite thirty years old when appointed); was member 
 of the legislature in 1837 ; published " The Town OflScer," a most valua- 
 ble book, in 1843 ; compiled, in connection with Rev. Samuel Osgood, 
 D.D., " The New Hampshire Book of Prose and Poetry;" traveled in 
 West Indies and Egypt in 1844r-45, of which he published an interesting 
 sketch; and, last, published the "History of Dunstable" (Nashua) in 
 1846. Mr. Pox also wrote many poems which went the round of the 
 magazines and brought him much praise. These have never been col- 
 lected in a volume. He died after long sickness in Nashua, Feb. 17, 
 1846, aged thirty-four. With all the, honors of his life, he was a Chris- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 603 
 
 tian. Very few men so young have left so glorious a record. What he 
 accomplished in about nine years of active life, is truly marvelous ! (See 
 sketch by Dr. Samuel Osgood, D. D., " Christian Examiner," 1846.) Mr. 
 Fox married in June, 1840, Catherine Pickman Abbott of Nashua, 
 daughter i)f Judge Abbott. Their only child, Charles William Fox, was 
 born March 9, 1843; graduated at Harvard College in 1864; after study 
 in New York, and in foreign lands, he settled as a physician in Philadel- 
 phia, in 1870. Mrs. Catherine P. Fox married Ex-(Jov. Samuel Djins- 
 more in May, 1853. I haVe heard her spoken of as a woman of remark- 
 able grace of manner, and excellence of life. Ex-Gov. Dinsmore died 
 Feb. 27, 1869. 
 
 FRYE. 
 
 A De. FEYE' was the first physician in Antrim. He seems to have 
 come here about 1786, and to have stayed about two years, when, think- 
 ing he could do better elsewhere, he moved away. He was probably a 
 young man without a family. It is not known whence he came or 
 jvhither he went; and his principal distinction is that he was the first of 
 the medical art among us, leading the van of the little army dealing out 
 pills and potions, and having a fine of most worthy successors, whatever 
 he might have been himself. 
 
 PULLER. 
 
 JOSEPH FULLEE, a shoemaker, came here fropi Massachusetts 
 about 1806. He lived in the Henry Hill house, built by B. Ballard, and 
 had a shop in it for many years. He married Nancy George, and had one 
 son born in Antrim. The family all moved to the State of Maine long 
 since, and I have not been able to learn more about them. 
 
 1. Austin George, [b. Jan. 13, 1807.] 
 
 GATES. 
 
 STEPHEISr GATES, son of Thomas, of Norwich, England, came over 
 in 1642 and settled in Hingham, Mass., and had four children: Stephen, 
 Simon, Thomas, aijd Mary. Simon, the second of these, also had four 
 children: Simon, Jr., who settled in Marlborough, Mass.; Amos, who 
 settled in Framingham, Mass.; Samuel, and Jonathan. Capt. Amos 
 Gates of Framingham had children: Amos, Molly, Anna, George, 
 Charles, Henry, Oakham, Trowbridge, Martha E., Euth, Susanna, and 
 John. Of these, George, Henry, Oakham, and John were out in the Eev- 
 olutionary army. 
 
 GEORGE GATES came here from Framingham in 1800. His wife 
 was Hannah Barrett. They settled on the south side of Holt's Hill, 
 where they lived several years in a log house. Afterwards a more sub- 
 stantial dwelling was erected. Here Mrs. Gates died March 28, 1834, 
 aged eighty-four. He died Dec. 13, 1845, aged nearly ninety-three. Was 
 
504 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 a man remarkable for health, contentment, and Christian peace. Had a 
 remarkable memory. He recollected many things he heard at the age of 
 ten years from Capt. Clark who died in Framingham in 1762, at the age 
 of one hundred and five, and who had in his youth personal acquaintance 
 with several of the Pilgrim fathers, and most of the first settlers of New 
 England, Mr. Gates took great pleasure during his long life in narrating 
 well-remembered incidents and struggles in the war of the Revolution. 
 He and his three brothers were distinguished for bravery and hardi- 
 hood, and were out during most of the war. None of them were killed, 
 but at the battle of Bunker Hill Henry was shot through the neck and 
 , terribly wounded. The bullet entered the right cheek, and went down- 
 ward and passed nearly through the neck, lodging at the skin on the 
 opposite side. George carried him off the field. Beyond all expectation 
 he survived and attained to perfect health. This was considered very 
 remarkable in that day, and on account of it Henry attained some noto- 
 riety. He was present when the corner-stone of the Bunker-hill monu- 
 ment was laid, being then an old man, and attracting much attention. 
 The brothers were also present, and all lived to advanced age. The chil- 
 dren of George and Hannah (Barrett) Gates were: — 
 
 1. Polly, [b. in 1789 ; m. John Hutchinson of Washington, 
 ' March 23, 1815 ; was a most excellent woman, a Christian 
 
 of rare faith, and d. in this town March 28, 1873.J 
 
 2. Patty, [b. in 1791; m. Timothy Hills Feb. 25, 1813; lived 
 
 in various places for some years, then moved to Penfield, 
 N. Y., where she d. Dec. 14, 1829.J 
 
 3. Charles, [b. in 1793 ; m. Elisabeth C. Cunamings June 9, 
 
 1818, and lived in many places in town. He was out in the 
 war of 1812 ; was a hard-working, driving man, having a 
 hand in every business. He was a farmer, carpenter, store- 
 keeper at the Center in 1836, and once fitted up the Rogers 
 mills for the manufacture of starch ; he was a good singer 
 and leader of the Center choir for many years, and 
 for nearly half a century a member of that church. He d. 
 June 12, 1862. He had done a hard day's work, and went 
 over at sunset to chat with his neighbor, John S. Parmenter, 
 as he frequently did. He was leaning against the barn, 
 talking, as Mr. Parmenter was milking, when he sunk down 
 and d. instantly. The heart ceased beating without a word 
 or a groan. His wife d. Dec. 18, 1861. They had no chil- 
 dren but an adopted daughter : — 
 Harriet Cordielia Hills, (called Cordelia H. Gates, who m. E. 
 W. R. Huntley in 1849, and d. Aug. 10, 1851, aged 23.)], 
 
GENEALOGIES. 505 
 
 GEORGE. 
 
 SIMEON GEORGE married Susan Downing, and came here from 
 Newburyport Ua 1781 with four grown-up sons. He built a log house a 
 few rods west of the Dea. Nichols or Jonas White place. He and his 
 five sons were all out in the Revolutionary army, and the one who never 
 lived here was killed in battle. He died blind at an advanced age. All 
 the family moved to New York before 1794. Of Ms children: — 
 
 1. David, [lived in a house then standing in the corner of the 
 
 pasture below Bben Bass's on the old road ; m. Frances 
 
 , and had a son : — 
 
 Josiah, (b. July 20, 1781.) 
 
 He moved to Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and d. there at an 
 advanced age. J 
 
 2. Michael, [began the Dea. Wilkins farm, sold to James Wil- 
 
 kins in 1799, and went to Fairfax, Canada, and d. there. 
 His first wife's name was Hannah .j 
 
 3. Simeon, [lived at first in a log house on the Dea. Parmenter 
 
 place, on the old road west and near the orchard. After 
 
 some years he built on the spot now occupied by the Jonas 
 
 White brick house. He m. Jean White, March 18, 1790, 
 
 and had two daughters b. in Antrim : — 
 Mary, (d. unm.) 
 Sarah, (m. Silas White of New York, and afterwards James 
 
 Eaton of Deering. She is the mother of Hiram Eaton, and 
 
 now lives in ripe old age in South Antrim.) 
 
 In 1794 Mr. George moved to Salem, N. Y., where a 
 
 numerous family were born to them. He d. there of spotted 
 
 fever in 1812.] 
 
 4. Moses, [went West about the year 1800, and was never heard 
 
 from.] 
 
 5. Sally, [m. Moses Flanders, and went to Rochester, N. Y.] 
 
 6. Eunice, [m. Samuel Downing, and lived and d. near Saratoga 
 
 Springs.] 
 
 GIBSON. 
 
 CHARLES GIBSON (formerly Charles G. Draper) married Elisabeth 
 S. Jones of Milford, in 1855, and now lives in South Village. He has 
 one child : — 
 1. George G., [b. March 25, 1864, in Bennington.] 
 
 JOHN P. GIBSON lived in Antrim nearly six years, moving back to 
 Hillsborough in January, 1873. He owned and occupied the Austin, or 
 
606 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Danforth place in the northeast part of this town. He was son of Eod- 
 ney and Minerva (Hosley) Gibson, and grandson of Samuel and Mary 
 (Miller) Gibson. The family were from Merrimack. He was born iu 
 Hillsborough, Sept. 6, 1835. He iparried, first, Almira S.*Brown of Hills- 
 borough, who died Oct. 1, 1877; married, second, Eva A. Gilman of Go- 
 shen, Dec. 13, 1878. He is now a merchant in Hillsborough Lower Vil- 
 lage. Is chairman of the board of selectmeni of that town. Children : — 
 
 1. JosETTA A., [b. July 15, 1861, in Hillsborough ; d. in Antrim 
 
 Aug. 24,1872.] 
 
 2. Haeey S., [b. in Hillsborough June 15, 1863 ; d. in Antrim 
 
 Jan. 31, 1871.J 
 
 3. J. Fred, [b. in Hillsborough June 28, 1865.J 
 
 4. Walter S., [b. in Hillsborough April 8, 1877.] 
 
 GILLIS. 
 
 JOHN GILLIS, son of Thomas and Nancy (McCowan) Gillis of Mer- 
 rimack, settled in Deering. He married Hannah, daughter of Dea. Wil- 
 liam Aiken of that town. She was a most noble woman, one of the old 
 order, vigorous, generous, fearless, and devoted. She died in Benning- 
 ton Dec. 16, 1859, in good old age. They raised a large and noteworthy 
 family, all born in Deering, but so connected with Antrim as to justify a 
 brief notice here. They were nine in number, as follows : — 
 
 1. William, [b. Jan. 3, 1803, m. Dorcas Pattee of Methuen, 
 
 Mass. Has lived in Bennington since 1831. J 
 
 2. Col. Mark, [m. Elvira Wilson of Stoddard ; was deputy-sheriff 
 
 many years ; was landlord of the noted Indian Head House, 
 Nashua ; was a man of considerable note in New Hamp- 
 shire ; d. in Nashua Jan. 26, 1862, age.d 57 ; left no chil- 
 dren.] 
 
 3. Hon. Thomas W., [m. 1st, Rhoda Fuller of Milford ; 2d, Elis- 
 
 abeth French of Bedford. Was twenty years agent of the 
 Nashua Manufacturing Co. ; was trustee of the State Reform 
 School, and mayor of Nashua; now lives in Milford. His 
 son John F. was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1854, 
 but soon after died.] 
 
 4. John, [settled in Hudson, and there resides ; m. Jenny Ful- 
 
 ton of Deering.] 
 
 5. Hon. David, [m. Susan Merriam of Shirley, Mass. Was seven- 
 
 teen years agent of the Amoskeag Co., Manchester. Was 
 presidential elector in 1860. Is trustee of the State Reform 
 School, and also of the New Hampshire Insane Asylum. 
 Resides in Nashua.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 507 
 
 6. James M., [m. Martha Woods of Hollis ; d. in Nashua Sept. 
 
 19, 1830.J 
 
 7. Charles G., [m. Deborah Knowlton of Lancaster, Mass. ; d; 
 
 in MUford May 1, 1856, aged 35.] 
 
 8. Horace, [b. Aug. 9, 1817, m. Elisabeth Tuttle of Antrim ; 
 
 was for many years clerk of the Indian Head House, Nashua. 
 Has lived in this town perhaps twelve years in all. Occu- 
 pied the Cram place from 1854 to 1866. Lived a few years 
 on the E. L. Vose farm. Their only child, Lizzie M., was 
 b. in Manchester, Dec. 25, 1846, and m. Samuel G. Newton, 
 April 27, 1871, residing now in Ashburnham, Mass. J 
 
 9. Hannah G., [m. Reuben Boutwell of this town; now lives a 
 
 widow in South Village.] 
 
 GILMORE. 
 
 JOHN GILMOEE came here from Bedford as early as 1778 and be- 
 ^an the Weston place, now Cyrus J. Whitney's. He was the son of Dea. 
 Robert Gilmore of Bedford, who came directly to that town from over 
 the water, and was not very closely connected with the Gilmores of Lon- 
 donderry. Some of Dea. Robert's children seem to have been horn in 
 the old country, and were as follows : "Robert, Jr., who settled in Goffs- 
 town, went into the Revolutionary army and lost his life in the service ; 
 John of Antrim; James, who settled in Acworth; Peggy, who married 
 a Gilmore and remained in Bedford ; and Martha, who married Maj. 
 John Dunlap of Bedford. Dea. Robert, father of all these, died in Bed- 
 ford April 14, 1778, aged sixty-eight. John, who came here, married 
 
 Hannah ; remained on the farm he cleared until 1795, when he sold; 
 
 run the clothing-mill in South Village a short time, and then moved to 
 some place in New York. Thence after some years he moved, it is 
 thought, to Ohio. But little can be learned of him at the present time. 
 One chUd, William, was born here, Aug. 1, 1781. The following occurs 
 in the Bedford records : — 
 
 " Robert Gilmore and Elisabeth Gilmore, son and daughter to John 
 and Hannah Gilmore, were born the fifth day of July, 1772." 
 
 These children, Robert and Elisabeth, were probably brought here, 
 and perhaps others were ; William, born in Antrim, appearing to be the 
 youngest of the family. There is a family of Gilmores in Cambridge, 
 Washington Co., N. Y., who I think are descendants of John of Antrim. 
 This has at least been claimed. But I have no evidence rendering it cer- 
 tain. All the parties are people of worth and high standing. 
 
 GOODELL. 
 
 DAVID GOODELL, son of David an& Elisabeth (Hutchinson) 
 Goodell, and grandson of David Goodell of Amherst (now Milford), was 
 born in Amherst, Sept. 16, 1774; married Mary Raymond of Mont Ver- 
 
508 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 non ; lived most of his life in Hillsborough, where all his children were 
 born ; moved to this town to live with his son in 1844, and died here in' 
 1848. His wife died May 17, 1864, aged eighty-five. Children: — 
 
 1. George D., [b. in 1799; m. Rebecca Andrews of Windsor; 
 
 lived ill Hillsborough, and d. in that town in 1867. He was 
 the father of Dr. John Goodell.J 
 
 2. John, [d. in 1816, aged 13.] 
 
 3. Dea. Jesse R., [b. Feb. 12, 1807 ; m. Olive A. Wright of 
 
 Sullivan ; came here in 1841 and bought of James M. Wil- 
 der the Dea. Joseph Boyd farm. Has extensively improved 
 the buildings and surroundings, making the situation now 
 one of the most desirable in the county. Has been for many 
 years a deacon in the Baptist Church. His wife, younger 
 than himself by only sixteen days, d. June 13, 1877. Hem. 
 2d, Mrs. Ruth (Wilkins) Bennett. Dea. Goodell has but 
 one child : — 
 David H., (b. in Hillsborough, May 6, 1834; m. Hannah J. 
 Plummer of Goffstown, Sept. 1, 1857 ; remained on the 
 homestead with his father, and was chosen treasurer of the 
 Shovel Company at the early age of 22. He has been for 
 recent years largely engaged in manufacturing apple-parers, 
 cutlery, etc. Is at the head of the Goodell Company; was 
 inventor of the " lightning apple-parer," patented in 1864. 
 Some more particular information concerning his inventions 
 and enterprises will be found in the chapter on manufactures. 
 A writer in the Manchester " Mirror " thus speaks : — 
 
 David H. Goodell, the head of the company, and the owner of 
 more than five-sixths bf its stock, happened to be brought up in 
 Antrim, where his father owned a large farm, and, as he was an 
 X)nly child, his father naturally wanted him to stay at home. At 
 that time South Antrim, where the farm was located, was not much 
 of a place. It had a, store, a church, a post-office, and a few houses. 
 It was seven or eight miles from any railroad, and a considerable 
 distance from the main road to anywhere. A brook ran through the 
 village, making a descent of several hundred feet on the way, and 
 furnishing a reliable though small water-power. On this brook 
 there were a saw-mill or two and a shovel-factory. Goodell wanted 
 to stay at home, but did not want to confine himself to the farm; so, 
 as there wasn't much else to take to, he took to the water; in other 
 words, he connected himself with the shovel-factory. In process of 
 time the parties who owned the factory were bankrupted by specu^ 
 lations elsewhere, and the concern passed into Mr. Goodell's hands. 
 Then he abandoned the shovel business, and turned his attention 
 
GENEALOGIES. 509 
 
 to the manufacture of apple-parers and other labor-saving machines, 
 and went on adding to the list of his productions and the capacity 
 of his shops until to-day he gives employment to one hundred and 
 twenty operatives, to whom he pays about four thousand dollars per 
 month. Among the articles for which the factory is noted are sev- 
 eral varieties of apple parers, slicers and corers, peach-parers, cherry- 
 stoners, and the Gaboon seed-sower; but the leading production is 
 table-cutlery of all descriptions, which is known and commands a 
 ready sale all over the country. We need more such men as David 
 H. Goodell, and more such industries as the one of which he is the 
 master-spirit,' in our State. 
 
 Mr. Goodell is an extensive and successful farmer, is 
 prominent as an agriculturist, and was several years presi- 
 dent of the Oak Park Association, an institution started to 
 promote mechanics and agriculture ; has done much to en- 
 large and improve the village. He has been school com- 
 mittee, town clerk, moderator, and representative. Is a 
 liberal giver to religious and educational objects ; is presi- 
 dent of Antrim Temperance Association. Has two children : 
 Dura Dana, who was b. Sept. 6, 1858 ; and Richard C, who 
 was b. Aug. 10, 1868.)] 
 
 ASA GOODELL, son of Asa and Ruth (Butterfleld) Goodell, and 
 grandson of David and Elisabeth (Hutchinson) Goodell, was born in 
 "Wilton, Me., Aug. 7, 1808; was brought up in Hillsborough with his 
 cousin Jesse E. Goodell, now of Antrim, and married Sarah Smith of 
 Mont Yernon, daughter of Dea. "William Smith. He came here from 
 "Windsor on to the "William Stacey place in 1844, where he lived five years. 
 Then he sold the Stacey place and bought the Steele place (William Cur- 
 tis's), and lived on this last five years. Thence he moved to Hillsbor- 
 ough, and thence to Windsor, where he now resides. Is a man of wealth 
 and a very extensive land-owner. Children : — 
 
 1. George, [b. May, 1845 ; d. at the age of 5.j 
 
 2. Blmiea, [d. same time with her brother, at the age of 3. J 
 
 3. Oliye Jane, [m. Melvin Temple, and they now live near her 
 
 parents in Windsor.] 
 
 GOODHUE. 
 
 EBENEZER GOODHTJE, born in Littleton, Mass., married Sarah 
 Potter lived some five years on the Zadok Dodge place, and moved to 
 Hancock in 1790. He died in 1853, aged ninety-nine years, nine months, 
 and nine days. He had no children born here, but Ebenezer, his eldest 
 son, quite a lad when his father came here, married Mehitable Knights, 
 daughter of Benjamin Knights, and lived many years on the old Wiley 
 place, next south of the Capt. Worthley place, west of the pond. He 
 
510 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 moved to Hancock in 1827, and died in 1869, aged ninety. His children, 
 all born in this town, were : — 
 
 1. Ltdia, [b. Dec. 1,-1803, m. Samuel Knights Nov. 26, 1822, 
 
 and lives in Hancock.] 
 
 2. Sally, [b. Sept. 18, 1805, m. Warren Clark, and lives in Han- 
 
 cock.] 
 
 3. Mehitable, [b. June 27, 1807, m. Avery Clark, went to Han- 
 
 cock and d. there.] 
 
 4. Priscilla, [b. May 10, 1809, m. Asa Simonds, lived in Han- 
 
 cock, and d. in 183,9.] 
 
 5. Bbenezer, [b. May 17, 1811; m. Almira Dane, daughter of 
 
 Dea. Samuel Dane of New Boston, in 1844. He was a car- 
 penter by trade, and was killed by falling from a roof in 
 Nashua, in 1862.] 
 
 6. Rodney, [b. Aug. 26, 1813, m. Susan Davis, and for some 
 
 years owned the Willey mills in Hancock, from whence he 
 moved to Peterborough.] 
 
 7. Gardiner, [b. July 30, 1816, supposed to have d. in infancy.] 
 
 8. Benjamin, [b. in 1818, m. Caroline Andrews of New Boston 
 
 in 1841, and now lives on her father's place in that town. 
 Is there held in high esteem by all, and is often elected to 
 office by the town.] 
 
 9. Rev. Daniel, [b. in 1820 ; was ordained over the church in 
 
 Bradford, in 1846 ; m. Mary P. Morrill of Gilford in 1848; 
 was settled subsequently in Panbury, and was afterwards 
 acting pastor in Greenfield, and in Troy. He now supplies 
 in Burlington, Vt.] 
 
 10. Lucy, [m. Orren Nelson and went to Sutton, and afterwards 
 to Stoddard, but is now living in Hancock.] 
 
 11. Fanny, [b. in 1827, m. John Bullard of Peterborough, and 
 both are now dead.] 
 
 GORDON. 
 
 JOHN" GrORDON and his brother Daniel, when nearly grown up, 
 being on their way to school one morning among the Highlands of the 
 county of Inverness, Scotland, were seized by, a band of troopers, and 
 with others impressed into the British service. Anxious parents waited 
 in vain for their return, and they never met again. This being at the 
 opening of tlie French war, they were sent over to fight in this country. 
 Daniel died on the passage. John served through the whole war, clos- 
 ing in 1763. In the service he became acquainted with some soldiers 
 from Londonderry, and when discharged he came directly there. Thence 
 he came to Antrim in 1769, but made no permanent location till 1772, 
 
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 having spent a year or more of this time in New Boston. He married 
 Mary Boyce of Londonderry, and established his log house on the Dea. 
 "Weston place at the Branch, now Oliver Swett's, making the fifth family 
 in town. The first summer a bear killed his cow. His nearest neighbor 
 was Maurice Lynch on the 'William Stacey farm; the next was James 
 Aiken on a place now in South Village, — four miles; and no roads any- 
 where. The usual frontier hardshijps and perils were met and overcome. 
 When the Revolutionary war broke out and the men of Antrim all 
 marched toward the scene of conflict except Mr. Glordon, it is supposed 
 that he hesitated on account of having so recently' fought for the king, 
 since he had been under Gen. Wolfe at Quejsec, and had done good ser- 
 vice as a loyal subject. But he soon after enlisted in the American army 
 and setved most of the time till the close.of the war. Was in most of the 
 important battles and many skirmishes, and was never seriously hurt. 
 After the war he remained on his farm at the Branch till 1786, when he 
 moved to Windsor. A few years later, in order to get possession of a 
 tract of land awarded him for service in the French war, he moved his 
 family to Chelsea, Vt., and leaving his family there went to Canada to 
 claim his land. While on this service he was taken sick, and died at 
 Quebec. This was in 1798. His son John seems to have obtained the 
 land in question. John Gordon was a tailor by trade. He seems to have 
 owned land in New Boston, and to have lived there part of the time, 
 probably working at his trade some part of each year there, for some 
 time. He signed the call to Rev. Solomon Mopr in /that town, Aug. 25, 
 1767 ; and also, April, 1778, he signed a protest iagainst the " Town's med- 
 dling with a dispute between Rev. Solomon Moor & his Dissatifyed hear- 
 ers." Gordon's second wife was no doubt Esther Snow. Some of the 
 family say Margaret, but she signed a deed as Esther Gordon, Dec. 1, 
 1788. It appears that the first wife had five children and the second 
 three, as follows: — 
 
 1. Maegaret, [who was b. early in the year 1765. Was not 
 
 quite seven years old at her mother's death, which event 
 probably occurred in New Boston. Margaret was taken into 
 the family of Gen. John McNiel of Hillsborough to live, 
 where she made her home till her marriage to James Dodge, 
 when she went to Goffstown. They settled on the west 
 slope of the Uncanoonucks in that town, where she lived to 
 good old age and d. Sept. 5, 1849, aged 84. She raised a 
 large family, among them the late Daniel Dodge of Windsor, 
 and John G. Dodge, now one of the wealthiest citizens of 
 Goffstown. j 
 
 2. Daniel A., [m. 1st, Sally Temple ; 2d, Azubah Munroe of 
 
 Carlyle, Mass. Had a son James who m. Belinda Tubbs, 
 and settled in Goshen, where both d. I have no knowledge 
 of other children. Daniel A. Gordon lived chieiiy in Wind- 
 sor, but somewhat in neighboring towns ; and after many 
 
512 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 changes and reverses, came back alone to Antrim to end his 
 days. He lived but a few weeks after his arrival here, dying 
 Nov. 17, 1850, aged 84. A modest stone marks his grave 
 in the southeast corner of the Center yard.] 
 
 3. John, Jr., [went to Canada with his father, and resided there 
 
 most of his days. He m. Jerusha Barnard; had children: 
 John, Charles, Alexander B., Mary, Sarah, Daniel, Electa, 
 Margaret, and Ann. A. B. Gordon, Esq., of Otsego, Can- 
 ada, the third son, has kindly given much information con- 
 cerning the family. John, the father, d. in 1844, aged 76.] 
 
 4. James, [killed near Branch village at a chopping-bee, by the 
 
 fall of a tree. He was a lad of considerable age. The pre- 
 cise place or time cannot now be ascertained.] 
 6. Alexander, [nothing definite known. The marriage records 
 of New Boston have the following, referring no doubt to 
 this man : " Feb. 15, 1796, Alexander Gordon & Mary 
 Hosston both of New Boston." The latter name was no 
 doubt Houston. It may be added that a Mart/ Gordon m. 
 Phinehas K. Dow of Goffstown, Nov. 16, 1796. Possibly 
 there was this sister whose name we had not received, as 
 the names of all John Gordon's children are given from 
 memory of aged persons, with no records to lean upon. The 
 marriage referred to occurred in New Boston.] 
 
 6. Samuel, [by second wife ; m. 1st, ; 2d, Mary 
 
 Wells, and lived in Ogdensburg, N. Y.] 
 
 7. William, [settled in Stanbridge, Canada. His son William 
 
 was sheriff of Broome county.] 
 
 8. Hannah, [b. Feb. 11, 1786 ; m. Ethan Allen, nephew and 
 
 namesake of the Vermont general, in August, 1805. She 
 d. in 1862. Her husband was from Washington, Vt.] 
 
 GOULD. 
 
 ELIJAH GOULD, son of Stephen Gould, was born in Boxford, 
 Mass., in 1780. He came to Antrim in 1800, on to the Maj. Riley farm, 
 now owned by E. F. Gould. In 1804 he married Hannah Bradford of 
 Hillsborough, and moved into the McCoy house, some rods nearer the 
 mountain than the present brick house, which he built in 1822, having 
 a year or two before moved up the Jameson store for the wooden part. 
 Mrs. Gould died April 24, 1814. He married for his second wife, Mrs. 
 Hannah (Spalding) Chapman of Windsor, Sept. 18, 1823, and in 1840 
 bought the Smith tavern to which he moved the next year, and died 
 there in 1863. His children are as follows, the first three being by his 
 first wife : — 
 
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 1. Franklin, [b. Oct. 5, 1805, and d. unm. at the age of 70.] 
 
 2. David TB., [b. Sept. 3, 1807 ; m. Hannah 0. Chandler, Oct. 
 
 12, 1837, and d. in Tilton, in 1874.J 
 
 3. Nancy, [b. March, 1810 ; m. Luke McGlintock of Hillsbor- 
 
 ough, May 12, 1835, and d. in 1861.] 
 
 4. Hannah L., [b. Nov. 27, 1825 ; m. Reuben Colburn of New 
 
 Boston, and now lives in Hillsborough.] 
 
 5. Elijah F., [b. Oct. 17, 1827 ; m. Elisabeth Dunklee of Dan- 
 
 vers, Mass., and lives on the Maj. Riley place, formerly 
 
 owned by his father. His children are : — 
 Addie E., (b. Sept. 5, 1855.; 
 Henry F., (b. Sept. 16, 1857.) 
 Walter P., (b. June 19, 1859.) 
 Alice A., (b. March 8, 1861.) 
 Herbert A., (b. Sept. 5, 1867.)] 
 
 6. Leonard P., [b. April 15, 1829 ; m. Sarah E. Cooledge of 
 
 Hillsborough, and lives in New London. ] 
 
 7. Luther A., [b. April 16, 1832; m. Josephine E. Tuttle of 
 
 Hillsborough, and now lives in Woburn, Mass.] 
 
 8. Emily L., [b. July 21, 1835; -m. Dexter 0. Lincoln of Hills- 
 
 borough in 1861, who d. the next year, and she came to 
 live with her mother in this town. The mother d. Sept. 15, 
 1878, aged 85.] 
 
 GOVE. 
 
 SAMUEL GOVE, son of Samuel and Abigail (JTewman) Gove, and 
 grandson of Abraham and Mary (Nudd) Gove of Kensington, was born 
 in Henniker, July 24, 1813; married Harriet N. JTewman of Washing- 
 ton, Dec. 15, 1842, who is a sister of Dea. Hewman. Mr. Gove moved 
 from Washington to Antrim in 1876, on to the Aiken or McKeen place 
 in South Village. In 1878 he sold to George E. Whittum, and bought 
 the E. L. Vose place at the Center. He has two sons, ioth residing in 
 Antrim: — 
 
 1. James M., [b. in Deering, Jan. 1, 1844 ; m. Abbie S. Wilson 
 
 ofthis town, Oct. 11, 1877.] 
 
 2. George P., [b. in Deering, April 22, 1854 ; m. Delia B. Mer- 
 
 rill, April 17, 1876.] 
 
 GRAHAM. 
 
 Db. WILLIAM GRAHAM came here about 1847 from Templeton, 
 . Mass. IS'othing is known of his family, but they lived where Caleb 
 Eoach now lives. He was a "Thomsonian" doctor, made something 
 33 
 
514 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 of a breeze here, was said to be " successful in fevers," but his stay here 
 was short for some reason. He went to Ludlow, Vt., about 1851. 
 
 GREELEY. 
 
 ALPRED H. GREELEY, son of Seneca and Priscilla (Fields) Gree- 
 ley, was born in Hudson in 1820; married Laura F. Woods of Hillsbpr- 
 ough in 1847, and came here in 1852, into the east house on the William 
 Stacey farm. After five years he moved to Nashua, but came back to 
 Antrim in 1863, and bought the McKeen place (now Mr. Whittum's) in 
 South Antrim, but soon sold to Isaac Barrett, and after several other 
 changes bought, in 1868, the Dea. Josiah Duncan place, where he now 
 resides. They have no children but one son, Morris Burnham Greeley, 
 adopted in 1870. 
 
 GREEN. 
 
 LEWIS GREEN", a native of Massachusetts, was born Sept. 5, 1807, 
 and carried to Stoddard when a child. He married Asenath Butterfleld 
 of Bennington, March 24, 1836, and had a large family, none of whom 
 now living were born in Antrim. He came here in 1865, buying the 
 Caleb Clark place, which he exchanged for the Jesse Combs place in 1875. 
 His son, Reuben S. Green, was a member of the Sixteenth N. H. Regi- 
 ment, and died in the service. 
 
 GREGG. 
 
 BEISTJAMIN" GREGG, eighth son of John and Agnes (Rankin) 
 Gregg, and grandson of Capt. James and Janet (Cargil) Gregg of Lon- 
 donderry, came here in 1776 and began the Vose place at the Center. 
 He was brother of Col. William Gregg, who commanded the advance 
 guard in the battle of Bennington, and who built the old church on the 
 hill, and died in 1815, aged eighty-five years. He moved his family, then 
 consisting of wife and two children, on to said place in the spring of 1779, 
 having in previous summers cleared his land and prepared his log house 
 for occupation. His wife was Lettice Aiken, sister of Dea. James Aiken 
 of Antrim. He was a mechanic of rare ingenuity; was said to be one 
 who could plan well, and do for others, but had small force to do for him- 
 self, and hence was poor all his life. He was a man of unsullied reputa- 
 tion. In 1791 he sold to Samuel Caldwell and returned to Londonderry, 
 where he died in 1816, aged sixty-eight. He had four children: — 
 
 1. John, [b. in Londonderry ; wheelwright of limited means ; 
 
 m. Mary Hobbs, and d. in Derry, Jan. 17, 1836, aged 65.] 
 
 2. Dea. James, [b. in Londonderry. He was a wheelwright of 
 
 much skill, and made the first horse-wagon in Londonderry 
 in 1814. He was a long time elder of the Presbyterian 
 Church in his native town ; was a great hand to write poetry, 
 some of which was creditable ; was a man of more than 
 ordinary ability, but, having small tact in accumulating the 
 
GENEALOGIES. 516 
 
 things of this world, he was very poor in his old age. He m. 
 1st, his cousin Anna Gregg of Derry ; 2d, Betsey Ann Hop- 
 kins of Windham, who became the mother of Prof. Jarvis 
 Gregg, a most brilliant young man, who graduated at Dart- 
 mouth College in 1838 ; 3d, Mary Glazier of Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Dea. Gregg d. Feb. 27, 1856, aged 82.] 
 
 3. Lettice, [b. March 4, 1780, in Antrim; m. Thomas Caldwell ; 
 
 lived in Derry. J 
 
 4. Jane, ["Jinett" on town record, and " Jeany " on grave- 
 
 stone, b. here July 12, 1784, and d. March 8, 1787 ; buried 
 on the hill.j 
 
 SAMUEL GREGG, cousin of Benjamin, came here about a year later, 
 beginning the farm now in part Mrs. H. B. Newman's, in 1777 or earlier, 
 as he was on the spot and had a house built in which they had a town 
 meeting in 1778. He was a son of Samuel Gregg and Mary Moor, his 
 wife. His grandfather, Capt. James Gregg, married Jauet Cargil in 
 Ireland, but was old enough before leaving Ayrshire, Scotland, where he 
 was born, to learn business as tailor and linen-draper, at which he accu- 
 mulated quite a fortune for the times, and was able to render valuable 
 pecuniary assistance to the early settlers of Londonderry. He was one 
 of the sixteen that originally settled that town, having embarked in 1718, 
 and being one of the number that wintered under so many privations 
 and sufferings at Cape ElizaJDeth, Me. At this time it is said of Mr. 
 Gregg that he had " both the means and the disposition " to aid the suf- 
 fering families in their search for a place to settle. Not long after the 
 settlement he received a captain's commission, and commanded the first 
 company of soldiers ever raised in Londonderry. Samuel Gregg of 
 Antrim married Margaret Wallace, and moved his wife and six children 
 here in the spring of 1778, having previouslv cleared and built. He was 
 a man of courage, energy, and great labor. The family relate of him, 
 that, coming home on a certain occasion just after sunset from Mr. 
 George's (Jonas White place) with a jug of milk, he was attacked by a 
 bear. Not being the man to run, he struck him a terrible blow on the 
 head with the jug, breaking it in pieces, stunning the bear, and giving 
 him a face for once perfectly white! As bruin did not understand this 
 kind of warfare he left as soon as possible, and Mr. Gregg quietly walked 
 home. Samuel Gregg was wealthy before the Revolution, but in the 
 course of the war large amounts of continental paper came into his hands, 
 by the depreciation of which he lost the bulk of his property. Years 
 afterward this paper was redeemed as far as possible, but Mr. Gregg had 
 'buried his; and it was never known where or how much. These pecu- 
 niary reverses are said to have shortened his life. At one time he owued 
 the Newman place, the Eben Bass place, all the places now known as the 
 Center, and his premises extended north to the old common, which was 
 a gift from him to the town. He sold to Lemuel Paige in 1793 and bought 
 the place at the outlet of the pond, now known as the Rogers place. 
 
516 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 There he started new ; built the house and the mill ; and from that day 
 the beautiful sheet of water adjacent has been called " Gregg's Pond." 
 He died in 1809, aged sixty-nine; and his wife followed him but a day or 
 two later, dying at the age of sixty-six. They were both, as well as their 
 cousin Benjamin Gregg and wife, among the original members of the 
 Center Church. They had children : — 
 
 1. Ebbn, [b. March 25, 1768 ; m. Annie Arnold of Benson, Vt., 
 
 Dec. 29, 17&9, where he lived till 1827, and d. in Malone, N. 
 Y., Nov. 4, 1847. A son, Samuel A. Gregg, Esq., lives in 
 Brushton, N. Y.] 
 
 2. EoBijRT, [b. Nov. 6, 1769 ; m. Margaret, daughter of Robert 
 
 and Jane (McAdams) Mcllvaine, Dec. 25, 1798 ; began the 
 David Hills farm above Clinton, in 1797, where he resided 
 till his removal to Ontario, N. Y. Robert Gregg was for a 
 time town clerk, and was at different times selectman for 
 fifteen years, always having the confidence and respect of 
 his townsmen. His removal to New York was an occasion 
 of general regret in Antrim. He d. Jan. 11, 1847. His 
 children were all born here : — 
 
 SaUrina, (b. Nov. 16, 1799; went out to Webster, N. Y., as a 
 teacher, and m. Asa D. Twitchell, a substantial farmer of 
 that place, where she yet lives with a large and respectable 
 family.) 
 
 Sarah, (" Sally " on records, b. Aug. 9, 1802 ; m. in 1832 
 George W. Lambert, tanner and currier ; went to Newark,. 
 Wis., and d. there Sept. 20, 1856.) 
 
 Aohsah, (b. Nov. 16, 1804 ; m. Rev. Philo Forbes, a Baptist 
 clergyman, in 1835; d. in Sturgis, Mich., Sept. 10, 1851.) 
 
 Jennette, (b. Nov. 2, 1806 ; d. unm. in Quincy, Mich., Aug. 6,, 
 1859.) 
 
 Alfred, ,(b. Nov. 3, 1808; d. in infancy.) 
 
 Sabra, (b. Sept. 26, 1811 ; d. aged 6.) 
 
 Zibiah, (b. Feb. 9, 1816 ; m. William S. Morris in 1837 ; he 
 is a carriage-maker, and they reside in Beatrice, Neb.)] 
 
 3. David, [b. Aug. 13, 1771 ; m. Mary Mcllvaine in December, 
 
 1799, and soon after settled the Chester Conn place (on 
 Stoddard road), where he lived till 1819, when he sold to 
 Eber Curtis, and built on the old road west of his brother 
 Robert's farm, and near by. These buildings have recently 
 been taken down. He d. July 1, 1859, being 88 years of 
 age. His wife survived to enter her 94th year, a venerable 
 and devoted woman. They had children : — 
 
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 Jane, (b. Nov. 26, 1801 ; became 2d wife of Jonathan Carr in 
 1846.) 
 
 Minda, (b. Oct. 25, 1803 ; m. Hervey Holt, Feb. 4, 1834 ; d. 
 of apoplexy July 24, 1877 ; was a woman of remarkable 
 vigor ; her life was devoted and without reproach, and she 
 d. without sickness or struggle.) 
 
 John, (b. Sept. 18, 1805 ; m. Phebe Edwards of Elizabeth, N. 
 J. ; settled in Newark, that State ; is a house-builder ; has 
 four children : Anna, Charles V., Mary P., and Plorence.) 
 
 Betsey, (b. Aug. 8, 1807 ; m. Lewis Fletcher of Alstead, July 
 7, 1832. He was a paper-maker by trade, and settled in 
 Bennington ; built and occupied where the paper-mill now 
 stands in that town, but the mill he erected was burned. 
 He built in 1840. In later years he went "West, and d. in 
 Wisconsin Aug. 10, 1856. He left but one child, Frank A., 
 b. in Bennington, Feb. 28, 1838 ; now a paper-maker in 
 Watertown, N. T., and with him his mother resides.) 
 
 Hannah, (b. July 14, 1809 ; became 2d wife of Daniel Story 
 Sept. 10, 1847.) 
 
 Alfred, (b. Dec. 5, 1811; d. in infancy.) 
 
 Samuel, (b. May 27, 1814 ; d. aged 22.) 
 
 Mary, (d. Oct. 28, 1848, aged 28.) 
 
 Margaret, (b. Aug. 14, 1821 ; m. A. R. C. Pike in 1844.)] 
 
 4. Samuel, [but little known of him. J 
 
 5. Margaret, [m. William McNiel, and went to Marietta, Ohio.] 
 
 6. Mart, [m. Dea. Josiah Duncan ; d. Jan. 19, 1809, aged 35.] 
 
 7. Jennie, [called " Jinet" on town book, b. here Nov. 14,1778. 
 
 The other children named above were b. in Londonderry. 
 Jennie m. John Oole, and a few years subsequently they 
 moved to Hill, where she d. in 1804. J 
 
 8.' John W., [b. Nov. 3, 1780; m. Abigail Arnold of Benson, 
 Vt. ; settled in that town, and d. there in 1810, aged 30 
 years. His son, Eben Gregg, lives in Mount Victory, Ohio.] 
 
 9. Capt. Daniel, [b. Jan. 12, 1783;. m. Phebe -Maxfield of 
 Claremont ; moved a house from the Hutchinson Flint farm 
 (H. D. Chapin's) on to a spot between Mr. Greeley's and 
 the Butman place, where he lived for several years. This 
 house is said to have been moved again, on to the Mansfield 
 place, so called, near the north end of the pond, from which 
 place it was again moved, this time by James Hill, to the 
 Center, and now in part constitutes the large and attractive 
 
518 ^ GENEALOGIES. 
 
 dwelling of Mrs.. Joy. On the breaking-out of the war of 
 1812, Daniel Gregg enlisted for one year, and at the expira- 
 tion of that term went into the regular service ; was pro- 
 moted to be captain and was an excellent soldier. After the 
 war he lived several years near the old High-Range school- 
 house, but moved to Cleveland, Ohio, about 1827, and died 
 there. His children were all born here, and their names 
 were Thomas, Lizzie, Mary, Caroline, and David. This is 
 all known of them. J 
 
 10. Elisabeth, [b. July 30, 1785, usually called " Betsey ; " m. 
 1st, Gilbert Smith, Feb. 11, 1806, and moved to Rockingham, 
 Vt., thence to Nunda, N. Y., where he died. She m. 2d, 
 Perrip, and died in the last-named place.] 
 
 11. Lettice, [b. May 10, 1788 ; lost her eye-sight by sickness at 
 the age of 14, lived among her brothers and sisters in that 
 condition more than half a century, faithfully and kindly 
 cared for till the last, and d. Nov. 28, 1857.J 
 
 ALEXANDER GREGG, son of William and Elisabeth (Kyle) Gregg, 
 was born in Londonderry, Eeb. 9, 1755. Tbis William was bom in Lon- 
 donderry, Ireland, 1714, and was son of David and Mary (Evans) Gregg, 
 who came over and settled in the south part of Londonderry, now Wind- 
 ham, in 1722. David was son of John and was boru in 1685, being a 
 mere child of only four years as he passed through the terrible siege of 
 his native city in 1689. Alexander Gregg had a brother who lost his life 
 in the war against the French and Indians in 1755. Others of his numer- 
 ous brothers and sisters settled in Acworth, Francestown, Londonderry, 
 and Boston. Alexander was a soldier in the Revolution, and also en- 
 listed subsequently as a privateer, and served through the war, chiefly in 
 the northern seas, to the great detriment of British whalers and traders. 
 He made several of these voyages before peace was declared, and escaped 
 out of all risks unhurt. Soon after the close of the war, he married Sarah, 
 daughter of James and Mary (Montgomery) Adams of Londonderry. 
 He came here in 1785, beginning the second farm east of William M. 
 Conn's, and, having made ready, was married Dec. 28, 1786. He died 
 April 1, 1830. His wife died March 9, 1839, aged seventy-nine. They 
 were both among the original members of the old church. Mr. Gregg 
 was a strong, athletic, and fearless, but peaceable man. He had a neigh- 
 bor, whose name we will not give, who was not able-bodied, and who, un- 
 der stimulants, was full of noise and fight.. On most occasions of merry- 
 making, as drink was plenty, the latter would indulge too freely, would 
 soon provoke a fight, would invariably get worsted, and then call for 
 " Alec,',' who would walk in and rescue him. This state of things not 
 being agreeable to the said " Alec," and faithful advice being disregarded 
 time after time, he gave his tippling and pugnacious friend solemn assur- 
 ance that under such circumstances he should never help him again, and 
 
GENEALOGIES. 619 
 
 appeal would be useless. But his friend had not grace to change his 
 habitual course. On the next training-day, the weak brother excited by 
 liquor got into a flght, in the midst of which he yelled " Alec I Alec I " 
 with all his might. But the latter, true to his declaration, did not respond ; 
 and the poor fellow was unmercifully beaten, sneaked off home across 
 lots, and went into retirement for ten or twelve days. But he couldn't 
 forgive " Alec " for leaving him to his fate. So after due time he sought 
 his friend for redress. They were both members of the Presbyterian 
 Church, and the season of communion was drawing near. Hence, not 
 apparently troubled with his own sin in drinking and fighting, he accosted 
 his neighbor thus : " Alec, I have somewhat agin ye." — " Tut, tut, mon ! 
 and what have ye agin me? " asked Alec. — " Ye let me be whipped, 
 Alec ! " — " But didn't I tell ye I would, if ye were at it agin ? Did ye 
 think I would lie to ye, mon? Ye should ha' behaved yoursel' ! " — " Alec," 
 said he, " I cannot sit doon at the table of the Laird with ye ! " — " What, 
 mon? " exclaimed Alec in tones of astonishment. — "I say. Alec, I cannot 
 sit doon at the table of the Laird with ye, unless ye make me redress ! " — 
 "Ye can't; well, then stand up, ye puppy, for I shall sit doon ! " His- 
 tory does not inform us how this matter was adjusted, or whether there 
 were any more fights, or whether the aforesaid complainant " stood up ; " 
 but certain it is that " Alec " did " sit doon," and continued to do so very 
 consistently as long as he lived. 
 
 Mrs. Alexander G-regg was remarkable for her knowledge of the cate- 
 chism, and her interest in it, having been trained in it like all the children 
 of those times. In her last sickness, the only way slie could be quieted 
 was by repeating the catechism. Her children would purposely make a 
 mistake, whem she would smartly chide them and ask if they were 
 " heathen children ; " and then commencing, " What is the chief end of 
 man? " she would go on with questions and answers till soothed to sleep 
 by the sound of her own voice ! In later years her daughter Mrs. Flint 
 lived in Windsor, about two miles off by a lonely road over the mountain, 
 and the old lady would walk over alone and cheer her way by repeating said 
 catechism. Her explanation shows how it was done. " I would begin at 
 my own door with the first question of the single catechism, and ques- 
 tions and answers, single and double, would take me from my own door 
 to Sally's; and Vd ne'er mirid the way /" The children of Alexander 
 and Sarah (Adams) Gregg were as follows : — 
 
 1. William, [b. Oct. 12, 1787, m. Sophia Weston Feb. 7, 1814;' 
 was known as " Capt. William ; " was a pious and valuable 
 citizen, was a devoted member of the church, and a long 
 time leader in the church music ; d. in the prime of life and 
 universally lamented, June 11, 1829. Had children : — 
 Caroline E., (b. near close of 1814, m. Charles Flint and lived 
 
 in Bedford.) 
 Sophia, (b. in .1817, d. few days before her father.) 
 Sarah A., (b. in 1820, m. Moses French of Nashua, d. in Mil- 
 ford in 1861.) 
 
620 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Frances M., (b. in 1823, m. Hiram Porsaith of Manchester, and 
 d. in 1856.) 
 
 William A., (b. in 1825 ; m. 1st, Nancy J. Poster of Nashua ; 
 2d, Harriet Henline ; lives in Bradner, Wood Co., Ohio.) 
 
 Mary J., (m. Andrew W. Elliot.) 
 
 Sophia R., (d. in Nashua, 1841, aged 12.)] 
 2. Mary, [b. June 26, 1789, m. Stephen Danforth April 23, 1818, 
 
 d. Oct. 6, 1852.] 
 8. James A., [b. Jan. 1, 1791, m. Sarah W. Wallace of Antrim, 
 Sept. 27, 1810, and settled on the James Wallace place. 
 There his young wife d. with spotted fever in 1812. She 
 did up her washing, finishing it at three P. M., and was 
 perfectly well, but suddenly sickened and was laid out in 
 death before the next morning. Their only child soon fol- 
 lowed from the same fearful disease. After this, left alone, 
 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Stickney; 
 taught school and taught writing to help himself along ; 
 began practice in Brattleborough, Vt., then awhile at Hen- 
 niker, this State, then went West as a teacher, but returned 
 and settled in practice of medicine in Unity ; m. 2d, Pris- 
 cilla Glidden of that place, Dec. 31, 1818 ; practiced there 
 twenty years ;' represented that town in the. legislature sev- 
 eral years ; removed to Hopkinton, where he remained 
 till he was unable to continue riding, when he went to Man- 
 chester and associated himself with his son, Dr. J. A. D. 
 Gregg. The latter graduated at Dartmouth College, class 
 of 1841, subsequently at New York Medical College, and 
 d. in early life while on a visit with his father at California. 
 Was a young man of thorough education and much promise. 
 The father returned in great sadness, and retired to New- 
 port to spend his old age. He d. on a visit to his daughter, 
 Mrs. P. S. Canfield, at Arlington, Vt., Oct. ^26, 1866.] 
 
 4. Elisabeth M., [b. July 15, 1792, m. Thomas Carr Jan. 30, 
 
 1817, d. Jan. 23, 1844.] 
 
 5. Thomas, [b. Jan. 18, 1795, m. Martha Parker Dec. 24, 1822. 
 
 Settled in Unity and d. there Dec. 31, 1824.J 
 
 6. Sarah, [b. Peb. 7, 1797, m. John G. Plint Nov. 22, 1821.J 
 
 7. Jane, [b. Aug. 28, 1800, m. Jeremiah Hills Dec. 24, 1846.] 
 
 GRIPPIN. 
 
 NATHANIEL GEIFFIN, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Eanals) 
 Griflan, came here from Milford when a boy, and lived with Hon. John. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 521 
 
 Duncan. He married, first, Patty Hopkins, daughter of Boyd, and lived 
 on the Tenney place. After a time he sold and went to Temple, but 
 returned and bought the Daniel Nichols place (now George Turner's), 
 but died in the west part of the town, Feb. 3, 1852, aged seventy-two 
 years. His first wife died in 1827, and was the mother of all his children. 
 He married, second, Annie Ross, April 14, 1840, who died in 1868. The 
 children of Nathaniel and Patty (Hopkins) Griffin were :' — 
 
 1. Solomon H., [b. in 1807 ; m. 1st, Elisabeth McCoy, May 8, 
 
 1838, and lived on the place now owned and occupied by 
 Dustin Barrett. They had three children : — 
 Henry H., (m. Emily 0. McCalley, and now lives in Temple- 
 ton, Mass.) 
 Mary J., (now Mrs. John Muzzey of Somerville, Mass.) 
 Laura J., (now Mrs. Mark C. Felch of Somerville, Mass.) 
 For 2d wife, Mr. Griffin m. Nancy J. Conn, who d. Dec. 
 
 1, 1855, leaving one child : — 
 
 Nancy, (b. Oct. 13, 1855, m. Frank B. Kenion of Keene in 
 1876.) 
 
 Oct. 19, 1856, Mr. Griffin m. Alice Dinsmore. He d. Jan. 
 
 2, 1857.J 
 
 2. Hiram, [b. Jan. 9, 1809 ; m. Lydia S. Tuttle, daughter of Hon. 
 
 Jacob Tuttle, Oct. 27, 1835, and has but one child: — 
 Charles B., (b. O^t. 25, 1840, m. Hannah Ohampney Nov. 2, 
 1869. Their two children. Bertha aged five, and Anna aged 
 three, d. of diphtheria, and were both buried in one casket, 
 Jan. 6, 1877. On the morning of Centennial Day, June 27, 
 1877, another child was born to them, Carrie Lena by name. 
 May she live to attend the centennial of 1977 !) 
 
 Mr. Griffin became a clerk in the store of Hon. Jacob 
 Tuttle in 1827. With Hiram Bell he bought out said 
 store in 1838. In three years Mr. Bell left, and Mr. Griffin 
 carried on the business until 1849, when he sold to Fairfield 
 and Shedd. He was town clerk many years, representative 
 four years, and was delegate from Antrim to the constitu- 
 tional convention of 1850. J 
 .3. Sarah, [b. in 1811, and d. in 1825. j 
 
 4. Bbtset, [b. in 1813, m. Charles Perkins of Nashua, and d. 
 
 leaving two sons : — 
 George H., (m. Ella Little and lives in this'town.) 
 Oharles.'\ 
 
 5. Nancy, [b- in 1815, m. B. S. Dickerman of Manchester.] 
 
 6. Mary, [b. in 1817, and was for many years insane. Was 
 
522 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 a pious girl, handsome, attractive, and smart. She d. Dec. 
 17, 1879.] 
 7. Elenob, [b. in 1819, m. Warren Kendrick, and is now living 
 in West Lebanon.] 
 
 HACKBTT. 
 
 MICHAEL C. HACKETT, son of John H. and Mary (Horr) Hack- 
 ett, was born in Puthard, Ireland, in 1844 ; married Mary A. Murphy of 
 Albany, K. T., and came here from Beniiington to the Henry Hill house 
 in 1875, where he remained about three years. He was out through the 
 war in the Fourteenth Mass. Battery, was three times wounded, and now 
 carries a bullet in his body. He has children : John H., Mary A., Josie, 
 Annie, Cathline, Alice, and Jennie. The first was born in 1867, the last 
 in Antrim, Nov. 24, 1876. 
 
 HAD LEY. 
 
 ABU AH HADLEY, son of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Davis) Hadley 
 of Hudson, was born in 1762. He was out in the Kevolutionary army, 
 and came here to work for Dea. Aiken in 1781. He remained here six 
 years, and after working awhile in Hancock he married Abigail Johnson 
 of Hollis in 1793, and immediately settled on the Butman farm in this 
 town. After about two years, he moved to Hudson ; from thence, soon 
 after, to Hancock, where he died in 1837. He was a prominent man in 
 that town. His children are : — 
 
 1. Abijah, [b. in Antrim in 1794, m. Mary P. Whittemore of 
 
 Hancock, March 31, 1818, and d. June 18, 1879, in that 
 town, leaving children : Dewitt C. and Edward J.] 
 
 2. Abigail, [b. in 1804, m. David Bonner and lived in Hancock, 
 
 where she d. in 1853.] - 
 
 JOHN S. HADLET, son of Benjamin and Esther (Lawton) Hadley, 
 was born in Hancock in 1810, and came here to work in 1833; married 
 Nancy J. Deru.sh, July 6, 1842, and has always livecj in or. near the South 
 Tillage. He died Aug. 14, 1879. His children are : — 
 
 1. Mary B., [now living in Peterborough.] 
 
 2. Sarah R., [m. Prank A. Smith, and lives in Peterborough.] 
 
 JOHN HADLEY, son of John and Submit Hadley of Sterling, Mass., 
 was born Aug. 22, 1796; married Euthy S. Ames of Peterborough in 
 1820. He was a clothier by trade, came here from Peterborough in 1847, 
 and carried on business awhile in South Antrim, where he died Aug. 8, 
 1850, leaving children : — 
 
 1. John A., [b. Feb. 22, 1822, m. Hannah B. Taggart of Sharon, 
 Nov. 3, 1845, and lives in that town.] 
 
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 2. Timothy R., [d. in 1841 at the age of 17.J 
 
 3. Altah a., [b. Dec. 6, 1824, m. Sarah J. Smith of Antrim, 
 
 Nov. 9, 1849, and settled in Cambridge, Mass.J 
 
 4. Harvey C, [b. Aug. 3, 1826, m. Henrietta D. Richardson of 
 
 Antrim, Jan. 26, 1851, and settled in Temple. J 
 
 5. Cynthia M., [b. Aug. 10, 1828, m. Samuel Aiken of Fisher- 
 
 ville, Aug. 9, 1853, and d. in Nashua, June 25, 1858.J 
 
 6. Hepzibeth a., [b. Oct. 28, 1830, m. Ephraim K. Slade of 
 
 Alstead, Oct. 16, 1851, and went to Charlestown, Mass.J 
 
 7. Abby R., [b. March 30, 1834, m. Manly Colburn of Newbury, 
 
 Vt., and lives in Fitchburg, Mass.J 
 
 8. Mary E., [b. July 8, 1837, and d. aged 6 years.] 
 
 9. Eliza M., [b. April 3, 1844 ; has been for years an invalid, 
 
 and lives unm. in Fitchburg, Mass.J 
 
 10. Granville H., [b. March 29, 1847, and d. in infancy.] 
 
 HALL. 
 
 SAMUEL HALL, son of Ebenezer and Deborah. Hall of Dracut, 
 Mass., came here from "Windham as early as 1790, and the following year 
 married Mary McAdams (sister of Mrs. Robert Mcllvaine) and settled 
 on the Grosvenor Wilkius place. After some years he moved into the 
 Robert Mcllvaine house, and subsequently put up the house now Nahum 
 Swett's, at the foot of the sand-hill. From this last place, he followed 
 his children to Washington in 1824, and died there in 1829, aged sixty- 
 two. Children : — 
 
 1. Betsey, [b. Sept. 27, 1792, m. William Stuart April 18,1811, 
 
 went to Washington and d. there, August, 1828.] 
 
 2. John, [b. Aug. 1, 1794, d. in infancy.] 
 
 3. Mary, [b. July 17, 1795, m. Joseph Snow of Washington, 
 
 and d. in that town in 1875.] 
 
 4. Sally, [b. Sept. 15, 1797, m. Samuel Clyde of Hillsborough 
 
 in 1823. Mr. 0. was tilled by the fall of a tree July 14, 
 1826. She subsequently m. Ward Ware of Lempster, and 
 is yet living in the town of Unity.] 
 
 5. Samuel, [b. Feb. 11, 1800, m. Mary Brooks of Deering, d. at 
 
 Washington in 1828.] 
 
 6. Ebenezer, [b. April 7, 1802, m. Abigail D. Pitcher of Stod- 
 
 dard, lived chiefly in Washington, but moved to Unity in 
 1875.] 
 
 7. Daniel, [b. March 23, 1804, d. unm. in Lowell in 1826.J 
 
 8. Susan, [b. Nov. 24, 1807, d. unm. aged 20.] 
 
 9. Jane, [b. Dec. 30, 1809, d. unm. in Washington in 1830.] 
 
524 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 10. Sabeina, [b. May 12, 1812, m. Daniel McAdams, and lives 
 in Washington.] 
 
 WILLIAM HALL, brother of Samuel, came here a little later; is 
 supposed to have lived here and there till 1794, when he succeeded Daniel 
 Downing on the place now Nathaniel Swett's, on west side of road at foot 
 of the sand-hill. Sold this to William WilMns in 1798, and not long 
 after moved to Maiden, Mass. Nothing more is known of him. 
 
 ENOCH HALL, another brother, married Mary Atwood of Cornish, 
 and lived awhile in that town, his children being all born there. He 
 lived in this town eighteen years, chiefly at the Branch, moving away 
 (to Hillsborough) the last time in 1826. He died May 30, 1863, aged 
 ninety-three. Children : — 
 
 1. David, [b. Sept. 16, 1803, m. Elisabeth Field of Weymouth, 
 
 Mass., where they still live.] 
 
 2. John, [b. March 30, 1806, m. Martha S. Smith of Hillsbor- 
 
 ough, in which place he yet resides.] 
 
 3. Susan, [d. unm. July 13, 186.9, aged 50.] 
 
 JAMES HALL, born Aug. 20, 1773, brother to Mrs. Jesse "Wilson 
 and son of Ephraim and Lydia (Russell) Hall, cam^ here from Dracut, 
 Mass., in 1790; was blacksmith by trade. Began the farm now James 
 "Wilson's. The house in which he lived was south of the present house, 
 and near the site of the East Church. He soon sold and moved to Hills- 
 borough, and thence to Alstead. He died Aug.. 5, 1810. He married, 
 first, Sally Stone of New Boston, June 25, 1795, who died May 17, 1804'; 
 married, second, Belief Small, who died June 26, 1828. Four of the 
 children were born in this town : — 
 
 1. James, [b. Nov. 15, 1796, m. in Alstead.] 
 
 2. Betsey, [b. Aug. 26, 1799, d. unm. in Alstead, aged about 
 
 20.] 
 
 3. William, [b. Dec. 22, 1800, went to Dracut, Mass., afterward 
 
 unknown.] 
 
 4. John, [b. July 31, 1802.] 
 
 5. Sally, [b. March 13, 1804, m. and located in Pembroke.] 
 
 6. Hiram, [by 2d wife, b. Oct. 5, 1806, d. unm.] 
 
 7. Caroline, [b May 25, 1809, d. of spotted fever.] 
 
 EPHRAIM HALL, born Jan. 5, 1776, brother of James, whose father, 
 Ephraim, died Feb. 6, 1793, aged seventy-five, came here soon after James, 
 and after a short sojourn on the same place, sold to Dea. Barachias Holt, 
 and went to Unadilla, N. Y. Was a shoemaker by trade. His wife was 
 Mary Ann Nichols of Antrim. Three children were born here, and 
 others subsequently. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 525 
 
 1. Nancy, [b. June 19, 1802, d. young.] 
 
 2. Betsey, [b. Aug. 22, 1804.J 
 
 3. Rev. Solon, [b. June 13, 1806, was a clergyman in the Meth- 
 
 odist Church.] 
 
 4. Rev. William, [Congregational pastor, and afterwards a mis- 
 
 sionary to the Indians.] 
 
 5. Ephraim C, [d. when his studies for the ministry were nearly 
 
 completed.] 
 
 STEPHEN HALL, another brother of James, came here about 1794, 
 and located on the Jonathan Ladd place, being that part of James Wil- 
 son's farm west of the road, from which the old buildings are gone. His 
 wife was Patty Wilson, sister of the first Jesse Wilson of Antrim. He 
 moved to Unadilla, N. Y. Three children were born here, others 
 there : ^ 
 
 1. Russell, [b. Nov. 20, 1788, fine man, well situated at Una- 
 
 dilla.] 
 
 2. Ruth, [b. March 4, 1791. J 
 
 3. Hannah, [b. Oct. -20, 1792, d. young.] 
 
 4. Merrill, [b. March 10, 1795, d. young.] 
 
 5. Lydia, [b. Dec. 24, 1797.] 
 
 6. Ephraim, [b. Sept. 7, 1799.] 
 
 7. Phinehas, [b. Oct. 31, 1801.] 
 
 8. Louisa, [b. March, 1804.] 
 
 9. Samantha, [b. July, 1807.] 
 
 10. Jesse, [b. April 18, 1810.] 
 
 KLTFUS HALL, son of Timothy and Polly (Chapman) Hall, of the 
 State of Maine, was born in Nobleborough, Me., in 1811 ; came here from 
 Natick Mass., in 1850; bought and refitted the house east of the school- 
 house in No. 6. He was a painter by trade. His wife was Eunice B., 
 dauf hter of David Marrow of Jefferson, Me., a colonel in the Revolution- 
 ary army, to whom he was married in 1830. Had children as follows : — 
 
 1. Mary J., [b. in Jefferson, Me., in 1832, m. Alfred Rogers of 
 
 Natick, Mass., in 1856. J 
 
 2. William R., [b. in Salem, Mass., in 1837, m. Sara Hackett 
 
 of Bedford in 1859, and d. in 1861.] 
 
 3. Louisa A., [b. in Damariscotta, Me., July 14, 1840 ; m. Dustin 
 
 Barrett of this town, July 10, 1858.] 
 
 4. Emeline C, [b. in Bath, Me., in 1844, m. Albert Haselton of 
 
 Manchester in 1871.] 
 
 5. George, [b. in.HoUiston, Mass., in 1847, and d. in 1871.J 
 
526 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6. Obrin B., [b. in Natick, Mass., in 1849, m. Frances Hardy of 
 
 Manchester in 1869, and d. in 1877.] 
 
 7. Charles M., [b. in Antrim in 1851, m. Lucie AHen of Con- 
 
 cord in 1871.] 
 
 MAETIN HALL, son of Martin and Nancy (Dunklee) Hall, married 
 Susan Ober of Amherst; came here in 1845, and carried on manufacture 
 of bedsteads on E. Z. Hastings stand in firm of Hall and Putnam; sold 
 his half to Isaac B. Pratt, sometime in 1846; went to Milford, and thence 
 to San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 HARDY. 
 
 Dea. NOAH HABDY went from Hollis to Nelson, and came here 
 in his old age to live with his daughter, Mrs. Buckminster, and died Dec. 
 21, 1835, aged seventy-seven. His wife was Sarah Spofford, and she died 
 May 9, 1850, aged eighty-flve. He was in the army, at Rhode Island, in 
 1777. A good man. But little is known of his history. He was a Rev- 
 olutionary soldier, as were his father and three brothers. He seems to 
 have been son of Phinehas and Abigail Hardy, who came to Hollis from 
 Bradford Mass., in 1751. The children of Noah and Sarah (Spofford) 
 Hardy were : — 
 
 1.- Noah, [lived in Nelson. His descendants are still in that 
 town.] 
 
 2. Betsey, [m. Ezra Prescott, who was long a register of deeds 
 
 in Amherst.] 
 
 3. Sally, [m. David Ames of Hancock, and went to Charlotte, 
 
 N. Y.] 
 
 4. David, [m. Sally Farwell of Hancock, and came from West- 
 
 minster, Vt., to North Branch, in 1833, on to the John G. 
 
 Flint place. In 1837 he moved to Hancock, thence to New 
 
 York, and now lives in Homer, that State. His children 
 
 were : — 
 Nancy. 
 
 Leonard, (now a high-school teacher.) 
 David, (who was a professor in a college in Kentucky. He d. 
 
 in early manhood, and a volume of his, poems was published 
 
 after his death.) 
 Wealthy, (no information of her.) 
 Angeline, (b. here in 1834 ; m. in New York, and soon d.)] 
 
 5. Hannah H., [m. Benjamin M. Buckminster in 1819 ; d. June 
 
 19, 1848.] 
 6.;^^Silas, [b. in Nelson, Nov. 20, 1799 ; m. Abigail Farley of 
 Hollis in 1826 ; came to Antrim from Westminster, Vt., in 
 
GENEALOGIES. 527 
 
 1835, on to the Dr. Whiton farm, where he remained until 
 1853, when he sold to Bben Bass, and moved to New Ips- 
 wich. He d. March 5, 1855, leaving two children : — 
 Sarah A., (b. June 25, 1827, in Westminster, Vt. ; m. Dr. A. 
 
 J. French, Nov. 11, 1852, and lives in Lawrence, Mass.) 
 Ann Eliza, (b. in Westminster, Vt.,Mayl8, 1834; m. Robert 
 P., son of Dea. Robert Steele of this town, in April, 1857, 
 and they now reside in Geneseo, 111.)] 
 7. Lois, [m. Henry Kelsey.j 
 
 JOHN HAEDT, son of David Hardy, was born in 'Wilmington, Mass., 
 June 23, 1791. His father was born September, 1746 ; moved from 
 Massachusetts to Lyndeborough in 1790, and died June 8, 1821. John 
 Hardy married Mary Morrill, Jan. 11, 1820. They lived some years in 
 Francestown, from which town they came here on to the Munhall place 
 in 1834. There he died Jan. 23, 1850. Was shoemaker by trade. Chil- 
 dren were : — 
 
 1. William, [b. Feb. 7, 1821 ; d. Nov. 28, 1870 ; enhsted in the 
 
 Fourteenth N. H. Regiment, and served till close of the 
 war ; m. 1st, Mary Ann Senter of Hudson, May 12, 1846 ; 
 2d, Lucinda Spalding, Oct. 21, 1854.J 
 
 2. Mary, [b. June 30, 1824 ; m. Peter C. Gregg, Oct. 28, 1854 ; 
 
 lives in Bradford.] 
 
 3. Gideon, [b. June 21, 1827; m. Ursula Lovejoy of Nashua, 
 
 July 3, 1854 ; resides in Nashua, and is foreman of a bobbin- 
 factory in that city.] 
 
 4. Charles, [b. June 19, 1829; m. L. Jane Blood of Goshen, 
 
 June 19, 1852 ; resides in Nashua ; is foreman of a bobbin- 
 factory, and a man of some prominence in that city.] 
 
 HARTWELL. 
 
 WILLARD HAETWELL, a cooper by trade, was born in 1781, and 
 came here from Temple about 1799. He married Betsey Spofford of 
 Temple in 1803, and lived on the Fletcher place now owned and occupied 
 by George Brown. He moved to Keene, N. Y., in 1813, thence to West- 
 port, N. T., where he died in 1867. His wife died in the same place in 
 the year 1875, aged ninety-two. Their children were: — 
 
 1. Isaac S., [b. in 1803, and d. unm. in 1852.] 
 
 2. Imla, [b. in 1806 ; m. Avis Storrs, and lives in Westport, 
 
 N. Y., having ten children.] 
 
 3. Betsey, [b. in 1809 ; m. Alanson Denton, and d. at Lewis, N. 
 
 Y,, in 1876.J 
 
528 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 4. Nancy, [b. in 1811 ; m. Ricjiard Brown of Westport, N. Y., 
 
 and has a large and respectable family.] 
 
 5. Aetemas S., [b. in 1813 ; m. Lucy Gibbs of Westport, N. Y., 
 
 and d. in that place in 1874.J 
 
 6. Mary, [b. in 1817 ; m. Alanson Byam of Orwell, Yt., and d. 
 
 there in 1851.J 
 
 7. Lucy M., [b. in 1819 ; m. J. 0. Barnes of Westport, N. Y.] 
 
 8. WiLLARD, [d. in 1825, aged 4.J 
 
 9. Jesse S.,_[b. in 1828, and lives in Westport, N. Y., unm.J 
 
 10. Phinehas N., [b. in 1825 ; m. Elmina Jackson of Panton, 
 
 Vt.J 
 
 11. Helen M., [b. in 1827 ; m. Stephen Gibbs, and lives at Fort 
 Ann, N. Y.] 
 
 HASTINGS. 
 
 Dea. EDWAED Z. HASTINGS, son of Zadok P. and Hannah 
 (Dutton) Hastings of Deering, was born in Westford, Mass., in 1831, 
 and came to Antrim in early life to worli in a shop at Clinton. He went 
 into the dopr and blind business in company with Chapin Kendall, in the 
 shop now owned by Abbott F. True, but sold out in about three years, 
 and worked for J. B. Abbott till 1865, when he bought the Danforth 
 place. In 1867 he sold that to John Gibson, and soon after bought of, 
 Enoch Paige the old factory stand in Clinton, built the two-story part of 
 his shop in 1870, and put the upper story on his house in 1873. Mr. 
 Hastings was appointed deacon in the Baptist Church in 1875. He mar- 
 ried, first, Nancy Jackson of Tamworth, Nov. 5, 1853, who died of con- 
 sumption the next year; second, Sarah J. Tuttle, Nov. 8, 1855, who died 
 in 1860. He afterwards married, Aug. 21, 1860, Mary J. Tuttle, niece of 
 Sarah J. Tuttle, his second wife. His children are as follows, the oldest 
 being the child of his second wife: — 
 
 1. George E., [b. June 25, 1858.] 
 
 2. Julia A., [b. Jan. 7,1864.] 
 
 3. Minnie A., [b. March 3, 1867.] . 
 
 DBA. JOHN E. HASTINGS, brother of Dea. Edward Z., was born 
 Aug. 5, 1836; came to Antrim to live with Dea. Boyd in 1851, where he 
 remained three years, and has since worked in the shop at Clinton. Por 
 the last twelve years he has been foreman in the shop of J. R. Abbott 
 and Coqipany. He was appointed elder in the Presbyterian Church in 
 1870, In 1863 he married Mary E. Tarbell of Hancock (born Sept. 19, 
 1839), and their children are: — 
 
 1. Gertrude A., [b. June 25, 1867.] 
 
 2. Mabel S., [b. May 4, 1870.] 
 
 3. John R., [b. April 4, 1872.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. ' 529 
 
 4. Harriet J., [b. June 1, 1875.J 
 
 5. Frank P., [b. Feb. 1, 1877.J 
 
 6. Luther W., [b. May 5, 1879. J 
 
 HATCH. 
 WARREN D. HATCH, son of Sanford and Annie ^ (Keith) Hatch, 
 was born in Oakham, Mass., April 9, 1821 ; married Eunice L. Peabody of 
 Dorset, Vt., Jan. 15, 1852, and came here from Jaffreythe same year. He 
 lived near WiUard Pond fourteen years ; engaged in various manufac- 
 tures in the shop there; then moved to South Village. Built his resi- 
 dence qn Pleasant street in 1879. His children are : — 
 
 1. Sarah A., [b. Nov. 3, 1852, m. Charles E. Wilkins Aug. 18, 
 
 1872, and lives in Boston.] 
 
 2. Sanford K., [b. March 1, 1856, d. April 9, 1857.] 
 
 3. Clara E., [b. April 13, 1858, m. Hiram A. Curtis April 24, 
 
 1879.] 
 
 4. Viola G., [b. April 17, 1859.] 
 
 5. Cora A., [b. Oct. 3, 1860, m. Josiah P. Curtis, Jr., Jan. 15, 
 
 1879.] 
 
 6. Warren D., Jr., [b. Nov. 27, 1865.] 
 
 7. Ellen M., [b. Nov. 26, 1868.] 
 
 Mr. Hatch is a man of many inventions, some of which have been 
 patented and are as follows : — 
 
 1. A " self-acting car-coupler," patented in 1869 ; a good thing but not 
 remunerative. 
 
 2. A machine for making slate-pencils, patented in 1867 ; afterward 
 applied for working wood and proved a very valuable machine. 
 
 3. A "peach-stoner." Patent sold to D. H. Goodell. 
 
 4. " Sewing-machine caster," patented in 1871, and held in high esti- 
 mation. 
 
 5. The "adjustable spring-bed," patented in 1875, and now manufac- 
 tured for him, on small royalty, by Dea. E. Z. Hastings. This is consid- 
 ered by many the best spring-bed in existence! 
 
 HAWES. 
 
 NATHAN HAWES came here from Goflfstown soon after the close 
 of the Revolutionary war ; was the first settler on the Butman farm, on 
 which he built a house in 1788. He sold to John Butman in 1794, and 
 moved back to Goffstown. In great old age he found a home with 
 friends on Hackett Hill in Hooksett, where he died in 1853. Was out in 
 the Revolutionary war ; was sixteen years old at the battle of Benning- 
 ton ; lay down in a hollow while the Hessian bullets cut the grass down 
 above him ; then he sprung up and got behind a large tree, and there, in 
 connection with Capt. Richards of Goffstown, he kept shooting away at 
 the enemy till the battle was over. ' 
 
530 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 HAYWARD. 
 
 JOSIAH HAYWAKD was born in Braintree, Mass., in 1766. In 
 1772 his mother died, and he went the next year to live with his uncle 
 Moses Burge of Westford. There he married, first, Kebecca Eeed in 
 1786, and came here with two children in 1790. He lived in various 
 places in town, and moved from here to the Benjamin Tuttle place in 
 Hillsborough, but in 1804 changed that with Tobias Butler for the Eben 
 Bass place, on which he was soon succeeded by Dr. Whiton. He moved 
 to Alexandria in 1838, from thence to Bristol in 1842, where he died in 
 1845, aged seventy-nine. His wife and three children died within nine 
 days, of spotted fever, in March, 1812. Married, second, Abigail Sawyer, 
 Nov. 11, 1813. His children were all by first wife, and were.: — 
 
 1. Samuel B., [b. in 1787, m. Nabby Killam of Hancock, and 
 
 had one child b. in Antrim. He went to Eutland, Vt., in 
 1805, and died in 1840.] 
 
 2. Sarah, [b. in 1789, and d. unm.J 
 
 3. Rebecca, [b. in Antrim in 1791, m. Silas Rhodes Nov. 26, 
 
 1815, lived some yeai-s on the Thomas Flint place, then 
 moved to Alexandria, and d. there in 1857. J 
 
 4. JosiAH, [b. in 1793, and went to Connecticut.] 
 
 5. Jonathan, [b. in 1794. He enlisted in the war of 1812, tod 
 
 served in the army five years ; was discharged, but was 
 never heard from after.] 
 
 6. Thomas P., [b. in 1797, and d. aged 18.] 
 
 7. Betsey, [d. in 1812.] 
 
 8. Charles P., [b. April 6, 1801 ; m. 1st, Lucinda Rhodes of 
 
 Antrim ; 2d, Loisa Whittemore of Pembroke, and lives in 
 that place.] 
 
 9. Walter, [b. March 27, 1803; m. 1st, Ann Sales of Boston; 
 
 2d, Mrs. Peter Bullock of Alexandria.] 
 
 10. Jonas R., [b. April 25, 1805 ; m. 1st, Maria Sleeper of Alex- 
 andria ; 2d, Mrs. Mary (Webster) Bodwell of Pembroke, 
 and d. in that town in 1873.] 
 
 11. Hannah, [b. April 26, 1807, d. in 1812.] 
 
 12. Mart, [b. Aug. 17, 1809, d. in 1812.] 
 
 HAZELTON. 
 
 Db. DANIEL W. HAZELTON, son of Daniel and Mary (Walker) 
 Hazelton, was. born in Hebron in 1824. He studied with Dr, Grilman 
 Kimball of Lowell, and took the degree of M. D. from the Vermont 
 Medical College in 1848. He came to North Branch early in 1849, and 
 in 1850 married Laurette Hammond of Hebron. He was highly esteemed 
 in Antrim, but removed to Cavendish, Vt., in 1853,. where he has sus- 
 tained a large practice to the present time. ' 
 
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 HEATH. 
 
 EICHARD HEATH came here from Hampstead in 1795 or before, 
 and bought a tract of land, " eighty acres more or less," on the west side 
 of the road from Clinton to Dea. Boyd's. He sold to James Boyd, Sen., 
 in September, 1800, and moved from town ; but I have not been able to 
 discover where he went or to find any further traces of him. The house 
 stood a few rods west of the present road. 
 
 HERRICK. 
 
 JOSIAH HEBRICK, son of Josiah and Mary (Low) Herrlck of Box- 
 ford, Mass., was born in 1762; married, first, Esther Tarbell of Hudson; 
 came here in 1807, and bought, of the elder Samuel Dinsmore, the saw 
 and grist mill, and homestead at the mill. He was a cooper by trade, 
 and a large manufacturer of pails and barrels, for that day. He was also 
 a Revolutionary soldier. His children all died in childhood. For his 
 second wife, he married Fanny Howard, March 16, 1841. He died April 
 8, 1853. 
 
 JOSEPH HERRICK, brother of Josiah, was born in 1783; married 
 Mary Cox of Beverly, and came here in 1821 into the old mill-house at 
 Loveren's mill. He was in company with Josiah, and died in 1833; 
 having children : — 
 
 1. Joseph, [b. in 1807 ; in. Julia Willoughby of Milford, and 
 
 had a large family, one son being George L., who m. Lucy 
 A. Tuttle, and resided in Clinton several years. His wife 
 d. there leaving one child, Walter L., b. June 7, 1868. 
 Joseph Herrick d. in 1847, aged 40, being killed by a cow, 
 in Wilton. J 
 
 2. William C, [m. Sarah Russell, and lives in Nashua. J 
 
 3. Sarah B., [b. in 1810 ; m. Ira A. Fuller, April 2, 1835 ; lived 
 
 for some years in Stoddard, then moved to Bristol Station, 
 111., and d. there in 1864. J 
 
 4. Nathaniel B., [b. in Beverly, April 22, 1813 ; m. Elvira 
 
 Simonds, Oct. 6, 1835, and carried on the town farm for 
 many years. In 1856 he moved on to the John Simonds 
 place, on which he lived until the spring of 1877, when he 
 bought the Draper place opposite the Center Church, where 
 he d. Sept. 1 of that year, after a long and wearisome sick- 
 ness, in the peace and assurance of a Christian hope. He 
 was a man singularly good and pure. They had children : — 
 
 Timothy, (b. Oct. 19, 1836 ; m. Elisabeth Muldoon of Staats- 
 burg, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1858, where he now resides.) 
 
 Almena,(A. in 1847, aged 9.) 
 
532 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Clementine, (b. July 18, 1840 ; m. H. D. Robb of Stoddard, 
 Jan. 1, 1860, and lives in Staatsburg, N. Y., having two 
 children : Edward H., b. here March 5, 1862, and Grace 
 A., b. in Staatsburg, June 20, 1873.) 
 
 Luella L., (b. in Windsor, Dec. 22, 1850 ; m. James D. Cut- 
 ter, Oct. 11, 1868, and lives in Stoddard, having, besides 
 other children, one child, Emma N., b. in this town June. 
 23, 1873.)] 
 
 5. Samuel D., [b. in 1815 ; m. Mary E. Abbott, and was long 
 
 a trader in Beverly, Mass., but now lives in Amherst.] 
 
 6. JosiAH, [d. in April, 1871, unm., in Londonderry, aged 50.] 
 
 7. John W., [b, here April 17, 1822 ; m. An'geline Curtis in 
 
 April, 1847 ; lived in various places, mostly in Peterbor- 
 ough, but came back to Antrim in 1875. Has children : — 
 
 Laura E., (b. in 1848 ; m. Calvin Bullard,and lives in Peter- 
 borough.) 
 
 Frank 0., (residence unknown.) 
 
 Alphonso S., (d. in 1872, aged 18.) 
 
 Fannie F., (m. Charles A. Preston ; lives in Peterborough.) 
 
 Fmili/, (d. in 1875, aged 16.)] 
 
 8. Charles, [m. Mary Dodge, and lives in Londonderry.] 
 
 9. Harriet E., [b. Aug. 24, 1828 ; m. William H. Gilmore in 
 
 1848, and lives in Hillsborough.] 
 
 ELIJAH HEREICK came here in 1832 as the' successor of Benjamin 
 Eollins in the old grist and saw mill at South Village. But, little is 
 known of him. He lived here several years. Had four sons and some 
 daughters. 
 
 HILDRBTH. 
 
 WILLIAM A. HILDEETH, son of George and Lucy (Winslow) Hil- 
 dreth (she was a descendant of the Plymouth Winslow), and grandson 
 of George Hildreth of Westford, Mass., was" born in Quincy, Mass. ; 
 married Helen J. Smith of Lunenburg, Mass., in ,1869; moved here in 
 1871, and built the Hildreth mill the same year. His children are : — 
 
 1. William A., [b- in Lunenburg, July 18, 1870.] 
 
 2. Rosa May, [b. in Antrim, April 28, 1873.] 
 
 3. Elvira "R., [b. in Antrim, Nov. 29, 1874.] 
 
 HILLS. 
 
 DAVID HILLS, born in 1770, was son of Jeremiah and Hannah 
 (Dow) Hills of Hudson. This Jeremiah was son of James Hills, and was 
 
GENEALOGIES. 533 
 
 bom in 1726 in Newburyport, where his father settled in 1716; was out 
 in the French war and Revolutionary war, and was married in 1776. 
 David came to Antrim in 1802 and bought the Nathan Cole place, now 
 owned and occupied by Pranklin Robinson, just west of the pound ; mar- 
 ried Mehitable Robinson, and lived there over half a century. In old 
 age he lived with his oldest son at the Branch, and died there in 1861 
 aged ninety-one. Children: — 
 
 1. Jeremiah, [b. Nov. 23, 1798 ; m. Jane Gregg Dec. 24,1846; 
 
 no children ; d. at Branch, July 1, 1868.] 
 
 2. David, [b. March 1, 1801; m. Asenath Cummings March 28, 
 
 1828, and succeeded Eobert Gregg on the place now Chan- 
 dler Butterfield's, but sold this and moved to Clinton in 
 1869, and d. Dec. 2, 1879. Has children : — 
 
 Cummings E., (b. May 25, 1835 ; m. Lizzie Rogers of Con- 
 cord, Aug. 24, 1865 ; has two children : William C.,b. Jan. 
 17, 1868, and Oscar E., b. Feb. 13, 1877 ; lives in Clinton.) 
 
 John M. W., (b. in 1843 ; m. Sarah Whitmore, Aug. 21, 1871 ; 
 has one son, Morris D.,^b. Dec. 11,1873 ; lives in Clinton.)] 
 
 3. John R., [b. Aug. 20, 1803 ; m. Mary Worthley April 6, 1830 ; 
 
 moved on to the Cummings place west of the pond, and 
 lived there twenty-niiie years, but d. in South Village in the 
 summer of 1869 ; a social, cheerful, live man, with hosts of 
 friends, and his sudden death was lamented by all. Had 
 but two children : — 
 
 Elisabeth, (d. aged 17.) 
 
 Phebe, (b. in 1839 ; m. Ezra Pettingill Nov. 21, 1870 ; d. Oct. 
 26, 1874 : was librarian of the library association till her 
 death ; a most faultless and amiable woman.)] 
 
 4. Sabah, [b. April 6, 1805 ; m. Rodney Sawyer Oct.- 29, 1835 ; 
 
 d. Feb. 11, 185^5, without a moment's warning and in the 
 prime of life.] 
 
 5. Reuben, [b. July 4, 1807 ; m. 1st, Lydia Fletcher Nov. 4, 
 
 1834 ; "built the house in Clinton occupied by his brother 
 David ; there his wife d. April 25, 1852. He m. 2d, Emily 
 S. Worthen of Moutpelier, Vt., and now lives in South 
 Weare. Children : — 
 
 Abby Frances, (m. Whitney Dunlap ; d. in 1861, in Keene.) 
 
 Samuel F., (d. in California, unm., in 1865.) 
 
 James Austin, (m. Ellen Blood of Manchester, and d. in that 
 city in 1877.) 
 
 ffelen M., (b. in Nashua ; is school-teacher in Boston.) 
 
 Emma H., (adopted child ; d. in 1870, aged 11.)] 
 
534 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6. Sophia, [b. Aug. 9, 1813 ; m. Smith Campbell June 5, 1848 ; 
 
 they settled in Litchfield ; he d. March 25, 1864. Had chil- 
 dren : Matthew, Alfred H., Clara S., and Arthur S. Alfred 
 H. Campbell graduated at Dartmouth College, and is in 
 pi-eparation for the ministry.] 
 
 7. Mehitable, [b. Oct. 12, 1815 ; became 2d wife of Dimon 
 
 Twiss June 10, 1845 ; d. in Mont Vernon, June, 1874.J 
 
 8. Louisa, [b. July 22, 1821 ; m. John W. Tenney April 18, 
 
 1844 ; d. Nov. 2, 1870, aged 49 ; a most amiable and pious 
 woman, — beautiful in sickness, and happy in death. J 
 
 WILLIAM HILL came here from Hudson, where there were many 
 by the name of Hill, or Hills. In a petition to Gov. Wentworth about 
 1743, of the people in "that place to be incorporated as a town, fully one- 
 third of the names are Hill. James, grandfather of David, Sen., is among 
 them, and probably the " Henry Hill, Jr.," of that paper was father of 
 William who came to Antrim. .This William came here in 1810, on to 
 the Dea. Worthley farm ; came in the prime of life, bringing five sons, 
 the oldest twenty-six, the youngest sixteen. Their mother was Sarah 
 Smith. After a few years Mr. Hill moved to Newport, and thence in 
 1818 to Penfleld, N. Y., where he died in 1830. His sons were as fol- 
 lows : — 
 
 1. Timothy S., [b. May 5, 1784 ; m. Patty Gates of Antrim, Feb. 
 
 25, 1813 ; lived with his father a short time ; moved then to 
 
 Penfield, N. Y. He d. in Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1837. 
 
 Children : — 
 Timothy S., Jr., (h. Aug. 11, 1814; d. Sept. 5, 1853 ; was 
 
 called " Smith Hills;" m. 1st, Elisabeth Coldren in 1844; 
 
 2d, her sister, Cornelia Coldren, in 1847.) 
 iMther B., (b. Sept. 1, 1815 ; lives in Irving, Mich. ; m. his 
 
 brother's widow, Cornelia, in 1854.) 
 Sarah J., (b. April 12, 1816, in Antrim, as the preceding, but 
 
 the following were b. in Penfield, N., Y. ; m. H. Bovee of 
 
 Utica, Mich., in 1834 ; now lives in Big Rapids, Mich.) 
 Mary A., (b. Nov. 20, 1818 ; m. Christopher C. Fisher July 
 
 29, 1839, now of Antrim, Minn.) 
 George W. P- (7., (b. Aug. 12, 1820; d. aged 2.) 
 Martha A., (b. May 19, 1822 ; m. William Marvin of Green 
 
 Bay, Wis.) 
 Charles a., (b. April 21, 1824; d. aged 18.) 
 Alta M., (b. March 29, 1826 ; m. Buel Bradley in 1853 ; lives 
 
 in Wayland, Mich.) 
 Sarriet Cordelia, (b. Nov. 15, 1828 ; d. Aug. 10, 1851 ; was 
 
GENEALOGIES. 536 
 
 adopted by Charles Gates ; m. E. W. K. Huntley March 15, 
 1849.)] 
 
 2. William, [b. 1786 ; m. Anstiss Smith, his cousin ; had but 
 
 one child, Sarah, who m. a Van Deiburg,and whose sons 
 live in Hillsdale, Mich. William Hill d. in that place in 
 1845.J 
 
 3. Henry, [b. in 1789 ; m. Rebecca Kelso Dec. 9, 1824. Her 
 
 father, Ananias Kelso, son of Daniel and Mary (McAllister) 
 Kelso of New Boston, d. in this town May 27, 1872, aged 
 93. Mr. Hill the same year of his marriage settled as a 
 blacksmith on the Jonas White place, where he worked at 
 his trade till 1832, when he bought the Ballard house in 
 South Village, which he occupied till his death in 1871. 
 Thus he was nearly thirty-nine years in service as a black- 
 smith in that village, and plied the hammer in all more 
 than half a century. Children : — 
 
 Mary E., (d. in 1837, aged 12.) 
 
 William H., (b. in 1833 ; m. Judith N. Kelsesi ; built the 
 double house in South Village in 1864, and the one he now 
 occupies in 1877 ; has been some years a member of the 
 Silk Manufacturing Company ; has children: Annie B., b. 
 Sept. 1, 1860, and Grace M.) 
 
 John G-., (d. in infancy.) 
 
 Luke W., (b. Sept. 20, 1837 ; now owns and occupies the Gil- 
 man Cleaves house in South Village ; is one of our best 
 men ; is a blacksmith, honoring the trade of his father ; m. 
 1st, Jennie Roach of Bennington, Dec. 22, 1863, who d. Feb. 
 16, 1872 ; m. 2d, Jan. 19, 1876, Hannah B. Duston of Hen- 
 niker, a direct descendant of Hannah Duston the famous 
 captive, who slew the savages and escaped.) 
 
 Clara B., (b. in 1841 ; m. George P. Corey, Nov. 29, 1860.) 
 
 Annie R., (d. in 1869, aged 16.)] 
 
 4. James, [b. in 1792; m. Hannah Sprague of Bedford. He 
 
 moved the Ambrose Story house from west of the pond to 
 its present location, and lived in it several succeeding years ; 
 subsequently he moved to Bedford, but early in 1837 he 
 went to his brother's in New Boston, where he d. of con- 
 sumption April 16, 1837. He had Children : Gates, Sabra, 
 Ursula, and Alden, as they were called. The latter m. Bet- 
 sey A. Butler of Antrim, and soon d. leaving one son. The 
 daughters both lived and d. in Bedford. Of Gates, or prob- 
 
536 GENEALOGIES. ' 
 
 ably Charles G., I have but little information. He went 
 to sea in early life, and the family had no definite tidings of 
 him after that. J 
 5. John, [b. in 1794 ; m. Mrs. Hannah (Twiss) Livingston 
 July 17, 1836, and settled in New Boston, where he d. Sept. 
 1.0, 1873. He was a tanner by trade ; was a man of taste 
 and skill in music, and, as playing the violin, was long held 
 as an essential part of the old choir in New Boston. The 
 writer remembers him as being, always in a pleasant way, 
 a skillful and most amusing tantalizer of the young folks, 
 always having a shrewd, sharp hit at each one he met. He 
 left no children.] 
 
 HOLMAN. 
 
 Eev. morris HOLMAN came here from Deering on to the John 
 S. Parmenter place in the spring of 1875. Was son of Jeremiah and 
 Sarah (Mclntire) Holman of Charlton, Mass., and grandson of Thonlas 
 Holman of Union, Conn. Was born in Union, Conn., Peb. 11, 1811, grad- 
 uated at Amherst College in 1837, and at Andover Seminary in 1840. 
 Was ordained at York, Me., Jan. 15, 1845, where he remained fifteen 
 years; was then pastor at Kennebunkport, Me., five years; and soon after 
 became stated supply of the Congregational Church, Deering, this State, 
 where he continued in service nearly twelve years. Has been known as 
 a clear writer and a man of sound scholarship. He married Mary A. 
 Lunt of York, Me., Feb. 18, 1845, 'and has children : — 
 
 1. Alfred Morris, [b. Nov. 18, 1845, m. Lilla Haskell of Low- 
 
 ell, Mass., and lives in Lowell; was a seaman and traveled 
 the world over in his boyhood.] 
 
 2. William A., [b. Nov. 27, 1849; was graduated with first 
 
 honors at Dartmouth College, in 1872 ; is now a lawyer in 
 Pittsburg, Penn.] 
 
 3. Samuel W., [b. June 5, r855 ; is a lawyer, of firm Pierce 
 
 and Holman, Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 4. Sadie M., [b. Oct. 24, 1857.] 
 
 HOLMES. 
 
 WILLIAM HOLMES, a wheelwright by trade, came here in 1785 
 and settled on the place known as the James Baldwin place. About 
 1793 he moved to Peterborough. Nothing further can be learned of him. 
 
 WILLIAM HOLMES was son of John and Mary (McCauley) Holmes 
 of Dunbarton. His mother was born in Ireland and came over when a 
 little girl. It was a vigorous Scotch family. William came here from 
 Dunbarton in 1786, and began the farm now in the possession of his 
 grandson, Ira Holmes. He married Margaret Moore of Bedford. Built 
 
GENEALOGIES. 537 
 
 a few rods north of Wie present buildings. Was a large land-owner and 
 an upright man ; but died in the prime of his years in 1798, aged thirty- 
 eight. His widow afterwards married William Combs. William Holmes's 
 children were : — 
 
 1. John, [b. 1789 ; went to Canada in early life, thence to Buf- 
 
 falo, N. Y., where he d. in 1835. In 1815 his brother 
 Thomas went out to visit him and walked every step of the 
 way ! John m. Hannah Douglass of Toronto, Canada ; was 
 a carpenter ; left three children : William, Robert, and John.] 
 
 2. Robert M., [never m. ; was b. in 1792 ; was out through the 
 
 ■war of 1812, was wounded and pensioned, but on return 
 gradually failed in health and d. in 1818.] 
 
 3. Thomas S., [b. March 14, 1793 ; m. Sarah Dinsmore, March 
 
 2, 1820 ; inherited the homestead of his father ; built the 
 present house in 1812 ; was a carpenter by trade, and a 
 hard-working, diligent, and honest man. He built, the 
 Levi Curtis house (on the mountain) in 1815, that being 
 the first building ever framed in Antrim by " square rule." 
 The neighbors laughed at the innovation and said he could 
 never get the frame together. But it went tip like a charm, 
 and that was the end of the old way in this vicinity. Pre- 
 viously, the timbers had to be laid together, marked and 
 fitted separately, and then numbered and " scribed " before 
 they were taken apart. Mr. Holmes was quite a reader, 
 and in his old age could quote Pope's " Essay on Man," 
 and other old writers, with ease and accuracy. His widow yet 
 survives in active and smart old age. After fifty- six years 
 of life together, he dropped away April 8, 1876. They had 
 children : — 
 Ira, (b. March 6, 1821 ; was ten years in California ; was fa- 
 miliar with all our Western country ; m. Mary W. Williams 
 of Clear Lake, lo.. May 30, 1864 ; inherits the paternal 
 homestead ; has greatly improved the buildings and farm ; 
 is among our most substantial men. Has two children : 
 Minnie V., b. Aug. 4, 1866, and Mabel P., b. Aug. 14, 1879.) 
 John, (b. Feb. 20, 1823, d. Oct. 17, 1841.) 
 Samuel B., (b. Dec. 24, 1824, d. Oct. 3, 1828.) 
 Mary E., (b. Feb. 4, 1828, m. Hiram Fifield of Andover, 
 
 April 20, 1-867.) 
 Vienna, (b. June 23, 1830, d. of consumption in 1860.) 
 Miza, (b. Jan. 27, 1833, d. aged 16.) 
 
588 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Hiram L., (b. March 25, 1835; m. Mary Boquith of Elgin, 111., 
 in 1870 ; now lives in Chicago.)] 
 
 4. Mary, [b. 1794 ; never m.; lived in Boston ; a woman of piety 
 
 and good works ; brought to Antrim for burial Jan. 24, 1880.] 
 
 ROBERT HOLMES, brother of the last-named William, was born in 
 ■ Dunbarton, March 5, 1766. He came here at the same time with his 
 brother, and began the place known as the poor-farm. Here he resided 
 a, number of years, and then he moved back to Dunbarton. He married 
 Susannah Chandler of Hopkinton. Was often in town office in Dunbar- 
 ton. Was colonel of the Ninth N. H. Regiment in 1811, and subse- 
 ■quently, and is spoken of as a "good officer." He died Feb. 28, 1850. 
 It is worthy of note that Anna Holmes, sistfer of William and Col. Rob" 
 ert, is now living in Webster, smart and well at the age of ninety-nine 
 years. She marrjed Perley P. Ray, a native of Amherst, Oct. 11, 1807; 
 and after a married life of forty years she has now been a, widow more 
 than thirty years ! The children of Col. Robert were as follows : — 
 
 1. Mary, [m. Dea. Thomas Giles of Gloucester, Mass.] 
 
 2. Betsey, [d. young.] 
 
 5. Charles, [m. Louisa Pope, lived and d. in Dunbarton.] 
 
 4. Charlotte, [d. unm. at New Bedford, Mass., August, 1853.] 
 5., John, [d. young.] 
 
 6. Elizabeth, [m. Jonathan Wheeler ; now lives a widow in 
 
 Boston; her daughter m. Charles Hutchins, manager of the 
 " Missionary Herald."] 
 
 7. B,OBERT C, [m. Julia Bosworth of Springfield, Mass. ; now 
 
 lives in Tiskilwa, ill.] 
 
 AUGUSTINE HOLMES came here from Stoddard, and Uved in the 
 James Eaton house in South Village about a dozen years. Was ti thing- 
 man in 1829. Subsequently lived in East Sullivan. Was a shoemaker. 
 Remembered as an eccentric and fun-loving man. One dark evening a 
 ■company of neighbors were in, and Holmes, talking of his sobriety and 
 prudence, said, among other things, that he disapproved of frightening 
 children, and Tiis boy was never afraid in the night. To prove this, he 
 called the boy, who had fallen asleep on the trundle-bed at one side of the 
 room, and ordered him to go up to the store and get a pint of rum. The 
 little fellow got half up, rubbing his eyes, and blurted out, " Why, father, 
 have you drinked the rest of that two quarts I got for you last night ? " 
 The boy was excused. He was, however, pretty thoroughly waked up 
 by the shouts of laughter which followed. Holmes used to enjoy telling 
 this story, though the joke lay rather heavy on himself. 
 
 HOLT. 
 
 ENOCH HOLT, and his brothers Elijah and Barachias, sons of Jere- 
 miah and Hannah Holt, were born in Andover, Mass., and came here 
 
GENEALOGIES. 539 
 
 from "Wilton, in 1794. Enoch lived in several places in town ; for several 
 years in a -house (now gone) near the school-house at the foot of Perry's 
 Hill. He died in 1805, and nothing is known of his family. 
 
 ELIJAH HOLT, who was born July 31, 1768, cleared and built near 
 the river, southwest of the East burial-ground, but sold in a few years 
 and went to Columbus, N. T., in 1802. These buildings have long been 
 gone, and there never was any road to them. Mr. Holt married Anna 
 Dickey in Antrim, March, 1794, and died Sept. 2, 1850, aged eighty-two, 
 in Columbus, N. Y. Their children were: — 
 
 1. James D., [m. 1st, Temperance Denison ; 2d, Gertrude M. 
 
 Gritman, and settled in Columbus, N. Y.] 
 
 2. Jebemiah, [b. June 9, 1797 ; m. 1st, Eliza Allen of Oswego, 
 
 N. Y. ; 2d, Anna Williams of Columbus, N. Y. ; 3d, Jane 
 Williamson of Chenango, N. Y., where he settled, and d. 
 Sept. 22, 1858. He is spoken of as a " plain, industrious, 
 upright, Christian man."] 
 
