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HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 TOWN OF RINDGE, 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
 
 FROM THE DATE OF THE 
 
 ROWLEY CANADA OR MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER, 
 
 TO THE PRESENT TIME, 
 
 1736— 1874,' 
 
 WITH A 
 
 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER 
 
 OF THE 
 
 RINDGE FAMILIES, 
 
 BY 
 
 EZRA S. STEARNS. 
 
 "Who so shall telle a tale after a man,' 
 He moste reherse^ as neighe as ever he can, 
 Everich word, if it be in his charge, 
 All speke he never so rudely and so lai:ge; 
 Or efles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, 
 Or feinen thinges or finden wordes newe." 
 
 Prologve to Canterbury Tales. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 PRESS OF GEORGE H. ELLIS. 
 
 1875- 
 
The pbksebvation of the histobt of cub own Nbw ExeLAifD, 
 
 ... IS BUT A JUST AND AFFECTIONATE ^TBIBUTB TO THE MEMOBT OF 
 THOSE WOETHX MEN WHO HERE PLANTED THE GEBMS OF AMEBICAN 
 CIVILIZATION, WHICH HAVE NOT ONLY BUDDED AND BLOSSOMED, BUT 
 HAVE BOBNB ABUNDANT FEUIT; WHO HEBE ESTABLISHED THOSE IMMU- 
 TABLE PBINCIPLES OP JUSTICE, EQUAL LAWS, AlfD EQUAL BIGHTS, 
 WHICH HAVE MADE OUE NATION INDEPENDENT AND FBEE IN THE MOST 
 NOBLE SENSE — A SHINING EXAMPLE TO THE WOELD, —AND WHICH, LIKE 
 THE SPIRIT OF LIGHT MOVING ON THE FACE OF THE DAEK WATERS, 
 SHALL ILLUMINE THE ENTIRE GLOBE. . . . AND WHAT MORE PBE- 
 CIOUS TESTIMONIAL OF YOUR LOVE OF KINDRED AND HOME CAN YOU 
 ' LEAVE, THAN THAT WHICH PROVIDES FOB THE TRANSMISSION OF THE 
 HISTOBY OF YOUB ANCBSTOES, YOUESELF AND FAMILY, TO FUTURE GEN- 
 ERATIONS'. How CONSOLING THE THOUGHT, THAT WHEN YOU SHALL 
 HAVE BEEN GATHBBED TO YOUB F,ATHEBB, THIS HISTOBY SHALL LIVE 
 THBOU6H ALL COMING TIME AS A PRECIOUS INHERITANCE TO YOUK DE- 
 SCENDANTS ! This is a tbust which Peovtdbnce has confided to 
 
 YOUB CABE; and who so dead to SYMPATHY AND AFFECTION, TO 
 KINDEBD AND COUNTRY, THAT HE WOULD NOT PRESERVE THE RECORD 
 OF HIS ANCEST0B8, THE PLACE OP HIS BIBTH, THE HOME OF HIS CHILD- 
 HOOD, AND THE SACEED SPOT WHERE BEPOSE THE LOVED AND LOST 
 ONES OF earth! 
 
 Hon. Maeshall Pincknby Wilder. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 Prefaces to works of this character are generally lugu- 
 brious affairs, penned with a weary hand, and tinged with 
 the lassitude of a jaded brain. These brief lines,, like the 
 Song of Miriam, shall rather proclaim deliverance from a 
 prolonged labor, as they joyfully announce a task performed 
 and a duty done. The constant employment of these many 
 months has not been altogether tiresome and monotonous. 
 The study of the character of our fathers, and the constant 
 testimony of the steady purpose and consistent obedience to 
 duty which crowned their lives with triumphs and suc- 
 cesses, have awakened a firmer faith in the inherent strength 
 and moral courage of mankind. During these years a 
 forest has been leveled, and the green grasses and fruitful 
 products of a virgin soil have sprung up in a most capti- 
 vating luxuriance. Sturdy men, seeking homes for their 
 wives and children, have appeared upon the scene, to fulfill 
 the mission of their active, useful lives, and have been laid 
 in graves from which their vigorous strokes in the prime of 
 manhood's strength removed the monarchs of the forest, and 
 are now sleeping beneath the sunshine which they let, in to 
 warm the surface of the earth. Another and another gen- 
 eration have followed, and in their turn have been gathered 
 to the dust of their fathers. 
 
 But none has possessed the manly form, the proud 
 bearing, the firm faith, and frank honesty which crowned 
 
2 ' PB.EFACE. 
 
 as Nature's kings the sturdy settlers who first awoke the 
 echoes of the forest with their hearty strokes, and amid the 
 dying flame and fading smoke hopefully reared their rude 
 cabins, and thither conducted their wires and children. 
 They erected meeting-houses, settled ministers, established 
 schools, and promptly joined their brethren in arms in the 
 cause of national independence. The chapters relating to 
 these several subjects have been carefully written. 
 
 Throughout the following pages a broad distinction has 
 been maintained between fact and tradition, and nothing 
 has been stated which was not believed to be true. With 
 charity for error when discovered, and censure restrained by 
 a strict adherence to truth, it is hoped there will appear no 
 occasion for disapprobation of the motive, although' the 
 scholar may justly complain of hurried, and frequently of 
 careless, composition. 
 
 While it has been the constant aim of the author to 
 narrate facts and recount the deeds of men, he has also 
 attempted to portray the lives, the characters, and the 
 passions of the people, and to present the most prominent 
 features of the manners and customs of the times. How 
 far he has succeeded, or wherein he has failed, must be 
 judged by the readers of the following pages. 
 
 The material for several chapters of this volume has 
 been accumulating for many years. During several sessions 
 of the Legislature many hours have been deyoted to an 
 examination of the papers, records, and documents which 
 are deposited in the State House, and much valuable infor- 
 mation was thus secured. The chapters devoted to the 
 Revolutionary history of this town are more particularly 
 indebted to these researches. A search of several days 
 among the Massachusetts State Archives furnished consid- 
 erable information of the grant of Rowley Canada by the 
 
PREFACE. 3 
 
 Province of Massachusetts ; and the records of this town 
 have been daily consulted during the progress of the work. 
 The citizens of Rindge, from whom the author, at all 
 times, has received the most considerate treatment, have not 
 been indifferent to the undertaking, and the kindly interest 
 manifested by very many has been a constant pleasure and 
 encouragement from the beginning. At a legal meeting held 
 August 11, 1874, an appropriation of five hundred dollars 
 was voted the author on certain conditions, and a committee 
 was chosen to carry the vote into effect. With this com- 
 mittee a contract was made by which they, in behalf of the 
 town, were to publish an edition of four hundred copies, and 
 to have the exclusive sale of the book in the town of Rindge 
 until they had disposed of two hundred and fifty copies. 
 Of the remaining one hundred and fifty copies, not more 
 than ten is to be sold in any one year, which provision wUl 
 reserve a part of the town's edition to meet future demands; 
 while the author, having the benefit of the type, has been 
 at no part of the expense of composition, and has been at 
 liberty to publish an unlimited edition, which he is per- 
 mitted to dispose of to any person not a resident of this 
 town. The cost of publication has been less than at first 
 was anticipated, and for this reason the author has not 
 received the full benefit that was intended by the generous 
 action of the town; but as made the contract has been 
 honorably and faithfully fulfilled. To Z^bulon Converse, 
 Samuel W. Fletcher, Joel Wellington, James B. Robbins, 
 and Daniel H. Sargent, Esqrs., the members of the com- 
 mittee, the author extends the most grateful acknowledg- 
 ment of courteous treatment, and of the faithful effort 
 which has secured a volume that in mechanical appearance 
 is far superior to its literary merit. 
 
 In the mention of any town the State is also generally 
 
4 • PREFACE. 
 
 stated ; but in the frequent occurrence of the names of the 
 border towns of Winchendon and Ashbumham, in Massa- 
 chusetts, of Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Sharon, and New Ipswich, 
 in New Hampshire, the name of the State is purposely 
 omitted. 
 
 More time and labor was given to the genealogies than 
 to the former portion of the volume. The multitude of 
 names and dates was drawn from very many sources. 
 Without the cheering assistance of many friends, both in. 
 Rindge and abroad, the family registers, which now contain 
 above five thousand names, exclusive of those who have 
 intermarried with the Rindge families, would have been less 
 complete. While all who have rendered assistance are grate- 
 fully remembered, I cannot refrain from an acknowledgment 
 of polite attention and valuable assistance from Robert 
 Safford Hale, LL.D., of EUzabethtown, N. Y., John Ward 
 Dean, A.M., the efficient librarian of the New England 
 Historic Genealogical Society, the late George A. Cunning- 
 ham, Esq., of Lunenburg, Mass., Benjamin Cutter, Esq., of 
 -laffrey, Drs. Albert Smith and D. B. Cutter, of Peterboro, 
 N. H., Amos J. Blake, Esq., of Fitzwilliam, and Hiram 
 Blake, Esq., of Keene, N. H. ; and also many others who 
 have furnished records of their own and of collateral 
 families. 
 
 That the following pages may prove acceptable to his 
 townsmen, and afford a measure of enjoyment and profit to 
 the general reader, and be found of some value to the 
 genealogist and historian, is the hope that has encouraged 
 the author from the beginning. 
 
 EzKA S. Steaeks. 
 Restdge, January 1, 187.5. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Location. — Area. — HiUs. — "Water Courses. — Lakes. — Fish. — Wild 
 Animals. — Arboreal Products. — Scenery. 13 — 22. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 TSE GRANT OF BOWZET CANADA BT TEE PBOVINCE OF 
 MAS8ACSUSETT8. 
 
 Sir Williani Phipps. — Expedition to Canada, 1690. — Its Influence upon 
 the History of Rindge. — First mention of Abel Platts. — The Char- 
 ter. — Plan and Description of the Boundaries of Eowley Canada. — 
 EzeMel Jewett. — Location of the Boundary Line between the 
 Provinces of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. — Forfeiture of 
 the Charter. 23 — 38. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 THE SECOND, OB MASONIAN, CHABTEB. 
 
 Conflict of Titles. — Grant of Land in New Hampshire to Capt. John 
 Mason. — Confirmation of the Grant to John Tufton Mason. — Its 
 Sale to Atkinson and others. — The Masonian Charter, or Grant, of 
 Monadnock Number One. — Influence of the former Charter. — The 
 Western Boundary of the Masonian Patent. — The Curved Line. — 
 Gen. Joseph Blanchard. — The Charter, and Survey of the Town- 
 ship. — Drawing of the Lots. — Settlements. — Conflict of Titles. — 
 Lawsuit with Joseph Platts. — The Last French War.. — Indians and 
 Indian Relics. 39 — 65. 
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6 CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 RECORD OF SETTLEMENTS, 1758 — 1768. 
 
 Amended Fortunes. — Retrospect. — Roads Laid Out. — Saw-Mill. — 
 Labor upon Highways. — Severe Drought. — The Common. — Delin- 
 quent Tax-payers. — Rev. Deth Dean ordained. — Incorporation first 
 Proposed. — Census of 1767. 66 — 80. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 A RECORD FROM THE INCORPORATION TO THE 
 REVOLUTION. 
 
 Town Incorporated. — Origin of the Name. — The Charter. — Tov^n- 
 Meetings. — Warning out of Town. — Settlements. — John Fitch. 
 81 — 99. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY — 1115 AND 1776. 
 
 The Prevailing Sentiment of the People. — Census of 1775. — Conven- 
 tion at Keene. — Delegate chosen to attend the Provincial Con- 
 gress. — Convention at Walpole. — Town-Meeting Warrants. — 
 Minute-Men. — Selectmen and Committee of Safety for 1775. — 
 Battle of Lexington. — RoU of Captain Hale's Company. — Captain 
 Philip Thomas' Company. ■ — Battle of Bunker Hill. — Lovejoy, 
 Adams, and Carleton Killed. — Loss of Arms and Clothing. — The 
 Company Continues in the Service. — Enoch Hale Appointed Colonel 
 of the Fourteenth Regiment. — Training Bands and Alaim Lists. — 
 List of Officers. — Importance given to Military Titles. — Selectmen 
 and Committee of Safety for 1776. — Conventions at Walpole and 
 Hanover. — Asso6iation Test. — Captain Parker's Company. — Colonel 
 Baldwin's Regiment. — • Other Enlistments. — Scarcity of Salt. 
 100 — 128. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY — nil. 
 
 Alarm and Defensive Measures. — Report of Col. Hale. — Alarm at 
 Tioonderoga. — Fourteen Men in Capt. Brown's Company Capt. 
 
CONTENTS. 7 
 
 Stone's Company. — Capt. Stone's Letter. — Vermont asks for 
 Assistance. ^ Twenty-four Men in Stark's Brigade. — Capt." Rand's 
 Company. — Casualties. — Sentiment and Votes of the Town. — 
 Small-Pox. — A Season of Sickness. — Col. Nathan Hale. — Charges 
 not Sustained. — Daniel Russell. — Letters of Col. Enoch llale. 
 129 — 160. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 REVOLUTIONABT HISTORY. — 1778 — 1781. 
 
 Auspicious Omens. — Depreciation of Currency. — New Recruits. — Cas- 
 ualties. — Expedition to Rhode Island. — Col. Enoch Hale's Regi- 
 ment. — Taxation. — Powder. — Selectmen and Committee of Safety 
 for 1778 and 1779. — Enlistments. — Record of Soldiers. — Capt. 
 Othniel Thomas. — Tobe Cutler. — Bounties paid by the Town. — 
 Other Soldiers from Rindge. — Selectmen for 1781. — Scale of Depre- 
 ciation. — Beef and Rum Tax. — Money Tax paid to the State. — 
 Contention between New Hampshire and Vermont. 161 — 177. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 REPRESENTATION IN TSE LEGISLATURE.— ADOPTION OF 
 THE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS. 
 
 Rindge Classed with JafErey and Sharon. — Representatives not allowed 
 Seats in, the Assembly, 1775. — Enoch Hale and WiUiam Smiley. — 
 First Constitution Rejected, 1779. — Second Constitution Adopted, 
 1783. — Amendments, 1792. — Federal Constitution. — Removal of 
 Col. Enoch Hale. 178 — 184. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 
 
 Early Efforts to Secure Preaching. — Mr. Swan. — The Call Extended to 
 Timothy Walker declined. — Rev. Seth Dean settled. — Church 
 Embodied. — Withdrawal and Discipline of the Baptists. — Mr. 
 Dean's Salary. — Loss Sustained by Depreciation of the Currency. — 
 His Dismissal and Character. — Seth Payson called. — Letter of 
 Acceptance. — Ordination. — Owning the Covenant. — Successful 
 
» GONTENTS. 
 
 Ministry of Dr. Payson. — His Salary. — Death of Dr. Payson. — His 
 Character. — Call extended to Mr. Demond and to Mr. Groodell. — 
 Mr. Bumham preaches in Rindge. — Accepts a Call. — Ordina- 
 tion.— His Prolonged Ministry. — Personal Notice. — Era of Sup- 
 plies. ^ Installation of Mr. Clark. 185 — 226. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY CONTINUED. 
 
 Charter Stipulations concerning Meeting-Houses. — The Common. — 
 Fears of the Indians. — Voted to Build a Meeting-House. — Building 
 Raised. — Clost of First Meeting-House. — House Occupied. — Seat- 
 ing of the Meeting-House. — Second Meeting-House Built. — Cost of 
 Building. — Preparations for the Raising. — Dedication. — Members 
 of other Denominations excused from the Ministerial Tax. — Relig- 
 ious Society Organized. — The Methodists ask for Privileges in the 
 Meeting-House. — Town Grants the Society liberty to Remodel the 
 Meeting-House. — Extensive Repairs Made. — Internal Arrange- 
 ment. — Repairs made in 1870. — Reduction of Society Debt. 
 227 — 257. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 THE METHODIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY. 
 
 Early Preachers. — Lorenzo Dow. — Father Taylor. — First Meeting- 
 House. — ^ Society Organized. — Second Meeting-House. — New Con- 
 stitutions of the Society. — Early Members. — Ministerial Fund. — 
 Peterborough and Rindge Circuit. — Rindge and Richmond Circuit. 
 — Rindge made a Station. — The Clergy. 258 — 263. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 SACRED MUSIC. 
 
 Attention Early Paid to this Subject. — First Choristers. — Lining the 
 Hymn. — Fugues. — Instruments and Players. — Anecdote. — Sing- 
 ing Schools. — Other Choristers. — New Organ. 264 — 272. 
 
CONTENTS. 9 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 Home Instruction. — The First Appropriation for Schools.— Five School 
 Districts. — Early Instructors. — Wages of Teachers.— A New Era. 
 
 — Text Books. — Organization of Districts. — Boundaries Defined. 
 
 — Prudential Committees. — Supervision. — Private Schools. — Ex- 
 hibitions. — Names of School Committees. 273 — 294. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Inconveniences Experienced by the Early Settlers. — The First Saw- 
 MUl. — Grist-Mm. — Hopkinson's MiU. — Bobbins' MiU. — Tarbell 
 Mill. — Platts' MiU. — Asa Cole. — Tarmeries. — Shoes. — Clothes- 
 pins. — Nest- Boxes. — Pails. — Clothiers. — Bobbins and Spools. — 
 Miscellaneous. 295 — 309. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 
 
 Prevailing Sentiment of the People. — Importance of Town Meetings. — 
 Resolutions Adopted. — Spontaneous Meetings. — War Committee 
 Chosen. — Presentation of a Sword to Capt. Converse. — Sudden 
 Death of Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq. — Names and Character of the 
 Soldiers. — Record of Sixth Regiment, 1862. — Additional Bounties 
 Offered. — Soldiers in the Ninth, Fourteenth, and Sixteenth Regi- 
 ments. — Record, 1863. — Draft. — Regiment of Cavalry. — Substi- 
 tutes for Enrolled Men. — Last Quota Filled. — Surgeons Darling, 
 Abbott, and Norcross. — Others in the Service. — Payments by the 
 War Committee, and for Bounties. — ■ List of Selectmen. — Soldiers 
 Aid Society. — Tablets. 310—330. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 SKETCHES OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS, AND A LIST OF 
 COLLEGE GRADUATES. 
 
 Edward Payson. — Asa Rand. — Marshall P. Wilder. — Ezekiel Jewett. 
 
 — George P. Barker. — Amasa Norcross. — Ira Russell. — Samuel 
 
10 CONTENTS. 
 
 Burnham. — Albert S. Ingalls. — Lake CofEeen. — James MiUiken. — 
 James Walker. — Isaac KimbaU. — Silas Wilder. — Charles Walker. 
 — Charles Shedd. -^William C. Richards. — George Shedd. — John 
 P. Perry. — Joseph Brownlee Brown. — Charles W. KimbaU. — How- 
 ard Rand. — Frank H. Hardison. — Albert F. Norcross. 331 — 362. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 PHYSICIANS, LAWYERS, AND MERCHANTS. 
 
 Drs. Morse, Palmer, Prescott, Townsend, Hartshorn, Whitney, Jewett, 
 ' Shurtleff, AbeU, Abbott, SeyfEarth, Darling, Symonds, Heard, Wat- 
 son. — Noah R. Cook, and Benjamin Ward, Esqs. — Hale, Parker, 
 the Wilders, Sherwin, IngaUs, Breed, Adams, Howe, Hale, Jennings, 
 Raymond, SawteU, Steams, Fletcher, Emory. 363 — 382. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 MISCELLANEO US. 
 
 Tithing-Men. — ; Pauperism. — Turnpikes. — Post-Offlces. — Railroad. — 
 War of 1812. — Centennial Celebration. — Libraries. — Mechanics' 
 HaU. — Population. — Mortuary Record. — Longevity. ^ Representa^ 
 tives to the General Court. — Town Officers. — Justices of the 
 Peace. — Measurement of Trees. 383 — 417. 
 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 MEETING-HOUSE 240 
 
 KEV. AMOS W. BURNHAM, D. D 222 
 
 HON. MAJRSHALL P. WILDER .• 340 
 
 COL. EZEKTEL JEWETT 346 
 
 DR. IRA RUSSELL 351 
 
 SAMXDEL BURNHAM, A. M 353 
 
 SAMUEL L. WILDBR, ESQ 377 
 
 THOMAS INGALLS, Esq ,.380 
 
 JOSHUA CONVERSE, Esq 486 
 
 ELIPHALET HALE, Esq 545 
 
 HARRY HALE, ESQ 546 
 
 HON. ERASTUS RUGG 666 
 
 THOMAS SHERWIN, A. M 692 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Location. — Area. — Hills. — Water Courses. — Lakes. — Fish. — Wild 
 Animals. — Arboral Products. — Scenery. 
 
 RiNDGE is the most eastern of the five towns in Cheshire 
 County in New Hampshire, bordering upon Massachusetts, 
 and is bounded north, 1,898 rods, by Jaffrey, and 513 rods by 
 Sharon ; east, 1,694 rods, by New Ipswich ; south by Ash- 
 burnham and Winchendon, Mass. ; and west, 1,730 rods, by 
 Fitzwilliam. The centre of the town is twenty miles south- 
 east from Keene, and fifty miles southwest from Concord, 
 and is in latitude 42°, 45' north, and longitude 72° west, or 
 4°, 7' east from Washington. In outline the town is rhom- 
 boid, the boundary lines inclining about two degrees east of 
 north, and about twelve degrees north of west. The area is 
 not far from 24,000 acres, of which about one-sixth is covered 
 with water. 
 
 The surface is hilly. There are no chains or ranges of 
 hills in this town, and no elevation is prominent above many 
 others. The similarity of many of the rounded, mound-like 
 forms of the higher elevations is a prominent feature of the 
 landscape. Very few of the hills are abrupt or broken in 
 outline, and nearly all are fertile to their summits. Numer- 
 ous farm-buildings, situated on the height of these elevations, 
 are the centres of the most productive farms ; and, in marked 
 contrast with many other sections of New England, the 
 
14 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 forests and wild lands are in tlie valleys and upon the plains, 
 leaving the hills for grazing and tillage. The prevailing 
 stone is granite, which- abounds more in the form of boulders 
 than of ledges. Upon the farm of Samuel Martin, formerly 
 of Ebenezer Blake, is found a decomposed rock, from which 
 a coarse paint has been made for more than fifty years ; its 
 color, a red, shading into brown, is owing to the presence of 
 iron. Crystals of quartz are abundant in several portions of 
 the town, and specimens of rare beauty and jierfectiou of 
 form are frequently secured. 
 
 The town is well watered. The clay formation of the 
 soil is well adapted to retain moisture, and springs of the 
 purest water abound. The water-courses are numerous, and 
 all have their rise within the limits of the town. A few- 
 small brooks from the western slope of the New Ipswich 
 mountains, which, with one exception, are dry a portion of 
 each year, are only a partial exception to the general state- 
 ment. 
 
 The course of the streams is a certain index of the eleva- 
 tion of a place. JMiller's and Contoocook Rivers have their 
 rise in this town, and the water-shed, betAveen the Connecti- 
 cut and Merrimac River valleys, divides the town into two 
 nearly equal portions. Here are several dwelling-houses, the 
 water from one side of the roof of which finds its way into 
 the Connecticut, and from the other side into the Merrimac, 
 River. The northern slope of the township is drained into 
 Long Pond, the head of the Contoocook River, flowing 
 through Jaffrey and Peterborough, thence north and east 
 emptying into Merrimac River a few miles north of Concord. 
 The southern slope is mostly drained into Monomonock Lake, 
 the head of Miller's River, which flows through Winchen- 
 don ; thence west and south emptying into the Connecticut 
 River near the town of Greenfield, Mass. The western por- 
 tion of the town belongs to the southern slope, and is 
 drained into Miller's River a few miles below its rise. The 
 
INTRODUCTION. 15 
 
 drainage of a small area in tlie southeast part of the town, 
 including the stream from Pecker Pond, empties into the 
 eastern branch of Miller's River in Ashbtu'uham, which joins' 
 the northern branch from Monomonock Lake, at the reservoir 
 of B. D. Whitney, Esq., in Winchendon. 
 
 The ponds, inclusive of reservoirs, are thirteen in number, 
 six in the northern and seven in the southern slope. The 
 Monomonock Lake, the largest body of water, lies partly in 
 Winchendon, but the greater portion is in this town. A 
 dam, erected at the outlet, has raised the level at high water 
 twelve feet above the natural surface. The present area is 
 2,600 acres. It has been known by its present name, which 
 is of Indian origin, from the date of the earliest settlements 
 in this vicinity. The orthography of the name has experi- 
 enced many changes, but in them all a similarity of sound 
 has been preserved. Different people formerly wrotis such 
 names as the sound happened to strike them. Wonomenock 
 was a form which was sometimes employed more than a- 
 hundred years ago. This and the other forms of spelKng 
 the word, which have prevailed, substantially preserve the 
 Indian pronunciation of the name. The orthography most 
 current has been here employed, and is as good as any. The 
 word is said to have been derived from Monon, or Menan, an 
 island, and ock, or auk, signifying locality or place, and 
 before the dam had raised the water above its natural level, 
 two islands, now submerged, were prominent near the centre 
 of the lake. 
 
 Emerson Pond is a beautiful sheet of water, locked in 
 the embrace of the surrounding hills. There are no streams 
 flowing into it, and the pond is fed entirely by springs. The 
 water is remarkably cool and clear. It has been designated 
 by its present name since 1763, and perhaps for a longer 
 period. This name is evidently derived from some member 
 of the Emerson family, but the origin is unknown. The 
 tradition, current in many such instances, that a man by this 
 
16 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 name was drowned in the pond, has not been withheld, but 
 should be received with considerable allowance. The drain- 
 age of this pond was originally from the eastern extremity. 
 For nearly a century the water has been diverted from its 
 natural channel, and conducted by the mills of A. S. Coffin, 
 Esq., and thence into Monomonock Lake. The central por- 
 tion of this body of water is in the eighth lot in the seventh 
 range. 
 
 Smith Pond, sometimes called Goddard Pond, on account 
 of families of these names residing in the vicinity, was origi- 
 nally one of the smallest ponds in town, comprising not 
 more than thirty acres, and is situated in the corner of the 
 second and third lots in the fifth and sixth ranges. A dam 
 erected on the stream near the residence of Addison Bancroft 
 forms a reservoir which has multiplied the area of this sheet 
 of water. 
 
 Tortoise Pond is appropriately named. The names of 
 Sawtell Pond and Divoll Pond have been employed, but the 
 former is the older and better name. The greater portion is 
 in the second lot in the second range. The two latter ponds 
 are drained by the East Rindge stream, thence by way of 
 Converseville into Monomonock Lake. 
 
 Pearly Pond is so called on account of the clearness 
 of its waters. The name of Tarbell Pond has been more 
 rarely employed. Portions of six lots are submerged by this 
 pond. The central portion is in the eighteenth lot in the 
 eighth range. The stream from tliis pond is an affluent of 
 Miller's River. The junction is several miles below the 
 outlet of Monomonock Lake. 
 
 Mud Pond, a small body of water in the northwest corner 
 of the town, is properly named. The drainage is into Pearly 
 Pond. 
 
 Pecker Pond, only a few acres in extent, covers a part of 
 the fifth and sixth lots in the first range. The course of the 
 stream has been described. 
 
INTliODVCTION. 17 
 
 Long Pond, situated upon the borders of Jaffrey, with the 
 exception of the Monomonock Lake, is the largest body of 
 water in the township, and receives the drainage of the 
 northern slope. 
 
 Pool Pond derives its name from its circular form and its 
 crystal waters. The greater portion is in the fifth lot in the 
 eighth range. 
 
 Grassy Pond, so called on account of the water-grasses 
 which appear above its surface, is in the ninth and tenth lots 
 in the eighth range. 
 
 Bullet Pond takes its name naturally from the outline of 
 the shore, and " round as a bullet " was a comparison early 
 associated with the pond. The drainage is into Grassy 
 Pond, thence into Pool, and thence into Long Pond. The 
 original course of the stream from Grassy Pond was in a 
 northern direction to Long Pond. The diversion of the 
 stream from its natural channel was for the benefit of the 
 mills at West Rindge. 
 
 Hubbard Pond, situated in the fourth and fifth lots in 
 the eighth and ninth ranges, was known by its present name 
 previous to the incorporation of the town, and several years 
 before any person of this name resided in Rindge. Jonathan 
 Hubbard, Esq., never resided here, but he was one of the 
 proprietors, and assisted in surveying the grant. Tradition 
 says he fell from a log into this pond, and that the name 
 preserves the story of his mishap. It is probable that the 
 name of the pond is associated in some way with this gentle- 
 man. As it is said to be easy to roll ofF a log, the tradition 
 may be founded upon fact. Situated near, is Little Hub- 
 bard or Mud Pond. A dam has been built near the outlet 
 of the latter, and in high water the two ponds are united in 
 one. The drainage is into the eastern extremity of Long 
 Pond. 
 
 In addition to these, there are several reservoirs or arti- 
 ficial ponds in this town. Some of them, except in dry 
 
18 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 seasons, overflow many acres, and might properly be classed 
 with the other ponds. At a former period there were other 
 bodies of water in this town, the basins of which are now 
 filled with deposit. The level of hard bottom in the Con- 
 verse and in the Emory meadow is several feet lower than 
 the natural outlet; and until the deposit accumulated to 
 the height of water-level they must have been submerged. 
 Fragments of wood, impressions of leaves, and other vege- 
 table growth, found at a considerable depth beneath the 
 surface, are evidence that these basins have been filled at a 
 comparatively recent period. Theories concerning a glacial 
 period, and the action of ice upon the hills and valleys of 
 Rindge, are not here advanced. The evidences will remain, 
 and the student of the present or of the future can draw his 
 own conclusions. All the ponds and reservoirs abound with 
 the fish common to the waters of this vicinity, and the fame 
 of the enticing sport here afforded to the disciples of Izaak 
 Walton has a wider celebrity than would any description 
 contained within these pages. For future reference the 
 varieties found here at present are given : the pickerel 
 (^JEsox reticulatus') ; brook trout (Sahiio font ina liny ; perch 
 (^Perca flavescenss) ; shiner QStilhe chrysolencas); bream or 
 sunfish (^Pomotis vulgarig) ; chub or cheven (^Leucucuit 
 chephalus) ; black sucker (Catostomus} ; chub sucker, an- 
 other of the same genus ; the minnow, or minim, a very 
 small fish, and a specie of Leuciscus ; cat fish or horned 
 pout (^Pimelodus catus). The common eel (^Anyuilla tcnu- 
 irostris), and the lamprey eel, a species of the PetroDiyzon. 
 although rare, are sometimes taken from the ponds. 
 
 The town was originally heavily wooded. Around the 
 ponds were forests of an immense growth, which were the 
 haunts of many wild animals common to the locality. The 
 bear, wolf, and deer, which have a decided antipathy to civil- 
 izatioii, and, either from instinct or sorrowful experience, a 
 wholesome fear of man, were once abundant, and have visited 
 
INTROD UCTIOK. 1 9 
 
 their former retreats within the memory of many persons 
 now living. Evidences of the presence of the beaver are 
 numerous. The last one killed in this town was by Jeremiah 
 Russell, about 1780. The otter has not been exterminated. 
 Several have been shot within the past twenty years, and 
 their paths in the snow are still frequently seen. The mink, 
 not as numerous as formerly, is found upon the borders of 
 the brooks, and not a few are annually taken in traps, or 
 become the mark of the successful sportsman. Muskrats are 
 abundant, and their rounded houses of mud and sticks are 
 found in many of the ponds. Foxes remain in great num- 
 bers, and many are killed during the fall and winter months 
 of each year. The woodchuck, the common varieties of the 
 squirrel, the hare, and the cony rabbit are abundant, and oc- 
 casionally the sleepy porcupine is found in his cpiiet home 
 within a hollow tree. The sly looks and cunning face of 
 the raccoon have not disappeared. These animals are proba- 
 bly more numerous than at some former periods. A well- 
 trained dog and the moonlight of an autumn evening are the 
 conditions of success in hunting these sagacious animals. 
 The coon has been employed as a symljol in American 
 politics, and whoever has studied their habits must acknowl- 
 edge that by them the fox is excelled in cunning, and the 
 cat in sly movements. 
 
 The birds found here are such as are common to central 
 New England, and need not be particularized. The wild 
 goose, the black and gray duck, of migratory habits, visit 
 the ponds in their spring and autumn transits. The wood 
 and dipper duck not unfrequently nest here, and can be 
 found in their retreats during the summer and autumn. 
 The loon or northern diver (^Colymhus glacialiii) during the 
 summer months and early autumn is daily seen floating ujjon 
 the lakes, or in its passage from one pond to another. They 
 annually nest upon the islands, or upon the shcjre of I\Iono- 
 monock Lake, and occasionally at Emerson Pond. 'I'he 
 
20 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 sonorous whistle of the quail ( Ortyx virc/inianus} is some- 
 times heard, but this bird seldom nests in this latitude. 
 Partridges (^Tetras umlellus, or the Bonana umhellus of 
 Linnseus,) are abundant, and the loud wliirring sound of 
 their wings, as they burst away at the approach of visitors to 
 their haunts, is the frequent accompaniment to a walk in the 
 forests or partially-wooded vild lands. Their flesh is held 
 in high esteem, and they are constantly pursued by the 
 sportsman, and beset with many snares. The wild pigeon is 
 much less abundant than formerly, and the plover, never 
 very numerous, is rarely seen ; while the presence of the red- 
 headed woodpecker, whose loud rapping upon the trees, 
 mingled with the sound of the woodman's axe, is no longer 
 of frequent occurrence. Other species of the genus Picu8 
 are still numerous. 
 
 The prevailing arboral products are white pine, hemlock, 
 spruce, maple, beach, and birch, which are found in all 
 portions of the town. There are three varieties of the 
 maple : the rock or sugar maple, white, and red ; the latter 
 is found in the swamps and low lands. The birches are of 
 the white or silver, gray, yellow", and black varieties. Groves 
 of red oak were found in several localities, and isolated trees 
 throughout the town; but an increasing demand for this 
 wood has greatly reduced the quantity. Pitch pine is not 
 generally distributed, but is found in considerable quantity 
 in several localities. Juniper, or tamarack, is found in all 
 parts of the town, and maintains its relative abundance in 
 the forests. Chestnut is abundant, and white and black ash 
 cannot be considered of rare growth. White poplar is found 
 ill many forests, and is more plentiful than formerly. White 
 •willow, of rapid growth, lines the borders of the lakes, and 
 mountain ash is as frequently discovered in the swamps as 
 upon the highest elevations. Fir balsams are scattered here 
 and there throughout the town. Leverwood, hornbeam, 
 liasswood, elm, black and wild or pigeon cherry, balm of 
 
INTRODUCTION. 21 
 
 gilead, and wild pear are found in smaller quantities. 
 Moosewood, with its large,' broad leaves, flourishes beneath 
 ■ the shade of the forests. Black alder, bearing red berries, is 
 seen upon the roadside, and tag alder lines the shore of the 
 brooks and the margin of low lands. Red and poison sumac, 
 or dogwood, are rare. Clusters of withe, whitewood, witch 
 and nut hazel, and laurel are found in many places. A few 
 locust — two varieties, — butternut or white walnut, and 
 Lombardy poplar have flourished as shade-trees, but are not 
 natives here. It is probable that the gray birch and white 
 poplar are of secondary growth, having succeeded the orig- 
 inal forests. The usual varieties of fruit trees are cultivated, 
 but many of the old orchards- of apple trees, from age and 
 decay, are rapidly disappearing, while trees of a younger 
 growth are coming forward to supply their places. 
 
 Any notice of Rindge, however brief, would be incomplete 
 without reference to the matchless beauty of the scenery. 
 The charming diversity of the general landscape presents 
 many features of interest to persons of varied tastes, which 
 none can witness without the excitement of the warmest 
 admiration. 
 
 " 'Tis born with all : the love of Nature's works 
 Is an ingredient in the compound Man, 
 Infused at the creation of the kind. 
 And, though the Almighty Maker has throughout 
 Discriminated each from each, by strokes 
 And touches of His hand, with so much art 
 Diversified, that two were never found 
 Twins at aU points, — yet this obtains in all, 
 That all discern a beauty in His works, 
 And all can taste them ; minds that have been formed 
 And tutor'd, with a relish more exact. 
 But none without some relish, none unmoved." 
 
 Monadnock is the monarch of mountains in central New 
 England, whose towering height and symmetrical form make 
 
22 HI8T0BT OF RINDGE. 
 
 a grand feature in the landscape, and the views obtained of 
 it from the elevations in this town are unsurpassed. Far 
 away to the north the distinct outlines of the Kearsarge 
 mark the horizon, while the intervening space is charmingly 
 diversified with hill and valley, with forest and plain. The 
 range of New Ipswich mountains at the east is terminated 
 at its southern limit by the rounded form of Watatic, and 
 to the south at a distance of thirty miles rises the summit 
 of Wachusett. 
 
 The shining surface of numerous lakes, and, in a clear 
 atmosphere, the dim and softened outlines of the Green 
 Mountains, contribute variety and a most enticing attraction 
 and completeness to the landscape. The surrounding scenery 
 has a living influence upon the character of the people inhab- 
 iting among scenes of such sublimity and matchless beauty ; 
 and allied to the ties of kindred will remain, to the absent 
 sons and daughters of Rindge, glowing recollections of the 
 beautiful in Nature, which delighted their youthful vision. 
 
 " Nature never did betray 
 The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege, 
 Through all the years of this our life, to lead 
 From joy to joy ; for she can so inform 
 The mind that is within us, so impress 
 With quietness and beauty, and so feed 
 With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, 
 Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men. 
 Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor aU 
 The dreary intercourse of daily life. 
 Shall e'er prevail against us or disturb 
 Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold 
 Is full of blessings." 
 
CHAPTER I. 
 
 THE GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA BY THE PROVINCE OF 
 
 i MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Sir William Phipps. — Expedition to Canada, 1690. — Its Influence upon 
 the History of Rindge. — First mention of Abel Platts. — The Char- 
 ter. — Plan and Description of the Boundaries of Rowley Canada. — 
 Ezekiel Jewett. — Location of the Boundary Line between the 
 Provinces of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. — Forfeiture of 
 the Charter. 
 
 SiE William Phipps was a man of brilliant fortunes. 
 Bom about 1750 in an obscure hamlet in Maine, early in life 
 he removed to Boston, where for several years he pursued 
 the business of a smith, to which occupation he had been 
 instructed by his father. Subsequently he followed the seas. 
 Hearing of a Spanish ship richly laden with silver which had 
 been lost near the Bahamas, he gave such an account of it, 
 the English government gave him command of a ship to 
 search for the treasures buried in the sea. A second voyage 
 was successful, and he carried to England about three hun- 
 dred thousand pounds in treasure. For this important service 
 the king conferred on him the honor of knighthood. He 
 was soon after appointed High Sheriff for New England, and 
 subsequently Governor of Massachusetts. 
 
 In 1690 he commanded an expedition to Canada, which 
 met with small success and experienced the severest losses. 
 
24 histoUy of rindge. 
 
 The first effort to settle the territory included within the 
 boundaries of Rindge had its origin in the ill fortunes of this 
 expedition ; and thus the only apparent failure of Governor 
 Phipps had a most powerful influence over the destiny of the 
 settlement. 
 
 The soldiers who participated in this ill-fated expedition 
 were paid by the Colony of Massachusetts for this service 
 with an emission of paper money, the first which was ever 
 issued in New England, which soon depreciated in value, and 
 caused great loss to the soldiers. Forty or more years later 
 these sufferers petitioned the General Court of the Province 
 of Massachusetts for additional compensation. These re- 
 quests appear to have been granted in all cases. 
 
 The persons who composed the company from Dor- 
 chester, or the legal heirs of those deceased, received a 
 township of land, which, for the reason that the grantees 
 were from Dorchester, and the service for which the grant 
 was made was in Canada, was called Dorchester Canada, 
 now Ashburnham ; about the same time and in the same 
 manner was granted Ipswich Canada (Winchendon), and 
 Rowley Canada, which is now known as Rindge. The 
 history of this latter grant will be briefly stated. The sol- 
 diers from Rowley, Topsfield, Boxford, and Newbury, 
 composed three companies under command of Captains 
 Philip Nelson, John March, and Stephen Greenleaf. The 
 officers and privates composing these companies, or the heirs 
 of those deceased, were granted two townships of land now 
 known as Boscawen and Rindge. The former township was 
 laid out in 1739 by Richard Hazen, surveyor, and is described 
 as "being westerly of the Merrimack, and northerly of and 
 adjoining to the Contoocook River." 
 
 The other township, which took the name of Rowley 
 Canada, was surveyed by Nathan Heywood, and was bounded 
 
GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 25 
 
 so as to contain a tract of land equivalent to six miles square. 
 It included a part of Jaffrey and Sharon on the north, which 
 was a broken line, and did not extend on the south to the 
 State line, as subsequently established. In this survey an 
 allowance of ten thousand acres was made for "ten large 
 ponds," and for " a large shrub swamp, " which at present is 
 familiarly known as " Tophet Swamp." This low ground 
 was included in Rowley Canada as bounded by this survey, 
 but now constitutes a part of Sharon. The bounds of the 
 township were established, under the direction of a committee 
 appointed by the General Court, which consisted of Hon. 
 Thomas Berry on the part of the Council, and Charles Peirce 
 and John Hobson on the part of the House of Representa- 
 tives. The surveyor and chainmen were sworn to the faith- 
 ful performance of their duty, November 1, 1738, and their 
 return of the sxirvey with the endorsement of the committee 
 was made to the General Court on the twentieth of January 
 following. Between these dates the boundaries of Rowley 
 Canada were first traced out and established ; but the town- 
 ship at this time was not divided into lots, nor any division 
 of the lands made among the proprietors, each of whom 
 owned one or more undivided shares. For this survey Abel 
 Platts, who was the earliest settler of the township, was 
 appointed one of the chainmen, which introduces him upon 
 the scene of his active life at an early date. 
 
 In the expedition referred to, the town of Rowley fur- 
 nished one captain, one lieutenant, and thirty non-commis- 
 sioned officers and privates. The lieutenant was Abel 
 Platts, whose appointment as ensign of the Rowley foot was 
 dated July 15, 1689. Subsequently he received from the 
 town of Rowley thirteen pounds, one shilling, and two 
 pence for services in Canada. He was the grandfather of 
 Abel Platts, of Rindge. Deacon Ezekiel Jewett was paid 
 
26 EISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
 five pounds and three pence for the service of his son 
 Ezekiel Jewett. Deacon Jewett was the great-grandfather 
 of Ezekiel, Stephen, and Jonathan Jewett, who were early 
 settlers in Rindge. The names of nearly all the soldiers 
 are preserved upon the Rowley records, and among them 
 also occur the names of Todd, Wood, Crosby, and Boynton, 
 whose descendants have been residents of this town. 
 
 At the time the grant of Rowley Canada was made, the 
 dispute between the provinces of New Hampshire and Mas- 
 sachusetts concerning the location of the dividing Knes had 
 commenced. It appears to have been the policy of Massachu- 
 setts to fortify her claim to a large tract of the controverted 
 territory in New Hampshire by possession and occupancy, in 
 the hope thereby of maintaining a claim to the domain after 
 all diplomacy had failed. In this spirit a large tract of 
 unappropriated lands in this vicinity was hurriedly granted, 
 and vigorous efforts made to effect a settlement and secure 
 the adherence of the people in each grant. In the following 
 proceedings relating to the grant of Rowley Canada it will 
 be seen that a petition which for some time had been 
 suffered to remain unanswered was now revived, and acted 
 upon in a most hurried manner. The following map of 
 the township and documents relating to the grant are 
 copied from original papers among the Massachusetts State 
 archives : — 
 
 In answer to the petition of John Tyler, Joseph Pike and 
 others In the House of Representatives December 9 1736 read 
 and ordered that this Petition be revived and voted that two Tracts 
 of the unappropriated Lands, of this Province of the contents of 
 Six Miles Square each, be and hereby are granted to the Peti- 
 tioners, the officers and soldiers of the Companys under the Late 
 Capt. John March, Capt. Stephen Greenleaf, Capt. Philip Nelson. 
 deceased, Anno 1690, there Heirs and assigns respectively and the 
 
GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 27 
 
 Heirs Legall Representatives Dependants of such of them as are 
 Deceased and there Heirs and assigns forever, for two Townships 
 to lay in some Sutable Place, that the Grantees be and are obliged 
 to bring forward the settlements of the said Townships in as 
 Regular a manner as the situation and circumstances of said 
 Townships will admit of iu the following manner viz that each 
 grantee his Heirs and assigns build an House on his Respective 
 Lot or share of the contents of eighteen feet square and eleven 
 feet stud at the Least and Plow or bring to grass fit for mowing six 
 acres of Land and that they settle in each Town a Learned and 
 orthodox minister and build a convenient Meeting House for the 
 Public worship of God, and that a sixty third part of the said 
 Townships be and hereby is Granted to the first settled minister, 
 the like quantity for the use of the ministry and the like quantity 
 for the use of the School, in all the Divisions of the said 
 Townships that the grantees be and hereby are obliged to Give 
 Bonds of twenty Pounds for the fulfillment of the Conditions 
 aforesaid, within five years after the Return and Confirmation of 
 the Plan of said Townships and that Capt. John Hobson and 
 Major Charles Peirce be a Committee with such as the Honourable 
 Board shall Join to lay out said Townships and Return Plots 
 thereof within one year for Confirmation and the Said Committee 
 to observe such Rules and Directions for the taking of Bond and 
 admission of the grantees agreeable to the .order of Court in March 
 Last and said Committee to receive thirty three Pounds six shil- 
 lings and eight pence of the New Projected Bills — Sixteen pounds 
 thirteen shillings and four pence for each of the said Townships 
 out of the Public Treasurer to enable them to Lay out said Town- 
 ships. 
 
 In Council February 3'' 1736 Read an Concurred and Thomas 
 Berry Esqr is Joined in the Affair. 
 
 Consented to J. BELCHER. 
 
 It was nearly two years before the committee to whom 
 the business was intrusted by the General Court were ready 
 
28 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 to proceed with the survey of Rowley Canada, as appears 
 from the following record : — 
 
 Mass-*- ss. Nov. i. 1738. 
 
 Then Nathan Heywood, as surveyor, Ephraim Wetherbee and 
 Abel Platts, as chainmen, personally appearing made solemn Oath 
 that in Surveying the Township granted John Tyler, Joseph Pike 
 and others officers and soldiers in the expedition to Canada, Anno 
 1690, they would proceed according to their Best skill and Judge- 
 ment. 
 
 Before 
 
 THOMAS BERRY J. P. 
 
 A return of the survey, with a plan or outline map of 
 the township, was made to the House of Representatives, 
 and confirmed on the twentieth of January following. An 
 allowance of ten thousand acres for ponds and waste lands, 
 made by the surveyor, was approved by the Legislative Com- 
 mittee and adopted by the House. The Council reduced 
 the number of acres to five thousand. In this amendment 
 the House subsequently concurred. If any copy of a 
 reformed plot ever existed it has not been discovered. 
 The following official proceedings wUl need no further 
 explanation : — 
 
 We the subscribers appointed a committee to Lay out a town- 
 ship of the Contents of six miles square to John Tyler, Joseph 
 Pike and others are of opinion that the allowance made in this 
 Plat surveyed by Nathan Heywood and returned to this Court 
 being about Ten Thousand Acres is but a reasonable and Just 
 alowance. 
 
 THOMAS BERRY, 
 
 CHARLES PEIRCE, )■ Committer. 
 
 JOHN HOBSON, 
 
GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 
 
 29 
 
 NORTH. 
 
 SOUTH. 
 
 For the convenience of these pages the plan has been 
 reduced in size. Within the outlines of the original occurs 
 the following written description : — 
 
 A Plat of a Tract of Land of the Contents of Six Miles 
 Square laid out by Nathan Heywood, Surveyor, and chainmen on 
 Oath to satisfy a Grant made by the Great and General Court of 
 the Province of the Massachusetts Bay held at Boston the 24* of 
 Novem' 1736 to John Tyler, Joseph Pike and others that were 
 
 5 
 
30 HISTORY OF BIJSfDGE. 
 
 either officers or soldiers in the Canada expedition Anno 1690 or 
 the Descendts of such of them as are Dec^ — Which Tract lieth to 
 the Southward of the Grand Monadnuck so called and adjoining 
 to the Township lately granted by s^ Court to Samuel Haywood 
 &c. Beginning at a Maple Tree the Northeasterly [Northwest- 
 erly] Corner of Dorchester Canada Township from thence run- 
 ning North 32 degrees East two Miles and one Hundred poles to 
 a Heap of Stones Thence North 22 Deg'^'* East four miles, Thence 
 North one Mile till it meets with the s<i Township granted to 
 Sam'i Haywood Szc thence West four Miles by the said Township 
 to the Southwesterly Corner thereof thence North by the said 
 Township Three miles & 220 poles thence West 30 Deg"^ South 
 five miles & 180 perch to a Wild cherry Tree on the Southward of 
 the Grand Monadnuck afores<5 thence South one Thousand & 
 eighty Perch Thence East 41 Deg^^ South Two Thousand five 
 Hundred Perch to a Heap of Stones Then North Twelve Deg. 
 East one Mile to the Northeasterly [Northwesterly] corner of 
 Dorchester Canada Township being the Maple Tree first men- 
 tioned. With the allowance of One Rod in Thirty for uneven 
 Land & Swag of chain ; And there is a further allowance within 
 the said Tract for Ten large ponds and a large Shrub Swamp 
 about four mile in Length & a mile in wedth. 
 
 NATHAN HEYWOOD, Sur: 
 Examined & approved 
 Eben^ Burrill. 
 
 In the House of Rept'^^^ Jan-^y 20'*' 1738. 
 
 Read and Ordered that the Plan be accepted and the lands 
 therein delineated and described be and hereby are Confirmed to 
 the Grantees their heirs and assigns Respectively forever, they 
 effectually complying with the Conditions of the Grant provided 
 yc Piatt exceeds not the Contents of six mile square with y= allow- 
 ance of Ten Thousand Acres for Ten large ponds and ye Large 
 shrub swamp Included therein and does not Interfere with any 
 former Grant. 
 
 Sent up for Concurrence 
 
 J. QUINCY, Speaker. 
 
GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 31 
 
 In Council JanT 23"^ 1738. 
 
 Read and Nonconcurred and ordered That five thousand Acres 
 only be allowed for Ponds &c. and that the Committee be directed 
 to reform the Plan upon the spot accordingly at the charge of the 
 Grantees and report to the Court at the next May session. 
 Sent down for Concurrance 
 
 J. WILLARD, Secy. 
 
 In the House of Rept'^^^ Jan 2yy 1738. 
 Read and Concurred 
 
 J. QUINCY, Spk--. 
 24''' Consented to 
 
 J. BELCHER. 
 
 In the House of Representatives Jan. 23 1738. 
 
 Ordered that Thomas Berry Esqr. be and hereby is Impowered 
 to assemble the Grantees of the Township granted to John Tyler 
 and Joseph Pike and others officers and soldiers under the Com- 
 mand of Capt. Stephen Greenleaf and Philip Nelson in the expe- 
 dition to Canada Anno 1690 In such Place and at such time as He 
 shall think Fit Then to choose a Moderator and Proprietors Clerk 
 To agree upon Rules Methods and Orders for the Division and 
 Disposall of the said Propriety in the Most Proper Method for the 
 speedy fulfilment or the Conditions of this Grant and agree upon 
 the Proper Method for calling future meetings 
 Sent up for Concurrence 
 
 J. QUINCY, Spk--. 
 
 In Council Jany 24 1738. 
 
 Read & Concurr'd 
 
 SIMON FROST, Depty Sec-^V. 
 
 Consented to 
 
 J. BELCHER. 
 
 In the official papers which have been presented, it vv^ill 
 be perceived that January following December, 1738, is also 
 written January, 1738. This is in accordance with a former 
 
32 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 system of dating. Previous to 1752 the commencement of 
 the legal year was reckoned from the twenty-fifth of March ; 
 and all dates between January first and that date were 
 written without changing the ordinal number of the year. 
 It was common, however, to write the dates, in January, 
 February, and the first twenty-four days in March, in a 
 double form. Thus January 20, 1738-9, or 1738, ^ould 
 indicate the twentieth of January following December, 1738 ; 
 and as soon as the twenty-fifth of March was reached the 
 figure 8 would be omitted, and the figure 9 would assume 
 its place. 
 
 The connection with the history of this town of the 
 persons introduced in these proceedings is so remote that 
 the briefest notice only will be attempted. Hon. Thomas 
 Berry, of Ipswich, was a physician. Graduate of Harvard 
 University, 1712. He was a member of the Council of Mas- 
 sachusetts from 1735 to 1750, with the exception of one year 
 (1741) ; a Judge of Probate of Essex County from 1739 to 
 1756, and a Judge for several years of the County Court. 
 Col. Berry was also employed by the province of Massa- 
 chusetts in relation to the location of the province line. As 
 a member of the Council he was frequently selected to direct 
 the surveys of the new townships granted by the Legislatiu-e, 
 and his name is associated with the first survey of Rindge, 
 Winchendon, New Ipswich, and many other places. He 
 died August 10, 1756. 
 
 John Hobson was a resident of Rowley, and represented 
 that town in the General Court about twenty years. He 
 was Speaker of the House, 1741. 
 
 Capt. Philip Nelson was from Rowley, a graduate of 
 Harvard University, 1654, He died Aug. 19, 1691. 
 
 Capt. John March was from Newbury. July 15, 1690, 
 he was appointed captain of one of the companies for the 
 
GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 33 
 
 Canada expedition. Subsequently he won considerable 
 distinction for his gallant defence of Casco Fort. He was 
 an innholder and a man of wealth. 
 
 Capt. Stephen Greenleaf was from Newbury. With sev- 
 eral others he was cast away and drowned near Cape Breton 
 in the month of October, 1690. 
 
 Joseph Pike, one of the petitioners, resided in Newbury. 
 He is supposed to have been a son of Joseph Pike who was 
 killed by the Indians at Haverhill, 1694. He was born 1674, 
 and died 1761 
 
 Of John Tyler, the other petitioner, little is known. 
 The grant being located and confirmed upon the proprie- 
 tors, the management of its affairs devolved entirely upon 
 them. But no record of their proceedings has been found. 
 It has been seen that Hon. Thomas Berry was authorized to 
 call the first meeting at which an organization was undoubt- 
 edly effected. Other meetings must have been held, and it , 
 is certain that an organization was maintained for several 
 years. Their meetings were probably held in Rowley, or 
 some town in that vicinity which would best convene the 
 parties interested. 
 
 The proprietors were sixty in number, each owning one 
 right or share, which, with the public lots specified in the 
 grant, would lead to the division of the township into sixty- 
 three lots. When the survey was made and the lots marked 
 out is unknown ; but that such a division was had and a lot 
 assigned to each proprietor is evident from facts which will 
 be hereafter presented; and how many settlements were 
 made under these auspices is equally uncertain. But we 
 are permitted to know that Abel Platts, from Rowley, was 
 here, and had improved lands as early as 1742. These were 
 partly upon the farm of Martin L. Goddard, and partly 
 included in the lands which have been sold> from the original 
 
d4 HISTORY OF BINTJGE. 
 
 Platts farm. The following bond will show that Ezekiel 
 Jewett had built a house previous to 1753, and had a 
 nursery, which could not have sprung up in a day, growing 
 upon his improved lands. In this bond the place is styled 
 Rowley Canada, and no reference is made to the new name 
 of the township under the second charter. Reference is also 
 made to lot Number Fifty, which must have been defined 
 by the first survey, since the numbers were arranged on a 
 different system when the grantees of the second charter 
 divided the township into lots. These facts are conclusive 
 that Mr. Jewett occupied this lot under a title from the 
 Massachusetts grantees, and probably made improvements 
 previous to the date of the second charter. 
 
 Know all men by these Presents, that I Oliver Scales of 
 Andover in the County of Essex in the Province of y Massachu- 
 setts Bay in New England, Labourer, am holden and Do Stand 
 Bound and Obliged unto Ezekiel Jewett of a place called Rowley 
 Canada in the province of New Hampshire, Husbandman, in the 
 full and Just Sum of three Hundred pounds Lawfull money to be 
 paid to him y said Ezekiel his Heirs Executors administrators or 
 assigns the which payment well and truly to Be made 1 Bind 
 myself my Heirs Executors Administrators Firmly by these pres- 
 ents Sealed with my Seal Dated this thirteenth Day of November 
 anno Domini 1753. 
 
 The Condition of y= above Obligation is such that if the above 
 Bounden Oliver Scales Shall forthwith Remove himself and family 
 to a place called Rowley Canada in the province of New Hamp- 
 shire and there take the Possession of a house and Lot of land 
 No. 50 : Belonging to the aforesaid Ezekiel Jewett (which s* Jewet 
 shall Give y= possession of ) and there Dwell and Improve s"* Land 
 and House During y« term of three years, Either by himself or by 
 Some other Family who shall well and truly performe and Improve 
 as y^ SI* Scales is obliged to do, and also pay or Cause to Be paid 
 one half of the Taxes that shall arise on s^ Lot During said term 
 
GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 35 
 
 and also Clear or Cut Down what underbrush shall arise or Grow 
 where the trees are Now Curdled During s'' term and Give s'^ Jewet 
 liberty to set out an orchard on s"^ lot of y^ Nursery which Now 
 Groweth thereon, furthermore that the said Scales Shall not Dam- 
 nifie [injure] s'' lot by fireing of it or Cuting white ash trees also to 
 Give s<i Ezekiel Liberty to clear a pasture & field on s^ lot where 
 tis not yet improved and to Deliver up the possession of y= afores") 
 lot & house at y« end of y^ terme afores'^ to the said Ezekiel Jewet 
 his heirs or assigns then y^ above obligation to Be void but in 
 y« Default thereof to Remain in full force and vertue 
 Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of 
 Joseph Matthews, Wm. Foster. 
 
 OLIVER SCALES (seal ) 
 
 In addition to Abel Platts and Ezekiel Jewett, it is 
 probable that other families settled under the first charter, 
 and made a temporary abode in the township. Were their 
 number few or many, events were hastening which must 
 of necessity retard, if not entirely defeat, all attempts to 
 proceed with the settlement. The province line, which had 
 never been clearly defined, was located soon after the grant 
 of Rowley Canada was made, and greatly to the disadvantage 
 of the proposed settlement. In this affair the province of 
 New Hampshire had sent John Rindge, a merchant of Ports 
 mouth, to represent the interests of the Colony before the 
 king. Dr. Belknap says : " The appointment of this gentle- 
 man was fortunate for them, not only as he had large 
 connections in England, but he was capable of advancing 
 money to carry on the solicitation." On his return, he left 
 the management of the affair to John Thomlinson, who ably 
 fulfilled the triist. This controversy between the provinces 
 of New Hampshire and Massachusetts had proceeded so far 
 and had grown so warm, that the king appointed commis- 
 sioners to hear the contending parties, and gave them power 
 
36 HISTORY OF EISTDGE. 
 
 to establish the dividing lines. This commission met at 
 Hampton in 1737. During their sessions the Legislature of 
 New Hampshire assembled at Hampton Falls, while the 
 Legislature of Massachusetts was convened at Salisbury. 
 Thus were assembled the Legislatures of the two provinces 
 within a distance of five miles, to give aid and encourage- 
 ment to the agents and attorneys representing their several 
 interests. A large cavalcade was formed in Boston, which, 
 with a troop of horse, escorted Governor Belcher to the 
 scene of action. This display of pomp was the occasion of 
 the following satirical verse in an assumed Hibernian 
 style : — 
 
 " 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 aU 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 yoiu- neck or mine. 
 For they say 'tis to fix a right place for the line." 
 
 At this time nothing concerning the southern boundary 
 of New Hampshire was decided except that the point of 
 beginning should be at the Atlantic Ocean, about thi'ee miles 
 north of the Black Rocks in the channel of the Merrimac 
 River. New Hampshire claimed that the southern boundary 
 of the province should begin at the given point, " and 
 extend in a straight line west until it meets with His 
 Majesty's other governments." On the part of Massachu- 
 setts it was contended that the line should extend at a 
 distance of three miles to the north, and parallel to the 
 Merrimac River until the bend in the river was reached 
 thence northerly, following the river to its source. 
 
GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 37 
 
 The controverted question was at last determined in 
 1740. It was then decided that the dividing line between 
 the provinces should be "a similar curve pursuing the 
 coui'se of Merrimac River at three miles' distance on the 
 north thereof, beginning at the Atlantic Ocean and ending 
 at a point due north of Pawtuxet Falls, and a straight 
 line drawn from thence due west until it meets with His 
 Majesty's other governments." 
 
 The bend in the Merrimac where the straight line com- 
 menced is several miles south of the point of beginning 
 at the ocean. By this decision New Hampshire secured 
 a tract of land fourteen miles in width, and extending 
 from, the Merrimac to the Connecticut River, in addition 
 to all the province had claimed or hoped to receive. 
 
 In accordance with this decision the province line extend- 
 ing from the Merrimac to the Connecticut River was run by 
 Richard Hazen in 1741, and thus the location of the boundary 
 became known to the proprietors and the settlers of the 
 townships in its vicinity. The grant of Rowlej' Canada was 
 found to be upon the New Hampshire side of the Une, and 
 consequently its charter was void. The result of this contro- 
 versy could have none but the most injurious effects upon the 
 settlement. It prevented others from removing hither and 
 improving land held by uncertain titles. It discouraged and 
 crippled the energies of those who had already performed 
 labor upon their lots, and until some decision was had, or a 
 new charter secured, it was plain that little, if any, prosper- 
 ity would attend the fortunes of the proposed settlement. 
 
 In addition to these adverse influences came the conster- 
 nation and alarm occasioned by the French and Indian War 
 of 1744. The prevailing feeling of insecurity was even more 
 disastrous to the enterprise than the forfeiture of the charter. 
 The township was temporarily abandoned. To forsake alto- 
 
38 HISTORY OF EINDGE. 
 
 gether the improvements which had been made, or to give 
 up the land without testing the validity of the title, was 
 probably never contemplated. Abel Platts and his son 
 Joseph retired to Lunenburg, and awaited the return of 
 peace and greater security. A few years later they again 
 took up their abode and became the first permanent settlers 
 of this town. These first works, towards the settlement of 
 Rindge, have faded entirely from the traditions of the people 
 who inhabit the town ; but indisputable evidence of the same 
 exists, and will be presented in the course of these pages. 
 
 The few fires thus lighted upon these primitive hearths 
 vvere suffered to die out, soon to be rekindled under 
 more favoring auspices ; the rude home was deserted, but 
 destined again to receive its former tenants. For a few 
 years the small number of acres brought under cultivation 
 were neither ploughed nor planted, but awaited the return 
 of the husbandman, when their promise of harvest again 
 was read in the growing blade. 
 
CHAPTER II. 
 
 TBM SECOND, OS MASONIAN, CHABTEB. 
 
 Conflict of Titles. — Grant of Land in New Hampshire to Capt. John 
 Mason. — Confirmation of the Grant to John Tufton Mason. — Its 
 Sale to Atkinson and others. — The Masonian Charter, or Grant, of 
 Monadnock Number One. — Influence of the former Charter. — The 
 Western Boundary of the Masonian Patent. — The Curved Line. — 
 Gen. Joseph Blanchard. — The Charter, and Survey of the Town- 
 ship. — Drawing of the Lots. — Settlements. — Conflict of Titles. — 
 Lawsuit with Joseph Platts. — The Last French War. — Indians and 
 Indian Relics. 
 
 No sooner had the province line heen established than a 
 new question of titles arose, -which had a most potent influ- 
 ence on the destiny of the township. The old Masonian 
 grant was now revived and confirmed. 
 
 It had been mutually agreed between the two provinces 
 that private property should in no wise be affected by the 
 settlement of the controversy about the dividing lines. It is 
 highly probable that the proprietors under the Massachusetts 
 grant, and those who had purchased land of them, enter- 
 tained the opinion that they would not be disturbed in their 
 possessions, but would be permitted to traffic in land and 
 proceed with the settlement of their township as they had 
 previously proposed to do. They would be under the laws 
 and government of the province of New Hampshire instead 
 
40 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
 of those of Massachusetts, and this was the only effect which 
 they expected to experience from the establishment of the 
 province line. 
 
 With the confirmation of the Masonian title, all was 
 changed, and the officers and soldiers in the Canada expedi- 
 tion experienced another disappointment concerning the 
 compensation for their services almost as aggravated as the 
 depreciation of the paper money with which they had been 
 paid in the first instance. The loss was not wholly sustained 
 by the grantees, since they had sold many parcels of land to 
 those persons who proposed to settle in the new township. 
 As would be presumed, a majority of these p-urchasers were 
 deterred by the uncertainty of their titles from entering 
 upon and improving their newly-acquired possessions. 
 
 During the reign of King James, he established a council 
 which had the general control of a large territory including 
 all of New England. From this council, of which he was 
 an active member, Capt. John Mason obtained a grant of 
 land which included a portion of New Hampshire. This 
 grant was east of the Merrimac River, and has no connec- 
 tion with the history of the towns in this vicinity. 
 
 In 1629, Capt. Mason secured a second patent for the land 
 " from the middle of Pascataqua River, and up the same to 
 the farthest head thereof, and from thence northwestward 
 until sixty miles from the moiith of the harbor are finished ; 
 also through Merrimack 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 Pascataqua 
 River." This grant is intimately associated with the history 
 of Rindge, since, for many years, it was supposed to cover 
 the whole of the township, and did in fact include the 
 greater part of it. 
 
THE MA80NIAN CHARTER. 41 
 
 This grant, triangular in form, included a portion of the 
 territory conveyed by the earlier patent. The exact bounds 
 were determined by the establishment of the province lines, 
 which permitted the southern boundary to take a western 
 course from the bend in the Merrimac instead of following 
 a course with the river, which would have been a more 
 iteral construction of the language of the grant. In 
 familiar terms, the patent was bounded on the south by the 
 State line, and extended sixt}'' miles westward from the 
 ocean ; the eastern boundary extended northerly on the line 
 between Maine and New Hampshire to a point a few miles 
 south of Conway. By the terms of the patent this line was 
 to extend northwestward, which was liberally construed to 
 mean, not northwest, but north a little west, and the line 
 was run north two degrees west. The remaining side of the 
 triangle was a line extending from the point on the State 
 line sixty miles from the ocean to the point south of Conway. 
 
 After the death of Capt. John Mason the patent, for the 
 land described, was neglected for many years. Subse- 
 quently many vain attempts to revive the title were made 
 by his heirs. A full account of these proceedings is found 
 in Belknap's "History of New Hampshire," and several 
 histories of towns in this State contain extended accounts of 
 the history of this patent. 
 
 It is sufficient for the present purpose to state that John 
 Tufton Mason, a native of Boston, and a great-grandson of 
 Capt. John Mason, successfully prosecuted his claim, and 
 in 1746 sold his interest in it to twelve men, residents of 
 Portsmouth and vicinity, who will be referred to as the 
 " Masonian Proprietors." At first the purchase was divided 
 into fifteen shares. The owners were : Theodore Atkinson, 
 three-fifteenths ; Mark Hunking Wentworth, two-fifteenths ; 
 Richard Wibird, John Wentworth, John Moffat, Samuel 
 
42 ■ HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 Moore, Jotham Odiorne, George Jaffrey, Joshua Peirce, 
 Nathaniel Meserve, all of Portsmouth, Thomas WaUingford, 
 of Somersworth, and Thomas Packer, of Greenland, to the 
 last ten one-fifteenth each. Previous to the date of the 
 charter of this town the number of shares was increased to 
 eighteen, and nine more persons were admitted to a common 
 partnership. The new members of the association were : 
 John Rindge, Joseph Blanchard, Daniel Peirce, John 
 Tufton Mason, John Thomlinson, Matthew Livermore, 
 William Parker, Samuel Solley, and Clement March. 
 
 The Masonian proprietors early directed their attention 
 to the western part of their possessions, and caused several 
 townships to be surveyed and held in readiness to answer 
 any proper request for a grant. It appears to have been 
 their policy to defend their borders by occupation. Some- 
 time previous to the date of their charters the outlines of 
 three townships, similar in form, were marked out, and to 
 them were assigned the names of South Monadnock, or 
 Monadnock Number One, (Rindge) ; Middle Monadnock, or 
 Monadnock Number Two (Jaffrey) ; North Monadnock, or 
 Monadnock Number 'Three (Dublin) ; Fitzwilliam was 
 Monadnock Number Four ; Marlborough, Monadnock Num- 
 ber Five ; Nelson, Monadnock Number Six ; Stoddard, 
 Monadnock Number Seven; and Washington, Monadnock 
 Number Eight. By this survey the boundaries of the town- 
 sliip, formerly known as Rowley Canada, were considerably 
 changed. The old name was entirely discarded, and for 
 twenty years the official and only name of the place was 
 Monadnock Number One, or South Monadnock. Very 
 rarely the term " formerly known as Rowley Canada " was 
 employed ; but in a general sense the old name became 
 extinct with the invalidation of the Massachusetts charter. 
 Keen-sighted gazetteers have frequently made the discovery 
 
THE MASONIAN CHASTER. 43 
 
 that the Masonian proprietors designated the township by 
 the name of Rowley Canada, or Monadnock Number One. 
 This is entirely wrong; Each charter gave the territory a 
 specific name, and there was no repetition. 
 
 No sooner had the grantees, under the Massachusetts 
 charter, heard of these proceedings, on the part of the 
 Masonian proprietors, than they began to inquire if their 
 former possessions were in reality included within the Maso- 
 nian purchase. In 1750 they ordered the measurement of 
 the distance from tlie Atlantic Ocean, as will appear from the 
 return of the survey. 
 
 Andover, April y<^ 1750. 
 We y« Subscribers being appointed by a Committee chosen by 
 y^ Proprietors of Rowley Canada Township to go in y^ Capacity of 
 Suiveyors and run a line from three miles North of Black Rocks in 
 Salisbury Sixty miles Due West ; have so done and find that sixty 
 Miles extends one mile & a half into Canada Township. 
 
 N. B. We have Neither of us) SAMUEL JOHNSON Jr. 
 any interest in said Township. t MOODY BRIDGES. 
 
 Perhaps satisfied that they could not lay claim to the 
 whole, and realizing that possession is nine points of the law, 
 they appear to have given up all pretension to the ownership 
 of any part of the township, for this is the last we hear of 
 them as proprietors. This survey, however, gives evidence 
 that to this date they had maintained an organization as 
 common owners of Rowley Canada. 
 
 While the first works of settlement were suspended, and 
 the grant was wholly abandoned by the Massachusetts 
 grantees, those persons who had purchased settling-lots of 
 the original proprietors never entertained the idea of forsak- 
 ing their possessions. On the return of peace and greater 
 
44 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 security from Indian depredations, a large number of families 
 from Rowley and vicinity emigrated to the township and 
 made permanent settlements. A majority of these persons 
 came armed with a deed of land which had been obtained 
 from the former proprietors. Finding their titles worthless, 
 a few, discouraged at their loss, returned ; but most of them 
 repurchased their lots of the Masonians, and avoided all 
 occasion for future contention. 
 
 The influence of the Massachusetts charter is plainly 
 seen. The same persons who had been interested in the 
 grant, and whose attention had thereby been turned in this 
 direction, were the earliest and most numerous of the 
 settlers under the Masonian charter. It is true the attempt 
 to settle the township under this grant was a failure ; yet it 
 is equally certain that these initial measures determined the 
 character of future emigration, and even designated the 
 persons who were to become permanent residents and the 
 progenitors of the future inhabitants of the town. 
 
 For many years the location of the western boundary of 
 the Masonian purchase was undetermined. From early 
 measurements, however, it was discovered that only a part of 
 Rindge and a very small part of Jaffrey were included within 
 the patent, and that Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Marlborough, Nel- 
 son, Stoddard, and Washington were entirely outside of it. 
 Yet all these towns had been granted by the Masonian 
 proprietors, and described as "lying within Mason's Grant." 
 Finding they had exceeded the limits of their charter, the 
 Masonian proprietors laid claim to this extraneous territory 
 with a system of expansion which was equal to the emer- 
 gency, and by which, during many years of controversy, they 
 successfully maintained the control of the lands and town- 
 ships in dispute. They contended that the original grant to 
 Mason described an extent " of sixty miles from the sea on 
 
THE MASONIAN CHABTER. 45 
 
 each side of New Hampshire, and a line to cross over from 
 the end of one line of sixty miles to the end of the other " ; 
 they therefore claimed that this cross line should be a curve, 
 because no other line would preserve the distance of sixty 
 miles from the sea. In other words, they claimed their 
 western boundary should be the arc of a circle with a radius 
 of sixty miles, and whose centre was at the sea. However 
 ingenious this argument may appear, it was, without doubt, 
 an after-thought, advanced for the occasion, to temporarily 
 fortify their claim to the controverted townships. They also 
 conveniently fixed upon the southwest corner of FitzwiUiam 
 as the termination of sixty miles from the sea, by which, with 
 an accommodating elasticity of the curved line, they success- 
 fully embraced the eight Monadnock townships and others to 
 the north of them. 
 
 Several of the northern townships had also been char- 
 tered by the crown, and a most bitter conflict of grants 
 ensued. The decision of the king alone could settle a 
 dispute of this character, and the Masonians were nearest 
 the throne. By the Revolution the State became the arbi- 
 trator, and soon after the return of peace the Legislature 
 took the subject under consideration, and after a hearing of 
 the conflicting interests it was decided to run a line of sixty 
 miles from the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern and southern 
 lines of the State, and a straight line from the end of one 
 line of sixty mUes to the end of the other. This survey was 
 made in 1787 by Joseph Blanchard, a son of Col. Joseph 
 Blanchard, and Charles Clapham. The termination of sixty 
 miles from the sea, or the southwest comer of Mason's 
 grant, was found to be at lot Number Eighteen in Rindge, 
 about one-half of a mile west of the Aquilla Kimball farm, 
 now occupied by John O'Niel, and one and one-fourth of a 
 mile from the southwest corner of the town, and from thence 
 
46 HISTORY OF RINDGM. 
 
 north thirty-nine degrees east, a distance of ninety-three and 
 one-half miles, to the end of the eastern boundary. Having 
 failed to substantiate their claim, the Masonian proprietors 
 then came forward and purchased of the State all the terri- 
 tory included between the straight and the curved lines, for 
 the sum of forty thousand dollars in public securities and 
 eight hundred dollars in specie. The further contest 
 between Allen and the Masonians does not appear to have 
 entered into the history of this town. 
 
 Of the several Monadnock townships, Rindge was the 
 third in the order of grant. The charter is dated February 
 14, 1749. As stated in the preceding chapter, the date 
 would now be written 1750, for such it really was. Until 
 1752, the civil year did not begin until the twenty-fifth of 
 March, while the historic year was reckoned from the first of 
 January. Other towns in this vicinity were chartered in the 
 following order: — 
 
 Dublin, .... November 3, 1749. 
 
 Jaffrey, " 30,1749. 
 
 New Ipswich, .... April 17, 1750. 
 
 Marlborough April 29, 1751. 
 
 Fitzwilliam, . . . January 15, 1751-2. 
 
 Joseph Blanchard, of Dunstable, a man of enterprise and 
 of considerable distinction, had become one of the Masonian 
 proprietors, and was appointed by his associates an agent to 
 grant the townships in this vicinity and to forward settle- 
 ments ; consequently the charters were drawn and signed by 
 him in behalf of the whole proprietary. 
 
 An association of individuals from Lunenbm'g, Dunsta- 
 ble, Townsend, and a few from other towns, held a meeting 
 on the thirteenth day of February, 1749-50, at which they 
 styled themselves the "proprietors of a township, on the 
 
THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 47 
 
 province line, in Mason's grant, lying southeast of the Grand 
 Monadnock." The persons who attended this meeting 
 became the grantees of Monadnock Number One. The 
 proceedings of this meeting were as follows : — 
 
 After being assembled, made choice of Joseph Blanchard, 
 Esq., for their moderator. Made choice of William Downe for 
 clerk to y^ Proprietors. Made choice of Joseph Blanchard, Esq., 
 for their Treasurer. 
 
 A proposal was then made and put to vote whether each 
 proprietor should pay to Joseph Blanchard, Esq., Six Pounds, 
 Old Tenor, for the charge, &c., he had already been at, and was 
 voted. 
 
 It was then proposed and put to vote, Whether fifty four 
 Pounds Ten Shillings be paid out of the Treasury for ye other 
 charges past for Surveying, &c. Passed in the affirmative. 
 
 Proposed that for the speedy settlement of said Township, 
 Each Proprietor takes effectual care that within Two years from 
 Novr. 1749, there be three acres of Land cleared upon some one 
 or other of the Lots which may be drawn by him, and in one year 
 
 afterward Three acres more of said Land cleared and an House 
 
 1 
 
 built thereon, with a Family residing on s'^ land, and that in four 
 years from October last past there be a meeting House built in 
 said Town at y« charge of y^ proprietors. 
 
 Aboves'd article being put to vote, passed in the affirmative. 
 
 Being proposed whether a Committee be chosen to Couple the 
 Letts in said Township and put to vote, passed in the affirm- 
 ative. 
 
 Voted likewise that two Persons be chosen to assist y^ Sur- 
 veyor in coupling s'' Lotts, and to take care that y« are done 
 effectually. Major Hubbard being nominated to be one of s^ Com- 
 m"ee, Voted. 
 
 Lieut. Bellows being nominated to be y other of s"^ Com"^^, 
 Voted. 
 
 A further proposal wa? y" made, in case Lieut. Bellows be the 
 
48 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 
 
 Undertaker to Survey, that yn Lieut. Josiah Fitch supply his place 
 or be in his room as one of the Com"«e afores'd, and in case of 
 failure of either of them that Capt. Hubbard be assistant, and 
 also that Capt. Powers be another assistant in case of failure of 
 above, and that no more than two of said Persons at one time 
 attend s'd business. Said articles being put to vote passed in 
 y« affirmative. 
 
 Voted also that the Persons attending s<i business as Com- 
 mttee men be allowed them for their trouble thirty Shillings Old 
 Tenour pr. Day, they finding their own provision, &c. The persons 
 above accepted s^ service for the above pay. 
 
 It was then proposed and put to vote whether the Propriety 
 will let the business of Surveying and coupling the lotts to any 
 one particular person by the Great, s'd Person paying the Com- 
 m"«« abovesaid their whole amount of charges for assisting as 
 above proposed, which passed in the affirmative. 
 
 Lieut Bellows offering to undertake the business of Sur- 
 veying, &c. 
 
 Voted that he have paid him out of the Treasury the sum 
 of Three Hundred and Seventy pounds Old Tenour for Sur- 
 veying sii Township and Coupling the Lotts and delivering in a 
 plan of the same to the Propriety. 
 
 A proposal being made whether Lieut. Fitch, if he assists as 
 one of the Com"=« be paid for his extraordinary travel from- his 
 own House to Lunenburg by the Propriety, put to vote. Nega- 
 tived. It being proposed and put to vote whether fifteen 
 Pounds Old Tenour be advanced immediately upon each right 
 and Voted. 
 
 Also voted that y^ aboves'd work of Surveying, &c., be com- 
 pleated by the first Tuesday of June next. 
 
 Then proposed and voted that the meeting be adjourned to 
 the first Wednesday in June next, and y" ye Proprietors meet at 
 the House of Capt. French in Dunstable at lo o'clock forenoon. 
 
 And then the s'l meeting was adjourned accordingly. 
 
 These proceedings apparently met the approval of the 
 
THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 49 
 
 agent of the Masonians, for the next day the charter was 
 di-awn and the grant confirmed upon the persons who par- 
 ticipated in this meeting. 
 
 A COPY OF THE CHARTER. 
 
 Province of 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 Pursuant to the power and authority granted and vested in me 
 by the Prop"^. of Lands purchased of John Tufton Mason, Esq., in 
 the Province of New Hampshire, by vote passed at their meeting 
 held at Portsmouth in said Province, the i6"> day of June 1749. 
 
 I DO, BY these Presents, on the Terms, Conditions and 
 Limitations hereafter expressed. Give and Grant all the Right, 
 Possession and Property of the Proprietors afores'd unto Solomon 
 Stewart, John Combs, Jonathan Hubbard Jun', Thomas Syms, 
 Stanton Prentice, Peter Powers Jun', William Spaulding, Joseph 
 Blanchard Jun"", Coll° John Hill, Samuel Cummings, Thomas 
 Prentiss, Joseph French, Jona. Powers, Samuel Greele, Jona. 
 Hubbard, William Downe, Peter Stevens, Sampson French, James 
 Stewart, Robert Fletcher Junr., Eleazer Blanchard, David Cheever, 
 Samuel Reed, Jona. Whitney, John Hubbard, Jacob Gould, Nehe- 
 miah Gould, Robert Melvin, Jerahmael Powers, Joseph Jackson, 
 James Coleman, Peter Powers, Daniel Taylor, Samuel Greele 
 Junr., Zacheus Lovewell, Stephen Powers, John Lovewell Junr., 
 Joseph Winn, Nathaniel Page, Timothy Taylor, one Right each. 
 
 Benjamin Bellows Six Rights, Samuel Johnson Jun^ Two 
 Rights, one Right for encouragement for building of Mills, and 
 Two Rights more to be disposed of by the Grantees for Publick 
 uses of in or to that Tract of Land or Township lying in the Prov- 
 ince afores'd, containing by estimation thirty five square miles that 
 is Begining on the line between the Province afores'd and the Prov- 
 ' ince of the Massachusetts Bay Six miles Westerly from the South 
 west Corner of the Township called No i North of Townshend 
 and Runs North Eighty Degrees west in said Line seven miles, 
 thence north by the needle Five miles, from thence South Eighty 
 
50 HISTORY OF BINDGM 
 
 Degrees East seven miles, thence South by the Needle to the 
 first Bounds mentioned. 
 
 To Have and to Hold to them their heirs and assigns in Equal 
 Shares on the following Terms and Conditions with the Reser- 
 vations hereafter expressed (That is to say), That the Tract 
 afores'd be divided into Seventy three Equal Shares, and that 
 each Share or Right be divided into three Lotts, and drawn for 
 at or before the last day of November next ensuing in some 
 equitable manner. That three of the afores'd Rights be and 
 hereby are granted. One for the first settled minister, One for 
 the ministry, and one for the School, these forever. One Lott for 
 each such Right to be first lay'd out (and not Drawn for) near 
 yi: middle of the Town. 
 
 That eighteen of said Shares be reserved for the use of the 
 Grantors their Heirs and assigns forever, exempted and free from 
 all Charges whatsoever in making or bringing forward the settle- 
 ment untill improved by them or some holding under them 
 respectively. That the Grantees shall make settlement in the 
 following manner, viz. : That the afores'd Tract be laid out as 
 afores'd, at the Grantees expence ; That all necessary Highways 
 be lay'd out through the Lotts of either Grantors or Grantees as 
 there shall be needed hereafter free from charge for the Land such 
 width as [the Proprietors*] shall judge necessary. 
 
 That Fort)' of y« [said Shares shall be brought forward or 
 settled in the following * ] manner viz ; Each of the said Forty 
 shares to have Three acres of Land on some one Lott cleared, 
 inclosed, and fitted for mowing or Tillage in said Tract at or before 
 the Last day of December, 1752, and in like manner Three acres 
 more annually for two years more then next coming. That on 
 each of the said Forty Lotts so cleared as afores'd there be a 
 Convenient House of one Room Sixteen feet square at the least, 
 fitted for Comfortable dwelling therein, and the Grantees or some • 
 Person Resident on each of the Lotts to be settled as afores'd at 
 or before the last day of Deer. 1753, and continue resident there 
 
 *Eecord Book defaoeO. 
 
TBE MASONIAN CHABTEB. ,51 
 
 for Two years then next coming, and Build a Convenient Meeting 
 House therein five years from this Date. 
 
 That the following nine Shares be exempted from making 
 settlement only to Pay their Proportion to all Public Taxes as 
 other Grantees, viz: Benjamin Bellows for four Rights; Samuel 
 Reed one; Jonathan Whitney one ; Jonathan Hubbard Junr. one ; 
 Samuel Johnson one; Timothy Taylor one. That each of the 
 said Grantees at the Executing this Instrument pay fifteen 
 Pounds Old Tenour to defray the necessary charges risen or 
 arising in Bringing forward the Settlement afores'd, to be depos- 
 ited in the Hands of such person as they shall appoint being a 
 Freeholder and Resident in this Province. That the afores'd 
 Grantees or their Assigns assess such further sum or sums of 
 money equally in Proportion to their Rights the share of each 
 Grantee (exclusive of the three publick Lotts) as may be thought 
 necessary for carrying on the settlement afores'd or any Publick 
 matter. And on failure of Payment for the space of three months 
 after such assessment is agreed upon and posted up at such place or 
 places as the Grantees afores'd shall appoint for notifying Proprs. 
 meetings that so much of such Delinquent Rights Respectively 
 be disposed of as will pay the said Tax and all charges arising 
 thereon. And in case any of the said Grantees shall neglect to 
 perform any of the articles aforementioned he shall forfeit his 
 share or Right in said Township unto those of the said Grantees 
 who shall not then be Delinquent in the Performance of their 
 part, and it shall be lawfull for them by their Agent or Agents 
 to enter into and upon the Right of such Delinquent owner, and 
 him to amove, pust, and Expell for their use, their Heirs and 
 Assigns, Provided they settle such Delinquents Right within one 
 year after the Periods Conditioned in this Grant, and fully comply 
 with the whole duty such Delinquent ought to have done within 
 the space of one year from Time to Time after the Respective 
 Periods thereof. And in case they omit complying as afores'd in 
 that Term, that all such Delinquent Rights shall revert and belong 
 to the Grantors their Heirs and assigns forever free from the 
 
52 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 Incumbrance of settlement or charge, always Provided there be 
 no Indian Warr within the Terms afores'd and in case that 
 should happen, The same be allowed for the Respective matters 
 afores'd after such Impediments shall be removed. 
 
 That all white Pine Trees fit for the masting his Majesty's 
 Royall navy be and hereby are granted unto his Majesty, his heirs, 
 and Successors forever. Lastly, the said Grantors do hereby 
 promise to the said Grantees, their Heirs, and assigns, to Defend 
 through the Law to King and Councill if need be one action that 
 shall and may be brought against them or any Number of them by 
 any Person or Persons whatsoever claiming the said land or any 
 part thereof by any other Title than that of the said Grantors or 
 that by which they hold or derive theirs from. 
 
 Provided the said Grantors are avouched in to defend the 
 same and that in case of final Tryall the same shall be Recovered 
 against the said Grantors the Grantees shall Recover nothing over 
 against the Grantors for the said Lands Improvements or Expence 
 in bringing forward the settlement In witness whereof I the 
 subscriber Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable have hereto in behalf of 
 the Proprietors afores'd Sett to my hand and seal this fourteenth 
 day of February 1749. 
 
 Joseph Blanchard. [Seal.] 
 
 Of the grantees, forty-three in number, fifteen vs^ere resi- 
 dents, at this time, of Lunenburg, whicli then included 
 Fitchburg. They were : Solomon Stewart, whose brother 
 William was one of the first settlers of Peterboro ; Major 
 Jonathan Hubbard, a Deacon and Town Treasurer, who 
 died April 7, 1761, and was buried in Towrisend, soon after 
 his removal from Lunenburg; his son, Jonathan Hubbard, 
 Jr., removed (1757) to Charlestown, N. H ; Col. John 
 Hill, whose children settled in Peterboro; Thomas Pren- 
 tice, a Justice of the Peace, and prominent in public affairs ; 
 Capt. Jacob Gould, who was master-carpenter at the bmld- 
 ing of the first meeting-house in this town, and whose son. 
 
THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 53 
 
 Jacob, Jr., settled in Rindge ; Nehemiah Gould, Jonathan 
 Whitney, Samuel Cummings, Samuel Greele, James Cole- 
 man, William Downe, who was proprietors' clerk until 1758, 
 a Justice of the Peace, and a Judge of the Court of Common 
 Pleas ; Nathaniel Page, who settled soon after in Rindge ; 
 Samuel Johnson, a man of wealth and enterprise, whose 
 descendants for many years lived on Johnson HUl in this 
 town; and Samuel Reed, who had a "potash" west of the 
 residence of Addison Todd, and at the time of his death, 
 July 7, 1771, owned one thousand acres of land in Rindge ; 
 but he never resided here. The residents of no other 
 town were as numerous. John Hubbard, a son of Major 
 Jonathan. Hubbard, was of Townsend. His son. Rev. John 
 Hubbard, was preceptor of the Academy at New Ipswich, 
 Judge of Probate for Cheshire County, and subsequently 
 professor at Dartmouth College. Of the same town was 
 John Stevens, who was Treasurer for the proprietors for 
 several years. Captain Peter Powers was of HoUis; also 
 his son. Rev. Peter Powers, who received the first call from 
 the church at New Ipswich. He was afterwards settled at 
 Haverhill, N. H. Zaccheus and John Lovewell, a brother 
 and son of the famous Indian fighter, were of Dunstable, as 
 well as Robert Fletcher, Jr., a surveyor. Gen. Joseph 
 Blanchard, a son of Col. Blanchard, was of Merrimac, N. H. 
 He was for several years clerk to the proprietors of Dublin. 
 He subsequently removed to Dunstable. Stanton Prentice 
 was a physician of Lancaster, — a brother of Thomas Pren- 
 tice, Esq., of Lunenburg. Jarahmael Powers and William 
 Spaulding were of Groton, and Major Joseph Jackson was 
 of Boston. He was one of the very few whose residence is 
 made known by the records. The few remaining names 
 were probably from the vicinity of Dunstable. 
 
 These persons who received the charter, and became 
 
 8 
 
54 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 proprietors of the township, in only a few instances pro- 
 posed to settle upon their newly acquired possessions, but 
 awaited an opportunity to advantageously dispose of the 
 land which fell to their lot. Many owned shares in several 
 townships in this vicinity. Their traffic was prompted 
 solely by the hope of gain. 
 
 The lots were promptly laid out by Lieut. Benjamin 
 Bellows. By this survey the town was divided into ten 
 ranges by east and west lines. Each range was divided 
 into twenty-two lots by north and south lines. It was the 
 intention of the surveyor to have the lots one hundred and 
 sixty rods from north to south, and one hundred rods from 
 east to west. This could have been done with an allow- 
 ance for error of about one and three-fourths acres to each 
 lot. The plan was generally carried out; yet a few lots 
 exceed one hundred acres, and others are as much too small. 
 The drawing occurred during the summer of 1750. From 
 the charter it will be perceived that eighteen rights, or 
 shares, which was about one-fourth of the township, were 
 reserved by the Masonian proprietors for their own benefit. 
 For the convenience of the reader their names, in the 
 following schedule of lots drawn, are indicated by an 
 asterisk. The others were grantees, and their names are 
 contained in the charter. 
 
THE MA80NIAN CHARTER. 
 
 55 
 
 'fe'?! 
 
 21 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 20 
 21 
 22 
 23 
 24 
 25 
 26 
 27 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 31 
 32 
 33 
 34 
 35 
 36 
 37 
 
 Solomon Stewart, 
 
 •Nathaniel Meserve, 
 
 John Stevens 
 
 Benjamin Bellows, 
 
 John Combs 
 
 Samuel Johnson, Jr., 
 
 * George JafErey, 
 
 Jonathan Hubbard, Jr 
 
 Benjamin Bellows, 
 
 Thomas Syms, 
 
 Stanton Prentice, 
 
 * Richard Wibird, ... . . 
 
 JohnHiU, 
 
 Samuel Cummings, 
 
 Thomas Prentice, 
 
 Peter Powers, Jr., 
 
 * Daniel Pierce and *Mary Moor, 
 
 * John Tomlinson and > 
 
 * John Tuf ton Mason, | • • ■ • 
 
 William Spaulding, 
 
 Joseph Blanchard, Jr., . . . . 
 
 Joseph French, 
 
 Benjamin Bellows, 
 
 * John Bindge, 
 
 Jonathan Powers, 
 
 Minister, 
 
 Samuel Greele, 
 
 Jonathan Hubbard, 
 
 * John Wentworth, 
 
 * Joshua Peirce, 
 
 Benjamin Bellows, 
 
 * William Parker, 
 
 William Downe, 
 
 * Matthew Livermore, .... 
 
 Peter Stevens 
 
 Sampson French, 
 
 Public Lots, 
 
 
 6 
 5 
 4 
 7 
 6 
 
 13 
 4 
 7 
 3 
 8 
 3 
 6 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 6 
 4 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 9 
 6 
 9 
 9 
 7 
 
 10 
 3 
 1 
 
 10 
 4 
 
 0^ 
 
 16 
 21 
 21 
 
 1 
 21 
 
 5 
 21 
 17 
 21 
 20 
 18 
 19 
 21 
 19 
 15 
 21 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 17 
 
 20 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 20 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 11 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 9 
 
 20 
 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 6 
 3 
 21 
 5 
 1 
 9 
 7 
 3 
 5 
 6 
 6 
 8 
 8 
 7 
 
 5 
 3 
 
 4 
 6 
 8 
 4 
 1 
 2 
 7 
 9 
 
 10 
 3 
 3 
 
 10 
 5 
 3 
 1 
 6 
 1 
 
 15 
 22 
 22 
 
 2 
 22 
 
 4 
 22 
 18 
 22 
 21 
 19 
 20 
 22 
 20 
 17 
 22 
 17 
 
 19 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 19 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 12 
 
 20 
 
 0^ 
 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 6 
 3 
 22 
 5 
 1 
 9 
 7 
 3 
 5 
 6 
 6 
 8 
 8 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 4 
 5 
 8 
 4 
 1 
 2 
 8 
 
 10 
 3 
 3 
 4 
 
 10. 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 5 
 1 
 2 
 
56 
 
 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 s. -a 
 
 ^ S 
 
 ll 
 
 i 
 
 o 
 
 H 
 
 i 
 
 o 
 
 
 i 
 
 e 
 
 
 e 
 
 38 
 
 James Stewart, . . 
 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 39 
 
 Robert Fletcher, Jr., . . 
 
 . 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 40 
 
 Eleazer Blanchard, . . 
 
 
 7 • 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 41 
 
 David Cheever, . . 
 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 42 
 
 *John Moffat 
 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 43 
 
 Samuel Reed, . . . 
 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 44 
 
 Jonathan Whitney, . . 
 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 45 
 
 * Theodore Atkinson, 
 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 46 
 
 John Hubbard, .... 
 
 
 17 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 47 
 
 Jacob Gould, .... 
 
 
 18 
 
 9 
 
 18 
 
 8 
 
 18 
 
 7 
 
 48 
 
 * March and * Solley, . . 
 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 49 
 
 * Thomas Packer, . . . 
 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 50 
 
 Nehemiah Gould, . . . 
 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 17 
 
 2 
 
 51 
 
 Robert Melvin, . 
 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 22 
 
 7 
 
 52 
 
 Jarahmael Powers, . . 
 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 53 
 
 Joseph Jackson, 
 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 54 
 
 Samuel Johnson, Jr., . . 
 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 55 
 
 James Coleman, . . . 
 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 15 
 
 1 
 
 56 
 
 Peter Powers, .... 
 
 
 15 
 
 9 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 16 
 
 5 
 
 57 
 
 Benjamin Bellows, 
 
 
 16 
 
 9 
 
 16 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 
 3 
 
 58 
 
 Daniel Taylor, . 
 
 
 17 
 
 10 
 
 17 
 
 4 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 59 
 
 Ministry, 
 
 
 18 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 60 
 
 Samuel Greele, Jr., . . 
 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 61 
 
 Zaccheus Lovewell, . . 
 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 62 
 
 Stephen Powers, . . . 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 63 
 
 John Lovewell, Jr.. . . 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 13 
 
 2 
 
 64 
 
 * Thomas Wallingf ord, 
 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 14 
 
 2 
 
 65 
 
 * Joseph Blanchard, . . 
 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 66 
 
 * Jotham Odiorne, . . . 
 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 67 
 
 * John H. Wentworth, . 
 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 .5 
 
 8 
 
 68 
 
 Joseph Winn, .... 
 
 
 . 20 
 
 10 
 
 20 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 69 
 
 Nathaniel Page, . . 
 
 
 . 21 
 
 10 
 
 22 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 8 
 
 •70 
 
 Timothy Taylor, 
 
 
 . 19 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 9 
 
 16 
 
 2 
 
 71 
 
 School, 
 
 
 . 16 
 
 3 
 
 ') 
 
 5 
 
 11 
 
 1 
 
 72 
 
 Benjamin Bellows, 
 
 
 . 15 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 14 
 
 1 
 
 73 
 
 Mill Lots, 
 
 
 . 12 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 •J 
 
 7 
 
THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 57 
 
 The owners of sixty-seven shares drew three lots each ; 
 four rights, or twelve lots, were reserved for the ministry, 
 schools, and mills ; and two rights, or six lots, designated 
 as public lots, were owned in common by the grantees. The 
 whole number of lots was two hundred and twenty, which 
 would leave one lot undrawn. This was lot nineteen in 
 the seventh range. The public lots were sold at vendue, 
 September, 1754, the three former to Jonathan Hubbard, 
 Esq., for ninety-five pounds, and the remaining three to 
 Jonathan Whitney for one hundred and five pounds, old 
 tenor. From the schedule it would appear that Nehemiah 
 Gould and Robert Melvin both drew the third lot in the 
 fourth range, and to the ministry and Stephen Powers is 
 assigned the eleventh lot in the second range ; the third lot 
 in the third range, and fourth lot in the third range, are 
 not found in the list. The error probably is a clerical one. 
 The last two lots should be placed in the room of the dupli- 
 cate numbers. 
 
 It was the policy of the Masonians to forward settle- 
 ments, and thereby enhance the value of the lands which 
 they had reserved unto themselves. The liberal provision 
 made for the benefit of the ministry and the school is evi- 
 dence that they well knew how their object could be most 
 effectually accomplished. It was many years before these 
 lands were diverted — by sale — from the uses for which 
 they had been reserved, and then their loss was more than 
 supplied by an increasing annual appropriation for the sup- 
 port of the ministry and schools. After the date of the 
 charter the first meeting of the grantees, of which any 
 record is to be found, was held October 29, 1750. It was 
 voted to accept the plan of the township presented by Lieut. 
 Benjamin Bellows. A committee was chosen " to see where 
 it will be most proper to make a road into the centre of 
 
58 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 the town," and provision was made for calling future meet- 
 ings by posting notices in Dunstable, HoUis, Townsend, and 
 Lunenburg. From the conditions of the charter, the owners 
 of forty of the shares were required < to clear a certain 
 number of acres, and build a house on some one of the 
 three lots in each of the forty shares within a prescribed 
 time. Forty-nine rights had been drawn by the grantees. 
 To nine of them these provisions of the charter did not 
 apply. At this meeting these nine releases were sold at 
 vendue, and the owners of as many shares purchased an 
 exemption from clearing land and building a house upon 
 lots drawn and owned by them. The amount received from 
 this source was two hundred and sixty-five pounds, old tenor. 
 
 The progress of the settlement of the township is not 
 clearly shown by the records. The facts must be gleaned 
 from other sources. It is apparent, however, that at the 
 close of the year 1752 the improvements conditioned in the 
 charter had not been made, and only a few houses had been 
 built. Anticipating this state of affairs, the grantees, at a 
 meeting held at Dunstable, August 4, 1762, requested Joseph 
 Blanchard, Esq., to solicit from the Masonian proprietors an 
 extension of the time in which the conditions of the charter 
 were to be fulfilled. And again, February 23, 1754, a sim- 
 ilar request is made, in these words : — 
 
 Voted that Joseph Blanchard Esq''- be and hereby is desired, 
 in behalf of the Propriety, to request of the grantors a suspension 
 of the duty conditioned first to be done by charter in consideration 
 of the Law Sutes subsisting in said town, the Tryal whereof is 
 unexpectedly prolonged, and to Solicit in our favor any other 
 reasonable request. 
 
 This meeting was adjourned to April 22, 1754, and the 
 record proceeds : — 
 
 Then Joseph Blanchard, Esqr. made report of his proceedings 
 
THE MA80NIAN CHABTER. 59 
 
 agreeable to the Proprietors directions, for lengthening the time 
 of duty, as follows : That on his application they did grant that 
 the time of the first Entry be suspended unto the first day of June 
 next, and for clearing and inclosing the first three acres and the 
 several other Duties, conditioned to be done by charter, be like- 
 wise further suspended the same proportion of Time forward as 
 they were stated in the charter. 
 
 Tlie liberality evinced by the Masonians in granting 
 their request, and in securing to them the possession of the 
 township so far as they had the ability to do, relieved the 
 grantees from one embarrassment, and left them at liberty 
 to direct their attention to another source of perplexity. 
 The continued record of this meeting is of interest : — 
 
 Also voted that the charge of any law sute that shall be com- 
 menced by any of the Grantees ag'nst the claimers of the Lands 
 called Rowley Canada Township shall be borne by the Propriety 
 in proportion to Interest whether the action be Trespass or Eject- 
 ment. 
 
 Also voted that Capt. Peter Powers, Robert Fletcher, Junr. 
 and Jacob Gould be a Com"°* and desired to go to said No. One 
 & examine what Lotts are trespassed upon and by whom and 
 procure proof thereof and that they make Return of such their 
 Enquiry forthwith unto Joseph Blanchard Esqr. in order for Pros- 
 ecution and yt. they take such assistance with them as they shall 
 need and in case Jacob Gould cannot attend the service that 
 Jonathan Whitney supply his place and if said Whitney cannot 
 go that then Solomon Stewart attend that service. 
 
 Also voted that Joseph Blanchard Esqr. be paid all his rea- 
 sonable charge he shall be at if any in attending the Prosecution 
 of any action and anything he shall do therein. 
 
 An earnest purpose pervades these proceedings. No 
 imaginary or supposed grievance would have given occa- 
 sion for so much uncompromising legislation, for the refer- 
 
60 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 ences to the law-suits were no idle threats. The trouble 
 arose from the fact that to several lots of land there were 
 two owners, each claiming two undivided halves. Abel 
 Platts, Joseph Platts, Joel Russell, Nathaniel Russell, 
 Ezekiel Jewett, Jonathan Stanley, and George Hewitt 
 came from Massachusetts, and had settled in the township 
 previous to the date of these proceedings. Abel and 
 Joseph Platts, and perhaps the others, had settled upon 
 land purchased of the Rowley Canada proprietors, and the 
 stubbornness with which they insisted on the validity of 
 their purchase, and resisted the demands of the new pro- 
 prietors, was the occasion of these warm proceedings. 
 
 At a subsequent meeting the committee chosen to ascer- 
 tain the number and location of the lots which were occupied 
 by the persons who had purchased the land of the Rowley 
 Canada proprietors was paid for this service. Their account, 
 paid in old tenor, was as follows : — 
 
 To Capt. Peter Powers 
 
 6 1 
 
 days @ 40J 
 
 ;^I2- 
 
 — 
 
 " Jacob Gould 
 
 4 
 
 " @3o^ 
 
 6— 
 
 — 
 
 " Sol" Stewart 
 
 4 
 
 " @3o-r 
 
 6— 
 
 — 
 
 " Samuel Kennedy 
 
 4 
 
 " @ 40J- 
 
 8— 
 
 — 
 
 " Robert Fletcher, Jun"- 
 
 6 
 
 " @ 6oi- 
 
 18— 
 
 — 
 
 " Expenses at J. Reids 
 
 
 
 12 — 
 
 — 
 
 " ditto at Fitches 
 
 
 
 2 — 
 
 10 — 
 
 " Mr. Kennedy his expenses 
 
 
 
 
 at Platts's 
 
 
 
 I — 
 
 5— ° 
 
 " Making return to Coll' 
 
 » Blanchard 
 
 6— 
 
 10 — 
 
 " The plan of lots where settlements 
 
 
 
 are made described 
 
 by Mi 
 
 ■. Fletcher 
 
 2 — 
 
 — 
 
 £lA— S— o 
 
 The three, who were paid for four days' service, resided 
 in Lunenburg, while Capt. Powers came from Hollis, and is 
 
THE MASON IAN CHARTER. 61 
 
 paid for two, additional days' attendance. Mr. Kennedy was 
 not one of the persons selected to perform this duty, and 
 perhaps in the language of their instructions the committee 
 took him with them " as such assistance as they may need." 
 The nature of their report to Col. Blanchard, or the plan of 
 Mr. Fletcher, the surveyor, is not preserved upon the rec- 
 ords. At this meeting it was also voted to "pay Lieut. 
 James Stevens twenty-five pounds, old tenor, for his ex- 
 traordinary service in serving an execution on Joseph 
 Platts." Lieut. Stevens resided in Portsmouth, and this 
 service was probably deemed extraordinary on account of 
 the distance traveled, and not from any remarkable event 
 connected with the discharge of his ofl&cial duty, ^he com- 
 mittee selected to view the premises, and obtain evidence 
 against the intruding settlers, had but recently returned un- 
 harmed ; and, without doubt, this officer of the law had 
 courage to venture among the trespassers without the en- 
 couraging presence of extraordinary assistance. From the 
 schedule of lots drawn, it will be seen that Samuel Johnson, 
 Jr., drew the ninth and tenth lots in the fourth range. 
 These lots included the original Platts farm upon which 
 Abel Platts first settled. This land he gave to his son 
 Joseph about 1750, and entered upon another tract near 
 Pool Pond. Through the obliging attention of Hon. C. H. 
 Bell, of Exeter, the following Court record is presented : — 
 
 Samuel Johnson appellant vs. Joseph Platts appellee. 
 
 Parties appearing and being fully heard by their Counsell 
 learned in y<= law, y« case was committed to y= Jury sworn accord- 
 ing to law to try y<= Issue, who made return of their Verdict upon 
 oath and say Jury find for y«^ ap* ten shillings damages and costs 
 of courts. 
 
 Judgment and execution were issued on the twenty-fifth 
 9 
 
62 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 of March, 1754. Without doubt, this was the execution 
 served by Lieut. Stevens. 
 
 The following affidavit, copied from the orginal in the 
 office of the Secretary of State, is a part of these legal pro- 
 ceedings : — 
 
 Francis peabody and Huberd Gould boath of lawful age tes- 
 tifyeth and sayth That in ye year 1742 we went to work at Rowley 
 Canada and we kept ower horses on Able plats hay in the medo 
 whare y^ trespas is said to be done & paid him for y<= same and 
 y= said plats hath ben in possession of s^^ meado ever sence till 
 he gave it to his son Joseph y^ defendant who hath ben in possess- 
 ion ever sence & as to ye upland whare y trespas is s^ to be 
 Done we se Able plats in y^ year 1742 y^ 29 & 30 days of Sep- 
 tember Cut wood & timber on the lot whare y= trespas is said 
 to be Done & y= s'' Able plats hath ben in possession ever sence 
 till he gave it to his son Joseph plats the Defendant & he hath 
 ben in possession to this day. 
 
 Francis Peabody. 
 
 Hubbard Gould. 
 
 Essex ss. January y= twenty seventh Day 1752 then the within 
 named Francis Peabody and Hubard Gould both being strictly 
 cautioned to the truth of what is above written and then made 
 oath to the same the adverce party not Notified living more than 
 thirty [miles] Distance. 
 
 Before the subscriber Aug' 6. 
 
 Thomas Lambert Jus. of Peace. 
 
 It is to be regretted that a more extended account of 
 these lawsuits, and information of the result, has not been 
 discovered. It is certain, however, that the Plattses re- 
 mained in possession of the lands in dispute, but how the 
 controversy was settled or compromised is not known. The 
 only remaining reference to the subject upon the records 
 
TBE MASONIAN CHAIiTER. 63 
 
 occurs in a notice of a meeting to be held in November, 
 1758, in tbese words : — 
 
 To hear what proposals, the old Proprietary (so called) of the 
 township, have to make to y^ present Proprietors and act thereon. 
 
 The record of the meeting states : — 
 
 That after a debate had thereon y« question was put whether 
 y'' Proprietors would act on said Article and it passed in the 
 negative. 
 
 The affidavit of Peabody and Gould is of importance 
 beyond the connection in which it has been employed, since 
 it establishes a date previous to which Abel Platts first com- 
 menced a clearing in the township. It will be seen that this 
 date is about ten years earlier than has generally been sup- 
 posed. 
 
 In the midst of this controversy concerning titles, the 
 war for the conquest of Canada was begun. The Indians in 
 the French interest again took up the hatchet, and their 
 predatory incursions spread terror and alarm on every side. 
 In the proceedings of a meeting of the proprietors of Monad- 
 nock Number One, held in September, 1754, an opinion was 
 expressed that on account of Indian hostilities it would be 
 exceedingly hazardous to build a meeting-house at present. 
 These fears were not altogether imaginary. In the month 
 of May preceding this meeting, Nathaniel Meloon, his wife, 
 and four children were captured by the Indians in Salisbury, 
 and soon after three persons were killed and several persons 
 captured in the same locality. They also broke into the 
 house of James Johnson at Charlestown, and carried the 
 entire family of eight persons into captivity. The following 
 year Benjamin Twitchel was captured at Keene, two men 
 were murdered at Walpole, and at Hinsdale a party of men 
 at work in the woods were attacked, and three of them were 
 
64 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 
 
 slain. Traces of Indians were also found in Winchendon, 
 and the inhabitants of that town took refuge in the block- 
 houses, which they had previously built ; and during their 
 alarm they petitioned the Governor and Legislature for 
 assistance. Exaggerated accounts of these atrocities were 
 swiftly spread by increasing alarm throughout the settle- 
 ments. A general feeling of insecurity prevailed to such an 
 extent that all progress in the settlements in this vicinity 
 was suspended, and many temporarily left their homes to 
 seek places of greater security. Such being the state of 
 affairs, it is evident that the fears which pervaded the 
 weaker settlements were not groundless. Yet in addition 
 to the sum of all accredited history, every town has its 
 Indian traditions, which should be received with many 
 grains of allowance. If the oral accounts of the number of 
 Indians slain by pioneers were true, the race long since 
 would have been exterminated. It is a fact in history that, 
 about 1723, the governments of Massachusetts and New 
 Hampshire offered a bounty of one hundred pounds, which 
 at that time was equivalent to forty pounds sterling, for 
 every Indian scalp which should be exhibited to the proper 
 authorities. Capt. John Lovewell, with a company of men 
 from Dunstable, Groton, and vicinity, made an excursion 
 into New Hampshire, where they killed one Indian and 
 captured a small lad. So elated were they with their suc- 
 cess that they immediately marched to Boston, where they 
 received the stipulated bounty, and a handsome gratuity 
 beside. This incident is related in resistance to those tradi- 
 tions which magnify the exploits of the early settlers in the 
 slaughter of a wary foe. 
 
 Previous to the settlements in this vicinity, the Indians, 
 attracted by the number and extent of the ponds in this 
 town, made frequent visits to their shores. A most inter- 
 
THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 65 
 
 esting collection of arrowheads, hatchets, and other imple- 
 ments, has been collected by Hiram Blake, Esq., of Keene. 
 They were found near the southern shore of Long Pond, 
 where they were unearthed by the plow after a repose of 
 more than a century. They are indisputable evidence of 
 the former presence, of the Indians in this locality. It is 
 not probable, however, that they ever made any continued 
 residence in this town, nor is it certain that any hostile 
 excursion was ever made within its limits since the advent 
 of the white man. The savages had a wholesome fear of the 
 more populous settlements, and unless they could stealthily 
 approach the defenceless borders they gave them a wide 
 berth. The older and stronger towns of Keene, Charles- 
 town, Lunenburg, Townsend, and Groton were fortifica- 
 tions to the settlements in this vicinity. A retrospect of 
 the fortunes of the settlement to this date exhibits many 
 discouragements. The first charter has been annulled by 
 the location of the province line ; the confirmation of the 
 Masonian patent has rendered the deeds acquired of the 
 Rowley Canada proprietors for a season extremely problem- 
 atical, and finally worthless ; the conflict of titles which 
 ensued, and the fear of Indian depredations, has been a most 
 effectual barrier to emigration into the township. 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 RMCOBJ) OF SETTLEMENTS, 1758 — 1768. 
 
 Amended Fortunes. — Retrospect. — Roads Laid Out. — Saw-ilill. — 
 Labor upon Highways. — Severe Drought. — The Common. — Delin- 
 quent Tax-payers. — Rev. Seth Dean Ordained. — Incorporation first 
 Proposed. — Census of 1767. 
 
 Fkom the beginning of the year 1758, the fortunes of the 
 settlement were greatly amended. The emigration hither 
 was much increased and uninterrupted, while a sense of 
 security and exemption from any further suspension, never 
 before enjoyed, was most happy in its results, and encour- 
 aged considerable expenditure in the anticipation of the 
 increasing demands of the settlement. The changes which 
 had occurred in the membership of the proprietary were of 
 a fortunate character. The speculators, who had only a 
 selfish interest in the grant, had generally sold their land, 
 and thereby transferred their right to vote in the meetings 
 of the proprietors, to persons who became residents of the 
 township, and had a more lively interest in its affairs. The 
 effect of this new element in the proprietarj' was soon 
 apparent in more liberal legislation, and in the adoption of 
 several measures which must have sprung from more 
 elevated motives. 
 
 The names of only a few of the persons who were resi- 
 
SETTLEMENTS. 67 
 
 dents of the township, at this date, have been incidentally 
 mentioned. It has been seen that Abel Platts, at this time 
 about fifty-four years of age, had been acquainted with the 
 township not far from twenty years, and during the time he 
 had resided alternately in Lunenburg and in this town. 
 Since 1751 or 1752, his residence in this town was contin- 
 uous until his death. As previously stated, he first settled 
 upon the farm now owned by Martin L. Goddard. This 
 farm, with many acres adjoining, he gave to his son Joseph 
 previous to 1752, when he commenced another clearing, and 
 built a house a short distance north of Pool Pond. His son 
 Abel, born 1738, remained with him until his death, and 
 received, by bequest, the farm on which he last resided. 
 Joseph Platts was married in 1752, and then became a per- 
 manent resident of this town, and had probably been at 
 work upon his land during a portion of several preceding 
 years. 
 
 Ezekiel Jewett settled about 1752 upon the farm now 
 owned by Dr. C. E. Ware, where he resided until his death. 
 This land he first purchased of the Rowley Canada grantees. 
 After considerable improvement had been made, and a 
 house had been built, he found that his title was to be 
 disputed. To avoid contention he bought the same land of 
 Thomas Prentice, Esq., who had received it in the distribu- 
 tion of lots among the Masonian grantees. In this manner 
 he was relieved from a law-suit, and perhaps an " extraordi- 
 nary service " of an execution by Lieut. Stevens. In the 
 preceding chapter, evidence was presented that Mr. Jewett 
 had a nursery growing upon this farm in 1753 ; and the tra- 
 ditions of his numerous descendants, received from the lips 
 of his widow, who lived until 1830, are clear that before he 
 entered the army, during the last French and Indian war, 
 he had planted an orchard of apple trees from this nursery. 
 
68 BISTORT OF RINDGE. 
 
 The few remaining fruit trees in this orchard are probably 
 the oldest in town. Mr. Jewett married, June 16, 17-59, 
 Hannah, daughter of Abel Platts. A few years later 
 Stephen and Jonathan Jewett, brothers of Ezekiel, settled 
 on adjoining farms, and lying next south of the farm of 
 their brother. Jonathan Stanley, from Topsfield, was an 
 early resident in this town, but the date of his removal is 
 not precisely known. He was taxed in Limenburg, 1758 
 and 1754. It is probable that during this time he was 
 clearing land and building a house preparatory to the 
 removal of his family, and that his residence in Lunenburg 
 was only an incident in his removal from Topsfield ; and his 
 place of abode in 1754 is made certain in the record of the 
 baptism of a child at Lunenburg, in which his residence in 
 this town is stated. Among his children were Abigail, Sam- 
 uel, John, and Joseph, to whom further reference will be 
 made. He settled on lot eleven in the ninth range. John 
 Hewitt was among the earliest settlers. He was taxed in 
 Lunenburg, 1750 and 1751, and probably came to this town 
 during the latter year. For several years his name occurs 
 upon the proprietors' records, but none of this name are 
 mentioned after the incorporation of the town. Nothino- 
 concerning his family is known. " George Hewitt, of Row- 
 ley Canada, and Miss Triphena Hodgskins, of Lunenburg, 
 were married Oct. 21, 1760." This, probably, was a son of 
 John, and removed with him, since a common obscurity sur- 
 rounds them both. 
 
 Joel Russell, with his wife and five children, removed 
 from Littleton in 1752, and settled in the northwest part of 
 the town. After removing several times, he settled upon 
 the farm for many years owned by Benjamin Hastings. His 
 son Silas was married previous to 1767. 
 
 During the year 1758 came John Coffeen from Boston, 
 
SETTLEMENTS. 69 
 
 and his brothers Eleazer and Henry Coffeen from Lunen- 
 burg. The former settled on the farm now of Thomas and 
 Charles G. Buswell. Henry married Lucy Hale soon after 
 his arrival, and located near the JafErey line, and not far 
 from the clearing of Abel Platts. Eleazer was not married 
 in 1771, and no reference to his house, if he had one, is 
 found upon the records. 
 
 Wilham Carlton came from Andover. Two years later 
 he married and settled a short distance south of the Com- 
 mon, where he continued to reside as a farmer and innholder 
 for many years. 
 
 The arrival of John LiUy from Limenburg, with his wife 
 and one child, probably completes the record of the families 
 in the settlement to this date. 
 
 1750. During this year a road was laid out from 
 Moses Foster's in Dorchester Canada, and another from 
 Aaron Kidder's in New Ipswich, to the centre of Monad- 
 nock Number One, and measures were instituted to secure 
 the building of a saw-mill. It was also determined to hold 
 all future meetings of the proprietors at the house of Abel 
 Platts, and that notices thereof should be posted in this 
 town, and in Lunenburg, Dunstable, and Groton. Preach- 
 ing was enjoyed for the first time during a portion of the 
 year. 
 
 The continued record of the early settlers during a few 
 succeeding years will be stated as briefly as possible, since 
 each of them will be more particularly noticed in the Second 
 part of this volume. 
 
 The arrivals during the year were not numerous. Aaron 
 Taylor, a native of Littleton, removed from Lunenburg, and 
 settled in the northwest part of the town. His family 
 consisted of a wife and three children. And Samuel 
 Hodgskins — who had lived in several places, but last in 
 
 10 
 
70 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Lunenburg, — with Ms wife and one child, settled near the 
 present residence of Dea. Norcross. 
 
 1760. The saw-mill was built by the proprietors 
 during the summer of this year. Numerous roads were 
 laid out, the sum of one hundred dollars was raised to 
 secure the public ministrations of the Gospel, and the house 
 of Samuel Hodgskins designated as the place "where the 
 preaching should be." 
 
 The names of Hale and Ingalls appear for the first time 
 upon the records. 
 
 Moses Hale removed from Hampstead, N. H., and died 
 in 1762. His grave-stone bears the earliest date in the 
 cemetery. His widow survived him nearly twenty years. 
 Moses Hale, Jr., with his wife and two children, also other 
 sons, Enoch and Nathan, and three daughters, came to this 
 town at the same time. They settled in the north part of 
 the town. James Philbrick, also from Hampstead, settled 
 upon the farm now owned by James P. Clay. He subse- 
 quently married a daughter of Moses Hale, senior. 
 
 Josiah Ingalls, from Andover, located near Grassy Pond, 
 and soon after acquired possession of the saw-mill which 
 was in the vicinity of his dwelling. 
 
 Jonathan Parker came from Groton, and settled near the 
 centre of the town. His wife and two sons composed his 
 family. Samuel Harper also removed into this town during 
 the year. His wife and several children were here soon 
 after, and probably accompanied him. 
 
 1761. The legislation for the year related mainly to 
 the highways, and provision was made for repairing the 
 roads already built "to make them passable for teams." 
 Aaron Taylor, Enoch Hale, Joseph Platts, and Jonathan 
 Stanley were chosen highway surveyors, with instructions 
 " to allow each labourer half a dollar for each day's service 
 
SETTLEMENTS. 71 
 
 from the first of May until the last of October, and then 
 two pistareens to the first day of May, and for a pair of 
 oxen for each day's service fifteen shillings, old tenor, of 
 y^ Massachusetts Bay. " Provision was made to secure 
 preaching, and Jonathan Hopkinson was chosen to engage a 
 minister. The continued record of the measures adopted in 
 regard to the meeting-house and the settlement of a minister 
 will be found in subsequent chapters. 
 
 The past few years had been seasons of great plenty, 
 which rewarded the labor of the husbandman with abundant 
 harvests. This and the succeeding year were as remarkable 
 for their scarcity. The severe drought which prevailed 
 during the summer months rendered them as memorable in 
 the distress of the settlement as the former had been in 
 abundance. Benjamin Wetherbee, of Lunenburg, who had 
 been here a portion of the time for two or three years, 
 removed his wife and three children to their futui-e home in 
 the southeast part of the town. His younger brothers, John 
 and Abraham, who subsequently settled in this town, were 
 mere lads at this date. 
 
 1762. From year to year the management of the 
 public affairs was more generally committed to residents 
 of the township than to non-resident owners of land, as 
 formerly had been the prevailing usage. This indicates 
 that the former class of proprietors had become the more 
 numerous and controlling element in the organization, and 
 that a more liberal policy would be pursued. John 
 Lovejoy, who removed into the township early in the 
 year, was chosen proprietors' clerk, in room of Abel 
 Lawrence, of Groton. The preceding year Jonathan 
 Blanchard was excused from further service as treasurer, 
 and Josiah Ingalls was elected as his successor. The 
 boundaries of the twenty acres reserved for a Common 
 
72 SISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 in the centre of the town were defined by marked trees, 
 a few acres were cleared for a "meeting-house place," and 
 the preceding year, one and one-half acres, included within 
 the twenty acres of Common, had been reserved for a 
 cemetery, and a committee chosen to clear one-half of an 
 acre without delay. Through this and the succeeding years 
 the highways continued to be a fruitful subject of legis- 
 lation, and the numerous measures adopted in relation to 
 them occupy a large share of the records. 
 
 Nathaniel Russell, with his wife and three children, 
 removed from Littleton, and settled on the farm now of 
 William E. Robbins; and John Lovejoy, from Lunenburg, 
 settled on the farm now owned by Addison Todd. He 
 was married, and, at the time of removal, had five children. 
 Samuel Larabee, an aged man, and his son Samuel Larabee, 
 Jr., removed from Lunenburg. The latter was accompanied 
 by his wife, five children, and one slave ; and Joshua 
 Webster, his wife and four children, came from New Salem 
 in this State. Jonathan Hopkinson came this or the pre- 
 ceding year. He was married, but no further information 
 of his family has been found. 
 
 1763. For sometime past the records have foreshad- 
 owed an increasing embarrassment, arising from the number 
 of delinquent tax-payers. The siuns assessed for public 
 uses upon lands owned by non-residents, to a great extent, 
 remained unpaid. Upon many of the lots the accumulation 
 of the whole number of assessments was in arrears. This 
 state of affairs continued to engross the earnest attention of 
 the proprietors, and during the year no less than twelve 
 votes were passed in relation to the subject. Committees 
 were chosen with ample instructions. The lands were 
 advertised for sale to meet the taxes due. But from fear 
 that this measure would not be sustained by the Courts, 
 
SETTLEMENTS. 73 
 
 such proceedings were generally postponed. A few lots 
 were sold, but not until the proprietors agreed to indemnify 
 the committee chosen for that purpose from any personal 
 loss in case a lawsuit resulted from such sales. All 
 measures relating to this subject appear to have been 
 adopted with extreme caution. Under the cloak of a 
 provision in the charter, the owners of the fifty-four lots 
 reserved by the Masonian grantors refused to pay any taxes 
 upon them until they had been improved. As a means of 
 relief from this dilemma, and to enable them to speedily 
 collect the unpaid taxes on other lands, the proprietors 
 resolved to request the General Court of the province to 
 pass a statute that would authorize them to summarily 
 balance accounts with these delinquent land-owners, and 
 Dr. John Hale, of Hollis, was desired to present their 
 petition. The Masonians possessed an influence in and 
 around the Legislature that could easily defeat any measure 
 hostile to their interests, and the subject continued to season 
 the deliberations of the proprietors with vexation until the 
 township was incorporated, and public affairs were con- 
 trolled by a more efficient organization. 
 
 This year it was agreed that the notices of public 
 meetings of the proprietors should thereafter be posted 
 only in Number One and in Lunenburg. Page Norcross 
 and ■ John Demary removed from Lunenburg. The former 
 was married this year, and settled on the farm owned by 
 Nathan Woodbury. The latter, whose family consisted of 
 a wife and six children, owned and occupied for niany years 
 the farm of the late Hubbard Moors. Jacob Gould, his 
 brother Elijah, and his cousin Benjamin Gould, of Lunen- 
 burg, had owned and improved land in this town for two or 
 three years. In June of this year, Jacob Gould married a 
 daughter of Moses Hale, and settled in the northwest part 
 
74 HISTORY OF RINBOE. 
 
 of the town. The other two were soon after married, and 
 became residents of this town. 
 
 1764. Five meetings of the proprietors were held 
 during the year. The issues which had arisen in the past 
 were repeatedly considered, and few new questions were 
 proposed. The meeting-house was raised and partly 
 finished, and numerous bills for labor and material were 
 paid. Moses Hale was chosen treasurer, which office he 
 held until the organization was dissolved, soon after the 
 incorporation of the town. 
 
 The only arrival in town during the year was Silas 
 Dutton, from Lunenburg, and his family was proportion- 
 ately small, being a wife and an infant. 
 
 1765. Mi^- Dean was ordained, and a church was 
 embodied. A committee was chosen to prevent any 
 encroachment on the Common, and several acres around 
 the meeting-house were cleared and graded. It was also 
 ordered that notices of all future meetings of the pro- 
 prietors should be posted only in the township. For the 
 first time the question of incorporation was proposed. At 
 these and subsequent meetings, whenever the subject was 
 considered, it was invariably associated with the difficulties 
 the proprietors experienced in collecting the taxes assessed 
 on non-resident owners of land, and the measure appears 
 to have been sustained, not so much as a result to be desired 
 of itself as a means of relief from this embarrassment. 
 The evidence of the records is clear upon this point: — 
 
 Voted that Enoch Hale be an agent to go to Portsmouth to 
 git the town Incorporated with the proviso he can get the land 
 taxed. And to see whether there be any other way for our help 
 than to be incorporated, and that there be no other way for to 
 gather the taxes, and voted that Enoch Hale get the town incor- 
 
SETTLEMENTS. 75 
 
 porated at all events if he can see no other way for to relieve 
 the town. 
 
 It was upon the strength of this vote that the town was 
 subsequently incorporated. Rev. Seth Dean's house was 
 near the southern extremity of the Common, and on the 
 lot now owned by A. A. Fowle. His children at this time 
 were a son and two or more daughters. William Stearns, 
 his wife and child were also added to the population of 
 the settlement, while Daniel Harper came to this town in 
 course, having previously resided in nearly all the towns 
 in this vicinity. He hailed from Shirley at this time. His 
 wife and three children came the following year. Evidently 
 they had not been able to keep pace with him in his 
 frequent removals. 
 
 176G. From this date the public meetings of the 
 proprietors were held in the meeting-house. An article 
 in the warrant for a meeting to be held in August does 
 not represent a very satisfactory state of the treasury. The 
 grief of the proprietors found expression in these words : 
 " To see if the proprietors will choose an agent to hire any 
 sum of money to relieve some difficulties that labor with 
 the proprietors." When the meeting was assembled the 
 article was passed without action, but whether in despair 
 of securing relief, or from some happy change in the 
 condition of their finances, is not made known. 
 
 A vote was passed granting Jonathan Stanley, and any 
 others that so desired, the privilege of building stables 
 near the meeting-house and on the land reserved for a 
 Common. The stranger might reasonably inquire if some 
 of the dilapidated horse-sheds, which now shabbily proclaim 
 their great age, were not built at this time. But the facts 
 and appearances are slightly at variance. 
 
76 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 The emigration to the town for this as well as the 
 preceding year was not numerous. David Hammond, with 
 his wife and two children, Nathaniel Turner, from Lan- 
 caster, with his wife and one child, and Amasa Turner, his 
 father, also from Lancaster, complete the number. The 
 family of the latter consisted of a wife and several children. 
 176T. The usual number of public meetings were 
 held, but the proceedings are unimportant. It was now 
 apparent that the place would soon be incorporated, by 
 which the control of public affairs would be vested in the 
 town instead of the association of proprietors, and for this 
 reason few measures involving any outlay of money were 
 adopted. The town received an addition of eleven families. 
 Daniel Rand, of Shrewsbury, was married in May of this 
 year, and settled in the southwest district. The farm has 
 remained in the possession of his descendants until quite 
 recently. Daniel Lake, his wife and seven children, 
 removed to the north part of the town. They came from 
 Topsfield. Isaac and David .Allen, John MacElwain, each 
 of whom were married; Benjamin Davis, from Groton, 
 wife and one child; Abel Stone, also from Groton, wife 
 and three children; Oliver Stevens, who was married in 
 April; Joseph Worcester, wife and one child; Joseph 
 Page, a widower, and his younger children, from Lunen- 
 burg; Samuel Sherwin, of Andover, his wife and two 
 children; and Jonathan Sherwin, from Boxford, with his 
 wife and four children, removed to the town during the 
 year. 
 
 In September the Provincial Legislature ordered an 
 enumeration of the inhabitants, and an inventory of the 
 ratable estates in each town or place in the province, to be 
 made in December of this year. Any enumeration of the 
 inhabitants of a town or of a State is an important item 
 
SETTLEMENTS. 
 
 11 
 
 in its history. This census being made so near the date of 
 incorporation possesses more than an ordinary interest, and 
 the data are of much service in verifying the record of 
 previous settlements. Previous to this enumeration, the 
 Hewitts and Samuel Hodgskins had removed from the 
 town. 
 
 The returns of a few towns in this vicinity in the 
 following table are placed in comparison with the like 
 statistics of this town. The names by which these towns 
 at present are known are here employed. No returns are 
 found with which to fill the blank spaces in the table : — 
 
 
 "^ 
 
 e *- e 
 
 
 Rindge, . . 
 Fitzwilliam, 
 Dublin, . . 
 Keene, . . 
 New Ipswich, 
 Peterborough, 
 
 
 
 £ 
 
 298 
 
 65 
 
 2,200 
 
 93 
 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 1,000 
 
 430 
 
 106 
 
 4,000 
 
 
 150 
 
 5,000 
 
 443 
 
 100 
 
 3,715 
 
 £ s. 
 5 4 
 
 2 7 
 
 9 10 
 
 11 18 
 
 8 17 
 
 The population of each town is arranged in classes. The 
 returns from Rindge were as follows : — 
 
 Married men from 16 to 60 years of age, ... 54 
 
 Married women 54 
 
 Unmarried men from 16 to 60 years of age, ... 18 
 
 Men 60 years and above, 4 
 
 Females unmarried (of all ages), 82 
 
 Boys of 16 years and under, 84 
 
 Male slaves, 
 
 Female slaves 1 
 
 Widows 1 
 
 Total 298 
 
 11 
 
78 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
 In this classification of the inhabitants there is a manifest 
 error. The number of married men between sixteen and 
 sixty years of age is fifty-four; and the number of men 
 above sixty years is four, two of whom were married ; while 
 the number of married women is fifty-four. Either the 
 number of married men between sixteen and sixty years of 
 age should be fifty-two, or else the number of married 
 women should be fifty-six. Probably the latter supposition 
 is correct, and the population of the town was two more 
 than stated, .and the number of families was fifty-eight. Or 
 if these married men, to whom the census returns have 
 allotted no wives, were clearing land and building houses, 
 preparatory to the removal of their families, that fact would 
 account for the apparent discrepancy. The following exhibit 
 of the families when the enumeration was made has not 
 been prepared without considerable labor. The number 
 of the children in some of the families has not been ascer- 
 tained. If the table was complete in this particular, the 
 sum of the two last columns would be one hundred and 
 sixty-six, including others, if any, whose parents were not 
 residents of this town. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ■r 
 
 
 "a 
 
 
 
 C 
 
 1J 
 ^ 1 
 
 s 
 
 
 
 
 a «; 
 
 
 
 
 & 
 
 
 
 2; -^ 
 
 'S^ 
 
 Is. 
 
 Vfes 
 
 >vi 
 
 
 <u 
 
 
 • is c 
 
 
 ^^^1 
 
 
 
 ^3 5^ 
 
 ^5 
 
 1 
 
 Joseph Page (widower), . . . . 
 Samuel Larrabee, " 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 Abel Platts 
 
 63 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 Nathaniel Pas^e, 
 
 
 55 
 
 Q 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 David Allen, 
 
 
 6 
 
 Isaac AUen, 
 
 
 7 
 
 John Coffeen 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 Henry Coffeen, 
 
 29 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 William Carlton, 
 
 ;j-2 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 Rev. Seth Dean, . . 
 
 49 
 
 
 1 ! 4 
 
 11 
 
 Silas Dutton, ... 
 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 1-2 
 
 John Demavy, 
 
 
 
 3 i 4 
 
SETTLEMENTS. 
 
 79 
 
 ^. 
 
 11 
 
 "^ 
 
 
 
 r 
 
 i 
 
 o -B '^ 
 
 
 
 No. of 
 under 
 years 
 
 05 . 
 !2l 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 41 
 
 42 
 
 43 
 
 44 
 
 45 
 
 46 
 
 47 
 
 48 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 51 
 
 52 
 
 53 
 
 54 
 
 55 
 
 56 
 
 57 
 
 58 
 
 Benjamin Davis, . . 
 Jacob Gould, . . . 
 Benjamin Grould, 
 Elijah Gould, . . . 
 Stephen Gates, . . 
 Moses Hale, . . . 
 Enoch Hale, . . . 
 Nathan Hale, . . . 
 David Hammond, . 
 David Harper, . . 
 Jonathan Hopkinson, 
 Samuel Harper, . . 
 Caleb Huston, . . 
 Josiah Ingalls, . . 
 Ebenezer Ingalls, 
 Ezekiel Jewett, . . 
 Stephen Jewett, . . 
 Jonathan Jewett, 
 Daniel Lake, . . . 
 John Lovejoy, . . 
 Samuel Larrabee, Jr., 
 John LiUy, . . • 
 John MacElwain, . 
 Page Norcross, . . 
 James Philbrick, 
 Joseph Platts,- . . 
 
 Abel Platts, Jr., . . 
 
 Jonathan Parker 
 
 Joel Russell, 
 
 Nathaniel Russell, 
 
 Silas Russell, 
 
 Daniel Rand, 
 
 WUliam Spaulding, 
 
 Jonathan Sherwin, 
 
 Samuel Sherwin, 
 
 William Steams, 
 
 Jonathan Stanley, 
 
 John Stanley, 
 
 Abel Stone 
 
 Oliver Stevens, 
 
 Amasa Turner, 
 
 Nathaniel Turner, 
 
 Aaron Taylor, 
 
 Benjamin Wetherbee, 
 
 Joshua Webster 
 
 Joseph Worcester, 
 
 Children of second wife of J. Platts 
 by a former marriage, 
 
 3Y4 Total, 
 
 23 
 30 
 26 
 24 
 
 35 
 34 
 24 
 30 
 
 27 
 
 22 
 40 
 30 
 28 
 41 
 
 29 
 28 
 41 
 29 
 46 
 51 
 34 
 25 
 25 
 
 29 
 
 56 
 22 
 25 
 
 30 
 41 
 39 
 
 21 
 
 29 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 40 
 39 
 
 27 
 26 
 27 
 49 
 
 21 
 
 33 
 
 35 
 36 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 4 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 4 
 
 3 
 5 
 
 1 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 3 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 
 4 
 3 
 1 
 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 
 
 1 
 3 
 3 
 4 
 
 
80 BISTORT OF RINDGK 
 
 The four men above sixty years of age were Joseph 
 Page, Samuel Larrabee, Abel Platts, and Nathaniel Page. 
 These names are first upon, the foregoing list. Joseph Page 
 and Samuel Larrabee were widowers. Elizabeth (Wheeler) 
 Hale, widow of Moses Hale, was the widow enumerated in 
 the census, and the slave was the property of Samuel 
 Larrabee, Jr. The only remaining class in this enumeration 
 included the unmarried men between sixteen and sixty 
 years of age. They were : Eleazer Coffeen, brother of 
 John and Henry; John, son of Rev. Seth Dean; John 
 Demary, Jr. ; Timothy, son of Stephen Gates ; Joseph 
 Gillson; Josiah, Simeon, and Nathaniel, sons of Josiah 
 Ingalls ; John Lovejoy, Jr. ; George, son of Daniel Lake ; 
 Stephen, son of Samuel Larrabee, Jr. ; Joseph and Abijah, 
 sons of Joseph Page ; Jonathan Parker, Jr. ; Joel and 
 William, sons of Joel Russell ; Samuel, son of Jonathan 
 Stanley ; and Thomas Walker. 
 
 Such were the inhabitants of the settlement at the close 
 of the year, and within six weeks of the date of the 
 incorporation of the town. 
 
CHAPTER IV. 
 
 A RECOBD FROM THE INCORPORATION TO THE 
 REVOLUTION. 
 
 Town Incorporated. — Origin of the Name. — The Charter. — Town 
 Meetings. — Warning out of Town. — Settlements. — John Fitch. 
 
 1768. On the eleventh of February the town was 
 incorporated, and received the name of Rindge. The 
 preliminary proceedings were exceedingly brief, and con- 
 sisted merely of the votes passed in 1765. Perhaps a 
 petition from the inhabitants was presented by Mr. Hale, 
 but no mention of such a paper is found upon the records. 
 The proprietors expressed a wish that the town be called 
 Providence. This name was proposed by Rev. Seth Dean. 
 In this, as in many other instances, but little consideration 
 was given to the wishes of the people in regard to the 
 names of towns. Personal ends were to be obtained, and 
 friends rewarded. If Mr. Dean displayed the better taste, 
 the name by him suggested was presented as a request 
 from the people, while the name of Rindge was returned 
 as an edict of a royal Governor. 
 
 It has been suggested that the town was named in 
 memory of John Rindge, who was the efficient agent of 
 New Hampshire in the controversy with Massachusetts 
 concerning the province lines, and who had been a member 
 
82 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 of both branches of the Legislature. Nor should the fact 
 be overlooked that John Wentworth, who was appointed 
 Governor the year previous, and who issued the charter, 
 was a grandson of Mr. Rindge. But when it is remembered 
 that he died in 1740, nearly thirty years previous to the 
 charter, it appears more highly probable that the town was 
 named in honor of Daniel Rindge, who was an active 
 member of the Provincial Council at this time. Daniel 
 Rindge and George Jaffirey were members of the Council 
 when the towns of Rindge and Jalfrey were incorporated. 
 If this town was named in honor of Daniel Rindge, the 
 analogy is clearly seen. But a consideration of still greater 
 weight rests in the custom then prevailing of assigning to 
 the counties and towns in New Hampshire the names of the 
 living rather than of the dead. There was also a John 
 Rindge, who became one of the proprietors of Mason's 
 grant at the time the number of shares was increased and 
 several new members admitted ; but no cause appears to 
 warrant the association of his name in this connection. 
 
 The charter is here presented as it is found upon the 
 town records : — 
 
 PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, 
 
 and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so Forth. 
 
 To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, Greeting: 
 
 Whereas our Loyal subjects, Inhabitants of a Tract of Land 
 within our Province of New Hampshire, aforesaid, known by the 
 name of Monadnock No. i lying between Monadnock No. 4 and 
 New Ipswich, on the Province Line, and containing by estimation 
 Thirty-five square miles. Have Humbly Petitioned and Requested 
 us that they may be Erected and Incorporated into a Township 
 and Infranchised with the same powers and privileges, which other 
 Towns in our said province by Law have and Injoy ; and it 
 
TO THE REVOLUTION. 83 
 
 appearing unto us to be Condusive to the General Good of our 
 said province, as well as of the said Inhabitants in particular by 
 maintaining Good order and encouraging . the Culture of the land 
 that the same should be done. Know Ye Therefore that we 
 of our Especial Grace, Certain Knowledge and for the Encourage- 
 ment and promoting the Good purposes and Ends, aforesaid, By 
 and with the advice of our Trusty John Wentworth, Esq^, our 
 Governor and Commander-in-Chief, and of our Council for said 
 province of New Hampshire, have Erected and ordained, and by 
 these Presents for us, our heirs and successors. Do will and 
 ordain That the Inhabitants of the Tract of Land, aforesaid, and 
 others who shall Inhabit and Improve thereon hereafter. The 
 same being butted and bounded as follows (viz.) : Beginning at the 
 Southwest Corner of New Ipswich then Running on the Province 
 Line West Ten Degrees North Seven miles to the Southeast Cor- 
 ner of No. 4. Then Turning off and Running North by the 
 Needle by No. 4 aforesaid five miles then Turning off and Run- 
 ning East Ten Degrees South seven miles to New Ipswich, then 
 Turning off again and Running South by the needle by New 
 Ipswich aforesaid Five miles to the bounds began at. Be and 
 HEREBY ARE DECLARED AND ORDAINED to be a Town Corporate 
 and are hereby Erected and Incorporated into a Body politick and 
 Corporate, to have Continuance During our pleasure, by the name 
 of RINDGE with all the powers and authorities, privileges, immu- 
 nities, and franchises, which any other Towns in said province 
 by Law hold and injoy to the said Inhabitants or who shall here- 
 after inhabit there and their successors for said Term. Always 
 Reserving to us our heirs or successors all white Pine Trees 
 that are or shall be growing and being on the said Tract of Land, 
 fit for the use of our Royal Navy. Reserving also to us our heirs 
 and successors the Power and Right of Dividing the said Town 
 when it shall appear Necessary and Convenient for the Inhabi- 
 tants thereof. Provided Nevertheless and it is hereby Declared 
 that this Charter and Grant is not Intended and shall not in any 
 manner be Construed to effect the Private Property of the soil 
 
84 , HISTOBY OF RINBGE. 
 
 within the Limits aforesaid and as the several Towns within our 
 said province are by the Laws thereof enabled and authorized to 
 assemble and, by the majority of the voters present, to choose all 
 such officers and Transact such affairs as in the said Laws are 
 Declared. We do by these Presents nominate and appoint 
 Enoch Hale Esq'' to call the first meeting, of said Inhabitants, to 
 be held within the said Town at any time within eighty days from 
 the Date hereof, Giving Legal Notice of the Time and Design of 
 holding such meeting. After which the annual meeting in said 
 Town shall be held for the choice of said officers and the purposes 
 aforesaid on the third Thursday in the month of March annually. 
 
 In Testimony whereof we have caused the seal of our said 
 Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness our aforesaid Governor 
 and Commander-in-Chief this eleventh day of February in the 
 Eighth year of our Reign, and in the year of our Lord Christ 1768. 
 
 J. WENTWORTH. 
 By his Excellancy's Command, 
 
 T. ATKINSON, [Secty.J 
 
 Entered and Recorded in the Book for Recording Charters of 
 Incorporations. Folio 299 & 300. 
 
 GEO. KING, Dep. Sec'y. 
 
 The public interests which had been controlled by the 
 proprietors were novr assumed by the town. Hereafter the 
 taxes were levied, not simply upon lands, but upon all 
 estates, both personal and real ; and every citizen, without 
 regard to the amount of land in his possession, was 
 permitted to have a voice in the management of public 
 affairs. The public meetings were no longer called at the 
 request of one or more of the principal land-owners, but in 
 response to the voice of the citizen, without regard to the 
 number of his acres or the value of his estate. The 
 incorporation of towns to succeed the more aristocratic 
 organizations of proprietors was simply the founding of 
 
TO THE BEVOLVTION. 85 
 
 schools for the training of freemen. It was in the town 
 meetings that the American Revolution was inaugurated. 
 Here the situation was debated, the lives and fortunes of 
 the people were pledged to the cause, and the sum of these 
 debates and resolutions formed the public sentiment at large 
 which carried the colonies through the war, and controlled 
 their leaders in the adoption of liberal constitutions as the 
 proper fruits of a successful revolution. 
 
 According to the bounds defined in the charter, the town 
 would contain about 22,060 acres. If each corner had been 
 a right angle, the area would have been thirty-five square 
 miles, or 22,400 acres. In Merrill's "Gazetteer of New 
 Hampshire," published in 1817, the area is given as 23,838 
 acres. The town is more than seven miles from east to 
 west, and more than five miles from north to south, and 
 contains about 24,000 acres. In accordance with A provision 
 of the charter, the first town meeting was called by Enoch 
 Hale, Esq., who had been appointed a Justice of the Peace 
 only a short time previous. At this meeting the town 
 officers for the ensuing year were chosen, but no other 
 business was transacted. The record of the meeting is 
 given entire : — 
 
 The Inhabitants of said Town of Rindge being met at the 
 meeting house in said Town upon the seventeenth Day of March 
 A.D. 1768 agreeable to the aforegoing Warrant, Proceeded as 
 followeth (viz.) 
 
 First Choose Enoch Hale Esq' Moderator To Govern said 
 meeting. 
 
 Secondly made Choice of Nathaniel Russell for Town Clerk. 
 
 Thirdly Choose Nathaniel Russell first Selectman, William 
 Carlton second Selectman, and Henry Goddin third Selectman. 
 
 Choose Nathan Hale Constable, and Henry Coffeen Town 
 Treasurer, and Aaron Taylor and John Cofleen Tythingmen, and 
 
 12 
 
86 BISTORT OF BINDOE. 
 
 Samuel Sherwin and Page Norcross fence Viewers, and Joseph 
 Worster and Abel Stone Haywards and field Drivers. And Jacob 
 Gould, Benjamin Davis, Joseph Worster and Jonathan Parker 
 Jun'' Surveyors of Highways. Choose Enoch Hale Esq'' Pound 
 Keeper. 
 
 All the above persons except Enoch Hale Esq'' were sworn to 
 the faithful Discharge of these Respective offices, by Enoch Hale 
 Esq'', and then the meeting was Dismissed. 
 
 By these proceedings the administration of the propri- 
 etors was terminated, the outstanding bills "were paid, the 
 meeting-house, public land, and liighways -were subsequently 
 transferred to the town, and their organization was dissolved. 
 Another meeting soon followed. To illustrate the manner 
 of calling meetings at this time the warrant — omitting sev- 
 eral articles noticed in another chapter — and the return of 
 the constable are presented : — 
 
 PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 To Mr. Nathan Hale, Constable for the Town of Rindge in 
 the province aforesaid. Greeting: 
 
 You are hereby required in his Majesty's name to Notify and 
 Warn all the freeholders and other Inhabitants of said Town of 
 Rindge Qualified to vote in Town meetings to assemble and meet 
 at the public meeting house in said Rindge upon Monday the 
 Second Day of May next at one of the Clock in the afternoon of 
 said Day, then and there to Act upon the following Articles. 
 
 First to Choose a moderator to Govern said meeting. . . 
 
 4'>' to see if the Town Will Vote to allow the Swine to Go at 
 Large in said Town for this Present year, they being Yooked and 
 Wringed as the Law Directs. 
 
 5'y to see if the Town will Rent out the School Lot in said 
 Town to Mr. William Stearns of said Town for such a number of 
 years as they shall think proper and for such yearly Rent as they 
 
TO THE REVOLUTION 87 
 
 shall think Reasonable, and Give the Selectmen orders to Lease 
 the same to him accordingly. The profitts thereof to be Laid 
 out for Schooling Children in said Town. . . . 
 
 yiy To see if the Town will Fix the space for the intermissions 
 between meetings on the Lord's Day. 
 
 Hereof fail not to make Return of this warrant with your 
 Doings thereon at or before the said Second Day of May. 
 
 Given under my hand and seal at Rindge aforesaid the i3<h 
 Day of April in the Eighth year of his Majesty's Reign A. D. 
 • 1768. 
 
 By order of the Selectmen of said Rindge. 
 
 NATHANIEL RUSSELL, Town Clerk. 
 
 Province of New Hampshire, Rindge, May the 2'', 1768. 
 
 In obedience to this Warrant I have notified and warned all 
 the freeholders and other inhabitants as mentioned herein, to 
 meet at time and place herein mentioned, to act on the within 
 Articles, by posting up an attested Copy hereof, fourteen days 
 before this day, at the meeting house in said Rindge. 
 
 NATHAN HALE, Constable of said Rindge. 
 
 This form for calling tovrn meetings was continued until 
 the statute of 1773, after which the warrants were signed 
 by the selectmen. Upon the commencement of the war 
 all appearance of reverence for George the Third and the 
 words " In his majesty's name " were studiously omitted, 
 and the word State was substituted for Province in all official 
 papers. At this meeting, the fourth and fifth articles were 
 acted upon affirmatively ; the intermission between services 
 on the Sabbath was changed from two hours to one hour 
 and a half. " Then voted to reconsider their vote to let 
 the swine go at large, and the article was dismissed. " The 
 proceedings of this meeting occupy several pages of the 
 
88 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 records, and relate mainly to the location and bounds of 
 numerous highways, and to the salary of Rev. Seth Dean. 
 In January, 1769, occurred the first instance of " warn- 
 ing out, " — "a custom more honored in the breach than 
 in the observance, " and long since abandoned. It was the 
 practice in all the towns to warn out new arrivals soon after 
 their removal. Although they were commanded in positive 
 terms to depart hence, it was not expected that they would 
 go, and in a majority of cases it was ardently hoped that 
 they would not. This proceeding was had, under the 
 provisions of the statutes, as a safeguard against such per- 
 sons obtaining a legal settlement in the towns to which they 
 had removed, and in case any of the inhabitants, upon whom 
 a warrant to depart had been legally served, became needy, 
 the town from whence they removed was chargeable for 
 their support. For many years, nearly all who removed 
 hither, without regard to their social or financial standing, 
 were warned out ; and very many of those who became 
 prosperous in business, honored as townsmen, and whose 
 descendants have been useful and esteemed citizens, were 
 requested to leave the limits of the town before they had 
 become comfortably settled in their new homes. Not a few 
 of those who were the first to respond to the call of their 
 country during the Revolution were thus inhospitably 
 welcomed to the town; but they doubtless received the 
 summons in the spirit in which it was issued, and justly 
 regarded it as a legal formality in which there was no sin- 
 cerity. A few extracts selected at random from the records 
 will illustrate more fully the nature of these proceedings. 
 In the preservation of the names of the families, the date of 
 removal to this town, and the place of their former resi- 
 dence, these records incidentally afford much valuable 
 information concerning the emigration to the town. 
 
TO THE REVOLUTION. 89 
 
 Cheshire, ss. 
 
 To Mr. Jonathan Parker Jun', Constable for the Town of 
 Rindge in said County, Greeting: 
 
 Whereas Sundry Persons of late Came into this Town which 
 may Becom Inhabitants if not warned out and are likely to Becom 
 a Town Charge in any time of sickness or adversity, viz : Silas 
 Whitney and wife Jean and six children, all minors, viz : Love, 
 Oliver, Bartholomew, Jean, Phebe, and Samuel, who came from 
 Winchendon, in the province of the Massachusetts Bay, into this 
 town in the month of February A.D. 1773. And Joseph WillsQn 
 and wife Hannah and one Child Being a miner, viz : Temperance 
 Robinson, who came from Petersham in said Province into this 
 Town in the month of february 1773, and Isaac Russell who Came 
 from Littleton in said Province into this town in the month of 
 November A. D. 1773. You are therefore Required in his 
 majesty's name to Notify and Warn all and each of said Persons 
 to Depart out of this Town as they will answer there Contempt 
 under y« Penalty of y Law. 
 
 Hereof fail not and make Return of this warrant with your 
 doings thereon as soon as may be. ^ 
 
 Dated at Rindge aforesaid this sixteenth day of December in 
 the fourteenth year of his majesty's Reign A.D. 1773. 
 
 JONATHAN SHERWIN, I Selectmen 
 DANIEL RAND, I of 
 
 EDWARD JEWETT, J Rindge. 
 
 Cheshire, ss. Rindge January y^ i^' 1774- 
 
 In obedience to the within warrant I have warned all and each 
 of. the within mentioned persons forthwith to Depart out of this 
 Town as the Law directs, 
 
 JON^ PARKER Jun'', 
 
 Constable for said Rindge. 
 
90 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 RiNDGE June y= 12''' 1776. 
 Then Rec<> of Edward Jewett & Abel Stone Selectmen of 
 Rindge Two pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence L. M°. in 
 full for warning forty persons out of town. 
 
 by me, JONATHAN SHERWIN, 
 
 Former Constable. 
 
 Rindge Oct'''^ 16* 1776. 
 
 Then Rec^ of Edward Jewett, Mr. Jonathan Sherwin & Lieut. 
 
 Abel Stone Selectmen of Rindge, Ten shillings and Eight pence 
 
 L. M°. it being in full for warning eight persons out of Town last 
 
 year. 
 
 NATHANIEL PAGE. 
 
 In 1772 and 1773, fifty-nine persons were warned out by 
 Jonathan Parker, Jr. 
 
 If tliese proceedings are open to criticism, the error 
 rested in the province laws, since the town, for its own 
 protection, was compelled to adopt a practice which had 
 become universal. And it certainly was more humane than 
 the custom of " riding out of town, " which was sometimes 
 tolerated after this regidation had become obsolete. Then 
 for a small amount of money the needy were sometimes 
 hired to leave the town, and perhaps receive a colder charity 
 from other hands ; and not infrequently, without regard to 
 their wishes, they were carried by the town authorities, or 
 more frequently by some one hired for that purpose, to the 
 town from whence they came, where they were directed 
 to apply for bread which here had been withheld. This 
 proceeding may possess an appearance of justice as an 
 issue between the towns, but it could not have been 
 remarkably agreeable to the persons most keenly inter- 
 ested in the result. On one occasion the selectmen of 
 Rindge were considerably overreached in an enterprise of 
 
TO THE REVOLUTION. 91 
 
 this character. The poverty of an inhabitant of the town 
 had become a most emphatic illustration of the truth of 
 the declaration, " The poor ye have always with you. " 
 But the selectmen, failing to comprehend their duty in 
 the premises as clearly as they realized the general truth 
 of the Scripture, employed Israel DivoU to carry the needy 
 individual to his former home in Leominster. In this 
 transaction their faith that he would be properly cared for 
 was more commendable than their works to the same end. 
 For this business the agent was paid the sum of five dollars. 
 Not to be outdone in this species of liberality, the selectmen 
 of Leominster offered Mr. DivoU six -dollars if he would 
 bring the pauper back. The offer was accepted to the 
 replenishment of liis purse with money, and the minds of 
 the Rindge officials with chagrin. At another time, when 
 the population of the town was one more than was thought 
 necessary for its prosperity, the town by vote instructed 
 the selectmen to employ the greatest rogue in the commu- 
 nity to carry the supernumerary inhabitant to the town 
 from whence he came. Mr. Divoll was not employed. 
 The selectmen immediately nominated Asa Brocklebank 
 as a proper person for the enterprise, whereupon Mr. 
 Brocklebank, who was better known for his good nature 
 than for any dishonest practices, quickly responded that 
 he would accept the trust if the town would select the 
 next greatest rogue to instruct him how to proceed; and 
 Col. Daniel Rand, a most exemplary and candid-minded 
 citizen, was requested to advise him in the fulfillment of 
 his duty. While these proceedings are sustained by tradi- 
 tion, to the credit of the town they were never entered 
 upon the records ; and if any instructions were given they 
 probably did not exceed a caution against taking pay from 
 more than one town. 
 
92 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 This treatment of the poor savors of inhumanity, but 
 it was in accordance with the prevailing usage, and the 
 people and their officials suffer in no degree when placed 
 in comparison with those of other places. The method of 
 providing for this unfortunate class has passed through 
 various phases ; yet the innovations, which will be noticed 
 in a subsequent chapter, have been more suggestive of 
 benevolence and humanity. 
 
 During the seven years that intervened between the 
 date of incorporation and the Revolution, the emigration 
 to the town was both numerous and reputable. A large 
 majority of these settlers were worthy and influential 
 townsmen, and their descendants have been intelligent and 
 valuable citizens. At this time the southwest part of the 
 town was mainly settled, and that locality even to this day 
 is frequently called Topsfield, from the name of the town 
 from which many of the people came. Topsfield was also 
 the residence of several of the proprietors of Rowley 
 Canada, which fact is more or less intimately associated 
 with this emigration to the town, and is another illustration 
 of the impress of the Massachusetts grant upon the destiny 
 of the township. 
 
 William and David Robbins, of Cambridge, in 1764 pur- 
 chased Lots Twenty in the first and second ranges. They 
 immediately commenced a clearing, and their names are 
 found upon the highway accounts for 1767, but they did 
 not become permanent residents until the spring of 1768. 
 Ezekiel and Solomon Rand soon after took up farms near 
 the abode of their brother Daniel. Francis Towne, from 
 Topsfield, in 1771 settled upon the farm now owned by 
 his grandson, Joshua C. Towne ; also from the same place 
 came Nathaniel Thomas, who settled upon the farm still 
 owned by his descendants; Philip Thomas, who located a 
 
TO THE REVOLUTION. 93 
 
 short distance west of Nathaniel ; and Othniel Thomas, who 
 settled near Monomonock Lake upon the farm now of 
 Gibnan P. Wellington ; John Emory, who fixed his abode 
 in the southwest corner of the town; Aaron Easty, who 
 purchased the farm of John Coffeen, and in 1771 sold it to 
 John Buswell, who hailed from Boxford. In addition to 
 these, the town of Topsfield sent Abel and Elisha Perkins, 
 who selected for their future home the farm now of George 
 W. Towne, and Samuel Page, who resided upon the farm 
 now of Willard C. Brigham. 
 
 In 1752, Israel Adams, Jr., came from AndoTer, with 
 a deed from the Rowley Canada proprietors of a tract 
 of land, which is the farm owned by Deacon Howard 
 Gates, of Ashby, and commenced a clearing during the 
 summer of that year. He was promptly notified by 
 Benjamin Bellows that he, too, held possession of the same 
 land under the Masonian charter. Becoming satisfied that 
 he could not read his title clear, Mr. Adams gave Mr. 
 Bellows the benefit of a season's labor, and went back to 
 Andover. Twenty years later, accompanied by his aged 
 father, he returned to Rindge, secured another kind of a 
 deed for the farm stUl known as the Israel Adams place, 
 and there resided until his death. David Adams, from 
 Boxford, removed to an adjoining lot of land, which 
 remained in the possession of his descendants until a recent 
 date. The families were not related. Samuel and Isaac 
 Adams, brothers of David, also removed to Rindge about 
 the same time. The former removed to Jaffrey in 1780 ; 
 the latter was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. Daniel 
 Adams, another brother, resided here several years. 
 
 Zebulon Converse came from Bedford, Mass., and settled 
 on Lot One in the first range, but soon after removed to 
 the site of the residence of Morton E. Converse. 
 13 
 
94 HISTOBY OF niNDGE. 
 
 Jabez and Jeremiah Norcross came in 1771. The former 
 settled nearly opposite the dwelling of his brother, Page 
 Norcross, and the latter on the farm now of his grandson, 
 Joshua Norcross, and a short distance east of him was the 
 abode of Ebenezer Chaplin, who removed from Atkinson. 
 From Lunenburg came Samuel Tarbell, who settled in the 
 west part of the town, and in a district still associated with 
 his name. From the same town was Isaac Wood, who 
 settled upon the farm owned by his grandsons, John E. 
 and Jonas Wood. Lincoln sent Abraham and Benjamin 
 Peirce ; the latter located near Francis Towne. Henry 
 Smith was also from Lincoln, and built a house nearly 
 opposite the house of the late Jonathan W. Allen. 
 
 Edward Jewett, whose name frequently occurs upon 
 the records, and who resided for many years upon the farm 
 now of Ivers H. Brooks, came from Concord. John and 
 Abraham Wetherbee, brothers of Benjamin, settled in the 
 southeast part of the town, the former on the farm recently 
 of J. S. Wetherbee, his grandson, and the latter where 
 A. J. Converse now resides. Jonathan and his brother 
 Obadiah Sawtell were from Groton, and settled in the east 
 part of the town. From the same town was Salmon Stone, 
 who located upon the " Lord farm " near the centre of the 
 town. Asa Sherwin and John Sherwin were from Boxford ; 
 the former lived upon the farm formerly of the late 
 Charles Cutler, and the latter, at a later period, occupied 
 the house previously owned by Philip Thomas. To gain a 
 better idea of the town as it was at the close of these 
 seven years of constant emigration, the reader should 
 locate Benjamin Bancroft, from Groton, near the resi- 
 dence of Col. G. W. Stearns; Henry Godding upon the 
 Dea. Cummings farm ; Ebenezer Muzzey near the resi- 
 dence of Ezra Page ; Solomon Cutler upon the Dr. Thomas 
 
TO THE REVOLUTION. 95 
 
 Jewett place — the last three from Lexington; — Richard 
 Kimball, from Boxford, upon the Gates farm, enjoying the 
 Adams clearing; Levi Mansfield upon the Amos Keyes 
 farm; John Hannaford between the residence of Lyman 
 Bennett and Monomonock Lake ; James Wood, from Box- 
 ford, near the residence of B. F. Danforth; John Earl, or 
 Eills, as he spelled the name, upon the Josiah Stratton 
 farm; Ebenezer Davis near the farm of Lyman Stratton; 
 James Crumble, from Andover, at West Rindge ; Samuel 
 Walker, from Weston, upon the farm now of William S. 
 Brooks, which he purchased of William Spaulding, after he 
 had sold his former residence to Philip Thomas ; Barnabas 
 Gary, from Attleborough, in the east part of the town ; 
 Daniel Gragg near Long Pond; Asa Brocklebank, from 
 Rowley, in the east part of the town, and subsequently on 
 the farm previously occupied by Henry Godding ; Paul Fitch, 
 from Ashby, was proprietor of the mill at Converseville ; and 
 Ebenezer Lock, from Ervingshire, near Orange, Mass., was 
 the village blacksmith. There were also Moses Whitney, 
 Ezekiel Learned, Obadiah Marsh, and Jeremiah Russell 
 from New Salem ; Nehemiah Porter from Weymouth ; 
 Thomas Hutchinson from Ashby; Ebenezer Shaw from 
 Abington ; John Gray from Wilton, N. H. ; Solomon Whit- 
 ney, Richard, and William Davis from Lincoln; Joseph 
 Wilson from Petersham ; and Silas Whitney from Winchen- 
 don. Other families removed to this town during this 
 period, and not a few of the sons of the earlier settlers 
 were now married, and occupied houses, which they had 
 erected upon their clearings. With this numerous acces- 
 sion to the population of the town came three physicians, 
 Drs. Morse, Townsend, and Palmer, who will be noticed 
 in another chapter. Many facts contained in this chapter 
 will be repeated elsewhere ; but it has been deemed proper 
 
96 HISTORY OF UTNDGE. 
 
 to present this view of the population as it existed at the 
 commencement of the Revolution, since many of these 
 names will frequently appear in the record of that period. 
 
 During the seven years included in this chapter the 
 town lost several valuable citizens. In 1769, John Coffeen 
 emigrated to Cavendish, Vt. ; Jonathan Stanley, Henry 
 Coffeen, Nathaniel Turner, Jonathan Jewett, David Allen, 
 and Jonathan Hopkinson removed to Jaffrey, and the names 
 of Isaac Allen, John Lilly, Aaron Taylor, Silas Dutton, 
 William Stearns, John MacElwain, Joseph Worcester, 
 Samuel Larrabee, Samuel Larrabee, Jr., David Hammond, 
 Samuel and Daniel Harper disappear from the records. 
 
 In 1772, John Fitch, his wife and one daughter removed 
 to this town. With them came Zeno, a negro servant of 
 Mr. Fitch. In 1739, Mr. Fitch, then about thirty years 
 of age, removed from Bradford, Mass., and settled in the 
 south part of Ashby, but then in the town of Lunenburg. 
 His abode was several miles distant from his nearest 
 neighbors, and was described by him as " seven miles and 
 a half above Lunenburg meeting-house, and three miles 
 and a half above any of the inhabitants, on the road 
 leading from Lunenburg to Northfield." The settlers in 
 that vicinity, apprehensive of an attack from the Indians, 
 assisted Mr. Fitch in fortifying his house, and early in the 
 year 1748 four soldiers were stationed within the garrison. 
 Mr. Fitch was a man of considerable distinction. He had 
 traded much with the Indians, and his frontier position 
 was well known to them. It appears that they had resolved 
 upon his capture, and a party of them, not far from eighty 
 in number, stealthily approached his abode during the 
 absence of two of the soldiers, and on the morning of Jvily 
 5, 1748, suddenly fell upon him and his two remaining 
 companions, who were a short distance from the garrison. 
 
TO THE BEVOLVTION. 97 
 
 One of the soldiers, named Zaccheus Blodgett, was instantly 
 killed. Mr. Fiteli and the other soldier, named Jennings, 
 escaped within the enclosure where they made a stout 
 resistance for an hour and a half, when Jennings received 
 a fatal wound in the neck from a shot through a port- 
 hole. The wife of Mr. Fitch loaded the guns, while her 
 husband continued his efforts to repel the assault. The 
 Indians at last assured him that if he persisted in firing 
 he and his family should perish in the flames of the build- 
 ing; but if he would surrender they promised to spare the 
 lives of all within his house. A surrender was then made, 
 and the house and fences were burned by the Indians, and 
 Mr. Fitch, accompanied by his wife and five children, was 
 conducted to Montreal. The ages of the children were 
 respectively five months, four, five and one-half, eleven, and 
 thirteen years. A company of men from Lunenburg and 
 vicinity, under command of Major Hartwell, started in pur- 
 suit early the following morning. The Indians proceeded 
 along the south side of Watatic Mountain, and made their 
 first stop at the meeting-house in Ashburnham, the inhabit- 
 ants of which town had abandoned their settlement but a 
 short time previous. It is probable that they continued 
 their course through the eastern portion of this town, and 
 thence by way of Spafford Gap in a more northern direction. 
 Somewhere in the township of Ashburnham the pursuing 
 party discovered a piece of paper fastened to a tree con- 
 taining a few lines written by Fitch, imploring his friends 
 not to attempt his rescue, as the Indians had promised to 
 spare their lives if unmolested, but threatened instant 
 death to himself and family if his friends attempted to 
 deprive them of their captives. The pursuing party then 
 returned. After enduring the severest hardships in their 
 long journey through the wilderness and in captivity, the 
 
98 HISTOBT OF EINDGE. 
 
 family were ransomed by their friends in Bradford. They 
 returned by way of New York, Providence, and Boston. 
 After bravely enduring the perils of captivity the wife of 
 Mr. Fitch sickened while retiirning, and died in Provi- 
 dence, Dec. 24, 1748, nearly six months after the date of 
 capture. The others returned to their former home in 
 Ashby. 
 
 Mr. Fitch used to relate that among the plunder taken 
 from his premises by the Indians was a heavy draft chain, 
 which one of them carried upon his shoulders to Canada, 
 and there bartered it for a quart of rum, which, as Frank- 
 lin would say, was paying dear for (wetting) his whistle. 
 Paul, one of the children, then between five and six years 
 of age, was strapped upon the back of an Indian, and 
 performed the journey more easily than other members of 
 the family. He lived to an advanced age, and is the one 
 referred to in this chapter as owner, for a short time, of the 
 mill at Converseville. He well remembered this experience 
 of his childhood, and used to say that, brought into such 
 close contact with his animated vehicle, the smell of the 
 Indian made him sick, and that he cried so lustily the 
 savage turned him about and again bound him to his back. 
 With his face towards his former home, and blindly entering 
 the unknown future, the journey was continued. His new 
 position was a truthful symbol of the uncertainty of his 
 fortunes. Jacob, another of the sons of Mr. Fitch, then 
 four years of age, and who subsequently was one of the 
 early school-masters in this town, suffered more severely. 
 Though in other respects well formed, his lower limbs were 
 of dwarfish size, on account of the rigor with which he was 
 bound to the back of his Indian transport. John Fitch 
 was again married in 1751. After residing in Rindge five 
 or six years, he returned to Ashby, where he died April 
 
TO THE EEVOLUTION. 99 
 
 8, 1795. From him the city of Fitchburg received its 
 name, and a granite monument in his memory has been 
 erected upon the Common in Ashby. As stated, the date 
 of the capture of this family occurred during tlie summer 
 of 1748. In Whitney's "History of Worcester County," 
 it is stated that it occurred in the summer of 1749, and 
 Torrey's " History of Fitchburg," in an attempt to correct 
 the date given by Whitney, makes an equal error in stating 
 that it was in the summer of 1747. Kidder's " History of 
 New Ipswich," a work of unusual accuracy, has found the 
 golden mean, and gives the true date of the event, and 
 quotes a paragraph from the Boston Gazette of that year 
 which confirms the accuracy of the date. In 1749, Mr. Fitch 
 presented a petition to the General Court for relief, in which 
 he gives a full account of his capture and sufferings, and 
 says that the Indians made the attack before noon on the 
 fifth day of July, in the year 1748. 
 
CHAPTER V. 
 
 REVOLUTION ABY HISTOBT — Yin5 AND 1776. 
 
 The Prevailing Sentiment of the People. — Census of 1775. — Conven- 
 tion at Keene. — Delegate chosen to attend the Provincial Con- 
 gress. — Convention at Walpole. — Town-Meeting Warrants. — 
 Minute-Men. — Selectmen and Committee of Safety for 1775. — 
 Battle of Lexington. — Roll of Captain Hale's Company. — Captain 
 Philip Thomas' Company. — Battle of Bunker HiU. — Lovejoy, 
 Adams, and Carleton Killed. — Loss of Arms and Clothing. — The 
 Company Continues in the Service. — Enoch Hale Appointed Colonel 
 of the Fourteenth Regiment. — Training Bands and Alarm Lists. — 
 List of Officers. — Importance given to Military Titles. — Selectmen 
 and Committee of Safety for 1776. — Conventions at Walpole and 
 Hanover. — Association Test. — Captain Parker's Company. — Colonel 
 Baldwin's Regiment. — Other Enlistments. — Scarcity of Salt. 
 
 The grievances which led to the Revolutionary War are 
 well known, and are more appropriate topics for general 
 than of local history. It remains for these annals to record 
 the deeds of men, and not of armies, and to portray the 
 sufferings of the individual at the fireside and in the field. 
 As far as possible, this chapter will be the record of the men, 
 and of their families, who composed the population of the 
 town of Rindge during the long and sanguinary struggle. 
 The winter of 1774-5 was a season of doubt and uncer- 
 tainty. The people were nervously waiting for the clouds to 
 break, or, if need be, for hostilities to commence. Anything 
 
REVOLUTIONARY HISTOBT. 101 
 
 was to be preferred to the state of suspense and anxiety 
 which had fallen upon all the land. This town was in full 
 sympathy with the sentiment that a war was to be deplored, 
 and if possible to be avoided ; but that it might and, in 
 certain events, would occur was as freely acknowledged; 
 and early and with remarkable unanimity they were pre- 
 pared for the issue, whether force would compel submis- 
 sion or resistance would overcome force. 
 
 In 1775 an enumeration of the inhabitants of the 
 province of New Hampshire was had. The entire popu- 
 lation was eighty-two thousand two hundred; the number 
 in Rindge was five hundred and forty-two. This census 
 being made on the eve of hostilities is of great interest, 
 and presents to our minds a township of less than one-half 
 the number of inhabitants at the present time. Of this 
 number about one hundred and twenty would be males 
 between sixteen and sixty years of age. This number 
 was considerably increased during the progress of the war 
 by the removal of new families into town; and several 
 who removed hither after the war commenced enlisted 
 into the service. The repeated record of warning out new- 
 comers, the fact that the census in 1780 included seven 
 hundred or more, and that a number in excess of one 
 hundred and twenty are found in the army from this 
 town, all prove that in population the town made consid- 
 erable gain during each year of the war. The compar- 
 ative population of Rindge at this period will be seen 
 from the returns of a few other towns : Jafirey, 351 ; 
 Marlow, 207; Mason, 501; Marlborough, 322; Nelson, 
 186; Dublin, 305; Peterborough, 549; New Ipswich, 960; 
 Keene, 758; Manchester, 285. 
 
 The most careful research has been made to secure a 
 
 14 
 
102 SISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 complete list of all residents of tMs town who served in the 
 army duxing the Revolutionary War. It will be perceived 
 that the lists are very nearly complete. The public records 
 contain the names of those who responded to the alarm at 
 Lexington in 1775, and very few other names are found 
 upon any records or papers preserved in this town. The 
 search for the rolls, date of enlistment, duration and nature 
 of the service, has been made elsewhere. The military 
 papers in the office of the Adjutant-General at Concord 
 have been carefully perused. No name has been admitted 
 upon these pages without unquestionable proof that the 
 person was an actual resident of Rindge. Tradition and 
 the records are frequently at variance ; in such cases the 
 authority of the record has been recognized. In addition 
 to the rolls hereafter given, it is certain that in 1776 
 thirteen men, and in 1780 sixty-one men, were in the 
 service for a few days, having enlisted in response to 
 sudden alarms. They soon returned to their homes upon 
 learning that the danger had passed. It would be a source 
 of extreme satisfaction if it could be known that, with this 
 exception, the name of every soldier and every casualty was 
 here recorded; and it is believed that the lists are very 
 nearly complete. 
 
 A convention of conference and recommendation was 
 held at Keene, December 28, 1774. An address was issued, 
 earnestly recommending the several towns in the vicinity 
 to perfect measures of preparation, and requesting the 
 several boards of selectmen to call a town-meeting and give 
 the people an opportunity to adopt a by-law which had been 
 prepared and sent with the address. It is to be regretted 
 that no account of this convention has ever been published. 
 The early date at which it was assembled, and the character 
 
BEVOLUTIONARY BISTORT. 103 
 
 of the measures adopted, surround it witli an unusual 
 interest. Agreeably to tliese recommendations a meeting 
 was held in Rindge, January 23, 1775, at which the town 
 voted " to accept of the recommendations adopted at Keene, 
 and chose Lieut. Francis Towne, Ens. Daniel Rand, and 
 Page Norcross a committee to manage the same " ; and also 
 " voted to make a by-law as within mentioned, and choose 
 Enoch Hale, Francis Towne, Daniel Rand, Nathaniel 
 Russell, Jonathan' Sherwin, Nathan Hale, and Edward 
 Jewett to make and carry the same into execution." The 
 above action of the town at this early date is a safer index 
 of the prevailing sentiment than a vote passed about the 
 same time "to purchase a town stock of ammunition." 
 When the fact is brought into view that, under the statutes 
 of the province, each town was obliged to keep in reserve a 
 prescribed amount of powder and lead, the early measures 
 to procure a public stock of ammunition appear less 
 significant than at first might be supposed. It is apparent, 
 however, that this statute was now obeyed with more 
 alacrity than many others, and its requirements more 
 carefully heeded than had formerly been the case. What 
 was the exact recommendation of the convention at 
 Keene is not definitely known ; but the action of the town 
 of Rindge in response to the address makes it apparent 
 that it was of a precautionary character, and in harmony 
 with the serious apprehensions and sentiment of the times. 
 At this meeting, Enoch Hale was chosen a deputy, or 
 delegate, to attend the second session of the Provincial 
 Congress, which assembled at Exeter on the twenty-third of 
 January. Mr. Hale attended this session, and was also a 
 delegate, and in attendance thirty-one days, at the fourth 
 session of the Provincial Congress, which was convened at 
 
104 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 the same place on the seventeenth day of May. It is 
 presumed that he attended other sessions held this year, 
 although no record of the fact has been found. It is certain 
 that he was present to advise and vote upon the greater 
 part of the experimental, yet momentous, proceedings 
 adopted by that body, and while there probably formed 
 acquaintances, and left impressions on the minds of his 
 associates, which led to his many preferments during the 
 succeeding years. 
 
 Of the proceedings of this session of Congress, or con- 
 vention. Dr. Belknap says : " Their first care was to 
 establish post-offices ; to appoint a committee of supplies 
 for the army, and a committee of safety. To this last 
 committee the general instruction was similar to that given 
 by the Romans to their dictators, ' to take under considera- 
 tion all matters in which the welfare of the province in 
 the security of their rights is concerned, and to take the 
 utmost care that the public sustain no damage.' " This is 
 the origin of the efficient committee of safety, which 
 continued to act in the aifairs of the province, and soon 
 after of the State, with great boldness and judgment, and, 
 under the leadership of Hon. Meshech Weare, placed New 
 Hampshire in the foremost rank, both in point of influence 
 and achievements. Particular instructions were given them 
 from time to time as occasion required. They were clothed 
 with supreme executive power, and whenever the conven- 
 tion was not in session, the orders and recommendations of 
 this committee were received with as much authority as the 
 acts and resolves of the convention. The continued record 
 of the representation of this town in the Provincial 
 Congress will appear in another chapter. Previous to 
 March, 1775, another County Congress was held at Walpole. 
 
BEVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 105 
 
 Enoch Hale also represented this town in that convention. 
 But little is known of the proceedings. 
 
 The annual town-meeting, which was held March 16, 
 1775, was the last one warned "in His Majesty's name." 
 This and all former meetings were called in the following 
 manner : — 
 
 PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 Cheshire, ss. 
 
 To Mr. Jonathan Sherwin, Constable for the Town of Rindge 
 in said County, Greeting: 
 
 In His Majesty's name you are hereby required to notify and 
 warn all the freeholders and other inhabitants of said Rindge 
 qualified by law to vote in town meetings, to assemble and meet at 
 the meeting hous6, &c. 
 
 Soon after the word " State " was employed instead of 
 " Province," and the phrase, " in His Majesty's name, " was 
 invariably omitted, and years of war, with its consequential 
 sorrows, were bravely endured, that these words, with their 
 association of tjrranny and oppression, might never be 
 supplied. It was several years before the meetings were 
 called by posting the warrant instead of a personal notice. 
 In this warrant was an article : " To see if the town will 
 vote any encouragement to any number of minute-men that 
 will agree to stand ready on any sudden emergency, and 
 for how many ; and what the encouragement shall be, and 
 how they shall be provided for whilst gone on the country's 
 service ; and to choose a committee to manage the same if 
 they shall think proper." The measures here proposed were 
 referred to a committee consisting of Enoch Hale, Jonathan 
 Sherwin, Solomon Cutler, Jonathan Sawtell, and Solomon 
 Rand, who were invested with discretionary power. This 
 
106 HISTORY OF BIJSTDGE. 
 
 was preparation for the worst ; the notes of alarm are here 
 sounded, and thus our fathers approach the long and bitter 
 struggle. 
 
 For this year the board of selectmen consisted of five 
 members, two more than have been chosen for any other 
 year in the town's history. They were Enoch Hale, Israel 
 Adams, Jr., Nathan Hale, Nathaniel Eussell, and Solomon 
 Cutler. A committee of safety, inspection, and corres- 
 pondence was continued, by annual elections, during the 
 war. Until March, 1776, the persons chosen to carry into 
 effect the recommendations of the Keene convention 
 continued to perform the multifarious duties of this impor- 
 tant trust. 
 
 The spring of 1775 was unusually forward; the sunny 
 days of mid April, extremely warm and pleasant for the 
 season, had invited the husbandmen to the labors of the 
 field. But in the midst of these peaceful avocations, and 
 attending this external appearance of security and com- 
 posure, there was a most potent undercurrent of suspense 
 and anxiety. And now, at a season of the year most 
 suggestive of tranquillity and gladness, all doubts were 
 suddenly removed, and all anticipations of an honorable 
 peace dispelled. The harsh notes of war and carnage were 
 resounded over the dying hopes of a peaceful settlement of 
 their grievances. The ominous intelligence first heralded 
 by Paul Revere and William Dawes to towns near Boston, 
 was swiftly borne on the wings of alarm to Southern New 
 Hampshire. The messenger arrived in Rindge late in the 
 afternoon on the day of the engagement at Lexington and 
 Concord. Through the following night the hurried words 
 of alarm were repeated from door to door. It was certain 
 the enemy had commenced an incursion inward, but no 
 
REVOLUTION ABY HISTORY. 107 
 
 intelligence of actual hostilities had been received. The 
 story of the slaughter of their brethren at Lexington and 
 Concord was not employed to call these men to arms. In 
 the stillness of night the simple words, " The enemy are 
 marching," was all the incentive that was required to 
 assemble on the Common a company of fifty-four men. And 
 there, under the shadow of the meeting-house, in which, 
 from Sabbath to Sabbath, they had devoutly raised their 
 prayers, with the voice of Rev. Seth Dean, for freedom from 
 oppression, where on other days they had often assembled 
 to perfect measures of preparation, and give expression to 
 their desires for freedom, through peace if possible, through 
 war if inevitable, they, with musket in hand, gave evidence 
 of faith by works in a manner that must have gratified 
 the most sturdy theologian. With a hasty farewell, and 
 many thoughts of home and family, in the gray of approach- 
 ing morning they hastened to the relief of their brethren, 
 and some of them to the scenes of their youth and the 
 threatened homes of their kindred. Their march was as 
 rapid as their preparation had been hasty, and on the 
 twenty-first they were gathered among the assembling 
 forces at Cambridge. 
 
 The rapidity with which the alarm was spread over 
 the country on the nineteenth of April has excited sur- 
 prise. It was not accidental, nor one of those hazard 
 enterprises that sometimes apparently happen in a for- 
 tuitous manner. For weeks the committees of safety and 
 correspondence had been preparing for just such an emer- 
 gency ; in many instances it had been arranged who should 
 ride, and to whom deliver the message. At twilight many 
 a vigilant patriot had carefully stabled and fed his fleetest 
 horse, half in expectation that a summons to ride might 
 come before the rising of another sun. 
 
108 
 
 SISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 The names of these men, fifty-four in number, are 
 preserved in the following: — 
 
 Pay Roll of the men that went to Cambridge in Capt. Nathan Hale's 
 Company, at the time of the Lexington Fight, April f ig, 1775- 
 
 Nathan Hale, Captain, 
 Francis Towne, Lieutenant, 
 Daniel Rand, Ensign, 
 James Crumbie, Clerk, 
 
 ^ \ i 
 060 
 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 
 Page Norcross, Sergeant, 
 Samuel Stanley, " 
 James Streeter, " 
 
 Abel Stone, Corporal, . 
 Benjamin Davis, " 
 Salmon Stone, " 
 Ezekiel Rand, Drummer, 
 Daniel Lake, Jr., " 
 Leme Page, Fifer, 
 John Hanaford, . 
 Daniel Russell, . 
 Nathaniel Ingalls, 
 Nehemiah Towne, 
 Jonathan Putnam, 
 Samuel Russell, . 
 Jeremiah Norcross, 
 Joel Russell, . . 
 John Buswell, . . 
 Simeon Ingalls, . 
 Samuel Parker, . 
 Joseph Platts, . . 
 Asa Brocklebank, 
 Samuel Tarbell, . 
 Reuben Page, . . 
 Abel Platts, Jr., . 
 
 £ s-d. 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 066 
 
 6 6 
 6 6 
 6 6 
 6 6 
 I 10 o 
 066 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 
 066 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 066 
 066 
 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 
 066 
 066 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 Samuel Page, . 
 John Demary, Jr., 
 Joseph Stanley, 
 Aaron Easty, . 
 William Carlton, 
 James Cutter, . 
 Simon Davis, . 
 John Emory, . 
 Enos Lake, 
 Jeremiah Russell, 
 David Robbins, . 
 Nathaniel Thomas, 
 Oliver Bacon, . 
 Abraham Wetherbee, 
 Benjamin Carlton, 
 Nathaniel Russell, 
 Jonathan Lovejoy, 
 Joseph Wilson, 
 Solomon Rand, 
 Daniel Lake, . 
 Edward Jewett, 
 Elisha Perkins, 
 Ezekiel Lamed, 
 Isaac Wood, . 
 George Carlton, 
 
 £ s.d. 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 066 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 
 066 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 066 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 
 066 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 
 066 
 
 I 17 4 
 I 10 o 
 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 I 10 o 
 
 This company marched to Cambridge. Seventeen re- 
 turned after four days' service, and thirty-seven remained 
 
REVOLUTION ART BISTORT. 109 
 
 seventeen days ; and it is probable that several of the latter 
 did not return to their homes before joining another com- 
 pany from Rindge, which arrived in the vicinity of Boston 
 about that time. In this company of fifty-four men were 
 twelve who afterwards held commissions in the regiments 
 raised in this State. This pay-roll is found upon the town 
 records, and the payment was made by the town. 
 
 Immediately following the alarm at Lexington, several 
 hundred troops from New Hampshire joined the army then 
 assembled near Boston, and among them was a company 
 mainly composed of men from this town. They were 
 enlisted April 23d, and the number from Capt. Hale's 
 company of minute-men who volunteered to continue in 
 the service was considerably increased by fresh arrivals from 
 home. These troops were not organized into regiments for 
 several weeks. On the twentieth of May the Provincial 
 Congress, in session at Exeter, proposed to raise two thou- 
 sand men to be enlisted to serve until the last day of 
 December of that year ; the men already in the field were 
 to be included in this number. These companies, and 
 others which promptly responded to the call, were organ- 
 ized into three regiments under command of Colonels John 
 Stark, Enoch Poor, and James Reed. The regiments of 
 Colonels Stark and Reed were mainly composed of the 
 troops which had previously volunteered, and were filled 
 by others which arrived soon after. The remaining regi- 
 ment, under Col. Poor, did not leave the State until 
 aboirt the twentieth of June. Capt. Nathan Hale was 
 appointed Major of Col. Reed's regiment, in which was a 
 company, under command of Capt. Philip Thomas, con- 
 taining fifty-two men, thirty-nine of whom were residents 
 of this town. The names of those who were from other 
 towns are in italics. 
 15 
 
110 
 
 HISTOBT OF RINBGE. 
 
 Fay Roll of Capt. Philip Thomas' Company in Col. James Reed's 
 Regiment to August i, 1775. Time of Entry, April 23, 1775. 
 
 {Paid to each private £7 — 2— 10.) 
 
 Philip Thomas, 
 fohn Harper, 
 Ezekiel Rand, 
 
 Benj° Davis, Sergeant. 
 Ezekiel Learned, " 
 Simon Davis, " 
 
 Jacob Peirce, " 
 
 John Demary, Corporal. 
 Simeon Ingalls, " 
 Jeremiah Russell, " 
 Benj° Lovering, " 
 Daniel Lake, Drummer. 
 Leme Page, Fifer. 
 Thomas Emory. 
 Daniel Russell. 
 Obadiah Marsh. 
 Ezekiel Demary.. 
 Enos Lake. 
 Reuben Page. 
 Samuel Parker. 
 Timothy Rogers. 
 Ebenezer Ingalls. 
 Joseph Wright. 
 Stephen Adams. 
 Joel Russell. 
 Thomas Henderson. 
 Benjamin Parker. 
 John Dole. 
 
 , Rindge, Captain. 
 
 Lieutenant. 
 Rindge, 2d " 
 
 Godfrey Richardson. 
 
 Jacob Hobbs. 
 
 John Thomson. 
 
 Thomas Hutchinson. 
 
 Hezekiah Wetherbee. 
 
 Caleb Winn. 
 
 James Coffering. 
 
 Benjamin Beals. 
 
 Peter Webster. 
 
 Dudley Griffin. 
 
 Benjamin Dole. 
 
 Isaac Leland. 
 
 Richard A lexander. 
 
 Nehemian Porter. 
 
 Hugh Gragg. 
 
 David Hale. 
 
 David Davis. 
 
 Henry Davis. 
 
 Jonathan Lovejoy. 
 
 George Carlton. 
 
 Isaac Adams. 
 
 Benjamin Burley. 
 
 Simeon Whitcomb. 
 
 A lexander Douglass. 
 
 Capt. Thomas' company was stationed for a season at 
 Medford, and on the twelfth of June the regiment to which 
 the company had been assigned received orders from Gen. 
 Ward to march to Charlestown Neck and guard the ferry 
 at that place, and two days later Col. Eeed issued his 
 regimental orders from his new position. From a regi- 
 mental return made on the same day — three days previous 
 
REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. HI 
 
 to the battle of Bunker Hill, — it is seen that Major Hale 
 is reported sick, but appears to have been with the regiment. 
 The return of Capt. Thomas' company reports forty-six 
 effective officers and men; deserters, .one ; on command, 
 two ; not joined, one ; sick, one ; total, fifty-one. The 
 following lejbter written by Col. Reed, and addressed to the 
 Committee of Safety, affords a little additional informa- 
 tion : — 
 
 I repaired to Medford, and there I met with Capt. Hinds, 
 Whitcumbe, Town, Hutchins, Man, Marcy, and Thomas. Whit- 
 cumbe and Thomas I took out of Coll. Stark's Regiment for the 
 2 Companys that was assigned me — then I was informed by 
 Coll. Stark that Medford was so full of soldiers that it was 
 Necessary for some to take some other Quarters — then I aplayed 
 myself to General Ward, and there Received orders in these 
 words : 
 
 Head Quarters, June the la* 1775. 
 
 General Orders — That Coll. Reed quarter his Regiment in 
 the houses near Charlestown Neck and keep all necessary Guards 
 between his Barracks and the Ferry and on Bunker Hill. 
 
 Signed J. WARD, Sectary. 
 
 Then Sirs on the 13 I marched my Regiment from Medford 
 to Charlestown neck and with the assistance of Mr. Turfts, one of 
 the selectmen of Charlestown, I got my men into good Barracks 
 and then rased my gard, consisting of i Capt. 2 Luts. 4 sergeants, 
 4 corporals and 40 privates. ... I am, Gentelmen, your obliged 
 servant, 
 
 J. REED. 
 
 On the seventeenth of June, the New Hampshire troops 
 were stationed behind their hastily constructed breastworks, 
 
112 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 between the eminence of Breed's Hill and tlie Mystic 
 Riyer. Against their line the most furious assault was 
 made by the best disciplined troops in the British army. 
 Their position was stoutly maintained until the further 
 defence of the redoubt had been abandoned. All voices in 
 history affirm their valor, and that they were the last to 
 leave the field. The company of Capt. Philip Thomas 
 suffered the most severely of any in the regiment. Jona- 
 than Lovejoy, Isaac Adams, and George Carlton were killed 
 at their posts ; and against their names, on the original rolls 
 of this company, are written the expressive words, " KUled 
 June 17." In the same engagement, John Thomson was 
 severely wounded ; two years later he petitioned for relief 
 in the following terms : — 
 
 COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 To THE HoN^^^ Council and Assembly seting at Exeter in 
 SAID colony : 
 
 The Petition of John Thomson of Rindge, in the County of 
 Cheshire, in said Colony, Humbly sheweth: that your petitioner 
 Enlisted into the Country's service in the month of April, 1775, 
 in Capt. Philip Thomas company in Col. Reeds Regiment, and 
 on the seventeenth of June was wounded in battle at Charles- 
 town. (Your) petitioner was afterwards carried into the Country 
 and Provided for with Sergeon, attendance, &c., at his own 
 expense, which expense Together with the loss of my firelock 
 Clothing, &c., amounts to Near as much as I Earnt that year ; 
 and was then left a Cripple, and shall Ever be unable to do 
 Business and support myself and family as before. 
 
 Your Petitioner Humbly Prays for such a Compensation as 
 your Honors in your great wisdom shall see meet : and your 
 petitioner shall as in duty bound Ever Pray &c. 
 
 JOHN THOMSON. 
 September 7, 1777. 
 
REVOLUTIONARY BISTORT. 
 
 113 
 
 The following are the articles lost, and the amount paid 
 to the several men, in behalf of the colony, by Timothy 
 Walker, Jr., the same person who formerly supplied the 
 pulpit in this town : — 
 
 Lieut. Jol%n Harper, 
 Ens. Ezekiel Rand, 
 Benjamin Davis, 
 Benja Lovering, 
 Daniel Lake, . 
 Leme Page, 
 Ezekiel Larned, 
 Jacob Peirce, . 
 Simon Davis, . 
 John Demerry, 
 Simeon IngoUs, 
 Jeremiah Russell, 
 Obadiah Marsh, 
 Benja Beals, . 
 Joel Russell, . 
 Dudley Griffin, 
 Thomas Emery, 
 Hugh Gregg, . 
 Ezekiel Demerry, 
 
 £ 
 
 3 
 I 
 
 4 
 4 
 6 
 
 2 
 I 
 I 
 
 s.d. 
 
 12 
 
 i6 4 
 
 IS 
 6 
 
 14 
 
 3 4 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 14 6 
 
 6 8 
 
 6 
 12 
 
 4 
 8 
 
 4 
 17 
 
 Benja Dole, . . 
 Reuben Page, . . 
 Timothy Rogers, 
 Richard Alexander, 
 Caleb Winn, . . 
 David Davis, . . 
 Henry Davis, . . 
 Nehemiah Porter, 
 Peter Webster, 
 Benja Parker, . . 
 Thomas Henderson, 
 John Thompson, . 
 David Hale, . . 
 Isaac Adams, . . 
 George Carlton, . 
 Jonathan Lovejoy, 
 James Coffering, 
 
 £ 
 
 s.d. 
 6 
 
 I 
 
 r 2 
 
 
 15 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 3 8 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 4 
 6 
 
 I 
 
 12 8 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 19 
 
 2 
 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 I 
 
 48 
 
 59 16 4 
 
 The articles lost, for which the above sums were allowed, 
 will be seen in — 
 
 A List of Losses stestained in the Batal and Retreat on bunker hill, 
 . the jyth of yune, ij^S, of Capt. Thomas' Company in the New 
 ILampshire Reserves. 
 
 Lieut. [John Harper] one hat. 
 
 Ens'n [Ezekiel Rand] coat, two shirts one gun, iron strike sword, 
 
 pr. hose. 
 Sarg't Benjamin Davis a blanket, surtout one byanot. 
 
 " Ezekiel Larned one gone [gun] one byanot & belt, one 
 
 powder horn. 
 ." Simon Davis one coat. 
 " J acob Peirce a coat, a shag great coat & pack. 
 
114 HISTOBY OF BINDGK 
 
 Corporal John Demary one blanket, one byanot, one haversack. 
 " Simeon Inglas one Cartridge Box, one gun & byanot, 
 
 one powder horn, one blanket. 
 " Benjamin Levering, Cadous Box & silke handkerchief. 
 
 Drums & Fifers — Daniel Lake [Jr.] one pair of suse [shoes] one 
 
 blanket. 
 Leme Page one shagge great coat. 
 Richard Alexender caduse Box and a coate. 
 Thomas Hutchinson a pare of trowsors. 
 David Davis a fine shirt, & a pare of yarn hose. 
 Jonathan Lovejoy a surtout, four shirts, one coat, two waistcoats, 
 
 one gun, three pare of hose, one pouch, neckcloth, one 
 
 pr. of trousers, one cat. -Box, byanot. 
 Nehimiah Porter a Byanot. 
 Thomas Henderson 2 shirts, 2 pr. hose, coat & wastcoat & a pare 
 
 of Lether breeches. 
 James Cochran [Coffering?] blanket, pr. Briches a pr. of hose a 
 
 Rasor, havsack. 
 Dudley GrifEen a coat & shirt. 
 Benjamin Beales, a shirt, two pr. of hose. 
 Ezekiel Demary one pr. of hose. 
 Reuben Paige a great cote and one shirt, i pr of hose, i powder 
 
 horn, one cartridge box, one wastcoat. 
 Obadiah Marsh one shirt, one pr. of hose, one Havisack. 
 Joell Russell i coat, i pr. Leather-briches, i pr. hose, two shirts, 
 
 one hat, one powder horn, havesack. 
 Jacob Hobbs one blanket. 
 Timothy Rogers one shirt. 
 Godfray Richison one pare of suses. 
 Henry Davis one pare of trousers. 
 Hugh Gregg one shag great coat, i shirt, i powder horn, Bulet- 
 
 pouch. 
 Benjamin Dole lost Comp'ys bread (?) 
 Peter Webster a felt hat and coat and i pair of Leather-briches, 
 
 one shirt, one havsak and one Belet pouch. 
 
MEVOLUTIONABY BISTOBY. 115 
 
 John Thompson one pair suses, one wast-coat, i shirt, 2 pr. of 
 trousers, one neck-cloth, one Havesack, i pr. of hose, 
 I gone & Powder horn. 
 
 George Carlton, Isaac Adams, and Jonathan Lovejoy, we the 
 apprisors of this Company comput their loss of guns 
 and other artikals to amount of ;^i8, besid the loss of 
 their lives or in captivity. 
 
 PHILIP THOMAS, Captain. 
 
 Tlie former list represents the amount allowed to each 
 man, on account of losses sustained; the latter contains a 
 schedule of articles claimed to have been lost, not all of 
 which were allowed. A list of many of the articles which 
 were disallowed has been compiled from the military 
 papers at the State House. Containing few new facts of 
 importance, it is omitted. The greater part of the items 
 enumerated, especially articles of clothing, perhaps were not 
 lost in battle as stated, but consumed in the burning of 
 Charlestown, where, since the thirteenth of June, had been 
 the regimental barracks. 
 
 After the Battle of Bunker Hill this company partici- 
 pated, with its regiment, in the investment of Boston until 
 the close of the year, or until the expiration of the term of 
 enlistment. Many of them soon after enlisted into regi- 
 ments subsequently organized, and the record of other 
 years will continue the history of their service. 
 
 That the town was not unmindful of the soldiers in the 
 field will be seen from the following receipts: — 
 
 RiNDGE, August 29, 1776. 
 Mr. Jonathan Sherwin, former Constable. 
 
 Please to pay Benjamin Moor seventeen shillings and eight 
 pence, it being for what the Committee of Supply allowed him for 
 
116 HISTORY OF BINDGM. 
 
 going to Cambridge [1775] to carry Clothes to the Soldiers and 
 the same shall be allowed. 
 
 EDWARD TEWETT, ) Selectmen 
 ^ of 
 
 ABEL STONE, \ Rj^dge. 
 
 ^0—17—8. 
 
 RiNDGE, October 18, 1775. 
 Mr.. Jonathan Sherwin, former Constable. 
 
 Please to pay Edward Jewett six shillings, L. M. it being for 
 expenses in part for his going to Cambridge, with Lieut. Solomon 
 Cutler, to provide provisions for the men that went to the muster 
 and we will allow the same to you out of the Town Rate in your 
 Hands. 
 
 ENOCH HALE, 
 NATHANIEL RUSSELL, 
 ISRAEL ADAMS, Jr., 
 SOLOMON CUTLER, 
 
 Selectmen 
 
 of 
 
 Rindge. 
 
 The fourth Provincial Congress or Assembly divided 
 the State into seventeen geographical regiments, and a 
 colonel was appoiated over each, whose duty it was to 
 see that his proportion of the soldiers required was 
 raised. Many of these officers took command, in person, 
 of regiments raised in their districts, and remained in the 
 field for a longer or shorter period of time. The towns 
 of Rindge, New Ipswich, Jaffrey, Peterborough, Temple, 
 Fitzwilliam, Dublin, Marlborough, Stoddard, Packersfield 
 (Nelson), "Washington, and Sliptown (Sharon) constituted 
 the fourteenth regiment, of which Enoch Hale was 
 appointed colonel Nov. 2, 1775. In addition to faithful 
 service in the town, in the assembly, and as sheriff and 
 councillor. Col. Hale performed the duties of this appoint- 
 ment during the war, which included the labor of 
 
RHVOLUTIONART BISTORT. 117 
 
 paymaster and mustering officer for all the companies 
 raised in the towns comprising the regiment. The term 
 appearing in the company rolls " raised out of Col. Enoch 
 Hale's regiment " refers to the fact that the men were 
 recruited within the towns comprising this regiment. 
 
 At the close of the year no State government had been 
 put into operation, and all proceedings in the courts were 
 suspended. A healthy public sentiment and vigilance, 
 tempered with great prudence on the part of the several 
 committees of safety, were the sole protection of the people. 
 The summer of this year had been extremely hot and dry, 
 and the slender harvests occasioned much anxiety and alarm 
 for the future. This condition of affairs, the absence of 
 many of the heads of families in the army, and the extreme 
 solicitude experienced by all concerning the issues of the 
 war, cast a deepening gloom over the trials and anxieties of 
 the closing year. 
 
 1776. The year 1776 was an eventful one, in which 
 the patriotism and bold faith of the colonists shone forth 
 conspicuously. The war, commencing as a war of defence, 
 now changed to one for independence, and all temporary 
 measures were succeeded by matured preparations for a 
 prolonged and earnest effort to deliver themselves from 
 British tyranny. 
 
 The convention at Exeter, of which Enoch Hale was 
 a member, adopted a new forin of government for the 
 Province of New Hampshire, reorganized the militia, and 
 took the most efficient measures to prosecute the war to a 
 successful issue. The male population, between sixteen and 
 sixty-five years of age, except Indians, negroes, and a few 
 civil officers, was divided into two classes, — the teatntng 
 BAND, and ALABM LIST Or minute men. 
 
 By this act each officer and private soldier of the former 
 
 16 
 
118 HISTOMY OF BINBGE. 
 
 class, composed of men between sixteen and fifty, was 
 required to provide himself with "a good fire arm, good 
 ramrod, a worm, priming wire and brush, and a bayonet 
 fitted to his gun, a scabbard and belt therefor, and a cutting 
 sword or a tomahawk or hatchet, a pouch containing a 
 cartridge box that wiU hold fifteen rounds of cartridges at 
 least, a hundred buck shot, a jack knife and tow for 
 wadding, six flints, one pound of powder, forty leaden 
 bullets fitted to his gun, a knapsack and blanket, a canteen 
 or wooden bottle sufficient to hold one quart." 
 
 One or more companies of men possessing all these 
 credentials were organized in every town, and the companies 
 were required to muster eight times each year. 
 
 The alarm list comprised all males between sixteen and 
 sixty-five years of age not included in the training band or 
 in the exceptions already noticed. These comprehensive 
 measures, and the efficient manner in which they were 
 carried out, prepared the towns to furnish men on short notice, 
 and the promptness in which the New Hampshire regiments 
 reinforced the army at several critical stages of the war, are 
 matters of history. The companies of the training band 
 and minute men organized in this town were under the 
 command of efficient officers. Their names and the date 
 of their commissions appear in the following list. The 
 dates are the earliest that can be given with a certainty of 
 accuracy, yet a few of the officers may have been commis- 
 sioned previous to the date given : — 
 
 Solomon Cutler, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 75. 
 
 Capt. 
 
 77. 
 
 
 James Crumbie, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 76. 
 
 
 
 
 Daniel Band, 
 
 Ens. 
 
 75. 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 76. 
 
 Capt. 78. 
 
 Francis Towne, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 76. 
 
 Capt. 
 
 76. 
 
 
 Ebenezer Chaplin, 
 
 Ens. 
 
 76. 
 
 
 
 
 Abel Stones, 
 
 Ens. 
 
 77. 
 
 
 
 
 Page Norcross, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 77. 
 
 
 
 
BEVOLUTIONAItr HISTORY. 119 
 
 Capt. 77. 
 
 Salmon Stone, 
 
 Ens. 
 
 '77. 
 
 Ebenezer Davis, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 '7"8. 
 
 Benjamin Davis, 
 
 Ens. 
 
 ■78. 
 
 Jacob Gould, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 '78. 
 
 Ezekiel Rand, 
 
 Ens. 
 
 '78. 
 
 Asa Sherwin, 
 
 Capt. 
 
 '78. 
 
 Othniel Thomas, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 '77. 
 
 Isaac Wood, 
 
 Ens. 
 
 '79. 
 
 Daniel Adams, 
 
 Ens. 
 
 '80. 
 
 Ebenezer Fitch, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 '80. 
 
 Benjamin Foster, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 '79. 
 
 Kathaniel Thomas, 
 
 , Lieut. 
 
 '79 
 
 John Stanley, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 '77 
 
 Samuel TarbeU, 
 
 Lieut. 
 
 '79. 
 
 John Eills, 
 
 Ens. 
 
 '82. 
 
 Capt. '82. 
 
 Col. Nathan Hale, Col. Enocli Hale, and Capt. Philip 
 Thomas, whose service in the field was conspicuous, are 
 not known to have been in command of the local organ- 
 izations. No officer was named without mention of his 
 rank in the military service. The titles became a part of 
 the person's name, and are faithfully preserved in the 
 records, and correspond with the date of the commission 
 .as far as the latter has been ascertained. From the fre- 
 quency in which military men were selected for committees 
 and town officers, it should not be presumed that they were 
 thus chosen on account of their rank in the military 
 service. The fact is, their best and most prominent men 
 were selected for their military leaders, and no less care 
 was exercised in the choice of their civil officers. For this 
 reason the captains, lieutenants and ensigns were frequently 
 the selectmen, constables, and tithingmen; and the quali- 
 ties and ability which fitted them for one line of service 
 were recognized in their election to the other. 
 
 At the annual meeting, on the twenty-first day of March, 
 Jonathan Sherwin, Edward Jewett, Abel Stone, Francis 
 Towne, and Daniel Rand were chosen "a committee of 
 
120 HISTORY OF niNDGE. 
 
 inspection and correspondence. " The three first were 
 also selectmen for the year. Two of this committee having 
 proved their efficient service in raising men and joining 
 the forces in the field, and a third being absent a portion 
 of the time in another line of duty, "a new committee 
 of inspection, safety, and correspondence " was chosen in, 
 September, consisting of Lieut. Ebenezer Chaplin, Mr. 
 Nathaniel Russell, Mr. Page Norcross, Lieut. James Crum- 
 ble, and Mr. Jonathan Sawtell. 
 
 In August, a convention of the committees of safety 
 in Cheshire County was held at Walpole, " to act upon such 
 methods as shall be thought necessary for the general good, 
 and for our mutual defence and safety." In this conven- 
 tion Edward Jewett, Esq., represented the town of Rindge, 
 and subsequently received one poimd and six shillings for 
 his attendance. Soon after a similar convention, called 
 by the committee of Plainfield, assembled at Hanover, 
 and adjourned to meet again at Lebanon. Previous to 
 adjournment, this convention issued a pamphlet severely 
 criticising the temporary constitution and plan of repre- 
 sentation adopted by the Provincial Congress at Exeter. 
 Whether Mr. Jewett approved of the pamphlet is not 
 known. The town evidently took exceptions to the sen- 
 timents it contained. A town meeting was called, at 
 which their delegate was requested not to further attend 
 the sessions of the convention; but the town generously 
 voted to allow him four pounds, five shillings, and sixpence 
 for two journeys to Hanover and Lebanon, and thirteen 
 shillings for what he paid towards procuring the printing of 
 the pamphlet. 
 
 Previous to the Declaration of Independence, the Con- 
 tinental Congress sent to each of the colonies a recom- 
 mendation that all persons be disarmed who are notoriously 
 
REVOLUTIONAUT HISTORY. 121 
 
 disaffected to" the cause of tlie colonies, or who refuse to 
 associate in arms against the British fleets and armies. 
 The efficient committee of safety for New Hampshire, 
 under the leadership of Hon. Meshech Weare, promptly- 
 transmitted to the several towns a copy of the resolution 
 of Congress, together with a pledge of loyalty for the 
 citizens of each town to sign. This pledge, which was 
 generally signed by the inhabitants of the several towns 
 in the State, is frequently styled the " Association Test, " 
 and all those who did not stand the test, by refusing to sign 
 the paper, were regarded with much suspicion. 
 
 The citizens of the town were promptly notified to meet 
 on the thirtieth day of May, "To see if the Town will 
 sign the Declaration that is sent to the selectmen from the 
 Continental Congress," when it was unanimously voted, " To 
 sign the Declaration." The original paper, containing the 
 signatures of one hundred and forty-eight citizens of Rindge, 
 is preserved in the office of the Secretary of State at Con- 
 cord, from which the following copy is made : — 
 
 To THE Selectmen of Rindge: 
 
 COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 In Committee of Safety, April 12, 1776. 
 
 In order to carry the under written resolve of the Honorable 
 Continental Congress into execution, you are requested to desire 
 all males above twenty one years of age (Lunaticks, Idiots and 
 Negroes excepted) to sign the Declaration on this paper; and 
 when so done to make return hereof together with the name or 
 names of all who shall refuse to sign the same to the General 
 Assembly or Committee of safety of this Colony. 
 
 MESHECH WEARE, Chairman. 
 
122 SISTORT OF BIWDGE. 
 
 In Congress, March 14, 1776. 
 Resolved That it be recommended to the several Assemblies, 
 Conventions and Councils or Committees of Safety of the United 
 Colonies immediately to cause all persons to be disarmed within 
 their respective Colonies who are notoriously disaffected to the 
 cause of America, or who have not associated or refuse to 
 associate, to defend by arms the United Colonies against the 
 hostile attempts of the British Fleets and Armies. 
 Extract from the minutes. 
 
 CHARLES THOMPSON, Sec'ry. 
 
 In consequence of the above Resolution of the Hon. Conti- 
 nental Congress, and to show our determination in joining our 
 American Brethren in defending the lives, liberties and property 
 of the inhabitants of the United Colonies, 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 : — 
 
 Abraham Wetherbee. John Page. 
 
 Jeremiah Towne. John Townsend. 
 
 William Carlton. Ebenezer Locke. 
 
 Nehemiah Towne. Jeremiah Chapman. 
 
 Benjamin Bancroft. Nathaniel Russell. 
 
 Enoch Hale. John Simonds. 
 
 Seth Dean. Amasa Turner. 
 
 Edward Jewett. Nathan Hubbard. 
 
 Jonathan Sherwin. Abel Stone. 
 
 W-n Russell. John Whitaker. 
 
 Jacob Hobbs. James Wood. 
 
 John Dean. Ebenezer Chaplin. 
 
 Salmon Stone. James Cutter. 
 
 John Handsome. John Emery. 
 
 James Crumble. Solomon Rand. 
 
 Samuel Tarbell. Joseph Stanley. 
 
 Nathaniel Page. Jonathan Sawtell. 
 
 Solomon Cutler. John Sherwin. 
 
 John Demary. Paul Fitch. 
 
 John Hannaford. James Philbrick. 
 
EEVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 
 
 123 
 
 John Wetherbee. 
 Ebenezer Davis. 
 Daniel Rand. 
 Jeremiah Russell. 
 Joshua Webster. 
 Benjamin Carlton. 
 Samuel Stanley. 
 Henry Godding. 
 Joel Russell, jun''. 
 Daniel Davis. 
 Jonathan Ingalls. 
 Caleb Winn. 
 Samuel Walker. 
 Ezekiel Learned. 
 Daniel RusseU. 
 Jeremiah Norcross. 
 David Hale. 
 Richard Tompson. 
 Amos Davis. 
 George Lake. 
 ' James Carlton. 
 Jeduthan Stanley. 
 Nathaniel Ingalls. 
 Samuel'RusseU. 
 William Davis. 
 James Streeter. 
 Samuel Paige, Jr. 
 Jacob Gould. 
 Caleb Huston. 
 David Robbins. 
 John Thomson. 
 Eleazer Coffeen. 
 Benjamin Newman. 
 Nehemiah Porter. 
 Reuben Page. 
 John Lovejoy. 
 Solomon Whitney. 
 William Robbins. 
 Samuel Page. 
 John Eills. 
 Eliakim Darling. 
 Jehosaphat Grout. 
 Othniel Thomas. 
 Daniel Lake. 
 Jonathan Towne, Jr. 
 
 Samuel Sherwin. 
 Richard Kimball. 
 Benj. Peirce. 
 Samuel Whiting. 
 Oliver Stevens. 
 Isaac Wood. 
 Joseph Platts. 
 Zebulon Convers. 
 Simon Davis. 
 Jonathan Putnam. 
 Benjamin Lovering. 
 Ebenezer Shaw. 
 Abel Platts. 
 Benjamin Gould. 
 Elisha Perkins. 
 Page Norcross. 
 Aaron Esty. 
 Richard Kimball, Jr. 
 Stephen Jewett. 
 Israel Adams, Jr. 
 Nathaniel Thomas. 
 Jonathan Ball. 
 Nehemiah Bowers. 
 Francis Towne. 
 Moses Hale. 
 Richard Davis. 
 Deliverance Wilson. 
 Elijah Rice. 
 John Gray. 
 Oliver Gould. 
 Ichabod Thomson. 
 Jepthah Richardson. 
 Barnabas Cary. 
 John Lovejoy, Jr. 
 John Buswell. 
 Abel Platts, Jr. 
 Timothy Wood. 
 Simon Davis, Jr. 
 Abel Perkins. 
 Ezekiel Rand. 
 Jonathan Towne. 
 Israel Adams. 
 Jabez Norcross. 
 Joel Russell. 
 Jonathan Parker, Jr. 
 
124 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 John Fitch. Thomas Hutchinson. 
 
 Randall Davis. Daniel Grag. 
 
 Joshua Tyler. Samuel Parker. 
 
 Benjamin Moore. Ezekiel Jewett. 
 
 Daniel Adams. Henry Smith. 
 
 David Adams. Levi Mansfield. 
 
 Samuel Adams. Asa Tyler. 
 
 Jonathan Parker. Samuel Adams. 
 
 Simeon Ingalls. Abijah Haskell. 
 
 COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 RiNDGE, June I, 1776. 
 In obedience to the within request, we have desired all mails 
 in this town to sign the written Declaration (except those are 
 excepted) and they have all signed. 
 
 EDWARD JEWETT, | Selectmen. 
 
 JONATHAN SHERWIN, I of 
 
 ABEL STONE, J Rindge. 
 
 To the General Assembly 
 
 or the Hon. Committee of Safety 
 for the Colony of New Hampshire. 
 
 The paper is one of uncommon interest. Besides pre- 
 serving the names of many residents of the town, it makes 
 known that there were no disloyal or timid men who 
 failed to respond to the test of their patriotism. The proud 
 fact is here recorded "they have all signed," and no com- 
 ment can render more intelligible this expression of the 
 sentiment of the town on the vital issues of the time. In 
 addition to the names enrolled on this pledge, there were 
 forty-five men in the service, who were not permitted to 
 join their townsmen in signing the test. A few of this 
 number, however, were less than twenty-one years of age, 
 and would not have been requested to sign the paper if 
 they had remained at home. These men not only asserted 
 their patriotism with their signatures, but with equal 
 
BEVOLUTIONABT HI8T0BT. 125 
 
 alacrity they proved their sincerity by joining the army 
 ■whenever there was a call for soldiers to fill the ranks. 
 During the year there were ninety-one enlistments by 
 residents of this town. Of this number forty-five enlisted 
 for the year ; but the company rolls containing their names 
 have not been discovered, and only a part of their names 
 can be given. 
 
 The list includes : Major, and later in the year Lieut.-Col., 
 Nathan Hale, Capt. Philip Thomas, Ezekiel Demary, Daniel 
 Lake, Jr., Benjamin Beals, Isaac Leland, Benjamin Davis, 
 Joseph Wilson, Daniel McCarr, Amos IngaUs, Asa Brockle- 
 bank, John Demary, Jr., Josiah IngaUs, Jr., Ebenezer 
 Muzzey, Thomas Emery, Obadiah Marsh, David Davis, 
 Benjamin Burley, Benjamin Parker, Asa Wilkins, Ebenezer 
 Ingalls, Jonathan SawteU, Jr., Ebenezer Newman, William 
 Davis, and several others, whose names ' have not been 
 ascertataed with sufficient certaiaty to warrant their men- 
 tion. After remaining several months with the army near 
 Lake Champlaia, they joined the army under Washington 
 in Pennsylvania. A vote of the town, in December, to 
 excuse from a per capita tax all those "who enhsted last 
 winter until the first of January next" has reference to 
 these men. 
 
 In July of this year. Col. Isaac Wyman's regiment of 
 New Hampshire militia was raised to reinforce the army in 
 Canada, but joined the Northern army, then commanded 
 by Gen. Gates, Gen. Sullivan having made his successful 
 retreat with the broken army of Gen. Montgomery before 
 their arrival. This regiment remained in the vicinity of 
 Ticonderoga about five months, and suffered much from 
 sickness. Capt. Joseph Parker commanded the eighth 
 company in this regiment, of which Daniel Band, of Rindge, 
 
 17 
 
126 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 was first lieutenant. The roll contains fifteen men from this 
 town, including one officer : — 
 
 "William RusselL Abel Jewett. 
 
 Samuel Parker. John Handsome. 
 
 Reuben Page. Jeremiah KusselL 
 
 David Hale. Peter Thompson. 
 
 John Simonds. Thomas Emery. 
 
 George Clark. Peter Webster. 
 
 John Stanley. John Townsend. 
 
 In September, Col. Nahum Baldwin's regiment was 
 raised to reinforce the army in New York. James Crumble 
 was lieutenant in the third company, which contained four- 
 teen other men from this town, as follows : — 
 
 Benjamin Carlton. Lemuel Page. 
 
 Jonathan Ingalls. Jonathan Ball 
 
 Caleb Page. Nathaniel Thomas. 
 
 Francis Towne. James Wood. 
 
 Solomon Rand. Nehemiah Towne. 
 
 John Page. Samuel Chaplin. 
 
 Caleb Huston. Richard Thompson. 
 
 This regiment remained with the army, under the imme- 
 diate command of Gen. Washington, on Long Island and 
 vicinity of New York, untU late in the autumn, or the first 
 of December. Nov. 5, 1776, Caleb Huston died at Quaker 
 Ridges, in the State of New York, leaving a wife and six 
 children, who resided in this town many years. This com- 
 pany was commanded by Capt. Abijah Smith, a resident 
 of New Ipswich. He was the carpenter employed to build 
 the first saw-mill in this town, in 1760. Early in Decem- 
 ber, still another regiment of New Hampshire militia, 
 commanded by Col. David Gihnan, was sent to reinforce 
 the disheartened army under Gen. "Washington. Francis 
 Towne, of Rindge, was captain of the first company, and 
 Nathaniel Thomas is the only familiar name found upon 
 the roll. They, in connection with the forty-five men who 
 
BEVOLUTIOyARY HISTORY. 127 
 
 had enlisted for the year, did good service for their country, 
 participating in the triumph over the Hessians at Trenton, 
 and in the memorable battle of Princeton.. Although 
 poorly clad and suffering from the cold of winter, they 
 remained with the army several weeks after their term of 
 enlistment had expired. 
 
 In the autumn of this year, thirteen men enlisted in 
 response to a sudden caU for assistance at Ticonderoga, and 
 were absent from three to six weeks. Their names have 
 not been ascertained, and perhaps the company to which 
 they belonged was not joined to any regiment. 
 
 Nov. 8, John Martin enlisted " for during the war " in a 
 company of rangers, commanded by Capt. Benjamin Whit- 
 comb, which was raised for the defence of the northern 
 frontiers. Martin was in this service in 1781, and probably 
 remained until the close of the war. 
 
 During the French and- Indian wars the scarcity of salt 
 occasioned considerable suffering. Profiting by former ex- 
 perience, measures were now taken to procure a supply for 
 their future wants before a scarcity began to be experienced. 
 Several of the towns in this vicinity purchased a supply at 
 public expense, and chose a committee to deal it out to the 
 inhabitants under the most rigid regulations. That the 
 town took this precautionary measure, is made known by 
 an article in the warrant for a town-meeting, held in 
 September, "To see whether the Town will pay for that 
 ox that was hurt a going after y® Salt, and give the Com- 
 mittee instructions accordingly." The negative of the 
 question prevailed ; yet the record reveals the fact that the 
 town employed a committee and secured a supply in 
 anticipation of a season of scarcity. 
 
 Early in the year, the Provincial Congress adopted a 
 temporary plan of government, or constitution, which was 
 
128 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 to remain in force during th.e continuance of tlie war, the 
 courts were again established, and, despite the misfortunes 
 in the field and threatened invasions by hostile armies, the 
 inhabitants began to experience a sense of self-reliance and 
 independence not before enjoyed. 
 
CHAPTER VI. 
 
 BEVOLUTIOJSrABT HISTORY.— Vm. 
 
 Alarm and Defensive Measures. — Report of Col. Hale. — Alarm at 
 Ticonderoga. — Fourteen Men in Capt. Brown's Company. — Capt. 
 Stone's Company. — Capt. Stone's Letter. — Vermont asks for 
 Assistance. — Twenty-four Men in Stark's Brigade. — Capt. Band's 
 Company. — Casualties. — Sentiment and Votes of the Town. — 
 SmaU-Pox. — A Season of Sickness. — Col. Nathan Hale. — Charges 
 not Sustained. — Daniel Russell. — Letters of Col. Enoch Hale. 
 
 The spring of 1777 was a season of gloom and depres- 
 sion. Intelligence of the marcli of the well-equipped and 
 haughty army under Gen. Burgoyne had been received. 
 An invasion of the States was inevitable, and especially 
 were the New England States menaced with tastant danger. 
 Immediate measures were taken by the assembly to fill 
 the decimated ranks of the three Continental battalions, 
 and to raise other regiments to cooperate with them. The 
 inhabitants of this town evinced no symptoms of terror or 
 dismay, but calmly proceeded to raise their proportion of 
 men. The number of enlistments in this town during the 
 year was one hundred and eight, as wUl be seen from the 
 rolls which follow in this chapter. Many of these men 
 were at Bennington, Stillwater, and Saratoga, and actively 
 engaged with the forces under Generals Stark and Gates, 
 
130 
 
 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
 which eventually crushed and annihilated the proud army 
 of Burgoyne, so recently flushed with the hope of spoils 
 and devastation. The latter they realized, but from a 
 stand-point directly opposed to their lofty expectations. 
 