 3. David D., [m. Griselda Miller and settled in Chenango, N. Y. 
 
 He d. in Painesville, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1876.] 
 
 4. Daniel N., [m. Prudence Tinker ; soon ran away and was 
 
 never heard from.] 
 
 5. Mart A., [b. after her parents moved to New York ; m. An- 
 
 thony Olney, and lives in Columbus, N. Y.] 
 
 6. Hannah, [d. unm. June 23, 1843.] 
 
 7. Betsey, [d. in infancy.] 
 
 8. John, [m. Ann M. Foster, and lives in Berlin, Wis.] 
 
 9. Adam, [m. Frances M. Sheldon, and lives in Clinton, N. Y.] 
 
 Dea. BAKACHIAS holt built near Elijah's, by the river, but after- 
 wards bought part of the farm now James Wilson's and lived in a house 
 now gone, a few rods south of Wilson's. He was appointed deacon in the 
 Presbyterian Church, in 1800, and his piety was of the kind never ques- 
 tioned by anybody. His wife died Oct. 4, 1821, aged sixty-five. In 1846, 
 Dea. Holt asked the town for a small donation to help him along, which 
 request was most cheerfully granted. He died in 1846, aged eighty-nine. 
 His children were-: — 
 
 1. Elizabeth, [m. Israel E. Conant of this town, Aug. 31, 
 
 1815.]- 
 
 2. Amos, [b. in 1789 ; m. 1st, Rhoda Messer, and kept tavern on 
 
 the old place. He moved to Hillsborough in 1828. His 
 first wife d. March 3, 1839, and he m. her sister, Lucretia 
 Messer, March 12, 1840. He d. in Hillsborough, Jan. 11, 
 1846, aged 57.J 
 
 3. Dolly. 
 
540 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 4. Zebediah S., [b. May 11, 1797 ; moved to Maine about 1820.J 
 6. Phcebe, [b. April 17, 1800 ; she was long a singer and leader 
 in the Center choir, and noted for her beauty.] 
 
 DANIEL HOLT, son of Daniel and Dorcas (Abbott) Holt, was born 
 in Wilton, Peb. 13, 1796 ; married Hannab Green of Brookline in 1822, 
 and came to Antrim tbe next year. He bougbt the Dea. Alexander 
 ■place (now " Holt's Hill "), afterwards occupied by Samuel McAdams, 
 then by Isaac Barrett, and lived tbere forty-five years. Mr. Holt was a 
 great worker, made many improvements on tbe farm, and built the mas- 
 sive stone walls that attract the notice of the passer-by. His house was 
 burned, Sept. 2, 1833, but the people turned out nobly to help him, and 
 in just four weeks from the day of tbe fire he moved into the- present 
 house. In 1868 he moved to Hillsborough Bridge, where he died Aug. 
 31, 1876. His children are : — 
 
 1. Sarah W., [b. May 19, 1824 ; m. Luther M. Parker Nov. 2, 
 
 1843, who went into the army from -Keene, and d. in ser- 
 vice. Their eldest son was killed at the battle of Gettys- 
 burg.] 
 
 2. Samuel A., [b. April 27, 1827, and d. at the age of 7.] 
 
 3. Dorcas A., [b. March 29, 1829.] 
 
 4. Elisabeth, [b. March 11, 1830, m. Thomas S. Preston of 
 
 Hillsborough. After his death she m. Orrell Abbott, and 
 lives at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 6. Samuel A., [b. Jan. 28, 1836, m. Mary M. Whitney Aug. 15, 
 1861, and lives on the homestead, " Holt's Hill." Their 
 children are : — 
 Umma K, (b. May 29, 1862.) 
 Cora E., (b. Sept. 12, 1863.) 
 Frank A., (b. Jan. 13, 1865.)] 
 6. Abbott D., [b. July 10, 1839 ; went into the army at the age 
 of twenty-three, passed bravely and safely through some of 
 the hardest battles of the war, and then d. of fever, Oct. 4, 
 1862.] 
 
 HEEVET HOLT, brother of Daniel, was born in Wilton, April 30, 
 1803; married Minda Gregg of Antrim, Feb. 4, 1834, and ca'me here that 
 year. He bought of Dea. Parmenter about four acres of land, right in 
 tbe pasture and woods, and built the house and mill now the property of 
 his son. He was a man of bard work and great endurance, sustaining 
 numberless bruises and broken bones. He was peaceable and respected, 
 and died July 20, 1873, leavihg children: — 
 
 1. Mary G., [b. Nov. 9, 1834, and lives unm. on the homestead. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 541 
 
 She has, for many years, been a faithful and efficient helper 
 in every kind of sickness. ] 
 
 2. Caroline, [b. Sept. 3, 1836, m. William Butterfield in 1863 ; d. 
 
 April 6, 1869, having had but one child, who d. before her.j 
 
 3. Charles F., [familiarly called " Free,'' was b. July 27,1841. 
 
 He was a fearless and determined soldier in the army ; was 
 terribly wounded and left for dead on the field, in the sec- 
 ond battle of Bull Run, his upper jaw being shot away. He 
 was twice wounded before this. After his return he m. Eme- 
 line Smith in 1863, and lives on the old homestead, hav- 
 ing greatly enlarged and improved the mill. Is deputy- . 
 sheriff of Hillsborough county. His children are : — 
 
 Charles i., (b. Feb. 2, 1866.) 
 
 Nellie J., (b. Jan. 3, 1869.) 
 
 William A., (b. Nov. 6, 1870.) 
 
 Carrie M., (b. Oct. 21, 1873.) 
 
 Arthur, (b. Nov. 1, 1875.) 
 
 Alfred, (b. April 12, 1880.)] 
 
 4. Margaret J., [b. May 14, 1843 ; m. Charles H. Story in 1862, 
 
 who died in the army. Mrs. Story afterwards m. Lorenzo 
 Grace, and now lives in Lowell.] 
 
 5. Sabah Josephine, [b. May 30, 1847, and d. at the age of 14.] 
 
 rEANK E. HOLT, son of Horace E. and Maria (Stewart) Holt, was 
 born in Greenfield in 1856; married Jennie S.Hall of Hancock; came 
 here in 1876, and lives in the old Woodbury house at South Antrim. They 
 have one child : — 
 
 1. Grace Eva, [b. in Hancock in 1876.] 
 
 HOLTON. 
 Henry HOLTON came to Antrim from Boston in 1862, and lived 
 in the house next east of William Duncan's a few years, when he moved 
 to his present residence at Holton's Crossing in West Deering. He was 
 born in Windsor Aug. 10, 1825, but was brought up by James White on 
 the spot which afterwards came into his own hands, and is now his home. 
 He married Lucinda Ferry, Aug. 15, 1847. Went to Boston in 1842; was 
 a mason by trade, and accumulated property by building and selling 
 houses on tiie " Back Bay ; " was in this 'last business about ten years ; 
 is now one of the most extensive farmers in the State. Children: — 
 
 1. George Henrt, [b. May 24, 1848 ; d. May 20, 1849.] 
 
 2. Edwin Clark, [b. in Boston, July 6, 1852 ; was for a time 
 
 editor of the " Hillsborough Messenger;" is now on the 
 " Boston Globe."] 
 
54 i2 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 HOPKINS. 
 
 JAMES HOPKINS, Esq., was son of John Hopkins and Isabella 
 Keed, and grandson of John Hopkins and Elisabeth Dinsmore, and was 
 born in Windham, Aug. 14, 1761. He came here from that town in 1783. 
 It seems from the old records that four brothers came over from Scot- 
 land together. One of them, whose name I cannot obtain, settled in the 
 'eastern part of Maine, among those of Scotch origin who had located 
 there, and left a numerous race. Those who came to Londonderry were 
 John, James, and Eobert. John, the oldest, married Elisabeth Dins- 
 more as indicated above. James married Mary , settled in Lon- 
 donderry, and there had children: John, born July 18, 1747; .James, Jr., 
 born May 31, 1749; and Robert, born Nov. 1, 1750. He may have had 
 other children, but this is all we find record of. Robert, the youngest of 
 the emigrants, married Elenor Wilson; settled in Londonderry (part 
 now Windham), but afterwards moved to Francestown, being among the 
 early inhabitants of that town. He cleared and settled the well-known 
 " Gibson place " there. It was in his barn that Rev. Mr. McGregor of 
 Londonderry preached, and many early children of Antrim were carried 
 for baptism. Robert, or '■ Dea. Robert," as he was known, was a devout 
 man, and long held the oflSce of deacon. One old record speaks of his 
 wife as " Martha," and it is possible he had a second wife. The children 
 born before his removal to Francestown were Elenor, born March 5, 1738, 
 Elisabeth, Sarah, James, Robert, and Boyd. As the last was born in 
 1755, it is concluded that be moved to Francestown among the first set- 
 tlers there. This is all that can be learned at present writing about these 
 brothers. Capt. Joseph Dickey, who died in Londonderry in 1878 aged 
 ninety-five, gave me many items from personal memory in regard to 
 these men, and in regard to others of the old stock, having remarkable 
 recollection and reaching back as far as 1789 in some cases. John, who 
 married Isabella Reed, is undoubtedly the one he used to speak of as called 
 " Woods John,'' because he lived in the woods ; while another John, 
 probably son of James and Mary, was called '' Baptist John," because of 
 his belief. The latter he remembered as a " very knowing man and 
 always ready to impart information, and very pompous in manner.'' 
 These two "Johns" lived and died in Londonderry. The first brothers 
 and their sons internamed their children so much that one gets fearfully 
 tangled in the Roberts and Johns and Jameses. The first John, and 
 Elisabeth Dinsmore, left on record the birth of only one child ; but it is 
 certain they had others, one of whom, James, was father of William, 
 Ebenezer, and David, who settled in Francestown. 
 
 James Hopkins, always called " Esquire Hopkins," on coming here in 
 1783 at once commenced the Whiton farm, now occupied by Eben Bass, 
 but soon exchanged for the place by the river, now Arthur Miller's, 
 where he lived till his death, Jan. 2, 1843. Before coming here, though 
 quite young, Mr. Hopkins was out in the Revolutionary army. In this 
 town he was a prominent man for more than half a century. Was a 
 large land-holder; was frequently in town oflSce, and held in general 
 respect. He married, first, Katherine Aiken in 1788. Mr. Whiton says 
 
GENEALOGIES. 543. 
 
 " she was a woman of more than ordinary henevolence and excellence of 
 character." In papers left behind, Mrs. Whiten says she was " a lovely 
 woman, and might well be considered one of the salt of the earth." She 
 died Sept. C, 1820. He married, second, Mrs. Jennett, or Jennie, Cleaves,. 
 May 4, 1823, she being his cousin. The children were: — 
 
 1. James, Jr., [known as " Dea. James," b. March 7, 1789; m. 
 Sally Caldwell April 13,1815; lived with his father; wa& 
 chosen elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1835 ; but d. 
 in 1838 in wonderful triumph and peace. He was in th& 
 prime of his years with his young family about him ; but he 
 gave up all, and with faithful admonitions to every one, in 
 the very expressions of dying joy, his lips stopped, and he 
 was gone. He had six children, two of whom died youngs 
 and the others were as follows : — 
 Jjuther A., (went South for his health in 1838 ; was assistant, 
 quartermaster in regular army in the Seminole war and had 
 many narrow escapes. After the war he settled in Florida,^ 
 and d. at Key West in 1848, aged 30. He picked out the 
 spot, and had his grave cut in the solid limestone, as a 
 surety against the washing of the waves in the occasional 
 inroads of the sea at that place.) 
 Fanny J., (m. John F. Marshall, Sept. 5, 1839 ; d. in Nashua ^ 
 in 1846. Her only child, James Hopkins Marshall, served 
 with distinction in the late war, and now lives in Webster, 
 Mass.) 
 Kate L., (m. Parker H. Pearson, and went to Milwaukee, 
 
 Wis., where he d. in 1869.) 
 Mary E., (went to visit her sister in Milwaukee, in 1857, and 
 there m. Michael H. Dousman in 1861. She has one child, 
 James Hopkins, and is prominent in benevolent and mis- 
 sionary enterprises in that section.)] 
 
 2. Jane, [b. Sept. 6, 1790 ; m. Jacob Miller Dec. 16, 1813 ; d 
 July 30, 1815. He d. seven years later in Arkansas. Jacob 
 was brother of Gen. James Miller, who, having been surren- 
 dered by Gen. Hull at Detroit, and being released on parole, 
 was present here at the wedding of his brother.] 
 
 8. Isabel, [b. July 28, 1792 ; m. George Duncan Dec. 20, 1814 ;. 
 d. June 26, 1864.] 
 
 4. John, [b. Oct. 30, 1794 ; m. Abby Pratt of Antrim ; moved 
 to Jamestown, N. Y. He and his wife d. only a few days 
 apart in 1873. One son, Henry Reed, is a physician in 
 
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544 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Buffalo. John Hopkins built an addition to the Corey house 
 for a store, and was in trade there from 1817 to 1820 ; then 
 was in trade awhile in Roxbury, Mass. ; was noted as a 
 teacher, and went to New York for that purpose.] 
 
 5. William Clark, [b. July 1, 1799 ; d. Sept. 3, 1800.] 
 
 6. Clark, [b. Jan. 14, 1801 ; was a man of large size and 
 
 great physical power. At the annual " Cork Musters " he 
 used to break up the gamblers and drive them by scores 
 off the field. He would rush in among them, knock 
 them down, smash their furniture, break their bones, 
 till they scattered like wild birds, in sheer terror at the 
 presence of one man. Clark Hopkins had a reputation 
 far and wide as a school-teacher, — able, scholarly, and 
 fearless, and a terror to evil-doers. If there was a school 
 anywhere that nobody else could keep they sent for him. 
 Was by natural endowment one of the ablest men ever 
 raised in Antrim ; was some years deputy-sheriff. His care- 
 ful memory has been of great service in the preparation of 
 this book. In his old age Mr. Hopkins gave his heart 
 to Christ ; after an adventurous, changeful, and oft afflicted 
 life, he was moved to seek the Savior by the memory 
 , of the prayers of his mother, who had been dead fifty-four 
 years. In relating his experience he said that for many 
 weeks " her loving face confronted him at every turn." 
 And may not our best answers to prayer come after we are 
 gone ? Clark Hopkins m. Lucy P. Lawrence of Tyngsbor- 
 ough, Mass., March 26, 1845 ; bought the McParland place 
 (N. W. C. Jameson's), and lived there many years. His 
 wife d. Oct. 23, 1852, aged 89. Their children were : — 
 
 Amorett, (b. Jan. 26, 1846 ; m. George B. Williams of Williams- 
 ville, Vt., Nov. 3, 1869, and has children, John and Luella.) 
 
 Luella, (b. Feb. 27, 1848 ; d. April, 1860.) 
 
 James 0., (b. Oct. 10, 1852.)] 
 
 7. Betsey Ann, [b. Feb. 29, 1804 ; m. Amasa Kimball ; lived in 
 
 Lowell, Mass. ; had one son, John Kimball, now a prominent 
 railroad man in the West.] 
 8.' Milton W., [b. Dec. 20, 1807 ; m. Rachel Newhallof Boston; 
 lived some years in Boston, then went to St. Louis, thence 
 to Upper Alton, 111., and d. there, but we have no dates.] 
 
 Perhaps it should be added of the parents of James Hopkins, Esq., 
 ■ that his father, John Hopkins, was a jolly, easy, good-natured, happy man, 
 
" GENEALOGIES. 545 
 
 a shoemaker by trade as well as a farmer. His grandson says of him that 
 he would sit at work on his shoemaker's bench and sing Scotch songs 
 from morning till night, without a word of repetition. He had a great 
 memory, and took the world easy. On the contrary, his wife, Isabella 
 Keed, was a woman tremendously nervous and active. She had strong 
 convictions and great energy, no patience with idleness, was fearless and 
 ready for anything; could do two days' work in one and not feel injured 
 by it. She came to this town to spend her old age, was greatly vener- 
 ated and loved, and died here with her son, June 7, 1823, aged eighty- 
 three, and was buried on the hill. Her daughter, Mary Ann, sister of 
 James Hopkins, Esq., married Nathaniel Morrison of Peterborough, and 
 was mother of John H. Morrison, D. D., of Milton, Mass., and Prof. 
 Nathaniel H. Morrison, LL. D., of Baltimore, Md., and also Prof. Horace 
 Morrison, president of the University of Maryland. John Hopkins, 
 named above as marrying Isabella Reed, was born in Londonderry, 
 March 10, 1731, and was son of John and Elisabeth (Dinsmore) Hopkins. 
 (See Dinsmore family.) Isabella Reed was daughter of Matthew Reed 
 and Mary Ann Holmes. John and Isabella Hopkins had another daughter, 
 Betsey Ann. twin-sister of Mrs. Mary Ann Morrison, who married James 
 Gregg of Antrim, afterwards Dea. James of Londonderry, and was 
 mother' of Prof. Jarvis Gregg, one of the most precocious and remarka- 
 ble young speakers and scholars ever produced in New Hampshire. He 
 married a daughter of Ezekiel Webster, but died very suddenly but a 
 week or two after marriage. 
 
 BOYD HOPKINS, a relative of "Esq. James," and son of Dea. Rob- 
 ert and Elenor (Wilson) Hopkins, was born in Windham, Aug. 17, 1755 ; 
 married Jane Burns of New Boston; came here in 1794 and bought the 
 John Mcllvaine place. The buildings, now gone, stood a few rods west 
 of the school-house in No. 6. Boyd Hopkins remained on said place 
 nearly forty years, till his death, which occurred Sept. 26,1833.- Children, 
 of whom half the number were born in Erancestown, were as follows : — 
 
 1. Pattt, [Martha on town record, b. Dec. 27, 1783, m. Nathan- 
 
 iel Griffin, d. 1827. J 
 
 2. Solomon, [b. iiept. 8,1785 ; m. Dec. 26, 1811, Sarah, sister of 
 
 Zenas Temple. His father gave him the east half of his 
 farm, on which he built what is known as the James Bald- 
 win house in 1811, but afterwards moved to Alstead, and d. 
 there in 1852.] 
 
 3. Elisabeth, [b. Aug. 25, 1787 ; m. WilHam Wilkins Feb. 3, 
 
 1856.J 
 
 4. Jane, [b. Aug. 12, 1789, d. unm. 1820.] 
 
 5. Hannah, [b. May 28, 1791 ; m. Charles Cavender of Green- 
 
 field, July 6, 1822 ; lived awhile in Keyes.house in Antrim, 
 and d. there, Sept. 29, 1834.] 
 
 6. POLLT, [b. May 4, 1793, d. in childhood.] 
 
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546 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 7. Sally, [b. in Antrim, May 14, 1795 ; m. Joshua Poster of Han- 
 
 cock, Oct. 8, 1816, and d. in that town in 1823.] 
 
 8. Elenor W., [b. April 19, 1797; m. William Cavender, and 
 
 moved to Fairfield, Mich., and d. there in 1839.J 
 
 9. Nancy, [b. May 11, 1799, d. aged 20.] 
 
 10. Robert B., [b. June 16, 1803 ; m. Dec. 23, 1834, Caroline 
 Rugg of Rindge. She was daughter of William and Sarah 
 (Buswell) Rugg, and was b. May 30, 1808. Mt. Hopkins 
 occupied the homestead of his father till 1858, when he sold 
 and moved to the Branch where he now lives. Has but 
 two children : — 
 
 Caroline E., (b. Sept. 10, 1835 ; m. Harvey A. Chamberlain 
 in 1866, and moved to Thetford, Vt.) 
 
 Harvey B., (b. Nov. 10, 1836 ; m. Alice B. Putnam of Thet- 
 ford, Vt., Feb. 16, 1876.)] 
 
 11. Polly, [b. Dec. 11, 1805 ; m. John Peabody of Antrim, 
 Dec. 31, 1829.] 
 
 12. Fanny, [b. Feb. 12, 1809 ; m. Jan. 29, 1833, Benjamin Tut- 
 tle of Hillsborough, and d. in that town in 1840.] 
 
 DAVID HOPKINS, a relative of James, Esq., and of Boyd, and 
 brother of William and Ebenezer of Francestown, came here from Fran- 
 ce'stpwn in 1794, and lived in a small house opposite the Christie tavern, 
 till the spring of 1800, when he went to Plainfield, Vt. His wife was 
 Polly Fellows. He went into the army in the war of 1812, and died in 
 the hospital at French Mills, Canada, in 1814, aged forty-seven. His wife 
 died Feb. 15, 1853, aged eighty-six. They had two sons in the army of 
 1812, and eleven grandsons in the Union army in the late war. Left 
 children : — 
 
 1. David, Jr., [b. in Francestown, Sept. 25, 1792 ; m. Barbary 
 
 Low ; was out in the war of 1812 ; settled in Freedom, N. Y., 
 and d. 1839. Children all dead.] 
 
 2. Lois, [b. 1794 ; m. Joseph Gunney; settled in St. Johnsbury, 
 
 Vt.] 
 
 3. Mary, [twin-sister of Lois ; m. John Hopkins of Frances- 
 
 town ; d. in Vineland, N. J., in 1875.] 
 
 4. Betsey, [b. in Antrim, Oct. 17, 1796 ; d. of spotted fever in 
 
 1812.] 
 
 5. Abner F., [b. in Antrim, May 14, 1798 ; was a soldier 
 
 throughout the war of 1812 ; m. 1st, Almeda Rand ; 2d, 
 Mrs. Sarah Clay ; d. in Charlestown, Mass., in 1867.] 
 
 6. Latta, [b. in Plainfield, Vt., in 1800 ; m. 1st, Simeon 
 
aENEALOGIES. 647 
 
 Fletcher of Greenfield ; 2d, Benjamin Bailey of Greenfield ; 
 d. at Waukon, lo., in 1867.] 
 
 7. Lawson, [m. Eliza Smith of Boston ; d. in that city, February, 
 
 1834, aged 32.J 
 
 8. Lucy, [d. in infancy.] 
 
 9. James, [b. June 18, 1806, in Montpelier, Vt. ; m. Harriet 
 
 Watson of Northwood ; celebrated their golden wedding 
 March 25, 1877 ; he was twenty-six years a machinist in 
 employ of Dover and Lowell companies, was twenty-one 
 years a sheriff in Lowell ; has lived in Lowell since 1832, 
 Through all his long life has been honored with numerous 
 and important trusts.] 
 
 10. John, [twin-brother of James ; m. 1st, Lydia A. Spear 
 of Freedom, N. Y. ; 2d, Parthenia Humphrey of Charles- 
 town, Mass. ; 3d, Lucy Bryant of same place. He d. in that 
 city in 1874.] 
 
 11. Philander, [b. 1808 ; m. 1st, Mariam R. Gipson of Hamp- 
 
 den, Me. ; 2d, Caroline E. Rand of Chichester, and d. in 
 Chichester in 1875.] 
 
 12. Elihu H., [b. 1811 ; m. Susan Watkins of Portsmouth ; was 
 killed by railroad accident in Sonoma, Ohio, in 1858.] 
 
 18. Eliza, [b. in Francestown in 1813 ; m. Phinehas Davis ; 
 lives in Charlestown, Mass.] . 
 
 HOUGHTON. 
 
 CHARLES HOUGHTON, son of Euclid and Elisabeth (Pettingill) 
 Houghton, was born in Attleborough, Mass., in 1790 ; married Fanny 
 Farrington, and came here in 1816. They lived in a house (gone for 
 many years) east of the corner below the Dea. Shattuck place. This 
 house was several years the parsonage of the East Church; was built in 
 1812, and taken down by J. W. Christie. Mr. Houghton was a little, ner- 
 vous, fidgety man, a carpenter by trade, and lived awhile in the Ambrose 
 Story house. He was a devoted and good man. In 1833 he moved to 
 Alexandria, and from thence to Boston, where he died in 1861. His chil- 
 dren were : — 
 
 1. Euclid B., [b. in Boston in 1816, m. Catherine B. Blaney in 
 
 1839, and d. in a hospital at St Louis in 1862, whither he 
 had gone to take care of sick and wounded soldiers.] 
 
 2. Oalista A., [b. in Antrim Dec. 18, 1818, m. Nathan Tilden, 
 
 and is now living in Worcester, Mass.] 
 S. Nancy P., [b. in Antrim Dec. 31, 1821, and d. unm, in Gard- 
 iner, Me., in 1846.] 
 
648 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 4. Daniel P., [b. in Antrim July 27, 1824, m. Caroline E. Drew, 
 
 and resides in Worcester, Mass.] 
 
 5. Fanny B., [b. in Antrim Jan. 7, 1827, m. Reuben C. Mayo 
 
 in 1846, and now resides in Boston.] 
 
 6. Mary E., [b. in Antrim May 19, 1830, m. E. Welton Roach 
 
 in 1861, and lives in Boston.] 
 
 7. Abby W., [b. in Alexandria in 1834, m. J. Franklin Tobey, 
 
 and d. in Boston in 1876.] 
 
 HOUSTON. 
 
 WILLIAM HOUSTOJSr was born in Bedford in 1756, and came here 
 from that place in 1790. He was a mason by trade, and for many of his 
 later years a maker of basket-bottom chairs ; lived at first on the Isaac 
 Patterson farm, and afterwards settled the place now M. B. Tutlle's, and 
 died in 1830, aged seventy-five. His first wife was Betsey Miller of Hills- 
 borough, who was the mother of all his children. His second wife was 
 Isabel Campbell. The children were : — 
 
 1. John, [b. in 1782 ; m. Rachel Lowe, June 9, 1809, and went 
 
 to Nashua, where he d. in 1858. J 
 
 2. Thomas, [d. at the age of 19. " Tom," as he was called, was 
 
 a mason by trade. When finishing the top of the chimney 
 of the three-story house at the Branch, he slipped from the 
 staging and fell to the ground. It was a terrible fall, but 
 he was not seriously hurt. It might, however, have hastened 
 his early death.] 
 
 3. Kathbrine, [m. Silas Marshall, and lived and d. in Hillsbor- 
 
 ough.] 
 
 4. Polly, [m. David Bell, Jan. 24, 1809.] 
 
 5. Betsey, [m. John Tennent of Antrim, and d. April 18, 1833, 
 
 aged 31.] 
 
 HOWARD. 
 
 PITMAN HOWABD, a Revolutionary pensioner, came here about 
 1800, and lived awhile in a house southwest of Samuel Dinsmore's, but 
 afterwards went to live in the Ring house on the east side of the road 
 from Chester Conn's to Nathaniel Herrick's (taken down in 1837). The 
 name of his first wife and the mother of his children, who were all born 
 before he came here, I cannot learn. She died suddenly while out in the 
 pasture, and he married for a second wife Fanny Stevens of' Mont Ver- 
 sion, and brought her here on an ox-sled. He died Aug. 29, 1830, aged 
 eighty-three. The children were: — 
 
 1. William, [b. March 5, 1795 ; m. Betsey F. Fay of Walpole, 
 Sept. 14, 1819 ; d. in Keene at the age of 79. Had six 
 
GENEALOGIES. 549 
 
 children, one of whom, Rebecca Frances, is the wife of Dr. 
 Gardiner C. Hill of Keene.] 
 
 2. Fanny, [m. Josiah Herrick of Antrim, March 16, 1841 ; d: 
 
 May 13, 1871, aged 83.J 
 
 3. Rebecca, [d. unm. in Stoddard.] 
 
 4. Betsey, [d. unm.] 
 
 5. Samuel, [went West, and nothing more can be learned of 
 
 him.] 
 
 HUBBARD. 
 
 JONAS HUBBAKD came here from Hollis, it is thought in 1794, and 
 the following year built a small house a little north of the road from the 
 north end of the pond to the Steele place. This house has been gone 
 more than half a century, the cellar and apple-trees now alone marking 
 the spot. Here he lived till 1801, when he moved back to Hollis; but he 
 probably soon after moved again, as no trace of him can subsequently be 
 discovered in that town. An old record there reads: " Betty, born July 
 28, 1771, daughter of Jonas Hubbard and Betty, his wife." 
 
 Dr. GEORGE H.. HUBBARD came here from Washington in 1848 
 to take Dr. Burnham's place; married Sarah Jones. He lived in the 
 McFarland house, but remained only two years, when he moved to East 
 Washington ; thence to Manchester, from which place on the breaking- 
 out of the war he went as a surgeon into the army. After the war he had 
 charge of a hospital in New York, and died there in 1876. He was on 
 the superintending school committee both years of his residence here. 
 
 HUDSON. 
 
 JOHN G. HUDSON, son of Robert and Betsey (Tyrrell) Hudson of 
 Keene, was born July 7, 1832; married Kate Bishop of EUenville, N. T., 
 Sept. 25, 1861, and settled in Stoddard. He came to Antrim on to the 
 Zadok Dodge place in 1874. His children, all born in Stoddard, are: — 
 
 1. John B., [b. Aug. 7, 1862.] 
 
 2. James R., [b. Aug. 20, 1863.] 
 
 3. William H., [b. Feb. 22, 1865.] 
 
 4. Oscar U., [b. Oct. 22, 1866.J 
 
 5. Ida F., [b. June 6, 1868.] 
 
 HUNT. 
 
 DAVID F. HUNT, son of David and Lucinda (Matthews) Hunt, was 
 born in Hancock in 1836; married Hattie W. Burbank of Worcester, 
 Mass., in 1864, and came here first in 1868, and again, after two years' 
 absence, in 1873. Their children are: — 
 
 1. Nettie A., [b. in Worcester in 1865.] 
 
 2. Florence C, [b. in North Chelmsford, Mass., in 1871.J 
 
650 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 HUNTLEY. 
 
 ERASTUS W. R. HUNTLEY, son of Rufus and Betsey (Morrison) 
 Huntley, and grandson of Gen. Elisha Huntley, was born in 1826, in 
 Marlow, and came here in 1849. He was a cabinet-maker; married, 
 first, Cordelia Hills Gates, Marcb 15, 1849, who died Aug. 10, 1851. In 
 1852 he married, second, Emeline Wilson of Temple. He died Dec. 15^ 
 1856. His children are as follows, the eldest being the child of his first 
 wife : — 
 
 1. Helen Cordelia, [called " Ella," b. Feb. 28,1850 ; m. George 
 
 Polsom, and lives in Antrim, Minn.] 
 
 2. Edwina E,, [d. in 1867, aged 14.J 
 
 3. Nettie A.'^ [d. July 19, 1872, aged 18.] 
 
 4. L. Jennie, [b. May 4, 1856.J 
 
 HURLIN. 
 
 Ret. WILLIAM HURLIN, son of William and Elisabeth (Evens) 
 Hurlin, and grandson of Martin and Sarah (Marchand) Hurlin, was born 
 in London, England, July 31, 1814, and married Harriet Brown of Lon- 
 don, Dec. 25, 1836. He preached his first sermon in April, 1835; served 
 gratuitously as a lay preacher in and around London for five years ; and 
 in 1840 received an appointment as missionary of the " London City Mis- 
 sion," where he served nine years. In 1849, with broken health, he re- 
 signed, and started with his family for America. In January, 1850, he 
 was ordained pastor of the Free-will Baptist Church in North Danville, Vt. 
 Subsequently he served the churches of that order in Alton, Acton, Me., 
 and Amesbury, Mass. In 1855 Mr. Hurlin transferred his ecclesiastical 
 relation to the Baptist denomination ; then, successively, he became pas- 
 tor of the Baptist churches in Acton, East Sumner, Damariscotta Mills, 
 and China, all in Maine. In 1866 he received a call to the Baptist 
 Church in South Antrim, and was its pastor for seven years. He set- 
 tled in 1873 in Plaistow; then in Goshen, and then returned without 
 charge to Antrim. His family were originally French Huguenots, and 
 the estate of his fathers was confiscated for heresy. Since his resignation 
 at Goshen, Mr. Hurlin has been secretary of the New Hampshire Baptist 
 Convention. Also for many years he has been an extensive and honored 
 writer for the periodicals of his denomination. Children: — 
 
 1. Harriet, [b. Sept. 25, 1837 ; m. Ira Palmer of East Sumner, 
 
 Me., J;ine 13, 1§63.] 
 
 2. Elisabeth, [b. June 10, 1840 ; m. Lucius M. Robinson, April 
 
 14, 1864. He d. in tbe army in August of that year,] 
 
 3. Robert, [b. Feb. 10, 1842 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 4. William, [b. May 7, 1843 ; d. Oct. 8, 1861.] 
 
 5. Edward, [b. June 12, 1845 ; d. in infancy.] ' 
 
 6. Sarah, [b. Oct. 12, 1846 ; m. Orlando J. Lincoln, Sept. 27, 
 
 1872 ; residence, Santa Cruz, Cal.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 551 
 
 7. John M., [b. March 19, 1848 ; m. Mary J. Brown, Nov. 19, 
 
 1874 ; resides in Boston.] 
 
 8. Sophia E., [b. Sept. 27, 1850 ; m. Samuel R. Robinson, Dec. 
 
 24, 1870.J 
 
 9. Martha A., [b. Jan. 27, 1853 ; d. Sept. 30, 1861 .J 
 
 10. Henry A., [b. Nov. 6, 1856 ;' is clerk of Goodell Co.] 
 
 11. Charles S., [b. Aug. 6, 1858 ; d. Oct. 9, 1861.]" 
 
 12. Clara M., [b. July 22, 1859.] 
 
 HUTCHINSON. 
 
 JAMES HUTCHINSON was son of George and Elisabeth (Bickford) 
 Hutchinson, and grandson of Ambrose Hutchinson. Ambrose was born 
 in Salem, Mass., in 1684, was son of Joseph, and grandson of Eichard 
 who was born in England in 1602, and who was descended from Barnard 
 Hutchinson, which last was known to be living in 1282. James came 
 here in the spring of 1774 to live, and there is little room to doubt that 
 he had worked somewhat clearing his land the preceding season. He 
 settled on the place at the foot of the hill next west of Daniel Swett's, 
 and his farm was afterwards occupied for many years by Reuben Boutwell, 
 Sen. He married, in 1771, Sarah Averill of Amherst (now Mont Vernon) 
 and lived awhile in that part of Amherst now Milford. He was one of 
 those who started at once for the scene of conflict on the breaking-out of 
 war, April 19, 1775, and he did not return ; for he enlisted at once in the 
 company under Capt. Josiah Crosby, and was in the battle of Bunker 
 Hill, June 17 following. The next day, venturing to go to a house on 
 Charlestown Neck in range of the British men-ot-war, he was struck in 
 the neck by a fragment of cannon-ball, and, though the wound was not 
 very severe, it was of such a nature that they could not stop its bleeding. 
 He was helped back to the American lines and everything possible done for 
 him; buthedied the next morning from loss of blood. His age was twenty- 
 six. His going there at that time was a piece of daring characteristic of 
 the New Hampshire men. It is said, that, when the British were march- 
 ing up in front. Gen. Stark stepped forward of his regiment thirty-five 
 paces and deliberately drove a stake into the ground ; and then turning 
 to his men and raising his hand he said: " There, don't a man of you fire 
 till the redcoats get up to that stake I If he does, I'll knock him down ! " 
 Gen. Washington used to speak of these things as bits of New Hamp- 
 shire courage I James Hutchinson's widow, born 1751, married Eben- 
 ezer Chandler in 1779, and died in Wilton in 1803. The first husband 
 left one child, James Hutchinson, Jr., who was born 1772; married, first, 
 Euth Styles, 1797; second, Anna Spalding, in 1824; settled in Wilton; 
 was a very genial, interesting, and good man ; and died in that town in 
 1856, leaving a large and honorable family. 
 
 Rev. AARON HUTCHINSON was born in Hebron, Conn., in 1724; 
 was graduated at Yale, 1747; married Margaret Carter of his native 
 town; was a long time pastor in Grafton, MaSs. ; came here in 1786 and 
 
552 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 preached a part of two years. He was a man of remarkable memory. 
 His friends claimed that he could write out the whole Bible again from 
 memory, if it were lost, and even the New Testament in Greek as well 
 as English. Often he went into the pulpit, read his chapter, gave the 
 hymns, delivered his sermon, and finished up the whole service without 
 opening a book or referring to a paper of any kind ! He was a stout de- 
 fender of the faith of the fathers, and, though an old man, was very pleas- 
 ing to the people of Antrim. He died in the fiftieth year of his ministry.' 
 His sou. Rev. Aaron Hutchinson, Jr., was the first candidate for the min- 
 istry ever in Antrim. He came here in 1778, and preached several 
 Sabbaths ; but, for some reason, went into the practice of the law, locating 
 at Lebanon. Was a lawyer of good standing, and died July 27, 1843, 
 aged upwards of eighty years. He married Eunice Bailey of Lebanon, 
 October, 1784. His two sous, Henry B. and James B., were graduates of 
 Dartmouth College (1804 and 1806), and both adopted the profession of law. 
 
 GEORGE G. HUTCHINSON was son of John and Polly (Gates) 
 Hutchinson. John was born March 21, 1784, and died Jan. 19, 1825. His 
 first wife was Phebe Hovey, who left a son Daniel, who was a merchant 
 in Lowell, Mass., and died there. George G., oldest of Polly Gates's chil- 
 dren, was born in Washington, Feb. 9, 1816; his father died leaving five 
 small children. The widow returned at once to her father's in Antrim, 
 but moved with .her father and her children on to the Dea. Sawyer place 
 in 1833. George G. came here in 1825 to live with Stevens Paige. He 
 remained four years, then lived with William S. Foster eight years ; married 
 Mary C. Duncan, May 12, 1853, and moved into the Dea. Sawyer house, 
 which had been moved down whole over the rocks from the top of Meet- 
 ing-house Hill. His barn was burned with all his hay, Aug. 17, 1866, and 
 the house was barely saved by the desperate efforts of his neighbors, 
 under lead of Eben.Bass. Mr. Hutchinson has worked his way most 
 worthily through many hardships and losses, and has made many labo- 
 rious improvements in his rocky but excellent farm. Has children : — 
 
 1. William, [b. April 1, 1854.J 
 
 2. John D., [b. April 25, 1856 ; now of Middlebury College, 
 
 Vt., class of 1882.] 
 
 3. Charles I., [b. March 14, 1858.J 
 
 4. George H., [b. Nov. 1, 1859.J 
 
 5. Lynda E,, [b. Oct. 1, 1861.J 
 
 6. Lincoln H., [b. June 27, 1863.] 
 
 7. Ira P., [b. April 8, 1865.J 
 
 8. Alden C, [b. Nov. 1, 1867.] 
 
 JOHN HUTCHINSON, the second child of John and Polly (Gates) 
 Hutchinson, was born Sept. 1, 1817. He married AnnM. Boutelle; lived 
 in several places in town, chiefly in Clinton ; has been in Chetopah, Kan., 
 several years. Was out in the war in the Seventh N. H. Eegiment. 
 Children, besides two that died in childhood : — 
 
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 1. George Edward, [b. June 4, 1845 ; was out through the war, 
 
 chiefly in the N. H. Seventh ; m. Emma 0. Ashe of Lowell. 
 Is wood-dealer in that city.] 
 
 2. Martha Jane, [b. Aug. 8,'l847 ; d. Sept. 24, 1867.] 
 
 3. John M., [b. Feb. 27, 1851. Has been in the regular U. S. 
 
 army seven years in the Indian country.] 
 
 4. Prank H., [b. Sept. 26, 1856 ; m. Helen Ashe, sister of 
 
 above ; lives in Lowell ; assistant of his brother in the 
 wood business.] 
 
 The third child of John and Polly (Gates) Hutchinson was Phebe J., 
 who married Stephen Sylvester of New Ipswich, and died in that town 
 Sept. 8, 1864, leaving two children, William H. and Mary E. 
 
 The fourth child was Charles Gates Hutchinson, who was born Feb. 
 22,1821; married Susan Hoyt of Lowell. They went to Nevada, and 
 after a time to Los Angeles, Cal., arriving in the latter place about 185,5. 
 His wife died July 25, 1859. No children. He is an extensive farmer 
 and fruit-grower, having 250,000 oranges as one item of his last crop. 
 
 The fifth child of John and Polly (Gates) Hutchinson was William, 
 who was born Nov. 27, 1822, married Adeline Sherman of New Castle, 
 Me., and was a broker in Boston. On account of failing health,, he moved 
 to Antrim into the David Hills house, Clinton, where after about a year 
 he died, his death occurring July 24, 1854. 
 » 
 
 HYDE. 
 
 EZEA HYDE, son of Ezra, and grandson of Ezra, came here from 
 Winchendon, Mass., in 1840, and engaged in the manufacture of woolen 
 cloth, under the firm name of Hyde and Breed. They carried on busi- 
 ness in the Breed mill. He enlarged the Dunlap mills, now Kelsea's, for 
 the same purpose in 1846; also built Union Hall for a woolen mill, but 
 failed, and in 1849 moved to Lawrence, Mass. While here he built the 
 Edward Adams house, and lived in it some years ; the back part of it had 
 been previously used for a tailor's shop. Mr. Hyde had no children here. 
 After a short sojourn in Lawrence he rnoved back to Winchendon, his 
 native town, where, in the lumber business, and in the manufacture of 
 various wooden wares, he was engaged till his recent retirement from 
 business. Was a stirring, enterprising man, and his business here was 
 prosperous until the "hard times "of that day compelled him to stop. 
 His mother was Betsey Perley. His father was an old mate of Dr. 
 Whiton in Winchendon, often came here, and thus the son was led to 
 this town. The grandfather of Ezra of Antrim came from Newton, 
 Mass. His wife was a Whiting. They came on the day of their mar- 
 riage on horseback into the woods of Winchendon, and built them a log 
 cabin. Subsequently he went into the Revolutionary army, and she 
 would take her baby, lay it down between the rows, and dig fifteen 
 bushels of potatoes per day, and put them in the cellar alone ! Ezra 
 Hyde, father of Ezra of Antrim, published a history of Winchendon many 
 
554 GENEALOGIES. , 
 
 years ago, being a man of quite a literary turn. Ezra of Antrim was born 
 Aug. 17, 1807; married, first, Adeline Everett of New Ipswich, who died 
 here and was buried in Bennington; married, second, Mrs. Nancy J. 
 (Whitney) Young of Gardner, Mass. Had three children, bora in Win- 
 chendon: — 
 
 1. Ezra Warren, [b. June 18, 1854. J 
 
 2. Mart J., [tn. William D. Beman of Winchendon.J 
 
 3. Emma E. 
 
 JAMES EATMOND HYDE, son of Ezra and Polly (Raymond) 
 Hyde, was a half-brother of Ezra of Antrim, and came here in 1843 to 
 work for him in the manufacture of woolen goods. He was born in 
 Winchendon, Mass., Feb. 23, 1816. He married Emma Mellish, daughter 
 of Stephen and Roxcelana (Eaton) Mellish of Walpole, July ,5, 1843. He 
 lived here in the Widow Breed house, and also on the Kelsea place in 
 South Village. He left Antrim in 1849, going to Lawrence, Mass. Re- 
 sided some years in Hartford, Conn. ; now lives in Hyde Park, Mass. 
 Had two children, both born in Antrim. These two were the eighth 
 generation from Jonathan Hyde, who was born in England in 1626, and 
 settlied in Newton, Mass., in 1647. James B. Hyde's children were: — 
 
 1. William E., [b. July 29, 1844; d. here Sept. 9, 1844.J 
 
 2. George Mellish, [b. Feb. 19, 1846 ; m. Sara V. Mitchell of 
 
 Water town, N. Y. ; was till recently at book-publisher in 
 Hartford, Conn. ; now resides in Hyde Park, Mass. ; is pre- 
 paring a history of the Hyde family in America.] 
 
 JACKSON. 
 
 CHARLES E. JACKSON, son of Charles A. and Elisabeth (Dean) 
 Jackson of Tamworth, was born in 1827, married Pamelia J. Kittredge 
 of Mont Vernon, and came here to manufacture doors in 1853. He occu- 
 pied the shop now A. P. True's, and went into company with Stephen C. 
 Kendall. He died in 1862,' leaving children: — 
 
 1. Mary P., [b. Jan. 19, 1856.] 
 
 2. Nellie M., [b. May 15, 1868. J 
 
 3. Charles H., [b. May 8, I860.] 
 
 JAMESON. 
 
 HUGH JAMESON, and his brother Thomas, came over and settled 
 in Londonderry, though some years later than the pioneers of that town. 
 They were sons of William Jameson, a vigorous Scotchman of Belfast, 
 Antrim county, Ireland. At one time he is said to have been in business 
 in Londonderry, Ireland. It has beeii a tradition among their descend- 
 ants that they fled to this country to avoid impressment into the British 
 service ; but such traditions are too common for all to be true, and may be 
 
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GENEALOGIES. 556 
 
 taken with some allowance. Hugh was a widower and brought five chil- 
 dren with him. He had married Christine Whitehead of the Isle of Man, 
 who died leaving seven children, two sons and five daughters. One of 
 the boys died early in the passage, and the other soon after died from 
 grief at his lose; and their two little bodies were buried in the sea. The 
 five daughters were : Jane, of whom we know nothing ; Molly, who mar- 
 ried, first, William Todd, and second, Dea. Robert Moore of Goffs- 
 town; Eosina, of whom we can learn nothing; Esther, who married 
 Jonas Hastings of Dunbarton; Martha, who married a Mr. Hersey 
 of New London. Hugh married, in this country, Jane Barr, and by this 
 second marriage had children : Peggy, of whom I find no information ; 
 Alexander, grandfather of Judge John A. Jameson of Chicago; Elisa- 
 beth, who married John Taggart of Gofistown; Daniel, grandfather of 
 Eev. E. O. Jameson of East Medwly, Mass. ; Hugh, afterwards of Canan- 
 daigua, N. T.; and Thomas, who graduated at Dartmouth College in 
 1797, a lawyer in Gofistown, died in 1813 at the early age of forty-two. 
 The descendants of Hugh are smart people wherever we find them. 
 
 THOMAS JAMESON, brother of Hugh, was born in Belfast, Ireland, 
 in 1710, and died in Dunbarton, Aug. 23, 1764. He married Margaret 
 Dickey. She was born in 1718, and died June 21, 1800, and was daughter 
 of John and Phebe (Mclntyre) Dickey of Londonderry. These two 
 brothers moved from Londonderry to Dunbarton soon after their mar- 
 riage, and were among the most efiicient of the early settlers of that town. 
 They were wide-awake people, and thorough-going Presbyterians. The 
 three sons who came to Antrim, and their wives, were all members of the 
 old church on the hill. The descendants of Hugh and Thomas are now 
 very numerous, spread over the whole country, in the highest ranks of 
 society and learning, and are, almost without exception, virtuous and 
 intelligent people. Thomas Jameson and Margaret Dickey had seven 
 children. The first was Mary, who died in childhood; the second was 
 Alexander of Antrim, noticed below; the third was John, who was 
 born in Dunbarton, March 8, 1750, and died Feb. 14, 1806. He married, 
 first, Sally Mills, the first white child born in' Dunbarton; second, Mrs. 
 Elisabeth (Ely) Fulton. He lived in Dunbarton, and among his chil- 
 dren were Kev. Thomas Jameson, a graduate of Dartmouth in class of 
 1818, and John Jameson, who was a graduate of the same college in 1821. 
 The fourth child of Thomas and Margaret was Margaret, who married 
 John McMillen of Fryeburg, Me., and was the mother of Mrs. Francis 
 Brown of Antrim. The fifth child was Hugh of Antrim, noticed below. 
 The sixth was Isabel, who was born Aug. 15, 1755; married James Mc- 
 Cauley of Dunbarton, and died Dec. 20, 1843. She left many descend- 
 ants, prominent among them Prof. William McCauley of Eoanoke Col- 
 lege, Virginia. The seventh and youngest child was Capt. Thomas 
 Jameson of Antrim, noticed below. He was a soldier of the Eevolution, 
 and had a pension. He entered the service very young, was acquainted 
 with all its hardships, and was once reduced to the extremity of eating 
 horseflesh to support life. Capt; Thomas was a very apt man at work, 
 being tailor, blacksmith, and farmer. On one occasion he went over to 
 
556 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Society Land (Bennington) to cut a pair of pants for a man. He went 
 on a raft up the river ; coming back, the water being very high, he lost 
 his shears through a crack in the raft. At once he marked a tree near 
 the spot, and then the next summer went to the place and found his 
 shears ! It is said that when the land was new they cut two tons of hay 
 to the acre without manure. Mr. Jameson had to go six miles to grind 
 his scythe. This explains somewhat the willingness of Kandall Alexan- 
 der to borrow a grindstone, as related elsewhere, and the willingness of 
 the neighbors to use that '' borrowed " stone ! 
 
 ALEXANDER JAMESON, second child of Thomas and Margaret 
 (Dickey) Jameson, was born in Londonderry, in 1743. He came to An- 
 trim first in 1775, and the following year located on what is now known 
 as the Temple place. He was prominent among the early settlers, and he 
 and his wife were among the original members of the church (1788). 
 Having erected his log house and got enough cleared for a beginning, he 
 brought his young wife here for a home. She was Jenny Moore, daughter 
 of Dea. William Moore of Bedford. Here they lived till 1798, when he 
 went to Cherry Valley, N. T., to which place many emigrated from An- 
 trim in the early part of this century. He died in that place, Sept. 1, 
 1807, aged sixty-four. His wife died in Hamburg, N. Y., July 22, 1830, 
 aged eighty-nine. She was called a very smart woman ; used to raise 
 flax, spin her linen thread, and then walk to New Boston, sixteen miles, 
 and sell it, and back home the same day ! Their children were all born , 
 here, and were as follows : — 
 
 1. Thomas, [b. May 13, 1778 ; settled in Hamburg, N. Y. ; cooper 
 
 by trade ; was justice of the peace ; moved to Boston, Erie 
 , Co., N. y., and d. there March 27, 1859. His wife was Re- 
 becca Taggart of Antrim.] 
 
 2. Mary, [b. Nov. 22, 1779 ; reputation of being very hand- 
 
 some.] 
 
 3. William, [b. March 20, 1781 ; lived in Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Was an officer in the war of 1812 ; d. at Gates, N. Y., Jan. 
 16, 1836. His wife was Hannah Reed of Bloomfield, N. Y.] 
 
 4. Margaret, [b. May 1, 1782; m. Israel Ferris, 1800. Lived 
 
 at Cherry Valley. She d. July 25, 1853, at Madison, Ind. 
 Her husband went West on speculation and was murdered for 
 his money.] 
 
 5. Nancy, [b. July 7, 1784, m. Elisha Clark, and lived at Ham- 
 
 burg, N. Y. ; d. Dec. 22, 1868.] 
 
 6. Hugh, [b. Oct. 1, 1786 ; m. 1st, Aug. 6, 1809, Susanna Moore ; 
 
 2d, Mrs. Mahala (Hall) Clark, Had ten children; lived 
 in Brant and JSamburg, N. Y., and d. in the former place, 
 Aug. 19, 1870.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 657 
 
 HUGH JAMESON, fifth child of Thomas and Margaret, settled in 
 1777 on land now Elijah F. Gould's. His house stood on the turnpike 
 a few rods north of the present school-house, though some things lead us 
 to think that his first home was nearer the mountain. He had a house 
 burned, but we are unable to find out the date of the fire. He died Aug. 
 17, 1795, aged thirty-seven. He was a soldier in the Revolution, drew a 
 pension, and finally died from the efiect of disease contracted in the war. 
 His widow, Margaret Steele before marriage, followed her son to New 
 Hudson, N. T., many years after her husband's death, and died June, 
 1848, aged ninety-five. Their children were all born in Antrim, and were 
 thus : — 
 
 1. Thomas, [b. in Antrim Aug. 2'8, 1781 ; went to New Hudson, 
 
 N. Y., and d. in Howard, 111., unm., Jan. 7, 1864. J 
 
 2. Hugh, [b. Nov. 5, 1793 ; familiarly called " White 'Hugh ; ", 
 
 m. Harriet Pierce; sister of Pr§s. Pierce, and was a long time 
 in Boston custom-house ; had been a shoemaker by trade, and 
 ajDout 1818 carried on quite a business in that line in the old 
 McFarland house. South Village. Hugh d. in Boston, April 
 23, 1854. His wife d. at the age of thirty-seven. Two children 
 survive, Charlotte Josett, who m. Joseph C. Bond of Boston, 
 and Jane F., who m. Henry P. Henshaw and now resides in 
 Independence, lo.J 
 
 3. Peggy, [d. 1788, aged 2.] 
 
 4. James, [b. June 4, 1790 ; m. 1st, Martha Dinsmore, 1813, who 
 
 d. Jan. 10, 1815, at the age of 24; 2d, Indiana B. Kendall, 
 Dec. 4, 1817 ; had a store a few years at Hillsborough Upper 
 Village. Moved to New Hudson, N. Y., in 1824, and d. 
 March 16, 1837, in that place.] 
 
 5. Betsey, [b. Nov. 4, 1788 ; m. James Dinsmore of Society 
 
 Land, Dec. 6, 1814, and went to New Hudson, N. Y., with 
 the family in an ox-wagon covered with leather and contain- 
 ing all their furniture and effects. She was a woman of 
 great memory, smart and good, and left a worthy family. 
 She d. June 10, 1877, in Hastings, Minn. Two sous, Soly- 
 man and J. H. G. Dinsmore, are extensive manufacturers of 
 agricultural implements in the West. The family have 
 taken some pride in that ox-wagon journey of three hun- 
 dred miles. It was more romantic than ten thousand miles 
 by rail. It was both conveyance and inheritance, since they 
 took with them all they had. The covering of tanned leather 
 was for the manufacture of boots and shoes on arrival. 
 Tools and all the et c^teras of the expected little home were 
 
558 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 stowed away in that ox-wagon. And so the young couple 
 started out iu life ! Such brav^, strong hearts are sure to 
 win success.] 
 
 Capt. THOMAS JAMESON, youngest child of Thomas and Mar- 
 garet (Dickey) Jameson, came here in 1783 and cleared on the banks of 
 the Contoocook, and built on the spot now the home of George E. But- 
 terfleld. He was known in all the region as " Capt. Jameson," and his 
 name is only that on the town records, for the most part. He obtained 
 his title by having command of a local company of militia. He was a 
 first-rate officer, and the company insisted that he should retain command 
 some three years after his time of service expired. He agreed to do this on 
 condition that the company should pay the bills, as the captain was sup- 
 posed to " treat " the company in those days ! He was a pronounced 
 Democrat, and once gave his brother-in-law, who was opposed to him in 
 politics, a thrashing for saying that he hoped the time would come when 
 men would have to work for a sheep's head and pluck a day, and sleep 
 under the cart-body at night. He was an eilergetic, capable, and useful 
 citizen. He married, first, Mary Steele, who was the mother of all his 
 children; second, Mrs. Mary (Baldwin) Kendall, June 28,1832. She 
 married, first, James Stickney ; second, Joshua Kendall ; third, Thomas 
 Jameson, and outlived him 1 The first wife was a remarkably robust 
 and strong woman, — of the olden kind, — brave, smart, and quick. When 
 they were clearing land she split a hollow log and took one half of it for 
 a cradle; laid her baby down in it in the field, and reaped daily more grain 
 than any man on the lot ! They paid for the land with the rye they 
 raised on it. It is said that her half-brother once ofiended her in polities, 
 when she seized him by the collar and slammed him against the cellar- 
 door over and over till he begged for release. "Women had some rights 
 then I He didn't talk politics with Mrs. Jameson any more. She died 
 June 5, 1831, aged seventy-one. Capt. Jameson died Juue 12, 1837, aged 
 seventy-eight. Children : — 
 
 1. John, [b. July 6, 1785 ; went to Salem, Mass., when a young 
 man ; m. Mary Pierce of that place in 1811. He d. June 
 15, 1849. She d. Sept. 4, 1868. They had children : — 
 Mary, (Mrs. William A. Symonds of Salem, Mass.) 
 Ann, (Mrs. Lucius B. Martyn, Salem, Mass.) 
 Harriet, (Mrs. Thomas Beddoe, Charlestown, Mass.) 
 John, (m. Rachel Stedman ; d. in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 4, 1849. 
 Prof. Henry W. Jameson of St. Louis is his son. An- 
 other son is Edward S. Jameson, a prominent newspaper 
 man of the same city. Another son was John S. Jameson, 
 who died in Andersonville prison ; a rare and noble 
 young man, whose life was published by his regiment. 
 Though young, he was distinguished as an artist and musi- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 659 
 
 cian ; and his face may be seen in the " Arts and Artists of 
 Connecticut.") 
 
 Caroline. (Mrs. John W. Stedman of Norwich, Conn. Mr. 
 S. has been bank commissioner, postmaster, etc. Is insur- 
 ance commissioner of the State of Connecticut.) 
 
 Ellen, (Mrs. James D. McMurphy of Salem, Mass.) 
 
 Laura, (unm.) 
 
 Delina, (unm., Norwich, Conn.)] 
 
 2. Margaret, [b. Wednesday, May 16, 1787 ; m. Zenas Temple 
 
 Dec. 23, 1813 ; d. Aug. 4, 1870.J 
 
 3. Thomas, [b. Tuesday, March 17, 1789; m. Nancy Cochran, 
 
 Sept. 27, 1814 ; lived in the Hugh Jameson house on the 
 turnpike ; in 1816 built a store on the opposite side of the 
 road from the house, and was there in trade till 1819, when, 
 not meeting with satisfactory success here, he moved to Med- 
 ford, Mass. ; afterwards he moved to Lowell, and d. there 
 Oct. 10, 1852. Children : — 
 
 Thomas C, (b. June 2, 1815 ; d. in Cincinnati, some years 
 ago, which is all known of him.) 
 
 John C, (lost at sea in the autumn of 1842, aged 28 ; only 
 * two on the vessel saved.) 
 
 Maria F., (b. in 1830 ; d. young.; 
 
 Isaac, (unm. ; was a young man greatly devoted to study ; 
 was very early a school-teacher ; began to study for the min- 
 istry, but lost his health, and going to Florida to regain the 
 same in the year 1842, he sunk away on the passage, and 
 was buried at sea, aged 20.) , 
 
 Andrew, (b. Oct. 19, 1818, in this town ; m. 1st, Lucinda Hobbs 
 of Malone, N. Y. ; 2d, Mrs. Jennie (Palmer) Richards of 
 Taunton, Mass. ; is now a respectable and worthy citizen of 
 Littleton, Mass.) 
 
 Nancy, (b. in 1816; d. in Lowell, Mass., in 1846.) 
 
 Clarissa A., (b. in 1825; m. Vespasian Danforth of Lowell, 
 Mass. ; d. in 1858 ) 
 
 Caroline, (b. in 1834 ; d. in infancy.) 
 
 Carrie M., (b. in 1838 ; became 2d wife of V. Danforth ; d. in 
 Amherst, in 1864.)] 
 
 4. Jambs, [b. Friday, March 25, 1791 ; m. Dorcas W. Cleaves, 
 
 June 18, 1812 ; d. March 27, 1825, and left children : — 
 Sarriet, (b. Feb. 26, 1813 ; m. Michael Mongan, and lives in 
 Philadelphia, Penn.) 
 
560 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Isabel, (b. Aug. 6, 1815 ; m. Charles P. Hirsch, and lives in 
 Keene.) 
 
 Nathan W. C, (b. on Dustin Barrett, or Cleaves place, July 19, 
 1818 ; went to Boston at the age of sixteen, with only 11.60 
 in his pocket, and all the world before him ; went into a 
 store as clerk, and after a few years had a store of his own in 
 that city, remaining there till 1851, when he moved back to 
 Antrim. He bought the McFarland house in South Vil- 
 lage, and repaired and adorned that ancient building, built 
 barns, etc., making a beautiful residence. These all were 
 destroyed by fire Aug. 9, 1861, in the evening. The present 
 capacious buildings were at once erected on the site of the 
 old ones, being nearly completed before the close of 
 that year. Mr. Jameson, since returning to Antrim, has 
 been deputy-assessor of United States revenue, postmaster, 
 representative, Sabbath-school superintendent, auctioneer, 
 and farmer, leading a life of constant and great activity. 
 He m. 1st, Mary A. Mixer of Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 6, 
 1839, who d. in about eight weeks ; 2d, Caroline B. Mixer, 
 sister of the above, Aug. 10, 1841, who d. July 11, 1856, 
 aged 34 ; 3d, Mary J. Dodge of Bennington, May 14, 1867. 
 His children are nine in number, thus : First, Mary Caro- 
 line, b. Jan. 11, 1845; d. in infancy. Second, Nathan C, 
 who was b. May 4, 1849. He m. Idabel, daughter of John 
 D. and Mary (Burnham) Butler of Bennington, March 15, 
 1871. Resides in the Mark B. Woodbury house ; has chil- 
 dren : John Butler, b. Aug. 2, 1873 ; Robert Willis, b. July 
 23, 1875; and James Walker, ,b. May 28, 1878. N. C. 
 Jameson -^vas representative in 1875 and 1876, and delegate 
 to the constitutional convention of 1876. Third, Charles R., 
 who was b. April 20, 1856 ; now in trade at Hillsborough 
 Bridge. Fourth, Anna Belle, who was b. June 10,1858, and 
 d. June 4, 1877, being a fine scholar, an excellent organist 
 and pianist, a sweet singer, and a most humble and devoted 
 Christian. Adding to this, that she was beautiful in features, 
 most attractive in manners, and the same to all, it is not 
 strange that she was spoken of as " too fair for this world." 
 Her death was a glorious triumph of grace. She d. exactly 
 six years from the day she united with the church, and 
 lacked six days of being nineteen years old. Her face finds 
 a welcome place in this book. Fifth, Caroline E., b. Aug. 
 
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 .'H^^. 
 
GENEALOGIES. ' 561 
 
 23, 1860, and m. Herbert H. Whittle, Jan. 1, 1879; sixth, 
 Ada Grace, a loved and beautiful child who d. Oct. 8, 1871, 
 aged 8 years ; seventh, Walter D., b. July 10, 1865 ; eighth, 
 Jennie May, b. Sept. 1, 1868; and ninth, Gertrude D., b. 
 Aug. 1, 1872.) 
 Jane S., (b. Jan. 6, 1824, m. Charles Rice bet. 11, 1848, and 
 lives in New York City.)] 
 
 5. Andrew, [b. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1793 ; m. Louisa Phippen of 
 
 Salem, Mass. He was hotel-keeper at Hillsborough Bridge 
 in 1826, and went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he d. March 20, 
 1839. No children.] 
 
 6. Ann, [b. Thursday, Oct. 80, 1794, m. Robert H. Cleaves 
 
 Sept. 24, 1818, and d. Oct. 8, 1868.] 
 
 7. Hugh, [b. Thursday, Aug. 18, 1796, m. Sophia Cummings of 
 
 Tyngsborough, Mass., May 30, 1822, and d. in Boston Feb. 
 26, 1861. Gen. Horatio Jenkins, of Yale College and Cam- 
 bi'idge Law School, now of Jacksonville, Fla., m. a daughter 
 of this Hugh. This Hugh was in trade in Nashua many 
 years.] 
 
 8. Mary, [b. Monday, Aug. 16, 1798 ; m. 1st, John Hosley, 
 
 Aug. 14, 1817 ; 2d, Dr. Thomas Preston of Hillsborough, 
 and d. Aug. 20, 1831, aged 33. Her son, John Jameson 
 Hosley, was last known as a tanner doing business in Green, 
 N. Y.] 
 
 9. Alexander, [b. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1800 ; lived and d. on 
 
 the old homestead. He m. 1st, Lucinda Averill of Mont 
 Vernon, Nov. 16, 1829, who d. Nov. 6, 1843, aged 34. He 
 m. 2d, Nancy J. Bell, daughter of Hugh and Nancy (Wil- 
 son) Bell of Bennington, April 3, 1845. He d. Tuesday, 
 July 26, 1864. Soon after this the old homestead was sold, 
 having been occupied by the family eighty-two years. The 
 widow and children moved to South Village. Alexander 
 Jameson was one of the most worthy and upright men ever 
 resident here ; unassuming and universally respected. Hi& 
 children were : — 
 
 Mary R., (b. Sept. 9, 1831 ; m. D. F. French of Washington^ 
 Jan. 24, 1855, but lived only four weeks after marriage.) 
 
 Anne W., (b. Aug. 31, 1837, m. Harris E. Cutler Aug. 12, 
 1855, and lives in Chicago.) 
 
 JSmili/ S., (d. May 3, 1869, aged 27.) 
 
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562 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Edwin B., (b. Dec. 27, 1846 ; is engineer from Decatur, 111., 
 
 to St. Louis ; resides at the former place.) 
 Frederick W., (b. April 19, 1850 ; is music-teacher in New 
 
 York City. Is solo tenor in one of the most fashionable 
 
 churches in that city.) 
 Mari/ A., (b. Dec. 28, 1854.)] 
 
 * JOHNSON. 
 
 VOLNEY HILL JOHNSON, son of Jesse and Betsey (Fay) John- 
 son, was born in Hancock,. Feb. 1, 1806. He came to Antrim in 1834 to 
 work for Thomas Poor at South Village, and soon after bought of Elijah 
 Herrick the old mill in the village next below the bridge on the Benning- 
 ton road. The same year he built the house now the Widow Eaton's, un- 
 der the hill. The next year (1835) he tore down the old mill, and at once 
 built a new saw, grist, and shingle mill. This he kept running till 1841. 
 These mills were burned in 1842. Mr. Johnson married, first, Ede Gould 
 of Greenfield, Feb. 9, 1830, who died Sept. 29, 1853; married, second, . 
 Nancy M. Eichardson of Washington, Dec. 20, 1854. He moved from 
 Antrim to Washington in 1845, whence he returned after fifteen years. 
 Has been living recent years with his son in Washington, D. C. Of his 
 large family of ten children, all except the oldest and four youngest were 
 born in Antrim. 
 
 1. Jesse Orville, [b. in Greenfield July 18, 1833, m. Emma 
 
 A. Austin Nov. 6, 1864, and lives in Washington, D. C] 
 
 2. Francis R., [b. July 26, 1836 ; unm., and lives in Washing- 
 
 ton, D. C] 
 
 3. Alfred Otis, [b. June 14, 1837 ; was in Arkansas when the 
 
 war broke out, was pressed into the rebel army, and killed 
 in battle.] 
 
 4. Julia S., [b. April 26, 1840 ; m. George A. Guild of Nashua 
 
 April 22, 1864, and now lives in that city.] 
 
 5. .AuLDiN S., [b. June 16, 1842 ; m. Clara E. Gray of Reading, 
 
 Mass., Nov. 3, 1869, and now lives in that city.] 
 
 6. Ira Straw, [b. June 28, 1844 ; was killed at the battle of 
 
 Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.J 
 
 7. Charles Sherman, [b. in Washington, Dec. 28, 1846, and d. 
 
 March 1, 1864. J 
 
 8. James Howe, [b. in Washington, Jan. 17, 1850, and d. in 
 
 infancy.] 
 
 9. Waldo M., [d. in infancy.] 
 
 10. George Volnbt, [b..in Washington, Sept. 11, 1856 ; d. in 
 Antrim, March 8, 1862.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. ' 563 
 
 CURTIS JOHNSON", brother of Volney, came here from Hancock, 
 and fitted up for a dwelling the house now Mr. Balch's at South Village, 
 in 1836. He married Jane Matthews, and after two or three years re- 
 mored to Jaflfrey. 
 
 CALEB JOHSrSON succeeded John Ball, who moved from town in 
 1835. He lived in the Ball house until his death in 1845. The buildings 
 are now all gone. Nothing further known of him or his family. 
 
 A SAMUEL JOHNSON entered his protest against the settlement 
 of Mr. Whiten, on the town book, Sept. 4, 1808. He lived a short time 
 somewhere on the mountain in the west part of the town ; but his prop- 
 erty was not such as to justify a great deal of worry about his tax for Mr. 
 Whiton's support. 
 
 JOHN JOHNSON, son of John and Betsey (Mead) Johnson of 
 Society Land, now Pennington, was born in November, 1829. In June, 
 1836, he was taken by James M. Wilson from the poor-farm of Hillsbor- 
 ough, and was brought up by him. He turned out to be a smart and good 
 young man. Was a carpenter and house-builder; built the meeting- 
 house in Windsor. Accumulating some property, he went into manu- 
 facturing in Clinton, in company with Samuel A. Fletcher. In this he 
 was unfortunate, and failed; and he soon sickened and died. Married 
 Martha J., daughter of Dea. Samuel Fletcher, Dec. 21, 1852. He died Jan. 
 29, 1857. His daughter Nellie was born March 26, 1855, married John 
 Hill, and lives in Bunker Hill, 111. The widow married, second, Henry 
 Wise, in 1864, and died in 1867. 
 
 JOHN JOHNSON, son of Alfred and Lucy (Lawrence) Johnson, was 
 born in Meriden, Conn., in 1833; married Ann L. Carr, and moved here 
 in 1875. He is a tool and die maker, and has one child: — 
 
 1. Elmeb Orbn, [b. Feb. 22, 1870, in Meriden, Conn.j 
 
 JONES. 
 
 JOEL JONES came here from Hillsborough in 1807, and put up the 
 Langdon Swett house at the Branch. He was a blacksmith, and built 
 the first shop on the Sawyer stand. In 1809 he sold out to Daniel 
 Goolidge, and moved back to Hillsborough. His wife was an Abbott, 
 daughter of" King Abbott," so called. As his stay here was so short, no 
 special efforts have been made to enlarge this notice of him, 
 
 JOSLIN. 
 
 TAYLOE JOSLIN, son of Nathaniel and Katherine (Joslin) Joslin 
 probably of Stow, Mass., and afterwards of Henniker, was out in the 
 Revolutionary army several years ; was wounded in battle, causing him 
 to be lame for life. He enlisted at one time for Deering, but was, paid by 
 John Duncan, July 15, 1786, as shown by old state records. He was once 
 taken prisoner by the Indians and compelled to " run the gauntlet " be- 
 
564 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 tween two lines of savages, one line being of men and the otlier of 
 women, each striking a blow with tlie fist and hitting him if they could. 
 He always declared that the squaws hit him the hardest and most ! Why 
 not ? Mr. Joslin spoke often of his hardships in the army. Soon after 
 peace was concluded he came back to Antrim (ten years earlier than 
 Mr. Whiton's date), working here and there at the shoemaker's trade. 
 He worked some years for Lemuel Paige at the Center. Oct. 20, 1796, 
 he married Sally Heath of Pelham ; built a small house in the corner of 
 the field about four rods north of George Parmenter's barn, where he 
 lived and worked at his trade and on his small farm till 1802, when he 
 moved to Orange; thence to Hill in 1809, where he died in 1817. His 
 widow died in Randolph, Vt., in 1832. They had six children ; the 
 youngest, a son, died in infancy, but the five daughters are all now living 
 and in prosperous circumstances. 
 
 1. Rebecca, [b. in 1797 ; m. 1st, William Stevens ; 2d, 
 
 Jackson ; 3d, another William Stevens ; survived them all 
 and now lives in Franklin, having had no children.] 
 
 2. Katherine, [m. Simeon Puller, and lived in Brookfield, Vt.] 
 
 3. Abigail, [m. John Wells of Franklin, and lives a widow in 
 
 that place.] 
 
 4. Sabrina Gregg, [m. John Bean, and is now living in Wiscon- 
 
 sin.] 
 
 5. RoxANNA, [m. Joseph French, and lives in Randolph, Vt.J 
 
 JOY. 
 
 Mes. MARY B. JOY (Gould of Newfane, Vt., before marriage), 
 tridow of Daniel Joy of Putney, Vt., came here in 1875, and in the spring 
 of 1876 bought the Ambrose Story place. She and her daughter, Mrs. 
 Perry, built the present house mostly new in the spring of 1876, and 
 tastefully furnished the same for the purpose of keeping summer boarders. 
 Daniel Joy was son of Jedediah and Patience Joy. He died Jan. 20, 
 1866, aged seventy- three. Only two children grew to maturity: — 
 
 1. Sara B. D., [b. Nov. 27, 1838 ; m. Newton Perry, April 18, 
 
 1858.] 
 
 2. Tyler H., [killed in the second battle of Fredericksburg ; 
 
 had been skirmishing all day, and just at night received the 
 wound from which he soon d. His death was Dec. 13, 1862, 
 aged 20.] 
 
 KEESER. 
 
 SAMUEL P. KEESER came here from Bennington, and lived in 
 one of Thomas Poor's houses. He was a lame man, a shoemaker by 
 trade, and after living here about a dozen years he moved back to Ben- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 565 
 
 nington in 1865, and died there Nov. 9, 1869, aged forty-five ; was buried 
 in Antrim. His wife was Mary Burtt, and their children were all born 
 here : — 
 
 1. Mart J. 3. Judson. 
 
 2. Charles. 
 
 KBLSEA. 
 
 HAROLD KELSEA, son of William and Phoebe (Ladd) Kelsea, was 
 born in Landaff in 1807, and married Harriet Noyes of Landaff. At the 
 age of twenty-one he was licensed as a Methodist preacher. He invented 
 a trebling machine for silk threads, which was held to be of great value 
 and which he set in operation at North Branch in 1856, buying the mill 
 of Henry Dunklee, but moved from the Branch to South Antrim in 1857, 
 exchanging mills with Mark Woodbury, who then owned the upper mill 
 in South Village. This mill, the machinery of which he has enlarged 
 and increased from time to time, putting in steam-works in 1871, is now 
 run by a company. They manufacture raw silk into all the various 
 kinds of thread, making more than one hundred diflferent shades, and 
 nothing superior to theirs is made in the world. Mr. Kelsea built his 
 house in 1863. His children are: — 
 
 1. Abel M., [b. in Lisbon July 16, 1829, and now lives in 
 
 Waterbury, Conn. J 
 
 2. Phoebe' A., [b. in Lisbon, May 2, 1831 ; m. Ephraim Simonds, 
 
 Dec. 24, 1857, and lived awhile in South Village.] 
 
 3. Judith M., [b. May 1, 1883 ; is now Mrs. William Hill.J 
 
 4. Joseph N., [b. June 12, 1887 ; was in the drug business for 
 
 some years in Tilton ; m. Maria L. Noyes of Montreal, Can- 
 ada, formerly of Lowell, Jan. 9, 1877, and resides at the 
 South Village, occupying a large and handsome ho^se built 
 by him in 1877. j 
 
 5. Charles W., [b. in Littleton, Sept. 29, 1844, and is now of 
 
 the Silk Company at South Antrim ; was several years 
 selectman of the town.] 
 
 KENDALL. 
 
 Capt. NATHAN KENDALL was born in Litchfield in 1726, and 
 died in Amherst in 1791. He married Rebecca Converse of Merrimack 
 in 1753. She died in Antrim in 1818, aged eighty-eight. They had 
 children : Nathan, Joshua, Rebecca, Jesse, Timothy, Thaddeus, and John 
 C. These all lived to good old age, the first death among them being that 
 of Joshua, who died in 1823, aged sixty-five. They were all born in 
 Amherst. 
 
 TIMOTHY KENDALL, son of Capt. Nathan and Rebecca, born Aug. 
 1, 1770, came here on to the place vacated by Nathan Austin, now called 
 the Gribson place, near the turnpike. He married Mrs. Esther (Pierce) 
 
566 GEN'EALOGIBS. 
 
 "Walker in 1793. She was a sister of Gov. Benjamin Pierce, and died in 
 Antrim, JSTov. 15, 1826, aged sixty-four. They settled in Amherst, whence 
 they moved here. Lived on above-named place till 1812, then in several 
 other places in town ; but died in Bennington, April 14, 1827. CJiildren 
 ■are: — 
 
 1. Indiana Emerson, [b. Dec. 21, 1795, in Amherst ; m. James 
 
 Jameson, Dec. 4, 1817 ; d. in Lowell, Dec. 14, 1847 ; her 
 six children are all dead.] 
 
 2. Timothy Converse, [b. June 1, 1797 ; went to Boston in 
 
 early life, and d. there in December, 1860 ; m. 1st, Sarah 
 Fenner of Providence ; 2d, Sarah Eveleth of Stow, Mass. ; 
 3d, Mrs. Mary Bartlett of Boston. His children, all by the 
 first wife, were : George, Thomas, Josiah, Esther Pierce, 
 and Sarah. He was in the hide and leather business ; was 
 often councilman and alderman of Boston, and many years 
 on board of directors of public institutions.] 
 
 3. Converse, [d. in infancy.] 
 
 4. Rebecca S., [b. in September, 1801, and d. Sept. 9, 1868 ; 
 
 she m. John Banks Warren, a cousin of Gen. Banks, and 
 left but one child, George K. Warren, Esq., a noted photog- 
 rapher and artist of Boston.] 
 
 5. Elisabeth Pierce, [b. in June, 1803 ; d. January, 1837 ; m. 
 
 Gen. Israel Hunt of Nashua, in 1832.] 
 
 STEPHEN C. KENDALL, son of Josiah and Mary (Lovett) Ken- 
 dall, was born in 1825. He came here in 1849 from Mont Vernon, 
 and was engaged in the manufacture of doors in the shop now A. P. 
 True's, in company with his brother John, and afterwards with Charles 
 E.Jackson. He built the part of the shop now standing. He iharried 
 Alfreda Jackson of Tam worth ; built the house now Lewis Bass's ; left 
 Antrim in 1859, and now lives in Pitchburg, Mass. 
 
 JOHN L. KENDALL, brother of Stephen C, married Christiana 
 Lovejoy in 1851, and lived in the Cummings house. He entered the 
 army and was lost overboard on the Potomac. The children are all dead. 
 
 ADONIRAM J. KENDALL, anoth^ brother, lived here awhile, and 
 moved to Nashua in 1851. His parents came here and lived in the Simon 
 Story house some years, which house was built for them. Adoniram had 
 an arm sawed off in that shop above the elbow, and he did not know it 
 was off till he saw it on the floor, it was done so quick ! He married 
 Amanda Abbott, and had one child : — 
 
 1. Frank E., [b. here in 1851.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 567 
 
 KEYES. 
 
 YERANUS KEYES came here from Nashua in the spring of 1857 to 
 take charge of the town farm, which he managed for two or three years. 
 He then bought the William Wilkius farm at the foot of the sand-hill, 
 which he occupied some years. He then bought the place next east of 
 school-house 'No. 6, whare he lived 'till the house was burned, when 
 he went to Ashland. He is now living in Weston, Mass! Veranus 
 was the fourth child of Abner and Susannah (Barton) Keyes, and was 
 born in Hancock, Sept. 22, 1813. Abner Keyes was the fourth genera- 
 tion of exactly the same name. Veranus married Mary G. Lewis of 
 Pittsfield, Mass., Nov. 6, 1831. His father had a large family; and it is 
 said every one in the whole race able to bear arms was in the Union 
 army in the late war. Veranus had three children : — 
 
 1. Franklin L., [b. in Lee, Mass., Aug. 31, 1833 ; m. Eliza Hay 
 of Nashua, Oct. 30, 185i. She d. April 9, 1860. Their 
 two children d. before the mother. He was iii a good posi- 
 tion at Concord on the breaking-out of the war, but was one 
 of the first in the State to enlist. W^s in the company of 
 sharp-shooters attached to the Second N. H. Regiment. 
 Was one of eight men picked out of his division by Gen. 
 Joe Hooker for the signal corps. Was afterwards messen- 
 ger between Wa.shington and Gen. McClellan on the field. 
 Subsequently, Signal-Officer Keyes was on duty in the Pe- 
 ninsula, was always at headquarters, and was entrusted with 
 many perilous and important undertakings. On the last day 
 of the seven days' fight before Richmond, McClellan ordered a 
 council of war ; and Keyes and other officers were sent to 
 the several commanders for reports of their condition. 
 Keyes had accomplished his errand, and was on his return, 
 when a shell burst near his horse's feet, knocking over both 
 horse and rider and stunning both. He was found senseless 
 partly under the horse, was carried to Harrison Landing, 
 and there lay in a field of wheat two days in the rain. 
 There friends found him, and did what they could for him. 
 Thence, in a terrible condition of wounds and bruises, he 
 was taken to a hospital in Philadelphia. There he remained 
 si;x months, in great suffering. Everything possible was 
 done for him ; but his case was given up as hopeless. It 
 was then decided to send him North, and by easy stages he 
 arrived at Antrim in the summer of 1863. Here, though 
 very slowly, his condition improved, and in the course of a 
 year he was taken to Concord. There he was m. Aug. 1, 
 
568 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1866, to Miss Almena P. Quimby, sister of Prof. Quimby 
 of Dartmouth College. This most estimable lady had been 
 engaged to him before the war ; and in his weak, wounded, 
 suffering condition she refused to be set free. But soon 
 after marriage he had a shock of a paralytic nature, on ac- 
 count of which he was confined to the bed nine years, always 
 in a sitting posture night and day. He is now living in 
 Newcastle, a helpless cripple, but "a worthy and much-re- 
 spected man. Letters written by him on the bed show con- 
 siderable mental character, and a patient spirit in sufferings. 
 He gave all but life to his country. Few lives can be found 
 of such distress and affliction as his. He has shown a no- 
 bleness and courage worthy of note. His noble wife minis- 
 _ ters to him with heroic devotion. Though deprived of many 
 blessings, yet they are so happy in life that the complainer 
 visiting them goes away and mu,rmurs no more. It is proper 
 to say, in short, that the facts here narrated are a continual 
 honor to " Signal-Officer Keyes."] 
 
 2. Susan B., [b. Aug. 26, 1885, m. Andrew J. Varnum, and 
 
 now lives in Ashland.] 
 
 3. Flora M., [b in Nashua Sept. 21, 1846. Is m. and lives in 
 
 North Adams, Mass. Her husband's name is Arthur Porter. J 
 
 KIDDER. 
 
 EBENEZER KIDDER, son of David and Esther (Corey) Kidder of 
 Chelmsford, Mass., and a descendant of James Kidder who arrived in 
 New England before the year 1650, came to Antrim from Chelmsford in 
 1785, having been married to Esther . Wilson in 1784. He bought of 
 Erank Stuart, who had begun the present Kidder place. Stuart had 
 cleared about two acres, and had a log house on the site where the Kidder 
 family have since lived. Mr. Kidder died in 1816, leaving children : — 
 
 1. Reuben, [b. May 2, 1788 ; m. Sally Bickford of Hillsborough 
 
 in 1817 ; moved to Goshen and d. there in 1862. J 
 
 2. John, [b. April 8, 1793 ; m. Sarah Chandler of Hillsborough ; 
 
 lived with his father, and d. in 1828. One child survives 
 him : — 
 Warren H., (who lives in Hillsborough, was b. June 30, 1822, 
 and m. Hannah J. Hoyt of Gilford.)] 
 
 3. Ltdia, [b. Dec. 4, 1795 ; m. Jonas Wilson Dec. 31, 1818, and 
 
 lived some time in this town, then went below, thence to 
 Hillsborough, where she still survives.] 
 
 4. Benjamin, [b. Oct. 19,1801 ; m. Sarah A. Wilson of Chelms- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 569 
 
 ford June 3, 1829, and occupies the old farm. He built his 
 present house in 1866. His children are ; — 
 Lucy A., (d. in 1841, at the age of 10.) 
 Benjamin F., (b. April 3, 1834 ; lives with his father.)] 
 
 5. Patty, [d. in 1828 at the age of 24. j 
 
 6. Amos, [b. Jan. 16, 1807 ; m. Lucinda Barton of Croydon, 
 
 where he learned the clothier's trade. Thence he moved to 
 Newport, where he still resides.] 
 
 7. Salome, [d. in 1828, aged 19.] 
 
 KIMBALL. 
 
 EBENEZER KIMBALL, son of Ebenezer and Ruth CWaldron) 
 Kimball, came here about 1787 ; married Polly Aiken, the first American 
 child bora in Antrim ; where the George Duncan, or Carter House now 
 stands, he had a long, low house, with the gable end standing square up 
 to the road. In the back part he opened a store in 1788, or a little 
 earlier, where he traded five, or six years, then sold to Andrew Seaton. 
 It was at Ebenezer Kimball's that town meetings were held for several 
 years, when Hancock was classed with Antrim, to choose a representa- 
 tive. Mr. Kimball moved to Hill in 1797, and was for a long time a mer- 
 chant in that place. He was representative, justice of the peace, and 
 postmaster, and died in 1835 aged seventy-two. His children that lived 
 to adult age were : — 
 
 1. Ruth W., [b. in Antrim in 1793 ; m. George W Crockett, a 
 
 prominent merchant of Boston, and state senator, who d. in 
 1859, aged 79. She still lives in Boston.] 
 
 2. TiRZAH, [b. in 1800; m. A. W. Burnham, D. D., of Rindg'e, 
 
 in 1822, who was pastor there forty-seven years, and she his 
 faithful helper. Samuel Burnham, once editor of the " Con- 
 gregationalist," was her son. She now resides in Keene.] 
 
 3. De. Gilman, [b. in 1804 ; m. 1st, Mary Dewar of Edinburg, 
 
 Scotland ; 2d, Isabel De Pries of Nantucket, Mass. He has 
 been for many years a very distinguished physician and sur- 
 geon in Lowell. After fitting for college, failing health pre- 
 vented his pursuing the course, and after a time he deter- 
 mined to enter at once on the study of medicine. This he 
 accomplished chiefly at Dartmouth College, and he took his 
 medical degree in 1827. He then studied three years 
 abroad, leaving Paris to return to America on the very day 
 ■ of the famous Revolution, July, 1830. He located in Lowell, 
 Dec. 2, 1831, where he has continued in extensive practice 
 till the present time. He was chosen professor of surgery 
 in the Vermont Medical College in 1840 ; was surgeon and 
 
670 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 superintendent of Lowell Hospital twenty-seven years ; and 
 is justly famed for surgical skill and success both in this 
 country and England.] 
 
 4. Mart, [b. July 5, 1807 ; m. Dr. John S. Sanborn, and settled 
 
 in Blyton, Ala. Dr. Sanborn soon d. and she m. a planter 
 by name of Carroll, who d. after a few years. She then 
 came back and was matron of Mt. Holyoke Seminary four- 
 teen years, and is now living in Mattapoisett, Mass.] 
 
 5. Caroline, [b. Aug. 1, 1809: m. George B. Sherman, a merchant 
 
 of Hill, who afterwards settled in Newton County, Miss. ; 
 some years ago he d., and she came North, and now resides 
 with her sister at Mattapoisett.] 
 
 Rev. WILLARD KIMBALL came here from Brandon, Vt., early in 
 1856, and soon after became pastor of the Baptist Church. He remained 
 here six years in all; lived most of the time in the Charles D. Sawyer 
 house in Clinton. "Went back to Brandon. Went about 1870 to New- 
 ton, Mass., in midsummer on a visit, was taken with dysentery, and sud- 
 denly died. His wife was Amanda True. They had two children, G-eorge 
 and Mary. The former was last known in Boston. The latter was noted 
 as a teacher, and was very successful as such, having place in the higher 
 female institutions. She married Job Clement, Esq., of Brandon, Yt. 
 
 De. J. R. KIMBALL, son of Jonathan and Pamelia (Holt) Kimball, 
 and grandson of Edward and Elisabeth (McAllister) Kimball, was born 
 in Pembroke in 1844; went to Maine in 1864, and studied at Hebron 
 Academy in that State. He studied medicine with Dr. Phillips of Pem- 
 broke, attended lectures awhile in Portland, Me., and graduated at Bow- 
 doin Medical College in 1869. He came to Antrim the same year as suc- 
 cessor of Dr. William M. Parsons; married Clara A. Phillips, daughter 
 of Dr. Phillips of Pembroke, in 1872. After getting well estabUshed in 
 practice, and in the confidence -and regard of the community, to the gen- 
 eral surprise and regret he removed to Suncook in 1873, where he now 
 resides and has an extensive practice. 
 
 Dea. JOSEPH KIMBALL, son of Dea. Daniel and Abiah (Holt) 
 Kimball of Ipswich, Mass., was born in Hanoock, June 21, 1801, and died 
 in September, 1864. Was long a deacon in the Hancock church. The 
 family was of English descent. The father, Dea. Daniel, was one of the 
 first settlers of Hancock, and when making his clearings he worked 
 alone by day, and slept nights in a hollow log. Dea. Joseph Kimball 
 married Lucy Boyd of Antrim, Oct. 20, 1831. The widow and daughters 
 moved to South Antrim in 1867. The children were: — 
 
 1. James B., [d. in childhood.] 
 
 2. Joseph M., [d. in 1862, aged 28.] 
 
 3. Mart P. 
 
 4. L. Helen. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 571 
 
 ELIJAH KIMBALL, son of Benjamin and Susanna (Gerry) Kimball, 
 and grandson of Benjamin and Mehitable (Parker) Kimball, was born in 
 Hillsborough, Oct. 25, 1814. The father was born in Hillsborough in 
 1780, but the grandfather moved there from Topsfleld, Mass., and was 
 among the early settlers. Elijah Kimball married Caroline Stratton of 
 Bradford, April 21, 1842. She was a daughter of Lemuel and Philippa 
 (Jackman) Stratton, who were near relatives of Daniel Webster. He 
 came to Antrim on to the Dr. Burnham place in 1873. His children, all 
 born in Hillsborough, were: — 
 
 1. Henry P., [b. Nov. 15, 1843 ; carpenter by trade ; resides on 
 
 Dr. Burnham place, having greatly enlarged and improved 
 the buildings ; m. Susan B. Towne of Peabody, Mass., April 
 8, 1869.J 
 
 2. John C, [b. Jan. 3, 1848 ; has been a successful teacher in 
 
 the West ; m. Mary Newman, and settled in Hamel, 111., 
 where she d. March 9, 1877.] 
 
 3. Eliza A., [b. March 26, 1851.] 
 
 KNIGHTS. 
 
 JOKATHAN KNIGHTS came here from Middleton, Mass., with six 
 children, in 1795, and bought the Dea. Worthley place (Mr. French's) of 
 "William Boyd. He died west of the pond, in 1814, aged ninety-four. His 
 wife's name was Mary Perkins, and their children were : — 
 
 1. Jonathan, [lived here and there in town ; m. Mehitable An- 
 
 drews of Boxford, Mass. ; went to Boxford, and d. there in 
 1845, aged 92, leaving a li^rge and respectable family.] 
 
 2. Nehemiah, [m. 1st, Mrs. White ; 2d, Phebe, the widow of 
 
 Lemuel Paige, Feb. 12, 1809, from whom he separated, and 
 in 1816 went with the Robbs to New York, and d. there 
 about 1830, aged 70, having no children. He was a very 
 eccentric man, and gave his iron bar for digging his grave.] 
 
 3. Phobbe, [was killed by the fall of a tree in 1799, as she was 
 
 picking up wood where her brothers were chopping, near 
 the house, aged about 25 years.] 
 
 4. Ruth, [m. Solomon Balch of New Boston ; went to Johnson, 
 
 Vt., and d. there in 1832, aged 56.] 
 
 5. Robert, [m. Priscilla Hutchinson of Middleton, Mass., and 
 
 was killed by the fall of a tree as they were clearing land, in 
 1800. He was fearfully lacerated, his ax being driven 
 through his shoulder. His widow m. Thomas Andrews of 
 Hudson, Nov. 8, 1804, and d. there in. 1818. Robert left 
 three children, born here : — 
 Polly, (b. June 20, 1796 ; m. Dea. James Hartshorn, and 
 
572 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 lives in Nashua, aged 82. Her husband has recently d. 
 aged 92.) 
 
 Lydia, (b. April 28, 1798, and d. in infancy.) 
 
 Jonathan, (b. Dec. 4, 1799 ; m. 1st, Lucy A. Putnam ; 2d, 
 Ann M. Patten of Bedford ; 3d, Mary A. Dodge of Amherst; 
 4th, Mrs. Mary J. Davis of Amherst, where he now resides.)] 
 6. Benjamin, [b. in 1785 ; m. Lucy Barden ; lived here and 
 there in town, and d. in Peterborough in 1849. They had one 
 son who d. in infancy, and seven daughters as follows: — 
 
 Phoehe v., (b. June 19, 1807 ; m. Josiah S. Morrison of Peter- 
 borough, in 1831, and lives in Alstead. He has been en- 
 gaged in building machinery, and has held several impor- 
 tant public offices.) 
 
 Lydia, (b. March 26, 1809, m. Luther Darling of Dublin, 
 March 24, 1831, and d. at Fitchburg, Mass., in 1874.) 
 
 Lucinda, (b. March 13, 1811, m. Walter W. Blake Oct. 11, 
 1838, and d. in Hollis in 1874.) 
 
 Esther, (b. March 7, 1813, m. Samuel W. Billings Dec. 24, 
 1835, and d. in Hancock, in 1876.) 
 
 Mary, (b. Oct. 18, 1815 ; m. Nathaniel Morrison of Peterbor- 
 ough ; lived in Lowell for many years, and now resides in 
 Greenfield.) 
 
 MehitaMe, (b. March 28, 1818, m. James Mitchell of Man- 
 chester, and d. in 1846.) 
 
 Achsa, (b. Aug. 12, 1820 ; m. Thomas Colby of San Francisco, 
 Gal.)] 
 
 LADD. 
 
 JONATHAN LADD was the first settler on the farm now Capt. 
 James Wilson's. His house stood on the ridge west of the present house, 
 near the southeast corner of the field. He seems to have commenced 
 there about 1785. He lived there nearly, ten years. It is not known 
 whence he came. He moved to a small town in Vermont, then called 
 Tunbridge, about twenty miles from the Connecticut Biver, and opposite 
 Orford. I have not been able to learn anything of his descendants. 
 
 LAWRENCE. 
 
 WILLIAM LAWRENCE, son of Jonathan and Esther (Shedd) 
 Lawrence, was born in Groton, Mass., in 1762 ; married Sarah F. Farwell 
 of that place, and came here from Washington in 1812. He kept a hotel 
 several years on the Gould place. He was a very respectable man, and 
 had meetings at his house two Sundays in the year, at which Mr. Whiten 
 preached. In 1818 he moved back to Washington, where he died in 
 
GENEALOGIES. 573 
 
 1830, aged sixty-eight. His wife died in 1850, aged eighty-two. Their 
 . children were : — 
 
 1. Sarah, [b. in Groton, Mass., in 1787, m. Sylvester Hubbard 
 
 of Wasliington, and d. in Hillsborough in 1824. J, 
 
 2. Edmund, [b. in Groton, Mass., in 1793; m. Harriet M., 
 
 'daughter of Dea. Brainard of Washington, and d. at West 
 Dennis, Mass., in 1854. J 
 
 3. Mart, [b. in Washington in 1795 ; m. Dea. Samuel Burbank 
 
 of that place ; moved to Hillsborough, where she d. in 
 1876.J 
 
 4. William P., [b. in 1803 ; m. Mary L. Churchill of Nashua; 
 
 kept a hotel in Washington, and was afterwards for several 
 years a stage-driver ; was highly esteemed. He finally 
 moved to Nashua, and there d. in 1856.J 
 
 HENBY S. LAWKEKCE, son of Sherman B. and Theresa (Clark) 
 Lawrence, and grandson of Silas B. and Azubah (Curtis) Lawrence, was 
 born in Meriden, Conn., Jan. 30, 1837. The family was from Troy, IST. 
 Y. He married Abbie P. Carr June 26, 1867; came here in 1875; occu- 
 pies the Oren Carr homestead; is a mason by trade. 
 
 EDWIN LAWEENCE lived a short time in South Village, and 
 died here Dec. 20, 1862, aged forty-six. Nothing more known of him. 
 
 LAWS. 
 AUGUSTUS LAWS, son of Joseph Laws and Abigail Pike, was born 
 in Brookline in 1820 ; married, first, Mary E. Burke, and came here to 
 work at making hoes and shovels in 1846. He married, second, Nancy 
 C. Bobbins in 1847, and after a residence of about nine years went to 
 Peterborough, where she died in 1871. He now lives in Marlow; had no 
 children born here. 
 
 LITTLE. 
 
 The first family^ of Littles of which we have any knowledge in America 
 descended from George Little who came from London to Newbury, Mass., 
 in 1640. This family is large and very respectable. Some of them remain 
 on the spot originally settled, and others are settled near by; among 
 them Dea. Joseph Little of Newbury, and William Little, Esq., town 
 clerk of the above place. Alfred Little, Esq., the distinguished singer 
 and player on the melodeon, now residing in Webster, is of this stock . 
 Also Rev. Geo. A. Little, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Plymouth, 
 Ind. ; Rev. Arthur Little, D. D., of Chicago; Rev. Joseph B. Little, Eev. 
 Henry S. Little, Eev. George O. Little, and Eev. Charles H. Little, 
 pastors in the West. Many others of this family are found in professional 
 and cultivated ranks. The Littles of Antrim and Peterborough, as indi- 
 cated by personal appearance and tradition and favorite names, are prob- 
 ably related to the foregoing family. They are of Scotch descent, it ap- 
 
574 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 pears ; and the ancestor, Thomas Little, with his wife Jean and several 
 children, came over from the north of Ireland, county of Antrim, in 
 1737, and settled in Shirley, Mass. His son, Thomas, Jr., was ten years 
 old on arrival in this country. It seems to have been in his twenty-sev- 
 enth year that he married Susanna Wallace, herself- born in the north of 
 Ireland in 1734. The old records speak of them as being married in Pe- 
 terborough, and living there a short time several years previous to- their 
 permanent settlement in that town. They, had eight children : Dr. Wil- 
 liam, born in Peterborough, Oct. 20, 1753; Esther, born in Lunenburg, 
 Mass., in 1755 ; Elisabeth, born in Shirley, Mass., in 1756, in which town 
 the family continued to reside till 1764; Susannah, born in 1759; Joseph, 
 born in 1760; Thomas, born May 11, 1763, married Belief White, and 
 died in 1847; John, born in Peterborough in 1764, married Lucinda 
 Longley, and died Sept. 19, 1850 ; and Eev. Walter, born in 1766, and no- 
 ticed below. The father of these eight children died in Shirley, Mass., 
 while on a visit there, June 6, 1808, aged eighty-one. His widow, daughter 
 of William and Elisabeth (Clayland) Wallace, died in Peterborough 
 March 6, 1822, aged eighty-eight. 
 
 De. WILLIAM LITTLE, oldest child of Thomas and Susanna, was 
 born in Peterborough, Oct. 20, 1753, during a temporary sojourn of tbe 
 parents in that place. He studied medicine with Dr. John Young, the 
 first physician of Peterborough, and established himself as a physician in 
 Hillsborough in 1782. He married Betsey Fletcher of Westford, Mass. 
 She soon died, and it is beheved she left but one child, Betsey F., bom 
 Sept. 27, 1775, who married Samson Keyes, went to Wilton, Me., and 
 died there Aug. 26, 1810. Her husband was a native of Westford, Mass., 
 born Kov. 22, 1777; died April 24, 1861. Hon. Alvah Keyes, ofClare- 
 mont, is her son. Dr. Little married, second, Ruth, daughter of Dea. 
 Joseph Symonds of Hillsborough, May 12, 1787, and had cfiildren : Dea. 
 William, named below; Martha D., who married James Campbell, May 
 19, 1836, and died Dec. 29, 1852, aged sixty-three; Ruth S., who died 
 in Antrim, Nov. 28, 1838, aged thirty-nine; Lucy E., who married Bart- 
 lett Wallace and died July 11, 1855, aged fifty-five; and Hiram, who died 
 young. Dr. Little had a large practice, was a social, wide-awake man, of 
 hearty friendships and much influence, but in the midst of his usefulness he 
 came to a sudden death, being drowned Nov. 7, 1807, aged fifty-four. He 
 had been that day to an auction on the Whittemore place near by in An- 
 trim; the evening came on early, and very dark and cold; he started 
 alone to walk back to the Bridge, and seems to have walked over the 
 bank into the river at the bend close by the road. Great search was made 
 for him, the whole town turning out for that purpose. But he could not 
 be found ; people considered his disappearance a great mystery, and his 
 body lay in the river all winter. When the ice broke up in the spring, it 
 fliaated down, and was first discovered in the north edge of the stream 
 just above the new factory at the Bridge. On the following day, which 
 was the Sabbath, no minister could be found in this section. Dea. John 
 Duncan went over and offered prayer at the funeral, and the body, fresh 
 as life, was carried to its rest in the grave. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 675 
 
 Dea. WILLIAM LITTLE was born in Hillsborough March 10, 1788; 
 married, first, Abigail Wells of Goffstown in 1814; second, Mrs. Lydia 
 S. Dow. Came to Antrim in 1815, and built the tannery at the Branch, 
 in which he did business more than forty years; was a leading man in 
 town; was chosen elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1831; died Dec. 18, 
 1869. His second wife is yet living. The first wife died Feb. 1, 1846, aged 
 sixty-eight; and she was the mother of his children named below: — 
 
 1. Hiram, [b. Aug. 8, 1815 ; d. in early life ; buried on Bible 
 
 Hill, Hillsborough.] 
 
 2. William P., [known as " Plummer Little," b. May 24, 1817 ; 
 
 m. Mary J. Burns, Nov. 12, 1844 ; opened a public house at 
 the Branch in 1841, which he continued to keep till death. 
 The building, originally the Dea. James Nesmith house on 
 the northeastward slope of Meeting-House Hill, had been 
 moved and put up by Jacob Tuttle about 1888. Plummer 
 Little d. very suddenly, Sept. 1, 1869, aged 52. His chil- 
 dren were three : — 
 G-eorge P., (b. Oct. 4, 1845 ; m. Media M. Mcllvaine, March 
 
 30, 1870 ; is trader at the Branch.) 
 Nettie M., (b. April 24, 1847 ; m. Frank Dunlap, Oct. 14, 1869.) 
 Mia U., (b. June 14, 1858 ; m. George H. Perkins, April l!, 
 1875.)] 
 
 3. John, [b. May 24, 1819, m. Clarinda Brackett, and lives in 
 
 Cambridgeport, Mass.] 
 
 4. Jane W., [b. Dec. 15, 1821, m.. John Mcllvaine April 28, 
 
 1846, and d. April 28, 1849.] 
 
 5. Willis, [b. Feb. 9, 1824 ; d. Jan. 12, 1861, aged 86.] 
 
 6. Frederick S.,-[b. July 20, 1825 ; m. Julia Keyes of Goshen ; 
 
 has been noted as teacher of vocal music ; now lives in New- 
 port ; spent several years as school-teacher in New Jersey. 
 Has been one of the town oflScers of Newport several years.] 
 
 7. Isaac W., [b. March 14, 1829, d. aged 9.J 
 
 8. Abbt, [b. March 24, 1831 ; m. Randolph Gilman of Unity, 
 
 Jan. 12, 1871.] 
 
 9. Sylvester, [b. May 28, 1833 ; m. March 26, 1860, Mary B. 
 
 Vose, daughter of Dr. Samuel Vose, formerly of Antrim ; 
 was a very efficient and successful teacher of sacred music 
 for many years, and was a long time leader of the Center 
 choir ; is the traveling agent of the Goodell Company. He 
 greatly modernized and improved the house built by his 
 father in 1824 at the Branch ; built and removed to South 
 Village in 1879. Has children : — 
 
576 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Helen L., (b. Jan. 27, 1864.) 
 ffarri/ H., (b. Oct. 27, 1867.) 
 Ruth Evangeline, (b. July 3, 1872.)] 
 10. Betsey K., [b. April 4, 1836 ; m. J. M. Brigham of Cam- 
 
 bridgeport, Mass., and d. there Oct. 8, 1874. Was a sweet 
 
 singer in the house of the Lord.] 
 
 Ret. WALTER LITTLE, yotingest child of Thomas and Susanna 
 (Wallace) Little, and brother of Dr. William of Hillsborough, was born 
 in Peterborough in 1766; was a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1796; 
 was the first minister of Antrim, being settled here in 1800. He was a 
 tall, slim, dark-complexioned, fine-looking man, a smart preacher, and 
 the church greatly prospered under his care. But his manners were dis- 
 liked; he was considered proud and authoritative and unsympathetic, and 
 the people got so generally against him that he resigned at the end of 
 four years. This was his first parish and his last. Soon after his dismis- 
 sion he went into the State of New Tork; preached here and there, but, 
 failing of a satisfactory settlement, he fell into a wandering habit, roamed 
 over the country, was considered partially insane, and on one of these 
 tramps he died in the State of Maryland,' sometime in 1815, far from ac- 
 quaintances and friends. He was never married. Before Ie?,ving New 
 Hampshire he had his name changed to FuUerton, but nobody ever knew 
 a reason why. Probably it should be added that his talents commanded 
 respect, notwithstanding all opposition and dislike. Decidedly, he was 
 an able man. After Mr. Little was dismissed, he had his farewell meet- 
 ing at Dea. Aiken's house It was a week-day evening. The meeting 
 was crowded and solemn. Mr. Little was making his closing prayer 
 when Isaac Baldwin, a boy of eight years (afterwards Dea. Baldwin), 
 climbed up on the high chair-back, and tipped over, chair and all, falling 
 with such force again'st the minister's back as to throw him forward 
 against the pantry-door, which opened at touch, and. he fell flat on his 
 face on the pantry-floor ! It is not reported whether he said his " amen " 
 in that position or not. But there was great consternation in other parts 
 of the house, and the meeting closed rather curiously for a farewell occa- 
 sion. Mr. Little demanded that the boy be whipped on the spot; but, as 
 it was entirely unintentional, the mother declined, whereupon he took' 
 the future deacon into another room and whipped him himself ! 
 
 LIVINGtSTON. 
 
 ROBERT L. LIVINGSTON, son of Robert and Mary (Leslie) Liv- 
 ingston, and grandson of Robert and Zebiah (Sargent) Livingston, who 
 were among the first settlers of New Boston, was born in New Boston, 
 Sept. 12, 1797 ; married, first, Adeline Duncan, dailghter of Dea. Josiah 
 Duncan of Antrim, May 24, 1827. He came here in the year 1825; lived 
 some years in the McFarland house (Jameson's), and built the house 
 now John Butterfield's in 1834. He left town, in 1850. His wife died in 
 1866, and he married, second, Mrs. Lucinda Mills, and is now living in 
 Goffstown. His, children, all by the first wife, and born here, were: — 
 
GENEALOGIES. 677 
 
 1. LuTHBB, [b. April 27, 1828 ; his name was changed to Fred- 
 
 erick L., because there were so many of the same name ; m. 
 Libbie Ward of Norwich, Conn. ; now lives in Philadelphia.] 
 
 2. JosiAH D., [broke through the ice on the brook near the But- 
 
 terfield place, and was drowned, March 10, 1836. He was 
 a beautiful boy, six years of age.] 
 
 3. Hiram L., [b. June 16, 1832 ; is a mute ; m. Mary Pressey ol 
 
 Canaan, and lives in North Salem.] 
 
 4. Mart G., [d. in infancy.] 
 
 5. JosiAH Edwin, [b. March 13, 1836 ; m. 1st, Nancy, daughter 
 
 of Hon. Abel Haley of Wolfeborough ; 2d, Maria A. Ingra- 
 ham of Springfield, Mass., and lives in North Salem. He is 
 the inventor of a " nutmeg-grater " of great convenience 
 and value, also inventor of a " mitring machine " which 
 promises much.] 
 
 6. Addie M., [b. Oct. 17, 1839; m. Benton W. Cutting of Thet- 
 
 ford, Vt., and lives in Manchester.] 
 
 7. Sarah E., [b. March 23, 1844; her name was changed to Lib- 
 
 bie B. ; m. Matthew B. White, and lives in Manchester.] 
 
 8. Egbert Duncan, [b. May 24, 1847 ; is a mute ; now living 
 
 unm. in Boston.] 
 
 LOVEJOY. 
 Bev. WILLIAM W. LOVEJOY, son of William and Dorothy 
 (Johnson) Lovejoy, was born Aug. 27, 1810. He studied for the ministry 
 at New Hampton, and was ordained at Littleton in the summer of 1840. 
 After preaching in several places, he came here from Bennington about 
 1850 as pastor of the Baptist Church. It is said of him that he was " a 
 faithful, earnest preacher, and one of the kindest and most loving of men, 
 happy, and lived near to God." He married, first, Hannah T. Lovejoy, 
 who died in Antrim, May 6, 1855 ; second, Eliza J. White of this town, 
 July 31, 1855. He died at Pottersville while pastor of the Baptist Church 
 in that place, April 4,, 1862, aged fifty-two. Children : — 
 
 1. RuTHTBN M., [b. Jan. 13, 1832 ; .d. May 14, same year.] 
 
 2. Emily J., [b. Aug. 14, 1834, m. Eben P. Knight of Marlow, ' 
 
 Jan. 1, 1856, and d. Sept. 29, 1859.] 
 
 3. Antoinette E., [b. in Marlow, Aug. 30, 1856.] 
 
 4. Alpaeata J., [b. in Dublin, Oct. 17, 1859.] 
 
 5. Flora I., [b. Sept. 9, 1861, in Dublin.] 
 
 LOVEREN. 
 JOSIAH LOVEEEN, son of John and Clarissa (Eichardson) Lov- 
 eren, and grandson of Ebenezer and Eunice (Hadlock) Loveren, was born 
 in Deering, Dec. 4, 1817. The family came from Kensington, and were 
 37 
 
578 ^ GENEALOGIES. 
 
 among the very first settlers of Deering. He married, first, Asenath 
 Gregg of Deering, who died in 1855, aged forty; second, Nancy J. Pea- 
 body of Antrim, Dec. 18, 1856; moved here in 186i, and bought the Pea- 
 body mills, which he has very much enlarged, and filled with improved 
 machinery. This is now a large establishment of its kind, and is exten- 
 sively known as " Loveren's Mills." Has children: — 
 
 1. Samuel S., [b. in Deering, May 19, 1846. J 
 
 2. James G., [b. in Deering, May 3, 1850.] 
 
 3. Prank P., [b. in Deering, Nov. 28, 1851 ; m. Sarah J. Ogden, 
 
 May 1, 1878 ; settled at once in Deering, but d. of fever 
 Oct. 18, 1878. Was an excellent and amiable young man, 
 having many friends, and his early death saddened the whole 
 community.] 
 
 4. John B., [b. Feb. 2, 1858.] 
 
 5. George M., [b. Aug. 14, 1866.] 
 
 LOVEWELL. 
 
 LYMAN T. LOVEWELL, son of Isaac and Eliza (Moulton) Love- 
 well of Gardner, Mass., grandson of Joseph and Sally (Wilkinson) Love- 
 well of Weston, and great-grandson of Joseph Lovewell (who was taken 
 prisoner in the Erench and Indian war, but with three others escaped 
 in so nearly a starving condition that they divided a snake' between them 
 for food), was born in Gardner, Mass., Oct. 17, 1842; married Sarah 
 L. Stowell in 1867, and came here from Gardner in 1875, buying one-half 
 of the Caleb Clark place, where he resides, having since purchased the 
 other part of the farm. Mr. Lovewell was out in the Fourth Mass. Heavy 
 Artillery, and remained till the close of -the war. Has no children. 
 
 LOWE. 
 
 DANIEL LOWE came from Greenfield to Antrim, about 1817. He 
 bought of Samuel Caldwell the Dea. Worthley place (cleared by Wil- 
 liam Boyd). He married Hannah Kidder of Lyndeborough, and lived 
 on the Dea. Worthley place many years, being there as late as 1848. He 
 afterwards sold to David Starrett and moved to North Branch, where he 
 built the Sylvester Preston house, and there died Dec. 14, 1857, aged 
 seventy. A young girl, Mary Woodward, was brought up by them. 
 She came here from Lyndeborough in 1819, and married Prof. Leonard 
 Marshall of Boston, Sept. 17, 1835. Mr. Lowe left but one child : — 
 
 1. LoiSA Jane, [m. Isaac C. Tuttle, Nov. 11, 1846.] 
 
 LYNCH. 
 
 MAURICE LYNCH was born in Ireland in 1738. He was educated 
 for a Catholic priest ; came to Newfoundland, renounced the papacy, and 
 married Catherine Sheehan. Became a land-surveyor. After a residence 
 of about two years in Newfoundland, he came to New England and set- 
 tled in New Boston. From that town he came here in 1772, and began 
 
GENEALOGIES. - 579 
 
 the James Wallace farm, now William Stacey's. Was the first town 
 clerk of Antrim. Was a man of wit and many jokes, some of which have 
 survived one hundred years in the town where he died. He sold his farm 
 and went back to New Boston, probably in the fall of 1777, where he died 
 Jan. 7, 1779, aged forty. His wife died March 3, 1803, aged sixty. Only 
 three children are known of : — 
 
 1. John, [b. in Newfoundland in 1766 ; came with his father to 
 
 New Boston ; m. Alice McMillen of that town in 1789, and 
 had a family of eight children. The descendants of Mau- 
 rice Lynch by his son John are very numerous, and some of 
 them remain in New Boston.] 
 
 2. Child of unknown name, [d. here it is believed in the autumn 
 
 of 1772, being three or four years old. All the father could 
 do was to cover up the little body in a trough, carry it in his 
 arms three or four miles through the woods, and bury it 
 alone as near as possible to the spot which would be. the 
 future Center of the town. Now neither name nor grave is 
 known. But God has not forgotten the little face laid so 
 sadly away. 
 
 " These ashes, too, this little dust, — 
 Our Father's care shall keep."] 
 
 3. Mary Ann, [grew up in New Boston ; m. a sea-captain from 
 
 Boston, Mass., about 1793, and nothing more can be learned 
 concerning her. An old bear and nine cubs once drove 
 Mary Ann home ; and her mother, greatly frightened and 
 somewhat mixed from excitement, ran over to Dea. Christie's 
 and shouted: " Deacon, Deacon, catch your dog and call 
 your gun ; for nine she-bears and one old cub chased my 
 Mary Ann clear from Lyndeborough woods to my own 
 door ! "] 
 
 MANAHAN. 
 
 Db. VALENTIlSrE MANAHAN was son of John and Zurintha 
 (Felch) Manahan of Deering. He was a student of New London and 
 Dartmouth, and a graduate of Jefferson Medical College in 1850. He 
 ca,me here the same year, got well started in practice, but suddenly left 
 the next year and went to Springfield. In 1851 he married Abby E. Por- 
 ter of Sutton, and is now living in Enfield, engaged in large practice. 
 
 MANSFIELD. 
 
 JAMES A. MANSFIELD lived here for a time in the Jonas Hub- 
 bard house northwest of the pond, in connection with Bezaleel Wheeler, 
 moving away about 1824. . Little is known of him, but it is believed that 
 he went to Boston and died there. 
 
580 GENEALOGIES. . 
 
 MARSH. 
 
 EBENEZEE MARSH came here from Hudson, about 1798, and 
 located on the mountain west of the Capt. Worthley place, beyond the 
 pond. After about ten years he moved back to that town, where he died. 
 The name "Marsh" occurs now and then in the old papers and records 
 of that vicinity, but of this one nothing further has been learned. 
 
 MARSHALL. 
 
 SAMUEL MARSHALL came here from Hudson and succeeded Na- 
 than Cross on the Asa Robinson or Steel place. The house stood near 
 the end of the lane on the opposite side of the road from the present 
 house. On the " Cold Friday," Jan. 19, 1810, the wind took the roof oflf his 
 house, and the whole family barely escaped perishing with the cold. He 
 had five children born here. Four were by his first wife, Hannah, 
 daughter of Jacob Paige of Litchfield ; and one by his second wife, Abi- 
 gail Robb, whom he married March 18, 1817. 
 
 1. Samuel, [b. March 8, 1809.] 
 
 2. Eliza, [b. Feb. 7, 1811. J 
 
 3. Enoch, [b. Jan. 1, 1813.] 
 
 4. John, [b. Oct. 24, 1814.J 
 
 5. Hannah, [b. Nov. 30, 1817.] 
 
 MATTHEWS. 
 
 EGBERT MATTHEWS and his wife (Gibson) came to Hancock 
 among the first settlers of the town. He came from Londonderry, bring- 
 ing his son James, then a very small boy. The latter married Abigail 
 Kieth of Sullivan, in 1810. She was a native of Uxbridge, Mass. In 
 1815 James Matthews moved to Antrim, and lived in this town fifteen 
 years, when he moved back to Hancock. All the children except the two 
 first were born in Antrim. He died Nov. 13, 1852, aged seventy-one; 
 and his wife died Dec. 30, 1872, aged eighty-three. He lived in the 
 southwest part of Antrim, near Hancock line, and was chiefly identified 
 with the latter town. The farm was chiefly in Antrim, but the town 
 line ran through the room in which the children were born. Children 
 were : — 
 
 1. Elvira, [b. March 29, 1811 ; m. Eranklin Robinson of Green- 
 
 field, in 1838 ; d. in California, Dec. 2, 1878.] 
 
 2. Abigail, [b. Feb. 15, 1813 ; m. Lewis W. Aloock of Hancock, 
 
 Aug. 31, 1837, and is now living in that town.] 
 
 3. Hannah, [b. April 15, 1815 ; m. A. R. W. Burt of Benning- 
 
 ton, Oct. 28, 1845 ; d. April 2, 1876.] 
 
 4. Melvin, [b. Feb. 19, 1817 ; m. 1st, Sarah Richardson of Ashby, 
 
 Mass.; 2d, Hannah Watson of Charlestown, Mass. ; d. 
 March 28, 1861.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 581 
 
 5. Arvilla, [b. Dec. 26, 1819 ; m. David Seward of Sullivan, 
 
 Oct. 1, 1840. She was mother of Rev. F. L. Seward of 
 Lowell (Harvard College, 1868).] 
 
 6. Adeline, [b. Jan. 2, 1821 ; d. Oct. 20, 1847.J 
 
 7. NoRMANDA, [b. Aug. 6, 1822 ; d. Jan. 25, 1844.J 
 
 8. Emily, [b. Sept. 15, 1824 ; m. Gardner Town of Sullivan, 
 
 Jan. 4, 1870.] 
 
 9. David, [b. May 20, 1826 ; unm. ; lives in Hancock.] 
 
 10. Blmina, [b. July 7, 1828, d. in infancy.] 
 
 McADAMS. 
 
 SAMUEL McADAMS and his brother William, cousins of Mrs. Rob- 
 ert jMcIlvaine, came here in 1795 from Hudson, where they had lived but 
 a short time, as they were from Londonderry, in which town they signed 
 the Association Test in April, 1776, and they also signed a petition there 
 as late as 1778, and may have lived there some years after that. A Sam- 
 uel McAdams was one of many protesting against the formation of a new 
 parish in Londonderry, Feb. 9, 1740. These brothers were Scotchmen. 
 They located on the " tops of the mountains " in Antrim. Samuel Mc- 
 Adams succeeded Dea. Alexander on what is now the S. A. Holt farm 
 on Holt Hill, while his brother William located on Patten Hill, not far 
 from Samuel Patten's. But little is known concerning these two bA)th- 
 ers. They moved together to Tunbridge, Vt., in 1808. 
 
 MCALLISTER. 
 
 The McAllisters came from Argyleshire in Scotland. The name is 
 very common in many parishes of that country to the present day. In 
 the Scotch colony in the north of Ireland, there were also many McAllis- 
 ters; and from the last-named locality there were three families that 
 came to New Hampshire, though from names and association in the early 
 days we conclude they were near of kin. These have been traced back 
 through the sojourn in Ireland to Scotland, but it is impossible at present 
 to give ancestral names prior to the emigration from the latter country. 
 A later branch of McAllisters is represented by Judge W. K. McAllister 
 of Chicago, 111., who was son of William, who was son of Hamilton, who 
 came from Edinburg, Scotland, and bought his farm in Salem, Mass., 
 April 26, 1776. This farm remained in the family more than a hundred 
 years, and from it went out many to New York and the West. 
 
 Tlie ancestor of the Londonderry family was Angus (sometimes called 
 Ananias) McAllister, who married Margaret Boyle, and came to this 
 country with eight children in the year 1718, and settled in Lancaster, 
 Mass. The old people say he was near of kin to Eichard who settled in 
 Bedford, and John who settled in ]Sr«w Boston. In 1731 Angus moved 
 to Londonderry, and settled the farm now in possession of his descend- 
 ant, Jonathan McAllister, Esq. He had been a soldier in the wars of 
 Ireland, — had an ear shot off in an engagement of Pennyburn Mill, — and 
 
582 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 was exempted from taxes on account of his military services. At his 
 death, his hody was carried six miles for burial on a bier on the top of 
 men's shoulders, as was always the custom in that day. On the way they 
 met Thomas Wilson, an old companion in arms, who took off his hat and 
 shouted : " Auld Ireland forever ! Weel, Angus, they're na taking, the 
 lug [ear] aff you head at Pennyburn Mill the day, mon ! " William, son 
 of Angus, married Jennette Cameron, and died in 1765, aged fifty-five. 
 His descendants removed to Jaffrey, and thence William, Jr., one of his 
 sons, went to Berlin, Vt., and his descendants are numerous in that State. 
 David, second son of Angus, married Elenor Wilson ; died in London- 
 derry in 1750, aged forty-six, and left children: Alexander, John, Arch- 
 ibald, George, Margaret, and Jennette. Of these six children of David, 
 we have only room to say, that Alexander married Abigail White of 
 Goffstown, and his desceadants remain in that town. John married Mrs. 
 Kebekah (Henderson) White of Bedford in 1770, and died in 1780, aged 
 thirty-six. His widow died in 1839, aged ninety-six. She was the girl 
 that Went with Hon. John Orr after the cows, in the early history of Bed- 
 ford. He was about fifteen, and she some younger. They came across 
 a bear, and she picked up stones for Johnny to throw at him. Bruin 
 stood it awhile, and then went for them. He treed Johnny, and Beccie 
 ran; and while bruin looked after the more offensive party, she escaped 
 and got help ! Isaac McAllister, son of John and Bebekah, was born 
 Jan. 19, 1776; married Sarah Harriman of Londonderry in 1814, and was 
 father , of Jonathan McAllister, who now occupies the original homestead 
 settled by Angus in 1731, and is one of the leading citizens of London- 
 derry. He married Caroline Choate of Derry, Nov. 11, 1852, and has 
 a son, George I., who graduated at Dartmouth College in the class of 
 1877. It may be added that John, the other son of Angus, returned to 
 Ireland, and that his five daughters were: Mary Ann, who married David 
 
 Morrison; , who married John Taggartof Coleraine, Mass. ; , 
 
 who married Thomas Knox of Pembroke ; , who married James 
 
 White of Pembroke ; and , who married John White of Pembroke. 
 
 The descendants of Angus are very many, and stand well in the world. 
 It seems probable that Eandall McAllister of Peterborough, a Revolu- 
 tionary soldier terribly wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, was of the 
 same stock. The latter died in 1819, aged seventy-five. Dr. Thomas S. 
 McAllister of Amesbury, Mass., was son of Benjamin, and grandson of 
 Isaac and Sarah named above. 
 
 mCHARD MCALLISTER, ancestor of one branch of the Antrim 
 McAllisters, and of that which was earliest here, married Ann Miller in 
 Ireland, about 1735 ; came over in the winter of 1738-39, and found his 
 way at once to Londonderry, as we conclude from the fact that he was a 
 citizen in full standing there in 1741. ,' But soon after there was quite a 
 migration from Londonderry to the promising settlement of Narragansett 
 No. 5 (now Bedford), and Richard McAllister seems to have been among 
 the number. He settled on a farm now a few rods west of Bedford vil- 
 lage, and four miles from the present city of Manchester. He went to 
 Bedford probably in the spring of 1748, and was one of the leading land- 
 
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 holders at the organization of the town in 1750. His name appears 
 among the petitioners of Bedford, then called " Souhegan East," to the 
 governor and assembly for protection against the Indians, June 12, 1744. 
 His wife died March 12, 1776, in the sixty-seventh year of her age. The 
 children of Richard and Ann (Miller) McAllister were nine in number, 
 thus: First, " Archy," who was born in Ireland. He settled in Wiscasset, 
 Me., and lived to great age. George C. McAllister, Esq., of Milltown, 
 New Brunswick, is his great-grandson. The second child of Richard and 
 Ann McAllister was John, who was born on the ocean Jan. 18, 1739. 
 The fact that he i§ recorded as born in " Chelsie, Mass.," arises from 
 their making the registry of birth at the first place where they stopped on 
 arrival in this country. The tradition in all branches of the family 
 as to the birth on the water is so strong as to leave no reasonable doubt 
 of its truth . John McAllister enlisted as a soldier in the French war, 
 April 17, 1758, and served six months. He also enlisted a second time in 
 the spring of 1760. He was also out for a time in the Revolutionary 
 army. "Was a stirring, wide-awake man. He was a blacksmith by trade; 
 came here about 1776, and located on the north side of Meeting-house 
 Hill, building his log cabin on the west side of the road near where a 
 branch turns eastward towards the old Mcllvaine place. He was the 
 only blacksmith in town for many years. His shop on the hill stood in the 
 corner of the roads opposite his house. He did not, however, remain 
 long on the hill, but cleared and settled what is now the Pelsey farm. 
 His humble dwelling stood nearly opposite the Sally Sawyer house, and 
 the old shop he worked in stood on the same side of the road a little east 
 of his dwelling. He raised a large family, who all left town in early life. 
 In his old age he followed his children. In the year 1814, and at the age 
 of seventy-five, he moved to Rochester, Vt., and died there in 1828. His 
 wife was Anna Steel, who lived some twenty years longer, and died very 
 aged in the same town. His children, of whom we know but little, were 
 as follows, most of them bein^born here: — 
 
 1. John W., [b. in 1784; m. Vina Jones of Hillsborough, and 
 d. in Rochester, Vt., aged 64. His death was early in the 
 year 1849. His wife, while walking out, dropped dead in 
 the road, in September, 1858, aged 72. His children 
 were : — 
 William, (b. in Antrim, m. Orlena Brown, and d. in Cham- 
 paign, 111., in 1863. His first wife d. Nov. 3, 1889. His 
 house was burned in 1827, and three of his children per- 
 ished in the flames. His eldest son, Stillman McAllister, 
 when on a deer-hunt with his father-in-law in New York, 
 was shot dead by the latter. His age was 44. They put on 
 deer-skin coats so as to deceive the animals, and separated 
 in the forest. The shooting was , at long range with the 
 rifle, and was done on the supposition that a deer was 
 aimed at.) 
 
584 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Julia Ann, (b. in Antrim. She m. a shoemaker by name of 
 
 Kidder, of Hancock, Vt., and is now living in Leicester, Vt.) 
 Vianna, (b. in Antrim ; m. Alvah Russ of Stockbridge, Vt. ; 
 
 he d. there ; she lives in Manchester, with Dr. Alvah A. 
 
 Russ, her son, as is thought.) 
 Paulina, (m. Manning Finney, and they live in Stockbridge, 
 
 Vt.) 
 Pamelia, (m. Horace Brink, and d. in Rochester, Vt.) 
 Orrilla, (m. Ithiel Austin. They live in Pulaski, N. Y.) 
 Hiram, (b. in Hancock, Vt., m. Olive Brown, and d. in Elgin, 
 
 111., July 7, 1870.) 
 Sophronia, (m. Samuel Parsons of Manchester.) 
 Adeline, (d. in Whiting, Vt., unm.) 
 Sylvester, (b. in Hancock, Vt., in 1820 ; m. Mary Munger of 
 
 Whiting, Vt. ; has lived in Elgin, 111., since 1861, and is a " 
 
 man of high standing.) 
 Milo, (m. Abbe Goodrich, and lives in Whiting, Vt.) 
 Lovica, (d. in Rochester, Vt., unm.) 
 Philena, (m. George Piper. They live in Manchester.)] 
 
 2. Daniel, [nothing known.] 
 
 3. Jesse, [m. Deborah Paige April 20, 1815 ; can't trace further.] 
 
 4. Isaac, [reported to me as " a Methodist exhorter and an old 
 
 man ; " was last known in Pulaski, N. Y. He m. a Miss 
 Benson of Benson, Vt. Nothing known of his family.] 
 
 5. David, [m. SuSan Nason of Rochester, Vt., moved to Penn- 
 
 sylvania in 1836, and nothing mope is known of him. J 
 
 6. William, [b. in Antrim, m. Diadamia Washburne, and d. at 
 
 age of sixty-four in Rochester, Vt. What is on a preceding 
 page about Stillman McAllister, killed on a deer-hunt, an- 
 other authority would put here, making him son of this 
 William, which was probably the case.] 
 
 7. Betsey, [nothing known.] 
 
 8. Anna, [m. Dudley Reed, April 1, 1813. A large family were 
 
 born to them here, but am unable to find one of them.] 
 
 9. Fannie, [b. in Rochester, Vt. She is known to have m. a Mr. 
 
 Austin of Rochester, Vt., who was killed in moving a build- 
 ing in that place, when a young man. She afterwards m. 
 a Smith, and d. recently in that place.] 
 
 10. Nancy, [nothing known.] 
 
 The third child of Eichard McAllister and Ana Miller was William, 
 who was born in Londonderry, July 14, 1741 i He married .Jerusha Spof- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 585 
 
 ford of Rowley, Mass.; remained in Bedford ; was out in the French war; 
 and died Feb. 11, 1787. He had children: Sally (b. Dec. 25, 1766), Ann, 
 William, John, Martha, Polly, James, Benjamin' and Apphia. The de- 
 scendants are very numerous. John, the fourth child, remained in Bed- 
 ford; married Jane, daughter of Capt. James and Margaret (Waugh) 
 Aiken, and died July 25, 1863, aged seventy-seven. Their son, William 
 McAllister, Esq., now owns and occupies the homestead. Commodore 
 Belknap, of the U. S. navy, is said to be a great-grandson of William and 
 Jerusha McAllister. 
 
 The fourth child of Richard and Ann was Mary, who was born in Bed- 
 ford, Aug. 10, 1743. Have no further positive knowledge concerning her. 
 
 The fifth child was Ann, who was born iif Bedford, Nov. 6, 1746, and* 
 died in her native town, Oct. 31, 1760. 
 
 The sixth child of Richard and Ann (Miller) McAllister was Susan- 
 nah, born Aug. 20, 1747. A Susannah McAllister married Hugh Moore 
 in Bedford, March 21, 1792. They settled in Amherst and lived to good 
 old age. Circumstances indicate that the first Susannah died in infancy, 
 and that the wife of Moore was a second daughter to whom the same 
 name was given, and who was born about 1756. She died June 8, 1842. 
 
 RICHARD MCALLISTER, Jr., the seventh child of Richard and 
 Ann, was born Oct. 20, 1749. He was last taxed in Bedford, his native 
 town, in 1772. He seems to have been here part of the two following 
 years preparing his clearing on the northward slope of Meeting-House 
 HiU. He moved here in 1775. His house stood first north of the fork 
 of roads, and is known as the Abraham^ Smith place. He was prominent 
 among the first settlers, and was a member of the first board of selectmen. 
 His wife was Susannah. He moved to Alstead, giving place to Abraham 
 Smith in 1795. Subsequently, for a time, he lived in Springfield, Vt., be- 
 yond which we cannot trace them. They had children, several in num- 
 ber, it is believed, when they came to this town. Have made great efibrt 
 to hunt up this family. Two children were born to them after arrival 
 here, of whom we can give only the date of birth. 
 
 1. Richard, [b. Dec. 25, 1779.J 
 
 2. Ann, [b. March 8, 1782. j 
 
 JAMES McAllister, the eighth child of Richard and Ann (Miller) 
 McAllister, was born in Bedford, Feb. 29, 1752. He was last taxed in 
 Bedford in 1773; came here the same year, and pitched upon a tract of 
 land now the farm of Isaac M. Tuttle, Esq. After working two summers 
 or more, and building, he moved his family here. The house stood on 
 the old road five or six rods north of the present dwelling, and the cellar 
 still marks the spot. James McAllister married Sally McClary, daughter 
 of David McClary of Bedford, October, 1773. He died Aug. 27, 1823. 
 The widow survived till July 2, 1841. She was a rare and excellent 
 woman, her long life was one of energy and consistent piety, and she was 
 one referred to as being ready for any emergency. It is related, that, when 
 they raised their barn, she saved the men from a serious accident. The 
 
586 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 population being very sparse for many miles, only a handful of men could 
 be found. These got a band, part way up — they couldn't raise it an inch 
 farther — it was so situated that they dare not let it down. Their shouts 
 alarmed Mrs. McAllister, and she ran out with her lady visitors to their 
 help. Instead of shrieking and crying " Murder ! " she snatched up a pole 
 and put her shoulder to the lift. By the addition of this help of the 
 women, with great difficulty the timbers were raised to their place. The 
 children of James and Sally McAllister were : — 
 
 1. Richard, [b. in Bedford ; m. Peggy Aiken, daughter of Dea. 
 
 James Aiken. She d. March 1, 1813, at the age of thirty- 
 five, and leaving four children. Sometime in the following 
 year he m. Mrs. Betsey Grant, who soon d. leaving a son 
 Richard. For a third wife he m. Hannah Taylor, March 26, 
 1818. He built and lived and d. in a house recently taken 
 down, which stood on the opposite side of the river from 
 Miles Tuttle's on the road leading to James Wood's. He 
 d. Nov. 19, 1845, and was buried on the hill. The children 
 were as follows : — 
 
 Nancy ^ (d. unm. in Manchester in 1856, aged 49.) 
 
 Sophronta, (m. Jonas Harvey, Jr., of Manchester, and d. in 
 that city Nov. 25, 1873, aged 62.) 
 
 Nathan W. C, (d. unm., in Weare, Aug. 9, 1835, aged 30.) 
 
 Mary, (b. in 1813 ; was brought up in Hillsborough by a Mr. 
 Newman ; then all went to Vermont.) 
 
 Richard, Jr., (b. Nov. 19, 1815, m. Susan Ordway April 4, 
 1841, and lives at Hillsborough Bridge.) 
 
 James B,, (b. Nov. 25, 1818 ; m. Fidelia Champlin of Sutton, 
 in 1842, and lives in, the south village in that town. Is a 
 trader and postmaster there.) 
 
 Leonard, (at seven years of age a fork was thrust into his eye, 
 destroying his mind. He d. num., in 1867, aged 47.) 
 
 Benjamin, (b. Sept. 22, 1821, m. Mary A. Bryant Dec. 23, 
 1841, and now lives in Stoneham, Mass.) 
 
 David, (b. Dec. 19, 1824, m. Harriet White Dec. 14, 1853, 
 and lives in Deering.) 
 
 Louisa, (b. Sept. 22, 1826 ; m. Everett Cowdry of Stoneham, 
 Mass.) 
 
 Stichney, (b. in 1827 ; d. at age of 4.)] 
 
 2. David, [d. when one year old.] 
 
 3. Thomas, [b. in 1775 ; m. in Boston, 1808, to Nancy Smith ; 
 
 lived here and there in this town about a dozen years after 
 marriage, and all his children save the last two were born in 
 
GENEALOGIES. 587 
 
 Antrim ; moved to Windsor about 1820, and d. there April 2, 
 1840, aged 65. After his death the widow and several children 
 lived some years at the Branch in a small house in Park- 
 hurst's mill-yard. His children were: — 
 
 Javies, (b. Sept. 17, 1804, m. Charlotte Moulton of Shirley, 
 Mass., in 1827, and d. in Boston March 29, 1860.) 
 
 William, (b. Feb. 1, 1806 ; m. Harriet Moulton of Shirley, 
 Mass.) 
 
 Sylvanus, (b. Jan. 6, 1808 ; m. 1st, Susan Long of Harwich, 
 Mass. ; 2d, Jane Wetherell of Pocasset, Mass., where he 
 now lives.) 
 
 Sally, (b. Jan. 26,1810, m. Daniel Dresser of Windsor Oct. 
 31, 1833, and now lives in Grafton, Vt.) 
 
 Nancy, (b. Sept. 26, 1811 ; unm. ; is an invalid in London- 
 derry, Vt. ; is a beneficiary of the society of Cincinnati, on 
 account of her grandfather, Capt. Sylvanus Smith of Shirley, 
 Mass., a captain in the Revolutionary army.) 
 
 Katherine, (b. Sept. 21, 1813 ; m. Merrick Woods of London- 
 derry, Vt., Sept. 19, 1854, and they now live in that town.) 
 
 Thomas, (b. Oct. 6, 1816 ; m. Anna Gibbs of Pocasset, Mass., 
 June 27, 1841, and lives in that place.) 
 
 Benjamin, (b. in Windsor, April 3, 1821, and d. September, 
 1868. He m. Charlotte Sargent of Lawrence, Mass., in 
 1850.) 
 
 Mary Ann, (b. Feb. 3, 1823, m. Barnet S. Waite June 17, 
 1849, and lives in Londonderry, Vt.)] 
 
 4. James, Jr., [lost overboard in Chesapeake bay.j 
 
 5. William, [b. May 3, 1781 ; m. Rachel Kendall of Hillsbor- 
 
 ough ; lived awhile in this town, and had four children here ; 
 moved to Deering, thence to Wilmot, and d. March 23, 
 1862, in that place. The children were : — 
 Orrin, (d. aged 13, in the year 1831.) 
 
 Joshua H., (b. March 27, 1820 ; m. Margaret Spear of Stone- 
 ham, Mass. ; went into the war, was disabled, and d. in a 
 Soldiers' Home at Togus, Me., Oct. 18, 1874, aged 54.) 
 . G-eorge S., (b. Feb. 5, 1822 ; m. Martha A. Person of Lebanon, 
 June 9, 1850, and lives in Lyndeborough. Is a tanner by 
 trade. He m. 2d, Ellen L; Pollard of Nashua, Jan. 28, 
 1869.) 
 
 Sarah Olivia, (b. June 11, 1827 ; m. John L. Parwell July 
 10, 1853, and d in Hillsborough, Aug. 11, 1858, childless.) 
 
588 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Glara S., (b. in Deering Feb. 14, 1831 ; m. Bldridge Fisher of 
 North Weare July 1, 1855, and d. there Feb. 6, 1865.)] 
 
 6. Anne, [b. Aug. 12, 1783; m. Benjamin Tuttle, April 17, 
 
 1804 ; lived in Hillsborough, near her father's residence' 
 in Antrim, and d. April 20, 1855. She was the mother of 
 Isaac M. Tuttle, Esq., of this town, and Benjamin Tuttle, 
 Esq., of Newport.] 
 
 7. Benjamin, [b. July 3, 1786 ; went to Canada in early life, and 
 
 nothing more is known of him. J 
 
 8. Rachel, [m. Jonas Harvey of Manchester, February, 1827, 
 
 and d. in that city Nov. 19, 1860 ; left no children.] 
 
 9. Sally, [b. June 20, 1789, m. Dr. Charles Adams Feb. 13, 
 
 1809, and d. in Oakham, Mass., Dec. 5, 1868. She was 
 mother of a noWe family, including Hon. Charles Adams, 
 Jr., who has done a great deal to help in the preparation of 
 this book. She is spoken of as a rare and blessed woman, 
 with charity for everybody, and never knowing one that 
 wished her ill.] 
 
 10. Polly, [b. Feb. 21, 1792 ; m. Sampson Tuttle, Jr., of Han- 
 
 cock, May 30, 1820, and d. in that town Nov. 10, 1857. 
 Her husband d. Feb. 19, 1857, aged 67.] 
 
 The ninth child of Eichard McAllister and Ann Miller was Benjamin, 
 who was the youngest of the family, and was born in Bedford, May 31, 
 1754. 
 
 JOHN McAllister of New Boston was the ancestor of the third 
 family of McAllisters ia New Hampshire. He came over from the north 
 of Ireland and settled in that town in 1748. He owned a large tract of 
 land near Joe English Hill; was an energetic, live man, was strongly 
 religious, was on the first board of selectmen in 1763, and died in a good 
 old age. The writer remembers hearing much said about the McAllisters 
 of New Boston by old people now gone. This John had three sons and 
 one daughter, as follows: Archibald, who was born in Ireland, and 
 married Maria McKeen; lived awhile on the homestead, but after many 
 years moved to Francestown, and thence came here about 1790, and died 
 here in good old age. He and his wife were among the early members 
 of the church on the hill, and were most worthy and devout people. The 
 second child of John was Agnus, who settled near the south line of New. 
 Boston on a beautiful farm, but afterwards moved to Fryeburg, Me., and 
 died there quite aged. The third son of John of New Boston was Dan- 
 iel, who settled on what is called the Lamson farm in that town ; was 
 selectman of New Boston; moved in mature life to New Brunswick, 
 and died there. Mary, the daughter of John of New Boston, married 
 Daniel Kelso, and was the mother of Ananias Kelso, who recently died 
 
GENEALOGIES. ' 589 
 
 in South Village at great age. Thus this Mary was grandmother of Mrs. • 
 Henry Hill of this town. She was born during the passage across the 
 ocean; was a praiseworthy woman, and was up to jokes, — like many of 
 her descendants. The writer remembers hearing it said that wheu Rev. 
 Solomon Moor, the first minister of New Boston, made his first call upon 
 her, about 1769, he asked her if she were born in Ireland. " Na, indade, 
 I was not," said she. — " Were you born in England ? " again he asked. — 
 " Na, sir, indade I was not." — " Then you must have been born in Amer- 
 ica." — " TSa, na, I was not born in America, sir." — '• Then where upon 
 'arth were you born V " — " Indade, sir, I was not born upon the 'arth at 
 all, sir ! " The minister, who was a jolly, witty man, soon saw through 
 the matter, and long laughed over the joke. 
 
 ROBERT McAllister, son of Archibald and Maria (McKeen) 
 McAllister, and grandson of John of New Boston, came here from that, 
 his native town, about 1793, and lived in a house at the foot of Perry's 
 Hill, near the brick school-house, and raised up a large family. He was 
 a carpenter, school-teacher, and farmer. In 1805 he moved to Newbury, 
 Yt., and died there March 7, 1862, aged eighty-eight. His wife was 
 Sarah Stewart of Amherst. His children are highly respectable. All 
 but the two youngest were born here. 
 
 1. William, (b. in 1795 ; was a cabinet-maker; m. Jane Delano 
 
 of Acworth ; settled in Norway, N. Y., and d. there in 1846.] 
 
 2. Francis G., [b. in 1797 ; m. Betsey Chamberlain in 1819, 
 
 and lives in Newbury, Vt.j 
 
 3. Jonathan, [m. Charity Chatman of Haverhill, and d. in 
 
 Willsborough, N. Y., in 1862, aged 62. His grandson, Rev. 
 W C. McAllister, is pastor of the Baptist Church in Morri- 
 sonville, N. Y.] 
 
 4. David, [m. Betsey Tucker of Newbury, Vt.,in 1822, and now 
 
 lives in that town. J 
 
 5. Sarah, [m. Nehemiah L. Clark, and lives in Manchester.] 
 
 6. Mart, [m. Archibald Dow, and lived and d. in Hillsbor- 
 
 ough.] 
 
 7. Harriet, [m. Jeremiah Tewksbury, and lives in Newbury, 
 
 Vt.] 
 
 8. Archibald, [m. Susan S. Clark, and lives in Newbury, Vt.J 
 
 McCAULEY. 
 
 ROBERT McCAULEY came here very early in the history of the 
 town, certainly as early as 1777, and built on the west side of the road 
 between William and Grafton Curtis's, east of the Branch village, and 
 near the river, as it bends to the south. Was the first tailor in town, and 
 followed that business here nearly twenty years. Was out in the Revolu- 
 tionary army. Was a cripple in old age. His father was Alexander Mc- 
 
590 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Cauley, brother of James, the first settler in Hillsborough, in 1741. Al- 
 exander seems. to have lived in Hillsborough for a time, and Robert came 
 here undoubtedly from that place. .Tames and Alexander were born in 
 the Province of Ulster in Ireland; were genuine Scotchmen; located 
 awhile in the vicinity of Boston after arrival in this country, and then 
 came to Hillsborough. Alexander was born in 1707. His wife, Mary 
 Pinkerton, bom in Ireland in 1712, was cousin of the first John Pinker- 
 ton of Londonderry. She died in Merrimack, Jan. 20, 1791. He died in 
 the same place Oct. 11, 1788. They were parents of James McCauley, 
 who married Isabel Jameson, and of Robert McCauley of this town, and 
 of Sarah McCauley who married Thomas Stuart of this town. Robert 
 married Abigail Smith of Dunbarton, July 11, 1774. She was called 
 " Nabby," and our records call her " Neaby." He was credited with a sec- 
 ond wife, whose name I have not been able to find, and whose existence I 
 doubt. He is believed to have left Antrim about 1794. The house he 
 lived in has been gone many years. She called herself (Nabby Smith) a 
 niece of Gen. John Stark, and was his adopted daughter. Robert Mc- 
 Cauley died in Crown Point, N. Y., 1826, aged ninety-three. He kept 
 his payments of continental money till the day of his death. The chil- 
 dren, as far as known, were thus given on the town record, though an 
 ;0lder one may have been brought here on removal to this town. 
 
 1. John, [b. Feb. 12,1778; settled in Potsdam, N. Y. ; m. Dolly 
 
 Moody. J 
 
 2. Alexander, [b. Aug. 26, 1780, and d. young.] 
 
 3. James, [b. May 2, 1783 ; went to Ashtabula, Ohio ; m. 
 
 Charlotte Hancock.] 
 
 4. Isabel Pinkerton, [b. Jan. 28, 1785 ; m. 1st, Isaac Everett, 
 
 who d. in Minerva, N. Y., 1833 ; 2d, a Mr. Rose. She d. 
 at Mendon, Mich., October, 1846.] 
 6. Thomas, [b. March 1, 1787 ; went to Ashtabula, Ohio, and d. 
 there. He m. Mary Town.] 
 
 6. Smith, [b. April 9, 1789; d. in Crown Point, Ind., in 1862. 
 
 His wife was Dorcas Dowley of Mount Holly, Vt. His son, 
 Randall S. McCauley, Esq., is now living in Crown Point 
 Center, N. Y., and has furnished items for these pages. 
 A. 0. McCauley of Crown Point, Ind., is a son of a 2d wife 
 whose name was Loisa Rossey, of Athol, N. Y.] 
 
 7. Moody, [b. Nov. 15,1792 ; moved in 1836 to Ashtabula, Ohio. 
 
 His wife was Hannah Hill of Walpole, this State. In later 
 life he went to Wisconsin and d. there.] 
 
 8. Charles, [m. Rachel Barrett and went to the West. His 
 
 name is not on the Antrim records, and there are some in- 
 dications that he was the oldest instead of the youngest 
 child.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 591 
 
 Capt. DAVID McCAULET, nephew of Robert, and of Mrs. Thomas 
 Stuart, came here from Merrimack, as heir of Capt. Thomas Stuart's 
 property, and received the farm now that of John G. Flint, Esq., at the 
 Branch. He probably came not long subsequent to his uncle's death in 
 1808. He was a smart young man, and took a prominent place iu town. 
 Was much in town business. Had a store at the Branch in the Swain 
 hduse, under firm name of " McCoy and McCauley." At the time of his 
 death he had a store in the basement of the three-story house at the 
 Branch. He took a wager to reap an acre of rye in Hiram Griffin's field 
 east of the Branch for $2.50, to be done before noon or no pay. Won the 
 pay, being done a half-hour before noon, but jt cost him his life. He 
 lived several months after, but was never well. His death occurred 
 April 16, 1818, aged thirty-five. Never married. Was greatly mourned. 
 Soon after his death, his father, Alexander McCauley of Merrimack, 
 moved on to his farm at the Branch ; but in three years he moved back to 
 his own town. Capt. David McCauley was captain of the grenadiers. He 
 had two sisters in Antrim, Mrs. Thomas McCoy and Mrs. Sutheric Weston. 
 
 McCLARY. 
 
 JOHN McCLAET of Antrim was son of David and Rachel 
 (Strathearn) McClary of Bedford. The parents were married in the 
 north of Ireland, and five of their children were bom there. The two 
 youngest were born in Boston. The family came over to Boston in 1751 
 and resided there about eight years. They removed and settled in Bed- 
 ford in 1759. David was constable of that town in 1771, — an office then of 
 considerable importance. Various circumstances indicate a relation, 
 perhaps cousinship, between David McClary of Bedford and Lieut. Da- 
 vid McClary of Londonderry, who was killed at the battle of Benning- 
 ton. David McClary of Bedford had children: David, Jr., Thomas, 
 John, Molly, Sally (who married James McAllister of Antrim), Betty, 
 and William. David, Jr., and Thomas were out in the Revolutionary 
 army, probably from Bedford. Some of these lived in Merrimack. Some 
 were officers in the " Training-Band and Alarm-List " of these two towns. 
 Chiefiy, however, we have to do with John, who came here. He was 
 born in Ireland about 1735. Whom he married we cannot learn, nor 
 aught of his early history. He came here with his family in 1775, 
 thouo-h he had no doubt been here a summer or two previous in making 
 preparation. The opening he made was adjoining that of his brother-in- 
 law James McAllister, and was the place known now as the " Madison 
 Tut'tle farm." There was a John McClary in the battle of Bennington^ 
 in the Londonderry company^ — perhaps this man. John McClary was a 
 linen-weaver by trade,— a trade then frequently followed by men as well as 
 women, and notably so among the settlers of Londonderry and Bedford. 
 These Scotch weavers were known far and near ; and they did very supe- 
 rior work. The death of John McClary occurred in 1796, at a good age. 
 His children were: — 
 
 1. John Jr., [date of birth unknown. He m. a McNiel of 
 Hillsborough, and settled in that town; but afterwards 
 
592 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 moved to some town in Vermont, after which we lose track 
 of him. He had a son, David, who remained here and made 
 his home with the Woodburys at South Village, and d. there 
 in 1850, unm. This David was, at times in his life, greatly- 
 troubled with witches. He thought that on certain nights 
 he was bridled and ridden by a witch. On one occasion, 
 therefore, having borne with said witch as long as he felt 
 disposed to, and having got a trunk ready beside his bed, at 
 the critical moment he grabbed the bridle and threw it into 
 the trunk. Then he put that trunk within another trunk 
 and that within another, till there were seven trunks, and 
 then he hid the keys. This summary and desperate process 
 broke up the riding business of that witch ! It was a wise 
 step ! The only improvement that could be suggested at 
 this remote day would be to have put in the witch instead 
 of the bridle ! That trunk was promised as a legacy to a cer- 
 tain doctor in town, and would have been very valuable in 
 those days ; but it never appeared !] 
 
 2. Thomas, [frozen to death in 1790. He went to Hillsborough 
 
 in the evening, and on his return -home lost his way and per- 
 ished. This Thomas was probably in the army, as the town 
 " Voted that Thomas McClearys Eeats be freed," April, 
 1782.] 
 
 3. William, [possibly oldest child. Don't know whom he mar- 
 
 ried. He was the first settler on the Lawson White place ; 
 had a large family ; was frozen to death on the turnpike 
 Dec. 25, 1811. Have no means of knowing his age, but can 
 judge somewhat by the fact that he was highway-surveyor in 
 1783. An old person remembers him as " sixty years old 
 or a little more," though probably this is a high estimate. 
 Nothing can be learned of his children. Since writing the 
 above, I find, that, in noticing his death, the " Cabinet" of 
 Jan. 20, 1812, speaks of him as " aged about 61."] 
 
 McGLURB. 
 
 DAVID McCLURE came from Scotland to Boston in 1720. In that 
 city he married Martha Glenn, and had a large family. He moved to 
 Candia, where he died, and David, his eldest son, married a Dinsmore, 
 and settled in Goffstown, but in mature years moved to Deering and died 
 there. His son, Col. David McClure of Antrim, grandson of the first 
 David, came here in 1784, married Martha Wilson of Londonderry, and 
 began the farm at the corner next east of the Jonathan Nesmith place. 
 
GENEALOGIES. ' 593 
 
 After some years he exchanged his farm for the one now known as 
 the McClure place, on the old road east of Samuel Dinsmore's, where he 
 died May 25, 1835, aged seventy-seven. His wife died Jan. 18, 1847, aged 
 eighty-six. He was a worthy and respectable citizen ; was greatly inter- 
 ested in the militia, held' many military offices, and was, a long time, 
 commander of the noted Twenty-sixth Regiment. His family are all 
 gone from town, and most of them from earth, but were as follows : — 
 
 1. James, [b. March 23, 1788 ; m. Mary Wilson of Hillsborough, 
 
 lived in that town and in Antrim, and d. here Feb. 15,1855. 
 Their only child, — 
 Newell J., (b. in Hillsborough in 1819, m. Hannah W. Chase, 
 and lived in New York City, where he d. in 1856.)] 
 
 2. Polly, [b. Jan. 9, 1790, and d. unm. in 1849.J 
 
 3. David, [b. March 2, 1791, m. Rebecca Yewer, and lived in 
 
 Boston, where he d. April 25, 1828, leaving one child : — 
 Mart/ e/., (who came here to live with her grandfather after 
 her father's death, and was counted as one of, the family. 
 She m. John Barker of Henniker, Nov. 21, 1839, and lived 
 ' some years in that town, and her children were born there. 
 They subsequently moved to Boston, where he d. in 1873, 
 and she still survives.)] 
 
 4. Blenob, [d. in childhood.] 
 
 5. Robert, [b. April 14, 1794 ; m. Esther L. Weston in 1828 ; 
 
 lived on the old homestead in Antrim, where all his chil- 
 dren but Esther were born, then lived in Boston awhile, 
 but eventually moved to Stoddard, where he d. June 6, 
 1872, aged 78. His wife d. in 1835, aged 27 years. Their 
 children were : — 
 
 Menor W., (m. Joel Starkey Dec. 11, 1851 ; d. June 17, 1852, 
 aged 25.) 
 
 Robert C, (b. in 1830, m. Carrie Cragin of Greenville, and d. 
 in that place in 1858.) 
 
 Grosvenor, (b. in 1832 ; m. 1st, Lucy E. Townes of Roxbury ; 
 2d, Maria E. Roberts of Peterborough, and now lives in 
 
 Stoddard.) 
 Mther A., (b. in 1834, m. George W. George of Amherst, and 
 now lives in Washington, D. C.)] 
 
 6. Samuel W., [b. July 1, 1796, and d. unm. at the age of 32.] 
 
 7. BOTD H., [b. March 18, 1798 ; m. Roxy Peltz of Stoddard ; 
 
 lived awhile with his parents in Antrim, and d. in 1869. 
 His children are : — 
 
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594 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Manly ^ (b. in Stoddard in 1827, m. Experience Hastings, and 
 
 lives in Greenfield.) 
 John, (b. in Antrim in 1829, m. Hannah Upton, and lives in 
 
 Stoddard.) 
 Lucinda, (b. in Antrim in 1831, m. Samuel Button, and lives 
 
 in Pensaukie, Wis.) 
 Martha J., (b. in Antrim in 1833, became 2d wife of Joel 
 
 Starkey, and lives in Staffordshire, Conn.) 
 Boyd J"., (b. in Antrim in 1836, and d. unm. in 1870.) 
 Caroline, (b. in Antrim in 1888, m. Dr. M. V B. Morse, and 
 
 lives in Marblehead, Mass.) 
 Q-eorge A., (b. in Antrim in 1841, m. Sarah B. Barden, and 
 
 lives in Stoddard.) 
 Emeline S., (b. in Antrim in 1843, m. Charles Kimball of 
 
 Hillsborough, and d. in 1866.) 
 Augusta M., (h. in Antrim in 1845, m. Henry Bidwell, and 
 
 lives in Swanzey.)] 
 
 8. Cyrus, [b. March 4, 1800, m. Nancy Davison of Praming- 
 
 ham, Mass., and d. in 1847.] 
 
 9. Maee p., [b. April 4, 1802, m. Mary Vinton, and d. in 1836.] 
 
 10. John, [b. Peb. 22, 1804, m. Jane H. Brackett March 26, 
 1840, and lives in Revere, Mass.] 
 
 11. Manly, [b. in 1806, m. Martha Page, and d. in Mason in 
 1855, aged 49.] 
 
 McCOY. 
 
 THOMAS Mc'COY lived, in the early years of the tow:n,'near Dustin 
 Barrett's, but nothing is known of whence he came or whither he went. . 
 The last record of him here was in 1783, when a road was laid out by his 
 house. 
 
 Eksign JOHN McCOY, son of Dea. Alexander McCoy, whose ances- 
 tors went from Argyleshire, Scotland, to Ireland, thence to Londonderry 
 (now Windham), was born in the last-named town in 1750. He served 
 five years in the Eevolutionary war ; was a privateersman, and helped 
 capture thirteen merchant-ships, — one, he said, for every State in the 
 Union ; marched in a company from Londonderry to join the army at 
 Saratoga against Burgoyne ; returned from the army in 1780, and the 
 same year married Margaret Boyd, and moved to Hillsborough, but soon 
 came to Antrim and began the Elijah Gould place, which, in subsequent 
 years, was long occupied as a tavern stand. There his children were 
 born ; but in his later years he bought, of Adam Nichols, the place on the 
 hill in the east part of the town next south of Greorge Turner's (buildings 
 now gone). He died Jan. 9,1823, aged seventy-two. His wife. Mar- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 595 
 
 garet, died April 4, 1817, aged sixty-three ; married, second, Mrs. Mary 
 (Hutchins) Hartwell of Hillsborough, and after his death she married 
 Obadiah Hadley of Bradford, and died in Peterborough in 1848, aged 
 eighty-one. The children were: — 
 
 1. Thomas, [b. March 10, 1782, m. Betsey McOalley of Merri- 
 mack, and lived on the paternal estate. He was a man of 
 executive ability, and was kept by his townsmen in positions 
 of trust for many years, haying been chosen selectman 
 eighteen times. He was one of the committee to build the 
 Center Church. He d,. May 22, 1851. His wife d. Oct. 24, 
 1871, aged 87. Children : — 
 
 David, (b. in 1811, and d. in infancy.) 
 
 Mary, (b. in 1813, m. David W. Bell of Bennington, Jan. 28, 
 1836, and is now living a widow in Francestown.) 
 
 Eliza A., ( b. in 1816, m. Solomon H. Griffin May 8, 1838, 
 and d. in 1853.) 
 
 Caroline, (b. in 1818, m. James M. Appleton in 1839, and 
 now lives in Deering.) 
 
 James Madison, (d. Dec. 31, 1826, at the age of six.) 
 
 Milton, (b. in 1824, m. Elisabeth Appleton, and lives in Deer- 
 ing-)] 
 2. John, [b. June 14, 1784 ; m. Hannah Taylor April 13, 1813 ; 
 
 settled on the Samuel Weeks place, where the large brick 
 house by the East cemetery now stands, and which he built 
 in 1822. After some years he sold and moved to Benning- 
 ton, where he d. Dec. 7, 1861, at the age of 77. His chil- 
 dren were : — 
 
 Louisa, (d. in childhood.) 
 
 Mary, (b. July 18, 1815 ; m. David Tapley, a merchant in 
 Lowell.) 
 
 Prof. James M., (b. June 15, 1817 ; m. 1st, Alma L. Mooar 
 of Francestown; 2d, Annie M. Dennis of Lowell. Has 
 been for thirty years a teacher in that city, having begun 
 there in 1842. He entered Amherst College in 1841, but 
 was soon compelled by ill health to leave. In 1859 he estab- 
 lished a commercial college in Lowell, which was very suc- 
 cessful, and of which he remains the leading ofiBcer. Has 
 one child, Louise J. McCoy, and she is the only great-grand- 
 child of the early settler and soldier, John, that bears, the 
 name of McCoy ; she is a student of Wellesley College, class 
 of 1879.) ' 
 
696 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Hannah W., (b. March 15, 1819 ; m. George Young of Du- 
 buque, lo.) 
 
 John, Jr., (b. Jan. 21, 1822 ; was formerly a teacher in Geor- 
 gia, but went to California in 1849, where he d. the next 
 year. May 30, aged 28.) 
 
 Louisa J, (d. Sept. 29, 1846, aged 20.)] 
 
 3. Alexander, [b. July 21, 1786 ;,m. Katherine Gibson; built 
 
 the Widow Newman's house and there kept store, but after- 
 wards engaged in trade at Hillsborough Upper Village. He 
 lived to bid age, and d. without children.] 
 
 4. Robert, [was a trader ip company with his brother Alexan- 
 
 der, at Hillsborough, and, like him, d. there in old age, 
 childless, June 19, 1866.] 
 
 McDOLE. 
 
 WILLIAM McDOLE came here from Bedford in the year 1779, and 
 built his cabin on the William S. Foster place. He bought the land for 
 twenty-flve cents per acre. Here he lived till 1808, when he moved to 
 Landgrove, Vt. Two sons, David and William, were born here, and had 
 been at school here several winters before they moved away. 
 
 Alexander McDole, supposed to be a brother of William, Sen., and 
 living in the" same house with him, bought one of the first pews in the 
 old meeting-house. This is all now known of this respectable family that 
 lived here about thirty years. The town voted to have a road to " Wil- 
 liam McDoals," March 14, 1780. 
 
 McFARLAND. 
 
 DANIEL McFARLAND was born in Goffstown. He came here in 
 1774, and settled where N. W. C. Jameson now lives. He married Mar- 
 tha Steele, and died in 1829, at the great age of ninety-six. His wife 
 died April 25, 1831, aged seventy-nine. Mr. McFarland was a man of 
 many oddities and air-castles. He imagined himself to be heir of great 
 honor and wealth in Scotland, and planned his mansion accordingly ; 
 but he never finished it, and never got the title, and never got the 
 money. Part of the enormous building was taken down after his death, 
 and out of the remaining part Mr. Jameson made the beautiful residence 
 burned in 1862. But, though he never received either the title or the 
 treasure he dreamed of, he was generous as a prince ; his great house 
 was never fastened against anybody by night or day, and the class called 
 " tramps," then less numerous, always found with him a fire to warm by, 
 and a sheltering roof. In his latter days he was a great reader, and the 
 Bible came to be the only book he read. He was a sturdy Presbyterian, 
 and his name is signed to a petition from Goffstown in 1771 to Gov. 
 Wentworth, to have a Presbyterian parish formed in that town. Mr, 
 McFarland was a man of genuine Scotch wit and cunning, always turn- 
 ing jokes on the young folks. Some of the boys remember his giving 
 
GENEALOGIES. 597 
 
 them apples when he would always have an old potato or a stone in his 
 hand to slip into the boy's pocket. On one occasion he went to Dea. 
 Baldwin's on an errand, at an hour a little later than the usual meal- 
 time, and as they were just sitting down .to breakfast they asked him to 
 sit down with them. But he replied, " Na, na, I have my breakfast in the 
 marnin' ! " But little is known of Mr. McFarland's family. He had four 
 sons and one daughter, but all have been long since dead, or gone from 
 town. All known of them is as follows : — 
 
 1. James, [the eldest son, m. Rena Stewart, had a son and a 
 
 daughter here, and then moved to New York. The daugh- 
 ter, Betsey; remained here, m. Oliver Dickey, and then 
 moved to New York. The son, Henry, was the only de- 
 scendant of Daniel bearing the name of McParland.] 
 
 2. Daniel, [the second son, m. Katy Miller of Peterborough, 
 
 sister of Gen. Miller, but she soon d. (April 4, 1810), aged 
 26 ; and he went West and never returned. The " Cabinet " 
 of April, 1810, paid her the highest possible praise]. 
 
 3. John, fthe third son, became a lawyer, being admitted to the 
 
 bar February, 1815. He practiced at Hillsborough Upper 
 Village, and d. there unm. in 1819, aged 31. J 
 
 4. Thomas, [d. in Antrim about 1824, aged 30.] 
 
 5. Peggy, [m. Isaac Reess, and went to Maine.] 
 
 McGEE. 
 
 SOLOMOIST McGEE came here from Lempster about 1836, and lived 
 some years with Clark Hopkins in the McFarland house. Subsequently, 
 he bought the Calvin Bullard house (Gibson's) in South Village, which 
 he occupied up to the time of his death. His wife was a Wellman. He 
 
 had three children: Ann, , and Sydney. The widow and children 
 
 went to New York. The following notice in the " Amherst Cabinet " 
 about April 6, 1845, is spoken of by an aged person as " every word 
 true " : — 
 
 " At the Washington House, Nashua, March 27, 1846, after a short but 
 severe illness, Mr. Solomon McGee of Antrim, aged thirty-seven. Mr. 
 McGee has for several years driven the stage between Antrim and 
 Nashua, in which vocation he shared the utmost confidence of the com^ 
 munity. A true and ardent advocate of the cause of temperance, and 
 an honest man, he lived and died universally beloved and respected. 
 Some two years since, he united with the church in Bennington, and 
 lived and died rejoicing in the Lord." 
 
 McILVAINB. 
 
 An old record of the Mcllvaine family states that Robert McIIvaine 
 and his wife, who were Scotch emigrants to the north of Ireland, and 
 stanch Protestants, were murdered in their bed by the Catholics in Ire- 
 
598 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 lahd. Their son, Daniel Mcllvaine, then a small babe, escaped in bed 
 by avoiding notice of the murderers, was brought up by friends, and 
 in early manhood came over to America, and settled in Windham about 
 1740, where he married Mary Smith and had children, three of whom 
 — John, William, and Robert — came to Antrim. Mrs. Mary (Smith) 
 Mcllvaine died in Antrim at advanced age, Feb. 16, 1803. 
 
 The name of this family is variously written, — MacIl'Vaine, McAlvin, 
 Mcllvin, and Mcllvaine. The name was undoubtedly Macllvaine, 
 written in full, with double. accent, — on first syllable and last. It would 
 seem that good taste, and respect for the Scotch fathers, would combine 
 to retain the form here placed at the head of the family. The form 
 " Mcllvin " is of recent date, unpronouriced, and never seen outside of 
 this town. 
 
 JOHN McILVAINE, son of Daniel and Mary (Smith) Mcllvaine of 
 Windham, came here first, and settled the Boyd Hopkins place (house 
 now gone; stood about ten rods west of school-house No. 6) in 1782. 
 He married Mary A. Quigley of Francestown, and moved back to that 
 town in 1794. He had no children, and died in good old age. He was 
 selectman in this town in 1793. 
 
 WILLIAM McILVAIKE, brother of John, came here the same year 
 (1782), and settled the John Barker place. He married Jane Quigley of 
 Prancestown (sister of Mary A. who married John), buried all their 
 children here, and went back to Francestown in 1790, where they had 
 other children, but all are now dead. 
 
 ROBEHTMcILVAIIsrE, another brother, was born Sept. 19, 1748. 
 He married Jane McAdams Dec. .SO, 1773; came here in 1785, and built 
 a house on the old road leading at that time from the present Daniel ' 
 Mcllvaine's to the top of Meeting-house Hill, on the same farm, and some 
 fifty rods west of the present house, where he died March 27, 1833, one 
 month later than his wife, who died Feb. 17, 1833, aged eighty-two. In 
 those days, when there were almost no books, Robert Mcllvaine got up a 
 written arithmetic for his own family, and taught them. This book, in 
 manuscript, is still in existence, and exhibits much mathematical knowl- 
 edge and skill. The children were: — 
 
 1. Elizabeth, [b. in Windham Dec. 29,1774; d.Dec. 26,1776.] 
 
 2. Mary, [b. in Windliam Dec. 8, 1776, m. David Gregg in De- 
 
 cember, 1799, and d. April 11, 1870. She was a woman of 
 great piety and kindness.] 
 
 3. Margaret, [b. in Windham Aug. 26, 1779, m. Robert Gregg, 
 
 and moved to New York, where slie d. June 14, 1854.] 
 
 4. Jane, [b. in Windham, Aug. 17, 1781 ; d. Nov. 4, 1796.] 
 
 5. Sarah, [b. in Windham Sept. 26, 1783, m. Henry Todd in 
 
 first part of 1802, and d. Nov. 2 of the same year, on the 
 day of the birth of her only child.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 599 
 
 . Lieut.' Daniel, [b. in Windham, Oct. 24, 1785 ; m. Hannah 
 Barker Jan. 28, 1808, and lived on the old homestead, being 
 the only son of a large family who lived to adult age. His 
 descendants are numerous, and nearly all of them have set- 
 tled in Antrim. He d. Feb. 26, 1833, in the prime of life, 
 and highly respected. His widow d. June 15, 1867, aged 
 80. Their children are as follows: — 
 
 &'arah, (b. Oct. 30, 1808 ; m. Henry B. Swett, Oct. 23, 1834.) 
 
 Daniel, Jr., (b. April 6, 1810 ; m. Mary A. Marshall of Brad- 
 ford, March, 1854, and they live on the old homestead, hav- 
 ing children : Myra B., who was b. Feb. 2, 1855 ; Ida L., 
 who was b. March 18, 1857, and d. April 8, 1877,— - a young 
 lady attractive in person, devoted in religion, and resigned 
 to her early death ; Mary Abbie, who was b. March 23, 
 1859 ; and Abi L., who was b. May 2, 1863.) 
 
 Moody B., (b. July 12, 1812 ; m. Mary W. Stickney, daughter 
 of Dr. Stickney of Antrim, Oct. 29, 1835. He carried on the 
 wheelwright business at the Steele mills, built the Esty house 
 in 1835 where he lived some years, and then moved to the 
 old Stickney place at Branch Village. He was engaged.in 
 trade several years, and built the George P. Little stand 
 for that purpose in 1852, He d. Dec. 16, 1877, after a long 
 and most distressing sickness, which he bore with great 
 patience. Was chief-marshal Centennial Day ; a good pre- 
 siding officer ; and was one of the pleasantest and kindest 
 of men. His children are : Augusta S., who was b. July 3, 
 1837, m. Andrew J. Bennett of New Boston July 3, 1859, 
 and lives in that town ; Louisa H., who was b. Oct. 23, 
 1840, m. Abner B. Crombie Nov. 29, 1860, and they live on 
 the Stickney place at the Branch ; Almeda M., who was b. 
 Aug. 4, 1844, and m. George P. Little of Antrim March 30, 
 1870 ; and Myra P., who d. Sept. 24, 1851, aged 2 years.) 
 
 Jane, (b. June 23, 1814, m. Charles C. Champney Dec. 26, 
 1833, and d. Aug. 18, 1879.) 
 
 Harriet, (b. Aug. 19, 1816, m. Sewall Preston of Windsor, 
 May 15, 1854, and now lives, a widow, at North Branch.) 
 
 Benjamin Franklin, (b. May 4, 1818 ; m. 1st, Sabrina S. 
 Burns, March 20, 1845, and lives on the Burns place, where 
 she'd. Jan. 19, 1860, aged 42, leaving children thus : Esther 
 M., who was b. Jan. 11, 1846, m. Charles E. McColley of 
 Hillsborough Dec. 26,1865, and lives in that town; Harriet 
 
600 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 P., who was b. Nov. 25, 1848, m. Chester A. Conn July 4, 
 1867, and lives in this town ; George P., who was b. Aug. 8, 
 1851, m. Sarah A. Bputelle Dec. 3, 1875, and lives on the 
 Abuer Cram place in this town ; and Henry, b. April l4, 
 1858, who d. in childhood. Mr. Mcllvaine m. 2d, Martha 
 J. Emery, Sept.. 12, 1860, and their children are : Nellie S., 
 b. Sept. 27, 1862 ; Madison P., b. Jan. 24, 1865 ; and Lillie 
 B., b. Nov. 30, 1867.) 
 
 John, (b. April 28, 1820 ; m. 1st, Jane Little, daughter of 
 Dea. William Little, April 23, 1846, who d. April 28, 1849, 
 aged 27, leaving one son, John S., who was b. in Antrim 
 April 18, 1849, m. Abbie H. Cram of Stoddard, and lives in 
 Washington. In 1850, Mr. Mcllvaine m. 2d, Elmina Sweet 
 of Washington, and has since resided in that town.) 
 
 Hannah, (b. Nov. 18, 1822, m. John Twiss of Amherst, Sept. 
 5, 1846, and d. Sept. 4, 1856.) 
 
 Robert, (b. June 25, 1824, m. Rosina Richardson of Stoddard, 
 and now lives in Stedman, N. Y.) 
 
 Peter, (b. June 2, 1826 ; d. Oct. 16, 1828.) 
 
 Miram B., (b. April 28, 1828 ; m. Angeline Conn, Nov. 10, 
 1853 ; lived where Mary Clark now lives, but soon moved to 
 Windsor. He returned in 1862, and the following year 
 built where he now lives, just east of the Branch. He is a 
 wheelwright by trade, and has carried on business for sev- 
 eral years in the old Steele shop. They have two children-: 
 Willie B., b. June 16, 1867 ; and Herbert C, b. Oct. 11, 
 1870.) 
 
 Emeline D., (b. June 80, 1832 ; m. 1st, Willard Preston of 
 Windsor, Oct. 4, 1853, who d. in 1863. She m. 2d, William 
 H. Hopkins of Prancestown, March 6, 1873, and lives in 
 that town.)] 
 
 7. Elizabeth, [b. in Antrim Jan. 14, 1788 ; became the 2d wife 
 
 of Asa Robinson, May 19, 1832, and is now living at ad- 
 vanced age in Clinton.] 
 
 8. Samuel, [b. in Antrim May 23, 1790 ; d. June 27, 1792.] 
 
 9. Hannah, [b. in Antrim Oct. 7, 1792 ; m. Alexander Ca'rr of 
 
 Antrim, and moved to Mont Vernon about 1845. She d. at 
 the age of 86. An amiable and noble woman.] 
 
 10. Jane, [b. Oct. 27, 1796 ; m. Abijah Barker Aug. 8, 1817, 
 and has always lived in Antrim. She was one of those who 
 spun flax on Centennial Day, after the example of the olden 
 time.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 601 
 
 McKEBN. 
 
 JAMES McKEEN" of Londonderry, Ireland, was a stout Protestant, 
 and was one of the bravest defenders of that city during the Papal siege. 
 He had three sons : James, who came to this country in 1718, and who 
 was called " Justice McKeen," because he held the first commission of 
 magistrate in the new settlement of Londonderry in this country ; John, 
 who was intending to come over, hut died a few days prior to the time of 
 departure, but whose widow and children came over, and from whom are 
 descended the McKeens of Deering, of Amherst, David McKeen of An- 
 trim, the McKeens of Nashua, and Eobert McKeen of Cherry Valley, N. 
 Y., which last was grandfather of Dea. Robert Steel, Mrs. Edmond Saw- 
 yer, and others of this town; and William, who was born in 1704, was 
 left behind in 1718, but came over in 1727 and settled in Pennsylvania, 
 and was grandfather of Thomas McKeen, who was a signer of the Dec- 
 laration of Independence, and many years governor of that State. 
 
 James McKeen, or " Justice McKeen," the eldest of these brothers, 
 had two wives. His first wife was Janet Cochran, who was buried in the 
 old country. By her he had two daughters : Janet, who married her 
 cousin, John Cochran of Windham, and was mother of all the Antrim 
 Cochrans; and Elisabeth, who, before coming over, married James Nes- 
 mith, and was mother of the Nesmiths ef Antrim. His second wife was 
 Annis Cargil, sister of Marion Cargil, wife of Eev. James McGregor. 
 Justice McKeen died Nov. 9, 1756, aged eighty-nine. The second wife 
 died Aug. 8, 1782, aged ninety-three. They had children: John, Mary, 
 David, James, Janet, Martha, Margaret, Annis, and Samuel. Of these 
 children, we will only speak here of Martha, who rnarried John Dins- 
 more, and was mother of the Dinsmores of Antrim ; of Mary, who mar- 
 ried Robert Boyd, afterwards moved to New Boston, — was the good old 
 " Molly Boyd," — had no children, but brought up her half-sister's grand- 
 child, John Cochrane (see page 428) ; and of John, afterwards known as 
 "Dea. John," who was elder in the Presbyterian Church, married his 
 cousin, Mary McKeen, and was father of a numerous and honorable fam- 
 ily, among them Robert of this town, Judge .Levi McKeen of New 
 York, and Joseph McKeen, the first president of Bowdoin College. 
 
 EOBERT McKEEN,sonofDea. John and Mary (McKeen) McKeen, 
 came here in 1778 and began the McClure place, east of Samuel Dinsmore's. 
 He was cousin of Dea. Isaac Cochran and of Samuel Dinsmore, was near 
 relative of the Nesmiths, and these kindred seem to have been much 
 bound up with each other, and almost one in heart in the hardships of 
 their settlement here. He married Mary McPherson of Raymond. Af- 
 ter a few years he exchanged farms with Col. David McClure, who had 
 begun the farm east of Jonathan Nesmith, now known as the Raymond 
 or Taylor farm. Here Mr. McKeen lived till 1800, when he moved to 
 Corinth, Vt. He took with him only two children, having buried three 
 upon the hill. In Corinth he purchased a farm adjoining that of his 
 cousin, David McKeen, their wives being sisters. Thus situated, they 
 lived very happily two or three years. In February, 1804, the daughter, 
 Mary, died suddenly of fever. She was born in Antrim April 10, 1787. 
 
602 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Then in the following September her mother died with the same disease, 
 aged fifty-one; her sister, Mrs. David McKeen, having died Sept. 17, — 
 just a week previous ! After this the two broken families lived together 
 till 1810, when the small-pox was brought upon them by certain persons 
 from Canada. Robert McKeen, on taking the disease, was hurried 
 off to a remote camp in the woods ; and with only one attendant, — poorly 
 but most kindly cared for, — after great suffering he died, in frightful 
 disfigurement, Oct. 27, 1810, aged sixty-one. The remaining child, Jo- 
 seph, then in his twenty-third year, having been born in Antrim Aug. 
 29, 1788, was ambitious of learning, and was eager at his books every 
 spare minute; and having obtained a good academic education at Haver- 
 hill (N. H.) Academy, and under the help of President McKeen at Bow- 
 doin, he went to New York City and served an apprenticeship in a 
 printing-office. But preferring to teach, and an opportunity occurring, 
 he commenced that occupation, rose rapidly, and was soon appointed one 
 of the superintendents of the city schools, — which honorable and im- 
 portant trust he held till death. He died April 12, 1856. On the day of 
 his funeral all the public schools in the city were closed, as a mark of 
 respect, — an honor conferred on very few 1 He was a most efficient 
 and distinguished educator. The degree of LL. D. was conferred upon 
 him. He was among the foremost of the sons of Antrim. Starting in 
 orphanage, and with small means, and compelled to work his way slowly 
 and enter upon his profession late in life, his marked success ought to 
 stimulate the sons of his native town to follow his persevering and praise- 
 worthy example ! He married Jane McLeod of Claverack, If . T.,'and 
 had three sons, all of whom died before their father: The mother, left 
 alone, and discouraged, soon followed, dying May 11,1860; and now all 
 sleep together in Greenwood cemetery! 
 
 DAVID McKEEN — son of Dea. William McKeen, who married 
 Ann Graham and was one of the first settlers of Deering, grandson of 
 Samuel and Agnes McKeen of Amherst, and great-grandson of John 
 McKeen, who was getting ready to come over with his brother in the 
 emigration of 1718, but suddenly. died in the prime of life — was born in 
 Deering in 1784. In 1805 he went to Boston on foot, with a pack on his 
 back, to find work; married Nancy Person of Deering in 1810, and went 
 to Salem, Mass., to live, but moved back to Deering in 1815, and came 
 here in 1840, buying the Aiken or Dea. Burnham place, where he died in 
 1862. He was a useful citizen and several times selectman. His children 
 were : — 
 
 1. Drusilla, [b. in 1811, m. Fisher Silsby in 1835, and lives in 
 
 Troy.J 
 
 2. Eveline L., [b. in 1812, m. Benjamin L. Willoughby, and d. 
 
 in Lowell, Mass., in 1864. J 
 
 3. Charles, [b. in 1816 ; m. Maria Bradford of Francestown in 
 
 1841, and was a trader in that town until 1845, when he 
 came here and opened a store (now Putney's). He was a 
 
GENEALOGIES. 603 
 
 smart and agreeable man, was town clerk and representa- 
 tive, and d. in 1862 in the prime of life. The only living 
 children are : — 
 
 Charles A., (b. here in 1844, m. Franc Ambler, and is now 
 living in Chester, Minn.) 
 
 William, (b. in 1854 ; is now a teacher in California.)] 
 
 4. Maby Ann, [b. in 1819, and d. in 1833.J 
 
 5. William H., [b. in 1822, and d. in 1836.] 
 
 6. Nancy Jane, [b. in 1828, m. Bennett S.,.Buckminster Dec. 
 
 22, 1857, and d. in 1866, without children.] 
 
 McMASTER. 
 
 THOMAS McMASTER, son of John and Betsey (Brown) McMaster 
 of "Windham, married Lydia, daughter of Dea. David Badger of Lynde- 
 borough. Mr. McMaster cleared the ground and built his log house on 
 the Hiram Whittemore place, just over the line in Hancock, which he 
 left in 1799. He died in Antrim in 1841, aged eighty. His wife died in 
 1853, aged eighty-seven. Their children were : — 
 
 1. Lydia, [b. in 1787 ; m. Archiless Tay of Woburn, Mass.] 
 
 2. David, [drowned in 1790 by falling into a well on the Whitte- 
 
 more place, aged one year and six months.] 
 
 3. Hannah W., [b. in 1789; d.unm. in Lowell, Mass., Sept. 23, 
 
 1846.] 
 
 4. Maegabet D., [b. Jan. 29, 1793, m. Abraham McNeil of New 
 
 Boston, Nov. 11, 1813, and d. in Lowell, Mass., Nov. 7, 
 1849.] 
 
 5. Thomas, [b. in Hancock, Jan. 22, 1795 ; m. Lydia C. Thomp- 
 
 son of Stoddard, Dec. 29, 1829. He lived some years at 
 the South Village, and in 1830 built the house long occupied 
 by Mark Woodbury (now N. C. Jameson's) ; was in trade 
 a short time in Woodbury's store ; was much in town office ; 
 moved to Hancock in 1838, and d. in Southborough, Mass,, 
 Dec. 21, 1875, aged nearly 81. His wife is still living in 
 Southborough, Mass. Their children were : — 
 DeWitt C, (b. Oct. 20, 1830; is a painter in Southborough, 
 
 Mass., living, unm., with his aged mother.) 
 Miranda A., (b. May 29, 1832, and d. Oct. 23, 1832.) 
 Thomas Allen, (b. Aug. 27, 1833 ; m. Sarah A. Hadley of 
 Lowell, Mass., June 12, 1872, and is now engaged in the 
 boot and shoe business in that city.) 
 Lucas Irving, (b. Sept. 8, 1835, m. Nancy P. Davis of Water- 
 villa, Me., June 4, 1860, and now resides in Apopka, Pla.) 
 
604 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 lydia A., (b. in Hancock May 1, 1838; m. Milo A. Crouch of 
 
 Southborough, Mass., Jan. 25, 1865, where they now live.) 
 Angdine E., (b. in Hancock Sept. 12, 1840 ; d. Feb. 16, 1841.) 
 Louisa, (b. in Hancock Jan. 21, 1842 ; m. Charles B. Sawin of 
 
 Southborough, Mass., where she d. March 11, 1869.) 
 Henry Austin, (b. in Hancock June 24, 1844 ; m. Mary C. 
 
 Rymes of Boston, May 1, 1869, and is now engaged in 
 
 market business in Boston.) 
 Anna M., (b. in Dublin Oct. 7, 1847 ; d. in Southborough, 
 
 Mass., June 3, 1867.)] 
 
 6. Seth H., [b. July 29, 1797 ; was a machinist ; d. unm. in 
 
 Pelham.] 
 
 7. Rachel B., [b. Sept. 6, 1800; m. Dea, Imla Wright of An- 
 
 trim, July 7, 182:5.] 
 
 8. Betsey, [b. in 1802, and d. aged 8 months.] 
 
 9. Ann M., [b. July 31, 1803 ; m. Asa McOlure of Amherst.] 
 
 10. Sarah B., [b. March 29, 1806; m. Peter Andrews of Shir- 
 ley, Mass., April 20, 1831.] 
 
 11. Stephen, [b. in 1808, and d. in infancy.] 
 
 12. Betsey A., [b. Sept. '16, 1810 ; m. William Buswell May 20, 
 1834, and lived on the Gregg place near the pond. He d. 
 in 1853, leaving three children, and Mrs. Buswell afterwards 
 m. Hugh Rogers, and still lives on the same place.] 
 
 SAMUEL McMASTEB, younger brother of Thomas, Sen., came here- 
 from Windham as early as 1790. He was here only a f^w years, and 
 lived a part of the time in the old house between Prank Robinson's and 
 Samuel A. Holt's, known as the Joel Reed house. Ha married Jennie 
 Smith of New Boston. She was a daughter of Dea. John Smith by his 
 second wife, Ann Brown ofPrancestown, and was sister of Dea. Thomas 
 Smith, long prominent in that town. She was probably born in 1763, as 
 she was older than Dea. Thomas, and he was born May 7, 1765. Samuel 
 McMaster lived here until about 1795, when , he moved West, and soon 
 died with consumption. He is supposed to have left six children, but 
 nothing is known of them. Two who were born in Antrim were as 
 follows: — 
 
 1. Anne Smith, [b. March 5, 1791.] 
 
 2. John Smith, [b. Oct. 4, 1792.] 
 
 McNIBL. 
 
 There was a tradition among the early settlers', that the first McNiel 
 came to America in fl,ight from the revenge of injured nobility, like some 
 others whose blood flows in our sons. Having visited a friend who gave 
 
GENEALOGIES. 605 
 
 him a stick well shaped to make a scythe-snath, he was met by the lord of 
 that district, who charged him with stealing it from his forest. On his 
 denial, the lord flew into a passion, called him a liar, and lashed him with 
 his whip ; whereupon McNiel struck him probably a fatal blow with the 
 stick, and then fled to this country. Among his descendants were two 
 brothers, Abraham and John McNiel, who came to this town. They 
 were sons of Dea. "William (who was born March 28, 1746) and Kachel 
 (Patterson) McNiel of New Boston, and grandsons of Abraham and 
 Jane McNiel of Ballymoony, county of Antrim, Ireland. Abraham was 
 born in New Boston July 24, 1782, and came here about 1800. Feb. 3, 1807, 
 he married his cousin, Mary Patterson of Londonderry, sister of Hon. 
 George W. Patterson of Westfield, N. T. He was here considerably in 
 his childhood ; has grown to opulence and honor, and has been in Con- 
 gress many years, being now (1877) the oldest member of that body. He 
 was one of the donors of the Center vestry. Mr. Patterson has great 
 regard for the hiUs of New Hampshire, and often speaks of the spot 
 where his sister was buried in the lofty cemetery of Antrim. She was 
 noted for her great beauty, in that day. Mr. McNiel lived nearly half a 
 mile north of the first meeting-house, and boarded the ministers a long 
 time, among them Mr. Whiton. After a time the family moved to the 
 South Tillage, where they remained awhile. He was deputy-sheriff in 
 1833, and moved to LoweU in 1840, where he died June 20, 1846. Mrs. 
 Mary McNiel died of spotted fever, Feb. 22, 1812, greatly loved and 
 lamented . She was taken with pain in the little finger and lived but a 
 few hours. It is said, that, under the fearful and mistaken applications 
 of heat, she was nearly roasted to death. She was every way a noble 
 woman, and her early death was one of the saddest of that awful winter. 
 In 1813, Mr. McNiel married Margaret McMaster. The children of Abra- 
 ham McNiel were as follows, the three eldest being the children of his 
 first wife : — 
 
 1. Elisabeth P., [b. Dec. 26, 1807 ; m. Samuel Ladd of Warsaw, 
 
 N. y. ; now lives in Utica, Mich., having a family of ten 
 children.] 
 
 2. Sally Jane, [b. April 9, 1809, and d. unm. in Lowell in 
 
 1846.] 
 
 3. Rachel, [b. March 31, 1811, m. Hon. Ira H. Butterfield of 
 
 Greigsville, N. Y., in 1839, and d. at Utica, Mich., Oct. 26, 
 1846.] 
 
 4. Mart P., [b. July 15, 1814, and lives unm. in La Pier, 
 
 Mich.] 
 
 5. Alice Woodbury, [b. Oct. 2, 1816 ; became the 2d wife of 
 
 Hon. Ira H. Butterfield of La Pier, Mich., in 1847.] 
 
 6. Ltdia Tay, [b. June 29, 1818, and d. in 1836.] 
 
 7. Geisst Margaret, [b. Nov. 9, 1820 ; has never married, and 
 
 has her home with Hon. G. W. Patterson in Westfield, N. Y.] 
 
606 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 8. Sabeina W., [b. July 1, 1823 ; lives in La Pier, Mich., unm.j 
 
 9. William T., [b, Oct. 8, 1825, m. Jane Stiles Feb. 10, 1848, 
 
 and lives in Worcester, Mass.] 
 
 10. John A., [b. July 19, 1828, m. Mary Tozer of New York 
 
 City, and lives in Sacramento, Cal. ; is a leading man in 
 that city, widely known, trusted, and wealthy. Himself and 
 wife are prominent musicians there.] 
 
 JOHN McNIEL, a younger brother of Abraham, was born Nov. 14, 
 1788, and came here some years later. Dec. 26, 1815, he married Susan 
 Warner (a girl brought up by her mother's sister, Mrs. Johu (Wilson) 
 Smith, on the Thomas Flint place), and lived on the farm now occupied 
 by Hiram Eaton, where he built the south house as a factory for making 
 winnowing-mills; but after his death it was no longer used for that pur- 
 pose, and was finished up into a dwelling-house by Bartlett Wallace, for 
 his aged father. Mr. McNiel was found dead in the field, on ,that place, 
 July, 1825, at the early age of thirty-seven. His wife died two years be- 
 fore him at the age of twenty-eight. They left two children : — 
 
 1. John S., [b. Sept. 27, 1818, m. Lucretia Robb of Stoddard in 
 
 1841, and d. in Bedford Jan. ,25, 1877. His two daughters 
 were Martha Jane, who m. John A. Robb of Waterman, 
 Wis., and Frances Maria, who m. Edmund Kendall of Bed- 
 ford.] 
 
 2. Martha J., [b. Sept. 28, 1823 ; m. David Crowell of Goffs- 
 
 town ; lived awhile on the Flint place, and moved to Man- 
 chester, where she d. Jan. 11, 1857. He d. in Newton in 
 1872.] 
 
 MILLER. 
 
 JACOB MILLER, brother of Gen. Miller, son of James and Cath- 
 erine (Gregg) Miller of Peterborough, and grandson of Samuel Miller of 
 Londonderry, was born about 1783. About 1808 he came here and went 
 into trade under the firm name of " Miller and Caldwell," in the Whitte- 
 more store at South Village (now Gibson house). This firm also largely 
 manufactured potash iu Aiken's upper mill. Near the close of 1812, he 
 sold out and went into business in Peterborough, but came back to An- 
 trim, and married Jane Hopkins, Dec. 16, 1813. After several years he 
 went to Arkansas, where he died in 1822, leaving no children. 
 
 ALFRED ARTHUR MILLER, son of Alfred and Mary (Munroe) 
 Miller, was born in Hillsborough Oct. 15, 1842; married Esther A. Dow, 
 Nov. 2, 1868 ; has since lived on the James Hopkins farm ; was one of 
 the selectmen in 1875 and 1876. His grandparents, William Miller and 
 Lettice Curtis, were married in Antrim, April 25, 1815. Farran Miller, 
 father of this William, was a Revolutionary soldier and associate of Gov. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 607 
 
 Pierce. ,Mr. Miller has now, in good preservation, the powder-horn car- 
 ried through many battles by his great-grandfather. Has but one child : — 
 
 1. Etta May, [b. March 18, 1872.] 
 
 MILTIMORE. 
 
 Col. DANIEL MILTIMORE, son of James and Elisabeth (Aiken) 
 Miltimore of Londonderry, was born in that place in 1752. His father 
 was the first one of the name in this section, being a Scotchman from 
 the north of Ireland. His mother was a sister of Dea. James Aiken. 
 He came here from Londonderry in 1777; married Agnes Hunter in 
 1778, and began the Whitely place. He was among the ablest of the 
 early settlers, was much in town office, and moved back to Londonderry 
 near the close of the century, where he was known as " Col. Miltimore." 
 He was a Revolutionary soldier, being a lieutenant in the battle of Ben- 
 nington, and was efficient in the war. His name occurs in the military 
 history of Antrim. His children, besides four that died in infancy and 
 were buried on the hill, were : — 
 
 1. James, [b. Oct. 13, 1780, and d. at the age of 6. J 
 
 2. John Hunter, [b. Jan. 8, 1783, and d. unm. in London- 
 
 derry.] 
 
 3. Elisabeth, [b. July 30, 1789, m. Leonard Hale of Hollis, and 
 
 is now living in Derry.] 
 
 Rev. JAMES MILTIMORE, brother of Daniel, was born in Lon- 
 donderry in 1755, graduated at Dartmouth College in, 1774, and was 
 licensed by the Londonderry Presbytery in 1776. He preached here a 
 part of five years; was called in 1780 and declined; declined three other 
 calls, but settled in Stratford in 1786, where he married Dolly Wiggin the 
 same year. He was dismissed in the fall of 1807, and the next spring 
 was settled in JiTewburyport, Mass. In 1831 he gave up that charge, and 
 died in 1836, aged eighty-one. He was an able and good man, much 
 loved here and always tenderly remembered. 
 
 MOORE. 
 
 JAMES MOORE (formerly spelled Moor), a Scotchman, came origi- 
 nally from Ireland, probably to Londonderry, as one of the proprietors, 
 and from there to Antrim with his nephew, Samuel, who was also his son- 
 in-law, about 1776, and settled on the Wallace place at the Branch. They 
 had the first grist-mill in town at North Branch. James Moore was 
 known as "Miller Moore." He died here, about 1788, well advanced in 
 years. The most diligent search has failed to ascertain anything with 
 regard to his family, save that his daughter Hannah married his nephew, 
 Samuel Moore, mentioned below. 
 
 SAMUEL MOORE, nephew of James, married Hannah Moore, daugh- 
 ter of James, mentioned above, and lived at the Branch. It is supposed 
 
608 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 that he lived some years in Londonderry before coming here. Dr. Whiten 
 says he had twelve children, and moved to Walpole with his family in 
 1790. A sister Betty remained here and was for some years a town 
 charge. The births of seven of his children are on the town record as 
 follows : — 
 
 1. Martha, [b. April 27, 1774.J 
 
 2. Daniel, [b. Feb. 1, 1778. He seems to have m. and lived in 
 
 town, as his name occurs on the records after his father 
 moved away. J 
 
 3. Samuel, [b. May 20, 1780.] 
 
 4. Caldwell, [b. Oct. 15, 1782.] 
 
 5. Sarah, [b. Dec. 3, 1784.] 
 
 6. Sarah, [b. Dec. 3, 1785.] 
 
 7. Rebecca, [b. Dec. 5, 1787.] 
 
 JOHN MOORE was shot dead in his yard in the infamous and devil- 
 ish massacre of Glencoe, Scotland, Feb. 12, 1692. He had two little 
 daughters, which a servant took care of and safely removed to Ireland. 
 Mrs. Moore, after covering up her dead husband, fled to a malt-kiln for 
 safety, and that same night was delivered there of a son. This child was 
 the Jphn Moore who came over to Londonderry in 1718 or 1719. One of 
 the daughters was Beatrix Moore, who married Col. Andrew Todd. 
 This John Moore married Janet CoChran, and had the following chil- 
 dren: Eobert, Samuel, William, John, Agnes, Mary, and Ann. Samuel 
 and William settled in, Peterborough, and their descendants have re- 
 mained permanently in that town. 
 
 JOHN MOOEE of Antrim, son of John and Janet (Cochran) Moore, 
 and grandson of John, the victim of Glencoe, came here about 1785 and 
 began the place now Hiram Eaton's. He married Abigail, daughter of 
 Hon. John Duncan; was fatally wounded by the limb of a tree falling on 
 his head in the woods, but lived over six days in an unconscious state, 
 and died Jan. 3, 1809, aged forty-nine. Left no children. 
 
 JOSEPH MOOKE came here from Washington when a young man, 
 and married Esther Wier of this town; lived in Antrim about forty 
 years, chiefly on the Lawson White place, afterwards on various places, 
 and died in Wilton July 6, 1880, aged ninety-one. Had but three chil- 
 dren: — 
 
 1. Elisabeth, [b. in Antrim Nov. 2, 1820 ; m. Jeremiah S. 
 
 Atwood.] 
 
 2. Nancy A., [d. at age of 5.] "^ 
 
 8. Mary E., [m. Nathaniel Philbrick. They lived some years 
 
 at Butler's Crossing, and then moved to Harrisville where 
 she d. in 1869.] 
 
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 MORRISON. 
 
 BENJAMIN F. MOERISON, son of Samuel and Betsey (Hosley) 
 Morrison, grandson of Moses Morrison of Hancock, and great-grandson 
 of John Morrison of Londonderry who was born in Ireland in 1679, was 
 born in Alstead in 1813, married Sophia K. Dodge of Hartland, Vt., and 
 came here from Marlow in 1844. He lived at the South Village, but re- 
 mained in town only five years, and is now living in Central City, lo. 
 His children were : — 
 
 1. James H., [b. in Marlow Aug. 11, 1840 ; m. Silvia M. Corey 
 
 of Washington, July 4, 1864 ; is a currier by trade, and 
 lives in his native town.] 
 
 2. Frances A., [b. in Antrim July 9, 1845, and d. in Alstead in 
 
 1853.J 
 
 MORSE. 
 
 ANTHONY MOESE was born in Wiltshire, England, May 9, 1606; 
 came to America and settled in Newbury, Mass., in 1635. His grandson, 
 Dea. Benjamin Morse, was born there in 1676; and this Benjamin had 
 a son, Capt. Abel Morse, who married Grace Parker of Bradford, Mass., 
 in 1714. Their son, Josiah Morse, married Mary Chase, and settled in 
 Chester. Dea. Parker Morse, son of Josiah and Mary, was born in that 
 town in 1751, married Love Knowles, and went to Deering, where he 
 died in 1805. 
 
 Capt. PAEKEE MORSE, son of Dea. Parker and Love (Knowles) 
 Morse, was born in Chester July 12, 1774, and came here from Deering 
 on to the Amos Dodge farm in 1798. In 1799 he married Jane Langdon 
 of Beverly, Mass., and moved to Rochester, Vt.,in 1815; thence to Meta- 
 mora. 111., where he died in 1862. His wife died in 1853, aged seventy- 
 four. He was a most worthy and desirable citizen, and had a large fam- 
 ily. Some of his children were buried on the hill. Three sons in the 
 West are now deacons. Children are as follows: — 
 
 1. Elisabeth T., [b. March 22, 1800, m. Joel Ramsey of Stock- 
 
 bridge, Vt., and d. in 1858.] 
 
 2. DBA. Mark, [b. Sept. 18, 1801 ; m. Mehitable Jones of Al- 
 
 stead ; is now deacon of a Congregational Church in Gales- 
 burg, 111.] 
 
 3. Dea. Parker, [b. Jan. 6,1803 ; m. Roxanna Child of Sharon, 
 
 Vt. ; is now deacon of a Congregational Church in Meta- 
 
 mora, 111.] 
 
 4. Love K., [b. June 20, 1804 ; m. John Obrien, Esq. ; lived in 
 
 Groveland, 111., and d. there in 1871.] 
 
 5. Jane L., [b. Dec. 21, 1805, m. Harry Waters of Lebanon, and 
 
 d. in Groveland, 111., in 1838.] 
 
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610 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6. Deliverance, [b. Dec. 5, 1807 ; probably d. in infancy.] 
 
 7. William L. S., [b. July 29, 1809, and d. Sept. 20, 1810.] 
 
 8. Joseph T., [b. April 29, 1811, m. Phoebe Morse of Boscawen, 
 
 and d. at Pleasant Hill, Mo., in 1870.J 
 
 9. John M. W., [m. Mellissa Barton of Manchester, Vt., and 
 
 now lives in Chester, Vt.]. 
 
 10. Dea. Levi P., [m. Mary A. Parmenter from England; is 
 now deacon of a Congregational Church in Cazenovia, 111.] 
 
 SUMNER MORSE, son of Zelotus and Lydia (Clark) Morse, was 
 born in Thetford, Vt., in 1821 ; married Susan Springer of Colebrook, and 
 came here from Hillsborough in 1870. He built his house near the south 
 end of Main street, South Village, in 1876. The children are: ^- 
 
 1. Charles S., [d. in 1873, aged 19.] 
 
 2. Alparetta, [b. Aug. 30, 1855.J 
 
 3. James N., [b. July 21, 1858.] 
 
 MOULTON. 
 
 JOSEPH MOULTON, son of Cutting and Judith (Emery) Moulton, 
 was born in Parsonfleld, Me., in 1791. His father was born in New- 
 bury, Mass., in 1748. He came here in 1826 and built the house now oc- 
 cupied by James Wilson. He married Ruth Messer of Newport in 1815, 
 who died in 1841, aged forty-four. Shortly before her death he moved to 
 Hillsborough, but came back to Antrim and married Polly Barker, April 
 13, 1843, and bought the Adam Dunlap place, where he died in 1864. His 
 widow died in 1872, aged seventy-flve. The adult children of Joseph and 
 Ruth (Messer) Moulton were : — 
 
 1. SoLO^S W., [b. March 6, 1817, in Newport ; m. 1st, Sarah 
 
 Spears of Waterville, Me., May 5, 1840; 2d, Huldah J. 
 Hinkley of Lewistou, Me., Dec. 17, 1854, and d. in that 
 place Nov. 13, 1877. Was a merchant in that city. His. 
 two children. Walter and Ruth, both d. young.] 
 