 To avoid the inconvenience experienced during the two 
 years past, on account of the short terms of enlistment 
 which had been allowed, orders were given to fill the 
 Continental regiments with men enlisted for three years, 
 or during the war. The quota assigned to Rindge was 
 seventeen, and the men were promptly raised. The number 
 required from the regiment of Col. Enoch Hale was one 
 hundred and nineteen. The following report was made by 
 Col. Hale in regard to the manner in which the towns filled 
 their quota: — 
 
 Rindge, Feb. 4, 1777. 
 
 Sir 
 
 In consequence of orders Rec^ for Raising 119 men 
 to serve in some one of the three Continental Batallions of this 
 State for three years or during the war, they being proportioned 
 to the several Towns in my Reg', agreeable to some former return 
 which, by there late returns, appeared to be Equal, we have there- 
 fore Proportioned them in the following maner. 
 
 New Ipswich to 
 
 raise' 22 
 
 Dublin to raise 8 
 
 Rindge " 
 
 « 17 
 
 Marlborough " " 6 
 
 JafErey 
 
 " 14 
 
 Stoddard " " 6 
 
 Peterborough " 
 
 " 14 
 
 Packersfield " " 5 
 
 Temple " 
 
 « 13 
 
 Washington " " 4 
 
 Fitzwilliam " 
 
 " 8 
 
 Sliptown " " 2 
 
 ■ 119 
 
 And after sending to the several Towns for there Quota as 
 
REVOLUTIONABT HISTOBY. 131 
 
 above Proportioned, Rec^ the following Returns of men Raised on 
 and about the month of April, A. d. 1777. 
 
 JVew Ipswich returned 20 men. 
 
 Silas Gill. John Yoman. 
 
 John Adams. Enoch Huse. 
 
 Moses Farnorth (Farnsworth). Eithama Wheelock. 
 
 Abner Preston. Ephraim Foster. 
 
 Levi Adams. Rolins Colburn. 
 
 Jacob Potter. Ephraim Severance. 
 
 William Hewett. William Prichard. 
 
 (The foregoing 14) In Gapt. Cart's Company, Col. (Nathan) Hale's Regiment. 
 
 Asa Gibbs. Samuel Foster. 
 
 Ebenezer Fletcher. Asa Perham. 
 
 Daniel Foster. John Johnson. 
 
 (6) In Capt. Farwell's Company, Col. Hale's Regiment. 
 
 ■ Rindge returned i^ men. 
 
 Isaac Leland. Abijah Haskell. 
 
 John Handsome. Samuel Whiting. 
 
 Oliver Bacon. Thomas Hutchinson. 
 
 Daniel Russell. Daniel McCarr. 
 Samuel Godding. 
 
 (9) In Blodgett's Company, Col. Hale's Regiment. 
 
 Ezekiel Demary, in Carr's Co. Enoch Dockman, in Drew's Co. 
 
 William Kendall. David Brooks. 
 
 Jonathan Lake. Snow Boynton. 
 
 (4) In Cloyes' Company and Hale's Regiment. 
 
 Moses Thomas, in the Bay State service. 
 
 yaffrey returned 16 men in all. 
 
 Francis Mason, in Blodgett's Co. John Dole, in Scott's Co. 
 WiUiam Redfield. Michael Silk. 
 
 Thomas Wheelock. (?) 
 
 The most of these men were mustered by Richard Varick, Esq. 
 
 ♦(illegible line.) Isaac Wesson. 
 
 Nathan Fish, for one year. James Turner, in Scott's Co. 
 
 Henry Tompson. Peter Towzer. 
 
 (2) In Livermore's Company, Scammell's Regiment. 
 
 John Lake, in Frye's Co. James Reed, in Cloyes' Co. 
 
 Stephen Adams. John Cox. 
 
 (2) Enlisted at Ticonderoga when our Committee went up; their officers not known. 
 For three years. All these in State service, except James Turner, in Scott's Company, 
 went in the Bay State service. 
 
132 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Peterborough returned 22 men. 
 
 James Hunckly. John Mather. 
 
 Isaac Mitchel. Samuel Lee. 
 
 John Taggart. Joseph Henderson. 
 
 Thomas Sanders. Titus Willson. 
 
 Jona. Wheelock. William Graham. 
 
 Ephraim Stevens. John Alexander. 
 
 ( 12 ) In Capt. Scott's Company, Col. Silley's Regiment. 
 
 James Taggart. David Scott. 
 
 Randell McAllister. John Canada. 
 
 John Blair. Joseph Babb. 
 
 Samuel Mitchel. John Scott. 
 
 James Stanfort. Timothy Mixer. (?) 
 
 ( 10) In Capt. Scott's Company, Col. Hendley's Regiment. 
 
 Temple returned zj men. 
 
 Ebenezer Drury. Farrar Miller. 
 
 Aaron Oliver. Joseph Stone. 
 
 John Drury. Amos Fuller. 
 
 John Hillgrove. Benjamin Smith. 
 
 Elijah Mansfield. John Millet. 
 
 James Hutchinson. Morris Millet. 
 
 In Carr's Company, Hale's Regiment. 
 
 Fitzwilliam returned 8 men. 
 
 Amos Boynton. Gadock(?) Dodge. 
 
 Daniel Squier. John Dodge. 
 
 (4) In Cloyes' Company, Hale's Regiment. 
 
 Nathaniel Bates, in Wait's Company, Hale's Regiment. 
 
 John Howard, in Bigelow's Company, Bay State service. » 
 
 Wilham Bedlam, in Rowell's Company. 
 
 Thomas Hardy. Moses Mason. Jona. Morse. 
 
 (3) Enlisted for nine months, April, 177S. All of Dublin. 
 
 Marlborough returned 6 men. 
 
 Adino Goodenow. Timothy Rogers. 
 
 Calvin Goodenow. Jabez McBride. 
 
 Frederick Freeman. Reuben McAllister. 
 
 The Captain not returned, but I think they was raised and are in Scammel's Regi- 
 ment, and mostly in Cloyes' Company. 
 
BMVOLUTIONABT- HISTORY. 133 
 
 Stoddard returned j" men. 
 Nathaniel Richardson. Richard Richardson. 
 
 (2) Wait's Company, Silley's Regiment. 
 
 Thomas Scott, in Morris' Company, Silley's Regiment. 
 Samuel Morrison, in Scott's " " " 
 
 Nathaniel Emerson, in the Continental. 
 
 A part of Stodard refuses to do their part in raising men, 
 they being ordered by our asembly to pay Taxes in Marlborough. 
 
 PackersfieM returned 5 men. 
 Barker Qark, FarweU's Company, Hale's Regiment. 
 William Farley, Ellis' Company, Scammel's Regiment. 
 Michael Terry, HiUs' Company, Patterson's Regiment. 
 Solomon Farley, Wells' Company, Shepard's Regiment. 
 
 The other two left in the Bay State [service], they likewise [sent] one man to Exeter 
 last spring for nine months service : George Brintnell. 
 
 Washington returned 4. men. 
 William White. William Mann. 
 
 Nathan Man. Abel Marrel. ' 
 
 In Scott's Company, Silley's Regiment. 
 
 SUptown returned 2 men. 
 William Scott, in Carr's Company, Hale's Regiment. 
 James Moore, in Scott's " Silley's " 
 
 Sir. 
 
 Your letter of the 9th of January came late to hand, I have 
 sent a return as I received from the several Towns, which is (one 
 word illegible) notwithstanding the utmost of my endeavors used 
 to persuade them that Soldiers in the Bay State service could by 
 no means count in our three Batallions, which we was obliged to 
 raise and see completed as full Batallions. Sir, I shall endeavor 
 to sum up the delinquent with some report given by sending 
 officers and selectmen for their neglect. New Ipswich made no 
 complaint except the loss of one man, Thomas Scott [William] 
 they had hired and afterwards was challenged by Sliptown as 
 one of their Inhabitants and as great a number ingaged in other 
 service as might have been obliged to have sent one man into 
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134 HISTOBT OF BINDQE. 
 
 the service. Rindge made no complaint. Jaffrey has more than 
 their number with three years men. Peterborough lack 2 in 
 our Batallions, but having 10 men in Col. Hendley's Reg', drawn 
 away by Capt. Scott of their Town and having 4 men more in 
 that different Batallion which number of 14 ought to have made 
 up their deficiency of 2 men, they therefore refuse to send any 
 more on that account. Temple have sent their Quota. Fitz- 
 william count 2 men that are in the Bay State service. They 
 plead nothing extraordinary only that every Town has a right 
 to their own men. Dublin complied to make up with nine 
 months men. Marlborough sent their Quota. Stodard lack two 
 except some in other State service, but as our asembly ordered 
 a part of Stodard to pay rates in Marlborough, and do their 
 other duty in Stodard, has ocasioned the loss of 2 of their sub- 
 altern officers with some soldiers as they refuse to do duty where 
 they pay no Taxes. Packersfield count two men in the same 
 manner as Fitzwilliam has done. Washington send their Quota. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 There is not more than four Towns but what has sent their 
 Quota or given strong reason why they have not. New Ipswich 
 Rindge Fitzwilliam and Packersfield, and two last has already 
 refused for tlie reasons given, and the other two has not been able 
 to procure any more men at present. 
 Sir, 
 
 I am sorry to make such a Broken return, all which was caused 
 by so many of the towns striving to save more than was meet. 
 
 I am, sir, your Honors most obd' Humble Serv' The Hon^ie 
 Meshech Weare, Esq. Enoch Hale. 
 
 There is a manifest error in the date of this interesting 
 report of Col. Hale. It may have been partly written in 
 February, 1778, but it bears internal evidence of not being 
 completed until April following ; and the arrangement of the 
 names in the original report indicates that they were not all 
 inserted at the same timsi, It is certain that the thirteen 
 
BEVOLUTIONABT HISTORY. 135 
 
 from Rindge first named did not enlist until March, 1777, 
 and Boynton, Brooks, Lake, and Kendall not until March, 
 1778. The former enlisted for three years, and the latter for 
 two. Moses Thomas, who was in a Massachusetts regiment, 
 was not allowed on the quota of this town. In March a 
 town-meeting was held " To see if the Town will come into 
 some Measxires to Raise their proportion of three years 
 men." Before the meeting had assembled, thirteen of the 
 town's quota had been recruited, and no new measures were 
 adopted by the town. These recruits joined their regiments, 
 then under command of Gen. Sullivan at Ticonderoga, 
 where they remained until July. 
 
 Rumors of the steady approach of Gen. Buxgoyne caused 
 much apprehension, and early in May an alarm was raised 
 that Ticonderoga was in danger. Post riders carried the 
 intelligence with celerity from town to town. The husband- 
 men, hastily leaving their fields, promptly marched to the 
 relief of their brethren in arms. A company of fifty-one 
 men, under Capt. Josiah Brown, of New Ipswich, was raised 
 in this vicinity. Lieut. Asa Sherwin, of Rindge, was second 
 in command. The company was joined to Col. Samuel 
 Ashley's regiment, and May 6 marched for Ticonderoga, 
 where they remained until all fears of an immediate attack 
 were quieted, when they were ordered home and discharge_d 
 June 21, after an absence of six weeks. The men from 
 Rindge in this service, fourteen in number, were as 
 follows : — 
 
 Asa Sherwin, JFirsi Lieutenant. 
 
 Jonathan Ingalls, Orderly Sergeant. 
 David Adams. Amos Ingalls. 
 
 Samuel Adams. Jonathan Parker. 
 
 Moses Chaplin. Abel Platts. 
 
 Samuel Chaplin. Joseph Stanley. 
 
 John Emery. William Thompson. 
 
 Moses Hale. Peter Webster. 
 
136 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 Scarcely had these men returned to their homes and to 
 the labor of their fields, when another alarm was sounded, 
 more imperatiye in its call for instant assistance than the 
 former. With this earnest request for reinforcement came 
 the disheartening intelligence of the loss of Crown Point, 
 and the advance of the enemy towards Ticonderoga. Again 
 the yeomanry promptly responded to the caU. of their 
 brethren, and hastened to save, if possible, the fated fortress 
 from investment. Eight days after the return of the former 
 soldiers, a company of thirty-four men, all from this town, 
 marched for the scene of activities. The company roll has 
 been preserved: — 
 
 Pay Roll of part of Col. Enoch Hale's Regiment which marched from 
 the state of New Hampshire yune 2g, 1777, under command of 
 Lt. Col. Thomas Heald to reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga. 
 
 Salmon Stone, Captain. 
 
 Othniel Thomas, Lieutenant. 
 
 Samuel Tarbell, Ensign. 
 
 Thaddeus Fitch, Quartermaster. 
 Edward Jewett, sergt. Hezekiah Hubbard. 
 
 John Demary, " Enos Lake. 
 
 Jonathan SawteU, " Simon Davis. 
 
 Nathaniel Ingalls, " Daniel Lake (Esq). 
 
 Samuel Russell, corpH. Jacob Gould {Lieut). 
 
 Ebenezer Newman " Oliver Gould. 
 
 Lemuel Vz.g&,/ifer. Samuel Stanley. 
 
 Paul Fitch. Solomon Cutler {Capt). 
 
 Henry Lake. John Demary, Jr. 
 
 David Robbins. Samuel Chaplin. 
 
 Samuel Walker. David Hale. 
 
 Reuben Russell. Silas Page. 
 
 Joseph Platts, Jr. Ezekiel Learned. 
 
 Samuel Sherwin. Caleb Page. 
 
 Caleb Ingalls. Abel Platts. 
 
 The 29th of June, on which this company marched, was 
 the Sabbath, and a memorable day in the history of this 
 
BEVOLUTIONABT HISTOBT. 137 
 
 section of tlie State. The people were assembled, and a 
 company formed in nearly every town. The apprehension 
 of danger was great, and the promptness with which the 
 minute-men responded to the sudden notes of alarm was 
 wonderful. The earlier call from Concord and Lexington 
 was not more imperative in its tone, or more valorously 
 answered. Referring to the occasion. Col. Enoch Hale 
 subsequently wrote: "The militia in my regiment, with 
 great bravery, turned out to the number of one haK that 
 was able for duty." 
 
 On the fourth day of their march, they were met with 
 the information that Gen. St. Clair was about to abandon 
 the fortress, and the company was ordered to return. They 
 were immediately disbanded, July 2, and each one was left 
 at liberty to return to his home when and how he pleased. 
 Many other volunteers from this State, hastening to the 
 relief of their brethren, received similar messages, and 
 proceeded no farther. But the energy displayed by Gen. 
 Burgoyne awakened a well-grounded fear that the army 
 would be hotly pursued, and other messengers were sent to 
 recall the returning reinforcements. While on their home- 
 ward march, when Capt. Stpne and the greater part of his 
 men arrived at Keene, they were overtaken with intelli- 
 gence of the new and alarming state of affairs, accompanied 
 with the most imperative entreaty "to turn about and march 
 with all speed toward Ticonderoga." Stopping only to write 
 the following letter to the selectmen, he promptly gathered 
 his remaining men, all who had not passed on beyond his 
 recall, and hastened again towards the scene of hostilities. 
 There was no waiting for reinforcements or the needed pro- 
 visions, nor any words of complaint, but with the spirit 
 of the soldier he writes, "I will march with what men 
 I have." 
 
138 HISTORY OF SINDGE. 
 
 Keene, July ye yi, 1777. 
 Sirs 
 
 There is an express come to town, from Ticonderoga this 
 
 morning, that they are in Distress for want of men, the enemy 
 
 having made their appearance there. My Company being 
 
 dismissed yesterday, I have not more than about Twenty men, 
 
 if you think Proper to send more men from Rindge, I should be 
 
 glad if you would send them on as fast as possible and likewise 
 
 bring Provision with them, there being no Provision to be had at 
 
 Charlestown. I will march with what men I have. 
 
 I remain your Humble Serv'', 
 
 SALMON STONE, Captain. 
 
 N.B. — The Men that are going to march from Rindge are the 
 following : — 
 
 Salmon Stone, Captain. Caleb Ingalls. 
 
 Othniel Thomas, Lieutenant. Jonathan Ingalls. 
 
 Ensign Tarbell. Jonathan Sawtell. 
 
 Quartermaster Fitch. John Demary, Jr. 
 
 Serg't Jewett. Ebenezer Newman. 
 
 Lemuel Page. Samuel Walker. 
 
 Henry Lake. Joseph Platts, Jr. 
 
 Enos Lake. Hezekiah Hubbard. 
 
 Simon Davis. Reuben Russell. 
 
 Paul Fitch. Samuel Sherwin. 
 
 Samuel Russell. David Robbins. 
 
 Capt. Josiah Brown, of New Ipswich, who commanded 
 the company that responded to the alarm in May, had been 
 home but a few days when the second alarm was given. 
 He immediately raised another company, and by forced 
 marches reached Charlestown the last day of June or the 
 first day of July, where he received orders to return. "While 
 passing through Rindge, the third day of July, the date of 
 Capt. Stone's letter, he was overtaken by an express bearing 
 intelligence similar to that received by the other returning 
 companies. Within ten miles of their home, this officer and 
 
BJSrOLUTIONABY HISTORY. 139 
 
 twenty-six of his men instantly turned about, and with the 
 company from Rindge soon joined the retreating army near 
 Rutland. They were soon discharged, and returned after 
 an absence of nearly one month. During these rapid and 
 unexpected movements in the field, the town and the patriot 
 cause sustained a severe loss in the capture of Col. Nathan 
 Hale, an account of which will be given in another portion 
 of this chapter. Immediately following the disasters at 
 Crown Point, Ticonderoga, and Hubbardston, and wMle the 
 patriot army was retreating before a superior force, the 
 committees of safety in the towns which subsequently 
 constituted the State of Vermont sent the most urgent 
 appeals for assistance to the neighboring States. They wrote 
 the committee of safety at Exeter that if no aid was sent 
 them "they should be obliged to retreat to the New 
 England States for safety." Many of these towns were 
 originally granted by this province, and were styled the 
 New Hampshire grants, and the inhabitants were closely 
 allied by many ties of kindred and friendship, which added 
 much force to their appeal for assistance. The Assembly of 
 New Hampshire was called together, and efficient measures 
 were promptly adopted. The militia of the State was 
 formed into two brigades commanded by Generals Stark 
 and Whipple. Gen. Stark's brigade was soon fiUed and 
 marched to Vermont, with instructions " to act in conjunc- 
 tion with the troops of the new State, or any other of the 
 States, or the United States, or separately, as it should 
 appear expedient to him, for the protection of the people 
 and the annoyance of the enemy." 
 
 For this brigade, Capt. Stone, who had scarce returned 
 from his hurried marches in response to the recent tanta- 
 lizing alarms, raised another company of sixty-five men, 
 which was joined to Col. Moses Nichols' regiment. The 
 
140 HISTOBT OF RINBGE. 
 
 following roll contains the men from Rindge, the residents 
 of other towns being omitted : — 
 
 Fay Roll of Capt. Salmon Stone's Company in Col. Nichols Regiment, 
 
 Gen' I Stark's Brigade raised out of the 14 Regiment of New 
 
 Hampshire Militia, Enoch Hale, Colonel, which company marched 
 
 from Rindge in said state July ijyy and joined the Northern 
 
 Continental Army at Bennington and Stillwater. 
 
 Thaddeus Fitch, quartermaster of the regiment. 
 
 Salmon Stone, Capt. 
 
 John Stanley, second Lieut. 
 
 Abel Stone, sergeant advanced to ensign. 
 John Dean. Daniel Adams. 
 
 William Davis. Benjamin Beals. 
 
 Eliakim Darling. Amos Ingalls. 
 
 Moses Hale, Jr. Henry Lake. 
 
 Ebenezer Ingalls. Joseph Platts. 
 
 Elisha Perkins. Reuben Page. 
 
 David Robinson. Jonathan Sawtell, Jr. 
 
 Reuben Russell. Peter Webster. 
 
 David Sherwin. Joseph Wilson. 
 
 Henry Smith. 
 
 These men shared the brilliant honors of Bennington, 
 where Abel Perkins, overcome with the heat of the day, 
 died a few days subsequently. It was Col. Nichols' regi- 
 ment, to which the Rindge belonged, that made the furious 
 attack in the rear of the enemy, greatly to the surprise 
 and discomfiture of Col. Baum. Of the enemy, two hundred 
 and seven were killed ; the loss of the patriots was thirty 
 killed, and forty wounded. The brigade soon after joined 
 Gen. Gates in New York. The fortunate result of the 
 engagement at Bennington infused a new hope and cour- 
 age into the Northern army, and especially imparted the 
 character and bearing of the soldier to the raw and undis- 
 ciplined troops whose valor had decided the fortunes of 
 the day. It also gave confidence and great satisfaction to 
 
BEVOLUTIONARY niSTOBY. 141 
 
 the patriots at home, who, after the gloom and depression 
 of the past few months, were now animated with the bright- 
 ening prospects which had suddenly burst upon them. If 
 they had planted and tilled their fields, disheartened with 
 rumors of disaster and defeat, the harvests of autumn were 
 gathered amid joyous acclamations and thanksgiving for 
 victory. 
 
 In September another company was raised in this vicin- 
 ity to assist "in driving the Hessians into the woods," 
 and placed under the command of Capt. Daniel Rand. 
 Being recruited immediately after the Battle of Bennington, 
 the soldiers were easily and quickly procured, although it 
 swelled the number of men from this town then in the 
 field, casualties excepted, to sixty-four, as follows: John 
 Martin, who enlisted the previous year in the ranger 
 service, Moses Thomas in a Massachusetts regiment, 
 fourteen in the Continental regiments, twenty-four in 
 Stark's brigade, and twenty-four in Capt. Rand's company. 
 The names of several soldiers belonging to the neighboring 
 towns, who were members of this company, are omitted in 
 the following : — 
 
 I'ay Roll of Captain Daniel Rand's Company in Col" Daniel Maoris 
 Regiment of Volunteers in the state of New Hampshire, joined the 
 Northern Continental Army under General Gates. t)ischarged 
 at Saratoga October i8 1777 and allowed eight days to travel 
 hotne, the distance being one hundred and sixty miles. 
 
 Daniel Rand, Captain. 
 
 Nathaniel Thomas, ser^t. Henry Lake. 
 
 Johi? Demary " Jonathan Lake. 
 
 Benjamin Beals, corpH. Samuel Chaplin. 
 
 Enos Lake, " Reuben Russell. 
 
 Daniel Lake, Jr., drummer. Ebenezer Shaw. 
 
 Lemuel VzgCjJifer. Joshua Tyler. 
 
 Jacob Gould. Amos Towne. 
 
 Caleb Page. Asa Wilkins. 
 
 Jeremiah Russell. William Robbins. 
 
 Solomon Rand. Hezekiah Wetherbee. 
 Caleb Winn. 
 
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142 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
 Joel Russell and James PMLbrick were in another 
 company in the same regiment. These men were in Gen. 
 Whipple's brigade, and were mustered into service Sept. 
 27, which, with eight days allowed for trayel home, made 
 one month's service. The soldiers in the Continental 
 service were with the army of Gen. St. Clair in the 
 humiliating retreat from Ticonderoga to the State of New 
 York, where Gen. Gates succeeded to the command. Here 
 their friends and neighbors in Capt. Stone's company, 
 rejoicing in the laurels of Bennington, joined them, and 
 together they shared the dangers and glory of Stillwater 
 and Saratoga. And now came Capt. Rand's company, with 
 fresher tidings from home, and all were permitted to 
 witness the crowning honors resting upon the American 
 arms and the capitulation of the army of Gen. Burgoyne, 
 whose visions of conquest and glory had faded into the 
 reahties of defeat and surrender. The two companies of 
 militia soon after returned to their homes. On the third 
 of August, John Handsome was killed at the outposts of 
 the army, and Isaac Leland died on the third of the 
 following month. The former was thirty-four and the 
 latter forty years of age. Daniel Russell, another Con- 
 tinental soldier, was wounded severely at the battle of 
 Stillwater, from which he did not recover sufficiently to 
 be able to return to his company. 
 
 James Crumble was appointed Heutenant, and assigned 
 to Capt. Blodget's company in the second Continental or 
 Col. Nathan Hale's regiment in the autumn of 1776, or 
 early in the following year. He continued with his regi- 
 ment until Sept. 1, when he received an injury from a fall 
 from his horse. After remaining nearly two months in a 
 hospital, he returned to his home on the strength of the 
 following furlough : — 
 
REVOLUTIONABT HISTORY. 143 
 
 The bearer, Lieut. James Crumble, of Col. Hale's regiment, 
 Capt. Blodget's company, havipg a rupture in the groin, which 
 prevents his walking or using any severe exercise, has a Permit 
 to return Home and there remain untill he is recovered which, if 
 at all, will be in two months. 
 
 General Hospital, 
 
 Albany, Oct. 23, 1777. 
 
 At this time there were no pension laws, and each 
 person petitioned the Legislature for assistance. Subse- 
 quently the United States reimbursed the State for the 
 money thus paid. In answer to his petition, Lieut. Crum- 
 ble drew half pay from the State, until March, 1782. The 
 following certificate of the selectmen, found among the 
 military papers at Concord, was undoubtedly given to aid 
 him in securing or continuing his pay from the State. 
 
 RiNDGE, March y« 6, 1779. 
 This may certify whom it may concern that Lieut. James 
 Crumbie returned home to this Town from the Continental Army 
 on furlo, having met with a hurt, by a fall from his horse, as we 
 understand, and has continued ever since in our opinion unable 
 to perform his necessary Business for the support of himself and 
 family. 
 
 ENOCH HALE, 
 EDWARD JEWETT, 
 FRANCIS TOWNE, 
 
 Selectmen 
 
 of 
 Rindge. 
 
 Later in the autumn, the nine Continental soldiers 
 remaining in the service, with other troops from New 
 Hampshire, in the space of fifteen hours, performed a 
 forced march of forty miles, and forded the Mohawk River 
 below the falls. This rapid movement checked the pro- 
 
144 MISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 gress of Gen. Clinton, who was threatening Albany with 
 the same destruction with which he had wasted the country 
 below. Immediately after they marched to Pennsylvania, 
 and, joining the army of Gen. Washington, where they 
 endured through the severe winter that followed the cold 
 and sufferings of Valley Forge. 
 
 While these stirring events were in progress in the 
 field, neither amid the gloom and disasters of the spring 
 and early summer, nor when hope grew out of despond- 
 ency with the triumphs of victory, did the town by any 
 vote or measure give expression to feelings of despair or 
 elation. Every vote was for a purpose, and to the end 
 that measures be adopted and money and men raised to 
 carry on the war. Solomon Cutler, Salmon Stone, and 
 Page Norcross were the selectmen for this eventful year. 
 The committee of inspection and safety were Daniel Lake, 
 Jonathan Sawtell, Page Norcross, Richard Kimball, and 
 Ebenezer Chaplin. Many measures were adopted to pro- 
 cure recruits for the army, and the large number who 
 volunteered was due, in a great measure, to the prompt 
 and generous action of the town. The record of a meeting, 
 held April 3, was as follows : — 
 
 Chose Richard Kimball moderator to govern said meeting. 
 
 Voted, to Raise the men, by a Rate, also to make an allow- 
 ance to those that have done anything in the war and the 
 allowance shall be as follows ; viz : 
 
 All those that have served in the army as long as may be 
 thought to be their proportion for past service and for the present 
 draught for three years, in the judgment of a Committee shall 
 be excluded out of the rate. 
 
 Voted for the present Draught & all others that have done 
 any part of a Turn shall be allowed Credit as much to each 
 months service as it shall cost per month for the seventeen men 
 
REVOLUTIONABT HISTOBT. 145 
 
 now to be raised or such of them as we shall hire for thirty 
 six months, which shall be made in the same Rate and the Credit 
 deducted accordingly. 
 
 Also Voted to choose a Committee Of seven men to manage 
 the same. 
 
 Chose Capt Solomon Cutler, Ens. Salmon Stone, Page Nor- 
 cross, Enoch Hale, Esqr., Capt. Francis Towne, Lieut. Daniel 
 Rand & Edward Jewett, Committee as afores^. 
 
 The mention of seventeen men in these votes refers to 
 the quota mentioned in Col. Enoch Hale's report. It is 
 certain that twelve had enlisted and been credited on this 
 quota previous to this meeting, and the record refers only 
 to the remainder. Perhaps on account of the large num- 
 ber of mUitia furnished by the town, no additional three 
 years' men were raised during the year. Soon after, the 
 town "voted to allow the militia four pounds and ten 
 shilhngs per month, with what the Continent or State 
 pay them, " and " to allow them what time they was 
 gone, for their turn, upon their relinquishing the money 
 voted them by the town." It was also voted that if any 
 person hired a man to serve in the army, he should receive 
 the same from the town as for personal service. Each 
 time a citizen was in the service was styled a turn, and 
 after the date of these votes, an account was kept of the 
 number of months each man was in the service, and 
 whenever any one had been in the army, or had hired a 
 substitute for more than his proportion of time, he was 
 credited on the war tax-list in proportion to his excess 
 of service. Nor did the town fail to provide for the 
 families of the volunteers as occasion required. In times 
 of the greatest depression, and in the midst of these 
 unfailing efforts to recruit the army, appears the record of 
 
146 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 many attentions to the sick and destitute. Now the stout- 
 hearted patriots are devising measures to prosecute the 
 ■war, and now charitably instructing the selectmen to 
 procure provision and fuel for Widow Leland, whose hus- 
 band had been killed in the service, and to provide for 
 her children. 
 
 While the army was retreating from Canada in 1776, 
 the troops became affected with the small-pox. Soon 
 after, the returning soldiers introduced the disease into 
 this town, but it did not prevail to any extent until the 
 spring and summer of 1777. No record of mortality can 
 be found, but tradition narrates that several died of this 
 disease. Ensign Benjamin Davis was paid by the town 
 " for nursing Joseph Stanley while he had the smaU-pox, " 
 and this is the only personal item which the records 
 have preserved. It is said that a member of the family 
 of Oliver Stevens, who lived on the "Bixby place," died 
 of this disease, and was buried between the house and 
 Monomonock Lake. The town adopted early measures 
 to prevent contagion, and several votes were passed con- 
 cerning the building and management of a pest-house. 
 A committee was also chosen to cleanse the houses in 
 which the disease had been ; but in October a more cheer- 
 ful vote, to sell the pest-house at vendue, was passed, 
 from which it is presumed all occasion for its use had 
 ceased. The pest-house was located in the forest, on the 
 north side of the Converse reservoir, and about sixty rods 
 above the dam, where the remains of the stone chimney 
 are still to be seen. There remains one vote in this con- 
 nection which would not escape the notice of the most 
 careless reader. In the spring, when the policy of build- 
 ing a pest-house was proposed, it occui'red in these 
 words, "To see if the town wiU prepare a house to have 
 
REVOLUTIONARY BISTORT. 147 
 
 the small-pox in." The municipality was alarmed, and 
 evidently expected the disease in its corporate capacity. 
 If the preventive effect of Dr. Jenner's discovery had been 
 known at that time, they, perhaps, would have ordered 
 the vUlage doctor to vaccinate the constable to protect 
 the town from a threatened dispensation. And, again, it 
 was voted "to pay the charges of jBxing the house that 
 is prepared for the small-pox." The records of Rindge 
 compare favorably with those of any town ; but when the 
 small-pox is the subject of record, the language becomes 
 strangely inoculated with the virus of false syntax. 
 
 The ravages of this contagious disease, and the casual- 
 ties of war, caused but a tithe of the mourning and 
 sorrows of the people during this period of the war. A 
 great amount of sickness had prevailed. Abel Platts, the 
 sturdy pioneer and valued citizen, John Pritchard, and 
 Elijah Rice had died. During the summers of 1776 and 
 1777, there had been an unprecedented mortality among 
 the children. Within a single month, three little ones 
 were carried to the grave from the home of Benjamin 
 Gould ; as many more from others ; and, in a few instances, 
 the only child, while the father was braving the dangers 
 of the battle-field that his offspring might enjoy a free- 
 dom which had been denied to himself, was taken from 
 the embrace of the weeping mother. The spade of the 
 sexton grew bright from frequent use, and the new-made 
 graves told the number of the dead. The husband 
 absent in the war, the mother hastening from the burial 
 of her child, which, sorrowing, she has consigned to the 
 grave, that she may minister to the sufferings of another 
 of her offspring whose cheeks are paling beneath the 
 touch of death ; then was heard the voice of lamentation 
 in Ramah, and comfortless Rachel weeping for her chil- 
 
148 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
 dren. The cooler air of autumn put an end to the sickly 
 season. Nearly all the soldiers returned to their homes 
 before the close of the year, and all awaited the experi- 
 ences of the future, perhaps with hope, but certainly with 
 no little solicitude. 
 
 In connection with the stirring events that were trans- 
 piring in the field during the summer of this year, the battle 
 of Hubbardston and the capture of Col. Hale was mentioned. 
 By this event the town lost an honored citizen, and the 
 service an efficient officer. It cannot be overlooked that 
 a charge of unbecoming conduct during this brief engage- 
 ment has rested injuriously upon the memory of Col. Hale ; 
 but it is equally certain that such charge has never been 
 sustained, nor has a word of evidence been produced to give 
 it weight or character. The successive promotion of Nathan 
 Hale from a captain of a company of minute-men in April, 
 1775, to the command of one of the three Continental bat- 
 talions, raised in this State, is a positive recognition of his 
 soldierly qualifications and abUity. The several promotions 
 had been earned by previous service, and his appointment of 
 colonel with the gallant Cilley and lamented Scammel 
 was not based upon any supposed merit. In the organi- 
 zation of the three New Hampshire regiments in May, 
 
 1775, he was appointed major of the third, of which James 
 Reed, of Fitzwilliam, was colonel. He remained with his 
 regiment participating in the siege of Boston, until March, 
 
 1776. The British army having retired, he repaired, with 
 the patriot army, to New York. Soon after, his regiment, 
 then in the brigade of General Sullivan, was ordered up 
 the Hudson to the relief of the forces retreating from 
 Canada. This movement was performed with celerity, 
 and, meeting the disheatened army near the Sorel, the 
 combined armies reached Ticonderoga about the first of 
 
REVOLUTIONABT HI8T0BT. 149 
 
 July, where Major Hale, with the regiment, remained until 
 the following summer. While at this post he was com- 
 missioned lieutenani^colonel in November, 1776, and colonel 
 in April following. The latter appointment was made in 
 February, but the commission was dated in April. 
 
 In the retreat of the army from Ticonderoga, Col. Hale 
 was ordered, with his regiment, to cover the rear of the 
 invalids, which fell several miles behind the main army. In 
 close vicinity were two Vermont regiments, commanded by 
 Colonels Warner and Francis. At Hubbardston, on the 
 morning of the seventh of July, these regiments were 
 suddenly and furiously attacked by the advance of the 
 enemy in force superior to their own. The action was brief 
 but sharp, and each regiment suffered severely. Col. Hale, 
 four of his captains, and nearly one hundred men were 
 captured, and his major, the gallant Benjamin Titcomb, 
 was severely wounded. Subsequently Col. Hale was per- 
 mitted to visit his famUy for several months. Returning, 
 at the expiration of his parole, he died within the enemies' 
 lines at New Utrecht, Long Island, September 23, 1780. 
 
 In the midst of the reverses, during the earlier months 
 of this year, there was a strong popular feeling against 
 not a few of the persons in command. The memories of 
 Generals Schuyler and St. Clair were only wrested from 
 obliquity through the findings of a court martial. The 
 patriots, chagrined at the abandonment of Ticonderoga, 
 and witnessing with vexation the retreat of their army, 
 were in no very complimentary frame of mind when the 
 disaster at Hubbardston served to invigorate a spirit of 
 severe and, possibly, unwarranted criticism. A charge 
 that Col. Hale and his command did not properly 
 cooperate with the regiments of Colonels Warner and 
 Francis, and that he too easily suffered himself to be 
 
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150 BISTOBT OF BINBGE. 
 
 captured, was raised. The swiftest refutation of such an 
 accusation appears in the fact that it was never enter- 
 tained by his townsmen. At a time of general proscription, 
 when any and every act of cowardice or disloyalty was 
 promptly rebuked, when ties of kindred and of friendship 
 were subordinated to the brotherhood of patriotism and 
 courage, the conduct of Col. Hale was never questioned 
 at his home. 
 
 "While visiting his family on parole he was received 
 with kindness and honor by his neighbors and acquaint- 
 ances. He was not only a participant in the town-meetings 
 held during the continuance of his parole, but on two 
 occasions he was appointed on important committees. 
 Without the concurring testimony of tradition, this fact 
 is convincing evidence that his townsmen saw nothing 
 in his conduct to question or condemn. It is not to be 
 presumed that in a town-meeting they would have recog- 
 nized with favor any citizen who had been guilty of 
 unbecoming conduct in presence of the enemy, except 
 through ignorance, and this they could not plead, since 
 Lieut. James Crumble, an officer in Hale's regiment, and 
 present at the battle of Hubbardston, had been at home 
 several months before these meetings were held ; and many 
 others had returned from a service in which they were 
 associated with the men in Hale's battalion, and could not 
 have failed in a knowledge of his misconduct, if such had 
 been current in the regiment. 
 
 These charges against Col. Hale were originally ad- 
 vanced by Ethan AUen, whose breath was the whirlwind, 
 and who used either the pen or the sword with equal 
 impetuosity and fearlessness. Allen was not in the country 
 when the battle occurred. His informants, irritated at the 
 event, and grieved at the loss of Francis and many brave 
 
BEVOLUTIONARY HISTOBT. 151 
 
 men, presumably tempered the criticisms proffered to Allen, 
 wMch he accepted as verities, with little charity. Nearly 
 all the writers who have repeated these accusations refer 
 to AUen as their authority. Being founded upon the same 
 evidence as the original charges, they add no additional 
 testimony concerning the truth of the accusation. By 
 withdrawing the New Hampshire regiment from the 
 contest, the gallantry of the commands of Warner and 
 Francis is rendered, by these historians, the more con- 
 spicuous. This was not demanded. The courage and 
 bravery of the Green Mountain boys is proudly and 
 universally recognized. Their honors can never be reared 
 to a higher fame through the detraction of others perhaps 
 equally brave and meritorious. The generosity of Allen 
 was as prominent as the keenness of his criticisms, and 
 had he written with a full knowledge of the facts, it is 
 probable the former quality of the man would have 
 dictated a statement essentially different in character. 
 
 In this engagement, the enemy in superior force fell 
 upon the Americans in an unexpected moment. All writers 
 are agreed that the action was not over thirty minutes in 
 duration. The object of resistance on the part of the 
 pursued was not victory, but a safe retreat. Nor should 
 it be overlooked that after the fall of Francis his regiment 
 broke and fled in disorder, and after a most valiant resist- 
 ance the regiment of Warner was dispersed, and gathered 
 at Manchester, a distance of many miles from the scene 
 of the encounter. Dr. Belknap, who must have been 
 familiar with the conduct of the , oflBcers of this State, 
 makes no accusation against Col. Hale. His account of 
 this affair is in these words : " On the retreat, Col. Hale's 
 battalion was ordered to cover the rear of the invalids, by 
 which means he was seven miles behind the main body. 
 
152 BISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 The next morning he was attacked by an advanced guard 
 of the enemy at Hubbardston. In this engagement Major 
 Titcomb, of the New Hampshire troops, and Col. Hale, 
 Captains Robertson, Carr, and Norris, Adjutant Elliot, 
 and two other officers, were taken prisoners." Ebenezer 
 Fletcher, of New Ipswich, who belonged to Col. Hale's 
 regiment, was wounded and captured in this engagement. 
 A narrative of his captivity, written with a candor and 
 directness that assert his accuracy, contains no intimation 
 that any officer in his regiment failed in courage, or hesitated 
 in the discharge of his duty. On the contrary, he says : 
 " Just as the sun rose there was a cry, ' the enemy are upon 
 us.' Looking around, I saw the enemy in line of battle. 
 Orders came to lay down our packs and be ready for action. 
 The fire instantly began. We were but few in number 
 compared with the enemy. Capt. Carr came up and says, 
 ' My lads, advance ; we shall beat them yet.' " The fact 
 here appears that Hale's battalion received the first assault 
 of the enemy, and that the engagement was warm from 
 the first. Even before the Vermont troops were engaged, 
 there was a foretaste of the scene described by Allen : " It 
 was by this time dangerous for those of both sides who 
 were not prepared for the world to come." Other authori- 
 ties, to prove that the New Hampshire troops were not 
 merely spectators during this engagement, might be cited. 
 A letter written July 17, ten days after the engagement, 
 by one of the officers present in the action, which appeared 
 in the Pennsylvania Evening Post of August 19, 1777, says 
 that a detachment of at least two thousand of the British 
 army was sent to harass the rear of the American forces ; 
 that at Hubbardston " Our little army formed and gave them 
 battle, which continued about twenty-five minutes very 
 severe, when our party were overpowered with numbers and 
 
MEVOLUTIONABT HISTORY. 153 
 
 gave way." No one is here charged with unbecoming 
 conduct. The omission is no oversight, for the letter states 
 that "Col. Hale is missing." 
 
 An able article, prepared by Hon. Winslow C. Watson, 
 recently appeared in The Sistorical Record, and is a most 
 satisfactory vindication of the conduct of Col. Hale. To 
 this paper, the editor of the Recofd, Benson J. Lossing, 
 LL.D., referring to former conclusions expressed in "The 
 Field Book of the Revolution," has volunteered the 
 following generous and emphatic endorsement: "Subse- 
 quent investigations have confirmed the opinion then 
 formed of the conduct of Col. Hale. Mr. Watson's views 
 are undoubtedly correct. He has served the cause of truth 
 in 'this vindication of the character of a brave but unfortu- 
 nate officer." Mr. Watson effectively contends: "The 
 silence of a long array of writers, some of whom were 
 contemporaneous with these events, and most of whom are 
 distinguished for profound and careful investigation, must 
 be accepted as strong negative testimony in the exoneration 
 of Col. Hale. Had an act tainted with cowardice so 
 marked, if not treachery, been perpetrated by an officer 
 occupying a position of such prominence, it could not 
 have escaped their attention, and would have demanded, 
 as it must have received, their deepest denunciation. 
 Marshall, whose ' Life of Washington ' embraces an elabo- 
 rate and minute narrative of all the events of the Revo- 
 lution, and who enjoyed access to every authority, both 
 documentary and oral, that elucidated his subject; An- 
 drews, a British writer, who lived at the period ; Steadman, 
 an officer in the British army, who wrote a carefuUy 
 arranged history of the war in which he served in several 
 campaigns; Botta, who scrutinized every point with a 
 conscientiousness that seemed to detect every detail, and 
 
154 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 impressed the spirit of accuracy on every page; — these 
 authors, each and all of them, are silent in reference to 
 any misconduct of Col. Hale, and utter no reproaches 
 upon his conduct. In Botta there could have been no 
 ignorance of the name of Hale, for he distinctly mentions 
 his capture. . . . When the views of Col. Hale's friends 
 were submitted to Mr. Irving after the appearance of the 
 first edition of his ' Washington, ' he deemed them so 
 forcible that in the generous and conscientious spirit which 
 controlled all his acts he caused the stereotyped plates of 
 his work, in which he had adopted the language of Allen, 
 to be broken up, and again referred to the subject of Hale's 
 conduct in a very modified tone." 
 
 As soon as Col. Hale was apprized of these charges, 
 he firmly invited the most rigid examination of his conduct, 
 and made an instant appeal to General Washington for 
 an exchange and an opportunity of vindicating his char- 
 acter before a court martial, affirming, in the language ' of 
 presumptive innocence, his ability to successfully defend 
 himself against any charges that could be made against 
 him. His early death arrested all proceedings in answer 
 to his appeal. It should not be forgotten that, dying 
 within the enemy's lines, he never had an opportunity of 
 vindicating his conduct before his countrymen or a military 
 tribunal, or to refute an exparte charge concerning which 
 his lips were sealed. The animus of the attack upon Col. 
 Hale is not clearly discerned through the accumulating mist 
 of a century ; but no evidence appears except his own con- 
 jecture in his appeal to Washington, that it originated in 
 the jealousy of his inferior officers. It is certain that the 
 accusation, whatever may have been its source, has never 
 been sustained by the production, or even promise, of 
 evidence, and in the light of to-day appears wholly without 
 
BEVOLUTIONABT HISTORY. 155 
 
 foundation. The inferences and the unanimous voice of 
 tradition are admissible witnesses in the defence of Col. 
 Hale, and in the absence of other testimony will be gener- 
 ally accepted as conclusive. That Col. Hale was a man 
 of unusual ability is universally conceded; that he served 
 his country with distinction and honor cannot be denied. 
 The following letter of Col. Hale to his wife refers 
 to his desire to be exchanged, but contains no specific 
 reference to this passage in his experience : — 
 
 Long Island, New Utrecht, May i, 1780. 
 My Dear, 
 
 I reel your favor of the third of March the Twelfth of April. 
 
 By which you informed me of the Death of my Mother, & 
 
 further of the Bearth of a young son. I am exceedingly much 
 
 Rejoyst to learn you were so comfortable at that time & wish 
 
 you much joy with your young son. I have the Pleshure to 
 
 inform you that I am well at this time & hope you and my 
 
 family enjoy the same blessing. We have had the slightest 
 
 expectations of a general exchange of Prisoners of war the 
 
 Winter past. But our expectations are all Blasted for what 
 
 reason we are unabel to tell. About three weeks ago I had a 
 
 very flattering expectation of going home on Parole for a short 
 
 time, but I was not able to get it accomplisht. It seems the 
 
 General is determined not to let any officers go out on Parole 
 
 at present. How soon I shall be exchanged is unknown to me. 
 
 You are as good a Judge of the matter as myself. I still 
 
 Remain at my old quarters. The people are very clever &c. 
 
 I am not unthoughtful of the Grate burden you labor under 
 
 with a large family of Rude children, and with so much care 
 
 of my other Domestick affairs as you must occasionally inspect. 
 
 I hope sooner or later to get home to make your cituation 
 
 more agreeable than if is at present. But how soon that will 
 
 be God only knows, but I shall endeavor to await his time with 
 
 as much patience as possible. You informed me that my 
 
156 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 tenants were agoing to leave my farms this spring, I suppose 
 on account of the very heavy taxes. I am unable to advise you 
 in the matter. I hope my Brother or some other friend will 
 not be wanting to lend you that assistance in these affairs, as 
 I think I should not to them, were our circumstances Reverst. 
 As I have nothing more of moment shall conclude for this 
 time wishing you and my children, with all friends, the Best of 
 Heaven's Blessings and Subscribe my self your Husband, 
 
 NATHAN HALE. 
 Mrs. Abigail Hale. 
 
 Appended to this letter is a note in the handwriting of 
 Hon. Abel Wilder, of Winchendon, whose son, Abel Wilder, 
 Jr., married Eunice, daughter of Moses Hale, a second 
 cousin of Col. Hale, as follows: — 
 
 Z>ear Ma'm, 
 
 I received this Letter Inclosed in one to me Last Wednesday 
 at Worcester. I Paid 30 Dollars for Postage. You may send 
 me Ten if you have an opportunity. 
 
 ABEL WILDER. 
 Winchendon, Dec 15, 1780. 
 
 The postage, of course, was paid in Continental currency. 
 The fact that the letter had been written about eight 
 months, and Col. Hale had been dead nearly three months 
 before it was received, is suggestive of the lives that were 
 led in those days. 
 
 Daniel Russell, who was wounded at the battle of Still- 
 water, was a son of Joel Russell. He was mustered into 
 the Continental service March 20, 1777, at seventeen years 
 of age. In the following petition an account of his wounds 
 and suffering is given in his own words: — 
 
REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 157 
 
 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 To the Great and Honorable Council & House of Represent- 
 atives of said state convened at Exeter. 
 
 The Petition of Daniel Russell humbly sheweth, whereas 
 your poor Petitioner has in time past been able to undergo 
 hardships and fatigues, Inlisted into the Continental army 
 March 5, 1777, and was shot through the side of the Back 
 while Fighting with the Enemy near Stillwater, Sept. 19, 1777, 
 which disabled him from fiting. from thence he was carried 
 to Albany, and about the 20th of October Received a furlough 
 and was Eleven Days in gitting to Rindge in great pain by 
 Reason of said wound, he Immediately put himself under the 
 care of Doctor John Young of Peterborough, where he staid till 
 March the 5th 1778. Then went under the care of Doctor 
 Jonas Prescott of Rindge, where he staid till October following, 
 then when he recovered his health so he was able to Ride to 
 Boston and the fifth of November took a furlough of the 
 Honorable Major-General Gates, and returned to Rindge and 
 was in a prospect of Recovering his health, but his said 
 wound not being internally healed, as the Bone was Fractured, 
 it bealed again and was necessitated to have it laid open again. 
 He soon put himself under the Care of Doctor Howe of 
 JafErey, where he staid till the first of August, 1779, which cost 
 him thirty pounds Besides bord and other Necessary Charges, 
 and not being able to Return to his Regiment or any Corps of 
 invalids went under the care of Doctor Young of Peterborough 
 again and staid till the 13th of October which Cost him forty 
 pounds to the Doctor. When he recovered his health so he 
 was able to go to Boston and was found not fit for any kind of 
 Duty, and Rec'd a furlough for two months and at the end of 
 two months Rec'd a furlough the same as a discharge till the 
 time of his enlistment was expired and returned to Peterbor- 
 ough under the Care of Doctor Young, and is utterly unable to 
 Earn his own Support and is reduced to low and miserable 
 21 
 
158 HISTOBT OF RINBGM. 
 
 Condition of Life and must throw himself upon the Charity of 
 the people, unless some Releaf can be granted. He humbly 
 beseeches therefore your honors to take his Case under your 
 wise and humane consideration, and grant him such Releaf as 
 you in your Wisdom shall think needful, and he as in Duty 
 bound shall ever pray. 
 
 DANIEL RUSSELL. 
 
 June 2, 1780. 
 
 Russell received from the State forty-two poimds and 
 thirteen shillings "for extra charges," and half pay for 
 several years. The town also voted him substantial 
 assistance "on account of his extraordinary expenses." 
 
 Previous to the alarms in the early part of the summer, 
 Col. Enoch Hale appears to have been apprehensive that 
 at no distant day there would be a demand for fire-arms, 
 and seasonably wrote the committee of safety at Exeter in 
 regard to a supply: — 
 
 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 RiNDGE, May y= 14*, 1777. 
 
 To the Honorable Committee of Safety seting at Exeter in said 
 State. 
 
 Gentleftien, 
 
 The many appearances of the danger of our being guarded 
 by our enemies on all quarters, gives me great concern, when I 
 consider that notwithstanding the respected orders received from 
 the Hon. General Folsom for keeping my Regiment well equipt 
 and ready to march at a minutes warning and so many of them 
 destitute of Fire Arms and not in their power to provide them- 
 selves with arms. From these considerations I thought it to be 
 my duty to apply to your Hone's, for a part of the State Arms to 
 be stored in some safe place in our Regiment, to be delivered 
 out if so many of the Militia should be called for as could not 
 
BEVOLUTIONABT BISTOBY. 159 
 
 Otherwise be provided for, if any there be that are not otherwise 
 to be delivered out. And whether a part of them might not be 
 as safe to be carried further into the Country, I must submit 
 to your Honors' wisdom trusting that may direct you. 
 
 Mr. Gould and Mr. Davis, the bearers, will be abel to bring 
 me word, who are sent by our Town for Powder and will apply 
 to your Honors, if it cannot be provided at the Powder Mill. 
 
 I am Gentlemen, your most obed*. Humble Servant 
 
 ENOCH HALE. 
 
 After the abandonment of the fortress of Ticonderoga, 
 and the return of many of the minute-men, Col. Hale -wrote 
 the following letter while on his return from Charlestown, 
 which incidentally represents that a hopeful public senti- 
 ment prevailed: — 
 
 Kekne July y 14* 1777. 
 
 Honorable Meshech Weare Esq. 
 Worthy Sir, 
 I take this oppertunity to inform the Honorable Committee 
 of Safety, that I have not been fully able to obey their orders 
 with regard to the prisoners at Charlestown, although I used the 
 utmost of my endeavors. The great surprise the people had at 
 Charlestown respecting the news from Ticonderoga, made it 
 impossible for me, at , that time, to procure a suitable Person 
 for a jaol keeper and the jaol wholly deficient and not fit to 
 hold any person without a gard and the gard being dismist; 
 under these circumstances I ventured to take bonds in two 
 sureties in five hundred Pounds each for their abiding the limits 
 of the Jaol, Excepting Abner Sanger which being very Poor 
 and of a lo mark could not Possibly obtain surety, in which 
 case by advice. Col. Hunt of Charlestown took him under his 
 care on his own farm — Sangers promising obedience. In all 
 which I pray for your Honors most favorable approbation. 
 
160 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 Gentlemen, I would just mention that Simon Baxter and Butler 
 slipt the gard the evening of the eleventh instant, being the day 
 the Justices arrived there before there was an opportunity to 
 settle matters agreeable to your orders. With submission I 
 would further ad with respect to our affairs at the Westward, 
 I have been informed of a requisition to your honors for a 
 number of Troops more to be raised, if so I beg leave to 
 mention that the militia in my Regiment and others above have 
 been much fatigued by the alarms, and with grate Bravery 
 turned out to the amount of one half that was able for duty 
 within two months, and at the same time the militia in the 
 Massachusetts state in Towns adjoining to us Rested quiet 
 in their field, which our men are unwilling to believe is equal, 
 although they remain firm in the cause and dont think the loss 
 of a little spot of ground is to determine the fate of America. 
 
 I am Gentlemen, your Hon^. most obedient Humble sev't 
 
 ENOCH HALE. 
 
CHAPTER VII. 
 
 BEVOLUTIONABY BISTORT. — 1778 — 1781. 
 
 Auspicious Omens. — Depreciation of Currency. — New Recruits. — Cas- 
 ualties. — Expedition to Rhode Island. — Col. Enoch Hale's Regi- 
 ment. — Taxation. — Powder. — Selectmen and Committee of Safety 
 for 1778 and 1779. — Enlistments. — Record of Soldiers. — Capt. 
 Othniel Thomas. — Tobe Cutler. — Bounties paid by the Town. — 
 Other Soldiers from Rindge. — Selectmen for 1781. — Scale of Depre- 
 ciation. — Beef and Rum Tax. — Money Tax Paid to the State. — 
 Contention between New Hampshire and Vermont. 
 
 1778. With another year came assurances of amended 
 fortunes. During the past few months a disheartened 
 and retreating army, receiving timely reinforcement, had 
 fought several successful battles which had completely 
 annihilated a proud and invading army. The patriots had 
 taught the disciplined and well-equipped soldiery of 
 Europe that they were their equals, both in the open 
 field and in the stratagems of war. They had awakened 
 a renewed 'confidence in themselves which imparted the 
 strength of cohesion and of discipline to the patriot army. 
 The seat of war was removed to the South, and the calls 
 for troops were less frequent and imperative. The sudden 
 and tantalizing alarms which had characterized the past 
 season, giving the minute -men but little freedom from 
 actual service or solicitude when at home, for many months 
 
162 niSTOEY OF BINDGE. 
 
 were not repeated. In addition to all these flattering 
 omens, which encouraged hope to triumph over despond- 
 ency, the most enlivening hopes were associated with the 
 alliance with France, and her proffers of assistance in the 
 prosecution of the war. A firmer faith in the success of 
 their cause was everywhere manifested, until many were 
 persuaded to believe that the war was substantially at an 
 end. And yet amid these cheering omens another vial 
 was being opened whose bitterness soon drenched the 
 land ; only an oasis had been reached, and not the fruitful 
 soil beyond the desert sands; the clouds were not break- 
 ing, but only shifting into new shapes, to again inundate 
 the land with darker days and greater trials. 
 
 The currency depreciated in value so rapidly that 
 financial ruin appeared inevitable. During the year 1778 
 the equivalent of a unit of money decreased from one- 
 third to less than one-sixth of its nominal value. One 
 assessment of taxes followed another in rapid succession, 
 until the constable, who was also collector of taxes, had 
 scarcely left the door of the impoverished citizen before 
 he returned again with renewed demands for money to 
 carry on the war. Creditors, beholding each dollar of their 
 dues fade in value from month to month, were impor- 
 tunate and peremptory in their demands for immediate 
 payment. 
 
 The close of the previous year left the New Hampshire 
 regiments at VaUey Forge. Of the twelve men who had 
 previously joined the Continental service, HaskeU, Whiting, 
 Bacon, Hutchinson, Godding, Demary, Dockman, and Will- 
 iam Russell remained with the regiment. Daniel MeCarr 
 died Jan. 1, 1778, aged 38 years. Leland and Handsome 
 died as previously stated, and Daniel Russell was absent on 
 account of wounds. 
 
BEVOLUTIONABY HISTOST. 163 
 
 In March, Jonathan Lake, David Brooks, Snow Boyn- 
 ton, and WilUam Kendall joined the same regiment for 
 two years. During the campaign of 1778 these men were- 
 in the New Hampshire Brigade, participating in the battle 
 of Monmouth, and passed the succeeding winter at Reading. 
 July 26, Abijah Haskell died, aged twenty-five years. At 
 the time of his enlistment, Jonathan Lake was seventeen 
 years of age. He was bom March 18, 1761, and enlisted 
 March 20, 1778. By two subsequent enlistments he 
 remained in the army until the close of the war. In 
 other instances youths of fifteen or sixteen years of age 
 were found in the service. 
 
 In the summer of this year, a combined attack, by land 
 and water, upon the British army at Newport, in Rhode 
 Island, was projected. An army raised from the militia of 
 New England was sent to reinforce Gen. Sullivan, and to 
 cooperate with the French fleet. For this service Col. 
 Enoch Hale raised a regiment in this vicinity and took 
 command in person. The fleet failing to attack the enemy 
 as had been expected, the militia was dismissed after a 
 service of nearly nine weeks. 
 
 /Staff Roll of Col. Enoch Salens regiment of volunteers, which 
 regiment marched from the State of New Hampshire, and 
 joined the Continental Army in Rhode Island, August, 
 1778. Two days are added to the time in service for travel 
 hom,e after discharge at Rhode Island. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 Enoch Hale, Colonel, 36 1 8 
 
 Joseph Parker, Major 25 6 8 
 
 Isaac Howe, Adjutant, 20 14 8 
 
 John Mellen, Quartermaster, 15 15 4 
 
 Jonas Prescott, Surgeon, 28 8 
 
 Simeon Grould, Sergeant Major, 10 15 8 
 
 Dr. Prescott had recently settled in Rindge. Subse- 
 quently he removed to Templeton, Mass., where he died. 
 
164 BISTORT OF RINDQE. 
 
 after a successful practice of many years. In this regiment 
 ■were thirty-three men from Rindge, including officers : — 
 
 Lieut. Samuel Tarbell, in Capt. Cunningliam's Company. 
 
 Ensign Ezekiel Rand, " " " " 
 
 Ensign John Stanley, " " Twitchell's 
 
 Jonathan Sawtell, Sergeant. Solomon Rand. 
 
 Nathaniel Thomas, Corporal. William Russell. 
 
 Lemuel Page, Fifer. Hezekiah SawteU. 
 
 John Simonds. John Demary. 
 
 John Gray. Joseph Platts. 
 
 Ezekiel Learned. Samuel Stardey. 
 
 Samuel Russell.' WiUiam Carlton. 
 
 Samuel Page. Ebenezer Platts. 
 
 David Robbins. Thaddeus Fitch. 
 
 Samuel Walker. Joseph Stanley. 
 
 Benjamin Carlton. Henry Lake. 
 
 Reuben Page. Amos Towns. 
 
 Timothy Wood. John Emery. 
 
 Jeremiah Noroross. Ephraim Holden. 
 
 The privates received ^£10 10s., at the rate of £b per 
 month. 
 
 Another regiment in this expedition, commanded by 
 Lieut.-Col. Stephen Peabody, which remained in the ser- 
 vice until the following December, included three soldiers, 
 Abel Platts, Jr., and two others, from this town. 
 
 While these events were transpiring in the field, the 
 citizens of the town were often called together to raise 
 money with which to pay the militia while in the service, 
 and larger sums for the Continental soldiers. Six distinct 
 tax-lists were made and collected during the year, which 
 must have placed the tax-gatherers on the most intimate 
 terms with the inhabitants of the town. Lieut. Ebenezer 
 Davis and Oliver Gould were paid ^5 "for bringing up 
 Powder from Exeter for the use of the town," and soon 
 after an article appeared in the warrant "To see if the 
 Town win Dispose of the Powder and how it shall be 
 
EEVOLUTIONABT HISTOBY. 165 
 
 Disposed of and what price shall be taken for the same." 
 Their unfailing confidence in one of their citizens is seen 
 in the vote " That Enoch Hale Esq. Dispose of the Powder 
 as he pleases and when he pleases." 
 
 The selectmen for the year were Enoch Hale, Esq., 
 Deacon Francis Towne, and Edward Jewett; and the 
 committee of safety, inspection, and correspondence con- 
 sisted of Daniel Lake, Esq., Capt. Daniel Rand, Lieut. 
 Page Norcross, Capt. Solomon Cutler, and Lieut. Othniel 
 Thomas. The names and titles are given as they appear 
 upon the records, in which the rank of an individual is 
 noted with much precision. Whenever one advanced from 
 the plane of a private to' that of an ensign, his name sub- 
 sequently appeared with a proper acknowledgment of his 
 military honors. Sometimes a nice distinction was made. 
 Capt. Francis Towne was also a deacon, and had rendered 
 good service in both capacities. Military and ecclesiastical 
 honors were at issue ; the latter prevailed, and the deacon 
 triumphed in rank over a captain. Edward Jewett, also 
 a deacon, in the omission of the title in connection with 
 his name, modestly makes known that he was the town 
 clerk, who made the record. 
 
 1779. The selectmen for this year were Edward 
 Jewett, Capt. Daniel Rand, and Mr. James Philbrick. 
 The committee of safety, inspection, and correspondence 
 were Mr. Nathaniel Russell, Lieut. Othniel Thomas, Ensign 
 Benjamin Davis, Mr. John Buswell, and Lieut. Page Nor- 
 cross. 
 
 A requisition from the State authorities for about five 
 hundred men to fill up the three Continental battalions 
 proclaims a sad loss during the past year. The quota 
 of this town was four, and prompt action was taken to 
 raise the men. Forty shillings per month was voted to 
 
 22 
 
166 HISTORY OF niNBGE. 
 
 each man who would enlist into the service, and, to com- 
 pensate for the depreciation of the currency, this amount 
 was to be paid in beef at twenty shillings per hundred 
 weight, or in rye at four shillings per bushel. This action 
 was soon followed by a vote " to leave it in the breast of 
 the committee to hire the men as cheap as they can." 
 
 Abel Jewett, Peter Webster, David Robinson, and Jon- 
 athan SawteU, Jr., enlisted for one year, and were assigned 
 to the second Continental regiment. They, and the soldiers 
 from this town who had previously joined the same regi- 
 ment, were in the army under Gen. Sullivan, which made 
 the famous expedition into the Indian country, and passed 
 the succeeding winter in Connecticut. 
 
 In July, Abel Kimball and Simeon Bruce enlisted into 
 Col. Mooney's regiment for six months, and were ordered 
 to Rhode Island, where they remained until the expiration 
 of the term of enlistment. In December, Jonathan Saw- 
 tell, Jr., hired a substitute and was honorably discharged. 
 He enlisted again, however, into the same regiment, after 
 he had remained at home about a year. 
 
 1780. The record of death continues. Again the 
 open ranks of the Continental battalions are the oracles 
 of their valor. The town is required to furnish four 
 additional men. Jonathan Lake, Bartholomew Dwinnel, 
 Thomas Demary, and Ebenezer Platts enlisted in July, and 
 were assigned to the second regiment. The men raised 
 in the State at this time were styled "new levies," and 
 were enlisted for six months. Lake had been recently 
 discharged from the same regiment on account of the 
 expiration of his previous enlistment of two years. The 
 New Hampshire troops remained several months with the 
 Northern Army at West Point. While there they were 
 joined by Col. Nichols' regiment of militia, which contained 
 
MEVOLUTIONABY HISTORY. .167 
 
 seTen men from Rindge : Ensign Daniel Adams, Barnabas 
 Gary, John Buswell, James Philbrick, Amos Ingalls, Josbua 
 Hale, and Samuel Walker, wlio were in the service nearly 
 four months. In the autumn of this year the other regi- 
 ments marched into New Jersey, and went into winter 
 quarters near the Hudson River. Two other men entered 
 the service. Benjamin Beals and Caleb Page were sent 
 to the "frontiers at Coos," and were in Capt. Stone's 
 company, in Major Whitcomb's battalion. 
 
 In the autumn of this year the town of Royalton, in 
 Vermont, was burned by the Tories and Indians. The 
 militia in the western part of New Hampshire were called 
 out, but few reached the place before the hasty retreat 
 of the enemy was announced, and the minute-men were 
 ordered home. An entire company of sixty-one men from 
 this town responded to the alarm, but were absent only 
 four days. 
 
 Edward Jewett, Lieut. Jacob Gquld, and Lieut. Othniel 
 Thomas were the selectmen for this year. The committee 
 of safety and correspondence were : Deacon Francis Towne, 
 Capt. Daniel Rand, Mr. Jonathan Sawtell, Mr. Samuel Page, 
 and Mr. James Philbrick. While actively engaged in 
 prosecuting the contest with England, in March of this 
 year, the town declared war against another enemy by 
 offering a bounty of three hundred pounds currency, equiv- 
 lent to about eight pounds specie, for every old woH killed 
 in the town, and one-half as much for every " wolf's whelp " 
 thus destroyed, to be paid by the selectmen " on the persons 
 presenting the head [the wolf's head, of course] and having 
 the ears cut as prescribed by the laws of this State." This 
 hostile measure proving effectual, the warriors soon after 
 submitted the proposition "To see if the town will raise 
 a Bounty on Crows, Black Birds, Jay Birds, Squirrels or 
 
168 , HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 either of them or any other such vermin." No bounty- 
 was voted. Perhaps the language employed was a sufficient 
 admonition. 
 
 1781. In the New Hampshire regiments in the field 
 the losses had been considerable, and the ranks were also 
 depleted at the expiration of the term of enlistment of 
 many of the men. William Russell, whose term of service 
 expired in March, 1780, was honorably discharged in the 
 State of New Jersey, and, without visiting his home, he 
 immediately enlisted into a Connecticut regiment, and 
 served until the close of the war. Oliver Bacon enlisted 
 at the first for during the war, and in March, 1781, was 
 promoted to ensign in Capt. Dustan's company. Enoch 
 Dockman and Ezekiel Demary also reenhsted, and con- 
 tinued with the same regiment. Dockman deserted, but 
 was apprehended after he had enjoyed a rest of six 
 months; he was finally discharged, Oct. 20, 1781. Moses 
 Thomas, who had been three years in a Massachusetts 
 regiment, enlisted into the New Hampshire line in Sep- 
 tember, as did Aaron Potter, a new recruit, who enlisted 
 for six months. 
 
 Others also volunteered to fill the decimated ranks of 
 the second regiment. Eight additional men enlisted for 
 three years. The honored roll is as follows : Jonathan 
 Sawtell, Jr., John Demary, Jr., John Hamilton, Jonathan 
 Lake, Abel Platts, Jr., Preston Buffington, Robert Fields, 
 and Tobe Cutler. John Demary, Jr., was killed Nov. 1, 
 1781, aged 30 years. The others remained in the regiment 
 until the close of the war. 
 
 And now the end of the prolonged and exhaustive war 
 begins to be foreshadowed. Othniel Thomas was appointed 
 captain in Col. Reynolds' regiment, and four men were 
 recruited from this town. The rolls cannot be found. 
 
BEVOLUTIONAUY BISTORT. 169 
 
 and it is presumed tlie organization was never completed, 
 and that the regiment was not called into service. In 
 1782, a list of the deficiencies of the several towns was 
 made by the State officials. Rindge was only one man in 
 arrears, and Aaron Potter promptly balanced the account 
 by enlisting into the service. Many of the towns in the 
 State were required at this time to furnish several men to 
 compensate for former delinquencies. 
 
 Tobe Cutler, one of the volunteers in 1781, was a 
 negro slave of Col. Enoch Hale. The following significant 
 vote in relation to his enhstment is the last reference to 
 slavery found upon the records: — 
 
 After hearing the Report of the Committee appointed to raise 
 the Continental Soldiers and finding that they had Inlisted Tobe 
 Cutler, servant to Enoch Hale Esqr., by the free consent of his 
 master, who had Ingaged to free the said Tobe at the age of 
 twenty-one years : Then voted that the said Tobe be Received 
 & Deemed a Legal Inhabitant of said Rindge, Provided that the 
 said Tobe shall have his freedom according to the agreement of 
 his said master, made and to be Lodged with the Selectmen of 
 said Town. 
 
 It is to be regretted that the town records have not 
 preserved the names of the officers and soldiers in the war 
 of the Revolution. The lists given in this connection, 
 however, are mainly complete, and have not been com- 
 piled without considerable labor and research. The State 
 archives should be credited for much valuable information, 
 and a record of the expenses of the town hereafter pre- 
 sented, which was not discovered until these lists had been 
 made, verifies the number of volunteers for each year in a 
 most happy manner. 
 
 On the adoption of the Federal Constitution the war- 
 indebtedness of the several States was assumed by the 
 
170 
 
 BISTORT OF RINDGE. 
 
 general government. For this purpose the accounts, of 
 the several towns were audited. The account of Eindge 
 for bounties and advances to soldiers was as follows : — 
 
 STATE OP NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 To the Town of Eindge, Dr. 
 
 1775 
 1775 
 1776 
 1776 
 1776 
 1776 
 1777 
 1777 
 1777 
 1777 
 1778 
 1778 
 1778 
 1779 
 1779 
 
 1780 
 
 1780 
 
 1780 
 1780 
 1781 
 1781 
 1782 
 
 To account for bounties, &c. 
 
 Lexington, 54 men, 607 days in all, 
 
 Winter Hill, 39 men, 8 months each, 
 
 Alarm at Ticonderoga, 13 men, 
 
 Baldwin's and Gilman's Regiments, 17 men, . . 
 
 Wyman's Regiment, 15 men, 
 
 Militia, 45 men for the year, 
 
 Alarm at Ticonderoga, 48 men, 
 
 Stark's Brigade, 24 men, 
 
 Saratoga Volunteers, 24 men. Specie, .... 
 
 Continental, 12 men, 
 
 Rhode Island Volunteers, 33 men. Specie, . . 
 Peabody's Regiment, 8 men. Specie, .... 
 
 Continental, 4 men, £321 IBs. 4d., 
 
 Mooney's Regiment, 2 men. Specie, 
 
 Continental, 4 men, £1,200, 
 
 and £20 specie, 
 
 New levies, 4 men, £2,800 
 
 and 160 bushels corn, at 6s. per bushel, . . 
 Mchols' Regiment, 7 men, 280 bushels corn, at 
 
 6s. per bushel, 
 
 Frontiers at Coos, 2 men, £2,800, 
 
 Alarm at Royalston, 61 men, 
 
 Continental, 8 men, . . . . • 
 
 Reynolds' Regiment, 4 men, 
 
 Continental, 1 man, 
 
 £ 
 
 «. 
 
 61 
 
 5 
 
 524 
 
 
 26 
 
 
 103 
 
 10 
 
 225 
 
 
 620 
 
 
 62 
 
 16 
 
 84 
 
 
 48 
 
 
 325 
 
 15 
 
 50 
 
 12 
 
 36 
 
 
 141 
 
 10 
 
 24 
 
 
 85 
 
 10 
 
 20 
 
 
 48 
 
 10 
 
 48 
 
 
 84 
 
 
 48 
 
 10 
 
 38 
 
 18 
 
 720 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 60 
 
 
 Total, 424 men, 8515 17 1 
 
 It appears that the town was credited for four hundred 
 and twenty-four enlistments during the war, but not a few 
 enlisted several times, which reduces the number of indi- 
 viduals actually in the service. In addition to the soldiers 
 already named and included in the foregoing account, 
 several other residents of this town were in the service. 
 
BEVOLUTIONAEY HISTORY. 171 
 
 It is probable tbat tbey received bounties from, and were 
 counted on the quotas of, other towns. John Gibson 
 enlisted in June, 1779, for the war. Benjamin Parker, a 
 brother of Jonathan Parker, Jr., was in the army ten 
 months. Both of them were in the Continental service, 
 and were paid by the town, but for some unknown cause 
 they were not included in the foregoing account. Joseph 
 Wilson, who was a member of the Rindge company, and 
 credited to this town in the Lexington alarm in April, 
 1775, subsequently enlisted into the Continental service, 
 but was successfully challenged by Amherst, and finally 
 allowed on the quota of that town. He came from Peters- 
 ham to Rindge, which does not explain the ground on 
 which he was claimed by Amherst. Hezekiah Sawtell, 
 Hezekiah Wetherbee, and Jacob Gould, Jr., enlisted into 
 the Continental service in 1779. The two former are 
 included in a list of New Ipswich soldiers in "Kidder's 
 History." They were possibly hired by and credited on 
 the quota of that town, but were residents of Rindge. 
 Benjamin Wetherbee (son of Benjamin) also enlisted, and 
 died of the small-pox while in the service. 
 
 The selectmen for 1781 were Edward Jewett, Lieut. 
 Ebenezer Davis, and Mr. John BusweU; and for 1782, 
 Edward Jewett, Mr. Benjamin Bancroft, and Mr. Solomon 
 Rand were chosen. There is no record of an election of a 
 committee of safety and correspondence for these years. 
 The rapid depreciation of the currency was the occasion of 
 much loss and great embarrassment, and many attempts 
 were made to fix some value to it. In September, 1779, a 
 convention composed of delegates from the several towns 
 assembled at Concord. The recommendations proposed by 
 this convention were adopted by the town, and a committee 
 of nine was chosen to state the price at which " all foreign 
 
172 
 
 HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 and domestic produce and other articles " should be sold. 
 This measure afforded no relief. The money voted by the 
 town for specific purposes so rapidly decreased in value, 
 that before the assessment could be made and the amount 
 collected, the appropriation became inadequate for the 
 purpose for which the money had been raised. The value 
 of the currency soon became too uncertain to be employed 
 as a medium of circulation, and frequent disputes arose 
 concerning the amount due from one to another. Finally 
 the Legislature in 1781 issued what was called " the author- 
 ized scale of depreciation," by which contracts made at 
 different times might be adjusted. The scale indicated 
 the number of pounds of currency which should be an 
 equivalent at different dates to the par value of £100: — 
 
 January, 
 February, 
 March, . 
 April, 
 May, . . 
 June, 
 July, . . 
 August, . 
 September, 
 October, 
 Noyember, 
 December, 
 
 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 
 
 7500 
 7500 
 7500 
 7500 
 7500 
 12000 
 
 100 
 
 325 
 
 742 
 
 2934 
 
 104 
 
 350 
 
 868 
 
 3322 
 
 106 
 
 375 
 
 1000 
 
 3736 
 
 110 
 
 400 
 
 1104 
 
 4000 
 
 114 
 
 400 
 
 1215 
 
 4800 
 
 120 
 
 400 
 
 1342 
 
 5700 
 
 125 
 
 425 
 
 1477 
 
 6000 
 
 150 
 
 450' 
 
 1630 
 
 6300 
 
 175 
 
 475 
 
 1800 
 
 6500 
 
 275 
 
 500 
 
 2030 
 
 6700 
 
 300 
 
 545 
 
 2308 
 
 7000 
 
 310 
 
 634 
 
 2393 
 
 7300 
 
 The burden of taxation is seen in the following votes : — 
 
 March, 1781. — "Voted Three Thousand hard dollars or 
 money & stock equivalent thereto, to pay the hire of the 
 Soldiers for the first year." 
 
 September, 1781. — "Voted to proceed immediately to hire 
 said men and that the town pay the same." 
 
 November, 1781. — "Voted to Raise 3000 Hard dollars to 
 
REVOLUTIONABY BISTORT. 173 
 
 pay the second years hire of the Soldiers, that was hired for 
 three years, and also to pay the hire of other Soldiers." 
 
 And the following year two thousand hard dollars were 
 raised " to pay the last year's hire of the three years men." 
 And hard dollars they must have been to gather from the 
 people. 
 
 In 1781, after paper money had become nearly worthless, 
 the State made a requisition for a large quantity of beef for 
 the army, and proportioned the amount among the several 
 towns in the State. The first information of this tax 
 gleaned from the records is a vote " to leave it in the breast 
 of the selectmen how much the rate shall be to buy the 
 beef this town is called upon for to supply the army." 
 Live beeves wliich the selectmen purchased were legal 
 tender in the payment of this tax. The following receipts 
 represent the amount furnished by this town : — 
 
 RiNDGE July 17, 1781. 
 Received of the Selectmen of Rindge seven Beef Cattle 
 weighing by estimation Three Thousand Two Hundred and fifty 
 five pounds for the use of the state of New Hampshire it being 
 in part of the Towns proportion of Beef the current year. 
 
 FRANCIS BLOOD 
 
 Collector y^ Beef Cattle. 
 
 Received August y= 6 1781 of the Selectmen of Rindge, 
 seven Beef Cattle, weighing by estimation Three Thousand Six 
 Hundred and thirty-five Pounds, it being in part of the Town of 
 Rindge proportion of Beef the current year. 
 
 FRANCIS BLOOD 
 Collector of Beef, Western Destrict. 
 
 Temple October 24 1781 
 Received Of Rindge by Deacon Edward Jewett eleven Beef 
 Cattle for the use of the Continental Army, weight by estimation 
 23 
 
174 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 Six Thousand & Two Hundred pounds, in part of the proportion 
 of said Town for the present year Agreeable to the Act of the 
 General Court Of the 27 of JanT. last. 
 
 FRANCIS BLOOD 
 Collector of Beef Cattle in W° Destrict 
 
 The following year the town is credited with three 
 pounds and sixteen shillings on account of an overpayment 
 of the beef tax. A former assessment of this character 
 was paid the previous year: — 
 
 Keene September 25, 1780. 
 Received of the Selectmen of Rindge eleven thousand and 
 thirty pounds- of Beef Cattle for the use of the Continent. 
 
 JOHN MILLER Dep't Com=y. 
 
 Also, in 1781, an act was added to the laws of the State 
 with the following title : " An Act for supplying the Conti- 
 nental Army with ten thousand gallons of West India 
 Rum." The proportion for Rindge was ninety-eight gallons. 
 The several towns were permitted, if they chose, to furnish 
 six quarts of New England rum as a substitute for each 
 gallon of West India. This tax was promptly paid as 
 appears from the receipt: — 
 
 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 October 16 1781. 
 Received of Mr. James Walker one hundred and forty seven 
 gallons New England Rum being a tax on the Town of Rindge 
 in the County of Cheshire Agreeable to an Act of 8"^ State passed 
 the 31 of August last past. Rec'd at Boston. 
 
 JOSH. WENTWORTH. 
 
 The above Rum cost twenty seven pounds ten shillings and 
 three pence in Beef at two silver dollars per hundred weight 
 
BEVOLUTIONABT HISTORY. 175 
 
 and twenty four shillings for the casks in Money. The whole 
 being twenty eight pounds fourteen shillings and three pence. 
 
 In addition to these demands, the money tax paid to the 
 State was of itself a heavy burden upon the people. In 
 the experience of the present the amount paid cannot be 
 easily reali;sed. The record of a few years will suffice. In 
 1Y79, the State raised £2,500,000, or about one-tenth this 
 sum at par value. The proportion of Rindge was £1,947 
 18s. 4:d., and was paid within the prescribed time in eight 
 instalments, three each by John Eills and James Carlton, 
 collectors, and two by the selectmen. In 1780, the town 
 is found for the first time among the delinquent tax-payers, 
 but the amount was paid over to the State with little delay 
 by Abel Perkins and Nathan Hubbard, collectors. The 
 amount raised was £2,160,000, of which Rindge was 
 required to pay £21,210 15s. Od., or about one-hundredth 
 of the whole tax. In 1781, stHl larger demands were made 
 by the State, and the collections were made by Jeremiah 
 Norcross and James Streeter. The experience of the 
 patriot at home, oppressed with poverty, compelled in 
 many instances to allow the oft-returning tax-gatherer to 
 take his only remaining cow, or the product of his fields 
 whenever ripened for harvest, proclaims that the brave 
 men in the field did not suffer alone in the cause of inde- 
 pendence. Ever prominent in the annals of the Revolution 
 wUl be the bitterness of the home experience of the citizen 
 and the family. In the midst of times like these, it excites 
 little surprise to find an article in a warrant for a town- 
 meeting " To see if the Town will choose a committee to 
 treat with other [committees] and see what method can be 
 agreed to, as to the prfesent grievances, now hanging over 
 our heads, and threatening us with utter Destruction if not 
 
176 HISTORY OF B.INDGE. 
 
 prevented. " That our fathers were apprehensive that 
 "utter destruction" might be averted, and that they had 
 interests still worth preserving, is seen in the succeeding 
 article in the warrant " To see if the Town wiU sue TarbeU 
 for Trespass for flowing the road in this Town." Either 
 the former article did not represent the prevailing sentiment 
 of the people, or else its authors were determined that 
 Lieut. Tarbell should not be left behind if they were to 
 visit the regions of destruction. The former conjecture is 
 probably correct, since no action was taken in the premises. 
 The contention between New Hampshire and Vermont 
 occurring during the progress of the Revolution, and the 
 numerous projects of union proposed by the inhabitants of 
 the border townships, caused considerable excitement and 
 discussion in several towns in the western part of this State. 
 The town of Rindge, then supposed to be wholly within 
 the limits of the Masonian patent, and consequently bound 
 by the conditions of their early charter, did not sympathize 
 with those who advocated a union with the towns on the 
 western side of the Connecticut River. In 1776, sixteen 
 towns in the present County of Grafton were received into 
 the union of the Vermont grants, and were represented in 
 their assembly. A claim was advanced by Vermont to 
 other towns on the east of the Connecticut. The Ver- 
 mont courts also claimed jurisdiction over the disputed 
 territory, and the sheriffs began to serve writs upon the 
 inhabitants of several New Hampshire towns. Finally two 
 citizens were arrested by the Vermont officers, and confined 
 in the jail at Charlestown. They forwarded a petition to' 
 the New Hampshire assembly for relief, and Col. Enoch 
 Hale, who was then High Sheriff of Cheshire County, 
 including at that time the present County of Sullivan, was 
 promptly ordered to release the prisoners. In the discharge 
 
BEVOLUTIONABT HISTORY. 177 
 
 of this duty, December 6, 1781, Col. Hale was arrested by 
 the Vermont officials, and thrown in the jail over which he 
 had the legal control. A sheriff confined in his own jail 
 by the officers of another State was a state of affairs that 
 was at once resented by the assembly. Cols. Benjamin 
 Bellows, of Walpole, and Moses Nichols, of Amherst, were 
 ordered to call out the militia in their regiments and release 
 the imprisoned sheriff. Francis Blood, Esq., of Temple, 
 was ordered to supply the troops while in arms with provis- 
 ions. Alarmed at the decisive measures adopted by New 
 Hampshire, the Vermont authorities sent a committee to 
 Exeter " to agree on measures to prevent hostilities." One 
 of this committee was the sheriff who had imprisoned Col. 
 Hale. He was immediately arrested, and thrown into 
 prison at Exeter, and held as a hostage for the release of 
 Col. Hale. Wise counsels soon prevailed, and all the 
 prisoners were released without a collision of the military 
 forces. 
 
CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 BEPRMSSNTATION IN THE LEGISLATURE.— ADOPTION OF 
 THE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS. 
 
 Eindge Classed with Jaffrey and Sharon. — Representatives not Allowed 
 Seats in the Assembly, 1775. — Enoch Hale and WiUiam Smiley. — 
 First Constitution Rejected, 1779. — Second Constitution Adopted, 
 1783. — Amendments, 1792. — • Federal Constitution. — Removal of 
 Col. Enoch Hale. 
 
 Refbebnob was made in Chapter IV. to the sessions of 
 the conventions, or Provincial Congress, in 1775, in which 
 the town of Rindge was represented by Enoch Hale, Esq. 
 For the fifth Congress, which assembled in December, a 
 plan of representation had been adopted, by which Rindge, 
 Jaffrey, and Peterborough Slip (Sharon) were classed, and 
 entitled to send one representative. To this arrangement 
 both Rindge and Jaffrey demurred, each town claiming to 
 be entitled to a representative. The question was soon 
 brought to an issue. When the Congress assembled, Enoch 
 Hale, of Rindge, and William Smiley, of Jaffrey, both 
 appeared and demanded seats in the assembly. Their 
 demand was endorsed by a petition of their own and neigh- 
 boring towns to allow their admission. The journal of the 
 convention, under date of December 21, 1775, announces 
 their discomfiture. 
 
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. 179 
 
 The Petition of the Committee of Safety of the Towns of 
 New Ipswich, Rindge, Fitzwilliam & Jaffrey, Praying to have 
 Enoch Hale Esq"" & William Smiley admitted to sit in this Con- 
 gress, And also the return made on the Precept, which issued 
 to the Towns of Rindge, Jaffrey and Peterborough Slip, being 
 read & considered, 
 
 Voted that Neither of the said Gentlemen shall have a seat 
 in this Congress, They being chosen contrary to the Direction in 
 the Precept from the late Congress. 
 
 It appears that " neither of said, gentlemen " long in- 
 sisted on his right to a seat in the convention, and the 
 same day a nevp- election of a representative from these 
 towns was ordered, and soon after Mr. Hale was chosen to 
 represent the district. In this election the inhabitants of 
 Jaffrey were dissatisfied, and petitioned the town of Rindge 
 to be " excused from paying their part in sending a Repre- 
 sentative." This the town of Rindge refused to do, but 
 made ample amends the following year in joining witi. them 
 in the election of Mr. Smiley to succeed Mr. Hale. Under 
 the temporary constitution of the State, which was adopted 
 in January, 1776, and continued until June, 1784, the supe- 
 rior branch of the legislature consisted of twelve members, 
 and was styled the Council. The five counties constituted 
 the coimcillor districts, Cheshire 'County being entitled to 
 two members. To this honorable body Enoch Hale was 
 three times elected. The legislative years of his service 
 commenced December 15, 1779, December 20, 1780, and 
 December 19, 1783. The last session expired with the 
 suspension of the temporary constitution. Under the new 
 constitution this branch of the legislature became known as 
 the Senate ; in this body Mr. Hale held a seat for the legis- 
 lative year, beginning June 2, 1784, by virtue of an election 
 the previous March. 
 
180 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
 The new constitution, which was adopted in 1784, was 
 the result of much discussion and deliberation. A con- 
 vention, to "frame a plan of GrOTernment for the future 
 happiness and well-being of the good people of the State," 
 assembled in Concord, June 10, 1778. In this convention 
 the town of Rindge was represented by Enoch Hale. A 
 plan of government was prepared by the convention, and 
 submitted to the people for their approval. The town of 
 Rindge assembled August 10, 1779, and "voted to Reject 
 the Declaration of Rights & Plan of Government," and a 
 committee was chosen to instruct their delegate in regard 
 to the important questions that remained for the consider- 
 ation of the convention. This proposed constitution having 
 met a similar fate in a majority of the towns in the State, 
 another convention assembled in June, 1781, and continued 
 by several adjournments untU October, 1783. To this con- 
 vention the town of Rindge voted not to send a delegate. 
 The body, comprising the ablest men in the State, proceeded 
 cautiously and deliberately, and yet were obliged to submit 
 their work to the people three times before it was accepted. 
 In the mean time the constitution then in force, which had 
 been adopted to continue during the war, was about to expire 
 by limitation. The legislature recommended the several 
 towns to revive and continue in force the temporary consti- 
 tution until another should be adopted ; consequently the 
 town voted "to accept the resolve of the General Court," and 
 thereby consented to the recommendation. Without expla- 
 nation this passage of the records would not be intelligible. 
 
 A Bill of Rights and Constitution was adopted by the 
 second convention, and sent to the several towns for their 
 approval in the autumn of 1781. That the town of Rindge 
 gave the instrument attentive consideration is attested in 
 the records : — 
 
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. 181 
 
 After hearing the Address of the convention, voted to choose 
 a Committee to examine the Bill of Rights and Constitution & 
 make report to the Town. 
 
 Chose, Mr. Richard Kimball, Daniel Lake Esqr. Mr. Na- 
 thaniel Russell, Lt. James Crombie, Maj. Daniel Rand, Edward 
 Jewett, Mr. Jonathan Sawtell, Mr. Jeremiah Chapman, Lt. Ben- 
 jamin Foster, Ens. Ebenezer Chaplin & Dea. Francis Towne, 
 a committee as aforesaid. 
 
 Then voted to adjourn the present meeting to Tuesday the 
 first day of January next, then to be held at the public Meeting 
 house in Rindge at one o'clock P.M. 
 
 RiNDGE January i, 1782. 
 Met according to Adjournment. Then voted to adjourn the 
 present meeting to Friday the 4* Instant then to be held at the 
 public Meeting house in Rindge at nine o'clock A.M. 
 
 Rindge January y« 4 1782. 
 Met according to Adjournment. After hearing the Report of 
 the Comtee & the Bill of Rights & Constitution, article by article, 
 & Rejecting some clauses and Accepting some & making such 
 Alterations as the Town thought Proper, then voted to choose 
 a Committee of three men to draw up the Reasons of Rejection 
 and Alteration. Chose Edward Jewett, Dea. Francis Towne and 
 Major Daniel Rand for s"* Committee. 
 
 The meeting was one of unusual interest. A year had 
 passed since the surrender of the British army at York- 
 town. Peace, crowned with freedom, had been made secure. 
 The abstract right of self-government had been purchased at 
 great cost. In the application of that right were balanced 
 all the fruits of the war. Our fathers were equal to the 
 occasion. Even in the flush of victory they proceeded to 
 consider the plan of government " article by article," realiz- 
 ing that a hasty misapplication of their newly secured 
 
 24 
 
182 HI8T0BT OF BINDGE. 
 
 rights and privileges might breed an anarchy more intol- 
 erable than foreign oppression. Thus in an unwarmed 
 house, in the cold of mid-winter, our fathers assembled to 
 discuss those measures that should preserve and perpetuate, 
 in their form of government, the fruits of the victory which 
 their valor had won. When the returns from the towns 
 were received by the convention, it was found that the 
 objections to some of the provisions were so numerous that 
 a thorough revision was demanded by the people. The 
 second draft was submitted to the action of the several 
 towns, and was more generally approved, the town of 
 Rindge voting to accept it. But it was again revised and 
 sent to the people for ratification in the autumn of 1783, 
 and the action of this town is briefly recorded : " Gave in 
 their votes for the Plan of Government." It is presumed 
 that these voters "gave in," without reservation. Their 
 past experience had fostered no spirit of compromise. This 
 tinsel cover for wrong is of more recent introduction into 
 American pohtics. The action of nearly all the towns in 
 the State being also in the affirmative, this plan became the 
 adopted constitution, and remained unchanged until 1792. 
 A convention for revision was assembled at Concord, 1791, 
 in which this town was represented by Col. Daniel Rand. 
 On the first revision, the town, in May, 1792, passed 
 sixty-four votes on as many sections of the amended 
 constitution. A majority of the votes were against the 
 proposed revision. In August following, the town unani- 
 mously voted to accept the amendments as then presented 
 by the convention. In 1783 the Continental Congress 
 proposed to amend the eighth article of confederation, 
 so as to make the population of the States the basis of 
 representation instead of the area of granted lands. This 
 proposition was to be submitted to the legislatures of the 
 
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. 183 
 
 States, and the inhabitants of Rindge were called together 
 to instruct their representative how he should act when 
 the question was presented for his consideration, and 
 Enoch Hale, Deacon Edward Jewett, Lieut. Jacob Gould, 
 and Mr. Nathaniel Russell were chosen "to instruct their 
 representative." It will be noticed that Mr. Hale has no 
 title in this record, which is accounted for by the statement 
 that he was the town clerk who made the record, while 
 Deacon Jewett receives the full renown of his ecclesiastical 
 honors. 
 
 Another question of great moment remained. To Capt. 
 Othniel Thomas fell the honor of representing the town 
 in the convention, in 1788, that adopted the Federal Con- 
 stitution. This being the ninth State that assented to the 
 Constitution of the United States, and nine States being 
 the number required, " New Hampshire," in the language 
 of a writer of that period, "set in motion the political 
 machine." 
 
 Conspicuous among those who were prominent in the 
 affairs of the town during the Revolution and the suc- 
 ceeding years, who rendered faithful and untiring service 
 in the cause of popular government, and who exercised 
 the power of official position without ostentation, is the 
 name of Enoch Hale. He was a brother of Col. Nathan 
 Hale, and was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, November 
 28, 1733. When a child, his parents removed to Hamp- 
 stead. During the French and Indian wars he served in 
 Capt. AUcock's company, Oilman's regiment, from Sep- 
 tember 22, to November 14, 1755; in Captain Bailey's 
 company, Meserve's regiment, from May 5, to November 
 5, 1757; and in Capt. Hazen's company, Hart's regiment, 
 from April 27, to October 31, 1758. In 1760, he removed 
 to Rindge, and at once became prominent in public affairs. 
 
184 HISTOBT OF RINBQE. 
 
 He was chosen by the proprietors to secure the incorpora- 
 tion of the town, and was authorized to call the first 
 town-meeting. 
 
 In 1768, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, being 
 the first magistrate in this town. The same year. Col. Hale 
 removed to Jaffrey, and returned to Rindge the following 
 year. His varied and efficient service during the war as a 
 town officer, delegate to conventions, representative, coun- 
 cillor, and senator in the councils of the State, high sheriff 
 of Cheshire County from 1778 to 1783, colonel of a regi- 
 mental district, and commander of a regiment in the field, 
 need not be repeated in this connection. The history of 
 the town for these years is the most faithful record that 
 can be given of the services of Col. Hale. With the 
 exception of a brief residence in Jaffrey, in 1768 and 1769, 
 he resided in Rindge until the spring or summer of 
 1784. He was town clerk for the year ending March, 
 1784. At the annual meeting of that year he was present 
 and made the record of the proceedings. He soon after 
 removed to Walpole, New Hampshire. The statement of 
 Farmer and others that Col. Enoch Hale resided in Walpole 
 at an earlier date, is incorrect. Finding him a resident of 
 that town in the summer of that year, while a member of 
 the Senate under the new constitution, these writers too 
 hastily presumed that he had resided there for a term of 
 years. 
 
 In 1785, Col. Hale built the first bridge at that place 
 across the Connecticut River, and subsequently removed 
 to Grafton, Vermont, where he died April 9, 1813. 
 
CHAPTER IX. 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL BISTORT. 
 
 Early Efforts to Secure Preaching. — Mr. Swan. — The Call Extended to 
 Timothy Walker Declined. — Kev. Seth Dean Settled. — Chinch 
 Embodied. — Withdrawal and Discipline of the Baptists. — Mr. 
 Dean's Salary. — Loss Sustained by Depreciation of the Currency. — 
 His Dismissal and Character. — Seth Payson Called. — Letter of 
 Acceptance. — Ordination. — Owning the Covenant. — Successful 
 Ministry of Dr. Payson. — His Salary. — Death of Dr. Payson. — His 
 Character. — Call extended to Mr. Demond and to Mr. Goodell. — 
 Mr. Bumham preaches in RLndge. — Accepts a Call. — Ordina- 
 tion. — His Prolonged Ministry. — Personal Notice. — Era of Sup- 
 plies. — Installation of Mr. Clark. 
 
 Veky early in the history of this town efforts were 
 made to secure the public ministrations of the Gospel. 
 Many of the first settlers were members of the churches 
 in the towns where they had formerly resided. As soon 
 as they had reared a shelter for their families, and wit- 
 nessed the promise of daily food in their little fields of 
 grain, their desire of uniting in the public worship of 
 God was manifested. Whatever may be said of the relig- 
 ion of the period, their sense of duty in sustaining stated 
 preaching, and the observance of the ordinances, was a 
 prominent characteristic of their unyielding faith. The 
 proprietors' charter reserved one right of land — about 
 three hundred acres — for the ministry, and another right 
 
186 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 for the first settled minister. This slender assistance was 
 unavailable until a minister was settled. In November, 
 
 1758, it was ordered "that twelve pounds be laid out in 
 preaching in said Township. No comtt®* was chosen for 
 y* purpose, because Mr. Swan appeared and undertook for 
 y* sum to preach three days in s* Township." Abel 
 Platts was afterwards paid two pounds and eight shillings 
 "for entertaining Mr. Swan and his horse four nights." 
 This was probably Rev. Josiah Swan, of Dunstable. In 
 
 1759, upon an article "To see if the Proprietors wiU pro- 
 vide a minister to preach y® gospel in said town," the 
 sum of thirty-five dollars was raised, and Abel Platts was 
 chosen "to provide y® minister." Subsequently a sum 
 of money for this purpose was raised from time to time 
 with so much regularity that it amounted substantially 
 to an annual appropriation, and in amount sufficient to 
 assure us that our fathers were " hearers of the word " 
 during a considerable portion of each year. 
 
 Undoubtedly with a view to a more permanent supply, 
 in 1762, it was " voted that the propriety will hire a min- 
 ister on probation to preach the gospiU on probation in 
 order for seteling." "Voted that Josiah Ingalls be a 
 committee to look out a man for that purpose." In the 
 warrant for this ineeting, an article in regard to raising 
 money for this purpose reads as follows : " To sea if the 
 proprietary will grant any sum of money and how much 
 to lay out the gospiU." This record was made by John 
 Lovejoy, afterwards Deacon John Lovejoy, of pleasant 
 memory, who never desired the gospel laid out in any 
 improper manner, and in intention might be held as inno- 
 cent as another more recently deceased, who prayed that 
 " the gospel might be dispensed with, and enjoyed all over 
 the earth." Mr. Farrand, perhaps Farrar, and Mr. Apple- 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 
 
 187 
 
 ton preached here a few Sabbaths, and a Mr. Harvey, 
 probably the same who was in Winchendon the previous 
 year, was here a short time in 1760. It is tradition that 
 Mr. Timothy Walker received the first call extended by 
 the settlers of this town, but it is not so generally known 
 that he preached to our fathers for a considerable length 
 of time, as the following extracts from the records abun- 
 dantly prove: — 
 
 Oct. 21, 1761. 
 June 13, 1762. 
 
 Oct. 10, 1762. 
 January 11, 1763. 
 
 July 13, 1763. 
 February 7, 1764. 
 July 25, 1764. 
 
 Paid Josiah Ingalls for boarding Mr. Walker, 
 
 ;^i2 OS od 
 Voted to alow Mr. Jonathan Hopkinson £^ 
 
 OS., od. old Tenour Massachusitts for his 
 
 trouble getting Mr. Walker to preach for 
 
 the Propriaty. 
 Paid William Carlton for boarding Mr. Walker 
 
 £z °^ od 
 Voted and allowed to William Carlton for 
 
 boarding Mr. Walker and keeping his 
 
 horse £6 os od Massachusetts old tenor. 
 Paid Josiah Ingalls for boarding Mr. Walker 
 
 two days £1 los od 
 
 Voted Mr. Josiah Ingalls his account for 
 
 boarding Mr. Walker which is ;^3 os od 
 Voted Mr. Josiah Ingalls £2 ^s od for 
 
 boarding Mr. Walker six days. 
 
 During this time nearly as much more was paid by 
 the proprietors for the entertainment of "the minister," 
 without indicating the name of the individual. 
 
 That Mr. Walker received a caU to settle is made 
 certain by the following action of the proprietors under 
 date of January 11, 1763 : — 
 
188 HISTOBT OF MINDGE. 
 
 Unanimously voted to give Mr. Timothy Walker Junr. a call 
 to setel with them in the gospill ministry amongst them in said 
 township if he seeth fit. 
 
 Voted to give Mr. Timothy Walker Junr. one right of land 
 Alowed for the ministers right and forty pounds sterling for a 
 settlement with them in said Township. 
 
 Voted to give Mr. Timothy Walker Junr. forty pounds ster- 
 ling a year for his salary, until the number of families amount to 
 eighty, and after eighty to an hundred families forty-five pounds, 
 and after an hundred families fifty pounds sterling annually, 
 and Thirty Cords of wood at his Door yearly when called for. 
 
 Voted and chose John Lovejoy, Jonathan Stanley and Enoch 
 Hale a committee to carry Mr. Timothy Walker Junr. there 
 call, one of the three. 
 
 July 13, 1763. Voted John Lovejoy ten pounds Massachu- 
 setts old tenor for going to penicook [now 
 Concord] for to carry there call to Mr. 
 Walker. 
 
 These items indicate that Mr. Walker preached here 
 much of the time preceding the advent of Mr. Dean. The 
 reasons of his refusal to accept the call are unknown, but 
 may be more or less intimately connected and represented 
 by the records, November 27, 1764, when it was voted to 
 raise the money forthwith to pay the balance due Mr. 
 Walker to save trouble, "and that it be paid by the first 
 day of February next without fail." Mr. Walker, who 
 received the first call to settle in Rindge, was a son of 
 Rev. Timothy Walker, the first settled minister at Concord, 
 then called Penacook. He was born at that place, June 
 27, 1737, was graduated at Harvard University, 1756. 
 He pteached about six years, when he relinquished the 
 profession for an honored career in civil life. He was 
 appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1777, 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 189 
 
 and was Chief-Justice of that Court, 1804 to 1809. He 
 died May 5, 1822. 
 
 The first settled minister was Rev. Seth Dean, who was 
 ordained November 6, 1765, and remained until 1780, — 
 about fifteen years. The first mention of Mr. Dean in the 
 records occurs May 30, 1765, when it was decided " to hire 
 him on probation to settle with them in the Gospel minis- 
 try," and Nathaniel Page was selected " to agree with Mr. 
 Dean, and to prepare a place for to board him at." 
 
 It is probable that Mr. Dean was well received. A call 
 was issued July 18, 1765, with the same settlement as voted 
 Mr. Walker, and an annual salary of forty pounds sterling ; 
 but there was no pledge of like additions to correspond 
 with the increase in the number of families, nor a promise 
 of the thirty cords of wood. After the customary delay, 
 the call was accepted. The following article is found in 
 the warrant for a meeting of the proprietors convened 
 October 1, 1765 : " To sea if the propriators will agree on 
 a day for the Ordanation of Mr. Seth Dean for he hath 
 given his Answer in the affirmative and to see if the pro- 
 prietors will agree with Mr. Dean in choosing a council 
 and to choose a committee to send out their leters misive 
 in order for his ordanation on the day which they shall 
 pitch upon, to the several churches they agree on to send 
 to and also to provide a place to entertain the council 
 convenient and handy to the meeting house." November 
 6, 1765, was selected as the day of ordination, and Jonathan 
 Stanley, Josiah Ingalls, and John Lovejoy were selected 
 "to agree with Mr. Dean in chusing the council and to 
 send out letters misive to the several churches." 
 
 Previous to his ordination, Mr. Dean received a payment 
 for supplying the pulpit. October 1, 1765, " voted to give 
 Mr. Seth Dean twenty shillings lawful money per day for 
 25 
 
190 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 preaching and he bringeth in seventeen days." And at 
 the same time Abel Platts was paid twenty-six pounds 
 and five shillings "for boarding Mr. Dean and his horse 
 keeping," which indicates that there had been ample time 
 for mutual acquaintance and intelligent action. 
 
 Subsequently Abel Platts received four pounds for enter- 
 taining the council, and James Philbrick was paid two 
 pounds and five shillings " for going to hamstid to company 
 the minister to town." There is no such place on the map. 
 Probably Hampstead, New Hampshire, is the town from 
 which Mr. Philbrick escorted the minister. Moses Hale, 
 senior, and his sons, Moses, Enoch, and Nathan, as well as 
 his son-in-law, James Philbrick, came from that town to 
 Rindge, and perhaps had enjoyed an earlier acquaintance 
 with Mr. Dean, and proposed his settlement in this place. 
 The churches represented at the ordination of Mr. Dean, 
 and the clergy who participated in the proceedings, have 
 eluded all research. At this time the church at Peter- 
 borough had been embodied six years. New Ipswich five 
 years, Winchendon three years, Ashburnham five years. It 
 is probable that some of these and others at a greater dis- 
 tance were represented. There were no church organiza- 
 tions in Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Temple, Mason, or Fitchburg, 
 at this date. 
 
 The church was embodied in the autumn of 1765, and 
 probably on the day of the ordination of the first settled 
 minister. The records of the first fifteen years are very 
 fragmentary. To Dr. Payson, who gathered and tran- 
 scribed the memoranda left by Mr. Dean, the church is 
 much indebted; no record book had previously been used. 
 The first meeting of which we have any account was held 
 January 1, 1766. Other meetings must have occurred 
 during the autumn of the preceding year. The records 
 
SPCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 191 
 
 give the names of only five members at this date. There 
 must have been more, and probably all who became 
 members at the organization of the church are not given 
 in the list. The names of John Lovejoy, Enoch Hale, 
 Nathaniel Page, Jonathan Sherwin, and others, who cer- 
 tainly were members, are omitted. They probably were 
 original members, and the list without doubt commences 
 with the subsequent additions. During the first fourteen 
 months of the ministry of Mr. Dean, or previous to January 
 1, 1767, twenty-two were added to the original organization; 
 ten on profession, and twelve by letters of recommendation 
 from the churches to which they had previously belonged, 
 and fifteen owned the half-way covenant. During thb 
 remainder of his ministry, sixty-five additional members 
 were received, and fifty more confessed the covenant, and 
 were permitted to present their children for baptism. Seven 
 - of these subsequently became full members of the church, 
 and are included ia the former numbers. The letters, of 
 recommendation, by which members were received during 
 Mr. Dean's ministry, were from the churches in Lunenburg, 
 Topsfield, Boxford, Ipswich, Andover, Littleton, Lexington, 
 Grpton, Shirley, Scituate, Concord, Weymouth, Lincoln, and 
 Ashburnham, in Massachusetts, and Hampstead, Mason, and 
 New Ipswich, in New Hampshire. Many long and tiresome 
 journeys over rude highways must have been made to 
 procure these letters, which were their credentials of a 
 good character borne in other places, and may have been 
 presented with a reasonable pride. Yet in all their tran- 
 sactions relating to the church and the town, there are 
 abundant evidences of sincerity, and a deep reverence for 
 religious concerns. There were a few families whose 
 religious opinions were not in harmony with the views 
 entertained by a large majority of the inhabitants. They 
 
192 HISTORY OF BINDGE. , 
 
 ■were advocates of immersion, and ignored the efficacy of 
 sprinkling as practiced in the newly embodied church. 
 They also professed to believe that it was wrong and 
 unscriptural to maintain a salaried clergy, or, in their own 
 language, " to preach for hire." WhUe they claimed to be 
 Baptists, and are so styled upon the records, their position 
 in regard to the salary of ministers was not in harmony 
 with the Baptist Church at that period. At one time, in 
 justification of their position, they requested the town to 
 take notice of these passages of Scripture : " And the 
 priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof 
 divine for money; yet will they lean upon the Lord and 
 say. Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon 
 us." " Who is there among you that would shut the doors 
 for naught ! Neither do ye kindle fire upon mine altar for 
 naught. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts." 
 
 They probably contemplated, at one time, a permanent • 
 organization, and perhaps were associated in some bond of 
 union, for they petitioned the proprietors for the privilege 
 of building a meeting-house upon the Common. Their 
 petition was not received until the control of public affairs 
 had passed from that body, and their request was never 
 presented to the town. They were few in numbers, but 
 were men of ability and influence. There are good reasons 
 for supposing that they occasionally had preaching of their 
 own. And perhaps John Coffeen, one of their number, 
 who sometimes preached after his removal from Rindge, 
 officiated in that capacity while a resident of this town. 
 Judging from their creed, public ministrations were not an 
 expensive enjoyment, and may have been maintained for 
 several years. 
 
 The creed of the church under Mr. Dean was much 
 more generally accepted, and nearly the entire population 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOBT. 193 
 
 was included in his congregation. The proprietors consti- 
 tuted his parish, and after three years were succeeded by 
 the town, which continued in this capacity for more than 
 fifty years. While nearly all belonging to the church were 
 citizens of the town, they were distinct organizations. In 
 all matters of faith and observance of ceremonies, the 
 church was independent of the town, and in the choice of 
 officers and requisites of membership was subject to no 
 external control. In the choice and settlement of ministers 
 they acted in concurrence, and in the payment of the min- 
 ister's salary, in building and repairing meeting-houses, the 
 burden fell entirely upon the town. The money raised for 
 these purposes was voted in town-meeting, and was assessed 
 upon all in the same manner as a tax for highways, or for 
 other public purposes. While parishes of this kind were 
 generally efficient, and were certainly stable, they lacked 
 one most important qualification — they were not voluntary, 
 since aU, without regard to creed, or their consent being had, 
 were obliged to contribute to the support of the prevailing 
 church. This system soon led to an issue. The men who 
 settled Rindge never grumbled so long as they were suited ; 
 but whenever there was an occasion, wherever they thought 
 their rights were not properly regarded, their voices were 
 plainly heard. Among the early residents, John CofPeen, 
 Henry Coffeen, Eleazer Coffeen, Stephen Jewett, Jonathan 
 Jewett, Nathaniel Turner, and Joseph Gilson did not join 
 the church, for one reason, at least, that they professed to 
 be Baptists, and consequently were not in sympathy with 
 the doctrines preached. These were soon joined by Ezekiel 
 Jewett and Henry Godding, who recently had been brought 
 under discipline, and soon after were excommunicated from 
 the church for want of sympathy with the creed, and a 
 failure to observe the ordinances, — or in other words 
 
194 SISTOBY OF RINDGE. 
 
 because they had embraced the Baptist creed. Their 
 personal characters were unquestioned. These were among 
 the most influential men in the town. Either of them was 
 able to plead his own cause, and united they made a most 
 formidable minority. 
 
 The Coffeens, sons of an Irish emigrant, were born in 
 Massachusetts,' and came from Lunenburg to Rindge; the 
 Jewetts were also brothers and grandsons of a Congrega- 
 tional deacon, and came from Boxford; Nathaniel Turner 
 was from Lancaster, and Joseph Gilson from Lunenburg; 
 Henry Godding came from Lexington, and was a member 
 of the church there. The settlement of these men in this 
 town was no concerted act, and two of them at least, who 
 joined the church when it was organized, could not have 
 embraced this faith for some time after their residence here 
 began. To such men it promptly occurred to ask the town 
 to be excused from pajdng money from which they asked no 
 benefit. Their petitions were received with that extreme 
 kindness which often accompanies a denial. It was many 
 years before any were excused from this tax. Their love of 
 law and order manifested in the payment of the money 
 when they had failed in their petitions, is fully equalled by 
 the force of their protests. A few extracts from the records 
 will more clearly define their position. In 1769 appears an 
 article in a warrant for a town-meeting to see if the town 
 will excuse any persons from pajdng their part of Mr. 
 Dean's salary for reasons which may be offered. The 
 records proceed as follows : — 
 
 The Question was put by the moderator whether the Town 
 Would Hear those person's reasons, mentioned in the Warrant ? 
 Voted in the Affirmative ; then the reasons were ofEerred as fol- 
 lowing : 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 195 
 
 RiNDGE January 3 1769 
 
 To the Gentlemen Selectmen and to the Town of Rindge. 
 
 The reasons of our not meeting with you were these — we are (I'y) 
 against those that Preach for money or those that ask pay for 
 kindling a Fire on Gods alter. 
 
 2iy We believe that Baptism is Rightly administered By Immer- 
 sion only of Diping ye whole Body of the party in Water into the 
 name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit 
 According to Christs Institution and the practice of the Apostles, 
 and not by Sprinkling or Pouring of Water or Diping some part 
 of the Body After the Tradition of men. 
 
 These reasons were signed by Ezekiel Jewett, Stephen 
 Jewett, Jonathan Jewett, Henry Godding, Henry Coffeen, 
 Joseph Gilson, Nathaniel Turner, John Coffeen, Eleazer 
 Coffeen. 
 
 And on the back of said Reasons were writ Malachi Chapter i 
 Verse 10. Micah Chapter 3 Verse 11. The Reasons being Read 
 And the Signers Heard thereon. The Question was put by the 
 moderator — to see if the Town would Discharge those Signers 
 from paying any Salary to the Reverend Mr. Seth Dean on those 
 Reasons hear offered and Voted in the negative. 
 
 When the salary question was under consideration at the 
 next meeting, they do not again ask to be excused, but 
 entered their protest for conscience' sake : — 
 
 To the Gentlemen Selectmen and Inhabitants of Rindge. — We 
 the Subscribers and others who at a former Town meeting Gave 
 the town to know what our principles were do now Inform the 
 Town that the Article Concerning the Minister Doth not Concern 
 us in no Respect. Ezekiel Jewett, Henry Coffeen, John Coffeen, 
 Henry Godding. 
 
196 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 This paper was presented in open meeting by John 
 Coffeen, and the clerk adds the statement : " After it was 
 read the signers withdrew." Their next protest, dated 
 March 15, 1770, was in these words: "We have nothing 
 to Act on the Article concerning Mr. Seth Dean's Salary. 
 We being of the Baptist profession." 
 
 In the year 1769, John Coffeen removed to Cavendish, 
 Vt. His signature is not found on the last paper. In 
 1770, Henry Coffeen was one of the selectmen, and also 
 Henry Godding in 1768. They assisted in the transaction 
 of all town business and signed the official papers, except 
 the minister's rate. In this tax they consistently refused 
 their aid. Soon after, Jonathan Jewett, Henry Coffeen, 
 and Nathaniel Turner removed to JafErey, where, for 
 several years, there was no minister to support. Joseph 
 Gilson and David Allen — a recent addition to their num- 
 ber — left town about this time, and, in 1777, Eleazer 
 Coffeen joined his brother in Vermont. The others 
 continued their residence, and died here. Their descend- 
 ants are numerous. 
 
 It has been stated that Ezekiel Jewett and Henry 
 Godding were once members of Mr. Dean's church, and 
 there this failure of harmony in religious belief assumed 
 a different aspect. Professing allegiance to a new doctrine, 
 they gradually became less attentive to the ministrations 
 and requirements of the old. In about two years from 
 their admission, their position was called into question. 
 The records introduce the controversy under date of April 
 24, 1768: — 
 
 The Church then met and after fervent Prayer to Almighty 
 God for Direction a complaint was then made against Ezekiel 
 Jewett, a member of s'^ church for his withdrawing himself from 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORT. 197 
 
 public worship & turning his Back upon y= ordinance of ye 
 Lords Supper which conduct of his was inquired into whether 
 his withdrawing was sinful and unscriptural, after his Defence was 
 made and heard, y^ church tho' proper to adjourn s-J meeting 
 untill Thursday, y^ 2^ of June Next, to hear further and make 
 further inquiry into s^ case and y^ above s^ Jewett was then 
 notified of 8"^ meeting. 
 
 The case was adjourned from time to time, covering 
 four meetings, without definite action. On the twelfth of 
 December this record was made : " At a church meeting 
 held by adjournment on the case of Ezekiel Jewett who 
 had for a long time absented himself from y® word preached, 
 and from special ordinances, concerning which conduct 
 of said Jewett by a vote of y" church counsel was asked 
 of an association." By a letter dated " New Ipswich, Nov. 
 9, 1769," their advice was " to treat y* case with much 
 Tenderness and at present omit church discipline. We 
 promise by y" Grace of God, for y® present, to Treat him 
 with all Tenderness — but this we say in honor to Christs 
 Church of which we are members and in faithfulness to 
 our souls that ye above s* withdraw of s** Jewett, from 
 special ordinances, is unscriptural and Sinful." 
 
 After putting themselves so squarely upon record, the 
 case was suffered to rest until January 31 of the following 
 year. A committee was then chosen, consisting of Amasa 
 Turner, Deacon Josiah Ingalls, and Page Norcross, "to 
 treat once more with said Jewett respecting his sinful 
 withdraw, and to notify him that his case would be further 
 considered October 31 next, and for him to attend s* chh. 
 Meeting if he pleased & for s* com"®^ to get all y" Light 
 respecting his conduct against s** meeting; and also to 
 treat with Henry Godding and Sarah Godding [his wife] 
 and Mary Hammond respecting their withdraw from public 
 
198 HISTOBT OF RINBGE. 
 
 worship and special ordinances." Five more meetings were 
 now held without action, except to add Rev. Seth Dean, 
 Dea. John Lovejoy and Nathaniel Page to the committee 
 to further treat with the absenting brothers and sisters. 
 July 4, 1770, more than two years after the case was 
 begun, it was finally voted " as to y" case of y" absenting 
 brethren Ezekiel Jewett and Henry Godding y" church 
 unanimously voted, for their long absenting themselves 
 from public Worship and special ordinances and for their 
 renouncing their infant Baptisms by being plunged into 
 y" Water by a pretended minister and for their hard 
 speeches respecting this church and y° church universal, 
 and declared non communion with y" abovesaid Brethren 
 and do abridge them all special church Privileges and 
 ordered it to be committed to Record. As to y" absenting 
 sisters their conduct in long withdrawing is at present 
 bore with." 
 
 Mrs. Hammond soon removed from town. Twenty 
 years later, at her request, Sarah Godding was restored 
 to her former relations with the church. This feature 
 of the early history of the church is passed without 
 comment. The record is so plain that no one can fail 
 to comprehend the animus and results of the proceed- 
 ings. The church was united in the course pursued, and 
 was left in a condition to enjoy and improve many years 
 of peace and prosperity. Between the church and their 
 pastor there is no evidence of discord or contention. The 
 causes which led to his dismissal appear to be wholly 
 connected with the town. The salary of Mr. Dean in the 
 terms of the contract with the proprietors, in addition to 
 a settlement of forty pounds sterling and the benefit of 
 the ministerial lands, was "forty pounds sterling each 
 year so long as he stands their minister and carrieth on 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOBY. 199 
 
 the gospel ministry among them." When the town suc- 
 ceeded to the management of public affairs, a proposition 
 was made to him to release the proprietors from the former 
 contract, and accept an annual payment from the town. 
 The sum of fifty-three and one-third pounds lawful money 
 was proposed, which was a fair equivalent to the forty 
 pounds sterling named in the contract, but no definite time 
 of payment was specified. The selectmen presented Mr. 
 Dean with a copy of the vote : — 
 
 Reverend Sir. 
 
 We present the above Coppy of the Towns Vote For your 
 Salary to you and Desire you Would Consider the Same and Give 
 us an Answer in Writing as soon as Conveniently you Can, 
 Whither the same is satisfactory to you And Whither you Will 
 thereupon Release the said proprietors From their Vote and 
 Contract that so We may be Enabled to make a Rate for your 
 Saleiy for this Present j-ear. 
 
 NATHANIEL RUSSELL ) Selectmen 
 WILLIAM CARLTON j of said Rindge. 
 
 To the Reverend Mr. Seth Dean. 
 
 The following curt reply immediately followed : — 
 
 Gentlemen. 
 
 Rec'd this proposal and considered the same and answered in 
 the negative. Negatived for reasons which I am prepared to give 
 when desired. 
 
 From Gentlemen Yours to serve 
 
 SETH DEAN, Clerk. 
 To Nathaniel Russell and others selectmen. 
 August 12 1768. 
 
 In deeds and other legal papers the term " clerk " was 
 formerly applied to the clergy to signify their profession, 
 and official papers by them signed generally retained this 
 
200 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 designation. Mr. Dean appears to have been satisfied with 
 the amount, but he was not slow to perceive that a proposal 
 of so much " a year," with no guarantee when the sum was to 
 be paid, might reduce his cash on hand, and increase the 
 balance due from the town in a very unsatisfactory manner. 
 The town soon after paid him the amount for the first year 
 and a half with a promptness that was acceptable to . their 
 pastor ; but no permanent agreement had been made. To' 
 this end the town proposed " to give their Reverend Paus- 
 ture the Reverend M"^ Seth Dean a yearly Salary of fifty 
 three pounds six shillings and eight pence Lawful Money 
 so long as he shall continue to Supply the Pulpit in said 
 town. And to give the said Reverend Mr. Dean liberty to 
 be absent four Sabbaths in each year, if occasion calls him 
 away or through sickness, without taking any thing from Ids 
 salary." A committee waited upon Mr. Dean and brought 
 back his reply: — 
 
 The above is negatived by me for reasons why when requested. 
 
 SETH DEAN, Clerk. 
 
 Perhaps at the request of the committee, or as the result 
 of a second thought, a postscript is added: — 
 
 The reasons why the above is not complied with are as 
 follows : 
 
 i^t It is foreign from the covenant that is already made with me. 
 2^ Neither is it agreeable with my ordination charges. 
 
 SETH DEAN, Clerk. 
 RiNDGE September y= 24 1770. 
 
 No specific contract was ever made between Mr. Dean 
 and the town. The proposed sum was voted each year, 
 and paid with reasonable promptness and regularity, and 
 apparently to his acceptance, until during the war, when 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 201 
 
 the value of the currency began rapidly to decline, but a 
 disposition to make up this loss was manifested. In the 
 month of October, 1777, 'thirty pounds additional compen- 
 sation was voted to make good the depreciation for that 
 year, which appears to have been satisfactory to Mr. Dean. 
 The following year a grant of one hundred and six and 
 two-thirds pounds, paper money, was made. This sum was 
 far from an equivalent to his original salary ; and Mr. Dean 
 soon reminded the town of the fact by refusing to receive 
 any part of it. Another meeting was called, and the town 
 adhered to their former vote, but acknowledged their incon- 
 sistency by proceeding to pledge themselves to raise three 
 hundred pounds for the ensuing year if that sum would be 
 accepted. The selectmen were requested "to wait upon 
 Mr. Dean for his acceptance or non-acceptance." The 
 dismissal of Mr. Dean, although two years deferred, is now 
 plainly foreshadowed, and the cause — probably the only 
 one — of the separation is made intelligible. 
 
 The selectmen reported that he refused to accept of that 
 sum, whereupon the town immediately issued the following 
 manifesto : — 
 
 In consideration of not having obtained the most distant hope 
 of a peaceful settlement with the Rev. Mr. Dean for his late 
 services although the same being sought for by our Selectmen and 
 otherways both for the last as well as for the present year & to 
 prevent any further difficulty or dispute in law or otherwise with 
 the said Rev. Mr. Dean, (as in such case he could by no means 
 be serviceable to this church and people) it is voted to chuse a 
 Committee to treat with the Rev. Mr. Seth Dean in the name & 
 behalf of the Town upon a final Seperafion & to agree with him 
 for the time past of the present year, in such a sum as they shall 
 think proper. — chose Enoch Hale Esqr. Dea. Francis Towne, 
 
202 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 Edward Jewett, Mr. Jonathan Sherwin, Mr. Richard Kimball, 
 Col°. Nathan Hale & Capt. Daniel Rand — a Committee aforesaid. 
 
 The meeting was adjourned for the purpose of hearing 
 the report of this committee, who made known to the town 
 that Mr. Dean accepted the proposed terms, and the town, 
 according to the promise recently made, voted to raise the 
 three hundred pounds, and the separation was deferred. 
 When the time came to make a grant for another year, the 
 sum of nine hundred pounds was voted. In the autumn of 
 1779, when this sum was proposed, it was a reasonable 
 substitute for his original salary; but such was the rapid 
 decrease in value, that by the time the payment was to be 
 made it failed to be a fair remuneration for his services, 
 and in March following the town proposed to grant in room 
 of this sum his old salary of fifty-three and one-third pounds 
 to be paid in commodities at their nominal value, " stating 
 rye at four shillings, Indian corn at three shillings and four 
 pence per bushel, beef at twenty shillings per hundred 
 weight, and other things in proportion." This proposition 
 possessed an air of substance and stability that must have 
 been refreshing after his experience for the past two years. 
 But he was not suffered to taste the fat of the land, for his 
 dismissal occurred before the corn and the rye were brought 
 to his granary, or the beef added to his store, to say nothing 
 of his anticipations of "other things in proportion." The 
 salary for this year, concerning which there had been so 
 much legislation, was finally paid with paper money, and 
 forty-eight hundred pounds was given as the salary of a 
 single year, which is suggestive of the fleeting value of the 
 currency during the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Mr. Dean, anticipating that a future support was uncer- 
 tain, and in consideration of the great hardships and the 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL BISTORT. 203 
 
 biirdens of general taxation whicli rested upon the people, 
 perhaps impossible, now asks for a dismission. At a meet- 
 ing held August 28, 1780, the town at first voted in the 
 negative ; but during the meeting, Mr. Dean sent in a 
 communication, stating that the article was inserted in the 
 warrant at his request, and subsequently came personally 
 before the town and gave his reasons for such a course, 
 whereupon the town "Voted at the request of Mr. Dean 
 to dismiss him from his Pastoral Office in the Town of 
 Rindge." The church concurred in this action of the town 
 on the seventh of September, when it was also voted "to 
 recommend their Reverend Pastor as a minister in regular 
 standing, and continueing in the administration of special 
 ordinances." A committee was chosen, at this meeting of 
 the church, to prepare and sign a letter of recommendation 
 to be delivered to him on Monday, September 11, 1780, 
 when the connection between the pastor and the church 
 would be dissolved. 
 
 Rev. Seth Dean, son of WUliam and Sarah (Olcott?) 
 Dean, was born in Plainfield, Connecticut, August 7, 1715 ; 
 was graduated at Yale College in the class of 1738, and 
 licensed to preach by the Windham County Association of 
 Congregational Ministers August 28, 1739, and was there- 
 fore fifty years of age when he entered upon his labors in 
 this town. 
 
 Mr. Dean married, about 1745, Mercy Fenner, of Provi- 
 dence, Rhode Island, by whom he had several children. 
 She died in Rindge about 1776, and he married, second. 
 Widow Allen, of Brookline, Connecticut. Additional infor- 
 mation of this family will be found in the second part of 
 this volume. 
 
 Where Mr. Dean had preached previous to his settle- 
 ment in Rindge is unknown. The fact that he was 
 
204 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 invariably referred to as Mr. Seth Dean previous to his 
 ordination, and as Bev. Seth Dean after that event, is 
 conclusive that this was his first settlement. Upon his 
 dismissal from the church in this town, he removed to 
 Connecticut, and supplied the pulpit in North Killingly — 
 now East Putnam, — where he died April, 1782, a few 
 months previous to the ordination of his successor. 
 
 The records of the church afford little information con- 
 cerning the characteristics of the man. It is reasonably 
 certain that during these fifteen years the afPairs of the 
 church were prudently and successfully managed. The 
 very few and faint personal references to him that are to be 
 found, are more suggestive of a successful ministry, and the 
 preservation of a quiet and peaceful temper, than a greater 
 notoriety which would have resulted from discord and 
 contention. 
 
 In his intercourse with the town, he appears as an exact, 
 dignified, and courteous gentleman, tenacious of his rights, 
 yielding only for the sake of harmony, yet at all times ready 
 to meet the inhabitants or their committees in friendly 
 conference regarding questions that arose from time to time. 
 Whenever his salary fell in arrears, the town was courte- 
 ously reminded of its delinquency, and always in those 
 well-chosen terms from which no offence could be drawn. 
 
 The duty of supplying the pulpit, until a call was to be 
 issued, now fell entirely upon the town. Within a month 
 after Mr. Dean's dismission, Dea. Francis Towne, Captain 
 Solomon Cutler, and Mr. Richard Kimball were chosen 
 "to hire preaching for four Sabbaths at a time," and in 
 December following, two thousand pounds were appropri- 
 ated for this purpose, "including the last eight Sabbaths 
 that is hired." This sum of money was equivalent to 
 about one-half of Mr. Dean's annual salary, and would 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOBY. 205 
 
 secure preaching for several months. In March, 1781, two 
 thousand pounds more was raised, and the same committee 
 selected to supply the pulpit. Mr. Joseph Emerson was 
 engaged by the committee, and continued to preach until 
 near the date of his death, and was succeeded by Mr. 
 Brown Emerson, who remained several months. Neither 
 of them received a call. 
 
 Mr. Seth Payson, then a young man nearly twenty- 
 three years of age, supplied the pulpit a few Sabbaths, 
 when he received a caU to settle. The votes of the church 
 and of the town were as follows : — 
 
 July 9, 1781. '-'The church voted that Wednesday the i8'^ 
 instant be appointed as a day of Fasting and Prayer in this 
 town, to look to Almighty God for his Blessing and Direction, 
 in particular for y^ settlement of a gospel Minister in this town. 
 
 Also chose Messrs. Benj° Bancroft, Barnabas Barker, and 
 Edward Jewett, a committee to desire them to attend on s^ Day 
 & join in Fasting & Prayer, viz : Rev^ Messrs. Farrar of New 
 Ipswich, Payson of Fitchburg, Lee of Royalston, Gushing of 
 Ashburnham, Brown of Winchendon, Brigham of Fitz William, 
 and Fisk of Wilton." 
 
 July 18. "The above mentioned Ministers all attended and 
 this day was held by y= chh. and congregation in Rindge as a 
 Day of Fasting & Prayer." 
 
 July 24. " At a church Meeting in said Rindge y= chh. voted 
 to give Seth Payson a call to Settle in this town as a Minister 
 of y= gospel. Also Chose Messrs. John Lovejoy, Amasa Turner, 
 Richard Kimball, Francis Towne & Edward Jewett, a committee 
 to wait on said Payson & acquaint him of what the church had 
 done. & if the town concur to present him with a copy of their 
 vote." 
 
 On the same day, the selectmen issued a warrant for 
 a town-meeting, to be held on the seventh of August, at 
 
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206 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 which it was voted unanimously to second the call of the 
 church, and a settlement of two hundred pounds was voted 
 in case he accepted the invitation. This was to be paid 
 in silver, at six shillings and eight pence per ounce, which 
 gave it a definite sjalue. This gratuity, as a settlement, 
 in addition to the stated salary, was a common practice 
 in the settlement of ministers at this date. It was also 
 ordered that the salary be paid annually, but the amount 
 was not named in the record of this meeting. Enoch 
 Hale, Esq., Deacon John Lovejoy, Deacon Francis Towne, 
 Edward Jewett, Mr. Jonathan Sherwin, Mr. Richard Kim- 
 baU, and Mr. Ephraim Hunt were instructed to present 
 Mr. Payson with a copy of the vote of the town. There 
 is no record of his answer. The caU was declined. Mr. 
 Payson, however, continued to supply the pulpit ; and, with 
 occasional assistance in the administration of the ordinances 
 in which he was not qualified until he had been ordained, 
 it is probable he remained in this capacity until his ordi- 
 nation. The next year the caU was renewed; or, more 
 accurately, at the unanimous request of both church and 
 town he withdrew his former answer, and accepted the 
 original invitation. The action of the church was on the 
 fifth of September, and two days later, at a meeting pre- 
 viously called, evidently in anticipation of this event, the 
 town concurred in the request of the church. Both bodies 
 chose the same committees that presented the call, to 
 communicate to Mr. Payson their continued desires. Mr. 
 Payson's letter of acceptance is dated October 17, and 
 his ordination occurred December 4, 1782. The church 
 and pastor-elect joined in invitations to the churches in 
 Chelsea, Dedham, Fitchburg, New Ipswich, "Wilton, Ash- 
 burnham, Winchendon, Royalston, and Fitzwilliam. With 
 the exception of the church at Dedham, the pastors of these 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL EISTOBT. 207 
 
 chttrches. were present. The church records furnish no 
 information of the parts assigned to each ; yet the " History 
 of New Ipswich " preserves the fact that the charge to the 
 pastor was given by Rev. Stephen Farrar, of that place, 
 and another record announces that the sermon was preached 
 by Rev. Phillips Payson, of Chelsea. 
 
 The town selected the day of the ordination, and made 
 ample arrangements for the occasion. In the true demo- 
 cratic spirit, a town-meeting was called to give all a voice 
 in these preliminaries, when it was "voted that the first 
 Wednesday of December next be the day for the ordination 
 of Mr. Seth Payson ; also voted to choose a Committee of 
 five men to provide for the Council, chose Capt. Solomon 
 Cutler, Mr. Richard KimbaU, Enoch Hale, Esqr., Mr. Jona- 
 than Sherwin, and Mr. Benjamin Bancroft for said com- 
 mittee ; also chose Capt. Othniel Thomas, Capt. Philip 
 Thomasi Lieut. King Lapham, Lieut. Jacob Gould and 
 Mr. Abel Perkins a committee to prop up the gallery & 
 take care of the meeting house on s* day." 
 
 Lieut. Ebenezer Fitch was paid thirteen pounds and ten 
 shillings "for entertaining the venerable council," and 
 " Major Leme Page received three pounds for keeping forty 
 horses one night for the council." It appears to have been 
 a council of forty-horse power that ordained Dr. Payson. 
 In those days such occasions were weU attended, and called 
 in many from the surrounding towns, who cheerfully braved 
 the cold of December, and, without fire, endured the frosty 
 air through the prolonged session, warmed only by their 
 contemplation of the doctrinal questions proposed by the 
 learned divines, or by an occasional speculation concerning 
 the soundness of the views of the candidate. 
 
 At this late day it would be difficult to ascertain, with 
 absolute certainty, the causes which prevented Mr. Payson 
 
208 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 from accepting the call when first issued. His refusal to 
 settle may have been intimately connected with the prac- 
 tice of owning the covenant, which the church at this time 
 tolerated, and of which he never approved ; and it is certain 
 that when he finally accepted their invitation, it was with 
 the agreement that this practice should no longer prevail. 
 The church may have hesitated the entire year between 
 their preference for Mr. Payson and their desire to retain 
 the covenant privileges before they consented to discard 
 the latter, and open the way for an acceptance of the call. 
 
 The practice of "owning the covenant," which has 
 been mentioned in connection with Mr. Dean's ministry, 
 and with the settlement of Dr. Payson, consisted in per- 
 mitting parents publicly to give their assent to the creed 
 of the church, or "own the covenant" as it was styled, 
 which gave them the privilege of presenting their children 
 for baptism, but not of communion. These persons did 
 not necessarily profess any moral qualifications of mem- 
 bership, but simply an intellectual assent to the creed, and 
 were generally styled "half way members." They were 
 not amenable to church discipline, but sometimes, when 
 received to these limited privileges, were required to con- 
 fess any open fault or offence. Such confessions upon 
 ancient church records do not prove full membership as 
 many have supposed, and are quite as likely to refer to 
 the one as the other class of admissions. This custom 
 was nearly or quite universally accepted untU. near the 
 close of the past century, and from this practice springs 
 another term of similar origin, " admitted to full commun- 
 ion," as formerly used in distinction from those admitted 
 to the rites of baptism only. 
 
 During the ministry of Mr. Payson, the church was 
 materially increased in membership. During the early 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOBT. 209 
 
 period of his labors there were no revivals, and the 
 apparent results of his preaching and influence are mani- 
 fested in a constant and uniform growth, in an entire 
 freedom from internal disturbance, and in overcoming a 
 tendency of the times for new creeds and doctrines. 
 From 1780 until 1790, the smallest number of additions 
 in any year was four, and the largest was ten ; during the 
 second ten years, the aggregate was nearly the same. In 
 1797 there is no record of any admission, and this is the 
 only year in which no new members were received. 
 Through the first decade of the present century the 
 average number is slightly increased, but the greatest 
 numbers are recorded during the later years of his 
 ministry. In 1812, there were twenty-seven ; in 1816, there 
 were twelve. The whole number of members added to 
 the church in the term of his pastorate of thirty-seven 
 years, was two hundred and thirty-one, and about four 
 hundred and fifty children were baptized. 
 
 The salary of Dr. Payson for several years wias eighty- 
 five pounds. This sum he continued to receive until 
 1795, when his salary was paid, for the first time, in 
 Federal money. At this time, $283.33 was paid as a sub- 
 stitute for the former amount. Before another payment 
 fell due, his salary, by vote of the town, had been increased 
 to 1333.33, which sum was paid him until 1816, when it 
 was again increased, and from this date $500 was paid to 
 the close of his pastorate, and was continued, in fact, 
 several months beyond his death. The payment for the 
 last year was made to his widow. The salary of Dr. 
 Payson should be brought into comparison with the salaries 
 of the clergymen of his time rather than of the present. 
 If the amount was not large, it was paid with unusual 
 regularity, and during his . prolonged ministry was never 
 
210 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
 suffered to fall in arrears. Dr. Payson built and owned 
 the house in which he resided. After his death, his son, 
 Henry Payson, as administrator of the estate, sold the 
 house and thirty acres of land to the town, which soon 
 after became the property of the society connected with 
 the Congregational Church, and has been retained as a 
 parsonage to the present day. 
 
 Rev. Seth Payson, D. D., was the youngest son of Rev. 
 PhiUips Payson, of Walpole, Massachusetts. Rev. Phillips 
 Payson, a son of Samuel and Mary Payson, of Dorchester', 
 Massachusetts, was born in February, 1705, graduated at 
 Harvard University 1724, and was ordained over the church 
 at Walpole September 16, 1730. He married, December 5, 
 1733, Anne Swift, daughter of Rev. John and Sarah 
 (Tileston) Swift, of Framingham, and sister of Rev. John 
 Swift, of Acton. She died about 1756, and Mr. Payson 
 married October, 1757, Kezia (Bullen) Morse, widow of 
 Deacon Seth Morse, of Medfield, and daughter of John and 
 Mehitabel (Fisher) BuUen. Four of the sons of Rev. 
 Phillips Payson were ministers. Rev. Phillips Payson, born 
 January 18, 1736, graduated at Harvard 1754, ordained over 
 the church at Chelsea, Massachusetts, October 26, 1757, and 
 died January 11, 1801. He received the degree of Doctor 
 of Divinity. Rev. Samuel Payson, born April 26, 1738, 
 graduated at Harvard 1758, ordained over the church at 
 Lunenburg, Massachusetts, September 8, 1762, and died 
 February 14, 1763. Rev. John Payson, born January 6, 
 1746, graduated at Harvard 1764, ordained over the church 
 at Fitchburg, Massachusetts — the first settled minister in 
 that town, — January 16, 1768, was dismissed by a mutual 
 council on account of his infirmities May 2, 1794, and died 
 May 21, 1804. Rev. Seth Payson, only child of the second 
 wife, was born September 30, 1758, graduated at Harvard 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL EISTOUY. 211 
 
 1777, ordained at Rindge December 4, 1782, receiyed the 
 degree of Doctor of ■Divinity from Dartmoiitli College 1809, 
 and died February 26, 1820. 
 
 The father and his sons were able ministers and 
 excellent men. Eminently successful in their profession, 
 they also evinced a lively interest and exerted a great 
 influence in civil affairs. Of that member of this illus- 
 trious family, who labored so many years in Rindge, Rev. 
 Isaac Robinson, D.D., has written: — 
 
 Little is now known respecting his early youth except that 
 he had a feeble constitution and was subject to epilepsy, which 
 threatened him with loss of reason and premature death. He was, 
 however, free from that malady during the greater part of his life, 
 and enjoyed vigorous health till within less than a year of his 
 death. In 1773 he entered Harvard College, where he enjoyed 
 the esteem and affection of both his instructors and fellow 
 students. Possessed of a versatile and comprehensive mind, and 
 a habit of intense application, he made rapid progress in the 
 acquisition of knowledge; and when he graduated in 1777, he 
 received one of the highest honors of his class. 
 
 It is universally conceded that Dr. Payson possessed much 
 more than common abilities. His intellect was sharp and 
 vigorous, his imagination lively, and his memory highly retentive. 
 His acquisitions were extensive and varied ; and there were few 
 subjects on which he could not converse with intelligence, and no 
 class of men that were not interested in listening fo him. He was 
 known as a distinguished civilian in New Hampshire, and held a 
 seat in the Senate of that State, and was regarded as one of its 
 ablest members. But, though he paid considerable attention to 
 political economy, and was somewhat in political life, yet theology 
 was his favorite study, and the ministry his favorite work. As his 
 ideas were all admirably arranged in his own ftiind, so he was able 
 to communicate them to others with great clearness and force. 
 His brethren in the ministry were always gratified and edified by 
 
212 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 his conversation. As a preacher his reputation was deservedly 
 high. His sermons were plain, luminous expositions of Divine 
 truth, fitted at once to secure attention, to awaken the conscience, 
 and impress the heart. He excelled especially in devotional 
 exercises. Free alike from affectation, uniformity, and tedious 
 repetition, his prayers were appropriate and impressive to a degree 
 rarely surpassed. He was laborious and faithful, and possessed 
 in a high degree the esteem of his flock. But it was not by them 
 alone that he was held in high estimation. He had a reputation 
 that was far from being confined even to his own State. He was 
 frequently called to preach on important occasions, and I believe 
 he never failed to satisfy public expectation. 
 
 These testimonies of Dr. Robinson, vs'ho vi^as thoroughly 
 acquainted with Mr. Payson, and who carefiilly penned 
 this tribute, nearly thirty years after the death of his 
 friend and former associate in the ministry, possess an 
 authority which no present writer could sustain. The 
 labors of Dr. Payson were early extended beyond the 
 limits of his parish. As a councillor and arbitrator, his 
 advice and assistance were extensively sought and cheer- 
 fully afforded. Very few have been more frequently 
 called to meet in council or assist at ordinations, and 
 several discourses on these occasions were printed. In 
 1799, he preached the annual sermon before the legis- 
 lature of New Hampshire, from the text, " One sinner 
 destroyeth much good." The discourse was well received, 
 and is said to have had no small influence in leading the 
 General Court to revise and strengthen the statutes for 
 the observance of the Sabbath. If men of his boldness 
 and plainness of speech were to preach before the legis- 
 latures of modern times, it is highly probable that a unit 
 of sinners would be found entirely too limited for a theme 
 of their discourses. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 213 
 
 In 1802, Dr. Payson published a duodecimo volume of 
 290 pages, entitled: "Proofs of the Real Existence and 
 Dangerous Tendencies of lUuminism." The work could 
 easily be misunderstood at the present day. The argument 
 is mainly directed against certain French and German socie- 
 ties, the members of which were styled " The lUuminati," 
 and contained many vigorous protests against their influence 
 in this country. It was believed and pretty thoroughly 
 proved by the author that these societies were aiming at 
 the overthrow of Christianity, and were destined to threaten 
 the safety of the institutions of the American Republic. It 
 is not an argument against secret societies in general, but a 
 most bitter invective against this particular organization. 
 The book was extensively read, and the flattering notices 
 which it attracted are conclusive that the argument was 
 better understood than is possible at the present day. 
 
 Several occasional sermons by Dr. Payson were printed. 
 The following list is believed to be complete : A Sermon at 
 the Ordination of Ebenezer Hill, at Mason, 1790 ; A Sermon 
 at the Ordination of Joseph Brown, 1795 ; A Sermon at the 
 Consecration of the Social Lodge in Ashby, 1799; New 
 Hampshire Election Sermon, 1799 ; A Sermon at the Inter- 
 ment of Mrs. Sybel Waters, wife of Rev. Cornelius Waters, 
 of Ashby, 1802; An Abridgment of two Fast Sermons at 
 Rindge, 1805 ; A Sermon at the Interment of John Cushing, 
 1806 ; A Sermon at the Ordination of Edward Payson, 1808 ; 
 A Sermon at the Interment of Rev. Stephen Farrar at New 
 Ipswich, 1809 ; A Sermon at the Ordination of Joel Wright, 
 1812 ; An Abridgment of two Sermons at Rindge, 1815 ; A 
 Sermon at the Funeral of Rev. Levi Pillsbury, at Winch- 
 endon, 1819. 
 
 In 1802-3 and 4, Dr. Payson was a member of the 
 Senate of this State, and was at once recognized as an able 
 28 
 
214 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 and efficient member. The journals of those sessions, with 
 the frequent assignment of Mr. Payson to draft important 
 reports, and the merit of many papers of his authorship, 
 are enduring monimients to his memory. He was one of 
 the founders of the academy at New Ipswich, and a trustee 
 of that institution for more than thirty years. 
 
 In 1813 he was elected a trustee of Dartmouth College, 
 and ably filled the position until his death. During the 
 unhappy controversy between the College and the Legis- 
 lature, he took a decided position for the maintenance of 
 the chartered rights of that institution, and lived to see his 
 opinions sustained by the Supreme Court of the United 
 States. In 1815 he represented the General Association of 
 New Hampshire in an important Ecclesiastical Convention 
 held at Philadelphia. For several years he was Vice-Presi- 
 dent of the New Hampshire Bible Society, and also a 
 member of the American Board of Commissioners for 
 Foreign Missions. 
 
 In 1819, an effort was made to change the location of 
 Williams College. Many towns made liberal propositions to 
 secure its location in their midst. These rival claims were 
 so vigorously presented that the question was mutually 
 referred to Mr. Payson, Chancellor Kent, of New York, and 
 Governor Smith, of Connecticut. He performed the duties 
 of this appointment. Immediately following these labors 
 he had an epileptic fit, and returned to his home much 
 debilitated. He soon apparently rallied, and was able to 
 resume his pastoral labors, but failed to regain his accus- 
 tomed strength and vigor. He had previously received the 
 appointment to preach the annual sermon before the Ameri- 
 can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, in Sep- 
 tember of that year. This appointment, at a late day, he 
 was obliged to decline. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 215 
 
 The first evidence manifested of a permanent mental 
 infirmity occurred on the occasion of a Thanksgiving dis- 
 course, from which it was clearly seen that his mind was 
 disordered, and his intellect was suffering even more 
 extremely than his general health. He remained in an 
 inanimate state of mind, with many lucid intervals, until 
 his death; and, whenever reason returned, his great solici- 
 tude, which found earnest expression, was for the future 
 welfare of his parish and family. 
 
 Dr. Payson died February 26, 1820. The funeral dis- 
 course, which was afterwards printed, was preached by 
 Rev. Isaac Robinson, of Stoddard, from the text, " For the 
 which cause I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am 
 not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am 
 persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have 
 committed unto him against that day." 
 
 In accordance with a custom then prevailing, and 
 affording a very proper expression of sympathy for a 
 bereaved congregation, the pulpit was supplied for several 
 Sabbaths, after the death of Dr. Payson, by the ministers 
 of the neighboring churches. Subsequently Mr. Wright 
 was engaged to preach three Sabbaths, and soon after Mr. 
 Goddard preached for an equal length of time. Neither 
 of them was a candidate for settlement. Late in the 
 autumn, Mr. Elijah Demond suppHed the pulpit five weeks, 
 and in January, 1821, received a call. Almost simultane- 
 ously he received an invitation from the church in West 
 Newbury, Massachusetts, to which he gave preference. Mr. 
 Demond was born at Rutland, Massachusetts, November 1, 
 1790 ; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1816 ; at Andover, 
 1820. He was preceptor of New Ipswich Academy for a 
 short time, and after a dismissal from' West Newbury he 
 
216 HI8T0BT OF BINDGE. 
 
 was settled over the churches at Lincoln, HoUiston, and 
 Princeton, Massachusetts. 
 
 When no clergyman was secured to preach, Deacon 
 Benjamin Kingsbury occupied the pulpit. He had studied 
 theology with Dr. Payson, but had never formally entered 
 the ministry. He labored for half price, and in this way 
 he preached a continuous sermon on the subject of frugality. 
 His discourses are said to have been of respectable merit, 
 yet fearfully long, as if he mistrusted their quality and was 
 anxious to compensate in measure. Early in this year Rev. 
 Mr. Kendrick preached two, and Rev. William Goodell 
 nine, Sabbaths. In May, a call was extended to the latter, 
 which was declined on account of the proposed salary, 
 which, for some unexplained reason, was less than the sum 
 offered to Mr. Demond. Mr. Goodell graduated at Dart- 
 mouth College 1816, at Andover 1820, and was the well 
 known missionary at Constantinople from 1822 to 1865. 
 He died in Philadelphia, February 18, 1867. It wiU be 
 perceived that Mr. Goodell and Mr. Demond were con- 
 temporary with Dr. Burnham at Dartmouth, and at the 
 Seminary. 
 
 About the first of August, Mr. Burnham visited Rindge 
 for the first time, while journeying from Andover to 
 Vermont, where a field of labor was inviting him, and, at 
 the suggestion of Dr. Leonard Wood, he called at Rindge 
 and accepted an invitation to preach on the following 
 Sabbath. Dr. Wood was one of the instructors in the 
 Theological Seminary at Andover, where Mr. Burnham had 
 recently completed the prescribed course of study, and 
 knowing that the church was destitute of a pastor, he wrote 
 to Deacon Brown, recommending that Mr. Burnham be 
 invited to remain. Happily the letter is preserved. A 
 brief extract, truthful in a high degree, will be approvingly 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL BISTORT. 217 
 
 read by the many who cherish the memory of Dr. Burnham, 
 and, in connection with his blameless life, will be seen in 
 the light of the fulfillment of a prophecy: "We consider 
 him a young man of sterling worth; though he makes no 
 display he has solid talents and a very blameless character, 
 and is a remarkably sincere, honest, plain-hearted man." 
 Mr. Burnham had not passed his student life unobserved. 
 With such gifts of intellect and heart he approached the 
 pulpit vacated by the death of Dr. Payson. It was soon 
 apparent that his contemplated mission to Vermont was to 
 be deferred. The labor of a life-time had met him on the 
 way. On the sixth of September the church unanimously 
 invited him to remain. In this action the society concurred 
 by a vote of eighty-three, and none in the negative. His 
 letter of acceptance was dated October 13, and his ordi- 
 nation occurred November 14, 1821, having supplied the 
 pulpit continuously since his arrival in town. The church 
 chose Deacon Hubbard, Deacon Brown, and John Perry; 
 to this number the society joined Ezra Thomas and Samuel 
 L. Wilder, Esqs., to communicate the call to Mr. Burnham. 
 The society also chose William Sherwin, Samuel L. Wilder, 
 Esq., Capt. Joel Raymond, and Deacons Hubbard and 
 Brown, to make arrangements for the entertainment of 
 the council. 
 
 The clergymen who composed the council, and took 
 part in the ordination, were Rev. Laban Ainsworth, of 
 JafErey, who was moderator, and gave the Ordaining Prayer ; 
 Rev. Eber L. Clark, of Winchendon, Scribe ; Rev. Richard 
 Hall, of New Ipswich, Introductory Prayer ; Rev. Abraham 
 Burnham, of Pembroke, Sermon from the text, "For we 
 are laborers together with God " ; Rev. John Gushing, D. D., 
 of Ashburnham, Charge ; Rev. John M. Putnam, of Ashby, 
 Right Hand of Fellowship ; Rev John Sabin, of Fitzwilliam, 
 
218 HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Concluding Prayer. The council was feasted by Deacon 
 Brown, and at a moderate expense, which indicates consid- 
 erable change in the custom of the times, on such occasions, 
 since the ordination of Dr. Payson. 
 
 The pastorate of Dr. Burnham was a continued era of 
 concord. Forty-sis years were added to the registers of the 
 church and of the society, without occasion to record the 
 existence of any serious contention. Within a year from 
 his ordination, forty-eight persons were added to the mem- 
 bership of the church, and during his ministry five hundred 
 and sixteen admissions are recorded, and almost an equal 
 number were baptized, while the aggregate of his parochial 
 labors is beyond computation. Much of the history of this 
 period, which is associated with other events, will be found 
 elsewhere. 
 
 The salary of Dr. Payson was paid throughout by the 
 town ; that of Dr. Burnham was paid by the society, which 
 succeeded the town as a parish. The amount of Dr. Burn- 
 ham's nominal salary was never changed during his entire 
 ministry, and was four hundred dollars and the use of the 
 parsonage, which was kept in repair by the society. During 
 the later years of his ministry, the donation visits became 
 more frequent, and the amount of the grateful offerings of 
 his parish more considerable, and many supplies of wood 
 were left at his door and fitted for the stove by cheerful 
 labor. Concerning the promptness with which his salary was 
 paid during his long ministry. Dr. Burnham has written : 
 " The salary has been paid in one sum, and for twenty 
 or more years by one individual — Jason B. Perry, Esq., — 
 and on the very day specified in the contract, excepting the 
 years when the day of payment has fallen on the Sabbath ; 
 then the money has been paid on the preceding day ; and 
 this admirable habit, so excellent in its influence on pastor 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 219 
 
 and people, has produced such confidence that the pastor 
 feels about as sure that his salary will be paid at the 
 appointed time as that the sun will rise that day." 
 
 Rev. Amos Wood Burnham, D. D., was a son of Deacon 
 Samuel and Mary (Perkins) Burnham, and was born in 
 Dunbarton, New Hampshire, August 1, 1791. He entered 
 Dartmouth College 1811, and, having maintained an honor- 
 able standing, was graduated 1815. He pursued the study 
 of theology at Andover, and in 1818 was licensed to preach. 
 Previous to his ordination at Rindge, he was preceptor of 
 the Blanchard Academy at Pembroke, New Hampshire, an 
 institution which owed its origin to his brother. Rev. Dr. 
 Abraham Burnham, and whose SQciety and instructions he 
 enjoyed during his residence at that place. 
 
 Mr. Burnham was of small yet not diminutive stature, 
 of light complexion, with a clear blue eye, expressive of 
 unalloyed kindness and sensibility. The briefest acquaint- 
 ance would recognize his sincerity, while a prolonged obser- 
 vation would lead to no discoveries, for he was without 
 guile. The fact of his lameness, and that from his youth 
 he walked with a cane, might easily escape mention. His 
 body swayed in his walk, but he did not limp. There were 
 no angles in his movements, and no infirmity could rob him 
 of his native comeliness. An unassuming and courteous 
 demeanor marked his intercourse with his fellow-men. In 
 aU his social sympathies his heart was fresh and young to 
 the last, and continually beamed from a countenance that 
 was never clouded with severity. Possessing no common 
 degree of amiability and kindness, he failed not of a full 
 measure of rational coxirage and an unhesitating decision of 
 purpose, which suffered the evasion of no truth that appealed 
 to the conscience of men. With him there was no affecta- 
 tion. He was a minister in the pulpit and out of it. He 
 
220 BISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 would unbend at times, and always enjoyed innocent humor 
 witli keen relish, but never lowered himself beneath the 
 line of a graceful and serene dignity. His opinions were 
 so moulded into his life, and wrought into the texture of his 
 character, that all his works were the pure waters from the 
 fountain of his religion; and he lived so thoroughly the 
 doctrines of his faith, that his life was one continuous 
 sermon. 
 
 In expressing his opinions on questions of moment, he 
 was considerate and guarded, and met new problems with 
 great caution; but when his purposes were once 'formed, 
 and his opinions moulded, he was tenacious of his conclu- 
 sions, and unyielding in their maintenance ; and while he 
 sometimes shrewdly evaded collisions, he never failed in 
 courage to express his sentiments and openly meet the issue 
 whenever the occasion demanded it. The manner and 
 method were so consistent and uniform, that with him and 
 his labors there were no reactions. Everything grew, and 
 nothing sprang into existence. Each step was a permanent 
 advance, and every new position gained became a base for 
 continued progress. 
 
 In theological views he was of the old-school New 
 England stamp, clear and steadfast, yet candid and con- 
 sistent. While he was fond of "holding on," as he was 
 accustomed to say, he was not illiberal, and when com- 
 pared with others of the same school of theology, his views 
 were marked with the full progress of the age in which he 
 lived. 
 
 He was remarkable for his thorough and familiar knowl- 
 edge of the Scriptures, and was never at a loss for an 
 appropriate quotation on any occasion. From his extensive 
 theological knowledge and direct methods of reasoning, Dr. 
 Burnham might have been an able controversial exponent of 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 221 
 
 the church, but he was an ardent lover of peace, and more 
 frequently sought those fields wherein evangelical men were 
 in harmony, than those in which they differed; and was 
 always sensible to the evils of partisan and heated discus- 
 sion, and earnestly endeavored to avoid the danger of 
 unnecessary controversy. 
 
 As a preacher, he was eminently scriptural and instruct- 
 ive. The plan of his discourse was never complex, and 
 the arrangement of thought was so logical and chastely 
 rendered, that the most cultivated listened with delight, and 
 yet so lucid and natural that all could follow him under- 
 standingly. His sermons were always constructed with 
 care, and his thoughts so aptly expressed, that little was 
 left for inference. He read his sermons closely and without 
 action, yet with considerable emphasis, and in a manner of 
 such sincerity and earnestness, that they seldom were 
 carelessly received. He did not rely upon an extreme 
 imagination, nor upon an excitement of the natural sympa- 
 thies, but upon a full and clear presentation of truth in its 
 immediate and practical relations to the lives of men. He 
 generally sought to fix a few thoughts in one discourse, 
 and for this purpose often repeated the prominent ideas 
 until they were deeply rooted in the minds of his hearers. 
 His voice was clear, pleasant, and well modulated; his 
 manner of preaching earnest and solemn. If he did not 
 rise to lofty strains of pathos and fervency, he possessed 
 much of the eloquence of sincerity, simplicity, and ear- 
 nestness. 
 
 In other labors he was no less distinguished. Rev. Dr. 
 Barstow has paid this fitting tribute to the memory of his 
 friend and fellow-laborer: — 
 
 29 
 
222 SISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 In thorough and practical knowledge of theology, in ecclesi- 
 astical law and usages of the church, he was well skilled. His 
 counsel was widely sought, and he was much esteemed for his 
 wisdom, judgment, and impartial decisions. He was always 
 prominent in all measures pertaining to the welfare of society ; 
 and the town of Rindge owes much of its good name to the 
 influence of his faithful labors. 
 
 Dr. Burnham was a frequent contributor to the religious 
 press. The tract prepared by him, " The Infidel Reclaimed," 
 has been translated into several languages, and widely circu- 
 lated. A discourse, delivered November 14, 1861, on the 
 occasion of the fortieth anniversary of his pastorate, is a 
 model historical production. This was published, as was 
 also sermons on the life and character of Samuel L. Wilder, 
 Esq., 1863, and of Rev. Ebenezer Hill, of Mason, 1858. 
 
 Dr. Burnham represented the town in the Legislature 
 1854 and 1855. In 1858, the trustees of Dartmouth College 
 honored him with the degree of Doctor of Divinity; and 
 for more than thirty years he was a member of the Board 
 of Trustees of the Academy at New Ipswich. 
 
 At the close of forty-five years of constant and uninter- 
 rupted ministrations, Dr. Burnham presented a written 
 communication, requesting a release from active pastoral 
 labor. A mutual council was convened November 14, 
 1867, the forty-sixth anniversary of his settlement, when 
 the connection so happily existing for nearly fifty years 
 was dissolved. 
 
 The labor of these many years was rendered without 
 parade or high pretension. He never recounted his trials, 
 nor seemed to realize the amount of work he had performed. 
 
 In the following words, written of another, many will 
 recognize a similitude of their former pastor : " That which 
 was most admirable about him was not his doing so much, 
 
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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 223 
 
 out that having done so much he seemed to think he had 
 done nothing. With him it seemed to be an instinctive 
 impulse to esteem others above himself. Few men have 
 ever had more of the spirit of the disciple whom Jesus 
 loved. Whithersoever he came he said, 'Little children, 
 love one another,' not indeed always in so many words, 
 but all his words seemed to say this. It was scarcely 
 possible to fix one's eyes on his mild, calm, benevolent 
 countenance without feeling one's heart softened, without 
 feeling something of an answering kindness of a like good 
 wUl towards men." 
 
 Rev. Amos Wood Burnham, D.D., died at the residence 
 of his daughter in Keene, April 9, 1871. His funeral 
 sermon was preached by his life-long friend. Rev. Z. S. 
 Barstow, D.D., of Keene. A memorial discourse, containing 
 many passages of rare beauty and chaste expression, was 
 delivered by Rev. Dennis Powers, the acting pastor of the 
 church at Rindge. The discourses were printed, and ar^ 
 grateful tributes to the memory of a faithfid pastor and an 
 upright man. 
 
 From November 14, 1867, until June 3, 1873, was an 
 era of supplies; the events are so recent and so carefuUy 
 preserved in the records, that no extended account is here 
 given. It was a period in which many were called and 
 few chosen. Rev. Lysander Dickerman supplied the pulpit 
 for several months during this period, and such were his 
 fraternal sympathies and natural kindness of heart, that it 
 took but little time or proximity to know him well. Of 
 superior intellectual strength and cultivation, his sermons 
 were uniformly thoughtful and attractive. He received a 
 call, which was declined. Subsequently Rev. Dennis 
 Powers was engaged, from time to time, as acting pastor, 
 until the connection was severed by a long and severe 
 
224 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 sickness. He remained nearly three years, but was unwill- 
 ing to be considered a candidate for settlement, and for 
 this reason no call was extended. As a preacher, Mr. 
 Powers was always interesting, instructive, and impressive. 
 He has a voice of rare compass, and modulated with 
 uncommon effect. His sermons were elaborately and 
 carefully composed, and replete with beauty of thought 
 and expression. During his residence in Rindge he was 
 twice elected Chaplain of the New Hampshire Legislature, 
 where his cultivated manners and social qualities surrounded 
 him with flattering attention. 
 
 In March, 1873, a unanimous call was extended to Rev. 
 Frank G. Clark, which was accepted. He was ordained 
 June 3, 1873. 
 
 The clergymen who composed the council and took 
 part in the installation services were : Rev. F. J. Fairbanks, 
 Ayer, Massachusetts, Invocation ; Rev. W. J. Tucker, Man- 
 chester, New Hampshire, Sermon, from the text, " But 
 faith which worketh by love " ; Rev. R. Case, Jaffrey, 
 Prayer of Installation; Rev. D. Foster, Winchendon, 
 Charge ; Rev. George Dustan, Peterborough, Right Hand 
 of Fellowship; Rev. C. W. Wallace, D.D., Manchester, 
 Charge to the People. 
 
 Rev. Frank Gray Clark, son of James L. and Hannah 
 (Baldwin) Clark, was born in Francestown, New Hamp- 
 shire, February 22, 1838. He pursued a preparatory course 
 of study at Appleton Academy, Mount Vernon, and was 
 graduated at Amherst College 1862. During the succeeding 
 five years he was principal of the Francestown Academy. 
 In this position he was highly successful, and enjoyed the 
 unqualified respect of his pupils and of the community. 
 Subsequently he pursued a course of study at Andover 
 Theological Seminary, and graduated 1869 ; was ordained 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 225 
 
 in September of that year, and entered upon the labors of 
 his calling, as city missionary in Manchester, on the first 
 of the following October. In this work he was earnestly 
 engaged until April 1, 1873, when he resigned upon his 
 acceptance of the call from the church and society in 
 Rindge. Mr. Clark has zealously entered upon his labors 
 under favorable auspices, and in the lives of his predecessors 
 he has worthy patterns for imitation. 
 
 Since the organization of the church, fourteen persons 
 have officiated as deacons. The list gives the date of each 
 election, and all present incumbents excepted, have held 
 the office until their death or removal from the town: — 
 John Lovejoy, 1767, died 1795 
 
 Josiah Ingalls, 1767, " about 1774 
 
 Francis Towne, 1776, " Aug. 11, 1811 
 
 Edward Jewett, 1780, « Jan. 12, 1825 
 
 Eleazer Blake, 1801, " Sept. 27, 1852 
 
 David Barker, 1812, " June 16, 1816 
 
 Hezekiah Hubbard, 1804 or earlier,— died April 22, 1822 
 Ebenezer Brown, 1817, died Aug. 4, 1849 
 
 Benjamin Eddy, 1823, removed to Newton, Mass., 1827 
 Adin Cummings, 1830, " " JafErey, . 1855 
 
 Luther Goddard, 1830, died April 26, 1858 
 
 Joseph B. Breed, 1851, " Sept. 23, 1864 
 
 Omar D. Converse, 1856. 
 Jeremiah Norcross, 1864. 
 
 The following have also been chosen by the church, but 
 declined to be qualified : Jonathan Sherwin, 1776 ; Ezra 
 Thomas, 1823 ; Enos Blake, 1830 ; and Thomas Jewett, 1864. 
 Deacon Benjamin Kingsbury, Deacon James Bancroft, and 
 Deacon William M. Lamb, whose names occur upon our 
 records, were officers of other churches previous to their 
 removal to Rindge. 
 
 For nearly a century there has been what is styled a 
 " standing committee " connected with the church, whose 
 duty has been such as is usual in similar .organizations. 
 In earlier times each committee was chosen for a special 
 
226 HI3T0BT OF BINDGE. 
 
 purpose, and was discharged as soon as that duty was 
 performed. February 10, 1786, the first committee to serve 
 for an unlimited time was chosen, and for the next seven 
 years Deacon Lovejoy, Deacon Towne, Deacon Jewett, 
 Barnabas Barker, Ephraim Hunt, Samuel Page, and David 
 Adams served upon this committee. February 1, 1793, 
 the committee was reorganized, and their particular duties 
 defined to be " to inquire into the qualifications of such as 
 desire to unite with the church, and to take notice of the 
 improper conduct of any member." From this date the 
 committee has been continuous. The list gives the order 
 of election and duration of service : — 
 
 Dea. Francis Towne, 
 
 1793, 
 
 
 died 
 
 . Aug. 11, 1811 
 
 Dea. John Lovejoy, 
 
 1793, 
 
 
 u 
 
 1795 
 
 Dea. Edward Jewett, 
 
 1793, 
 
 
 n 
 
 Jan. 12, 1825 
 
 Jonathan Sherwin, 
 
 1793, 
 
 
 cc 
 
 Feb. 23, 1804 
 
 Benjamin Kingsbury, 
 
 1793, 
 
 
 (( 
 
 June 10, 1827 
 
 Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard, 
 
 1793, 
 
 
 a 
 
 April 22, 1822 
 
 Dea. David Barker, 
 
 1793, 
 
 
 11 
 
 June 16, 1816 
 
 Thomas Wetherbee, 
 
 1793, removed 1800. 
 
 
 
 Eliphaz Alien, 
 
 1812, resigned 
 
 1838, 
 
 It 
 
 Oct. 24, 1846 
 
 William Barker, 
 
 1823, 
 
 
 a 
 
 Oct. 25, 1830 
 
 Ezra Thomas, 
 
 1823, 
 
 
 11 
 
 April 5, 1855 
 
 John Perry, 
 
 1823, resigned 
 
 1832, 
 
 a 
 
 Aug. 7, 1834 
 
 Dea. Benjamin Eddy, 
 
 1823, removed 1827, 
 
 (C 
 
 1852 
 
 Gates Rand, 
 
 1823, resigned 1830, 
 
 {( 
 
 Jan. 21, 1858 
 
 Enos Blake, 
 
 1832, 
 
 
 It 
 
 Dec. 3, 1867 
 
 James Robbing, 
 
 1832, 
 
 
 i( 
 
 Nov. 27, 1859 
 
 Samuel Stearns, 
 
 1838, 
 
 
 t( 
 
 AprU 6,1871 
 
 Dea. Joseph B. Breed, 
 
 1838, 
 
 
 a 
 
 Sept. 23, 1864 
 
 Dea. Jeremiah Norcross, 
 
 1851. 
 
 
 
 
 Dea. Omar D. Converse, 
 
 1856. 
 
 
 
 
 Jason B. Perry, 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 
 
 Thomas Jewett, 
 
 1858, removed 1865. 
 
 
 
 James RamsdeU, 
 
 1864, 
 
 
 It 
 
 Sept. 20, 1873 
 
 Otis Hubbard, 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 Stephen Hale, 
 
 1872. 
 
 
 
 
 Ivers H. Brooks, 
 
 1872. 
 
 
 
 
 Martin L. Goddard, 
 
 1872. 
 
 
 
 
 George R. Thomas, 
 
 1*872, 
 
 
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 May 20, 1873 
 
CHAPTEE X. 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY CONTINUED. 
 
 Charter Stipulations Concerning Meeting-Houses. — The Common. — 
 Fears of the Indians. — Voted to Build a Meeting-House. — Building 
 Raised. — Cost of First Meeting-Hguse. — House Occupied. — Seat- 
 ing of the Meeting-House. — Second Meeting-House BuUt. — Cost of 
 Building. — Reparations for the Raising. — Dedication. — Members 
 of other Denominations Excused from the Ministerial Tax. — Relig- 
 ious Society Organized. — The Methodists ask for Privileges in the 
 Meeting-House. — Town Grants the Society Liberty to Remodel the 
 Meeting-House. — Extensive Repairs Made. — Internal Arrange- 
 ment. — Repairs made in 1870. — Reduction of Society Debt. 
 
 A CLAUSE in all the charters granted by the Masonian 
 proprietors required the grantees to bmld a convenient 
 meeting-house in each grant within five years from the date 
 of their charter, provided they were not prevented by Indian 
 hostilities. 
 
 At the first meeting of the proprietors or grantees of 
 Monadnock Number One, under date of February 13, 1750, 
 it was voted "that in four years from October last past 
 there be a meeting-house built in said Town at y* charge of 
 y" proprietors." But this early promise was for several 
 years delayed, although in the meantime twenty acres in 
 the exact centre of the town had been reserved for a site 
 for the edifice, and was frequently referred to as the 
 "meeting-house place," and occasionally as the "training 
 
228 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 ground." This common of spacious proportions included 
 the present common, the cemetery, and extended as far 
 south as the residence of Miss Sarah Shurtleff, and was 
 there bounded by an east and west line of about fifty-six 
 and one-half rods. The opposite boundary of equal width 
 was north of the Methodist parsonage. 
 
 When the prescribed time in which the proprietors had 
 voted to build had almost expired, and no progress being 
 made, the records under date of September 24, 1754, give 
 the following reasons for the failure : " Whereas, this 
 Propriety are enjoined by Charter to build a Meeting-House 
 in said tract amongst other things conditioned in order for 
 complyance with the Grant, under Reservation of their 
 being no Indian Warr within the time limited for doing the 
 said duty and Inasmuch as at present the Indians have 
 made devastation and committed Hostilities on our Fron- 
 tiers That we esteem it Hazardous both as to our lives in 
 performing said work as well as the Indians consuming it 
 when done. Therefore Voted that we do not at present 
 proceed to build said House." 
 
 Evidently satisfied with the manner in which they had 
 put themselves on record, and substantial reasons did exist 
 to give force to this expression, they took no further action 
 for some time, and nothing is heard of this important 
 enterprise until 1759, when it was " voted not to build at 
 present." This action was soon followed by two others of 
 like import ; but in 1761 the time for action came. May 28, 
 " The question being put to see if y® Proprietors will 
 proceed to build a meeting-house in said Township for y" 
 public worship of God and it passed in y® affirmative. 
 Then voted that y° length of said house be fifty feet and 
 forty feet in breadth and that y* posts and all the timber of 
 said house be cut proportionable thereto, in the judgment 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL SISTORT. 229 
 
 of y® committee ; and y* committee are to provide timber 
 boards shingles and all other necessaries for to build said 
 house and to proceed so far in finishing said house as to 
 close in the same to lay y® lower floor and make and hang 
 y® doors and that y® same be done by y® last of August 
 1762. Then chose Moses Hale Abel Platts and Jonathan 
 Stanley, a committee and they are fully empowered for y" 
 purpose aforesaid. Voted that y° cost of building the 
 meeting-house be borne by the whole propriety." 
 
 At the same meeting, Josiah IngaUs, Moses Hale, and 
 Abel Platts were empowered to lay out the twenty acres of 
 land that previously had been reserved for a common and 
 " meeting-house place." The second prescribed time in 
 which the house was to be completed had nearly expired, 
 and another year was added, and subsequently the delay 
 until 1764 was ratified by vote of the proprietors. 
 
 The legislation on the subject now began to evince an 
 earnestness of purpose that contemplated no future delay. 
 
 In the summer of 1764 the building was raised, and 
 frequent votes of instruction to committees, and for raising 
 money, followed, all of which were expressions of a deter- 
 mination to speedily complete the edifice. Enoch Hale, 
 Wmiam. Carlton, and Aaron Taylor were to clear the 
 common, and several roads centering towards the place 
 were laid out, and ample provisions were made for the 
 raising. 
 
 Every man owning an improved lot of land was to 
 provide dinner for two men, and that there was purchased 
 the conventional barrel of rum is of course expected, and 
 the fact well established by the records. It is well known 
 that such entertainment was a feature of the times, and 
 consequently demands no extended notice here. We have 
 no doubt it was used prudently, and with our knowledge 
 30 
 
230 HI8T0BT OF RINBGE. 
 
 of the frugal habits of our fathers, it would be safe to infer 
 that none was wasted. 
 
 The fact that a motion to furnish liquor to the workmen 
 while the building was being framed was voted down, might 
 call forth some complimentary remarks if it was certain 
 that the voters and the workmen were one and the same 
 body of men, and if the following votes concerning a supply 
 for the raising had not been so emphatic, and displaying an 
 unusual unanimity and anxiety while the proposition was 
 being acted upon. 
 
 First, with commendable prudence, it was voted to 
 invite the non-resident proprietors "to furnish a supply of 
 liquor for the raising." This vote was altogether too 
 uncertain. At the same meeting it was ordered that Jona- 
 than Stanley, Abel Platts, and Nathaniel Page — three of 
 their eldest and most reliable men, — procure the liquor, if 
 the non-residents do not; and lest there should be any 
 remaining doubt about the supply, in the true spirit of 
 " whether or no " it was immediately agreed " to provide 
 one barrel of rum for the raising." After this cumidative 
 action the intention of the meeting will never be misunder- 
 stood. These votes, like many others, were never recon- 
 sidered, nor the time for their fulfillment lengthened out. 
 It was a meeting of rare unanimity. With this question so 
 happily settled to the satisfaction of all present, it passes 
 with alacrity to the remaining article in the warrant, and 
 voted to have as much preaching this summer as will expend 
 the half dollar. Let no one presume that an expenditure 
 of this amount for rum, and haK a dollar for preaching 
 were unequitable appropriations for their spiritual wants, 
 until he has been informed that the sum really was half a 
 dollar on each right of land, as shown by the record of the 
 meeting at which the money was raised for this purpose. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 231 
 
 The meeting-house was partially completed in the simi- 
 mer of 1764, and meetings were probably held within during 
 the season. It is certain, however, that in the following 
 year, at the advent of Rev. Seth Dean, the house was 
 occupied from Sabbath to Sabbath. Considerable sums of 
 money were expended at this time in clearing and grading 
 the common. The following spring it was ordered "to finish 
 the meeting-house fit for comfortable meeting," and in 1766 
 the proprietors' meetings were called to assemble in the 
 meeting-house. These, as well as the town-meetings which 
 superseded them, were subsequently held therein. Thomas 
 Peabody, of Lunenburg, was the master carpenter, and had 
 with him as experienced workmen Capt. Jacob Gould, 
 of Lunenburg, Jonathan Hopkinson and Henry Coffeen, of 
 Monadnock Number One. In addition to these, nearly 
 every resident of the place was paid for labor, and very 
 many for materials furnished. 
 
 Thomas Peabody and Capt. Gould owned land and 
 paid taxes here, but it is not probable that either were 
 ever permanent residents. Jacob Gould, who settled in 
 Rindge, was a son of Capt. Gould. Henry Coffeen and 
 Jonathan Hopkinson resided here several years, and sub- 
 sequently removed to Jaftrey. 
 
 A noticeable feature at this day is the decree " any of 
 the inhabitants shall have the liberty to work at cutting 
 the timber for the meeting-house and to score in and but 
 of for the huers for common wages, that is such hands as 
 the committee shall think proper to employ." The pay- 
 roll can be foimd on the proprietors' book of records. It 
 affords valuable information concerning who were residents 
 at this date. Very few are now living who remember the 
 first meeting-house in Rindge, and, with the exception of 
 
232 HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 a primitive and temporary structure in New Ipswich, the 
 first in this immediate portion of the State. 
 
 All descriptions which have been preserved agree in 
 representing it of plain exterior, without steeple or cupola, 
 while the internal arrangements were so frequently amended 
 to meet the increasing demands for additional accommoda- 
 tion that any general description would be impossible. It 
 possessed neither fire-place nor chimney. And there, in the 
 cold of winter, from Sabbath to Sabbath, were assembled 
 many devout worshipers, little dreaming of the comforts 
 and changes of the coming years. Truly "our fathers 
 did worship God in the wilderness, and are dead." 
 
 The materials furnished for the structure are entered 
 at length upon the records. About one hundred and fifty 
 pounds were paid for boards and plank ; twenty-two thou- 
 sand shingles were purchased for sixty-six pounds, and 
 twenty pounds were paid for clapboards ; the slit work 
 cost about sixty pounds, which was purchased, as well as 
 a greater part of the boards and plank, at the mill of 
 Josiah Ingalls, and the remainder at the mill of Jonathan 
 Hopkinson; the nails and spikes were furnished by the 
 carpenters at an expense of fifty pounds; the underpin- 
 ning, which was set under the direction of Enoch Hale, 
 cost eleven pounds, and numerous items for labor amount 
 to four hundred and eighty pounds. In addition to these 
 sums, two hundred pounds were raised which probably 
 covered the expense for glass and other material which are 
 not mentioned upon the records. 
 
 After the edifice had thus been made " fit for comfort- 
 able meeting," the proposition to more completely finish 
 the house was several times proposed, but no positive meas- 
 ures were adopted. Soon after the incorporation of the 
 town the meeting-house was turned over to the new 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 233 
 
 organization. Without doubt, tlie anticipation of this eyent 
 on the part of the proprietors was the occasion of their 
 neglect to improve the appearance and convenience of the 
 house. 
 
 After the ordination of Mr. Dean, the proprietors voted 
 that the annual rental of the pews should be sold to the 
 highest bidder ; but before any progress was made another 
 meeting was held at which it was voted: — 
 
 To Lay the sum of five hundred pounds, masachusets old 
 tenor, on the pue ground, and to Chuse a.commitee to dignify 
 the pue ground in the meeting-house and prize them according 
 to their judgment. Chose namely Nathaniel Page, John Coffeen 
 and Page Norcross who are to have their pues from three other 
 Commitee namely Enoch Hale, Esq'r, Samuel Sherwin and 
 Elezer Coffeen. 
 
 Voted to give the highest [tax] payers the first Choice of the 
 pues, aiid so on till they are Disposed of, they paying the price 
 set on the pue and they taking them for their seets. 
 
 The following article and vote indicate that, under 
 this arrangement, a few of the pews were not rented: — 
 
 To sea if the propriety will say what the Commitee for the 
 Disposing of the pue ground [shall do] whether they shall sell 
 them at Vandoe or what they shall Doe with them, whether they 
 shall sell them to the highest Eider or whether they shall sell 
 them to such as have Land in the town or to such as Live handy 
 to our meeting-House. 
 
 This article was broad enough to admit of any action, 
 provided it related to the sale of the pews. By the term 
 so often employed to sell the pews was meant to sell a 
 yearly rental. Other references to this subject upon the 
 records make it evident that such was the idea intended 
 to be conveyed. The proprietors when assembled made 
 
234 HISTOBT OF BINBOE. 
 
 known their choice of the numerous propositions contained 
 in the article by voting "to Dispose of the three pews 
 onsold By public Vandoe, namely, the Northeast Corner 
 Pue, and the pue on the Left hand of the west Dore, and 
 the Left hand pue on the body." 
 
 The committee chosen to dignify the pews were expected 
 to determine, by their edict, which should be the more hon- 
 orable seats in the meeting-house, and it was their especial 
 duty to carefully estimate the dignity of each individual, 
 and assign to him a seat sufficiently exalted to meet the 
 demand of each particular case. It was a grave responsi- 
 bility, and one requiring the exercise of great wisdom and 
 prudence. In this light it was regarded by our fathers ; and 
 from fear the committee would secure for themselves seats 
 too exalted, they chose a second committee to curb the self- 
 esteem of the first. If any think we are wiser and less 
 pretentious to-day, let them remember that vanity is an 
 inheritance that seldom suffers in transmission. If our 
 fathers coveted the highest seats in the synagogue, the 
 same conceit has become intensified with each succeeding 
 generation. The comparison is not in our favor. Then a 
 committee was chosen to gauge the dignity of the indi- 
 vidual, now he complacently estimates it for himself; then 
 the person's age and worth were taken into consideration, 
 now his seat in the synagogue is graduated by his purse ; 
 then one could gain refreshing glimpses of himself as others 
 saw him, now he blinds himself with pride, and over- 
 estimates his real worth. The rivalry in the sale of pews, 
 at the present time, and the stately pride that occupies the 
 broad aisle, are evidences that we are as unmindful as were 
 our fathers that the incense of acceptable worship must 
 arise from the altars of humility and humbleness of heart. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL BISTORT. 235 
 
 The meeting-liouse was also seated by a committee in 
 1771, and again in 1780. The names of the inhabitants, 
 with the pew which each was expected to occupy, were 
 entered at length upon the records. On these occasions 
 no rents were paid, and the committee were instructed, in 
 the assignment of the seats, to take into consideration the 
 age and amount -of taxes paid by each individual, and grade 
 his position accordingly. 
 
 In 1773, the town " voted to finish j° meeting house in 
 Rindge by pitching and sanding y' Roof, plastering y" inside 
 of y® house, and building j" Galleries, with allowance for 
 pews in y" same, and Chose Mr. Solomon Cutler, Mr. 
 William Carlton, and Mr. Nathan Hale to see said work 
 performed." In 1779, one hundred pounds were also 
 expended for additional repairs. 
 
 The increase in population soon began to demand a 
 new and more commodious house. This movement was 
 perhaps hastened by an offer from Dr. Payson to give the 
 town a bell if a new meeting-house was built within a 
 prescribed term. The town promptly passed "a vote of 
 thanks to Rev. Mr. Payson for his generous offer respect- 
 ing the meeting house,'' and a committee was chosen 
 "to propose a plan to lay before the town." This com- 
 mittee reported without delay, but this hopeful action 
 found an untimely grave in a vote "not to build at 
 present." But the existing inconveniences of the old house, 
 and an increasing demand for more ample accommodations, 
 were not buried with it, and were again represented in 
 the warrant for a town-meeting, held June 2, 1794. At 
 this time it was voted to build a new meeting-house, and 
 the meetings continued by adjournment until the following 
 March, and six subsequent meetings followed. There was 
 in all no less than sixteen meetings of the town to consider 
 
236 mSTOBY OF bindge. 
 
 and adopt measures in relation to the undertaking. At 
 each some progress was made, and the proceedings are 
 carefully presented in the following statement. 
 
 The opposition to the undertaking had mainly come 
 from a few owners of pews in the old house. To avoid all 
 contention and continued opposition from this quarter, the 
 old house was granted to the proprietors of pews, and the 
 building ordered to a new location beside the old pound, 
 which stood partly beneath a large oak tree, where the 
 dwelling house of Daniel H. Sargent now stands. And 
 thus the owners were undisturbed in the possession of 
 their property. But having carried their point with very 
 unsatisfactory results, and having no immediate use for 
 the bone of contention, it was subsequently sold, not on 
 account of the doctrines that had been taught within the 
 walls, but rather on account of the soundness of the timber 
 that composed the frame. The curious can now find many 
 of the timbers once in this ancient structure, and which 
 were hewn from the native forests one hundred and twelve 
 years ago, reframed in the barn of Charles A. Wilder, who 
 is ever happy in pointing out to the visitor these Orthodox 
 oak. A committee of eleven was also chosen "to talk 
 with the proprietors of the pews and see what will content 
 them." But no report of the result of these conferences 
 appears upon the record. And the unanimity with which 
 the results were reached would indicate that nearly all oppo- 
 sition had disappeared. 
 
 A committee, consisting of Lieut. James Crumble, 
 Edward Jewett, Esq., Dea. Francis Towne, Dea. Benjamin 
 Kingsbury, Daniel Rand, Esq., Lieut. John Barker, Mr. 
 David Barker, Capt. Solomon Rand, Mr. Eliphalet Wood, 
 Lieut. Joseph MuUikin, and Mr. Joseph Barker was chosen 
 to prepare a plan for a new meeting-house. This committee 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 237 
 
 soon reported, and the proposed plan was adopted, " except 
 the color of the doors them to be mahogany." 
 
 The accepted plan contemplated a building sixty-six 
 feet long and fifty-two feet wide, and defined the number 
 and arrangement of the pews. Then a committee of three, 
 Daniel Rand, Esq., Edward Jewett, Esq., and Mr. Jonathan 
 Ingalls, was impowered "to let out the meeting-house to 
 build," with instructions to sell the pews from the plan in 
 advance, and apply the proceeds in payment of the con- 
 tractors; while the credit of the town was pledged to make 
 up any deficiency if the sale of pews did not amount to a 
 sufficient sum. A contract for building according to the 
 plan was made with John and David Barker, who performed 
 the work to the acceptance of all concerned. There had 
 been several decisions and as many reconsiderations con- 
 cerning the location of the new building, until it was finally 
 agreed "to set the house so far Northerly of the spot of 
 ground where the old house stood as the graves in the 
 burying yard will admit of without interrupting them." 
 
 None of the former locations were more than a few feet 
 from the site finally selected. Deacon John Lovejoy, an 
 early settler, an influential man, and for many years a 
 deacon of the church, had been buried only a few months. 
 His new-made grave fell within the boundaries marked out 
 for the location ; yet, in disobedience of the town's vote, the 
 meeting-house to-day covers his remains, a proud monument 
 to the memory of one who gave the years of his life to the 
 cause of Him for whose worship the house was reared. 
 
 At this time the crown of the hill where the meeting- 
 house stands was carted into a basin between the eminence 
 and the residence of George A. Whitney, Esq., and the 
 bank wall east of the edifice was built. 
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238 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 There had been several votes, each rescinding the former, 
 before it was decided what should be the form and height 
 of the steeple. Finally David Barker was requested to 
 present a plan, which was at once accepted, and the contract 
 for building was offered to the lowest bidder. The records 
 award the work to John Priest for f 330, but subsequently 
 the contract was executed between the town and the 
 Barkers, and the money was paid to them. 
 
 There were fifty-eight pews on the ground floor, of 
 oblong shape, and seats upon opposite sides, and twenty- 
 eight similar ones in the galleries. One was reserved, and 
 stands upon the plan as the " Town's Pew," and another, 
 the most desirable one, was presented to Rev. Dr. Payson. 
 The remaining eighty were sold for sums ranging from 
 $91 to $30. The amount received from the sale of pews 
 amoimted to $3,448. The items of expense were as 
 follows : — 
 
 To John and David Barker, contractors, . . . $3,316.33 
 To John and David Barker for steeple, .... 330.00 
 To Committees for removing old house, grading the Com- 
 mon, and underpinning, 680.54 
 
 To expenses of the raising, 268.13 
 
 Deacon Edward Jewett, Capt. Solomon Rand, and Capt. 
 Salmon Stone were chosen "a committee to raise the 
 meeting-house," which business was probably managed to 
 the acceptance of all interested. Their report, made to the 
 town November 7, 1796, is as follows : — 
 
 The subscribers being appointed a committee to provide for, 
 and raise Rindge Meeting House beg leave to report as foUoweth : 
 
HCClESIASTICAL BISTORT. 239 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 That they let out the raising at . . . . 1800 
 
 The victualling at 3140 
 
 Liquor and other stores of Mr. Wilder . . 25 10 7 
 Paid sundry persons for Lemons Cider and other 
 
 articles and expenses i 5 7 1-2 
 
 The committee spent 5 days each and Capt Stone 
 1-2 a Day more exclusive of the time of raising 
 
 at dr. per Day each 4 13 o 
 
 80 13 2 1-2 
 The Rum Barrel sold at 4s'. 9</. 49 
 
 80 8 5 1-2 
 
 All of which is humbly submitted by 
 
 EDWARD JEWETT, "I 
 SOLOMON RAND, I Committee. 
 SALMON STONE, J 
 Rindge Aug, 29 1796. 
 
 Let any one examine the timbers in the frame of this 
 building, and he will comprehend that the raising was no 
 ordinary undertaking. The town do not give evidence of 
 being unmindful of the difficulty of the task, nor were proper 
 preparations overlooked. Reference has been made to the 
 committee elected to superintend the work of the day, 
 and to provide all necessary comforts. In addition, Major 
 William Gardner, Major Benjamin Davis, Deacon Benjamin 
 Kingsbury, Mr. Thomas Todd, Deacon Francis Towne, 
 Dr. Ebenezer Hartshorn, Ensign Joseph Platts, Lieut. 
 Ebenezer Davis, and Mr. Samuel Page, were delegated " to 
 clear the ground of all idle spectators where they are in 
 the way of the workmen." Who could have had the 
 audacity to disobey the commands of this rare combina- 
 tion of military, ecclesiastical, and professional dignitaries, 
 not omitting the humble citizens who were sifted into the 
 committee in proper proportions to preserve them from an 
 untimely burial beneath the weight of their own honors I 
 
240 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 When the meeting-house in a neighboring town w as raised, 
 the deacons were selected to mix and distribute the grog. 
 If a similar duty fell to the lot of the above committee, it 
 must have been a memorable sight to have seen the 
 deacons decanting into those huge reservoirs the soul of 
 the beverage ; the majors — next in rant — adding the 
 proper amount of sugar; Ensign Platts vigorously squeez- 
 ing the lemons ; Dr. Hartshorn, with professional exactness, 
 adding the modiciim of nutmeg ; while Lieut. Davis is agi- 
 tating the materials into a chemical union, and the humble, 
 yet useful, citizens are hastening each with a pail of water 
 to temper the whole to an approved point of combination. 
 It has been shown that one empty barrel was sold after 
 the raising. The ruse is too thin. The faithful historian 
 must declare that at current prices of the time the amount 
 paid for liquor would have purchased, and without doubt 
 did p'urchase, several barrels for the occasion. And seldom 
 has the town had the honor of welcoming so many strangers 
 within her borders as were then assembled in honor of her 
 hospitahty. 
 
 The house was dedicated, with appropriate ceremonies, 
 January 11, 1797, about two and one-half years from the 
 vote of the town to build the same. The sermon was 
 preached by Dr. Payson, and the following hymn, written 
 for the occasion, was sung : — 
 
 "Blessings unnumbered claim our praise, 
 Blessings of Nature and of Grace; 
 For comforts here and hopes above, 
 Praise to the eternal source of love. 
 
 " That we have leave to serve the Lord, 
 To pray, to praise, and read His word. 
 To hear the Gospel's joyful sound, 
 Let glory to His name redound. 
 
SECOND MEETING HOUSE IN EINDGB. BDILT, 1796. 
 
 BEMOBELLED, 1839 AND 1871. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 241 
 
 "Free from restraints imposed by men, 
 From Persecution's hateful reign, 
 Duty and Love our worship gruide, 
 We walk secure where conscience leads. 
 
 "We thank thee. Lord, that through our land 
 Thy sacred temples frequent stand. 
 Where gracious souls their love proclaim. 
 And learn the glories of Thy name. 
 
 "For this fair house unstained with blood. 
 We thank the bounty of our God. 
 'Twas He who raised these walls in peace. 
 And brought the top stone forth with grace. 
 
 "Here let Thy power and glory shine; 
 Here, Lord, let fellowship divine 
 Bless the attendants at Thy gate. 
 Who for Thy holy teachings wait. 
 
 " To humble souls these blessings yield. 
 Which Jacob found in Bethel's field. 
 May they, by gracious visits given. 
 Own their God's house, the gate of heaven. 
 
 "Oh! Hasten, Lord, this happy hour. 
 When aU shall feel Thy gracious power, 
 And the wide world a temple be, 
 Where aU shall join in praising Thee." 
 
 This was the last time the town as a parish assumed 
 any considerable expense in regard to the meeting-house, 
 and in this instance the burden was not onerous, since the 
 proceeds of the sale of the pews were sufficient to cover 
 about three-fourths of the whole expense. 
 
 In 1817, four additional pews were built upon each side 
 of the central aisle ; two were reserved for public uses, and 
 the remaining six were sold for sums which added above 
 three hundred dollars to the public treasury. With the 
 exception of paint and shingles, to make good the wear of 
 
242 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 years, no repairs of importance were made until 1839, when 
 tlie house was thoroughly remodelled, and the interior so 
 changed as to lose its former identity. These repairs were 
 made by the new parish, the town being relieved from all 
 liability or expense. 
 
 In the early history of the town as a parish, reference 
 was made to several petitions and protests of persons enter- 
 taining different religious opinions, and seeking a release 
 from the ministerial tax. Nothing more is heard upon this 
 subject for more than thirty years. Near the close of the 
 past century, by virtue of laws then enacted, any person 
 belonging to some other society, and regularly contributing 
 to the support of the minister thereof, was excused by the 
 town from this tax, on the presentation of a proper certifi- 
 cate making the fact known to the town. These certificates 
 were substantially like the specimens transcribed : — 
 
 This is to certify that George Metcalf of Rindge attends 
 public worship with the Methodists in Rindge and freely con- 
 tributes to the support of their ministry. 
 
 JESSE LEE, Elder. 
 Rindge, Feb. i8, 1796. 
 
 The following locates Mr. Page at a considerable dis- 
 tance from the society with which he was connected: — 
 
 Rockingham [Vt] March 2 1797. 
 This may certify whom it may concern that Daniel Page of 
 Rindge belongeth to the Universalists society in this town and 
 contributes to the support of the same. 
 
 SOLOMON WRIGHT, Moderator. 
 
 These certificates were not numerous. Seventeen were 
 excused from the assessment of 1800; in 1810 there were 
 nine ; and in 1819, the last time a tax for this purpose was 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 243 
 
 assessed under the authority of the town, the number was 
 increased to twenty-five. During this time the number of 
 resident tax-payers was about two hundred and fifty, which 
 represents the existence of an unusual unanimity in relig- 
 ious sentiment. 
 
 A majority of the persons presenting certificates were 
 Methodists. This little band of Christians, whose activity 
 was crowned with many blessings, will be noticed in con- 
 nection with an account of the organization and growth of 
 that society. Another person not taxed was Ebenezer 
 Stratton, who was prominently connected with an associa- 
 tion of Baptists, residing mainly in the adjoining towns. 
 Meetings were sometimes held at his house in the north 
 part of the town, and Elder Elliot preached there on sev- 
 eral occasions. These persons were afterwards included in 
 the churches of this denomination gathered at New Ipswich 
 and Jaffrey. 
 
 Although in the enjoyment of rare concord and agree- 
 ment in opinion, this town is found prepared, several years 
 in advance of its neighbors, to sever the existing connection 
 between the church and the town. Rindge was among the 
 first, if not the first town, in the State to acknowledge a 
 violation of individual rights in the maintenance of a 
 municipal parish. Such a system was not in harmony with 
 the prevailing theory of government. The laws of the 
 State had opened the way for a more satisfactory method, 
 and important changes were immediately made. In the 
 language of a statute, approved July 1, 1819 : " Each sect 
 or denomination of Christians in this State may associate 
 and form societies, may admit members, may establish rules 
 and by-laws for their regulation and government, and shall 
 have all the corporate powers which may be necessary to 
 assess and raise money by taxes upon the polls and ratable 
 
244 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 estates of the members of sucli associations, and to collect 
 and appropriate the same for the purpose of building and 
 repairing houses of public worship, and for the support of 
 the ministry." There was also a tolerant provision that no 
 person should be taxed by such society, or be considered a 
 member thereof, without "his consent was first had and 
 obtained," and any person having voluntarily become a 
 member of an association of this character was at liberty 
 to withdraw at any time, and be no longer liable for any 
 part of the expenses of the society. 
 
 Immediately advantage was taken of the liberal provi- 
 sions of the new statute. Rev. Dr. Burnham, in a discourse 
 delivered on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of his 
 pastorate in this town, makes the following accurate and 
 happy statement concerning the association then formed : 
 " The society was constituted in March, 1820," and is 
 believed to be the first that was formed in this State under 
 what was denominated the 'Toleration Act' of 1819. 
 Such an organization was, at that time, a new thing. 
 Questions, doubts, and difficulties were felt and foreseen; 
 but, ' moved by a desire,' as the founders say, ' of enjoying 
 among ourselves, and of transmitting to our posterity the 
 enjoyment and benefits accruiug from the public worship 
 of God, and the ordinances of the Gospel,' these 'good 
 men and true ' organized the Association known then, and 
 ever since, by the name and style of ' The First Congrega- 
 tional Church and Society in Rindge.' Eighty-one persons, 
 it is supposed, af&xed their names to the Constitution at the 
 organization of the society." 
 
 The constitution then adopted, a model of clear state- 
 ment, was the result of much debate and deliberation. Its 
 general provisions were determined during the last months 
 of the life of Rev. Dr. Payson, and, whenever he was able 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOBT. 245 
 
 to confer with the members of his parish, the benefit of his 
 opinions was received. It fell to the lot of "William B. 
 Calhoun to clothe in words the result of these delibera- 
 tions. The instrument reflects credit upon the ability of 
 the author and the wisdom of his sage advisers. Noah R. 
 Cook, Esq., had, at this time, an office in Rindge, and Mr. 
 Calhoun was pursuing his legal studies under his direction. 
 He soon after left the home of his youth to enter upon the 
 duties of an honored and successful life. Since the organ- 
 ization of the society more than four hundred different per- 
 sons have been members. The whole number of signatures 
 , is four hundred and sixty-six, but a few names of persons 
 who have withdrawn and again joined are more than once ' 
 subscribed. The whole number whose names appear on the 
 first tax-list is one hundred and thirty-two; these may 
 properly be considered as original members of the society. 
 The only persons living who became members at the 
 time the society was constituted are Joseph Page, Luke 
 Rugg, and Lovell Whitney, of Rindge, Hon. Marshall P. 
 Wilder, of Boston, and Col. Ezekiel Jewett, of Lockport, 
 New York. The town, being no longer a parish, still nom- 
 inally owned the meeting-house which was occupied by 
 the society recently formed. The Methodists, at a town- 
 meeting held in 1826, made a request that the meeting- 
 house be at their disposal a part of the time in proportion 
 to their interest as citizens in the same. Their request 
 was answered by a report of a committee, to whom their 
 petition had been referred, " that it was the intention of the 
 town when the meeting-house was built, and the expecta- 
 tion of the individuals who purchased the pews therein, 
 that it should be used by that denomination of Christians 
 only which then composed almost exclusively the inhab- 
 itants of the town." It was also answered, and more con- 
 32 
 
246 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
 vincingly, that the town had been at small expense in 
 building the house, since the moneys received from the sale 
 of the pews had been nearly or quite sufficient to meet 
 the expense. And in remuneration for its agency in 
 building, the town had enjoyed the privilege of holding 
 town-meetings and transacting other public business in the 
 house, and in this manner had been satisfactorily compen- 
 sated for aU it had done ; and, finally, that it would be an 
 act of injustice to the owners of the pews to bar them the 
 free use, or grant others the use, of the same. In connection 
 with this position some important concessions were made. 
 In the further language of the report a desire was expressed, 
 "that a liberal and conciliatory course should be pursued 
 by the town." It was then agreed that persons belonging 
 to other denominations should be excused from the expense 
 of keeping the house in repair, and all other expense, 
 " except sweeping the meeting-house immediately after 
 town-meetings." This arrangement appears to have been 
 accepted as final. If the town had been more equally 
 divided, the question might have been the occasion of con- 
 siderable strife. The freedom which was secured from 
 future expense of repairing the house may have been the 
 main result which the Methodist society had in view, 
 since at this time they had a meeting-house of their own. 
 The animus of -their request is not otherwise easily 
 explained. The prevailing denomination, having thus re- 
 tained possession of the meeting-house, were not generous 
 in requiring their guests, on town-meeting days, to sweep 
 out their proportion of the dust. It was a sad breach of the 
 laws of hospitality. The issue, however, was between the 
 town and the petitioners, and not between the two religious 
 societies ; and while it was the town that determined the 
 result, the Congregational society was a controlling element 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 247 
 
 in this action, and must be held responsible for the vote 
 of the town. The subject was never revived, and several 
 years later when, with certain reservations, the meeting- 
 house was more formally ceded to the Congregational 
 society, it was done with little, if any, earnest opposition. 
 During eighteen years after the town ceased to constitute 
 an active parish, the entire meeting-house was under its 
 control. It gave permission to introduce a stove ; it voted 
 repairs ; it ordered the ringing of the bell, but justly excused 
 all persons belonging to other denominations from paying 
 their proportion of the taxes assessed for these purposes. 
 This condition of affairs could not long continue. One 
 corporation was ordering and conducting the prudential 
 affairs, while persons mainly belonging to another were 
 taxed to pay the cost. 
 
 The Congregational society, which was organized at the 
 commencement of this era, had been favored with concord 
 and prosperity. The annual assessments for current ex- 
 penses were promptly paid, and the burden of sustaining 
 the public ministrations of the gospel had fallen heavily 
 upon no one. When the wear of forty years and the 
 increasing demand of the times for more commodious and 
 expensive houses of worship began to be felt, it was plainly 
 apparent that the town, reluctantly, if at all, would propose 
 any substantial improvements. The society, however, is 
 found ready for an undertaking of considerable magnitude. 
 The town had no other, than a secular use for the meeting- 
 house, and apparently was quite ready to grant the society 
 more extended privileges therein than it had formerly en- 
 joyed, especially the privilege of keeping the house in repair, 
 and of making any desired improvements it might elect. 
 In March, 1839, a mutual agreement was made between the 
 two corporations concerning their separate future rights and 
 
248 HISTORY OF B.INDOE. 
 
 obligations for all time to come. The town proposed and 
 the society adopted the following : — 
 
 " If said society will agree that the town may have that part 
 of the ground floor which is East of the West side of the center 
 aisle as the house now stands for a Town Hall and Committee 
 Room and that the Town and Society shall have equal right to 
 pass in & out of the front door of the house and will agree that 
 the town have the privilege of occupying said Hall & Committee 
 Room at all times except Sundays for the following purposes in 
 addition to that of the town business, viz : for an academy or 
 high school ; for Lectures of various Kinds such as Astronemy 
 &c. and all other equally still and civil purposes, (Religious 
 meetings excepted) also for singing schools and any other pur- 
 poses which the Town may wish to occupy the same for on 
 Tuesdays Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays and all other such 
 times and such only as will not disturb or annoy the said society 
 in the free use of the other parts of the house ; and also agree 
 that the town may have the lumber which is now in the free seats 
 in the galleries, then the town will for these privileges finish the 
 hall and committee room or finish it all for a hall as the town 
 may think proper, and will build a fire-place in the Hall also one 
 in the committee room and will carry the chimneys to the floor 
 of the Meeting room above the same, to correspond with the 
 societys plan for the same whenever the society wishes to have 
 them built. Provided, the society will have the funnel from a stove 
 in the Vestry pass through the hall to one of the chimneys in 
 such a manner that it will be convenient to have the funnel 
 from a stove in the hall go into it. And the Town further agree 
 that the Congregational Society and Methodist Society may have 
 the free use of the Bell for their respective purposes. It is to be 
 understood that each society are to use due care in ringing the 
 bell so as not to interrupt each other in their public worship. 
 Reserving to the town the free use of the same at all times for 
 all town purposes with free access thereto, and the town will keep 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOMT. 249 
 
 the bell and its appendages in repair and also build a new cupola 
 above it whenever it is deemed expedient and likewise the town 
 will agree that the said society shall have the full control and 
 exclusive right of the contemplated meeting room and vestry at 
 all times ; it is expected that the society will keep the outside of 
 the house in repair. 
 
 The society proceeded at once to remodel their new 
 possessions. The galleries were removed, a partition floor 
 was laid, and an entirely new audience-room fitted up 
 upon it and over the Town Hall, and the space assigned for 
 a vestry. The porch, which was built at the east end of 
 the meeting-house as a means of access to the galleries, 
 was removed, while the porch at the west end, which also 
 formed the base of the bell deck, was filled out on each side 
 to complete the regular outline of the building ; and this also 
 added several feet to its length. The steeple was rebuilt, 
 and reduced about twelve feet in height. It is supposed 
 by many that this humiliating plan was carried into execu- 
 tion in order to afford the Rindge Engine Company the 
 satisfaction of raising a stream of water above its summit. 
 Their grandest efforts had failed to rival the old steeple, 
 and now, alas, the spire must be reduced to the plane of 
 their abilities. It should here be stated that the society 
 previously had voted to make these repairs, provided the 
 town wiU consent. This consent being had, as already 
 shown, the work was pressed forward with energy, but not 
 without considerable legislation and efficient committees. 
 
 Samuel L. "Wilder, Esq., Col. Jason B. Perry, Oratio 
 P. Allen, Levi Hubbard, and Joseph Brooks had the honor 
 of presenting the general recommendations concerning the 
 amount and nature of the repairs. Another committee, 
 composed of Oratio P. Allen, David Hale, Luke Rugg, 
 Joshua Converse, Esq., and Levi Hubbard, reported that 
 
250 HISTORY OF KINBGE. 
 
 they had consulted the pew-owners as requested by the 
 society, and that a large majority are in favor of the 
 proposed alteration. They also recommended that the 
 pews in the old house be appraised by a disinterested 
 committee, and, after the audience-room is completed, the 
 new pews be appraised for an amount sufficient to pay for 
 the old pews, and the cost of aU the repairs. These rec- 
 ommendations were adopted, and Capt. Zachariah Shelden 
 and John Prichard, of Fitchburg, and E. Murdock, Esq., 
 of Winchendon, were requested to estimate the value of 
 the old pews. The appraisal of this committee ranged 
 from $13 to |2.50, and the aggregate was less than one- 
 eighth of the amount originally paid to the town for the 
 same pews. A few were dissatisfied with this award ; but, 
 in the language of the report of one of the committees, " a 
 large majority are in favor of the proposed repairs." These 
 accepted the amount of the appraisal as one of the neces- 
 sary sacrifices of the undertaking. The few remaining, as 
 is usual in such cases, were powerless in opposing a measure 
 introduced by a majority for the public good. 
 
 Capt. Luke Rugg, Oratio P. Allen, Esq., and Col. 
 Jason B. Perry were selected "to prepare a plan embrac- 
 ing the general outlines of the repairs to be made." To 
 this committee belongs the credit of the many conveniences 
 connected with the remodelled house, even to the present 
 time, since the general features embraced in their report 
 are still preserved. The audience-room as then constructed 
 will be easily represented by comparison with the present, 
 and while the repairs and changes made in 1871 are being 
 noticed, the arrangement of the interior will be more par- 
 ticularly brought to view. 
 
 The committee under whose supervision the house was 
 remodelled was chosen in November, 1838, and consisted of 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 251 
 
 Oratio P. Allen, Jason B. Perry, and Levi Howe. These, 
 with Luke Rugg and Levi Hubbard, were also selected to 
 appraise the pews in the new audience-room. One of the 
 most eligible was selected for the use of the family of the 
 pastor, several as free slips, and the remainder sold for 
 13773.25. 
 
 A subscription of |400 was raised to defray the expense 
 of the repairs upon the steeple, and about $160 received 
 for materials sold. The cost of the repairs amounted to 
 13,645.95. After paying for the old pews and interest on 
 the money advanced, a balance of aibout $130 was stiU 
 on hand, which was subsequently expended in minor repairs 
 upon the meeting-house and parsonage. 
 
 The dedication occurred December 25, 1839. Rev. 
 Messrs. Sabin, of Fitzwilliam, Wood, of Ashby, and 
 Morton, of Winchendon, assisted in the exercises. The 
 sermon was preached by Mr. Burnham, from the text : " "We 
 are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build 
 the house that was builded these many years." An event 
 occurred during the progress of the repairs which wiU find 
 few parallels, and should be noticed. Mr. Erastus Spaulding, 
 of Jaffrey, one of the carpenters, fell from a staging around 
 the beU deck to the ground, a distance of more than fifty 
 feet, but received no permanent or serious injury. Many 
 said it was providential, while others styled it a lucky 
 escape ; but without disputing the point, Mr. Spaulding 
 arose from the ground, and said he was satisfied with the 
 result, and did not care to try it again. Mr. Spaulding 
 resided subsequently in Troy, New Hampshire, where his 
 wife, Mahala (Baker) Spaulding, was fatally burned by 
 the firing of a kettle of varnish that was upon a stove in 
 the room where she was sitting. Afterwards he removed 
 to Keene, and died in that place. 
 
252 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 When the town ceded the meeting-house to the society, 
 a little more than one-half of the ground floor, as then 
 existing, was reserved for a town hall and committee room ; 
 but the entire space was included in the hall, and the 
 committee room never had an existence except on paper. 
 The walls as then finished remain unchanged to the present 
 day. The settees in present use were purchased in 1859, 
 when the last of the ancient pews were removed. 
 
 The bell has ever been the property of the town. The 
 first was purchased in 1817. Two, after several years of 
 service, have become worthless, and their places supplied by 
 a new purchase. The present bell was procured in 1856 ; 
 its weight is fifteen hundred and seventy-four pounds, and 
 few in quality of tone are its superiors. The ancient 
 custom of ringing the bell at noon and nine in the evening 
 is still preserved. The space reserved in 1839 for a vestry 
 was unemployed for several years. It was finally finished, 
 and furnished with settees, about 1855, and has since been 
 used as a lecture-room. 
 
 For thirty years the sound of the hammer is uaheard. 
 A convenient and substantial church edifice was fully 
 appreciated and enjoyed; and through these years the 
 pages of the records are the simple annals of the choice of 
 the customary officers and of uniform expenditures. 
 
 The first note of renovation is heard early in the year 
 1871. Through the untiring and earnest efforts of very 
 many, an expensive pipe organ had been secured. Several 
 society meetings were held, in January and February of 
 this year, to decide upon some alterations to accommodate 
 the instrument when it was ready to be placed in position. 
 It is reasonably certain that no very extensive repairs were 
 at first contemplated. The audience room was more com- 
 modious and inviting in appearance than was generally 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL BISTORT. 253 
 
 found in rural towns. With the exception of the organ 
 room, the contour and size of the room were the same as 
 at present. The vestibules and entrances are unchanged. 
 The floor was an inclined plane. As it was once described, 
 it inclined up as you went in, and inclined down as you 
 came out. The east end of the floor was about two feet 
 higher than at the entrance ; and as one proceeded from the 
 pulpit, which was between the doors, each pew was slightly 
 raised above the one before it; and the last six rows of 
 seats were abruptly raised several feet, and were approached 
 by a series of steps corresponding with each aisle. Of these 
 the central seats were for the choir, and nearly all of the 
 remainder, styled the galleries, were free seats. The audi- 
 ence was seated facing the entrances. That several expen- 
 sive church edifices of this period were constructed on the 
 same plan, is recorded as a fact worthy of mention, and 
 with a hope of justifying our fathers in adopting a style 
 now quite obsolete. This construction of the audience- 
 room was the occasion of some well remembered incidents. 
 It several times happened that when a stranger was to 
 preach, he would pass the pulpit in ignorance of its location, 
 until faithful Deacon Breed would arise from his seat, and 
 point out to him the narrow path that led to the sacred 
 desk. Whatever may have been the most weighty reasons 
 that led to the adoption of an unfashionable arrangement 
 of the pews, it has often been seriously asserted that it was 
 for the relief of any who desired to witness each arrival, 
 and otherwise whose revolving heads would keep the score 
 of assembling attendants. It is highly probable that it 
 was more especially for the mutual satisfaction of the entire 
 congregation, and those persons who " came out bride," — a 
 peculiar phrase which has a clearly defined meaning. It 
 is remembered that the attendance at church of a newly 
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254 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 wedded pair, for the first time after the marriage ceremony, 
 was awaited on the Sabbath morning with a peculiar expec- 
 tation, accompanied by many sly glances at the door until 
 the entrance of the expected twain. The groom comes 
 with an important air and a new found dignity ; and timidly 
 beside him, arm-in-arm for this occasion only, is, the blushing 
 bride, with her downcast eyes, keeping abreast with five 
 steps to every three proclamations of progress from the 
 vociferous boots of her spouse, which proclaim their master's 
 happiness in well modulated squeaks and joyful cadences. 
 As they approach the pew, the groom, with a dexterous 
 sweep of the hand, throws aside the twin appendages of 
 his swallow-tailed coat, disposes of his hat, and triumph- 
 antly seats himself with one masterly contortion. The 
 audience, radiant with satisfaction and approbation, at once 
 direct their attention to the sacred desk, as if willing the 
 services should now commence, leaving the groom to 
 profound contemplation of himself and of his wife, and 
 the accompanying enjoyment of a reasonable measure of 
 happiness, still expressing in every movement an earnest 
 solicitude that no wrinkles be untimely added to his new 
 attire, — for that must serve on important occasions for 
 many years to come. 
 
 Ah, Jonathan, happy art thou, if, through the coming 
 vexations and trials of life, thou canst be as solicitous 
 concerning the wrinkles in thy temper as thou art now in 
 thy apparel ! And if those trusting, confiding eyes, which 
 timidly caress thee, beaming with a new-found satisfaction 
 and devotion, are never to be blinded with bitter tears of 
 sorrow, thy walk in life must ever be as circumspect and 
 considerate as when we saw thee, on this Sabbath morning, 
 proudly leading thy bride before the gaze of an approving 
 congregation. 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL EISTOBY, 255 
 
 The walls and ceiling were indebted for their color to 
 the Tisefiil and wholesome material known as whitewash. 
 Yet in our earliest recollections of the room, nothing remains 
 so vivid as our impressions of the cushions during the 
 long sermons. The patterns of color were eyidently selected 
 from Joseph's coat to suit the taste or capric.e of the owner. 
 If there were two of the same shade, they were so far 
 removed from each other the similarity was overlooked. 
 Our youthful fancies gave a character to each. The rich 
 sat on purple and crimson ; the pious on brown ; the plain, 
 honest, every-day people had cushions of drab; while the 
 cold and unsympathetic were sure to be frozen to a gray. 
 And some there were of different colors woven into the 
 fabric ; the owners of these sometimes went to the Methodist 
 Church, and oftener staid at home. And one there was 
 of changeable hues, which was always tenanted in times of 
 revivals, but was little used meanwhile. 
 
 The pulpit, located between the two entrances, was a 
 solid looking structure, — a sort of breastwork for theo- 
 logical artillery. The front and sides were about seven feet 
 high ; the floor within was three feet less in height, and had 
 upon it a sofa and two chairs, for the accommodation of 
 the minister and his guests. The pulpit cushion and uphol- 
 stering were of damask velvet, and the woodwork painted 
 after the color of the meeting-house doors, in accordance 
 with the decree made fifty years earlier, "them to be 
 mahogony." Such was the condition of affairs when, in 
 March, 1871, immediately after the meetings in January 
 and February, to which reference has been made, and at 
 which no decided measures were proposed, it was decided, 
 by a vote of forty-five to eight, to make extensive repairs 
 upon the audience-room. This action, in some measure, 
 may have been hastened by a pledge, made by several 
 
256 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
 citizens, that the sum of one thousand dollars should be 
 presented the society, to aid in defraying the expense if 
 certain repairs were made. Additional betterments were 
 subsequently ordered, and the superintendence of the work 
 was committed, to Messrs. Orlando J. Raymond, James B. 
 Robbing, Martin L. Goddard, Arba S. Coffin, and John E. 
 Wood. 
 
 The pews were appraised by Bethuel Ellis, of Winch- 
 endon, Peter Upton, of Jaffrey, and Reuben Puffer, of 
 Ashburnham, who estimated all at ninety per cent, of the 
 amount received for them in 1839. The society promptly 
 settled with the proprietors on this basis, two owners only 
 refusing to receive compensation and come into the arrange- 
 ment. 
 
 An addition was built upon the east end of the building 
 to receive the organ. The floor was reduced to a level, a 
 modern pulpit erected at the east end, and the pews were 
 turned around, to conform with prevailing custom. Possibly 
 , the congregation, with their faces turned to the rising sun, 
 may here read an omen of renewed progress and elevation. 
 The walls and ceiling were newly plastered and frescoed, 
 the halls and vestry thoroughly renovated, and the interior 
 tastefully painted. By additional votes of the society, 
 adopted while the former repairs were being made, new 
 windows were procured for the audience-room; two coal- 
 burning furnaces were placed in the vestry, which warm 
 the entire house in a comfortable manner ; the exterior of 
 the house was also painted, and one side of the roof was 
 shingled. 
 
 In addition to these substantial repairs, the pews were 
 uniformly cushioned, at an expense of more than six hun- 
 dred dollars. The Ladies' Vestry Association generously 
 contributed two hundred dollars for this purpose. The 
 
ECCLESIASTICAL BISTORT. 257 
 
 ladies of the congregation, encouraged by the earnest 
 efforts of Mrs. Powers, raised above five hundred dollars 
 by subscription, which purchased a suitable carpet for the 
 audience-room. The total expense of these repairs, and 
 of furnishing, was little less than seven thousand dollars, 
 which, in addition to the expense of the organ, procured 
 while the repairs were in progress, has been mainly paid 
 by voluntary subscriptions from the members of the society, 
 aided in no small degree by several generous donations 
 from natives of Rindge, who have thus appropriately 
 expressed a remembrance of the home of their youth. 
 It is believed that the debt of the society will be wholly 
 paid, or reduced to a nominal sum, during another year. 
 
CHAPTER XI. 
 
 THE METHODIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY. 
 
 Early Preachers. — Lorenzo Dow. — Father Taylor. — First Meeting- 
 House. — Society Organized. — Second Meeting-House. — New Con- 
 stitutions of the Society. — Early Members. — Ministerial Fund. — 
 Peterborough and Eindge Circuit. — Rindge and Richmond Circuit. 
 Rindge made a Station. — The Clergy. 
 
 The Methodist Chubch has had adherents in this 
 town from an early date. They have never been strong 
 in numbers, and at first comprised only a few families. Yet 
 they have ever been a hopeful people, and, under many 
 discouraging circumstances, have met and surmounted diffi- 
 culties which many more populous societies would have 
 failed, in courage and in heart, to attack. Two meeting- 
 houses have been built, and for many years stated preaching 
 has been maintained, with little, if any, assistance from the 
 General Conference. 
 
 It has been found impossible to give the names of the 
 earlier preachers. They were not fixed in their fields of 
 labor, but were transferred so rapidly from one station to 
 another, that we gain but glimpses of their approaching or 
 retiring presence. When assembled for worship, mysteri- 
 ously there came a minister to preach to them ; from whence 
 he came, or where he went, or the name of the roving 
 preacher, is difficult to determine. 
 
THE METHODIST CHURCH. 259 
 
 In the autumn of 1796, Rev. Lorenzo Dow preached to 
 the Methodists in this town. The tradition that this cele- 
 brated preacher was here, on one or more occasions, is 
 unimpeachable. A few aged persons have but recently died 
 who were among his congregation. They were ever fond 
 of describing the deep impression the youthful preacher 
 made upon the minds of his hearers. This corresponds with 
 Mr. Dow's journal. Under date of November 21, 1796, he 
 records: "I preached in Rindge." Mr. Dow was born 
 October 16, 1777, and consequently was but nineteen years 
 of age when he preached in this town. Those who will 
 take the trouble to ascertain wiU find that Mr. Dow 
 preached in Rindge on Monday, and perhaps embraced Dr. 
 Payson and many of his flock among his congregation. 
 
 Several years later a stranger came, and preached with 
 much earnestness and simplicity. In an unusual degree he 
 won the attention of all his hearers. He had then but just 
 begun his useful mission. Uneducated, he called upon one 
 of his congregation to read the hymn, but in his discourse 
 he asked no assistance. In later years. Father Taylor has 
 often preached to larger congregations, and has won the 
 esteem and gratitude of a multitude of men. For many 
 years, the place of meeting on the Sabbath was in ^ome 
 dwelling or school-house, and generally in the northwest 
 part of the town. In 1824 their first meeting-house was 
 erected. The site was purchased of Moses Garfield, and 
 was situated in the northwest corner of the town, nearly 
 opposite the school-house, and in lot twenty or twenty-one 
 in the tenth range. The conveyance was made to Zimri 
 Whitney, Elijah P. Smith, Charles Mavery, Isaac Colburn, 
 and Nathan Upton, trustees, and was dated March 16, 1824. 
 
 This location was selected to accommodate the persons 
 in JafErey and Fitzwilliam who desired to worship with 
 
260 HISTOSY OF BINDGE. 
 
 them. Here, for more than a decade, were assembled from 
 Sabbath to Sabbath a respectable number of -worshippers. 
 
 There were Methodists in other portions of the town 
 who soon felt this location to be a burden, and a more 
 central point was decided upon. Under the provisions of 
 a statute of 1827, authorizing religious bodies to form soci- 
 eties, the Methodists of this town were more formally 
 organized than they had been in the past. In 1834, a 
 society, known as the Methodist Episcopal Society of 
 Rindge, was formed. The preamble to a constitution then 
 adopted is in these words : " Believing in the authenticity 
 of the Christian religion, and feeling ourselves imder the 
 most imperative obligations, not only from express command 
 of the Author of our holy religion, but also for the well- 
 being of society, to contribute of our abilities to the pro- 
 motion of the same, therefore, looking to the Great Head 
 of the Church for aid and direction, we do form ourselves 
 into a society, and agree to be governed by the following 
 constitution." Having thus become organized, and clothed 
 with corporate power, with the right to own lands and 
 buildings, the present meeting-house in the centre of the 
 town was soon erected. The site, purchased of Captain 
 Joel Raymond, was conveyed to Isaac Colburn, John P. 
 Symonds, Richard Kimball, Benjamin Stowe, and Joel 
 Raymond, trustees. Evincing a sanguine spirit, which has 
 never forsaken them, as well as a commendable foresight 
 for the demands of the future, they secured by this deed a 
 privilege of enlarging their house, whenever it was found 
 necessary, without any additional purchase of land. 
 
 The house was built during the summer and autumn of 
 1835; the frame was raised on the ninth of September. 
 The exact date of the dedication has not been ascertained, 
 but David Poland, Joseph Robbins, and Edward Loud, 
 
THE METHODIST CHURCH. 261 
 
 were paid NoTember 6, 1835, " for tlieir services in apprais- 
 ing slips in the Methodist house in Rindge"; from which 
 it may be inferred the house at this date was substantially- 
 finished. The expense of the building when fully completed 
 was $1907.53. The carpenters were Abel Marshall and 
 Porter Hartwell, of Winchendon, and the stone work was 
 done by John E. Lake and William Cutler, of this town. 
 The house has been well preserved by paint and general 
 repairs, the most thorough renovation occurring in 1867, 
 under the direction of a committee, consisting of Oliver 
 Hale, Z. F. Whitney, John Smith, Ezra Page, and H. G. 
 Rice. The parsonage was purchased in 1840, and, as far 
 as known, it has been occupied by the pastor in charge, 
 without interruption, to the present time. The house was 
 repaired in 1858, at an expense of about f325. 
 
 In 1842, a revised constitution, drafted by David Stowe, 
 Gilman Bowers, and David Adams, was adopted, the organ- 
 ization having been lost through some informality, in which 
 lawyers very much delight. A third constitution was 
 drafted by Elijah Bemis, George A. Whitney, and Joel 
 Wellington, and adopted May 12, 1864. To the first con- 
 stitution twenty-five names were subscribed, during the 
 eight years of its continuance. They were : — 
 
 John P. Symonds. Lucius Streeter. 
 
 James C. Chadwick. Asa Stickney. 
 
 Lovell Whitney. Asa Brewer. 
 
 John E. Lake. Thomas Crumbie. 
 
 Benjamin Stowe. Apollos Griswold. 
 
 James Bennett. Henry Clark. 
 
 Benjamin Davidson. Gihnan Bowers. 
 
 Amos Ramsdell. Charles M. Smiley. 
 
 Samuel Tarbell. Sylvester T. Symonds. 
 
 David Stowe. Charles Cutler. 
 
 Servetus MetcaH. Jonas Munroe. 
 
 David Adams. B. B. Davidson. 
 Amos B. Russell. 
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262 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 The present constitution, since its adoption (1864), has 
 received thirty-six signatures. Deducting deaths and re- 
 movals, there now remain less than twenty active members. 
 On several occasions the question of raising the salary of 
 the pastor by taxation has been proposed, but never adopted. 
 The society has succeeded in raising the required amount 
 by subscription. A ministerial fund was created in 1837, 
 by Capt. Joel Raymond, who presented the trustees the sum 
 of four hundred dollars, and seventeen pews, which he 
 owned in the meeting-house. The pews, by the conditions 
 of the donation, were to be rented for the support of the 
 ministry, or, if sold, the amount received in payment was 
 to be added to the four hundred dollars, and the interest 
 was to be used for the same object. The only conditions 
 of the gift obligated the recipients to " raise at least sixty 
 dollars annually, to be applied to the support of preachers 
 of the order of said church." At present this fund is 
 invested in the parsonage. 
 
 At the time the society was formed and the new meeting- 
 house was built, the church belonged to the Peterborough 
 and Rindge circuit, and the records, for this period, are 
 preserved by the officers of the Methodist Church in Peter- 
 borough. At a meeting held in this circuit, December 20, 
 1834, " John P. Symonds, John Whitney, Richard Kimball, 
 Ebenezer Kimball, and Jonas Munroe, were chosen trustees, 
 and John P. Symonds, Joel Raymond, and Jonas Munroe, 
 a committee, to build a meeting-house in Rindge." For 
 several years Richard Kimball was voted a license to preach. 
 The renewal of the license appears upon the records under 
 several dates. 
 
 In June, 1840, the Rindge and Richmond circuit was 
 instituted, embracing the towns of Rindge, Fitzwilliam, 
 Richmond, and a part of Jaffrey. At this date the member- 
 
TBE METHODIST CHUBCB. 263 
 
 ship of the church in Rindge was forty-three. To this 
 circuit were assigned Reverends J. C. Cromack and Hub- 
 bard Eastman. The latter was more intimately connected 
 with the church in this town. Two years later, Rindge was 
 made a full station, to which Rev. Converse L. McCurdy 
 was assigned. Not a few who read his name will be 
 reminded of his earnest, loving words, and of the entreaties 
 and tears with which he appealed to the hearts of his 
 hearers. Perhaps the impression he made upon the emo- 
 tions was often as enduring as the appeals of abler men 
 to the intellect. Very few of the Methodists who have 
 labored in this town will be longer remembered than this 
 zealous preacher. It would be a pleasing task to include 
 a paragraph concerning each of the pastors who have been 
 stationed in this town, but the number is too large, and the 
 material at ready command is too limited. They have been 
 faithful laborers in their own parish, and generally on 
 fraternal relations with the pastors of the Congregational 
 Church. Especially has this been the case in later years. 
 Several have taken an active and efficient interest in the 
 schools and other public affairs, and one has represented 
 the town in the Legislature. 
 
CHAPTER XII. 
 
 SACRED MUSIC. 
 
 Attention Early Paid to this Subject. — First Choristers. — Lining the 
 Hymn. — Fugues. — Instruments and Players. — Anecdote. — Sing- 
 ing Schools. — Other Choristers. — New Organ. 
 
 The references to this subject, left upon the records, 
 indicate that considerable attention was seasonably paid to 
 the encouragement of church music, and that at a very 
 early date a few at least "had learned to sing by rule." 
 The town, acting as a parish, gravely passed several votes 
 about " setting the psalm " and "raising the hymn," without 
 suspicion that such subjects of legislation would soon pass 
 beyond its control. The date of several votes hereafter 
 given indicates that the people were less hostile to innova- 
 tion than the inhabitants of many towns in this vicinity. 
 It is certain at least that these measures were entertained 
 at a comparatively early date. In 1782, a request was 
 made for the assignment of "some particular part of the 
 meeting-house for those persons to set that have learned to 
 sing by rule," and, with commendable liberality, the town 
 granted them " The two hind seats in the mens side and 
 Two in the womens side below." A few years later the 
 singers were promoted to seats in the galleries, and from 
 the first were often styled " the choir." Also in 1782 the 
 
SACRED MUSIC. 265 
 
 town chose "Nathaniel Ingalls, David Adams, and David 
 Sherwin to assist Deacon Towne in setting the Psalm," and 
 seven years later the church requested " William Gardner, 
 Eliphalet Wood, Joseph Crumble, and William Sherwin to 
 officiate as choristers." The small number of hymn-books 
 to be found in the congregations had led to the practice of 
 " lining," or " deaconing," the hymns. The hymn was first 
 read throughout by the minister ; then some person, gener- 
 ally one of the deacons — hence the term of "deaconing 
 the hymn," — would read one line, and those in the congre- 
 gation who could sing, and many who thought they could, 
 would render that line with much animation, and with such 
 taste and precision as they were able. Another line was read 
 and then sung, and the process repeated until the last line 
 had been rendered. In this manner one hymn-book would 
 answer for an entire congregation. Near the close of the 
 past century the better verse of Dr. Watts was introduced, 
 and the number of books is said to have been much 
 increased* and the constant repetition of St. Martin's, 
 Mear, York, St. Ann's, Windham, and a few other tunes, 
 which gave little choice between the bold and cheerful 
 major and the mournful and pathetic minor, was relieved 
 by the introduction of many new musical compositions. 
 
 The introduction of this new music, more than any other 
 cause, brought the practice of lining the hymns into disuse. 
 Many of the new selections were more intricate in structure, 
 and among them was a class of tunes, difficult of descrip- 
 tion, called fugues. These pieces were very popular for a 
 time, but are seldom heard at the present day. One of the 
 parts would lead, and the others follow in a kind of system- 
 atized hubbub, and each part singing different words were 
 wont to " fly swifter round the wheel of time," until all 
 were in a perfect melSe, and then out of the direst confusion 
 
266 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 would miraculously approach a period in sudden peace and 
 order and apparent good will, as if they had forgotten and 
 forgiven all cause of their recent contention. The intro- 
 duction of musical instruments as an accompaniment to 
 church music, if ever seriously opposed, as in many places, 
 has left no traces of contention upon the records. And 
 little of interest on this point has been preserved by 
 tradition beyond the fact that the pitch-pipe, violin, bass 
 viol, bassoon, and the usual variety of wind instruments, 
 have each had their day, and were sounded by skillful 
 players. It is equally certain that their use was accompa- 
 nied by the weU-remembered tunings during the reading of 
 of the hymn, as if either the instruments were impatient to 
 be played upon, or the musicians unduly anxious to begin. 
 The Townes, the Sherwins, the Carltons, whose mother was 
 Elizabeth Sherwin, the Cutlers, her grandchildren, and 
 several other families, were early and prominently con- 
 nected with the choir. Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, whose 
 mother was also a member of the Sherwin family, in his 
 youth was a player upon the bass viol. The instrument 
 used by him was made by Mr. Braddyll Smith, and is said 
 to have been of superior quality, and to have been played 
 in a masterly manner. Mr. Wilder for a season was the 
 chorister, and officiated in that capacity on the occasion of 
 the ordination of Rev. Dr. Burnham. 
 
 On an occasion during the later use of these instruments, 
 and while Mr. Amos Cutler's violin was the centre of 
 attraction, when Dr. Burnham had given out the hymn, 
 containing the lines, 
 
 " Oh, may my heart in tune be found, 
 Like David's harp of solemn sound," 
 one of the younger members of the choir, whose name is 
 associated with many pleasantries, could not resist the 
 
SACRED MUSIC. 267 
 
 temptation to paraphrase the lines, and sing for the edifica- 
 tion of those near him : — 
 
 " Oh, may my heart be tuned within, 
 Like Cutler's solemn violin." 
 
 Those who heard it say it was done Brown. 
 
 If Dr. Payson was little annoyed by contention and 
 opposition to innovations in church music in his own parish, 
 he saw one exhibition of this spirit in another place. He 
 was preaching one Sabbath in exchange at Peterborough. 
 In the congregation sat Matthew Templeton, stern and 
 austere, and opposing with much bitterness all innovations. 
 He called the bass viol "dagon," and the pitch-pipe with 
 equal contempt he denominated "the whistle." On this 
 occasion the hymn had been read by Dr. Payson, the 
 chorister, Mr. Smith, had sounded the pitch-pipe, and the 
 choir began to sing, but soon became confused and stopped, 
 when Mr. Templeton, who occupied a conspicuous seat 
 among the congregation, cried out, in his broad Scotch 
 accent, with much derision : " Mr. Johnny Smith, ye must 
 blaw your whostle agaien." 
 
 "While the meeting-house was being built in 1796, the 
 town chose a committee to confer with the singers, and 
 ascertain what accommodations they desired in the new 
 house, and instructed them to grant all reasonable requests 
 made by the choir concerning the arrangement of seats 
 for their use. The favor in which the choir was held was 
 also manifested by several appropriations of money for 
 their benefit, which were expended in the maintenance of 
 singing-schools. The earlier musical instruction in this 
 town was conducted solely to increase the efficiency of the 
 choir, and all other styles of music were ignored. The 
 town, in its capacity of parish, made frequent appropria- 
 tions for this purpose, and, in accordance with precedent. 
 
268 HISTORY OF niNBGE. 
 
 all persons belonging to other religious denominations were 
 excused from paying any part of the money raised to meet 
 this expense. The name of the first music-teacher of whom 
 any reference can be found is Ichabod Johnson, who con- 
 ducted a school in this town in 1801, and several other 
 schools during the succeeding years. Mr. Johnson also 
 taught a singing-school in New Ipswich, and Kidder's 
 excellent history of that town pays him the following 
 doubtful compliment: "In 1805 or 6, Ichabod Johnson 
 kept a school, and introduced a lighter kind of music. 
 He could not sing himself, but with a good faculty at 
 teaching, and the help of his violin (when he was sober), 
 and assisted by one or two reliable persons on each part, 
 he succeeded in collecting a large school, was popular, and, 
 on the whole, gave an impulse to music generally." 
 
 Other instruction in vocal music, which followed in the 
 course of years, was given by Mr. Miller, Dea. Clark, Rev. 
 Mr. Willey, and Mr. Hutchins, from abroad, and Obadiah 
 Carlton, Joseph Davis, George Robbins, and Stephen B. 
 Sherwin, of this town. Rev. Isaac "Willey wiU be remem- 
 bered, in later years, as the efficient agent for Home 
 Missions. The later instructors have been Peter Clark, 
 Prof. C. M. Wyman, Mr. E. B. Barrett, and Prof. G. W. Foster. 
 In the winter of 1819-20, Marshall P. Wilder gave a 
 coxirse of instruction in vocal music. The tuition was 
 free, and the course ended with a grand exhibition, which 
 is vividly and pleasantly remembered by many still living. 
 Among the pieces rendered on this occasion were "Hail- 
 stone Chorus," and " Strike the Cymbals." They did strike 
 them, and in a manner that awoke the amazement of the 
 audience. " The Horse and his Rider," and other selections, 
 which at that time were regarded as difficult pieces of 
 music, were also rendered. All the aged people, " with an 
 
SACBED MUSIC. 269 
 
 ear for music," describe this as a little the best entertain- 
 ment ever enjoyed in Rindge. 
 
 A new interest in sacred music was awakened soon 
 after the settlement of Dr. Burnham. He possessed fine 
 musical talents, and a sweet, melodious voice, and had 
 made himself an efficient reader of this class of music, 
 which he exceedingly enjoyed, during his connection with 
 the Handel Society at Dartmouth, and the Lockhart Society 
 at the Seminary. 
 
 Of the latter society, which was widely known, he was 
 one of the founders, and among the most active and 
 proficient members, and was selected to purchase the in- 
 struments for its use. A few years since, an article which 
 appeared in the " Congregational Quarterly," from the pen 
 of Rev. E. W. Hooker, D. D., who was cotemporary with 
 Dr. Burnham at the Seminary, refers to his connection with 
 this society in these appropriate terms : " Amos W. Burn 
 ham, additional to a rich tenor voice, brought with him 
 from the Handel Society in Dartmouth a skiU and taste 
 for expressive reading of the music of the old composers, 
 which rendered him an efficient helper from the outset of 
 the society." 
 
 The choir has generally been large in numbers, and at 
 all times has contained considerable musical talent, which 
 was fully appreciated by Dr. Burnham. William Sherwin 
 was chorister much of the time during the ministry of Dr. 
 Payson, and later his son, Stephen B.^ Sherwin, Esq., 
 efficiently conducted this part of the service for many 
 years. Other choristers were William Rugg, Col. M. P. 
 WUder, Joshua C. Towne, Josiah Stratton, Arba S. Coffin, 
 David Stowe, and J. A. Stearns, whose pleasing voice has 
 " set the psalm " for several years. And now the days of 
 the pitch-pipe are over; the bass viol and the violin are 
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270 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 unheard in the choirs; the bassoons are hoarse with age, 
 and the sacred nse of the trombone and the post-horn is 
 counted with the customs of other days. The innovations 
 of the new years have driven them from their accustomed 
 places in the choirs, but not from the memory of those who 
 were accustomed to hear them lead the voices in sacred 
 song. While any of that generation remain, these ancient 
 instruments and the tunes of their times will never be 
 forgotten. Around them the recollection of the aged is 
 wont to linger until again the praise of song is borne on 
 the wings of such memories to the God of all genera- 
 tions. The following selection from the poem, read by 
 Samuel Burnham, at the centennial celebration of Rindge, 
 pleasantly refers to the music of this period, as well as to 
 the meeting-house at that time : — 
 
 " How oft, before improvement came 
 And changed the building all save name, 
 In those far-off and childish days. 
 My wondering eye-balls I did raise, 
 To that red pulpit, and the door, 
 Which swung upon the sacred floor. 
 And how I thought the parson fled. 
 Until I saw his reverent head 
 Up in the dizzy height appear, 
 To send theology far and near. 
 And how I dreaded the long prayer. 
 And stood in restless misery there. 
 Within the high-railed, pomid-like pew. 
 Peering between the seats for view 
 Of Deacon Blake and Deacon Brown, 
 And other worthies of the town. 
 Who sat close by with sober face. 
 The wardens of the sacred place. 
 And when, at last, the loud Amen 
 Fell from aloft, how quickly then, 
 
SACRED MUSIC. 271 
 
 The seats came do-wn mth heavy rattle, 
 
 Like musketry in fiercest battle. 
 
 And farther off, and higher yet, 
 
 The singers and the players sat. 
 
 Oh, what a deluge of sweet sound ! 
 
 Northfield came flying swiftly round ; 
 
 The New Jerusalem came down 
 
 On slippery catgut on the town ; 
 
 To old St. Martin's air so light, 
 
 The shepherds watched their flocks by night. 
 
 And all our hearts were tuned within 
 
 To Amos Cutler's violin. 
 
 How those old tunes call up the past, 
 
 And memories throng both thick and fast ; 
 
 Old Majesty in sad complaints, 
 
 And wailing China for dead saints. 
 
 And Lenox, Duke Street, and the rest 
 
 That to the service added zest. 
 
 But songs and songsters now are dead ; 
 
 Those Sabbath days have long since fled ; 
 
 The strings are broken, mute the tongue, 
 
 That then God's praises sweetly sung." 
 
 In 1850, a small reed organ was procured. In its best 
 days it could a little more than fill with sound the roomy 
 case in which it was enclosed. It was tenderly borne with 
 for several years after its natural powers had much abated. 
 For some time the question of a better instrument was being 
 considered, and about three hundred dollars was raised for 
 that purpose. In 1870, the effort was renewed with much 
 earnestness. An organization, with Josiah Stratton for Pres- 
 ident, and Anson A. Platts for Secretary, was formed, and 
 frequent meetings were held. 
 
 This effort was efficiently aided by Rev. Dennis Powers, 
 the acting pastor, who ever took a lively interest in all 
 matters of progress and laudable enterprise. To him and 
 
272 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 to his judicious and untiring efforts the society is much 
 indebted, in the procurement of an elegant organ, and also 
 in the improvements made at this time in the church edifice. 
 Under these favoring auspices a sum of money was soon 
 pledged, "which encouraged the members of the organization 
 to contract for a superior pipe organ. The instrument is 
 from the manufactory of Mr. George Stevens, of Cambridge, 
 and was placed in position in the autumn of 1871. It 
 contains fifteen hundred pipes, and is of excellent tone. 
 The cost was about $2,500. For labor in the collections, 
 and for generous subscriptions, both by residents of this 
 town and others from abroad, many are deserving especial 
 commendation. To A. S. Coffin, N. A. Hale, S. J. Hardi- 
 son. Deacon Jeremiah Norcross, James B. Robbins, and 
 Charles E. Stickney, who assumed the pecuniary respon- 
 sibility until the last of the money could be raised, the 
 enterprise is much indebted. 
 
CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 Home Instruction. — The First Appropriation for Schools. — Five School 
 Districts. — Eariy Instructors. — Wages of Teachers. — A New Era. 
 Text Books. — Organization of Districts. — Boundaries Defined. — 
 Prudential Committees. — Supervision. — Private Schools. — Exhi- 
 bitions. — Names of School Committees. 
 
 The earliest settlers resided in this town twenty years 
 before tliere were any public schools ; yet the youth who 
 advanced to manhood at the close of this period were not 
 uneducated. The parents were people of intelligence, 
 often of considerable culture, and personally attended to 
 the education of their own children; and there were as 
 many schools in town as there were families. The faithful 
 instruction of parents to their children at the fireside must 
 have been a pleasing feature of their home experience. 
 Their school-books could not have been numerous, and 
 probably their exchanges of readers less frequent than at 
 present. Here in the wilderness these primitive instructors 
 enjoyed an entire freedom from the importunities of book 
 agents, and pupils conned their lessons from well-worn 
 pages, and often from borrowed volumes. 
 
 Children, with their love of companionship, may have 
 assembled at the house of some hospitable neighbor, whose 
 ability to instruct would soon be recognized, and command 
 
274 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
 reimineration ; and private schools may have sprung from 
 these informal gatherings. 
 
 Whatever may have been the system of instruction, the 
 results are unmistakable. None were suffered to grow up 
 in ignorance, and the many evidences of culture, made 
 known in the lives of those whose only schooling was 
 received at this time, are the substance of our knowledge 
 of the education of that period. 
 
 William Russell, an infant when his parents removed 
 to Rindge, was twenty years of age when the first public 
 schools were instituted; yet he was among the earliest of 
 grammar-school teachers. Many instances of this character, 
 too numerous and apparent to escape observation, might be 
 cited. The " Association Test " was signed by all the cit- 
 izens of this town that were not in the army. Their 
 names are written in fair characters, in some instances with 
 great elegance. Those who examine the original paper will 
 find but one signature not plainly written ; but long before 
 the name of Deliverance Wilson is made out, the practiced 
 eye will discover that the illegibility arose from an unsteady 
 nerve, rather than inexperience in the use of the pen. 
 Among those in the army who did not here present a 
 specimen of their handwriting, I know of but one who 
 could not write his name. Asa Wilkins' middle name 
 began with X, to which some friend would write "his 
 mark." The wife of Joel' Russell wrote her name in the 
 same brief manner. Previous to the close of the century, 
 no others have been found who could not write their 
 names. 
 
 It is clearly evident that the education of the youth was 
 not neglected through a failure of public support. There 
 is no record of public schools previous to 1771, when eleven 
 pounds was appropriated for this purpose; and the same 
 
SCHOOLS. 275 
 
 year Nathaniel Russell was paid five pounds and twelve 
 shillings "for keeping his school for the town," which 
 sustains the tradition that he had previously maintained a 
 school without assistance from the public" treasury. The 
 school was at his dwelling-house, on the farm now owned 
 by William E. Robbins. This certainly was not a central 
 point; but in those days the advantages enjoyed by the 
 people were not altogether " convenient and handy to the 
 meeting-house, " like the entertainment provided for the 
 council when Dr. Payson was ordained. Within a year 
 from this time schools were taught in the southeast part, 
 probably in the house of Oliver Stevens, at the house of 
 Abel Platts, in the northwest part, where Joshua Fletcher 
 now resides, and at Daniel Rand's, in the southwest part of 
 the town. Previous to the Revolution, schools were also 
 assembled at the residence of Francis Towne, Nathaniel 
 Thomas, and in a building belonging to James Carlton, on 
 the farm now owned by Albert Adams, and he received two 
 dollars for rent, which was paid out of the school money. 
 Since the first sum was voted in the year 1771, there has 
 been an annual appropriation for the schools, and one term 
 or more has been enjoyed by each district in the town. At 
 the meeting at which the first appropriation for schools was 
 made, a new town clerk was chosen, who served one year. 
 During the short term of his official career he made an 
 intelligible record, but his style of spelling was simple, 
 frequently ornate, and gave unmistakable proof of great 
 inventive genius. In this particular he labored with 
 great assiduity to demonstrate that the appropriation, for 
 schools had not been prematurely made. His efforts were 
 successful. A perusal of the record for the year will 
 suggest the remark of Christopher Sly, " 'Tis a very excel- 
 lent piece of work; would 'twere done." 
 
276 HISTORY OF BINVGE. 
 
 The first action of the town in behalf of education is 
 recorded in these words: "Voted to Rase eleven Pounds 
 Lawful money for the ues of the School, Also Mr. Nathl. 
 Russell, Mr. Joseph Plats, Mr. Nathl. Page, and Mr. Olover 
 Gould to Bee a Committee to suply the Town with a School 
 the Insuing year and to be Cept in the Severl Parts of the 
 Town as may be for the Advantedge of said Town." 
 
 This committee, which continued in office several years, 
 established five schools in the different parts of the town, 
 which was the origin of the first school districts. These 
 soon became known as the Centre, Northeast, Southeast, 
 Southwest, and Northwest Districts; but their boundaries 
 were not clearly defined, and it was many years before there 
 were any legal school districts. 
 
 There was an article in the warrant for a town-meeting 
 in 1772, " To see if the town will build a school house this 
 year." The subject was postponed, and very soon the 
 burdens of the war prevented any further efforts in this 
 direction, and schools continued to be assembled in dweUing- 
 houses at convenient points. It was not many years, how- 
 ever, before several neighborhoods built school-houses for 
 their convenience without assistance from the town, but no 
 record of the building of these first school-houses can be 
 found. 
 
 Probably Nathaniel Russell was the first public school- 
 teacher; within a year from the first mention of him as a 
 teacher, Isaac Russell, from Littleton, was also employed, 
 and taught several terms in as many districts. William 
 Russell, son of Joel and cousin of Nathaniel RusseU, was 
 soon added to the faculty, and was employed for several 
 terms in the Centre and Northwest Districts. In 1774, 
 Jacob Fitch taught nine weeks. He was the crippled son 
 of John Fitch, to whom reference was made in another 
 
SCHOOLS. 277 
 
 chapter. Dr. John Townsend, a resident physician, was 
 employed for one term, at least, in 1773, and during the 
 next succeeding years his professional rival, Dr. William 
 Swan, taught very many terms. He seemed to have a 
 preference, or the people for him, in the Southeast, where 
 he resided, and in the Southwest Districts. Edward Jewett 
 was very often employed, and taught in all the districts, 
 but mainly in the Centre and Northeast Districts. He 
 resided in the latter district. In 1774, female teachers were 
 paid, and perhaps, in some instances, for schools taught the 
 previous year. First upon "this list are the names of Mrs. 
 Jonathan Stanley, Martha Hovey, Eunice Thomas, and Mrs. 
 John Demary. Mrs. Demary brought to the school-room 
 more than a usual experience in the training of youth, 
 having ten children of her own, and two grandchildren. 
 She enjoyed no vacation between terms. Mrs. James 
 Carlton and Mrs. Ephraim Hunt were employed previous 
 to the close of 1774; and the next year, in addition to 
 some of the names already mentioned, a daughter of 
 Jonathan Sawtell taught two terms in the Southeast 
 District. The money was paid to Mr. SawteU, as the 
 wages of his daughter for keeping school. It was probably 
 Mary, afterwards the wife of Abijah Page. Her son, 
 Joseph Page, nearly ninety years of age, resides in Rindge. 
 A few years later, Meriah, a younger sister of Mary, and 
 subsequently the wife of Thomas Wetherbee, Jr., was 
 employed many terms. Mrs. Sarah Chaplin, Mrs. Gray, 
 probably the widow of John Gray, Mrs. Sarah Wood, the 
 wife of James Wood, of Boxford, and subsequently of 
 Rindge, are also found upon the list of early instructors. 
 The wages paid at this time was about ten shillings per 
 week for male, and two to three shillings for female teachers. 
 The usual price paid for board, in addition to these sums, 
 36 
 
278 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 was four shillings for the former, and two shillings per 
 week for the latter. The schools taught by the male 
 teachers were styled the grammar school, and about one- 
 half of the school money was appropriated for its use. 
 Frequently a male teacher was employed for several months, 
 and sent from place to place, untQ each district had received 
 its proportion of this class of instruction. The amount 
 of money raised for the support of schools was increased 
 from year to year with the growth of the town; and, in 
 acknowledgment of their importance and success, in 1775 
 twenty pounds, in 1783 eighty pounds, in 1795 one hundred 
 pounds were raised for this purpose. 
 
 As yet there had been but five districts ; when and in 
 what manner the number was increased does not appear 
 upon the records. Whenever any portion of the town 
 asked leave to join other districts, or to expend their pro- 
 portion of the school money in their own neighborhood, 
 the request was always granted. In 1789, it was voted to 
 choose as many for school committee as there were districts. 
 At this time eight were chosen, and two years later there 
 was a committee of ten, which is all the information that 
 can be gained of the number of schools at this date. It 
 is plain that the town took little action concerning the 
 boundaries of districts, and assumed no arbitrary control 
 in these affairs, but permitted the several neighborhoods 
 to arrange themselves into districts or societies, as inclina- 
 tion and convenience prompted. Each district had the 
 benefit of their own school-tax. The division was based 
 upon the wealth, and not the number, of scholars in each 
 district, and for many years the committee collected the 
 school-tax in their respective districts. It was not until 
 near the close of the century that the present system of 
 collection was adopted. When the first school-houses were 
 
SCHOOLS. 279 
 
 built is quite uncertain. In 1794, the town voted to build 
 them where they were needed, and to excuse those districts 
 from the tax for this purpose that had already built school- 
 houses. At this date, it would be expected that some had 
 been built ; but this is the first record of the fact, and is 
 important so far as it represents that the first school-houses 
 were bmlt by the communities, and not by the town. The 
 amount of school money to be raised was determined by 
 the town, but these votes were only the united voice of 
 the districts. The tax was assessed by the selectmen, who 
 could proportion more accurately and justly the amount 
 each individual should pay. Beyond this slender assistance, 
 the schools were not the growth of public support, nor the 
 creation of public legislation, but were spontaneous in the 
 several communities, to meet the demands of each. They 
 clearly sprang from the people, and in advance of those 
 statutes, which, with wise forethought, required each town 
 to make certain provision for schools. These requirements 
 have almost invariably been exceeded. The districts or 
 societies built the houses, and secured the teachers, and 
 cheerfully paid their proportion of the expense, that their 
 children might enjoy advantages which had been denied to 
 themselves. While the agent for each district was chosen 
 by the town, his official duty was confined to the district 
 in which he resided, and no town record of the proceedings 
 was had. During one year no committee was chosen, and 
 occasionally a member of the committe would resign. In 
 these cases, by vote of the town, the duty was performed 
 by the selectmen. The transactions, then became a matter 
 of record, and the names of several teachers are preserved 
 with the receipts ; but the names of very many of the early 
 teachers are lost beyond recovery. Some of those who 
 taught between 1780 and 1800 are Susannah Eand, wife of 
 
280 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 Col. Daniel Rand; Sarah Rand, wife of Capt. Solomon 
 Rand; Sarah Towne, daughter of Dea. Francis Towne, 
 afterwards the wife of Simeon Whitcomb; Esther Ames'; 
 Esther Cutter, afterwards Mrs. John Carlton ; Persis Hardy, 
 afterwards the wife of Rev. Reuben Brown ; Sarah Payson, 
 afterwards the wife of William Barker, and mother of Hon. 
 George P. Barker; Rebecca Buswell, daughter of John 
 Buswell, and afterwards the wife of Asa Platts; Mrs. 
 Tabitha Hunt, wife of Ephraim Hunt ; Mrs. Phebe Peirce, 
 wife of Abraham Peirce; Meriah SawteU; Phebe Gray; 
 Esther Adams, daughter of Israel Adams; Levi Rugg; 
 Enoch Wood; Col. Josiah Wilder; William Sherwin; 
 Nathaniel Ingalls; Dea. Edward Jewett; Lieut. Benjamin 
 Foster; Ensign Richard Kimball; Eliphalet Wood; Oliver 
 Adams ; Dr. Elijah Norcross ; and Gardner Kellogg. 
 
 The commencement of the present century is the begin- 
 ning of a new era in the cause of popular education. The 
 efforts of the past had taken root for a more vigorous 
 growth, and many happy changes occurred within a few 
 years. In most cases, to learn to read, write, and spell, 
 with some knowledge of the rules of arithmetic, was all 
 that had been attempted. The text-books in use previous 
 to 1800 were not numerous, and of a most primitive char- 
 acter. Dilworth's and Perry's Spelling-Book, and Pike's 
 Arithmetic would cut a sorry figure in the school-room, at 
 the present time. Late in the past century, Webster's 
 Reader found its way into the school-room, as well as a 
 small abridgement of Morse's Geography, which gave the 
 briefest description of the earth's surface, and contained 
 many startling facts. Alexander's Grammar was in the 
 hands of only the most advanced and ambitious pupUs. 
 In any mention of the books of the period, the New 
 England Primer must not be omitted. This volume of 
 
SCHOOLS. 281 
 
 diminutive size, filled with wliolesome truths, was found 
 at every fireside, and was received in the school-room as a 
 reading-book and safe counsellor. Every Saturday, and 
 sometimes more frequently, the entire school was required 
 to "say the catechism," as found in this little volume. 
 These exercises, and the truths inculcated, are not forgotten 
 by the aged among us, but are shining brightly in their 
 waning years. To them education, in an intellectual sense, 
 was simply the measure of mental force, furnishing facili- 
 ties to action, while these moral instructions were seized 
 upon to direct and be the guiding principle of their lives. 
 Until the present century the boundaries of the districts 
 had not been defined. The former arrangement was tem- 
 porary, and subject to all the changes incident to sudden 
 likes and dislikes of the people, who were at liberty to sever 
 existing connections, and join other districts, whenever and 
 as often as any caprice or supposed interest prompted. In 
 1804, the first steps were taken to give the districts a 
 permanent character. Individuals were the first to move in 
 this direction, by asking the town for authority to become 
 permanently associated in organized districts. The consent 
 of the town was immediately granted, and with a very wise 
 provision, which required these voluntary societies to pre- 
 sent the town clerk with a description of each distriat, 
 which was to be recorded. "While they were at fuU liberty 
 to arrange the boundaries of each district without restraint, 
 all subsequent change was subject to the action of the town. 
 The inhabitants immediately consented to this proposition, 
 and the town was soon districted. 
 
 The First District comprised the central village, and 
 extended from the Common a mile or more, in all directions. 
 On the Jaffrey road was included, as at present, the farms 
 
282 mSTOBY OF rindoe. 
 
 now owned by Deacon Norcross and C. E. Stickney; on 
 the north it included the Mulliken place, near the residence 
 of M. W. Hale, and the bounds in this direction remain 
 unchanged to the present time; towards the east were 
 included all the residences at the Comer, the farms of 
 David and John Barker, now owned by Deacon Bancroft and 
 Stephen Hale, and extended on the old turnpike to near the 
 present Corner school-house; on the south it included the 
 farms now of Martin L. Goddard, of Henry E. Burritt, 
 and of Thomas and Charles G. Buswell; and on the west 
 the Moors farm, the Stratton farm, and considerable territory 
 at present in the district. Thp present school-house was 
 built, at this time, on land borrowed of the town for that 
 purpose for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, 
 and bids fair to survive the lease. The first school-house in 
 this district was also on the Common, and was situated west of 
 the meeting-house, not far from the residence of A. S. Coffin, 
 Esq. When the present house was built it was sold, and 
 still forms a part of the dwelling-house of Lovell Whitney. 
 
 The Second Distbict was in the southwest part of the 
 town, and, in addition to the area of District Number Ten 
 as now constituted, it included the farms of John Lovejoy, 
 unoccupied at present, of Ezekiel Demary, now of James 
 Damon, and of Abiel Holt, now of Charles H. Danforth. 
 The first school-house was situated a few rods north of the 
 present house. The second house was built in 1829. In 
 1859 it was thoroughly remodelled, and moved a few rods 
 south of its former location. 
 
 The Third District included lots three to twelve in 
 the first range, three to eleven in the second, four to eleven 
 in the third, four to eight in the fourth, and seven in the 
 fifth. This was a large district. With the exception of a . 
 
SCHOOLS. 283 
 
 few farms on New Ipswich line, which then, as now, were a 
 distinct organization, it comprised the southeast part of 
 the town, or jthe district now known as Number Eight, 
 Converseville, Hubbard Hill, and the farms of Gilman P. 
 Wellington and George Wilson. The school-house was 
 situated about one-fourth mile south from the residence of 
 Lyman Bennett, near Monomonock Lake. 
 
 The FOTIRTH DiSTKiCT was situated south and west of 
 Pool Pond, and was a portion of the present Blakeville 
 district, with several farms now included in the Tarbell 
 district. The school-house was situated north of the resi- 
 dence of Joshua Fletcher, near the Munroe farm. This 
 and the Ninth District, whose school-houses were in close 
 proximity, seldom maintained schools at the same time ; 
 and each school, when in session, freely received pupils 
 from the other district. 
 
 The Fifth District comprised lot nine in the seventh 
 range, seven to eleven in the eighth range, and six to eleven 
 in the ninth and tenth ranges. This district, now known 
 as Number Two, also includes lots twelve in the eighth, 
 ninth, and tenth ranges, and lots eight and ten in the 
 seventh range, beside a more recent addition from Number 
 One. The first school-house in this district was occupied 
 until it was burned, with little loss, in May, 1842. An- 
 other was burned in December, 1859. The present house 
 was then built, and, unless destroyed by fire, will conven- 
 iently accommodate the district for several years. The 
 location of the first school-house was about twenty rods 
 west from the site of the second and of the present building. 
 
 The Sixth District was substantially the same as the 
 present Number Seven. Lots one to three in the fourth. 
 
284 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 range have been taken from it, and added to the East 
 Rindge district, but it has been compensated by the addi- 
 tion of the south half of lots three to six in the seventh 
 range. This territory being pasture and wood land, the 
 changes did not affect the population of the district. A 
 portion of Number One was more recently added. The 
 first school-house, built about 1795, was situated a short 
 distance west from the residence of Wm. M. Huntee. The 
 present house was built in 1833, and has been well pre- 
 served. 
 
 The Seventh District comprised lots three to seven 
 in the seventh range, one to six in the eighth range, and 
 one to five in the ninth and tenth ranges. Its southwest 
 limit was the farm of Dea. Jewett, now of Ivers H. Brooks, 
 and was more recently known as Number One. A few 
 years since this district, like Poland, was partitioned, and 
 divided among the surrounding kingdoms. The records, 
 tradition, and the numerous sites of former dwellings, all 
 testify that this was once a populous district. The only 
 school-house built in this part of the town still remains, but 
 since the dissolution of the district has not been used. 
 
 The Eighth District was in the northwest corner of 
 the town, and included lots nineteen to twenty-two in the 
 eighth and ninth ranges, and eighteen to twenty-two in 
 the tenth range. At this time it contained fifteen farms, 
 and as many families. The school-house was near the site 
 of the old Methodist meeting-house. 
 
 The Ninth District was neither large nor populous. 
 At the date of its organization there were only seven 
 families within its limits. It comprised lots twelve to 
 seventeen on the Jaffrey line, and lots twelve to the middle 
 of fifteen in the eighth and ninth ranges. Its southern 
 
SCHOOLS. 285 
 
 boundary included the farms of Deacon Blake and Dr. 
 Stephen Jewett, now of Samuel Martin and Dr. C. E. 
 Ware. The school-house was near the outlet of Pool Pond, 
 a short distance on the old road to Jaffrey Centre. In 
 1848, this district was united with the fourth district, and 
 they have been known since then as Number Three. The 
 present school-house was built soon after the union of the 
 two districts. 
 
 The Tenth District comprised lots fourteen to eighteen 
 on the Massachusetts line, fourteen to seventeen in the 
 second range, and fourteen and fifteen in the third. The 
 school-house was nearly opposite the residence of James 
 Wood, now of B. F. Danforth. It received, in 1848, 
 substantial additions from the centre and southwest districts, 
 including the farms of Thomas and C. G. BusweU, W. C. 
 Brigham, the Moors, Stratton, and Lovejoy farms, and the 
 farms of Charles H. Danforth and James Damon. The 
 present school-house was built in 1850. 
 
 The Eleventh District was in the southeast part of 
 the town, and associated with families in New Ipswich. 
 For several years before its organization, Lieut. Isaac 
 Wood, who lived where his grandsons John and Jonas 
 Wood now reside, James Reed, Ebenezer Muzzy, Aaron 
 Brooks, and Stephen Brooks, were permitted to expend 
 their school-tax in their own neighborhood. At this time 
 they organized a district, and, in connection with families 
 in New Ipswich, their successors have maintained a school 
 until the present time. The school-house, an example of 
 exact justice, is divided equally by the town line ; but the 
 pupils from Rindge or New Ipswich occupy either portion, 
 and' aUow no geographical prejudices to interrupt their 
 
 progress. 
 
 37 
 
286 BISTORT OF RINDGE. 
 
 The organization of the Tarbell and the Corner Districts 
 will be hereafter noticed. They were subsequently formed 
 from other districts. The entire town was included in the 
 limits of the eleven districts already described, and with 
 these boundaries the schools were successfully conducted 
 for nearly twenty years. The disti^icts were not organized 
 in the order here given. These are the numbers by which 
 they were known. They were numbered on the basis of 
 the amount of school-tax paid by each at the time of their 
 organization. These numbers, at a glance, will indicate the 
 comparative wealth of each district at that time. Not until 
 a recent date was any portion of the school money distrib- 
 uted among the districts on the basis of the number of 
 scholars. Each district then received the amount of school- 
 tax paid by that district. This method was accepted, 
 perhaps in the belief that it was just and honorable. But 
 partially ignoring the fact that the public schools were 
 established for the equal benefit of all, it extended public 
 privileges to the rich, which, in a measure, were denied to 
 the poor. The childless tax-payer was required, as now, to 
 pay his proportion to educate the children of others, and 
 there can be no good reason why his tax should be employed 
 for the exclusive benefit of a section. 
 
 The following table represents the amount of school 
 money assigned to, and the comparative wealth of, each 
 district, for a term of years. The right hand column shows 
 the amount of money appropriated for schools for each 
 year. The comparative wealth of the same areas at the 
 present time suggests many lessons. The growth of several 
 districts has been almost equalled by the depreciation of 
 others. The districts near the borders of the town have 
 sustained considerable loss, while the reverse is generally 
 true of the others. 
 
SCHOOLS. 
 
 287 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 , 3 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 Total. 
 
 1805 
 
 90.42 
 
 67.46 
 
 61.01 
 
 47.94 
 
 40.15 
 
 29.62 
 
 28.02 
 
 23.84 
 
 21.99 
 
 18.01 
 
 9.45 
 
 418.31 
 
 1806 
 
 86.09 
 
 66.51 
 
 60.22 
 
 42.93 
 
 39.20 
 
 22.41 
 
 29.43 
 
 16.19 
 
 29.40 
 
 23.77 
 
 7.99 
 
 404.14 
 
 1808 
 
 91.29 
 
 58.42 
 
 48.48 
 
 47.07 
 
 37.40 
 
 31.04 
 
 32.83 
 
 24.98 
 
 24.08 
 
 20.12 
 
 9.91 
 
 425.62 
 
 1810 
 
 94.04 
 
 60.87 
 
 44.67 
 
 42.03 
 
 38.60 
 
 27.78 
 
 27.33 
 
 23.39 
 
 24.83 
 
 16.88 
 
 9.68 
 
 400.00 
 
 1812 
 
 91.72 
 
 51.01 
 
 47.61 
 
 40.44 
 
 38.99 
 
 27.16 
 
 29.46 
 
 25.38 
 
 26.22 
 
 17.40 
 
 9.47 
 
 403.79 
 
 1814 
 
 105.40 
 
 58.20 
 
 47.08 
 
 39.33 
 
 41.48 
 
 27.89 
 
 26.83 
 
 26.66 
 
 29.28 
 
 17.61 
 
 10.26 
 
 429.92 
 
 1816 
 
 104.04 
 
 56.25 
 
 60.35 
 
 37.39 
 
 43.81 
 
 32.00 
 
 28.30 
 
 28.13 
 
 30.69 
 
 16.27 
 
 11.08 
 
 437.17 
 
 1818 
 
 119.85 
 
 51.90 
 
 51.44 
 
 43.76 
 
 43.30 
 
 31.88 
 
 26.14 
 
 27.83 
 
 30«29 
 
 13.04 
 
 8.94 
 
 449.33 
 
 1820 
 
 131.12 
 
 71.18 
 
 63.01 
 
 64.63 
 
 52.69 
 
 38.57 
 
 35.40 
 
 34.11 
 
 30.06 
 
 19.86 
 
 13.14 
 
 643.67 
 
 The Twelfth Distbiot was not organized until 1821, 
 when portions of the fourth and eighth districts were set off 
 for this purpose. The citizens of the new district were 
 Eliphaz Allen, Nathan Underwood, Peter Howe, Samuel 
 Tarbell, Thomas Tarbell, Isaac Learned, John Richards, Jr., 
 Josiah Peirce, Nahum Peirce, and Nathan Derby, Jr. The 
 school-house near Monomonock Lake, in the old third 
 district, was burned in the winter of 1824-5. This event 
 immediately led to some changes in the district boundaries 
 in that vicinity. 
 
 The Thieteenth, or Coekeb, District was then or- 
 ganized, and was formed from the first or centre, and 
 the third districts. It extended west on the turnpike, to 
 include the farm of Stephen Emory, recently deceased ; and 
 east to include the farm of Thaddeus Richards, now of 
 Stephen Hale ; and in the third district it included Con- 
 versevUle and the farm of Capt. Wellington, now of his 
 son Gihnan P. Wellington ; while the Jones farm and the 
 farms on Hubbard Hill were added to the centre district. 
 The new school-house in the third district was built at the 
 foot of the hill, west of the dwelling-house of Abraham J. 
 Converse, which in 1849 was burned, when the present 
 house was built in a more central location. The school- 
 house in the Comer District was built at the foot of the 
 hill, about forty rods east of Mr. Cutter's wheelwright 
 shop. The present house, still farther east, was built in 
 1858, and is excelled by none in town. 
 
288 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 In 1848, the town was new districted, and the former 
 boundaries considerably disturbed, and some of the inhabit- 
 ants also. The numbers of the districts were also changed. 
 The first became the fifth ; the second the tenth ; the third 
 the eighth; the fourth and ninth were united and styled 
 the third; the fifth became the second; the sixth the 
 seventh ; the seventh the first ; the eighth the twelfth ; the 
 tenth the ninth ; the twelfth the fourth ; the thirteenth the 
 sixth ; while the eleventh retained its former number. This 
 explanation is not very euphonic, but it briefly expresses a 
 fact which should not be omitted in an account of the 
 school districts. In 1869, District Number One became 
 extinct. The extreme northeast portion and a part of 
 Sharon formed a union district. During the same year 
 District Number Twelve, which was lessened in area in 
 1848, was annexed to Numbers Three and Four. This 
 leaves a present number of nine districts, besides portions 
 of the former districts Number One and Number Eleven, 
 which are joined with sections of other towns. 
 
 Within twenty-five years, eight new school-houses have 
 been built, which will compare favorably with those in a 
 majority of rural towns. Of the remaining houses, the 
 poorest is in the centre district, whose inhabitants are 
 abundantly able to have a more convenient and comfortable 
 house. It could not be fully described without the use 
 of many depreciating adjectives. It is hoped that the 
 apparent veneration of the district for this ancient structure 
 wiU soon yield to the increasing demands for a more suitable 
 building. The annual appropriation for the support of 
 schools has been constantly increasing for many years. 
 About fourteen hundred dollars is now raised by a tax 
 upon the inhabitants, and, in addition, an average of about 
 one hundred and twenty-five dollars is received from the 
 
SCHOOLS. 289 
 
 two sources of literary fund, which is considerably in excess 
 of the average of other towns in the State. 
 
 Space will not admit of a continuation of the list of 
 teachers. Only those who taught early in the period are 
 here noticed. When nineteen years of age, and while a 
 student at college, Edward Payson taught the centre school, 
 and a few years later his brother PhiUips was employed 
 several terms. 
 
 Gates Rand, Liberty Rand, Simon Davis, Abel Shedd, 
 Josiah Shedd, Eliphalet Sawtell, Thomas Ingalls, Greene 
 Towne, Warham Rand, Jonathan Sawtell, Amos Keyes, 
 Rev. Joseph Brown, Hubbard Moors, Warham R. Platts, 
 Samuel Steele, are still remembered as teachers of that 
 period. Some of them were teachers many years. Jonathan 
 Sawtell was fond of stating that he had stood in the desk 
 five and twenty terms. Perhaps Simon Davis and Amos 
 Keyes were as constantly employed, and later, Jason B. 
 Perry taught many terms, and was associated with some of 
 these in their later labors in the school-room. The summer 
 schools were very frequently committed to the care of Polly 
 Bowers, who died unmarried at an advanced age ; Catherine 
 Johnson, afterwards the wife of John Demary, Jr. ; Mary 
 Colburn, afterwards Mrs. Talmon Jennings ; Polly Kimball, 
 later Mrs. Joshua Converse ; Hannah Adams ; Hepsibah 
 Cutler, later Mrs. John Townsend; Polly Davis; Naomi 
 Adams, wife of Isaac Spofford ; Maria Hunt, afterwards the 
 wife of Rev. Joseph Brown ; Matilda Rand, later the wife 
 of Timothy Bancroft; Sophia Sawyer, the missionary; 
 Fanny Demary, daughter of Ezekiel Demary; Abigail 
 Stearns, later Mrs. Chauncey Perry ; and very many others, 
 which space will not admit. 
 
 The town continued to choose a prudential committee of 
 one for each district until 1809, when Edward Jewett, Esq., 
 
290 BISTORT OF RINBGE. 
 
 introduced the following motion, which was adopted : " That 
 the inhabitants of each school district in the town meet in 
 their respective districts, on the last Tuesday of March, at 
 three o'clock, P.M., and choose a moderator and clerk for 
 their district. Also to choose an agent for their own 
 district to provide teachers for their respective districts. 
 That each moderator and clerk certify in writing to the 
 selectmen the person chosen. That the selectmen certify 
 to said agent the proportion of school money for his partic- 
 ular district. That said agents seasonably provide such 
 teachers for their respective districts as are qualified, as the 
 law directs." The remainder of this vote provided that 
 the selectmen should pay the teachers out of the school 
 money, on orders given by the prudential committees. This 
 plan was followed five years, when the former method was 
 resumed. No reason for its abandonment is apparent, unless 
 it was presumed that a choice by the districts woiild not 
 be sustained by the existing laws of the State. With the 
 exception of two other years, the town annually chose the 
 prudential committees, until a plan very similar to the one 
 introduced twenty years earlier by Mr. Jewett became the 
 law of the State, and since 1830, under the provisions of 
 this statute, the districts have continued to elect their pru- 
 dential committees, who are qualified to draw the school 
 money from the town treasury for their respective districts, 
 instead of paying the teachers by an order, as was the 
 practice under the plan of Mr. Jewett. 
 
 The question of supervision of the schools, for the first 
 time, was favorably entertained by the town in March, 1810. 
 The following report of a committee, consisting of Gates 
 Rand, David Barker, and Jonathan Ingalls, chosen t6 make 
 some recommendation on that subject, was then presented : 
 " In our opinion, it will be expedient to choose a committee 
 
SCHOOLS. 291 
 
 of three persons to examine the schools, and that no agent 
 for any district shall set up any Master, who has neYer 
 taught school before, until he has been examined by said 
 committee, and received their approbation. And that the 
 agent for said district shall notify said committee of the 
 time when it will be most agreeable to his district to have 
 the school examined, and that each district shall choose one 
 or more persons to meet with said committee." This report 
 was made the same day the committee was chosen, which 
 gave them little time for its preparation. Yet it is pre- 
 sumed that its brevity is more particularly the result of 
 good judgment on the part of its authors, who expressed 
 their opinions in very proper terms, and, with a rare display 
 of good sense, withheld all needless comment. The report 
 was adopted, and a committee chosen. Rev. Seth Payson, 
 Col. Josiah Wilder, and Thomas IngaUs, constituted the 
 first superintending school committee in this town; and 
 during the years immediately following, Simon Davis, 
 William Sherwin, Samuel L. Wilder, Gates Rand, and 
 Amos Keyes, were also chosen. The committee was vari- 
 ously selected from the eight persons just named, imtil the 
 year 1820, when the town, for the succeeding seven years, 
 either neglected to choose any one, or else chose one from 
 each district to superintend his respective school. In 1827, 
 a more select niimber was chosen, and either by an election, 
 or appointment by the selectmen, a committee, generally of 
 three, has been annually chosen, until the present system 
 of electing one each year, to serve three years, was adopted 
 a few years since. At this date. Rev. Mr. Burnham was 
 chosen, who continued faithfully to serve the town in this 
 capacity, almost without interruption, for more than thirty 
 years. He at once evinced a lively interest in the schools 
 of this town, and the cause of popular education is much 
 
292 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 indebted to Ms wise counsels and faithful labors in its 
 behalf. The first written report of the school committee 
 was for the year 1828, and was drafted by Mr. Burnham. 
 Since then an annual report has been made without inter- 
 ruption, which, for the past twenty-five years, has been 
 printed at the expense of the town. 
 
 In addition to the public schools, sustained by the town, 
 a private school, supported by tuition, has been enjoyed for 
 about three months in the year, during a considerable 
 portion of the time, for the past sixty years. These terms 
 generally have been well attended, and the exhibition given 
 by the students at the close of the term has been a prom- 
 inent feature of these enterprises. In these exhibitions, 
 George P. Barker began to exercise his wonderful power 
 over an audience, and in these juvenile efforts, while 
 declaiming the words of another, a prophecy of his rare 
 oratorical powers was proclaimed by the tears he called 
 from the eyes of many unused to weep. 
 
 In those palmy days of the town, when almost every 
 conceivable topic was a fit subject for legislation, when the 
 meeting-house, the length of intermission between the serv- 
 ices on the Sabbath, the salary of the minister, the exclusion 
 of dogs from the doors of the sanctuary, were fruitful 
 themes for public discussion and decision, the students were 
 obliged to secure the consent of the town before they were 
 permitted to hold their exhibitions in the meeting-house. 
 Nearly seventy years ago, when such a request was made, 
 the town, with an air of great prudence, voted that " the 
 young people have liberty to hold a public exhibition in 
 the meeting-house, provided the pieces to be exhibited be 
 first presented for the inspection of Rev. Mr. Payson and 
 the selectmen." Thus, with the approval of the minister 
 and the town officials, the students were instructed to speak 
 
SCHOOLS. 293 
 
 the speech trippingly on the tongue, or to announce to their 
 friends that they came not here to talk. For the hundredth 
 time, the old Peruvian was discovered among the palm- 
 trees, and Csesar was buried with little praise. With great 
 boldness, they condemned and noted Lucius Pella, or 
 sounded a prophetic warning in the ears of Lochiel, with 
 an assurance that it must be so, for Plato reasoned well. 
 Again was Cromwell charged to throw away ambition, 
 while the younger orators continued to harrow the sympa- 
 thies of their hearers with their appeals for pity for the 
 sorrows of the poor old man, whose name and residence 
 have never been disclosed. 
 
 In many instances the gommittee of supervision has 
 been appointed by the selectmen instead of being elected 
 by the town. For several years the record of appointment 
 has not been discovered. The following list presents the 
 date of the first election, and, as far as has been ascertained, 
 gives the number of years each individual named has served 
 upon the school committee : Rev. Seth Payson, 1810, (2) ; 
 Josiah Wilder, 1810, (3) ; Thomas IngaUs, 1810, (7) ; Simon 
 Davis, 1811, (7) ; William Sherwin, 1811, (5) ; Samuel L. 
 Wilder, 1811, (5); Gates Rand, 1812, (4); Amos Keyes, 
 1813, (5) ; Rev. A. W. Burnham, 1827, and almost continu- 
 ously until 1857 ; Benjamin Ward, Esq., 1827, (1) ; Jason 
 B. Perry, 1827, (6 or more) ; Dr. A. D. Shurtleff, 1829, (2); 
 S. B. Sherwin, 1829, (9) ; Dr. Nathaniel Kingsbury, 1833, 
 (2) ; Dr. E. D. Abell, 1843, (5 or more) ; Dr. Josiah Abbott, 
 1845, (10 or more) ; W. C. Brigham, 1847, (6 or more) ; 
 David Stowe, 1854, (6 or more) ; Rev. A. M. Osgood, 1853, 
 (1); Rev. Silas Cummings, 1857, (1); Rev. C. H. Chase, 
 1858, (1) ; George W. Todd, Jr., 1858, (1) ; James B. Perry, 
 1862, (1) ; Amos J. Blake, 1862, (2) ; Ezra S. Stearns, 1863, 
 (2) ; George A. Whitney, 1864, (1). For several years, 
 38 
 
294 EI8T0BT OF BINDGE. 
 
 from 1865, only one person was chosen. Ezra S. Stearns, 
 1865, (1); Rev. Henry Chandler, 1866, (2); George A. 
 Whitney, 1868, (2) ; W. C. Brigham, 1870, (1) ; Eev. A. L. 
 Kendall, 1871, (1) ; A. S. Coffin, 1872, (1). Since 1872, a 
 board of education has been elected for the term of three 
 years, and has included A. S. Coffin, (2), Rev. William H. 
 Stuart, (1), Anson A. Platts, (1), Joseph F. Wetherbee, (1). 
 
CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Inconveniences Experienced by the Early Settlers. — The First Saw- 
 MiU. — Grist-Mill. — Hopkinson's MUl. — Bobbins' Mill. — TarbeU 
 Mill. — Platts' MUl. — Asa Cole. — Tanneries. — Shoes. — Clothes- 
 pins. — Nest Boxes. — Pails. — Clothiers. — Bobbins and Spools. — 
 Miscellaneous. 
 
 To CONQTIEE a wilderness, and surround themselves with 
 the necessities of life, was the mission of the early settlers ; 
 and this required the exercise of labor and endurance. For 
 several years the grain was carried to the older towns to be 
 ground, and the lumber used in the first dwellings was 
 transported over the rudest highways from the mills in 
 other places. In midwinter the journey was not infre- 
 quently made upon snow-shoes, and a bushel of corn or of 
 rye was borne upon the shoulders of the sturdy father, that 
 his family might be supplied with their homely fare. The 
 boards that were used for the doors and interior of the first 
 log-houses were brought from the mOl in Townsend, and 
 later from New Ipswich. These inconveniences, and the 
 numerous water-courses in the settlement, were constantly 
 inviting them to construct mills of their own; and, when 
 once the measure was proposed, few enterprises were 
 conducted with as much success and as little delay. 
 
296 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 The proposition to build a saw-mill in this town was 
 first made at a meeting of the proprietors, held at Groton, in 
 February, 1759, when a committee was chosen " to look out 
 a convenient place for a saw-mill." In September of the 
 same year, Lieut. Samuel Reed, of Lunenburg, Joseph 
 Platts, and Jonathan Parker, of Monadnock Number One, 
 were instructed to "employ a proper experienced mill- 
 wright to go to said Number One and look out y^ best 
 mill place." At the same time it was agreed to sell so 
 much of the three mill lots as might be needed to encourage 
 some person to build a saw-mill on the selected site. The 
 proprietors did not desire to own, or wholly to control, the 
 mill, but proposed to make this gratuity as an encourage- 
 ment to any one who would build, and agree to saw lumber 
 for the settlers at reasonable prices. The records express a 
 determination that there should be no delay, and, unlike the 
 approach to many other enterprises, there were no postpone- 
 ments or motions of reconsideration. In this particular 
 their votes are in marked contrast with those concerning 
 the meeting-house, since no fear of Indian hostilities is 
 mentioned in this connection. 
 
 On the twenty-fourth of the following month, Abel 
 Platts, of Number One, Lieut. Samuel Reed, and Capt. 
 Jacob Gould, of Lunenburg, were chosen to build the mill, 
 with authority " to contract with an experienced workman, 
 and to conduct the whole affair at y" expense of the Pro- 
 prietors, and that the undertaker give bond for y" true 
 performance of y® work." At this meeting it was decided 
 to build the mill upon the twelfth lot in the third range. 
 In 1760, the records indicate that the miU lots had been 
 sold, but no mention is made of the purchasers, or to whom 
 a part or the whole of the proceeds was paid for building 
 the mill. It is reasonably certain that it was completed 
 
MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 297 
 
 during the year. The mill was built by Abijah Smith, of 
 Leominster, afterwards a resident of New Ipswich. He 
 also resided for a few years in Winchendon, but was never 
 a resident of this town. Henry Coffeen was also employed 
 as a carpenter or miU-wright, and twenty-five years later he 
 owned a miU in Acworth, in which he lost his life. Very 
 soon, if not immediately, after its completion, the mill passed 
 into the possession of Josiah Ingalls, who gave bonds to the 
 proprietors of the township that he would saw all the logs 
 delivered at the mill by the residents of the township at a 
 stated price. This bond was given in consideration of the 
 money granted by the proprietors to aid in defraying the 
 expense of the building. In this mill was sawed the 
 material for the meeting-house, which was built soon after, 
 and the name of the owner frequently occurs in connection 
 with the expense of boards and other material for this 
 purpose. Mr. Ingalls was succeeded by James Philbrick. 
 
 The site of this miU is clearly traceable near the outlet 
 of Grassy Pond. It was not an eriduring structure, and 
 was early referred to as the old mill, for better ones were 
 soon after built. The site, once a place of great importance 
 in the town, was soon abandoned. It is now many yards 
 from any traveled highway, and the fact that there was 
 ever a mill in that locality is fast fading from the memory 
 of men. As wiU be noticed elsewhere, the course of this 
 stream has been diverted from its original channel. 
 
 As soon as the erection of a saw-mill was made certain, 
 the proprietors, with renewed confidence, proceeded to 
 consider and act upon the usual preliminary measures 
 * about building a grist-miU. After the choice of several 
 committees, they had proceeded so far as to determine, in 1760, 
 that it should be built near the saw-mill. While these meas- 
 ures were being discussed, the undertaking was suddenly 
 
298 HISTORY OF BINDGM 
 
 suspended by the enterprise of Jonathan Hopkinson, who 
 had built such a mill without assistance, while the propri- 
 etors had been clearing the decks for action. In 1762, he 
 solicits their " assistance in repairing his grist-miLl." The 
 warrant containing this request is preserved, but no record 
 of this meeting can be found, and the result is unknown. 
 
 Mr. Hopkinson soon after removed to JafErey. The 
 location of his mill is not certainly known, but it was 
 probably on the site of the present mill of O. D. Converse 
 & Son, for a saw-mill and grist-mill under the same roof 
 upon this site were sold in 1775 by James Streeter to Jacob 
 Fitch. The same year Mr. Fitch sold the mills to his 
 brother, Paul Fitch, who sold the property soon after to 
 William FarweU. During the ownership of Mr. FarweU, 
 the town, in 1779, built an expensive bridge across the 
 stream below the mill. 
 
 The mill was afterwards owned by Capt. Benjamin Lap- 
 ham and by his brother, Lieut. King Lapham, who conveyed 
 the premises, in 1784, to the Kimballs, in whose possession 
 they remained until 1845, when they were purchased by 
 Joshua Converse, Esq., and have since continued in the 
 possession of members of this family. The present owners 
 are 0. D. Converse & Son. 
 
 For more than one hundred years, a saw-mill and a grist- 
 mill have been continued on this site. At present there is 
 no other grist-mill in town. 
 
 Previous to 1769, David and "William Bobbins, who 
 resided in the southwest part of the town, built a mill 
 just over the line in Winchendon, which is early referred 
 to upon the records. The owners supposed the mill was 
 within the limits of the town, and were thus taxed for 
 several years. A better knowledge of the location of the 
 State line revealed the fact that the mill was in Royalston 
 
MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 299 
 
 Leg, as it was styled, — a tract of land wliicli, in 1780, was 
 joined to Winchendon. 
 
 Previous to the Revolution, Lieut. Samuel Tarbell built 
 a mill in the west part of the town, on the stream leading 
 from Pearly Pond. 
 
 In 1780, the town voted not " to Build a bridge over the 
 stream that [flows] from Lieut. Tarballs mill across the 
 Eoad that leads to Fitzwilliam." This refusal on the part 
 of the town to build a bridge arose froni the presumption 
 that if there was no dam across the stream there would be 
 no necessity for a bridge; and the next year the town 
 noticed this encroachment upon their highways in these hot 
 words: "That the Selectmen and Surveyors Proceed with 
 Tarball according to law." Having summoned to their aid 
 the strong arm of the law, and committed the management 
 of the affair to fifteen men, it is highly probable that the 
 public interests suffered no detriment. 
 
 For several years another saw-mill was in operation on 
 the Emerson Pond stream, just as it falls into Monomonock 
 Lake. It was owned for several years by Eben Platts. 
 These miUs were wholly employed in grinding grain, and in 
 sawing boards, and other coarse lumber, for the buildings 
 erected by the inhabitants. 
 
 Probably there were no other mills until near the close 
 of the century, when several new enterprises were inaugu- 
 rated, which wiU be mentioned in topics without an attempt 
 to preserve the order of date of each enterprise. 
 
 The stream from Grassy Pond, following its natural 
 channel, flowed directly into Long Pond, without taking its 
 present circuitous course through Pool Pond, before its 
 waters mingle with those of its former receptacle. About 
 1800, Asa Cole constructed the canal which is the present 
 bed of the stream. Several mill privileges were found 
 
300 EISTOBT OF BINDQE. 
 
 upon the stream at "West Rindge, which -were soon occupied. 
 Mr. Cole built a mill where stands the residence of Samuel 
 W. Fletcher, which soon after came into the possession of 
 William Rugg, who had a grist-mill and some other ma- 
 chinery within it. Later, Mr. Rugg removed the grist-mill 
 into a new building where the pail-shop now stands. 
 
 The first tannery was erected by Benjamin Bancroft, 
 who came from Groton about 1773, and built a house a 
 short distance east of the residence of Col. Stearns. His 
 vats for tanning were west of his residence. Mr. Bancroft 
 sold the property, and removed to Grafton, Vermont, about 
 1813. The business was subsequently conducted, for a 
 short time, by John Demary, son of Ezekiel Demary, 
 assisted by the father of his wife — Mr. Nathan Johnson. 
 No business has been done at this place for more than fifty 
 years, and all traces of the yard are now obliterated. 
 
 There was a tannery on the low ground north of the 
 highway, between the residences of Addison Todd and 
 Joshua T. Hunt, which was put into operation about 1800, 
 and in a few years the business was suspended. It was 
 under the management of Wallingford Todd. 
 
 At West Rindge, between the two roads south of the 
 residence of Oratio P. Allen, Joseph Crumble had another 
 yard. It was established several years before the canal 
 conveyed the water from Grassy Pond. Mr. Crumble 
 suspended business a few years previous to his death in 
 1846. 
 
 Sumner Raymond erected a yard, with convenient build- 
 ings, near the brook east of the residence of Charles F. 
 Stearns, about 1820. The business was carried on at this 
 place by Mr. Raymond until 1839, when Charles Mixer 
 bought the main building, and removed it to the yard owned 
 by him. 
 
MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 301 
 
 About 1798, William Barker purchased the site upon 
 ■which the saw-mill of A. S. Coffin now stands, and estab- 
 lished a capacious yard. Mr. Barker was the first who 
 introduced machinery, and employed water power to assist 
 in the various operations connected with the business. In 
 the other establishments the motive power for grinding 
 bark was a horse, whose hide was generally well tanned 
 before the animal died. Mr. Barker sold the establishment 
 to Charles Mixer, in 1820, who conducted the business until 
 his death, in 1841. He was succeeded by George D. Hap- 
 good, who remained in the business at this place until the 
 buildings were entirely destroyed by fire, in May, 1855. 
 During thirteen years of successful management, Mr. Hap- 
 good was in partnership with Amos Knowlton one year, 
 with Charles S. Mixer two, and later with William Merriam 
 four years. 
 
 In the early history of the town, and even within the 
 memory of many living, much of the custom shoe-making 
 was done at the home of the families in need of such work. 
 Many of the shoe-makers went from house to house, and 
 remained at each until their services were no longer 
 required. These workmen were generally styled cord- 
 wainers, and were numerous, generally having some other 
 occupation to employ them when not thus engaged. At 
 this time but little of what is styled sale work was found at 
 the stores. About forty years ago Amos Cutler and 
 Sylvester Wood entered upon the manufacture of kid and 
 cloth shoes, which were sold in the market and distributed 
 among the retail traders, where they awaited purchasers. 
 At times, when the business was promising, twenty-five men 
 were employed, besides affording employment to many 
 women who bound the shoes. They had two shops. 
 One at present is "occupied by Abner F. Chadwick, in the 
 39 
 
302 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 manufacture of matrices for casting type ; the other, and 
 larger, building, was near by, and nearer the highway. 
 They also had a shop in a portion of the house now known 
 as the Methodist parsonage. Mr. Wood died 1841, and 
 Mr. Cutler formed a partnership with WiUiam S. Hum- 
 phrey. In 1846, John S. Fenno bought the stock and tools, 
 but soon reduced the business to a class of custom work. 
 In addition to his general business of tanning, Charles 
 Mixer was engaged for several years in the manufacture 
 of sale work. 
 
 Clothes-Pins, which for many years were extensively 
 manufactured in this town, were first made by Richard 
 Kimball. For several years he had no associates in the 
 business. His only tools were a knife and a hand-saw. 
 With genuine Yankee ingenuity he patiently whittled the 
 pins into a desired shape, and made the wedge-shaped 
 opening with his saw. The small number made by this 
 slow process of manufacture was sold by Mr. Kimball 
 during his accustomed travels in this and the neighboring 
 states in quest of customers. The increasing demand for 
 these useful articles soon induced others to engage in the 
 business. Many of the most important manxifactures in our 
 country have sprung from the most humble beginning. The 
 pioneers are worthy of remembrance. Richard Stewart, of 
 Winchendon, was the first who employed machinery in the 
 manufacture of clothes-pins, and very soon after Aaron 
 Sawtell and Servetus Metcalf engaged in the business in 
 this town. Their mill was on the stream flowing from 
 Pearly Pond, and was more recently owned by Timothy 
 Metcalf. The early manufacture of these useful articles, 
 compared with later years, was a slow process. The log 
 was sawed in proper lengths with a cross-cut saw drawn by 
 two men ; the blocks were then split into square pieces of 
 
MILLS AND MAJSrUFACTURES. 303 
 
 suitable dimensions, which were shaved into uniform size, 
 and turned with a gouge and chisel. It is said that twenty 
 to twenty-five gross was a day's work for one turner. At 
 first the pins were held in a vise, and the opening cut out 
 with a hand-saw. In the progress of a few years they were 
 sawed into squares and cut into suitable lengths by circular 
 saws, were turned in lathes designed and made especially 
 for their manufacture, and the opening cut with a saw, 
 which gave the desired fashion by means of knives either 
 attached to or formed by cutting the saw and turning out 
 a sharpened edge. Tills device was patented by Oratio P. 
 Allen, of this town, who received a royalty from those who 
 made use of it. 
 
 It is estimated that for several years more of these 
 convenient articles were manufactured in Rindge than in 
 all other places combined, and many were exported to other 
 countries. N. C. Russell, Joshua Converse & Co. — the 
 partners were his sons Zebulon and Omar D. Converse, — 
 Oratio P. Allen, Timothy Metcalf, Eliakim Russell and 
 Jabez Butler, A. S. Sawtell, Henry Russell and Hiram 
 Robinson, Asaph W. Goodridge, Dr. Stephen Jewett, and 
 .Dennis Howe, for several years were engaged in this manu- 
 facture. 
 
 But few of these articles have been made in Rindge 
 since 1858, and none for the past ten years. 
 
 This enterprise was much facilitated by the lathes for 
 turning, already referred to, which were mainly designed 
 and constructed by John Emory, an ingenious machinist, 
 to whom the manufacturers of many kinds of wooden ware 
 were much indebted. 
 
 Several residents of this town were formerly engaged in 
 the manufacture of oval and round spice-boxes, of which 
 several sizes were made, admitting one within another; for 
 
304 BISTOBT OF MINB-GE. 
 
 this reason they were early styled " nest-boxes." Their con- 
 struction was laborious and slow. The rims were split with 
 a frow, and shaved to a desired and uniform thickness ; the 
 heads were also split and shaved in the same tedious manner, 
 and, after they were marked from a pattern, were cut with 
 knives in the hands of the workmen into a desired shape. 
 These patient toilers had little time to imagine that their 
 sons, with the aid of machinery, would make a dozen or a 
 score while they were engaged upon a single one. The few 
 of these mechanics who are living admit that the modem 
 machine-box is more quickly and cheaply made, but insist 
 that theirs were more durable and more carefully con- 
 structed. 
 
 Daniel Emory, Stephen Emory, Isaac and Addison M. 
 Wood, BraddyU Smith, James Bennett, Amos B. Harris, 
 Benjamin and J.Warren Stowe, were engaged in this business. 
 
 This class of workmen, perhaps on account of the simi- 
 larity of the tools employed, were frequently coopers as 
 well as box-makers, and some of them also made wooden 
 measures. In this connection mention should be made of 
 the drums which were made in two of these shops. Diiring 
 the war of 1812, many were sold to the government, which 
 were sounded in measuring the march of the troops during 
 the campaigns that ensued. The enormous drum, which 
 for many years was so accurately and soundly beaten by 
 Elbridge Wood on training and muster days, was made by 
 Capt. Stephen Emory. But the drummer and the maker 
 are dead, the training and the muster days are almost 
 forgot, and a new era in the manufacture of this class of 
 ware has come and gone. The slow, laborious process of 
 hand-labor can never successfully compete with the swifter 
 and more accurate evolutions of ingenious^ contrived 
 machines in cutting and fashioning wood. 
 
MILLS AND MANUFACTUBE8. 305 
 
 The introduction of macliinery driyen by power soon 
 put an end to this business. The implements of hand-labor, 
 with their smoothly worn handles, are laid aside, and the 
 little shops are closed. A few stUl remain, as monuments 
 of the industry and patient toil of our fathers. For a long 
 time, we trust, those near the residences of the late Stephen 
 Emory and J. A. Gibson, of A. M. Wood and J. F. Hale, 
 will remain, to proclaim the example of the uncomplaining 
 labor of their former occupants. 
 
 In 1848, Samuel Page, of WincKendon, moved to Eindge, 
 and introduced the first power machines for the manufacture 
 of nest and bail-boxes. He occupied the mill which stood 
 upon the site of E. B. Cutter's wheelwright shop. 
 
 In 1850, he sold his machinery to Reuben Ramsdell, who 
 removed it to his mill in East Rindge. Mr. Ramsdell has 
 continued the business with success, and has introduced 
 many valuable improvements. He has had two mills 
 burned, but each time he built larger. In 1870, he sold 
 the mill and surrounding property to the Union Box and 
 Lumber Company, of which Joel Wellington is the manager 
 and principal owner. This company continue the business 
 on an extensive scale, making also a large number of boxes 
 for fruit and figs. In 1852, Henry Russell, who owned a 
 mill about one-fourth of a mile below on the stream, began 
 to make the same kind of boxes. Several years later he 
 sold out to O. J. and A. S. Raymond, who enlarged the 
 mill, and did an extensive business until 1871, when R. 
 Ramsdell & Co. pui'chased the property, and continue the 
 business. The other partners of the firm are Zebulon and 
 Clovis M. Converse. 
 
 At each of the box manufactories is a saw-mill, in which 
 a considerable amount of coarse lumber is annually cut out. 
 
306 kiSTOBY OF BINDGE. , 
 
 Steam is also employed by both in connection with water- 
 power. 
 
 In 1871, Morton E. Converse commenced the manu- 
 facture of a box, alike in material to the nest-box, but either 
 of a square or oblong form. The process of turning a 
 corner in the rim without breaking the wood, and the 
 machine for doing the work originated with him. His 
 mill, with the saw-mill connected, are on the same stream, 
 and a few rods below the mill of O. D. Converse & Son. 
 A mill upon the same site, which was built by William 
 Kimball forty years ago, was burned in 1843. The present 
 mill was built by Joshua Converse in 1845. 
 
 Pails were first made in town by Dr. Stephen Jewett 
 and Dennis Howe. They built a mill for that purpose in 
 the west part of the town, on the Pearly Pond stream, 
 about forty years ago. This was among the first power 
 mills in the country for the manufacture of pails. Although 
 not of greater dimensions than some other mills in town, it 
 was not styled the mill, or shop, but received no small 
 distinction from the designation of "The Pail Factory." 
 Mr. Howe soon sold his interest, and was succeeded by 
 Levi Howe, Esq., Harvey Platts, and Capt. C. H. Cole, as 
 partners of Dr. Jewett. The mill was burned in 1853, and 
 was not rebuilt. 
 
 About ten years since, Charles A. and George A. Whit- 
 ney bought the mill formerly owned by George E. Smith, at 
 West Rindge, and commenced the manufacture of pails. 
 Their mill has been burned, but was promptly rebuilt, upon 
 an enlarged and commodious plan. A saw-mill has been 
 added, and steam is employed to drive their machinery 
 whenever the stream fails to afford sufficient power. 
 
 As clearly seen from the formation of the surrounding 
 land, the natural outlet of Emerson Pond was at the east 
 
MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 307 
 
 end, between the farms of Stephen Hale and Ivers H. 
 Brooks. Nearly a century ago, a canal was made through a 
 small ridge of land, at the western end of the pond, which 
 was reduced to a lower plane than the eastern outlet, and 
 which diverted the water from this pond through the Emory 
 meadow, and by the miUs below. By the original channel, 
 the water crossed the highway, about sixty rods east of the 
 residence of Stephen Hale, and was emptied into the Converse 
 reservoir, about one-fourth of a mile above the Converse 
 mills. Although diverted its entire length from its natural 
 channel, the stream empties into the Monomonock Lake, 
 within a short distance from the mouth of the former brook. 
 Many years ago, legal proceedings were had in regard to 
 the natural channel of the stream, and the interests of the 
 western or present outlet secured the verdict, apparently in 
 opposition to the decrees of Nature. 
 
 About the time Mr. Barker established the tan-yard, on 
 the Emerson Pond stream, Ebenezer Brown, more famil- 
 iarly known, in later years, as Deacon Brown, purchased the 
 miUs immediately above, and began business as a clothier. 
 One of his mills is now occupied by A. S. Coffin, and the 
 other was burned, when the buildings connected with the 
 tannery were destroyed. The main part of his business was 
 dressing cloth that had been woven in the hand-looms. In 
 1822, he was succeeded in the business by his son, Capt. E. 
 W. Brown, who did not continue the manufacture of cloth, 
 but wholly engaged in wool-carding and cloth-dressing. 
 This business was not continued after the death of Mr. 
 Brown, which occurred in 1839. In the same building a 
 machine for carding rolls, for the few who can spin, has been 
 maintained by Mr. Coffin to the present time. 
 
 Dr. Stephen Jewett, senior, owned, for several years, a 
 small carding establishment on the West Rindge stream, 
 
308 HISTOBY OF RINDGE. 
 
 near Pool Pond. It has not been in operation for many 
 years. 
 
 The mills formerly owned by Mr. Brown were pur- 
 chased, about 1840, by Silas Coffin, who immediately 
 commenced the manufacture of bobbins and spools. Mr. 
 Coffin introduced many valuable improvements in the ma- 
 chinery employed in the manufacture of these wares. He 
 also built the mill upon the site of the tan-yard. This 
 building was occupied by George S. Coffin, for a short time, 
 in cleansing wool, a business in which he was extensively 
 engaged. Since his removal to Winchendon, in 1864, A. S. 
 Coffin has employed the power in driving a saw-mill. The 
 latter also succeeded his father in the manufacture of 
 bobbins and spools, and has successfully conducted the 
 business for the past fifteen or more years. The wares 
 manufactured by Mr. Coffin are used wholly by the manu- 
 facturers of woolen fabrics, and maintain a reputation 
 excelled by none. 
 
 From sixty to eighty years ago, there were several 
 hatters' shops in this town. The dwelliug-house of the 
 late Mary Davis, and one or two other buildings, were 
 occupied by Col. William Gardner, in this business. Capt. 
 Leonard Wellington was also engaged in the business, and 
 had a shop in his dwelling-house, now owned by Dr. Josiah 
 Abbott. The sign which was suspended over his door 
 proclaiming his occupation, is in the possession of his son, 
 Joel Wellington. 
 
 Betjshes of many styles were formerly made by Seth 
 Whiting. He commenced the manufacture in the building 
 connected with the dwelling-house of Miss Millie Walker, 
 and subsequently built a large shop on the site of the 
 wheelwright shop of E. B. Cutter. He removed from 
 
MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 309 
 
 town about 1836, and the business was not continued by- 
 other parties. 
 
 O. P. Allen formerly employed several hands in splitting 
 palm-leaf, and subsequently owned a saw-mill, in which he 
 also manufactured wooden-ware. This mill, situated near 
 his residence in West Rindge, was burned in 1867, and has 
 not been rebuilt. Moses W. and Hudson D. Hale have 
 manufactured a large number of corn-brooms, and a variety 
 of wooden-ware at times has been sent to the market from 
 this town. Ten years ago, M. E. Converse began the man- 
 ufacture of pyroligneous acid, and is still engaged in the 
 business. 
 
 At present, in addition to a large amount of coarse lum- 
 ber annually cut out at the several manufactories, the chief 
 products of the mills are nest-boxes, by Joel Wellington, 
 and R. Ramsdell & Co. ; the square box, by M. E. Converse ; 
 bobbins and spools, by A. S. Coffin ; pails, by the Whitney 
 Brothers; saw-horses, by A. S. Sawtell; a variety of wooden- 
 ware, by E. S. Kimball, Elijah Bemis, and Warren SawteU ; 
 and toys, ingeniously fashioned, by Otis P. Butler. 
 
 40 
 
CHAPTER XV. 
 
 TBE WAB OF THE REBELLION. 
 
 Prevailing Sentiment of the People. — Importance of Town Meetings. — 
 Eesolutions Adopted. — Spontaneous Meetings. — War Committee 
 Chosen. — Presentation of a Sword to Capt. Converse. — Sudden 
 Death of Stephen B. Shervrin, Esq. — Names and Character of the 
 Soldiers. — Record of Sixth Regiment, 1862. — Additional Bounties 
 Offered. — Soldiers in the Ninth, Fourteenth, and Sixteenth Regi- 
 ments. — Record, 1863. — Draft. — Regiment of Cavalry. — Substi- 
 tutes for Enrolled Men. — Last Quota Filled. — Surgeons Darling, 
 Abbott, and Norcross. — Others in the Service. — Payments by the 
 War Committee, and for Bounties. — List of Selectmen. — Soldiers' 
 Aid Society. — Tablets. 
 
 The general feeling of solicitude and alarm wMch per- 
 vaded tlie loyal North, during the winter and early spring 
 of 1861, while several of the Southern States were openly 
 declaring for treason, was fully shared by the people of this 
 town. Unanimity of sentiment was nowhere more com- 
 plete. A determined spirit of loyalty was universally 
 manifested, and early found expression in unqualified terms. 
 In the retirement of home, upon the streets, in public 
 assemblages, and lastly in the town-meetings, the paramount 
 question of the hour was the preservation of the union of 
 the States. 
 
THE WAB. OF THE BEBMLLION. 311 
 
 In public assemblages of the people, tbe American Revo- 
 lution was inaugurated, and the crowning result of the 
 Revolution was the right secured by the people to control 
 the government by the means of the pure democracy of 
 town-meetings. And when the government was assailed 
 by the treason of the South, it was equally significant and 
 fitting that the voice of loyalty and patriotism should be 
 heard in these primary assemblages. In no other manner 
 could the will and popular sentiment of the people be so 
 clearly made known. In this town the people secured an 
 early opportunity to give such expression of their love for 
 the Union, and their determination that it be sustained. 
 
 At a meeting held on the twelfth of March, under an 
 article in the warrant inviting the citizens, in the capacity 
 of a town, to express their opinions on national affairs, a 
 written preamble and resolutions were presented by Col. 
 Jason B. Perry. The date of this action, a month previous 
 to the great uprising of the North at the attack on Fort 
 Sumter, surrounds it with peculiar interest. "Whereas a 
 crisis now exists, hitherto unknown in the history of our 
 country, we, the citizens of Rindge, in legal town-meeting 
 assembled, desire to express and record our sentiments on 
 the present condition of national affairs: Therefore, re- 
 solved, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, 
 of July 4, 1776, ' we hold that aU men are created equal, 
 and have an inalienable Right to Life, Liberty, and the 
 Pursuit of Happiness. We hold that Governments are 
 instituted for the Good of the whole People, and not for 
 the Benefit of any Clique, Sect, or Party, whatsoever.' We 
 believe that the Government of the United States was 
 intended by its framers to be perpetual ; that the Consti- 
 tution is seK-sustaining, when rightly administered, and, to 
 use its own words, is the supreme law of the land, anything 
 
312 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary, 
 notwithstanding. We believe that no State of this Union 
 has the right to secede therefrom, and set np an independent 
 government of its own, any more than the town of Rindge 
 has a right to secede from the State of New Hampshire, or 
 any individual to cut loose from all society, and act according 
 to his own wiU, independently of all other human beings. 
 We therefore still abide by the Constitution and the laws, 
 believing that those individuals and States which disregard 
 and disobey them wiU, sooner or later, feel the bitter effects 
 of their own rashness, folly, and madness." The record 
 proceeds : " The foregoing Preamble and Resolution, after 
 being fully considered, were adopted by a unanimous vote, 
 excepting one voice in the negative." 
 
 The one voice in the negative represents the inalienable 
 right of a minority, proves a tolerance of opinion, gives 
 force to the vote as an unbiased expression of the people, 
 and crowns the record with completeness. It is presumed 
 that no assemblage of loyal citizens would have objected to 
 these sentiments. The record has been cited rather as an 
 early expression of the opinions of citizens, who were soon 
 to be called upon for the proof of their sincerity. The 
 following pages will record the manner in which that proof 
 was rendered. It will be attempted only to narrate, in the 
 plainest language, the manner in which the town of Rindge 
 performed its part during the war. A plain record of 
 events will present the patriotism of the inhabitants in the 
 clearest possible light. The many self-denying, patriotic 
 deeds, the magnitude of the many sacrifices made, and the 
 sorrows of the bereaved, are natural deductions from such 
 a narrative. 
 
 When the intelligence of the surrender of Fort Sumter 
 electrified the entire people of the North, the inhabitants 
 
THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 313 
 
 of tlie town of Rindge were prompt to respond; not in 
 defiance, not with expressions of hatred, but with unequiv- 
 ocal evidence of an unalterable determination that such 
 treason should be met with force and arms. On the even- 
 ing of Monday, April 14, a spontaneous meeting of the 
 citizens filled the Town Hall to overflowing, at an early 
 hour. Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq., presided. Earnest 
 speeches were made by the Chairman, Ebenezer Blake, 
 Samuel Henry Stearns, George A. Whitney, Benjamin Hale, 
 and others, each expressing the universal sentiment of the 
 assembled citizens, that any attempt to sever the union of 
 the States was treason, and that the attack which had been 
 made upon one of the forts of the general Government 
 was treason that should be met at the bayonet's point. It 
 was the voice of all the speakers, that the people of this 
 town would not fail to perform their duty in the hour of 
 danger. To this sentiment there was a most hearty approval 
 manifested by all present. 
 
 A town-meeting was promptly called, which gave a more 
 deliberate expression of the state of the public mind. This 
 meeting was held on the eleventh of May. The records state 
 that the following resolution was read, candidly considered, 
 and adopted by a unanimous vote : " Resolved, that a civO. 
 war now exists in this country, and as it is the most solemn 
 duty of every citizen to support the Government which 
 protects his property, his liberty, and his life, and to go to 
 the utmost extent of his means to enable the lawful 
 Government effectually to suppress and punish treason, 
 insurrection, and rebellion, and sustain the laws, — we, the 
 inhabitants of the town of Rindge, in legal town-meeting 
 assembled, hereby pledge ourselves to those who have or 
 may hereafter enlist into the service of their country, from 
 this town, as soldiers, that we will provide them with such 
 
314 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 necessary arms and clothing as may not be furnislied by tlie 
 Government, and that the families of those who have them 
 shall be well provided for ; and to carry out the foregoing 
 pledge, we will choose a committee of five men, to be 
 known as the War Committee, whose duty it shall be to 
 borrow from time to time, on the credit of the town, such 
 sums of money, not exceeding $3,000, as may be needed 
 to carry out said pledge, in the true intent and meaning 
 thereof; and to appropriate said money to said purposes, 
 according to the best of their ability." 
 
 In accordance with the provisions of this vote, a com- 
 mittee of five was chosen, who performed their duties with 
 great faithfulness, and fully carried out the foregoing pledge 
 of the town. Their labors will be referred to in another 
 section of this chapter. 
 
 Previous to this meeting, eight young men, without 
 waiting for any promises of assistance from the town, had 
 enlisted into the First New Hampshire Regiment, which was 
 raised for three months. They were honorably discharged 
 with their regiment, on the ninth of August. They were : 
 George W. Cragin, Henry E. Burritt, Henry E. Ballou, 
 Oliver S. White, Albert S. Murphy, Hercules W. Rajrmond, 
 Charles Brown, and Otave Demone. The service which 
 they were called upon to perform was not extremely ardu- 
 ous, nor were their experiences in any manner remarkable ; 
 but as the first to enlist, who were soon to be followed by 
 many others of equal courage, they merit especial mention. 
 
 The enlistments of three years' men during the year 
 were numerous, and included many who had families 
 dependent upon them for support. These they confidently 
 left to the generous care of the .town, and joined the grand 
 army, hastening to the scene of activities. Several of the 
 
THE WAS. OF THE REBELLION. 315 
 
 men in the First Regiment immediately reenlisted, from 
 this and other towns. 
 
 In the first New Hampshire Battery were Horace C. 
 Bennett, Oscar I. Converse, George W. Cragin, and Andrew 
 S. Ballon. They were mustered into service for three years, 
 September 26, 1861, and remained in service until the expi- 
 ration of the term of enlistment, except Oscar I. Converse, 
 who was discharged, on account of disability contracted in 
 the service. May 26, 1863. George W. Cragin reenlisted, 
 December 26, 1863, and remained in the service until the 
 close of the war. The battery was continuously with the 
 army in Virginia and in Maryland, and rendered good 
 service, participating in many battles, and sharing the 
 hardships of several campaigns. 
 
 The Sixth Regiment was raised in the autumn of this 
 year, and contained thirty-six men from this town, thirty- 
 four of whom were in Company K, which was recruited 
 from this vicinity. Ebenezer H. Converse, who had ren- 
 dered active and efl&cient service in raising a company, 
 and under whose leadership the volunteers were promptly 
 enrolled, was commissioned captain of the company in 
 which this town was so fully and honorably represented. 
 He accompanied the regiment to the seat of war, and 
 continued in command of his company until his resignation, 
 which occurred in April following. 
 
 A few days before the regiment left the State, a large 
 number of the citizens of Rindge were assembled in the 
 Town Hall, to witness the presentation of a sword to Capt. 
 Converse. On the eve of the departure of so many citizens 
 of the town, and in the midst of many solicitous prayers 
 for their personal safety, the occasion was memorable. 
 Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq., who was present with words of 
 unqualified patriotism whenever his townsmen were assem- 
 
316 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGJE. 
 
 bled to discuss the grave issues of the times, while presiding 
 at this meeting suddenly expired in his chair. The event 
 cast an additional shadow over the sadness of the hour. 
 These volunteers joined the regiment at Keene, Novem- 
 ber 28, 1861. By anticipating other events, considerable 
 repetition will be avoided by giving some account of their 
 service in this connection. 
 
 Ambrose Butler. 
 
 Henry E. Burritt. 
 Morton E. Converse. 
 
 Cyrus J. Clapp. 
 George M. Cram. 
 
 Augustus A. Chamberlain. 
 Henry H. Davis. 
 John A. Durant. 
 
 Christopher C. Demary. 
 
 James Fitz. 
 Charles F. Gibson. 
 
 Promoted sergeant; wounded at 
 Petersburg, June 17, 1864, and 
 discharged on account of disabil- 
 ity, Dec. 17, 1864. 
 
 Deserted. 
 
 Promoted sergeant, June, 1863, and 
 detailed as commissary of the 
 Ambulance Corps. Mustered out 
 at end of three years. 
 
 Killed at BuU Run, Va., Aug. 29, 
 1862. 
 
 Wounded at Bull Run, Aug. 29, 1862. 
 Discharged on account of wounds, 
 Dec. 1, 1862. Gunshot wound in 
 the face. 
 
 Discharged for disability, June 18, 
 1862. 
 
 Discharged for disabiUty, March 24, 
 1863. 
 
 Discharged for disabiUty, April 1, 
 1863. ReenUsted into Veteran 
 Reserve Corps, Jan. 1, 1864. 
 
 Received a gunshot wound in the 
 hand, at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 
 13, 1862. Discharged on account 
 of wounds, March 17, 1863. 
 
 Reenlisted for the war, Dec. 30, 1863. 
 Mustered out with the regiment, 
 July 17, 1865. 
 
 Mustered out at the end of three 
 years. 
 
THE WAR OF THE BEBELLION. 
 
 317 
 
 Paul Greenleaf. 
 
 John Hecker. 
 Erastus D. Hall. 
 John W. Hastings. 
 Joshua T. Hunt. 
 Jairus W. Hodge. 
 George S. Kimball. 
 Howard 'Rand. 
 William H. Rugg. 
 John I. Reynolds. 
 James E. Richardson. 
 
 Justin S. Richardson. 
 
 Henry H. Sherwin. 
 41 
 
 Accidentally wounded. Discharged 
 
 on account of wounds, Sept. 26, 
 
 1864. 
 Mustered out at the end of three 
 
 years. 
 Discharged for disahiUty, June 16, 
 
 1863. 
 
 Killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 
 1862. 
 
 Discharged for disabiUty, Oct. 25, 
 1862. 
 
 Discharged for disability, Jan. 29, 
 1863. 
 
 Died of disease at Annapolis, Md., 
 Jan. 17, 1862. 
 
 Promoted to sergeant. Killed at An- 
 tietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 
 
 Died of disease at Annapolis, Md., 
 Jan. 20, 1862. 
 
 Killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 
 1862. 
 
 Reenlisted, Jan. 4, 1864, for the war. 
 Promoted to first sergeant. Re- 
 ceived a gunshot wound in the 
 face at the battle of Spottsylvania 
 Court House, May 12, 1864. Trans- 
 ferred, on account of wounds, to 
 Veteran Reserve Corps, Jan. 20, 
 1865, and mustered out, July 15, 
 1865. 
 
 Reenlisted for the war, Jan. 4, 1864. 
 Taken prisoner at Poplar Grove, 
 Va., Oct. 1, 1864. Soon after re- 
 leased, promoted to corporal, June 
 1, 1865; sergeant, July 1, 1865. 
 Mustered out, July 17, 1865. 
 
 Discharged for disability, April 10, 
 1862. 
 
318 
 
 HI8T0BY OF BIND GE. 
 
 Nathan Smith. 
 
 Walter W. Smith. 
 
 Willard Simonds. 
 Edward P. Stratton. 
 David Stowe. 
 Josep Shaffee. 
 
 Thomas R. Todd. 
 George A. Whitney. 
 
 Thomas S. Whitney. 
 William L. Whitney. 
 Leonard P. Wellington. 
 
 ReenUsted Jan. 4, 1864. Taken pris- 
 oner at Poplar Grove, Ya., Sept, 30, 
 1864, and died within the rehel 
 lines, at Salisbury, IsT. C, Jan. 7, 
 1865. 
 
 Reenlisted, Jan. 4, 1864. Taken pris- 
 oner. May 6, 1864. It is supposed 
 that he was exchanged, and that he 
 was lost at sea, on the voyage to 
 the Union lines. 
 
 Deserted at Newbern, IsT. C, July 21, 
 1862. 
 
 Died of disease at Annapolis, Md., 
 Jan. 13, 1862. 
 
 Discharged for disability, Sept. 27, 
 1862. 
 
 (Generally speUed Chaffee on Rindge 
 records.) Reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864. 
 Promoted to corporal. Bailed near 
 Petersburg, Va., July 21, 1864. 
 
 Reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Died of 
 wounds received near Bethesda 
 Church, Va., June 3, 1864. 
 
 Received a gunshot wound in the hip, 
 at Bull Run, Ya., Aug. 29, 1862. 
 Discharged, on account of wounds, 
 Oct. 31, 1862. 
 
 Wounded May 6, 1864. Mustered 
 out at end of three years. 
 
 Discharged for disability, Dec. 26, 
 1862. 
 
 Discharged for disability, Feb. 23, 
 1863. 
 
 Two others were members of Company E, in the same 
 regiment: Almon F. Nutting was wounded at Bull Run, 
 Virginia, August 29, 1862, and discharged on account of 
 the wounds received January 21, 1863; and James W. 
 Russell, who reenlisted for the war, February 11, 1864, and 
 was mustered out with his regiment July 17, 1865. 
 
TBE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 319 
 
 These men enlisted from lofty motives, rather than for 
 bounties, and at a time when their country needed precisely 
 such service as they cheerfully and heroically rendered. 
 The foregoing record of death and of wounds most elo- 
 quently proclaims their valor. They left the State on the 
 twenty-fifth of December, a day in the Christian calendar 
 crowned with memories of peace and brotherhood, rather 
 than of the stern realities of war. Soon after their arrival 
 at Washington, their regiment was assigned to Burnside's 
 expedition, and on the ninth of January embarked for 
 Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. Meanwhile there had been 
 considerable sickness among them, and three of their number 
 were left at Annapolis, where they died soon after. Before 
 their return from North Carolina, their regiment was several 
 times engaged in action, and Camden was early inscribed 
 upon their colors. In July, 1862, they were ordered to 
 scenes of greater activity and danger, and with deplorable 
 loss they shared the fortunes of the memorable battle- 
 ground of Bull Run, three of their number being killed, 
 and several severely wounded. Three days later, they 
 more successfully met the enemy, at ChantiUy, and soon 
 after were ordered to the defence of Washington. They 
 were at South Mountain, and again their ranks were 
 depleted at Antietam. The campaign in Virginia and 
 Maryland proved the qualities of the regiment, and the 
 men from Rindge won equal honors with their comrades. 
 The record of the military service of these men will be 
 continued in a subsequent portion of this chapter. 
 
 The year of 1861 was one of disappointment and 
 disaster. The reverses in the field, however, only served 
 to awaken renewed zeal, and to provoke a firmer determi- 
 nation in the minds of the people that the rebellion should 
 be suppressed, and that order and law should again be 
 
320 HI8T0BT OF B.INDGE. 
 
 supreme. The town, having sent more than its proportion 
 of men to the war, was now at liberty to fulfill its pledge to 
 support the families of the soldiers. Near the close of the 
 year, the citizens again assembled in legal meeting. Having 
 heard the report of the war committee, they accepted of all 
 that had been done, and instructed the committee to proceed 
 in the further relief of the families of the volunteers. The 
 number who had enlisted from this town into New Hamp- 
 shire regiments, during the year, was forty-eight, and that 
 number was credited to the town on a subsequent adjust- 
 ment of the quota. In addition, several had enlisted in 
 regiments raised in other States, and Samuel Henry Stearns, 
 in September, had entered the Si;x.th United States Cavalry- 
 for three years. He was with his regiment, participating in 
 many battles, until in an engagement with the enemy, a few 
 days after the battle of Gettysburg, he was wounded and 
 made prisoner. He remained within the rebel lines until 
 the thirtieth of August, when he was exchanged. Soon 
 after, he was detailed as general clerk in the hospital at 
 Annapolis, where he remained until the expiration of the 
 term of enlistment. A journal kept by him while in a rebel 
 prison, is a most thrilling story of hunger and suffering. 
 A few others from this town experienced the same inhuman 
 treatment while in the hands of the enemy. 
 
 The number of men from which additional recruits were 
 to be raised had been greatly reduced during the eventful 
 year already passed ; the price of wages materially increased ; 
 a,nd the reverses in the field, no doubt, had some influence 
 on the minds of the people. Whatever may have been the 
 prevailing cause, it was soon evident that voliinteers to fill 
 renewed calls for men were not so promptly at hand. As 
 in other towns, the policy of paying bounties was now 
 proposed. In August of this year the town voted to give 
 
THE WAB OF THS REBELLION. 
 
 321 
 
 eacli volunteer for three years, who should count on the 
 town's quota, the sum of one hundred dollars, in addition 
 to the State bounty, and one hundred and fifty dollars, 
 including the State bounty, if any was thus paid, to each 
 volunteer for nine months. The quota of the town was 
 soon filled, and perhaps if no bounty had been offered 
 there would have been no lack of volunteers. In either 
 event no regret has ever been expressed that the town 
 was permitted to make this poor return to the men who 
 offered their services, and in many instances gave their lives, 
 in the defence of an imperiled nation. 
 
 The Ninth New Hampshire Regiment was recruited for 
 three years, in the summer of this year. The names of nine 
 from Rindge were entered upon the roUs. They were in 
 Company I, and were mustered on the fifteenth of August. 
 
 George J. Allen. 
 Charles B. Brooks. 
 Samuel W. Fletcher. 
 
 William A. Kemp. 
 
 George F. Gilmore. 
 George Steams. 
 
 Julius Stratton. 
 Charles W. Symonds. 
 
 Marshall P. Wood. 
 
 Wounded severely, June 2, 1864, and 
 
 subsequently discharged. 
 Discharged for disability. May 21, 
 
 1863. 
 Promoted sergeant. Accidentally 
 
 wounded in camp. Discharged 
 
 on account of wounds, Jan. 1, 
 
 1863. 
 Died of disease, at Camp Nelson, Ky., 
 
 Feb. 29, 1864. 
 Mustered out at end of three years. 
 Promoted corporal. Died of disease, 
 
 at West Philadelphia Hospital, Dec. 
 
 24, 1862. 
 Died of disease, at Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 
 Aug. 11, 1863. 
 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., July 
 
 80, 1864. Taken prisoner, and, 
 
 after exchange, was mustered out 
 
 at expiration of term of service. 
 Mustered out at end of three years. 
 
322 niSTOBY OF bindge. 
 
 There were three from this town in the Fourteenth New 
 Hampshire Regiment who were mustered for three years, 
 on the twenty-third of September. Of these, Henry A. 
 Smith died at Poolsville, Maryland, January 7, 1863, and 
 his brother Charles M. Smith, January 12, 1863. ■ The 
 remaining soldier in this regiment was Flavel L. Tolman. 
 From first sergeant he was promoted to second lieutenant, 
 March, 1863 ; to first lieutenant in October following ; 
 to captain in January, 1864 ; and to major in December 
 of the same year, and was discharged with his regiment, 
 July 26, 1865. His promotion was rapid, but not unmerited. 
 
 In the Sixteenth, a nine months' regiment, were James 
 B. Perry and Marion W. Converse. They enlisted October 
 23. Their regiment was ordered to New Orleans, where 
 the men suffered very much from diseases incident to the 
 climate. Marion W. Converse was promoted to corporal, 
 and died June 4, 1863. James B. Perry was promoted to 
 first sergeant, suffered considerably from sickness, and was 
 mustered out with his regiment, August 20, 1863. 
 
 Those in the Ninth Regiment, previously named, were 
 early called into action. They arrived at Arlington Heights 
 on the twenty-eighth of August, and with little opportunity 
 for drill and discipline they gallantly met the enemy at 
 South Mountain, on the fourteenth of September, and at 
 Antietam a few days later. On both of these occasions 
 they acquitted themselves with credit, and their coolness 
 and steadiness under fire was like that of veterans. Much 
 of the time, during the remainder of the war, they were in 
 the same brigade with the Sixth Regiment. Together they 
 shared the fall campaign in Virginia, and the disastrous 
 fortunes of the battle of Fredericksburg. 
 
 In the spring of 1863, those that remained — thirteen in 
 the Sixth, and six in the Ninth — accompanied their regi- 
 
THE WAB OF THE REBELLION. 323 
 
 ments to Kentucky, and in June they joined the army, 
 under General Grant, in the operations against Vicksburg. 
 In this vicinity, they were in several engagements, and 
 endured, uncomplainingly, the heat of the climate, and, at 
 times, the malaria of the locality in which they were star 
 tioned. In August, they proceeded to Tennessee and 
 Kentucky, to close the arduous campaigns and toUsome 
 marches of the year. Seldom have any soldiers performed 
 greater service in the same length of time. In the spring 
 of 1864, their regiments were transferred to the army in 
 Virginia. Their decimated number participated in the battle 
 of the Wilderness, and in the severe service which imme- 
 diately followed. In November, the term of enlistment 
 of the men in the Sixth expired. At this time, of thirty- 
 six who joined the regiment only eight remained, four of 
 whom had reenlisted for the war, and remained in service, 
 while four returned to their homes. There were seven 
 reenlistments, but previous to this date two had been killed, 
 and one was a prisoner within the rebel lines, where he 
 soon after died. The names of the persons in these classes 
 can be found in the individual accoTint of each man from 
 Rindge in this regiment, which has already been given. 
 In the Ninth, but two from this town were left in the ranks. 
 It wUl be seen that, in these regiments, of forty-five men, 
 four had been honorably discharged for other than physical 
 causes, two had deserted, and but six remained in the 
 service, and of these, one was transferred soon after to the 
 Veteran Reserve Corps, on account of wounds previously 
 received. A sad story of wounds, of sickness, and of death, 
 has been their history. This little remnant, all that was 
 spared from so many stalwart forms, together shared the 
 fortunes of the siege of Richmond and the subsequent 
 successful movements, until, amidst thoughts of home and 
 
324 BISTORT OF RINBGE. 
 
 a speedy return to their families, they were permitted to 
 behold the final overthrow of the rebellion. 
 
 The quota for 1863 was not so promptly filled, and a 
 draft was resorted to. This peremptory- method of filling 
 quotas had thus far been avoided. There were very few 
 towns whose quota was filled at this time. The draft was 
 general throughout the State, and this town proved to be no 
 exception. Fifteen were thus selected and held for service, 
 although others were drawn who were discharged upon an 
 examination. Each of the drafted men held for service 
 furnished a substitute, except one, who, under a provision of 
 the laws, paid three hundred dollars as commutation. The 
 town, however, during the year, voted to pay three hundred 
 dollars to each volunteer, or to each man who furnished a 
 substitute, and thus the drafted men suffered little, if any, 
 pecuniary loss. The names of the men who furnished 
 substitutes are as follows: — 
 
 Clovis M. Converse. Willard G. Jones. 
 
 Conrad R. Converse. Pruoius W. Manley. 
 
 Eben B. Cutter. Augustus F. Symonds. 
 
 Henry S. Drury. Albert H. Thomas. 
 
 William A. Hale. J. Warren Wilder. 
 
 Lyman HaU. John A. White. 
 
 David L. Hubbard. Henry C. Whitcomb. 
 
 James B. Robbing paid commutation. A few months 
 later, Lyman Hale was drafted, and furnished a substitute. 
 None of these substitutes were from Rindge, and their 
 names are omitted. 
 
 Still the devouring vortex of war was unsatiated, and 
 the cry for men to fill the decimated ranks was continued. 
 In July, 1864, Oscar I. Converse was commissioned second 
 lieutenant, and was assigned to Troop G, in the First New 
 Hampshire Cavalry. In the same regiment were four 
 soldiers from Rindge: Elmer F. Rice, enlisted in March, 
 
THE WAB OF THE BEBELLION. ' 325 
 
 and died at Camp Stoneman, May 16, 1864; Darwin A. 
 Smith, enlisted in April, was made prisoner at Ream's 
 Station, June 22, and, after exchange, died from the effects 
 of prison fare, at Annapolis, Maryland, September 18, 1864 ; 
 John L. Webster, and Sargent A. Webster, enlisted in 
 March, and were mustered out, July 15, 1866. The regi- 
 ment serTcd in Maryland and Virginia, and won an enviable 
 record. Lieut. Converse was promoted first lieutenant, 
 June 10, 1865, and mustered out with the regiment. In 
 February following, he was commissioned second lieutenant 
 in the regular army, being one of the five appointments to 
 the army, upon its reorganization, accredited to New Hamp- 
 shire. He was assigned to the Fourteenth United States 
 Infantry, and in May was promoted to first lieutenant. 
 While upon service in Arizona, he was severely wounded, 
 in an engagement with the Indians, and for meritorious 
 conduct on the occasion was breveted captain. October 19, 
 1868, he was retired from active service, on account of 
 wounds received in action. 
 
 Reuben A. BuzzeU, who had been in the service previous 
 to his removal to Rindge, enlisted in August of this year 
 into the Veteran Reserve Corps. The six volunteers last 
 named received from the town a bounty of three hundred 
 dollars each. 
 
 During the autumn, and in January, 1865, the town also 
 furnished twenty-four substitutes for enrolled men, and 
 twelve hired recruits. To each of these a town bounty, 
 ranging from three hundred dollars to seven hundred and 
 twenty-five dollars, was paid. The names of these soldiers 
 are omitted, for the reason that none of them were citizens 
 of Rindge, or in any other manner associated with the 
 history of the town. To say that they were elevated to 
 
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326 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 the average standard of "bounty jumpers," that haunted 
 recruiting offices during the last year of the war, leaves no 
 possibility of derogation. With little exception, the town 
 has no pride in their military career. 
 
 In March, 1865, the last quota of the town was filled, by 
 the enlistment of George W. Lawrence and WUliam H. 
 Parsons. They were assigned to the Eighteenth Regiment, 
 and were mustered out, with a portion of their regiment, 
 July 29, 1865. To these a bounty of one thousand dollars 
 was paid. At this time towns were paying extravagant 
 bounties to volunteers. In some instances fifteen hundred 
 dollars were paid to men who fortunately arrived at the 
 seat of war in season to return, as a kind of citizen escort 
 to the war-worn veterans. 
 
 Three surgeons from this town were in the service. 
 Dr. J. Homer Darling, for a few years a resident physi- 
 cian of Rindge, was appointed assistant-surgeon of the 
 Fifty-first Massachusetts Regiment, and was mustered into 
 the service November 2, 1862. He served in that capacity 
 in Virginia and in North Carolina, until the summer of 
 1863, when he joined the Army of the Potomac, where 
 he remained until his regiment was mustered out, at 
 the expiration of term of service, in July of this year. 
 Of this regiment. Dr. George B. Jewett, a native of 
 Rindge, was surgeon. While in the service, Dr. Darling 
 was present at the battles of Kinston, Whitehall, and Golds- 
 borough. Soon after his return from the army, he was 
 tendered an appointment of assistant-surgeon in the navy. 
 The appointment was accepted, December 3, 1863. He 
 was immediately ordered to the United States steamer 
 "Clyde," then criiising in the Gulf of Mexico. After 
 fifteen months' service he was transferred, at his request, 
 to the United States bark "Pursuit," and was honorably 
 
THE WAn OF THE REBELLION. 327 
 
 discharged, with the thanks of the Navy Department, in 
 December, 1865. 
 
 Dr. Josiah Abbot, for more than twenty years a physi- 
 cian in this town, was appointed, October 24, 1864, assistant- 
 sitrgeon of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Heavy 
 Artillery, then stationed at Smithfield, Kentucky. In this 
 capacity he served, being much of the time on detached 
 duty, until the following spring. In April, he was pro- 
 moted to surgeon of the 119th United States Colored 
 Troops, stationed at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. He immedi- 
 ately joined his regiment, where he remained, witnessing 
 much of sickness and disease, until honorably discharged, 
 on resignation, in September, 1865. 
 
 Dr. George J. Norcross, who had but recently received his 
 diploma, in 1865 was appointed assistant-surgeon of the 99th 
 United States Colored Troops. He immediately joined his 
 regiment, at Tallahassee, Florida. In November, he volun- 
 tarily went to the town of Marianna, to visit an officer who 
 requested medical attendance. While there he was pros- 
 trated with pneiunonia, and ended his brief but honorable 
 career, December 5, 1865. 
 
 Not a few of the young men of this town were absent 
 at the time the first calls for soldiers were issued. Without 
 returning to their homes, in many instances they promptly 
 enlisted into the service from the place of their temporary 
 abode. The information has not been secured to insure 
 a complete list, or to furnish particulars, of the service 
 performed. Of these, George W. Bradish and Amos S. 
 Metcalf were killed; Jonas W. Sawtell, William A. With- 
 ington, and Daniel W. AUen died of disease ; and Charles 
 I. Chadwick, Amaziah Sawtell, George H. Sherwin, Daniel 
 H. Lovejoy, Hubbard M. Lovejoy, Ivers E. Pollard, Osborne 
 A. Whitney, John H. Moors, Alvin Gardner, Mortimer 
 
328 HISTORY OF EINDGE. 
 
 M. Stowe, and Jolm H. Harwood, were also in the service. 
 From the first, the town was prompt in making liberal 
 appropriations for bounties, and for the relief of families. 
 The people at no time grumbled over the sacrifice which 
 was made, and all were united in an earnest effort that men 
 and means might not be withheld, and that the war be 
 prosecuted to a successful issue. The war committee, 
 chosen in May, 1861, consisted of Jason B. Perry, Reuben 
 Ramsdell, Alison Lake, John P. Symonds, and James B. 
 Robbins. They paid to the families of volunteers above 
 four thousand doUars, and the sum of six hundred dollars 
 to several persons discharged from the service on account 
 of disability. In the end, the State reimbursed the town 
 for a considerable portion of this amount, but the system 
 was inaugurated, and a large sum was paid, before the 
 State made any proposition to assume the payments made 
 by the town. After two years of service, Mr. Ramsdell 
 resigned; Mr. Symonds died in December, 1863, and Mr. 
 Lake in November, 1864. The final report of the committee 
 was made to the town, by Col. Perry and Mr. Robbins, in 
 March, 1866. 
 
 The town paid more than $30,000 for bounties, beside 
 the increased incidental expenses of the period, and upwards 
 of $1,000, disbursed by the war committee, which was not 
 assumed by the State. The selectmen, during this impor- 
 tant period in the town's history, were : — 
 
 Martin L. Goddard, '61. Jason B. Perry, '63, '64, '65. 
 
 Benjamin Hale, '61, '62. Joseph S. Wetherbee, '63, '64. 
 
 Zaohariah F. Whitney, '61, '62, '63. Ezekiel Cudworth, '64, '65. 
 
 Kodney A. Hubbard, '62. Josiah Stratton, '65. 
 
 It is regretted that the space which remained for this 
 chapter has forbidden a more extended account of the 
 volunteers, and of the patriotic action of the town ; and if 
 
TBM WAS, OF THE BBBELLION. 329 
 
 little is said of generous acts and patriotic words of the 
 citizens who remained at home, the limits of this chapter 
 must plead excuse. There remains one class of patient 
 toilers whose untiring efforts conferred lasting honor upon 
 themselves. The contributions to the great cause by the 
 ladies of Rindge cannot properly be overlooked. A 
 Soldiers' Aid Society was promptly organized, in May, 
 1861, and continued in active operation during the war. 
 The officers were chosen annually, and, in many instances, 
 were reelected. They were : Mrs. S. W. Brown, Miss 
 Cordelia Daggett, and Mrs. George S. Coffin, Presidents; 
 Miss Cordelia Daggett, Miss Carrie M. Burnham, and Mrs. 
 Warren W. Emory, Vice-Presidents; Miss E. Augusta 
 Wilder, Miss H. A. Walcott, and Miss Sarah R. Hubbard, 
 Secretaries and Treasurers; Mrs. Reuben RamsdeU, Mrs. 
 A. S. Coffin, Mrs. Alison Lake, Mrs. W. H. Rugg, Mrs. 
 J. B. Breed, Miss H. A. Walcott, Mrs. William Lawrence, 
 Mrs. G. W. Stearns, Mrs. F. A. Wilder, Mrs. W. A. Sher- 
 win, and Mrs. George S. Kimball, Directors. 
 
 The society held no less than from eighty to one 
 hundred sessions, which were devoted to industrious efforts 
 in fashioning articles of comfort and of clothing for the 
 volunteers. At each of these gatherings much actual labor 
 was performed. Nor should we forget the many busy 
 hands which were similarly employed in the home circle. 
 The fruit of this toil was either sent directly to the soldier, 
 or was left with the society, to be forwarded to its desti- 
 nation. The intrinsic value of the articles sent by the 
 society, was no less than six hundred and fifty dollars; 
 but when it is realized that many of the stores of lint» 
 of bandages, of comfortable bedding and clothing for the 
 wounded and the sick in the hospitals were received at a 
 time when the demand was great and the supply limited. 
 
330 BISTORT OF BINJDGE. 
 
 the value of these articles was incalculable. These efforts 
 were prompted by a true womanly sympathy for suffering 
 and love of coiintry, from which the bravest of men could 
 read living lessons of faith, devotion, and patriotism. 
 
 At the close of the war, after this thoughtful care for 
 the living, an immediate and successful effort was made, by 
 the members of this society, to raise money to procure 
 some fitting inscription which should perpetuate the 
 memory of the dead. At first a monument was proposed, 
 but it was finally decided to procure four marble tablets 
 containing the names of those from Rindge who died in 
 the service. The names of those who were natives and 
 had removed from town but a short time previous to the 
 war, were also included. For this purpose the Soldiers' 
 Aid Society was reorganized, and assumed the name of the 
 Ladies' Monument Association. Of the new organization, 
 Mrs. W. H. Rugg was President, and Miss Sarah R. Hub- 
 bard was Secretary and Treasurer; the Directors were 
 Mrs. William Lawrence, Mrs. F. A. Wilder, Mrs. W. A. 
 Sherwin, Mrs. N. H. Eastman, and Mrs. M. W. Hale. 
 
 The money raised for this laudable object was mostly 
 the proceeds of several levees, which occasioned much labor 
 on the part of willing hands. The tablets, which now are 
 found in the Town Hall, were procured at an expense of 
 three hundred and sixty-two dollars. They were dedicated 
 on the twenty-ninth of May, 1869. The address on the 
 occasion was dehvered by Ezra S. Stearns, and poems were 
 furnished by Samuel Burnham and Herbert Ingalls. 
 
 These inscriptions reflect credit upon those who were 
 instrumental in their erection, and will be treasured by 
 succeeding generations as a solemn trust committed to 
 their care. 
 
CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 SKETCHES OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS, AND A LIST OF 
 COLLEGE GRADUATES. 
 
 Edward Payson. — Asa Rand. — Marshall P. Wilder. — Ezekiel Jewett. 
 George P. Barker. — Amasa Norcross. — Ira RusseU. — Samuel 
 Burnham. — Albert S. Ingalls. — Lake CofEeen. — James MiUiken. 
 James Walker. — Isaao Kimball. — Silas Wilder. — Charles Walker. 
 Charles Shedd. — William C.Richards. — George Shedd. — John P. 
 Perry. — Joseph Brownlee Brown. — Charles W. Kimball. — Howard 
 Rand. — Frank H. Hardison. — Albert F. Norcross. 
 
 Rev. Edwaed Payson, D.D., son of Rev. Dr. Seth and 
 Grata (Payson) Payson, was born in Rindge, July 25, 1783. 
 He received his preparatory education in the public schools, 
 at the academy in New Ipswich, and under the efl&cient 
 tuition of his parents. Entering Harvard University in 
 sophomore year, he graduated in the class of 1803. In the 
 winter of junior year he taught a term of eleven weeks, in 
 the schools of this town. At other times, during his 
 student life, he was a favorite teacher in the neighboring 
 town of Winchendon. "Marvin's History" preserves the 
 testimony of Dr. Whiton, in these words : " The first winter 
 of this century — that of 1800-1 — an excellent school was 
 taught at the Centre, by a son of Rev. Dr. Payson, of 
 Rindge — Edward Payson, then a member of Cambridge 
 College ; afterwards the distinguished Rev. Dr. Payson, of 
 
332 HISTOBY OF RINDGE. 
 
 Portland, Maine, a name known and honored on both sides 
 the Atlantic. I think his school gave a new impulse to 
 educational interests." 
 
 It is a most difficult task to write with the certainty that 
 nothing not already known to the reader can be communi- 
 cated. Few names, if any, are as famUiar in this country, 
 and in Christian circles abroad, as that of Edward Payson. 
 
 The outlines of his life, the fervency of his piety, the 
 weight of his character, and the eloquence of his lips, are 
 familiar to all ; his memoirs have been extensively read, and 
 tradition has frequently rehearsed the story of his life. 
 
 Upon the completion of his collegiate course at Harvard, 
 with the most complimentary recommendations from mem- 
 bers of the faculty of that institution, he went to Portland, 
 Maine, and took charge of an academy recently founded in 
 that place. Here he remained for three years, having 
 meanwhile connected himself with the church in Rindge; 
 the entry of his admission is in the handwriting of his 
 father, under date of September 1, 1805. In August, 1806, 
 he resigned his charge at Portland, and returned to Rindge 
 for the purpose of pursuing the study of theology, under 
 the direction of his father. He was licensed to preach 
 May 20, 1807, and on the following Sabbath preached his 
 first sermon, in Marlborough, New Hampshire, where he 
 continued in the ministry about three months. Late in 
 August, he proceeded to Portland, which was destined to 
 be the scene of his remarkable career. He was received 
 in a most flattering manner, and numerous overtures were 
 made to him. He finally accepted a call from the Second 
 Church, in Portland, and was ordained as colleague to Rev. 
 E. KeUogg, December 16, 1807. The sermon was preached 
 by his venerable father, from the text: "Lay hands sud- 
 denly on no man ; neither be partaker of other men's sins." 
 
SDWABD PATSON. 333 
 
 The discourse was printed. Four years later, Mr. Kellogg 
 ■was dismissed, and he continued the sole pastor of the 
 church until his death, October 22, 1827. The record of 
 these twenty years is carefully preserved, in a Memoir, by 
 Rev. Asa Cummings, D.D., and in a volume of Reminis- 
 cences, more recently published. He received the degree of 
 Doctor of Divinity, from Bowdoin College, 1821. During 
 his life, the following discourses were printed : A Discourse 
 before the Bible Society of Maine, 1814 ; A Thanksgiving 
 Sermon, 1820 ; An Address to Seamen, 1821 ; A Sermon 
 before the Marine Bible Society of Boston, 1824 ; A Sermon 
 in behalf of the American Education Society, published in 
 the National Preacher after his death, but prepared for 
 publication by himself. Since his death, a large number of 
 his sermons have been published, and his collected writings 
 appear in the second and third volumes, compiled by Dr. 
 Cummings. 
 
 Dr. Payson is represented, by those who remember his 
 personal appearance, to have been of medium height, of 
 compact form, and fair proportions. In these particulars 
 he resembled his father in a striking manner. His hair was 
 black, as were his eyes, which were of singular fullness, 
 and somewhat retired under a prominent forehead. His 
 expression was placid and benignant, melting into looks 
 of extreme kindness. In silence, his countenance was 
 thoughtful and serious, but in conversation it was enlivened 
 by the most vivid flashes of keen intelligence ' and emotion. 
 In the expression of his eyes, there is said to have been a 
 most singular eloquence, placid and downcast when at rest, 
 but keen and scrutinizing when fixed upon any object, and 
 when engaged in conversation, particularly when speaking 
 to the multitude, they became the mirror of his deepest 
 emotion, melting in pity, suffused with tears, or glowing 
 43 
 
334 BISTORT OF RINDOE. 
 
 with the fire of his fervent nature, they continually appealed 
 to the hearts of men, even while his tongue was directing 
 and convincing the intellect. 
 
 His style of preaching was as simple as his nature, but 
 effective and earnest, and marked by the power of his 
 appeals and entreaty. So impassioned, so earnest, and so 
 solemn was his manner, so anxious and solicitous his coun- 
 tenance, the little child, who understood not the weight of 
 his words, nor comprehended the solemn duties enjoined, 
 was lost in wonder that his hearers did not perform some 
 incomprehensible act for which the eloquent preacher was 
 so earnestly pleading. It would be extremely difficult to 
 define the character of his eloquence, but it is safe to 
 pronounce him among the greatest and most eloquent 
 pulpit orators this country has produced. Simplicity was 
 so blended with the prgfound, earnestness with tenderness, 
 fervency with mildness, and all clothed in such matchless 
 imagery, that none listened unmoved, and all keenly felt 
 the power of rebuke, clothed in language of affection and 
 entreaty, melting into love and tenderness. 
 
 Rev. Asa Rand, son of Col. Daniel and Susannah 
 (Hemenway) Rand, was born in Rindge, August 6, 1783, 
 and was only a few days younger than Rev. Dr. Edward 
 Payson. Labor upon the extensive farm of his father, and 
 diligent study whenever opportunity was presented, gave 
 full exercise to his physical and mental powers, until he 
 entered Dartmouth College, where he graduated, 1806. 
 Having prepared for the ministry, he was ordained over 
 the Congregational Church in Gorham, Me., in 1808 or 9. 
 He married for his first wife a sister of Edward Payson, a 
 lady of unfailing piety and superior mental endowments, 
 and between Mr. Payson and himself there existed the 
 most indissoluble friendship. It has been said, by a member 
 
MABSBALL P. WILDER. 335 
 
 of Mr. Payson's congregation, that he exchanged with Mr. 
 Eand more frequently than with any other clergyman, " and 
 he gave us on these occasions finely written, strongly indoc- 
 trinated, choice sermons." 
 
 In 1822, on account of failing health, he resigned his 
 charge in Gorham, and removed to Boston, where he 
 engaged in efficient editorial labor of a denominational 
 character. From 1835 to 1855, he preached in several 
 places, as acting pastor and stated supply, and, soon after 
 retiring from active labor, ripe in years, and enjoying the 
 retrospect of a prolonged and useful life, he removed to 
 Ashburnham, where he passed the remainder of his earthly 
 life. He died, August 27, 1871, at the venerable age of 
 eighty-eight. In his disposition he was cheerful and social, 
 in manner dignified but not austere. He was a ready writer, 
 and aU his composition is marked with careful thought and 
 logical arrangement. In theology, he belonged to the old 
 school ; but his conservative tendency preserved him from 
 extreme views and opinions. Though gifted with less 
 imagination than many, he presented his argument with 
 ability. His mental faculties were strong and well 
 balanced, and developed by liberal study. He was char- 
 acterized by substantial attainments and well matured 
 opinions, rather than by brilliancy of qualities and fervency 
 of manner, and as a preacher, if he did not captivate his 
 hearers by vivid play of the imagination, or remarkable 
 exhibition of eloquence, he secured their favorable attention 
 and regard by his wisdom and force of argument. 
 
 Hon. Mahshall Pinckney Wildek, son of Samuel L. 
 (Esq.) and Anna (Sherwin) Wilder, was born in Rindge, 
 September 22, 1798. Having been a pupil in the public 
 schools of this town, at twelve years of age he entered the 
 Academy at New Ipswich, of which Oliver Swain Taylor 
 
336 HISTORY OF BINDGM. 
 
 was then preceptor. He pursued his studies at this insti- 
 tution, and under the tuition of Rev. Joseph Brown, until, 
 at an early age, he was prepared to enter upon a collegiate 
 course of study, which, whatever may have been his youth- 
 ful plans, he voluntarily relinquished for a more active life 
 than could be enjoyed in a professional career. At the age ■ 
 of sixteen, his father gave him the choice to qualify himself 
 for a farmer or merchant, or to fit for college. He chose 
 the first, having had from his youth a love for the cultiva- 
 tion of the soil. In his student life, he was healthful and 
 athletic, and possessed no ordinary measure of life and 
 activity, — ready at all times to fully enjoy the sports and 
 pastimes of youth, but always restrained from any excess 
 by a fine sense of honor and the proprieties of life. In 
 the treatment of his associates, his kindness and generous 
 sympathies were as conspicuous as they have subsequently 
 appeared in his intercourse with his fellow-men, or in 
 philanthropic efforts for his race. The business of his 
 father having increased largely, Marshall was required to 
 enter the store, and, upon reaching his majority, he became 
 a partner in the firm of S. L. Wilder & Son, and, in 1821, 
 was appointed postmaster, which position he held until his 
 removal from this town. 
 
 In military affairs, he always evinced a lively interest, 
 and was, at the age of twenty-one, commissioned as adjutant 
 of the Twelfth Regiment of New Hampshire militia. His 
 efforts in the organization and equipment of the Rindge 
 Light Infantry were conspicuous. This, however, was not 
 effected without strenuous opposition on the part of several 
 men of influence who encouraged a continuance of the old 
 companies of militia. Of this company, which enjoyed 
 no small measure of celebrity, and in which the citizens 
 of the town manifested considerable pride, Mr. Wilder 
 
MABSHALL P. WILDER. 337 
 
 was the first commander. In 1823, he was made lieuten- 
 ant-colonel, and in 1824 was commissioned colonel of the 
 Twelfth Regiment. Of commanding personal appearance, 
 perfectly familiar with the military tactics then employed, 
 prompt and efficient in command. Col. Wilder enjoyed 
 unboimded personal popularity, and was in the line of 
 rapid promotion, which was only prevented by his removal 
 from the State. Since his removal to Boston, he has 
 been a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery 
 Company, the oldest military organization in this country, 
 having been chartered in 1638, which company he com- 
 manded in 1857. Leaving his native town at the age of 
 twenty-seven. Col. WUder has left upon the minds of his 
 cotemporaries the impress of mature manhood. His influ- 
 ence was great, but he was never an unwise or unsafe 
 counsellor ; and if he had found no other fields of achieve- 
 ment, he would be gratefully and honorably remembered by 
 the townsmen with whom he was early associated. During 
 his residence in this town, he was cotemporary with Col. 
 Ezekiel Jewett, brother of his first wife, who is a few years 
 his senior, an associate of the Calhouns, and at the time of 
 his removal Hon. George P. Barker was a student at 
 college, while Edward Payson, D.D., and Rev. Asa Rand, 
 scarce belonged to an earlier generation. Few towns can 
 present a more brilliant constellation of intellect, virtue, 
 scholarly attainment, and philanthropy. 
 
 In 1825, Mr. Wilder, seeking a wider field of labor and 
 usefulness, removed to Boston, and engaged in the whole- 
 sale West India goods trade, under the firm of Wilder & 
 Payson, his partner being Henry Payson, Esq., a son of 
 Rev. Dr. Payson, of this town. The same business was 
 subsequently pursued under the firm of Wilder & Smith, 
 until, in 1837, he became a partner in the commission 
 
338 HISTORY OF niNBGE. 
 
 house of Parker, Blanchard & "Wilder — at present known 
 as Parker, Wilder & Co., — of which he is the senior 
 member, who conduct an extensive commission business, 
 for the sale of domestic fabrics, in Boston, and have a 
 branch house in New York. In business, Mr. Wilder has 
 been successful, never failing to meet his obligations, nor 
 to maintain an honorable reputation. 
 
 In affairs of a monetary character, he has filled many 
 positions of trust and responsibility. He was an original 
 director in the Hamilton Bank and in the National Insur- 
 ance Company, both which positions he has held for forty 
 years. For twenty-six years, he has been a director in the 
 New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, and several 
 other similar institutions are indebted to his direction and 
 counsels. 
 
 But in other fields of effort the services of Col. WUder 
 are even more conspicuous. Of himself he says, in one of 
 his admirable addresses : " Endowed from my youth with a 
 love for rural life and rural taste, I have but obeyed the 
 instincts of my nature in devoting such time, ability, and 
 means as I could command to the cultivation of the earth." 
 With these proclivities, united with talent and an indom- 
 itable perseverance, in his favorite pursuits he has accom- 
 plished an incalculable labor. He has devoted much time 
 to the theoretical and practical study of agriculture and 
 horticulture, and has spared no effort in instilling into the 
 public mind a knowledge and love of the same pursuits. 
 In the formation of societies for these p\irposes, and in 
 the careful cultivation of his own grounds at Dorchester, 
 in the extensive importation of trees and plants, by 
 his numerous addresses and fruitful example, he has done 
 much for the benefit and encouragement of the tiller of 
 the soil. 
 
MARSHALL P. WILDEB. 339 
 
 Col. Wilder was early associated with the Massachusetts 
 Horticultural Society, and in 1840 was chosen its president, 
 which office he resigned after an efficient service of eight 
 years. To the wise forethought and judicious counsels of 
 Mr. "Wilder, the Society is indebted in a most unmistakable 
 manner, and many of the measures which have been 
 successfully carried into execution, and upon which the 
 flattering prosperity of the Society is based, originated 
 with him. To his influence the Society is largely indebted 
 for that amicable settlement with the Moimt Auburn Cem- 
 etery Corporation, from which a large income has already 
 been received, and by which a perpetual revenue is to 
 accrue to its funds. As a memorial of his services, the 
 Society has placed in its haUs a life-like portrait and a fine 
 marble bust. His name stood at the head of the circular 
 which resulted in the organization of the American Con- 
 gress of Fruit Growers, at present styled the American 
 Pomological Society, a national institution. He was chosen 
 its president, which position he still occupies. Under his 
 direction, the Society has held biennial sessions in different 
 parts of the Union, at which he has made appropriate 
 addresses. These are published with the proceedings of the 
 Society. For twenty' successive years, he was president 
 of the Norfolk Agricultural Society. This organization is 
 one of the first of its character in this country. Col. 
 Wilder delivered the address at its inauguration, in 1848, 
 and was honored by the presence of Daniel Webster, 
 Edward Everett, Josiah Quincy, Horace Mann, Charles 
 Francis Adams, Robert C. Winthrop, and others equally 
 respected in the various walks of life. It was here that he 
 advocated the importance of agricultural education, which 
 culminated in the establishment of the Massachusetts, and 
 aided much the other agricultural colleges of our Union. 
 
340 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 He has been a leader in all movements on the part of 
 the State to promote the interests of agriculture, and was 
 chairman of the Massachusetts Central Board of Agriculture 
 until the Board became a department of State. 
 
 Col. Wilder was mainly instrumental in the organization 
 of the United States Agricultural Society. In 1852, he 
 was chosen the first president, and during his official service 
 of six years the society held exhibitions in Massachusetts, 
 New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky. His 
 addresses and speeches on these occasions are published in 
 the transactions of the Society. 
 
 Concerning his labors and scholarly acquirements in 
 horticultural matters, a recent number of the London 
 Gfardeners' Chronicle pronounces him "one of the most 
 distinguished of transatlantic horticulturists, and one who, 
 by his zeal, industry, and determination, has not only 
 conferred lasting benefits on his native country, but has, 
 by his careful experiments in hybridization and fruit culture, 
 laid the horticulturists of all nations under heavy obliga- 
 tions to him. The name and reputation of Marshall P. 
 Wilder are as highly esteemed in Great Britain as they are 
 in America." 
 
 In January, 1868, Col. Wilder was solicited to accept the 
 office of president of the New England Historic-Genealogical 
 Society, vacated by the death of Gov. John A. Andrew. 
 He was unanimously elected, and still holds the office. His 
 untiring efforts in securing funds, and in the erection of the 
 society's convenient and handsome building, on Somerset 
 Street, have demonstrated the wisdom of the choice. 
 
 In 1839, he represented the town of Dorchester in the 
 Legislature; ten years later he was a member of Gov. 
 Briggs' Council ; the following year he was elected to the 
 
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MARSHALL P. WILDER. 341 
 
 Senate, and of this body he was chosen president; and 
 when the "Constitutional Union Party" was formed, at 
 Washington, in 1860, he was the member selected for New 
 England. 
 
 In 1867, Mr. Wilder visited Europe, and was one of the 
 United States Commissioners at the Paris Exposition, where 
 he was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Horti- 
 culture and the Cultivation and Products of the Vine. In 
 1869, with a select party of horticulturists, for the purpose 
 of learning its agricultural resources, he made a tour at the 
 South ; and for the same purpose, in 1871, he visited Cali- 
 fornia and the Pacific Coast. The result of his observation 
 has been given to the public in several comprehensive 
 addresses. Although advanced in years, the energy and 
 ability which has secured these manifold results is un- 
 dimmed. In addition to the many honors and services 
 named, he is the senior member of the State Board of 
 Agriculture, senior trustee of the Massachusetts Agricult- 
 ural College, a member of the Executive Committee of 
 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and of the Gov- 
 ernment of the Institute of Technology, of which he has 
 been vice-president for many years, and chairman of the 
 Society of Arts. Among his many qualifications for use- 
 fulness, his executive ability is prominent, both in the 
 accomplishment of herculean tasks, and in the presidency 
 over deliberate assemblies. Mr. Wilder was vice-president 
 at the famous festival in Boston, in 1844, when fifteen 
 hundred sons of New Hampshire were present, and Mr. 
 Webster presided ; and on their second festival, November, 
 1853, Mr. Wilder was president, and delivered one of his 
 most eloquent and touching speeches. Few gentlemen have 
 been so frequently called upon, and on such varied occa- 
 sions, to preside over conventions and societies, and very 
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342 mSTOBT OF bindge. 
 
 few have acquitted themselves so happily, " whether dignity 
 of presence, amenity of address, fluency of speech, or dis- 
 patch of business, be taken into consideration." " Boston 
 Past and Present," an elegant folio volume recently pub- 
 lished, contains a carefully prepared sketch of Mr. "Wilder, 
 which closes with the following merited tribute: "Mr. 
 Wilder has excelled in aU that he undertook, because he 
 knew the measure of his own abilities. His plans and 
 experiments appertaining to the grand object of his pur- 
 suits — the cultivation of fields, fruit, and flowers — were 
 matured with deep thought, and executed with zeal, 
 resulting from a clear, practical head. Look at the pros- 
 pective of a long and vigorous life consecrated to the 
 public, in which every step he advanced became a fulcrum 
 on which to start some greater and higher movement. 
 From the stand-point of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
 Society, he originated the American Pomological Society ; 
 then the Norfolk Agricultural Society; then the State 
 Board of Agriculture, the Massachusetts Agricultural 
 College, and the United States Agricultural Society. As 
 the zealous patron and promoter of the noblest of all 
 sciences, his name will fill a luminous page in the history 
 of human progress and improvement, — a page which will 
 suffer no deterioration by the lapse of years, and which 
 will have its interpreter on every hillside, and in every 
 valley, where rural taste and refinement are found. Well 
 did Gov. Bullock, on a late public occasion, allude to Mr. 
 Wilder as ' one who has applied the results of a well-earned 
 commercial fortune so liberally that in every household, 
 and at every fireside in America, where the golden fruit of 
 summer and autumn gladdens the sideboard or the hearth- 
 stone, his name, his generosity, and his labors, are known 
 and honored.' " 
 
EZEKIEL JEWETT. 343 
 
 Col. Ezekibl Jewett, son of Dr. Stephen and Nancy 
 (Colbuxn) Jewett, was born in Rindge, October 16, 1791. 
 He fitted for college in the schools of this town and in 
 Jafeey, and upon being encouraged to pursue a collegiate 
 course of study, on condition that he followed the profession 
 of his father, he promptly chose to abandon the plan alto- 
 gether, rather than be placed under such restriction. It 
 was apparently outside his plans for life to settle down in 
 the quiet routine of professional labor. The war of 1812 
 soon presented an opportunity for the exercise of his ambi- 
 tion and youthful energies. Having been an officer in the 
 militia, in which he participated with enthusiasm, in the 
 spring of 1812, he was appointed ensign in the Eleventh 
 Infantry, then commanded by Col. Isaac Clark, but consol- 
 idated the following year with the Twenty-first Regiment, 
 under the more efficient command of Col. Smith, and, soon 
 after, of Col. Ripley. After an engagement of a few weeks 
 in the recruiting service, he joined his regiment in July, 
 and continued in active service until the close of the war, 
 without an absence, from any cause, of a single day. 
 Sharing the fortunes of his regiment, he was early inured 
 to the hardships of a most severe service, which character- 
 ized the campaigns that ensued. In 1814, he was in Scott's 
 Brigade, and participated in the battles of Chippewa and 
 Lundy's Lane, and in the siege of Fort Erie. 
 
 At the close of the war, the love of adventure invited 
 him to new fields of exploit and danger. Espousing the 
 cause of Gren. Carera, the Chilian leader of a revolt against 
 the oppressive dominion of Spain, he accompanied him to 
 South America, and, after a long and tedious voyage, landed 
 at Buenos Ayres, where he served two months as Major of 
 the " Director's Guard " ; and subsequently, with only three 
 companions, he crossed the country to Chili, over the rudest 
 
344 HI8T0BT OF BINDGH. 
 
 highway, which had been built by the Aborigines, previoiis 
 to the advent of the Spaniards. The first nine hundred 
 mUes, with relays of horses, was performed in eleven and 
 one-haK days ; but this celerity was equaled by the slow 
 and perilous journey across the Andes. One who has heard 
 the thrilling story of this exploit from the lips of the gallant 
 and intrepid adventurer, has kindly written an account of 
 the daring feat. " When arrived at Mendoza, he was told 
 that to cross the mountains at that season would be impos- 
 sible ; but he was determined at least to make an attempt. 
 Starting upon mules, they slowly proceeded within four 
 miles of the summit, when there came a snow-storm, which 
 continued four days. They were sheltered, during that 
 time, in an ancient stone building, erected by the Indians 
 many years before for that purpose. Snow fell to the depth 
 of four feet, and they were obliged to continue their journey 
 on foot. In the afternoon they reached the base of the 
 summit, or within a half mile of the height of elevation, 
 which was thirteen hundred feet above the level of the sea. 
 About sunset they fortunately reached another building, 
 but the intense cold compelled them to continue exercise 
 within the house, to keep from freezing. The following 
 day, their descent, by sliding and tumbling through the 
 snow, was rapidly performed. About noon they arrived 
 at a place where cattle were driven for pasture, and there 
 obtained provision and mules for the remainder of the 
 journey. After an experience of many vicissitudes, occu- 
 pying eleven days, a few hours past midnight they reached 
 a village at the foot of the mountain, as much to the surprise 
 of the inhabitants as if they had fallen from the sky. The 
 most dangerous point was at the rincon, or corner, where the 
 road was cut into a mountain of conglomerate, four hundred 
 feet above, and nearly perpendicular to, the river. The 
 
EZEKIEL JEWETT. 345 
 
 action of the frost had filled the roadway, until it became 
 an angle of thirty or forty degrees. Parties were sent out 
 each spring to clear it; but at that season it was in its 
 worst state. His men, being devout Catholics, shd off their 
 mules, and repeated their prayers; again mounting, they 
 passed over in safety. He followed, but with feelings more 
 intense than those experienced on many fields of battle. 
 Giving loose rein to his mule, he turned his face towards 
 the mountain. The animal slowly proceeded, trembling at 
 every cautious step, like a leaf in the wind. The passage 
 occupied perhaps ten minutes, but it seemed an hour ; and 
 he has frequently said he was truly grateful when he was 
 safely over." 
 
 Arriving in Chili, Col. Jewett served with distinction in 
 the cavalry until the successful close of the war, when he 
 sailed, by way of Cape Horn, for Rio Janeiro, where he 
 remained two months, but not in idleness. He soon procured 
 guides, and started for the diamond mines in the interior. 
 Proceeding about three hundred miles, his chief man, or 
 guide, fell over a precipice, and was instantly killed, which 
 compelled him to abandon the enterprise; but he still 
 vividly remembers the beautiful and grand scenery of that 
 tropical country. In 1818, Col. Jewett returned to Eindge, 
 and, soon after, he married Elizabeth Arnold, of West- 
 moreland, N. H., a lady of many attractions and unusual 
 loveliness of character, who was his cheerful companion 
 in the journey of life for forty-four years, remaining ever 
 constant in her sympathies, and an unfailing helper in the 
 noble pursuits which have characterized his hfe of scientific 
 labor and usefulness. Mr. Jewett remained in this town, 
 residing upon the farm formerly of his father, until 1823, 
 when he removed to Sacket's Harbor, New York, and, three 
 years later, to Fort Niagara, of which he remained in 
 
346 EISTOBY OF BINSGE. 
 
 charge during seventeen years. While at this place, he 
 devoted much time to the study of the natural sciences, — 
 a field of investigation and research in which he has won 
 great renown. In 1843, he removed to Lockport, and 
 devoted his undivided time to the study of geology, trav- 
 eling meanwhile in nearly every State in the Union, in tours 
 of collection and investigation. After a residence of four 
 years in Utica, he was appointed, in 1856, to the sole charge 
 of the Department of Natural History, at Albany, a posi- 
 tion which he filled, with great credit to himself and 
 incalculable benefit to science, for nearly ten years. Soon 
 after the death of his wife, a loss which so changed his 
 aspirations that he no longer desired to remain where her 
 companionship had given zest to his favorite pursuits, he 
 found a home in the family of his daughter, at Utica. 
 Here he became interested in a collection of shells in the 
 possession of his daughter, who is an intelligent and pro- 
 ficient student of the science of conehology. With him, 
 the purpose once formed, the deed was certain of accom- 
 plishment. He at once made two journeys to the Pacific, 
 and spent four winters upon the Gulf of Mexico, collecting 
 an incredible number and variety of shells, which were a 
 most valuable acquisition to the science of conehology. 
 By numerous exchanges with students in this and other 
 countries, he has now a collection of twelve thousand 
 species, named, and many others known to the savants of 
 the science. During these many years of scientific explora- 
 tion and study, he has enjoyed a friendly correspondence 
 and acquaintance with Agassiz, De Vernueil, and other 
 distinguished scientists. 
 
 Col. Jewett is tall, and of a commanding personal 
 appearance. His features are regular and attractive, and 
 his manner dignified and courteous. The daring adventures 
 
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GEORGE P. BABKEB. 347 
 
 of his youth attest his courage as fully as his varied attain- 
 ments assert his ability. Unbent with years, and unwearied 
 with prolonged study and labor, he still pursues his favorite 
 pursuits with all the zeal of youth. His enthusiasm and 
 activity, his well-preserved physical and mental powers, are 
 remarkable, which he ascribes to his out-door life and busy 
 interest in studies, so free from the excitement and corrod- 
 ing care inseparable from professional and business careers. 
 
 Geobge Payson Baekee was born in Rindge, October 
 26, 1807. He was the yoimgest of the four children of 
 William and Sarah (Payson) Barker, and the only one who 
 lived beyond the age of youth. He is well remembered by 
 many in this town as a bold and restless boy, who gave 
 early indications of the rare genius and qualities of mind 
 and of heart for which he was eminently distinguished in 
 his subsequent career. Foremost in study, he maintained 
 an equal supremacy in the pastimes and hilarities of youth. 
 Popularity was his birthright, and he early won the honors 
 of the school-room and the play-ground. Having pursued 
 a preparatory course of study in the public schools, and 
 under the tuition of Rev. Dr. Seth Payson, a cousin of his 
 mother, he entered Amherst College a few months before 
 he was sixteen years of age, and immediately won consid- 
 erable distinction as a student. He left Amherst before 
 the completion of the prescribed course of study, and, 
 entering Union College in 1826, he graduated with honor 
 the following year, in the class with Hon. Preston King, and 
 several other men of note. While at this institution, he 
 was often engaged in trying cases in the minor courts in 
 the surrounding towns. In these early efforts, the genius 
 of this remarkable man, his fluency of speech, his bold 
 yet polished address, were unmistakably asserted. Upon 
 leaving college, he entered his name as a student of law, 
 
348 SISTORY OF BINDOE. 
 
 in the office of Stephen G. Austin, Esq., of Buffalo, New- 
 York. While a student, he was frequently found in the 
 minor courts, and on many occasions was opposed to Millard 
 Fillmore, who was a few years his senior. He was admitted 
 to the bar in 1830, and rapidly rose to the foremost rank 
 in his profession. 
 
 With a tall, commanding form, a bold, firm countenance, 
 and an eye in which burned the deepest fervency, he united 
 the most polished manners, a melodious voice of rare com- 
 pass and flexibility, and a wonderful command of language. 
 In attack or defence, in irony or impassioned pleading, in 
 fiery denunciation or in fervid entreaty, he was master of 
 the manner or the argument which was most effectual in 
 securing the verdict of a jury or the approval of a general 
 audience. As a lawyer he was well read and attentive to 
 the interests of his clients, and as an advocate he found few 
 equals and no superiors. 
 
 The qualities of Mr. Barker eminently fitted him for 
 political service. Popular with the masses, and respected 
 by all for superior ability, his record is one of brilliant 
 achievements and accumulating honors. He early enrolled 
 himself with the Democratic party, which was then, in his 
 vicinity, in an apparently hopeless minority. When twenty- 
 four years of age, and about a year after his admission to 
 the bar, he was nominated by his party for the assembly, 
 and received fourteen hundred and fifty-nine votes, which 
 was considerably more than the strength of his party, but 
 insufficient to insure his election. In the autumn of 1835, 
 he was elected to that body by more than one thousand 
 majority, while his party was in a minority, and his asso- 
 ciates on the same ticket were defeated. In the halls of 
 legislation, his lofty genius did not forsake him. He was 
 at once recognized as an able legislator, and a ready 
 
GEOBGE P. BABZEB. 349 
 
 debater. Abounding in thought, clear, courteous, and at 
 times vehement in expression, there was an irresistible 
 force, both in the matter and the manner of his speeches, 
 that won the admiration and respect of his associates. 
 
 In 1834, Mr. Barker was nominated by his party for 
 Congress. Although he received a more generous support 
 than the oth€r candidates on the same ticket, the majority 
 against his party, in the district, was not overcome. Two 
 years later, he was again put in nomination, but declined. 
 
 When thirty-one years of age, he accepted a commission 
 of captaia in the militia. As in other pursuits, he entered 
 upon his military career with a characteristic enthusiasm, 
 and in less than two years he rose to the rank of brigadier- 
 general, having held, in this short time, all the intermediate 
 commissions. 
 
 In 1842, Gen. Barker was elected, by the Legislature, 
 Attorney-General of the State of New York. At the close 
 of his term of three years, he declined a reelection. The 
 manner in which he performed the duties of this important 
 trust, is given in Bryan's " Life of Barker," as follows : " It 
 is conceded that he exhibited, in a preeminent degree, those 
 qualities for which he was noted. In many important trials 
 he acquitted himself with distinguished credit, and some of 
 his forensic efforts are acknowledged to have been among 
 the noblest emanations from the American bar. He was 
 brought iato competition with men of the highest legal 
 attainments, but on all occasions he sustained himself with 
 honor. His intellect seemed to brighten by the contests, and 
 each encounter added to his fame." The following passage 
 from a funeral sermon, preached by Rev. John C. Lord, 
 D.D., wiU be approvingly received : " A young man, called 
 from the western and comparatively obscure and neglected 
 portion of this great commonwealth, to take the of&cial 
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350 BISTORT OF RINBGE. 
 
 place of chief among the old lawyers at the capital who 
 were giants in their profession, Gen. Barker so discharged 
 the duties of his ofSce, and so won the esteem and affection 
 of the bar, the legislature, and the people, that his reelection 
 at the close of his term was only prevented by his positive 
 declinature." 
 
 " Gen. Barker was distinguished by a commanding person 
 and a most winning and courteous manner. In personal 
 popularity, he was without a rival in this part of the State. 
 He had a hand and heart open as day to melting charity. 
 There were none so poor or so lowly as to be denied his 
 attention, or refused his sympathy. He was a ready and 
 eloquent speaker, who felt, and made others feel, what he 
 said. He had an instant command of his resources, yet was 
 none the less a well-read lawyer, and an able and judicious 
 counselor." 
 
 Hon. Amasa Nobckoss, son of Daniel and PoUy 
 (Jones) Norcross, was born in Rindge, January 26, 1824. 
 At twenty years of age he commenced the study of law, 
 in the ofBce of Torrey & Wood, Esqs., of Pitchburg, 
 Massachusetts. Upon his admission to the bar, he opened 
 a law-office in that place, in September, 1847. In his 
 profession, Mr. Norcross has been industrious and suc- 
 cessful. His cases are always well prepared, and ably 
 conducted. In presenting evidence, in calling truth from 
 a reluctant, or in crossing and confounding a prevaricatiug, 
 witness, he has few superiors. His business is large, and 
 includes many important cases. He was a member of the 
 House of Representatives for the years 1858, 1859, and 
 1862, and of the Senate in 1874, and was honored with an 
 appointment upon several important committees, including 
 that of the Codification and Revision of the Statutes, of 
 which Hon. Caleb Gushing and Gen. Benjamin F. Butler 
 
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AMA8A NOBCBOSS. 351 
 
 ■were members; of Probate and Chancery, of which Hon. 
 John A. Andrew was a member; and of the Judiciary. 
 While a senator, he was Chairman of the Committee on 
 the Judiciary, and of the Committee on Federal Relations. 
 
 In August, 1862, Mr. Norcross was appointed assessor of 
 Internal Reyenue for the Ninth District of Massachusetts, 
 comprising twenty-two towns. This position, involving 
 great labor and responsibility, he held during ten years, 
 discharging its onerous duties to the acceptance of the 
 government . and of the people. Upon the adoption of a 
 city charter, by the town of Fitchburg, he was elected 
 Mayor of the new city, and reelected for the succeeding 
 year. In the organization of a new form of government, 
 in the completion of several public improvements, in the 
 management of the financial affairs, and in presenting new 
 measures to meet new demands, the executive abilities of 
 Mr. Norcross were conspicuous. As a director of the 
 RoUstone National Bank, of the Fitchbiurg Fire Insurance 
 Company, of the Worcester North Savings Institution, and 
 of several institutions of learning, he has proved a safe 
 counsellor and a judicious manager. 
 
 De. Iea Russell, son of Eliakim and Sarah (Converse) 
 Russell, was born in Rindge, November 9, 1814, and gradu- 
 ated at Dartmouth College, 1841. His education was 
 emphatically the result of his own industry and persever- 
 ance. He studied medicine, under the direction of Dr. 
 Dixi Crosby, of Hanover, New Hampshire, with Dr. AbeU, 
 of Rindge, and Dr. Goddiag, of Winchendon. While 
 attending lectures, at the University of New York, he 
 received an appointment of district physician, and was 
 connected, for several months, with one of the city hospi- 
 tals. Receiving his degree, in 1844, he immediately formed 
 a partnership with Dr. Godding, his former instructor. He 
 
352 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 
 
 continued in active practice, in Winchendon, about nine 
 years, when he remoTed to Natick, Massachusetts. In 
 1861, Dr. Russell relinquished a lucrative practice, and 
 accepted an appointment of surgeon of the Eleventh 
 Massachusetts Regiment. A few months later, he was 
 promoted to brigade-surgeon, and assigned to Gen Grover's 
 Brigade, in Hooker's Division. He remained with this 
 brigade until the summer of 1862, when he repaired to 
 Baltimore, and organized the Stuart Mansion Hospital, 
 subsequently known as the Jarvis Hospital, of which he 
 continued the surgeon in charge, until the following 
 November. After a brief charge of the Lawson Hospital, 
 in St. Louis, he was appointed medical director of the 
 Army of the Frontier, then under the command of Gen. 
 Curtis. The following spring finds him again at St. Louis, 
 in charge of the post hospital at Benton Barracks, one of 
 the largest hospitals in the West. Later, Dr. Russell was 
 upon the staff of Gen. Thomas, and while in Tennessee he 
 organized the Wilson Hospital, at Nashville, of which he 
 remained in charge until the close of the war, receiving, 
 meanwhile, the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel, for long 
 and meritorious service. Subsequently for a year or more 
 he was engaged in the preparation of many valuable 
 contributions to the "Medical and Surgical History of the 
 War," for which his prolonged and varied experience in 
 the army furnished ample material. At the close of these 
 labors he returned to Winchendon, and in partnership with 
 his son, Dr. Fred W. Russell, is engaged in an extensive 
 regular and consulting practice. Constantly familiar with 
 the innovations of his profession and the progress of the 
 schools, he belongs to the foremost rank of progressive 
 practitioners. 
 
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SAMUEL BUBNHAM. 353 
 
 Samuel Buenham, son of Rev. Dr. Amos W. and 
 Tirzah K. Burnham, was born in Rindge, February 21, 
 1833. He attended the public schools of this town, and 
 subsequently pursued a preparatory course of study, under 
 the tuition of his father, and at the academies in Frances- 
 town and New Ipswich. He entered WUliams College, 
 class of 1855, and was there attacked by disease, before he 
 had completed a full course of study. Although he was 
 absent during a part of junior and all of senior year, the 
 college promptly recognized his ability and his continued 
 acquirements, by enrolling his name among those of his 
 class as a fuU graduate of that institution. After leaTing 
 college, he spent a winter in the South in search of health, 
 and returned to his home somewhat improved, yet still an 
 invalid in all except freshness of thought, and a joyous, 
 sparkling wit. He then filled a brief engagement in 
 teaching, and removed to Boston, in 1857, to engage in 
 literary pursuits. At this time, his active, busy life began. 
 Frequent were the pauses from physical prostration, yet 
 with uncomplaining industry and cheerfulness he pursued 
 his tasks. During a portion of the last few years of his 
 life his strength, in a measure, was renewed. It was, 
 however, of short continuance. He soon experienced a 
 severe sickness, from which he died, June 22, 1878. 
 
 Mr. Burnham labored in several fields of literature, and 
 in each he displayed a sound judgment, a mind acute and 
 well stored, which found expression in a style remarkably 
 vigorous and versatile. While he wrote, at all times, with 
 great candor and sincerity, and never employed words or 
 phrases for dramatic effect, he was eminently a popular 
 writer, one whose productions were widely read and atten- 
 tively received. He was never dull and prosy ; everything 
 was rendered in a keen, thoughtful, entertaining manner. 
 
354 HISTORY OF RINDGM. 
 
 often illuminated with the brightest flashes of humor. 
 Few men, dying at the age of forty years, have left as 
 many enduring monuments in fields so varied. Among his 
 earlier labors was the preparation, from the author's papers, 
 of" the "History of East Boston." He also wrote the 
 sketches of Gov. Andrew and Charles Sumner, in Headley's 
 "Massachusetts in the "War." He devoted considerable 
 time and labor to the supervision of the publication of 
 the speeches of Charles Sumner, the author confiding in 
 him unusual trust and confidence. At the time of his 
 death, he was engaged upon a " History of the Old South 
 Church, Boston," a labor in which he was deeply interested, 
 and in which his sympathy for New England principles 
 and religion found full exercise. But his voluminous con- 
 tributions to the daily and weekly papers, and to the 
 magazines, constituted his chief employment. He was a 
 frequent contributor to the Boston Journal, Boston Adver- 
 tiser, Springfield Republican, Christian Union, and other 
 papers, writing, meanwhile, many articles for the maga- 
 zines. For two years he was connected editorially with 
 the Qongregationalist, and for several years preceding his 
 death, he was editor and one of the proprietors of the 
 Congregational Quarterly. In the midst of these labors 
 he frequently delivered poems at college commencements, 
 and read many interesting papers before historical and 
 kindred societies. In the efficient performance of his life- 
 work, under physical weakness that would have palsied the 
 hand of many of a less buoyant temperament, he was 
 supported by a nature abounding in activity and hope, yet 
 restrained and guided by a high sense of duty and Christian 
 principle. 
 
 Albert Sheewin Ingalls, a son of Thomas and Sophia 
 (Shurtleff ) Ingalls, was born in Rindge, December 29, 1830, 
 
ALBERT 8. INGALL8. 355 
 
 and was one of the many natives of this town who 
 surrendered their lives in the cause of their country. 
 Having enjoyed liberal educational advantages, at Appleton 
 Academy, in New Ipswich, and at Dartmouth College, for 
 several years he was a popular teacher in high schools 
 and academies, at Wayland, Westminster, and Dedham, 
 Massachusetts, continually cherishing the intention of 
 entering upon the practice of law whenever his circum- 
 stances would permit. He read for his profession in the 
 offices of Hon. Charles R. Train, of Framingham, Massa- 
 chusetts, of Wood & Bailey, and of Norcross & Snow, of 
 Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Upon his admission to the bar, 
 he commenced the practice of law, in partnership with 
 Hon. J. W. Mansur, of Fitchburg. In 1859, he removed to 
 West Cambridge, now Arlington, Massachusetts, where he 
 was successfully engaged in professional labors, until he 
 entered the army. 
 
 Shortly after the outbreak of the rebellion, he raised a 
 company of volunteers for the Federal service. Those 
 were days in which many persons believed that the war 
 was to be a short one. When this company was ready to 
 march, the quota of soldiers required from Massachusetts 
 was full. Should the company disband, or wait in tedious 
 uncertainty the possibility for further requisition for troops ? 
 The spirit of this yoimg officer, at once persistent yet 
 impetuous, could not easily tolerate either alternative. He 
 promptly offered the services of himself and company to 
 the State of New York. They were readily accepted, and 
 with two other companies from Massachusetts, were mus- 
 tered iuto the Fortieth Regiment of New York Volunteers, 
 at that time known as the Mozart Regiment, which soon 
 joined the army in Virginia. 
 
356 HISTOBY OF RINDGE. 
 
 Soon after the battle of Williamsburg, in which he bore 
 a gallant part, eliciting for his heroism and soldierly bearing 
 the warmest approbation of his superiors in command, he 
 was promoted to major of the regiment. During five of the 
 seven days of the fighting before Richmond, in the summer 
 of 1862, he was in the hottest of the engagements, receiving 
 a wound, on the evening of June 30, which rendered neces- 
 sary the amputation of a leg. He was removed to Annap- 
 olis, Maryland, and for several weeks his recovery was 
 confidently expected, by his physicians and friends. His 
 sufferings were extreme, but were borne with a brave and 
 cheerful spirit, which was a part of his character. He died 
 August 11, 1862. 
 
 A newspaper of the time contained the following account 
 of the burial of Major Ingalls : " His remains were brought 
 to West Cambridge, where they were received by the town 
 authorities, citizens, and Masonic brothers, with every dem- 
 onstration of respect and affection, the places of business 
 being closed, and the flags at half-mast. Major Ingalls had 
 many warm and true friends in his adopted home, and pre- 
 vious to his death he had received the following expression 
 of the esteem in which he was held : — 
 " ' To Major Albert S. Ingalls, in hospital in Annapolis, Md. : 
 
 "'We, the inhabitants of West Cambridge, in town- 
 meeting assembled, having been pained to hear of the mis- 
 fortune which has befallen you in the loss of your limb in 
 the field of battle before Richmond, defending our dearest 
 rights, tender to you our kindest sympathies, with the hope 
 that your life may be spared, and that you may live to 
 finish what your patriotic zeal so well begun. It gives us 
 pleasure to assure you that all reports attest to your lofty 
 courage and daring before the enemy. For your self- 
 
ALBERT S. INGALLS. 357 
 
 sacrificing zeal in our country's cause, you are entitled to 
 our gratitude, and the gratitude of future generations. 
 
 " ' Resolved, That the foregoing order be placed upon the 
 records of the town, and a copy of the same be sent to the 
 person therein named. 
 
 '"Adopted July 22, 1862.' 
 
 " His remains were conveyed from West Cambridge to 
 Fitchburg, and from thence to the residence of his aged 
 parents in Rindge, where his funeral took place, conducted 
 by Rev. Dr. Burnham, of Rindge, and Rev. Mr. Bigelow, of 
 Medfield, Massachusetts. A number of his friends from 
 Fitchburg attended the services, among them Hon. Amasa 
 Norcross, and Hon. J. W. Mansur, both of whom, in affect- 
 ing and heartfelt words, expressed their esteem for the 
 deceased, and their pride in his noble conduct as a gentle- 
 man and an officer." 
 
 Major Ingalls was above the average stature of men. 
 With a commanding and dignified bearing, he united 
 unusual grace and urbanity of manner. In his frank and 
 expressive countenance, beaming with frequent flashes of 
 mirth, was seen the assurance of unfailing kindness, and his 
 eye, peculiarly bright and attractive, was lighted with the 
 steadfast warmth of a generous and genial heart. Pos- 
 sessing a mind quick in its perceptions, keenly sensitive in 
 its appreciation of what was best in literature, art, and 
 oratory, and a nature surcharged with hope and courage, 
 his future was warmly tinted with the glow of promise. To 
 what eminence he would have risen if his earthly life had 
 continued, is a question which will scarcely occur to those 
 who were familiar with him, since they will find a greater 
 satisfaction in the contemplation of the noble traits of the 
 man as they knew him. 
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358 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 Lake Coffeen, son of John and Susannah (Goldsmith) 
 Coffeen, born in Rindge. Dartmouth College, 1785. On 
 leaving college he taught several years in Cavendish, 
 Vermont, and was licensed to preach July 29, 1806, but it 
 is not known that he ever preached. He subsequently 
 removed to Rushford, New York, and became a farmer, and 
 later removed to Pike, in the same State, where he died, 
 1816. 
 
 Joseph Milliken, son of Lieut. Joseph MiUiken, or 
 MuUiken, of Rindge. Dartmouth College, 1802. He was 
 principal of the New Ipswich Appleton Academy, 1803-7, 
 and subsequently studied medicine, receiving the degree 
 of M.D., 1817. He died September 9, 1818, aged forty- 
 four years. 
 
 Edwaud Payson. Harvard University, 1803. See 
 page 331. 
 
 Jambs Walkbe, son of Capt. Joshua and Mary (Whit- 
 more) Walker, born in Rindge, March 10, 1784. Dartmouth 
 College, 1804. He studied law, practicing his profession 
 first in Francestown, but early removed to Peterborough, 
 New Hampshire, where he resided, and continued the 
 practice of his profession until his death, December .31, 
 1854. He was an eminent lawyer, and a man of talent and 
 integrity. 
 
 Asa RAiTO. Dartmouth College, 1806. See page 334. 
 
 Isaac Kimball, son of AquiUa and Anna Kimball, born 
 in Rindge, November 30, 1783. Brown University, 1817. 
 Mr. Kimball belonged to the Baptist denomination, and 
 began to preach while pursuing his preparatory studies. 
 After leaving college, where he had graduated with honor, 
 he taught a little more than a year at Middleborough, and 
 was ordained over the Baptist Church, in Marblehead, 
 Massachusetts, March 10, 1819. The succeeding year he 
 
COLLEGE GRADUATES. 359 
 
 asked and receiTed a dismissal, and was engaged in 
 missionary work during the remainder of his life. He died 
 in New Haven, June 4, 1829. He was an earnest, zealous 
 preacher, and was peculiarly fitted, both by natural ability 
 and training, for the diversified and constantly changing 
 duties of his calling. 
 
 Silas Wildbk, son of Silas and Abigail (Page) Wilder, 
 was born in Rindge, August 10, 1788. Dartmouth College, 
 1818. He studied divinity with Rev. Z. S. Barstow, D.D., 
 of Keene, and was ordained pastor of the Congregational 
 Church, at Lewis, New York, in February, 1825 ; was dis- 
 missed from this charge in 1829, and preached for a few 
 years as stated supply in several parishes. Subsequently 
 he removed to Herkimer, New York, and there lived a 
 farmer until his death, October 19, 1865. 
 
 Charles Walker, son of Capt. Joshua and Mary 
 (Whitmore) Walker, born in Rindge, November 21, 1795. 
 Dartmouth College, 1823. Mr. Walker graduated at 
 Andover Theological Seminary, 1826, and was ordained 
 over the Congregational Church in New Ipswich, February 
 28, 1827. His former pastor, .Rev. A. W. Burnham, was a 
 member of the council. He was dismissed, at his request, 
 in 1835, and was settled at Windsor, Connecticut, March 
 9, 1836, and the succeeding year at Medfield, Massachusetts, 
 and dismissed in 1838, and immediately after was again 
 settled at Wells, Maine, and dismissed May 16, 1844. The 
 winter succeeding he spent in Italy, and subsequently 
 cultivated a farm in Groton, Massachusetts, where he died, 
 October 23, 1847. Rev. Samuel Lee, his successor at New 
 Ipswich, in a valuable discourse, delivered at the centennial 
 celebration of the church in New Ipswich, says: "Mr. 
 Walker was a man of fair talents, a good writer, and a 
 faithful and impressive preacher. He was for the best of 
 
360 niSTOEY OF BINDOM. 
 
 reasons greatly beloved by many in New Ipswich ; and in 
 return lie gave his heart's love to this people." 
 
 Chakles Shedd, son of Capt. Abel and Rebecca 
 (Adams) Shedd, born in Rindge, October 21, 1802. Dart- 
 mouth CoUege, 1826. He was instructor eight years, in 
 the KimbaU Union Academy, at Meriden, New Hampshire. 
 In 1834, he removed to New Ipswich, and became principal 
 of the Appleton Academy, in that place. In this position 
 he was deservedly successful and popular. After seven 
 years' labor in this place he removed to Campton, New 
 Hampshire, and in February, 1842, he was ordained pastor 
 of the Congregational Church there, and remained fifteen 
 years. Subsequently he removed to Minnesota. 
 
 George Payson Baekek. Union CoUege, 1827. See 
 page 347. 
 
 William C. Richards, son of Thaddeus and Dorothy 
 (Coolidge) Richards, born in Newton, Massachusetts, June 
 2, 1809. Brown University, 1837. Mr. Richards' parents 
 resided several years in this town, and his father died here, 
 March 30, 1829. He was ordained over the Second Baptist 
 Church, at Grafton, Massachusetts, June 16, 1841, and has 
 subsequently been settled over churches in Lynn and 
 Newton. He is a man of ability, and enjoys the esteem of 
 his brethren in the ministry, and of the people with whom 
 he has labored. 
 
 George Shedd, son of Capt. Abel and Rebecca 
 (Adams) Shedd, born in Rindge, May 13, 1810. Dart- 
 mouth CoUege, 1839. Studied medicine at Dayton and 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, and settled as a physician, at Denmark, 
 Iowa, where he continues to reside, enjoying, in an eminent 
 degree, the respect and confidence of the entire community. 
 
 Ira Russell. Dartmouth CoUege, 1841. See page 351. 
 
COLLEGE GRADUATES. 361 
 
 John PniLAifDBE Pbeey, son of Chauncey and Abigail 
 (Steams) Perry, born in Rindge, February 23, 1819. Dart- 
 moutli College, 1842. He studied divinity with Rev. Samuel 
 Lee, of New Ipswich, and with Dr. Burnham, of Rindge. 
 After preaching a short time at Surry, New Hampshire, and 
 at Ludlow, Vermont, he embraced the Swedenborgian faith, 
 and was ordained a minister of that denomination, at 
 Boston, May 9, 1852, and settled in the ministry, at Yar- 
 mouth Port, Massachusetts. At the present time he is 
 residing at New Ipswich. His brothers, Albert and Isaac 
 Stearns Perry, now deceased, were ministers. Two other 
 brothers, Chauncey and Timothy Perry, are successful 
 lawyers, in Brooklyn, New York. The younger brothers 
 were born in New Ipswich. Their aged father, above 
 fourscore years of age, having assisted his five sons to a 
 liberal education, can review with proud satisfaction their 
 honorable career. 
 
 Joseph BkowOTjEE Beown, son of Rev. Joseph and 
 Maria (Hunt) Brown, was bom in Charleston, South 
 Carolina, October 4, 1824. Dartmouth College, 1845. The 
 father of Mr. Brown died when he was nine years of age, 
 and he came to Rindge, to reside with his maternal uncle, 
 Jason B. Perry, Esq., who was his guardian. He read law 
 with Benjamin D. SUliman, Esq., of New York, and entered 
 upon the practice of his profession in that city. Subse- 
 quently he removed to Newburgh, New York, where he still 
 resides. As a lawyer he has been successful, and as a 
 contributor to the press he has won many admiring friends. 
 Many of his contributions are models of diction, evincing 
 culture and refinement of taste. 
 
 Samttbl Buenham. Williams College, 1855. See 
 page 353. 
 
362 HISTORY OF BIND6K 
 
 Chahles William Kimball, son of WiUiam and Ruthy 
 (Shedd) KimbaU, born in Rindge, June 20, 1821. Entered 
 Dartmouth College, class of 1845. Leaving the institution 
 previous to graduation, on account of failing eyesight, he 
 was a successful teacher in Ohio for many years. He was a 
 gentleman of culture, and endowed with a lofty character. 
 He died December 18, 1870. 
 
 HowAUD Rajsd, son of Daniel T. and Julia Ann 
 (Jewett) Rand, born December 8, 1839, entered Dartmouth 
 College, class of 1864. He was a young man of strong 
 traits of character, and superior ability. During the first 
 year of the war, with flattering prospects before him, he 
 forsook those pursuits to which he was ardently attached, 
 and entered the service of his country. He commanded his 
 company, in the absence of the commissioned officers, from 
 the date of the second battle of Bull Run until his death, at 
 the battle of Antietam. In the former bloody engagement, 
 the color-bearers being killed, he bravely gathered up the 
 State colors, amid a shower of bullets, and bore them from 
 the field; an act of heroism witnessed with the warmest 
 approbation by many of his comrades. 
 
 Jacob Hamilton Fahkajr, son of Abel F. and Emeline 
 (Rice) Farrar, born July 21, 1849, graduated at Harvard 
 University, class of 1874. 
 
 FEAifK Herbert Hardison, son of Samuel J. and 
 Louisa (Hastings) Hardison, born September 3, 1849, is a 
 student at Dartmouth College, class of 1876. 
 
 Albert Fraiicis Norceoss, son of Deacon Jeremiah 
 and Mary (Pillsbury) Norcross, born April 11, 1853, is a 
 a student at Dartmouth College, class of 1878. 
 
CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 PHTSICIANS, LAWTEB8, AND MERCHANTS. 
 
 Drs. Morse, Palmer, Prescott, To'wiisend, Hartshorn, Whitney, Jewett, 
 ShurtlefE, Abell, Abbott, SeyfEarth, Darling, Symonds, Heard, Wat- 
 son. — Noah K. Cook, and Benjamin Ward, Esqs. — Hale, Parker, 
 the Wilders, Sherwin, Ingalls, Breed, Adams, Howe, Hale, Jennings, 
 Raymond, Sawtell, Steams, Fletcher, Emory. 
 
 De. David Moesb, son of Dr. Parker Morse, of Wood- 
 stock, Connecticut, removed to Rindge, 1768, and remained 
 in this town, in the practice of his profession, five or six 
 years, and then removed to Exeter, New York. His son 
 Samuel, perhaps born in Rindge, removed from Exeter to 
 Mississippi, where he became a judge in the courts of that 
 State. 
 
 Db. Ashee • Palmbe was in practice in this town 
 several years. He came two or three years later than 
 Dr. Morse, and was cotemporary with him. Dr. Palmer 
 married, 1774, a daughter of Rev. Seth Dean, and subse- 
 quently removed to Connecticut, where he died not many 
 years after. 
 
 De. Jonas Peescott, son of John and Mary (White) 
 Prescott, was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, December 
 6, 1754. He came to Rindge, 1776, and remained about 
 
364 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 five years, when lie removed to Keene, New HampsMre, and 
 very soon after to Templeton, Massachusetts, where he died, 
 after a successful practice of many years. He was in this 
 town during the sickly seasons of 1776 and 1777, which 
 witnessed the death of many children. In 1778, he received 
 the appointment of surgeon of the regiment, under com- 
 mand of Col. Enoch Hale, raised for the defence of Rhode^ 
 Island, and was with the regiment while in the field. 
 
 Dr. John Townsbnd had been briefly located in San- 
 down, South Hampton, Hopkinton, and New Ipswich, New 
 Hampshire, before he came to Rindge. He settled in this 
 town during the year 1770, and consequently was cotempo- 
 rary with Drs. Morse, Palmer, and Prescott. He remained 
 in regular and quite successful practice, until about 1790, 
 when for unknown causes he suddenly removed without his 
 family to parts unknown. His son, John Townsend, is well 
 remembered by many of the older inhabitants of this town. 
 
 De. Ebbnezbe Habtshorn was from Athol, Massachu- 
 setts. He came to Rindge about 1780, and resided on the 
 farm owned by the late Capt. Stephen Emory. Dr. Harts- 
 horn was about forty years of age at the time of his 
 removal to this town. He died in November, 1811, having 
 retired from practice several years previous to his death. 
 
 Db. Isaiah Whitney, son of Jsaiah Whitney, was born 
 in Harvard, Massachusetts, December 13, 1765. He studied 
 medicine with Dr. Charles Whitman, of Stow, Massachu- 
 setts, whose daughter he married. In 1790, he removed to 
 Rindge, and resided for several years in a house which stood 
 upon the site of the residence of A. A. Fowle. A few 
 years later he removed to the house, now of D. S. Walker, 
 and there resided until his death, November 30, 1839. Dr. 
 Whitney, as a citizen, was much respected, and was 
 regarded as a skillful and conscientious physician. During 
 
PHYSICIANS. 365 
 
 the later years of a long and useful life he was partially 
 incapacitated by deafness, and retired from active practice. 
 
 Db. Stephen Jewett, born October 21, 1764, was a 
 native of this town. He did not pursue a regular course of 
 professional study, but with good natural abilities, and no 
 ordinary degree of common sense, which schools cannot 
 bestow, he early acquired a lucrative practice. His fame in 
 the cure of both chronic and acute diseases was not limited 
 to the locality in which he resided, and he was frequently 
 called upon to make professional visits in Boston, and other 
 New England cities and towns. His son. Dr. Stephen 
 Jewett, Jr., was not a practitioner, but for many years was 
 engaged in the manufacture and sale of Dr. Jewett's propri- 
 etary medicines, which for a long time had great celebrity. 
 
 Dk. Thomas Jewett, a brother of Dr. Stephen Jewett, 
 was born February 28, 1771. He pursued his professional 
 studies at Hanover, receiving his degree about 1798. He 
 was in practice one or two years, in Carlisle, Massachusetts, 
 and returned to Rindge in 1801, and resided for several 
 years upon the Enos Blake place, in "West Rindge. Subse- 
 quently he purchased and removed to the farm upon the 
 east side of the highway, and about one-haK mile north of 
 the centre of the town, which is stiU known as the " Dr. 
 Thomas Jewett place," where he passed the remainder of 
 his years. As a physician. Dr. Jewett was eminently 
 successful, and arrived at no inconsiderable eminence in 
 his profession. In the treatment of a malignant fever, 
 which prevailed with startling fatality throughout a large 
 portion of New England, in 1811 and 1812, and which was 
 generally called the spotted fever, his success was exceeded 
 by few, if any, physicians in this vicinity. Dr. Jewett was 
 exceedingly fond of his farm, and, during the later years of 
 his life, he retired from the practice of his profession, and 
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366 BISTORT OF UINBGE. 
 
 directed his attention to agricultural pursuits. As a citizen, 
 he was held in high esteem. Possessing a sound judgment, 
 a clear and discriminating mind, his opinions invariably 
 commanded respect. In religious opinions, for many years, 
 he was unsettled, and at times skeptical, but subsequently 
 acknowledged a change in his views, and united with the 
 Congregational Church, of which he continued a consistent 
 member until his death. The tract written by Dr. Burn- 
 ham, " The Infidel Reclaimed," relates to the religious 
 experience of Dr, Jewett. He died April 24, 1840. 
 
 De. Asahbl D. Shtjetlefi' was born in Chesterfield, 
 New Hampshire, September 8, 1789. Having acquired a 
 thorough English education, at the academy in his native 
 town, he pursued his professional studies in the office of 
 Dr. Adams, of Keene. Dr. Shurtleff removed to Rindge 
 upon the completion of his study in 1818, where he was 
 brought into competition with men of experience in the 
 profession, Drs. Whitney and Jewett being at this time in 
 active practice. He gradually grew in favor with the 
 people, and increased his business from year to year. He 
 held several positions of trust in town affairs, but for such 
 service he found little leisure. His years were devoted to 
 his profession in an eminent degree. He was a skillful 
 physician, and a man of imexceptionable character. He 
 died, much lamented, and in the midst of an honored and 
 useful career, November 8, 1843. 
 
 Du. Nathaniel KEsresBiniY was born in Rindge, June 
 28, 1798. He entered Middlebury College 1816. The 
 following year he left this institution, and entered Harvard 
 University, where he remained two years. After teaching 
 in Georgia and in Massachusetts a few years, he attended 
 medical lectures, at Hanover, and at Brunswick, Maine, 
 where he received his degree, in 1829. He practiced med- 
 
PHYSICIANS. 367 
 
 icine, in Rindge, from 1831 until 1834, when he removed 
 to Temple. Dr. Kingsbury represented that town in the 
 Legislature, 1840, 1841, and was a member of the State 
 Senate, 1846. The following tribute to this eminent physi- 
 cian is from the " History of Temple " : " Dr. Kingsbury is 
 a man of superior ability, great acquirements, and much 
 experience. He is one of the ablest physicians that this 
 section of the country has ever produced. As a counsellor 
 he has ever been esteemed by those of the profession who 
 can appreciate the higher elements of medicine." 
 
 Db. Ebasmxjs Dabwin Abell was born in Lempster, 
 New Hampshire, January 26, 1817. He received his name in 
 honor of a celebrated English medical writer, and a kinsman 
 of the well-known anthropologist, Darwin. His father. Dr. 
 Truman Abell was a successful physician of the old school, 
 and for half a century the author of the well-known 
 Farmer's Almanac bearing his name. Dr. Abell early 
 resolved to follow the profession of his honored father, 
 and having enjoyed superior educational advantages, at the 
 academy and under private tuition, he pursued his profes- 
 sional studies in the office of his father, and also with a 
 maternal uncle, Robert Lane, M.D., of Sutton, New Hamp- 
 shire. He attended lectures at the Vermont Medical 
 College, in Woodstock, Vermont, and at Dartmouth Medical 
 College, in Hanover, receiving his diploma from the latter 
 institution in 1838. In 1840, Dr. Abell removed to Rindge, 
 and immediately entered upon the practice of his profes- 
 sion. Genial in manner, skillful and eminently successful 
 in practice, upright and honorable in character, he soon 
 won a popularity which increased with the years of his 
 residence in this town. The sick received unfailing and 
 sympathizing attention, and trusted him with the most 
 implicit confidence; and his practice, in the families of a 
 
368 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 
 
 large number of warin personal friends, was extensive and 
 remunerative. His labors for several years in the super- 
 vision of scbools were of much value. While he was 
 prompt in recognizing excellence, his keen criticism and 
 correction of fault, in terms never mistaken by his auditors, 
 were presented with such genuine kindness that no offence 
 was left to combat the happiest results. The long rides, 
 which he was called upon to perform, often extending into 
 the surrounding towns, led him to seek a more populous 
 location, in which he could find employment within a 
 smaller circuit. In 1852, he sold his homestead to Dr. 
 D. W. Jones, and after spending considerable time in the 
 lecture-rooms and hospitals in the city of New York, he 
 located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, where he stiU enjoys an 
 extensive practice. 
 
 De. .Tor t ATT Abbott was born in Framingham, Masssr 
 chusetts. May 22, 1811. He graduated at Yale College, 
 1835, and pursued his professional studies, under the in- 
 struction of Professors Knight and Beers, of New Haven, 
 attending medical lectures meanwhile in that city. Sub- 
 sequently he attended lectiires at the Fairfield (New 
 York) Medical College, where he received his degree, 
 January 23, 1840. Dr. Abbott removed to Rindge in the 
 autumn of 1843, during the Ulness of Dr. Shurtleff, and 
 resumed his practice. He was a cautious, attentive physi- 
 cian, and continued in practice until 1864, when he was 
 appointed surgeon in the army. Since his return from this 
 service. Dr. Abbott has continued his residence in this 
 town, but has not resumed the practice of his profession. 
 He has faithfully served many years on the board of school 
 - committee, and represented the town in the Legislature, in 
 1860 and 1861. 
 
PHYSICIANS. 369 
 
 De. Da^hbl Waylasd Jones was born in Ashburnham, 
 Massachusetts, January 14, 1829. Having enjoyed a liberal 
 course of academical and professional tuition, and been for a 
 time a student in the office of Ira Russell, M.D., he received 
 his degree at the university in the city of New York, in 
 March, 1852, and came to this town in the summer of the 
 same year. He was well received, and from the first was 
 the recipient of no small measure of patronage. In 1855, he 
 sold his residence and removed from town. He now resides 
 in Newton, Massachusetts, in the enjoyment of a lucrative 
 practice. 
 
 Db. Edmund SEVrPAETH was a native of Germany. 
 He was born in Altenburg, in the kingdom of Saxony, 
 1827. His parents early designed him for the study of 
 the law, and he was sent to the celebrated University of 
 Leipsic, to pursue his professional studies. Acquiring an 
 early dislike for this profession, at his earnest request he 
 was transferred from the university to the medical school at 
 Vienna, where he entered upon the study of medicine, a 
 profession to which he ever after remained enthusiastically 
 attached. At this university, then as now the first medical 
 school in Europe, he graduated with honors, and prac- 
 ticed four years in the hospitals in that city. During his 
 student life. Dr. Seyffarth was warmly in sympathy with 
 the Hungarian revolt, and, in common with the friends of 
 freedom throughout the globe, earnestly hoped for the 
 success of the patriot, Kossuth. The entertainment of such 
 sentiments was the cause of his residence in the United 
 States. The story of his life, in those days of excitement 
 and persecution, is devoid of neither incident nor interest. 
 Leaving his native land, he became a surgeon upon a 
 Russian man-of-war, bound for Alaska. After visiting the 
 Russian possessions upon this continent, the vessel cruised 
 
370 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 for a season in the Sea of Okhotsk, and while there he was 
 called lo an American vessel, to attend the late Capt. 
 Charles H. Cole, of this town. In 1853, Dr. Seyffarth 
 came to Rindge, where he remained in the successful 
 practice of his profession about three years. After a short 
 residence at the West, he removed to Lawrence, Massachu- 
 setts. He was surgeon in the army from 1862 until 1865. 
 Returning from this service, he resumed the practice of his 
 profession in Lawrence. He died July 21, 1874. Dr. 
 Seyffarth acquired an eminent position in his profession. 
 With rare skill, and the unfailing fruits of liberal study, he 
 united a quick perception, and a rapid, unerring judgment. 
 Wherever he has resided, he will be long remembered by 
 those who learned to understand him as a person of superior 
 talent, warmed into activity by an impulsive and generous 
 nature. 
 
 De. Sophia S. Symonds was born in Rindge, August 
 4, 1831. Miss Symonds belongs to the Eclectic School of 
 Medicine. She pursued her professional studies at the 
 Ladies' Medical Academy, and the New England Medical 
 College, in Boston, and at the Worcester Medical Institute, 
 where she received the degree of M.D. in 1862. Soon after 
 she entered upon the practice of her profession in this town, 
 and for seven years enjoyed an extensive practice. In 1869 
 she removed to Winchendon, and became professionally 
 associated with Dr. R. W. Geddes, but continues to visit 
 many families in this town, whose confidence and esteem 
 has never been withheld. 
 
 Db. J. Homer Daeling was born in Cambridge, Ver- 
 mont, July 25, 1838. He removed to Rindge in the summer 
 of 1860, and remained until the autumn of 1862, when he 
 was appointed assistant surgeon in the army. Upon his 
 return from this service, he located in Keene, where he 
 
PHYSICIANS. 371 
 
 remains in the successful practice of his profession. He 
 was well received, and would have secured a permanent 
 and lucrative practice in this town, if the inducements 
 presented by a more populous locality had permitted him to 
 remain. Dr. Darling pursued his professional study in the 
 office of Dr. P. D. Bradford, a professor in Castleton, Ver- 
 mont, Medical College, where he attended lectures, and 
 graduated June 15, 1859. 
 
 De. John Heaed was a native of Maine, and born 
 about 1810. He received his degree from Dartmouth 
 Medical College, and after practicing his profession in 
 Acworth and Hopkinton, in this State, in Leominster and 
 Townsend, in Massachusetts, he removed to Rindge, in 
 1866, and remained about six years. It is probable that Dr. 
 Heard was deficient in neither skill nor natural ability ; but 
 his cynical manners and current conversation repelled the 
 respect of the community. 
 
 Dk. Henet a. Watson was born in Worcester, Ver- 
 mont, June 21, 1849. He commenced the study of medicine 
 in the office of Dr. Benjamin F. Eaton, of Hartford, Ver- 
 mont, and attended two terms of lectures at Hanover, and 
 as many at Burlington, where he received his degree, July, 
 1874. Immediately after the completion of his professional 
 studies. Dr. Watson located in this town, and has entered 
 upon the practice of his profession under favorable auspices. 
 
 The name of Dr. William Swan is found in the early 
 records, but he was not a physician in regular practice. It 
 appears that he was more inclined to boast of the wonderful 
 cures he was able to perform than were the people to test 
 experimentally the truth of his assertions. 
 
 Dr. Samuel Steele is mentioned upon the records, but 
 his ambition was fully gratified in the honors of a successful 
 farrier. The absence of literature among his patients will 
 
372 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
 account for any deficiency in the record evidence of 
 his skill. 
 
 Dr. Elijah Norcross, a native of this town, during a 
 residence abroad had secured the title, but the state of his 
 health did not permit him to practice after his return to 
 Rindge. 
 
 Several natives of this town have acquired considerable 
 distinction in the practice of law, but the number of resident 
 lawyers has been very small. 
 
 Noah R. Cook, Esq., a son of Noah Cook, a lawyer of 
 Keene, and a brother of Josiah Parsons Cook, an eminent 
 lawyer of Boston, came to Rindge about 1816, and remained 
 six or seven years. He returned to Keene, and recently 
 died in that town, at an advanced age. 
 
 Benjamin Ward, Esq., a grandson of General "Ward of 
 Revolutionary fame, was born in Phillipston, Massachu- 
 setts, January 25, 1793. He entered Harvard University, 
 but on account of failing health he did not complete the 
 prescribed course of study. Mr. Ward read law with an 
 uncle, in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and removed to 
 Rindge in 1822. He was a man of talent, and an accom- 
 plished scholar. If his physical strength had been com- 
 mensurate with his ability and attainments, he would have 
 been foremost in his profession. He died February 19, 
 1828, and is remembered with much respect and esteem. 
 
 Merchants and Stores. — There were about four hundred 
 inhabitants in town when Col. Nathan Hale first opened a 
 store in Rindge. In 1772, the town conveyed to him about 
 an acre of common land, lying between the two roads north 
 of the meeting-house. It is not certain that any building 
 was erected on the premises previous to the present store, 
 but in connection with a record of the stores of Rindge this 
 site is historic ground. 
 
MERCHANTS AND STORES. 373 
 
 At an early date, Col. Hale had a store near the Dr. 
 "Whitney house, now owned by D. S. Walker, on the west 
 side of the highway, and south of the Common. Soon 
 after he entered the army, Jonathan Parker, Jr., purchased 
 a house which stood near the residence of Miss Sarah 
 Shurtleff. There was only a lane between this house and 
 the store of Col. Hale. Mr. Parker was in trade several 
 years, and probably occupied the building in which Col. 
 Hale had conducted business. During the progress of the 
 war, when every person's conduct was closely scrutinized, 
 certain charges and proceedings against Mr. Parker called 
 forth the following letter from Col. Enoch Hale : — 
 
 RiNDGE, April 26, 1777. 
 
 Worthy Sir, — Due submission to your honor, I just inform that 
 
 Jonathan Parker, Jun'r Esq. desires to know from whence any suspicion 
 
 arose of his being Enimical to his Country. Being apprehended, &c., 
 
 which I could not answer, as I know not who had complained. But am 
 
 able to inform thus much — that he hath done and continues to do his 
 
 proportion in carrying on the war, and as to his passing bad money, I 
 
 have not heard any Person charge him with it, since the time of some 
 
 small altered BiUs that was turned upon his hands, that your Honor may 
 
 Remember was brought against him; Although he has traded largely 
 
 since that time, I believe more than one hundred lawful Per month. 
 
 But if it shall be thought he ought to appear at any future Time for 
 
 any further Examination I wiU be answerable for his appearance, if 
 
 , such bail may be admitted. 
 
 From your most obedient Humble Servant, 
 
 ENOCH HALE. 
 Hon. Meshbch Weare, Esq. 
 
 Mr. Parker was born in Groton, April 19, 1744. In 
 company with his parents, he removed to Rindge previous 
 to the incorporation of the town. He was a useful and 
 active citizen. His penmanship was remarkable for beauty 
 and plainness, and his signature was invariably traced in 
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374 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 fair, - bold characters. His name upon the " Association 
 Test " recalls to mind that of John Hancock subscribed to 
 the Declaration of Independence, and is perhaps equally 
 significant of courage. But one enjoyed a national reputa- 
 tion, while the other was only a "Village Hampden." 
 
 Moses Whitney was in trade in this town during the 
 year 1772. As will appear, he had an extensive trade. 
 He may have been a better salesman than collector, or his 
 customers may have had more inclination to buy than 
 ability to pay. In either event, he was bankrupt at the 
 close of the year. It is probable that he soon removed, as 
 his name is not subsequently found upon the records. His 
 accounts were left with Nathaniel Russell, Esq., for settle- 
 ment. A well-filled journal was left in his possession, which 
 is carefully preserved by a grandson, Mr. Henry Russell, of 
 this town, who properly regards it a valuable fragment of 
 the history of the town. In these mercantile transactions 
 of a single year, an account was kept with above one 
 hundred residents of Rindge, twenty-five of Jaffrey, and 
 several of Peterborough, Winchendon, and Ashburnham. 
 These ancient accounts, besides affording much valuable 
 information of the names of the residents of the town, are 
 a most truthful history of the wants and customs of the 
 times. They include a much greater variety of articles 
 than are generally admitted in approved homilies of the 
 economy and plain-living of our fathers. After the aristoc- 
 racy are distinguished from their neighbors by a more fre- 
 quent charge for West India rum, instead of the cheaper New 
 England distillation, and all the accounts are thus reduced 
 one-half, many articles of finery will next attract attention ; 
 gilt buttons, sleeve buttons, gilt beads, waxed beads, glass 
 beads, crewel, lace, taffeta, silk ferret, and satin ribbon, are 
 named about as often as the more substantial goods sold 
 
MERCHANTS AND STORES. 
 
 375 
 
 under tlie name of ticklenburg, baize, buckram, ratteen, cotton, 
 and linen checks, shalloon, and Barcelona ; while pomatum, 
 moose-skin breeches, double-twist gimlets, striped Hollands, 
 snuff-boxes, oat-gut horsewhips, iron hand-saws, tow-cloth, 
 shoe-buckles, and curling-irons, form a most bewildering 
 variety of articles of luxury and of utility. A portion of the 
 charges contained in one account selected at random will 
 present considerable information of the prices of that period : 
 
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 I lb. chocolate, is., e,d., 15 lbs. fi.sh, 3J. 4^/., . 
 I Gal. molasses delivered to his son, . . . 
 
 I " rum, 
 
 I pr. moose-skin breeches, 
 
 1-4 lb. powder, dd., i lb. shot, dd., 
 
 1 qt. brandy, is., 1-2 doz. cups and saucers, 7</., . . 
 1 5 panes of glass, 6 by 8, at 3^., 
 
 5 yds. serge at 5^. 4^., 
 
 2 1-2 doz. buttons, is. 6d., hank twist, Bd., needles, id., 
 
 6 pump nails, 
 
 2 1-4 lbs. log wood, yd., i lb. red wood, 3^., . . . 
 
 I Bu. Salt, 4J-. gd., 5 lbs. sugar, 3^., 
 
 I Double twist Gimlet, 4^/., i Iron Hand saw, 4J. &d., 
 1-4 yd. Buckram, 5^., i yd. Ticklingburg, is. 4^/., 
 
 I pr. worsted Hose, 
 
 I Blew and White Tea pott, 
 
 I lb. butter, 6d., i lb. beeswax, is. 2.d., 
 
 I Bu. wheat, 6s., 1 Bu. Corn, y. 4d., 
 
 1 yd. shalloon, 2s., 1 yd. quality, 2d., 
 
 2 yds. Ell wide Persian, at 8^-. 8d., 
 
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 The store at the north end of the Common was built by 
 Col. William Gardner, about 1790. Capt. Philip Thomas 
 was employed as master carpenter to conduct the work. 
 
 Col. Josiah Wilder removed to this town in 1794, and 
 soon commenced trade in the new building. Five or six 
 years later, his brother, Samuel L. Wilder, formerly his 
 clerk, became a partner in the business. Col. Wilder died 
 in 1812, and in 1820 Mr. Wilder formed a partnership with 
 
376 ' HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 his son, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder. The latter removed to 
 Boston, 1825, and soon after Mr. Wilder retired from the 
 business, and was succeeded by Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq., 
 and Josiah Wilder. The firm of Sherwin & Wilder was 
 dissolved, by the death of the latter, in 1853, and Mr. 
 Sherwin continued in trade until his death, in 1861. 
 During this period, the proprietors had a large country 
 trade, which extended considerably into the surrounding 
 towns. For nearly seventy years there were no sudden 
 changes in the firm. The building is one of the landmarks 
 in the town, around which the aged and middle-aged often 
 linger. The proprietors were men of influence, and enjoyed, 
 in an eminent degree, the confidence and esteem of the 
 entire community. Here were found some of the habitual 
 frequenters of public resort ; here, in stormy weather and 
 on winter evenings, were assembled the farmers and other 
 citizens from all portions of the town; here were dis- 
 cussed, in a masterly manner, the weather, the crops, and 
 other topics of current conversation, while often the intelli- 
 gence of the proprietors joining in the conversation would 
 lead to more profitable trains of thought, or perhaps a 
 pleasing story, aptly told by Mr. Sherwin, would provoke a 
 laugh, and brighten their dreams after they had sought their 
 several homes. Could some of the former visitors at this 
 store return again to earth, the first object of their search 
 would be a seat on the old " settle " by the fire-place. This 
 famous seat, with its high back, was found more recently 
 near the stove, but its former occupants were gone, and the 
 memory of the many scenes of hilarity, to which it had been 
 a silent witness, was buried with them. If the old store 
 can be imagined as a substance of life and reason, it cer- 
 tainly was Federal and Whig in politics, and its influence 
 can be read in unmistakable lines, even to the present time. 
 
f.*^ 
 
MERCHANTS AND STORES. 377 
 
 Col. Josiah Wilder came to Rindge when about 
 twenty-four years of age. He at once won the esteem of 
 his townsmen, and, despite his age, secured no ordinary 
 influence in the community. In military affairs he took a 
 lively interest, and early rose to the command of the regi- 
 ment. He served the town as clerk for seven years, and the 
 plainness of the penmanship, and the perspicuity of the 
 record, wUl long make known his faithful service. Col. 
 Wilder represented the town in the Legislature nine years 
 previous to, and including, 1810. In 1811, he was a member 
 of the State Senate. Having retired from active business 
 and removed to the farm, now of Abraham J. Converse, on 
 account of feeble health, the same cause led him to decline 
 a reelection to the Senate. He died in the midst of an 
 honorable career, April 27, 1812. In the discussions of 
 public measures in the town-meetings, or in the halls of 
 legislation, and in less public conference with his fellow- 
 men, his well balanced mind and matured opinions were as 
 conspicuous as the sincerity in which all his thoughts and 
 opinions found expression. Few men, dying at the age of 
 foxty-two, have become more thoroughly identified in town 
 history. 
 
 Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., at the age of sixteen years," 
 removed to Rindge, where, as a merchant and farmer, he 
 resided through a prolonged and useful life, enjoying the 
 esteem and confidence of his townsmen in an eminent 
 degree. He succeeded his brother as Town Clerk, and 
 transcribed the records of the town, for seventeen years, in 
 fair characters and well chosen language. He was the 
 Representative from this town in the Legislature thirteen 
 years, and a Justice of the Peace from 1816 until his death, 
 a period of forty-seven years. Few are met in the town's 
 history to whose judgment and counsels more deference has 
 
378 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 been paid. While yet a young man, he enjoyed the friend- 
 ship and confidence of Dr. Payson, and his name at all 
 times has been associated with good men and good works. 
 For many years he was a consistent member of the Congre- 
 gational Church, and was one of the original members of 
 the society. Many of the provisions of the Constitution of 
 this society were proposed by him, with reasons which led 
 to their adoption. The memory of his counsels, and the 
 great interest he continued at all times to feel for the 
 prosperity of this organization, will continue to brighten its 
 annals. Mr. Wilder is remembered by the present genera- 
 tion with a prompt acknowledgment of his unbending and 
 unfailing adherence to the line of Christian duty. He died 
 April 7, 1863. 
 
 JosiAH Wilder, son of Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., entered 
 the store at an early age. He was attentive to business, 
 seeking neither public honors nor the praises of men. His 
 strict integrity and painstaking kindness deservedly won the 
 favorable opinion of his numerous acquaintances. He died 
 April 27, 1853, being the same month of the year and the 
 same day of the month as the date of the death of his 
 uncle. Col. Josiah Wilder. 
 
 Stephen B. Sheewdst, Esq., was born in the north part 
 of the town. While yet a young man, he removed to the 
 centre of the town, and became associated with Mr. Wilder 
 in trade. AfPable and urbane in manner, he won an early 
 popularity which during his life did not forsake him. Of a 
 generous nature, free from all assumption of superiority, he 
 was continually surrounded by many unfailing friends. He 
 was a member of the School Committee for several years, 
 Town Clerk for a longer period, and member of the Legis- 
 lature for the years 1844, 1845, and 1846. In 1856, he 
 represented the American party of the State, in a National 
 
MERCHANTS AND STORES. 379 
 
 Convention, held in Philadelphia. Mr. Sherwin was ex- 
 tremely fond of music, and his efficient leadership of the 
 choir will be long and pleasantly remembered. As men- 
 tioned in another chapter, he died very suddenly, December 
 14, 1861. 
 
 Thomas Ingails, Esq., was engaged in trade, for a few 
 years, in the building adjacent to the dwelling-house of Miss 
 Milly Walker, subsequently for a short time in partnership 
 with Joel Raymond and with Eliphalet Sawtell, and for 
 many years at the "Ingalls Store," where the sign-board 
 bearing only the word " Store " announced at once the 
 business carried on within, and the simplicity of the 
 taste of the occupant. 
 
 Mr. Ingalls was a man of implicit integrity, and earnestly 
 forwarded all laudable public measures with untiring effort 
 and the weight of his character. Few, indeed, have pos- 
 sessed, and more promptly exercised, a keener perception of 
 right and wrong, or were readier to commend the one and 
 condemn the other. His services were often solicited by his 
 townsmen. He was a member of the first board of school 
 committee chosen in this town, and subsequently served 
 several years in this capacity, and also in the board of 
 selectmen. In 1832 and 1833, he represented the town in 
 the Legislature. For twenty-six years he was chosen to 
 transcribe the public records, and was the Town Clerk at 
 the time of his death. The penmanship of Mr. Ingalls was 
 plain and graceful, and the clearness of statement, accuracy, 
 and method displayed on the numerous pages of the reg- 
 isters by him transcribed, were the result of an habitual 
 sincerity and conscientiousness in the discharge of any trust 
 confided in him. For many years he was a Justice of the 
 Peace, and none in this vicinity was more frequently called 
 upon to act in this capacity. 
 
380 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 Mr. Ingalls possessed more talent and refinement than 
 many, the lines of whose lives have been turned in wider 
 circles. Of a dignified yet courteous manner, he belonged 
 to a class denominated "gentlemen of the old school," 
 unhappily few of whom remain. He was extremely fond of 
 reading. The number of books selected was not numerous, 
 but these he read attentively and understandingly. Among 
 his friends he united modesty and affection with true self- 
 respect and personal independence. In his home life he laid 
 aside the cares of the outside world, and with genuine 
 tenderness and . sympathy became the life and entertain- 
 ment of the home circle. He was sensitively appreciative 
 of the beautiful, and found delight in many things unseen 
 by others. To him there was a constant joy and beauty in 
 summer, and contentment and instruction in winter. He 
 heard a captivating melody in the first bird-notes of spring, 
 and saw an unwonted whiteness in the premonitory snow- 
 flakes of autumn. 
 
 Mr. Ingalls died December 27, 1863, and the frequent 
 expressions of regret manifested by his townsmen continue to 
 bear honorable testimony of his character and his usefulness. 
 Deacon Joseph B. Bkbed was in trade for many years, 
 in a store connected with his dwelling, on 'the west side of 
 the Common. He died September 23, 1864. The business 
 was continued, for a short time, by his son, George H. 
 Breed, after which the store was closed. "Without osten- 
 tation or display. Deacon Breed conducted his business in 
 a manner which secured the confidence of his customers. 
 He was prominent in the church, and foremost in many 
 good works ; lived on intimate terms with his pastor, and 
 had contention with none. 
 
 Aead Adams was in trade a short time, about thirty 
 years ago, in a building that stood on the site of the 
 
MERCS ANTS AND STOBES. 381 
 
 residence of Willard G. Jones. After the lapse of a few 
 years in the business in this town, he built a small store, 
 which has been removed, near the residence of Daniel H. 
 Sargent. In 1855, Mr. Adams closed out and removed to 
 Jaffrey, where a good degree of prosperity has attended him. 
 
 Levi Howe, Esq., opened a store in the Dr. "Whitney 
 house, about seventeen years ago, and continued in trade 
 about ten years. Mr. Howe had formerly been a successful 
 farmer, and, in connection with others, was engaged in the 
 manufacture of pails, in the west part of the town. He 
 was a Justice of the Peace, and one of the selectmen for 
 many years, and represented the town in the Legislature, 
 1842, 1843, 1848, and 1849. In the settlement of many 
 estates, and as guardian of the fatherless, he justly secured 
 and maintained the confidence of those whose affairs were 
 entrusted to his keeping. The counsels and advice of few 
 men have been more frequently sought by his neighbors, 
 and as a townsman his services were of the highest value. 
 He died, very suddenly, August 8, 1869. 
 
 Emekson HaxiE, for a few years previous to 1808, had a 
 store on the south side of the highway, and west of the 
 residence of J. A. Stearns. The remainder of his life was 
 devoted to farming. 
 
 Talmon Jennings, about forty years ago, had a small 
 store, and a limited stock of goods, near the residence of 
 Asa and Charles E. Stickney. The building remains, but 
 Mr. Jennings has been dead many years. 
 
 Capt. Joel Raymond, Eliphalet and Jabez Sawtell, have 
 been in trade in a store in the south part of the hotel 
 buildings. It has reciently been remodeled, and is now 
 occupied by Col. George W. Stearns and C. F. Platts. 
 A. M. Lacy, and Josiah Stratton, at the Wilder store, 
 Ambrose Butler, in West Rindge, and several persons in a 
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382 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 small store in East Rindge, have each been engaged in trade, 
 for a short period of time, within the past ten years. 
 
 At present, the Wilder store and a store in the depot at 
 West Rindge are occupied by Samuel W. Fletcher and 
 Warren W. Emory, under the name of Fletcher & Emory, 
 who have been successful traders for the past six years. 
 The merchants of to-day and of the future can find worthy 
 examples of character and of integrity in the lives of their 
 predecessors. 
 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 MISGELLANBO US. 
 
 Tithing-Men. — Pauperism. — Turnpikes. — Post-Offices. — Railroad. — 
 War of 1812. — Centennial Celebration. — Libraries. — Mechanics' 
 Hall. — Population. — Mortuary Record. — Longevity. — Representor 
 tives to the General Court. — Town OfBlcers. — Justices of the 
 Peace. — Measurement of Trees. 
 
 TiTHTNG-MEN were first chosen by the proprietors in 
 1766, the year after the meeting-honse was completed. 
 After the incorporation of the town, such officers were 
 annually chosen until 1835, — a much longer period than in 
 other towns. The office was regarded as one of distin- 
 guished honor, and only men of sedate manners and 
 unimpeachable characters were chosen. In addition to 
 their duty as meeting-house police, they were expected to 
 summarily stop all needless travel upon the highways on 
 the Sabbath ; and in the discharge of their duty they were 
 sustained by the greater portion of the community. Stocks 
 for the confinement of unruly youth on the Lord's day were 
 never erected in this town. The question was once pro- 
 posed, and the advocates of the measure were patiently 
 heard, after which the town placidly voted that the gentle- 
 men in favor of their erection have the privilege of building 
 stocks, provided they will complete the same at their own 
 
384 BISTORT OF niNDGE. 
 
 expense. This provision brought the enterprise to sudden 
 grief; it was setting too high price upon principle, and the 
 records contain no further reference to the subject. 
 
 In 1814, several meetings were held in the vicinity, and 
 a combination formed by several towns for a more vigorous 
 enforcement of the laws regulating the observance of the 
 Sabbath. As a result of these proceedings, twelve tithing- 
 men were chosen the following year, and many travelers 
 and teamsters were stopped upon the road and detained 
 until Monday morning. A reaction soon followed, and the 
 next year only two were chosen, one of whom resided in the 
 extreme southwest corner of the town, and the other as far 
 to the northeast. The choice of these men, whose resi- 
 dences were so far removed from the main lines of travel, 
 was not accidental, and, as was intended, the newly elected 
 officers, giving the statutes a liberal construction, molested 
 very few of the persons who had been keenly watched by 
 their predecessors. 
 
 It may have been that the roguish youth in the congre- 
 gation fully occupied the attention of the tithing-men ; or, 
 possibly, the office was so intimately associated with dignity 
 that no minor duties were imposed upon them. In either 
 event, a special police was chosen to keep the dogs from 
 following their masters into the meeting-house. The 
 measure was duly considered, in 1797, when the town 
 chose Levi Mansfield, Edward Jewett, Esq., Capt. Solomon 
 Cutler, Col. Daniel Rand, Lieut. Nathaniel Thomas, Josiah 
 Wilder, William Sherwin, and William Carlton, to keep the 
 meeting-house clear of dogs on the Sabbath. This was an 
 able committee, composed of the best men in town; and 
 unless there is a hidden humor in the record, which is not 
 improbable, the dogs in those days must have been either 
 unusually ferocious or numerous. These proceedings also 
 
PAUPERISM. 385 
 
 suggest the prevailing views of a future state, since our 
 fathers here, discredited the Indian, — 
 
 "Who thinks, admitted to that equal sky, 
 His faithful dog shall bear him company." 
 
 Pattpeeism in this town has never been of great mag- 
 nitude. In another chapter reference was made to the 
 preventive measure of warning out. Notwithstanding this 
 precaution, in the course of events, there were persons who 
 legally claimed and received assistance from the town ; and 
 the humanity of the citizens has been prompt in response to 
 such demands upon the pubhc treasury. 
 
 A practice existed about the commencement of the 
 present century which will attract attention. Whenever an 
 aged or infirm person became hopelessly involved in debt, 
 and in need of public assistance, at the request of such 
 persons, the town, by its selectmen, would assume posses- 
 sion of their property, pay the debts, and give the families 
 a public support as long as their circumstances required. 
 In some instances " the man of debts," after going through 
 this form of bankruptcy, would take the oars in his hands 
 again, and secure a comfortable home for himself and 
 family during the remainder of his life. 
 
 At this date a person was required to petition in writing 
 for assistance or support before expense was incurred by the 
 town. A number of such written requests, preserved 
 among the town files, is a sad story of poverty, discourage- 
 ments, and infirmities. 
 
 An incident not wholly disconnected with this subject 
 occurred about seventy years ago. For several years, in the 
 annual financial reports made to the town, there constantly 
 appeared among the assets a note against Mr. B. for |3.33. 
 The selectmen were instructed to collect the note, but still 
 
386 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 it appeared upon the reports, until at length the jaded 
 patience of the citizens found expression in a Tote of 
 instruction to their selectmen: "That the selectmen 
 present the note they hold against Mr. B. to him for pay- 
 ment, and if he neglect or refuse to pay it, they are directed 
 to burn it before his face." The delinquent payer must 
 have known what had been the instructions to the select- 
 men, and possibly met them at his door with lighted torch. 
 
 In several instances, when children have been found 
 destitute, the town has secured for them permanent homes, 
 stipulating that they should receive board, clothing, and 
 schooling, until they were of legal age to act for them- 
 selves. Soon after the close of the Revolution, when the 
 currency had an uncertain value, such a contract was made, 
 by vote of the town, in these words : " Voted to give Lieut. 
 Page Norcross one yoke of oxen, that shall girt six feet, 
 
 young cattle, and well built, for his taking , 
 
 and provided they should be delivered within three months 
 from date the said Norcross agreed to take the same in full 
 payment for taking and bringing xvp the said ." 
 
 At this date, the boy referred to was about three years 
 of age. The founder of Rome, it is said, was supported for 
 a time by a wolf ; but this child could more proudly claim 
 that he was borne through the years of his vicissitude by a 
 pair of oxen, "young and well built." 
 
 For many years, as in other towns, the support of the 
 poor was let at vendue to the lowest bidder. While this 
 practice presents an air of inhumanity, it does not appear 
 that uncomfortable homes for the needy were thus secured. 
 Support for this unfortunate class was often provided by the 
 town officers, without resort to this agency, and for several 
 years subsequently all the poor were supported by one 
 person, in accordance with a contract made with the town. 
 
TURNPIKE. 387 
 
 The town at length purchased a farm, and took possession 
 April 1, 1841. The farm was previously owned by David 
 Hale, and is situated in the fourth lot, in the sixth range. 
 Here, under the direction of a superintendent employed 
 by the town, the poor received considerable cafe. In 1860, 
 this farm was sold, and another purchased of Stephen Hale, 
 which is situated on Hubbard HUl, and in the eleventh lot, 
 in the first range. In 1866, the latter farm was, sold, and 
 since that date the small number of persons claiming assist- 
 ance from the town have been boarded in private families. 
 
 Several of a class of still greater misfortune, who, not 
 only poor in this world's goods, have also suffered the loss of 
 reason, have been maintained, by the town, at the Asylum 
 for the Insane, at Concord; and one mute has enjoyed 
 instruction at the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, at Hart- 
 ford, through the considerate liberality of the town. 
 
 The Restdge Turnpike was incorporated June 12, 
 1807, and extended from the southeast corner of the town 
 through Rindge Centre, West Rindge, and Fitzwilliam to 
 the centre of Troy, where it met the Branch Turnpike. 
 Upon its completion, it diverted considerable travel from 
 the Third Turnpike extending through Jaffrey and New 
 Ipswich, and from the turnpike extending from Keene 
 through Fitzwilliam, Winchendon, and Leominster, to 
 Boston. 
 
 While the construction of this road was under consid- 
 eration, the town, evidently regarding it as an issue of 
 considerable importance, proposed and discussed several 
 measures in encouragement of the enterprise. Wisely 
 refusing to take any stock in the corporation, the town 
 agreed to build and keep in repair a free road of three 
 miles, which, constituting a part of the turnpike, should be 
 located by the corporation, and extend one and one-half 
 
388 BISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 miles each way from the centre of the town. The southeast 
 section, extending nearly to Converseville, was built in the 
 summer of 1811 ; and the remainder, extending to West 
 Rindge, was completed the following year. The construc- 
 tion of the road was committed to Col. Daniel Rand, Levi 
 Mansfield, and Lieut. David Hale. The death of Col. 
 Rand occurred before the completion of the road, and Ezra 
 Thomas was selected to fill the vacancy in the committee. 
 The construction was awarded to the lowest bidder, as 
 appears from the record of a bill paid by the town "for 
 rum and sugar for the vendue of the turnpike road." 
 
 The gradual construction of the railroad from Boston to 
 Lexington, Concord, Acton, Groton, and Fitchburg, contin- 
 ually shortened the distance traversed by the stages, and 
 when Winchendon was reached they were removed from 
 this road altogether. A new line of coaches, from Jaffrey, 
 through Rindge to Winchendon, owned by J. L. Bolster, 
 Aaron Perkins, and later by Mr. Perkins and Rodney A. 
 Hubbard, then followed, which were continued until the 
 opening of the Monadnock Railroad from Winchendon to 
 Peterborough. For the past three years, the railroad, which 
 has a station at West Rindge, and the carriages of D. S. 
 Walker, amply meet the demand of the travel to and from 
 the town. 
 
 Post-offices. — At the time the turnpike was con- 
 structed, post-offices were rarely established, except upon 
 the line of stages. For this reason several towns in this 
 vicinity were earlier favored with postal facilities. Soon 
 after the completion of the turnpike, and the staging 
 through Rindge which followed, a post-office was easily 
 secured. 
 
 Capt. Moses Todd was the first postmaster. The office 
 was established and his appointment made April 26, 1815. 
 
POST-OFFICE. 389 
 
 The post-office was in the hotel which stood upon the site 
 of the Beaman house, now of Asia Jones. Capt. Todd was 
 succeeded by Noah R. Cook, Esq., April 13, 1819. Mr. 
 Cook, at this time, was engaged in the practice of law, and 
 boarded with Capt. Joel Raymond. He carried the mail 
 in his pockets, and whenever an inquiring citizen found 
 him he also found the post-office, and received his mail. 
 This arrangement possessed some conveniences, and if his 
 pockets were numbered, and a particular one assigned to 
 each citizen, after the manner of the boxes for the delivery 
 of the mail at the present time, it can be presumed that 
 this method of distribution was received with great satis- 
 faction. 
 
 September 4, 1821, Marshall P. Wilder was appointed 
 successor of Mr. Cook, and the post-office had a fixed 
 location in the Wilder store. When Col. Wilder removed 
 to Boston, he was succeeded by his father, Samuel L. 
 Wilder, Esq., whose appointment was dated April 12, 1825. 
 Mr. Wilder soon after retired from business, and Stephen 
 B. Sherwin was appointed April 3, 1828. 
 
 The disciples of Andrew Jackson, proclaiming that " to 
 the victor belong the spoils," subsequently effected the 
 removal of the office from its Whig quarters, and Dr. 
 Isaiah Whitney was appointed April 15, 1830, and distrib- 
 uted the mails from his residence until his death, after 
 which his daughter conducted the office nearly a year ; but 
 no successor was named until October 16, 1840, when 
 Thomas Whitney received the appointment, and removed 
 the post-office into the hotel. 
 
 The succeeding postmasters, date of appointment, and 
 
 location of the post-office, have been as follows: Charles 
 
 E. Plummer, May 22, 1843, hotel. Dr. E. Darwin Abell, 
 
 March 24, 1849, Dr. Whitney house. Dr. D. Wayland 
 
 50 
 
390 msTonr of bindge. 
 
 Jones, August 23, 1852, Dr. Whitney house. Willard G. 
 Jones, November 4, 1854, his residence. Levi Howe, April 
 13, 1861, Dr. Whitney house. Samuel W. Fletcher, March 
 18, 1869. Mr. Fletcher, the present incumbent, removed 
 the office to the store in the hotel building, occupied at 
 the time by Fletcher & Emory. The firm removed their 
 business and the office to the Wilder store, in 1872. 
 
 The Blakeville post-office was established, and William 
 A. Hale appointed postmaster, December 6, 1861. Ambrose 
 Butler succeeded him, February 27, 1866, and Calvin Allen, 
 March 28, 1871. The name was changed to West Rindge, 
 December 11, 1871. Henry W. Fletcher, the present 
 incumbent, was appointed December 19, 1872. 
 
 The East Rindge post-office was established, and Miss 
 Cornelia L. Converse, the present incumbent, was appointed 
 postmaster, December 19, 1872. 
 
 The War of 1812. — After the peace of 1783, the 
 United States and Great Britain each incessantly com- 
 plained that the other had violated the stipulations 
 contained in the treaty. The complaints, and the excite- 
 ment produced in the public mind, were rife during the 
 closing years of the past century, until quieted for a time 
 by the ratification of the Jay Treaty. In 1794, the prospect 
 of war assembled the citizens of this town in legal meeting, 
 and called forth the following vote : " Voted to give those 
 soldiers who shall enlist nine dollars per month with what 
 Congress has offered, if they shall be called into actual 
 . service, and to pay them five dollars thereof, to each man 
 when they march." The war for the time being averted, 
 none were called into service, but the causes of complaint 
 were continued, and only removed by the war which subse- 
 quently followed. The declaration of war was received 
 with little enthusiasm by the people of New England, and 
 
WAR OF 1812. 391 
 
 the sentiment prevalent in the town of Rindge, strongly 
 Federal in politics, proved no exception, as appears from 
 the record of a town-me6ting, held September 8, 1812: — 
 
 After some introductory observations by different people, on 
 the state of our public concerns, extracts from the speech of Mr. 
 Gorman, deUvered in the Senate of the United States, on the 
 motion to postpone the consideration of the bill declaring war 
 against Great Britain, was read before the town. It was then 
 requested by Thomas Jewett, Esqr. [Dr. Jewett], that the presi- 
 dent's message to Congress, June 1, 1812, might be read, which 
 was comphed with, and after being read, considered, and 
 discussed, it was motioned to see who would justify the 
 government in declaring the present war, and who would not ; 
 when the moderator requested those in favor of the procedure 
 to take their places west of the broad aisle, and those against 
 it on the east side, when it appeared that there were three in 
 favor and the whole of the remainder of the inhabitants of the 
 town present against the measure of declaring war, except five or 
 six in the broad aisle. Voted to choose three delegates to meet 
 with others who are or may be appointed to assemble in some 
 convenient place in this county, to consult upon the state of our 
 public concerns for the preservation of order and the restoration 
 of peace. Chose Rev. Dr. Payson, Edward Jewett, Esqr., and 
 Samuel L. Wilder, for their delegates. 
 
 In November, 1814, Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., was selected 
 to represent the town in a convention assembled at Walpole 
 for the choice of a delegate to the famous Hartford Con- 
 vention, which met, December 15, 1814 ; and the sentiment 
 of the citizens of this town is further disclosed in the fact 
 that with the exception of Ezekiel Jewett, whose service 
 is mentioned elsewhere, there were no voluntary enlist- 
 ments into the service. 
 
392 HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 In 1814, a requisition was made by the Governor of 
 New Hampshire for nine men for the defence of Ports- 
 month. A draft was made, and the following receipt, found 
 upon the records, preserves the date of their departure : — 
 
 RiNDGB, September 13, 1814. 
 Received of the selectmen of Rindge sixteen dollars in 
 advance pay for eight men under my command who are going 
 with me to Portsmouth, to-morrow. 
 
 LEONARD WELLINGTON. 
 
 A few days later, another requisition was made by the 
 Governor, and nine other soldiers were joined in the blood- 
 less defence of Portsmouth. These men marched under the 
 command of Sergeant Allen, who gave a receipt similar to 
 the one of Lieut. Wellington, dated September 28, 1814. 
 The men, and the duration of their service, were as 
 follows : — 
 
 Lieutenant Leonard Wellington, 
 
 52 
 
 days. 
 
 Lawson Walker, 
 
 90 
 
 
 Jolin Richards, 
 
 90 
 
 
 Leonard Colburn, 
 
 90 
 
 
 Stephen H. Fletcher, 
 
 48 
 
 
 John Fenno, 
 
 43 
 
 
 Amos Fenno, 
 
 90 
 
 
 Solomon Sawtell, 2d, 
 
 50 
 
 
 Harding Derby, 
 
 50 
 
 
 Sergeant Salmon AUen, 
 
 60 
 
 
 Harry Greene, 
 
 40 
 
 
 Aaron Keyes, 
 
 40 
 
 
 Nathan Johnson, Jr., 
 
 60 
 
 
 Ephraim Whitcomb, 
 
 60 
 
 
 Charles Hodskins, 
 
 40 
 
 
 John Rhode, 
 
 40 
 
 
 Calvin Hale, 
 
 40 
 
 
 Luther Goodridge, 
 
 8 
 
 
 Substitute for Joel 
 Raymond, 2d. 
 