 2. Martha J., [b. in Newport Feb. 20, 1821; m. 1st, Walter 
 
 Brooks of Milford, March 31, 1842; 2d, James T. Fields of 
 Nashua ; d. Oct. 30, 1879. Was sick three years, and blind 
 two years, yet d. in great resignation and peace.] 
 
 3. Ldcetta M., [b. June 20, 1826, in Antrim, and now lives in 
 
 Lowell.] 
 
 4. LucRBTiA M., [b. in Antrim Dec. 4, 1828 ; m. 1st, George 0. 
 
 Lathe in 1844 ; 2d, Oliver Fiske, A. M., of Tewksbury, 
 Mass., in 1859.] 
 
 5. Rev. Joseph, [b. in Antrim Aug. 12, 1834 ; m. Sarah J. Fox 
 
 in 1865, and succeeded his father on the homestead. He 
 
GENEALOGIES. 611 
 
 was colporteur in the service of Bible and missionary socie- 
 ties fourteen years; moved to Gushing, Me., in 1873, and 
 is now pastor of Methodist churches in Gushing and South 
 Waldoborough, Me. His children are : — 
 
 Arthur S , (b. in Antrim in 1867.) 
 
 JRuthie Florence, (b. in Antrim in 1869.) 
 
 Agnes Lucetta, (b. in Maine in 1874.)] 
 
 MUNHALL. 
 
 JOHN" MUNHALL came here from Mushing, Long Island, in 1862 ; 
 married Eliza T. Fitzgerald of Keene, the same year, and moved on to 
 the William Parker place, the house having been moved thither in 1857 
 from the place east of Thomas Flint's. His children are : — 
 
 1. William Henry, [b. March 22, 1863. j 
 
 2. Mart Elisabeth, [b. Aug. 5, 1867.] 
 
 3. Annie Josephine, [b. Sept. 2, 1874.] 
 
 MUZZEY. 
 
 JOHN MUZZEY, son of Dimon and Mary (Waldron) Muzzey, and 
 grandson of John and Priscilla (Johnson) Muzzey, was born in Weare 
 Oct. 23, 1799. His older brother, Johnson Muzzey, was killed going 
 home from church in Weare. The harness broke, and the horse ran, and 
 he was thrown with such violence against the wall, that his skull was 
 broken in, and the bones of his broken arms protruded through his coat- 
 sleeves ! John Muzzey married Elisabeth P. Duncan, daughter of Dea. 
 Josiah Duncan, Nov. 27, 1821. He lived in several places in town, and 
 died on the Zadok Dodge place, dropping dead in the field, July 8, 1866. 
 Children : — 
 
 1. James H., [b. Jan. 28, 1823 ; m. Joanna Fletcher in 1846 ; 
 
 lived here subsequently a few years, and then moved , to 
 Bunker Hill, 111., where he d. Feb. 19, 1858. Three daugh- 
 ters were b. in Antrim, thus : — 
 
 Qaroline O., (b. Sept. 21, 1847 ; unm. ; lives at Bunker Hill, 
 111.) 
 
 Mary A., (b. Oct. 23, 1850; m. Abram Turk, a farmer near 
 Bunker Hill, 111., June 1, 1876.) 
 
 Eva J., (b. Oct. 26, 1853 ; m. Dr. William Purgerson May 2, 
 1876, and lives in Swanwick, 111.)] 
 
 2. Sabra a., [b. Feb. 17, 1825; m. Luke Thompson, April 18, 
 
 1844.] 
 
 3. Hiram, [d. in childhood.] 
 
 4. Electa, [b. Jan. 31, 1831 ; m. Samuel Maynard of Peter- 
 
612 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 borough ; was m. on her death-bed, and lived just one week, 
 dying Dec. 1, 1852.] 
 
 5. Hiram W., [b. Oct. 13, 1833; m. Emma M. Holdaway of 
 
 Stanton, 111. ; lives in South Village ; no children.] 
 
 6. Franklin J., [b. in Hillsborough, Nov. 26, 1835 ; m. Martha J. 
 
 Holdaway, sister of above, in 1860 ; is a machinist ; has 
 worked at almost everything done in Antrim shops ; has 
 generally lived in or near South Village ; has children : — 
 
 Eugene, (b. in Bunker Hill, 111., March 17, 1861.) 
 
 Nellie B., (b. in Antrim, March 7, 1863.) 
 
 Nina Maud, (h'. June 24, 1866.) 
 
 H. Carlton, (b. Nov. 24, 1867.)] 
 
 7. Marianne, [b. Feb. 22, 1840 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 8. LoAMMi, [b. May 4, 1843 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 NAHOR. 
 
 DAVID NAHOR, son of James and Jane (Nichols) Nahor, was born 
 in Litchfield, April 25, 1766 ; married Esther Peabody of Hudson ; and 
 moved to Hancock from Litchfield in 1800. He lived near Antrim line, 
 on what is called " Nahor Hill." He moved to Antrim March 81,1834, 
 and lived seven years where Mrs. Joy now lives. Was appointed justice 
 of the peace from this town, as he had been, probably, years before in 
 Hancock. In the spring of 1841, he went to his son's in Peterborough, 
 and in just five weeks from the day he went he died, the event of death 
 occurring May 2. His children were : — 
 
 1. David, Jr., [b. Dec. 9, 1794, in Litchfield ; was clerk in a 
 
 store in Boston five years ; at the age of 27 he went to New 
 Orleans, and that is the last known of him.] 
 
 2. Mary, [b. Sept. 29, 1796 ; m. Charles Cavender March 26, 
 
 1818 ; d. aged 25.] 
 3; Esther, [b. in Litchfield, Sept. 6, 1798 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 4. Sarah, [b. in Hancock, Oct. 19, 1800 ;.m. Sanford Adams of 
 
 Westborough, Mass., March 19, 1829 ; d. Aug. 22, 1876.] 
 
 5. James, [b. Aug. 13, 1802; d. March 17, 1829.] 
 
 6. Esther, [b. April 25, 1804 ; m. James Robb of Stoddard, 
 
 March 27, 1834.] 
 
 7. Leonard, [b. Dec. 8, 1806 ; m. Marinda Tenney of Hancock, 
 
 April 7, 1837 ; d. April 23, 1878.] 
 
 8. Hannah B., [b. Dec. 4, 1810 ; m. Nathaniel Flint of this 
 
 town, Nov. 24, 1837 ; d. in Lexington, Mass., July 22, 
 1852.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 613 
 
 NAY. 
 
 This name was originally spelled » McNee." Dea. "William McNee 
 was born in Ireland in 1711 ; came from Roxbury, Mass., and settled in 
 Peterborough in 1752, and died in 1789. He had a son, Dea. William 
 McNee, Jr., whose son William was the father of Maj. Samuel Nay of 
 Sharon. 
 
 SAMUEL NAY, son of Maj. Samuel and Mary (Felt) Nay of Sharon, 
 was born in that town May 19, 1818; married Nancy B. Vose; and came 
 to Antrim in 1849, on to the Thomas Vose place (west of the pond). He 
 moved to Clinton in 1856, and now lives at South Village. His children 
 are : — 
 
 1. Fred L., [b. Sept. 5, 1848 ; m. Maggie P. Heath, Jan. 13, 
 
 1870, who d. in 1873. June 9, 1874, he m. Stella E. Brack- 
 ett, and lives at South Village. He is a photographer and 
 painter. The drawing of the old church in this book was 
 by his hand. He has one child : — 
 Harry JE., (b. Aug. 6, 1872.)] 
 
 2. Charles P., [b. Sept. 8, 1863; m. Lizzie A. Crosby of Peter- 
 
 borough, June 30, 1874; is a blacksmith by trade, and lives 
 
 at South Village, having children : — 
 Archie K, (b. July 31, 1875.) 
 Ethel a, (b. March 28, 1878.)] 
 
 3. Morris B., [b. May 7, 1864.] 
 
 4. Samuel V., [b. April 6, 1866, and d. Aug. 20, 1872.] 
 
 'nbsmith. 
 
 JAMES NESMITH, one of the signers of the memorial to Gov. Shuts 
 March 26, 1718, and one of the proprietors of Londonderry, was also one 
 of the original sixteen that first struck for settlement on the soil of that 
 ancient town April 22, 1719. He was a strong man, worthy of respect, 
 and honored by his associates. Was appointed elder of the West Parish 
 Presbyterian Church, at its formation in 1739. The date of his death 
 was 1767, and his age seventy-five. He married, in Ireland, in 1714, 
 Elisabeth, daughter of James McKeen and Janet Cochran. This Elisa- 
 beth McKeen was sister of Janet McKeen, Dea. Isaac Cochran's mother. 
 She died in 1763, aged sixty-seven. The Nesmiths lived in the valley of 
 the Bann in Ireland, and emigrated to that place from Scotland in 1690. 
 Dea. James Nesmith had two children in Ireland, and seems to have 
 buried the eldest child there. Seven children were born to them in 
 America. The names of all were : Arthur, buried in infancy in Ireland; 
 James, born in Ireland in 1718; Arthur, born in Londonderry April 3, 
 1721; Jean, born March 12, 1723; Mary, born Jan. 24, 1726; John, born 
 Feb. 11, 1728; Elisabeth, born Jan. 8, 1730; Thomas, born March 26, 
 1732; Benjamin, born Sept. 14, 1734. 
 
614 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 James Nesmith, Jr., the son born in Ireland, was born early in 1718, 
 just before embarking for America, and was brought over in his mother's 
 arms. He married Mary Dinsmore and settled in the northern part of 
 Londonderry. Though an old man when the Revolutionary war broke 
 out, he went with all his heart into the struggle against the British ; ■ 
 marched among the minute-men at the first call, and was a participant in 
 the battle of Bunker Hill. He had children : James, Jonathan, Robert, 
 Elisabeth, Mary, and Sarah; and died where he settled, July- 15, 1793. 
 Of these six children, we will only say as follows: James, the oldest, was 
 born in 17^4 ; married Mary McClure (Parker's History is wrong in say- 
 ing Martha) ; was elder in the West Parish Church ; left children, — Wil- 
 liam M., Robert, Isaac, James, Martha, Jane W., and Margaret, — of 
 whom William M., the first named, married Harriet Willis, and was 
 father of Hon. James W. Nesmith, long U. S. Senator from Oregon. 
 Senator Nesmith was born in 1820, married Pauline G-ofie in 1846, and 
 now lives in wealth and honor at Dixie, Ore. The second child of 
 James, Jr., was 'Jonathan of Antrim; Robert, the third child, married 
 Jane Anderson; Elisabeth, the fourth child, married James Cochran of 
 Windham ; Mary, the fifth child, married James McClure of Acworth ; 
 and Sarah, the sixth, married Daniel Anderson of Londonderry. 
 
 Returniug now to Arthur, the third child of Dea. James the emigrant, 
 we have to say that he was born April 3, 1721. He married Margaret 
 Hopkins, and settled in the south part of Londonderry; but in later life 
 he moved to the State of Maine. He had two sons in the Revolutionary 
 army, one of whom, John, was a captain noted for valor and strength, 
 but died near the close of the war from effects of excessive exposure and 
 hardship. Of Jean and Mary, daughters of the first Dea. James, I know 
 nothing. But John, the sixth child of the emigrant, married Elisabeth, 
 sister of Gen. George Reed of Londonderry, settled on the first Nesmith 
 homestead with his father, and died there in 1815, aged eighty-seven. His 
 children were: James of Antrim; Arthur of Antrim; John, Jr., who 
 married, first, Susan Hildreth, and second, Lydia Sargent, and died on 
 the homestead in Londonderry in 1844; Ebenezer, who married Jane 
 Trotter; Thomas; Elisabeth, who married Dea. James Pinkerton ; Mary, 
 who married John Miltimore, moving to Reading, Fenn. ; and Jane, who 
 married Hugh Anderson. Of Elisabeth, the emigrant's seventh child, I 
 have no data. Thomas, the eighth child, was born March 26, 1732 ; mar- 
 ried Annis Wilson, and settled in Londonderry (now the north part of 
 Windham), and had three children: John, Elisabeth, and Thomas, Jr. 
 Of Benjamin, the ninth child of the first Dea. James, I have no informa- 
 tion of importance in the present undertaking. 
 
 JONATHAN NESMITH, second child of James and Mary (Dins- 
 more) Nesmith, and grandson of the proprietor Dea. James, was born in 
 Londonderry, in August, 1759. He came here in May, 1774, and began 
 to clear the farm that remained in possession of the family until 1865. 
 He made successive clearings each year, and with vigorous hand put up 
 his log cabin, — though only a boy of sixteen years when he began. He 
 •permanently moved here in 1778. He subsequently had to pay for the 
 
GENEALOGIES. 615 
 
 ■most of his land a second time. Was one of the leading spirits of the 
 town. Was eleven years selectman, and was four times chosen repre- 
 sentative of the to wii. Was always on important committees, and was 
 known and confided in by all. He was chosen one of the elders of the 
 Presbyterian Church at its Ibrmation in 1778, though only twenty-nine 
 years of age. For fifty years he only failed of officiating at one com- 
 munion. Dea. Nesmith was a man of great sociality, — up to joke.s, — 
 genial, jolly, and good-natured; was very hospitable and benevolent; 
 anxious for the public welfare ; stoutly in earnest to maintain the faith 
 of his fathers; a man of strong ability, good judgment, and irreproachable 
 character. He was an honor to the town lie helped to establish. His 
 death occurred Oct. 15, 1815, aged eighty-sis. His first wife was Elenor 
 Dickey, whom he married in 1781. She was the daughter of Adam and 
 Jane (Strahan) Dickey of Londonderry, and granddaughter of John and 
 Margaret Dickey of Londonderry, Ireland . She was born Jan . 1, 1761, and 
 died Sept. 17,1818. He married, second, Mrs. Sarah (Wetherbee) Hamblin 
 of Concord, Mass. She was twelve years of age when she witnessed the 
 battle of Lexington and Concord from her father's door. She saw those 
 brave men fall, remembered everything, and was always fond of telling of 
 those first blows for liberty. She died Jan. 16, 1852, aged eighty-nine. 
 Dea. Nesmith's cabin was burned one day when the family were absent ; 
 and be used to remark, in after years, that he never felt so poor as then. 
 Yet, undismayed, he went about building another, being generously aided 
 by neighbors he had himself always been forward to help. After several 
 years he put up a substantial framed house, which was burned March 4, 
 1841, from a spark catching on the roof. In his old age Dea. JSTesmith 
 resigned his office in the church; and it is spoken of as a remarkable 
 scene, when he stood in the public assembly and oflFered his resignation, 
 and then, with trembling voice and with uplifted and palsied hand, in- 
 voked God's blessing on his successors in coming time. His children 
 were: — 
 
 1. James, [b. Oct. 5, 1783 ; m. Polly Taylor April 10, 1810 ; 
 cleared and settled west of the pond and west of the Steele 
 place, on land now George Brown's, — often called the Boyd 
 place; went thence to Solon, N. Y., in 1822, with six chil- 
 dren. There his wife d. in 1846. In 1852 he m. 2d, Mrs. 
 Susan Clark; moved to Waukon, lo., and d. there in 1862. 
 He had children : — 
 Mary, (b in 1811 ; d. in infancy.) 
 
 Mary E., (b. in 1812 ; m. John Still man of Cortlandville, N. Y., 
 in 1833 ; went to Waukon, lo., in 1857, where they now live.) 
 Rev. John T. G., (b. in 1814 ; studied at Cazenovia Seminary ; 
 m. Harriet N. Taylor ; entered the Methodist ministry; was 
 a faithful and able man ; d. while pastor, at the age of 36.) 
 Eannah E., (b. in 1816 ; m. John Reed; moved to Waukon, 
 lo., in 1857, and d. there in 1877.) 
 
616 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Abigail S., (b. in 1818; became second wife of Isaac Barker 
 
 in 1847 ; went to Waukon, lo., in 1854.) 
 Mark W., (b. in 1820 ; d. unm., at Solon, N. Y., in 1848.) 
 James A., (p. in 1822; carried to Solon, N. Y., when an 
 
 infant ; went thence to Illinois in 1844 ; m. Laura Post.) 
 G-eorge W., (h. in Solon, N. Y., in 1825 ; m. Mary C. Farrar 
 
 of Fairfield, Vt. ; resides at Waukon, lo.) 
 Dr. Milton W., (b. in 1828 ; m. Margaret Donoughue in 1852 ; 
 
 is now physician and druggist at Waukon, lo.) 
 Woodbury T., (by second wife ; b. in 1852 ; remains at Solon, 
 
 N. Y.)] 
 
 2. Jean, [now called " Jane,'' or " Jenny ; " b. May 14, 1787 ; 
 
 m. John Dunlap June 26, 1807, and d. March 29, 1835.] 
 
 3. Thomas D., [b. March 22, 1789 ; m. Martha Weeks March 30, 
 
 1813 ; succeeded his father on the homestead. His first 
 wife d. in 1828 aged 35, and he m. 2d, Nancy Gregg, Feb. 
 4, 1830. He d. Sept. 10, 1841, aged 52. The second wife d. 
 Feb. 9, 1856, aged 63. He was known in town as " Capt. 
 Nesmith ; " was captain of the Antrim Grenadiers, and was 
 often marshal of the day on special occasions. He was a 
 useful man and d. in his prime. His children were : — 
 
 Bobert W., (b. May 3, 1814 ; m. Olive Dunlap of Bedford, 
 June 1, 1839 ; settled in Jefferson, Tex., and d. at Sulphur 
 Springs in that State, Nov. 28, 1866. He left two daughters : 
 Oriette, now in the Metropolitan Railroad ofiice, Boston ; 
 and Sally Y., who m. Com. Decatur Morris, and lives in 
 Little Rock, Ark.) 
 
 Jonathan, (b. Jan. 24, 1816 ; m. Marietta F. Morrill of Frank- 
 lin, Nov. 15, 1841 ; inherited the homestead of his father 
 and grandfather, sold the same in 1865, and two or three 
 years later moved to Hancock where he now resides. He was 
 the last of the name in town. At one time there were three 
 Dea. Nesmiths in town, known as " Dea. James," " Dea. 
 Arthur," and " Dea. Jonathan," and they each had nine 
 children, — making, with sisters and friends, nearly forty 
 by that name in this place. Jonathan's children are : Jen- 
 nie M., who was b. Sept. 23, 1842, — an excellent teacher; 
 Thomas S., who was b. May 12, 1846, and d. at the age of 
 three years ; Fannie H., who was b. Dec. 8, 1848, and m. 
 Frank H. Baldwin June 19, 1876, residing in Keene ; An- 
 nie M. T., who was b. Sept. 12, 1852 ; Abbie Isabel, who 
 
GENEALOGIES. 617 
 
 was b. Nov. 15, 1854, and d. 1856 ; Miles G., who was b. 
 Sept. 26, 1857 ; Addie M., who was b. Jan. 27, 1860 ; and 
 John S., who was b. May 5, 1863.) 
 
 Sarah E., (b. Dec. 24, 1818, m. John W Buttrick, and lives 
 in Lawrence, Mass.) 
 
 Miles, (b. Feb. 2, 1821 ; went to California in 1849, and was 
 driver for the California Stage Company ; the horses became 
 unmanageable, and the whole team was thrown down a fear- 
 ful precipice near Virginia City, Nev., by which the driver, 
 all the horses, and most of the passengers were Instantly 
 killed. This sad event occurred in December, 1862.) 
 
 Harriet F., (b. Feb. 2, 1823, m. Walker Flanders, and lives in 
 Lawrence, Mass.) 
 
 Martha J., (b. June 9, 1825 ; m. Isaac P. Cochran of Wind- 
 ham, Nov. 12, 1846.) 
 
 Melvin, (b. Dec. 20, 1830 ; d. in Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 31, 
 1853.) 
 
 Hiram G., (b. Feb. 18, 1833 ; d. in Jefferson, Tex., in 1857.) 
 
 Nancy R., (b. Jan. 24, 1836, m. Josiah Melville, and lives in 
 Nelson.)] 
 
 4. Adam, [b. March 5, 1792 ; m. Rebecca Dale ; settled in Beverly, 
 
 Mass., and d. Jan. 15, 1865.J 
 
 5. Mart D., [" Molly Dinsmore" on town record, b. April 11, 
 
 1794 ; called " Long Mary," being tall in form ; a talented, 
 respected, and Christian woman ; d. unm. April 6, 1874. J 
 
 6. Margaret, [b. May 4, 1796 ; d. unm. in 1827.] 
 
 7. Isabel, [b. March 6, 1798 ; d. unm. March 8, 1862.] 
 
 8. Hon. George W., [b. Oct. 23, 1800 ; was graduated at Dart- 
 
 mouth College in 1820 ; m. Mary M. Brooks ; settled in the 
 practice of law at Franklin ; was long judge of the New 
 Hampshire Supreme Court, remaining on the bench until 
 relieved by the constitutional limitation of years. Is now 
 president of the N. H. Orphans' Home, and trustee of Dart- 
 mouth College ; is a man of noble principles and honored 
 life, enjoying in his old age the highest confidence and es- 
 teem of men. The degree of LL. D. was conferred upon 
 him by Dartmouth College. He stands among the best and 
 noblest of the sons of New Hampshire, and is an honor to 
 his native town.] 
 9. Robert, [b. Feb. 20, 1803 ; first victim of spotted fever, Feb. 
 , 9, 1812.]. 
 
618 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Dea. JAMES NESMITH of Antrim, son of John and Elisabeth 
 (Reed) Nesmith, grandson of Dea. James and Elisabeth (McKeen) Nes- 
 mith, and cousin of Dea. Jonathan, was born in Londonderry in 1758. 
 He came here at the age of twenty, and began the farm which has been 
 so long occupied by Chandler Boutwell. This he sold to John Woodcock 
 about 1790, and began another farm on the northeast slope of Meeting- 
 House Hill. This was a good tarm ; the house was nearly down at the 
 foot of the hill on the east fork of the old road, and he had Eobert Mcll- 
 Taine for a near neighbor. Here he lived in comparative comfort for 
 about thirty years, when, it is said, his children insisted on his building a 
 finer house, and he erected a very large mansion. But he was unable to 
 finish it, became embarrassed with debt, and eventually had to give up 
 everything and move away. The large house was taken down and 
 moved to the Branch. By help of his old neighbors, a small house was 
 built for him in 1821 at the foot of the hill east of Henry M. Barker's, 
 and on that spot his days were ended in the year 1845, at the age of 
 eighty-seven. He died poor, but universally respected. He was a Bevo- 
 lutionary soldier, and was in many battles. He was chosen elder in the 
 Center Church in 1800, and held the office till death. His pension was 
 his principal reliance for support in his old age. Dea. James was fre- 
 quently selectman, and was twenty-seven years town clerk ; was chosen 
 by unanimous vote, though party excitement was as great as it is now ; 
 and it is said they would have continued him in the ofiice if he had not 
 fallen into the legal disqualification of ceasing to hold real estate. He 
 used to say that his fees just about kept him in tobacco. Probably his 
 voice helped to keep him in the office, as it was his duty in those days to 
 publish intentions of marriage by crying them in the meeting-house on 
 three successive Sabbaths. In very pressing cases it was sometimes 
 done twice on the same day ! The deacon's voice was not very musical, 
 but was heavy and loud and ringing, — and everybody was sure to hear 1 
 At the sound of the " Amen, " — high over the din of falling seats, — were 
 thundered the words : " This is the first publishment of intention of 
 marriage between Mr. Jacob A. B. C. and Miss Polly X. Y. Z. 1 " People 
 stopped and listened in amazement and curiosity; but it is not told us 
 how much of the sermon this peculiar ceremony drove out of their heads! 
 Dea. James Nesmith of Antrim married, first, Elisabeth Brewster of 
 Francestown, in 1781 ; second, Charlotte Walker, youngest child of James 
 Walker, the first settler of Bedford. His children' were : — 
 
 1. John, [b. Aug. 19, 1782 ; was brought up by his uncle, Dea. 
 
 James Pinkerton of Derry ; old people in that town speak 
 of him as a beautiful player on the flute ; was some years a 
 peddler ; wandered off westward in that business in 1814, 
 and has never since been heard of. Probably was robbed 
 and put out of the way.] 
 
 2. Isabella Reed, [b. Oct. 16, 1784 ;, m. Prof. Joshua Holt, May 
 
 11, 1815 ; d. in 1851. Mr. Holt graduated at Dartmouth 
 
GENEALOGIES. 619 
 
 College in 1814 ; was many years a teacher in the West, 
 and d. in 1848, aged 60. j 
 
 3. James, Jr., [b. April 2, 1787 ; went when a young man to 
 
 Kentucky ; was three times m. there, and d. there at the 
 age of 52. All his children d. before him. J 
 
 4. Elisabeth, [b. Nov. 29, 1789 ; went as a teacher into the 
 
 State of Pennsylvania ; there m. Rev. George White, and 
 they are said to have moved to Nebraska.] 
 
 5. Polly, [b. Jan. 1, 1793 ; was called " Short Mary," to dis- 
 
 tinguish from Dea. Jonathan's Mary ; was nearly forty years 
 a teacher ; was one of the godly and blessed ones of the 
 earth ; d. unm. at the Branch in 1867. j 
 
 6. Jean, [b. Sept. 23, 1795, and d. in 1800.] 
 
 7. David B., [b. March 18, 1798, and d. in infancy.] 
 
 8. George Reid, [b. April 18, 1801 ; was a carpenter by trade ; 
 
 went to New York when young, and nothing more can be 
 learned of him.j 
 
 9. Dea. Erastus, [b. June 28, 1804 ; was a woolen-manufac- 
 
 turer; learned his trade at the Branch under Reed and 
 Wallace ; was apprenticed to them in 1818, and served 
 seven years for his trade ; made cloth at Hillsborough and 
 other places ; lived chiefly in Canaan ; was deacon of the 
 Congregational Church, — a thoroughly good man. He m. 
 Lucy Wilson of Antrim. Their only child, a promising 
 young man, d. a few years before his father. Dea. Erastus 
 d. in Enfield, in 1869, universally lamented,.] 
 
 Dea. ARTHUR NESMITH, brother of Dea. James oi' Antrim, came 
 here somewhat later than his brother, and began the Jonathan Carr place 
 (now Luther Campbell's) about 1784. He married Polly Duncan (daugh- 
 ter of Hon. John), May 30, 1793; was a man of more than ordinary abil- 
 ity; was a great reader; was frequently selectman; and was elder in the 
 Presbyterian Church. Dr. Whiton says that "his cheerful and uniform 
 piety 'was an ornament to the Christian profession.'' What higher praise 
 could be conferred ? His amiable manners and intelligence and good- 
 ness gave him great influence, and endeared him to all. The aged re- 
 member him with much affection. He was distinguished as a singer, 
 and led the church music for nearly thirty years, being elected every 
 March meeting by the town to that then important oflSce. He is said to 
 have kept his large and scattered choir in good order and good feeling I 
 What a pity he couldn't have lived two or three hundred years I It 
 should be added that his children and grandchildren have been notable 
 choir-leaders in the West. To the surprise and regret of the whole town, 
 Dea. Arthur moved to New Portage, Ohio, in 1816, hoping that a different 
 
620 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 climate would build up ffis health. This recuperation was realized to 
 some extent. But on his way to church one bright Sabbath morning in 
 the summer of 1823, while supposed to be in his usual health, he fell down 
 in the road and died in a moment. His age was sixty-three. Through 
 his many years in Antrim he was never known to fly into a passion, 
 and his rebukes were of a persuasive and gentle order. It is said, how- 
 ever, that on one occasion when they were singing in church, and he was 
 annoyed beyond measure by the loud, unmelodious bellowing of his 
 brother at the foot of the choir, he reached over the pew-tops with his 
 cane and gave him^a nudge, saying: " Dea. Jamie, Dea. Jamie, I wish 
 you would sing in the spirit; for you do make an awfu' noise in the 
 flesli ! " It will be noticed that for sixteen years there were three Dea. 
 Nesmiths in town ; and they were known as " Dea. Jonathan," " Dea. 
 James," and " Dea. Arthur," and certainly were noteworthy men. Dea. 
 Arthur's children were : — 
 
 1. John, [b. March 6, 1794 ; fitted for college in company with 
 
 Hon. George W. Nesmith, but, his father feeling unable to 
 send him, he went to Ohio, and there gained a noble repu- 
 tation as a teacher ; m. Mary A. Hull of Canandaigua, N. 
 Y. ; d. at the age of 63 ; left no children.] 
 
 2. Mary D., [b. Feb. 6, 1796, and d. in 1800.] 
 
 3. Cyrus, [b. Jan. 1, 1798, and d. in 1800.] 
 
 4. Elisabeth Pinkerton, [b. Aug. 3, 1799 ; m. 1st, Col. Talcot 
 
 Bales of Norton, Ohio ; 2d, Thomas Brown, and settled in 
 Buchanan, Mich. ; left large family, and d. at the age of 74.] 
 
 5. Cyrus Arthur, [b. Oct. 24, 1801; m. Marinda Hurlburt; 
 
 settled near his brother John in Wadsworth, Ohio, but 
 moved in 1847 to Metamora, 111., where he now resides. 
 He 'remembers Antrim with great interest. Has a large 
 family, several of whom live near him. His children have 
 come to honor. As inventors and merchants and stock- 
 raisers, they may be counted successful men. All are musi- 
 cians.] 
 
 6. Mary D., [b. March 31, 1803, m. Hiel Brouson, and lives in 
 
 Princeville, 111.] 
 
 7. Abigail Moor, [b. Oct. 5, 1805 ; d. young.] 
 
 8. Milton Whiton, [b. Feb. 9, 1809 ; m. 1st, Antonette Bron- 
 
 son ; 2d, Mary Sabin ; lives in Princeville, 111.] 
 
 9. Thomas, [b. Oct. 5, 1810, m. Reesa Northe, and lives in 
 
 Western Star, Ohio.] 
 
 NEWMAN. 
 Dea. HAKEIS B. NEWMAK, son of Joseph and Pamelia (Bing- 
 ham) Newman of Washington, and grandson of Benjamin and Abigail 
 
GENEALOGIES. 621 
 
 (Lewis) Newman of Deering, was born in Washington, Oct. 31, 1814; 
 married Mary B. Gray of Hancock in 1842; came herefrom Hillsborough 
 in 1855, and bought the Jonathan Carr place, which he sold in 1868 and 
 bought the Gates place (where Rev. Mr. Bates lived), where he died Feb. 
 28, 1876. The family were from "Woburn, Mass. Dea. Newman was 
 representative in 1872 and 1873, and was appointed deacon in the Pres- 
 byterian Church in 1870. He was a man of singular purity. Among all 
 the good men of this town, probably no one has ever been superior to 
 him in sweetness and holiness of life. All people held the same exalted 
 opinion of him. Though he was not what the world calls great and learned, 
 he was good, and highly honored by all who knew him. His sickness was 
 long and distressing, and death came to him as a friend long sighed for and 
 welcome. His widow and two youngest children live on the homestead. 
 The children are as follows : — 
 
 1. Helen, [b. Aug. 23, 1843, in Hillsborough ; m. John H. Wil- 
 
 kins Nov. 4, 1873, and lives in Boston.] 
 
 2. George, [b. in Hillsborough, Sept. 23, 1845 ; d. aged nearly 
 
 two years.] 
 
 3. George F., [b. in Fitzwilliam, Sept. 30, 1848 ; m. Ella Bass 
 
 of Antrim, Nov. 30, 1871, and lives in Somerville, Mass.] 
 
 4. Joseph W., [b. Jan. 20, 1862, in Hillsborough, and lives on 
 
 the homestead.] 
 
 5. Mary Louise, [b. in Antrim, Oct. 23, 1857.] 
 
 JOHN G. NEWMAN, shoemaker, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Gor- 
 don) Newman of Washington, and cousin of Dea. Harris B. Newman, 
 was born in 1798 ; married Margaret M. Ring of Hillsborough, and came 
 here in 1824, into the Robert McCoy house (once a store and liquor-shop), 
 which he occupied till his death in 1874. His children are : — 
 
 1. Eliza J., [b. in 1825, m. Prank A. Stone, and lives in Hol- 
 
 liston, Mass. ] 
 
 2. John B., [b. in 1832 ; has been in California since 1853.] 
 
 NEWTON. 
 
 GILES NEWTON, son of Giles and Naomi (Duncan) Newton of 
 Francestown (this elder Giles built and occupied the old Dane store, and 
 the hotel, burned in that town in 1854), and grandson of Isaac Newton 
 of Newport, was born Jan. 25, 17D9; married Sally Bell, Aug. 25, 1825; 
 bought of Daniel Buswell the-farm next east of Mr. Greeley's, now un- 
 occupied, and lived there till his sudden death July 14, 1868. He went 
 into the field to get a load of hay and dropped dead while engaged in 
 loadiiig. Was a good and pious man. His children were : — 
 
 1. Elisabeth, [b. June 14, 1827, m. J. C. Loveland of Spring- 
 field, Vt., and d. there in 1868.] 
 
622 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 2. Mart, [b. May 18, 1829, m. Adna Brown of Springfield, Vt., 
 
 Sept. 10, 1860, and d. there in 1861.] 
 
 3. Sarah N., [b. Feb. 12, 1832, m. Obed Spalding of Stoddard, 
 
 May 5, 1852, and now lives in Springfield, Vt.] 
 
 4. Robert D., [b. Jan. 31, 1834, m. Lizzie Albee, and lives in 
 
 Troy, Penn.] 
 
 5. Samuel Giles, [b. Dec. 27, 1839; m. Lizzie M. Gillis of An- 
 
 trim, April 27; 1871 ; was fof a long time clerk in the 
 Treasury Department at Washington, and had an extensive 
 acquaintance with public men. He now lives in Ashburn- 
 ham, Mass. Has three children : — 
 
 Mary G., (b. July 2, 1873.) 
 
 Annie Bell, (b. Oct. 2, 1875.) 
 
 mien, (b. Nov. 8, 1876.)] 
 
 NICHOLS. 
 
 Four brothers, Daniel, Adam, John, and Thomas, lived in a row in the 
 east part of the town. Daniel lived on the Turner place, Adam on the 
 McCoy place, John on the Ferry place, and Thomas on the Shattuck 
 iplace. They were sons of Samuel Nichols, who came from Antrim, Ire- 
 land, in 1754, and after living in several other towns came here to spend 
 his old age with his children, and died very aged in 1804. The first to 
 break the continuity of the land of those four brothers was Kobert Dun- 
 can, who bought and built in between in 1787. Each of these four broth- 
 ers had a son Samuel, so there were at one time five by the name of Sam- 
 uel Nichols in town. It has been found very difllcult to get information 
 of these families, as they have been all gone from town more than fifty 
 years. All these brothers served more or less in the army of the Revo- 
 lution. 
 
 THOMAS NICHOLS was born in Ireland and was brought over when 
 an infant. He was the first of the four to set foot on the soil of this 
 town. He ran away from a master in Newburyport, and came here to 
 live with Dea. Aiken in the fall of 1767. He began the Dea. Shattuck 
 farm when a mere boy. It is said lie hunted the town over for game, and 
 had a chance to pick his farm where he chose. Is spoken of as " an lu- 
 holder in Antrim" in 1788. Was a man of much life and energy. Was 
 captain of the militia, which was an oflSce of great honor and importance 
 in those days. It is reported that he had trouble with the Indians. He 
 was a great hunter, and often traded with the natives. They came to the 
 conclusion that he cheated them, and sought to take his life in revenge. 
 His method was to tell them that his fist weighed a pound, and then to use 
 said fist to balance furs, etc., in weighing them ! The red men soon thought 
 he got " too much pound," and laid their plans to kill him -! But he sus- 
 pected trouble, and prepared a hiding-place under his house, made by 
 digging a hole out horizontally from one side of the cellar, which he en- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 623 
 
 tered by removing a stone and replacing it behind him. Here he slept 
 for a long time, and succeeded in escaping his foe. But he was on the 
 watch for years, till the Indians disappeared forever. He used to go by 
 the name of the " Indian Trader." His wife was Hannah Clark, whom 
 he seems to have found in Francestown, though said to be a Boston 
 woman. In the dysentery of 1800 he buried three children, Betsey, 
 Thomas, and Nancy, in one day, Aug. 21. Capt. Nichols moved to 
 New York in the fall of 1808, and, after living in several places, settled 
 in Cattaraugus, that State, in 1811. He died there the next year, dying 
 in bed beside his wife, so silently that she did not know it till morning. 
 They dug out a huge trough and buried the body in that, as it was all a 
 new country and they had no means of procuring a coffin. The next year 
 the family forsook their settlement and moved to West Bloomfleld in the 
 same State. There, soon after, the mother died, aged sixty-six. Capt. 
 Nichols's life was full of romance. He had a roving disposition — was 
 smart and cunning — was an influential, stirring man; and he ended his 
 active life as he began it, — a pioneer in the wilderness. His age was 
 sixty-seven. His children were : — 
 
 1. Mart Ann, [b. in Francestown, Dec. 31, 1778 ; m. Ephraim 
 
 Hall, April 21, 1801 ; went to New York in 1808.J 
 
 2. Polly, [b. in Antrim, July 2, 1781 ; m. Nathan Cole, Jr., Oct. 
 
 22, 1805 ; d. in Franklinton, Ohio, in the fall of 1846.] 
 
 3. Samuel, [b. June 3, 1783; m. 1st, Clarissa Lee. of West 
 
 Bloomfleld, N. Y. ; second wife unknown ; moved to* Mun- 
 roe, Mich., and d. there.] 
 
 4. Sally, [b. March 23, 1785 ; m. her cousin Samuel Nichols, 
 
 son of Adam ; lived and d. in Munroe, Mich.] 
 
 5. Peggy, [b. Aug. 23, 1787 ; m. a Mr. Nevins of Cattaraugus, 
 
 N. Y., and d. there.] 
 
 6. Nancy, [b. May 2, 1790 ; d. of dysentery, Aug. 20, 1800 ; a 
 
 younger sister and brother d. of the same disease the day 
 previous, and they were all buried in one day, and in one 
 grave.] 
 
 7. Betsey, [b. Dec. 15, 1792, and d. Aug. 19, 1800.] 
 
 8. George C, [b. July 25, 1795 ; m. Hester Ball of West Bloom- 
 
 field N. Y. ; d. Aug. 4, 1864. Was thrown from a car- 
 riage and survived his injury but an hour.] 
 
 9. Thomas, [b. Dec. 21, 1797, and d. Aug. 19, 1800.] 
 
 Dea. DANIEL NICHOLS, brother of Thomas, came here in 1774 to 
 make his beginning on the farm now Mr. Turner's. For several years 
 he lived alone, or boarded with neighbors. Was one of the most efficient 
 men in town in his day. Was much in town office. He represented 
 Antrim Deering, and Hancock in the constitutional convention of 
 1791-92. Dr. Bouton (Provincial Papers, Vol. X., page 37) represents 
 
624 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Hon. John Duncan of this town as being in said convention. But in 
 this he is mistaken, and he applies the " pallyar " story to the wrong 
 man. Col. John Duncan of Acworth, cousin of" Hon. John " of Antrim, 
 was a member of the convention, and the good Dr. B. confounded the 
 two. Daniel Nichols, often designated "Esquire,'' was a small map. 
 He being a land-surveyor, this was convenient, as when they came to a 
 brook they were in the habit of picking him up and carrying him over ! 
 "Was chosen elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1800, which office he held 
 till death. He married Mary Dinsmore, sister of Samuel Dinsmore,Sen., 
 of Antrim, Dec. 29, 1785. Was selectman nine years. He died March 
 3, 1812, aged fifty-eight. His death was caused by the spotted fever, was 
 very sudden, and was among the most lamented of the many fatalities by 
 that terrible scourge. He was an able and good man. On his now 
 broken tombstone it is written : "The poor will cherish his memory; 
 the widow and the fatherless shall call him blessed." His children 
 were : — 
 
 1. Mary Ann, [b. Oct. 29, 1786 ; m. 1st, John Emerson of 
 
 Deering ; 2d, Thomas Costello, Sept. 21, 1826. She d. in 
 Concord in 1875. J 
 
 2. Martha, [b. May 30, 1788 ; m. James Maberry, and went 
 
 West.] 
 
 3. Rev. John, [b. June 20, 1790 ; graduated at Dartmouth Col- 
 
 lege in 1813 ; m. Elisabeth Shaw, of Beverly, Mass., in 1817, 
 and sailed for India as a missionary. He d. on the field in 
 the prime of his usefulness, Dec. 9, 1824, at the early age 
 of 34. He was an able and devoted man, and an honor to 
 his native town. Was much beloved and lamented by the 
 natives generally, and they tenderly cherished his memory, 
 saying to one of his successors, " He was a good man." His 
 widow m. an Episcopal missionary in Ceylon.] 
 
 4. Mart, [b. Sept. 19, 1793 ; was finely educated, and became a 
 
 successful teacher ; d. in New York while visiting there in 
 1823.J 
 
 5. Samuel, [b. Aug. 17, 1796 ; went to New York, and thence 
 
 to Michigan.] 
 
 6. Silas, [b. June 31, 1797 ; d. in childhood.] 
 
 ADAM NICHOLS, another brother, came here with Daniel in 1774, 
 and soon after began the McCoy place (next north of John Duncan's). 
 
 He married Atwood, probably of Prancestown ; moved to New York, 
 
 and thence to Kentucky, where he died in 1846, aged ninety. He was 
 several times selectman while living here ; was a soldier of the Revolu- 
 tion. Children: — 
 
 1. Samuel, [m. his cousin Sally Nichols ; d. in Munroe, Mich.] 
 
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 2. Daniel, [m. a Smith, and lived and d. in Western New- 
 
 York.] 
 
 3. James, [nothing known.] 
 
 4. Thomas, [nothing known.] 
 
 5. David, [nothing known.] 
 
 6. Dolly, [m. Jesse Atwood, and went to Kentucky.] 
 
 7. Mart, [m. Yanpelt, and went to Kentucky.] 
 
 JOHN NICHOLS, brother of the three meotioned above, came here 
 somewhat later than his brothers, and began the Perry place. He was a 
 soldier under Stark, and participated in the battle of Bennington. He 
 married Sarah Steele ; moved to Francestown about 1789, and thence to 
 New York, where he died in 1849, aged ninety. The only children we 
 know of are these : — 
 
 1. Peggy, [taught school in Antrim as early as 1805.] 
 
 2. Samuel, [m. Betsey Moor in Francestown, Dec. 25, 180!).] 
 
 EBENEZER NICHOLS, son of Benjamin Nichols, was born in 
 Heading, Mass., in 1755; married, first, Rebecca Howard, and after her 
 death married Elisabeth Dix of Townsend, Mass^ He came here from 
 Hillsborough about 1800 and settled on the north side of Tultle Moun- 
 tain, where he lived till 1812, and then moved back to Hillsborough. He 
 afterwards lived some years in Windsor, and died in Wakefield, Mass., in 
 1840, aged eighty-five. His children, all by the second wife, were : — 
 
 1. Eben, [b. in 1790; m. Susan Avery of Middleton, Mass., and 
 
 settled in Danvers, where he d. in 1820.] 
 
 2. Betsey, [m. Paron Wheeler of Windsor, April 20, 1814, and 
 
 is still living there at an advanced age.] 
 
 3. Rebecca, [b. in 1796 ; m. Jonathan Wilson, and went to 
 
 Danvers, Mass.] 
 
 4. Sally, [m. Henry Wardwell of Lynn, Mass., and lived and d. 
 
 in that city.] 
 
 5. Jonathan, [b. in 1800 ; m. Betsey Emerson of Wakefield, 
 
 Mass., and is one of the heaviest farmers in that place] 
 
 6. Nancy, [d. at the age of 28.] 
 
 7. Daniel, [b. in 1806 ; m. 1st, Eliza Jones of Windsor ; 2d, 
 
 Mary Green of Wakefield, Mass., where he now lives.] 
 
 8. Mary, [b. in 1808, m. Daniel Rowe of Lynn, and d. in 1864. J 
 
 Dea. BENJAMIN NICHOLS, son of Phinehas and Polly (Chase) 
 Nichols, was born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1775; married Polly Hardy of 
 Bradford, Mass. ; came here in 1825, and bought of Henry Hill what is 
 now known as the Jonas White place. He was appointed deacon in the 
 Baptist Church, March 13, 1806. He died here in 1859, aged eighty-four. 
 40 
 
626 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 His wife died in 1866, aged eighty. Their children, all born in Benniiig- 
 ton, were : — 
 
 1. Polly, [d. in childhood.J 
 
 2. Ann, [b. in 1798 ; m. 1st, Charles Stewart ; 2d, Timothy 
 
 Hardy, March 23, 1826 ; d. in Cornish.J 
 
 3. Joseph, [b. in 1801 ; m. Philo Mellen, and lives in Milford.] 
 
 4. Converse, [b. in 1803 ; m. Sylvia Cummings, and resides in 
 
 Lowell.] 
 
 5. Benjamin, [b. in 1806; m. 1st, Nancy Smith; 2d, Mary 
 
 Smith ; 3d, Mrs. E. H. White, and now lives in Keene.] 
 
 6. RosANNA, [b. July 25, 1808 ; m. 1st, Jonas Ball ; 2d, Alfred 
 
 Crane, and now resides in Amesbury, Mass.] 
 
 7. John, [b. in 1810 ; m. Julia Chase, and resides in Haverhill, 
 
 Mass.] 
 
 8. Luke, [b. April 4, 1813 ; m. Lucy E. Tenney, April 21, 1836 ; 
 
 lived on the homestead, "where he d. Aug. 12, 1856. His 
 
 children were : — 
 Luhe A., (b. March 17, 1837 ; d. on homeward trip from West 
 
 Indies, May 8, 1860, and buried at sea.) 
 Elvira H., (h. Dec. 8, 1838 ; d. in infancy.) 
 ffenr^/ M., (b. in Acworth April 12, 1842 ; m. Ella E. McCoy; 
 
 is a provision-dealer in Boston.) 
 Alden S., (b. March 15, 1844, in Acworth ; went to Minnesota 
 
 in 1865, and has not been heard from since.) 
 Elvira L., (b. March 13, 1848, in Antrim; m. William H. 
 
 Gray of Charlestown, Mass.) 
 Adna L., (b. Oct. 16, 1855 ; is a clerk in Boston.)] 
 
 9. Alden, [b. Nov. 11, 1814 ; m. Almira Tilton and lives in 
 
 Somerville, Mass. Was a teacher in Baltimore and else- 
 where in the South, many years.] 
 
 10. Abigail, [b. in 1816, m. WiUiam H. Drake of Marlow, Jan. 
 
 23, 1844, and d. in 1852.] 
 
 11. Almira, [b. April 10, 1819, m. Alfred Crane Aug. 14, 1844, 
 and d. in Amesbury, Mass., in 1874.] 
 
 ORDWAY. 
 
 ELIEZEE ORDWAY came here from Deering on to the Dinaon 
 Dodge place in 1825, and moved back to Deering in 1833. He died in 
 Deering in 1846, aged eighty-six. His wife was Susannah Dow, and^she 
 died in 1836. Their children were : — 
 
 1. Judith, [m. John Putney, and lived and d. in Bradford.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 627 
 
 2. Lydia, [m. William Stanley, and they moved to Canada many 
 
 years ago.] 
 
 3. Hannah, [m. Nathan White of Deering.] 
 
 4. Betsey, [m. James M. Palmer of Deering, May 1, 1831.] 
 
 6. Abial, [lived mostly in Deering, but d. in Goffstown in 1858, 
 unm.J 
 
 6. Benjamin, [m. Sally Temple, Aug. 19, 1827 ; lived in the 
 
 Thomas Carr house in the east part of the town, and after- 
 wards in South Village, where he d. We have no record of 
 dates except that a grave was dug at Maplewood cemetery 
 for Mrs. Benjamin Ordway, Aug. 6, 1868 ; and for her hus- 
 band, Dec. 18, 1868. I can only learn that they had three 
 children. A daughter m. Selden Miller of Windsor, but 
 soon d. Another daughter m. Lorenzo D. Richardson of 
 Bennington. The only son I can learn of is Eben Ordway, 
 now living at Hillsborough Lower Village.] 
 
 7. Abigail, [m. Stephen Barker, July 12, 1885 ; d. in Lyndebor- 
 
 ough, July 15, 1850.] 
 
 8. Susan, [m. Richard McAllister of Hillsborough, April 4, 
 
 1841.] 
 
 9. Jonathan, [b. Nov. 9, 1814 ; m. Mehitable Gay of Deering, 
 
 Oct. 4, 1885, and lives in Hillsborough Lower Village.] 
 
 ORR. 
 
 HUGH ORK, son of John and Margaret (Kamel) Orr, came over from 
 the north of Ireland with his father in 1726, and settled in Bedfotd. There 
 his father and mother died within four days of each other in the year 
 1754 Hugh was the oldest child, and remained on the homestead and 
 took care of the family. He married Sarah Reed of Londonderry. After 
 some years he sold to his brother, Hon. John Orr, and came here. His 
 settlement here was in 1790, or a little earlier. He built near the Temple 
 place, — a little southwest of the same. The house stood on the north 
 side of the road as now made, and, very much to his lament, proved to 
 be just within the limits of Hancock. This fact seems to have been the 
 occasion of his removal. He was a man of intelligence and honesty. 
 People regretted his departure from them. He moved to Rockingham, 
 Vt., in 1795; thence, after a short stay, to Homer, liT. Y., where he died. 
 He is said to have had six sons and three daughters. Many of his de- 
 scendants are supposed to be scattered over the Western States. One 
 daughter married James Aiken of Antrim. 
 
 PAIGE. 
 
 JOHN" PAIGE, born in Dedham, England, in 1586, came over in the 
 company which, under Gov. Winthrop, founded Boston in 1630, He 
 
628 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 afterwards settled in Dedham, Mass., and died there in 1676, aged ninety 
 years. His wife's name was Phoebe. This first John Paige had a son 
 Samuel, bOrn in 1633, who lived in Salisbury, Mass.; and he, among other 
 children, had a son John Paige, Jr., born in 1696; This second John, 
 grandson of the first, married Mary Winslow, and lived in Salisbury, Mass. 
 He raised a large family, and afterwards moved to South Hampton, where 
 he died. Among the sons of this second John was Samuel, called " Col. 
 Paige" (which commission he held before the Kevolution). This Col. 
 Paige married, first, Eleanor Stevens, and settled in South Hampton, but 
 moved to Weare in 1772. Their children were Samuel, Jonathan, Lem- 
 uel, John, and Eleanor. Col. Paige married, second, Mrs. Sally (Osgood) 
 Evans, and died in Weare in 1800, quite aged. Of these children of Col. 
 Samuel Paige: — 
 
 Samuel, the first son, married Sally Osgood in 1769, and died in Weare 
 in 1815. 
 
 Jonathan, the second son, married, first, Miriam Barnard, and had the 
 following children : Jonathan, Jr., Tristram, Enoch, Moses, and John. 
 The elder Jonathan Paige married, second, Hannah French, and died in 
 1814. This eldest son, Jonathan Paige, Jr., was born in Weare in 1775, 
 married Judith Coburn of Wilton, had a large family, and died in Deer- 
 ing. One son of Jonathan, Jr., was Tristram B. Paige, who married 
 Sophronia Duncan of Antrim, lived here, on the place now owned by Mr. 
 Greeley, and will be noticed below. 
 
 Lemuel, the third son of Col. Samuel Paige, had two wives: first, Bet- 
 sey Brown, and second, Mrs. Phoebe (Sargent) Green. He settled in An- 
 trim and left a large family, which will be further noticed. 
 
 John Paige, the fourth son of Col. Samuel Paige, married Hannah 
 Barnard, had three daughters, and died in 1812. 
 
 Eleanor, daughter of Col. Samuel Paige, married Samuel Caldwell of 
 Antrim, and is further noticed under the Caldwell family. 
 
 LEMUEL PAIGE, son of Col. Samuel and Eleanor (Stevens) Paige, 
 and the fifth in descent from John and Phcebe Paige who came from 
 Dedham, England, was born in 1752. He settled in Weare, but came 
 here from that place in 1793, and bought of Samuel Gregg the Dea. New- 
 man place. The present place known by this name was then the center 
 of a large tract of land, now divided into half a dozen small farms. Mi;. 
 Paige married, first, Betsey Brown, who died in Weare in 1785, leaving 
 two children. He married, second, Mrs. Phoebe (Sargent) Green, who 
 died in 1833. Lemuel Paige died Nov. 13, 1805, aged fifty-three. All 
 his children were : — 
 
 1. Eleanor, [m. a Mr. Barnard, and went to Barnet, Vt.J 
 
 2. Betsey, [b. July 17, 1780 ; ra. Robert Boyd'; went to Provi- 
 
 dence, Penn., and d. there in 1869,, aged nearly 90. J 
 
 3. Stevens, [b. in 1786 ; m. 1st, Jenny McAdams, Nov. 27,1806, 
 
 and lived on the old hortiestead. Mrs. Paige d. Dec. 20, 
 1836, aged 54. He m. 2d, Jane Duncan, Feb. 8, 1838, and 
 
GENEALOGIES. 629 
 
 built the house on the cross-road west of the Dea. Parmenter 
 place, where he d. July 1, 1853, aged 67. He had one 
 child : — 
 
 Harriet, (b. July 7, 1807, m. William S. Foster Dec. 27, 1827, 
 
 and d. Feb. 19, 1850.)] 
 . Reuben, [m. Sarah Forsaith of Deering, and d. at Oil Mill 
 Village in Weare at the age of 35. He was a blacksmith by 
 trade, and had a shop for a few years, it is believed, on the 
 spot where the town-house now stands ; seems to have worked 
 awhile subsequently in Deering, and then' in Oil Mill Vil- 
 lage. He probably d. in the year 1823. I have knowledge 
 of only two children ; others might have d. young. 
 
 Br. Lemuel W., (b. in Antrim Aug. 3, 1807. He studied 
 medicine with Dr. Adams of Goffstown, and began practice 
 at Bast Weare. Had an extensive business in all that 
 vicinity for twenty-five yeq,rs. He -moved to Chicopee Falls, 
 Mass., in 1853, and had a large practice until his death, 
 which occurred Dec. 31, 1857, in the prime of his useful- 
 ness. Dr. Paige m. 1st, Harriet Little, daughter of Thomas 
 Little of New London ; 2d, Hannah J. Abbott of Concord. 
 Had six children, five daughters and one son. The latter 
 is now a druggist in Chicopee Falls, Mass., — Edgar T. 
 Paige, Esq.) 
 
 Lorinda P., (h. in Deering; m. Joseph C. Emerson, and is 
 
 now living in Cleveland, Ohio.)] 
 . Adoniram, [b. in 1791 ; m. 1st, Eunice Blake, who d. Oct. 
 20, 1833 ; 2d, Mrs. Abigail (Oilman) Tilton. Went to 
 Pittsfield when a young man, and d. there in 1843. Had but 
 one child, a daughter, Louisa.] 
 , Jonathan, [b in 1793 ; m. Mehitable Dodge of Bennington in 
 1813 ; was a saddler by trade. He carried on this business 
 in South Village a short time, but built the Draper house at 
 the Center soon after the erection of the church, and here 
 he lived many years. Worked at his trade in the basement 
 of his house for a time. Afterwards he built a small har- 
 ness-shop a little east of the house and nearer the road. 
 He moved to Bennington in 1850, and d. in that town in 
 1852. His four children were all b. in Antrim, and all d. 
 in Bennington. 
 
 Gideon D., (b. Dec. 18, 1816 ; m. Harriet Alcock of Deering, 
 and lived in Hancock ; d. in Bennington Dec. 18, 1847. 
 
630 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Two children survive him : first, George B., who was b. in 
 Hancock in 1841, lives in Antrim, m. Carrie Howard and 
 has children, Martha A., b. May 28, 1866, and George K., 
 b. Oct. 9, 1870 ; and second, Mary P., who was b. in Ben- 
 nington in 1843, and m. Charles H. Bdgewell of Tarn- 
 worth.) 
 
 Adeline A., (b. Dec. 22, 1820, m. William Griswold, and d. in 
 1843.) 
 
 Mary W., (Jo. March 30, 1824, and d. aged 17.) 
 
 Harriet, (d. unm. Dec. 6, 1860, aged 33.)] 
 
 7. Sally, [b. April 17, 1796, m. John Wallace Feb. 24, 1824, 
 
 and d. Jan. 22, 1864.J 
 
 8. Ph(ebe, [b. May 25, 1799, and d. Aug. 24, 1800.] 
 
 9. Hannah, [b. April 11, 1801, and d. unm. in 1843.] 
 
 TRISTRAM B. PAIGE, son of Jonathan, Jr., and Judith (Ooburn) 
 Paige, grandson of Jonathan and Miriam (Barnard) Paige, and great- 
 grandson of Col. Samuel and Eleanor (Stevens) Paige, was born in 1804, 
 He married Sophronia Duncan, daughter of Dea. Josiah Duncan, Sept. 
 21, 1826 ; came here from Deering, and lived on the Josiah Duncan place, 
 now occupied by Mr. Greeley. He died in Amherst in 1865. The chil- 
 dren were : — 
 
 1. Mary, [d. in 1831, at the age of about three years, and was 
 
 buried on the hill.] 
 
 2. Jacob, [b. in 1834 ; d. in infancy and was buried on the hill.] 
 
 3. Sophronia A., [b. Jan. 26, 1832, and d. in 1851.] 
 
 4. Tristram M., [b. April 25, 1836 ; m. Lizzie M. Whitmore of 
 
 Salisbury on Thanksgiving Day, 1868. He bought the 
 bedstead-factory in Clinton of Charles S. Brooks, and car- 
 ried on the business until the factory was burned Feb. 8, 
 1876. He has no children.] 
 
 5. Dea. Enoch C, [b. Oct. 20, 1839 ; m. Harriet E. Parmenter, 
 
 daughter of George P. Parmenter, Feb. 21, 1861. He 
 bought the Dodge mills in 1859, and engaged in the manur 
 facture of bedsteads, cradles, etc. Then sold out, and shortly 
 after, in 1862, he entered the army in the Ninth Regiment. 
 Near the close of the next year he was " sent home to die, 
 but says he isn't dead yet ! " After his recovery he bought 
 the Hastings house and privilege (mill burned before), put 
 up the small part of the mill, and again commenced the 
 manufacture of bedsteads. In about five years he sold to 
 Mr. Hastings, and soon after built the George B. Paige 
 
GENEALOGIES. 631 
 
 house, now house of Henry Rogers ; then bought the Cum- 
 miugs shop, where he manufactured some fourteen kinds of 
 cribs and cradles. He built the house by the shop in 1870, 
 and occupied the same till 1880, when he sold to Abbott P. 
 True, and bought the brick house known as the Cummings 
 house. Built a new mill in 1880 on the spot where that of 
 his brother had been burned, and continues similar manu- 
 factures there. He was appointed deacon in the Presby- 
 terian Church in 1876. Dea. Paige m. 2d, Lizzie 0. Flem- 
 ing of Bennington. His children are : — 
 
 Clara K,(h. July 30, 1862.) 
 
 Bertolette, (b- March 3, 1865.) 
 
 Morton, (b. July 15, 1867.)] 
 
 A family of Paige brotliers, not known to be closely connected with 
 the preceding, came to Antrim from Hudson in 1808. There were .John, 
 Jacob, Isaac, Seth, Ezekiel, Daniel, and David. John was killed ia bat- 
 tle in the Revolution. Jacob settled in Litchfield; Seth in Bedford; 
 Isaac remained in his native town ; and the three last came here. Fan- 
 nie Paige, a daughter of Jacob, was brought up by Samuel Marshall of 
 Antrim, married Moses Robb of Stoddard, and is now living very aged 
 in that town. 
 
 EZEKIEL PAIGE, of whom we know almost nothing, succeeded Mc- 
 Dole on the Foster place, now Washington Dustin's, in 1808, and moved 
 to someplace in Vermont in the fall of 1815, beyond which we cannot 
 trace him. He was collector and also constable of Antrim in 1809. Of 
 his children we learn only this, though probably he had quite a family : — 
 
 1. Deborah, [m., Jesse McAllister April 20, 1815. J 
 
 DANIEL PAIGE, born in Hudson Nov. 14, 1777, came here about the 
 same time as Ezekiel, and lived south of the pond in a pasture after- 
 ward Capt. Worthley's. There never was any road to this humble home. 
 It has been gone many years. He married, in 1801, Elisabeth Bobinson 
 of this town, who died April 8, 1817, having had eight children and being 
 thirty-seven years old. He married, second, Mrs. Sarah (Hartshorn) 
 Eiddle of Merrimack, and by her had four children. He died at Amos- 
 keao- April 21, 1838. He moved from Antrim to Bedford about 1810, 
 and the five oldest of the children were born here. They were : — 
 
 1. Daniel, Jr., [d. in infancy in 1803.] 
 
 2. Reuben R., [b. in 1804, m. Mary Smith of Henniker, and d. 
 
 at Beaver Dam, Wis., in 1873.] 
 8'. Sarah R. , [b. in 1806 ; m. Mark Dodge of Henniker ; moved to 
 Monticello, lo., and d. there in 1872.] 
 
632 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 4. Eliza, [b. in 1809 ; m. Simon Jenness of Bedford, and d. in 
 
 that town in 1868.] 
 
 5. John R., [b. in 1810; m. Mariam Elliot of Boscawen, and 
 
 lives in Manchester.] 
 
 6. Warren, [b. in 1812, m. Martha H. Roby of Merrimack, and 
 
 d. in Manchester in 1868.] 
 
 7. Horace C, [b. in 1814 ; m. Sarah W. Davis of Concord, 
 
 Nov. 7, 1841 ; lives in Manchester ; is surveyor of lumber 
 on the corporations, and is a man worthy and highly es- 
 teemed.] 
 
 8. Mary H., [b. in 1816 ; m. Robert Sloan of Maine ; went to 
 
 Monticello, lo., and d. there.] 
 
 9. Jerusha H., [b. in 1818 ; d. aged 10.] 
 
 10. Hannah M., [b. in 1820 ; m. Frank Raymond of Hopkinton, 
 and d. in that town.] 
 
 11. Clarissa R., [b. in 1822 ; m. Benjamin Hartshorn of Man- 
 chester, and d. there in 1868.] 
 
 12. Daniel, Jr., [b. in 1824 ; d. in Amoskeag, aged 16.] 
 
 DAVID PAIGE came here probably somewhat later than EzeMel and 
 Daniel, and lived several years on the Isaac Brown place at the end of 
 the road in what was called the " city. " Later he lived on the Samuel 
 Weeks place in the east part of the town, and perhaps in other places. 
 He was in Stoddard from 1828 to 1835, in the east part of that town near 
 
 Antrim line, where there is no house now. He married, first, , 
 
 who died of spotted fever in March, 1812; second, Polly Witherspoon of 
 Antrim, Dec. 11,1812; third, it seems, a Mrs. Richardson, at one time of 
 Peterborough. The last survived her husband, and died in Henniker. 
 David Paige had a large family, of whom but little is known. The first 
 wife left three children. 
 
 1. David, Jr., [went from here to Hudson.] 
 
 2. William, [went to the Mormons and became a preacher 
 
 among them.] 
 
 3. Polly. 
 
 4. AcHSAH, [m. and d. in Nashua.] 
 
 5. Harriet, [m. Joseph Copp.] 
 
 6. DUSTIN. 
 
 7. LovisA. 
 
 8. Horace, [lived awhile in Hillsborough.] 
 
 PARKER. 
 
 WILLIAM PARKER, son of William Parker, came here in 1787, 
 from Dracut, Mass. His father, then quite aged, came with him, and died 
 
GENEALOGIES. ' 633 
 
 here a few years after. He settled the farm now John Munhall's; went 
 to the South Village in 1809, and tended the grist-mill many years. He 
 married a'Widow Harvey, had no children, and moved to Anson, Me., 
 about 1820. 
 
 Capt. ALEXANDER PARKEE, long a selectman of Society Land 
 and Greenfield, came here in his old age to live with his son Davjd. He 
 died here about 1815, aged about eighty-seven, and was buried, it is said, 
 on the hill, though his wives lay elsewhere. 
 
 DAYID PARKER, son of Alexander and Nancy (Dick«y) Parker of 
 Litchfield, afterwards of Greenfield, and grandson of Alexander Parker, 
 an emigrant from England to Nashua, was born in 1766 ; came here, in 
 1792, and began the farm, now unoccupied, next south of the old Thomas 
 Jameson place (George Butterfield's). The old house was burned in 
 1873. Mr. Parker married Martha Ramsay of Greenfield, and died at 
 the age of eighty-eight, March 19, 1854. Their children were as fol- 
 lows : — 
 
 1. Alexander, [b. June 8, 1795 ; was out in the war of 1812 ; 
 m. Nancy Smith of Deering, April 13, 1824, and lived some 
 years on the old farm ; then lived some thirty years where 
 Charles Appleton now livjes, and d. in 1872. His fourteen 
 children were as follows : — 
 
 Harrison, (b. Jan. 11, 1825, and d. in childhood.) 
 
 Milton, (b. Aug. 12, 1826, and d. in childhood. Harrison and 
 Milton both d. in one day.) 
 
 Capt. Allen, (b. Jan. 13, 1828 ; m'. Amorette Preston Nov. 1, 
 1848 ; lived on the old place and d. there, Nov. 29, 1867, 
 being fatally injured by blasting rocks under his barn. He 
 was captain of the grenadiers at the time of his death. His 
 widow became second wife of David W Bowman of Henni- 
 ker, Nov. 17, 1874. The latter d. Nov. 8, 1877. Capt. 
 Parker left four children, as follows : Ella J., who was b. 
 Oct. 18, 1849, m. Enoch E. Jackson Aug. 29, 1877, but lived 
 only, two days ; Charles, who was b. March 6, 1852 ; Lizzie 
 L., who was b. April 17, 1854 ; and Georgia A., who was b. 
 •June 17, 1857.) 
 
 Judson, (b. March 15, 1829 ; m. Elizabeth McColley,and lives 
 in St. Paul, Minn., being mail agent between that place and 
 Chicago.) 
 
 Nancy J., (h. Oct. 8, 1830; m. Charles Appleton, Dec. 17, 
 1850.) 
 
 Margaret A., (b. Jan. 13, 1833 ; m. Albert Fisher ; moved to 
 Weare, and d. May 30, 1859.) 
 
634 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Mary S., (b. April 24, 1834, and d. Oct. 80, 1860.) 
 
 Sarah M., (b. May 29, 1835 ; m. James H. Favor, and lives 
 
 in California.) 
 Milton, (b. June 2, 1838; went to California many years ago 
 
 and is supposed to be dead.) 
 Alrmra, (b. Dec. 21, 1889 ; m. William Brandon, and lives in 
 
 Champlain, Minn.) 
 Mindwell, (d. in cliildhood.) 
 Euhama, (b. Feb. 16, 1841; d. at age of 20.) 
 Alfred, (b. June 18, 1844 ; now lives in the West.) 
 Men, (b. May 12, 1846 ; lives in Texas.)] 
 
 2. Martha, [b. Dec. 1, 1796 ; m. William Carr.J 
 
 3. Jane, [b. June 30, 1802 ; d. unm. aged 35.J 
 
 4. Linn, [twin-brother of Jane ; m. Ruth Holden of Orange, 
 
 Mass., June 23, 1835, and moved on to the Stephen Wood- 
 bury place. The children are : — 
 
 Edward K, (b. March 26, 1838; m. Mary Ballard of Ware, 
 Mass., and d. there Sept. 17, 1874, aged 36.) 
 
 Helen A., (b.. Aug. 15, 1841 ; m. Henry A. Waite, and lives 
 in Greenfield.) 
 
 Ahbie J., (b: Sept. 2, 1847 ; d. May 24, 1878.) 
 
 Emma A., (b. Dec. 23, 1849, and d. Nov. 5, 1869.)] 
 
 5. Bbenezer, [b. July 18, 1804; m. Deborah Robinson, and lives 
 
 in Charlestown, Mass.] 
 
 6. Almira, [b. April 8, 1806; m. Alvah White; went to Fran- 
 
 cestown, and d. there Dec. 21, 1838. J 
 
 ]SrATHA]SriEL PARKER, the only colored man in town, son of 
 Csesar and Margaret (Spear) Parker, was born in Weare in 1802, and 
 came here at the age of seven to live with David McCauley. He has lived 
 in Antrim most of the time since; has never married; is a kind, indus- 
 trious, and smart man, whose memory has been of great service in pre- 
 paring this book. 
 
 JONAS PARKER and his sister Lydia, simple-minded and amiable 
 souls, came here from Methuen, Mass., about 1810, and lived in a small 
 house, opposite the town-house, where a store had formerly been kept by 
 Robert Butler, and both died there very aged. They were cared for by 
 the neighbors with great kindness, being invited here and there in turn, 
 and always having the best of Thanksgiving dinners, — all of which 
 exhibited a most commendable trait of character in the people, which 
 trait is very apt to show itself among them to this day-I After their 
 death the house stood empty, and out of repair; and as no one seemed 
 to have any business with it, one moony night the boys quietly took it to 
 
GENEALOGIES. 635 
 
 pieces and piled it up. Nobody appeared to hear the sound or know any- 
 thing about it ; and if any inquiry was made as to who did it, the answer ' 
 always was, " Dr. Whiton and Mr. Pratt 1 " The latter was an aged 
 invalid at the time, and the former the minister of the town ! 
 
 LUTHER C. PAEKEE, son of William and Susanna Parker, came 
 here from Groton, Mass., on to the William Parker place (Munhall's); 
 married Eelief Bowers of Hancock; died Aug. 21, 1824, aged thirtv-eight. 
 His wife died Feb. 12, 1843, aged fifty-one. Had children : — 
 
 1. John, [m. Cynthia BuUard, Jan. 13, 1841 ; lived in many 
 
 places in town ; d. June 11, 1874, aged 60. His wife d. 
 
 May 21, 1872, aged 70. They had children : — 
 Melissa, (d. March 1, 1873, aged 29.) 
 Martha U., (d. Nov. 23, 1861, aged 16.)] 
 
 2. Mart A., [m. Dexter Symonds; d. in Lowell, March 18, 
 
 1855.J 
 
 3. Luther, [d. unm. in early life.] 
 
 OEEN D. PAEKEE, son of Silas and Alvira (Keyes) Parker, came 
 here from Hillsborough; married Elisabeth A. Webster; Kved in several 
 places in town, and then moved to Stoddard Box, and died there in 1862, 
 aged thirty-two. His children were all born in this town, and were as 
 follows: — 
 
 1. Carrie B., [b. Oct. 26, 1851 ; m. G. F. Crowell of Hillsbor- 
 
 ough, who is now a druggist in Indianapolis, Ind.] 
 
 2. LuvA A., [b. Feb.. 24, 1853 ; m. Andrew S. Mack, and hves 
 
 in Rice county, Kan.] 
 
 3. Charles C, [b. Jan. 17, 1860 ; now lives in Windsor.] 
 
 4. Eddie 0., [b. June 7, 1861 ; now lives in Antrim, Minn.] 
 
 PARKHURST. 
 
 DANIEL J. PAEKHUEST, son of Luke andLaurana (Priest) Park- 
 hurst of Troy (part formerly Marlborough), and grandson of Josiah and 
 Nancy (Jones) Parkhurst, was born in 1833. The family came from Fram- 
 ingham, Mass. He was taken to Fitzwilliam to live at the age of fourteen 
 years; married Ellen M. Rugg in 1853, and came here in 1878, and 
 bought the Wallace mills at the Branch. These he has enlarged, re- 
 paired, and improved, and filled with new machinery. Is every inch a 
 driving, live man. Employs five or six men, and does a smart business 
 in sawing lumber, manufacturing shingles, staves, pail-handles, etc., etc. 
 His wife died Jan. 23, 1876. She was amiable, smart, and universally 
 loved. He married, second, Margaret J. Wood of Antrim, Feb. 20, 1879. 
 He has one child : — 
 
 1. Prank L., [b. May 12, 1855; m. Sina M. Carr; is in com- 
 pany with his father in manufacturing.] 
 
636 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 PARKINSON. 
 
 Rev. royal PARKINSON lived on the farm now Franklin Rob- 
 inson's through most of the year 1856. He was son of Robert and Eliza- 
 beth (Kelso) Parkinson, and grandson of Henry and (McCurdy) 
 
 Parkinson, and was born in Columbia Nov. 8, 1815; was brother of 
 Hon. Henry Parkinson, county commissioner, recently killed by the cars 
 in Nashua; was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1842; at Andover 
 Theological Seminary in 1847 ; ordained over Congregational Church in 
 Cape Elizabeth, Me., Oct. 18, 1848; married Joanna G-riffln of Bruns- 
 wick, Me., Nov. 21, 1848; came here in feeble health, but after partial 
 recovery had a call to West Falmouth, Me., whither he went from An- 
 trim; and was afterwards .for years pastor at Randolph, Vt. He had a 
 family of six sons, but buried two from scarlet fever in Falmouth in 
 1858. The others were : — 
 
 1. Joseph G., [b. in Cape Elizabeth, Me., Aug. 10, 1849 ; lost 
 
 hearing by scarlet fever ; graduated at the National Deaf- 
 Mute College, Washington, D. C, in 1869 ; went into Patent 
 Office and was pi-omoted to a chief-examinership ; is now a 
 lawyer in Washington ; received degree of A. M. from Dart- 
 month College in 1873.] 
 
 2. Robert H., [twin-brother of Joseph ; graduated at Dartmouth 
 
 College in 1870 ; is law-partner of his brother Joseph in 
 Washington.] 
 
 3. George B., [b. in Nashua, March 5, 1852 ; graduated at Dart- 
 
 mouth College in 1875 ; is now a lawyer in Boston.] 
 
 4. William D., [b. in Falmouth, Me., Aug. 10, 1857 ; graduated 
 
 at Dartmouth College in 1878 ; is law-student in Nashua.] 
 
 PARMENTBR. 
 
 The name Parmenter signifies " a mountaineer." They were French 
 Huguenots, and fled to England in 1520 to escape massacre. John Par- 
 menter (whose father John came over with him) came from England in 
 1635, and became one of the first proprietors of Framingham, Mass. He 
 had a son George, who married Hannah Johnson, and died in 1727. 
 Amos, son of this George, married Mary Wood in 1715, and, besides other 
 children, had a son Phiuehas, who was born in 1717, married Zebulah 
 Parmenter, and ' they had but one child, Amos, born in 1736, who was 
 the father of Dea. Amos Parmenter of Antrim. 
 
 Dea. AMOS PARMENTER, son of Amos and Mary (Berry) Par- 
 menter, was born in Framingham, Mass., in 1769. (The town records of 
 Framingham show that he was four years older than his tombstone indi- 
 cates.) He married, first, Tryphena Bannister of Framingham in 1798, 
 and came from that place to Antrim in 1800. He had great difficulty in 
 finding the town, then called in common talk " Enterum," a pronuncia- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 637 
 
 tion not yet dead. He traveled several miles northwest of Antrim, was 
 displeased with the land, and was on his return home; but, on being told 
 again of this township, he turned back and bought twenty-five acres on 
 the spot now owned by his son, George F. Parmenter, on which there 
 was then a small house in the corner of the field northwest of the present 
 house, which seems to have been built and occupied some years by Tay- 
 lor Joslin. The rest of his large farm he subsequently bought and 
 cleared. His wife died Feb. 2, 1818, aged thirty-six, and he married, 
 second, Mrs. Hannah Heald of Carlyle, Mass., in 1821. In 1827 he built 
 the brick house; was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 
 1825. He was a live, wide-awake man, doing business for other people 
 constantly, and filling many important places during his long life. Held 
 all the ofiices the town could confer. His second wife died Dec. 29, 1859, 
 aged eighty-six, and he survived her, dying Aug. 15, 1865, as easy as a 
 child drops to sleep. Thus he entered on his ninety-seventh year. His 
 children, all by the first wife, were : — 
 
 1. Nancy, [b. in Framingham, Sept. 21, 1798 ; m. Isaac Proctor 
 
 April 22, 1828 ; settled in Bennington, where she d. in June, 
 1880.] 
 
 2. Prbscott, [b. April 26, 1800 ; m. Nancy Smith of Provi- 
 
 dence, R. I., and followed the sea many years, but finally 
 settled on the Cram place, where he d. Nov. 24, 1868. His 
 widow d. Aug. 22, 1872, aged 71. They left but one 
 child : — 
 Charles H., (m. Jennie B. Haskins ; lives in San Francisco.)] 
 
 3. Luke, [b. March 1, 1802, m. Mary A. Pitcher, and d. at the 
 
 age of 26, leaving one daughter who is a resident of Rhode 
 Island.] 
 
 4. John S., [b. Jan. 18, 1804, and in early life worked as a har- 
 
 ness-maker in Canada ; m. Ist, Eliza Muzzey, of Weare, 
 June 20, 1829, and moved into the house at the Center 
 where he d., which was the old Paige house, moved and 
 fitted up by him, with harness-shop beneath, about 1829. 
 His wife d. Nov. 29, 1831, aged 22. He m. 2d, Caroline E. 
 Tenney, April 6, 1832. She was found dead in her bed 
 Dec. 31, 1867, and in the fall of 1868 Mr. Parmenter m. 3d, 
 Mrs. Ruth E., widow of Erastus W R. Huntley. Mr. Par- 
 menter was a very genial, agreeable man, an excellent singer, 
 and member of the Center choir nearly forty years. He 
 was also sexton of the Center church many years, a member 
 of the same, and his smiling face and gentlemanly bearing 
 will long be remembered. He d. May 3, 1874, after a long . 
 and distressing illness, in Christian peace and hope. His 
 
638 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 children were as follows, the eldest being the child of his first 
 wife, and the others by his second wife : — 
 
 Eliza A., (b. June 12, 1831 ; m. John Moor Duncan of Antrim, 
 Dec. 16,1851.) 
 
 Amos, (d. at the age of 7.) 
 
 Martin L., (b. October, 1836 ; m. Edna S. Munroe of Wash- 
 ington ; was in the army, and d. in service Jan. 11, 1863, 
 leaving one son, Frank M., b. in Bast Washington May ^0, 
 1862. The widow m. Lyman Cram and now lives in Mar- 
 low.) " 
 
 Mary C, (b. March 9, 1840, m. Dr. Levi J. Pierce Feb. 19, 
 1861, and d. very suddenly April 15, 1863.) 
 
 Dr. Amos Irving, (b. Aug. 17, 1841 ; was in a drug-store at 
 
 , several years; during the war was steward in a 
 
 hospital, and soon after commenced the practice of medi- 
 cine in Winchester, where he remained until failing health 
 compelled him to come home to die. He d. Aug. 17, 1868, 
 aged 27.) 
 
 Edwin A., (b. Sept. 7, 1846; m. Mary S. Pierce of Winches- 
 ter, June 26, 1877 ; is a merchant in Pitchburg, Mass.) 
 
 Fred C, (b. July 4, 1849. Was a merchant-tailor with store 
 in Antrim for a time.)] 
 .5. Lawson, [b. Dec. 8, 1805 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 6. Charles A., [b. March 10, 1807 ; m. Mary Barnes of Green- 
 
 field, and moved to Bunker Hill, III.] 
 
 7. Horace, [b. Dec. 13, 1808 ; m. Betsey Glover of Leominster, 
 
 Mass., and resides in Lowell.] 
 
 8. George P., [b. July 4, 1810 ; m. Lucinda P. Green of Pitts- 
 
 field, May 15, 1835 ; lived some years in Dover ; moved on 
 to the old homestead in 1844, which he still retains in thrift 
 and vigor. He is a seventh-son doctor, going fa,r and near 
 for many years, and credited with many cures. Their chil- 
 dren are all dead save one, and in their repeated afflictions 
 they have the sympathy of the whole community. 
 
 Olive, (b. Jan. 18, 1836 ; d. Sept. 10, 1838.) 
 
 CAarles F., (b. Aug. 23, 1838 ; d. in the army, at New Orleans, 
 La., Peb. 12, 1863, and brought home for burial.) 
 
 Mary Tryphena, (b. July 16, 1840 ; became second wife of 
 Theodore Graves of Boston, Jan. 16, 1866, where she d. Sept. 
 3, 1868. Katie A. Graves, b. in 1863, a daughter of Mr! 
 Graves by his first wife, has lived with George P. Parmen- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 639 
 
 ter since the death of her step-mother, loved and cared for 
 
 as an own child.) 
 Harriet E., (b. March 3, 1842, m. Dea. Enoch 0. Paige Feb. 
 
 21, 1861, and d. Feb. 6, 1879.) 
 AbUe L., (b. Dec. 7, 1846; m. Bill Butterfield.) 
 Ann M., (b. June 5, 1850 ; d. in infancy.)] 
 
 9. Almiea, [b. April 16, 1812, m. Daniel Story Sept. 24, 1835, 
 
 and d. July 25, 1846.] 
 
 10. Gardiner, [b. Jan. 18, 1814 ; m, Mary A. Huggins of New- 
 port, and went to Bunker Hill, 111. ; was one of the donors 
 of the Center vestry. Is a furniture-dealer, and is a lead- 
 ing man in that place.] 
 
 11. Harriet, [b. July 24, 1815, m. Dimon Twiss Oct. 30, 1834, 
 ' and d. Dec. 2, 1844.] 
 
 12. Tetphena, [b. Feb. 11, 1818 ; d. Deo. 6, 1818.] 
 
 PARSONS. 
 
 Dr. WILLIAM M. PARSONS was son of Josiah and Judith (Bad- 
 ger) Parsons of Gilmanton, and grandson of Abraham and Abigail (Bur- 
 leigh) Parsons of Newmarket, and was born in Gilmanton Dec. 30, 1825. 
 Judith Badger was sister of Gov. Badger of this State. Dr. William, or, 
 as he was known in all this section, " Dr. Bill," studied at Gilmanton 
 Academy, and with his brother, " Dr. Jo,'' and subsequently attended 
 medical lectures at Dartmouth College, and at Woodstock, Vt., and was 
 graduated at the latter place in 1851. Came to Antrim and established 
 himself in practice in 1855, and continued in the same for about fifteen 
 years, when he went West. Is now in practice in Manchester. Was 
 reputed an excellent and skillful physician, and in difficult cases was 
 called long distances into other towns. Dr. Joseph Parsons, brother of 
 Dr. William, practiced in Bennington and Hillsborough, had a very 
 marked reputation, is spoken of as holding the highest rank in his pro- 
 fession, and died Sept. 2, 1859, aged thirty-nine. Another brother is 
 Hon. Daniel Parsons, a lawyer of Rochester. Another brother, Prof. 
 Chase Parsons, has just died in Evansville, Ind. A sister, Emily Par- 
 sons, is the wife of Rev. Dr. Charles Tenney of Chester. Another sister, 
 Elisabeth Parsons, married Rev. E. N. Hidden, formerly of Milford. 
 
 PATCH. 
 
 DAVID A. PATCH, son of Asa and Elizabeth (Averill) Patch, was 
 born in Westfleld, Mass., in 1783; married Susannah Parker of Groton, 
 Mass., in 1804, and came here in 1815, bringing with him five children. 
 He was a carpenter, and lived a few years in the McFarland house, then 
 in the old Knights house, moved to Deering in 1820, and died in Lowell, 
 Mass., in 1839. His children, of whom little can be ascertained, were as 
 follows : — 
 
640 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1. SxrsAN C, [b. in Charlestown, Mass. J 
 
 2. David, [b. in Charlestown, Mass. J 
 
 3. William, [b. in Jaffrey.j 
 
 4. Elisabeth, [b. in JafFrey.] 
 6. Caroline, [b. in Jaifrey.] 
 
 6. Mary Jane, [b. in Antrim in 1818, m. James M. Hopkins in 
 
 1836, and d. in Mont Vernon in 1863.J 
 
 7. Israel B., [b. in Deering, m. Susan H. Whittemore in 1839, 
 
 went {o Milford, and d. in California in 1852.] 
 
 8. Fannie B., [b. in Deering; m. John W Hutchinson in Mil- 
 ' ford in 1848, one of the famous Hutchinson singers.] 
 
 9. Martha A., [b. in Deering, m. Joseph C. Duncklee, and d. 
 
 in Boston in 1865. j 
 
 10. Louisa M., [b. in Deering, m. Samuer Gould, and d. in Bos- 
 ton in 1869.] 
 
 PATTEE. 
 
 Hon. LEMUEL K. PATTEE, son of Peter and Polly (Merrill) Pat- 
 tee of Gofifstown, and grandson of John and Hannah (Hadley) Pattee, 
 was born in that town Feb. 5, 1804; married Vashti Little in 1827. 
 They had only one child, Mary P., born May 29, 1828, who graduated at 
 the New Hampton Seminary, and married John B. Woodbury, March 6, 
 1849, and died Oct. 15, 1868, leaving three children, whose names are 
 given under the Woodbury family. Mr. Pattee was appointed register 
 of probate in 1841 for Hillsborough County, and held the office ten years, 
 residing at this time in Amherst. He then removed to Antrim. Was 
 moderator here for four March meetings ; was representative for Antrim 
 in 1855, 1859, and 1860 ; was secretary of state for New Hampshire in 
 1853, 1854, and 1855. He moved back to Gofifstown in 1861, and died 
 April 1, 1871. 
 
 PATTEN. 
 
 SAMUEL PATTEN, son of Samuel and Mary (Bell) Patten, and 
 grandson of John Patten who came from Ireland in 1728, and nephew of 
 Hon. Matthew Patten, who was appointed probate judge of this county 
 in 1776, was born in Bedford in 1752 ; married Deborah Moore, and came 
 here with two children in 1780. He cleared and settled on the top of the 
 hill that hears his name. Was known as " Capt. Patten.'' Was occa- 
 sionally in town office, and moved to the State of Maine in 1800, to the 
 general regret of the community. Every mark of his old home save the 
 cellar and rocks is now gone. Capt. Patten died in Norridgewock, 
 Me., in 1809, and his widow died in 1815. Their children, all born in 
 Antrim except the two oldest, were : — 
 
 1. John, [b. Feb. 6, 1778, m. Betsey Hilton of Bmbden, Me., and 
 d. in I860.] . 
 
GENEALOGIES. 641 
 
 2. Jennie, [b. Nov. 26, 1779 ; d. at the age of 16, and was buried 
 
 on the hill.j 
 8. Joseph, [b. Nov. 8, 1781 ; m. Joanna Harlow, daughter of 
 
 Rev. John Harlow of Norridgewock, Me. ; was a merchant, 
 
 and was a conspicuous and devoted citizen. He d. in 1858 
 
 in Skowhegan, Me. J 
 
 4. Margaret, [b. Nov. 9, 1783 ; d. at the age of 16, and was 
 
 buried on the hill.j 
 
 5. Deborah, [b. Nov. 19, 1785 ; m. John Dinsmore of Norridge- 
 
 wock, Me., in 1802, who was clerk of county court twenty 
 years. She d. in 1862.] 
 
 6. Sarah, [b. May 6, 1788, m. Rev. Moses French of Solon, Me., 
 
 and d. in 1852.J 
 
 7. Mary, [b. April 28, 1790, m. Dr. David Raymond of Skow- 
 
 hegan. Me., and d. in 1842.] 
 
 8. Olive, [b. April 16, 1792 ; m. Daniel Stewart, a merchant of 
 
 Anson, Me., and d. in 1868. J 
 
 9. Alice, [b. July 30, 1795 ; m. her cousin Goffe Moor ; d. in 
 
 Anson, Me., in 1842.] 
 
 10. Samuel, [b. Dec. 12, 1797 ; m. Betsey Savage of Anson, 
 Me., and went West.] 
 
 PATTERSON. 
 
 ISAAC PATTEKSON" was one of the early settlers of Antrim, of whom 
 we know not whence he came or whither he went. He was a Eevolu- 
 tionary soldier, and the town voted to clear his land in August, 1782. He 
 came here some years before that date. He lived on the west side of the 
 road just below James Wood's in 1783, afterwards in the west part of the 
 town, and moved away near the close of the century. The town records 
 give the following: "Isaac Patterson and Mary Nelson published Aug. 
 25, 1788." He had a farm of fifty acres, which passed into the hands of 
 William Houston, and is now owned chiefly by James Wood. 
 
 PEABODY. 
 
 Capt. DAVID PEABODY, a connection of George Peabody the 
 banker, was born in Boxford, Mass. ; married Phcebe Andrews, and came 
 here in his old age, about 1802, from Hudson, to live with his grand- 
 daughter, Mrs. David Hill, on the Frank Eobinson place, and died there 
 in 1806, aged seventy-two. His wife followed in 1807, aged seventy-five. 
 
 JOHN PEABODY, son of Dea. Isaac and Mary (Dodge) Peabody of 
 
 New Boston (and grandson of Francis Peabody of New Boston, whose 
 
 grandfather Francis came to this country from Wales, England, in 1735, 
 
 and settled in Topsfield, Mass., where he erected mills which are still in 
 
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642 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 possession of his descendants), was born in New Boston in 1803; married 
 Mary Hopkins of Antrim, Dec. 31, 1829; came here in 1838, and lived 
 awhile on the William Wilkins place, then in the Jedediah Tuttle house 
 on the old road near Samuel Dinsmore's, and still later in the old Herrick 
 house. He helped John Robb build the mills in 1839, bought them in 
 1850, and built the present grist-mill about the same time, on nearly the 
 same spot where an old one built by Herrick once stood. He was a 
 prominent and devoted man, and died in 1865, leaving children: — 
 
 1. John D., [b. in 1831 ; m. Ann Green and went West, but 
 
 after some years came on to visit in poor health, and d. here 
 in 1869.] 
 
 2. Nancy J., [b. May 1, 1833 ; became second wife of Josiah 
 
 Laveren, Dec. 18, 1856. J 
 8. Satira, [b. in 1885, m. John Burnham of Contoocobk, and d. 
 in 1869.J 
 
 4. Mary E., [b. June 14, 1888, in Antrim; m. Alonzo Rand, 
 
 and lives in Portsmouth.] 
 
 5. Miles, [b. July 18, 1840 ; d. in the army in 1864.] 
 
 6. George H., [b. Nov. 3, 1842; d. in 1863.] 
 
 7. Hiram G., [b. May 25, 1845 ; m. Effie Gardiner of Medy- 
 
 bemps, Me., and went to Wisconsin; returned after several 
 years, and now lives near Loveren's mills.] 
 
 PELSEY. 
 
 FREEMAN PELSEY, son of Isaiah and Belinda (Curtis) Pelsey, 
 and grandson of Oliver and Betsey (Wright) Pelsey of Chelmsford, 
 Mass., was born in Windsor in 1833; married Laura C. Gilbert of Turner, 
 Me.; came from Windsor to Antrim in 1873, and bought the Brackett 
 place (house built by Woodburn Wallace). His children are; — 
 
 1. Willis E., [b. Aug. 15, 1870.] 
 
 2. Elwin a., [b. May 20, 1872.] 
 
 3. Fred G., [b. Dec. 22, 1873.] 
 
 4. Leroy F., [b. April 20, 1876.] 
 
 PERKINS. 
 
 ZACCHEUS PERKINS cleared and settled the Dea. Robert Duncan 
 place, not far from 1790. He was here and well established in 1793. Bat 
 whence he came, or whither he went, we have no means of knowing. 
 
 Dea. JAMES WARREN PfeRKINS was son of. James and Hannah 
 (Preston) Perkins, and grandson of David arid Mehitable (Swett) Per- 
 kins of Epping, and was born in Windsor, Nov. 1, 1821. In early life he 
 followed the sea some years, returning in August, 1840. He married, 
 first, Mary J. Somes of Chelsea, Mass., who died Aug. 25, 1851; second. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 643 
 
 Aurilla "W. Stacey, Oct. 31, 1852. Came here from Windsor on to the 
 Dea. Robert Duncan place in 1862. Built the new house in 1868. Is 
 'deacon of the Presbyterian Church. Has two children: — 
 
 1. Mary M., [b. Sept. 16,1849; m. Charles Banfield of Boston, 
 
 and now resides in that city.] 
 
 2. James Elroe, [b. Sept. 23, 1858.J 
 
 GEORGE H. PERKINS, son of Charles and Betsey (Griffin) Perkins, 
 was born in East Wilton, Oct. 15, 1852; m. Ella E. Little; has one child, 
 Carlton W., born Sept. 30, 1875. 
 
 JOHN BLAISDELL PERKHSTS, son of Alvin T. and Eliza A. (Sa- 
 villes) Perkins of Gardiner, Me., and grandson of Jonathan and Susan 
 (Manwell) Perkins of Wakefield, was born in Lexington, Mass., Aug. 8, 
 1853. His father was a druggist and chemist, and died June. 23, 1862. 
 Came here in the spring of 1872, to live with Moody B. Mcllvaine, mak- 
 ing his home there some years! Is now a clerk in Boston. Was in 
 trade for a time in Mont Vernon. 
 
 PERRY. 
 
 GATES PERRY, son of Joseph and Sarah (Pollard) Perry, was born, 
 in Greenfield in 1777. He married Mary Fletcher of that town and re- 
 sided there for a time ; lived awhile in Hancock ; came here in the fall ot 
 1805 and bought the Aiken place in South Village. After a residence 
 here of two years he sold and moved to Saxton's River, Vt., where, he 
 died in 1858. Most of his large family married and settled around him 
 in the last-named place, and are wealthy and respectable people. His 
 children's names were Mary, Gates, Jr., Clarissa, George, Fletcher, Sophro- 
 nia, Persis A., and Sarah Jane, none of whom were born here. It may 
 be added that his father, Joseph Perry, had four children: Gates, Eunice, 
 Franklin, and Crucia. Franklin died Oct. 29, 1825, aged forty-one; and 
 his wife, Anna Straw, died here March 1, 1872, aged eighty-one. 
 
 FRANKLIN PERRY, nephew of Gates, son of Franklin and Anna 
 (Straw) Perry, and grandson of Joseph and Sarah (Pollard) Perry of 
 Greenfield, was born in that town Nov. 18, 1810. He married Deidamia 
 White of Peterborough, April 24, 1833, and settled in Bedford. Subse- 
 quently he lived awhile in Gofistown, and in Saxtou's River, Vt. He 
 came here on to the Dea. Steele place in 1862, and still occupies the ' 
 same. The house, built in 1822, he has enlarged and repaired, has built 
 over the barns, and has made many improvements on that excellent farm. 
 They have had but two children, now both, gone from earth. At a later 
 day it is added that Mr. Perry died Sept. 4, 1880. 
 
 1. Newton, [b. in Bedford, Aug. 2, 1835 ; m. Sara E. D. Joy of 
 Putney, Vt., April 18, 1858 ; lived on the farm with his 
 father ; was a superior carpenter and builder ; was a trust- 
 
644 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 worthy and good man ; d. with consumption, Oct. 15, 1871. 
 Left two children : ' — 
 George F., (b. March 11, 1860, in Westminster, Vt.) 
 Nellie's., (b. in Antrim, Feb. 11, 1869; d. Jan. 13, 1873.)] 
 2. SoPHBONiA J., [b, in GofFstown, July 31,1842 ; d. in Chester, 
 Yt,, Oct. 22, 1865. She was a rare and beautiful girl, re- 
 membered with great affection by all who knew her, and 
 leaving her parents in almost inconsolable sorrow.] 
 
 pettingill; 
 
 JOHN PETTINGILL came here from Methuen, Mass., about 18.30; 
 married Sarah, daughter of John and Jean Stuart, and lived in a 
 house opposite George Thompson's till the death of his wife in 1856. 
 The old house, after being occupied by several families, was taken down 
 in 1868. Two sons, named Elbridg'e and William, both went to sea quite 
 young and never came back to this town. Mr. Pettingill died in 1870. 
 The sons were seen on shipboard in the Pacific ocean by Dea. Perkins in 
 1840. 
 
 EZEA PETTINGILL, son of Herman and Hannah (Frye) Pettingill, 
 was born in Wilton in 1827; came to Antrim in 1868; married Phoebe, 
 d,aughter of John E. Hills, Nov. 21, 1870, and lives on the old Woodbury 
 stand at South Village. He was a stage-driver most of the time for 
 thirty years. Mrs; Pettingill died Oct. 26, 1874. 
 
 PHILBRICK. 
 
 WILLIAM PHILBEICK came here from New London (or near 
 there), built the Atwood house, and married Ann Keyes March 27, 1834. 
 He soon returned to his former abode, but afterwards came here again 
 with a large familj', and built the house now Charles Barrett's. He lost 
 two sons in the army, and drew a pension. In 1866 he moved back to 
 the town from which he came, and died in 1875. His children were: — 
 
 1. William K., [was a member of. the Second N. H. Regiment; 
 
 was severely wounded July 2, 1863; was discharged, and 
 re-enlisted. He was promoted to corporal Jan. 1, 1865, and 
 served till the close of the war. He now lives in Sutton.] 
 
 2. Cyrus, [d. in the army.] 
 
 3. George, [was killed in the battle of Fair Oaks.] 
 
 4. Mart A., [m. Benjamin Fisk of Sutton, and d. in 1870.] 
 
 5. Elvira, [m. George Sanders, and d. about the same time as 
 
 her sister.] 
 
 CALEB PHILBEICK, a mere sojourner, was here several years; 
 lived in an old house, now gone, at what is called " Butler's Crossing," on 
 the Keene road, and moved to Harrisville in 1865. He had one son who 
 enlisted in the army from this town : — 
 
GENEALOGIES. 645 
 
 1. Reuben C, [enlisted in the Fifth Regiment.] 
 
 NATHANIEL PHILBEICK, brother of Caleb, married Mary E. 
 Moore, and lived in Antrim a short time, and moved to Harrisville. 
 Now lives in Henniker. He had two children born here: — 
 
 1. Hatch, [d. aged 17.j 
 
 2. Lucy B. 
 
 PIERCE. 
 
 JAMES PIERCE (son of Joshua Pierce, who was born in 1722 and. 
 died in 1771, and Esther Richardson, who was born in 1727 and died in 
 1819) was born in 1768; married Molly Stacey; came here from Hudson 
 in 1791 and built a house on the hill west of the Capt. John Worthley 
 place, west of the pond. The house has been gone many years, being - 
 .occupied by various transient parties after Mr. Pierce left it.' He moved 
 to Swanzey in 1796, where he died in 1849. His children were: — 
 
 1. Alvah, [b. in 1795 ; m. Leafy Miller ; settled in Bellows 
 
 Palls, and d-. there in 1869.] 
 
 2. AvEBY, [d. in infancy.] 
 
 3. Polly, [b. in 1799, m. Solomon Fields of Winchester, and d. 
 
 in 1837.] 
 
 4. Daniel, [b. in 1801, m. Ursula Caldwell, and d. in Bolton, 
 
 Mass., in 1874.] 
 
 5. Enoch C, [b. in 1803 ; d. at the age of 12.] 
 
 6. Saeah C, [b. in 1806, m. Charles Green, and d. in Swanzey 
 
 in 1876.] 
 
 7. Nancy, [b. in 1808 ; d. unm. in 1853.] 
 
 8. James, Jr., [b. in 1810, m. Chloe Holbrook in 1839, and d. 
 
 near Sharpsville, Penn., in 1874.] 
 
 9. William, [b. in 1813; m. Martha M. Whitcomb in. 1844, and 
 
 lives at Empire Prairie, Mo.] 
 
 Db. LEVI J. PIERCE, son of Dr. Levi Pierce, took his medical degree 
 in Philadelphia; came here from Francestown in 1859; married Mary 0. 
 Parmenter Feb. 19, 1861, and commenced practice in South Village, but 
 sold out to Dr. Christie and went to Keene early in the year 1863, and 
 was planning to move there when he died suddenly of diphtheria April 
 8, 1863, aged twenty-seven. His wife died of the same disease one week 
 later, aged twenty-three. They were buried together in Maple wood 
 cemetery. 
 
 NATHAN PIERCE, a cousin or near kinsman of Gov. Benjamin 
 Pierce, was a native of Hudson, — born near the spot called " Indian 
 Head." He married Phebe Cummings of that town, and moved to Hills- 
 borough, where he lived many years. In 1816 he came here and bought 
 
646 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 the Dea. Arthur Nesmith place, now Luther Campbell's. He remained 
 here only two years, selling out to Dimon Twiss and moving to Brad- 
 ford, where he died in 1851, aged eighty-eight. His wife died there in 
 1860, aged ninety-two. Six children came here with them and moved 
 away with them. 
 
 1. Nathan, Jr., [m. Abigail Graves of East Washington; d. in 
 
 Bradford in 1875, aged 85.J 
 
 2. Mary, [d. unm. in Bradford in 1863, aged 77.] 
 
 3. Susan, [m. Enos Collins of Warner; d. in Warner in 1873, 
 
 aged 76.] 
 