 (Lived with Dr. Jewett; was 
 ( from Carlisle, Mass. 
 
CENTENNIAL CELEBBATION. 393 
 
 Cektennial Celebbation. — The action of the town 
 in its corporate capacity, in regard to the celebration of the 
 one hundredth anniversary of its incorporation, was plain 
 and direct, but the records preserve for future years only a 
 faint indication of the manner in which the event was 
 commemorated. At the annual town-meeting, in March 
 of that year, it was unanimously voted that the completion 
 of a century in the town's history be appropriately observed, 
 and a committee, consisting of Ezra S. Stearns, Jason B. 
 Perry, Zebulon Converse, George A. Whitney, Willard 
 G. Jones, and James B. Robbins, were chosen, to make 
 arrangements for the celebration. At a subsequent meet- 
 ing, the sum of three hundred dollars was voted, and 
 placed at the disposal of the committee. During the spring 
 and summer, the committee held frequent sessions, in 
 maturing measures which should lead to an appropriate 
 and successful commemoration of the day. The town was 
 incorporated February 11. The season of the year rendered 
 it impracticable to observe the precise day on which the 
 record of one hundred years was made complete. Wednes- 
 day, September 16, was selected as the day on which 
 the exercises should occur. Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, of 
 Boston, was invited to deliver the address. The invitation 
 was reluctantly declined by Mr. Wilder, on account of 
 other engagements, very much to the disappointment of all 
 natives of Rindge, and of many others interested in the 
 history of the town. The invitation was then cordially 
 extended to Hon. Amasa Norcross, of Fitchburg, Massachu- 
 setts, which was accepted, and Samuel Burnham, of Boston, 
 was invited to read a poem. 
 
 A circular letter of invitation was prepared by the 
 committee, and sent far and wide to the absent sons and 
 daughters of Rindge. A capacious tent was procured at 
 
394 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Boston, and erected on the Common in front of the residence 
 of the late Deacon Breed. Ample preparations were made 
 for the collation which was to be served under the canvas, 
 and a speaker's stand was erected on the declivity south of 
 the meeting-house. These and many other minor prepara- 
 tions being made, the dawn of the morning of the sixteenth 
 of September was awaited not without anxiety lest some 
 measure had been overlooked which might add interest to 
 the ceremonies of the day. 
 
 With the morning came humid clouds and abundant 
 tokens of rain. Despite these appearances, a large number 
 of people composed of residents of the town, and many 
 others from abroad, were assembled upon the Common at an 
 early hour. A procession was formed under the direction 
 of George A. Whitney, Esq., marshal of the day, which, 
 after making the circuit of the village, was halted in front 
 of the speaker's platform. Near the residence of William 
 A. Sherwin, a floral arch, bearing appropriate devices, was 
 warmly greeted by the moving throng. One feature of the 
 procession sadly reminded the spectator of one of the great 
 events of the century, in which the deeds of the sons of 
 Rindge are read in the glowing record of unfailing patriotism. 
 At the head of the procession, under command of Captain 
 ' E. H. Converse, marched with measured step the veterans 
 of the recent war, " all that was left of them." This little 
 band, many of them bearing scars and other evidences of 
 wounds received in battle, at once painfully proclaimed the 
 carnage of war and the heroism of those sons of Rindge 
 who proudly had helped make up the history of the expiring 
 century. 
 
 At the speaker's stand there was reading of the Script- 
 ure, " Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place through all 
 generations," and prayer by Rev. Dr. A. W. Burnham, 
 
•CENTENNIAL OELEBBATION. 395 
 
 followed by an address of -welcome to all the returning sons 
 and daifghters of tlie town, and to other guests, by Ezra S. 
 Stearns, the president of the day. A sudden fall of rain 
 now drove the assembly into the audience-room of the 
 Congregational Church, which was soon densely packed, 
 many failing to gain admission. The exercises of the day 
 were quickly resumed. Hon. Amasa Norcross delivered an 
 oration of great merit. In all respects it was adapted to 
 the occasion, and gave unqualified satisfaction to all present. 
 The entire address was characterized by clear statement of 
 historic facts, not unrelieved by both humor and pathos. 
 After the oration, a bountiful collation was served in the 
 tent. When the trencher-knife had been laid aside, the 
 Centennial Poem was delivered by Samuel Burnham. It 
 was an ingenious and worthy production, abounding in 
 humorous description of ancient manners and customs, and 
 with tender reminiscences of the dead, closing with joyful 
 hopes for the future happiness of mankind. Its pleasantries 
 were enjoyed by all, and in the more serious passages none 
 failed to recognize the kind heart and tender sensibilities of 
 the gifted author. Following the poem were sentiments 
 and addresses from persons, including Rev. Dr. Burnham, 
 Hon. Amasa Norcross, Rev. Samuel Lee, of New Ipswich ; 
 Henry Payson, Esq., of Portland, son of Rev. Dr. Edward 
 Payson ; Thomas Hale, Esq., editor of the New Hampshire 
 Sentinel; Dr. George B. Jewett, of Fitchburg; Rev. C. M. 
 Dinsmore, of Keene; Rev. L. Dickerman, of Weymouth; 
 Hon. E. S. Whittemore, of Sandwich, Massachusetts ; Hon. 
 George M. Buttrick, of Barre, Massachusetts; Hiram N. 
 Stearns, of Boston, and others. During the afternoon, 
 interspersed between the responses to the sentiments, the 
 president of the day read letters of congratulation from 
 Hon. Marshall P. Wilder; Hon. A. H. Bullock, whose 
 
396 HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 mother was a native of Rindge ; Rev. William C. Richards, 
 of Newton, Massachusetts ; Rev. J. W. Guernsey, formerly 
 pastor of the Methodist Church in this town; Edwin S. 
 Adams, Esq., of Brooklyn; Dr. Thomas E. Barker, of 
 Bangor, Maine, and others. The planting of a cent\iry elm, 
 with appropriate ceremonies, closed the exercises of the 
 afternoon. The tree then planted, not surviving, has been 
 replaced by another of the same size, which measured, Jan- 
 uary 1, 1875, two feet from the ground, thirteen inches in 
 circumference. 
 
 In the evening the Town Hall was filled to its utmost 
 capacity, and the hours agreeably devoted to speeches, 
 music, and the renewal of the friendships of former periods. 
 
 The exercises of the day and evening were enlivened by 
 the Fitchburg Cornet Band, which was secured through the 
 liberality of Rodney Wallace, Esq., of Fitchburg. About 
 noon the clouds broke away, and the sun shone out in 
 prophetic splendor of the new century whose tablets were 
 to be traced with the records and experiences of the 
 unknown years. The brightness of the afternoon made 
 ample amends for the clouds and the rain of the morning. 
 Thus ended the day, amid many congratulations on the 
 success of the entire proceedings. Such occasions have an 
 outer and an inner experience. All externally came to 
 participate in the ceremonies of the day. Yet many, after a 
 long absence, returned to renew vows of love for the scenes 
 of their childhood happiness, and the glowing dreams of 
 their youth ; some with tender hands to remove the accumu- 
 lating dust and moss from the tomb of their fathers ; others 
 to trace near the graves of their kindred a portion of mother 
 earth, where they hoped to slumber when life's warfare 
 should be ended. No one reviews the scenes of childhood 
 and youth without deep emotion, which finds no expression 
 
LIBRARIES— MECHANICS' HALL. 397 
 
 in words; and, recalling tlie buoyant happiness of other 
 years, all are surprised at the chastened sadness — a sadness 
 whose growth has marked the number of the fleeting 
 years — reigning in their hearts. 
 
 The RrsTDGE Libeaey was collected sixty or more 
 years ago. The number of volumes was not large, but 
 comprised works of acknowledged merit. After they had 
 become familiar to the pa|;rons, the books were sold at 
 auction, and the Rindge Circulating Library was established 
 mainly by the persons who had been members of the former 
 association. Subsequently the books were divided among 
 the owners of the shares, and are frequently met with upon 
 the shelves of the aged citizens. The Social Library of 
 School District No. 3, now No. 8, was collected about 
 thirty years ago. After a few years, the organization 
 became extinct, and nearly all the volumes were lost beyond 
 recovery. The East Rindge Library Association was organ- 
 ized 1871, and is in a prosperous condition, owning about 
 five hundred volumes, and constantly increasing the number 
 by the purchase of new books. 
 
 The Mechaotcs' Hall, at East Rindge, has been built 
 the past season (1874). A capacious and well finished 
 audience-room in the second story affords ample accommoda- 
 tions for lectures and social gatherings. The lower story 
 has been finished for a store, the post-office, and the library. 
 It was built by Joel Wellington, at an expense of |2,500, 
 and by him sold to an association of proprietors. The 
 erection of such a building reflects much credit upon the 
 enterprise of the village of East Rindge. Mr. Wellington, 
 in addition to the management of an extensive business, 
 which adds to tl\p material interests of the town, has 
 recently erected five or six dwelling-houses, and in many 
 51 
 
398 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 "Ways contributed to the prosperity of the village in which 
 he resides. 
 
 Population. — The enumeration of inhabitants in 1767 
 and 1775 was authorized by the province of New Hamp- 
 shire. Another enumeration was made in 1783, but no 
 return from. Rindge has been discovered. Since the adop- 
 tion of the Federal Constitution, a census has been made for 
 each decade. The population of the • town of Rindge, at 
 these dates, appears below : — 
 
 1767, 298 
 
 1775, 542 
 
 1783, no return 
 
 1790 1143 
 
 1800 1196 
 
 1810, 1226 
 
 1820, 
 1830, 
 1840, 
 1850, 
 1860, 
 1870, 
 
 1298 
 1269 
 1161 
 1274 
 1230 
 1107 
 
 MoETXJAHY Record. — Although the thickly gathered 
 monuments and the crowded mounds in the cemetery con- 
 tinually proclaim that the graves of the dead are more 
 numerous than the present population of the town, the 
 statistics furnish abundant proof that the pure air of the 
 locality and perfect drainage of the township, in an unusual 
 degree, have been conducive to health and longevity. With 
 an average population of between twelve hundred and thir- 
 teen hundred, the number of deaths for the past sixty-three 
 years has been twelve hundred and six, or an annual rate 
 of nineteen and one-half. As appears from a record here- 
 after given, the number of persons dying in this town since 
 January 1, 1812, eighty or more years of age, has been one 
 hundred and eighty-two ; above eighty-five years of age, one 
 hundred and seventeen ; above ninety, thirty-one ; and above 
 ninety-five, seven. In this number are included a few who 
 were residents of Rindge, and had been such for many years, 
 but died while visiting or making a temporary abode with 
 
MOBTUABT RECORD. 399 
 
 their cliildren or friends in some of the surrounding towns. 
 The number of deaths of aged persons previous to 1812 
 cannot be given with accuracy. 
 
 Epidemic diseases have rarely prevailed, and seasons of 
 an unusual amount of sickness have been of rare occurrence. 
 The most memorable era was during the prevalence of a 
 malarial fever which caused much alarm, and was accompa- 
 nied with considerable fatality. In the autumn of 1811, 
 Jeremiah Norcross, Jr., returned to his home from the labor 
 of a season, and soon fell a victim to this disease. His 
 father, who was one of the early settlers of the town, died 
 of the disease a few days later, and Isaac Gibson, Thomas 
 Rugg, and Samuel Steele, in that neighborhood. Emerson 
 Hubbard, eight years of age ; Elisha Jones, eleven years of 
 age ; Lieut. Joseph Mulliken and his wife ; Capt. Asa 
 Sherwin, who had been an invalid for several years ; 
 Nathaniel Russell, Esq., whose name frequently occurs in 
 the earlier chapters, and several others, died within a very 
 short time. This disease, generally known as the spotted 
 fever, accompanying the cold summers of 1811 and 1812, 
 prevailed throughout a large area, and proved very much 
 more fatal in many places than in this town. 
 
 Since the settlement of the town, there has been found a 
 number who " set their lives at a pin's fee," and fell at their 
 own hands. Perhaps in every instance, certainly in nearly 
 aU, the taint of insanity has been manifested in the families 
 in which self-destruction has occurred. There was a time 
 when the suicide was denied Christian burial, and his 
 memory was a reproach to his kindred. Whether the 
 instinct of self-preservation can be overcome except in 
 insanity, is at present receiving a more attentive considera- 
 tion. The first suicide in this town occurred in 1816, within 
 the latter half of the town's history. The whole number 
 
400 
 
 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 Age in 
 
 years, 
 
 22 
 
 u 
 
 
 33 
 
 ii 
 
 
 66 
 46 
 
 a 
 
 
 38 
 
 it 
 
 
 75 
 
 11 
 
 
 30 
 
 a 
 
 
 60 
 
 (I 
 
 
 44 
 
 a 
 
 
 38 
 
 a 
 
 
 57 
 
 li 
 
 
 46 
 
 has been twelve, seven of which occurred between June, 
 1852, and November, 1859. In the following record of 
 deaths, self-destruction was committed by hanging, except 
 Mr. Godding, who held his head in a small stream of water 
 until life was extinct : — 
 
 June 2, 1816, Luke Coburn. 
 
 Nov. 26, 1827, Lydia Keyes. 
 
 Sept. 16, 1834, WiHiam Sherwin. 
 
 Nov. 14, 1837, Jasper Rand. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1838, Calvin Davis. 
 
 June 2, 1852, Isaac Godding. 
 
 June 18, 1852, MarshaU A. Hale. 
 
 April 6, 1853, Luie Lord. 
 
 June 3, 1857, Joseph Smith. 
 
 March 7, 1858, Elvira (Fenno) Robinson. 
 
 July 14, 1858, Caleb Smith. 
 
 Nov.- 29, 1859, Nathan J. Demary. 
 
 The first attempt at suicide in this town was a most 
 signal failure. Lewis Wyman, who lived in the southwest 
 part of the town, at times was insane. At fifty years of age 
 he deliberately concluded that he had lived as long as life 
 was desirable, and boldly declared that he would commit 
 suicide if he died in the attempt. Selecting a rope as the 
 instrument, the barn as the scene, and himself as the chief 
 actor, he adjusted the cord, consulted his courage, and made 
 the reckless leap. He was soon discovered and released, but 
 life was apparently extinct. His neighbors, being summoned, 
 rendered him faithful attention, poured in wine, and would 
 have added oil if there had been wounds, until at last he 
 revived. He soon after removed to Vermont, where he 
 recently died at the extreme age of one hundred and five 
 years. The mistaken man was not aware of the duration of 
 the existence he was about to surrender. 
 
Date 
 April 
 Oct. 
 May 
 Jaa. 
 Aug. 
 Aug. 
 Jan. 
 May 
 Jan. 
 Feb. 
 March 
 Aug. 
 Dec. 
 Jan. 
 Sept. 
 (( 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 April 
 
 Dec. 
 
 March 
 
 June 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 May 
 
 May 
 
 of Death. 
 
 26, 1812. 
 12, 1813. 
 
 20, 1814. 
 12, 1816. 
 
 18, « 
 25, 1817. 
 23, 1819. 
 15, " 
 
 6, 1820. 
 
 7, 1820. 
 
 2, " 
 
 27, 1821. 
 
 21, " 
 
 28, 1824. 
 17, " 
 28, " 
 
 3, " 
 12, 1825. 
 
 19, " 
 
 23, " 
 12, " 
 
 24, 1826. 
 12, " 
 
 25, 1827. 
 10, " 
 25, 1828. 
 
 6, " 
 2, " 
 
 31, " 
 
 7, 1829. 
 10, " 
 
 4, 1830. 
 10, " 
 
 June 10, « 
 
 Aug. 2, " 
 
 Sept. 13, " 
 
 Sept. 14, 1831. 
 
 Oct. 4, " 
 
 Nov. 17, " 
 
 Dec. 11, " 
 
 July 
 Aug. 
 Oct. 
 
 1, 1834. 
 
 7, " 
 5, " 
 
 LONGEVITY. 401 
 
 Years of Age. 
 
 Abigail (Shedd) Page, widow of Joseph Page, . 93 
 
 Widow Martha Barker, 81 
 
 James Carlton, 85 
 
 Grover Scollay, 86 
 
 Thomas Todd, 88 
 
 Ensign Joseph Platts, 91 
 
 Baxter, widow of Joseph Baxter, ... 80 
 
 Israel Adams, ; .... 85 
 
 JohnFoye, 89 
 
 Joseph Baxter, 86 
 
 Elizabeth (Carlton) Todd, widow of Thos. Todd, 82 
 
 Abigail (Emerson) Hale, widow of Moses Hale, . 85 
 
 Ephraim Hunt 86 
 
 William Carlton 88 
 
 Ebenezer Colbnrn, 86 
 
 Elizabeth (Page) Platts, widow of Ensign Platts, 83 
 
 Henry Smith, 83 
 
 Dea. Edward Jewett, 83 
 
 Widow Parkhurst, 86 
 
 Anne (Worcester) Eussell, widow of Nat. Russell, 89 
 
 Benjamin Peirce, 81 
 
 Edward Goddard, 83 
 
 Asa Brocklebani, ■ . 83 
 
 Kuth (Shaw) Goddard, widow of Edw. Goddard, 80 
 
 Dea. Benjamin Kingsbury, 85 
 
 Mary (Everett) Colbuin, widow of Eben'r Colbum, 87 
 
 Lieutenant Samuel TarbeU, 83 
 
 Miss Rebecca SawteU, 81 
 
 Mrs. Breed, widow of Alien Breed, 91 
 
 Dorcas (Gates) Jewett, widow of Deacon Jewett, 82 
 
 Ebenezer Ager, 85 
 
 Maria (Whitney) Davis, wife of Eben'r Davis, . 84 
 Elizabeth (Sherwin) Carlton, widow of James 
 
 Carlton, 89 
 
 Jeremiah Towne, 87 
 
 Bathsheba (Barker) Hale, wife of David Hale, . 80 
 
 Hannah (Platts) Jewett, widow of Ezek'l Jewett, 89 
 
 Daniel Page 86 
 
 Captain Salmon Stone, 87 
 
 David Adams, 84 
 
 Ebenezer Davis, 87 
 
 Martha (Barker) Poor, widow of Daniel Poor, . 81 
 
 John Perry, 80 
 
 Mary (Gallop) Lovejoy, wife of John Lovejoy, . 83 
 
402 
 
 Bate 
 
 of Death. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20, 
 
 1834. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 5, 
 
 1835. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 31, 
 
 (( 
 
 Feb. 
 
 27, 
 
 (( 
 
 March 22, 
 
 11 
 
 April 
 
 16, 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 
 
 22, 
 
 1836. 
 
 March 23, 
 
 11 
 
 May 
 
 11, 
 
 " 
 
 July 
 
 19, 
 
 11 
 
 Feb. 
 
 23, 
 
 1837. 
 
 March 22, 
 
 H 
 
 March 31, 
 
 1838. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 2, 
 
 it 
 
 Avig. 
 
 15, 
 
 11 
 
 March 26, 
 
 1839. 
 
 May 
 
 27, 
 
 U 
 
 Aug. 
 
 20, 
 
 if 
 
 Oct. 
 
 11, 
 
 (( 
 
 Aug. 
 
 21, 
 
 1840. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 30, 
 
 14 
 
 Dec. 
 
 5, 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3, 
 
 1841. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 5, 
 
 (' 
 
 Aug. 
 
 5, 
 
 U 
 
 Dec. 
 
 3, 
 
 (( 
 
 Jan. 
 
 14, 
 
 1842. 
 
 July 
 
 15, 
 
 U 
 
 Dec. 
 
 17, 
 
 1843. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26, 
 
 1844. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18, 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 
 
 25, 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 
 
 25, 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 
 
 21, 
 
 1845 
 
 June 
 
 1, 
 
 U 
 
 July 
 
 3, 
 
 (( 
 
 May 
 
 17, 
 
 1846 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9, 
 
 U 
 
 Oct. 
 
 24, 
 
 " 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Years of Age. 
 
 Daniel Lake, 81 
 
 Isaac Wood, ... 88 
 
 John Lovejoy, 84 
 
 Susannah Walton, wife of Wm. Walton, ... 82 
 
 William Walton, 84 
 
 Mercy Chapman, widow of Jeremiah Chapman, . 90 
 
 Mary (SawteU) Page, wife of Abijah Page, . . 81 
 
 Betsey (PoUard) Loring, wife of Joseph Loring, 86 
 
 Jonathan IngaUs, • . . . 82 
 
 Abijah Page, 86 
 
 Benjamin Barker, . ... 90 
 
 Ebenezer Stratton, .... 85 
 
 John Wetherbee, 91 
 
 Timothy Metcalf, 84 
 
 Nathan Johnson, ... 84 
 
 John Emory, 88 
 
 Elizabeth (Perkins) Emory, widow of John Emory, 90 
 Beatrice (Carter) Tarbell, widow of Lieut. Sam'l 
 
 TarbeU, .86 
 
 Joseph Loring, 92 
 
 Susannah (Page) Wetherbee, widow of John 
 
 Wetherbee, .... 93 
 
 Hannah (Russell) Smith, wife of Francis Smith, 86 
 
 Joshua Chadwick, 86 
 
 Abner Foster, . 80 
 
 Lucy (Chaplin) Norcross, widow of Jere. Norcross, 91 
 
 Enos Lake, . . 85 
 
 Phebe (Wetherbee) Platts, widow of Abel Platts, 
 
 died in FitzwiUiam, 101 
 
 Abigail (Hamlett) Kimball, wife of Wm. Kimball, 85 
 Hannah (Whitaker) Sawtell, widow of Jonathan 
 
 Sawtell, 88 
 
 Edward Waldron, 93 
 
 Joseph Moors, 86 
 
 Walcott, widow of John Walcott, ... 80 
 
 Francis Greene, . . 90 
 
 William Kimball, 87 
 
 Polly (Martin) Jones, wife of Asa Jones, ... 83 
 
 Joshua Todd, 83 
 
 Mary (Crumble) Chadwick, -nddow of Joshua 
 
 Chadwick (Jaffirey), 85 
 
 Asa Jones, 87 
 
 Amos Darling, 80 
 
 Eliphaz Allen, 81 
 
Date 
 
 of Death. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8, 
 
 1846. 
 
 March 13, 
 
 1847. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 
 
 a 
 
 Jan. 
 
 1, 
 
 1848. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24, 
 
 U 
 
 March 18, 
 
 u 
 
 April 
 
 13, 
 
 1849. 
 
 May 
 
 20, 
 
 ii 
 
 Aug. 
 
 4, 
 
 It 
 
 Sept. 
 
 8, 
 
 a 
 
 Feb. 
 
 13, 
 
 1851. 
 
 March 
 
 5, 
 
 a 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 
 
 15, 
 
 (( 
 
 Sept. 
 
 16, 
 
 li 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1, 
 
 ti 
 
 Dec. 
 
 5, 
 
 a 
 
 Sept. 
 
 27, 
 
 1852. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 17, 
 
 li 
 
 March 28, 
 
 1853. 
 
 April 
 
 5, 
 
 IC 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7, 
 
 ti 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 
 
 1854. 
 
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 11, 
 
 It 
 
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 1855 
 
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 11 
 
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 16, 
 
 1857 
 
 March 15, 
 
 11 
 
 LONGEVITY. 403 
 
 Years of Age. 
 
 Thomas Rugg, 81 
 
 Francis Smith, 93 
 
 Eachel Steele, widow Sam'l Steele (Winchendon), 86 
 
 Mary (Ball) Raymond, widow of Joel Raymond, 85 
 
 Widow Perry 86 
 
 Asa Platts, 82 
 
 Rebecca (Hutchinson) Hubbard, widow of Dea. 
 
 Hubbard, 87 
 
 Jerusha (Gerould) Blake, wife of Dea. Blake, . . 89 
 
 Dea. Ebenezer Brown, 80 
 
 Lucy (Towne) Greene, widow of Francis Green, . 82 
 
 Tabitha ( ) Stratton, widow of Ebenezer 
 
 Stratton, 98 
 
 Samuel Adams, 85 
 
 Martha (Russell) Grodding, widow of Henry God- 
 ding, 86 
 
 Polly (Baxter) Sherwin, widow of Wm. Sherwin, 84 
 
 Judith (MetcaM ) Peirce, widow of Benj. Peirce, 87 
 
 Miss Sarah Towne 82 
 
 Miss Abigail Metcalf 81 
 
 Dea. Eleazer Blake, 95 
 
 Amos RamsdeU, 85 
 
 Eimice (Carlton) Robbins, widow of David 
 
 Robbins 92 
 
 Susan (Garfield) Brown, widow of Edward Brown, 93 
 
 John Whitcomb, 81 
 
 Betsey (Towne) Foster, widow of Abner Foster, 91 
 
 Tabitha (Hunt) Todd, widow of Joshua Todd, . 83 
 
 Widow of Elijah Peirce 91 
 
 Ezra Thomas, 87 
 
 Hannah (Murdock) Darling, widow of Jewett B. 
 
 Darling 80 
 
 (Waldron) Brown, widow of Jas. Brown, 91 
 
 Mr. Davis 83 
 
 Ede (Stone) Darling, widow of Amos Darling, . 86 
 
 Mr. Whipple, 86 
 
 Sarah Bowers, widow of Nehemiah Bowers, . . 99 
 
 Hannah (Jewett) Buffum, widow of Geo. Buffum, 83 
 
 Ephraim Hunt, 85 
 
 Talmon Jennings, 91 
 
 Israel Adams, 89 
 
 Eunice (Philbriok) Emory, widow of Fr. Emory, 83 
 
 Lucy (Weston) Perry, widow of John Peri-y, . . 98 
 
 Perley Peabody, 82 
 
404 
 
 Date 
 
 of 
 
 Death 
 
 March 26, 
 
 1857 
 
 Oct. 
 
 
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 1858 
 
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 1858 
 
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 1861 
 
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 1862. 
 
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 11 
 
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 1865. 
 
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 1869. 
 
 HISTORY OF RINDOE. 
 
 Years of Age. 
 
 Betsey (Loring) Smith, wife of Abel Smith, . . 84 
 
 Miss Sarah Page, 89 
 
 Miss Hannah Carlton, 82 
 
 Daniel Peacock, 81 
 
 Lydia (Pratt) Symonds, widow of Thos. Symonds, 82 
 
 Abel Smith 88 
 
 Elizabeth (Carlton) Cutler, widow of Amos Cut- 
 ler, Sen., 93 
 
 Abigail (Earl) Wood, widow of Isaac Wood, . . 80 
 Eliakim Eussell (died in Ashburnham), ... 89 
 Sally (Steele) Robbins, widow of Sam'l Robbins, 80 
 Mary (Perkins) Thomas, widow of Ezra Thomas, 89 
 Phebe (Henry) Ramsdell, widow of Amos Rams- 
 dell, 86 
 
 Lucy (Chapman) Lowell, widow of Nat. Lowell, 86 
 
 BraddyU Smith, 87 
 
 Miss CaUy Earl, 80 
 
 Widow Whipple, 88 
 
 Susan (Chadwick) Twitohel, widow of John 
 
 Twitchel, 80 
 
 Sarah (Stoughton) Allen, widow of Eliphaz Allen, 90 
 
 Thomas Tarbell, 89 
 
 Isaac Ward, 84 
 
 PoUy (Aiken) Kimball, widow of Eben'r Kimball, 94 
 
 Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., 85 
 
 Sarah (Converse) RusseU, widow of Eliakim Rus- 
 
 seU 87 
 
 William Rugg (died in Montague, Mass.), ... 83 
 
 Luoinda (Baxter) Adams, widow of Israel Adams, 90 
 
 Polly (Bent) Pratt, widow of Amos Pratt, ... 84 
 
 Persis (Pratt) Smith, widow of BraddyU Smith, 88 
 
 Ruth (Chaplin) MetoalE, widow of Tim. MetcaH, 95 
 
 Abijah Rice, 80 
 
 Susannah (Wetherbee) Poster, widow of Benj; 
 
 Foster, 93 
 
 Ezekiel Cudworth, 82 
 
 Widow Garfield, 86 
 
 Joseph Wetherbee, 85 
 
 Widow Martin, . . . . ' 87 
 
 Cooper, widow of Horatio Cooper, ... 86 
 
 Fi'ancis Henry, 80 
 
 Lydia (Lewis) Cudworth, widow of Ezekiel Cud- 
 worth, 86 
 
Date 
 
 of Death. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 21, 
 
 1869. 
 
 July 
 
 27, 
 
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 Aug. 
 
 21, 
 
 1869. 
 
 Sept. 
 
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 Nov. 
 
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 it 
 
 May 
 
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 1870. 
 
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 1871. 
 
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 1872. 
 
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 1873. 
 
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 22, 
 
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 LONGEVITY. 405 
 
 Years of Age. 
 Nabby (Waldron) Beaman, -wife of Gamaliel 
 
 Beaman, 86 
 
 Hepsibeth (Piper) Smith, -widow of Thos. Smith, 82 
 
 Benjamin Stowe, 85 
 
 Persia (Jones) Taylor, widow of Samuel Taylor, 88 
 
 Freeborn Stearns, 85 
 
 Mary (Wilder) Page, wife of Joseph Page, . . 87 
 
 Miss Eunice Smith, 88 
 
 Sarah (Stowe) Stone, widow of Jos. Stone, . . 85 
 
 SaUy (IngaUs) Sawyer, widow of Moses Sawyer, 88 
 
 Asa Pettingill, 86 
 
 DeboraJi (IngaUs) Perkins, widow of Robertson 
 
 Perkins, 86 
 
 Azariali BusweU, 81 
 
 Benjamin Hastings, 91 
 
 Silas Smith, 87 
 
 Josiah Wetherbee, 90 
 
 JohnWHtney, 87 
 
 Benjamia White, 85 
 
 Stephen Emory, 95 
 
 Hubbard Moors, 85 
 
 Clarissa (Sawtell) Wetherbee, widow of Josiah 
 
 Wetherbee, 88 
 
 Ezra Perkins (died in Chester, Vt.), 82 
 
 Miss Deborah Wetherbee, 85 
 
 Ezra ScoUay (died ia New Ipswich), 88 
 
 Mercy (Smith) Taggart, widow of John Taggart, 85 
 
 The following persons above eighty years of age were 
 residing in Rindge December 31, 1874: Rachel (Prescott) 
 Clay, widow of James Clay, born in JafErey, August 30, 
 1783; Lydia (Perry) Brown, widow of Nathaniel Brown, 
 born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, April 9, 1784, came to 
 Rindge at five years of age ; Mary (Earl) Wood, widow of 
 David Wood, bom in Rindge, November 11, 1784; Miss 
 Sarah Shurtleff, born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, Sep- 
 tember 20, 1786 ; Joseph Page, born in Rindge, November 2, 
 1786 ; Jemima (Foster) Hale, widow of Emerson Hale, born 
 in Andover, Massachusetts, December 27, 1786 ; Luke Rugg, 
 born in Rindge, July 15, 1788; Sarah (Whitcomb) Hale, 
 
 52 
 
406 BISTOBY OF BINBGE. 
 
 widow of Nathan Hale, born in Jaffrey, October 22, 1788 ; 
 Sally (Hubbard) Norcross, widow of Capt. Daniel Norcross, 
 born in Rindge, February 17, 1790 ; Lovell Whitney, born in 
 Rindge, June 20, 1790 ; Asia Jones, born in Rindge, March 
 11, 1791 ; John Sanders, born in Jaffrey, December 13, 1791 ; 
 Miss Tabitha Stratton, born in Rindge, June 22, 1792 ; Silas 
 Coffin, born in Winchendon, June 27, 1792 ; Almira (Strat- 
 ton) Blake, widow of Enos Blake, born in Weston, Massa- 
 chusetts, March 29, 1793 ; Rodney Hubbard, born in Rindge, 
 June 3, 1793 ; Sally (White) Robbins, widow of James 
 Robbins, born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, January 24, 
 1794; Ruth (Shedd) KimbaU, widow of William KimbaU, 
 born in Rindge, August 15, 1794 ; Nathan Woodbury, born 
 in Bolton, Massachusetts, August 19, 1794 ; Ariel Godding, 
 born in Rindge, October 29, 1794. 
 
 Since the adoption of the State Constitution, twenty- 
 seven persons have represented the town in the Legislature. 
 No one appears to have been chosen for the years 1784 and 
 1786, and in 1788 the town voted not to send. Edward 
 Jewett (1), 1785 ; Othniel Thomas (1), 1787 ; Daniel Rand 
 (10), 1789-1796, 1798, 1801; WUUam Gardner (3), 1797, 
 1799,1800; Josiah WUder (9), 1802-1810 ; William Sherwin 
 (1), 1811; Wm. Kimball (3), 1812-1814; Samuel L. WUder 
 (13), 1815-1823, 1828, 1829, 1838, 1839 ; Ezra Thomas (2), 
 1824, 1825 ; Amos Keyes (8), 1826, 1827, 1830, 1831, 1834- 
 1837; Thomas IngaUs (2), 1832, 1833; Joshua Converse 
 (2), 1840, 1841 ; Levi Howe (4), 1842, 1843, 1848, 1849 ; 
 Stephen B. Sherwin (3), 1844, 1845, 1846 ; Stephen Jewett 
 (1), 1847 ; Samuel Stearns (2), 1850, 1851 ; Jason B. Perry 
 (2), 1852, 1853 ; Amos W. Burnham (2), 1854, 1855 ; Cad- 
 ford M. Dinsmore (1), 1856; George W. Todd, Jr. (2), 
 1857, 1858; David Stowe (1), 1859; Josiah Abbott (2), 
 1860, 1861; Zebulon Converse (2), 1862, 1863; Ezra S. 
 
TOWN OFFICERS. 407 
 
 Stearns (5)' 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1870; George A. Whit- 
 ney (2), 1868, 1869 ; Omar D. Converse (2), 1871, 1872 ; 
 Joel Wellington (2), 1873, 1874. 
 
 A list of Town Officers for each year since the incorporation 
 of the town, and the vote for Grovernor since the adoption 
 of the State Constitution. 
 
 1768. Moderator, Enoch Hale. Clerk, Nathaniel Russell. 
 Selectmen, Nathaniel Russell, William Carlton, Henry 
 
 Godding. 
 
 1769. Moderator, John Lovejoy. Clerk, Nathaniel Russell. 
 Selectmen, Nathaniel Russell, Page Norcross, Jonathan 
 
 Sherwin. 
 
 1770. Moderator, Jonathan Sherwin. Clerk, Nathaniel Russell. 
 Selectmen, Nathaniel Russell, Jonathan Sherwin, Henry 
 
 Coffeen. 
 
 1771. Moderator, Samuel Sherwin. Clerk, Daniel Lake. 
 Selectmen, William Carlton, Francis Towne, Daniel Lake. 
 
 1772. Moderator, Samuel Sherwin. Clerk, Enoch Hale. 
 Selectmen, Enoch Hale, Francis Towne, Moses Hale. 
 
 1773. Moderator, Nathan Hale. Clerk, Enoch Hale. 
 Selectmen, Jonathan Sherwin, Daniel Rand, Edward 
 
 Jewett. 
 
 1774. Moderator, Nathan Hale. Clerk, Enoch Hale. 
 Selectmen, Enoch Hale, Daniel Rand, Francis Towne. 
 
 1775. Moderator, Nathan Hale. Clerk, Enoch Hale. 
 Selectmen, * Enoch Hale, Israel Adams, Nathan Hale. 
 
 1776. Moderator, Samuel Sherwin. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
 Selectmen, Edward Jewett, Jonathan Sherwin, Ahel Stone. 
 
 1777. Moderator, Samuel Sherwin. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
 Selectmen, Solomon Cutler, Salmon Stone, Page Norcross. 
 
 1778. Moderator, Samuel Sherwin. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
 Selectmen, Enoch Hale, Francis Towne, Edward Jewett. 
 
 1779. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
 Selectmen, Edward Jewett, Daniel Rand, James Philhrick. 
 
 1780. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
 Selectmen, Edward Jewett, Jacob Gould, Othniel Thomas. 
 
 1781. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
 Selectmen, Edw. Jewett, Ebenezer Davis, John Buswell. 
 
 » Nathaniel Russell . and Solomon Cutler were also elected. For no other year 
 has the numher exceeded three. 
 
408 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 1782. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
 Selectmen, Edward Jewett, Benjamin Bancroft, Solomon 
 
 Rand. 
 
 1783. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Enoch Hale. 
 Selectmen, Enoch Hale, Solomon Cutler, Jonathan Ingalls. 
 
 1784. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Jonathan Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, James Crumble, Jonathan Ingalls, Samuel 
 
 Whiting. 
 Meshech Weare, 93. Scattering, 0. 
 
 1785. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Asa Sherwin, Isaac "Wood. 
 George Atkinson, 90. Scattering, 0. 
 
 1786. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Asa Sherwin, Isaac Wood. 
 George Atkinson, 45. John Langdon, 2. 
 
 1787. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, David Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, David Sherwin, Samuel Tarbell, David Rob- 
 bins. 
 
 John Sullivan, 56. John Langdon, 10. 
 
 1788. Moderator, Ebenezer Stratton. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Nathaniel Thomas, Benjamin Foster, Eben- 
 ezer Stratton. 
 
 John SulUvan, 49. John Langdon, 1. 
 
 1789. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, Joshua 
 
 Walker. 
 John Pickering, 38. John Sullivan, 4. 
 
 1790. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, Eliphalet 
 
 Wood. 
 Josiah Bartlett, 31. John Pickering, 6. 
 
 1791. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, Edward 
 
 Jewett. 
 Josiah Bartlett, 72. Scattering, 0. 
 
 1792. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, Francis 
 
 Towne. 
 Josiah Bartlett, 63. Scattering, 0. 
 
TOWN OFFICERS. 409 
 
 1793. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmert, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, William 
 
 Gardner. 
 John Taylor GUman, 32. Josiah Bartlett, 5. 
 
 1794. Moderator, Daniel Band. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, Benjamin 
 
 Kingsbury. 
 John Taylor Gibnan, 40. Scattering, 0. 
 
 1795. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster.' 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Jonathan Ingalls, Joshua 
 
 Hale. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 70. Scattering, 0. 
 
 1796. Moderator, Joshua Walker. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Joseph Platts, Jr., Nehemiah 
 
 Bowers. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 83. Capt. Joshua Walker, 8. 
 
 1797. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Daniel Rand, Ezra Thomas. 
 John Taylor Gihnan, 74. Scattering, 0. 
 
 1798. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Daniel Rand, Ezra Thomas. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 86. Moses Jewett, 3. 
 
 1799. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Daniel Rand, Ezra Thomas. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 88. Scattering, 0. 
 
 1800. Moderator, William Gardner. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
 Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Daniel Rand, Ezra Thomas. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 87. David Barker, 2. 
 
 1801. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Josiah Wilder, WilUam Sherwin. 
 John Taylor Gihnan, 158. Scattering, 0. 
 
 1802. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Wm. Sherwin, Wm. Kimball. 
 John Taylor GUman, 96. John Langdon, 22. 
 
 1803. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Josiah WUder. 
 Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Wm. Sherwin, Wm. Kimball. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 139. John Langdon, 36. 
 
 1804. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, William Kimball, Gates Rand. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 139. John Langdon, 27. 
 
410 mSTOBT OF BINBGE. 
 
 1805. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Josiah "Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Wm. Kimball, Josiah Sawtell, Edward Jewett. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 147. John Langdon, 54. 
 
 1806. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Wm. Kimball, Josiah Sawtell, Edward Jewett. 
 Timothy Farrar, 101. John Langdon, 59. 
 
 1807. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Wm. Kimball, Josiah Sawtell, Edward Jewett. 
 Timothy Farrar, 56. John Langdon, 48. Scattering, 3. 
 
 1808. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Wm. Kimball, Josiah SawteU, Edward Jewett. 
 Gilman, 41. Farrar, 17. Langdon, 44. Scattering, 2. 
 
 1809. Moderator, Josiah Wilder. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Wm. Kimball, Josiah Sawtell, Edward Jewett. 
 Jeremiah Smith, 166. John Langdon, 42. 
 
 1810. Moderator, Josiah Wilder. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Gates Rand, Israel Adams, Jr., Joel Raymond. 
 Jeremiah Smith, 161. John Langdon, 36. 
 
 1811. Moderator, Josiah Wilder. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Gates Rand, Israel Adams, Jr., Joel Raymond. 
 Jeremiah Smith, 146. John Langdon, 54. 
 
 1812. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Edward Jewett, Wm. KimbaU, David Barker. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 138. William Plumer, 46. 
 
 1813. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. WUder. 
 Selectmen, WiUiam Kimball, David Barker, Ezra Thomas. 
 John Taylor Gibnan, 182. WiUiam Plumer, 49. 
 
 1814. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, William Kimball, David Barker, Ezra Thomas. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 197. WilUam Plumer, 42. 
 
 1815. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Wm. Kimball, Israel Adams, Jr. 
 John Taylor Gilman, 189. William Plumer, 34. 
 
 1816. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Thos. Ingalls, Joshua Converse. 
 James Sheafe, 175. William Plumer, 35. 
 
 1817. Moderator, William Sherwin. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Thos. Ingalls, Joshua Converse. 
 Jeremiah Mason, 171. William Plumer, 32. 
 
TOWN OFFICERS. 411 
 
 1818. Moderator, William Sherwin. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Thos. Ingalls, Joshua Converse. 
 Jeremiah Mason, 157. William Plumer, 34. 
 
 1819. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Thos. Ingalls, Joshua Converse. 
 William Hale, 104. Samuel Bell, 18. 
 
 1820. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Thos. Ingalls, Joshua Converse. 
 Samuel Bell, 109. Scattering, 0. 
 
 1821. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Thomas Ingalls, Joshua Converse, Gates Rand. 
 Samuel BeU, 89. 
 
 1822. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Israel Adams, Gates Rand. 
 Samuel Bell, 88. 
 
 1823. Moderator, Joshua Converse. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Israel Adams, Wm. Kimhall, 
 
 Jr. 
 Levi Woodbury, 69. Samuel Dinsmoor, 37. 
 
 1824. Moderator, Thomas Ingalls. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
 Selectmen, Thomas Ingalls, Israel Adams, Amos Keyes. 
 Jeremiah Smith, 78. David L. Morrill, 39. 
 
 1825. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas IngaUs. 
 Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Israel Adams, Thos. Jewett. 
 David L. Morrill, 97. 
 
 1826. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Israel Adams, Thos. Jewett. 
 David L. MorrUl, 79. Benj. Peirce, 1. 
 
 1827. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Levi Howe, Levi Hubbard. 
 David L. Morrill, 50. 
 
 1828. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Levi Howe, Levi Hubbard. 
 John BeU, 216. Benj. Peirce, 3. 
 
 1829. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls, 
 Selectmen, Levi Howe, Levi Hubbard, Stephen Jewett. 
 John Bell, 227. Benj. Peirce, 8. 
 
 1830. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Levi Howe, Levi Hubbard, Stephen Jewett. 
 Timothy Upham, 211. Matthew Harvey, 15. 
 
412 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
 1831. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Levi Howe, Levi Hubbard, Stephen Jewett. 
 Ichabod Bartlett, 192. Samuel Dinsmoor, 15. 
 
 1832. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Levi Howe, Stephen Jewett, Luke Rugg. 
 Ichabod Bartlett, 160. Samuel Dinsmoor, 19. 
 
 1883. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas IngaUs. 
 
 Selectmen, Levi Howe, Stephen Jewett, Luke Rugg. 
 
 Ichabod Bartlett, 109. Samuel Dinsmoor, 8. 
 1834. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 
 Selectmen, Levi Howe, Stephen Jewett, Luke Rugg. 
 
 "William Badger, 22. No other candidate voted for. 
 1885. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas IngaUs. 
 
 Selectmen, Levi Howe, Amos Keyes, Salmon Allen. 
 
 Joseph Healy, 188. WilUam Badger, 22. 
 
 1836. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Amos Keyes, Levi Hubbard, Jason B. Perry. 
 George Sullivan, 123. Isaac Hill, 21. 
 
 1837. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Asahel D. Shurtleff. 
 Selectmen, Amos Keyes, Levi Hubbard, Jason B. Perry. 
 Isaac Hill, 28. Joseph Healy, 1. 
 
 1838. Moderator, Samuel L. Wilder. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Levi Hubbard, Jason B. Perry, Josh. Converse. 
 James Wilson, 257. Isaac Hill, 19. 
 
 1889. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 
 Selectmen, Levi Hubbard, Jason B. Perry, Josh. Converse. 
 James Wilson, 240. John Page, 24. 
 
 1840. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Levi Hubbard, Jason B. Perry, Joshua Con- 
 verse. 
 
 Enos Stevens, 218. John Page, 35. 
 
 1841. Moderator, Joshua Converse. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Sam'l Stearns, Salmon Allen. 
 Enos Stevens, 214. John Page, 19. Scattering, 2. 
 
 1842. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Samuel Steams, Levi Howe. 
 Enos Stevens, 195. Henry Hubbard, 22. Scattering, 15. 
 
 1843. Moderator, Jason B. PeiTy. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Samuel Stearns, Levi Howe, Liberty Rand. 
 Anthony Colby, 143. Henry Hubbard, 16. Daniel Hoit 
 
 and scattering, 85. 
 
TOWN OFFICEBS. 413 
 
 1844. Moderator, LeAd Howe. Clerk, Staph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Samuel Stearns, Levi Howe, Liberty Rand. 
 Anthony Colby, 186. John H. Steele, 24. Daniel Hoit, 26. 
 
 1845. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Levi Howe, Liberty Rand, Jason B. Perry. 
 Anthony Colby, 182. John H. Steele, 23. Daniel Hoit, 25. 
 
 1846. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Levi Howe, Liberty Rand, Jason B. Perry. 
 Anthony Colby, 198. Nath'l S. Berry, 26. Jared W. 
 
 Williams, 23. 
 
 1847. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Sam'l Steams, Jason B. Perry, Stephen Jewett. 
 Anthony Colby, 227. Jared W. Williams, 20. N'ath'l 
 
 S. Berry, 27. 
 
 1848. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Samuel Steams, Levi Howe, Jason B. Perry. 
 Nathaniel S. Berry, 196. Jared W. Williams, 41. 
 
 1849. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
 Selectmen, Levi Howe, Jason B. Perry, Josiah Stratton, Jr. 
 Levi Chamberlain, 178. Samuel Dinsmoor, 31. Nath'l 
 
 S. Berry, 22. 
 
 1850. Moderator, Dennis Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Samuel Steams, Josiah Stratton, Jr., Geo. D. 
 
 Hapgood. 
 Levi Chamberlain, 163. Sam'l Dinsmoor, 33. Nath'l S. 
 Berry, 21. 
 
 1851. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Samuel Steams, Geo. D. Hapgood, Zebulon 
 
 Converse. 
 Thomas E. Sawyer, 185. Samuel Dinsmoor, 44. John 
 Atwood, 25. 
 
 1852. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, George D. Hapgood, Jason B. Perry, Josiah 
 
 Stratton. 
 Thomas E. Sawyer, 159. Noah Martin, 41. John At- 
 wood, 23. 
 
 1853. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, Josiah Stratton, Zebulon Con- 
 verse. 
 
 James Bell, 160. Noah Martin, 37. John H. White, 30. 
 63 
 
414 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 1854. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Josiah Stratton, Zebulon Converse, Alison 
 
 Lake. 
 James Bell, 133. Nath'l B. Baker, 36. Jared Perkins, 50. 
 
 1855. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, James Ramsdell, Joshua C. 
 
 Towne. 
 Ralph Metcalf, 224. Nath'l B. Baker, 24. James Bell, 7. 
 
 1856. Moderator, Steph. B. Sherwin. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Zebulon Converse, Alison Lake, Elijah Bemis. 
 Ralph Metcalf, 200. John S. Wells, 38. Ichabod Goodwin, 4. 
 
 1857. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, George D. Hapgood, Elijah Bemis, George W. 
 
 Stearns. 
 Wm. Haile, 195. John S. Wells, 44. Chas. B. Haddock, 1. 
 
 1858. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Elijah Bemis, George W. Stearns, Harrison G. 
 
 Rice. 
 Wm. Haile, 222. Asa P. Cate, 22. 
 
 1859. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, George W. Stearns, Harrison G. Rice, Martin 
 
 L. Goddard. 
 Ichabod Goodwin, 224. Asa P. Cate, 41. 
 
 1860. Moderator, Steph. B. Sherwin. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Harrison G. Rice, Benj. 
 
 Hale. 
 Ichabod Goodwin, 240. Asa P. Cate, 40. 
 
 1861. Moderator, Steph. B. Sherwin. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Benj. Hale, Zachariah F. 
 
 Whitney. 
 Nathaniel S. Berry, 226. Geo. Stark, 40. 
 
 1862. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
 Selectmen, Benj. Hale, Zachariah F. Whitney, Rodney A. 
 
 Hubbard. 
 Nath'l S. Berry, 217. Geo. Stark, 33. Paul J. Wheeler, 3. 
 
 1863. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls, and 
 
 Samuel Stearns. 
 Selectmen, Zachariah F. Whitney, Jason B. Perry, Joseph 
 
 S. Wetherbee. 
 Joseph A. Gilmore, 226. Ira A. Eastman, 48. Walter 
 
 Harriman, 4. 
 
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 415 
 
 1864. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk,' Geo. W. Stearns. 
 Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, Joseph S. Wetherbee, Ezekiel 
 
 Cudworth. 
 Joseph A. Gilmore, 250. Edward "W. Harrington, 34. 
 
 1865. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Omar D. Converse. 
 Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, Ezekiel Cudworth, Josiah 
 
 Stratton. 
 Frederick Smyth, 216. Edward W. Harrington, 31. 
 
 1866. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Henry W. Steams. 
 Selectmen, Ezekiel Cudworth, Josiah Stratton, Joshua C. 
 
 Towne. 
 Frederick Smyth, 206. John G. Sinclair, 3l. 
 
 1867. Moderator, Ezra S. Steams. Clerk, Henry W. Stearns. 
 Selectmen, Josiah Stratton, Joshua C. Towne, Samuel W. 
 
 Kimball. 
 "Walter Harriman, 191. John G. Sinclair, 82. 
 
 1868. Moderator, Ezra S. Steams. Clerk, Henry W. Stearns. 
 Selectmen, Joshua C. Towne, Martin L. Goddnrd, Orlando 
 
 J. Raymond. 
 Walter Harriman, 215. John G. Sinclair, 41. 
 
 1869. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
 Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Orlando J. Raymond, Jas. 
 
 B. Robbins. 
 Onslow Steams, 183. John Bedell, 32. 
 
 1870. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
 Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Orlando J. Raymond, Jas. 
 
 B. Robbins. 
 Onslow Steams, 179. John Bedell, 45. Scattering, 1. 
 
 1871. Moderator, Geo. A. Whitney. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
 Selectmen, Orlando J. Raymond, Jas. B. Robbins, Stephen 
 
 Hale. 
 Jas. Pike, 176. Jas. A. Weston, 48. Scattering, 1. 
 
 1872. Moderator, Geo. A. Whitney. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
 Selectmen, James B. Robbins, Stephen Hale, Martin L. 
 
 Goddard. 
 Ezekiel A. Straw, 190. Jas. A. Weston, 47. Scattering, 1. 
 1878. Moderator, Geo. A. Whitney. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
 Selectmen, Stephen Hale, Martin L. Goddard, Daniel H. 
 
 Sargent. 
 Ezekiel A. Straw, 179. Jas. A. Weston, 42. 
 
416 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 1874. Moderator, Ezra S. Steams. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
 
 Selectmen, Elijah Bemis, Daniel H. Sargent, William M. 
 
 Lamb. 
 Luther McCutchins, 191. Jas. A. Weston, 50. 
 
 Justices op the Peace. — There was a time when the 
 cheeks of the child would glow with a reasonable pride in 
 the contemplation of the fact that he was descended from a 
 Justice of the Peace, or a Magistrate, as the officer was 
 frequently styled. But in these latter days, and since in all 
 country towns these officials have become as numerous as in 
 Pemberton Square, Boston, the honor becomes of a less 
 certain character. The first Justice of the Peace in this 
 town was Enoch Hale, his commission being dated 1768, 
 and issued in the name of King George the Third. The 
 Provincial Congress, perhaps to make known that it was its 
 policy to allow the people the most unqualified liberty, 
 authorized the several towns to nominate some person whom 
 they desired to have appointed. The vote of the town in 
 1777, " Chose Daniel Lake a Justice of the Peace," indicates 
 that he was thus recommended for appointment, and not 
 chosen, as in the words of the record. Mr. Lake, however, 
 was soon after appointed in accordance with this expression 
 of the people. Soon after, Edward Jewett and Daniel Rand 
 were commissioned, and in the present century the appoint- 
 ments have been much more numerous. The following list 
 is believed to contain all who have resided in Rindge any 
 considerable time after the receipt of their commissions : 
 Thomas Jewett, Isaiah Whitney, Samuel L. Wilder, Ezra 
 Thomas, Joshua Converse, Amos Keyes, John P. Symonds, 
 Stephen B. Sherwin, Levi Howe, Thomas Ingalls, Jason B. 
 Perry, Zebulon Converse, Arba S. Coffin, George W. Stearns, 
 Oratio P. Allen, Ebenezer Blake, Josiah Abbott, James B. 
 Robbins, Harrison G. Rice, Ezra S. Stearns, Alison Lake, 
 
MEA.SUMEMENT OF TREES. 417 
 
 Elijah Bemis, George A. Whitney, Martin L. Goddard, 
 Samuel W. Fletcher, Willard G. Jones, Joel Wellington, 
 Henry A. RusseU, Warren W. Emory. 
 
 A large number of trees in different parts of the town 
 have been measured by Zebulon Converse, Esq., and the 
 author. The dimensions of several, in December, 1874, are 
 given below. The present information is of neither value 
 nor interest, but the progress of their growth may occasion 
 reference to their present dimensions which will present % 
 data for future comparison. The dimension here given is 
 the circumference of the tree at two feet from the ground. 
 The ebn near the house of John Sanders, 8 J feet. Two 
 rock maples, the most southern, in front of the residence of 
 Dr. Josiah Abbott, were transplanted in 1850, then two 
 or three inches in diameter, measured 4i feet and 2 feet 
 respectively. A maple of unusual symmetry of form, south 
 of the hotel building, 26 inches. The three maples in front 
 of the residence of Daniel H. Sargent, commencing with the 
 eastern, were 31, 28, and 32 inches. The southern of the 
 elms east of the residence of Washington Snelling, 9J feet, 
 and the northern, 9 feet. The elm in front of the east end 
 of the Congregational parsonage measured 6i feet. A 
 young and thrifty elm between the hotel and the residence 
 of Willard Jones, 2J feet. A small elm near the southwest 
 corner of the meeting-house, 8i inches. For this tree a 
 slow growth is predicted. The larger elm in front of the 
 residence of A. S. SawteU, at West Rindge, 10 feet. The 
 largest elm near the Jewett place (now owned by J. O. 
 Barrett), 12f feet. An elm near the residence of Deacon 
 WUliam M. Lamb, 14 feet and 11 inches. A row o:^ fifteen 
 beautiful maples in front of the residence of Lyman Bennett 
 measured each about 30 inches. 
 
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^eiiealpgkal |ie|wter. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER 
 
 OF 
 
 THE EARLY FAMILIES OF RINDGE. 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Ik the pbepajration of the following registers, no 
 effort to secure accuracy has been spared ; but vanity is not 
 sufficiently predominant to presume that all errors have 
 been avoided. In many instances duplicate records have 
 presented a most bewildering confusion of dates, and great 
 difficulty has frequently been experienced in ascertaining 
 which should be received as correct. To secure the record 
 of the generations of so many of the Rindge families, pre- 
 vious to their removal to this town, which appear in the 
 following pages, has been a prolonged and tiresome labor. 
 The omission of such information of the families of a few of 
 the early settlers is deeply regretted. The effort was not 
 abandoned until the most persistent inquiry had failed. 
 
 If it is thought by any that too little attention has been 
 paid to those families who have more recently removed to 
 this town, or to the record of the younger generation of 
 the present inhabitants, the size of the volume will plead 
 excuse; and in many instances the absence of record or 
 54 
 
422 HrSTOBT OF EINDGE. 
 
 other information, has made it impossible to present any 
 connected or intelligent account. It is also hoped that the 
 recollection of promises to furnish information which remain 
 unfulfilled, and requests for copies of family records which 
 were unheeded, will charitably overlook not a few of the 
 omissions and incomplete registers which easily might have 
 been avoided. 
 
 In gathering the material for the following pages, above 
 one thousand letters have been written, and a great number 
 of public records and private papers have been attentively 
 and laboriously perused. This labor has been cheerfully 
 performed, in the hope that in some small measure the work 
 would prove acceptable to my townsmen, and to the sons 
 and daughters of Rindge who may find pleasure in its 
 perusal. 
 
 Explanations and Abbebviations. — In these registers the 
 parents' name standing at the head of a paragraph is given in full, 
 and printed in small capitals. The Christian names of the chil- 
 dren only are given, and are printed in italic, and are numbered 
 in Roman numerals, i., ii., m., etc. Whenever the names of their 
 children or grandchildren of the person whose name introduces 
 the paragraph appear, they are indented, printed in lower case, 
 and are numbered in Arabic figures, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The numbers 
 in the margin are consecutive; persons bearing the same family 
 name are numbered in the order in which they are introduced. 
 The character -\- after a person's name indicates that the name is 
 thereafter repeated, and can be easily found by following down 
 the margin until the same number appears enclosed in parentheses. 
 
 Abbreviations. — b. stands for born; bap. for baptized; d. 
 for died ; md. for married ; unmd. for unmarried ; dau. for daugh- 
 ter ; s. p., or sine prole, for without offspring ; q. v. for which see, 
 or see the name of the person to whom the letters apply in the 
 register of that family. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 ABBOTT. 
 
 Descendants of George Abbott, who emigrated from England, and d. 
 in Rowley 1647, bare been numerous in many places ; but the representar 
 tion in this town has been limited in number. George Abbott, Jr., the 
 eldest son of the emigrant, was also b. in England, and settled in 
 Andover, where he md. 1658, Sarah Farnum. He d. Mar. 22, 1689, and 
 his widow md. Aug. 1, 1689, Henry IngaUs, son of Edmund Ingalla, the 
 emigrant. She d. May 12, 1728, aged 90. George and Sarah (Farnum) 
 Abbott were the parents of thirteen children. Samuel, 'the youngest son, 
 b. May 30, 1678, md. June 26, 1705, Joyce Rice, dau. of Edmund and 
 Joyce (RusseU) Rice, of Sudbury. He settled in Sudbury, where his 
 children were b. His son, Samuel Abbott, Jr., b. Aug. 21, 1716, md. 
 1737, Abigail Mirick,. and left nine children, and among them Samuel 
 Abbott, Jr., who md. Martha Jennings, and removed to Framingham 
 previous to the Revolution. He d. in Sherburne, of smaU-pox, 1791. 
 His widow md. Noah Eaton, and d. in the autumn of 1834. The eldest 
 son of Samuel and Martha Jennings Abbott, was Josiah, b. Sept. 26, 
 1775, md. Ruth Estabrook, of Holden. Resided in Framingham. 
 
 Josiah Abbott, M. D., son of Josiah last named, and 
 seventh generation from George Abbott, was b. in Fram- 
 ingham, May 22, 1811, md. Jan. 5, 1842, Arminda P. 
 White, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Matilda (Davis) White, 
 and removed to Rindge in the autumn of 1843, where he 
 has since resided. Vide Chap. XVII. 
 
 E. Darvs^in Abell, M. D., a skillful and popular physi- 
 cian in Rindge from 1840 to 1852. Vide Chap. XVII. 
 He md. Jan. 30, 1845, Anna P. Whittier, dau. of Richard 
 Whittier, Esq., of Grafton, N. H. 
 
 ADAMS. 
 
 Descendants of several branches of the Adams family have resided 
 in Rindge. Among these are the descendants of Robert Adams, the 
 emigrant, who was residing at Ipswich as early as 1635. Three years 
 later he removed to Salem, and in 1640 to Newbury, where he d. Oct. 12, 
 1682, leaving " a good estate." He was a tailor, and emigrated from 
 Devonshire, England. By his first wife, Almira, he had ten children, 
 two of whom were b. in England, one in Salem, and seven in Newbury. 
 
424 
 
 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
 His wife d. June 12, 1677, and he md. (2d) Feb. 6, 1678, Sarah Glover, 
 ■widow of Henry Short, of Newbury, who survived him, and d. Oct. 24, 
 1697. Abraham, his son, styled Sergeant Adams, was b. in Salem 1639, 
 and md. Nov. 16, 1670, Mary Pettingell, dau. of Richard and Joanna 
 (IngersoU) Pettingell, of Newbury. She was b. July 6, 1652. He d. 
 June 14, 1714, aged 75, and his wife Sept. 19, 1705, aged 53. They had 
 ten children, of whom the third son was Isaac,, b. Feb. 26, 1679, and md. 
 1708, Hannah Spofford, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Birbee) Spofford, of 
 Rowley. (This Samuel Spofiord was a son of John, the emigrant.) 
 They had seven children, of whom the second son was Isaac, Jr., b. May 
 25, 1713, and md. Apr. 1, 1743, Mary Wood, of Boxford. They resided 
 in Boxford, where their ten children were b., several of whom, removed to 
 Rindge, and are mentioned below. 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 Isaac Adams, son of Isaac and Mary (Wood) Adams, 
 ■was b. June 2, 1745, and removed to Rindge about 1772. 
 He enlisted April 23, 1775, in Capt. Thomas' company, 
 and was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. He 'was not 
 married. " Oct. 15, 1773, Isaac Adams, of Rindge, sells 
 Jeremiah Chapman, for £146f , the sixth lot in the fourth 
 range," -which includes the site of the mills of A. S. 
 Coffin, Esq. 
 
 David Adams, a brother of Isaac, b. June 20, 1747, 
 md. March 4, 1773, Phebe Spofford, dau. of Dea. Abner 
 and Sarah (Colman) Spofford, of Byfield, no-w George- 
 to^wn. She "was b. Jan. 6, 1751. Mr. Adams had settled 
 in Rindge previous to his marriage. In May, 1777, he 
 was a member of Capt. Brown's company. After the 
 Revolution, he was captain in the militia, and constable 
 in 1786. He d. Nov. 17, 1831, aged 84, and his wife Feb. 
 17, 1822, aged 71. Their children were : — 
 
 I. Sally, b. Aug. 18, 1774. 
 n. Isaac, b. Jan. 8, 1776 ; d. 16 same month, 
 m. Phebe, b. Feb. 21, 1777 ; md. Harry Hale, q. v. 
 IV. Mercy, h. March 24, 1779; md. March 29, 1805, 
 
 James Stevens, of Jaffrey. 
 T. David, b. Oct. 12, 1780 ; d. Sept. 8, 1781. 
 VI. David, b. March 11, 1782. + 
 
 vn. Moody, b. March 25, 1784, md. Betsey Batchelder, 
 dau. of Samuel Batchelder, of New Ips'wich. 
 Settled in New Ips^wich. 
 vin. Isaac, h. July 14, 1788 ; twin, d. 18 same month. 
 IX. Naomi, b. July 14, 1788 ; md. Feb. 2, 1809, Isaac 
 Spofford, son of Moody and Huldah (Spofford) 
 Spofford, of Georgetown. They subsequently 
 removed to Brighton, and were the parents of 
 six children, all of whom d. young, except Phebe 
 
 Adams, who md. Morse, of Roxbury. 
 
 X. John Spofford, b. May 8, 1791 ; d. in Rindge, unmd., 
 Feb. 19, 1852. 
 
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 15 
 
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 21 
 22 
 28 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 425 
 
 XI. Isaac, t). Aug. 18 , 1793 ; md. (1st) SopMa Spofford, 
 dau. of Jacob and Mary (Tenney) Spofford, of 
 Bradford and Ipswich, Mass. She d. Deo. 21, 
 1832, and he md. (2d) Sarah Searle, of George- 
 town. He resided in Boxf ord. 
 
 Samitel Adams, a brother of Isaac and David, b. Aug. 
 22, 1750 ; md. July 1, 1773, Lucy Spofford, dau. of Col. 
 Eliphalet and Lucy (Peabody) Spofford, of Boxford. 
 Removed to Rindge about 1772, and to Jaffrey in 1778. 
 While residing in Rindge, he served. May, 1777, in Capt. 
 Brown's company, which was raised for the defence of 
 Ticonderoga. He had ten children. Two eldest children 
 were b. in Rindge ; the others in Jaffrey. 
 
 I. Eliphalet, b. Feb. 10, 1775. Removed to Canada. 
 n. Isaac, b. Nov. 18, 1776; md. (1st) Deborah 
 Twitchel ; (2d) Olive Wight, of Dublin, N. H. 
 Settled in Gilead, Me.; d. Nov. 12, 1848. 
 m. Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1779 ; d. in Canada, 1854. 
 IV. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1782 ; md. (1st) 1815, Sarah 
 
 Wright; md. (2d) Eliza Learned. He d. 1854. 
 V. iMcy, b. Jan. 23, 1785 ; md. Artemas Lawrence, of 
 
 Jaffrey. 
 VI. Polly, b. Jan. 5, 1787 ; md. (1st) Perley P. Burn- 
 , ham, and (2d) Joseph G. Swan. Settled in 
 Gilead, Me. 
 VII. Israel, b. Jan. 27, 1790; md. Harriet Putnam; 
 
 resided in Danvers, Mass. ; d. Feb. 8, 1857. 
 VIII. Jacob, b. Sept. 25, 1791; d. in Canada, Jan. 21, 
 1867. 
 IX. Elizabeth, b. March 24, 1794 ; md. Eliphaz Chap- 
 man; d. at Bethel, Me., Oct. 15, 1847. 
 X. Daniel, b. Aug. 19, 1796; settled in Western 
 States ; was drowned. 
 
 Thomas Adams, brother of Isaac, etc., b. Oct. 7, 1752 
 resided several years in Rindge, and d. unmd. 
 
 Daotbl Adams, brother of Isaac, etc., b. May 5, 1754 
 resided in Rindge. He was in Capt. Stone's company 
 under Gen. Stark, in 1777, and a lieutenant in Col, 
 Nichols' regiment, raised for the defence of West Point, 
 in 1780. He d. unmd. about 1800. Israel Adams, 
 another brother, md. in Rindge, Jan. 14, 1808, Lucinda 
 Baxter, a sister of Polly Baxter, wife of William Sher- 
 win. Mrs. Adams d. in Rindge, March 1, 1864, aged 90. 
 
 David Adams, son of David, md. 1812, Silence Sawin, 
 of Templeton ; b. Nov. 8, 1785, he resided, a farmer, in 
 Rindge, on the old homestead. His wife d. March 14, 
 
426 
 
 BISTORT OF BINDQM. 
 
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 30 
 
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 32 
 
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 39 
 
 1835, aged 50, and he md. (2d) Sept. 7, 1836, Zerviah 
 (Morse) Clark, widow of Warren Clark, and dau. of 
 Adam and Lydia (Bacon) Morse. Mr. Adams d. Aug. 19, 
 1852. His widow is living. Six children by first wife. 
 
 I. Silence Jones, b. Oct. 21, 1813 ; md. Julius C. Sher- 
 
 win, q. v. 
 II. Edwin Spofford, b. Oct. 29, 1815. For several 
 years he was a successful teacher in Dover and 
 West Dedham, in Mass., and in Albany, If. Y. 
 Since 1855, he has been princij^al of one of the 
 largest and most important of the Grammar 
 Schools of Brooklyn, N". Y., at present accommo- 
 dating nearly two thousand pupils. He md. 
 June 10, 1844, Cynthia A. Witbeck, of Castle- 
 ton, N. Y. 
 
 III. Catherine Sawin, b. April 11, 1819. Resides in 
 
 Natick, Mass. 
 
 IV. Mary Jones, b. Nov. 6, 1820. Resides, unmd., in 
 
 Natiok, Mass. 
 V. David Wood,h. Feb. 1, 1823; md. Sept. 30, 1865, 
 Martha Shattuck, of Groton, Mass. He d. Sept. 
 18, 1867. 
 VI. Moses Sawin, b. Oct. 19, 1826; an attorney, 
 formerly of Topeka, Kansas, now of Wichita, 
 prosperous. He md. 1857, Lizzie Dimond, of 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 
 IsEABL Adams, and wife, Tabitha, removed from 
 Andover, Mass., to Rindge in the year 1772. Nothing 
 concerning his ancestry has been secured. He d. Oct. 16, 
 1789, aged 73, and his widow Feb. 18, 1804, aged 97. 
 These dates are thus upon the headstones, but it is proba- 
 ble that he was 83 years of age at the time of his death. 
 
 IsEAEi, Adams, Jr., son of the above, came also to 
 Rindge in 1772. He was one of the selectmen 1775, and 
 was chosen constable 1783. His wife, Elizabeth, d. Nov. 
 9, 1809, aged 71 ; he d. May 15, 1809, aged 85. Five chil- 
 dren were bom in Andover ; the others in Rindge. 
 
 I. Joshua, 
 
 ■ IS supposed to have been killed at 
 
 the battle of Plattsburg, 1814. 
 n. Betsey, b. 1761 ; d. unmd. in Rindge, Sept. 28, 
 
 1835. 
 m. Samuel, b. 1765, d. unmd. in Rindge, March 5, 
 
 1852. 
 IV. Israel, b. Jan. 8, 1768. 4- 
 
 v. Esther, b. 1770, d. unmd. in Rindge, May 26, 1822. 
 VI. Sarah, b. 1773 ; d. unmd. in Rindge, Nov. 21, 
 
 1823. 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 427 
 
 vn. Daniel, b. 1778; a farmer, in Rodman, N. Y., 
 
 where he d. unmd. 1871. 
 vin. Hannah, b. 1784; d. unmd. in Rindge, Jan. 19, 
 
 1852. 
 
 IsKABL Adams, Jr., md. Aug. 28, 1796, Sally Adams, 
 dau. of Nathaniel Adams, of AshlDurnham, Mass. He 
 resided on the farm occupied by his father and grand- 
 father; was selectman several years, and d. Sept. 16, 
 1856 ; she d. May 4, 1838. Their children were : — 
 
 I. Sybil, b. Jan. 9, 1797 ; md. Ebenezer Stratton, q. v. 
 
 II. Susan, h. Dec. 24, 1798 ; md. July 5, 1827, Martin 
 
 Smith, son of David and Abigail (Bruce) Smith. 
 
 See Book of the Lookes, 268 ; md. (2d) 
 
 Greene. He died , and she resides, a 
 
 widow, at Middletown, Vt. One son by first 
 marriage, Martin A. Smith, formerly resided in 
 Rindge, now in Pittsford, Vt. A son by second 
 marriage, Albert Arad Greene, resides in Middle- 
 town, 
 m. Clarissa, h. Jan. 10, 1802; d. unmd. in Jaffrey, 
 
 Aug. 23, 1869. 
 IV. Israel, b. March 12, 1804; d. Aug. 1, 1808. 
 V. Albert, b. March 4, 1807. -j- 
 VI. Israel, b. Jan. 16, 1810 ; died April 1, 1810. 
 vn. Arad, h. April 26, 1812. + 
 
 VIII. Louisa, b. Jan. 22, 1815 ; md. Marshall A. Hale, 
 q. v., and (2fT) John Platts, q. v. 
 
 Albeet Adams, son of Israel, md. May 26, 1836, Mary 
 Pollard, dau. of Levi and Rhoda (Teel) Pollard, of 
 Winchendon, and a sister of Rev. Andrew Pollard, D. D., 
 of South Boston. Mr. Adams is a successful farmer in 
 Rindge. Issue : — 
 
 I. George A., b. June 7, 1837; md. H. M. PhilUps, of 
 Homer, N. Y. She d. 1861, and he md. (2d) 
 ArviUe Brown. He was a captain in the 157th 
 N. Y. Vols., was wounded at battle of Gettysburg, 
 and died a few days subsequently. 
 
 n. Israel, b. ; d. Oct. 28, 1841. 
 
 m. William, b. Oct. 5, 1840 ; d. Sept. 10, 1856. 
 
 IV. John £., b. Aug. 12, 1842 ; md. May 23, 1872, Mary 
 J. Woodbury, dau. of Samuel D. and Jerusha 
 
 gT'ose) Woodbury, of Winchendon. Reside in 
 indge. 
 V. Framiis A., b. April 9, 1844; md. Nov., 1863, 
 Emma C. Bruce.. She d. Sept. 24, 1873. 
 Farmer in Rindge. 
 
428 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 VI. Mary B., b. Feb. 4, 1847 ; md. Jan. 17, 1866, Leon- 
 ard F. Sawyer, son of Josiah and Margaret 
 (Frencli) Sawyer, of Jaffrey. Reside in JaSrey. 
 
 vn. Orange S., b. Jan. 1, 1856. 
 
 Aead Adams, son of Israel ; a merchant in Rindge and 
 in Jaffrey. See Chap. XVII. Resides in Jaffrey. He 
 md. May 9, 1839, Ruby Hale, dau. of Emerson and 
 Jemima (Foster) Hale, q. v. 
 I. Maria, b. June 25, 1840. 
 n. Ziizzie, b. May 8, 1843 ; d. January, 1857. 
 
 Oliver Adams, a son of Oliver Adams, of Chelmsford, 
 and a brother of Sibyl Adams, wife of Moses Hale, was 
 probably descended from Henry Adams, the emigrant, 
 who d. in Braintree, 1646. He came to Rindge about 
 1788. He subsequently md. Betsey Marshall, of Chelms- 
 ford, and settled upon the farm, now of W. C. 
 Brigham. He d. Dec. 29, 1813. His widow md. (2d) 
 Jonathan Parker, of Chelmsford, and d. 1852. Three 
 children. 
 
 I. Infant ; d. young. 
 n. Marshall, b. March 14, 1801.+ 
 m. Fanny, b. Jan. 22, 1803 ; md. 1828, Thomas Baker, 
 of Johnson, Vt. ; d. s. p. 1833. 
 
 Marshall Adams, son of Oliver, learned the clothier's 
 trade with Dea. Brown, and removed to New Boston, N. 
 H., in 1823, where he carried on the same business. Is a 
 valuable citizen, and a deacon in the Presbyterian Church 
 for more than forty years. He md. May 9, 1826, Sarah 
 G. Richards, of Rindge. See Richards family. The chil- 
 dren of Dea. Adams are : — 
 
 I. Marshall Goolidge, b. May 23, 1827; md. April 
 19, 1853, Susan B. Patterson, and resides in 
 Jaffrey. 
 
 n. Sarah Eliza, b. Feb. 23, 1829 ; md. Horace Pettee, 
 Esq., son of Ebenezer and Lydia (Hall) Pettee, 
 of Francestown, N". H. A merchant of Man- 
 chester, N. H. 
 
 in. William Hichards, b. Aug. 1, 1830 ; graduated at 
 Dartmouth College 1859. Now pastor of Pres- 
 byterian Church in Shipman, HI. He md. EUen 
 D. Richmond. 
 
 IV. John JR., b. March 3, 1832; md. 1858, Jane R. 
 Carhart, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Taylor) 
 Carhart, of Natick. He is a shoe manufacturer 
 in Natick, Mass. 
 
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 75 
 
 V. Frances JB., b. Sept. 8, 1833 ; md. Oct. 31, 1857, 
 
 Holmes R. Pettee, son of Ebenezer and Lydia 
 (Hall) Pettee. A merchant in Manchester, N". H. 
 
 VI. Mary JV., b. July 4, 1835. 
 
 vn. Joseph G., b. Dec. 12, 1836 ; md. May 10, 1858, 
 Martha J. Perry, dau. Samuel and Martha 
 (Stone) Perry, of Natick, Mass. A merchant in 
 Natick. 
 Tm. Senry Parker, b. Aug. 8, 1838; md. Fannie B. 
 Patterson. Resides in Baltimore, Md. Is sunt, 
 of T. M. C. A. of that city. 
 IX. Charlotte JR., b. Feb. 2, 1840. 
 X. James O., b. Dec. 27, 1841 ; d. in the army July 12, 
 
 1864. 
 XI. Mien M, b. Nov. 3, 1843; md. William C. Prince, 
 
 of MiHord, N. H. 
 xn. Charles A., b. May 25, 1847 ; a physician in "Web- 
 ster, Mass. 
 xm. George A., b. April 25, 1849; a physician in Web- 
 ster, Mass. 
 
 Ebbstezee Agee was b. in Weymouth, Mass., Aug. 
 — , 1794. He md. Hovey, and after a brief resi- 
 dence in Abington, and in Hardwick, Mass., came to 
 Rindge in 1793. An elder daughter had md. and re- 
 moved to Springfield, Mass., previous to this date. He 
 d. Nov. 10, 1829, aged 85; his wife Aug. 22, 1813. Five 
 children of Mr. Ager removed to Rindge. The order of 
 age may not be preserved. 
 
 I. Joel, b. 1782; d. unmd. in Rindge, July 30, 1861. 
 n. Ebenezer, ; d. in Rindge about 1810. 
 
 m. Betsey, b. 1784; md. Benjamin Stowe, q. v. 
 IV. Polly, b. ; md. May 16, 1815, Abner 
 
 Brown, son of Capt. Josiah Brown, of New 
 Ipswich. He d. 1824, aged 48. 
 V. Nancy, b. 
 
 ALLEN. 
 
 Two families of AUens were here previous to the incorporation of the 
 town, but removed previous to the Kevolution. Having left no descend- 
 ants which have had a residence here, no extended record will be given. 
 The record of another family bearing this name is more extended. 
 
 Isaac Allen resided in Rindge from 1767 until 1775, 
 and perhaps a year or two longer. April 13, 1775, Lydia, 
 Mercy, Alice, Sarah, and Amy, children of Isaac Allen 
 and Amy, his wife, were bap. It is probable that Amy, 
 his wife, was the dau. of Rev. Seth Dean, and that they 
 removed to Kllingly, Ct. 
 
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 EISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
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 David Allen, whose name appears upon the records in 
 1767, joined with a few others, in 1770, in a petition to 
 be excused from the payment of a ministerial tax. He 
 removed to Jaffrey about 1772. 
 
 Eliphaz Allen and bis descendants have been more 
 intimately connected with the history of this town. He 
 was a son of Noah Allen, a son of Obadiah, an emigrant 
 from Scotland, and was b. in Greenfield, now Gill, 
 Mass., March 10, 1766; he md. Eunice Putnam, b. in 
 Winchester, N; H., May 25, 1767, a dau. of Andrew Put- 
 nam, who was a kinsman of Gen. Putnam; remaining 
 several years in Greenfield, and after a brief residence in 
 Townsend, Mass., they came to Rindge, and settled upon 
 the farm, now of Caleb French, in March, 1801. He was 
 an estimable citizen, and for several years a member of 
 the standing committee of the Congregational Church. 
 Mrs. Allen d. Feb. 9, 1822; he md. (2d) 1823, Sarah 
 (Stoughton) Richards, widow of Capt. Moses Richards, 
 of Gill. He d. Oct. 24, 1846, aged 81. His widow d. 
 Oct. 29, 1862, aged 90. 
 
 L Salmon, b. in Greenfield, now Gill, April 12, 1791.-)- 
 n. iMcinda, b. in Gill, Feb. 7, 1794; md. Benj. Peirce, 
 
 q. V. 
 m. Eliphaz, b. in Townsend, March 29, 1797. -j- 
 IV. Oratio Putnam, b. in Townsend, Feb. 7, 1801. -(-. 
 
 Salmon Allen md. Jan. 4, 1816, Sophia Sawtell, dau. 
 of Jonathan and Hannah (Whitaker) Sawtell, of Rindge, 
 q. V. She d. Feb. 7, 1865; he md. (2d) July 14, 1867, 
 Clarissa D. Steams, dau. of Freeborn and Clarissa 
 (Demary) Stearns, of Rindge, q. v. Mr. Allen was a ser- 
 geant in Capt. Gregg's company, which was at Portsmouth 
 in 1814. He was a farmer, captain of the militia, and 
 selectman 1835 and 1841. He d. Dec. 11, 1870. 
 
 I. Chester, b. Oct. 9, 1816 ; md. May 19, 1841, Han- 
 nah Damon; md. (2d) May 15, 1866, Harriet J. 
 Brown. He is a photograph artist, and resides 
 in Keene. 
 Bury dice Wilder, b. March 9, 1818 ; md. May 9, 
 
 1842, William H. Bell. Reside in Chariton, 
 Lucas Co., Iowa. 
 
 Eunice Emeline, b. May 18, 1819; md. June 7, 
 
 1843, Solomon H. Rand, son of Leonard Rand, 
 q. V. They resided in Jaffrey, where he d. July 
 31, 1861. 
 
 Charles, b. Dec. 1, 1822; md. Jan 25, 1848, Lucy 
 O. Davis. He resides in Fitchburg, where he 
 has a provision store. 
 
 n. 
 
 ni. 
 
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 V. Lucinda Sophia, b. Feb. 3, 1831 ; md. July 14, 
 1857, Thomas Upton, of East Jaffrey. 
 
 Ti. Daniel Webster, b. July 4, 1835; d. in the army 
 unmd. March 7, 1864. 
 
 Eliphaz Allen md. April 1, 1824, Sarah Howe, dau. 
 of Thomas Howe, q. v. She d. soon after her marriage ; 
 md. (2d) Charlotte Fay, of Walpole, who d. May 30, 
 1834, and he md. (3d) Tila Jones, dau. of Edmund and 
 Caty (Taylor) Jones, of Ashburnham. He resided sev- 
 eral years in Rindge, and d. in Jaffrey, July 10, 1848 ; his 
 widow d. March 11, 1858, aged 54. Children of second 
 wife : — 
 
 I. Infant, b. 1828, d. 1830. 
 
 II. Eliphaz Howe, b. Sept. 28, 1831; md. Nov. 1, 
 
 1853, Arvilla Blake, dau. of Ebenezer and Hep- 
 sibeth (Jewett) Blake, of Rindge, q. v. She d. 
 March 30, 1870, and he md. (2d) Jan. 22, 1872, 
 her sister, Maria E. Blake. He is a photogra- 
 pher at Bradford, Vt. 
 
 Children of third wife : — 
 
 m. George Jones, b. May 11, 1836; was ia the 9th 
 , N. H. Vols. He md. May 8, 1866, Harriet E. 
 Bancroft, dau. of Addison Bancroft, of Rindge, 
 q. V. They reside in Fitchburg. 
 IV. Warren Fay, b. Nov. 12, 1837 ; md. Oct., 1859, 
 Ellen J. Capron, of East JafErey. He is a 
 photographer. 
 
 V. Charlotte S., b. July 18, 1839 ; md. — ^ Adams, 
 
 of Jaffrey; md. (2d) Jan. 19, 1863, George E. 
 Kimball, son of Samuel M. Kimball, q. v. Re- 
 side in Riudge. 
 
 VI. Senry T., b. June 27, 1841. 
 
 Oeatio p. Allen resides in Rindge; was formerly 
 engaged in the pahn-leaf business, and in the manufact- 
 ure of wooden ware. He md. Dec. 1, 1825, Candis Pratt, 
 dau. of Amos and Polly (Bent) Pratt, of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 I. Amos Pratt, b. Jan. 2, 1827; d. unmd. Oct. 12, 
 1867. 
 
 n. Curtice, b. Jan. 3, 1830 ; d. Aug. 15, 1831. 
 
 ni. Anson, b. Jan., 1833 ; d. May 29, 1833. 
 
 IV. Candis, b. Dec. 1, 1837 ; md. April 3, 1862, Calvin 
 Allen, son of Calvin and Polly Allen. Mr. Allen 
 was a merchant and postmaster several years at 
 West Rindge. He removed in 1873 to Keene, 
 KH. 
 
432 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 24 
 
 Jonathan W. Allen, not related to the above, 
 removed to this town 1824, and md. April 13, 1824, 
 Matilda Smith, dau. of Braddyll Smith, q. v. He resided 
 in the southwest part of the town, and d. Jan. 11, 1873, 
 aged 74. His widow resides in the West. 
 
 Thomas Ambs and wife Lucy, removed from Andover, 
 Mass., during the Revolution. They were seated in the 
 meeting-house in 1780, and he was taxed in 1793, but his 
 name does not subsequently appear upon the records. 
 Whether he died or removed at this time does not appear. 
 His farm was adjacent to the farm formerly of Joseph 
 Brooks, now of George F. Teague. The name is fre- 
 quently written Eames. The children were : — 
 
 I. Sally, b. in Andover, Dec. 2, 1765. 
 
 n. Thomas, b. in Andover, Oct. 12, 1776. 
 
 m. Jeremiah, b. ; md. April 29, 1798, Sally 
 
 Platts, dau. of Capt. Joseph, q. v. Their 
 daughter Debby was b. in Rindge, Nov. 18, 
 1798. The family removed about 1803 to New 
 York. He d. in Morristown, N. Y., leaving sev- 
 eral children. 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. in Rindge, Feb. 25, 1780. 
 
 V. Charlotte, b. in Rindge, March 9, 1784 ; md. Joseph 
 
 Platts, son of Capt. Joseph, q. v. 
 
 Asa Ambs and Dolly Ames, both of Rindge, were md. 
 Nov. 22, 1793. She was probably a dau. of Nathan and 
 Phebe Ames, of Fryeburg, b. Oct. 11, 1771. Thomas, 
 their son, was b. in Rindge, June 18, 1794. The family 
 removed to Orford, where their dau. Persis was b. Nov. 
 29, 1795. 
 
 Baenaed Baldwin, a blacksmith, from Ashbumham, 
 resided in East Rindge from 1818 until his death, June 
 14, 1830. He had three, and perhaps other, children. 
 
 I. Betsey, b. ■ 
 
 ; md. Benjamin Hartwell, of 
 
 Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 n. /Samuel, b. about 1800; md. Mary Cook, dau. of 
 John and Anna (Beals) Cook. They resided in 
 Ashbumham, where he d. leaving several chil- 
 dren. 
 
 in. Joseph, d. unmd. about 1860. 
 
 Jonathan Ball was b. in Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 15, 
 1751. He md. Oct. 26, 1778, Mary Pratt, of Bolton, and 
 immediately settled in this town. In 1776 he was in 
 Capt. Smith's company, in Col. Baldwin's regiment. He 
 probably removed from this town previous to 1780, as his 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 433 
 
 name is not found among those seated in the meeting- 
 house. Two children bom in Rindge. 
 I. Anna., b. March 10, 1775. 
 n. Mary, b. May 19, 1777. 
 
 BANCROFT. 
 
 For more than a century the name of Bancroft has appeared upon the 
 records of Rindge without interruption, yet at no time has the number of 
 families been numerous. Generous favors received from Mr. J. M. Ban- 
 croft, of New York, enable me to present a connected record of the 
 ancestors of the families bearing this name who have resided in this town. 
 
 Lieut. Thomias Bancroft was b. in England 1622. In 1647, then a 
 resident of Dedham, Mass., he md. Alice Bacon, who soon d. ; he md. 
 (2d) Sept. 15, 1648, Elizabeth MeteaK, and removed about 1650 to Read- 
 ing, and subsequently to Lynnfleld, where he d. Aug. 19, 1691. He was a 
 prominent man of his time, and the records bear frequent and honorable 
 mention of his name. The descendants of two of his sons have resided 
 in Rindge. The eldest son, Dea. Thomas Bancroft, was b. in Dedham, 
 Sept. 24, 1649. He removed to Reading, where he md. April 10, 1673, 
 Sarah Poole, dau. of Jonathan Poole. He was a lieutenant, and is men- 
 tioned in " Mather's Magnolia " as having saved the garrison at Exeter 
 from an assault by the Indians. He d. July 12, 1718 ; his widow d. May 
 20, 1723. His son, Lieut. Thomas Bancroft, was b. at Reading Sept. 8, 
 1673. He served in the Indian wars, and was representative of Reading 
 at the time of his death. He md. Aug. 1, 1694, Mary Webster. He d. 
 Nov. 9, 1731. Capt. Benjamin Bancroft, the third of the five children of 
 Lieut. Thomas, was b. in Reading May 6, 1701 ; he lived a few years in 
 Charlestown, Mass., and there md. Anna LavTrence, dau. of John and 
 Anna (TarbeU) Lawrence, of Lexington. He removed about 1727 to the 
 centre of the town of Groton, Mass., where he followed the occupation of 
 a tanner. He d. April 3, 1790 ; his wife d. July 21, 1787. His eldest son, 
 Dea. Benjamin Bancroft, b. Sept. 29, 1724, was also a tanner in Groton. 
 He was a captain of the militia, a treasurer of the tovm, and a deacon of 
 the church. He md. Oct. 18, 1749, Alice TarbeU, dau. of William and 
 Mary (Farnsworth) TarbeU. He d. Oct. 27, 1804; his wife d. Nov. 29, 
 1781. Their eldest son, Benjamin Bancroft, settled in Rindge, and will 
 be mentioned hereafter. Joseph Bancroft, their filth son, b. July 3, 
 1760, md. Susannah Hubbard, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Patterson) 
 Hubbard, and a sister of Nathan and Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard who set- 
 tled in Rindge. He was a tanner, and resided in Groton, Limenburg, and 
 Townsend. He d. iu the latter place Oct. 21, 1815. His widow d. July 
 17, 1825. Among their chUdren are Dea. James Bancroft, now of 
 Rindge, and Mrs. Abigail BusweU, vndow of the late Azariah BusweU. 
 Another son of Lieut. Thomas and Elizabeth (MetcaK) Bancroft pre- 
 viously mentioned, was Ensign John Bancroft, b. in Reading, March 3, 
 1656, and was about seven years younger than his brother, Dea. Thomas. 
 He was a deacon and an ensign. Late in life he purchased considerable 
 land in Lunenburg, Mass. He md. Sept. 24, 1678, Elizabeth Eaton, who 
 
 d. March 12, 1704-5 ; he md. (2d) Hannah , who d. June 7, 1732. 
 
 He d. at Lynnfield Jan. 25, 1739-40. Timothy Bancroft, son of Ensign 
 John and Elizabeth, was b. in Lynnfield Jan. 20, 1704^5. He resided 
 in Lynnfield and in Lunenburg, and d. about 1775. He md. March 12, 
 1738-9, Elizabeth Gary or Gerry, who d. Jan. 28, 1756, and he md. (2d) 
 Nov. 1, 1757, Mary Harriman, who d. Feb. 4, 1776. John Bancroft, his 
 son, settled in Rindge, and is numbered 25 in the foUowing register. 
 
434 BISTORT OF RINBGE. 
 
 Beistjamin Banceoft, son of Dea. Benjamin and Alice 
 (Tarbell) Bancroft, b. in Groton, Aug. 7, 1750. He md. 
 Jan. 26, 1773, Phebe Parker, and settled in Rindge, where 
 he pursued the business of a tanner. His dwelling house 
 was a few yards east of the residence of Col. G. W. 
 Stearns, and his tan-yard was a short distance west of his 
 house. He was selectman in 1782, was frequently elected 
 to minor offices, and during the earlier years of his resi- 
 dence here he was prominent in the affairs of the church. 
 Phebe, his wife, d. 1784 or 1785, leaving four children. 
 He md. (2d) 1785, Deborah "Whiting, of Lancaster. Her 
 brothers were men of distinction, and her sister, Mrs. 
 Caroline Lee Hentz, was an authoress of considerable 
 note. She was a woman of superior ability. About 1815 
 Mr. Bancroft went to Grafton, Vt., to reside with his son 
 David, and there d. 1838, aged 88. His children were 
 born in Rindge. 
 
 2 I. Daniel, b. Nov. 6, 1774; d. at, sea while supercargo 
 for Billy Gray, the noted Boston merchant. 
 
 3 n. Beryamin, b. Oct. 11, 1776 ; md. Moore. 
 Efe d. Aug. 12, 1814. Buried at Copp's Hill, 
 Boston. 
 
 4 1. Benjamin, b. at Charlestown, Mass., June 
 4, 1813 ; d. unmd. Sept. 16, 1856. 
 
 5 m. Phebe, bap. Sept. 10, 1780. 
 iv. Edmund, b. Aug. 21, 1782; md. Feb. 10, 1811, 
 
 Deborah Wilber, of Bridgewater, Mass., where 
 he d. June 4, 1814. He was with his brother 
 Daniel during the voyage on which he died, 
 v. David, b. Sept. 23, 1786; md. in Rindge, March 7, 
 1807, Sukey Messenger. He was a tanner, and 
 carried on the business until 1811, when he 
 removed to Grafton, Vt. Three children were 
 b. in Rindge. 
 
 1. Elvira, b. Sept. 13, 1807. 
 9 2. David, b. Feb. 10, 1809; a clergyman now 
 
 of Prescott, Mass. 
 
 10 3. Charles, b. Oct. 20, 1810 ; of Bancroft & Boy- 
 den, wholesale furniture, Boston, Mass. 
 
 11 4. Susan, b. in Grafton Jan. 2, 1814; md. Rev. 
 Orlando Cunningham, of Rutland, Vt. 
 
 12 Ti. Mary, bap. March 1, 1789. 
 
 13 VII. Sarah, bap. Aug. 1, 1790 ; md. Dr. Samuel Griggs. 
 
 14 vm. Fabius, bap. Sept. 9, 1792 ; a harness-maker, and 
 later a successful merchant. His son, Edward 
 W., was formerly of the firm of H. B. Claflin, of 
 New York, now Vice-Pres. of the Knickerbocker 
 
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 Life Insurance Company. Another son, William 
 G., is a dry goods merchant, Bu^alo, N. Y. 
 
 IX. Mebecca Whiting, bap. Aug. 10, 1794. 
 X. Timothy Whiting, b. Aug; 14, 1795; he was a 
 merchant at Worcester, Mass. ; md. Sarah Har- 
 rington, dau. of Joshua and Sally (Bigelow) 
 Harrington, of Worcester. Rev. Lucius Whit- 
 ing Bancroft, D. D., formerly Professor of Eccle- 
 siastical History, at Gambler (Ohio) Theological 
 Seminary, now of Christ Church, Brooklyn 
 (Episcopal), is a son of this marriage ; and also 
 Timothy W. Bancroft, A. M., Professor of Rhet- 
 oric at Brown University. 
 
 XI. Deborah, bap. May 6, 1798 ; d. unmd. at Sterling 
 about 1825. 
 
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 25 
 
 Dea. James BAtTCEOFT, son of Joseph and Susannah 
 (Hubbard) Bancroft, and a nephew of Benjamin. Bancroft, 
 md. (1) May 28, 1829, Sarah W. Kendall, and resided in 
 New Ipswich, and was a deacon of the Congregational 
 Church in that place. In 1857 he removed to Rindge. 
 His wife d. Jan. 23, 1861; he md. (2d) Dec. 6, 1865, 
 Jemima Hale, dau. of Emerson Hale, of Rindge, q. v. 
 Two children not named below died young. 
 
 I. Nancy It., b. Sept. 17, 1834 ; md. Ivers H. Brooks, 
 
 q. V. 
 II. Susan F., b. Oct. 25, 1836; md. June 6, 1867, 
 Albert Conant, a merchant in Boston, son of 
 William Conant, of Mount Vernon, N. H. 
 
 III. Cecil F. P., b. Nov. 25, 1839 ; grad. Dartmouth 
 
 College i860; Andover Xlieological Seminary 
 1867; ordained May 1, 1867; received the 
 degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Uni- 
 versity of the State of New York in 1874.' He 
 was Principal of Appleton Academy, Mont 
 Vernon, N. H., 1860-1864; Principal of Liter- 
 ary Institutions at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., 
 1867-1872. He was engaged in travels and 
 study in Europe, 1872-1873, and is now Prin- 
 cipal of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. He 
 md. May 6, 1867, Fanny A. Eittredge, dau. of 
 Capt. Timothy Kittredge, of Mont Vernon, N. H. 
 
 IV. Mary Selen, b. April 3, 1841 ; md. July 15, 1869, 
 
 Thomas Annett, Esq., of Jaffrey. 
 V. Ca/roline, b. Oct. 15, 1842 ; md. George S. Kimball, 
 
 son of William Kimball, q. v. 
 VI. Senry A., b. Feb. 13, 1849. Resides in Jaffrey. 
 
 JoHW Bajstceoft, son of Timothy and Elizabeth (Ger- 
 ry?) Bancroft, was b. in Lunenburg, Nov. 14, 1753. In 
 
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 SISTOBY OF RINBGE. 
 
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 1775 he was a private in the eight months' troops, and in 
 Capt. Ezra Newell's company. He md. Jan. or June 20, 
 1776, Mary Newell, and removed to this town in 1777. 
 About 1820 they removed to Union, Broome County, 
 N. Y., where he d. June 16, 1822; his widow d. Oct, 
 26, 1833. 
 
 I. Polly, b. Sept. 6, 1777 ; md. March 13, 1798, JTa- 
 than Pratt, by whoicQ she had one son, Nathan, 
 Jr. She md. (2d) Obadiah Carlton, of Rindge, 
 q. V. 
 II. John, b. Nov. 14, 1779. + 
 
 m. £etsey, b. Dec. 24, 1781 ; d. unmd. Jan. 12, 1810. 
 IV. Daughter, b. Nov. 17, 1784 ; d. 28 same month. 
 V. Ebenezer, b. March 13, 1786 ; md. Phebe Mclntire. 
 He was a blacksmith of Danvers, Mass. ; d. at 
 sea March 20, 1823. His son George "W., b. Jan. 
 15, 1815, was killed in the railroad accident at 
 Revere Aug. 26, 1871. 
 Onesimus, b. March 30, 1786 ; d. Oct. 28, 1792. 
 Mehetabel, b. March 24, 1790 ; md. Jan. 7, 1813, 
 Isaac Hill. They resided in Princeton, 111. They 
 had several children, but no record is received. 
 Timothy, b. July 5, 1792. + 
 
 Elijah Newell, b. Dec. 15, 1795 ; a farmer, who re- 
 sided in Union, N. Y., where he md. Wealthy 
 Davis, by whom he had three children. He md. 
 (2d) Asenath Marble, of Jaffrey. 
 
 VI. 
 
 vn. 
 
 vni. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Maj. John BAisrcEOFT md. May 3, 1804, Elizabeth Co- 
 burn, dau. of Josiah Coburn, q. v. He was major of the 
 12th Regiment MiUtia, to which Rindge belonged. He 
 d. while temporarily absent at Mobile, Ala., July 15, 1819. 
 His widow md. Gray. 
 
 I. Charles, b. May 5, 1805 ; d. Oct. 8, 1822, aged 17. 
 
 n. Ahnira, b. June 13, 1807 ; md. July 2, 1829, Charles 
 Stearns, a brother of Samuel Stearns. They 
 reside in Lowell, Mass. Their only son : — 
 
 1. Charles Willard, b. June 22, 1830 ; md. Oct. 
 27, 1850, Sarah Jane Stearns, dau. of Jos. 
 and Lucy Stearns, of Boston. They re- 
 side in Middletown, Ct. They have one 
 son: — 
 Frank Edson, b. March 29, 1857. 
 
 ni. Addison, b. Dec. 16, 1808. + 
 
 IV. John Gardner, b. Nov. 28, 1810; md. Wealthy 
 White, who d. July 6, 1867 ; md. (2d) Roxanna 
 Letford, who d. about 1870. For many years, 
 and until his death, he was proprietor of an eat- 
 
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 ing-house in Boston. He d. June 20, 1872. 'No 
 children. 
 V. George Washington, b. Nov. 30, 1812 ; md. Aug. 
 26, 1841, Achsah Colburn, b. March 6, 1811, dau. 
 of Nathan and Betsey (Powers) Colburji, of Tem- 
 ple, N. H. He was a grad. of Oberlin College, 
 1841, and preceptor of a classical and English 
 school until his death Aug. 5, 1843. His widow 
 md. (2d) Sept. 1, 1846, Elijah Lyman, of Strong- 
 ville, O. 
 VI. Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1815, md. David Knight Bou- 
 telle, a dentist, formerly of Manchester, N. H., 
 now of Lake City, Minn. She d. in Manchester 
 July 24, 1864, leaving four children. 
 
 1. Frank M., b. Feb. 21, 1843. 
 
 2. George B., b. June 9, 1845. 
 
 3. WilUam E., b. April 1, 1848. 
 
 4. Chellis B., b. Nov. 18, 1858. 
 vn. Evelina, b. April 21, 1817. 
 
 Timothy Bajstceoft md. 1816, pub. Jan. 10, Matilda 
 Rand, dau. of Col. Daniel Rand, q. v. They resided in 
 Union, N. T., 1819 to 1828, and then removed to Bridge- 
 water, Mich., and subsequently to Clinton, Mich. 
 
 I. Louisa, b. in Cornish, N. H., June 13, 1817. 
 
 II. Tryphosa, b. in Rindge Oct. 2, 1818 ; d. in Eaton 
 
 Rapids, Mich., 1838. 
 in. Alomo, b. in Union Jan. 4, 1820 ; md. April 26, 
 1845, Harriet Jewett, dau. of Dr. Thomas Jew- 
 ett, q. V. They reside in Boston, where he was 
 for several years an appointee in the Custom 
 House. 
 
 1. Anson, b. Jan. 6, 1849; d. same day. 
 
 2. Winfield B., b. April 30, 1850. Amherst 
 College. Now a medical student. 
 
 Wilder, h. Nov. 29, 1821. 
 Baxter, b. Feb. 10, 1823 ; d. Oct. 10, 1847. 
 JVancy, b. March 14, 1826. 
 
 Edward, b. March 1, 1829. Resides at Emporia, 
 Kansas. A real estate agent and a notary public, 
 vin. Mary, b. Nov. 12, 1833. 
 
 Asa, b. 1835 ; resides in Emporia, Kansas. Was 
 formerly Secretary of State of Kansas. 
 
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 V 
 
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 VI 
 
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 VII 
 
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 vin. 
 
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 IX. 
 
 Addison Banceoi't, a fanner in Rindge ; md. April 3, 
 1832, Mary Ann Goddard, dau. of Dea. Luther Goddard, 
 q. V. She d. Sept. 19, 1852 ; md. (2d) Jan. 4, 1853, Mary 
 (Ward) Jones, widow of Christopher Jones, of Ashburn- 
 ham, and dau. of Caleb Ward, of Ashburnham. She d. 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 71 
 
 March 19, 1869 ; md. (3d) Oct. 14, 1869, Elmira (Peirce) 
 Smiley, widow of Charles M. Smiley, and dau. of Joseph 
 Peirce. 
 
 I. George Washington, b. March 28, 1833 ; md. Nov. 
 5, 1857, Emerett O. Pratt, dau. of Peter Pratt, 
 Esq., of Coleville, Broome Co., N. T. They re- 
 side in Coleville. 
 
 1. Jennie Frances, b. Feb. 1, 1859. 
 
 2. Ellsworth D., b. March 7, 1861. 
 
 3. Maryett, b. Dec. 27, 1863. 
 
 4. Adalaide S., b. Jan. 31, 1869. 
 
 11. Charles Addison, b. Aug. 11, 1834 ; d. July 11, 1837. 
 ni. Martha Jane, b. March 15,1836; md. Lyman B. 
 
 Graham. Keside in Minneapolis, Minn. 
 IV. Harriet Elizabeth, b. June 1, 1839; md. May 8, 
 
 1866, George J. Allen, son of Eliphaz Allen, Jr., 
 
 q. V. Reside in Fitohburg, Mass. 
 V. John Gardner, b. Sept. 23, 1840; d. 26 same 
 
 month. 
 VI. Mary Mersylvia, b. Dec. 12, 1841 ; md. Edwin S. 
 
 Burnap. Reside in Fitchburg, Mass. 
 VII. Almira Jvucinda, b. April 5, 1849; md. Ephraim 
 
 H. Bowen, of Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 Two children by second marriage : — 
 vni. Charles Addison, b. May 26, 1857. 
 IX. John Perry, b. Nov. 13, 1859. 
 
 BARKER. 
 
 Barnabas Barker, of Soituate, Mass., md. 1719, Hannah Turner. His 
 dwelling-house at " Beach Woods " was burned 1739, and he was excused 
 from taxes for that year. He md. (2d) 1740, Mary Neal. Four of Ms 
 children and several grandchildi-en removed to Kindge near the close of 
 the Revolution. Their record is an honorable one. The names of his 
 children were as follows : (1) Barnabas, b. 1724 ; removed to Eindge, and 
 is mentioned hereafter; (2) Thomas; (3) Content, b. 1747; md. Capt. 
 Benjamin Lapham ; md. (2d) .Jonathan Sherwin, both of Eindge ; (4) 
 Bathsheba, b. 1750; md. David Hale, of Eindge; (5) Zipporah, b. 1752; 
 md. Jonathan IngaUs, of Eindge. The daughters were children of the 
 second wife. 
 
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 Baenabas Baeker, b. 1724; md. 1750, Sarah Greene. 
 While a citizen of Scituate he was prominent in ecclesi- 
 astical and civil affairs, and took an active and honorable 
 part in the Revolution. He removed with his family to 
 Rindge in 1780, and was admitted to the church by letter 
 during that year. With him came his three half sisters, 
 who md. and d. in this town. He d. March 23, 1797, aged 
 73. His wife d. Feb. 20, 1797, aged 73. 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 439 
 
 I. JbAw, b. 1752.+ 
 
 n. Polly, b. Oct. 6, 1754; md. Andrew Kimball of 
 Rindge, q. v. 
 
 in. David, . -|- 
 
 IV. Barnabas , resided in Rindge 1780-1790; 
 
 dau. Nancy bap. 1782. He removed to Charles- 
 town, Mass., where he d., leaving five children. 
 None of them long survived him. 
 
 V. Lemuel , taxed in this town until 1793 ; dau. 
 
 Sally bap. 1792. He removed to Concord, N.H., 
 where he d., leaving a son and three daughters. 
 
 VI. William, b. 1762.+ 
 
 JoHN Baekee, b. 1752; md. Dec. 7, 1795, Hannah 
 Smith, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Morrison) Smith, 
 of Peterborough, N. H. She was b. May 8, 1761, and d. 
 Aug. 28, 1813. He md. (2d) Sallie (Crumble) Barker, 
 widow of his brother David. He was a farmer, and 
 owned the farm now of Stephen Hale. He was killed by 
 a bull July 25, 1819. His widow d. in Maine at the resi- 
 dence of her son. 
 
 I. Sannah, b. April 24, 1801 ; md. Stephen Jewett, 
 
 q. V. 
 n. John, b. Nov. 28, 1804 ; removed 1827 to the city 
 of New York, where he md. May 10, 1830, Eu- 
 nice G. Thompson, b. Nov. 23, 1801, dau. of Rev. 
 Amos G. Thompson, of Montville, Ct. She d. 
 Aug. 9, 1842 ; md. (2d) Harriet Eliza Gray, dau. 
 of John Gray, Esq., of New York. For the past 
 few years he has resided in Stark, Bradford Co., 
 Fla. He has several children, but no record has 
 been received. 
 
 Dea. David Baekee md. March 17, 1783, Sally Crum- 
 ble, dau. of Lieut. James Crumble, of Rindge. He was a 
 farmer and a carpenter, and resided on the farm now of 
 Dea. James Bancroft. He and his brother William were 
 the contractors who built the meeting-house 1796. He d. 
 June 16, 1816, and his widow md. his brother John. Their 
 only child was : — 
 
 I. Thom,as GrumMe, b. 1803. He was a physician of 
 Bangor, Me., where he recently died. 
 
 William Baekek, b. 1762 ; came to Rindge with others 
 of the family 1780; md. Oct. 28, 1794, Sarah Payson, b. 
 July 13, 1775, dau. of George and Abigail (Boyd) Payson, 
 of Walpole, and a cousin of Rev. Seth Payson, D. D., of 
 Rindge. Mr. Barker was a carpenter, and for many years 
 he conducted the business of tanning. He was an active. 
 
440 
 
 BISTOBT OF BINSGE. 
 
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 useful citizen. 
 19, 1852. 
 
 He d. Oct. 25, 1830 ; Hs widow d. June 
 
 I. Po% JHale, h. Dec. 15, 1795 ; d. unmd. April 16, 
 
 1819. 
 II. William, b. Dec. 15, 1796 ; d. unmd. July 30, 1823. 
 m. Sarah, bap. 1801 ; d. in infancy. 
 IT. Georffe Payson, b. Oct. 25, 1807. Vide p. 347. 
 
 He md. Abby Coit, of ISTorwich, Ct., and d. Jan. 
 
 28, 1848, leaving two children. His widow d. 
 
 Feb. 5, 1874. 
 
 1. George Payson, Jr., b. Dec. 24, 1835; d. 
 
 Jan. 28, 1868. Graduate of Yale 1856. 
 Admitted to the bar 1859, and entered 
 upon the practice of his profession in his 
 native city, Buffalo, IST. Y. Inheriting the 
 peculiar fascinations and, in no small de- 
 gree, the genius of his talented father, he 
 was at once recognized as a young man of 
 superior ability and unblemished charac- 
 ter. During his brief career he won con- 
 siderable distinction, and the respect and 
 good-will of his associates. 
 
 2. Sarah, b. ; md. Sept. 5, 1867, Edward 
 
 N. Gibbs, now cashier of the Thames 
 National Bank, of Norwich, Ct. 
 
 Benjamin Baekbe, parentage not known, but of dis- 
 tant kinship, if related at all, to the foregoing family of 
 Barkers, was b. 1746, and came to Rindge soon after the 
 Revolution, and settled east of the Dea. Goddard farm ; 
 he d. Feb. 23, 1837. He was fond of relating improbable 
 stories which he attempted to clothe in the dignity of 
 truth. A sample of his anecdotes was an oft-repeated 
 declaration that he once saw a hawk attempt to capture a 
 sparrow that was perched upon the sharpened point of the 
 centre pole of a hay-stack. The bird opportunely flew 
 away, but the hawk came with such impetuosity and cer- 
 tainty of aim, he struck the shaft and suddenly expired 
 with a foot of the pole obtruding above his back. He 
 asserted, with much apparent sincerity, that " down below" 
 where he formerly Uved he had seen farmers ploughing 
 among white oak stumps of twelve feet in diameter ; with 
 a good plough and six yokes of oxen, they never turned 
 out for such obstacles, but drove the plough through their 
 centres, and frequently after the team had passed on the 
 open mouths of the stumps would shut up again with a 
 crack that made the hills echo from the stunning concus- 
 sion. Perhaps all his children are not named below. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 
 
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 25 
 26 
 
 BiStsey, b. 
 aged 40. 
 SaUy, b. 
 
 insane; d. unmd. Deo. 4, 1827, 
 
 II. iSally, b. ; md. Jonathan Sherwin, son of Capt. 
 
 Asa Sherwin, q. v. 
 III. Benjamin, Jr., b. ; md. Phebe Temple. 
 
 Resided in Rindge until 1808, when he removed 
 
 to Boston. Four of the six children bom in 
 
 Rindge. 
 
 1. Mehitable, b. Oct. 10, 1798. 
 
 2. Phebe, b. Oct. 21, 1800. 
 
 3. Benjamin, b. ISTov. 11, 1802. 
 
 4. Sally, b. Sept. 28, 1808. 
 
 5. Sophia, b. May 12, 1809. 
 
 6. Maria, b. Jan. 4, 1811. 
 
 Benjamin Bbals was in Rindge previous to the Revo- 
 lution. He was in Capt. Thomas' company 1775, in Capt. 
 Stone's and in Capt. Rand's companies 1777, and in 1780 
 he again enlisted for "the service at the frontiers at Coos." 
 He md. May 11, 1779, Anna Lawrence, of Groton. Sally, 
 their dau., was b. in Rindge March 20, 1780. The family 
 probably removed from town soon after. 
 
 Capt. Edmund Bemis, of Westminster, Mass., cominanded a company 
 in the Eevolutionary service. He was a son of Philip Bemis, who 
 removed from Cambridge, 1738, and was the third settler in West- 
 minster. He md. 1760, Elizabeth Rand, and had sons, Elijah, Ed- 
 mund, Samuel, Ebenezer, and three daughters. He d. Dec. 1, 1807. 
 Edmund, second son of Capt. Edmund, was b. 1765; md. 1799, 
 Susannah Graves. After residing in Eitchburg a few years, he 
 removed, 1804, to Troy, N. H., where he d. Feb. 11, 1857. His third 
 child was Elijah, who md. March 11, 1824, Lucy Butler, dau. of Joseph 
 Butler, then of Troy. He d. in Troy, Nov. 1, 1852. 
 
 Elijah Bemis, son of Elijah and Lucy (Butler) Bemis, 
 was b. in Troy, March 2, 1829. Removed to Rindge 
 1851 ; md. June 2, 1852, Susan H. Kimball, dau. of 
 Samuel M. and Melinda (Peirce) Kimball, of Rindge, 
 q. V. He is a manufacturer of wooden-ware, at West 
 Rindge. He was selectman 1856, 1857, 1858, and 1874. 
 
 GiLBEKT C. Bemis, a brother of the above, b. in Troy, 
 June 28, 1830 ; md. Oct. 19, 1854, Sarah Ellen Metcalf, 
 dau. of Timothy Metcalf, q. v. They resided in Rindge 
 only a few years. 
 
 Calvin Bemis, son of Jonathan Bemis, of Marlboro, 
 N. H., b. in that town, Jan. 27, 1798; md. March 14, 
 1822, Deborah Brewer, dau. of Asa and Deborah (Sar- 
 gent) Brewer, of Fitzwilliam, now included in Troy. 
 Removed to Rindge 1831, and remained here about 
 
442 
 
 HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 5 
 6 
 
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 twenty years. His farm was near the Fitzwilliam line, 
 and on the road to that town. 
 
 I. Mim, b. Oct. 10, 1823 ; md. May 8, 1845, Calvin 
 
 Hastings. 
 II. Maria, b. Jan. 24, 1826; md. March 31, 1847, 
 
 Charles Perry, 
 m. Jfary Jane, b. April 9, 1835 ; md. Oct. 23, 1855, 
 
 Leonard Wright, son of Col. Lyman and Betsy 
 
 (Bowker) Wright, of Troy, N". H. 
 
 Phinehas BsNisrETT, b. about 1740, parentage not 
 ascertained, settled in the northeast part of the town 
 about 1798. He d. about 1820, and his widow near the 
 same date. 
 
 I. JPhinehas Bennett, b. previous to 1781. After 
 marriage removed to Hatfield, Mass., in 1810, 
 where he d. 1813, leaving six children. Lyman 
 Bennett, the eldest, is an aged and highly- 
 respected citizen of Troy, N. Y. 
 
 II. Hannah, md. Brooks, and removed to New 
 
 York. 
 
 III. Edith, md. Jefts. They resided in Mason, 
 
 where he d. about 1860. She resides a widow, 
 in Ashby. 
 
 IV. Elizaheth, md. Chamberlain ; resided in New 
 
 Ipswich. A dau., the wife of Moses Cragin, d. 
 in Kindge, Aug. 20, 1842. After the death of 
 
 Mr. Chamberlain she md. (2d) Kennedy, 
 
 and, surviving him, d. in Mason about 1862. 
 
 v. Ezra, md. Harriet Hunt, dau. of Nathan and 
 Abigail (Hale) Hunt. They lived in Rindge 
 and vicinity several years. There were several 
 children, but no record is received. 
 
 VI. James, b. 1787. -j- 
 
 James Bbnitett, youngest son of Phinehas Bennett; 
 md. Nov. 18, 1813, Parna White, b. Feb. 4, 1796, dau. of 
 Elisha and Mary (Corbet) White, of Royalston, Mass. 
 Capt. Bennett was a farmer and box-manufacturer of 
 Rindge. He d. Sept. 30, 1857. 
 
 I. Hiram, b. Sept. 19, 1814; md. Nov. 17, 1836, 
 Catherine Poland, of Winchendon. She d. 
 1852. He md. (2d) 1853, Charlotte Clark, who 
 d. 1873. He is a jeweler, and resides in Sandy 
 Hill, N. Y. 
 
 1. Elsie, b. Oct. 1837 ; md. William Paine. 
 
 2. William, b. ; resides in Sandy Hill. 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 443 
 
 3. Alvah, b. ; resides in Brooklyn, N". Y. 
 
 4. Katie, b. ; md. James Langworthy. 
 
 II. Horace, b. May 21,, 1816; md. March 1, 1840, 
 Mary Morrison, of Cambridge, Mass. He d. 
 Jan. 8, 1841. 
 lu. Lyman, b. May 17, 1818 ; md. Lucinda Wellington. 
 IV. Alonzo W., h. Dec. 12, 1820. Studied medicine 
 with Dr. James B. Porter, of Rutland, Vt. ; 
 attended lectures at Berkshire Medical College, 
 Pittsfield, and at College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons, New York, where he received his degree. 
 He has also received the benefit of a year's 
 attendance in the schools and practice in the 
 hospitals of Paris. He resides, in the successful 
 practice of his profession, in Uxbridge, Mass. 
 He md. Margaret Taft, of Uxbridge, a lady of 
 superior mental endowment. 
 
 v. Jane, b. July 29, 1822 ; md. Josiah Stratton, q. v. 
 VI. Augusta P., b. July 21, 1830; md. H. N. But- 
 
 VII. Anna S., b. Oct. 19, 1831; md. Sept. 12, 1852, 
 Franklin H. Cutter, son of Joel Cutter, of 
 Jaffrey. He is a farmer, a commissioner for 
 Cheshire County 1868-70, and member of Legis- 
 lature 1872 and 1873. 
 
 1. Florence P., b. June 30, 1853. 
 
 2. Henrietta S., b. Sept. 3, 1855. 
 
 vm. Maria M., b. Feb. 23, 1835. 
 IX. Ann J^ b. Jan. 2, 1837 ; md. March, 1860, E. B. 
 Cutter. Vide Cutter registers, in this volume. 
 
 LTMAif Bennett, md. Nov. 12, 1840, Lucinda Welling- 
 ton, dau. of Capt. Leonard and Lucinda (Page) Welling- 
 ton, of Rindge, q. v. They reside at Converseville, in 
 Rindge. 
 
 I. Horace C, b. Oct. 24, 1841 ; md. Sept. 19, 1870, 
 Charlotte Freeland, dau. of Chester J. and 
 Maria (Austin) Freeland. He read law with 
 Hon. Amasa Norcross, of Fitchburg, and is 
 engaged in the practice of his profession, in 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 II. Ellen Anna, b. Sept. 6, 1843; md. Elijah T. 
 Platts, son of Hosea Platts, q. v. 
 
 III. Qeorge L., b. July 19, 1845 ; md. March 25, 1873, 
 
 Mary Preston, dau. of Edward F. and Mary 
 (Appleton) Preston, of New Ipswich. He is a 
 dentist ; resides in Winchendon. 
 
 IV. Mary Ella, b. March 6, 1848 ; d. April 11, 1848. 
 
444 mSTOET OF bindge. 
 
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 28 
 
 V. Herbert E., b. June 19, 1849 ; resides in Chicago, 
 
 111. 
 VI. Charles Wayland, b. March 28, 1852 ; d. Sept. 25, 
 
 1853. 
 
 Aahon Bixbt resided in the southwest part of this 
 town several years previous to 1820. His children bom 
 in Rindge were as follows : — 
 
 I. tToel Raymond, b. Jan. 5, 1803 ; was md. and lived 
 east of the Monomonook Lake; had a large 
 number of children, but no records are at hand. 
 
 11. Sophronia, b. April 9, 1804. 
 
 III. Jeremiah Blake, b. Dec. 24, 1805. 
 
 IV. Hollis, b. June 4, 1807. 
 
 V. Harrison, b. Jan. 9, 1809; d. unmd. 1858. 
 VI. Susan, b. June 24, 1810. 
 
 BLAKE. 
 
 Several generations of the Blake family had resided in Little Baddow, 
 lissex, England, previous to the birth of William, the emigrant ancestor 
 of the Blakes of New England. He was a son of Giles and Dorothy 
 (Twedy) Blake, and was born in Little Baddow in 1594. With his 
 ■wife Agnes he came to America in 1630. Sailing from Plymouth, March 
 20, he arrived at Nantasket, now Huh, May 80. With the companions of 
 the voyage, he settled in June at Mattapan, long known as Dorchester. 
 In 1637, he received a lot of land in the distribution of lots on Dorchester 
 Neck. Admitted freeman March 14, 1638-9, one of the selectmen 1645, 
 1647, and 1651. " Died Mr. WiUiam Blake who had been Clerk of ye 
 Writs for the County of Suffolk & Recorder for ye Town near 8 years. 
 He was also Clerk of ye Training-band. He died ye 25th of ye 8th Mo. 
 1663, in ye 69th Year of his Age." ( Annals of Dorchester.) 
 
 His widow d. July 22, 1678. The wiU of WUliam Blake represents 
 an ample estate, and mentions his wife and five children. One of the 
 bequests was in these words : " Item. I give and bequeath imto ye town 
 of Dorchester twenty shillings to be bestowed for ye repairing of ye 
 Burying place so yt swine and other vermine may not Anoy ye Graves of 
 ye Saints." His children were William, James, Edwaa-d, John, and 
 Ann, probably b. in England. Edward Blake, third son of WiUiam, 
 was b. in England about 1625. With his brother WiUiam he settled 
 in MUton, Mass. By his wiU, his estate was divided among two sons 
 and five daughters. His wife was Patience Pope, of Dorchester. She 
 d. Aug. 4, 1690. Their third son and eighth child was Jonathan Blake, 
 who was said in his father's will to have been " afflicted with a lame- 
 ness." He was b. July 5, 1672, and md. March 16, 1699, Elizabeth 
 Caudage,_of Cambridge. He resided in Boston, probably leaving Milton 
 early in life, as the records of that town contain no reference to him or 
 his family. Ebenezer Blake, his son, b. 1709, md. Dec. 11, 1729, Patron- 
 neUa Peck, of Rehoboth. He settled in Wrentham, Mass. His wife d., 
 leaving three sons and a daughter, Sept. 11, 1757, aged 50. He md. 
 (2d) Elizabeth Patridge, by whom he had four children. Several 
 letters written by him to his grandsons, then serving in the patriot 
 army during the Revolution, are stiU preserved, and represent him a 
 maji of ability, patricftism, and culture. He d. March 14, 1794. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 445 
 
 Ebenezer Blake, son of Ebenezer and Patronnella (Peck) Blake, was 
 b. Sept. 28, 1730, and md. (1st) Oct. 11, 1756, Tamar Thompson, who d. 
 Nov. 13, 1775, leaving nine children. He md. (2d) Feb. 8, 1777 (?), Anna 
 Hodges. She d. June 9, 1783, and he md. (3d) Jan. 28, 1784, Rachel Balcom. 
 He d. Sept. 11, 1819, and his widow Aug. 24, 1833. He was a farmer of 
 Wrentham. He served in the French and Indian wars. He presented 
 the musket carried in these campaigns to his grandson, Ebenezer Blake, 
 Esq., of Rindge, in whose possession it stiU remains. It is a light, well- 
 finished gun, of French manufacture. Letters written to his sons serving 
 in the Revolutionary anny, still preserved by his descendants, vividly por- 
 tray the trials and privations of the period, and in patriotic sentiment 
 and Christian counsel favorably exhibit the character of the man. His 
 children were, Eleazer, b. AprU 1, 1757 (see below) ; Ebenezer, b. July 
 30, 1760, of Stoddard, N. H., and Solon, N. Y. ; Enos, June 9, 1762, d. of 
 hydrophobia Jan. 9, 1772 ; EUhu, b. May 5, 1764, of Westboro, Mass. ; 
 Levina, b. Oct. 30, 1765 ; md. Samuel Messenger and removed to Stod- 
 dard, N. H. ; Jason, b. Nov. 30, 1767, d. in Worthiagton, Mass., 1841 ; 
 Bamum, Aug. 9, 1769, d. at Westboro 1811 ; Tamar, b. Sept. 14, 1771, 
 md. Curtis Searles, of Sutton ; Calvin, b. Oct. 1, 1773 ; d. in Wrentham, 
 Mass., Feb. 26, 1865 ; Luther, b. Oct. 27, 1775, d. in Wrentham Jan. 9, 
 1834. It will be perceived that Ebenezer, Sen., d. at the advanced age of 
 85 years, his son, Ebenezer, Jr., at 89 years, and it will be seen that Elear- 
 zer, son of Ebenezer, Jr., was about 95 years of age at the time of his 
 death, and his son Enos d. at the age of 79 years, making an average of 
 the four successive generations of above 87 years. 
 
 Dea. Eleazbr Blakb, the immediate ancestor of -the 
 Blake family of Rindge, was b. in Wrentham, April 1, 
 1757. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to Capt. 
 Cowell, a wheelwright in his native town. In 1775, he 
 marched with a company from Wrentham, under com- 
 mand of Capt. Cowell, and arrived in Roxbury on the 
 morning of April 20, and continued in the patriot army 
 during the entire war. Until February, 1776, he partici- 
 pated in the siege of Boston, and on the day of the battle 
 
 of Bunker Hill, he, 
 with others, was 
 engaged in fortify- 
 ing Prospect Hill, where he witnessed the bloody engage- 
 ment of June 17. The scene was vividly imprinted in his 
 memory, and his intelligent descriptions of the incidents 
 of the day, the fierce combat, the discharge of musketry, 
 the deafening cannonade from the British navy, the 
 smoke of burning Charlestown, and the groups of women 
 and children gathered upon the surrounding hills, where 
 they witnessed the destruction of/ their homes, were 
 frequently narrated by Dea. B. to groups of children 
 who were wont to listen with delight to his stories of 
 the Revolution. 
 
 He continued to serve until the early part of another 
 year, in what was styled the Massachusetts or Bay State 
 Line, which included several months of service in Rhode 
 Island. In 1777, the State having called for enlistments 
 
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446 
 
 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 for three years, or during the war, he enlisted, May 19, in 
 the Continental service for the entire war. His regiment 
 was sent to New York, and subsequently joined the army 
 of Gen. Gates, where he participated in the triumphs of 
 the patriots oyer Gen. Burgoyne, and bore an honorable 
 part in the memorable battles of Stillwater and Saratoga. 
 The following winter he endured the exposure and 
 nakedness of Valley Forge. The following spring and 
 summer he was with the army immediately under the 
 command of Washington. From the effect of the heat 
 and fatigue of the battle of Monmouth he never fully 
 recovered. Subsequently he was in Sullivan's army 
 during a part of the Rhode Island campaign, and soon 
 after joined the army in the State of New York, where 
 he remained almost continuously until Ms discharge from 
 the service. In 1780, he was an eye-witness to the 
 escape of Arnold, and was one of the guards at the 
 execution of Major Andre. His account of the death of 
 this lamented and spirited officer, which he seldom 
 related without deep emotion, and often with tears, is 
 well remembered by many of his youthful auditors. 
 "The gallows was composed of two posts and a bar 
 joining their summits, from which a rope was suspended; 
 a wagon placed beneath the bar completed the arrange- 
 ments for the execution. Being conducted to the scene. 
 Major Andre bowed familiarly to the officers with whom 
 he had become acquainted during his imprisonment, his 
 countenance evincing both calmness and fortitude. Tall 
 in stature, of unusual symmetry of form, he was a man 
 of singular beauty. His light auburn hair, of uncommon 
 length and profusion, hung gracefully about his head and 
 shoulders, and his garments were of the finest and most 
 costly fabric. "When informed that the fatal hour had 
 arrived, he promptly stepped upon the wagon beneath 
 the gallows, and looking down upon his open coffin 
 and to the guards who stood around, he exclaimed, 
 ' Must I die in this manner ? Once more I beg that I 
 may be shot.' Upon receiving an assurance that his 
 sentence could not be evaded, he said : ' I am reconciled 
 to my fate, but not to the manner of my death. I have 
 nothing to say,' he continued, ' but to request that you 
 witness to the world that I die like a brave man.' 
 Removing his gold-laced hat, he cast it upon the ground, 
 and having bared his neck, by removing the heavy stock 
 worn at the time by the British officer, he adjusted the 
 rope with his own hands ; and taking two handkerchiefs 
 from his pocket he carefully tied one over his own eyes, 
 and shut out forever the light of day; the other he 
 handed to the executioner, requesting him to bind his 
 hands. The word was now given, the wagon moved from 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGI8TEB. 447 
 
 beneath the gallows, and Major Andre was suspended in 
 the air. The executioner, thrice seizing hold of the 
 expiring man, added his weight to hasten the progress of 
 his death." The scene was ever vivid in the memory of 
 Dea. Blake, who stood among the guards and within a 
 few feet of the gallows, and in the narration he appeared 
 to witness afresh the painful affair. 
 
 In 1780, Mr. Blake, then in Col. "William Shepard's 
 regiment, was appointed sergeant, and in 1782 was 
 detailed as assistant-quartermaster of the Fourth Massa- 
 chusetts Brigade, in which line of service he continued 
 until his discharge, at "Camp New Windsor," in New 
 York, June 12, 1783, from whence he traveled on foot a 
 distance of 220 miles, to his home in Wrentham, where 
 he arrived June 21, after an almost continuous service of 
 more than eight years. From a journal kept during 
 these years by Sergeant Blake, much can be learned of 
 his inner life, and abundant evidence is presented that 
 he was a sincere Christian as well as a patriot. Prompt 
 and conscientious in the discharge of every duty, firm 
 and unyielding in principle, he also embellished his 
 service in the army with many acts of kindness to the 
 sick and suffering. 
 
 In the autumn following his discharge, accompanied by 
 his brother Ebenezer, who had served four years in the 
 army, he visited Coos County, N. H., where he remained 
 several months, and was engaged as a school-teacher. 
 After a brief residence in New York, he md. Nov. 29, 
 1785, Jerusha Gerould, dau. of Gamaliel and Jerusha 
 (Mann) Gerould, of Wrentham, and settled in Stoddard, 
 N. H. In 1792 he removed to Rindge, where he con- 
 tinued to reside, following the occupation of a farmer 
 and a wheelwright. Under the ministry of Dr. Payson 
 he was chosen deacon of the Congregational Church, in 
 which capacity he officiated until eighty years' of age. 
 The blameless character of Dea. Blake, his unimpeach- 
 able integrity, and his Christian counsels, will long be 
 treasured by his townsmen and acquaintances. He d. 
 Sept. 27, 1858, aged 95 years and nearly 6 months. His 
 wife d. May 20, 1849, aged 89. Issue : — 
 
 I. Mios. b. May 28, 1788. + 
 II. JBela, b. Nov. 21, 1790. -j- 
 
 III. JEri, b. Nov. 16, 1792; d., unmd., in Watertown, 
 
 Mass., Dec. 14, 1813. 
 
 IV. Jerusha, b. Aug. 26, 1795 ; d., unmd., in Rindge 
 
 May 6, 1828. 
 V. Meneser, b. Nov. 16, 1800. + 
 
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 HISTOBT OF RINBGE. 
 
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 Enos Blake md. April 29, 1814, Almira Stratton, dau. 
 of Elisha and Mehitabel (Kussell) Stratton, of "Weston, 
 Mass., where she was b. March 29, 1793. Mr. Blake was 
 an estimable citizen. He was a farmer, wheelwright, and 
 one of the first to engage in the manufacture of wooden- 
 ware at West Kindge. In 1832, in company with Asa 
 Stickney, he built the saw-mill now owned by A. S. 
 Sawtell. He d. Dec. 3, 1867, aged 79. His widow 
 resides on the homestead. 
 
 I. George Morrill, b. Aug. 23, 1820; md. Jan. 2, 
 1849, Mary S. Lovejoy, dau. of Selah Lovejoy, 
 q. V. In 1856 he removed to Hastings, Minn., 
 where he owns an extensive farm on the bank 
 of the Mississippi River. Four children. 
 
 u. Almira J., b. March 22, 1826; md. Aaron S. 
 Sawtell, q. v. 
 
 III. Martha M, b. Sept. 11, 1834; d. July 14, 1844. 
 
 Bela Blabje, the second son of Dea. Blake, was early 
 imbued with a desire of receiving a liberal education. 
 At the age of eighteen his father gave him his time 
 during the remainder of his minority. The following 
 winter he resided with Dea. Abner Spofford, of Jaffrey, 
 where he attended school, working morning and evening 
 for his board. Subsequently for several months he pur- 
 sued his studies under the tuition of Samuel Leach, of 
 Jaffrey, and the succeeding winter he taught one of the 
 
 district- schools in 
 that town. Re- 
 turning to Rindge, 
 he continued his 
 studies, under the 
 instruction of Dr. Payson. In 1811, abandoning the idea 
 of a collegiate education, he obtained a situation in Boston 
 as an accountant, where he remained five years, pursuing, 
 meanwhile, the study of modern languages, in which he 
 made considerable progress. In 1816 he embarked as 
 clerk of a merchant vessel, bound for the western coast 
 of Mexico, and from thence to Canton. Arriving at 
 San Bias, they traded to a considerable amount, and 
 sailed for Mazetland, a small port in the Gulf of Cali- 
 fornia, at the time in the hands of insurgents engaged in 
 a rebellion against the government of Mexico. The 
 Spaniards, visiting the vessel under the cloak of friend- 
 ship, treacherously overpowered the officers and crew. 
 The vessel and a valuable cargo were confiscated, and the 
 captives, receiving the most cruel treatment, were thrown 
 into prison. Soon after, Mr. Blake and several of his 
 
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 companions were conducted to Arispe, in the province of 
 Sonora, a journey of twelve hundred miles, which was 
 attended with many exposures and hardships. Here 
 they remained imprisoned for more than two years, when 
 they were released, and, after much suffering, again 
 arrived at San Bias, December 14, 1820, and immediately 
 took passage on a friendly vessel to Manilla, which was 
 destined to be his abode during the remainder of his life. 
 In December, 1821, he formed a partnership with Jose de 
 Ortega, a Spanish gentleman, for the purpose of manu- 
 facturing sugar, and transacting a general commission 
 business. With one or more changes of partners, he 
 successfully continued the business until his death, event- 
 ually owning several ships, and sending valuable cargoes 
 to the ports of Europe, Asia, and America. His business 
 qualities are said to have been of a superior order. He 
 spoke fluently several languages, and owing to the diffi- 
 culty in procuring suitable clerks, he became to himself 
 a most rigid task-master. Although inheriting a strong 
 constitution, the warm climate and incessant labor under- 
 mined his health, which was made known to his friends 
 from his frequent letters to his relatives. In these letters 
 he manifested great solicitude for the comfort of his 
 parents, and his generous remittances attested his sin- 
 cerity. He frequently expressed a determination to 
 leave his business and return to his native land, to which 
 he remained ardently attached. In a letter to his father, 
 March 3, 1828, he writes: "I am fully convinced and 
 certain of your disapprobation, mingled, no doubt, with 
 sentiments of displeasure, when I inform you that I 
 am about to embark, and not for home. Be assured that 
 I feel as much as yourself on the occasion; but for the 
 present it must be so. I have been so long in a warm 
 climate that I need a little bracing up, and have con- 
 cluded to embark for California; and, God willing, shall 
 return in about ten months, after which I am determined 
 to take a voyage home, be the consequences what they 
 may." But fate had decreed that he should never return, 
 even to the home of his adoption. On his return voyage 
 from California, and as the vessel was entering Manilla 
 Bay, Mr. Blake d., unmd., April 12, 1829, in the 39th year 
 of his age. The vessel being detained in the bay by 
 adverse winds, his body was buried in the sea, far from 
 the home and friends which he ardently loved. 
 
 Ebbnbzee Blake md. July 12, 1824, Hepsibeth Jewett, 
 dau. of Amos Jewett, q. v. Mr. Blake resided for several 
 years on the farm formerly owned by his father on the 
 shore of Long Pond. In 1854 he built the house he now 
 occupies on the site of the residence of the father of his 
 
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 ■wife. He is a Justice of the Peace, and in Ms more act- 
 ive years took a lively interest in public affairs. Mrs. 
 Blake d. Nov. 10, 1874, aged 72. 
 
 I. JBela Shedd, b. June 25, 1825; md. Dec. 25, 1857, 
 Sarah Howard, of New York City. After resid- 
 ing several years in New York, he removed to 
 Cincinnati, O., and is a successful merchant of 
 that city. Two children. 
 
 II. Henry., b. Sept. 17, 1826 ; a mechanic and draughts- 
 man. Resides, unmd., in Keene, N. H. 
 
 III. Pliny FisJce, b. Oct. 14, 1827 ; d. in Rindge Aug. 
 
 1, 1853. 
 
 IV. Milton, b. May 22, 1829; md. Sept. 14, 1857, 
 
 Augusta N. Paul, dau. of Hial and Nancy (Wil- 
 lard) Paul, of Hartland, Vt. A mechanic; resides 
 in Keene, N. H. No children. 
 
 V. Charles Locke, b. Jan. 17, 1831. He studied medi- 
 cine, and commenced the practice of his profes- 
 sion in Worcester under the most flattering 
 auspices. After a short but honorable profes- 
 sional career, he d., unmd., Oct. 3, 1864. 
 
 VI. Arvilla, b. Dec. 22, 1832; md. Eliphaz H. Allen, 
 q. V. 
 
 VII. John Marshall, h. May 14, 1835; he maintained an 
 
 excellent character, and won a multitude of 
 warm personal friends, and d., soon after reach- 
 ing majority, in Iowa, Oct. 18, 1857. 
 
 VIII. Amos Jewett, b. Oct. 20, 18316; md. Dec. 26, 1865, 
 
 Lizzie A. Howe, dau. of Dennis Howe, q. v. She 
 d. June 22, 1867. Son Howard, b. Feb. 23, 1867, 
 and d. Sept. 8 of the same year. Mr. B. is a 
 lawyer in Fitzwilliam, where he commenced the 
 practice of his profession in 1863. He was an 
 efiicient Assistant Assessor of the Internal Reve- 
 nue 1862-1871. Has been superintendent of 
 schools in Fitzwilliam many years, and repre- 
 sented the town in the Legislature 1872-73. 
 IX. ^Vaw, b. Feb. 9, 1838. Is a lawyer; has resided 
 several jears at the West, and recently opened n 
 law office in Keene, N. H. It affords me pleas- 
 ure to acknowledge the receipt from him of 
 intelligent suggestions and no small amount of 
 material during the preparation of these registers. 
 X. Maria Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1839 ; md. Eliphaz H. 
 Allen, q. v. 
 
 Levi Blakchard and wife Hannah came from Sharon, 
 N. H., in 1821. The three eldest children were b. in 
 Sharon. They removed from Rindge previous to 1630. • 
 
GENEALOGICAL HISTOBT. 
 
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 I. Mvira, h. July 21, 1814. 
 
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 tL. Gilman, b. May 4, 1817. 
 
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 III. Hannah, b. Aug. 20, 1819. 
 
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 IV. Levi M., b. June 16, 1822. 
 
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 V. Clarissa, b. July 29, 1824. 
 
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 VI. JuKa Ann, b. Sept. 17, 1827. 
 
 BOWERS. 
 
 Nehemiah Bowees, son of Samuel and Esther Bowers, of Groton, was 
 b. Sept. 14, 1719 ; md. March 18, 1745, Sarah Larrabee, dau. of Samuel 
 Larrabee, then of Lunenburg, but subsequently of Rindge, q. v. He re- 
 sided in Groton and in Lunenburg. Their children were : (1) James, b. 
 July 16, 1746; settled in Eindge; (2) Jonathan, b. Oct. 24, 1748 ; d. Feb. 
 2, 1749 ; (3) Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1749-50 ; md. Josiah Ingalls, of Rindge ; (4) 
 Nehemiah, b. Feb. 26, 1752 ; settled in Rindge ; (5) Esther, b. May 26, 
 1754; md. Nov. 22, 1773, Dudley Griffin, and Uved in Jaffrey; (6) Eliza- 
 beth, b. Aug. 29, 1756 ; md. Feb. 21, 1799, Robert Dunbar. 
 
 JSfehemiah Bowers d. in Lunenburg. The date of his death does not 
 appear, but his widow md. Oct. 2, 1760, Ensign Joseph Platts, of Rindge. 
 Her removal to this to;wn, with the cldldren of the former marriage, is 
 the origin of the Bowers families of Rindge. 
 
 Jakes Bowees, b. July 16, 1746 ; md. Lydia > 
 
 and after a brief residence in Harvard, Mass., returned to 
 Rindge in 1785, and twenty years later he removed to 
 Dublin, N". H., where he d. Jan. 24, 1830. His widow d. 
 June 10, 1840. Rhoda, the eldest of their children, was 
 b. in Harvard, the others in Rindge. 
 
 I. Hhoda, b. Jan. 3, 1784. Is this the person who 
 md. Paul Nelson, and called ISTancy in the " His- 
 tory 6f Dublin"? 
 Jonathan S., b. Sept. 19, 1786 ; had a family. He 
 
 resided in Peterborough, N. H. 
 Imther, b. Nov. 22, 1788. Resided in Boston and 
 Dublin ; md. April 8, 1834, Sarah Bullai-d, dau. 
 of Simeon and Ruth (Adams) BuUard, of Dub- 
 Un. She d. May 27, 1840. 
 Levi, b. Nov. 22, 1790. Went to Boston. 
 Charles, b. Oct. 15, 1792. Removed to Boston. 
 Lydia, b. Oct. 13, 1794; md. 1812 or 13, Timothy 
 BuUard, a brother of the wife of Luther Bowers. 
 They resided in Dublin, where he d. Aug. 23, 
 1833. Their children were (1) Charles, b. Feb. 
 10, 1814; (2) Caroline, b. May 11, 1815; (3) 
 Clarissa, b. Dec. 4, 1816; (4) George, b. May 28, 
 1818; (5) Luther Sawyer, b. Nov. 18, 1819; (6) 
 Mary A., b. Oct. 13, 1821 ; (7) John A., b. Oct. 
 29, 1823. 
 VII. Boxa, b. May 31, 1799. 
 
 Nehemiah Bowees, a brother of James, b. Feb. 26, 
 1752 ; md. Sarah . No record of this marriage 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
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 has been found. Mr. Bowers is supposed to have lived 
 with his step-father, Ensign Platts, until he arrived at 
 majority. He was a farmer, and resided near the Fitz- 
 wiUiam Hne. He d. April 24, 1828. Issue : — 
 
 I. Sarah, b. Dec. 26, 1778 ; md. Joshua Walker, Jr., 
 
 q. V. 
 n. James, b. March 19, 1781. + 
 III. Betty, b. Dec. 20, 1783 ; md. Oct. 12, 1813, Elias 
 
 Smiley, of Jaffrey. They had four children. 
 
 Among them was Charles M., b. Jan. 26, 1819 ; 
 
 md. July 4, 1842, Elmira L. Peirce, and resided 
 
 for a short time in Rindge. He d. Oct. 22, 1862. 
 
 His widow md. Addison Bancroft, of Rindge, 
 
 q. V. 
 Polly, b. June 1, 1786. Resided in Rindge unmd. 
 
 until about 1858, when she removed to the West 
 
 with her brother Gilman. 
 Nancy, b. Feb. 28, 1791. 
 Ziucinda, b. July 8, 1798. 
 Asenath, b. Feb. 1, 1796. 
 Grilman, b. June 1, 1799. -|- 
 Oardner Sawin, b. April 4, 1802. Had a grain 
 
 mill in Jaffrey. 
 
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 IX. 
 
 Jambs Bow:ees md. Jan. 4, 1814, Polly Rand, dau. of 
 Solomon Rand, q. v. He was a carriage maker, and 
 resided at Rindge Centre. He d. about 1835. His widow 
 md. Sept. 11, 1838, Jonas Peirce, of Jaffrey ; d. in Jaffrey. 
 
 I. Elvira A., b. Oct. 15, 1814; md. and resided in 
 
 Draout, Mass. 
 
 II. Polly B., b. June 23, 1816; md. May 29, 1838, 
 
 Ebenezer Mann. 
 
 III. James L., b. July 28, 1819. 
 
 IV. Nancy M., b. Nov. 29, 1823. 
 
 v. George F., b. Feb., 1825 ; d. Sept. 22, 1827. 
 
 GriLMAN BowBES, md. Jan., 1832, Calista S. Fay, of 
 Walpole. He was a farmer, and removed to the West 
 about 1858. He had several children, four of whom d. 
 young, but no record has been secured. 
 
 BREED. 
 
 John Bkeed, from Lynnfield, Mass., settled in New Ipswich, about 
 1764. He d. 1780, aged 60, leaving several cMldren. Allen Breed, Ms 
 son, b. 1744, was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. He was a pros- 
 perous farmer in New Ipswich, where he d. in 1806. His widow d. in 
 Rindge, at an advanced age. Their children were : (1) Lydia, b. 1768 ; (2) 
 John; b. 1769 ; (3) Elisha, b. 1771 ; (4) AUen, b. 1774 ; (5) Enoch, b. 1780. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 
 
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 En-och Bebbd, son of Allen Breed, md. Dec. 29, 1807, 
 Sarah Wetherbee, dan. of John Wetherbee, q. v., and 
 resided in Rindge, where he d. June 26, 1811, aged 31. 
 His widow md. (2d) Adin Cummings, q. v. 
 
 I. Joseph Baxter, b. Nov. 27, 1808; md. Mary 
 
 Wilson. -|^ 
 II. Marinda, b. 1810 ; d. young. 
 
 Dea. Joseph Baxtbe Bbekd was a merchant. Vide 
 Chap. XVII. He md. June 6, 1833, Mary Wilson, dau. 
 of Maj. Supply and Sally (Scripture) Wilson, of New 
 Ipswich. She was b. Jan. 2, 1808. Dea. Breed d. Sept. 
 23, 1864. His widow d. in Geneseo, 111., Aug. 23, 1869. 
 
 I. Mar]/ Mizabeth, b. June 8, 1834; md. Jan. 12, 
 1860, John C. Spencer, son of John W. and 
 Eliza Spencer. He was b. at Rock Island, 111., 
 1833. They now reside in Geneseo, 111. 
 n. Martha Jane, b. June 8, 1834; d. same day. 
 in. Sarah Marinda, b. Nov. 15, 1835; d. Dec. 3, 
 1835. 
 
 IV. Marinda, b. Oct. 10, 1836; md. Nov. 23, 1865, 
 John L. Combs, son of Calvin and Delia 
 (Handy) Combs, of Winchester, N. H. Reside 
 in Geneseo, 111. 
 
 V. Sarriet Wilson, b. Aug. 9, 1838 ; d. Sept. 5, 1839. 
 VI. Augustus Baxter, b. Sept. 12, 1840; d. in the 
 service of his country, May 31, 1863. It was a 
 brief but blameless life. 
 VII. George ^enry, b. May 28, 1844; md. Dec, 1865, 
 Caroline A. Albro, of Providence, R. I. Reside 
 in Geneseo, 111. 
 
 BREWER. 
 
 Jambs Bkewbe, probably a descendant of John and Elizabeth (Rice) 
 Brewer, of Sudbuiy, Mass., removed, sis or seven years previous to the 
 Eevolution, from East Sudbury, now Wayland, Mass., to that part of 
 FitzwiUiam now included in Troy. "He possessed naturally a strong 
 mind, which was considerably improved by education, and was often 
 promoted to stations of honor and responsibility." He was an efficient 
 officer in the Revolutionary Army, and was with Ms company at Bunker 
 Hill and in the siege of Boston, and subsequently at Ticonderoga. liis 
 children were (1) Asa, b. July 24, 1767 ; (2) Piercess (Persis), b. July 
 22, 1771 ; (3) James, b. June 10, 1779 ; (4) Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1782. The 
 eldest son, Asa Brewer, md. 1793, Deborah Sargent, dau. of Samuel 
 Sargent, of Marlboro, N. H. He resided in Roxbury, and Troy, N. H., 
 and Bajton, Vt. He had six: children, and among them were Asa 
 Brewer, of Rindge, and Deborah, who md. Calvin Bemis, and resided 
 many years in this town. 
 
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 Asa Beewbe, son of Asa, md. Rachel Knights, of 
 Sudbury, Mass., and removed to Rindge 1837. He 
 resided upon the Capt. Walker farm, now of Z. F. 
 Whitney, until 1853, when he removed to Fitzwilliam, 
 where he d. about 1866. Among his children was 
 George S. Brewer, now an auctioneer in Fitchburg, who 
 md. Sept. 24, 1851, Rusiana Tarbell, ■ dau. of Reuben 
 Tarbell, q. v. She d. Nov. 20, 1871. 
 
 BRIGHAM. 
 
 Thomas Beigham, the ancestor of the Brighams of New England, 
 was h. 1603, and embarked at London for America, April 18, 1635. He 
 settled in Watertown, on land which was subsequently annexed to Cam- 
 bridge. He was admitted freeman 1639, and was selectman several 
 years. He md. soon after his arrival in America, Mercy Hurd, b. in 
 England. He d. Dec. 18, 1653, and his widow md. March 1, 1655, 
 Edmund Rice, then of Sudbury, and subsequently of Marlboro, Mass. 
 After the death of Mr. Rice, she md. as her 3d husband, 1664, WiUiam 
 Hunt, of Concord and Marlboro, Mass., who d. 1667, and she d. 1693. 
 Mr. Rice and Mr. Hunt, as well as Mr. Brigham, were the emigrant 
 ancestors of the numerous famihes bearing the respective names in 
 Massachusetts and other States. There was no issue from her second 
 and third marriages. The children of Thomas Brigham were : (1) Mary ; 
 (2) Thomas; (3) John; (4) Hannah; (5) Samuel. 
 
 Thomas, the eldest son, md. Mary Rice, eldest dau. of Henry and 
 Elizabeth (Moore) Rice. Henry Rice was the eldest son of Edmund 
 Rice, the emigrant. Mr. Brigham removed to Marlboro previous to his 
 marriage, and settled in the southwest part of that town. He was prom- 
 inent in public affairs. He d. Nov. 25, 1717. After the death of his 
 wife he was again md., but his first wife was the mother of his nine 
 children, of whom the second son was Nathan Brigham, b. June 17, 
 1671 ; md. Elizabeth Howe, eldest dau. of Isaac and Frances (Woods) 
 Howe, of Marlboro. She was found dead, kneeling beside her chair, 
 March 29, 1733, aged 60. He md. (2d) Mehetable Parke. He was a 
 captain in the training-band, and held many town offices. He d. Feb. 16, 
 1747, aged 76. By his first wife he had eight children, the eldest of 
 whom was Nathan Brigham, b. Nov. 28, 1693 ; md. Dec. 24, 1717, Dinah 
 Rice, dau. of Edmund and Ruth (Parker) Rice, of Westboro, Mass. He 
 settled in Marlboro. His wife d. about 1730, leaving one son and four 
 daughters. Mr. Brigham md. (2d) Elizabeth Snow. When the town of 
 Southboro was erected, his farm fell within its borders, where his 
 descendants were highly respectable. By his second wife he had one 
 son, WiUiam Brigham, b. in Southboro, formerly a part of Marlboro, 
 April 8, 1735. He md. Sept. 4, 1759, Rebecca Ball, probably a dau. of 
 Peter and Abigail (Dix) BaU. She died Dec. 14, 1768, leaving children: 
 (1) WUliam, b. Feb. 27, 1761 ; md. Sarah Baker, and resided in South- 
 boro ; (2) Rebecca, b. Feb. 1, 1763 ; md. Jewell, of St. Albans, 
 
 Vt.; (3) Peter, b. Dec. 27, 1764; md. and resided in Westboro; (4) 
 Abigad, b. March 4, 1766 ; (5) HoUis, b. and d. Dec. 4, 1768. He md. 
 (2d) Lydia Chamberlain, and removed to Marlboro, where he and his 
 second wife died of the smaU-pox, 1793. The children by the second 
 marriage were: (6) Ephraim, b. Oct. 9, 1771; md. Nov. 4, 1795, Lucy 
 Rice, and (2d) Mary Hirbbard. He resided in Marlboro, and was the 
 father of fourteen children; (7) HoUis, b. March 14, 1773; d. unmd. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 
 
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 June 8, 1837; (8) WiUard, b. June 18, 1775; settled in Kindge; (9) 
 Lydia, b. Dec. 29, 1776 ; md. Artemas Brigham, son of Winslow Brig- 
 ham ; (10) PoUy, b. Jan. 30, 1779 ; md. WiUard Howe ; (11) Martha, b. 
 March 22, 1782; md. Caleb Brigham, Jr., of Marlboro; (12) Sophia, 
 b. June 12, 1784 ; md. Hon. Jedediah Loomis, of Montpelier, Vt.; (13) 
 Dana, b. June 8, 1787, and died of lockjaw, umnd., 1809. (See Hudson's 
 " Marlboro.") 
 
 1 I WiLLAED Beigham, son of William, was b. in Marl- 
 boro, Mass., June 18, 1775, and was of the sixth gen- 
 eration from Thomas, of Watertown. He md. 1806, 
 Abigail Munroe, dau. of David and Elizabeth (Foye) 
 Munroe. She was b. July 10, 1771. It was her uncle, 
 John Foye, who d. in Rindge, Jan. 6, 1820, aged 89. 
 Mr. Brigham and his wife removed to Rindge, 1821, and 
 settled in the southwest part of the town. He was a 
 man upright in character, and respected by all classes. 
 He d. Feb. 7, 1843, and his wife d. three days after. It 
 will be seen that the wife of their son, WiUard C Brig- 
 ham, who resided with them, d. the 11th of the same 
 month. 
 
 I. Abigail, b. May 22, 1807; md. Oct. 12, 1836, 
 
 Joseph Hill, son of James Hill, a kinsman of 
 Gov. Isaac Hill. They resided in the part of 
 West Cambridge now included in Belmont, 
 Mass. He died about 1865. Four of their six 
 children died in childhood. 
 
 1. James WiUard is md., and resides upon the 
 
 homestead. 
 
 2. Harriet. 
 
 II. Sarah, b. May 5, 1809 ; md. June, 1838, George 
 
 Livermore, of Brighton, Mass. He died about 
 1867, leaving three children. 
 
 1. Sarah F., md. Henry Murdoek; reside in 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 2. George Brigham, md. Bessie Dunklee; 
 
 reside in Brighton. 
 
 3. Henry, is md., and resides in Brightoh. 
 
 HI. Willard C, b. April 10, 1811 ; md. Nov. 18, 1841, 
 Abigail N. Gould, dau. of Thomas and Abigail 
 (Briggs) Gould, of Winchester, N. H. She d. 
 Feb. 11, 1843, and he md. (2d) July 6, 1843, Har- 
 riet A. Gould, a sister of his first wife. Captain 
 Brigham resides a farmer in Rindge, and was 
 many years a member of the school committee. 
 
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 1. Charies G., b. Feb. 7, 1843. 
 
 2. Abbie A., b. May 4, 1844. 
 
 3. Henry F., b. Feb. 18, 1846. 
 
 4. LilUe M., b. Dec. 13, 1847. 
 
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 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
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 5. Ella M., b. May 6, 1850, 
 
 6. Jennie N., b. Dec. 19, 1851. 
 
 7. Luoretia A., b. Oct. 30, 1854. 
 
 Asa Beocklebank was born in Rowley, Mass., Aug. 
 15, 1745, and md. April 10, 1771, Mary Howe, of Andover, 
 and removed to Eindge 1772 or 1773. ' He resided many 
 years in tbe southeast part of the town, on the farm pre- 
 viously owned by Henry Godding, senior, and subse- 
 quently by Dea. Adin Cummings. For several years 
 previous to Ms death he was assisted by the town. He d. 
 Dec. 12, 1826. 
 
 I. Asa, b. in Rowley Jan. 30, 1772. 
 n. Eunice, b. in Rindge Dec. 81, 1773 ; d. Nov. 24, 
 
 1775. 
 ni. Samuel, b. Nov. 27, 1776. 
 IV. Joseph, b. Aug. 23, 1792. 
 V. Nahum, b. July 24, 1794. 
 
 Stephen Beooks was b. in Lincoln, Mass., March 22, 
 1759, and came to Rindge about the date of his marriage. 
 He settled upon a farm (the buildings are now removed), 
 in the east part of the town, subsequently owned by David 
 Wallace. In 1798, exchanging farms with his brother, 
 Aaron Brooks, he removed over the line into New Ips- 
 wich upon the farm occupied for many years past by his 
 son, Walton Brooks. He md. Rachel Taylor, dau. of 
 Thaddeus and Bridget (Walton) Taylor, of Dunstable and 
 New Ipswich. She was b. Nov. 8, 1770 ; he d. Jan. 29, 
 1848 ; she d. March 5, 1853. Their nine children b. in 
 Rindge and New Ipswich were as follows : — 
 
 I. Rachel, b. July 15, 1792 ; d. Feb. 20, 1795. 
 
 II. Stephen, b. Oct. 31, 1794; d. March 24, 1795. 
 
 III. Stephen, b. Jan. 27, 1796. 
 
 IV. Joseph, b. Aug. 31, 1798. -|- 
 
 V. Walton, b. -|- 
 
 VI. Rachel, b. Dec. 29, 1802 ; md. Joseph Davis, q. v. 
 VII. Harvey, b. May 31, 1805 ; md. Sept. 21, 1831, Lois 
 
 Burgess, of Ashburnham. Resides in Gardner, 
 Mass. 
 
 1. Harvey P., b. June 17, 1833. Served two 
 
 years in the army ; d. March 19, 1870. 
 
 2. Euclid L., b. July 16, 1835. Resides in 
 
 Gardner. 
 
 3. Newton, b. Oct. 23, 1840. Resides in Clin- 
 
 ton, Iowa. 
 
 4. Luella, b. Dec. 13, 1848. 
 
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 vm. OZi«e>-, b. May 4, 1810 ; md. Eliza Farrar. They 
 reside in Denmark, Iowa. No children. 
 IX. Newton, b. March 13, 1812 ; md. Harriet Campbell, 
 of New Ipswich. They reside in New Ipswich. 
 
 1. George, b. . Resides in Boston. 
 
 Joseph Bbooks, b. in Rindge Aug. 31, 1798 ; md. May 
 5, 1825, Emily Taylor, dau. of Samuel and Persis (Jones) 
 Taylor, of New Ipswich. He has been a successful farmer, 
 and now resides in Rindge Centre. His blameless life has 
 won the esteem of all who know him. 
 
 I. Warren T., b. Sept. 21, 1827 ; d. Oct. 2, 1827. 
 II. Mnily T., b. March 25, 1829; md. Samuel W. 
 
 Fletcher, q. v. 
 m. Calista A., b. Aug. 19, 1881 ; md. Pliny P. Town«, 
 
 •q. V. 
 IV. Caroline M., b. Sept. 28, 1834; md. Samuel W. 
 
 Fletcher, q. v. 
 V. Charles B., b. Nov. 2, 1841 ; served in the 9th N. 
 
 H. V. in the war of the Rebellion, and d. at 
 
 Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 17, 1871. 
 
 Walton Brooks has never resided in Rindge, but in 
 marriage, and in the marriage of several of his children, 
 his family has been intimately connected with the people 
 of this town. He resides upon the farm formerly of his 
 father in New Ipswich. He md. March 28, 1822, Are- 
 thusa Piper, dau. of Thomas Piper, q. v. 
 
 I. Nancy Piper, b. Aug. 20, 1823; md. Col. George 
 
 W. Steams, q. v. 
 n. Mjeline Jewett, b. Sept. 14, 1825 ; md. Joshua C. 
 
 Towne, q. v. 
 m. Harriet Taylor, b. Sept. 14, 1828; d. Nov. 3, 
 
 1831. 
 IV. Jvers Harvey, b. April 27, 1831 ; md. , 
 
 Nancy Bancroft, dau. of Dea. James Bancroft. 
 
 He is a farmer in Rindge. Several children. 
 V. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 21, 1833; md. George R. 
 
 Thomas, q. v. 
 VI. Albert Newton, b. June 6, 1836; md. Oct. 22, 
 
 1857, Clementine Hale. He resides upon the 
 
 home farm. 
 
 Aaeoit Bbooks, a brother of Stephen, after a short 
 residence in New Ipswich, removed to Rindge 1798, 
 where he resided until his death, Aug. 4, 1823, aged 58. 
 His widow, Mary, resided upon the farm several years 
 after his death. 
 
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 Stephen Beooks, 2d, parentage unknown, came to 
 Rindge 1801; md. May 9, 1813, Martha Darling, dau. 
 of Amos and Ede (Stone) Darling, q. v. He d. Oct. 22, 
 1854, aged 78. 
 
 I. William S., b. March 17, 1822; md. Frances Jane 
 Parks, dau. of Phinehas, Jr., and Eliza (Hap- 
 good) Parks, of Winchendon. He is a farmer, 
 and has resided in Rindge since 1855. Their 
 children are : — 
 
 1. Emma Amanda, b. Oct. 17, 1847. 
 
 2. Eugene P., b. Feb. 25, 1850. 
 
 3. Herbert E., b. Oct. 30, 1852. 
 
 4. George F., b. Aug. 23, 1856. 
 
 5. Edgar W., b. July 23, 1858. 
 
 6. Ellen I., b. Dec. 24, 1860. 
 
 7. Clarence A., b. April 10, 1868. 
 
 BROWN. 
 
 Ebbn Beown, son of William Brown, was born in Ipswich, Mass., 
 1746. He md. Elizabeth Perkins, and settled in New Ipswich, where he 
 d. 1813, and his widow d. 1837, aged 92. They had five sons and six 
 daughters. 
 
 Ebknbzee Beown, eldest son of Eben Brown, was 
 b. in Ipswich, Mass., 1769. He md. Lydia Mansfield, dau. 
 of Daniel Mansfield, of Lynnfield, Mass., and New Ips- 
 wich. He came to Rindge 1795 or 1796, and pursued 
 the business of a clothier. For many years he was a 
 deacon of the Congregational Church, and was a highly- 
 respected citizen. His wife d. Dec. 11, 1826, and he md. 
 (2d) Cynthia Holbrook. Dea. Brown d. May 20, 1849 ; 
 his widow Aug. 30, 1855. 
 
 I. Ehenezer Wilder^ b. in Rindge, Feb. 22, 1797; 
 md. Nov. 29, 1821, Eliza Richards, dau. of 
 Thaddeus and Dorothy (Coolidge) Richards. 
 Mr. Brown assumed the business previously 
 conducted by his father. He was an intelligent 
 and useful citizen. He d. Jan. 15, 1839. His 
 widow md. Luke Rugg, of this town, q. v. 
 
 1. Franklin Wilder, b. Aug. 24, 1822; d. 
 
 Aug. 4, 1827. 
 
 2. Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 19, 1830; md. War- 
 
 ham H. Rugg, q. V. 
 II. Franklin, h. April 17, 1799 ; d. Oct. 24, 1819. 
 m. JEliza, bap. Feb. 4, 1810 ; md. Nov. 23, 1837, Hor- 
 ace A. Breed, of Boston, and d., s.p., 1838. 
 
 BROWNE. 
 
 Abraham Browne was an early emigrant to America. He settled 
 in Watertown, Mass., and was admitted freeman March 6, 1681-2. He 
 was one of the selectmen several years, and held many other positions 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGI»TEB. 459 
 
 of trust. He d. 1650, or a short time previous, and his widow, Lydia, 
 md. Nov. 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges, of Ipswich, Mass. After the death 
 of Mr. Hodges, 1665, she returned to Watertovm, where she d. Sept. 27, 
 1686. The two eldest children of Abraham and Lydia Browne were 
 b. in England. Their two sons, Jonathan and Abraham, were b. in 
 Watertown. Jonathan, the eldest son, was b. Oct. 15, 1635 ; md. Feb. 
 11, 1661-2, Mary Shattuck, dau. of William Shattuck, the emigrant. 
 He d. between Feb. 19 and April 1, 1691. His widow d. 1732, aged 87. 
 They were the parents of ten children. His sons dropped the final e in 
 the orthography of their name. Abraham Brown, their eldest son, who 
 lived to years of manhood, was b. Aug. 26, 1671 ; md. Mary Hyde, dau. 
 of Job and Elizabeth (Fuller) Hyde. He was an innholder in Water- 
 town, residing upon the homestead of his grandfather. He was select- 
 man, treasurer, and assessor for many years. He d. Nov. 27, 1729, his 
 wife Nov. 29, 1723, and were buried in the Waltham cemetery. Jona^ 
 than, the second of nine children, was b. 1694, and md. Elizabeth 
 Simonds, dau. of Joseph and Mary Simonds, of Lexington. He was 
 selectman of Watertovm 1739, 1740, 1741, and d. July 25, 1758; his 
 widow d. Aug. 6, 1765. On his tombstone is inscribed : — 
 
 " He was a lover of steady good men." 
 
 " He remained steady in the Christian duties through life," 
 
 " And we trust he died the death." 
 
 Col. Abijah Brown, youngest son of Jonathan, was b. Nov. 27, 1736 ; 
 md. May 24, 1758, Sarah Stearns, dau. of Lieut. Samuel and Sarah 
 (Bowman) Stearns, of Watertown. He settled in Waltham, where he 
 held many important offices. He was also prominent in colonial and 
 military affairs. In April, 1775, he was one of the first to learn of the 
 advance of the enemy on Lexington and Concord, and was active in 
 giving the alarm. From 1774 to 1778 he was in the Revolutionary 
 service, in which he rose to the rank of Lieut.-Col. Late in life he 
 removed to Lincoln, Mass., where he d. May 25, 1818. 
 
 Edwaed Brown, son of Col. Abijah, was bom in 
 Waltham, Jan. 21, 1761 ; md. Dec. 30, 1784, Susan Gar- 
 field, dau. of Elisha and Susanna (Bemis) Garfield, of 
 Lincoln, where she was b. Nov. 9, 1759. He removed to 
 Rindge 1810, and settled upon the farm now of Dea. 
 Wm. M. Lamb, which he purchased of Dr. Payson. He 
 d. Aijril 23, 1836. His widow d. April, 1853, aged 93. 
 
 I. AMjah, md. April 13, 1810, Elizabeth Gates, of 
 Sterling. After his marriage he resided two or 
 three years on the farm vntli his father, and then 
 removed to Lowell, Mass. 
 
 II. Susan, b. 1786 ; md. Augustus Fowle, of Woburn, 
 and subsequently of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 III. Edward. No record of his marriage has been 
 
 received ; removed to Cambridgeport. 
 
 IV. Polly, h. 1788; d. in Rindge unmd. May 14, 1867. 
 
 Asaph Beown, son of Samuel and Lavina (Bruce) 
 Brown, was bom in Winchendon, Jan. 21, 1778; md. 
 Martha Wilder, b. Jan. 21, 1780, dau. of Hon. Abel and 
 Anna (Butler) Wilder, of Winchendon. In 1818, they 
 
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 removed to the fann, now of Capt. Willard C. Brigham, 
 where they remained until 1840, when they returned to 
 Winchendon. He d. Oct. 25, 1855 ; she d. May 7, 1866. 
 They were a highly respectable and intelligent family. 
 Their children were : — 
 
 I. George, b. in Winchendon, March 13, 1802; d. 
 
 Sept. 12, 1805. 
 n. Abel, \ b. Jan. 14, 1804; d. Sept. 19, 1805. 
 m. Samuel, | b. Jan. 14, 1804 ; md. Dec. 18, 1828, Lois 
 
 Buswell, dau. of John Buswell, q. v. He d. July 
 
 29, 1872. 
 
 1. Lucia. 
 
 2. Lois. 
 8. Mary. 
 
 4. George. 
 
 5. William. 
 
 IV. 
 V. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Albert, b. April 18, 1806 ; md. 1837, Abigail Wood. 
 
 Erastus, b. May 2, 1808; md. Sept. 29, 1832, 
 Alfreda Thompson; resided in FitzwiUiam and 
 Troy; d. Sept. 17, 1845, from injuries received 
 in his mill. 
 
 George, b. June 1, 1810 ; md. May 23, 1839, Har- 
 riet E. Osgood. He was engaged for many 
 years in the tanning business, in Winchendon; 
 d. Jan. 21, 1866. 
 
 1. Harriet Martha, b. April 9, 1845. 
 
 2. Ade Osgood, b. ISTov. 19, 1857. 
 
 vn. Asaph JV., b. May 18, 1813 ; md. 1841, Sarah O. 
 
 Robinson ; she d. 1846, leaving one son, who d. 
 
 young. He md. (2d) April 20, 1848, CaUsta C. 
 
 Streeter. 
 vm. Levina, b. March 24, 1816; md. Oct. 21, 1841, 
 
 Benjamin Prescott, son of Eldad Prescott, of 
 
 Jaffrey. 
 IX. William Brown, b. in Rindge, Dec. 30, 1820 ; was 
 
 a clerk in Rindge, and many years a merchant 
 
 in Winchendon; md. May 23, 1844, Mary H. 
 ' Wilson. 
 
 1. William Herbert, b. June 24, 1847; d. Dec. 
 
 21, 1849. 
 
 2. Charles Albert, b. July 1, 1851. 
 
 3. Mary Emma, b. Aug. 21, 1854. 
 
 4. Frederick Wilson, b. June 10, 1859. 
 
 X. Lucia M, b. in Rindge, Feb. 8, 1825; d. July 13, 
 1828. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 461 
 
 Simeon Beuce was here during the Revolution, and 
 was in the army. He was seated in the meeting-house 
 1780, but left town soon after. By wife Esther he had : — 
 
 I. Mijah, b. in Rindge April 27, 1779. 
 11. /Simeon, b. in Rindge Nov. 10, 1781. 
 
 Joseph Bullaed md. Sally (Felt) Cragin; widow of 
 Moses Cragin. By her former marriage Mrs. BuUard had 
 three sons, two of whom, Moses and Timothy Cragin, 
 resided in Rindge ; the other, Orlando Cragin, resides in 
 Jaffrey. Mi-. BuUard lived upon the farm now of Sum- 
 ner Russell, where he d. June 10, 1843, aged 60. Their 
 children were : — 
 
 I. I/ucy, b. Jiily 10, 1810 ; md. Aug. 29, 1837, John 
 
 A. Stevens. 
 n. JElvira, b. Sept. 19, 1815 ; md. Sept. 19, 1839, Jew- 
 
 ett Jones, 
 in. Silas, b. Aug. 29, 1817. 
 IT. Step/ien F., b. June 8, 1823. 
 
 BURNHAM. 
 
 The numerous families in New England bearing the name of Burn- 
 ham are descendants of Dea. John Burnham, of Ipswich, Mass. He was 
 b. in England, 1618 ; emigrated to America at the age of seventeen 
 years ; two years later he served in the Pequot Expedition. He became 
 an extensive proprietor of lands in Ipswich, and for many years was a 
 deacon. Upon the Ipswich and other records the name was formerly 
 spelled Burnam. Dea. Burnham d. Nov. 5, 1694. John Burnham, his 
 son, was also a deacon in Ipswich, where he d. 1716, leaving amoiig 
 others a son John, who md. Elizabeth Goodhue, and left several children, 
 among them Samuel, who md. Nov. 17, 1743, Martha Story. The eldest 
 of their nine children was Samuel, b. Oct. 5, 1744, and md. Nov. 27, 
 1766, Mary Perkins. Leaving his native town, which had been the 
 home of his ancestors for four generations, he removed, about 1770, to 
 Dunbarton, N. H., where he joined several of his kindred who had emi- 
 grated previously. He was a deacon of the church over which the ven- 
 erable Dr. Harris was pastor, and as a townsman he was much respected. 
 The funeral sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Harris on the occasion of the 
 death of Dea. Burnham, is an unqualified tribute to his superior worth, 
 and is rendered in language of sincere friendship. He d. April 4, 1811, 
 and his widow d. in Oct., 4818. Four of their sons were graduates of 
 Dartmouth College, and many of their descendants have been distin- 
 guished in the various walks of life. 
 
 Rev. Amos Wood Buenham, D. D., of the sixth gener- 
 ation of his family in New England, and the youngest of 
 the children of Dea. Samuel, was b. Aug. 1, 1791. Chap- 
 ters X. and XI. contain a record of the prolonged and 
 useful labors of a faithful pastor and exemplary Christian. 
 Mr. Burnham md. soon after his ordination Tirzah Kim- 
 ball, dau. of Ebenezer and Polly (Aiken) Kimball, of New 
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 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
 Chester, now Hill, in this State. Mrs. Burnham is a 
 woman of superior mental endowments, and a devoted 
 wife and mother ; uniting unwearied piety with an 
 unclouded disposition and many excellences of character. 
 The light of her example will long continue to shed its 
 cheerful rays around the pathway of her life. 
 
 I. Mary Kimball, b. June 8, 1823 ; d. Oct. 19, 1842. 
 
 II. Tinah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 1825 ; d. Sept. 2, 1842. 
 HI. Carrie M., b. March 3, 1831 ; md. July 19, 1865, 
 Dr. J. Homer Darling, son of Hayes P. and 
 Aphia (Hubbard) Darling, of Keene, formerly of 
 Rindge. Vide Chap. XVII. 
 IT. Samuel, b. Feb. 21, 1833 ; md. Feb. 22, 1865, Mar- 
 tha (Norcross) Clark. He d. June 22, 1873. 
 Yide page 353. 
 
 V. Martha J., b. March 26, 1835; md. Nov. 23, 1858, 
 A. Bardwell Heywood, son of Amos and Lydia 
 (Buck) Hey-\vood, of Westford, Mass. Mr. Hey- 
 wood was several years principal of the Franklin 
 School, Lowell, and now resides at Keene. He 
 is treasurer and secretary of the Humphrey 
 Machine Company, and a member of the Board 
 of Education of that citA'. 
 
 John Buswell, son of John, was b. in Boxford, Mass., 
 Sept. 4, 1748. He came to Rindge when about twenty-one 
 years of age, soon after the incorporation of the town, 
 and bought of Aaron Esty, May 16, 1771, the farm on 
 which he resided until his death. A previous owner of 
 this farm was John Coffeen. Mr. Buswell was in Captain 
 Hale's Company 1775, and Col. Nichol's regiment 1780. 
 He md. May 30, 1771, Rebecca Demary, a dau. of John 
 Demary, q. v. He was a prosperous farmer ; d. Feb. 6, 
 1828. His wife d. April 11, 1824. Their children 
 
 I. JRebeccif, b. June 15, 1772; md. Asa Platts, of 
 
 Rindge, q. v. 
 
 II. John,}3. June 19, 1774; md. Sept. 1, 1803, Sarah 
 
 Horton, dau. of Joseph Horton, of Jaffrey. He 
 d. in Mt. Holler, Yt., about 1865. 
 
 III. Abigail, b. March 26, 1776; d. unmd. March 7, 
 
 1805. 
 
 IV. Anna, b. Feb. 21, 1778 ; d. unmd. June 15, 1847. 
 V. Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1779; md. William Rugg, of 
 
 Rindge, q. v. 
 VI. Hannah, b. July 25, 1781 ; d. Nov. 18, 1784. 
 VII. Betsey, b. May 7, 1783; d. unmd. Oct. 24, 1812. 
 VIII. Daniel, b. Feb. 19, 1785 ; d. Sept. 7, 1817. 
 
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 IX. Mehetabel, b. Jan. 25, 1787 ; md. Sardine Stone, of 
 
 Rindge, q. v. 
 X. Azariah, h. Deo. 4, 1790. + 
 XI. Thomas, b. Feb. 9, 1793 ; d. in Canton, 111., 1858, 
 
 unmd. 
 XII. Hepsiheth, b. Jan. 31, 1795; md. Capt. Stephen 
 
 Emory of Rindge, q. v. 
 xni. Zeruiah, b. Feb. 19, 1797. She md. Levi Under- 
 wood, of Goshen, N. H. ; d. about 1860. 
 XIV. Silvanus, b. Nov. 19, 1798. He md. Ohloe Evans, 
 and removed to Hartland, Vt., where he d. about 
 1862. 
 XV. Lois, b. Aug. 28, 1801 ; md. Samuel Brown, q. v. 
 
 AzAEiAH BuswELL md. Abigail Bancroft, dau. of 
 Joseph and Susannah (Hubbard) Bancroft, of Lunenburg, 
 Mass. Vide Hubbard and Bancroft registers in this vol- 
 ume. Mr. Buswell retained the old homestead now 
 owned by his sons, and which has been in possession of 
 the family more than a century. He d. April 11, 1872. 
 
 I. Jacob Bancroft, b. Aug. 18, 1820; d. unmd. Nov. 
 
 29, 1851. 
 
 II. Azariah ,7ames,h. Dec. 11, 1821; md. March 29, 
 
 1871, A. Lavinia Titus, dau. of Joseph Titus. 
 They reside in Boston. 
 
 III. Samuel Hubbard, b. Sept. 11, 1828 ; d. unmd. Feb. 
 
 8, 1847. He was a soldier in the Mexican war; 
 d. at Tampico. 
 
 IV. Thomas, b. Sept. 11, 1825; md. Dec. 24, 1873, 
 
 Harriet Maria Bragg, dau. of Daniel S. and 
 
 Susannah (Bancroft) Bragg, of Temple, N. H. 
 
 He is a farmer, and resides upon the homestead. 
 V. Charles Gardner, b. Aug. 1, 1827. 
 VI. Leonard, b. May 20, 1829 ; d. unmd. March 23, 
 
 1849. 
 vii. Joseph, b. April 18, 1881 ; d. March 5, 1842. 
 VIII. Henry, b. May 18, 1833 ; d. unmd. Sept. 16, 1852. 
 IX. Amos, ( n Tir 1 c looK d. March 31, 1835. 
 X. Abigail, I ^- ^^'■"^ ^' 1^^^ ' d. March Is] 1885. 
 
 Amos Butteick, a son of Abiel and Eunice (Heywood) 
 Buttrick, of Concord and Winchendon, Mass., was b. 
 in Winchendon Oct. 12, 1792. He md. 1816, Fanny 
 Platts, dau. of Capt. Joseph Platts, of Rindge, q. v., and 
 settled upon the Platts farm, now owned by Martin L. 
 Goddard. He was a carpenter, and directed the construc- 
 tion of many buildings in this town. For several years 
 he was a deputy sheiifi. He d. Jan. 6, 1854. 
 
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 I. Fanny Flatts, b. Sejrt. 9, 1817 ; md. June 9, 1842, 
 Henry Whitcomb, son of David Whitcomb, and 
 grandson of Enoch Whitcomb, who resided sev- 
 eral years on the farm now of Charles A. Wilder. 
 For many years Mr. Whitcomb has conducted an 
 extensive livery business in Winchendon. 
 
 1. George ; md. Arabelle Aldrich. 
 
 2. Charles; md. Sarah Carter. 
 
 n. Triphosa Jewett, b. Aug. 2, 1819 ; d. Oct. 7, 1822. 
 
 III. Amos Warren, b. March 5, 1821. A carpenter in 
 
 Winchendon ; md. Oct. 16, 1845, Lorinda Porter. 
 
 IV. George Marshall, b. Nov. 24, 1822. + 
 
 V. Charles Seywood, b. Sept. 8, 1824 ; d. March 3, 
 
 1826. 
 VI. Hiram Newell, b. July 17, 1826; md. April 19, 
 1849, Augusta P. Bennett, dau. of James Bennett, 
 q. V. He d. in the service of his country May 
 18, 1863, leaving two daughters and one son. 
 
 1. Ella E., b. 1850 ; md. June 11, 1866, Mason 
 
 Whitney Baldwin, son of Mason Baldwin, 
 of Winchendon. 
 
 2. Anna E., md. Marcellus Hodgman. Reside 
 
 in Mason, N. H. 
 
 3. Hiram N. 
 
 vii. Charles Augustus, b. June 23, 1828 ; d. Feb. 25, 
 
 1846. 
 vm. Cynthia. M., b. May 14, 1830. Resides in Barre, 
 Mass. 
 IX. Nancy Triphosa, b. April 12, 1832; md. Oct. 1, 
 1855, Franklin W. Tucker. He d. July 19, 1861 ; 
 md. (2d) Nov. 6, 1867, Hervey W. Bliss. 
 X. Caroline Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1884 ; md. Jan. 1, 
 
 1865, Allen E. King, who d. Feb. 1, 1870. 
 XI. Senry Appleton, b. July 21, 1836; d. May 8, 1861. 
 XII. Mien Mersilvia, b. April 18, 1889 ; md. Sept. 16, 
 1865, Charles W. Shattuck. 
 
 Hoif. Geoege Maeshall Butteick removed to Barre, 
 where he has been extensively engaged in business, and 
 has been the recipient of many honors from his towns- 
 men. In 1869 and 1870 he was a member of the State 
 Senate. He md. May 1, 1845, Ann L. Stevens. 
 
 Andrew Calhoun and family removed to Rindge 
 1814, having previously purchased the Gardner place, 
 now owned by- Washington Snelling, which he occupied 
 during his residence in this town. He was a son of 
 William and Janet (Hamilton) Colhoun, and was b. in 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGIStEB. 465 
 
 Donegal County, Ireland, March 27, 1764. The Colhouns 
 of the north of Ireland were descended from the Colqu- 
 houns of Ayer, Argyle Co., Scotland. Being Non- 
 conformists or Presbyterians, many of them, leaving 
 considerable possessions, removed to the north of Ireland, 
 Virhere they hoped to enjoy a religious freedom vsrhich 
 was denied them in their native land. In 1790, Andrew 
 Colhoun emigrated to Boston, and, adopting the orthog- 
 raphy prevailing in this country, he subsequently wrote 
 the name Calhoun. He md. in March, 1795, Martha 
 Chamberlain, of Chelmsford, Mass., who was b. Feb. 20, 
 1770. Until his removal to Rindge he was engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits, in which he was reasonably success- 
 ful. He is remembered as a gentleman of refined man- 
 ners and purity of character, and a devoted, exemplary 
 Christian. In June, 1821, he removed to the State of 
 New York, where Mrs. Calhoun d. in Dec, 1830. He 
 soon after removed to Boston, and subsequently to Con- 
 cord, N. H., where he d. in April, 1842. His children 
 were born in Boston. 
 
 I. William B., b. Dec. 29, 1795; d. Nov. 8, 1865; 
 resided in Springfield, Mass. He represented 
 his district in Congress eight years, and was 
 Secretary of State and a member of the Massa- 
 chusetts Legislature many years, and was seven 
 times elected Speaker of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives. 
 
 n. Charles, b. June 24, 1797 ; d. Sept. 12, 1869. The 
 methodical and efficient clerk of the Massachu- 
 setts State Senate. 
 
 in. Andrew S., b. March 30, 1799; d. in Brooklyn, 
 N. Y., Dec. 17, 1874. He held several offices 
 under the State and general government, and 
 was many years an able editor of a political 
 paper in Oswego, N. Y. 
 
 IV. Susan, b. Oct. 17, 1800; md. 1823, Samuel C. 
 
 Frey. 
 V. Senry, b, Oct. 24, 1802; d. in New York city 
 May, 1867. For several years was Deputy Col- 
 lector in New York Custom House. 
 
 VI. Simeon Howard, b. Aug. 15, 1804. Fpr many 
 years the well known and devoted missionary in 
 Syria. His return to his native land during the 
 summer of 1875 is confidently expected by 
 many who will give him a cordial welcome. 
 
 ■viL.John, b. Oct. 14, 1806; resided many years in 
 Springfield, 111. "Was the surveyor of whom 
 President Lincoln learned the art. He was 
 appointed by President Buchanan Surveyor- 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 10 
 
 General of Kansas and Nebraska. He removed 
 to the Territory, and d. in Kansas, Oct. 13, 1859. 
 Yiii. James, b. Oct. 22, 1808; a merchant; d. in Cincin- 
 nati, Ohio, April 10, 1864. 
 IX. Martha, b. Nov. 3, 1813; resides in Chelmsford, 
 Mass. 
 
 CARLTON. 
 
 In the early history of the town, families of Carlton were numerous. 
 "VTilliam, Benjamin, and James settled here previous to the Revolution, 
 and left a numerous progeny ; but none of their descendants in the male 
 line have resided in this town for many years, and the name has become 
 extinct". George Carlton, a resident of Rindge, was killed at the battle 
 of Bunker Hill. It is not known that he was md., nor has the kinship 
 existing between the early settlers of this name been ascertained. 
 
 William CAELTOisr settled in Rindge 1758. His house 
 was on the site or near the dwelling-house of Charles A. 
 Wilder. He was a farmer, an innholder, selectman 1768 
 and 1771. He was in Capt. Hale's companj^ April, 1775, 
 and in Col. Enoch Hale's regiment, which marched to 
 Rhode Island 1778. Upon the records for 1773 is 
 recorded : " William Carlton's marks of his Neat Cattle 
 and Sheep is a Swallow Tale in the end of the right ear." 
 He md. Nov. 10, 1760, Eunice Laws. He d. 1808, and 
 his widow 1812. 
 
 I. Eunice, b. July 25, 1761 ; md. Jime 2, 1785, Jona- 
 than French. He d. about 1790, leaving one 
 son, and she md. (2d) April 6, 1797, David Rob- 
 bins, q. V. 
 II. William, b. Nov. 22, 1762. 
 III. George, b. Feb. 18, 1865 ; d. young. 
 
 ^^•f*"*^^' lb. July 13, 1867. 
 
 VI. Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1769 ; md. Nov. 16, 1794, Ephra.- 
 
 im Houghton, 
 vn. Sarah, b. April 13, 1771; md. Nov. 11, 1792, 
 
 James Streeter, son of James, q. v. 
 vm. Phinehas, b. Feb. 19, 1772. 
 IX. Betty, b. May 9, 1774. 
 
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 XI. 
 
 Hannah, b. March 29, 1776. Insane, and for 
 many years supported by the town ; d. March 
 30, 1858. 
 
 George, b. Jan. 4, 1781 ; md. Aug. 9, 1801, Phebe 
 Henry, dau. of Hugh Henry, q. v. 
 
 James, b. Aug. 26, 17^83. 
 
 Benjamin Carlton was b. in Andover, Mass., Oct. 23, 
 1751, and md. at Sutton, Mass., July 17, 1773, Elizabeth 
 Smith, who was b. in Douglas April 20, 1753. He was in 
 
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 Capt. Hale's company 1775, Col. Baldwin's regiment 
 1776, and Col. Enoch Hale's regiment 1778. They had 
 two children born in Eindge. 
 
 I. Joshua, b. Nov. 13, 1774. 
 II. Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1777. 
 
 Jambs Caelton was from Andover, where he md. 
 Aug. 25, 1761, Elizabeth Sherwin, daii. of Jonathan and 
 Mary (Lnrvey) Sherwin, and a sister of )Samiiel and Capt. 
 Asa Sherwin, of Rindge. He removed to this town 
 about 1769, and settled on the farm now of Albert 
 Adams, where he d. May 20, 1815, aged 85. There may 
 have been one or more children not included in the fol- 
 lowing register : — 
 
 IH I. Sarah, b. in Andover, ; md. Dec. 29, 1785, 
 
 John Streeter, of Rindge, q. v. 
 19 II. Elizabeth, b. in Andover, July 21, 1766; md. 
 
 Amos Cutler, of Rindge, q. v. 
 211 lu. David, b. in Andover, 1768. -|- 
 
 ^1 IV. Obadiah,}). in Uindge, Nov. 22, 1770.4-- 
 
 V. John, b. Feb. 22, 1773; md. Feb. 4, 1801, Esther 
 Cutter, dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah (Wj'man) 
 Cutter. He was a saddler, and removed to 
 Woodstock, Vt., where he d. previous to 1812, 
 and his widow returned to Rindge, and d. Nov. 
 8, 1814. 
 VI. Enoch, b. May 22, 1775 ; d. March 30, 1777. 
 VII. Susan, b. April 1, 1777 ; md. Col. Josiah Wilder, 
 
 q. V. 
 viri. Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1779 ; d. Aug. 18, 1782. 
 IX. Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1784; md. Luther, son of Lem- 
 uel Page, q. v. 
 
 David Caelton md. Nov. 9, 1808, Sarah (Hunt) Hap- 
 good, a divorced wife of Joseph Hapgood, and a dau. of 
 Simon and Lucy (Raymond) Hunt, of Acton, Mass. She 
 was b. Aug. 4, 1773. He resided upon the farm formerly 
 of his father, and d. Oct. 17, 1840. His wife d. Nov. 8, 
 1828. 
 
 I. Jyucy Raymond, b. Dec. 27, 1809; md. Dec. 29, 
 
 1830, Asa W. Holden, of Shirley, Mass. 
 II. John Wilder, b. April 8, 1812. 
 
 Obadiah Caeltoit md. Nov. 22, 1793, Phebe Tyler ; he 
 md. (2d) Polly (Bancroft) Pratt, widow of Nathan Pratt, 
 by whom she had a son, Nathan. She was a dau. of John 
 and Mary (Newell) Bancroft, of Rindge, q. v. He built 
 the house on the fai-m south of his father's farm, owned 
 
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 HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 many years by Isaac Chadwick, and removed to Union, 
 Broome Co., New York, about 1817, and from tbence to 
 Princeton, 111., wbere he d. Jan. 31, 1854. 
 
 I. James Bancroft, b. in Rindge March 28, 1815. 
 n. John JSfeioell, b. in Union Dec. 21, 1818. 
 
 JtTDE Caetee and wife Sarah, from Leominster, were 
 here previous to 1780. No record of the birth of their 
 children has been secured, and perhaps all of them are 
 not named in this register. He was deaf and dumb. 
 
 Nancy, md. Luther Goodridge. Resided in Rindge. 
 
 Jonas, bap. in Rindge Aug. 27, 1780. 
 
 Polly, bap. in Rindge Aug. 27, 1780 ; md. April 14, 
 1798, David Beaman, of Winchendon, where 
 they resided and where their ten children were b. 
 
 Jude, bap. July 8, 1781 ; md. Feb. 6, 1812, Abigail 
 Peirce, dau. of Samuel Peirce, of Jaffi-ey. Re- 
 sided in Rindge until 1818, when they removed 
 to Pennsylvania. Three children b. in Rindge. 
 
 1. Liberty, b. Dec. 22, 1812. 
 
 2. Sylvester, b. Sept. 4, 1815. 
 
 3. Abigail, b. July 25, 1817. 
 
 I. 
 
 n. 
 
 in. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Capt. Jonah Caktbe, b. 1773, a brother of Jude, Senior, 
 md. 1792 Lucy Joslin, b. in Leominster 1773. After their 
 marriage they resided eight years in Jaffrey, where three 
 children were b. In 1800 they removed to this town, 
 where he d. Feb. 25, 1837, aged 64. His widow d. Sept. 
 18, 1846. Their children were : — 
 
 I. Lucy, b. March 20, 1794; md. Aug. 15, 1825, 
 Charles Smith ; d. in Binghampton, N. Y., March 
 16, 1866. 
 n. Susan, b. March 12, 1796; md. Nov. 13, 1816, 
 Nathan Stratton ; d. at Binghampton, N. Y., Feb. 
 13, 1869. 
 
 III. Fordice, b. March 4, 1799 ; md. Jan. 30, 1825, Lucy 
 
 Palmer, of Boston ; d. at Jaffrey July 16, 1862. 
 
 IV. Orinda, b. Dec. 15, 1800 ; d. unmd. in Rindge Sept. 
 
 3. 1841. 
 V. Jonah, b. April 2, 1803 ; d. Feb. 15, 1819. 
 VI. Grata, b. Dec. 26, 1804; md. Sept. 21, 1854, Sam- 
 uel Marble ; d. in Jaffrey Feb. 9, 1872. 
 •VII. Charles, b. Oct. 26, 1806; md. Feb. 12, 1829, Eliza 
 A. Robbins, of Jaffrey; d. in Jaffrey Sept. 24, 
 1860. 
 vm. Stillman, b. Sept. 6, 1808 ; d. in RinAge March 25, 
 1814. 
 
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 .GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 469 
 
 IX. Josiah, b. Dec. 2, 1811 ; md. April 27, 1838, Jane 
 Robbing. 
 
 X. LuJce, b. Sept. 20, 1814; md. Nov. 8, 1839, Lucy 
 Roys. At this date, Dec. 21, 1874, Josiah and 
 Luke are the only surviving children. 
 
 Baenabas Caet vi^as a blacksmith who removed from 
 Attleborough, Mass., 1768. Mr. Gary d. 1795, aged 76, 
 and his wife Mary d. Feb. 14, 1780, aged 55. The names 
 and births of his children are given with approximate 
 accuracy, although it would appear from an old rhyme, 
 well remembered by many of the aged people in this town, 
 that the name of one child was omitted. The distraught 
 poet probably introduced the name of an imaginary indi- 
 vidual for euphonic effect. Poetic license has a wide 
 range. The children were said to be : — 
 
 " Eiimlick and Sary, 
 Margret and Mary, 
 Barnabas and Lazarus, 
 And little Johnny Gary.'' 
 
 The record, however, is more extended. 
 
 I. Elizabeth, b. about 1755; md. Benjamin Foster, 
 
 q. V. 
 rt. Sarah, b. about 1757. 
 in. JBarnabas, b. about 1759. -|- 
 IV. Margaret, b. about 1761; md. May 24, 1789, Abel 
 
 Gilson. 
 V. John, b. about 1763. -|- 
 VI. Lazarus, b. about 1765. 
 vn. Mary, b. about 1767. 
 vm. Theodore, b. about 1770. 
 
 Baeitabas Caet served three and one half months in 
 Col. ISTichol's regiment. He was a blacksmith, and 
 engaged in making springs for the shuttles used in the 
 hand looms. He resided where Reuben Buzzell now 
 lives. He was married and had a large family, but no 
 record has been secured. Among his children were 
 Clarissa, Isaac, Hiram, and William. The latter has been 
 an extensive manufacturer in Medway, Mass., and many 
 years a member of the Legislature. 
 
 John" Caet md. June 5, 1794, Judith Godding, dau. of 
 Henry Godding, q. v. Except 1801 to 1811, when he was 
 in New Ipswich, he resided in Rindge until 1814, when 
 he removed from town. 
 
 I. John, b. May 14, 1797; d. April 15, 1812. 
 n. Judith, b. May 2, 1801 ; d. Oct. 1, 1805. 
 m. Isaac, b. June 10, 1803 ; d. Sept. 27, 1805. 
 
470 
 
 HISTORY OF JRINBGE. 
 
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 IV. Isaac, b. April 19, 1806. 
 V. Gilman, b. Dec. 1, 1808. 
 VI. Alvin, b. Aug. 26, 1811 ; d. April 26, 1812. 
 vn. John, b. July 8, 1813. 
 
 Joshua Chadwick, a brotber of David, wbo settled in 
 Jaffrey, was b. in Andover, Mass., 1754. He md. Mary 
 Crumbie, dau. of Lieut. James Crumbie, of Rindge, q. v. 
 In 1780, or a short time previous, he removed to Rindge, 
 where he reared a large family. He d. Dec. 5, 1840, aged 
 86. His widow d. July 3, 1845, aged 84. 
 
 I. Sally, b. June 10, 1779; d. April 18, 1795. 
 II. Polly, b. Sept. 22, 1780 ; md. — as his sixth wife — 
 Benjamin Thurston, of Bradford, Mass., and d. 
 soon after March 1, 1808, and he, undaunted, 
 md. again. 
 
 III. Susan, b. July 14, 1782; md. in April, 1807, Joseph 
 
 Parker, of Boxford, Mass. He d. Nov., 1807, 
 and she md. (2d) Feb. 3, 1818, John Twitchel, 
 son of Ebenezer and WaitstiU (Greenwood) 
 Twitchel, of Dublin, N. H. They resided in Dub- 
 lin. She d. Sept. 5, 1862. One child by first 
 marriage : — 
 
 1. Polly, b. March 16, 1808 ; md. Paul Todd, 
 
 son of Joshua Todd, q. v. 
 
 Three children by second marriage : — 
 
 2. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 24, 1818 ; md. George 
 
 W. Todd, son of Joshua Todd, q. v. 
 
 3. Rebecca, b. Aug. 20, 1821 ; md. Joseph S. 
 
 Hubbard, son of Levi Hubbard, q. v. 
 
 4. Julia, b. Dec. 19, 1823 ; md. Sept. 18, 1853, 
 
 M. V. Fiske. Reside in Berlin, Mich. 
 
 IV. Isaac, b. July 16, 1784; md. Aug. 5, 1816, Betsey 
 
 Peabody, dau. of Dudley and Rebecca (Towne) 
 Peabody, of Andover. They resided upon the 
 farm previously owned by Obadiah Carlton. 
 They had one son : — 
 
 1. Abner Foster, b. April 26, 1822. + 
 Capt. Chadwick d. July 30, 1860, aged 76, and 
 his widow md. (2d) April 27, 1865, Roswell 
 Keyes, son of James and Miriam (Babcock) 
 Keyes, of Northborough, Mass. They reside 
 with her son, A. P. Chadmck. 
 
 V. Rebecca, b. Oct. 1, 1786 ; d. June 2, 1789. 
 VI. Rebecca, b. Aug. 15, 1789; md. Aug. 4, 1813, 
 
 Stephen Adams, of Jaffrey, where they resided. 
 
 She d., s.p., Nov. 22, 1857. 
 
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 VII. James Crumbie, b. Aug. 1, 1792 ; md. Jan. 20, 1825, 
 Hannah Twitchel, dan. of Joshua and Sarah 
 (Cozzens) Twitchel, of Dublin, N. H. She d 
 Feb.' 16, 1848 ; md. (2d) Mrs. Hannah (Bemis) 
 Pratt. She d. Jan. 18, 1849 ; md. (3d) Mrs. Eliz- 
 abeth Varnum, of Brighton, Mass.; md. (4th) 
 Mrs. Maria (Smith) Bacon, widow of Jacob 
 Bacon, of JafErey. Mr. Chadwick resided, a 
 farmer, in Rindge until his last marriage, when 
 he removed to Jaffrey. Two sons by his second 
 wife: — 
 
 1. George C, b. Jan. 1, 1845 ; d. Feb. 19, 1868. 
 
 2. James, ; d. May 3, 1855. 
 
 vni. N'ancy,\>. Aug. 8, 1796; md. May 15, 1822, John 
 Gilmore, of JafEi-ey, where they resided. 
 
 1. Son; he was thrown from a carriage and 
 
 killed at about four years of age. 
 
 2. Daughter ; d. young. 
 
 Mr. G. d. July 19, 1827. His widow md. (2d) 
 Arthur Taylor, of Jaffrey. 
 
 3. A child ; d. young. 
 
 Mrs. T. d. June 29, 1845, aged nearly 49. 
 
 IX. Sany,h. Aug. 12, 1799; md. May 22, 1823, Levi 
 
 Howe, son of Thomas Howe, q. v. 
 X. Eliza, b. Dec. 1, 1802 ; md. Oct. 11, 1827, William 
 R. Kent, a chairmaker, in Rindge. She d. Deo. 
 9, 1829, and an infant a few days subsequently, 
 leaving an elder dau. 
 
 1. Sarah A.; md. Dec. 18, 1850, Henry M. 
 Roys, now of Rindge. 
 
 Abjtee F. Chadwick, son of Capt. Isaac, went to New 
 York city, and was engaged in electrotyping and fitting 
 matrices for type casting. He md. Nov. 2, 1842, Ehza 
 Ann Bertholf. She d. May 10, 1848 ; md. (2d) May 16, 
 1849, Harriet Ellen Ward." In 1869 Mr. C. returned to 
 Rindge, and here pursues the same occupation. Two sons 
 by first marriage. 
 
 1. Charles I., b. Sept. 25, 1843 ; md. Sept. 20, 
 
 1871, Hattie M. Converse, dau. of Ira 
 Converse, q. v. Reside in Rindge. 
 
 2. William E., b. June 16, 1846. 
 
472 
 
 HISTOBT OP niNDGE. 
 
 AtTGusTTTS A. Chambeeladt, son of David Chamber- 
 lain, of Jaffrey, md. JSTov. 19, 1839, Sarah A. Towne, dau. 
 of Greene Towne, q. «., and resided in Rindge until about 
 1855, when he removed to Jaffrey. 
 
 I. Sarah. 
 n. Z/acy. 
 
 CHAPLIlSr. 
 
 Hugh Chaplin and ■wife Elizabeth were among the earliest settlers of 
 Rowley, Mass. He was there previous to 1643, when his name occurs as 
 the owner of a house lot. He was admitted freeman 1642, and d. 1660. 
 His sons, John, Joseph, Thomas, and Jonathan, were b. between 1642 and 
 1652. The line of descent between these and the Chaplins of Rindge and 
 vicinity is direct, although a few connecting hnks have not been secured. 
 Ebenezer and Samuel Chaplin were here previous to the Revolution, and 
 Micah came a few years subsequently! 
 
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 11 
 12 
 
 Ebenezer CnAPLnsr wag b. in Rowley, Mass., and after 
 a brief residence in Atkinson, he removed about 1769 
 with his wife Mary, and settled near the bend in the road 
 between the residences of T. and C. G. BusweU and 
 Joshua Norcross. He was twice md. By his first wife, 
 Rebecca, he had three or four children. The second vsif e 
 of Jabez Norcross was probably his dau. 
 
 I. Samuel, came to Rindge. -|- 
 n. Micah, b. 1744; came to Rindge. -|- 
 m. Ziucy, b. 1750 ; md. Jeremiah Norcross, q. v. 
 
 By wife Mary he had six children. 
 
 IV. Rebecca, ■ 
 
 •; md. Thomas Graton, of "Winchen- 
 don, and d. at an advanced age. 
 v. Hezekiah, b. in Atkinson Aug. 5, 1767 ; md. in Jaf- 
 frey Feb. 20, 1788, Deborah Mower. He was 
 taxed in Rindge until 1796. 
 
 VI. Jeremiah, b. in Rindge March 2, 1770. 
 
 vn. Polly, b. July 20, 1772 ; md. Dec. 2, 1792, James 
 Murdock, son of James and Deborah (Williams) 
 Murdock, of Winchendon, where they resided. 
 She d. April 9, 1849. Their second, seventh, and 
 eighth children d. young. 
 
 1. Cloe T., b. Sept. 7, 1793 ; md. Feb. 25, 1819, 
 James "WUson. 
 
 3. Edward N., b. April 22, 1797 ; md. PhiHnda 
 
 Walker. 
 
 4. Tabitha M., b. Feb., 1800; md. Aaron L. 
 
 Phelps. 
 
 5. James, b. June 29, 1802 ; md. Silence Nut- 
 
 ting. 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL HISTOBT. 473 
 
 6. Daphne P., b. March 25, 1806; md. Paul 
 
 Pierce. 
 9. Maria, b. March 15, 1816 ; md. Asa P. Rand, 
 
 son of Gates Rand, of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 VIII. Mmnah, b. Aug. 31, 1774; md. Dec. 29, 1794, 
 Jacob Parks, sori of "William Parks, of Winch- 
 endon. They were md. in Rindge by Dr. Pay- 
 son, and resided in W. 
 
 1. Polycrates, b. Jan. 10, 1796. 
 
 2. Thomas G., b. Jan. 6, 1798. 
 
 3. Sophronia, b. Sept. 5, 1799. 
 
 IX. John, b. June 30, 1777. 
 
 Samuel GHAPi,n>r, son of Ebenezer, was here from 1775, 
 or earUer, until 1797. He was in Col. Baldwin's regi- 
 ment 1776, in Oapt. Brown's company 1777, and in Capt. 
 Rand's company later in the same year. If he had a 
 family, no record of it has been found. Perhaps he was 
 younger than Micah. 
 
 MicAH Chaplin, also a son of Ebenezer, was b. in 
 Rowley 1744. After several years' service in the Revolu- 
 tionary army, he came to Rindge and settled in the north- 
 west corner of the town, and very near the site of the old 
 Methodist meeting-house. He was a farmer and a school- 
 teacher. Late in Ufe he removed to Fitzwilliam, and 
 resided with his son, where he d. in 1819. He md., pre- 
 vious to his removal to this town, Betsey Philbrick, by 
 whom he had six children. 
 
 I. Hannah, -\ md. 1791, Cornehus Towne, of 
 
 Rindge, and later of Dublin. Vide registers of 
 
 Towne family in this volume. 
 II. JLucretia, ; md. March 8, 1795, David Norcross, 
 
 son of Jeremiah and Lucy (Chaplin) Norcross, 
 
 q. V. 
 in. Betsey,}). ; md. Oct. 8, 1794, Bulkley Hunt, 
 
 son of Peter and Sarah (Leighton) Hunt, of 
 
 Littleton, Mass., and Rindge, q. v. Removed to 
 
 Brandon, Vt. 
 IV. Buth, b. 1770 ; md. May 15, 1792, Timothy Met- 
 
 calf, of Rindge, q. v. She d. Feb. 8, 1865, aged 
 
 94. 
 V. Moses, h. 1772; md. Martha Bent. + 
 VI. Mary, b. 1782 ; md. May 2, 1809, Artemas Beard, 
 
 of Fitzwilliam. He d. June 4, 1853, aged 79; 
 
 she d. Sept. 19, 1870, aged 88. Lydia, the eldest 
 
 child of Mr. Beard, named below, was by a 
 
 former marriage. 
 
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 35 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 1. Lydia, b. Dec. 30, 1801 ; md. John Colburn, 
 
 of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 2. Mary F., b. Feb. 7, 1810; md. John P. 
 
 Symonds, Esq., of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 3. Rusina, b. April 18, 1812; md. Elisha H. 
 
 Tolman, of Troy, N. H. 
 
 4. Elizabeth B., b. Dec. 20, 1814; md. 
 
 Bemis, of Ashburnham. 
 
 5. Bethyah Emeline, b. Sept. 27, 1817; md. 
 
 Curtis Drury, of FitzwiUiam. He d. 1866. 
 
 6. Sarah N"., b. March 23, 1820 ; md. George 
 
 W. Whitcomb. 
 
 7. Laura E., b. Feb. 19, 1826; md. ClifEord 
 
 Alexander, of Troy. 
 
 MosBS Chaplin was taxed in Rindge until 1800, when 
 he removed to FitzwiUiam, where he md. Sept. 25, 1800, 
 Martha Bent of that place. He was a respected citizen. 
 He d. Nov. 21, 1859. 
 
 23, 1801; md. Martin Streeter, of 
 22, 1803; md. Dec. 30, 1824, EUsha 
 
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 I. Mary, b. Dec. 
 FitzwiUiam. 
 
 II. J/urena, b. Jan. 
 Gregory. 
 
 m. Milton, b. April 7, 1806 ; md. Nov. 30, 1830, Caro- 
 line Allen, dau. of John J. (Esq.) and Cynthia 
 (Amidon) Allen, of FitzwiUiam. He was one of 
 the pioneer manufacturers of wooden ware. Has 
 been a successful merchant in FitzwilUam, Bos- 
 ton, and Adrian, Mich. He now resides in Fitz- 
 Avilliam, and is a deacon of the Unitarian Church, 
 Treasurer of the FitzwiUiam Savings Bank, and 
 has frequently held positions of a municipal 
 character. 
 
 1. Frances A., b. Sept. 30, 1831 ; md. Feb. 11, 
 
 1852, Philip S. BatcheUer, Esq., son of Dr. 
 James BatcheUer, of Marlborough. She 
 d. Dec. 28, 1871. Mr. B. resides in Fitz- 
 wilUam. Popular and respected, he has 
 been frequently appointed to positions of 
 trust. He was two years in the Legis- 
 lature, and has been postmaster for the 
 past twenty years. 
 
 2. ElUot M., b. June 8, 1834; md. Nov. 8, 
 
 1860, Jennie E. Lazilier ; resides in Iowa. 
 
 3. Martha A., b. Oct. 1, 1842 ; md. Dec. 14, 
 
 1867, Charles Newton, of FitzwilUam. 
 
 IV. Julia, b. Oct. 1, 1807 ; md. Aug. 8, 1826, Lyman 
 Deeth. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 475 
 
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 1. Moses Sumner, b. May 24, 1827; md. Oct. 
 24, 1848, Lois A. Ingalls, dau. of Josiah 
 Ingalls, of Pitzwilliam Residence in 
 Rindge. She d. 1870. 
 
 41 2. JuUa Ann, b. Nov. 2, 1828; md. George A. 
 
 Parker, son of Hon. A. A. Parker, of F. 
 
 42 3. Martha A., b. May 25, 1830 ; md. Samuel 
 
 M. G. Colburn, of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 43 4. Lyman G., b. Jan. 6, 1832. Resides in 
 
 JafErey. 
 
 44 5. Jane R., b. Oct. 4, 1833; md. William 
 Newell, of Jaffrey. Resides in Sunder- 
 land, Vt. 
 
 45 6. Martin S., b. Jan. 30, 1835 ; md. Jane E. 
 Bent, dau. of Elisha Bent ; md. (2d) Addie 
 N. Stiles. 
 
 46 V. Boxanna, b. Oct. 18, 1812; md. Nov. 27, 1833, 
 Ephraim Whitney Weston, son of Dea. Stephen 
 and Susan (Whitney) Weston, of Winchendon. 
 He d. Oct. 29, 1854. She md. (2d) Oct. 16, 1861, 
 Edwin Parks, son of Luke Parks, of Winchen- 
 don. They now reside in Keene, N. H. By her 
 former marriage she had one son : — 
 
 47 1. Irving E. Weston, b. May 11, 1835; md. 
 Sept. 1, 1859, Hattie Mason, of SulUvan. 
 They have three children, who are the 
 sixth generation from Ebenezer ChapUn, 
 of Rindge, whose name stands at the head 
 of this family. Mr. Weston is engaged 
 in manufacturing in Winchendon, and has 
 efSciently served the town several years in 
 the supervision of the pubUc schools. 
 
 48 Ti. Elisha, b. Oct. 27, 1816 ; md. Jan. 31, 1844, Sarah 
 R. Marshall, dau. of Capt. Abel Marshall, of 
 Jaffrey. A farmer in Fitzwilliam. 
 
 49 1. Martha Abbie, b. Jan. 4, 1854. 
 
 50 2. Marshall EUsha, b. Sept. 28, 1858. 
 
 51 VII. Martha, b. Dec. 19, 1823 ; d. unmd. aged 19. 
 
 52 VIII. Moses, b. Sept. 22, 1828 ; md. Nov. 26, 1849, Abi- 
 gail Marshall, dau. of Capt. Abel Marshall, of 
 Jaffrey. He d. in Fitzwilliam. 
 
 53 1. Emma Frances, b. Feb. 4, 1854. 
 
 2. Julia R., b. April 26, 1856. 
 
 3. Winfield M., b. June 8, 1868. 
 
476 
 
 HISTOBT OF BINDGM. 
 
 Jeremiah Chapmadst, with wife Mercy, came to Riadge 
 very soon after the date of incorporation. In early deeds 
 he is styled a cordwainer, a name at that time applied to 
 shoe-makers ; but later he was engaged in some kind of 
 manufacturing where are now the miUs of A. S. Coffin, 
 Esq. He probably d. in this town about 1793. His 
 widow d. April 16, 1835, aged 90. 
 
 I. John, bap. 1775. 
 II. Amos, bap. 1777. 
 
 9. 
 
 Geoege Claek was in town in 1770, and was md. by 
 Enoch Hale, Esq., July 10 of that year. Two years later 
 owned the covenant, and subsequently had three children 
 baptized. William 1772, Hannah 1773, and Elizabeth 
 1775. This is the last heard of him. If he had remained 
 in the town during the next few years, his name probably 
 would have appeared upon the records. 
 
 David Claek, son of David, was b. at South Danvers, 
 Mass., Oct. 19, 1789 ; md. April 4, 1813, Rhoda Sprague. 
 They removed to Rindge 1819, and settled in the south- 
 east part of the town on the farm subsequently occupied 
 by Dea. Adin Cummings. A short time previous to his 
 death he built the house on the Jonathan Ingalls place, 
 now occupied by Harris Hale. He d. Nov. 15, 1838, and 
 his widow March 19, 1865. 
 
 I. David Porter, b. Feb. 19, 1814. Although a mute, . 
 he is a man of intelligence, and is thoroughly 
 informed of the current topics of the day. He 
 md. May 7, 1840, Elvira Derby, of Lowell, Mass. 
 She d., leaving one daughter, April 14, 1841 ; md. 
 (2d) Feb. 22, 1844, Mary McVennan, who was 
 the mother of four children, and d. Jan. 1, 1849 ; 
 md. (3d) Oct. 1, 1857, Sophronia Titcomb, dau. 
 of Capt. George Titcomb, of Falmouth, Me. 
 Reside in Rindge. 
 
 1. Elvira D., b. March 29, 1841 ; md. May 26, 
 
 1864, WiUiam D. Hickok. 
 
 2. Isabella L., b. Sept. 9, 1845 ; md. James P. 
 
 Blair, of Peterborough, N. H., where they 
 reside. 
 
 3. Frank A., b. Nov. 3, 1847 ; d. Aug. 28, 1850. 
 
 4. Clara M., b. AprU 16, 1851 ; d. Sept. 10, 
 
 1852. 
 
 5. George M., b. Feb. 27, 1856. 
 
 II. Lavina, b. Dec. 31, 1815 ; d. unmd. Oct. 19, 1841. 
 
10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 477 
 
 III. Senry, h. Dec. 31, 1817 ; md. Esther W. Gilbert, 
 
 of Croyden. He d., s. ^., Jan. 1, 1849. His 
 widow md. (2d) E. D. Walton, son of N"athan 
 Walton, q. v. 
 
 IV. Theodore, b. Dec. 26, 1819 ; md. Frances A. Fer- 
 
 nald, and resides in Wilmot, N". H. 
 V. Augusta A., b. April 21, 1823 ; md., 1844, C. M. 
 Beckley, of Providence, R. I. He d. Jan. 1, 1864, 
 and she md. (2d) 1868, John A. Bishop. Reside 
 in Pawtucket, R. I. 
 VI. Louensa B., b. June 20, 1825 ; d. Aug. 11, 1840. 
 VII. Louisa JB., b. Jan. 14, 1828 ; md., 1848, Andrew W. 
 
 Sawyer. Resides in Worcester, Mass. 
 vm. Alfred, b. Nov. 30, 1829 ; md. July 23, 1848, Sarah 
 M. Sawyer. 
 IX. Adolphus, b. Feb. 4, 1832 ; md. Oct. 9, 1860, Nellie 
 Jewett. He has been in Europe several years, 
 attending to the extensive business of the firm 
 of Dows, Clark & Co., of which he is a member. 
 X. Jane E., b. Feb. 11, 1836; d. June 29, 1849. 
 
 Jamds Clay, of Putney, Vt., and Rachel Prescott, dau. 
 of Benjamin Prescott, Esq., of Jaffrey, were md. in Jaf- 
 frey, Nov. 14, 1815, and settled in the north part of this 
 town, near Long Pond, a few years later. He d. Jan. 4, 
 1838, aged 54. His widow, b. Aug. 30, 1783 —the oldest 
 person in Rindge, — resides with her son, on the old 
 place. 
 
 • I. James P., b. . Is a farmer in Rindge. 
 
 n. Bachd, b. April 15, 1819; d. unrad. about 1867. 
 in. Susan B., b. Feb. 13, 1826. 
 
 JosiAH CoBUEiir resided in the north-west part of the 
 town, and afterwards upon the farm now of Addison Ban- 
 croft. No record of his marriage has been received. A 
 short time previous to his death he went to Hancock to 
 reside with one of his children, where he d. 1835. His 
 wife d. 1832. 
 
 I. Josiah, md. March 10, 1803, Olive Pollard. Re- 
 sided in Boston, and subsequently in St. Louis, 
 Mo. 
 
 n. Elizabeth, md. Maj. John Bancroft, q. v. 
 
 III. Joshua, md. Sept. 21, 1808, Eunice Jones, dau. of 
 
 Asa Jones, q. v. Lived and d. (1874) in Boston. 
 His wife d. April 19, 1871. 
 
 IV. Ziuke, unmd. ; A.,felo de se, June 2, 1816. 
 V. Nancy, md. John Streeter, Jr., q. v. 
 
 61 
 
478 
 
 HISTORY OF JRINDGM. 
 
 COFFEEN. 
 
 Families bearing this name were early in Rindge. They were not 
 related to the more niunerous Coffin family, of Newbury, and, later, of 
 other New England towns. This name, on Topsfield and Lunenburg 
 (Mass.), Rindge, Jaffrey, and Acworth (N. H.), Cavendish, and other Ver- 
 mont records, has been spelled Coffeen, Cofflen, Coffein, Coffen, and Coffin, 
 and more rarely as Cufdeen ; but the orthography here adopted invariably 
 appears in original signatuxes of the fan^Uy while resident in this town. 
 Michae 1 CofEeen, the father of those who resided in Rindge, was a native 
 of Ire land, and of wealthy and respectable parentage. Emigrating to 
 Ameri oa at the age of sixteen, four years later he md., and settled in 
 Topsfl eld. In 1738, he and his wife Lydia were admitted to the church 
 in Lunenburg, where they continued to reside for several years. They 
 subsequently were found in Winchendon ; but no record of their death, 
 or removal from that town, has been discovered. 
 
 John Coffeen, the eldest son of Michael, was b. in 
 Topsfield. After following the seas for a few years, he 
 md., about 1752, Susannah Goldsmith, of Boston, and 
 came to Rindge in 1758, and possibly a year or two earlier. 
 In 1755 he was in Middletown, Conn., but he did not long 
 remain there, — nearly a year. He resided upon the farm 
 now of Thomas and Charles G. Buswell, and was an 
 active, enterprising citizen. In 1769 he removed to 
 Cavendish, Vt., and was the first settler in that town. 
 Mr. Coffeen was subsequently prospered in his worldly 
 estate, and was honored with many promotions in civil 
 affairs. He was the first representative from Cavendish 
 in the Assembly, and held the ofiice several years. There 
 were several children, but the names of only two can be 
 given. 
 
 I. JSleazer, bap. in Rindge 1766. 
 II. Lake, b. in Rindge about 1762, 
 
 Dartmouth College. 
 
 A graduate of 
 Vide page 358. 
 
 Henet Coffeen, a brother of John, was b. in Lunen- 
 burg April 6, 1738. He was also one of those' who joined 
 in the petitions concerning the minister tax. An equal of 
 his brother in ability, he was prominent in the affairs of 
 the proprietary and subsequently of the town. His house 
 was near the Jaffrey line, and not far from the western 
 extremity of Long Pond; He was selectman in 1770, and 
 removed to Jaffrey a short time after, where he was select- 
 man in 1774, a captain of the first military company, and 
 otherwise honored by the citizens of that tawa. He 
 removed to Acworth, N. H., in 1780, and was drowned, 
 1785, in a freshet which carried away his mill. He md. 
 previous to 1765, Lucy Hale, dan. of Moses Hale, senior, 
 q. V. At this date, Lucy, his wife, joins in the conveyance 
 of a tract of land in this town. The date of her death is 
 unknown, but probably about 1776. He md. (2d) Mehita- 
 
12 
 
 13 
 
 5 
 
 I. 
 
 6 
 
 11. 
 
 7 
 
 in. 
 
 8 
 
 IV. 
 
 9 
 
 V. 
 
 10 
 
 VI. 
 
 11 
 
 VII. 
 
 OENMALOGICAL BEOISTEB. 479 
 
 ble Smith, of Aoworth. "Moses, David and Lucy, children 
 of Henry Coffeen, deceased,'' are named in Cheshire Pro- 
 bate Records for 1785, and a guardian appointed. The 
 six first named were children of the first wife. 
 
 Senry. 
 
 Nathan. Removed to State of New York. 
 
 Moses. 
 
 David. 
 
 Jjydia. 
 
 JOucy. 
 
 Daniel, a son of the second wife, md. Polly Cur- 
 rier. Resided in Acworth and in Johnson, Vt. 
 Five of his ten children are now living, of whom 
 Mrs. Lucy M. Tyler, of Cambridge, Vt., is the 
 eldest. 
 
 Eleazeb Coffebn was b. Sept. 14, 1731, and lived in 
 Rindge about twenty years. In 1778 he removed to 
 Cavendish, Vt. In 1771 he was not md. 
 
 Pbiscula Coffbbn, a sister of John, etc., b. Sept. 2, 
 1742 ; md. Caleb Huston, of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 Silas CoFFiiir, son of Dea. George and Abigail (Ray- 
 mond) Coffin, of Winchendon, was b. June 27, 1792. He 
 learned the trade of clothier in Marlborough, N. H. 
 Thoroughly familiar with the early and laborious process 
 of manufacturing woolen fabrics, he became one of the 
 pioneers in the introduction of the power loom. He is 
 the originator of the bobbin for holding the yarn which 
 is employed with this class of machinery, and upon 
 which its early success was greatly dependent. He soon 
 became associated in the manufacture of woolen goods 
 in Royalston, Mass., with Rufus Bullock, the father of 
 Gov. Bullock. Their mill was burned in 1832. Eight 
 years later Mr. Coffin removed to this town, and estab- 
 lished the business now conducted by his son, A. S. Coffin, 
 Esq. He md. Sally Rogers, dau. of John Rogers, of Marl- 
 boro, N. H., who d. July 5, 1869, and he md. (2d) Charlotte 
 (Moors) Raymond, widow of Charles Raymond, and dau. 
 of Nathaniel and Lucy (Gary) Moors, of Jaffrey. His sons. 
 Dr. Silas N., a physician of East Chatham, N. Y., Perley S., 
 of Newport, and Samuel B., have not been permanent resi- 
 dents of this town. Two daughters d. young. 
 
 I. George S., md. Sarah R. Scovill. Resided in 
 Rindge 1840^2, and 1860-1864. For many 
 years he has been a dealer in wool, and exten- 
 sively engaged in the manufacture of woolen 
 goods. Resides in Winchendon. 
 
480 
 
 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 (3) 
 
 12 
 13 
 
 II. Nanci/ M, md. Sept. 22, 1862, Francis W. Thissell, 
 son of Richard Thissell. They reside in New- 
 port, N. H. 
 
 III. Arba Sherwin, md. Nov. 10, 1857, Jeanette C. 
 Billings, dau. of Thomas and Amy (Haskell) 
 Billings, of Ludlow, Vt. He is a manufacturer 
 in Rindge. 
 
 1. "Willie H., b. May, 1864. 
 
 Ebenezbe CoLBTjEisr md. Mercy Everett, and after a 
 residence of several years ia Natick, they removed to this 
 town in the year 1779, where they lived to an advanced 
 age. They were highly respected, and are still pleasantly 
 remembered by not a few of the aged residents of the 
 present time. He d. Sept. 17, 1824, aged 86; she d. 
 March 25, 1828, aged 87. As far as known their children 
 were : — 
 
 I. Nancy, b. Sept. 16, 1763 ; md. Dr. Stephen Jewett, 
 
 q. V. 
 II. Ebeneeer, b. April 2, 1765 ; md. Hannah Jewett. -|- 
 in. Jonathan, b. in Rindge Feb. 9, 1780 ; d. 1798. 
 IV. Isaac, b._1782; md. Feb. 2, 1808, Sally Putnam. 
 He d. in Rindge, leaving four children, April 2, 
 1837. 
 
 1. Luman, b. Nov. 21, 1808; md. Emeline 
 
 Howe, dau. of Peter Howe, q. v., and lived 
 upon the homestead of his father several 
 years. 
 
 2. Elmira, b. Oct. 10, 1811. 
 
 3. Harriet, b. Sept. 28, 1814. 
 
 4. Ellis, b. June 30, 1818 ; d. in Boston about 
 
 1850. 
 
 V. Mary, ■ 
 
 ; md. April 29, 1813, Talmon Jennings. 
 She d. Feb. 18, 1818; he d. Sept. 10, 1856, aged 
 
 1. Mary, b. 1816 ; d. unmd. Nov. 22, 1841. 
 
 Ebbnbzbe Colbuen md. Oct. 17, 1790, Hannah Jewett, 
 dau. of Ezekiel, q. v. They resided in Rindge. He was 
 familiarly styled Dea. Colbum in recognition of his 
 blameless life and unimpeachable character. He d. May 
 1, 1822, and his widow md. (2d) March 9, 1826, George 
 Buffum, of Richmond, N. H., where they resided until his 
 death. She d. in Rindge May 20, 1856. The children of 
 Ebenezer and Hannah (Jewett) Colbum were as follows : 
 
 I. JVahum, b. March 20, 1791 ; d. July 22, 1793. 
 11. Nancy, b. Nov. 7, 1792 ; md. Benjamin Davison, 
 q. V. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 481 
 
 14 m. David, h. M^rch 2,1794; md. Lydia Sears; (2d) 
 Mary E. Foster. He d. June 26, 1834. Of six 
 children, the only one living is Lydia, wife of 
 Marshall N. Cutter, Esq., a prominent citizen of 
 Charlestown, Mass. 
 
 15 IV. Infant, b. March 2, 1795 ; d. same month. 
 
 16 V. Zeonard, h. Feb. 29, 1796; md. Polly Corey; (2d) 
 Mrs. Wilder. -|- 
 
 17 VI. Infant, b. March, 1797 ; d. same month. 
 
 18 VII. Infant, b. March, 1798 ; d. same month. 
 
 19 vin. John, h. March 15, 1799; md. Dec. 1, 1825, Lydia 
 Beard, of Fitzwilliam. See Chaplin, No. 17. He 
 d. in Richmond, March, 1870. Their children 
 were: (1) John W.; (2) Ann E.; (3) Fanny; 
 (4) Charles 0.; (5) Henry; (6) Artemas B. 
 
 20 IX. Abram, b. Oct. 2, 1800 ; md. Nov. 26, 1840, Mrs. 
 Hannah Clough, of Salem, Mass. No children. 
 He d. May 27, 1852. 
 
 21 X. Mercy, b. Feb. 9, 1802; md. Nathan Upton, of 
 Peterborough, N. H. Removed to Columbus, O. 
 She d. May 29, 1828, leaving (1) Julia A., (2) 
 Mercy S. 
 
 22 XI. Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1804; md. Nov. 2, 1845, John 
 Walker. She d., s.js., Oct. 16, 1855. 
 
 23 XII. Isaac, b. Oct. 27, 1805 ; d. Oct. 16, 1806. 
 
 24 xm. Fanny, b. March 26, 1807 ; md. J. Lyman Wether- 
 bee, q. V. 
 
 25 XIV. JVbrris, b. April 17, 1809 ; md. Martha L. Carter, 
 dau. of Joseph Carter, of Fitzwilliam. He was 
 killed by the Indians, between Santa Fe and St. 
 Louis, April 5, 1847. Three children: — 
 
 26 1. George N. 
 
 27 2. Martha A.,. ; md. George A. Whitney, 
 
 q. V. 
 
 28 3. Nancy D. 
 
 29 XV. Clarissa, b. Dec. 9, 1812 ; md. Jan. 31, 1833, Eben- 
 ezer Carter, son of Joseph Carter, of Fitz- 
 william. Resides in Fitzwilliam. Nine children. 
 1, 2, 3, and 8 d. in childhood. 
 
 30 4. Henrietta C, b. Oct. 9, 1840; md. 
 
 Whitney ; md. (2d) Bethnel Ellis, Esq., of 
 Winchendon. 
 
 31 5. Florence M., b. March 12, 1843 ; md. 
 
 Fiske. 
 
 82 6. Herbert E., b. Sept. 9, 1845. 
 
 33 7. Norris C, b. Aug. 26, 1848. 
 
 34 9. Sarah T., b. Feb. 16, 1854; md. Charles 
 Whitcomb, son of Henry and Fanny 
 (Buttrick) Whitcomb. 
 
482 
 
 BISTOBY OF RINDGE. 
 
 (16) 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 Leoi^aed Colbuen md. Polly Corey, of New York; 
 md. (2d) Mrs. Currency Wilder, by whom he had six 
 children. He resided many years in this town, where he 
 d. July 7, 1859. 
 
 I. Samuel M. G., md. Martha A. Deeth, dau. of 
 
 Lyman and Julia (Chaphn) Deeth. 
 n. Clarissa. 
 m. Hannah. 
 rv. Maria M., md. Charles D. Kimball, son of Samuel 
 
 M. Kimball, q. v. 
 V. George. 
 VI. Estella. 
 
 Asa Cole md. Anna Goldsmith, and resided in Harvard 
 several years previous to his removal to Rindge in 1796. 
 He resided in "West Rindge, and was active in securing 
 the construction of the canal from Grassy Pond, which 
 has greatly increased the value of the mill sites in that 
 locality. He removed to Westmoreland about 1805, 
 where he subsequently d. It was his eldest son, Asa Cole, 
 who was taxed in this town a few years about 1830. Only 
 one other of the sons has been permanently located here. 
 
 Capt. Chaeles H. Cole, the youngest son of Asa Cole, 
 senior, followed the seas for several years, and was sometime 
 in command of a ship in the whaling service. He md. 
 May 17, 1746, Caroline G. Cutler, q. v. He d. from 
 wounds received on the sea from the bursting of a gun. 
 His widow md. (2d) Oct. 4, 1854, Dr. Edmund Seyffarth, 
 Vide Chap. XVII., who d. in Lawrence, Mass., July 21, 
 1874. Charles W. Cole, son of Capt. Charles, b. Oct. 23, 
 1848 ; md. Amy Hoag, of Barnard, Vt. Resides in Bos- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 483 
 
 CONVEKSE. 
 
 The original seat of the Converse family was in Navarre, France, from 
 ■whence was Koger de Coigniers who emigrated to England near the end 
 of the reign of William the Conqueror, and to whom the Bishop of 
 Durham gave the Constableship of Durham. Among his descendants, 
 Conyers of Horden, Durham, was created a baronet July 14, 1628. Sir 
 Humphry, the eighth generation, wrote the name Coigners, and Sir Chris- 
 topher, the twentieth generation, adopted the orthography of Conyers. 
 In Navarre, in the sixteenth century, the residence of a family of this 
 name was known as the Chateau de Coigniers. Those bearing the name 
 were Huguenots, or French Protestants. In the massacre on St. Barthol- 
 omew's day, in 1572, many of this family fell victims to the rage of the 
 Papists, and Pierre Coigniers, who was attached to the Court of Henry 
 rV. of France, having witnessed the assassination of his kinsman. 
 Admiral CoUigney, and fearful of his own safety, escaped with his wife 
 and two infants to England, and settled in the County of Essex, where his 
 son md. a lady of considerable possessions in that and an adjoining 
 county. It was Ralph, a son of this marriage, who was created a baronet 
 by King Charles II. From the same locanty there possibly were other 
 emigrations of members of this family to England, where the name was 
 naturally changed to Conyers, corresponding with the English pronuncia- 
 tion, and members of the family still spell the name in this manner, 
 while others in the change of a single letter have taken the name of Con- 
 vers. From some of these emigrations to England is descended the 
 Converse family of this country. The name was spelled Convers for 
 several generations after the emigration to New England. The Coat of 
 Arms of Coigniers, Conyers, and Convers, is essentially the same, which 
 sustains the tradition that all are of a common origin. The engraving 
 which stands at the head of this paragraph was taken from an illustration 
 received through the kindness of Kev. J. K. Converse, of Burlington, Vt. 
 It presents the emblems of heraldry which for many generations have 
 been associated with the family name, and is read as follows : Arms. 
 Argent, upon Bend Sable between two Maunehes Azure, Trefoils. On 
 Crest an Arm in Armor out of a Mural Crown Gold. The term argent 
 represents that the shield is white, and sable that the bend or belt is 
 
484 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 black; the bend is a scarf of honor given for courage in battle; the 
 trefoils are emblems of the Trinity, and were bestowed for service in the 
 maintenance of the Church ; the mannches or empty sleeves were added 
 to the Arms of those who had been celebrated in the councils of the 
 sovereign ; the mural crown represents a battlement, and was bestowed 
 on those who first mounted the walls and there lodged a standard ; and 
 the motto. In Deo solo confido, " In God alone I trust." Vide, Baronets of 
 England. London, 1729, and Dictionaire de la Noblesse France et Navarre. 
 
 Dea. Edward Convers, or Converse, as the name is now written, with 
 his wife, Sarah, and children, arrived in New England in the fleet with 
 Grov. Winthrop, 1630, and settled in Charlestosvn. In 1631 a grant was 
 made to him of the first ferry from Boston to Charlestown, of which he 
 had the control for several years under the favor of the General Court. 
 The same year he was admitted freeman, and was selectman 1635 to 
 1640. His name is first of seven commissioners appointed by the church 
 in Charlestown for effecting the settlement of Woburn. Uniting with 
 others, he removed thither, and ably assisted in the settlement of the new 
 township, and after its incorporation he became one of its most useful 
 and honored citizens. He was selectman of the town of Wobum from 
 1644 until his decease, and one of the Board of Commissioners for the 
 trial of minor causes. He was also one of the founders of the church in 
 Woburn, and a deacon for many years. The place of his residence is 
 now included in Winchester, where he d. Aug. 10, 1663, aged seventy- 
 three years. By his wife, Sarah, who accompanied him from England, 
 Dea. Converse had three sons, Josiah, James, and Samuel, and a dau. 
 Mary, who md., 1643, Simon Thompson, and (2d) 1659, John Sheldon, of 
 BiUerica. Sarah, the wife of Dea. Converse, d. Jan. 14, 1662, and he md. 
 (2d) Sept. 9, 1662, Joanna Sprague, widow of Ralph Sprague. 
 
 James Converse, commonly styled Ensign or Lieutenant Converse, was 
 b. in England, and emigrated to America with his father, Dea. Edward 
 Converse. He md. Oct. 24, 1643, Anna Long, dau. of Robert Long, of 
 Charlestown, by whom he had ten children. He d. May 10, 1715, aged 
 95. " Through a long life he was a very valuable and highly esteemed 
 citizen, and was repeatedly honored by the town with the principal 
 offices which it had to confer." (SewaU's "Woburn.") Major James 
 Converse, eldest son of Ensign James Converse, was b. in Woburn, Oct. 
 or Nov. 16, 1645, and d. July 8, 1706, in the 61st year of his age. Not 
 only prominent in civil affairs, he won considerable distinction in the war 
 with the French and Indians. For his daring and successful defence of 
 Storer's Garrison at WeUs, in the year 1691, and during the wax usually 
 styled the " Ten Years " or " King William's War," he was promoted by 
 Gov. Phipps to the rank of Major. Concerning this gallant exploit, a 
 commendatory mention is found in " Belknap," Vol. 1, Chap. X., and 
 in " Hutchinson," Vol. 2, p. 67, and an interesting account in SewaU's 
 "Woburn." Major Converse was ten years a member of the General 
 Court, and was three times elected Speaker of the House. He md. 
 Jan. 1, 1668-9, Hannah Carter, b. Jan. 19, 1650-51, dau. of Capt. 
 John and Elizabeth Carter, of Woburn. By her he had nine chil- 
 dren, four of whom d. in infancy, or in youth unmd. John Con- 
 verse, a son of Major James, was b. in Woburn, Aug. 22, 1673. 
 He md. May 22, 1699, AbigaU Sawyer, b. March 17, 1679, dau. of 
 Joshua Sawyer, of Woburn. The births of their children, Joshua 
 and Patience, are recorded in Woburn previous to 1708, and his name 
 probably does not again appear upon the records of that town until July 
 31, 1728, when the birth of John, his son, is recorded. It is presumed 
 that his residence during these twenty years had been elsewhere. 
 
80 
 
 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 485 
 
 Joshua Converse, their son, was b. in Woburn, June 3, 1704, jbut early 
 in life he removed to Dunstable, and perhaps his father resided there 
 also. He md. July 31, 1729, Kachel Blanchard, b. March 23, 1712, 
 dau. of Joseph and Abiah (Hassel) Blanchard, and a sister of Joseph 
 Blanchard, who was the agent of the Masonians, and who granted the 
 charter of this township. Vide pp. 46 and 52. This marriage is 
 recorded in " Woburn," and the parties are described as " both of Dun- 
 stable." In the year 1739, or ten years after- their marriage, they 
 removed to lot Number 4, within the present town of Merrimac, N. H., 
 then constituting a part of the tract lying both sides of the river, and 
 known by the name, of Naticook, or Litchfield. The records of this 
 township for the period previous to the incorporation of Merrimac in the 
 year 1746, are deposited in Litchfield, from which it appears that he was 
 frequently elected to office, his name appearing as moderator, assessor, 
 selectman, and upon several important conunittees. In 1744, he was 
 drowned in the Merrimac River, and the succeeding year the homestead 
 was taxed to his widow. From the Probate Records, it appears -that 
 administration was granted, April 11, 1746, to Joseph Underwood, of 
 Westford, Mass., and in the return of an inventory of his estate, dated 
 June 17, 1746, it is stated that •' said Converse died in the year 1744." 
 His estate, amounting to £1205 14s. M., was as follows : — 
 
 " His home place Lot No. 4, now in Merrymac town, £ 600 Os. Od. 
 
 "Also his part of the farm called Tyness farm, bought of " 
 Mr. Jonathan Fox, of Woburn, exclusive of what 
 Converse sold to Jonathan Bowers and the one-half 
 of a saw-miU. and irons belonging to the same, 
 standing on said land on Penechuck Brook, in said 
 town of Merrymac, 
 
 " Bonds due to him, 
 
 " Sundry notes due to him, i 
 
 " Book debts owing him, &c.," 
 
 Many articles of personal property specified in the inven- 
 tory amounting to 
 
 It is possible that there were other and older children than those 
 named below. The date of birth of Joseph and Jesse is found upon the 
 records of the ancient town of Naticook, or Litchfield, then including 
 the present town of Merrimac : (1) Joseph, b. Nov. 13, 1739 ; (2) Jesse, 
 b. Dec, 1741 ; (3) Zebulon, b. March 21, 1744. Joseph md. Elizabeth 
 Davis, and resided many years in Bedford, Mass., where his ten children 
 were born. Late in life he removed to Chesterfield, N. H., where he d. 
 Feb. 16, 1828. Betsey, his eldest dau., md. Levi Mead, son of Matthew 
 and Martha (Danforth) Mead. They resided in Chesterfield, and were 
 the grandparents of Larkin G. Mead, the distinguished sculptor. It was 
 James Converse, the third son of Joseph, who studied divinity in Rindge 
 vrith Dr. Payson, and was many years pastor of the church in Weathers- 
 field, Vt. 
 
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 the Jesse Converse who was a member, in 1758, of Capt. Nehemiah Love- 
 weU's company, in Col. John Hart's regiment, raised for the expedition 
 to Crown Point. Zebulon, the youngest son, b. the year in which his 
 father d., settled in Rindge, where, as will appear, many of his descend- 
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 Zebulon Convbese, b. March 21, 1744 ; md. April — , 
 1773, Sarah Meniam, b. Oct. 10, 1753, dau. of Nathaniel 
 and Olive (Wheeler) Merriam, of Bedford, Mass. They 
 removed to Rindge, and upon the first lot in the first 
 range, in 1773 or 1774, which in 1778 he sold to Eben- 
 ezer Muzzey, and purchased the succeeding year lots 
 four and five in the fourth range. Later he resided at 
 Converseville, and in 1786 he removed to the farm, now 
 of George G. Rice, where he d. Nov. 10, 1805, and his 
 wife the 28th of the same month. 
 
 I. JVathaniel, b. Nov. 17, 1774; d. unmd. in Beau- 
 fort, S. C, April 10, 1815. 
 II. /Sarah, b. March 15, 1776; md. EliaMm Russell, 
 son of Nathaniel, q. v. 
 
 III. Hachel, b. July 3, 1777 ; d. young. 
 
 IV. Olive, b. May 15, 1779; md. Solomon Sawtell, son 
 
 of Obadiah, q. v. 
 v. Joshua, b. April 23, 1781 ; d. young. 
 VI. Ira, b. May 28, 1783 ; d. young. 
 VII. Joshua, b. July 2, 1786. -f- 
 
 VIII. Rachel, b. Oct. 12, 1788; md. Daniel Jones. 
 Vide p. 487. + 
 IX. Ira, b. March 1, 1791. -f- 
 X. Rebecca, b. Feb. 18, 1794; md. Charles Stearns. 
 
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 XI. Zebulon, b. Oct. 8, 1795. -f 
 
 JosHUA CoNVBESB, EsQ., was the only child of Zebu- 
 lon Converse, who has left descendants bearing the family 
 name. In addition to the management of a farm, he was 
 much employed in other pursuits. In 1845, he purchased 
 the mills and removed to the locality now known as Con- 
 verseville, where he became extensively engaged in the 
 manufacture of coarse lumber and wooden-ware, in which 
 he was subsequently associated with his sons, Zebulon 
 and Omar D. Converse. With generous foresight Mr. 
 Converse was engaged in several enterprises from which 
 he neither hoped nor expected remunerative returns. 
 The system of flowage secured through his efforts and 
 influence, comprising the capacious reservoirs constructed 
 mainly at his expense, may properly be regarded as public 
 improvements which have advantageously affected the 
 material interests of the town. As a citizen he was 
 highly respected. Possessing superior abilities, warmed 
 into activity by an earnest solicitude for the public good, 
 his services were frequently sought by his townsmen. 
 He represented the town in the Legislature, 1840 and 
 1841, and was a member of the Constitutional Conven- 
 tion in 1850. For seventeen years he was elected to the 
 
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 board of selectmen, a longer period of service than has 
 fallen to the lot of any other individual in . the town's 
 history; and other public services efficiently rendered 
 were neither few nor unimportant. He md. May 6, 1808, 
 Polly Piper, dau. of Thomas Piper, q. v., who d. Feb. 7, 
 
 1840, leaving thirteen children. He md. (2d) May 20, 
 
 1841, PoUy Kimball, dau. of William Kimball, q. v. He 
 d. Nov. 1, 1862; his widow d. Sept. 10, 1866. Two chil- 
 dren not named below d. in childhood. 
 
 I. Lucius Manlius, b. July 20, 1809. -|- 
 n. £Jbenezer Hartshorn, b. Nov. 14, 1811. + 
 
 III. Joshua, b. June 15, 1813. -f- 
 
 IV. Christopher Columbus, b. Dec. 20, 1814. -(- 
 
 V. Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1816; md. David Stowe, q.v. 
 VI. Abraham Jewett, b. Aug. 18, 1818. + 
 vn. Levina Piper, b. May 21, 1820; md. Reuben 
 
 Ramsdell, q. v. 
 vm. Zebulon, b.May 20, 1822.-)- 
 IX. Omar Duane, b. March 9, 1824. -|- 
 X. Alfred Collins, b. March 17, 1827. -f 
 XI. Amanda M, b. Feb. 11, 1829; md. May 15, 1850, 
 Edward Miller, of New York city. They 
 resided in Milwaukee, Wis. ' She d. March 8, 
 1869. Buried in Rindge. 
 xn. George Washington, h. Aug. 29, lS30.-\- 
 xm. Gustavus Adolphus, b. Jan. 21, 1833. -|- 
 
 Rachel CosrvBESB md. July 9, 1811, Dea. Daniel Jones ; 
 b. Dec. 23, 1788, son of Enos and Mary (Whitmore) 
 Jones. They resided in Ashbumham, where he d. March 
 14, 1843. After the death of Dea. Jones, she resided 
 several years in Winchendon, but d. at the residence of 
 her dau., Mrs. Sawtell, in Ayer, Mass., April, 1878. 
 
 I. Mary, b. March, 26, 1813 ; d. unmd. Aug. 30, 1846. 
 
 II. Sultyna, b. April 26, 1815 ; md. June 2, 1840, Asa 
 Elbridge Woods, son of Sewell and Anna (Whit- 
 aker) Woods. They resided in Mason, N. H., 
 where he d. July 25, 1850. She md. (2d) March 
 26, 1856, Ezi-a H. Sawtell, son of Asa Sawtell, 
 q. V. Reside in Ayer, Mass. 
 in. Miza, b. Oct. 4, 1821; d. Feb. 22, 1824. 
 IV. Miza Rachel, b. Aug. 1, 1826; md. Jan. 8, 1854, 
 Horace O. Whitcher, son of Jeremiah and Persis 
 (Craig) Whitcher. Reside in Barton, Vt. 
 
 V. Daniel Wayland, b. Jan. 14, 1829. A physician, 
 formerly of Rindge, now of Newton, Mass. 
 Vide Chap. XVIL He md. July 13, 1853, 
 Minerva A. Tyler, dau. of Ephraim and Mary 
 (Bissell) Tyler, who d. Jan. 31, 1858; md. (2d) 
 
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 Dec. 24, 1860, Josephine D. Bullard, dau. of 
 Elias and Persia (Daniels) Bidlard, of Holliston, 
 Mass. She d. May 25, 1871. 
 
 Iea Convbese md. Susan Tilden. For many years he 
 was an overseer in a corporation in Waltham, Mass. He 
 returned to Rindge in the year 1850, and d. March 21, 
 1862. He was a worthy, blameless citizen. His widow 
 d. Sept. 13, 1867. 
 
 I. Hattie M^ md. Sept. 20, 1871, Charles I. Chadwlck, 
 son of Abner F. Chadwick, q. v. Reside in 
 Rindge. 
 n. Ira, d. at four years of age. 
 
 Rebecca Conteesb md. Oct. 19, 1821, Charles Stearns, 
 son of "William and Lydia (Davis) Steams, and grandson 
 of Hon. Isaac Steams, of BiUerica, Mass. They resided 
 in New Ipswich, where he d. March 6, 1838. Subse- 
 quently she removed to Lowell, Mass.; d. Sept. 3, 1870. 
 
 I. £:dwin Jones, b. Oct. 6, 1823 ; d. April 16, 1842. 
 
 n. Susan Davis, b. , 1826 ; d. unmd. March 23, 
 
 1868. 
 
 in. Charles Converse, b. , 1830 ; d. unmd. Oct. 24, 
 
 1860. 
 IV. Jane Rebecca, b. 1835 ; d. Oct. 29, 1836. 
 
 ZEBtTLON CoNVEESE md. Ann Harris, who d. without 
 issue 1865. He was a merchant and postmaster for sev- 
 eral years at Cape Vincent, New York, where he d. 1874. 
 
 Ltrcius M. CoNVBESB md. April 12, 1827, Cynthia Saw- 
 tell, dau. of Solomon and OUve (Converse) Sawtell, q. v. 
 He was a farmer, and resided upon the farm still owned by 
 the family. He d. March 14, 1864, aged 54. 
 
 I. Charles Stearns, d. young. 
 II, Simeon Farwell, d. young, 
 m. Glovis Manlius, b. Sept. 27, 1832. Resides in 
 
 Rindge. 
 IV. Cornelia Lestina, b. Deo. 11, 1834. Postmaster at 
 
 East Rindge. 
 V. Marion Willshire, b. Oct. 23, 1837; d. June 4, 
 
 1863, in New Orleans ; a member of Co. F, 16th 
 
 N. H. Vols. 
 VI. Conrad Modolphus, b. June 10, 1840; md. 
 
 Martha H. Dewhurst, dau. of William Dewhurst. 
 
 They reside in Newton, Mass. 
 VII. Anza Merovius, b. June 3, 1842 ; d. June 16, 1850. 
 viii. Ralsamond Be Witt, b. April 29, 1844. 
 IX. Cleros Sherebiah, b. March 13, 1846. 
 
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 X. Hondo Hemon, b. Feb. 8, 1848. 
 XI. Vlric Adzera, b. Oct. 21, 1849. 
 XII. Cynthia Anna, b. Jan. 27, 1853; md. July 31, 
 1873, William H. Smith. Reside in Rindge. 
 
 Capt. Ebeitezbe H. Convbese md. Oct. 8, 1885, 
 Sarah Darling, dau. of Jewett B. and Hannah (Murdock) 
 Darling, of Winchendon. With the exception of a resi- 
 dence of a few years in New Ipswich, he has resided in 
 this town. He was four years an officer of the Rindge 
 Light Infantry, and commanded the company 1836 and 
 1837. Enjoying the confidence of his townsmen, he 
 easily and promptly raised a company for the 6th New 
 Hampshire Volunteers, in the autumn of 1861, of which 
 he was commissioned captain, and of which he continued 
 in command until his resignation the following year. 
 
 I. Morton JS., b. Sept. 17, 1887 ; md. Aug. 19, 1869, 
 Hattie M. Atherton, dau. of Thomas and Susan 
 Atherton, of Lowell, Mass. He resides in 
 Rindge, and is a manufacturer of wooden-ware 
 and pyroligneous acid, iron Uquor, acetic acid, 
 and other chemicals obtained from a wood acid 
 base. 
 
 II. ITettie S., h. Aug. 29, 1841; md. May 1, 1871, 
 Albert A. Spear, son of Palmer M. and Eliza- 
 beth (Proctor) Spear, of Warren, Me. He is a 
 dealer in stoves, ranges, and furnaces, in Fitch- 
 burg, Mass. 
 
 III. Oscar Irving, b. Aug. 9, 1843; md. March 8, 
 
 1867, Coralie S. Mix, dau. of Hon. James D. 
 Mix, of Walla Walla, Washington Territory. 
 He is an officer in the United States army. 
 
 IV. Clarence, b. Oct. 8, 1856 ; resides in Fitchburg. 
 
 Joshua Conveese in early Ufe engaged in the manu- 
 facture of cotton fabrics. He was Superintendent of the 
 Suffolk Corporation of Lowell several years. In 1859 he 
 removed to Salmon Falls, N. H., and accepted an appoint- 
 ment of Agent of the Salmon Falls Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, a position in which he has been highly successful. 
 While a resident of Lowell he was a member of the 
 Massachusetts Legislature and of the Common Council 
 and Board of Aldermen. He was a Director and subse- 
 quently President of the Traders and Mechanics Insur- 
 ance Co., a Director of the Prescott Bank, and a Trustee 
 of the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank, from the organi- 
 zation of these associations until he removed from Low- 
 ell. Since 1860 he has been a Director of the Salmon 
 Falls Bank, and Vice-President of the Rollinsford Sav- 
 
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 ings Bank. In the discharge of these important trusts, 
 and in the management of the business of an extensive 
 manufacturing corporation, the ability and integrity of 
 Mr. Converse have commanded the unqualified respect of 
 his associates. He md. Oct. 18, 1835, Jane B. Damon, 
 dau. of Galen and Jane (Bowker) Damon. She d. 
 March 4, 1868. He md. (2d) Aug. 30, 1869, H. Jennie 
 Dearborn, dau. of Joseph and Harriet (Drew) Dearborn. 
 
 I. Mary Jane, b. June 10, 1837; md. .Tune 2, 1864, 
 James A. Place, son of James H. and Lydia 
 (Chesley) Place. They reside at Salmon Falls, 
 n. William Henry, b. 1840; d. 1842. 
 III. Josephine, b. 1843 ; d. 1844. 
 
 Cheistopkee C. Convbesb md. Dec. 3, 1840, Susan 
 B. Daniels, dau. of William B. and Susannah (Bowker) 
 Daniels. Was five yeai-s in the livery business in Lowell, 
 thirteen years a dealer in flour and grain in Boston, and 
 returned to Rindge 1855, where he continues to reside. 
 
 I. Charles B., b. March 27, 1842 ; d. Aug. 18, 1842. 
 11. Susan B., b. June 6, 1846; md. Sept. 1, 1869, 
 
 George A. Whitney, Esq^ son of John WTiit- 
 
 ney, q. v. 
 
 Abeaham J. CoNVEESE, a farmer in Rindge, resides 
 upon the farm formerly of his father; md. April 25, 1843, 
 Adaline P., dau. of Daniel and Eliza (Poster) Peacock. 
 She d. Jan. 3, 1874; md. (2d) Dec. 24, 1874, Lizzie Dear- 
 bom, dau. of Joseph and Hamet (Drew) Dearborn. 
 
 I. Addie A., b. June 3, 1844 ; md. Henry W. Steams, 
 
 son of Col. George W. Steams, q. v. 
 II. Elsim A., b. July 22, 1850. 
 
 Zebulon Conveese Esq., a manufacturer in Rindge. 
 He was first a member of the firm of J. Converse & Co., 
 of Z. & O. D. Converse, and now of R. Ramsdell & Co., 
 who are engaged in the manufacture of nest and fruit 
 boxes. He was selectman for the years 1851, '53, '54, '56, 
 a representative 1862 and '63, and a commissioner for 
 Cheshire County 1864 to 1867. He md. Aug. 12, 1845, 
 Ann Mixer, dau. of Charles Mixer, q. v. 
 
 I. Ann Zebulina, b. May 8, 1846 ; d. Dec. 21, 1852. 
 
 II. Marianna, b. Dec. 29, 1853; d. July 6, 1854. 
 
 III. Charles, b. Aug. 8, 1854; d. Aug. 22, 1856. 
 
 IV. Idella Emeretta, b. Sept. 13, 1857. 
 
 V, Infant son, b. Nov. 21, 1866 ; d. same day. 
 
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 Dea. Omae D. Converse, formerly a member of the 
 finns mentioned, and now associated with his son in the 
 manufacture of coarse lumber, and also dealers in corn 
 and meal. They have the only grain mill remaining in 
 Rindge. He was representative 1871, '72, and has been a 
 deacon in the Congregational Church since 1856. He md. 
 Aug. 16, 1847, Harriet Henry, dau. of Francis and Per- 
 meUa (Brown) Henry, of Chesterfield, N. H., who d. July 
 15, 1860, and he md. (2d) Dec. 26, 1865, her sister, Jane 
 E. Henry. 
 
 I. .Francis Duane, b. Dec. 17, 1848 ; of the firm of 
 
 O. D. Converse & Son. 
 II. Marriet Amanda, b. Oct. 9, 1852; md. June 3, 
 1874, Frederick W. Forristall, son of John M. 
 and Mary J. Forristall, of Winchendon. Reside 
 in W. 
 m. Irving Omar, b. March 9, 1856. 
 
 Alpeed C. CoisrvEESB removed to New York in 1850, 
 and to Boston 1854. Is a type founder, now a partner in 
 the well known firm of Phelps, Dalton & Co. The type 
 from which this volume is printed is of their manufacture. 
 Residence in Chelsea, Mass. He md. Nov. 13, 1855, Julia 
 A. Woods, b. Nov. 22, 1833, dau. of Aaron B. and EUenor 
 (Eggleston) Woods, of Hillsboro', N. H. She d. Jan. 5, 
 1868 ; md. (2d) Nov. 18, 1869, Hulda H. Mitchell, dau. of 
 Nahum and Mary (Hatch) Mitchell, of Marshfield, and 
 later of Medford, Mass. 
 
 I. Julia Iiuella, b. Feb. 4, 1859. 
 
 II. Lillia Frances, b. May 10, 1865 ; d. Sept. 15, 1866. 
 m. Son, b. and d. Oct. 23, 1870. 
 IV. Alfred Otis, b. Dec. 21. 1871. 
 
 Geokgb W. Convbese resided in Winchendon, where 
 he d. Sept. 19, 1872. He md. Aug. 26, 1856, Ellen A. 
 Knapp, dau. of Orris and Milley (Flagg) Knapp, of 
 Mason, N. H. 
 
 I. 6-eorgie A., b. Dec. 27, 1857 ; d. June 19, 1863. 
 II. Nellie L., b. Aug. 27, 1862. 
 m. Willie K., b. Sept. 25, 1870. 
 
 GusTAvus CoNVBESB residcs in Winchendon. He md. 
 Nov. 19, 1856, Phebe J. Larrabee, dau. of Joseph C. and 
 Eunice (Larrabee) Larrabee, of Bangor, Me. 
 
 Thomas Cowdin, son of Thomas, was from Fitchburg, 
 Mass. His father and relatives were leading men of that 
 place. He md. March 11, 1798, Betsey Sawyer, dau. of 
 
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 Abner Sawyer, q. v. He resided on the Dea. Goddavd 
 farm, and the parents of his wife had a home with him. 
 The family removed from town 1820. 
 
 I. Experience, b. Feb. 1, 1799. 
 n. Joseph, b. Feb. 9, 1801. 
 rn. Augustus, b. May 16, 1803. 
 IT. Horace, b. May 27, 1805. 
 V. Addison, b. June 28, 1807. 
 Ti. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 27, 1810. 
 VII. Mary F., b. Oct. 26, 1813. 
 Tin. Thomas, b. July 15, 1816. 
 
 CRAGIN. 
 
 John Cragin was b. in the south of Scotland about 1634. While 
 young he was pressed into the royal service, and was one of the prisoners 
 taken by the army of CromweU at the battle of Dunbar, 1650, and 
 shipped to America the following year with other prisoners taken in the 
 same battle. Nov. 4, 1661, he md. Sarah Dawes, a native of England, 
 and settled in Woburn, where he d. Jan. 27, 1708. Among his eight 
 children was John, Jr., b. Sept. 9, 1677 ; md. April 13, 1700, Deborah 
 Skilton. His three children were b. in Woburn. The eldest of these 
 was John ; md. Judith Barker, and, after a residence of several years in 
 Acton, he removed to Temple, N. H. Benjamin, the sixth of nine chil- 
 dren, was b. in Acton July 8, 1740 ; md. May 2, 1766, Mercy Robbins. 
 They resided in Temple and Mason, now Greenville, N. H., where he 
 closed an active, useful life April 20, 1816. 
 
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 Aaeon^ Ceagin, son of Benjamin, was b. in Temple 
 April 16, 1772; md. Feb. 16, 1797, Sarah Wilkins, of 
 Carlisle, Mass. He removed from Temple to Rindge 1812, 
 and remained a citizen of this town about nine years, when 
 he removed to New Ipswich, and subsequently to the 
 State of New York, where he d. Feb. 13, 1849. Three 
 children were b. in Rindge. Of these one d. Sept. 1, 1817. 
 
 Moses Ceagin, a brother of Aaron, b. in Temple Dec. 
 4, 1778 ; md. May 5, 1799, Lucy Felt, and is said to have 
 resided in Rindge a short time immediately after his mar- 
 riage ; but his name is not found upon the tax lists. He d. 
 in Temple April, 1804. His widow md. Joseph BuUard, 
 q. V. She had thi-ee children by the first, and four by the 
 second marriage. 
 
 I. Moses, b. Dec. 24, 1800 ; md. 1822, Sarah Chamber- 
 lain. She d. Aug. 20, 1842, aged 38; md. (2d) 
 1843, Elleanor Walton, who d. Nov. 27, 1845 ; 
 md. (3d) Sept. 22, 1846, Fanny Bidwell. He 
 
 lived in Rindge upon the farm now of 
 
 Sawin until 1847, when he removed to Marlow, 
 N. H. Seven children b. in Rindge. 
 
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 II. Orlando, b. Aug. 24, 1802; md. Dec. 25, 1825, 
 Malinda G. Christie; md. (2d) Emily (Ware) 
 Cragin, widow of Stephen Cragin. Resides in 
 East Jaffrey. His son, George W. Cragin, re- 
 sides in Rindge. 
 
 III. Timothy, b. March 4, 1804 ; md. March 24, 1830, 
 Melissa Holman. Hotel keeper in Rindge. He 
 d. Oct. 25, 1856. 
 
 1. Harvey, b. March 13, 1835. Resides in 
 Chicopee, Mass. 
 
 James Ceumbib, with his wife Mary and five children, 
 came to Rindge, from Andover, Mass., in June, 1772. 
 With him came Phinehas Ames, an apprentice. Mr. 
 Crumble was a carpenter and joiner, then generally called 
 housewrights. He was clerk of Capt. Hale's company in 
 1775, and a lieutenant in Capt. Smith's company in 1776. 
 Early in the year 1777, upon the organization of the 
 three continental battalions, he was commissioned a lieu- 
 tenant in Col. Ifathan Hale's regiment. After a few 
 months' service in this regiment he was injured by a fall 
 from his horse, and was permitted to return to his home. 
 He resided at West Rindge, and d. Oct. 7, 1802, aged 65; 
 his widow survived him a few years. This name is here 
 spelled as it appears upon the Rindge records ; but the 
 form of Crombie perhaps more generally prevails in other 
 places. 
 
 I. Mary, b. in Andover, , 1761; md. Joshua 
 
 Chadwick, q. v. ' 
 
 II. Sally, b. in Andover. 
 
 III. e/bsepA, b. in Andover, Nov. 19, 1765; md. Mary 
 
 Wright. + 
 
 IV. Anna, b. in Andover, Aug. 22, 1768. 
 V. Benjamin, b. in Andover, July 8, 1770. 
 
 VI. Thomas, b. in Rindge, April 25, 1773 ; d. Feb. 14, 
 
 1800. 
 vn. James, b. March 26, 1775 ; d. Oct. 21, 1776. 
 Tin. Betty, b. Sept. 11, 1777. 
 IX. James, b. Sept. 28, 1779; d. July 30, 1804. 
 X. Rebecca, b. Feb. 16, 1782. 
 XI. Enoch Poor, b. May 26, 1784 ; d. May 4, 1786. 
 
 Joseph Ceumbie lived at West Rindge, where O. P. 
 Allen, Esq., now resides. He was a tanner, and had a 
 yard nearly south from his house, and between the two 
 roads as now traveled. He md. June 25, 1794, Mary 
 Wright, dau. of Francis Wright, of Jaffrey. She was b. 
 Feb. 13, 1773. He d. at the residence of his son, who a 
 short time previous had removed to Jaffrey, Oct. 31, 
 
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 1746, and was buried in the cemetery at East Jaffrey. 
 The gravestone records his death as Oct. 31, 1747, an 
 error of one year. His widow d. July 1, 1749. Children 
 all b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. ISTmicy, b. April 7, 1795; md. Sept. 24, 1820, Dr. 
 John Peirce, of Lunenburg, son of Jonathan 
 and Sarah (Chaplin) Peirce. He d. March 13, 
 1848, aged 63 ; she d. in Fitchburg, Feb. 5, 1874. 
 They had two children : — 
 
 1. Nancy C, b. March 18, 1829 ; md. June 20, 
 
 1854, Charles A. Emory, of Fitchburg, 
 son of Daniel Emory, Jr., q. v. 
 
 2. Abby A., b. June 18, 1840; md. Sept. 5, 
 
 1860, Charles A. Brick, of Fitchburg. 
 
 II. Sally, b. Nov. 4, 1796 ; md. Nov. 21, 1816, Peter 
 
 J. Gayety. He d. in Pittsburg, Pa., June 28, 
 
 1826; she d. in Franklin, Pa., May 10, 1842. 
 
 They had four children, 
 ni. PoUy, b. March 31, 1798 ; d. May 30, 1799. 
 IV. Thomas, b. Sept. 3, 1800; md. Dec. 25, 1828, 
 
 Vesta L. Metcalf, dau. of Timothy Metcalf, q. v. 
 
 They resided several years in Rindge ; are now 
 
 in Orange, Mass. 
 V. Polly, b. Jan. 9, 1803; md. Nov. 12, 1826, Daniel 
 
 French, son of Daniel, of Jaffrey. She d. July 
 
 5, 1850. 
 VI. Joseph, b. May 6, 1805 ; md. Aug. 20, 1851, Mary 
 
 S. French, dau. of Thomas and Sophia (JeweU) 
 
 French, of Jaffrey. They reside in Jaffrey. 
 VII. Dolly, b. June 9, 1807; md. Nov. 18, 1830,Elijah 
 
 Bowker, a manufacturer of pails and tubs in 
 
 Fitzwilliam. 
 VIII. Benjamin, b. March 28, 1810. 
 IX. Martha, b. Aug. 13, 1811 ; md. July 17, 1834, Jason 
 
 Mooar. They removed to Watertown, N. T., 
 
 where he d. 1868. 
 X. Rebecca, b. June 14, 1814; md. Sept. 3, 1885, 
 
 Reuben Barrett. He d. 1870. She resides in 
 
 Amherst, Mass. 
 XI. Elizabeth, b. April 27, 1817 ; md. May 18, 1846, 
 
 Perkins Bigelow. They reside in Jaffrey. 
 
 EzBKiBL CuDWOETH, b. in Greenfield, N. H. March 14, 
 1784, md. Lydia Lewis, who was b. Feb. 17, 1783. Pre- 
 vious to their removal to Rindge, in 1848, they had resided 
 in Marlborough and "Westmoreland, N. H. He d. Sept. 
 15, 1866. His widow d. Jan. 5, 1869. Their children 
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 young. 
 
 II. Lewis, b. Jan. 15, 1814 ; d. 1839 in Marlboro. Left 
 a family. 
 
 III. Emery, b. Aug. 2, 1815 ; d. in Marlboro. Left a 
 
 family. 
 
 IV. Timothy, b. Sept. 6, 1818. Resided in Rindge 
 
 since 1841 ; md. Dec. 23, 1841, Ruth S. Sawtell, 
 dau. of Aaron Sawtell, q. v. Four children liv- 
 ing, two of whom are md. 
 
 1. Willard, b. Oct. 16, 1842 ; md. 1864, M. Net- 
 tie Hall, dau. of Horatio Hall, of Fitz^ 
 wilUam. Resides in Rindge. 
 
 3. Martha J., b. June 29, 1847; md. D. S. 
 Cummings. Reside in Phillipston, Mass. 
 
 V. Ezekiel, b. Aug. 8, 1820 ; md. April 3, 1844, Aohsa 
 
 Tarbell, dau. of Reuben TarbeU, q. v. Mr. Cud- 
 worth removed in 1872 to Littleton, N. H., 
 where he is extensively engaged in the manufact- 
 ure of coarse lumber. While in Rindge he was 
 selectman three years, and held other local offices. 
 They have six children living. 
 VI. Moses, b. April 27, 1827; md. Lavilla Moore, who 
 d. Jan. 5, 1855 ; md. (2d) Mary A. Kendall, b. 
 Dec. 23, 1831, dau. of Joseph Kendall, of Troy. 
 They reside near the FitzwiUiam line, and have 
 several children. 
 
 Dba. Adest CmEviiNGS, who had passed several years of 
 his minority in this town, md. 1820, Sarah (Wetherbee) 
 Breed, widow of Enoch Breed, q. v. She d. June 29, 
 1840, and he md. (2d) Nov., 1841, Cynthia Brigham, of 
 Waltham. Removed to Jaifrey 1855. 
 
 I. Adin Milton, b. July 20, 1821 ; md. Dec. 5, 1843, 
 
 Elizabeth M. Peaslee. 
 II. John Galvin, b. Feb. 27, 1843 ; d. . 
 
 Nathan P. Cummings removed to Rindge about 1828. 
 He lived upon the farm next west of the Amos Keyes 
 
 farm. He md. Joslin, of Rindge, q. v., and removed 
 
 from town about twenty years ago. 
 
 I. Langdon. 
 
 II. Harriet, md. McCrillis. 
 
 in. Nathan P., md. Mary Ann Whitcomb, q. v. 
 
 IV. Charles, md. Eliza Moore, dau. of Dea. Nathan 
 
 and Sarah (Russell) Moore, of Sharon. They 
 
 reside in Lyndeboro, N. H. 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 CUTLER. 
 
 Solomon Cdtlek, the ancestor of the Cutlers of Rindge, was from 
 Lexington, Mass., where his kinsfolk have been numerous. He was a 
 descendant of James Cutler, the emigrant, who was b. in England about 
 1606, and settled in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1635. About 1648 he 
 removed from Watertown to Cambridge Farms, now Lexington, where 
 he d. May 17,1694. His first wife, Anna, d. in Sept., 1644; he md. (2d) 
 March 9, 1645, Mary King, widow of Thomas King, who d; Dec. 7, 1854, 
 and he md. (M) about 1662, Phebe Page, a dau. of John Page, the emi- 
 grant, ancestor of numerous Page families in Rindge. James Cutler, 
 the eldest son of James and Anna Cutler, was b. Kov. 6, 1635, and md. 
 June 15, 1665, Lydia (Moore) Wright, widow of Samuel Wright, of 
 Sudbury, and dau. of John Moore, also of Sudbury. He d. in Lexing- 
 ton, July 31, 1685. Thomas Cutler, his son, b. Dec. 15, 1677; md. Sarah 
 Stone, dau, of Dea. Samuel and Dorcas (Jones) Stone, of Lexington. 
 They resided in Lexington. He was selectman several years. Their 
 eldest son was David Cutler, b. Aug. 6, 1705 ; md. Mary Tidd, dau. of 
 Joseph and Mary Tidd. They resided on the old homestead, near the 
 Bedford line. He was selectman 1749, 1750, 1751. He d. of small-pox, 
 Dec. 5, 1760, and his widow d. May 25, 1797. They had nine children. 
 Of these the sixth was Solomon, who settled in Rindge. Vide Hudson's 
 " History of Lexington." 
 
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 Solomon Cutlee was b. in Lexington, Mny 10, 1740 
 (not May 15, as stated by Dr. Bond and by Hudson). 
 He was md. by Benj. Read, Esq., of Lexington, Dec. 23, 
 1761, to Rebecca Paige, of Bedford, a sister of John 
 Paige, of Hardwiok, who md. Mary Cutler, a sister of 
 Solomon. Rebecca was b. in Bedford, Aug. 23, 1743. 
 They came to Rindge, probably in 1771, and were 
 admitted to the church by letter from the church in 
 Lexington, March 21, 1772. Capt. Cutler lived many 
 years as a farmer and innholder, about one-half mile from. 
 Rindge Centre, on the farm subsequently occupied by Dr. 
 Thomas Jewett. He was styled Lieutenant in 1775, and 
 Captain in 1777, and subsequently, on account of commis- 
 sions held in the home organizations. In 1777 he was a 
 member of Capt. Stone's company, which marched in 
 response to an alarm at Ticonderoga, but is not kno^Ti to 
 have been in the service at any other time. He was 
 selectman 1775, 1777, and 1783. His wife, the mother of 
 eight children, d. Oct. 18, 1782, and he md. (2d) Hepsi- 
 beth Bush, of Sterling, Mass., by whom he had two 
 children. 
 
 I. Amos, b. Sept. 20, 1762. + 
 II. Rebecca, \>. May 20, 1765 ; md. Thomas Demary, 
 
 q. V. 
 in. Sally, b. Oct. 7, 1767 ; md. Joshua Hale, Esq., q. v. 
 IV. Polly, b. April 16, 1770 ; md. Lemuel Kimball, q. v. 
 V. Solomon, b. March 16, 1778 ; md. Rhoda Whipple, 
 and removed to Vermont. (?) 
 
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 VI. Callia, b. Oct. 12, 1775 ; md. Sherburne Hale, q. v. 
 
 VII. Anna, b. Jan. 1, 1780; md. Heath, and 
 
 removed to Vermont. 
 VIII. Infant, b. Oct., 1782 ; d. same day. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 10 IX. Sepsibeth, b. ; md. John Townsend, q. ^t. 
 
 11 X. Sophia, b. Jan. 30, 1794; md. June 14, 1818, Col. 
 A. B. W. Tenney, of Newbury, Yt. They 
 resided in the same house during fifty-five years 
 of married life. Their many Christian graces 
 and blameless characters are inseparable from 
 their memory ; he d. Sept. 13, 1873 ; she d. Aug. 
 7, 1873. 
 
 12 1. Asa, b. March 31, 1819 ; d. July 29, 1829. 
 
 13 2. Mary, b. April 2, 1821 ; d. Feb. 11, 1858. 
 
 14 3. Sophia Cutler, b. April 4, 1824; md. Jan. 4, 
 1844, Joshua Hale, of Newburyport, Mass. 
 Their dau., Alice Little, md. Cyrus King ' 
 Hale, of Boston. They have four chil- 
 dren. 
 
 15 4. H. Ann, b. Oct. 12, 1827 ; md. Jan. 29, 1851, 
 James D. White, of Haverhill, Mass. 
 They have three children : Elizabeth, P., 
 b. July 27, 1856 ; Sophia Tenney, b. March 
 31, 1859; d. July 22, 1861; and Abner 
 Tenney, b. Jan. 29, 1862. 
 
 16 5. Asa A., b. Sept. 29, 1829 ; d. Deo. 23, 1849. 
 
 17 6. Martha Jane, b. July 23, 1832. Resides in 
 Haverhill, Mass. 
 
 (2) Amos Cutlee, son of Capt. Solomon, md. Dec. 29, 
 1785, Elizabeth Carlton, dau. of James and Elizabeth 
 (Sherwin) Carlton, q. v. He resided in several places in 
 Rindge ; was a constable several years. Many of his 
 quaint original sayings are not forgotten by the aged who 
 remember him. He d. Aug. 9, 1838, aged 76, and his 
 widow Feb. 14, 1859, aged 93. 
 
 I. James, b. Feb. 26, 1787 ; d. unmd. about 1860. 
 II. Amos, b. Jan. 4, 1789 ; md. Nov. 21, 1811, Polly 
 Raymond, dau. of Capt. Joel Raymond, q. v. 
 Mr. Cutler resided in Rindge until a few months 
 previous to his death. He was interested in the 
 shoe business while it continued in this town, and 
 later occupied the Raymond farm. One or two 
 children were b. to them and d. in infancy. 
 
 1. Caroline G. Cutler, an adopted dau., was b. 
 Feb. 2, 1825 ; md. Capt. Charles H. Cole, 
 q. V. 
 
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 ■III. William, h. Sept. 27, 1791 ; d. May 11, 1848, urnnd, 
 IV. JBetsey, h. Aug. 8, 1793 ; d. Sept. 10, 1795. 
 V. Charles, b. Nov. 28, 1796. -|- 
 VI. Miza, b. Nov. 12, 1798 ; d. unmd. Feb. 27, 1826. 
 
 VII. Leonard, b. March 20, 1802. Is living in Rindge 
 
 unmd. 
 
 VIII. Avalina, b. Marcb 23, 1808 ; d. April 4, 1808. 
 IX. John Carlton, b. July 28, 1809 ; d. Dec. 23, 1809. 
 
 Charles Cutlbb, son of Amos, md. Oct. 18, 1881, 
 Melinda Wright, dau. of Abel and Zilpha (Rice) Wright, 
 of Ashby. She was b. July 22, 1805, and d. Aug. 9, 1847. 
 He md. (2d) March 5, 1848, Esther Whitcomb, dau. of 
 John and Esther (Morse) Whitcomb, of Swanzey, b. Feb. 
 8, 1805, who was the mother of one child. Mr. Cutler 
 was a farmer and resided on the farm formerly of Capt. 
 Asa Sherwin. He d. Feb. 15, 1864. His widow resides 
 in Winchendon. 
 
 I. Charles Henry, b. Aug. 30, 1832; md. .Tan. 14, 
 1863, Elizabeth A. Burnham, of Windsor, Vt. 
 Reside in Keene, N. H. Three children living. 
 
 II. John Harrison, b. Feb. 16, 1834. A physician in 
 Peterboro. After receiving a liberal academical 
 education, he commenced his professional stud- 
 ies, under the direction of Dr. O. H. Bradley, of 
 Jaffrey, and graduated at the University of Ver- 
 mont, in 1861, having been indebted to his own 
 industry for the means which enabled him to 
 continue his studies. After a brief practice in 
 New Ipswich and Mason, N. H., he was appoint- 
 ed Assistant-Surgeon in the army, and remained 
 in the service until the close of the war, when 
 he located in Peterboro, where he has continu- 
 ally enjoyed a liberal and apjjreciative patron- 
 age. He md. June 6, 1865, Martha L. Ryan, 
 dau. of Col. Samuel and Hannah (Shedd) Ryan, 
 of Jaffrey. 
 
 ni. Merrick A., b. Jan. 26, 1836; d. March 10, 1842. 
 
 IV. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 26, 1839 ; d. Sept. 4, 1843. 
 V. Frances Augusta, b. June 30, 1841 ; md. Feb. 13, 
 1861, Charles H. Stanford. Reside in Keene. 
 Four children Uving. 
 
 VI. Marianna C, b. Oct. 28, 1843; md. April 19, 
 1863, William L. Streeter, son of Lucius and 
 Mary J. (Stratton) Streeter (Stratton family, 
 18). 
 VII. Emily M., b. Aug. 9, 1847. 
 
 VIII. Virgil M., b. Aug. 20, 1851 ; resides in Winchen- 
 don. 
 
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 CUTTER. 
 
 The number of families in this town by the name of Cutter has been 
 limited, and none of them have continued a residence here during many 
 years. E. B. Cutter, a present inhabitant, has remained longer than any 
 other person bearing the same name. By reference to the Cutter Gene- 
 alogy, recently published, the ancestry of the persons named in this 
 paragraph will be easily traced. 
 
 Jambs Cttttee, son of Gershom. and Anna (Fillebrown) 
 Cutter, b. in March, 1742, removed from Waltham to 
 Rindge previous to March, 1775, when he was chosen 
 surveyor of the highways. He was a member of Capt. 
 Hale's company, which was called into service by the 
 alarm at Concord and Lexington. In 1776 his signature 
 was added to the association test, and July 21 of that 
 year "Mary, daughter of James Cutter, was baptized." 
 This dau. was then about three months old, and conse- 
 quently was b. in this town. Mr. Cutter subsequently 
 removed to Jaffrey, where he d. April 13, 1790. His 
 wife was Catherine, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Hammond.) 
 Benjamin, who was the mother of seven children. In 
 Bond's " Watertown," 191 and 192, the name of this 
 person is given Cutler, and there is probably an error in 
 the date of the letter from the church in "Waltham to the 
 church in Rindge. 
 
 Nathaniel Cuttee, b. in Charlestown, now Winches- 
 ter, Mass., Aug. 6, 1739; md. Oct. 24, 1758, Sarah 
 Wyman, dau. of Benjamin and Esther (Richardson) 
 Wyman, who was the mother of his children ; he md. 
 (2d) Nov. 20, 1777, Mary Locke, dau. of Samuel and 
 Deborah (Butterfield) Locke. At this time, he was a 
 resident of Princeton, Mass., from whence he removed to 
 Rindge. (Cutter Gen., 91.) He removed between the 
 date of his marriage and March 16, 1780, the date of " the 
 seating of Rindge meeting-house," in which appears the 
 name of " Lt. Nathaniel Cutter and his wife." His resi- 
 dence in this town must have been brief, since he d. in 
 Skeensborough, now Whitehall, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1783. 
 He had ten children, three of whom became associated 
 with Rindge families, and Sarah, a dau. of his eldest son, 
 Nathaniel, became the wife of Henry Payson, Esq., son 
 of Rev. Seth Payson, D.D. 
 
 in. Sepsibeth, the third child, b. Aug. 29, 1863 ; md. 
 Daniel Lake, son of Daniel, q. v. 
 
 IV. John, b. March 16, 1765 ; remained in Rindge until 
 1789, or 1790. He md. Abigail Demary, dau. of 
 John, q. v., • and removed to Jaffrey, where he 
 became an enterprising and honored citizen. 
 Benjamin Cutler, Esq., his son, md. Grata Hunt, 
 
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 HISTOET OF BINBGE. 
 
 dau. of Nathan and Abigail (Hale) Hunt, q. v. 
 He succeeded to the business established by his 
 father — the manufacture of leather, — in which 
 he has been prospered. He is President of the 
 Monadnock National Bank, and has held many 
 positions of trust. Mr. Cutter has devoted con- 
 siderable time to historical researches, and no 
 one is more conversant with the annals and 
 former inhabitants of Jaffrey and vicinity. 
 Esther ^iliQ eighth child of Lieut. Nathaniel Cutter, 
 b. Sept. 26, 1771; md. John Carlton, son of 
 James, q. v. 
 
 Elizabeth, or Betsey, Cuttee, a dau. of Jonathan and 
 Elizabeth (Hastings) Cutter, and granddau. of John and 
 Rachel (Powers) Cutter, of Lexington, was b. in Lexing- 
 ton, Mass., Dec. 28, 1753. The date, and place of her birth 
 are found upon Rindge records. She md. James Phil- 
 brick, q. v., and became the mother of twelve children. 
 
 Rachel Ctjttbe, dau. of Nathan and Hannah Cutter, 
 of New Ipswich, and granddau. of John and Rachel 
 (Powers) Cutter, md. Andrew Kimball, son of Lieut. 
 Richard, q. v.; and her sister Rhoda md. in Rindge, June 
 9, 1793, Amos Whitney. 
 
 Ebestezbe Banckoft Cuttee, a carriage-maker in 
 Rindge, was b. in Jaffrey Oct. 30, 1837 ; md. March 20, 
 1860, Ann .1. Bennett, dau. of James, q. v. He is a son of 
 Joel and Mary S. (Jones) Cutter, of Jaffrey, grandson of 
 Joseph Cutter, Esq., of Jaffrey, who was a son of John 
 and Susannah (Hastings) Cutter, of New Ipswich, and he 
 was a son of John and Rachel (Powers) Cutter mentioned 
 above. Franklin H. Cutter, who md. Anna S. Bennett, is 
 a brother of E. B. Cutter. 
 
 Thomas Daufoeth was b. in Billerica, Mass., Dec. 28, 
 1773. His name appears upon the early records of that 
 town, and others in the vicinity. He resided several 
 years between the residences of Harris Hale and A. F. 
 Chadwick. He md. 1794, Abigail Davis, b. Dec. 4, 1774, 
 dau. of Josiah and Abigail (Hubbard) Davis, of New 
 Ipswich; he d. March 24, 1841; his wife d. April 17, 
 1833. They had eight children ; first, second, third, fifth, 
 and eighth d. young. 
 
 IV. Benjamin Franklin, b. April 11, 1801. -j- 
 VI. John, b. March 3, 1806; md. Sophia Haynes, and 
 resided in Lowell, Mass. He d. Sept. 22, 1843. 
 
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 His son, Charles H., b. Aug. 24, 1839, md. 
 April 25, 1859, Roxamia Haley. They 
 reside in Rindge. 
 VII. Thomas 2>., b. Sept. 1, 1810 ; d. unmd. at sea. 
 
 Benjamin F. Danfoeth md. May 15, 1826, Lydia 
 Cass, dau. of Jonathan and Abigail (Dow) Cass, of Can- 
 dia, N. H. He is a farmer in Rindge ; was four years 
 captain of the Rindge and Jaffrey Cavalry Company. 
 They have four children. 
 
 I. Benjamin Franklin, b. Feb. 10, 1827 ; md. Sarah 
 M. Rhodes, dau. of Capt. James Rhodes, of 
 Grafton, Vt. He is a farmer, and resides in 
 Rindge. Three of their four children are living. 
 Their eldest son, when twenty years of age, 
 weighed two hundred and seventy pounds. 
 II. Abigail D., b. May 3, 1835; md. Dexter Dickin- 
 son, then of Keene. They reside in Aurora, 111. 
 
 III. Lydia A., b. June 21, 1838; md. March, 1863, 
 
 Charles S. Walton, son of Daniel S., q. v. Re- 
 side in Shrewsbury, Mass. 
 
 IV. Irene Amanda, b. Oct. 26, 1840 ; md. James E. 
 
 Carr, son of Emery and Abby (Rice) Carr, b. 
 Dec. 30, 1833. Resides in New Ipswich, near 
 the Rindge line, where he has a mill, and is 
 engaged in the manufacture of coarse lumber. 
 
 Eliakim Daelinu, from Andover, settled in Rindge in 
 1771. His wife, Martha, d. July 6, 1779 ; he md. (2d) 
 Nov. 10, 1781, Lucy (Wood) Prichard, widow of John 
 Prichard, of Rindge, q. v. His children were : — 
 
 William, b. in Andover, Aug. 11, 1769. 
 
 Daniel, b. in Rindge, April 1, 1772. 
 
 Thomas, b. April 26, 1775. 
 
 Samuel, b. Aug., 1777. 
 
 Infant, b. July 2, 1779. 
 
 Martha, dau. of wife Lucy, b. March 2, 1782. 
 
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 Amos Daeling, also from Andover, md. in Rindge, 
 Oct. 19, 1787, Ede Stone, dau. of Capt. Salmon, q. v. 
 He was a blacksmith. In 1794 he removed from the 
 Daniels farm, in the south-west part of the town, to 
 Rindge Centre. He d. Oct. 9, 1846, aged 80. 
 
 I. Eliakim, ; md. Mary G-rosvenor. 
 
 II. Ede, ; md. Abiel Holt, q. v. 
 
 m. Rocksena, b. May 26, 1802 ; md. Micajah Kent. 
 IV. Liberty, b. June 8, 1806 ; d. young. 
 
 V. Martha, ; md. Stephen Brooks (2d), q. v. 
 
 VI. Susan, ; md. Nahum Robbins, q. v. 
 
 VII. Jiebecca, ; md. Eli S. Whitmore, q. v. 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 DAVIS. 
 
 The Davis families in Rindge have been very mlmerous. Eight of 
 this name signed the association test (Vide p. 122), and the number was 
 subsequently increased by other removals to this town, and in marked 
 contrast only two of this name are found upon the tax-Ust for 1807. In 
 some instances it is impossible to indicate the kinship existing between 
 these families. Some of them were from Groton, and others from. Lin- 
 coln, Littleton, and Weston. 
 
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 Benjamjit Davis, son of Benjamin, was b. in Groton, 
 Mass., April 8, 1744; md. May 28, 1765, Anna Fams- 
 worth, dau. of Dea. Isaac and Anna (Green) Farns- 
 worth," b. in Groton, Jan. 23, 1746. They removed to 
 Rindge in 1767. He was a sergeant in Capt. Thomas' 
 company in 1775, and is presumed to have been one of 
 the forty-five men in the service in 1776, which accounts 
 for the absence of his name on the association test. He 
 was styled ensign in 1778, and subsequently was a major 
 in the militia. His name disappears fi-om the tax-lists 
 after 1797. The children, except Lucy, were b. in 
 Rindge. 
 
 I. Lucy, b. May 29, 1766 ; md. Aug. 28, 1788, Jonas 
 
 Wheeler. 
 II. Jesse, b. April 27, 1768 ; md. Esther Page.-j- 
 
 III. Benjamin, b. Sept. 20, 1770. 
 
 IV. Joshua, b. July 18, 1773. 
 V. Anna, b. March 11, 1775. 
 
 VI. Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1778. 
 VII. Betty, b. June 13, 1780 ; d. April 18, 1783. 
 VIII. James, b. Nov. 13, 1782. 
 
 Joseph Davis, a brother of Major Benjamin, b. in 
 Groton, Sept. 27, 1765 ; md. at Little Cambridge, Jan. 11, 
 1791, Lydia Shedd, probably a dau. of William and Lydia 
 Shedd, of Groton. They came from Groton to Rindge 
 in 1794. He is not taxed after 1798. 
 
 I. Joshua, b. in Groton, Nov. 30, 1791. 
 
 II. Harriet, b. in Groton, Sept. 30, 1793. 
 m. Lydia, b. in Rindge, Nov. 25, 1795. 
 IV. Jjucinda, b. in Rindge, Sept. 19, 1797. 
 
 William Davis came from Lincoln in 1773. He md. 
 in Rindge, May 10, 1774, Martha Whitney, dau. of Solo- 
 mon and Martha (Fletcher) Whitney, of Rindge, q. v. 
 He served one enlistment in the army, and was at the 
 battle of Bennington. In 1780 he removed to Peterbor- 
 ough Slip (Sharon), but returned in one or two years to 
 Rindge. 
 
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 I. Susannah, b. May 7, 1775. 
 
 II. Martha, b. Oct. 24, 1777. 
 
 in. iMcy, b. Dec. 27, 1778. 
 
 IV. I/ydia, b. June 2, 1781 ; md. Feb. 22, 1808, Stephen 
 Davis, of Enosburg, Vt. 
 
 V. Bathsheba, b. Oct. 2, 1783 ; d. Sept. 2, 1787. 
 
 VI. Solomon Whitney, b. May 15, 1785. 
 vn. Israel, b. Jan. 17, 1788. 
 vm. Bathshd>a, b. May 13, 1793. 
 
 IX. Timothy, b. March 23, 1795. 
 
 RicHAED Davis, also from Lincoln, was here in 1773. 
 He md. in Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1771, Lois "Whitney, b. in 
 Weston, 1733. She was a sister of Martha Whitney, 
 wife of William Davis, and perhaps William and Richard 
 Davis were brothers. The two youngest children were b. 
 in Rindge, but the family probably removed previous to 
 1780. 
 
 I. Silas, b. Aug. 1, 1772, in Weston, 
 n. Solomon, b. April 24, 1774. 
 m. Lois, b. Nov. 8, 1775. 
 
 Amos Davis and Hannah Spaulding were md. in 
 Rindge, by Mr. Dean, Dec. 7, 1775. The family removed 
 previous to 1793. Five children were b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. Amos, b. Sept. 3, 1776. 
 II. Joseph, b. July 23, 1778. 
 m. Buth, b. Feb. 17, 1780. 
 jyT^ Jonathan, b. July 13, 1781. 
 
 ^7 Jonas, b. Feb. 21, 1783. 
 
 Daniel Davis was b. in Bedford, April 3, 1742. He 
 md. May 1, 1765, Susanna Lane, of Bedford, b. 1737. 
 After a few years' residence in JafErey they came to 
 Rindge in 1774, but probably did not remain many years. 
 Children recorded in Rindge : — 
 
 I. Susannah, b. in Bedford, Nov. 6, 1767. 
 n. Sarah, b. in Jaffrey, Feb. 1, 1770. 
 m. Paul, bap. in Rindge, Aug. 4, 1771 ; probably d. 
 
 young. 
 IV. Hannah, b. in Jaffrey, April 5, 1773. 
 
 V. Daniel, b. in Rindge, June 15, 1775. 
 
 Randall Davis and wife were seated in the meeting 
 in 1780. He was here several years previous, but no 
 record of his family has been secured. They removed 
 previous to 1793, and if all the Davises who went from 
 this town about that time had gone to the same place 
 they would have founded a city. 
 
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 SISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Jesse Davis, son of Major Benjamin, md. Nov. 27, 
 1788, Esther Page, dau. of John, q. v. She d. March 14, 
 1790 ; md. (2d) Dec. 20, 1791, Mille Farwell, of Rindge. 
 In 1795 this family removed to Ludlow, Vt. 
 
 I. Seioell, b. May 3, 1789; d. Oct. 4, 1790. 
 II. Sewell, b. July 4, 1792. 
 
 III. Esther, b. Sept. 6, 1794. 
 
 IV. Joshua, b. June 22, 1796. 
 V. Betsy, b. April 18, 1798. 
 
 VI. Jesse, b. Jan. 28, 1800. 
 
 The three youngest were b. in Ludlow. 
 
 Petee Davis, a clock-maker, resided several years in 
 this town. He md. Aug. 28, 1783, Hannah Eaton, dau. 
 of John Eaton, of Jaffrey. His wife d. May 20, 1818. 
 Hannah, his dau., was the bandbox-maker of Jaffrey. 
 
 Lieut. Ebenezee Davis, a son of Simon Davis, was 
 from Littleton, Mass. Resided in Rindge a few years 
 previous to his marriage; md. Nov. 26, 1777, Maria 
 Whitney, of Littleton. His farm was east of and adjacent 
 to the farm of Ebenezer Stratton, senior. He was styled 
 Lieutenant from and after 1778, and was respected for 
 his ability and integrity. He d. Dec. 10, 1831, aged 88 ; 
 his wife d. May 4, 1830, aged 84. 
 
 I. Simon, b. Nov. 
 
 12, 1778; d. 
 
 unmd. July 1, 
 
 1841. He was a school-teacher of good repute. 
 II. Ebenezer, b. May 10, 1780 ; d. Feb. 17, 1808. 
 in. Sarah, b. Nov. 1, 1781; md. in Rindge, May 4, 
 
 1808, Rufus Bullock, Esq., of Royalston, Mass. 
 
 Ex-Gov. A. H. Bullock, of Massachusetts, is a 
 
 son of this mamage. 
 IV. Joseph, b. May 13, 1784 ; d. unmd. April 27, 1849. 
 V. Polly, b. July 14, 1790 ; d. unmd. Aug. 11, 1869. 
 
 Simon Davis resided in Rindge a part or all of the time 
 between 1770 and 1780. He was in the Revolutionary 
 service from this town. No information of his family is 
 found. 
 
 Calvitt Davis, b. 1799, resided several years in the 
 north-east part of this town. He d. by suicide, Jan. 19, 
 1838. No complete record of his family is received. 
 
 Joseph Davis, b. 1794, was a son of Ebenezer Bennett 
 Davis, and a grandson of Deliverance and Dorothy 
 (Wood) Davis, of Littleton, Mass., and a great-grandson 
 of Ebenezer and Sarah Davis. He md. May 26, 1828, 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 
 
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 Huldah Lawrence, of Ashby, and. settled in Ashburnham, 
 where she d. Dec. 9, 1838, aged 88 years. He md. (2d) 
 April 15, 1839, Jane Mclntire, of Jefferson Co., New 
 York. He removed to Rindge 1840, where his second 
 wife d. Feb. 22, 1846, and he md. (3d) Feb. 11, 1847, 
 Rachel Brooks (Brooks family No. 7). He was a farmer 
 and a respected citizen. He d. Oct. 10, 1873. 
 
 I. JETarriet Augusta, b. in Ashburnham, Aug. 16, 
 1829 ; md. Derostus P. Emory, q. v. 
 
 II. George W^ b. in Ashburnham, May 22, 1832 ; md. 
 Aug. 16, 1861, Melissa A. Metcalf, dau. of Eras- 
 tus Metcalf, q. v. He resides, a successful mer- 
 chant, in Hudson, Mass. 
 
 1. Fanny M., b. July 16, 1867. 
 
 2. George Fred, b. Feb. 19, 1869. 
 
 III. Andrew I/ysander, b. in Ashburnham, Dec. 14, 
 
 1834; d. Feb 27, 1836. 
 
 IV. Mmily F., b. in Ashburnham, Sept. 15, 1836; md. 
 
 Samuel Warren Kimball, son of Samuel M. 
 Kimball, q. v. 
 V. Joseph Lysander, of second wife, b. in Rindge, 
 May 29, 1843 ; drowned in Deerfield River, Deer- 
 field, Mass., Oct. 14, 1869. 
 
 Benjamin Davison had resided in Fitzwilliam previous 
 to his removal to Rindge in 1837. Four of his children 
 d. in childhood, between 1822 and 1830. He md. (2d) 
 about 1820, Nancy Colburn, dau. of Ebenezer Colburn, 
 Jr., q. 13. He was many years an officer in the Methodist 
 Society, and was an esteemed citizen. He d. Sept. 20, 
 1860, aged 71 ; his widow d. March 21, 1874. 
 
 I. Benjamin Brigham, b. 1818; md. Dec. 7, 1843, 
 Almira Peirce, dau. of Zebadiel Peirce, of Jaf- 
 frey. He was a farmer, and resided upon the 
 farm with his father. He d. Nov. 16, 1861. 
 11. Abigail, md. Sept. 12, 1841, Daniel C. Prescott, of 
 Jaffrey. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 III. David, md. Lydia Sears, of East Dennis, Mass., 
 and (2d) Mary E. Poster, of Brewster, Mass. 
 Five of his six children are deceased. 
 
 1. Lydia S., md. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Cutter, of Cambridge, 
 
 Rev. Seth Dean, the first settled minister in Rindge, 
 a son of William Dean, of Plainfield, Ct., and a grandson 
 of James Dean, of Stonington and Groton, was b. in 
 Plainfield, Ct., Aug. 7, 1715. Graduated at Yale 1738. 
 
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 HISTOBY OF BINBGE. 
 
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 After preaching in several places he came to Rindge early 
 in the year 1765, and was ordained in N'ovember of that 
 year. Vide Chap. IX. Upon his dismissal in 1780, he 
 returned to his native State, and supplied the pulpit in 
 North Killingly, now East Putnam, where he d. in April, 
 1782. Mr. Dean md. Mercy Fenner, of Providence, R. I. 
 She d. about 1776, and he md. (2d) widow Allen, of 
 Brookline, Ct. The following baptisms are found upon 
 the church records : — 
 
 John, son of Rev. Seth Dean, baptized April 13, 1766. 
 
 Anne and Eunice, daughters of Kev. Seth Dean, baptized 
 
 Aug. 10, 1766. 
 
 Sarah, daughter of Rev. Seth Dean, baptized Dec. 6, 1767. 
 
 Esther, daughter of Rev. Seth Dean, baptized Aug. 25, 1771. 
 
 John, who was bap. in 1766, was md. in 1772, and con- 
 sequently was a youth when bap., and it will hereafter 
 appear that he was b. in 1746 or 1747. Esther was md. 
 in 1774, and her baptism may possibly have occurred on 
 the occasion of admission to the church. The fact that 
 her name does not appear in the record of membership 
 does not destroy the supposition, since the early records 
 of the church are fragmentary and imperfect. Through 
 the kindness of John Ward Dean, Esq., the efficient libra- 
 rian of the New England Historical Genealogical Society, 
 additional infomiation of the children of Rev. Seth Dean 
 is gleaned from a copy of a letter written by John Dean, 
 son of John, and grandson of Rev. Seth Dean, under date 
 of Feb. 18, 1847. The order in which they are named is 
 conjectural. 
 
 I. Amy, md. Isaac Allen, probably the Isaac Allen of 
 
 Rindge, q. v. , 
 
 n. Seth, killed when thirteen years of age by the over- 
 turning of a cart, 
 in. John, b. 1747 ; md. Prudence Page, -f- 
 IV. Esther, md. Dr. Asher Palmer, q. v. ; (2d) David 
 
 Main, 
 v. Anrie. 
 
 VI. Eunice, md. Brooks, and settled in Reading, 
 
 Vt.; and (2d) Crofut, of Grantville, N. Y. 
 
 vn. Sarah. 
 
 John Dean md. July 14, 1772, Prudence Page, dau. of 
 Nathaniel, of Rindge, q. v. He was a member of Capt. 
 Stone's Company in 1777, and was at the battle of Ben- 
 nington. " My daughter Prudence Dean " is mentioned 
 in the will of Nathaniel Page, dated Aug. 26, 1779. 
 " Leonard, Seth, and John, children of John and Prudence 
 Dean, baptized Dec. 21, 1777." In 1780 he removed with 
 h father to Connecticut, and ten years later to Haver- 
 
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 hill, N. H., the home of a brother of his wife. From 
 Haverhill he removed to Bradford, Vt., where he d. 1796, 
 aged 49. Their children were: (1) Leonard, d. about 
 1830, leaving a family ; (2) Seth, lived in Mayfield, O. ; 
 (8) John, md. Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Moody Bedell, of 
 Haverhill ; resided in Lunenburg, Vt. ; his son John was 
 a lawyer in Montpelier ; (4) Nathaniel P., went to Ohio ; 
 (5) Fenner, d. about 1880, leaving a family; (6) Dan- 
 forth, settled in Wells, Vt. ; (7) Silas; (8) William, 
 resided in Pawlet, Vt. ; had a family ; (9) Caleb, d. unmd. 
 in Mayfield, O. 
 
 HiEAM Dean, not known to have been a kinsman of 
 Rev. Seth Dean, was a steelyard-maker. He was a 
 roving planet, and his frequent removals were perhaps an 
 incident of his occupation and in quest of new markets ' 
 for his wares. He came from Groton to Rindge in May, 
 1779. Two years later he removed to Townsend, and 
 subsequently to JafErey. By his wife Eleanor he had six 
 children : — 
 
 I. Miram, b. previous to 1779. 
 n. Eleanor,}), previous to 1779; md. May 21,1801, 
 
 Thomas Wilson, 
 m. Elizabeth, b. in Rindge Feb. 17, 1780. (Rindge 
 
 records.) 
 IV. MoUey, b. in Townsend Dec. 17, 1781. (Townsend 
 
 records.) 
 V. Moses, a cripple, d. about 1807. 
 VI. Dudley. 
 
 EzEKiEL Demaet, the son of a French emigrant, was 
 b. in Boston 1738, and resided in Rindge with his brother 
 John, and with other families, during the greater portion 
 of the last thirty or more years of his life. He was an 
 ardent patriot, and is said to have been of the party who 
 threw the tea into Boston harbor. He served several 
 years in the Revolutionary army, enlisting from this town. 
 He was never md., and d. in Rindge 1811. 
 
 John Demaet, older than his brother Ezekiel, was also 
 b. in Boston about 1728. He md. Rebecca Gomeille, — 
 whose parents were also natives of France. Previous to 
 their removal to Rindge they had resided in Billerica and 
 Lunenburg, Mass. They were admitted to the church in 
 Lunenburg by letter from the church in Billerica Sept. 1, 
 1751. In 1763 he removed with his wife and six children, 
 and settled upon the farm occupied for many years by the 
 late Hubbard Moors. He d. in Nov., 1807 ; his wife d. 
 previous to this date. He served two short terms in the 
 army. 
 
508 HI8T0BT OF BINDGE. 
 
 I. tTohn, b. in Lunenburg Aug. 27, 1751. Killed by 
 Indians while in the Revolutionary army, Nov. 1, 
 1781, after more than four years of continuous 
 service. 
 
 4 ir. Mebecca, b. Feb. 24, 1754 ; md. John Buswell, q. v. 
 
 5 ni. Hannah, b. Feb. 13, 1756. 
 
 6 IV. Anna, b. April 15, 1758 ; md. Ensign Ezekiel Rand, 
 q. V. 
 
 1 V. Sarah, b. June 1, 1760 ; md. Lemuel Page, q. v. 
 
 8 VI. Thomas, b. July 15, 1762; md. Rebecca Cutler, 
 q.v.-\- 
 
 9 VII. JEzeMel, b. in Rindge ; bap. in Lunenburg Aug. 5, 
 1764. + 
 
 10 viii. Silas, bap. in Rindge Aug. 10, 1766; md. Dec. 23, 
 1794, Sally Rand, q. v., and removed to Weath- 
 ersfield, Vt. 
 
 11 iz. Abigail, b. Aug. 21, 1768; md. John Cutter, q. v. 
 
 12 X. I'eter, bap. May 26, 1771. 
 
 13 XI. Newcomh, bap. April 30, 1775. Lived in ,New 
 York State. 
 
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 Thomas Demaev, md. May 4, 1786, Rebecca Cutler, 
 dau. of Capt. Solomon, and resided in Rindge until 1798, 
 when the family removed to Lebanon, N. H. He was a 
 soldier in the Revolution, and his name appears in the 
 history of that period. 
 
 Rebecca, b. July 9, 1787. 
 
 Cynthia, b. Sept. 29, 1790. 
 Polly, b. . 
 
 Thomas, b. March 31, 1795. 
 ]Srancy, b. May 30, 1797. 
 
 Ezekiel Demaet, md. Nov. 23, 1786, Maria Parker, 
 dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Page) Parker, of Groton, 
 Mass., where she was b. Oct. 6, 1768. Her father 
 removed to Maine and she came to Rindge when a child, 
 and lived with her grandfather, Lieut. Joseph Page. Vide 
 No. 40, of the Page family. Mr. Demary settled upon 
 the farm now of James Damon, where he resided many 
 years. He d. May 1, 1840 ; his widow d. Aug. 5, 1842. 
 
 I. Clarissa, b. May 6, 1787; md. Capt. Freeborn 
 
 Stearns, q. v. 
 II. John, b. Dec. 21, 1789; md. Catharine Johnson, 
 q.v.-\- 
 
 III. Maria, b. 1791 ; md. John V. Platts, q. v. 
 
 IV. Fanny, b. Oct. 25, 1794; md. Feb. 18, 1822, Elias 
 
 Whitney. 
 V. Linda, b. Feb. 7, 1797 ; md. Jedidiah Foster. 
 VI. James Locke, b. April 27, 1800. -f- 
 
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 vn. Miza, b. Feb. 18, 1802. 
 VIII. Harriet, b. Dee. 9, 1806; md. Oliver Hale, q. v. 
 
 John Demaet, md. .July 19, 1813, Catharine Johnson, 
 dau. of Nathan, q. v. He was a tanner, and for a short 
 time was in business at the yard formerly of Benjamin 
 Bancroft, in Rindge Centre. He left his home and cred- 
 itors with hasty words of farewell, about 1815. His only 
 child, 
 
 I. Nathan Johnson, b. April 22, 1814, was a man of 
 many eccentricities, but of superior natural abil- 
 ity. He d. unmd.,/e?o de se, Nov. 29, 1859. 
 
 James Locke Demaet, md. Oct. 24, 1822, Olive Page, 
 dau. of Elias and Olive (Smith) Page, q. v. She d. 
 Dec. 7, 1825; md. (2d) March 15, 1826, Esther Page, 
 a sister of Olive ; she d. May 11, 1868. 
 
 I. Olive, b. June 18, 1824; md. Ezekiel Haskell. 
 II. Joseph P., b. Nov. 20, 1826 ; d. Sept. 15, 1829. 
 
 III. Mther S., b. Dec. 5, 1828 ; d. April 1, 1829. 
 
 IV. James L., b. Dec. 25, 1829 ; md. Laura Metcalf, 
 
 dau. of Timothy, q. v. 
 
 V. JVancp K., b. Dec. 11, 1831 ; md. Leonard P. Well- 
 
 ington, q. V. She d. April 15, 1859. 
 
 VI. John M., b. Jan. 11, 1834; md. Lydia Church, and 
 
 resides in Winohendon. 
 VII. Aberlino J., b. Feb. 11, 1836; md. Angelina E. 
 
 Tarbell, adopted dau. of Samuel Tarbell. 
 vm. Christopher C, b. Feb. 16, 1838; md. Oct. 4, 
 1859, Olive Page, dau. of Jonathan Page. Re- 
 sides in Rindge. 
 IX. Esther A., b. Dec. 2, 1839 ; md. Abram Richards, 
 
 son of John Richards. 
 X. Thomas, b. Jan. 18, 1842 ; d. in the army, Feb. 1, 
 
 1863. 
 XI. Hannah JE.,}). Feb. 13, 1844; md. Rufus Whit- 
 ney, of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Nathan Derby was b. in Princeton, Mass., about 1765. 
 He md. Susan Thompson, of Sterling, Mass., and after a 
 residence of several years in Leominster, Mass., they 
 removed to the south-west part of this town in 18 — . 
 Several years later he removed to Andover, Vt. He d. 
 1838 ; his widow d. 1848. 
 
 I. Nathan, md. Betsey Thomas, dau. of Capt. Philip 
 Thomas, q. v. She d. July 11, 1822, and he md. 
 (2d) Betsey Dowse. He resides in Andover, Vt. 
 
 II. Oliver, md. Betsey Hadley, and removed to 
 Groton, Mass. ; d. 1869. 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 III. Hetsey, d. young. 
 
 IT. Deliverance, md. Betsey Whitney, and resided in 
 Groton and in Harvard, Mass. He d. in the lat- 
 ter town 1837. 
 
 V. Sophia, md. Asa Prescott, of Westford, and re- 
 moved to California. 
 
 Ti. Ephraim, md. Betsey Whitney; has resided in 
 Westmoreland ; is now in Nashua, N. H. His 
 wife d. 1861. 
 
 Tii. Milo, b. 1802; md. Nov. 27, 1833, Clara Cook, dau. 
 of John and Anna (Beals) Cook. He d. in Ash- 
 burnham June 8, 1851, and his widow md. (2d) 
 David Nutting, who d. Feb. 24, 1863. There 
 were three children of Milo and Clara Derby. 
 
 1. Edward M., b. May 16, 1836 ; d. Nov. 27, 
 
 1844. 
 
 2. Wilbur M., b. May 6, 1841 ; md. May 10, 
 
 1865, Martha A. Page, dau. of Warren 
 and Mary (Brown) Page, of Winchester, 
 N. H. They reside in East Rindge. 
 
 3. Lizzie C, b. March 29, 1848 ;. md. May 10, 
 
 1865, Willard Page, son of Warren and 
 Mary (Brown) Page. She d. Sept. 27, 
 1867. He resides in East Rindge. 
 
 Tin. Mary, md. Eli Green, of Westford, Mass., and d. 
 1837. 
 IX. Josiah, md. Betsey Whitney, and resides in Ash- 
 
 bumham. 
 X. Emily, md. Dwell Whitney, of Ashburnham. She 
 d. 1868, and he md. (2d) Rebecca (Gilson) 
 Crouch, widow of Joel Crouch. 
 
 Silas Dutton md. in Lunenburg, May 3, 1763, Sarah 
 Whitney, and removed the following year to this town. 
 After 1771 this family disappear from the records. Their 
 children, as far as known, were : — 
 
 I. Silas, b. in Lunenburg May, 1764. 
 
 II. Polly, bap. in Rindge Aug. 31, 1766. 
 m. Oliver, bap. in Rindge April 26, 1767. 
 IV. Jane, bap. in Rindge Nov. 10, 1771. 
 
 V. ZacariaJi, bap. in Rindge Nov. 10, 1771. 
 
 Reed Dutton md. Betsey Burnap, and resided a few 
 years from 1829 on the faiTa now of Dea. James Bancroft. 
 They were subsequently divorced, and he is again md. 
 and resides in Milford, N. H. Two children were b. in 
 Rindge. 
 
 I. Daughter, d. young, Jan. 6, 1829. 
 
GENEALOGICAL UEGISTEB. 
 
 511 
 
 11. Zois E; b. Jan. 18, 1830; md. May 31, 1848, 
 Abram G. Lawrence, of Ashby, Mass. They 
 resided in Rindge from 1856 until 1869. Now 
 reside in Fitchburg, Mass. Mr. Lawrence is a 
 son of Benjamin and Sally (Gibson) Lawrence, 
 of Asbby, and a grandson of Peter Lawrence, 
 who was several years in tbe army during the 
 Revolution. He was b. Oct. 17, 1742, and was a 
 son of Dea. Jonathan Lawrence, of Littleton, 
 and a grandson of Major Eleazer Lawrence, of 
 Groton and Littleton, and he a son of Peleg 
 Lawrence, of Groton, who was a son of John 
 Lawrence, the emigrant, who settled in Water- 
 town in 1635, and subsequently removed to 
 Groton. 
 
 Baetholomew Dwinnel enlisted in 1780 into the Con- 
 tinental service. The same year he and his wife were 
 seated in the meeting-house, and he was subsequently 
 elected to minor ofSces. 
 
 Baetholomew Dwinjstel, perhaps the same person, md. 
 June 23, 1785, Rebecca Towne, dau. of Dea. Francis 
 Towne, and removed to Keene, N. H. 
 
 Michael Dwinnbl md. Dec. 3, 1795, Lydia Towne, 
 sister of Rebecca, and removed to Keene, N. H. 
 
 Saeah Dwinkel md. Aug. 14, 1781, Abel Jewett, son 
 of Ezekiel. 
 
 Rebecca Dwiitnbl md. Nov. 12, 1812, Solomon Saw- 
 tell, (2d) q. V. It is impossible to indicate in what man- 
 ner the above were related. 
 
 EARL. 
 
 William Earl was residing in Boxford, Mass., in 1719, and was 
 taxed there for several succeeding years. He md. in Middleton, Nov. 10, 
 1719, Elizabeth. Curtis, by whom he had five children. He d. previous to 
 1736, and his widow was living in 1785. He spelled Ms name Bills, and 
 upon the records the name is frequently written lies ; but Ms descendants 
 have restored the original orthography of the name. 
 
 William Earl, son of William, of Boxford, was b. 
 March 25, 1723; md. Aug. 23, 1744, Martha Booth, of 
 Middleton. He resided in Boxford until 1750, and prob- 
 ably until a later period. At an advanced age he re- 
 moved to this town, where he d. 1799. Of his six chil- 
 dren only one became a resident of Rindge. 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 John Eael, son of William, grandson of William, was 
 b. in Boxford, May 16, 1746, and came to Rindge soon 
 after the incorporation of the town. He md. in Groton, 
 July 17, 1773, Rebecca Page, dau. of Joseph Page, then 
 of Groton, but subsequently of this town. In Butler's 
 " History of Groton " the record of this marriage styles 
 him John Ellis, an easy mistake for Bills. He settled 
 upon the farm more recently occupied by Josiah Stratton, 
 senior and junior, where he d. May 10, 1803, and his 
 widow d. Sept. 25, 1830. He was several years collector 
 of taxes and constable, and during the Revolution the 
 town's proportion of the State tax was frequently paid 
 by him. 
 
 I. Bebecca, b. Feb. 21, 1774; md. May 6, 1794, 
 Thomas Catler, son of Thomas and Abigail 
 (Reed) Cutler, of Lexington, Mass., and a 
 nephew of Capt. Solomon Cutler, of Rindge. 
 They resided in Lexington and in Ashby. He 
 d. in Boxford, Mass., Feb. 14, 1833, aged 64. 
 
 1. Charles, b. Feb. 3, 1795; md. Prudence 
 
 Holden. Two children. 
 
 2. Abigail, b. Aug. 27, 1796 ; md. Abel Greene, 
 
 of Carlisle, Mass., and d. Sept. 30, 1837. 
 
 3. Marshall, b. June 10, 1800 ; md. Catherine 
 
 Wood, of Dunstable, and d. in Mobile, 
 Ala., Aug. 25, 1850. 
 
 4. Thomas C, b. Jan. 16, 1803; md. Maria 
 
 Wood, of Dunstable; md. (2d) Louisa 
 Wheat. He removed to Bedford, Mass. 
 
 5. Rebecca, b. April 14, 1805 ; d. unmd. Aug. 
 
 15, 1826. 
 
 6. Nathaniel C, b. Aug. 21, 1808 ; md. Susan 
 
 Lane; (2d) Catherine Wheeler; (3d) 
 Elizabeth Reed. He settled in Bedford. 
 
 7. Leonard N., b. April 13, 1811; d. unmd. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1835. 
 
 8. Alice S., b. July 7, 1815; md. S. Harring- 
 
 ton ; d. May 10, 1839. 
 
 II. Sally, b. Sept. 8, 1775 ; md. Aug. 6, 1798, Isaac 
 Smith, of Lexington, son of Josiah and Hannah 
 (Brown) Smith. He d. Deo. 6, 1840; she d. 
 Sept. 25, 1861. Five children : — 
 
 1. Eliza, b. Jan. 22, 1800; md. March 24, 
 
 1831, Charles Blodget. 
 
 2. Susan P., b. July 21, 1801 ; md. May 8, 
 
 1823, Francis Kittridge. 
 
 3. Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1803; md. 1835, Wm. B. 
 
 Smith. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 
 
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 4. John, b. Oct. 17, 1804; md. Oct. 16, 1831, 
 
 Hannah Fillebrown. 
 
 5. Martha B., b. Jan. 20, 1809 ; d. unmd. May 
 
 30, 1851. 
 
 III. Eunice, b. Sept. 16, 1777 ; md. Capt. Leonard 
 
 Wellington, q. v. 
 
 IV. Nobby, b. Aug. 16, 1779 ; md. Isaac Wood, q. v. 
 V. Colly, b. Oct. 30, 1781 ; d. in Rindge unmd. Jan. 
 
 20, 1862. 
 VI. Mary, b. Nov. 11, 1784; md. David Wood, q. v. 
 Tii. Hepsibeth, b. Oct. 26, 1787 ; md. Josiah Stratton, 
 
 q. V. 
 viii. John, b. Oct. 30, 1789; md. in Burlington, Vt., 
 
 Rhoda Carter. He resided in Burlington, and 
 
 later in the States of New York and Michigan. 
 
 Four of his nine children d. young. The others, 
 
 if living, reside in the boundless West. 
 IX. Groto, b. Aug. 10, 1792 ; md. 1818, John A. Gillet, 
 
 of Burlington, Vt. 
 
 Aaeon Eastt, or Estt, resided in town only a few 
 years. He md. Oct. 22, 1766, MoUey Hopper, probably of 
 Lynn. With two children they removed to Kindge in 
 1770 or 1771. They were here in 1776, but the name dis- 
 appears from the records previous to 1780. It is tradition 
 that he returned to Topsfield or vicinity. 
 
 I. Joseph, b. in Topsfield Sept. 5, 1767. 
 n. Hannah, b. in Topsfield July — , 1769. 
 HI. William, b. in Rindge May 26, 1771. 
 IV. John, b. in Rindge June — , 1773. 
 
 Joseph Eatost for a short time was interested in the 
 manufacture of shoes, and Charles and Lott Eaton were 
 workmen in the same business; but none of them were 
 more than temporary residents here. 
 
 EDDY. 
 
 John Eddy, a brother of Samuel, of Plymouth, was a son of Kev. Will- 
 iam Eddy, of Crainbrook, Kent Comity, England. He came to America 
 1630, and soon after settled in Watertown, where he was selectman 1635, 
 '36, '37. He d. Oct. 12, 1684, aged 90. His son Samuel, b. Sept. 30, 
 1640, d. Nov. 2, 1711, leaving seven children, the eldest of whom was 
 Samuel, b. June 4, 1668 ; md. Dec. 13, 1693, Elizabeth Woodward, dau. 
 of George and Elizabeth (Hammond) Woodward, of Watertown. Beujar 
 min, their seventh child, b. Nov. 30, 1707, removed from Watertown to 
 Newton, where he md. 1733, Elizabeth Truesdale, dau. of Samuel and 
 Elizabeth (Hammond) Truesdale. Their third child and eldest son was 
 Benjamin, D. Oct. 21, 1739. He served three years in the Kevolution. In 
 Dec, 1760, he md. Sarah Holland, by whom he had eleven children, and 
 among them Dea. Benjamin Eddy, of Rindge. 
 
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 HISTORY OF MINDGE. 
 
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 Dea. Benjamin Eddy, the sixth generation from John 
 Eddy, the emigrant, was b. Sept. 13, 1764. He md. 
 Zelida Peirce, who was the mother of his five children. 
 In 1821 he removed to this town, and in Oct. of that year 
 md. Mrs. Mary Stone. She d. Sept. 17, 1826. Two years 
 later he removed to ISTewton, where he d. in 1852. He 
 was chosen deacon of the Congregational Church Aug. 4, 
 1823, and continued in the office during his residence in 
 this town. 
 
 Benjamin F. Eddy, a grandson of Dea. Eddy, md. Mary 
 Goodridge, dau. of David and Susan Goodridge. After 
 his decease she md. (2d) William A. Sherwin, of Rindge, 
 q. v., and her two children became residents of this town. 
 
 I. Senjamin 'Webster^ b. July 4, 1842; nid. June, 
 1868, Lizzie Wilson. He is a dealer in books 
 and stationery, Fitchburg. 
 
 n. Mary A., b. July 8, 1844; md. Frederick Spauld- 
 ing, of JafErey. 
 
 John Emoey, the ancestor of the Emorys of Rindge, 
 was probably a descendant of the Newbury family. The 
 change in the orthography from Emery to Emory was 
 adopted since the emigration to this town. He was b. in 
 Topsfield, 1750, where he md. Elizabeth Perkins. They 
 came to Rindge in 1771, and settled in the south-west 
 part of the town. He was unpretending in his manner 
 and upright in character. He d. March 26, 1889, aged 88. 
 
 I. Francis, b. Aug. 14, 1770, in Topsfield. -|- 
 
 II. Daniel, b. July 5, 1772. + 
 
 III. John, b. Oct. 14, 1774. + 
 
 IV. Isaac, b. March 25, 1776 ; lived and died in the State 
 
 of New York. 
 V. -SiepAew, b. May 13, 1778.+ 
 
 VI. Betsey, b. April 25, 1782 ; d. unmd. Sept. 1, 1844. 
 vii. Olive, b. Sept. 26, 1784; d. unmd. Aug. 20, 1855. 
 vm. Enos, b. Oct. 23, 1791. -f- 
 
 Feancis Emoey md. Jan. 18, 1796, Eunice Philbrick, 
 dau. of James, q. v. They resided a few years in Graf- 
 ton, Vt., and subsequently in Winchendon. They had 
 seven children. 
 
 I. Grata, b. in Grafton, Oct. 17, 1797 ; d. Oct. 18, 
 
 1801. 
 II. Elizabeth P., b. in Grafton, Aug. 23, 1799 ; d. Oct. 
 
 21, 1801. 
 
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 III. John, b. in Winchendon, Nov. 20, 1800; md.Sept. 
 
 24, 1823, Sarah F. Barrett, who d. May 9, 1830 ; 
 md. (2d) Almira Jones, dau. of Daniel and Lucy 
 (Ames) Jones, of Framingham, Mass. He d. 
 Dec. 4, 1866. Three children by first wiie. 
 
 1. Jane, md. Henry O. Blanchard. Reside in 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 2. Maria, md. David M. Parker. Reside in 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 3. Justin, md. Elizabeth Barber, of Winchen- 
 
 don. Now reside in Rindge. 
 
 IV. Eunice, b. April 30, 1803 ; md., about 1825, Milo 
 
 Stone, son of Capt. Ebenezer and Sybil (Howe) 
 Stone, of Townsend, Mass. He was a merchant 
 and hotel-keeper in Rindge a short time. He d. 
 July 16, 1834. She md. (2d) George French, 
 and d. Feb. 25, 1837. 
 V. Lucretia, b. Feb. 24, 1805 ; md. Hubbard Moors, 
 q. V. 
 
 VI. Louisa, b. Oct. 3, 1807 ; md. April 3, 1834, Hollis 
 Chaffin. They lived in Rindge a few years, and 
 now reside in Providence, R. I. 
 
 VII. Sarah S., b. Aug. 26, 1809; md. July 3, 1838, Hos- 
 ley Shedd, of Tewksbury ; resided there. He d. 
 June 16, 1874. She d. Dec. 9, 1873. No chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Daniel Emoet md. Betsey Curtice, dau. of Abner and 
 Ruth (Hale) Curtice. She was b. in Boxford, Mass., July 
 14, 1772, and when a child her parents removed to Win- 
 chendon. Mr. Emory was engaged in the manufacture of 
 nest-boxes in this town until 1806, when he removed to 
 Jaffrey. About 1825 he went to Pennsylvania, where he 
 was a farmer and manufacturer, and for several years was 
 postmaster. He d. in Mehoopany, Wyoming Co., Pa., 
 1855. His wife d. in Jaffrey, 1848. 
 
 I. Permelia, b. Nov. 1, 1794; d. unmd. in Ware, 
 Mass. 
 
 II. Prentice Burr, b. July 17, 1797. He was a physi- 
 cian. Resided and d. in New Jersey. 
 
 in. Alvah, b. June 11, 1799. He was a hatter, and 
 after his marriage resided in Leominster, Mass. 
 Hed.,s.i?., Sept. 24, 1851. 
 
 IV. Ambrose, b. Nov. 12, 1802; md. Mary Godding, 
 dau. of Henry Godding, q. v., and resided in 
 Rindge and Jaffrey. 
 
 1. George. 
 
 2. Martha Anna ; md. John Durant. 
 
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 Y. Gynthia^ b. ; md. Levi Joslin, of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 Ste d. leaving two sons. 
 
 1. Levi. 
 
 2. Judson. 
 
 VI. Daniel^ b. Jan. 16, 1809. -|- 
 
 VII. Sophia, b. ; md. Jonathan J. Ayers, of North 
 
 Brookfield, Mass. 
 
 John Emoet md. Dec. 25, 1806, Deborah Towne, dau. 
 of Dea. Francis Towne. He was a farmer in Rindge. 
 He d. June 7, 1838; she d. Oct. 14, 1832. 
 
 I. Charles PincTcney, b. Oct. 15, 1817; d. unmd. 
 
 April 5, 1853. 
 II. Francis Towne, b. July 24, 1811 ; md. Nov. 5, 
 
 1844, Mary Smith. Lived in Rindge until 1856, 
 
 when he removed to Prairie City, 111. They 
 
 have three sons. 
 
 III. Elizabeth P., b. June 10, 1815; md. Nov., 1857, 
 
 Walter Brooks ; resided in Rindge until 1866, 
 and then removed to Prairie City, 111., where she 
 d. Aug., 1870. 
 
 IV. Deborah, b. Dec, 1820 ; md. Jacob Newell, of Jaf- 
 
 frey. He d. April 5, 1863, a member of Co. F, 
 16th N. H. Vols. 
 
 1. George A., b. June 19, 1850 ; md. Feb. 9, 
 
 1871, Sarah M. Wright, dau. of Edward 
 and Maria (Sawin) Wright, of Rindge. 
 
 2. Henry O., b. Feb. 8, 1856 ; d. young. 
 
 3. Francis H., b. April 8, 1857; d. young. 
 
 Capt. Stephen Emoet md. Feb. 15, 1804, Betsey 
 Wood, dau. of Isaac, senior, q. v. She d. March 2, 1807; 
 md. (2d) May 30, 1810, Polly Ingalls, dau. of Jonathan, 
 q. V. ; she d. May 20, 1826 ; md. (3d) July 19, 1827, Hep- 
 sey Buswell, dau. of John, q. v. He d. Jan. 13, 1874, 
 aged 95 years and 8 months, being more than five years 
 older than any person living, at the time, in Rindge. His 
 wife d. March 7, 1858. Capt. Emory was a farmer, and 
 for many years was engaged in the manufacture of nest- 
 boxes and drums. He was a captain in the militia, select- 
 man, and frequently elected to other offices, and was 
 universally respected for integrity and honesty. 
 
 I. Derostus Wood, b. Feb. 22, 1807. + 
 II. Albert, b. March 5,1811; resides in Canton, 111.; 
 md. Sarah Jane Capps. 
 
 1. Eliza Jane. 
 
 2. Charles Albert. 
 
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 III. Augustus, h. Sept. 27, 1813 ; resides in Canton, 
 
 111. ; md. Permelia Woodwortli. 
 
 1. Herbert. 
 
 IV. miza, b. May 31, 1816; d. Sept. 16, 1816. 
 V. Uliza, b. Feb. 21, 1819 ; resides in Rindge. 
 
 VI. Infant, \ ^ j , ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ month. 
 VII. Infant,) •" ' 
 
 VIII. Stephen B., b. Sept. 1, 1828 ; d. Dec. 17, 1847. 
 
 IX. Elizabeth, b. April 23, 1833; d. May 24, 1836. 
 X. Caroline J!/:, b. June 26,1834; d. April 22, 1836. 
 
 XI. Ellen, b. Jan. 7, 1836; d. unmd. Sept. 30, 1864. 
 
 Ends Emoet md. April 22, 1817, Zipporah Hale, dau. 
 of David Hale, q. v. They resided in Keene, Groton, 
 and Ashbumham. She d. of smaU-pox, Sept. 14, 1848 ; 
 he d. Feb. 20, 1867. They had four children. 
 
 I. Mary J., b. Jan. 23, 1818; md. June 15, 1839, 
 George E. Lane, son of EUa's and Anna (Jones) 
 Lane. They reside in Fitchburg. 
 
 n. William H., b. March 27, 1821; md. June 11, 
 1856, Mary A. Lane, dau. of John and Anna 
 (Cook) Lane. They reside in Ashburnham. 
 
 m Charles H., b. March 29, 1823 ; md. Oct. 11, 1848, 
 Eliza M. Lane, dau. of Elias and Anna (Jones) 
 Lane. He is a machinist in Fitchburg. 
 
 IV. Pascal P., b. July 21, 1825 _; md. Nov. 27, 1850, 
 Marilla J. Lane, dau. of Elias and Anna (Jones) 
 Lane. Merchant in Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Daniei, Emoet, son of Daniel, md. Sept. 30, 1829, 
 Susanna (Coolidge) Peirce, b. Jan. 31, 1807, dau. of Lieut. 
 Stephen and Drusilla (Patterson) Peirce, of Lunenburg. 
 He was an extensive dealer in hats, caps, and furnishing 
 goods, in Fitchburg, Mass., where he d. March 31, 1858. 
 His widow resides with her dau. in Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 I. Charles Augustus, b. April 21, 1831 ; md. June 20, 
 1854, Nancy C. Peirce, of Lunenburg. Yide 
 Crumble Register, No. 14. He continued for 
 several years the business of his father, and is 
 now a provision dealer in Fitchburg. 
 
 1. Nellie Frances, b. July 24, 1855 ; d. March 
 
 27, 1863. 
 
 2. Minnie Louisa, b. March 20, 1859 ; d. April 
 
 9, 1863. 
 
 3. Charles Lincoln, b. March 15, 1861; d. 
 
 March 22, 1863. 
 
 4. Frank Eugene, b. Jan. 19, 1866. 
 
 5. Bertram Peirce, b. Aug. 26, 1868. 
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 59 II. Sydney Patterson, b. Feb. 28, 1835 ; md. Feb. 24, 
 1863, Cynthia E. Osbom, dau. of Leonard Osbom. 
 She d. April 10, 1856, leaving one child. He md. 
 (2d) Nov. 7, 1867, Sarah (Davis) Newton, b. 
 March 21, 1837, widow of Dexter Newton, and 
 dau. of Winslow and Lydia (Learned) Davis, of 
 Templeton, Mass. He is proprietor of a restau- 
 rant in Fitchburg, and has been successful in 
 business. 
 
 60 1. Walter Osbom, b. March 31, 1865 ; d. June 
 26, 1865. 
 
 61 2. Louie Patterson, b. March 13, 1871 ; d. May 
 29, 1871. 
 
 ni. William Childs, b. June 23, 1836; md. June 9, 
 
 1859, Georgianna Frances Leavitt, b. June 9, 
 1836, dau. of James and Louisa (Lord) Leavitt, 
 of Lowell and Wilmington, Mass. He is a pro- 
 vision dealer in Fitchburg, and has been success- 
 ful in that and other business. 
 
 1. Willie Leavitt, b. May 5, 1864; d. May 8, 
 1867. 
 
 2. Walter Leavitt, b. Nov. 10, 1868. 
 
 IT. Caroline Frances, b. July 5, 1838 ; d. May 7, 1840. 
 V. Edward Franklin, b. April 28, 1841 ; md. Aug. 29, 
 
 1860, Mary Mildred Colby, b. Feb. 12, 1848, dau. 
 of John and Sarah C. (Purington) Colby, of 
 Bath, Me. He served three years in the 36th 
 Mass. Vols.; was promoted to Lieutenant, and 
 detailed as Brigade and later as Division Com- 
 missary and Quartermaster. He is now a pro- 
 vision dealer in Fitchburg. 
 
 67 1. Cora Althea, b. in Fitchburg, Dec. 19, 1861. 
 
 68 2. Gertrude Susan, b. in Fitchburg, Jan. 10, 
 1865. 
 
 69 3. Frederick Lincoln, b. in Lunenburar, April 9, 
 
 1867. 
 
 70 VI. Frederick Peirce, b. April 29, 1843; d. May 12, 
 1844. 
 
 71 VII. Sarah Emma, b. April 7, 1845 ; md. June 15, 1869, 
 Henry D. Yerxa, son of Benjamin and Isabella 
 Yerxa. He is of the finn of Cobb, Bates & 
 Yerxa, grocers, Boston. Residence in Cambridge. 
 
 72 1. Sadie E., b. Sept. 6, 1871. 
 
 73 2. Henry D., b. March 12, 1874. 
 
 74 VIII. AbWe Susan, b. Oct. 16, 1847 ; d. Aug. 24, 1848. 
 
 75 I IX. Herbert, b. Feb. 3, 1851 ; a salesman in Boston. 
 
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 Deeosttts W. Emobt md. Mary Peirce, dau. of Benja- 
 min, sen., q. V. He is a farmer, and resides in Rindge. 
 
 I. George A., b. March 28, 1828 ; md. May 20, 1854, 
 Martha J. Bass, dan. of David Bass, of Sharon, 
 N. H. She d. June 21, 1863 ; md. (2d) June 5, 
 1864, Maria E. Stearns, of Jaffrey. They reside 
 in Sharon. 
 
 II. Jitlia Augusta, b. Sept. 24, 1830; md. Sept. 24, 
 1851, Charles F. Stearns, son of Capt. Freeborn 
 Steams, q. v. 
 
 III. Derostus JP., b. March 27, 1832 ; md. Nov., 1858, 
 
 H. Augusta Davis, dau. of Joseph Davis, q. v. 
 They reside in Sharon, N. H., where Mr. Emory 
 is extensively engaged in the manufacture of 
 coarse lumber. 
 
 IV. Jane E.,h. Feb. 13, 1835; md. Rodney A. Hub- 
 
 bard, son of Eliphalet, q. v. 
 Y. Warren W., b. Feb. 12, 1837; md. Nov., 1860, 
 Caroline Lake, dau. of Alison, q. v., who d. May 
 17, 1867 ; md. (2d) May 19, 1868, Abbie T. Lake, 
 dau. of Ira, q. v. He is a merchant in Rindge, 
 of the firm of Fletcher & Emory, and has been 
 town clerk since 1868, and is town treasurer the 
 present year. 
 
 VI. Albert A., b. July 7, 1842; md. Nov., 1866, Mary 
 Anna Wilder, dau. of Frederic A. Wilder, q. v. 
 He is a farmer, and resides upon the home place. 
 
 VII. Marianna, b. Sept. 18, 1847 ; md. Sept. 18, 1872, 
 William B. Robbing, of East Jaffrey, where they 
 reside. 
 
 Abel Fiskb Faeeab, of the eighth generation in 
 descent from Jacob Farrar, of Lancaster, a son of Jacob 
 and Achsah (Fiske) Farrar, and a grandson of Rev. Abel 
 Fiske, the second minister of Wilton, N. H., md. Nov. 10, 
 1836, Emeline Rice, dau. of Abijah Rice, q. v., and was 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits in Worcester and in Bos- 
 ton until 1855, when he removed to this town. Vide 
 " Farrar Genealogy." 
 
 I. Arthur, b. Dec. 3, 1837 ; md. Fannie Cook. He 
 resides in Chicago, and is of the firm of Farrar 
 & Wilson, who are general agents and control 
 the sale of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing 
 Machines in the North-west. 
 
 II. Emma, b. July 25, 1839; has pursued a liberal 
 course of study, and is a physician in Pittsburg, 
 Pa. 
 
 in. Oscar, b. March 23, 1841 ; resides in Rindge. 
 
 IV. Walter, b. Nov. 29, 1843; d. Sept. 23, 1849. 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 V. Fiske, b. Jan. 9, 1848 ; a real estate broker in Den- 
 ver, Col. 
 VI., Jacob Samilton, h.Jnlj 21,1849; a graduate of 
 
 Harvard, class of 1874. 
 VII. Lillian, b. Aug. 3, 1851 ; a teacher in Pittsburg. 
 VIII. Jennie Greene, b. April 18, 1854. 
 
 Jonas Faulknee, b. 1764 ; md. Eunice Stone, dau. of 
 Silas Stone, of Boxborough, Mass., and removed upon the 
 farm subsequently of John P. Symonds, Esq., in 1793. 
 He was in the Revolutionary army, and was a pensioner. 
 He d. June 24, 1837, and his widow d. a few years later. 
 
 I. Sophia, b. Feb. 28, 1794; md. John Whitney, q. v. 
 n. Sukey, b. March 16, 1799 ; d. young. 
 III. Susannah, b. June 26, 1803; md. John P. Sy- 
 monds, q. V. 
 
 John Faitlkioie, a brother of Jonas, was in Rindge 
 several years. He was not md. 
 
 John Fenno, son of Joseph and Helen (Derby) Fenno, 
 of Westminster, Mass., b. March 22, 1793. Came to this 
 town 1813. June 17 of that year he md. Hannah Stiles, 
 dau. of Hezekiah Stiles, q. v. She d. Aug. 15, 1822 ; md. 
 (2d) Oct., 1823, widow Betsey (Fletcher) Reed. The 
 date of her death is unknown ; and he md. (3d) May 2, 
 1834, Susannah (Stone) Reed, widow of James Reed, 
 q. V. She d. May 11, 1840. Mr. Fenno was in the serv- 
 ice in 1814, at Portsmouth. He removed, about 1840, to 
 Hinsdale, N. Y., where he md. (4th) Mary E. Houghton, 
 by whom he had five children. He d. in Waterford, 
 Penn., Aug. 9, 1860. His widow resides in Lodi, Seneca 
 Co., N.Y. 
 
 I. John Stiles, b. Nov. 22, 1814; md. June 4, 1837, 
 Susan R. Fenno, dau. of Amos Fenno, q. v. She 
 d. April 28, 1843; md. (2d) Nov. 30, 1843, 
 Eveline W. Stiles, dau. of Samuel Stiles, q. v. 
 He resided many years in Rindge ; now lives in 
 Waltham, Mass. 
 
 1. William Orville, b. Aug. 25, 1839 ; d. May 
 
 6, 1840. 
 
 2. Susan Helen, b. April 28, 1841; md. 
 
 Edward R. Hastings, of Waltham. 
 
 3. Eliza Stearns, b. April 24, 1843; md. 
 
 George W. Wood, of Waltham. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 4. Isabel, b. 1844; rad. M. H. Hughes, a tailor 
 
 in Pitchburg, Mass. 
 
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 5. Infant, d. young March 9, 1847. 
 
 6. Infant, d. young March 31, 1848. 
 
 II. Stephen, b. April 13, 1816; md. Oct. 19, 1841, Eliz- 
 abeth Cram. Reside in Somerville. 
 
 1. Edward H., b. May 10, 1843. A farmer in 
 
 Warwick, Mass. 
 
 2. Lizzie, b. Nov. 4, 1845 ; md. Jaynes, of 
 
 Somerville. 
 
 3. Martin, b. March 5, 1851. Resides in Som- 
 
 erville. 
 
 Amos Feitno, a brother of John, b. May 19, 1790 ; md. 
 June 11, 1813, Hepsibeth Reed, dau. of James Reed, q. v. 
 She d. July 22, 1823; md. (2d) Eudocia Russell, dau. of 
 Simeon Russell, q. v. 
 
 I. Susan H., b. Dec. 21, 1813 ; md. John S. Fenno, 
 
 q. V. 
 
 II. Charlotte, b. Aug. 22, 1815; md. June 8, 1845, 
 
 Edward Tobey. Reside in Vassalboro, Me. 
 
 1. Charles E., b. Feb. 17, 1846. Resides in 
 
 Minnesota. 
 
 2. Eunice H., b. Dec. 29, 1847 ; md. Silas Bush. 
 
 3. Rowena A., b. May 18, 1850 ; d. June 10, 
 
 1874. 
 m. Sophronia, b. Dec. 12, 1816; md. James Stowe, of 
 Sharon, N. H. Now reside in Minnesota. Sev- 
 eral children. 
 IV. Elvira, b. Feb. 6, 1819; md. Charles Robinson, 
 q. V. 
 Children of second wife : — 
 V. Amos Deriy, b. Sept. 5, 1824; d. in Waltham, 
 
 VI. Eunice Helen, b. Nov. 12, 1825; md. Feb. 12, 1853, 
 Oliver R. Fletcher, son of Abel and Susan (Rich- 
 ardson) Fletcher. Reside in Waltham. 
 
 VII. Rowena A., b. March 19, 1827 ; md. Jerome S. 
 Buttrick, son of Samuel, and a nephew of Amos, 
 Buttrick, of Riudge. She d. April 16, 1859, 
 leaving one child : — 
 1. Amos J. 
 
 vin. Martha E., b. March 12,' 1829; md. Geo. W. 
 Wood, son of Lewis Wood. She d. Jan. 26, 
 1861, and he md. (2d) Eliza, dau. of John S. 
 Fenno, q. v. 
 
 John Fitch, who was captured by the Indians, as stated 
 in Chap. IV., with his wife and two children removed in 
 1739 from Bradford, Mass., to that part of Lunenburg 
 
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 now included in Ashby. His wife d. Dec. 24, 1748 ; he 
 md. (2d) Feb. 14, 1750-1, Elizabeth (Bowers) Peirce, 
 widow of David Peirce, of Lunenburg, and not his dau., 
 as stated in Bond's "Watertown," p. 400. He took an 
 active part in securing an act for the incorporation of 
 the town of Fitchburg, and was first named on a com- 
 mittee chosen for that purpose. He also was a member 
 of the committee which appeared before the General 
 Court to procure the incorporation of Ashby, and on the 
 organization of that town he was chosen constable and 
 one of the selectmen. He came to Rindge, where he 
 owned several lots of land, in 1772. After a residence 
 of several years in this town, he returned to Ashby, 
 where he d. April 8, 1795. Issue : — 
 
 I. Catherine, b. April 28, 1735. 
 II. John, b. May 6, 1737. 
 
 III. Paul, b. Jan. 4, 1743. -|- 
 
 IV. Jacob, b. June 29, 1744; a school-teacher in 
 
 Rindge, and a clerk in the store of Dr. John 
 Taylor, in Lunenburg. 
 V. Susannah, b. Feb. 18, 1748 ; md. Joshua Chase, 
 of Shirley, Mass. 
 
 Children by second wife : — 
 
 VI. Molley, b. Nov. 23, 1752. 
 
 VII. Sarah, b. June 11, 1755. 
 
 Paul Fitch md. April, 1767, Mary Jaquith, of Bil- 
 lerica, Mass., b. June 25, 1747, who was the mother of his 
 nine children. He purchased the mills formerly of James 
 Streeter, at Converseville, and removed to this town 1774 
 or 1775. He was a member of Capt. Stone's company in 
 1777, and soon after removed to Jaffrey, and subsequently 
 to Marlborough, E". H, His wife d. Feb. 18, 1800, and he 
 md. (2d) in Rindge, Jan. 7, 1802, Joanna (Rice) Walker, 
 widow of Samuel Walker, q. v. He d. in Marlboro, May 
 2, 1818. 
 
 I. Hannah, b. June 23, 1768 ; md. John Moore, of 
 Sharon, N. H., son of David and Margaret 
 (Taggart) Moore. 
 
 II. John, b. Oct. 11, 1770; md. Hannah- ; d. in 
 
 Cleveland, O., 1841. 
 m. Paul, b. June 21, 1773 ; md. Nov. 25, 1802, Sarah 
 Walker, dau. of Samuel and Joanna (Rice) 
 Walker, of Rindge. She d. Nov. 14, 1814; md. 
 (2d) Dee. 21, 1815, Sarah Davis. He resided in 
 Marlboro and Claremont; d. Dec. 18, 1843. 
 Descendants reside in Marlboro and in Sullivan 
 County. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 
 
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 IV. Mary,}}, in Rindge, Marcli 15, 1776; md. in Jaf- 
 frey, by Dr. Payson, of Rindge, April 15, 1799, 
 William Moore, of Sharon, son of David and 
 Margaret (Taggart) Moore. He d. Oct. 6, 1823. 
 She d. Oct. 23, 1835. Their third, fourth, sev- 
 enth, ninth, and eleventh child d. young. 
 
 1. Nathan, h. Feb. 10, 1800 ; md. Sarah Rus- 
 
 sell ; resides in Sharon. 
 
 2. Abner,b. July 21, 1802; md. Abigail Cook; 
 
 resides in Jaffrey. 
 
 5. "William, b. Feb. 14, 1805; md. Roxana 
 
 Blodgett ; (2d) Priscilla Blodgett ; resided 
 in JafErey, where he d. 1859. 
 
 6. Mary Fitch, b. April 20, 1807 ; md. Samuel 
 
 Stearns, of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 8. Isaiah, b.May 3, 1811 ; md. Mary Wheeler; 
 resided in Winchendon; now in Minne- 
 sota. 
 
 10. Jeremiah, b. May 9, 1815 ; md. Margaret 
 Jewett ; resides in Lancaster, Mass. 
 
 V. Alice, b. April 11, 1779; d. unmd. 1859. 
 VI. Abigail, b. Feb. 26, 1782; md. Joseph Piper, of 
 
 Jaffrey. 
 vii. Jacob, b. Feb. 20, 1785 ; d. unmd. 
 VIII. Susan, b. Oct. 2, 1789; md. David Blood; (2d) 
 Joseph Tolman. 
 IX. Luther Jaquith, b. Sept. 8, 1792 ; md. Jane Hoyt ; 
 resided at Hopkinton, N. H. 
 
 Thaddeits Fitch, then of Rindge, was a quartermaster 
 in 1777 in Col. Mchols' Regiment, Gen. Starke's Brigade, 
 and is also named in Capt. Stone's letter of July 3, 1777. 
 
 LiEiTT. Ebbnbzbe Fitch came from Bedford, Mass., in 
 May, 1779. When he was "warned out" no mention was 
 made of his wife, as was usual when a man was thus 
 encumbered; but in 1780, "Lieut. Ebenezer Fitch and 
 wife " appears in the report of the committee who seated 
 the meeting-house. He was here in 1782, and but little 
 is known of him or of Thaddeus Fitch. 
 
 FLETCHER. 
 
 KoBEET Fletchee, the ancestor of the families in Rindge bearing this 
 name, probably came from Yorkshire, in England. In 1630, then about 
 thirty-eight years of age, with three sons, Luke, WiUiam, and Samuel, he 
 arrived in New England, and settled in Concord, Mass. He was a 
 wealthy and influential man, and d. in that town April 3, 1677. William 
 Fletcher, son of Robert, was b. in England 1622, and was admitted free- 
 man May 10, 1643. He md. Oct. 7, 1645, Lydia Bates, and in 1653 
 removed to Chelmsford, Mass. He was an extensive proprietor of lands, 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 and owned nearly or all of what is now the city of Lowell, and a farm of 
 200 acres in Chelmsford is stiU owned by his descendants. He d. Nov. 6, 
 1677 ; his widow d. Oct. 12, 1704. Joshua Fletcher, his son, b. March 30, 
 1648, md. May 4, 1668, Grissies JeweU, who d. Jan. 16, 1682, and he md. 
 (2d) July 18, 1682, Sarah Willey. He d. Nov. 11, 1713. Capt. Joseph 
 Fletcher, son of Joshua by his second wife, was b. in Chelmsford June 
 10, 1689 ; md. Nov. 17, 1712, Sarah Adams, of Concord, Mass. They 
 resided in Westford, Mass., where their ten children were b. He was a 
 man of influence, and highly respected. He d. Oct. 4, 1772 ; his wife d. 
 April 24, 1761. Their eighth child was Dea. Joshua Fletcher, who was 
 b. Nov. 20, 1731. He md. Elizabeth Raymond, by whom he had nine 
 children. They resided in Westford, and about two miles from the home- 
 stead of his father. He d. June 10, 1783. Joshua Fletcher, his son, b. 
 Feb. 27, 1760, was three years in the Revolutionary army, and was at the 
 battle of White Plains, and at the surrender of Burgoyne. He md. April 
 20, 1815, Lucy Jones, b. May 20, 1779, dau. of Enos and Mary (Wlit- 
 more) Jones, of Ashbumham. He resided in Westford and in Ashbum- 
 ham, and d. in the last named place April 14, 1843 ; his widow d. in 
 Rindge Dec. 21, 1850. Two of their children now reside in Rindge, and 
 are named hereafter. Lyman Fletcher, also a son of Dea. Joshua and 
 Elizabeth (Raymond) Fletcher, was b. June 12, 1758 ; md. 1794, Louisa 
 Gates, of Ashburnham. He resided in Westford, where he d. 1834 ; his 
 widow d. 1861. Their son, Walter Fletcher, was b. July 20, 1805 ; md. 
 Aug. 31, 1828, Mary Chamberlain, and about 1830 removed to Vermont, 
 residing in Plymouth, Mt. Holly, and Weston in that State. His wife d. 
 May 12, 1841, and he is now living with his third wife. His eldest son is 
 Samuel W. Fletcher, of this town. 
 
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 Maet E. Fletchee, dau. of Joshua and Lucy (Jones) 
 Fletcher, b. in Westford May 1, 1816 ; md. Dea. Joseph 
 Wetherbee, of Ashbumham ; md. (2d) George W. Todd, 
 of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 Joshua Fletcheii, son of Joshua and Lucy (Jones) 
 Fletcher, b. in Ashburnham Aug. 27, 1820 ; md. April 24, 
 1846, Emeline Stimpson, who d. Sept 16, 1847, leaving 
 one dau. who d. young. He md. (2d) April 14, 1852, Mrs. 
 Frances (Partridge) Sampson. He resides a farmer in 
 Rindge. 
 
 1. Emeline F., b. Jan. 15, 1853 ; d. March 18, 1854. 
 II. Arthur J., b. Feb. 22, 1855 ; d. April 27, 1855. 
 
 III. Ada Maria, b. June 24, 1856. 
 
 IV. Walter Irving, b. Jan. 28, 1858. 
 
 V. Winslow Ordway, b. March 15, 1859. 
 Ti. William Frederick, b. June 9, 1861. 
 Tii. Myrtilla Lies, b. Feb. 14, 1864. 
 VIII. Fdwin C, b. Aug. 25, 1866. 
 
 Samuel W. Fletcher, son of Walter and Mary 
 (Chamberlain) Fletcher, was b. in Westford Jan. 24, 1829. 
 He md. in Rindge, April 25, 1850, Emily T. Brooks, dau. 
 of Joseph Brooks, q. v. She d. June 24, 1852, and he md. 
 (2d) Nov. 9, 1852, her sister, Caroline M. Brooks. Mr. 
 
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 Fletcher resided a few years in Bennington, N. H., and 
 Haverhill, Mass. Returning to Rindge in 1857, he has 
 continued his residence in this town. He is a merchant, 
 and since 1869 has been postmaster of the Rindge post- 
 office. Vide pp. 382, 390. 
 
 I. Senry W., h. Dec. 8, 1851. Is postmaster of the 
 West Rindge office, and was formerly engaged 
 with his father in trade. 
 
 Frederick Perley, b. and d. 1855. 
 
 Frank Leslie, b. and d. 1860. 
 
 Mary Emma, b. April 24, 1866. 
 
 Irving Taylor, b. April 24, 1868. 
 
 Augustus Fowlb was b. in Woburn, Mass., 1781. He 
 md. Susan Brown, dau. of Edward Brown, q. v., and after 
 a residence of eight years in Hubbardston, Mass., he 
 removed to Rindge in 1817, and soon after purchased the 
 farm now of Ivers H. Brooks, where he resided until his 
 death, Oct. ,26, 1855. His widow d. April 10, 1860. 
 
 I. Catherine, md. Oct. 29, 1829, Luke Minot, of West- 
 minster, Mass., who d. about 1850. She resides 
 his widow in W. Five children. 
 
 II. Mary, md. Nov. 19, 1834, Samuel G. Kendall. 
 They reside in Westminster. No children. 
 
 III. Augustus A., md. April, 1837, Cynthia Platts, dau. 
 
 of John V. Platts, q. v., who d. Dec. 19, 1839 ; 
 and he md. (2d) April 6, 1841, Fanny D. Platts, 
 her sister. She d. Nov. 27, 1845. Mr. Fowle 
 resides in Rindge Centre. 
 
 IV. Susan, md. Elbridge G. Tarbox, of Rindge. He 
 
 was a shoe-maker, and resided many years in 
 Rindge. He d. about 1866. 
 
 1. Mary Jane, md. J. M. M. Lacy, of Jaffrey. 
 
 2. Edward A., b. April 2, 1841 ; md. Esther C. 
 
 Heath, of Stoddard. 
 
 Jacob Foster and wife Hannah were in Rindge sev- 
 eral years, but his name does not appear upon the records 
 after 1786. Two children were b. in this town. 
 
 1. Molley, b. April 15, 1779. 
 11. Maria, b. Feb. 18, 1783. 
 
 Lieut. Benjamin Foster was from Boxford, Mass. 
 With wife Lucy and three children he removed to Rindge 
 in 1777. His wife d. April 8, 1778, and he md. (2d) 
 March 13, 1780, Elizabeth Carey, dau. of Barnabas Carey, 
 q. V. He d. Feb. 23, 1813. He was a successful schopl- 
 teacher, and was familiarly styled " Master " Foster. He 
 was much employed in town afiairs, and proved a faithful, 
 
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 eificient officer. For fifteen years lie was town clerk, and 
 transcribed the records with unusual neatness and legi- 
 bility. During the same number of years he was select- 
 man, and was also employed in the transaction of other 
 public business. 
 
 I. Samuel, b. in Boxford, April 18, 1765. 
 II. Munice, b. July 1, 1767. 
 
 III. Benjamin, b. Nov. 1, 1770. -|- 
 
 IV. Lucy, b. in Rindge, Dec. 25, 1782 ; md. Jonathan 
 
 Sawtell, son of Hezekiah, q. v. 
 V. Abigail, b. Feb. 28, 1790. 
 
 Benjamin Foster, Jr., md. March 4, 1795, Susannah 
 Wetherbee, dau. of John Wetherbee, q. v. They resided 
 in Rindge until about 1803, when they removed to New 
 York State, where he d. Returning to Rindge, his widow 
 lived here several years, and d. Sept. 12, 1866, aged 93. 
 
 Benjamin, b. March 24, 1796. 
 
 Susannah, b. May 31, 1798 ; md. Eddy. 
 
 Eunice, b. March 14, 1800. 
 Lucy, b. April 8, 1802. 
 Deborah, md. Lyons. 
 
 Abnee Fostee was b. in Rowley, Mass., Oct. 8, 1760 ; 
 md. Betsey Towne, dau. of Joseph Towne, of Andover, 
 b. May 15, 1763. They settled in Rindge, upon the farm 
 of the late John A. Gibson, about 1785. He d. Jan. 3, 
 1841 ; his widow d. Oct. 10, 1854. They had no children. 
 
 Capt. John Fox resided from 1802 to 1821 upon the 
 farm of James P. Clay, which he sold during the latter 
 year to Augustus Fowle. He buried a child in 1813 and 
 one in 1815 ; perhaps they were first and third, or possibly 
 children b. after 1807. 
 
 I. Lovina, b. Feb. 22, 1804. 
 II. George, b. Oct. 16, 1805 ; d. Oct. 11, 1806. 
 III. George, b. Nov. 16, 1807. 
 
 James Fkench md. April 13, 1781, Hannah Russell, 
 dau. of Jabez Russell, q. v. She d. about 1805, and he 
 md. (2d) July 12, 1809, Olive Sawyer, and removed fi-om 
 town about 1813. The following children were b. in 
 Rindge, except Isaac, the eldest, who was b. in Jaffrey. 
 He was a manufacturer of baskets, and resided upon the 
 Calvin Davis farm, in the north-east part of Rindge. 
 
 1.. Isaac, b. June 22, 1781, in Jaffrey. 
 11. Hannah, b. Feb. 6, 1783 ; d. March 6, 1783. 
 
 III. Hannah, b. Jan. 24, 1784. 
 
 IV. Sally, 'b.Veh. 17,1786. 
 
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 V. .Tames, b. Feb. 28, 1789. 
 VI. Samuel Brooks, b. Aug. 2, 1791. 
 VII. Betsey, b. May 13, 1793. 
 viii. Edward Jewett, b. June 29, 1795. 
 \j.. Mahaia, b. May 25, 1804. 
 
 X. Francis Sawyer, b. May 81, 1810, a child of 
 second wife. 
 
 Nathaniel Fkost, son of Stephen and Sally (Twad- 
 dle) Frost, b. in West Cambridge, Mass., March 25, 1805 ; 
 md. March 5, 1829, Sophronia Cass, b. March 18, 1805, 
 dau. of Jonathan and Abigail (Dow) Cass, of Candia, 
 N. H. After a brief residence in Cornish, N". H., they 
 removed to Rindge. He is a mason, and resides at East 
 Rindge. 
 
 I. Abhie, b. Feb. 2, 1834; md. June 9, 1856, George 
 W. Tarbell, q. v. ; md. (2d) Sept. 19, 1871, Jacob 
 M. Cass, of Sheffield, Vt. 
 
 Col. William Gaednee came to this town in 1785. 
 He was b. in Brookline, Mass., 1761, and consequently was 
 twenty-four years of age at the time of his removal. On 
 the 19th of April, 1775, his father, Isaac Gardner, Esq., one 
 of His Majesty's justices of the peace, with the minute-men 
 of Brookline, marched for Lexington. Meeting the retreat- 
 ing column near Watson's Corner, he was instantly killed 
 in a skirmish which ensued, receiving no less than twelve 
 ball and bayonet wounds. It is of him that Bancroft, the 
 historian, writes: "Isaac Gardner, one on whom the 
 colony rested many hopes, fell about a mile west of Har- 
 vard College." About the time of his emigration to 
 Rindge, Col. Gardner md. Rebecca Raymond, a dau. of 
 Dr. Raymond, an Englishman. She was a lady of talent 
 and refinement, and, during her residence in this town, 
 was an intimate friend of the wife of Dr. Payson. Col. 
 Gardner is described by the aged citizens of this town as 
 a man of commanding personal appearance, comely in 
 feature and proportions, an(J unusually pleasing and 
 affable in his manner. His promotion in civil and in mil- 
 itary affairs was rapid and uninterrupted. He soon rose 
 to the command of the regiment to which the two compa- 
 nies of militia in this town were assigned, and wag 
 exceedingly popular with both his superior, and inferior 
 officers. He was three years a member of the Legislature, 
 and was chosen by his townsmen to many other positions 
 of trust. He built the spacious mansion now owned by 
 Mr. Washington Snelling, and the store occupied by 
 Fletcher & Emory. In 1809, Mr. Gai-dner removed to 
 Boston, and soon after to Manlius, Onondaga County, 
 N. T., where he became a prosperous merchant and man- 
 
528 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 ufacturer. He d. of apoplexy, 1833 ; his wife, sui-vived 
 him some six or seven years. Their children were b. in 
 Rindge. 
 
 I. William, h. May 13, 1787. He resided several 
 years in Lowell, Mass., but passed the later years 
 of his life in Texas, and d. upon his plantation 
 near San Antonio, about 1855. 
 
 3 II. Charles, b. Feb. 18, 1789 ; became a merchant in 
 New Orleans, La., where he d. in 1860. 
 
 4 ni. Rebecca, b. April 24, 1791; md. Oren Stone, a 
 merchant, and at the time of his marriage a 
 partner of the father of Gov. Seymour. They 
 early removed to Watertown, N. T., where she 
 d. as early as 1818. 
 
 5 IT. Dorothy, b. March 4, 1794; md. Thomas A.-Gold, 
 a lawyer of Pittsfield, Mass., where she resided 
 until her death, in 1857. 
 
 6 V. Addison, b. March 19, 1797. He entered upon the 
 practice of law in Rochester, N. T., in 1822. 
 Three years later he was appointed District 
 Attorney. In 1829, at the age of thirty-three 
 years, he was appointed Circuit Judge, which 
 position he resigned after nine years of efficient 
 service. In the autumn of 1844 he was elected 
 Lieutenant-Governor on a ticket with Hon. Silas 
 Wright for Governor. At the succeeding elec- 
 tion, in 1846, he was again elected to the same 
 office, which he resigned in 1847, and was elected 
 Judge of the Court of Appeals. In all these 
 positions Mr. Gardner has served the State with 
 distinguished ability. He is now spending the 
 evening of an active, useful life at Rochester. 
 
 VI. Andu Lucia, bap. May 4, 1800 ; the date of her 
 birth does not appear upon the Rindge records ; 
 md. Hon. Elijah Rhoades, of Manlius, a merchant 
 and State Senator. He d. at Pittsfield, Mass. 
 His widow resides, with an adopted daughter, in 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 VII. Adaline, d. young. 
 
 Note. — The name has been spelled in this register as it appears upon 
 the records, and as spelled by the family through several generations. 
 The sons of Col. Gardner, restoring the original orthography of this 
 ancient name, have written it Gardiner. 
 
 Stephen Gates had resided in Sharon, Ct., previous to 
 his removal to this town, where the only child of whom 
 any record appears was b. The family was here previous 
 to the incorporation of the town, but the name soon 
 fades from the records. The name of his wife was Betty. 
 
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 I. Timothy, b. Jan. 25, 1746-7. 
 
 William P. Geeet resided upon the Dea. Goddard 
 farm, and where N. C. Russell now resides. He was in 
 Rindge from 1821 to 1832. 
 
 I. William, hap. July 9, 1825. 
 n. Martha A., hap. May 4, 1828. 
 III. Sarah C, hap. Oct. 7, 1832. 
 
 Isaac Gibson, the first of the name in Rindge, was a 
 son of Isaac Gibson, of Lunenburg, and a grandson of 
 Timothy Gibson, of Sudbury. " Timothy Gibson of Sud- 
 bury " was an original proprietor of two lots of land in 
 Lunenburg " for his sons Isaac and Reuben." Isaac, son 
 of Timothy, md. Feb. 4, 1744^5, Keziah Johnson, dau. of 
 Dea. Samuel and Rebecca Johnson, of Lunenburg. The 
 eldest of their children was Isaac Gibson, b. in that part 
 of Lunenburg which is included in Fitchburg, Nov. 28, 
 1745. He md. Lois Samson, of Bolton, by whom he had 
 four children. (1) Hannah, d. young ; (2) Joel, d. young ; 
 (3) Sarah, b. 1776; md. William Stickney, of Grafton, 
 Vt. (Wood family 49 and 56) ; (4) Lois, b. 1781 ; md. 
 Elijah Houghton. Lois, wife of Isaac Gibson, d. in Fitch- 
 burg June 17, 1782, and he md. (2d) Ruth Eaton, and 
 removed to Rindge early in the year 17-83. They resided 
 in the south-west part of the town. He d. Dec. 6, 1815 ; 
 she d. Feb. 25, 1885. Their seven children were : — 
 
 I. Isaac, b. Aug. 4, 1783.-}- 
 n. Buth, b. May 22, 1786 ; d. 1812. 
 in. Israel, b. Sept. 15, 1789 ;• md. Dec. 17, 1815, Betsey 
 Rugg, dau. of Thomas Rugg, and resided in 
 Rindge until 1838, when he removed to Claren- 
 don, Vt. He d. Aug. 16, 1863 ; she d. Aug. 14, 
 1855. They d. in Mendon, Vt. 
 
 1. Edward, b. Sept. 18, 1816; d. in Clarendon 
 
 April 8, 1845. 
 
 2. Clarissa, Jb. April 14, 1818 ; md. EUsha Fair- 
 
 banks; d. in Aurora, III., Sept. 13, 1859, 
 leaving five children. 
 
 3. Isaac, b. March 20, 1820; resides in Rut- 
 
 land, Vt. He has a family, but no record 
 has been received. 
 
 4. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 24, 1822 ; md. March 4, 
 
 1852, Martin Eames, who d. soon after. 
 She resides in Winsted, Conn. 
 
 5. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 17, 1824; d. Aug. 15, 
 
 1851. 
 
 6. Milton, b. April 12, 1827. Resides in Win- 
 
 sted, Conn. 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 7. Julia, A., b. Sept. 22, 1829; d. March 8, 1848. 
 
 8. William B., b. Deo. 11, 1831 ; d. Nov. 23, 
 
 1834. 
 
 9. Susan M., b. Jan. 12, 1834; d. Aug. 28, 
 
 1845. • 
 
 10. Maria C, b. April 27, 1836. Resides in 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 
 IT. Patty, b. Oct. 1, 1791 ; md. Samuel Howard, of 
 
 Clarendon. 
 Y. John, b. April 4, 1794 ; md. Lucy Day, of Winch- 
 
 endon. He d. 1856. 
 VI. Catherine, b. Aug. 13, 1796 ; d. unmd. March 25, 
 
 1823. 
 VII. Nathaniel, twin, b. Aug. 13, 1796; md. Dec. 9, 
 
 1889, Susan Eaton; resided in Binghampton, 
 
 N. Y. Five of their six children d. in infancy. 
 
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 Isaac GiBsoif, son of Isaac, md. Dec. 14, 1814, Nancy 
 Kimball, dau. of Aquilla Kimball, q. v., and resided in 
 Winchendon until 1827, when he removed to the farm 
 now of Charles A. Wilder, and after 1846 he resided in 
 Rindge Centre. He d. Sept. 25, 1858 ; his wife d. Aug. 
 29 of the same year. 
 
 I. AlQnzo, b. Sept. 30, 1815 ; resided with his par- 
 ents ; d. unmd. Jan. 2, 1850. His father's house, 
 which stood upon the site of the residence of 
 Willard G. Jones, was burned in the night, and 
 in attempting to secure some articles of value 
 he perished in the flames. 
 II. Elvira, b. April 16, 1817 ; d. Sept. 16, 1819. 
 m. Ruth Ann, h. May 10, 1819; md. Oct. 20, 1851, 
 E. Henry Howe, of Barre, Mass. He was b. 
 July 28, 1830, and d. Nov. 15, 1853. She md. 
 (2d) Feb. 2, 1854, Timothy Jenkins Howland, b. 
 in Barre, Nov. 18, 1812. They reside in Barre. 
 To Mrs. Howland I am indebted for many facts 
 and dates incorporated in this family record. 
 By the former marriage she had one son : — 
 
 1. Edward Alonzo, b. Nov. 21, 1852. Being 
 the only grandson of Isaac Gibson, and 
 to gratify an expressed desire, his name 
 was legally changed to Alonzo Edward 
 Gibson. He was drowned in Sterling, 
 
 ' Aug. 25, 1868, aged nearly 16 years. 
 
 IV. Elvira, b. May 8, 1821. By an act of the Legis- 
 lature her name was changed to Ellen Elvira 
 Gibson. For several years she was a teacher in 
 the public schools of Rindge and vicinity, and 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 531 
 
 subsequently became better known to the public 
 as a lecturer and contributor to the press. In 
 1864 she was ordained by the Religious Philo- 
 sophical Society a minister of the Gospel. She 
 
 md. 1861, Hobart, and was divorced 1868, 
 
 when she assumed her maiden name. During 
 the war of the Rebellion, she was prominently 
 connected with several sanitary fairs in the 
 Western States. She accompanied the 8th Wis- 
 consin Vols, to the South, and wJffe there con- 
 stant in attendance upon the sick. This regi- 
 ment was known as the " Live Eagle Regiment," 
 and the history of the eagle which during three 
 years shared the fortunes of war is familiar to 
 the public. In 1864, being recommended to the 
 position by the State officers of Wisconsin, she 
 was appointed chaplain of the 1st Wisconsin 
 Heavy ArtUlery, which was stationed at Alexan- 
 dria, Va. The duties of the position were per- 
 formed until the close of the war, although the 
 Secretary of War refused to muster her into the 
 United States service, for reasons which were 
 stated by President Lincoln imder date of Nov. 
 .10, 1864. " This lady would be appointed chap- 
 lain of the Ist Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, only 
 she is a woman. The President has nothing 
 legally to do with the question, but approves the 
 appointment. [Signed] A. Lincoln." Congress 
 subsequently passed a bill granting her full pay 
 of a chaplain for the time she performed the 
 duty ; but on account of the phraseology of the 
 biU, the payment has not been made. 
 V. ^masa, b. Aug. 13, 1823; md. Jan. 1, 1847, Lois 
 H. Stevens. They had no children. He d. in 
 Barre, Mass., Oct. 1, 1865; she d. Oct. 17, 1865. 
 For many years he was successfully engaged in 
 the manufacture of pahn-leaf goods, and was a 
 partner in business with Hon. George M. But- 
 trick. He contributed liberally to the Methodist 
 Church, with which he was connected, and to 
 several benevolent societies, and was esteemed a 
 useful citizen and a zealous Christian. 
 
 John A. Gibson, son of Abel and Achsah (Puffer) 
 Gibson, was b. in Sudbury, Mass., May 29, 1811; md. 
 Mary Ann Knowlton ; md. (2d) Nov. 18, 1847, Mrs. Mary 
 S. (Davis) Hooper, dau. of Eli S. and Asenath (Nourse) 
 Davis. They removed to this town in 1856. He d. Oct. 
 27, 1874. 
 
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 I. Charles F., b. Jan. 10, 1839 ; md. Adaline Parker, 
 dau. of Calvin J. and Abigail (Kendall) Parker, 
 of Jaffrey. (Jewett Register, No. 28.) 
 
 II. John Francis, b. April 21, 1849 ; md. Jan., 1871, 
 
 Joanna G. Damon. Resides in Leominster, Mass. 
 
 III. Stephen Wi, b. June 22, 1850 ; md., 1872, Mary A. 
 
 Robbins. Lives in Rindge. 
 
 IV. Alonzo W., b. Sept. 23, 1852. 
 
 V. Zucy A., h. Nov. 19, 1854. 
 
 -fi. Adaline M., b. Sept. 27, 1856 ; d. Jan. 20, 1858. 
 Tii. Alwis A., b. Dec. 16, 1858. 
 VIII. Samantha i., b. Feb. 26, 1861. 
 IX. JEstella L., b. April 6, 1863. 
 
 Joseph Gilson, b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Sept. 16, 1738, 
 son of Jonas and Hannah (Goodridge) Gilson, md. May 
 5, 1768, Esther Peirce, b. Feb. 26, 1744, dau. of David and 
 Elizabeth (Bowers) Peirce. He was in Rindge three or 
 four years previous to his marriage. They removed from 
 town in 1770. The name frequently appears Gillson upon 
 the records. 
 
 I. Jonas, b. in Rindge, May 11, 1769. 
 
 Abel Gilson was taxed from 1793 to 1803. He was 
 here earlier than 1793, but no older tax lists are preserved. 
 He md. May 24, 1789, Margaret Gary, dau. of Barnabas 
 Gary, q. v. 
 
 I. Abel, b. April 20, 1790. 
 n. Hepsibeth, b. Feb. 5, 1792. 
 
 III. Josiah, b. Dec. 22, 1793. 
 
 IV. Prudence, b. Feb. 26, 1796. 
 V. John, b. July 1, 1798. 
 
 VI. Betsey, b. March 20, 1801. 
 
 Henkt Gipson, b. probably in Lunenburg about 1782. 
 Resided' in Rindge several years, and was last taxed in 
 1827. He d. in Ashburnham about 1860. No record of 
 his marriage. He left several children, and among them 
 was : — 
 
 I. Henry, md. Mary Perry, dau. of Obadiah and 
 
 Lavina (Piper) Perry. Vide Piper register. He 
 d. about 1865, and his widow md. (2d) Charles 
 Taylor, of New Ipswich. 
 
 William Gipson, a brother of Henry, senior, md. 
 Dolly Hawks, and resided upon the Uriah Keyes place 
 several years previous to 1840. 
 I. Mary. 
 
 II. Irene. 
 
 III. Caroline. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 533 
 
 GODDARD. 
 
 William Goddard, a grocer of London, son of Edward Goddard, a 
 ■wealthy farmer of Norfolk, md. Elizabeth, dau. of Ben.iamin Miles. He 
 came to America in 1665, and his wife and three children came the next 
 year. They settled in Watertown, where their five youngest children 
 were b., and where he d. Oct. 6, 1691. His widow d. Feb. 8, 1697-8. 
 Edward, their youngest son, b. March 24, 1674-5, md. in June, 1697, 
 Susanna Stone, b. Nov. 6, 1675, dau. of Simon and Mary (^Whipple) 
 Stone, of Watertown. He was a teacher in Watertown and m Boston 
 for several years. March 25, 1714, he removed to Framingham, and 
 there taught a grammar school a number of years, and took a prominent 
 part in the civil and religious afEairs of that town. He was treasurer 
 two, selectman ten, and town clerk eighteen, years. In 1733 he 
 was chosen to the Provincial Council, in which capacity he served three 
 years with distinguished ability. He was a ready writer, and numerous 
 papers of a religious character were published. He d. Feb. 9, 1754 ; his 
 wife Feb. 4, 1754. Rev. David Goddard, the fifth child of Hon. Edward, 
 b. Sept. 26, 1706 ; graduated at Harvard University 1731 ; ordained at 
 Leicester, Mass., June 30, 1736. He md. Aug. 19, 1736, his cousin, 
 Mercy Stone, b. Feb. 2, 1713-14, dau. of David and Maiy (Rice) Stone, 
 who was the mother of his nine children. She d. Jan. 4, 1753 ; md. (2d) 
 Dec. 20, 1753, Martha Nichols, widow of Joseph Nichols. He d. while 
 visiting Ms father's family, Jan. 19, 1754, being only a few days after the 
 death of his parents. Edward Goddard, the fifth child of Rev. David 
 Goddard, b. in Leicester, Dec. 12, 1742 ; md. Jan. 17, 1771, Ruth Shaw, 
 of Leicester, and passed the active years of his life a farmer in Athol, 
 Mass. They had ten children. Late in life they came to Rindge and 
 resided with their son. Deacon Luther Goddard. He d. in Rindge, April 
 24, 1826 ; his widow d. March 25, 1827. 
 
 Deacon Luthbe Goddaed, h. in Athol, Oct. 24, 1783, 
 was of the fifth generation from William Goddard, the 
 emigrant. He md. June 26, 1811, Polly Furbush, who 
 was b. Jan. 13, 1785 ; settled in Rindge 1824 ; his wife d. 
 Feb. 12, 1854; md. (2d) July 17, 1855, Ruthy Robbins, 
 b. Aug. 9, 1792, dau. of David Robbins, q. v. He d. 
 April 26, 1858; his widow d. Feb. 18, 1869. He was an 
 estimable citizen, and universally respected. He was 
 nearly thirty years a deacon in the Congregational 
 Church. 
 
 I. Mary Ann, b. May 26, 1813 ; md. Addison Ban- 
 croft, q. V. 
 I/ucinda, b. May 5, 1815 ; d. unmd. June 15, 1847. 
 Mmira, b. Feb. 14, 1817 ; d. unmd. April 21, 1846. 
 •Lysander, b.Oct. 8, 1818; d. unmd. Oct. 12, 1845. 
 Harriet, b. Jan. 80, 1820; md. March 4, 1847, 
 Algernon S. Butler, b'. Sept. 23, 1822, son of 
 Simon and Olive (Butler) Butler, of Troy, 
 N. H. They resided a few years in Rindge, and 
 removed to Troy, where she d., leaving children, 
 May 22, 1861. 
 VI. JElecta, b. Oct. 4, 1821 ; d. Feb. 13, 1822. 
 
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 Boston, Feb. 27, 1857. 
 
 Maetin L. Goddaed md. June 1, 1847, Louisa D. Bill, 
 dau. of David and Lucy (Dort) Bill, of Gilsum, N. H., 
 where they resided a few years. With this exception, he 
 has lived in Rindge, and was elected to the board of 
 selectmen 1859, '60, '61,. '68, '69, '70, '72, '73. Of his chil- 
 dren, the first, fourth, and sixth d. young. 
 
 II. i:imer Daniel, b. Oct. 20, 1852. 
 
 III. Leslie Martin, b. July 8, 1855. 
 
 V. Luthera Louisa, b. Feb 12, 1859. 
 VII. Charles Edward, b. Feb. 18, 1873. 
 
 Henet Goddistg and wife Sarah came from Lexington. 
 They resided first upon the farm since known as the 
 Deacon Cummings farm. They were here previous to 
 the date of incorporation. He d. about 1795 ; his widow 
 survived him a few years. Their children were : — 
 
 I. Samuel, bap. in Lexington May 1, 1761. Enlisted 
 March 20, 1777, in Col. Nathan Hale's regiment, 
 and remained in the service three years. 
 II. Mary, bap. Oct. 23, 1766 ; probably d. young, 
 ni. Henry, b. in Rindge June 15, 1768. -|- 
 
 IV. Judith, ; md. John Gary, q. v. 
 
 V. /Sarah, ; d. unmd. at Harvard, Mass. 
 
 VI. Abigail, b. June 20, 1775; md. Sept. 24, 1794, 
 
 John Russell, son of Amos Russell, of West- 
 ford. Resided in Dublin. Removed 1828 to 
 Alstead, N. H. 
 
 1. Abigail, b. June 28, 1795; md. Eli Brig- 
 
 ham, of Jaffrey, and removed to McDon- 
 ough, N. Y. 
 
 2. Mary, b. March 16, 1797 ; d. 1799. 
 
 3. Mary, b. May 17, 1799 ; md. Joseph Rollins, 
 
 and removed to Peru, Vt. 
 
 4. Rebecca, b. April 19, 1801 ; md. Ebenezer 
 
 Crane, of Dalton, N. H. 
 
 VII. Isaac, b. 1777 ; d. unmd., felo de se, June 2, 1852, 
 
 Henet Godding, Jr., md. Feb. 19, 1790, Mary Law- 
 rence, of Gardner, Mass. ; she d. May 17, 1790 ; md. (2d) 
 Patty Russell, a sister of John, who md. Abigail God- 
 ding. They removed to New Ipswich, and occupied the 
 farm near the town line, recently of Charles W. Huse. 
 He d. Aug. 4, 1831. 
 
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 14 II. Mary, b. in New Ipswich March 29, 1797; md. 
 Ambrose Emory, son of Daniel, q. v. 
 
 15 m. Gardner, b. Nov. 7, 1799; d. unmd. 1823. 
 
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 Aeiel Godding md. Eliza Chickering, dau. of Abner 
 Chickering, of New Ipswich, and a sister of Jonas Chick- 
 ering, of Boston, the well known manufacturer of pianos. 
 They removed to Rindge from the old homestead about 
 1850. She d. April 14, 1871. 
 
 I. George Gardner,}). Feb. 12,1824; md. Nov. 16, 
 1848, Nancy Mersylvia Wetherbee, dau. of 
 Joseph Wetherbee, q. v. They reside in Lunen- 
 burg. Five children living. 
 
 II. Mersylvia, b. Nov. 5, 1825; md. Nathan A. Hale, 
 
 son of Nathan Hale, q. v. 
 
 III. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 9, 1828 ; md. Charles Teel, son 
 
 of Samuel and- Nancy (Scott) Teel, of Lunen- 
 burg, where they reside. 
 
 IV. Louisa, b. Sept. 28, 1830; md. John W". Hastings, 
 
 q. V. 
 
 ■ V. Ellen E., b. 1840 ; md. Oct. 27, 1858, Geo. M. 
 Cram. She d. April 11, 1865, and he md. (2d) 
 Oct. 5, 1865, her sister Louisa, widow of John 
 W. Hastings. They reside in Lyndeboro, N. H. 
 
 VI. Caroline, b. 1844; d. Feb. 10, 1862. 
 
 LuTHEK GooDEiDGB Came to Rindge about 1806. He 
 was a cabinet-maker, and occupied the house now of N. 
 H. Eastman. He md. in Rindge, Feb. 13, 1807, Nancy 
 Carter, dau. of Jude Carter, q. v. Early in the year 1829, 
 they removed to Fitchburg, Mass., where he d. June 5 of 
 that year. His widow d. in Lawrence, Mass., Deo. 26, 
 1847. This name is now frequently written Goodrich. 
 
 I. Sophronia, b. Sept. 8, 1808; md. Oct. 28, 1845, 
 Geo. L. Stafford, of Plymouth, N. H. She d. 
 Aug. 28, 1857. 
 11. Asaph W., b. Sept. 24, 1810 ; md. Dec. 18, 1845, 
 Hepsibeth Rugg, dau. of William Rugg, q. v. 
 They resided in Rindge a few years, and removed 
 to Lawrence, Mass. She d. Oct. 23, 1873. 
 
 1. Annie Josephine, b. Feb. 4, 1847; md. Sept. 
 10, 1867, James Henry Reynolds. He 
 was in the Union army, and lost an arm 
 in the service. They reside in Lawrence. 
 
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 m. Ann T., b. June 9, 1817; md. May 5, 1833, Eri 
 Holden, of Shirley, Mass. ; md. (2d) Francis 
 Goodridge, and d. in Springfield, Mass. 
 
 IV. Luther Calvin, b. March 24, 1820; d. in Cincin- 
 nati, O., Aug. 13, 1839. 
 V. Henry 0., b. Aug. 31, 1824; md. Martha Hatch. 
 They reside in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Calvin Goss and wife removed 1802 to the farm now 
 of Henry E. Burritt. During their declining years they 
 were supported by the town. They had no children. He 
 d. May 3, 1836, aged 72. She d. April 12, 1830, aged 75. 
 
 GOULD. 
 
 In the early history of the town, and to the close of the Revolution, the 
 Goulds were an important element of the population. They were indus- 
 trious, peaceable citizens, who added much to the wealth and prosperity of 
 the settlement. The name disappears from the records a few years before 
 the close of the past century, although their descendants bearing other 
 names are stiU numerous. The families in Kindge were descended from 
 Zaccheus Gould, who settled in Topsfield about 1640. John, his son, b. in 
 England in 1635, md. Sarah Baker. Among their. children was Thomas, 
 who md. Mercy Sumner. They also resided in Topsfield, and several of 
 their children were associated with the settlement of this town. Among 
 their children were Jacob, b. Jan. 16, 1703 ; Benjamin, b. May 29, 1716. 
 These settled in Lunenburg, and five of their children came to Eindge. 
 Abigail, b. ; md. Jonathan Stanley, of Rindge and Jaffrey; Debo- 
 rah, b. Sept. 23, 1707 ; md. Joseph Page ; Mercy, b. Jan. 17, 1712 ; md. 
 Nathaniel Page, — both of Eindge. The registers of the Gould, Stanley, 
 Page, and other families, found in this volume, present abundant evi- 
 dence that the descendants of Thomas and Mercy (Sumner) Gould con- 
 stitute no small part of the population of Eindge, Jaffrey, and other 
 towns in this vicinity. 
 
 Jacob Gould, son of Capt. Jacob and Dorothy (Good- 
 ridge) Gould, of Lunenburg, grandson of Thomas and 
 Mercy (Sumner) Gould, of Topsfield, was b. in Lunen- 
 burg, Oct. 16, 1737, and came to Rindge in 1760. Capt. 
 Jacob Gould, his father, was one of the original proprie- 
 tors of the township, and was prominent in its prudential 
 affairs. He was the master carpenter in building the 
 first meeting-house, but he never resided in this town. 
 Mercy, his dau., was the wife of Aaron Taylor, of Rindge. 
 June 13, 1763, Jacob Gould, Jr., md. Elizabeth Hale, dau. 
 of Moses Hale, Sr., q. v., and settled in the north-west 
 part of the town. In 1777 he served in Capt. Stone's 
 and in Capt. Rand's company. He was selectman in 
 1780, and was frequently chosen on committees and to 
 minor offices. The family removed to Vermont, tradition 
 names both Rockingham and Grafton, about 1788. 
 
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 I. iTacob, b. March 17, 1764; md. July 19, 1788, Bet- 
 sey Townsend, dan. of Dr. Townsend, q. v. 
 II. Jyucy, b. April 18, 1765. 
 
 III. Dolly, b. Jan. 4, 1767. 
 
 IV. Nathaniel, b. March 5, 1768. 
 
 V. Daniel, b. June 17, 1770. . 
 
 Yi. Nathan, b. Feb. 23, 1772. 
 VII. Imcinda, b. July 4, 1774. 
 VIII. Betsey, b. Oct. 10, 1776 ; d. Deo. 25, 1777. 
 
 IX. Cally, b. ISTov. 1, 1778. 
 
 Oliver Gould, brother of Jacob, Jr., b. in Lunenburg, 
 Oct. 8, 1733, md. May 3, 1759, Mary Stockwell, of Peters- 
 ham. They resided in Lunenburg until 1766, and per- 
 haps longer. In 1776 he was in Rindge, but the date of 
 his removal is uncertain, nor do the records indicate the 
 date of his removal to Jaffrey, where he passed the 
 remainder of his days. In the probate records of Che- 
 shire County is found his will, dated in 1792, about three 
 years previous to his death, in which he names wife 
 Mary, sons Oliver, Jesse, and Sewall, and daughters Sarah 
 McClintock, Lucy Parker, Mary, Mercy, Susannah, and 
 Sibel. The date of birth of the four eldest children 
 appears upon the Lunenburg records. It is probable that 
 the order of age of the younger children is not preserved 
 in the following record. 
 
 I. Oliver, b. in Lunenburg, May 81, 1760 ; d. of small- 
 pox about 1795. 
 II. Sarah, b. Aug. 16, 1762 ; md. McClintock. 
 
 III. Lucy, b. in Lunenburg, Sept. 9, 1764 ; md. April 
 
 21, 1791, Asa Parker, son of Samuel Parker, of 
 Jaffrey. He d. 1838; she d. 1819. They had 
 several children. 
 
 IV. Ma/ry, b. in Lunenburg, Oct. 16, 1766. 
 
 V. Susannah, bap. in Lunenburg, Jan. 8, 1769. 
 VI. Mercy, ; md. Enos Mayo. Resided in Lud- 
 low, Vt. 
 vn. Sibel. 
 vni. Jesse. 
 IX. Sewall, b. 1783; md. Catherine Mayo. Several 
 children. 
 
 Elijah Gotjxd, brother of Jacob and Oliver, b. Aug. 8, 
 1743 ; md. Feb. 26, 1767, Eunice Patch. They were in 
 Rindge a short time, and returned to Limenburg in 1770. 
 Lois, their dau., was b. in Rindge Dec. 22, 1767 ; bap. Jan. 
 3,. 1768. After their return to Lunenburg, they were 
 made happy by nine other children. 
 
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 Bbstjamist Gould, son of Benjamin and Esther (Peirce) 
 Gould, grandson of Thomas and Mercy (Sumner) Gould, 
 and consequently a cousin of Jacob, Jr., was b. in Lunen- 
 burg Jan. 31, 1741; md. May 16, 1764, Sarah Foster. 
 They were md. in Lunenburg, but he had been here two 
 or three years at that date. In 1780 the family removed 
 to Rockingham, Vt. 
 
 I. Esther, b. Sept. 19, 1765. 
 u. Benjamin, b. July 26, 1767. 
 
 III. Martha, b. June 18, 1770; d. March 10, 1776. 
 
 IV. Bebecca, b. Nov. 25, 1772 ; d. Feb. 17, 1776. 
 V. Josepfi, b. June 2, 1774 ; d. Feb. 9, 1776. 
 
 VI. Joseph, b. Dec. 19, 1776. 
 VII. Sarah, b. May 4, 1779 ; d. Dec. 27, 1780. 
 viii. Sarah, b. in Vermont June 7, 1785. 
 
 Ebbnezee Gould, parentage unknown, and his wife 
 Anne may have resided in this town a few years. Their 
 names appear only on the church records. Perhaps they 
 lived in Jaffrey. 
 
 I. Anna, bap. in Rindge Aug. 13, 1780. 
 n. Ehenezer, bap. in Rindge Oct. 21, 1781. 
 
 Danekl Geagg md. in Rindge July 16, 1772, Elizabeth 
 "Wood, dau. of Michael and Mary (Platts) Wood, q. v. 
 They resided in the north part of the town. He d. Oct. 
 29, 1801, aged 66. She d. May 21, 1825, aged 74. 
 
 I. Daniel, b. Dec. 14, 1772. One of the few in the 
 
 early part of the present century who regularly 
 received a newspaper. He was accustomed to 
 read the news to groups of inquiring listeners 
 assembled at Todd's Tavern. Returning on foot 
 to his home on the evening of Feb. 12, 1880, he 
 perished in the cold within a short distance of 
 his home. 
 
 II. Asa, b. July 81, 1774. 
 
 III. Elizabeth, b. June 25, 1776 ; md. Francis Thomas, 
 
 q. V. 
 
 IV. Abel, b. March 14, 1778. 
 V. Molley, b. March 21, 1780. 
 
 VI. Ruth, b. May 16, 1782 ; d. unmd. Oct. 5, 1801. 
 VII. Sarah, b. June 27, 1784. 
 VIII. Enos, b. Aug. 18, 1790. 
 IX. Mille, b. Sept. 6, 1792 ; md. Nathan Jewett, son of 
 
 Ezeldel, q. v. 
 X. Eunice Wood, b. Aug. 25, 1791. 
 
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 JoHK Gray, wife Beulah, and son Eliphalet, came from 
 Milton, N. H., in Feb., 1773. . He signed the test in 1776, 
 and was in Col. Enocli Hale's regiment in 1778. No 
 more is known of tlie family. 
 
 Edwabd Gkat and wife Sarah, from Andover, Mass., 
 were warned out in 1773, and perhaps they thought the 
 warning was in earnest, for they are not again heard 
 from. 
 
 Isaac Geeen and wife Abigail were in Rindge from 
 1795 to 1805, and the following two children were b. in 
 this town : — 
 
 I. James, b. March 7, 1795. 
 II. Esther, b. Nov. 6, 1798. 
 
 Feaitcis Geeen, previous to his removal to Rindge, 
 had served in the army,. and was a pensioner. He md. 
 Lucy Towne, dau. of Jonathan Towne, of Rindge. They 
 settled upon the farm formerly occupied by Mr. Towne, 
 west of the farm now of Col. Perry. He d. Aug. 25, 
 1844, aged 90 ; she d. Sept. 8, 1849, aged 82. 
 
 I. Barry, b. Oct. 17, 1793; md. Abigail (Miller) 
 Turner, and resided upon the home place until 
 1850, when he removed to Hubbardston, Mass. 
 He d. June 4, 1865. 
 
 HALE. 
 
 Thomas Hale, the ancestor of very many families bearing the name, 
 residing in nearly or quite every State in the Union, was b. at King's 
 Walden, Herts., England, May 15, 1606. He was a glover, and was 
 residing at Newbury, Mass., as early as 1636, where he d. Deo. 21, 1682. 
 His wife Tamosin, or Thomasine, d. on the 30th of the following month. 
 They had three sons : Thomas, b. 1633 ; John, b. 1636 ; and Samuel, b. 
 1640 ; and one dau,, Apphia, who md. Nov. 3, 1659, Benjamin EoKe. 
 
 Thomas Hale, eldest son of Thomas the emigrant, md. May 26, 1657, 
 Mary Hutchinson, dau. of Richard and Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson, of 
 Salem. He also resided in Newbury, where he d. Oct. 22, 1688, leaving 
 three sons and five daughters. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Hale, son of Thomas, Jr., b. Feb. 11, 1658-9, md. May 
 16, 1682, Sarah Northend, dau. of Ezekiel and Edna (Lambert) North- 
 end. For many years he was a magistrate and a man of distinction in 
 Newbury. His name appears upon the proprietors' records of Lunen- 
 burg as having purchased in that township a lot of land ioi his son 
 Joshua. His children were seven sons and four daughters. 
 
 Moses Hale, the youngest son of Capt. Thomas, was 
 b. in Newbury 1702 or 1703. His name does not appear 
 in Coffin's " History of Newbury," but he is named, with 
 the other sons, in his father's will. He md. Dec. 4, 1727, 
 Elizabeth Wheeler, dau. of Jethro and Hannah (French) 
 
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 Wheeler. He resided many years in Rowley, Mass., 
 where several of his children were b. From Rowley he 
 removed to Hampstead, N. H., about 1740. Previous to 
 its incorporation in 1749 the records of Hampstead afford 
 little information of its inhabitants. He was town treas- 
 urer 1750, selectman 1752, and in 1753 he was chosen one 
 of a committee to locate pews in the meeting-house then 
 building. In 1760, accompanied by his wife, six children, 
 and two grandchildren, he removed to this town. He d. 
 June 19, 1762 ; his widow d. Jan. 9, 1780, aged 75. 
 
 I. Nathan, b. Jan. 22, 1729-30 ; d. young, 
 n. Moses, b. Feb. 28, 1731-2. -f 
 m. Enoch, b. Nov. 28, 1733. -f 
 IV. Elizabeth, b. ; md. Jacob Gould, q. v. 
 
 V. Eunice, b. July, 1739 ; md. James Philbrick, q. v. 
 
 VI. JJucy, b. ; md. Henry Coffeen, q. v. 
 
 Tii. Nathan, b. Sept. 28, 1743.4- 
 
 MosBS Hale was b. in Rowley, Mass., Feb. 28, 1731-2. 
 He md. in Hampstead, Feb. 20, 1751-2, Abigail Emerson, 
 who was b. in that place, April 16, 1736. Four children 
 were b. in Hampstead, two of whom d. young, and were 
 buried there previous to their removal to Rindge. He 
 was prominent in the affairs of this town, and was fre- 
 quently chosen to office. He was selectman 1772. July 
 16, 1776, he was appointed coroner for Cheshire County, 
 and was subsequently elected county treasurer. He d. 
 March 2, 1799. 
 
 I. Sarah, b. March 22, 1753 ; d. Dec. 11, 1759. 
 
 II. David, b. March 22, 1755.+ 
 m. Abigail, b. June 2, 1757; d. Dec. 13, 1759. 
 IV. Moses, b. Sept. 7, 1760. -j- 
 
 V. Sarah, b. Feb. 7, 1765 ; md. Nathaniel Ingalls, q. v. 
 VI. Abigail, h. Feb. 1, 1768 ; md. Nathan Hunt, q. v. 
 VII. Jesse, b. Feb. 24, 1770 ; d. May 10, 1774. 
 vin. Enoch, b. April 16, 1772 ; d. Feb. 9, 1776. 
 IX. Jesse, b. June 16, 1774 ; d. Feb. 10, 1776. 
 
 X. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1776. 
 
 CoL. Ejtooh Hale was b. in Rowley, Nov. 28, 1833. 
 "With the exception of a brief sojourn in Middle Monad- 
 nock, now Jaffrey, in the latter part of 1768 and 1769, he 
 resided in Rindge from 1760 to 1784. No one has been 
 more thoroughly identified with the town's history. He 
 was the first magistrate in this town, was selectman 1772, 
 1774, 1775, 1778, and 1783 ; town clerk 1772, 1773, 1774, 
 1775, and 1783 ; and was much employed in military, pro- 
 ■idncial, and State affairs. For a record of his distin- 
 guished service, see chapters V. to VIII. He md. in 
 
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 Rindge, Dec. 22, 1763, Abigail Stanley, dau. of Jonathan 
 and Abigail (Gould) Stanley, of Rindge, q. v. In 1784 
 he renjoved to Walpole, and subsequently to Grafton, 
 Vt., where he d. April 9, 1813, aged 79. The third and 
 fourth children were b. in Jaffrey. 
 
 I. Joshua, b. Aug. 24, 1764. -\- 
 
 n. lyucy, b. April 29, 1766 ; md. Hezekiah Wetherbee, 
 q. V. 
 
 III. Daniel, b. July 19, 1768 ; d. Aug. 12, 1768. 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. June 10, 1769; md. Jonathan Lake, 
 
 q. V. 
 Y. Daniel, b. April 1, 1772 ; d. Jan. 6, 1773. 
 Ti. Sherburne, b. Dec. 30, 1773. + 
 VII. JEhoch, b. May 30, 1777 ; d. June 16, 1777. 
 VIII. Mioch, b. Feb. 24, 1779. + 
 
 Col. Nathan Hale was b. in Rowley or Hampstead, 
 probably in the latter place, Sept. 23, 1748. Chapters V. 
 and VI. contain an account of his military service during 
 the Revolution. He was a merchant and a farmer, and, 
 like his brothers, was an extensive land proprietor in this 
 town. The position he occupied in civil -affairs, consider- 
 ing his age, gave promise of future distinction and useful- 
 ness. In 1774, when thirty-one years of age, he was 
 commissioned a captain of a company of militia in this 
 town, and nobly did he and his command respond to the 
 call from Lexington. His subsequent commissions were 
 as follows. The dates follow immediately after the date 
 of his several appointments by the Provincial Congress 
 of New Hampshire: June 2, 1774, captain in the militia; 
 June 6, 1775, major of third regiment — foot (Col. 
 Reed); July 1, 1775, major of third regiment — foot; 
 Jan. 1, 1776, major of second regiment — foot; Nov. 8, 
 1776, lieutenant-colonel second battalion New Hampshire 
 troops; April 2, 1777, colonel second battalion New 
 Hampshire troops (three years men). As previously 
 stated, he d. a prisoner within the enemy's line, Sept. 23, 
 1780. He md. Jan. 28, 1766, Abigail Grout, dau. of Col. 
 John and Joanna (Boynton) Grout, of Lunenburg, Mass. ; 
 she md. (2d) Oct. 30, 1796, Samuel Parker, of Rindge, 
 but soon after obtained a divorce and resumed the name 
 of Hale. She was a woman of ability and unfailing res- 
 olution, and many anecdotes illustrative of her character 
 are frequently narrated by the aged in this town who 
 remember her. She d. 1838 at the residence of her son, 
 Harry Hale, Esq., Chelsea, Vt., aged 93. 
 
 I. Cha/rlotte, b. Dec. 30, 1766; md. Dr. Abraham 
 Lowe, of Ashburnham. Vide p. 544. 
 
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 n. Thomas, b. Sept. 6, 1769; was by occupation a 
 mason; he md. Hannah Goldsmith. He d. in 
 Rindge, Dec. 1, 1797. 
 
 1. Polly, b. July, 1797; d. Dec. 28, 1797. 
 
 m. Nathan, b. July 1, 1771. -f- 
 IV. Son, b. July, 1773 ; d, same day. 
 V. Eliphalet, b. May 16, 1775. + 
 VI. Polly, b. April 26, 1778 ; d. unmd. Sept. 26, 1795. 
 VII. Sarry, b. Feb. 10, 1780. -|- 
 
 David Hale, son of Moses, md. Oct. 16, 1777, Mara 
 Russell, dau. of Nathaniel Russell, Esq., q. v. She d. Jan. 
 80, 1778; md. (2d) Oct. 28, 1780, Bathsheba Barker, q. v. 
 He d. Nov. 22, 1830, agfed 75. She d. Aug. 2, 1830, aged 
 80. 
 
 I. Infant, , 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 V. Horatio, b. July 6, 1782 ; md. May 30, 1804, Susan 
 Sawyer, dau. of Francis Sawyer, q. v. They 
 removed to Vermont, name of town not known, 
 about 1810. 
 
 1. Susan Elvira, b. in Rindge March 5, 1805. 
 
 VI. David, b. Feb. 2, 1784; md., 1821, Ann Plummer, 
 of Newbury, Mass., who d. March 5, 1824, aged 
 39. He removed to Groton, Mass., where he 
 again md., and d. about 1865. No children. 
 
 vn. Enoch, b. Sept. 11, 1786. 
 vm. Polly, b. Feb. 8, 1788 ; md. Ezra ScoUay, q. v. 
 
 IX. Zipporah, b. Dec. 12, 1789 ; md. Enos Emory, q. v. 
 X. Permelia, b. June 10, 1795; md. June 16, 1881, 
 Charles Tolman, of Winchendon. She d. soon 
 after her marriage, leaving one son, David. Mr. 
 Tolman md. (2d) Caroline Chesman. He ; d. 
 Jan. 10, 1842, and his widow md. Asaph C. Hale, 
 of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 MosBS Hale, son of Moses, was a prosperous fanner in 
 Rindge. He served in Stark's brigade in 1777, being at 
 the time seventeen years of age. He md. March 21, 1782, 
 Sibyl Adams, of Chelmsford, a sister of Oliver Adams, of 
 Rindge. She d. June 18, 1828. He md. (2d) Jan. 29, 
 1829, Sibyl (Howe) Sawtell, widow of Josiah Sawtell, and 
 dau. of Isaac Howe, of New Ipswich. He d. Oct. 21, 
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 I. Emerson, b. March 20, 1783. -|- 
 n. Nathan, b. April 23, 1788. + 
 in. Benjamin, b. Sept. 19, 1790. -|- 
 IV. Moses, b. Oct. 29, 1792. + 
 
 Joshua Hale, Esq., son of Col. Enoch Hale, was a 
 soldier in the Revolution (page 167) ; md. April 28, 1787, 
 Sally Cutler, dau. of Capt. Solomon Cutler, q. v. He 
 removed to Walpole 1785, and returned to Rindge 1794, 
 and was selectman 1795. In 1798 he removed again to 
 Walpole, and a few years later to Wells River, Vt., 
 where he d. July 22, 1825 ; his widow d. June, 1853. He 
 was an officer in the militia, and for many years a justice 
 of the peace. He was a large man, and very fleshy in 
 his latter years, weighing nearly four hundred pounds. 
 In this he resembled his great-grandfather, Capt. Thomas 
 Hale, who was of most generous proportions. 
 
 I. Oharles,^. Oct. 30, 1788; md. Dec. 30, 1813, Mary 
 Ann Reed, dau. of Stephen and Jane (Cochran) 
 Reed. He was a captain of the militia in the 
 War of 1812. During thirty years a justice of 
 the peace, and filled many other positions of 
 trust. About 1860 he removed to Concord, 
 N". H., when he d. May 21, 1862; his wife d. 
 Dec. 14, 1854. Among his nine children only 
 one survives. 
 
 1. Oscar Cutler, b. July 26, 1816 ; md. June 
 26, 1844, Susan D. Rix. He is highly 
 respected. He was a member of the 
 Legislature of his native State, and re- 
 moving to Keokuk, Iowa, he was twice 
 elected alderman of that city. At pres- 
 ent he is director in several corporations 
 representing considerable capital, and 
 cashier of the State National Bank, of 
 Keokuk. 
 
 n. 8aUy, b. June 9, 1796; md. Thomas Barstow, of 
 Piermont, N. H., where they reside. They have 
 nine children, b. 1816-1837. 
 
 ShbbbubNe Haie, son of Col. Enoch, md. Callia Cut- 
 ler, dau. of Capt. Solomon Cutler, q. v. He resided in 
 Walpole, N. H., Grafton and Woodstock, Vt., and d. at 
 the last named place June 18, 1852. His widow d. March 
 31, 1853. 
 
 I. William, h. Feb. 20, 1805; a civil engineer. 
 Resides at Essex Junction, Vt.; md. July 24, 
 1831, Ancy Gibson, who d. April 28, 1845; md. 
 
544 
 
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 59 
 60 
 
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 HISTOBT OF BINBGE. 
 
 (2d) Jan. 1, 1851, Hannah R. Enos. His son, 
 Henry Clay Hale, is a civil engineer at Puget 
 Sound, Washington Tenitory. 
 n. N'ancy, b. April 20, 1807 ; d. unmd. April 8, 1829. 
 m. Sepsibeth Townsend, b. Nov. 14, 1813; md. Oct. 
 11, 1840, Henry Walker, of Rockingham, Vt., 
 and d. Aug. 1, 1848. 
 
 Ekoch, youngest son of Col. Enoch, md. Bathsheba 
 Stone, and resided at Clarendon, Vt., where he d. about 
 1824. 
 
 I. Sophia, b. ■ 
 n. Polly, b. — 
 
 III. Iiucia, b. - 
 
 IV. Marcid, b. 
 V. Sarah, b. - 
 
 - ; d. unmd. 
 
 md. Wilcox. 
 
 ; md. Van Amburg. 
 
 - ; d. unmd. 
 : d. unmd. 
 
 1. 
 n. 
 
 Charlotte Haxe, eldest child of Col. Nathan, md. in 
 Rindge, Oct. 30, 1788, Dr. Abraham Lowe, of Ashburn- 
 ham,Mas8. He was a highly respected and able physi- 
 cian; d. Oct. 23, 1834; she d. May 5, 1841. 
 
 Nathan Sale, b. July 21, 1789j d. Dec. 12, 1789. 
 
 Abigail Hale, b. Jan. 24, 1791 ; md. Dr. William 
 H. Cutler, of Winchendon, and subsequently of 
 Ashbumham. They had nine children, of whom 
 William J., Abraham L., George, and Edward 
 W., are wholesale merchants in Boston. Their 
 dau., Abigail H., is the wife of Dea. Albert 
 Abbott, of Andover, Mass. 
 
 Charlotte, b. May 29, 1793 ; md. David Goodwin, 
 Esq., of Chelsea, Vt. ; resides in Ashbumham. 
 
 Abraham Thompson, b. Aug. 15, 1796 ; received 
 the degree of M. D. from Dartmouth College 
 1816. For many years a wholesale druggist in 
 Boston, and now President of the First Na- 
 tional Bank of Boston. 
 V. Thomas Sale, b. Nov. 27, 1799 ; d. Jan. 13, 1800. 
 VI. Mary Sale, b. May 9, 1801 ; md. Samuel Woods, 
 of Ashbumham; she d. Dec. 23, 1838, leaving 
 three children. 
 VII. George Senry,\>. May 12, 1803; md. Catherine M. 
 Brigham; resided in Brookfield, Mass.; several 
 children, 
 vni. Benoni, b. Sept. 19, 1807 ; d. Feb. 22, 1808. 
 
 in. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Nathan, son of Col. Nathan, was a merchant in Wind- 
 sor, and in Chelsea, Vt., where he d. June 10, 1849. He 
 resided in this town until 1797, where he md. Aug. 14, 
 1793, Eunice Raymond, b. July 24, 1769; d. Nov. 27, 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 545 
 
 1794, and was buried in Rindge. He md. (2d), 1799, 
 Ruth Tyler, who d. April 4, 1804; and (3d), Feb. 2, 1806, 
 Sarah Caldwell Black, who d. March 29, 1839. He was a 
 man of character and ability. 
 
 1. Infant, b. and d. 1794. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 n. Raymond, b. Aug. 28, 1800. Resided at Troy, 
 Vt., and Chelsea, Vt. Now in the West. His 
 son, Oscar Adrain, Dartmouth College 1860. 
 Served 1861-64 as captain, major, and lieuten- 
 ant-colonel of the 6th Vermont Volunteers, and 
 d. in South America in 1868, aged 31. 
 
 ni. John Tyler, b. Feb. 20, 1802 ; md. Amanda Pru- 
 dence Blake, of Chelsea, Vt. Was a merchant 
 in Boston, then resided many years in Chelsea, 
 Vt., and d. at Washington, Iowa, Jan. 28, 1873. 
 He had eight children. 
 
 IV. Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1804; md. Col. Ralph Hosford, 
 of Thetford, Vt., and (2d) John White, of 
 Woodstock, Vt. 
 
 Children of third wife : — 
 
 V. Stella Jane, b. Jan. 2, 1807 ; md. Chauncy Smith, 
 
 of Washington, Vt. She d. in Washington, D. 
 C, March 3, 1857. Mr. Smith holds an appoint- 
 ment in the post-office department. 
 
 VI. Natham, Grout, b. July 24, 1812 ; was formerly a 
 
 merchant in Chelsea, now a dentist in Windsor, 
 Vt. He has one dau. living. 
 
 Eliphaj^et Haxb at an early age entered as clerk the 
 house of John Cushing & Co., importers, Boston, and a 
 few years later he commenced business as a merchant, in 
 which he was successful. He md., early in 1809, Abigail 
 Waters, b. in Boston 1775, dau. of Col. Josiah and 
 Abigail Waters. She d. Sept. 10, 1829. About 1840 Mr. 
 Hale retired from business, and Sept. 26, 1842, removed 
 to Keene, N. H., where he d. just ten years later, Sept. 26, 
 1852. He was of methodical business habits, a man of 
 strict integrity, and of a most kind and genial nature; 
 and during a long life he commanded the respect and 
 confidence of all who knew him. The accompanying 
 engraving, in which can be discerned the lines of a firm 
 purpose and a frank sincerity, was recently engraved for 
 this volume. 
 
 I. Mary WTiitwell, h. Jan. 28, 1810, was many years 
 a popular teacher, and possessed many womanly 
 graces and accomplishments. She was widely 
 
546 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
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 known as a writer, both in prose and in verse. 
 She d. unmd. in Keene Nov. 17, 1862. 
 II. George, b. Sept. 26, 1813 ; md. Sarah C. Draper, 
 who d. without issue Sept. 2, 1853; md. (2d) 
 June 25, 1855, Mary Ford, who d. April 9, 1861, 
 leaving a dau., Anna C. Mr. Hale for many 
 years was an accomf)lished accountant and book^ 
 keeper, and for sixteen years was Secretary of 
 the Tremont Insurance Company. He now 
 resides in Boston, retired from active business. 
 III. Catherine W., b. May 29, 1816; d. Sept. 13, 1817. 
 
 Haert Hale, youngest son of Col. Nathan, resided in 
 this town until 1803, where he md. Phebe Adams, dau. of 
 David Adams, q. v.; she d. Jan. 13, 1815, and he md. (2d) 
 Nov. 14, 1815, Lucinda Eddy, dau of Capt. Ephraim and 
 Mary (Safford) Eddy, of Woodstock, Vt., who d. Aug 1, 
 1871. From 1803 to 1807 he was a merchant in Windsor, 
 Vt., then removed to Chelsea, Vt., where he resided a 
 merchant and farmer until his death, June 2, 1861, aged 
 81. He honorably filled many positions of honor and 
 trust, both State and municipal, and was prominently and 
 liberally associated with the benevolent and religious 
 enterprises of his time, preserving through life a character 
 for unblemished integrity. 
 
 1. Po%, b. in Rindge Aug. 3, 1803 ; md. Dr. Hii-am 
 Bliss; removed to Waldoboro, Me., where she 
 resides a widow. Five of her eight children 
 are living. 
 
 Senry, b. April 22, 1805 ; d. Dec, 1807. 
 
 Mark, b. Aug. 20, 1806; was appointed a mid- 
 shipman in U. S. Navy 1825 ; -resigned 1832. It 
 is supposed that he is not living. No tidings of 
 him have been received for many years. 
 
 Son, b. and d. Jan. 26, 1808. 
 
 Son, b. and d. Dec. 28, 1808. 
 
 Daughter (twin), b. and d. Dec. 28, 1808. 
 
 Louisa, b. June 6, 1810; md. Rev. Elihu Scott 
 (Methodist), and now resides at Hampton, N. H 
 Three of her six children are living. 
 
 1. Joseph G., instructor in the WestJSeld 
 
 Mass., Normal School. ' 
 
 2. Harry Hale, Dartmouth College 1871- a 
 
 teacher at Great Barrington, Mass ' 
 
 3. Julia, md. Francis Asbury Smith Esn 
 
 Wesleyan University 1859; a lawver at 
 Elizabethtown, Essex Co., N. Y. 
 
 VIII. Daughter, b. May 23, 1811 ; d. same day. 
 
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 II. 
 
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 in. 
 
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 IV. 
 
 82 
 
 v. 
 
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 VI. 
 
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 VII. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 547 
 
 IX. jPhebe Adams (twin), b. May 23, 1811 ; md. Ste- 
 phen Vincent, Esq., of Chelsea, Vt. ; d. May 5, 
 1856. Six of her nine children are living. Her 
 son, Dr. Walter S. Vincent, of Burlington, Vt., 
 was an assistant-surgeon during the war. 
 
 90 X. Thomas, b. Jan. 18, 1813; honorary degree of 
 A. M. from University of Vermont 1853. He 
 received a legal education, and was admitted to 
 the bar 1844, but has spent the most of his life 
 as a journalist. He has been editor and success- 
 ful manager of the Vermont Journal, Windsor, 
 Vt., and of the iVew Sampshire Sentinel, 
 Keene, N. H., and. now editor and part owner of 
 the Fitchburg JDaily and Weekly Sentinel, 
 Fitchburg, Mass. He md. Aug. 5, 1869, Sarah 
 Ballou, dau. of Welcome D. Ballou, of Keene, 
 N. H. They have one son. 
 
 91 XI. Henry, b. June 21, 1814 ; University of Vermont 
 1840 ; a lawyer, now of St. Paul, Minn. ; md. 
 Mary E. Fletcher, dau. of Paris Fletcher, Esq. 
 Two children, both d. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 92 xn. Ahiy Grout, b. April 6, 1817; resides unmd. at 
 Chelsea, Vt. 
 
 93 xni. Safford Eddy, b. Oct. 26, 1818 ; Dartmouth Med- 
 ical College 1841 ; a physician at Elizabethjown, 
 N. Y. ; md. Elizabeth Palmer Churchill, dau.; of 
 Joseph Churchill, Esq., of Woodstock, Vt. She 
 d. March 8, 1871. Frederick C, the eldest of 
 their three children, is a lawyer in Chicago, 111. 
 
 94 XIV. Lama Charlotte, b. Sept. 24, 1820; md. Eev. Will- 
 iam T. Heiiick, who graduated at the University 
 of Vermont 1839, now a Congregational minis- 
 ter at West Charlestown, Vt. William Hale 
 Herrick, the eldest of their two surviving chil- 
 dren, graduated at Williams College 1871, now 
 acting Professor of Chemistry, Iowa College, 
 Grinnell, Iowa. 
 
 '95 XV. Robert Safford, b. Sept. 24, 1822 _; University of 
 Vermont 1842 ; LL.D., same institution, 1870 ; a 
 practicing lawyer at Elizabethtown, N. Y. ; was 
 County Judge of Essex County 1857-1865, a 
 presidential elector 1860, and a I'egent of the 
 University of New York since 1859. He was 
 a member of the Thirtyninth and Forty-third 
 Congresses, and was agent and special coun- 
 sel for the United States before the Mixed 
 Commission under the treaty with Great Britain 
 
548 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 105 
 
 1871-1873. Mr. Hale has filled these numerous 
 appointments with distinguished abiUty. It is 
 an honorable record, and one of unremitting 
 labor and great usefulness. He md. Lovina 
 Sibley Stone, dau. of Capt. Jeremiah Stone, of 
 Elizabethtown, and has five children. 
 XVI. John Gardner, b. Sept. 12, 1824; University of 
 Vermont 1845, Andover Theological Seminary 
 1851 ; a Congregational minister, now of Ches- 
 ter, Yt. ; md. Jane Phila Dwinell, dau. of Israel 
 Dwinell, Esq., of Calais, Vt., and has five 
 children. 
 XVII. William Bainbridge, b. July 20, 1826, formerly a 
 merchant, now a manufacturer and banker, and 
 since 1857 of Northampton, Mass. He md. 
 Harriet A. Porter, dau. of Wright Porter, Esq., 
 of Hartford, Vt., and has two sons. 
 
 1. Philip, student at Yale College. 
 
 2. Edward, student at PhilUps Academy, 
 
 Exeter, N. H. 
 
 XVIII. Matthew, b. June 20, 1829; University of Vermont 
 1851 ; is a practicing lawyer of acknowledged 
 ability in Albany, N. Y. ; was a State Senator 
 1868-9, and member of the Constitutional Con- 
 vention 1867-8; md. Ellen Salome Hand, dau. 
 of Hon. Augustus C. Hand, of Elizabethtown, 
 N. Y., who d., s. p., Oct. 10, 1867. 
 
 Embkson Hale, son of Moses, Jr., was several years a 
 merchant at Rindge Centre, and subsequently a 
 farmer. He occupied the farm now of Wm. E. 
 Robbins, and acquired a competence. He md. 
 Sept. 17, 1807, Jemima Foster, b. Dec. 27, 1786, 
 dau. of John and Dorcas (Towne) Foster, of 
 Andover, Mass. He d. June 18, 1851. 
 
 I. John Foster, b. Sept. 26, 1808; md. 1844, Re- 
 becca Bailey. He is a farmer in Rindge. 
 
 1. Martha, b. Sept. 4, 1849; md. Geo. G. 
 Rice, q. v. > 
 
 II. Harris, b. Aug. 10, 1813 ; md. July 6, 1869, Eliza 
 Kimball, dau. of William Kimball, q. v. ; a farmer. 
 Resides in Rindge — prosperous. 
 
 III. Ruby, b. Dec. 7, 1815 ; md. Arad Adams, q. v. 
 
 IV. Moody, b. April 17, 1820; md. June 6, 1844, Char- 
 
 lotte Keyes, dau. of Amos Keyes, Esq., q. v. ; she 
 d. Feb. 2, 1847; md. (2d) Sarah E.Wright, b. 
 
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 March 27, 1829, dau. of David Wright, of Enos- 
 burg, Vt., who d. June 11,. 1859; he d. April 28, 
 1860. 
 V. Jemima, h. July 26, 1822 ; md. Dea. James Ban- 
 croft, q. V. 
 
 Nathan Hale was a blacksmith and farmer in Rindge ; 
 md. May 25, 1809, Sarah Whitcomb, b. Oct. 22, 1788, dau. 
 of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Carter) Whitcomb, of JafErey. 
 He d. Feb. 12, 1844. 
 
 I. Asaph Carter, b. March 16, 1810 ; md. Sept. 15, 
 1842, Caroline (Chesman) Tolman, widow of 
 Charles Tolman, and dau. of John Chesman, of 
 Boston. They reside in this town. 
 
 1. Sarah M., b. July 28, 1845. 
 
 II. Sybil, b. May 10, 1811 ; d. Sept. 26, 1825. 
 
 III. Caroline, b. Sept. 3, 1812 ; d. Nov. 21, 1814. 
 
 IV. Eliza, b. May 24, 1814 ; md. Levi Russell, q. v. 
 
 Y. Oliver, b. Dee. 26, 1815 ; a farmer and carpenter in 
 Rindge; md. Feb. 9, 1836, Harriet Demary, dau. 
 of Ezekiel Demary, q. v., who d. Jan. 27, 1854; 
 md. (2d) Nov. 2, 1856, Nancy Sloan, of 
 Townsend, Mass. 
 
 1. H. Eliza, b. April 14, 1837. 
 
 2. C. Jane, b. Oct. 19, ;1838. 
 
 3. S. Maria, b. Feb. 2, 1841 ; d. Aug. 3, 1841. 
 
 4. S. Maria, b. March 23, 1843. 
 
 5. Oliver Chester, b. Feb. 12, 1845 ; d. Dec. 8, 
 
 1845. 
 
 6. J. Emily, b. Oct. 26, 1846 ; d. April 14, 1847. 
 
 7. Chester O., b. Aug. 5, 1848 ; md., 1870, W. 
 
 Edelia Stewart, of Montague, Mass. 
 Reside in Rindge. 
 
 VI. Charles Hale, b. Oct. 13, 1817 ; md. Feb. 15, 1844, 
 Mary Ann Metcalf, dau. of Timothy Metcalf, 
 q. v.; a farmer. Resides in Rindge. Other chil- 
 dren d. young. 
 
 1. Mary E., b. 1847; md., 1866, John W. 
 
 Richards, son of John Richards, of 
 Rindge, q. v. 
 
 2. Charles E., b. 1850 ; md. Feb., 1873, Sarah 
 
 A. Page, dau. of Elias and Sarah (Mcln- 
 tire) Page, of Rindge, q. v, 
 
 vli. Stephen, b. July 9, 1819; a farmer in Rindge; 
 selectman 1871, 1872, 1873; md. May 4, 1843, 
 Mary Jane Hubbard, dau. of Levi Hubbard, q. v. 
 
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560 HISTOBT OF RINBGE. 
 
 124 1. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 2, 1850 ; d. Oct. 29, 
 
 1850. 
 
 125 2. Lizzie S., b. Sept. 26, 1852. 
 
 126 vm. Caroline, b. Dec. 27, 1820; md. April 28, 1842, 
 
 George Francis Holjnan, of Fitzwilliam, son of 
 Sylvanus and Lucy (Fullam) Holman, who d. 
 Oct. 30, 1847 ; md. (2d) June 6, 1853, Benjamin 
 Fay, of Fitzwilliam, son of John and Lovina 
 (Brigham) Fay,' who d. March 30, 1866; md. 
 (8d) Nov. 29, 1866, Col. William Lebourveau, son 
 of George and Betsey (Neeland) Leboui-veau. 
 They reside in Fitzwilliam. Three children by 
 the first marriage, two of whom d. young. 
 
 127 1. Mary Jane, b. July 22, 1844; md. June 14, 
 
 1866, Charles B. Wilson, son of Benjamin 
 and Louisa (Thompson) Wilson. 
 
 128 IX. Boreas, b. Aug. 12, 1822 ; d. Sept. 28, 1823. 
 
 129 X. Nathan Adams, b. March 14, 1825 ; md. March 28, 
 1848, Mersylvia Godding, dau. of Ariel Godding, 
 q. V. He is a farmer in Rindge. 
 
 130 1. Ellen M., b. Aug. 17, 1849 ; md. Sept. 25, 
 1874, Charles A. Buzzell, son of Reuben 
 and Eliza (Cook) Buzzell, of Rindge. 
 
 131 2. George A., b. Jan. 24, 1852. 
 
 132 3. Lewis F., b. May 13, 1854. 
 
 133 4. Emma C, b. Jan. 11, 1857. 
 
 134 5. Edward A., b. July 31, 1859; d. June 2, 
 
 1874. 
 
 135 6. WilUe E., b. Dec. 9, 1861. 
 
 136 7. Etta F., b. Nov. 22, 1864; d. Jan. 13, 1865. 
 
 137 XI. Lyman, b. Feb. 7, 1827; md. April 24,1849, Sarah 
 L. Jones, dau. of Asia Jones, q. v. A farmer. 
 Resides in this town. 
 
 1. Anna S., b. April 21, 1850; md. June 4, 
 
 1867, John M. Ballou, b. March 2, 1845, 
 son of Hosea Ballou, of Richmond. He 
 is a mechanic. Resides in East Rindge. 
 
 139 2. Ella A., b. June 11, 1851. 
 
 140 3. Albert L., b. Nov. 14, 1852. 
 
 141 XII. Sybil, b. Nov. 4, 1828; md. Nov. 8, 1848, Elias B. 
 Flint, of Winchendon, son of Ephraim and 
 Deborah (Brooks) Flint. He d. Oct. 5, 1853, 
 leaving two children. She md. (2d) Feb. 11, 
 1857, Col. Benjamin Gilmore, of Newport, N. H., 
 son of John and Apphia (McAllister) Gilmore, 
 by whom she has had five children, three of 
 whom d. in childhood. 
 
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 551 
 
 142 1. Mary E., b. Nov. 25, 1849 ; not living. 
 
 143 2. Carrie M., b. Jan. 4, 1852; md. March 2, 
 
 1871, Mason H. Baldwin, son of Samuel 
 C. and Sarah (Hatch) Baldwin. 
 
 144 . 3. Emma P., b. Sept. 24, 1863. 
 
 145 4. Maggie A., b. March 1, 1866. 
 
 146 xni. William Augustus, b. Jan. 6, 1832 ; md. Elvira J. 
 Rugg, dau. of Capt. William S. Rugg, q. v. He 
 was a manufacturer of wooden ware at West 
 Rindge; d. Aug. 16, 1867, leaving two sons. 
 
 147 1. Alfred Augustus, b. April 23, 1858. 
 
 148 2. Erwin Arthur, b. April 22, 1865. 
 
 (48) Benjamin Hale, son of Moses, Jr., md. Nov. 29, 1812, 
 Miriam Peirce, dau. of Jacob Peirce, of Jaffrey. He 
 resided a few years in Ohio ; returned to this town and 
 occupied the farm now of N. A. Hale, where he d. Feb. 
 12, 1832. His widow d. in Harrisville, N. H., April 26, 
 1863, aged 74. No complete record of their children has 
 been received. 
 
 I. Triphosa Peirce, b. Oct. 8, 1813. 
 II. Almina. 
 
 III. Benjamin 0., md. Jan. 1, 1841, Maria Spaulding ; 
 md. (2d) Dec. 13, 1849, Lydia Spaulding, daugh- 
 ters of Dea. Abel Spaulding. 
 
 IV. Jacob Welsh. 
 V. Moses. 
 
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 157 
 
 158 
 
 Moses Hale, youngest son of Moses, Jr.; a farmer; 
 
 occupied the farm now of his son, Julius A. Hale ; md. 
 
 Ruthy Towne, dau. of Simeon and Hepsibeth Towne, of 
 
 Andover, Mass. ; d. Sept. 24, 1850 ; his widow d. Aug. 9, 
 
 1852, aged 56. 
 
 I. Moses Washington, b. Jan. 22, 1818; md. Dec. 30, 
 1858, Lucina 0. Ware, dau. of Ziba and Eliza 
 (Olcott) Ware, of Winchester, N. H. Resides 
 in Rindge, a farmer and manufacturer of brooms. 
 Three children. 
 
 1. Nellie L., b. Aug. 29, 1861. 
 
 2. Arthur Moses, b. Nov. 16, 1863. 
 
 3. Pearl W., b. Oct. 21, 1865. 
 
 II. Benjamin, b. Aug. 18, 1819; md. May 15, 1845, 
 Mary Ann Spaulding, of Lowell, who d. Oct. 29, 
 1847, and he md. (2d) her sister, Eliza P. Spauld- 
 ing; was a farmer, and for a short time hotel- 
 keeper; selectman 1860, 1861, and 1862; re- 
 moved, 1866, to Minnesota, where he d. by 
 suicide about 1870, leaving two children; his 
 wife d. about the same date. 
 
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 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 III. Marshall Adams, b. July 11, 1822; md. Louisa 
 Adams, dau. of Israel Adams, q.v.; he d. by 
 6|uicide, June 18, 1852; his widow md. (2d) 
 John Platts, son of Asa Platts, q. v. 
 
 1. Henry Marshall, b. Feb. 25, 1846. 
 
 2. Francis Edwin, b. Aug. 8, 1849. 
 
 IT. Julius Augustus, b. Nov. 15, 1824; md. Jan. 4, 
 1855, Eliza Perry, dau. of Col. J. B. Perry, q. v. 
 He is a successful farmer in Rindge. His fai-m 
 has been owned by members of the Hale family 
 without interruption since the first settlement of 
 this town. 
 
 1. Hattie A., b. Dec. 24, 1855. 
 
 2. Lizzie A., b. Aug. 16, 1857. 
 
 3. Ella F., b. March 17, 1859. 
 
 4. Walter A., b. .Jan. 17, 1861. 
 
 5. Herbert J., b. Aug. 11, 1863. 
 
 6. Jennie M., b. May 10, 1865. 
 
 7. Anna M., b. Jan. 18, 1867. 
 
 8. Harvey P., b. Nov. 28, 1868. 
 
 9. Henry M., b. Feb. 17, 1872. 
 10. Ruthy M., b. Dec. 15, 1878. 
 
 v. David Ancil, b. Feb. 18, 1827; d. Sept. 26, 1847. 
 
 VI. Sherburne, b. April 5, 1829 ; d. Jan. 6, 1881. 
 VII. Sherburne P., b. May 29, 1831 ; md. Emma Stew- 
 art, and was divorced 1874. Three children. 
 VIII. Appleton, b. Oct. 16, 1833; md. March 81, 1857, 
 Ellen Perham, of Troy, N. H. Resides at Owa- 
 tonna, Steele County, Minn. 
 
 IX. Mersylvia J., b. Aug. 20, 1835 ; md. 1855, Daniel 
 W. Brooks, of Keene, N. H., where they reside. 
 
 X. Ruthy M., b. Oct. 19, 1838 ; md. George H. Nims, 
 a provision merchant, of Keene, N. H. 
 
 XI. Sudson D., b. July 13, 1841 ; was a manufacturer 
 of brooms; md. Dec, 1860, Mary E. Stickney, 
 dau. of Asa Stickney, of Rindge ; she d., leaving 
 one dau., March 14, 1871; he md. (2d) Jan. 2, 
 1872, Josie C. Barnard, of Troy; he d. June 5, 
 1878. 
 
 Daniel C. Hall removed to the north-east part of 
 Rindge in 1881. 
 
 I. Elizabeth M., md. WilUam R. Emerson, of Hol- 
 
 liston, Mass. 
 II. Senry, resides in Fitzwilliam ; has a family. 
 
 III. Erastus D., resides in Holliston ; has a family. 
 
 IV. Lyman, resides in Peterboro, N. H. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 9 
 
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 V. Adaline, md. Jamtfs Chisholm, of Holliston, who 
 
 d. 1871. 
 VI. Thomas, b. Feb., 1842 ; d. June 7, 1864. 
 VII. FraTicis, resided in Worcester; d. about 1870. 
 VIII. Charles. 
 IX. George. 
 
 David Hammond and wife Mary were in this town as 
 early as 1766. He was constable in 1771, and was elected 
 to a minor office in 1773, but the name soon fades from 
 the records. 
 
 I. Ruth, bap. in Rindge 1766. . 
 II. Thomas, bap. in Rindge 1766. 
 
 John Handsome was in Wyman's Regiment in 1776, 
 and in the 2d Continental Battalion, March 20, 1777, 
 until the date of his death, Aug. 3, 1777. Widow Hand- 
 some was seated in the meeting-house in 1780. 
 
 John Hannapoed, with his wife and several children, 
 removed from Marlboro, Mass., 1774. He was a membec 
 of Capt. Hale's company 1775. Hei^'resided south of the 
 residence of Lyman Bennett, and it is said that he was 
 accustomed to boast that he was always readyto hoe his 
 crops while others were planting, to which his neighbors 
 replied that he maintained the precedence throughout, 
 for he also had his entire produce eat.en before they were 
 ready to harvest. Removed about 1790. The name of 
 only one of their children is known. ■ 
 
 I. John, b. 
 
 md. March 20, 1787, Lucy Russell, 
 
 dau. of Jabez Russell, q. v. 
 
 HAPGOOD. 
 
 Shadrach Hapgood, aged 14, embarked at Gravesend, England, May 
 30, 1656, and subsequently settled in Sudbury, Mass., where he md. Oct. 
 21, 1664, Elizabeth Treadway. In 1675 Captains Hutchinson, of Boston, 
 and Wheeler, of Concord, with a party of men, among whom was Mr. 
 Hapgood, were sent to Quaboag, now Brookfleld, to treat with the Indians, 
 who had manifested a desire to hold a conference with the English. The 
 party were treacherously ambushed, and eight of them, including Hap- 
 good, were slain. He left three or more children, of whom Thomas 
 Hapgood was b. in Sudbury, Oct. 1, 1669. He settled in the north- 
 easterly part of Marlboro, Mass., where he d. Oct. 4, 1764, aged 95, 
 leaving 9 children, 92 grandchildren, 208 great-grandchildren, and 4 great 
 great-grandchildren. (Hudson's "Marlboro.") John Hapgood, seventh 
 child of Thomas, was b. June 9, 1707. He md. Feb. 17, 1731, Abigail 
 Morse, dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Stowe) Morse. He resided in Marl- 
 boro, where he d. May 26, 1762 ; his widow d. March 31, 1798. John 
 Hapgood, their ninth child, was b. Oct. 8, 1752 ; md. Jan. 5, 1775, Lois 
 Stevens, who d. April 10, 1776, leaving an infant two months old. He 
 
554 
 
 SISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 md. (2d) Feb. 2, 1783, Lucy Mimrge, of Lincoln, by whom lie bad seven 
 children ; he d. Feb. 10, 1835, aged 82. John Hapgood, the only son of 
 the first wife, was b. Feb. 9, 1776. He md., 1779, Betsey Temple, and in 
 1801 removed to Winchendon, Mass., where he d. 
 
 Gbokge Dana Hapgood, son of John, of Winchendon, 
 was b. Dec. 3, 1811. He learned the trade of tanner, and 
 came to Rindge in 1840, and two years later, succeeding 
 Mr. Mixer, he conducted the business until 1855, when the 
 buildings were burned. He was selectman^ 1850, 1851, 
 1852, and 1857, and held other positions of trust. In 
 1858 he removed to Chester, Mass., and is there engaged 
 in the same business. He md., 1841, Catherine W. Mixer, 
 dau. of Charies Mixer, q. v. 
 
 I. George Henry, b. April 20, 1842 ; md. Nov. 2, 
 i 1864, Marietta Wilcox, b. Sept. 12, 1843, dau. of 
 
 I Elbridge G. and Lucy (Smith) Wilcox, of Ches- 
 
 I ter. Resides in Chester. 
 
 3 I II. Anna Elizabeth, b. June 24, 1844; md. Nov. 7, 
 1866, William P. Alderman, son of Daniel and 
 Electa (Root) Alderman, of Middlefield, Mass. 
 
 4 HI. Jennie Emma, b. Feb. 21, 1846. 
 
 5 IV. ; d. young. 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 11 
 
 V. 
 TI. 
 
 d. young, 
 d. young. 
 
 Daniel Haepee was a roving planet, whose name 
 appears upon the records of many towns in this vicinity. 
 Perhaps his occupation controlled his frequent removals. 
 He md. in Lunenburg, Nov. 23, 1758, Rachel Colman, dau. 
 of James and Rachel Colman, formerly of Ipswich, then 
 of Lunenburg, Mass. He came to Rindge in 1765, and 
 his family the following year. Four or five years later 
 they removed to Littleton, Mass. 
 
 1. Rachel, b. in Ashburnham April 1, 1761. 
 II. James Colm,an, b. in Asnburnham March 10, 1762. 
 
 III. Daniel, b. in Shirley, Mass., March 10, 1766. 
 
 IV. Mary, b. in Littleton, Mass., Feb. 27, 1770. 
 V. Aaron, b. in Littleton, Mass., Jan. 29, 1772. 
 
 VI. Ezekiel, b. in Shiriey, Mass., Feb. 8, 1778. 
 
 Samuel Haepee and wife Mary came to Rindge 1760, 
 and remained several years, but removed previous to the 
 Revolution. Samuel and Thomas Harper were in the 
 First New Hampshire Battalion, Jan., 1777, to Aug. 8, 
 1778, and Daniel Harper, March to Dec, 1781. The chil- 
 dren of Samuel and Mary Harper were as follows : — 
 
 I. Samuel. 
 
 II. William. 
 
 III. Thomas. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 555 
 
 12 I It. John. 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 V. Mary. 
 VI. Jiucy, 
 VII. Esther, all b. previous to 1765. 
 
 De. Ebenbzbe Haetshoen, from Athol, Mass.; md. 
 April 20, 1767, Eunice Hapgood, b. Aug. 17, 1744, dau. 
 of Capt. Tbomas and Damaris (HutcMns) Hapgood, of 
 Shrewsbury, Mass. They removed to Rindge about 1780. 
 Vide Chap. XVII. He d. Nov., 1811 ; his widow d. Jan. 
 27, 1812. 
 
 Abijah Haskell, d. in the army, July 26, 1778. No 
 record found of his family. Vide pp. 124, 131, 162, 163. 
 
 Benjamin Hastin"gs, son of John Hastings, of Bolton, 
 was b. in that place, June 29, 1781 ; md. Sept. 7, 1809, 
 Nabby Whitcomb, b. May 6, 1786, dau. of John and 
 Azubah (Whitcomb) Whitcomb, of Winchendon. They 
 removed to Rindge 1809, and settled upon the "Hastings 
 Farm," in the north-east part of the town. He d. Jan. 
 16, 1873 ; his wife d. July 24, 1855. 
 
 I. Azubah, b. Oct. 4, 1811; md. Sept. 29, 1836, Lem- 
 uel Putnam. Reside in Pittston, Me. 
 
 3 II. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1813 ; d. Oct. 1, 1813. 
 
 4 III. Louisa, b. April 6, 1816; md. Nov. 28, 1844, 
 Samuel Jefferson Hardison ; reside in Rindge. 
 
 5 1. John J., b. Nov. 14, 1847. 
 
 6 I 2. Frank Herbert, b. Sept. 3, 1849 ; a student 
 at Dartmouth College, class of 1876. 
 
 3. Lizzzie, b. March 3, 1856. 
 IV. Susan, b. Feb. 3, 1818 ; md. Jan. 5, 1839, Sumner 
 W. Keith, of Fitzwilliam, where she d. April 9, 
 1864. Their dau., Sarah J., md. Asahel S. Howe, 
 son of Dennis Howe, q. v. 
 V. Benjamin, b. March 4, 1820 ; md. May 31, 1855, 
 Martha B. Kent, of Boston ; resided in Boston 
 until 1865, when he returned to Rindge, where 
 he d. April 8, 1868, leaving two children. 
 
 10 VI. John Whitcomb, b. March 4, 1822; md. April 24, 
 1851, Louisa Godding, dau. of Ariel Godding, 
 q. V. Enlisted Nov., 1861, in the 6th N. H. 
 Vols.; killed at second Bull Run, Aug. 29, 1862. 
 His widow md. (2d) Oct. 5, 1865, George M. 
 Cram, son of Solomon Cram; they reside in 
 Lyndeboro. Four children. 
 
 11 vn. Abigail, b. Aug. 18, 1831; md. March 27, 1851, 
 Nathaniel Hapgood Eastman, son of Timothy 
 M. and Felicia Ann (Hapgood) Eastman. They 
 reside in Rindge. 
 
556 
 
 BISTORT OF RINDGE. 
 
 Hugh Henet removed to the north-west part of this 
 town 1798. He d. 1814; his widow d. April 17, 1826. 
 
 1. Phebe, md. Aug. 9, 1801, George Carlton, q. v. 
 II. Anna, md. (pub. April 2) 18i5, Elipha Peirce, q. v. 
 
 III. Hugh. 
 
 IV. John, d. in Boston. 
 
 I There were other children, whose names have not been 
 learned. 
 
 : Jacob Hobbs came, from Topsfield, Mass., 1768 or 
 1769. He md. July 31, i76Y, Vasthy Curtice. He was 
 in Capt. Philip Thomas' company in 1775. His name 
 disappears from the recoi'ds about i'r90. 
 
 I. Jacoh, b. Feb. 20, 1768, in Topsfield ; d. young. » 
 
 II. Abraham, b. Dec. 16, 1769, in &ndge. 
 
 III. Samud, b. Feb. 21, 17*72. 
 
 IV. Vasthy, b. Feb. 2, 1774. 
 V. Abbie, b. Aug. 10, 1776. 
 
 VI. Jacob, bap. Aug. 20, 1780. 
 
 , Samuel Hodgskins was , a resident of this town pre- 
 vious to 1760. He settled near the residence of Asa and 
 Charles E. Stickney. The first sermons preached in this 
 town were delivered at his house. He md. Aug. 8, 1757, 
 Rebecca Rice. They removed from town previous to 
 the date of incorporation, and he died in Lunenburg, 
 Mass., 1782 or 1783. He was a son of Hezekiah Hodg- 
 skins, of Ipswich, Mass. 
 
 I. Samuel, b. 1759. 
 . II. John, b. 1761. 
 
 III. Sally, b. 1764. 
 
 IV. Rebecca, b. 1767. 
 
 Abiel Holt lived on the farm now of Charles H. Dan- 
 forth from 1806 until his death, June 18, 1825. 
 
 I. Abiel, b. 1790 ; md. Nov., 1815, Ede Darling, dau. 
 of Amos Darling, q. v. They resided in Rindge 
 several years. He d. in Ashburnham, June 10, 
 1864; she d. Oct. 30, 1864. 
 
 1. Samuel D., b. Sept. 15, 1816; md. Jan. 12, 
 
 1860, Susan R. Harris, of Ashburnham, 
 where they now reside. 
 
 2. Edah Stone (twin), b. Feb. 1, 1819; d. Jan. 
 
 17, 1820. 
 
 3. Abiel Putnam (twin), b. Feb. 1, 1819; d. 
 
 March 31, 1819. 
 
 4. Abiel Putnam, b. Feb. 23, 1823 ; d. July 21, 
 
 1827. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 V. 
 
 Daniel, b. 
 
 family. 
 Nathan, b. 
 Edah, b. — 
 Liberty, b. 
 
 a family. 
 
 burg. 
 
 ; d. in New York, 1871; left a 
 
 ; d. unmd. Oct. 25, 1827. 
 
 — ; d. in Fitphburg, 1861. 
 
 ; resides in Royalston, Mass. ; has 
 
 His son, Charles Holt, resides in Fitch- 
 
 HOWE. • 
 
 John Howe was in Sudbury as' early as 1639, and was admitted free- 
 man 1640. He was selectman 1642, and is mentioned in the records of 
 that town as late as 1655 ; soon after he removed to Marlboro, Mass., 
 where he d. 1687, leaving a widow, Mary, five sons, and three daughters. 
 It was his dau., Mary Howe, who md. John Wetherbee, the ancestor of 
 the many families in this town bearing the name. Thomas Howe, son 
 of John, was b. June 12, 1656 ; md. June 8, 1681, Sarah Hosmer, who d. 
 April 7, 1724, leaving six children; and he md. Dec. 24, 1724, Mrs. 
 Mary Baron. He was a prominent citizen of Marlboro, and much 
 employed in municipal afEairs, — a representative to the General Court, 
 colonel in the militia, and for several years a magistrate. He was 
 engaged on several occasions in the Indian wars, and participated in the 
 fight at Lancaster. He d. Feb. 16, 1733. Thomas Howe, son of Col. 
 Thomas and Sarah (Hosmer) Howe, b. June 16, 1692; by wife Rebecca 
 had three sons and three daus. ; he d. in Marlboro, April 2, 1777. His 
 son Thomas, b. June 20, 1710, also resided in Marlboro ; by wife Dorothy 
 he had four sons and one dau. ; among them was Fiske Howe, b. in Marl- 
 boro, June 23, 1741 ; md. March 31, 1767, Lydia (Brigham) Bigelow, 
 and settled in Templeton. Two of his sons, Thomas and Ephraim, 
 resided in Rindge, and are mentioned hereafter. Lambert, a younger 
 son, is now living in Cleveland, O. 
 
 Thomas Howe, son of Fiske Howe, was b. in Temple- 
 ton, Mass., Sept. 23, 1769 ; he md. Feb. 18, 1796, Sarah 
 Follet, who was b. in Hubbardston, Mass., TS'ov. 14, 1775. 
 They came to Rindge 1796 or 1797. He was a farmer, 
 and resided in the north-west part of the town. He d. 
 Oct. 22, 1834; his widow d. Feb. 10, 1853. 
 
 I. Lewi, b. Nov. 19, 1796.+ 
 n. iMcy, b. Jan. 7, 1798. 
 m. Dennis, b. Feb. 28, 1800.-}- 
 
 IV. Thomas, b. May 25, 1801; md. Lucy Fay; was 
 several years in business in Boston, where he d. 
 1865 ; one dau. d. young; another md. Park- 
 hurst. 
 V. Sally, b. Jan. 14, 1808 ; md. Eliphaz Allen, Jr., q.v. 
 VI. Stillman, b. July 16, 1810. 
 VII. Winslow, b. Jan. 26, 1812. 
 
 Epheaim Howe, a brother of Thomas, b. May 20, 1771 ; 
 md. Jerusha Thompson, and lived upon a farm near his 
 brother. He d. Oct. 24, 1819. 
 
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558 
 
 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
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 (4) 
 
 I. Lydia^h. Dec. 26, 1797; md. 
 
 Sampson, of 
 
 Westminster, and d. by suicide soon after her 
 marriage. 
 
 n. David, b. April 16, 1799; md. Feb. 20, 1821, Olive 
 Emery, dau. of Samuel Emery, of JafErey. He 
 resided upon the family homestead, where he d. 
 Aug. 8, 1841 ; his widow d. in Jaffrey, July 13, 
 1871, aged 70. 
 
 1. Jerusha, b. April 8, 1822; md. Sept. 8, 
 
 1843, John S. Dutton, son of William 
 Button, of Jaffrey; d. Jan. 25, 1845. 
 
 2. OUve M., b. Aug. 17, 1828; md. Dec. 6, 
 
 1843, Aaron Perkins, son of Moses and 
 Rhoda (Spofford) Perkins; reside in 
 Jaffrey. For many years he was propri- 
 etor of the line of stages through Rindge. 
 
 3. Emerancy T., b. Jan. 15, 1825; d. unmd. 
 
 Oct. 16, 1846. 
 
 4. Mary Ann, b. Deo. 18, 1826; d. unmd. Jan. 
 
 21, 1845. 
 
 5. Nancy R., b. Aug. 22, 1831 ; d. Nov. 26, 
 
 1848. 
 
 Levi Howb, Esq., a highly respected farmer and mer- 
 chant in Rindge. Yide Chap. XVII. He was much 
 employed in public affairs, — representative four, and 
 selectman sixteen, years. He md. May 22, 1823, Sally 
 Chadwick, dau. of Joshua Chadwick, q. v. She d. Dec. 
 18, 1823; he md. (2d) April 20, 1825, Almeda Richards, 
 dau. of Capt. Moses and Sarah (Stoughton) Richards, of 
 Gill, Mass. He d, very suddenly, Aug. 8, 1869. Mrs. 
 Howe resides with her dau. in Orange, Mass. 
 
 1. George Morrill, b. March 26, 1826; d. unmd. in 
 Concord, Mass., where he was engaged in busi- 
 ness, Nov. 14, 1855. 
 
 IT. Clementine, h. July 26,1829; md. Nov. 27, 1851, 
 George P. Sherwin, son of Arba Sherwin, of 
 Winchendon. They now reside in Orange, 
 
 in. Almeda, b. Aug. 6, 1831 ; md. Dec. 18, 1855, John 
 C. Felt, son of John Felt, of Jaffrey. He was a 
 dentist, and resided in Orange, Mass. He d. 
 1873. 
 