 4. Daniel, [m. Lucy Wheelock ; d. in Eden, Vt., 1848. J 
 
 5. CuMMiNGS, [m. Caroline Dowlin ; now living in Bradford.] 
 "6. Stephen C, [m. Martha Collins; lives in Warner.] 
 
 PIKE. 
 
 AMMI K. C. PIKE, son of Ebenezer and Catherine (Seward) Pike, of 
 English descent, was born in Portsmouth, Dec. 1, 1820; married Margaret 
 W. Gregg in Boston, Oct. 30, 1844. She was a daughter of David Gregg 
 of this town. He was long engaged in the manufacture of fancy goods; 
 came to Antrim in 1851, built his house in 1854, and in recent years has 
 been in the shop with Daniel Story. His children are: — 
 
 1. Ella M., [b. July 21, 1845.] 
 
 2. A. Lincoln, [b. Sept. 25, 1847.] 
 
 3. John L., [b. Aug. 15, 1849.] 
 
 4. Emily M., [b. Feb. 25, 1851.] 
 
 5. Otis, [b. June 22, 1854.] 
 
 6. Clarrie K., [b. Aug. 19, 1856.J 
 
 7. Clifton, [b. July 3, 1862 ; d. at the age of 3 years.] 
 
 POLAND. 
 
 CHARLES H. POLAND, son of Eev. J. W. and Sarah (Ayer) 
 Poland of Goflfstown, was born in 1847, and came here in 1872. His 
 father was for a long time pastor of the Baptist Church at Goffstown 
 Center, and has been long known as the inventor of valuable patent med- 
 icines. In 1873 Charles H. married Martha M. Morse, from one of the 
 best families of Methuen, Mass; One child, James, was born here March 
 18, 1875. They moved to Providence, R. L, in 1876. While here he 
 was clerk of the Goodell Company, and afterwards for a time a traveling 
 salesman for the same. 
 
 POOR. 
 
 FREDERICK POOR was son of Abraham and Hannah (Parker) 
 Poor, and grandson of Thomas and Mary Poor. The first in the family 
 in America was Daniel Poor, one of the first settlers of Andover, Mass. 
 
GENEALOGIES. 647 
 
 Abraham was born Feb. 28, 1742. Frederick came here from Andover, 
 Mass., where he was born. He came about 1800, and after a time bought 
 the old Starrett house and tannery in South Village. He carried on the 
 tannery business at the old stand till about 1816, when he sold to George 
 Duncan. Then he began the establishment now Thomas Poor's. At 
 that time it was a most uninviting collection of underbrush and rocks. 
 Mr. Poor started at great expense, involving him in debt; and the loss 
 and depression in business were too much for him, and under pressure of 
 debt he went off to Canada. He died in Ogdensburg, N. Y.., in 1841, 
 aged sixty-one. His wife, Mercy Barber of Peterborough, died Feb. 13, 
 1876, aged ninety-three. Their eight children were all born here except 
 the oldest, of whose place of birth we are not positive. 
 
 1. Prudence, [m. Hezekiah Ober ; lived in Bennington till his 
 
 death,, afterwards in Peterborough. She d. in 1877, aged 
 76.] 
 
 2. Mabia, [b. in 1804 ; became 2d wife of Dea. John Vose in 
 
 1832, who d. in Peterborough in 1867, and she now resides, 
 a widow, in that place.] 
 
 3. Chaeles, [b. in 1806 ; m. Hepsibeth Hills in 1832, and lives 
 
 in Depuyster, N. Y.] 
 
 4. LoisT, [probably " Louisa," b. in 1808 ; d. young.] 
 
 5. Frederick, Jr., [b. in 1815; m. Eliza B. lugalls in 1841; 
 
 lives in Preble, N. Y.] 
 
 6. Francis, [d. aged 19. J 
 
 7. Lucy, [d. in childhood.] 
 
 8. Elisabeth, [b. in 1819; m. Edwin Hardy of Nashua; d. in 
 
 1848.] 
 
 STEPHEN POOE, an older brother of Frederick, was born in Ando- 
 ver, Mass., Feb. 13, 1771; married Euth Davis of New Ipswich;, was a 
 long time a tanner in Hancock; came here in 1823 and bought at auction 
 the tannery his brother had left, standing between the present grist-mill 
 and the house. Stephen built the saw and grist mill in 1825; sold to his 
 son Thomas in 1828, and went West. He died March 16, 1842, in Cuba, 
 N. Y. None of his children were born here. Their names were Stephen 
 B.", Mary, Thomas, Franklin, Oliver L., Elaezar M., Elisabeth, Stephen 
 B.' and Mary. The two last named were children of a third wife in Cuba, 
 N.'y., the others of the same name having previously died. The second 
 wife was Phebe Parker, who had no children. 
 
 THOMAS POOE, son of Stephen and Euth (Davis) Poor, was born 
 in Hancock, Dec. 16, 1800. He married Eoxan Colby of Bennington, 
 Sept. 16, 1880. Bought the saw and grist mill, tannery, and house of his 
 father; built the present house in 1833. Carried on tanning business till 
 March 18, 1858, when the tannery and all the mills were burned. Eebuilt 
 the saw and grist mill the same year. He put up a large building oppo- 
 
648 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 site his dwelling-house in 1835 for the manufacture of patent leather, but 
 this was burned March 9 of the next year. He rebuilt this in 1837, and 
 used it for making patent leather several years. It was finished into a 
 tenement-house in 1861. He has but two children living. 
 
 1. Meltin, [b. Jan. 24, 1832 ; m. Elsie J. Felch of Henniker, 
 
 Jan. 18, 1878.J 
 
 2. Franklin, [b. July 28, 1836 ; d. Jan. 20, 1856.J 
 
 3. LuELLA, [d. in infancy, Jan. 25, 1846. J 
 
 4. Albert M., [b. April 12, 1847 ; m. Emma J. Smith, Jan. 19, 
 
 1875.J 
 
 * 
 OLIVER L. POOR, brother of Thomas, was born in Hancock Oct. 
 12, 1805, and came here with his father in 1823. He went from town in 
 1830; married, June 5, 1832, Mary Jane Taylor of Bennington, afterwards 
 of Cuba, N. Y., who died Jan. 25, 1865. He now lives in Jefferson, lo. 
 Children : — 
 
 1. Frances E., [b. Jan. 4, 1834; m. Henry L. Powell; lives in 
 
 Glidden, lo.] 
 
 2. John M., [b. Oct. 11, 1835 ; m. Josie Morse of Hartford, 
 
 Conn., in 1867 ; lives in Centreville, lo.] 
 
 3. Mary J., [b. Oct. 18, 1887, in Cuba, N. Y., and d. there in 
 
 1841.J 
 
 4. Lawrence M., [b. Dec. 15, 1839 ; m. Lottie Bell ; lives in 
 
 Deloit, lo.j 
 
 5. Mary Jane, [b. July 4, 1842 ; m. Francis A. Benjamin of 
 
 Hamburg, N. Y. ; d. Feb. 25, 1868.] 
 
 6. Julia E., [b. Jan. 1, 1849 ; m. Will Bracken; lives in Tama, 
 
 lo.J 
 
 POND. 
 
 GEORGE M. POND,'son of James W and Electa J. Pond, was 
 born in Bennington, June 13, 1851. Came to Antrim in April, 1872; 
 married Mary C. Miller .June 13 of the same year, and died Sept. 14, 
 1873. Their child, Minnie M., was born Oct. 26, 1873. His widow mar- 
 ried Aaron Pearson of Boston, March 7, 1877, and now resides in that 
 city. 
 
 POTTER. 
 
 SAMUEL POTTER came from England with two brothers, one of 
 whom was a captain and lost at sea, and the other went South and soon 
 died. In early life he was for several years a ship's mate at sea. He 
 came to Antrim from Goffstown in 1796, and lived with his family on the 
 Stephen Butterfleld farm, now Grosvenor "Wilkins's. In the dysentery , 
 of 1800, he lost all his children, and never had 'any more. He moved to 
 
GENEALOGIES. 649 
 
 Hennlker in 1803, where his wife, Mary, died in 1831. He lived alone 
 three years, and then went to Goffstown and died at the house of Mrs. 
 William Sargent; was buried in Goffstown, and the inscription on his 
 tombstone says he was a Kevolutionary soldier and died Jan. 22, 1839, 
 aged eighty-eight years. He was highly respected here as a quiet and 
 good man. 
 
 PRATT. 
 
 John and Rebecca Pratt of Medfield, Mass., had a son John, who was 
 a blacksmith in that town. This second John was born in 1665; his 
 wife's name was Sarah ; and he had a son Timothy, born in 1702, who 
 married Tabitha Boutwell and was father of Isaac Pratt. 
 
 WILLIAM PRATT, son of Isaac and Mehitable (Nichols) Prat't of 
 Reading, Mass., was born in 1770; came here on to the E. L. Vose place 
 in 1816; married, first, Betsey Flint of North Reading, Mass., who died 
 in 1818, aged forty-five; married, second, Joanna Holden of Tyngsbor- 
 ough, Mass., who died in 1842, aged sixty-eight. He is remembered for 
 his extreme oddities. He died May 6, 1845, aged seventy-five. His chil- 
 dren were as follows : — 
 
 1. Olive, [m. Enoch Kellogg ; went to Michigan and d. there.] 
 
 2. Dr. Gaklan F., [m. Susan Pratt of Buffalo, N. Y,, and was 
 
 long a physician in that city, where he recently d.j 
 
 3. Abby, [m. John Hopkins and moved to Jamestown, N. Y., 
 
 where she d.j 
 
 4. William F., [m. Miss Nancy Nelson of Peterborough, and 
 
 settled in that town, where she d. in 1868. Buried their 
 only child. He still resides there.] 
 
 5. Isaac B., [b. July 4, 1812 ; m. Elizabeth Buckminster, who 
 
 d. childless, Sept. 13, 1860 ; m. 2d, Mrs. Mary; (Bradford) 
 McKeen. Mr. Pratt was for some years a manufacturer on 
 the E. Z. Hastings stand in Clinton, but went West in 1854, 
 and now lives in Chester, Minn. He has one son : — 
 Edward B., (b. Oct. 4, 1863.)] 
 
 PRESTON. 
 
 SYLVESTER PRESTOIST, son of Reuben and Nancy (Dresser) 
 Preston of Windsor, was born in 1811; married Achsah, daughter of 
 Chandler B. Boutwell, Dec. 26, 1837, and came to Antrim in 1849; bought 
 the Abraham Smith farm (now occupied by B. E. Dustin), and lived there 
 till 1869, when he sold to Spencer Worthley and moved to North Branch. 
 Two children were born in Antrim, and three in Windsor: — 
 
 1. Susan M., [b. March 26, 1839 ; m. Dea. Gilman H. Cleaves of 
 Antrim, Sept. 29, 1859.] 
 
650 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 2. Mart E., [b. Dec. 1, 1846.] 
 
 3. Scott, [b. Aug. 22, 1848.] 
 
 4. Nancy J., [b. Oct. 11, 1852 ; d. aged 8 years.] 
 
 5. Kate J., [b. Sept. 26, 1854 ; m. Dr. I. G. Anthoine, Jan. 2, 
 
 1877, and lives at South Antrim.] 
 
 SEWALL PRESTON, brother of Sylvester, was born in Windsor in 
 1813 ; married Harriet Mcllvaine of this town, May 15, 1834. Their 
 only child, James M. Preston, grown to manhood, died in Windsor in 
 1856 ; and in 1860 the father, greatly discourageci, sold his farm and bought 
 the Theodore Wallace place at North Branch, where he died in 1866. 
 His widow still resides at North Branch, an excellent helper in sick- 
 ness, and a woman full of Christian grace. 
 
 WILLARD PRESTON, another brother, was born in 1829 ; married 
 Emeline D. Mcllvaine, May 15, 1854; moved to Antrim in 1861, and 
 lived where Sylvester Preston now lives, at North Branch. He died 
 there Nov. 6, 1863, aged thirty-three, leaving one child, Clarence A. Pres- 
 ton, who died July 6, 1868, aged twelve. Mrs. Preston became second 
 wife of William H. Hopkins, Esq., of Erancestown, March 6, 1873, and 
 now lives in that town. 
 
 PRIT CHARD. ^ 
 
 This family came from Wales and settled in Rowley, Mass., among the 
 pioneers of that town. Paul Pritchard, a grandson probably of the first 
 settler, was born there in 1721. He married Hannah Perley, and settled 
 in New Ipswich in 1772. His son, Capt. William Pritchard, was born 
 Sept. 19, 1769; was three years in the Revolutionary army; was "Cap- 
 tain of the Troop; " married Didamia Cummings; was killed by being 
 thrown from a chaise in 1835. Eive years later his wife was found dead 
 and her room in flames, having accidentally set fire to her clothes on re- 
 tiring. William Pritchaird, son of Capt. William, was born in New Ips- 
 wich in 1792, and came here from that place in 1822. He married Elisa 
 Butman, and lived west of the pond, but remained only five years, moving 
 back to his native town sometime in 1827. He died April 19, 1857. His 
 wife was a daughter -of John and Betsey (Wheeler) Butman. Their 
 children were : — 
 
 1. William H., [d. in infancy.] 
 
 2. Elisa M., [d. in infancy.] 
 
 3. Emily Wheeler, [b. Oct. 22, 1821 ; m. Sumner Chamberlain 
 
 in 1847.] 
 
 4. William Barnard, [b. in Antrim, July 30, 1823 ; m. Lydia 
 
 B. Templeton, Dec. 30, 1845.] 
 
 5. John Wallace, [b. Feb. 4, 1829 ; m. Fannie 0. Benjamin ; 
 
 was freight-conductor on the Pitchburg Railroad ; was in- 
 
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 staittly killed by being knocked off the train by a bridge, 
 Aug. 24, 1854.] 
 
 6. George H,, [b. June 17, 1830 ; lost an arm in the late war ; 
 
 lives at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 7. Charles H., [b. March 5, 1832 ; lives at Fitchburg, Mass.] 
 
 8. Edward M., [b. Jan. 28, 1834; m. Annie E. Rathburu in 
 
 1860.J 
 
 9. Augustus Dane, [b. April 11, 1839; son of Mary' Dane, 
 
 second wife of William Pritchard, whom he m. May 18, 
 1837. The first wife, Elisa, d. Oct. 20, 1835.J 
 
 PUFFER. 
 
 JACOB PUFFER settled the Artemas Brown farm about 1788 — per- 
 haps a little later. Dr. Whiten says he came from Weare. No trace or 
 record of hira can be found iu that town. A Jacob Puffer, son of Jabez 
 and Hannah, was bom in Sudbury, Mass., April 10, 1743, from which 
 place several individuals came here. This Jacob settled in Ashhy, 
 and might subsequently have come here. Jabez was son of James, and 
 grandson of George. The name was then spelled Poffer. Jacob had a 
 son Jacolj, born in Ashby Nov. 22, 1770 ; and possibly this last was the 
 one who came here. These are all by this name Jacob that can be 
 found. Puffer of Antrim was a blacksmith by trade. Was certainly a 
 courageous man, to start in where he did, it being a time when all that 
 section of the town was an unbroken forest. Nothing is known of Puffer's 
 family. He is believed to have gone in 1799 to some town on the Hud- 
 son Biver near Albany. 
 
 PUTNAM. 
 
 HARVEY PUTNAM, son of Aaron K. and Polly (Shattuck) Put- 
 nam, married Lavina Hall of Milford, and came here in 1845 from Mil- 
 ford to manufacture bedsteads, on the E. Z. Hastings stand, in company 
 with his brother-in-law, Martin Hall. In less than three years he sold to 
 I. B. Pratt and moved back to Milford. One son, William K., was born 
 here, of whom 1 have no further information. 
 
 PUTNEY. 
 
 DANIEL PUTNEY, who lived some years in Antrim, was born in 
 Newbury Oct. 30, 1814. He was son of Daniel and Lois Foster Putney, 
 grandson of Henry and Dolly (Jewetl) Putney, and great-grandson of 
 Joseph Putney. Joseph, the last named, in company with James Rogers, 
 moved from Londonderry and made the first settlement •6f«the town of 
 Duubarton in 1749. They were of Scotch race, like the settlers of An- 
 trim. They settled on the eastern border of what is called the " Great 
 Meadow," and called their new settlement " Stark's Town," in honor of 
 their chief proprietor. After having erected their log houses and humble 
 barns, and getting their land so brought into cultivation as to give them 
 
652 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 a comfortable living, they were driven off by the Indians, and'took refuge 
 in the fort at Concord. On subsequent return, they found their buildings 
 all destroyed, and their young orchards cut down. The Indians had 
 ruined everything. But, undismayed, they began again, — this time to 
 abide permanently. " The old Putney Farm " has long been known in 
 that town of excellent farms. Henry Putney, son of Joseph, had three 
 wives, Mary Wells, Dolly Jewett, and Deborah Austin. He died April 
 13, 1807, aged eighty-six. His descendants have gone out into all the 
 land. His son Daniel was born in Dunbarton, but on maturity settled in 
 Newbury. Daniel of Antrim (Daniel, Jri) married, first, Lucia Dow of 
 Bedford, who died in 1861, and married, second, Minerva Watson. He 
 came here in 1839 into the old Cummings house, then standing on the old 
 road a few rods north of the Dea. Worthley place (Henry C. French's). 
 Thence he moved to Sutton in 1844, but now lives in Henniker. Chil- 
 dren : — 
 
 1. Dea. Edward D., [b. in Antrim in the old Cummings house, 
 
 Dec. 9, 1841. Served as a clerk in a store ^in Bradford six 
 years ; then was clerk for a time in Concord. Came here 
 and went into trade in the McKeen store in firm' of Putney 
 and Cummings, Sept. 10, 1866. After six months he 
 bought out the latter, and has continued there in trade till 
 the present time, — in later years in company with his 
 brother. Is postmaster at this writing ; has been town 
 
 ■ clerk ; was chosen deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 
 1870. Built his present residence in 1876 ; m. Angle M. 
 Marshall of Bradford, Nov. 21, 1866. They have only one 
 child : — 
 
 Bertha Angilene, (b. July 3, 1878.)] 
 
 2. Dea. Charles G., [b. in Sutton, July 22, 1846 ; m. Izora 
 
 Chote of Leominster, Mass. ; is a cabinet-maker by trade ; 
 lives in Orange, Mass. ; is an officer of the Congregational 
 Church'in that place.] 
 
 3. Lucien W., [b. in Sutton, June 29, 1852 ; m. Clara L., daugh- 
 
 ter of Eben and Clara (Wilkins) Bass, Nov. 25, 1875 ; the 
 same year went into trade with his brother in South Vil- 
 lage as firm of E. D. and L. W. Putney.] 
 
 4. Emma, [b. Aug. 13, I860.] , 
 
 5. Carrie, [child of second wife, b. July 10, 1864. ] 
 
 RALBIjJH. 
 
 PHILIP RALEIGH, a Scotchman, formerly called Riley, the first 
 settler of Antrim, was born in Ireland in 1719; came to Boston late in 
 1743, and at once joined the settlers in Hillsborough, and in the spring of 
 1744 he began his clearing and put up his log cabin on the farm now oc- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 653 
 
 cupied by Eeed P. Whittemore. He married an English woman by the 
 name^^t■ Sarah Joiner, but it does not appear that his family came with 
 him at this time. Being driven away from his cabin by Indians in 1746, 
 he went to Sudbury, Mass., where he lived for fifteen years, returning to 
 Antrim in 1761, with his family, and for the next six years his was the 
 only family in Antrim. By some means he became dependent on the 
 town in his old age. This record occurs for March, 1783: "Voted Mi- 
 chael Cochlan be freed of Reats this year, he providing for old Mr. 
 Realy for this year.'' After Cochlan's failure to do this, Ealeigh being 
 a simple, peaceable old man, and pioneer of the town, he was kindly 
 boarded round (by public vote) till the close of 1789, when he went 
 to Sudbury, and died there in 1791. He had eight sons and four 
 daughters. One daughter married Michael Cochlan, named above, and 
 another married Philip Coffin and died in Antrim in 1822, aged ninety. 
 It may be added, that, as the families of the settlers were large, and 
 either poor or of limited means, iu the course of a few years the expense 
 of boarding the old gentleman became burdensome. Others thought that 
 his relatives were able to take care of him and should be compelled to do 
 it. Something was done, therefore, in this line, under date of June 26, 
 1788, as appears by the following papers left by Hon. Matthew Patten: — 
 
 " State of New Hampshire \ 
 Hillsborough SS. j 
 
 " To Matthew Patten, Nenian Aiken, David Starret Esqr% 
 
 " A Petition from the Selectmen of Antrim in said county humbly 
 Shows — that Phylip Ralley of said Antrim is now become a publick 
 charge, & Whereas disputs have arisen concerning his Support Whither 
 he ought to be maintained by Major Ealley his natural soon and other 
 Relatives, or the town of Antrim therefore we your petitioners pray your 
 Hon' would take the Matter under your Consideration and appoint a time 
 and place to Enquire into and determine Said Dispute and we shall ever 
 
 P""^^ "THOMAS STUART ) 
 
 "SAMUEL DIlSrSMOOR I Selectmen." 
 "DAYID M. CLUER ) 
 
 " Hillsborough SS. 
 
 " On reading and Considering the foregoing Petition ordered That the 
 Petitioners be heard thereon on Wednesday the ninth day of July at nine 
 O Clock in the forenoon at the Dwelling house of Thomas Nichols In- 
 holder in Antrim — And that the Petitioners serve Major Ralley and - 
 Mical Cochland with a Copy of the above Petition and order thereon 
 eight days before the Day of hearing that they May appear and shew 
 cause if any they have Why the Town of S* Antrim should maintain the 
 said Phihp. ^, MATTHEW PATTEN ) Justices 
 
 " NENIAN AIKEN C of the Peace 
 
 " DAVID STARRET ) and Quorum." 
 
 This petition may account for the fact that within a few months Philip 
 went off among his children near Boston, and died there. Nothing is 
 
654 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 known of his daughters except that one of them married Michael Coch- 
 lan, and another married Philip Coffin of Antrim. The " Miels Really " 
 supported by the town in 1778 is supposed to be a son of Philip, the first 
 settler. Money was voted for " Miels Really's Family,'' but nothing is 
 known of any children. Probably they returned to the vicinity of Sud- 
 bury, Mass., whence they came. A " Susey Realy " lived at Dea. Isaac 
 Cochran's in 1789. Also, March 23, 1802, " Boarding of Susannah Raly 
 Struck off to Samuel Christie at three Shillings a week." This girl 
 spent some years at Dea. Joseph Boyd's ; was insane at intervals ; and an 
 old person says of her, " She made us much sport by her antics." A 
 daughter of Philip Riley may be referred to in the following marriage 
 record: " John Beady and Margrat Raley Sept. 21, 1779." 
 
 MAJOR RALEIGH, one of Philip's sons, was a young man living in 
 Concord, Mass., when the Revolutionary war broke out, and participated 
 in the battle of Lexington. He came here in 1779, and began the Elijah 
 Gould farm ; after selling to Gould he lived awhile on the Gibson place, 
 but moved to Derry in 1815; married Mary Blanchard, a,nd had two sons 
 and one daughter. He died in Deering in 1838, aged eighty-nine. The bed 
 of the railroad is now laid on the spot where his humble dwelling stood. 
 The daughter of Major Raleigh, whose name has not been ascertained 
 died at the age of twelve years. His sons were: — 
 
 1. Major, Jr., [b. March 1"), 1785 ; m. Nancy Ordway of Goffs- 
 
 town ; lived several years in Hillsborough, then in Wash- 
 ington a few yea,rs, from whence he moved to Pennsylvania, 
 about 1835, where he d. in 1848. His wife d. in Gofifstown 
 in 1863. They had five sons : — 
 
 John, (b. in 1807; m. 1st, Roxanna Merrill; 2d, Hannah 
 Wheeler, and lives in Hooksett.) 
 
 James, (lived in Newport, and d. there in 1872.) 
 
 Joseph, (was never heard from after going to Pennsylvania 
 with his father.) 
 
 David, (m. Sophia Morrill, and d. in Goffstown in 1873, aged 
 57.) 
 
 Daniel, (went to Pennsylvania ; entered the Union army from 
 that State in 1861 and was killed in battle.)] 
 
 2. James, [b. March 11, 1790 ; m. Susan H. McCoy of Pembroke ; 
 
 lived awhile in Goffstown, then in Prancestown, and moved 
 back to Antrim about 1827. Among other children b. in 
 Goffstown and Prancestown were two sons : — 
 
 George W., (m. 1st, Lucy Hutchinson of Milford ; 2d, Mary 
 Jane Wheeler of Warren ; now resides in Milford, and 
 is a veterinary surgeon of considerable note.) 
 
 Alonzo H., (is a noted Mormon of Salt Lake City.) 
 
GENEALOGIES. 655 
 
 The children of James and Susan Raleigh b. in Antrim 
 
 were : — 
 Mary Jane, (b. in 1829 ; m. 1st, Homer S. Lathe in 1850, 
 
 and lived in Claremont ; m. 2d, George B. Putnam, and 
 
 moved to the West.) 
 Maria TF., (b. in 1830.) 
 Joshua Blanehard, (b. in 1833 ; went into the army ; was 
 
 wounded and had his leg amputated. He soon d. from the 
 
 operation, and was buried at Hillsborough Lower Village.) 
 Hiram B., (b. in 1835 ; m. Jenny Murdough of Hillsborough 
 
 and now lives in Windsor.) 
 Jacob P., (b. in 1838, and d. in 1840.)] 
 
 RAMSAY. 
 
 ABEAM A. KAMSAT, son of Ebenezer and Mary D. (Butler) Ram- 
 say, and grandson of Samuel and Betsey (Wilson) Ramsay, was born in 
 1836 ; came to Antrim in April, 1852, at the age of sixteen, to live with 
 Widow Alice Woodbury, working on the farm in summer and attending 
 school in the winter. Went away and remained one year, but in April, 
 1854, came back to work in the store for L. and J. B. Woodbury, where 
 he remained six years. In 1859 he married Helen P. Baldwin of Ben- 
 nington, bought the house now owned by Mrs. Nancy Jameson, and also 
 the store owned by the late Charles McKeen, now owned by Putney 
 Brothers, and traded there till the spring of 1864, when he sold to Tread- 
 well and Company of Boston, and moved from Antrim to Bennington in 
 the fall of 1865, where he lived until April, 1867, and then moved to Wil- 
 ton, where he now resides, being engaged in trade. He was town clerk 
 here several years. He has one child: — 
 
 1. Anne A., [b. in Wilton Aug. 23, 1870.J 
 
 RAND. 
 
 Dea. JONATHAN RAND was born in Lyndeborough June 24, 1762. 
 His father was Rev. John Rand, who was graduated at Harvard College 
 in 1747, and settled in Lyndeborough as first Congregational minister of 
 that town about 1761 ; and his mother was Sarah Gofie, daughter of Col. 
 John Gofie of Derryfleld. Rev. John and Sarah (Gofie) Rand had seven 
 children, of whom Dea. Jonathan and his twin-brother John were the 
 eldest. Dea. Jonathan Rand married Sarah Abbott of Mont Yernon, 
 and came here in 1844. He lived in Clinton in part of the house owned 
 by his nephew, John E. Abbott, where he died in 1848. His wife died 
 tie same year. He was deacon in the Baptist Church, probably at Goffs- 
 town, and was a most excellent man. An acquaintance says of him: 
 " He was a man of prayer and walked with God, and though poor in this 
 world's goods he had treasure laid up in heaven." Children: — 
 
 1. MiLLE, [b. April 29, 1795 ; m. Robert Parker of Bedford.] 
 
656 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 2. Esther P., [b. Dec. 30,1796; now Mrs. Tollman of Nelson, 
 
 and the only one of Dea. Rand's children now living.] 
 
 3. Jonathan, [b. Jan. 11, 1799, and drowned in Merrimack 
 
 river June 6, 1810. J 
 
 4. John, [b. Jan. 27, 1801 ; was quite distinguished as a portrait- 
 
 painter, which art he practiced some years in England, 
 where he m. ; but he afterwards came to New York, and d.J 
 
 5. EpheaiM, [b. Dec. 17, 1808 ; m. Catherine Gray of Augusta, 
 
 Me.] 
 
 6. Sarah, [b. Feb. 3, 1806 ; d. Feb. 8, 1832.] 
 
 7. DoEOTHY, [b. May 15, 1809 ; d. May 16, 1811.J 
 
 8. Philanda p., [b. July 9, 1811; was a fine scholar and 
 
 teacher at New Hampton, but d. April 6, 1832, at the early 
 age of 21. J 
 
 RANSOM. 
 
 MANLY RANSOM, no doubt born a slave, and the only one ever 
 held in Antrim, was the servant of John Moore when the latter was 
 killed, and was given by his widow to Dr. Charles Adams, at the Center, 
 in 1808. He lived with Dr. Adams till his removal to Oakham, Mass., in 
 1816, when he went to live with Dr. Adams's father in Brookfleld, Mass. 
 When the first school-house at the Center was burned in 1811, school 
 being in session at the time, this boy was so frightened that he hid under 
 a seat, was fearfully burned, and would have been burned to death had he 
 not been missed, searched for, and dragged out. After he went to Mas- 
 sachusetts he finally drifted off and married among the people of his own 
 color. He lived in Sturbridge, Charlton, and at last settled in Spencfer, 
 Mass. Many years after, in a paroxysm of anger he struck his wife a 
 blow (from the efiects of which she died), and then fled to Stoddard, 
 where he remained concealed about two years. He then returned to 
 Massachusetts, and learned for the first time of the fate of his wife, when 
 he again fled to Northampton, Mass., but was soon discovered and ar- 
 rested, tried, convicted, and sent to prison. Serving out his sentence, he 
 returned to Spencer, paid a visit to Worcester, and while walking on the 
 railroad track in that place he was struck by a locomotive and fatally 
 injured. He died June 29, 1861, aged flfty-niue. 
 
 RAYMOND. 
 
 GEORGE RAYMOND, son of George and Mary (Wallace) Raymond, 
 was born in Mont Vernon in 1820 ; married Eleanor Pollard (who was 
 born in Hudson in 1828), came here on to the Dea. Taylor farm in 184:7, 
 and moved to Concord in 1854. His two children were born here: — 
 
 1. Edwin H., [b. in 1849, m. Eva G. Wheeler, and lives in 
 
 Anna, 111.] 
 2.. Elsie A., [b. in 1853.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 657 
 
 REED. 
 
 JOEL KEED, son of Eliphaz Reed, was born in "Wpburn, Mass., in 
 1757 ; married Keziah Reed, and came here from Deering in 1790. He 
 built a house between S. A. Holt's and Frank (Robinson's, about half-way 
 down the hill, but moved to Washington about '1803, where he died in 
 1830. His widow died in 1845, aged eighty. Their children were :— 
 
 1. Keziah, [b. in Praiicestown ; m. John Metcalf of Washington, 
 
 and d. in 1874, aged 88, leaving five children.] 
 
 2. Mary, [b. in Prancestown, and d. unm. in 1819.] 
 
 3. Sally* [b. in Deering ; m. Silas Fisher, and lived in Wash- 
 
 ington, where she d. in 1875.] 
 
 4. Olive, [b. in Antrim ; m. Benjamin Jefts ; went to Alstead, 
 
 and d. there in 1848.] 
 
 5. Asa, [b. in Antrim ; m. Sarah Davis of Stoddard, and d. in 
 
 1830, leaving one son, George D. Reed of Washington.] 
 
 A SAMUEL REED lived on the Thomas Flint farm, or near there, in 
 1804. Nothing further known of him. 
 
 ZADOK REED, son of William and Lucy (Spaulding) Reed, whose 
 ancestors were of English descent, and came from Westford, Mass., 
 was born in Litchfield in 1752. His father was killed while raising a 
 building only eight feet square, but the son served through the whole 
 seven years of the Revolutionary war without receiving a scratch. He 
 married Lucy McLane of New Boston, and lived in that town some 
 years, but came here in 1795, following his daughter, Mrs. Sawyer, who 
 had settled here the year previous. He lived awhile on the Abraham 
 Smith farm, and moved on to the Clark farm with his son-in-law, Samuel 
 Sawyer, and died in 1827. His children were: — 
 
 1. Francis, [was a sailor atid d. at sea.] 
 
 2. Susannah, [b. in 1774 ; m. Samuel Sawyer in 1794, and d. 
 
 June 17, 1816.] 
 
 3. Sally, [m. Samuel Wilson ; d. Nov. 4, 1844, aged 68.] 
 
 4. Dudley, [m. Anna McAllister April 1, 1813 ; lived awhile on 
 
 the Clark place ; had a large family ; moved to New York, 
 in 1825, since which I can find no trace of him.] 
 
 NATHANIEL REED, son of Dea. William Reed of Litchfield 
 (which Dea. William was a brother of Zadok), was born in 1784; came to 
 Antrim to, work in the store for the elder Mark Woodbury in 1805, and 
 died here in 1808, unmarried, aged twenty-four. He was an excellent 
 man, and his early death was the occasion of general sorrow. 
 
 FRANCIS REED, a brother of Nathaniel, was born in 1792 ; came 
 here in 1814, and learned and afterwards carried on the clothier's busi- 
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658 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 ness at North Branch. He married Betsey Wallace of this town, Dec. 
 23, 1817, and moved to Manchester in 1836; thence to Haverhill, Mass., 
 in 1854, where he died in 1866, leaving children : — 
 
 1. Samantha B,., [b. tn 1818 ; m. 1st, George Minot of Man- 
 
 chester, and went to New Orleans, where he soon d. ; m. 2d, 
 Ezra Kelley, and lives in Haverhill, Mass. j 
 
 2. Caroline G., [b. in 1820 ; unm.j 
 
 3. Laura P., [b. in 1822 ; m. Samuel E. Huse, and lives in Cali- 
 
 fornia.] 
 
 4. Betsey, [d. in 1843, aged 19.] 
 
 5. Louisa L., [b. in 1826 ; m. Eustice P. Bowman of Manchester, 
 
 in 1852, who is manager of a gold-crushing machine in 
 Black Hills.] 
 
 6. George W., [b. in 1828 ; m. Maria Brigham of Manchester^ 
 
 in 1855, and lives in Montreal, Canada.] 
 
 ROBERT REED, another brother, was born in 1790; married Mary 
 Moody of Newburyport in 1820, and in the spring of the same year came 
 here. He opened a store at the Center, in the building next west of the 
 church, in 1826, where he continued in trade until 1834, when he moved 
 to Lowell, where he died in 1879, in piety and general respect. He had 
 six children, all born here : — 
 
 1. William W., [b. in 1822; m. Hannah J. Pusher of Lowell, 
 
 where he lives.] 
 
 2. Enoch M., [b. in 1824 ; m. Carrie Conant of Newburyport, 
 
 and lives in Boston.] 
 
 3. Robert, [d. in 1829, aged 8.] 
 
 4. Mart M., [lives unm. in Lowell.]^ 
 
 5. Robert L., [b. in 1880 ; m. Maria H. Pox of Dracut, Mass., 
 
 who d. the same year ; lives in Lowell.] . 
 
 6. John R., [b. in 1832; never m. ; is a leading merchant in 
 
 Charleston, S. C] 
 
 HENRY REED, another brother, was born in 1804; came here in the 
 fall of 1825 and entered into partnership with his brother in trade at the 
 Center, where he remained five years, then went into trade in Pelham; 
 married Rowena, daughter of Dr. Israel Hildreth of that place; went 
 thence to Lowell in 1850, and died in that city in 1878. He was a talka- 
 tive, jolly boy, always up to jokes. A man once called at the store to 
 borrow a harness, and young Reed sent him up to Lynda Flint, a maiden 
 lady who lived alone, and had the greatest antipathy to horses. She 
 not only never owned one herself, but could not be persuaded to ride 
 with any one else. As may be imagined, on being applied to for the loan 
 of a harness, she made some remarks not of a complimentary nature! 
 
GENEALOGIES. 659 
 
 Henry Reed's wife was sister of Gen. Butler's wife, and he followed the 
 General through the war, being post-sutler at Ship Island, New Orleans, 
 Fortress Monroe, and Norfolk. His only surviving children, Philip and 
 Henry, are lieutenants in the regular United States army. He was in 
 trade in Various places forty years, and acquired a large property. Was 
 unable to be here Centennial Day, but sent his address in manuscript. 
 
 JAMES EEED came from Fraucestown to South Village in 1840, into 
 what is now the Corey house. First wife unknown; second, Ruth Bux- 
 ton of Weare, who died at West Deering. He afterwards moved into 
 the Samuel Wilson house west of Reed Carr's. He married, third, Mrs. 
 Lucinda (Bowen) Walker, and died Aug. 3, 1865. 
 
 EHODBS. 
 
 SOLOMON RHODES was born in New Marlborough, Mass., Nov. 
 .SO, 1783. His parents, Solomon and Elenor Rhodes, had fifteen children: 
 Reuben, Solomon, Elenor, Rufus, James, Silas, Amos, Levi, Nancy, 
 Patty, Chesterfield, Betsey, Abigail, Lucinda, and Harriet. Solomon of 
 Antrim came here from Deering; married Mary Fairbank of this town 
 in 1807, and lived many years on the John Smith place (now Thomas 
 Flint's). He had no children. Died in 1850. 
 
 SILAS RHODES, brother of Solomon of Antrim, born March 8, 1792, 
 married Rebecca Hayward Nov. 26, 1815. He lived many years in 
 the Moses Duncan house, next west of his brother's, but .ifterwards 
 moved to Alexandria. There he married, second, Laura C. Ballou, had 
 several children, and died in January, 1880. He lived for a time in Stoddard. 
 Four children were born in Antrim, the others after his removal from 
 town, and all were as follows : — 
 
 1. Thomas H., [b. March 8, 1816 ; m. Jennie C. Taylor; is a 
 
 farmer in Lexington, Mass.j 
 
 2. Harriet, [m. Hezekiah 0. Gale ; lives in Cambridge, Mass;] 
 
 3. Silas, [b. Feb. 11, 1820 ; m. 1st, Luciana Sleeper ; 2d, Mary 
 
 Jane Stickney ; 3d, Angie Lyon ; lived in Cambridge, Mass. ; 
 was a house-builder, very respectable, and filled many places 
 of trust; d. Jan. 3, 1879.] 
 
 4. Sarah Elenor, [b. June 7, 1822.] 
 
 5. Solomon, [lives in Somerville, Mass.] 
 
 6. James, [lives in Winona, Minn.] 
 
 7. JosiAH R., [carpenter in Cambridgeport, Mass.j 
 
 8. Marsha R., [d. in the West, unm.] 
 
 RICHARDSON. 
 JOHN P. RICHARDSON, familiarly known as " Cap'n P.," came 
 here in 1832, and built a house on the west side of the road, nearly oppo- 
 site George Thompson's. He was a blacksmith by trade, and his shop 
 
660 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 stood on the south side of the road, a little east of George A. Cochran's. 
 This shop was afterwards bought and moved away by Dea. Isaac Cochran, 
 and is now used for a, store-house. Mr. Richardson married Abigail Man- 
 ning of Bennington. After remaining here a few years he moved to 
 Hillsborough, thence in 1842 to South Antrim, thence to Deering, "thence 
 to Hancock, where he died May 14, 1871, aged sixty-one. His children 
 were : — 
 
 1. Putnam, [b. in Deering, March 18, 1829 ; m. Eliza A. Kelley 
 
 of Deering, and lives in Peterborough.] 
 
 2. Mary R., [b. in Deering, July 12, 1831 ; m. Charles M. Flint 
 
 of Pitchburg, Mass.] 
 
 3. Matilda M., [b. in Deering, Jan. 14, 1833 ; m. Russell Mar- 
 
 tin, and lives in Richmond.] 
 
 4. Nancy J., [b. in Antrim, March 7, 1836 ; m. Israel P. Walker, 
 
 now of North Weare.J 
 6. William C, [b. in Hillsborough, July 31, 1838; d. Feb. 25, 
 1840.] ■ . 
 
 6. Abigails., [b. in Hillsborough, Nov. 20, 1840; m. Albert 
 
 Gay Aug. 24, 1860, and lives at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 7. John C , [b. in Antrim, March 6, 1842 ; m. Anna Scott, and 
 
 lives in Peterborough.] 
 
 8. LousTER A., [b. in Antrim, July 26, 1846; d. aged 6.] 
 
 9. LoRiNDA S., [b. in Antrim, Feb. 13, 1849 ; m. Levi Ring of 
 
 Deering, and lives at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 JOHN RICHARDSON, son of Thomas Richardson, was horn in 
 Deering in 1788 ; married Huldah Batchelder of Francestown, in 1815, 
 and moved from there to the McNiel place (Mr. Eaton's) in 1826, where 
 he remained seven years and then moved back to Francestown, where he 
 died iu 1864, leaving children as follows : — 
 
 1. Emeline B., [b. in Francestown in 1818 ; m. David Smiley, 
 
 and lives in Stoughton, Mass.] 
 
 2. Hdldah a., [b. in Francestown in 1821 ; m. 1st, William 
 
 Woodbury of Pelham ; 2d, Philip Piper, and lives in New- 
 buryport, Mass.] 
 
 3. Mary D., [b. in Antrim in 1827 ; m. John B. Parker, and 
 
 lives in Boston.] 
 
 4. Dea. John P., [b. in Antrim in 1830 ; m. 1st, Mary A. 
 
 Hardy of Greenfield ; 2d, Amelia Cutter of Pelham, and 
 lives in Francestown, being deacon of the Congregational 
 Church iii that town.] 
 
 JAMES C. RICHARDSON, grandson of Phinehas,and son of Phine- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 661 
 
 has and Mehitable (Clark) Richardson of Lempster, was borti June 15, 
 1834; married Harriet E. Potter, Nov. 24, 1853; came to this town in 
 August, 1854. He was a member of the Thirteenth N. H. Regiment, 
 from this town, — a soldier brave and true. Their infant child died in 
 Hillsborough, April 16, 1864. The other children are: — 
 
 1. Louisa E., [b. Feb. 18, 1859 ; d. March 15, 1879.] 
 
 2. EoLB J., [b. Feb. 24, 1861.J 
 
 3. Perley Ernest, [b. Aug. 3, 1880.] 
 
 WILLIAM H. RICHARDSON, son of Moses and Esther (Richard- 
 son) Richardson, was born in Pelham in 1819 ; married Lydia Hale of 
 Temple; came here in 1856, took the town farm one year, and then 
 bought the James Baldwin place, which he occupied many years. Sub- 
 sequently lived in South Village. His childre;i are: — 
 
 1. Mary B., [b. in Lowell in 1851; m. Charles W Thompson, 
 
 Oct. 7, 1876.] 
 
 2. John W., [b. in 1860.J 
 
 JAMES RICHARDSON, brother of William H., was born Sept. 1, 
 1832; married Abbie A. Cooledge Nov. 30, 1871, and bought the Dea. 
 Bond place in 1876, where he now resides. 
 
 RING. 
 
 BENJAMIN RING, a man of whom little can be learned,, came here 
 from Dunbarton; lived here and there in town awhile, but buill in 1792 a 
 small house on the east side of the road between the Nathaniel Herrick 
 place and Chester Conn's. He deserted his family in 1802, and nothing 
 has been heard of him since. 
 
 RITCHIE. 
 
 Ret. WILLIAM RITCHIE, of Scotch-Irish descent, son of James 
 and Sally (Dunlap) Ritchie of Peterborough', and grandson of William 
 and Mary (Waugh) Ritchie, who were among the first permanent set- 
 tlers of Peterborough, was born in Peterborough March 26, 1781. He 
 graduated at Dartmouth College in 1804; studied theology with Dr. 
 Lathrop of Springfield, Mass. ; preached here awhile in 1806, and received 
 a call from the Presbyterian Church in this place, which he declined, and 
 went to Canton, Mass. He was ordained there July 1, 1807, and dis- 
 missed June 18, 1820. Being settled at Canton, as was supposed, for 
 life, and being strongly attached to the place, he felt disposed to stand on 
 his legal rights, and the parish gave him fifty dollars to leave quietly. 
 Wouldn't liberal farewell presents often be a good inveslment for parishes 
 to make now? After Mr. Ritchie left Canton, he was settled over the 
 First Parish in Needham, Mass., to which he ministered twenty years, 
 and died ¥eb. 22, 1^42. Chapman's " Graduates of Dartmouth College " 
 says that he became a Unitarian. He married Clarissa Kimball of Brad- 
 
662 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 ford, Mass., who died at Needham, leaving children: William, James, 
 Sophia, and Kimball. 
 
 ROACH. 
 
 CALEB W. ROACH, son of Timothy and Susan (White) Roach of 
 Deering, was born in that town Jan. 19, 1809. He married Mary Far- 
 rington March 14, 1850, and moved on'to the Woodbury Fairbanks place,, 
 which he still occupies. Has but one child, Frank F., born Jan. 12, 1851, 
 who is a tailor by trade and has carried on business in South Village 
 some years; married Emily A. Clapp of Hillsborough, Jan. 31, 1877. 
 
 EDWARD B. ROACH, son of Josiah and Hannah (Weeks) Roach, 
 married Mary J. Combs, who lived but a few days. Both are buried at 
 the Branch cemetery. He built the house in South Village now Mr. 
 Sweetzer's. He died July 16, 1864, aged thiny-one. She died Nov. 6, 
 1863, aged twenty-six. 
 
 CHARLES W. ROACH, brother of Edward, inherited the house 
 built by him; married Jennie M. Day, and lived here a few years. Left 
 Antrim about 1872, and now lives in Salem, Mass. 
 
 ROBB. 
 
 ANDREW ROBB (son of John Robb, whose wife was a Scott) came 
 here from Peterborough, cleared on the west of Robb Mountain, and set- 
 tled there in 1796. He owned a vast tract of land, and the mountain still 
 bears his name. He married Betsey Robb, and went to Webster, N. Y., 
 in 1816. The children were: — 
 
 1. James, [went to New York ; m. there and went into the army 
 
 in the war of 1812 ; was captured, and d. a prisoner at Hal- 
 ifax, N. S.] 
 
 2. John, [went to New York in 1811, and d. there.] 
 
 3. Nancy, [m. John Robinson, March 28, 1816. J 
 
 4. Patty, [m. Reuben Cobb of Nelson, and moved to Webster, 
 
 N. Y., where all the family went.] 
 
 5. David, [went to New York while quite young, and we know 
 
 nothing more of him, or of the younger children named 
 below.] 
 
 6. Andrew. 
 
 7. Samuel. 
 
 8. Polly. 
 
 9. Betsey. 
 
 MOOR ROBB, cousin of Andrew, lived on Robb Mountain many 
 years-, and moved to Webster, N. Y., in 1817, with an ox-team, be-ing 
 eighteen days in making the journey. Now we could ^o to San Francisco 
 and back in the same time! His wife's name was Mary Evans. 
 
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 Besides the two Eobbs, Andrew and Moor, Nathan Cram, Thomas 
 Aucerton, Daniel Paige, Thomas Carleton, Sampson Reed, Luther Conant, 
 and John Edwards all lived in log houses on Robb Mountain ; had large 
 families, embracing in the neighborhood of sixty persons, — well-to-do, as 
 shown by the fact that Andrew Robb carried with him three thousand 
 dollars in silver when he moved away. They had a school-district, but 
 there never was any public highway. Now all are gone, and scarcely 
 any relic of a building can be found. Cattle roam wild where once were 
 thrifty homes. But Httle can now be learned of these families. 
 
 MOOR ROBB, nephew of Moor Robb mentioned above, lived on the 
 Andrew Robb farm several years after his uncle's departure. He mar- 
 ried Lucy Barden, and they had one child bom here but now dead. He 
 moved to Stoddard, and now lives there in ripe age. Christopher Robb 
 is his son. 
 
 SAMUEL ROBB and his brother William, sons of Moses and Eanny 
 (Paige) Robb, and nephews of the last-named Moor Robb, each lived 
 some years in Antrim. Samuel married Aurilla Emery of this town, 
 July 3, 1851, and lived on the Eber Curtis place; moved to Stoddard and 
 died there in 1873, aged fifty-one. William lived in the mill-house at 
 North Branch, where his wife and two Children died in 1871. He now 
 lives in Harrisville, and draws a large royalty from Goodell Company for 
 inventions used by them. 
 
 JOHN ROBB, son of Samuel and Abigail (Alexander) Robb of Peter- 
 borough, was born in 1799 ; married Roxanna Woodward of Marlbor- 
 ough; came here in 1838, and lived where William Boutelle, Jr., now 
 lives. He built the present house on that place, though a small shelter 
 had been there for years before. He also built the Loveren mills in 1839. 
 He died in Stoddard, Dec. 23, 1855. His children were as follows, the 
 three oldest being born before he came to Antrim : — 
 
 1. RoxET A., [b. Jan. 14, 1824 ; m. B. F. Dustin of Antrim, Oct. 
 
 14, 1845.] 
 
 2. John A., [b. Jan. 16, 1833 ; m. Martha J. McNiel ; now lives 
 
 in Waterman, Ic] 
 
 3. Esther, [b. Feb. 27, 1827 ; m. Mark Wilkins, and d. after a 
 
 year or two.] 
 
 4. David C, [d. at the age of 13.] 
 
 5. RoancaA., [b. Feb. 19, 1842; m. John Butterfield.] 
 
 BOBBINS. 
 
 JOSIAH BOBBINS, son of Josiah and Anna (Felt) Bobbins of Nel- 
 son, was born in 1791; married Polly White, and came here from Clare- 
 mont in 1837, and lived in the South Village. He died in 1865, leaving 
 children : — 
 
664 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1. Wells, [b. in 1814 ; m. Emma Youngman, and lived awhile 
 
 on the Robert Dodge place at South Village, where he had 
 three children; moved to Dorchester, where he d. in 1860. 
 " The children were : — 
 
 Emma F., (m. 1st, a Cogswell of Dorchester ; 2d, Byron 
 Shackford of Canaan, and is now living a widow in Concord.) 
 
 Jbsiah W., (d. young.) 
 
 Walter S., (now living iri Dorchester.)] 
 
 2. LovELL, [m. Joan Wheeler of Nelson, and lives in Peter- 
 
 borough.] 
 
 3. Lois W., [b. in 1817 ; m. James T. Balch of this town in 
 
 1844.] 
 
 4. Mart, [m. Edward Goodrich, and lives in Claremont.] 
 
 5. Jane, [m. Silsby Cowles of Claremont, Dec. 21, 1837, and d. 
 
 in 1865.] 
 
 6. Luther B., [m. Sarah Clark of Deering, June 1, 1863, and 
 
 now lives in Warner.] 
 
 7. Charles G., [m. Margaret Austin, and lives in Oregon, 111.] 
 
 8. Nancy C, [m. Augustus Laws, Oct. 80, 1847 ; d. in Peter- 
 
 borough, Jan. 5, 1871, aged 42.] 
 
 9. Alfred P., [m. Susan Steenburg, and lives in Auburn, N. Y.] 
 
 10. George E., [m. Sarah Johonnett, and lives in New Boston.] 
 
 11. Calvin C, [m. 1st, Susan Hews ; 2d, Charlotte Hutchinson ; 
 3d, Elizabeth Gowing, and lives in Peterborough. He has 
 one son b. here : — 
 
 Frank J , (m. Sarah E. Stanley of Peterborough, and lives in 
 that town.)] 
 
 12. Henry T., [m. 1st, Sarah Merrill of Goffstown ; 2d, Clara 
 , and now lives at St. Katherine's, Ontario.] 
 
 13. Lucy A., [d. at the age of 21.] 
 
 Capt. JOHN G. ROBBINS, a native of Hillsborough and born in that 
 town in 1801, came here and bought the place next eastward of William 
 Duncan's in 1849, and lived there till his death in 1859. In the prime of 
 his earlier days he was captain of the " Troop." Was a friendly, jolly 
 man, and is spoken of as a " good joker 1 " He married, first, Sybil Tay- 
 lor, who was the mother of his children; second, Sarah N. Greenwood of 
 Halifax, N. 8. Children : — 
 
 1. Almira, [m. George Johnson, and lives in Hillsborough.] 
 
 2. Capt. John G., Jr., [unm. ; was one of the best soldiers New 
 
 Hampshire sent to the war. Enlisted in the Twenty- sixth 
 Mass. Eegiment, Sept. 14, 1861, and was promoted from a 
 
GENEALOGIES. 665 
 
 private to first sergeant, first lieutenant, and captain. He 
 was so good a soldier that he was retained in the service 
 after the close of the war, being stationed at Pensacola, 
 Pla. He was mustered out April 10, 1866, on account of 
 ill health brought on by exposure and hardship in the war, 
 and coming home d. in Hillsborough, Sept. 8, 1867, aged 
 35. Capt. Bobbins was entrusted with many perilous 
 duties, was in many battles, and was often called to serve 
 on the court-martial. While stationed at New Orleans, it 
 was reported to Gen. Butler one Sabbath that a certain 
 minister was uttering disloyal language from the pulpit. 
 He ordered Serg. Bobbins with a squad of six men to go and 
 arrest the rebel preacher, — which he did, arresting him 
 in the act of service, and leading him out of a large audi- 
 ence straight to Butler's headquarters. On another occa- 
 sion, with a similar squad of men, he was on duty guarding 
 a levee above New Orleans, when they were suddenly sur- 
 rounded by thirty or forty cavalrymen under command of a 
 major. The major asked, revolver in hand, " Who has 
 command here ? " — "I have," said Serg. Bobbins. — " You 
 are my prisoners," cried the major. — " Not alive," said the 
 sergeant. The major,' flourishing his revolver as if to fire, 
 sung out, " Shut up, you " — when a bullet from Bobbins sent 
 him to the ground without finishing the sentence. Immedi- 
 ately the rest of the rebels fled, and Bobbins " appropriated 
 a pair of cavalry boots." Another Antrim soldier speaks of 
 having seen him with them on. J 
 3. Abbt, [d. aged 9 years.] 
 
 BOBINSON. 
 
 But little definite information can be gained concerning the ancestry 
 of Peter Robinson of Antrim. The only person of this name in Hudson 
 who signed any of the various petitions to governor or legislature from 
 1741 to 1765, was John Robinson. He was a freeholder as early as 174.3, 
 and probably was the father of Peter of Antrim. A Peter Robinson, 
 probably the one afterwards of this town, was " Post Eider " for the State 
 during much of the Revolutionary war, — a position of importance and 
 peril, as may be seen in the Journal of the House, 1778-81. The father 
 of Peter of Antrim, whom we suppose to be John Robinson, had two 
 wives, whose names I cannot obtain. The first wife left two sons, Simeon 
 and Douglas, and possibly other children. Simeon njarried Susannah 
 Tarbox, and was father of Isaac Robinson, D. D., of Stoddard, who was 
 a noted preacher in his day. Douglas Robinson settled in Greenfield in 
 
666 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1773, and was grandfather of Moses Robinson, Esq., now of that town. 
 The second wife of John left several children, as follows so far as is 
 known : Peter Robinson of Antrim, named below; Andrew, who settled 
 in Francestown ; David, who remained in Hudson ; also Samuel and Mo- 
 ses, who, I am told, both settled in Greenfield. There was also at least 
 one sister, and she married a Mr. Grimes. Some of these brothers, or 
 their descendants, also subsequently settled in Hancock. This is about 
 all- that can be found, as yet, concerning this ancient family. There was 
 a Capt. Samuel Robinson in the Revolutionary army from New Hamp- 
 shire. Also a John, and an Alexander, signed the Association Test in 
 Londonderry, their being in that town suggesting that they were of 
 Scotch race. A family of Robinsons are found in Salem, Mass., very 
 early, since Daniel, of the fifth generation, was born as long ago as 1783, 
 in that town. These were, no doubt, of English origin. The children of the 
 celebrated Rev. John Robinson, pastor of the Pilgrims at Leyden, settled 
 in this country. Altogether the Robinsons are now a host in number, this 
 side the water, and include many famous and widely cherished names. 
 
 PETER ROBINSON came here from Hudson in 1799, bringing quite 
 a large family. Married, first, Sarah Peabody, who died March 8, 1802, 
 aged forty-two; married, second, Naomi Darrah, who died Feb. 8,1842, 
 aged seventy-five. Peter died Aug. 5, 1828, aged seventy-one. He lived 
 and died on the place west of the pond, first settled by William Bodwell, 
 occupied (1877) by Hosea Dutton. Children: — 
 
 1. Elisabeth, [m. Daniel Paige in the year 1801 ; d. in Bedford 
 
 April 8, 1817, leaving a large family.] 
 
 2. Mehitablb, [m. David Hills ; d. Sept. 28, 1850, aged 72.] 
 
 3. Asa, [b. Dec. 13, 1781 ; m. Rebekah, sister of Chandler 
 
 Boutwell, Feb. 23, 1804 ; lived some years in Stoddard ; 
 moved on to the Cross place, now known as the Steele place, 
 .west of the pond ; m. 2d, Elisabeth Mcllvaine, May 29, 
 1832. She survives at the age of 92, a pious and worthy 
 woman, being now the oldest person in town. He d. Sept. 
 29, 18.66, aged nearly 85. His children were : — 
 
 John, (b. Jan. 28, 1805 ; m. Ann S. Buswell, Dec. .31, 1826 ; 
 moved to Alstead, thence to California, and d. there.) 
 
 Reuben, (b. April 13, 1807 ; m. Mary Sweetser, Nov. 28, 
 1837 ; lived on the paternal farm, and d. there; built in 
 Clinton and his family moved there soon after his death. 
 He d. Nov. 19, 1852. His children were : Elisabeth R., 
 who m. Benjamin R. Cree, her husband dying Oct. 18, 1872, 
 and she Feb. 9, 1879 ; Lucretia M., who m. Geo. W Shaw 
 March 4, 1873 ; and Samuel A., captain of the Granite 
 State Cadets, who m. Sophia, daughter of Rev. William 
 Hurlin, and has one child, Fred William, b. May 3, 1872.) 
 
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 Rhoda, (b. June 8, 1810 ; m. Artemas Brown, Oct. 30, 1827 ; 
 d. Nov. 24, 1843, leaving one child, Sarah, b. 1836, who m. 
 Nathan A. Brown.)] 
 
 4. John, [b. Jan. 18,a784; m. 1st, Polly Boutwell, sister of 
 
 Eebekah, named above, and settled on the Robert Willey 
 place adjacent to his fatlver's, occupied (1877) by James E. 
 Tenney. He m. 2d, Nancy Robb, March 28, 1816, and d. 
 Feb. 25, 1854, aged 70. Mrs. Nancy Robinson d. Dec. 20, 
 1865. Children : — 
 
 Naomi D., (only child of first wife; b. Jan. 17, 1808; m. 
 Chandler Butterfield, July 16, 1885.) 
 
 John, (b. Dec. 1, 1817 ; m. Hadie Ann Marshall of Charles- 
 town, Mass., May 27, 1845 ; went to Sparta, Wis.) 
 
 Betsey, (b. Jan. 8, 1823, m. John A. Sawyer April 1, 1847, 
 and d. July 8, 1866, in Stranger, Kan.) 
 
 Franklin, (b. Oct. 8, 1824 ; m. Nov. 8, 1853, Mary B. Worthley ; 
 lives on David Hill farm, next west of the pound. Have 
 one adopted daughter, Mary Ella (Worthley) Robinson.) 
 Mary K., (b. May 12, 1826 ; m. Thomas S. Worthley, Aug. 
 31, 1847 ; d. June 15„1857, aged 31.)] 
 
 5. Reuben, [remained with his parents and inherited the old 
 
 farm from them. He d. unm. Nov. 28, 1864, aged 72.] 
 
 ROGERS. 
 
 HUGH A. EOGERS, son of James and Hepsibeth (Tyler) Eogers, 
 was born in Coventry in 1819 ; married, first, Mary J. Thorniag of Peter- 
 borough, in 1841, who died in 1860. Mr. Eogers married, second, Mrs. 
 Betsey A. (McMaster) Buswell in 1862, and came here from- Bennington 
 to live on the Buswell place. His children, all by his first marriage, 
 are : — 
 
 1. Lucy A , [b. Oct. 20, 1842; m. Micajah George of Benning- 
 
 ton, and lives in that town.] 
 
 2. Lorenzo A., [b. Aug. 17, 1845 ; killed in battle at Wagner, 
 
 S. C, July 22, 1863.] 
 
 3. Mary A., [b. July 17, 1847 ; m. Charles Shirley, and lives in 
 
 Lowell.] 
 
 4. Solon W., [b. July 27, 1849 ; d. at the age of 3.] 
 
 5. Henry A., [b. in Bennington, Jan. 10, 1852; m. Clara B. 
 
 Whitney, Nov. 27, 1872 ; moved into the stone house built 
 by Charles Gates, and bought the Gregg mills in 1872. 
 Subsequently lived on the B. L. Vose farm. They have two 
 children : — 
 
668 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 aracie U., (b. Nov. 30, 1874.) 
 Mary Caroline, (b. July 21, 1877.)] 
 
 6. Almus T., [b. in Bennington, May 21, 1854 ; m. Julia E. 
 
 Whitney in 1873, and lives at South Village, having one 
 child : — 
 George .(?., (b. Sept 12, 1874.)] 
 
 7. George Harvey, [b. May 13, 1856 ; m. Josephine N. Whit- 
 
 ney, Oct. 18, 1879.] 
 
 8. Albert 0., [b. May 22, 1860 ; m. Jennie P. Senter in 1879.] 
 
 ROLLINS. 
 
 BENJAMIN EOLLINS, son of David and Judith (Leach) Eollins, and 
 grandson of JTohn Rollins of Newburyport, was born in Salem, March, 1784 ; 
 married Martha Nevins of that town in 1810; went to Tyngsborough, 
 ■Mass., from which place he came to Antrim in October, 1815, and bought 
 of Isaac Baldwin the old mill in South Village, which was burned Dec. 11, 
 1817. By the vigorous assistance of the public, a new mill was so far 
 completed that he ground grain again the first day of the following 
 month (New Year's, 1818). Mr. Rollins was conspicuous in building the 
 East meeting-house, and was one of the committee to build the present 
 town-house. He was a carpenter and bridge-builder. He sold to Elijah 
 Herrick in 1832 and went into the provision business in Lowell, from 
 which place he moved to Hopkinton in 1837, where he now lives with his 
 daughter, Mrs. Colby, at great age. His children are : — 
 
 1. Martha M., [b. in Tyngsborough, Dec. 3, 1811 ; m. Rufus W. 
 
 Long (son of Dea. Isaac Long of Hopkinton), who is now 
 a cabinet-manufacturer in Manchester, Mass.] 
 
 2. Benjamin B., [b. in Tyngsborough, Mass., April 10, 1814 ; m. 
 
 Alice Clark of Hopkinton ; lives in South Orange, N. J.] 
 
 3. Lucia A. D., [b. in Antrim, April 16, 1816 ; m. William H. 
 
 Long (^son of Dea. Isaac Long of Hopkinton), a graduate of 
 Yale College, class of 1840, and of Yale Theological Sem- 
 inary in 1847. Bronchial illness prevented preaching, and 
 he has been for thirty years principal of one of the large 
 schools in Boston.] 
 
 4. Margaret B., [b. in Antrim, June 8, 1818 ; m. Timothy 
 
 Colby, a farmer and lumber-dealer of Hopkinton.] 
 
 5. Alfred A., [b. in Antrim, April 18, 1820 ; m. Mary E. Colby 
 
 of Hopkinton, and lives in that town, having a large family. 
 He was in the Union army three years, was Wounded at 
 Chancellors ville, and now draws a pension.] 
 
 6. Nancy W., [b. in Antrim, May 8, 1822, and d. of consumption 
 
GENEALOGIES. 669 
 
 inHopkinton in 1851. She was a devoted. Christian and 
 much beloved by every one. J 
 
 ROSS. 
 
 JOHN EOSS, son of Hugh aud Mary Ross, was born in Woburn, 
 Mass., in 1759. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He married Mary Barr 
 of Bedford, and came here from Gofistown, bringing his family of chil- 
 dren with him, and lived on the road east, between Mr. Turner's and the 
 river, in a house put up by Dea. Daniel Nichols before the present cen- 
 tury. He moved away in 1824, and died in Deering in 1843. The chil- 
 dren were as follows : — 
 
 1. Hugh, [m. Abigail Sawtell of Sidney, Me. ; was out through 
 
 the war of 1812, and d. in 1873.J 
 
 2. James, [m. Melinda Grimes of Prancestown : was in the 
 
 army through the war of 1812, and d. in 1853.] 
 
 3. Anna, [m. Nathaniel Griffin, April 14, 1840, and d. in 1868.J 
 
 4. Mart, [m. Isaac Templeton of Hillsborough, March 15, 1814, 
 
 and d. in 1873.J 
 6. Betsey, [m. Luther Sumner of Boston, and d. in 1869.] 
 
 6. Sarah, [m. Luke Sumner of Deering, and d. in 1862.] 
 
 7. Jane B., [m. Moses Codman of Deering, and d. in 1879 in 
 
 Prancestown.] 
 
 SALTMARSH. 
 
 ISAAC SALTMARSH, son of Thomas (whose name is prominent in 
 old records in Goffstown) and Betsey (Abbott) Saltmarsh, and grandson 
 of William Saltmarsh of Watertown, Mass., "was born in 1779. Betsey 
 Abbott, the mother of Isaac Saltmarsh, ' was the daughter of Edward 
 Abbott, who was one of the original proprietors of Concord, and grandson 
 of George Abbott who came from Yorkshire, England, and settled in 
 Andover, Mass., in 1643. Isaac Saltmarsh came here from Goffstown in 
 1793, married Phoebe Stratton of Bradford (whose mother was Abigail 
 Barnes, sister of Rev. Jonathan Barnes), and settled on the Rodney Saw- 
 yer place west of the pond. In 1818 he bought the James Duncan place, 
 built the Saltmarsh house in 1820, and died in 1826, aged forty-four. His 
 wife died Sept. 13, 1872, aged eighty-two. Their children were: — 
 
 1. Gyrus, [b. May 21, 1809; m. Hannah B. Howe of Hillsbor- 
 
 ough ; succeeded his father on the Duncan place, and d. 
 Aug. 5, 1872, leaving one child : — 
 Mary J., (b. in 1861.)] 
 
 2. Stillman, [b. Dec 12, 1811 ; d. in childhood.] 
 
 3. Betsey A., [b. in 1815 ; was many years an invalid, and d. 
 
 Jan. 11, 1870.] 
 
670 ' GENEALOGIES. 
 
 4. Reed P., [b. Deo. 4, 1820 ; lives unm. on his father's place. 
 His extensive and accurate memory has afforded many 
 items for this work. In his school-district, with a popula- 
 tion of more than three hundred, he is the only native now 
 living here whose years go back to 1820.] 
 
 SARGENT. 
 
 BENJAMIN SARGENT came here from Mont Vernon about 1786. 
 He was a clothier by trade, and lived on the old Breed stand at South 
 Village some over seven years, when he moved to the State of Maine, 
 and nothing further has been ascertained with regard to him. He seems 
 to have built the first little fulling-mill in Antrim in 1787, and was suc- 
 ceeded by James Taylor in the spring of 1796, the mill falling into the 
 hands of Breed about 1803. Sargent's mill was a very humble affair of 
 the kind, but a decided convenience to the people. 
 
 SAWYER. 
 
 ENOCH SAWYER, who came here from Goffstowu in 1794, was the 
 son of Edmond Sawyer, who moved from Hampstead (in which town he 
 was selectman in 1758) to Sutton and died about 1805, aged ninety-two. 
 This Edmond had three children: Joseph, whose descendants' are very 
 numerous and honorable; Enoch, who married Sarah Little and moved 
 to Antrim; and Abigail, who married a Kimball, lived in Sutton, and has 
 numerous descendants by the names of Martin, Andrews, Eaton, Adams, 
 etc. Enoch Sawyer, who came to Antrim, brought with him four sons 
 and four daughters. In Goffstown he was a leading man and had repre- 
 sented that town in the legislature. He lived in a house, now gone, south 
 of Amoa Dodge's, and often picked up deer's horns on his land. He was a 
 vigorous and able man, and died in 1817, aged Seventy-six. His four 
 daughters were as follows : Betsey, who married Jonathan Marsh and 
 lived in Hudson; Abigail, who became the second wife of Josiah Hay- 
 ward Nov. 11, 1813, called "Nabby " on town record; Lucy, who married 
 Richard Chase, and lived in Hillsborough ; and Sally, who never married. 
 The four sons will now be noticed separately. 
 
 SAMUEL SAWYER, son of Enoch and Sarah (Little) Sawyer, who 
 came here from Gofistown in 1794, was married Dec. 29 of the same 
 year to Susannah Reed, daughter of Zadok Reed' who came from Litch- 
 field to Antrim. He (Samuel) began the Caleb Clark farm, joining his 
 father on the south, the following year, where his children by the first 
 wife were all born. She died Jan. 17, 1815. Soon after he moved to 
 Bedford. He married, second, Eleanor Orr of that town. May 16, 1816. 
 She was daughter of Daniel Orr, was cousin of Hugh Orr of Antrim, and 
 was sister of the celebrated teacher, Ann Orr. Samuel Sawyer. died in 
 Erancestown June 22, 1848, aged seventy-seven, and was buried by his 
 first wife on Meeting-House Hill. His children were; — 
 
 1. Lucy M., [b. Nov. 23, 1795 ; m. Thomas Carr, April 11, 1815 ; 
 d. April 2, 1867.] 
 
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GENEALOGIES. 671 ■ 
 
 2. Sally L., [b. Dec. 24, 1797 ; d. Aug. 9, 1800.J 
 
 3. Zadock R., [b. Oct. 3, 1799 ; d. Aug. 10, 1800.] 
 
 4. Sally L., [b. Sept. 24, 1802 ; m. Samuel Murch of Quincy, 
 
 Mass. ; d. in Boston, Jan. 2, 1858.] 
 
 5. Maria N., [b. Aug. 25, 1804; d. March 5, 1876, unm.j 
 
 6. William Reed, [b. Dec. 22, 1806 ; m. Abby Stevens of Fran- 
 
 cestown, June 22, 1835 ; is one of the leading citizens of 
 that town, and one of its worthiest men. Has but two 
 children: Susie M., wife of Dea. Amasa Downs of Prances- 
 town, and William Reed, Jr., who m. Ella F. Camp of 
 Manchester, and lives in that city.] 
 
 7. Abigail P., [d. in childhood.] 
 
 8. Polly W., [b. Jan. 8, 1811 ; m. Francis B. Merriam of Bos- 
 
 ton. She now lives, a widow, in Nashua. Her son, Capt. 
 Francis B. Merriam, was a commander of a gun-boat in the 
 navy during the war, and made a brilliant record.] 
 
 9. Nathaniel N., [b. June 12, 1812; was oui in the Seminole 
 
 war three years, and was wounded in the forehead. He m. 
 Sarah Bagley of Windsor in 1842, and d. in that town April 
 18, 1851, leaving no cliildren. His widow lived alone on 
 the farm eleven years,' when she fell and broke her hip. It 
 was in midwinter, and she was alone. She managed to 
 crawl into the house, and lay there several days without 
 help, and must have perished had not aneiglibor happened 
 to call. Having survived her terrible sufferings, she sold 
 and came to Antrim, buying the old Brackett house, where 
 she has lived alone. She is old, lame, her large property 
 gone, and her kindred . mostly dead ; but she is sustained 
 and comforted by a blessed Christian liope.] 
 
 10. George 0., [child of 2d wife, b. in Bedford June 27, 1818 ; 
 m. Elisabeth Beard of Wilmington, Mass. ; has been an ex- 
 tensive furniture-manufacturer in Charlestown, Mass.] 
 
 11. Jonathan M., [b. March 22, 1820; m. Rebecca Lund of 
 Boston. He d. in Stirling, Mass., October, 1873.] 
 
 ENOCH SAWYER, the second son of Enoch and Sarah (Little) Saw- 
 yer, was born in 1777 ; married Lucy Simonds in 1802, and began the 
 Tenney farm, joining his father on the east, where Uoduey was born. He 
 afterwards moved into a house with his brother Tristram on Meeting- 
 House Hill ; thence on to the mountain southwest of the Dinsmore 
 place, — a wild tract of land, part of which he cleared, and on which he 
 built a house, which has been gone many years. There his sons Edmond 
 and Enoch were born. Mr. Sawyer died with his son Rodney, March 5, 
 
672 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1840, being a feeble man for more than twenty years. His children 
 were : — 
 
 1. Rodney, [b. March 10, 1804 ; m. Sarah Hills, Oct. 29, 1835, 
 and moved on to the place west of the pond (begun by Sam- 
 uel Vose), where he lived till 1855. His wife d. very sud- 
 denly, Feb. 11, 1853. He now resides in Clinton, working 
 busily at the cooper's trade, quiet, respected, industrious, 
 and devoted. Rodney Sawyer, though a man of unaffected 
 manners and retiring habits, is possessed of tastes and 
 capacities which favorable circumstances might have made 
 conspicuous in the world. Like many a child of genius, he 
 has lived unknown. Many of his musical compositions are 
 worthy of a high place. The following poem, entitled " To 
 the Friends of My Dear Wife," selected at random out of 
 many, would do credit to many a writer's pen : — 
 
 " Go to the church-yard — there alone 
 
 I often go and weep, 
 For dearly loved ones down below 
 
 In death's cold prison sleep. 
 My aching heart, though bold and brave. 
 Melts there, beside the silent grave. 
 
 " In that lone place, my dear wife lies; 
 
 Death came and took her there ; 
 She was, to me, earth's greatest prize, 
 
 She shared with me life's care. 
 But, oh 1 what bitter grief I've known 
 Since o'er her breast the clods were thrown I 
 
 " And oft I go, with reverent tread. 
 Where sleeps her sacred clay, 
 I To muse on joys forever fled. 
 Since she has passed away. 
 For oh ! 'tis sweet e'en through my tears 
 To look back on departed years! 
 
 "But while I muse on that dear one 
 
 Of tried and changeless love, — 
 That love, like rays shot from the sun, 
 
 Doth bear my thoughts above ! 
 So I'll not grieve that thus she lies, 
 Since heaven, I trust, has been her prize. 
 
 " So in that church-yard let her sleep ; 
 
 Her rest is still and sweet, 
 All undisturbed by storms, that sweep 
 
 Around our living feet I 
 Ere long, I must, like her, repose, 
 I trust, oblivious to my woes ! " 
 
GENEALOGIES. 673 
 
 The children of Rodney and Sarah (Hills) Sawyer are :— 
 
 Dr. Albert R., (b. Dec. 15, 1838. He graduated at a medical 
 school in Cincinnati ; m. Sarah A. Wright, daughter of Doa. 
 Imla Wright of Antrim, in 1856; was a young man of 
 sound mind and great promise, and established as a physi- 
 cian in Bunker Hill, 111., where he d. June 21, 1868, at 
 thirty years of age. Was a surgeon in the army, and his 
 early death was supposed to be the result of his exposure 
 on the field.) 
 
 Dea. David M., (b. Aug. 13, 1840 ; m. Ann R. Wood from 
 Venice, N. Y., and now lives in Bunker Hill, 111., being en- 
 gaged, in company with Gardiner Parmenter, in a large 
 furniture business. Is deacon in Congregational Church of 
 that place.)] 
 2. Reuben M., [b. August, 1805; m. Mary Preston, and moved 
 to Prancestown. Was frequently in office in that town, a 
 faithful and efficient man ; d. July 9, 1878. He left but two 
 children, Henry H., who is a merchant in Boston, and Clara, 
 who m. Garvin D. Sleeper, Esq., of Prancestown.] 
 8. Edmond, [b. Sept. 17, 1807. He learned the blacksmith's 
 trade by an apprenticeship of four years with Dea. Isaac 
 Baldwin, and began business in Bedford; m. Nancy J., sis- 
 ter of Dea. Robert Steele, Nov. 19, 1835 ; bought out the 
 blacksmith-shop at the Branch, in 1837, where he worked at 
 his trade nearly forty years, hard and constantly, and has 
 accumulated a large estate. He first lived in the Jones 
 house, now Langdon Swett's ; then exchanged with Francis 
 Reed .for the locality opposite, where he built the present 
 house in 1846, and the old one, being removed from the 
 spot, was taken across the river, and is now occupied by 
 Robert Hopkins. Mr. Sawyer's children are : — 
 
 Samuel S., (h. Nov. 8, 1836; m. Mary Day of Peterborough, 
 May 18, 1861 ; is chairman of the selectmen and represent- 
 ative of the town ; lives at North Branch, on the John 
 Wallace place, having children as follows : Willis H., b. Jan. 
 6, 1863 ; Eva L., b. Dec. 31, 1865 ; Georgie Anna, b. April 
 10, 1867 ; Alice B., b. Dec. 12, 1869 ; Harry G.,b. May 18, 
 1873.) 
 
 Mart/ F., (b. June 18, 1846 ; m. D. P. Bryer, June 20, 1872.)] 
 
 4. Enoch, [b. in 1812 ; m. Jemima Jones of Hillsborough, Dec. 
 
 10, 1835 ; moved to that town, and now lives in the Lower 
 
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674 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Village, having only one child, Mrs. Sylvester Atwood, who 
 
 lives with them. J 
 6. John A., [b in 1818; m. Betsey Robinson in 1847 ; learned 
 
 the blacksmith's trade with his brother at the Branch, and 
 
 now lives in Kansas.] 
 6. LucETTA T., [worked many years in mills at Nashua, and d. 
 
 at the Branch in 1868, aged 44. J 
 
 Dea. TEISTEAM sawyer, the third son of Enoch and Sally (Lit- 
 tle) Sawyer, was born in Goffstown in 1780; came here at the age of 
 fourteen; married Mary Ann Templeton of Hillsborough; bought of 
 Henry White and lived in the first house north of the cemetery at the 
 old Center; built him a new house in 1810, which he moved whole down 
 the hill in 1821. He was chosen deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 
 1816; moved to Hillsborough in 1831, where he died Aug. 11, 1859, leav- 
 ing children: — 
 
 1. Silas N.^, [b. June 19, 1805; m. 1st, Lucy P. Moore, June 4, 
 
 1833 ; 2d, Sarah A. Gunnerson ; lived mostly in Hillsbor- 
 ough, but recently moved to Newport, where he d. in 1877.] 
 
 2. Mary Ann, [b. Sept. 14, 1806; d. Sept. 4, 1807.] 
 
 3. Mary Webster, [b. June 6, 1808 ; d.'July 23, 1810.] 
 
 4. Elizabeth, [b. Sept. 17, 1809 ; m. Andrew Mack, and settled 
 
 in Orange, Mass.] 
 
 5. Samuel, [b. May 8, 1811 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 6. Jane, [b. Dec. 26, 1812 ; m. Warren Foster, and lives in 
 
 Keeue.] 
 
 7. Samuel, [b. July 30, 1813 ; d. young.] 
 
 8. Harriet N., [b. Aug. 6, 1814; d. unm. in 1864.J 
 
 9. John Nichols, [b. Sept. 1, 1816 ; m. 1st, Prances Whitmore ; 
 
 2d, Susan Newell, and lives in Denison,Tex.] 
 
 10. Abby Whiton, [b. Dec. 28, 1817 ; m. John S. Burtt, and lives 
 in Fitchburg, Mass.] 
 
 11. Tristram, [b. Nov. 3, 1819 ; m. Sarah J. Morrison ; settled 
 in Keene, and d. there, July 24, 1872.] 
 
 12. Bdmond, [b. May 11, 1821 ; m. Louisa Wright, and lives in 
 Charles River Village, 'Mass.j 
 
 13. Prances Christie, [b. Oct. 5, 1825 ; lives unm. at Keene.] 
 
 EDMUND SAWTEE, fourth son of Enoch and Sarah (Little) Saw- 
 yer, came to Antrim with the rest of the family from Goflfstown, being 
 the youngest. He learned the joiner's trade,'and worked with his brother 
 Tristram. He married Jane Taggart of Hillsborough; lived in Antrim 
 somewhat over a year, and had one son, named Mark, bom here. He 
 
GENEALOGIES. 675 
 
 then went to Stockbridge, Vt., and began a new farm in that town, where 
 he had a large family. His third son, Levi Parsons, graduated at Dart- 
 mouth Medical College in 1854, and was a very successful physician in 
 Nashua. Dr. Sawyer married his second cousin, daughter of Frank and 
 Polly (Sawyer) Merriam, and died at Nashua a few years ago. His 
 widow still resides there. Edmund's youngest son, Reuben M., named 
 for Eeuben Mark Sawyer, his cousin, late of Francestown, has lived in 
 Nashua several years, where he is largely engaged in the grocery busi- 
 ness. 
 
 CHARLES SAWYER, son of Abel and Elisabeth (Goodhue) Sawyer, 
 and grandson of Jonathan and Isabel (Grimes) Sawyer, was born in Han- 
 cock, Dec. 19, 1812; married Olivia B. Priest of Dublin, Oct. 4, 1838, and 
 moved here from Stoddard in 1867. He soon after bought the place now 
 Freeman Pelsey's, on which he remained till his death, which occurred 
 May 8, 1872. His children were : — 
 
 1. Charles D., [b. in Hancock, July 26, 1839; m. Martha A. 
 
 Swett, daughter of Daniel Swett, Nov. 5, 1863 ; now lives, 
 in Clinton, in the Widow Tenney house. Is a carpenter by 
 trade.] 
 
 2. Mary A., [b. Feb. 26, 1841 ; m. Asher S. Burbank, April 4, 
 
 1867. They now live in Boston.] 
 
 3. Allen L., [b. in Hancock, Oct. 6, 1843 ; m. Carrie A. Wil- 
 
 son of Stoddard, Nov. 2, 1866 ; lives in Clinton ; has chil- 
 dren, as follows : — 
 
 George A., (b. in Stoddard, Sept, 6, 1866.) 
 
 Mary L., (b. in Antrim, Nov. 11, 1870.) 
 
 Lora, (b. Dec. 7, 1874.)] 
 
 4. George A., [b. Oct. 26, 1848 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 5. Clarence E., [b. in Stoddard, Feb. 22, 1857.] 
 
 SAXBY. 
 
 MARK SAXBT came here and bought the Ferry place about 1816. 
 He brought with him his aged father, James, a retired sea-captain. They 
 came from Beverly, Mass. Mark also had followed the sea and com- 
 manded a ship. They came here under pressure of "hard times," at the 
 suggestion of Dea. Taylor, a former acquaintance. Were a very respect- 
 able family, but poor. Mark worked here at the shoemaker's trade. 
 After a few years they moved on to the McFarland place, but, they all 
 went with Dea. Taylor to Newark, N. Y ., in 1824. They had several 
 children, of whom old Mr. McFarland, living in the other part of the 
 house, said: " If there's anything in the saying that snotty-nosed boys 
 make respectable men, there's wisdom in them heads I " And these 
 children are reported to have stood well in the world I So far as known, 
 they were as follows ; — 
 
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 1. James, [became a Methodist minister, and is spoken of as a 
 
 man of culture and ability.] 
 
 2. Mark, [nothing known.] 
 
 3. Maria, [nothing known.] 
 
 SENTER. 
 
 JAMES S. SENTER, son of Zaccheus and Dorcas Senter of Charles- 
 ton, Vt., was bom in that town, Dec. 7, 1822. Has lived in town in va- 
 rious places about a dozen years. Came here from Nashua. He married 
 Ann Skinner. Only one child lived to maturity, Ada A., who was born 
 in Morgan, Vt., June 25, 1865, and married Charles D. Whiting in 1876, 
 and now lives in Nashua. 
 
 SHADDOCK. 
 
 JOHN SHADDOCK came here from Hillsborough, and built in 1812 
 what was subsequently known as the " Minister-Davis house," on the 
 north side of the cross-road a few rods east of the Shattuck corner. He 
 married Hannah, daughter of Dea.' Barachias Holt. Was a shoemaker. 
 Had two phildren here. Then went to Charlestown, Mass., where he 
 buried his wife. He came back to Antrim, but soon went to New York, 
 the time being about 1821, since which but little can be learned of him. 
 
 SHATTUCK. 
 
 Dea. FRANCIS M. SHATTUCK, of English descent, son of Abial 
 and Sarah (King) Shattuck, and grandson of Abial and Phebe (Shat- 
 tuck) Shattuck, cousins, of Andover, Mass., was born in Merrimack, Feb. 
 17, 1819. He spent most of his early years with Dr. Spalding in Am- 
 herst, where he received his religious impressions, and united with the 
 church at the age of twenty-one. He married Almira Blanchard of 
 G-reenfleld, Oct. 15, 1840, and lived in various places till 1855, when he 
 bought the Dea. Steele farm and moved to Antrim in the spring of 1856. 
 Having sold the Steele place, he bought the Warren Christie place in 1862, 
 where he died Jan. 16, 1876. He was appointed deacon in the Center 
 Church in 1866. Dea. Shattuck was an iron-molder by trade, and was a 
 master- workman at that business many years. Was a man of remark- 
 able energy and perseverance; a great worker; always the man sent for, 
 for hard or dangerous jobs. He was a hearty, earnest Christian, always 
 at his post, and greatly endeared to his church and all believers that 
 knew him. On the whole, he was one of the most efllcietit men ever 
 living in Antrim. His children are: — 
 
 1. Mary E., [b. in Amherst, July 11, 1841 ; m. Alvin R. Barker, 
 
 June 1, 1859.] 
 
 2. Laura, [b. Oct. 31, 1845, in Lyndeborough ; m. Levi M. Cur- 
 
 tis, March 19, 1864.] 
 
 3. Martha J., [b. Feb. 20, 1849, in Greenfield; m. Horace 
 
 Brown Tuttle, Oct. 27, 1870.] 
 
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 4. Alma P., [b. May 19, 1855, in Nashua; m. Prank 0. Clem- 
 ent, April 22, 1876, and now lives in Manchester.] 
 
 FRED H. SHATTUCK, who was a nephew of the deacon, and had 
 his home here with him several years, was supposed to have been lost in 
 the railroad calamity at Ashtabula, Ohio, as one item among the " killed " 
 was "Fred Shattuck, — place unknown," and nothing was heard from him 
 for a long time. But recently it is believed he has been heard from as a 
 lumberman in the forests of Maine, and there disabled by an accident. 
 
 Mes. PHEBE shattuck, the deacon's grandmother, lived to a 
 great age, only lacking a few months of one hundred years. Her first 
 home after marriage was in Hillsborough, where they remained but a 
 short time. They then moved to Plainfleld, Vt., and there raised a large 
 family of children. "When her son Abial last visited her, though upwards 
 of ninety years of age, she walked with him some two miles when he 
 left, and then with her blessing gave him ten dollars as her parting gift. 
 
 SHAW. 
 
 Rev. E. M. SHAW, son of Jacob, Jr., and Hannah (Bartlett) Shaw of 
 Rockland, Me., and grandson of Jacob and Sybil (Ward) Shaw, was born 
 Oct. 14, 1842. His mother was a daughter of Rev. Da,niel Bartlett of 
 China, Me. Mr. Shaw fitted for college at Waterville, and was graduated 
 at Colby University in 1871. He studied theology at Newton, Mass., 
 and was ordained as pastor of the Baptist Church in Antrim Sept. 30, 
 1873. He was a man of culture and grace, and heljl in the "highest 
 esteem by all. He married Carrie M. Burpee of Rockland, Me., Oct. 7, 
 1873, and they have one child: — 
 
 1. Minnie M., [b. May 3, 1875.J 
 
 GEORGE W. SHAW, son of .Joseph and Martha (Farrar) Shaw, was 
 born in Meredith in 1847; came here to work for Mark True in 1872; 
 married Lucretia M. Robinson March 4, 1873, and lives in Clinton Village. 
 Their children are : — 
 
 1. Hattib Alice, [b. Jan. 22, 1874.J 
 
 2. Lillian Emma, [b. Aug. 10, 1875.] 
 
 3. Warren Cochrane, [b. Dec. 9, 1876.] 
 
 SHEDD. 
 
 JOHjS' S. SHEDD, son of John Shedd, Jr., and Betsey White, was 
 born in Hillsborough, Oct. 16, 1819. John, Jr., was born Sept. 5, 1784, 
 and married May 3, 1807. His wife Betsey died in Antrim, 1870, aged 
 ninety. John, Jr., was son of John, who was born in Billerica, Mass., 
 Aug. 7, 1766, and married Sarah Sprague Dec. 24, 1778. John moved to 
 Hillsborough, and lived to great age. Was a witty man and always 
 ready with a story, and was not in the habit of being outdone in that 
 line. Coming down to John McNiel's store one afternoon in the " Grass- 
 
678 ' GENEALOGIES. 
 
 hopper Tear," they were telling what monstrous creatures of the kind 
 had been found in the village. McNiel declared that one weighed two 
 and one-half pounds. Shedd said that was nothing to what they had out 
 on the farms; for that morning he went out a little before it was light to 
 catch his horse, put his bridle on to the head of a grasshopper, and did 
 not discover his mistake till he tried to get on and ride down to the 
 house! Another story which is believed to belong to him is this: That 
 he " went out one night to shoot skunks, and before nine o'clock he shot 
 twenty on one log, — and it wasn't much of a log for skunks either 1 " 
 John S. Shedd married Mary E. Tuttle of Antrim, May .20, 1846. Began 
 life in New Bedford, but moved here in 1849 and went into trade with 
 Almus Pairfleld at the Branch. Soon sold out, and bought the south 
 part of the Jacob Tuttle, or McClary farm, and put up the buildings there 
 in 1850. In 1868 he moved into the Jonathan White house. South Vil- 
 lage, which he still occupies. Children: — 
 
 1. Mart Josephine, [b. April 20, 1854 ; d. Aug. 17, 1856.J 
 
 2. Nettie B., [b. July 5, 1857; m. Ruthven Childs, Jan. 1, 
 
 1879.] 
 
 SIMONDS. 
 
 BENJAMIN SIMONDS of Antrim probably descended from Wil- 
 liam Simouds, who married Mrs. Judith (Phippen) Hayward and settled 
 in Woburn, Mass., about 1643. William had a son, grandson, and great- 
 grandson by name of Benjamin. A very numerous posterity branched 
 out into Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Benjamin Si- 
 monds came here from Mont Yernon in 1793, on to the place next north 
 of Loveren's mills (begun by the first Reuben Boutwell in 1783) ; married 
 Polly Avery ; and died in 1826, aged sixty-five, leaving children as fol- 
 lows: — 
 
 1. Lucy, [b. in Amherst, Jan. 30, 1784 ; m. Enoch Sawyer, in 
 
 1802 ; d. June 7, 1853.J 
 
 2. Polly, [b. in Amherst, May 21, 1787 ; m. Robert Burns, 
 
 Sept. 1, 1812;d. Oct. 3,1857.] 
 8. John, [b. in Amherst, May 3, 1790 ; m. Sally B. Preston, 
 Feb. 3, 1814 ; after living in various places, cleared and 
 settled the Nathaniel Herrick place in 1816, where he d. in 
 1858, leaving children : — 
 , Mark, (b. Aijg. 23, 1815 ; m. Abney McClintock, and went to, 
 Windsor.) 
 Mvira, (b. Oct. 19, 1816 ; m. Nathaniel B. Herrick, Oct. 6, 
 
 1835.) 
 Charles, (b. Oct. 3, 1818 ; m. Harriet Buck of Windsor, and 
 
 now lives in Providence, R. I.) 
 Lowell, (b. June 30, 1820 ; m. 1st, Nancy Barrett of Stoddard, 
 
GENEALOGIES. 679 
 
 and went to Goffstown, where she d. ; m. 2d, Marina Brown, 
 ^nd afterward lived at North Branch, owning the saw and 
 grist mill there. He now lives in Northumherland.) 
 
 Achsah, (b. April 1, 182-2 ; m. John Pitman, and lives in 
 Nashua. Her husband d. January, 1875.) 
 
 Franklin B., (b. Feb. 20, 1825; m. Nancy Steele, and lives in 
 Greenfield. Is conductor on the railroad.) 
 
 Almina, (d. in childhood.) 
 
 Mary P., (b. July 14, 1829; m. Alvah Copeland, and lives in 
 Hancock.) 
 
 John B., (was drowned in the river near the house, April 29, 
 1888, aged 6.) 
 
 Reuben S., (b. Sept. 19, 1838; m. Sarah M. Pike of Windsor 
 in 1860, and lives at South Village, in a house built by him- 
 self in 1861. His children are Harvey C, b. March 9, 1862, 
 and Ned M., b. July 16, 1866.) 
 
 Menry, (b. May 11, 1836; m. Rebecca Blood, and- lives in 
 
 Marlow.)] 
 . Sally, [b. in Amherst, March 8, 1792 ; m. William D. At- 
 wood, May 7, 1812 ; moved to Hartland, Vt., and d. in 1836.] 
 . Benjamin, [b. in Antrim, June 6, 1796 ; m. Betsey Preston 
 of Windsor ; lived on his father's farm, and d. Oct. 27, 1850, 
 leaving children : — 
 
 Daniel, (h. Dec. 5, 1822 ; lives unm. on the old place.) 
 
 Belinda M., (b. July 11, 1824; m. David Marden, and lives 
 in New Boston.) 
 
 Cyrus R., (b. Sept. 28, 1826 ; went to Antrini, Minn., and 
 was in the army.) 
 
 Mizaheth S., (b. July 14, 1830; m. Charles B. Cram!) 
 
 Ephraim,(h. July 27, 1832 ;* m. Phoebe Kelsea, Dec. 24, 
 1857 ; built the Baker houSe, and lived some years at South 
 Village. He now lives in Lowell, and has two children : 
 Luella H., b. Jan. 16, 1859, and Fannie B., b. May 14, 
 1866.) 
 
 Lewis, (b. June 15, 1884 ; m. Etta Combs, Sept. 18, 1871, 
 and they have two children : Willie H., b. in Antrim, Minn., 
 July 22, 1873, and Mary, b. here Jan. 12,1877. Mr. Simonds 
 lost his right hand in the gearing of a threshing-machine in 
 1870. As he was oiling the machine his foot slipped and 
 he fell forward, striking his hand into it. He now lives on 
 the Conant place in the east part of the town.)] 
 
680 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6. Nancy, [b. in Antrim, Feb. 24, 1798 ; became second wife of 
 
 Simeon Buck, Dec. 29, 1818, and d. in Windsor.] 
 
 7. Sabbina, [b. in Antrim, Feb. 25, 1803 ; became the third 
 
 wife of Simeon Buck ; d. in Windsor about 1860. J 
 
 8. Mark, [b. May 24, 1807 ; d. Nov. 1, 1807.J 
 
 JOSEPH SIMONDS, Jb., was son of Joseph and (Phelps) Si- 
 
 monds of Townsend, Mass., but afterwards of Wilton, this State, .[oseph. 
 Sen., married, second and third, two wives by name of Spalding, — not 
 sisters, Joseph, .fr., married Rachel Burns, Sept. 3, 1812. He lived in 
 several places in town, longest on the Whitney place, then belonging to 
 Dr. Whiton. He died in Wilton in 1874, aged eighty-two. Children; — 
 
 1. Willtam, [m. Mary Ann Gale ; lives in Stoddard.] 
 
 2. James, [m. Mary A. Gerry; lived thirty-eight years in Bos- 
 
 ton ; in recent years has been a trader in Stoddard ; was 
 b. Oct. 5, 1822.] 
 
 3. John, [m. Mary A. Burrill ; lives in Charlestown, Mass.] 
 
 4. B,0BERT B.. [was in Sandwich Islands when last heard of, many 
 
 years ago.] 
 
 5. Abbt J., [b. in Townsend, Mass. ; m. Curtis Bellows; lives in 
 
 Wilton.] 
 
 JOHN SYMOISTDS, son of Charles and Sally Symonds of Hancock, 
 married Caroline E. Eobbins, Nov. 3, 1841; lived here in 1840-42; has 
 no children; went to Keene, where he yet lives, and has been a leading 
 business man in that place. 
 
 DEXTER STMOjSTDS, brother of the last, was born ii Hancock, 
 April 17, 1818. He married, first, Mary A. Parker of Antrim; second, 
 Arabella H. Closson of Lyme. Came here in March, 1847, working at 
 tanning business in South Village about five years. Has one son, Hart- 
 well Dexter, born in Marlow, May 29, 1844. Went from Antrim to Low- 
 ell, and is now in business on Middlesex street in that city. 
 
 SMITH. 
 
 WILLIAM SMITH, a Scotchman, and intimate friend of Dea. Aiken, 
 was born in Ireland, Feb. 9, 1716 ; was son of James and Jean Smith, 
 and came here from Londonderry in the spring of 1771. He was the 
 second settler in South Antrim, and the third in town. Coming here at 
 the age of -fifty-six, his children were all born in Londonderry. He set- 
 tled south of South Village, a few rods west of the road to Bennington, 
 and not far from the south line of the town. The house was taken down 
 in 1841, and the barn subsequently was moved up to the village, being the 
 barn on the Chessmore farm. Smith was a peaceable, excellent, and 
 pious man, — of a simple and practical religion worthy of notice. When 
 bis son John was designated to muster among the quota from Antrim in 
 the company at New Boston, July 23, 1777, the father, though sixty-two 
 
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 years old, decided to take his son's place, " giving as his reason, that should 
 he himself fall in battle he trusted he was prepared to meet his Judge in 
 peace ; while should his son go and be killed, he could cherish in relation 
 to him no such hope ! " So the old man went into the ranks and marched 
 to join the forces under Stark, went through the battles against Burgoyne, 
 and was present at his surrender, Oct. 17, 1777. Returning safe, he sur- 
 vived twenty- three years, was held in great love, and died in peace in 
 1800, aged eighty-five. His wife was Margaret Duncan, who died in 1790, 
 aged sixty-seven. She was a sister of James, and cousin of Hon. John 
 Duncan. Their children were : — 
 
 1. William, [b. in 1749 ; d. in 1813, aged 64 ; unm.] 
 
 2. John, [b. in 1757 ; m. Jane Wilson ; cleared and settled 
 
 where Thomas Flint now lives. He had no children. His 
 death occurred in 1826. His widow survived till 1856, andd. 
 aged 88. There being no room either side, they opened her 
 husband's grave and laid the coffin upon his bones, — all there 
 was left of him ! He was a Revolutionary soldier.] 
 
 3. Jemima, [b. in 1753 ; m. William Ramsay of Greenfield, in 
 
 1785. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay joined the Centef Church at 
 its formation in 1788. She d. in 1825, aged 72. He d. in 
 1833, aged 8'2.] 
 
 4. Robert, [b. in 1761 ; m. Hannah Moore, and lived a little 
 
 southwest of S. S. Sawyer's at North Branch. He moved 
 to Anson, Me., in 1816, and d. there in 1830, aged 69. His 
 children have been prospered, and several of them live near 
 I one another in honored old age in North Anson, Me. They 
 were as follows, all but the youngest b. here : — 
 ' jS'amuel, (b. June 7, 1796 ; m. Betsey Getshell of Madison, Me., 
 and now lives in Anson, that State.) 
 ' John, (b. Oct. 6, 1797 ; d. in infancy.) 
 
 Peggy, (b. April 7, 1799 ; d. in infancy.) 
 
 Mary Duncan, (b. Aug. 28, 1800 ; m. Lemuel Rogers of An- 
 son, Me., and d. there in 1869.) 
 
 John, (b. Aug. 31, 1802 ; d. of spotted fever in 1812.) 
 
 William, (b. May 5, 1804 ; m. Almeda Savage of Anson, Me., 
 and d. there at the age of 33.) 
 
 Sutheric Weston, (b. Jan. 29, 1806 ; m. Allema Sawyer of 
 New Portland, Me., and occupies the farm where his father 
 settled in 1816.) 
 
 Jemima Ramsay, (b. Jan. 31, 1808 ; d. unm. at the age of 33.) 
 
 Peggy Jane, (b. Sept." 9, 1809 ; m. James Young of Madison, 
 Me., and lives at a place called " The Porks," in Maine.) 
 
682 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Hannah, (b. May 30, 1811 ; m. John Caswell of New Portland, 
 Me. ; ,d. in 1840.) 
 
 Betsey Tuttle, (b. May 24, 1814; m. David B. Rogers of An- 
 son, Me.) 
 