 IV. Thomas Gilbert, b. Oct. 6, 1833 ; d, Oct. 17, 1854. 
 v. Elvira JEveline, b. Feb. 27, 1839 ; d. Feb. 23, 1860. 
 
 VI. Marianna, b. Dec. 3, 1841 ; d. Jan. 9, 1858. 
 
 Dbntsts Howe was a farmer, and also considerably 
 engaged in the manufacture of wooden-ware. He lived 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 upon the farm now of Samuel Jones, and removed, 1855, 
 to JafErey, where he d. Aug. 4, 1872. He md. Deo. 8, 
 1825, Lucy Ball, dau. of Jeremiah and Lucy (Putnam) 
 Ball, of Townsend. She resides in Jaffrey. 
 
 I. Fanny TP!, b. Deo. 1, 1826 ; resides in Jaffrey. 
 11. Andrew, b. Dec. 9, 1828 ; d. Deo. 26, 1828. 
 III. Walter IT., h.MsLTch 14, 1830;. d. unmd. Feb. 28, 
 
 1858. ' 
 IT. Andrew B., b. June 17, 1832; d. May 23, 1838. 
 V. S. Warren, b. May 20, 1834; d. Oct. 6, 1853. 
 VI. JEJUen H., b. April 15; 1836; d. June 21, 1838. 
 vn. Milton S., b. May 4, 1888 ; member of 14th K H. 
 
 Vols. ; d. Nov. 24, 1862. 
 vm. Ann Elizabeth, b. June 23, 1840; md. Amos J. 
 Blake, Esq., of Fitzwilliam. Vide Blake No. 17. 
 IX. Asahel S.,_ b. Feb. 22, 1844; md. Dec. 22, 1867, 
 Sarah J. Keith, dau. of Sumner W. and Susan 
 (Hastings) Keith, of Fitzwilliam. (Hastings 8.) 
 
 Peter Howe, parentage unknown, with wife Elizabeth, 
 removed to the north-west part of this town 1818. She 
 d. Sept. 13, 1828 ; and he md. (2d) 1829, Sarah Whitney, 
 of Lunenburg, Mass., dau. of John and Prisoilla (Battles) 
 Whitney, and soon after removed to Westfield, Mass. 
 All the children are not named below. 
 
 I. Emerson, md. Sarah Rand, dau. of Leonard and 
 Sally (Hubbard) Rand, g. v. Resides in New 
 Ipswich. 
 II. JEmeline, md. Luman Colbum, q. v. , 
 in. Edward, bap. July 21, 1816. 
 
 HUBBARD. 
 
 Nathan Hubbard, of Groton, Mass., md. April 2, 1745, Mary Patter- 
 son. Their sons, Nathan and Hezetiah, settled in Riadge ; dau. Susan- 
 nah md. Joseph Bancroft, son of Dea. Benjamin Bancroft (vide Bancroft 
 family) ; and dau. Amy md. Joseph Moors, and resided in this town. 
 
 Nathan Hubbaim), Je., b. in Groton, June 2, 1747, 
 with wife Sarah removed to this town 1772, and settled 
 upon what is now known as " Hubbard Hill." Later he 
 removed to the centre of the town, where he d. Aue. 13, 
 1823. ^ 
 
 I. Jonathan, b. March 24, 1773 ; md. Oct. 28, 1796, 
 Permelia Stone, dau. of Capt. Salmon Stone, 
 q. V. He resided in a house that formerly stood 
 a short distance south-east of the house now of 
 Lyman Hale. About 1818 he removed to near 
 the line between Pennsylvania and New York, 
 and was there accidentally killed by a gun shot. 
 
560 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 1. Billey, b. Feb. 3, 1797. 
 
 2. Luther, b. Dec. 10, 1798. 
 
 3. Emerson, b. March 31, 1803 ; d. of spotted 
 
 fever, Dec. 18, 1811. 
 
 4. Abel. 4- 
 
 5. Columbus. 
 
 n. Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1774; d. Nov. 1, 1776. 
 
 m. Abigail, b. May 13, 1776 ; d. Oct. 27, 1776. 
 
 IV. Nathan, b. Sept. 6, 1777 ; d. unmd. in Rindge, 
 
 Feb. 2, 1841. 
 V. Ede, b. Aug. 10, 1779 ; d. unmd. 
 VI. Abel, b. Aug. 3, 1781. 
 
 vn. Susannah, b. May 9, 1783; md. Nathaniel Wether- 
 bee, son of Abraham, q. v. 
 vra. Anna, b. March 14, 1785 ; d. April 29, 1786. 
 IX. Phinehas, b. March 17, 1787 ; d. unmd. in Ashby. 
 X. Esther, b. May 25, 1792. 
 XI. Jackson, b. Jan. 5, 1795. 
 
 Abel Hubbaed, son of Jonathan, md. Jan. 12, 1830, 
 Melinda Smith, dau. of Braddyll Smith, q. v. He resided 
 in the south-west part of the town, and removed 1866 to 
 Iowa. 
 
 I. lAberty Thomas, b. June 8, 1836; md. May 6, 
 1857,'Julia A. Hadley; removed with his father. 
 II. David ZiO/wrence, b. Aug. 16, 1842. 
 
 Dba. Hbzbkiah Hubbaed, a brother of Nathan, b. in 
 Groton, Jan. 19, 1757 ; md. Rebecca Hutchinson, of Bil- 
 lerica, Mass., and settled upon " Hubbard Hill," in Rindge, 
 about 1783. He was- highly respected, and many years a 
 deacon of the Congregational Church. He d. very sud- 
 denly, April 22, 1822. 
 
 I. ^Benjamin, b. ; md. Dorcas White. -|- 
 
 II. Zevi, b. June 27, 1784. + 
 
 m. Bebecca, b. Feb. 29, 1788 ; md. May 31, 1814, Ben- 
 jamin May, son of Benjamin and Lucy May, of 
 Winohendon ; she d. July 8, 1865. 
 
 1. Augustus H., b. Nov. 13, 1815. 
 
 2. Harriet Newell, b. Aug. 30, 1817; md. 
 
 Sept. 15, 1857, Josiah Parker, son of John 
 and Deborah Parker ; resides in Ashland, 
 Mass. 
 
 3. Mersylvia, b. Aug. 26, 1819; md. April 28, 
 
 1839, Joshua Kendall. 
 
 4. Almira H., b. Nov. 26, 1822; md. Elwin 
 
 Parks, son of Luke and Betsey Parks; 
 md. (2d) Martin P. Stone. 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 561 
 
 IV. Sdlh/, b. Feb. 17, 1790 ; md. Leonard Band, son 
 of Solomon Rand, q. v. / md. (2d) Capt. Daniel 
 Norcross, son of Jeremialh Norcross, q. v. 
 V. Polly., b. Sept. 29, 1791 ; d. in Rindge nnmd. Jan. 
 1, 1855. 
 
 VI. Rodney, b. July 3, 1793 ; resides in Rindge unmd. 
 
 VII. Harry, b. July 8, 1795 ; twice md. -|- 
 VIII. HezeJciah, b. April 26, 1797 ; d. young. 
 
 IX. Mersyhia, b. July 7, 1799; resides in Rindge 
 unmd. 
 
 X. Eliphalet, b. July 10, 1801; md. Betsey Saw- 
 tell. + 
 
 XI. Otis, b. Oct. 18,1803; unmd.; resides a farmer 
 on the old homestead. 
 
 xn. John Sutchinson, b. Dec. 4, 1805; unmd.; resides 
 
 upon the old homestead. 
 xin. Addison,\). ; md. May 10, 1838, Lucy Nor- 
 cross, dau. of Capt. Daniel Norcross, q. v. ; for- 
 merly of Fitchburg, now of Wakefield, Mass. 
 
 BBifjAMnsr HuBBAED md. April 8, 1811, Dorcas White, 
 dau. of Nathan and Dorcas (Lane) White, of Cambridge, 
 Mass. ; resided in Rindge, where he d. June 9, 1841 ; his 
 widow d. 1856. 
 
 I. Elizaheih A., b. July 24, 1813 ; md. Aug. 9, 1857, 
 Elijah D. Kimball, son of Philip and Lydia 
 (Hunt) EambalL He is a farmer. Resides in 
 Keene, N. H. 
 
 n. Irene A., b. Aug. 17, 1815; md. May 10, 1836, 
 George Handy, son of George and Ruth (Estey) 
 Handy. Removed 1837 to Dublin, N. H., where 
 she d. Jan. 25, 1849. 
 
 1. George E., b. Nov. 30, 1843. 
 
 III. Albert Granville, b. April 30, 1819; removed to 
 
 Dublin, where he md. Sept. 30, 1842, Lydia Jane 
 Richardson, dau. of Ruel Richardson, of Peter- 
 boro, N. H. Removed 1867 to Acworth, N. H. 
 
 1. Ellen M., b. Aug. 4, 1843 ; md. Jan., 1865, 
 
 Charles J. Davis, son of John and Cath- 
 erine (Houghton) Davis, of Acworth. 
 
 2. Albert J., b. Aug. 9, 1853 ; d. 1860. 
 
 IV. Joel, b. May 27, 1821 ; md. April 22, 1849, Fanny 
 
 Gordon, dau. of Benjamin and Fanny (Fulson) 
 Gordon. He is a merchant in Boston. 
 
 Levi Hubbakd md. Nov. 29, 1814, Betsey Smith, dau. 
 of Joseph and Abigail (Goodridge) Smith. He was a 
 farmer, and resided near the farm of his father, now occu- 
 
562 
 
 HISTORY OF EINDGE. 
 
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 •55 
 
 pied by his son. He was selectman ten years, and fiUed 
 other positions of trust. He d. July 28, 1862 ; his wife d. 
 March 8, 1861. 
 
 I. Joseph /S., b. Oct. 29, 1817; md. May 27, 1851, 
 Rebecca Twitchel (Chadwick Family, No. 7). 
 A farmer in Rindg'e. 
 II. Mary Jane, b. June 9, 1821 ; md. Stephen Hale, 
 son of Nathan, q. v. 
 
 Haekt Hubbaed md. June 8, 1823, Clarissa Fay; md. 
 (2d) Dec. 6, 1832, Dorcas Whitney, dau. of Dr. Isaiah 
 Whitney, q. v. He d. in Shrewsbury, Mass. His widow 
 resides with his eldest son. Children by first wife : — 
 
 I. Henry B., b. Aug. 8, 1825. Conducts an extensive 
 boot manufactory in Worcester, Mass. Has a 
 family. 
 II. Appleton JS., b. May 29, 1829 ; md. Betsey Wright. 
 He d. Sept. 29, 1862. 
 
 Eliphalet Httbbaed md. Feb. 1, 1827, Betsey Sawtell, 
 dau. of Hezekiah Sawtell, q. v. He was a shoe-maker in 
 Rindge Centre ; d. Aug. 30, 1866. His widow md. (2d) 
 Asia Jones, q. v. 
 
 I. Eliphalet, b. Dec. 10, 1827 ; d. Dec. 11, 1827. 
 
 11. Hezekiah, b. Aug. 29, 1828 ; d. same day. 
 
 in. Rodney Augustus, b. Nov. 25, 1829 ; md. May 10, 
 1855, Eliza Jane Emory, dau of Derostus W. 
 Emory, q. v. Was in the teaming business in 
 Rindge until 1867, when he removed to Jaffrey 
 and became connected with the line of stages 
 from Jaffrey to Winchendon. Is now conductor 
 on Monadnock Railroad. 
 
 1. Martha J., b. March 31, 1857. 
 
 IV. George Otis, b. Dec. 3, 1831 ; md. Julia A. Smith, 
 of Winchendon. Resides in Winchendon. 
 
 V. Timothy Jf., b. June 22, 1834; md. Nov. 30, 1854, 
 Hannah Pettengill, dau. of Asa Pettengill (Saw- 
 tell family). He enlisted in Sept., 1862, in the 
 53d Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers from 
 Winchendon, and was killed while in camp 
 (March 23, 1863) by the fall of a limb of a tree 
 broken by the wind. 
 
 VI. Sarah H., b. Sept. 6, 1839 ; a teacher in Rindge. 
 
 HUNT. 
 
 There are several distinct families in New England bearing the name 
 of Hunt. Those of this town are descendants of WiUiam Himt, the 
 ancestor of the Concord family. He was b. in England about 1605, and 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 
 
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 emigrated to America with ■wife Elizabeth and two children, in 1635, and 
 settled in Concord, Mass. His wife dying, Dec. 27, 1661, he md. (2d) 
 1664, Mercy Rice, widow of Edmund Rice. This was her third marriage ; 
 her maiden name was Mercy Hurd, and her first husband was Thomas 
 Brigham. (Vide Brigham.) WUliam Hunt d. in Marlboro, Mass., 1667, 
 and his widow d. 1693. His eldest son, Nehemiah Hunt, was b. in Eng- 
 land 1631 ; md. June 1, 1663, Mary Toll, and had twelve children, three 
 of whom d. in childhood. He resided in Concord, where he d. March 6, 
 1717-18. John Hunt, their son, b. Jan. 12, 1673, md. Mary Brown, who 
 was the mother of his nine children. Late in life he md. (2d) Dorothy 
 Merriam. He d. in Concord, May 3, 1765. Dea. Simon Hunt, of Con- 
 cord, was his eldest son, b. July 3, 1704 ; md. Mary Raymond. He was a 
 leading spirit of his time ; d. Dec. 13, 1790. Among his children was 
 Ephraim Hunt, whose name is repeated hereafter ; and Simon Hunt, b. 
 April 8, 1734, md. April 15, 1755, Lucy Raymond, and settled in Acton, 
 Mass., where he d. 1820. His son Nathan (No. 10 in the following 
 register) md. Abigail Hale, of Rindge ; and his dau. Tabitha md. Joshua 
 Todd, of Rindge, q. v. ; and dau. Sarah md. David Carlton, q. v. 
 
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 Epheaim Hunt, son of Dea. Simon, was b. in Concord, 
 May 28, 1736. Reference is made 1768 in Rindge records 
 to Hunt's mill, and Jan. 29, 1770, he was admitted to the 
 church in Rindge by recommendation of the church in 
 Concord. At this time he was a resident of Jaffrey, and 
 his mill was upon the site of the mills of Murdock and 
 Annett, in the south-east part of that town. In 1791 he 
 removed to Rindge, where he d. Dec. 21, 1821. He md. 
 about 1756 Tabitha Raymond. 
 
 Tabitha, b. July 3, 1757 ; md. Nathaniel Ingalls, q.v. 
 
 Sepsibeth, b. July 10, 1761 ; md. Nathan Page, 
 probably a son of Daniel Page, q. v., and ' 
 removed to Jackson, Me., where she d. about 
 1840. 
 
 James, b. April 10, 1766. 
 
 Paul Raymond, bap. in Rindge, Nov. 26, 1768. 
 
 Ephraim, b. March 25, 1771. \ 
 
 Epheaim Hunt was a blacksmith in Rindge; md. Aug. 
 16, 1797, Persis Perry, dau. of John Perry, q. v. ; he d. 
 Sept. 2, 1856 ; his wife d. Feb. 16, 1832. 
 
 I. Maria, b. May 21, 1798 ; md. Oct. 16, 1821, Rev. 
 Joseph Brown, b. in Ashby, Mass., Sept. 8, 1788. 
 She was a woman of culture and amiable char- 
 acter; d. in . South Carolina, July 18, 1827. 
 Rev. Joseph Brown graduated at Middlebury 
 (Vt.) College 1817; at Audover Theological 
 Seminary 1820 ; ordained Jan. 8, 1821. He was 
 a preacher to seamen, at Charleston, S. C, 
 1821-9; an agent of the American Seaman's 
 Friend Society, New York, 1829-32; subse- 
 quently general agent and secretary of the 
 society until his death, Sept. 16, 1833. 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
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 1. Mary Russell, b. Sept. 6, 1822 ; d. April 19, 
 
 1823. 
 
 2. Joseph Brownlee, b. Oct. 4, 1824; Dart- 
 
 moutb College 1845; a lawyer at New- 
 burgh, N". Y. ; md. Caroline Elizabeth 
 Stanford. Vide page 861. 
 
 N'athan Hunt, a son of Simon and Lucy (Raymond) 
 Hunt, of Acton, and grandson of Dea. Simon Hunt, of 
 Concord, b. July 17, 1760; md. Abigail Hale, dau. of 
 Moses Hale, of Rindge, q. v. They resided in Jaifrey, 
 but she was admitted 1812 a member of the church in 
 Rindge, and the five youngest of their children were there 
 bap. He d. July 18, 1853. 
 
 I. Abigail, b. Nov., 1788;. md. Reuben Streeter. 
 Their son, Nathan Streeter, was many years 
 proprietor of an extensive livery stable in Bow- 
 doin Square, Boston; md. (2d) Jonathan Web- 
 ster. 
 Nathan, b. April 17, 1791; md. Violante Hodg- 
 
 man, and resided in JafErey ; several children. 
 Grata, b. June 26, 1793 ; md. Sept. 9, 1819, Ben- 
 jamin Cutter, Esq., of Jaffrey. Vide Cutter 
 family. No. 4, and Cutter genealogy, page 272. 
 IV. Moses, b. Nov. 9, 1795; md. Maria Rouse; 
 
 removed to New York. 
 V. Harriet, b. June 1, 1798; md. Ezra Bennett, q. v. 
 VI. Sally, b. Sept. 3, 1800 ; md. David French. 
 VII. Fanny, b. Dec. 3, 1802; md. WilUam H. Salis- 
 bury. 
 VIII. John Edwards, b. Nov. 9, 1805; md. Ehzabeth 
 White ; removed to New York. 
 IX. Elvira, b. March 24, 1808 ; md. Geo. A. Willard. 
 X. Raymond, b. May 18, 1810 ; md. Maria A. Chap- 
 man ; removed to Boston. 
 
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 III. 
 
 Pbtbk Httnt, son of Samuel and Dorothy (Bulkley) 
 Hunt, of Littleton, b. July 20, 1729; d. Jan. 13, 1816; 
 md. Sarah Leighton, and with their four children removed 
 1779 from Littleton to Rindge, but did not tarry many 
 years. 
 
 I. Hannah, b. June 8, 1765. 
 
 II. Bulkley, b. Sept. 21, 1768; md. Betsey Chaplin, 
 dau. of Micah Chaplin, q. v. ; removed to Bran- 
 don, Vt. 
 
 III. Peter, md. Sept. 17, 1809, Kezia Hobart, and 
 
 settled in Ashburnham. 
 
 IV. Dorothy, b. May 7, 1773. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 565 
 
 26 I Joshua Hunt, who md. Jan. 23, 1823, Lucia Todd, 
 ' dau. of Joshua and Tabitha (Hunt) Todd, q. v., was also 
 a descendant of William Hunt, of Concord, but in a dif- 
 ferent line. Samuel Hunt, the second son of "William," 
 I was b. in England 1633 ; md. Elizabeth Redding, and 
 i settled in Ipswich. His eldest son, Samuel Hunt, b. 
 Nov. 17, 1657, md. Ruth Todd, and settled in Tewks- 
 1 bury. His son, Peter Hunt, b. May 6, 1792, md. Mary 
 j Sheldon, and resided in Tewksbury. His eldest son, 
 Peter Hunt, b. May 2, 1720, md. Mary Kimball, and also 
 resided in Tewksbury. His youngegt son, Joshiia Hunt, 
 b. Jan. 12, 1771, md. Olive Chamberlain (a sister of 
 Martha [Chamberlain] Calhoun, wife of Andrew Calhoun, 
 of Rindge). They resided in Chelmsford, where he d. 
 April 13, 1843. Joshua Hunt, their eldest son, b. Oct. 22, 
 1795, removed to Rindge 1852, where he d. July 13, 
 1863 ; his widow resides in Rindge with her son, Joshua 
 T. Hunt. 
 
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 IX. 
 
 I. Lucia M, b. Nov. 17, 1823; d. Oct. 3, 1824. 
 II. Joshua Todd, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., June 26, 
 1825 ; md. May 3, 1871, Carrie R. Hayward, b. 
 in Mendon, Mass., Sept. 21, 1836. They reside 
 in Rindge, upon the farm formerly owned by 
 Joseph Smith and his descendants. 
 in. Zucia M., b. June 22, 1827 ; md. Dec. 10, 1849, 
 William E. Robbins, son of John and Jane 
 (Templeton) Robbins, of Carlisle, Mass. He is 
 a farmer, and resides upon the Nathaniel Russell 
 farm. 
 IV. Benjamin P., b. Dec. 22, 1829 ; md., 1855, Sarah 
 
 Olney ; resides in Burrillville, R. I. 
 V. Martha P., b. Sept. 15, 1831 ; md. July 1, 1855, 
 Caleb C. Curtis ; live in Gloucester, Mass. 
 Julia B., b. June 1, 1833 ; d. Jan. 19, 1837. 
 Simeon Howard Calhoun, b. April 3, 1835 ; md. 
 1860, Viola N. Butler, of Jaffrey. He is a 
 painter, and resides in Jaffrey. 
 Susan B., b. Nov. 20, 1837 ; d. July 17, 1838. 
 Julia A., b. July 1, 1839 ; md. 1861, Marshall P. 
 Wood, son of Addison M. Wood, q. v. 
 
 Caleb Hustow, b. in Dunstable June 12, 1740; md. 
 Dec. 22, 1763, Priscilla Coffeen, dau. of Michael Coffeen, 
 q. v., and settled in this town. His name appears upon 
 the records previous to the date of his marriage. He 
 enlisted early in the patriot army, and d. at Quaker Ridges, 
 in New York, Nov. 5, 1776. 
 
 I. Caleb, h. Sept. 12, 1764 ; md. Prudence , and 
 
 resided in Rindge until 1800. 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 1. Varnum, b. Aug. 26, 1794. 
 
 2. Sally, b. Dec. 6, 1796. 
 
 3. Caleb, b. Feb. 1, 1799. 
 
 II. Priscilla, b. May 3, 1766; md. June 26, 1794, 
 Samuel Huston, and resided three or four years 
 in this town. 
 
 1. Joseph, b. May 3, 1795. 
 
 m. Molley, b. Dec. 3, 1767 ; d. Feb. 29, 1768. 
 IV. Beleaf,\). Oct. 1, 1769 ; md. Francis Towne, Jr., q. v. 
 V. Zuther, b. Oct. 11, 1771. 
 VI. Varnum, b. June 23, 1774. 
 VII. Ephraim, b. May 26, 1777, posthumous. 
 
 Thomas Htttchinsoit and wife Molley removed from 
 Ashby to this town in the summer of 1771. He served 
 eight months in 1775 in Capt. Philip Thomas' Company, 
 and March 19, 1777, enlisted for three years into Col. 
 Nathan Hale's Regiment, where he remained until the 
 expiration of the term of enhstment, but removed from 
 the town soon after the close of the war. 
 
 I. Betty, b. Oct. 5, 1771. 
 
 INGALLS. 
 
 Edmund Ingalls, a farmer, from Lincolnshire, England, with wife 
 Ann and six children, settled in Lynn, 1629, where three other children 
 were b. He was drowned in Saugus Kiver, March, 1648, by falling with 
 his horse through a bridge. Henry IngaUs, their third son, was b. in 
 England, 1627, and early removed from Lynn to Andover, where he md. 
 July 6, 1653, Mary Osgood, who d. Dec. 16, 1686, leaving twelve children; 
 he md. (2d) Aug. 1, 1689, Sarah (Farniun) Abbott, widow of George 
 Abbott ; he d. 1719, and Ms widow d. May 12, 1728, aged 90. Henry 
 IngaUs, his son, was b. in Andover Dec. 8, 1656 ; md. Aug. 1, 1689, Sarah 
 Abbott, dau. of George and Hannah (Chandler) Abbott; he d. Feb. 8, 
 1695; his widow d. May 12, 1728. Among his children was Josiai 
 Ingalls, birth not recorded on Andover records, whose son Josiah removed 
 to this toVn. 
 
 Dea. JosiAH Ingalls, of the fifth generation from 
 Edmund the emigrant, wife Eunice, and six sons, removed 
 from Andover to this town in 1760. He settled near 
 Grassy Pond, and became an early proprietor of the first 
 mill in Rindge. He was prominent in the affairs of the 
 proprietors and later of the town, an original member of 
 the church, and one of the two first deacons chosen. He 
 d. about 1775. It is possible that Amos Ingalls, who 
 removed from Rindge to Acworth 1785, was also a son of 
 Dea. Josiah. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 
 
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 I. Hhenezer, b. Nov. 7, 1745. -f- 
 
 II. Josiah, b. Oct. 31, 1747. + 
 
 ni. Simeon, b. Aug. 24, 1749 ; he was in Capt. Philip 
 Thomas' Company in 1775, and d. in Rindge 
 1790. His estate was settled by his widow, 
 Mary, who md. (2d) Aug. 16, 1794, Levi May- 
 nard. The birth of two children is recorded in 
 Jaffrey. 
 
 1. John, b. Feb. 24, 1779 ; d. in Rindge June 
 
 2, 1806. Grave-stone in Rindge cemetery. 
 
 2. Ira, b. Feb. 11, 1781 ; md. in Jaffrey, Feb. 
 
 30 (an error of record), 1809, Jerusha 
 Hodge, dau of Joseph Hodge, of that 
 place. 
 
 IV. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 19, 1751. -\- 
 v. Jonathan, b. Dec. 4, 1753. 4- 
 
 VI. Caleb, b. Feb. 22, 1756. The name appears for 
 several years upon Rindge records. 
 
 Ebbnezek Ingalls was md. previous to 1771, but no 
 record of the marriage has been found. He was in Oapt. 
 Thomas' Company in 1775, and in Stark's Brigade in 1.778, 
 and in 1778 or 1779 he removed to Jaffrey. 
 
 Josiah Istgaxls md. Aug. 31, 1771, Sarah Bowers, b. 
 Jan. 25, 1750, dau. of Nehemiah and Sarah (Larrabee) 
 Bowers, q. v. In 1787 he removed to Jaffrey. The births 
 of a part of his children are recorded both in Rindge and 
 in Jaffrey, and in three instances there is a slight differ- 
 ence in the dates. The Jaffrey records record : iv. Phebe, 
 b. Feb. 22, 1778 ; vi. James, b. Feb. 27, 1781 ; and vii. 
 Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1783. 
 
 I. John, b. Dec. 15, 1771 ; d. Feb. 23, 1772. • 
 
 II. James, b. March 5, 1773 ; d. July 24, 1775. 
 
 III. Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1775 ; d. Sept. 25, 1777. 
 
 IV. Phebe, b. Feb. 21, 1778 ; md. Feb. 27, 1801, Robert 
 
 Gilmore, son of Roger Gilmore ; she d. May 3, 
 1851. Previous to their removal to New Hart- 
 ford, N. T., the following children were b. in 
 Jaffrey : — 
 
 1. Almira, b. Dec. 28, 1802. 
 
 2. Robert Addison, b. April 4, 1804. 
 
 3. Adaline, b. Oct. 16, 1805. 
 ,4. Sally Ann, b. Oct. 25, 1807. 
 
 5. Lyman, b. March 26, 1815; d. March 28, 
 1815. 
 
 v. Josiah, b. April 5, 1780; md. Dec. 29, 1808, Lois 
 Capron, of Marlboro. He resided a carriage- 
 
568 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 maker in Rindge, and in Fitz-william, where he 
 d. March 18, 1855 ; his wife d. March 20, 1855, 
 aged 70. They had no children. In Chaplain 
 Register, No. 40, the name of James and not 
 Josiah Ingalls was intended. 
 
 20 Ti. James, b. Feb. 7, 1782 ; md. Rebecca Twiss, dau. of 
 
 Daniel and Alice (Shedd) Twiss, of Jaffrey. He 
 d. in Rindge April 7, 1830; she d. April 9, 1868. 
 
 21 ' 1. Abigail, md. John Kendrick, of Dover, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 22 2. Caroline, md. George Chesms.n. 
 
 23 3. James M., resides in Marlboro, Mass. 
 
 24 I 4. Amos, d. 1864. 
 
 25 1 5. Lucy, md. Nov. 5, 1846, James M. Small, 
 
 and resides in Jaffrey. 
 
 26 6. Lois A., md. Moses Sumner Deeth, vide 
 
 Chaplin family. No. 40. 
 
 27 VII. Sarah, b. Aug. 28, 1783; md. Moses Sawyer, of 
 
 Sharon, where she resided until his death. She 
 subsequently lived in Rindge several years. She 
 d. Nov. 16, 1871, and was buried in Sharon. 
 
 28 VIII. Deborah, b. Aug. 27, 1785 ; md. May 9, 1816, Rev. 
 
 Charles Mavery, a Methodist preacher ; she md. 
 (2d) 1843, Robertson Perkins, Esq., of Fitzwill- 
 iam, whom she survived, and d. at the home of 
 her dau., in Rindge, Feb. 16, 1872. 
 
 29 1. Sarah Maria, b. Feb. 7, 1818; md. John 
 
 Smith, of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 30 ! iz. Flint, b. April 27, 1789. He was insane ; d. 1834. 
 
 31 X. Simeon, b. Sept. 22, 1791 ; d. young. 
 
 , 32 XI. Charles, b. Sept. 23, 1794; removed to Keene, 
 
 N. H. ; d. in Windsor, Vt., 1873. 
 
 (7) J Nathaniel Ingalls served two short enlistments in 
 jthe Revolutionary army; md. Oct. 10, 1785, Tabitha 
 
 Hunt, dau. of Ephraim Hunt, q.v.; md. (2d) June 5, 
 , 1787, Sarah Hale, dau. of Moses Hale, q. v. In 1803 the 
 I family removed to Peterboro; He d. March 9, 1814 ; his 
 
 widow d. Sept. 18, 1844. 
 
 33 I. Tabitha, b. Feb. 27, 1789 ; md. Amos Woolson ; d. 
 
 in Peterboro, Jan. 14, 1812. 
 
 34 II. Sally, b. May 31, 1791; md. April 30, 1837, 
 
 Robert White; d. March 25,' 1845. 
 85 III. Betsey, b. Oct. 2, 1793; d. unmd. in Peterboro, 
 
 Feb. 15, 1845. 
 36 IV. Cyrus, b. Feb. 7, 1797 ; md. Louisa Dakin, dau. of 
 
 Samuel Dakin. 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 569 
 
 V. Sabra, b. Oct., 1799; d. unmd. Feb. 6, 1860. 
 VI. Almira, b. Aug. 14, 1802 ; md. Charles Carter, of 
 
 Leorriinster, Mass. 
 VII. George S,, b. March 21, 1805 ; md. Betsey Loring. 
 He was a physician, and settled in Proctorsville, 
 Vt, He d. in Peterboro, where he had retired 
 on account of failing health. May 26, 1849. 
 vnr. Hannah Morrison, b. 1810 ; d. June 21, 1812. 
 
 Jonathan Ingalls was twice in the Revolutionary 
 army (pages 126, 135). He was town clerk 1784, select- 
 man 1783, '84, and '95. Zealous for the public good and 
 
 in the cause 
 
 '«• of morals, his 
 
 life was one 
 
 of usefulness. 
 
 He md. Aug. 8, 1782, Deborah Sherwin, dau. of Jonathan 
 Sherwin, q. v., who d., leaving three children, Aug. 1, 
 1790 ; he md. (2d) Jan. 21, 1794, Zipporah Barker, dau. 
 of Barnabas Barker, of Scituate, Mass. ( Vide Barker 
 Register.) He d. May 11, 1836; his wife d. Nov. 2, 
 1830. 
 
 I. Nancy, b. May 23, 1783 ; md. Jan. 18, 1815, Oliver 
 Lovejoy, son of John Lovejoy, Jr., q. v. 
 
 II. Polly, b. March 28, 1785; md. May 30, 1810, 
 Capt. Stephen Emory, q. v. 
 
 m. 7%o»ias,b. March 1, 1787. -|- 
 
 Thomas Ingalls, Esq., md. 1815, Polly Stone, b. 1788, 
 dau. of Capt. Ebenezer Stone, of Townsend, Mass. She 
 d. 1816 ; md. (2d) 1818, Mrs. Betsey (Stone) Richardson, 
 b. 1790, a sister of his first wife. She d. June 9, 1822, and 
 he md. (3d) 1823, Sophia Shurtleff, dau. of Asahel and 
 Sarah (Dewey) Shurtleff, q. v. He d. Dec. 27, 1863. His 
 widow resides in Fitchburg, Mass. He was an influential 
 citizen. Vide page 379. 
 
 I. Maria, b. Sept. 1, 1,824 ; md. July 12, 1842, Dr. 
 Jon^s C. Harris, of Ashland, Mass. She d. 
 Sept. 7, 1850. 
 
 1. Francis A., Harvard University 1866; M.D. 
 1872; a physician in Boston. He md. 
 Alice Gage, dau. of Charles P. and Sarah 
 C. Gage, of Mobile, Ala. 
 
 II. Sophia, b. May 5, 1828 ; md. Rodney Wallace, of 
 Fitchburg, q. v. 
 
 III. Albert Sherwin, b. Dec. 29, 1830. Vide p. 354 '. 
 md. Harriet A. Miller, dau. of Sylvester and 
 Lucy (Bailey) Miller. He d. Aug. 11, 1862. 
 
570 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 
 
 48 IV. Serhert, b. May 9, 1834. His business experience 
 
 has been chiefly at the writing-desk. He has 
 held several positions of responsibility and trust, 
 and has never failed to reflect the high example 
 of integrity which was constantly before him in 
 boyhood. He received a liberal academical edu- 
 cation, at the conclusion of which he became an 
 accotmtant in Ashburnham, where he remained 
 until 1860. In November, 1861, he was ap- 
 pointed a clerk in the Treasury Department in 
 Washington, where he held successively clerk- 
 ships of the first, second and third classes. In 
 1865 he was promoted to a cashiership of Inter- 
 nal Revenue, in one of the New' York city 
 districts. The duties of this responsible position 
 which he held until June, 1868, were performed 
 in a manner that gave proof of discipline and 
 executive ability. In these various posts of the 
 civil service, he had the confidence and regard of 
 those who knew him. Subsequently for a few 
 years he was an accountant for the Fitchburg 
 Paper Company, in Fitchburg, Mass. He is now 
 a resident of Boston, and is treasurer of the New 
 Bedford division of the Boston, Clinton and 
 Fitchburg Railroad ; cashier of the New Bedford 
 Railroad Company ; and treasurer of the Fram- 
 ingham and Lowell Railroad Company. 
 
 By nature of a discriminating mind and 
 refined taste, he has profitably occupied his 
 leisure hours in an extensive reading of the 
 best authors, and is a thorough and cultivated 
 student of English literature. The essays and 
 occasional poems from his pen, which have been 
 printed, presented thought without ostentation, 
 and pure diction without studied adornment. 
 Had circumstances left him free to follow his 
 inclination, undoubtedly he would more fre- 
 quently give expression to his thought in the 
 refined prose or finished verse which characterize 
 all that he has written. In character he is as 
 truthful as the figures which occupy his business 
 hours, and in friendship both trustful and 
 enduring. * 
 
 Dex:tee Jewell, son of Jacob and Mary (Smith) 
 Jewell, was b. in Marlboro, Mass., June 24, 1803. His 
 parents removed from Marlboro to Jaffrey. He md. 
 Dec. 29, 1829, Mary Mower, dau. of Dea. Josiah Mower, 
 of Jaffrey, and removed from Jaffrey to Rindge 1850. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 He was a prosperous fanner in the north-west corjier of 
 the town ; d. April 29, 1873 ; his widow d. a few days 
 after. 
 
 I. Samitel Dexter, b. Jan. 18, 1831; rad. Mary 
 Frances Cutter, dau. of Nathaniel; resides in 
 Jaffrey. 
 
 II. lAherty M., b. Nov. 9, 1836'; md. June, 1862, 
 Martha A. Lebourveau, dau. of Col. William 
 Lebourveau, of Fit^william. He resides upon 
 the homestead farm. 
 
 ni. Sarah Mneline, b. Dec. 27, 1840; md. July 17, 
 1866, Wilbur Fiske Whitney, son of John Whit- 
 ney, of Ashburnham ; a chair manufacturer. 
 
 IV. EUen E., b. March 28, 1842 ; d. unmd. Nov. 15, 
 
 1865. 
 v. Jacob A., b. June 19, 1844; d. Dec. 19, 1844. 
 
 VI. Mary Rebecca, b. July 19, 1848. 
 
 Col. Chaeles A. Jewbll, brother of Dexter, resided 
 several years in this town; now of Adrian, Mich. He 
 md. Lydia Ann Stanley, dau. of Benjamin M. Stanley, 
 q. 13. ; she d. several years ago. 
 
 JEWETT. 
 
 The record of the Jewett family in this country commences with the 
 settlement of Rowley, Mass. In 1638, about sixty families, led by Rev. 
 Ezekiel Rogers, eminent in the annals of New England, came from 
 Yorkshire, England, and by them the town of Rowley was planted early 
 in the following year. Among these emigrants were the brothers Masi- 
 miUian and Joseph Jewett, men of good estate, from Bradford, York- 
 shire, England. From them the multitude of .Tewetts in this country 
 are descended, among whom are included many persons of distinction in 
 professional, mercantile, and industrial pursuits. The name appears in 
 ancient records as Juet, Juit, Jewit, and in other forms, but in all pre- 
 
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 fflSTOBY OF RINBGE. 
 
 serving a common pronunciation. The Coat-of-Arins in possession of 
 individuals of the family in this country is also found among the 
 records of their ancestors in England. Dea. Maximillian Jewett, the 
 ancestor of the Rindge family, was the son of Edward Jewett, of Brad- 
 ford, England, who md. 1604, Mary Taylor. He d. 1616, leaving three 
 sons and one dau. Dea. Maximillian was bap. Oct. 4, 1607, and d. in 
 Rowley, Mass., Oct. 19, 1684. He was made one of the first two deacons 
 of the church in Rowley, Dec. 3, 1639, and was admitted freeman May 
 13, 1640, and was a representative 1641 and sixteen subsequent years. 
 Dea. Ezekiel Jewett, eldest child of Dea. Maximillian, was b. Feb. 1, 
 1643 ; md. Feb. 21, 1663-4, Faith Parrot, by whom he had seven sons 
 and three daus. He was chosen deacon Oct. 24, 1686, and was represent- 
 ative 1690; he d. Sept. 2, 1728; his wife d. Oct. 15, 1715. Thomas 
 Jewett, second son of Dea. Ezekiel, was b. Sept. 20, 1666 ; md. May 18, , 
 1692, Hannah Swan, and settled in Boxford, and upon a tract of land 
 then owned by his father, but which subsequently fell to his possession 
 by the will of his father dated 1723, and recorded in the Essex Probate 
 Registry. He had five children. Ezekiel, the only son, was b. Jan. 12, 
 1692-3, and d. about 1772. He md. Jan. 10, 1718, Martha Thurston, of 
 Xewbury. No record of a will or settlement of his father's estates is 
 found. Being an only son, he probably resided upon the homestead. 
 From ancient deeds in the possession of his descendants, and from the 
 records, it appears that he owned several tracts of land in Rindge and in 
 Winchendon. The number of his children was twelve, three of whom 
 settled in Rindge, and are named hereafter. Dea. Edward Jewett, of 
 Rindge, was a descendant of Joseph (a brother of Dea. Maximillian), 
 who was b. in England 1609 ; d. in Rowley 1661. The family of Dea. 
 Edward Jewett, of Rindge, became extinct with the death of his dau., 
 the wife of Ezra ScoUay. 
 
 1 
 
 E2aEKiEL Jewett, sixth child of Ezekiel and Martha 
 (Thurston) Jewett, of Boxford, Mass., and eldest of the 
 three brothers who settled in this town, was b. Feb. 22, 
 1727. At an early date he was a proprietor of lot number 
 fifty, now the farm of Dr. Charles E. Ware, in the 
 Rowley Canada township, which had been chartered by 
 the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts. 
 Here previous to 1753 he reared a house and planted an 
 orchard. Vide pages 34 and 35. His title to this land 
 being lost, he subsequently purchased the same property 
 of the Masonian grantees, or the proprietors of Monad- 
 nock No. One. He was engaged in the French and 
 
 ^,,-^ In dian 
 
 ^ ■// war, and 
 
 que ntly 
 ^ md.June 
 
 16, 1759, Hannah Platts, dau. of Abel Pl.itts, q. v. The 
 home of his bride was about a mile distant from his own 
 and on the opposite shore of Pool Pond. After their 
 return from the marriage ceremony, which was performed 
 m Hollis, N. H., the journey from her former to her 
 future home was made in a log canoe across the pond 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 573 
 
 and by marked trees through the forest, where now is 
 located the track of the Monadnock Railroad. Her 
 parents presented the young wife with one chair and one 
 bed ; her husband furnished a few rude utensils and five 
 army blankets, and with these conveniences their married 
 life was begun. Their first babe was b. in the month of 
 April. Their store of maple sugar was first made, and 
 then the sap-trough was employed for a cradle, in which 
 the sleep of the infant was presumably sweet. They 
 were prospered in their primitive home, and acquired a 
 considerable estate and many of the comforts of life. 
 He was a man of ability, and in character above 
 reproach. ' He d. Feb. 7, 1786, at the age of fifty-nine 
 years. His widow, surviving him about forty-four years, 
 d. at the homestead, Sept. 13, 1830. 
 
 I. Abel, b. April 3, 1760. When sixteen years of 
 age he enlisted into Col. "Wyman's Regiment 
 (vide page 125), and in 1779 he entered the 
 Continental service for one year. After the 
 close of the war he removed to Ohio. He md. 
 in Rindge, Aug. 14, 1781, Sarah Dwinnel. 
 
 II. JEzekiel, b. Oct. 28, 1762; md. Aug. 11, 1785, 
 Abigail Platts, dau. of Ensign Joseph Platts, 
 and settled near Watertown, N. Y. 
 
 HI. Stephen, b. Oct. 21, 1764. + 
 
 IV. Daniel, b. Nov. 28, 1766 ; d. Dec. 12, 1784, aged 18. 
 ' V. Hepsibeth, b. Sept. 14, 1768 ; md. Thomas Piper, q.v. 
 
 VI. Thomas, b. Feb. 28, 1771.+ 
 
 VII. Hannah, b. May 6, 1773; md. Ebenezer Col- 
 burn, q. V. 
 VIII. Huldah, b. April 16, 1775; md. March 27, 1796, 
 John Waite, and removed to Watertown, N. Y. 
 
 IX. Lydia, b. April 30, 1777 ; md. Amos Jewett, No. 
 
 15, of this register. 
 X. Abram, b. Oct. 20, 1779. He built the barracks 
 near Watertown, N. Y., and became a successful 
 man in business ; d. near Watertown. . 
 
 XI. Nathan, b. Nov. 25, 1781 ; removed to Watertown, 
 N. Y. ; md. for his second wife Mille Gragg, 
 dau. of Daniel Gragg, q. v. He subsequently 
 removed to Sacket's Harbor, and became a large 
 land-owner; d. 1873, aged nearly 92. 
 
 Stephen Jewett, brother of Ezekiel, was b. in Box- 
 ford Feb. 6, 1737, and settled upon the farm at West 
 Rindge now of Ebenezer Blake, Esq., previous to the date 
 of incorporation of the town. He is represented as an 
 upright, industrious man, a kind neighbor, and a most 
 exemplary Christian. With his brothers he was included 
 
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 I among the early Baptists in this town. He md. Hannah 
 
 I Bancroft, who did not survive many years. He did not 
 
 J again marry, but settled his farm upon his only son, with 
 
 whom he lived the remainder of his days. He d. May 6, 
 
 1814. ^ ^ 
 
 14 I. Sarah, h. Aug. 19, 1767. Her mother d. before 
 
 she was eight years of age. While still a child, 
 with singular efficiency she managed the house- 
 hold affairs in the family of her father. She md. 
 Feb. 25, 1796, Calvin Locke, son of Lieut. James 
 and Hannah (Farnsworth) Locke, then of Sulli- 
 van, N. H., and previously of Townsend and 
 Ashby, Mass. They lived in Sullivan, where she 
 d. of consumption Sept. 20, 18-34 ; he d. Aug. 12, 
 I . 1843. It is their son, Dea. Charles P. Locke, 
 i who md. a dau. of Dr. Stephen Jewett, No. 42 of 
 
 '. this register. 
 
 15 I II. Amos, b. Feb. 6, 1772. + 
 
 16 Jonathan Jewbtt, a brother of Ezekiel and Stephen, 
 1 was b. in Boxford, March 12, 1739. He early removed to 
 I this town, and settled upon land Ijdng between the farms 
 
 of his brothers. Traces of the cellar and foundations still 
 
 indicate the location of his dwelling. He md. Martha 
 
 Belcher, of Wrentham, Mass. The family removed to 
 
 Jaffrey about 1772. He d. at sea, while on a voyage to 
 
 I the present State of Maine, April 28, 1786 ; his widow d. 
 
 I in Jaffrey March 19, 1828. Their son David settled upon 
 
 I the home farm, and several of their children removed to 
 
 the West, where many descendants now reside. 
 
 17 I I. benjamin, h. Oct. 22, 1763; removed to near 
 ' mica, N. Y. 
 
 18 II. Samuel, b. Nov. 17, 1765 ; resided a few years in 
 
 Nelson, N. H., and removed to Utica, N. Y. 
 
 19 I III. David, b. April 6, 1767 ; md. Lucy Clark, of Sulli- 
 
 van, N. H. He d. in Jaffrey Aug. 29, 1819. 
 
 20 \ IV. ^fea5<3i!/i,b.Nov. 19, 1768; md. Chapin. Set- 
 
 tled in the State of New York. 
 
 21 ! V. Jonathan, b. April 19, 1770; d. Aug. 25, 1778. 
 
 Removed to Ohio. 
 
 22 VI. Henry, b. June J3, 1772; removed to Ohio. 
 
 23 I VII. Hannah, twin, b. June 13, 1772. 
 
 24 ! VIII. Martha, b. April 18, 1774; rad. March 10, 1801, 
 
 William Comstock, of Sullivan, N. H., where she 
 d. May 30, 1803. 
 
 25 i IX. Moses, b. July 2, 1777; settled near Columbus, 
 
 Ohio. 
 
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 Dr. Stephen Jewett (vide page 365) md. May 30, 
 1786, Nancy Colburn, dau. of Ebenezer Colburn, q. v. He 
 resided upon the farm previously occupied by his father, 
 where he d. April 12, 1818; his widow d. March 30, 1838. 
 
 I. Cynthia, b. Feb. 2, 1787 ; d. of scarlet fever April 
 
 10, 1795. 
 II. Fanny, h. March 6, 1788 ; md. July 26, 1808, Hon. 
 Asa Parker, son of Hon. Abel and Edith (Jew- 
 ett) Parker, of Jaffrey. He was b. March 12, 
 1786, and d. Oct. 15, 1833. His widow d. Jan. 
 4, 1866. Mr. Parker was a man of ability and 
 integrity, and was much employed in public 
 affairs. He was a State Senator 1827 and 1828, 
 and Register of Probate for several years. Five 
 children. 
 
 1. Calvin Jewett, b. 1809; md. Abigail Ken- 
 dall, dau. of Joel Kendall, of Dublin, N. 
 H.; d. in Boston April 4, 1859, leaving six 
 children, among them Adaline Sophia, 
 wife of Charles F. Gibson, of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 2. Clementine, b. Jan. 4, 1811; md. Dec. 8, 
 1835, Dr. Daniel B. Cutter, of Peterboro, 
 son of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter, of 
 Jaffrey, a gentleman well and favorably 
 known in professional and social life. He 
 has prepared a history of Jaffrey, now 
 ready for pubKcation. She d. Aug. 28, 
 1870, leaving two daus. 
 
 3. AdaUne, b. Sept. 15, 1815 ; md. April, 1835, 
 Milton Kilbum, of Fitzwilliam, and sub- 
 sequently of Rookford, 111. 
 
 4. George S., b. Feb. 1, 1820 ; removed to Illi- 
 nois; d. in the army, leaving a family, 
 Nov. 18, 1862. 
 
 5. Columbus C, b. Oct. 24, 1828; md. 1853, 
 Frances "Wilson, of Royalston, Mass. For 
 several years he has been a merchant in 
 Winchendon. 
 
 Nancy, b. Sept. 26, 1789; d. 1790. 
 
 Ezekiel, b. Oct. 16, 1791. -f 
 
 JSTancy, b. 1793 ; d. 1794. 
 
 Stephen, b. 1795 ; d. 1797. 
 
 Mary,h. Sept. 6, 1797; md. June, 1818, Levi Ben- 
 jamin. She is residing, his widow, in Fitchburg, 
 iMass. 
 
 Tryphosa, b. Dec. 27, 1799; md. Hon. Marshall P. 
 Wilder, son of Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., q. v. 
 
 Stephen, b. Oct. 31, 1801. + 
 
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 V. 
 
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 VI. 
 
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 VII. 
 
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 IX. 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
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 X. Mary Ann, b. 1803 ; d. 1804. 
 
 XI. Golumbus, b. 1805 ; d. 1809. 
 
 xn. Mary Ann Colburn, b. Sept. 28, 1807 ; md. Sept. 
 2, 1835, Dea. Charles P. Locke, now of Marlboro, 
 N. H., son of Calvin and Sarah (Jewett) Locke. 
 See No. 14 of this register. 
 
 1. Sarah Ann Jewett, b. Ang. 6, 1838; d. at 
 South Hadley Seminary March 15, 1856. 
 
 De. Thomas Jewett {vide Chap. XVII.) md. Oct. 12, 
 
 1800, Re- 
 b e c c a 
 Green, 
 d a u . of 
 
 <!^-<^'^^s?-;?<?'2;iSxs^ 
 
 S a m u e r 
 and Rebec- 
 ca (Sargent) Green, of Carlisle, Mass. He d. April 24, 
 1840, and his widow Oct. 19, 1850. 
 
 I. Irena, b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; md. Sumner Raymond, q. v. 
 
 II. Cynthia, b- Jan. 29, 1805 ; d. unmd. Aug. 16, 1846. 
 
 m. Harriet, b. Aug. 23, 1806 ; d. of spotted fever Dec. 
 
 29, 1811. 
 IV. Elvira, b. April 16, 1809 ; d. of spotted fever Dec. 
 27 1811 
 Elvira, b. April 16, 1812 ; d. unmd. July 24, 1833. 
 Thomas, b. July 81, 1814; unmd. Resided a 
 
 farmer in Rindge until 1864. 
 Julia Ann, b. May 10, 1817; md. Daniel T. 
 Rand, q. v. 
 vin. Samuel Qreen, b. June 20, 1819. -|- 
 IX. Harriet, b. July 10, 1821 ; md. Alonzo Bancroft, q. v. 
 X. George, b. April 28, 1825. + 
 
 V. 
 VI. 
 
 vn. 
 
 Amos Jewett md., 1798, Lydia Jewett (Jewett, 10). 
 He occupied the homestead farm until his death. He 
 was unpretentious in manner, and highly respected. His 
 integrity and purity of character were recognized by all 
 who knew him. He d. June 27, 1834 ; his widow d. Jan. 
 27, 1847. The original farm included a part of the 
 village of West Rindge, and is now divided among many 
 owners. The house-lot, and a considerable tract adjoin- 
 ing, is owned by Ebenezer Blake, Esq. 
 
 I. Sarah, b. June 16, 1799; d. 1803, aged 4 years. 
 II. Bebecca, b. Jan. 18, 1801 ; d. unmd. Jan. 28, 1832. 
 
 III. Hepsibeth, b. Dec. 3, 1802 ; md. Ebenezer Blake, q.v. 
 
 IV. Arvilla, b. April 14, 1805; md. Servetus Met- 
 
 calf, q. V. 
 V. Gilman, b. 1807 ; d. in Rindge unmd. Nov. 20, 
 1851. 
 
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 VI. Fanny, d. at the age of 2 years and six months. 
 VII. Nathan, h. July 18, 1813 ; unmd. ; resides in 
 Rindge, and is the only descendant of Stephen 
 Jewett (No. 13), who bears the family name, 
 vm. Oalvin, b. 1817 ; d. May 30, 1835. 
 IX. Mcncy, b. April 12, 1822; md. Dec. 27, 1849, 
 Joseph Forristall ; resided in Boston, where she 
 d. Nov. 12, 1854. 
 
 Col. Ezekibl Jewett (vide page 343) md. June 
 
 10, 1819, Elizabeth Arnold, 
 dau. of Capt. Wm. Arnold, 
 / /"7>^ of Westmoreland, N; H. ; she 
 (iMy'^CAyL d. in mica, N. Y., Nov. 2, 
 1863. 
 
 I. Sarah Mlizabeth, b. in Rindge, April 2, 1820 ; md. 
 Sept. 1, 1841, Augustus -A. Boyce, Esq., and 
 resides in Lockport, N. Y. 
 
 1. William Augustus, b. June 11, 1843; md. 
 
 April 30, 1873, Virginia Josephine Clelise 
 Moissinac. 
 
 2. Elizabeth Jewett, b. March 27, 1845; d. 
 
 March 9, 1846. 
 
 3. George Colton, b. April 22, 1848; d. Aug. 
 
 12, 1850. 
 
 4. John Jewett, b. April 28, 1852. 
 
 5. Esther Turner, b. April 10, 1855 ; d. Dec. 
 
 12, 1858. 
 
 6. Laura, b. Dec. 3, 1856. 
 
 II. Cynthia B., b. in Rindge, Sept. 15, 1821 ; d. 1825. 
 
 III. John Joseph Ziouis Garera, b. July 29, 1826 ; a 
 successful merchant in Omaha, Neb. While a 
 resident of Buffalo, N. Y., he twice represented 
 his district in the Legislature. 
 
 Stephen Jewett, Esq., for many years was exten- 
 sively engaged in the preparation and sale of Dr. Stephen 
 Jewett's proprietary medicines, which had a wide celeb- 
 rity. For this reason he was usually styled Dr. Jewett, 
 but the name borne by the medicines was that of his 
 father, who had been a physician in extensive practice. 
 Mr. Jewett was also engaged, with others, in the manu- 
 facture of pails and other wooden-ware. He was a 
 respected citizen; selectman 1829, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, 
 '47, and representative 1847. He md. June 7, 1825, 
 Hannah Barker, dau. of John Barker, of Rindge, q. v., 
 and granddau. of William and Elizabeth (Morrison) 
 Smith, of Peterboro, N. H. In 1856 he removed to 
 Fitchburg, Mass., where he d. Nov. 9, 1862 ; his widow d. 
 Dec. 21, 1872. 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
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 I. Stephen B., h. April 6, 1826; d. Jan. 16, 1829. 
 II. Cynthia A., b. Oct. 12, 1827; md. Aug. 20, 1863, 
 Alfred B. Church ; reside in "Woonsocket, R. I. 
 
 III. Arianna S., b. Oct. 11, 1829; resides in Fitoh- 
 
 burg. 
 
 IV. William Henry, b. March 7, 1832; d. Oct. 20, 
 
 1833. 
 V. William Henry, b. March 7, 1834; d. Nov. 5, 
 
 1834. 
 VI. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1835 ; md. March 12, 
 1863, Otis Adams Wheeler; reside in "Webster, 
 Mass. 
 VII. Edward, b. Dec. 30, 1837; md. Dee. 21, 1855, 
 Phebe A. Ramsdell, dau of Reuben Ramsdell, 
 q. V. He is a draughtsman and civil engineer. 
 Seven children. 
 
 1. Alfred Edward, b. Sept. 20, 1856. 
 
 2. Prank Eugene, b. Nov. 24, 1860. 
 
 3. Stephen Percy, b. Oct. 22, 1862; d. Feb. 
 
 21, 1864. 
 
 4. Ernest CUfton, b. Oct. 7, 1864. 
 
 5. Charles Ramsdell, b. May 26, 1866. 
 
 6. William Henry, b. April 8, 1871. 
 
 7. Florence Henrietta, b. April 19, 1873. 
 
 VIII. Caroline, b. May 2, 1840; md. Nov. 29, 1866, 
 Charles A. Young ; reside in Paris, Me. 
 IX. Andrew, b. Feb. 21, 1842 ; resides in Fitchburg. 
 X. Adaline Tryphosa, b. Aug. 15, 1844; resides in 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 XI. Nancy i?.,b. Feb. 1, 1847; resides in Fitchburg. 
 
 Dk. George Jewett, receiving a liberal education, 
 chose a profession honored by his father, and attended 
 medical lectures in Woodstock, Vt., and in Pittsfield and 
 Boston, Mass. He commenced the practice of his pro- 
 fession in Baldwinsville, Mass., and soon after removed 
 to Gardner, and fivq years later to Fitchburg, where 
 he remains, in the enjoyment of an extensive and 
 lucrative practice. He was surgeon of the 51st Mass. 
 Vols., and his record reflects both skill and unremitted 
 labor. As a citizen he is held in high esteem, and is 
 universally acknowledged as an able practitioner and a 
 skillful surgeon. He md. Nov. 15, 1848, Mary Elizabeth 
 Sanders, b. Nov. 26, 1827, dau. of Nathan and Betsey 
 (Shedd) Sanders, of New Ipswich. She d. in Fitchburg, 
 June 1, 1867 ; md. (2d) Dec. 17, 1868, Mary Brooks, dau. 
 of Kendall and Mary (Pettee) Brooks, of Fitchburg. 
 On pages 326 and 395 his name is erroneously written 
 
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 II. 
 
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 III. 
 
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 IV. 
 
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 V. 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL SEGISTEB. 679 
 
 Dr. George J3. Jewett, but the mention made of him is 
 none the less true. His children are : — 
 
 George Edwin, b. Jan. 6, 1850 ; d. July 29", 1851. 
 Helen Elizabeth, b. June 18, 1851 ; d. Aug. 6, 1858. 
 
 George Thomas, b. June 10, 1857; d. Sept. 5, 
 
 1857. 
 Mary Anna, b. Oct. 16, 1862; d. Sept. 11, 1863. 
 
 Walter Kendall, b. Oct. 12, 1869. 
 
 
 Dea. Edwaed Jewett, of Rindge, the sixth genera- 
 tion from Edward, of Rowley — a brother of Dea. Maxi- 
 millian Jewett, — was b. in Concord, Mass., Nov. 29, 
 1741. He md. Oct. 31, 1765, Dorcas Gates, of Stow, and 
 removed to this town 1769 or 1770. Few men, if any, 
 hnve been more prominently connected with the town's 
 history. For many years he was often engaged as 
 
 master of the gram- 
 mar schools,, and was 
 employed from time 
 
 V -7y *° ^\m& in all the early 
 
 /X districts in the town. 
 
 He was a selectman fourteen years, town clerk seven 
 years, and was often chosen to serve his townsmen in 
 other capacities. During the Revolution he was twice in 
 the ranks (pages 108, 136), but his record is more con- 
 spicuous in his frequent attendance in conventions and 
 meetings of committees of safety. For many years he 
 was a justice of the peace, and probably no citizen of 
 this town has drawn an equal number of legal papers. 
 In 1780 he was elected a deacon of the church, and con- 
 tinued in office forty-five years. He d. Jan. 12, 1825, 
 aged 83 ; his widow d. Sept. 7, 1829, aged 82. 
 
 I. Dorcas, b. June 15, 1772; d. Feb. 19, 1773. 
 II. Mersyhia, b. Nov. 4, 1786; md. Ezra Scollay, q.v. 
 
 Nathan Johnson was b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Nov. 6, 
 1755. He was a son of Dea. Samuel and Hatmah 
 (Stearns) Johnson, and a grandson of Samuel and 
 Rebecca Johnson, also of Lunenburg. He md., 1786, 
 Catharine Stearns, b. Dec. 16, 1759, dau. of John and 
 Martha (Harrington) Stearns, of Watertown, Mass., and 
 settled on "Johnson Hill," in Rindge, immediately after 
 his marriage. He d. Aug. 15, 1838 ; his wife d. Oct. 5, 
 1833. 
 
 I. Nathan, b. April 16, 1787 ; d. 1789. 
 II. Catherine, b. Jan. 17, 1789 ; md. John Demary, c[. v. 
 III. Thomas, b. April 9, 1791; non comp.; d. July 16, 
 1862. 
 
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 BISTORT OF BINBGE. 
 
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 IV. JSTathcm, b. Oct. 2, 1793; md. July, 1829, Sarah 
 Cobb, b. Feb. 4, 1799, dau. of Otis and Mary 
 Cobb, of Wrentham, Mass. He was a fanner, 
 and resided upon the old homestead. He d. 
 May 6, 1860. 
 
 1. Nathan Edwin, b. Aug. 29, 1830; d. March 
 
 12, 1845. 
 
 2. Mary Catherine, b. June 4, 1832; md. 
 
 Henry Daggett; resides m North Attle- 
 borough, Mass. 
 
 3. Sarah Ellen, b. April 24, 1835; md. Frank 
 
 Randall ; resides in Winthrop, Mass. 
 
 4. Daniel Webster, b. March 21, 1837; d. 
 
 Jan. 30, 1846. 
 
 Abijah Johnsok, parentage unknown, b. July 20, 1769, 
 with wife Betsey, and four children, removed to the east 
 part of this town in 1803, where he resided until his death. 
 He d. very suddenly, while threshing grain, Oct. 2, 1819. 
 
 I. Lucy, b. in Newton, Mass., July 20, 1797. 
 II. Rebecca, b. in Little Cambridge Sept. 16, 1798. 
 
 III. Gyrus, b. in Burlington Oct. 5, 1800. 
 
 IV. William, b. in Burlington Feb. 13, 1803. 
 V. Charity, b. in Rindge June 5, 1805. 
 
 VI. Phebe, b. March 17, 1808. 
 vii. Augustus, b. Dec. 8, 1810. 
 vm. Miza, b. June 21, 1813. 
 
 IX. Sophronia, b. Nov. 9, 1815. 
 
 Asa Johnson, brother of Abijah, with wife Sally and 
 one child, removed from Westford, Mass., 1800. His 
 name does not appear on tax lists after 1810. 
 
 I. Sophia, b. April 12, 1799. 
 
 II. Sally, b. Jan. 26, 1801. 
 m. Asa, b. Jan. 30, 1808. 
 IV. Isaac, b. Sept. 7, 1806. 
 
 V. Eunice, b. June 20, 1808. 
 VI. George, b. Feb. 24, 1809. 
 
 Asa Jones, who removed to this town 1781, was the 
 eldest son of Joseph and Mary (Carter) Jones, and was b. 
 in Concord, Mass., Dec. 12, 1758. Joseph, the father, was 
 b. in Ireland, and emigrated to this country about 1750. 
 After a brief residence in Concord, he removed to Lunen- 
 burg, Mass., in 1759, where ten of his eleven children 
 were b., and where many of his descendants still reside. 
 He was an active, intelligent citizen. Asa was at the bat- 
 tle of Bunker Hill, and served three years in a Massachu- 
 setts regiment. He md. in Lunenburg, Nov. 1, 1781, 
 
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 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 581 
 
 Mary Martin, dau. of John, Jr., and Elizabeth Martin. 
 He d. May 17, 1846, and on account of his service in the 
 Revolution was buried with military honors. His wife d. 
 Feb. 21, 1845. 
 
 I. Po%, b. March 30, 1782 ; md. Capt. Daniel Nor- 
 cross, q. v. 
 
 II. Eunice, b. April 19, 1784; md. Joshua Coburn, q.v. 
 
 ni. Betsey, b. Oct. 21, 1785 ; d. young. 
 
 IV. Betsey, b. Nov. 23, 1786 ; non comp. ; d. June 15, 
 
 1866. 
 V. Joseph, b. Dec. 8, 1788; was a life-long school- 
 teacher ; d., at an advanced age, in the State of 
 New York, leaving a family. 
 
 VI. Asia, b. March 11, 1791. + 
 
 VII. George, b. April 13, 1793; md. Stowe, of 
 
 Royalston, Mass. Resided in Phillipston, where 
 
 he d., leaving two children. His son Harrison, 
 
 successful in business, resides in New York city. 
 
 VIII. Lucy, b. Dec. 24, 1794 ; md. George W. Todd, q. v. 
 
 IX. Amasa, b. April 18, 1796 ; md. Roxanna Stearns, 
 dau. of William and Lydia (Davis) Stearns, of 
 Ashburnham. He was many years a missionary 
 to the Indians. He d. in Missouri 1871, leaving 
 two daughters. 
 
 X. Elisha, b. Feb. 4, 1798 ; d. of spotted fever Dec. 
 
 12, 1811. 
 
 XI. Frances, b. Feb. 29, 1800 ; md. Asa Platts, q. v. 
 XII. Mersylvia, b. March 1, 1802; unmd. ; resides in 
 
 Boston. 
 
 xm. Wainviright, b. Feb. 18, 1804; a farmer. Resided 
 in Rindge. Was insane for several years pre- 
 ceding his death; d. March 6, 1865. 
 
 XIV. Thomas, b. Nov. 7, 1805; md. Bacon. 
 
 Resided in Brookfield ; d. in West Cambridge, 
 Mass. 
 
 Asia Jones md. April 12, 1821, Rachel Sanders, dau. 
 of Samuel Sanders, of JafErey. She d. June 23, 1869; 
 md. (2d) Jan. 1, 1871, Betsey (Sawtell) Hubbard, widow 
 of Eliphalet Hubbard, q. v. He resided in Rindge until 
 1824, when he removed to Jaffrey, where he remained 
 about twenty years, and returned to Rindge, where he 
 continues to reside. 
 
 I. Sarah, b. Nov. 16, 1821 ; md. Lyman Hale, q. v. 
 II. Willa^d Gr., b. March 17, 1823 ; a carpenter and 
 farmer in Rindge ; md. June 10, 1852, Augusta 
 M. Peirce, dau. of Benjamin Peirce, q. v. She d. 
 Oct. 20, 1861 ; md. (2d) June, 1868, Susan P. 
 Goodridge, dau. of David J. and Harriet E. 
 
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 (Scovill) Goodi-idge, of Newport, N. H. He was 
 postmaster from Nov., 1854, to April, 1861. 
 
 Rachel S., b. Feb. 28, 1825; md. April 22, 1851, S. 
 Augustus Sherman. Reside in Plover, Portage 
 Co., Wis. 
 
 Samuel, b. June 24, 1826; md. April 8, 1856, 
 Anjenette Davis, of Charlton, Mass. He is a 
 prosperous farmer in Rindge. 
 
 Mari/ Ann, h. March 19, 1828; md. GLLman P. 
 Wellington, q. v. 
 
 George iS., h. April 10, 1832 ; md. Carrie Proctor. 
 He is a dealer in stoves and tin-ware in Leomin- 
 ster, Mass. 
 VII. JTarriet, b. June 26, 1839 ; d. June 16, 1841. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Samuel Joslik resided several years in Rindge. His 
 farm is now pasture land owned by Harrison G. Rice. 
 He was first taxed 1817, and met the other of life's pro- 
 verbial certainties May 20, 1820, aged 49. 
 
 I. Daughter, md. Nathan Cummings, q. v. 
 II. Timothy, d. in Townsend, Mass., about 1850. 
 
 III. Samuel, md. Nancy Stone, dau. of Capt. Ebenezer 
 
 Stone, of Townsend, Mass. He removed 1830 
 to that place, and was there an innholder. 
 
 IV. Iievi, md. Cynthia Emory, dau. of Daniel Emory, 
 
 q. v.; she d. March 27, 1848, in Amherst, N. H. 
 He was again md., and d. in Milford, N. H., 
 leaving a widow and children. 
 V. William, d. unmd. 
 
 VI. Charles, resided several years in Sharon. 
 VII. Ncmcy. 
 
 TJeiah Ketes, with wife Hannah and one child, 
 removed to Rindge 1777. He resided in the south-east 
 part of the town. Like the Roman matron, his wealth 
 was in his children, and he was assisted by the town. 
 For this reason the name fades from the tax lists before 
 the family removed (about 1815) from town. 
 
 I. William, b. Oct. 22, 1775. 
 n. Sannah, b. Aug. 21, 1778. 
 
 III. Anna, b. July 9, 1780. 
 
 IV. MoUey, b. Aug. 14, 1781. 
 V. Levi, b. June 30, 1783. 
 
 VI. Josiah, b. July 14, 1785. 
 VII. Sally, b. June 27, 1787. 
 VIII. Dorcas, b. May 17, 1789. 
 IX. Ammiah, b. Jan. 4, 1791. 
 X. Dolly, b. Sept. 16, 1792. 
 
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 XI. Lydia^ b. April 29, 1794 ; d. by suicide Nov. 26, 
 
 1827. 
 XII. Reuben^ b. Nov. 2, 1795. 
 XIII. Aaron, b. Nov. 6, 1797. 
 
 Amos Ketes, Esq., son of James Keyes, of Northboro, 
 Mass., and grandson of Sampson Keyes, of Ashford, Ct., 
 md. Eunice Spofford, dau. of Samuel and Eunice (God- 
 dard) Spofford, of Berlin, Mass. Her maternal grand- 
 parents were Dea. James and Hannab (Rice) Goddard, 
 „^^ of Marlboro, Mass. He 
 
 /x/^ ^ removed to tbe north- 
 '■:f-='':!'-7Py:r d/y .je-^^4r^;r^' east part of tbis town 
 ■-^ '^ 1811. He was employed 
 
 many winters as a scbool-teacber, and was frequently 
 elected to office, serving the town four years in the 
 board of selectmen, and was eight years representative. 
 He became crippled from severe attacks of rheumatism, 
 and for several years was unable to leave his house. He 
 d. Dec. 8, 1848, aged 63. His widow removed from this 
 town, and d. in Mason, N. H., June 22, 1871, aged 80. 
 
 I. Sarah, b. May 25, 1812 ; md. Oct. 28, 1834, John 
 Stevens, and removed to Milwaukee, "Wis. 
 
 11. G-eorge TP:, b. Feb. 20, 1814; md., 1843, Mary S. 
 Prescott, of New Ipswich. 
 
 ni. Maria, b. March 1, 1816 ; md. Stillinan Stratton, 
 son of Ebenezer Stratton, Jr., q. v. 
 
 IV. Susan S., b. Nov. 18, 1818; md., 1840, Gapt. Addi- 
 son A. Walker, of the firm of Rockwood & 
 Walker, manufacturers of pails and tubs, Ash- 
 burnham, Mass. 
 V. Miphalet, b. Aug. 18, 1822. 
 
 VI. Charlotte, b. April 20, 1824; md. Moody Hale, 
 son of Emerson Hale, q. v. 
 
 VII. Charles Emerson, b. Nov. 10, 1828. 
 VIII. Eliza, b. ; md. July 3, 1849, John L. Shaw. 
 
 Lieut. Richard Kimball, son of Richard Kimball, was 
 b. in Boxford, Mass., June 18, 1710. He md. Elizabeth 
 Seton, a native of Scotland, b. in Edinburgh about 1721. 
 Her father's family were shipwrecked near the completion 
 of their voyage to America, and she alone was saved. 
 This orphaned girl found a home in the family of the fa- 
 ther of her future husband. They removed with their 
 children to this town, and settled upon the farm. now 
 owned by Dea. Gates, of Ashby, previous to 1775, when 
 they united with the church. He lived an honored and 
 respected citizen until his death, which occurred Dec. 19, 
 
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 1785. His widow d. 1811. Their children, bom in Box- 
 ford, were as follows : — 
 
 I. Mercy, b. 1752 ; md. Capt. Asa Sherwin, q. v. 
 
 n. Hichard, b. 1754 ; md. Abigail , and resided in 
 
 Rindge until about 1790, when he removed to 
 TJtica, N. Y., returning to Rindge in 1804. Six 
 years later he removed to Sterling, Mass., where 
 he d. He had two children : — 
 
 1. Lemuel, b. in Rindge, Oct. 23, 1785. 
 
 2. Mary, md. Powers. 
 
 in. Ismenia, b. Dec. 3, 1755 ; md. Joshua Tyler, g. v., 
 
 and resided in Leominster, Mass. 
 IV. Andrew, b. Aug. 28, 1756.-)- 
 V. Aaron, b. July 24, 1759; resided in Sterling, 
 
 Mass. ^ 
 
 VI. Isaac, b. Jan. 27, 1761 ; resided in Reading, Vt., 
 
 where he d. 
 vn. Abel, b. Oct. 10, 1762. -[- 
 vni. Lemuel, b. April 1, 1766. -j- 
 
 Anbebw Kimball, the fourth child of Lieut. Richard 
 Kimball, was a tailor, and resided where William A. 
 Sherwin now lives. He md. Feb. 23, 1783, Rachel 
 Cutter {vide Cutter register), who was b. April 6, 1768, 
 and d. April 10, 1786; md. (2d) Jan. 6, 1787, Pama 
 (Sawyer) Howe, widow of Dr. Howe, of Sterling, Mass. ; 
 she was b. Aug. 10, 1764; d. May 20, 1788; md. (3d) 
 Feb. 15, 1791, widow Prudence (Puller) Carlton, of Lunen- 
 burg, Mass. ; md". (4th) June 1, 1793, Polly Barker, dau. of 
 Barnabas, q. v.; she d. July 27, 1796; md. (5th) Feb. 18, 
 1798, EUzabeth Hill, b. Oct. 18, 1759 ; d. May 10, 1830. 
 Mr. Kimball d. in Rindge, Sept. 9, 1821. The first wife 
 left one son, and the fifth wife three daus. 
 
 1. Nathan Cutter, b. April 4, 1786. He resided in 
 Vermont and in New York, and d. in Rushford, 
 in the latter State, March 10, 1855; he md. 
 Aug. 28, 1808, Lydia Wait, by whom he had 
 five children ; she d. in Catherine, N. Y., July 
 24, 1820 ; and he md. (2d) Sept. 24, 1820, Rebecca 
 Van Gorder, who became the mother of six 
 children. Several of his children reside in 
 Rushford or vicinity. 
 
 II. Eliza, b. Jan. 24, 1799; d. in Rindge immd. 
 Aug. 17, 1828. 
 
 III. Susan, b. Sept. 20, 1800 ; md. Luke Lord, q. v. 
 
 IV. Bachel Gutter, b. Dec. 31, 1802; md. in 
 
 Rindge, June 9, 1829, Thomas B. Walker, son of 
 Billings and Hannah (Proctor) Walker, of Cav- 
 
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 endish, Vt. He d. Sept. 13, 1854. His widow 
 resides in RusMord, N". Y. .. They have five 
 children, b. 1830-1840. 
 
 Abel Kimball served in the Revolution," in Mooney's 
 Regiment, in room of his brother Richard, who was 
 drafted (page 166). He was ensign in 1793, and subse- 
 quently captain in the militia. He md. Mary Parker, 
 and resided in Vermont a short time, but soon returned 
 to Rindge, and with his younger brother occupied the old 
 homestead until 1809, when he removed to Jaffrey, and 
 subsequently to Ohio. Upon the death of his wife he 
 md. Abigail Cunningham. He d., without issue, in 
 Madison, Ohio, March 4, 1841. 
 
 Lemuel Kimbaxl md. Aug. 22, 1793, Polly Cutler, dau. 
 of Capt. Solomon Cutler, q. m., and resided in Rindge 
 until the summer of 1812, when he removed to Madison, 
 Ohio, and became, in connection with his brother Abel, 
 the proprietor of a large tract of land. He d. much 
 respected, and in "the Christian faith," April 20, 1824. 
 His widow found a welcome home with her son, Gen. 
 Abel Kimball, where she d. May 25, 1863. Six of their 
 seven children were b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. Solomon Cutler, b. Dec. 6, 1794; md., Jan. 20, 
 1820, Sarah Wright, of Dalton, Mass. ; d. in Mad- 
 ison, Dec. 9, 1862, leaving one son and two 
 daus., who are residing in the vicinity. 
 11. Sophia, b. May 11, 1799; md. Dr. Storne Rosa, 
 and resides, his widow, at PainesviUe, Ohio. 
 
 m. Abel, b. Jan. 18, 1801 ; md. Sept. 26, 1830, Philena 
 Hastings, of Greenfield, Mass. Gen. Kimball 
 settled, and still resides, with his only son upon 
 a portion of the original land purchase of his 
 father. He is a gentleman of superior intelli- 
 gence, who merits the many honors he has 
 received. 
 
 IV. Orinda, b. April 1, 1803 ; md. 1834, H. N. Sweet; 
 resided in Madison, and afterwards in Van 
 Wort, Ohio, where she recently d., leaving two 
 sons and two daus. 
 V. Addison, b. July 19, 1806; md. Dec. 16, 1835, 
 Samantha Webster, of Geneva, Ohio, and re- 
 sides in Madison, near his brother. Gen. Kimball. 
 He has no children. 
 
 VI. Mary Parker, b. April 23, 1809; md. 1842, Dr. 
 
 Philo Tilden, of Cleveland, Ohio, and d. soon 
 
 after her marriage. 
 
 vir. Nancy J., b. in Madison, April 23, 1815; md. 
 
 1837, Judge D. R. Paige, and resided many 
 
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 years in Madison ; now in Painesville, Ohio. 
 They have four sons living, having buried their 
 (tnly dau. 
 
 William Kimball, son of Joseph and Abigail (Stickney) 
 Kimball, and grandson of Joseph and Abiah Kimball, was 
 b. in Bradford, Mass., Sept. 29, 1757. His father was an 
 early land-owner in this town. Early in life, with his broth- 
 ers Jesse and Asa, he came hither to occupy and improve 
 their possessions, which included the mills at Converse- 
 ville, and all their names are found upon the. records, but 
 none except William was ever a permanent resident here. 
 He md., 1786, Abigail Hamlet, and moved into the house 
 previously occupied by Zebulon Converse, and entered 
 upon the business of a miller and a farmer, which he 
 successfully conducted until his death. He was also 
 much employed in public affairs, selectman 1802, '3, '4, '5, 
 '6, '7, '8, '9, '12, '13, '14, and '15, a service of twelve years ; 
 representative 1812, '13, and '14, and was frequently 
 called to other positions of trust. He d. Dec. 25, 1844, 
 aged 84; his wife d. Jan. 14, 1842, aged 85. 
 
 I. Leonard, b. May 20, 1787 ; d. young. 
 II. Polly, b. Sept. 25, 1789; md. Joshua Converse, 
 
 Esq., g-. V. 
 m. William, b. Dec. 17, 1791. -f 
 IV. Betsey, b. Sept. 25, 1796 ; md. Joshua Townsend. 
 V. Roxe, b. May 24, 1798 ; unmd. ; resides on the old 
 homestead. 
 
 William Kimball md. Feb. 23, 1820, Ruthy Shedd, 
 dau. of Capt. Abel Shedd, q. v. For many years he was 
 associated in business with his father. After the death of 
 the latter he sold the mills to Joshua Converse, Esq., and 
 removed to the farm formerly of Jonathan Ingalls, where 
 his widow and dau. still reside. He was captain of the 
 company of cavalry to which other references have been 
 made, and was selectman 182^ and 1823. Like his father 
 he was respected for his integrity. He d. Dec. 4, 1863. 
 
 I. Charles William, b. June 20, 1821. ( Vide page 
 
 362.) He md. Sept. 1, 1846, Cynthia P. Lake, 
 dau. of Capt. Alison Lake, q. v., who d. 1854, 
 and he md. (2d) July 16, 1856, Mary Eliza Dill, 
 of Lebanon Ohio. He d. Dec. 18, 1870, leaving 
 one dau. 
 
 II. Eliza, b. Oct. 9, 1823 ; md. Harris Hale, q. v. 
 
 III. Martha Priscilla, b. March 25, 1827; d. July 5, 
 
 1836. 
 
 IV. Buthy Ann, b. May 5, 1832 ; d. July 3, 1836. 
 
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 V. George Shedd,h. March 1, 1839; md. March, 1860, 
 Carrie M., dau. of Dea. James Bancroft, q. v. 
 He enlisted in the 6th N. H. Vols., and d. at 
 Annapolis, Md., Jan. 17, 1862. His widow d. 
 Sept. 12, 1865. Their two children d. young. 
 
 Aquilla Kimball, from Bradford, Mass., md. Anna 
 Tenney, and settled upon the farm, on the old road lead- 
 ing to Winchendon, and bordering upon the State line, 
 which is stiU known as the " Kimball farm," previous to 
 1785. He d. March 4, 1826, aged 70 ; his widow d. April 
 2, 1837, aged 78. 
 
 I. Isaac, b. Nov. 30, 1783. A 6lergyman. ( Vide list 
 of college graduates, p. 358.) He md. May 24, 
 1824, Abigail Stevens. He d. June 4, 1829. 
 
 1. Justin A., b. June 17, 1825. He has been 
 
 in the ministry at the South for several 
 years ; now preaching at Larissa, Cherokee 
 Co., Texas. 
 
 2. Archus Stevens, b. April 8, 1827; md. Nov. 
 
 24, 1853, Ellen Whitney, dau. of Webster 
 and Eliza (Whitman) Whitney, of 
 Winchendon, where he resides. He is an 
 auctioneer. 
 8. Emeretta, b. April 13, 1829; md. — 
 Crawford. Resides in Belton, Texas. 
 
 II. Jonathan, b. in Rindge Nov. 19, 1785; md. 1817, 
 Polly Robbins, dau. of David Robbins, q. v. He 
 was a farmer, and resided in the south-west part 
 of the town. He d. July 25, 1835 ; his widow d. 
 Dec. 9, 1850. 
 
 1. Mary, d. suddenly, in Fitchburg, Mass., at 
 
 about thirty years of age ; unmd. 
 
 2. Addison, md. May 15, 1845, Sarah Joslin, 
 
 and resided several years upon the farm 
 of his father, and removed to Winchen- 
 don, where he now resides. 
 
 III. Ma/rtha, b. Oct. 29, 1788 ; md. June 21, 1809, Wins- 
 
 low Howe, of Templeton, Mass., b. July 31, 1785, 
 son of Pisk Howe, and a brother of Thomas and 
 Ephraim Howe, of Rindge. He d. Feb. 26, 
 1842. Their children were : Clarissa, Sylvia, 
 . Martha A., Avery P., Levi, Mary E., David, 
 
 Kimball, Caroline C, Edward, Kimball. 
 
 IV. Lydia, b. April 30, 1791; md. 1818, Solomon 
 
 Tenney, of Royalston, Mass. They had four 
 children ; none of them are living. 
 V. Nancy, b. Aug. 4, 1792 ; md. Isaac Gibson, Jr., q. v. 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 VI. William T., b. Jan. 3, 1794; d. young. 
 VII. Phebe, b. 1796; d. unmd. July 1, 1882. 
 
 vm. William Tenney, h. ; was a well known 
 
 vender of wares; d. unmd. in Connecticut, 
 about 1837. 
 IX. Aquilla, b. Aug. 31, 1802 ; d. young. 
 
 Richard Kjmball, the representative of the fourth 
 family of Kimballs in this town, between whom there are 
 no immediate ties of kindred, removed to Rindge 1807. 
 For many years he was licensed by the Methodists to 
 preach. As mentioned in Chap. XIV., he was a pioneer 
 in the manufacture of clothes-pins. He md. Lydia Mcln- 
 tire; d. Nov. 13, 1845, aged 72. 
 
 I. Sibyl, b. about 1795 ; md., 1818, Curtice Cunning- 
 ham, of Hopkinton, Mass. 
 II. Richard, b. about 1797 ; md. Betsey Parks. 
 
 III. Sally, b. about 1799 ; d. young. 
 
 IV. Samuel M, b. March 28, 1801. + 
 
 V. Ebenezer I>.,h. about 1803; md. Hannah Dodge, 
 
 and removed to Salem, Mass. 
 VI. Sarah, b. about 1805 ; md. Nelson French, and 
 
 resided in Dublin, N. H. 
 VII. Lydia, b. about 1807; md. Dec. 14, 1826, Lyman- 
 
 der Pratt, of FitzwiUiam, and subsequently of 
 
 Grafton, Mass. 
 vm. Jamea M., b. about 1810 j md. Feb. 23, 1832, 
 
 Sylvia Mayo, and resides in Westboro, Mass. 
 IX. Mary, b. about 1813; md. Bradford Chase, of 
 
 Grafton, Mass. 
 X. Tryphena, b. about 1815; md. Sept. 2, 1834, 
 
 Artemas Briggs. 
 XI. Tryphosa, b. about 1820; md. Ira Mansfield, of 
 
 Salem, Mass. 
 XII. Elijah, b. about 1821 ; d. unmd. about 1842. 
 
 Samuel M. Kimball, a farmer and wheelwright in 
 Rindge. For more than twenty successive years he has 
 been elected sealer of weights and measures. He md. 
 Melinda Peirce, dau. of Elipha Peiroe, q. v. 
 
 I. Samuel J)., b. Nov. 23, 1821 ; d. Nov. 17, 1824. 
 II. Elipha S., b. July 13, 1823; md. July 4, 1850, 
 Sarah M. Stickney, dau. of Asa Stickney, q. v. 
 He is a manufacturer of wood-ware at West 
 Rindge. 
 in. Mary M., b. Aug. 13, 1826; md. Aug. 13, 1846, 
 Edmund Bemis, son of Elijah and Lucy^ (But- 
 ler) Bemis, of Troy. They resided a short time 
 
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 in this town, and removed to Troy, where he has 
 been prominent in municipal affairs. 
 
 IV. Susan S., b. Oct, 12, 1829; md. Elijah Bemis, 
 Esq., q. V. 
 
 V. Charles D., b. June 4, 1832 ; md. Nov. 22, 1855, 
 Maria M. Colburn, dau. of Leonard Colburn, 
 q. v.; md. (2d) March 11, 1868, Martha J. 
 -Bowen, dau. of Zimri Bowen, of Richmond, 
 N. H. 
 
 VI. George M,h. June 20, 1833; md. Jan. 19, 1863, 
 Charlotte (Allen) Adams, dau. of Eliphaz Allen, 
 q. V. He is a farmer in Rindge. 
 VII. Samuel Warren, b. Dec. 31, 1835; md. 1856, 
 Emily F. Davis, dau. of Joseph Davis, q. v. 
 She d. in Rindge, Sept. 17, 1874. 
 VIII. Sarriet E., b. Feb. 21, 1843 ; md. Dec. 23, 1861, 
 Ambrose Butler, son of Jabez and Betsey (Boy- 
 den) Butler, of Rindge and Troy, N". H. Mr. 
 Butler was a member of the 6th N. H. Vols., 
 and after his discharge was a merchant and post- 
 master at West Rindge. He d. March 16, 1871. 
 
 IX. Martha Jane, b. April 17, 1844; d. Feb. 21, 1864. 
 
 Dea. Benjamin Kingsbitet, son of Benjamin and 
 Jedidah Kingsbury, of Walpole, Mass., and grandson of 
 Nathaniel Bangsbury, of Dedham, Mass., was b. Oct. 30, 
 1742, and removed to Rindge in 1792. From 1800 to 
 1816 he resided in Jaffrey, but continued his connection 
 with the church in this town. He was elected deacon of 
 the church in Walpole previous to 1775, but was not a 
 deacon of the church in this place. Late in life he 
 studied divinity. His respectable talents and inflexible 
 purpose enabled him to labor acceptably in several towns 
 in New Hampshire and Vermont. He md. in Walpole, 
 Dec. 1, 1768, Abigail Sawin, who d. in Rindge, Oct. 6, 
 1793; md. (2d) Sept. 3, 1794, Lucretia Locke, dau. of 
 Lieut. James and Hannah (Farnsworth) Locke, and a 
 sister of Calvin Locke, who md. Sarah Jewett, dau. of 
 Stephen Jewett. He d. in Rindge, June 10, 1827. His 
 widow, a woman of many excellences of character, d. in 
 Temple, N. H., Nov. 6, 1843. Dea. Kingsbury by his 
 first marriage had two sons and four daus. Only the 
 following are found upon the Walpole records : Joseph, 
 b. Oct. 29, 1769; Abigail, b. May 12, 1774; d. young; 
 Abigail, b. Aug. 17, 1777. In addition to these were 
 Benjamin, who removed to New York or Pennsylvania; , 
 
 Nancy, who md. Woolsoncroft ; and Jedidah, who 
 
 resided in New Orleans several years, d. unmd. about 
 1840, and was buried in Rindge. 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 I. Zucretia,!). Sept. 8, 1795 ; d. unmd. 1817. 
 II. Ziucinda, twin, b. Sept. 8, 1795 ; d. unmd. Aug. 12, 
 1839. 
 III. JVathaniel, b. June 28, 1798 ; a physician in Rindge, 
 and later in Temple (vide Chap. XVII.); md., 
 1827, Catherine Sawin, who d., a few months 
 after marriage, June 17, 1827 ; md. (2d) ISTov. 29, 
 1832, Linda (Raymond) Ward, widow of Ben- 
 jamin Ward, Esq., q. v., and dau. of Capt. Joel 
 Raymond, q. v.; she d. Oct. 15, 1834; md. (3d) 
 Nov. 3, 1835, Lydia (Barnes) Patten, widow of 
 Jesse Patten; she d. Aug. 10, 1839; md. (4th) 
 Nov. 11, 1840, Ann Hazen, of Shirley, Mass. 
 His second wife left a dau., and his third wife a 
 son. He d. in Shirley about 1870. 
 
 1. Catherine Sawin, b. March 28, 1884. 
 
 2. Benjamin B., b. in Temple, May 15, 1837. 
 
 Graduated at Bowdoiu College 1857. 
 
 Stephen Knight, a native of PhilUpstown, Mass., 
 live'd in the north part of this town from 1820 to 1845, 
 when he removed to Jaffrey. He subsequently became 
 insane, and d. in the hospital at Brattleboro, Vt., about 
 1855. He md. Esther Emery. 
 
 I. Stephen Emery ^ resides in Gardner, Mass. 
 n. Roanna, md. Minot Howe; resides in Gardner, 
 
 Mass. 
 III. Sarah, md. Boardman ; lives in Iowa. 
 
 DAiifiBL Lake, Esq., was b. in Topsfield, 1726, where he 
 md. Nov. 30, 1749, Sarah Bixby. He settled in the 
 north part of Rindge 1767, and soon after removed to 
 the centre of the town. He was one of the leading men 
 in the early history of the town, and was frequently 
 chosen to office. He was selectman and town clerk 1771, 
 and in 1777 he was appointed a justice of the peace, 
 being the second or third inhabitant of this town who 
 received such appointment. He took an active part in 
 the Revolution, and was twice in the service. ( Vide pp. 
 108, 136.) In this respect his example was followed by 
 four of his sons. A short time previous to their death 
 they went to reside with their children in Rockingham, 
 Vt., where he d. Sept. 26, 1810, aged 84; she d. Feb. 19, 
 1815, aged 87. 
 
 I. G-eorge, b. Nov. 7, 1750. + 
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 Jonathan, b. March 18, 1761. -|- 
 
 JVathan, h. Aug. 17, 1764 ; drowned in the Bay of 
 
 Biscay, July 18, 1792. 
 Sarah, b. March 17, 1767. 
 Mar]/ £., b. Feb. 20, 1770 ; d. Aug. 8, 1784. 
 
 Gboege Lake md. Nov. 13, 1772, Sarah Lovejoy, dau. 
 of Dea. John Lovejoy, q. v., and probably removed from 
 town about the close of the Revolution. Three children 
 were b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1773. 
 
 II. Sat-ah, b. Feb. 22, 1777. 
 
 HI. George, b. Jan. 17, 1779. 
 
 Daniel Lake was a drummer in the Revolutionary 
 army, and served three or more enlistments (vide pp. 108, 
 110, 141). After the war he settled in this town. By 
 trade was a saddler. He md. Hepsibeth Cutter, dau. 
 of Nathaniel Cutter, q. v.; d. Nov. 20, 1834; she d. 
 April 1, 1841. They left no issue. 
 
 Ends Lake was in Capt. Hale's company 1775, and at 
 the battle of Bunker Hill (vide pp. 108, 110), and in Capt. 
 Stone's company 1777 (vide pp. 136, 138). From 1796 to 
 1800 he resided in Vermont. With this exception he 
 remained a citizen of this town until his death. He md. 
 Dec. 14, 1777, Prudence Page, dau. of Lieut. Joseph 
 Page, q.v.; she d. Sept. 16, 1794; md. (2d) Sept. 22, 
 1796, Abigail Hudson ; md. (3d) March 15, 1801, Abigail 
 (Sawtell) Platts, widow of Capt. Joseph Platts, q. v. He 
 d. Aug. 5, 1841 ; she d. March 25, 1835. 
 
 Children of first wife : — 
 
 I. Prudence, b. Feb. 24, 1778; md. Gilman Crane, 
 and d. in Newburyport, Mass., 1853. 
 
 II. Ems, b. Oct. 29, 1779 ; d. in Boxford, Mass. 
 
 III. Bavid, b. Sept. 30, 1781 ; d. in Topsfield, Mass. 
 
 IV. Mehitabel, b. Nov. 9, 1783 ; d. young. 
 
 V. Abigail, b. Feb. 23, 1787 ; md. Towne ; d. in 
 
 Topsfield, Mass. 
 VI. Sewell, b. Dec. 26, 1788 ; md. Hannah Gould, and 
 
 d. in Bucksport, Me. 
 VII. Cynthia, b. Aug. 21, 1790 ; md. Oct. 7, 1810, Elijah 
 
 S. Hill, and removed to Ohio, where she d. 
 VIII. Rebecca Bichford, b. Aug. 14, 1792 ; md. Stephen 
 
 Blanchard, and resided in Troy, Vt. 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 IX. Ira, b. in Weathersfield, Vt., May 29, 1797. Re- 
 sided in Rindge 1824-1831 ; md. May 12, 1825, 
 
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 Adaline L. Wellington, dau. of Capt. Leonard 
 "Wellington, q. v. He removed to Rose, Wayne 
 Co., Few York ; d. there. Three children b. in 
 Rindge, and Eliza, Wellington, and Herman b. 
 
 subsequently. 
 
 1. Henry Franklin, b. Sept. 14, 1825; md. 
 
 1854, Rosanna F. Demming. 
 
 2. Nancy Stone, b. Jan. 80, 1829 ; md., 1849, 
 
 James Love joy. 
 
 3. Charles Lewis, b. Feb. 6, 1831. 
 
 X. Alva, b. in Weathersfield, Vt., Dec. 30, 1798 ; d. in 
 
 Brandon, Vt., 1856. Left two children. 
 XI. Charles, b. in Springfield, Vt., April 24, 1800 ; d. 
 in Charlestown, Mass., leaving a family. 
 
 Children of third wife : — 
 
 XII. Alison, b. Dec. 7, 1801. -|- 
 xiir. John E., b. Dec. 5, 1804. + 
 
 Hestet Lake md. Prudence 
 
 He served three 
 
 enlistments in the Revolution {vide pp. 136, 140, 141), and 
 resided in Rindge until about 1792. Five children were 
 b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. Silvanus, b. Jan. 26, 1783. 
 
 u. Sarah,^. Nov. 29, 1784; md., 1816, Ezra Robin- 
 son, of Plymouth, Vt. ; md. (2d) Jonathan 
 Wood, q. V. ; md. (8d) Amos Stearns ; md. 
 (4th) May 19, 1842, Josiah Hartwell, of Fitch- 
 burg, Mass. Two daus. by first marriage, Mary 
 Ann, and Sarah Jane who md. Horatio N. Dun- 
 bar, now of Lunenburg, Mass. Her children by 
 second marriage are Nos. 29 and 30 of Wood 
 register. 
 
 III. Henry, b. April 27, 1786. 
 
 IV. Leonard, b. Feb. 21, 1788. 
 V. Luther, b. Nov. 28, 1790. 
 
 Jonathan Lake was also in the Revolutionary service, 
 remaining no less than five years {vide pp. 141, 163, 166, 
 168). Soon after the close of the war he md. March 8, 
 1786, Hannah Hale, dau. of Col. Enoch Hale, and about 
 1795 removed to Springfield, Vt. She d. about 1838; he 
 md. (2d) Lucy (Hale) Wetherbee, widow of Hezekiah 
 Wetherbee, and a sister of his former wife, who d. Dec. 
 24, 1857. 
 
 I. Daniel, b. in Rindge Aug. 19, 1786 ; d. in Spring- 
 field, Vt. 
 11. Nathan, b. in Rindge July 20, 1788 ; d. in Chelsea, 
 Vt. 
 
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 III. Jonathan, b. in Eindge Aug. 24, 1790 ; d. in Clare- 
 
 mont, N. H. 
 
 IV. Sherburne, b. in Rindge May 31, 1792; d. in 
 
 Troy, Vt. 
 V. William, b. in Rindge Aug. 28, 1794 ; d. in Balti- 
 more. 
 VI. Enoch, d. in South. America. 
 VII. Hannah, still living. 
 VIII. Setsey, still living. 
 
 Alison Laeb, Esq., md. Azubah Gibbs, wlio d. Jan. 3, 
 1832; md. (2d) July 5, 1832, Almira Sawtell, dau. of 
 Jonathan Sawtell, q. v. For several years he kept an inn, 
 but retired from business when the railroads opened 
 other avenues of travel. He was selectman 1854 and 1856, 
 and filled other positions of trust. He d. Nov. 19, 1864. 
 
 I. Cynthia Plaits, b. March 29, 1824 ; md. Charles 
 W. Kimball, son of Wm. Kimball, q. v. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 II. Caroline, b. March 23,, 1838; md. Warren W. 
 
 Emory, q. v. 
 in. Almira, b. Jan. 2, 1842; md. Feb. 5, 1866, Harri- 
 son A. Crocker, of Winchendon, son of Dyer 
 and Angeline (Blodgett) Crocker. They reside 
 at Cohoes, N". Y. Two children. 
 
 JoHisr E. Lake md. April 8, 1830, Mary Ann Sawtell, 
 dau. of Jonathan Sawtell, q. v. He was a resident of 
 this town until 1846, when he removed to Winchendon, 
 where he still resides, and is one of the few remaining of a 
 large family who formerly resided in Rindge and vicinity. 
 
 I. Mary Ann,}). Jan. 5, 1833; md. Jan. 1, 1856, Ros- 
 well Porristall, of Winchendon, son of Capt. 
 John Forristall. 
 II. Charles JS., b. Sept. 2, 1834; md., 1860, Urania 
 Bartlett, dau. of Martin Bartlett, formerly of 
 Rindge. She d. Jan. 21, 1867 ; md. (2d) 1870, 
 Anna Winters. He resides in Canada. 
 
 III. Nancy M, b. Sept. 5, 1836 ; d. Dec. 19, 1840.* 
 
 IV. John Senry, b. Aug. 5, 1840. In July, 1862, he 
 
 enlisted into the 2l8t Mass. Vols., and d. of 
 wounds received at Chantilly Sept. 27, 1862. 
 V. Nancy L., b. July 18, 1843 ; d. Aug. 21, 1845. 
 VI. iMcy E., b. May 2, 1845 ; d. Aug. 29, 1845. 
 VII. Alhie T., b. Sept. 28, 1846; md. May 19, 1868, 
 
 Warren W. Emory, Esq., of Rindge, q. v. 
 VIII. Ellen M, b. Oct. 30, 1848. 
 IX. Georffe A., b. March 28, 1856. 
 
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 LAMB. 
 
 Thomas Lamb came to Koxbury, Mass., in the fleet with Got. Win- 
 throp in 1630, and was admitted freeman May 18, 1631. His wife Eliza- 
 beth and her only child d. 1639, and he md. (2d) 1640, Dorothy Har- 
 bittle, by whom he had five children. He d. previous to 1651. Abial 
 Lamb, his youngest son, was b. 1645 or 1646, and resided many years in 
 Eoxbury, where his three sons were b. About 1695 he removed to 
 Framingham, Mass., and was constable 1700, and selectman 1701. Jona^ 
 than Lamb, his son, was b. in Roxbury, Nov. 11, 1682 ; he md. Jidy 9, 
 1708, Lydia Death, of Watertown, and resided several years in Framing- 
 ham, where he was constable 1717, and selectman three years. In 1726 
 or 1727 he removed to Spencer, Mass. Of this town he was the fourth 
 settler. He was styled Lieutenant, and was a man of character and 
 influence. He d. 1749. His descendants in Spencer and vicinity have 
 been numerous. John Lamb, son of Jonathan, was b. March 5, 1727 ; 
 md. April 21, 1752, Abigail Smith, of Leicester, and resided in Spencer, 
 where he d. Jan. 13, 1796, aged 69; his widow d. May 7, 1799, aged 66. 
 Major Isaac Lamb, his fourth son, was b. Dec. 30, 1764. He was a 
 major in the militia. He md. Sept. 21, 1786, SibiHah White, b. Feb. 13, 
 1768, dau. of Thomas and Abigail (Muzzy) White, of Spencer ; she had 
 nine children, and d. about 1805. He md. (2d) Oct. 7, 1807, Abigail White, 
 b. Sept. 15, 1787, dau. of Jonathan and Ruth (Converse) White. Her 
 father was a cousin to Major Lamb's first wife; she d. Aug. 18, 1889, 
 leaving twelve children. Isaac Lamb, a son of Major Isaac and Sibillah 
 Lamb, was b. in Spencer, Dec. 19, 1800 ; md., 1823, Sally L. Adams, who 
 soon d. ; and he md. (2d) April 26, 1827, Betsey Boice, dau. of Thomas 
 and Patty (Reed) Boice. 
 
 Dea. William M. Lamb, b. in Worcester, Mass., son of 
 Isaac and Betsey (Boice) Lamb, md. April 21, 1852, 
 Delina Walker, dau. of Willard and Phebe (Thurston) 
 Walker, of Royalston, Mass. He resided several years in 
 Worcester, and was a member of the school committee of 
 that city. He removed from Fitzwilliam, where he had 
 lived a short time, to this town in 1872, and was elected 
 to the board of selectmen in 1874. They have seven 
 children : Bronson P., Howard P., Flora D., William J., 
 John M., Hattie S., Mary B. 
 
 Capt. Benjamin Lapham, from Hingham, Mass., came 
 to Rindge in 1780, and pm-chased of William Farwell the 
 mills at Converseville. These he sold the same year to 
 his brother, Lieut. King Lapham, and purchased of Barna- 
 bas Barker a tract of land south of Emerson Pond. 
 About this date he md. Content Barker {vide Barker 
 register), and after his death she md. (2d) Jonathan Sher- 
 win, q. V. He probably left no children, since none are 
 mentioned in his will, dated May 3, 1784, in which he 
 bequeaths to " Warren and Levi, sons of my brother, King 
 Lapham, my gun and other warlike accoutrements." His 
 wife, and his friend, Edward Jewett, are named as his 
 executors. He d. Sept. 24, 1785, aged 45. 
 
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 Lieut. King Lapham also removed to Rindge in 1780, 
 but did not long remain a resident of this town. In 1784, 
 then styled of Bradford, Mass., he sold the mills to Joseph 
 Kimball, the father of William Kimball, in whose posses- 
 sion they remained for many years. The mention of his 
 sons, Warren and Levi, in his brother's will, is all the 
 information discovered concerning his family. 
 
 Samuel Laeeabee and wife Sarah were admitted to 
 full communion of the church in Lunenburg, Mass., by 
 letter from the Second Church in Lynn, Mass., April 3, 
 1748, and removed to Rindge in 1762. His wife d. previ- 
 ous to this date, and he had a home with his son Samuel. 
 I. Samuel, md. Anne Williams, -j- 
 II. Sarah, md. March 18, 1745, Nehemiah Bowers, 
 
 q. V. ; ?aid (2d) Ensign Joseph Platts, q. v. 
 in. Benjamin, md. Dec. 7, 1752, Margaret Williams, a 
 sister of the wife of his brother Samuel. He 
 probably never resided in Rindge. 
 IV. John, md. June 19, 1760, Abiah Arven, of Groton, 
 Mass. His name does not appear upon the 
 Rindge records. 
 V. Isabella, md. Sept. 28, 1752, William Barron, and 
 removed to Keene, N". H. 
 ■ VI. Abigail, md. William Symonds, of Shirley, Mass. 
 VII. Tim,othy, resided several years in Lunenburg. 
 
 Samuel Laeeabee, Je., accompanied by his father, 
 removed to Rindge 1762. He md. April 28, 1746, Anne 
 Williams, b. in Groton Oct. 20, 1728, dau. of John and 
 Margaret WilUams. They were admitted to the church 
 Dec. 15, 1765, a few weeks after its organization. In 
 1768, the records of the church preserve the fact, that 
 " Phillis, a negro bond child of Samuel Larrabee, Jr., was 
 baptized." The family removed from town about 1771, 
 and the name is not again found upon the records. 
 I. Stephen, b. in Lunenburg Aug. 4, 1747. 
 II. Anna, b. April 28, 1750. 
 
 III. Sam,uel, b. Aug. 1, 1752. 
 
 IV. William, b. July 7, 1755. 
 
 V. Ebenezer, b. Odt. 10, 1759. 
 
 VI. David, bap. in Rindge March 29, 1766. 
 
 William Laweence, son of John and Margaret (Gragg) 
 Lawrence, of Groton, Mass., came to Rindge when a 
 young man, where he md. March 25, 1841, Luoinda 
 Lowell, dau. of Nathaniel Lowell, q. v. He was a car- 
 penterj and resided in Rindge Centre. His even temper 
 and constant good nature preserved him from contention, 
 and secured the friendship of his cotemporaries. He d. 
 March 26, 1874, aged 66. 
 
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 HISTORY OF niNBGE. 
 
 I. Harriet E., b. May 17, 1842 ; md. Jan. 1, 1865, 
 Henry H. Rand, son of Liberty Rand, q. v. 
 
 II. William (?., b. Sept. 28, 1844 ; d. Sept. 26, 1845. 
 
 III. Cynthia L., b. Dec. 9, 1847 ; md. Anson A. Platts, 
 son of Asa Platts, q. v. 
 
 EzEKiEL Learned, perhaps a native of Framingham, 
 Mass., removed from New Salem, Mass., 1772. He was a 
 soldier in the Revolution, as appears from pp. 108, 110, 
 136, 164. He was not md. in 1780, and his name is not 
 found upon the earliest tax list (1793). Under date of 
 Feb. 5, 1778, is recorded " Ezekiel Larned's mark of neat 
 cattle and sheep is a crop off the off ear and slit on the 
 under side of the near ear." 
 
 Isaac Leland, with his wife Mary and six children, 
 removed from Westminster, Mass., in the summer of 
 1774. He d. in the army Sept. 3, 1777 {vide pp. 110, 
 131, 142), and his widow and children were provided for 
 by the town for several years. Perhaps there were chil- 
 dren younger than Hannah, Isaac, John, Mary Anne, and 
 Betsey, who were b. previous to 1774. 
 
 John Lilly, or Lille, and his wife Elizabeth, 
 removed from Lunenburg, Mass., previous to the date of 
 incorporation. They did not remain many years. 
 
 I. Stephen, b. in Lunenburg June 20, 1756. 
 
 Ebenbzeb Locke, son of Joshua and Hannah (Reed) 
 Locke, and grandson of Lieut. Ebenezer Locke, of 
 Woburn, was b. Aug. 5, 1737; md.Phebe Mores, dau. of 
 Collins and Bathsheba (Wood) Mores, of Oxford, and 
 resided in New Salem, Mass., or immediate vicinity, until 
 about 1770, when he removed to Rindge, where he 
 remained several years. About 1790 he removed to 
 Rockingham, Vt., and later to Peterboro, N. H. He d. 
 in Schuyler, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1812. From the " Book of 
 the Lockes " it appears that several of his children were 
 bap. as the children of Ebenezer and Mary Locke. The 
 record must have been in error, since the birth of all his 
 children appears in the Rindge records, and all are 
 recorded as the children of Ebenezer and Phebe Locke. 
 
 I. (7wMS, b. in Oxford April 18, 1759; d. Aug. 16, 
 
 1760. 
 II. Mary, b. in Ervingshire Nov. 2, 1761 ; md. in 
 Rindge, Sept. 4, 1787, Thomas Laws, Jr., and 
 soon after removed to Peterboro, where she d. 
 Dec. 22, 1838. Nine children. 
 
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 HI. Ehenezer, b. in Ervingshire Aug. 6, 1763; md. 
 Feb. 6, 1783, Hannah Gustine, of Rockingham, 
 Vt., who d. April 17, 1833 ; md. (2d) Mrs. Susan 
 Campbell. He was highly respected, and lived 
 in Rockingham to an advanced age. Nine chil- 
 dren. 
 
 IV. iMcy, b. in Ervingshire April 13, 1765 ; d. Aug. 3, 
 
 1766. 
 V. Sampson, b. in Ervingshire Feb. 1, 1767 ; d. Aug. 
 24, 1769. 
 
 VI. Alice, b. in Shutesbury May 13, 1769; md. Na- 
 thaniel Ford ; d. s. p. in Sangerford, N. Y. 
 
 VII. Collins, b. in Rindge Sept. 18, 1771 ; md. Jan. 25, 
 1801, Elizabeth Burroughs. Resided in Schuyler 
 and Sherburne, N. Y. Six children. 
 VIII. Phebe, b. Aug. 4, 1773 ; d. Oct. 23, 1776. 
 
 IX. Nathan, b. June 16, 1775 ; md. Feb. 24, 1798, Han- 
 nah Goodnow, of Sudbury, Mass. ; d. at New 
 Hartford, N. Y., July 6, 1808. His widow d. 
 Sept. 20, 1814. Five children. 
 X. Edward Jewett, b. Aug. 8, 1778; md. April 20, 
 1800, Rhoda Laws, dau. of James Laws, of West- 
 minster, Mass. He was a blacksmith, and settled 
 in Peterboro, where he d. Feb. 1, 1808. 
 
 1. Rhoda, b. July 27, 1801 ; md. Nov. 18, 1821, 
 
 Jonathan D. Gibbs, of Jaffrey. 
 
 2. Edward, b. March 5, 1803; md., 1826, 
 
 Almira Jones. "Was a wholesale clothing 
 dealer in Boston. 
 
 3. Horace F., b. March 6, 1805 ; md. Sept. 26, 
 
 1825, Mary Gilmore. Removed to San- 
 gerford, N. Y. Eleven children. 
 
 4. Paulina, b. Feb. 8, 1807; md. Thomas 
 
 Streeter, of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 XI. Jiufus, b. Dec. 25, 1779 ; md. April 1, 1801, Lydia 
 Stebbins, who d. Sept. 24, 1848 ; md. (2d) March 
 14, 1849, Azubah Benton. He d. May 8, 1850, 
 in Camillus, N. Y. 
 
 William Locke, a son of Samuel and Rebecca (Rich- 
 ai'dson) Locke, of Lancaster, and an uncle of Col. Josiah 
 and Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., removed from Lancaster, 
 Mass., to this town in 1798, and a few years subsequently 
 to New Ipswich. He md. June 18, 1772, Mary Fowle, 
 who d. Nov. 17, 1796 ; md. (2d) April 13, 1813, Hannah, 
 widow of Jonas Woolson, of "New Ipswich. He d. Jan. 
 16, 1827. Eight children. His son William md. Feb. 
 25, 1796, Elleanor Haynes, and was taxed in this town 
 1799-1803. 
 
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 Joseph Locke was taxed in Rindge 1802,J3, '4. He 
 removed from Acton, Mass., and went from this town to 
 Pitzwilliam. He md., 1776, Lucy Piper. He was in the 
 engagement at Concord 1775, at Winter Hill 1776, and 
 served one campaign in 1778. He d. in Fitzwilliam Nov. 
 11, 1829. His wife d. Feb. 20, 1826. 
 
 I. Azubah, b. Sept. 5, 1777; d. unmd. Nov. 3, 1868. 
 II. Lucy, b. Jan. 4, 1780 ; d. June 26, 1781. 
 
 III. Joseph, b. May 2, 1782. He was twice md. ; 
 
 resided in Maine, and was a major-general of 
 the militia, high sheriff of Somerset County, 
 and a member of the Governor's Council. 
 
 IV. Lucy, b. Aug. 16, 1784; d. unmd. Jan. 12, 1826. 
 v. Jonathan, b. April 4, 1787; md., 1812, Sarah 
 
 Bent. They resided in Pitzwilliam. Their son 
 
 William d. in this town about 1885; he d. in 
 
 FitzwilUam, Oct. 4, 1841 ; she d. Aug. 11, 1880. 
 
 VI. Amy, b. Aug. 20, 1789; md. March 19, 1809, 
 
 Joseph Stockwell, who d. Jan. 20, 1845. 
 VII. Sally, b. March 8, 1792; md. June 5, 1828, Capt. 
 Moses Drury, of Fitz-\plliam, where she d. Oct. 
 21, 1874. 
 VIII. Asa H., b. Jan. 29, 1796 ; resided many years in 
 Fitzwilliam, and d. in Maine. 
 
 Luke Loed was first taxed in Rindge in 1817. He 
 was a farmer, and resided for several years where Wm. 
 A. Sherwin how resides, and silbsequently on the " Lord 
 farm," where he d., felo de se, April 6, 1858, aged 60. 
 He md. April 28, 1824, Susan Kimball, dau. of Andrew 
 Kimball, q. v. ; she d. April 10, 1846. No children. 
 
 Joseph Loeing, son of Joseph and Kezia (Gove) 
 Loring, of Lexington, grandson of Joseph and Lydia 
 (Fiske) Loring, of Lexington,' and great-grandson of 
 Dea. Thomas Loring, of Hingham, Mass., was b. in Lex- 
 ington, Dec. 27, 1747. He was at the battles of Lexing- 
 ton and Bunker Hill, and subsequently was in the marine 
 service on the Southern coast, under Commodore Tucker, 
 and was included in the capitulation of Charleston, 
 S. C. After he was exchanged, in gi-eat destitution he 
 begged his way to his home in Lexington (" History of 
 Lexington " ). He md. Nov. 26, 1772, Betsey Pollard, of 
 Bedford. About 1810 the aged pair removed to Rindge, 
 and had a home with their dau., the wife of Abel Smith, 
 where he d. Oct. 11, 1889, aged nearly 92 ; his wife d. 
 March 28, 1836, aged 86. Of his six children three 
 became residents of this town. 
 
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 I Betsey, h. April 15, 1774; md. Abel Smith, q. v. 
 
 II. John Mancock, b. Nov. 24, 1775 ; md. Polly Penny, 
 and lived in Rindge a few years early in the 
 present century, and removed to Groton. 
 
 III. Susanna, b. June 30, 1784. She was th-e fifth 
 child; md. Nathan Monroe, b. Oct. 23, 1780, 
 son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Harrington) Mon- 
 roe, of Lexington. They resided in Rindge one 
 year (1819), and removed to Concord, Mass. 
 
 Dea. John Love jot, a descendant from a highly 
 respectable family of Andover, Mass., was b. in that town 
 about 1725. In early life he removed to Lunenburg, 
 Mass., where he md. Jan. 25, 1749, Sarah Peiroe, b. Nov. 
 27, 1731, dau. of Dea. Ephraim and Esther (Shedd) Peirce. 
 She was an aunt of Josiah Peirce and of Benjamin Gould, 
 q. v., and after the death of her mother, Dea. Peirce 
 md. Huldah (Martyn) Wetherbee, widow of Hezekiah 
 Wetherbee, q. v. Removing to Rindge in 1762, the same 
 year Mr. Lovejoy was chosen proprietor's clerk, which 
 office he held until the organization was dissolved soon 
 after the incoi-poration of the town. In 1767 he was 
 chosen one of the two first deacons of the church. He 
 was held in high esteem by his townsmen, and was promi- 
 nent in municipal affairs. He d. 1-795. Five children 
 were b. in Lunenburg, and four in Rindge. 
 
 I. John, b. Dec. 22, 1749.-}- 
 n. Sarah, b. April 3, 1754 ; md. George Lake, q. v. 
 
 III. Jonathan, b. Jan. 17, 1757 ; killed at the battle of 
 
 Bunker Hill. ( Vide p. 112.) 
 
 IV. Susannah, b. Aug. 17, 1759. , 
 V. Prudence, b. April 22, 1762. 
 
 VI. Oliver, bap. Jan. 19, 1766. 
 VII. Mther, b. Oct. 2, 1768 ; md. Dec. 19, 1798, Edward 
 
 E. Golburn. 
 vin. Asa, b. June 3, 1771 ; md. Aug. 14, 1792, Maria 
 
 Priest. 
 IX. Benjamin, b. March 22, 1774; md. April 10, 1798, ' 
 
 Ruth Wood, dau. of Isaac Wood, q. v. They 
 
 resided in Rindg6; he d. 1818; his widow d. 
 
 June 24, 1820. 
 
 1. Louisa P., b. July 13, 1800. 
 
 2. Lascassas, b. July 28, 1803; d. young. 
 
 3. Charles G., b. Nov. 7, 1805; removed to 
 Orford, N. H. His son Warren J. md. 
 Sarah A. Lovejoy. (No. 40 of this Reg- 
 ister.) 
 
 4. Lascassas, b. July 1, 1807. 
 
 5. Leander, b. Dec. 4, 1809. 
 
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 6. Susan, b. Jan. 11, 1812; md. Law- 
 
 rence, of Ashby. 
 
 7. Laura, b. April 5, 1814. 
 
 8. EmeUne, b. Oct. 20, 1816. 
 
 9. Henry L., b. Jan. 22, 1818; md. Nov. 1, 
 
 1842, Jane A. Stickney, dau. of Charles 
 and Ann (Baxter) Stickney, q. v. 
 
 John Lovbjot, eldest son of Dea. Lovejoy, md. Nov. 
 26, 1772, Mary Gallop. He was a farmer, and resided in 
 Rindge until bis death, Jan. 31, 1835 ; his wife d. Oct. 5, 
 1834, aged 83. 
 
 I. Samuel, b. May 20, 1773 ; settled in Orford, N". H., 
 
 where he d. Dec. 12, 1857, leaving ten children. 
 
 n. Sepsibeth, b. Nov. 24, 1774 ; md. Nov. 30, 1797, 
 
 Nathan Grimes ; lived in Orford, N. H., where 
 
 she d. about 1812, leaving six children. 
 
 m. Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1776; d. unmd. Feb. 15, 1821. 
 
 IV. Jonathan, b. Feb. 6, 1778; settled in Windsor, 
 
 Vt., where he d., s. p., about 1845. 
 V. Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1779 ; d. unmd. 1805. 
 VI. John, b. July 11, 1781. Removed to Indiana; d. 
 
 1838, leaving four children, 
 vn. Mios, b. March 12, 1783 ; d. unmd. 1805. 
 vin. Oliver, b. Dec. 2, 1784; md. Jan. 18, 1815, Nancy 
 Ingalls, dau. of Jonathan Ingalls, q. v. He re- 
 sided in Winchendon, where he d. 1854, leaving 
 six children, among them OUver S. Lovejoy, a 
 physician in Haverhill, Mass. 
 IX. ^e^ecca, b. Nov. 23, 1786; md. Sept. 7, 1812, WiU- 
 iam Cogswell, Jr., of Lunenburg. They subse- 
 quently removed to New Salem, Mass., where 
 she d. 1857. 
 
 X. Senry, b. ; resided in Royalston, Mass. ; d. 
 
 1872. 
 XI. Selah, b. Dec. 18, 1788. + 
 XII. Grata, b. April 20, 1793 ; d. in Rindge unmd. 
 xm. Ethan, b. April 12, 1795; lived in Royalston. 
 
 Had a family, but no record is received, 
 xrv. Luther, b. Dec. 22, 1796; d. 1870, leaving ten 
 children. 
 
 Selah Lovejoy was a farmer in Rindge. He md. 
 June 6, 1821, Miriam Heywood. He d. April 30, 1862. 
 
 I. Catherine Richardson, b. May 21, 1822. 
 
 n. Adaline S., b. Nov. 18, 1823 ; md. Selah Lovejoy, 
 
 son of Samuel and Nancy (Clark) Lovejoy. He 
 
 resided several years in Rindge, and removed to 
 
 Jaffrey 1873. They have several children, and 
 
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 GENEAZOGICAL SEGISTEB. 601 
 
 by a former marriage he has a son, Horace E^ 
 who md. Nov. 8, 1864, Mary S. Robbins, dau. of 
 David A. Robbins, q. v. 
 
 m. ^V^ ^■. t- March 10, 1826. 
 
 IV. Mary S., b. March 15, 1828 ; md. G«orge M. Blake, 
 
 son of Enos Blake, q. v. 
 V. JBenry C, b. Jan. 17, 1830 ; md. Harriet Prescott. 
 
 VI. S. Sylvester, b. Feb. 9, 1832 ; md. Mary Potter, of 
 Concord, Mass. 
 
 vn. Sarah A., b. June 20, 1836 ; md. Wanen J. Love- 
 joy, son of Charles G., grandson of Benjamin, 
 and great-grandson of Dea. John Lovejoy. 
 They resided a few years in Rindge, and 
 removed to Orford, N. fl. 
 vin. Dardd H^ b. Oct. 16, 1838. He is a physician in 
 Winchester, Mass. 
 
 IX. SubhardM^ b. Jan. 18, 1840. 
 
 Nathauibl Lowell settled, in 1778, upon the farm 
 now of WiUiam S. Brooks, in the south-west part of the 
 town. A sister resided with hini several years. He md. 
 Jan. 22, 1807, widow Lucy (Chapman) Stacy, b. in 
 Lunenburg, Mass., 1775, dau. of Daniel and Jerusha 
 Chapman. He d. Aug. 23, 1832, ^ed 77 ; she d. Dec. 6, 
 1861, aged 86. 
 
 I. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 16, 1808; md, 1836, Fidelia 
 Fisher. He resided in Rindge, and in Fitz- 
 william, where he d. 1865. They had four 
 children. 
 n. Stephen, b. Feb. 13, 1811 ; md. Lucinda Hubbard. 
 He resided in Rindge, where he d. July 8, 1851. 
 Their two sons reside in Vermont. 
 
 m. Xiucinda, b. May 5, 1813; md. WiUiam Law- 
 rence, q. V. 
 
 rv. John, b. June 20, 1815; md. in Shirley, Mass., 
 Dec. 28, 1837, Nancy Nutting, b. in PeppereU, 
 Mass., Nov. 9, 1814. He d. in PeppereU, Dec. 
 21, 1856; she d. Nov. 29, 1856. Five of their 
 eight children d. young. 
 
 1. L. Anna, b. July 27, 1840 ; md. Albert H. 
 
 Thomas, q. v. 
 
 2. Carrie M, b. Dec. 7, 1841 ; d. unmd. June 
 
 9, 1867. 
 8. Nathaniel M., b. May 23, 1854. 
 
 f 
 
 T. Daniel C, b. Aug. 15, 1820; md., 1847, Julia 
 Chapman, and resides in Groton, Mass. 
 
602 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 Levi Mansfield md. Jan. 21, 1781, Rebecca Miles, of 
 New Ipswich. He resided upon the Capt. Keyes farm, 
 in the north-east part of the town, where for many years 
 he kept a public house. He was a man of considerable 
 ability, and was frequently employed by the town in the 
 transaction of public business. He d. June 2, 1817 ; his 
 widow d. July 6, 1819. 
 
 I. Levi, b. Feb. 1, 1782 ; drowned in Hubbard Pond, 
 
 July 25, 1800. 
 II. Abel,'b. Sept. 18, 1784; md. Feb. 13, 1810, Mar- 
 gretta Ryan, and removed to New Ipswich. 
 
 Levi Mansfield, 2d, came to Rindge 1808. He was a 
 farmer and blacksmith, and lived upon the farm, in the 
 north-east part, since occupied by Ebenezer Stratton. 
 He d. about 1830, and his widow md. (2d) 1834, Abel 
 Gardner, of Sharon. The children perhaps are not 
 named in proper order. 
 
 I. Adam, non comp., d. about 1858. 
 II. Noah, md. Sarah Houston; resides in Ashburn- 
 
 ham. 
 ni. Mary, md., 1831, Joel Tarbell, of Mason, N. H. 
 IV. Solon, resides in Temple, N. H. 
 V. Hiram, d. unmd. 
 
 VI. Timnah, md. White, of Peterboro, N. H. 
 
 VII. Leonard, md. Manley, dau. of Nathaniel C. 
 
 Manley; he d. in Rindge, Aug. 30, 1863, 
 
 aged 38. 
 
 James McGeegoe md. Feb. 25, 1853, Elizabeth 
 Geddes, and removed to Rindge 1870. They are natives 
 of Scotland. He is a farmer, and resides upon the farm, 
 on Hubbard Hill, formerly owned by the town. 
 
 I. Alexander, b. May 31, 1854. 
 
 II. Joseph G., b. July 8, 1856. 
 ni. Margaret, b. Feb. 12, 1863. 
 IV. James, b. Dec. 24, 1866. 
 
 V. William R., b. June 27, 1871. 
 
 Lieut. Geoege Metcale was from Wrentham, Mass., 
 and came to Rindge between 1776 and 1780. He was a 
 man of considerable influence, and was one of the first 
 Methodists in this vicinity. He d. Dec. 28, 1814, and 
 his wife d. a few days previous. Five of his children 
 came to Rindge. 
 
 I. rmo%,b. 1754.-I- • 
 II. Zatta, was taxed in Rindge until 1813. 
 children were b. in this town. 
 
 His nine 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 1. Olive, b. Dec. 24, 1789. 
 
 2. Sally, b. Jan. 26, 1792. 
 
 3. John, b. Marcb 25, 1793. 
 
 4. Lavina, b. March 7, 1795. 
 
 5. Louis,K_j^^y5^ 
 
 6. Lucy, I "• "'""^ "' ^^^^• 
 
 7. Sarah, b. April 2, 1799. 
 
 8. Daniel Adams, b. Nov. 1, 1801^ 
 
 9. Esther, b. Nov. 3, 1803. 
 
 in. Judith, b. Feb. 6, 1765; md., 1786, Benjamin 
 
 Peirce, q. v. 
 IV. Meletiah, md. 1786, Abel Platts, Jr., q. v. 
 V. Susannah, md. 1791, Daniel Streeter, q. v. 
 
 Timothy Mbtcalf was a farmer, and resided in the 
 west part of the town. He md. May 15, 1792, Ruth 
 Chaplin, dau. of Micah Chaplin, q. v. He d. Aug. 2, 
 1838, aged 84 ; his widow d. Feb. 8, 1865, aged 94. 
 
 I. Irene, b. Sept. 24, 1792 ; d. March 20, 1808. 
 II. Ruth, b. Jan. 18, 1796; md. Aaron Sawtell, q.v. 
 m. Timothy, b. Jan. 26, 1798. -\- 
 IV. Servetus, b. Dec. 7, 1801.-J- 
 V. Vesta Jiuthera, b. Nov. 15, 1804; md. Thomas 
 
 Crumble, q. v. 
 VI. Erastus, b. Jan. 31, 1809. + 
 
 vn. Harriet, b. July 20, 1812; md. 1833, Rufus 
 Symonds, of Pitzwilliam. 
 
 Timothy Metcalf was engaged many years in the 
 manufacture of wooden-ware, upon the Pearly Pond 
 stream. He md. Jan., 1822, Mary Pratt, dau. of Amos 
 and Polly (Bent) Pratt, of Fitzwilliam ; she d. June' 27, 
 1839; md. (2d) Feb. 17, 1840, Adaline Mclntire; she d. 
 July 28, 1843 ; md. (3d) Nov. 9, 1843, Rebecca Towne, 
 dau. of John Towne, of Jaffrey; he d. Aug. 23, 1867. 
 
 1. Mary Ann, b. May 19, 1823 ; mdi Charles Hale, 
 
 son of Nathan Hale, q. v. 
 II. Timothy A., b. Feb. 14, 1825 ; d. April 15, 1826. 
 
 III. Zuke S., b. Feb. 18, 1827. 
 
 IV. George, b. July 2, 1829; md. Emily Peirce, dau. 
 
 of Elijah Peirce, q. v. 
 V. Irene 0., b. Nov. 3, 1831 ; d. March 25, 1835. 
 VI. Laura L., b. Dec. 27, 1833; md. James L. De- 
 
 mary, Jr., q. v. 
 VII. Sarah E., b. Feb. 18, 1836; md. Gilbert C. 
 
 Bemis, q. u. 
 vin. Buth G., b. May 27, 1838 ; md. Foster. 
 
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 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
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 Children of second wife : — 
 
 IX. Timothy, h. June 15, 1841. 
 X. Adaline, b. July 21, 1843 ; d. Aug. 16, 1843. 
 
 Children of third wife : — 
 
 XI. Julius Augustus, b. Dec. 14, 1844. 
 XII. Vesta A., b. March 25, 1847. 
 
 XIII. JEmeline V., b. July 8, 1849; md.; 1866, Warren 
 
 ElUs, son of George W. Ellis, of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 XIV. John S., b. Jan. 2, 1852; d. Feb. 5, 1864. 
 XV. Milton E; b. Nov. 5, 1855 ; d. Jan. 21, 1864. 
 
 XVI. M. Jennie, b. March 22, 1858. 
 
 Sjeevbtus Metcalf md. Dec. 23, 1830, Ar\dlla Jewett. 
 He was a manufacturer of wooden-ware in this town 
 until 1851, when he removed to Westmoreland, N. H, 
 For several years he has resided in New Lisbon, Chippewa 
 Co.,^Minn. 
 
 I. Amos S., b. June 22, 1836 ; was killed in the army, 
 at White Oak Swamp, Va., June 13, 1864. 
 
 Mary 8., b. Aug. 22, 1838 ; d. March 1, 1854. 
 
 Sarah S., b. Sept. 9, 1848; md. Feb. 20, 1864, 
 Warren A. Graves, b. Oct. 16, 1841, son of Aaron 
 M. Graves, of Westmoreland. They regide in 
 New Lisbon. 
 
 Martha J. Metcalf, b. Jan. 5, 1845. 
 
 n. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV, 
 
 Eeastus Metcalf md. Harriet Aldrich, b. in Rich- 
 mond, N. H., Jan. 19, 1814. They resided in Rindge 
 until 1864, when they removed to Fitzwilliam, where he 
 d. June 2, 1865. She d. in Hudson, Mass., Sept. 4, 1871. 
 
 I. Erastus Alonio, b. Nov. 11, 1888 ; d. May 13, 1835. 
 11. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Nov. 18, 1835; md. May 18, 
 
 1856, Benoni B. Fullam. Reside in Ludlow, Vt. 
 in. Sa.rah Jane, b. Feb. 9, 1838 ; md. May 16, 1860, 
 
 James F. Kettell. Reside in Worcester, Mass. 
 IV. Melissa Ann, b. Feb. 8, 1840 ; md. Aug. 16, 1861, 
 
 George W. Davis. (Davis register. No. 59.) 
 V. Cyrenus Hammond, b. Jan. 9, 1842. Resides in 
 
 Hudson, Mass. 
 Ti. Helen Sophia, b. Feb. 21, 1846 ; md. Dec. 1, 1869, 
 
 Henry F. Smith. Reside in Woburn, Mass. 
 
 Lieut. Joseph Milliken, or Mtjlliken, came to this 
 town with a family in 1794. They resided near the 
 present residence of Moses W. Hale. He d. of spotted 
 fever March 27, 1812, and she d. of the same disease the 
 20th of the same month. Perhaps all their children are 
 not named below, and the order of their age is not known. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 605 
 
 I. Joseph (vide page 358) was taxed a few years in 
 
 this town. He d. 1818, aged 44. 
 
 II. Benjamin. 
 
 III. Samuel^ was a school-teacher, and taught one or 
 
 more terms in the Centre District. 
 
 IV. Leonard, was a musician, and was much employed 
 
 in playing for dancing schools and on martial 
 occasions. He removed to Vermont, and was a 
 leader of a band. He d. in Shelbume about 
 1820. 
 
 V. Rebecca, md. N"ov. 18, 1794, William Hodgskins. 
 Two of their children were b. before their mar- 
 riage. She d. 1798. 
 
 VI. Betsey, md. Nov. 25, 1788, Nathaniel Carlton, of 
 New Ipswich and Lunenburg, Mass. 
 
 MIXER. 
 
 Isaac Mixbb, aged 31, wife Sarah, aged 33, and son Isaac, aged 4 
 years, embarked at Ipswich, England, for New England, April 10, 1634, 
 and in 1637 his name is found upon the records of Watertown, Mass. 
 He was admitted freeman, May 2, 1638, and d. 1655; his widow d. Nov. 
 24, 1681. He was clerk of the train band 1654, and in his wiU he 
 bequeathed to his dau. " one half my vessel Diligent." He left one son 
 and one dau. Isaac Mixer, the son, was b. in England 1630. He md. 
 Sept. 19, 1655, Mary Coolidge, dau. of John and Mary Coolidge, of 
 Watertown; she d. March 2, 1659-60; he md. (2d) Jan. 10, 1660-1, 
 Rebecca Garfield, dau. of Edward, Jr., and Rebecca Garfield, of Water- 
 town; she d. March 16, 1682-3; and he md. (3d) 1687, Mary (Lothrop) 
 French, widow of Capt. William French, *of Billerica, and dau. of 
 Thomas and Mary Lothrop. He d. Nov. 22, 1716, leaving flfteeur chil- 
 dren. The eleventh child, a son of the Second wife, was Daniel Mixei, 
 who removed to Framingham, Mass., and was selectman and constable. 
 By wife Judith he had five children ; among them was John Mixer, b. in 
 Framingham, Nov. 4, 1711 ; md. Dec. 25, 1739, Mary Lyscom, of South- 
 boro. He left seven children, of whom Nathan and'Ezekiel removed to 
 FitzwiUiam. It was Nathan Mixer, not Ezekiel, as stated in the " His- 
 tory of Troy, N. H.," who was killed at the battle of Bennington. 
 Ezekiel Mixer was b. June 9, 1752, and, previous to his removal to Fitz- 
 wiUiam, md. Anne Pepper, by whom he had several children. He subse- 
 quently removed to Chesterfield, and was again md., and d. at St. Mary's, 
 Miss., where he was then residing, in 1806. 
 
 Charles Mixer, son of Ezekiel and Anne (Pepper) 
 Mixer, was b. in FitzwiUiam, March 8, 1785. In his 
 infancy he received the Christian name of Pepper, in 
 honor of his mother, but the name proved too hot for 
 him, and it • was subsequently exchanged for Charles. 
 He md. Sept!>28, 1814, Mehitable Smith, b. Feb. 19, 1795, 
 dau. of Barak and Abigail Smith and granddau. of Caleb 
 and Deborah Smith, of Needham, Mass. After a brief 
 residence in Boston and in Dedham, Mass., he removed, 
 in the spring of 1820, to this town, where he successfully 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 conducted the business of tanning and dressing leather 
 until his death, July 17, 1841. His widow d. July 22, 
 1853. 
 
 I. Abigail, b. Oct. 13, 1815 ; md. July 3, 1839, Caleb 
 B. Ward, son of Jacob and Sally (Whitmore) 
 Ward, of Ashburnham. Resided in Rindge 
 until 1845; now live in Dedham, Mass. They 
 have six children. 
 
 1. Charles M., b. in Rindge 1841 ; resides in 
 
 Boston, unmd. 
 
 2. Isabelle, b. 1845; md. Charles Graham; 
 
 (2d) King. 
 
 3. Ella. 
 
 4. Harmon R. 
 
 5. Frederick. 
 
 6. Minnie. 
 
 n. Ann, b. Aug. 28, 1817; md. Zebulon Converse, 
 Esq., q. V. 
 
 III. Catharine W.,h. Sept. 11, 1819; md. George D. 
 Hapgood, q. v. 
 
 lY. Charles iS.,h. March 15, 1822; md. Julia Smith, 
 of Elgin, 111., where they reside. He has held 
 many positions of a municipal character, and is 
 now a deputy sheriff of Kane County. They 
 have no children. 
 V. William _B., b. April 28, 1825; md. May 15, 1846, 
 Mary Louisa Cobb, dau. of Charles and Louisa 
 (Thomas) Cobb, of Surry, N. H. They have 
 lived in Keene, N. H., Bellows Falls, Vt., and in 
 Ceredo, W. Va., and now reside in Philadelphia. 
 One child. 
 
 1. George W., b. Dec. 13, 1847. He is in U. 
 S. Navy. 
 
 VI. John H., b. March 31, 1829; md., 1853, Sivona 
 Pratt, b. March 5, 1831, dau. of Moses S. and 
 Fidelia (Emerson) Pratt {vide Platts' Register, 
 No. 49). They have resided in Boston since 
 1862. 
 
 1. Alice S., b. Aug. 5, 1854. 
 
 2. Isadore F., b. May 7, 1857. 
 
 3. John Frank, b. April 15, 1859. 
 
 4. WilUam Arthur, b. March 20, 1861. 
 
 5. Lottie Mabel, b. Oct. 11, 1869. 
 
 VII. Mary Z., b. Jan. 16, 1834; d. Nov. 13, 1851. 
 VIII. Albert M, h. Jan. 1, 1841 ; resides in Chester, Mass. ; 
 md. June 10, 1862, Sarah J. Hubbard, dau. of 
 Roswell R. and Mehitabel (Morse) Hubbard. 
 They have three children. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 607 
 
 Joseph Mooes, son of Jonathan and Sybil (Tarbell) 
 Moors, of Shirley, was b. April 16, 1758. He md. Amy 
 Hubbard, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Patterson) Hubbard, 
 of Groton (vide Hubbard register), and removed to the 
 south-west part of Rindge soon after the Revolution.' He 
 d. Feb. 26, 1844, aged 86 ; his wife d. March 20, 1838, 
 aged 79. 
 
 I. BubbfLrd, b. in Rindge Nov. 11, 1788 ; md. Lucre- 
 tia Emory, dau. of Francis Emory, q. v. Mr. 
 Moors resided in Boston several years, returning 
 to Rindge 1823. He subsequently removed to 
 the farm upon which John Demary, Sen., orig- 
 inally settled, where he resided until his death. 
 By his will he bequeathed $2,000 to the Congre- 
 gational Society, and $1,000 to the Methodist. 
 He d. Feb. 19, 1874; his wife d. May 6, 1878. 
 They had np children. 
 
 Benjamin Mooes, also written Moore and Moor, was 
 in Rindge previous to the Revolution, and is taxed imtil 
 1804. He resided a part or all this time in the east part 
 of the town, upon the farm recently occupied by Abram 
 G. Lawrence. He was md. previous to 1780, but no 
 record of his family has been found. 
 
 De. David Moese (vide Chap. XVII.) md. Anne 
 Newman, and removed about 1775 to Exeter, N. Y. 
 Possibly all his children are not here named. 
 
 I. Samuel, removed to Mississippi, where he became 
 
 a judge in the State courts. 
 
 II. Hannah, bap. in Rindge Nov. 6, 1768. 
 III. Sophia, bap. in Rindge June 6, 1773. 
 
 GeeshomMoese removed to Rindge 1808, but remained 
 only a few years. The name of his wife was Lydia. 
 
 I. Addison, b. in Rindge Oct. 24, 1808. 
 
 James and Jacob Moshbe resided in the north-east 
 part of the town, on the farm since occupied many years 
 by Benjamin Hastings. Both were md., and Jacob had 
 sons Jacob and Solomon, and one dau. After a resi- 
 dence in Rindge of five years they removed, in 1808, to 
 Greenbush, N. Y., without great injury to this town. 
 
 John F. Muneoe, son of David and Elizabeth (Foye) 
 Munroe, and a descendant of William Munroe, a native 
 of Scotland and an early resident of Lexington, was b. in 
 Lexington, July 19, 1779. He md. Susan L. Brigham, 
 and in 1807 came to this town, and nine years later he 
 
608 
 
 BISTORT OF BINBGE. 
 
 removed to Boston. His farm was in the south-west 
 corner of the town, and was subsequently occupied by 
 Willard Brigham, who married his sister. 
 
 Jonas Muneoe, a son of Lieut. Ebenezer and Lucy 
 (Simonds) Munroe, and also a descendant of William' 
 Munroe, the emigrant, was b. in Ashburnham, May 27, 
 1790 ; md. May 9, 1815, Eliza Sargent, b. May 10, 1792, 
 dau. of Samuel and Mary (Vryling) Sargent, of Winch- 
 endon. They removed to this town in 1824. He d. 
 May 9, 1849; she d. Feb. 5, 1849. 
 
 I. Jonas Austin, b. Feb. 4, 1816; md., 1837, Eliza- 
 beth Tibbets. He resided in Chittenango, N. 
 Y., where he d. Sept.- 26, 1839. 
 
 II. Eliza Darling, b. April 16, 1818. 
 
 III. James Watson, b. in Rindge Sept. 30, 1824; md. 
 
 April 4, 1848, Laurana Crane, dau. of Larra and 
 Sally B. Crane, of Boston. He is Deputy Col- 
 lector of Internal Revenue, of the district includ- 
 ing Boston. 
 
 IV. Merrick Adams, b. Feb. 27, 1828; md. Nov. 2, 
 
 1869, Henrietta Mason. He resides in Middle- 
 bury, Vt. 
 
 v. Charles Mavery, b. Jan. 7, 1831 ; md. Aug. 15, 
 1865, Emily A. Higgins. He is a dentist in 
 Somerville, Mass. 
 
 VI. George Milton, b. Nov. 4, 1832 ; is a mechanic, and 
 resides in Ashburnham. 
 
 Ebekezee Muzzy, bap. in Lexington, Mass., July 8, 
 1750, son of John and Rebecca (Reed) Muzzy, and grand- 
 son of Benjamin Muzzy, Jr., of Lexington ; md. June 6, 
 1774, Betty Reed, b. Nov. 26, 1754, dau. of Joshua and 
 Susannah (Houghton) Reed, of Lexington, and a sister 
 of Lieut. James Reed, of Rindge. They removed to this 
 town about 1780, and occupied a farm near the present 
 residence of Ezra Page, which he purchased of Zebulon 
 Converse by a deed dated May 16, 1778. It was the lirst 
 lot in the first range. Twenty years later they returned 
 to Lexington, where he d. March 29, 1804; his widow 
 d. March 12, 1846, aged 91. 
 
 I. Isaac, b. April 3, 1775; md. Mary Boutelle, of^ 
 Maiden. He d. Aug. 1, 1842, leaving three chil- 
 dren. 
 
 II. Betsey b. July 30, 1780; md. Jonas Reed, and 
 resided in Heath, Mass. 
 
 HI. Joshua, b. in Rindge Feb. 13, 1783 ; killed in this 
 town, Sept. 17, 1790, by a fall from a tree. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 
 
 609 
 
 IV. Thaddeus, b. Feb. 18, 1785 ; md. widow Mary 
 Patch, and • lived in Boston. • He was drowned 
 in Boston Harbor June 15, 1815. His widow d. 
 Dec. 7, 1816. 
 
 V. Abigail, b. April 2, 1788 ; md. John Parker, and 
 resided in Phillipston, Mass. 
 
 VI. Joshua, b. May 26, 1790 ; d. Oct. 29, 1792. 
 VII. John, b. Nov. 19, 1794; md. Nov. 19, 1816, Lydia 
 More, dau. of Thomas D. More, of Boston, where 
 they resided until 1854, when they removed to 
 Lexington. He d. Dec. 30, 1864 ; she d. Dec. 20, 
 1862. Two children d. young. 
 
 NORCROSS. 
 
 Jeremiah Norckoss, the emigrant ancestor of the Norcross families 
 in Rindge, settled in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1642, where he was a 
 large proprietor, owning a homestead and twelve other lots. He was 
 selectman 1649, admitted freeman 1653, and d. 1657. By wife Adrean he 
 had two sons : (1) Nathaniel, who was called as a minister to Lapcaster, 
 then styled Nashua, upon the first attempt to organize a church there. 
 For this plantation he was the first petitioner. He probably soon 
 returned to England. (Bond's " Watertown.") (2) Richard Norcross, 
 who was b. in England 1621 ; admitted freeman, May 26, 1653. "For 
 twenty years previous to 1681 he is said to have been the only school- 
 teacher in Watertown. He taught Latin, English, and writing, and 
 continued in this employment as late as 1687. Jan. 6, 1660-1, he was 
 hired for one year for £30, and was allowed 2s. " a head for keeping the 
 dry herd." He md. June 24, 1650, Mary Brooks, who was the mother of 
 his seven children ; she d. Feb. 24, 1671-2. He md. (2d) Nov. 18, 1673, 
 Susanna Shattuck, widow of William Shattuck ; he d. 1709 ; his wife d. 
 Dec. 11, 1686. Richard Norcross, Jr., his fourth child, b. Aug. 4, 1660, 
 md. Aug. 10, 1686, Rose Woodward, dau. of John and Abigail (Benjar 
 min) Woodward ; she d. leaving three children. He md. (2d) Aug. 6, 
 1695, Hannah Sanders, by whom he had eight children. He was also a 
 sohqol-teacher, and during several of the later years of his life resided in 
 Weston, Mass., where he probably d. His wife d. there, May 14, 1743. 
 Jeremiah Norcross, his seventh child, and the fourth child of Hannah, 
 his second wife, was b. July 2, 1703 ; md. in Groton, Jan. 28, 1730-1, 
 Faith Page, b. Nov. 6, 1707, dau. of Jonathan and Mary Page, of 
 Groton, a cousin of Nathaniel and Joseph Page, of Rindge, and a relative 
 of President Dunster, of Harvard College. He settled in Lunenburg, 
 Mass., where he was frequently chosen to positions of trust. Soon after 
 the drawing of lots he became one of the proprietors of this town, and 
 in 1759 was chosen one of a committee to lay out a road from Ashburn- 
 ham, and another from New Ipswich, to the centre of this town ; but he 
 never resided in Rindge except, perhaps, the last few years of his life. 
 His eight children, the fifth generation in America, were as follows : — 
 
 I. Jabez, b. March 10, 1731-2. + 
 II. Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1733-4. Had a home with her 
 brothers in Rindge ; d. unmd. from injuries re- 
 ceived from a fall. 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 m. Sarah, h. Feb. 25, 1735-6; md. Ephraim Peirce, 
 scfti of Ephraim and Esther (Shedd) Peirce, and 
 a brotlier of the wife of Dea. John Love joy. 
 They lived and d. in Lunenburg, where their 
 descendants are numerous. Several of their 
 children removed to Lyme, N. H. 
 IV. Page, b. April 9, 1738. + 
 
 T. Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1741 ; resided vrtth her broth- 
 ers in this town ; d. unmd. 
 Jeremiah, b. Feb. 15, 1743-4, as recorded, but he 
 
 was bap. Feb. 12, 1743-4. -j- 
 Phebe, b. Jan. 5, 1745-6 ; d. Sept. 5, 1766. 
 Elijah, b. March 7, 1749-50. + 
 
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 Jabez Noeceoss md. March 27, 1771, Hannah Bailey, 
 b. in Rowley, and dan. of John and Elizabeth Bailer, and 
 settled in Rindge, near the residence of his brother. Page 
 Norcross, where Thomas Wilson now resides. His wife 
 d. March 26, 1781. No record of his secoiid marriage has 
 been found. The tradition that he md. a dan. of Heze- 
 kiah Chaplin is well sustained, and probably the name of 
 another dau. should be added to the register of that family. 
 About 1800, he removed to Vermont, where he d. His 
 four children, by second wife, after his death returned to 
 Rindge. 
 
 I. Asa, b. 1784 ; lived in Rindge, and d. unmd. Feb. 
 21, 1852. 
 
 II. Rebecca, b. 1786 ; md. Sept. 3, 1829, Isaac Wtitte- 
 
 more, of Royalston, Mass. 
 
 III. /^a%, b. 1788; lived with her brother Asa ; d. Dec. 
 
 12, 1852. 
 
 IV. Enoch, d. in Boston, unmd., March 7, 1860. 
 
 Lieut. Page Noeceoss md. Feb. 15, 1762-3, Elizabeth 
 Bailey, a sister of Hannah who md. Jabez Norcross. He 
 settled, soon after his marriage, upon the farm now of 
 Nathan "Woodbui-y, where he d. Sept. 28, 1804. He was 
 a sergeant in Capt. Hale's company in 1775, and during 
 the war was several times elected a member of the com- 
 mittee of safety. He was selectman 1769 and 1777, and 
 was styled lieutenant after 1777. 
 
 I. Elijah, b. May 27, 1768. 
 II. ^/feafteCA, b. Jan. 30, 1770; md. Thomas Rugg, y. v. 
 
 Jeeemiah Noeceoss md. Nov. 23, 1769, Lucy Chaplin, 
 dau. of Ebenezer Chaplin, g. «., and settled upon the farm 
 now of his grandson, Joshua Norcross. He was a mem- 
 ber of Capt. Hale's Company in 1775, and served in the 
 Rhode Island expedition 1778. He was constable 1781, 
 and his jiame appears in the State archives as paying the 
 
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 large sums of money which the State required of this 
 town to meet its proportion of the expenses of the war. 
 He d. of spotted fever Dee. — , 1811 ; his widow d. Jan. 5, 
 1841, aged 91. In this record of their children the order 
 of age may not be preserved. 
 
 I. David, md. March 8, 1795, Lucretia Chaplin, dau. 
 of Micah Chaplin, q. v. They removed to Brad- 
 ford, Vt. 
 II. Daniel, h. 1780. + 
 ,111. Ducy, md. Peter Welton, and resided in Bradford, 
 Vt. 
 
 IV. Sally, md. Farr, of Bradford. 
 
 V. Phehe, md. March 9, 1795, Luther Darling. 
 VI. Nancy, md. Feb. 6, 1804, John Darling, of Chester- 
 field, N. H. 
 VII. Jeremiah, d. 1811, of spotted fever. 
 
 De. Elijah Noeceoss resided several years in Maine, 
 and returned to Rindge about 1796 (vide p. .372). He d. 
 IsTov. 9, 1818. By wife Sally he had eight children. 
 
 I. Sally, b. June 5, 1797. 
 II. Elijah, b. Oct. 5, 1799. 
 
 III. Ozias, b. Feb. 16, 1802. 
 
 IV. Bufus, b. Oct. 11, 1804. 
 V. Zophar, b. May 20, 1806. 
 
 VI. Alonzo, b. Feb. 28, 1808. 
 VII. Clarissa, b. Oct. 6, 1809. 
 VIII. Lavina, b. March 10, 1812. 
 
 Capt. Daniel N"oeceoss md. Polly Jones, dau. of Asa 
 Jones, q. v. He was a farmer, and resided upon the old 
 homestead. Was a captain of the militia, and a citizen of 
 good repute. His wife d. July 21, 1834, and he md. (2d) 
 June 16^ 1835, Sally (Hubbard) Rand, widow of Leonard 
 Rand, q. v., and dau. of Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard, q. v. 
 He d. Aug. 1, 1858, aged 78. 
 
 I. Eliza, b. June 25, 1804; d. Aug. 20, 1804. 
 II. Eunice, twin, b. June 25, 1804; md. May 17, 1827, 
 George W. Bryant, of Templeton, Mass. They 
 resided in Fitzwilliam ; she d. 1856. 
 
 1. George E., is a lawyer in Madison, Wis. 
 
 He md. Susie Gibson, of Winchendon. 
 
 2. Marinda, md. Gardner Brewer, son of Asa 
 
 Brewer, q. v. They resided in Boston. 
 She is deceased. 
 
 3. Lucy Ellen, md. Allen Brazee, a farmer in 
 
 Madison, Wis. 
 
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 4. Harriet, md. Joseph Lobmis, and resides in 
 Mount Hope, Wis. 
 
 5. Henry, a farmer in Madison, Wis. 
 
 6. Eunice, md. Henry Stannard, and resides 
 in Armstrong Corner, Wis. 
 
 38 ' m. JVanci/, h. Jan. 13, 1806 ; md. Jan. 11, 1827, George 
 L. Beals, son of Stowers and Mary (Leavitt) 
 Beals. He is a dealer in real estate in Win- 
 chendon. 
 
 39 1. Mary L., b. Nov. 21, 1827 ; md. Jan., 1849, 
 J. M. Whitney, son of Capt. Hananiah 
 and Sarah (Beaman) Whitney, of Winch- 
 endon. He is a conductor on the Boston 
 and Albany Railroad, and resides in 
 Boston. Their son, Charles L. B. Whit- 
 ney, Esq., a graduate of Harvard Univer- 
 sity, is a lawyer in Boston. Their only 
 remaining child d. in infancy. 
 
 40 2. George L., (Jr.), b. Jan. 11, 1830 ; md. Lydia 
 Farrar. He is a manufacturer in North 
 Ashburnham. Their son, Frank L., is a 
 mail agent on the Boston, Barre and 
 Gardner Railroad, and John F., a younger 
 son, is a student at Cushing Academy, 
 Ashburnham. 
 
 41 3. ; d. young. 
 
 42 4. ; d. young. 
 
 43 5. Charles L., b. May 6, 1835 ; md. Harriet 
 Martha Brown, dau. of George Brown 
 (vide page 460). He is a manufacturer, 
 cashier of the First National Bank, and 
 treasurer of the Savings Bank in Winch- 
 endon. 
 
 6. Nancy E., b. April 21, 1837; d. 1855. 
 
 7. Martha E., b. April 14, 1844; d. 1857. 
 
 IV. Daniel, b. Feb. 20, 1807. + 
 
 V. Asa Jones, h. Feb. 15, 1809; d. Sept. 1, 1810. 
 
 VI. Zucy, b. April 9, 1810 ; md. May 10, 1838, Addison 
 Hubbard, son of Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard, q. v. 
 
 VII. Asa Jones, h. Nov. 23, 1812 ; d. Oct. 1, 1813. 
 
 VIII. -Betsey, twin, b. Nov. 23, 1812 ; d. unmd. April 28, 
 1843. 
 IX. Jeremiah, b. April 25, 1814. -f- 
 X. Mary M., b. Aug., 1815 ; d. March 8, 1816. 
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 Daniel Norceoss md. May 16, 1832, Ellen S. Board- 
 man, dau. of Stephen and Martha (Kinsman) Boardman. 
 Since 1833 he has resided in Wakefield, formerly South 
 Reading, Mass., where for sevei-al years he was engaged 
 ifi mercantile pm-suits. He has been Deputy Sheriff and 
 coroner of Middlesex County, postmaster of South Read- 
 ing, and for many years a Justice of the Peace. He still 
 resides in Wakefield, and is a real-estate broker and insur- 
 ance agent in Boston. Their only child, b. Nov. 17, 1834, 
 d. in infancy. 
 
 Dea. Jbebmiah Noeceoss is a fanner in Rindge. He 
 md. Oct. 8, 1839, Mary Pillsbury, dau. of Rev. Levi and 
 Mary (Pickard) Pillsbury, of Winchendon. In 1864 he 
 was chosen a deacon of the Congregational Church, and 
 is one of the two officers of that church at the present 
 time. 
 
 I. George Jones, b. Jan. 27, 1841. He was assistant 
 
 surgeon in the army, and d. in the service, Dec. 
 
 6, 1865. ( Vide p. 327.) 
 II. Mary Kimball Burnham, b. Dec. 6, 1843; d. 
 
 June 19, 1845. 
 in. Daniel Boardman, b. April 11, 1846 ; md., 1870, 
 
 Almira Gerald, dau. of William L. Gerald, and 
 
 resides in Illinois. 
 IV. Charles S., b. Sept 29, 1849 ; md. May 20, 1874, 
 
 Evangeline E. Perry, dau. of Rev. Isaac Stearns 
 
 Perry, and granddau. of Chauncy Perry, q. v. 
 
 He is a dentist in Winchendon. 
 V. Mary K. B., b. Nov. 4, 1851. 
 VI. Albert F., b. April 10, 1853. Dartmouth College, 
 
 class of 1878. 
 VII. Arthur Willie, b. April 30, 1855. 
 
 De. Josiah Noeceoss studied his profession with the 
 late Drs. Thomas R. Boutelle, of Fitchburg, and Walter 
 Channing, of Boston, and graduated at Harvai-d Medical 
 College 1846. He practiced medicine in Fitchburg until 
 1849, -and on account of failing health retired from busi- 
 ness upon which he had entered under favorable auspices, 
 and removed to South Reading, now Wakefield, Mass., 
 where he d. Jan. 15, 1866. He md. May 16, 1848, Olive 
 Christiana Spaulding, dau. of Dr. Thaddeus and Sarah 
 (Hart) Spaulding, of South Reading. 
 
 I. Sarah Sort, b. May 5, 1850. 
 
 n. Walter Spaulding, h. Oct. 1, 1854; entered Am- 
 herst College, class of 1875, and d. Sept. 26, 
 1873. 
 
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 Joshua Noecboss md. Dec. 4, 1844, Calista K. Cooper, 
 dau. of Horatio and Betsey (Gale) Cooper, of Alstead, 
 N. H. He is a farmer, and cultivates the farm formerly 
 of Ms father and grandfather, which has been yi posses- 
 sion of the family above one hundred years. 
 
 I. Darwin J., b. Oct. 24, 1846 ; d. July 3, 1869. 
 n. Serbert S., b. July 25, 1848. 
 
 III. Helen M., b. Nov. 11, 1849; d. July 23, 1851. 
 
 IV. Otis S., b. May 8, 1851. 
 
 b. March 9, 1853. 
 b. Oct. 6, 1856. 
 
 V. Ziizzie 0., 
 
 VI. Anna C, 
 
 VII. Ahhy Jan 
 
 Hoif. Amasa Noeceoss, a lawyer in Fitchburg. ( Yide 
 p. 350.) He md. June 1, 1852, S. Augusta Wallis, dau. 
 of Benjamin and Rebecca Wallis, of Ashby, Mass., who 
 d. March 4, 1869. 
 
 I. JElla A., b. June 24, 1854. 
 II. Mlson S., b. Aug. 9, 1859 ; 
 
 d. May 18, 1863. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 The Page families in Rindge have been very numerous, and nearly all 
 have belonged to the same general family. The following registers will 
 indicate in what manner they were related. They were descendants of 
 John Page, who with wife Phebe came from Dedham, England, in 1630, 
 and settled in Watertown. He was the first constable of that town, being 
 appointed by the court in 1630, and was admitted freeman May 18, 1631. 
 He d. Dec. 18, 1676, aged about 90 ; his widow d. Sept. 25, 1677, aged 87. 
 John Page, his son, was b. 1830, and admitted freeman 1652. About 
 1662 he removed to Groton, Mass., where he md. May 12, 1664, Faith 
 Dunster, who d. April 3, 1699. About 1676 he returned to Watertown, 
 and is supposed to be the John Page who represented the town in the 
 General Court in 1700. Samuel Page, the second son of John and Faith 
 (Dunster)- Page, was b. in Groton June 4, 1672, and became the first 
 settler of Lunenburg, Mass. For several years his family were the only 
 inhabitants of that township, and he received the title of " Governor," 
 since he was presumed to control the whole town. Among his children 
 were Nathaniel and Joseph, who subsequently settled in this town, and 
 are numbered 1 and 15. Another son of John and Faith (Dunster) Page 
 was Jonathan Page, b. in Watertown June 24, 1677. He removed to 
 Groton, and there by wife Mary had eight children. He d. Oct. 10, 1751. 
 Faith Page, his dau., b. Nov. 6, 1707, was the wife of Jeremiah Norcross, 
 of Lunenburg, and the mother of three sons and two daus., who came to 
 Kindge. Joseph, their third son, b. Oct. 22, 1714, also removed to Rindge, 
 and is numbered 45. Faith Dunster, the wife of John Page, was named 
 in the will of President Dunster, of Harvard University, and is styled 
 his " cousin Faith Dunster." At that time cousin had the meaning of 
 relative, as that word is now used. She may have been a cousin german, 
 or perhaps a more distant relative. 
 
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 LiBXTT. Nathaniel Page, son of Gov. Samuel and 
 Martha Page, md. in Lunenburg, Dee. 25, 1733, Mercy- 
 Gould, b. in Topsfield, Jan. 17, 1712, dau. of Thomas 
 and Mercy (Sumner) Gould, and an aunt of Jacob and 
 Benjamin Gould, who settled in Rindge. He was one of 
 the original proprietors under the Masonian Charter. In 
 the distribution of the lots, he drew 21 and 22 in the 
 tenth, and 11 in the eighth range. He settled about 
 1760 upon the two lots first named, in the extreme north- 
 west corner of the town. He was a man of character 
 and influence, and was frequently named in the choice of 
 important committees. He d. 1779. His will is dated 
 Aug. 26, 1779, and was entered in probate soon after. 
 His wife survived him, but the date of her death is 
 unknown. His children were b. in Lunenburg. 
 
 I. JSTathaniel, b. Feb. 7, 1734; d. Aug. 12, 1756. 
 II. Mercy, b. June 26, 1736 ; md. John Simonds, q. v. 
 
 III. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 15, 1738 ; d. young. 
 
 IV. Abner, h. March 30, 1740 ; d. young. 
 V. John, b. July 16, 1741.4- 
 
 VI. Moses, b. April 5, 1743. 
 
 VII. Aaron, b. July 13, 1744; d. May 28, 1746. 
 VIII. Samuel, b. July 26, 1747. 
 
 IX. Sibyl, b. April 19, 1749 ; md. Samuel Stanley, q. v. 
 X. Rachel, b. Jan. 21, 1751. 
 
 XI. Prudence, b. March 29, 1752 ; md. John Dean, son 
 of Rev. Seth Dean, q. v. 
 
 XII. Heuhen, b. Feb. 3, 1754. He was five times in the 
 Revolutionary army. ( Yide pp. 108, 110, 126, 
 140, 164.) After the war he settled in Corinth, 
 Vt., where his descendants are numerous. 
 XIII. Caleb, b. May 11, 1756. For a record of his pro- 
 tracted service in the Revolution, vide pp. 126, 
 136, 141, 167. He was md. in 1780, or previous, 
 but no record of the marriage has been discov- 
 ered. ■ 
 
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 John Page removed with his father to this town, and 
 was proprietor of a lot of land. In the autumn of 1762 
 he removed to Coos Meadows, now Haverhill, N". H., and 
 there md. Hannah Greene, by whom he had four sons, 
 John, "William, Samuelj and Stephen. John, the eldest, 
 b. in Haverhill, May 21, 1787, was Governor of New 
 Hampshire 1839, 1840, and 1841. Among his childrfen is 
 the Hon. John A. Page, at present and for several years 
 TreasuJ'er of the State of Vermont. 
 
 Joseph Page, a brother of Lieut. Nathaniel, and prob- 
 ably his senior, was employed as chainman when the town 
 of Lunenburg was first surveyed, and became proprietor 
 
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 of a lot of land in that town, whicli was purchased for him 
 by his father. Torrey's " History of Fitchburg " errone- 
 ously states that he "resided all his days in Lunenburg." 
 He removed to Eindge in 1767. He md. Dec. 3, 1730, 
 Deborah Gould, b. in Topsfield Sept. 23, 1707, a sister of 
 the wife of his brother Nathaniel. She d. 1767, the year 
 of his removal to this town. His ten children were b. in 
 Lunenburg ; i., in., and it. d. young. 
 
 II. Deborah, b. April 11, 1733 ; md. Joseph Platts, of 
 
 Rindge, q. v. 
 V. Hannah, b. March 22, 1739. 
 VI. Elizabeth, b. April 24, 1741 ; md. Thomas Wright, 
 
 of Lunenburg ; md. (2d) Joseph Platts, q. v. 
 VII. Amos, b. June 2, 1743 ; lived in Lunenburg, and 
 
 left a large number of children. 
 VIII. Joseph, b. June 22, 1745 ; resided a few years in 
 Rindge. 
 IX. Susannah, b. April 24, 1747 ; md. John Wether- 
 bee, of Rindge, q. v. 
 X. Abijah, b. May 14, 1749. + 
 
 Abijah Pagb, youngest son of Joseph, md. April 21, 
 1784, Mary Sawtell, dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Holden) 
 Sawtell, q. v. He resided between the residence of Gil- 
 man P. Wellington and Converseville. He d. July 19, 
 1836, aged 87. 
 
 I. Levi, b. March 24, 1785. -|- 
 II. Joseph, b. Nov. 2, 1786. + 
 in. Polly, b. June 15, 1788 ; d. young. 
 IV. iMcinda, b. Jan. 26, 1790; md. Capt. Leonard 
 
 Wellington, q. v. 
 V. Betsey, b. Oct. 20, 1792 ; d. young. 
 VI. Maria, b. Dec. 1, 1794 ; d. unmd. Oct. 7, 1827. 
 
 vii. Phinehas, b. ; md., 1822, Mary Spaulding, of 
 
 • Townsend, Mass. A few years after his mar- 
 riage he removed to Pennsylvania, where he d., 
 about 1866, leaving several children. 
 
 Levi Page md. July 21, 1811, Betsey (Johnson) 
 Stearns, widow of Bartholomew Stearns, of Winchendon, 
 and dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Sanderson) Johnson, 
 of Winchendon. Her father was a brother of Nathan 
 Johnson, Senior, of Rindge. By her former marriage she 
 had one dau., Eliza, b. about 1810. A ftw years after 
 marriage they removed to Winchendon. 
 
 I. Charles, b. Sept. 25, 1812. 
 II. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 7, 1814. 
 
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 III. Samuel, b. ; md. Sept. 19, 1842, Mary Ann 
 
 Woodbury, dau. of Nathan Woodbury, q. v. 
 For several years they resided in Rindge. He 
 was the first who employed machinery in the 
 manufacture of nest-boxes in this town. He 
 now lives in Winchendon. 
 
 Joseph Page, a farmer, and at this date, Deo. 31, 1874, 
 
 the oldest man living in Rindge; md. March 11, 1810, 
 
 Mary Wilder, of Sterling; she d. May 31, 1870, aged 87. 
 
 I. Edward Wilder, b. March 20, 1811; d. unmd. 
 
 June 14, 1835. 
 n. Susan,h.'SoY. 12, 1812; md. May 8, 1838, Abel 
 . • Stratton, of Athol, Mass. He d. about 1852, 
 and she resides in Brighton, Mass. 
 
 1. Edward P., b. 1839 ; enlisted in 6th N. H. 
 Vols., Nov. 28, 1861; d. at Annapolis, 
 Md., Jan. 14, 1862. 
 
 III. Sarah Whiting, b. Oct. 12, 1816; md. Dec. 6, 
 
 1844, Willard Howard, of Windham, Vt. He 
 d. leaving three sons and two daus., and, with 
 her children, she continues to reside upon the 
 farm. 
 
 IV. Maria, b. Aug. 6, 1818 ; md. Brown, and was 
 
 divorced ; md. (2d) Miller, and resides in 
 
 Canton, 111. 
 V. Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1820 ; md. Dec. 30, 1847, Sam- 
 uel W. Robbins, son of Samuel Robbins, q. v. 
 They reside in Peoria, 111. 
 VI. Abigail 2>., b. Sept. 29, 1822; md. May 21, 1845, 
 
 Gardner T. Rand, son of Gates Rand, q. v. 
 VII. Martha, b. Aug. 17, 1824; md. Milton W. Arm- 
 strong. Resides in Jaffrey. 
 VIII. JEzra, b. Jan. 30, 1827 ; a farmer ; resides upon the 
 farm with his father, near the New Ipswich line. 
 He md. May 9, 1850, Lucy Ann Wetherbee, 
 dau. of Benjatnin and Hannah Wetherbee, of. 
 West Townsend, Mass. 
 
 1. Herbert Arthur, b. Feb. 6, 1853. 
 
 2. Infant, b. and d. Nov. 13, 1859. 
 
 3. Harlow Elbridge, b. July 14, 1861 ; d. Oct. 
 
 10, 1864. 
 
 LiBTTT. Joseph Page, son of Jonathan and Mary Page, 
 was b. in Groton Oct. 22, 1714; md. Nov. 21, 1739, Abi- 
 gail Shedd, dau. of Daniel and Abigail Shedd, of Groton. 
 Late in life they removed from Groton to Rindge, and 
 resided with their children. The following dates of their 
 decease are copied from grave-stones in the cemetery. He 
 d. March, 20, 1799; she d. April 26, 1812. 
 
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 I. Joseph, b. Aug. 26, 1740. , 
 Jonathan, b. July 22, 1742. 
 Abigail, b. Feb. 28, 1743. • 
 Daniel, b. July 18, 1745. + 
 Susannah, b. June 29, 1747; md. Capt. Salmon 
 
 Stone, q. v. 
 JEunice, b. July 1, 1749 ; d. July 13, 1749. 
 Silas, b. Aug. 26, 1750, and wife Eunice removed 
 
 to this town in 1776. He was a member of Capt. 
 
 Stone's company 1777. His name is not found 
 
 on the tax list of 1793, or at a later period. 
 
 1. Silas, b. May 4, 1774. 
 
 2. Richard, b. Jan. 21, 1776. . 
 
 3. Solomon, b. in Rindge May 21, 1778. 
 
 4. David, bap. in Rindge Oct. 22, 1780. 
 
 viii. Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1753; md. John Earl, q. v. 
 IX. Maria, b. May 17, 1755. 
 X. Lemuel, b. Aug. 14, 1757. -|- 
 XI. Prudence, b. March 9, 1760 ; md. Enos Lake, q. v. 
 
 Daniel Page md. Feb. 9, 1768, Abigail Johnson, and 
 removed to this town previous to 1780, where he d. Sept. 
 14, 1831, aged 86. His wife d. Aug. 26, 1819. The three 
 eldest children were b. in Groton. 
 
 I. Abigail, b. July 11, 1768. 
 
 II. Sarah,h. Feb. 26, 1770; d., unmd., Oct., 1857. 
 
 III. Ephraim, b. March 4, 1772; md., 1824, Sarah 
 
 Henderson. 
 
 IV. Nathan, ; md. Dec. 27, 1808, Betsey Towne. 
 
 V. JElias, b. Aug. 14, 1781. -f- 
 
 Lemubl Page enlisted into the army six times, which 
 made nearly a continuous service during the Revolution. 
 ( Vide pp. 108, 110, 126, 136, 141, 164.) He was a fifer, 
 and became a major musician. He md. Dec. 10, 1778, 
 Sarah Demary, dau. of John Demary, q. v. She d. Oct. 
 7, 1797, and he md. (2d) June 26, 1798, Polly Paige, of 
 Hardwick, Mass., b. July 26, 1766, a descendant of 
 Nathaniel Paige, of Roxbury, and later of Bedford, Mass., 
 where he d. April 12, 1692. In 1816 Major Page removed 
 to Surry, N. H., where he d. Sept. 30, 1822. His -n-idow d. 
 Nov. 26, 1853, aged 87. Their children were b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. Lemuel, b. Jan. 20, 1780; md. Jan. 27, 1812, Clar- 
 issa Whitney, dau. of Dr. Isaiah Whitney, q. v. 
 He was a captain in the war of 1812, and a 
 colonel of militia, and resided in Burlington, 
 Vt., where he d. May 8, 1825, and his widow 
 md. Joseph Jones, Esq., of Troy, N. H. ; she d. 
 
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 Feb. 16, 1844. Four of their seven children d. 
 in infancy. (1) Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 28, 1815 ; 
 md. John Duncklee, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; (2) 
 Harriet F., b. 1817; md. Leonard Johonnett, of 
 BurUngton; (3) Lemuel W., b. April 30, 1821; 
 md., 1842, Susan Sanders, b. Feb. 18, 1820, dau. 
 of John Sanders, now of Rindge; md. (2d), 
 1878, Carrie E. Hemenway. They reside in 
 Burlington. 
 II. Zuther, b. Jan. 17, 1782 ; md. Aug. 25, 1803, Mary 
 Carlton, dau. of James Carlton, q. v. ; settled in 
 Westfield, Vt., and subsequently removed to 
 Derby, Vt., where he d., leaving no children. 
 
 III. Ira, b. March 3, 1790 ; d. May 10, 1790. 
 
 IV. Zm, b. March 23, 1792 ; removed to Westfield, Vt. 
 V. Infant, b. Oct. 7, 1797 ; d. same day. 
 
 Children of second wife (viii. and ix. d. young) : — 
 
 VI. Gilman, b. June 20,1799; md. Louisa Robinson, 
 who was b. Sept. 28, 1800 ; she d. Nov. 2, 1869. 
 In 1821 he removed to Boston, where he con- 
 tinues to reside. 
 
 1. Calvin Robinson, b. March 16, 1829. 
 
 2. James Henry, b. March 17, 1831. 
 
 3. Charles Gilman, b. Dec. 6, 1838 ; d. 1885. 
 
 4. Charles Jewett, b. Aug. 6, 1837. 
 
 5. Mary Louisa, b. July 24, 1841. 
 
 VII. Joseph Warner, b. Jan. 31, 1803; md. in Surry, 
 Jan. 29, 1829, Caroline Joslin, b. in "Walpole, 
 N. H., Dec. 8, 1806; she d. in Boston, Nov. 22, 
 1865. Mr. Page has resided in Boston since 
 1823, and there his three children were b. 
 
 1. George Washington, b. Nov. 5, 1829. 
 
 2. Luke Joslin, b. June 25, 1834. 
 
 3. Albert Kidder, b. July 3, 1839; d. July 8„ 
 
 1863. 
 
 Elias Page md. July 9, 1808, Olive Smith, and resided 
 in the north-west part of the town. He d. May 16, 1848 ; 
 his wife d. April 80, 1842. 
 
 I. Olive, b. Nov. 2, 1803 ; md. James L. Demary, q.v. 
 II. Sewell, b. July 16, 1805; resides unmd. in Leomin- 
 ster, Mass. 
 
 III. Esther, b. Aug. 4, 1807 ; md. James L. Demary, q.v. 
 
 IV. Seba, b. Nov. 19, 1811 ; md. WilUam W. Graves. 
 V. Prudence, b. Jan. 14, 1814; resides unmd. in 
 
 Lunenburg, Mass. 
 
620 
 
 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 86 
 87 
 88 
 89 
 90 
 
 91 
 
 92 
 
 93 
 
 94 
 95 
 96 
 
 97 
 98 
 
 99 
 
 100 
 101 
 102 
 
 .VI. Jonathan, b. March 6, 1816; md. March 28, 1839, 
 
 Lorinda H. Porter ; resides in Jaffrey. 
 VII. Abigail, b. Oct. 18, 1818; md. June 20, 1843, 
 
 David G. Graves, 
 vm. Elias, b. June 14, 1822; md. April 80, 1845, Sarah 
 
 Mclntire; resided in Rindge until 1873. 
 IX. Betsey, b. Jan. 17, 1826 ; md. Dec. 31, 1854, John 
 
 Fairbanks, of Lunenburg. 
 X. Cynthia, b. Nov. 3, 1827 ; md. Jonas P. Bartlett, 
 
 and d. in Lexington, Mass., May 14, 1864. 
 
 John Page, parentage not known, perhaps the son of 
 John and Mary (Parker) Page, who was b. June 9, 1743. 
 If so, he was a nephew of Lieut. Joseph Page, No. 45 of 
 this register. He md. in Groton, Oct. 29, 1767, Esther 
 Lawrence, dau. of Jonathan and Esther Lawrence. Re- 
 sided a short time in Groton and in Shirley, and removed 
 to Rindge in 1775. In 1776 he served in Col. Baldwin's 
 regiment. ( Vide p. 126.) Dec. 21, 1788, they were dis- 
 missed from the church in Rindge, and recommended to 
 the church in Reading. The State is not named in the 
 records. 
 
 I. Molley, b. in Groton June 15, 1768; md. Josiah 
 
 Sawtell, q. v. 
 II. Esther, b. in Shirley Oct. 15, 1769; md. Jesse 
 Davis, q. v. 
 
 III. Thomas, h. in Shirley, Nov. 21, 1771. 
 
 IV. Prudence, b. in Shirley June 12, 1774. 
 V. John, b. in Rindge Sept. 9, 1776. 
 
 VI. Edmund, b. in Rindge Nov. 9, 1778. 
 VII. Jonathan, b. in Rindge May 3, 1781 ; md. June 11, 
 1807, Rebecca Sawtell, dau. of Jonathan, q. v.. 
 
 Samuel Page is said to have descended from Samuel, 
 another son of John, the emigrant, but it is possible that 
 he was the son of Lieut. Nathaniel, No. 9 of this register, 
 who returned to Rindge after a brief residence in Tops- 
 field. Whatever may have been his parentage, it is cer- 
 tain that he md. in Topsfield, Mass., Oct. 1, 1771, Molley 
 Towne, and removed to the farm now of Willard C. Brig- 
 ham in that or the following year, where he continued to 
 reside until 1798, when his name disappears from the tax 
 lists and other records. 
 
 I. Samuel, b. in Topsfield Nov. 11, 1771 ; d. Sept. 15, 
 
 1776. 
 II. Dorcas, b. in Rindge April 23, 1773 ; d. Aug. 24, 
 
 1776. 
 III. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 22, 1774; d. Sept. 15, 1776. 
 
 ( Vide p. 147.) 
 
103 
 104 
 105 
 106 
 107 
 108 
 109 
 110 
 
 111 
 
 112 
 113 
 
 114 
 
 115 
 116 
 
 117 
 
 GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 621 
 
 IV. John, b. Dec. 2, 1776. 
 
 V. Francis, h. Oct. 4, 1778. 
 
 Ti. MoUey, b. Oct. 15, 1780. 
 vn. Jacob, b. Marcli 27, 1783. 
 VIII. 'Abel, h. Jan. 30, 1785. 
 
 IX. Samuel, b. Feb. 23, 1788. 
 X. JBetty, b. May 13, 1794. 
 
 XI. Phinehas, b. Feb. 16, 1798. 
 
 Seegeant, or Sargent, Page (his Christian name was 
 spelled in many ways) was in Rmdge and taxed every 
 year from 1793 to 1819. Perhaps he was here at an 
 earlier date. The tax list of 1793 is the oldest list 
 preserved. He came from JafErey, and settled in the 
 north-west part of the town. It is presumed that he had 
 other children than those named. 
 
 I. Amos £., b. previous to 1786. 
 
 II. Reuben, b. previous to 1788; md. Sept. 7, 1807, 
 
 Polly Wheeler, of Jaffrey. Child of Reuben 
 Page d. in Rindge 1817, and he was taxed in this 
 town until 1818. 
 
 Samuel Paige was not related to the foregoing fami- 
 lies. He was a brother of the wife of Capt. Solomon 
 Cutler, and was descended from Nathaniel, of Bedford, 
 Mass., a son of Nathaniel, the emigrant. He came to 
 Rindge previous to his marriage, and remained several 
 years, when he removed to Plymouth, Vt. In the few 
 original signatures which I have discovered he spelled his 
 name as here written, but the 'clerks have generally trans- 
 cribed the name to correspond with the more numerous 
 families of Page. He md. Nov. 23, 1775, MoUey Hutch- 
 inson, of Bedford, by whom he had three or more 
 children. 
 
 I. Rebecca, b. in Rindge, Jan. 4, 1778. 
 
 II. Benjamin, b. in Rindge, June 7, 1780 ; settled in 
 
 Ludlow, Vt. ; was a captain. 
 
 III. Sam,uel, bap. in Rindge, July 25, 1784 ; settled in 
 
 Plymouth, Vt. ; was a colonel. 
 
 Dr. Ashbe Palmer {vide Chapter XVII.) md. April 
 7, 1774, Esther Dean, dau. of Rev. Seth Dean. After a 
 residence of a few years in Rindge he d., at an early age, 
 in Stonington, Ct., from whence he came. It is not 
 certain whether at the time of his death he had removed, 
 or was temporarily absent, from this town. His widow 
 md. (2d) Capt. David Main, a goldsmith, of North Ston- 
 ington, Ct., by whom she had five children. 
 
 79 
 
622 
 
 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 
 I. Mial, md. Eunice Palmer, dau: of Moses Palmer. 
 They resided in North Stonington. They had 
 six children. 
 
 1. Chester. 
 
 2. Ann, b. about 1815; md.' B. A. AtweU; 
 
 resides in Madison, Wis. 
 
 3. Robert P., resides in "Wisconsin. 
 
 4. William. 
 
 5. Edwin C, b. July 26, 1821 ; an intelligent 
 
 gentleman; a physician in Portage City, 
 Wis. 
 
 6. Louisa. 
 
 II. Chandler. 
 
 m. JFenner, was md. and had seven children. 
 IV. Saxton, had sons, Stanton B. and other children. 
 
 V. Mhoda. 
 
 Jonathan Paekee, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Peirce) 
 Parker, of G-roton, Mass., grandson of Samuel and Abigail 
 (Lakin) Parker, and great-grandson of James and Eliza- 
 beth (Long) Parker, of Wobum, Chelmsford, and Groton, 
 was b. in Groton Jan. 1, 1722. His father and mother 
 both d. Sept. 21, 1723. He md. July 12, 1743, Eleanor, 
 or Ellen, Hunt, dau. of Samuel and Dorothy (Bulkley) 
 Hunt, of Littleton, Mass., and a sister of Peter Hunt (No. 
 21 in Hunt Register). They removed to Rindge in 1760. 
 It was stated upon page- 70 that they had one son. There 
 was also a son Benjamin, and perhaps Samuel, who were 
 b. before that date. It is possible that for a year or more, 
 about 1770, the family resided elsewhere. If so, they 
 soon returned, and he had the care of the meeting-house 
 for several years. Soon after 1780, however, their names 
 disappear from the records, and their residence was prob- 
 ably in Jaffrey. 
 
 I. Jonathan, Jr., b. April 19, 1744. {Vide p. 873). 
 He md. July 6, 1769, Hannah Stanley, dau. of 
 Capt. Jonathan and Abigail (Gould) Stanley, of 
 Rindge, q. v. Pour children b. in Rindge. 
 
 1. Abigail, b. May 16, 1770 ; d. Sept. IB, 1770. 
 
 2. Daughter, b. Jnne 14, 1771 ; d. same day. 
 8. Ellen, b. May 15, 1781. 
 
 4. Sarah, b. June 2, 1783. 
 
 II. Senjamin, b. 
 
 was a member of Capt. 
 
 Thomas' Company in 1776, and was credited by 
 the town for ten months' service. 
 
 Samuel, b. ; he was also in the service (vide 
 
 pp. 108, 110, 126); md. April 9, 1777, Hannah 
 Platts, dau. of Ens. Joseph Platts. It is sup- 
 
10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 15 
 
 GENEALOGICAL BEGI8TEB. 623 
 
 posed that he was a son of Jonathan. Two 
 children were b. in Rindge. 
 
 1. Ellen, b. March 4, 1778. 
 
 2. Jonathan, b. Jan. 9, 1781. 
 
 Joseph Paekbe, parentage unknown, md. July 3, 
 1792, Rezinah Rand, dau. of Col. Daniel Rand, and 
 resided in Rindge until 1819, when he removed to Fitch- 
 burg. 
 
 I. Susan JET., b. Sept. 29, 1792; md. Isaac Bartlett, 
 and resided in Worcester, Mass., where she d. 
 June 12, 1852. 
 
 11. Sitty L., b. July 24, 1794 ; md. Simeon Smith, and 
 lived in Fitchburg. 
 
 1. William P., resides in Winchendon. 
 
 QuiNCT Paeker resided on the old road to Ashburn- , 
 ham, upon land now owned by Cephas A. Bush. They 
 removed 1821 from Princeton, Mass. They had several 
 children, and perhaps all are not named. He d. Sept. 27, 
 1828, aged 55, and the widow returned to Princeton. 
 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 
 I. 
 
 n. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Joseph, b. 
 WiUiam. 
 Mary. 
 Ira. 
 
 about 
 
 1808. 
 
 
 
 20 
 21 
 
 V. 
 VI. 
 
 Quincy, \ 
 Eunice, ) 
 
 bap. in 
 
 Rindge 
 
 July 
 
 30, 1826. 
 
 PAYSON. 
 
 Edwakd Patson, probably the common ancestor of all bearing!, the 
 name in New England, was received to the church in Koxbury, Mass., 
 previous to 1637 ; was an owner of land in 1639 ; and admitted to free- 
 man's oath May 13, 1640. He md. Aug. 20, 1640, Ann Park, dau. of 
 WiUiam and Martha (Holgrave) Park ; she d. Sept. 10, 1641, and he md. 
 (2d) Jan. 1, 1641-2, Mary Eliot, dau. of Philip, and a niece of the 
 Apostle Eliot; she d., his widow, March 24,' 1697, aged 76. Samuel 
 Payson, the tenth or the eleventh child of the emigrant, Edward, and 
 Mary (Eliot) Payson, was bap. Sept. 21, 1662 ; md. June 14, 1688, 
 Mary Phillips, dau. of Rev. Samuel Phillips, 'of Rowley, and sister of 
 Rev. George Phillips, of Brook Haven, L. I. He lived in Dorchester, 
 where he was constable 1699, selectman 1700, '6, '7, '9. He d. Nov. 24, 
 1721 ; his widow d. April 20, 1725. His wiU, dated three days previous 
 to his death, gives to his son Phillips, then " seeking a liberal education, 
 his silver cup and great Bible and £80, of which £20 shotild be paid 
 when he had taken his second degree, and £60 five years afterwards." 
 The son, Phillips Payson, thus provided for, was b. in Dorchester, Feb. 
 29 ; bap. March 12, 1704-5 ; graduated at Harvard 1724, and, after teach- 
 ing a short time, was ordained at Walpole, Mass., Sept. 16, 1730. He 
 md. Dec. 5, 1733, Anne Swift, b. July 5, 1706, dau. of Rev. John and 
 Sarah (TilestOn) Swift, of Framingham, and a sister of Rev. John 
 
624 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Swift, Jr., of Acton. She was the mother of seven children, and d. 
 Dec. 30, 1756. He md. (2d) 1757, published Oct. 9, Kezia (Bullen) 
 Morse, b. Sept. 5, 1720, widow of Dea. Seth Morse, of Medfield, and dan. 
 of John and Mehitabel (Fisher) Bullen. He d. in Walpole, Jan. 22, 
 1778, after a successful ministry of nearly fifty years, and about eight 
 years after the death of his second wife. His children were : Mary, b. 
 Nov. 22, 1734 ; d. Feb. 10, 1735 ; Phillips, b. Jan. 18, 1736, the distin- 
 guished minister of Chelsea ; Swift, b. Nov. 27, 1737 ; Samuel, b. AprU 
 26, 1739, a minister in Lunenburg ; George, b. Sept, 27, 1741 ; d. Jan. 
 31, 1742 ; George, b. May 24, 1744 ; John, b. Jan. 6, 1746, the first set- 
 tled minister of Fitchbui-g. {Vide p. 210.) By his second wife he had 
 only one child : Seth, b. Sept. 30, 1758, for many years the able minister 
 of Rindge. The date of the birth of the above are transcribed from the 
 "Walpole records, which give the date of the birth of Rev. Samuel Payson 
 1739, instead of 1738, which has generally been accepted as correct. 
 This record has been mainly compiled from manuscript registers in the 
 possession of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, and is 
 undoubtedly correct. It also suggests a few inaccuracies in Gage's 
 " Rowley," p. 77, and in other published accounts of the generations of 
 this fa.rnily. From other sources of information it appears that Rev. 
 Edward Payson, of Rowley, who md. Elizabeth Phillips, was a brother of 
 Samuel Payson, of Dorchester, who md. her sister, Mary PhiUips. The 
 mother of Rev. Seth Payson was a dau. of John Bullen, a granddau. of 
 Ephraim and Grace Bullen, a great-granddau. of Dea. Samuel and 
 Mary (Morse) Bullen, and a great-grea1>granddau. of Samuel Morse, the 
 Puritan of Dedham and Medfield. She was a woman of great affliction. 
 Her husband and two sons were drowned in fording Charles River, May 
 25, 1753 ; her only remaining son d. July 31 of the same year, leaving 
 her only Judith, who d. unmd. about 1769. At her death, Seth, her only 
 child by her second marriage, inherited the property left by Dea. Morse ; 
 and his father. Rev. Phillips, was appointed guardian, April 27, 1770. 
 
 Rev. Seth Payson, D. D., (vide pp. 205-215) md. Sept. 
 19, 1782, Grata Payson, a distant relative, not a cousin, as 
 has been stated. She was a dau. and fifth child of Dea. 
 John and Thankful (Howe) Payson, of Pomfret, Conn., 
 b. May 15, 1757; d. March 3, 1827, aged 70. She was a 
 lady of very superior abilities and attainments, which are 
 revealed in a most striking manner in the memoirs of her 
 son, Rev. Edward Payson, D.D. 
 
 I. Bdward,h. July 25, 1783; d. Oct. 22, 1827 {vide 
 p. 331). He md., 1811, Ann Louisa Shipman. 
 
 1. Louisa Shipman, b. Feb. 24, 1812; md. 
 
 Aug. 25, 1841, Rev. Albert Hopkins, pro- 
 fessor at Williams College. She d. 1862. 
 Their only son was killed in the war of 
 the Rebellion. 
 
 2. Edward, b. Sept. 14, 1813; md. Oct. 3, 
 
 1848; Penelope Ann Martin; she d. Nov. 
 16, 1867, leaving two sons : Edward P., 
 b. July 16, 1849, a student-at-law ; and 
 William M., b. Aug. 18, 1852. 
 
GENEAZOGICAL BEGI8THB. 625 
 
 3. Caroline Shipman, b. Feb. 13, 1815; d. 
 young. 
 
 6 4. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 1, 1816 ; d. young. 
 
 7 5. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 26, 1818 ; md. George £. 
 Prentiss, D. D., professor in Theological 
 Seminary in the city of New York. Their 
 surviving children are: Annie, Minnie, 
 George, and Henry. 
 
 6. Henry M., b. Oct. 13, 1821; a prominent 
 citizen, and a banker in Portland. He 
 md. Charlotte Gilman, who d. s. p. ; md. 
 (2d) Emma D. Conant, whose children 
 are: Frank, George, Henry, and Richard. 
 9 7. George, b. May 26, 1824. 
 
 10 8. Charles, b. Sept. 3, 1826 ; md. Feb. 5, 1852, 
 Ann Maria RolDinson. Their children 
 are : Charles, Alice, Edgar, Herbert, and 
 Jennie. 
 
 11 II. Grata, b. April 5, 1785; md. Rev. Asa Rand, q. v. 
 
 12 in. Charles, b. Jan. 29, 1787 ; d. about 1804. 
 
 13 IV. Ebenezer, b. June 28, 1790 ; d. unmd. in Rindge, 
 Sept. 23, 1849. 
 
 14 V. Henry, b. March 22, 1792; md. Jan. 20, 1821, 
 Sarah Cutter, b. Nov. 5, 1792, dau. of Nathaniel 
 and Sarah (Wyman) Cutter. He resided in 
 Jaffrey, Boston, and New York. He was town 
 clerk of Jaffrey several years, and a deacon of 
 the Old South Church, of Boston. He d. June 
 14, 1859. 
 
 15 1. Sarah Cutter, b._ July 2, 1822; md. Nelson 
 Ayres, and resides in Galesburg, 111. 
 
 16 2. George Phillips, b. March 29, 1827; md. 
 Abbie Hams. Removed to Brooklyn, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 17 VI. Phillips, b. Aug. 1, 1795; graduate of Andover 
 Theological Seminary 1820. After preaching a 
 few years in the State of New York, he was 
 settled in Leominster, Mass., in 1825, and 
 remained there about seven years. He subse- 
 quently preached three years in Hadley, Mass., 
 and an equal length of time in Hamburg, Ct. 
 He d. Feb. 16, 1856. Three of his sons, Charles, 
 Edward, and George S. Payson, are ministers of 
 great worth. 
 
 18 VII. Eliza, b. Nov. 16, 1797; md., 1816, George P. 
 Shipman, of New York city. 
 
 19 VIII. Seth, b. Nov. 1, 1800 ; d. young. 
 
626 
 
 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 PEIRCE. 
 
 John Peiecb, a weaver, of Waterto-wn, Mass., was admitted freeman 
 1638, and d. Aug. 19, 1661, aged about 73. The date of his emigration 
 to this country is not known with certainty, but it is probable that his 
 son, Anthony Peirce, who was b. in England 1609, was in Watertown 
 before his arrival. Anthony, d. May 9, 1678, and among his nine chil- 
 dren was Joseph Peirce, whose son, Francis Peirce, was b. July 27, 1671; 
 md. Dec. 17, 1697, Hannah Johnson, of Watertown, and settled in 
 Weston, Mass. He d. April 22, 1728. His youngest son, Jonas Peirce, 
 b. 1717 ; md. April 7, 1743, Mary Adams, of Lexington, and d. in Lin- 
 coln, Jan. 6, 1805, aged 88 ; his widow d. Aug. 19, 1806. _ Among_ their 
 nine children were : Benjamin, Eunice, who md. Henry Smith, of Kindge, 
 and Abraham. These resided in this town. 
 
 9 
 10 
 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 Benjamin Peibcb, son of Jonas and Mary (Adams) 
 Peirce, was b. May 20, 1744. He md. in Lincoln, Oct. 7, 
 1771, Sarah Garfield, b. June 19, 1749, dau. of John and 
 Thankful (Stowell) Gai-field, of Weston, and immediately 
 settled upon the Peirce farm, in. School District No. 10. 
 His wife soon d., and he md. (2d), 1773, Phebe Willard, 
 probably from Townsend, who d. about 1785, and he md. 
 (3d) Dec. 26, 1786, Judith Metcalf, dau. of Lieut. George 
 Metcalf, of Rindge, q. v. He d. Nov. 12, 1825, aged 81 ; 
 she d. Sept. 16, 1851, aged 87. Children of second wife : — 
 
 I. Sally, b. May 3, 1774; d. 1791. 
 II. Betty, b. Oct. 80, 1777; md. Ellis Colburn, and 
 removed to Woodstock, Vt. 
 
 III. Phehe, b. Nov. 17, 1781 ; md. Feb. 5, 1805, Silas 
 
 Warner, Jr., of Fitzwilliam ; settled in Mt. 
 Holley, Vt. 
 
 IV. Lucinda, b. June 1, 1784 ; md. Jan. 2, 1805, Ben- 
 
 jamin Wood, son of James Wood, q. v. 
 
 Children of third wife : — 
 
 V. Benjami7i,, b. Oct. 28, 1787.+ 
 
 VI. Esther, b. March 2, 1789; md. Jan. 21, 1807, 
 
 Aaron Warner, brother of Silas, who md. her 
 
 sister Phebe. They also removed to Mt. Holley. 
 
 VII. Judith, b. June 9, 1791 ; md. Naihan IJnderwood, 
 
 of Rindge, q. v. 
 vni. Joel, b. April 21, 1793. 
 IX. Julia, b. Sept., 1796; md. Daniel Priest, and 
 
 resided in Mt. Holley. 
 X. Sophia, b. Aug. 23, 1799 ; d. Nov. 26, 1810. 
 XI. Amity, b. April 12, 1802 ; d. Dec. 4, 1810. 
 XII. Mary , b. Aug. 2, 1805 ; md. Derostus W. Emory, 
 
 son of Capt. Stephen Emory, q. v. 
 XIII. Joanna, b. Sept. 7, 1807; md. April 13, 1834, 
 Loammi Kendall; she resides, his widow, in 
 Chelsea, Mass. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGI8TEB. 
 
 627 
 
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 17 
 
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 19 
 20 
 
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 25 
 
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 27 
 
 BENJAMrN Pbikcb resided, a farmer, upon the old home- 
 stead. He md. Dec. 8, 1813, Lucinda Allen, dau. of Eliphaz 
 Allen, q. v. She d. June 25, 1820, and he md. (2d) Sarah 
 Raymond, h. June 28, 1789, dau. of Paul, Jr., and Sarah 
 (Gale) Raymond, of Winchendon. She d. Feb. 9, 1851, 
 and he md. (3d) Feb. 3, 1852, Mary (Coffin) Perkins, b. 
 March 12, 1790, widow of John Perkins, of Rindge, q. v., 
 and dau. of Dea. George and Abigail (Raymond) Coffin, 
 of Winchendon. He d. Jan. 8, 1858 ; his wife d. July 10, 
 1856. 
 
 I. JBenjamin Warren, son of first wife, b. 1819 ; d., 
 unmd., Jan. 18, 1843. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 II. Sarah O., b. Dec. 18, 1823; md. Jan. 31, 1844, 
 Joel Page, son of Joel, of Pitchburg, Mass. He 
 is a successful farmer in Fitchburg, and is 
 highly respected. She d. Aug. 1, 1858. 
 
 1. Lelia Maria, b. Feb. 26, 1846. 
 
 2. Warren B., b. April 8, 1848. 
 8. Walter F., b. Nov. 23, 1850. 
 
 4. Elsie A., b. Nov. 19, 1851 ; md. Nov. 15, 
 
 1871, J. Stanley Perry, son of Col. Jason 
 B. Perry, q. v. 
 
 5. Herbert E., b. May 30, 1858. 
 
 HI. Augusta M., b. Sept. 15, 1829; md. Willard G. 
 Jones, son of Asia Jones, q. v. 
 
 Abeaham Peieob, a brother of Benjamin, Sen., was b. 
 in Lincoln Sept. 2, 1755 ; md. Phebe Towne, dau. of Dea. 
 Francis Towne, q. v. He was a farmer of Rindge ; d. 
 Sept. 12, 1802, and his widow md. Lieut. Nathaniel 
 Thomas, q. v. 
 
 I. Mipha, b. June 17, 1780. + 
 II. Abraham, h. Feb. 13, 1789; md. ; md. (2d) 
 
 Lurena Rugg, dau. of William, q. v. He d. in 
 Methuen, Mass. 
 III. Sally, b. April 18, 1795 ; md. Jasper Rand. q. v. ; 
 md. (2d) Christopher Smith. 
 
 Elipha Pbiece md. Aug. 80, 1799, Phebe Streeter, dau. 
 of James, q. v. She d. Feb. 21, 1814; and he md. (2d) 
 1815, published April 12, Anna Henry, dau. of Hugh 
 Henry, q. v. He d. Jan. 14, 1849 ; his widow d. Jan. 24, 
 1855, aged 62. 
 
 I. Miea, b. Nov. 10, 1800; md. Dec. 29, 1818, Moses 
 Towne, of Dublin, son of Cornelius Towne, q. v. 
 She d. 1870. 
 
628 HISTORY OF RINDGM. 
 
 28 II. Melinda, b. May 6, 1803 ; md. Samuel M. Kimball, 
 No. 53 of Kimball register. 
 
 29 III. Boxanna, b. Dec. 7, 1805 ; md. Dec. 81, 1829, Abel 
 Wilder Wood, oi Templeton. Now reside in 
 Cambridge, Vt. Only three of their ten chil- 
 dren are living. 
 
 IV. Phebe, b. April 8, 1809 ; d. unmd. 
 
 30 
 81 
 
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 33 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 37 
 38 
 39 
 40 
 41 
 
 42 
 
 43 
 
 44 
 
 JosiAH Peiece was b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Oct. 28, 
 1761. He was a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Dodge) 
 Peirce, and a grandson of Ephraim and Esther (Shedd) 
 Peiroe, of Groton. He was a cousin of Benjamin 
 Gould, of Rindge, and a nephew of the wife of Dea. 
 John Lovejoy. It was this Ephraim Peirce who md. for 
 his second wife Huldah (Martyn) Wetherbee, widow of 
 Hezekiah Wetherbee. Josiah md. Nov. 14, 1782, Azubah 
 Heywood, or Howard, who was b. in Acton, Mass., Feb. 
 18, 1764, and removed to Rindge in 1784. He was a 
 respected citizen, and resided in the south-west part of 
 the town. She d. May 30, 1827, and he md. (2d) Dec. 
 26, 1827, Polly Rugg, dau. of Thomas Rugg, Sen. He d. 
 Oct. 10, 1834. 
 
 I. JSTancy, b. Nov. 20, 1782; md. March 29, 1803, 
 Levi Bixby, son of Levi and Ruth (Darling) 
 Bixby, of Winchendon. They removed to 
 Boston. She md. (2d) J. R. Goodspeed, and d. 
 Feb. 3, 1846. 
 II. Susannah, b. Feb. 20, 1784 ; md. Jonathan Davis. 
 She d. Jan. 7, 1829. 
 
 III. JSTahum, b. Nov. 11, 1785; md. Mary Hildi-eth. 
 He was taxed in Rindge until 1825. 
 
 IV. Josiah, b. Oct. 30, 1787; md. Susan Hatstat; d. 
 1859. 
 
 V. Joseph, b. March 16, 1789 ; md. Rosanna Hatstat. 
 VI. Stephen, b. Jan. 11, 1791 ; md. Adeline Pike. 
 VII. John, b. Dec. 12, 1792 ; md. Rebecca Ormsby. 
 viii. Sally, b. Sept. 28, 1794 ; md. Benjamin Pike. 
 IX. Lucy, b. March 19, 1796 ; md. Bulkley Nutting. 
 X. Mary,h. May 8, 1798; md. Sewell Philbrook; d. 
 
 1843. 
 XI. Betsey, b. Aug. 24, 1800 ; md. Calvin Tarbell, son 
 
 of Thomas Tarbell, q. v. 
 XII. Leonard, b. April 12, 1802; md. Dec. 81, 1829, 
 Caroline Goodspeed, and resides in Fitzwilliam. 
 
 1. Josiah Rivers, b. May 3, 1881 ; d. Sept. 22, 
 1856. ' f ^ 
 
 45 2. Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 3, 1883; md. : d. 
 
 1870. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 xin. 
 
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 3. Lizzie Goodspeed, b. Jan. 11, 1835; md. 
 
 ; d. 1875. 
 
 4. Came H., b. May 22, 1840 ; md. Jan. 18, 
 
 1859, William Bent, and resides in Pitz- 
 william. (1) Irving P., b. Nov. 26, 1862 ; 
 (2) George J., b. June 9, 1871. 
 Thomas t/i, b. Oct. 20, 1803; md. Martha Jane 
 
 Stevens. 
 Jonathan, b. Aug. 1, 1805; md. April 12, 1833, 
 Laura Platts, dau. of Asa and Rebecca (Bus- 
 well) Platts, q. V. She d. Nov. 17, 1837, and he 
 md. (2d) Sophronia Underwood. 
 Abraham, b. April 19, 1807; md. Feb. 16, 1831, 
 Eunice B. Fassett; resides in Winchendon. 
 
 BENjAMnsr Peiece, 2d., probably not related to the 
 other families of Peirce, with wife Rebecca, came to 
 Rindge about the close of the Revolution. He lived near 
 the present residence of George W. Todd. He removed 
 from town previous to 1793. 
 
 I. Bridget, b. in Rindge May 7, 1785. 
 
 Charles Peiece resided east of Monomonock Lake, 
 upon the " Bixby place," from 1799 to 1813. He was a 
 son of Isaac and Hannah (Mason) Peirce, of Watertown, 
 and was b. in that town Nov. 24, 1765. He md. Aug. 14, 
 1791, Sarah Sanderson, dau. of Abraham and Sarah 
 ( W heeler) Sanderson, of Weston. They removed to 
 Decatur, N. Y. Isaac Sanderson, a brother of Mrs. 
 Peirce, had previously resided for a few years upon the 
 same farm. There were other children of Charles and 
 Sai-ah Peirce, but their names have not been ascertained. 
 
 I. Igaac S., bap. July 14, 1799. 
 
 II. Marshall, bap. Feb. 15, 1801. 
 
 III. Man-ianna, bap. Dec. 9, 1810. 
 
 Elijah Peiece, a native of Grafton, Mass., md. Emily 
 Boyden, and removed to Rindge 1840. 
 
 I. Lorenzo, b. 1835; md. Ellen Carpenter, of Ply- 
 mouth; d. in Rindge Nov. 25, 1870. 
 II. John, md. Louisa Hall. Resides in Plymouth, 
 m. Emily, md. George Metcalf, son of Timothy Met- 
 
 calf, q. V. 
 IV. Martha, b. 1847; d. Dec. 26, 1863. 
 V. Charles, resides at home. 
 
 Elisha Peekins, then of Topsfield, md. in Ipswich, 
 June 7, 1769, Jane Manning, and removed to Rindge in 
 1771. He was a member of Capt. Hale's Company 1775, 
 and of Capt. Stone's Company 1777 {vide pp. 108, 140), 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 and d. in consequence of heat and excessive fatigue 
 experienced on the day of the battle of Bennington, 
 Aug. 31, 1777. His widow d. May 27, 1822, aged 76. 
 On page 140 the name of Abel was inadvertently substi- 
 tuted for that of Elisha. Abel Perkins was not in the 
 service at that time. 
 
 I. Misha, b. in Topsfield, July 18, 1770 ; d. 1777. 
 
 II. Jane, b. in Rindge, July 4, 1772 ; d. 1777. 
 III. Bannah, b. Oct. 2, 1774; d. 1777. 
 IT. Elisha, b. Oct.' 5, 1777 (posthumous) ; he was a 
 farmer ; d. in Rindge, unmd., Aug. 4, 1851. 
 
 Abel Pbekins settled in Rindge with his brother 
 Elisha upon a tract of land now owned by George W. 
 Towne and others, in 1771 ; md. Mary Baker, of Beverly, 
 Mass. He d. Jan. 8, 1821, aged 73; his widow d. Nov. 
 26, 1825, aged 75. The order of age of the following 
 children may not be preserved. 
 
 I. Abel (Jr.), b. 1773 ; was a farmer in Rindge ; md. 
 
 Oct. 21, 1800, Lucretia Philbrick, dau. of James 
 and Eunice (Hale) Philbrick, q. v. He d. March 
 22, 1849 ; his widow d. Aug. 25, 1850. 
 
 1. Abel, b. Sept. 14, 1801 ; md. July 5, 1835, 
 
 Irene Cass, dau. of Jona. and Abigail 
 (Dow) Cass; resided in Rindge until 
 1849, when he removed to Holden, Mass., 
 where he d. March, 1871 ; his wife d. 
 June, 1862. 
 
 2. Raymond, b. Dec. 28, 1802; when about 
 
 80 years of age he became insane, and 
 was supported by the town. He d. 1871. 
 
 3. Charles Payson, b. March 28, 1804; de- 
 
 ceased ; date of death unknown. 
 
 4. Enoch, b. Aug. 14, 1805 ; learned the trade 
 
 of clothier with Dea. Brown; deceased; 
 date of death unknown. 
 
 5. Edward, b. June 26, 1808. He is proprie- 
 
 tor of an eating-house in Boston. 
 
 6. Lucretia P., b. Oct. 17, 1809; d., unmd., 
 
 Jan. 25, 1840. 
 
 7. Nathan H., b. 1814 ; d. Aug. 17, 1815. 
 
 II. Anna, b. 1776 ; d. unmd. Nov. 7, 1825. 
 
 III. Jacob, md. Nov. 13, 1798, Debby Rand, dau. of 
 
 Capt. Solomon Rand, q. v. ; removed to Newton, 
 Mass. 
 
 IV. Joseph. 
 V. Elisha. 
 
GSNEALOQICAL BEOISTBB. 
 
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 VI. John, b. 1787 ; md., 1824, published April 2, Mary 
 Coffin, dau. of Dea. George and Abigail (Ray- 
 mond) Coffin, of Winchendon. He was a 
 farmer in Rindge, and d. Aug. 16, 1850; his 
 widow md. (2d) Benjamin Peirce, q. v. 
 
 1. George R,, b. ; md. Mary Pettengill, 
 
 dau. of William Pettengill, of Sharon, 
 N. H., and removed to the West. 
 
 2. Daughter, b. 1826 ; d. July 10, 1828. 
 
 vn. Ezra, b. 1791; md., 1825, Susan Hubbard, dau. of 
 Levi and Abigail Hubbard, of Walpole, N. H. 
 She d. June 13, 1863, and he md. (2d) 1865, her 
 sister, widow Abigail (Hubbard) Underwood. 
 He removed from the farm on which his father 
 settled in 1867, and resided in Chester, Vt., 
 until his death, June 2, 1874. No children. 
 
 PERRY. 
 
 John Perry, probably a son of John, of Watertown, md. in that place 
 Dec. 13, 1667, Sarah Clary, b. Oct. 4, 1647, dau. of John and Mary (Cassel) 
 Clary, of Watertown. He d. leaving nine children previous to 1725 ; his 
 widow d. in Cambridge Oct. 11, 1730. John Perry, their son, b. March 3, 
 1669-70, md. July 19, 1693, Sarah Price, b. Sept. 27, 1667, dau. of WiUiam 
 and Mary (Marblehead) Price, of Watertown. They resided in Cam- 
 bridge where he d. previous to 1730. James Perry, the youngest of their 
 eight children, was b. in Cambridge Feb. 27, 1711-12 ; and in Cambridge 
 by wife Lydia had eight or more children. 
 
 John Peeet, son of James and Lydia, bap. in West 
 Cambridge Jan. 19, 1755; md. Feb. 28, 1775, Persis 
 Mixer, b. Nov. 6, 1756, dau. of Josiah and Sarah (Mead) 
 Mixer, of Watertown. She d. 1780, and he md. (2d) 
 Nov. 22, 1781, Abigail Bigelow, dau. of Jason and Abigail 
 (Witt) Bigelow, of Marlboro, and subsequently of Brook- 
 field, Mass. They resided a few years in Lincoln, and 
 united with the church there in Nov., 1787. In 1789 
 they removed to the north-east part of this town, and a 
 few years later to the farm now of their son. Col. Jason 
 B. Perry. Abigail, his wife, d. Sept. 11, 1818; he 
 md. (3d) Feb. 17, 1820, Lucy Weston, whose father 
 was a citizen of Jaffrey and d. in the Revolutionary 
 army. He d. Aug. 7, 1834, aged 80; his widow d. 
 Jan. 16, 1857, aged 98. Mr. Perry was a highly 
 respected citizen, and his wife Abigail was a person of 
 superior intellect and purity of character. She was 
 'a granddau. of Samuel and Mary (Gleason) Bigelow, 
 great-granddau. of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow, 
 and great-great-granddau. of John and Mary (Warren) 
 Bigelow, the emigrant ancestors of the family. The repre- 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 
 
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 seatative of each generation was prominent La tlie muni- 
 cipal affairs of Watertown, where they resided. The 
 original English name is Baguley, and the line of descent 
 is traced from a remote period. The children of John 
 Perry, of Rindge, were as follows : — 
 
 I. Lydia, b. in Watertown July 17, 1776 ; d. Aug. 6, 
 
 1779. 
 II. Persia, b. Feb. 24, 1778 ; md. Ephraim Hunt, q. v. 
 in. John, b. April 18, 1780. + 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 IT. Betsey, b. Sept. 9, 1782 ; md. March 3, 1808, Job 
 Hill, b. July 7, 1780. They resided in Vermont, 
 and in Peterboro, N. H., where he d. June 4, 
 1858. 
 V. Lydia, b. April 9, 1784; md. Dec. 31, 1823, Sam- 
 uel Alld, b. Aug. 25, 1766 ; d. Dec. 24, 1841 ; she 
 md. (2d) Oct. 17, 1848, Nathaniel Brown, b. 
 May 25, 1779 ; d. in Warner, N. H., March 11, 
 1865. She has a home in the family of her 
 brother in Rindge, and with one exception is 
 the oldest person in Rindge. 
 
 VI. Benjamin, b. May 11, 1786; removed to the State 
 of New York; md. Nov. 2, 1813, Anne Barker, 
 of Hoosic. He was an architect and builder, 
 and was engaged on many expensive buildings. 
 He d., 1851, leaving ten children. 
 
 VII. Chauncey, b. Feb. 8, 1788. + 
 
 VIII. Abigail, b. in Rindge, May 15, 1791; md. Feb. 
 21, 1826, John Allison, and resided many years 
 in Peterboro, N. H. She d. Feb. 13, 1873, in 
 Sioux City, Iowa. John Perry Allison, a son of 
 this marriage, is a successful banker in Sioux 
 City. 
 IX. Sarah, b. June 12, 1793; d., unmd., March 19, 
 
 1842. 
 X. Daughter, b. July 12; d. July 15, 1795. 
 XI. Selinda, b. Jan. 29, 1798 ; d-, unmd., Jan. 23, 1851. 
 
 XII. Jason Bigelow, b. Sept. 27, 1801.-)- 
 
 JoHN Peeey came to Rindge at nine years of age. 
 He learned the trade of miller with William Kimball ; 
 md. Jan. 29, 1809, Mary Lock, b. Oct. 31, 1788, dau. of 
 Joseph and Mary (Butterfield) Locke, of West Cam- 
 bridge, Mass. They resided in West Cambridge, where 
 he d. Oct. 31, 1837 ; she d. in Aug., 1832. 
 
 I. John Butterfield, md. Aug. 23, 1835, Hannah M. 
 W. Locke, b. .March 1, 1813, dau. of Peter 
 and Elizabeth (Allen) Locke; she d. Feb. 10, 
 
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 1842, and he md._(2d) Jime 28, 1849, Elvira 
 Raymond ; settled in Cambridge. 
 n. Joseph, md. Maria White. 
 
 III. Mary, md. Thomas Russell. 
 
 IV. Persis Maria, md. Paul Dodge. 
 
 CHAUifCET Peeet, md. June 5, 1818, Abigail Stearns, 
 b. Jan. 31, 1793, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Crosby) Stearns, 
 of Ashbumham, and granddau. of Hon. Isaac Steams, of 
 Billerica, Mass. In 1823 they removed from Rindge to 
 New Ipswich, where she d. April 14, 1853. Their sons, 
 John Philander, Albert, and Isaac Steams were clergy- 
 men. Chauncey and Timothy are lawyers in Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. ( Vide p. 361.) 
 
 CoL. Jasobt B. Peeet resides upon the homestead 
 farm. At all times manifesting a commendable interest 
 in the welfare of the town, the schools, and all laudable 
 public enterprises, he is an influential and useful citizen, 
 and has been much employed in public affairs. At 
 an early age he was commissioned in the 12th Regi- 
 ment of militia, and retired with the rank of colonel, 
 although the Une of promotion was open to him, if addi- 
 tional honors had been desired. He represented the 
 town in the Legislature, 1852 and 1853; has been select- 
 man sixteen years, and was chairman of the war com- 
 mittee during the war of the Rebellion. After thirty 
 years continuous service as treasurer of the Congrega- 
 tional Society, he declined a reelection, in March, 1871. 
 In the settlement of many estates, and as guardian of 
 the orphan, he has faithfully rendered the most efficient 
 service. He md. Nov. 11, 1828, Sally "Wilson, b. Sept. 22, 
 1804, dau. of Major Supply and Sally (Scripture) Wilson, 
 of New Ipswich, and granddau. of Supply Wilson, of 
 Wobum and New Ipswich. Their nine children are as 
 follows: — 
 
 I. Mary, b. March 18, 1830 ; md. Dana S. Walker, q.v. 
 II. Eliza, b. Aug. 3, 1831 ; md. Julius A. Hale, q.v. 
 ni. Susan, b. April 11, 1833 ; md. Washington Whit- 
 
 temore, q. v. 
 IV. John Wilson, b. April 17, 1835 ; md. Feb. 15, 1860, 
 Mary Vose Cutter, dau. of William T. and 
 Lydia (Jennings) Cutter, of Jaffrey. They re- 
 side in Denmark, Iowa. 
 V. James Bigelow b. Aug. 13, 1837 ; received a lib- 
 eral education, and for several years was a suc- 
 cessful teacher. He was a member of the 16th 
 N. H. Vols, (^vide p. 322). In the spring of 1864 
 he removed to McHenry, Illinois, where he has 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 
 
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 25 
 
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 prosperously engaged in mercantile pursuits. 
 His superior abilities and unimpeachable charac- 
 ter have been promptly recognized by his towns- 
 men by whom he has been elected trustee and 
 president of the civil government of the incor- 
 porated village of McHenry, and for several 
 years he has been a justice of the peace. He 
 md. Aug. 25, 1867, Arlette Tuttle, dau. of Joseph 
 
 B. and (Horton) Tuttle. They have two 
 
 children. 
 VI. Harriet, b. Sept. 22, 1839; md. May 1, 1862, Wal- 
 ter Morse Flanders, of ■Warner, N". H., where 
 she d. June 18, 1863 ; and he md. (2d) June 2, 
 1864, her sister, Sarah. They reside in Warner. 
 
 VII. Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1842 ; md. Walter Morse Flan- 
 ders. 
 
 vin. Jason Stanley, b. Jan. 8, 1847 ; md. Nov. 15, 1871, 
 Elsie Augusta Page, dau. of Joel and Sarah 
 (Peirce) Page, of Fitchburg, and granddau. of 
 Benjamin and .Sarah (Raymond) Peirce, of 
 Rindge. He is a farmer, and resides upon the 
 farm formerly of his father and grandfather. 
 IX. Jane Sophronia, twin ; b. Jan. 8, 1847. 
 
 Asa Pbrey, parentage unknown ; a farmer. Resided 
 several years on the farm now of Dei'ostus W. Emory. 
 He md. Jerusha Gibson, dau. of Reuben Gibson, of Fitch- 
 burg. He d., leaving no children, Sept. 23, 1822, and his 
 widow md. (2d) Oct. 23, 1823, Capt. Francis Dean, of 
 Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 James Philbeick was b. in Hampstead, N". H., Nov. 29, 
 1739; md. Nov. 30, 1762, Eunice Hale, dau. of MosCs 
 Hale, Senior, of Rindge. Previous to his removal to this 
 town he had served in the French and Indian wars, hav- 
 ing been a member of Capt. Tash's company^ in Col. 
 Joseph Blanchard's Regiment. In the Revolution he was 
 in Col. Nichol's Regiment {vide p. 167). He was select- 
 man for the year 1779, and was frequently named on com- 
 mittees. His residence was in the north part of the town, 
 where James P. Clay now resides, and for several years 
 he had the management of the old saw-mill near Grassy 
 Pond. His wife Eunice d. May 4, 1776, and he md. (2d) 
 Nov. 14, 1776, Elizabeth Cutter, dau. of Jonathan and 
 Elizabeth (Hastings) Cutter, q. v. In 1803 the family 
 removed to Vermont. 
 
 I. Elizabeth, b. July 18, 1763. 
 n. James, b. Oct. 13, 1764. 
 III. Eunice,}). May 13, 1766 ; d. July 22, 1767. 
 
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 IV. Sarah, b. Dec. 26, 1767 ; md. March 30, 1792, Reu- 
 ben Safford, of Jaffrey. 
 V. Mioch, b. June 25, 1769. 
 
 VI. Eunice, b. May 13, 1771 ; md. Francis Emory, a. v. 
 vn. Walter, b. Feb. 7, 1773. 
 
 vm. Lucretia, b. Aug. 10, 1775; md. Abel Perkins, 
 Jr., q. V. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 IX. Son, b. June 19, 1777 ; d. June 20, 1777. 
 X. Molleif, b. April 22, 1778; md. Dec. 10, 1798, 
 Corin Ladd. Their sons, John and Ambrose, 
 were residing in Winchendon 1823-4. 
 XI. Daughter, b. Dec. 4, 1779 ; d. same day. 
 xn. Jonathan Cutter, b. Nov. 30, 1780. 
 xni. Hepsy, b. June 22, 1782. 
 XIV. Betsey, b. March 25, 1784; d. July 31, 1786. 
 
 XV. Joseph, b. 19, 1786. 
 
 XVI. Rachel, b. June 22, 1788. 
 XVII. Azubah, b. June 16, 1790 ; d. July 12, 1790. 
 xvm. Sene, b. Aug. lO^ 1791. 
 XIX. Benjamin, b. March 14, 1792. 
 XX. Rebecca, b. March 14, 1794. 
 
 Thomas Pipes, a blacksmith, removed from Littleton, 
 Mass., to Rindge, soon after the Revolution. He md. 
 June 20, 1786, Hepsibeth Jewett, dau. of Ezekiel and 
 Hannah (Platts) Jewett, q. v. About 1818 they removed 
 to Watertown, N. Y., where he d. March 22, 1849 ; his 
 wife, a woman of character and uncommon energy, d. 
 July 29, 1845. 
 
 I. Hepsibeth, b. Jan. 27, 1787 ; md. Thomas Smith, q.v. 
 
 II. Thomas, b. April 16, 1789; removed, 1810, to 
 
 Hartland, Vt.; md. Hannah Shaw; d. 1831, in 
 
 Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 in. Polly, b. Feb. 13, 1791; md. Joshua Converse, 
 
 Esq., q. V. 
 IV. Bavina, b. Jan. 19, 1793 ; md. in Rindge, Jan. 5, 
 1812, Obadiah Perry; she d. in Littleton, Mass., 
 1817, leaving two children. 
 
 1. Lavina. 
 
 2. Mary, md. Henry Gipson, q. v. 
 
 V. Mersylma, b. Feb. 26, 1795; md. Feb. 21, 1822, 
 Leonard De Lano, son of Capt. Thomas and 
 Olive De Lano. They resided in Watertown, 
 N. Y., where he d. June 10, 1872, aged 78. 
 Their children are as follows : — 
 
 1. Harriet M., b. Dec. 4, 1822; md. Oct. 5, 
 
636 
 
 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 1846, Albert Knight ; she d. in St. Peter, 
 Minn., Sept. 22, 1873. 
 
 10 2. Thomas L., b. Nov. 18, 1823; drowned 
 June 28, 1835. 
 
 11 3. Eveline S., b. April 1, 1825 ; md. Feb. 16, 
 1845, James C. Burbank; reside in St. 
 Paul, Minn. 
 
 12 4. Marcus D., b. June 5, 1826; md. Oct. 5, 
 1850, Jeanette Sutton; live in Brookside, 
 Wis. 
 
 13 5. Mortimer C, b. June 25, 1828 ; md. July 
 28, 1851, Silvia Birmingham. He d. in 
 Brookside, Wis., April 30, 1873. 
 
 14 6. Laura M., b. Sept. 24, 1829; resides, unmd., 
 in Watertown. 
 