 Joseph M., (b. in Anson, Me., in 1818 ; m. Sarah E. Walker of 
 that place, and now resides there, having eight children, all 
 daughters.)] 
 5. James, [went to Ohio, and nothing further is known of him. J 
 
 ABEAHAM SMITH, son of Alexander Smith of Londonderry, was 
 born Jan. 23, 1768; came here from Hudson in 1795, and lived on the 
 north side of Meeting-House Hill, on the farm now in part 'Benjamin F. 
 Dustin's. The buildings were on the old road. He married Jane, daugh- 
 ter of Dea. William McNiel of New Boston, had a large family, and died in 
 1816. Slie died Sept. 26, 1842, aged sixty-four. Their children were : — 
 
 1. Sarah, [b. June 18, 1796; d. in infancy] 
 
 2. James, [b. July 27, 1798 ; m. Sarah W. Brackett, April 19, 
 
 1832, and lived on the old place. He d. in 1841, leaving 
 no children. His widow m. George Merrill. She d. Aug. 
 12, 1877. J 
 
 3. John, [b. May 2, 1800 ; m. Clementine Hamblin of Tewks- 
 
 bury, Mass., in 1830. He was a carpenter by trade ; built 
 the George Mcllvaine house (now B. F. Dustin's) in 1829, 
 and lived there, while his brother James lived on the east 
 part of the old farm. He moved to Andover, Mass., in 1840, 
 and d. July 10, 1842. His only child d. in infancy.] 
 
 4. William, [b. April 13, 1802; d. in infancy.] 
 
 5. Rachel, [b. Dec. 12, 1803 ; m. 1st, Prescott Melvin of Lon- 
 
 donderry ; 2d, Samuel Corning. The first marriage took 
 place Feb. 14, 1826. Moved to Londonderry and d. there. 
 Her son, Horace Corning, was killed in the Union army in 
 the late war.] 
 
 6. Betsey, [b. Aug. 22, 1805 ; m. Samuel Gilchrist, March 24, 
 
 1829 ; went to Andover, Mass., where she now resides.] 
 
 7. Jane, [b. Oct. 5, 1808 ; m. David Boynton of Lowell, Mass., 
 
 and is now living, a widow, in Milford.] 
 
 8. William McNiel, [b. Nov. 12, 1810 ; was disabled, having 
 
 lost a le^ by fever-sore when five years of age. He m. Lu- 
 cinda Fowler of Hudson ; went to Merrimack, where he d. 
 Dec. 10, 1872, leaving no children ; was a shoemaker by 
 trade, and once had a shop> on Meeting-House Hill.] 
 
 9. Samuel, [b. Sept. 4, 1812 ; d. in 1837, aged 25.] 
 
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 10. Grisel M., [b. Nov. 7, 1814 ; m. Reuben Melvin, Nov. 15, 
 1836 ; went to Londonderry, and d. there April 12, 1846.] 
 
 Capt. ISAAC SMITH, son of Ichabod and Mary Smith, was born in 
 Deering in 1766 ; married Nancy Codman, daughter of Dr. William Cod- 
 man of Deering, and came here from that town in 1818. He bought the 
 farm now the Widow Gould place, on which the three-story tavern (built 
 by William Barnes of Hillsborough) had been burned Teh. 1 of that 
 year, at once built the present house, and kept tavern there many years. 
 He finally went back to Deering, where he died in 1834 His widow died 
 in 1837. Their children were: — 
 
 1. Isaac, [b. in 1791 ; m. Pamelia Stevens of Hillsborough, 
 
 June 10, 1817, and settled in Deering on the old farm, now 
 occupied by his son, Isaac Smith, now one of the chief men 
 in that town. Thus three Isaac Smiths were b- on that spot.] 
 
 2. Catherine, [b. in 1793; m. Joseph Merrill of Deering.] 
 
 3. Rhemy, [b. in 1794 ; m. a Mr. Jones, and went to Western 
 
 New York.] 
 
 4. Agnes, [b. in 1796 ; m. William Campbell of Antrim, and d. 
 
 here 'in 1828.] 
 
 5. Henry C, [b. in 1798; went to Cambridge,' Mass., in early 
 
 life ; m. Mary Tuten of that place ; after some years came 
 to Antrim to live with his father, but, on removal of the lat- 
 ter to Deering, moved to Nashua, where he d. Had chil- 
 dren, all of whom but the two oldest were b. in this 
 town : — 
 
 Mary Jane, (b. in Cambridge, Mass. ; d. aged 20.) 
 , Ann Maria, (b. in Cambridge, Mass. ; m. John Robinson of 
 Nashua, now of California.) 
 
 Sarah, (lives in Nashua ; m. 1st, John Wright of Brookline ; 
 2d, George Mcintosh.) 
 
 Charles H., (went quite young to South America; m. aChiliaii 
 lady ; after her death he came back to the United States ; 
 was awhile an orange-planter in Florida ; subsequently in 
 the meat business, firm of Smith and Leighton, in Nashua, 
 but has now fixed his home in Florida. He m. 1st, the lady 
 referred to above, who never came to the United States ; 2d, 
 Albertine Ball, daughter of Dr. Ball, a dentist of Nashua 
 and vicinity for many years.) 
 
 Robert, (at age of 17 went to Texas ; was drafted into the 
 rebel army and served till the close of the war ; is now a 
 stock-raiser in the Lone Star State.) 
 
684 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Rebecca, (m. , George McKeen of Nashua, where they now 
 reside.)] 
 
 6. Turner, [b. in 1,800 ; went West in early life, and this is all 
 
 that is known of him.] 
 
 7. Laurain, [b. in 1802 ; m. Samuel Gibson of •Hillsborough, 
 
 after whose death she went to Milford and d. there.] 
 
 8. Jail, [d. at age of 11.] 
 
 9. Aghasa, [m. Charles W Spalding, Sept. 17, 1832 ; went to 
 
 Albany, N. Y., thence to Zanesville, Ohio.] 
 
 10. Princess, [b. in 1806 ; m. a Mr. Eletcher ; went to Albany, 
 N. Y., thence to Zanesville, Ohio. Fletcher and Spalding, 
 named above, were -merchant-tailors, in company in both 
 these places.] 
 
 11. Larneed, [b. in 1809 ; went to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1830, 
 thence to St. Clair City, Mich., where he amassed a large 
 fortune, and d. in 1874, the last of the family.] 
 
 OTIS SMITH, son of Uriah aud Susan (Cram) Smith, was born Nov. 
 2, 1807 ; came here from Wilton in 1837, and built the house he now oc- 
 cupies the next year. He married Roxanna Breed March 10, 1827. 
 Their children are : — 
 
 1. Susan B., [b. Aug. 5, 1828 ; m. Cyrus P. Tenney of Hancock 
 
 in 1849.] 
 
 2. Sarah, [b. Aug. 29, 1830 ; m. Alvah Hadley of Peterbor- 
 
 ough, and lives in Cambridge, Mass.] 
 
 3. George, [d. in 1841, aged 9.] 
 
 4. Jennie, [b. March 16, 1835 ; m. Lewis Worcester of Roches- 
 
 ter, and lives in Dubuque, lo.] 
 
 5. Mary, [b. April 9, 1837 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 6. Lizzie, [b. July 19, 1839 ; m. John May, and lives in Fitch- 
 
 burg, Mass.] 
 
 7. Albert 0., [d. in infancy.] 
 
 8. Willie 0., [b. Sept. 6, 1849 ; m. Delia Pettee of Frances- 
 
 town ; now lives in Boston.] 
 
 DAYID O. smith, son of David and Mary (Averill) Smith, mar- 
 ried Mary Stone, and came here from Mont Yernon in 1846. He moved 
 to Concord in 1852, where he still abides. He had two children ; — 
 
 1. David A., [m. Lydia A. Gray of Hancock ; lived in Concord; 
 
 was killed on the railroad at Canaan Nov. 25, 1868, aged 
 34.] 
 
 2. Helen L., [with her father at Goncord ; unm.] 
 
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 Capt. LEANDER smith, son of James and Sarah (Hildreth) Smith 
 of Mont Vernon; and grandson of Cooley Smith of Middletou, Mass., 
 was born in Mont Vernon, Aug. 22, 1808 ; married Sophronia Wilkins, 
 Nov. 29, 1833 ; came to Antrim from Mont Vernon in 1860, and bought 
 the Buckminster place, where he now lives. He represented Mont Ver- 
 non in the legislature five j-ears, and has been many years selectman, 
 both in Mont Vernon' and Antrim. His children are: — 
 
 1. George W., [b. April 19, 1835 ; d. in the service of his 
 
 country, Oct. 15, 1863, being a member of the Sixteenth 
 N. H. Regiment.] 
 
 2. Augusta, [b. June 5, 1837 ; m. 1st, Moses Carr of Newport, 
 
 Nov. 15, 1861, who d. in 1864 ; m. 2d, William N. Conn, 
 July 26, 1877. She has one child : — 
 George M., (b. Nov. 6, 1864.)] 
 
 3. ElbridgeF., [b. Dec. 14, 1839 ; d. in the army at New Or- 
 
 leans (Eighth N. H. Regiment), Dec. 25, 1862.] 
 
 4. James M., [b. Sept. 19, 1842 ; d. from disease contracted in 
 
 the army (Ninth N. H. Regiment), July 15, 1865.] 
 
 5. Emeline W., [b. Jan. 19, 1844 ; m. C. P. Holt of Antrim, 
 
 Nov. 26, 1863, and lives in Clinton Village.] 
 
 6. Emily W., [twin-sister of Emeline W ; m. Erancis White, 
 
 Nov. 7, 1865, and lives in Cambridge, Mass.] 
 
 7. Arthur L., [b. July 29, 1855 ; lives with his father.] 
 
 JOHN H. SMITH, son of John and Cynthia (Smith) Smith, was 
 born in Mont Vernon in 1835 ; married Almira -Fletcher in 1862, and 
 came here to work in Clinton in 1867. He bought the north school-house 
 in South Village in 1870, and fitted it up for a dwelling, which he has since 
 occupied. He was out in the army as a member of the Thirteenth N. H. 
 Regiment. 
 
 FRANK G. SMITH was born in Francestown in 1827; married Har- 
 riet N. Damuth of Calais, Me., and came to Antrim from Bennington on 
 to the Jonathan Nesmith place in 1872, but moved back to Bennington 
 in 1876. Their children are: — 
 
 1. Chester R., [b. in 1864.] 
 
 2. Frank U., [b. in 1866.] 
 
 3. Charles W., [b. in 1867.] 
 
 4. Hattie K., [b. in 1869.] 
 
 CHARLES H. SMITH, son of Prosper and Monica Smith, was born 
 in Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 21, 1823; married Nancy M. Mumford of East- 
 ford, Conn. He entered the N. H. Conference of the Methodist Church 
 in the spring of 1853. Was stationed first in Derry one year; then in 
 Gilmanton two years; then came here in the spring of 1856 and was sta- 
 
686 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 tioned at the Branch two years. After four years elsewhere, was again 
 appointed to Antrim, 1863-64. Now lives in SandoWn. "Was looked 
 upon while in Antrim as a man good and faithful. Children : — 
 
 1. George A., [b. in Antrim, May 6, 1857.J 
 
 2. Lizzie, [ra. Forrest B. Gate in 1877, and they live inBpping.J 
 
 3. Jennie S. 
 
 STAGEY. 
 
 HARVEY STAGEY, son of David and Ehoda (Curtis) Stacey of 
 Windsor, was born in June, 1821; married Caroline E. Woods of Han- 
 cock in 1845, and moved to Antrim in 1849, on to the James Wallace 
 place, now occupied by Wilham Stacey. He now lives at South "Village, 
 haviug^no children. 
 
 WILLIAM STACEY, brother of Harvey, was born in Stoddard in 
 1823. He moved to this town, on to the James Wallace place, with his 
 father; and after the death of the latter in 1851, he bought out the other 
 heirs, and still occupies the farm. In 1852 he married Mary A. Taylor, 
 daughter of Dea. John Taylor of Danbury, and their children are : — 
 
 1. Lizzie J., [b. Nov. 6, I860.] 
 
 2. Gharlbs B., [b. Oct. 31, 1865.J 
 
 DA"VID M. STACEY, half-brother of Harvey and William (his 
 mother being Louisa, sister of Rhoda Curtis), was born in Windsor in 
 1838. He came to Antrim with his father; married Mary E. Swett of 
 Antrim, Nov. 27, 1862, and lives at North Branch. They have one 
 child : — 
 
 1. Mabel, [b. April 24, 1867. J 
 
 NATHAN STACEY, cousin of Harvey, .William, and David, named 
 above, was born in Stoddard April 5, 1816. He was son of Samuel and 
 Mary (Hardy) Stacey, and grandson of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Sawtelle) 
 Stacey of Groton, Mass. Ebenezer had been many years a sailor, and 
 was among the earliest "settlers of Stoddard. Nathan Stacey came to 
 Antrim in 1865, and moved back to Stoddard in 1870. He married Hul- 
 dah Copeland of Stoddard. Children, all born in Stoddard, were : — 
 
 1. Nettie M., [b. Feb. 16, 1849; m. William Blanchard, Nov. 4, 
 
 1868.] 
 
 2. Henry P., [b. April 3, 1854 ; d. July 21, 1874.] 
 
 3. Willie L., [b. Dec. 8, I860.] 
 
 STARRETT. 
 
 WILLIAM STARRETT was son of Dea. William (who was deacon 
 of the church in Francestown forty-eight years, and one of those who 
 signed a petition to Gov. Wentworth in 1773, for a land-tax to build a 
 
GENEALOGIES. 687 
 
 meeting-house and settle a minister) and Abigail (Fisher) Starrett, and 
 grandson of William and Mary (Gamble) Starrett, which last-named 
 William came over from Scotland with his brother's family and settled in 
 Warren, Me., in the early part of the eighteenth century. William, who 
 came here, was born in Francestown, Nov. 4, 1771, being the second of 
 thirteen childi'eu, all of whom are now dead. He came to Antrim from 
 Francestown in 1793; was a tanner by trade, and put up the tannery long 
 owned by George Duncan. He married Lucy Baldwin of Antrim (sister 
 of Capt. Isaac Baldwin), Sept. 22, 1797; built and occupied the house 
 now Isaac Fletcher's. He moved to Warren, Me., in 1803; and died in 
 Putnam, that State, Aug. 25, 1817. His wife died in Warren, Me., Feb. 
 18, 1821, aged forty-five. Their children, except one that died here at 
 the age of two, were : — 
 
 1. Charles Hammond, [b. in Antrim, July 6, 1800 ; was a black- 
 
 smith ; lived awhile in Francestown, tben in Nashua, then 
 moved to Gray, Me., and d. there in 1869 ; m. Betsey Hop- 
 kins of Francestown. No children.] 
 
 2. Cyrus, [b. in Antrim, Feb. 21, 1802 ; started to join the Mor- 
 
 mons but changed his mind and settled in Warren, Penn. 
 He m. a Miss Philbrook of Appleton, Me. They are still 
 living.] 
 
 3. LoE, [b. in Warren, Me., March 13, 1804 ; m. Johnson 
 
 Thurston of Franklin, Mass. ; settled in Appleton, Me. ; 
 now lives, a widow, in North Union, that State.] 
 
 4. William, [b. in Warren, Me., Sept. 26, 1806 ; was a black- 
 
 smith ; moved from Francestown to East Douglas, Mass., 
 where he d. in 1848.] 
 
 5. Mark, [b. in Putnam, Me., January, 1809 ; was a blacksmith ; 
 
 unm. ; d. at Douglas, Mass., at the age of 29.] 
 
 6. Fanny,, [b. in Putnam, Me., Nov. 6, 1810 ; m. John Mi.ler 
 
 of that place ; had nine children ; moved to Lawrence, 
 Mass. She d. there in 1855, and her husband in 1859.] 
 
 7. Harriet; [b. July 24, 1814 ; m. William Perkins of Kenne- 
 
 bunkport, Me. He d. young, leaving but one child, Philip 
 Perkins, who graduated at Cornell and is now a lawyer in 
 Wisconsin.] 
 
 8. Abigail, [b. Sept. 25, 1817 ; went at the age of fourteen to 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, as a teacher.] 
 
 JOHN STARRETT, son of John Starrett and Betsey Day, was born 
 in Antrim, in 1807, and lived here until 1829. He now lives in Stoneham, 
 Mass. Has been successful in business, and is placed among the most 
 worthy that have gone out from Antrim. He married, first, Nancy Rich- 
 ardson of Hillsborough, who left one child, now Mrs. Ann O. Chase of 
 
688 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Winchester, Mass. He married, second, Adeline "White of Deering, who 
 died childleso. He married, thii'd, Minerva H. Cheney of Weare. Their 
 daugliter, Sarah E., married George J. Childs. 
 
 DAVID STARKETT, son of John and Anna (Love) Starrett of 
 Francestown, married Sarah A. Bixby pf Hillsborough, and came here 
 in 1852, on to the Daniel Lowe, or Dea. Worthley place, which he soon 
 sold and bought the Jonathan Carr place. This he sold to Dea. H. B. 
 Newman in 1855, and now lives in Greenfield, having but one child born 
 in this town : — 
 
 1. Ransom B.', [b. in Antrim, April 21, 1853.] 
 
 STEELE. 
 
 SAMUEL STEELE came here from Lyndeborough in 1782, and lo- 
 cated on the Benjamin'Kidder farm. It is not certain that his log cabin 
 was on the site of the present house. His name appears in the tran- 
 script of a road July 9, 1783, " along Marked trees to Sam' Steels house." 
 He and his wife were warned out of town Oct. 22, 1783. This was only 
 a legal formality, but it seems that they moved away in the following 
 year. Whither they went, and what became of them, we have no means 
 of knowing. 
 
 JAMES STEELE (son of Thomas, who was born in Ireland in 1694, 
 married Martha Morrison in 1715, and became one of the first sixteen 
 settlers of Londonderry) came here in 1780, being then flfty-five years of 
 age, and began the clearing of the farm now Franklin Perry's. Two- sons, 
 Alexander, aged about seventeen, and Samuel, aged about fourteen, 
 were left to clear the place, and boarded with Widow James Dickey, 
 where the large brick house now stands. They worked every day until, 
 in early twilight, they heard the wolves howl in the meadows below, 
 when they started by marked trees to find the house. Mr. Steele mar- 
 ried, first, Peggy Ramsay, daughter of Hugh Ramsay of Londonderry, 
 who seems to have died near the close of 1767. He married, second, 
 Mrs. Margaret (Parker) Cochran, and died here Feb. 19,1819. Two 
 children, one by the first, and one by the second wife, are supposed to 
 have died in infancy. The following obituary, copied from the " Cabinet " 
 of March 13, 1819, gives still further notice of his life and character: — 
 
 " In Antrim, on the 19th ult. [February, 1819], Mr. James Steele, aged 
 ninety-Jive, wanting but a few weeks. From his extreme age, and the 
 vicissitudes through which he passed, it may be proper to give a biograph- 
 ical sketch- of his life. His parents were one of the first sixteen families 
 which settled in Londonderry in 1719. He was born in March, 1724. 
 He was twice married. By his first wife he had six children, and after 
 her death he entered the army in the old French war, under Generals 
 Amherst and Broadstreet, and was marched from Albany, by the way of 
 Oswego and the lakes, into Canada, as far as Montreal. At the close of 
 the campaign, in 1758, he returned to Londonderry. In 1761 he married 
 his second wife, by whom he had seven children. After his second mar- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 689 
 
 riage, he lived five years in Londonderry, and then moved to Haverhill, 
 Mass., where he lived seven years, and carried on the potter's business. 
 He then moved to Bedford, this State, and carried on his wife's farm till 
 her first husband's children came of age. In 1780 he moved to Antrim, 
 where he ended his days. He retained his mental faculties to a great 
 age, though for several of his last years he was much superannuated and 
 childish ; but was carefully and tenderly used by an affectionate son and 
 daughter-in-law with whom he lived, and no doubt they will receive their 
 reward for performing the duty required in the fifth commandment. He 
 was a professor of religion for above seventy years, and has left a numer- 
 ous offspring. His last illness was short but severe. He lost his speech for 
 some days, until within a few hours of his death, when he revived and 
 made an appropriate prayer, to the astonishment of the beholders — then 
 died ^ the good old man; and we trust he has made a happy change, and 
 is now at rest. The memory of the just is blessed." 
 
 Children of James Steele are as follows : — 
 
 1. Martha, [m. Daniel McFarland ; d. April 25, 1831, aged 79.] 
 2 Sarah, [m. Dea. James Fisher, and lived in Prancestown.J 
 
 3. Margaret, [m. Hugh Jameson of Antrim ; d. June, 1848, 
 
 aged 95.] 
 
 4. Molly, [m. Thomas Jameson; d. June 5, 1831, aged 71. J 
 
 5. James, [m. Alice Boyd, and settled where William Curtis now 
 
 lives (the Asa Goodell farm). He built the large square 
 house now standing there ; also the Steele mills (now Bsty 
 and Mcllvaine's stand), next below the Branch. He d. 
 March 5, 1825, aged 67. His children were : — 
 
 Lettice, (b. Oct. 21, 1786 ; d. unm. aged 60.) 
 
 Margaret, (b. Nov. 3, 1788 ; m. John Ramsay, and settled in 
 Hancock.) 
 
 Alice, (b. Aug. 12, 1791 ^ m. Jesse Cheney of Antrim, Nov. 
 25, 1813, and was mother of Benjamin P. Cheney, the pro- 
 prietor of Cheney's Express. She d. July 28, 1849.) 
 
 James, (b. Oct. 7, 1793 ; m. Submit R. Tuttle, Dec. 21, 1824 ; 
 lived on the Flint- place at the Branch, and d. in 1881, leav- 
 ing one son, Jacob P., who was b. Nov. 19, 1827, and is now 
 living in Boston.) 
 
 Mary, (b. April 7, 1796 ; m. George Dascomb of Hillsborough, 
 Feb. 26, 1822, and is the mother of Rev. A. B. Dascomb of 
 Winchendou, Mass.) 
 
 Anne, (b. May 6, 1800 ; m. Nathaniel M. Wright of Concord, 
 Mass., and now lives in Manchester.) 
 
 Isaac B., (b. April 19, 1803 ; m. Clarissa J. Stickney, Jan. 31, 
 
 44 
 
690 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1833 ; lived on his father's place, where he d. in 1846, leav- 
 ing children as follows : Adeline M., who was b. April 24, 
 1836, and is now a teacher in Boston ; Frances M., who was 
 b. Jan. 8, 1839, and is now a teacher in Boston ; George 
 B., who was b. March 4, 1841, and d. June 11, 1844 ; James 
 A., who was twin-brother of George, and d. Feb. 10, 1843 ; 
 Georgianna, who was b. May 1, 1844, and is now a teacher 
 in Boston.) 
 Thomas, (b, May 20, 1806 ; m. Diadeema Huse ; went to 
 Hillsborough, thence to Manchester, where he d. in 1869, 
 leaving no children.)] 
 
 6. Thomas, [first child by second wife ; went to South Carolina 
 
 in early life, and but little is known of him. J 
 
 7. Alexander, [went South with his brother, and his descend- 
 
 ants all live there.] 
 
 8. Samuel, [m. Nancy McKeen of Deering. Her father, Robert 
 
 McKeen, settled in Cherry Valley, N. Y., and heing on a sick- 
 bed when that pMce was destroyed by Indians Nov. 11, 1778, 
 rose and fled with his family to the woods. At night, 
 driven by cold to seek shelter, they crept to a house which 
 the Indians had spared, built a fire and warmed themselves, 
 then all crept back again to the woods, not daring to stay in 
 the house. After this was over, they came at once to New 
 Hampshire, and settled in Deering, where his brother, Dea. 
 William McKeen, had already settled. Samuel Steele lived 
 on the old homestead, and d. June 21, 1845, aged 79. His- 
 wife d. Feb. 15, 1841, aged 74. His children were: — 
 Bea. Robert, (b. Dec. 25, 1791 ; m. Betsey Temple, sister of 
 Zenas Temple, Dec. 26, 1815, and lived on the old home- 
 stead. He was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church 
 in 1825, and was an able and good man. He sold his place 
 to Dea. Shattuck in 1856, and, to the regret of all his towns- 
 men, moved to Geneseo, 111., where he d. in 1867, leaving 
 four children, as follows : Mary, who m. John B. Bryant 
 of Francestown, who carried on the shoe business in the 
 Amos Holt house and thence went to New York, where she 
 d. in 1873 ; Lizzie, who m. John M. Taylor of Geneseo, 111., 
 Oct. 6, 1862 ; Samuel, who m. Mary Fairchild of Ogdens- 
 burg, N. Y., went to Geneseo, and d. there in 1874 ; and 
 Hon. Robert F., who m. Eliza Hardy and lives in Geneseo, 
 111., having been promoted to many offices of trust in that 
 
GENEALOGIES. 691 
 
 place, and being one of the most worthy of Antrim's 
 scattered sons.) 
 
 Margaret, (b. Sept. 25, 1793 ; m. John Taylor, Dec. 7, 1815 ; 
 d. in Geneseo, 111., in 1862.) 
 
 Martj, (b. Oct. 31, 1795 ; m. Anson S. Slosson, Oct. 16, 1827 ; 
 after his death she followed her sous to Albany, Kan., where 
 she d. in 1867.) 
 
 James, (b. Feb. 26, 1798 ; d. Aug. 22, 1800.) 
 
 Nancy, (b. Jan." 25, 1800 ; d. Aug. 29, 1800.) 
 
 James, (b." "April 8, 1802; m. Susan Manahan of Prancestown 
 in 1831, and moved on to the N. C. Perry place ; after some 
 years he moved on to the Cram place, and thence to Nashua 
 in 1852, where he d. in May, 1866, leaving eight children, 
 thus: Nancy A., who m. Frank B. Simonds in 1852 and 
 lives in Greenfield ; David, who m. 1st, Ellen Ford of Bris- 
 tol, Vt., and 2d, Elvira Hewlit of New York, and d. in 
 Nashua in 1872, aged 83 ; Samuel, who m. Orient Turner of 
 Canada, and d. in 1867, aged 28, leaving no children ; James, 
 who m. Jennie P. Chamberlain of Portland, Me., and lives 
 in Nashua ; Mary L., who m. Alfred Davis of Londonderry, 
 Vt., and lives in Nashua; John A., who m. Lucy Greeley 
 of Londonderry, and lives at Springfield, Vt. ; Ella P., who 
 d. in 1850, aged 4 years ; Almon, who d. in 1862, aged 11 
 years.) 
 
 Nancy J., (b. May 20, 1809 ; m. Edmond Sawyer of Antrim, 
 Nov. 19, 1836.)] 
 
 9. Jennett, [b. 1772 ; m. Charles Wood, and was mother of 
 
 Dea. Samuel Wood.] 
 
 10. Susanna, [m. 1st, Dea. James Robinson of Bow, Nov. 24, 
 1812, and after his de'ath m. Dea. Jacob Spalding of Hills- 
 borough, whom she survived, and d. in good old age, leav- 
 ing generous sums of money for religious purposes.] 
 
 11. Robert, [b. in Bedford, April 13, 1774; m. Sally Carson of 
 Prancestown, Dec. 31, 1801 ; lived some years in a house 
 on what was then part of his father's estate, now Franklin 
 Perry's pasture. The house stood on the west side of Coch- 
 ran brook. About 1807 he moved with three children to 
 Hebron, N. Y. He d. Nov. 11, 1848, in Oberlin, Ohio. His 
 wife d. in the same place, Jan. 25, 1864. Children were : — 
 
 Dr. Alexander, (b. here, Oct. 25, 1802 ; m. Maria Whedon of 
 Hebron, N. Y., July 12, 1831 ; d. in Oberlin, Ohio, April 
 
692 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6, 1872. Had six children. John, the second son, was a 
 lieutenant-colonel in the war, was on staff of Gen. Thomas, 
 and at close of the war was judge-advocate of the interior. 
 Another son, George W., was one of the founders of " Ober- 
 lin Conservatory of Music," is an organist of note, lives in 
 Hartford, Conn., and is professor of music in Smith College, 
 Northampton, Mass. Charlotte, daughter of Dr. Alexander 
 Steele, has charge of the music in Mt. Holyoke Seminary. 
 Dr. Steele graduated at Castleton, Vt., in 1829, and went 
 at once into practice, but moved to Oberlin inl836. Was 
 among the first settlers in that place. Lived in a log house, 
 but survived to pursue an extensive practice for thirty-six 
 years, amass wealth, and die with the respect and venera- 
 tion of a large and most intelligent community. Was a 
 philanthropist and Christian, a pleasant man, but always 
 faithful to his convictions. Filled many places of trust. 
 His record is an honor to his native town.) 
 
 Br. John., (b. here, Aug. 19, 1804 ; m. Mary Snell of Plain- 
 field, Mass., Nov. 11, 1836 ; d. in Dondegal, India, October, 
 1842. Left no children. Went to the Madura Mission as 
 physician and secretary in 1836. After .six years of faith- 
 ful labor in this missionary work, he fell a victim to fever, 
 and d. in the midst of increasing usefulness.) 
 
 Nancy C, (b. here, June 22, 1806 ; m. Joseph W. Butler of 
 Volney, N. Y., March 10, 1836, and d. in that place Jan. 2, 
 1858. Two of her sons lost their lives in the army. One, 
 Jay S. Butler, is an editor in Oswego, N; Y.) 
 
 Bev. Jamest, (b. in Hebron, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1808; m. 1st, 
 Frances Cochran ; 2d, Minerva McCoi)Oughey. He d. in 
 Oberlin in 1859. Was a student in Lane Seminary ; was 
 one of the " thirty anti-slavery rebels," as they were then 
 called, who left that institution. He graduated at Oberlin 
 Theological Seminary in 1840. Was appointed to the Ma- 
 dura Mission in 1841. Was a devoted missionary. Left 
 three children, one of whom is Rev. Edward S. Steele, pas- 
 tor of the Congregational Church at Joy Prairie, 111.) 
 
 Mary Jane, (d. March 21, 1818, aged 8.) 
 
 Rev. Calvin, (b. in Rupert, Vt., Feb. 1, 1813 ; m. 1st, Amor- 
 ette Eells ; 2d, Amelia Ferry. He d. in Oberlin, Feb. 23, 
 1851. Was a graduate of Oberlin Theological Seminary, 
 1844. Was an energetic minister, most of his'work being 
 
GENEALOGIES. 693 
 
 the help and organization of churches on the frontier. Left 
 but two children.) 
 
 Marlha J.., (d. in infancy.) 
 
 Samuel, (b. in Hebron, N. Y,, Feb.' 3, 1817. Graduate of 
 Oberlin Theological Seminary, in class of 1843. Never 
 went into the ministry. Was out in the Union army three 
 years. Is now an extensive farmer in Ionia, 111. He m. 
 Elizabeth Kedzie, Jan. 4, 1844. ) 
 
 Susannah, (b. April 30, 1819 ; d. in Oberlin in 1865, unm.)] 
 
 STIOKNEY. 
 WILLIAM ST.ICKNEY and his wife Elizabeth, with three children, 
 SarQuel, Amos, and Mary, were among the first settlers of Rowley, 
 Mass. He was born in Frampton, England, in 1592, and died in Rowley, 
 Mass., in 1665. His wife survived him several years. They had ten chil- 
 dren, the eldest of whom, Samuel Stickney, was born in England in 1633 
 and came to America with his father when five years of age. He married, 
 first, Julian Swan of Rowley in 1653; second, Mrs. Prudence (Leaver) 
 Gage of Bradford, April 6, 1674. This Samuel had a son Samuel, by his 
 first wife, Julian Swan, born in Rowley in 1663. This second Samuel 
 married Mary Heseltine, who was born April 30, 1672, and they had among 
 other children a son Abraham, born in Bradford, Oct. 16, 1703. Abraham 
 married Abigail Hall of Dracut, Feb. 20, 1727-8. They lived in Billerica 
 and afterwards in Tewksbury, where he was deacon of the Congregational 
 Church. He died in that place, Aug. 23, 1783, leaving seven children. 
 Abraham, son of Dea. Abraham and Abigail (Hall) Stickney, mentioned 
 above, was born in Billerica, Mass., Nov. 28, 1738 ; married Sarah Kit- 
 tredge of Tewksbury, Mass., Dec. 9, 1755, by Whom he had ten children, 
 and died in Tewksbury March 19, 1803. He was lieutenant in the Revo- 
 lutionary service during the years 1776 and 177S. 
 
 Dr. JEREMIAH STICKNEY 6f Antrim, the youngest child of Abra- 
 ham and Sarah (Kittredge) Stickney, was born in Tewksbury, Mass., 
 April 21, 1783. At the age of sixteen, he went to Mont Yernon to live with 
 Dr. Zephaniah Kittredge (who was his brother-in-law, having married his 
 sister Elizabeth) . There he attended school awhile, and then went to 
 Hancock to school, boarding in the family of Dr. Stephen Kittredge, 
 brother of Zephaniah. He studied Latin with Rev. Dr. Church of Pel- 
 ham, and also in Westford Academy. In 1803, he commenced the study 
 of medicine with Dr. A. P. Grosvenor of Pelham,and married Susannah 
 'Atwood of that town, Feb. 9, 1807. Equipped now, with horse and sad- 
 dle-bags, he started in pursuit of a location. Arrived at Mont Yernon, 
 he heard of the death of Dr. Cleaves, and came to Antrim at once (April 
 21, 1807). He engaged board with Dr. Cleaves's widow, and at once 
 found himself in good practice. In July of the same year he brought his 
 wife here, taking rooms in the Dea. Weston house (Oliver Swett's), then 
 new, and the best in the place. In 1809 he moved and fitted up the 
 
694 GENEALOGIES. ' 
 
 Champney house, which he occupied thirteen years, and there most of 
 his cliildren were born. In 1819, he went to Bradford under an urgent 
 call, and every man in Antrim signed a petition to have him return, 
 which he accordingly did. In 1822, he built the Moody Mcllvaine house, 
 and there spent the remainder of his days. He was a man of extensive 
 influence; genial and social; was disabled many years by a shock of 
 palsy. He united with the Center Church in his' old age, and died in 
 Christian peace, Aug. 24, 1865. His wife died in 1854, aged seventy. 
 Their large family of children, all born in Antrim, are as follows: — 
 
 1. Dr. Augustus Grosvenor, [b. Sept. 7, 1807 ; studied medi- 
 
 cine with his father, and at Williams College ; m. Louisa 
 Wilson of Hancock, June 10, 1834 ; settled in West^Towns- 
 end, Mass. ; had a large practice ; d. in 1882.J 
 
 2. Moses Whiting, [b. Dec. 7, 1810 ; m. Susan S. Carr of An- 
 
 trim, Feb. 25, 1834, who d. in 1848 ; m, 2d, Mary A. Plank 
 of Lowville, N. Y. He went to Boston as a clerk in 1826, 
 but afterwards was in business many years in Albany, N. Y., 
 having the largest spice and coffee establishment in America. 
 He was one of the donors of the organ and vestry to the Cen- 
 ter Church. A genial and good man. He d. Feb. 5, 1877. 
 Left but one child : — 
 Milton Whiting, (b. Jan. 4, 1852 ; m. Rosa A. Hobbs, Dec. 26, 
 1878.)] 
 
 3. Alfred, [b. Jan. 6, 1812; d. May 23, 1819.] 
 
 4. Dr. James Milton, [b. Nov. 24, 1813 ; studied medicine with 
 
 his father, graduated at Vermont Medical College, and has 
 long been in practice in Pepperell, Mass. He m. Mary 
 Eaton of Townsend, Mass., but has no children.] 
 
 5. Leander, [b. Nov. 12, 1815 ; m. Fanny Rogers in 1341, who 
 
 d. in 1851 ; m. 2d, Mary E. Dowlin, in 1853. He is in 
 company with his brother. Whiting Stickney, in the spice 
 business at Albany, N. Y.] 
 
 6. Mart Whiting, [b. July 2, 1818 ; m. Moody B. Mcllvaine, 
 
 Oct. 29, 1835, and lives on the homestead at North Branch.] 
 
 7. Emily, [b. Sept. 27, 1820 ; m. James Templeton of Peter- 
 
 borough, in 1844, and now lives, a widow, in that town.] 
 
 8. Caroline, [b. Nov. 28, 1822 ; m. Robert C. Stuart of Antrim, 
 
 Oct. 1, 1844.] 
 
 9. Sylvester, [b. Dec. 12, 1824; d. Dec. 26, 1824.] 
 
 10. Louisa Tuttle, [b. Deo. 2, 1825 ; m. Harrison G. 0. Whittle, 
 Nov. 25, 1845, and resides in North Chelmsford, Mass.] 
 
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 11. Almira, [b. Nov. 8, 1827 ; m. Stephen W. Flint in 1848, 
 and lives at Bellows Palls, Vt.J 
 
 STORY. 
 
 Ambrose, Daniel, Simon, and Hiram Story, four brothers, sons of Wil- 
 liam and Lois (Lowe) Story of Groffstown, were all born in that town. 
 William Story's father moved there in 1777. He was of English origin, 
 the son of Dea. William Story, whose father is believed to have been one 
 of three brothers who came over and settled in Essex, Mass., and were 
 probably the ancestors of all the Storys in New England. Two of these 
 brothers were once out hunting and were surrounded by Indians, when 
 one of them was killed and the other saved his life by hiding in a hollow 
 log. 
 
 AMBEOSE STOET was born in 1806. He came to Antrim in 1832, 
 and boarded with his uncle, Daniel Lowe, while he built the house and 
 mill now occupied by his brother, Daniel Story. In 1833 he married Ra- 
 chel Smith, daughter of Dea. Thomas Smith of New Boston. In 1885 
 he sold his house and mill to his brother Daniel, and moved to Goflfstown. 
 He came back to Antrim in 1851, and sometime after bought the Dr. 
 Whiton place at the Center, where his wife died in 1868. In April, 1869, 
 he married Mrs. Almira Travis, and died in 1875, aged sixty-nine, leaving 
 no children and devising part of his property as a fund tor the Center 
 Church . 
 
 . DANIEL STOET was born May 8, 1807. He came to Antrim in 
 1838, to work for his brother, Ambrose Story, mentioned above ; bought 
 him out in 1835, and has since been engaged there in manufacturing bed- 
 steads and similar wares. Sept. 24, 1835, he married Almira Parmenter, 
 who died in 1846, leaving two children. Mr. Story married, second, 
 Hannali M. Gregg, Sept. 10, 1847. He is one of the purest of men, peace- 
 able and Christian, without deception and above reproach. He was ap- 
 pointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 1860, but declined. 
 
 1. William W., [b. June 16, 1837 ; m. Lizzie, daughter of Hon. 
 
 R. B. Cochrane of New Boston, Nov. 6, 1870 ; built his 
 house in Clinton in 1872, and has children as follows : — 
 
 Anna a., (b. March 8, 1872.) 
 
 M/rd F., (b. May 9, 1874.) 
 
 John Parker, (b. April 15, 1878.)] 
 
 2, Chaklbs H., [b. July 20, 1841 ; m. Margaret J. Holt in 1862 ; 
 
 entered the army, and d. in service at Milldale, Miss., July 
 24, 1863, leading one child : — 
 Charles F., (b. Nov. 23, 1862 ; now lives in Lowell.)] 
 
 HIRAM STORY, a younger brother, was born in 1824. He came to 
 Antrim in 1849, and worked some years for his brother Daniel. He mar- 
 
696 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 ried Keziah Wellman of Lyndeborough, May 8, 1855 ; and bought the 
 Cummings place (now Dea. E. C. Paige's) and mill, where he manufac- 
 tured bedsteads until he died, much lamented, in the prime of life, June 
 22, 1866, aged forty-two. 'He had two children, both of whom died before 
 him. The widow married Henry W. Austin, Feb. 6, 1872, and lives in 
 Milford. 
 
 SIMON STORY, another brother, was born in 1815. He married 
 Mind well Smith, and came to Antrim from Mont Yernon in 1860, and 
 lives in " Happy Valley," so called. They have but one child living : — 
 
 1. William, [b. Feb. 13, 1846, in Mont Vernon ; m. Nellie Brooks, 
 and lived in Greenfield several .years. Has recently moved 
 to Antrim.] 
 
 STOWELL. 
 
 JOSHUA P. STOWELL, son of Moses and Mary (Chessmore) Stow- 
 ell of Ashburnham, Mass., and grandson of John and Susanna (Todd) 
 Stowell of Temple, was born in Leominster, Mass., May 10, 1837. He 
 married, iirst, Eunice L. Whipple of Ashburnham, Mass. ; was out in the 
 army in the Twenty-flfth Mass. Volunteers (October, 1861), and in Sep- 
 tember, 1862, was discharged on account of an injury received in the ser- 
 vice, by which he was disabled. Mr. Stowell married, second, Elvira L. 
 Green of Antrim, Dec. 29, 1874, having come here the same year on to 
 the Caleb Clark place, owning one-half of the same. His children are; — 
 
 1. Elmer F., [b. in Ashburnham, Oct. 11, 1861. J 
 
 2. Irving B., [b. in same town, June 17, 1865.] 
 
 3. Edgar A., [b. in Antrim, Oct. 30, 1875.] 
 
 STUART. 
 
 Capt. THOMAS STUART came here from Merrimack and settled 
 the Flint place at the Branch in 1775 ; married Sarah McCauley, a most 
 excellent woman ; was called a Revolutionary soldier. Was chairman of 
 the first board of selectmen, though but twenty-nine years of age, and 
 was ten years selectman. He died Dec. 9, 1803, aged fifty-four. He and 
 his wife were among the founders of the church in 1788. She died July, 
 1817, aged sixty-seven. Their children having all died, their property 
 was inherited bj' Capt. David McCauley, a nephew, whose brief history 
 will be found on another page. John, only son of Capt. Thomas Stuart, 
 died December, 1785, aged eight years. His only daughter, Molly, died 
 May 30, 1800, aged twenty. This family were of Scotch race. A Mr. 
 " John Stewart " was one of the proprietors of Londonderry, 1722. This 
 name, once common in Antrim, long since disappeared. A John Stuart 
 lived on the Dimon Dodge place in 1804, possibly being one of the old 
 gentlemen named below. 
 
 FRANCIS STUART, brother of Thomas, married Susannah Swan of 
 Peterborough, and moved on to the English Hill northeast of the Branch 
 
GENEALOGIES. 697 
 
 in 1777. After two years he went on to the Stacey place. The house stood 
 in the field south of William Stacey's. He went to Canada, in after 
 years, thence to Grand Isle, Vt., and died there. His children were : — 
 
 1. Ann H., [m. Robert Carr, and d. Jan. 24, 1856, aged 73.J 
 
 2. Elizabeth, [m. Brewer Dodge ; went to Montreal, and d. 
 
 there.] 
 
 3. Susan, [m. Silas Gear of Panada. J 
 
 4. Nancy, [m. Silas Carr, and went to Canada, thence to Frank- 
 
 lin, Vt., where she d.] 
 
 5. Thomas, [m. Sally Combs, May 31, 1814 ; lived in various 
 
 places in town, then went to Canada, thence to Ohio, where 
 he lived many years a sort of hermit life, accumulated prop- 
 erty, and d. in 1860. After his departure Mrs. Sally 
 (Combs) Stuart lived many years in a small house which 
 stood on the south side of the road at the corner just east of 
 Reed Carr's. Nearly opposite and close by, on land now 
 Mr. Pelsey's, stood another small house remembered as oc- 
 cupied by a Widow Blanchard. Thomas and Sally had two 
 diildren : — 
 
 Harriet, (m. Alvin Glover of Berkshire, Canada, and raised 
 up fifteen children.) 
 
 -Robert C, (was brought up from a babe by his uncle, Robert 
 Carr ; m. Caroline Stickney, daughter of Dr. Jeremiah 
 Sti-ckney, Oct. 1, 1844, and lived some years at the Branch. 
 Afterwards, his father, who had never seen him, wrote to 
 him to come to Ohio and receive his property and care for 
 him in his old age. He first wrote to the postmaster of 
 Antrim, inquiring if such a young man were living. The 
 son immediately started for the place (Peru, Ohio), took 
 care of his father in his last sickness, and remained in that 
 vicinity till his own family was broken up by death. His 
 wife d. Feb. 12, 1876, in Ashley, Ohio. He d. very recently 
 in Palmyra, Mich. The children of Robert C. Stuart and 
 Caroline Stickney, the three oldest of whom were b. in 
 Antrim, were : Emma, who d. at the age of thirteen ; Al- 
 bert J., who lives in Palmyra, Mich. ; Frank Carr, who m. 
 Lillie Julian and lives in Ashley, Ohio ; Carrie, who m. 
 Willis Julian, and lives in Ashley, Ohio ; Henry L. ; and 
 Mary B.)] 
 
 6. Francis, [m. in Canada, but left and went to Ohio and lived 
 
 with his brother Thomas, where he d. in 1850. J 
 
698 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 7. Jane, [m, Silas Durgee, and has always lived in Canada.] 
 
 JOHN STUAET, cousin of Capt. Thomas and Francis Stuart, was 
 born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1727. He came here from Londonderry in 
 1778 ; lived a year or so on the Wallace place, south of William Stacey's, 
 then some years out northeast of the Branch. He moved to Unity in 
 1816, where he died in 1818, aged ninety-one. His wife was Abigail 
 Phipps, bom in Cape Ann, Mass., and was said to be a great-granddaugh- 
 ter of Sir William Phipps, the royal governor of Massachusetts. She was 
 probably a remote connection, but Gov. Phipps is understood to have left no 
 children. Mrs. Stuart was always called "Granny Stuart." She was a 
 woman of great endurance, was excellent in sickness, and frequently tooli 
 the place of a doctor in the new settlement, being always ready for many 
 years to start at any hour of the day or night in service to the suffering. 
 She died in 1800, aged seventy-five. She was said to be a second wife, 
 and to have left no children. She was marked with negro blood; and this 
 surely may be said of her, that she did a great deal of good in her day. I 
 can learn nothing positive about the descendants of this John Stuart; 
 but he seems to have gone in old age to live with some of them, and I 
 think they are still living in Unity and Goshen. 
 
 JOHIST STUAET and Jean Stuart were " published" in Antrim, Jan. 
 14, 1781. I think this John was son of the preceding John by a former 
 wife, but cannot be sure. He had his leg taken off, after having been 
 lame many years. Was a shoemaker; lived in a house that stood at or 
 near the place now occupied by Grafton Curtis; afterwards lived at the 
 Branch, but became poor and died on the town farm some forty-five years 
 ago. He had a sister Lydia tliat married David Stevens of Bedford and 
 lived and died with him there. Another sister, Sarah, was a great spin- 
 ner and weaver, and used to go from house to house to carry on tliis 
 work; lived many years in New Boston, but died here, unmarried, on the 
 town farm about 1846, aged about eighty. The children of John and 
 Jean (Stuart) Stuart were as below, though perhaps in different order: — 
 
 1. John, [was out in the war of 1812 ; was several years after 
 
 the war in the United States service ; came back and d. 
 here on the town farm, unm., March, 1856. j . 
 
 2. William, [m. Betsey Hall ; lived some years in the Dea. Al- 
 
 exander house at the Branch, and in other places in town ; 
 subsequently went to Washington, and d. there Jan. 21, 
 1846, aged 56. His son, James Stuart, lives in Walpole.J 
 
 3. Sarah, [m. John Pettingill, and d. in 1855. J 
 
 4. Mart, [m. John Elliot of Mont Vernon, and d. in that 
 
 town very aged, 1879.] 
 
 5. Abigail, [called " Nabby," unm.] 
 
 6. Hannah, [m. Joseph Derush.J 
 
GENEALOGIES. 
 
 SUMNER. 
 
 STLVANUS SUMNER owned and run the clothing-mill at the 
 Branch a short time. He married a daughter of Samuel Gove of Weare. 
 Little is knowti of him. 
 
 SWAIN. 
 
 JEREMIAH SWAIN, first of this family known in America, was in 
 Charlestown, Mass., in 1638, and soon after moved to Reading, Mass. 
 His son, Maj. Jeremiah Swain of Reading, was born in 1643. Was a 
 physician by profession. Was commander-in-chief of all the forces raised 
 in the colony against the Eastern Indians, and had his headquarters for 
 some time in Berwick, Me. Was in many battles and skirmishes with 
 the red men, and is described as " an able and brave ofllcer." Benjamin 
 Swain, son of Maj. Jeremiah, was a physician, selectman of his town, 
 and lieutenant in the army. John Swain, son of Dr. Benjamin, was a 
 captain in the army. Rev. Joseph Swain, son of Capt. John, was born 
 in 1723 ; was graduated at Harvard College in 1744, and was pastor of the 
 Congregational Church in Wenham forty-two years. He married Mrs. 
 Elizabeth (Chipman) Warren, widow of his predecessor. Rev. John 
 Warren, and daughter of Rev. John Chipman, who was pastor of the 
 church in North Beverly, Mass., sixty years. Rev. Joseph Swain had 
 six children, and died June 27, 1792. It must not escape our notice that 
 he was the author of several of the most beautiful hymns in our language. 
 Some of these may be found in almost any collection. The hymns com- 
 mencing, " O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight," and " I 
 stand on Zion's mount,'' are worthy of note. Pew hymns have been 
 more admired than that we sing so often: — 
 
 " How sweet, how heavenly is the sight 
 When those who love the Lord, 
 In one another's peace delight, ' 
 
 And so fulfill his wordl 
 
 " When each can feel his brother's sigh. 
 And with him bear a part'. 
 When sorrow flows from eye to eye, 
 And joy from heart to heart! " 
 
 Daniel, the fourth child of Rev. Joseph Swain, was born Sept. 19, 
 1756. He went to New Ipswich in 1780 and set up business as a hatter, 
 which he continued till his death by spotted fever about 1808. Was a 
 man of wit and considerable ability. The first page of his account-book 
 dated " Nov. ye 3'^ 1780 " is headed thus: — 
 
 " Daniel Swain is my name; 
 English is my nation ; 
 The hatter's trade my choice — 
 An honest occupation." 
 
 He married Hittie Stickney of New Ipswich, April 25, 1782, and had 
 nine children. The widow died in Antrim, June, 1847, aged eighty-nine. 
 
700 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 GILMAN SWAIN, eighth child of Daniel, was born June 6,1800, and 
 came to Antrim to worls at the age of fourteen. He married Betsey 
 Combs, April 19, 1825; lived on the B. F. Dustin place in the west part 
 of the town, and died April 5, 1862.' His widow reached the ripe age of 
 eighty-two. They had children thus: — 
 
 1. RoANSA F., [b. Jan. 28, 1826 ; m. Alonzo Dimond of Antrim 
 
 in 18.")0, and d. July 20, 1854. Left no children.] 
 
 2. Adna T., [b. April 1, 1828; m. Alice Lonergan of Boston, 
 
 April 12, 1863, and lives in that city.j 
 
 3. Charles, [b. Sept. 8, 1830; d. in infancy.] 
 
 4. Sarah M., [b. Aug. 27, 1833 ; m. Charles W. Abbott of Low- 
 
 ell, Mass., Oct. 23, 1858. They now live'in Reading, Mass. 
 They have one child, Prank P., who was born at Salmon 
 Falls, this State, Jan. 11, 1860. Mrs. Abbott has furnished 
 much information concerning this family and others, and in 
 most welcome and scholarly shape.] 
 
 5. Anson T., [b. Sept. 13, 1836; m. Mary in New York 
 
 City in 1864, and d. there April 12, 1865. The widow 
 soon after m. and went to California. They had one child, 
 Sarah Louise.] 
 
 6. Henry B., [b. Sept. 15, 1838 ; m. Mary A. Upton of Stod- 
 
 dard, Sept. 15, 1862. Was a cavalry soldier in the war 
 against tlie rebels. Has been a life-long student in phre- 
 nology and kindred sciences. Is abroad on lecturing tours 
 most of the time, with noteworthy success. Is described as 
 an easy and agreeable speaker, and as one having marked 
 proficiency in the line of his subject. Resides at the 
 Branch. Has children : — 
 
 Helen B., (b. jkarch 14, 1864.) 
 
 Mary A., (b. April 6, 1866. ) 
 
 Henri/ U., (b. July 8, 1868.) 
 
 Gracie A., (b. Oct. 11, 1870.) 
 
 Sarah B., (b. April 23, 1873 ; d. July 30, 1878.)] 
 
 SWBTT. 
 
 Three brothers, Henry B., Daniel, and Oliver, came here from Wind- 
 sor. Their grandfather, Jonathan, settled in that town in 1779, coming 
 there from Nottingham. This Jonathan was son of John Swett; and 
 John's father, Jonathan, came from England and was among the early 
 settlers of Portsmouth. 
 
 HENRY B. SWETT, son of Samuel and Mary (Dresser) Swett, and 
 grandson of Jonathan and Lydia (Huntress) Swett, was born in Windsor 
 
GENEALOGIES. 701 
 
 June 26, 1810; married Sar9,h B. Mcllvaine of Antrim, and lived in Wind- 
 sor many years. After the death of his son he came to North Branch, 
 where he now resides. He was selectman in 1862. His children are: — 
 
 1. Daniel M., [b. in Windsor, Dec. 19, 1834; d. Dec. 7, 1861.J 
 
 2. Mary E., [b. April 11, 1839 ; m. David M. Stacey, Nov. 27, 
 
 1862, and lives at North Branch.] 
 
 DANIEL SWETT, brother of Henry B. Swett, was born in Windsor 
 in 1812 ; married Eoxah Boutwell of Antrim, June 18, 1840, and came 
 here from Windsor in 1857. He bought the Webster place. The house 
 once stood on the north declivity of Meeting-House Hill, and was there 
 occupied by Abraham McNiel. It was moved to its present locality in 
 1832. The old Webster house stood on the opposite side of the road, so 
 high on the bank that they had to have stairs to get up to it. Daniel 
 Swett's wife died Aug. 26, 1875, aged sixty. Their children are: — 
 
 1. Martha A., [b. in Windsor, March 27, 1841; m. Charles D. 
 
 Sawyer of Antrim, Nov. 5, 1863.] 
 
 2. Anson, [b. in Windsor, Feb. 2, 1845 ; m. Alice 0. Wilkins, 
 
 March 15, 1877.] 
 
 3. Frank, [b. March 31, 1848 ; leader of Center choir ; lived on 
 
 the homestead with his father ; m. Lizzie J. Goodwin, Feb. 
 4, 1879 ; d. June 7, 1880 ; a young man universally loved, 
 and of great value in the community.] 
 
 4. Martin, [b. Nov. 22, 1855.] 
 
 OLIVER SWETT, another brother, was born July 16, 1818 ; married 
 Mahala Perkins in 1845, and came to Antrim in 1860 and bought the 
 Dustin, or Dea. Weston place at North Branch. They have two chil- 
 dren : — 
 
 1. Luman a., [b. Aug. 5, 1847 ; m. Alma A., daughter of Ben- 
 
 jamin Swett, Dec. 2, 1874, and lives at the Branch, having 
 one child : — 
 Edward H., (b. Aug. 8, 1876.)] 
 
 2. Laura J., [b. July 13, 1850 ; d. Oct. 24, 1868, aged 18.] 
 
 LANGDON SWETT, son of John and Mary (Preston) Swett, and 
 cousin of the brothers Henry B., Daniel, and Oliver Swett, was born in 
 Windsor in 1805; married Sarah Allds, April 26, 1833; came here in 
 1863 and bought what was called the Cooledge place at North Branch 
 (house built by Joel Jones in 1807). His wife has become totally blind. 
 She is a devoted Christian and wonderfully sustained in this aflSiction by 
 the grace of God. Have no children. 
 
 BENJAMIN SWETT, son of Daniel and Jane Swett, was born in 
 Perry, Me., Feb. 5, 1805 ; married Elsie J. Shannon of Gilmanton, and 
 
702 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 came to Antrim in 1869. Mrs. Swett died April 10, 1874. Tlieir chil- 
 dren are : — 
 
 1. Celbstia A., [b. in 1833 ; m. William Eaton; lives in Weare.J 
 
 2. Eliza J., [b. in 1836 ; m. Bdwai-d P. Beals, and lives in Au- 
 
 gusta, Me.j 
 
 3. Daniel E., [b. Dec. 4, 1838 ; m. Mrs. Ellen (Smith) Lazelle ; 
 
 lived in Boston, but moved back to Antrim in 1877, now 
 occupying the Chapin place.] 
 
 4. Nathaniel F., [b. Dec. 4, 1840 ; m. Lucy W. Annis of Goffs- 
 
 town. May 6, 1858 ; moved to Antrim in 1872, and occupies 
 the William Wilkins place, having two children : — 
 Willie K, (b. in Goffstown, July 3, 1869.) 
 Florence E., (b. in Sanbornton, June 27, 1872.)] 
 
 5. Ella M., [b. Nov. 8, 1-849; m. Marshall J. Wood, Feb. 10, 
 
 1870, and went to Brooklyn, N. Y.] 
 
 6. Alma A., [b. in 1852 ; m. Luman A. Swett; Dec. 2, 1874.] 
 
 7. Prank, [b. Aug. 3, 1853 ; m. Lizzie Early in 1874, and now 
 
 lives in Nashua.] 
 
 NAHUM B. SWETT, son of Bela M. and Persis (Brown) Swett, was 
 born in Henniker in 1822; married Kutli I. Stearns of Bradford, Me., in 
 1851 (both mutes), and came here from Henniker on to the Thomas Bar- 
 ker place, at the foot of sand-hill, in 1870. Mrs. Swett died Aug. 10, 
 1872, aged forty-eight'. Their children are : — 
 
 1. Mart J., [b. in Henniker, Jan. 6, 1857 ; m. Andrew J. Ste- 
 
 vens of Bennington, Aug. 24, 1879.] 
 
 2. Charlotte B., [educated mute, b. April 2, 1861.] 
 
 3. Mitchell S., [educated mute, b. Oct. 2, 1862.] 
 
 4. Margaret S., [educated mute, b. Jan. 12, 1866.] 
 
 TAYLOR. 
 
 JAMES TATLOR, named below, came here, a young, unmarried man, 
 to succeed Benjamin Sargent as a clothier. The following advertisement 
 appears in the Amherst paper: — 
 
 " CLOTHING BUSINESS. 
 
 " The subscriber takes this method to inform the public that he carries 
 on the clothing business at the Pulling mill in Antrim lately occupied by 
 Mr. Benjamin Sargent, where he proposes dying deep blue, crimson, 
 scarlet, and other good durable colors. Those who will favor him with 
 their custom may- depend upon having their work done with fidelity and 
 dispatch. Constant attendance will be given, and any favor gratefully 
 received. 
 
 « JAMES TAYLOE. 
 
 " Antrim, July 25, 1796." 
 
GENEALOGIES. 703 
 
 In this business he continued several years. The mill stood on the 
 site of the Breed mill, just below the blacksmith's shop of Locke Hill in 
 South Village. James Taylor was son of James Taylor. His mother's 
 name was Elizabeth Center. He came here from Dunstable in 1795, and 
 married Kachel Duncan, daughter of Hon. John Duncan, in 1801. He 
 was once licensed as a hotel-keeiDer here, was quite a mihtary man, and a 
 long time captain of one of the companies of this town. He lived in 
 several places in town, was a short time in Lyndeborough, and after a 
 return went to New Boston, thence to Herkimer, N. T., in 1814, where 
 he died July 1, 18.34, aged sixty-seven. His widow died May 7, 1862. 
 Their children were : — 
 
 1. William T., [b. June 24, 1802 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 2. John Moor, [b. Jan. 7, 1804, in Antrim ; went West in early 
 
 life and d. unm.J 
 
 3. Adeline, [b. in Lyndeborough, Dec. 5, 1806 ; d. in 1822.] 
 
 4. Elizabeth C, [b. in Antrim, Oct. 20, 1807; m. William 
 
 Tubbs of Herkimer, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1831.] 
 
 5. Katherine McP., [b. in Antrim in 1810; d. unm. Feb. 14, 
 
 1863.J 
 
 6. James B., [b. in New Boston, Feb. 17, 1812. He was last 
 
 heard of in California, about 1850 ; was shot in the street 
 while hiiving his boots blacked. One sou, Charles B., lives 
 at Mohawk, N. Y.] 
 
 7. Theresa A., [b. in Lawrence, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1816; m. Mi- 
 
 chael Schaffner of Herkimer, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1840, and 
 lived in New York City till 1861. He was a wholesale con- 
 fectioner ; went into the army in 1861, thence retired, in 
 poor health, to Herkimer, N. Y., where they now reside.] 
 
 NATHAN TAYLOR moved here from Amherst in 1780, and subse- 
 quently succeeded John Gordon on the Dea. Weston .place at the Branch 
 (now Oliver Swett's), and died about 1808, after great suffering. Noth- 
 ing more can be learned of him. He seems to have lived on the Gordon 
 place only a short time before Dea. Weston. But he was in town as 
 early as 1776, though probably without his family, having a log house 
 somewhere in the vicinity of the Branch. His name appears to the As- 
 sociation Test in the summer of 1776. The town voted him " six cord of 
 good fire wood" at the March meeting of 1802, and continued the same 
 by annual vote for five years. As they voted March 10,1807, " not to sup- 
 ply the wood," it is supposed he was understood to be near his end so as 
 not to need it. 
 
 Dea. JOHN TAYLOR came here from Beverly in 1800, and lived 
 where Raymond afterwards lived, at the corner below the Nesmith place. 
 He was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 1816; went to 
 New York ia 1824, and died in Newark, N. Y., in 1837, aged seventy-five. 
 
704 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 He married, first, Hannah Woodbury, who died in 1819, aged fifty-seven; 
 married, second, Mrs. Judd of Newark. His children, all by the first 
 wife, were as follows : — 
 
 1. Polly, [b. in 1784 ; m. James, son of Dea. Jonathan Nes- 
 
 mith ; lived on a farm now George Brown's some years, 
 then moved to Cortland, N. Y., where she d. in 1845.] 
 
 2. John B., [b. in Beverly in 1787 ; m. Margaret Steele, sister 
 
 of Dea. Steele, Dec. 7, 1815 ; built southeast of the Thomas 
 Brown place, now Andrew Cochran's pasture, in 1812 ; went 
 West in 1821 ; then his house fell to pieces. He was noted 
 as a musician, being for some years a leader of church 
 mnsic. He d. in Geneseo, 111., in 1839. The children of 
 John B. Taylor were : — 
 
 Nancy S., (b. in Antrim in 1816 ; m. Sperry S. Howard in 
 1832, and now lives, a widow, in Edgerton, Wis.) 
 
 John, (b. in Antrim in 1818 ; d. in infancy.) 
 
 Harriet N., (b. in 1820 in Antrim ; m. 1st, John T. Nesmith 
 in 1842 ; 2d, William T. Crosier in 1854, and lives in 
 Sharon, 111.) 
 
 Mary A., (b. after her father moved West; m. Charles B. 
 Miner of Weathersfield, 111.) 
 
 Samuel S., (m. Rosaltha M. Bliss of Sharon, 111.) 
 
 John M. W., (m. Lizzie T. Steele of this town, Oct. 6, 1852, 
 and d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1873.) 
 
 Jane C, (m. George I. Bliss, and lives in Geneseo, 111.)] " 
 
 3. Andrew, [b. in Beverly, Jan. 17, 1789 ; m. Polly Brown, Oct. 
 
 11, 1814, who d. in 1828 ; went to Union County, N. Y., in 
 1826 ; m. 2d, Rebecca Butterfield, and d. Oct. 26, 1843. 
 His children, all by the first wife, were : — 
 
 John B., (b. Nov. 7, 1815 ; d; in infancy.) 
 
 Nathan W., (b. July 28, 1817 ; m. Elizabeth Coleman in 1844, 
 and d. July 4, 1875.) 
 
 James N., (Jo. June 17, 1819 ; m. Sarah Decker in 1842, and 
 d. March 26, 1866.) 
 
 John, (b. Aixg. 16, 1821 ; m. Elizabeth Ogden, Nov. 15, 1849, 
 and lives in Atkinson, 111.) 
 
 Mary E., (b. March 4, 1823 ; m. James S. Hamilton, March 4, 
 1840, and lives in Florence, lo.) ' 
 
 Sarah A., (Jo. May 18, 1827, in Union, N. Y., and d. in in- 
 fancy.)] 
 
 4. Hannah, [b. in 1791 ; m. John McCoy, Jr., April 13, 1813, 
 
GENEALOGIES. 705 
 
 and d. in Bennington, Sept. 5, 1847; several of her descend- 
 ants reside in Lowell.] 
 
 5. Abigail, [b. in 1793 ; m. Isaac Barker of Antrim, Dec. 25, 
 
 1817 ; lived in Somerville, Mass., where she d. in 1846.] 
 
 6. Nancy, [b. in Ipswich, Mass., in 1795 ; m. Thomas Barker, 
 
 Dec. 8, 1825, and d. in Bennington in 1849.] 
 
 TEMPLE. 
 
 ZENAS TEMPLE, son of Jonathan and Hepsibah (Parker) Temple, 
 was born in Reading, Mass., Feb. 17, 1786. He came to Antrim in 1805, 
 and with his father bought the then-called Alexander Jameson place, 
 where he lived sixty-six years. He married Margaret J., daughter of 
 Thomas Jameson, Dec. 23, 1813. He was a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church forty years, — the father, mother, and daughter uniting at the 
 same time. His wife died Aug. 4, 1870, aged eighty-three. He died 
 April 7, 1871. His father died here Jan. 1, 1842, aged eighty-two ; and his 
 mother, Jan. 27, 1837, aged sixty-three. His children were : — 
 
 1. Jane M., [b. in 1814. She was a dressmaker, and d. here 
 
 Nov'. 11, 1861.] 
 
 2. Harriet N., [b. Sept. 21, 1815 ; d. of brain fever, March 27, 
 
 1836, at the age of 20.] 
 
 3. Jonathan B., [b. May 15, 1818 ; m. Lucy Damon of Reading, 
 
 Mass., and d. Jan. 1, 1869. They had six children, only 
 two of whom are now living : Lucy E., now Mrs. A. G. 
 Patch of Boston, and John P., who lives with his sister.] 
 
 4. Margaret A., [b. March 12, 1820 ; m. Simon A. Peaslee of 
 
 Nashua, Oct. 8, 1850, and had two daughters and a son, all 
 of whom d. in infancy. Mr. Peaslee lived largely in Nashua, 
 but spent the last few years of his life in South Village on 
 the spot where Dea. Aiken built. He was foreman in the 
 knife-factory till failing health compelled him to give up 
 business ; was a genial, generous, and good man, and d. in 
 the summer of 1877. His widow survives.] 
 
 5. Sophia J., [b. in 1822 ; d. in childhood.] 
 
 6. Thomas, [b. in 1824 ; d. in childhood.] 
 
 7. Mary J., [b. Feb. 4, 1827; m. William A. Ober of Nashua, 
 
 Oct. 8, 1850. The two sisters, Margaret and Mary, with 
 their husbands, were united in marriage by Dr. Whiton in 
 one ceremony. She has no children and resides in Nashua. J 
 
 TBMPLBTON. 
 
 There was a Matthew Templeton in the French war, who was dis- 
 charged Oct. 27, 1758. This was, without question, the settler in Antrim. 
 
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706 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 He was son of Adam and Margaret (Lindsay) Templeton, and was born 
 in Ireland, though of Scotch race. He came over to Windham with his 
 parents when a small boy. There he married Jennie Harkness. He 
 came from that town to Antrim in 1775 (though he lived in Peterborough 
 part of several previous years), and began thelsaac Cochran place. He 
 was constable in Windham before coming here. The name of his father, 
 Adam Templeton, appears on the town record of Windham in 1753, and 
 occasionally until the fall of 1776. Adam Templeton's wife, Margaret 
 (Lindsay) Templeton, died in Windham, April 5, 1784, aged sixty-flve; 
 • and after her death he followed his son to Antrim, died here in 1795, 
 aged eighty-four, and was buried in the old cemetery on the hill. .They 
 had other children, as John, who was the father of Isaac Templeton of 
 this town; Daniel Templeton of Hillsborough; James, who settled in 
 Peterborough; and others. Matthew Templeton's wife died in Antrim 
 in 1780, aged forty-three. He moved from this town to Peterborough in 
 1784, where he died May 30, 1809, aged seventy-three. He was an odd 
 mortal, strictly pious, a rigid Presbyterian, and terribly bitter against all 
 innovations. His cuts and thrusts against new fashions became by- words, 
 and probably helped along what he opposed, as is often the case. He 
 considered the use of instrumental music in church an invention of the 
 devil, and left the church in indignation when a bass-viol was first intro- 
 duced. While living in Peterborough, he thought to get rid of the offen- 
 sive music by going to Greenfield to meeting ; and accordingly he started 
 one Sabbath morning, but, he says, " When I got in sight of the meeting- 
 house, there was a man with a goon [bassoon], and Dagon [bass-viol] was 
 there too, and I jist got on to mee ould meer and cum home." The pitch- 
 pipe he called the " whastle." On one occasion when the chorister, John 
 Smith, gave the key with the pitch-pipe, the choir broke down and 
 stopped, when Mr. Templeton called out in an audible voice, " Ah ! Johny 
 Smith, ye maun blaw your whastle again I" If the old gentleman had 
 lived in these days of operatic performances in church music, he might 
 think the devil rather active, and, perhaps, not get far from the truth. 
 His children were: — 
 
 1. Betsey, [b. in Windham in 1770 ; m. John Holmes of Peter- 
 
 borough, and went to Montpelier, Vt.J 
 
 2. Samuel, [b. in Windham in 1772 ; m. Jane Miller, and set- 
 
 tled on his father's farm in Peterborough. He d. in 1832, 
 and of his children his daughter Catherine (b. Oct. 22, 
 1811) alone survived him. She m. Caleb P. Wilder, and 
 occupies the homestead.] 
 
 3. Jean, [called " Jane," b. in 1774 ; m. Hugh Miller of Peter- 
 
 borough in 1795, and d. June 9, 1845.] 
 
 4. Sally, [b. in Antrim in 1776 ; m.' Reuben Robbe, but didn't 
 
 succeed in living with him.] 
 
 5. Jennie, [b. in Antrim in 1778 ; d. unm. Feb. 19, 1849.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 707 
 
 ISAAC TEMPLETON", son of John and Mary (Mayhew) Templeton 
 of Windham, grandson of Adam and Margaret (Lindsay) Templeton, 
 and nephew of Matthew Templeton, mentioned above, was born in 
 "Windham in 1795 ; married Mary Eoss, March 15, 1814; came here from 
 Hillsborough in 1817, lived here and there in town, and after several 
 years moved to Deering, thence back to Hillsborough, where he died April 
 19, 1869, aged seventy-four. His wife died in 1874, aged eighty-three. 
 Their children were : — 
 
 I. , [b. in Hillsborough in 1815 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 , 2. Maey J., [b. in Hillsborough, April 21, 1816 ; m. Robert B, 
 Austin of Deering, who was a mechanic and worked at mak- 
 ing organs, and d. in Worcester, Mass., in 1875. She now 
 lives, a widow, at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 3. James B,., [b. in Antrim, May 4, 1818 ; m. Emily Stickney, 
 
 daughter of Dr. Stickney of Antrim ; was a tailor ; lived 
 several years at the Branch, thence moved to Peterborough, 
 where he d. April 8, 1876. Their children are : — 
 Harry H., (b. Oct. 8, 1846 ; m. Mary Ella, daughter of Fred- 
 erick Livingston of Peterborough, Jan. 2, 1870, and is en- 
 gaged in business as a merchant-tailor in Peterborough.) 
 
 Frank G., (b. in Nashua, Nov. 9, 1853; m. Mattie J. Hub- 
 bard, Nov. 27, 1876 ; is assistant in clothing-store of Mar- 
 shall Nay, Peterborough.) 
 
 Carrie, (b. Dec. 10, 1855 ; d. in infancy.)] 
 
 4. Maegaket, [twin-sister of James R. ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 5. John, [b. in Antrim, July 31, 1822 ; m. Mary J. Nichols of 
 
 Hillsborough ; d. in 1848.] 
 
 6. Isaac, [b. Sept. 22, 1824 ; m. Sarah A. Brooks of Benning- 
 
 ton ; d. in the army at Hilton Head.] 
 
 7. Linda B., [twin-sister of Isaac ; m. William Pritchard, and 
 
 lives at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 8. Luther, [b. in Antrim ; d. at the age of 4.] 
 
 9. Madison, [one of triplets, b. April 22, 1830 ; m. Mary A. 
 
 Newton of Bennington ; d. in Worcester, Mass., in 1868.] 
 
 10. Milton, [one of triplets mentioned above ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 II. Maria, [one of triplets, sister of Madison and Milton ; d. in 
 infancy.] 
 
 12. Emily, [b. in June, 1835 ; m. Rodney Clark, and lives in 
 Deering, near Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 13. Emeline, [tw;in-sister of Emily; m. Edward Cotter, and 
 lives at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
708 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 TENNANT. 
 
 EOBEET TENNANT came here from Deering in 1795, or before, and 
 bought, of John Gilmore, the "Whitney place, which he occupied many 
 years, and was appointed by the selectmen of Antrim to keep tavern and 
 sell rum at that place in 1795. He married Elizabeth Alcock, daughter 
 of Judge Eobert Alcock of Deering. His name was Hogg, but just be- 
 fore his marriage he had it changed to Tennant. Probably she didn't 
 want to be called " a Hogg ! " She died Oct. 30, 1839. He lived awhile 
 on the Charles Appleton place, where he died May 26, 1843, aged eighty- 
 two. They had but one child: — 
 
 1. John, [m. Elizabeth Houston of Antrim, who d. April 18, 
 1823, aged 31. He was drowned in the Contoocook River, 
 not far from George Thompson's, Oct. 12, 1839. He walked 
 off the bank into the river, it being a dark night, and thus 
 perished, being the last of the family. They had three chil- 
 dren, as follows : — 
 
 Moses B., (d. Jan. 3, 1832, aged 17.) 
 
 Elizabeth, (d. Oct. 20, 1829, aged 13.) 
 
 Aura Ann, (d. Oct. 10, 1829, aged 10.)] 
 
 TENNEY. 
 
 In the year 1638, Rev. Ezekiel Eogers and twenty families of his peo- 
 ple came over from Eowley, in Yorkshire, England, and settled a town- 
 ship in Massachusetts which they called '' Eowley," for their old home. 
 Among these families were Thomas Tenney and his wife Ann. The 
 next year, "William Tenney, a younger brother of Thomas, came over 
 with forty families. In 1667 this William was chosen deacon of the 
 church. His only son died young. Thomas had four sons and two 
 daughters. One son, Daniel, by his wife Mary had six sons and two 
 daughters. "William, fourth son of Daniel and Mary, had two wives, Ab- 
 igail and Mehitable. The first wife died young, leaving one daughter 
 and no sons. The second wife left four sons and two daughters. "William, 
 second son of "William and Mehitable, married Ann Jewett, moved to 
 Hollis in 1750, and died in 1783, leaving children: Martha, Benjamin, 
 "William, Ann, and Oliver. The second of these, Benjamin, born Oct. 
 28, 1746, married Euth Blanchard and settled in Temple. He died at the 
 age of forty-three, leaving children: William, Benjamin, Lucy, Amos, 
 Samuel, Solomon, and John. The widow afterwards married Darius 
 Hudson of Temple, and died April 13, 1881, aged seventy-nine. 
 
 JOHN TENNEY, youngest son of Benjamin and Euth (Blanchard) 
 Tenney, was born in Temple in 1787 ; came to Antrim in 1815 ; bought 
 the Nathaniel Grifiin place, now J. E. Tenney's, and married Betsey 
 Wright of Concord, Mass. He died in 1820, aged thirty-three. Chil- 
 dren : — 
 
 1. Betsey Caroline, [b. in Temple, March 19, 1812 ; became 
 
GENEALOGIES. 709 , 
 
 second wife of John S. Parmenter, April 6, 1832 ; d. sud- 
 denly, Dec. 31, 1867.] 
 
 2. Lucy Elviea, [b. in Temple, Oct. 1, 1813 ; m. Luke Nichols, 
 
 April 21, 1836 ; d. very suddenly, Jan. 30, 1856.] 
 
 3. EuTH Merriam, [b. June 30, 1815 ; d. at age of 20.] 
 
 4. John W., [b. June 8, 1817 ; m. Louisa Hills, April 18, 1844 ; 
 
 lived on the old homestead, and d. March 10, 1851, leaving 
 
 children : — 
 Lizzie S., (b. March 8, 1845.) 
 John E., (b. March 25, 1850.)] 
 
 5. Abner Spopford, [b. Feb. 8, 1819 ; d. in childhood.] 
 
 6. Benjamin B., [b. Feb. 10, 1821 ; m. Tryphena Putnam of 
 
 Lyndeborough ; came on to the old homestead at the death 
 
 of his brother John, and d. there Jan. 1, 1866, leaving 
 
 children : — 
 John F., (b. May 30, 1851 ; m. Julia L. Richardson of Dublin, 
 
 Dec. 14, 1876, and lives on the old homestead ; has one 
 
 child, Lucy Anabel, b. Dec. 4, 1878.) 
 Amy T., (b. Sept. 7, 1854 ; d. March 10, 1871.)] 
 
 JAMES E. TElfNEY, son of Siillman and Eoxanna (Smith) Ten- 
 ney, was born in Hancock in 1840 ; came to Antrim in 1866, and bought 
 the John Robinson place ; is engaged in the lumber business ; married 
 Leona A. Button of Greenfield, March 7, 1864, and they have one child : — 
 
 1. Nettie L., [b. Deo. 1, 1871.] 
 
 THAYER. 
 
 CHARLES THAYER came into possession of the mill on the old 
 Aiken stand, South Village, after Abijah Whitcomb. He married a Miss 
 Mayo from Cape Cod, from which vicinity he came. He lived here and 
 carried on the mill about eight years. 
 
 THOMPSON. 
 
 JOHN THOMPSON was actively engaged in the war of the Revolu- 
 tion, being out at sea in privateers. He was twice taken prisoner by the 
 British once being taken to Halifax, and once to the Island of Bermuda, 
 where he was charged with desertion from the British, and his life threat- 
 ened. The officer who examined him being a Tory, and having some 
 knowledge of the town from whence he came, confirmed his statement of 
 being an American, and he was accordingly liberated or exchanged. He 
 married, first, Esther Redington, and came to Antrim from Beverly in 
 1793. They lived in a log house at the corner of the roads east of the 
 Artemas Brown place, where they had seven children, only one of whom, 
 James C Thompson of Illinois, now survives. Several years after the 
 
710 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 death of bis first wife, Mr. Thompson was in the United States navy; but 
 returned about 1810, married Betsey Day, July 25, 1811, and lived on the 
 mountain southeast of Samuel Dinsmore's. About 1830, he bought land 
 of John C. Flint, and built on it the house recently occupied by Henry 
 D. Chapin. After a few years he sold that and moved into the stone 
 house by the pond, where he died in 1842, aged eighty-one. By the last 
 marriage there were the following children : — 
 
 8. Thomas, [b. May 11, 1812; m. Elizabeth M. Buswell in 1842, 
 
 and lived on the Dea. Bond place, from whence he moved to 
 Francestown, remaining there four years. He came from 
 thence into the stone house in Antrim, and in 1850 he built 
 over what had been the tin-shop of his brother Luke into 
 the house he now occupies in Clinton. He is a humble, 
 modest, and godly man, well versed in the sacred Word, 
 and was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 
 1860. His children are : — 
 
 Augusta M., (b. Aug. 6, 1843 ; m. James Thoflipson of Fall 
 River in 1872 ; d. in Antrim Feb. 10, 1878.) 
 
 Daniel W., (b. Nov. 19, 1844; cabinet-maker by trade ; lives 
 in Melrose, Mass.)] 
 
 9. Sarah, [b. May 1, 1813 ; m. Aaron Morse of Lynn, Mass., 
 
 and has since lived there.] 
 
 10. Betsey, [d. at the age of 13.] 
 
 11. Luke, [b. May 30, 1817 ; m. Sabra A. Muzzejr, April 18, 
 1844, and went to Nashua. He afterwards came to Clin- 
 ton, where he had a tin-shop some years. In 1862 he built 
 the tin-shop at South Village, and did a good business for 
 ten years, when he sold out to Squires Forsaith, the pres- 
 ent occupant. In 1863 he built the house he last occupied. 
 Built the lower mills in 1868, where, in connection with his 
 son, he carried on manufacturing business of various kinds. 
 He d. suddenly, Nov. 16, 1878. His children are : — 
 
 Edward J., (b. Feb. 11, 1846; m. Flora Goodell, Oct. 15, 
 1868 ; is a printer by trade ; was for a time editor of " Hills- 
 borough Messenger." Published the " Antrim Home News " 
 for a time. Has a good job-printing business at South Vil- 
 lage, 3,nd does highly creditable work.) 
 
 Emma P., (b. Oct. 31, 1848 ; m. Stephen Trask of Lynn, 
 Nov. 27, 1869.) 
 
 Charles W., (b. May 5, 1851 ; m. Mary E. Richardson, Oct. 7, 
 1875.)] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 711 
 
 ALEXANDEE THOMPSON, an emigrant from Perth, Scotland, 
 was of a family of wealthy land-holders there. His father had 'six sons, 
 and some of them, according to the English law, must be given to the 
 army. The lot fell on Alexander to go, and he served in the Bfitish army 
 several years. He began the farm now occupied by his son, George Thomp- 
 son, about 1796. He descended from a daughter of the Scottish chief 
 Robert Bruce. Was born in 1761. Married Elisabeth Nutt, and died in 
 1827. His wife died May 27, 1840, aged seventy-eight. Their children 
 were: — 
 
 1. Mart M., [b. May 27,1790, in Londonderry; m. 1st, John 
 
 McCoy of Francestown, March 10, 1814 ; 2d, Israel Gilling- 
 ham of Newbury, Oct. 20, 1838. She d. in the last-named 
 town, Dec. 26, 1876.] 
 
 2. Alexander, [b. in 1792 ; m. Matilda Richardson ; moved to 
 
 Newbury, Vt., and d. there.] 
 
 3. Levi, [b. in 1793 ; left town when a young man, and never 
 
 subsequently heard from.] 
 
 4. Isabel, [b. in 1794 ; m. Benjamin Durant, Jan. 19, 1815 ; 
 
 went to Stowe, Vt., and d. there.] 
 -5. Dea. Daniel, [b. in 1796 ; m. Persis Ladd of Haverhill ; was 
 a blacksmith many years in Francestown ; was deacon in 
 the Congregational Church there ; now lives in Lancaster.] 
 
 6. Elisabeth, [b. in 1798 ; m. Ephraim Stearns, Dec. 19, 1823 ; 
 
 d. in this town many years ago. Her husband m. again, 
 and is now living in Nashua.] 
 
 7. Samuel, [b. in 1801 ; m. Rachel Kingsbury ; lived and d. in 
 
 Roxbury, Mass.] 
 
 8. George, [b. July 26, 1803 ; m. Melita Gillingham of Brad- 
 
 ford, in the spring of 1839 ; lives on the farm settled by his 
 father, and is among the largest land-owners of this vicinity. 
 His wife d. May 20, 1852. Their children were : — 
 
 George I]., (b. Sept. 11, 1840.) 
 
 Eelm M., (b. June 25, 1842 ; m. Marcus M. Bailey, April 18, 
 1867, and liv6s in Nelson.) 
 
 Eveline M., (b. Dec. 16, 1843.) 
 
 Addie E., (b. March 9, 1845 ; m. Alvin Sheldon, June 4, 1871, 
 and lives in Hancock.) / 
 
 Samuel M., (b. Aug. 9, 1848 ; m. Sophia Chaney of Benning- 
 ton, Oct. 29, 1878 ; lives on the McCoy or Reuben Boutwell 
 place.) 
 
 /., (d. in infancy.)] 
 
712 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 TODD. 
 
 SOLOMON TODD, a connection of Col. Andrew Todd named below, 
 was born in the north of Ireland, and came over to Londonderry in 1740. 
 He is said to have been nineteen years old on his arrival. He married 
 Elisabeth, daughter of John and Janet (Steele) Wallace. He was an 
 officer in the Revolutionary army, serving through the war with distinc- 
 tion ; but the exposure and hardship told upon him, and he died soon 
 after the close of the war. Not long subsequent to his death, in the year 
 1787, his widow and her five children came here. Samuel Gregg, who 
 was then wealthy and lived at the Center, and whose wife Margaret was 
 a sister to- Mrs. Todd, built a house for the widow and her children. It 
 stood on the west side of the old road a few rods above the town-house. 
 Here they had a home many years. The children were " put out " at one 
 place and another in town and served till "twenty-one." Mrs. Elisabeth 
 Todd subsequently married a Kinnard, whom she also survived ; was a 
 useful and noble old lady, known as " Grandmother Kinnard; " and died 
 at the age of ninety-six. The children of Solomon and Elisabeth Todd 
 were : — 
 
 1. Henry, [m. Sarah Mcllvaine, who d. in childbirth, leaving a 
 
 babe, b. Nov. 2, 1802. He was named Robert M., and on 
 coming of age went below, m. Elisabeth M. Hodgkins of 
 Gloucester, Mass., and is now one of the leading and most 
 worthy citizens of Milton, Mass. Henry Todd, soon after 
 the death of his wife, went off into the State of Maine, and 
 d. in Knox, that State, in 1820.J 
 
 2. John, [b. Feb. 17, 1777 ; m. Dolly Hood of Boxford, Mass., 
 
 Nov. 3, 1806 ; lived in Salem, Mass., where he d. Jan. 15, 
 1831. Left five sons and four daughters. Two sons, John 
 and Benjamin, d. in Africa. Most of this large family are 
 now gone. One son, Charles, now lives in Salem, Mass., 
 after years of life on the sea. J 
 
 3. Dea. Samuel C, [b. in Peterborough during a brief sojourn 
 
 of his parents in that town. In August, 1808, he m. Lydia 
 Gould, who is now living, at the age of ninety-one. He 
 was brought up by James Steele, his mother's uncle, in the 
 east part of Antrim. In 1803, he went to Topsfield, Mass., 
 and learned the trade of making fishermen's boots, which 
 trade he followed most of his life. He d. Dec. 31, 1858, 
 aged 75 years and 8 months. Was deacon in the Ortho- 
 dox Church of Topsfield, more than forty years. Left a 
 family of eleven children. Prof. A. C. Perkins of Exeter, 
 a native of Topsfield, speaks of him as his " first Sabbath- 
 school teacher, and a godly man, whose good name will live 
 
GENEALOGIES. 713 
 
 forever in the Topsfield church." His oldest son, Samuel 
 Todd, Esq., b. Oct. 15, 1812, is one of the leading men of 
 Topsfield at the present time, honored in every possible way 
 by his native town.] 
 
 4. Alexander, [went to Belfast, Me., quite young, to live with a 
 
 person for whom he was named. Two sons, Samuel and 
 Alexander, were in the lumber business in the city of Bel-- 
 fast a few years ago.] 
 
 5. Margaret, [went with her brother to the State of Maine. 
 
 She was b. about 1781. It is not known that she was ever 
 married, though a report has it that she entered the sacred 
 bonds somewhat late in life, spent her days in Belfast, and 
 d. without children.] 
 
 Col. ANDEEW TOBD, ancestor of the other Todds of Antrim, was 
 born in Ireland in 1697. His parents, James Todd and Eachel Nelson, 
 ■were both born in Scotland. He was married in Ireland to Beatrix 
 Moore, daughter of John Moore who was murdered in the massacre of 
 Glencoe, Scotland, in 1692. Andrew Todd was not one of the first set- 
 tlers, but arrived in Londonderry in the year 1720. He soon became a 
 leading man in town ; was often moderator of their public meetings ; 
 was fourteen years a selectman ; was representative of the town in the 
 provincial legislature ; was an officer in the French war of 1744, and again 
 in the war of 1755, in the course of which he was promoted to the rank 
 of colonel. His military reputation was of the best. In his old age he 
 went to live With his daughter in Peterborough, but survived there 
 less than a year, dying Sept. 15, 1777. Of his eight children we have 
 only room to say, that they were as follows : Samuel, who was born in 
 liOndonderry, June 3, 1726, married, first, Hannah Morrison, and second, 
 Ann Cochran, and, settling in Peterborough, was killed by the fall of a 
 tree, March 30, 1765 ; Rachel, who married Moses Morrison and lived in 
 Hancock; John, who was drowned at Amoskeag Falls at the age of twen- 
 ty-four; James, who inherited the homestead of his father in London- 
 derry, but died soon after; Jane, who married William Miller of Peter- 
 borough; Andrew, who was called "Uncle Andrew" by everybody, 
 led a wandering life, never married, was full of jokes and stories, and 
 loved a " drop of spirit " a little too well. At one time he stopped over 
 night with Samuel Duncan of Hancock, carrying his faithful jug. In the 
 morning he went out in the woods where Duncan was cliopping, and lay 
 down to sleep near by, having his jug beside his head. A large hemlock- 
 tree fell the wrong way, and the limbs crashed down on to the sleeping 
 man. Duncan ran and pulled him out, crying " Uncle Andrew, are you 
 dead? Uncle Andrew, are you dead?" — " I can't tell, Sam; but hand 
 us the jug; we'll na part wi' dry lips ! " Todd lived to wet his lips a good 
 many times 'after that. The other child of Col. Andrew was Capt. Alex- 
 ander, who was born Jan. 2, 1731; married Letitia Duncan; lived on a 
 beautiful farm in Hooksett, and died in Londonderry at the age of sev- 
 
714 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 enty. He was a captain in the French war; was taken prisoner by the 
 Indians, and after due time they prepared to burn him, according to their 
 custom. When all was ready, they stripped him naked; but just as they 
 got his shirt off over his head, hie sprang away and ran for his life. He 
 was hotly pursued but managed to escape, was three days and nights 
 naked in the woods, and succeeded in reaching his camp in safety. Capt. 
 Alexander Todd left several children, one of whom was Andrew, who 
 married Margaret Duncan and was father of Josiah D. Todd and George 
 Todd of Antrim. 
 
 JOSIAH D. TODD, son of the last-named Andrew, was born in Han- 
 cock, May 26, 1817. At the death of his father in 1826, he came here to 
 live with his uncle, Dea. Robert Duncan. There he grew up to man- 
 hood, and has spent most of his life in Antrim. Is unmarried, a carpen- 
 ter by trade, and lives in Hancock at this writing. 
 
 GEORGE TODD, brother of Josiah D., was born March 25, 1819, and 
 was brought up by Giles Newton of Antrim. Married, Dec. 9, 185,8, Mrs. 
 Silvia N. Todd, widow of his brother, John Todd. He died in Peterbor- 
 ough, July 10, 1878. 
 
 JOHN TODD, brother of Josiah D. and George, was born June 28, 
 1809; lived some years with Dea. Josiah Duncan ; married Sylvia Knowl- 
 ton of Nelson, and settled in Hancock, where he died Jan. 3, 1858. His 
 children are mostly in Peterborough. 
 
 It may be added to the above that it is believed Col. Andrew Todd had 
 a younger daughter whose birth is not recorded, that she was born about 
 1744, and married Dea. Robert Duncan of Hancock. 
 
 Capt. JOSHUA TODD married Mrs. Sarah (Parker) Fletcher, 
 mother of Dea. Samuel Fletcher, and came here in old age to die with 
 him, but did not survive many years. His death occurred April 23, 1815, 
 at the age of ninety. His wife died Dec. 25, 1825, at the age of eighty- 
 five. 
 
 TOMB. 
 
 Ret. SAMUEL TOMB was born in Wallkiln, N. Y., in 1766. Was 
 of the Scotch-Irish race, and hence was introduced in Antrim. Was son 
 of Dea. David Tomb. Studied for the most part at Columbia College ; 
 was licensed to preach by the Associate Reformed" Synod of New York 
 in 1789 ; came here early in May, 1792, and stayed till November. The 
 people were greatly pleased with him and gave him a call, which he 
 declined. But so much were the people desirous of him that they sent 
 for him the next spring and renewed their call (1793). It was a matter 
 of sad disappointment to them when he declined a second time. He was 
 settled in Newmarket in July, 1793. After four years he was called to 
 Newbury, Mass. From that place he was soon called to Salem, N. Y., 
 where he was settled in 1806. In this field he continued to labor till 
 1832, when he resigned his charge on account of bodily infirmities. He 
 died a few weeks after. Tall, slim, of dark complexion, long hair, flash- 
 
(y/Cc..v^^ 
 
 '^ 
 
GENEALOGIES. • 715 
 
 ing eye, and strong voice, he made an impressive appearance in the 
 desk. He was a man of accurate scholarship, peculiarly gifted in prayer, 
 fluent without notes ; and it is no wonder the people sought after him. 
 He used to keep his finger in his vest-pocket when he prayed, so an old 
 person remembers hearing it said : " Mr. Tomb, we always know when 
 we are to have a good prayer by how deep you dig in your pocket." 
 
 TRAVIS. 
 
 LEVI TEA VIS came from Deering, but lived in "Washington, and 
 came here from that town about 1840; lived in various places in town, 
 being a shoemaker by trade. He married Almira Hall of New Boston, 
 and died here (Clinton) May 6, 1866, aged nearly fifty-nine. Children 
 were as follows : — 
 
 1. Luther C, [d. Dec. 4, 1852, aged nearly 23.J 
 
 2. James H., [d. Nov. 5, 1850, aged 16.J 
 
 3. Saeah, [m. Henry W. Tuttle, June 14, 1868; d. Nov. 26, 
 
 1871, aged 23. J 
 
 TRUE. 
 
 MARK TRUE, A. M., son of John and Lucy (Dole) True, and grand- 
 son of Reuben and Hannah (Osgood) True, was born in Erancestown, 
 Nov. 1, 1815. His grandfather was born June 26, 1732, and married 
 April 19, 1758. He was early noted for a desire to obtain an education, 
 taught his first school at the age of sixteen, and worked his way to the 
 accompUshment of his design in the face of great obstacles, graduating at 
 Dartmouth College in 1845. He immediately devoted himself to the 
 profession of teaching, which he followed for twenty-five years with 
 unusual zeal and success. He came to Antrim in 1860, and was a great 
 force in the business of Clinton Village. He was a deacon in the Baptist 
 Church, of which he was a stanch supporter with heart and hand. He 
 was a thorough Christian, one of stout convictions, great humility, and 
 unflagging zeal. He was always ready to acknowledge wrong when he 
 saw it in his own course, and always ready to see the virtues of others as 
 well as his own. Fearless, manly, honest, devoted, and full of work, his 
 influence will long be felt for good, and his memory long be dear. The 
 long services of Mr. True as teacher, during twenty-five years, were at- 
 New Hampton, Hancock, Brewster, Mass., Winchester, Mass., and New 
 London. He was an enthusiastic educator ; was up with the times, 
 stirring, and wide-awake ; was superintending school committee of the 
 town at the time of his death, and often before. He was at, times mod- 
 erator of town meetings ; was representative in 1864 and 1867. I 
 append some just words of another : — 
 
 " He had a quick, nervous spirit, which could not brook inactivity. 
 He kept abreast of his time. I do not know that he ever shrank from 
 any task on account of its difficulty, or because it was unpleaisant. 
 Indeed, I am assured that he was accustomed to pursue; with the same 
 
716 • GENEALOGIES. 
 
 industry and patience and perseverance, whatever devolved upon him, 
 whether disagreeable in itself, or more to his taste. He loved work, and 
 he worked fast. His life was comparatively short — at least, not long ; 
 but if we take into account what he accomplished, we shall feel that he 
 lived much longer than thousands of men whose years have greatly out- 
 numbered his. 
 
 " His spiritual perception was quick and discriminating, and he had a 
 sound judgment. Error did not easily escape his detection, though 
 dressed in the semblance of something better. A half truth, in his view, 
 was no better, and, if anything, a little less respectable, than a straight- 
 forward, ungarnished lie. Strict "with himself, of simple, unpretending 
 life, he made no attempt to conceal his dislike for everything bordering 
 upon the artificial, the pharisaical, and the extravagant. He loved jus- 
 tice. Indeed, I have met very few men who had such a keen sense of 
 right, and who so despised everything that was low and mean and false 
 and unfair among his fellows. Having a somewhat extensive knowledge 
 of men and things, his opinions, ripe with experience and observation, 
 were just and 'accurate. Nothing could induce him to -violate his sense 
 of right and his love for th* truth. It was on this account that his coun- 
 sel was often esteemed of the greatest value. 
 
 "He was also a man of very strong convictions. His ideas did not suf- 
 fer change with every wind and tide. Naturally cautious and somewhat 
 conservative, yet when his judgment was formed and the path of duty 
 lay open before him, he acted with great warmth and energy. In a 
 cause of righteousness he was fearless of consequences and careless of 
 popular opinion . He was decisive in the principles; which he embraced. 
 He knew what he believed, and held nothing with a loose hand. At the 
 same time he would not measure other men by his standard. Though 
 firm, he yet knew how to be charitable. He judged no man harshly for 
 not accepting his opinions. When he differed from you, it was always 
 with a kind and Christian spirit." 
 
 Mr. True married, first, Laura A. Fiske of Dublin, in May, 1846. She 
 died April 16, 1851, leaving one child. In 1862 he married, second, 
 Mary H. Crocker of Brewster, Mass. ; and she died in April, 1861, also 
 leaving one child. In 1862 he married, third, Hannah S. JSfeal of Mere- 
 dith, who survives him. He died of apoplexy, Feb. 13, 1875. Children 
 were as follows : — 
 
 1. Abbott F., [b. April 4, 1852 ; built in South Village in 1876 ; 
 
 m. Mary Brant of Stoddard, Aug. 28, 1877 ; superintending 
 school committee of the town in 1876 and 1877 ; was mem- 
 ber of Brown University, at the death of his father, but did 
 not finish the college course; bought the lower crib and 
 bedstead factory of Dea. B. C. Paige, which he now occu- 
 pies, employing several hands. J 
 
 2. Herbert 0., [b. May 30, 1859; graduate of Exeter Academy; 
 
 member of Brown University, class of 1884. J 
 
GENEALOGIES. 717 
 
 TURNER. 
 
 CALEB TURNER was bom in Harvard, Mass., Oct. 27, 1785. His 
 mother's name was Martlia Conn. He married Sally Conn of the same 
 place. She was born Oct. 5, 1788, and died in the summer of 1868. Mr. 
 Turner came here from Milford in 18.34, on to the Dea. Daniel Nichols 
 place, into the large house built by Dea. Nichols in 1803. He died in 
 1864. Most of his large family of children were born in Milford. 
 
 1. Betsey, [b. July 27, 1810 ;' d. Nov.,2, 1814.J 
 
 2. Sally, [b. Oct. 27, 1812; d. April 8, 1841. J 
 
 3. Granville, [b. Oct. 5, 1815 ; m. Martha Marcy of Hillsbor- 
 
 ough ; lives in Milford.] 
 
 4. George, [d. in infancy.] 
 
 5. Averill, [b. March 21, 1819 ; drowned in Contoocook River, 
 
 June 9, 1837.] 
 
 6. Mary S., [b. Feb. 21, 1820 ; d. July 12, 1839.] 
 
 7. Caleb, [b. March 14, 1823 ; drowned in Contoocook River, 
 
 July 18, 1841.] 
 
 8. Rachel G., [b. Dec. 25, 1826 ; m. James S. Ellenwood of 
 
 Deering, Nov. 25, 1851.] . 
 
 9. George, [b. Aug. 17, 1828 ; m. Caroline E. Duncan, Jan. 1, 
 
 1863 ; occupies the homestead of his father ; has one child : 
 Anna M., (b. May 4, 1865.)] 
 
 10. Charles, [b. Jan. 14, 1831 ; m. Geraldine Kennedy ; was 
 some years in manufacturing business at Clinton. Is cabi- 
 net-maker and carpenter by trade. Now lives in Hancock.] 
 
 TUTTLE. 
 
 Hon. JACOB TTJTTLE, a man very prominent in Antrim for half a 
 century, was born Feb. 6, 1767. His father, Sampson Tuttle, was born 
 Aug. 29, 1738, and died at the age of seventy-seven. His mother. Submit 
 Warren' was born March 12, 1742, and died at the age of fifty-five. Sam- 
 uel Tuttle, the father of Sampson Tuttle, was boru in 1709, and in 1729 
 married Martha, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Shattuck, the first minister 
 of Littleton, Mass. The Hon. Jacob came here from that place in 1795, 
 and bought the McClary farm, now the home of his grandson, James A. 
 Tuttle. At once he opened a store, and for a long time carried on a heavy 
 business, both in trade and in farming. In 1818 he moved his store and 
 resicjence to the Branch village, where he continued business many years. 
 He built the store now occupied by Almus Fairfield, and the large house 
 now Hiram Grifiln's. Few men in town have been kept in office so long 
 as he. He was known as "Judge Tuttle," having been a judge in the 
 court of common pleas. He was three years moderator, three years select- 
 man, three years town clerk, and sixteen years representative. Was 
 state' senator, councilor, and presidential elector. He died Aug. 20, 1848, 
 
718 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 aged eighty-one. He married Betsey Cummings of Westford, Mass. She 
 was daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Trowbridge) Cummings, and was 
 born May 25, 1778. She united with the church in 1801 ; was intelligent 
 and highly esteemed; and died Jan. 28,, 1862, aged seventy-three. They 
 had a large family of children. They buried three children in one month 
 in the dysentery of 1800, and were left childless; but eleven were after- 
 wards born to them. All the names were as follows: — 
 
 1. Betsey, [b. June 13, 1796 ; d. Sept. 13, 1800.] 
 
 2. Jacob, [b. Feb. 4, 1798 ; d. Sept. 3, 1800.J 
 
 3. Nancy, [b. Jan. 17, 1800 ; d. Sept. 25, 1800.J 
 
 4. Betsey, [b. July 13," 1801 ; d. Feb. 15, 1814.] 
 
 5. Nancy, [b. April 9, 1803 ; d. May 6, 1805.] 
 
 6. Submit R., [b. April 21, 1805 ; m. James Steele, Jr., Dec. 21, 
 
 1824 ; d. on the Flint place, Aug. 3, 1833.] 
 