 15 7. William W., b. Sept. 29, 1833 ; md. June 
 2, 1856, Eliza J. Bundy; reside in Pen- 
 saukee. Wis. 
 
 16 8. George W., b. March 14, 1835 ; md. Mary 
 A. Rudd ; live in Brookside, Wis. 
 
 17 VI. Sophia, b. Jan. 13, 1797 ; md. Abel Platts (No. 46 
 of Platts Register) ; she d. in Michigan 1859. 
 
 18 VII. Betsey, b. March 17, 1799 ; md. 1817, Otis Darling, 
 of Pomfret, Vt. 
 
 19 VIII. Hannah, b. May 8, 1801 ; md. 1820, Amasa Skin- 
 ner. Resided in Watertown, and in Wisconsin, 
 where she d. 1872, leaving five children. 
 
 20 IX. Arathusa, b. April 19, 1803 ; md. Walter Brooks, 
 q. V. 
 
 21 X. JVancy, b. April 7, 1805 ; md. Oct. 2, 1823, Alfred 
 Guthrie, Esq. She d. in Chicago, HI., July 20, 
 1854. Mr. Guthrie has held many positions of 
 trust, both municipal and state, and has received 
 several appointments from the general govern- 
 ment. 
 
 1. Eveline, b. June 24, 1824; md. William M. 
 Dunn. He was drowned in the Missis- 
 sippi River, leaving one son and three 
 daus. 
 
 2. Ossian b. Feb. 28, 1826. Resides in Chicago. 
 
 3. Samuel, b. Dec. 11, 1828 ; resides in San 
 Francisco, Cal. Has a family. 
 
 4. Wardell, b. April 29, 1831 ; is md. and lives 
 in Chicago. One dan. living. 
 
 5. Sybil, b. July 30, 1841 ; d. April 13, 1844. 
 
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 26 
 
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 XI. Silvester, b. June 6, 1808 ; md. May 18, 1828, Sarah 
 Newell, b. June 1, 1810. They reside in Illinois. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 
 
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 1. Anson S., b. June 1, 1829. 
 
 29 
 
 2. Otis, b. Nov. 18, 1831. 
 
 30 
 
 3. Thomas, b. Sept. 16, 1835. 
 
 31 
 
 4, Seth N., b. Dec. 2, 1837. 
 
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 5. Harriet N., b. May 31, 1840. 
 
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 6. Charles, b. July 29, 1842. 
 
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 7. Albert, b. Feb. 21, 1847. 
 
 35 
 
 8. Sarah I., b. Feb. 25, 1850. 
 
 36 
 
 9. Ada, b. Nov. 12, 1851. 
 
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 XII. Eveline, b. Feb. 15, 1810 ; d. 1823. 
 
 PLATTS. 
 
 The Platts family is of English origin. The name appears upon the rec- 
 ords of Rowley as early as 1654, and several persons bearing the name were 
 residents of that town earlier than Lieut. Abel Platts, who was an officer 
 in the expedition to Canada in 1690. He md. in Rowley, May 8, 1672, Lydia 
 Holly, and their son Moses, b. 1673, by wife Hannah had Abel, of Rindge, 
 b. 1704 ; Moses, b. 1707 ; Nathan, of Lunenburg, the father of Nathan of 
 FitzwiUiam, b. 1715, and Jonathan, b. 1719. The following registers 
 present conclusive proof that the descendants of Abel Platts, of Rindge, 
 are exceedingly numerous. Those in the male line retaining the name 
 are easily enumerated, but in the descendants of the dans, the number is 
 stiU greater. From his dan. Mary are descended the Isaac Wood family, 
 with numerous branches, and the Gragg family. From Hannah have 
 sprung an army of Jewetts, the Pipers, the Colburns, the Converses, the 
 children and grandchildren of Walton Brooks, the family of Thomas 
 Smith, and other names more recently intermarried. To the family of 
 Capt. Joseph Platts add the Ameses, the Ruggs, and the Buttricks, and 
 with aUfthese include the multitude bearing names not mentioned who 
 have gone abroad, then will Abel Platts appear not only the first settler, 
 but the father of the town. 
 
 cMl^^: 
 
 Capt. Abel Platts, son of Moses, and grandson of 
 Lieut. Abel, was b. in Rowley, Mass., Feb. 6, 1703-4. He 
 md. in his native town, April 21, 17-25, Mary Varnum, and 
 in 1738 removed to Lunenburg. The same year, with 
 Nathan Hey wood, the surveyor, he came to this town in 
 the capacity of c^ain-man, and assisted in trncing the 
 boundaries of the Massachusetts grant. With excellent 
 
 judgment he selected the farm 
 now of Martjn L. Goddard, 
 and many adjoining acres, 
 and commenced his clearing as early as 1742. His ax 
 first awoke the echoes in the forests, and the untested 
 ■soil received from his thrifty hand the first seed scattered 
 in anticijiation of fruitful harvests. Perhaps from fear of 
 incursions by the Indians, during the continuance of the 
 war which commenced in 1744, his labors were inter- 
 rupted; but in 1751, or the following year, he conmienced 
 a. permanent residence in this town upon the shore of 
 Pool Pond, having given the other lot to his eldest son. 
 
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 HISTOBT OF BINDGK 
 
 (2) 
 
 Between 1738 and 1751 his family had remained nearly 
 all of the time in Lunenburg, and he had served one cam- 
 paign at least in the wars, and had participated in the 
 capture of Louisburg. In the new township he was an 
 active and influential citizen, and was frequently appointed 
 on important committees. He d. July 23, 1777. His will, 
 dated July 3, 1771, was soon after entered in probate. 
 To his son Joseph, probably on account of a former gift 
 of land, he only bequeaths " my blacksmith tools which I 
 esteem to be worth five pounds." To Abel, Jr., he left all 
 his real estate, being lots 16 and 17 in the eighth range. 
 He also mentions his wife Mary, Hs dau. Hannah Jewett, 
 and his granddau. Elizabeth i^ood. She was the dau. of 
 Michael and Mary (Platts) Wood, and subsequently the 
 wife of Daniel Gragg, of Rindge. His widow was buried 
 upon the farm, but the date of her death is unknown. 
 
 I. Joseph, h. 1726. -f 
 
 II. Mary, b. ; md. in Lunenburg, Dec. 2, 1745, 
 
 Michael "Wood, g. v. 
 
 III. Abel, b. in Lunenburg, March 28, 1738.+ 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. in Lunenburg, Jan. 13, 1741 ; md.' June 
 
 16, 1759, Ezekiel Jewett, q. v. 
 V. Sarah, b. in Lunenburg, Sept. 4, 1744. Sarah 
 Platts admitted to the church in Rindge, Jan. 
 26, 1766, by letter from the church in Lunen- 
 burg. Perhaps the second wife of Ensign 
 Joseph Platts is meant, as this dau. is said to 
 have d. at eight or ten years of age. 
 
 EifsiGisr Joseph Platts settled in Rindge as early as 
 1752. The conflict of titles between him and the Maso- 
 nian proprietors is given in Chap. II., and need not be 
 repeated in this connection. He resided upon the same 
 farm until his death, but during several years the man- 
 agement devolved upon his son, Capt. Joseph. He md. 
 Nov. 16, 1752, Deborah Page, dau. of Joseph and Debo- 
 rah (Grould) Page, q. v. ; she d., leaving three children, 
 and he md. (2d), Oct. 2, 1760, Mrs. Sarah Bowers, widow 
 of Nehimiah Bowers, and dau. of Samuel Larrabee, q.v.; 
 she d., also leaving three children, and he md. (3d) Mrs. 
 Elizabeth (Page) Wright, a sister of his first wife, and 
 widow of Thomas Wright, who d. in Lunenburg 1777. 
 By Mr. Wright she had three children. Ensign Joseph 
 Platts d. Aug. 25, 1817, aged 91 ; his widow d. Sept. 28, 
 1824, aged 83. 
 
 I. Mercy, b. Oct. 20, 1753 ; d. young. 
 II. Joseph, b. 1755 ; bap. Aug. 31.'-[- 
 m. Hannah, b. 1758; bap. March 5; md. April 9, 
 1777, Samuel Parker, q. v. 
 
10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
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 13 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 22 
 23 
 
 (8) 
 
 GENEALOGICAL BEGI8TER. 639 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 IV. Ehenezer, b. 1761. -j- 
 V. Abigail, b. 1766; bap. Nov. 17; md. Aug. 11, 
 
 1785, Ezekiel Jewett, Jr., her cousin,, g-. v. 
 VI. David, b. 1767 ; bap. Deo. 27 ; probably d. young. 
 
 24 
 25 
 26 
 27. 
 28 
 
 29 
 
 Abel Platts, Jr., md. April 26, 1759, Phebe Wether- 
 bee, dau. of HezeMah Wetherbee, q. v. He resided 
 upon the old homestead in Rindge, where he d. March 6, 
 1819; his widow d., at the residence of her grandson, 
 Hosea, in Pitzwilliam, Dec. 3, 1841, aged 101 years, 4 
 months, and 24 days. He and his son Abel were both 
 styled junior, and it cannot be determined with absolute 
 certainty which is referred to in all cases. It is probable 
 that it was the father who was a member of Capt; Hale's, 
 Capt. Brown's, and Qapt. Stone's Companies. ( Vide pp. 
 108, 135, 136.) 
 
 I. Mary, b. Jan. 31, 1760. 
 
 II. Abel, {Jr.), b. Dec. 10, 1761. + 
 
 III. Phebe, b. Nov. 11, 1763. 
 
 IV. Asa, b. May 28, 1766. + 
 V. Sarah, b. June 18, 1768. 
 
 VI. I/ucy, b. April 2, 1771 ; md. Jan. 28, 1787, Daniel 
 Gilson, and resided at Mt. Holley, Vermont. 
 
 VII. Bolley, b. Sept. 14, 1773. "Betsey, dau. of Dolley 
 
 Platts, b. in Rindge Feb. 8, 1796." Town records. 
 
 VIII. Buth, b. Feb. 29, 1776; md. March 17, 1799, Joel 
 
 Chamberlain. 
 IX. Aaron, b. Nov. 2, 1778. 
 X. Aram, b. March 30, 1781. 
 XI. JSuldah, b. July 3, 1783. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Platts, son of Ensign Joseph, md. 
 March 24, 1778, Abigail Sawtell, dau. of Jonathan and 
 Mary (Holden) SawteU, q. v. He settled on- the farm of 
 his father, of which he soon acquired possession. He 
 was in the Revolutionary service on four occasions (vide 
 pp. 108, 136, 140, 164), was selectman 1796, and held other 
 positions of trust. He d. March 29, 1799, and his widow 
 md. (2d) Enos Lake, q. v. 
 
 I. Sally, b. Sept. 6, 1778 ; md. J eremiah Ames, q. v. 
 n. Bebby, b. Jan. 28, 1781. 
 
 III. Joseph, b. March 6, 1784. + 
 
 IV. John Varnwm, b. April 22, 1786. -|- 
 
 V. JosiahS., b. April 28, 1788; md. Oct. 31, 1811, 
 Lydia Walton, dau. of WilUam Walton, q. v. 
 ' In 1812 they removed from town. 
 VI. Cynthia, b. June 8, 1790 ; md. Capt. Luke Rugg, q. v. 
 
640 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 32 
 
 (10) 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 37 
 38 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 41 
 42 
 43 
 
 (14) 
 
 44 
 45 
 46 
 
 47 
 
 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 VII. Warham B., b. July 18, 1792; md. Sallie Harvey, 
 
 of Chesterfield, where he continued to reside 
 until his death in 1872. He was sheriff of Che 
 shire county. 
 
 VIII. Fanny, b. July 14, 1794; md. Amos Buttrick,, q.v. 
 IX. Phinehas, b. Aug. — , 1796. 
 
 Ebenezek Platts, son of Ensign Joseph, had a saw- 
 mill on Platts' Brook, near the highway leading from 
 Converseville to the residence of Gilraan P. Wellington. 
 He was in the Revolutionary army. ( Vide pp. 164, 166.) 
 He removed, about 1800, to Vermont, where his wife 
 Priscilla d. March 9, 1806, aged 43. His name upon the 
 Rindge records is frequently written Eben. Eight of 
 his eleven children were b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. Betsey, b. Sept. 27, 1782 ; md. Avery ; lived 
 
 in Orford, N. H. 
 II. Sukey, b. April 4, 1784; was md. and removed to 
 
 the West. 
 
 III. Hben, b. April 22, 1786 ; settled in Montreal ; had 
 
 a family. 
 
 IV. Parmer, or Palmer, b. June 26, 1790 ; resided in 
 
 Claremont, N. H. 
 V. Buoy, b. Sept. 25, 1792 ; removed to the West. 
 VI. Priscilla, b. April 3, 1794. 
 
 VII. JDavid, b. March 11, 1796; resided in Vershire, 
 Vt. ; md. Ellen Fuller. He wrote his name 
 Piatt. Among his fourteen children is Horace 
 Piatt, of Fitchburg. 
 
 viii. Sallie, b. Aug. 16, 1798 ; md. Norcross ; lived 
 
 in Maine, and later in Cleveland, Ohio. 
 IX. Joseph, b. May 2, 1800. 
 X. Mahala, b. May 12, 1802. 
 XI. Almira, b. Feb. 26, 1804. 
 
 Abel Platts, Jb., son of Abel, Jr., md. Dec. 26, 1786, 
 Meletiah Metcalf, dau. of Lieut. George Metcalf, q.v. In 
 1781 he enlisted into the Continental service, and re- 
 mained in the army until the close of the war. About 
 1802 he removed to the State of New York, and d. 
 at or near Sacket's Harbor in 1812. Previous to his 
 removal, four children were b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. Henrietta, b. May 19, 1788. 
 II. Martin, b. May 8, 1790. 
 
 III. Abel, b. Feb. 9, 1793 ; md. Sophia Piper, q. v. ; 
 
 resided in Watertown, N. Y., and in Fairfield; 
 Mich. Two sons and two daus. * 
 
 IV. Asa, b. Jan. 6, 1796 ; d. 1812. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 641 
 
 (16) 
 
 48 
 
 49 
 50 
 51 
 
 52 
 
 53 
 
 54 
 
 55 
 
 56 
 57 
 
 58 
 59 
 
 60 
 61 
 
 62 
 
 Asa Platts, son of Abel, Jr.,. md. Jan. 29, 1799, 
 Rebecca Buswell, dau. of John Buswell, q. v. He was a 
 successful farmer, and lived in the old Ninth School Dis- 
 trict. ( Vide p. 284.) He d. March 18, 1848, aged nearly 
 82; his wife d. March %0, 1848, aged nearly 76. 
 
 I. Rebecca, b. Sept. 30, 1800; d. unmd. Dec. 25, 
 
 1824. 
 II. 4sa, b. Feb 27,1802.+ 
 
 III. Sosea, b. Feb. 17, 1804. + 
 
 IV. Saroey, b. Nov. 1, 1805; was for a short time 
 
 engaged in the manufacture of wooden-ware 
 with Levi Howe and Stephen Jewett. In 1852 
 he removed to Fitzwilliam, where he d. Sept. 20, 
 of that year. He md. Oct. 13, 1829, Harriet 
 Davis, who d. Oct. 10, 1852. Their dau. Susan- 
 nah d. Oct. 11, 1852, and the other children 
 removed to the West. They were Henry H., 
 who md. Emily Sawtell, dau. of Solomon Saw- 
 tell, 2d, Asa, Charles, George, Jonathan, Sally, 
 Silas, and Abel. 
 V. Almon, b. Feb. 22, 1808 ; md. Dec. 29, 1841, Abby 
 M. Howe, of Portsmouth, N. H. He was 
 engaged in the lumber business, and d. in Bos- 
 ton, Oct. 7, 1862. 
 
 1. Maria Victoria, b. Nov. 14, 1842; d. Sept. 
 
 13,1847. 
 
 2. Henry Almon, b. Jan. 20, 1845 ; d. March 
 
 .11, 1846. 
 
 3. Greorgiana, b. Dec. 1, 1847 ; resides in 
 
 ' Boston. 
 
 4. Ella M., b. Sept. 1, 1850 ; resides in Boston. 
 
 5. Almon, b. May 12, 1856; d. March 7, 1864. 
 
 VI. Laura, b. Nov. 13, 1809; md. April 12, 1832, 
 
 Jonathan Peirce, q. v. 
 VII. John, b. Nov. 8, 1811; md. March 26, 1840, Nancy 
 W. Stearns, dau. of Capt. Freeborn Stearns, 
 q. v.; she d. Oct. 17, 1847; md. (2d) March 
 16, 1856, Louisa (Adams) Hale, widow of Mar- 
 shall A. Hale, q. v., and dau. of Israel Adams, 
 q. V. He has resided in Boston since 1835, and 
 for the, past twenty years has been a commis- 
 sioned sui-veyor of lumber for the Suffolk Dis- 
 trict. His residence is in Charlestown District. 
 
 1. John Franklin, b. May 13, 1841. 
 
 2. Harriet Maria, b. July 12, 1842 ; d. Oct. 26, 
 
 1843. 
 
 3. Ellen Eliza, b. March 8, 1844. 
 
642 
 
 HISTOBT OF BINBGE. 
 
 63 
 
 64 
 65 
 
 66 
 
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 67 
 
 68 
 69 
 
 70 
 71 
 
 72 
 
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 73 
 
 74 
 
 75 
 76 
 
 77 
 
 78 
 79 
 
 80 
 
 81 
 
 4. Edwin Morton, b. May 29, 1845; he was in 
 
 the Union army, and was killed at the 
 battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 14, 
 1863. 
 
 5. Infant son, b. and d. Oct. 17, 1847. 
 
 6. Harvey Adams, b. March 14, 1857. 
 
 VIII. PJiebe, b. April 24, 1814; md. Dec. 10, 1835, John 
 Barrett. She is now residing, his widow, in 
 Boston. 
 
 Joseph Platts, son of Capt. Joseph, md. Charlotte, 
 dau. of Thomas and Lucy Ames, or Eames, of Rindge. 
 He resided upon the Bixby place, and d. from exposure 
 April 14, 1836; his widow d. May 29, 1856. 
 
 I. Addison, b. June 25, 1810; md. Harriet Laws; 
 resides in Waltham, Mass. ; one dau. living. 
 
 1. Henrietta. 
 
 A., b. Oct. 3, 1812 ; d., unmd., Oct. 9, 
 
 II. 
 
 Charlotte 
 
 1855. 
 Phinehas, b. Feb. i 
 
 sides in Waltham 
 
 1. Edwin A.; 
 Waltham. 
 
 Abigail S., b. June 6, 1817 ; md. Sept. 20, 1854, 
 Luke S. Rugg, son of Capt. Luke Rugg, q.v. 
 
 1, 1815; md. Lucy Vin all; re- 
 md. Lucy Chase; resides in 
 
 John Vabnum Platts, son of Capt. Joseph, md. May 
 2, 1811, Maria Demary, dau. of Ezekiel Demary, q. v. He 
 resided in Rindge, where he d. May 6, 1839 ; his wife d. 
 Feb. 4, 1834. 
 
 I. John Varnum, Jr., md. (pub. Dec. 11), 1840, 
 Louisa D. Bill, of Gilsum, N. H. Removed, 1849, 
 to Ashburnham, Mass. 
 
 II. Caroline, b. ; md. April 4, 1883, William 
 
 Dana ; removed to State of New York. 
 
 III. Maria, b. 1815 ; d., unmd., June 4, 1842. 
 
 IV. Cynthia, b. 1817 ; md. April, 1837, A. A. Fowle, q. v. 
 V. ^anny D., b. 1820; md. April 16, 1841, A. A. 
 
 Fowle, q. v. 
 Yi-tMowena, b. 1824; d., unmd., Nov. 10, 1848. 
 
 VII. Aaron K, b. 1828 ; md. Oct. 13, 1853, Susan R. 
 
 Wetherbee, dau. of Joseph Wetherbee, q. v., and 
 in 1855 removed to Kansas ; now live in Kanwa- 
 kee, in that State. 
 
 1. Susan. 
 
 VIII. Miza, b. 1830 ; d., unmd., April 3, 1846. 
 
(49) 
 
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 84 
 
 85 
 
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 87 
 
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 88 
 
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 96 
 
 97 
 
 GENEALOaiCAL BEGI8TJSB. 643 
 
 Asa PiATTS, son of Aas, md. Aug. 2, 1832, Frances 
 Jones, dau. of Asa Jones, q. v., who d. April 20, 1836, and 
 lie md. (2d) Fidelia (Emerson) Pratt -widow of Moses 
 S. Pratt, and dau. of Ebenezer and Rhoda (Symonds) 
 Emerson of Reading, Mass. Mr.'Platts reside^, until 
 1853, upon a farm near "West Rindge, and then removed 
 to the house now occupied by his son, Anson A. Platts, 
 and for several years had a mill which stood upon the 
 site of the wheelwright shop of E. B. Cutter. He d. Nov. 
 28, 1873. 
 
 I. Maria F., h. May 13, 1839 ; md. Feb. 25, 1868, 
 
 J. "Wallace English; she d. March 16, 1871. 
 II. Asa Anson, b. Sept. 20, 1841 ; d. Jan. 11, 1843. 
 in. Almon A^h. July 18, 1845. He has pursued a 
 
 regular course of study, and is a civil engineer, 
 
 in Stoneham, Mass. 
 IV. Anson A., twin, b. July 18, 1845; md. June 29, 
 
 1869, Cynthia L. Lawrence, dau. of William and 
 
 Lucinda (Lowell) Lawrence, q. v. They reside 
 
 in Rindge. 
 v. Martin W., b. July 13, 1849 ; d. Aug. 26, 1849. 
 VI. Lyman W~, b. Sept. 11, 1852 ; a clerk ; resides in 
 
 Troy, N. H. 
 
 HosEA Platts, son of Asa, md. April 14, 1831, Nancy 
 Smith, b. Aug. 11, 1807, dau. of Elijah T. Smith. _ He is a 
 farmer in Fitzwilliam. They have had eleven children. 
 
 I. Rosea Osborn, b. March 8, 1832; md. Emily 
 Hodge. 
 ~ iirWancy 'Ann, b. March 11, 1833 ; md. Geo. J. Strat- 
 
 ton; d. Feb. 11, 1865. 
 ' Hi. Mijah Smith, b. Oct. 18, 1834; d. March 27, 1837. 
 IV. Mary Hebecca, b. July 12, 1836 ; md. George A. 
 
 "Whittemore, Esq. ; d. Dec. 13, 1872. 
 V. John Austin, b. Sept. 16, 1838; md. Feb. 13, 1864, 
 Susie, C. Crowell, dau. of Christopher and Anna 
 (Gibbs) Crowell, of "Westminster, Vt. They have 
 three children. 
 VI. Sarah Maria, b. Sept. 28, 1840; md. Sylvester 
 "CTnderwood. Reside in St. Johnsbury, Yt. 
 
 VII. -Elijah Thayer, b. Aug. 30, 1842; md. June 25, 
 
 1868, Ellen M. Bennett, dau. of Lyman and 
 Lucinda ("Wellington) Bennett, q. v. They re- 
 side in Rindge. Two children. 
 
 VIII. Henrietta Ellen, b. Oct. 13, 1844. 
 
 IX. Charles Frederick, b. April 22, 1847 ; md. Nov. 27, 
 1867, Julia ;M. Stearns, dau. of Col. George "W. 
 Stearns, q. v. He is a merchant in Rindge. 
 X. H. Agnes, b. July 13, 1849 ; d. Nov. 5, 1867. 
 
644 
 
 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 98 
 
 XI. Frank Warren, b. Oct. 16, 1851 ; md. Martha 
 Emerson. Resides in Marlboro, N. H. 
 
 Joseph Pollaed was taxed 1803-1809, James Pollard, 
 1805-1831 ; William Pollard, 1848-1865 ; but the records 
 preserve no memoranda of their families. Levi Pollard, 
 son of Levi, of Winchendon, was also in this town several 
 years, and Abel Pollard, a blacksmith, was here 1809, until 
 his death Oct. 29, 1826, aged 41. A part of this time he 
 lived in the Dea. Breed house, and occupied the Hunt 
 shop. The children of Abel Pollard and Sukey, his wife, 
 b. in Rindge were : — 
 
 I. Dawson, b. Jan. 8, 1810. 
 II. Grata, b. Sept. 16, 1812. 
 
 III. Sukey, b. Jan. 3, 1816. { 
 
 IV. Martha, b. April 27, 1818. 
 
 Nehemiah Pokteb came from Weymouth near the 
 close of the year 1771. He served several months in 
 the army {vide p. 110). He removed or d. between 1780 
 and 1793. His children b. between 1750 and 1771, were 
 as follows : Nehemiah, Joseph, Benjamin, Silvanus, Sarah, 
 Lydia, Ebenezer, and Mary. 
 
 Moses Poetbk, from Newbury, was in Rindge 1825-31, 
 but no connected record of his family can be given. He 
 occupied the same farm for a time with Benjamin Barker 
 with whom he was in some way connected by marriage. 
 His son resided with him. His wife d. Jan. 4, 1828, and 
 dau. Mary d. Feb. 3, 1828. 
 
 GiLMAN PowEEs, md. March 10, 1833, Sarah Clark, 
 dau. of Luther and Sarah (Walker) Clark, of Hubbards- 
 ton, Mass., a descendant of Hugh Clark, the emigrant. 
 They resided in Rindge a few years. Their children were : 
 
 J. Henry Newell, b. Oct. 15, 1833 ; d. Aug. 13, 1834. 
 II. Charles Thurston, b. Sept. 13, 1836. 
 
 III. Henry Newell, b. Jftne 29, 1839. 
 
 IV. Arethusa Elizabeth, b. Nov. 22, 1841. 
 V. Augustus Qilman, b. June 22, 1844. 
 
 John Peichaed, of Boxford, Mass., md. Sept. 24, 1767, 
 Lucy Wood, and removed to Rindge previous to 1770. 
 "Being very sick and weak in body," he made a ivill, 
 March 30, 1775, and d. July 3, following. His widow md. 
 Nov. 10, 1781, Eliakim Darling, q. v. Their eldest child 
 was b. in Boxford, the others in Rindge. 
 
 I. Martha, b. May 6, 1768. 
 II. iMcy, b. Feb. 1, 1770. 
 III. John, b. Oct. 28, 1771. 
 
5 
 6 
 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 GENEALOGICAL BEGI8TEB. 645 
 
 IV. Paul, b. Aug. 1, 1773. 
 V. Hannah, b. Aug. 10, 1775 ; posthumous. 
 
 John Peichaed, and wife Lovisa, were in Rindge 
 1815-21. Perhaps this John was number four of this 
 register; if so, he returned after an absence from this 
 town ; or, possibly, he was a son of Paul, of New Ipswich. 
 Two children were b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. George Washington, b. March 18, 1816. 
 II. Nancy, b. June 24, 1819. 
 
 John Peiest, b. 1761 ; md. Rebecca Gibson, b. 1765, 
 and came to Rindge about 1785. He resided nesw the 
 residence of Asa and Charles E. Stickney. He removed 
 from this town 1811 ; his wife d. 1814, and he d. April 12, 
 1830. His sons have a mo^t honorable record in mercan- 
 tile and other pursuits. 
 
 I. John Fox, b. May 30, 1786. He was an importer 
 of iron and steel, and an extensive dealer in hard- 
 ware, Boston. He md. Catherine Brewer Ma- 
 rean. Of their thirteen children, several d. in 
 childhood or youth ; (1) Sarah A., the eldest, md. 
 
 Hall, of Boston ; (2) John Lothrop, resides 
 
 in Boston ; (3) Catherine Byewer, md., 1841, Sam- 
 uel Hammond Gibbens, Esq., son of Col. Daniel 
 and Mary L. (King) Gibbens, and a brother 
 * of the wife of Thomas Sherwin ; their son, Fred- 
 
 erick H. Gibbens, is Treasurer of the Delaware, 
 Lackawana and Western Railroad Company, 
 office in New York ; (4) George A., resides in 
 
 Boston; (5) Adaline M., md. Lewis, of 
 
 Boston; (6) Ellen Marean, md. Kingsbury; 
 
 md. (2d) Langford, of Boston. 
 
 II. Josiah, b. Feb. 14, 1788, resided in Lunenburg, 
 Mass. 
 
 III. Abraham Gibson, b. July 10, 1791. At the re- 
 
 quest of a maternal uncle, he assumed the name 
 of Abraham Priest Gibson. He was consul 
 many years at St. Petersburg, Russia, and d., 
 unmd., in England, possessed of considerable 
 wealth. 
 
 IV. Warham, b. May 26, 1793. 
 
 v. Mebecca, b. May 15, 1795 ; md. Hayward. 
 
 VI. Dole Johnson, b. April 26, 1796. 
 vn. Joel, b. May 11, 1799 ; a merchant in Boston, 
 vni. Miranda, b. July 16, 1802; md. Abraham G. Wy- 
 nian, a most worthy citizen of Boston. 
 IX. Stillman G., b. Dec. 18, 1807; a merchant in Boston. 
 
 82 
 
646 
 
 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
 11 
 12 
 
 10 
 11 
 
 X. Fannie, b. June 12, 1809 ; md. Dr. Chandler, of 
 
 Natick, Mass. 
 XI. Jonas Seywarcl, b. July 6, 1812; a merchant in 
 
 Watertown, Mass. 
 
 Amos Ramsdell, son of Amos and Phebe (Henry) 
 Ramsdell, was b. in Boston June 18, 1801. He md. Sept. 
 10, 1830, Harriet Wright, b. in Pepperell, Mass., Sept. 4, 
 1804, dau. of Liberty and Betsey Wright. Soon after 
 his marriage' he removed to this town, and engaged in the 
 manufacture of wooden-ware and coarse lumber. He 
 was a man of quiet manner, and of unfailing integrity. 
 He d. March 5, 1862 ; she d. Oct. 5, 1874. 
 
 I. Harriet Mizabeth, b. March 16, 1837; md. Nov. 
 
 30, 1854, Joel Wellington, q. v. 
 II. Charles Henry, b. Oct. 12, 1841; d. April 4, 1863. 
 
 Col. James Ramsdell, a brother of Amos, was b. in 
 Boston June 26, 1807; md. Nov. 16, 1837, Lucy Rice, 
 dau. of Abijah and Sophia (Waters) Rice, q. v. Previ- 
 ous to his removal from New Ipswich to Rindge, he was 
 lieutenant-colonel of the regiment of militia to which 
 that town belonged. He was engaged, with his brother 
 Amos, and later on his own account, in the manufacture 
 of lumber. For a few years previous to his death he had 
 mills in Benton, N. H. He d. Sept. 20, 1873. Four 
 children were b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. James Gardner, b. July 7, 1841; md. Sept. 30, 
 1863, Julia Alice Carter. Resides in Philadel- 
 phia. 
 II. Cassius G., b. Oct. 80, 1845. Resides in San 
 
 Francisco, Cal. 
 III. JEva Josephine, b. April 14, 1854; md. June 17, 
 1874, D. L. White, son of C. A. White, of 
 Boston. 
 IT. iMcy F., b. Feb. 13, 1856 ; d. March 16, 1856. 
 
 Reuben Ramsdell, a brother of Amos and Col. James, 
 was b. in New Ipswich Aug. 11, 1811. He md. in 
 Rindge, Dec. 24, 1835, Lavina P. Converse, dau. of Joshua 
 Converse, Esq., q. v. He resides in the east part of the 
 town, where he has been, and continues, extensively en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of wood-ware. ( Vide p. 305.) 
 
 I. Henrietta JLovina, b. Nov. 3, 1836; d. Feb. 14, 
 
 1842. 
 II. Phebe Amanda, b. Dec. 19, 1839; md. Dec. 21, 
 
 1855, Edward Jewett, son of Stephen and 
 
 Hannah (Barker) Jewett, q. v. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
 647 
 
 RAND. 
 
 Daniel Rand -was a resident of Shrewsbury, Mass., at the time of his 
 marriage, Jan. 18, 1720, to Mary Keyes, b. Oct. 24, 1700, dau. of Col. John 
 and Mary (Eames) Keyes, of Marlboro, and later of Shrewsbury, 
 granddau. of Elias and Sarsih (Blanford) Keyes, of Sudbury, and great- 
 granddau. of Robert Keyes, the emigrant. In 1723, the house of Col. 
 Keyes was burned in the night, and three of the brothers of Mrs. Rand 
 perished in the flames. Mr. Rand was one of the founders of the church 
 in Shrewsbury, and his son Solomon was the first child baptized after its 
 organization, the pastor being Rev. Job Cushing, the father of Rev. 
 John Cushing, D. D., of Ashburnham. His wife d. March 5, 1757, aged 
 nearly 57, and he md. (2d) Martha Bruce. The date of his death is not 
 known. Solomon Rand, the-eldest son of Daniel and Mary (Keyes) Rand, 
 was b. March 13, 1723; md. Sept. 15, 1741, Deborah" Dodge, dau. of Jabez 
 Dodge, of Ipswich and Shrewsbury, and a sister of Rev. Ezekiel Dodge, 
 of Abington. He settled upon the farm formerly of his father, where he 
 d. 1801, aged 78, and his widow, 1 810, aged 84. Their sons, Daniel, Ezekiel, 
 and Solomon, settled in Rindge. Their son Artemas was in Rindge a short 
 time, but never became a permanent resident here. He subsequently d. 
 in the Revolutionary army. 
 
 Col. Daniel RAi^rD, son of Solomon, grandson of 
 Daniel, was b. in Shrewsbury, Oct. 15, 1742 ; he md. May 
 21, 1767, Susannah Hemenway, b. April 16, 1746, dau. of 
 Daniel and Ruth (Bigelow) Hemenway, of Shrewsbury. 
 She was a cousin of the second wife of John Perry, of 
 Rindge. They settled upon a lot of land since occupied 
 by Gates Rand and Liberty Rand, and there resided until 
 their death. In the Revolution, he was an ensign in the 
 Lexington company, a lieutenant in Col. Isaac Wyman's 
 regiment in 1776, and a captain in Col. Moore's regiment in 
 1777 (pp. 108, 125, 141), and was several years a member of 
 the committee of safety. In the militia, he was major m 
 1782, and a colonel as early as 1785. He represented the 
 town in the Legislature ten years, and was elected seven 
 times to the board of selectmen. His superior ability was 
 acknowledged by his townsmen in these repeated elections, 
 while his faithful and able service, his strict integrity and 
 unimpeachable character, are revealed in the light of his 
 honorable career. He d. July 3, 1811; his widow d. 
 Sept. 6, 1817, and were buried upon the homestead. 
 
 I. Huth, h. May 20, 1768 ; md. William Moore, of 
 Worcester, where she d. June 20, 1844. 
 
 n. Warham, b. Jan. 30, 1770; d., unmd., Feb. 9, 
 1792. 
 
 III. Asenath, b. Oct. 22, 1771 ; md. Henry Smith, q. v. 
 
 IV. JRezinah, b. Oct. 2, 1773 ; md. Joseph Parker, q. v. 
 V. Liberty, b. June 3, 1775 ; d., unmd., May 21, 1804. 
 
 VI. Anna, b. Nov. 7, 1777 ; md. Jan. 26, 1800, Lewis 
 Colbum, and removed to Plainfield, N. Y., 
 where she d., 1801. 
 
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 VII. Gates, b. Sept. 17, 1779. -f 
 
 VIII. Susannah, b. Aug. 27, 1781. She was drowned in 
 a well June 17, 1784. 
 
 IX, Asa, b. Aug. 6, 1783. + 
 
 X. Candice, b. Aug. 1, 1785 ; d., unmd., June 26, 1805. 
 
 XI. Grata, b. May 10, 1787 ; md. Nov. 12, 1816, Rev. 
 Luke Ainsworth Spofford, b. Nov. 5, 1785, son of 
 Dea. Eleazer and, Mary (Flint) Spofford, of Jaf- 
 frey. He was a graduate of Middlebury College, 
 1817, and was a devoted and faithful minister 
 in Gilmanton, Brentwood, Lancaster, and Atkin- 
 son, in this State, and was later engaged in mis- 
 sionary labor. She d. in Williamsburg, Ohio, 
 Feb. 25, 1851. Mr. Spofford d. in Rookport, 
 Ind., Sept. 27, 1855. 
 
 1. Richard Cecil, b. Dec. 22, 1817 ; a graduate 
 , of Amherst College. He studied divinity, 
 
 and d. in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, 
 May 25, 1843. 
 
 2. Mary Susan, b. Feb. 12, 1820; md. John 
 
 R. Wiltsie, of Newburg, N. Y. 
 
 3. Henry Martin, b. Sept. 8, 1821 ; a graduate 
 
 of Amherst College, tutor at Amherst, 
 now a Judge of the Supreme Court of 
 Louisiana. He md. Ophelia Martin, of 
 Pulaski, Tenn. 
 
 4. Elizabeth Jane, b. Sept. 19, 1823; md. 
 
 Eben Wears. They reside in Owensville, 
 Ohio. 
 
 5. Ainsworth Rand, b. Sept. 12, 1825; md. 
 
 Sarah Partridge, of Medway, Mass. 
 Since 1865 he has been Librarian of 
 Congress. 
 
 6. Ann M., b. Sept. 22, 1827 ; d. July 1, 1843. 
 
 XII. Matilda, b. Dec. 20, 1794; md. Timothy Ban- 
 croft, q. V. 
 
 Gates Rand md. Nov. 1, 1808, Caty Towne, dau. of 
 Dea. Francis Towne. He was selectman 1804, '10, '11, 
 '21, and was frequently chosen on important committees. 
 He evinced an active interest in public schools and town 
 affairs, and was a valuable citizen. He d. Jan. 21, 1858; 
 she d. Aug. 14, 1859. 
 
 I. Laura, b. April 4 ; d. Dec. 6, 1805. 
 
 II. Warham, b. Nov. 13, 1806; md. April 6, 1837, 
 Mariah Bartlett, dau. of Samuel Bartlett, of 
 Leverett, Mass. He has been engaged in man- 
 
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 ufacturing and in mercantile pursuits in several 
 places. Returning to his native town in 1866, 
 he resides, a farmer, upon a portion of the exten- 
 sive farm of his grandfather. 
 
 22 III. Liberty, twin, b. Nov. 13, 1806; md. June 20, 
 1836, Abigail "Whitney, who d. Oct. 4, 1840; and 
 he md. (2d) Sept. 15, 1841, Azubah Whitney, 
 her sister, dau. of Hananiah and Azubah Whit- 
 ney, of Winchendon. Mr. Rand was selectman 
 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846. In 1867 he removed 
 to Madison, Wis., where he d. May. 20, 1872. 
 
 23 1. Marshall W., b. July 11, 1838; d. Jan. 12, 
 1839. 
 
 24 2. Henry H., b. Sept. 14, 1840; md. Jan. 1, 
 1865, Harriet E. Lawrence, dau. of Will- 
 lam and Lucinda (Lowell) Lawrence, q. v. 
 They reside in Madison, Wis. 
 
 25 IV. Caroline, b. Nov. 12, 1808 ; d., unmd., July 4, 1830. 
 
 26 v. Susannah Hemenway, b. Oct. 29, 1810 ; d., unmd., 
 Sept. 8, 1831. 
 
 27 VI. Daniel Towne, b. Aug. 13, 1812; md. Oct. 3, 1838, 
 Julia Ann Jewett, dau. of Dr. Thomas Jewett, 
 q. V. He d. at Eaiton Rapids, Mich., Sept. 3, 
 1843. 
 
 28 1. Howard, b. Dec. 8, 1839 ; d. Sept. 17, 1862 
 (vide pp. 317, 362). 
 
 29 2. Thomas Gates, b. Sept. 3, 1841 ; d. Aug. 20, 
 1842. 
 
 30 VII. Asa JPayson, b. Aug. 80, 1814; d. Oct. 8, 1814. 
 
 31 VIII. Fanny Woodbury, b. Aug. 29, 1815 ; d. March 29, 
 1828 
 
 32 IX. Asa JPayson, b. Feb. 7, 1818 ; md. Oct. 23, 1838, 
 Maria Murdock, dau. of James and Polly (Chap- 
 lin) Murdock, of Winchendon. He is proprietor 
 of a stone quarry in Westfield, Mass., and owns 
 an extensive tract of land in Kansas, which fully 
 engages his attention. They have no children. 
 
 33 X. Gardner Thorndike, b. July 5, 1820 ; md. May 21, 
 1845, Abigail D. Page, dau. of Joseph and Mary 
 
 (Wilder) Page, q. v. She d. , and he md. 
 
 (2d) Agnes Harvey. He is a physician in Char- 
 lotte, Mich., and has been county treasurer 
 several years. They have three children. 
 
 34 1. Abbie. 
 
 85 2. Warren. 
 
 86 8. Anna. 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
 XI. Leonard Gates, b. March 11, 1822; md. Rachel 
 Hall, of Napoleon, Mich. He was a merchant. 
 He d. in Lansing, Mich., Jan. 22, 1849. 
 
 1. Leonard G., b. Jan. 23, 1849. Is a telegraph 
 operator. 
 
 Rev. Asa Rand {vide p. 334) md. Nov. 6, 1812, 
 Grata Payson, dau. of Rev. Seth Payson, D. D., q. v. 
 She d., leaving two children, April 29, 1818. He md. 
 (2d) Feb. 8, 1820, Clarissa Thorndike, dau. of Capt. 
 Nicholas Thorndike. She d., leaving three children, July 
 7, 1825, and he md. (3d) July 6, 1826, Mary (Gushing) 
 Coolidge, b. April 27, 1782, widow of Elisha Coolidge, of 
 Boston, and dau. of Rev. John Gushing, D. D., of Ash- 
 burnham. He d. in Ashburnham, Aug. 24, 1871 ; she d. 
 June 12, 1871. 
 
 I. Harriet Newell, b. Dec. 8, 1814 ; md. Jan. 22, 1841, 
 Rev. Russell S. Gook, then a Secretary of the 
 American Tract Society. She d. Feb. 15, 1843. 
 Like her mother, and her grandmother Payson, 
 she was endowed with unusual graces of mind 
 and character. A memoir of this excellent and 
 accomplished lady was written by Mrs. L. H. 
 Sigourney, and published in 1853. 
 
 II. WiUiam Wilberforce, b. Dec. 8, 1816. He was 
 prepared for a collegiate course in the grammar 
 and Latin schools of Boston, and gi-aduated at 
 Bowdoin 1837, at Bangor Theological Seminary 
 1840, and was ordained at Canastota, N. Y., in 
 Sept., 1841. In 1848, he removed to New York, 
 and engaged in the publishing department of 
 the American Tract Society, and is now secre- 
 tary of that department. He md., 1841, Marcia 
 S. Dunning, dau. of Robert Dunning, Esq., of 
 Brunswick, Me.; she d. Nov. 11, 1844. Their 
 two children d. in infancy. 
 
 Children of Rev. Asa and Clarissa (Thorndike) Rand : 
 
 III. Thorndike, b. Nov. 15, 1820 ; md. Hannah P. Nourse, 
 of Beverly, Mass. He d. at Bahia, Brazil, 1854, 
 leaving one son and one dau. 
 IV. Charles Asa, b. May 21, 1822 ; d. in Brownsville, 
 
 Texas, July 7, 1863. 
 V. Annie Thorndike, b. Oct. 26, 1824; md. John F. 
 Nourse, principal of one of the Boston Public 
 Schools. He d. Jan. 17, 1854, and she md. (2d) 
 William Endicott, Jr., Esq., of Boston. 
 
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 Ens. Ezekibl Rastd, a brother of Col. Daniel, was b. in 
 Shrewsbury, March 24, 1747 ; md. Anna Demary, dan. of 
 John Demary, q. v. He was an ensign in the Rindge 
 company at the battle of Bunker Hill, and rtmained with 
 his company in the siege of Boston until the close of the 
 year, and was an officer in Col. Enoch Hale's regiment 
 in 1778. He was a man of character and good abilities; 
 but for several years preceding his death he was insane. 
 He d. March 17, 1826; his widow d. Sept. 23, 1833. 
 
 I. Mekiel, b. Nov. 26, 1780 ; md. 1805, Mary Stone, 
 
 of Fitzwilliam, b. Nov. 1, 1782. They removed 
 to Greensboro, Vt., where he d. Aug. 28, 1849. 
 His widow d. at the residence of her dau., Mrs. 
 Child, in Hyde Park, Feb. 13, 1868. 
 
 1. Parkman S., b. Nov. 4, 1806; d. in Phila- 
 
 delphia, unmd., Dec. 5, 1850. 
 
 2. Carlos, b. Feb. 15, 1808 ; d. in Charlestown, 
 
 Mass., unmd., April 13, 1827. 
 
 3. Anna D., b. Sept. 20, 1809; d. in Jan., 
 
 1811. 
 
 4. Jasper, b. Aug. 17, 1811 ; resides in St. 
 
 Albans, Vt. He has a family. 
 
 5. Louisa M., b. Nov. 21, 1812; md. Sears 
 
 Cook. They reside in Lyme, N. H. One 
 child. 
 
 6. Abner S., b. Feb. 11, 1815 ; d. in Greens- 
 
 boro, unmd., Nov. 21, 1848. 
 
 7. Chertina, b. Jan. 26, 1817; md. John A. 
 
 Child. She resides, his widow, in Hyde 
 Park, Vt. 
 
 8. Frederick, b. June 6, 1819. He is a lawyer 
 
 in Indianapolis, Ind. Two daus. 
 
 9. Mary Jane, b. July 6, 1821 ; md. Dea. 
 
 Hamilton, of Lyme, N. H. ; d., s. p., Dec. 5, 
 1858. 
 10. Nelson, b. March 7, 1824, resides in Crafts- 
 bury, Vt. 
 
 II. Asaph, b. Nov. 24, 1782 ; md. in Perry, Me., July 
 
 1, 1817, Lucinda Gushing, b. Sept. 5, 1791, in 
 Pembroke, N. H. From Maine, he removed to 
 Tamworth, N. H. He d. Sept. 27, 1868, aged 
 nearly 86. 
 
 1. Ezekiel D., b. in Perry, Me., March 12, 
 
 1818. 
 
 2. Alfred P., b. Nov. 11, 1819; d. in Charles- 
 
 town, Mass., Jan. 4, 1846. 
 
 3. Thomas C, b. in Tamworth ; md. 1845, and 
 
 removed to the West. 
 
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 4. Susan A., b. Oct. 16, 1823; md. Feb. 10, 
 
 1859, George V. Smith. 
 
 5. Jasper, b. April 9, 1826; resides in Lewis- 
 
 ton, Idaho. 
 
 6. Asaph, b. July 25, 1828; resides in Weare, 
 
 KH. 
 
 7. Parkman, b. Dec. 8, 1830 ; d. Oct. 7, 1834. 
 
 8. Lucy, b. Oct. 21, 1835. 
 
 m. Absalom, b. Sept. 8, 1784; md. Sept. 28, 1806, 
 Mary Winship, of Charlestown, Mass., where he 
 resided until his death. His wife d., leaving 
 seven children. May 21, 1818; he md. (2d) Nov. 
 25, 1821, Sarah Gill, of Concord, Mass., who d. 
 June 23, 1857. He d. April 5, 1855. The chil- 
 dren of the first wife were : — 
 
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 3. Nathan. 
 
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 4. Mary. 
 
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 5. Ezekiel. 
 
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 6. Anna. 
 
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 7. Sarah. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 8. Edward T., b. Dec. 19, 1829; resides in 
 
 Charlestown, Mass., where he conducts an 
 extensile business in the manufacture of 
 soaps of various kinds. 
 
 9. Sarah, b. Jan. 6, 1826. 
 
 10. Benjamin S., b. May 9, 1828. 
 
 11. Hannah G., b. July 23, 1830. 
 
 12. Caroline, b. April 26, 1833. 
 
 13. John F., b. March 29, 1838. 
 
 IV. Jasper, b. Aug. 11, 1791 ; md. April 10, 1833, Sarah 
 Peiroe, dau. of Abraham Peirce, q. v. He was a 
 farmer, and resided upon the homestead ; d. felo 
 de se, Nov. 14, 1837, and his widow md. (2d) 
 Christopher Smith, a native of England. He d. 
 Jan. 26, 1862 ; she resides in Rindge. Mr. Rand 
 left two children. 
 
 1. Caroline A., b. Oct. 10, 1833; md. Augus- 
 
 tus Rugg, son of Thomas Rugg, Jr., q. v. 
 
 2. John Warren, b. March 28, 183- ; resides 
 
 in Winchendon. 
 
 Capt. Solomon Rand, b. in Shrewsbury, March 5, 
 1750 ; md. June 22, 1774, Sally Adams, of Graftpn, Mass. 
 He was a member of the Lexington company, and after 
 
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 the war was a captain of the militia. He was selectman 
 in 1782, and was a useful, intelligent citizen. He d. 
 April 27, 1827 ; his wife d. Feb. 18, 1815. 
 
 I. Sall^/, b. April 8, 1776 ; md. Silas Demary, q. v. 
 li. Debhy,h. Jan. 17, 1778; md. Jacob Perkins, q.v. 
 
 III. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1781; md. William Wil- 
 
 son, q. V. 
 
 IV. Ziucy, b. July 24, 1785 ; md. Greene Towne, q. v. 
 r. Leonard, b. March 15, 1788. -|- 
 
 VI. Polly, b. March 14, 1790 ; md. James Bowers, q. v. 
 VII. Andrew, b. Aug. 4, 1792; d. March 19, 1793. 
 
 Leonard Ran^d, son of Capt. Solomon, md. Nov. 17, 
 1812, Sally Hubbard, dau. of Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard, 
 q. V. They resided in Rindge, where he d. Feb. 26, 1816, 
 and his widow md. (2d) Daniel Norcross, q. v. 
 
 I. Solomon H., b. Jan. 1, 1815; md. June 7, 1843, E. 
 
 Emeline, dau. of Capt. Salmon Allen, q. v. They 
 
 resided in Jaffrey. He d. about 1861. 
 II. Sarah A., b. Aug. 11, 1816 ; md. Emerson Howe, 
 
 son of Peter Howe, of Rindge. They reside in 
 
 New Ipswich. 
 
 RAYMOND. 
 
 The Raymonds of Rindge were from Winchendon, and were descend- 
 ants of Paul Raymond, son of Paul, who was b. in Salem, Mass., May 12, 
 1732 ; md., 1755, Abigail Joaes, b. in Weston April 26, 1733, dau. of 
 James and Abigail (Garfield) Jones, and a descendant of Lewis Jones, 
 who d. in Watertown about 1683. After their marriage they removed to 
 Holden, and from thence to Winchendon, where he d. 1817. His wife d. 
 1809. Among their children were Capt. Joel Raymond, and Silas, who 
 resided in Rindge. Another son, Paul Raymond, Jr., md. Sarah Gale, 
 and in Winchendon had nine children. Of these, Sally, b. June 28, 1789, 
 md. Benjamin Peirce, of Rindge ; Harriet, b. Nov. 1, 1803, md. Liberty 
 Thomas ; and Sumner, b. April 5, 1799, was a resident of this town for 
 several years. Jesse Raymond, another son of Paul and Abigail (Jones) 
 Raymond, b. May 4, 1769, md. PoUy MiUer ; and of their children Charles 
 and Joel will be named hereafter. 
 
 Capt. Joel Raymond, b. Dec. 9, 1764, came to Rindge 
 in early life, and subsequently md. Mary Ball, of Holden. 
 As a farmer, merchant, and proprietor of extensive tracts 
 of land, he was reasonably successful in business, and his 
 influence at all times was among the controlling forces in 
 the community. He d. Nov. 30, 1840. His widow d. 
 Jan. 1, 1848, aged 85. 
 
 I. Daughter, b. Sept. 1, 1789 ; d. July 2, 1790. 
 
 II. Daughter, twin, b. Sept. 1, 1789; d. July 8, 1790.' 
 
 III. Polly, b. Nov. 9, 1791 ; md. Amos Cutler, Jr., q. v. 
 
 IV. Xiw^a, b. ; md. Benj. Ward, Esq.; md. (2d) 
 
 Dr. Kingsburg, q. v. 
 
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 V. Zucy, b. June — , 1796 ; d. May 9, 1797. 
 
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 Silas Ratmoitd, brother of Capt. Joel, b. Oct. 15, 177L 
 
 He md. Ruth , and resided 1797-1803 in this town, 
 
 where four children were b. 
 
 I. Charles, b. May 13, 1797. 
 II. Silas, b. Feb. 26, 1799. 
 in. Sophronia, b. April 19, 1800. 
 IV. Eunice, b. July 30, 1802. 
 
 SuMNEB Raymond, son of Paul, Jr., b. April 5, 1799. 
 Resided in Rindge from his youth until 1834. He was a 
 tanner, and the foundation of the bmldings occupied by 
 him can be seen south of the highway, and a short dis- 
 tance east of the residence of Charles F. Steams. He 
 md. Deo. 19, 1824, Irene Jewett, dau. of Dr. Thomas 
 Jewett. After leaving this town he made a brief stay in 
 several towns, and subsequently removed to MoUne, 111. 
 His wife d. in Marlboro, N. H., Aug. 29, 1847. He d. in 
 Moline Jan. 20, 1869. 
 
 I. Elmira Green, b. Nov. 29, 1825; md., 1850, 
 Franklin J. Carlton. Surviving her husband, 
 she d. in Shirley, Mass., s. p., April 24, 1857. 
 
 Cynthia Ann, b. Jan. 25, 1829 ; md. at Marlboro, 
 July 19, 1853, Charles R. Whitcomb. Reside in 
 Winchendon. No children. 
 
 Thomas, b. May 2, 1831; md. at Moline, 1856, 
 Hannah Lawton. 
 
 Rebecca, twin, b. May 2, 1831 ; d. June 25, 1832. 
 
 WiUiam, b. Oct. 21, 1833 ; d. in Moline, unmd., 
 April 29, 1860. 
 
 Samuel, b. at Bellows Falls, Vt., March 10, 1839; 
 member of the 3d Minnesota Vols. ; d. on board 
 the steamer " Undine," bound for Fort Donald- 
 son March 22, 1862. 
 
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 VI. 
 
 Joel Raymond, son of Jesse, b. June 3, 1798. He was 
 a farmer in Rindge; md. Jan. — , 1827, Maria ShurtlefE, 
 dau. of Asahel and Sarah (Dewey) Shurtleff. He d. 
 March 19, 1845, and his widow resides with her sons in 
 Jaffrey. 
 
 I. Benjamin Ward, b. Nov. 23, 1827; d. May 9, 
 
 1829. 
 II. Orlando J"., b. Sept. 7, 1829; md. Jan. 20, 1859, 
 
 Hattie E. Giles (Russell Register, No. 126). He 
 
 was selectman 1868, '69, '70, '71. Removed to 
 
 Jaffrey 1872. 
 
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 1. Ernest Orlando, b. Nov. 16, 1866. 
 
 III. Asahel Shurtleff, b. May 24, 1832; md. Oct. 6, 
 
 1869, Marietta A. Stowe, dau. of David and 
 Mary (Converse) Stowe, q. v. With his brother, 
 under the firm of O. J. & A. S. Raymond, was 
 extensively engaged in the manufacture of nest- 
 boxes in Rindge for several years. Removed to 
 Jaffrey 1872. 
 
 IV. Sarah Maria, b. March 12, 1835; md. Jan. 20, 
 
 1859, Thomas Annett, of Jaffrey. She d. Feb. 
 11, 1868; and he md. (2d) Mary Helen Bancroft, 
 dau. of Dea. James Bancroft, q. v. 
 
 Chaelbs Raymond, a brother of Joel, 2d, b. July 23, 
 1796. Resided a farmer in the south-west part of the 
 town 1819-1821. He md. Charlotte Moors, who md. (2d) 
 Silas Coffin, and returned to Rindge after an absence of 
 more than fifty years. 
 
 James Reed, son of Joshua and Susannah (Houghton) 
 Reed, of Lexington, Mass., was b. Dec.l5, 1771, and was 
 a resident of this town at the time of his marriage. ' He 
 was a descendant of William Reed, the emigrant, of 
 Woburn, and a relative of Gen. James Reed, of Fitz- 
 william, and Col. Samuel Reed, of Lunenburg. He md. 
 Nov. 29, 1792, Susannah Stone, dau. of Capt. Salmon 
 Stone, q. v. They resided in the south-east corner of the 
 town, and many years were keepers of the toll-gate on 
 the old turnpike. He d. Oct. 7, 1832. His Vidow md. 
 (2d) John Fenno, and d. May 11, 1840. 
 
 I. Sepsiheth, b. 1793 ; md. Amos Fenno, q. v. 
 n. Joshua, b. 1795 ; md., 1816, Betsey Fenno, b. June 
 
 29, 1795, a sister of John and Amos Fenno, q. v. 
 
 He d. July 13, 1826; and she md. (2d) Nov. 9, 
 
 1858, Samuel Buttrick. She d. Sept. 9, 1860. 
 
 Children of Joshua and Betsey (Fenno) Reed: — 
 
 1. James A., b. Jan. 21, 1818 ; md. Samantha 
 
 Peterson, and removed to Jay, Maine, 
 where he d. Dec. 14, 1870, leaving seven 
 children. 
 
 2. Charles, b. April 24, 1820 ; d. Sept. 20, 1824. 
 
 3. Lewis, b. Sept. 29, 1822 ; md. Melissa Dar- 
 
 ling. He d. in Waltham, leaving six 
 children. 
 
 4. Eliza Ann, b. July 10, 1825; d. Oct. 26, 
 
 1844. 
 
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 HISTOBT OF BINDQE. 
 
 RICE. 
 
 Edmund Rice, b. about 1594, came from Barkhams'tead, Hertfordshire, 
 in England, and settled in Sudbury, 1639. He was selectman several 
 years, one of tbe deacons of the church, and the recipient of several 
 appointments from the General Court. He vras one of the petitioners 
 for the grant which afterwards was known as Marlboro, and subsequently 
 removed to that place. His wife, Tamazine, d. in Sudbury June 13, 
 1654 ; and he md. (2d) March 1, 1655, Mercy (Hurd) Brigham, widow of 
 Thomas Brigham, the emigrant. He d. in Marlboro May 3, 1663, and 
 was buried in Sudbury. His widow md. (3d), 1664, William Hunt, and 
 d. Dec. 28, 1693. Thomas Rice (son of Edmund) and wife Mary resided 
 in Sudbury untU about 1664, when he removed to Marlboro, where he d. 
 Nov. 16, 1681. His ninth child was James Rice, b. March 6, 1669 ; md. 
 Sarah Stone, b. Feb. 14, 1675, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Ward) Stone, of 
 Sudbury. He resided in Marlboro, Sudbury, and Worcester, where he d. 
 Oct. 14, 1730. Zebadiah Rice, second son of James, was b. in Marlboro 
 Nov. 23, 1698, and settled in Worcester, where he d. 1778. By wife Elizar 
 beth he had eight children, and among them was Samuel Rice, b. May 
 9, 1742 ; he md. Dec. 6, 1765, Hepsibah Flint, of Concord, and settled in 
 Ashby, where she d., in June, 1790 ; and he md. (2d) Mary Davis. He 
 d., 1805, leaving eleven children. 
 
 Abijah Rice, son of Samuel and Hepsibah (Flint) 
 Rice, was b. March 31, 1786. He md., 1809, Sophia 
 Waters, dau. of Rev. Cornelius and Sybel (Gardner) 
 Waters, of Ashby, Mass. They resided several years in 
 New Ipswich, and in 1841 removed to the east part of 
 this town. He was a farmer, a man of integrity, and 
 unexceptionable character. He d. Aug. 14, 1865. She d. 
 Aug. 23, 1865. 
 
 I. Helen Maria, b. Jan. 27, 1810; md. Oscar Gasset, 
 of Boston. She d. March 3, 1872. 
 
 3 II. Emeline, b. April 16, 1812 ; md. Abel F. Farrar, q. v. 
 
 4 III. Harriet F.,\i. May 16, 1814; md. James G. San- 
 derson, of Boston. A dealer in beef, Quincy 
 Market. An upright, honest man. 
 
 IV. Jennie G., b. May 29, 1816; md. George W. 
 Greene, son of Benj. Greene, of Boston. They 
 reside in Milton, Mass. 
 
 6 T. Lucy, b. June 7, 1818; md. Col. James Rams- 
 dell, q. V. 
 
 7 VI. Addison Gardner, b. Nov. 14, 1819; d., unmd., 
 July 5, 1860. 
 
 VII. Harrison G., b. Dec. 24, 1821. -f- 
 nii. Richard H, b. March 29, 1824 ; md. Mary Reed. 
 He d. at Victoria, Texas, about 1858. 
 
 10 IX. Jerome, b. Nov. 22, 1825; md. Amanda Hill, of 
 Conway, N. H. He d. in San Francisco, Cal., 
 about 1862. 
 
 11 X. Almira S., b. Sept. 28, 1828 ; md. E. L. Frothing- 
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 Milton, Mass. He is cashier in the Boston Cus- 
 tom House. 
 XI. Cornelius, b. and d. Dec. 22, 1830. 
 
 Haeeison G. Rice md. Elizabeth H. Wood, dau. of David 
 and Mary (Earl) Wood. He is a farmer in Rindge. 
 Selectman 1858, '59, and '60, and has been frequently 
 elected to other positions of trust. 
 
 I. George Gh-eene, b. July 8, 1845 ; md. Oct. 29, 1873, 
 Martha Hale, dau. of John F. Hale, q. v., a 
 farmer, and resides upon the farm formerly of 
 his grandfather, Abijah Rice. 
 
 Sophia Waters, b. Jan. 15, 1847 ; d. July 24, 1857. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1848. 
 
 Jennie Maria, b. Dec. 24, 1849; d. July 2, 1857. 
 
 Hattie Frances, b. July 31, 1851 ; md. May 3, 1872, 
 George M. Osborn, son of George Osborn. They 
 reside in Peabody, Mass. 
 
 Ella Augusta, b. Feb. 22, 1853. 
 
 Walter Channing, b. May 6, 1855. 
 
 Emma Ida, b. June 14, 1857. 
 
 Sarold Clifton, b. Aug. 9, 1859. 
 
 Jessie, b. March 31, 1862. 
 
 Victor Hugo, b. Feb. 3, 1865. 
 
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 David Rice, son of David and Dorcas (Amidon) Rice, 
 of Fitzwilliam, resided several years in West Rindge. 
 He md., 1823, Fidelia Norton, and d. Oct. 4, 1864, leaving 
 three children, John, Edwin, and Charles, of whom no 
 record is received. 
 
 Faxon Rice, a brother of David, md. Rebecca Bacon, 
 of Jaffrey. They reside in West Rindge. 
 
 I. Elmer F., b. 1846 ; d. in the army {vide p. 324). 
 II. Willis M., b. 1850 ; resides in Rindge. 
 
 Elijah Rice, parentage unknown, and wife Martha 
 were in this town at an early date. He d. Oct. 20, 1777. 
 
 I. Levi, b. 1774 ; probably d. young. 
 II. Paul, b. Nov. 7, 1775. 
 III. Silas, b. Sept. 28, 1777. 
 
 Thaddeus Richaeds, son of Daniel and Elizabeth 
 (Richardson) Richards, and of the sixth generation of the 
 descendants of Edward Richards, of Dedham, was b. in 
 Newton, Mass., Sept. 9, 1770. He md. Dorothy Coolidge, 
 b. Jan. 30, 1772, dau. of David and Dorothy (Stearns) Cool- 
 idge, of Watertown, and granddau. of David and Mary 
 (Mixer) Coolidge ; her maternal grandparents were Josiah 
 and Dorothy (Prentice) Stearns, of Watertown. In 1820 
 
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 Mr. Richards removed with his family to this town, and 
 resided upon the farm subsequently owned many years by 
 Samuel Stearns, and now by Stephen Hale. He d. in 
 Rindge, March 29, 1829; she d. Aug. 16, 1847. They 
 were persons of ability and refinement, and were highly 
 respected by their acquaintances. 
 
 1. Mary, b. Oct. 19, 1792 ; md. Ebenezer Noyes, of 
 Newbury, Mass. They resided in Newton, Mass., 
 where he d. Nov. 5, 1856. They had no chil- 
 dren. 
 
 3 n. (7a<Aerwe,b. July 27, 1794; d. Jan. 21, 1796. 
 
 4 III. David C, b. Oct. 19, 1796, was a merchant in the 
 South, and last at Columbus, Miss., and has held 
 several municipal and State offices. He md. 
 Aug. 9, 1827, Elizabeth S. Parish, dau. of Henry 
 and Elizabeth (Strother) Parish, of Tennessee; 
 md. (2d) Sept. 15, 1848, Mary Pearce, dau. of 
 John K. Pearce, of Newport, R. I. Their seven 
 children were b. 1828-1853. 
 
 5 IV. Miza, b. Sept. 28, 1798 ; md. Capt. Ebenezer W. 
 Brown, q. v. ; md. (2d) Capt. Luke Rugg, q. v. 
 
 6 V. Dorothy C., b. Jan. 30, 1801; a teacher; d., unmd., 
 March 1, 1848. 
 
 7 VI. Sarah G., b. Oct. 21, 1803; md. Dea. Marshall 
 Adams, of Rindge, and New Boston, N. H., q. v. 
 
 VII. Charlotte M., b. July 25, 1806; md. Dec. 25, 1850, 
 James Crumble, of Nashua ; d., s. p., Sept. 19, 
 1857. 
 VIII. William C, h. June 20, 1809 (vide p. 360) ; md. 
 July 6, 1841, Eliza G. Willard, b. April 30, 1818, 
 dau. of Levi and Olive (Heyward) Willard, of 
 Keene, N. H. 
 10 IX. John, b. Oct. 20, 1811 ; a physician in Providence, 
 
 R. I., and later in Taunton, Mass. He md. June 
 9, 1839, Eliza W. Russell, dau. of Daniel and 
 Mary (Walker) Russell, of Providence. 
 
 John Richabds, son of John Richards, of Lunenburg, 
 Mass., came to Rindge previous to 1814; At this time he 
 was one of the Rindge soldiers at Portsmouth. He md. 
 Nov. 20, 1821, Candice Page, and settled in the west part 
 of the town, where he now resides. 
 
 I. ^li S., md. Bosworth. Resided in Rindge 
 
 until 1867. Now lives in Winchendon. 
 II. Augusta X., md. Chauncey Bosworth. They re- 
 side in Fitzwilliam. 
 III. Ahram, md. Esther A. Demary, dau. of James L. 
 Demary, q. v. 
 
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 IV. John W., b. 1845 ; md., 1866, Mary E. Hale, dau. 
 of Charles and Mary Ann (Metcalf ) Hale, q. v. 
 They reside in Winchendon. 
 
 ROBBINS. 
 
 There are several distinct families bearing the name of Bobbins in 
 New England. The families early in Rindge were descended from Rich- 
 ard and Rebecca Robbins, who united with the church in Charlestown, 
 Mass., May 24, 1640, and afterwards removed to Cambridge. Their son 
 Nathaniel md. Aug. 4, 1669, Mary Braside, and d. 1719. Among their 
 children was Joseph Bobbins, b. in Cambridge, Nov. 8, 1689 ; md. Aug. 3, 
 1709, Jane Dickson, and had several children; among "them was William 
 Robbins, b. Jan. 2, 1711-12 ; md. July 13, 1733, Ruth Butterfleld. They 
 were the parents of William and David, who settled in Rindge. He md. 
 (2d) Oct. 17, 1764, Hannah Hartwell, who survived him ; he d. Sept. 3, 
 1773, aged 61. 
 
 WiLLiAii Robbins, b. in Cambridge Aug. 20, 1740; 
 md. May 9, 1766, Hannah Paine. He first came to 
 Rindge in 1764, and soon after this date became a perma- 
 nent resident of the settlement. With his brother Davdd 
 he purchased of his uncle, Edward Robbins, of Lan- 
 caster, lots 20 in the first and 20 in the second range, 
 and upon this land they settled, and continued to reside, 
 until their death. His wife d. 1801 ; md. (2d) May 9, 
 1802, Nancy Leland. He d. in Winchendon April 16, 
 1824; his widow d. Dec. 29, 1861. A small portion of 
 their land fell within the town of Winchendon, as the 
 lines were subsequently established. 
 
 1. Sannah,h. Dec. 22, 1767; md. Paul Stewart, of 
 Winchendon, son of Jeremiah and Hannah 
 Stewart. He was a brother of Richard, a 
 pioneer manufacturer of wooden ware. She d. 
 July 28, 1828. 
 
 1. Enoch, b. in Winchendon May 17, 1791. 
 
 Removed to New York State. 
 
 2. Kezia, b. in Winchendon July 2, 1794; md. 
 
 Oratio P. Hall, of Fitzwilliam. 
 
 3. Joseph B., b. in Winchendon Nov. 19, 1797. 
 
 II. William, h. April 26, 1770 ; md. Eunice Ware, of 
 Fitzwilliam. They had eight children, Nahum, 
 David, and sisters, but no record has been 
 received. He resided in Fitzwilliam, Royalston, 
 and Winchendon. He d. April 4, 1853. 
 
 III. Daniel, h. A\xg. 19,1771; was insane; d., unmd., 
 
 1802. 
 
 IV. Joseph, b. Aug. 7, 1774 ; md., 1804, Sarah Cutting, 
 
 of Royalston, dau. of Nathan Cutting. They 
 resided in Winchendon, where he d. Jan. 14, 
 1852. 
 
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 1. Alonzo W., b. Nov. 15, 1805 ; d. young. 
 
 2. Abigail E., b. March 23, 1808; md. Jacob 
 
 . Taylor, of Winchendon. He d. 1866. 
 8. Joseph A., b. Oct. 10, 1809; d. young. 
 
 4. Joseph A., b. May 22, 1811 ; md. Betsey 
 
 Goodridge. He is a dealer in grain in 
 Winchendon. 
 
 5. Sarah Maria, b. May 1, 1813 ; md. Howard 
 
 Sawin, and removed to California. 
 
 6. Susan Sophia, twin, b. May 1, 1813 ; md. 
 
 Wetherbee, and resides in Manches- 
 ter, Vt. 
 
 7. James Hervey. 
 
 8. Frances, md. Jacob Taylor, not a relative 
 
 of the Jacob Taylor who md. her sister. 
 Removed to California. 
 
 V. Samuel, b. Jan. 19, 1776 ; md. Jan. 1, 1807, Sally 
 Steele.-l- 
 
 VI. Lucy, child of second wife, b. May 30, 1803 ; md. 
 Jan. 1, 1828, Daniel May, and resided in Winch- 
 endon. She d. April 22, 1844. 
 
 Samuel Robbins md. Jan. 1. 1807, Sally Steele, dau. 
 of Samuel Steele, q. v. They resided in the south-west 
 part of this town, and upon a part of the homestead. He 
 d. Aug. 28, 1857 ; she d. March 9, 1861. 
 
 I. Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1807 ; md. Nov. 23, 1841, Oliver 
 
 Wilder, of SulUvan, N. H. She d. Aug. 8, 1843. 
 
 II. Sabrina, b. Dec. 16, 1808; md. Jan. 4, 1831, Jason 
 
 Keith, of Winchendon. She d. March 19, 1874. 
 
 III. David A., b. June 24, 1810; md. Jan. 21, 1841, 
 
 Betsey Coolidge, of Gardner, Mass., who d. April 
 22, 1843. He md. (2d) June 30, 1844, Louisa 
 Stdne, of Winchendon. In 1865 he removed 
 from Rindge to Sciota, 111. 
 
 1. Mary S., b. Nov. 15, 1841 ; md. Nov. 3, 
 
 1864, Horace E. Lovejoy. (Lovejoy Reg- 
 ister No. 35.) 
 
 2. Betsey C.,b. April 16", 1843; d. May 6, 1864. 
 
 Children by second wife : — 
 
 3. Ostram A., b. July 30, 1845 ; md. Sept. 15, 
 
 1870, Frances Spurgeon, of Greenbush, 111. 
 
 4. Harlan S., b. May 28, 1848. 
 
 5. Warren A., b. April 18, 1850. 
 
 IV. George Wi, b. June 19, 1812; md. Nov. 27, 1841, 
 
 Hannah E. Bugbee. He d. June 15, 1864. 
 
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 V. Abiffail S.,h. Ang. 29,1814; md. Sept. 26, 1859, 
 
 Uri Day, of Royalston, Mass. 
 VI. Jiuthy, b. July 23, 1816; d. Oct. 9, 1819. 
 VII. Bachel P., b. April 23, 1818 ; d. Dec. 3, 1826. 
 viii. Samud W., b. Aug. 16, 1820 ; md. Dec. 30, 1847, 
 Mary Page, dau. of Joseph Page, q. v They 
 reside in Peoria, 111. 
 
 David Robbins, b. Jan. 27, 1742-3, settled in Rindge 
 with his brother William, and with him built a saw-mill near 
 their residence, but over the line in Winchendon, which 
 was probably the third mill erected in this immediate vicin- 
 ity. The land on which he settled has remained in the 
 possession of his descendants, and is now the farm of James 
 B. Robbins, Esq. He md. Mary Ballard, who d. June 29, 
 1796 ; and he md. (2d) April 6, 1797, Eunice (Oarlton) 
 French, widow of Jonathan French, and dau. of William 
 Carlton, q. v. He d. Jan. 31, 1811 ; his widow d. March 
 28, 1853. 
 
 I. Permelia, b. May 18, 1783 ; d. young. 
 II. David, b. Deo. 1, 1784 ; d. young. 
 
 III. J'olly, b. March 4, 1786 ; md. Jonathan Kim- 
 ball, q. V. 
 
 IV. James, b. June 9, 1789. -|- 
 V. David, b. July 18, 1791 ; d. at eleven years of age. 
 
 VI. Ruthy, b. Aug. 9, 1792; md. Dea. Luther God- 
 dard, q. v. 
 
 James Robbins md. Sally White, dau. of Joel and 
 Sarah (Cutting) White, of Royalston, Mass., and grand- 
 dau. of Thomas and Abigail (Muzzy) White, of Spencer, 
 Mass. He was a man of even temper and unimpeachable 
 character, and was held in high esteem. He d. Nov. 27, 
 1859. 
 
 I. David Ballard, b. April 2, 1817 ; md. Susan M. 
 
 Bellows, of Leicester, where they reside. 
 II. Joel White, b. May 16, 1819 ; he was killed Sept. 
 18, 1835, by falling from a loaded wagon which 
 passed over his body. 
 III. James Burnham, b. Nov. 13, 1821, md. June 9, 
 1864, Mary T. Spaulding, dau. of Abel and Mary 
 Ann (Stoughton) Spaulding, of Jaffrey. He is a 
 farmer, and resides upon the old homestead. 
 Was selectman, 1869, '70, '71, '72, and a member 
 of the war committee, 1861-65. They have four 
 children. 
 
 1. Frank White, b. March 20, 1865. 
 
 2. Arthur James, b. July 13, 1866. 
 
 3. Minnie A., b. Jan. 30, 1871. 
 
 4. Sarah E., b. Oct. 29, 1872. 
 
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 IV. Benjamin Franklin, b. Dec. 23, 1825 ; md. July 
 28, 1852, .Josephine A. Pearsons, a native of 
 Maine ; she d., without issue, Dec. 4, 1865. He 
 resides in Chicago, 111. 
 V. Buth S., b. April 10, 1829. 
 
 David Robinson came from Bedford, Mass., 1777. He 
 served two enlistments in the Kevolutionary army {vide 
 pp. 140, 166). Later he was assisted by the town; he d. 
 in Marlboro, N. H., 1814. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. in Bedford, April 5, 1777. 
 Jonathan, b. in Rindge, Feb. 27, 1779. + 
 Buth, b. Sept. 14, 1781. 
 Susannah, b. Jan. 26, 1784. 
 John, b. June 16, 1787. 
 Increase, b. June 16, 1789. 
 
 Jonathan Robinson md. Elizabeth 
 in Rindge, where he d. June 24, 1823. 
 
 and resided 
 
 . Siram,\). 1811; md., 1843, Eliza A. Smith, dan. of 
 Silas Smith, q. v. He d., leaving two children, 
 June 18, 1855. 
 II. Charles, md. Oct. 16, 1838, Elvira Fenno, dau. of 
 Amos Fenno, q. v. She d., felo de se, March 7, 
 1858. He d. in New Ipswich, about 1865. Their 
 children were Elizabeth, Charles, James, Mary, 
 Alfred J. 
 
 III. John S., b. May 11, 1816 ; d., unmd., March 16, 
 
 1836. 
 
 IV. Infant, d. March 5, 1819. 
 
 V. Horace E., b. Oct. 21, 1821 ; resides in Rindge. 
 
 Thomas Rugg, a descendant of John Rugg, who d. in 
 Lancaster, Mass., leaving ten children, about 1695, was b. 
 Feb. 17, 1743. He md. Eunice Stickney, who d. soon 
 after, leaving two children; and he md. (2d) Mehitable 
 Houghton. In 1766 he removed from Sterling to Winch- 
 endon, and served in the Revolution while a resident of 
 that town. About 1790 he removed to Rindge, where he 
 d. Dec. 29, 1811. His children were : — 
 
 I. Thomas, b. May 28, 1765. + 
 
 II. Eunice, md. Jedediah Towne, and removed to 
 "Windsor, Vt. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 III. PoUy, md. Deo. 26, 
 
 Rindge, q. v. . 
 
 IV. Thirsda. 
 V. Mehitable, d. unmd. 
 
 1827, Josiah 
 his second marriage. 
 
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 VI. WilUam, b. Jan. 9, 1781. -|- 
 VII. Salmbn, lived and d. in Providence, R. I. 
 9 Till. Oliver, d. in Cuba. 
 
 10 IX. Joseph, was 2d officer of a ship, and d., unmd., in 
 
 New Orleans, La. 
 
 (2) Thomas Rugg, son of Thomas, md. June 6, 1787, Eliz- 
 abeth Norcross, dau. of Lieut. Page Norcross, and settled 
 with the parents of his wife upon the farm now owned 
 by Nathan Woodbury. When a mere lad he entered the 
 army, and continued in the service through the last years 
 of the war. He d. Nov. 8, 1846, aged 81. She d. April 
 9, 1851, aged 81. 
 
 I. Luhe, b. July 15, 1788. + 
 II. £etsey, b. Dec. 26, 1790 ; md. Israel Gibson, q. v. 
 
 III. Eunice, b. Oct. 10, 1793; d. Sept. 10, 1796. 
 
 IV. Thomas, b. March 21, 1796; d. Aug. 12, 1798. 
 
 V. Thomas, b. Aug. 8, 1798. -f 
 
 VI. Eunice, b. March 14, 1801 ; d.. unmd., April 15, 
 1836. 
 
 vn. L<misa, b. July 8, 1803; md. May 22, 1828, 
 Lewis Grout, son of Isaac and Sally (Stearns) 
 Grout, of Winchendon. He d. Sept. 5, 1839; 
 md. (2d) June 3, 1845, David Shole, who d. 
 June 29, 1863. She resides in Winchendon. 
 vin. William Stickney, b. Jan. 19, 1806 ; d. March 20, 
 1806. 
 IX. WiUiam, SticJcney, b. March 8, 1807. -|- 
 X. Erastus, b. April 20, 1810. + 
 
 William Rugg, son of Thomas, was for many years a 
 miller in this town. He md. Jan. 13, 1803, Sarah Bus- 
 well, dau. of John Buswell, q. v. She d. Sept. 29, 1842, 
 and he md. (2d) July 13, 1843, Mary (Putnam) Hum- 
 phrey, widow of John Humphrey, and the mother of John 
 Humphrey, Esq., of Keene. He d. in Montague, Mass., 
 where he had resided a few years, Aug. 14, 1863, aged 83. 
 His widow d. in Keene, 1874. 
 
 I. William, b. May 1, 1803 ; d. in Rindge, April 22, 
 
 1851. 
 
 II. Alpheus, b. May 27, 1805; md. Sept. 17, 1835, 
 
 Mary Hartwell, b. Nov. 24, 1815, dau. of Capt. 
 Joseph and Elizabeth (Johnson) Hartwell, of 
 Lunenburg, and removed to Montague, Mass., 
 where he d. Dec. 22, 1866. 
 
 1. Mary E;, b. Nov. 2, 1841. 
 
 2. Sarah M., b. Sept. 27, 1847. 
 
 3. Eliza A., b. Oct. 22, 1849; d. Nov. 11, 
 
 1849. 
 
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 4. Alpheus A., b. April 12, 1851. 
 
 5. Evelyn R., b. Jan. 18, 1855. 
 
 III. Zurena, b. Jan. 28, 1807 ; md. Abraham Peirce, of 
 
 Rindge, q. v. 
 IT. Caroline, b. May 30, 1808; md. Dec. 23, 1834, 
 
 Robert B. Hopkins, of Antrim, N. H. 
 
 1. Caroline E., b, Sept. 10, 1835. 
 
 2. Henry B., b. Nov. 10, 1846. 
 
 V. Sepsibeth, b. Deo. 13, 1809; md. Asaph "W. Good- 
 ridge, q. V. 
 
 VI. Saro,h, b. Oct. 22, 1811; md. June 8, 1837, Simon 
 
 Smith, and removed to New Jersey, where she 
 
 d. Jan. 29, 1845. 
 
 vn. Josiah, b. Sept. 18, 1813 ; removed to Chester, Vt. 
 
 VIII. Rebecca, b. Dec. 16, 1814; md. Isaac Wright, and 
 
 removed to Post Mills, Vt. 
 
 IX. Amos, b. Sept. 24, 1816; resides in Montague; 
 md. June 29, 1843, Julia Kellogg. 
 
 1. Amelia M., b. Nov. 27, 1846. 
 
 2. Clarence A., b. Feb. 12, 1848 ; d. Sept. 12, 
 
 1849. 
 
 3. JuUa E., b. June 30, 1850; md. Thomas J. 
 
 Campbell, of Westfield, Mass. 
 
 4. Francis A., b. Jan. 28, 1856. 
 
 5. Walter A., b. Dec. 4, 1862. 
 
 X. Harriet, b. July 9, 1818; md. Aug. 23, 1840, 
 Edward Root, of Montague, Mass. 
 
 1. George William, b. Aug. 13, 1840. 
 
 2. Arabella M., b. May 25, 1842. 
 
 XI. Grata, b. March 3, 1822 ; md. Oct. 2, 1845, 
 
 Hale, and removed to New York. 
 
 Capt. Luke Rugg md. Aug. 19, 1813, Cynthia Platts, 
 dau. of Capt. Joseph Platts, q. v. She d. Oct. 17, 1845 ; 
 and he md. (2d) Dec. 2, 1846, Eliza (Richards) Brown, 
 widow of Capt. E. Wilder Brown, and dau. of Thaddeus 
 Richards, q. v. He was selectman 1832, '33, '34, and 
 has been chosen to other positions of trust. His children 
 by the former marriage were : — 
 
 I. Glarinda, b. Feb. 3, 1814; md. June 2, 1835, 
 Charles E. Plummer, formerly of Rindge, now of 
 Winchendon. 
 
 1. George E., b. Feb. 28, 1838 ; md. Jan. 1, 
 1859, Mary A. Withington, of Winchen- 
 don. He was a member of 36th Mass. 
 Vols., and was killed at Campbell's Sta- 
 tion, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863. 
 
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 48 2. Charles W., b. March 25, 1840 ; md., 1862, 
 
 Frances Nutting. 
 
 49 3. Henry F., b. March lO, 1845 ; d. Oct. 19, 
 1846. 
 
 4. Walter W., b. Oct. 1, 1857. 
 
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 11. Fanny Platts, b. Feb. 17, 1816; d. Sept. 24, 1816. 
 
 III. Luke S., b. June 30, 1821; md. Sept. 20, 1854, 
 
 Abigail S. Platts, dau. of Joseph, Jr. ; resides in 
 Winchendon. 
 
 1. Abbie Lizzie, b. 1857. 
 
 IV. Addison, b. March 23, 1823; md. Jan. 9, 1851, 
 
 Eliza K. Whitney, dau. of Lovell Whitney, 
 q. v.; resides in Ware, Mass. Their children 
 are : Frank A., Addie E., Fred O., and Clara E. 
 V. Warham Harvey, b. May 11, 1825 ; md. Dec. 9, 
 1852, Eliza A. Brown, dau. of Capt. E. W. and 
 Eliza (Richards) Brown, q. v. They reside in 
 Rindge, upon the farm with their aged parents. 
 
 Thomas Rugg md. April 22, 1823, Orinda Whitcomb. 
 He d. June 28, 1846, and his widow md. (2d) Nov. 9, 
 1848, Asher Taylor, of Fitzwilli9.n1; she d. Jan. 31, 1867. 
 The children of Thomas and Orinda Rugg were : — 
 
 I. Augustus, b. July 10, 1823 ; md. Caroline A. Rand, 
 dau. of Jasper Rand, q. v. She d. April 19, 
 1852 ; md. (2d) 1857, Angeline Grant, of Jaffrey ; 
 she d. Deo. 10, 1863 ; and he md. (3d) Nov. 29, 
 1866, Martha J. Rugg, of Illinois. He resides in 
 Fitzwilliam. 
 
 II. Rarriet 0., b. Sept. 25, 1826 ; md. Sept. 14, 1854, 
 Nelson Willoughby, of Winchendon, now of 
 Jaffrey. 
 
 III. Elisha, b. Jan. 10, 1831 ; resides in Winchendon. 
 
 He was a member of the 6th N. H. Yols. ; md. 
 Martha J. Stevens, of Ashby, Mass.; md. (2d) 
 Nellie A. Stanley, of Troy, N. H. 
 
 IV. Warren, b. Jan. 6, 1833 ; md. Helen Mann, of 
 
 Ashby. He was a member of the 6th Mass. 
 Battery, and d. at New Orleans, June 9, 1863. 
 V. Ann G., b. Sept. 9, 1835 ; md. July 4, 1854, George 
 A. Olmsted, of Fitzwilliam. Reside in Winch- 
 endon. 
 VI. Mien M., b. March 9, 1838; md. July 4, 1854, 
 Daniel J. Parkhurst of Troy, now of Antrim, 
 N. H. 
 VII. Cynthia J., b. Nov. 9, 1842 ; md. Dec. 27, 1865, 
 Heni-y S. Drury, of Rindge. 
 
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 Capt. William S. Rugg, md. July 30, 1835, Clarissa 
 Sawtell, dau. of Solomon, 2d, and Rebecca (Dwinnell) 
 Sawtell, q. v. For many years he was an invalid, but 
 endured affiction with great fortitude. He d. April 30, 
 1874; his wife d. Nov. 25, 1867. 
 
 I. Mvira J., b. April 2, 1837 ; md. William A. Hale, 
 
 son of Nathan, q. v. 
 II. Julius Erastus, b. Dec. 28, 1888 ; md. April 30, 
 1866, Mary Adelaide Young, dau. of Andrew P. 
 and Mary Ann (Fowle) Young, of Boston. For 
 several years he has been connected with the 
 horse railroads centering in Boston, and is now 
 Superintendent of the Highland Street Railway. 
 William H. H., b. July 17, 1842; d. of disease at 
 Annapolis, Md., Jan. 20, 1862, a member of the 
 6th N. H. Vols. 
 Clara Frances, b. June 29, 1844; md. Nov. 2, 
 1870, Foster Edson Beaman, of the firm of H. O. 
 Goodiich & Co., dealers in clothing, etc.. Fitch- 
 burg, Mass. 
 T. Herbert Norton, b. Sept. 8, 1847 ; md. July 22, 1874, 
 Addie A. Cushing, dau. of Laban and Ada ine 
 (Keyes) Cushing. He is a wholesale dealer in 
 confectionery, in Fitchburg, Mass. 
 Alfred Alison, b. Oct. 27, 1851 ; d. March 3, 1854. 
 Albert Nelson,, twin, b. Oct. 27, 1851 ; d. Feb. 26, 
 1854. 
 Tin. Frederic Waldo, b. Dec. 1, 1855 ; a clerk in Fitch- 
 burg, Mass. 
 
 III. 
 
 IT. 
 
 TI, 
 TIL 
 
 Hon. Eeastus Rugg, of Chelsea, Mass., left his native 
 town in 1832, and was a clerk in a store in Boston until 
 1836, when he commenced business on his own account 
 in the West India goods line, in Chelsea, from which he 
 has retired, with the accumulation of a successful career. 
 Previous to the incorporation of the city of Chelsea he 
 was honored with nearly every office within the gift of 
 the town. He was also a coroner twenty-five years, and a 
 deputy sheriff of Suffolk County for nearly an equal length 
 of time. Upon the adoption of a city charter in 1857,\e 
 was elected th the Common Council, and soon after was 
 chosen city marshal, and acceptably discharged the 
 duties of this office until 1862. He has also been super- 
 intendent of streets, and for the past three years an 
 influential member of the Board of Aldermen and is 
 now chairman of that body. He naturally inherits a 
 love for military affairs, his father and grandfather 
 having been soldiers in the Revolution, and his remoter 
 ancestors were often engaged in the Indian wars, and in 
 

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GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 
 
 667 
 
 repelling the attacks upon the town of Lancaster. Mr. 
 Rugg formerly commanded the Highland Guards, a mili- 
 tary organization which enjoyed considerable fame. In 
 the direction of several monetary organizations his 
 services have commanded respect and confidence. He 
 has been a director of the Chelsea Gas Light Co. since 
 its organization in 1852, and its treasurer since 1871. He 
 is treasurer of the Winnisimmet Railroad Co., and has 
 been prominently connected with other enterprises of 
 like character. An honored citizen of Chelsea, who has 
 been intimately acquainted with Mr. Rugg for many 
 years, says of him : " He came among iis when a young 
 man, and when this city was an unimportant village of a 
 few hundred inhabitants. With but little capital, save 
 an unbending integrity and a large share of common 
 sense, he engaged in business, and early manifested the 
 marked ability and sound judgment which have resulted 
 in pecuniary success. He has held many important public 
 trusts, with credit to himself and with benefit to the 
 community. His word has always been as good as bond, 
 and while many have trusted him, none have ever had 
 occasion to regret the confidence placed in his intentions 
 or his deeds. By integrity, industry, and economy he has 
 accumulated property, which he enjoys without parsi- 
 mony, and without ostentation or prodigality." Mr. 
 Rugg md. May 3, 1836, Ann Symonds, dan. of Thomas 
 Symonds, of Rindge, q. v. They have no children. 
 
 RUSSELL. 
 
 There are several distinct families of Russells in New England, but the 
 numerous families bearing the name who have Tesided in this town, 
 perhaps with a single exception, have been of a common line of descent, 
 and the kinship is easily determined. They belong to the Lexington 
 family, and are descended from WiUiam Russell, an English emigrant. 
 The date of his arrival in New England is not known, but he and wife 
 Martha were residing in Cambridge as early as 1645, and members 
 of the church in that place. He d. Feb. 14, 1662, leaving nine chil- 
 dren; and his widow md. March 24, 1665, Humphrey Bradshaw. In 
 1683 she md. (3d) Thomas Hall, and d. in 1694. The sixth child 
 and fourth son of William and Martha was Philip Russell, b. in 1650; 
 md. April 19, 1680, Joanna Cutler, dau. of James and Phebe (Page) 
 Cutler, of Lexington. She was of the same family as the Cutlers 
 of Rindge, and a cousin of "Gov." Samuel Page, of Lunenburg, whose 
 descendants have been numerous in this town. They settled in Lexington, 
 and Hudson's History of that town refers to him in these words : " The 
 name of Philip RusseU is borne upon our earliest parish and town 
 records ; and he appears to have enjoyed the confidence of the people, not 
 only in the new settlement (Lexington), but in the old town (Cambridge). 
 Though residing in the precinct, he was one of the selectmen of Old 
 Cambridge in 1700 and 1701. He was a subscriber for the meeting- 
 house at the Farms in 1692, and one of the committee to 'seat the 
 meeting house,' when it was ready for occupation." His wife Joanna d. 
 
668 
 
 HISTOBT OF RINBGE. 
 
 Nov. 26, 1703, aged 43 ; and he md. (Sd) Oct. 18, 1705, Sarah Brooks, of 
 Medfield; he d. Feb. 7, 1730. William Russell, son of Philip and 
 Joanna, held a commission of captain, and in 1722 and '23 was a 
 constable of Lexington. The name of his wife was Elizabeth, but 
 no record of his marriage has been found. Among his children 
 were Joel Russell, who settled in Rindge, and is mentioned here- 
 after (No. 1 in the following register), and Nathaniel Russell, Esq., 
 who was bap. in Lexington, Feb. 23, 1707, and soon after marriage to 
 wife Mara, or Mary, he removed to Littleton, about 1728. He was a 
 lawyer, possessed of considerable property, and one of the leading men 
 of his time. Being a justice of the peace, he joined many persons in 
 marriage, a fact made known by the records of Littleton. He frequently 
 served in the affairs of the town, and was chosen to many important 
 ■ positions, Sept. 20, 1754, the town voted to accept "a New Book given to 
 the Town by N. Russell, Esq., for to keep their Records in." He d. about 
 1763, and his widow came to Rindge, and resided with her son, Nathaniel, 
 •Jr., who was an early settler of this town, and is niunber 32 in this 
 register. Another son of Nathaniel Russell, Esq., was Isaac, b. Aug. 26, 
 1729, and by wife Mary had a son, Jeremiah RusseU, who was in Rindge 
 several years, and whose descendants are numerous. He is numbered 133 
 in the following records of the RusseU family. 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 Joel Russell, son of William, was b. in Lexington 
 Aug.'2, 1716. He md. Huldah , and resided for sev- 
 eral years in Littleton. He was in this town, and had 
 commenced a clearing, previous to the removal of his 
 family in 1752. He resided for a short time in the north 
 and north-west part of the town, but soon settled upon 
 the farm which was afterwards occupied many years by 
 Benjamin Hastings. His wife was living April 10, 1775, 
 but d. previous to 1780, and he d. soon after the latter 
 date. 
 
 I. Silas, b. Oct. 10, 1742 ; md. Aug. 22, 1765, Kezia 
 
 Phillips, of Ipswich, Mass. They removed from 
 town previous to the Revolution. Three chil- 
 dren were b. in Rindge, and were bap. here. 
 
 1. Silas, b. Jan. 12, 1766 ; d. Dec. 17, 1766. 
 
 2. Susannah, b. Oct. 22, 1767. 
 
 3. Seth, b. April 2, 1769. 
 
 II. Hannah, b. April 2, 1744 ; d. Jan. 8, 1750. 
 
 III. Joel, b. April 18, 1747. He was in the army 1775, 
 1776, but soon after removed to New Ipswich. 
 He md. Dec. 29, 1769, Mary Foster. Their 
 eldest and their youngest child was b. in New 
 Ipswich ; the others in Rindge. 
 
 1. Mary, b. Oct. 29, 1770. 
 
 2. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 13, 1772. 
 
 3. Abijah, b. Sept. 3, 1774. 
 
 4. William, b. Aug. 1, 1776. 
 
 5. Hepsibah, b. Oct. 3, 1778. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 669 
 
 13 IV. Lydia, b. April 1, 1749. 
 
 14 T. TRZZiam, b. June 18, 1751. In 1776 he served in 
 Col. Wyman's Regiment (vide p. 126), and in 
 1777 enlisted into the Continental service. His 
 name should appear on p. 131, from which it was 
 accidentally omitted. There were two persons 
 of the same name in this town for a year or 
 more, including 1777, and to one of them the 
 church records refer under date of Oct. 5, 1777. 
 " Josiah, son of William Russell, and Lucy, his 
 wife, baptized." 
 
 15 VI. Samuel, b. May 31, 1758 ; md. July 22, 1774, Abi- 
 gail Russell, dau. of Nathaniel. He served 
 three enlistments in the army (vide pp. 108, 136, 
 164). About 1795 he removed to New Ipswich, 
 where four children not named below were b. 
 Several years later he removed to Whitingham, 
 Vt., where he d. 
 
 16 1. L&is, b. Dec. 22, 1774; md. Joseph Brown; 
 of New Ipswich, probably a son of Josiah 
 and Sarah (Wright) Brown, and grand- 
 son of John Brown, of Concord, Mass. 
 
 17 2. Son, b. Feb. 27 ; d. March 1, 1776. 
 
 18 3. Daughter, b. Jan. 8, 1777 ; d. same day. 
 
 19 4., Samuel, b. July 6, 1778 ; d. Dec. 16, 1780. 
 
 20 5. Rebecca, b. March 13, 1780. 
 
 21 6. Daughter, b. Jan. 20 ; d. March 4, 1782. 
 
 22 7. Nathan, b. Jan. 25, 1783. 
 
 23 8. Abigail, b. Dec. 14, 1785. 
 
 24 9. Nancy, b. Jan. 11, 1787. " 
 
 25 10. Samuel, b. Feb. 5, 1789. 
 
 26 11. Son, b. Deo. 16 ; d. Dec. 21, 1793. 
 
 27 vn. Daniel, b. March 18, 1755 (vide pp. 131, 142, 157). 
 It is apparent from the records that on account of 
 his wounds he was unable to labor for several 
 years, and is later referred to as Dr. Russell. 
 His name fades from the records about 1790. 
 
 28 vm. Elizabeth, b. Apiil 21, 1757. 
 
 29 IX. Sannah, b. Aug. 8, 1759. 
 
 30 x. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 13, 1762 ; was taxed until 1795. 
 
 31 xi. Abigail, b. Jan. 16, 1765. 
 
 32 Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Russell, Esq., was b. in 
 Littleton Dec. 27, 1733 ; md. Nov. 13, 1755, Abigail Gold- 
 smith, and with three children removed to this town in 
 1762. He settled upon the farm now of William E. Rob- 
 bins, where he continued to reside until his death. Few 
 men appear to have been more useful, or to have exercised 
 an equal influence in public affairs. Among the proprie- 
 
 85 
 
670 
 
 EISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 33 
 34 
 85 
 36 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 39 
 
 40 
 41 
 42 
 43 
 
 44 
 
 45 
 
 tors previous to the incorporation in 1768 he took an 
 active part, and upon the organization of the town he 
 was elected chairman of the board of selectmen, and was 
 reelected 1769, '70, and again in '75. He was also the 
 first town clerk, and transcribed the records for the years 
 1768, '69, '70 ; and in 1776 he was constable. He was 
 often called upon to settle the estates of deceased persons, 
 and his advice was frequently sought by his townsmen. 
 In the establishment and maintenance of the schools, and 
 in other public enterprises, his labors were conspicuous, 
 and as the first school-master in Rindge his name will be 
 long remembered. He was a member of Capt. Hale's 
 Company in 1775 (vide p. 108), and was one of the com- 
 mittee of safety, and correspondence 1775, '76, and '79. 
 Abigail, his wife, d. in Sept., 1769. She was buried the 
 29th, but the date of her death is not found in the 
 records. Five of her nine children survived her. He 
 md. (2d) March 26, 1770, Anna (Worcester) Thayer, b. 
 in Littleton, Aug. 16, 1736, widow of Eliakim Thayer, 
 and dau. of Joseph and Ann Worcester. He d. of 
 spotted fever Jan. 1, 1812. His widow d. Sept. 23, 1825, 
 aged 89. 
 
 I. Abigail, b. Nov. 30, 1756 ; md. Samuel Russell, son 
 
 of Joel (N"o. 15, this register). 
 II. Mara, b. April 5, 1758 ; md. David Hale, son of 
 Moses, q. v. 
 
 III. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 29, 1759; d. 1762; buried 
 
 Feb. 22. 
 
 IV. Nathaniel, b. July 30, 1762; md. Dec. 16, 1790, 
 
 Betty Towne, of Rindge. He resided near the 
 Monomonock Lake, and not far from the present 
 residences on Hubbard Hill, and removed, 1810, 
 to Jamaica, Vt. His children, b. 1791-1809, were 
 as follows : — 
 
 1. Rebecca, md., in Jamaica, Maynard ; 
 
 (2d) Darling. 
 
 2. Charles, resided in State of New York ; had 
 
 a family. 
 
 3. Nathaniel, resided in Jamaica, and in Peru, 
 
 Vt. 
 
 4. Betsey, md. Cursey, of Winhall, Vt. 
 
 5. Ira, lived in Peru, Vt. ; had a family. 
 
 6. Susan, md. Walter Williams, of Winhall. 
 
 7. Edward, was md., and resided in Saratoea, 
 
 N. Y. ^ ' 
 
 8. Sabra, md. Daniels ; resides in New 
 
 York State. 
 
 9. Polly, md. Cursey; d. soon after mar- 
 
 riage. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 671 
 
 46 10. Goldsmith, md. (2d) Lucinda Cobb, dau. of 
 Benj. Cobb, of Jamaica; resides in State 
 of New Yoi-k. 
 
 47 11. Jai'vis, d. unmd. 
 
 48 Y. Sannah,h. Oct. 19, 1764; md. Jonathan Towne, 
 son of Jonathan, q. v. Removed to Walpole, 
 N". H. She d. in an apopletic fit in the meeting- 
 house, leaving sons Thomas, John, Hollis, and 
 Jonathan; and daus. Phebe (Mrs. Wolfe), and 
 Esther. Hollis settled in Somerset, Vt., where 
 he was many years prominent in town affairs. 
 
 tl vn:fe., }^--^'^-May2B,1766. 
 
 51 viii. Thomas, b. July 25, 1767 ; d. in Rindge, unmd., 
 July 14, 1825. 
 
 52 IX. Dau., b. and d. Sept. 11, 1769. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 X. Elidkim, b. March 1, 1771. + 
 XI. Anna^ b. May 9, 1772 ; d. young. 
 xn. Simeon, b. Oct. 30, 1774. -j- 
 
 xin. Anna, b. Sept. 19, 1776; md. March, 1806, Daniel 
 Giles; resided in New Ipswich, where she d. 
 1816. Five children: — 
 
 1. Daniel, b. 1807 ; resides, unmd., in Lincoln, 
 
 53 
 54 
 55 
 56 
 
 57 
 58 
 59 
 60 
 
 61 
 62 
 
 (53) 
 
 63 
 
 2. Ann, twin, b. 1807; md. James Davis, of 
 
 New Ipswich ; d. 1874. 
 
 3. Alfred, b. 1810 ; md. Betsey Russell, dau. of 
 
 Simeon, q. v. 
 
 4. Noah, b. 1815; Uved in Waltham; md. 
 
 Mary A. Brown. He d., and his widow 
 md. (2d) John I. Reynolds, and (3d) 
 Leonard P. Wellington. 
 
 5. John, resides in Springfield, Mass. 
 
 XIV. Mary, b. June 16, 1778 ; d., unmd., July 11, 1853. 
 
 Eliakim Russell, son of Nathaniel, md. Nov. 17, 
 1796, Sarah Converse, dau. of Zebulon, q. v. They 
 resided in Rindge until a short time previous to their 
 death, when they went to Ashbumham, and lived with 
 their dau., Mrs. Brooks. He d. Nov. 4, 1859, aged nearly 
 89 ; she d. June 21, 1863, aged 87 years and 3 months. 
 
 I. Eusehia, b. Sept. 14, 1797; md. Oct. 23, 1828, 
 Alvan Ward, son of Samuel and Ruth (Town- 
 send) Ward. They resided in Ashbumham. 
 He d. June 20, 1869. 
 
672 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 64 1. Maryann T., b. Dec. 17, 1824; md. Calvin 
 Dows. He d. Feb. 18, 1874. She resides 
 in West Medfield. Four children. 
 
 65 2. George P., b. Aug. 18, 1826 ; md. July 22, 
 1849, Eunice K. Wood, dau. of Jona- 
 than, q. V. 
 
 66 3. Aohsah C, b. Aug. 12, 1828 ; md. Milton 
 Brooks, son of Samuel, of Ashburnham, 
 where they reside. 
 
 67 4. Ivers, b. Feb. 15, 1830 ; d. Jan. — , 1832. 
 5. Franklin W., b. July 9, 1883 ; md. Sophro- 
 
 nia Stone, of Fitzwilliam. He is a book 
 and job printer, in Winchendon. 
 
 69 6. Marcus L., b. March 20, 1836; md. Julia 
 A. Muzzy, of Winchendon. Reside in 
 Dighton, Mass. 
 
 70 7. William L. G., b. Aug. 12, 1837 ; md. Abi- 
 gail Bride, and resides in Sharon, Mass. 
 
 71 8. Angeline G., b. Feb. 18, 1839; md. John 
 Baldwin, of Winchendon. He was a 
 member of the 53d Mass. Vols.; was 
 killed May 2, 1863. She md. (2d) Henry 
 G. Whitcomb, son of George, of Rindge. 
 She d. Aug. 18, 1867. 
 
 72 11. William, b. March 3, 1799; md. Mary Bradish, of 
 Winchendon. Reside in Winchendon. 
 
 73 111. /Sarah, b. June 30, 1800 ; md. Samuel Forrister, of 
 Framingham. Reside in Natick. N"o children. 
 
 74 IV. Nathaniel Converse, b. May 13, 1803 ; md. Jan. 
 31, 1833, Mary A. Gibson, dau. of Abel and 
 Achsah (Puffer) Gibson, of Sudbury. Reside 
 in Rindge. 
 
 75 1. Loammi, b. and d. Feb. 4, 1835. 
 
 76 2. Luoinda, b. March 25, 1837 ; d. April 5, 
 1838. 
 
 77 3. Amanda M., b. Feb. 1, 1838 ; md. Sept. 9, 
 1855, Edmund J. Miller, of Jamaica, Vt. 
 She d. Deo. 24, 1864. 
 
 78 4. Sarah Converse, b. Sept. 27, 1839; md. 
 Aug. 10, 1867, Daniel W. George, of 
 Acworth, E". H. She d. March 7, 1871. 
 
 79 5. Ellen Maria, b. March 9, 1843 ; d. Mav 2, 
 1846. 
 
 80 6. Francis Eugene, b. Dec. 15, 1847 ; d. May 
 1848. 
 
 81 T. Lucinda, b. May 9, 1805 ; d. Aug. 7, 1808. 
 
 82 VI. Levi, b. April 23, 1807 ; md. April 5, 1838, Eliza 
 Hale, dau. of Nathan, q. v. She d. Feb. 22, 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 673 
 
 1858; md. (2d) Mary Louisa Towne, dau. of 
 Joshua, q. v. Reside in Rindge. Their first 
 and fourth child d. young. 
 
 83 2. James Wilson, b. May 13, 1841 ; md. March 
 9, 1864, Martta M. Webster; lives in 
 
 84 3. Edwin Jones, b. May 22, 1843 ; md. July 3, 
 1866, Arabella A. Nutting, of Jaffrey. 
 
 85 5. Lewis E., b. June 8, 1850. 
 
 86 VII. Mufus, b. April 4, 1809 ; md. April 23, 1838, Abby 
 H. Forrister, b. April 2, 1807, dau. of Amariah 
 and Sally A. Forrister, of Framingham, and a 
 sister of Samuel Forrister, who md. his sister 
 Sarah. Resided in Marlboro, Mass., until 1851, 
 and since that date in Framingham, Mass. He 
 is a farmer. 
 
 87 1. Sarah J., b. Aug. 12, 1841. 
 2. Theodore P.,b. March 11, 1844; enlisted in 
 
 Co. F, 45th Mass. Vols. ; d. at Newburn, 
 ]Sr. C, May 25, 1863. 
 
 89 3. Martha Maria, b. Jan. 25, 1847; d. June 1, 
 1851. 
 
 90 4. Abby F., b. Aug. 14, 1849. 
 
 91 VIII. Lucinda, b. Feb. 16, 1811 ; d. Dec. 23, 1815. 
 
 92 IX. iMcy, b. July 18, 1812 ; md. William Brooks, of 
 Ashburnham ; md. (2d) Rev. Isaac Peaslee, and 
 resides in Sutton, N. H. No children. 
 
 93 X. Ira, b. Nov- 9, 1814. A physician of Winchendon. 
 {Vide Chap. XVII.) He md. April 24, 1844, 
 Rowena Greenwood, dau. of Henry and Sarah 
 (Woodbury) Greenwood, of Winchendon. 
 
 94 1. Fred Wilham, b. Jan. 27, 1845. Graduate 
 Harvard University 1869. During the 
 war he was a year in the Hospital Corps. 
 Received in 1870 the degree of M. D. at 
 the University of the city of New York, 
 and has since pursued his professional 
 studies in Vienna. He is now in practice 
 with his father in Winchendon. He md. 
 June 11, 1871, Caroline E. Marvin, dau. of 
 Rev. A. P. and Caroline (Holbrook) 
 Marvin. 
 
 95 2. Sarah Jennie, b. Jan. 11, 1846 ; md. E. H. 
 Walcott, son of Jonathan and Henrietta 
 (Mills) Walcott, of Natick, where they 
 reside. 
 
674 
 
 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 
 
 96 
 97 
 
 98 
 
 100 
 101 
 102 
 
 (55) 
 
 103 
 
 104 
 
 105 
 106 
 107 
 
 108 
 109 
 
 110 
 111 
 
 112 
 113 
 114 
 115 
 
 116 
 
 3. Frances Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1848; d. 
 April 14, 1849. 
 
 XI. Anna Worcester, b. Aug. 19, 1817; md. Sept. 8, 
 1852, Caleb Howard, son of Benjamin Howard, 
 of AshbJ-, where they reside. Their dau. Ellen 
 Maria, was b. Oct. 26, 1855, and d. Dee. 25, 1872. 
 Emma Armenia was b. Nov. 25, 1856, and d. 
 Dec. 28, 1872. One dau. survives. 
 
 1. Eliza Jane, b. Oct. 19, 1853. 
 
 xii. Eliahim Thayer, b. April 14, 1820 ; md. Oct. 21, 
 1862, Lydia A. Eveleth, of Jaffrey. They reside 
 in Natick, Mass. 
 
 1. Alice L., b. Sept. 2, 1864. 
 
 2. Stella L., b. Sept. 7, 1867. 
 
 3. Theodore F., b. Aug. 10, 1872. 
 
 Simeon Russell, son of Nathaniel, md. Nov. 24, 1800, 
 Martha or Patty Russell, dau. of Jeremiah. They resided 
 in Rindge, where he d. Jan. 14, 1858. His wife d. April 
 
 5, 1845. 
 
 I. Nancy, b. March 20, 1802; md. Nov. 24, 1821, 
 Hiram Truell. Resided in Grafton. She d. 1872. 
 
 1. Martha; md. Charles C. Poor. Reside in 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 2. Sumner ; resides in Grafton. 
 
 3. Abigail ; md. Charles Ryan. 
 
 4. Jane; md. Joseph Howard. Reside in 
 
 Ashby, Mass. 
 
 n. Eudotia, b. July 17, 1803 ; md. Amos Fenno, q. v. 
 
 III. Martha, h. March 19, 1804; d., unmd., Aug. 22, 
 
 1842. 
 
 IV. Sumner; d. young, Aug., 1808. 
 
 V. Elvira, b. Jan. 20, 1807; md. June 7, 1836, Will- 
 iam Matthews, son of John and Phebe (Sprague) 
 Matthews, of Jaffrey. They resided in New 
 Ipswich, where she d., leaving four children, 
 Aug. 12, 1842. 
 
 1. John Russell, b. March 4, 1838. 
 
 2. Elvira Ann, b. April 23, 1839; d. young. 
 
 3. Francis Harrison, b. Dec. 5, 1840. 
 
 4. Elvira Ann, b. June 27, 1842. 
 
 VI. Sumrier, b. March 1, 1809; md. Ann Wilson; 
 resided in Rindge a few years, and removed to 
 Waltham, Mass. He returned to this town in 
 
 1872. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 675 
 
 117 1. Sarah M., b. ; md. George Fairfield; 
 
 one dau., S. Annie Fairfield, b. Jan. 20, 
 1858. 
 
 118 2. John Henry, b. ; d. July 17, 1837. 
 
 119 3. John Henry, b. June 23, 1838 ; md. Nov. 5, 
 1858, Mary Elizabeth Battles, dau. of 
 Thomas and Sarah (Taylor) Battles, of 
 Sudbury, Mass. He is a carpenter and 
 master builder, and resides in East 
 Rindge. 
 
 120 VII. Albert, b. , 1810 ; d. young. 
 
 121 vm. JSTenry, b. Sept. 19, 1811; md. Feb. 22, 1838, 
 Almira Burt, b. Dec. 12, 1811, dau. of Lloyd B. 
 and Lydia Burt, of Killingly, Conn. He was 
 engaged several years in the manufacture of 
 various kinds of wooden-ware, at the mill now 
 of R. Ramsdell & Co. (Vide Chap. XIV.) 
 Resides in East Rindge. 
 
 122 1. Henry Augustus, b. May 13, 1842; md. 
 Oct. 24, 1872, Martha Aurilla May. He 
 is accountant and foreman at the mills of 
 the Union Box and Lumber Co. 
 
 123 2. Albert Eugene, b. Jan. 18, 1848. 
 
 124 ix. Frederick, b. July, 1813 ; d. March 26, 1816. 
 
 125 X. JBetsei/, b. Oct. 1, 1816; md. Oct. 8, 1839, Alfred 
 Giles, son of Daniel and Anna (Russell) Giles 
 (No. 56, of this register). Lived in Rindge. 
 He d. Sept. 7, 1872. She resides in Jaffrey 
 with her dau. 
 
 126 
 
 127 
 128 
 
 129 
 180 
 
 131 
 
 132 
 133 
 
 1. Hattie E., b. March 26, 1841 ; md. Jan. 20, 
 1859, Orlando J. Raymond, son of Joel, 
 q. v., and resides in Jaffrey. 
 
 XI. Sarah Ann, b. Feb., 1818; d. Jan. 30, 1819. 
 xii. Mersilvia, b. Dec. 28, 1819; md. Nov. 26, 1850, 
 Samuel E. Adams. He is a farmer, in Mason, 
 N. H. They have two children. 
 
 1. Maria M., b. Dec. 25, 1851. 
 
 2. Albert, b. July 30, 1854. 
 
 xiii. Mary Ann, b. April 5, 1824; md. Ivory L. Coz- 
 zens, and d. a few years later, leaving one dau. 
 
 1. Ida, b 1857. 
 
 Jbeemiah Russell, a son of Isaac, and grandson of 
 Nathaniel Russell, Esq., was b. in Littleton, Jan. 5, 1752. 
 He md. in New Salem, Mass., July '6, 1772, Martha 
 Barker, of Andover, Mass., and came to Rindge in the 
 
676 
 
 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
 134 
 
 135 
 
 186 
 
 137 
 
 138 
 
 autumn of that year. During the Revolution he was 
 prompt to enter the service, and his patriotism is attested 
 by the evidence of pages 108, 110, 126, 14a. About 
 1785, leaving his family in Rindge, he went to the State 
 of New York, with the hope of improving his fortunes. 
 He never returned to this town, and the date of his death 
 is not known. His widow md. (2d) March 8, 1792, Daniel 
 Poor, and continued her residence in this town. He d. 
 Jan. 9, 1816, aged 66 ; she d. July 1, 1834, aged 81. There 
 were seven children of Jeremiah and Hannah Russell. 
 
 I. Jeremiah, b. Oct. 20, 1772; md., 1795, Polly 
 Smith, dan. of Daniel Smith, of Bloomfield, Me. 
 They resided in Bloomfield, and had but one 
 child, non comp. 
 
 II. Asa, b. May 30, 1774. He removed to Bloom- 
 field, Me., where he md. Nov. 28, 1798, Sally 
 Conant, b. in Sudbury, Mass., June 10, 1775, 
 who d. at Corinna, Me., June 8, 1816 ; md. (2d) 
 N"ov. 28, 1817, Huldah Pratt, b. in Abington, 
 Mass., Sept. 2, 1784; d. in St. Albans, Me., Oct. 
 23, 1851. He came with his family to this town 
 in 1800, and four years later returned to Maine, 
 and d. in Norridgewock, Sept. 2, 1858. 
 
 1 . Charlotte Temple, b. in Canaan, Me., Nov. 28, 
 
 1799; md. Nov. 29, 1826, Levi Higgins,b. 
 April 1, 1800, son of Elhana and PoUy Hig- 
 gins. They resided in Palmyra, and in 
 St. Albans, Me. He d. Jan. 5, 1850; she 
 d. March 30, 1861. Their children were : 
 Edwin C, b. Feb. 17, 1829 ; md., 1858, 
 Miranda Jackson ; Mary Jane, b. Nov. 5, 
 1830; md. Dec. 25, 1856, William Sumner 
 Whitman; EUzabeth Sarah, b. May 15, 
 1836; md. Feb. 22, 1858, Loring D. 
 Hayes. 
 
 2. Ede Patch, b. in Rindge, Feb. 2, 1803 ; md. 
 
 1826, Thomas Philbrick, son of Michael 
 and Jane Philbrick, of Livermore, Me., 
 where he was b. Jan. 20, 1802; she d. 
 April 17, 1771. Of their seven children 
 only one is living : Charles Boardman, b. 
 in St. Albans, Aug. 23, 1837 ; md. April 
 27, 1861, Hattie Maxim, dau. of Rev. 
 Sullivan A. and Clara Maxim. 
 
 3. Philenia Sawyer, b. in Canaan, Me., Feb. 
 
 24, 1805; md. Oct. 31, 1833, Charles 
 Franklin Boardman, son of Samuel L. 
 and Mehitable (Hill) Boardman. He d. 
 
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 in Norridgewock, Jan. 14, 1870 ; she d. in 
 Augusta, Nov. 8, 1870, leaving three chil- 
 dren: Sally R., b. July 31, 1834; md. 
 Oct. 23, 1855, Rufus Alonzo Davis, b. 
 July 6, 1829, son of Rufus and Mai-y 
 Davis, of Temple, Me.; she d. May 24, 
 1865, leaving four children; Samuel 
 Lane, b. March 30, 1836; md. June 12, 
 1860, Temperance Ann Bates, b. Jan. 11, 
 1838, dan. of John and Cynthia (Burgess) 
 Bates. Mr. Boardman is the -well known 
 and able editor of the Maine Farmer. 
 He is Secretary of the State Board of 
 Agriculture and Trustee of the Agri- 
 cultural College, a member of the City 
 Council of Augusta, and also a member 
 of the New England Historic Genea- 
 logical Society, Maine Historical Society, 
 and several other associations of a similar 
 character; Asa R., b. Sept. 17, 1841 ; md. 
 Jan. 1, 1870, Susan J. Jackson, b. in 
 Milton, Me., Aug. 19, 1841, dan. of Orrin 
 and Rebecca (Higgins) Jackson. 
 
 139 4. Seth Payson, b. March 22, 1807 ; md. July 
 
 22, 1836, Martha Walker, dau. of Edward 
 and Sarah Walker, and had six children, 
 b. 1837-1850. 
 
 140 5. Laura Jane, b. April 11, 1809 ; md. Jan. 23, 
 1833, Joseph Bigelow, b. May 13, 1804, in 
 Canaan, now Skowhegan, Me., son of 
 George and Polly (Clark) Bigelow. Two 
 children: Henry K., b. Nov. 27, 1833 ; md. 
 June 6, 1854, Mary Frances Piper, dau. of 
 Cyrus and Abby Piper. He d. leaving 
 two children June 27, 1864; Anna Laura, 
 b. July 7, 1847 ; an accomplished teacher, 
 and one of the board of school supervisors 
 of Skowhegan. 
 
 141 6. Phebe Fifield, b. April 23, 1811 ; md. Jan. 
 
 23, 1833, Oliver Walker, b. Jan. 10, 1807, 
 son of Edward and Sarah Walker, of 
 Canaan. She d. Feb. 29, 1868. Two 
 children : Frank G., b. March 14, 1835 ; a 
 musician ; d. in the army Feb. 20, 1862 ; 
 Flora E., b. April 24, 1841 ; md. April 16, 
 1863, Warren H. Orcutt. 
 
 142 7. Stephen, son of Asa Russell, by his second 
 wife, b. March 25, 1820; md., 1851, 
 Lucinda H. Johnson, dau. of Edward and 
 
678 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Abigail (Sampson) Johnson, b. in Nor- 
 ridgewock April 18, 1829. He d. a pris- 
 oner in a hospital within the enemy's 
 lines Aug. 21, 1861, leaving two children : 
 Benjamin Piper Merrill, b. Nov. 24, 1852 ; 
 Sanzio Raphael, b. Sept. 2, 1854. 
 
 m. David, b. Nov. 1, 1775 ; removed to Maine ; md., 
 1795, Betsey Smith. 
 
 IV. Patty, b. Aug. 14, 1777 ; md. Simeon Russell, son 
 of Nathaniel, q. v. 
 
 V. Pheie, b. Oct. 1, 1778 ; md. Benjamin Rumrill, of 
 New Ipswich, and removed to Moriah, Vt. 
 Their children were, Benjamin, Daniel, Roxana, 
 Clarissa, Dorothy, Martha, Phebe, Warren, John, 
 Maria, but no dates or other information has 
 been secured. 
 
 VI. Isaac, b. March 3, 1780. Resided in Maine and in 
 the city of New York, where he md. Mary Ann 
 McKissock, dau. of William McKissock, a native 
 of Ireland, but of Scotch descent. 
 
 1. John A., b. May 5, 1815. Resides, unmd., 
 in New York. He is a clerk and account- 
 ant, and for several years held a position 
 in the city post-office. Mr. Russell is well 
 versed in the historical literature of the 
 country in which he evinces a lively inter- 
 est, and possesses a valuable collection of 
 historical and genealogical publications. 
 To his intelligent assistance these registers 
 of the Russell family are indebted. 
 
 2. Martha Ann, md. Gustavus A. Conner, of 
 New York. He d. Jan. 21, 1867. Theit 
 children are : Anna Augusta, Edwin D., 
 Josephine, William E., Lizzie D., Mattie A. 
 
 vii. Menry, b. Nov. 14, 1781 ; d. March 10, 1784. 
 Children of Daniel and Martha Poor : — 
 
 I. Betsey, b. March 17, 1793. 
 II. Daniel, b. July 22, 1794; d, Dec. 26, 1799. 
 
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 Jabbz Russell, probably not related to other families 
 of this name, came from Bedford, Mass., in June, 1777. 
 By wife Hannah he had nine children, b. previous to this 
 date. He afterwards became blind, and was in reduced 
 circumstances. He d. March 9, 1818. 
 
 I. Molley, b. Feb. 26, 1754. 
 
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 II. Beuben, b. Oct. 23, 1756; md. Oct. 20, 1778, 
 Susannah Streeter, probably a dau. of James 
 Streeter, q. v. He served three enlistments in 
 the ai-my, and removed from town between 1783 
 and 1793. The birth of one child is found 
 upon the records. 
 
 1. Susanna, b. in Rindge March 2, 1779. 
 
 III. Hannah, b. Sept. 29, 1759 ; md. James French, q. v. 
 
 IV. Sarah, b. Jan. 23, 1762; md. Hezekiah Sawtell, 
 
 son of Jonathan, q. v. 
 V. Benjamin, b. July 15, 1764. 
 
 VI. Lucy, b. May 11, 1767 ; md. John Hannaford, q. v. 
 VII. Bhoda, b. Feb. 28, 1770. 
 vm. I/ydia, b. April 1, 1773. 
 IX. John, b. April 3, 1776. 
 
 Amos B. Rttssbll came from Gardner, Mass., 1838, and 
 removed to Mason, N". H., 1844. The names of two chil- 
 dren of Amos B. and Mary Russell are found upon the 
 records. 
 
 I. Ziorena, b. in South Gardner, Oct. 9, 1836. 
 n. Louisa, b. in Rindge June 20, 1839. 
 
 Daniel H. Sabgbnt, son of Eliphalet R. and Lydia 
 (Wells) Sargent, of Dunbarton, N". H., and grandson of 
 Daniel Sargent, was b. in Goffstown, N. H., Jan. 18, 1831. 
 His father, formerly of Goffstown, has resided many 
 years in Dunbarton, where he has been much employed 
 in pubUc affairs, and has represented the town in the 
 Legislature. Mr. Sargent md. Oct. 7, 1858, Clarinda A. 
 Woodbury, dau. of Nathan Woodbury, q. v., and removed 
 to this town in 1864. 
 
 I. Edwin H., b. in Dunbarton Aug. 21, 1859. 
 II. George A., b. in Dunbarton June 16, 1862. 
 III. Stella A., b. in Rindge July 12, 1869. 
 
 SAWTELL. 
 
 EicHABD Sawtell, the ancestor of all the families bearing the name 
 in Rindge, was a native of England. The date of Ms emigration is not 
 exactly known, but he was a resident and proprietor of Watertown pre- 
 vious to 1637. Subsequently he was a proprietor and one of the first 
 settlers of Groton, Mass., and was the clerk of that town the first three 
 years after its organization, 1662, '63, '64. He d. Aug. 2, 1694, and his 
 widow, Elizabeth, d. Oct. 18, of the same year. They had ten chil- 
 dren, tod descendants of two of them are residents of this town. 
 Obadiah, their eldest son, resided in Groton, and by wife Hannah had a 
 
 son, Obadiah, .Jr., who md., about 1680, Hannah . They were 
 
 the parents of six children. Of these, Hezekiah, b. March 2, 1708, md. 
 Joanna Wilson. Their eleven children were b. in Groton 1724-1747. 
 He d. March 18, 1779 ; she d. Sept. 11, 1786. Their eldest son, Jona- 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 than, removed to Rindge, and the register of his family is hereafter 
 given. Another son of Hezekiah and Joanna (Wilson) Sawtell was 
 Obadiah, b. Oct. 11, 1732. He probably resided in that part of Groton 
 which was included in the town of Shirley, which he represented 1776 in 
 the General Court, and was three years in the army. He was an inn- 
 holder, and a prominent citizen in the affairs of that town. His name 
 appears upon the Rindge records, but he did not become a permanent 
 resident of this town. He md. Mary Gould, who d. Feb. 14, 1773, and 
 who was the mother of eight children. Among them was Solomon Saw- 
 tell, who came to Rindge, and is named below. 
 
 Jonathan Sawtell, son of Hezekiah and Joanna 
 (Wilson) Sawtell, b. June 6, 1724; rad. Dec. 13, 1749, 
 Mary Holden, b. April 3, 1728, dau. of Nathaniel and 
 Abigail (Stone) Holden. They removed to Rindge pre- 
 vious to the Revolution. He d. Aug. 12, 1801. Their 
 children wore b. in Groton. 
 
 I. Jonathan, b. Jan. 31, 1753. -|- 
 
 n. Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1754 ; md. Abijah Page, q. v. 
 
 III. Joanna, b. June 17, 1756; md. Abraham Wether- 
 
 bee, q. V. 
 
 IV. Abigail,h. June 27, 1758; md. Capt. Joseph Platts, 
 
 q. V. ; md. (2d) Enos Lake, q. v. 
 V. Sezekiah, b. Feb. 26, 1761. -|- 
 VI. Maria, b. Jan. 18, 1768 ; md. Thomas Wetherbee, 
 
 Jr., q. V. 
 VII. Rebecca, b. Jan. 28, 1765 ; md. in Rindge Feb. 4, 
 
 1796, Enoch Day, and resided in this town until 
 
 1810. 
 
 1. Dorinda, b. June 26, 1797. 
 
 2. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1800. 
 
 3. Enoch, b. April 23, 1803. 
 
 4. Rebecca, b. Jan. 9, 1805. 
 
 VIII. Josiah, b. Nov. 24, 1766 ; md. Sept. 4, 1788, MoUey 
 Page, dau. of John and Esther (Lawrence) Page, 
 q. v., and resided upon the Griswold farm in the 
 south-east part of the town. She d. Dec. 1, 1821, 
 and he md. (2d) Sibyl (Howe) Stone, b. 1772, 
 widow of Capt. Ebenezer Stone, and dau. of 
 Isaac and Sibyl Howe, of New Ipswich. Mr. 
 Sawtell was selectman 1805, '6, '7, '8, '9. He d. 
 Oct. 1, 1825, and his widow md. Moses Hale, her 
 third husband. 
 
 1. Eliphalet (son of Josiah and Molley), b. 
 June 3, 1789; was a merchant in this 
 town a few years, and d., unmd., May 22, 
 1822. 
 
 Jonathan, b. Jan. 31, 1753 ; md. Oct. 9, 1777, Hannah 
 Whitaker. He served two enlistments in the Revolution 
 
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 {vide pp. 136, 164). He d. Dec. 29, 1830; his widow d. 
 July 15, 1842, aged 88. 
 
 I. Amaziah, b. Jan. 9 ; d. July 12, 1778. 
 
 n. Amaziah, b. July 10, 1779; md. Nov. 15, 1804, 
 Joanna "Wetherbee, dau. of Jolin Wetherbee, q. v. 
 He was taxed in Rindge until 1810. Two chil- 
 dren b. here. 
 
 1. Irene, b. March 26, 1805. 
 
 2. Adaline, b. May 18, 1806. 
 
 III. Mebecca, b. May 7, 1781 ; md. Jonathan Page, son 
 of John, No. 93, q. v. 
 - IV. Clarissa, b. April 6, 1785 ; md. Josiah Weth ^ 
 bee, q. v. 
 V. Solomon, b. 1786. -|- 
 
 VI. Jjuther, b. May 18, 1789. 
 
 VII. Sophia, b. May 30, 1790 ;' md. Salmon Allen, q. v. 
 vm. Mille, d. young. 
 
 IX. mile, b. Nov. 16, 1796. 
 X. Mdmund, b. Jan. 1, 1799 ; d. Nov. 12, 1814. 
 
 Hezekiah Sawtbll, b. Feb. 26, 1761 ; md. Nov. 26, 
 1782, Sarah Russell, dau. of Jabez Russell, q. v. She d. 
 March 14, 1816. He md. (2d) April 28, 1818, Lucy 
 Taylor, b. June 1, 1772. He was in the Revolutionary 
 army, and was wounded. He d. Oct. 1, 1824 ; his widow 
 d. in New Ipswich, of small-pox, June 1, 1849. 
 
 I. Jonathan, b. March 14, 1783. -\- 
 II. Molley, b. July 26, 1785 ; md. June 26, 1808, Rufus 
 Farr. She d., leaving five children, Aug. 21, 
 1859. ' s , 
 
 III. Savah, b. May 23, 1787 ; md. 1804, Joseph Howe. 
 
 She d. Jan. 25, 1826. 
 
 IV. Asa, b. March 18, 1789. -f 
 
 V. Jabez, b. May 14, 1791 ; d., unmd., Sept. 29, 1862. 
 VI. Kinsley, b. July 9, 1793 ; d. 1795. 
 VII. Levina, b. June 2, 1795 ; md., 1821, Asa Petten- 
 gill. Only a portion of their married life was 
 
 passed in Rindge. He d. ; she d. Oct. 3, 
 
 1865. 
 
 1. Almena S., b. May 22, 1824; d., unmd., 
 
 Dec. 23, 1855. 
 
 2. Hannah, b. Oct. 20, 1833 ; md. Timothy F. 
 
 Hubbard, son of Eliphalet, q. v. 
 
 3. Asa, b. Sept. 2, 1835 ; md. Hannah Heard. 
 
 VIII. Betsey, b. May 5, 1797; md. Eliphalet Hub- 
 , bard, q. v. 
 IX. Kinsley, b. July 14, 1799. + 
 
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 X. Josiah, b. March 5, 1802 ; md. May 8, 1828, Re- 
 becca B. Barbour, dau. of Dr. William and 
 Rachel (Cutter) Barbour. They resided in 
 Mason, now Greenville, N. H., where he d. May 
 14, 1871. 
 XI. Almena, b. May 17, 1805 ; d., unmd., April 6, 1853. 
 
 Solomon Sawtell, b. 1786 ; md. Nov. 12, 1812, Re- 
 becca Dwinnell, who d. Aug. 12, 1818. He md. (2d) 
 1819 (pub. May 8), Nancy Whitney, of Marlboro, N. H. 
 He was at Portsmouth in the War of 1812. He d. Dec. 
 13, 1861 ; she d. April 17, 1864, aged 67. 
 
 I. Harriet, b. 1813; d., unmd., Aug. 27, 1832. 
 II. Clarissa, b. 1814; md. William S. Rugg, q. v. 
 
 III. Lucinda. 
 
 IV. Solomon Nelson., b. 1817; enlisted from Harris- 
 
 ville, N. H., into the 6th N. H. Vols., and d. of 
 wounds Sept. 27, 1864. 
 
 Children of second wif e : — 
 
 V. Benjamin 'Whitney. 
 VI. Joshua Towne. 
 
 VII. John Leonard, md. Lucy Towne, of Marlboro. 
 VIII. Jane i., resides, unmd., in Fitchburg, Mass. 
 IX. Emily, md. Henry H. Platts, son of Harvey, q. v. 
 X. Amaziah, md. Louisa Hardy. 
 
 Edwin, b. Aug. 25, 1838; md. Nov. 24, 1859, 
 
 Anna L. Holbrook ; resides in Brockton, Mass. 
 J. Warren, b. 1840 ; enlisted into a New York 
 regiment; d. in the service July 9, 1864. 
 
 XI. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Jonathan, son of Hezokiah, md. April 14, 1807, Mary 
 Wetherbee, dau. of Thomas and Mai'y (Gates) Wether- 
 bee, q. V. She d. May 6, 1843 ; and he md. (2d) April 9, 
 1844, Lucy Foster, dau. of Lieut. Benjamin and Elizabeth 
 (Cary) Foster. He d. April 14, 1857. iv. and v. d. 
 young. 
 
 I. Alvin, h. March 9, 1808; md. Lydia Baker; md. 
 (2d) Sarah Dwinnell; resides in Northboro, 
 Mass. 
 II. Mary Ann, b. April 25, 1807; md. John E. 
 
 Lake, q. v. 
 III. Almira, b. April 18, 1811 ; md. Alison Lake, q. v. 
 VI. Irene, b. May 11, 1816 ; md. Thomas Saunders, of 
 
 Townsend, Mass., who d. in Ayer, Mass. 
 vji. Zavina, b. June 13, 1818; md. Dana Davis, of 
 
 Fitzwilliam. 
 VIII. Zucy, b. Jan. 26, 1821 ; md. Robert McDonald, of 
 Fitzwilliam, where she d. 1864. 
 
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 IX. Sibyl, b. March 4, 1826; md. Hiram George, of 
 Vershire, Vt., where they now reside. 
 
 Asa Sawtbll, son of Hezekiah, md. Nov. 8, 1812, 
 Anna B. Hastings, dau. of Capt. Charles and Anna Hast- 
 ings, b. in Ashburnham. They resided in Rindge until 
 1818, and later in Mason, N". H., and in Ashburnham, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 I jEJsra Hastings, b. Dec. 11, 1813; md. Feb. 29, 
 1836, Betsey Scripture, dau. of James and Lucy 
 (Dakin) Scripture, of Mason, N". H. She d. in 
 Warwick, R. I., July 29, 1853 ; md. (2d) March 
 26, 1856, Sultyna (Jones) Woods, widow of Asa 
 Elbridge Woods, and dau. of Dea. Daniel Jones. 
 ( Vide Converse Register, No. 27.) They reside 
 in Ayer, Mass. He has one child by his first 
 wife. 
 
 1. Mary E., b. Feb. 23, 1837. 
 
 n. Seth P., b. April 1, 1816; d. July 30, 1818. 
 
 m. Mary A. B., b. Sept. 18, 1818 ; md. Jonas Morse. 
 She d. Oct. 18, 1873. 
 
 IV. Sarah J., b. Oct. 3, 1820 ; d. May 24, 1821. 
 v., Eliza J., b. May 11, 1822; md. Henry Stevens. 
 They resided in Caledonia, Wis., where he d. 
 1874. She resides in Racine, Wis. 
 
 VI. Lucy Jt., b. March 11, 1824; md. John Bemis. 
 They live in New York City. 
 
 VII. xSaraA X.,b. July 30, 1826; md. Lorenzo A. Fisher, 
 
 and removed to New York City. 
 VIII. Leonard W., b. June 30, 1829 ; md. Harriet Rus- 
 sell ; md. (2d) Maria Sawyer, of New York City, 
 where they reside. 
 
 IX. Augusta E., b. Oct. 3, 1832 ; md. Dexter Russell, 
 son of Walter Russell, of Ashburnham. Re- 
 sided in Ashburnham se'Keral years. She now 
 resides, his widow, in Philadelphia. 
 X. Josiah P., b. Aug. 22, 1835 ; md. Mary Foster,_dau. 
 of Jerome Foster. Reside in New York City. 
 
 KiNSLBT Sawtbll, son of Hezekiah, md., 1818, Thank- 
 ful Watkins, dau. of Stephen and Susan Watkins. They 
 resided in Wendell, Mass., and in Walpole, N. H., where 
 he d. Jan. 8, 1864. 
 
 I. Lyman, b. Nov. 2, 1820 ; d. Jan 28, 1834. 
 II. Sarah J., b. May 22, 1822. 
 
 III. S. Edwin, b. May 29, 1824. 
 
 IV. J. Almena, b. May 7, 1826; d. Aug. 2, 1827. 
 V. iMcius E, b. May 12, 1828. 
 
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 VI. Julia A., b. April 18, 1830; md. Ai Shattuck. 
 VII. JSbraee C, b. July 22, 1832. 
 viii. Charles H., b. Sept. 29, 1834. 
 
 Mary A., b. May 29, 1837; md. Charles Howard. 
 Emily E., b. June 30, 1839 ; md. Samuel Oliver. 
 Lyman Ji., b. April 11, 184ii ; md. Mary J. White- 
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 JSenry J., b. July 2, 1845. 
 
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 Solomon Sawtell, son of Obadiah and Mary (Gould) 
 Sawtell, was b. in Shirley, Feb. 23, 1762. Obadiah, the 
 father appears to have been in this town a short time, but 
 he probably never became a resident here, as he was town 
 clerk of Shirley for the years 1763, '73, '74, '75, 76, '79, 
 '80, '81, '82, '83, and '85. Solomon, the son, came to 
 Rindge about 1796 ; he md. Nov. 19, 1801, Olive Converse, 
 dau. of Zebulon Converse, q. v. With the exception of a 
 residence in Chelmsfoi-d, Mass., from 1809 to 1815, they 
 resided in Rindge until their death. He d. Aug. 11, 1834; 
 his widow d. Aug. 10, 1843. 
 
 I. Mary, b. Sept. 4, 1802 ; d. Oct. 11, 1805. 
 II. Arvilla, b. June 4, 1804; d. Oct. 29, 1805. 
 m. Mary, b. June 3, 1806 ; d. young. 
 IV. Arvilla, b. July 24, 1807; md. Ezra Hudson, of 
 Templeton, Mass., and after her death, he md. 
 Nov. 27, 1847, Caroline Jones, dau. of Edmund 
 and Caty (Taylor) Jones, of Ashburnham. Two 
 children by first wife. 
 
 1. Arvilla, md. — 
 
 sea, Mass. 
 
 2. Son, d. young. 
 
 ■ Blodgett ; reside in Chel" 
 
 V. Cynthia, b. in Chelmsford, June 14, 1809; md. 
 Lucius M. Converse, son of Joshua Converse, 
 Esq., q. V. 
 
 VI. Sherebiah Fletcher, b. ; md. Sarah Wood- 
 bury; he d. in Gardner, Mass., Nov. 8, 1845. 
 Their two children d. in infancy. She md. (2d) 
 L. H. Bradford, Esq., of Fitchburg, Mass., where 
 they now reside. 
 
 VII. Augustus W., b. June 10, 1813 ; md. May 25, 1839, 
 Orris M. Butterfield ; d. in Warren, Mass., Nov. 
 21, 1846. 
 
 1. Adelaide L., b. April 22, 1840 ; d. Sept. 5, 
 
 1843. 
 
 2. Harriet A., b. Sept. 20, 1842 ; md. Oct. 20, 
 
 1862, C. H. Baker, of Warren, Mass. 
 8. Martha P., b. Aug. 20, 1844; md. June 1, 
 1870, Henry L. Merritt, of Warren. 
 
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 96 vni. Alonzo, b. Oct. 11, 1815 ; md. Mary Ann Davis, b. 
 Nov. 25, 1821, dau. of Jonas and Hepsibah (Cut- 
 ter) Davis, of Temple, N. H. Removed to 
 Gardner, Mass., and soon after to Minneapolis, 
 Minn., where he now resides. 
 
 97 IX. Obadiah, b. May 11, 1817 ; md. May 1, 1842, Sarah 
 F. Jennison, who d. June 1, 1850 ; md. (2d) Dec. 
 2, 1862, Clarissa E. Rand. He has resided in 
 New York and in Texas ; now lives in Mani- 
 towoc, Wis. 
 
 98 1. Oscar O., b. March 24, 1845; d. Sept. 10, 
 1845. 
 
 99 2. Sarah Olive, b. June 26, 1847 ; md. Sept. 24, 
 1870, David H. Spear, b. in Templeton, 
 Mass., 1846, son of David W. Spear. They 
 reside in Lowell, Mass. 
 
 Children of second wife: — 
 
 3. Calvin C, b. Nov. 14, 1863. 
 
 4. Charles S., b. Aug. 26, 1865. 
 
 5. Fannie Maud, b. Sept. 1, 1869. 
 
 6. Minerva R., b. April 15, 1871. 
 
 7. Edith R., b. Nov. 29, 1872 ; d. Oct. 6, 1873. 
 
 X. Solomon, b. Jan. 29, 1821 ; md. Mary Ann Carpen- 
 ter, of Stafford Springs, Conn.; removed to 
 Warren, Mass., where he d. Feb. 29, 1852. 
 
 XI. Rachel Eliza, b. April 20, 1824; d., unmd., Oct. 13, 
 1852. 
 
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 Aaeon Sawtbll, son of Joseph and Hannah (Kemp) 
 Sawtell, and a grandson of Joseph and Lydia (Jenkins) 
 Sawtell, of Groton, was b. in that place, 1791. He be- 
 longed to the same family of Sawtells, but was not of 
 near kinship to any of the foregoing. He came to Rindge 
 1812 or 1813, and md. Sept. 22, 1814, Ruth Metcalf, dau. 
 of Timothy and Ruth (Chaplin) Metcalf, q. v. He d. 
 Nov. 9, 1870. 
 
 I. Sylvester, b. July 8, 1816; d. Nov. 6, 1820. 
 II. Jiuth S., md. Timothy Cudworth, q. v. 
 III. Aaron S., b. March 10, 1823; md. April 29, 1847, 
 Almira J. Blake, dau. of Dea. Eleazer Blake, 
 q. V. She d. Sept. 12, 1869 ; md. (2d) Nov. 15, 
 1870, Caroline W. Keyes, dau. of Samuel Keyes, 
 of Ashburnham. He is a manufacturer of 
 wooden-ware in West Rindge. 
 
 1. Albert H., b. July 20, 1849; md. Nov. 18, 
 1869, Abbie A. McClenathan. Reside in 
 Troy, N. H. 
 
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 2. Charles O., b. Oct. 16, 1853. 
 
 3. Elsie H., b. May 6, 1859; d. Aug. 16, 1859. 
 
 IV. Joseph, b. Sept. 15, 1829 ; d. May 27, 1831. 
 V. Warren F., b. Sept. 30, 1832; md. Nov. 1, 1853, 
 Christina Eveleth, dau. of Gilman Eveleth, of 
 Dublin, N. H. He resides in West Rindge, 
 where he is engaged in the manufacture of 
 wooden-ware. 
 
 1. Elsie A., b. April 3, 1855. 
 
 2. Calvin W., b. Dec. 16, 1857; d. June, 1858. 
 
 3. Oren F., b. May 27, 1860. 
 
 4. Grace, b. Dec. 9, 1870. 
 
 Abnee Sawtee settled upon the Dea. Goddard farm 
 in 1797, but was not taxed after 1809. Perhaps he was 
 above seventy years of age, and continued a residence 
 here after that date. There may have been children not 
 named below. 
 
 I. Betsey, md. Thomas Cowdin, q. v. 
 II. Sophia, a teacher and a missionary; she conducted 
 a mission school in Arkansas, where she d., unmd. 
 
 III. Asenath, b. Sept. 4, 1789 ; d. June 3, 1815. 
 
 IV. Sarah. 
 
 V. Susan, md. Horatio Hale, son of David Hale, 
 q. V. Not a dau. of Francis Sawyer, as stated 
 in the Hale Register. 
 
 Feancis Sawtee' was from Canterbury, N. H. He 
 resided in the north-east part of the town 1812-1826. 
 
 I. Lovina, b. June 14, 1811. 
 II. Lydia, b. April 5, 1813. 
 
 III. Francis, b. July 21, 1815. 
 
 IV. Lois, b. Jan. 6, 1818. 
 
 V. Charles, b. Deo. 27, 1819. 
 VI. Timothy, b. Aug. 20, 1822. 
 VII. Martha, b. 'Oct. 25, 1825. 
 
 EzEA ScOLLAT, son of Grovcr Scollay, b. in Ashburn- 
 ham March 8, 1786 ; md. Dec. 31, 1807, Mersilvia Jewett, 
 dau. of Dea. Edward Jewett, q. v., a lady of most excel- 
 lent character and intellectual gifts. She d. June 2, 1855. 
 He md. (2d) Oct. 14, 1856, Polly Hale, dau. of David 
 Hale, q. v., who d. Dec. 17, 1866; and he md. (3d) Sept. 
 19, 1867, Mrs. Mary P. Moore, of New Ipswich. He d. 
 Nov. 10, 1874, having resided in New Ipswich since his 
 last marriage. 
 
 Abel Shbdd was b. in Groton (now Pepperell) March 
 9, 1743. He was a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Barron) 
 
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 Shedd, who were md. April 13, 1722. He md. Ruth 
 Haskell, and settled in Rindge previous to, or in the year, 
 1780, where he d. Sept. 21, 1819; his widow survived 
 him several years, and d. in Windsor, Vt. 
 1. Abel.^ 
 
 II. Samuel, md. Sally Patch, and settled in "Windsor, 
 Vt., where he d., leaving three children. 
 
 III. John, md. Susan White, and d. 1819, in Jaffrey ; 
 
 and his widow md. (2d) Dea. Kendall, of New 
 Ipswich. 
 
 1. Alvin, removed to Vermont. 
 
 2. Henry, a clergyman, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio. 
 
 3. Susan, md. Charles Adams, of New Ips- 
 
 wich, and subsequently removed to Den- 
 mark, Iowa. 
 
 4. John, resided in Boston. 
 
 IV. Henry, md., 1799, Sarah Bickford, of Salem, Mass., 
 
 where he continued to reside until his death, in 
 .1802. 
 
 1. Deborah, an only child, had a home with 
 
 her relatives in Rindge. She md. Dea. 
 
 Ezra C. Chamberlain, of Peacham, Vt., 
 
 where they now reside. 
 ¥. Josiah, b. in Rindge Nov. 1, 1781 ; md. Lydia 
 Chamberlain, and practiced medicine in Peach- 
 am, Vt., until his death, Sept. 4, 1851. He was 
 an able and liberal-minded man. Their only 
 dau. md. Dr. Noah Worcester, of Ohio. 
 VI. Timothy, b. in Rindge about 1783, was twice md., 
 and left several children. In 1808 he settled at 
 Wells River, Vt., where he was highly respected, 
 and d. deeply lamented. 
 VII. Ehenezer, removed to Weathersfield, Vt. He was 
 prominent in municipal and religious affairs, and 
 for' many years was a deacon of the church in 
 that place. He md. Fanny Bannister. He d. 
 at nearly ninety years of age. His aged widow 
 resides in Weathersfield. 
 
 Ca-pt. Abel Shedd resided in Jaffrey from 1793 until 
 1800, when he returned to Rindge, and continued a resi- 
 dent until his death. He rad. Oct. 22, 1793, Priscilla 
 French, dan. of John French, of Jaffrey. She d. Sept. 
 27, 1799, and he md. (2d) Jan. 20, 1802, Rebecca Adams, 
 b. July 27, 1767, dau. of Ephraim and Lydia (Kinsman) 
 Adams, of New Ipswich, and a sister of Prof. Ebenezer 
 Adams, of Dartmouth College. Capt. Shedd was a man 
 of good natural abilities and unexceptionable character. 
 He d. Sept. 17, 1819; his widow d. Sept. 11, 1823. 
 
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 HISTOBT OF BINDGE. 
 
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 I. Ruthy, b. Aug. 15, 1794 ; md. William Kimball, q. v. 
 n. Sally, twin, b. Aug. 15, 1794; md. Feb. 12, 1819, 
 
 Cummings French, of Jaffrey. She d. Nov. 2, 
 
 1862. 
 m. Abel, b. May 11, 1797 ; md. June 16, 1825, Mary 
 
 Jewett, of Jaffrey, where they resided. 
 
 Children of' second wife : — 
 
 IV. Charles, b. Oct. 21, 1802 (vide p. 360). He md. 
 Elizabeth Rowell, dau. of Rev. J. Rowell, of 
 Cornish, N. H. 
 V. James Adams, b. Feb. 25, 1804; md. Augusta 
 Adams, dau. of Major Benjamin and Olivia 
 (Everett) Adams, of N"ew Ipswich. For several 
 years he practiced law in Detroit, Mich., and in 
 Dayton, Ohio, and subsequently settled, a farmer, 
 in Denmark, Iowa, where he now resides. His 
 wife d. in Dayton, and he md. (2d) Carrie Brown. 
 
 VI. Curtis, b. Feb. 2, 1809; md. Sophronia Taylor, of 
 New Ipswich, and resided in New Ipswich until 
 about 1840, when he removed to Denmark, Iowa. 
 
 vii. George, b. May 13, 1810 {vide p. 360). Resides in 
 Denmark, Iowa, where he md. Abby Houston, a 
 native of Lowell, Mass. He is a physician. 
 vin. Rebecca, b. March 20, 1818; md. Dr. WUliam 
 Gallup, and after a brief residence in New Ips- 
 wich removed about 1836 to Concord, Mass., 
 where she d. Dec. 17, 1838. 
 
 SHERWIN. 
 
 The Sherwins were early in this town, and the four families that came 
 hither were closely related, being two brothers, cousins to two brothers. 
 Ebenezer Sherwin and wife Susannah were residents of Boxford, Mass., 
 previous to 1700 ; but of the earlier generations of this family I am not 
 informed. Jonathan Sherwin, son of Ebenezer, was b. in Boxford Jan. 
 8, 1704 ; md. Nov. 26, 1728, Mary Lurvey, and had seven children, b. in 
 Boxford 1730-1744. Of these, Samuel and Asa came to Rindge, and are 
 named hereafter, and Elizabeth was the wife of James Carlton, of this 
 town, and her record appears in the register of that family. Ebenezer, 
 another son of Ebenezer and Susannah Sherwin, was b. Jan. 5, 1706 ; 
 md. Sept. 21, 1726, Hepsibah Cole, and in Boxford had eight children, b. 
 1728-1746. Of these Jonathan and John settled in this town, and their 
 record is found in the following register. Ebenezer Sherwin, another 
 son of Ebenezer and Hepsibah (Cole) Sherwin, md., 1748, Sarah 
 Hovey, and they and their son Ebenezer, b. in Boxford Oct. 16, 1752, 
 removed to Winchendon in 1769, where not a few of their descendants 
 have resided. 
 
 Samuel Shbkwin, son of Jonathan and Mary (Lurvey) 
 Sherwin, was b. in Boxford, Dec. 16, 1738 ; he md. in 
 Andover, June 1, 1762, Mary Stanley, probably a dau. of 
 Jonathan Stanley, q. v. Their eldest child was b. in 
 
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 Andover. In 1766 or 1767 he removed to this town, and 
 in 1768 a road was laid from the meeting-house, northerly 
 by his barn, and thence to Josiah Ingalls' house near 
 Grassy Pond. He was frequently elected to office, and was 
 residing in Rindge in 1781, but no record of his death or 
 removal has been discovered. The date of birth of five 
 children is preserved upon the records. 
 
 Hannah, b. Sept. 10, 1763. 
 
 Jonathan, b. May 22, 1766. 
 
 Sarah, b. March 4 ; d. March 11, 1769. 
 
 Charlotte, b. June 25, 1774. 
 
 Isaac, b. April 28, 1778. 
 
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 Capt. Asa Shbewin, a brother of Samuel, was b. in 
 Boxford Dec. 11, 1744; he md. Mehitable Porter, who d., 
 probably about 1770. He removed to Rindge in 1768, and 
 md. (2d) Mercy Kimball, dau. of Lieut. Richard Kimball, 
 q. v. He was a man of ability and resolution, and was 
 much employed in public service. In 1777 he was lieu- 
 tenant in Capt. Brown's company, and after the following 
 year he was styled captain, probably on account of a com- 
 mission in the companies of the training band or the 
 alarm lists. He was selectman in 1785 and '86, and was 
 very frequently chosen on committees. For several years 
 preceding his death he was an invalid, and d. of spotted 
 fever, May 11, 1812 ; his wife d. Feb. 6, 1812, aged 58. 
 
 I. Nathan, b. Oct. 17, 1764 ; md. July 5, 1785, Mar- 
 gery Flagg, of New Ipswich. 
 n. David, b. Dec, 1767 ; d. young. 
 
 III. Mehitable, b. 1770; d. unmd., and probably in 
 
 childhood. 
 
 IV. Betty mmball, b. Feb. 26, 1772 ; md. Dec. 23, 1790, 
 
 Israel Chapman, and removed to Stowe, Vt. 
 They had six children. 
 
 V. Dojoid, b. Feb. 20, 1774. 
 
 VI. Mercy, b. June 1, 1776; md. March 19, 1809, Sam- 
 uel Adams. 
 VII. Asa, b. June 6, 1778. 
 vni. Irene, b. March 12, 1781. 
 
 IX. Jonathan, b. Aug. 20, 1783; md. Sarah Barker, 
 dau. of Benjamin, q. v. They settled in Con- 
 way, Mass., and had sons Azro, Payson, and 
 Thomas. 
 X. Bichourd, b. July 16, 1785 ; a most worthy man. 
 He was a printer in Boston, and was very popu- 
 lar among his associates ; md. Eunice Choate. 
 
 XI. John, b. Nov. 27, 1787. 
 
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 XII. Mios, b. Sept. 23, 1790; md. Olive Gibson, of 
 Fitohburg. After his marriage he resided a few 
 years in Jaffrey, and the birth of two children 
 is recorded in that town. 
 
 1. Reuben Gibson, b. June 27, 1814. 
 
 2. Jonathan French, b. Nov. 20, 1815. 
 
 XIII. Seth jPayson, b. Api-il 18, 1793; md. Mary Robin- 
 son, of Stowe, Vt., where he resided many 
 years. He d. in Morristown, Vt., about 1860. 
 
 Jonathan Sheewin, son of Ebenezer and Hepsibah 
 (Cole) Sherwin, was b. in Boxford Sept. 6, 1729 ; md. 
 Feb. 15, 1756, Mary Crumble, b. in Methuen, March 28, 
 1735, by tradition a sister of Lieut. James Crumble, of 
 Rlndge. He settled, in 1767, upon the Sherwin farm, in 
 the north part of Rlndge. He was selectman 1769, '70, 
 '73, and '76 ; and his frequent election to other positions 
 of trust is evidence of the esteem in which he was held 
 by his townsmen. Few men possessed an equal influence, 
 or were wiser or better counsellors in public affairs. His 
 wife d. May 25, 1784; and he md. (2d) June 26, 1787, 
 Content (Barker) Lapham, widow of Captain Benjamin 
 Lapham, and dau. of Barnabas Barker. Mr. Sherwin d. 
 Feb. 23, 1804; and his widow d. April 25, 1821, aged 74. 
 
 I. Deborah, b. Dec. 5, 1756 ; md. Aug. 8, 1782,-.Jona- 
 
 than Ingalls, q. v. 
 II. Thomas, b. Feb. 28, 1759; d. from injuries 
 received by a fall from a horse Sept. 12, 1780. 
 
 III. David, b. March 13, 1761. + 
 
 IV. mieabeth, b. Sept. 3, 1763; d. Jan. 17, 1765. 
 V. ^Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1765 ; d. Nov. 15, 1785. 
 
 VI. William, b. Jan. 14, 1768. -)- 
 VII. Sarah, b. April 11, 1770 ; d. Ajml 6, 1787. 
 VIII. Jonathan, b. Aug. 5, 1772 ; d. Feb. 11, 1773. 
 IX. Molley, b. Dec. 28, 1773 ; d. of consumption at the 
 
 age of 16. 
 X. A7ina, b. Dec. 31, 1778; md. Samuel Locke 
 Wilder, Esq., q. v. 
 
 David Sherwin, son of Jonathan, md. in New Ipswich 
 Nov. 28, 1786, Hannah Prichard, b. March 28, 1764, dau. 
 of Paul and Hannah (Perley) Prichard, from Boxford, 
 then of New Ipswich. Mr. Sherwin resided in Rindge 
 until 1790, and two of his children were b. in this town. 
 He subsequently lived several years in Jaffrey, owning 
 and occupying the mills at Squantum, and later in West"^ 
 moreland. New Ipswich, and Temjile. While a resident 
 of this town he was selectman 1787, and town clerk the 
 
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 same year. The records transcribed by him, in well 
 chosen language, are enduring evidence of his ability. He 
 served in Stark's Brigade, and was at the battle of Ben- 
 nington. Mrs. Sherwin d. in Temple Oct. 1, 1806. 
 
 I. Sally, b. in Rindge Nov. 20, 1787; md. Aug. 8, 
 1822, Abram Mead, and d. in Littleton, Mass., 
 March 30, 1860. 
 
 n. Mebecca, b in Rindge Nov. 16, 1789 ; d. in infancy. 
 
 III. Mary, b. in Jaffrey Aug. 25, 1791 ; md. Christo- 
 
 pher P. Farley, and d. in Hollis, N. H., Nov. 23, 
 1813. 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. in JaflErey May 21, 1795 ; d. in New 
 
 Ipswich Sept 21, 1819. 
 V. Thomas, b. in Westmoreland March 26, 1799. -\- 
 VI. Betsey, b. in "Westmoreland April 16, 1801 ; d. 
 
 unmd. 
 VII. Anna, b. in New Ipswich Nov. 5, 1803. Now 
 living. 
 
 William SnEEWiiir, son of Jonathan, md. Mary Baxter, 
 dau. of Joseph Baxter, of Princeton, Mass. Her parents 
 d. in this town. He resided upon the homestead farm, 
 and was a highly respected and useful citizen. He was 
 one of the school-teachers in this town, and served several 
 years upon the committee of supervision ; was selectman 
 1801, '2, '3, and represented the town in the Legis- 
 lature 1811. He d. Sept. 16, 1834; she d. Aug. 15, 1851, 
 aged 84. 
 
 I. William Augustus, b. Nov. 9, 1801; md. Mrs. 
 Mary (Goodridge) Eddy {vide Eddy Register). 
 He is a fanner, and resides in Rindge Centre. 
 
 u. Julius Celario, b. March 20, 1803 ; md. June 4, 
 1839, Silence Jones Adams, dau. of David 
 Adams, q. v. He was a farmer in Rindge until 
 a short time previous to his death, when he 
 removed to New Ipswich, where he d. Nov. 27, 
 1871. 
 
 1. George H., b. Nov. 25, 1840 ; d. Sept. 26, 
 
 1867. 
 
 2. Mary M., b. Oct. 11, 1844; a teacher in the 
 
 public schools of Roxbury, Mass. 
 
 3. Ellen A., b. March 5, 1847 ; teacher. 
 
 4. Kate A., b. March 26, 1849; teacher. 
 
 5. Annie M., b. Aug. 2, 1851 ; md. Dec. 25, 
 
 1872, C. M. Cummings, a merchant of 
 Keene, N. H. 
 
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 BISTORT OF BINBGE. 
 
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 m. Stephen Baxter, b. Feb. 13, 1805 {vide page 378) ; 
 
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 md. April 16, 1835, Mersilvia WiWer, dau. of 
 Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., q. v.; d. very suddenly 
 Dec. 14, 1861. 
 
 1. William Ferdinand, b. Feb. 12, 1836 ; md. 
 
 Oct. 19, 1859, Castella E. Eddy,_ and a 
 great-granddau. of Lieut. Benjamin Fos- 
 ter {vide Foster register, No. 11). 
 
 2. Ellen Augusta, b. Oct. 7, 1838 ; d. July 1, 
 
 1847. 
 
 3. Henry Hamilton, b. Sept. 2, 1840 ; md. April, 
 
 1869, Helen L. Silk; he d. Jan. 1, 1873. 
 
 4. Emma Mersilvia, b. Feb. 24, 1844. 
 
 5. Marshall Pinckney Wilder, b. Jan. 7, 1848 ; 
 
 resides in Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 6. Edward Baxter, b. March 26, 1851. 
 
 7. Josiah Wilder, b. July 29, 1853. 
 
 8. Samuel Locke, b. June 2, 1856. 
 
 George Edwin, md., 1833, Caroline Kimball, dau. 
 of Ebenezer and Polly (Aiken) Kimball, of Hill, 
 N. H. He resided in Mobile, Ala., and d. in 
 Mississippi Feb. 6, 1861. 
 
 1. George Donald, a graduate of Harvard Uni- 
 versity; is a successful lawyer in Louis- 
 ville, Ky. 
 
 Thomas Sheewin, at an early age, and after the death 
 of his mother, went to reside with Dr. James Crombie, of 
 Temple, and remained in his family until fourteen years 
 of age, attending, meanwhile, the short terms of the public 
 schools, and for a season, the instruction of Rev. Noah 
 Miles, and of his son, Solomon P. Miles, then a student at 
 Dartmouth. In 1813 he was apprenticed to the clothiers' 
 trade at Groton, Mass., and remained at this employment 
 six years. During the winter of 1819 he taught a district 
 school in_ Harvard, Mass., and in the spring entered the 
 academy in Groton, but soon after he went to the acad- 
 emy in New Ipswich, and there ^remained under the 
 instruction of Amasa Edes until he entered Harvard 
 University in 1821. While an undergraduate he taught 
 one winter in Groton and one in Leominster, Mass. He 
 graduated with honor, in 1825, in a class with Hon. 
 
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 693 
 
 Charles Francis Adams, Dr. Augustus A. Gould, Judge 
 Ames, and Rev. Drs. Hedge and Lothrop. After teaching 
 a year in the academy in Lexington, Mass., the college 
 government gave proof of the high estimation in which he 
 was held, by appointing him, in 1827, a tutor of mathe- 
 matics. Though urged to retain it, he relinquished the 
 position after an efficient service of one year. Subse- 
 quently a few months' labor as civil engineer was termi- 
 nated by a severe attack of sickness. In December, 1828, 
 he opened a private school for boys, which he successfully 
 continued one year, and at the expiration of this time 
 he was elected sub-master of the English High School in 
 Boston. 
 
 The fruit of these years of study and of labor, of strug- 
 gle and of triumph, was the preparation with which he 
 approached his life work ; and through forty years of faith- 
 ful and devoted labor he gave proof of ability disciplined ' 
 by study, and that he fully realized the dignity and honor 
 of his profession. Upon the resignation of Mr. Miles, his 
 former instructor, in 1837, Mr. Sherwin, was unanimously 
 elected master, and in this position he continued a most 
 successful career, which only closed with his life. The 
 eminent character of the English High School, and the 
 exalted reputation of its principal, growing brighter with 
 the increasing years, were widely known and acknowl- 
 edged. The testimony of Mr. Eraser, an English gentle- 
 man appointed to report to Parliament on the condition 
 of the schools of the United States, is in conformity with 
 the public verdict : "Taking it for all in all, and as accom- 
 plishing the end at which it professes to aim, the English 
 High School at Boston struck me as the model school of 
 the United States. I wish," he emphatically adds, "we 
 had a hundred such in England." 
 
 Bui his influence and his labor were not limited to the 
 school-room. His breadth of view and of purpose en- 
 gaged him in every possible duty that would promote the 
 cause of truth and sound learning^ To diffuse light, to 
 benefit others, and to bring all available force to the 
 accomplishment of laudable purposes, was his apparent 
 mission. He was one of the originators, in 1830, of the 
 American Institute of Instruction, and its president in 
 1858 and '54; ihe first vice-president, and the third presi- 
 dent, and one of the leading minds of the Massachusetts 
 State Teachers' Association; since 1886 an active and 
 influential member of the American Academy of Arts 
 and Sciences, and for ten years a director of the Institute 
 of Technology. In 1868 he was elected a member of the 
 New England Historic Genealogical Society. In addi- 
 tion to able addresses and communications read and 
 
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 printed through successive years, including many deliv- 
 ered before the societies of which he was a member, he 
 published two valuable works on Algebra which have 
 been extensively used in the schools of the United States. 
 
 In the strictest use of the terms, Mr. Sherwin was a 
 man of the purest, loftiest character, at all times guided 
 by a deep-rooted love of the right, the true, and the 
 good. By his pupils he was equally revered for his 
 wisdom, and loved for his goodness. At the announce- 
 ment of his sudden decease, a multitude of personal 
 friends and pupils, recalling the warmth of his affection 
 and the wisdom of his instruction, expressed their grief 
 in unfeigned sorrow. Long will his deeds be read in the 
 mirror of his own fame, and the reflected image will be 
 scarcely less striking than the original. 
 
 Mr. Sherwin md. June 10, 1836, Mary King Gibbens, 
 dau. of Col. Daniel and Mary (King) Gibbens, of Boston, 
 and a sister of Samuel H. Gibbens, Esq., who md. Cather- 
 ine Brewer Priest, dau. of John Fox Priest, q. v. He d. 
 July 23, 1869, leaving three sons : — 
 
 I. Henry, b. April 25, 1837. He is a wholesale dealer 
 in coal, ISTew York city. He was a clerk in the 
 navy during the War of the Rebellion. 
 
 11. Thomas, b. July 11, 1839; md. Jan. 18, 1870, 
 Isabel Fiske Edwards, dau. of Hon. Thomas M. 
 Edwards, of Keene, N. H. Gen. Sherwin served 
 three years with distinction in the army of the 
 Potomac. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 22d 
 Mass. Yols., and was subsequently breveted 
 brigadier-general. He is now city collector, 
 Boston. 
 
 III. Edward, b. Nov. 6, 1842. He was a paymaster in 
 the navy during the war, and is no.w an ageht of 
 the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron 
 Co., office in Boston. 
 
 John Sherwin, brother of Jonathan, and cousin of 
 Samuel and Capt. Asa, was b. May 15, 1732. He md. 
 Mary Gould, and in 1768 removed to Rindge. His house 
 was not far from the present residence of Albert H. 
 Thomas. He was residing in this town in 1781, but his 
 name soon after fades from the retords. 
 
 I. Ruth, b. in Boxford 1765. 
 II. Mary, b. in Rindge Nov. 23, 1768. 
 
 III. Susanna, b. in Rindge Feb. 26, 1773. 
 
 IV. Dolley, b. in Rindge Jan. 21, 1775. 
 V. Phebe, b. in Rindge March 19, 1777. 
 
 VI. Sally, b. in Rindge Jan. 28, 1781. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 John Simonds was an early inhabitant of this town. 
 He came from Lunenburg and remained several years, 
 when he removed to. Charlestown, N. H., and in 1776 
 returned to Rindge. He served in Col. Wyman's and in 
 Col. Enoch Hale's regiments (vide pp. 126 and 164), and 
 was residing here in 1780, but removed soon after. He 
 md. March 13, 1755, Mercy Page, dau. of Lieut. Na^ 
 thaniel, q. v. 
 
 I. John, bap. in Lunenburg Aug. 6, 1758. 
 11. Silas, bap. in Lunenburg Sept. 23, 1759. 
 
 III. Martha,' 
 
 IV. Sibel, 
 V. Shubel, 
 
 VI. Sarah, 
 
 b. previous to 1776. 
 
 SHURTLEFF. 
 
 William Shuktlefp, the ancestor of all the families in New Eng- 
 land bearing this name, was an early emigrant, and was indentured as an 
 apprentice, in 1634, to Thomas Clark, a carpenter or housewright, of 
 Plymouth. In 1643 he was an inhabitant of that town, and enrolled as 
 of age to perform military duty, and there he continued to reside until 
 1660, when he removed to Marshfield. In 1666, his dwelling-house being 
 burned, he was residing in the house of his neighbor, John Phillips, and 
 June 23 of that year he was killed by lightning while in the house. He 
 md. Oct. 18, 1655, Elizabeth Lettice, dau. of Thomas and Anna Lettice, 
 who md. (2d) Nov. 18, 1669, Jacob Cook, son of Francis and Esther 
 Cook. Mr. Cook d. 1676, and she md. (3d) Jan. 1, 1688-9, Hugh Cole, 
 of Swanzey, Mass. There were three children of Willliam and Elizabeth 
 (Lettice) Shurtleff. WilUam, the eldest, was b. in Plymouth, 1657. He 
 was selectman of Plymouth several years, captain of the train-band, del- 
 egate to the Provincial Assembly in 1694, and treasiu-er of the town 
 1695-1704. By the incorporation of Plympton, which was severed from 
 Plymouth, he became an inhabitant of the new town, of which he was 
 clerk, selectman, and prominent in aU its affairs. He md. in Oct., 1683, 
 Susannah Lothrop, dau. of Hon. Barnabas Lothrop, and granddau. of 
 Rev. John Lothrop ; she d. 1726, aged 62 ; he d. Feb. 4, 1729-30, aged 71. 
 John Shurtleff, their fifth child, was b. in Plymouth, in June, 1693 ; md. 
 in Plympton, March 23, 1726-7, Sarah (Luc.as) Carver, widow of John 
 Carver, and dau. of Benoni Lucas. In 1740 they removed to Hebron, 
 Conn., and eight years later to Bolton, Conn., and subsequently to East- 
 bury, where he d., about 1783. Among their children were William and 
 Benoni, twins, b. April 7, 1730. Of these William md., 1755, Hannah 
 Cady, b. July 9, 1732. They commenced their married life in Tolland, 
 but in 1757 they removed to Ellington, Conn., and in 1787 to Chester- 
 field, N. H., where he d. Dec. 25, 1801 ; she d. soon after. One of their 
 children was Rev. Prof. Roswell ShurtlefE, of Dartmouth College, and 
 another was Asahel, b. in Ellington May 25, 1757 ; md. Sarah Dewey, of 
 Lebanon, Conn. ; she was b. May 13, 1759, and d. in Rindge May 24, 
 1837 ; he d. March 24, 1830. Five of their seven children became resi- 
 dents of this town ; Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1786, resides, immd., in Rindge ; 
 Asahel Dewey, b. Sept. 8, 1789, named below ; Sophia, b. May 17, 1792, 
 md. Thomas IngaUs, q. v.; Miranda, b. Nov. 6, 1794, d., unmd., in 
 Rindge Oct. 9, 1873 ; and Maria, b. June 4, 1800, md. Joel Raymond, q. v. 
 
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 in, 
 
 IV 
 
 De. Asahel D. Shtirtlepf, a physician of Rindge 
 1818-1843 {vide p. 366). He md. Dec. 9, 1823, Eliza M. 
 Morse, b. Jan. 9, 1802, dau. of Isaac and Miriam (Spof- 
 ford) Morse, of Winchendon, and a niece of Rev. Luke 
 A. Spofford, who md. Grata Rand. Dr. ShurtlefE d. Nov. 
 8, 1843 ; his widow d. Aug. 16, 1873. 
 
 ■ I. Charles Adams, b. May 22, 1825 ; md. Aug. 2, 1858, 
 
 Jane A. Hall. Resides in Boston. 
 II. Ann Eliza, b. May 5, 1827 ; md. Aug. 20, 1851, 
 Horace Utley, and d. in Buffalo, N. Y., May 26, 
 1857. He d. 1873. 
 Asahel Milton, b. Nov. 5, 1832 ; md. April 14, 1856, 
 Saral^Ann Keegon. He is of the well known 
 firm of Codman & Shurtleff, Tremont Street, 
 Boston. 
 Boswell Morse, b. Jime 14, 1838; md. June 14, 
 1866, Clara E. Halliday, of Collinsville, Conn. 
 He is an artist in New York city. He was a 
 lieutenant in the 99th N. Y. Vols. July 19, 1861, 
 was severely wounded at Bethel, Va., and cap- 
 tured and exchanged after eight months' impris- 
 onment. Mr. Shurtleff is a landscape painter, 
 and lives in New York City. In early life he 
 showed remarkable aptitude for pictorial art, and 
 many of his cle\rer sketches of men and things 
 about his native town are well remembered. 
 For several years after attaining manhood he 
 was engaged in the illustration of periodicals and 
 books, and numerous volumes of travel and 
 adventure contain the work of his industrious 
 pencil. In the cultivation, under adverse circum- 
 stances, of the art which he has chosen — or 
 which has chosen him, — he has evinced the per- 
 sistent and enthusiastic devotion of true genius. 
 In recent years he has given his attention exclu- 
 sively to oil-painting. His finest pieces are 
 mountain and woodland views, and animal 
 pictures. He usually passes the summer among 
 the Adirondack Mountains, where so many of 
 the guild find most attractive subjects. The 
 exhibitions of the National Academy of Design 
 in New York annually present specimens of his 
 work, and his paintings have received the com- 
 mendation of most competent and careful critics. 
 
 IsEAJEL Sloan was in Rindge as early as 1781. He 
 resided on the farm now of Addison Bancroft, and was 
 taxed until 1804. He md. in Townsend, Mass., Oct. 4, 
 1781, Rebecca Wilson. 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 I. Israel, b. Aug. 23, 1782. 
 n. Rebecca, b. March 12, 1785. 
 
 III. Moody, b. Nov. 8, 1787. 
 
 IV. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1790. 
 V. Earl, b. April 10, 1793. 
 
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 SMITH. 
 
 Daniel Smith is presumed to have been a son of John Smith, Senior, 
 of Watertown, who was one of the first settlers of that town. Whatever 
 may have been his parentage, he was an early resident of Watertown. 
 He md. Elizabeth Porter, dau. of Roger and Grace Porter. Their only 
 child was Daniel, b. Sept. 27, 1642 ; md. Feb. 22, 1667-8, Mary Grant, 
 dau. of Christopher and Mary Grant, of Watertown. He d. June 7, 1681, 
 leaving seven children. Joseph Smith, his son, was b. June 8, 1680, and 
 by wife Hannah had a son, Henry Smith, b. Sept. 29, 1705 ; he md. Feb.. 
 18, 1730-1, Mary Stratton, b. Jan. 8, 1705-6, dau. of Thomas and Dorcas 
 (Maxwell) Stratton ; he md. (2d) Dec. 7, 1738, Mary Smith, b. June 18, 
 1717, dau. of William Smith, of Weston. They resided in Watertown, 
 where she d. April 14, 1756, and he d. in Sept. following. Henry Smith, 
 their son, settled in Rindge, and is named hereafter. 
 
 Thomas Smith, a son of John, the emigrant, and probably a brother of 
 Daniel, first named above, md. Mary Knapp, dau. of WiUiam Knapp. He 
 came to America in the summer of 1635, and d. in Watertown, March 10, 
 1692-3. His son, Joseph Smith, was b. June 10, 1643 ; md. Dec. 1, 1674, 
 Hannah Tidd, dau. of John and Rebecca Tidd, of Wpbum; he d. 1711, 
 leaving five children, among them Daniel Smith, b. Sept. 26, 1681 ; md., 
 1708, Mary Burridge, of Newton, , and soon after removed 'to Lexington, 
 where he d. March 5, 1757. Jonathan Smith, his son, was b. Oct. 15, 
 1713 ; md. Aug. 30, 1738, Abigail Stratton. He was selectman of Lexing- 
 ton 1771, and was in the Revolutionary service. His son, Nathan Smith, 
 was bap. March 25, 1764; md. April 24, 1794, Catherine Bacon, and 
 several years later removed to Fitzwilliam. He was a pensioner, and d« 
 in that town June 14, 1855, leaving sons : Rufus, who d. unmd. Oct. 1, 
 1855; Royal T., who md. Ruhamah Whitcomb, and d. April 26, 1820 ; and 
 Martin, who md. Grace Childs, and resided in Fitzwilliam, but was acci- 
 dentally tilled in Rindge by a fall from his wagon, Aug. 22, 1857. His 
 son Nathan lived in this town, and is number 63 in the following register. 
 
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 Henry Smith, son of Henry and Mary (Smith) Smith, 
 was b. Feb. 16, 1741 ; md, April 11, 1765, Eunice Peirce, 
 b. July 18, 1747, dau. of Jonas and Mary (Adams) Peirce, 
 of Weston, and a sister of Benjamin and Abraham 
 Peirce, of Rindge. He settled in Lincoln, Mass., and in 
 1771 removed to the south-west part of Rindge. He was 
 in Stark's Brigade, and was at the battle of Bennington. 
 He d. Nov. 3, 1824, aged 83 ; his wife d. Aug. 6, 1821, 
 aged 74. 
 
 I. Edwin, b. April 11, 1766; d. young. 
 
 II. Henry, b. July 18, 1768. + 
 HI. Joseph, b. Oct. 8, 1771 ; d. young. 
 IV. Braddyll, b. Oct. 5, 1774. -\- 
 
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 V. mile, b. March 26, 1777; md. June 10, 1824, 
 George Kenney, of Winchendon ; and d. in 
 Rindge Sept. 23, 1845. They had no children. 
 VI. Rebecca, b. March 8, 1779; d., unmd., Jan. 11, 
 1835. 
 
 Tii. Polly, b. Feb. 16, 1783; md. April 22, 1802, 
 
 Nathan Estabrook; md. (2d) Weston, and 
 
 resided in Brandon, Vt., where she d., leaving 
 six children by the first marriage, March 11, 
 1864. 
 
 Till. Eunice, b. July 31, 1788 ; d., unmd., July 1, 1871. 
 
 Hbnet Smith was a farmer, and resided where his son, 
 Henry A. Smith, now lives. He md. Feb. 27, 1798, 
 Asenath Rand, dau. of Col. Daniel Rand, q. v. He d. 
 Oct. 22, 1841 ; she d. March 2, 1843. It will be noticed 
 that four of their children d. within the space of six days. 
 
 I. UUza, b. June 1, 1799 ; d. Nov. 1, 1800. 
 II. Anna, b. Jan. 9, 1801 ; d. Oct. 17, 1810. 
 
 III. Daniel Band, b. July 31, 1802 ; d. Oct. 19, 1810. 
 
 IV. Warham Dodge, b. May 5, 1804; d. Oct. 14, 1810. 
 v. Uandice, b. Jan. 2, 1806; d. Jan. 3, 1806. 
 
 VI. Eliza A., b. Sept. 24, 1807; resides, unmd., in 
 Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 VII. Asa Hemenway, b. Sept. 24, 1807; d. Oct. 15, 
 
 1810. 
 VIII. Lois M., b. Sept. 10, 1810; md. Dec. 1, 1847, 
 Thomas White, of West Boylston, where she d., 
 s.p., Oct. 3, 1868. 
 
 IX. Artemas Rand, b. June 16, 1814. He is exten- 
 sively engaged in the foundry business, in Fitch- 
 burg, Mass., in which he has been successful. 
 He md. Nov. 2, 1843, Ardelia C. Fairbanks, dau. 
 of Jacob and Lydia Fairbanks, of Ashburnham. 
 
 1. Margaret Lydia, b. April 4, 1850; md. 
 
 Dec. 23, 1874, Edgar R. Ray, of Frank- 
 lin, Mass., where they reside. 
 
 2. Ralph Hamlin, b. Feb. 19, 1855 ; d. March 
 
 23, 1863. 
 
 3. Gertrude Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1860. 
 
 X. Renry Austin, b. June 5, 1817; md. Feb. 8, 1849, 
 Nancy Augusta Lane, dau. of Elias and Anna 
 (Jones) Lane, of Ashburnham. He was a man- 
 ufacturer of pails in Townsend, Mass., 1850-55, 
 and has resided a farmer in Rindge since 1861. 
 
 Bbaddtll Smith, md. Oct. 28, 1798, Persis Pratt, dau. 
 of Reuben and Ruth (Williams) Pratt, of FitzwilHam. 
 
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 He was a farmer and a manufacturer of boxes. He d. 
 Jan. 10, 1862; his widow d. Aug. 15, 1864. Their sixth 
 child d. young. 
 
 I. Matilda, b. Oct. 2, 1798; md. Jonathan W. 
 
 Allen, q. v. 
 II. Gyrus, b. Feb. 3, 1800 ; resides, unmd., in La Porte, 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 III. Joseph, b. April 1, 1805 ; d. Dec. 10, 1810. 
 
 IV. Melinda, b. Feb. 19, 1808 ; md. Abel Hubbard, q. v. 
 
 They reside in La Porte, Iowa. 
 V. Maria, b. May 31, 1809 ; d., unmd., in La Porte, 
 
 Iowa, about 1870. 
 VII. Josep?!, B., b. Oct. 31, 1814 ; md. Sept. 10, 1855, 
 
 Emeline Hadley, dau. of Daniel Hadley. They 
 
 reside in Brookline, Ohio, 
 viii. Marcia, b. Nov. 30, 1818; resides, unmd., in La 
 
 Porte, Iowa. 
 
 Joseph Smith, son of Samuel and Judith Smith, of 
 Newbury, Mass., md. Abigail Goodrich, and settled in 
 Leominster Mass., where their children were b., and where 
 they resided until their removal to Rindge in 1791. He 
 was a cabinet-maker, and resided upon the farm now of 
 Joshua T. Hunt. 
 
 I. Lucinda, d. unmd. 
 II. Polly, md. James Burditt ; resided in Leominster. 
 
 III. Betsey, b. 1783; md. Levi Hubbard, q. v. 
 
 IV. Thomas, b. Jan. 10, 1786.4- 
 
 Thomas Smith, son of Joseph, md. March 28, 1810, 
 Hepsibeth Piper, dau. of Thomas and Hepsibeth (Jewett) 
 Piper, q. v., and resided upon the old homestead. Like 
 his father, he was an exemplary citizen. He d. June 27, 
 1856, and his widow d. in Worcester, Mass., July 27, 
 1869. 
 
 I. Siram, b. Nov. 20, 1810 ; md. Oct. 1, 1834, Mary 
 
 W. Phelps, who d. 1841 ; md. (2d) Jan. 13, 1842, 
 
 Sarah Grover, of Ware, Mass., who d. 1874. He 
 
 resides in Worcester. 
 
 II. Harriet, b. March 18, 1812. Resides in Worcester. 
 
 III. Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 28, 1813 ; md. June 13, 1843, 
 
 Royal H. Chaffin. They reside in Holden, 
 Mass. 
 
 IV. Thomas, b. May 11, 1817; md, Sept. 30, 1841, 
 
 Phebe Grover, of Ware, Mass.; md. (2d) Dec. 
 10, 1846, Mary Ann Wheeler, of New Ipswich. 
 He resides in Worcester, Mass., and conducts an 
 extensive manufacture of punching-presses, bolts. 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
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 scythe-bars for mowing machines, and other sim- 
 ilar wares. 
 
 1. Lora Jane, b. Sept. 20, 1842; md. Nov. 19, 
 
 1868, A. P. Cutting. 
 
 2. Walter Willie, b. Oct. 23, 1845 ; d. probably 
 
 March 31, 1865 {vide page 318). 
 
 Child of second wife : — 
 
 3. Ella Marianna, b. Dec. 11, 1855. 
 
 V. George M, b. July 13, 1819 ; md. Sept. 14, 1841, 
 Eunice Whitney, dau. of John Whitney, q. v. 
 He was proprietor of a mill in West Rindge 
 several years. He now resides in Fitchbui-g, 
 Mass. Their son, Darwin A., d. in the army 
 (p. 825), and other children d. in childhood or 
 youth. 
 
 1. George A., b. July 28, 1854. 
 
 VI. Sepsibeth, b. Feb. 24, 1821; md. Zachariah F. 
 Whitney, son of John Whitney, q. v. 
 
 Feancis Smith, a Revolutionary soldier from Chelms- 
 ford, or vicinity, removed to Rindge, 1794 ; md. Hannah 
 Russell, b. in Westford, a sister of John Russell, of Dub- 
 lin, who md. Abigail Godding, and of Patty Russell, 
 second wife of Henry Godding, Jr., q. v. He d. March 
 13, 1847, aged 93 ; she d. Aug. 30, 1840, aged 86. 
 
 Silas Smith, son of Francis above, md. 1823 (pub. Aug. 
 1%\ Anna Watson, of Peterboro, N. H. He d. Feb. 22, 
 1873, aged 87. 
 
 I. Eliza A., md. Hiram Robinson, q. v. 
 II. Sophronia, md. Eleazer Spaulding, of New Ips- 
 wich. 
 III. Albert, resides, unmd., on the homestead. 
 
 ■ Abel Smith, perhaps not related to the other families 
 of Smiths, removed to Rindge about 1830 ; he md. Betsey 
 Loring, q. v. He d. Jan. 15, 1859 ; she d. March 26, 1857. 
 
 I. Loring, md. April 9, 1834, Isabella Miller, and 
 
 removed from town, 
 n. John, at about twenty years of age received a 
 severe blow upon the head, and was subse- 
 quently subject to fits. He d., a town, charge, 
 July 4, 1847, aged 35. 
 
 III. Joseph, lived with his parents ; d. by suicide June 
 
 3, 1857. 
 
 IV. Betsey, md., 1857, George Whitcomb, son of 
 
 Ephraim, q. v. 
 
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 John Smith, son of Elijah T. and Agnes (Hodge) 
 Smith, was b. in Fitzwilliam July 25, 1814. He md. 
 April 9, 1840, Sarah Maria Mavery, dau. of Rev. Charles 
 and Deborah (Ingalls) Mavery, and a great-granddau. of 
 Dea. Josiah Ingalls, of this town. Since their marriage 
 they have resided in Rindge. 
 
 I. Charles M., b. Jan. 26, 1841 ; d. in the Union army 
 
 Jan. 12, 1863. 
 II. JETenry A., b. May 22, 1842. He enlisted in the 
 
 14th regiment with his brother, and d. Jan. 7, 
 
 1863. ■ 
 
 III. £;ilen M, b. Oct. 9, 1843; md. Nov. 24, 1869, 
 
 Edwin D. Farnum. They reside in Hern- 
 don, Va. 
 
 IV. Georffe H., b. April 10, 1850. 
 V. Julia I., b. Dec. 13, 1853. 
 
 VI. Walter F., b. May 7, 1856. 
 VII. Annie I., b. Nov. 11, 1857. 
 
 Nathan Smith, son of Martin and Grace (Childs) 
 Smith, of Fitzwilliam, md. Oct. 22, 1849, Rosetta Whit- 
 comb, dau. of Asa and Olive (Buzzell) Whitcomb. He 
 resided in East Rindge from the date of his marriage 
 until he enlisted in the 6th N. H. Vols. He was taken 
 prisoner Sept. 30, 1864, and d. at Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 7, 
 1865. 
 
 I. Willard W., b. Oct. 4, 1855. 
 
 II. Francis W., b. Dec. 22, 1857. 
 iH. JSTellie B., b. May 16, 1860. 
 IV. Ada M., b. July 21, 1862. 
 
 STANLEY. 
 
 • The name of Stanley is intimately associated with the early history of 
 this town, but the last words of Marmion, " On, Stanley, on ! " appear to 
 have ordered them forward to new settlements, and the name, after an 
 honorable record, fades from these pages of local history soon "after the 
 Revolution. These families were descendants of Matthew Stanley, who 
 was in Lynn as early as 1646. His son Samuel, b. probably about 1656, 
 and wife Joanna, were residents of Topsfield, where their seven children 
 were b. 1678-1703. Of these, their eldest son, Samuel, was b. Oct. 24, 
 1678 ; md. Jan. 2, 1705-6, Mary Kinney, also of Topsfield. Of their nine 
 children, Jonathan settled in Rindge, and is number 1 in the following 
 register. Another son of Samuel and Mary (Kinney) Stanley was David, 
 b. Sept. 28, 1717 ; md. at Wilmington, Mass., March 25, 1746, Sarah 
 Butters, by whom he had ten children, all of whom were b. in Wilming- 
 ton. Of these, Jonathan and Jeduthan came to this town, and are 
 numbers 23 and 33, in this register. 
 
 Capt. Jonathan Stanley, b. in Topsfield May 2, 1711, 
 a great-grandson of Matthew Stanley, of Lynn, md. Aug. 
 2, 1737, Abigail Gould, dau. of Thomas and Mercy (Sum- 
 
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 ner) Gould, a sister of the wives of Lieut. Nathaniel and 
 Joseph Page, of Rindge, and a descendant of Zaccheus 
 Gould, the emigrant. Mr. Stanley was in Rindge as early 
 as 1752, and in 1754 he removed his family hither. The 
 fact that he was taxed in Lunenburg in 1753 and '54 
 suggests that his family may have made a temporary abode 
 in that town, while he was clearing land and rearing a shel- 
 ter for their accommodation. The church records of Lunen- 
 
 cy/7a?^a^o 
 
 burg also verify this date of the removal of his family, "July 
 14, 1754, Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Stanley, of Rowley 
 Canada, bap." Two brothers of Mrs. Stanley, Jacob and 
 Benjamin Gould, were residents of Lunenburg, which 
 possibly accounts for their temporary home in that place. 
 His name appears upon the earliest records, and it is 
 apparent that he was one of the leading men in the 
 affairs of the proprietors. Soon after the organization of 
 this town he removed to Jaffrey, where in 1773 he called 
 the first town meeting held under the charter of incorpora- 
 tion. His subsequent career will be ably presented in 
 the " History of Jaffrey," by Di-. D. B. Cutter, which is 
 soon to be published. 
 
 I. Abigail, b. March 20, 1738-9; md. Col. Enoch 
 
 Hale, q. v. 
 II. Mary, b. April 20, 1740; probably md. Samuel 
 
 Sherwiu, q. v. 
 HI. Samuel, b. March 15, 1741-2. -f- 
 IV. John, b. Jan. 29, 1743-4. -\- 
 V. Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1745; d. young. 
 VI. Jedidiah, b. Jan. 31, 1747-8. 
 VII. Joseph, b. Jan. 17, 1749-50. -|- 
 
 viii. Hannah, b. Dec. 1, 1751; md. Jonathan Parker, 
 Jr., q. V. 
 IX. JElizaheth, bap. July 14, 1754. 
 
 Samuel Stanley md. Sibyl Page, dau. of Lieut. 
 Nathaniel Page, and she is mentioned in the will of her 
 father as Sibyl Stanley. They resided in Rindge until' 
 about 1780, when they removed to Jaffrey. Samuel 
 Stanley, son of David and Sarah (Butters) Stanley, was 
 probably a resident of this town a few years, and some 
 difliculty arises in detennining which is "referred to in 
 every instance. This Samuel Stanley removed to Jaffrey, 
 where the younger of his eleven children were b. Charles 
 C. Stanley, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a descendant of this fam- 
 
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 ily, has gathered much valuable information of this and 
 other branches of the Stanleys of New England. 
 
 JoHif StaiOjEt resided in Rindge until the close of the 
 Revolution. He was in Wyman's Regiment in 1776, and 
 the following year he was a lieutenant in Stark's Brigade, 
 and was at the battle of Bennington. In 1780, then 
 styled " Lieut.," he and his wife were seated in the meet- 
 ing-house ; but soon after this date he removed to Jaffrey. 
 The following children of John and Sarah Stanley were 
 bap. in Rindge : — 
 
 I. Mien, 1768. 
 
 II. Jedidiah, 1770. 
 
 III. Jonathan Parker, 1773. 
 
 IV. Daniel, 1775. 
 V. Sarah, 1779. 
 
 VI. Susannah, 1779. 
 
 The record states that Sarah and Susannah were twins. 
 
 Joseph Stanley md. Aug. 19, 1773, Lucy Hosmer, 
 who was b. in Acton, Mass., Nov. 14, 1752. . They came 
 to Rindge in 1774. He served three enlistments in the 
 Revolution {vide pp. 108, 135, 164), and was residing here 
 in 1788, but not in 1793. The eldest child was b. in 
 Acton. 
 
 I. iMcy, b. Nov. 17, 1773. 
 
 II. Jonathan, b. Dec. 15, 1775. 
 m. Martha, b. April 7, 1778. 
 IV. Jonas, b. March 9, 1781. 
 
 V. Buth, b. Oct. 12, 1784. 
 
 VI. Joel, bap. Feb. 10, 1788. 
 
 JoisTATHAN STANLEY, a son of David and Sarah (But- 
 ters) Stanley, b. 1748, md. Lois Moors, perhaps a dau. of 
 Benjamin Moors, of Rindge, q. v. He resided in Rindge 
 a short time, aijid his son Jonathan was b. in this town, but 
 he probably removed previous to the summer of 1776. He 
 d. in JafErey July 12, 1789, aged 41 ; his widow d. Dec. 9, 
 1828, aged 81. 
 
 I. Jonathan, b. in Rindge July 16, 1774 ; md. Betsey 
 
 Ross, of Jaffrey, and had six children. 
 n. John. 
 
 III. Benjamin Moors. His dau., Lydia Ann, md. Col. 
 
 Charles A. Jewell, formerly of Rindge, now of 
 Adrian, Mich. 
 
 IV. 
 
 V. Nathan. 
 
 VI. Sarah. 
 vn. Ahiah. 
 
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 VIII. Keziah. 
 IX. Ahner. 
 
 Jeduthan Stanley, also a son of David, was b. Oct. 
 12, 1750, and md. in Wilmington, Mass., Jan. 23, 1772, 
 Dorcas Kidder. They resided in Eindge a few years. 
 Dorcas, their dan., was b. here in 1774, and in 1776 he 
 signed the "Association Test" {vide p. 123). It is sup- 
 posed that he removed to Groton, Mass. 
 
 I. Molley, b. June 10, 1772 ; md. Joshua Jaquith. 
 II. Dorcas, b. Sept. 27, 1774; md. Ebenezer Hop- 
 kins. 
 
 III. Abigail, b. ; d. unmd. 
 
 IV. Betsey, b. ; md. Joel Davis. 
 
 STEAKNS. 
 
 Isaac Stearns, probably from Nayland, Suffolk, England, came to 
 New England in 1630, in the ship with Gov. Winthrop, and settled in 
 Watertown, Mass., near Mt. Auburn. He was admitted freeman May 
 18, 1631, which is the earliest date of such admissions. He was select- 
 man several years, and in 1647, with Mr. Biscoe, he was appointed by 
 the selectmen "to consider how the bridge over the river shall be 
 built, and to agree with the workmen for doing it according to their 
 best discretion." He d. June 19, 1671, leaving a widow, Mary, who 
 d. April 2, 1677. The signature to his will is written Sternes, and in 
 England the name has generally been written Sterne. The Anglo-Saxon 
 of the name of the bird, the starling, which appears upon the coatof- 
 arms of this family, is steam, and in other dialects it is stern, and also 
 starn, which is probably associated with the origin of the name. The 
 present orthography has been more recently adopted. Samuel Stearns, 
 son of Isaac and Mary, was b. in Watertown April 24, 1638 ; md. Feb. 1, 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTEB. 
 
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 1662-3, Hannah Manning, dan. of William and Dorothy Manning, of 
 Cambridge, and a sister of Samuel Manning, who md. his sister, 
 Elizabeth. He resided in Watertown, where he d. Aug. 3, 1683; 
 she d. Feb. 26, 1723-4. Of their ten children, the second ^on 
 was Nathaniel, b. Dec. 13, 1668. In the partition of his father's 
 estate he received the farm which had been the homestead of his 
 . grandfather, Isaac Steams. He md., 1694, Elizabeth Dix, b. Dec. 4, 
 1671, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Barnard) Dix. She d. June 16, 1712 ; 
 and he md. (2d) Oct. 29, 1713, Sarah Nevinson, b. July 22, 1672, dau. of 
 John Nevinson. He d. Aug. 24, 1716 ; , and his widow md. April 24, 
 1718, Samuel Livermore. Daniel Stearns, son of Nathaniel and EUzsr 
 beth (Dix) Stearns, b. March 1, 1700-1, resided in Watertown, and 
 probably upon the homestead of the first Isaac Stearns. By his first 
 wife, Anna, he had one dau. He md. (2d) Mercy Grant ; he d. about 
 1747. Of his ten children, Isaiah Stearns was his second son, b. Jan. 22, 
 1727-8, and d. 1768. He resided in West Cambridge, and by wife Eliza- 
 beth had seven sons. Of these, Daniel was b. Dec. 17, 1760. He was sev- 
 eral years in the Revolutionary army, and, under Gen. Wayne, partici- 
 pated in the daring and impetuous assault of Stony Point. He resided 
 in Bolton, Mass., and in Dummerston and Brattleboro, Vt. He md. 
 Sept. 7, 1783, Elizabeth Knowlton, b. March 17, 1764, dau. of Josiah 
 Knowlton, of Sudbury, Mass. He d. in Brattleboro June 14, 1824 ; she 
 d. Aug. 6, 1820. Of their children, Charles, b, July 17, 1800, md. 
 Almira Bancroft, dau. of Major John Bancroft, of Rindge, q. v. ; and 
 Samuel, b. Aug. 27, 1802, resided many years in. Rindge, and is named 
 hereafter. 
 
 Josiah Stbaens came to Rindge in June, 1768, but 
 remained here only two or three years. He was a son of 
 Josiah and Susanna (Ball) Stearns, a grandson of John 
 and Abigail (Fiske) Stearns, and a great-grandson of 
 Samuel and Hannah (Manning) Steams, who, as formerly 
 stated, was a son of Isaac Stearns, the emigrant. This Jo- 
 siah Stearns was b. in Watertown, where all his American 
 ancestors had resided, July 11, 1730, and md., 1765, Abi- 
 gail Emerson. He removed from this town to West- 
 minster, Mass., and subsequently to Wilmington, Vt., 
 where he d. Jan. 31, 1802. His descendants are 
 
 numerous. 
 
 William Stearns, parentage unknown, was here pre- 
 vious to the date of incorporation, and in 1769 was lessee 
 of one of the public lots. He removed from this town 
 previous to the Revolution. The name of his ■wife was 
 Elizabeth. Their eldest child was b. in Harvard, Mass., 
 and two in Rindge. 
 
 I. John JBurt, b. Sept. 7, 1T64. 
 
 II. Jahez, b. Nov. 5, 1766. 
 III. Barbary, b. July 30, 1769. 
 
 Isaac Stbaens, b. Oct. 28, 1781, son of Isaac and Mary 
 (Crosby) Stearns, of Ashburnham, grandson of Hon. 
 Isaac and Sarah (Abbott) Stearns, of Billeiica, great- 
 
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 grandson of John and Esther (Johnson) Stearns, great- 
 great-grandson of John and Elizabeth (Bigelow) Stearns, 
 great-great-great-grandson of John and Sarah (Mixer) 
 Stearns, all of Billerica, and great-great-greatrgreat^grand- 
 son of Isaac Stearns, the emigrant. This Isaac Stearns 
 was a brother of Abigail, wife of Chauncey Perry, and a 
 cousin of Charles Stearns who md. Rebecca Converse, 
 and of Roxanna, wife of Amasa Jones. He md. Belinda 
 Bedlow, probably of Ashby, and resided in this town 
 1823-1840. 
 
 I. Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1823; d. Feb. 12, 1824. 
 II. Isaac, b. Sept. 24, 1825. 
 m. Sarah Whitney, b. Dec. 24, 1827. 
 IV. Albert, b. Dec. 20, 1833. 
 
 Samuel Steaens, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Knowl- 
 ton) Stearns, and of the seventh generation of the 
 descendants of Isaac and Mary Stearns, was b. Aug. 
 27, 1802. He md. March 4, 1880, Mary Fitch Moore, 
 b. April 20, 1807, dau. of William and Mary (Fitch) 
 Moore, of Sharon, N. H. {vide Fitch Register, ' No. 16), 
 and removed the same month to the farm now of Ste- 
 phen Hale. His wife d. Aug. 28, 1849, and he md. 
 
 (2d) Sept. 26, 
 18 5 0, Almira 
 Hall, dau. of 
 John and Betsey (Bennett) Hall, of Ashburnham. He 
 was selectman 1841, '42, '43, '44, '47, '48, '50, '51, repre- 
 sented the town in the Legislature 1850 and '51, and was 
 frequently chosen to other jDositions in municipal affairs. 
 Unusually free from any selfish or uncharitable thought, 
 he possessed an affectionate heart, and maintained through 
 life an even and unclouded temper. He d. April 6, 1871. 
 
 I. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1831; d. Aug. 24, 
 1832. 
 
 II. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1832; md. Dec. 29, 
 1864, James Van Derveer, son of Peter and Ann 
 (Boylan) Van Derveer, of Somerset County, 
 N. J. He was formerly a merchant in Chester, 
 N. J., where he still resides. For several years 
 he was an assessor of Internal Revenue, and 
 sheriff of Morris County 1870-1873. 
 
 1. Julia Louise, b. Feb. 6, 1866. 
 
 III. Samuel Augustus, b. Oct. 14, 1834; d. Sept. 4, 
 
 1837. 
 
 IV. Almira, b. Sept. 18, 1836; d. Sept. 14, 1837. 
 
 V. Ezra Scollay, b. Sept. 1, 1838 ; resides, unmd., in 
 Rindge. 
 
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 VI. Samuel Henry, b. July 27, 1840. Served three 
 years in the War of the Rebellion; was clerk 
 in the Treasury Department, Washington, two 
 years ; and now resides in Colorado. 
 
 VII. George, b. Aug. 16, 1842. Enlisted in the 9th 
 N. H. Vols. ; d. of disease at West Philadelphia 
 Hospital Dec. 24, 1862, and was buried at 
 Rindge. 
 
 EpHEAua Stbaens, b. in Athol, Mass., July 19, 1798, 
 son of Samuel and Lydia (Clement) Stearns, grandson of 
 Col. Ephraim and Prudence (Wilder) Stearns, of Peters- 
 ham, great-grandson of Ebenezer and Mary (Spring) 
 Stearns, of Worcester, great-great-grandson of Nathaniel 
 and Elizabeth (Dix) Stearns, of Waltham, who, as already 
 represented, was a grandson of Isaac Stearns, the emi- 
 grant. Ephraim Stearns, the subject of this paragraph, 
 md. Feb. 11, 1824, Lucy Willard, b. July 4, 1802, dau. of 
 Silas and MoUey (Jones) Willard, of Ashburnham. Pre- 
 vious to his removal to Rindge, in 1844, he had resided in 
 Montague (and of that town was a selectman), in Temple- 
 ton and in Ashburnham. In 1850 he removed to Winch- 
 endon. 
 
 I. Ephraim Lincoln, b. Feb. 23, 1825. 
 n. Samuel Clinton, b. April 11, 1827. 
 III. Lucy Jane, b. Jan. 10, 1830 ; md. W. L. Fisher. 
 
 VI. Herman I>wight, b. Jan. 9, 1836. 
 VII. Albert Clement, b. Aug. 23, 1840. 
 viir. Mary E., b. April 3, 1843 ; d. April 8, 1843. 
 
 IX. James W., b. May 11, 1844; d. Jan. 23, 1845. 
 X. Clarence 0., b. April 28, 1847; d. Jan. 21, 1849. 
 
 Charles Steakns was related to Isaac Stearns, of Watertown, who 
 bequeaths "to my kinsman Charles Stearns £10," but does not make 
 known the degree of relationship. He was admitted freeman May 6, 
 1646, and two years later he purchased land in Watertown. His wife 
 Hannah d. 1651 ; and he md. (2d) June 22, 1654, Rebecca Gibson, dau. 
 of John and Rebecca Gibson, of Cambridge. John Stearns, son of 
 Charles and Rebecca (Gibson) Stearns, was b. Jan. 24, 1656-7 ; he md. 
 Judith Lawrence, dau. of George Lawrence, of Watertown ; she d., and 
 he md. (2d) April 2, 1713, Mary Norcross, dau. of Richard and grand- 
 dau. of Jeremiah Norcross, the emigrant. He settled in Lexington, 
 where he d. Feb. 22j 1722. Capt. John Stearns, his son by the first wife, 
 was b. in Lexington; he md. Aug. 10, 1715, Deliverance Bigelow, b. 
 Sept. 22, 1695, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow, of Water- 
 town, and removed to Worcester, Mass. ; and in 1748 he was captain of a 
 company of rangers raised in Worcester, and sent out against the Indians. 
 Jotham Stearns, son of Capt. John, was bap. June 22, 1718; he md. 
 Maiy ilagg, dau. of Bartholomew Flagg, and in Worcester their three 
 children were b., the eldest of whom was Bartholomew Stearns, b. Aug. 
 
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 HISTOBY OF RINDGE. 
 
 4, 1742 ; md. Mary Kaymond, and settled in Winchendon, in the year 
 1777. They were the parents of ten children, b. in Halden, Mass., and 
 in Winchendon. 
 
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 Capt. Feebboen Stearns, son of Bartholomew and 
 Mary (Raymond) Stearns, was b. in Winchendon Nov. 
 24, 1784, and resided in Rindge from 1810 until his death. 
 He was a blacksmith and farmer, and for many years was 
 the sexton of the town. He commanded one of the com- 
 panies of militia at an early date. He md. Feb. 14, 1809, 
 Clarissa Demary, dau. of Ezekiel Demary, q. v. She d. 
 Aug. 31, 1865, and he d. Nov. 22, 1869. 
 
 I. Maria F., b. Nov. 17, 1809; md. Thomas A. Tar- 
 bell, q. V. 
 
 II. John J)., h. Oct. 29, 1811 ; md. Aug. 29, 1833, 
 Harriet Darling, dau. of Jewett B. and Hannah 
 (Murdock) Darling, of Winchendon. He is a 
 blacksmith, and has resided several years in Fitz- 
 william. Now in Rindge. 
 
 1. John M., b. July 
 
 Wentworth. She 
 Minnie Merchant. 
 Brookfield, Mass. 
 
 2. Mary Ann, b. May 
 
 Chase, and resides 
 
 3. Harriet A., b. Feb. 
 
 1845. 
 
 4. William A., b. — 
 
 Jaquith. 
 
 5. Hari-iet A., b. Sept, 
 
 6. .Nancy B., b. Jan. 27 
 
 13, 1835; md. Sarah 
 
 d., and he md. (2d) 
 
 They reside in East 
 
 25, 1837 ; md. William 
 in Northfield, Mass. 
 13, 1842 ; d. June 23, 
 
 — 1843; md. Nellie 
 
 23, 1845. 
 
 , 1848. 
 
 III. Clarissa D., b. March 18, 1814; md. Salmon 
 
 Allen, q. v. 
 
 IV. Charles, b. Feb. 8, 1816 ; d. March 9, 1816. 
 
 V. George W., b. March 16, 1817; md. Sept. 23, 1841, 
 Nancy P. Brooks, dau. of Walton Brooks, q. v. 
 He carried on the business of blacksmithing for 
 several years, and for the past ten years has'been 
 a merchant at Rindge Centre. He was colonel 
 of the Twelfth Regiment in 1840, was selectman 
 1857, '58, '59, and Town Clerk 1865. He was a 
 member of the centennial committee named on 
 p. 393, and the omission of his name was not 
 discovei-ed until too late for correction. Their 
 children are : — 
 
 1. Henry W., b. May 30, 1843 ; md. Jan. 4, 
 1865, Addie A. Converse, dau. of Abra- 
 ham J. Converse, q. v. He is of the firm 
 
GENEALOGICAL SEGISTER. 709 
 
 of Shepley & Steams, dealers in books, 
 stationery, and paper stock, Fitchburg, 
 Mass., and is a most ^worthy, exemplary 
 man. 
 
 14 2. Julia M., b. March 22, 1849; md. Nov. 27, 
 1867, Charles F. Platts, son of Hosea 
 Platts, q. V. He is a merchant in Rindge. 
 
 15 VI. Nancy W., b. Aug. 24, 1819; md. March 26, 
 1840, John Platts, son of Asa Platts, q. v. She 
 d. Oct. 17, 1847. 
 
 16 VII. Charles F., b. July 10, 1821 ; d. Aug. 31, 1824. 
 
 17 vm. William P., b. July 21, 1823 ; d. Dec. 17, 1823. 
 
 18 IX. Harriet A., b. Oct. 24, 1824; d. March 19, 1825. 
 
 19 X. CharUs F., b. Jan. 26, 1826 ; md. Sept. 24, 1851, 
 Julia Augusta Emory, dau. of Derostus W. 
 Emory, q. v. He is a blacksmith ; was captain 
 of the South company, and resides near Rindge 
 Centre. 
 
 20 1. Willie Eugene, b. Oct. 28, 1853. 
 
 21 2. Emma A., b. March 18, 1865. 
 
 22 XI. ^>amA^,b. July 15, 1828; a merchant in Boston, 
 who enjoys the respect and confidence of all 
 who know him. He md. July 4, 1850, Charlotte 
 A. Chipman, dau. of Samuel Chipman, of Marl- 
 boro, Mass. 
 
 23 1. Lottie Edith, b. July 10, 1851 ; md. Nov. 
 17, 1870, Leonard B. Marshall, of Boston. 
 
 24 2. Henry W., b. April 30, 1853; d. Nov. 22, 
 
 1853. 
 
 25 3. Emma Augusta, b. Aug. 6, 1854; md. May 
 
 7, 1874, J. Arthur Peck, of East Somer- 
 ville, Mass. 
 
 26 4. Ella Frances (twin), b. Aug. 6, 1854. 
 
 27 5. Mary Florence, b. Dec. 4, 1858. 
 
 28 XII. Stephen A., b. March 8 ; d. March 29, 1831, 
 
 29 xin. Julius Augustus, b. Aug. 27, 1832 ; md. July 29, 
 
 1857, Mary Ann Wood, dau. of Elbridge Wood, 
 q. V. He is a blacksmith and farmer, and resides 
 at Rindge Centre. 
 
 30 I. Etta M., b. Aug. 16, 1858. 
 
 31 2. George W., b. June 18, 1861. 
 
 32 3. Mary Anna, b. Sept. 9, 1865. 
 
 33 4. Harland A., b. Feb. 12, 1869. 
 
 34 5. Nellie Gertrude, b. Sept. 1, 1871. 
 
 35 6. Henry M. B., b. Dec. 23, 1873. 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 xiT. Julia Augusta, twin, b. Aug. 27, 1832; md. Nov. 
 16, 1856, Seward E. Skilling. They reside in 
 Ashburnham. 
 
 1. Arthur H., b. Dec. 2, 1857. 
 
 2. Etta C, b. Jan. 1, 1860. 
 
 3. Edwin M., b. Feb. 22, 1862. 
 
 Samuel Steele md. in Winchendon Nov. 4, 1773, 
 Rachel Patnam, and removed to Rindge about 1790. He 
 was a farrier, and resided upon the farm now of Capt. 
 B. F. Danforth, and d. 1811; his widow d. in Winchen- 
 don Oct. 10, 1847, aged 86. 
 
 I. William, b. April 20, 1777; removed to Java, 
 N. Y., where he d. 1870, leaving several chil- 
 dren. 
 II. James, b. May 11, 1779; non comp.; d. Aug. 5, 
 1884. 
 
 in. Sally, b. Feb. 25, 1781 ; md. Samuel Robbins, q. v. 
 
 IV. Samuel, b. July 14, 1785. He was a successful 
 teacher; resided in Albany and other towns 
 in New York. He md. Betsey Buttrick, of 
 Winchendon, a sister of Amos Buttrick, of 
 Rindge. He d. about 1865. 
 V. Roichel, b. March 4, 1788 ; d. unmd. 
 
 VI. JSTabby, b. Aug. 17, 1790; md. Asa Hyde, of 
 Winchendon, and d. about 1830; his only child 
 d. young. 
 
 VII. Esther, ; md. April 29, 1823, Cyi-us Grout, 
 
 son of Isaac and Sally (Steams) Grout, of 
 Winchendon. They resided in Rindge until 
 1840, and five children were bap, here. 
 
 1. Abigail Elvira, bap. Aug. 10, 1828. 
 
 2. Esther Augusta, bap. Aug. 10, 1828. 
 
 3. Cyrus Augustus, bap. Sept. 27, 1829. 
 
 4. Rachel Maria, bap. July 29, 1832. 
 
 5. Joseph Lee, bap. Dec. 10, 1834. 
 
 VIII. Elvira, d. young. 
 
 Oliver Stevens resided on the " Bixby place " from 
 1766 until about 1786. Two members of his family d. of 
 small-pox in 1777. He md. in Acton, Mass., April 1, 
 1766, Sarah Hosmer. Their children b. in Rindge were 
 as follows : — 
 
 Oliver, b. Jan. 14, 1767. 
 Sarah, b. July 15, 1768. 
 Lucy, b. Aug. 12, 1770. 
 Patty, b. Aug. 8, 1772. 
 Ruth, b. April 7, 1774. 
 
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 VII. Samuel, b. Jan. 18, 1778. 
 
 VIII. Rebecca, b. Feb. 13, 1780. 
 
 IX. Jonathan Hosmer, b. March 10, 1782. 
 
 STICKNEY. 
 
 William Sticknet, from England, settled in Rowley as early as 1638, 
 where he was an influential citizen. He was clerk of the market, and on 
 jury of trials 1653, selectman 1656 and 1661, and was styled Lieut. Stick- 
 ney in 1661. He d. in January, 1664-5, and his wife Elizabeth survived 
 tiiTn several years. Amos Stickney, his son, was b. in England 1635 ; md. 
 June 24, 1663, Sarah Morse, and removed to Newbury, and there estab- 
 lished himself as a weaver. He d. Aug. 29, 1678, leaving nine children. 
 His widow md. (2d) Samuel Acreman, and d. Dec. 7, 1711. Benjamin 
 Stickney, son of Amos, b. in Newbury April 4, 1673 ; md. in Rowley Jan. 
 16, 1700-1, Mary Palmer, who d. 1747, and he md. (2d) Oct. 2, 1750, Mrs. 
 Mary Morrison, who surviving him md. for her third husband Samuel 
 Doty. He resided in Rowley, where he d. March 5, 1756. His third son, 
 Joseph Stickney, was b. Oct. 8, 1705 ; md. Dec. 26, 1727, Jane Pickard, 
 dau. of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth (Hale) Pickard. They were md. by 
 Thomas Hale, Esq., the father of Moses Hale, Senior, of Rindge. She d., 
 and he md. (2d^ Nov. 7, 1737, Hannah Goodridge, dau. of Samuel and 
 Hannah Groodridge, of Newbury, who after the death of Mr. Stickney 
 md. James Barker, and d. Nov. 4, 1806. He resided in Boxford, where 
 he d. 1756. Joseph Stickney, Jr., a son of the first wife, was b. June 28, 
 1738. In early life he was a tailor, and resided in Boxford, and was a 
 soldier in Col. Winslow's expedition to Nova Scotia in 1754, and the fol- 
 lowing year he was in Major treble's company. About 1774 he settled, 
 a farmer, in New Ipswich. He md. Oct. 5, 1758, Anna Sloss, and d. 1818. 
 
 William Stickney, the third of the seven children of 
 Joseph and Anna (Sloss) Stickney, was b. in Boxford, 
 Mass., Feb. 5, 1765. He removed with his parents to New 
 Ipswich, and md. Jane Fletcher, b. in New Ipswich, April 
 8, 1770, dau. of Simeon Fletcher, who was killed Sept. 7, 
 1773, at the raising of the Wilton meeting-house {vide 
 History of New Ipswich, pp. 69, 374, and Fletcher Gene- 
 alogy, pp. 32, 83, 249). About 1790 he removed to 
 Rindge, and resided here until his death June 17, 1839. 
 She d. Jan. 21, 1849. 
 
 I. William, b. June 1, 1790 ; md. July 5, 1818, Amy 
 Peat, and settled in Edminster, N. T., where he 
 d. May 13, 1854. He was successful in business, 
 and a useful, respected citizen. Eight children. 
 
 II. Thom,aSr'b. Jan. 9, 1792. He was a successful mer- 
 
 chant in Troy, N. Y., and acquired considerable 
 wealth. A few years previous to his death he 
 was insane, and d. in an asylum in Troy, March 
 3, 1865. He md. Feb. 8, 1835, Sarah Alden, by 
 whom he had three children. 
 
 III. Cha.rles, b. Dec. 31, 1793; for many years has 
 
 been engaged in mercantile pursuits in Troy, 
 
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 June 6, 1822, Sarah A. Baxter, who d. June 20, 
 1824; md. (2d) June 3, 1832, Sarah M. Cran- 
 dall. Five children, of whom Jane A. md. 
 Henry L. Lovejoy, q. v. 
 
 Jane, b. Feb. 8, 1796 ; md. in Rindge Oct. 6, 1825, 
 Norman R. Hopkins, and settled in the State of 
 New York. Five children, one of whom d. in 
 infancy. 
 
 Asa, b. Nov. 28, 1797 ; d. Nov. 28, 1799. 
 
 Asa, b. April 22, 1800. -\- 
 
 Nancy, b. July 22, 1801 ; d. Oct. 31, 1819. 
 
 Lyman, b. Feb. 10, 1804 ; resided in Troy, N. T., 
 where he d. Jan. 9, 1840. He md. Sarah Smee- 
 ley, by whom he had one child. 
 
 Mersilvia, b. Feb. 11, 1806 ; md. Thomas Symonds, 
 Esq., son of Thomas, of Rindge, q. v. 
 
 Warren, b. Aug. 11, 1808; removed to New 
 Orleans, where he d., unmd., Sept. 30, 1848. He 
 was by trade a stone-cutter. 
 
 Alfred, b. March 10, 1812 ; removed 1835 to New 
 Orleans, where he conducted the business of 
 stone-cutting, and was a master-builder. From 
 1855 to 1857 he resided a farmer in Rindge. In 
 1858 he visited New Orleans on business, and 
 there d. soon after his arrival. He md. Jan. 9, 
 1839, Hannah M. Parsels. Of their seven chil- 
 dren two d. in childhood. 
 
 1. Josephine, b. Dec. 28, 1889. 
 
 2. Jane F., b. Dec. 2, 1841 ; md. Geo. Pine. 
 
 3. Alfred, b. Oct. 28, 1843 ; md. Viese Greene. 
 
 4. Hannah, b. Sept. 7, 1849. 
 
 5. Randolph, b. Nov. 10, 1851. 
 
 Asa Stickh^et, a farmer and stone-cutter, resides in 
 Rindge. About forty years ago, in company with Enos 
 Blake, he built the saw-mill now of A. S. Sawtell, in 
 West Rindge. He md. Nov. 29, 1826, Malina Emerson, 
 dau. of Ebenezer and Rhoda (Symonds) Emerson, of 
 Reading, Mass. 
 
 I. GAarfes ^., b. June 23, 1828 ; md. Sept. 22, 1859, 
 Mary P. Thomas, dau. of Liberty Thomas, q. v. 
 He is a farmer, and resides upon the home- 
 stead. ^ 
 II. Sarah ilf., b. Oct. 29, 1829; md. Elipha S. Kim- 
 ball, son of Samuel M. Kimball, q. v. 
 III. Nancy L., b. March 6, 1833 ; md. March 5, 1857, 
 Moses Bancroft ; reside in West Reading, Mass. 
 
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 IV. Julia A., b. Nov. 26, 1835 ; md. Waldo T. Ken- 
 dall ; reside in Reading. 
 
 V. Marj/ K, b. May 7, 1841 ; md. Hudson D. Hale, 
 son of Moses Hale, q. v. 
 
 Hezbkiah Stiles md. in Lunenburg, Sept. 17, 1782, 
 Pbebe Austin, b. April 15, 1758, dau. of Daniel, Jr., and 
 Phebe (Lovejoy) Austin. They removed to Rindge in 
 1785, and he d. 1791 or 1792; she md. (2d) Oct. 4, 1803, 
 Joshua Holden, and continued to reside in Rindge; he d. 
 Dec. 1, 1817, and she d. Oct. 30, 1835. 
 
 I. Samuel, b. in Lunenburg Nov. 2, 1784 ; d. young. 
 II. Phebe, b. in Rindge April 9, 1786 ; d. young. 
 
 III. Samuel, b. March 17, 1788. -f- 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. Dec. 31, 1790 ; md. John Fenno, q. v. 
 
 Samuel Stiles, a farmer and wheelwright of Rindge, 
 md., 1813, Polly Washburn, of Stafford, Conn. They 
 removed in 1854 to Dummerston, Vt. 
 
 Priest, of Fitzwilliam ; he d.. 
 
 I. Orville C, md. ■ 
 
 and she md. David Barker, of Peterboro. 
 II. Mary W., md. June 3, 1841, Ebenezer B. Ellis, 
 and resided several years in Rindge ; they are 
 now living in Dummerston, Vt. 
 
 III. Evelina W., md. John S. Fenno, q. v. 
 
 IV. John Austin. 
 v. Lyman, d. Feb. 17, 1825. 
 
 VI. Julia Ann, md. April 1, 1845, Lyman H. Bassett, 
 I of Phillipston, Mass. 
 
 STONE. 
 
 Dea. Simon Stonb settled in Groton, Mass., as early as 1694, and was 
 an original proprietor of that town. He was representative to the Gen- 
 eral Court in 1707, and a leading citizen in the new settlement. John 
 Stone, his son, b. probably in Watertown, also resided in Groton, and 
 was frequently chosen to office. His son, Dea. James Stone, b. Jan. 23, 
 1701, md. Dec. 28, 1726, Mary Farwell, b. Feb. 5, 1709, dau. of Joseph 
 and Hannah FarweU. Dea. Stone was a man of influence, and promi- 
 nent in municipal affairs. He d. Dec. 27, 1783, leaving ten children, and 
 among them Salmon Stone, who settled in Rindge. John Stone, a 
 brother of Dea. James, md. Dec. 22, 1722, Elizabeth Farwell, a sister of 
 the wife of his brother, and also left ten children. Of these, Abel Stone 
 settled in this town. 
 