 7. Lucetta, [b. March 23, 1807 ; m. John Sargent, Sept. 29, 
 
 1829, and went to Cambridgeport, Mass. She d. Aug. 1, 
 1855.] 
 
 8. Louisa, [b. June 3, 1809 ; m. Andrew C. Cochran of Han- 
 
 cock, Dec. 11, 1828 ; d. Jan. 11, 1849.] 
 
 9. Lydia S., [b. June 1, 1811 ; m. Hiram Griffin of Antrim, 
 
 Oct. 27, 1835, and now lives on her father's place at the 
 Branch.] 
 
 10. James M., [b. July 6, 1813 ; m. Hannah Shedd of Hillsbor- 
 ough, Sept. 8, 1836, and lived on the original homestead. 
 He d. Dec. 5, 1861. His widow d. March 5, 1873, aged 62. 
 Her mother closed her life with her at the age of 91. The 
 children of James M. and Hannah (Shedd) Tuttle were : — 
 
 Mary E., (b. Dec. 27, 1838 ; d. unm. July 24, 1877.) 
 James A., (b. Sept. 1, 1841 ; lives on old homestead.)] 
 
 11. Susan, [b. July 17, 1815 ; m. Henry D. Pierce of Hillsbor- 
 ough, Nov. 11, 1841 ; d. Oct. 20, 1874.] 
 
 12. Harriet, [b. Aug. 3, 1817 ; m. David W. Grimes, May 30, 
 1844 ; moved to Boston, and d. Sept. 2, 1848.] 
 
 13. Isaac C, [b.^Sept. 11, 1820 ; m. Louisa J. Lowe, Nov. 11, 
 1846, and lives in Pecatonica, 111.] 
 
 14. Mary B., [b. May 15, 1823 ; m. John S. Shedd of Antrim, 
 May 20, 1846.] 
 
 CHAKLES TUTTLE, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Hamilton, 
 Mass., March 11, 1749. His father, Charles Tuttle, was born in that town, 
 Dec. 1, 1708; married Anne Jewett; and died on his birthday, 1788, 
 They were of English descent. Charles Tuttle who came here was col- 
 lector of Hamilton, his native town, in 1794, and, it seems, moved here 
 
GENEALOGIES. 719 
 
 in 1796. He married Lucy Dodge, sister of Ammi Dodge of New Bos- 
 ton. All his children were born in Hamilton, Mass. Several of them 
 were buried there; and the oldest came here with a family of his own. 
 They settled on the north side of Tuttle Mountain, south of the Dinsmore 
 place. The buildings have been gone many years, but the mountain 
 bears his name to this day. On this spot he died, Oct. 29, 1820. His 
 wife subsequently went to New Boston, and died there June 9, 1843. 
 The children were : — 
 
 1. Capt. "William T., [b. Feb. 1, 1773 ; came here with his father, 
 
 or soon after, and built on the same tract of land, their 
 houses being but a few rods apart. He had m. Mary Wood- 
 bury in his native town. Here he remained till 1812, or a 
 little later, when he moved to where is now the city of 
 Cleveland, Ohio, and thence to Ashtabula, Ohio, where he d. 
 in 1853. His sons are said to be all dead ; but several 
 daughters, who m. and settled near Cleveland, yet survive. 
 The names of his children were Charles, William, Sarah, 
 Barnet, Annie, Martha, John, and Mary, — all b. in An- 
 trim. They settled in the West in a line, — so that their 
 land reached seven miles, and were all wealthy people.] 
 
 2. Seth, [m. Elisabeth Poland of Hamilton, Mass., in 1811 ; 
 
 was a carpenter ; d. on the passage from New York to South 
 America in 1825. J 
 
 3. Jbdediah, [m. Jane Warren of New Boston, Dec. 26, 1809 ; 
 
 lived here and there awhile, then built a small house on the 
 old road next east of Samuel Dinsmore's, but after some 
 years moved to New Boston, and d. there in 1845. He had 
 five children, all but the last b. here : — 
 
 Jjucy J., (b. Nov. 6, 1810 ; m. Jonathan G. Leach of New 
 Boston ; d. December, 1855.) 
 
 Daniel M. C, (d. in childhood.) 
 
 Charles, (d. in infancy.) 
 
 Josiah W., (b. Jan. 10, 1818 ; went into the Mexican war un- 
 der Gen. Pierce, and lost his life in battle, in May, 1847.) 
 
 James M., (h. in New Boston, Nov. 8,1821; lives in that town 
 and is a most respectable and good man ; m. 1st, Esther 
 Warren of GoflFstown, his cousin, daughter of Dea. Ephraim 
 Warren ; 2d, Rachel McNiel of New Boston, daughter of 
 Dea. Peter McNiel.)] 
 
 4. Daniel, [d. Dec. 16, 1798.] 
 
 5. Hepsabeth, [d. Jan. 80, 1799.] 
 
 6. Anne, [d. Jan. 29, 1799. This one was taken siuddenly ill, 
 
720 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 and while they were working over her a messenger came 
 saying that Hepsabeth, who had gone a few miles on a visit, 
 was also very sick. But the parents stayed with Anne till 
 she died, — then started to aid the other, and found her also 
 dead. One was 18, and the other 20 years of age.j 
 
 7. Charles, [b. Jan. 25, 1777 ; m. Sarah Austin of Salem, Mass., 
 ^ Feb. 5, 1803 ; was a cabinet-maker ; d. in Cambridge, Mass., 
 
 April 30, 1843, leaving a large and respectable family.] 
 
 8. Sabah, [m. 1st, Isaac Warden ; 2d, John Allds, 1803 ; d. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1853, aged 79.] 
 
 9. Elisabeth, [m. her cousin, James Tuttle of Hopkinton.j 
 
 SAMUEL TUTTLE, son of Samuel and Betsey (Baker) Tuttle of 
 Acton, Mass., and a couuection of Hon. Jacob Tuttle it is believed, came 
 to Antrim from Temple in 1816, and bought the farm in High Eange 
 cleared by Alexander Witherspoon. This Witherspoon set out the old 
 orchard of sixty-six trees, now mostly gone, with his own hands, then 
 walked to Francestown, — twelve miles, — got two gallons of rum and 
 brought it back on his shoulder, — all in the same day 1 It may he 
 added that all the trees lived ! Mr. Tuttle married Mary W. Wright of 
 Concord, Mass., September, 1805, and they lived on this farm until their 
 death, when it was occupied several years by their son, William N. Tut- 
 tle. The parents of Samuel Tuttle came to live with him, and were here 
 several years before their death. His father, Samuel Tuttle, Sen., died 
 Feb. 25, 1829, aged seventy years ; and his mother, Mrs. Betsey Tuttle, 
 died Sept. 29, 1834, aged seventy-two. Samuel Tuttle, Jr., died Sept. 10, 
 1864, aged seventy-three, and his widow died Dec. 2, 1859, aged seventy- 
 five. Their children are as follows : — 
 
 1. Horace, [b. in Acton, Mass., April 11, 1806 ; m. Mrs. Almira 
 (Brown) Handly of Carlyle, Mass., in 1832, and lived on the 
 farm now occupied by Jackson Boutelle. Before that this 
 place is said to have been drunk out three times in sixteen 
 years. He d. Nov. 16, 1859, and his wife August, 1877, 
 leaving children : — 
 
 Almira U., (h. Oct. 18, 1833. She was driven into fits and 
 insanity by a fall at the age of three years, and d. April 6, 
 1877.) 
 
 Mary J., (b. Feb. 28, 1835 ; became third ^ife of Edward Z. 
 
 Hastings of Antrim, Aug. 21, 1860.) 
 Lucy A., (b. Aug. 22, 1837 ; m. George L. Herrick of An- 
 trim, Jan. 1, 1865 ; d. June 20, 1870.) 
 
 Horace Brown, (b. March 1, 1840 ; m. Martha J. Shattuck, 
 daughter of Dea. Shattuck of Antrim, in 1870, and lives in 
 
GENEALOGIES. 721 
 
 this town on the Shattudk farm, having one child, Otis 
 Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1875.) 
 Henry W., (b. April 29, 1846 ; m. Sarah Travis of Antrim; 
 was a blacksmith in Clinton, and d. June 28, 1870. His 
 widow d. Nov. 26, 1871.)] 
 
 2. Jonas W., [b. in Acton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1807 ; m. Mary 
 
 Dinsmore of Antrim, Feb. 20, 1834, and moved to Newbury, 
 
 Vt., in 1840, where he is now a prominent citizen. Their 
 
 children were b. first three in Antrim and last three in 
 
 Newbury : — 
 Edwin, (b. Oct. 3, 1834 ; m. 2d, Mary Temple, and lives in 
 
 Newbury, Vt. His first wife was Ruth Whitcher.) 
 Mary E., (b. Jan. 22, 1838; m. William , Buchanan, March 
 
 12, 1857, and lives in Boston.) 
 Susan D., (b. Dec. 19, 1839; m. Walter Buchanan, Nov. 30, 
 
 1858, and lives in Newbury, Vt.) 
 Samuel, (b. Oct. 26, 1841 ; m. Rebecca Caruth, and lives in 
 
 Newbury, Vt.) 
 Clarissa, (b. Aug. 19, 1844 ; m. Nathan A. Hunter ; d. 
 
 recently in her native town.) 
 Silas M., (b. Jan. 16, 1851 ; m. Ella M. Maloon, and lives in 
 
 Grinnell, lo.)] 
 
 3. Mart A., [b. in Temple, July 9, 1811 ; m. Samuel P. Chase, 
 
 Feb. 16, 1837, and lives in Biddeford, Me.J 
 
 4. George P., [b. in Temple, Jan. 19, 1813; m. Lucy Kendall 
 
 of Tyngsborough, Mass. ; d. in 1850.J 
 
 5. Samuel B.,, [b. in. Temple, July 14, 1815; m. Abby F. 
 
 Demerett-of Nottingham, April, 1844; lived here some 
 years, and now lives in Harrisville, having children as 
 named below, all b. in Antrim save two : — 
 
 Josephine S., (b. April 12, 1846; m. Thomas E. Colby of 
 Henniker, March, 1869.) • 
 
 Charles D., (b. in Lancaster, Mass., Nov. 16, 1849 ; d. in 
 infancy.) 
 
 Mary A., (b. July 24, 1851 ; m. William W. Applin of Marl- 
 borough, January, 1876.) 
 
 Samuel W., (b. June 11, 1853 ; m. Lovella J. Lewis of Stod- 
 
 , dard, August, 1874.) 
 
 Selden P., (b. Dec. 9, 1855 ; m. Laura P. Tufts, Nov. 3, 1878.) 
 
 John D., (b. June 30, 1857.) 
 
 aeorge, (b. Aug. 11, I860 ; d. in infancy.) 
 
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722 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Horace G., (b. in Stoddard, Sept. 4, 1861.)] 
 
 6. Elizabeth, Qb. in Antrim, Aug. 7, 1817 ; na. Horace Gillis, 
 
 Oct. 6, 1842.] 
 
 7. Almira, [b. in Antrim, Jan. 19, 1820 ; d. in 1826.] 
 
 8. William N., [b. Feb. 11, 1822 ; m. Almira B. Frost of Mad- 
 
 ison, Jan. 11, 1848, and lived on the old homestead until 
 1870, when he sold to Gardiner Wallace and moved to 
 South Antrim, where he now resides. The old house was 
 burned in 1873. His townsmen have repeatedly honored 
 him with the highest offices within their gift. He has but 
 one child : — 
 Emily F., (b. Dec. 31, 1851 ;■ m. William E. Downes, a native 
 of Prancestown, son of Samuel D. Downes, Esq., March 11, 
 1875. Mr. Downes is now a merchant in Bennington, and 
 they have one child, Nellie S., b. July 20, 1876.)] 
 
 9. Sarah J., [b. September, 1829 ; became the second wife of 
 
 Edward Z. Hastings of Antrim, Nov. 8, 1855; d. May 1, 
 I860.] 
 
 ISAAC M. TUTTLE, son of Benjamin and Ann (McAllister) Tuttle, 
 grandson of Sampson and Submit (Warren) Tuttle, and nephew of Hon. 
 Jacob Tuttle, previously mentioned, was born in Hillsborough in 1813. 
 He married Sophronia Chase of Hillsborough, came to Antrim in 1840, 
 and bought the Houston and McAllister places, where he settled and has 
 remained till now. The new house he now occupies was built in 1871. 
 Their children are : — 
 
 1. Miles Benton, [b. June 22, 1845 ; m. Lizzie A. Marshall of 
 
 Hillsborough in 18^8, and lives on the Houston place ; was 
 selectman in 1875 and 1876.] 
 
 2. Lucy A., [b. Oct. 24, 1849 ; m. Scott Moore of Hillsborough 
 
 in 1867.] 
 
 3. Anna L., [b. Sept. 1, 1855.] 
 
 TWISS. 
 
 DIMOK O. TWISS was only child of Daniel and Rebecca (Creasy) 
 Twiss of Marblehead, and grandson of Daniel Twiss, who came over with 
 his brothers, Robert and Nathan. Dimon C. was born Sept. 4, 1773. 
 His father, Daniel Twiss, was a minute-man in Revolutionary days ; was 
 at work in the field when the signal-gun was flred ; carried his boy to 
 the house, and started, and was killed at Bunker Hill. This boy, Dimon 
 C, on growing up, married, first, Mary Woodbury of Beverly, September, 
 1793, who died in childbed, 1795, and was buried with her little one. In 
 1798, he married, second, Sarah Iresou of Marblehead, who died in Hud- 
 son in 1816, leaving eight children. He afterwards married, third, Mary 
 
GENEALOGIES. 723 
 
 Jones of Hillsborough, July, 1817. He came here from Hudson in 1818, 
 and bought of :Nrathan Pierce, who lived there a short time, the place 
 now Luther Campbell's. There he lived about thirty years, when he 
 sold to Jonathan Carr, moved to Amherst, and died in Mont Vernon, 
 January, 1861, aged eighty-eight. 
 
 2. Fanny C, [b. in Beverly, Mass., Oct. 18, 1799; m. Jesse 
 
 Carr, Dec. 3, 1833 ; d. in Antrim, Nov. 30, 1858.] 
 
 3. Polly, [b. in Beverly, Nov. 22, 1800 ; d. in 1814.J 
 
 4. Thomas D., [b. in Marblehead, Mass., Dep. 23, 1801; m. 
 
 Betsey H. Brackett, Jan. 30, 1834, and the same year 
 erected the buildings which he occupied until his death, 
 March 21, 1876. The children are : — 
 
 Alfred C, (b. April 25, 1837; m. Sarah B. Goodwin of Thorn- 
 ton's Ferry, Aug. 25, 1863; was a machinist; moved to 
 Lawrence, Mass., where he held a position of responsi- 
 bility, and d. greatly respected, in the prime of life, July 
 21, 1875.) 
 
 Sarah E., (b. June 23, 1840; m. Charles J. Davis of Han- 
 cock, Feb. 23, 1865 ; d. Jan. 20, 1870.) 
 
 Hannah A., (b. July 12, 1843; m. Nathan D. Curtis Dec. 4, 
 1866, and lives in Stoddard.)] 
 
 5. DiMON, [b. August, 1803 ; m. 1st, Harriet Parmenter, Oct. 
 
 30, 1834. He was a blacksmith, and built him a shop just 
 below the bridge, on the brook, south of his father's house. 
 One day in August of 1832, Dea. Parmenter, who was a live 
 man, asked him how he would like to go on if his shop were 
 in Clinton. He replied favorably, and accordingly the 
 neighbors went up and the shop went down. It is said that 
 buildings are not often known to move so quickly as that 
 did. On the new stand in Clinton he followed his trade 
 more than thirty years. At the time the shop was moved, 
 the only houses in Clinton were Edward Hastings's and 
 Daniel Story's. Mrs. Harriet (Parmenter) Twiss d. in 
 1844. Mr. Twiss m. 2d, Mehitable Hills, June 10, 1845. 
 They moved to Mont Vernon in 1868, where she d. June 4, 
 1874, and he still resides there. His first wife left children 
 as follows : — 
 
 Hamet M., (b. Jan. 29, 1836; m. Dr. William H. Hines of 
 Milford, Aug. 23, 1861, and d. in that place Feb. 7, 1871.) 
 
 Mary JE., (b. June 20, 1838 ; m. Daniel Richardson, May 9, 
 1857, and lives in Mont Vernon.) 
 
724 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 'Hannah M., (b. Oct. 17, 1840; m. Elbridge F. Trow, Jan. 1, 
 1863, and lives in Mont Vernon.)] 
 
 6. Sarah, [b. Aug. 23, 1811 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 7. George, [b. Dec. 10, 1804, in Hudson ; m. Mary Flagg of 
 
 Boston, 1831, and d. in that city July 26, 1852.] 
 
 8. Daniel, [b. Dec. 18, 1806; painter by trade; m. a Nova 
 
 Scotia lady ; lives in Bast Boston.] 
 
 9. James, [b. Aug. 27, 1809 ; uum. ; d. Sept. 14, 1859.] 
 
 10. Abraham G., [b. in Hudson, May 19, 1818 ; m. Sabra G. 
 Carr of kntrim, 1841 ; was a machinist ; d. in Manchester, 
 Aprils, 1876.] 
 
 11. Mart W., [b. in Hudson, Oct. 26, 1819; m. Mark Putnam, 
 Dec. 10, 1839 ; now lives in Amherst.] 
 
 12. John W., [b. in Antrim, May 2, 1822; m. 1st, Hannah 
 
 Mcllvaine ; 2d, Margaret Price of Plattsburg, N. Y. ; d. 
 March 6, 1876.] 
 
 13. Mark, [b. in Antrim, Feb. 5, 1827 ; m. Mrs. Caroline 
 Crosby of Milford, 1852 ; lives in Providence, R. I. ; iron- 
 molder by trade.] 
 
 14. Charles Cummings. [b. in Antrim, Aug. 8, 1829; m. 1st, 
 Harriet Glover of Franklin, Vt., March 4, 1857 ; 2d, Mrs. 
 Ellen Jaquith, September, 1876 ; lives in Nashua.] 
 
 15. Catherine J., [b. in Antrim, Dec. 21, 1824; m. Freeman 
 C. Bills of Amherst, March 12, 1845.] 
 
 16. Adoniram Judson, [b. in Antrim, March 21, 1832 ; m. 
 Mary Gibson of Nashua ; lives in Chelsea, Mass. ; is fore- 
 nian in a stove-foundry.] 
 
 VARNUM. 
 
 ANDREW J. VARNUM came here from Amherst when a boy to 
 live with James Wood. Married Susan E. Keyes of Antrim. Moved to 
 Ashland and lived there several years, but came back insane in 1871, 
 and wandered off and hanged himself on the top of Tuttle Mountain. He 
 had concealed himself so cunningly, that, despite a general hunt of the 
 people, the search was given up. The body was found many weeks after- 
 wards, by accident, hanging in a state of shocking decay. His age was 
 thirty-nine. He left three children : — 
 
 1. Charles, A., [b. in I860.] 
 
 2. Mary F., [b. in 1864 ; these two oldest were drowned in 
 
 Bridgewater, July 19, 1871 ; were fishing on the banks of 
 the stream, when the little girl fell in, and the boy spring- 
 ing in to save her, both perished.] 
 
 3. John L., [b. in 1869.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 725 
 
 VOSE. 
 
 The Voses came to this town from Bedford. They emigrated from 
 Lancashire, England, to Dorchester, Mass., in 1638. Robert Vose, the 
 original settler there, lived to a great age and left two sous, Edward and 
 Thomas. Edward remained on the homestead, and his posterity kept the 
 name on that spot for nearly two hundred years. From him descended 
 Col. Elijah Vose and Col. Joseph Vose, who each commanded a regiment 
 in the Revolution. Col. Joseph Vose was grandfather of Rev. Thomas 
 Savage of Bedford. Thomas, the younger , son, settled near the home- 
 stead of his father, locating in that part of Dorchester now Milton ; was 
 a farmer, smart, and locally distinguished, and seems to have left taut one 
 son, Henry. This Henry left a numerous family, several sons taeing 
 among them, one of whom was Robert, who inherited the homestead, and 
 was father of Samuel Vose of Bedford, and his brother Lieut. James 
 Vose of Bedford. The Voses now living in Bedford are descended from 
 Lieut. James. It is not known when Samuel Vose came from Dorches- 
 ter (Milton), Mass., and settled in Bedford ; probably, however, it was 
 not later than 1755, as he married in Bedford, and his iifth son, Hon. 
 John Vose, was born there in 1766. Samuel Vose was on the " Commit- 
 tee of Safety," in Bedford in 1778. He married Phebe Vickery." She 
 seems to have been daughter of Thomas Vickery (then spelled " Vick- 
 ere "), a sturdy Presbyterian, whose name appears ou a petition to Gov. 
 Wentworth in behalf of that denomination. May lU, 1760. The Vickeres 
 were among the early settlers of Bedford, which town was settled in 
 l';37, as their names appear — Thomas Vickere and Thomas Vickere, 
 Sen. — appende.d to a petition from that place (Sow-Hegon) for protec- 
 tion against the Indians, June 12, 1744. " Old Thos. Vickery departed 
 this life Feb. 27, 1767, about 10 o'clock forenoon." (Matthew Patten's 
 Diary.) The children of Samuel Vose and Phebe Vickery were : Thomas 
 v., born Aug. 5, 1757 ; Samuel (of Antrim) ; Robert (of Antrim) ; Fran- 
 cis ; Hon. John Vose (of Atkinson ; Dartmouth College, 1795 ; gave 
 Phi' Beta Kappa oration, 1805 ; published several books -on astronomy ; , 
 state senator, 1816 ; deacon Congregational Church ; died in 1840, aged 
 seventy-four) ; Roger ; Mercy ; and Phebe. The last-named married 
 Capt. John Worthley of this town. Roger went with a family of ten 
 children to Spencer, IST. Y.- 
 
 DBA. SAMUEL VOSE of Antrim was born in Bedford, May 23, 
 1759 ■ came here in 1788, and began the farm west of the pond long occu- 
 pied after him by Rodney Sawyer. Lived many years in a log house, in 
 which most of his children were born. He lived in his rude cabin 
 upwards of two years alone. At one time during his absence a bear 
 broke in, ate up his provisions, and upturned things in a careless way. 
 Dea. Vose was for many years a leading spirit in the town ; was a man 
 of marked ability, and ready for every call. The good Dr. Whiton says 
 of him that he kept the Sabbath so sacredly that he would not answer a 
 man wlio spoke to him of secular business on the holy day. He married 
 Mary Saltmarsh. Was appointed elder in the Presbyterian Church in 
 
726 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1816. He died Aug. 8, 1830, aged seventy-one. His wife died April 21, 
 1848, aged eighty-one. Their children were : — 
 
 1. Dr. Samuel, [b. Aug. 2, 1792. After the. best use of the 
 
 limited opportunities of his native town, he studied with 
 Dr. Nathan Smith of Hanover. He graduated from the 
 Maine Medical School in 1823, and immediately commenced 
 practice in New Portland, that State, where he was an 
 active and successful physician till his death, which occurred 
 Nov. 14, 1860. He was a very modest and retiring man, of 
 genuine ability and personal excellence, and held in the very 
 highest esteem. Was out for a time in the war of 1812. 
 He m. Ruth D. Hanson. His children were : — 
 
 Mary U., (h. March 3, 1832 ; m. Sylvester Little, ifarch 27, 
 1860.) , ' 
 
 Rarriet E., (b. Aug. 12, 1834 ; m. B. F. Walton in 1857.) 
 
 Ruth A., (b. in 1836 ; m. E. W. Mcintosh, and lives in 
 Peterborough.) 
 
 Sarah R., (b. in 1845 ; m. James M. Nay, Oct. 26, 1867, and 
 lives in Quincy, Mass.) 
 
 Samuel, (d. in childhood.) 
 
 Samuel, (lives in New Portland, Me. ; m. Etta M. Buckley of 
 that place.) 
 
 John T., (lives in New Portland, Me. ; unm.)] 
 
 2. Thomas, [twin-brother of Dr. Samuel ; built in 1822, on the 
 
 west part of his father's farm, at the end of the road. He 
 m. 1st, Sally Muzzey of Weare, May 20, 1823 ; 2d, Isabella 
 Waldron, July 1, 1847. The first wife d. Dec. 9, 1845, 
 aged 47. Thomas Vose d. March 22, 1849. His children 
 were : — 
 
 Almeda, (b. April 30, 1824; d. aged 7.) 
 
 Col. Samuell., (b. Dec. 31, 1825 ; m. Sarah J. Nay of Sharon, 
 Oct. 21, 1850 ; lived in Peterborough ; was distinguished 
 far and near as an auctioneer ; his much-applauded response 
 on Centennial Day has already greeted the reader's eye ; 
 was an exceedingly pleasant and kind man, making friends 
 everywhere ; went to Milford as proprietor of the hotel there, 
 in 1878, where he d. suddenly, Aug. 31, 1880.) 
 
 Mncij B., (b. April 12, 1828 ; m. Samuel Nay, May 13, 1845.) 
 
 Julia H., (b. Aug. 17, 1831; m. Isaac Pettengill of Peter- 
 borough, Nov. 26, 1857.) 
 
 Thomas J., (b. July 11,1834; m. Anna Finn of Boston. Was 
 
GENEALOGIES. 727 
 
 out in the army. "Was sick and started for home on a fur- 
 lough. The morning he started his trembling hand wrote 
 in his diary, " Thank God, I'm going home." But he d. on 
 the way. May 10, 1862. He left one child, Nellie Frances, 
 now Mrs. Frank P. Steel of Peterborough.) 
 Mart/ H., (d. March 22, 1852, aged 15.)] 
 
 3. Polly, [b. Sept. 26, 1795; m. Philip Averill of Antrim, Sept. 
 
 26, 1834 ; d. in 1838. No children.] 
 
 4. Isaac, [b. June 10, 1797 ; d. in childhood.] 
 
 5. Debby, [b. May 15, 1799 ; d. in childhood.] 
 
 6. Dea. John, [b. Aug. 28, 1801 ; m. lst,Julianna Hunt, daugh- 
 
 ter of Dea. Timothy Hunt of Peterborough ; m. 2d, Maria 
 Poor. The first wife d. here Dec. 28, 1831, aged 29. He 
 sold to Rodney Sawyer and moved to Peterborough in 1835, 
 and d. there June 4, 1867. Was appointed elder in the 
 Presbyterian Church here in 1830, which office he declined, 
 but accepted a similar one in the Congregational Church at 
 Peterborough, which he held till death. His children 
 were : — 
 
 John Masen, (son of first wife, b. here Feb. 2, 1830 ; m. 
 Alice Cragin ; lives in Peterborough.) 
 
 Samuel W., (son of second wife, b. Jan. 27,1840 ; m. Han- 
 nah M. Cragin, sister of Alice ; inherited homestead of his 
 father in Peterborough.) 
 
 Harriet M., (d. at age of 10.) 
 
 Mary Frances, (b. Aug. 2, 1844 ; unm.)] 
 
 7. Hazen S., [b. July 12, 1804 ; d. Sept. 16, 1828.] 
 
 8. Edward L., [known as " Luke " Vose, b. Aug. 16, 1806 ; m. 
 
 Aurelia Wilson of Stoddard, Oct. 28, 1835, and lived in that 
 town a short time succeeding his marriage. She was daugh- 
 ter of Capt. Joel Wilson. Her parents both d. here at great 
 age and were buried in the Center yard. Mr. Vose was in 
 trade at the Center in 1834 and 1835, and probably some- 
 what earlier. In 1846 he bought of Baker Pratt the place 
 known in recent years as the Luke Vose farm. There was 
 on it a large, two-story house, probably built by Samuel 
 Caldwell. At one time Zaccheus Fairbanks, successor of 
 Caldwell, kept tavern in this great house ; and also for a 
 short time had a store in it. Singing-schools and dancing- 
 schools were kept in the great hall overhead. This house 
 Mr. Vose at once took down and replaced with the present 
 
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728 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 structure. Here he resided till his death, May 1 , 1868. 
 Mr. Vose was often called to places of trust by his towns- 
 men ; served as superintending school committee ; was often 
 selectman, and was chairman of the board at the time of 
 his death. Was a thinking man, enjoyed the highest respect 
 of all, and d. in a Christian hope. Was very plain in speech, 
 keen in sarcasm, witty, full of jokes, and ready to turn 
 back a hit in the shrewdest way. At a meeting of the se- 
 lectmen at the Branch, the question arose and was warmly 
 discussed, whether Mr. Edmund Sawyer spelled his first 
 name with a m or an o in the last syllable. Mr. Vose de- 
 clared it was spelled with an o. In the height of the dis- 
 cussion Mr. Sawyer happened to come in, and said it was 
 spelled with a u. But as the laugh began to roll upon Mr. Vose 
 he drawled out: " Well, I'm not to blame if he don't know 
 how to spell his own name ! " Mr. Vose left but one cliild, 
 now Prof. James E.' Vose of Gushing Academy, Ashburnham, 
 Mass. He was b. July 18, 18-36. He was an invalid and 
 sufferer through all his youth, yet by indomitable courage 
 and patience he pursued his studies until he stands in the 
 very front rank of the scholars and educators in New Eng- 
 land. It is within bounds to say that he is one of the clear- 
 est thinkers and keenest writers to be found. He is what 
 is called a self-made man, and that in spite of constant sick- 
 ness and frailty. His admirable oration will be found among 
 the Centennial papers. Has published an excellent treatise 
 on grammar. He m. Mary Neville of New Boston. She 
 was a brilliant scholar, a sweet Christian, and a most amia- 
 ble woman. The writer, who knew her from childhood, 
 counts it a privilege to say that hers was the most remark- 
 able mind he ever met with, and that she was among the 
 best of girls and saintliest of women. She d. Jan. 6, 1875, 
 and her body rests in Maplewood cemetery. She departed 
 at the early age of 28. Her only child, Edward, was b. in 
 Albany, Kan., Aug. 1, 1870. Prof. Vose m. 2d, Mrs. Lois 
 E. (Stickney) Rockwood of Ashburnham, Mass., a native of 
 Townsend, that State.] 
 9. Hareiet, [b. March 19, 1810 ; num. ; d. at Dea. John Vose's 
 in Peterborough, of consumption, about 1840. J 
 
 ROBERT VOSE, brother of Dea. Samuel, came here from Bedford in 
 1790, or a little earlier, and began the old Gates farm at the foot of Holt's 
 
GENEALOGIES. 729 
 
 Hill. Here he lived in a log house several years, and then moved to 
 some town in Vermont. His wife's name was Mehitable. This is all I 
 can learn of him. He had two children born here : — 
 
 1. Polly, [b. Oct. 27, 1796. J 
 
 2. Prissy, [b. Mdrch 25, 1799.J 
 
 WALKER. 
 
 JAMES "WALKER was son of Andrew Walker of New Boston. The 
 latter came from Londonderry in 1753 and began a contract to build a 
 grist-mill for the people of New Boston, for which he was to receive five 
 hundred acres of land, provided he kept the mill in order and was fair in 
 tolls. But he managed to get the intense ill-will of the people of that 
 town, by hard tolls or otherwise, so that the proprietors sent a commit- 
 tee to get redress, or eject him. Thus driven to the test, he gave some 
 satisfaction to them, improved his dealings, retained his mills, and died 
 there in ripe years. He had two sons in the Revolutionary army: Alex- 
 ander, who lost his life in 1776, and James, who came to this town. The 
 latter settled in New Boston and had a family of six children there. His 
 first wife was Hannah Woodbury of that town. Soon after his return 
 from the army, probably not far from 1800, he left New Boston, and after 
 a time located here; married, second, Lucinda Boweu; built a log house 
 in the woods a half-mile west of Ira Holmes's, to which there never was 
 any road, though one was vainly petitioned fer several times. On this 
 spot he spent the rest of his days. He was' frozen to death on his way 
 home from the Branch Feb. 17, 1837, aged seventy-seven. His children 
 were as follows, the three last being children of the second woman and 
 natives of this town : — 
 
 1. Alexander, [went when a young man to Cherry Valley, N. Y.; 
 
 came back on a visit, was taken .sick with small-pox in Ac- 
 worth, and d. many years ago. He was unm.J 
 
 2. Benjamin, [went to Cherry Valley, N. Y.] 
 
 3. Simeon, [m. Martha Ring; settled and d. in Cherry Valley. J 
 
 4. Jacob, [went to Cherry Valley.J 
 
 5. James, [m. Sally Curtis of Windsor in 1813, but soon ran 
 
 away and was never again heard of.] 
 
 6. Rachel, [m. Joshua E. Woodbury of New Boston, and was 
 
 mother of Hammon Woodbury, a graduate of Dartmouth 
 College.] 
 
 7. Elvira C, [m. John L. Tewksbury, and lives at Weeping 
 
 Water, Neb.] 
 
 8. Margaret A., [lived here and there many years; then m. 
 
 James Towns of Hancock, and d. in that town in 1869.] 
 
 9. Isaac F., [b. Jan. 16, 1820; is' a very respectable citizen of 
 
 North Weare at the present time. He m. Nancy J. Rich- 
 
730 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 ardson of this town, and lived several years in the Herrick 
 house, adjacent to Loveren's mills. Left Antrim in 1858. 
 Three children were b. in this town, whose names are Jen- 
 ness M., Leona J., and Julia B.J 
 
 WALLACE. 
 
 JOHN WALLACE came over from Coleraine, county of Antrim, Ire- 
 land, in 1719, and was one of the most active settlers of Londonderry, 
 occupying from time to time manj' important offices. He married Annis 
 Barnett, May 18, 1721, they being the first couple married in Londop- 
 derry. They had eight children, of whom John, the fourth child, born 
 April 12, 1727, married Sarah Woodburn, daughter of Johi;i Woodburn 
 who came from Ireland to Londonderry a few years after its settlement. 
 They settled in Bedford in 1756, and had four sons and five daughters. 
 Their sons were: James, who settled in Antrim; John, who settled in 
 Antrim; Thomas, who married Mercy Frye, settled in Bedford, and was 
 the father of Rev. Cyrus W. Wallace, D. D., of Manchester; and Josiah, 
 who Tsettled in Antrim. The three brothers who settled here will now 
 be noticed in order. 
 
 JAMES WALLACE, son of John and Sarah (Woodburn) Wallace 
 of Bedford, and grandson of John and Annis (Barnett) Wallace of Lon- 
 donderry, was born in Bedford, Aug. 8, 1760. He was in the Revolu- 
 tionary army, being enrolled as a soldier at the age of seventeen, and was 
 under Gen. Stark at Bennington. He married Jennet Walker, daughter 
 of James Walker of Bedford, and came to Antrim in 1784 or earlier, be- 
 ing "among the early settlers. He settled where William Stacey now 
 lives, and had a store there, the first opened in town. His first- log house 
 was, a little west of the present house, and on the opposite side of the 
 road. Soon after his settlement he was driven up a tree by a bear. 
 Bruin sat and watched him, as a cat watches a mouse, for about two 
 hours, and then walked , ofi", soilr and hungry I Mr. Wallace lived to a 
 great age; was much honored by his townsmen, being called " Judge," 
 on account of his soberness and good sense. James Wallace died in 
 May, 1848. His wife died in March, 1834. Their children were : — 
 
 1. Betsey, [b. April 1, 1786 ; m. Francis Reed, Deo. 23, 1817 ; 
 
 lived at North Branch some years, when they moved to 
 Manchester, where she d.] 
 
 2. John, [b. June 5, 1789 ; m. Sally Paige of this town, Feb. 
 
 24,1824; built the house now Samuel S. Sawyer's, where 
 
 he d. July 20, 1861. His widow d. Jan. 22, 1864, aged 
 
 67. Their children were : — 
 Ira P., (b. Jan. 6, 1825 ; lives in Chicago, 111. ; unm.) 
 John M., (b. Feb. 18, 1829 ; m. Prances A, Holmes, Nov. 14, 
 
 1853 ; lives in Fairfax, lo.) 
 
GENEALOGIES. 731 
 
 Miles N., (b. May 20, 1830; was clerk in MoKeen's store, and 
 
 d. Oct. 21, 1850.) 
 Sarah U., (b. March 18, 1835.)] 
 
 3. James, Jr., [b. Aug. 2, 1792 ; m. Naomi Cochran, grand- 
 
 daughter of Dea. Isaac Cochran, Feb. 5, 1818 ; built the 
 east house on Stacey hill, but moved to Bedford in 1837, 
 thence to Manchester in 1839, and d. March 19, 1859. She 
 d. May 19, 1877, aged 83. They had children as follows : — 
 
 Sarah J., (b. Dec. 19, 1818 ; m. Frederick Mitchell of Olare- 
 mont ; d. at Manchester, Nov. 29, 1849.) 
 
 Col. Andrew C, (b. Oct. 26, 1820 ; m. Olive Sturtevant of 
 Meredith, and lives in Manchester. He has often been 
 representative from Manchester, been honored with many 
 offices, both civil and military, and is a man of great busi- 
 ness capacity, being the largest individual manufacturer of 
 lumber in the State. His children are Clara A., and An- 
 drew C, Jr.) 
 
 James M., (b. Nov. 24, 1822 ; m. 1st, Nancy Tebbets of Lee; 
 2d, Laura Dunham of Hooksett ; 3d, Mrs. Susan (Tebbets) 
 Drew, and now lives in Manchester.) 
 
 Charlotte W., (b. March 10, 1825. She lives in Manchester, 
 unm., being a book-keeper on the Amoskeag corporation.) 
 
 Betsey A., (b. May 10, 1827; m. Charles White of Concord, 
 where she recently d.) 
 
 Luther a, (b. Oct. 24, 1829; d. Aug. 20, 1831.) 
 
 Harriet M., (b. March 18, 1832 ; now lives in Manchester ; is 
 a book-keeper on the Amoskeag corporation.) 
 
 Mwin C, (b. Oct. 20, 1834; d. November, 1835.) 
 
 Luther C, (h. Nov. 15, 1836 ; m. Frances 0. Tufts ; was a 
 book-keeper, and d. in Manchester Feb. 21, 1877.)] 
 
 4. Sally W., [b. July 27, 1794; m. Dr. James A. Gregg, Sept. 
 
 27, 1810, and d. March 3, 1812.] 
 
 5. Ira, [b. June 13, 1798. He volunteered in the war of 1812, 
 
 to take the place of a drafted man in Windsor, and d. in 
 service at Portsmouth.] 
 
 6. Benjamin F., [b. Oct. 8, 1802; m. 1st, Marion Shattuck of 
 
 Amherst ; had a large family of children by his first wife, 
 who d. in 1847, and he m. 2d, Mary Butler. He d. in this 
 town, May 5, 1864. Mr. Wallace was for a time editor of 
 the " Manchester Saturday Messenger," which bad been an 
 independent paper, but was at once made by him an ardent 
 
732 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 advocate of Whig principles. He was an outspoken, ar- 
 dent, piousj and useful man. The writer remembers him 
 as a teacher and was under his instruction for a term in 
 Piscataquog Academy, now Manchester. Of this last-named 
 academy he was principal several years prior to 1851, when 
 he became editor. Perhaps his best success in his long ex- 
 perience as a teacher was at Francestown Academy, of 
 which he was principal in 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, and again 
 in 18-38. Of these five years the historian of the institu- 
 tion says: — 
 
 The academy flourished under the iustruction of Mr. Benjamin 
 F. Wallace, and even went so far as to publish a catalogue each year. 
 We find there recorded over one«hundred pupils, who seem to have 
 been as congenial a band of young people as ever were thrown to- 
 gether. One, Clark B. Cochrane, rose to be a prominent member 
 of Congress, and others have held, and in the prime of life still hold, 
 some of the most honorable places in the nation. Mr. Wallace had 
 attended school here to Dr. Bard; was a man of medium height, 
 strougly built, and was, especially when excited, a terrible stam- 
 merer. His scholars will recall the "hem! hem!" which always 
 preceded the rebuke of an offender, and they had a saying among 
 them that after three droppings of his chin, they must look out for 
 a storm.] 
 
 7. ACHSAH, [b. May 19, 1806; d. in 1829.J 
 
 JOHN WALLACE, brother of James, before mentioned, was born 
 in Bedford, May 12, 1764; came to Antrim not long after his brother, and 
 settled on the Wilson farm, now Beed Carr's. He married Tryphena 
 Abbott, and of their children little has been ascertained. They moved 
 to Westmoreland in 1813, with their five children, where one of them 
 died. The next year they moved to Putney, Vt., where he died in 1834. 
 His wife died in June, 1836. Names of children are: — 
 
 1. John W., [d. young.J 
 
 2. Sarah, [d. young.J 
 
 3. Polly, [m. David Carpenter, and d. in Greenfield, Mass. J 
 
 4. Hannah, [m. Elisha Wilbur, and d. Nov. 16, 1836, aged 42. 
 
 Her son, John Wilbur, Esq., is superintendent of the rail- 
 road, Staten Island, N. Y. The other son is Lewis Wilbur, 
 Esq., of Norfolk, N. Y.] 
 
 5. Cyrus, [4. young.] 
 
 6. MosELY, [d. young.] 
 
 7. PREEMANi [d. young.] 
 
 8. Margaret, [d. num.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 733 
 
 JOSIAH WALLACE, brother of James and John, mentioned above, 
 was born in Bedford in 1769. He married Polly Gofife of Bedford, and 
 came to Antrim in 1804. He lived at North Branch, built the three- 
 story house there, and, in connection with his brother James, built a 
 clothing-mill just opposite Parkhurst's mill. After running it many 
 years, he sold to Francis Reed. It was subsequently moved down to the 
 dam below, made into a bobbin-factory, and burned. Josiah Wallace 
 died April 6, 1843. His widow died Oct. 25, 1854, aged eighty-three 
 years. Their children were: — 
 
 1. E.OXANNA, [b. in Bedford, Sept. 25, 1791 ; m. Moses Davis, 
 , Sept. 19, 1811, and moved to Manchester.] 
 
 2. Theodore G., [b. in Bedford, Jan. 31, 1795 ; m. Mrs. Ann 
 
 (Dustin) Holmes of Francestown, Nov. 10, 1835. He was 
 in the war of 1812 ; built the Sewall Preston house at the 
 Branch, where he d. April 7, 1852. His widow d. Dec. 12, 
 1853i aged 66. He had no children.] 
 
 3. Bartlett, [b. in Bedford, Aug. 6, 1797 ; m. Lucy K. Little, 
 
 sister of Dea. Little, and lived on the McNiel place, now 
 Hiram Eaton's, finishing both houses there. He was sheriff 
 many years, and d. June 2, 1855. His wife d. July 11, 
 1855, aged 55 years. Their children were : — 
 
 Hiram L., (b. April 4, 1824 ; m. Elizabeth Putnam of Lynde- 
 borough, November, 1847, and moved West some years ago. 
 He was a photographer in California, and d. in Oakdale, 
 Cal., June, 1877. He had two children. His sou Edward 
 was b. in Antrim, Dec. 11, 1853, m. Laura Glover of 
 Boscabel, Wis., and is a merchant in Oakland, Gal. The 
 daughter, Charlotte, b. Dec. 11, 1854, is a public reader, 
 highly successful and popular. She has filled most accept- 
 ably the office of superintendent of schools in Lyndebor- 
 ough.) 
 
 Henry, (never m. ; went West, and was murdered in Minne- 
 sota, at the age of 27.) 
 
 Oharlotte M., (b. Nov. 9, 1827 ; d. Dec. 25, 1849.)] 
 
 4. Samuel G., [b. in Bedford, Sept. 1, 1799 ; m. Sarah Cran- 
 
 dall of Homer, N. Y., and went to Michigan.] 
 
 5. Elvira, [b. in Bedford, Jan. 81, 1802 ; m. Judge Elkauah 
 
 Richardson of Ohio.] 
 
 6. John W., [b. in Antrim, July 15, 1804; m. Ann C. Brackett, 
 
 and lived in the Robert Carr house (moved from opposite 
 Reed Oarr's and put up where it now stands in 1859), where 
 he d. April 13, 1878. The children are : — 
 
734 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Oliver M., (b. Feb. 12, 1833 ; m. Hattie Adams, and lives in 
 
 Revere, Mass. ; painter by trade.) 
 Silas a., (b. Oct. 25, 1834; m. 1st, Sarah E. Roach, July 4, 
 
 1860, who d. Nov. 20, 1864, aged 27. He m. 2d, Eliza J. 
 
 Whitmore of Salisbury, and lives at South Village ; house 
 
 built in 1870. His children are : Sarah A., b. Nov. 9, 1866 ;' 
 
 Mora J., b. Feb. 18, 1868; Mary L., b. Feb. 23, 1870; 
 
 Abbig S., b. Nov. 12, 1871; George W., b. Dec. 29, 1873; 
 
 Emma- F., b.* Nov. 29, 1875 ; and Charles G., b. Dec. 14, 
 
 1877.) 
 Caroline A., (b. June 27, 1837 ; m. Daniel S. Fuller, Nov. 27, 
 
 1859, and lives in Revere, Mass.) 
 Edgar A., (b. June 7, 1843 ; m. Gertrude E. Lightcap. He 
 
 graduated at Harvard Law School in 1867, and went into 
 
 the practice of law in Havana, 111.)] 
 
 7. Nancy, [b. May 1, 1806 ; m. Dr. John Scoby, and now re- 
 
 sides in Shellrock, lo.j 
 
 8. MaeyB., [b. Nov. 14, 1809; m. Judge Luke Woodbury, 
 
 June 10, 1834, and now resides at South Village.] 
 
 9. Joseph G., [b. Feb. 11, 1813 ; d. March 4, 1816.] 
 
 WALTON. 
 
 AMOS WALTON, son of Josiah Walton, was born in Temple. He 
 married Eunice Oakes of Oakham, Mass., Jan. 18, 1825, and came to 
 Antrim from New Ipswich in 1827. He lived here a few years, in the 
 Gregg house by the pond, and manufactured hand-bellows; then went to 
 Lowell, Mass., thence to Iowa, and died there. Children: — 
 
 1. Josiah, [b. in New Ipswich ; settled in the West.] 
 
 2. John Warben, [b. in Antrim, March 4, 1828 ; went West 
 
 with his father. Beyond this we do not trace any of them. 
 They settled in Muscatine County, Mich.] 
 
 WARD. 
 
 De. WILLIAM WARD came here probably as early as 1787, and re- 
 mained about five years, when he seems, like Drs. Frye and Adams, to 
 have sought a better field. It is not known where he lived in town, but 
 probably it was on the Knights place (Harold Kelsea's), or in a little 
 house that stood about on the spot now Mr. Corey's. A. tract of land in 
 that vicinity, which it would be difficult now to define, w^ in after years 
 designated as the " Ward Land," as appears in a transcript of a road 
 changing the north end of the street to its present locality. Dr. Ward 
 left town about the close of 1792. Nothing more is known of him. 
 
 A hundred years ago there was a William Ward in New Boston, near 
 
GENEALOGIES. 735 
 
 my father's, who was a somewhat noted character, a Scotchman, a black- 
 smith, full of fun, and engaged in various practical jokes, characteristic 
 of that day. He printed over the door of his shop in rude, plain letters : — 
 
 "Now pay me down upon th& board. 
 Your humble servant, William Ward." 
 
 WAEREN. 
 
 JOHN WAEREN lived here about twenty-seven years. He came 
 here as early as 1774, and that year built his cabin on what is now S. 8. 
 Sawyer's farm at the Branch. In 1776 he built the first saw-mill in 
 town. It stood eight or ten rods below the bridge in JJranch Village, 
 and a little below the Wallace or Parkhurst mills, and the remnants of 
 it may still be found. Subsequently he seems to have built another log 
 house to go with his mill, and to have disposed of the first one. This 
 second log house stood a little south of the mill, on a knoll back of the 
 Sylvester Preston place. Here he lived a dozen years or more, when this 
 property passed into other hands, and Warren moved on to Meeting- 
 House Hill. Thence, about 1802, he went to Canada. He was.noted for 
 telling great stories, — of the kind so great that nobody would believe 
 them. Hence, anything doubtful used to be called one of " John War- 
 ren's stories." As an instance of his exceedingly vigorous talent in set- 
 ting things strong, we may notice his distinguished shot at wild geese. 
 He saw the flock coming, and, telling his wife to watch them, he hurried 
 in to load his gun. He poured in one-quarter of a pound of powder and 
 two pounds of shol, when his wife shouted, " They're right over the 
 house ! " Without taking out the ramrod, he fired up the chimney, and 
 brought down eleven of the flock all skewered on the ramrod ! Of 
 course it was very thoughtful in him to save the ramrod in this way ! 
 John Warren of Antrim was born in Chelmsford, Mass., Sept. 14, 17.33; 
 was son of Ephraim and Esther (Parker) Warren, and grandson of 
 Joseph and Ruth (Wheeler) Warren ; and was said to be akin to Gen. 
 Joseph Warren, of Bunker-Hill fame. He was brother of Capt, Josiah 
 Warren of New Boston, and, therefore, great-great-uncle of the writer. 
 He was also own uncle of Mrs. William Duncan and Mrs. Samuel Chris- 
 tie of Antrim. This latter fact accounts for his going to live near Ss^muel 
 Christie on Meeting-House Hill after the death of his wife and the sale 
 of his property at the Branch. It is to be regretted that so little can be 
 learned concerning this pioneer of the town. He was constable of 
 Antrim in 1784. Sold his pew, Sept. 2, 1801, to Asahel Cram. His wife 
 seems to have died at the Branch about 1800. A grandson, Eben War- 
 ren, of New Boston, thinks that John Warren died in Antrim, but it is 
 certain that he left Antrim in the year 1802, going to the northern part 
 of Vermont, or to Canada. He probably followed his son Moses to that 
 region. His wife was a Dimond. Their children, so far as known, 
 were : — 
 
 1. Moses, [probably b. as early as 1770; is said to have owned 
 a slate-quarry in Vermont.] 
 
736 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 2. Polly, [went to Vermont with Moses and settled there.] 
 
 3. DiMOND, [settled in Amherst, about a mile north of the vil- 
 
 lage, and d. there about thirty years ago, in good old age. 
 Eben Warren of New Boston was his son, and he left sev- 
 eral other children.] 
 
 4. Jonathan, [b. April 15, 1788. He settled in Canada, and d. 
 
 in Portland, Province of Ontario, in April, 1854. He was 
 known as " John Warren," though he wrote his name 
 "Jonathan." Hem. Mrs. Mary Jaquith, Feb. 6, 1834. 
 One child. of Jonathan survives, Mrs. Elizabeth Trickey of 
 Oso, Fontenac County, Ont. Her son, John Warren Trickey, 
 Esq., is a business man in Oso. J 
 
 WEBBER. 
 
 BROOKS K. WEBBER, son of Maximilian J. and Clarissa (Sweet) 
 Webber, and grandson of Jeremiah and -Lydia Webber of Boscawen 
 (now Webster), was born in the above place in 1837. He studied law in 
 Newport, and in Woodstock, Yt., and was admitted to the bar in 1859. 
 Opened a law-office in South Antrim in May, 1862, but after return from 
 the army he moved to Hillsborough Lower Village, and thence, after a 
 few years, to the Bridge, where he now resides, having a large practice 
 and enjoying the confidence of the community. Mr. Webber enlisted 
 from Antrim in August, 1862, and was promoted to first lieutenant. 
 Was representative of Hillsborough in 1868 and 1869, and was a member 
 from th^t town of the constitutional convention of 1876. He married, 
 first, Erancelia E. Gage of Washington; second, Louisa L. Brigham of 
 Lempster ; third, Annie L. Merrill of Deering. Has children :t— 
 
 1. Ned Douglas, [b. in Washington, Jan. 19, 1865.] 
 
 2. Clara Sophia, [b. in Hillsborough, Oct. 6, 1872.] 
 
 WEBSTER. 
 
 ISAIAH WEBSTER, son of Nathan (who was killed by the falling 
 of a tree in 1787) and Hannah (Bailey) Webster of Salem, Mass., was 
 born in 1766. He married Abigail Heath of Pelham in 1790, and came 
 to Antrim from Salem, N. H., in 1794, lived a few years on the Jonas 
 White place, and went to Salem, Mass., in 1811. He was out during the 
 war of 1812, and at the close of the same, on his way home, stopped here 
 at his brother Nathan's, where he suddenly died, aged forty-four. His 
 children were : — 
 
 1. Heman, [m. Mary Eaton of Andover, Mass., in 1807, and set- 
 
 tled in Methuen.] 
 
 2. Phcbbe, [b. in Antrim, Jan. 22, 1795 ; m. Edward Perry of 
 
 Danvers, Mass., in 1817.] 
 
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 3. Ehoda, [became second wife of John Prye, and went to Java, 
 
 N. Y.] 
 
 4. Mary G., [b. in 1806 ; m. John Frye of Salem, Mass., in 
 
 1823, but lived only a few years.] 
 
 NATHAN WEBSTER, brother of Isaiah, mentioned above, was 
 born in Salem, N. H., in 1771 ; married Anna Bayls of his native town, 
 came here in 1798, settled on the place now Daniel Swett's, and died Aug. 
 4, 1845. His widow died May 14, 1854, aged eighty-three. Their chil- 
 dren were : — 
 
 1. Pamelia, [b. in 1797 ; m. Lemuel Curtis of Windsor, Peb. 
 
 28, 1822, and d. in 1857.J 
 
 2. Jonathan, [b. Nov. 4, 1798 ; d. Peb. 5, 1814.J 
 
 3. Enos, [b. Nov. 28, 1800 ; m. Elizabeth Keyes, Jan. 20, 1831 ; 
 
 lived on the homestead with his father, but sold in 1855. 
 He lived some years on the Ambrose Story place ; went 
 West in 1867, and now lives in Antrim, Minn. His chil- 
 dren are : — 
 
 Fanny M., (b. Jan. 5, 1832 ; d. April 6, 1858.) 
 
 Jonathan E., (b. July 16, 1833 ; m. Cynthia J. H. Cram of 
 Bennington, Nov. 23, 1851, and d. in that town, July 14, 
 1856.) 
 
 Elizabeth A., (b. March 21, 1835 ; m. 1st, Orren D. Parker of 
 Hillsborough, March 26, 1851, and lived in this town sev- 
 eral years, where they had four children. He d. in Stod- 
 dard in 1862, and she m. James P. Wood in 1866, and now 
 lives in Antrim, Minn.) 
 
 Orlando T., (b. Sept. 23, 1836 ; enlisted in the Union army, 
 Ninth Illinois Regiment, and d. in service, Dec. 15, 1861.) 
 
 Loammi H., (b. July 30, 1838 ; entered the army and starved 
 to death in a Southern prison, dying March 23, 1864.) 
 
 Anna B., (b. May 11, 1840 ; d. April 10, 1859.) 
 
 Jason K., (b. April 12, 1842; m. Lizzie A. Fisher, Jan. 1, 
 1867 f and is now postmaster in Madelia, Minn.) 
 
 TJlyBsa H., (b. Oct. 10, 1845 ; m. Luther M. Wilkins, Nov. 8, 
 ' 1860, and d. in 1861.) 
 
 Mary E., (d. in infancy.) 
 
 Ems B., (b. May 5, 1857.)] 
 4.. Nathan, [b. S^pt. 14, 1802 ; m. Martha Hurd of Maine, and 
 went to Charlestown, Mass., where he d. in 1865.] 
 
 5. Benaiah, [b. Jan. 1, 1806 ; d. April 1, 1806.] 
 
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738 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6. Benaiah, [b. June 8, 1807 ; m. Katherine Godfrey of Charles- 
 
 town, Mass., and d- in that place Oct. 31, 1864.] 
 
 7. Fanny, [b. Oct. 3, 1809; d. Oct. 10, 1881.] 
 
 8. Hannah, [b. Jan. 12, 1812 ; m. Loammi S. Hurd of Maine, 
 
 April 10, 1884, and moved to Charlestown, Mass., where 
 she d. August, 1843.] 
 
 9. Kimball E., [b. March 5, 1814 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 SAMUEL WEBSTER built, in 1806, a large three-story house on 
 the west side of the old common on the hill. He was a shoemaker by 
 trade, iand had a shop for that purpose in the basement of the low«r 
 story. In the upper part he intended to keep tavern ; but he probably 
 did not count the cost, inasmuch as he never finished the building, and 
 moved away about three years afterwards, greatly in debt. Nothing is 
 known of whence he came or whither he went. The house stood awhile, 
 unfinished, being occupied by transient parties, several dying there of 
 spotted fever, but was finally taken down and used for the frame of the 
 Appleton house, now'standing in the west part of Deering, and known as 
 "Appleton Tavern." , 
 
 WEEKS. 
 
 SAMUEL WEEKS was born in 1764 ; married Sarah Wadleigh of 
 Londonderry, and came from that town to Antrim; lived in a long, low, 
 wooden house where the brick house, now Samuel M. Thompson's, 
 stands. He was a drover, and brought large flocks of sheep and hogs 
 from Vermont. He seems to have lived awhile about 1812 on the Shat- 
 tuck place ; was an active, energetic man ; moved to Chelmsford, Mass., 
 and kept tavern awhile, then came back and settled in Bennington, just 
 over the river from his old home, where he died in 1816, aged fifty-two. 
 His wife died in 1813, aged fifty- three. Their children were : — 
 
 1. Martha, [m. Thomas D. Nesmith, March 30, 1813, and d. 
 
 in Antrim, June 17, 1828.] 
 
 2. John, [m. -Hannah Hunkins, and d. in Poplin, now Fremont.] 
 3; Hannah, [m. Josiah Roach, and d. in Bennington.] 
 
 4. Sarah, [m. 1st, a Mr. Lowe ; 2d, George Qibson, and went 
 
 to Fremont, where she d.] 
 
 5. Samuel, Jr., [lived some six years with Capt. Thomas D. 
 
 Nesmith ; went, to Charlestown, Mass., where he d. about 
 1825, a young man.] 
 
 6. Mart, [m. Jonathan Atwood ; moved to Haverhill, and d. 
 
 there.] 
 
 WBLLMAN. 
 
 ISRAEL WELLMAN was born in Lyndeborough in 1829 ; married 
 Orra A. Button of Greenfield in 1855 ; came here in 187.8, lived in vari- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 739 
 
 ous places about town, and has recently moved to Stoddard. His chil- 
 dren are Henry P., George W:, Ida A., Nellie O., John E., and Charles. 
 
 WESTON. 
 Dea. SUTHEEIC WESTON, son of Ebenezer and Mehitable (Suth- 
 eric) Weston, grandson of Thomas and Elizabeth Weston, and great- 
 grandson of John and Sarah (Fitch) Weston of Eeading, Mass. (which 
 John came'from England to Salem, Mass., in 1644, at the age of thirteen, 
 and settled in Reading, Mass., in 1652, where he married Sarah Fitch), 
 was born Nov. 19, 1751. Judge Weston of Augusta, Me., and Ex-Gov. 
 Weston of Manchester are of the same stock. The "Weston coat of 
 arms" being identical with that of the " Earl of Portland," it is claimed 
 that their descent can be traced from him. The parents of Dea. Sutheric 
 Weston moved to Amherst, N. H., in 1752. He was out in the Eevolu- 
 tionary war, and suffered much from hardship and starvation. At the 
 battle of the Cedars in Canada he was taken prisoner by the Indians and 
 nearly starved, when they decided to give him and others a chance to 
 run for their lives. The deacon, being a man of great muscular power 
 and endurance, made for the woods, rushed into a dense swamp, and 
 managed to escape pursuit after a time. He was finally discovered by a 
 scout of his regiment, his flesh torn and bleeding, his clothes hanging in 
 fragments about him, and in a nearly famished condition. He is also 
 said to have been once regularly exchanged, in company with Lemuel 
 Curtis and others, for British prisoners. He went from Amherst to 
 Bunker Hill, and was one of those who went across and shared in the 
 last part of that battle. Jan. 20, 1779, Dea. Weston married Mary 
 DeLancy ; came from Amherst to Antrim in 1786 ; and succeeded John 
 Gordon at North Branch on the place now owned by Oliver Swett, build- 
 ing, in connection with his son, Capt. Sutheric Weston, the large house 
 on that place, in 1807. He was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian 
 Church in 1800; was a faithful, able, and good ipan, and died May 11, 
 1831, aged over seventy-nine years. His _ wife died Aug. 4, 1838, aged 
 eighty-two. Their children are as follows : — 
 
 1. Mary L., [b. Nov. 12, 1780 ; m. Daniel Moore of Bedford, 
 
 and had a large family ; d. in Montpelier, Vt., at great age.]' 
 
 2. Capt. Sutheric, [b. March 8, 1783 ; m. Sally S. McCauley in 
 
 1808 ; was familiarly called " Captain," holding that com- 
 mission in the cavalry in 1819 ; lived for some time with 
 his father, afterward moved into a house then standing 
 northeast of J. G. Flint's, (built by Francis Stuart just 
 within the town line, because he wanted the honor of living 
 in Antrim, — wise man !) moved thence to Whitney place, 
 and from there to Nashua in 1836, where he d. May 30, 
 1850. His widow d. in Holyoke, Mass., in 1854. Their 
 children were : — 
 Esther M., (b. June 24, 1809; m. Joseph Atwood of Bedford, 
 
$U^^?g</^, 
 
740 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Feb. 11, 1834, and lives in Hamilton, 111. One old resident 
 says : " She was as smart a woman as was ever raised in 
 Antrim." She was a fine scholar and teacher.) 
 Sarah, (b. Dec. 14, 1811 ; d. at the age of 3 months.) 
 David, (b. in 1813 ; d. at the age of 5 months.) 
 Mary D., (b. April 25, 1816 ; d. in Nashua, Oct. 26, 1836.) 
 Sutheric J., (b. July 28, 1816; m. Elizabeth Porter of Man- 
 chester, and now resides in San Francisco.) 
 David M., (b. May 22, 1818 ; m. Mary Jane Carter of HoUis, 
 and now lives in Boston. Was one of the donors of the 
 Center vestry ; is a man of large means, and a generous 
 giver to all the charities. Is a man full of faith and full of 
 good works. Mr. Weston is the inventor of the machine 
 for drying sugar in process of manufacture, now used all 
 over the world. This invention is simply the application of 
 centrifugal motion to useful purposes. The same principle 
 appears in his " laundry-machine," " centrifugal clothes- 
 wringer," and in his " cream-machine." The latter effects 
 the mechanical separation of cream from the milk in less 
 time than is occupied in milking, and promises to revolu- 
 tionize the dairy business ifi all large establishments. Mr. 
 Weston Isolds several patents, both in the United States and 
 Great Britain, of inventions highly useful to the world and 
 profitable to himself. He is a thinking, practical man, — 
 one of the ablest and best that have gone out from Antrim ; 
 a Christian, enjoying the confidence of men and living in 
 the fear of God.) 
 Rebecca J., (b. April 8, 1820 ; m. Lawson B. Russell of Bethel, 
 
 Me. ; d. in that place, Sept. 10, 1855.) 
 Harriet N., (b. April 2, 1822 ; m. Sidney Alden of Troy, N. Y., 
 
 in 1838, and now lives in that city.) 
 Eliza A., (b. May 15, 1824 ; m. Hon. Charles Williams of 
 Easton, Mass., in 1846. They now reside in Nashua. She 
 is a woman widely known, gifted, devoted, charitable, and a 
 leader in the missionary work of the N. H. Woman's Board. 
 Mr. Williams has been several times mayor of the city, — is 
 a man affable, efficient, and with hosts of friends. Their 
 son, Dr. Seth W Williams., just dead at the age of 30, was 
 a graduate of Yale, a young man of most finished education 
 and most noble character, and had begun life's work with 
 much promise in New York City. He was under appoint- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 741 
 
 ment to a position of heavy responsibility in Bellevue Hos- 
 pital, but was taken down suddenly with congestion of the 
 brain and d. on his way home from an excursion, at Port- 
 land, Me.) 
 
 Leonard, (b. April 28, 1826. Graduated at Phillips Academy, 
 class of 1846. Was a talented young man, from whom the 
 family had m&ny hopes. He entered Dartmouth College 
 with the intention of studying for the ministry, but d. in his 
 Freshman year, Sept. 1, 1848. Thus dying at the age of 
 22, the work which his piety prompted was not done, but 
 its reward was reached early and triumphantly.) 
 
 Sarah J., (b. July 7, 1833 ; m. Benjamin P. Crocker of Cam- 
 bridge, N. Y., and lives in that place.)] 
 
 3. Eebbcca, [b. April 24, 1785 ; d. unm. in Hancock, Dec. 25, 
 
 1841.] 
 
 4. Leonard, [b. Oct. 10, 1791 ; went to Phelps, N. J. ; m. Alma 
 
 Wright in 1818 ; moved to Michigan in 1840, where he d. 
 in 1855.] 
 
 5. Sophia, [b. Oct. 20, 1794 ; m. Capt. William Gregg of this 
 
 town, Feb. 7, 1814 ; went to Nashua in 1887, where she d. 
 June 29, 1844.] 
 
 6. Lancy, [b. Nov. 11, 1800 ; m. EHzabeth Moore of Bedford in 
 
 1831 ; lived many years on the Taylor place, east of the 
 
 Jonathan Nesmith place ; went thence to Bedford in 1847, 
 
 but moved to Mount Clemens, Mich., in 1850, and d. there 
 
 December, 1877. His children, all of whom are believed to 
 
 have been b. here, were : — 
 Nathaniel H., (b. July 21, 1838 ; m. 1st, Miss H. P. Hoyt of 
 
 Weare ; 2d, Mrs. Laura Moore of New Boston ; lives in 
 
 Oscada, Mich., winters in Detroit.) 
 Clinton R., (h. Dec. 7, 1839; m. Martha Ketchum, May 1, 
 
 1873, and lives at Au Sable, Mich.) 
 W. Olark, (b. Dec. 8, 1842 ; was out in the Ninth Michigan 
 
 Regiment, and d. in service at West Point, Ky., Dec. 4, 
 
 1861.) 
 George W., (b. Aug. 7, 1846 ; m. Jennie Bowman, Dec. 29, 
 
 1875, and lives in Richmond, Mich.)] 
 
 SAMUEL WESTON came here from Stoddard, married Mary Dun- 
 lap, and lived on the old Burns place near the first High-Bange school- 
 house, where he died Dec. 10, 1836, aged forty. Their children were : — 
 
742 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1. Mehitable B., [b. May 8, 1824 ; m. Amos Dodge, April 18, 
 
 1844.J 
 
 2. Hannah, [b. March 9, 1826 ; m. Veranus Atwood, and lives 
 
 in Nelson.] 
 
 3. Samuel, [b. March, 1828 ; d. in Sanbornton, aged 24.] 
 
 4. Sarah, [b. April, 1830 ; m. Orrel Atwood of Nelson, and d. 
 
 in that town June 27, 1856.] 
 
 WILLIAM WESTON was grandson of Timothy and Esther (Lamp- 
 son) Weston of Concord, Mass., and son of Ephraim and Elisabeth (Nay) 
 Weston of Peterborough, and was born in that town April 15, 1798. His 
 father was boru Aug. 19, 1767, and died Sept. 8, 1829, in this town. 
 Buried in Stoddard. He came here in 1820, and settled on the Andrew 
 Robb place as known at the present day, on a tract of wild land belong- 
 ing to "Squire James Wilson" of Keene, father of Gen. Wilson. This 
 land, and other large tracts with it, Mr. Weston soon acquired. He be- 
 came an extensive raiser of stock, at one time owning a thousand sheep 
 and rnany cattle, and having in charge also large flocks that were owned 
 below. He was a man of many virtues, and was honest as the daylight. 
 It used to be said that " Bill Weston's word was as good as his note." 
 His removal to Hancock in 1834 was a matter of general regret in Antrim. 
 In that town he died June 24, 1848. He married Harriet Hall, Dec. 17, 
 1822, who died May 9, i831, aged thirty-one. He married, second, Mrs. 
 Mary D. (Copeland) Eisher in 1883. She was born in Stoddard, July 19, 
 1803, and died in Hancock, Aug. 28, 1858. The children of William 
 Weston were as follows, all but the youngest born in Antrim : — 
 
 1. Capt. Ephraim, [b. Nov. 9, 1828. Was a man of good edu- 
 cation, of great agility and strength, and of marked noble- 
 ness and manliness of character. He was one whose bear- 
 ing compelled the respect of .others. Always took great in- 
 terest in military affairs, and was among the very first to 
 enlist in his country's service on the breaking-out of the 
 rebellion. Was captain in the Second N. H. Regiment; 
 was in the first battle of Bull Run ; lost his life in the ser- 
 vice, coming home to die, — which event took place in Han- 
 cock, Dec. 9, 1861. He is justly placed among the most 
 worthy of the sons of Antrim. His wife was Elvina H. 
 Gates. They settled in Hancock, and he enlisted from that 
 town. His children were : William Henry, who was b. Aug. 
 8, 1849 ; Clara Elvina, who was b. June 16, 1851, and m. 
 Alfred Barber, Feb. 5, 1868 ; George P., who was b. Oct. 3, 
 1853, and graduated at Brown University in 1878 ; Mary 
 E., who was b. July 1, 1856, and d. at the age of three; 
 Harriet E., who was b. Oct. 6, 1858 ; and Ephraim, Jr., 
 who was b. May 23, 1861.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 743 
 
 2. William, Jr., [b. May 4, 1825 ; m. Sarah A. Wilder of Stod- 
 
 dard, April 17, 1859 ; was the last owner that lived on Robb 
 Mountain ; now lives in Hancock, having moved there in 
 1868. Pour of his children were b. in Antrim. His chil- 
 dren are : — 
 
 James T., (b. May 25, 1860.) 
 
 Harriet E., (b. June 25, 1862.) 
 
 Sarah F., (b. June 26, 1864.) 
 
 Mar^ Annabel, (b. Sept. 2, 1866.) 
 
 William, (b. March 3, 1869.) 
 
 Ephraim, (b. Aug. 7, 1872.)] 
 
 3. Harriet H., [b. Nov. 24, 1826 ; m. Oliver Messer, who has 
 
 been a leading citizen of Clinton, lo., more than twenty 
 years. He was b. in Bow, May 19, 1823. Is superintend- 
 ent of the gas and water works in the city of Clinton.] 
 
 4. Jambs T., [b. Sept. 24, 1829 ; d. on the ship " Richmond " 
 
 off Cape Horn,' in February, 1850, and was buried at sea. 
 He d. in his berth at night, and it was claimed that no 
 one knew of it till morning. There was a mystery about 
 it never cleai-ed up. With many others, he was on his way 
 to California at the time of the gold excitement. Was a 
 promising young man. Many will remember his handsome 
 form and pleasant disposition, and how there were a host of 
 friends that mourned his early death.] 
 
 5. John C, [b. Oct. 26, 1834 ; was weak and feeble in his early 
 
 years, but was stirred with a great desire to travel, and so 
 went round the world as a " sailor before the mast." He 
 sailed from Boston on the ship " John Wade" Sept. 5, 1851, 
 being less than seventeen years of age, and returned Aug. 
 5, 1852. The next year he went again to California and 
 remained fifteen years, mostly among the mines of that State 
 and Oregon. He then settled in Clinton, lo., where he still 
 resides. Is cashier of Clinton National Bank and director 
 of Clinton Sayings Bank. Is also secretary and treasurer 
 of Clinton Gas Company and of Clinton Water-works, and 
 is identified with most of the public interests and improve- 
 ments of the place. He m. Jennie Sibley in Sailor Dig- 
 gings, Ore., June 23, 1860 ; m. 2d, Carrie P. White in Nor- 
 wood, Mass., Jan. 14, 1870. She is a descendant of Pere- 
 grine White, b. on the " Mayflower, " in the harbor of Cape 
 Ood.J * 
 
744 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 6. George W., [b. in Hancock, Feb. 24, 1837 ; was two years 
 in the mines of California when quite young^, then settled'in 
 Iowa. Was a vigorous abolitionist and stockholder in the 
 underground railway, and personally helped fourteen slaves 
 to gain their freedom. So when the war broke out he 
 entered the Union army from principle, was lieutenant in 
 the Twenty-sixth Iowa Volunteers, and d. in the service 
 Aug. 18, 1863. He m. Bmelia J. Marshall of Dublin. She 
 d. in Low Moor, lo., in 1866, aged 80.] 
 
 TIMOTHY WESTON, brother of William, Sen., named above, was 
 born Dec. 7, 1805. He married his cousin, Matilda Nay of Peterborough, 
 Aprils, 1830; succeeded his brother on the Eobb Mountain, but after- 
 wards sold to William Weston, Jr., and went to Nauvocf, 111., to join the 
 Mormons. He soon became disgusted with their practices, and, with 
 lost health and lost property, he returned to Hancock and died Sept. 29, 
 1855. His widow became the second wife of Abisha Tubbs of Peterbor- 
 ough. They had one child, Sarah A. Weston, who died July 9, 1849, 
 aged sixteen; and four others that died very young. The second hus- 
 band, in company with his brother, Joseph Tubbs, was for many years a 
 manufacturer of cotton yarn, batting, etc., in Peterborough. He was 
 born in Marlow, May 21, 1791. 
 
 The brothers and sisters of Timothy Weston all lived together in the 
 family on the mountain for a short time, and were as follows: Ephraim, 
 Jr., who died in Cambridge, Mass., June 22, 1828; second, Elizabeth, 
 who died unmarried, Feb. 26, 1865; third, William, noticed above; John, 
 who married Sophronia Farwell and died in Washington, June 4, 1873, 
 aged sixty-nine; fifth, Esther, who married Kobert McClure of Antrim, 
 1828, and died July 15, 1835; sixth, Timothy, noticed above; and seventh, 
 Sarah Ann, who died unmarried Feb. 12, 1836, aged twenty-two, and was 
 buried on the plain in Antrim. At the time this family lived together 
 on the mountain, and down as late as 1840, there were four farm-houses 
 on the land of William Weston, with large families, full barns, and large 
 stocks of cattle and sheep. Now every house is gone, the road is thrown 
 up, and one hardly sees an indication that human habitations once were 
 there ! i 
 
 WHITCOMB. 
 
 ABIJAH WHITCOMB came here from Swanzey in 1846 and lived 
 about two years. He built the mill on the site of the Aiken or Volney 
 Johnson mill, now Goodell's lower mill. His son Frank married a Miss 
 Nichols of Peterborough, and lived here about a year with his father. 
 They all moved to Peterborough. Thence the older couple moved to 
 Claremont and died there. • There was an Abijah Whitcomb in the Rev- 
 olutionary army from Swanzey, probably father of above. 
 
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 WHITE. 
 
 HENRY WHITE, son of William and Polly (Griffin) White of New 
 Boston, was born in 1771; married Elizabeth Dustin, sister of Zaccheus 
 Dustin's wife; came to Antrim from Weare in 1798, and lived on what 
 was afterward known as the Dea. Sawyer place, just north of the old 
 cemetery on Meeting-House Hill. It is not known who commenced this 
 place. Mr. White returned to Weare in 1809, where he died in 1853. 
 His children were : — 
 
 1. Polly G., [b. in Weare in 1796 ; m. Jesse Walker and lives 
 
 in Whitefield.J 
 
 2. Dustin, [b. in Weare in 1798 ; m. Polly Colby of Weare and 
 
 settled in that town, where he now lives.] 
 
 3. James, [b. in Antrim in 1800 ; m. Lydia Bradford of Marlow, 
 
 and lived in Hudson, Wis., until his death in 1856. J 
 
 4. Tristram S., [b. in Antrim in 1802; d. in childhood.] 
 
 5. Henry S., [b. in Antrim, May 4, 1804 ; d. in Dunstable, 
 
 Mass., in 1830.] 
 
 6. Rhoda, [b. in Antrim in 1806 ; m. Jonathan Flanders of 
 
 Bradford.] 
 
 7. Alice B., [b. in Antrim in 1808 ; m. Levi Watson of Weare.] 
 
 8. William, [b. in Weare in 1810 ; m. Mary Colby of Mont 
 
 Vernon, and lives in Wilton.] ' 
 
 9. Eliza, [b. in 1812 ; m. Alhanon Codman of Hillsborough, 
 
 and d. in 1869.] 
 
 JONATHAN WHITE, son of Silas and Sarah (George) White, was 
 born in Greenwich, N. Y., in 1814, and was brought here by his widowed: 
 mother when two years of age. He began as an apprentice with Dea. 
 Isaac Baldwin in 1834; married Laura Lord of Woodstock, Vt., and was in 
 business at the South Village under the firm-name of Eaton and White, 
 and afterwards alone. He held- the parent for the welded shovel, Which 
 was sold to the Ames Company. He built and lived where John Shedd 
 now lives, and died July 7, 1864. The children are thus: — 
 
 1. Horace P., [now lives in California.] 
 
 2. Charles P., [now lives in California.] 
 
 3. George H., [was in N. H. Sharp-shooters, and was killed at 
 
 the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.] 
 
 JAMES WHITE, son of James and Susannah (Flint) White (who 
 was the daughter of Lieut. Miles Flint, who was out during the whole of 
 the Revolutionary war), was born in Methneit, Mass., in 1802. He mar- 
 ried, first, Abigail Coburn of Boston, and settled in Deering.' He came 
 to Antrim in 1840, and built the house on the river next east of William 
 Duncan's the same year. He was a carpenter, did business in Manches- 
 
745 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 ter, and moved to that city in 1846, where he is an influential man. His 
 first wife died in 1847, and he married, second, Mahala Lord of Bow, 
 1849. His children are as follows: — 
 
 1. Olive A., [b. in Deering ; m. John G. Richardson of Hook- 
 
 sett; now lives in Woburn, Mass.] 
 
 2. Eliza S., [b. in Deering ; d. Sept. 17, 184-9.] 
 
 3. Chakles a., [b. in Deering; m. Cora P. Poster of Boston; 
 
 now lives in Greeley, Col.] 
 
 4. R. Amanda, [b. in Deering ; m. John Fickett.] 
 
 5. Joseph W., [b. in Antrim, Feb. 25, 1843 ; entered the army 
 
 and was killed at Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863.] 
 
 6. J. Edward, [b. in 1856 ; now resides in Manchester.] 
 
 JS^ATHAN WHITE, son of Nathan and Dorcas (Wilson) White, 
 came here from Deering in 1842. He married Jane B. Smith of Milford, 
 and lived in the Starrett house (now Fletcher's), South Village. He was 
 a cooper by trade, and died in 1852 aged thirty-flve, leaving children: — 
 
 1. George H., [b. Nov. 30, 1846 ; now lives in Boston.] 
 
 2. Mart J., [b. April 16, 1851 ; m. Edward Home in 1872 and 
 
 lives- in Rochester, N. Y.J 
 
 3. Annie M., [b. Nov. 1, 1843; m. E. P. Gilman and lives in 
 
 Nashua. 
 
 JONAS WHITE, son of John and Lucy (Tucker) White of Nelson, 
 was born in 1802; married Margaret Clark of Bellingham, Mass., and 
 came to Antrim in 1849. He bought the Dea. Benjamin Nichols place 
 in 1858, where he lived until 1874, when he moved into the Paige house. 
 His children are : — : 
 
 1. John W., [b. in Brandon, Vt., Nov. 25, 1826; m. 1st, Laura 
 A. Poss of Concord, Jan. 7, 1850, who d. Nov. 8, 1850 ; m. 
 2d, Emily A. Sargent of Concord, Sept. 11, 1851. He is a 
 marble worker and carver, and has resided chiefly in Con- 
 
 ' cord, but in 1874 he bought the Nichols place of his father 
 and moved to Antrim. He moved back to Concord after 
 about two years. Children are : — 
 
 Frank A., (b. in Concord, July 3, 1852 ; m. Mary A. Green 
 of Concord, April 1, 1876, and resides in that city, having 
 two children.) 
 
 Walter E., (b. in Antrim, May 1, 1854.) 
 
 Laura A., (b. in Antrim, Nov. 3, 1855.) 
 
 Willie, (b. in Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 5, 1858; d. in infancy.) 
 
 Willie A., (b. in Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 21, 1859 ; d. in No- 
 vember of same year.) 
 
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 Nellie M., (b. in Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 21, 1860.) 
 
 Fred K, (b. in Peterborough, April 17, 1863.) 
 
 JoJin W., (b. in Peterborough, Aug. 29, 1865.) 
 
 Mabel, (b. in Concord, Feb. 17, 1868 ; d. Aug. 3, 1877.) 
 
 Jennie, (b. in Concord, Sept. 20, 1869 ; d. in infancy.) 
 
 Julia, (twin-sister of Jennie ; d. in infancy.) 
 
 Bennie B., (b. in Concord, Sept. 28, 1870 ; d. Aug. 30, 1877.) 
 
 Abhie 0., (b. in Concord, Feb. 8, 1874.)] 
 
 2. Haevey, [b. April 18, 1828; entered the army in the Seventy- 
 
 fourth Ohio Yolunteers, and d. in service in 1863.J 
 
 3. Eliza J., [b. July 8, 1832 ; m. Ist, Rev. William W. Lovejoy, 
 
 July 31, 1855, who d. in 1862, leaving children : Antoinette 
 B., Etta, and Flora. In 1868 Mrs. Lovejoy m. Charles I. 
 Wright, son of Dea. Imla Wright, and now lives in Demas- 
 coville, Ohio.] 
 
 4. Maria, [b. Aug. 28, 1884; m. Prentiss W. Clark.J 
 
 5. Chauncey, [b. June 30, 1837 ; m. Mehssa L. Oarleton of 
 
 Hancock, in 1870, and now lives in the Paige house. He 
 has one child : — 
 William 0., (b. Oct. 9, 1875.)] 
 
 6. Francis, [b. Oct. 18, 1839; m. Emily Smith, Nov. 7, 1865, 
 
 and lives in Cambridge, Mass. He was a member of the 
 First N. H. Regiment, and afterwards of the Seventh N. H. 
 Regiment, in the late war, and was promoted to first lieuten- 
 ant. His children are : — 
 
 Albert E., (b. Nov. 5, 1866.) 
 
 William H., (b. June 20, 1870.)] 
 
 DAVID O. "WHITE, son of David (a Revolutionary soldier) and Sa- 
 rah (Dutton) White of Peterborough, grandson of Patrick (who studied 
 for a Catholic priest in Ireland, but fled to this country on renouncing 
 that doctrine) and Jane (White) White, and great-grandson of John and 
 Elizabeth White of Ireland, — was born Nov. 18, 1809; married Mary Ann 
 Carr of Antrim, Dec. 13, 1838, and came on to the homestead of her 
 father, William Carr, in 1850. Their children are : — 
 
 1. Nancy A., [b. Aug. 23, 1841 ; m. George Sanders of Epsom 
 
 in 1875.] 
 
 2. Andrew D., [b. Nov. 4, 1845 ; m. Clara Ann Appleton, April 
 
 4, 1877, and lives on the homestead with his father.] 
 
 WILLIAM WHITE, son of William White of Stoneham, Mass., was 
 born in 1797 ; married Mary Wilsoii in Deeriug, April 22, 1823, and came 
 to Antrim from that town on to the Kendall or John Gibson place in 
 
748 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 1851. After living here about fifteen years he moved over the line into 
 Hillsborough, and there died Jan. 16, 1869, aged seventy-two. His 
 widow Survives. Their children are : — 
 
 1. Lawson a., [b. in Greenfield, Aug. 18, 1825 ; m. Caroline 0. 
 
 Gould of Deering, and lives on the place next west of the 
 
 Gibson place, having children thus : — 
 Ellen F., (b. Dec. 1, 1851 ; m. Prank B. Lovering and lives at 
 
 Hillsborough Bridge.) 
 Leonard P., (b. Oct. 10, 1853.) 
 Martha A., (b. in 1855; d. Dec. 27, 1870.) 
 Alma S. 
 
 Mary T., (b. Dec. 25, 1860.) 
 Charles F.. (b. Oct. 20, 1864.) 
 Harvey A., (b. July 20, 1867.)] 
 
 2. LoEL P., [b. in Deering, May 22, 1828 ; m. Zoa L. Ward of 
 
 Ashby, Mass., and lives in Hillsborough.] 
 
 3. Harvey L., [b. Dec. 29, 1830 ; lives unm. in Hillsborough 
 
 near Antrim line.] 
 
 4. Caroline L., [b. May 5, 1832 ; is unm.] 
 
 5. Rebecca S., [b. March 7, 1835: m. Samuel D. Hastings, May 
 
 5, 1853, and lives at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 WHITBLBY. 
 
 EDWARD WHITELEY, son of William H. and Louise (Jury) 
 Whiteley, and grandson of William and Lydia (Garfitt) Whiteley of 
 Morley, Yorkshire, England, was born in Islington, near London, Nov. 
 11, 1824; married Betsey H. Blanchard of this town in Boston, Sept. 15, 
 1863. He lives on the Miltimore or Blanchard place, but does business in 
 Boston. Is a thinking man, a machinist and inventor, having taken out 
 nine patents in this country, chiefly for heating and cooking apparatus. 
 Some of these inventions are highly useful, as well as creditable. Was 
 one of the donors of the Center vestry. Has children : — 
 
 1. M. Louise, [b. July 23, 1854 ; m. Charles F. Belcher of Cam- 
 
 bridge, Mass., Jan. 27, 1876.] 
 
 2. Mart B., [b. July 12, 1856.] 
 
 3. Nellie M., [b. Dec. 21, 1858.] 
 
 4. Albert B., [b. Dec. 26, 1861.] 
 
 WHITNEY. 
 
 CYRUS J. WHITNEY, son of Jonah and Jane (Stone) Whitney, 
 was born in Henniker, April 26, 1812; married Mary J. Morrison of War- 
 ner in 1836; moved to Antrim in 1843, and has since lived on the then- 
 so-called Weston place. Their children are : — 
 
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 1. Susan C, [b. Feb. 28, 1837 ; d. in Manchester, Oct. 4,1856.] 
 
 2. Eliza J., [b. Oct. 30, 1838 ; m. David W. Boutelle.J 
 
 3. George G-., [b. Feb. 6, 1840; m. Elizabeth Bowl of Louis- 
 
 ville, Ky., and now resides in that place, or vicinity.] 
 
 4. Mart M., [b. Dec. 2, 1842 ; m. Samuel A. Holt, Aug. 15, 
 
 1861.] 
 
 5. Cyrus J., [b. Sept. 27, 1844; m. Louisa E. AUds, Oct. 17, 
 
 1875, and lives on the Prescott Parmenter or Cram place. 
 They have one child : — 
 Roscoe. (b. March 18, 1877.)] 
 
 6. Charles P., [b. Sept. 20, 1847 ; lives with his father.] 
 
 7. Julia E., [b. July 9, 1850 ;, m. Almus T. Rogers of Antrim 
 
 in 1873.] 
 
 8. Clara Ella, [b. Jan. 25, 1863 ; m. Henry A. Rogers of An- 
 
 trim, Nov. 27, 1872.J- 
 
 9. Emma C, [b. Oct. 18, 1855 ; d. June 27, 1861.] 
 
 10. Josephine N., [b. May 31, 1860 ; m. George H. Rogers, Oct. 
 
 18, 1879.] 
 
 11. Frederick A., [b. Jan. 4, 1864.] 
 
 WHITON. 
 
 JAMES WHITON, the first of the name in America, came over 
 from Hingham, England, and settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1647, and 
 married Mary Beals Dec. 30, 1647. His house was burned by Indians, 
 April 20, 1676. He died in 1710, aged ninety years, leaving a large family. 
 
 James Whiton, second son of the preceding, was born in 1651, leading 
 a life of quiet industry in Hingham, where he died at the age of seventy- 
 four, leaving a large family. His wife's name is not knQwn. 
 
 Joseph Whiton, son of second James, was born in 1687 ; married 
 Martha Power in 1713 ; moved to Ashford, Conn., in 1730 ; was a cooper 
 by trade ; died in 1777 in his ninety-first year, leaving seven children. 
 
 Elijah Whiton, son of Joseph, was born in Hingham in 1714. He 
 learned the cooper's trade of his father. He married, first, Priscilla Euss 
 in 1741, who died about 1755 leaving nine children. He married, second, 
 Hannah Crocker, by whom he also had nine children. 
 
 Dr. Israel Whiton, son of Elijah and Priscilla (Russ) Whiton, was 
 born in Ashford, Conn., in 1764. He commenced the study of medicine 
 in 1773, enlisted as surgeon's mate in the army in 1776, was a short time 
 orderly sergeant to G-en. Putnam at Boston, and was in the disastrous 
 campaign and retreat at ifew York in 1776. He began the practice of 
 medicine in April, 1777, in Winchendon, Mass. He made a profession of 
 religion the next year ; married Dorothy Crosby, Oct. 28, 1784 ; was 
 engaged in extensive practice, forty-two years ; was deacon in the 
 church ; often representative of the town ; was widely known and largely 
 esteemed. He died in 1819. His widow, Mrs. Dorothy Whiton, died in 
 
750 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Antrim, Oct. 7, 1826. The new bell first tolled for her. Alas, how many 
 since ! 
 
 . Eev. JOHN MILTON WHITON, D. D., son of Dr. Israel and Doro- 
 thy (Crosby) Whiton, was born in Winchendon, Mass., Aug. 1, 1785 ; 
 studied at New Ipswich, and Leicester, Mass., and entered Dartmouth 
 College in September, 1801. At his father's wish, he took up his connec- 
 tion at Dartmouth in 1804, and spent his last year at Yale, graduating 
 there in 1805. He was then engaged one year as assistant of James Mor- 
 ris, in his academy at Litchfield, Conn., where he made the acquaintance 
 of Abby Morris, whom he afterwards married. In the fall of 1806, he 
 went to Hanover to attend medical lectures, having in view the physi- 
 cian's profession, on the ground that his voice was not sufficient for pub- 
 lic speaking ; but, on arriving at Hanover, after some struggle of mind, 
 he concluded to commence theological studies under the direction of 
 Prof. Shurtleflf. He finished the same under Rev. Samuel Austin, D. D., 
 of Worcester, Mass., and preached here awhile during the summer of 
 1807. A call was voted him by the town, Sept. 21, 1807, which he 
 declined; but the call being renewed the next spring he accepted it, and 
 was ordained Sept. 28, 1808. He continued pastor, in active service, 
 until Jan. 1, 1853, being settled at the age of twenty-three and vacating 
 at the age of sixty-eight. He at once removed to Bennington, and was 
 acting pastor there until his death, Sept. 27, 1866. The degree of D. D. 
 was conferred upon him by Princeton College. Mr. Whiton married 
 Abby Morris of Litchfield, Conn., Oct. 18, 1808. Her grandfather, Dea. 
 James Morris, was born in New Haven, Conn., in 1722. Her father, 
 James Morris, Esq,, was a graduate of Yale College ; a captain in the 
 Eevolutionary army, being some time on Gen. Washington's stafi"; and 
 for a long series of years a teacher of distinguished success. He married 
 Elizabeth Hubbard of Middleton, Conn., in 1781, and their daughter) 
 Abby Morris, was born in 1783. Mr. Whiton moved into the old Butler 
 house Dec. 5, 1808, built the Bass house on the same spot in 1812, built 
 the Clark house in 1831, sold his farm in 1835, and moved up to the Cen- 
 ter in 1848. Mrs. Whiton survived her husband, and died April 10, 1865, 
 aged eighty-one. 
 
 John M. Whiton was a man of complete and rounded character. He 
 had no salient points. He had no extreme endowments. There was 
 nothing that could be (tailed brilliant about him. Yet he was so finished 
 and capable in every respect, that he left good impressions of himself 
 everywhere, and the public generally both admired and loved him. 
 Splendid things cannot be written of him ; noble and blessed things 
 without number can be. If he was great, it was the greatness of sym- 
 metry. People felt that he was a safe man. He pommanded their 
 respect. There was a peculiar grace about him everywhere, which 
 attracted regard and reverence, and seemed as winning by ^he wayside 
 as in the pulpit. Prof Baldwin, than whom none knew him better, thus 
 writes of him : " Por most other great men, my reverence has dimin- 
 ished with near approach ; but he so combined dignity and gentleness, 
 that in the most familiar intimacy he ever commanded respect, rever- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 751 
 
 ehce, and love. All were drawn toward him, and, being in his presence, 
 were not in baste to leave. His life was a gospel of peace to all who 
 were acquainted with him I " 
 
 Mr. Whiton was a very scholarly man. He had what might be called 
 a balanced education. We do not find in him any engrossing admiration 
 of a particular branch. He was not carried away by music, or poetry, or 
 pliilology ; but he had a clear, strong understanding of all the branches. 
 In common conversation with him, one could see that he was a scholar. 
 He was very clear in his knowledge of the Bible. The whole field of 
 history was familiar ground to him. His language, whether he spoke or 
 wrote, was singularly pure and tasteful. He shunned all colloquial 
 expressions, and never was sharp at the expense of elegance ; but, on 
 the other hand, there was nothing heavy or tiresome in his careful sen- 
 tences. He was a student to the close of life ; and his last sermon, writ- 
 ten but a few days before his deatJi, is suggestive of a mind that was a 
 treasury of rich things ! Mr. Whiton had great charity of opinion. He 
 respected the thoughts of others, and, though he cherished his own opin^ 
 ions somewhat strongly, he always held his dissent from others in abey- 
 ance as long as possible. If he expressed a different view, he did it with 
 such gentleness as many times to carry the opposite opinions with him I 
 
 Theologically, Mr. Whiton was a man of moderate views. He was a 
 Calvinist, but his presentation of that faith was in exceedingly cautious 
 and gentle terms. Born and brought up a Oongregationalist, he is said 
 to have leaned that way during all his ministerial service; yet he was 
 truly loyal to the Presbyterian body, and came to love its character and 
 influence so much, that, in his riper years, he prepared a history of 
 " Presbyterianism in New Hampshire," which he left behind him in 
 manuscript. He preached a full provision of grace in Christ for every 
 soul, and urged the largest meanings of " Whosoever will." He honored 
 the Holy Ghost, and again and again declared if any were lost, it must 
 be from refusal to come to Christ. His theology and his preaching all 
 centered in Jesus as a Savior from sin. He always wrote good sermons. 
 They had solid meat in them, and there was a plan and a framework in 
 all. The writer has examined many of them; always to find a marked 
 unity and system. The sermon grew out of the text. It was always 
 clear, plain, simple in form, straightforward, and had a definite end. He 
 never ran away from his text. He never spread it out so thin that it 
 lost its force. There must be an application in every sermon. He was 
 called an instructive preacher. He was not an orator, hut in some way 
 he gained people's attention. He made almost no gestures, but his eye 
 and the expression of his face made tender enforcement of his words. 
 With feeble voice, he could generally be heard in his large house of wor- 
 ship. His eyes were often open in prayer, as though he were looking 
 round, yet, at the same time, everybody seemed to realize that his soul 
 was with God. As a reader, he made beautiful rendering of Scripture 
 and hjton. In short, his whole appearance in the pulpit was so re- 
 fined and afiectionate as to impress every heart! The boldest and plain- 
 est warnings were couched in such terms of love, and spoken in so ten- 
 der a manner, as to take hold of men without ofiending them. He was 
 
752 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 dignified, agreeable, faithful, and aflfectionate in the sacred desk. Few- 
 men, probably, have excelled Dr. Whiton as a pastor. He visited his 
 people, — knew them, — was familiar with their troubles, and had a kind 
 word for every one! He knew how to adapt himself to any circum- 
 stances, and was at home anywhere. Everybody confided in him, and he 
 was welcome at every fireside. He visited the sick without being sent 
 for; and the sorrowing found in him a most wise comforter. He bent 
 tenderly over the dying bed, and in his long pastorate directed many 
 a closing eye to the '' Lamb of God." He was said to be excellent at 
 funerals ; having just the prudent, comforting, guiding words it was best 
 to say! Often he was called out of town to say the last words of earthly 
 tenderness and farewell. 
 
 Dr. Whiton was a man of rare prudence. It was this that gave him 
 so generally the reputation of a peace-maker. He seemed to foresee 
 difficulties, and avoid them. His loag pastorate began with some oppo- 
 sition; had some stormy seasons; personal feuds occasionally were bitter 
 among his flock; a few dissatisfactions arose with regard to his course: 
 but he outlived them all, and left with the affection of a, united people. 
 He tried no experiments, and was careful not to touch uncertain things. 
 There was a peculiar thoughtfulness and caution in what he said. Ex- 
 ceedingly conscientious and open-hearted, he had a charming faculty of 
 making people attribute these qualities to him. He would have made an 
 admirable judge. Various difficulties were referred to him for settle- 
 ment, because all parties agreed that Mr. Whiton would do right. It was 
 this visible fairness which made him so successful in settling ecclesiastical 
 disputes. He never attempted to manage a case, but his quiet and con- 
 siderate advice generally prevailed. This thoughtful, careful spirit char-, 
 acterized the humblest acts of his ministry; wise, even in the words and 
 methods of his farewell ! The one word that would better describe Dr. 
 Whiton than any other, is this word, — prudent. I find that ministers of 
 the olden days characterized Dr. Whiton as a modest man. He was ex- 
 ceedingly courteous, easy-mannered, and unruffled when called upon, and 
 it is said that the first time he was overcome, was when he parted with 
 his people. Nobody ever saw in him any forwardness, or ambition to 
 get noticed. He was qualified for a high place, but he always chose a 
 lowly one. He was no front-seat minister. He wasn't one of the clique 
 that manage the public religious bodies, — always doing the talking and 
 making the motions! He was content to stand back, and let all the airing 
 and small talk fall to the lot of the weaker brethren! Who ever heard .of 
 his getting into the newspapers if he could help it? Did he once leave 
 these obscure valleys of Antrim to candidate in the city? It was said of 
 him that he always had his own way, — and probably it was true; yet it 
 was not because of any self-assertion, or forward determination of his, but 
 because his demands were so- few and just, so well calculated for, and so 
 modestly asked, that everybody felt like yielding to him. His unpretend- 
 ing ways suited the people. 
 
 Mr. Whiton was a man very precisely honest. , His h6nesty was of the 
 conscientious. Christian kind, that reached everything. He kept his 
 word exactly. He was a punctual man. He never took any advantage 
 
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 of another. When hay was selling for twenty-flve dollars per ton, — 
 equivalent 'to forty dollars now, — he happened to have a little left, and 
 sold a ton to a neighbor for fifteen dollars. That, he said, was all it was 
 worth, and he couldn't take any morel He was once offered one hun- 
 dred dollars for a horse. " No," said he, " that is too much ; if you'll 
 give me seventy-five dollars you may have it!" Wouldn't a little of this 
 sort of honesty work well among us nowV There is an honesty about at 
 this time, very popular in the world and in the church, — an honesty 
 that goes according to law. It pays its notes on time, and never gets 
 beyond the statute ; but it takes all sorts of legal advantages, waits for 
 exorbitant prices, will help a poor man for a big bonus, and gives just 
 as little as it can for charitable and religious purposes. Mr. Whiton's 
 honesty was the honesty of principle. He wanted to do right! He was 
 shrewd and cunning in calculation, but never to the disadvantage of 
 anybody else! 
 
 Mr. Whiton, like other ministers, grew absent-minded. That word is 
 only a wicked form of saying that when a man is thinking of the Bible's 
 great themes all the time, he can't be thinking of everything else I 
 Wroncr hours of study, bad habits of study, mental carelessness, and 
 sometimes the pressure of calls that forces a man to do his thinking on 
 the road, or when he wakes up in the night,— have all helped to make us 
 absent-minded. All clergymen that are vigorous students are charged, 
 more or less, with this great sin of forgetting something; and the care- 
 ful Mr. Whiton was no exception, though he was not so guilty as some 
 of us! On one occasion, being called to a wedding which was a little 
 more than common, he told his wife he must dress up to the best advan- 
 tai^e and would wear his black silk stockings. She gave them to him, 
 an'd he proceeded to put them on, probably thinking all the time of the 
 dignified words the occasion would demand of him. Having dressed one 
 foot, he asked for the other stocking. Not finding it, they both searched 
 the room, the bureau, and every possible place without avail, and finally 
 gave it up. Taking a common pair to put on, he drew off the silk one, 
 when, to his great astonishment, he found he had got them both on one 
 
 footi 
 
 Mr. Whiton was a man of sly humor and wit. No man enjoyed a 
 good hit better than he. He was exceedingly cautious and sweet about 
 it at the same time that he was running over. Many, judging from his 
 dio-nified bearing, might have thought he could never give or take a, joke; 
 but he was a master at both! At one time there was a great excitement 
 in town on the subject of temperance. Mr. Whiton held the old-fashioned, 
 conservative views, not quite up to the standard of the church now. John 
 E. Abbott, then worshiping at the Center, was the leader of the radical 
 temperance men. Being on the best of terms, Mr. Whiton called down 
 at Mr. Abbott's one Monday afternoon, and they talked and argued and 
 quoted Scripture a long time. As the doctor rose to leave, Mr. Abbott 
 (playfully alluding to the question in the Sunday-school the day before, 
 whether there were any itony in the Bible) asked: "Well, Mr. Whiton, 
 do you think there is any irony in the Bible? " - " Yes, yes," he replied, 
 I do think of one passage. It is in Job: ' No doubt but ye are the people, 
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754 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 and wisdom will die with you! ' " Sometimes the witty, pleasant parson 
 got a hit back. He had one parishioner that always paid his minister 
 tax with a skim-milk cheese. On one occasion of receiving it the doctor 
 blandly told the man about the solid and lasting qualities of the preced- 
 ing cheese, and added: "I trust this one will be good." — "I guess it's 
 as good as the preaching," said the man, as he drove away master of the 
 situationi Fearlessly calm was Mr.Whiton in all repartee. Ko appear- 
 ance of anger ever spoiled it. Nobody could very well be angry with 
 him. It was hard to get him off his balance. Tou couldn't frighten 
 him into being disconcerted. Once, in the later years of his ministry, 
 one of his neighbors thought he would try the good doctor's pork-Barrel. 
 He' took a hand with him, one passing the pork out the cellar-window, 
 the other putting it in a basket outside. The doctor heard the noise, and 
 slipped out-doors and round the house, when the man outside ran off 
 without speaking 1 Silently the doctor took his place and piled the pork 
 into the basket for him. " Would you take it all? " asked the man iu the 
 cellar. — "Perhaps you'd better leave a little for them," quietly replied 
 the doctor, in his well-known and pleasant voice! The man, seeing he 
 was caught, at once asked for mercy, and begged that he might not be 
 exposed, — all which the doctor readily granted, on his promising that he 
 would never again steal anything as long as he lived. That promise was 
 never known to have been broken, and the criminal's name was never 
 made public. , This story has gone everywhere, and has been credited to 
 other parties; it may be found thus credited in one of Dr. Hall's popular 
 books. But the real hero was Dr. "Whiton; the time, it is believed, the , 
 fall of 1846; and the house was that now occupied by the writer! 
 
 Mr. Whiton should not pass unnoticed as an author. He published a 
 history of New Hampshire in 1834, which was considered, at the time, a 
 valuable work. He also published an account of the ministers of Hills- 
 borough County. His " History of Antrim " is certainly remarkable for 
 the amount of information compressed within small compass. Several 
 published sermons are worthy of being perpetuated ; and it is believed 
 that out of his manuscript sermons, volumes might be culled that would 
 compare favorably with known literature of that kind. It has already 
 been stated that he had nearly completed a history of Presbyterianism 
 in New Hampshire; and it may not be generally known that Mr. Whiton 
 occasionally indulged in musical composition. One beautiful piece en- 
 titled "Pate well," printed in the "Boston Sacred Harmony," was sung 
 at his funeral. 
 
 Mr. Whiton, with the usual vicissitudes of his position, workfully and 
 patiently held on his way, — called upon for all ministries of counsel and 
 love, till, after forty years of service, he began to feel heavily the burdens 
 of age, and several times conferred with the session with regard to re- 
 signing his pastoral charge. But they would not hear a word to it, until 
 some four years later, May, 1852, taking the matter in his- own hands, he 
 read his resignation to the people. In my opinion, the grandest thing 
 in Mr. Whi ton's pastorate was its close. His self-surrender, his wise 
 counsel, his fatherly affection, the tender and universal regard of the 
 people, and their long, united experience of his care, — all tended to im- 
 
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 part glory to the parting scene I The men who had welcomed hmi here 
 were in heaven, and their children were bidding him farewell! Solemn, 
 blessed, tender scene! But when his service in Antrim was over, the 
 good man felt that he must work on in some smaller field. Immediately, 
 in the dead of winter, he went to North Ashburnham and preached two 
 months; receiving an urgent call to continuous labor with that church, 
 and coming liome near the close of February to visit his family and 
 ask their consent, he received the call to Bennington, and went there at 
 once, because it was in sight of the town and the home he loved. Then 
 he made frequent visits here ; he lingered among these hills ; he visited 
 the ag^d and the sick; and it touches our hearts to know that his last 
 sickness was occasioned by a visit of this kind, at Mr. Buswell's, Sept. 3, 
 1856. Sabbath evening, Sept. 14, after prayer, his wife and children, at 
 his request, stood round his bed to hear Ms parting counsel. He could 
 only whisper; and Morris Whiton bent his ear down to his lips, and 
 repeated his words aloud, — part of which were these: " Your mother and 
 I have kept house nearly forty-eight years, and during that period there 
 has not been a death in the family. I have thought I saw the 
 
 shadows of coming changes. I trust I feel submissive to the divine 
 
 will. It has been my earnest wish that you might all become pious. 
 
 I trust you will all so live as to meet at last in heaven. I am not 
 able to say more, but I want you all to pray forme, that whatever may be 
 the result of my present sickness, it may be for the glory of God! " These 
 were his last words to his family. How calm and unexcited, and like 
 himself to the last ! In a few days he passed peacefully away. Oct. 1, 
 there was a funeral service at Bennington in the morning, sermon by Mr. 
 Bates; then the long procession started for Mr. Whiton's old church 
 here ; all business was given up in both towns ; the bell in Bennington 
 tolled till the bell here returned the sound; and the slow-moving, rever- 
 ent multitude entered this house of God. Rev. Thomas Savage of Bed- 
 ford preached from John xxi. 20: " The disciple whom Jesus loved." 
 After other impressive services andireverent gaze upon the peaceful face 
 of the dead, " Devout meii carried him to his burial," and when the coiHa 
 was lowered nearly to its bed, they sang these words the good man had 
 ' used so often for others : — 
 
 " Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb ; 
 Take this new treasure to thy trust, 
 And give these sacred relics room 
 To slumber in the silent dust I 
 
 " Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear 
 Invade thy bounds. No mortal woes 
 Can reach the peaceful sleeper here I » 
 
 While angels watch the soft repose." 
 
 This notice of one man is allowed to be thus lengthy, because this one 
 man had so much to do with shaping the character of this town ; coming 
 here at the age of twenty-three, growing up with this people, having so 
 wide an influence over their social, educational, and religious afiairs, 
 
756 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 being a marked man for counsel in all this part of the State, being favor- 
 ably known in New England, and leaving impressions that are good and 
 strong to this hour, — it is proper that he have unusual. space and notice. 
 Let it not, however, be inferi'ed from this honest praise, that'Mr. Whiton 
 was a faultless man. He felt and deplored his imperfections. He spoke 
 of them with sadness, on the bed of death. But they were not conspic- 
 uous. People saw his virtues rather. In him, the good was overwhelm- 
 ingly in the majority. In purity and saintliness, he was, at least, a leader 
 among men ! Mr. Whiton's work in Antrim was a great work. It will 
 stand grandly in the day of God. Thete was no noise about it, and not 
 much glory of this world. He labored under many geographical difficul- 
 ties, and his field 'was one that demanded vigorous thought and earnest 
 effort. It was no place for ease or dreams. To be sure, he was backed 
 by noble men and godly women. He commanded a strong army, — but 
 he must be at the head ! Brave, faithful, patient, undiscouraged, he led 
 the way for forty-five years I Another generation has grown up since his 
 departure ; but his memory is sacred and precious to us all ! Many aged 
 people, in all parts of the land, once living here, speak to-day of Dr. 
 Whiton with reverent love ! His praise is everywhere ! And now he 
 and his flock are together; wherever the good are, there are they. And 
 it is fitting that the last public tribute he may receive on earth should 
 close with the memorial lines of his gifted daughter, Mrs. Richards : — 
 
 " Sainted father 1 now no longer 
 
 Will thy counsel and thy prayer 
 Guide our lonely, weary footsteps 
 
 O'er life's pilgrim way of care. 
 Oh, the lossi how much we feel it! 
 
 That thy voice, so mild and sweet, 
 Now no more will call upon us 
 
 Blessings from the mercy-seat! 
 
 " Now the insatiate grave encloses 
 
 Thee — dear father — shepherd, guide — 
 And thy form iu peace reposes, 
 
 With thy flock on either side! 
 Near, thy dear old church is standing. 
 
 Pointing to thy home of rest; 
 While its shadow almost presses 
 
 On the turf above thy breast I 
 
 "Here thy warning voice has echoed, 
 
 Here thy welcome face appeared; 
 Beds of death and hearts of sorrow 
 
 Often comforted and cheered! 
 But no more upon these hill-tops 
 
 Will thy beauteous feet appear ; 
 Never more thy hand so gentle 
 
 Wipe away the falling tear! 
 
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 " But, instead, thy song of rapture 
 
 Through immortal arches thrills ; 
 And thy crown with gems is sparkling, 
 
 Gathered from these rock-bound hills. 
 Father, — all thy toil is over. 
 
 Life's rude conflict now is past; 
 All earth's griefs and cares and watchings 
 
 End in heavenly rest at last! " 
 
 Mrs. Whiton, his honoi-ed wife, was born Aug. 2, 1783. She was a fee- 
 ble child and had fits, for .which her parents tried everything without 
 avail, and finally small-pox was recommended. She had that disease in 
 a mild form, and never had a fit afterwards ! Mrs. Whiton thus alludes 
 to it in her reminiscences written in 1856 : — 
 
 " Accordingly, when I was thirteen and a half years old, I was inocu- 
 lated for it ; was carried to a log house, father having secured the 
 attendance of a physician who took his family in ; also Mrs. Chace, the 
 minister's wife, who took her children ; also an excellent nurse, who was 
 pious, as the physician said the small-pox would kill or cure." 
 
 The following from the same source speaks of her life in Antrim: — 
 
 " October, 1808, tlie 18th of the month, we were married and set oif for 
 Antrim. The first person to whom I was introduced was good 
 
 old Dea. Aiken, who was standing on the brow of the hill near his house. 
 -. The South. Village, at that time, was small, houses low, but three 
 or four two-story houses in it. One of the number was Esquire Hopkins's 
 [Arthur Miller's], where we boarded six weeks. On the 5th 
 
 of December, we went to our house [Eben Bass place]. . I rode 
 
 up behind Mr. Whiton. . At nine o'clock I walked up to Stephen 
 
 Paige's and rasked for lodging. I then took a hemlock-broom 
 
 and went down to sweep my house. We slept on a bed on the 
 
 floor in the chamber where I could look out through the crevices of the 
 roof and see stars. When night came my goods had not arrived, 
 
 but supper must be got. I set out 'a new wash-form for a table, boiled 
 some pork, made a cup of tea, spread my rude table with the best I had, 
 and we thus partook of our first meal. 
 
 '' Here my trials commenced. I was a minister's wife, the first that 
 had ever resided in the town. Of course I was a mark to be shot at. 
 Every minute action was noticed and remarked upon. Some thought I 
 was too dressy. I wore white and prints, while the dress of my neigh- 
 bors was of home manufacture. One remarked I was a mighty lady but 
 she would not knuckle to me! The first, winter I spent in 
 
 Antrim (1808) we were treated with much attention after the farmers 
 ' went below,' as they called it, and procured their stores for the year. 
 Our invitations to visit were frequent. I was a stranger to the customs 
 in town. Their practice was to invite their neighbors, — a sort 
 
 of party ; when assembled, a waiter was passed round filled with tum- 
 blers, each one containing raw rum and brown sugar, with tea spoons to 
 eat the sugar. The afternoon would be spent socially, and before nine 
 
758 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 o'clock, or perhaps a little later, the guests would be invited to take their 
 seats at a loaded table, — roast turkey, fowls, potatoes, onions, pickles, 
 apple-sauce, toast, various kinds of pies, doughnuts, and cake, with a 
 good cup of tea. Being unaccustomed to Thanksgiving dinner in the 
 evening, my stomach not strong enough to bear it, I weht home almost 
 every night about sick. We had no wood except green hemlock, 
 
 no stoves used in that day, and of course an open flre-place. . It 
 was then the practice for ministers to keep a sort of tavern /or their 
 brethren in the ministry. They would go two or three miles out of 
 their way to pass the night with a minister to whom they were entire 
 strangers. In the spring of 1812 we put up the front part or our 
 
 house [Eben Bass house], which stood a year without a room finished. 
 In the spring of 1813 the lower rooms and front entry were finished and 
 furnished. I found it more difficult to rock the cradle of age 
 
 than infancy. My immediate family were all spared to me, — no 
 
 break for forty-eight years ; we lived in Antrim for forty-four years with 
 much harmony. Mr. Whiton [at the close of his pastorate, Jan. 
 
 1, 1853] urged them to settle a gospel minister, and by all means keep 
 united, and do it immediately after his dismission took efiect. He was 
 then applied to to go to North Ashburnham, and he labored there till 
 the latter part of February, came home for a visit, — 
 
 received an invitation from Bennington to labor there, com- 
 
 menced in Bennington the first Sabbath in March. The inhab- 
 
 itants [of Antrim] were pious, intelligent, and well calculated to make a 
 minister comfortable iu his profession ; some of them being so well read, 
 that they could and often did volunteer their advice to their youthful pas- 
 tor. It seemed strange to me, having been taught to look up with great 
 reverence and confidence to a minister of the gospel. When I was a 
 child you could not appeal to higher authority : but, alas ! at the present 
 day, the hat is not raised, the bow and courtesy not made ; and if you 
 can get by a child without its running against you, esteem yourself fortu- 
 nate. While I was boarding at Esquire Hopkins's (1808), they made a 
 party on our account. Their frbnt room was well filled with guests, — 
 men and their wives. The men came in, dressed in plain homespun 
 cloth, with a colored silk handkerchief, on the neck for a cravat, every 
 one of them except Dea. Baldwin's father, who wore a white one. But 
 little attention was paid to dress, by male or female. The object was to 
 work for a living." 
 
 Mrs. "Whiton was a most excellent woman, and was greatly loved by 
 the people, and, indeed, by all that knew her ; yet she was generally 
 understood to stand a little on her dignity, when she first came to this 
 town. This arose from the fact that she was diflident, and was unac- 
 quainted with the ways and manners of a country place. In the first 
 year of Mr. Whiton's ministry they were invited to a remote part of the 
 town to marry a couple. They found a large company of guests, and, all 
 being in readiness, the ceremony was soon over. Mrs. Whiton hap- 
 pened, just then, to notice one woman who seemed to be quite alone, so 
 she went and sat down by her, and commenced conversation ; spoke of 
 
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 the pleasant occasion, the large company, the pleasant looks of the bride, 
 etc. The woman, not knowing to whom she was speaking, responded 
 very freely, and then added : " They say Mr. Whiton has just brought 
 his wife to town. I've never seen her, but they say she is a mighty lady; 
 why, she wouldn't speak to common folks like you and me ! " Mrs. 
 Whiton was a lady in the best sense of that word. In her place, her suc- 
 cess was not less than her husband's in his place. She was prudent, 
 genial, lively, a good scholar, full of sympathy for the afllicted, attractive 
 in person, and an earnest Christian, — in short, a model wife for a minis- 
 ter. She took great interest in every good work, and deserves great 
 praise. Her life was of the kind not to be written in history, but there 
 are few who have fulfilled their mission with more dignity and more suc- 
 cess, — all which the records of another world will show clearer than 
 those of earth. But this much is written of her, as the preceding sketch 
 is of him, as a tribute, which their long and useful lives seamed to require 
 at our hands. 
 
 The children of Rev. Dr. John M. and Abby (Morris) Whiton are as 
 follows : — 
 
 1. Jambs Morris, [b. Nov. 9, 1809 ; m. Mary E. Knowlton of 
 Boston, and was many years a merchant in that city, being 
 called a " Christian merchant." He was an energetic mem- 
 ber of the old South Church. On retiri^ig from successful 
 mercantile pursuits he moved to Plymouth and became 
 superintendent of the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Rail- 
 road, and in that place and office suddenly d. March 22, 
 1857, but a few months after his father, leaving chil- 
 dren : — 
 
 Rev. James Morris, Ph. D., (b. in Boston, April 11, 1833 ; 
 graduated at Yale College in 1853 ; m. Mary E. Bartlett of 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., May 1, 1855 ; taught Worcester High 
 School one year, was rector of Hopkins Grammar School, 
 New Haven, ten years, pastor at Lynn, Mass., ten years, 
 and principal of Williston Academy, Basthampton, two 
 years. Is now pastor of Congregational Church, Newark, 
 N. J. He received the degree of Ph. D. from Yale College 
 in 1861. He is distinguished as a writer and author, the 
 following being among his publications : " Hand-book of 
 Latin Lessons," published in 1800 ; " First Lessons in 
 Greek," 1861 ; " Is Eternal Punishment Endless ? " 1876 ; 
 " Six Weeks' Preparation for Reading Caesar," published 
 1877. He has children: Mary Bartlett, James Bartlett, 
 and Helen Isabel.) 
 
 Mary E., (m. Charles F. Washburne of Worcester, Mass.) 
 
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 Charlotte, (wife of Rev. Walcott Calkins of Buffalo, N. Y., 
 
 , now of Newton, Mass.) 
 
 Miriam B., (wife of Henry B. Opdyke of New York City.) 
 
 John M., (of Plainfield, N. J.) 
 
 Grace, (wife of Rev. Washington Choate, late of Manchester.)] 
 
 2. Elizabeth D., [b. March 7, 1811 ; m. Rev. Josiah Ballard of 
 
 Carlyle, Mass., in 1835. Mr. Ballard was b. in Peterbor- 
 ough, graduated at Yale in 1833, was settled in Nelson, and 
 afterwards in Carlyle, Mass.^ where he d. Dec. 12, 1863, 
 aged 57. Mrs. Ballard d. Aug. 10, 1862, and their bodies 
 were among the first buried in our lovely Maplewood ceme- 
 tery. She was a woman of rare abilities, and- ever cher- 
 ished a great love for her native Antrim. She left two 
 children : — 
 
 Edward Otis, (b. in Nelson, April 19, 1837, and is now a mer- 
 chant in Boston.) 
 
 Catherine S., (now Mrs. Emery B. Smith of Melrose, Mass.)] 
 
 3. Helen D., [b. July 8, 1814; m. Prof. Cyrus S. Richards of 
 
 Meriden, and d. in 1860. She was a woman of dignity and 
 grace and a devoted Christian. Her children are : — 
 
 Helen M., (wife of Rev. Geo. P. Herrick, missionary at Con- 
 , stantinople.) 
 
 Rev. Charles M., (b. in 1839 ; settled as pastor of the Congre- 
 gational Church in Madison, Wis.) 
 
 Abhy, (wife of Rev. Frank Woodbury of Rockford, 111.) 
 
 Willie H., (now living in Texas.)] 
 
 4. Abbt M., [b. May 31, 1817; m. Charles P. Whittemore of 
 
 Bennington, July 29, 1841, who d. in 1874.] 
 
 5. Mary C, [b. Feb. 20, 1819; m. 1st, George C. Duncan of 
 
 this town, Nov. 3, 1841, who d. in 1855. She m. 2d, John 
 M. Taylor, son of Andrew Taylor, and nephew of Dea. Jbhn 
 Taylor, May 14, 1857; and d. Nov. 10 of the same year, 
 aged 38.] 
 
 6. John Milton, [b. March 7, 1821 ; m. 1st, Fidelia Wilson of 
 
 Nelson, who d. in' 1860, leaving five children. He m. 2d, 
 Mary J. Hartshorn of Franklin, Conn., in 1862. He was in 
 trade awhile in Stoddard, also at Antrim Center, and now 
 resides in Norwich, Conn. His children are as follows, all 
 but the last two being the children of his first wife : — 
 
 Henry Alhin, (b. in Stoddard, June 25, 1845.) 
 
 John M., (b. same place, June 4, 1848.) 
 
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 Helen M., (b. same place, Jan. 9, 1852 ; m. Edward B. Wood- 
 worth of Concord, September, 1875.) 
 Frank H., (b. in same town, May 26, 1854.) 
 Mary Fidelia, (b. in Warren, July 10, 1859.) 
 Greorge Morris, (b. in Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 4, 1863.) 
 Ahby Morris, (b. June 13, 1866, in Boston.)] 
 
 WHITTEMORE. 
 
 The name has been spelled in a variety of ways, as Whytemere, Whit- 
 more, Whitmere, Whitamor, Whatmore, Whittemore, etc. There is 
 ample proof that these are all of one stock. It is said that Shakspeare's 
 name was spelled ten different ways while he was living ; and it would 
 take a man of numbers to count up the variations since the poet's death I 
 An individual called " John " was knighted on the field tor valorous con- 
 duct in England in the year 1230, and received a tract of land called 
 " Whytemere," or " white meadow." Hence he was called " Lord John 
 de [of] Whytemere." The " de " (or of) was dropped about 1475. The 
 family lived in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, though branches appear 
 elsewhere, as in Shropshire, etc. An old record found in Loudon in 
 1871 makes the line as follows : — 
 
 1. John de Whytemere. 
 
 2. Philip de Whytemere ; died in 1300. 
 
 3. John de Whytemere ; died in 1365. 
 
 4. Richard de Whytemere ; died in 1386. 
 6. Richard de Whytemere. 
 
 6. Richard de Whytemere ; died in 1442. 
 
 7. Thomas Whytemere ; died in 1483. 
 
 8. Richard Whytemere ; died in 1504. 
 
 9. Richard Whitmore ; died in 1595. 
 
 10. William ; and Thomas, who died in 1617, leaving, among others, a 
 son Thomas. This last-named was the ancestor of the Whittemores of 
 America. He was born about 1594 and died in 1660. He and his wife 
 Hannah were married in England, and they had five children when they 
 came over in 1642. He settled in Charlestown, Mass. (that part now 
 Maiden), and had in all twelve children. His will was proved June 25, 
 1661. The second, or nearly the oldest child, was John, baptized in 
 Hitchin, England, Feb. 11, 1688 ; married, first, Mary Upham of Wey- 
 mouth, Mass. ; second, Mary Miller. From these descended the Whitte- 
 mores of Pembroke, Lexington, Mass., Rindge, and many others. Na- 
 thaniel, another son who came over with his father, Thomas, settled in 
 Spencer, Mass., and was ancestor of the Peterborough Whittemores. A 
 younger brother was ancestor of Hon. E. S. Whittemore of Sandwich, 
 Mass., and others. Many branches of this large, family have come to 
 honor. The parish register of Hitchin, England, speaks of the father of 
 the American Thomas thus : " Apr. 26, 1617 was buried Thomas White- 
 more Sen. widower, who by his will dated the 5th of May 1613 gave £20 
 to trustees for the best sort of poor people in Hitchin." 
 
762 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 The Whittemores of Greenfield and Antrim descended from Daniel 
 Whittemore, another son of the first Thomas this side the water. He 
 was two or three years old when his father settled in Charlestown, Mass. 
 This Daniel married Mary, daughter of Richard Mellen of Charlestown, 
 March 7, 1662. They had five children, of whom one was John Whitte- 
 more, born Feb. 12, 1664-5. This John married Ruth Bassett and had 
 nine children. Benjamin, a son of John and Ruth, married Sarah Ken- 
 dall in Boston, Dec. 10, 1723. She came from Woburn, Mass. They had 
 eight children, one of whom was Benjamin, Jr., who was born Oct. 9, 
 1724, married Hannah Collins April 28,1746, and died in Greenfield, Jan. 
 10, 1798. The oldest child of Benjamin and Hannah (Collins) Whitte- 
 more was Maj. Amos, who was born near the close of 1746. We have no 
 record of the place or date of his birth. He settled in Greenfield in 1771, 
 or earlier, but did not get the deed of his land there till early in 1772. 
 Maj. Amos Whittemore married Molly Taylor of Milford. Was perhaps 
 the leading man ia Greenfield for fifty years. His descendants are 
 numerous. Some of them occupy the old first settlement of the major to 
 the present day. His wife was aunt to Mrs. Ira Cochran of Antrim. 
 She died Nov. 27, 1837, aged ninety-two. Maj. Amos died Aug. 18, 
 1827, aged eighty-one. They had a large family of children. Those who 
 reached mature years were as follows : Collins, who married Mehitable 
 Fuller, and settled on the place in Hancock where his son, Hiram Whitte- 
 more, recently died ; Asa, who married Hannah Burnham of Greenfield, 
 and lived and died in Hancock ; Amos, who married Polly Savage, lived 
 in Greenfield, and was father of Amos, Alfred, and John of Bennington ; 
 Benjamin, who married Deborah Perry, lived and died in Bennington, 
 and was father of Charles P., Timothy of Boston, Emily, Francis M. Whit- 
 temore, and others ; Polly, who married Paul Cragin of Greenfield ; Bet- 
 sey, who married Dr. Moses Marsh ; Jacob, of Antrim ; William, noticed 
 below ; and Abram, who married Martha Marshall and di-ed on the old 
 homestead in Greenfield. His son, Marshall Whittemore, Esq., now 
 occupies the same. Maj. Amos came to Greenfield from Nottingham. 
 He held the rank of major in the Revolutionary army ; but I am not able 
 to learn much concerning his military record. On one occasion .he 
 received orders to march the next morning. But he was wofuUy short 
 of pantaloons at that time, and knew not what to do. Nevertheless, 
 after consultation with his blessed wife, Molly Taylor, he went to the 
 barn, though now three o'clock in the afternoon, and sheared a sheep ; 
 and from the wool his wife carded, spun, wove, and made up a pair of 
 pants, ready for the morning's march I Who says that woman isn't 
 equal to anything ? 
 
 Hon. JACOB WHITTEMORE, son of Maj. Amos and Molly (Tay- 
 lor) Whittemore, was born in Greenfield, Oct. 12, 1780, and died in An- 
 trim, Oct. 14, 1860. The name Jacob appears occasionally in the family, 
 there being one or two among the grandchildren of Thomas who came 
 over. Jacob who came here married Rebecca Bradford of Hancock. 
 She was a sister of Rev. E. P. Bradford of New Boston. He came tere 
 and located on the Philip Riley place in 1809, and remained there till 
 
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 death. Was a vigorous and able man. He had all manner of town 
 offices year after year. "Was representative of Antrim in 1818, 1819, 1838, 
 1839, and 1840. Was also high sheriff under Gov. Pierce. Was one of 
 the judges of the court of common pleas. Was a man of good address, 
 smooth, genial, and having a multitude of friends. His children were : — 
 
 1. Dr. Jacob P., [b. May 16, ISIO. After the district school, he 
 was under the instruction .of B. P. Wallace at the Branch, 
 and then pursued his studies atHopkinton Academy. Began 
 the study of medicine at the age of twenty, but failing 
 health compelled the relinquishing of it for a time, and he 
 went into a store in Amherst. Afterwards he went into 
 trade for himself at Hillsborough Bridge. But failing in 
 business, he again took up the study of medicine, and re- 
 ceived his degree at Dartmouth College in 1844, being thir- 
 ty-four years of age. He then took the practice of a physi- 
 cian in Gilmantou one year, and in the autumn of 1845 he 
 settled in Chester. There he had a large and laborious 
 practice for nineteen years, and had a great hold upon the 
 esteem and affection of the community and the adjoining 
 towns. He then, for the sake of an easier practice, sold out 
 and moved to Haverhill, Mass., where he continued an ac- 
 tive and " beloved physician " till his sudden death, June 
 17, 1873. He was a genial, pious, and noble man, and had 
 many friends. All that was mortal of him was laid in Ma- 
 plewood cemetery, Antrim. Dr. Whittemore m. Eliza Coch- 
 ran of Antrim, Oct. 29, 1835. He left three children : — 
 Frances M., (b. Dec. 16, 1836, in Hillsborough ; m. Charles 
 E. Robinson of Concord, and resides in Jamaica Plain, 
 Mass.) 
 Dr. James S., (b. in Hillsborough, June 15, 1839; studied 
 medicine with his father, and with Prof. Dixi Crosby of 
 Hanover. Took his degree of M. D. from Dartmouth Col- 
 lege in 1862, after which he studied in the hospitals of Lon- 
 don and Vienna. On return he was connected several years 
 with the McLean Asylum, Somerville, Mass. He is now the 
 resident physician and head of the Mass. General Hospital, 
 Boston. Has risen fast and has a very honorable record in 
 his pi'dfession.) 
 Mart/ T., (b. in Chester, April 12, 1849.)] 
 
 2. Mary T., [b. Dec. 12, 1811 ; m. Charles D. Robbins of Hills- 
 borough in 1861. J 
 
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 3. William B., [b. May 22, 1814; m. 1st, Lucretia Dinsmore 
 
 of Frahcestown ; 2d, Fanny Mills of Deering. The first 
 wife d. February, 1861, leaving three children, named below. 
 Mr. Whittemore lived chiefly at Hillsborough Bridge, and d. 
 there May 9, 1876 Was often put in the highest offices by 
 the people of that town. A genial and upright man. 
 
 William H., (b. in Antrim, June 5, 1845 ; d. in Hillsborough, 
 May 25, 1865.) 
 
 Oapt. Jaooh B , (b. Dec. 9, 1851 ; was chosen captain of the 
 Carter Guards, Hillsborough ; has just been promoted to 
 paymaster of the regiment ; lives on the farm of his grand- 
 father, Hon. Jacob Whittemore ) 
 
 Mary Ellen, (b. Nov. 4, 1853,)] 
 
 4. Reed Paige, [b. Sept. 4, 1816 ; m. iSarah E. Dodge, daughter 
 
 of John and Betsey (Dinsmore) Dodge of Bennington, Feb. 
 10, 1842. Received the homestead from his father. Has 
 filled many places of trust at the call of his townsmen. 
 Was representative in 1857 and 1858. Has been ten years 
 selectman. His children are thus : — 
 
 Charhs A., (b. Jan. 23, 1843 ; m. Anna Woodbury, grand- 
 daughter of Dr. P. P. Woodbury of Bedford, and lived on 
 the farm with his father some years ; has children, all b. 
 in Antrim: Arthur P., b. Oct. 27, 1870 ; Edwin J., b. June 
 22, 1874; and William R.,_b. April 19, 1877.) 
 
 G-eorge R , (b. May 21, 1845 ; m. Helen Grimes of Hillsbor- 
 ough ; moved with one child, Henry E., to Boston, where 
 he is now in business.) 
 
 Maria C, (b. March 19, 1848 ; m. Rodney Smith of Hillsbor- 
 ough. They lived in Boston some years, but now live in 
 Hillsborough,)] 
 
 5. Henry D., [d. Aug. 24, 1825, aged 5,] 
 
 6. John B., [d. Aug. 14, 1825, aged 2.] 
 
 WILLIAM WHITTEMORE, brother of Hon. Jacob, came to Antrim 
 about 1807, and put up a store (now Gibson house, South Village) In 
 which he traded for a few years, was succeeded by Miller and Caldwellj 
 and moved back to Greenfield, where he died in 1876, aged ninety-four. 
 His memory was remarkable, and he was a model of a genial, cheery, old- 
 style gentleman. He married Lydia Collins Day. His adult children 
 were: — 
 
 1. William H., [m. Sylvia Hayward, and lives in Peterborough.] 
 
 2. Michael A., [unm.] 
 
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 3. Leona C, [m. Horace Hopkins of Francestown.J 
 
 4. George J., [m. Lizzie Clement, and lives in Greenfield.] 
 
 5. Almira p., [m. J. B. Dane, and lives in Hancock.] 
 
 6. Cornelia E., [m. Henry H. Duncklee, proprietor of Green- 
 
 field Hotel.] 1 
 
 COLLINS WHITTEMOEE, son of Collins and Mehitable (Fuller) 
 Whittemore of Hancock, and grandson of Maj. Amos, was born Dec. 
 27, 1794, and died March 31, 1868, after great and long-continued suffer- 
 ing. He married Euth Jacobs of Carlyle, Mass., May 25, 1820; came 
 ' here on to the Amos Blanchard place in 1841, where he resided till death. 
 His children were : — 
 
 1. Franklin J., [d. in childhood.] 
 
 2. Sarah R., [b. Jan. 31, 1828; m. E. R, Russell of Nashua, 
 
 May 19, 1846 ; d. Sept. 20, 1847.] 
 
 3. Helen M., [b. July 27, 18H2; became second wife of E. R. 
 
 Russell of Nashua, Nov. 16, 1848.J 
 
 4. John J., [b. Aug. 6, 1835 ; m. Sarah G. Spalding of Nashua, 
 
 Oct. 3, 1872 ; is a druggist in that city ; was one of the 
 donors of the vestry at the Center.] 
 
 5. Mart C, [b. Nov. 20, 1840 ; m. John B. Woodbury of An- 
 
 trim, May 28, 1861.] 
 
 WIER. 
 
 JEKEMIAH WIER came here from Chelmsford, Mass., at what time 
 it is impossible to tell, but not far from 1778. He built a small house oh 
 the north side of the road between Benjamin Kidder's and the Dustin 
 Barrett place, — which house has been gone more than half a century; 
 and the cellar, if there ever was any, is nearly filled up. Wier was, no 
 doubt, of Scotch descent. A "Eobert Weir," probably same name, was 
 chairman of the selectmen of Londonderry, 1737-38. With different 
 spellings the name appears often in the old Scotch records of that town. 
 Adam and William " Wiar " signed the Association Test there. Jeremiah 
 Wier married Esther Kidder of Chelmsford. They had five children, 
 two or three of whom were brought with them here. Jeremiah was a 
 soldier from Antrim in the Eevolution for several years. He was at 
 home on a furlough when peace was declared. He remained here the 
 following winter and then returned to New York for his arrears of pay. 
 The money could not be obtained till fall (1784), and, therefore, Wier let 
 himself to work in the vicihity for the summer. In the autumn he re- 
 ceived pay in full for his military ssrvice, making, together with the 
 earnings of the summer, a handsome sum of money for those days. 
 With this, he started for home. But he was never again beard from. It 
 has always been supposed that he was robbed, and murdered to put him 
 out of the way. There can't be much doubt of this. The widow subse- 
 
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 quently married Thomas Miller, moved to Hillsborough, and died on the 
 Seott Moore place there about 1824, quite aged. It must not be inferred 
 from Dr. Whiton's narrative that Wier was only here during the winter 
 of 1783-84, though probably this was the only entire winter that he ever 
 spent here. The children, soon after the loss of their father, seem to 
 have returned to Chelmsford for a time. On coming back to Antrim, they 
 were all save the youngest warned out of town, Nov. 29, 1788. The 
 names are now given : — 
 
 1. Ltdia, [d. on town farm, unm., about 1868, aged 83. j 
 
 2. Jeremiah, Jr., [used to live with Dr. Cleaves. When the 
 
 town farm was bought, he went at once there, and stayed 
 through life. Was a cripple and had fits, but was a clever, 
 kind-hearted man ; was a great worker, and when the county 
 took the older paupers, the town would not let him go, but 
 supported him till death, which occurred about 1864, at the 
 age of 80 years. He never m.j 
 
 3. Stephen, [m. Susan Hathaway of Hillsborough. Soon after 
 
 went to Greenwich, Mass., thence to the adjoining town of 
 Enfield, where he d.] 
 
 4. Esther, {m. 1st, James Tolbert ; 2d, Joseph Moore. Lived 
 
 chiefly in Hillsborough. They lived in old age a year or 
 two in this town, thence went to the county farm, where 
 > she d. in 1872, aged about 90.] 
 
 5. Moses Parker, [was out in the war of 1812 ; afterwards 
 
 served five years in the regular army. On return he m. 
 Maria Cowdry of Hillsborough. Subsequently he went to 
 Louisiana, and again entered the army. He d. in that place 
 in the regular service in the year 1833.j[ 
 
 WILCOX. 
 
 GEORGE WILCOX, son of Thomas and Mary (McDougal) Wilcox, 
 was born in Sherbrooke, Canada, in 1806; married Mary A. Morrison of 
 Peterborough, and came to Antrim from Peterborough, on to the Thomas 
 Flint place, in 1873. They have two children : — 
 
 1. Charles F., [b. in Hancock in 1849 ; m. Thirsa Blake of that 
 
 town, and now lives in Ipswich, Mass.] 
 
 2. Nellie M., [b. in Peterborough in 1854.] 
 
 WILDER. 
 
 JAMES W. WILDEE, son of Abel and Hannah (Green) Wilder, was 
 born in Dublin in 1799; married, first, Mary R. Crombie of New Boston, 
 and settled in that town, but after her death in 1832 he came to Antrim, 
 
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 and the next year, March 19, 1838, he married, second, Betsey Boyd. After 
 some years he moved to Providence, Penn., where he died Dec. 14, 1876. 
 By the first marriage there were three cliildren, and by the second, 
 seven. 
 
 1. John C, [b. in New Boston in 1825 ; m. Annie V. Pearson 
 
 of Boston, and d. in New York in 1869.] 
 
 2. James W., [is now living unm. in California.] 
 
 3. Charles S., [m. Lydia Wilson of Nashua, and lives in Law- 
 
 rence, Kan.] 
 
 4. Mary E., [d. in childhood.] 
 
 5. Samuel N., [d. in 1868, aged 33. J 
 
 6. Harriet N., [d. in 1853, aged 16.] 
 
 7. Eveline M., [m. Henry Heermans in 1853, and lives in Prov- 
 
 idence, Penn.] 
 
 8. Caroline P., [d. in infancy.] 
 
 9. George W., [b. in 1843 ; now lives in Providence, Penn.] 
 
 10. Frances C, [d. in 1875, aged 20.] 
 
 WILKINS. 
 
 Three brothers, William, James, and Enoch Wilkius, were sons of 
 Abial and Amy (Howard) "Wilkins, which Abial Wilkins was son of Wil- 
 liam Wilkins of English descent, whose mother, an excellent woman, 
 lived in Salem, Mass. She was accused, when a girl, of being a witch; 
 went home from church, and, when they followed her, her father fought 
 them off with pitch fire-brands and saved his child. They came here 
 from Mont Vernon, near the close of the last century. 
 
 WILLIAM WILKINS came to Antrim in 1798 ; settled at the foot of 
 the sand-hill, living some years in a log house, and put up the present build- 
 ings a few rods north of it. He married, first, Sarah Whipple of Hamil- 
 ton, Mass., who died May 13, 1826, aged forty-six. He married, second, 
 Elizabeth Hopkins, July 20, 1826. Mr. Wilkins died May 15, 1887, aged 
 sixty-three. His second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkins, died in 1856, aged 
 sixty-nine. His children were as follows, all but the last two being the 
 children of his first wife : — 
 
 1. Betsey, [b'. July 8, 1798 ; d. in 1800.] 
 
 2. Betsey, [b. July 28, 1801 ; m. Dea. Joel Wilkins, Dec. 21, 
 
 1820 ; d. Sept. 9, 1855.] 
 
 3. William, [b. March 29, 1804; m. Zilpha Whittemore of 
 
 Woodstock, Vt., and is now living in Alden, N. Y.] 
 
 4. Lydia, [b. March 21, 1807 ; d. July 13, 1812.] 
 
 5. Melinixa P., [b. Feb. 2, 1819 ; m. William B. Curtis of An- 
 
 trim, Nov. 17, 1842.] 
 
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 6. Morris B., [b. in 1828 ; was a cripple, and d. April 21, 1858.] 
 
 7. Maria E., [m. Mr. John Kidder, Sept. 8, 1857, and lives in 
 
 Nashua.] 
 
 ENOCH WILKINS, brother of William, before mentioned, settled 
 above the school-house in the extreme west of this town, some thirty 
 rods north of the road now leading to Stoddard Box. Buildings are now 
 gone. He married Sally Case. They had no children, but brought up 
 the following : Hiram Fairfield, who married Fanny Peabody of Lynde- 
 borough, moved from here to Stoddard in 1850, and then went West; and 
 Jane P. Town, who came here from Lyndeborough in 1830, married 
 Caleb Greene of Woonsocket, E. I., in 1847, and now lives in Lewiston, 
 Me. Enoch Wilkins died very suddenly, June 13, 1851. His wife died 
 Oct. 2, 1852. Each died at the age of seventy-five. 
 
 JAMES WILKINS, brother of William and Enoch, came here in 
 1799. He married Lydia Whipple, and on coming here they moved into 
 a little hovel, built by Michael George, then standing a little toward the 
 west of the subsequent site, while he put up the present house (Luther 
 Wilkins's), which he completed in 1801. He died in 1803, in early life, 
 just after his buildings were completed and part of his land cleared, leav- 
 ing three children. His widow died Oct. 2, 1852, aged seventy. Chil- 
 dren were three : — 
 
 1. James, [b. in 1792, probably ; m. Mariam Harper, Sept. 8, 
 
 1818; moved to Reading, Vt., in November, 1820; was 
 some time a school-teacher ; afterwards settled in Weston, 
 Vt. He d. in September, 1832. Left children : George, 
 James, Joel, William, Manly, Clark, Margaret, Sarah, and 
 Walter.] 
 
 2. Polly, [b. Aug. 27, 1796 ; m. Peter C. Atwood, Feb. 13, 
 
 1816, and moved, 1820, to Londonderry, Vt., where she d. 
 Oct. 8, 1847.] 
 
 3. Dea. Joel, [b. March 18, 1800 ; m. 1st, Betsey Wilkins, his 
 
 cousin, Dec. ^1, 1820, and lived on the homestead. She d. 
 in 1855. Mr. Wilkins was appointed deacon in the Presby- 
 terian Church in 1831, and was an excellent and popular 
 man. In 1856, he m. 2d, Mrs. Hannah B. Crombie of New 
 Boston, and d. Nov. 28, 1865, leaving children as follows, the 
 youngest by the second wife : — 
 
 Prynthia, (d. July 29, 1834, aged 9.) 
 
 Mark, (b. Jan. 2, 1822 ; m. 1st, Esther Robbof Stoddard. In 
 1861 he m. 2d, Marietta Xyler of Westford, Vt., a deaf-mute. 
 He was also a deaf-mute, made so by scarlet fever in child- 
 hood. He lived on the Stephen Butterfield place, which he 
 
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 and his brother, J. G. Wilkins, owned together. He d. Aug. 
 29, 1875, aged 53, leaving one child by the second wife, 
 Betsey M., b. Jan. 12, 1866.) 
 
 Sarah H., (d. Feb. 18, 1844, at the age of 17.) 
 
 Joel N., (b. June 9, 1828 ; m. Mary E. Wright of Antrim ; is 
 a mechanic, and lives in Clinton, having one child, George 
 H.,- b. June 7, 1861.) 
 
 Mary E., (d. May 28, 1849, aged 18.) 
 
 James Grrosvenor, (b. June 25, 1832. He is a deaf-mute and 
 ■was educated at Hartford, Conn. ; m. Mary E. Pratt of Cam- 
 bridge, Vt., who is also a deaf-mute, educated at Hartford. 
 Tliey live on the Stephen Butterfield place, having children : 
 Gilmore G., b. March 15, 1864, drowned June 17, 1878 ; 
 Mary Augusta, b. Oct. 16, 1868; Maria Belle, b. Sept. 21, 
 1874. He is a cabinet-maker by trade. Is a smart, intelli- 
 gent, and good man.) 
 
 J^dia Sophia, (d. June 19, 1847, at the age of 18.) 
 
 Dr. George A., (b. March 9, 1836 ; studied at New Hainpton, 
 graduated at Albany Medical College, and settled in Hills- 
 borough, where he d. very suddenly Nov. 1, 1856, during 
 the first year of his practice. Was a young man of much 
 promise.) 
 
 Luther M., (b. Oct. 4, 1838; m. Cathie C. Barney, April 4, 
 1870 ; is a shoemaker and lives on the old homestead, 
 having one child, Eda M., b. Feb. 3, 1871.) 
 
 Senry U., (b. April 1, 1840 ; m. Henrietta Eaton of Wakefield, 
 Mass., and is a druggist in Stoughton, Mass.) 
 
 Ida F., (b. Jan. 8, 1859.)] 
 
 MOSES WILKINS, son of Darius and Sarah (Dodge) Wilkins, came 
 here and worked as an apprentice in building the Center Church. He 
 married Sarah Miller of Peterborough, and put up the Capt. Smith build- 
 ings, where he lived till 1834 ; then moved to the Cram place and lived 
 there till 1846, when he went to Peterborough, where he died in 1868, 
 aged sixty-two. She died Feb. 15, 1852, aged forty-six. Their children, 
 were : — 
 
 1. Sarah, [b. in 1831 ; d. in childhood.] 
 
 2. Sabah Jane, [b. in 1834 ; m. George Howe of Peterborough, 
 
 Oct. 9, 1851, and lived in Lynn, Mass., where she d. May 4, 
 I860.] 
 
 3. Ruth E., [b. in 1835 ; d. in 1852.] 
 
 4. Catherine M., [b. in 1837; d. at Peterborough in 1850.] 
 
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770 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 5. Charlotte M., [b. in 1843. She became second wife of Col. 
 Charles Scott of Peterborough, Sept. 7, 1863. Col. Scott's 
 first wife was drowned in the Potomac River, by the collision 
 of the steamer "_ West Point " with the " George Peabody," 
 Aug. 13, 1862, being on her return from a visit to her hus- 
 band then in the army,] 
 
 Dr. LEVI "W. WILKIKS, son of Levi and Ann (McColley) Wilkins, 
 was born in Merrimack in 1823 ; studied with Dr. Graves of Nashua, 
 and took the degree of M. D. at Berkshire JJ!edical College. He mar- 
 ried Elissie Wakefield of Beading, Mass., in 1851, and came to North 
 Branch in 1852, where he practiced eight years, living where David Sta- 
 oey now lives. He afterwards went to Milford, where he had a large 
 practice, but died of quick consumption in 1864. Two children survive, 
 as follows : — 
 
 1. Frank P., [b. June 12, 1854 ; now lives in Boston. J 
 
 2. Evelyn E., [b. in 1857 ; now lives in Reading, Mass. J 
 
 WILLEY. 
 
 BOBERT WILLEY, an emigrant from Ireland, came here as early 
 as 1784, and w-as the first settler on the John Bobinson farm west of the 
 pond. He and his wife were among the original members of the Presby- 
 terian Church. He left town in 1801. Nothing further can be learned 
 about him ; but it is believed that his descendants are now living in 
 Rochester, Vt. I find by records of New Boston that Bobert Willey 
 married Nabby Campbell in that town, Jan. 15, 1795. This was probar 
 bly a second wife. 
 
 WILSON. 
 
 The ancestor of the Antrim Wilsons was Bev. John, who came over 
 with Gov. Winthrop in 1630. He had a grandson, Joseph Wilson, whose 
 son James was born in 1703. James had a son, Capt. Jesse, a Bevolu- 
 tionary soldier, born Jan. 20, 1729. Capt. Jesse married Abigail Gage, 
 settled in Pelham, and was father of Jesse of Antrim. This latter was 
 born Feb. 24, 1768 ; came here in 1798, and bought the place then occu- 
 pied by James Hall, a blacksmith, whose stand was a few rods north of 
 where the East meeting-housQ was afterwards " built. Remarried Patty 
 Hall, who first came from Pelham to Antrim on horseback and waded 
 across the Contoocook Biver, there being no bridge at that time. Mr. 
 Wilson died of spotted fever, March 21, 1812, aged forty-two. His wife 
 died Dec. 13, 1833, aged sixty-two. Their children are as follows : — 
 
 1. Patty, [b. June 28, 1797 ; is still living unm. on the home- 
 
 stead.] 
 
 2. Sophia, [b. June 22, 1799 ; d. in infancy.] , 
 
 3. Sophia, [b. April 5, 1801 ; m. .Samuel Hosley. of Hancock, 
 
GENEALOGIES. 771 
 
 April 13, 1824, and d. in 1871. She was mother of Hon. 
 John Hosley of Manchester.] 
 
 4. Jesse, [b. March 12, 1803 ; d. of spotted fevpr in 1812.] 
 
 5. Ltdia R., [b. June 20, 180.T ; m. Hon. Henry Parkinson of 
 
 New Boston, Nov. 2, 1843, and afterwards moved to Nashua. 
 He was recently killed by the cars. A trusted and good 
 man.] 
 
 6. Abigail G., [b. June 13, 1807 ; d. Oct. 13, 186B.J 
 
 7. James Merrill, [b. June 16, 1809 : m. 1st, Achsah Bout- 
 
 well, Dec. 25, 1834, who d. July 26, 1863, aged 49, and he 
 m. 2d, Mrs. Eliza (Bullard) Burtt of Bennington, Nov. 28, 
 1865. He inherited the homestead, originally bought, to- 
 gether with the Ladd place on which his father lived many 
 years, situated some twenty rods west of the first. The 
 buildings ai'e now all gone, but Mr. Wilson, while living 
 recent years on what was then the Dea. Barachias Holt 
 place, adjoining, still retains the whole, which he has greatly 
 improved. His children, all by his first wife, are thus : - — 
 
 Jesse W., (b. June 30, 1837 ; d. June 23, 1859.) 
 
 Martha A., (b. July 11, 1839 ; d. July 8, 1840.) 
 
 Charlotte A., (b. July 26, 1841 ; m. Allen L. Skinner, Dec. 
 31, 1868, and lives in Springfield, Mass., having children, 
 Arthur J. and Henry J.) 
 
 James ff., (b. July 18, 1844 ; is now living in Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Is railroad engineer.) 
 
 Abby S., (b. July 28, 1847 ; m. James M. Gove of this town, 
 Oct. 11, 1877.) 
 
 Frank J., (b. March 13, 1850 ; m. Junia B. Barker, Sept. 14, 
 1880 ; occupies the farm with his father.) 
 
 George C, (b. Nov. 1, 1854; now of Springfield, Mass. ; is 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits.)] 
 
 ZADOK P. WILSON, sou of James and Lucinda (Paige) Wilson, 
 grandson of Capt. Jesse and Abigail (Gage) Wilson, and nephew of 
 Jesse Wilson mentioned above, was born in Pelhara, June 17, 1800 ; 
 married Anna Bichardson of Hudson, April 13, 1826, who died in that 
 town in 1840. He married, second, Mrs. Abigail (Smith) Martin of Bed- 
 ford, daughter of John Smith of Hudson, and came here, on to the Charles 
 Wood place (now Levi Curtis's), in 1850 ; moved to Lempster in 1862, 
 and thence to Sanbornton in 1871. Mr. Wilson died in 1879. He had 
 children as follows, the youngest by the second marriage : — 
 
 1. Poster, [b. July 5, 1827 ; m'. 1st, Maria Lovejoy ; 2d, Martha 
 Trow. Is superintendent of mills, Holyoke, Mass.] 
 
772 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 2. Kimball J., [b. Jan. 12, 1829; m. 1st, Marion. Piper of 
 
 'V^eston, Vt. ; 2d, Laura Fales of New York, 1868. Is super- 
 intendent of asylum for poor, Tewksbury, Mass.] 
 
 3. George L., [b. Nov. 5, 1831; m. a Miss Foster of Bristol; 
 
 lives in Rosemont, Minn. J 
 
 4. Hrnry p., [b. Nov. 25, 1833 ; m. 1st, Mary P. Bailey of 
 
 Manchester, Dec. 12, 1868 ; 2d, Augusta, A. Philbrook of 
 Concord, 1871 ; lives in Sanbornton.] 
 
 5. Anna R., [b. July 1, 1836 ; m. James McOlintock of Hills- 
 
 borough. They live in Manchester.] 
 
 6. Allen, [d. in 1840 in infancy.] 
 
 7. Abi, [b. in Hudson, Oct. 16, 1843 ; m. Dr. William Donol, 
 
 and lives in Kansas.] 
 
 SAMUEL WILSON was soq of Robert and N"aucy (Gregg) Wilson, 
 and grandson of Robert. They were of the old Londonderry stock. 
 Samuel came here from New Bostoa iu 1817, put up a set of build- 
 ings (now gone) on the south part of the Caleb Clark farm, and lived 
 there many years. Afterward moved on to the old John Wallace farm 
 near Reed Carr's, where he died April 4, 1855, aged eighty-eight. He 
 married Sally Reed, daughter of Zadok Reed, who died Nov. 4, 1844, and 
 their children were : — 
 
 1. Robert, [b. March 17, 1798 ; d. November, 1815.] 
 
 2. Almira, [b. March 1, 1801; m. Andrew Silloway, 1840; 
 
 moved to Canaan, where she d. December, 1863.] 
 
 3. Lucy Reed, [b. July 2, 1809 ; m. Dea. Erastus Nesmith, 
 
 April 22, 1830, and lives in Enfield.] 
 
 4. Samuel, [b. April 29, 1814; m. 1st, Rhoda Paige, who d. 
 
 Aug. 3, 1859 ; 2d, Mrs. Persis Perrington, Feb. 21, 1861. 
 Has no children.] 
 
 5. Albert, [b. June 1, 1817 ; first called " Robert,^' but had his 
 
 name changed to " Albert ; " m. Elizabeth Bowers ;■ lived in 
 Somerville, Mass. ; d. December, 1872.] 
 
 6. Sabrina, [b. Aug. 9, 1824 ; m. Lyman Bowers ; lived and d. 
 
 in Worcester, Mass. Her death was in January, 1859.] • 
 
 7. RoxANNA, [b. June 26, 1829 ; m. Horace D. Northrop of 
 
 Vermont ;' moved to Iowa, and d. January, 1857. J 
 
 JONAS WILSON came here from Carlyle, Mass. He built a house, 
 probably in 1825, about ibrty rods southeast of school-house No. 6 ; was 
 a shoemaker ; after several years moved back to Massachusetts. He 
 married Lydia Kidder, Dec. 31, 1818, and their children born here all 
 died young except one : — 
 
 1. WiLLARD H., [settled in Bedford, Mass., where he d. in I860.] 
 
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 WITHERSPOON. 
 
 ALEXANDEE WITHERSPOON was born in Chester in 1761 ; mar- 
 ried Jane Starrett of Francestown, Marcli 20, 1788, who died March 28, 
 1810 ; settled on the Samuel Tuttle place in 1787, but in a few years 
 moved on to the Artemas Brown place, and died in 1848, aged eighty- 
 seven. His children were : — 
 
 1. Polly, [b. Aug. 2, 1789: m. David Paiue, Dec. 11,1812, and 
 
 had a large family ; d. in 187;1J 
 
 2. John, [b. Jan. 11, 17'91. He enlisted in the war of 1812. 
 
 It was said tliat he deserted ; but this is by no means cer- 
 tain. His fate was never known. The report that he " set- 
 tled after the war in Maine, and raised a large and respec- 
 table family,'" lacks confirmation.] 
 
 3. Isabel, [b. July 3, 1798 ; d. Oct. 6, 1800.J 
 
 4. Joseph S., [b. March 17, 1796 ; d. Oct. 8, 1800.J 
 
 5. Abigail S., [b. Dec. 26, 1799; d. Oct. 2, 1800. J 
 
 6. AcHSAH, [b. Feb. 8, 1801 ; m. Charles Guild and lives in 
 
 Concord.] 
 
 7. Charlotte P., [b. April 16, 1808 ; m. Robert Todd of New 
 
 Loudon; d. Oct. 16, 1876.] 
 
 8. LouTicr R., [b. Feb. 6, 1805 ; d. June 10, 1824.] 
 
 9. Jane S., [b. Sept. 12, 1807 ; lives unm. in Nashua ; name 
 
 changed to " Atherton."] 
 10.- Joseph S., [b. March 8, 1810; had his name changed to 
 " Atherton ; " m. Hilenia C. Houston of Hillsborough, 
 Marcli 7, 1837, and lived with his father. He was a pecu- 
 liarly pious and promising man, and d. greatly lamented in 
 184.5, in the prime of life. His widow m. Joshua Chamber- 
 lain and moved to Nashua in 1849, where she still lives. 
 Mr. Atherton's children were : — 
 
 Lorenza Anna, (b. in 1837 ; m. Charles B. Wright of Boston.) 
 
 Rilenia J., (b. in 1889 ; m. Hiram P. Barney of Nashua.) 
 
 Emily Frances, (b. in 1841.)- 
 
 John Mason, (b. in 1843 ; m. Martina L. Greeley, and d. in 
 1872.)] 
 
 WOOD. 
 
 CHAELES WOOD, son of Samuel and Hannah (Webster) Wood 
 of Methuen, was born in that town in 1770 ; came to Antrim in 1789 or 
 earlier ; married Jennette Steele, daughter of James Steele, Sen., and 
 began the Henry Barker farm, which he exchanged for the Levi Curtis 
 farm the next year. This latter farm he cleared, and he lived there until 
 
774 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 his death, Jan. 16, 1848. He was a strong man, but had forty fevew. 
 His wife died May 1, 1846, aged seventy-four. Their children were : — 
 
 1. Dea. Samuel, [b. Aug. 17, 1801 ; m. Margaret Bell, Dec. 24, 
 
 18o3, and settled on the Daniel Brown place (house built in 
 1827), where he lived until his death, Nov. 24, 1876. He 
 was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 1852. 
 Dea. Wood was a. man of the old style, simple in his habits, 
 a great worker, firm in his convictions, having an opinion of 
 his own but modest and manly in the expression of it, a 
 stout Presbyterian, and a straightforward member of the ses- 
 sion for twenty-four years. It would be hard to find a bet- 
 ter man. Was very lame for many years, but was active in 
 business till near the end. His children are : — 
 Margaret Jane, (b. Oct. 29, 1834 ; m. Daniel J. Parkhurst.) 
 Mary Eliza, (b. Dec. 16, 1837; m. Chester A. Appleton of 
 West Deering.)] 
 
 2. Eliza, [b. March 4, 1805 ; m. Lyman Dow, Feb. 11, 1886, 
 
 and d. Aug. 16, 1842.] 
 
 3. James, [b. Sept. 11, 1811 ; m. Harriet J. Taft of Weld, Me., 
 
 June 14, 1886, who d. in 1872, leaving no children. March 
 13, 1873, Mr. Wood m. Mrs. Margaret (Boyce) Goodwin, 
 and they have one child : — 
 Harriet J., (b. April 15, 1874.) 
 
 Mrs. Margaret (Goodwin) Wood has children by her pre- 
 vious marriage as follows : Millie J. Goodwin, who ^m. W. 
 A. Barker, and lives in Nashua; Nelson 0., now of this 
 town ; Charles A. ; William B ; and Lilla M., who lives 
 with her mother. James Wood moved on to the Campbell 
 place in 1850, and still occupies the same.] 
 
 CHARLES A. WOODS, son of Asa and Polly (Laton) Woods, and 
 grandson of Jonas and Lydia (Hobart) Woods of Hollis, was born in 
 Nashua, Nov. 19, 1831. He married Adeline R. Barker of Antrim, July 
 3, 1854, and lived awhile iu Nashua; came here in 1859, and lived two or 
 three years in South Village ; moved to Windsor in May, 1862 ; thence, 
 in 1869, to Hillsborough, in which last towa they still reside. Their chil- 
 dren are as follows : — 
 
 1. Addib B., [b. in Antrim, April 25, 1859. J 
 
 2. Charles 0., [b. in Windsor, April 7, 1863. J 
 
 WOODBRIDGE. 
 GEORGE B. WOODBRIDGB, son of Osgood and Hannah (Stevens) 
 
GENEALOGIES. 775 
 
 "V^oodbridge, was born in Andover, Mass., in 1820; married his cousin, 
 Elizabeth "Woodbridge of that town, and came he? from Greenfield on 
 to the Dea. Baldwin place in 1872. Has recently moved to Bennington. 
 They have but one child : — 
 
 1. George, [b. in Francestown in 1861. J 
 
 WOODBURY. 
 
 .JOHN WOODBURr was the first of the name who came (1624) to 
 America. In 1627, he brought over his sou Humphrey. About 1631 his 
 brother William came over. A deposition of Humphrey, taken fifty 
 years after, states that when his father first came over to Cape Ann, in 
 1624, he traveled up with him from Somersetshire to Dorchester ; but 
 how long John had lived in Somersetshire is not certain. The earliest 
 notice of the family describes them seated in the parish of "Woodbury, 
 hundred of East Budleigh, county of Devon. The exchequer records, 
 "Testa de Nevill," covering A. D. 1216 to 1308, record William de 
 Wodeberie as holding lands in " Wodebere," in " Esse and Brigeford." 
 We also find the name of Roberto de Wodeberie (knight) as the witness 
 to a deed A. D. 1241 ; and in the reign of Edward, David de Wodeberie 
 as a grand juror. In the following century, the tax-lists disclose the 
 names of John, Nicholas, Alicia, and Walter in the same neighborhood. 
 A later William was lord prior of Worcester in 1515. The name, before 
 this, ceases to be found around Woodbury, and appears in Burlescombe, 
 in the hundred of Bampton, Devon, where, in 1643, we find John and 
 Nicholas Wodbeire taxed on their lands, and Jacob Wodbeire on his 
 goods. This John had a son, John Woodbury, Jr., who, according to 
 the records of that parish, " intermarred with Jane Humflfrys June 2, 
 1596." They had two daughters born in that parish and in that century. 
 The age of this John, .Jr., and several other probabilities, concur to iden- 
 tify him with the emigrant to New England, and, unless positive proof 
 shall be found in Somerset of his birthplace elsewhere, it may be conclu- 
 sively assumed. The name Woodbury is derived from the Danish woden, 
 and in the Anglo-Saxon is a compound of wode, meaning " mad or furi- 
 ous," and hury, or byrig, equivalent to German burgh or our borough. 
 Woodbury castle is an old Danish earthwork, extant, on a hill in the 
 parish to which it gave its name long before the Norman conquest. 
 The spelling of the name, whether indicating the parish or the family, 
 has curiously varied with the fashion, in each century, but has been ' 
 spelled substantially alike at every epoch. 
 
 John Woodbury came to Cape Ann in the year 1624, in the employ- 
 ment of a company for setthng, fishing, and trading in New England, 
 called the " Dorchester Company," of which the Eev. John White of 
 Dorchester, ifngland, was an active instrument. Lord SheflSeld, within 
 whose limits Cape Ann lay, agreed, under seal, with Messrs. Winslow 
 and Cushman and their associates, known as the " Dorchester Company," 
 to permit them to settle certain lands in Gloucester Harbor, and, when he 
 got his own title, to convey the same to the actual settlers. On this 
 foundation, the " Dorchester Company " sent out vessels with settlers and 
 
776 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 cattle to carry on agriculture and fishing. The site, however, proved un-x 
 favorable to each bra'-ich of the enterprise, and in' 1626 a greater part of 
 the adventurers retired. Rev. John White with a few others resolved 
 to continue the enterprise, and ofiered to procure for the old planters, 
 Conant, Woodbury, Balch, and Palfrey, grants of land at Naumkeag, now 
 Salem, and to send them such men, provisions, and goods, as they desired, 
 to trade with the Indians. They accordingly removed to Naumkeag 
 with their stock, in 1626, and in the autumn of 1627 sent John Woodbury 
 to England to complete arrangements with the new company for carrying 
 on the plantation. He remained in Englaud about six months, and 
 returned the following June with his son Humphrey, "bringing a com- 
 fortable answer." In 1630 the general court of the company made a 
 general levy of taxes. Not having made any county or town government; 
 it created the office of constable, the duties of which were to assess, col- 
 lect, and disburse taxes, record deeds, bounds of land, etc. John Wood- 
 bury of Salem, and Stoughton of Dorchester, were selected for this oflBce. 
 It is uncertain how long he occupied the ofQce, but when the town record 
 begins, in 1634, he appears, trusted in many local affairs. In May, 1635, 
 he was sent to the general court as deputy for Salem, and again in Sep- 
 tember. He was also one of the overseers to lay out and make grants of 
 land. In November of 1635, Salem granted two hundred acres of land 
 each to the old planters, Woodbury, Conant, Balch, and Palfrey of Naum- 
 keag, to be laid out at " Bass river head," in what is now Beverly. Wood- 
 bury, with Balch, surveyed this land, part of which is still in the posses- 
 sion of his descendants. In 1636 he was one of the 'selectmen, and was 
 on a committee regarding the site of a college, then meditated by Salem. 
 In 1637, he was again a selectman, and one of the deputies to the general 
 court. In 1638 he was again deputy, was on the committee of valuation 
 and distribution of rates and taxes, and on a committee of contract to 
 build a church in Salem, which church is now in existence. He and his 
 wife Agnes were both members of the first church. Frorh this time 
 until his death his name is prominent in various offices, but Dec. 3, 1641, 
 was his last appearance at the meeting of the board of selectmen. Es- 
 sex Institute's Collections, Yol. I., p. 150, title " The Old Planters," has 
 the following : " Mr. Woodbury, after a life of energy and faithfulness 
 to the interests of the Colony, died in 1641 . We do not know his age, but 
 probably not much above sixty years. He was called ' Father Wood- 
 bury,' however, as early as 1635, which may have been a title due him as 
 one on whom many leaned for counsel and advice." 
 
 None of John Woodbury's children, born in England, came here, 
 except his son Humphrey, who was born in' 1608. In the first church 
 record, at its beginning in 1629, his wife's name is given as Agnes; but 
 when he died he left a wife Ann, who sold the house in Salem Village to 
 George Curwin in 1660. The records of the first church in Salem giv^ 
 dates of baptism of three children: Hannah (1686), Abigail (1637), and 
 Peter (1640). 
 
 Peter Woodbury, son of John and Ann Woodbury, was born in 1640; 
 married, first, Abigail Batchelder, who left a son Peter, born Dec. 12, 
 1666 (the ancestor of the wife of Peter Woodbury of Francestown) . He 
 
GENEALOGIES. 777 
 
 .married, second, Sarah Dodge, and their children were Josiah and seven 
 daughters. He died July 5, 1704. 
 
 Josiah Woodbury, son of Peter and Sarah (Dodge) Woodbury, was 
 born June 15, 1682; married Lydia Herrick in 1708, and had one son, 
 Josiah, and four daughters. 
 
 Josiah Woodbury, Jr., son of Josiah and Lydia (Herrick) Woodbury, 
 was born Feb. 15, 1709; married Hannah Perkins of Ipswich, who died in 
 1761, aged forty-six years. He died in 1773. They had two sons, Peter 
 and Josiah, and four daughters. 
 
 PETER WOODBURY, son of Josiah, Jr., and Hannah (Perkins) 
 Woodbury, was born in Beverly, Mass., March 28, 1738; married Mrs. 
 Elizabeth (Dodge) Rea (a great-granddaughter of Richard Dodge, Esq., 
 of Beverly, Mass., and widow of James Rea, Esq., being then seventeen 
 years of age with one child), in 1760. She is described as " a woman of 
 shrewdness and energy." His cousins, Josiah and James of Frauces- 
 towu, served several campaigns in the French war. A tradition in the 
 family is that Peter was also out at Lake George during one campaign. 
 In his youth he passed some years as a sea-faring man. In 1773 he went 
 to Amherst, N. H., and settled in what is now Mont Vernon. He was 
 several years on the board of selectmen, representative to the general 
 court in 1776 and 1777, and member of the convention which framed the 
 first constitution of New Hampshire. When the Revolution became im- 
 minent, a declaration of association to resist with arms the encroach- 
 ments of the English Parliament, started in Amherst, April 10, 1776, 
 was sent through the State for signatures. The fifth signature in Am- 
 herst was Peter Woodbury. His name occurs several times on the 
 records after Mont Vernon was set off. It was probably about 1800 that 
 he moved to Antrim and took up his abode with his son, Mark Wood- 
 bury, then a flourishing merchant here. He seems to have been taxed 
 subsequently in Mont Vernon as a non-resident. He died Oct. 11, 1817, 
 aged seventy-nine years and six months. His wife died in Antrim; April 
 19, 1812, aged sixty -nine years. They were buried on Meeting-House 
 Hill. The children of Peter and Elizabeth Woodbury were: First, Levi, 
 who was born Jan. 20, 1761 ; entered the privateer service in the Revo- 
 lution, was captured in the armed ship " Essex," and died in prison at 
 Plymouth. Second, Jesse, who was born Oct. 2, 1763; went to Mexico, 
 where he procured large grants in Western Texas, and died, it is said, 
 about the time of the Texan Revolution. The third child of Peter and 
 Elizabeth was Peter, who was born Jan. 17, 1767; settled in Francestown, 
 and married his second cousin, Mary Woodbury (daughter of James 
 Woodbury, whose ancestor was the Peter Woodbury born in 1666). He 
 was a prominent citizen of Francestown, being representative about fif- 
 teen years and senator two years in the state legislature, besides holding 
 many minor offices. His children were Peter P., who was born Aug. 8, 
 1791, and was a physician in Bedford during a long life; Hon. Levi 
 Woodbury, LL. D., who was born Dec. 22, 1789, was judge of our state 
 court at the age of twenty-eight, was twice United States senator, was 
 associate justice of the United States supreme court, was secretary of 
 
778 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 state under Jackson and Van Buren, and, at the time of his death, a 
 leading candidate for the office of President of the United States, with 
 every prospect of election; Rev. James T. Woodbury, of Acton, Mass.; 
 Jesse Woodbury, Esq., now living in Francestown; George W. Wood- 
 bury, M. D., of Yazoo County, Miss.; Mary, who married Dr. Luke 
 How of Jaffrey; Anstess, who married Hon. Nehemiali Eastman, for- 
 merly member of congress; Martha, who married Thomas Grimes, a 
 merchant of Windsor, Vt. ; Hannah T., who married Hon. Isaac O. 
 Barnes of Boston; Harriet, who married Hon. Perley Dodge of Amherst; 
 and Adeline, who married Edwin F. Bunnel, a merchant of Boston. The 
 fourth child of Peter and Elizabeth was Betsey, who was born Feb. 9, 
 1770, and married Peter Jones, Esq., of Amherst. The fifth was Han- 
 nah, who was born Feb. 14, 1772, and died young. The sixth was Mark 
 of Antrim, who is further noticed below. 
 
 Esq. MARK WOODBURY, youngest child of Peter and Elizabeth 
 Woodbury of Beverly, Mass., was born in Amherst (now Mont Vernon), 
 Jan. 1, 1775. When quite young he started out for himself, opening a 
 store in Hancock as early as 1793. Came here from the last-named place 
 and opened a store in 1794. His store for four years was in one end of 
 the house, leaving only one room tolive in. The store was moved across 
 the road to its present site in 1800. The house was enlarged in subse- 
 quent years according to necessity and ability. He married Alice, daugh- 
 ter of Dea. Joseph Boyd. Was vigorously engaged in trade and farming 
 for many years. He was justice of the peace and representative, and 
 died March 17, 1828, leaving a large property. His widow died April 15, 
 1858, aged seventy-eight. She was a noble woman, — one of piety, and 
 great strength of character. Their children were as follows : — 
 
 1. Hon. Luke, [b. Dec. 25, 1800 ; graduated at Dartmouth Col- 
 
 lege in 1820 ; was for many years judge of probate for Hills- 
 borough County, and at the time of his death was the Dem- 
 ocratic candidate for governor of New Hampshire. He 
 m. Mary B. Wallace of Antrim, June 10, 1834. Built his 
 fine residence in South Village in 1849, and d. Aug. 27, 
 1851 ; no children. Was a very honest and truthful man. 
 His schoolmates used to say, " You ean'fr trust any deviltry ' 
 witli Luke ! " Was a man extremely diffident and self- 
 distrustful, but capable of filling any office with credit. His 
 death was universally deplored.] 
 
 2. Sabrina, [b. Feb. 4, 1804 ; she was called the " besl^educated 
 
 girl in town ; " m. George W. Hill, May 20, 1828, and d. 
 May 8, 1856. Of her children three survive : Alice R. ; 
 Susie S., who is the wife of Morris Christie, M. D. ; and 
 John R., who is a prominent citizen of Johnson, Vt.] 
 
 3. Mary, [b. Dec. 8, 1805 ; m. Joshua 0. Dodge, Oct. 23, 1828, 
 
 and d. May 3, 1836.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 779 
 
 4. Betsey, [b. May 8, 1808 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 5. Betset B., [b. May 8, 1809 ; m. Benjamin B. Muzzey, Oct. 6, 
 
 1834, and d. March 20, 1849.] , 
 
 6. Mark B , [b. May 9, 1811 ; m. Emily Wilson of Stoddard, in 
 
 1837 ; was in trade on the Woodbury stand many years ; 
 was a genial, social man. His wife d. June 30, 1872, aged 
 57. . He d. Oct. 24, 1874. Marion B. Woodward had her 
 home with them several years. She was daughter of Frank- 
 lin and Sarah (Bradford) Woodward of Francestown. She 
 m. Eugene G. Bullard, Nov. 12,' 1865, and after living here 
 a few years, moved to Woburn Mass. Mark B. Woodbury 
 left but one child : — 
 Frank B., (b. Jan. 28, 1849.)] 
 
 7. Fanny, [b. Nov. 14, 1813 ; d. Oct. 16, 1858. J 
 
 8. Nancy, [b. Oct. 28, 1817 ; m. 1st, A. N. Moore in 1837, who 
 
 d. in 1844, and she m. 2d, George C. Trumbull, Oct. 21, 
 1855, and now resides in Boston.] 
 
 9. Levi, [b. Feb. 18, 1820 ; m. Anna M. Baldwin of Bennington, 
 
 May 21, 1856 ; was in trade at the old stand, did much to im- 
 prove the village, and d. much lamented, Aug. 10, 1865. 
 His widow now occupies the fine residence at tlie South 
 Village ; has no children ; is always ready with heart and 
 hand to aid in every good work, and has generously aided in 
 procuring the illustrations of this book. Levi Woodbury 
 was genial and popular, a man of genuine worth.] 
 
 10. John B., [b. Oct. 13, 1823 ; m. 1st, Mary P. Pattee, daugh- 
 ter of Hon. L. N. Pattee, March 6, 1849, who d. Oct. 15, 
 1858, leaving three children ; m. 2d, Mary 0. Whittemore 
 of Antrim, May 28, ,1861 . He continues in trade at the old 
 stand, where the family have done business for more than 
 eighty years. His children by second marriage are the 
 four last named : — 
 
 John N. P.., (b. Oct. 31, 1850 ; m. Ella L. Carr of Antrim, 
 Feb. 12, 1873 ; was in business with his father some years ; 
 now owns the stage-line from Hillsborough to Greenfield.' 
 They have one child, Nannie Blanche, b. June 19, 1877.) 
 
 Levi, (b. Jan. 14, 1854 ; m. Ida M. Whittle of Hillsborough 
 Bridge, Aug. 26, 1873, and now lives in that place.) 
 
 Mary Alice, (b. Oct. 8, 1868. After tlie death of her mother 
 she went to Goffstown to live with her grandfather, L. N. 
 Pattee, and there m. William A. Parker, Aug. 23, 1876.) 
 
780 GKNEALOGIES. 
 
 Helen O., (b. Aug. 7.1863.) 
 
 George T., (b. Sept. 18, 1865.) 
 
 Arthur W., (b. Feb. 14, 1868 ; d. April 12, 1869.) 
 
 Balph B,, (b. March 4, 1879.)] 
 
 STEPHEN WOODBURY came here from Vermont in 1802. He 
 lived a few rods southeast of Linn Parker's, a short distance from the 
 present road, remaining here about twelve years, when he moved baclc 
 to Vermont. The house (built by Nathan Cole, Jr., in 1795) was after- 
 wards occupied by various parties, and was taken down in 1847. 'Mr. 
 Woodbury was at one time selectman. He was frequently in disagree- 
 ment with those around him, and. engaged in several lawsuits. He 
 claimed a tract of land on the river now Mr. Holton's, which to this day 
 is called the " battle-ground," because here he had so many severe fights 
 in trying to drive other claimants off. He had three sons and one daugh- 
 ter. The name of the latter cannot be found. 
 
 1. Stephen, Jr., [m. Holden of Hillsborough ; went into 
 
 the tanning business in the Center of that town about 1825.] 
 
 2. William. 
 
 3. John. 
 
 WOODCOCK. 
 
 JOHN WOODCOCK came here from Peterborough about 1788 and 
 succeeded Dea. James Nesmith on the Chandler Boutwell place. His 
 wife was Dorothy Brackett, an older sister of James Brackett of Antrim. 
 She was born in Peterborough, Oct. 7, 1772. They moved to Hillsbor- 
 ough in 1804. While there they had their name changed to "Bertram.'' 
 Thence they moved to Newport, where he died, Sept. 19, 1854, aged 
 ninety-seven. His wife died in Eufleld, this State, 1864, aged ninety-two. 
 They were married in Peterborough, 1785. They had nine children, five 
 of whom died with consumption : — 
 
 1. John, [studied medicine ; took degree of M. D. from Dart- 
 
 mouth College ; was associated in practice with Dr. Gregg 
 of Unity and Dr. Farley of Fraiicestown two or three years, 
 but began practice for himself in Townsend, Mass., in 1827. 
 Had a large practice and was a worthy and promising phy- 
 sician. He d. of consumption, Dec. 8, 1846, in Townsend. 
 Left no children. He m. 1st, Ann Gilman of Unity; 2d, 
 Mary Adams of Townsend, Mass., April 13, 1831.] 
 
 2. Sally, [b. in Antrim ; m. Blesson Emerson ; lived in Lemp- 
 
 ster, Newport, and Enfield, and d. in the last-named town 
 in the fall of 1862.] 
 
 3. Samuel, [m. Lydia Wilkins of Unity ; was a hotel-keeper ; 
 
 moved to Cambridge, N. Y. ; d. in Rome, that State, 1869.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 781 
 
 4. Eliza, [b. in Antrim ; m. Hiram Smith ; lives in Champlin, 
 
 Minn. He was a comb-manufacturer, but went West in 
 1854 and settled down at farming.] 
 
 5. Calista, [m. Oren D. Thompson ; lived in Newport, Spring- 
 
 field, and Grantham, and d. in the last-named town Febru- 
 ary, 1876. j 
 
 6. DoKOTHY, [d. young. J 
 
 7. Rebecca, [b. in Antrim ; d. unm., aged 30.] 
 
 8. William, [b. in Antrim ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 9. Belinda, [b. in Hillsborough ; d. there, aged 15.] 
 
 WORTHLEY. 
 
 Capt. JOHN WORTHLEY, son of Timothy and Molly (Johnson) 
 Worthley, was born May 20, 1769 ; married Phoebe Vose, daughter of Sam- 
 uel Vose of Bedford, and lived west of the pond, clearing his farm himself. 
 He lived to a good old age, obtained a large estate, was an influential, 
 hard-working man, and the last survivor of those who cleared their own 
 farms. Was selectman seven times. Was chairman of the committee to 
 build the Center Church. He died Feb. 3, 1853. His wife died Nov. 29, 
 1835, aged seventy. Their children were as follows : — 
 
 1. Dea. John, [b. Oct. 31, 1795; m. Betsey Templeton, March 
 28, 1819, who d. May 4, 1823, leaving two children, twins, 
 as follows : — 
 Samuel N.,, (b. in Unity, April 21, 1823 ; m. Nancy Crawford 
 of Plattsburg, N. Y., in 1845. He is a carpenter ; built his 
 house in 1866, in Clinton. Their children now living are 
 Mary H., b. Nov. 13, 1855, and Alice B., b. Aug. 22, 1870. 
 Their son, John L., was b. March 10, 1849, and d. Jan. 22, 
 1869. Was a soldier in the Union army.) 
 Thomas *S'., (twin-brother of Samuel N. ; m. 1st, Mary R. Rob- 
 inson, Aug. 81, 1847, who d. June 15, 1857, leaving chil- 
 dren as follows: Frank S., b. April 12, 1851, m. Lizzie 
 Bowker and Kves in Charlestown, Mass. ; Edwin T., b. 
 Sept. 30, 1854, m. Lottie Ritchie July 27, 1873, lived awhile 
 in Lowell, and bought the Lovejoy place in 1876, and has 
 children, George A., b. Aug. 8, 1874, and Eva J., b. Oct. 
 81, 1877; and Mary Ella, b. June 13, 1857, adopted by 
 Prank Robinson. In 1859, Thomas S. Worthley m. Mrs. 
 Emily J. Merrill, and they have one child. Flora A., b. Oct. 
 20, 1864.) 
 
 After the death of his first wife, Dea. Worthley m. Polly 
 Harwood of Unity, and they had children as follows : — 
 
782 GENEALOGIES. 
 
 Mary E., (b. June 19, 1825; m. Franklin Robinson, Nov. 8, 
 1853.) 
 
 John 0., (b. April 29, 1828; went to California in 1849, 
 where he d. in 1851. Had accumulated quite an amount of 
 gold, and, for possession of it, is supposed to have been 
 helped out of the world.) 
 
 Martha J., (b. May 31,1831; m. Charles Bruce and moved 
 to Winchendon, Mass., where she d. in 1857, aged 26.) 
 
 Mariam, (b. Feb. 22, 1834 ; m. Henry E. French of Jaffrey, 
 and they live on her father's farm.) 
 
 Dea. John Worthley lived some years in Unity, but 
 moved back to Antrim in 1841, on to the old place, which 
 he sold in 1854, and bought the Daniel Lowe farm, where 
 he d. June, 1877. His second wife d-. in 1861. He was 
 deacon of the Congregational Church in Unity ; was a per- 
 son of some peculiarities, but a good man, enjoying the con- 
 fidence of the entire community.] 
 
 2. Daniel, [b. Dec. 7, 1797 ; m. Elizabeth Smallcorn, and lived 
 
 in Brookline, Mass., where he d. in 1875.] 
 
 3. Phcebb, [b. Feb. 22, 1800 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 4. Mary, [b. Jan. 8, 1802 ; m. John R. Hills, April 6, 1830, 
 
 and lives in this town.] 
 
 5. Miriam, [b. May 16, 1804; d. in 1831.J 
 
 6. Mark, [b. Jan. 20, 1807 ; m. Catherine Durgin, and d. in 
 
 Charlestown, Mass., in 1861. J 
 
 7. Luke, [b. June 27, 1809; m. Elizabeth Poor, June 2, 1835, 
 
 and lives in Andover, Mass.] 
 
 WRIGHT. I 
 
 Dea. IMLA WRIGHT, son of Ephraim and Mary (Blodgett) Wright 
 of Westford, Mass., and grandson of Abram and Abigail (Trowbridge) 
 Wright, was born in Littleton, Mass,, July 13, 1799. He tended store 
 awhile at Westford, Mass., then was clerk several years in Swanzey, after 
 which he went to Westford to learn the carpenter's trade ; worked at his 
 trade for a time in New Ipswich. He married Rachel McMaster of Ben- 
 nington, July 7, 1823 ; and in 1824, went to Shirley, Mass., to run a fac- 
 tory, which he did for- six years. At the same time that he was engaged 
 there, he moved his family to Antrim, in 1828, and built a cotton-mill 
 right in the woods, on the spot now occupied by E. Z. Hastings's shop. 
 There was, at that time, no building of any kind in the vicinity, the near- 
 est house being Dea. Parmenter's, and that could not be seen, on account 
 of the woods. He built the Hastings house the same year. After sev- 
 eral yearS; Dea. Wright sold out to a company (incorporated as the Clin- 
 
GENEALOGIES. 783 
 
 ton Company in 1831). DeWitt Clinton was then very popular, and 
 they, being in search of a name, took a, fancy to this, and adopted it. 
 Dr. Stickney proposed to call the village, then growing up, " Wrights- 
 ville," in honor of Dea. Wright ; but the deacon objected, and proposed 
 that they call the place, as they had the company, " Clinton," by which 
 name it has ever since been known. In the panic of 1837 this company 
 Trent down. Dea. Wright, as owner or agent, run the mill till 1841. In 
 1844 he built the Dodge mill, where he made batting and twine till 1854, 
 when he sold his machinery to a man in Bunker Hill, 111., where he 
 spent the succeeding year in setting it at work. He has been, for many 
 years, engaged in probate business, and has been a counselor to all in 
 trouble. Men of better heart or clearer head than Dea. Wright are hard 
 to be found. He was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 
 1860. His children are as follows, the three oldest born in Shirley, 
 Mass., the rest here : — 
 
 1. Abraham W., [b. March 18, 1824; m. 1st, Sarah R. Whit- 
 
 comb of Waldo, Me., Feb. 4, 1854, and built the house now 
 J. N. Wilkins's, which lie moved from Nahor Hill. His first 
 wife d. in 1860, and lie m. 2d, Margaret Stockton of Gillespie, 
 111., and is now engaged in teaching here and there in the 
 West, being a very faithful and successful teacher. His 
 first wife left one child : — 
 Sarah A., (b. in Antrim, January, 1855.)] 
 
 2. Louisa M., [b. July 15, 1825 ; d. in infancy.] 
 
 3. George W., [b. Feb. 29, 1828; d. aged 3.] 
 
 4. Charles I., [b. Aug. 14, 1829 ; m. 1st, Maria A. Corey of 
 
 Stoddard ; moved to Bunker Hill, 111., thence to Pittsburg, 
 Penn., where she d. In 1868 he m. 2d, Mrs. Eliza Lovejoy, 
 and moved to Damascoville, Ohio, where he d. at the age of 
 48.] 
 
 5. Mary E., [b. Oct. 3, 1831 ; m. J. N. Wilkins, Sept. 27,1857, 
 
 and lives at Clinton Village.] 
 
 6. Jacob H., [b. April 30, 1834 ; d. aged 3.] 
 
 7. Sarah A., [b. Dec. 13, 1838 ; m. 1st, Dr. Albert R. Sawyer 
 
 in 1856, and lived in Bunker Hill, 111., where he d. in 1868. 
 March 8, 1871, she m. 2d, Thomas Collier, and now lives in 
 Dover, N. Y.] 
 
 WTMAN. 
 
 IPS WYMAN, son of Jonathan and Kuby (Eichardson) Wyman, 
 was born in Greenfield in 1810; married Lydia A. Ward of Berkshire, 
 Yt. and came here from Stoddard on to the Butters place in 1867. Their 
 children are : — 
 
784 GKNEAL06IES. ^ 
 
 1. Amos A., [b. in Glenville, N. Y., in 1840; m. Francelia A. 
 
 Eaton, and is in business at Hillsborough Bridge.] 
 
 2. Ruby B., [b. in Glenville in 1842 ; m. Albert 0. Gutter.] 
 
 3. Rodney D., [b. in Hancock in 1844; m. Lizzie J. Boutelle, 
 
 and d. in Nelson in 1866.] 
 
 4. Hiram B., [b. in Hancock ; d. in 1863 aged 17.] 
 
 5. Lydia a., [d. at the age of 3 years.] 
 
 6. Armenda 0., [b. in Hancock in 1851 ; m. George F. Mellen 
 
 of Stoddard.] 
 
 7. Sarah G., [b. in Hancock in 1855 ; m. William H. Shoults 
 
 Feb. 18, 1879.J 
 
 YOUNGMAN. 
 
 JABEZ TOUNGMAlSr, Je., son of Jabez and Susannah (Powers) 
 Youngman of Hollis, was born in Hollis in 1786, and was the eldest of 
 twelve children. The elder Jabez Youngman, with three brothers, was in 
 the Revolutionary army, and Ebenezer, one of the brothers, was killed 
 at Bunker Hill. He and his wife lived together fifty-four years, and died 
 in Lempster (whither they had removed from Hollis) so near together 
 that they were both buried at one funeral and in one grave. Jabez 
 Youngman, Jr., married Emma Baldwin of this town, March 14, 1809, 
 and moved here on to the William Parker place. He moved to Wilmot 
 in 1812, thence after many years to Dorchester, where he died in 1863. 
 The children were : — 
 
 1. David S., [b. in Antrim in 1809 ; d. in 1835.] 
 
 2. Isaac B., [b. in Antrim in 1811 ; m. Mrs. Hannah (Thomp- 
 
 son) Langley, and lives in Wilmot Genter.] 
 
 3. Fanny B., [b. in 1814; m. Wells Gurrier in 1835, and lives 
 
 in Danbury.] 
 
 4. Nahum B., [b. in 1817 ; m. Elsie Hadley, and lives in Went- 
 
 worth.] 
 
 5. Emma B., [b. in 1819 ; m. 1st, Wells Robbing of Antrim, who 
 
 d. in 1860 ; 2d, Ezra Alden. and lives in Lyme.] 
 
 6. Mary B., [b. in 1822 ; m. Thomas Parsons, and d. at Wilmot 
 
 in 1850.] 
 
 7. Milton B., [b. in 1824 ; m. Susan Leavitt of Dorchester, and 
 
 d. in that town in I860.] 
 
 8. Harriet B., [b. in 1826 ; m. Nathaniel Burnham, and resides 
 
 in Dorchester.] 
 
 9. Jane, [b. in 1828 ; m. Washington Perkins of Londonderry, 
 
 where they now reside.] 
 
 10. Walter S., [b. in 1830 ; d. in 1847.] 
 
GENEALOGIES. 785 
 
 11. Alden, [b. in 1832 ; m. Maria Smith of New Boston and 
 lives in Dorchester.] 
 
 12. Bertha P., [b. in 1840 ; m. 1st, Samuel Roberts, who d. in 
 the army in 1862 ; 2d, George E. Patterson, and moved to 
 South Merrimack, where she d. in 1875. J 
 
 NOAH YOUNGMAN, brother of Jabez Youngman, Jr., mentioned 
 above, was born in Hollis in 1788; married Sarah Field, daughter of John 
 Field, Sen., of Peterborough, in 1812, and came here on to the Zadok 
 Dodge place early in the year 1813, he and his wife uniting with the 
 church here that year. Afterwards he lived on the Dea. Worthley place. 
 He moved to Lempster in the fall of 1818. Mrs. Youngman died March 
 24, 1854, aged sixty-three years. He died in Newbury in 1867. Their 
 children were : — 
 
 1. John P., [b. in Peterborough ; was an infant when his father 
 
 came here ; m. Roxanna Bailey in 1830, lived in Lempster, 
 and d. in 1838.] 
 
 2. Louisa S., [b. in Antrim in 1815 ; nj. Elliot Wright of Swan- 
 
 zey in 1834, who d. in the army in 1862, leaving a large 
 family.] 
 ^3. Sarah P., [b. in Lempster, November, 1 818 ; d. unm. in 1852.] 
 
 4. Harriet S., [b. in 1823 ; m. David Mclndoe in 1850, and 
 
 lives in Windsor, Vt.] 
 
 5. Noah B., [b. in 1827 ; d. at the age of 5.] 
 
 ADDEITDA. 
 
 ISAAC EATON, son of James and Martha (McClure) Eaton, lived 
 some years in Antrim, here and there, chiefly in the house next east of 
 Maplewood Cemetery. His wife's name was Lorinda, and she was a 
 Francestown girl. He died Feb. 4, 1866. He buried a daughter, Lorinda, 
 Sept. 15, 1855, aged twenty-one years. His sou, John H. Eaton, of the 
 Fifth N. H. Regiment, lost his life in the war, Sept. 9, 1862, aged twenty 
 years. 
 
 50 
 
INDEX. 
 
V 
 
INDEX 
 
 Abbott, Stephen G., letter of, 159; Mrs. S 
 G., poem of, 162. 
 
 Acworth, 7. 
 
 Adams, Hon. Charles, Jr., address of, 135. 
 
 Aiken, James, arrival here, 20; trials of, 
 21, 23 ; James, poem of, 157. 
 
 Amusements, 272. 
 
 Antrim, first settlement, 8; name and ori- 
 gin, 39 ; topography, 299. 
 
 Apple-parers, 252. 
 
 Artillery, 212. 
 
 Association test, 35. 
 
 Baldwin, Cyras, address of, 146; Isaac, re- 
 sponse of, 164. 
 Band, 212. 
 Baptist church, 189. 
 
 Bates, Eev. John H., settlement of, 186. 
 Bemaine, George, 25. 
 Birth, first in town, 22. 
 Branch river, 305. 
 
 Branch, first settlement of, 27 ; village, 261. 
 Brick-making, 286. 
 Bridges, great, 52, 88. 
 Brooks, 306. 
 
 Building, first framed, 24. 
 Burial customs, 269. 
 
 Cedars, 310. 
 
 Cemeteries, enlargement of, 95, 233; num- 
 ber buried on hill, 234 ; Center, 2-35; East, 
 235 ; Plain, 235 ; Maplewood, 236. 
 
 Census, 1767, 21; 1773, 29; 1775, 34; 1786, 
 74. 
 
 Centennial celebration, 114; close of, 173; 
 comments on, 174. 
 
 Center, finding of, 46 ; present, 262. 
 
 Cherry Valley, settlement of, 3; ruin of by 
 Indians, 4. 
 
 Choristers, 223. 
 
 Church, formation of, 77, 180; town action 
 about, 97 ; seating at, 187. 
 
 Clinton Village, 263. 
 
 Cochrane, Eev. W. E., settlement of, 186. 
 Cooking, 278. 
 
 Communion services, 181. 
 Conventions, 62, 108, 113. 
 Cotton-mill, 248. 
 Cumberland, 16. 
 
 Dark day, 58. 
 
 Death, first in town, 22;- number of, 312; 
 
 by violence, 313. 
 Debt of town, 112. 
 Default of English, 64. 
 Descendants of Scotch-Irish, 297. 
 Dinsmore, Hon. W. B., letter of, 159; Col. 
 
 Silas, response of, 160. 
 Division of town, 99. 
 Dog-pelters, 80. 
 Drinking habits, 267. 
 Duncan, John, 28. 
 
 Dunlap, Dea. A. H., response of, 168. 
 Dysentery scourgS, 86. 
 
 East church, 188. 
 Ecclesiastical history, 176. 
 Edes, Amasa, letter of, 156. 
 
 Fires, 324. 
 
 Food, one hundred years ago, 280. 
 
 Forests, 301. 
 
 Fountain, 236. 
 
 Funerals, 270. 
 
 Game, 317. 
 Genealogies, 327. 
 Geological formations, 309. 
 Ghosts, 316. 
 Graduates, 321. 
 Granite State Cadets, 212. 
 Grasshopper year, 97. 
 Great brook, 305. 
 Gregg's mill, 247. 
 Gregg's pond, 307. 
 Grenadiers, 203, 204. 
 
 Hard winter, 57. 
 
 Hillsborough, first settlement of, 9 ; second 
 settlement, 20. 
 
790 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Hog-reeves, 60, 94. 
 
 Home manafactures, 274. 
 
 Huntley, Mrs. Emma M., reading of, 149. 
 
 HuiTicanes, 76, 94. 
 
 Inconveniences, 277. 
 
 Incorporation, 36, 41. 
 
 Indians, petitions for protection from, 9 ; at- 
 tack on Hoplcinton, 10; of Antrim, 16; 
 burial-place, 18, 314. 
 
 Justices of peace, 323. 
 Juvenile library, 222. 
 
 Kidd, noted Capt., 317. 
 Knights of Honor, 225. 
 
 Lawyers, 322. 
 
 Libraries, 222, 223. 
 
 Liquor, 98. 
 
 Little, Eev. Arthur, letter of, 155. 
 
 Londonderry, colonies from, 3-8. 
 
 Madan Society, 223. 
 
 Mail, 320. 
 
 Manufactures, 245. 
 
 Marriage customs, 270. 
 
 Masonian claim, 12; established, 14; boun- 
 dary of, 15. 
 
 Masons, 225. 
 
 Meeting-house, building of first, 71; new, 
 ,96, 184; raising the old, 179; position of 
 old, 257. 
 
 Methodist church, 192. 
 
 Military, 194; honor to New Hampshire 
 troops, 198. 
 
 Militia, 202. 
 
 Mills, first saw-mill, 34; grist-mill, 45, 245. 
 
 Minister, first, 87. 
 
 Minute-men, 83, 201. 
 
 Moose-drives, 18. 
 
 Mountains, 302. 
 
 Names now gone, 313. 
 Nesmith, Hon. George W., letter of, 156. 
 New Boston, settled by Scotch, 5. 
 Nichols, Thomas, 22. 
 
 Odd Fellows, 224. 
 
 Old Center, 257. 
 
 Old common, 61, 82. 
 
 Old customs, 266. 
 
 Organ, 186. 
 
 Ousting town officers, 72. 
 
 Palm-clotb, 234. 
 
 Patriotism of Antrim, 32, 60. 
 
 Paper money, 50, 53, 65, 73. 
 
 Pasturage, 300. 
 
 Peg-mill, 246. 
 
 Physical powers of settlers, 295. 
 
 Physicians, 163, 323. 
 
 Pierce, Frank H., response of, 153. 
 
 Pine-tree law, 279. 
 
 Pleuro-pneumonia, 109. 
 
 Peterborough, settled by Scotch, 6. 
 
 Poem, centennial, 130. 
 
 Politics, 87. 
 
 Pound, 90. 
 
 Ponds, 307. ' 
 
 Population, 311, 312. 
 
 Post-offices, 320. 
 
 Preaching, first vote on, 50. 
 
 Presbyterian, first church formed, ,3. 
 
 Prices, regulation of, 54. 
 
 Printing, 321. 
 
 Professional men, 322. 
 
 Reed, Henry, address of, 153. 
 
 Kelics of hunters, 19. 
 
 Religious traits, 290. 
 
 Representatives, 67, 75, 84. 
 
 Revival of 1827, 185. 
 
 Riley's flight from Antrim, 11; return, 20. 
 
 Roads, petition for, through Society Land, 
 24 ; first, 47 ; round Meeting-house hill, 
 96 ; Keene road, 103 ; roads and bridges, 
 226. 
 
 School-committees, 219, 220. 
 
 School-districts, 217. 
 
 School-houses, first, 215; South Tillage, 
 216. 
 
 Schools, first money for, 73, 213; high, 218. 
 
 Scotch-Irish, 289 ; honesty of, 290 ; gener- 
 osity of, 291 ; accent, 293. 
 
 Selling poor, 78. 
 
 Session, 187. 
 
 Shaw, Kev. E. M., settlement of, 190. 
 
 Shovel-shop, 251. 
 
 Silk-mill, 25,0. 
 
 Slavery, 75. 
 
 Small beginnings, 269. 
 
 Small-pox, 106. 
 
 Smith, William, the second settler, 25 ; note 
 to, 26. 
 
 Snow-shoes, 284. 
 
 Snow-storm, 89. 
 
 Soldiers oT revolution, 199; of 1812, 206; of 
 rebellion, 208. 
 
 South Village, 258. 
 
 Sowens, 274. 
 
 Spotted fever, 92. 
 
 State line contested, 13. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 791 
 
 Stickney, Dr. James, response of, 163. 
 
 Societies, Center, 184; various, 222. 
 
 Society Land, 16. 
 
 Social Library Association, 222. 
 
 Stoddard addition, 70. 
 
 State road, 230. 
 
 Store, first, 77. 
 
 Streams of Antrim, 304. 
 
 Streets in Soutli Village, 260. 
 
 Summer boarders, 325. 
 
 Superstitions, 315. 
 
 Tannery, 245, 253, 254. 
 
 Tavern, big, 89. 
 
 Taxes, Antrim's first state, 49; non-resi- 
 dent, resistance to, 51, 54; collection of, 
 105; ministerial, 180. 
 
 Tax-payers, 325. 
 
 Teachers, first, 214; names of, 221. 
 
 Temperance, 107. 
 
 Time-keeping, 282. 
 
 Tithing-man, 56, 266. 
 
 Tools, 283, 285. 
 
 Topography of town, 299. 
 
 Town officers, 237. 
 
 Town meeting, first, 44. 
 
 Town house, 101. 
 
 Town farm, 104. 
 
 Town line broken, ]08. 
 Traders, 319. 
 Troop, 203. 
 Truro, 7. 
 Turnpike, 85. 
 
 Umbrellas, 281. 
 
 Villages, 257. 
 
 Vose, Prof. James E., centennial address 
 by, 121; Col. S. L, response of, 165. 
 
 Wagons, 281. 
 
 Wallace, E. A., letter of, 153. 
 
 War, of revolution, breaking out of, 30 ; 
 
 close of, 66, 198; second, with England, 
 
 93, 204; of rebellion, 110; men in all, 
 
 211. 
 Warning out of town, 68. 
 Water company, 223. 
 Weaving, 275. 
 
 Whitteinore, Reed P., welcome by, 120. 
 Whiton, Rev. Dr. John M., settlement of, 
 
 90, 183; Rev. J. M., address of, 149; 
 
 Rev. Dr. John M., farewell of, 186. 
 Witches, 315. 
 
 Woolen-mill, 246, 251, 254. 
 Wolves, 69, 318.