 Capt. Salmon Stone, son of Dea. James, was b. in 
 Groton April 17, 1744; md. Nov. 11, 1767, Susanna Page, 
 dau. of Lieut. Joseph Page, of Rindge, q. v., and removed 
 to this town in 1769. He settled upon the "Lord farm," 
 a short distance south-west from Rindge Centre. In the 
 Revolution his service was conspicuous (vide pp. 108, 136, 
 
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 quently chosen to other positions of trust. He d. Oct. 4, 
 1831. 
 
 I. £Jde, h. in Groton June 24 ; d. Oct. 29, 1768. 
 II. £!de, h. in Rindge July 28, 1769; md. Amos Dar- 
 ling, q. V. 
 ni. Susanna, h. Oct. 28, 1770 ; md. James Reed, q. v. 
 IT. Eunice, b. March 25, 1772. 
 
 V. Permelia, b. April 29, 1773 ; md. Jonathan Hub- 
 bard, q. V. 
 VI. Charlotte, b. Nov. 12, 1774; d. March 11, 1790. 
 VII. James, b. Feb. 26, 1776. 
 
 VIII. Polly, b. Nov. 2, 1777 ; md. May 1, 1804, Sewall 
 Fletcher, 
 IX. Salmon, b. Dec. 15, 1778. 
 X. Mi, b. Oct. 7, 1780. 
 XI. Lucy, b. July 15, 1782. 
 xn. Sardine, b. April 29, 1784. + 
 
 XIII. Rebecca, b. Aug. 5, 1787. 
 
 XIV. Sophia, b. April 19, 1789. 
 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 
 Sardine Stone md. July 14, 1807, Mehitabel Buswell, 
 dau. of John and Rebecca (Demary) Buswell, q. v. He 
 was a farmer, and resided upon the farm subsequently 
 occupied by Luke Lord. In 1847 he removed to Vermont. 
 
 I. Sardine, b. Oct. 7,, 1809 ; md. April, 1835, Tabitha 
 
 Goodspeed, dau. of James R. and Esther (Smith) 
 
 Goodspeed, of Boston. She d. Feb. 13, 1852. 
 
 He resides in Charlestown District, Boston. 
 Gyrus, b. July 18, 1811 ; d., unmd., in Uxbridge, 
 
 Mass., Aug., 1833. 
 John, b. March 23, 1813 ; md. Nov. 7, 1844, Esther 
 
 Goodspeed, a sister of the wife of Sardine. 
 
 They reside in Charlestown District, Boston. 
 IV. Jasper, b. Jan. 30, 1815; md. Jan. 26, 1854, H. 
 
 Jane Elms. They reside in Charlestown Dis- 
 trict, Boston. 
 Eunice, b. Sept. 7,1816; d. April 7, 1818. 
 Sylvester, b. Sept. 4, 1818; md. Nov. 8, 1846, 
 
 Harriet J. Tarbell, dau. of Calvin Tarbell, q. v. 
 
 They reside in Boston. 
 Thomas Buswell, \). AprW 29, 1820; md. Jan. 25, 
 
 1848, Rebecca Ross. He resides, a farmer, in 
 
 Ludlow, Vt. 
 Amos Burnham, b. Feb. 18, 1822; md. Oct. 31, 
 
 1852, Almira H. Whitcomb; lives in Ludlow. 
 William, b. Sept. 28, 1823; md. Dec. 25, 1865, 
 
 Sarah Ann Peiroe, dau. of Leonard and Caro- 
 
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 line (Goodspeed) Peirce, q. v. ; she d. Sept. 25, 
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 X. Susan, b. July 4, 1825 ; md. Sept. 19, 1847, Zenas 
 
 Ross. 
 XI. Salmon, h: Jan. 7, 1827 ; md. Oct. 13, 1859, Han- 
 nah B. Beals, who d. April 27, 1866; md. (2d) 
 May 19, 1868, her sister., Ellen M. Beals, dau. of 
 Luke Beals. He resides in Charlestown Dis- 
 trict. 
 
 XII. James, b. March 17, 1830 ; d. Aug. 15, 1847. 
 
 XIII. Ann M, h. April 28, 1832; md. Oct. 31, 1852, 
 
 Windsor J. Smith, of Ludlow. 
 
 Lieut. Abel Stone was b. in Groton, April 19, 1742. 
 He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Farwell) Stone, and 
 cousin of Capt. Salmon. He md. Aug. 11, 1763, Lydia 
 Whitaker, and with three children removed to Rindge in 
 1768. He was selectman 1776, a member of Capt. Hale's 
 company in 1775, and an ensign in Stark's Brigade in 
 1777, and probably removed from this town about 1780. 
 
 I. Betty, b. Dec. 25-, 1763. 
 II. Abel, b. March 8, 1765. 
 
 III. Zucy, b. Aug. 12, 1766. 
 
 IV. David, b. April 29, 1768. 
 V. Oliver, b. March 25, 1770. 
 
 VI. Mi, bap. Sept. 17, 1774. 
 VII. Hannah, bap. Sept. 10, 1775. 
 vin. Lacy, bap. Sept. 16, 1777. 
 
 IX. Enoch, bap. Jan. 24, 1779. 
 
 X. Enos, bap. Jan. 24, 1779. 
 
 Isaac Stone, parentage unknown, was in Rindge from 
 about 1790 until 1805. The following children of Isaac 
 and Nancy Stone were b. in Rindge : — 
 
 I. Artem,as Woodward, b. Sept. 5, 1798. 
 II. Betsey, b. July 5, 1795. 
 
 III. Nancy, b. May 8, 1798. 
 
 IV. Isaac Serring, b. March 5, 1800. 
 V. Aarmi, b. Dec. 18, 1803. 
 
 STOWE. 
 
 Only one family bearing this name has been resident of Rindge. In 
 1634, John Stowe, from England, with his wife Elizabeth and six chil- 
 dren, settled in Roxbiuy, Mass. He was made freeman the same year, 
 and in 1638 was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- 
 pany, and a representative in 1639. Thomas Stowe, his son, b. in 
 England, was a resident of Concord in 1640, and previous to 1660 he 
 removed to Middletown, Conn. His son, Samuel, b. 1645, returned from 
 Connecticut and settled in Marlboro previous to 1677. In this settlement 
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 in the Indian wars. He d. Feb. 9, 1721 ; his wife Elizabeth d. June 17, 
 1737. Thomas Stowe, their son, b. Dec. 27, 1682, md. Jan. 20, 1713, 
 Hannah Johnson, b. July 20, 1691 ; dau. of William and Hannah John- 
 son, of Marlboro. He d. in Marlboro Aug. 28, 1765 ; she d. June 15, 
 1789. They had sixteen children, and among them Benjamin Stowe, b. 
 Aug. 25, 1718. He md. Dorcas Stone, b. April 11, 1725, dau. of Josei)h 
 and Mary Stone, of Lexington. They settled in Harvard, where their 
 five children were b. Of these, Manassah Stowe md. Maxy Whitcomb, of 
 Littleton, Mass., and settled in HiUsboro, N. H., where he was Mlled 1790 
 while felling trees, leaving one son and two daus. 
 
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 Benjamin Stowe, the only son of Manassah and Mary 
 (Whitcomb) Stowe, was b. in HiUsboro, N. H., March 21, 
 1784. He md. Feb. 18, 1813, Betsey Ager, dau. of Eben- 
 ezer Ager, of Rindge, q. v., and removed to Lunenburg, 
 Vt. In 1816 he came to this town, and resided here until 
 his death. He was a J^jjaeless, worthy man. He d. Aug. 
 21, 1869; his wife d. EJp 11, 1861, aged 77. 
 
 I. David,}:), in Lunenburg, Vt., Feb. 24, 1815; md. 
 Nov. 8, 1842, Mary Converse, dau. of Joshua 
 Converse, Esq. He received a liberal education, 
 and has been an earnest and efficient supporter 
 of public schools, and all benign enterprises. In 
 1871 he removed to Marlboro, N. H. 
 
 1. Mortimer M., b. Jan. 22, 1844; md. July 8, 
 
 1862, Jennie S. Oliver, of New Ipswich. 
 Resides in Marlboro. 
 
 2. Marietta A., b. Oct. 5, 1845 ; md. Asahel S. 
 
 Raymond, son of Joel Raymond, q. v. 
 
 3. Florence H., b. May 6, 1848 ; md. Nov. 29, 
 
 1866, Charles H. White, of Ashburnham. 
 
 4. Elmer La Roy, b. Aug. 24, 1850 ; md. Sept. 
 
 9, 1873, Mary Hosmer, of Templeton, 
 
 5. Clarendon C, b. Sept. 29, 1852. 
 
 6. Hamlin Fremont, b. July 4, 1856 ; d. April 
 
 15, 1857. 
 
 n. Warren, b. in Rindge Oct. 31, 1817. Removed, 
 1855, to Kansas, where he md. Mrs. Frances 
 Norton, who d. 1865. He resides in Kanwaka, 
 Kansas. 
 
 1. Clara F., b. Dec. 29, 1859. 
 
 in. Benjamin, b. in Rindge March 12, 1822 ; md. Nov. 
 16, 1848, Harriet Wetherbee, dau. of Joseph, 
 q. V. She d. Jan. 6, 1857, and hemd. (2d) Maria 
 Brown, of Ashby, Mass. In 1855 he removed to 
 Kansas, and now resides in Kanwaka in that 
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 Ebenezee Steatton, son of Samuel and Mary (Eaton) 
 Stratton, was b. in Rutland, Mass., Nov. 2, 1751. His 
 brother David, wbo settled in JafErey, was b. April 20, 
 1756. He md. Tabitha Davis, and resided one or two 
 years in Princeton, Mass., five or six years in JafErey, and 
 about 1784 he removed to Rindge. He was a resident of 
 Jaffrey in 1783, and of Rindge in 1785. He was select- 
 man seven years, 1788-1794, and was one of the leading 
 Baptists in this town, and preaching was sometimes had 
 at his house. He d. March 22, 1837 ; his widow d. Feb. 
 13, 1851. 
 
 I. Ehenezer, b. in Princeton, July 15, 1776 ; d. Oct. 
 
 8, 1785. 
 II. Asa, b. in Jaffrey July 25, 1778; resided in 
 
 Ashby. 
 HI. Josiah, b. in Jaffrey Feb. 24, 1781. + 
 IV. Tabitha, b. in Jaffrey March 18, 1783 ; d. Oct. 11, 
 
 1786. 
 V. Polly, b. iji Rindge May 4, 1785; d., unmd., in 
 
 Rindge May 20, 1857. 
 VI. Ehenezer, b. March 12, 1787. -|- 
 VII. Raymond, h. .April 6, 1790 ; md. Mary Bonner, 
 
 and removed to New Ipswich. 
 VIII. Tabitha, b. June 22, 1792; resides in Rindge, 
 
 unmd. 
 IX. Samuel, b. April 12, 1795^+ 
 
 Josiah Stbatton, son of Ebenezer, md. Jan. 26, 1808, 
 Hepsibah Earl dau. of John Earl, q. v., and settled 
 upon the Earl farm. He d. Nov. 30, 1856 ; she d. Oct. 
 10, 1853. 
 
 I. John, b. Oct. 19, 1808 ; d., unmd., in Boston July 
 
 20, 1838. 
 II. Baymond, b. Feb. 5, 1811; md. June 28, 1838, 
 Mary Tyler, of Barnet, Vt. Removed to Har- 
 mon, Ohio, where he d. 1869. • 
 
 1. Mafy Elizabeth, b. in Rindge April 22, 
 
 1839 ; md. M. G. Knox, of Harmon, Ohio. 
 
 2. Esther T., b. in Fitzwilliam March 6, 1841. 
 
 III. Grata, b. May 25, 1814 ; md. June 4, 1845, Ephraim 
 
 W. Lord. Resided in Westminster, Vt. Two 
 of their three children d. young. 
 
 1. Lucius S., b. July 20, 1849 ; md. Nov. 30, 
 1871, Helen A. Tuttle, of Walpole, N. H. 
 
 IV. Mary J., \ July 16, 1818; md. Oct. 27, 1836, 
 
 Lucius Streeter, of Weathersfield, Vt. 
 
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 1. William L., b. Sept. 15, 1839; md. Mari- 
 
 anna Cutler, dau. of Charles, q. v. 
 
 2. Herbert, b. March 3, 1852. 
 
 V. Josiah, b. June 4, 1821 ; md. Nov. 26, 1846, Mary 
 Jane Bennett, dau. of Capt. James I3ennett, q. v. 
 He resided upon the homestead farm until 1871. 
 He was in trade a short time in Rindge Centre, 
 and in 1873 removed to Fitohburg. He was 
 selectman 1849, '50, '52, '53, '54, '65, '66, '67. 
 
 1. Emerancy H., b. July 28, 1848. 
 
 2. Rodney J., b. June 10, 1852. 
 
 3. Jennie M., b. Feb. 16, 1861; d. Jan. 31, 
 
 1868. 
 
 VI. Levi, b. July 1, 1824. Resides, unmd., in Boston, 
 
 Ebbnbzee Steatton md. March 22, 1810, Betsey Hil- 
 dreth, who d., leaving four children, Oct. 8, 1825 ; and he 
 md. (2d) June 1, 1826, Sibyl Adams, dau. of Israel, q. v. 
 He resided in the north-east part of the town until 1857, 
 when he removed to Jaffrey, where he d. Jan. 5, 1864. 
 His widow d. Aug. 16, 1870. 
 
 I. Seth Hildreth, b. Feb. 24, 1811. Insane, 
 n. Stillman, b. Feb. 17, 1814; md. Dec. 28, 1837, 
 Maria Keyes, dau. of Capt. Amos Keyes. He 
 d., and she md. (2d) Dea. Harvey Wyinan, of 
 ■ Winchendon. 
 III. George, md., 1841, Sarah J. Holton, of New Ips- 
 wich. He resided several years in New Ipswich, 
 but near the Rindge line. 
 
 1. G. Frederick, md. April 6, 1869, Martha 
 Moore, dau. of William and Priscilla 
 (Blodgett) Moore, of Jaffrey. She d. 
 Nov. 23, 1873. 
 
 nv. Amos, b. 1824; d., unmd., Dec. 3, 1846. 
 
 Samuel Steatton md. Oct. 20, 1818, Lovisa Gibson, 
 dau. of Reuben Gibson. He d. Aug.. 21, 1840. His 
 widow resides in New England Village, Mass. 
 
 I. Julia A., b. Sept. 2, 1819 ; d. Sept. 1, 1865. 
 II. Emeline, b. Oct. 17, 1821. 
 
 III. Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1823 ; d. Oct. 26, 1849. 
 
 IV. Lyman C, b. March 12, 1825 ; was several years a 
 
 farmer in Rindge. Now resides in Jaifrey. He 
 
 md. , who d. Nov. 8, 1856 ; md. (2d) 
 
 1857, Eliza Flagg, of Townseud, Mass., who d. 
 Oct. 1, 1872. 
 
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 V. Marinda, h. Jan. 13, 1827 ; d. Dec. 15, 1842. 
 
 VI. WilUam, b. Oct. 28, 1829; a mute. Resides in 
 
 New England Village, Mass. '^ 
 
 vn. Augusta, b. April 27, 1831 ; d. Oct. 6, 1873. 
 vui. Samuel A., b. July 9, 1833. Resides in Grafton, 
 Mass. 
 IX. Maria Martha, b. Jan. 23, 1835. 
 
 Jambs Stebetee was in Rindge as eariy as 1769. In 
 1775 lie sold a saw-mill and grain-mill which stood on the 
 site of the present mill of O. D. Converse & Son, but 
 continued his residence in this town until 1801. The 
 birth of three children of Janies and Susannah Streeter 
 is recorded. Perhaps Susannah Streeter, who md., 1778, 
 Reuben Russell, was an elder dau., b. previous to their 
 removal to this town. 
 
 1. Daniel, b. in Rindge Aug. 29, 1769 ; md. Feb. 22, 
 1791, Susannah Metcalf, and resided in Rindge 
 until 1812. 
 
 1. Amity, b. July 19, 1792. 
 
 II. James, b. Jan. 29, 1773; md. Nov. 11, 1792, Sarah 
 Carlton, dau. of William, q. v., and removed to 
 Jaffrey about 1800. 
 
 1. Levi, b. in Rindge Jan. 12, 1797. 
 
 2. Daniel, b. in Rindge Aug. 6, 1798. 
 
 3. Sally, b. in Jaffrey Dec. 18, 1800; md. 
 
 1820, John Rhodes. 
 
 4. Phinehas, b. in Jaffrey Feb. 20, 1803. 
 
 5. Rufus, b. in Jaffrey June 22, 1805. 
 
 III. Phebe, b. Aug. 21, 1780 ; md. Elipha Peirce, q. v. 
 
 John Steebtee, perhaps a son of James, md. Dec. 29, 
 1785, Sarah Carlton, dau. of James, q. v., and probably 
 d. about 1810. 
 
 I. John,\). Feb. 2, 1788; md. Nov. 28, 1811, Nancy 
 
 Coburn, dau. of Josiah, q. v. 
 II. Sarah, b. June 4, 1789 ; d. May 11, 1790. 
 
 III. Obadiah, b. March 4, 1791. 
 
 IV. Polly a, b. April 14, 1793. 
 V. William, b. Sept. 21, 1794. 
 
 VI. Benjamin, b. May 30, 1796 ; d. Aug. 2, 1798. 
 
 VII. Nancy, b. Dec. 24, 1797 ; d. Feb. 20, 1825. 
 
 VIII. 7%omffs,b. Feb. 17, 1800.-1- 
 
 IX. Charles, b. Nov. 2, 1801 ; d. Feb. 21, 1824. 
 
 X. Adaline, b. March 30, 1803. 
 
 XI. Addison, b. Feb. 6, 1805; d. in Ludlow, Vt., 1849. 
 
 XII. Sorii b. April 30, 1808 ; d. Aug. 15, 1808. 
 
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 Thomas Steebter, son of John, md. in Jaffrey Oct. 26, 
 1826, Paulina Locke, dau. of Edward Jewett Locke, q. v. 
 They resided in Rindge, where he d. June 24, 1843. 
 
 I. Sarah Paulina, b. Dec. 27, 1827 ; d. Aug. 1, 1832. 
 II. Susan Maria, b. April 8, 1832 ; d. Oct. 14, 1848. 
 III. Albert Locke, b. Sept. 14, 1841. 
 
 SYMONDS. 
 
 The Rindge family bearing this name are descendants of John 
 Symonds, -who came from England, and was residing in Salem, Mass., in 
 1636, when twenty acres of land were granted to him. He was a mem- 
 ber of the church in that place in 1637, and in 1643 another tract of 
 land was granted to him. He was a housewright, or carpenter, and 
 acquired a "comfortable property." He d. 1671, his wiU being dated 
 June 16 and proved Sept. 21 of that year. By wife Elizabeth, who sur- 
 vived him, he had four children. Of these, James Symonds md. Sept. 
 20, 1661, Elizabeth Browning. June 28, 1713, he was admitted to full 
 communion with the church in Northfield, and d. soon after, as his 
 estate, inventoried at £482 15s. 3d., was administered in 1714. Of his 
 twelve children, Thomas Symonds, the eighth, was b. Feb. 1, 1677-8. He 
 md. Elizabeth Stone, and resided, a farmer and carpenter, in Salem. 
 His will is dated 1752, and proved 1758, but the date of his death cannot 
 be given with greater exactness. The fourth of his ten children was 
 Thomas Symonds, b. Sept. 25, 1714 ; md. Oct. 15, 1735, Hann'ah Skerry, 
 and subsequently removed to Reading, where he continued to reside until 
 his death. The date of the death of his first wife has not been discov- 
 ered. He md. (2d) Hannah Parker, of Reading, by whom he had three 
 children. He was a blacksmith and a farmer, and d. in 1757. Thomas 
 Symonds, son of Thomas and Hannah (Parker) Symonds, was b. in 
 Reading 1745 ; md., 1765, Hannah Daymond. He followed the occupa- 
 tion of a farmer, and resided upon the homestead. He d. Jan. 31, 1836, 
 aged 90; his wife d. Dec. 18, 1834, and their grave-stone in Reading 
 states : " This couple having lived together Husband and Wife 69 years, 
 7 months, and 16 days." They had ten children. 
 
 Thomas Symonds, son of Thomas and Hannah (Day- 
 mond) Symonds, was b. in Reading July 28, 1775. He 
 md. May 10, 1798, Lydia Pratt, of New' Ipswich, and in 
 1800 removed to the farm near West Rindge which is 
 still known as the " Symonds farm." He d. Oct. 14, 1814; 
 his widow d. July 6, 1858. 
 
 I. John Pratt, b. Jan. 30, 1799. + 
 II. Thomas, b. March 16, 1801. -|- 
 
 Lydia, b. Jan. 12, 1803; d., unmd.. May 11, 1828. 
 Nathan Bobbins, b. April 28, 1805; d. April 4, 
 
 1807. 
 Nathan Bobbins, b. July 6, 1807; md. July 3, 
 1831, Eliza Hen-lck, and settled in Chesterfield, 
 N. H., where they now reside. 
 
 1. Amelia A., b. Feb. 17, 1838. 
 
 2. Ch.arles T., b. Feb. 21, 1835. 
 
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 VI. Sylvester Smith, b. Jan. 16, 1810 ; d., unmd., June 
 
 9, 1831. 
 VII. Ann, b. Feb. 12, 1813 ; md. Hon. Erastus Rugg, of 
 
 Chelsea, Mass., son of Thomas Rugg, q. v. 
 
 John P. Symonds, Esq., md. Oct. 10, 1820, Susannah 
 Faulkner, dau. of Jonas Faulkner, q. v. She d. Aug. 24, 
 1845, and he md. (2d) Oct. 10, 1846, Mary F. Beard, dau. 
 of Artemas and Mary (Chaplin) Beard, of Fitzwilliam 
 (vide Chaplin Register, No. 27). He d. Dec. 27, 1863. 
 Mr. Symonds resided upon the Faulkner farm in the 
 north-west part of the town. For many years he was a 
 trustee and recording secretary of the Methodist organi- 
 zation, and the records of that church and society bear 
 evidence of his intelligent and faithful service. He was a 
 justice of the peace from about 1840 until his death, and 
 was freqviently chosen on committees by the town. The 
 labor of his life was perf oi-med without parade, but every- 
 thing entrusted to his care was judiciously managed. 
 
 I. Sylvester T., b. Sept. 21, 1822 ; md. May 1, 1845, 
 
 Elizabeth J. Bemis, b. March 11, 1824, dau. of 
 Thomas and Anna (Knight) Bemis, of Dublin, 
 N. H. He is a manufacturer, and resides in 
 Pottersville, in the town of Harrisville, N. H. 
 
 1. Anna L. A., b. Sept. 4, 1846; d. Feb. 1, 
 
 1854. 
 
 2. Emma I., b. May 8, 1848 ; md. Feb. 25, 1871, 
 
 Ambrose Lapoint. 
 
 3. Ella J., b. June 5, 1851 ; d. March 4, 1854. 
 
 4. Dana M., b. Dec. 5, 1853; d. Jan. 24, 1854. 
 
 5. Dana T., b. May 23, 1855. 
 
 6. Frank P., b. Dec. 3, 1863. 
 
 II. Zavina M., b. Sept. 1, 1824; md. July 21, 1844, 
 Elbridge G. Bemis, b. Oct. 5, 1822, son of 
 Thomas and Anna (Knight) Bemis, of Dublin, 
 where they resided. She d. in Winchendon, 
 Mass., Dec. 24, 1873. He d. in Harrisville, N. H., 
 Nov. 24, 1874. Nine of their eleven children d. 
 in infancy or childhood. 
 
 1. Elizabeth A., b. May 25, 1847 ; md., 1868, 
 Lucius A. Fisher. She d. in Richmond 
 Nov. 4, 1870. 
 
 2. Leonora M., b. Sept. 24, 1859. 
 
 III. Merrill S., b. March 12, 1827; removed to Mis- 
 souri, where he md. Oct. 5, 1854, Sarah A. Cope. 
 He was a teacher, and was surveyor of the 
 county in which he resided. He was killed in 
 his own door-yard by guerrillas Oct. 14, 1864. 
 
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 1. Lillie M., b. Aug. 17,1855. 
 
 2. John B., b. Aug. 9, 1858; d. March 16, 
 
 1862. 
 
 3. Merrilla S., b. Jan. 11, 1865 ; d. March 19, 
 
 1867. 
 
 IV. Lydia A., b. June 4, 1829; md. Nov. 9, 1854, Rev. 
 'Nathaniel H. Martin, b. Aug. 18, 1827, son of 
 Simeon and Mehitable Martin, of Dorchester, 
 N. H. He is a graduate of the Concord, N. H., 
 Theological School, and for several years has 
 belonged to the New England Conference, apd 
 at present is stationed at Coleraine, Mass. Four 
 of their live children d. young. 
 
 1. Florence S.,1b. April 23, 1865. 
 
 V. Susan Sophia, b. Aug. 4, 1831 ; a physician in 
 
 Winchendon {vide ■p. 370). 
 VI. Arvilla Maria, b. March 21, 1834; md. Oct. 8, 
 1863, Daniel W. Gould, of Peterboro, N. H., 
 where they reside. 
 VII. Caroline E., b. Aug. 23, 1836. 
 
 VIII. John P., b. July 27, 1838; removed to Grand 
 Rapids, Mich., where he md. Annie Stewart, 
 dau. of Simeon and Ellen Stewart. 
 IX. Augustus F., b. April 30, 1841 ; resides in Rindge. 
 X. Charles Wesley, b. Oct. 14, 1843 ; was a member 
 of the 9th N. H. Vols., and d. from effects of 
 wounds Jan. 2, 1873. 
 
 Children of second wife : — - 
 
 XI. Sydney S., b. Aug. 15, 1848; d. Sept. 5, 1849. 
 XII. Sydney C, b. July 6, 1850 ; d. May 16, 1851. 
 
 Thomas Symonds, second son of Thomas and Lydia 
 (Pratt) Symonds, was b. in Rindge March 16, 1801 ; md. 
 Oct. 7, 1824, Mersilvia Stickney, dau. of William and Jane 
 (Fletcher) Stickney, q. v. In 1825 he removed to Troy, 
 N. Y., where he continues to reside. Until 1857 he was 
 extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits, in which he 
 experienced a good degree of prosperity. More recently 
 he has successfully devoted his time and energies to 
 banking, and for many years has been president of the 
 Manufacturers' National Bank of Troy. In business 
 circles his integrity and financial ability are promptly 
 acknowledged, and in the private walks of life he is 
 highly respected. 
 
 I. Tliomas, b. Feb. 14, 1827 ; d. May 3, 1840. 
 II. Lydia I., b. March 1, 1829 ; rad. Charles O'Neal. 
 They reside in Troy. 
 
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 III. Juliaett v., b. July 9, 1838; md. Sidney D. 
 Tucker, of Troy, where they reside. 
 
 TARBELL. 
 
 Thomas Tarbell, probably the ancestor of all the Tarbells of New 
 England, settled in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1656. About 1663 he 
 sold his lauds in Watertown, and removed to Groton, and at the outbreak 
 of King Philip's war he retii'ed to Charlestown. His wife Mary, who 
 was the mother of his children, d., and he md. (2d) in Charlestown, Aug. 
 15, 1676, Susanna Lawrence, widow of John Lawrence. He d. about 
 1680, aged about 62. She d. Jan 5, 1692. Thomas Tarbell, Jr., removed 
 with his father to Groton, and thence to Charlestown. He md. in Groton 
 
 June 30, 1666, Anna . He d. about 1678. Thomas Tarbell, his son, 
 
 was b. in Groton July 6, 1667, and after the war and the death of his 
 father he removed from Charlestown to Groton, where he was town clerk 
 in 1704 and '5. He md. Dec. 1, 1686, Elizabeth Blood, and d. Jan. 24, 
 1717. Eleazer Tarbell, the youngest of his ten children, was b. in Groton 
 April 28, 1707. He md. Dec. 20, 1727, Elizabeth Bowers, b. Sept. 2, 1710, 
 dau. of Samuel and Esther Bowers, and an aunt of James Bowers, Sen., 
 of Rindge. About 1740 he removed to Lunenburg, where the two young- 
 est of his six children were b. 
 
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 Lieut. Samuel Taebell, son of Eleazer, was b. in 
 Lunenburg, Mass., Sept. 18, 1744; and md., in that place, 
 Feb. 25, 1773, Beatrice Carter, dau. of Thomas and Betty 
 (Sawyer) Carter, b. in Lunenburg Nov. 18, 1753. He 
 settled in the west part of Rindge in the year of his 
 marriage, and soon after built a mill on the Pearly Pond 
 stream, near, his dwelling. He was a member of the 
 Lexington company in 1775, and a lieutenant in Capt. 
 Stone's company in 1777, and in Col. Enoch Hale's regi- 
 ment in 1778 {vide pp. 108, 136, 164). He was selectman 
 in 1787, and was frequently chosen to other offices. He 
 d. April 6, 1828 ; his widow d. Aug. 20, 1839. 
 
 I. Thomas, b. in Rindge Nov. 22, 1773. -|- 
 n. Parmason, b. in Rindge March 25, 1777; 
 
 unmd., Feb. 28, 1801. 
 
 d., 
 
 Thomas Taebell, son of Lieut. Samuel, md. Feb. 19, 
 1797, Achsah Pay, dau. of Joseph and Lucy (Warren) 
 Fay, of Walpole, N. H. They resided in Rindge, and 
 upon the farm formerly of his father. His wife, the 
 mother of all his children, d. Aug. 18, 1821 ; and he md. 
 (2d) July 10, 1823, Polly Towne, dau. of Jeremiah 
 Towne. He d. Nov. 14, 1862. 
 
 I. Reuben, b. Jan, 6, 1798. -\- 
 II. Calvin, b. Jan. 11, 1800.-]- 
 
 III. Parmason, b. Oct. 19, 1802; md. Polly Beard. 
 He d. in Brattleboro, Vt., Oct. 28, 1855. She d. 
 the following year. 
 
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 IV. Thomas Addison, b. Nov. 11, 1806. -(- 
 V. Samuel, h.AprU 2, 1810; md. Oct. 3, 1837, Sally 
 Davis, dau. of Jonathan and Susanna (Peirce) 
 Davis, and granddau. of Josiah Peirce, q. v. 
 He d. in Rindge March 7, 1866. No children. 
 
 Reuben Taebell md. Sept. 8, 1825, Beatrice Beard, b. 
 Jan. 18, 1804, dau. of Aaron and Anne (Dunster) Beard, 
 of Walpole, N. H., and a sister of Polly, who md. Parma- 
 son Tarbell. They resided upon the homestead where he 
 d. Oct. 30, 1862. 
 
 I. Achsah A., b. Jan. 23, 1826; md. April 8, 1844, 
 
 Ezekiel Cudworth, Jr., q. v. 
 11. Rusiana J., b. Nov. 4, 1827 ; md. Sept. 24, 1851, 
 George S. Brewer, q. v. She d. Nov. 20, 1871. 
 
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 V. Aaron Marshall, b. April 24, 1830; d. July 11, 
 
 1836. 
 VI. Charles JDuane, b. July 20, 1832; md. Nov. 18, 
 1856, Elmira Frances Whitney, dau. of Benja- 
 min and Elmira (Stimpson) Whitney, of Marl- 
 boro, N. H. Resided in Marlboro, and later in 
 Littleton, N. H. 
 VII. Laura Ann, b. Dec. 25, 1834; d. Sept. 8, 1837. 
 VIII. Oalista F., b. May 31, 1837; md. Dec. 1, 1859, 
 Nathan Andrew Pitch, son of Nathan and 
 Louisa (Burnham) Fitch ; reside in Boston. 
 IX. Sarah Maria, b. July 3, 1840; md. Jan. 28, 1864, 
 George B. Day, son of Alvin and Anna Maria 
 (Stebbins) Day ; reside in Boston. 
 
 Calvin Taebell md. March 11, 1822, Betsey Peirce, 
 dau. of Josiah Peirce, q. v. They reside in Boston, and 
 formerly lived several years in Rindge, and in Walpole, 
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 I. Stephen Seywood, b. Dec. 24, 1822 ; md. April 21, 
 1846, Clarissa W. Ide, dau. of Daniel and Susan 
 (Welding) Ide, of Boston. 
 II. Harriet J., b. May 19, 1827 ; md. Nov. 8, 1846, 
 Sylvester Stone, son of Sardine Stone, q. v. 
 
 III. Sarah S., b. Sept. 9, 1831; md. June 7, 1850, 
 
 George Souther, son of Job and Rachel (Damon) 
 Souther, of Boston. 
 
 IV. Emma Cora, b. Jan. 7, 1845. 
 
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 (10) I Thomas Addison Taebell resided in Boston and in 
 Rindge, where he d. April 21, 1872. He md. Nov. 12, 
 1829, Maria P. Stearns, dau. of Capt. Freeborn 
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 I. Charles Addison, b. and d. Nov. 12, 1830. 
 
 II. Senry Webster, b. Feb. 20, 1832; md. May 15, 
 1853, Eliza Jane Donnovan, dau. of John and 
 Sarah (Conrad) Donnovan. He resides in Bos- 
 ton. 
 
 III. George Washington, b. July 21, 1834 ; md. June 
 9, 1856, Abbie Frost, dau. of Nathaniel Frost, 
 q. V. They resided in Boston, where he d. July 
 21, 1859; and his widow md. (2d) 1873, Jacob 
 M. Cass, son of Chellis and Betsey (Miles) 
 Cass; reside in Sheffield, Vt. 
 
 1. George Walter, b. Nov. 16, 1857. 
 
 2. Lillian P., b. July 18, 1859. 
 
 Aaeotst Tatloe, son of Dea. Caleb and Mary (Witt) 
 Taylor, was b. in Littleton, Mass., June, 1726; md. in 
 Lunenburg Dec. 21, 1752, Mercy Gould, b. March 4, 1732, 
 dau. of Capt. Jacob and Dorothy (Goodridge) Gould, and 
 a sister of Jacob Gould, of Rindge. They settled in this 
 town in 1759, and removed from town probably about 
 1770. The first three children were b. in Lunenburg. 
 
 I. Jonathan, b. July 22, 1753. 
 II. Aaron, b. Jan. 16, 1755. 
 
 III. Sarah, h. July 24, 1757. 
 
 IV. Martha, b. Sept. 6, 1760 (b. in Rowley Canada, 
 
 recorded in Lunenburg, but was bap. Mercy). 
 V. Rebecca, b. June 11, 1763. 
 VI. David, b. April 25, 1765. 
 VII. Dolly, bap. 1769. 
 vm. Betty, bap. 1769. 
 
 LiBUT. Nathaniel Thomas was b. in Middleton, Mass., 
 Aug. 4, 1747 ; he md. July 30, 1767, Esther Perkins, dau. 
 of John Perkins, Jr., of Topsfield, Mass. They removed 
 to Rindge, and settled upon the farm still owned and 
 occupied by their descendants, in 1771. He was select- 
 man in 1788; and in the Revolution he served in the 
 Lexington company, in Capt. Francis Towne's company, 
 in Capt. Daniel Rand's company, and in Capt. Cunning- 
 ham's company {vide pp. 108, 126, 141, 164), and in 1783 he 
 was a lieutenant of a company of militia. His wife d. 
 Sept. 11, 1805; and he md. (2d) Dec. 31, 1806, Phebe 
 (Towne) Peirce, widow of Abraham Peirce, and dau. of 
 Dea. Francis Towne. He d. April 10, 1818 ; his widow 
 d. Jan. 16, 1824. 
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 I. JEzra, b. in Topsfield, Dec. 14, 1768. + 
 II. Phebe, b. in Rindge, Sept. 30, 1772 ; md. Sept. 8, 
 1792, Tbomas Moors, of JafErey; and d. in 
 Barre, Vt., April 19, 1810. 
 III. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 22, 1774; md. March 7, 1799, 
 Esther Wheelock, of Jaffrey, dau. of Luke 
 Wheelock; resided in that town a few years, 
 and removed to Hartford, Vt., where he d. Feb. 
 19 1849. 
 IT. Molley, b. April 21, 1777 ; md. Jan. 29, 1799, Lib- 
 erty Raymond, b. July 7, 1774, son of Paul Ray- 
 mond, of Winchendon, and brother of Capt. Joel 
 Raymond, of Rindge, and resided at Vershire, 
 Vt., where she d. July 6, 1838. 
 
 V. Eunice, b. Dec. 24, 1779; md. Bramble; 
 
 lived in Hartford, Vt. ; d. May 22, 1853. 
 VI. Esther, twin, b. Dec. 24, 1779 ; md. Joshua Dewey ; 
 lived in Hartford, Vt., where she d. 1827. 
 
 Ezra Thomas, Esq., resided upon the homestead. Few 
 men in the town's history have been more intimately 
 associated with its public affairs, or have been held in as 
 high esteem.. He was a representative 1824, '25, and a 
 
 selectman fourteen years, and 
 transacted much other business 
 : -y/X/ %/ /t-o-T-^T-^x^, of a public character, and all 
 was performed with ability, 
 system, and exactness. He md. Nov. 4, 1796, Mary Per- 
 kins, by whom he had one son. He d. April 5, 1855 ; she 
 d. April 21, 1861. 
 
 I. Liberty B., b. Oct. 14, 1799. + 
 
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 LiBBKTT R. Thomas md. Harriet Raymond, b. Nov. 1, 
 1803, dau. of Paul and Sarah (Gale) Raymond, of Winch- 
 endon. He d. June 1, 1874. 
 
 I. George Raymond, b. March 28, 1828; md. Oct. 2, 
 
 1851, Mary Ann Brooks, dau. of Walton Brooks, 
 q. v., and resided upon a part of the homestead, 
 being of the fourth generation upon the prem- 
 ises. He d. May 20,1873. 
 
 1. Charles N., b. May 17, 1854; d. March 27, 
 
 1855. 
 
 2. Ella H., b. April 6, 1856. 
 
 3. Herbert D., Oct. 17, 1857. 
 
 4. George E., b. May 28, 1861; d. Oct. 12, 
 
 1862. 
 
 5. Florence A., b. July 11, 1865. 
 
 II. Mary P., b. Dec. 5, 1831 ; md. Chicles E. Stick- 
 
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 III. Albert H., b. Oct. 30, 1837; md. May 6, 1859, 
 Anna L. Lowell, dau. of John Lowell, q. v. 
 He is a farmer, and resides upon the homestead. 
 
 1. Ezra, b. April 29, 1864. 
 
 2. Chfirles A., b. Aug. 26, 1867. 
 
 3. Clarence H., b. Jan. 3, 1871. 
 
 4. Jennie M., b. Dec. 8, 1872. 
 
 Capt. Philip Thomas, also from Topsfield, settled a 
 short distance west of the residence of Lieut. Nathaniel 
 Thomas. He md. in Topsfield Oct. 11, 1764, Mary Lefa- 
 vor. He commanded the Rindge company at the battle 
 of Bunker Hill, and remained in the siege of Boston 
 until the close of the year. He was a carpenter, and was 
 employed by Col. Gardner as master-builder, in the con- 
 struction of the Gardner house and store. He d. 1797, 
 and perhaps left other children. 
 
 I. Hichard, md., 1815, Dolly Twiss; he was an archi- 
 tect and master-builder in Boston or vicinity. 
 II. Francis, md. N"ov. 1, 1795, Elizabeth Gragg, dau. 
 of Daniel, q. v. He d. July 5, 1837; she d. 
 Dec. 19, 1837. 
 
 1. Betsey, b. April 10, 1796; md. Nathan 
 
 Derby, Jr., and d. in Andover, Vt., July 
 11, 1822. 
 
 2. Francis, b. Oct. 30, 1797; d. in Boston 
 April 20, 1822. 
 
 3. Billy, b. Nov. 26, 1798. 
 Oldice, b. Jan. 17, 1800. 
 Ruth, b. Jan. 12, 1801 ; d., unmd., Jan. 30, 
 
 1832. 
 Rebecca, b. Aug. 4, 1803. 
 Charles, b. Jan. 16, 1805. 
 Luke, b. Nov. 14, 1806. 
 Permelia, b. Dec. 18, 1808 ; d. Deo. 4, 1810. 
 Sarah, b. Jan. 28, 1811 ; d. July 6, 1831. 
 Palmer, b. April 25, 1813. 
 Daniel G., b. March 26, 1816 ; d. May 21, 
 
 1818. 
 13. Ezra, b. Jan. 25, 1820. 
 
 Capt. Othniel Thomas, from Topsfield, settled upon 
 the farm now of Gilman P. Wellington, in 1774. He md. 
 May 15, 1760, Sarah Rhodes. He was a lieutenant in 
 Capt. Stone's Company, and was commissioned captain in 
 Col. Reynolds' Regiment {vide pp. 136, 168). He was 
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 a delegate to the convention which ratified the Federal 
 Constitution. He d. April 21, 1794, and his wife survived 
 him several years. 
 
 I. Roger, b. Aug. 13, 1763 ; d. Aug. 2, 1792. 
 
 n. Jethro, b. March 12, 1767. 
 in. John, b. April 18, 1773 ; d. Dec. 11, 1798. 
 IV. Job, b. Feb. 9, 1777. 
 
 John Thompson, also Ichabod, William, and Richard, 
 were residing in Rindge in 1776, and all of them signed 
 the " Association Test," and Peter Tliomas was here 1777- 
 78. I know not from whence they came, or in what man- 
 ner they were related. The name upon the records is 
 spelled in every combination of letters that can represent 
 the name. John Thompson was wounded at the battle of 
 Bunker Hill {vide p. 112). The name of his wife was 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 I. Levi, b. in Rindge Feb. 27, 1775. 
 
 William Thompson, by wife Dorcas, had one or two 
 children b. in Rindge. Perhaps the eldest was b. pre- 
 vious to his removal to this town. He removed to Jaffrey. 
 
 I. William, b. May 30, 1774. 
 n. Timothy, b. in Rindge Jan. 13, 1777. 
 ni. Dorcas, b. in Jaffrey July 1, 1779. 
 
 Richaed Thompson, by wife Rebecca, had three chil- 
 dren b. in this town. She d. May 30, 1777, and by wife 
 Rachel other children were b. Perhaps two or three of 
 the youngest were children of a third wife, but no record 
 
 He resided in Rindge 
 
 of such marriage has been found, 
 until 1798. 
 
 I. Rebecca, b. Dec. 19, 1773 ; md. Joseph Kingsbury. 
 II. Richard, b. July 31, 1775. 
 
 III. Jerusha, b. May 26, 1777. 
 
 IV. Rachel, b. Jan. 1, 1779. 
 
 V. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 14, 1781. 
 VL Abigail, b. Nov. 13, 1787. 
 Tii. Susanna Comings, b. Feb.' 20, 1789. 
 VIII. Nancy, b. May 8, 1794. 
 
 TODD. 
 
 John Todd settled in Rowley, Mass., as early as 1649, and Ms sons 
 Timothy and Samuel were in the expedition to Canada 1690. John 
 Todd, another son, b. 1655, md. Elizabeth Brocklebank, and left seven 
 children. Among them was John Todd, b. 1688. Ha md. Ruth Lunt, 
 and among their nine children was Thomas Todd, who cajtne to Rindge. 
 
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 Thomas Todd, b. in Rowley 1728, md. Elizabeth Carl- 
 ton, and removed to Rindge about 1790, where he d. Aug. 
 18, 1816, aged 88. His widow d. March 2, 1820, aged 82. 
 Of his children, four came to this town, all of whom were 
 b. in Rowley. 
 
 I. Susannah, b. 1756 ; md. in Rindge May 30, 1802, 
 
 John Tidd, his second marriage, a son of Joseph 
 and Dorothy (Stickney) Tidd, of Lexington. 
 He d. March 29, 1812 ; she d. in Rindge Sept. 
 12, 1824, aged 68. Mr. Tidd was in Capt. Par- 
 ker's company at the battle of Lexington, and 
 being among the last to leave the Common, he 
 was pursued by a British officer, struck down, 
 and left for dead. 
 
 II. Joshua, b. 1762. -j- 
 
 III. Moses, b. July 2, 1765.+ 
 
 IV. Hannah, b. ; md. May 30, 1802, Wallingford 
 
 Todd, her cousin, son of Benjamin and Eliza^ 
 beth (Saunders) Todd, of Rowley. They 
 remained in Rindge a few years, where he was 
 engaged in tanning and dressing leather. 
 
 Joshua Todd md. Feb. 23, 1796, Tabitha Hunt, dau. of 
 Simon and Lucy (Raymond) Hunt, b. in Acton, Mass., 
 April 2, 1771, a sister of the wife of David Carlton, and 
 a niece of Ephraim Hunt, Sen., of Rindge. He resided, 
 a farmer, in Rindge, where he d. June 1, 1845 ; she d. Dec. 
 11, 1854. 
 
 I. Levi, b. Nov. 9, 1796. -f 
 II. Lucia, b. Aug. 28, 1798 ; md. Joshua Hunt, q. v. 
 
 III. George Washington, b. Nov. 9, 1801. -|- 
 
 IV. Paul, b. Feb. 6, 1807. + 
 
 Capt. Moses Todd resided in Rindge Centre, and was 
 a farmer and an innholder, and was the first postmaster in 
 Rindge. He was an enterprising, prosperous citizen, and 
 was frequently elected to office. The Todd tavern, stand- 
 ing on the site of the dwelling-house of Asia Jones, was 
 one of the centres of attraction. Capt. Todd md. Sept. 
 25, 1794, Jane Whitman, b. April 8, 1771, dau. of Charles 
 and Anne (Stevens) Whitman, of Stow, Mass. In 1833 
 he removed to Fitchburg, Mass., where he d. Aug. 10, 
 1841 ; she d. Dec. 2, 1858. 
 
 I. Moses, b. June 17, 1795 ; md. Rebecca Turner, of 
 Boston. They had six children. He d. in Pep- 
 perell, Mass., Sept. 25, 1872 ; she d. March 23, 
 1855. 
 
 II. Whitman, b. April 24, 1797 ; d. Aug. 1, 1797. 
 
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 12 III. Charlotte, b. Jan. 30, 1799; md. Dec. 22, 1825, 
 Elliot Payson Tucker, son of Seth Tucker, Sen., 
 of Winchendon. He d. in Chesterfield March 
 30, 1855 ; she now resides in Baldwinsville, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 13 1. George, b. Dec. 9, 1826; d. 14th of same 
 month. 
 
 14 2. Charles W., b. Nov. 3, 1829 ; d. June 24, 
 1835 
 
 3. Payson E., b. May 15, 1834. 
 
 4. Joshua M., b. May 6, 1843; d. March 6, 
 1853. 
 
 IV. Mersihia, b. Nov. 14, 1800; md. Feb. 18, 1830, 
 Dea. John T. Farwell, son of John and Hannah 
 (Thurston) Farwell. Dea. Farwell resided in 
 Fitchburg, where he was held in high esteem. 
 He d. June 7, 1866. His widow resides in Fitch- 
 burg. 
 
 18 1. Elizabeth M., b. July 2, 1831 ; md. Sept. 24, 
 1857, Charles H. Merrill, of Cambridge, 
 Mass. 
 
 19 2. John A., b. Sept. 3, 1833; md. Oct. 28, 
 1869, Ava W. Chambers. 
 
 20 3. Sarah C, b. May 31, 1836; md. Oct. 4, 
 1855, Joseph M. Barney, of Brimfield, 111. 
 
 21 4. Maria T., b. July 11, 1838; md. Oct. 27, 
 1859, Charles A. Sullivan, of Starkville, 
 Miss. 
 
 22 5. Mary Jane, b. July 12, 1840; d. Aug. 29, 
 
 23 6. Edward P., b. Oct. 24, 1843 ; enlisted in the 
 Union army, and d. at Port Hudson, La., 
 July 19, 1863. 
 
 24 ^ 7. Jane T., b. Dec. 4, 1846; md. Nov. 26, 
 1873, Edward P. Downe. They reside in 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 25 V. Siram, b. Marojb 22, 1803 ; d. July 1, 1804. 
 
 26 Ti. Thomas, b. Nov. 1, 1805 ; md. Ann Lougee, who d. 
 in Woburn, Mass., Sept. 24, 1849, leaving four 
 children. He resides in Brookline, Mass. 
 
 27 VII. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 23, 1807; md. Stephen T. Far- 
 well, brother of Dea. Farwell, who md. her sister 
 Mersilvia. They had four children. He d. Oct. 
 20, 1872, and she resides in Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 28 VIII. Jane, b. Aug. 1, 1810; md. Sept. 2, 1830, Abel 
 Simonds, son of Joseph and Sarah (Downe) 
 Simonds, of Fitchburg. 
 
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 1. Charles H., b. June 19, 1831 ; d. June 24, 
 
 1832. 
 
 2. Mary C, b. Oct. 27, 1832; md. Robert 
 
 McMaster. 
 
 3. Thomas T., b. May 19, 1834. 
 
 4. William H., b. June 17, 1836; md. Nov. 22, 
 
 1859, Lizzie Howai-d. He d. in New 
 York, Aug. 14, 1863, while returning to 
 his home from the army. 
 
 5. John, b. Nov. 27, 1838 ; md. Dec. 6, 1865, 
 
 Hattie C. Beaman, of Winchendon. 
 
 6. Alvan A., b. June 28, 1841 ; md. Feb. 14, 
 
 1865, Marcella C. Willard, of Leominster, 
 
 7. George F., b. June 12, 1843 ; md. Mary D. 
 
 Hatch. 
 
 8. Elizabeth J., b. Oct. 30, 1844; md. June 12, 
 
 1866, John F. Hatch, of Marshfield, Mass. 
 
 9. Daniel, b. Sept. 18, 1847; md. Sept. 14, 
 
 1870, Ellen M. Gifford, of Fitchburg. 
 10. Edwin F., b. Oct. 22, 1849. 
 
 IX. Charles W., b. Feb. 15, 1813; d. March 4, 1813. 
 
 Levi Todd md. May 30, 1821, Najicy Corey, of Ash- 
 burnham, b. Jan. 3, 1799. They resided in' Hinsdale, 
 N. H., where he d. Nov. 23, 1873 ; his wife d. Oct. 3, 
 
 1872. 
 
 I. George W., b. Nov. 3, 1822; is proprietor of a 
 livery stable in Keene, N. H. He md. Nov. 24, 
 1846, Henrietta Tuttle. 
 II. Nancy A., .b. Jan. 17, 1825 ; md. James Boyce, 
 and resides in Keene. 
 
 III. Walter C, b. Sept. 23, 1826 ; md. Mary Spaulding, 
 
 of Chesterfield, N. H., and resides upon the 
 homestead in Hinsdale. 
 
 IV. Zevi Zeonard, b. June 28, 1828 ; d. Oct. 10, 1852. 
 V. Lucia Lucinda, twin, b. June 28, 1828; d. Jan. 
 
 22, 1831. 
 
 VI. Mary J.^ b. Aug. 24, 1835 ; d. Sept. 22, 1853. 
 
 Geoege W. Todd is a farmer in Rindge. He md. 
 Nov. ,80, 1826, Lucy Richardson, dau. of Joseph Richard- 
 son, of Groton, Mass. ; she d. April 22, 1843 ; md. (2d) 
 Aug., 1843, Mary Ann Twitchell, dau. of John and Susan 
 (Chadwick) Twitchell {-aide Chadwick family, No. 6) ; 
 she d. Jan. 1, 1846 ; md. (3d) June 4, 1846, Lucy Jones, 
 dau. of Asa Jones, q. v., who d. May 28, 1852 ; and he 
 
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 md. (4tli) Oct. 7, 1852, Mary (Fletcher) Wetherbee, 
 widow of Joseph Wetherbee, q. v., and dau. of Joshua 
 Fletcher, q. v. 
 
 I. George Washingtim, b. Nov. 19, 1828. He is a 
 lawyer, but is better known as a successful 
 teacher, in which calling he has labored with 
 efficiency and usefulness. He graduated at the 
 Law School, Poughkee])sie, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1856, 
 and was then admitted to all the courts in that 
 State, and Dec. 31, 1863, was admitted to the 
 courts of Vermont. He soon, howevei-, relin- 
 quished this profession, and returned to his 
 favorite employment. Previous to his admis- 
 sion to the bar, he had been principal of the 
 academy in Marlow, N. H., two and one-half 
 years. He also taught in his native town, and 
 in 1858 became principal of the Orleans Liberal 
 Institute, in Glover, Yt., where he remained 
 seven years. Subsequently he was principal of 
 high schools in Edgartown, Lenox, and Great 
 Barrington, Mass., and since 1872 he has been 
 principal of the McCoUom Institute, Mont 
 Yernon, N. H., which he has raised to a high 
 rank among the leading academies in this State. 
 Mr. Todd md. Aug. 16, 1857, Mary Ann Harper 
 Blodgett, of Jaffrey. She d. Dec. 31, 1864 ; md. 
 (2d) July 27, 1869, Sarah Jane Chapin, dau. of 
 Dea. Hervey and Persis C. Chapin, of Holyoke, 
 Mass. 
 II. Thomas Richardson, b. Sept. 1, 1831 ; d. in the 
 army ; he was wounded June 3, and d. June 9, 
 1864. 
 
 in. Henry Fosdick, b. May 15, 1834; was killed in a 
 mill in Templeton, Mass., July 3, 1854. 
 
 IV. Mersylvia Scollay, b. May 31, 1838; d. June 9, 
 1842. 
 
 V. Infant, b. April 18; d. April 27, 1843. 
 
 VI. Infant, b. Dec. 23 ; d. Dec. 27, 1845. 
 VII. Mary Ann, b. July 20, 1853 ; d. Nov. 11, 1873. ' 
 VIII. Ida L., b. July 27, 1857. 
 
 Paul Todd md. Feb. 9, 1830, Polly Parker, dau. of 
 Joseph and Susan (Chadwick) Parker. (Chadwick Reg- 
 ister, No. 5.) He lived in Hinsdale, N. H., the first six 
 years after marriage, and subsequently, resided a farmer in 
 Rindge. He d. March 27, 1858. 
 
 I. Charles, b. July 19, 1832 ; d. Jan. 3, 1856. 
 
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 II. Addison, b. Nov. 8, 1833 ; md. May 4, 1858, Har- 
 riet Wood, dau. of Addison M. Wood, q. v., and 
 resides, a farmer, upon the homestead. 
 
 1. Charles A., b. July 11, 1865. 
 
 2. George C, b. Dec. 8, 1868. 
 
 3. Freddy H. F., b. May 30, 1874. 
 
 TOWNE. 
 
 William Townb and Joanna Blessing were md. in Yarmouth, Norfolk 
 County, England, March 25, 1620. The date of their emigration to New 
 England is unknown. In 1640 they were residing in Salem, Mass., .and 
 in 1651 removed to Topsfield, where he d. about 1672. His widow sur- 
 vived him about ten years. They had six children born in England, and 
 two in Salem. Their son, Edmund Towne — bap. in Yarmouth, England, 
 June '28, 1628, md. Mary, dau. of Thomas Browning, — is the ancestor of 
 many bearing the name, who have resided in Rindge. He was one of 
 a committee from Topsfield who, in 1675, presented a petition to the 
 General Court, for leave to form a military company, to protect the 
 inhabitants from the Indians. He d. previous to May 3, 1678, the date 
 of the inventory of his estate. The will of his widow was dated Feb. 1, 
 1710, and she d. soon after. Joseph Towne, the fifth of their ten chil- 
 dren, was b. in Topsfield Sept. 2, 1661 ; md. Aug. 10, 1687, Amy Smith, 
 dau. of Robert Smith, and d. in 1717, leaving seven children. She was 
 b. Aug. 16, 1668; d. Feb. 22, 1756. Their son Nathaniel was b. in Tops- 
 field, June 1, 1700 ; and md. Aug. 27, 1723, Jemima Perkins, by whom 
 he had seven children, of whom the youngest was Francis, who settled in 
 Rindge. 
 
 Dea. Feancis Towne, b. in Topsfield, July 27, 1737, 
 son of Nathaniel and Jemima (Perkins) Towne, md. in 
 Topsfield, Feb. 26, 1760, Phebe Towne, b. in Topsfield, Feb. 
 11, 1740. In 1771 they removed to Kindge, and settled 
 where their grandson, Joshua C. Towne, now resides. 
 In 1776 he was chosen a deacon of the church, and con- 
 tinued in ofiice until his death. He was selectman 1771, 
 '72, '74, '78, '92, and was frequently named on important 
 committees. During the Revolution his record is also 
 honorable. He was a lieutenant in Capt. Hale's company 
 (vide p. 108), a private in Col. Baldwin's regiment, and a 
 captain in Col. Gilman's regiment {vide p. 126). Not 
 only prominent in public affairs, he was an exemplary 
 Christian, and highly respected in the private walks of 
 life. He d. Aug. 11, 1811. Five children b. in Topsfield, 
 eight in Rindge. , 
 
 I. Zydia, b. Dec. 1, 1761; d. in Rindge April 15, 
 
 1773. 
 II. PAe5e,b. April 6, 1763; md. Abraham Peirce,^.^.; 
 (2nd) Lieut. Nathaniel Thomas, q. v. 
 
 III. Bebecca, b. June 4, 1765 ; md. Bartholomew Dwin- 
 
 nell, q. v., and removed to Keene. 
 
 IV. Francis, b. Sept. 1, 1767. + 
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 T. Sarah, b. March 13, 1769; d., unmd., in Rindge 
 
 Oct. 1, 1851. 
 VI. Joshua, b. Sept. 27, 1773. -f 
 vn. Lydia, b. March 24, 1775 ; md. Michael Dwinnell, 
 
 and removed to Keene, N. H. 
 vin. Deborah, b. April 17, 1777; md. John Emory, 
 Jr., q. V. 
 IX. Daughter, b. Sept. 27, 1779 ; d. same day. 
 X. Caty, b. Jan. 7, 1780 ; md. Gates Rand, q. v. 
 XI. Green, -\- ^ 
 
 XII. Gardner,-\- >- triplets, b. May 25, 1782. 
 
 XIII. Infant, d. young. ) 
 
 Feancis Towne, Jr., md. Nov. 12, 1789, Relief Huston, 
 dau. of Caleb Huston, q. v. After a few years' residence 
 in this town he removed to the State of New York. 
 One child was b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. Charlotte, b. Sept. 2, 1792. 
 
 Joshua Towns md. April — , 1810, Mary Chadwick, 
 dau. of David Chadwick, of Jaffrey, and a niece of 
 Joshua Chadwick, of Rindge. He was a farmer, and 
 resided upon the farm formerly of his father. He d. . 
 Jan. 5, 1844; his widow d. Jan. 10, 1865, aged 77. 
 
 I. Phebe, b. Jan. 21, 1811 ; md. Solomon F. Towne, 
 
 q. V. 
 II. Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 30, 1813 ; md., 1838, Levi 
 
 Russell, son of Eliakim, q. v. 
 
 III. Laura, b. Jan. 3, 1815 ; d., unmd., Oct. 30, 1850. 
 
 IV. Sophronia, b. Nov. 19, 1818; md. Dec. 24, 1844, 
 
 Stephen P. Patch, of Ashby, Mass. She d. 
 Nov. 30, 1846. 
 V. Sarah Marinda, b. March 27, 1821 ; d., unmd., 
 
 March 7, 1853. 
 VI. Joshua Chadwick, b. July 29, 1823; md. June 17, 
 1846, Eveline J. Brooks, dau. of Walton Brooks, 
 q. v.; resides upon the old homestead. He was 
 selectman 1855, '66, '67, '68. 
 
 1. Emma H., b. Nov. 30, 1849; md. Jan. 24, 
 
 1872, Millard F. Jones ; reside in Rindge. 
 
 2. Clarence E., b. July 11, 1852, 
 
 3. Ida B., b. March 13, 1858. 
 
 VII. Josiah Thomas, b. April 5, 1826; md. Sibel 
 Boardman. He was a member of Company G, 
 21st Mass. Vols., and d. April 27, 1862. 
 viii. Caroline Band, b. July 15, 1830 ; d. July 18, 1832. 
 
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 Geeen Towne was a farmer, and a resident of the 
 north part of the town. He md. Feb. 13, 1810, Lucy 
 Rand, dau. of Capt. Solomon Rand. He d. April 23, 
 1857. His widow d. in Jaffrey a few years subsequently. 
 
 I. Solomon i?'., b. ; md. Sept. — , 1885, Phebe 
 
 Towne, dau. of Joshua, q. v. She d. Dec. 31, 
 1867. He resided in Rindge until 1851, and 
 after a residence in Ashburnham, Westminster, 
 and Petersham, Mass., of twenty years, he has 
 recently returned to this town. 
 
 1. George W., b. 
 
 md. Lizzie Hill : 
 
 resides a farmer in Rindge. 
 
 II. Oharles, md. Sept. 6, 1849, Susan S. Ellis, and 
 
 resides in Ashburnham. 
 in. Sarah A., md. A. A. Chamberlain, q. v. 
 IV. Xwcy M., md. June 3, 1847, Benjamin F. Marvle, 
 
 of Jaffrey. 
 V. Z,eoi P., md. Emily Sawyer ; resides in Jaffrey. 
 VI. I^liny F., md. Sept. 5, 1854, Calista A. Brooks, 
 dau. of Joseph Brooks, q. v. They reside in 
 Ashburnham. 
 
 Gaednbk Towne md, Lucy Bancroft, dau. of Col. 
 Ebenezer and Susannah (Fletcher) Bancroft, of Tyngs- 
 boro, Mass. They resided in Stoddard, N. H. Their 
 children were Christiana, Rebecca, Charles Gardner, Orr 
 Noble, Ebenezer Bancroft, Lucy B. 
 
 Jonathan Towne was here previous to the Revolu- 
 tion, but of this and the following famiUes the registers 
 cannot be fully or very satisfactorily given. He lived 
 near the farm of Col. Perry, where the Green family 
 have since resided, and d. 1784. He left three or more 
 children. ' 
 
 I. Jonathan, Jr., signed the Association Test, and 
 consequently was b. previous to 1756. He was 
 md. previous to 1780. 
 
 II. Amos, settled his father's estate; was in Capt. 
 Rand's company 1777, and in Col. Enoch Hale's 
 regiment'-1778 (vide pp. 141, 164). He was not 
 md. in 1780. 
 
 III. JOucy, b. 1767 ; md. Francis Greene, q. v. 
 
 Jbbbmiah Townb was here previous to 1776. He d. 
 June 10, 1830, aged 87 ; his wife d. April 6, 1822, aged 
 79. No record of Ms children has been secured, except 
 that a dau., Polly, md. , Thomas Tarbell, his second 
 marriage. 
 
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 Nehemiah Towne, perhaps a son of Jonathan, signed 
 the Association Test in 1776. The name of his wife was 
 Lucy, and three children were bap. Perhaps he removed 
 from Towne in the summer of 1780. 
 
 I. JVehemiah, bap. Oct. 9, 1776. 
 II. Josiah, bap. Feb. 22, 1778. 
 III. Joshua, bap. June 25, 1780. 
 
 William Towne and wife Hannah had two children 
 bap., and in 1780 were seated in the meeting-house. 
 
 I. Jchabod, bap. Dec. 6, 1778. 
 II. Hannah, bap. April 28, 1780. 
 
 CoENELius Towne, b. in Topsfield Feb. 18, 1772, per- 
 haps a son of one of the foregoing, md. 1791, Hannah 
 Chaplin, dau. of Micah Chaplin, q. v., then of Rindge. In 
 1804 he removed to Dublin, N. H. They had four chil- 
 dren b. in Rindge and one in Dublin. 
 
 I. JbAw, b. March 4, 1792. Settled, in Jaffrey. 
 II. Rebecca, b. May 2, 1794; md. Josiah Wight, of 
 Dublin. 
 
 III. Moses, b. July 21, 1796 ; md. Eliza Peiroe, dau. of 
 
 Elipha, and settled in Townsend, Mass. 
 
 IV. Cornelius, b. April 18, 1808. Settled in Dublin. 
 V. Mijah, b. Jan. 6, 1807. 
 
 De. John Townsend {vide p. 864) had resided in 
 several places previous to his arrival in this town. He 
 md. Elizabeth Cotton, who d. in Rindge Jan. 29, 1826. 
 
 Josiah Cotton, b. in Sandown July 81, 1764. 
 
 Susanna, b. in South Hampton July 21, 1765. 
 
 Timothy, b. Feb., 1767. 
 
 Patty, b. in Hopkinton Feb., 1768. 
 
 Roland Cotton, b. Feb., 1769 ; d. July, 1769. 
 
 Betsey, b. in New Ipswich Feb., 1770 ; md. Jacob 
 Gould, Jr., q. v. 
 
 Thomas Salter, b. in Rindge July, 1771. 
 
 John, b. in Rindge Feb. 17, 1778; md. Sept. 8, 
 1811, Hepsibah Cutler, dau. of Capt. Solomon 
 Cutler, q. v. She d..Oct. 18, 1812. He resided 
 in Boston, but was a frequent visitor to his native 
 town. He d. Oct. 25, 1832. 
 
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 Joshua Townsend, son of Reuben and Margaret 
 (Metcalf) Townsend, of Ashburnham, and grandson of 
 Joshua Townsend, of Shrewsbury, md. July 17, 1828, 
 Betsey Kimball, dau. of William Kimball, q. v. In 1883 
 they removed from Ashburnham to Rindge. She d. 
 
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 Nov. 15, 1849 ; and he md. (2d) 1852, Esther Eaton, of 
 Lancaster, Mass. He d. June 20, 1855, aged 64; his 
 widow d. June 27, 1855, aged 55. 
 
 I. Leonard Kimball, b. July 11, 1825; d. July 3, 
 
 1836. 
 II. AWert, h. Nov. 22 ; d. Nov. 28, 1827. 
 
 III. Mary, b. April 27, 1830; md. Ivers "Welling- 
 
 ton, q. V. 
 
 IV. William Kimball, b. June 10, 1839 ; d. April 21, 
 
 1843. 
 
 Amasa Tuejstee was b. in Hanover, Mass., about 1705. 
 He was a son of Amasa, grandson of Daniel, and great- 
 grandson of Humphrey Turner, of Scituate. In 1748 
 Amasa Turner and wife Elizabeth removed from Han- 
 over to Lancaster, Mass., and in 1766 removed to this 
 town. He was living here in 1780, and probably d. 
 soon after. He was prominent in the affairs of the 
 church and of the town, and was a useful, respected 
 citizen. Of their ten children, b. 1729-1749, only one 
 appears to have become a resident of this town. 
 
 Nathaniel Tueitee, b. Jan. 81, 1736-7, came to 
 Rindge with his father, . but removed from town about 
 1772. Martha, dau. of Nathaniel and Anne Turner, was 
 bap. Nov. 9, 1766, but he soon after joined the Baptists, 
 and if other children were born to them, they were not 
 bap. by Mr. Dean. 
 
 Job Ttlee, of Boxford, Mass., md. Elizabeth ■ Parker, 
 and removed to Rindge in May, 1777. He d. June 1, of 
 the same year; his wife d. Oct. 22, 1788. His children, 
 b. between 1740 and 1760, were as follows: — 
 
 JoHhua, b. Jan. 27, 1747. -|- 
 
 Farker, b. Jan. 6, 1753. -f- 
 
 Bradstreet, resided in Boxford, Mass. 
 
 Moses, resided in Lunenburg, Mass. 
 
 Asa, came to Rindge with his father, and resided 
 a short distance from the Pound. No record of 
 his family has been secured. He removed to 
 New York, and later to Pennsylvania. 
 
 Phinehas, resided in Leominster, Mass. 
 
 Elizabeth, md. Lieut. Joseph Mulliken, q. v. 
 
 Rachel. 
 
 Fanny. 
 
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 Joshua Ttlee removed to this town previous to the 
 removal of his father. He. md. in Rindge Dec. 5, 1776, 
 Ismenia Rimball, dau. of Lieut. Richard Kimball, q. v. 
 He resided near the brook between Pool and Long Ponds. 
 
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 He removed about 1790 to Leominster, Mass. He was a 
 member of Capt. Rand's company in 1777. Six children 
 were b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. Rebecca, b. Sept. 4, 1777. 
 11. Joshua, b. Feb. 3, 1779. Lived in Leominster. 
 
 ^efcey, b. March 9, li'82. 
 
 Mercy, b. April 19, 1784. 
 
 Phebe K., b. Sept. 6, 1785 ; md. Z Peirce, of 
 
 Jaffrey. 
 
 Thomas, b. July 14, 1787. Lived in Leominster. 
 
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 Parker Tyler md. in Rindge Jan. 29, 1782, Hannah 
 Flint, of .Lnffrey. She d. Oct. 13, 1802, and he md. (2d) 
 Nov., 1803, Lucy Giddings. He removed from Rindge to 
 Sterling, Mass., 1791, and subsequently to Leominster, 
 Mass., to Wilton, N. H., and returned to Rindge in 1818, 
 and thirteen years later he removed to Townsend, Mass., 
 where he d. Oct. 8, 1837 ; his widow d. Feb. 22, 1849. 
 
 I. Flint, b. Nov. 2, 1782 ; md. Jerusha Hardy, and d. 
 
 in Haverhill, Mass., May 26, 1870. 
 II. Apphia, b. Nov. 22, 1784; md. June, 1806, Will- 
 iam Abbott, and d. in September of the same 
 year. 
 
 III. Hannah, b. Oct. 20, 1786 ; md. Timothy Holt, and 
 
 lived many years in Weston, Vt. She d. in 
 Unity, N. H., Aug., 1873. 
 
 IV. Parker, b. Oct. 7, 1788 ; md. Abigail Buss, of Wil- 
 
 ton, N. H. ; d. in Lunenburg, Mass., March 27, 
 
 1858; shed. 1874. 
 V. Seth Payson, b. April 23, 1791 ; md. Sally Gray, 
 
 of Wilton ; md. (2d) Wheeler. He resided 
 
 in Rindge several years, and removed about 1835 
 
 to Leominster, Mass., where he d. Aug. 24, 1868. 
 VI. Putnam, b. Sept. 20, 1798 ; md. Lucy Seaver, of 
 
 Townsend. He resides in Marlow, N. H. 
 VII. Louisa, b. Nov. 19, 1795 ; md. John Hodgman, of 
 
 Townsend, who d. 1858. She resides in Rindge 
 
 with her sister, Mrs. Wilder. 
 VIII. Laura, twin, b. Nov. 19, 1795; md. Joseph 
 
 Simonds, of Groton, Mass. They reside in 
 
 Petersham, Mass. 
 IX. Miriam, b. Jan. 23, 1798 ; md. Jonathan Keyes, of 
 
 Wilton. She d. Dec. 17, 1839. 
 X. Levi, b. Oct. 22, 1800 ; md. Rhoda Pettengill, of 
 
 Wilton, and d. in Lyndeboro May 25, 1870. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 XI. Apphia, b. Nov. 
 Wilder, q. v. 
 
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 xii. Asa, b. July 31, 1809 ; md. Mary Adams, of Towns- 
 end, and d. in that place April 18, 1870. 
 
 NATHAjf Underwood, a farmer in Rindge, md. Judith 
 Peirce, dau. of Benjamin Peirce,' q. v. They removed 
 about 1857 to Watertown, Mass., where he d. July 14, 
 1860. She d. Feb. 8, 1871. 
 
 I. Joel, b. 1812 ; d. June 1, 1855. 
 II. Sophronia, md. Jonathan Peirce, son of Josiah, q. v. 
 
 III. Martin S., b. 1816 ; d. Oct. 17, 1837. 
 
 IV. Nathan, b. 1817; d. Aug. 2, 1817. 
 
 V. Benjamin M., b. 1822 ; d. Aug. 2, 1827. 
 VI. Marinda, b. 1824; d. July 30, 1827. 
 
 VII. Icybinda, b. 1831 ; md. 1853, Benjamin H. Shel- 
 don, of Boston. 
 VIII. Loammi B. 
 IX. 'Warren. 
 
 Luke B. Walcott, a wheelwright, removed to this 
 town in 1848. For several years he carried on business, 
 and resided whei-e Charles F. Stearns now lives. He md. 
 Barnes, of Sharon, and d. Nov. 27, 1863, aged 64; 
 
 his widow d. a few years subsequently. 
 
 I. Harriet A., has resided since 1871 in Illinois. 
 II. Henry S., resides in California ; has a family. 
 III. S. Elizabeth, md. March 9, 1853, William K. Swal- 
 low, a native of Dunstable, Mass. They reside 
 in Chicago, 111. 
 
 Edwaed "Waldkon removed from Princeton to Rindge 
 in 1800, and resided upon the farm now of Lyman Hale. 
 He was twice md., but a record of this family has not been 
 secured. He d. Dec. 17, 1843, aged 93; his second wife 
 d. March 2, 1822. A sister of Mr. Waldron md. James 
 Brown, and d. in this town June 28, 1855, aged 91. 
 Hannah, another sister, d., unmd., Sept. 23, 1843, aged 73. 
 
 I. Nabby, a child of first wife, b. 1782 ; md. April 3, 
 1845, Gamaliel Beaman, of Princeton, his second 
 marriage. They resided in Rindge Centre until 
 1866, when they i-emoved to Jaffrey, where he d. 
 Nov., 1870; she d. Feb. 21, 1869. 
 
 Thomas Walker md. in Rindge March 29, 1768, 
 Abigail Philbrick. A dau. was bap. the following year, 
 and in 1771 they were residing in Jaffrey. 
 
 I. Marga/ret, bap. Jan. 29, 1769. 
 
 Samuel Walker b. May 11, 1747, son of John and 
 Mary (Gove) Walker, md. 1770 (pub. May 17), Joanna 
 
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 Rice, and the same year removed to Rindge. He resided 
 in the west part of the town, where he d. about 1795, and 
 his widow md. (2d) Jan. 7, 1802, Paul Fitch, q. v., and 
 resided in Marlboro, N. H. 
 
 I. Samuel, b. June 6, 1771, perhaps the Samuel 
 "Walker who md. Betsey Wyman, and resided in 
 Winchendon. Nine children. 
 II. John, b. June 9, 1773. 
 
 III. Joanna, b. May 19, 1775 ; md. in Rindge Nov. 19, 
 
 1797, Abraham Oak, of Bolton. 
 
 IV. Asa, b. May 26, 1777. 
 
 V. Joseph, b. Aug. 24, 1779. 
 VI. I'olly, bap. May 26, 1782. 
 
 VII. /Sarah, bap. Oct. 24, 1784 ; md. Paul Fitch, Jr., q. v. 
 VIII. Jonathan, bap. Oct. 7, 1787. 
 
 Capt. Joshua Walker md. Mary Whitmore, and 
 removed to this town about 1780. He was selectman 
 1789, and was frequently chosen on important commit- 
 tees. He was a farmer and innholder, and resided upon 
 the farm now of Z. F. Whitney. He d. Jan. 4, 1825, 
 aged 74; his wife d. Oct. IB, 1823, aged 71. 
 
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 ■; md. Jan. 24, 1804, Sarah Bowers, 
 
 dau. of Nehemiah Bowers, q. v. 
 James, b. April 11, 1781 ; d. young. 
 Samuel, b. Nov. 16, 1782. 
 tTames, b. March 10,1784; a lawyer in Peterboro 
 
 (vide p. 358). 
 
 Mary, b. . 
 
 Charles, b. Nov. 21, 1795; a clergyman {vide 
 
 p. 359). 
 
 Dana S. Walkbe, a native of New Ipswich, is a son of 
 John and Mary (Stratton) Walker, grandson of Jesse 
 and Sarah (Emerson) Walker, and great-grandson of. 
 John Walker, who removed from Lincoln, Mass., in 1760, 
 and settled in New Ipswich. John Walker, son of Jesse, 
 md. (2d) Nov. 27, 1845, Hannah Colburn, dau. of Eben- 
 ezer and Hannah (Jewett) Colburn, q. v., and is residing 
 in Marlboro, Vt. Dana S. Walker md. Arvilla Will- 
 iams, who d. May 25, 1858 ; and he md. (2d) Oct. 11, 
 1855, Mary Perry, dau. of Col. Jason B. Perry, q. v. He 
 is a farmer and carpenter at Rindge Centre, and also 
 proprietor of the stages between the depot and the post- 
 offices at Rindge Centre and East Rindge. 
 
 I. Emma Lucelia, b. Aug. 1, 1856. 
 II. George Richard Dana, b. Feb. 19, 1872. 
 
GENEALOGICAL R'EGISTEU. 
 
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 WALLACE. 
 
 There are, at least, two distinct families of this name in New England. 
 Robert WalUs was residing in Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1639, and from 
 that town many bearing the name have removed to other places, as well 
 as others of the same family who have taken the name of Wallace. 
 
 The brothers John and Thomas Wallace were from Colraine, Ireland. 
 The former settled among congenial spirits in Londonderry in 1719, and 
 the latter emigrated a few years subsequently. It is probable that there 
 are other families in New England, but the record of these is clearly 
 established. 
 
 Benoni WaUis, of the Ipswich family, removed to Lunenburg, Mass., 
 and there md. July 2, 1755, Rebecca Brown, of Lynn. They continued 
 their residence in Lunenbiirg, where he d. March 15, 1792 ; she d. Aug. 
 25, 1790. David Wallis, son of Benoni, was b. Oct. 16, 1760. He md. 
 Susannah Conn, and d. in Ashburnham Jan. 14, 1842. 
 
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 David Wallace, son of David and Susannah (Conn) 
 Wallis, was b. in Ashburnham July 14, 1797 ; he md. 
 July 8, 1821, Roxanna Gowen, of New I]iswioh, and 
 removed to Rinda;e 1846, where he d. May 29, 1857. He 
 wrote his name Wallace. 
 
 I. Harriet, b. Sept. 18, 1821; md. Feb. 12, 1843, 
 Barnard Tenney, of New Ipswich. 
 
 1. Theodore, b. July 31, 1844 ; d., unmd.. May 
 
 24, 1873. 
 
 2. Oliver, b. July 6, 1846 ; resides at home. 
 
 3. Eurania, b. June 6, 1849 ; d. June 10, 1851. 
 
 II. Rodney, b. Dec. 21, 1823. -f 
 
 III. David iK., b. Jan. 24, 1826 ; md. Huldah Hartwell, 
 
 dau. of Charles HartweU, of Ashby; she d. June 
 23, 1874. He resides in Winchendon. 
 
 1. Huldah E., b. Aug. 12, 1848; d. Dec. 4, 
 
 1858. 
 
 2. Clara E., b. July 12, 1851 ; md. July 4, 
 
 1871, Clement P. Flint, of Winchendon. 
 
 3. Sarah A., b. July 6, 1858 ; d. Jan. 14, 1859. 
 
 4. Emma M., b. July 4, 1855; d. Jan. 17, 
 
 1859. 
 
 IV. John A., b. Jan. 23, 1829 ; he has resided in New 
 
 York City during the past twenty years ; md. 
 Jan., 1859, Susan Jane Drake, of Chester, 
 Orange County, N. Y. She d. May 7, 1865, 
 aged 35. 
 
 1. Nellie, b. Jan. 4, 1860; d. May 7, 1865. 
 
 2. John, b. Aug. 9, 1863. 
 
 V. Charles E., b. March 6, 1831. + 
 VI. George F.,h.'Soy. 21, 1833; md. Nov. 21, 1859, 
 Maria A. Woodbury, dau. of Nathan Wood- 
 bury, q. V. 
 
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 VII. Momanzo A., b. Sept. 29, 1836 ; resides in Savan- 
 nah, Ga., and is a dealer in stationery. He md. 
 July 25, 1865, Jane S. Morgan. 
 VIII. WilUam Everett, b. March 25, 1839 ; md. Aug. 28, 
 1859, Helen A. Hayward, of Fitchburg. He is 
 a clerk for the Fitchburg Paper Company. 
 
 Rodney Wallace resided in Rindge from his youth 
 until 1852, when he removed to Fitchburg, Mass., and 
 became a member of the fiiin of Shepley & Wallace, 
 wholesale dealers in books and stationery, and dealers in 
 paper stock. After several years of successful manage- 
 ment of this business he withdrew from the firm, and 
 engaged in the manufacture of paper, and became con- 
 nected with several other manufacturing interests of 
 Fitchburg. In whsitever enterprise he has engaged he has 
 been fortunate, not only in a pecuniary point of view, but 
 in the prompt command of the confidence and respect of 
 his associates. In him integrity and principle have been 
 closely allied with business tact and a liberal and compre- 
 hensive management of large pecuniary interests. 
 
 His ambition for political life has never had a vigorous 
 growth, nor engrossed his attention to the neglect of the 
 private and corporate interests which have been depend- 
 ent upon his personal attention. He was selectman 1864, 
 '65, and '67 ; a representative to the General Court 1874, 
 but declined a reelection the following year. 
 
 In the direction of the affairs of several monetary and 
 corporate interests, his services have been frequently 
 sought. He has been president and director of the 
 Fitchburg Gas Light Company since 1864; a director of 
 the Fitchburg National Bank since 1866; for several 
 years a trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank; a 
 director of the Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 
 pany ; president of the Fitchburg Board of Trade ; and 
 was recently elected a director of the Fitchburg Railroad 
 Company. 
 
 As a citizen and as a friend he is held in high esteem, 
 and his usefulness has often been proved by earnest, eflS- 
 cient service, as well as by unostentatious yet generous 
 donations in the support of many laudable enterprises. 
 In this the town of Rindge has not been overlooked. In 
 his social relations he has been fortunate, and has ever 
 had many warm personal friends. Mr. Wallace md. Dec. 
 1, 1853, Sophia Ingalls, youngest dau. of Thomas Ingalls, 
 Esq. q. v., who d., leaving two sons, June 20, 1871. 
 
 I. Herbert I., b. Feb. 17, 1856; a student at Har- 
 vard University, class of 1877. 
 II. Oeorge E., b. June 20, 1859. 
 
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 Chaeles E. "Wallace resides in New Ipswich. He 
 md. July 6, 1857, Elizabeth Gilson, of Groton, Mass. 
 
 I. Cora A., h. June 8, 1858. 
 II. Mattie M,h. Jan. 5, 1860. 
 
 III. George H., b. Feb. 5, 1861. 
 
 IV. Delia 2)., b. April 15, 1862; d. July 8, 1863. 
 V. CharUs 2)., b. Jan. 8, 1864. 
 
 VI. Mary E., b. Sept. 18, 1865. 
 VII. WiUiam B., b. Nov. 20, 1866. 
 VIII. Herbert C, b. Jan. 18, 1872. 
 
 WiLLiAsi Walton and wife Susannah removed from 
 Reading, Mass., to the north-east part of Rindge in 1774. 
 He d. March 22, 1835, aged 84 ; his wife d. Feb. 27, 1835, 
 aged 82. 
 
 I. William, b. Sept. 23, 1773. 
 u. Daniel, b. Oct. 10, 1775. 
 
 ui. Susannah, b. July 17, 1777. 
 
 IV. Nathan, b. Oct. 7, 1779. + 
 
 V. Ehenezer, b. Aug. 18, 1782. 
 VI. James, b. June 28, 1784. 
 
 VII. Lydia, b. Oct 19, 1786 ; md. Oct. 31, 1811, Josiah 
 
 Platts, q. V. 
 VIII. Sarah, b. July 13, 1788 ; md. Dec. 4, 1808, Reuben 
 Nutting, of Jaffrey. 
 IX. Rebecca, b. April 3, 1791. 
 X. Sene, or Asenath, b. June 8, 1795. 
 XI. Joseph. 
 XII. Benjamin. 
 
 Nathait WALTOiir md. Mary . Their children 
 
 were : — 
 
 I. Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1804. 
 
 II. Joseph Bates, b. Dec. 25, 1805. 
 
 m. Edwin Dennis, b. Nov. 27, 1807; md., 1854, 
 
 Esther (Gilbert) Clark, widow of Henry 
 
 Clark, q. v. 
 IV. Betsey, h. Aug. 10, 1814. 
 V. Charles, b. Aug. 6, 1816; md. Sarah Fiske, of 
 
 Temple, N. H., and resided several years in New 
 
 Ipswich ; now lives in Temple. 
 
 VI. Daniel Sumner, a blacksmith of Rindge; he d. 
 
 Oct. 7, 1868, aged 56. 
 
 1. Charles S., b. April 3, 1837 ; md. March, 
 
 1868, Lydia A. Danforth, dau. of B. F. 
 Danforth, q. v. 
 
 2. Sarah E., b. Oct. 9 1839 ; d. Nov. 21, 1859. 
 
 3. Sarah E., b. July 3, 1844; 
 
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 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 
 
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 4. William M., b. Dec. 6, 1846 ; d. Marcli 18, 
 1849. 
 
 Benjamin Ward, Esq., (vide p. 372) md. Sept. 16, 
 1828, Linda Raj'mond, dau. of Capt. Joel Raymond, q. v. 
 He d., leaving one dau., Feb. 19, 1828; and his widow 
 md. (2d) Dr. Nathaniel Kingsbury, q. v. 
 
 I. Marianna, md. Rev. Samuel Watson Brown, who 
 was b. April 7, 1828 ; graduate of Yale College 
 1850, and a student two years at Andover Theo- 
 logical Seminary. He preached in Coventry, 
 Conn., 1861-1864, and in Groton, Conn., from 
 1864 until his death, Nov. 9, 1866. 
 
 Joshua Webster removed from New Salem 1762. 
 For about twenty years his name occasionally appears 
 upon the records. By wife Mary he had nine children. 
 
 Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1754. 
 
 Asa, b. Jan. 27, 1756 ; d. June 15, 1760. 
 
 Peter, b. May 15, 1758; was a soldier in the Revo- 
 lution {vide pp. 110, 126, 135, 140, 166). 
 
 Mehitable, b. Jan. 7, 1760. 
 
 Hannah, b. Jan 16, 1762. 
 
 Sarah, b. June 10, 1764. 
 
 Asa, b. Jan. 14, 1767. 
 
 Mary, b. July 5, 1770. 
 
 Israel, b. July 18, 1772. 
 
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 WELLINGTON. 
 
 KoGEE Wellington, b. in England about 1610, was an early settler of 
 Watertown, Mass. He was admitted freeman April 18, 1690, and d. 
 March 11, 1697-8. He md. Mary Palgrave, eldest dau. of Dr. Richard 
 Palgrave. Hon. Roger Sherman, of Conn., was a great-grandson of 
 Roger Wellington, and received Ms name from him. Joseph Wellington, 
 son of Roger, was b. in Watertown, Oct. 9, 1643, and admitted freeman 
 
 1677. He md. Sarah , who d. Feb. 5, 1683-4; md. (2d) June 6, 
 
 1684, Elizabeth Straight, dau. of Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth (Kemball) 
 Straight, of Watertown. He d. Oct. 30, 1714. By his second wife he 
 had four children. Of these, Thomas Wellington was b. in Watertown, 
 Nov. 10, 1686; md. about 1708, Rebecca Whittemore, dau. of Samuel 
 and Isabelle (Park) Whittemore; she d. Nov. 6, 1734, and he again 
 md. He d. 1759. Thomas Wellington, his son by his first wife, was b. 
 in Watertown, Aug. 6, 1714. He resided in Watertown, where he was 
 probably a farmer, and an innholder. He md. March 13, 1734-5, 
 Margaret Stone, b. Sept. 15, 1718, dan. of Jonathan and Chary (Adams) 
 Stone, of Lexington. He d. Nov. 4, 1783; she d. Sept. 7, 1800. 
 George Wellington, the ninth of their fourteen children, was b. in 
 Watertown Oct. 21, 1749; he md. Dec. 24, 1772, Lucy Peirce, b. Nov. 27, 
 1755, dau. of Ephraim and Lydia (White) Peirce, of Waltham. He 
 served in the Revolution, and removed to Jaffrey, N. H., and subsequently 
 to Cavendish, Vt. Capt. Leonard Wellington, his son, and of the sixth 
 generation from Roger Wellington, the emigrant, resided many yeai-s in 
 Rindge, and is named hereafter. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGI8TEB. 
 
 745 
 
 Beniamin Wellington, another son of Roger Wellington, the emi- 
 grant, md. Dec. 7, 1671, Elizabeth Sweetman, dau. of Thomas Sweet- 
 man, of Cambridge. He d. Jan. 8, 1709-10. His son, Benjamin Well- 
 ington, b. June 21, 1676, md. Jan. 16, 1698-9, Lydia Brown, dau. of 
 Jonathan and Mary (Shattuck) Brown, also of Watertown ; she d. May 
 13, 1711, and he again mai-ried. His son Benjamin Wellington, by his 
 first wife, was b. May 21, 1702; he resided in Watertown, where he md. 
 
 Lydia ; md. (2d) Abigail Fessenden, b. July 13, 1713, dau. of 
 
 Thomas and Abigail (Poulter) Fessenden ; he d. Nov. 15, 1738, and his 
 widow md. Ebenezer Smith, of Lexington. Benjamin Wellington, his 
 son by the second wife, was b. April 22, 1738 ; md. in Lexington, Sept. 
 5, 1763, Lucy Smith, dau. of Daniel and Mary (BuiTidge) Smith. He 
 was a mason, and in 1777 removed to Ashby, Mass., where he d. Oct. 26, 
 1814; his widow d. July 30, 1817. Liberty WeUington, the fifth of his 
 eight children, and of the sixth generation from Roger WeUington, was 
 b. Sept. 21, 1774 ; md. April 16, 1808, Mary Lawrence. Their eldest son 
 is Ivers Wellington, who is number 24 in the following register. 
 
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 Capt. LBOifABD Wellington, son of George "Welling- 
 ton, of Jaffrey and Cavendish, removed to Rindge 1803, 
 where he d. May 22, 1849, aged 69. He was a hatter, and 
 occupied for several years the house now of Dr. Josiah 
 Abbott. Later he became a farmer, and moved to the 
 farm now of his son, Gilman P. Wellington, and for many 
 years he was considerably employed as an auctioneer. In 
 the war of 1812 he was a lieutenant in Capt. Gregg's 
 company. He md. Dec. 4, 1805, Eunice Earl, dau. of 
 John Earl, q. v. She d. 1808; md. (2d) Sept. 6, 
 1809, Dorcas Priest, who d. Aug. 3, 1817; md. (3d) Jan , 
 1818, Lucinda Page, dau. of Abijah Page, q. v. She d. 
 Dec. 22, 1847. 
 
 I. Adaline JL., b. May 28, 1806; md. Ira Lake, q. v. 
 II. Mmice M, b. Oct. 9, 1807 ; d. Aug. 21, 1820. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 III. JEliza G., b. Deo. 20, 1810 ; md. her cousin, Addi- 
 
 son Weeks. Resided in Rindge a few years. 
 
 IV. Leonard W., b. Feb. 5, 1812; d. Sept. 9, 1813. 
 V. Charles W., b. Sept. 17, 1813. 
 
 VI. Zeonard P., b. June 20, 1815; md. May 15, 1850, 
 Nancy Demary, dau. of James L. Demary, q. v. 
 She d. April 18, 1859; and he md. (2d) Nov. 1, 
 1863, Mrs. Mary A. Reynolds, widow of John I. 
 Reynolds (vide Russell Register, No. — ), and 
 removed 1865 to Maine. 
 
 1. John F., b. Aug. 8, 1852. 
 
 2. Nancy Mersylvia, b. March 28, 1855. 
 
 3. Ida Maria, b. Aug. 6, 1858; now Ida M. 
 
 Bennett, adopted dau. of Lyman Bennett. 
 
746 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Children of third wife : — 
 
 VII. Gilman P., b. June 18, 1819; a farmer, residing 
 upon the homestead; md. Sept. 11, 1849, Mary 
 Ann Jones, dau. of Asia Jones, q. v. 
 
 1. Henry W., b. Nov. 6, 1850; resides in 
 Rindge. 
 
 2. Frank E., b. May 27, 1852; md. May 27, 
 1874, Ellen M. Weston, dau. of James A. 
 and Elizabeth Weston ; resides in Rindge. 
 
 3. Addie Flora, b. May 24, 1865. 
 
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 VIII. Lucinda, b. March 31, 1821; md. Lyman Ben- 
 nett, q. V. 
 
 IX. George P., b. Sept. 29, 1823 ; md. Gratia L. How- 
 ard, of Royalston, Mass. He is a manufacturer, 
 in Hinsdale, E". H. 
 X. Mary Ann W., b. Aug. 9, 1825 ; d., unmd., Nov. 
 8, 1846. 
 
 XI. Lucy <?., b. Nov. 13, 1828; md. June 24, 1851, 
 Albert Whittier, of Grafton, N. H. ; now of 
 Empire City, Minn. 
 xii. Joel, b. July 7, 1831 ; md. Nov. 30, 1854, Harriet 
 Elizabeth Ramsdell, dau. of Amos Ramsdell, 
 q. V. He is the principal owner and manager of 
 the Union Box and Lumber Company, whose 
 mills are at East Rindge. The company annu- 
 ally manufacture a large number of nest and 
 fruit boxes, and much coarse lumber ; and the 
 prosperity of that portion of the town is much 
 indebted to his successful management and 
 enterprise. He was representative 1873 and 
 1874. 
 
 1. Herbert D., b. Sept. 18, 1856. 
 
 2. Arthur J., b. Feb. 28, 1860. 
 
 xin. John, b. Sept. 8, 1833 ; d. in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 2, 
 
 1859. 
 XIV. Caroline, b. Oct. 12, 1836; d. Jan. 14, 1850. 
 
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 IvBES WELLrNGTOiT, SOU of Liberty Wellington, of 
 Ashby, Mass., was b. in that town Jan. 12, 1812. He md. 
 Jan. 6, 1857, Mary Townsend, dau. of Joshua Townsend, 
 and removed at that time to this town. He is a success- 
 ful farmer, and resides at Converseville. 
 
 I. Cyrus Walter, b. Nov. 12, 1857. 
 II. Edwin Ivers, b. June 29, 1860. 
 
GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 
 
 747 
 
 WETHERBEE. 
 
 The Wetherbees of New Englaind are -of English origin. The name 
 upon the earliest American records was spelled Witherby, but the present 
 orthography has generally prevailed for many years. John Wetherbee, 
 the emigrant ancestor of this family, resided in Marlboro and in Stow, 
 Mass. He md. in the former place Sept. 18, 1672, Mary Howe, dau. of 
 .Tohn and Mary Howe (vide Howe Register). She was b. June 18, 1654, 
 and is mentioned in the will of her father as "my daughter Mary With- 
 erby." She d. in Stow June 5, 1684, and he md. (2d) Lydia Moore, who 
 survived him. The date of his death does not appear upon the records of 
 Stow, where he d; but from the probate records it appears that he d. 
 about 1711. John Wetherbee, son of John and Mary (Howe) Wether- 
 bee, was b. inTMarlboro March 26, 1675. He resided in Stow, where he 
 d. about 1720. By wife Catherine he had seven sons and one dau. Of 
 these, Hezekiah is named hereafter, and Thomas, b. June 16, 1716, by 
 wife Elizabeth had eight children, and among them was Thomas, who 
 came to Rindge, and is No. 96 in this Register. 
 
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 Hezekiah Wetherbee, son of John and Catherine, 
 md. April 23, 1728, Huldah Martyn, dau. of Thomas and 
 Mary (Gove) Martyn, and resided a short time in Marl- 
 boro, Mass., where his eldest child was b. In 1729 he 
 removed to Lunenburg, and there resided until his death. 
 The date of his death is not exactly known, but it was 
 previous to 1759, when " Abel Platts, of Rowley Canada, 
 was published to Phebe Wethej^ee, dau. , of Widow 
 Wetherbee from over beyond Mulpus." MulpuS is the 
 name of a brook in Lunenburg. Widow Huldah md. 
 (2d) Jan. 12, 1773, Dea. Ephraim Peirce, of Lunenburg, 
 the father of Sarah, wife of Dea. John Lovejoy, of 
 Rindge, and grandfather of Josiah Peirce and Benjamin 
 Gould, of Rindge. After his death, his widow came to 
 Rindge and resided with her children. 
 
 I. Benjamin, b. Nov. 3, 1728. -|- 
 II. Thomas, b. Nov. 27, 1730. + 
 
 III. Phebe, b. Feb. 12, 1733-4; d. young. 
 
 IV. Phehe, b. July 7, 1740 ; md. Abel Platts, q. v. 
 
 V. Sarah, b. Nov. 17, 1742; md. May 21, 1763, Noah 
 Dodge, son of Noah and Margaret Dodge, of 
 Lunenburg. He was b. in Wenham, Mass., and 
 was a soldier in the Revolution. 
 
 VI. John, b. Sept. 14, 1746. -f- 
 
 VII. Abraham, b. June 5, 1752. -\- 
 
 Benjamin Wetheebee, eldest son of Hezekiah, md. 
 Sept. 24, 1755, Kezia Munroe, b. Oct. 16, 1731, dau. of 
 Joseph and Elizabeth Munroe, of Carlisle, Mass. He 
 removed his family to this town in 1761, ahd d. July 12, 
 1771 ; she d. July 12, 1772. 
 
 I. Betsey, b. in Lunenburg Jan. 5, 1756; rad. 
 Matthew Osborn. 
 
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 EISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 II. HezeMah, b. in Lunenburg June 20, 1757. + 
 m. Rachel, b. in Lunenburg, Jan. 5, 1759 ; md. — — 
 
 Parker. 
 IV. Benjamin, b. in Rindge Oct. 2, 1762; d. in the 
 
 Revolutionary army of small-pox. 
 V. Mary, b. in Rindge Aug. 16, 1765. 
 VI. Kezia, b. in Rindge July 4, 1768. 
 
 Thomas Wbtheebee md. April 22, 1756, Hannah 
 Munroe, of Carlisle, probably a sister of the wife of his 
 brother Benjamin; and perhaps Hudson's "Lexington" 
 mistakes in the marriage of this person to Gershom Will- 
 iams. He removed to Rindge between 1777 and 1780, 
 and to New Ipswich in 1800. Children all b. in Lunen- 
 burg. 
 
 I. Thomas, b. Aug. 7, 1757; md. June 28, 1788, 
 Maria Sawtell, dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Hol- 
 den) Sawtell, q. v. They removed in 1800 to 
 New Ipswich, and soon after to Ludlow, Vt. Of 
 many children only one survived the years of 
 childhood. 
 
 1. Luther, b. March 18, 1789; md., 1810, 
 Nancy Kendall, and settled in Ludlow. 
 
 n. Daniel, b. Dec. 16, 1758 ; md. Hepsibah Merriam, 
 
 and left several children. His son Josiah md. 
 
 Abigail Jones, dau. of Jonathan Jones, and 
 
 resided in New Hampton, N. H. Isaac J. 
 
 Wetherbee, Esq., of Charlestown, Mass., is a 
 
 son of Josiah. ' 
 
 in. Hepsibah, b. Feb. 28, 1760 ; md. Nathan Hewett. 
 IV. Isaac, b. Sept. 2, 1761 ; md. Hannah Knapp. , 
 V. Sarah, b. March 30, 1763; md. Joshua Heald; 
 
 (2d) HambUn ; (3d) Nesmith. 
 
 VI. David, b. May 31, 1764 ; md. Esther Hathorne. 
 VII. Hannah , b. Feb. 16, 1766 ; md. Tilley Mason, 
 vni. Lucy, b. Aug. 4, 1767 ; md. Gregory Faulie. 
 IX. Josiah, b. March 17, 1769; md. Lavina Hyde. 
 X. Martha, b. Oct. 16, 1771 ; md. Benjamin Bacheller. 
 XI. Molley, b. Nov. 14, 1778, as recorded, but she was 
 
 bap. 1772. The error is probably in the date of 
 
 birth. She d. unmd. 
 
 John Wbtheebee md. Jan. 21, 1778, Susannah Page, 
 dau. of Joseph and Deborah (Gould) Page, q. v. He set- 
 tled upon the farm in Rindge which has since been occu- 
 pied by his son, Joseph, and grandson, Joseph Sylvester. 
 He was a man of unexceptionable character, and was 
 highly respected. He d. March 31, 1838, aged 91 ; she d. 
 
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 Aug. 21, 1840, aged 93. Several of their children also 
 lived to a great age, and his sister Phebe was 101 years, 4 
 months, and 27 days old when she d. 
 
 I. Susannah, b. Nov. 7, 1773; md. Benjamin Fos- 
 ter, q. V. 
 II. JTuldah, b. Nov. 18, 1775; d. of cancer Jan. 15, 
 1826, unmd. 
 
 III. John, b. Dec. 18, 1777; d. April 19, 1779. 
 
 IV. Jeremiah,h. Dec. 31, 1779.-)- 
 V. Joseph, b. Oct. 8, 1781.+ 
 
 VI. Sarah,h. Jan. 23, 1784; md. Enoch Breed; (2d) 
 Dea. Adin Cummings. 
 
 VII. Sezekiah, b. May 6, 1786. Resided in Rindge 
 until 1818, and subsequently in Concord, Mass., 
 and Londonderry, N. H. While a resident of 
 this town he was captain of the company of 
 cavalry belonging to the Twelfth Regiment. He 
 md. Grace Baker, and d. March 11, 1869, leaving 
 children, of whom no record is received. 
 VIII. Deborah, b. Aug. 11, 1788; d. in Rindge, unmd., 
 July 14, 1874, aged nearly 86. 
 
 IX. Phebe, b. March 8, 1791; md. Moses Binney, of 
 New Ipswich, and d. Nov. 10, 1837, leaving sev- 
 eral children, all of whom d. in childhood. 
 
 Abraham Wethekbee settled in Rindge on the farm 
 now of Abraham J. Converse, where he cultivated several 
 acres of hops. He md. Joanna Sawtell, dau. of Jonathan 
 and Mary (Holden) Sawtell, and sister of Maria, wife of 
 Thomas Wetherbee, Jr. In 1805 he removed to Pennsyl- 
 vania. 
 
 I. Abraham, b. Aug. 2, 1776. He and Ephraim 
 Cummings, from Swanzey, N. H., of about the 
 same age, were drowned in Pecker Pond June 
 12, 1793, 
 II. Senjamin, b. July 8, 1778. 
 
 III. Nathaniel, b. May 31, 1780 ; md. Susannah Hub- 
 
 bard, dau. of Jonathan Hubbard, q. v. 
 
 IV. John, b. June 2, 1782. 
 
 v. Solomon, b. Aug. 15, 1784 ; md. in Rindge April 
 14, 1807, Sarah Wetherbee, dau, of Thomas, No. 
 100 of this Register. 
 
 1. Louisa, b. in Rindge March 28, 1809. 
 
 2. Larinda, b. in Rindge Jan. 14, 1811. 
 
 VI. Joanna, b. Aug. 16, 1785 ; md. Amaziah Sawtell, 
 son of Jonathan and Hannah (Whitaker) Saw- 
 tell, q. V. 
 VII. Tirzah, b. Feb. 8, 1788 ; d. March 22, 1789. 
 
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 Tirzah, h. Jan. 1, 1790. 
 
 Levi, b. March 3, 1792. 
 
 Abraham, h. March 19, 1794 ; d. May 25, 1794. 
 
 Ephraim Cunimings, b. May 15, 1795. 
 
 Asenath, b. June 5, 1797. 
 
 Hezekiah Wbtheebbe, son of Benjamin, served in 
 Capt. Thomas' comi:)any, and in Capt. Rand's company 
 {vide pp. 110, 141), and subsequently removed to Grafton, 
 Vt. He md. Lucy Hale, dau. of Col. Enoch Hale, q. v., 
 and d. March 31, 1823, and his widow md. (2d) Jonathan 
 Lake. His eleven children were b. in Grafton. 
 
 I. Benjamin, b. Feb. 7, 1785 ; d., unmd., in Roxbury, 
 
 Mass., Oct. 23, 1805. 
 II. Enoch, b. Feb. 16, 1787 ; md. Betsey Cutler. He 
 
 d. in Rockingham, Vt., July 25, 1863. 
 
 III. Elizabeth , b. March 27, 1789 ; d., unmd., in Rock- 
 
 ingham June 9, 1866. 
 
 IV. Moses, b. Sept. 3,1791; md. Mary Wheelock ; d. 
 
 in Rockingham Nov. 23, 1868. 
 V. Abigail, b. March 23, 1793 ; md. Cephas "Wilder, 
 
 of Plymouth, Vt. ; d. March 26, 1857. 
 VI. Buth, b. Feb. 3, 1795 ; d. Oct. 26, 1797. 
 VII. Zucy, b. Dec. 12, 1797; md. Ellis Colbum, of 
 
 Gi-afton, Vt. ; still living.' 
 VIII. Sarah, b. March 29, 1800 ; md. Jeremiah Barton ; 
 d. March 16, 1863. 
 IX. Azubah, b. Feb. 16, 1802 ; md. Dr. Eli Perry, and 
 
 d. in Ryegate, Vt., Jan. 25, 1840. 
 X. Eunice, b. Jan. 27, 1805 ; md. Abiel Chamberlain, 
 
 of Newbury, Vt. ; d. Sept. 6, 1852. 
 XI. Caroline, b. July 3, 1807 ; md. James Spaulding, 
 of New Ipswich ; still living. 
 
 Jeremiah Wetheebee, son of John, upon attainment 
 of his majority, removed to Cambridgeport, Mass., where 
 he md. itary Pope, who d. soon after without offspring. 
 He md. (2d) Oct. 19, 1809, Mercy Holden, b. in Barre, 
 Mass., Dec. 1, 1790, dau. of Moses and Mercy (Perry) 
 Holden, and a descendant of Francis Holden, who em- 
 barked for America from Ipswich, England, in April, 
 1634, and settled in Watertown, but subsequently removed 
 to Groton, where he d. March 1, 1696. Mr. Wetherbee d. 
 Aug. 24, 1863. 
 
 I. Sarah Holden, b. July 27, 1810 ; md. Aug. 19> 
 
 1833, William Henshaw, of Cambridsje. 
 II. Mary Pope, b. June 12, 1812; md. April 30, 1833, 
 George W. Eddy, of Waterford, N. Y. She d. 
 May 9, 1836. 
 
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 III. Moses Jlolden, b. July 5, 1814; md. April 21, 1842, 
 
 Prances Hull. He d. Sept. 28, 1855. 
 
 IV. George WiUiams,'h. June 28, 1816; d. June 19, 
 
 18i8. 
 
 - V. Susannah, b. Nov. 10, 1818 ; d. Sept. 14, 1820. 
 
 VI. Mercy, b. Sept. 21, 1820 ; md. May 13, 1850, Isaac 
 K. Bronson, of Peterboro, N. Y. 
 
 VII. Charles, b. Sept. 22, 1822; d. July 24, 1825. 
 VIII. Miza H., b. Nov. 1, 1824; md. May 25, 1847, 
 Avery W. Gilbert, of New Braintree, Mass. 
 
 IX. Henry, b Feb. 19, 1827 ; md. March 14, 1860, Ellen 
 
 Merrill, of Westfield, Mass. 
 X. Seth,h. Nov. 12, 1829; md. Sept. 17, 1859, Mary 
 Rand, who d. Sept. 23, 1868; and he md. (2d) 
 Dec. 20, 1871, Lucy Stafford. 
 
 XI. Jeremiah Otis, b. Jan. 16, 1832, is of the firm of L. 
 Lovejoy & Co., dealers in lumber, Causeway 
 Street, Boston. He md. Jan. 29, 1863, Martha 
 Frundy Lovejoy, b. April 19, 1841, dau. of Loyal 
 Lovejoy, the senior partner of the firm. To this 
 gentleman the Wetherbees of Rindge are much 
 indebted, and this register of the family contains 
 many facts and dates that have been secured 
 through his persistent efforts. His children, the 
 seventh generation from John and Mary (Howe) 
 Wetherbee, are as follows : — 
 
 1. Winthrop, b. Nov. 5, 1863. 
 
 2. Lila, b. Feb. 11, 1866. 
 
 3. Mattie, b. June 23, 1868. 
 
 4. Henry, b. Dec. 5, 1871. 
 
 5. Nellie, b. Aug. 16, 1873. 
 
 XII. John W., b. April 30, 1835 ; d. Oct. 26, 1836. 
 
 Joseph Wbthbebbb md. Jan 23, 1810, Nancy Conant, 
 dau. of Zebulon Conant, of New Ipswich. He resided 
 upon the homestead; d. Jan. 6, 1867, aged 85. His wife 
 d. April 11, 1835. 
 
 I. Zaura, b. Dec. 20, 1810 ; md., 1833, Smith South- 
 erland, and removed to Medina, Mich., where 
 they still reside. 
 II. John, b. Nov. 4, 1812 ; md., 1846, Sophia Fay, and 
 for many years resided in Rockport, Mass., where 
 he d. Dec. 10, 1874. 
 III. AroiUa, b. Jan. 24, 1815; md. April 23, 1839, 
 ApoUos Griswold, b. in Savoy, Mass., March 17, 
 1812, son of ApoUos and Prudence (Crapoe) 
 Griswold. They resided in Rindge until 1865, 
 when they removed to Ashburnham. 
 
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 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
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 IV. Marinda £., bap. March 16, 1817 ; md., 1862, John 
 Barrett, of Ashby, Mass., where they reside. 
 V. Eliza Ann, b. July 29, 1819; md. Dec. 1, 1842, 
 Stephen Sylvester, of New Ipswich ; she d. Jan. 
 10, 1851, and he md. (2d) Augusta (Bennett) 
 Buttrick, widow of Hiram N. Buttrick, q. v. He 
 d. 1871. 
 VI. Sarriet JST., h. Sept. 27, 1821 ; md. Nov. 16, 1848, 
 
 Benjamin Stowe, Jr., q. v. 
 VII. Mersylvia, b. Aug. 24, 1824 ; d. Feb. 28, 1825. 
 VIII. Joseph Sylvester,}). May 12, 1828; md. June 19, 
 1851, Laura M. Nutting, dau. of Jonas and Lucy 
 (Sylvester) Nutting, of New Ipswich. He re- 
 sided upon the homestead, was selectman 1863 
 and 1864, and removed, 1871, to New Ipswich. 
 
 1. Ellen Maria, b. April 27, 1852; md. Aug., 
 
 1871, Andrew C. Robertson, son of Sam- 
 uel Robertson of JafEi-ey. They reside in 
 Rindge. 
 
 2. Clara Louisa, b. Aug. 2, 1854; md. 1873, 
 
 Oliver J. Nutting. He is a pail manufact- 
 urer in Richmond, N. H. 
 
 3. Charles S., b. June 10, 1857; d. Jan. 31, 
 
 1858. 
 
 4. George E., b. Oct. 19, 1858. 
 
 5. Charles E., b. July 9, 1861 ; d. March 30, 
 
 1862. 
 
 6. Susie, b. Feb. 19, 1863 ; d. March 31, 1863. 
 
 7. Henry Lincoln, b. Dec. 28, 1865. 
 
 8. Hattie Augusta, b. March 4, 1868. 
 
 9. Willis Grant, b. April 20, 1870. 
 
 viii. Nancy M, twin, b. May 12, 1828 ; md. George G. 
 Godding, son of Ariel Godding, q. v. 
 IX. Susan H., h. Dec. 1, 1832; md. Aaron E. 
 Platts, q. V. 
 
 Thomas Wetheebbe, who removed to Rindge from 
 Westminster, Mass., in the early spring of 1801, was a 
 cousin of the brothers Benjamin, Thomas, John, and 
 Abraham. He was b. Aug. 1, 1750, and was a son of 
 Thomas and Elizabeth Wetherbee, a grandson of John 
 and Catherine Wetherbee, and great-grandson of John 
 and Mary (Howe) Wetherbee. He md. Oct. 20, 1799, 
 Mary Gates, of Stowe. May 29, 1801, a few weeks after 
 he removed to the home he had reared for his family, he 
 was instantly killed while felling trees. His widow md. 
 Dec. 14, 1808, Charles Lawrence, of Ashby, Mass.; she d. 
 May 1, 1831, aged 76. 
 
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 98 I I. Mary, b. March 28, 1780 ; md. Jonathan Sawtell 
 
 {vide Sawtell Register, No. 27). 
 
 99 11. Josiah, b. March 19, 1783. + 
 
 100 111. Sally, b. March 14, 1786 ; md. Solomon Wetherbee, 
 son of Abraham, q. v. 
 
 101 IV., Arna, b. Jan. 21, 1793 ; md. Mary Gates, and settled 
 in Harvard, Mass. ; he d. 1862. 
 
 102 V. Betsey, b. ; md. William Washburn, and 
 
 removed to the State of New York ; she d. Nov. 
 22, 1873 ; he d. about 1845. 
 
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 JosiAH Wbtheebee, son of Thomas (No. 97), resided 
 upon the homestead now owned by his grandson, Henry 
 A. Wetherbee. He md. Nov. 28, 1805, Clarissa Sawtell, 
 dau. of .Jonathan and Hannah (Whitaker) Sawtell. He 
 d. Oct. 5, 1873, aged 90 ; she d. May 6, 1874, aged 89. 
 
 I. Josidh Lyman, b. Sept. 5, 1806 ; resides in Fitch- 
 
 burg. He md. Fanny Colburn, dau. of Ebenezer, 
 q. V. ; she d. March 10, 1831. He md. (2d) June 
 7, 1832, Mary Whitaker. 
 
 1. Norris C. 
 
 2. Julia. 
 
 B. Abbie J. 
 
 II. Clarissa, b. April 15, 1809; d. Sept. 2, 1825. 
 
 III. Adalucia, b. April 19, 1811; md. Sept. 6, 1831, 
 
 Warren Whitaker ; she d., leaving four children, 
 Oct. 24, 1848. He resides in Mason, N. H. 
 
 IV. Tfyomas, b. Jan. 8, 1813; md. Sept. 20, 1838, 
 
 Almira Whitaker, dau. of Levi and Eunice 
 (Tarbell) Whitaker, of Mason, N. H. He is a 
 farmer in Rindge. 
 
 1. Levi Warren, b. Oct. 9, 1839. 
 
 2. Henry A., b. Jan. 25, 1841 ; md. March 10, 
 1862, Amanda Crouch, dau. of Joel and 
 Rebecca (Gilson) Crouch. They reside 
 in Rindge. 
 
 3. Arna W., b. Feb. 4, 1847; md., 1871, Amy 
 R. Tileston, dau. of Spencer Tileston; 
 resides in Ashburnham, Mass. 
 
 4. Herbert E., "b. July 26, 1849; clerk for 
 Fletcher & Emory. 
 
 5. Adalucia, b. Jan. 1, 1852. 
 
 6. Luther E., b. Oct. 28, 1854. 
 
 7. Frank T., b. April 1, 1860. 
 
 V. Edmund, b. Jan. 25, 1815; md. April 17, 1848, 
 Abbie G. Miller, of Mason. He d. Jan. 1, 1862. 
 No children. 
 
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 130 
 
 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 VI. Marshall, b. June 30, 1817; md. Oct. 13, 1842, 
 Marinda Whitaker, of Mason, dau. of Levi and 
 Eunice (Tarbell) Whitaker, and removed to 
 Ashburnham, Mass., where he still resides. He 
 was deputy sheriff 1857-1869, State constable 
 one or more years, and has frequently served 
 the town as selectman, overseer of the poor, 
 and in other offices. 
 
 1. George M., b. Dec. 25, 1843. 
 
 2. Charles H., b. June 2, 1847 ; d. young. 
 
 3. Charles H., b. Oct. 2, 1848 ; d. young. 
 
 4. Sidney J., b. Jan. 8, 1851. 
 
 5. Charles P., b. Nov. 4, 1852. 
 
 6. Clara J., b. Sept. 7, 1854. 
 
 7. Emma J., b. Sept. 28, 1856. 
 
 8. William H., b. Sept. 5, 1858. 
 
 VII. Xevi Warren, b. Jan. 3, 1820 ; was killed in a mill 
 in Ashburnham, April 10, 1837. 
 
 Dba. Joseph Wetheebbb, who md. Mary E. Fletcher, 
 q. v., was b. in Ashby, Mass., and was the son of Joseph 
 Wetherbee, b. Aug. 13, 1783 ; grandson of Israel Weth- 
 erbee, also of Ashby, b. July 18, 1756 ; great-grandson of 
 Phinehas Wetherbee, b. Oct. 6, 1716; and great-great- 
 grandson of David Wetherbee, who was a son of John 
 (the emigrant) and Mary (Howe) Wetherbee. Dea. 
 Wetherbee and Mary E. Fletcher were md. April 18, 
 1844; he d. in Ashburnham, Aug. 13, 1847, and his 
 widow md. George W. Todd, q..v. 
 
 I. Frescott W., b. Feb. 1, d. Feb. 22, 1847. 
 
 II. Joseph F., b. Jan. 8, 1848; md. Dec, 1872, 
 Arabella S. Nichols, dau. of Thomas S. Nichols, 
 of Peterboro, N.H. He resides in Riogde {vide 
 p. 294). 
 
 Enoch Whitcomb resided upon the farm now of 
 Charles A. Wilder, from 1805 to 1818. His son David 
 md. Rebecca Chase, of Leominster, and removed to 
 Surry, N. H. These are the parents of Henry Whitcomb, 
 of WinchendoD, who md. Fanny Buttrick, dau. of Amos 
 Buttrick, q. v. Enoch Whitcomb had other sons, Silas, 
 Joseph, and Levi, and daus. Rebecca, Polly, and Anna. 
 
 Epheaim Whitcomb, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth 
 (Carter) Whitcomb, of JafErey, resided in Rindge many 
 years, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. He md. in 
 Jaffrey, Feb. 10, 1803, Lucy Leland, and d. in Rindge 
 May 3, 1847, aged 68. 
 
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 Georgre, md. 1829, Sarah Smith, of Jaffrey; she d. 
 Aug. 26, 1830; md. (2d) 1831, Betsey Kolfe, 
 who d. ahout 1851; md. (3d) 1857, Betsey 
 Smith, dau. of Abel Smith, q. v. He d. in Win- 
 chendon, about 1865. 
 
 1. Mary Ann, md. N. P. Cummings, q. v. 
 
 2. Rbsina, md. Peaslee. 
 
 3. George L., md. ; resides in Gardner. 
 
 4. Charles S., md. ; has resided several 
 
 years in Rindge; removed 1874 to 
 Orange, Mass. 
 
 5. Henry C, md. Angeline (Ward) Baldwin, 
 
 widow of John Baldwin, of Winchendon, 
 and dau. of Alvin and Eusebia (Russell) 
 Ward, of Ashburnham; she d. Aug. 18, 
 1867. 
 
 6. Albert H., b. Oct. 24, 1842; md. June 29, 
 
 1863, Melvina Crouch, dau. of Joel and 
 Rebecca (Gilson) Crouch. He resides in 
 Westminster, Mass. 
 
 7. Julius, b. March 3, 1846. 
 
 8. Jane, b. Feb. 27, 1848. 
 
 Irene, md. Emery Carroll, of Winchendon; he d. 
 
 about 1865. 
 John, md. ; resides in Winchendon. 
 
 Benjamin White, b. 1788, removed to this town, and 
 upon the Josiah Peirce faim in 1886. He d. Nov. 8, 1873. 
 His widow resides upon the homestead. 
 
 I. John A., is a manufacturer of lumber, and occu- 
 pies the Tarbell mill. 
 
 II. E. Dorr., resides upon the homestead. 
 
 HI. W. Ann, md. Dec, 1860, Appleton B. Chadwick, 
 of Jaffrey. She d. in Rindge April 2, 1865, 
 aged 35. 
 
 Samttel Whitestg md. in Lunenburg, Mass., Dec. 1, 
 1772, Ruth Goodrich, b. Sept. 13, 1751, dau. of Joshua 
 and Lydia (Stearns) Goodrich, of Lunenburg. They 
 removed to Rindge in 1774. He served in the Revolution 
 (vide p. 131), was selectman.1784, and his name disappears 
 from the records soon after. 
 
 iMcy, b. in Lunenburg Dec. 19, 1773. 
 
 Abijah Stearns, b. Dec. 24, 1775 ; d. young. 
 
 Elizabeth, bap. May 23, 1779. 
 
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 Samuel, bap. March 28, 1784. 
 
 Buth, bap. April 9, 1786. 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 3o\is Whiting and wife were residents here several 
 years soon after the Revolution, and were assisted by the 
 town. Their daughter Molley was many years a town 
 charge. She d. Oct. 12, 1817. 
 
 Edwaed Whitmoeb, who nid. Lydia Sampson, removed 
 from Ashbumham to the south-west part of this town in 
 1804, and resided there sixteen years. He d. in Vermont. 
 
 Oliver Whitmoee, son of Edward, was b. in Ash- 
 bumham Feb. 16, 1787 ; md., 1808, Sophia Stone, dau. of 
 Capt. Salmon Stone, q. v., and resided in this town 
 1804—1810, when he i-eturned to Ashbumham, where 
 hed. 
 
 I. Eli S., b. in Rindge Jan. 27, 1809 ; md. Nov. 14, 
 1837, Rebecca Darling, dau. of Amos Darling, 
 q. V. He was a resident of Rindge 1846-1853. 
 
 II. Charles F.^ resides in Providence, R. I. 
 
 III. Elvira^ md. Stephen Tolman, of Winchendon. 
 
 IV. Laurilla, d. young. 
 
 V. George, resides in Pi-ovidence, R. I. 
 
 WHITNEY. 
 
 John Whitney embarked at Ipswich, England, for America in April, 
 1635. He was then aged 35, his wife Ellen, or Eleanor, 30, and sons, 
 John, 11; Richard, 9; Nathaniel, 8; Thomas, 6; and Jonathan, 1 year. 
 He settled in Watertown, where he was selectman several years between 
 1638 and 1655, and was Town Clerk 1655. He owned considerable land, 
 and in his social position was highly respected. His wife d. May 11, 1659, 
 and he md. (2d) Sept. 29, 1659, Judith Clement. He survived his second 
 wife, and d. June 1, 1673, aged 74. He was probably b. in April or May, 
 1599. His son John, b. in England, 1624, md. Ruth Reynolds, dau. of 
 Robert Reynolds, of Boston, and resided in Watertown, and was select- 
 man 1673, '74, '75, '76, '78, '79. He d. Oct. 12, 1692, leaving a comfort- 
 able estate. His fourth son and sixth child was Joseph Whitney, b. 
 Jan. 15, 1651-2 ; md. Jan. 24, 1674-5, Martha Beach, dau. of Richard 
 and Mary Beach, of Watertown. John Whitney, their son, was b. July 
 29, 1680 ; md. Feb. 22, 1703-4, Sarah Cutting, and settled in Weston. 
 His son, Zachariah Whitney, b. Dec. 28, 1711, md. Sarah Boynton, 
 and among their children was John Whitney, of Lunenburg, who md. 
 PrisciUa Battles ; and among their children were Zimri and John, who 
 will be mentioned hereafter. 
 
 Nathaniel Whitney, another son of John and Ruth (Reynolds) Whit- 
 ney, and an elder brother of Joseph, was b. Feb. 1, 1646-7 ; md. March 
 12, 1673-4, Sarah Hagar. They resided in Watertown and in Weston. 
 He d. Jan. 7, 1732 ; she d. May 7, 1746. Their eldest son, Nathaniel 
 Whitney, b. March 5, 1675-6, md. Nov. 7, 1695, Mary Robinson. They 
 resided in Weston, where he d. Sept. 23, 1730 ; she d. Dec. 31, 1740. 
 Their son Solomon was an inhabitant of Rindge, and is again named. 
 
 MosBS Whitney, the first of the name in Rindge, was 
 a merchant a short time previous to the Revolution. He 
 came from New Salem in June, 1772, and removed from 
 
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 the town in 1773, or early in 1774. ( Vide Chap. XVII.) 
 By wife Sarah he had three children, b. previous to 1772 : 
 Moses, Ephraim, and Salmon. 
 
 Levi Whitney, parentage unknown, was b. in Har- 
 vard, Mass., June 23, 1751; md. Sept. 17, 1772, Sarah 
 Lawrence, of Bolton. They came from Ashburnham to 
 Rindge in 1780, or soon after; his wife d. Oct. 19, 1783, 
 and he md. (2d) Dec. 25, 1783, Hepsibeth Fav, b. in 
 Westboro Oct. 1, 1759. They removed to Marlboro, 
 N. H., in 1785, where he d. in that or the following year. 
 A few of the dates are a little crowded, but they are thus 
 upon the records. 
 
 1. Sarah, b. in Concord June 12, 1774. 
 II. Xiydia, h. in Westminster May 20, 1776. 
 
 III. Zevi, b. in Ashburnham May 12, 177^ ; d. Dec. 1, 
 
 1780. 
 
 IV. tTohn, b. in Ashburnham Aug. 26, 1780. 
 V. Betsey, b. in Rindge April 5, 1783. 
 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 VI. JLmi, b. in Rindge Sept. 28, 1784. 
 VII. Amos. 
 
 Solomon Whitnet, son of Nathaniel and Mary 
 (Robinson) Whitney, bap. June 17, 1711, then three 
 years of age; md. March 5, 1731-2, Martha Fletcher, 
 and removed from Lincoln to Rindge, 1773. No date of 
 his death has been found. He was living in 1780. 
 
 I. Solomon, bap. Deo. 14, 1735; md. in Lincoln, 
 
 June 14, 1761, Mary Fay. 
 II. Sa/rah, bap. Aug. 28, 1737. 
 
 III. Sarah, bap. Nov. 5, 1738. 
 
 IV. Lois, bap. Jan. 1, 1743-4; md. Richard Davis, 
 
 q. V. They came to Rindge 1773. 
 v. Abigail, bap. March 1, 1740-1. 
 VI. Martha, b. May 14, 1754; md. William Davis, of 
 Rindge, q. v. 
 
 Silas Whitney came in 1773 from Winchendon, 
 where he had resided about ten years. The family did 
 not tarry long in Rindge. By wife Jane he had six 
 children, b. 1752-1772 : Love, Oliver, Bartholomew, Jane, 
 Phebe, Samuel, and Mercy, b. in Rindge, 1773. 
 
 David Whitney, prosperous farmer, resided upon the 
 Bennett Hill, in the north-east part of the town, from 
 about 1785 to 1800, when he removed to Bolton, M-ass. 
 Five children were b. in Rindge: Samuel, b. Dec. 7, 
 1788; Betsey, b. Jan. 3, 1791 ; Nancy, b. March 20, 1794; 
 Sally, b. May 28, 1796; David, b. April 14, 1798. 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
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 De. Isaiah Whitney, son of Isaiah WMtney, was b. 
 in Harvard, Mass., Dec. 13, 1765. He md., 1787, Dorcas 
 W hitman, dau. of Dr. Charles Whitman, of Stow, Mass., 
 and removed to Rindge in April, 1790 {videi>. 864). He 
 d. Nov. 30, 1839. His widow was drowned near Bur- 
 lington, Vt., by the upsetting of a coach in which she 
 was journeying, and which fell into a river near the high- 
 way, July 11, 1844. 
 
 I. Clarissa, b. 1788; md. Lemuel Page, Jr., q.v.; 
 
 md. (2d) Joseph Jones, Esq. 
 II. Zovell, b. June 20, 1790; md. Feb. 7. 1819, 
 
 Rebecca Witt, dau. of Capt. Thomas Witt, of 
 
 Woodstock, Vt.; she d. May 18, 1862. He 
 
 resides in Rindge Centre. 
 
 1. Harriet J., b. Jan. 1,1820; resides, unmd., 
 
 with her father. 
 
 2. William L., b. March 12, 1822 ; md. Sarah 
 
 P. Whitney, dau. of John Whitney, q. v. 
 They reside in West Rindge. Lizzie S., 
 b. Jan. 19, 1850; Wayland J., b. Dec. 21, 
 1853; Emma H., b. Jan. 1, 1860; Ida S., 
 b. Sept. 16, 1865. 
 
 3. Eliza K., b. Jan. 31, 1829; md. Addison 
 
 Rugg, son of Capt. Luke Kugg, q.v. 
 
 4. Cornelia, b. Nov. 16, 1836; d. April 21, 
 
 1862. 
 
 III. Charles Whitman, b. Nov. 15, 1791. He was 
 educated under the tuition of Rev. Dr. Payson, 
 and at the academy in New Ipswich, and studied 
 medicine with his father, and with Dr. John 
 Randall, of Boston. In 1818 he commenced 
 the practice of his profession in Troy, N. H., 
 where he continued in a successful practice, and 
 in the unqualified esteem of his townsmen until 
 his death, Oct. 31, 1861. He md. Nov. 10, 1818, 
 Mary Griffin, dau. of Dea. Samuel Griffin, of 
 Fitzwilliam. 
 
 1. Samuel G., b. Sept. 20, 1819 ; md. May 24, 
 
 1842, Abigail N. Whittemore, b. May 29, 
 1820, dau. of Salmon and Lydia Whitte- 
 more, of Troy. He was a merchant in 
 Troy several years, and now resides in 
 Monticello, Iowa. 
 
 2. Charles, b. July 27, 1824 ; d. Jan. 10, 1827. 
 
 3. Henry N., b. Oct. 8, 1825 ; d. Feb. 17, 1827. 
 
 4. Charles W., b. Nov. 26, 1827 ; md. Sept. 2, 
 
 1850, Frances Taylor, dau. of William 
 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 
 
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 and Mary Taylor, of Francestown, N. H. 
 Mr. Whitney is a merchant in Troy, 
 where he has been postmaster about 
 fifteen years. He represented the town 
 in the Legislature 1871 and 1872, and 
 possesses the esteem and confidence of 
 all who know him. 
 31 5. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 13, 1830 ; md. Dec. 18, 
 
 1856, Dr. Samuel A. Richardson, b. Dec. 
 23, 1830, son of Dea. Abijah and Mary 
 (Hayes) Richardson, of Dublin, N". H. 
 Dr. Richardson is a skillful and popular 
 physician in Marlboro, N. H. He was 
 surgeon of the 13th N. H. regiment. 
 
 IV. Sarry, b. Oct. 26, 1793 ; md. Aug. 30, 1821, Mary 
 Goldin. They reside in Burlington, Vt. 
 
 1. Mary Elizabeth, md., 1852, Miner Martin, 
 and reside in California. 
 
 2. Jane ,D., md., 1861, Noah Allen, of Bur- 
 lington. 
 
 3. George I., md., 1865, Emma E. Sweet. Live 
 in Burlington. 
 
 4. Charles H., md., 1868, Mary J. Kelly. Live 
 in Burlin'gton. 
 
 V. Felicia, h. May 26, 1795 ; md. Samuel Nichols, of 
 Burlington, Vt. She d. about 1869. 
 
 1. Charles. 
 
 2. Samuel. Resides in New Jersey. 
 Isaiah, b. Jan. 25, 1799. He studied medicine 
 
 with his father, and commenced practice in 
 Marlboro, Mass., but soon removed to Province- 
 town, Mass., where after a successful career and 
 a useful, active life, he d. Dec. 10, 1866. Dr. 
 Whitney md. May 10, 1832, Henrietta A. Nicker- 
 son, dau. of Capt. Seth Nickerson. She d. Aug. 
 21, 1848; md. (2d) Sarah Lf Small, who d. Feb. 
 10, 1851 ; md. (3d) Aug. 28, 1851, Mrs. Hannah 
 (Freeman) Crosby, dau. of Joshua Freeman. 
 
 41 1. Electa A., b. July 12, 1833 ; d. Aug. 1, 1861. 
 
 42 2. Lauretta, b. April 1, 1835; d. Aug. 27, 1836. 
 
 43 3. Henrietta,' b. Oct. 9, 1838. Resides in 
 Clinton, Mass. 
 
 44 4. Felicia, b. May 19, 1841; d. Aug. 26, 1842. 
 
 45 5. Isaiah, b. Aug. 30, 1843 ; resides in Boston. 
 
 46 6. Charles H., b. Dec. 11, 1854. 
 
 47 VII. Dorcas, twin, b. Jan. 25, 1799 ; md. Harry Hub- 
 bard, q. V. 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
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 VIII. Stephen, b. Dec. 19, 1800 ; md. Lovilla Goldin, and 
 removed to Burlington, Vt., where he d. 1868. 
 
 1. Sarah, b. Sept. 80, 1834; md. Wilson. 
 
 2. Edward Payson, b. Oct. 20, 1837 ; d. Sept. 
 
 10 1873 
 
 3. Helen, b. May 14, 1840 ; md. WilUam Lar- 
 
 ryshare, of Burlington. 
 
 4. Isaiah "Whitman, b. Oct. 7, 1842 ; deceased. 
 
 5. Harrison, b. Oct. 5, 1844; d. Sept. 9, 1865. 
 IX. Sophronia, b. Aug. 18, 1803 ; md. Sept. 28, 1844, 
 
 Joseph Jones, Esq., whose first wife wag Cla- 
 rissa, her eldest sister. They resided in Troy, 
 N". H. She d. Jan. 10, 1872. 
 X. Anna, b. Oct. 17, 1805; d., unmd., Feb. 19, 1838. 
 
 ZiMEi Whitney, son of John and Priscilla (Battles) 
 Whitney, b. in Lunenburg May 14, 1776, md. May 28, 
 1801, Susanna Sanderson, b.. May 15, 178'2, dau. of Isaac 
 and Elizabeth (Peabody) Sanderson. They resided in 
 Rindge 1812 and 1813, removed to Vermont and again to 
 Rindge, and remained 1827-32, when he removed to 
 JafErey, and later returned to Peru, Vt., where he d. Aug. 
 24, 1862, aged 86; his widow d. about 1865.- 
 
 I. Isaac S., b. April 7, 1802 ; md., 1822, Maria Oving- 
 
 ton. Eight children. 
 II. Abraham, b. Jan. 19, 1804; md. Adaline Sawyer. 
 
 Resided in Jaffrey, where he d., leaving two 
 
 children, Feb. 22, 1872. 
 
 III. Charles, b. March 2, 1806 ; md. Adaline Strong. 
 
 They had ten children. He d. in Charlestown, 
 Mass., Feb. 26, 1851. 
 
 IV. Alvah, b. June 27, 1808 ; md. April 26, 1838, Caro- 
 
 line Geer; he d. in Cambridge, Mass., leaving 
 three children, 1870. 
 V. Susannah P., b. Aug. 22, 1810; md. Benjamin 
 Penfield, of Gorham, Me. Seven children. 
 
 VI. JSosea, b. in Rindge March 17, 1813 ; md., 1837, 
 
 Charlotte Sawyer. They had four children. He 
 d. in Charlestown, Mass., July 1, 1861. 
 
 VII. Thomas P., b. in Jaffrey Aug. 29, 1816; md. 
 
 April 26, 1838, Harriet A. Benjamin. Six chil- 
 dren, 
 vm. George S., b. in Jaffrey April 17, 1819; md., 1844, 
 Eveline Barnard. He d. at Glen Falls, N. T., 
 Aug. 25, 1863. 
 IX. John S., b. in Jaffrey, May 21, 1822 ; md., 1847, 
 Valisa P. Johnson. Five children. Resides in 
 Jaffrey. 
 X. Richard JB., b. in Jaffrey June 18, 1825. 
 
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 John Whitney, brother of Zimri, b. in Lunenburg 
 July 2, 1788, md. Dec. 8, 1812, Sophia Faulkner, dau. of 
 Jonas and Eunice (Stone) Faulkner. She d. April 16, 
 1858, leaving nine children ; and he md. (2d) April 12, 
 1860, widow Fanny (Howe) Blodgett, dau. of Abijah 
 and Margaret Howe. Removed to Peru, Vt., and also 
 resided in Lunenburg, Mass., and in Rindge. He was 
 an intelligent, liberal-minded citizen, and an exemplary 
 Christian. He d. Oct. 15, 1873, aged 85. 
 
 I. Sophia, b. Dec. 30, 1813; md. March 21, 1832, 
 Brooks Wheeler, of Lincoln, Mass. She d. Oct. 
 23, 1841. 
 
 u. Zachariah, b. April 15, 1816 ; md. May 13, 1841, 
 Hepsibeth Smith, dau. of Thomas Smith, q. v. 
 He removed to Rindge from Peru, Vt., 1856, 
 and has since resided upon the farm previously 
 occupied by Capt. Asa Brewer. He was select- 
 man 1861, '62, '63. 
 
 1. Osborne A., b. July 12, 1842 ; md. Jan. 12, 
 1870, Mary J. Brown, dau. of Robert 
 Brown, of Glen William, Ont. Resides 
 in Glen William. 
 
 2. Thomas S., b. April 21, 1844; md. March 3, 
 1869, Abbie S. Everett, dau. of George 
 G. and Fannie (Thompson) Everett, of 
 Fitzwilliam. Resides in Rindge. 
 
 3. Ellen S., b. Feb. 5, 1846. 
 
 4. Lauretta H., b. May 25, 1848 ; d. Sept. 2, 
 1852. 
 
 5. John D., b. Aug. 17, 1850 ; md. Sept. 17, 
 1874, Alta Ashley, dau. of Gefirge L. and 
 Sarah (Crapo) Ashley, of Rindge; now 
 of Dartmouth, Mass. 
 
 6. George A., b. March 10, 1854. 
 
 7. Susan E., b. July 21, 1856; d. Jan. 8, 1863. 
 
 III. Eunice, b. May 6, 1818; mcl. Sept. 14, 1841, 
 George E. Smith, son of Thomas Smith, q. v. 
 
 IV. John Osborn, b. Jan. 12, 1821 ; md. March 25, 
 1854, Abbie L. Lyon, b. June 4, 1838, dau. of 
 Freeman and Miranda (Smith) Lyon, of Pern, 
 Vt. He resides in Rindge; has been in Cali- 
 fornia several years. 
 
 1. Charies A., b. April 29, 1856. 
 
 2. Eva S., b. June 11, 1858. 
 
 3. Mark A., b. May 24, 1874. 
 
 V. Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1823; md., 1840, Edmund 
 Wheeler, a brother of Brooks Wheeler, who md. 
 
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 her eldest sister. They resided in Quincy, 111., 
 where she d. Sept. 5, 1844. 
 VI. /Sarah, d. at about three years of age. 
 
 VII. Sarah P., b. April 16, 1827; md. William L. 
 
 Whitney, son of Lovell Whitney, q. v. 
 
 VIII. Charles A., b. Feb. 16, 1830 ; md. April 29, 1857, 
 
 Lydia M. Lyon, b. Sept. 11, 1835, a sister of the 
 wife of his brother, John Osborn. 
 
 1. Frank Lincoln, b. Sept. 15, 1860. 
 
 2. Arthur Burnside, b. Nov. 4, 1863. 
 8. Mary Isabelle, b. Feb. 14, 1866. 
 4. Edith M., b. Feb. 15, 1870. 
 
 IX. Susan E., b. Sept. 7, 1883 ; md. April 29, 1856, 
 Albert S. Marshall, b. May 31, 1828, son of Sam- 
 uel and Nancy (Smith) Marshall. They removed 
 from Lunenburg to Rindge, 187-. 
 
 1. Minnie Anna, b. Oct. 25, 1857. 
 
 2. Albert A., b. Aug. 6, 1860. 
 
 3. Charles E., b. April 8, 1863. 
 
 4. Fred W., b. May 24, 1865. 
 
 5. Susan A., b. Aug. 2, 1867. 
 
 6. Annetta S., b. Sept. 11, 1871. 
 
 X. George A., b. 
 
 1837; md. Dec. 
 
 1861, 
 
 Mattie A. Colburn, dau. of Norris Colburn, q. v. ; 
 she d. March 29, 1867 ; and he md. (2d) Sept. 1, 
 1869, Susie R. Converse, dau. of C. C. and 
 Susan (Daniels) Converse, q. v. He represented 
 the town in the Legislature 1868, '69, and has 
 served several years in the supervision of 
 I " schools {vide pp. 306, 318). 
 
 WHITTEMORE. 
 
 This name was sometimes spelled Whitemore, Whitamor, and Whittar 
 mor, and is probably a distinct name from Whitmore, as no consan- 
 guinity has been discovered between these families. Thomas Whitte- 
 more, the American ancestor of those bearing the name in New England 
 and other States, was b. in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, about 1595. 
 He emigrated to this country previous to 1645, when he purchased a 
 parcel of land of John Cotton, teacher, of Boston. He settled in that 
 part of Charlestown now embraced in the limits of Maiden, Mass., where 
 he d. in 1660. John "Whittemore, his son by wife Hannah, was bap. in 
 Hitchin February 11, 1638. He md. Mary Upham, dau. of John Upham, 
 of Weymouth and Maiden; she d. June 27, 1677; md. (2d) Nov. 8, 
 1677, Mary Miller. Benjamin Whittemore, the fourth son of John and 
 Mary (Upham) Whittemore, b. Sept. 1, 1669, md. Aug. 17, 1692, Esther 
 Brooks, b. July 4, 1668, dau. of Dea. Joshua and Hannah (Mason) 
 Brooks, of Concord, now Lincoln, Mass. He settled in Concord, and 
 represented that town in the Provincial Legislature 1709, '10, '11, '14, '19, 
 and '20. He d. Sept. 8, 1734 ; his widow d. 1742. Their son, Nathaniel 
 
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 Whittemore, resided in Concord and Harvard. He md. Abigail Blood, 
 who d. March 26, 1760. Their only son, Nathaniel Whittemore, Jr., -was 
 b. July 4, 1741, and d. in Lancaster, Mass., Jan. 3, 1822. The youngest 
 of his nine children became a resident of this town. 
 
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 Peescott Whittemoee, son of Nathaniel, Jr., was b. 
 in Harvard, Mass., July 28, 1787. He removed with his 
 parents to Lancaster, Mass., and after jthe death of his 
 father he removed to the north-west part of this town in 
 the spring of 1822. He md. Oct. 14, 1811, Lucy Rebecca 
 Geer, b. Jan. 15, 1795, dau. of Ebenezer Stowell and Lucy 
 (Hibbard) Geei-, of Hampton, Ct., and Worcester, Mass. 
 In the spring of 1838, Mr. Whittemore, with his wife and 
 ten of his children, removed from Rindge to Township 
 43, now Grafton, McHenry County, 111., and in 1861 to 
 Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, where he d. Jan. 13, 
 1871 ; his wife d. June 4, 1865. Six children were b. in 
 Lancaster, and seven in Rindge. 
 
 I. Asa Dunbar, b. Aug. 9, 1812 ; d. in Worcester, 
 Mass., March 1, 1869. 
 
 II. George Prescott, b. March 5, 1814; removed, 1838, 
 to Grafton, 111., and 1861 to Beatrice, Neb., 
 where he now resides. His aged parents, in 
 their declining years, resided with him. 
 
 III. Edward Hibbard, b. Feb. 12, 1816 ; d. in Cen- 
 
 tralia, Iowa, Oct. 23, 1856. 
 
 IV. Harriet Augusta, b. Nov. 2, 1817; md. S. B. 
 
 Grout; resides in Waterloo, Iowa. 
 V. Charles Henry, b. Nov. 17, 1819 ; d. at Grafton, 111., 
 
 June 30, 1855. 
 VI. Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1821 ; md. Rev. Elisha Dayton, of 
 Marengo, McHenry County, 111. 
 
 VII. Washington, b. in Rindge Oct. 10, 1823 ; md. Dec. 
 
 11, 1855, Susan Perry, dau. of Col. Jason B. 
 Perry, q. v. They reside at Huntley Grove, 
 McHenry County, 111. 
 
 VIII. iMcy E.,'b. Sept. 20, 1826; md., 1852, James H. 
 
 Lemmon, and d. in Kiowa, Neb., Dec. 26, 1873. 
 IX. Ebenezer Stovsell, b. Sept. 4, 1828, a lawyer of 
 Sandwich, Mass.; md. Feb. 27, 1859, Mary 
 Louisa Murray, dau. of John Murray, Esq., of 
 Cambridge, Mass. He was named for his 
 maternal grandfather, Ebenezer Stowell Geer. 
 Mr. Geer and his father, John Geer, were in the 
 Revolutionary army at the same time, the father 
 being forty years of age, and the son seventeen, 
 at the time of their enlistment. The father was 
 taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, 
 and d. on board a British prison ship in the 
 harbor of New York. Hon. E. S. Whittemore, 
 
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 after receiving a liberal education, which was 
 the result of his individual effort, entered the 
 Dane Law School at Cambridge, in 1853, and 
 received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 
 the summer of 1855, and was admitted to the 
 bar of the Supreme Court in Boston, on motion 
 of Rufus Choate, Oct. 7, 1857. The following 
 year he began the practice of his profession at 
 Sandwich, in the county of Bai'nstable, Mass., 
 and continues a leading lawyer at the bar of 
 that county to the present time. Since 1860, he 
 has been Trial Justice of criminal offenders, for 
 nearly ten years a County Commissionei', and 
 public Administrator for several years. In 1862 
 lie was selected by the Republicans to represent 
 the district in the Legislature, but declined the 
 nomination. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. Nov. 9, 1830 ; unmd. ; has resided in 
 Colorado, and is now at Silver City, Nevada. 
 
 jBenjamin, b. Jan. 2, 1833 ; has resided in. Cali- 
 fornia ; is a farmer in Sacramento County. He 
 md., 1872, Annie Snyder, of Grafton 111. 
 
 Julia M., b. May 29, 1835; md., 1859, Lyman 
 A. Hoyt, of Aurora, 111., who d. 1872 ; md. (2d) 
 1873, Charles H. Oderkirk, and resides in 
 Aurora. 
 Volney Stone, b. March 15, 1838 ; resides in 
 Beatrice, Neb. He is md. 
 
 WILDER. 
 
 The Wilders of Rindge are descendants of the Wilder family of 
 Lancaster and Sterling, whose names have been honorably associated 
 with the history of those towns for several generations. Thomas Wilder 
 was a son of widow Martha Wilder, who came from England and settled 
 in Hingham 1638, where she d. April 20, 1652. He [Thomas] was 
 admitted to the church in Charlestown Jan. 1, 1640 ; juryman 1658 ; and 
 
 removed to Lancaster, Mass., July 1, 1659. He md. Anna , who d. 
 
 1692; he d. Oct. 23, 1667, leaving three sons. Of these, Nathaniel 
 Wilder was killed by the Indians, at Lancaster, in July, 1704. His son 
 Ephraim Wilder was b. 1675, and d. 1769, aged 94. Ephraim Wilder, Jr., 
 the only son of Ephraim Wilder, was b. 1702, and d. 1770. His son, 
 Capt. Ephraim Wilder, of the sixth generation, was b. July 8, 1733, and 
 resided in that part of Lancaster which in 1781 was included in the town 
 of Sterling. He was a member of the Massachusetts Convention which 
 assembled in 1787 to adopt the Federal Constitution, and was one of only 
 seven delegates from Worcester County who voted in favor of its adop- 
 tion. He was representative from Sterling several years, and was promi- 
 nent in the municipal affairs of the town. He md. April 3, 1755, 
 Lueretia Locke, b. Nov. 5, 1733, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Richard- 
 son) Locke, of Lancaster, and a sister of Samuel Locke, D. D., President 
 of Harvard University. Capt. Wilder d. Jan. 29, 1805; his widow d. 
 Dec. 29, 1816. Of their nine children two became residents and influ- 
 
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 ential citizens of Rindge, and are named below. Of this family, the 
 Worcester Magazine, "Vol. II., p. 45, says : " Of aU the ancient Lancaster 
 families, there is no one that has sustained so many important offices as 
 this." And the declaration holds true of the descendants who haye 
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 Col. Josiah Wilder, son of Capt. Ephraim and Lucre- 
 tia (Locke) "Wilder, b. July 16, 1770, removed to Rindge 
 1794, and md. April 11, 1802, Susan Carlton, dau. of 
 James Carlton, of Rindge, q. v. He was Town Clerk 
 1801-1807; selectman 1801; representative 1802-1810; 
 and State Senator 1811 (vide p. 377). Col. Wilder d. 
 April 27, 1812, and his widow md. (2d) Nov. 28, 1813, 
 Jacob Haskell, Esq., of Harvard, Mass., where she d. Nov. 
 20, 1844. 
 
 I. Julia Ann, h. in Rindge Sept. 21, 1802 ; md. Sept. 
 24, 1885, Augustus Robbins, M. D., of Harvard, 
 and later of Brooklyn, N. Y. He was a son of 
 Jacob and Olive (Willard) Robbins, and received 
 his degree from Harvard 1832. 
 
 1. Alfred Augustus, b. July 6, 1886. 
 
 2. Olive Susannah, b. July 8, 1839. 
 
 II. Alfred Montrose, b. in Rindge April 17, 1804 ; a 
 merchant in Brunswick and Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 He md. Nov. 9, 1835, Lydia Esther Babcock. 
 
 1. Emma Carlton, b. Oct. 8, 1836; d. Jan. 11, 
 
 1837. 
 
 2. Emma Carlton, b. Aug. 28, 1838. 
 
 3. Ella Hampton, b. Dec. 6, 1840. 
 
 4. Alfred Montrose, b. May 19, 1844. 
 
 Samuel Locke Wilder, Esq., son of Capt. Ephraim 
 and Lucretia (Locke) Wilder, b. March 14, 1778, md. 
 Anna Sherwin, dau. of Jonathan Sherwin, of Rindge, q. v. 
 He was Town Clerk 1808-1824, representative 1815-1823, 
 '28, '29, '38, and '39. He was a delegate to the Walpole 
 Convention which elected Daniel "Webster to represent 
 the State in the famous Hartford Convention, and during 
 the Dartmouth College case he was deeply interested in 
 behalf of that institution, and contributed liberally to aid 
 in carrying the case to its successful termination (vide p. 
 377). He d. April 7, 1863 ; his wife d. Feb. 5, 1851. 
 
 I. Marshall Pinckney, b. Sept. 22, 1798. + 
 II. Eurydice, b. July 13, 1801 ; d. Jan. 9, 1818. 
 III. Frederic A., b. April 16, 1804, a farmer in Rindge, 
 md. Jan. 28, 1828, Apphia Tyler, dau. of Parker 
 Tyler, q. v. He d. May 26, 1869. 
 
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 1. Charles A., b. Au^. 15, 1829; md. Nov. 6, 
 
 1856, Mary Manning, dau. of William and 
 Mary (Craig) Manning. He is a farmer 
 in Rindge. 
 
 2. Mary Ann, b. June 11, 1832; d. May 7, 
 
 1839. 
 
 3. Mary Anna, b. May 15, 1846 ; md. Albert 
 
 A. Emory, son of Derostus W. Emory, q. v. 
 
 IV. Ma/ry Ann, b. April 1, 1806; md. Feb. 3, 1829, 
 Rev. Albert B. Camp, pastor of the Congrega^ 
 tional Church in Ashby, Mass. She d. Dee. 25 
 1830. 
 
 1. Nancy Elizabeth, b. July 23, 1830. 
 
 v. JSTancy, b. Nov. 10, 1809; d. Feb. 23, 1830. 
 VI. Josiah, b. Oct. 31, 1813 {vide p. 378) ; md. May 
 
 13, 1835, Elizabeth F. Fosdick, dau. of Dea. 
 
 James Fosdick, of Charlestown, Mass. He d. 
 
 April 30, 1853. 
 
 1. Francis L., b. Nov. 8, 1836 ; md. Oct. 31, 
 
 1858, Julia M. Martin, of Warren, R. I.: 
 (1) b. March 6; d. Aug. 8, 1864; (2) 
 Bessie F., b. in Foxboro, Mass., March 24, 
 1865; (3) Freddie B., b. in Painsville, 
 Ohio, Nov. 18, 1872. Mr. Wilder is a 
 merchant in Painesville. 
 
 2. Anna E., b. April 30, 1842; md. Oct. 11, 
 
 1866, Stephen A. Howe, of Marlboro, 
 Mass.: (1) Josiah Wilder, b. July 31, 
 1869; (2) Elbridge Lewis, b. Oct. 11, 
 1871. 
 
 VII. Mersylvia, b. June 18, 1816; md. Stephen B. 
 Sherwin, Esq., q. v. 
 
 IX. Eurydice Augusta, b. Jan. 28, 1819. 
 X. Samuel Locke, b. Jan. 9, 1822; was a merchant in 
 Charlestown, N. H., several years, and repre- 
 sented that town in the Legislature. Later he 
 has been engaged in mercantile pursuits in 
 Boston. He md. Oct. 15, 1845, Anna Silsby, 
 dau. of Isaac and Anna Silsby, who d. Jan. 18, 
 1856; md. (2d) Sept. 30, 1857, Lorania Tuttle, 
 dau. of Henry and Lydia Tuttle. 
 
 1. Frederick, b. April 2, 1849. 
 
 Hon. Marshall Pincknet Wildee {vide p. 335) md. 
 Dec. 31, 1820, Tryphosa Jewett, dau. of Dr. Stephen 
 Jewett, of Rindge, q. v. She d. July 31, 1831 ; md. (2d) 
 Aug. 29, 1833, Abigail Baker, dau. of Capt. David and 
 
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 Jemima (Richardson) Baker, of Franklin, Mass. Slie d. 
 of consumption April 4, 1854 ; and he md. (3d) Sept. 8, 
 1855, Julia Baker, a sister of Abigail. 
 
 I. Marshall Pinckney, b. Jan. 15, 1822 ; md. July 17, 
 
 1844, E. Clara Churchill, dau. of James C. 
 ChuTQhill, of Portland, Me. He was a merchant ; 
 d. in Dorchester, Mass., Dec. 29, 1854. 
 
 II. Eurydice, b. June 11, 1823 ; d. Oct. 4, 1824. 
 
 III. Nancy Jewett, b. Feb. 19, 1825; md. Dec. 28, 
 
 1858, Rev. Andrew Bigelow, D.D., now of Boyl- 
 ston, Mass. 
 
 IV. Lucius Icilius, b. Oct. 27,1826; a merchant; d. 
 
 of yellow fever in New Orleans Oct. 14, 1867. 
 V. Maria Ltmisa, b. July 28, 1828; md. Sept. 26, 
 1850, Ambrose "Wager, of Rhinebeek, N. T., 
 where she d. June 2, 1852. 
 
 1. Henry Wilder, b. April, d. July, 1852. 
 
 VI. William Henry, b. July 15, 1830; d. Aug. 31, 
 1831. 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 VII. Abbie Tryphosa, b. May 22, 1834; md. TSav. 10, 
 
 1859, William Wallace, a merchant of Boston ; 
 she d. March 20, 1870. 
 
 1. Ida, b. April 22, 1861 ; d. April 5, 1863. 
 
 2. Belle, b. Sept. 8, 1862. 
 
 3. Annie, b. Sept. 8, 1864. 
 
 4. Edith, b. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 5. Jennie Wilder, b. March 6, 1867. 
 
 viii. William Henry, b. March 17, 1836; a merchant in 
 Boston ; md. Oct. 17, 1861, Hannah Wallace, a 
 sister of William Wallace. 
 
 1. Alice, b. Nov. 5, 1862. 
 
 2. Lizzie, b. Nov. 27, 1864. 
 
 3. William Henry, b. March 31, 1867. 
 
 4. Hannah Wallace, b. March 6, 1869. 
 
 5. Josephine Hall, b. Nov. 23, 1874. 
 
 IX. Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 29, 1841 ; d. July 28, 1858. 
 X. Samud Locke, b. Oct. 2, 1843; d. Oct. 5, 1853. 
 XI. Jemima Richardson, b. June 30, 1845. 
 
 XII. Grace Sherwin, b. April 23, 1851. 
 
 Children of third wife : — 
 
 XIII. Edwa/rd Baker, b. Nov. 17, 1857. 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
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 Silas Wilder md. Abigail Page, and removed to 
 Rindge soon after the Revolution, and was taxed until 
 1797. The number and names of his children are not 
 known. A record of one only is given. 
 
 I. Silas, b. in Rindge Aug. 10, 1788; graduate of 
 Dartmouth College \%\% {vide p. 359). He md. 
 Sept. 19, 1822, Mary Cook, dau. of Noah Cook, 
 Esq., of Keene, N. H., and a sister of Noah R. 
 Cook, Esq., of Rindge and Keene ; he md. (2d), 
 about 1850, Mrs. Olive Draper. 
 
 Asa Wilkins conveyed, 17'74, the fifth lot in the ninth 
 range to Dr. Asher Palmer. He was in the amiy in 1776 
 and 1777. In 1771 he was md., but his wife, if living, 
 did not join in the deed to Dr. Palmer. He left town 
 about 1780, and no record of his family has been secured. 
 
 Samuel Williams, from New Ipswich, md. about 1812, 
 
 Tarbell, of Mt. HoUey, Vt. He was an innholder, 
 
 and removed from the " Children of the Woods " Tavern, 
 to the Bemis Tavern in 1823, and to the tavern where A. 
 J. Converse now resides in 1825, and in 1828 to Mt. 
 HoUey, Vt., where he d. about 1869. 
 
 I. Mary Ann, b. 1815; md. Allen Ives, of Mt. 
 
 Holley, Vt. 
 II. Charles, resides in Mt. Holley ; twice md. 
 
 III. Adaline, md. .lotham White, of Marlboro, N. H. 
 
 IV. Laura, md. Moon. 
 
 V. Warren. 
 
 Deliveeancb Wilson and wife Sarah resided a few 
 years in Rindge between 1771 and 1780. Their son 
 Moses was bap. April 9, 1775. 
 
 Joseph Wilson removed from Petersham, Mass., to 
 Rindge 1773, and was in the army from this town [vide 
 pp. 108, 140, and 171). By wife Hannah he had: — 
 
 I. Temperance Robinson, b. previous to 1773. 
 
 William Wilson resided upon the farm subsequently 
 occupied by John F. Munroe and Willard Brigham 1797- 
 1806. He md. April 30, 1799, Elizabeth Rand, dau. of 
 Capt. Solomon Rand, q. v. They removed to Marl- 
 boro, Mass., where seven of their children were b. 
 
 I. Josiah, b. Nov. 4, 1799. 
 n. Martha, b. Oct. 12, 1801. 
 
 III. Seth Webber, b. Dec. 21, 1803. 
 
 IV. Ziavina Adams, b. Sept. 5, 1805. 
 
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 V. Po% B., b. Aug. 2, 1807. 
 
 VI. Wimam, h. Oct. 18, 1811. 
 VII. Leonard, b. Jan 10, 1813, 
 
 VIII. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 29, 1814. 
 IX. Sarah (7., b. Aug. 22, 1817. 
 X. Gha/rles F., b. Sept. 29, 1819. 
 XI. Susan P., b. April 19, 1823. 
 
 Geoege Wilson, son of David and Hannah (Carlton) 
 Wilson, of Sharon, was b. Aug. 14, 1823. He md. March 
 20, 1849, Mary M. Royce, b. in Charlestown, N. H., Oct. 
 12, 1827, dau. of Lenzor and Abigail (Wheeler) Royce," 
 and removed from Sharon to this town 1863. 
 
 I. Abbie J., b. Jan. 5, 1850 ; md. Jan. 5, 1868, George 
 Hoar, son of Leonard^ and Luoinda (Sawin) 
 Hoar. Reside in Peterboro, N. H. 
 
 n. Luella A., b. March 23, 1852 ; md. June 22, 1872, 
 George F. Gilmore. Reside in Peterboro. 
 
 III. B. WesUy, b. March 27, 1854. 
 
 IV. Alonzo M, b. Aug. 12, 1856. 
 V. Ida May, b. May 1, 1859. 
 
 VI. Clara ij., b. March 3, 1862 ; d. March 25, 1862. 
 VII. Effie E., b. Aug. 6, 1863 ; d. Aug. 14, 1865. 
 VIII. Oren A., b. Dec. 13, 1867 ; d. July 25, 1868. 
 
 Caleb Winn and wife Hannah resided from 1773 to 
 about 1785, but all the family did not remove from town 
 until about 1796. They removed to Chester. The name 
 of the State is not stated. He enlisted twice during the 
 Revolution (vide pp. 110, 141). 
 
 I. ITathan, b. March 22, 1774. 
 II. James, b. Sept. 9, 1776. 
 ni. Peter, b. Aug. 27, 1778. 
 IV. Sally, b. June 21, 1780. 
 V. Achsah, bap. Aug. 11, 1782. 
 VI. John, bap. Oct. 28, 1787. 
 vn. Hannah, bap. Oct. 18, 1789. 
 vin. Caleb, bap. Feb. 4, 1792. 
 IX. Sally, bap. Feb. 8, 1795. 
 
 Joseph Woecestbe and wife Sarah were here in 1767. 
 In 1768 he was elected hayward, and the same year a 
 road was laid out by his house in the north part of the 
 town. They probably removed from this town 1770 or 
 
 1771. 
 
 I. Joseph, bap. Aug. 30, 1767. 
 II. Mercy, bap. Sept. 9, 1770. 
 
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 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 
 
 WOOD. 
 
 Michael Wood, probably a descendant of William Wood who came 
 to this country in 1638, and d. in Concord, Mass., 1671, was an early 
 inhabitant of Lunenburg, Mass., where he md. Dec. 2, 1745, Mary Platts, 
 dau. of Abel Platts, the first settler in Kindge. They had six children. 
 Among them were Isaac Wood, of Rindge, whose record is given below, 
 and Elizabeth Wood, who md. Daniel Gragg of Rindge, q. v., and who was 
 named in the will of her grandfather, Abel Platts. The date of the 
 death of Mary (Platts) Wood has not been ascertained, but he, or 
 possibly Michael, Jr., md. Aug. 21, 1764, Lois Wilson, of Leominster, by 
 whom he had two children. 
 
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 Isaac Wood, eldest child of Michael and Mary (Platts) 
 Wood, was b. in Lunenburg Sept. 7, 1746; md. Jan. 11, 
 1770, Elizabeth Hartwell, b. :April 14, 1751, dau. of Jon.i- 
 than and Elizabeth (Tarbell) Hartwell, and removed to 
 Rindge in 1772. He was a mason and farmer, and set- 
 tled upon the farm now owned by his grandsons, Jonas 
 and John E. Wood. He was selectman 1785 and 1786, 
 and is frequently and honorably named in the records. 
 He d. Jan. 5, 1835, aged 88 ; his wife d. Nov. 20, 1819. 
 Their children, except the eldest, were b. in Rindge. 
 
 I. AmascL, b. in Lunenburg Sept. 2, 1771. -|- 
 II. Jonathan, b. April 17, 1773. -f- 
 
 III. Jonas, b. Dec. 30, 1774 ; removed to Lenox, N. Y. 
 
 IV. Isaac, b. Nov. 30, 1776. -j- 
 
 V. Betty, b. Oct. 11, 1778; d. young. 
 Ti. Ruth, b. Nov. 7, 1780 ; md. Benjamin Lovejoy, q. v. 
 VII. JDavid, b. July 19, 1783. + 
 vm. Betty, or Elizabeth, b. Sept. 10, 1785 ; md. Stephen 
 
 Emoiy, q. v. 
 IX. Caleb, b. July 1, 1789 ; d. 1807. 
 X. Susan, b. ; md. March 9, 1826, Dea. John W. 
 
 Binney, of New Ipswich, and removed to 
 
 Keene, N. H., where she d. 1873. 
 XI. Eunice, b. ; md. May 3, 1830, Capt. Joseph 
 
 Hartwell, of Lunenburg, his second marriage. 
 
 Their dau. Eunice md. Charles Carter, of 
 
 Leominster, Mass. ; now reside in Quincy, Mass. 
 
 Amasa Wood md. Sept. 10, 1797, Abigail Moore, and 
 removed to Vermont. He d. Feb. 17, 1852 ; his wife d. 
 Aug. 8, 1824. 
 
 I. Eliphakt, b. 1801 ; d. 1864. 
 
 II. Charles, b. July 6, 1804; now resides in Worces- 
 ter, Mass. 
 m. Lyman, b. 1806 ; d. Jan. 8, 1853. 
 IV. CiUeb, b. 1808 ; now living in Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 V. Abigail, b. 1809. 
 VI. Jonas, b. 1812 ; d. Aug. 10, 1868. 
 
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 Jonathan Wood md. April 10, 1799, Dolly Jones, b. 
 May 28, 1777, dau. of Enos and Mary (Whitmore) Jones, 
 of Ashburnliam. She d. Jan. 8, 1818, and he md. (2d) 
 Dee. 21, 1820; Sarah (Lake) Robinson, widow of Ezra 
 Robinson, and dau. of Henry and Prudence Lake, q. v. 
 He d. by suffocation in a well Sept. 1, 1827. 
 
 I. ZuUma, b. Nov. 30, 1799 ; md., 1822, Asa Dunn. 
 II. Laura, b. Jan. 29, 1801 ; md. April 22, 1828, John 
 
 • Vose. 
 HI. Bolley, b. Feb. 3, 1803; md. April 8, 1823, Zacha- 
 
 riah Parker. 
 IT. Elnathan, b. Sept. 20, 1804; d. July 29, 1829. 
 V. George, b. Sept. 29, 1806 ; md., 1827, Luana Law- 
 rence. 
 VI. Betsey, b. June 25, 1808 ; md. Feb. 6, 1827, Luther 
 
 Perkins, of Weathersfield, Vt. 
 VII. Zoa, b. Jan 24, 1810 ; d. 1822. 
 VIII. Lurena, b. Deo. 12, 1812; md. Jan. 16, 1831, Free- 
 man Walcott. 
 IX. JSartwell, b. Oct. 27, 1815 ; md., 1841, Laura Snell. 
 
 She d., s.p., Jan. 1, 1848 ; he d. July 26, 1846. 
 X. Jonas JI, b. Jan. 1, 1818. 
 Children of second wife : — 
 
 XI. Eunice K., b. March 22, 1824; md. July 22, 1849, 
 George P. Ward, son of Alvan and Eusebia 
 (Russell) Ward (Russell Register, No. 65). 
 xn. Eliphalet S., b. Feb. 2, 1826 ; md. Sept. 20, 1846, 
 Susan H. Parrar, of Ashburnham. He resides 
 in Winchendon, and is an express agent and 
 deputy sheriff. 
 
 Isaac Wood was a farmer and manufacturer of hand- 
 made nest-boxes. He md. Jan. 8, 1806, Nabby Earl, dau. 
 of John Earl, q. v. He d. of smaU-pox July 1, 1848 ; 
 his widow d. July 18, 1859. 
 
 I. Addison M, b. Oct. 27, 1806 ; md., 1830, Ann 
 Plummer, who d. Feb. 1, 1848 ; md. (2d) Jan. 8, 
 1856, Mary A. Dickinson, dau. of Abraham and 
 Mary (Reed) Dickinson, of Keene, N. H. He 
 is a farmer, and resides upon the farm formerly 
 of his father. • 
 
 1. Marcia A., b. June 4, 1831 ; md. Oct. 3, 1850, 
 
 John U. Beers, and d. in Troy, N. H., Oct. 
 27, 1854, leaving one son, John Addison, 
 b. Dec. 5, 1851 ; he resides in Hinsdale, 
 N. H. 
 
 2. Urania, b. July 7, 1832 ; md., 1860, Hiram 
 
 W. Fames. They reside in Hyde Park, 
 Mass. 
 
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 3. Eliza, b. March 19, 1834; d. Sept. 20, 1854. 
 
 4. Jane P., b. Oct. 17, 1835 ; resides, unmd., in 
 
 Kggiib N. H. 
 
 5. Marshall P., b. Nov. 19, 1837; md. Oct., 
 
 1861, Julia A. Hunt, dau. of Joshua 
 Hunt. He was three years in the Union 
 army ; now resides in Ashburnham. One 
 son. 
 
 6. Harriet A., b. June 8, 183^ ; md. Addison 
 
 Todd, son of Paul Todd, q. v. 
 
 7. Eunice, b. March 20, 1841; md., 1861, 
 
 Henry W. Famum. They resided in 
 Marlboro, and subsequently in Troy, 
 N. H., where he d. July 19, 1874 ; she 
 resides in Troy. 
 II. Elbridge, b. Oct. 24, 1808; md. May 10, 1832, 
 Rebecca Hartwell, b. April 21, 1813, dau. of 
 Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth (Johnson) Hartwell, 
 of Lunenburg, Mass. She d. Feb. 15, 1843; 
 and he md. (2d) Jan. 15, 1844, Emeline P. Gil- 
 bert. He d. of small-pox June 30, 1848; and 
 his widow md. John McCrea, and removed from 
 town. Six of his seven children d. in infancy. 
 
 1. Mary A., b. June 14, 1837; md. July 29, 
 1857, Julius Augustus Stearns, son of 
 Capt. Freeborn Steams, q. v. 
 
 III. Sylvester, h. Sept. 30, 1810; md. June 1, 1836, 
 Urania Damon, of Ashby. He d. July 12, 1841 ; 
 and his widow md. Nov. 22, 1843, Wm. S. 
 Humphrey. 
 
 1. Earl S., b. Dec. 1, 1838 ; resides in Bridge- 
 port, Conn. 
 IT. Eunice, b. Jun 21, 1814; d. Dec. 23, 1828. 
 
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 David Wood was a farmer, and resided upon the home- 
 stead. He md. Feb. 26, 1808, Mary Earl, dau. of John 
 Earl, q. v. He d. Aug. 30, 1861. 
 
 I. Stephen Emory, b. Dec. 7, 1808 ; md. March 22, 
 1832, Lydia R. Farrar of Townsend, Mass. 
 Resided in Cambridge, Mass., and in Ludlow, 
 Vt. She d., and he md. (2d) 1874, Carrie 
 Sinclair, of Ludlow, Vt. Two children by first 
 wife. 
 
 1. Alfred E., b. Feb. 20, 1835. 
 
 2. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 11, 1838; md. Feb. 
 
 13, 1859, Geo. A. Dunbar. 
 
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 II. Mary Ann, h. Feb. 27, 1810 ; md. June 20, 1837, 
 Henry Stickney, b. Jan. 29, 1807, son of William 
 and Sarah (Gibson) Stickney, of Grafton, Vt. 
 He was a grain merchant in Cambridgeport 
 several years, and about 1855 removed to Wood- 
 hull, 111., where he was accidentally killed, Nov. 
 16, 1866; she md. (2d) 1869, Isaac Wetmore. 
 
 1. Henry, b. Nov. 7, 1838. 
 
 2. Alfred, b. July 3, 1840. 
 
 3. Idalia, b. March 25, 1842; d. April 12, 
 
 1844. 
 . 4. William Curtis, b. Sept. 6, 1846. 
 5. Carrie Wood, b. Oct. 6, 1856. 
 
 in. Caleb, b. June 5, 1812; d. July 14, 1813. 
 
 IV. Alfred, b. Feb. 9, 1814; md. Aug. 16, 1841, Laura 
 Stickney, b. Aug. 9, 1817, a sister of Henry, who 
 md. his sister Mary Ann. He is a grocer in 
 Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 1. George Alfred, b. July 22, 1843. 
 
 2. Edward Stickney, b. April 28, 1846 ; a grad- 
 
 uate of Harvard University. 
 
 V. Caleb, b. March 26, 1817 ; d., unmd., Oct. 15, 1866. 
 
 VI. Jonas, b. Oct. 15, 1819 ; md. Feb. 16, 1859, Sarah 
 
 Leathe. He ' was in business several years in 
 
 Cambridge, and now resides a farmer in Rindge. 
 
 His wife d. in Rindge Oct. 24, 1873. 
 
 1. Fannie Louisa, b. Aug. 17, 1860 ; d. Aug. 30, 
 
 1862. s ' > K > 
 
 2. Emma Louisa, b. April 1, 1864. 
 
 VII. M,izabeth Hartwell, b. June 25, 1821; md. Harri- 
 son G. Rice, Esq., q. v. 
 
 VIII. John Earl, b. May 1, 1823; a farmer in Rindge; 
 m^, Nov. 16, 1848, S. Almira Brown, of Ashby. 
 She d. Feb. 6, 1867 ; md. (2d) Oct., 1868, Ann 
 Maria Tuckerman, dau. of Henry Tuckerman, of 
 Ashburnham. 
 IX. JEmily Augusta, b. May 31, 1826; md. June 21, 
 1858, Washington Folsom Somerby, of Ports- 
 mouth, N. H. They resided in Cambridge, where 
 he d. July 10, 1873. 
 X. Charles Payson, b. July 11, 1828; md. Oct. 12, 
 1851, Hannah Maria Somerby. Resides in Cam- 
 bridge. 
 
 1. Carrie J., b. June 11, 1856 ; d. June 18, 1856. 
 
 James Wood and wife Huth, from J}oxford, Mass., set- 
 tled upon the farm now of B. F. Danforth, in 1772. Sarah 
 
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 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
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 Wood, an early school-teacher in this town, was not the 
 wife of James "Wood as stated on p. 277. He prohahly 
 removed 1804, as he was not taxed after that date. 
 
 I. Solomon, bap. May 14, 1775. 
 
 II. Muth, bap. Oct. 12, 1777; md. Nov. 6, 1799, 
 Nathan Towne. 
 
 III. Sarah, bap. Sept. 10, 1780. 
 
 IV. Benjamin, md. Jan. 2, 1805, Lucinda Peirce, dau. 
 
 of Benjamin Peirce, q. v. 
 
 Timothy Wood, parentage not known, resided in this 
 town several years dating from about 1774. 
 
 I. Betty, b. June 7, 1777. 
 n. Susannah, b. Sept. 2, 1779. 
 
 Salmon Wood and wife Sybil removed to this town 
 about 1780, and removed to Hancock, N. H., 1786. 
 
 I. David, bap. Oct. 19, 1782. 
 
 Eliphalet Wood and wife Elizabeth were here in 
 1782, and perhaps a year or two earlier. They removed 
 from town in 1796. 
 
 I. Eliphalet, b. March 8, 1789. 
 II. Betsey, b. Sept. 30, 1790. 
 
 III. William, b. July 6, 1792. 
 
 IV. Sophia, b. June 10, 1794. 
 
 Nathajst Woodbttet, son of Israel and Anna (Morgan) 
 Woodbury, was b. in Bolton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1794. His 
 parents were natives of Beverly, Mass. He md. Sept. 20, 
 1817, Clarinda Whitney, b. in Harvard, Mass., Oct. 24, 
 1797, dau. of Cyrus and Asenath (Harris) Whitney. 
 They removed to the Page Norcross farm, in the south 
 part of Rindge, 1835. They have been longer md. than 
 any other couple in Rindge. 
 
 I. Ase?iath IT., b. April 17, 1819; md. in Rindge 
 Nov. 28, 1839, Albert Mann, a fanner in Winch- 
 endon. 
 II. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1821 ; md. Sept. 19, 1840, 
 Samuel Page, son of Levi Page, q. v. They 
 reside in Winchendon. 
 
 III. Nathan G., b. April 16, 1823; md. Jan. 1, 1847, 
 
 Angelia Bryant, of Richmond, N. H., where 
 they resided several years, but have recently 
 removed to Keene, N. H. He is a manufnct- 
 urer of wooden-ware. 
 
 IV. Harrison, b. March 19, 1826; d. Oct. 10, 1830. 
 
 V. Lauretta W., b. May 20, 1828 ; md. Nelson Parks, 
 of Winchendon. 
 
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 VI. Zucinda JS.,h. Feb. 4, 1832; md. Dec. 28, 1863, 
 
 Henry J. Newman. Reside in Rindge. 
 VII. Clarinda A., b. March 23, 1834 ; md. Oct. 7, 1858, 
 Daniel H. Sargent, q. v. 
 
 VIII. Maria A., b. , 1837; md. Nov. 21, 1859, 
 
 George F. Wallace, son of David, q. v. ; he d. in 
 Winchendon, 1874. 
 IX. Andrew C, b. Dec. 25, 1840. 
 
 Joseph Wtmak was in Rindge in 1780 ; was taxed for 
 the last time 1793. 
 
 I. Mary, bap. Sept. 23, 1782. 
 II. William, bap. July 3, 1785. 
 m. Abraham Carlton, bap. June 4, 1787. 
 
 Lewis Wtmah and James Wyman made a brief resi- 
 dence in the south-west part of this town, early in the 
 present century. They removed to Rockingham, Vt. 
 The latter built a house of white birch logs, in which he 
 resided. 
 
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 The names in the Genealogical Registers — pages 423 
 to 775 — being arranged alphabetically, and a large number 
 of names in the Mortuary and Political records — pages 401 
 to 416 — being in chronological order, are not included in 
 this index. 
 
 ABBOTT, Dr. Josiah, 293 308 327 
 
 368 406 416 417 
 AbeU, Dr. E. Darwin, 293 351 367 
 
 868 389 
 Adams, Albert, 275 
 
 Arad, 380 381 
 
 Daniel, 93 119 124 140 167 
 
 David, 93 124 135 226 265 
 
 David, Jr., 261 
 
 Edwin S., 396 
 
 Esther, 280 
 
 Hannah, 289 
 
 Isaac, 93 110 112 113 115 
 
 Israel, 123 
 
 Israel, Jr., 93 106 116 123 
 280 
 
 Naomi, 289 
 
 Oliver, 280 
 
 Samuel, 93 124 135 
 
 Stephen, 110 
 Ainsworth, Rev. Laban, 217 
 Alexander, Richard, 110 113 114 
 AUen, Calvin, 390 
 
 Daniel W., 327 
 
 David, 76 78 96 196 
 
 Eliphaz, 226 287 
 
 Ethan, 150 
 
 George J., 321 
 
 Isaac, 76 78 96 
 
 Jonathan W., 94 
 
 Oratio P., 249 250 251 800 
 303 309 416 
 
 Sahnon, 392 
 
 Ames, Esther, 280 
 Arnold, Elizabeth, 345 
 Atkinson, Theodore, 41 56 84 
 Austin, Stephen G., 348 
 
 BACON, Oliver, 108 131 162 168 
 Ball, Jonathan, 128 126 
 BaUou, Andrew S., 315 
 
 Henry E., 314 
 Bancroft, Addison, 16 
 
 Benjamin, 94 122 171 205 
 207 300 
 
 Dea. James, 225 282 
 
 Timothy, 289 
 Barker, Barnabas, 205 226 
 
 Dea. David, 225 226 236 
 287 238 282 290 
 
 Hon. George P., 280 292 837 
 347-350 360 
 
 John, 286 287 288 282 
 
 Dr. Thomas C, 396 
 
 WiUiam, 226 280 801 307 
 Barrett, E. B., 268 
 
 J. O., 417 
 Barstow, Rev. Z. S., 221 228 359 
 Baxter, Simon, 160 
 Beals, Benjamin, 110 113 114 125 
 
 140 141 167 
 Belcher, Gov. J., 27 31 86 
 BeU, Hon. C. H., 61 
 Bellows, Benjamin, 47-57 93 177 
 Bemis, EUjah, 261 309 417 
 Bennett, Horace C, 315 
 
778 
 
 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 Capt. James, 261 304 
 
 Lyman, 95 283 417 
 Berry, Hon. Thomas, 25 27-33 
 Blake, Amos J., 293 
 
 Ebenezer, 14 313 416 
 
 Dea. Eleazer, 225 285 
 
 Enos, 225 226 
 
 Hiram, 65 
 Blanchard, Eleazer, 49 56 
 
 Jonathan, 71 
 
 Joseph, 42 46 47 52 56-61 
 
 Joseph, Jr., 45 49 53 55 
 Blodgett, Zacheus, 97 
 Blood, Francis, 173 174 177 
 Bolster, J. L., 388 
 Bowers, Gilman, 261 
 
 Nehemiah, 128 
 
 Polly, 289 
 Boynton, Snow, 131 135 163 
 Bradish, George W., 327 
 Breed, Dea. Joseph B., 225 226 263 
 380 
 
 Mrs. Joseph B., 329 
 Brewer, Asa, 261 
 Bridges, Moody, 43 
 Brigham, Rev. Benjamin, 205 
 
 WiUard C, 93 285 293 294 
 Broeklebank, Asa, 91 95 108 125 
 Brooks, Aaron, 285 
 
 Charles B., 321 
 
 David, 131 135 163 
 
 Ivers H., 94 226 284 307 
 
 Joseph, 249 
 
 Stephen, 285 
 
 WiUiam S., 95 
 Brown, Charles, 314 
 
 Dea. Ebenezer, 216 217 218 
 225 307 
 
 Capt. E. W., 307 
 
 Rev. Joseph, of Winchen- 
 don, 205 
 
 Rev. Joseph, 213 289 336 
 
 Joseph Brownlee, 361 
 
 Capt. Josiah, 135 138 
 
 Rev. Reuben, 280 
 
 Mrs. S. W., 329 
 Bruce, Simeon, 166 
 Buffington, Preston, 168 
 BuUen, John, 210 
 Bullock, Gov. A. H., 342 395 
 Burley, Benjamin, 110 125 
 Burnham, Rev. Abraham, 217 219 
 
 Rev. Amos W., 216-224 244 
 251 266 269 291 292 293 
 357 359 366 394 395 406 
 
 Miss Carrie M., 329 
 
 Samuel, 270 330 353 354 
 361 393 395 
 BurrOl, Ebenezer, 30 
 Burritt, Henry E., 282 314 316 
 BusweU, Charles G., 69 282 285 
 
 John, 93 108 123 165 167 
 171 280 
 
 Rebecca, 280 
 
 Thomas, 69 282 285 
 Butler, Ambrose, 316 381 390 
 
 Jabez, 303 
 
 Otis P., 309 
 
 , 160 
 
 Buttrick, Hon. (Jeorge M., 395 
 Buzzell, Reuben A., 325 
 
 CALHOUN, Hon. William B., 245 
 Carlton, Benjamin, 108 123 126 164 
 
 George, 108 110 112 113 115 
 
 James, 123 175 275 277 
 
 John, 280 
 
 Obadiah, 268 
 
 William, 69 78 85 108 122 
 164 187 199 229 235 384 
 Gary, Barnabas, 95 123 167 
 Case, Rev. R., 224 
 Chadwick, Abner F., 301 
 
 Charles I., 327 
 
 James C, 261 
 Chamberlain, A. A., 316 
 Chandler, Rev. Henry, 294 
 Chaplin, Lieut. Ebenezer, 94 118 
 120 122 144 181 
 
 Moses, 135 
 
 Samuel, 126 135 136 141 
 
 Mrs. Sarah, 277 
 Chapman, Jeremiah, 122 181 
 Chase, Rev. C. H., 293 
 Cheever, David, 49 56 
 Clapham, Charles, 45 
 Clapp, Cyrus J., 316 
 Clark, Rev. Eber L., 217 
 
 Rev. Frank G., 224 225 
 
 George, 126 
 
 Henry, 261 
 
 Dea. John, 268 
 
 Peter, 268 
 Clay, James P., 70 
 Coburn, Luke, 400 
 Cofieen, Eleazer, 69 80 123 193- 
 196 233 
 
 Hemy, 69 78 85 96 198- 
 196 231 297 
 
 John, 68 78 85 96 192-196 
 233 
 
 Lake, 358 
 
INDEX. 
 
 779 
 
 Coffering, James, 110 113 
 Coffin, Arba S., 16 256 269 272 282 
 294 301 807 308 309 416 
 
 Mrs. Arba S., 329 
 
 George S., 308 
 
 Mrs. George S., 329 
 
 Silas, 308 
 Colburn, Isaac, 259 260 
 
 Leonard, 392 
 
 Mary, 289 
 Cole, Asa, 299 
 
 Capt. Charles H., 306 370 
 Coleman, James, 49 53 56 
 Combs, John, 49 55 
 Converse, Abraham J., 94 287 
 
 Clovis M., 305 324 
 
 Conrad R., 324 
 
 Cornelia L., 390 
 
 Capt. E. H., 315 394 
 
 Joshua, 249 289 298 303 306 
 406 416 
 
 Marion W., 322 
 
 Morton E., 93 306 309 316 
 
 Dea. Omar D., 225 226 298 
 303 306 407 
 
 Capt. Oscar I., 315 324 325 
 
 Zebulon, 93 123 
 
 Zebulon, Esq., 303 305 393 
 406 416 417 
 Cook, Noah R., 245 372 389 
 Cragin, George W., 314 315 
 Cram, George M., 316 
 Cromack, Rev. J. C, 263 
 Crumble, Lieut. James, 95 108 118 
 120 122 126 142 143 150 
 181 236 
 
 Joseph, 265 300 
 
 Thomas, 261 
 Cudworth, Ezekiel, 328 
 Cummings, Dea. Adin, 94 225 
 
 Rev. Asa, 333 
 
 Samuel, 49 53 55 
 
 Rev. Silas, 293 
 Gushing, Rev. John, 205 217 
 
 John, 213 
 Cutler, Amos, 266, 301 302 
 
 Charles, 94 261 
 
 Hepsibeth, 289 
 
 Capt. Solomon, 94 105 106 
 116 118 122 136 144 145 
 165 204 207 235 384 
 
 Tobe, 168 169 
 
 WiUiam, 261 
 Cutter, E. B., 287 305 308 324 
 
 Esther, 280 
 
 James, 108 122 
 
 DAGGETT, Cordelia, 329 
 Damon, James, 282 285 
 Danforth, Charles H., 282 285 
 
 Capt. B. F., 95 285 
 Darling, Eliakim, 123 140 
 
 Dr. J. Homer, 326 370 
 Davidson, Benjamin, 261 
 
 Benjamin B., 261 . 
 Davis, Amos, 123 
 
 Major Benjamin, 76 79 86 
 108 110 113 119 125 146 
 165 239 
 
 Calvin, 400 
 
 Daniel, 123 
 
 David, 110 113 114 125 
 
 Ebenezer, 95 119 123 164 
 171 239 240 
 
 Henry, 110 113 114 
 
 Henry H., 316 
 
 Joseph, son of Eben'r, 268 
 
 Mary, 289 308 
 
 Randall, 124 
 
 Richard, 95 123 
 
 Simon, 108 110 113 123 136 
 138 
 
 Simon, Jr., 123 
 
 Simon, son of Eben'r, 289 
 291 293 
 
 William, 95 123 125 140 
 Dawes, William, 106 
 Dean, Rev. Seth, 74 75 78 81 88 
 107 122 188-204 231 363 
 
 John, 80 122 140 
 Demary, C. C, 316 
 
 Ezekiel, 110 113 114 125 
 131 162 168 
 
 Ezekiel, son of John, 282 
 289 300 
 
 Fanny, 289 
 
 John, 73 78 122 136 141 
 164 277 
 
 John, Jr., 80 108 110 113 
 114 125 136 138 168 
 
 John, son of Ezekiel, 289 
 300 
 
 Nathan J., 400 
 
 Thomas, 166 
 Demond, Rev. Elijah, 215 
 Demone, Octave, 314 
 Derby, Harding, 392 
 
 Nathan, Jr., 287 
 Dickerman, Rev. L., 223 395 
 Dinsmore, Rev. C. M., 395 406 
 DivoU, Israel, 91 
 Dockman, Enoch, 131 162 168 
 Dole, Benjamin, 110 113 114 
 
780 
 
 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 
 
 John, 110 
 Douglass, Alexander, 110 
 Dow, Rev. Lorenzo, 259 
 Downe, William, 47 49 53 55 
 Drury, Henry S., 324 
 Durant, John A., 316 
 Dustan, Rev. George, 224 
 Dutton, Silas, 74 78 96 
 Dwinnel, Bartholomew, 166 
 
 EARL, John, 95 119 123 175 
 
 Eastman, Rev. H., 263 
 Mrs. N. H., 330 
 
 Eddy, Dea. Benj., 225 226 
 
 EUis, Bethuel, 256 
 
 Elliot, Elder, 243 
 
 Emerson, Rev. Brown, 205 
 Rev. Joseph, 205 
 
 Emery, Thomas, 110 113 125 126 
 
 Emory, Daniel, 304 
 
 John, 93 108 122 135 164 
 John, son of Francis, 303 
 Capt. Stephen, 287 304 305 
 Wan-en W., 382 390 417 
 Mrs. Warren W., 329 
 
 Esty, Aaron, 93 108 123 
 
 FAIRBANKS, Rev. F. J., 224 
 Parrar, Jacob Hamilton, 362 
 
 Rev. Stephen, 186 205 207 
 213 
 Farwell, William, 298 
 Fenno, Amos, 392 
 
 John, 392 
 
 John S., 302 
 Fields, Robert, 168 
 Fiske, Rev. Abel, 205 
 Fitch, Ebenezer, 119, 207 
 
 Jacob, 98 276 298 
 
 John, 96-99 124 276 
 
 Josiah, 48 
 
 Paul, 95 98 122 136 138 298 
 
 Thaddeus, 136 138 140 164 
 Fitz, James, 316 
 Fletcher, Ebenezer, 162 
 
 Henry W., 390 
 
 Joshua, 275 283 
 
 Robert, Jr., 49 53 56 59 60 
 
 Samuel W., 300 321 382 390 
 417 
 
 Stephen H., 392 
 Foster, Benjamin, 119 181 280 
 
 Rev. Davis, 224 
 
 Prof. G. W., 268 
 
 Moses, 69 
 
 William, 35 
 
 Fowle, A. A., 75 364 
 French, Capt. Benjamin, 48 
 
 Joseph, 49 55 
 
 Sampson, 49 55 
 Frost, Simon, 31 
 
 GARDNER, Alvin, 327 
 
 Col. WiUiam, 239 265 308 
 375 406 
 Garfield, Moses, 259 
 Gates, Howard, 93 
 
 Stephen, 79 
 
 Timothy, 80 
 Gibson, Charles F., 316 
 
 Isaac, 399 
 
 John, 171 
 
 John A., 305 
 Gihnore, George F., 321 
 Gilson, Joseph, 80 193-196 
 Goddard, Dea. Luther, 225 
 
 Martin L., 33 67 226 256 
 282 328 417 
 Godding, Henry, 85 94 95 123 193- 
 198 
 
 Isaac, 400 
 
 Samuel, 131 162 
 
 Sarah, 197 198 
 Goodell, Rev. WiUiam, 216 
 Goodridge, Asaph W., 303 
 
 Luther, 392 
 Gould, Benjamin, 73 79 123 147 
 
 Elijah, 73 79 
 
 Hubbard, 62 
 
 Capt. Jacob, 49 62 66 59 60 
 231 296 
 
 Jacob, Jr., 53 73 79 86 119 
 123 136 141 167 183 207 
 
 Jacob, Jr., son of Jacob, Jr., 
 171 
 
 Nehemiah, 49 53 66 67 
 
 Oliver, 123 136 169 164 276 
 
 Simeon, 163 
 Gragg, Daniel, 95 124 
 
 Hugh, 110 113 114 
 Gray, John, 96 123 164 277 
 
 Phebe, 277 280 
 Greele, Samuel, 49 63 55 
 
 Samuel, Jr., 49 56 
 Greene, Harry, 392 
 Greenleaf, Paul, 317 
 
 Capt. Stephen, 24 26 81 33 
 Griffin, Dudley, 110 113 114 
 Griswold, Apollos, 261 
 Grout, Jehosaphat, 123 
 Guernsey, Rev. J. W., 396 
 
INDEX. 
 
 781 
 
 HALE, Benjamiii, 313 328 
 CaMn, 392 
 Lieut. David, 110 113 123 
 
 126 136 
 David, Jr., 249 387 388 
 Elizabeth, 80 
 Emerson, 381 
 
 Col. Enoch, -70 74 79 81 84 
 85 86, passim, 103-184 188 
 190 191 201 206 207 229 
 232 233 373 416 
 Hudson D., 309 
 Dr. John, 73 
 John F., 305 
 Joshua, 167 
 Lucy, 69 
 Lyman, 324 
 Marshall A., 400 
 Moses (born 1703), 70 73 
 
 74 80 190 
 Moses (born 1732), 70 79 
 
 123 135 190 229 
 Moses rborn 1760), 140 
 Moses W., 282 309 
 Mrs. M. W., 330 
 Col. Nathan, 70 79 85 86 
 87 103 106 108 109 111 
 119 125 138 148-156 183 
 190 202 235 372 373 
 Nathan A., 272 
 OUver, 261 
 Stephen, 226 282 287 307 
 
 387 
 Thomas, 395 
 WiUiam A., 324 390 
 HaU, Erastus D., 317 
 Lyman, 324 
 Rev. Richard, 217 
 Hamilton, John, 168 
 Hammond, David, 76 79 96 
 
 Mary, 197 198 
 Handsome, John, 122 126 131 142 
 
 162 
 Hannaford, John, 95 108 122 
 Hapgood, George D., 301 
 Hardison, Frank H., 362 
 
 Samuel J., 272 
 Hardy, Persis, 280 
 Harper, Daniel, 75 79 96 
 
 Lieut. John, 110, 113, 
 Samuel, 70 79 96 
 Harris, Amos B., 304 
 Hartshorn, Dr. Ebenezer, 239 240 
 
 364 
 HartweU, Maj. Edward, 97 
 Porter, 261 
 
 Harvey, Rev. , 187 
 
 Harwood, John H., 328 
 
 HaskeU, Abijah, 124, 131 162 163 
 
 Hastings, Benjamin, 68 
 
 John W., 317 
 Haywood, Samuel, 30 
 Hazen, Richard, 24 37 
 Heald, Col. Thomas, 136 
 Heard, Dr.. John, 371 
 Hecker, John, 317 
 Henderson, Thomas, 110 113 114 
 Hewitt, George, 60 68 77 
 
 John, 68 77 
 Heywood, Nathan, 24 28 29 30 
 Hill, Rev. Ebenezer, 213 222 
 
 Col. John, 49 52 55 
 Hobbs, Jacob, 110 114 122 
 Hobson, John, 25 27 28 32 
 Hodge, Jairus W., 317 
 Hodgskins, Samuel, 69 70 77 
 
 Tryphena, 68 
 Hodskins, Charles, 392 
 Holden, Ephraim, 164 
 Holt, Abiel, 282 
 Hooker, Rev. E. W., 269 
 Hopkinson, Jonathan, 71 72 79 96 
 
 187 231 232 298 
 Hovey, Martha, 277 
 Howe, Dr. Adonijah, 157 
 
 Dennis, 303 306 
 
 Isaac, 163 
 
 Levi, 251 306 381 390 406 
 416 
 
 Peter, 287 
 Hubbard, David L., 324 
 
 Emerson, 399 
 
 Dea. Hezekiah, 136 138 217 
 225 226 
 
 John, 49 53 56 
 
 Jonathan, 17 47 49 52 55 57 
 
 Jonathan, Jr., 48 49 51 52 
 55 
 
 Levi, 249 251 
 
 Nathan, 122 175 
 
 Otis, 226 
 
 Rodney A., 328 388 
 
 Sarah R., 329 330 
 Humphrey, WiUiam S., 302 
 Hunt, Ephraim, 206 226 277 280 
 
 Joshua T., 300 317 
 
 Maria, 289 • 
 
 Mrs. Tabitha, 280 
 Huntee, WiUiam M., 284 
 Huston, Caleb, 79 123 126 
 Hutchins, , 268 
 
 Capt. Hezekiah, 111 
 
782 
 
 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 
 
 Hutchinson, Thomas, 95 110 114 
 124 131 162 
 
 INGALLS, Maj. Albert S., 354^ 
 
 357 
 Amos, 125 135 140 167 
 Caleb, 136 138 
 Ebenezer, 79 110 125 140 
 Herbert, 330 
 Jonathan, 123 126 135 138 
 
 237 290 
 Dea. Josiah, 70 71 79 186 
 
 187 189 197 225 229 232 
 
 297 
 Josiah, Jr., 80 125 
 Nathaniel, 80 108 123 136 
 
 265 280 
 Simeon, 80 108 110 113 114 
 
 124 
 Thomas, 289 291 293 379 
 
 380 406 416 
 
 JACKSON, Joseph, 49 53 56 
 Jaffrey, Hon. George, 42 55 82 
 Jennings, , 97 
 
 Tahnon, 289 381 
 Jewett, Abel, 126 166 
 
 Dea. Edward, 89 90 94 103 
 108 116 119 120 122 124 
 136 138 143 145 165 167 
 171 173 181 183 202 205 
 206 225 226 236-239 277 
 280 284 289 290 384 391 
 406 416 
 
 Dea. Ezekiel, 25 
 
 Ezekiel, 26 34 35 60 67 68 
 79 124 193 195-198 
 
 Col. Ezekiel, 245 343-347 
 391 
 
 Dr. George, 326 395 
 
 Jonathan, 26 68 79 96 193 
 195 196 
 
 Stephen, 26 68 79 123 193 
 195 
 
 Dr. Stephen, 285 307 365 
 
 Stephen, Jr., 303 306 365 
 406 
 
 Dr. Thomas, 94 365 391 416 
 
 Thomas, 225 226 . 
 Johnson, Catherine, 289 
 
 lehabod; 268 
 
 James, 63 
 
 Nathan, 300 
 
 Nathan, Jr., 392 
 
 Samuel, 43 49 51 53 55 56 
 61 
 
 Jones, Asia, 389 
 
 Dr. D. W., 369 390 
 
 EHsha, 399 
 
 WiUard G., 324 390 393 417 
 
 KELLOGG, Rev. E., 332 
 
 Gardner, 280 
 Kemp, William -A., 321 
 KendaU, Rev. A. L., 294 
 
 WiUiam, 131 135 163 
 Kennedy, Samuel, 60 
 Keyes, Aaron, 392 
 
 Amos, 95 289 291 293 406 
 416 
 
 Lydia, 400 
 Kidder, Aaron, 69 
 Kimball, Abel, 166 
 
 Aquilla, 45 
 
 Charles William, 362 
 
 Ebenezer, 262 
 
 EUpha S., 309 
 
 George S., 317 
 
 Mrs. George S., 329 
 
 Rev. Isaac, 358 
 
 Polly, 289 
 
 Lieut. Richard, 96 123 144 
 181 202 204-207 280 
 
 Richard, Jr., 123 
 
 Rev. Richard, 260 262 302 
 
 William, 298 406 
 
 WUliam, Jr., 306 
 King, George, 84 
 
 Hon. Preston, 347 
 Kingsbury, Dea. Benjamin, 216 225 
 226 236 239 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel, 293 366 
 Knowlton, Amos, 301 
 
 LACY, A. M., 381 
 Lake, Alison, 328 416 
 
 Mrs. Alison, 329 
 
 Daniel, 76 79 108 123 136 
 144 165 181 416 
 
 Daniel, Jr., 108 110 113 114 
 • 125 141 
 
 Enos, 108 110 136 138 141 
 
 George, 80 123 
 
 Henry, 136 138 140 141 164 
 
 John E., 261 
 
 Jonathan, 131 135 141 163 
 166 168 
 Lamb, William M., 225 '417 
 Lambert, Thomas, 62 
 Lapham, Capt. Benjamin, 298 
 
 Lieut. King, 207 298 
 Larrabee, Samuel, 72 78 80 96 
 
INDEX. 
 
 783 
 
 Samuel, Jr., 72 79 80 96 
 
 Stephen, 80 
 La-wrence, Abel, 71 
 
 George W., 326 
 
 Mrs. William, 329 330 
 Learned, Ezekiel, 95 108 110 113 
 123 136 164 
 
 Isaac, 287 
 Lee, Rev. Mr., of Royalston, 205 
 
 Rev. Jesse, 242 
 
 Rev. Samuel, 359 395 
 Leland, Isaac, 110 125 131 142 162 
 Lilly, John, 69 79 96 
 Livermore, Matthew, 42 55 
 Locke, Ebenezer, 95 122 
 Lord, Rev. John C, 349 
 
 Luke, 400 
 Lossiug, Benson J., 153 
 Loud, Edvyard, 260 
 Lovejoy, Daniel H., 327 
 
 Hubbard M., 327 
 
 Dea. John, 71 72 79 123 186 
 188 189 191 198 205 206 
 225 226 237 
 
 John, 80 123 282 
 
 Jonathan, 108 110 112-115 
 Lovering, Benjamin, 110 113 114 
 
 123 
 Lovewell, Capt. John, 64 
 
 John, 49 53 56 
 
 Zacheus, 49 53 56 
 
 MacELWAIST, John, 76 .79 96 
 Manley, Prucius W., 324 
 Mann, Capt. Benjamin, 111 
 Mansfield, Levi, 95 124 384 388 
 March, Clement, 42 56 
 
 Capt. John, 24 26 32 
 Marcy, Capt. John, 111 
 Marsh, Obadiah, 95 110 113 114 
 
 125 
 MarshaU, Abel, 261 
 Martin, John, 127 141 
 
 Samuel, 14 285 
 Mason, Capt. John, 40 41 42 
 
 John Tufton, 41 42 49 55 
 Matthews, John, 35 
 Mavery, Rev. Charles, 259 
 McCarr, Daniel, 125 131 162 
 McCurdy, Rev. C. L., 263 
 MeUen, John, 163 
 Meloon, Nathaniel, 63 
 Melvin, Robert, 49 56 57 
 Merriam, WiUiam, 301 
 Meserve, Nathaniel, 42, 55 
 Metcalf, Amos S., 327 
 
 Lieut. George, 242 
 
 Servetus, 261 302 
 
 Timothy, 302 303 
 Miller, , 268 
 
 John, 174 
 MiUiken, Joseph, 236 399 
 
 Joseph, Jr., 358 
 Mixer, Charles, 300 301 302 
 
 Charles S., 301 
 MofCat, John, 41 56 
 Moore, Benjamin, 115 124 
 
 Mary, 55 
 
 Samuel, 41 
 Moors, Hubbard, 73 289 
 
 John H., 327 
 Morse, Dr. David, 95 363 
 
 Dea. Seth, 210 
 
 Morton, Rev. , 251 
 
 Munroe, Jonas, 261 262 
 Murdock, E. Jr., 250 
 Muiphy, Albert S., 314 
 Muzzey, Ebenezer, 94 125 289 
 
 NELSON, Capt. PhiUp, 24 26 31 
 
 32 
 Newman, Benjamin, 123 
 
 Ebenezer, 125 136 138 
 Nichols, Col. Moses, 140 177 
 Norcross, Albert F., 362 
 
 Hon. Amasa 350 351 357 
 
 393 395 
 Dr. Elijah, 280 372 
 Dr. George J., 327 395 
 Jabez, 94 123 
 Jeremiah, 94 108 123 164 
 
 175 399 
 Jeremiah, Jr., 399 
 Dea. Jeremiah, 70 225 226 
 
 272 282 
 Joshua, 94 
 
 Lieut. Page, 73 79 86 94 103 
 108 118 120 123 144 145 
 165 197 233 386 
 Nutting, Ahnon F., 318 
 
 ODIORNE, Jotham, 42 56 
 O'Niel, John, 45 
 Osgood, Rev. A. M., 293 
 
 PACKER, Thomas, 42 56 
 Page, Abijah, 80 277 
 
 Caleb, 126 136 141 167 
 
 Daniel, 242 
 
 Ezra, 94 261 
 
 John, 122 126 
 
 Joseph, 76 78 80 
 
784 
 
 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 
 
 Joseph, Jr., 80 
 
 Joseph, son of Abijah, 245 
 
 277 405 
 Lemuel, 108 110 113 114 
 
 126 136 138 141 164 207 
 Lieut. Nathaniel, 49 53 56 
 
 78 80 90 122 189 191 198 
 
 230 233 376 
 Reuben, 108 110 113 114 123 
 
 126 140 164 
 Samuel, 93 108 123 164 167 
 
 226 239 
 Samuel, Jr., 123 
 Samuel, son of Levi, 305 
 SUas, 136 
 Pahner, Dr. Asher, 95 363 
 Parker, Benjamin, 110 113 125 171 
 Jonathan, 70 79 124 296 
 Jonathan, Jr., 80 86 89 90 
 
 123 135 171 373 
 Capt. Joseph, 125 163 
 Samuel, 108 110 124 126 
 William, 42 55 
 Parsons, WiUiam H., 326 
 Payson, Rev. Edward, 213 289 331- 
 
 334 337 358 
 Henry, son of Rev. Seth, 210 
 
 337 
 Henry, son of Rev. Edward, 
 
 395 
 Rev. John, 205 210 
 Rev. Phillips, 210 
 Rev. Phillips, Jr., 207 210 
 Rev. Phillips, son of Rev. 
 
 Seth, 289 
 Rev. Samuel, 210 
 Samuel, 210 
 Sarah, 280 
 Rev. Dr. Seth, 190 205-218 
 
 235 240 244 259 267 291 
 
 293 332 347 391 
 Peabody, Francis, 62 
 
 Thomas, 231 
 Peirce, Abraham, 94 280 
 Benjamin, 94 123 
 Charles, 25 27 28 
 Daniel, 42 55 
 Jacob, 110 113 
 Joshua, 42 45 
 Josiah, 287 
 Nahum, 287 
 Mrs. Phebe, 280 
 Perkins, Aaron, 388 
 
 Abel, 93 123 175 207 
 Elisha, 93 108 123 140 
 Perry, Rev. Albert, 361 
 
 Chauncey, 289 
 Chauncey, Jr., 361 
 Rev. Isaac Stearns, 361 
 James B., 293 322 
 Col. Jason B., 218 226 249 
 250 251 289 293 311 328 
 361 393 406 416 
 John, 217 226 
 Rev. John P., 361 
 Timothy, 361 
 Philbrick, James, 70 79 122 142 
 
 165 167 190 297 
 Phipps, Sir William, 23 24 
 Pike, Joseph, 26 28 29 31 33 
 PiUsbury, Rev. Levi, 213 
 Platts, Capt. Abel, 25 28 33 35 38 
 60-63 67 68 69 78 80 123 
 147 186 190 229 230 275 
 296 
 Abel, Jr., 67 79 108 123 135 
 
 136 
 Abel, son of Abel, Jr., 164 
 
 168 
 Anson A., 271 294 
 Asa, 280 
 Charles F., 381 
 Ebenezer, 164 166 299 
 Harvey, 306 
 
 Ensign Joseph, 38 60 61 67 
 70 79 108 123 140 239 
 240 276 296 
 Capt. Joseph, 136 138 164 
 Warham R., 289 
 Plummer, Charles E., 389 
 Poland, David, 260 
 Pollard, Ivers E., 327 
 Porter, Nehemiah, 95 110 113 114 
 
 123 
 Potter, Aaron, 168, 169 
 Powers, Rev. Dennis, 223 271 272 
 Rev. Mrs. Dennis, 257 
 Jarahmael, 49 53 56 
 Jonathan, 49 55 
 Capt. Peter, 48 49 53 56 59 
 
 60 
 Rev. Peter, 49 53 55 
 Stephen, 49 56 57 
 Prentice, Dr. Stanton, 49 53 55 
 Thomas, 49 52 53 55 67 
 Prescott, Dr. Jonas, 157 163 363 
 Priest, John, 238 
 Prichard, John, 250 
 
 John, 147 
 PufEer, Reuben, 256 
 Putnam, Rev. John M., 217 
 Jonathan, 108 123 
 
INDEX. 
 
 785 
 
 QUINCY, Hon. J., 30 31 
 
 RAMSDELL, Amos, 261 
 
 Col. James, 226 
 
 Reuben, 305 309 328 
 
 Mrs. Reuben, 329 
 Rand, Rev. Asa, 334 335 337 358 
 
 Col. Daniel, 76 79 89 91 103 
 108 118 119 123 125 141 
 145 165 167 181 182 202 
 236 237 275 279 384 388 
 406 416 
 
 Lieut. Ezekiel, 92 108 110 
 113 119.123 164 
 
 Gates, 226 289 290 291 293 
 
 Howard, 317 362 
 
 Jasper, 400 
 
 Liberty, 289 
 
 Matilda, 289 
 
 Mrs. Sarah, 280 
 
 Capt. Solomon, 92 105 108 
 122 126 141 164 171 236 
 238 239 280 
 
 Mrs. Susannah, 279 
 
 Warham, 289 
 Raymond, Asahel S., 305 
 
 Hercules W., 314 
 
 Capt. Joel, 217 260 262 381 
 389 
 
 Joel, 392 
 
 Orlando J., 256 305 
 
 Sumner, 300 
 Reed, Gen. James, 109 110 111 148 
 
 James, 285 
 
 Samuel, 49 51 53 56 296 
 Reid, J., 60 
 Revere, Paul, 106 
 Reynolds, John L, 317 
 Rhode, John, 392 
 Rice, Elijah, 123 147 
 
 Elmer F., 324 
 
 Harrison G., 261 416 
 Richards, John, 287 392 
 
 Thaddeus, 287 
 
 Rev. WiUiam C, 360 396 
 Richardson, Godfrey, 110 114 
 
 James E., 317 
 
 Jepthah, 123 
 
 Justin S., 317 
 Rindge, Daniel, 82 
 
 John, 35 81 82 
 
 John, 2d, 42 56 82 
 Robbins, David, 92 108 123 186 
 138 164 298 
 
 George, 268 
 
 James, 226 
 
 James B., 256 272 324 328 
 
 393 416 
 Joseph, 260 
 
 William, 92 123 141 298 
 WiUiam E., 72 275 
 Robinson, David, 140 166 
 Elvira F., 400 
 Hiram, 303 
 Rev. Isaac, 211 215 
 Rogers, Timothy, 110 113 114 
 Rugg, Levi, 280 
 
 Luke, 245 249 250 251 
 Thomas, 399 
 Mrs. W. H., 329 330 
 William, 269 300 
 William H., 317 
 Russell, Amos B., 261 
 
 Daniel, 108 110 123 131 142 
 
 156 157 158 162 
 Eliakim, 303 
 Dr. Fred W., 352 
 Henry, .303 305 375 
 Henry A., 417 
 Dr. Ira, 351 352 360 
 Isaac, 89 276 
 James W., 318 
 Jeremiah, 19 95 108 110 
 
 113 123 126 141 
 Joel, 60 68 79 80 108 110 
 
 113 114 123 166 274 276 
 Joel, Jr., 80 123 142 
 Nathaniel, 60 72 79 85 87 
 
 103 106 108 116 120 122 
 
 165 181 183 199 275 276 
 
 376 399 
 Nathaniel C, 303 
 Reuben, 136 138 140 141 
 Samuel, 108 123 136 138 164 
 Silas, 68 79 
 William, 80 122 126 162 164 
 
 168 274 276 
 
 SABIN, Rev. John, 217 251 
 
 Sanders, John, 417 
 
 Sanger, Abner, 159 
 
 Sargent, Daniel H., 236 381 417 
 
 Sawtell, A. S., 303 309 417 
 
 Aaron, 302 
 
 Amaziah, 327 
 
 Eliphalet, 289 381 
 
 HezeHah, 164 171 
 
 Jabez, 381 
 
 Jonas W., 327 
 
 Jonathan, 94 105 120 122 
 136 138 144 164 167 181 
 277 
 
786 
 
 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 
 
 Jonathan, Jr., 126 140 166 
 
 168 
 Jonathan, son of Hezekiah, 
 
 289 
 Meriah, 277 280 
 Obadiah, 94 140 
 Solomon, 392 
 Warren, 309 
 Sawyer, Sophia, 289 
 Scales, Oliver, 34 35 
 Scott, William, 133 
 SeyfEarth, Dr. Edmund, 369 370 
 Shaffee, Joseph, 318 
 Shaw, Ebenezer, 9.5 123 141 
 Shedd, Abel, 289 
 
 Rev. Charles, 360 
 Dr. Geors-e, 360 
 Josiah, 289 
 Shelden, Zachariah, 250 
 Sherwin, Capt. Asa, 94 119 135 399 
 David, 140 265 
 George H., 327 
 Henry H., .318 
 John, 94 122 
 
 Jonathan, 76 79 89 90 103 
 
 105 115 116 119 122 124 
 
 191 202 206 207 225 226 
 
 Samuel, 76 79 86 123 136 
 
 138 233 
 Stephen B., 268 269 293 313 
 315 376 378 379 889 406 
 416 
 William, 217 265 269 280 
 
 291 293 384 400 406 
 William A., 394 
 :\lrs. AVilliam A., 329 330 
 Shurtleff. Dr. A. D., 293 36(5 
 
 Sarah, 228 
 Simonds, John, 122 126 164 
 
 Willard, 318 
 Smiley, Charles M., 261 
 William, 178 179 
 Smith, Abijah, 126 297 
 Braddyll, 266 304 
 Caleb, 400 
 Charles M., 322 
 Darwin A., 325 
 EUjah T., 259 
 George E., 306 
 Henry, 94 124 140 
 Henry A., 322 
 John, 261 
 Joseph, 400 
 Nathan, 318 
 Walter W., 318 
 Snelling, Washington, 417 
 
 Solley, Samuel, 42 56 
 Spaulding, Erastus, 251 
 
 WiUiam, 49 53 55 79 95 
 Spofiord, Isaac, 289 
 Stanley, Jeduthan, 123 
 
 John, 79 119 126 140 164 
 
 Capt. Jonathan, 60 68 70 75 
 79 96 188 189 229 230 
 
 Mrs. Jonathan, 277 
 
 Joseph, 108 122 135 146 164 
 
 Samuel, 80 108 123 136 164 
 Stark, Gen. John, 109 111 139 
 Stearns, Abigail, 289 
 
 Charles F., 300 
 
 Ezra S., 293 294 330 393 
 395 406 407 416 
 
 George, 321 
 
 Col. George W., 94 300 381 
 416 
 
 Mrs. G. W., 329 
 
 Hiram N., 395 
 
 Julius A., 269 
 
 Samuel, 226 406 
 
 Samuel Henry, 313 320 
 
 William, 75 79 86 96 
 Steele, Dr. Samuel, 371 399 
 
 Samuel, 289 
 Stevens, George, 272 
 
 Lieut. James, 61 62 67 
 
 John, 53 55 
 
 Oliver, 76 79 123 146 275 
 
 Peter, 49 55 
 Stewart, .Tames, 49 56 
 
 Richard, 302 
 
 Solomon, 49 52 55 59 60 
 
 William, 52 
 Stiokney, Asa, 261 381 
 
 Charles E., 272 282 381 
 Stone, Lieut. Abel, 76 79 86 90 108 
 116 118 119 122 124 140 
 
 Capt. Salmon, 94 108 119 
 122 136-140 144 145 238 
 239 
 Stowe, Benjamin, 260 261 
 
 Benjamin, Jr., 304 
 
 David, 261 269 298 818 406 
 
 Warren, 804 
 
 Mortimer M., 327 
 Stratton, Ebenezer, 243 
 
 Edward P., 318 
 
 Josiah, 95 
 
 Josiah, Jr., 269 271 328 381 
 
 Julius, 321 
 
 Lyman C, 95 
 Streeter, James, 108 123 175 298 
 
 Lucius, 261 
 
INDEX. 
 
 ni 
 
 Stuart, Rev. W. H., 294 
 Swan, Rev. Josiah, 186 
 
 Dr. William, 277 371 
 Swift, Rev. John, 210 
 Symonds, Augustus F., 324 
 
 Charles Wesley, 321 
 
 John P., 260-262 328 416 
 
 Dr. Sophia S., 370 
 
 Sylvester T., 261 
 Syms, Thomas, 49 65 
 
 TARBELL, Lieut. Samuel, 94 108 
 119 122 136 138 164 176 
 299 
 Samuel, 261 287 
 Thomas 287 
 Taylor, Aaron, 69 70 79 85 96 '229 
 Daniel, 49 56 
 Father, 259 
 OUver ^Sjrain, 335 
 Timothy, 49 51 56 
 Templeton, Matthew, 267 
 Thomas, Albert H., 324 
 Eunice, 277 
 Ezra, 217 225 226 888 406 
 
 416 
 George R., 226 
 Moses, 131 135 141 168 
 Lieut. Nathaniel, 92 108 119 
 123 126 141 164 275 384 
 Capt. Othniel, 93 119 123 
 136 138 165 167 168 207 
 188 406 
 Capt. Philip, 92 94 95 109- 
 113 115 119 125 207 375 
 ThomUnson, John, 35 42 55 . 
 Thompson, Charles, 122 
 Ichabod, 123 
 
 John, 110 112 118 115 128 
 Peter, 126 
 Richard, 128 126 
 William, 135 
 Titcomb, Major Benj., 149 
 Tohnan, Major F. L., 822 
 Todd, Addison, 58 72 800 
 
 George W., Jr., 293 406 
 Capt. Moses, 388 389 
 Thomas, 289 
 Thomas R., 318 
 WaUingford, 300 
 Towne, Amos, 141 164 
 Capt. Ezra, 111 
 Dea. Francis, 92 94 108 108 
 118 119 123 126 143 145 
 165 167 181 201 204 205 
 206 225 226 236 289 265 
 
 275 280 
 
 George W., 93 
 
 Green, 289 
 
 Jeremiah, 122 
 
 Jonathan, 123 
 
 Jonathan, Jr., 128 
 
 Joshua C, 92 269 
 
 Nehemiah, 108 122 126 
 
 Sarah, 280 
 Townsend, Dr. John, 95 122 126 
 277 364 
 
 John, 289 864 
 Treat, Dr. M., 148 
 Tucker, Rev. W. J., 224 
 Turner, Amasa, 76 79 122 197 205 
 
 Nathaniel, 76 79 96 193-196 
 Twitchel, Benjamin, 63 
 Tyler, ^a, 124 
 
 John, 26 28 29 31 38 
 
 Joshua, 124 141 
 
 UNDERWOOD, Nathan, 287 
 Upton, Nathan, 259 
 Peter, 256 
 
 WALCOTT, Miss H. A., 329 
 Wallace,. Rev. C. W., 224 
 
 Rodney, 896 
 WaUingford, Thomas, 42 56 
 Walker, Rev. Charles, 359 
 
 Dana S., 364 373 388 
 
 James (Esq.), 358 
 
 Lawson, 392 
 
 MiUe, 308 
 
 Samuel, 95 113 186 188 164 
 187 
 
 Thomas, 80 
 
 Timothy, 113 187 188 
 Walton, Izaak, 18 
 Ward, Gen. Artemas, 111 
 
 Benjamin, Esq., 298 372 
 Ware, Dr. C. E., 67 285- 
 Waters, Rev. Cornelius, 213 
 Watson, Dr. Henry A., 371 
 
 Hon. Winslow C, 158 
 Weare, Hon. Meschech, 104 121 
 Webster, John L., 325 
 
 Joshua, 72 79 123 
 
 Peter, 110 113 114 126 185 
 140 166 
 
 Sargent A., 825 
 Wellington, Gilman P., 98 283 287 
 
 Joel, 261 305 308 809 397 
 407 417 
 
 Capt. Leonard, 308 892 
 
 Leonard P., 318 
 
788 
 
 BISTOBY OF BINDGE. 
 
 Wentworth, John, 41 55 56 82-84 
 
 Joshua, 174 
 
 Mark H., 41 
 Wetherbee, Abraham, 71 94 108 
 122 
 
 Benjamin, 71 79 94 
 
 Benjamin, Jr., 171 
 
 Ephraim, 28 
 
 Hezekiah, 110 141 171 
 
 John, 71 94 123 
 
 Joseph r., 294 
 
 Joseph S., 94 328 
 
 Thomas, 226 
 
 Thomas, Jr., 277 
 Whitaker, John, 122 
 Whitcomb, Ephraim, 392 
 
 Henry C , 324 
 
 Capt. Jonathan, 111 
 
 Simeon, 110 280 
 White, John A., 324 
 
 Oliver S., 314 
 Whiting, Samuel, 123 131 162 
 
 Seth, 308 
 Whitney, B. D., 15 
 
 Charles A., 306 309 
 
 George A., 237 261 293 294 
 306 309 313 318 393 394 
 407 417 
 
 Dr. Isaiah, 364 389 416 
 
 John, 262 
 
 Jonathan, 49 51 53 56 57 59 
 
 Lovell, 245 261 282 
 
 Moses, 95 374 375 
 
 Osborn A., 327 
 
 Silas, 89 95 
 
 Solomon, 95 123 
 
 Thomas, 389 
 
 Thomas S., 318 
 
 William L., 318 
 
 Zachariah F., 261 328 
 
 Zimri, 259 
 Whittemore, E. S., 395 
 Wibird, Richard, 41 55 
 Wilder, Hon. Abel, 156 
 
 Charles A., 236 
 
 Miss E. Augusta, 329 
 
 Mrs. F. A., 329 330 
 
 J. Warren, 324 
 
 Col. Josiah, 280 291 293 375 
 376 377 384 406 
 
 Josiah, 376 378 
 
 Samuel L., Esq., 217 222 249 
 291 293 375-378 389 391 
 406 416 
 
 Hon. Marshall P., 245 266 
 26§ 269 335-342 376 389 
 393 395 
 
 Rev. Silas, 359 
 Wilkins, Asa, 125 141 274 
 WiUard, J., 31 
 Willey, Rev. Isaac, 268 
 Wilson, Deliverance, 123 274 
 
 George, 283 
 
 Joseph, 89 95 108 125 140 
 171 
 Winn, Caleb, 110 113 123 141 
 
 Joseph, 49 56 
 Withington, WiUiam A., 327 
 Wood, Addison M., 304 305 
 
 Elbridge, 304 
 
 Eliphalet, 236 265 280 
 
 Enoch, 280 
 
 Isaac, 94 108 119 123 285 
 
 Isaac, Jr., 304 
 
 James, 95 122 126 277 285 
 
 John E., 94 256 285 
 
 Jon&s, 94 285 
 
 Rev. Leonard, 216 
 
 Marshall P., 321 
 
 Sarah, 277 
 
 Sylvester, 301 302 
 
 Timothy, 123 164 
 
 Rev. , 251 
 
 Woodbury, Nathan, 73 
 Worcester, Joseph, 76 79 86 96 
 Wright, Rev. Joel, 213 
 
 Joseph, 110 
 
 Solomon, 242 
 Wyman, Prof. C. M., 268 
 
 Col. Isaac, 125 
 
 Lewis, 400 
 
 YOUNG, Dr. John, 157